Chapter Summaries

After breaking through to the All-Sage Realm, Zhou An discovered that he could still enter the Spirit Connection Space and gain quadruple proficiency, then tested his strength against Eunuch Wei. He proposed using Heaven and Earth Fishing to draw out the Hundred Kingdoms War remnants one by one, and his first cast began pulling someone through a rift.

• Eunuch Wei and the other Great Chu leaders discussed the remaining hidden enemies and the coming campaign against the Barbarian Kingdom.
• Zhou An broke through to the All-Sage Realm, learned how soul and qi interacted at the new level, and confirmed that the Spirit Connection Space still granted him quadruple proficiency.
• Zhou An asked Eunuch Wei to test his strength and demonstrated enough power to injure him, though Eunuch Wei judged that Zhou An could not yet defeat him.
• Zhou An proposed using Heaven and Earth Fishing to target the hiding places of the Hundred Kingdoms War remnants and catch them individually while the experts stood guard.
• Zhou An cast his line into a rift, and a pale hand began emerging as the hook pulled its target toward them.

Zhou An fished Jin Ru Mei, a cautious Shaman, out of the mist and learned that fifteen Peak Sky Ascending Realm experts remained there, along with traces of the Man Kingdom Emperor’s National Luck. He planned to capture the trapped experts one by one, then discovered someone had secretly investigated his home as a hidden group discussed targeting him and other rising talents.

• Jin Ru Mei chose to follow a fishhook through a crack in the mist rather than call on the ancient experts around her, and Zhou An reeled her into the room.
• Jin Ru Mei told Zhou An and the others that she was a Shaman, that fifteen Peak Sky Ascending Realm experts remained in the mist, and that the Man Kingdom Emperor’s National Luck had been detected there.
• Zhou An proposed fishing the trapped experts out one at a time, crippling and imprisoning them without killing them, and the group agreed to begin the next day.
• After returning home, Zhou An used the Eye of Chaos to find traces of an intruder, but his Celestial Craft Divine Calculation could not identify them.
• A Purple-Clothed Man and a Yellow-Clothed Woman discussed their failed investigation of Zhou An and planned to deceive him, Yu Hang, and Ye Shuang before attacking the rising forces.

The Yellow-Clothed Woman’s faction planned to lure Zhou An and other geniuses into traps, while the Man Kingdom waited anxiously before opening its stone door. Zhou An captured more figures from the Hundred Kingdoms War, then found and attacked the Yellow-Clothed Woman in the Spirit Connection Space and set off to pursue her after she fled.

• The Purple-Clothed Man and the Yellow-Clothed Woman agreed to exploit the Savior’s name to lure and kill geniuses, with the Yellow-Clothed Woman assigned to approach Zhou An after the battle with the Barbarian Kingdom.
• The Man Kingdom Emperor ordered more spies sent to investigate Great Chu and Great Yue, then decided to wait before opening the stone door.
• Zhou An fished two more Hundred Kingdoms War survivors from a crack, and the Chief Commander subdued them for imprisonment.
• Zhou An returned home, checked his improved Profound Shadow Kill skill, and entered the Spirit Connection Space with Black Jade to train.
• Black Jade detected the Yellow-Clothed Woman, and Zhou An stabbed her before her affinity ability could influence him.
• The Yellow-Clothed Woman fled the Spirit Connection Space, and Zhou An used Celestial Craft Divine Calculation to track her and left with Black Jade to pursue her.

Zhou An tracked the Yellow-Clothed Woman to a hidden lake realm, killed her and the Absolute Enlightenment Realm conspirators inside, and learned that beings from another world were trying to descend. After telling Eunuch Wei, he returned to training while the remnants of the Hundred Kingdoms War chose a Peak Sky Ascending Realm expert to leave their hideout.

• Zhou An caught the Yellow-Clothed Woman in the lake, used her to find the hidden realm, and killed her once she had led him to it.
• Zhou An entered the cavern and killed Zi Huan's companions, then learned from their exchange with a black figure that they were preparing to bring beings from another world into this one.
• The black figure killed Zi Huan to silence him before its black hole disappeared, and Zhou An destroyed the corpses and left.
• Zhou An told Eunuch Wei what he had discovered, then returned home to grind Profound Shadow Kill while Eunuch Wei prepared to report the news.
• The remnants of the Hundred Kingdoms War argued over who should leave first, and their tallest figure chose a concealment expert at the Peak Sky Ascending Realm to go when the fishing hook next appeared.

Zhou An killed the Yellow-Clothed Woman and the Absolute Enlightenment Realm group hiding in the lake, uncovering their plan to bring powerful beings from another world into his own. After reporting what he learned to Eunuch Wei, he returned to training while the remnants of the Hundred Kingdoms War chose a Peak Sky Ascending Realm expert to go out first.

• Zhou An trapped the Yellow-Clothed Woman underwater, used her to locate the lake's hidden realm, and killed her once she had led him to it.
• Zhou An entered the cavern and killed the gathered Absolute Enlightenment Realm cultivators, while the black figure in the void killed Zi Huan and threatened Zhou An before disappearing.
• Zhou An told Eunuch Wei that the group had come from another world and was trying to find a way to descend, then returned to train Profound Shadow Kill.
• The remnants of the Hundred Kingdoms War argued over who should leave first, then their tallest figure ordered a Peak Sky Ascending Realm expert skilled at concealment to go out when the fishing hook appeared again.

Zhou An and the allied experts caught Assassination Star, a Peak Sky Ascending Realm assassin from the Hundred Kingdoms War, after he emerged from the rift and tried to escape. Zhou An offered him a chance to live in exchange for cooperation, proposing a way to draw out the remaining Peak Sky Ascending Realm experts and hasten victory over the Barbarian Kingdom.

• Assassination Star reluctantly agreed to leave the Mist Space first and waited for a fishhook to take him out.
• Zhou An arrived at Eunuch Wei and King Yuanxi's residence, fished into the rift, and pulled out Assassination Star.
• Assassination Star vanished and tried to escape, but the Prime Minister and the other experts launched widespread attacks to block him.
• Assassination Star hid beside Zhou An, but Zhou An signaled Eunuch Wei, who pulled him aside and exposed the assassin.
• Assassination Star attacked Zhou An, but Zhou An slipped into a shadow and Eunuch Wei struck him down.
• Zhou An told the gathered experts he had a way to draw out the remaining Peak Sky Ascending Realm fighters, then offered Assassination Star a chance to live if he cooperated.

Zhou An forced Assassination Star to serve as bait, then used Yuan Qingyi’s Spirit Communication Divine Medicine to ensure he stayed under control. Assassination Star returned to the Mist Space and persuaded its ancient experts that the outside world was ripe for the taking, leaving a woman in pale blue ready to go out first.

• Zhou An made Assassination Star agree to lure the figures in the Mist Space out by claiming the outside world was safe and its people weak.
• After Yuan Qingyi arrived, he made a poisonous pill from his Spirit Communication Divine Medicine and forced Assassination Star to swallow it, binding him to return for treatment each day.
• Zhou An sent Assassination Star back through the rift with a fishing rod and instructions to claim he had subdued the fisherman outside.
• Assassination Star told the tallest figure and the others that he could help them escape and mixed true details about the outside world with Zhou An’s prepared lies.
• The tallest figure asked who would go out to investigate, and a beautiful woman in pale blue volunteered first.

Zhou An and the Peak Sky Ascending Realm experts fished Zhu Meng and the other trapped experts out of the rift, then confronted Zhang Ze, whose armor concealed a mechanical body. Zhang Ze revealed that he belonged to the Marauders and detonated himself, leaving the group facing a weakening barrier.

• Assassination Star emerged from the rift and warned everyone about Zhu Meng, whom Zhou An soon fished out and the assembled experts subdued.
• Eunuch Wei took Zhu Meng aside to obtain the True Evil Swordplay manual, then Zhou An continued fishing and subdued the remaining Peak Sky Ascending Realm experts one by one.
• Zhou An drew out Zhang Ze, and the group attacked him before he could react, shattering his armor and exposing a silver mechanical body.
• Zhang Ze's body shrank under the experts' attacks until it became a small metal creature, which Zhou An recognized as a robot and suspected came from another world.
• The robot declared that the Marauders would take everything from them and began gathering energy, so Eunuch Wei shielded Zhou An as the creature exploded and strained the group's barrier.

After Zhou An and his allies killed the Hundred Kingdoms War remnants, King Yuanxi agreed to prepare an attack on the Barbarian Kingdom, while Zhou An returned to training. The Man Kingdom Emperor opened the sealed Mist Space seeking powerful allies, only to learn they were dead, as Zhang Ze’s otherworldly companion arrived and discovered Zhou An had killed him.

• Eunuch Wei killed the fallen Peak Sky Ascending Realm remnants, and Zhou An killed Assassination Star after he tried to attack him.
• Eunuch Wei urged King Yuanxi to hasten the campaign against the Barbarian Kingdom, and King Yuanxi promised to send troops in about a month.
• Zhou An returned to his quarters with Black Jade and trained Profound Shadow Kill while she worked on fusing the Eight Unique Skills.
• The Man Kingdom Emperor opened the ancient stone door to the Mist Space and discovered that its Peak Sky Ascending Realm experts had all died.
• The Man Kingdom Emperor ordered the remaining ordinary Ascension Realm remnants to follow him, then Zhang Ze’s silver-bodied companion arrived and showed an image revealing Zhou An had killed Zhang Ze.

Number Two allied with the Man Kingdom Emperor and turned more than a hundred Ascension Realm experts into disguised puppets to lure Zhou An into a trap using Yu Hang. After receiving a letter demanding he come alone to Azure Cloud Lake, Zhou An set out, while the puppets prepared to use Yu Hang as bait.

• Number Two offered the Man Kingdom Emperor help against Zhou An in exchange for half the territory, then transformed more than a hundred Ascension Realm experts into puppets.
• The Man Kingdom Emperor proposed using Zhou An's sworn brother Yu Hang to draw him out, and Number Two sent the puppets to carry out the plan.
• Zhou An improved Mystic Shadow Thousand Kill to level nine and Armor Piercing Demon Suppressing Blade to level ten, then discovered he could gain proficiency by carving the air.
• The Chief Commander told Zhou An that Yu Hang had disappeared and shown him a letter demanding Zhou An come alone to Azure Cloud Lake; Zhou An left for the lake despite the Chief Commander's concern.
• At Azure Cloud Mountain, the puppets surrounded the bound Yu Hang and announced they were giving Zhou An an enormous gift before spraying silver liquid toward him.

Yu Hang was captured and used to lure Zhou An, who survived a coordinated attack by more than a hundred otherworldly Ascension Realm experts. Facing Number Two’s fatal strike, Zhou An learned the origin of his cheat and received a gift that advanced him to the Absolute Enlightenment Realm, while Yu Hang’s survival remained confirmed.

• Yu Hang resisted his captors with his Kill Character, but an Ascension Realm expert suppressed him and used silver liquid to control his body.
• Zhou An arrived, sent Yu Hang out of danger, and survived the otherworldly experts’ mass self-destruction with most of his golden-light defenses intact.
• Zhou An found Yu Hang, but Number Two spoke through him and claimed to have killed him before attacking Zhou An with a lethal silver strike.
• Zhou An encountered the pure white figure, who explained that his cheat came from the remnants of destroyed worlds and that a bizarre entity had gained the abilities he had rejected.
• The pure white figure confirmed Yu Hang was alive, then vanished after granting Zhou An a surge of proficiency and transformation choices.
• Zhou An chose his upgrades, reached the Absolute Enlightenment Realm, and saw his attribute panel undergo a qualitative transformation.

After reaching the Absolute Enlightenment Realm, Zhou An rescued Yu Hang from Number Two and learned that the Man Kingdom Emperor had allied with otherworldly plunderers. He agreed to join the coming campaign against them, then tested his strength against Eunuch Wei and proved that he had surpassed him.

• Zhou An returned from his breakthrough, defeated Number Two’s attempt to threaten him through Yu Hang, and used the Sacred Spirit Demonic Body to dispel the silver liquid controlling Yu Hang.
• Zhou An told Eunuch Wei and the others about the Man Kingdom Emperor’s alliance with otherworldly plunderers, and they agreed to accelerate their plans and attack within three days.
• Zhou An agreed to join the campaign because the outsiders had targeted Yu Hang, then asked Eunuch Wei to test his strength against a Peak Sky Ascending Realm expert.
• Zhou An and Eunuch Wei fought in a sealed courtyard, where Zhou An’s attacks forced Eunuch Wei to defend himself seriously.
• Zhou An unleashed more of his power and broke through Eunuch Wei’s yin-energy barrier, prompting Eunuch Wei to end the test and acknowledge that Zhou An had surpassed him.

After Zhou An defeated Eunuch Wei in a spar, he entered the Bizarre Assembly and restored its consciousness while interrupting her battle with Chang Wufeng, a visitor from another world. Chang Wufeng explained the difference between marauders and Symbionts, and Zhou An prepared to take him outside for further verification.

• Eunuch Wei admitted Zhou An had surpassed him, and Zhou An asked to be informed when the army marched against the Barbarian Kingdom in three days.
• Zhou An entered the Bizarre Assembly with Black Jade and found the Bizarre Assembly fighting Chang Wufeng.
• Zhou An attacked Chang Wufeng and used the Sacred Spirit Demonic Body to restore the Bizarre Assembly's consciousness.
• Chang Wufeng stopped Zhou An's blade by declaring that he was a Symbiont, not a marauder.
• Chang Wufeng explained that marauders destroyed worlds to occupy them, while Symbionts sought coexistence and fought alongside worlds against contamination.
• Zhou An asked Chang Wufeng to leave with him so he could verify his claims, and Chang Wufeng explained how marauders made room for more arrivals by reducing a world's population and capacity.

Zhou An confirmed the Holdouts’ classification and learned that Bizarre Assembly could regain awareness through his Sacred Spirit Demonic Body, though not permanently. After discovering he could raise his blade proficiency by striking Black Jade, Zhou An resumed training for the campaign against the Barbarian Kingdom, where the Man Kingdom Emperor considered sacrificing his people to bring in more Peak Sky Ascending Realm experts.

• Bizarre Assembly explained that the third category, the Holdouts, stayed in polluted worlds and fought the bizarre entities, and Zhou An tested his ability on her.
• Bizarre Assembly sent Zhou An and Chang Wufeng back, and the Chief Commander’s jailers verified that Chang Wufeng had told the truth.
• Zhou An discovered that striking Black Jade raised his Armor Piercing Demon Suppressing Blade proficiency and began using her to train.
• Number Two told the Man Kingdom Emperor that bringing more Peak Sky Ascending Realm experts into the world would accelerate its contamination.
• The Man Kingdom Emperor asked how many experts Number Two could bring in if the people of his nation died by the tens of thousands.

The Man Kingdom Emperor sacrificed his own people to bring helpers from another world into the conflict, and Zhou An’s army marched on the Barbarian Kingdom to stop him. After discovering the massacres and confronting the Man Kingdom Emperor’s forces, Zhou An began a battle with Number Two.

• The Man Kingdom Emperor sent the Grass Cultivation Master a secret letter ordering him to carry out his plan, and killings spread across the Barbarian Kingdom.
• Zhou An marched toward the Barbarian Kingdom with Eunuch Wei and the assembled army while Yu Hang and Ye Shuang remained in seclusion.
• Zhou An’s group found abandoned cities and learned from a surviving girl that the Man Kingdom Emperor had ordered his own people slaughtered.
• At the Barbarian Kingdom’s capital, the Man Kingdom Emperor revealed six silver-bodied helpers from another world and faced Zhou An’s forces.
• The armies clashed, Eunuch Wei engaged the Man Kingdom Emperor, and Zhou An began fighting Number Two.

Zhou An countered Number Two’s silver-insect transformation by trapping and killing him in his iron wok, then joined Eunuch Wei against the Man Kingdom Emperor. As the silver creatures began fusing together, the Man Kingdom Emperor demanded that their hidden trump card be summoned.

• Number Two turned into tiny mechanical insects that devoured attacks, but Zhou An’s defenses held while the others fought back against the insects.
• Zhou An used World in the Pot to draw Number Two’s insects into his enlarged iron wok and flipped them until Number Two was destroyed.
• With Number Two dead and the silver creatures unable to use their insect attack, Zhou An joined Eunuch Wei in attacking the Man Kingdom Emperor.
• The Man Kingdom Emperor struggled against their combined assault and called for the silver creatures to summon their trump card.
• The remaining silver creatures clasped hands and began fusing together.

Zhou An’s allies struggled against Number One, a silver giant formed from the remaining silver creatures, until Zhou An summoned Old Yang and Green Robe, and Old Yang destroyed it instantly. Zhou An then killed the defeated Grass Cultivation Master and Man Kingdom Emperor, while Old Yang asked him to come to the Spirit Connection Space to discuss the rift.

• Number Three combined the surviving silver creatures into Number One, who attacked the gathered experts and annihilated the weakened Barbarian Kingdom soldiers.
• Number One’s silver liquid wounded the defenders, and the Grass Cultivation Master severed both arms to stop it from spreading.
• Zhou An entered the Spirit Connection Space with Black Jade and summoned Old Yang and Green Robe for help.
• Old Yang arrived through a rift and destroyed Number One with black National Luck, then asked Zhou An to meet him in the Spirit Connection Space to discuss the rift.
• The Man Kingdom Emperor and Grass Cultivation Master surrendered after Number One’s defeat, and Zhou An killed them both.

After destroying the Barbarian Kingdom, Zhou An met Old Yang and Green Robe, who asked him to inform the emperors that they planned to strike back against the Marauders. As Great Chu and Great Yue divided the conquered territories, Zhou An focused on training until two skills reached level thirteen and began learning about the Ascension Realm.

• After the Barbarian Kingdom’s destruction, Eunuch Wei and the other experts began dividing its territory, while Zhou An left to meet Old Yang in the Spirit Connection Space.
• Old Yang explained his plan to unite people across other worlds and revealed that he and Green Robe wanted to find and attack the Marauders rather than remain on the defensive.
• Old Yang asked Zhou An to tell the current emperors to prepare, and Zhou An agreed; Green Robe praised Black Jade’s progress with the Eight Unique Skills.
• Zhou An returned and relayed Old Yang’s plans, prompting King Yuanxi and Eunuch Wei to agree to inform their rulers while the nations handled the aftermath.
• As Great Chu and Great Yue settled into an alliance and stories about Zhou An spread, he stayed secluded to grind proficiency until Armor Piercing Demon Suppressing Blade and World in the Pot reached level thirteen.
• Zhou An consulted Eunuch Wei about the Ascension Realm and learned why it bore that name.

Zhou An received a secret summons to Great Chu after the man from another world regained his senses, but he learned the man had died from the trauma of his experiences. Xingwu Emperor decided to cooperate with Old Yang against the Marauders and gave Zhou An a memorial describing a strange being, whose location Zhou An immediately asked about.

• Zhou An chose to focus on transforming the Armor Piercing Demon Suppressing Blade and tested that he could use Black Jade to grind its proficiency.
• Zhou An took Black Jade out for the day, then received a secret letter from Xingwu Emperor ordering him back to the imperial palace.
• Zhou An flew with Black Jade to Great Chu, alarming martial factions along the way, and met Xingwu Emperor in the Imperial Study.
• Xingwu Emperor told Zhou An that the man from another world had died after the Shaman freed his soul, and described the cruelty he had suffered at the hands of the Marauders.
• Zhou An agreed that their world should prepare against the Marauders, while Xingwu Emperor confirmed his decision to cooperate with Old Yang and Cloud Arising Emperor.
• Xingwu Emperor handed Zhou An a memorial about a strange being, and Zhou An asked where it was located.

Zhou An learned of an Evil with abilities like his and agreed to join future battles, while Old Yang and Green Robe discussed attacking the Marauders with the Guild Master. After Old Yang condensed a black Imperial Seal, Zhou An entered a strange gray space and found a pure-black figure in a pitch-black garden.

• Zhou An asked the Xingwu Emperor to tell him about the Evil with abilities like his and said he would join battles in rifts or contaminated worlds.
• Old Yang and Green Robe visited the Guild Master, who said most remaining Defenders had agreed to unite against the Marauders.
• Old Yang proposed taking the initiative against the Marauders, and the Guild Master explained that finding them meant crossing dangerous worlds within rifts.
• Green Robe suggested a Hidden Master could evade the Evils, and Old Yang recalled that a Hidden Master had helped destroy Great Qi.
• Old Yang condensed a black Imperial Seal and prepared to tell Zhou An about the plan against the Marauders.
• Zhou An entered the Spirit Connection Space, sensed a familiar aura on Old Yang, and found himself facing a pure-black figure in a pitch-black garden.