Chapter Summaries

Zhang Chu fought Cangwu, a Source Cult Banner Bearer, and overcame his Rift technique with Return to Ruins Power. As their battle continued, the cocoon on the platform began to pulse and glow, signaling that it was about to open.

• Cangwu demanded that Zhang Chu surrender the cocoon and attacked him with the Source Cult’s Rift technique.
• Zhang Chu countered Cangwu’s attacks with his Heavenly Saber, palm techniques, and Ninth-Month Sword Formation, forcing him back.
• Cangwu used a token to draw on the secret realm’s power and unleashed Rift: Final Form, but Zhang Chu destroyed the attack with Return to Ruins Power.
• Cangwu revealed that he was a Source Cult Banner Bearer named Cangwu, and Zhang Chu resumed their fight, driving him back and drawing blood.
• The cocoon throbbed twice, filled the Great Hall with golden light, and revealed a figure inside beginning to stretch as the shell started to thin.

Zhang Chu defeated Cangwu as the Water Moon Secret Realm’s cocoon hatched into a powerful exotic beast. The newborn beast called Zhang Chu “Ancestor” and leaped into his arms.

• The cocoon resonated with the Water Moon Secret Realm, and Cangwu warned Zhang Chu to leave it alone before attacking with a sealing talisman.
• Ding Yi, Su Ning, and Liu Changfeng tried to stop Cangwu, but he deflected their attacks and unleashed his Falling-Star Heavenly Chart against Zhang Chu.
• Zhang Chu explained that Return to Ruins Power was corroding Cangwu’s star chart, then used the Heaven-Covering Divine Palm and Decomposition Power to kill him.
• The cocoon split open and revealed a qilin-like beast with peak Daoist Canon strength.
• The newborn beast called Zhang Chu “Ancestor” and leaped into his arms.

Zhang Chu held the newborn Water's Edge, a True Dragon descendant and the Water Moon Secret Realm's token, after it chose him. Three powerful Extreme of Strength experts demanded that he leave it behind, and the chapter ended with them reacting in shock when Zhang Chu revealed that he had defeated Cangwu.

• Ding Yi, Su Ning, and Liu Changfeng examined the newborn beast as Zhang Chu explained that it had formed from the Water Moon Secret Realm's origin and chosen him.
• Liu Changfeng identified the beast as Water's Edge, a legendary True Dragon descendant, and Zhang Chu sensed three powerful auras approaching the hall.
• An elderly man, a burly saber wielder, and a woman with a silver needle entered the secret realm and recognized Water's Edge.
• The three newcomers demanded that Zhang Chu leave Water's Edge behind so they could preserve their chance to enter the core inheritance, but Zhang Chu refused.
• The elderly man threatened Zhang Chu with the group's strength, and Zhang Chu revealed that he had already defeated the Source Cult Flag Bearer Cangwu, shocking all three.

Zhang Chu defeated Qing Yazi, Iron Jiao, and Jade Cicada in the Water Moon Secret Realm, revealing his Four Symbols Manifestation and overpowering their combined attacks. After earning seventy-two million Merit Points, he witnessed the Sea Heart Grotto-Heaven Core Inheritance open.

• Qing Yazi, Iron Jiao, and Jade Cicada demanded that Zhang Chu surrender the Water's Edge, then attacked when he refused.
• Zhang Chu stopped their first assault with Return to Ruins Power, Samsara, and Heaven Covering, then revealed his Four Symbols Manifestation.
• Zhang Chu defeated the three masters with the Supreme Divine Qi Evil-Slaying September Sword Formation and killed them, earning seventy-two million Merit Points.
• A Rift opened above the Water Moon Secret Realm, and a voice commanded, “Return to your place.”
• Ding Yi recognized that the Sea Heart Grotto-Heaven Core Inheritance had opened.

Zhang Chu and his companions entered the Sea Heart Grotto-Heaven’s Core Inheritance, where three veteran experts and three formidable gates awaited them. When the Ice River Elder and Yuan called for the weaker newcomers to be removed, Zhang Chu challenged them.

• Zhang Chu sensed that someone had accelerated the Core Inheritance’s opening, then led Ding Yi, Su Ning, and Liu Changfeng into the core space.
• The group found the Red-Clad Woman and three powerful experts, including the supposedly dead Ice River Elder and Lei Qianjun, who had reached the Extreme of Strength Realm.
• The Ice River Elder explained that the seven tokens only opened the way to the inheritance and that entrants still had to pass through Three Gates.
• The Ice River Elder proposed deciding how to proceed, while Yuan demanded that the weaker intruders be cleared out first.
• The Ice River Elder agreed that fewer competitors would mean more gains, and Zhang Chu challenged the two men, asking who they were to claim a share of his opportunity.

Zhang Chu defeated Yuan Tianlu’s Gray Mist: Transforming into Sea and repelled Ice River Elder’s attack, but Lei Qianjun persuaded the two elders to join him against Zhang Chu. As the three Extreme of Strength experts formed a cage around him, Zhang Chu unleashed his full power, and the red-robed woman realized he had reached the Third Breaking the Limit.

• Yuan Tianlu revealed his identity as a seven-hundred-year-old peak Extreme of Strength expert and threatened Zhang Chu and his companions.
• Ding Yi stood up to Yuan Tianlu, and Su Ning and Liu Changfeng joined him in defending Zhang Chu.
• Zhang Chu blocked Yuan Tianlu’s attack and scattered his Gray Mist: Transforming into Sea, then used the East Sea Return to Ruins Undying Tribulation Armor to repel Ice River Elder.
• Lei Qianjun emerged and persuaded Yuan Tianlu and Ice River Elder to join forces against Zhang Chu.
• Zhang Chu unleashed his Three Secret Treasuries, Four Symbols Manifestations, armor, and sword formation as the red-robed woman recognized that he had reached the Third Breaking the Limit.

Zhang Chu defeated and killed Yuan Tianlu, Ice River Elder, and Lei Qianjun after surviving their combined ultimate attacks, leaving the core space in ruins. As his companions reeled from the battle, two newcomers arrived at the inheritance entrance holding the Sea Maiden and Song Li captive.

• Zhang Chu used his Four Symbols phenomena, Return to Ruins Power, and sword formation to injure Yuan Tianlu, Ice River Elder, and Lei Qianjun as they attacked him together.
• Yuan Tianlu, Ice River Elder, and Lei Qianjun unleashed their ultimate techniques, but Zhang Chu endured the collision and remained standing while all three died.
• Zhang Chu received three large Merit Point rewards, while Ding Yi, Su Ning, and Liu Changfeng struggled to comprehend his strength.
• Two figures entered the core inheritance and praised Zhang Chu after revealing that they held the Sea Maiden and Song Li captive.
• Ding Yi recognized one of the captives and cried out, "Senior Brother!..."

Fei and You confronted Zhang Chu in the core space, using Sea Maiden and Song Li as hostages to demand the Old Character Stele and Myriad Phenomena Curse. Zhang Chu rescued both women and revealed a mark that began corroding Fei, but Fei and You unleashed their full strength and attacked him.

• Fei and You arrived with Sea Maiden and Song Li as hostages, and Fei reunited with his former fellow disciple Ding Yi.
• Fei revealed that he had reached the Extreme of Strength through worshiping the God Lord and demanded Zhang Chu surrender the Old Character Stele and Myriad Phenomena Curse.
• Zhang Chu disclosed that he had marked Sea Maiden, causing Four Symbols Power to spread across Fei's hand and arm.
• Zhang Chu caught Sea Maiden and rescued Song Li from You's dagger, while Ding Yi carried both women to safety.
• Fei and You gathered their strength, and You attacked Zhang Chu with overlapping afterimages as Fei formed a poisonous net.

Zhang Chu countered You’s Shadow Kill and broke through Fei’s Poison Origin with the Old Character Stele’s power and Return to Ruins Power. You then invoked Great Red Heaven’s God Envoy Descent, transformed into a God Child for three breaths, and formed a Heavenly Spear to attack Zhang Chu.

• You attacked Zhang Chu with Shadow Kill, but Zhang Chu caught one afterimage with dark-gold power and destroyed the others with his sword formation.
• Fei unleashed the Ten Thousand Poisons Return to One technique, revealing that he had refined the Ten Thousand Poisons Grotto-Heaven’s Poison Origin.
• Zhang Chu combined Return to Ruins Power with the Old Character Stele’s power of decline to tear apart Fei’s Poison Origin curtain and press Fei back.
• You intervened with his Ghost Light Dagger, but Zhang Chu’s Golden Heavenly Saber shattered its tip and drove You back.
• You used Great Red Heaven’s God Envoy Descent, sacrificing himself to gain God Child power for three breaths.
• You formed a golden Heavenly Spear and announced Great Red Divine Punishment as his attack against Zhang Chu.

You overcame Fei and You’s God Descent Techniques by revealing that he had completed three Breakings of the Limit. When a Great Red Heaven God Child projected a human face to threaten and bargain with him, You killed Fei and You anyway, provoking the God Child’s fury.

• You endured You’s first two Heavenly Spears as Fei completed his poison-based God Descent Technique, combining their powers into a golden poison mountain.
• You unleashed the powers of his three secret treasuries, Seven Limits, and three steles, revealing three Breakings of the Limit before striking You and ending his God Descent.
• You prepared to kill You, but Fei crushed a token that summoned a Great Red Heaven God Child’s projection, which threatened You and offered him an honorary guest position if he spared them.
• You rejected the God Child’s warning and killed Fei and You with successive blade strikes, earning 38,000,000 merit points for each.
• The God Child’s projection erupted in fury and cursed You for courting death.

A complete God Child’s projection overwhelmed Zhang Chu in Sea Heart Grotto-Heaven and demanded his submission, but Zhang Chu refused and was nearly killed. As the three gateways awakened and transformed Sea Maiden into a dragon, the God Child recognized her as the last True Dragon in the world.

• The God Child’s projection opened its eyes, exerted crushing pressure over the core space, and offered Zhang Chu a chance to enter its service.
• Ding Yi recognized that the red-clad woman had also Broken the Limit, and the God Child noted that her path came from beyond the Sea Realm.
• Zhang Chu rejected the offer, attacked the projection, and ordered Ding Yi, Su Ning, and Liu Changfeng to leave with Sea Maiden and Song Li.
• The projection shattered Zhang Chu’s attack and pressed a dark-red palm down on him, leaving him gravely injured as his companions retreated.
• The three gateways released pillars of light that converged on Sea Maiden, transforming her into a vast silvery-white dragon.
• The God Child halted its attack and recognized Sea Maiden as the last True Dragon in the world, accusing her of deceiving Dark Heaven.

Sea Maiden awakened as a True Dragon and fought Liao, a projection of Great Red Heaven, while revealing the hidden core nodes of the Sea Heart Grotto-Heaven. As Liao overwhelmed her, Zhang Chu stepped forward and declared that he would slay a god.

• Liu Changfeng, Su Ning, and Ding Yi witnessed Sea Maiden’s True Dragon form and recognized her power as belonging to the Yin-Sealing Realm.
• Liao revealed that Sea Maiden had survived the destruction of the Sea Heart Grotto-Heaven by feigning death, then attacked her with his dark crimson projection.
• Sea Maiden struck Liao’s barrier repeatedly, then awakened the Grotto-Heaven’s remaining origin and revealed that the Sea God had hidden its true core nodes.
• Liao’s stronger palm attack overwhelmed Sea Maiden, whose strength was fading and whose scales began to crack.
• Zhang Chu asked Sea Maiden to lend him her power and vowed to slay the god.

Zhang Chu drew in the remaining power of Sea Heart Grotto-Heaven and used its resonance with Return to Ruins Power to destroy the fissure sustaining the God Child’s projection, nearly wrecking his body in the process. As he left the collapsing core space with his companions, the being in Great Red Heaven wondered whether Zhang Chu was Him.

• Zhang Chu rejected the Sea Maiden’s warning and gambled that Return to Ruins Power resonating with Sea Heart Grotto-Heaven’s source could destroy the fissure and save everyone.
• The Sea Maiden directed the golden, silver-white, and azure powers into Zhang Chu, whose body cracked under the strain as he prepared his Heaven Covering palm.
• Zhang Chu combined Return to Ruins Power with Decomposition Power and struck the fissure, forcing the God Child’s projection back and sealing the passage.
• The Sea Maiden, Ding Yi, Su Ning, and Liu Changfeng gathered around the badly injured Zhang Chu, then prepared to leave the collapsing core space.
• Zhang Chu left with Ding Yi’s support, reflecting on his gains and plans to strengthen himself, while a pair of eyes opened in the darkness and asked whether he was Him.

Zhang Chu recovered from his injuries and learned that Sea Heart Grotto-Heaven had once been Dragon Cave, the birthplace of the True Dragons and the source of their inheritance. He chose the Godslayer palm art, and after the System Panel offered to restore its missing foundation for forty million Merit Points, he ordered Shenlan to strengthen it.

• Zhang Chu spent ten days recovering in a stone chamber while the Sea Maiden guarded him and Ding Yi, Su Ning, and Liu Changfeng watched over the area.
• The Sea Maiden revealed that Sea Heart Grotto-Heaven had been Dragon Cave, that Dark Heaven stole its source, and that the Sea God had once obtained the complete True Dragon inheritance before being defeated.
• Zhang Chu proposed that the True Dragon marks might still be accessed without the stolen source, and the Sea Maiden agreed to try after he recovered.
• After Zhang Chu healed, the Sea Maiden showed him the Cang Yuan, Ethereal, and Godslayer cultivation arts, and he chose Godslayer.
• The System Panel found Godslayer's foundation missing and offered to restore and strengthen it for forty million Merit Points, so Zhang Chu told Shenlan to proceed.

Zhang Chu spent forty million merits to restore Godslayer’s incomplete cultivation pathways and fully circulate the First Generation True Dragon’s ultimate art. After demonstrating its immense power, he resolved to strengthen its remaining layers and master the Divine Dragon Inheritance before facing Human Face again.

• Zhang Chu used forty million merits to reweave Godslayer’s broken pathways while the Sea Maiden, Ding Yi, Su Ning, and Liu Changfeng sensed his ancient aura.
• Zhang Chu completed Godslayer’s circulation, awakening the First Generation True Dragon’s markings in the Dragon Cave and becoming a new medium for the inheritance.
• Zhang Chu struck the stone wall with one palm, creating a vast hollow with mirror-smooth surfaces and shocking the witnesses.
• The Sea Maiden recognized the strike as Godslayer’s original power, while the red-clad woman reconsidered her judgment of Zhang Chu.
• Zhang Chu realized his strike had only affected the target’s flesh and resolved to strengthen the art’s meridian and spirit layers before confronting Human Face again.

Zhang Chu used Merit Points to complete and master all three levels of Godslayer, with Sea Maiden guarding him as he endured the strain on his meridians. The completed art stirred a crack in his Heavenly Palace, and Zhang Chu realized it might let him fuse all five Manifestations.

• Zhang Chu explained to Sea Maiden that Godslayer had three levels and asked her to watch over him as he advanced to the second.
• Zhang Chu spent Merit Points to repair the second level's incomplete inheritance, force open misaligned meridian nodes, and master its precise, concentrated palm strike.
• Zhang Chu healed the resulting meridian cracks with the Southern Bright Undying Heavenly Art and immediately began cultivating the third level.
• Zhang Chu spent more Merit Points to complete the third level, causing all three levels of Godslayer to resonate and draw in spiritual energy.
• Zhang Chu sensed a crack forming in his Heavenly Palace and concluded that Godslayer Spiritual Power could help him fuse all five Manifestations.

Zhang Chu fused his five Manifestations into a Divine Court centered on the Mirror, transforming his Spiritual Power and aura. As the fusion succeeded, seven powerful figures arrived and the leader accused Zhang Chu of killing the Source Cult members; Zhang Chu admitted it and recognized the leader as a God Worshiper tied to the Source Cult’s god.

• Zhang Chu awakened the Mirror Manifestation, which reflected and resonated with his other four Manifestations.
• Zhang Chu spent 80,000,000 Merit Points to fuse the five Manifestations and rebuild his Heavenly Palace into a Divine Court.
• Sea Maiden realized Zhang Chu had carved out his own path, while the approaching red-clad woman questioned his unusual transformation.
• Zhang Chu completed the fusion and found that his Spiritual Power had changed in essence rather than simply grown stronger.
• Seven armored figures broke into the stone chamber, and their leader asked whether Zhang Chu had killed the people of the Source Cult.
• Zhang Chu admitted that he had, then recognized the leader’s concealed aura as that of a God Worshiper connected to the Source Cult’s god.

Zhang Chu broke the Source Cult’s Six Harmonies Return to Origin Formation and defeated the Iron-Clad Figure, but an ancient power’s attempted arrival was abruptly blocked. The Sea Heart Grotto-Heaven then came under attack from outside after Great Red Heaven’s divine might damaged its barrier.

• The Iron-Clad Figure and six Source Cult members activated the Six Harmonies Return to Origin Formation to summon their ancestor’s power and demand that Zhang Chu surrender the Old Character Stele and Myriad Phenomena Curse.
• The Iron-Clad Figure opened the Gate of the Ancestor, and its gray current began suppressing and assimilating the stone chamber’s powers.
• Zhang Chu used the First Generation True Dragon’s Godslayer Divine Palm to resist the gray curtain, found the gate’s formation eye, and shattered it with a punch.
• A physical presence began to emerge from the hollow left by the gate, but an unknown force blocked its arrival and made its aura disappear.
• Zhang Chu killed the Iron-Clad Figure, and Sea Maiden warned that someone outside was attacking the Sea Heart Grotto-Heaven after Great Red Heaven damaged its barrier.

A host of sea factions and powerful figures gathered outside the Sea Heart Grotto-Heaven after rumors spread that its defenses were weakening, and they attacked the barrier to force it open. When the first person tried to enter, golden light erased him, and a radiant figure emerged from the crack.

• Ships and powerful figures from across the Sea Regions gathered outside the Sea Heart Grotto-Heaven as its fog barrier began to crack.
• Chi Xue proposed discussing how to divide the Grotto-Heaven’s treasures, while the Northern Frontier Rogue confirmed that its defenses were weakening.
• Shen Yanci warned that someone inside was controlling the barrier and that its opening was unstable, but the Pei Family’s eldest son attacked the crack and urged the others to join him.
• Dozens of cultivators combined their attacks until a huge fissure opened through the fog, revealing golden light.
• The first person to rush toward the fissure vanished when the golden light touched him, and a radiant figure walked out of the crack.

Zhang Chu emerged from the Sea Heart Grotto-Heaven with his companions and faced a fleet demanding its treasures. After he invited the crowd to attack together, he killed a spear-wielding youth with a single gesture and repeated his challenge.

• Zhang Chu emerged from the rift with Ding Yi, Su Ning, Liu Changfeng, and Sea Maiden, drawing recognition and speculation from the assembled ships.
• Northern Frontier Rogue and other leaders demanded that Zhang Chu surrender the Sea Heart Grotto-Heaven's treasures, while the ships formed a semicircle around him.
• A young man identified Ding Yi as the Poison Dao Master of the Demonic Cult, and Northern Frontier Rogue and Chi Xue used the revelation to pressure Zhang Chu.
• Ding Yi, Su Ning, Liu Changfeng, and Sea Maiden warned Zhang Chu that the crowd included powerful fighters and was likely to attack.
• Zhang Chu told the assembled crowd to come at him together, and a thin, spear-wielding youth charged him.
• Zhang Chu clenched his hand and killed the youth from a distance, then challenged the crowd again and warned that they would all die.