Chapter Summaries

Zheng Qian continued creating the Azure Wood Overturning Sea Divine Palm while mourning Qiu Chuji and living in retirement. By the end of the chapter, he had created its fourth move and comprehended the ninth strand of Water Intent.

• In the seventy-eighth year, Zheng Qian created the second move of the Azure Wood Overturning Sea Divine Palm and began working on the third.
• In the eightieth year, Zheng Qian created the prototype of the third move, and his master, Qiu Chuji, died without reaching the Grandmaster Realm.
• Zheng Qian stayed on Zhongnan Mountain to mourn Qiu Chuji and continued creating techniques, then returned to Chang'an after his mourning period ended.
• In the eighty-fourth year, Zheng Qian's adopted orphans began dying from the damage caused by exhausting their life force, and Guo Jing and Yang Guo defeated those who turned to evil methods to extend their lives.
• In the eighty-sixth year, Zheng Qian created the fourth move of the Azure Wood Overturning Sea Divine Palm, advanced his Wood Intent, and comprehended the ninth strand of Water Intent.

Zheng Qian advanced his martial arts, guided Yang Guo toward the Limitless Profound Heart Art, and extended his ailing son Yin Xinhuai’s life. After learning that factions were plotting against Zhang San Feng and Guo Xiang, he set out to meet them.

• In the eighty-eighth year, Yang Guo sought Zheng Qian’s advice on breaking through the Grandmaster Realm, and Zheng Qian gave him the Limitless Profound Heart Art.
• In the eighty-ninth year, Zheng Qian used the Azure Wood True Scripture to strengthen Yin Xinhuai and taught him the Eternal Youth and Immortality Skill to extend his lifespan.
• In October of the ninety-first year, Zheng Qian created the fifth move of the Azure Wood Overturning Sea Divine Palm, surpassing the Heaven Destroying Finger in power.
• In the ninety-second year, Zheng Qian heard that Zhang San Feng and Guo Xiang had become partners in upholding justice throughout the martial world.
• In the ninety-third year, the Quanzhen Sect informed Zheng Qian that factions were secretly plotting against Zhang San Feng and Guo Xiang, so Zheng Qian set out to meet them.

Yin Zhiping rescued Zhang San Feng and Guo Xiang from a powerful group of attackers, then traveled with them and passed on peerless martial arts. Zhang San Feng and Guo Xiang left with new paths to advance their skills and, for Guo Xiang, a way to remain eternally young.

• Yin Zhiping killed the black-clad attackers surrounding Zhang San Feng and Guo Xiang with blasts of condensed qi.
• Yin Zhiping introduced himself, and Huang Rong, Guo Fu, Yelü Qi, and four others arrived, confirming his identity to Zhang San Feng and Guo Xiang.
• Guo Xiang followed Yin Zhiping and questioned him about his strength, background, family, and youthful appearance before asking for martial arts guidance.
• Yin Zhiping taught Zhang San Feng the Pure Yang Limitless Skill and Tai Chi Fist and Sword.
• Yin Zhiping taught Guo Xiang an improved Eight Desolations and Six Directions, Only I Am Supreme Skill that preserved the user's age between cultivation resets.

After years of perfecting his Azure Wood Overturning Sea Divine Palm, the protagonist created its sixth and seventh stances, then began developing a new palm technique by fusing Wind and Fire Intents. The chapter ended with the prototype of the Divine Wind Blazing Flame Palm.

• After returning to Chang'an, the protagonist spent years comprehending and refining the sixth stance of his Azure Wood Overturning Sea Divine Palm.
• A rainstorm in July of the ninety-eighth year gave the protagonist the insight to create the sixth stance, advancing his Water and Wood Intents and increasing his strength.
• The protagonist spent the following years perfecting the seventh stance while hearing that Zhang San Feng and Guo Xiang had founded the Wudang and Emei Sects, and that the Quanzhen Sect had become the Number One Under Heaven sect.
• In the hundred and ninth year, the protagonist completed the seventh stance, advancing his Water and Wood Intents further.
• The protagonist chose Wind and Fire as his next pair of Intents and created the prototype of the Divine Wind Blazing Flame Palm after a month of work.

The protagonist spent decades creating the Divine Wind Blazing Flame Palm and completing the eighth form of the Azure Wood Overturning Sea Divine Palm, while supporting Li Mochou and advising Yang Guo. The chapter ended with news that Guo Jing had died at 170, leaving the protagonist grieving and anticipating the loss of everyone close to him.

• The protagonist created all nine forms of the Divine Wind Blazing Flame Palm and completed the eighth form of the Azure Wood Overturning Sea Divine Palm.
• Li Mochou sold her restaurant and began raising flowers and growing plants, and the protagonist supported her choice.
• Yang Guo and Little Dragon Girl complained that decades of searching had yielded only eighteen of the heavenly treasures needed for the Limitless Profound Heart Art, then resumed their search.
• The protagonist learned that Guo Jing had died peacefully at 170, after Huang Rong had already passed away, and mourned his sworn younger brother.

After Li Mochou died, the narrator withdrew to the Qinling Mountains to pursue martial arts in solitude. Yang Guo later sought him out because Little Dragon Girl was dying, but both she and Yang Guo passed away before the narrator learned of Yang Guo’s death.

• The narrator created the first four forms of Lightning Fire Nine Swords and continued developing Azure Wood Overturning Sea Divine Palm while advancing his Wood Intent.
• Li Mochou died at 178, and the narrator spent six months grieving before selling his home, leaving letters for his children and Yang Guo, and disappearing into the mountains.
• The narrator settled in a cave in the Qinling Mountains and continued creating martial arts in seclusion.
• The narrator learned that Yang Guo was searching for him because Little Dragon Girl was dying, so he visited Yang Guo at the Ancient Tomb and then left without being able to help her.
• Little Dragon Girl died, and Yang Guo died soon afterward; the narrator learned of Yang Guo’s death nearly three months later and could only sigh.

Zheng Qian spent centuries creating increasingly powerful martial arts, culminating in the ninth form of Gang Wind Lightning Flame Sword, which pushed the Great Grandmaster Realm’s usable power to its limit. After realizing he could not wield techniques fusing more intents without breaking through further, he began working on a martial art combining wind, fire, lightning, and destruction.

• Zheng Qian completed Azure Wood Overturning Sea Divine Palm and the ninth form of Lightning Fire Nine Swords, advancing his Wood Intent and beginning work on a three-intent sword technique.
• Zheng Qian created the first form of Gang Wind Lightning Flame Sword, then visited his two elderly children after sensing they were near death and told them he was the world’s only Great Grandmaster.
• Zheng Qian returned to seclusion in the Qinling Mountains and spent the following decades refining Gang Wind Lightning Flame Sword while living quietly.
• Zheng Qian completed the ninth form of Gang Wind Lightning Flame Sword in the 293rd year, discovering that its power nearly depleted his qi and represented the Great Grandmaster Realm’s limit.
• Zheng Qian began creating a martial art that fused the intents of wind, fire, lightning, and destruction.

After his simulation ended with Zheng Qian’s death at age 355, he chose rewards that granted peak Great Grandmaster cultivation, a new body talent, and several cultivation methods. The rewards infused him with new martial arts and intents, leaving him with nine intents at the Great Grandmaster limit.

• In the simulation, Zheng Qian created the first two moves of Heaven Destroying Absolute Sword and began developing its third move before dying at age 355.
• Zheng Qian noted that Azure Wood True Scripture had extended his simulated lifespan and received a perfect evaluation of 95.
• He chose peak ninth-heaven Great Grandmaster cultivation, Acupoint Connecting Body, Primordial Heaven-Connecting Scripture, Azure Wood True Scripture, and Blood Divine Scripture as his rewards.
• The simulator infused Zheng Qian with the martial arts and cultivation methods from the simulation, along with insights into Water, Earth, and Wood intents.
• The infusion strengthened Zheng Qian, and Devouring, Earth, Water, and Wood intents reached the Great Grandmaster limit alongside his already-maxed Wind, Blood, Destruction, Fire, and Lightning intents.

After consolidating the gains from his simulation, Zheng Qian prepared to visit the Demon Extermination Alliance. The next morning, the Chen Family patriarch tried to repay Zheng Qian and secure his favor, but Zheng Qian rejected their gifts and Chen Xingze’s request to become his disciple.

• Zheng Qian reviewed his attributes and noted that all nine of his Intents had reached the Great Grandmaster Realm limit, though he still had no path to advance.
• Zheng Qian decided to visit the Demon Extermination Alliance.
• Chen Tianfeng arrived at the inn with his children and twelve valuable gifts to thank Zheng Qian for saving Chen Xingze and Chen Xun'er.
• Zheng Qian used astral qi to stop Chen Tianfeng and his children from bowing, revealing his Great Grandmaster-level strength.
• Zheng Qian refused the Chen Family's gifts, then stopped Chen Xingze from kowtowing and declined to take him as a disciple.

Zheng Qian left the Chen Family and tried to enter Demon Extermination City, but guards stopped him because he lacked the required permit or invitation. He gave Captain Zhang Heng the Blood Transformation Demonic Blade as a token to summon three renowned figures, but the blade nearly overwhelmed Zhang Heng before Zheng Qian awakened him.

• Zheng Qian left the Chen Family without breakfast and hurried toward Demon Extermination City.
• Zhang Heng and eleven young martial artists blocked Zheng Qian and explained that he needed an elder's token, an elder's escort, a travel permit, or admission through the ten-year ceremony to enter.
• Several guards accused Zheng Qian of being a demonic-path spy, but Zhang Heng stopped them from arresting him without cause.
• Zheng Qian gave Zhang Heng the Blood Transformation Demonic Blade and told him to show it to Jun Taiqi, Xiao Yifan, or Zhang Zhen.
• The blade's blood-sea illusion nearly consumed Zhang Heng's consciousness, but Zheng Qian's cold snort brought him back to his senses.

Zheng Qian secured the Blood Transformation Demonic Blade and met Third Elder Jun Taiqi, revealing that he had killed the Blood Demon God and possessed both of his blades. Jun Taiqi agreed to take Zheng Qian to Demon Extermination City so he could study records about the Great Grandmaster Realm.

• Zheng Qian wrapped the Blood Transformation Demonic Blade in Snake Mother's shed skin and returned it to Zhang Heng, warning him not to open it.
• Jun Taiqi arrived, recognized the blade, and asked Zheng Qian who he was and where the other blade was.
• Zheng Qian introduced himself as the Carefree King of the Xingyang Dynasty and explained that he had obtained both blades after watching the battle at Xingyang Royal Palace.
• Zheng Qian told Jun Taiqi that the Blood Demon God was dead and revealed where his corpse had been buried.
• Zheng Qian asked to consult records about the Great Grandmaster Realm, and Jun Taiqi agreed to lead him to Demon Extermination City.

Jun Taiqi brought Zheng Qian to the Myriad Laws Pavilion and gave him an elder token so he could read its records. After Zheng Qian entered, Jun Taiqi sent Xiao Yifan to investigate Zheng Qian’s background and retrieve the Blood Demon God’s corpse.

• Jun Taiqi explained Demon Extermination City’s defenses and population to Zheng Qian as they traveled through the city.
• Jun Taiqi showed Zheng Qian the Myriad Laws Pavilion and explained that it held records about the Great Grandmaster Realm.
• Jun Taiqi gave Zheng Qian his elder token, allowing him to read books and records below the sixth floor, and Zheng Qian entered the pavilion.
• Xiao Yifan arrived after Jun Taiqi summoned him and recognized the Blood Transformation Demonic Blade.
• Jun Taiqi told Xiao Yifan about Zheng Qian and the Blood Demon God’s death, then sent him to investigate Zheng Qian’s background and bring back the corpse.

Zheng Qian searched the Myriad Laws Pavilion and spent three days studying its Great Grandmaster records, gaining new insights and discovering martial arts that could improve his speed. He learned the Fallen Dragon Continent may have been sealed off from the Heavenly Dao after an ancient war, and the chapter left the truth uncertain.

• Zheng Qian skimmed the first four floors of the Myriad Laws Pavilion and went to the fifth floor to study its Great Grandmaster records.
• Jun Taiqi sent five letters after Xiao Yifan left.
• Zheng Qian spent three days reading on the fifth floor and gained insights from the recorded martial arts and techniques.
• Zheng Qian found Swift Wind Steps and Dance of Lightning, two Great Grandmaster-level light-body martial arts that could help address his lack of speed before entering the Endless Sea Domain.
• Zheng Qian read that a war around five thousand years earlier had devastated the continent and that the Death Sand Sea might hold the truth behind the limit on cultivation.

After learning that leaving the continent through the Endless Sea Domain was the only viable path beyond the Great Grandmaster Realm, Zheng Qian went to meet the Demon Extermination Alliance’s elders. He declined their invitation in his heart, intending instead to help purge the continent and gather treasures before leaving.

• Zheng Qian finished reading the Myriad Laws Pavilion’s books and learned that the Endless Sea Domain and Death Sand Sea were the only routes off the continent, with the Endless Sea Domain seeming less deadly.
• Zheng Qian left the pavilion and followed a guard to the Elder Hall at Jun Taiqi’s request.
• Jun Taiqi brought Zheng Qian into the third side hall and introduced the Demon Extermination Alliance elders, including Shen Tianxing, Song Jianghua, Li Kaitai, Xiao Yifan, Zhang Zhen, and Zhou Caixia.
• Jun Taiqi invited Zheng Qian to become an elder and help defend the world against the demonic path.
• Zheng Qian decided he could not stay because he had reached the Great Grandmaster Realm’s limit, but planned to help the alliance purge the continent and collect treasures before departing.

Zheng Qian declined to join the Demon Extermination Alliance because he planned to enter the Endless Sea Domain, then revealed that he was a nineteen-year-old at the peak of the ninth layer of the Great Grandmaster Realm. He agreed to help the Alliance purge the demonic path and Demonic Beast clans before leaving, in exchange for their dao-intent treasures, and learned about the forces they planned to target.

• Zheng Qian told Jun Taiqi and the other elders that he would not join the Demon Extermination Alliance because he planned to enter the Endless Sea Domain.
• After the elders warned him about the dangers at sea, Zheng Qian revealed his age, peak ninth-layer Great Grandmaster strength, and mastery of Wind, Fire, and Thunder intents.
• Zheng Qian stopped restraining his aura, convincing the elders that his strength was real.
• Zheng Qian agreed to help the Demon Extermination Alliance eliminate the demonic path and Demonic Beast clans, provided he received their treasures containing dao intent.
• Jun Taiqi outlined the continent’s major forces and identified the Heavenly Demon Hall’s four Great Grandmasters and three Demon Emperor-led clans as the primary targets.
• The elders explained that the Blood-eyed Golden-crowned Crow, at the seventh layer of the Great Grandmaster Realm, was the most dangerous of the three Demonic Beast clan leaders.

Zheng Qian joined Shen Tianxing and Jun Taiqi in a plan to destroy the Heavenly Demon Hall, killing Old Heavenly Demon with one sword before the alliance wiped out the headquarters. He looted the hall’s treasury and left with enough Simulation Point treasures for another Martial Arts Simulation.

• Shen Tianxing and Jun Taiqi agreed to lure Old Heavenly Demon out so Zheng Qian could kill him.
• The three traveled to the Jue Ling Mountain Range and found Heavenly Demon Cliff using the alliance’s intelligence.
• Shen Tianxing and Jun Taiqi lured Old Heavenly Demon outside, where Zheng Qian killed him with a single sword strike.
• Shen Tianxing and Jun Taiqi, aided by three inside agents, destroyed the Heavenly Demon Hall’s headquarters.
• Zheng Qian collected thirty-five Simulation Point treasures from the treasury, bringing his total to fifty-two.

Zheng Qian joined Shen Tianxing and Jun Taiqi in destroying the Asura Vixen Sect and the remaining Demon Path strongholds, collecting enough treasures to raise his Simulation Points to 4,000. He then entered the Demon Extermination Alliance’s inner treasury and absorbed its treasures, bringing his total to 8,285 Simulation Points.

• Zheng Qian saved his Simulation Points for future use as he and Shen Tianxing and Jun Taiqi set out to destroy Nine Nether Vixen’s Asura Vixen Sect.
• Shen Tianxing ambushed and badly wounded Nine Nether Vixen, and Jun Taiqi killed her while Zheng Qian searched the sect’s treasury.
• Zheng Qian absorbed forty-five treasures from the Asura Vixen Sect, and his Simulation Points rose to more than 2,300.
• Shen Tianxing and Jun Taiqi led Zheng Qian to kill the Demon Path’s remaining two Great Grandmasters and destroy their sects, raising his total to nearly 4,000 Simulation Points.
• The Demon Extermination Alliance began purging the Demon Path as Zheng Qian entered its inner treasury and absorbed more than two hundred treasures, reaching 8,285 Simulation Points.

Zheng Qian and the elders entered the Western Savage Demon Domain to destroy the three Great Demon Beast clans, beginning with the Blood-eyed Golden-crowned Crow. After Shen Tianxing and Jun Taiqi lured the crow out, Zheng Qian launched his attack.

• Zheng Qian urged the elders to join the campaign against the demon clans, and the elders sent forces to secure the border while he traveled west with Shen Tianxing and Jun Taiqi.
• Zheng Qian and the two elders reached the Ten Thousand Crow Forest after the rest of the elders joined them at the border.
• Shen Tianxing and Jun Taiqi entered the forest to lure out the Blood-eyed Golden-crowned Crow while Zheng Qian waited outside.
• A huge flock of crows surged into the sky, and Zheng Qian prepared to fight through them with his Azure Sun Sword.
• Shen Tianxing and Jun Taiqi fled the forest with a golden-white egg as the Blood-eyed Golden-crowned Crow emerged, and Zheng Qian flashed forward and swung his sword.

Zheng Qian and Shen Tianxing hunted powerful demons across the Ten Thousand Crow Forest, then Zheng Qian began preparing for a voyage beyond the Fallen Dragon Continent. He arranged for ten reinforced warships to be built and greatly expanded his Storage Space to stock supplies for the journey.

• Zheng Qian struck down the Blood-eyed Golden-crowned Crow with his Gang Wind Lightning Flame Sword, and Jun Taiqi delivered the final blow while Shen Tianxing and Zheng Qian killed the remaining crows.
• Zheng Qian took the Blood-eyed Golden-crowned Crow's Inner Core and beak, leaving most of its materials to Shen Tianxing and Jun Taiqi.
• Shen Tianxing and Zheng Qian killed the Earth-Splitting White Tiger and Ironclad Savage Bull, and Zheng Qian kept the bull's demon core while leaving the tiger's core to the Demon Extermination Alliance.
• Zheng Qian decided to prepare ten specially made warships and had Jun Taiqi gather the continent's top shipyards to design them.
• After the ship blueprints were completed, Zheng Qian expanded his Storage Space to one million cubic meters and began gathering supplies for his voyage.

Zheng Qian set out across the sea with ten steel warships and Little Black, using his Storage Space to carry supplies and spare vessels. After surviving attacks from powerful sea beasts, he encountered a gigantic whirlpool filled with sea beasts that posed a serious threat.

• Zheng Qian prepared years’ worth of food and drink, then traveled to the port where Jun Taiqi had arranged ten steel warships.
• After inspecting the ships, Zheng Qian departed with Little Black and stored nine warships as spares once he was far from land.
• Zheng Qian crossed into the distant waters, fought off sea beasts, and killed one Emperor-level and seven King-level Sea Beasts.
• Zheng Qian spotted a vast, rapidly forming whirlpool crowded with sea beasts and sensed that it could threaten him.