Chapter Summaries

Ning Xiaochuan killed NanGong Shang, Shao An, and Du Yan, then found Divine Soul Sand in an asteroid belt and used it to nourish Situ Lang’s Godhead. After studying Shao An’s corpse in hopes of learning how to revive the dead, Ning Xiaochuan was startled by an eruption of asteroid fragments behind him.

• Ning Xiaochuan killed NanGong Shang, Shao An, and Du Yan, then left with Mo Tianxiang aboard the Starry Sky Boat.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Mo Tianxiang searched an asteroid belt for seven days, where Mo Tianxiang found a gigantic egg.
• Ning Xiaochuan failed to damage or subdue the egg, which rolled through the asteroid belt and exposed a river of Divine Soul Sand.
• Ning Xiaochuan placed Situ Lang’s Godhead in the Divine Soul Sand, nourishing its divine soul while he studied Shao An’s corpse for clues to reviving the dead.
• Ning Xiaochuan put away Situ Lang’s nourished Godhead and rose just as asteroid fragments burst toward him from behind.

Ning Xiaochuan and Mo Tianxiang encountered Song Tian and Fei Que while a mysterious egg returned to Mo Tianxiang. Song Tian attacked with his Five Elements Landscape Painting, but Ning Xiaochuan absorbed its river and mountain, evolving his Myriad Laws Godhead to 468 facets and leaving Song Tian stunned.

• The powerful egg dodged Ning Xiaochuan and leaped into Mo Tianxiang's arms as a Heavenly Ape approached with Song Tian and Fei Que.
• Song Tian left Fei Que to pursue the ape and attacked Ning Xiaochuan, while Fei Que ordered him to capture Mo Tianxiang alive.
• Ning Xiaochuan pierced Song Tian's rune-covered palm with the World Extinction Demon Sword, making Song Tian realize he had underestimated him.
• Song Tian unleashed his Five Elements Landscape Painting, sending a powerful river and mountain surging toward Ning Xiaochuan.
• Ning Xiaochuan's Myriad Laws Godhead absorbed the river and mountain and evolved from 108 facets to 468, leaving Mo Tianxiang bewildered and Song Tian aghast.

Ning Xiaochuan absorbed Song Tian’s Five Elements Landscape Painting, advancing his Myriad Laws Godhead close to five hundred facets, then tested his strength against Song Tian. Song Tian fled but lost both legs to Ning Xiaochuan’s Seclusion Path, and Ning Xiaochuan turned to examine the object on Mo Tianxiang’s chest.

• Ning Xiaochuan absorbed the Five Elements Landscape Painting and brought his Myriad Laws Godhead to within one evolution of five hundred facets.
• Song Tian considered attacking with his Five Elements Brick but realized Ning Xiaochuan could absorb his Five Elements treasures, then challenged him with runes.
• Ning Xiaochuan fought Song Tian without the World Extinction Demon Sword, countering his runes with sword qi and black flames.
• Song Tian fled through space barriers and threatened that Fei Que would kill Ning Xiaochuan, but Ning Xiaochuan struck him with the Seclusion Path and severed both his legs.
• Ning Xiaochuan reflected that the Seclusion Path would have been stronger if its aura had been inscribed on the White Bone Pearl, then told Mo Tianxiang to come closer so he could inspect the object on her chest.

Ning Xiaochuan tested his strength against Fei Que, who retreated after his opening strike failed, and then parted ways with Mo Tianxiang to head deeper into the Source World. The chapter ends with Yu Qianqian and Nie Lanzhi being summoned by Senior Brother Zou.

• Fei Que subdued the Heavenly Ape, and Song Tian arrived injured and claimed Ning Xiaochuan had defeated him.
• Ning Xiaochuan arrived with Mo Tianxiang, blocked Fei Que’s concealed attack, and convinced Fei Que that his godhead was at King of Godheads level.
• Fei Que admitted he was weakened from capturing the Heavenly Ape and withdrew with Song Tian, promising to challenge Ning Xiaochuan later.
• Ning Xiaochuan declined to pursue Fei Que and parted ways with Mo Tianxiang before traveling onward in his Starry Sky Boat.
• Yu Qianqian and Nie Lanzhi worried about Ning Xiaochuan in the Source World until someone announced that Senior Brother Zou had summoned them.

Yu Qianqian and Nie Lanzhi were pressured by Zou Chong to marry him, while the God Heir Palace’s Heaven’s Chosen split over whether to resist or accept his offer. Nie Lanzhi wanted to marry Zou Chong to learn her older sister’s whereabouts, and the chapter ended with the two women watching a powerful expert’s trail cross the sky.

• Zou Chong gathered the God Heir Palace Heaven’s Chosen and waited for Yu Qianqian and Nie Lanzhi, revealing his desire to abuse them and give them to his powerful older brother.
• Zou Chong grabbed for Yu Qianqian and Nie Lanzhi, but they threatened to cut their own throats, forcing him to stop.
• Zou Chong proposed marriage and offered a gift list, then left after Yu Qianqian and Nie Lanzhi refused; he claimed he knew where Nie Lanzhi’s older sister was and said their Purple Gold Senior might never return.
• The Heaven’s Chosen argued over whether Yu Qianqian and Nie Lanzhi should marry Zou Chong, while the two women slipped away from the hall.
• Nie Lanzhi admitted she considered marrying Zou Chong to find her older sister, and Yu Qianqian said she feared Ning Xiaochuan would rather die than endure his humiliation.
• Yu Qianqian and Nie Lanzhi watched what looked like a meteor, which Yu Qianqian identified as the trail of a powerful expert traveling through the starry sky.

Ning Xiaochuan returned to the God Heir Palace and reunited with Yu Qianqian and Nie Lanzhi just as Zou Chong was forcing them to marry him. He swiftly crippled Zou Chong and his companions, while Zou Chong’s elder brother was on his way.

• After spending nearly a month in the Trial Land, Ning Xiaochuan left and spent almost two years reaching the planet where he expected to find Senior Purple Gold Imperial Lord and the others.
• Zou Chong entered the God Heir Palace with his followers, declared Yu Qianqian and Nie Lanzhi his brides, and had his men beat the disciples who opposed him.
• Nie Lanzhi agreed to marry Zou Chong to stop the beating, while Yu Qianqian demanded conditions and began by asking him to stop bullying her fellow disciples.
• Ning Xiaochuan arrived, reunited with Nie Lanzhi and Yu Qianqian, and told Zou Chong that he would not be leaving after setting his sights on Yu Qianqian.
• After Zou Chong secretly sent a subordinate to summon his elder brother, Ning Xiaochuan severed the limbs of Zou Chong and his companions with sword energy.

Ning Xiaochuan killed Zou Chong and his powerful elder brother, then executed the God Heir Palace disciples who had switched sides to flatter him. He reunited with Yu Qianqian and Nie Lanzhi, who explained how the palace had fallen into ruin after the Heavenly Court was shattered and the Purple Gold Imperial Lord disappeared.

• Ning Xiaochuan killed the crippled Zou Chong after Zou Chong threatened him with his elder brother’s arrival.
• Ning Xiaochuan defeated Zou Chong’s ninth-level Sub-God elder brother and returned to the God Heir Palace carrying his Virtual Godhead.
• Liu Jun and other disciples who had mocked Ning Xiaochuan changed their tune and begged for his forgiveness, but Ning Xiaochuan killed them with sword qi.
• Ning Xiaochuan took Yu Qianqian and Nie Lanzhi to a secluded part of the palace and asked them to explain what had happened.
• Yu Qianqian and Nie Lanzhi told Ning Xiaochuan that the Purple Gold Imperial Lord had lost a battle defending them, the Heavenly Court had been shattered, and the palace had declined after he vanished.

Ning Xiaochuan learned that Purple Gold Imperial Lord and the missing Heaven's Chosen might still be alive, then went to investigate. He returned with more than a hundred subdued demigods and let the God Heir Palace disciples identify those who had wronged them.

• Nie Lanzhi and Yu Qianqian told Ning Xiaochuan they did not know where Purple Gold Imperial Lord or the other missing Heaven's Chosen had gone.
• Ning Xiaochuan reasoned that the missing Heaven's Chosen were likely still alive but worried that Purple Gold Imperial Lord might have met with trouble.
• Ning Xiaochuan left the God Heir Palace to question nearby demigods and returned about half a day later with more than a hundred subdued demigods.
• Ning Xiaochuan told the God Heir Palace disciples to identify their attackers, and Nie Lanzhi accused a bald demigod of attacking Purple Gold Imperial Lord and destroying the palace.
• Ning Xiaochuan examined the bald demigod's memories, confirmed he had destroyed the Heavenly Court and tortured six disciples to death, and ordered him to die; the demigod crushed his Virtual Godhead.
• The God Heir Palace disciples named other demigods who had harmed them and vented their long-suppressed anger while the demigods stood under Ning Xiaochuan's control.

Ning Xiaochuan searched captured lesser gods for news of the missing geniuses, then decided to investigate the Truth Heavenly Kingdom’s assessment alone after its proclamation appeared across the God River Civilization. He entered the testing grounds and arrived as other geniuses were being screened.

• Ning Xiaochuan ordered most of the captured lesser gods to kill themselves and kept the rest to protect Yu Qianqian and Nie Lanzhi.
• Ning Xiaochuan searched the lesser gods’ memories and learned that Xue Lingxu had been taken away, but found no news of Nie Lanxin or the Purple Gold Imperial Lord.
• A golden proclamation announced that the Truth Heavenly Kingdom would assess geniuses from lower-grade civilizations.
• Ning Xiaochuan refused to let Yu Qianqian and Nie Lanzhi join him, then flew toward the proclamation alone.
• The assessment transported Ning Xiaochuan to an unfamiliar world, where he saw other geniuses being tested and some failing its standards.

Ning Xiaochuan passed Truth Heavenly Kingdom’s strength inspection and entered its hall, where he unexpectedly reunited with Monk Tan Qian. As Tan Qian tried to sell him supposed inside information, another youth exposed the monk’s scam.

• The inspector rejected prodigies whose pure energy index fell below one, explaining that the index measured strength without artifacts or treasures.
• Ning Xiaochuan scored 1.7 and entered Truth Heavenly Kingdom through a pillar of light.
• Ning Xiaochuan arrived in a hall filled with prodigies from various Eighth-Grade Civilizations.
• Ning Xiaochuan recognized Monk Tan Qian, who was astonished to see him and asked how he had reached Truth Heavenly Kingdom.
• Monk Tan Qian offered to sell Ning Xiaochuan detailed intelligence, but a youth warned that the monk had made up much of his information.
• Ning Xiaochuan left Monk Tan Qian arguing with the youth and walked toward the posted information.

Ning Xiaochuan learned from Monk Tan Qian that Truth Heavenly Kingdom had fractured after rebels stole two of its six divine artifacts, prompting it to recruit Heaven’s Pride from other civilizations. Bai Lengxue led the recruits to Heaven’s Pride Palace and introduced the facilities prepared for them.

• Monk Tan Qian gave Ning Xiaochuan a jade sphere describing Truth Heavenly Kingdom and its six divine artifacts, including the rebels’ seizure of Artifact Order and Artifact Life.
• Ning Xiaochuan recognized the account as credible because he already knew Truth Heavenly Kingdom had split apart and pressed Monk Tan Qian to explain his source.
• Bai Lengxue introduced herself as a Guide Envoy and announced that she would lead the Heaven’s Pride to Heaven’s Pride Palace.
• When the Heaven’s Pride crowded Bai Lengxue with questions, she calmly sent them flying with a wave, revealing her formidable strength.
• Bai Lengxue led the group through the mountain range toward Heaven’s Pride Palace and pointed out the Artifact Hall, Spirit Pill Pavilion, Cultivation Method Hall, and Space-Time Hall.

Bai Lengxue explained the energy-index requirements for living in Heaven's Pride Palace and advancing to godhood, angering the newly arrived prodigies. When two of them attacked young people from the Truth Heavenly Kingdom, one young man defeated them effortlessly and mocked the recruits.

• Bai Lengxue said prodigies with energy indexes below three had to live at the foot of the mountain, while higher indexes earned better residences.
• Bai Lengxue warned that recruits had to reach an energy index of at least six before advancing to the god realm or they would be expelled from the Truth Heavenly Kingdom.
• Several young people from the Truth Heavenly Kingdom arrived and mocked the recruits as unworthy trash.
• Bai Lengxue allowed the recruits to attack the newcomers, and two prodigies rushed forward with law chains.
• One young man appeared behind the attackers, broke through their defenses, beat them bloody, and tossed them at Bai Lengxue's feet.

Ning Xiaochuan and Monk Tan Qian accepted Kong Mo’s challenge to fight in three months, while Bai Lengxue defended the recruited prodigies and hinted that the Truth Heavenly Kingdom could improve more than their strength alone. The chapter left Ning Xiaochuan eager to learn whether the kingdom could strengthen godheads, laws, secret arts, and constitutions.

• Kong Mo and another youth from the Truth Heavenly Kingdom easily defeated two prodigies, then Kong Mo challenged the recruits to a contest three months later.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Monk Tan Qian stepped forward to accept the challenge, giving Bai Lengxue hope that the recruits had not all lost their resolve.
• Kong Mo tried to attack them, but Bai Lengxue froze him and threw him aside before the contest could begin.
• A gloomy prodigy questioned why the Truth Heavenly Kingdom recruited people whose strength seemed ordinary, and Bai Lengxue argued that their cultivation could still improve.
• Bai Lengxue asked whether the prodigies had truly reached the limits of their godheads, laws, secret arts, and constitutions, leaving them speechless.
• Monk Tan Qian told Ning Xiaochuan that the kingdom’s artifact civilization might explain its cultivation methods, and Ning Xiaochuan focused on Bai Lengxue’s claims.

Ning Xiaochuan and the other prodigies arrived at Heaven's Pride Palace, where Bai Lengxue gave them artifact incarnations that revealed energy indexes and introduced the Truth Heavenly Kingdom's God Coins. After Monk Tan Qian tried to charge Ning Xiaochuan for the secret behind his information, Ning Xiaochuan refused and headed out to explore.

• Bai Lengxue led the prodigies to Heaven's Pride Palace and said they had three months to grow stronger before competing against Kong Mo and the others.
• Bai Lengxue distributed artifact incarnations that helped with cultivation and revealed energy indexes, and Ning Xiaochuan refined his to inspect the group.
• Ning Xiaochuan learned that the artifact incarnation showed he had five hundred God Coins, which Bai Lengxue explained were currency earned through contributions to the Truth Heavenly Kingdom.
• Bai Lengxue left the prodigies to explore, and Monk Tan Qian invited Ning Xiaochuan to visit places such as the Space-Time Hall and Manuals Hall.
• Monk Tan Qian offered to reveal where he got his information for two hundred God Coins, but Ning Xiaochuan refused and left to explore on his own.

Ning Xiaochuan visited Heaven's Secret Hall to locate his missing companions, but learning that searching for Little Ling'er and Little Red would cost hundreds of millions of divine coins, he could only afford to find Purple Gold Imperial Lord and Xue Lingxu. The search revealed Purple Gold Imperial Lord was crossing his God Tribulation while Xue Lingxu was fighting monsters in a dangerous place, leaving Ning Xiaochuan concerned for her.

• Monk Tan Qian complained that he had too few divine coins and asked Ning Xiaochuan for a loan as they arrived at Heaven's Secret Hall.
• Ning Xiaochuan learned that finding Little Ling'er, Little Red, and the others would cost 482,001,376 divine coins, far beyond his means.
• Ning Xiaochuan chose to search for Purple Gold Imperial Lord and Xue Lingxu, spending 280 divine coins.
• The search showed Purple Gold Imperial Lord crossing his God Tribulation on a fiery planet.
• The search showed Xue Lingxu fighting corpse-like monsters among scattered corpses, and Ning Xiaochuan memorized her location.

Ning Xiaochuan spent his divine coins on Five Elements Power and a secret technique before returning to Heaven's Pride Palace, where he found Kong Mo and his allies tormenting the new heavenly geniuses. Facing Ye Chaofan, the overwhelming Little Prince, Ning Xiaochuan accepted Monk Tan Qian's call to fight and charged forward.

• Ning Xiaochuan realized Little Ling'er and Little Red were valuable treasures, then bought Five Elements Power and a secret technique with his divine coins.
• Monk Tan Qian berated Ning Xiaochuan for spending the coins so quickly as they returned to Heaven's Pride Palace.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Monk Tan Qian found the new heavenly geniuses beaten and surrounded by Kong Mo's group.
• Ning Xiaochuan used his Energy Detector and discovered Ye Chaofan had an energy index of 14, far above his own.
• Kong Mo threatened to maim and humiliate Ning Xiaochuan and Monk Tan Qian, while Ye Chaofan dismissed them as weak.
• Monk Tan Qian urged Ning Xiaochuan to fight, and Ning Xiaochuan charged at the group.

Ning Xiaochuan killed Kong Mo after his energy index suddenly rose, then held Kong Mo’s Virtual Godhead to stop the others from attacking. Ye Chaofan escalated the confrontation by killing several Heaven’s Pride disciples, and one of his companions warned him that they would have to answer to the Order Envoy.

• Ning Xiaochuan and Monk Tan Qian challenged Kong Mo, but Kong Mo shattered Monk Tan Qian’s Buddha phantom and sent him flying.
• Ning Xiaochuan’s energy index abruptly rose from 1.7 to three, allowing him to pierce Kong Mo’s arms, kill him, and seize his Virtual Godhead.
• Ye Chaofan mocked Ning Xiaochuan’s claim that they had agreed to wait three months, then took a Heaven’s Pride disciple hostage and pulled out his Virtual Godhead.
• Ye Chaofan seized more godheads and crushed two, then killed another disciple who demanded that the rules be enforced.
• A companion warned Ye Chaofan that the killings had gone too far and would be difficult to explain to the Order Envoy.

Ning Xiaochuan crushed Kong Mo’s Virtual Godhead to provoke Ye Chaofan and trigger the White Bone Pearl, but an Order Envoy intervened before they fought. The Order Envoy gave Ye Chaofan only a fine, leaving Ning Xiaochuan wary that the man was secretly allied with the Little Prince.

• Ye Chaofan demanded that Ning Xiaochuan hand over his godhead and kneel, threatening to kill him and Monk Tan Qian if they refused.
• Ning Xiaochuan crushed Kong Mo’s Virtual Godhead, enraging Ye Chaofan and the Truth Heavenly Kingdom youths who witnessed it.
• Ye Chaofan attacked Ning Xiaochuan, who charged toward him in hopes that the White Bone Pearl would awaken under mortal danger.
• A golden-robed Order Envoy stopped Ye Chaofan and promised the injured Heaven’s Pride that he would be punished.
• The Order Envoy fined Ye Chaofan ten thousand divine coins, and Ning Xiaochuan suspected the man was colluding with him.

The golden-robed Order Envoy imposed a harsh punishment on Ning Xiaochuan while shielding Ye Chaofan, but Ning Xiaochuan avoided Blood Refining Hell by paying the reduced fine. Ye Chaofan rejected the outcome and prepared to attack him.

• The golden-robed Order Envoy fined Ye Chaofan ten thousand god coins for killing members of Heaven's Pride Palace, then sentenced Ning Xiaochuan to one hundred years in Blood Refining Hell for killing Kong Mo.
• Ning Xiaochuan endured the Order Envoy's divine might, while Monk Tan Qian protested the unequal punishments and failed to persuade the other geniuses to pool their god coins.
• The Order Envoy agreed that Ning Xiaochuan could avoid Blood Refining Hell by paying ten thousand god coins, then reduced the amount to two thousand after Ning Xiaochuan pointed out that Ye Nantian had killed five people and been fined ten thousand.
• Ning Xiaochuan claimed he had transferred two thousand god coins to the Order Envoy, who confirmed the payment despite Ye Chaofan's disbelief.
• Ye Chaofan dismissed the agreement as a pretense and prepared to make another move against Ning Xiaochuan.

Ye Chaofan revealed a power struggle within the Truth Heavenly Kingdom before withdrawing from Heaven’s Pride Palace, leaving Ning Xiaochuan and Monk Tan Qian safe for now. In a separate space, Ning Xiaochuan shared God Coins with Monk Tan Qian and reflected on the secrets he had overheard.

• Ye Chaofan told the golden-robed Order Envoy that his father, Mu Yun King, opposed Golden Buddha King’s plan and sought to cripple the recruited geniuses.
• Ye Chaofan persuaded the Order Envoy to join his side, then left Heaven’s Pride Palace with his followers.
• Ning Xiaochuan helped Monk Tan Qian up and took him to a separate space to recover.
• Monk Tan Qian asked for God Coins, and Ning Xiaochuan gave him one thousand.
• Ning Xiaochuan recalled receiving ten thousand God Coins from an unknown giver and realized he had overheard Ye Chaofan’s entire conversation.