Chapter Summaries

Xu Qing explored an ancient cultivation ruin with Ka He and uncovered a path hidden beneath layers of dangerous seals and True Dragon Blood. After teleporting to a secret chamber, he found more than a hundred eerie corpses and cautiously approached them.

• Xu Qing parted from Se Lei and took Ka He to investigate ruins on a barren planet.
• Xu Qing broke the ruin’s first seal, absorbed its cold energy, and continued downward through eleven sealing formations.
• Ka He recognized a pool of True Dragon Blood, and Xu Qing had him attack it to reveal a Teleportation Array beneath the pool.
• Xu Qing froze the surging blood, carried Ka He and Buckwheat onto the array, and teleported them to a hidden chamber.
• Xu Qing stepped in front of Ka He and approached more than a hundred robed corpses as Buckwheat warned that they seemed alive.

Xu Qing and Ka He discovered an ancient immortal burial ground where powerful demon beings had been impaled as offerings, and a jade slip identified it as the Profound Moon Immortal Clan’s Demon Dismemberment Hall. After Xu Qing defeated the awakened corpses, the ancient immortals’ souls appeared before him.

• Xu Qing and Ka He found more than a thousand powerful demon beings impaled on spikes beyond a field of ancient cultivator corpses.
• A black-and-white-robed corpse awakened and attacked Ka He, but Xu Qing struck it and drove it back.
• Buckwheat caught a purple jade slip that identified the tomb as the Profound Moon Immortal Clan Demon Dismemberment Hall, where guardians attacked nonhumans but spared those with ancient immortal bloodlines.
• The corpses awakened and targeted Ka He, so Xu Qing sent him to defend the entrance while he fought the guardians alone.
• Xu Qing destroyed the dried corpses with lightning and blood-red ice blades, collecting the immortal energy and fragments of immortal jade they left behind.
• The souls of the ancient immortals appeared before Xu Qing, sitting as though they were meditating.

Xu Qing used Soul Refinement as Art on the bizarre immortal souls and gained a fragment of an immortal art. After unleashing its devastating power, he recovered and continued onward with Ka He and Buckwheat.

• Xu Qing used Gather Soul to draw the bizarre souls into a tornado and refine them.
• Xu Qing received a memory of a robed young man destroying a purple mountain with a nine-colored finger and subduing a giant beast.
• Xu Qing imitated the memory's gesture, gathering purple light to split the underground tomb open and send sunlight streaming in.
• Xu Qing exhausted himself with the technique, then recovered using immortal energy and immortal jade fragments.
• Buckwheat asked to record Xu Qing's gain, and Xu Qing agreed as they continued onward.

Xu Qing and Ka He were attacked by a youth of the Unicorn Flood Dragon Race, who used purple scales and a dragon crystal to overwhelm them. With Ka He in danger and the enemy advancing at Eternal Life Rank strength, Xu Qing spent all 50 Free Attribute Points to improve the Star Extinguishing Finger and unleashed it.

• A crimson spacecraft arrived, and its horned pilot attacked Xu Qing and Ka He with purple scales.
• Ka He recognized the attacker as a member of the Unicorn Flood Dragon Race and fought him, but the youth evaded him and sent scales after both of them.
• Xu Qing used blood-red ice blades and freezing energy against the youth, but the youth’s scales blocked his attacks and he blasted Ka He away.
• The youth swallowed a dragon crystal, grew powerful enough to strike Xu Qing with an invisible whip, and trapped Ka He under attack from three scales.
• Xu Qing spent all 50 Free Attribute Points to advance the Star Extinguishing Finger to First Glimpse, then unleashed it and drew purple light from the planet’s core into his finger.

Xu Qing killed One-Horn, collected his weapons and a blood crystal, and traveled with Ka He and Buckwheat to a secluded planet to recover from his injuries. As Xu Qing rested under his Blood God Clone’s protection, Ka He reflected on being exiled by his clan and began to see Xu Qing’s treatment of him in a new light.

• Xu Qing used Time Stop to kill One-Horn, then recovered a crimson whip, half a broken horn, and a Crimson Crystal from the battlefield.
• Ka He explained the value and abilities of One-Horn’s remains, and Xu Qing asked him to find a secluded planet where he could heal.
• Ka He carried Xu Qing and Buckwheat through the starry sky, while rumors spread that Xu Qing had subdued a Demon Race Grandmaster Realm Rank expert as his mount.
• Xu Qing entered a Medical Pod on the secluded planet to recover, while his Blood God Clone stayed nearby to guard him.
• Ka He recalled how the Silver Moon Wolf Race had exiled and exploited him, and compared his clan’s treatment with Xu Qing’s unexpected concern for his life.

Xu Qing awakened with vastly stronger divine sense, explored a blazing underground sea to study its Flame Laws, and learned that the Demon Race had issued a kill order targeting him. He decided to reveal his identity and draw in Demon Race elites so that his growing reputation would bring protection from human forces.

• Xu Qing awoke from his dream and discovered his divine sense could perceive the entire planet.
• Xu Qing traveled underground and entered a crimson sea of fire to study its Flame Laws.
• Saint King Hui Tian ordered Demon Race forces in the 9th Battlefield to hunt the human expert who killed Red Scale, offering powerful rewards.
• Xu Qing continued through the starry sky as Ka He killed Demon Race squads that attacked them.
• Ka He found the Demon Race kill order in a captured smart badge and told Xu Qing he was its target.
• Xu Qing decided to expose his identity and slaughter Demon Race elites to attract human protection.

Xu Qing rallied scattered human warriors by leading them through battles against the Demon Race, building a force of more than three hundred fighters. After his group joined up with the human legion aboard the Giant Sword, Xu Qing was summoned by its Saint Lord leader, but a sudden vibration disrupted his teleportation.

• Xu Qing deactivated his spacecraft’s stealth systems and raced to aid human warriors under attack, then led them in breaking the Demon Race formation.
• After four battles, Xu Qing gathered more than three hundred human warriors, including fourteen Grandmaster Realm Rank warriors and over eighty Diamond Realm Rank warriors.
• Xu Qing’s expanding force broke through a Demon Race gathering point and encountered the Giant Sword, a human legion led by three powerful figures.
• The Giant Sword’s Saint Lord leader invited Xu Qing’s group to travel alongside the legion, and the warriors eagerly accepted.
• The Saint Lord called Xu Qing over, but a surge of vibration forced Xu Qing out of his teleportation state as he approached the ship.

Xu Qing and Ka He joined a massive human warship’s battle against over ten thousand demon warriors led by Blood Bat. After killing three demon Realm Rank experts, Xu Qing, Ka He, and Buckwheat watched the decisive duel between Mountain Splitter Saint Ruler and Blood Bat Demon Ruler, whose ability to absorb spilled blood gave him an advantage.

• Xu Qing crossed the warship’s powerful force field and impressed its experts, while Ka He followed but drew wary looks from the humans.
• Mountain Splitter, Purple Copper, and Black Jade introduced themselves to Xu Qing, and Purple Copper told him to stay with them during the coming battle.
• Blood Bat’s red beam struck at the warship, Mountain Splitter split it with his axe, and the ship’s Planet Destroyer Cannon was neutralized by a giant blood-red bat.
• Blood Bat led over ten thousand demon warriors into battle, and Mountain Splitter engaged him as both sides suffered heavy casualties.
• Xu Qing and Ka He joined forces with Buckwheat, killed three demon Realm Rank experts, then took shelter in a shattered meteorite to watch the high-level fight.
• Xu Qing and his companions saw that the outcome depended on Mountain Splitter defeating Blood Bat, who grew stronger by absorbing the blood of fallen warriors.

Xu Qing devised a way to help Mountain Splitter Saint Ruler gain an advantage over Blood Bat Demon Ruler, but the battle escalated when Mountain Splitter revealed his increased strength. Both rulers unleashed devastating attacks and survived by using powerful transformations and blood techniques.

• Xu Qing explained that he would create an opening by distracting Blood Bat Demon Ruler, and he made a lifelike duplicate of his head for Ka He to use as a decoy.
• Mountain Splitter Saint Ruler trapped Blood Bat Demon Ruler in a net of axe blades and struck him with a powerful attack, but Blood Bat escaped by scattering into red lights and reassembling far away.
• Blood Bat Demon Ruler realized Mountain Splitter Saint Ruler had reached a higher level, and the other fighters fled with the warriors from the battlefield.
• Mountain Splitter Saint Ruler attacked with an enormous axe while Blood Bat Demon Ruler drew blood into a scarlet sword and countered with a burst of sword light.
• Blood Bat Demon Ruler swallowed golden blood from a shattered crystal, turning into a sea of blood that met Mountain Splitter Saint Ruler's final axe strike; afterward, Mountain Splitter stood exhausted and Blood Bat reappeared in the form of a child.

Xu Qing helped Mountain Splitter Saint Ruler trap and seal Blood Bat Demon Ruler through a carefully timed plan. After receiving a golden potion as a reward, Xu Qing began breaking through to World Rank while Purple Copper guarded him.

• Ka He rushed to Blood Bat Demon Ruler with a human head, claiming he had killed Red Scale Saint Child, and Blood Bat Demon Ruler protected him from Mountain Splitter Saint Ruler.
• Ka He attacked Blood Bat Demon Ruler with Xu Qing’s Azure Frost Flying Sword, and Blood Robe Xu Qing used the Town Sky Spear to freeze Blood Bat Demon Ruler for an instant.
• Mountain Splitter Saint Ruler struck Blood Bat Demon Ruler with his axe, while Purple Copper pulled Ka He away and Xu Qing froze Blood Bat Demon Ruler again, allowing the Saint Ruler to seal him.
• Xu Qing, Ka He, and Purple Copper emerged from the void injured, and Mountain Splitter Saint Ruler gave Xu Qing a golden potion that rapidly healed him and triggered a breakthrough.
• Mountain Splitter Saint Ruler left Purple Copper to protect Xu Qing as he began breaking through to World Rank, then returned to the battlefield.

Xu Qing entered the Cosmic Origin Laws Ocean during his breakthrough and absorbed light, fire, and water Laws to expand his Inner World. As his Inner World grew, he absorbed all nineteen cubic units of Cosmic Energy Crystals.

• The human race cleared the battlefield while Xu Qing remained immersed in his breakthrough.
• Xu Qing dreamed of light and realized that light and fire were related Laws, both arising from the release of energy.
• Xu Qing entered the Cosmic Origin Laws Ocean and absorbed light and fire energy as his Inner World formed into a golden continent.
• Xu Qing’s Inner World reached saturation at roughly six million kilometers, so he reached out to the water Laws through his comprehension of the Cold Ice Dao.
• Cosmic Energy from water expanded Xu Qing’s Inner World by another two million kilometers, filling it with oceans, lakes, and rivers.
• Xu Qing summoned and absorbed all nineteen cubic units of Cosmic Energy Crystals from his Storage Ring.

Xu Qing broke through to the World Rank by expanding his Inner World with the laws of water and thunder, greatly strengthening his foundation and combat power. Purple Copper urged him to conceal his strength and return to base to rest, while her matchmaking question ended in a misunderstanding.

• Xu Qing used thunder to ignite vegetation in his Inner World, giving rise to fire, clouds, rain, and ice as the world expanded beyond ten million kilometers.
• Xu Qing sensed that his comprehension of universal laws had grown dramatically and estimated that he could suppress or possibly kill an ordinary Eternal Life Rank expert.
• Xu Qing thanked Purple Copper for guarding him, and she realized he had advanced from the ninth level of the Domain Rank to the World Rank.
• Purple Copper warned Xu Qing that the demon race might send a Saint King to assassinate him if his strength became known, and he agreed to keep a low profile after the battle.
• Purple Copper asked whether Xu Qing was married, and he mistakenly thought she was asking for herself before she clarified she meant a junior in her clan.
• After the battle cleanup, Xu Qing agreed to return to the base with Purple Copper, Ka He, and Buckwheat to rest.

Xu Qing, disguised as Buckwheat, fought alongside Ross Squad and killed two Crocodile Race Eternal Life Rank experts, adding a large number of merits toward the 10 trillion needed to leave the battlefield early. The squad survived the ambush and began dividing the spoils, while Xu Qing continued pursuing his way off the battlefield.

• Xu Qing checked that he had accumulated 185.6 million merit points and considered hunting Eternal Life Rank experts to reach the 10 trillion required to leave the battlefield early.
• More than thirty Crocodile Race warriors ambushed Ross Squad, and one of the squad’s newest members was killed in the opening clash.
• Xu Qing killed four Grandmaster Realm Rank enemies, then annihilated E Luo Duo with his lightning after overpowering the Eternal Life Rank crocodile.
• Ross, Beacon Fire, and Xu Qing worked together to defeat the Crocodile Race captain E Fei Te, with Xu Qing delivering the killing blow.
• Ross Squad defeated the remaining enemies and gathered to divide the spoils, including merits for two slain Eternal Life Rank demons and more than twenty Realm Rank fighters.

After leaving Ross Squad to seek stronger opponents, Xu Qing traveled to the dangerous 151 Base Area under the codename Shen Huan. He answered a human team's distress call and stunned both sides by badly wounding a Peak Eternal Life Rank demon despite being detected as a World Rank.

• Ross distributed the battle merits, giving Xu Qing most of the reward for killing E Luo Duo and a share for helping kill E Fei Te.
• Xu Qing decided to leave Ross Squad and pursue late-stage and Peak Eternal Life Rank opponents; his teammates wished him well as he departed.
• Buckwheat reviewed merit values, battlefield missions, and the team's stored spoils with Xu Qing during their journey toward the 151st Barracks.
• Xu Qing detected numerous powerful teams near the 151 Base Area and chose to answer a nearby human team's distress call against three demon teams.
• Xu Qing attacked the demons in Green Vine Armor, unleashing lightning across the shattered star ring and wounding their Peak Eternal Life Rank commander.
• The battlefield's detection systems identified Xu Qing as a World Rank with a Master evaluation, leaving both humans and demons shocked by his attack.

Xu Qing killed a Peak Eternal Life Demon Race expert and helped the humans defeat the Demon Race legion, then learned about the Star Ring battlefields from Azi Ke and Ti Gu Si. He moved to Star Ring Zone 8, built a fortified base, and began hunting and cultivating alone.

• Xu Qing annihilated a Peak Eternal Life Demon Race expert, turning the battle in the humans’ favor as he and two human Eternal Life experts captured the remaining Eternal Life demons.
• Azi Ke and Ti Gu Si thanked Xu Qing, gave him his merit points and a share of the spoils, and explained the Star Ring battlefield’s regions and notable experts.
• Xu Qing left the human legion and traveled to Inner Ring Star Ring Zone 8.
• Xu Qing built an underground palace inside a huge meteorite and fortified it with defenses, radar systems, and formations.
• Xu Qing began hunting in Zone 8, alternating between his cultivation and Genetic Martial Path systems as he fought and grew more skilled.

Xu Qing grew powerful enough to hunt Saint Monarchs, strengthened his defenses with Heavy Gold Armor, and perfected the Star Extinguishing Finger. After Buckwheat warned him that six Peak Eternal Life Rank demons were coming to kill him, Xu Qing prepared a formation to trap them, while Ka He secretly signaled Buckwheat from the demons’ spacecraft.

• Xu Qing combined his combat methods and hunted increasingly powerful enemies, earning the name Shen Huan Saint Monarch across nearby star regions.
• Xu Qing killed a low-level Saint Monarch after a three-month battle, obtained superior armor, and fused the Myriad Origin Heart into Heavy Gold Armor.
• Xu Qing perfected the Star Extinguishing Finger and considered how to use formations to improve his chances against Saint Monarchs.
• Buckwheat told Xu Qing that six Peak Eternal Life Rank demons were approaching to kill him, and Xu Qing went to inspect his formation with Buckwheat.
• Ka He lured the demons to the meteorite region and secretly sent Buckwheat a message after the commanders spread out to prepare their attack.

Xu Qing survived a coordinated ambush by six demon-race Undyings and trapped them inside a prepared array. He began counterattacking, leaving the five remaining demons reeling from his divine-consciousness attack.

• Buckwheat warned Xu Qing that six demon-race Undyings, including members of the Black-striped Tiger Race, Falcon Race, and Undying Insect Race, were approaching.
• The six Undyings attacked the meteorite and collectively self-destructed, but Xu Qing escaped into the void and emerged unharmed.
• Xu Qing activated an array that enclosed the six demons in a golden sphere and struck the Falcon Race Undying with his spear and Nine Stars Across the Sky.
• The two Black-striped Tiger demons attacked Xu Qing's mind, but his seven-colored divine light neutralized their Mental Attack.
• Xu Qing used the Void Piercing Cone to strike the five remaining demons with divine consciousness, weakening their minds.

Xu Qing fought six Eternal Life demonkin and used his world projection and formation to isolate and kill the powerful Black-striped Tiger. He collected the scattered spoils in his Inner World, where Buckwheat eagerly sorted them.

• Xu Qing killed the Falcon Race expert after the demonkin’s weakened soul defenses left it vulnerable to his assault.
• Xu Qing’s Inner World projection countered the five demonkin projections, letting him fight the remaining enemies without being overwhelmed by their suppression.
• Xu Qing struck the Black-striped Tiger into pieces but took heavy damage from the five demonkin’s combined attack.
• Xu Qing vanished and reappeared behind the Black-striped Tiger, planting a force inside it that caused its body to explode.
• Xu Qing used his Nine Revolutions Golden Lotus formation to separate the Black-striped Tiger from the other demonkin and repeatedly destroyed it until it underwent Disintegration.
• Buckwheat gathered the Black-striped Tiger’s scattered belongings inside Xu Qing’s Inner World and sorted them into rings.

Xu Qing killed the last Black-striped Tiger Race demon after the ambush, while Black Radiance Demon Ruler learned of his son Black Rock’s death and set out to hunt him. Xu Qing prepared a formation and other contingencies for the approaching high-level demon ruler.

• The remaining demons split up to escape, and Xu Qing pursued and killed the last Black-striped Tiger Race member while the other pair fled.
• Xu Qing collected the scattered items, put away the Thousand Illusion Pure Lotus Formation, and continued deeper into Star Ring Zone 8 with Ka He.
• Black Radiance Demon Ruler learned that Black Rock had died, activated a hidden beacon, and headed toward Xu Qing’s location.
• Buckwheat warned Xu Qing that Black Rock’s possessions might have contained a tracking beacon, and Ka He identified Black Radiance as a high-level demon ruler.
• Xu Qing welcomed the chance to draw Black Radiance to him, then set up a more thorough formation and prepared for the difficult battle ahead.

Xu Qing prepared to break through toward the True Immortal realm and laid a formation to trap Black Radiance Demon Ruler. When Black Radiance Demon Ruler arrived seeking revenge for his son, Xu Qing’s decoy drew him into the formation’s devastating blast.

• Xu Qing considered using the Seven Illusions Divine Light Technique and a True Immortal tribulation to gain an advantage over Black Radiance Demon Ruler.
• Over the next month, Xu Qing cultivated in Meteorite Palace and set up a massive formation across the surrounding starry sky.
• Black Radiance Demon Ruler rushed toward Xu Qing, driven by fury over his son and prepared to die for revenge.
• Black Radiance Demon Ruler attacked Xu Qing, but Xu Qing evaded his strikes with his ability to vanish into the void.
• Xu Qing revealed that the figure before Black Radiance Demon Ruler was a decoy, and the formation trapped Black Radiance Demon Ruler at its center.
• Black Radiance Demon Ruler failed to escape the formation’s blast, transformed into an enormous Black Stripes Tiger, and braced for the destructive forces head-on.