Chapter Summaries

Gu Han arranged for Jiang Yinyin to recover her former life and strength, then prepared to attack the Strange Demons at the Dao Sect. Years later, Ying Xuanzi’s Reincarnation Ceremony drew the Yuan Sect’s leaders, whom Ying Xuanzi openly threatened as his greatest gift to himself.

• Jiang Yinyin thanked Gu Han for saving the Undying Sacred Whale Clan and agreed to cooperate against the Strange Demon Clan.
• Gu Han used the Yin Yang Twin Flames to restore Jiang Yinyin’s original body and arranged for Mu Lingshan’s soul to enter her current body.
• Gu Han sealed the flames’ power within Jiang Yinyin so her past-life memories would awaken as she cultivated, and said she would revive in the Heavenly Tomb within half a year.
• Years passed, and the East Profound Region’s leaders gathered at the Dao Sect for Ying Xuanzi’s Reincarnation Ceremony.
• Ren Yuanzi and Di Yuanzi arrived from the Yuan Sect with a Quasi-Heavenly Martial Art as tensions over Zhou Tong’s death resurfaced.
• Ying Xuanzi welcomed Ren Yuanzi and Di Yuanzi by declaring that their lives would be his greatest gift that day.

Ying Xuanzi trapped Ren Yuanzi and Di Yuanzi in the Dao Sect’s Sect Protection Array and exposed their allegiance to the Strange Demons. After killing them, he urged the assembled factions to strike swiftly and destroy the Yuan Sect.

• Ying Xuanzi activated the Dao Sect’s Sect Protection Array and accused Ren Yuanzi and Di Yuanzi of siding with the Strange Demons.
• Ren Yuanzi and Di Yuanzi burned their bodies to open a path through the array, but Ying Xuanzi sealed the passage and trapped their Primordial Spirits.
• Ling Ziyun, the Heavenly Profound Saintess, and Lin Jiuxiao detected dense Strange Demon Power fused with the two men’s Origin Power and condemned the Yuan Sect.
• Ying Xuanzi revealed that someone else had informed him of the traitors, then used Reincarnation Power to destroy Ren Yuanzi and Di Yuanzi’s Primordial Spirits.
• Ying Xuanzi proposed that the gathered factions quickly destroy the Yuan Sect and offered to claim none of its resources or territory for the Dao Sect.

Ying Xuanzi and the other super sect leaders attacked the Yuan Sect and discovered it had sacrificed its people and filled its core with Strange Demon corpses. Tian Yuanzi confronted them using Zhou Tong as a weapon, but Gu Han arrived, freed Zhou Tong, and began destroying the Yuan Sect.

• Ying Xuanzi led Ling Ziyun, Lin Jiuxiao, and the other leaders to the Yuan Sect after they agreed to join the attack and claim its resources.
• The group shattered the Yuan Sect’s grand formation and found its people dead, its territory saturated with Strange Demon aura, and its core region packed with Strange Demon corpses.
• Tian Yuanzi appeared through a spatial rift with Zhou Tong trapped in demonic armor, and Zhou Tong recognized Ying Xuanzi as his master.
• Gu Han used the power of the Eight Great Ancestral Symbols to break Zhou Tong’s Demon Emperor Lock and restore him to the peak of the Death Profound Realm.
• Gu Han struck the Yuan Sect’s core with a colossal icy palm, purifying Strange Demon aura and freezing a fleeing colossal beast after it called for the Third King Hall.

Gu Han defeated Tian Yuanzi and offered the region’s powerful leaders a chance to advance through the Black Tortoise Hall. Ling Ziyun, Lin Jiuxiao, and others agreed to join or serve as elders, and Gu Han assigned them a task before promising Bodhi Seeds to most of them.

• Gu Han revealed that he had already slain the Third King Hall and destroyed Tian Yuanzi, purifying and absorbing his energy.
• Ying Xuanzi and Ling Ziyun explained Gu Han’s past help against Strange Demons, while Ying Xuanzi credited him with helping the Dao Sect and his own breakthrough.
• Gu Han opened the Xuanwu Secret Realm and offered the leaders either a chance to comprehend reincarnation as Guest Elders or Bodhi Seeds in exchange for joining the Black Tortoise Hall as external Elders.
• Ling Ziyun and Lin Jiuxiao agreed to join the Black Tortoise Hall, and Gu Han gave them Elder Tokens and Bodhi Seeds.
• The other leaders also agreed to serve, but Gu Han gave them only Elder Tokens and said they would receive Bodhi Seeds after completing his task.

Gu Han revealed that the Strange Demons had infiltrated much of the West Profound Region and planned to purge them while the allied sects invaded. After advancing to Half-Step Earth Sovereign in cultivation, body, and Spirit Soul, he froze the Great Desert and launched the campaign against the West Profound Region.

• Gu Han explained that the Strange Demons had infiltrated roughly half the West Profound Region’s super sects and hidden most of their forces beneath its Great Desert.
• Gu Han ordered Ling Ziyun and the allied sects to prepare an invasion, then claimed Ling Qingzhu as his heaven-ordained Dao Companion and requested the Supreme Induction Technique.
• Ling Ziyun made Ling Qingzhu the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace’s Saintess and sent her to teach Gu Han the technique; Gu Han took her to the Plane Rift.
• After one month of cultivation, Gu Han reached Half-Step Earth Sovereign in his cultivation, physical body, and Spirit Soul.
• Gu Han returned to the Heavenly Profound Continent, cast Ice Age over the West Profound Region’s Great Desert, and froze those carrying Strange Demon aura.
• The East Profound Region Alliance and Darkness Hall began their invasion of the West Profound Region.

Gu Han gathered the Seven Ancient Masters and Zi Yan to use the Eight Great Ancestral Symbols and Nine Great Divine Objects to temper him as he broke through to Earth Sovereign. He deliberately drew the Earth Sovereign Spirit Tribulation upon himself, intending to use its lightning to strengthen his body.

• Gu Han and the Seven Ancient Masters led the purge that eliminated nearly all Strange Demons on the Heavenly Profound Continent, while the surviving demons were hunted for rewards.
• Gu Han summoned the six available Ancient Masters and Zi Yan, then had them control the Eight Great Ancestral Symbols and Nine Great Divine Objects to gather and purify spiritual energy for his breakthrough.
• Gu Han endured the destruction and rebuilding of his body and Sovereign Sea, eventually crystallizing his spirit power throughout his body and reaching the Earth Sovereign realm.
• Gu Han's breakthrough shook the continent, and the Ancient Masters recognized that he could now contend with the Strange Demon Emperor.
• Storm clouds gathered as the Earth Sovereign Spirit Tribulation began, and Gu Han welcomed its lightning as a means of tempering himself.

Gu Han endured a catastrophic Spirit Tribulation, advanced to the late stage of the Lower Earth Sovereign realm, and began suppressing the Strange Demon Emperor's severed arm. Three years later, he emerged from seclusion and surprised Ying Huanhuan and Lin Dong.

• Gu Han devoured the Nine Great Divine Objects and Eight Great Ancestral Symbols, then withstood nine Spirit Tribulations and devoured the clouds' World Power to transform his Celestial Body into a Dharma Aspect.
• Gu Han reached the late stage of the Lower Earth Sovereign realm and summoned Heaven and Earth Energy to transform the West Profound Region.
• Gu Han found the Strange Demon Emperor's severed arm in the Strange Demon Region and suppressed it with his Great Emperor Black Tortoise Dharma Aspect.
• Three years later, Ying Huanhuan told Lin Dong that Gu Han was still in seclusion, while Lin Dong waited outside the Black Tortoise Phenomenon hoping to meet him.
• Gu Han emerged and caught Ying Huanhuan talking about him, then asked how he should punish her.

Gu Han offered Lin Dong a perilous opportunity to reach the Heavenly Sovereign realm and took Ying Huanhuan to witness his confrontation with the Strange Demon Emperor. He explained that he had reached the early Upper Earth Sovereign realm and that controlling the Plane Spirit could grant a path toward False Heavenly Human Unity.

• Lin Dong accepted Gu Han's offer to pursue the nine-in-ten-chance-of-death opportunity after reaching the Reincarnation Realm.
• Gu Han sent Lin Dong away with the Space Master and brought Ying Huanhuan toward the Plane Rift to face the Strange Demon Emperor.
• Gu Han told Ying Huanhuan that he had only just reached the early Upper Earth Sovereign realm and explained how she could reach the same realm with powerful artifacts and the Symbol Ancestor's remaining power.
• Gu Han revealed that his Spirit Meridians had reached the peak of the Eight Spirit Meridians and could grow further by killing Strange Demons.
• Gu Han explained that the Strange Demon Emperor could wield False Heavenly Demon Unity, while control of the Plane Spirit could grant a weakened False Heavenly Human Unity and a path toward the Heavenly Sovereign realm.
• Ying Huanhuan questioned how Gu Han could promise Lin Dong a Heavenly Sovereign opportunity when Gu Han himself was only an Upper Earth Sovereign.

Gu Han refined the Strange Demon Emperor while cultivating with Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu, then seized the Plane Embryo and became master of the Heavenly Profound Continent. With his power growing toward a Heavenly Sovereign breakthrough, he moved the continent toward the Dou Qi Continent and opened the Plane Rift to invite the Strange Demon Clan.

• Gu Han brought Ying Huanhuan to the sealing array and explained that cultivating with him could help her kill the Strange Demon Emperor and break through to Earth Sovereign.
• Ying Huanhuan agreed to cultivate with Gu Han, and he brought Ling Qingzhu into the cultivation as well.
• After a year, Gu Han sensed the Plane Embryo and claimed it, becoming the Plane Master of the Heavenly Profound Continent.
• Gu Han reached Earth Sovereign Great Perfection after refining nearly all of the Strange Demon Emperor and gained control of the continent's power.
• Gu Han moved the Heavenly Profound Continent toward the Dou Qi Continent and fully opened the Plane Rift, welcoming the Strange Demon Clan.

The Strange Demon Kings invaded the Dou Qi Continent, where Xiao Yan and the others fought as the plane began to fall under demonic corruption. A Plane Master appeared and restored the continent as the planes merged, leaving the invaders facing a sudden, overwhelming threat.

• The Second and Third Strange Demon Kings decided to investigate the lower plane where their Fourth Brother had died and prepared an invasion.
• Xiao Yan confronted the invading Demon Kings through a Plane Rift, but his Undying Heavenly Flame Body was overwhelmed as demonic energy entered the Dou Qi Continent.
• Zhu Kun and the others fought the Strange Demon Clan’s forces while the Dou Qi Continent began merging with the Demon Realm.
• The two Strange Demon Kings arrived and prepared to attack Xiao Yan, but a vast, lightning-filled Plane Rift appeared and the Dou Qi Continent was restored as its barriers and Heaven and Earth Energy changed.
• The Black and White Faced Man recognized the Plane Master and detonated himself, while the burly Strange Demon King urged his second brother to flee with his Demon Soul.

Gu Han defeated the Strange Demon Kings, merged the Heavenly Profound Continent and the Dou Qi Continent, and raised them into the Black Tortoise Realm. He then received an Opportunity directing him to revive Luo God, which could help him break through to the Heavenly Sovereign realm.

• The Purple-faced Strange Demon sacrificed himself to empower the Black-and-White-faced Strange Demon King, who devoured his Demon Soul, but Gu Han trapped the King in the Eight Ancestors Glazed Heavenly Pagoda and suppressed him.
• The pagoda destroyed the invading Strange Demons, and Gu Han used it to merge the Heavenly Profound Continent and the Dou Qi Continent and establish the Earth Realm and Heavenly Realm.
• Gu Han set out cultivation paths and ascension rules, and experts from both continents ascended into the Bodhi Ancient Tree World as the realms transformed.
• Three years later, the merged continents had become the Earth Realm, and Gu Han absorbed the Black Tortoise Realm into the Eight Ancestors Glazed Heavenly Pagoda.
• Gu Han received an Opportunity to enter the Luo God Clan's Sacred River, revive Luo God, and use the True Martial Great Emperor Celestial Body to help break through to the Heavenly Sovereign realm.

Gu Han learned about Luo God's strength and Luo Li's connection to her, then entered the Great Thousand World and found Luo Zhantian and his pregnant wife under attack. He intervened against the Blood God Ancestor and the other Earth Sovereigns.

• Gu Han used the Black Tortoise Shell to learn that Luo God had neared the Tripod-Asking Realm before her death and deduced that Luo Li was her reincarnation, conceived on the day Luo God perished.
• Gu Han comprehended the Black Tortoise Step, crossed the Realm Passage, and entered the Great Thousand World.
• Gu Han traveled to the West Heaven Continent and found Luo Zhantian and his pregnant wife resisting the Blood Demon Ancestor and his allies.
• Luo Zhantian prepared to sacrifice himself so his wife could escape, but Gu Han appeared and froze heaven, earth, and space before confronting their attackers.

Gu Han froze the three clan ancestors who had ambushed Luo Zhantian and brought them to the Luo God Clan. He learned that the War Emperor had reached the Perfected Earth Sovereign realm and left Lin Dong five years to challenge him, while asking Luo Tianshen to discuss resurrecting Luo God.

• Gu Han froze the Blood God Clan, Bone God Clan, and Strength God Clan ancestors, then foresaw that the War Emperor would need five years to become a Heavenly Sovereign.
• Gu Han said the Luo God Clan could decide the captives’ fates and asked Luo Zhantian to arrange a meeting with his father about resurrecting Luo God.
• Luo Tianshen worried after learning Luo Zhantian had lost contact in the Qilian Heaven Mountain Range and prepared to go find him.
• Gu Han brought Luo Zhantian, his wife, and the captured ancestors to the Luo God Clan’s sacred hall, where Luo Zhantian explained the ambush.
• Luo Tianshen thanked Gu Han, who condemned the Blood God Clan for targeting the Luo God Clan instead of honoring its sacrifices against the Outer Realm Evil Clan.

Gu Han entered the Luo River to revive the Luo God while the Luo God Clan dealt with its enemies. When the War Emperor tried to take the Blood God Ancestor, Gu Han crushed his avatar and seized the War Guard Space; after several more days, Gu Han entered the Luo God Birth Space.

• Gu Han left the captured ancestors to Luo Tianshen and entered the Luo River, while Luo Zhantian told his father that Gu Han intended to revive the Luo God.
• Luo Tianshen publicly executed the Blood God Ancestor and forced the Blade God Clan and Strength God Clan ancestors to swear oaths against further attacks.
• The War Emperor demanded that Luo Tianshen release the Blood God Ancestor, but Luo Tianshen refused.
• Gu Han froze and shattered the War Emperor's War Intent Avatar, seized the War Guard Space, and warned the War Emperor not to interfere again.
• The War Emperor chose to back down, and Gu Han entered the Luo God Birth Space after waiting several more days.

Gu Han revived Luo God in her birthplace and advanced to the Heavenly Sovereign realm, gaining the Black Tortoise Seven Mansions Nether-Penetrating Art. After sixty-nine days, Luo God fully revived and named Gu Han her Dao Companion, leaving them bound to face the future together.

• Gu Han used his celestial body, Yin Yang Twin Flames, and cultivation techniques to restore Luo God's soul and purge the demonic nature from her body.
• Luo Tianshen and the others witnessed the disturbance at Luo God's Birthplace as the world consciousness sent down spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth.
• During the six months that passed, Lin Dong left for the West Heaven Continent to train, while Xiao Yan traveled in search of spirit flames and knowledge of pill and medicine refinement.
• With the power of Luo God's Birthplace, Gu Han reached the Heavenly Sovereign realm, received a reward from the world consciousness, and gained the Black Tortoise Seven Mansions Nether-Penetrating Art.
• Gu Han used the secret art to speed Luo God's recovery, then continued cultivating with her for sixty-nine days and advanced to mid-stage Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign.
• Luo God revived and embraced Gu Han, told him she had foreseen her death seven years later, and declared him her Dao Companion; Gu Han accepted her as his wife.

After stabilizing his cultivation, Gu Han traveled to the Holy Abyss Continent to seek inheritances and prepare to enter the Demon Realm. He reached the Great Thousand Pavilion and requested a Demon-Slaying Order.

• Luo God remained in her birthplace to recover her body and cultivation while Gu Han set out for another Opportunity.
• Gu Han arrived at the perilous Holy Abyss Continent and crossed its storm-wracked outskirts toward the Ancient Sacred Abyss.
• Gu Han reached the central city, recognized the Demon-Slaying Ranking monument, and entered the Great Thousand Pavilion.
• Gu Han appeared at a counter in the Great Thousand Pavilion and asked for a Demon-Slaying Order.

Gu Han obtained a Demon-Slaying Order and used his Mystic Armor Heaven-Peering Technique to learn Qing Yanjing’s identity and future misfortune. After he secretly killed three men who ambushed her, Qing Yanjing recognized him and asked who he was.

• Gu Han refused to register as a Guest Elder and received a Demon-Slaying Order from the gray-robed old man.
• Qing Yanjing arrived to obtain her own Demon-Slaying Order, and Gu Han learned about her clan, goals, and future loss of memory and cultivation.
• The gray-robed old man recognized Gu Han as a terrifyingly powerful young Heavenly Sovereign from a lower plane.
• Qing Yanjing left for the Holy Abyss Continent, where three men ambushed her near the Sacred Abyss Rift.
• Gu Han froze and destroyed the three attackers, then appeared beside Qing Yanjing.
• Qing Yanjing recognized Gu Han from the Great Thousand Pavilion and asked who he was.

Gu Han told Qing Yanjing that he knew the location of the Budu Ancestor’s inheritance and proposed that they cooperate to enter the Four Saints Pagoda. Qing Yanjing agreed and entered Gu Han’s Eight Ancestors Glazed Heavenly Pagoda as he set out for the Four Saints Pagoda.

• Gu Han explained the ancient battle that created the Four Saints Pagoda and warned that four sealed Heavenly Demon Emperors were preparing to escape.
• Gu Han said Qing Yanjing’s help would let him enter the Four Saints Pagoda and secure the Budu Ancestor’s inheritance for her.
• Gu Han suppressed Qing Yanjing to prove he could overpower her, then revealed that his natal Sacred Object could wield the Eight-Part Budu.
• Qing Yanjing agreed to cooperate and entered the Eight Ancestors Glazed Heavenly Pagoda.
• Gu Han used the Black Tortoise Step and headed toward the Four Saints Pagoda.

Gu Han reached the Four Saints Pagoda in the Abyss of Fallen Gods and learned that the four ancestors needed help destroying the remnant souls of four Heavenly Demon Emperors. He brought Qing Yanjing and Ying Huanhuan to the pagoda and planned to refine the remnant souls while securing inheritances for them.

• Gu Han crossed the Abyss of Fallen Gods and located the Four Saints Pagoda using the Mystic Armor Heaven-Peering Technique.
• The Tai Ling Ancestor explained that the pagoda suppressed four Heavenly Demon Emperor remnant souls and needed at least four people to enter.
• Gu Han summoned Qing Yanjing and Ying Huanhuan, and the Budu Ancestor welcomed Qing Yanjing as a descendant of his clan.
• Gu Han assigned Qing Yanjing to handle her Budu Ancestor's floor and Ying Huanhuan to inherit the Tai Ling Heaven-Reaching Light.
• Gu Han distributed Ancestor Symbols and formed a soul-body anchor to let the Eight Ancestors Glazed Heavenly Pagoda devour the Four Saints Pagoda.

Gu Han reached Budu Ancestor and explained how he could preserve the Four Ancestors and eventually resurrect them if they cooperated with him. Budu Ancestor offered the ancestors’ cooperation on the condition that Gu Han marry Qing Yanjing.

• Gu Han entered Spear Ancestor’s level of the Four Saints Pagoda and followed the evil, piercing aura toward the Heavenly Demon Emperor’s remnant soul.
• Qing Yanjing found Budu Ancestor’s altar, paid her respects, and was offered his inheritance to help erase the Blood Zombie Heavenly Demon Emperor.
• Gu Han arrived beside Qing Yanjing and told Budu Ancestor he could resurrect him after reaching the Tripod-Asking Realm, provided the ancestors’ remaining souls were preserved.
• Gu Han proposed that the Four Ancestors merge into his Eight Ancestors Glazed Heavenly Pagoda, where they would remain under his control until he could resurrect them.
• Budu Ancestor agreed to persuade the other ancestors to cooperate if Gu Han married Qing Yanjing.