Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chu He's punch, the Great Annihilation Dao Fist, terrifies the patriarchs and wounds Bai Yue of the Dao Palace.
• Dao Wuya uses his strongest divine ability, Primordial Evolution of the Heavens, to attack Chu He.
• Chu He's technique refines and seizes control of the projections, turning them against Dao Wuya.
• Chu He pursues Dao Wuya into the Origin Sea but fails to find his Dao seal, hinting at the involvement of a supreme being.

Character Developments

• Chu He demonstrates his power, defeating peak Ancestor Realm experts with his Great Annihilation Dao Fist and refining their attacks.
• Dao Wuya, despite his powerful Primordial Evolution of the Heavens, is defeated and mentally shaken by Chu He's technique.
• Dao Tianming, leader of the Dao Palace, shows curiosity and interest in Chu He's abilities.

Significant Themes

• The theme of invincibility and its limits is explored through Dao Wuya's Primordial Evolution of the Heavens and Chu He's response.
• The connection between a Dao attainer and their Dao seal is highlighted, showing the vulnerability of even immortal and indestructible experts.

Character Interactions

• Chu He and Dao Wuya clash, with Chu He emerging victorious despite both suffering severe injuries.
• Chu He and Bai Yue clash, with both grievously wounded.
• Dao Tianming observes the battle, showing interest in Chu He's abilities.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chu He kills Dao Wuya, the Primordial Sacred Body, and two supreme ancestors with two punches, demonstrating his overwhelming strength.
• The Immortal Clan ancestors are left speechless and afraid, none daring to challenge Chu He.
• The Dao Palace, including the Dao Ancestor and Ming He (Blood Ancestor), discuss Chu He's threat and decide not to eliminate him yet due to his potential as a Heavenly Dao contingency.
• Chu He begins a secluded breakthrough to raise his Heavenly Dao Aspect using the energy points and ancestral vein power.

Character Developments

• Chu He: Proves his dominance and fearlessness, pushing the Immortal Clan to the brink. He begins his breakthrough, showing ambition to become a giant.
• Dao Wuya: Dies, but his death serves as a testament to Chu He's power and a humiliation to the Immortal Clan.
• Dao Ancestor and Ming He: Discuss Chu He's threat, revealing their knowledge of his Devouring Replacement Dao and deciding not to act against him yet.

Significant Themes

• Power dynamics and fear: Chu He's strength instills fear in the Immortal Clan ancestors, who dare not challenge him.
• Ambition and growth: Chu He's ambition to become a giant drives him to begin his breakthrough, while the Dao Ancestor and Ming He scheme to maintain their power.
• The Heavenly Dao's contingency: The Dao Ancestor and Ming He discuss Chu He's potential as a Heavenly Dao contingency, revealing their knowledge of the Heavenly Dao's plans.

Character Interactions

• Chu He vs. Dao Wuya: Chu He kills Dao Wuya with two punches, demonstrating his overwhelming strength.
• Immortal Clan ancestors vs. Chu He: The ancestors are left speechless and afraid, none daring to challenge Chu He.
• Dao Ancestor and Ming He: They discuss Chu He's threat and decide not to eliminate him yet, revealing their schemes and knowledge of the Heavenly Dao's plans.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Thirty years pass with no significant events. Chu He breaks through to the Forbidden Realm secretly, gaining control over the Ancient Clan's Celestial Domain laws and becoming a pseudo-supreme existence.
• Yao Tianxing breaks through to the Ninth Realm, surprising everyone.
• Hong Tianhai reveals plans to merge Martial God Mountain with the Ancient Clan Celestial Domain and discusses strategies for the impending war.
• Chu He proposes to transform Martial God Mountain into a powerful defensive formation, the Great Annihilation Dao Formation, to counter the Immortal Clan's attacks.

Character Developments

• Chu He successfully breaks through to the Forbidden Realm and gains control over the Ancient Clan Celestial Domain, becoming nearly invincible within it.
• Yao Tianxing breaks through to the Ninth Realm, showcasing his exceptional talent.
• Hong Tianhai reveals his plans for the Ancient Clan's defense and expresses confidence in Chu He's abilities.

Significant Themes

• The upcoming war between the Ancient Clan and the Immortal Clan, with both sides preparing for conflict.
• The power dynamics between the races and the potential for alliances or betrayals among them.
• The importance of strategic planning and preparation for war.

Character Interactions

• Chu He and Hong Tianhai discuss strategies for the Ancient Clan's defense and the transformation of Martial God Mountain.
• Chu He expresses his desire to protect the Ancient Clan even if he leaves in the future.
• Hong Tianhai expresses confidence in Chu He's abilities and supports his plans.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points

• Chu He declares he will eventually leave the Ancient Clan to hunt taboo Ancestor Realm beings in the coming war, because his Dao requires slaughtering foreign beings to grow rapidly. He argues that if he merely defends passively, he cannot advance into the Supreme Realm.
• The group decides to transform the Three Thousand Martial Slaughter Formation into the Great Annihilation Dao Formation, a project Chu He will lead.
• Hong Tianhai reveals that the ancient ancestor who created the original formation left behind backup materials sealed deep within Martial God Mountain, but he himself lacked the skill to use them.
• Chu He studies the formation diagram for months with his Heavenly Dao Aspect, fully comprehends the supreme killing formation, and revises it into the Great Annihilation Dao Formation diagram.
• Using the backup materials and the six Slaughter Dao flags held by elders, Chu He and his nine Heavenly Dao avatars repair the damaged formation disk, which contains forty-eight restrictions, then sever it from the source and reconstruct it with a new conversion vein tied to the Great Annihilation Dao Fist.
• Over approximately eighty years, the Ancient Clan Celestial Domain fully fuses with Martial God Mountain, while all other forces in Heaven Beyond Heaven similarly fuse their celestial domains with their Creation Heavenly Soldiers in preparation for the coming war. The Devil Race vanishes entirely after allying with the Immortal Clan.
• Once the Great Annihilation Dao Formation is complete, simulated battles show its power is so great that even pseudo-Supreme Hong Tianhai is astonished and must treat it seriously.

Character Developments

• Chu He: Reveals his growth mechanism to the clan. Shows strategic foresight, patience, and mastery of both combat and formation Dao. He balances aggressive ambition with careful preparation, gathering resources and ensuring the clan's safety before departing.
• Hong Tianhai: Shows paternal concern for Chu He, but trusts his judgment when Chu He insists he cannot be trapped below the Supreme Realm.

Significant Themes

• Preparation and adaptation before an unavoidable war
• The balance between individual growth and collective duty
• Legacy and foresight—the fallen ancestor's leftover materials proving invaluable eras later
• Transformation of inherited power systems to fit a new age

Character Interactions

• Chu He justifies his plan to the gathered elders, who demand a convincing reason; Hong Tianhai attempts to dissuade him but ultimately yields, trusting Chu He's claim that no one below the Supreme Realm can capture him.
• Chu He works alongside Li Fen and the other elders, who control the formation flags while the avatars handle the core reconstruction deep within the source sea.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chu He perfects the Great Annihilation Dao Formation to protect the Ancient Clan.
• After five years, the Heart of Heavenly Dao begins to reveal itself, causing chaos in the world.
• Dao Palace gathers seven forbidden experts, including two peak forbidden experts, to prepare for battle.
• Other clans also awaken their slumbering giants and prepare for the impending war.
• The Divine Venerable of the God Clan, the Saint Clan's supreme expert, and the Blood Ancestor of the Devil Race begin their journey to the Origin Sea in the Heaven Beyond Heaven.

Character Developments

• Chu He remains confident and unafraid, focused on protecting the Ancient Clan.
• Dao Tianming shows seriousness and determination in his plan to seize the Great Dao.
• Hong Tianhai expresses concern about the Ancient Clan's weakening state and the impending awakening of the Martial Ancestor.

Significant Themes

• Power and Ambition: Characters strive for power and authority, as seen in Dao Tianming's plan to seize the Great Dao and other clans' preparations for battle.
• Uncertainty and Fate: The outcome of the impending war and the success of Dao Tianming's plan are uncertain, leaving characters to rely on their resolve and trust in their leaders.
• Legacy and Inheritance: The Ancient Clan's and Saint Clan's past glories are mentioned, highlighting the importance of preserving and building upon one's heritage.

Character Interactions

• Chu He and Hong Tianhai discuss the Saint Clan's strength and the Ancient Clan's situation.
• Dao Tianming rallies the seven forbidden experts of the Dao Palace, expressing his determination and confidence in their plan.
• Characters from different clans prepare to journey to the Origin Sea, setting the stage for a larger conflict.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Blood Ancestor enters the Origin Sea, causing a great upheaval.
• The Heart of the Heavenly Dao is revealed, and a war across the heavens ensues.
• The God Clan's Divine Venerable betrays the alliance, joining forces with the Immortal Clan and Devil Race against the Ancient Clan and Saint Clan.
• The Dao Ancestor is refining the Heart of the Heavenly Dao in secret, which could lead to the destruction of the other clans if successful.
• The Immortal Clan launches a massive offensive against the Ancient Clan and Saint Clan in Heaven Beyond Heaven.

Character Developments

• Hong Tianhai, the leader of the Ancient Clan, becomes more determined and grave as he faces the impending crisis.
• The Martial Ancestor, who had been suppressing his battle intent for countless years, reveals his unyielding resolve and joins the battle.

Significant Themes

• Betrayal and alliances in the face of war.
• The struggle for fate and power in the Origin Sea and Heaven Beyond Heaven.
• The desperation and determination of the Ancient Clan and Saint Clan in the face of overwhelming odds.

Character Interactions

• Hong Tianhai entrusts the future of the Ancient Clan to Chu He and the others.
• The Ancient Clan and Saint Clan stand united against the Immortal Clan and Devil Race.
• The Martial Ancestor joins forces with Hong Tianhai to fight against the enemy.

Chapter Summary: Blood Stains the Starry Sky, Three Taboos

Key Plot Points

• A massive war erupts across Heaven Beyond Heaven, with the Devil Race assaulting the Saint Clan and the Immortal Clan attacking the Ancient Clan
• The Devil Race deploys three taboo figures leading a World-Slaughtering Formation with four killing swords against the Saint Clan
• Zhu Lie commands the Four Saints Army, wielding the Creation Heavenly Soldier "Heaven-Opening Saber" to counter the Devil Race
• The God Clan remains neutral due to God Venerable's personal betrayal, unable to choose sides
• Three Immortal Clan taboos (from Star-Moon Sacred Gate, Longevity Sect, and Great Hao Immortal Sect) lead an invasion of the Ancient Clan
• Chu He decides to fight all three taboos alone to test his true strength
• Chu He catches a taboo's hammer strike with his bare hand, revealing his physical body is now at taboo realm level, shocking the enemy
• Key detail: Chu He needs 10 billion energy points (ten peak taboos' worth) to reach the third level of the Heavenly Dao Aspect

Character Developments

• Chu He: Reveals he has already broken through to the taboo realm and has been hiding it; displays supreme confidence and tactical deception, planning to kill three taboos to advance toward supremacy
• Li Fen: Shows martial courage, refusing to be treated as "a flower grown in a greenhouse," locks onto pinnacle ancestor enemies
• Wu Yang: Chooses an opponent from Great Hao Immortal Sect, battle intent ignited
• Luo Gui: Takes command of the Ancient Clan's armies, rallying the Hundred Kings and multiple elite legions (Black Profound, Dragon Elephant, Rakshasa, Calamity God)
• Zhu Lie: Leads the Saint Clan's defense with fierce determination, wielding a divine spear

Significant Themes

• War and destruction: Factions are wiped out, stars fall, blood stains countless star domains—the heavens become a slaughterhouse
• Historical irony: Chu He notes the parallel between the past Heavenly Spirit World's downfall and what is now happening in Heaven Beyond Heaven
• Growth through battle: Chu He deliberately chooses not to use avatars, believing the Ancient Clan must forge itself through real combat
• Deception and strategy: Hiding one's true cultivation level proves decisive; Dao Palace overestimated the threat but still miscalculated
• Betrayal's consequences: God Venerable's selfish betrayal leaves the entire God Clan paralyzed and neutral
• Hierarchy of power: Only seventh-realm cultivators and above can even participate; taboos are the decisive combatants

Character Interactions

• Devil Race taboos challenge the Saint Clan's Four Saint inheritors, provoking Zhu Lie's furious response
• Chu He coordinates with Li Fen, Wu Yang, and Luo Gui, assigning tactics and emphasizing soldier safety
• The Star-Moon Sacred Gate taboo taunts the Ancient Clan for lacking taboos, expressing confusion at Dao Palace's excessive caution
• Chu He dismisses the invaders' confidence, declaring all three will die today
• The Longevity Sect taboo attacks first, and Chu He catches his divine hammer barehanded, triggering shock and realization among the Immortal Clan taboos

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Immortal Clan attacks the Ancient Clan with a massive force, including many seventh-realm cultivators.
• Chu He fights the Longevity Sect's forbidden expert, demonstrating immense physical strength.
• Three forbidden experts from the Longevity Sect, Star-Moon Sect, and Great Hao Immortal Sect combine their strongest divine abilities to attack Chu He.
• Chu He activates his Heavenly Dao Vein, transforming into a towering, three-colored giant, and withstands the combined attack with minimal injury.
• The Immortal Clan and Dao Palace forbidden experts decide to join forces to eliminate Chu He.

Character Developments

• Chu He breaks through to the Forbidden Realm again and displays incredible strength, shocking his enemies.
• The Immortal Clan's forbidden experts underestimate Chu He and are forced to reassess their strategy.

Significant Themes

• The power of unity and combined strength (Immortal Clan and Dao Palace forbidden experts joining forces).
• The danger of underestimating one's opponent (Immortal Clan's initial assessment of Chu He).
• The importance of individual strength and resilience (Chu He's ability to withstand the combined attack of three forbidden experts).

Character Interactions

• Chu He faces off against the Longevity Sect's forbidden expert, demonstrating his power and confidence.
• The three forbidden experts from different sects combine their divine abilities to attack Chu He.
• The Immortal Clan and Dao Palace forbidden experts discuss and agree to join forces to eliminate Chu He.

Summary

Plot Points and Events

• Chu He, now gigantic, faces three taboo existences from the Great Hao Immortal Sect.
• He swallows them and the remnants of the Immortal Clan army, gaining 2.3 billion energy.
• Han Yong, four taboo giants, and other taboo beings from various races appear.
• Chu He decides to target the Dao Palace, connected to the Immortal Clan's fortune and origin imprints.
• The Immortal Clan, Saint Clan, and God Clan engage in a massive battle to stop Chu He.

Character Developments

• Chu He demonstrates immense power, capable of swallowing taboo beings and destroying Heavenly Soldiers.
• Han Yong shows strategic thinking, trying to wear down Chu He and using contingency plans.
• The taboo beings from other races show fear and hesitate to intervene.

Significant Themes

• Power and its consequences: Chu He's immense power brings fear and desperation to the Immortal Clan and other races.
• Survival and desperation: The Immortal Clan, facing extinction, fights desperately to stop Chu He.
• Interconnectedness: The Dao Palace's connection to the Immortal Clan's fortune and origin imprints highlights the theme of interconnectedness.

Character Interactions

• Chu He vs. Immortal Clan taboos: Chu He's power terrifies the Immortal Clan taboos, leading to desperate measures.
• Immortal Clan, Saint Clan, and God Clan alliance: The three clans temporarily ally to stop Chu He, highlighting their shared fear and desperation.
• Han Yong and Black Dragon Daoist: They work together to activate a contingency plan to suppress Chu He.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chu He faces the Innate Dao Palace, which is a manifestation of the Immortal Clan's power and fortune.
• Chu He uses the Great Annihilation Dao Fist, which is countered by the Dao Palace's strongest formation, nearly defeating Chu He.
• Martial God Mountain intervenes, helping Chu He shatter the Dao Palace's origin, leading to the collapse of the Immortal Clan's power structure.
• Chu He absorbs the Dao source, gaining 10 billion energy points, and begins a killing spree against the Immortal Clan's survivors.
• Chu He returns to Martial God Mountain, intending to break through to become a supreme existence.

Character Developments

• Chu He demonstrates immense power and confidence, risking his life to shatter the Dao Palace's origin.
• The Immortal Clan's forbidden beings and ancestors are decimated, leading to the clan's decline.
• Chu He shows no mercy, killing any Immortal Clan survivors he encounters.

Significant Themes

• Power and its consequences: The Immortal Clan's overreliance on the Dao Palace's power leads to their downfall.
• The cost of progress: Chu He's desire to become stronger leads him to take extreme measures, such as slaughtering the Immortal Clan.
• The cycle of life and death: The destruction of the Immortal Clan and the rise of the Ancient Clan reflect the constant shifting of power dynamics.

Character Interactions

• Chu He and the Immortal Clan: Chu He shows no mercy, killing any Immortal Clan survivors he encounters.
• Chu He and the Ancient Clan: Chu He returns to Martial God Mountain, seeking their assistance in his breakthrough to become a supreme existence.
• The Immortal Clan and the Ancient Clan: The Immortal Clan's decline leads to the Ancient Clan's rise in power.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chu He finally breaks through to true supremacy, becoming a "One" that can punch a supreme being to death.
• Hong Tianhai, the Grand Elder of the Ancient Clan, dies, leaving behind a final gift of hope and courage for the clan.
• Chu He ascends to Heaven to settle the war and avenge Hong Tianhai.
• The war on the Origin Sea ends abruptly with the fall of all pseudo-supreme beings, including Dao Tianming and the Blood Ancestor.

Character Developments

• Chu He achieves true supremacy, becoming a formidable force.
• Hong Tianhai's death deeply affects the Ancient Clan, leading to a collective outpouring of grief and sorrow.
• Wu Yang, Li Fen, and other elders show resilience and determination in the face of Hong Tianhai's death.

Significant Themes

• The theme of perseverance and resilience in the face of adversity is prominent, as the Ancient Clan mourns Hong Tianhai's death but remains determined to fight on.
• The power of unity and shared purpose is evident as the Ancient Clan people collectively send off Chu He with their support and hopes.

Character Interactions

• Wu Yang and Chu He have a brief but meaningful interaction, with Wu Yang expressing his confidence in Chu He and the Ancient Clan's future.
• The Ancient Clan people, from elders to soldiers to children, collectively show their support for Chu He as he ascends to Heaven.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chu He finds the remains of Saint Heavenly Dragon and his mentor, the Martial Ancestor, who merged with the Dao to avoid defeat.
• He also finds the Divine Venerable, who was killed by the Dao Ancestor to complete the Heavenly Dao.
• Chu He meets the Dao Ancestor, who reveals that Chu He is a variable in his plan.
• The Dao Ancestor explains his plan to use the authority of the Heavenly Dao without assimilating with it, aiming for omniscience and omnipotence.
• He reveals that he will use the Origin Chessboard to refine the ultimate wisdom of civilization, with Chu He being the final piece.

Character Developments

• Chu He remains calm and composed despite learning the truth, revealing his growth and resilience.
• The Dao Ancestor shows his true face and reveals his ruthless ambition, proving himself to be a madman willing to sacrifice everything for his goals.

Significant Themes

• The pursuit of power and knowledge at any cost, even at the expense of others.
• The consequences of ambition and the loss of morality in the pursuit of supreme goals.
• The theme of variables and the unexpected, as represented by Chu He.

Character Interactions

• The conversation between Chu He and the Dao Ancestor reveals the latter's true nature and plans.
• Chu He's calm and composed demeanor contrasts with the Dao Ancestor's arrogance and ambition.
• The Dao Ancestor's disregard for the lives of his fellow supremes highlights his ruthlessness.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chu He faces the Dao Ancestor, who reveals his immense power, having cultivated all thirty-six Heavenly Gang Great Divine Powers and four inheritances of the Four Saints Legacy.
• Chu He reveals he wants to devour and replace the Heavenly Dao, becoming the one and only Dao in the world.
• Chu He merges with the Heavenly Dao, becoming omniscient and omnipotent, and chases the Dao Ancestor into the Origin Sea.
• Chu He kills the Dao Ancestor with a casual flick of his finger, and the Origin Chessboard merges with the Heavenly Dao.
• Chu He makes three wishes using the authority of the Heavenly Dao, bringing peace and revival to Heaven Beyond Heaven and resurrecting the dead.

Character Developments

• Chu He: Breaks through to the Supreme realm, merges with the Heavenly Dao, and gains omniscience and omnipotence. He becomes the sole Dao in the world and uses his power to bring peace and revival to Heaven Beyond Heaven.
• Dao Ancestor: Reveals his immense power but is ultimately killed by Chu He. His life's work, the Origin Chessboard, merges with the Heavenly Dao.

Significant Themes

• The power of the Heavenly Dao and the consequences of controlling it.
• The struggle for power and dominance between Chu He and the Dao Ancestor.
• The cyclical nature of life and death, and the possibility of resurrection.

Character Interactions

• Chu He and the Dao Ancestor: Their final confrontation leads to the Dao Ancestor's death and Chu He's ascension to the Heavenly Dao.
• Chu He and the living beings of Heaven Beyond Heaven: Chu He's wishes bring peace and revival to the world, resurrecting the dead and healing the land.