Chapter Summaries

Zhuang Hong tracked Zhishi to a concealed cave and killed his true body after Zhishi tried to deny his identity and bargain for his life. He drained Zhishi and his clones, then claimed the Storage Bags Zhishi had gathered.

• Zhuang Hong followed the Mental Steel Seals to a mountain cave where he found Zhishi's true body surrounded by Storage Bags.
• Zhishi tried to disguise himself as Zhi Liao, but Zhuang Hong recognized him and cut his neck before stopping to question him.
• Zhishi pleaded for an alliance and offered to help Zhuang Hong reach the True Spirit Level, but Zhuang Hong refused because he did not trust him.
• More than a dozen Zhishi clones rushed into the cave, but Zhuang Hong evaded their Violet Extremity Swords and beheaded Zhishi.
• Zhuang Hong confirmed Zhishi was dead, drained his body and the clones, and took the Storage Bags Zhishi had collected.

Zhuang Hong returned to Savior Island after driving off the Half-Beast Race Void Spirits and resolved to attack their headquarters in Dragon Pavilion District. He left to rewrite the rules of the void by force, while Yin Guan released Xu Kaidong, whose ability to clear the Ashes gave Yin Zizhong hope.

• Zhuang Hong gathered the valuable spoils, assessed his improved strength and transforming body, and flew toward Oasis World.
• Five days later, Zhuang Hong reunited with Yin Guan, Yin Zizhong, and the survivors preparing to leave Savior Island, telling them he had temporarily driven off the enemy.
• Zhuang Hong decided to attack Dragon Pavilion District and asked whether Guan Long True Spirit might be there; Yin Guan said the True Spirits usually stayed in the Outer Domain.
• Yin Guan released Xu Kaidong from a Storage Bag, and Zhuang Hong asked Yin Guan to nurse him back to health before flying toward the Half-Beast Race headquarters.
• Yin Zizhong learned that Xu Kaidong could clear the Ashes and immediately called for a physician.

Zhuang Hong entered Dragon Pavilion District and slaughtered the Half-Beast Race while its leaders negotiated with representatives from the other districts about hunting him. After learning of the massacre, the Halberd Grand Commander invited the gathered Void Spirits to investigate, and they believed Zhuang Hong’s fate was sealed.

• Zhuang Hong arrived in Dragon Pavilion District and killed the Half-Beast Race members who gathered around him.
• Zhuang Hong rampaged through the district, wiping out a small Headhunting Group and drawing more Half-Beast Race fighters into the chaos.
• At a palace, the Halberd Grand Commander offered to divide Zhuang Hong’s corpse among Dragon Pavilion District, New Pavilion District, and Zheng Ting District to persuade them to join the hunt.
• A Half-Beast Race messenger told the Halberd Grand Commander that Zhuang Hong was slaughtering members throughout Dragon Pavilion District.
• The Halberd Grand Commander announced the news and invited the gathered Void Spirits to investigate, while they concluded that Zhuang Hong was doomed.

Zhuang Hong slaughtered the Half-Beast Race forces in the Dragon Pavilion District and proved stronger than the commanders sent against him. Halberd Grand Commander survived Zhuang Hong’s first strike with his Golden Light Shield, but Zhuang Hong unleashed a far more powerful blow as the chapter ended.

• Zhuang Hong dodged a Shockwave Cannon and continued cutting down Half-Beast Race members across the district.
• As he fought, Zhuang Hong refined his killing techniques and found satisfaction in mastering combat against large groups.
• Halberd Grand Commander and other Dragon Court Mixed Domain leaders arrived, but Zhuang Hong killed five commander-level Half-Beast Race members and drained their corpses.
• Halberd Grand Commander used his Golden Light Shield to block Zhuang Hong’s strike, though the impact bent his arms and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Zhuang Hong enlarged his right arm and blade with the Source Unleashing Art, then charged Halberd Grand Commander and swung again.

Zhuang Hong killed Halberd Grand Commander and rampaged through Dragon Pavilion District, slaughtering thousands of Rising Spirit Beasts until the survivors fled. With the district emptied of Void Spirits, he considered the other districts but admitted he needed to rest.

• Zhuang Hong defeated and killed Halberd Grand Commander, then escaped the commanders and continued hunting Void Spirits.
• The commanders scattered, organized hunting parties, and sent a message asking Guan Long True Spirit to return from the Outer Domain.
• Zhuang Hong slaughtered Void Spirits across Dragon Pavilion District, then focused on Purple Rising Spirit Beasts and killed commanders who hid from him.
• After five days, Zhuang Hong had killed seven or eight thousand Rising Spirit Beasts, and the remaining Void Spirits fled Dragon Pavilion District.
• Zhuang Hong searched the silent district, thought about Zheng Ting District and New Pavilion District, and said he was tired and needed to rest.

After slaughtering Dragon Pavilion District, Zhuang Hong attacked New Pavilion District and then headed for Zheng Ting District, hoping to raise his physical enhancement rate. He found Zheng Ting District deserted because the Human-Beast Race had fled before he arrived.

• Zhuang Hong woke to find his Source Power at Spirit Ascension Rank 6 and his physical enhancement rate at 80%, then returned to Dragon Pavilion District and killed the Half-Beast Race members collecting corpses.
• Zhuang Hong flew to New Pavilion District, hunted down Parasitic Beast Race clones and hidden true bodies, and emptied the district as its survivors fled.
• With his physical enhancement rate still below 90%, Zhuang Hong set off for Zheng Ting District to fight the Human-Beast Race.
• After hearing that Zhuang Hong had destroyed the other districts, the Human-Beast Race panicked and fled Zheng Ting District over the next three days.
• Zhuang Hong arrived two days later and found Zheng Ting District empty, wondering whether everyone had run away in advance.

Zhuang Hong returned to Dragon Pavilion District, slaughtered the Half-Beast Race members who had come back for valuables, and expected to reach 100% physical enhancement after digesting their nutrients. Before he could leave to advance, Guan Long True Spirit arrived, identified himself as Zhuang Hong’s enemy, and prepared to fight him.

• Zhuang Hong searched Zheng Ting District, found it empty, and decided to seek out a True Spirit before the three True Spirits could confront him together.
• Zhuang Hong returned to Dragon Pavilion District ten days later and killed the Half-Beast Race members who had come back to search for valuables.
• Zhuang Hong devoured the nutrients from the massacre and expected his physical enhancement to reach 100%, bringing his advance to Earth Treasury Warrior close.
• Guan Long True Spirit arrived and suppressed Zhuang Hong with his powerful red source power, though Zhuang Hong found he could still use most of his abilities.
• Zhuang Hong admitted to attacking Dragon Pavilion District, New Pavilion District, and Zheng Ting District, but refused to answer Guan Long True Spirit’s questions.
• Guan Long True Spirit declared that he would kill Zhuang Hong, and the two prepared to fight.

Zhuang Hong fought Guan Long True Spirit and discovered that his Cold Resistance skill let him withstand Guan Long’s frost abilities. After their attacks stalemated, Guan Long transformed into a towering, flame-wreathed half-dragon, leaving Zhuang Hong stunned.

• Guan Long True Spirit attacked Zhuang Hong with frost, but Zhuang Hong dodged and counterattacked, breaking through the Ice Crystal defenses with his strength.
• Zhuang Hong realized that his Cold Resistance skill protected him from the freezing effects of Guan Long’s Frost Source Power and Stasis Carving.
• Zhuang Hong’s agile attacks repeatedly drove Guan Long back, but Guan Long’s Ice Crystal defenses held, while his attacks slowed Zhuang Hong and made it difficult to break through.
• Zhuang Hong weighed switching forms and using the Source Unleashing Art, while Guan Long deduced that a special protection blocked his frost erosion.
• Zhuang Hong prepared the Source Unleashing Art, and Guan Long declared the fight would end before transforming into a ten-meter-tall, flame-wreathed half-dragon.
• Zhuang Hong blurted out that Guan Long looked like a Super Saiyan.

Guan Long overwhelmed Zhuang Hong in battle, and Zhuang Hong used his forms and defenses to buy time for an escape. As Guan Long pursued him, Zhuang Hong split into five clones, leaving Guan Long unable to identify the real one.

• Zhuang Hong fled after Guan Long transformed, but Guan Long caught him and repeatedly battered him with powerful attacks.
• Zhuang Hong transformed into Meat Shield Form and clashed fists with Guan Long, who broke his arm and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Zhuang Hong reset his broken bones, stitched his torn muscles, and changed into Agile Form while planning to escape using Rocket Form.
• Guan Long shattered Zhuang Hong's shields and broke the Yuan Yang Blade, sending Zhuang Hong flying.
• Zhuang Hong fled and split into five clones, confusing Guan Long about which one was real.

Zhuang Hong endured Guan Long’s relentless attacks by fleeing, using clones, flight, agility, and spare weapons to survive while his bodily enhancement rose to 99%. After running low on nutrients, he led Guan Long to Zheng Ting District and began devouring Human-Beast Race members to replenish himself.

• Zhuang Hong released four Agile Form Spore Clones to confuse Guan Long, but Guan Long split into five and destroyed the clones, forcing Zhuang Hong to flee by air.
• Guan Long repeatedly struck Zhuang Hong with red light attacks, but Zhuang Hong recovered and switched to running on the ground when flying became difficult.
• Guan Long used Stasis Carving and a Giant Long-Handled Axe, while Zhuang Hong shattered the ice and blocked successive blows with weapons from his Storage Bag.
• After a day of pursuit, Zhuang Hong reached 99% bodily enhancement and, short on nutrients, headed toward Zheng Ting District to replenish himself.
• Three days later, Zhuang Hong entered Zheng Ting District, killed and devoured Rising Spirit Beasts, and continued fleeing as Guan Long attacked him and onlookers watched in confusion.

Zhuang Hong devoured nearly a hundred Rising Spirit Beasts in Zheng Ting District while Guan Long relentlessly pursued him. His Secret Sea aura’s physical enhancement reached 100%, and he left Guan Long fearing that the mutated insect would become a disaster.

• Guan Long chased Zhuang Hong through Zheng Ting District, striking him with his axe as Zhuang Hong devoured Void Spirits to replenish his strength.
• Guan Long unleashed Stasis Carving, freezing many Human-Beast Race members, but Zhuang Hong continued feeding and evading him.
• After two hours, Zhuang Hong had drained the city of its Rising Spirit Beasts and fled into the open land, where he absorbed the nourishment and grew stronger.
• Zhuang Hong’s physical enhancement reached 100%, making his body more resilient and agile as he continued to escape Guan Long.
• Zhuang Hong dodged one of Guan Long’s axe strikes for the first time, and Guan Long realized the mutated insect had grown stronger during their fight.

While fleeing Guan Long, Zhuang Hong advanced to the Earth Treasury realm by guiding qi into his Sea of Consciousness and merging it with his divine lamp. With his new perception and momentum, he narrowly evaded Guan Long’s axe, but the two resumed their battle.

• Guan Long used Stasis Carving and repeatedly attacked Zhuang Hong, who decided to advance to Earth Treasury while under pursuit.
• Zhuang Hong guided qi through his Sky Bridge into his Sea of Consciousness, where it merged with his divine lamp and awakened his perception.
• Zhuang Hong shaped a spark of divine light, entered the Earth Treasury realm, and used momentum to evade Guan Long’s axe strike.
• Guan Long questioned Zhuang Hong about his sudden growth and learned his name, but refused his offer of a truce.
• Zhuang Hong coated a longsword with Iron Carapace and charged at Guan Long to continue the fight.

Zhuang Hong escaped Guan Long by breaking through his defenses with a powerful punch and a poisoned hook, then returned to Oasis World to seek a way to evacuate its people. He asked Yin Guan how to turn ordinary humans into Mutant Worms, but Yin Guan knew no method, leaving Zhuang Hong to consider how to bring about his planned Mutant Worm Era.

• Zhuang Hong realized he could not kill Guan Long through ordinary attacks and used a sudden dive and a powerful punch to break Guan Long’s arms and send him crashing to the ground.
• A barbed hook poisoned Guan Long, giving Zhuang Hong time to flee with Invisibility, Spore Clones, and Rocket Form.
• After confirming Guan Long had lost his trail, Zhuang Hong worried that the other True Spirits might unite against him and later returned to Oasis World.
• Zhuang Hong asked Yin Zizhong, Lan Linzhong, and the others whether they would leave if he could make them Space Travelers, and they agreed.
• Zhuang Hong asked Yin Guan how to turn ordinary people into Mutant Worms, but Yin Guan said he knew no way.

Zhuang Hong examined the changes to his body and divine light after gaining new strength, while Guan Long warned Shou Xin and Zheng Tian that Zhuang Hong was a growing threat. Zhuang Hong then hid with Yin Guan and Xiao Bai to sort through his spoils and search for White Sand Jade, leaving Yin Guan stunned by his account of the battles.

• Zhuang Hong tested his tougher body and discovered that his Round of Divine Light could control his transformations and might support his Intelligent Assistant plan.
• Guan Long returned to Dragon Pavilion District, found its commanders missing, and ordered the Half-Beast Race members to retrieve the survivors.
• Shou Xin and Zheng Tian confronted Guan Long, who explained that Zhuang Hong had escaped, resisted his Frost Trait, and might require all three True Spirits to defeat.
• Zhuang Hong visited Xu Kaidong, then left Oasis World with Yin Guan and Xiao Bai and brought out a huge pile of Storage Bags to search for White Sand Jade.
• Yin Guan asked whether Zhuang Hong had slaughtered Dragon Pavilion District, and Zhuang Hong described visiting the three districts and surviving a days-long fight with Guan Long.
• Zhuang Hong said he would kill Guan Long the next time they met and began sorting the Storage Bags with Yin Guan.

Zhuang Hong and Yin Guan opened the captured Storage Bags, uncovering vast riches and a Spirit Concealing Pearl that suppressed Zhuang Hong’s exotic insect aura. After cataloging the spoils, Zhuang Hong returned to Oasis World and resolved to try to turn its Rotting Ground and Void Spirits into exotic insects and take them out.

• Yin Guan slowly unlocked Storage Bags until Zhuang Hong built a password database that let him open them rapidly while Yin Guan sorted their contents.
• After opening nearly a hundred bags, Zhuang Hong found one filled with White Sand Jade, Two Realms Magnetic Stones, and other precious items, along with an egg-sized Seven-Colored Pearl.
• Zhuang Hong tested the pearl with Yin Guan, Xiao Bai, and a Void Spirit, confirming that it was a Spirit Concealing Pearl that concealed his exotic insect aura.
• Zhuang Hong inserted the Spirit Concealing Pearl into his abdomen and continued opening bags, then recorded information from their Jade Slips.
• Within two days, Zhuang Hong had opened every Storage Bag and gathered wealth he estimated accounted for more than half of Dragon Pavilion District’s riches.
• Zhuang Hong returned to Oasis World and resolved to try to turn its Rotting Ground and Void Spirits into exotic insects and take them out, leaving success to fate.

Zhuang Hong searched for a way to help ordinary people cross into other worlds by extracting Space Essence, but his experiments failed. After devouring a Core Combination Beast, he realized his own digestive system could produce and store Space Essence, and successfully intercepted and condensed it.

• Zhuang Hong proposed that Lan Linzhong and the others could cross worlds in a Storage Bag before finding their Other Selves, and asked Yin Guan whether Space Essence could be extracted from Void Spirits.
• Yin Guan admitted he knew nothing about Space Essence, so Zhuang Hong studied his records and ordered Yin Guan to collect low-level Void Spirits for experiments.
• Zhuang Hong built an extraction device and spent five days testing it, but could not separate Space Essence from the Void Spirits.
• Yin Guan brought Zhuang Hong a blue Core Combination Beast, which he devoured and whose nutrients his body transformed into source power, Space Essence, and flesh-and-blood nutrients.
• Zhuang Hong realized he could stop absorbing Space Essence and let it condense in his body, then used his Mental Strength to intercept and successfully gather it.

Zhuang Hong developed a way to protect people from the pressure of Storage Bags by dissolving Space Essence in strong liquor, then organized an evacuation from Oasis World. He left with 7,300 people, while Lan Linzhong and others stayed behind to rebuild their homeland.

• Zhuang Hong found that rats could survive inside Storage Bags after consuming Space Essence, and discovered that high-proof liquor spread the essence through their bodies quickly.
• Zhuang Hong told Yin Guan to capture Void Spirits and instructed Lan Linzhong and Yin Zizhong to prepare supplies and gather anyone who wanted to leave Oasis World.
• Five days later, 7,300 people entered Storage Bags after drinking Space Essence liquor, while most of the remaining humans chose to stay.
• Lan Linzhong asked Zhuang Hong to protect the evacuees, then stayed behind with Yin Zizhong to help lead the survivors and rebuild Oasis World.
• Xu Kaidong joined the evacuation after seeing the extent of the Ashen Deadlands.
• Zhuang Hong departed Oasis World with Yin Guan and Xiao Bai, heading for Golden Cloud World.

Zhuang Hong brought more than seven thousand people from Oasis World to the Golden Cloud World and traveled to the Antong Dynasty’s capital to ask his old friend Xiang Dongping for help. After explaining his unusual Iron Carapace ability, he promised to help Xiang Dongping become a Space Traveler if the prince first assisted him with a task.

• Zhuang Hong released the people from Oasis World in the Golden Cloud World and told Yin Zizhong to establish a camp while he sought help from local authorities.
• Yin Zizhong sensed something calling to him from afar and wondered whether it was the Other Self Zhuang Hong had mentioned, but he focused on setting up camp.
• Zhuang Hong reached the capital and learned that Xiang Dongping had become Prince Pingyuan after the Second Prince took the throne and eliminated the other princes.
• Xiang Dongping welcomed Zhuang Hong and asked about rumors that he was a monster, so Zhuang Hong demonstrated how he could form Iron Carapace into objects and armor.
• Xiang Dongping asked to learn Zhuang Hong’s abilities, and Zhuang Hong offered to help him become a Space Traveler if he first assisted with a task.

Zhuang Hong secured the Antong Dynasty’s help in settling the Oasis people and told Xiang Dongping that he would teach him to become a Space Traveler after two years. As the refugees began building a new home, Yin Zizhong reflected on the suffering he had witnessed and the resolve he needed to fulfill his mission.

• Xiang Dongping brought Zhuang Hong to meet Emperor Xiang Ji Feng, who agreed to find land near the capital for the seven thousand refugees.
• Zhuang Hong described the place beyond the domain as an immortal realm, while Xiang Ji Feng asked about his own Immortal Fate and received the answer that Heaven’s secrets must not be revealed.
• Zhuang Hong promised to teach Xiang Dongping to become a Space Traveler but warned him about the dangers and told him not to expect lessons for two years.
• Xiang Ji Feng’s court approved a plan for the Oasis people to build a city and farm nearby, with funds and supplies loaned from the treasury for repayment over twelve years.
• Yin Zizhong told Zhuang Hong he accepted the settlement conditions and would treat the migration as his third trial, then spoke of his anguish at the suffering he had seen.

Zhuang Hong warned Yin Zizhong and the others not to become Space Travelers before they were ready, named their settlement Xiu Yuan City, and prepared to leave for Earth to grow stronger against the True Spirit. Before departing, he left Yin Guan to monitor the Oasis people and decided to visit his old friend Dancer.

• Zhuang Hong told Yin Zizhong to wait for his approval before seeking his Other Self and warned that premature transformation could draw Void Spirits to them.
• Yin Zizhong named the settlement Xiu Yuan City and ordered Shao Yi and Ji Chunlei to prevent anyone from acting recklessly.
• Xu Kaidong asked to follow Zhuang Hong, agreed to wait before devouring his Other Self, and offered to teach the settlers basic subjects.
• Zhuang Hong said he would return to Earth to learn and grow strong enough to defeat the True Spirit, then left Yin Guan in Xiu Yuan City to watch the Oasis people.
• Zhuang Hong departed with Xiao Bai and chose to visit Dancer before returning to Earth.