Chapter Summaries

As Huang Tian attained Dao Ranks and established new laws for the world, the twenty-three Golden Core High Saints attacked him with the Heaven-Evolving Annihilation Formation. His Yuanji Treasure Tree shattered their formation, swept away their treasures and Dao Ranks, and left the remaining High Saints facing another strike.

• Huang Tian’s successive Dao Rank attainments stunned cultivators across the world, while True Person Baiyang warned True Person Han Qi that the [Merit] and [Heavenly Tribulation] Dao Ranks could punish blood sacrifices and the use of Human Pills.
• The twenty-three Golden Core High Saints joined forces and unleashed the Heaven-Evolving Annihilation Formation, but Huang Tian’s Yuanji Treasure Tree blocked their attacks as he attained [Netherworld] and created a gate for the dead.
• Huang Tian manifested eighty-one Grotto-Heavens, and the High Saints struggled to suppress their Dao Ranks as the Heavenly Dao changed according to his will.
• Huang Tian swept the Yuanji Treasure Tree across the formation, broke it, and defeated the High Saints’ defenses, pulling many of them into the tree and severing several from their Dao Ranks.
• Huang Tian raised the tree and swept its Seven-Colored Divine Light toward the twelve High Saints still standing.

Huang Tian overwhelmed the saints with Seven-Colored Divine Light, forcing several of them to lose their Dao Ranks, while Emperor Lord Chiming emerged from the Dao Ranks and revealed how he had survived. Chiming challenged Huang Tian in Void Heaven but was defeated, leaving Huang Tian in control of twenty-nine more Dao Ranks and the outcome beyond doubt.

• Huang Tian's Seven-Colored Divine Light broke through the saints' defenses, causing Dao Lord Chongxu Yaoling, High Saint King Ling, and Radiant Illumination Dao Lord to lose their Dao Ranks.
• Dao Lord Zhaoming Shengyang, Dao Lord Rongguang Wanxiang, and two other saints disintegrated, revealing the returned Emperor Lord Chiming.
• Emperor Lord Chiming explained that he had divided his soul among the Mao Day and Void Day Dao Ranks with the Self-Slaying, Dao-Illuminating Embryo-Transformation Method, but had failed to reach the Dao Embryo realm.
• Emperor Lord Chiming challenged Huang Tian to fight in Void Heaven, and Huang Tian accepted with the Yuanji Treasure Tree.
• Huang Tian countered Chiming's divine abilities, struck him repeatedly, and defeated him, while Chiming acknowledged that Huang Tian had succeeded.

After defeating the saints, Huang Tian joined with the Dao and unleashed Heavenly Thunder to judge evil cultivators across Heaven and earth. Five years later, the Wangjiang Huang Clan thrived, and Huang Jutao hosted a celebration attended by cultivators from many lands.

• True Person Baiyang ordered the Gilded Metal Sect’s elders and stewards to divide its resources among disciples and flee, while True Person Han Qi stayed behind.
• Huang Tian gathered the Golden Nature from the saints, joined with the Dao, and let Heavenly Thunder decide their fates; the lightning killed King Ling, Dao Lord Chongxu Yaoling, Radiant Illumination Dao Lord, True Person Han Qi, True Person Xishan, and countless other evil cultivators.
• Heaven and earth proclaimed Huang Tian as the Primordial Supreme Heavenly Brightlight Sage Emperor, and the Netherworld Bureau drew away the souls of some cultivators who died in the tribulation.
• Five years later, Lin Jinhe brought young clan members to Wangjiang City for Huang Jutao’s celebration and showed them the flourishing Huang Clan and its promising young cultivators.
• Huang Jutao welcomed Violet Palace True Persons to a feast, and the guests raised their cups in honor of the Primordial Supreme Heavenly Brightlight Sage Emperor.

Huang Tian expanded the world, concealed its Dao and fate, and claimed its fully formed Heavenly Dao Source. After bidding farewell to Huang Jutao and his family, he left the dimension and began refining the Source, expecting it to reveal the secret of his mysterious ability.

• Huang Tian used Creation Authority to expand the world for a hundred days, filling its new lands with spiritual resources and starting an age of exploration.
• Huang Tian concealed the Dao’s laws and cause and effect, replaced the old Dao Rank system with nine cultivation stages, and formed the Heavenly Dao Source.
• Huang Tian visited Huang Jutao, explained that he was leaving, and listened as the clan head described the Huang Clan’s plans for Baoshan Commandery and the new territories.
• Huang Tian shared a meal with Huang Fupei, Sun Yun, Huang Du, and Huang Yu, told them he would travel beyond the heavens, and departed after they accepted his decision.
• Huang Tian left the dimension, entered an ancient hall, and began refining the Dao Source to uncover the secret of his mysterious ability.

After refining the Dao Source of Heaven, Huang Tian learned more about Dimensional Saints and watched Luo Yindu claim a third Dao Source before entering the Transcendence Gate. Luo Yindu vanished without a trace, and Huang Tian was left questioning his unusual Colorless Crystal until a new voice line arrived.

• Huang Tian refined the Dao Source of Heaven, turning one-third of the Colorless Crystal in his Yellow Court purple.
• Jing Huan explained that Salian Du and Pan had vanished after attempting the final leap, then Luo Yindu emerged from a dimension with the Dao Source of Knowledge.
• Luo Yindu refined Knowledge and entered the Transcendence Gate while Huang Tian and Jing Huan watched.
• Huang Tian and Jing Huan searched for five months but found no trace of Luo Yindu, leaving his fate uncertain.
• Huang Tian pondered his crystal and ability, then saw a brilliant purple-gold voice line arrive across the void.

After Huang Tian drowned himself following Su Yuan’s rejection and his mother’s death, another version of Huang Tian awakened in his body and discovered that his ability had generated a new identity tied to Longyan Group chairman Huang Zhengyuan. The identity came with a dangerous causal quest, and Huang Tian sensed its threat approaching.

• Su Yuan rejected Huang Tian, and Wei Qingrou approached him afterward, but he fled in embarrassment.
• Huang Tian mourned his mother and his failed confession, then jumped into the artificial lake and drowned.
• A different Huang Tian awakened in the body, reviewed the original Huang Tian’s memories, and sensed that Su Yuan was a cultivator.
• The Colorless Crystal generated a Bronze-Level identity revealing that Huang Tian was Huang Zhengyuan’s illegitimate son and warning him to prepare for danger.
• Huang Tian searched for information about Longyan Group and learned it was a powerful biotechnology company with close political ties.
• A black thread of sound crossed the void toward Huang Tian, who recognized it as the danger attached to his new identity.

Wei Ming'an hired a Wasteland Gold-Badge Killer to assassinate Huang Tian, while Huang Zhengyuan contacted his son and arranged to meet him. Huang Tian met Huang Zhengyuan at Fuwen University and left with him in a pair of expensive cars, while his classmates realized he might be connected to a wealthy family.

• Wei Ming'an learned about Huang Tian and ordered Fan Lin to hire a Wasteland Gold-Badge Killer to make his death look like suicide.
• Huang Tian watched Fan Lin arrange the assassination and concluded he had only a short time to improve his chances of survival.
• Huang Zhengyuan called Huang Tian, admitted he was his biological father, explained his past with Yang Ya, and arranged to meet him the next day.
• Huang Tian researched the world's rapid technological development and noticed that it had accelerated dramatically over the past few decades.
• A Wasteland assassin headed for Long'an City and planned to kill Huang Tian within two days, while Huang Tian attended class unaware of the assassin's exact timing.
• Huang Tian met Huang Zhengyuan after class and left with him in a luxury car, prompting his roommates and classmates to speculate about his family and wealth.

Huang Tian chose to join the Long'an branch of the Longyan Group, where Huang Zhengyuan gave him a cultivation method, Star Liquid Potions, and a protective bodyguard. Huang Tian began cultivating and reached First Stage in ten seconds.

• Su Yuan learned that Huang Tian was Huang Zhengyuan's son and reconsidered whether to pursue him because of his wealthy family.
• Huang Tian chose to stay in Long'an and learn to run the Longyan Group's branch rather than return to headquarters or live on an allowance.
• Huang Zhengyuan introduced Huang Tian to Pang Zhong and authorized him to use the branch's resources and adjust personnel assignments.
• Huang Tian discovered that the Wasteland assassin was nearing Fuwen University, and Huang Zhengyuan assigned Xia Nong to protect him.
• Huang Zhengyuan gave Huang Tian the Star Refining Method, twenty-four Star Liquid Potions, and a sound-wave weapon disguised as a watch, and explained the world's cultivation paths.
• Huang Tian took seven days off, drank a Star Liquid Potion, and reached First Stage in ten seconds.

Huang Tian advanced to the late First Stage, received a new identity as a war-weary soldier, and eased its grief by sharing a meal with his friends. As he and Xia Nong returned to Dawnlight Zero, Shu Can ambushed them and another attacker fired on Huang Tian.

• Huang Tian cultivated with Star Liquid Potions until he reached Level Seven, while Shu Can waited outside Long'an High-Tech Park for him to leave.
• Huang Tian received a Bronze-Level identity as the sole survivor of Iron Mountain Camp and invited Ma Qing, Liu Haican, and Liu Haiyang to lunch to ease his sorrow.
• Huang Tian and his friends enjoyed a meal at Guangyun Hotel, and the company helped dispel most of the identity's grief.
• Huang Tian and Xia Nong left the hotel after his friends departed, and Shu Can followed them to the parking lot.
• Shu Can attacked Huang Tian, but another assassin fired two bullets at him, prompting Xia Nong to break free and shield against the shots.
• Huang Tian pressed a finger against his watch as Shu Can lunged toward him.

Huang Tian and Xia Nong defeated two killers sent to assassinate Huang Tian, while Huang Zhengyuan confronted Wei Ming'an over the attack. After sleeping for nearly a day, Huang Tian completed his karmic mission, chose strength, and broke through to early Second Stage.

• Huang Tian used his watch to stun Shu Can, then struck him down while Xia Nong protected him from gunfire and subdued Chen Tong.
• Huang Tian and Xia Nong took the killers to Long'an High-Tech Park, where Xia Nong questioned them and collected their money and valuables.
• Huang Zhengyuan warned Wei Ming'an to stop targeting Huang Tian and considered expanding Huang Tian's protection after learning of his talent and composure.
• Shu Can revealed that he belonged to the Wasteland, while Chen Tong was an independent killer; neither knew who had hired them.
• Huang Tian woke after completing his karmic mission, chose the strength reward, and advanced from First Stage peak to early Second Stage.

After breaking through to the Second Stage, Huang Tian awakened lightning powers and decided to develop the Modified Human system to obtain more cultivation resources. He introduced a new alloy called Radiant Gold to the company’s technical team, and after setting its production in motion, he asked Xia Nong and Qin Song if they wanted to break through.

• Huang Tian broke through to the Second Stage, awakened lightning abilities, and decided to pursue Modified Human technology to obtain cultivation resources.
• Huang Tian ordered Xia Nong to kill the two captured assassins and learned that Qin Song was arriving with Star Liquid Potions.
• Huang Tian inspected Qin Song, then used a Second Stage Star Liquid Potion while preparing a manufacturing process for Radiant Gold.
• Huang Tian sent the Radiant Gold process to Pang Zhong, who gathered Zhao Ya and the technical team to review it.
• Zhao Ya judged Radiant Gold feasible and valuable, and Pang Zhong approved experiments that Huang Tian estimated would take at least five days.
• Huang Tian looked at Xia Nong and Qin Song and asked whether they wanted to break through.

Huang Tian oversaw the successful production of Radiant Gold, which transformed Qin Song into a Third Stage Modified Human, while Xia Nong broke through to the Third Stage of the Martial Path using Huang Tian’s technique. Huang Tian’s identity refreshed, revealing that he was a Second Stage greater demon called Great Sage Huang Tian in a Secret Realm opening the next day, where he had to survive a five-day hunt.

• Huang Zhengyuan learned that Huang Tian had supplied Radiant Gold documents and ordered Pang Zhong to keep the project secret until its first batch was tested.
• Huang Tian reached the middle Second Stage, and Zhao Ya’s team produced Radiant Gold samples that strengthened a robotic dog’s reinforced limb nearly threefold.
• Qin Song underwent a full-body Radiant Gold replacement and demonstrated strength at the level of a Third Stage Modified Human.
• Xia Nong emerged from seclusion and revealed that the Six Harmonies Limit-Breaking Technique had helped him break through to the Third Stage of the Martial Path.
• Pang Zhong told Huang Zhengyuan about both breakthroughs, prompting Huang Zhengyuan to head to the Long'an City Branch and investigate Huang Tian’s past.
• Huang Tian received a new Bronze-Level Identity as Great Sage Huang Tian, a greater demon in a Secret Realm scheduled to open the next day, and was tasked with surviving until it closed five days later.

Huang Tian traded Radiant Gold technology for cultivation resources with Huang Zhengyuan, then entered a Secret Realm as Great Sage Huang Tian, a yellow marten demon. After breaking through to Foundation Establishment Late Stage and developing Samadhi Divine Wind, he flew to Shuoyun Mountain to subdue Great King Golden Sage.

• Huang Tian and Qin Song demonstrated Radiant Gold's strength and rapid self-repair, and Zhao Ya explained its potential to Huang Zhengyuan.
• Huang Zhengyuan revealed that the Heavenly Change was expected within a few years and agreed to trade Radiant Gold for cultivation resources, with seventy percent of the returns going to Huang Tian.
• Huang Tian cultivated until midnight, when the karmic mission transported his will into the body of Great Sage Huang Tian in the Hehuan Demon Sect's Secret Realm.
• Huang Tian broke through to Foundation Establishment Late Stage, refined Samadhi Divine Wind, and set out with Bamboo Green and Little White Sprout to unite the demons and gather treasures.
• Huang Tian confronted Great King Golden Sage at Shuoyun Mountain and unleashed a massive sandstorm with Samadhi Divine Wind.

Huang Tian captured a string of demon kings and generals as he set out to unite the demons, then reached East Source Lake just as the Secret Realm opened and human cultivators arrived. He challenged the Dragon Lord Who Covers the Sea, who erupted from the lake in fury.

• Huang Tian used the Samadhi Divine Wind to defeat Great King Golden Sage, seized his treasures, and bound him when he refused to submit.
• Huang Tian defeated Great King Dragon Rhinoceros in a direct fight, captured him and the fleeing wildcat demon general, and accepted the fox demon general's surrender.
• Huang Tian captured an old ape spirit and, over the next three hours, took twelve great demons from eight locations while heading toward East Source Lake.
• The Secret Realm opened, and Junior Brother Chang sent five senior cultivators to watch over the five celestial demons while the other cultivators dispersed.
• Huang Tian's captives warned him about the arriving human cultivators, but he continued to East Source Lake, where the Dragon Lord Who Covers the Sea surfaced and angrily faced his challenge.

Huang Tian defeated Dragon Lord Who Covers the Sea with the Samadhi Divine Wind, forced the Secret Realm’s demons to submit, and captured the Hehuan Sect cultivator Yu Meng. He set out to seize the remaining celestial demons and sect cultivators, ambushing Senior Brother Xiao and Poison-Tail Demon Lord at Bottle Cave.

• Huang Tian overwhelmed Dragon Lord Who Covers the Sea with the Samadhi Divine Wind, captured him, and made the gathered demons accept restrictions and raid the dragon palace for treasures.
• Dragon Lord Who Covers the Sea told Huang Tian that the Hehuan Sect had kept the Secret Realm’s demons captive for centuries and warned that sect elders would come after them.
• Huang Tian captured Yu Meng, a mid-Golden Core officer of the Hehuan Sect, then headed toward Bottle Cave to hunt the other celestial demons.
• At Bottle Cave, Huang Tian ambushed and captured Senior Brother Xiao, then subdued Poison-Tail Demon Lord and collected the cave’s treasures.

Huang Tian captured the remaining heavenly demons and Hehuan Sect Golden Core cultivators, then broke through to Golden Core at the Secret Realm's exit. He fought off five Primordial Spirit elders and provoked a spatial disturbance that displaced the Secret Realm before vanishing, leaving the demons to bid the Great Sage farewell.

• Huang Tian captured Great Sage Mountain-Smasher, Sky-Piercing Divine Lord, and the remaining Hehuan Sect Golden Core cultivators, gathering five demons and five cultivators on his cloud.
• Chang Hui failed to reach the captured cultivators, warned the Hehuan Sect elders, and hid near the exit, but Sky-Piercing Divine Lord and Dragon Lord Who Covers the Sea later caught him.
• Huang Tian completed his Golden Core breakthrough, spotted Chang Hui, and waited at the exit as Hehuan Sect cultivators gathered and the Secret Realm opened.
• Jiang Yun and four Primordial Spirit cultivators attacked Huang Tian, who held them off until the Grand Elder appeared and struck with frostlight.
• Huang Tian unleashed the Samadhi Divine Wind against the Grand Elder's attack, triggering spatial turbulence that displaced the Secret Realm and forced the Hehuan Sect elders to retreat.
• Huang Tian vanished into the sandstorm after telling the demons to cultivate peacefully, and Bamboo Green, Little White Sprout, and the demons bid the Great Sage farewell.

Huang Tian advanced to Late Third Stage, received a Silver-Rank identity as a Blacklight operative hunted by the Du Household, and uncovered the lineage’s interest in Longyan Group’s radiant gold. After paralyzing and capturing nearly two hundred suspected intruders at the Long’an branch, he traveled to Leisong City and flew into the Du Household’s main residence to strike first.

• Huang Tian chose a strength reward after completing his causal mission, advanced to Early Third Stage, and received eighteen Third Stage Star Liquid Potions from Huang Zhengyuan.
• Huang Tian told Huang Zhengyuan to sell radiant gold at scale, prompting powerful groups to watch Longyan Group and lesser forces to gather around its Long’an branch.
• After seven days of cultivation, Huang Tian reached Late Third Stage and received a Silver-Rank identity whose mission was to survive the Du Household’s pursuit.
• Du Jing learned that Huang Tian was investigating the Du Household and ordered men sent to Long’an City to capture or kill him if necessary.
• Huang Tian used his mental power to knock out hundreds of suspicious people around the technology park, and Xia Nong and Qin Song captured nearly two hundred of them.
• Huang Tian drove to Leisong City, flew over the Du Household’s security perimeter, and entered its main residence as thunder cracked overhead.

Huang Tian destroyed the Du Household’s power in Xu Province, killed Du Jing and Du Nong, and seized a cache of Star Liquid Potions. After claiming the strength reward for his karmic mission, he broke through to the Fourth Stage while driving away from Leisong City.

• Huang Tian attacked the Du Household with Heavenly Thunder, killed Du Jing, and overwhelmed Du Nong despite the Fifth Stage expert’s resistance.
• Huang Tian’s combined Heavenly Thunder and Earthly Wu Thunder killed Du Nong and devastated the Du Household’s base in Leisong City.
• Huang Tian received a choice between early Third Stage strength and Secret Insight, then searched Du Nong’s retreat and took three cases of Star Liquid Potions.
• Huang Tian returned to Dawnlight Zero and drove toward the high-tech park in Long'an City as patrol vehicles headed toward the battle site.
• Huang Tian chose the strength reward, rose to the peak of the Third Stage, and broke through to the Fourth Stage.

After Huang Tian destroyed the Du Lineage, investigators uncovered its secret human experiments while factions across the Federation speculated about his power and Longyan Group’s rise. Half a month later, Huang Tian reached the Fourth-Stage Middle Phase and waited for his new identity to refresh.

• The Patrol Defense Bureau confirmed Du Nong and nearly all the Du family members at the estate were dead, then found laboratories holding hundreds of captives and records of years of illegal experiments.
• Provincial forces seized the laboratories and records as factions across Xu Province and the Federation linked the attack to Longyan Group and its Radiant Gold.
• Huang Tian told Huang Zhengyuan that the Du Lineage’s destruction would deter rivals, then returned to Longyan Group as the Patrol Defense Bureau stopped pressing the company to release the captured watchers.
• Xia Nong read that Du Nong had died and suspected Huang Tian was responsible after connecting his trip to Leisong City with the sudden change in the Bureau’s behavior.
• Su Chong urged Su Yuan to reconsider Huang Tian as Longyan Group’s prospects grew, and Su Yuan sent Huang Tian a message that he did not see while cultivating.
• After half a month, Huang Tian reached the Fourth-Stage Middle Phase, ignored messages from Su Yuan and Cheng, and heard that his new identity was about to refresh.

Huang Tian received a new identity as Glimmer’s Federation leader and learned that Guvalon had put him on a kill list. He traveled to Glimmer’s Holy Island and challenged Guvalon, leaving the island shaken by his arrival.

• Huang Tian absorbed the memories of his identity as Glimmer’s leader and learned that Guvalon was pursuing him after he refused to surrender his Federation forces.
• Huang Tian chose to travel alone to the Luo Lu Empire and told Glimmer headquarters that he was returning.
• Huang Tian used his mental switch to confirm that Guvalon was at headquarters, then boarded a flight to the Luo Lu Empire.
• Armed men met Huang Tian at the airport and flew him by helicopter to Glimmer’s Holy Island.
• Huang Tian leaped from the helicopter, stirred the clouds and wind, and shouted for Guvalon to come out and die.