Chapter Summaries

The protagonist expanded his power across the martial world to collect heavenly treasures for the Heavenly Heart Shattering Void Art, while preparing to stop Huang Xuemei from destroying the Six Great Sects. He captured Dongfang Bai, extracted the Eight Sounds of the Heavenly Dragon from her, and mastered the technique as he planned to seize the Heavenly Demon Qin.

• The protagonist subdued Ghost Saint and used the Life and Death Talisman to control him, then had Ghost Saint gather heavenly treasures and lure other martial experts to the Ghost Palace.
• The protagonist controlled Old Ancestor Blazing Fire, He Qinghua, Han Xun, and Six-Fingered Gentleman, and ordered them to help collect the treasures.
• After reaching the late stage of the Grandmaster Realm, the protagonist expanded his forces and planned to take the Heavenly Demon Qin before Huang Xuemei could use it against the Six Great Sects.
• Ghost Saint and the others lured Dongfang Bai to the Ghost Palace, where the protagonist ambushed and subdued her, draining her power to increase his opened acupoints to seventy-six.
• The protagonist tormented Dongfang Bai until she gave him the genuine manual for the Eight Sounds of the Heavenly Dragon, then mastered the technique in one month.

The narrator ambushed Lü Tengkong and Lü Lin to seize the Heavenly Demon Qin, then tested it alone on a deserted island and discovered it greatly amplified the Eight Sounds of the Heavenly Dragon. The chapter leaves the narrator with a powerful weapon that accelerates his cultivation, while Huang Xuemei remains separated from the qin.

• The narrator ordered his Life and Death Talisman-controlled experts to ambush Lü Tengkong and Lü Lin as they escorted the Heavenly Demon Qin toward Suzhou Prefecture.
• He Qinghua seized the qin from Lü Lin, but Huang Xuemei disguised as a fair-featured young man took it back and let Lü Lin escape.
• The narrator subdued Lü Lin, took the Heavenly Demon Qin, and sent Lü Lin toward Han Xun's residence while his subordinates held off Huang Xuemei.
• The narrator traveled alone to a deserted island and played the Eight Sounds of the Heavenly Dragon through the Heavenly Demon Qin.
• The narrator found that the qin more than doubled the technique's power and increased his acupoint cultivation speed by over tenfold.

Zheng Qian discovered that playing the Heavenly Demon Qin accelerated cultivation and helped him comprehend Destruction Intent, then reached the Grandmaster Realm’s ultimate peak. To find the thirteen heavenly treasures he still needed, he took control of the imperial court and ordered its leaders to search for them under threat of death.

• Zheng Qian learned that the Heavenly Demon Qin boosted cultivation and stirred hatred that helped him comprehend Destruction Intent, which he could endure.
• After half a month, Zheng Qian reached the peak of the Grandmaster Realm and returned to the Ghost Palace, where he ordered Ghost Saint and the others to keep searching for heavenly treasures.
• Over two years, Zheng Qian gained only one treasure, and after reaching the Grandmaster Realm’s ultimate peak, he decided that the martial world’s search efforts were too slow.
• Zheng Qian infiltrated the imperial palace, controlled the emperor and other powerful figures with the Life and Death Talisman, and gave them five years to find the thirteen remaining treasures.
• Zheng Qian set escalating delays to the antidote if the searchers failed to find treasures, threatening to stop distributing it if they did not gather everything by the deadline.

Zheng Qian used Huang Xuemei’s destiny and the Life and Death Talisman to gather heavenly treasures while advancing his cultivation, defeating the northern grassland tribes, and marrying Cheng Fanghua. By the twenty-third year, Huang Xuemei had found another treasure, Cheng Fanghua was pregnant, and the search for the remaining treasures continued.

• Zheng Qian defeated Huang Xuemei, controlled her with the Life and Death Talisman, and promised to return the Heavenly Demon Qin if she found his required treasures within five years.
• Zheng Qian cultivated the Blood Divine Scripture as his subordinates and Huang Xuemei gathered more treasures, bringing his collection to twenty.
• Zheng Qian mastered the Blood Divine Scripture’s fourth stage, became the Carefree King, and slaughtered the northern grassland tribes’ leaders and elite forces.
• Zheng Qian married Cheng Fanghua, extended the treasure-search deadline to ten years, and assigned the factions heavenly treasures needed for the Blood Undying Body.
• Huang Xuemei found another treasure, the factions found five treasures for the Blood Undying Body, and Cheng Fanghua became pregnant.

Liu gathered the final heavenly treasure needed for the Heavenly Heart Shattering Void Art and broke through to the seventh layer of the Great Grandmaster Realm, then returned the Heavenly Demon Qin to Huang Xuemei. Huang Xuemei completed her revenge without attacking him, and in the thirtieth year Liu began cultivating the Dao.

• Liu and Cheng Fanghua welcomed their son Liu Xiaoyao and, later, their daughter Liu Jingxiang.
• Huang Xuemei found the final heavenly treasure for the Heavenly Heart Shattering Void Art, and Liu broke through to the seventh layer of the Great Grandmaster Realm five days later.
• Liu returned the Heavenly Demon Qin to Huang Xuemei, who did not attack him because she still bore the Life and Death Talisman and suspected a trick.
• Huang Xuemei recovered with the Heavenly Demon Qin, reached peak perfection of the Grandmaster Realm, and wore away the Life and Death Talisman.
• Huang Xuemei avenged her parents by killing four of their attackers and crippling Old Ancestor Blazing Fire, while Liu watched without intervening.
• After Huang Xuemei flew away without challenging him, Liu settled secular affairs and began cultivating the Dao in the thirtieth year.

Over the years, the narrator advanced his Destruction, Wind, and Blood Intents while his subordinates searched for the remaining treasures needed to cultivate the Blood Undying Body. After Huang Xuemei challenged him and lost, he placed a stronger Life and Death Talisman inside her, took her Heavenly Demon Qin, and made her monitor his other controlled subordinates; the chapter ended with his Blood Intent reaching the eighth heaven.

• In the thirty-first and thirty-third years, the narrator slowly improved his three major intents as his subordinates found two more heavenly treasures for the Blood Undying Body.
• Huang Xuemei challenged the narrator because her cultivation had stagnated, but he easily wounded her and refused to teach her how to advance.
• The narrator implanted a Blood Intent Life and Death Talisman in Huang Xuemei, took her Heavenly Demon Qin, and ordered her to supervise his other controlled subordinates as they searched for treasures.
• In the thirty-sixth year, the narrator condensed his sixth strand of Destruction Intent, while his subordinates still had not found the last four required treasures.
• In the thirty-seventh year, the narrator's subordinates found another treasure, leaving three still needed to begin cultivating the Blood Undying Body.
• In the thirty-ninth and forty-first years, the narrator reached the eighth heaven with Wind Intent and then condensed his eighth strand of Blood Intent, greatly increasing his strength.

After cultivating the Blood Undying Body and freeing Huang Xuemei, you traveled across the world to seek insight and advance your three Intent Powers. The chapter ended with you and Huang Xuemei reaching the heart of North America, where the vast land stirred her emotions anew.

• Huang Xuemei delivered the final heavenly treasure, and you cultivated the Blood Undying Body before helping her remove the Life and Death Talisman.
• Your parents died, and after completing three years of mourning, you set out to travel with Huang Xuemei following along.
• You followed the Yellow River to its source and found your state of mind growing peaceful, then traveled east along the Yangtze River.
• You reached the Arctic, saw its wildlife and aurora with Huang Xuemei, and advanced your Wind Intent to nine-tenths of its ninth thread.
• You crossed the Bering Strait with Huang Xuemei and reached the heart of North America, where its vastness stirred her heart.

After advancing his Wind, Blood, and Destruction Intents in the Amazon rainforest, the protagonist returned to the Central Plains and reunited with his daughter. Years later, Wind Intent and then Blood Intent stalled just short of their tenth strands, leaving him to seek a way past the restriction.

• In his eighty-fifth year, the protagonist condensed the ninth strand of Wind Intent, reached the ninth layer of the Great Grandmaster Realm, and decided to enter the Amazon rainforest with Huang Xuemei.
• Over four years in the rainforest, the protagonist condensed the ninth strand of Blood Intent and the seventh strand of Destruction Intent while killing its attacking beasts and insects.
• Before they parted, the protagonist gave Huang Xuemei the non-sacrificial breakthrough method from the Blood Divine Scripture, and he returned alone to the Central Plains.
• The protagonist found that his daughter guarded the Carefree King's Mansion at peak Grandmaster Realm strength; after his return, hidden forces fell silent, while he continued cultivating his three intents.
• By his one hundred and twenty-fifth year, Wind Intent had stalled at the final one percent of its tenth strand, so he focused on Blood Intent and Destruction Intent instead.
• In his one hundred and twenty-ninth year, Blood Intent also reached the ninth-layer limit.

The simulated Zheng Qian traveled the world to comprehend Destruction Intent, then unexpectedly gained Fire Intent and Lightning Intent while observing disasters. He later buried Huang Xuemei with the heavenly treasures she had collected and continued his martial journey, knowing he too would eventually die if he failed to break through.

• You traveled wherever fate took you, observing disasters and gradually advancing your Destruction Intent.
• In the 145th year, you comprehended Fire Intent at an erupting volcano and raised it to the third layer of the Great Grandmaster Realm within three days.
• In the 157th year, you comprehended Lightning Intent during a thunderstorm, quickly reaching its second layer and advancing your Destruction Intent to four-fifths of its eighth thread.
• Zheng Qian wondered why the simulated version of himself had begun comprehending new intents so quickly, then continued watching the simulator.
• In the 177th year, you met the dying Huang Xuemei again, accompanied her through her final days, and buried her with the twenty-one heavenly treasures she had collected.
• In the 180th year, you resumed your solitary martial journey and reflected that you would die within roughly a century if you failed to break through.

Zheng Qian’s simulation ended after he lived 328 years, lost his family, and cultivated his martial intents before dying in Thunder Valley. He selected five rewards, and the Simulator began infusing them into his body.

• Liu Xiaoyao and Liu Jingxiang died of old age, leaving Zheng Qian’s immediate family gone while the Liu family grew into an influential clan.
• Zheng Qian continued traveling and cultivating, advancing his Lightning, Fire, and Destruction Intents over the following decades.
• Zheng Qian settled in Thunder Valley, prepared his own tomb, and died at age 328 after comprehending the seventh thread of Lightning Intent.
• Zheng Qian concluded that his lifespan was about 320 years and received a simulation score of 90.
• Zheng Qian chose ninth-heaven Great Grandmaster cultivation, Seeing the True Nature of the Mind, the Blood Divine Scripture, the Primordial Heaven-Connecting Scripture, and the Heavenly Demon Qin.
• The Simulator sent streams of heat through Zheng Qian’s body, strengthening his body and meridians.

Zheng Qian absorbed the gains from his previous simulation, reaching the peak of the ninth layer of the Great Grandmaster Realm, then began a new simulation in the Number One Under Heaven world. Reborn as Zhu Houzhao, he secretly mastered a body-tempering technique as a child.

• Zheng Qian gained several strands of Intent, increased his qi, blood, and Divine Blood refinement, and received an improved Primordial Heaven-Connecting Scripture and the Heavenly Demon Qin.
• Zheng Qian checked his Attribute Panel, saw that his Intent proportions remained below one percent, and started another simulation.
• The Simulator selected the Number One Under Heaven world, and Zheng Qian chose the blue talent Innate Divine Strength.
• Zheng Qian was born as Zhu Houzhao, the eldest son of Emperor Zhu Youcheng and Empress Xiaokang Zhang, and was named Crown Prince as an infant.
• Zhu Houzhao grew unusually intelligent and strong, then secretly learned and perfected the Tiger Leopard Body Tempering Art by age six.

After years of secret cultivation and preparation, the young Crown Prince ascended the throne at fifteen and began building institutions to consolidate imperial authority. He advanced toward the peak of the Grandmaster Realm, searched for heavenly treasures, and selected four consorts from families he considered loyal and manageable.

• The Crown Prince cultivated from the peak of the mid-Houtian Realm to the mid-Grandmaster Realm while secretly concealing his strength.
• He used the Life and Death Talisman to control subordinates and sent them across the country to seek heavenly treasures for the Heavenly Heart Shattering Void Art.
• His subordinates found five of the required treasures, while he continued opening major acupoints and reached the late Grandmaster Realm.
• After his imperial father died, the fifteen-year-old Crown Prince ascended the throne, adopted the era name Zhengde, and established the Heavenly Patrol Guard and Military Affairs Pavilion.
• After the mourning period, Zhengde chose four consorts whose fathers were upright civil and military officials.

You reached the consummate peak of the Grandmaster Realm, gathered heavenly treasures, and consolidated control over the military and court. As Cao Zhengchun’s conflict with Zhu Wushi unfolded, you turned your attention to Gu Santong as a way to strengthen your body.

• You reached the peak of the Grandmaster Realm, and Wan Sanqian agreed to help gather heavenly treasures after you defeated the Four Ghosts of Xiangxi and took his Phantom Divine Skill.
• Wan Sanqian and your four great forces gathered treasures while exposing corrupt generals, allowing you to reclaim their Military Tallies and appoint trusted replacements.
• You expanded your influence over the military and suppressed aristocratic clans and civil officials as you continued cultivating great acupoints.
• You opened all one hundred and eight great acupoints, reaching the consummate peak of the Grandmaster Realm, then began cultivating the first four stages of the Blood Divine Scripture.
• Cao Zhengchun secretly took control of the Western Depot and Imperial Guards and targeted Zhu Wushi, while the conflict over Yang Yuxuan’s family ended with the attackers dead.
• You considered Gu Santong’s body-tempering ability as a way to improve your defense after your cultivation reached its limit.

The narrator infiltrated the Heavenly Prison and wagered his life against Gu Santong to obtain his martial arts. After a prolonged fight, he outlasted Gu Santong’s Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill, won, and received Gu Santong’s techniques.

• The narrator entered the deepest level of the Heavenly Prison and found Gu Santong, then challenged him to a martial arts wager for his techniques.
• Gu Santong accepted and attacked with the Great Absorption Technique, but he could not drain the narrator’s Primordial Heaven-Connecting Divine Art.
• Gu Santong activated the Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill, and he and the narrator fought for half an hour using numerous martial arts.
• As Gu Santong’s stellar energy ran out, the narrator subdued him and won the wager.
• Gu Santong handed over dozens of techniques, including the Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill and the Great Absorption Technique.

After Gu Santong transferred his power to Cheng Shifei, the narrator let the events surrounding the Chuyun Kingdom unfold and took the third Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom from Princess Yun Luo. Cheng Shifei lost his chance to become a secret agent, while the narrator mastered Gu Santong’s techniques and continued cultivating.

• The narrator learned that Gu Santong had died after transferring his power, then ordered the Heavenly Patrol Guard to watch Princess Yun Luo and Cheng Shifei without interfering.
• Wu Wan and Princess Lixiu kidnapped the Empress Dowager, but Cheng Shifei rescued her; Duan Tianya and Guihai Yidao later fought Princess Lixiu until Cheng Shifei helped defeat her.
• The narrator ordered Cheng Shifei to undergo the trial for Dragon Guard Manor’s final “Huang”-rank secret agent position and traded the imperial edict to Princess Yun Luo for the third Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom.
• Zhu Wushi forced Cheng Shifei to use the Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill for a third time, costing him the secret agent position.
• The narrator perfected the Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill and Great Absorption Technique and continued practicing the fourth stage of the Blood Divine Scripture.

You completed the fourth stage of the Blood Divine Scripture and prepared to thwart Zhu Wushi’s schemes while the world’s events unfolded. After obtaining Guihai Bailian’s manuals, you mastered Dominate the World and Three Blades of Avici Path, gaining unstable insights into Destruction Intent.

• You completed the fourth stage of the Blood Divine Scripture as Dragon Guard Manor identified the Liusheng Family behind the assassination attempt, though you knew Zhu Wushi had orchestrated it.
• Wan Sanqian found the last two heavenly treasures needed for the Blood Undying Body, while your forces recovered another treasure for the Heavenly Heart Shattering Void Art.
• You urged Wan Sanqian to pursue Shangguan Haitang and learned that Yunluo had secretly left with Xiao Nu to find Cheng Shifei.
• You resolved to save the people Zhu Wushi intended to kill and ordered your subordinates to retrieve Guihai Bailian’s belongings from Lu Huanong.
• You mastered Dominate the World and Three Blades of Avici Path in three days, gaining insights into Destruction Intent that began to unsettle your state of mind.

The emperor returned Guihai Yidao’s family heirlooms and the saber manuals after Guihai learned that his mother had killed his father to stop his demonic madness. Knowing Guihai would still practice the dangerous techniques, the emperor began preparing to protect his maternal uncle and Grand Tutor from Ryūgen Tamashimori and Ryūgen Hyōjo.

• Guihai Yidao broke into the imperial palace to reclaim his father’s belongings, but Cao Zhengchun captured him and brought him before the emperor.
• The emperor pardoned Guihai and told him to inspect his father’s remains before returning for the belongings.
• Guihai found his mother’s dagger in his father’s back, and Lu Huanong confessed that she had killed Guihai Bailian to stop his murderous demonic madness.
• A month later, Guihai returned to the emperor, who gave him the clothes concealing the manuals for Dominate the World and Three Blades of Avici Path and warned him of their consequences.
• The emperor began arranging to save his maternal uncle and Grand Tutor from Ryūgen Tamashimori and Ryūgen Hyōjo.

The narrator watched the events surrounding Zhu Wushi’s apparent death unfold while secretly replacing targets and recovering military tallies. At Zhu Wushi’s funeral, the narrator observed Zhu Wushi and Cao Zhengchun fight and judged Zhu Wushi the stronger man.

• The narrator replaced Uncle Sikong and Master Liao Jie with expendable doubles, while rescuing the real Liao Jie after faking his death.
• Guihai Yidao mastered Dominate the World and Three Blades of Avici Path, succumbed to demonic possession, and killed the doubles impersonating Uncle Sikong and Master Liao Jie.
• Zhu Wushi entered the Heavenly Prison in Guihai Yidao’s place, faked his death, and passed Dragon Guard Manor’s intelligence to Wan Sanqian, who gave it to the narrator.
• The narrator used the intelligence to secretly subdue five of the Ten Great Generals and reclaim their Military Tallies.
• At Zhu Wushi’s funeral, Duan Tianya rescued Suxin, Wan Sanqian killed Cao Zhengchun’s hidden archers, and Zhu Wushi revealed he was alive.
• The narrator watched Zhu Wushi battle Cao Zhengchun and concluded that Zhu Wushi was stronger because of his aptitude, early breakthroughs, and superior techniques.

After Suxin’s life depended on finding the final Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom, the Emperor traded the Mermaid’s Luminous Pearl for Zhu Wushi’s public promise never to marry her and help finding heavenly treasures. Once Suxin recovered, Zhu Wushi began his final push toward rebellion, while the Emperor worked to expose and undermine him.

• Cao Zhengchun revealed that he had never possessed a third Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom, and Suxin’s hair turned white after the Persian Silkworm left her with only seven days to live.
• Cheng Shifei’s remark reminded Yunluo that she had traded the Mermaid’s Luminous Pearl to the Emperor, who demanded Zhu Wushi promise never to marry Suxin and help find three heavenly treasures within three years.
• The Emperor forced Zhu Wushi to make his promise publicly before handing over the pearl, and Suxin recovered two days later.
• Zhu Wushi betrothed Shangguan Haitang to Wan Sanqian, failed to assassinate Guihai Yidao, and imprisoned Suxin to force Cheng Shifei to use his final chance to display the Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill.
• The Emperor warned the four secret agents that Zhu Wushi planned to rebel, and Cheng Shifei’s confirmation convinced them; Zhu Wushi’s men later killed Fu Tiecheng, prompting the agents to pursue the killers.
• The Emperor abducted Shangguan Haitang and arranged for a trained dead soldier to impersonate her, convincing Wan Sanqian that Zhu Wushi had used him while preparing substitutes to keep Wan Sanqian and Zhang Jinjiu alive and useful.

The Emperor maneuvered Zhu Wushi into a final confrontation after turning Duan Tianya, Guihai Yidao, and Cheng Shifei against him. Cheng Shifei weakened Zhu Wushi in battle, and the Emperor stepped forward to challenge his uncle as the true Number One Under Heaven.

• The Emperor used a double to make Wan Sanqian witness Zhu Wushi kill the Four Ghosts of Xiangxi, while Duan Tianya uncovered Ryūgen Hyōjo’s role in Shangguan Haitang’s death and learned of her apparent suicide.
• Duan Tianya broke with Zhu Wushi, and the Emperor rescued him by offering gold and a fief; the Emperor then ordered Duan Tianya, Guihai Yidao, and Cheng Shifei to prepare to act against Zhu Wushi.
• Zhu Wushi forced the Emperor to abdicate within seven days, while the Emperor saved Suxin and brought her letter to Dragon Guard Manor.
• Duan Tianya, Guihai Yidao, and Cheng Shifei defeated Zhu Wushi’s hidden troops but were badly wounded fighting him, until Suxin’s letter prompted Cheng Shifei to use the Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill.
• Cheng Shifei lost to Zhu Wushi, but left his uncle seriously injured and weakened; the Emperor stopped Duan Tianya and Guihai Yidao from attacking and challenged Zhu Wushi himself.