Chapter Summaries

Zilong and Sheng Cai'er discussed the black-clothed assassin who had attacked him while Long Haochen accepted Han Yu as his Retainer Knight. Han Yu's contract triggered a surge of light power that transported him, Long Haochen, and others away, while a scarred figure watched Zilong and Sheng Cai'er with killing intent.

• Zilong compensated Pang Haiguo for the damage, and Sheng Cai'er gave him one hundred thousand gold coins before taking him to Southeast Park.
• Sheng Cai'er asked whether Zilong had made other enemies, and he said the attacker’s moves and weapon resembled an assassin’s; Ying Suifeng and Han Qian separately learned that Ying’s probe had failed.
• Han Yu knelt before Long Haochen and declared that he willingly became his Retainer Knight, and Han Qian explained the contract ceremony’s rules.
• Han Yu swore the retainer’s oath, and Long Haochen formed the contract with his blood; Han Yu’s light power surged, and a pillar of light transported him, Long Haochen, and two others away.
• Zilong spoke with Sheng Cai'er about his family and his mother’s temper while they walked through the park.
• A scarred black-clothed figure watched Zilong and Sheng Cai'er from behind a cherry blossom tree, its scarlet eyes filled with killing intent.

Feng Xiu found Zilong in the Holy City but was stopped by the Daluo Sword Spirit, while Zijun continued preparing Xiao Yan to face the Grand Primordial Calamity on the Dou Qi Continent. After Zijun revealed his peak Dou Saint strength, the Misty Cloud Sect received a report about the terrifying disturbance in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Baimon told Feng Xiu that Austin Griffin was a transformed knight named Zilong in the Holy City Alliance’s Knight Temple.
• Feng Xiu located Zilong in Southeast Park, but the Daluo Sword Spirit confronted him and insisted he honor his promise before Feng Xiu departed.
• Zijun explained that he had delayed searching for the Godhead to gather geniuses for the Grand Primordial Calamity, and he continued training Xiao Yan in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Zijun demonstrated his power by erasing a mountain with a single strike and told Xiao Yan that he had reached peak Dou Saint; the nearby magical beasts fled in terror.
• A man in black reported the disturbance in the Magical Beast Mountain Range to the Misty Cloud Sect, whose members reacted with alarm to news of a power beyond Dou Ancestor.

Hun Tiandi and Void Devouring Flame argued over their search for a precious pill and the coming Grand Primordial Calamity, while Zijun continued training Xiao Yan. A mysterious cube fell toward the Central Plains, stirring the great factions, and Zijun's waist token flashed as he ate with Xiao Yan.

• Hun Tiandi and Void Devouring Flame discussed their rivalry, Zijun's plans, and whether they could withstand the Grand Primordial Calamity.
• Void Devouring Flame proposed exchanging intelligence with Hun Tiandi, but Hun Tiandi refused and ordered Hun Miesheng to follow him in secret.
• A black-robed man sent a colored cube falling toward the Dou Qi Continent, where its arrival as a meteor stirred the Central Plains factions.
• Zijun told Xiao Yan that fate had brought them together as master and disciple, and promised he would learn about the Central Plains when he grew stronger.
• Zijun's waist token flashed with a faint white light while he and Xiao Yan ate in the thatched cottage.

Zijun left Xiao Yan a Space Ring filled with Heavenly Flames and treasures before departing to face the coming calamity. At the Tianmu Mountain Range, a mysterious colored stone and its deadly formation drew the Central Plains forces, and Zijun appeared as the Soul Clan arrived.

• Zijun bought every Heavenly Flame in the System Shop, left seeds of heavenly treasures and a letter for Xiao Yan, and departed through a spatial passage.
• Xiao Yan found Zijun's letter and Space Ring, learned his teacher had left and that a remnant soul in another ring could guide him, and resolved to keep training.
• Xiao Xun'er followed Xiao Yan to Zijun's cottage, discovered he had reached the eighth stage of Dou Qi, and agreed to keep his progress secret.
• Central Plains experts gathered at the Tianmu Mountain Range after a colored stone created a vast deadly formation that killed an eight-star Dou Venerate.
• A gigantic island emerged from the void, and Zijun descended as onlookers identified the arrival as a six-star Dou Saint and suspected the Soul Clan had revealed itself.

Void Devouring Flame attacked Gu Nanhai at Tianmu Mountain and confirmed that the colorful formation survived his strike, while Hun Tiandi watched and encouraged the chaos. Zijun invaded the Snake-People Clan, restrained Queen Medusa, took the Godhead of Creation from her pendant, and left her a Space Ring with a challenge to seek revenge if she became a Supreme.

• Void Devouring Flame struck Gu Nanhai with a giant magma hand, shattered his barrier, and drove him into the earth.
• Void Devouring Flame examined the colorful stones and realized the killing formation had survived his attack.
• Hun Tiandi watched Void Devouring Flame through a screen of light and urged him to keep fighting for the treasure.
• Zijun descended into the Snake-People Clan territory, where Queen Medusa confronted him and attacked with her sword.
• Zijun restrained Queen Medusa with the Law of Space and removed the Godhead of Creation from her pendant.
• Zijun gave Queen Medusa a Space Ring and said he would await her revenge if she became a Supreme.

Zijun traveled to Tianmu Mountain Range, overcame a killing formation, and claimed an activated Godhead of Creation. A mysterious blue-clad woman suddenly stole and shattered it, leaving Zijun to confront her inside a spatial barrier.

• Medusa discovered the valuable pills and treasures Zijun had left in a Space Ring, including a Ninth-Grade Golden Pill, and wondered about the pendant he had received.
• Zijun reached Tianmu Mountain Range and learned from the system that the newly appeared Godhead of Creation was activated and could be absorbed by anyone, though others could use only half its power.
• Zijun entered the killing formation and protected himself from its powerful wind blades before taking the Godhead of Creation and breaking the formation.
• Hun Tiandi watched Zijun claim the Godhead through a light screen and, overwhelmed by Zijun’s strength, accepted the bearing of a servant.
• A masked blue-clad woman appeared, snatched the Godhead from Zijun, and spoke cryptically about defying heaven; Zijun enclosed them in a spatial barrier and asked if she came from the same place as another mysterious figure.
• The blue-clad woman clenched the Godhead of Creation in her hand and shattered it.

Zijun met a masked woman who claimed to be his future wife and warned him not to trust a mysterious being or directly fuse the final Godhead Fragment. After she vanished through a Space-Time Tunnel, Zijun fused the fragment, freed Void Devouring Flame, and confronted Gu Nanhai while protecting Void Devouring Flame.

• The masked woman revealed that she and Zijun were husband and wife in the future, warned him not to trust “it,” and told him to condense another godhead before fusing the final Godhead Fragment.
• The woman gave Zijun a fortune pouch and the Godhead Fragment, then left through a Space-Time Tunnel that Zijun could not enter.
• Zijun fused the godhead, unlocked the Level Four Shop, and gave Void Devouring Flame an Emperor Grade Pill in exchange for his freedom and loyalty.
• Hun Tiandi watched Zijun from the Soul Clan Council Hall and felt a chill when Zijun looked toward him.
• At Tianmu Mountain Range, Zijun protected the island with a Spatial Barrier and told Gu Nanhai to leave because he was no match for him.

Zijun protected Void Devouring Flame as he endured the Dou Di Thunder Tribulation, while Gu Yuan tried to warn him about the danger of empowering the Soul Clan. Void Devouring Flame became a Dou Di and openly defied Zijun, leaving Gu Yuan furious as the continent faced a powerful new threat.

• Gu Nanhai left Tianmu Mountain Range as Void Devouring Flame began his Dou Di Thunder Tribulation, drawing powerful forces from across the continent.
• Gu Yuan confronted Zijun and questioned why he was helping the Soul Clan, but Zijun said he was protecting only Void Devouring Flame.
• Zijun used his decree to weaken the sword formation over the Floating Island, allowing the final Thunder Tribulation bolt to reach Void Devouring Flame.
• Void Devouring Flame survived the tribulation, broke through to Dou Di, and devoured a golden bolt of lightning with his Emperor Flame.
• Void Devouring Flame hinted that he would not obey Zijun, and Gu Yuan blamed Zijun for creating a threat to the whole continent.

Zijun used the Chaos Bell and Immortal Execution Sword Formation to overpower and kill Void Devouring Flame after he broke through to the Emperor Realm. Zijun then headed for the Soul Clan, while a mysterious black-robed figure appeared with the Godhead of Creation and spoke of the Person of the Calamity.

• Void Devouring Flame claimed his new Emperor Realm power made him the strongest, and he urged Zijun to join him.
• Zijun imprisoned Void Devouring Flame and Gu Yuan with the Chaos Bell, but Gu Yuan escaped while Void Devouring Flame broke free and tried to flee.
• Zijun trapped Void Devouring Flame in the Immortal Execution Sword Formation, and Void Devouring Flame begged for his life.
• Zijun revealed that he had suspected the plot since Hun Tiandi kept the God Stone, then killed Void Devouring Flame with chaotic energy from the Chaos Bell.
• Zijun collected his treasures and headed toward the Soul Clan to seek the godhead and settle the scheme against him.
• A mysterious black-robed powerhouse held a bloodstained head and the still-uns awakened Godhead of Creation, while someone in the three thousand worlds sensed a familiar aura.

After Hun Tiandi sacrificed the Soul Clan and fled, Zijun spared him and traveled to the Void Ancient Dragon Clan’s hidden territory. Zijun’s arrival on East Dragon Island left the clan’s strongest members kneeling before his peak Nine-Star Dou Saint power.

• Zijun found Hun Tiandi’s letter and a multicolored stone in the abandoned Soul Clan heartland, then burned the letter and kept the stone.
• Zijun decided to leave Hun Tiandi alive for his disciple to confront and used the Law of Space to reach the Void Ancient Dragon Clan’s hidden world.
• The Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan searched for Zijun, while its leader worried that the clan’s weakening bloodline might vanish.
• Zijun arrived on East Dragon Island, where a white-haired Void Ancient Dragon challenged him and demanded to know how he had found the clan’s territory.
• Zijun released his peak Nine-Star Dou Saint aura, forcing the white-haired man and the clan’s arriving elders to kneel.

Zijun retrieved a Godhead Fragment from the Void Ancient Dragon Clan and promised them a chance to become emperors if they supported Xiao Yan. He then appeared in the Three Thousand Worlds, where old friends discussed the coming calamity and remembered him, before visiting Xiao Yan and departing through a Space-Time Tunnel.

• Zijun asked Qingshan and the Void Ancient Dragon Clan for a colorful stone, and Qingshan led him to their treasury.
• Qingshan found the fragment in the treasury, and Zijun accepted it before leaving a Zi waist token and promising the clan a chance to become emperors if they aligned with Xiao Yan.
• In the Three Thousand Worlds, a white-haired young man, a beautiful woman, and a red-haired young man discussed the coming calamity and remembered their million-year separation from Big Big Brother.
• Zijun watched Xiao Yan train with Yao Lao in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, then opened a Space-Time Tunnel and departed.
• Xiao Yan sensed Zijun's departure, looked northwest, and called out, "Master..."

Sheng Cai'er’s violent Samsara power subsided, but her split inner self vowed to fall into Samsara Hell and kill in her place. Meanwhile, Zilong remained hunted across the Holy Demon Continent after Feng Xiu seized Pseudo-God power.

• A white-haired boy fled through a gloomy forest with a wounded purple magical beast while Uncle Sword held off their pursuers.
• Sheng Cai’er lost control of her Samsara power and denounced those who had used and betrayed her.
• Nine Saints urged Sheng Cai’er to survive and grow stronger so she could kill Feng Xiu, and ordered that she remain confined for a few more days.
• Inside Sheng Cai’er’s spiritual world, another Sheng Cai’er vowed to descend into Samsara Hell and protect the light her sleeping self could not defend.
• Feng Xiu used the Seventy-Two Holy Pillars to reach the Pseudo-God realm, defeated the Daluo Sword Spirit, and sent demons to search for Zilong.

After being exiled, Zilong pushed deeper into the Demon Forest with the wounded Coal Ball, while the Daluo Sword Spirit recovered and realized Feng Xiu’s scheme. Encouraged by Coal Ball to become stronger, Zilong fought a sixth-rank Dark-Scaled Poison Python and fled deeper into its cave to evade its corrosive attack.

• Zilong killed six fifth-rank Emerald Twin-Blade Demons, collected their Magic Crystals, and fed some to Coal Ball before vowing revenge on the Knight Temple.
• Feng Xiu recovered from his wounds and reflected that he had launched the war to weaken humanity’s powerhouses and target Zilong, Coal Ball, and the Daluo Sword Spirit.
• The Daluo Sword Spirit healed his wounds and realized that Feng Xiu had used the battle at Exorcist Pass to leave him isolated after Zilong was exiled.
• Coal Ball urged the despairing Zilong to think of his father and Cai’er, and Zilong resolved to become stronger and change the wicked.
• Zilong and Coal Ball encountered a sixth-rank Dark-Scaled Poison Python in a cave, and Zilong wounded it with a storm of daggers.
• The python sprayed corrosive green beams across the cave, so Zilong ran deeper inside to avoid being poisoned.

Zilong killed the Dark-Scaled Poison Python and continued hunting in Demon Race territory to grow stronger. At Exorcist Pass, the imprisoned members of the First Demon Hunter Squad argued over whether to deny their connection to him, and Wang Yuanyuan refused to betray the captain.

• Zilong used a series of abilities to attack the Dark-Scaled Poison Python, dodging its venom and striking its weak points.
• Zilong severed the python's tail and killed it with a flurry of sword strikes.
• Zilong and Coal Ball roasted and ate the snake meat, then continued toward the territory of the Tree Demon God Busong while consuming Magic Crystals.
• At Exorcist Pass, Lin Xin suggested admitting they had nothing to do with Zilong, but Sima Xian angrily defended their captain.
• Chen Ying'er challenged Sima Xian and Wang Yuanyuan to consider whether sacrificing one person could protect humanity, leaving Sima Xian ashamed and conflicted.
• Wang Yuanyuan condemned the Holy Temples' betrayal and declared she would rather die than betray Zilong.

Lin Xin and Chen Ying'er regained their freedom after swearing that Zilong was Austin Griffin’s master, while Wang Yuanyuan and Sima Xian remained imprisoned. Five days later, Sheng Cai'er returned from the Assassin Temple’s trial, and Zilong and Coal Ball continued surviving in the Nether Forest as demon hunters approached.

• Lin Xin and Chen Ying'er swore to the God of Light that Zilong was Austin Griffin’s master, and Han Qian released them from confinement.
• Wang Yuanyuan condemned Lin Xin as a traitor and threatened him while he and Chen Ying'er left the confinement room without celebrating their freedom.
• Sheng Cai'er received the Jade Bamboo Staff and left the Trial Grounds after rejecting her grandfather’s advice about Exorcist Pass.
• Zilong and Coal Ball survived in the Nether Forest by drinking from springs and hunting magical beasts.
• A demon hunter party discussed hunting a fifth-tier Nether Ghost Howler and learned that the Forest Blaze and Cold Jade Demon Hunter Squads were nearby.
• The blue-robed woman in the party sensed someone nearby and shouted for them to reveal themselves.

Zilong watched the Cold Jade Demon Hunter Squad attack Gwen’s Forest Blaze Demon Hunter Squad after Dark Six betrayed them, then intervened when the hunters separated. He killed five members of the Cold Jade Demon Hunter Squad and approached Malaolai and Gwen, leaving his identity unknown.

• Malaolai confronted Gwen, but turned away after she claimed the Mage Temple had approved her; Gwen warned her team to avoid clashing with him.
• Dark Six launched a signal flare and revealed that Malaolai had kidnapped his family, prompting Hanzi to attack him before Malaolai’s knight skill stopped the blow.
• Malaolai killed Dark Six and cornered Gwen, while Zilong watched from a tree and learned that the rest of Gwen’s team had been surrounded.
• Zilong rushed to the other fight and killed the five remaining members of the Cold Jade Demon Hunter Squad with his Dark Gold Dagger.
• Zilong approached Malaolai and Gwen, and Malaolai demanded to know who he was.

Zilong killed Malaolai, spared Gwen in exchange for her valuables, and became the target of a major hunt by both humans and demons. After recalling his happy memories with Sheng Cai'er, he left Moon-Gazing City rather than risk drawing her into his hunted life, while enemy forces began converging on the city.

• Zilong killed Malaolai, took his valuables, and left after Gwen surrendered her Space Ring to buy her life.
• The Temple Alliance issued a mission to find Zilong, prompting Daluo Sword Spirit to keep searching and Sheng Cai'er to rush out to look for him.
• Zilong sold the valuables in Moon-Gazing City and remembered a date with Sheng Cai'er before deciding not to seek her out and leaving the city.
• After reports linked Zilong to the deaths of two Nether Ghost Howlers, Busong ordered demons to march toward Moon-Gazing City to kill him.
• A young man in black practiced with a sword on Haoyue City's back mountain as a middle-aged man in white robes warned him that the enemy had made their move.

Zilong fought through a vast Demon Race ambush with Coal Ball, but the sixty-first pillar demon god, Seere, captured Coal Ball and then attacked Zilong. Zilong recalled Coal Ball through their blood pact and fled into the woods, where Seere smashed through his earth barriers and pursued him.

• Zilong summoned Coal Ball and fought his way through the Demon Race encirclement, using sword and earth magic while taking multiple wounds.
• After Zilong broke through the crowd, Seere kicked him into the forest and seized Coal Ball, restraining its other five heads with a sealing formation.
• Seere revealed that he was the sixty-first pillar demon god and planned to kill Coal Ball to become the thirtieth demon god.
• Zilong used their blood pact to recall Coal Ball from Seere, prompting Seere to target Zilong instead.
• Zilong raised dozens of stone walls to block Seere, concealed himself, and fled into the woods, but Seere shattered the barriers with a single punch.

Seere ambushed Zilong and fatally wounded him, but Coal Ball merged its power into him and awakened the God of Heaven's Scourge. Zilong rose in transformed armor and faced Seere as the Demon Race and others converged on Moon-Gazing Plain.

• Zilong tried to escape Seere, then invoked Uncle Sword to persuade the 61st Demon God to let him go.
• Seere feigned retreat, pierced Zilong's abdomen, and left him to fall among the demons, who severed his ring-bearing arm.
• Coal Ball escaped its alternate space, rescued Zilong, and poured its dark-purple power into him.
• Zilong's wounds healed as Heaven's Scourge awakened within him, alarming Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu and the Demon Gods.
• Seere attacked Zilong with a golden spear, but a claw of Heaven's Scourge caught it as Zilong declared that the world should be destroyed.

Zilong, possessed by Austin Griffin and wielding the Power of Heaven's Judgment, devastated Seere and his Demon Race forces at Moon-Gazing Plain. Seere detonated the Crown of the Demon God while restraining him, and Gu Yuena suddenly sensed the blast and fell unconscious.

• Zilong fought Seere in the Lion Demon Domain, broke his Pseudo-God spear, and cut open his chest with the Power of Heaven's Judgment.
• Zilong severed both of Seere's arms and destroyed the domain, killing the Demon Race members trapped inside.
• Seere regenerated his arms, grabbed Zilong, and detonated the Crown of the Demon God, engulfing them in a massive explosion.
• Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu blocked the explosion's aftershock at Moon-Gazing Plain while Sheng Cai'er stood amid the devastation.
• Gu Yuena felt her heart stop briefly, shed tears, and collapsed unconscious.