Chapter Summaries

Huang Tian received a Supreme-level identity as the fallen Blessed Infinite Yellow-Mystery Heavenly Venerable and discovered that his resurrection depended on finding a suitable Sequence 1 vessel. He returned to the Heavenly Venerable’s universe and began a plan to draw the gods out using Source Essence.

• Fu Zhe declared Huang Tian humanity’s fifth Supreme being, and Wendu received a strand of Source Essence for recruiting him.
• Huang Tian celebrated with Fu Zhe and Meng Luo, then received over a hundred Ninth-Stage spiritual treasures to aid his cultivation.
• Four months later, Huang Tian’s identity refreshed and revealed that he was the fallen Heavenly Venerable, whose mission was to resurrect and kill the Savior Mother Goddess and the Eye of the End.
• Huang Tian learned that no suitable Sequence 1 vessel existed, so he returned to his original body and traveled to the universe where the Heavenly Venerable had fallen.
• Huang Tian met Fu Zhe and Meng Luo, proposed using the Heavenly Venerable to break their deadlock, and dropped a portion of Source Essence toward the azure planet.

Luo Valon learned that he was an Azure Blue Star native saved by Huang Tian and that Terra was his homeland in the distant future. He agreed to become Huang Tian’s resurrection vessel in exchange for a promised return, completed the ritual preparations, and summoned a presence that reached the entire planet.

• Luo Valon woke with memories of a future in which Terra was destroyed and heard Huang Tian offer to send him back to Azure Blue Star.
• Huang Tian revealed that Terra was Azure Blue Star millions of years in the future and that Luo Valon had been saved as a potential vessel for Huang Tian’s resurrection.
• Luo Valon agreed to become Huang Tian’s vessel and learned that he had to reach Sequence 1 or use an artifact that would kill him after one hundred breaths.
• Luo Valon bought the ritual objects, placed them at eight locations around the city, and returned home to share a tender farewell with his sister, Zephilin.
• Luo Valon performed the resurrection ritual, causing eight pillars of light to rise as church followers rushed to stop him.
• Luo Valon called Huang Tian by four titles, freezing time across the city as a supreme presence enveloped the planet and a voice praised the Heavenly Venerable of Boundless Life and Primordial Yellow.

Huang Tian revived as the Celestial Worthy of Black and Yellow and joined Hall Master Fu Zhe and Army Lord Meng Luo in battle against three Outer Gods attacking Terra. He killed the Cosmic Oneirist, and the Lord of Starbones was trapped as another blade struck it.

• The Savior Mother Goddess and the Eye of the End emerged as the Outer Gods attacked Terra’s Space Wall, while Huang Tian revived and restored the sanity of people touched by his divine light.
• The Savior Mother Goddess and the Eye of the End offered to join forces with Huang Tian, but he refused and summoned Hall Master Fu Zhe and Army Lord Meng Luo to fight beside him.
• Army Lord Meng Luo engaged the Lord of Starbones, while Fu Zhe battered the Unending Fire and Huang Tian attacked the Cosmic Oneirist; the two Ancient Gods assaulted Huang Tian and Terra.
• The Cosmic Oneirist trapped Huang Tian in an illusion, but Huang Tian used his fishing power to pull it into another illusion and kill it.
• The Lord of Starbones tried to flee after the Cosmic Oneirist fell, but Army Lord Meng Luo restrained it as a dark blade struck its body.

Huang Tian and his allies killed the remaining Ancient Gods, broke the Space Wall, and fought amid the devastation of Terra. After revealing that he and the Celestial Worthy of Black and Yellow were the same person, Huang Tian chose the Strength reward and prepared to remake the ruined world.

• Huang Tian and Army Lord Meng Luo killed the Lord of Starbones, while Hall Master Fu Zhe, Huang Tian, and Army Lord Meng Luo killed the Unending Fire and divided their Source Essence.
• The Celestial Worthy of Black and Yellow froze the Savior Mother Goddess and the Eye of the End long enough for Huang Tian, Hall Master Fu Zhe, and Army Lord Meng Luo to break the Space Wall.
• Hall Master Fu Zhe fought the Eye of the End beneath the sea as the battle's waves flooded coastal cities and devastated Terra.
• Huang Tian, the Celestial Worthy of Black and Yellow, and Army Lord Meng Luo killed the Savior Mother Goddess; the deaths of the Mother Goddess Church followers followed.
• Hall Master Fu Zhe and the others killed the Eye of the End, and its Spirit Eye Church followers died as well.
• Huang Tian revealed that he and the Celestial Worthy of Black and Yellow were the same person, then chose Strength as his reward and declared that Terra should be remade.

Huang Tian defeated the Creator, attained the Tenth Stage, and remade Terra and its history. He then sent Luo Valon back in time, where he awoke as Luo Long in his university days and received a Black Technology System.

• The Yellow-Mystery Heavenly Venerable merged with Huang Tian, and Fu Zhe and Meng Luo suspected the Creator was awakening inside him to pursue the Tenth Stage.
• Inside Huang Tian's soul, the Creator tried to take him over, but Huang Tian revealed overwhelming power and erased her.
• Huang Tian reached Ninth-Stage Perfection and then attained the Tenth Stage, sending signs of a Great Luo's ascension across countless universes.
• Huang Tian reversed Terra's flood, restored its land and people, erased memories of the Creator and ancient gods, and changed the universe's rules.
• Huang Tian sent Luo Valon's soul back through time, and Luo Long awoke on a bus in Shen City during his third year at university.
• Luo Long called his mother and discovered that a Black Technology System had bound itself to him.

Huang Tian returned to Azure Star, resurrected his mother, and taught the Ninth-Stage experts a formation for finding their other selves before leaving his universe. After ascending beyond the chaos and harvesting Dao Source, he planned to use his unusual ability to glimpse what lay inside the Transcendence Gate.

• Huang Tian brought Meng Luo and Fu Zhe to Azure Star, where café patrons recognized him before he vanished with his companions.
• Huang Tian resurrected Yang Ya in Huang Zhengyuan's villa, and Fu Zhe told her and Huang Zhengyuan that they would live without end.
• Huang Tian gathered the Ninth-Stage experts on Ancient Source Star, taught them about Great Luo, and gave them the Great Thousand Mirror Platform Reflecting Me Formation.
• Huang Tian left the universe and crossed beyond the chaos, where his ability harvested Dao Source and brought him closer to understanding the Transcendence Gate.
• Huang Tian decided to ask a Dimensional Saint entering the Transcendence Gate to say his name, then asked Jing Huan who would soon harvest a third Dao Source.

Dou Ze completed his three Dao Sources and entered the Transcendence Gate, where he was reborn as a mortal rebel soldier with most of his memories obscured. As the Righteousness Army collapsed, he was trapped by vines and faced a deadly attack from a scarlet-armored pursuer.

• Dou Ze returned from a technological civilization after transcending and claimed the Heavenly Craft Dao Source, completing his three Dao Sources.
• After refining his Dao Sources, Dou Ze entered the Transcendence Gate while Jing Huan and Huang Tian watched; Huang Tian then saw a sound line remain and followed it.
• Dou Ze awoke in the body of a young farmer serving in the defeated Righteousness Army, with his cultivation memories and knowledge blurred.
• Government troops routed the Righteousness Army, and Dou Ze fought cautiously before fleeing into a wood as the rebels scattered.
• Wu Chen crashed down near Dou Ze, who was bound by vines while a scarlet-armored man attacked Wu Chen and then aimed a killing strike at Dou Ze.

Huang Tian watched Dou Ze die in the Transcendence Gate and be reborn into a powerful family, then learned more about the trial before entering a new life as Brother Tian in the Holy Incense Church. After surviving a venomous snakebite and concealing it from a deacon, he lay awake reflecting on the church.

• Huang Tian killed the red-armored man with lightning to save Dou Ze, after which the world collapsed and Dou Ze was reborn as the son of the Abyss Pavilion’s master.
• Huang Tian surveyed Dou Ze’s new surroundings, concluded the Transcendence Gate assigned random identities and circumstances, and discussed the trial with Jing Huan.
• A new sound-thread showed Brother Tian and Hu Nu fleeing famine, joining the Holy Incense Church, and witnessing the punishment of a disciple who tried to leave.
• A black snake bit Brother Tian, but Huang Tian awakened in his body, recovered from the venom, and told the deacon that the snake had merely startled them.
• Huang Tian stayed awake after Hu Nu fell asleep, thinking about the Holy Incense Church.

Huang Tian began martial training at the Holy Incense Church’s mountain manor, where he learned the Nine Heavens Cloud Crane stance and investigated the world in the Library Pavilion. The chapter ended with Steward Chang revealing that the legendary Ten-Pole Demon Master, Yan Wudao, had refined all three thousand six hundred forms.

• Huang Tian decided to stay at the manor for now, then joined Wei Hu for breakfast and ignored Zhong Yande’s attempt to provoke him.
• Steward Chang divided the youths into groups and taught Huang Tian’s group the crane stance and breathing method, explaining that form forging could transform their root bones.
• Zhong Yande challenged Huang Tian to a future sparring match, and Huang Tian agreed while stopping Wei Hu from fighting him immediately.
• Huang Tian drank five bowls of medicinal soup and visited the Library Pavilion, where he learned more about Great Chu, Fu Prefecture, and form forging.
• At training, Steward Chang praised Huang Tian’s aptitude and perseverance, then revealed that Yan Wudao had refined three thousand six hundred forms and was known as the Ten-Pole Demon Master.

Huang Tian advanced faster by drinking extra medicinal broth, becoming the first youth to develop blood vitality and earning pills and increased rations. After ten days of relentless training, he filled his qi and blood, built abundant internal force, and mastered the Crane Form.

• Steward Chang told the youths that Yan Wudao had forged three thousand six hundred forms and gained powerful fleshly divine abilities, then ordered them back to training.
• Huang Tian accepted extra medicinal broth from Luo Fuying and Wei Hu, while helping Wei Hu sense his blood vitality during nighttime practice.
• Huang Tian secretly managed his progress, announced that he had developed blood vitality before the others, and received five portions of broth per meal and Bone-Strengthening, Blood-Nourishing Pills from Steward Chang.
• Wei Hu and Zhong Yande developed blood vitality at the same time and received Blood-Condensing Pills from Steward Wu.
• Over the next ten days, Huang Tian cultivated nearly every waking moment, filling his qi and blood and circulating abundant internal force throughout his body.
• At night, Huang Tian moved through the Crane Form, heard a crane's cry in his mind, and realized he had mastered it.

Huang Tian perfected hundreds of martial forms, transforming his body and greatly increasing his strength while remaining at the Mountain Manor. After Steward Chang began teaching combat moves, Yang Zhou and Liu Yao were eliminated, and Huang Tian reached five hundred perfected forms.

• Huang Tian perfected fifty forms overnight, then reached one hundred and fifty forms over the following days by absorbing primordial qi and using medicinal broth.
• Huang Tian chose to remain at the Mountain Manor for its cultivation resources and to avoid putting Wei Hu, Luo Fuying, and the others in danger.
• Steward Chang taught Huang Tian and the other youths the Nine Heavens Cloud Crane Art's combat moves and footwork.
• Steward Chang eliminated Yang Zhou and Liu Yao, then warned that anyone who failed to cultivate qi and blood within another half month would also be eliminated.
• Wei Hu told Huang Tian that Yang Zhou and Liu Yao's belongings had been removed and they had disappeared; Huang Tian continued cultivating and reached five hundred perfected forms.

Huang Tian advanced his cultivation, watched nineteen youths be eliminated and sent to work as servants rather than killed, and dominated the martial sparring tournament. After receiving Bear-Tiger Blood-Replenishing Pills, he began training to complete all three thousand six hundred forms.

• Huang Tian forged five hundred forms overnight, gaining strength enough to subdue dragons and elephants, while youths at the manor trained harder after Yang Zhou and Liu Yao disappeared.
• Over the next fourteen days, more youths cultivated blood and qi; at the deadline, two succeeded at the last moment, while Steward Chang sent the remaining nineteen to work as unpaid servants until they repaid the branch.
• Steward Chang summoned Yang Zhou and Liu Yao, who confirmed they had survived by working in teahouses and taverns, easing the other youths’ fears about elimination.
• Huang Tian reached two thousand forms and believed he could gravely injure or kill Steward Chang, then continued cultivating for nearly half a month.
• At the sparring tournament, Huang Tian defeated Xue Yang, Wang Ping, Zhong Yande, and more than ten challengers in succession, becoming the overall champion and earning two bottles of Bear-Tiger Blood-Replenishing Pills.
• Huang Tian swallowed six pills and began training to complete the full cycle of three thousand six hundred forms that night.

Huang Tian mastered 3,601 forms, developed force, and won another sparring session, earning three Vital Force Nurturing Blood Pills. After learning that rebellion had spread through Fu Prefecture, he prepared to cultivate through the night, but noticed a black thread of sound coming from the northern end of the Mountain Manor.

• Huang Tian completed his transformation after mastering 3,600 forms, gaining the strength of ten dragons and ten elephants, then spent the night refining a 3,601st form.
• Wei Hu told Huang Tian that rebels had seized two commandery seats in Fu Prefecture, while Ju'an Commandery remained relatively stable.
• At the next sparring session, Wei Hu tied with Zhong Yande, and Huang Tian defeated Wang Ping, Zhong Yande, and several other youths with ease.
• Huang Tian revealed that he had developed force, and Steward Chang awarded him three Vital Force Nurturing Blood Pills.
• Huang Tian took all three pills and prepared to cultivate through the night, but detected a black thread of sound coming from the north of the Mountain Manor.

Huang Tian overheard Steward Chang and the branch master reveal that the Holy Incense Church planned to use him and other youths as ingredients for a Nine-Forms Embryo-Transmutation Pill. He kept cultivating through the night and missed training, then a tremendous phenomenon erupted above his dormitory as the chapter ended.

• Huang Tian learned that the Holy Incense Church intended to sacrifice youths who cultivated forms, while the branch master explained the urgency caused by Fu Prefecture's rebellion and the fifth prince Ning Guangxuan's arrival.
• Huang Tian decided to keep cultivating forms and practiced through the night while Wei Hu slept.
• Huang Tian stayed in his room after gaining an insight, so Wei Hu told Steward Chang why he had missed morning training.
• Steward Chang said Huang Tian would avoid punishment only if he had truly made a breakthrough, and threatened Wei Hu with lashes as an accomplice.
• A dragon-and-elephant roar shook the mountains, Origin Energy surged toward the dormitory, and a towering divine phantom appeared above it.

Huang Tian reached the ten-thousand-forms body-tempering realm, advanced to mid-phase vein-passing, and revealed his strength to the Holy Incense Church stewards. After they attacked him, he slaughtered them and defeated Branch Master Xiao Fan, leaving the youths and the church’s remaining forces in chaos.

• Huang Tian attained ten thousand forms, gained an impervious golden body, and opened five of the eight vessels to reach mid-phase vein-passing.
• Huang Tian’s cultivation caused a towering phantom and purple qi to appear, alarming Xiao Fan, the stewards, and the youths at the Martial Training Ground.
• The stewards went to investigate, and Huang Tian revealed that he knew they planned to use him as the main ingredient for a Nine-Forms Embryo-Transmutation Pill.
• Steward Liu attacked Huang Tian, whose body repelled the saber; Huang Tian killed Liu and pursued the fleeing stewards, killing them one by one.
• Huang Tian killed Steward Wu as he reached Xiao Fan, then withstood Xiao Fan’s sword qi and shattered his precious sword.
• Xiao Fan fled after Huang Tian destroyed his sword, but Huang Tian caught and killed him while Steward Chang escaped and the youths scattered in confusion.

After Huang Tian seized the Mountain Manor, he chose to remain on Chess Mountain while most of the youths left, and he began advancing toward Vein-Passing perfection. Meanwhile, Xia You launched a rebellion across Ju'an Commandery and sent Zhang Chong’s army to capture Huang Tian, who confronted them alone at the foot of Chess Mountain.

• Huang Tian’s allies secured the Mountain Manor, inventoried its stores, and learned that seventy-three youths planned to leave while nineteen would remain with him.
• Huang Tian gave his followers pills to support their cultivation, then swallowed six pills to open the remaining vessels he needed for Vein-Passing perfection.
• Steward Chang reported Xiao Fan’s death to Xia You, who ordered the Holy Incense Church to rise across Ju'an Commandery and seize its six counties.
• After five counties fell and a vast army gathered outside the commandery city, Xia You learned Huang Tian was still on Chess Mountain and ordered Zhang Chong to capture him.
• Zhang Chong marched toward Chess Mountain with two hundred Fragrance-Tracking Army troops and a thousand Auxiliary Army troops, but Huang Tian blocked the pass alone on Frost Beneath the Moon with a black halberd.

Huang Tian annihilated Zhang Chong’s army and left his companions to organize the surrendered soldiers before riding alone toward Ju'an Commandery City. As the besieged city’s defenders considered retreat, Ren Zhong spotted Huang Tian approaching in the distance.

• Huang Tian blocked the Fragrance-Tracking Army’s arrows with his true qi and killed Zhang Chong with a single halberd strike.
• Huang Tian routed the army, then ordered Wei Hu and the others to disarm and gather the surviving soldiers for training.
• Huang Tian refused to take companions with him and rode alone toward the commandery city to seek more pills.
• Xia You’s rebel forces prepared to capture Ju'an Commandery City while Ren Zhong debated whether the Radiant Splendor Sect should retreat.
• Ren Zhong saw Huang Tian riding toward the besieged city on Frost Beneath the Moon.

Huang Tian charged the Age-Guard Army alone and tore through its ranks with Frost Beneath the Moon, forcing Xia You and the other rebel commanders to recognize him. He reached Linghu Bo’s elite formation and shattered the commander’s empowered attack, leaving Linghu Bo grievously maimed.

• Ren Zhong and the Gray-Haired Elder watched Huang Tian ride toward the rebel forces, while Xia You, Fang Hu, and Yang Jun initially dismissed the lone attacker as a weak True Qi warrior.
• Huang Tian struck down Wang Zhe and charged into the Age-Guard Army, cutting through soldiers and smashing Liu Xi’s shield array before beheading Liu Xi.
• Xia You summoned Steward Chang, who confirmed that the rider was Huang Tian; Yang Jun then led six hundred Fragrance-Tracking Army troops toward the Age-Guard Army.
• Ren Zhong considered riding out to help Huang Tian, but the Gray-Haired Elder persuaded him to stay and protect the city.
• Huang Tian slaughtered his way to the Age-Guard Army’s Grand Standard as Linghu Bo formed a five-hundred-man elite array and charged him with a blood-red saber strike.
• Huang Tian met Linghu Bo’s attack head-on, shattering the clash’s force against him and leaving Linghu Bo’s horse destroyed, both arms broken, and one eye burst.

Huang Tian routed Linghu Bo’s Age-Guard Army and charged into the Holy Incense Church’s forces, overwhelming their formations despite their attempts to stop him. He survived Yang Jun’s poisoned crossbow barrage and killed him, while the battle around the central army remained underway.

• Huang Tian shattered Linghu Bo’s formation with a halberd strike, then split Linghu Bo in two and sent the surviving Age-Guard Army soldiers fleeing.
• Xia You ordered Yang Jun to use the Fragrance-Tracking Army to stall Huang Tian, while Ren Zhong led the Radiant Splendor Sect’s troops out of the city to support him.
• Huang Tian cut through the Holy Incense Church’s rear formation, deflected volleys of arrows, and broke the central army’s shield wall with a devastating strike.
• Yang Jun ambushed Huang Tian with poisoned crossbow bolts and five Astral-Breaking Ballistae, but Huang Tian blocked the bolts and caught one before it struck Frost Beneath the Moon.
• Huang Tian shook off the poison and charged Yang Jun, killing him and his horse with a single halberd blow.

Huang Tian shattered Xia You’s army, survived a storm of poisoned arrows, and killed the Holy Incense Church’s Spirit Child and Fang Hu as the rebels routed. The government forces pursued the fleeing soldiers while Huang Tian declared that the Valley God Sect’s Dao Child and Ning Guangxuan would not escape either.

• Ren Zhong led government troops toward the rebel front as Xia You rejected advice to retreat and formed the Fragrance-Tracking Army around himself.
• Xia You fought Huang Tian with his sword and troops’ support, but Huang Tian’s halberd techniques held off every attack.
• Huang Tian smashed through the Fragrance-Tracking Army’s formation, then endured more than a thousand poisoned arrows while defeating Xia You’s final assault.
• Xia You fled, but Huang Tian pursued, knocked him down, and killed him after Xia You pleaded and condemned him for not targeting more powerful enemies.
• The Holy Incense Church’s forces broke and fled, while Ren Zhong pursued Fang Hu and Huang Tian killed Fang Hu by hurling his Great Halberd through him.