Chapter Summaries

Xu Qing summoned an ancient Immortal Tribulation to attack the Black Radiance Demon Ruler, then used a surprise strike to make them both suffer its first lightning blast. As the tribulation intensified, Xu Qing recovered with Immortal Origin while the Demon Ruler was badly wounded and feared he might not survive.

• Xu Qing detonated thirty-eight Blazing Divine Crystals against the Black Radiance Demon Ruler, then used the Seven Illusions Divine Light Technique to summon a vast thundercloud.
• Xu Qing and the Black Radiance Demon Ruler turned their attention to the approaching Immortal Tribulation, which threatened them both.
• Xu Qing attacked the Demon Ruler with his Laws and world projection, then used Time Stop as lightning struck them both.
• Xu Qing suffered severe injuries but quickly healed after gaining Immortal Origin, while the Demon Ruler was blasted away.
• Three more lightning strikes battered the Demon Ruler, who saw Xu Qing emerge unharmed and realized the tribulation could kill him.

Xu Qing endured the Nine Tribulation Thunder as his Immortal Tribulation shifted from crimson lightning to crushing Heavenly Might. As the pressure shattered his body and threatened to destroy him, the Myriad Laws Pavilion appeared behind him.

• Xu Qing and the Black Radiance Demon Ruler realized the Immortal Tribulation had become the rare Nine Tribulation Thunder.
• Xu Qing used his laws, armor, Shocking Void Spear, Star Extinguishing Finger, and other defenses against the crimson lightning, but it engulfed him and blasted him away.
• Xu Qing emerged from the lightning, healed with Nirvana and Immortal Origin, and began absorbing the crimson lightning into his Dao of lightning Ascension Crystal.
• Xu Qing recognized the next tribulation as formless Heavenly Might and refused to submit as its crushing force intensified.
• The heavenly pressure shattered Xu Qing's bones and repeatedly exploded the Black Radiance Demon Ruler, while Xu Qing remained standing.
• As Xu Qing's skull neared collapse, an ethereal song sounded and the nine-story Myriad Laws Pavilion appeared behind him.

The Myriad Laws Pavilion saved Xu Qing from the Heavenly Tribulation and brought him inside to study the legacies of ancient Immortals. After gaining an initial imprint of the Immortal Art Sun Burial, he received access to an Immortal Spirit Land in exchange for promising to summon the pavilion spirit if he found the Ancient Immortal Realm ruins.

• The Myriad Laws Pavilion restored Xu Qing and its spirit invited him inside, explaining that his cultivation of the Seven Illusions Divine Light Technique had drawn the pavilion to him.
• The pavilion spirit led Xu Qing to the fourth floor, where Xu Qing chose a meditation cushion and witnessed Immortal King Kuruo demonstrate the Immortal Art Sun Burial.
• Xu Qing initially comprehended Sun Burial, then followed the spirit to the ninth floor and paid his respects to a painting of the Divine Light Immortal Emperor.
• The pavilion spirit showed Xu Qing an Immortal Spirit Land where time passed differently and offered it to him in exchange for summoning the spirit if he found the Ancient Immortal Realm ruins.
• Xu Qing agreed to the request and accepted a Seven-Colored Token that let him contact the pavilion spirit and enter the Immortal Spirit Land.

Xu Qing survived the Heavenly Tribulation and transformed into a True Immortal after thirty years of seclusion, then learned that Se Lei had died and traveled to Base 116. There, he tested his newfound strength by killing six Eternal Demon Race experts, while Ying Zhan fled.

• Xu Qing endured the heavenly might and final Thought Lightning, completing his transformation into a True Immortal as Black Radiance Demon Ruler died beneath the tribulation.
• After thirty years without contact, Xu Qing reunited with Buckwheat and Ka He and learned from Se Lei's farewell email that she had died three years earlier.
• Xu Qing ordered Buckwheat to take him to Base 116 so he could test his strength after his breakthrough.
• Near Base 116, Xu Qing split the Demon Race's combined attack and killed six Eternal experts with a single charge.
• Ying Zhan sensed the danger and crushed a jade pendant to escape from Xu Qing.

Xu Qing killed the Falcon Race Demon Ruler with Thought Lightning and escaped its self-destruction, then returned to Bai Wu Star to honor Se Lei at the Heroes' Memorial Monument. As Xu Qing began carving Se Lei's name, his strength carried him far higher than anyone expected, leaving the onlookers wondering whether a Saint King Rank warrior had died.

• Xu Qing used Heaven and Earth Reversal to trap the fleeing Falcon Race Demon Ruler, then weakened him with Thought Lightning that attacked his soul.
• The Falcon Race Demon Ruler self-destructed; Xu Qing escaped through the Immortal Spirit Land and collected the surviving wings and earring.
• News spread that Xu Qing had killed a peak Demon Ruler Rank expert, and he returned from the 3rd Battlefield to Bai Wu Star.
• At the Heroes' Memorial Monument, Xu Qing reunited with Thomas and gave him the Falcon Race Demon Ruler's wings as battle armor, avenging Se Lei.
• Xu Qing took the carving knife and began engraving Se Lei's name, rising past thirty thousand meters toward the height reserved for Saint King Rank experts.

After spending ten years developing a spear technique that combined five laws, Xu Qing sought Kuruo Elder’s guidance and learned he needed to study the Law of Time without relying on the Shocking Void Spear. He entered the outer Star Ring Battlefield to continue training and hunting, where an Insect Race army was pursuing a spacecraft nearby.

• After returning to the 3rd Battlefield, Xu Qing learned that a major battle had killed one human Saint King and left the human forces in a precarious position.
• Xu Qing studied spear techniques and fought for ten years, eventually creating a four-colored style that earned him the name Four-Colored Spear King among demon fighters.
• Xu Qing visited Kuruo Elder in the Virtual Universe Network and demonstrated his spear technique, but his master warned him that he relied too heavily on the Shocking Void Spear’s Time Stop ability.
• Kuruo Elder arranged a virtual training ground where Xu Qing would fight opponents who cultivated the laws of time and refine his secret technique.
• Xu Qing entered the outer Star Ring Battlefield, fought repeatedly, and killed six high-level demon Undying experts within three days.
• A spacecraft pursued by a gray Insect Race army sped through space about two light-years from Xu Qing, while nearby experts kept their distance from the dangerous swarm.

Xu Qing rescued a Rakshasa Race team from an Insect Sea and learned about the Outer Star Ring battlefield and the factions competing for Cosmic Energy Crystals on the Crimson Star Continent. He entered the continent alone and unexpectedly discovered a human city.

• Qian He’s team was surrounded by an Insect Sea after taking a top-grade Insect Crystal, and they fought desperately while waiting for rescue.
• Xu Qing answered the team’s distress call, destroyed thousands of insects with his lightning and Sun Burial techniques, and introduced himself as Shen Huan.
• Qian He and Luo Ji thanked Xu Qing and offered him merit points, but he declined and asked them to explain the battlefield and its powerful factions.
• Qian He’s team guided Xu Qing toward the Crimson Star Continent and explained that factions fought for its Cosmic Energy Crystal deposits.
• Xu Qing left the Rakshasa Race experts and entered the continent alone, where he found a human city.

Xu Qing settled into Crimson Flame City and sold demon weapons to the Five Elements Shop for Cosmic Energy Crystals. After learning she had turned him away from Chaos Mall and missed a lucrative deal, Qing Yu pursued him through the city.

• Xu Qing paid the entry fee to Crimson Flame City, rented a residence for twenty years, and began cultivating to stabilize his True Immortal realm.
• Xu Qing decided to sell the weapons and armor he had taken from demon powerhouses, hoping to earn more than he would at a human base.
• Qing Yu turned Xu Qing away from Chaos Mall because he was only at the World Rank, while Fan Sheng welcomed him into the Five Elements Shop.
• Xu Qing sold Fan Sheng more than fifty Eternal Life Rank demon weapons for 3.5 cubic units of Cosmic Energy Crystals, and used Buckwheat to record the transaction.
• After Fan Sheng told Qing Yu about the sale, she grew jealous and followed Xu Qing through Crimson Flame City.

Xu Qing defeated Qing Yu after she ambushed him, then forced Chaos Mall to compensate him with Cosmic Energy Crystals. After using the crystals to strengthen his Inner World, he received an apology and invitation from Chaos Mall, along with a Crimson Star Grass seed.

• Xu Qing noticed Qing Yu following him, left Crimson Flame City, and counterattacked when she ambushed him with an azure saber.
• Xu Qing pursued Qing Yu toward the city, removed over a hundred of her arms, and switched places with her to avoid the Crimson Tiger Saint Ruler's flaming attack.
• Xu Qing immobilized the Crimson Tiger Saint Ruler and demanded ten cubic meters of Cosmic Energy Crystals; the ruler paid and warned Qing Yu not to seek Xu Qing again.
• Buckwheat explained how Cosmic Energy Crystals could stabilize Xu Qing's Inner World, and Xu Qing absorbed most of his crystals to strengthen it by about 20%.
• Lu Fei delivered an apology, compensation, and an auction invitation from Chaos Mall; Xu Qing gave his name as Shen Huan and accepted the gift, which contained a Crimson Star Grass seed.

Xu Qing attended Crimson Tiger’s auction hoping to find a Soul-type Rare Item and a way to obtain Cosmic Energy Crystals. When a soul-repairing gemstone appeared, Xu Qing suspected it had been placed to expose his identity, and Crimson Tiger began explaining how others could infer his origins.

• Xu Qing agreed to attend the auction with Buckwheat after realizing it might offer Soul-type Rare Items.
• Crimson Tiger personally escorted Xu Qing to Chaos Mall, and Xu Qing asked about obtaining seventy cubic units of Cosmic Energy Crystals before proposing to sell weapons through Crimson Tiger.
• At the auction, Xu Qing saw rare weapons, a secret realm sold for more than five hundred and eighty cubic units, and other unusual items.
• Xu Qing recognized a soul-repairing gemstone as the kind of treasure he needed, but suspected its appearance was a scheme to identify him as Xu Qing.
• Crimson Tiger admitted that a skilled observer could infer Xu Qing’s origins from his combat habits and that his connection to the Martial God Hall made identification easier.

Crimson Tiger recruited Xu Qing for an expedition into a dangerous secret realm, offering a gemstone and a share of the treasure, but Xu Qing secured the gemstone for one Cosmic Energy Crystal. He decided to join the expedition to seek a domain-type treasure, then cultivated the Crimson Star Grass until it grew into a colossal crimson-gold creature.

• Crimson Tiger explained that he and other Saint Rulers needed Xu Qing's Saint King Rank combat power for a return expedition to an ancient secret realm, offering him a gemstone deposit and first choice of two treasures.
• Xu Qing won the gemstone for one Cosmic Energy Crystal at the auction, bound it to his Inner World, and resolved to join the expedition to find a domain-type treasure that could help him earn the merit he needed.
• Xu Qing studied the Beast Taming Sect's Beast Refining Art, cultivated it to Perfection, and refined pills and a pill furnace to accelerate the Crimson Star Grass's growth.
• Xu Qing planted the Crimson Star Grass in his Immortal Spirit Space and fed it spring water, pills, immortal jade, and a Spirit Core.
• After seven days of cultivation, Xu Qing returned to the Immortal Spirit Space and found a colossal crimson-gold creature coiled inside.

Xu Qing discovered that the Immortal Spirit Space had expanded and revealed a Primordial Dao Fruit Tree, then traveled toward Luo Huang Star for Crimson Tiger’s upcoming operation. On the journey, he chose to pursue a Lightning Divine Light and entered a state of enlightenment while studying his lightning powers.

• Xu Qing accelerated Crimson Star Grass’s growth in the Immortal Spirit Space, where it reached the initial Eternal Life Rank, and promised Buckwheat a share of future patent profits.
• The Immortal Spirit Space doubled in size and produced a Primordial Dao Fruit Tree, whose fruits could grant powerful abilities and eventually make an Eternal Life cultivator a Saint King.
• Xu Qing planted precious medicinal-herb seeds, then left the Immortal Spirit Space with Buckwheat.
• After Crimson Tiger contacted him about the operation, Xu Qing traveled separately toward the rendezvous on Luo Huang Star, with five days remaining before the mission.
• Xu Qing cultivated alongside his Blood God Clone and chose to condense a Lightning Divine Light, using Heavenly Thunder and Immortal Tribulation Thought Thunder to explore the tangible and intangible aspects of lightning.

Xu Qing joined Crimson Tiger's group to enter a dangerous secret realm, where he discovered the entrance was part of an ancient teleportation array and that his divine sense could detect threats hidden from the others. The group fled after a Demon King snatched one of their companions, leaving the expert's fate uncertain.

• Xu Qing arrived at the ocean planet and waited for Crimson Tiger, then met Jin Zhan, who questioned whether Xu Qing could survive the secret realm's trials without an immortal body.
• Crimson Tiger led the group in channeling energy and offering Cosmic Energy Crystals to open the entrance on what Xu Qing discovered was a giant submerged statue.
• Xu Qing studied the gate, recognized an ancient Teleportation Array, and copied its runes before entering with the others.
• Xu Qing detected a huge Demon King Rank toad below the group's floating stones, though the darkness blocked the others' scouting methods.
• A crimson shadow smashed a Saint Monarch's stone and swept him away, and Xu Qing fled with Crimson Tiger and the others into the darkness.

Xu Qing entered the Thunder Realm, where the ancient lightning nourished his Lightning Dao and raised his cultivation. He explored a strange tower that sheltered its interior from the storms, while Nian Yu secretly followed him into the same realm.

• The Toad King attacked the group, killing or scattering several people before Xu Qing used lightning to free Crimson Tiger from its tongue.
• Crimson Tiger led the survivors to a teleportation vortex and explained that it sent travelers to one of eight realms; Xu Qing chose the Thunder Realm after Nian Yu identified it.
• Nian Yu secretly entered the Thunder Realm after Xu Qing, having inferred that Xu Qing was drawn to its lightning.
• Xu Qing arrived in a barren land filled with lightning and found that its ancient bolts strengthened his Lightning Dao and increased his cultivation.
• Xu Qing discovered a line of lightning lakes connected by hollow stone towers and entered one, finding dusty rooms protected from the storm outside.

Xu Qing befriended a juvenile One-Horned Thunder Beast and followed it away from the stone-pillar route to a valley full of Thunder Beasts. He discovered a powerful Three-Horned Thunder Beast at the heart of the herd, whose members had all noticed his arrival.

• Xu Qing discovered that lightning rarely struck along the path between stone pillars, then encountered a juvenile One-Horned Thunder Beast at the second pillar.
• Xu Qing used his Lightning Dao Seed and imitated the beast to gain its trust, then followed it toward a distant mountain range.
• Xu Qing and the Thunder Beast traveled through the storm together while Nian Yu searched the stone pillars for Xu Qing and lost his trail.
• Xu Qing reached a valley containing more than a hundred Thunder Beasts, including a Three-Horned Thunder Beast at Saint King Rank.
• The Thunder Beasts stopped playing and turned warily toward Xu Qing.

Xu Qing befriended a herd of Thunder Beasts and deepened his understanding of thunder while living in their valley. On the eighteenth day, Thunder Birds attacked and carried off several cubs as the Thunder Beast King fought their crimson-lightning leader.

• Xu Qing protected Xiao Lei from its parent, then settled in the valley to observe the herd and cultivate.
• Over several days, Xu Qing befriended the Thunder Beast cubs, gained the adults' trust, and found crystals containing potent lightning power.
• Xu Qing's Thought Thunder and Heavenly Thunder began to merge, giving his Heavenly Thunder a trace of heavenly might and helping the herd accept him.
• Xu Qing joined the Thunder Beasts' daily routines, and his attainments in the Dao of Thunder steadily improved.
• A flock of Thunder Birds attacked the herd and snatched several cubs while the Thunder Beast King fought a large bird covered in crimson lightning.

Xu Qing helped the Thunder Beast King recover, then entered the herd’s Sacred Ground and cultivated in its Thunder Pool for a month. He emerged with a unique lightning power and greater cultivation, survived his Heavenly Tribulation, and dispersed every storm cloud across the Thunder Realm.

• Xu Qing rescued the Thunder Beasts’ young from a flock of Thunder Birds and fought alongside the herd until the birds retreated, leaving both kings injured.
• Xu Qing gave the Thunder Beast King a healing pill, then used Immortal Origin and a Spirit Core to help it recover through the night.
• The Thunder Beast King led Xu Qing to the herd’s Sacred Ground, where Xu Qing entered the Thunder Pool and endured its lightning as he cultivated for a month.
• The Thunder Beast herd’s roars strengthened the new thunder forming in the pool, and Xu Qing emerged with Thought Thunder and Heavenly Thunder fused into his own lightning and his cultivation advanced to the lower-grade Immortal Lord realm.
• Xu Qing faced his Heavenly Tribulation as the Thunder Beasts watched, then commanded the lightning to disperse, clearing the skies over the Thunder Realm.

Xu Qing left the Thunder Realm with Xiao Lei and joined the survivors at the Sea of Illusory Thoughts, where they boarded a mysterious ship for the month-long crossing. On the ship, Xiao Lei sensed unseen voices that Xu Qing could not detect, leaving him on guard as the voyage began.

• The Thunder Beasts asked Xu Qing to take Xiao Lei beyond their secret realm, and he promised to care for it before heading to the Teleportation Array.
• Xu Qing noticed fresh signs of battle near the array, then emerged onto a beach where six survivors awaited him; Lian Guang was still missing.
• Crimson Tiger explained the dangers of the Sea of Illusory Thoughts, and the group boarded a strange, unusually sturdy sailing ship after waiting ten days for Lian Guang.
• Xu Qing secured a cabin, released Buckwheat and Xiao Lei, and used a Spirit Communication Seal to speak directly with the Thunder Beast.
• Xiao Lei told Xu Qing it could hear unseen murmurs aboard the ship, so Xu Qing ordered it to guard the cabin door and warn him of intruders.

Xu Qing discovered a strange wooden doll aboard the ship, and a panel prompt revealed that studying its patterns could help him grasp the power of time. After Crimson Tiger explained the ship’s dangers and rules, Xu Qing kept the doll and began investigating it while an unseen presence waited outside Crimson Tiger’s cabin.

• Xiao Lei brought Xu Qing a cold, four-armed wooden doll that had appeared outside his cabin, and a panel prompt warned him not to stare into its eyes while hinting that its patterns could reveal the power of time.
• Crimson Tiger summoned the group and laid out three shipboard taboos: avoid fighting, return to cabins before midnight, and protect anyone caught in an illusion.
• Xu Qing questioned Crimson Tiger privately, who revealed that the group had encountered similar illusion-inducing dolls when they first boarded and had left them behind after the third stage.
• Crimson Tiger refused to keep Xu Qing’s doll, so Xu Qing took it back; afterward, someone knocked at Crimson Tiger’s door, and he sensed a person silently waiting outside.
• Xu Qing had Xiao Lei and Buckwheat guard the cabin while he studied the doll and wondered whether its warning against looking into its eyes also applied to divine sense and Mental Power.

Xu Qing investigated a mysterious visitor who had knocked on his cabin door in the Sea of Illusory Thoughts. After using a Yellow Turban Warrior Talisman to scout the ship, he discovered a pale face peering out from an empty cabin.

• A stranger knocked on Xu Qing’s door and claimed to be Crimson Tiger, but Xu Qing refused to open it, and the visitor fell silent.
• Xu Qing sent out a Yellow Turban Warrior Talisman incarnation to search the corridor and investigate the knocking.
• Xu Qing knocked on Crimson Tiger’s door and heard him curse, confirming that Crimson Tiger had already encountered the mysterious knocker.
• Xu Qing knocked on Jin Zhan’s door and provoked a sharp aura from inside, then continued along the corridor.
• Xu Qing knocked on the gray-haired young man’s cabin, and a pale face appeared from a crack in the door of an empty cabin behind him.