Chapter Summaries

After centuries of cultivation, the protagonist raised all nine Intents to the limit of the Fengyun 2 world but failed to break through it. He began reorganizing his cultivation arts and martial skills into eight categories, starting with plans to integrate all nine Intents into his core techniques.

• The protagonist spent decades advancing his Water, Lightning, Blood, Wood, Destruction, and Devouring Intents while Dragon Yuan greatly extended his lifespan.
• The protagonist traveled through the world over the centuries, watching civilizations change and growing detached from worldly affairs.
• By the five hundred and twenty-eighth year, the protagonist had raised all nine Intents to the world's limit, but his attempts to break through it had failed.
• The protagonist found that his strongest attack fused only four Intents, while most of his other techniques used one or two, and decided to improve his martial arts systematically.
• In the five hundred and thirtieth year, the protagonist reorganized his arts into eight categories and planned to expand Heaven Swallowing Divine Art, Wind Lightning Void Steps, and Divine Lightning Body Tempering Art by integrating additional Intents.

You planned a comprehensive system for improving cultivation methods and martial arts, then began integrating Intents into them one at a time. By year 673, you had integrated four Intents into all three scrolls of the Heaven Swallowing Divine Art, greatly improving its ability to refine Origin Qi and strengthen your True Essence.

• You divided martial arts into categories and planned scroll-based attack techniques, active defenses, healing arts, explosive methods, and improvements to special arts such as the Life and Death Talisman.
• Starting in year 530, you began perfecting your methods and arts by integrating Intents, beginning with internal cultivation methods.
• By year 538, you had integrated four Intents into the Great Grandmaster Scroll and Treading Air Scroll of the Heaven Swallowing Divine Art.
• In year 555, you integrated Water Intent into the Flying Scroll, increasing Origin Qi refinement speed by thirty percent and improving your True Essence.
• By year 586, you integrated Wood Intent into the Flying Scroll, further increasing refinement speed and strengthening your True Essence.
• In year 673, after eighty-seven years of work, you integrated Lightning Intent into the Flying Scroll, bringing the Heaven Swallowing Divine Art to four integrated Intents in each scroll.

You advanced the Nine Heavens Carefree Steps by integrating Destruction and Fire Intents, then completed the single-target and area-of-effect forms of the Heaven Destroying Absolute Sword. Afterward, you began perfecting your body-tempering art, renaming it the Nine Revolutions Undying Body and choosing its first four Intents.

• You increased the Heaven Swallowing Divine Art's efficiency and strength, then renamed your movement art the Nine Heavens Carefree Steps and chose Destruction and Fire as its next Intents.
• You integrated Destruction and Fire into the Great Grandmaster Volume and Treading Air Scroll, then spent decades adding them to the Flying Scroll, greatly increasing your movement speed.
• You completed the Flying Scroll of the single-target Heaven Destroying Absolute Sword, then created its area-of-effect techniques across all three volumes.
• You renamed the Divine Lightning Body Tempering Art the Nine Revolutions Undying Body and chose Lightning, Earth, Wood, and Devouring as its first four Intents.

Over thousands of years, you integrated more intents into the Nine Revolutions Undying Body and your martial arts, creating the Divine Essence Bodyguard, Life Creation Scripture, and Destruction. Despite your vigorous vitality, your primordial spirit failed as your lifespan neared five thousand years, and you died, ending the simulation.

• You integrated Earth, Wood, and Devouring Intents into the Nine Revolutions Undying Body, strengthening your body and completing its fusion of four intents.
• You renamed the defensive martial art Thick Earth Divine Gang as Divine Essence Bodyguard and the healing technique Azure Wood True Scripture as Life Creation Scripture.
• You created the explosive martial art Destruction with Destruction, Lightning, Fire, and Blood Intents, then continued adding intents to your other techniques.
• You spent centuries integrating more intents into your techniques and martial arts as the years passed and loneliness deepened.
• You died in Year 4999 when your primordial spirit could no longer endure, ending the simulation.

After his five-thousand-year simulation ended, Zheng Qian chose cultivation, the Fire Spirit Body, the Primordial Heaven-Connecting Scripture, and two body-tempering rewards. He received the gains and reached the peak of the Flying Sky Realm Ninth Heaven aboard the warship.

• Zheng Qian reviewed the simulation rewards and noted that he had perfected only two techniques that fused seven Intent Powers.
• Zheng Qian chose options 1, 2, 5, 9, and 20, including peak Flying Sky Realm cultivation, the Fire Spirit Body, and two body-tempering techniques.
• Zheng Qian received the Simulator's infusion, strengthening his body and engraving numerous Intent Powers onto his Heaven and Earth Bridge.
• Zheng Qian's cultivation rose to the Flying Sky Realm Ninth Heaven Peak, and he mastered the selected techniques and martial arts.
• The infusion strengthened Zheng Qian's physical body and qi and blood before its warm currents vanished.

Zheng Qian assessed his strength and realized he needed a richer source of Heaven and Earth Origin Qi and more Simulation Points before he could advance beyond the Flying Sky Realm Ninth Heaven Peak. He released Little Black and flew across the endless sea, where he eventually spotted a ship.

• Zheng Qian found that his realm remained stuck at the Flying Sky Realm Ninth Heaven Peak, though his merged Intents had greatly increased his power.
• Zheng Qian decided to seek a place rich in Heaven and Earth Origin Qi and gather more Simulation Points.
• Zheng Qian stored his warship, removed the Life and Death Talisman from Little Black, and left him behind.
• Zheng Qian flew across the sea using the Nine Heavens Tour at more than fifteen thousand kilometers per hour.
• After hours of flight over the endless ocean, Zheng Qian spotted a ship.

Zheng Qian discovered a sea battle between the Liu Family and the Blood Wolf Pirates and learned that the pirates had been hired to seize a treasure and destroy the Liu Family. He decided to help the outnumbered Liu Family, then entered the battlefield and killed five Blood Wolf Pirates Treading Air Realm experts with sword qi.

• Zheng Qian spotted the Liu Family Merchant Ships surrounded by the Blood Wolf Pirates and approached to ask for directions.
• Second Master Liu and Blood Wolf fought in the air while Zheng Qian watched and assessed their strength.
• Zheng Qian deduced that the Blood Wolf Pirates had attacked over an unknown treasure and that the Liu Family's main branch might also be targeted.
• Zheng Qian chose to help the Liu Family and charged into the battle while concealing most of his strength.
• Zheng Qian used sword qi to pierce the heads of five Blood Wolf Pirates Treading Air Realm experts.

After Zheng Qian saved the Liu family from the Blood Wolf Pirates, Liu Yinghao explained the vast world beyond the Fallen Dragon Continent and its power structure. Zheng Qian chose to travel with the Liu family's merchant ship to Snow Wood Island, but a school of Bloodthirsty Silver Dragon Sharks approached the ship.

• The Liu family's remaining Treading Air Realm experts thanked Zheng Qian, defeated the remaining Blood Wolf Pirates, and reclaimed their merchant ship.
• Liu Yinghao, Liu Yingjie, and Wang Yuntao bowed to Zheng Qian, who asked them to explain the surrounding world and told them to call him Mister.
• Liu Yinghao described Snow Wood Island, the Myriad Star Islands, the Eastern Wasteland Continent, the other continents, and the Dao Condensation Realm.
• Zheng Qian decided to accompany the Liu family to Snow Wood Island and meet its two Flying Sky Realm ancestors.
• A Liu family disciple spotted approaching sea beasts, and the alarm bells sounded; Liu Yinghao ordered Liu Yingjie and Wang Yuntao to attack the Bloodthirsty Silver Dragon Sharks.

Zheng Qian learned how the Endless Sea ranked sea beasts and why stronger beasts were rare near the coast. When a sixth-order Bloodthirsty Silver Dragon Shark attacked the Liu Family Merchant Ship, Zheng Qian killed it with a single sword strike and concealed its corpse in his Storage Space, leaving the ship to prepare to set sail.

• Zheng Qian learned that sea beasts were ranked by order and that hunting parties had cleared stronger beasts from waters near the coast.
• Zheng Qian sensed a sixth-order sea beast approaching the Liu Family Merchant Ship and warned Liu Yinghao and the others.
• The sixth-order Bloodthirsty Silver Dragon Shark launched a water arrow, and Zheng Qian split it and the beast with one sword strike.
• Zheng Qian collected the beast's corpse in his Storage Space and told Liu Yinghao that it had escaped.
• Liu Yinghao agreed to clean up the ship so the merchant vessel could set off.

Zheng Qian learned about the outside world's Origin Stones, Origin Crystals, and Beast Tamers as the Liu Family brought him to Snow Wood Island. He reached the Liu Family's outer city in the Tongwei Mountain Range, where the family's two ancestors were expected to meet him.

• The Liu Family merchant ship returned to Snow Wood Island, and Zheng Qian learned how Origin Stones and Origin Crystals worked.
• Liu Yinghao told Zheng Qian that the Liu Family was based in the Tongwei Mountain Range and escorted him from the harbor.
• Liu Yinghao arranged a carriage drawn by Golden Scale Horses, and Zheng Qian learned about Beast Taming Collars and Tokens.
• Zheng Qian traveled with Liu Yinghao toward the Tongwei Mountain Range, declining to engage with the four attendants in the carriage.
• Liu Yinghao brought Zheng Qian to the Liu Family's outer city and said the family's two ancestors had been notified.

Zheng Qian learned that the Liu family's True Martial Hall was named after a sacred sect in the Central Continent, giving him a possible lead on the myths from his former world. He also asked Liu Jinque about the Dao Condensation Tribulation and learned it was the Heavenly Tribulation required to enter the Dao Condensation Realm.

• Zheng Qian entered True Martial Hall with Liu Yinghao and met Liu Jinque, Liu Wuyang, Liu Yuhua, Liu Haixiong, and Liu Haichuan, who thanked him for saving members of the Liu family.
• Zheng Qian found no statue of the True Martial Emperor in the hall and asked Liu Jinque why it bore that name.
• Liu Jinque explained that the Liu family's Third Ancestor had named the hall after the True Martial Sacred Sect of the Central Continent, where his beloved had lived.
• Zheng Qian became eager to reach the Central Continent and believed his Simulator could eventually earn him the sacred sect's respect.
• Zheng Qian asked Liu Jinque about the Dao Condensation Tribulation, and Liu Jinque explained that it was the Heavenly Tribulation required to break through to the Dao Condensation Realm.

Liu Jinque explained the Dao Condensation Tribulation and the risks of comprehending multiple Intents, leaving Zheng Qian worried that his nine Intents would make his breakthrough perilous. He sought a way to gain more Simulation Points and asked to choose materials from the Liu family's treasury to reforge his weapon.

• Liu Jinque explained that a martial artist had to perfect their Intents and endure the Heavenly Tribulation to enter the Dao Condensation Realm, with the number of lightning bolts depending on the Intent.
• Zheng Qian realized that his nine Intents, including two First-Rank Intents, could draw a terrifying tribulation.
• Liu Jinque warned that comprehending too many Intents could trap martial artists in the Flying Sky Realm until they died of old age.
• Zheng Qian calculated that he lacked enough Simulation Points to perfect his cultivation before a breakthrough and considered seeking treasures from the Liu family.
• Zheng Qian asked the Liu family members for permission to take materials from their treasury and reforge his weapon.

Zheng Qian received the Liu family's gratitude for helping them uncover the Dark Night Cult's plans and was invited to choose treasures from their A-Grade Treasure Vault. He found 332 items that could provide Simulation Points, while Liu Jinque and Liu Wuyang privately discussed their suspicions and the need to protect the family's secrets.

• Liu Jinque thanked Zheng Qian for helping the Liu family avert a catastrophe and ordered Liu Yuhua to take him to the A-Grade Treasure Vault.
• After Zheng Qian left, Liu Wuyang wondered whether he was connected to the Dark Night Cult, but Liu Jinque insisted they treat him as a benefactor without evidence and guard the family's secrets.
• Liu Yuhua opened the A-Grade Treasure Vault and let Zheng Qian choose whatever he needed from its vast collection.
• Zheng Qian examined the treasures one by one, testing each for a Simulator notification, though he could not determine the rules for which items provided Simulation Points.
• After half a day, Zheng Qian had selected 332 treasures, each worth at least 100 Simulation Points, while Liu Yuhua watched without objection.

Zheng Qian secluded himself on Cuihua Peak after collecting treasures from the Liu family and converted them into more than forty thousand Simulation Points. He began a new simulation in the Dragon Ball of the Demon Realm world with the Purple Talent Lightning Spirit Sword Body.

• Zheng Qian gathered the Liu family's treasures and asked Liu Yuhua to find him a quiet place for seclusion.
• Liu Yuhua brought Zheng Qian to Cuihua Peak and gave him the token to activate its mountain-protecting formation.
• Zheng Qian activated the formation, stored the treasures, and absorbed all 332 of them for Simulation Points.
• Zheng Qian began a simulation and was assigned to the Dragon Ball of the Demon Realm world.
• Zheng Qian spent 1,000 Simulation Points to draw a talent and chose the Purple Talent Lightning Spirit Sword Body.

Zheng Qian simulated a life as Liu Xiaojiang, the third child of a poor blacksmith family in Yong City, and gradually recovered his powerful past-life cultivation despite constant hunger. After reaching the Grandmaster Realm, he planned to secretly improve his family’s fortunes and become the underground king of the surrounding cities.

• Liu Xiaojiang was born to Zhao Dezhu and Liu Haixia, whose blacksmithing and mending barely supported their children, Zhao Dajiang and Zhao Manman.
• As the family struggled with poverty, Zhao Dajiang learned blacksmithing and Zhao Manman learned mending to help earn money.
• On his sixth birthday, Liu Xiaojiang awakened his past-life wisdom and began restoring his cultivation, scavenging and hunting for food to support his training.
• Liu Xiaojiang advanced through the Body Tempering and Houtian Realms, then rapidly recovered to the Innate Realm and Grandmaster Realm using his talents and the Heaven Swallowing Divine Art.
• After surveying Yong City and nearby settlements, Liu Xiaojiang decided to conceal his identity, secretly aid his family, and become the underground king of the surrounding cities.

Over several years, you recovered your cultivation to the second heaven of the Treading Air Realm while secretly improving your family’s life and gathering treasures for your breakthrough. With three years remaining before the world’s story began, you judged yourself strong enough to pursue Dragon Balls, though Shangguan Yun remained an uncertain opponent.

• You controlled the experts of six cities around Yong City, gradually improved your family’s circumstances, and recovered to the peak of the Grandmaster Realm.
• Your subordinates gathered seven heavenly treasures and found Mangniu Gully, where you condensed the Heaven and Earth Bridge and restored your realm to the Flying Sky Realm Ninth Heaven Peak.
• You learned that Shangguan Yun and others had taken Dragon Balls from the Qilian Mountains two years earlier and that the world’s story would begin four years later.
• You cultivated your True Essence, Nine Revolutions Undying Body, and Life Creation Scripture, reaching the second heaven of the Treading Air Realm while your Blood Undying Body advanced more slowly.
• You assessed your strength against the world’s experts and decided to pursue several Dragon Balls, while remaining wary of Shangguan Yun.

You traveled to Autumn Water Villa to seize Qiu Tangbai’s Dragon Ball, killed him, and escaped with it. After examining the Dragon Ball, you discovered it contained a fragment of a powerful consciousness and immense Heaven and Earth Origin Qi that could restore your strength.

• You left Yong City under the pretense of studying martial arts and headed for Autumn Water Villa to obtain Qiu Tangbai’s Dragon Ball.
• You entered the villa at night, found Qiu Tangbai in his iron chamber, and learned that his strength was only at the second heaven of the Treading Air Realm.
• You killed Qiu Tangbai with the Hun Tian Thorn, wrote a cryptic message beside his body, and left with the Dragon Ball.
• Three days later, you determined that the Dragon Ball contained an incomplete, powerful consciousness and a vast store of Heaven and Earth Origin Qi.
• You realized that absorbing the Dragon Ball’s Origin Qi could quickly restore your strength to its peak.

Zheng Qian drained a Dragon Ball of its Heaven and Earth Origin Qi and mental power, advancing to the Treading Air Realm eighth heaven and awakening a weak Spiritual Sense. He reached Shangguan Fortress, obtained He Santai’s Dragon Ball from He Yanrong, and followed her as she confronted Shangguan Yun, intending to protect her and take the final Dragon Ball.

• Zheng Qian absorbed the Dragon Ball’s Heaven and Earth Origin Qi, raising his cultivation from the Treading Air Realm second heaven to the eighth heaven in three days.
• Zheng Qian drained the sleeping consciousness’s mental power, boosting his thought speed and gaining a small pearl between his brows that let him see in every direction within one meter.
• Zheng Qian completely absorbed the consciousness, stored the now-empty Dragon Ball, and set off for Shangguan Fortress.
• Zheng Qian obtained He Santai’s Dragon Ball from He Yanrong and told her that Shangguan Yun had killed her brother.
• He Yanrong took up her sword to confront Shangguan Yun, and Zheng Qian followed her to prevent her death and claim Shangguan Yun’s Dragon Ball.

You followed Shangguan Yun to his underground cultivation hall, took the dragon ball, and killed him after he attacked. After He Yanrong killed Shangguan Yun, you absorbed the power of two dragon balls and recovered to the fourth heaven of the Flying Sky Realm.

• He Yanrong attacked Shangguan Yun over He Santai's death, but Shangguan Yun subdued her and learned that a stranger had taken the dragon ball from his fortress.
• You followed Shangguan Yun and He Yanrong to an underground hall, where you seized the dragon ball and struck Shangguan Yun down.
• You freed He Yanrong, who learned Shangguan Yun had killed He Santai and hacked him to death with her sword.
• You left the message that Chamu's souls had been avenged and took the dragon balls to a secluded place.
• You absorbed the power of both dragon balls over two days and restored your cultivation to the fourth heaven of the Flying Sky Realm.

After devouring the power in two Dragon Pearls, you sent experts to search for Meng Baichuan and Xuanwu while advancing your cultivation. In April of the fifteenth year, you found Meng Baichuan, took his Dragon Pearl, and forced him to hand over the Mind Capturing Technique and Myriad Poisons True Scripture.

• You devoured the spiritual power in two Dragon Pearls, enlarging your Primordial Spirit Pearl and extending your god's-eye view to a three-meter radius.
• At the end of the fourteenth year, you sent controlled experts to Shu and the Qilian Mountains to search for Meng Baichuan and Xuanwu, while gathering treasures to cultivate your Blood Undying Body.
• In April of the fifteenth year, your subordinates found Meng Baichuan, and you traveled to the Myriad Poisons Sect in Shu.
• You defeated Meng Baichuan's two maids without killing them, injured Meng Baichuan, and took the fourth Dragon Pearl from him.
• You tormented Meng Baichuan with Life and Death Talismans until he agreed to provide the Mind Capturing Technique and Myriad Poisons True Scripture.
• You verified that Meng Baichuan's Mind Capturing Technique manual was genuine.