Chapter Summaries

Huanluan used time to overwhelm the Ninth Order avatars and Eighth Order powerhouses surrounding him, while Li Hao recognized that the power was rapidly consuming Huanluan’s lifespan. The other fighters noticed Huanluan’s graying hair and decay, and the chapter left his survival uncertain as he continued trying to break free.

• Li Hao reflected on how time had consumed his lifespan in the past and realized Huanluan was risking the same fate.
• Huanluan froze space-time and moved through the river of time, killing several Ninth Order avatars and many Eighth Order powerhouses.
• Huntian and the Ninefold Guard helped keep Huanluan surrounded as the remaining fighters watched him slaughter their allies.
• Huanluan’s hair turned almost entirely gray and a decaying aura appeared, prompting the Ninth Order powerhouses to recognize the cost of his use of time.
• The Lord of Tianfang looked toward Li Hao as Huanluan continued trying to break free.

Huanluan used time to slaughter Ninth Order avatars and Eighth Order powerhouses, but Li Hao recognized that the power was consuming Huanluan’s lifespan. As Huanluan’s hair turned gray and decay set in, the surrounding powerhouses realized his advantage might not last.

• Huanluan killed several Ninth Order avatars and Eighth Order powerhouses while using time to overwhelm his opponents.
• Huanluan grew confident as he continued slaughtering the besieging forces and believed his time abilities made killing powerful enemies simple.
• The Ninth Order powerhouses noticed Huanluan’s hair turning gray and a decaying aura emerging from his body.
• The Lord of Tianfang and others realized that Huanluan’s use of time was consuming his lifespan, while Li Hao remained silent about its dangers.

Huanluan used time to overwhelm the Ninth Order avatars and Eighth Order Emperors surrounding him, but Li Hao recognized that the power was rapidly consuming Huanluan’s lifespan. The battle left Huanluan near the peak of his strength yet showing signs of decay, with the enemy still encircling him.

• Huanluan slaughtered several Ninth Order avatars and Eighth Order powerhouses by freezing space-time and moving through the river of time.
• Li Hao realized that each use of time was consuming Huanluan’s lifespan, as it had once consumed his own.
• Huanluan laughed as he killed another Ninth Order avatar and continued fighting with overwhelming force.
• The remaining powerhouses noticed that Huanluan’s hair had turned gray and an aura of decay was rising from him.
• The Lord of Tianfang and the others recognized that Huanluan lacked Li Hao’s means of surviving time’s cost, while Huanluan remained surrounded and fought to break free.

Huanluan used time to slaughter the Ninth Order avatars and Eighth Order powerhouses surrounding him, but Li Hao recognized that each use was rapidly consuming his lifespan. As Huanluan’s hair turned gray and decay set in, the Lord of Tianfang and the others realized time was bringing him toward death.

• Huanluan used time to kill several more Ninth Order avatars and Eighth Order powerhouses, appearing to gain the upper hand.
• Huanluan laughed as he killed another Ninth Order avatar and believed his mastery of time made him nearly invincible.
• The remaining powerhouses, including the Lord of Tianfang, noticed Huanluan’s hair had turned almost entirely gray and a decaying aura had emerged.
• The Lord of Tianfang recognized that Huanluan was paying for his use of time with his lifespan, while Huanluan lacked the means to undergo the Cycle of Life and Death.

Huanluan used the power of time to slaughter the Ninth Order avatars and Eighth Order powerhouses surrounding him, but Li Hao recognized that the technique was rapidly consuming Huanluan’s lifespan. The battle left Huanluan nearing victory yet already showing signs of decay, while the Lord of Tianfang understood the danger and Li Hao remained silent.

• Li Hao watched Huanluan fight and recalled how repeated use of time had once consumed his own lifespan and memories.
• Huanluan used Freeze Space-time and the river of time to kill several Ninth Order avatars and Eighth Order powerhouses, laughing as he gained the upper hand.
• Huntian and the Ninefold Guard kept Huanluan surrounded while the remaining powerhouses noticed that his hair had turned gray and his body was beginning to decay.
• The Lord of Tianfang looked at Li Hao, recognizing that he knew the cost of using time but had not warned Huanluan.

Lu Ren and Sun Wukong fought the Thirty Heavenly Generals in the Severed Sky Domain, with Lu Ren defeating several while recovering from severe wounds. As Sun Wukong struggled against the Giant Spirit God, he revived his youthful peak form and prepared to continue fighting.

• Lu Ren transformed into his Great Witch body, covered himself in rugged armor made from earth and rock, and charged the Thirty Heavenly Generals alongside Sun Wukong.
• After half an hour of battle, Lu Ren killed a Heavenly General and watched Sun Wukong continue fighting the Giant Spirit God.
• Lu Ren pulled a spear from his chest and rapidly healed his wounds after expelling the strange power in them.
• Sun Wukong refused Lu Ren's offer of help and used a hold on the Giant Spirit God, insisting he could win alone.
• Sun Wukong's body shrank back into a spirit ape as golden fur and flames appeared, restoring him to his youthful peak.

Lu Ren and Sun Wukong reached the remnant body of an ancestral witch and learned from the system that she was Thick Earth, whose remains might hold secrets about the world's direction. The chapter left Lu Ren confronting the gap between her legendary role in reincarnation and evidence that the Six Paths of Reincarnation had never existed.

• Sun Wukong used his remaining strength to destroy the Giant Spirit God, then discussed his aging and cultivation with Lu Ren.
• Sun Wukong explained that the battlefield belonged to the era of the last ancestral witch and the Witch-Demon War.
• After nearly a month of travel, Lu Ren and Sun Wukong arrived at the ancestral witch's remnant body, whose consciousness had been extinguished.
• Sun Wukong said the ancestral witch's name was forgotten and that only Tathagata and the Jade Emperor might know it.
• The system identified the remnant body as Thick Earth and warned Lu Ren that it contained ancient secrets related to the world's direction.
• Lu Ren recalled that records disproved the legends of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, revealing that the dead's souls returned to heaven and earth.

Lu Ren and Sun Wukong traveled toward Thick Earth's skull, discussing the ancestral shaman's legacy and Sun Wukong's motives for coming to the Severed Sky Battlefield. They continued their journey while trading insults, leaving the skull still distant ahead.

• Sun Wukong explained that Thick Earth had scattered unused innate treasures across the mortal realm, revealing that his origins were connected to her.
• Lu Ren deduced that Sun Wukong had a specific reason for risking his life to reach the battlefield, and Sun Wukong admitted he had underestimated him.
• Sun Wukong said the shattered skull marked the greatest unknown at the center of Thick Earth's remains and agreed that they needed to reach it.
• Lu Ren and Sun Wukong continued toward the skull, which was still at least half a month away, while mocking each other along the way.
• Lu Ren teased Sun Wukong about Zi Xia and his interest in women and men, and Sun Wukong responded with a crude joke before falling silent.

Lu Ren examined the Chaotic Celestial Light leaking from the wound in the ancestral witch Thick Earth's head and learned how dangerous it was. He and Sun Wukong set aside questions about who killed Thick Earth and decided to search for Sun Wukong's Dao-attaining weapon.

• Lu Ren tested the Chaotic Celestial Light, suffered cuts from it, and rapidly healed while gaining physique proficiency.
• Sun Wukong explained that the light was refined from Chaotic Qi by an Earth Immortal and warned that it could destroy most beings on contact.
• Lu Ren reasoned that Thick Earth had been restrained and struck from behind, then asked Sun Wukong who could have killed her.
• Sun Wukong named the Supreme One, Yuanshi, and Tongtian as possible attackers, then added the Jade Emperor and Tathagata as other suspects.
• Lu Ren dismissed speculation about the killer and said they should focus on what they could gain from the site.
• Sun Wukong said he needed to find his Dao-attaining weapon and clarified that the staff in his ear was only formed by a spell.

Lu Ren began tempering his Great Witch physique in the Chaotic Celestial Light, using the Crimson Dragon Inner Core to fuel his recovery. After a week, he could withstand the diluted light and hoped to strengthen his body enough to condense ancestral witch essence blood.

• Sun Wukong asked what Lu Ren planned to do, and Lu Ren said he would properly study Thick Earth by using the Chaotic Celestial Light to temper his body.
• Lu Ren touched a strand of Chaotic Celestial Light, which corroded his hand to bone before his True Energy and recovery restored it, earning him physique proficiency.
• Lu Ren entered the diluted Chaotic Celestial Light, where his body repeatedly dissolved and regenerated as he expelled its foreign power.
• After a week of tempering, Lu Ren's body no longer changed in the intermediate-depth light, and he judged the method feasible for further strengthening his physique.

Lu Ren reached the physical limit of a Great Witch after enduring nearly half a year in Chaotic Celestial Light, then stopped before entering a lethal region he could not survive. He checked his strength and spoke with Ao Li, who revealed more of his long travels across the cosmos.

• Lu Ren spent nearly half a year tempering his body with Chaotic Celestial Light, repeatedly regenerating from near-total destruction until he reached the Great Witch physical limit.
• Lu Ren sensed that the denser Chaotic Celestial Light below would kill him and chose not to venture farther.
• Lu Ren landed on the Houtu Ancestral Witch's remnant body and considered Houtu's power and the limits of his own cultivation.
• Ao Li warned Lu Ren that his reckless use of the Crimson Dragon Inner Core could exhaust it, then admitted he had never encountered anyone like Lu Ren.
• Ao Li told Lu Ren that he had traveled through the cosmos, visited forbidden domains, and passed through a black hole before being sealed in the Inner World.

Li Qing discovered that the altar’s devil had given him an Appraisal Skill, then successfully condensed magic power and became a Beginner Apprentice. Exhausted and alarmed by his frail appearance, he realized he needed to exercise his body.

• Li Qing used the altar’s runes to bind the shadow and drag it into himself, then lost consciousness.
• Li Qing woke to find the altar identified as a Devil Altar and learned through Appraisal that the devil had eaten his hot pot sacrifice.
• Li Qing viewed his Character Panel and discovered he had gained the Level 1 Appraisal Skill.
• Li Qing used the Basic Meditation Technique to condense magic power, enduring intense pain before successfully forming it.
• Li Qing’s Character Panel showed him as a Beginner Apprentice with the Basic Meditation Technique initiated.
• Li Qing saw how thin and weak he looked in the mirror and decided he needed to exercise.

Lu Ren used his control over the Inner World to overpower Ao Li and transform the dragon’s True Spirit into a petite human form dressed in a sailor uniform. Ao Li raged at Lu Ren, who continued to taunt her while remaining uncertain whether she had originally been male or female.

• Ao Li escaped the fragments of shattered worlds and mocked Lu Ren’s immature command of space.
• Lu Ren asked Ao Li whether she was male or female, then described her as a petite, cute girl.
• Lu Ren’s Inner World rules overcame Ao Li’s defenses and changed her True Spirit into a five-foot-one red-haired, red-eyed human form.
• Lu Ren’s rules dressed Ao Li in a sailor uniform, thigh-high stockings, and twin ponytails while Xu Fu, Kong Qiu, and the others shut their eyes.
• Ao Li threatened to torture Lu Ren and failed to remove the magically manifested clothes, while Lu Ren defended his comments and insulted her appearance.

Li Qing strengthened his mental power through meditation, discovered that it had boosted his intelligence, and studied mathematics to prepare for casting Mage Hand. He then entered Grey Magic Academy’s classroom, where Rosenberg began inspecting the students’ summoned demons.

• Li Qing meditated, analyzed Mage Hand, and realized that its spellcasting derivations required advanced mathematics.
• Li Qing studied high school mathematics at the district library and found that his improved intelligence helped him learn quickly.
• Li Qing checked his Character Panel and saw his Intelligence at 3 and Stamina at 0.8.
• Li Qing entered Grey Magic Academy’s classroom, where Rosenberg called the students forward to inspect their demons.
• A black robe student stepped before Rosenberg, who swept the student with a faint blue light.

Lu Ren beat Ao Li into submission in his Inner World while trying to learn how to activate Thick Earth's remnant body. He confirmed Ao Li was female by lifting her skirt, leaving her screaming with fury.

• Lu Ren attacked Ao Li, whose strikes were diverted by the Inner World's home-field advantage, and pummeled her with a relentless barrage of punches.
• Xu Fu, Subhuti, and Kong Qiu watched as Lu Ren continued beating Ao Li through a full day and night.
• Lu Ren knocked Ao Li into a crater and bound her in spiritual chains, then demanded she explain how to activate Thick Earth's remnant body.
• Ao Li refused and threatened Lu Ren with the arrival of the immortals and gods.
• Lu Ren lifted Ao Li's skirt in front of Changxing, Xu Fu, Kong Qiu, and the others, confirmed she was female, and provoked her furious scream.

Lu Ren tried to force Ao Li to reveal the secret art for contacting Thick Earth's remnant body, but she refused and demanded her freedom and Crimson Dragon Inner Core in exchange. After Ao Li mocked his threats and suggested becoming Dao companions, Lu Ren tied her to a bed and began treating her proposal as a promise, leaving her panicked.

• Lu Ren threatened to photograph Ao Li, but she said she would not submit and claimed she would consider him as a Dao companion.
• Ao Li offered to reveal the secret art for contacting Thick Earth's remnant body only if Lu Ren freed her and returned her Crimson Dragon Inner Core.
• Lu Ren left, then suddenly transported Ao Li to a bed and tied her up.
• Lu Ren told Ao Li he intended to fulfill her wish to become Dao companions, while Ao Li grew alarmed as the Inner World's rules altered her body and mind.

Lu Ren repeatedly fought Ao Li in his Inner World in an attempt to make her reveal how to activate the origin of Thick Earth's remnant body, but her superior strength left him badly depleted each time. After recovering, he challenged her again and vowed to keep cultivating until he could defeat her and make her a dragon devoted to goodness.

• Lu Ren urged Ao Li to admit she was unwilling and disclose how to activate the origin of Thick Earth's remnant body, but she refused to break her promise.
• Lu Ren used his Laodu Avatar against Ao Li, but she eventually overpowered him and left him exhausted; she mocked his witch inheritance as he withdrew.
• Lu Ren encountered Xu Fu, Chang'e, and Changxing after leaving the conjured room, then warned Chang'e and Changxing not to send him to Voidland as explorers.
• Lu Ren spent three days recovering and refining his Witch Power before returning to his Inner World to fight Ao Li again.
• After another exhausting battle, Ao Li offered to return the Crimson Dragon Inner Core and leave the Inner World in exchange for becoming his Dao companion, but Lu Ren rejected her offer and vowed to defeat her.

Lu Ren performed an ancient witch-path ritual dance around the wound in Thick Earth's remnant body to awaken her. The ritual brought him to a peaceful rural landscape, where he met a towering woman radiating Thick Earth's aura.

• Lu Ren rejected Ao Li's offer to explain how to stir the aura of Thick Earth's remnant body and returned to reality.
• Lu Ren readjusted his Essence, Qi, and Spirit, then began a ritual dance around the wound made by the Chaotic Celestial Light.
• A sinister wind and gloomy aura spread across the Severed Sky Domain as Lu Ren continued the dance without interruption.
• A voice asked Lu Ren if he had awakened it, and his vision shifted to a tranquil landscape of fields and country paths.
• Lu Ren encountered a nearly five-meter-tall, muscular woman whose gentle voice and aura revealed her connection to Thick Earth.

Lu Ren met Thick Earth after his Sacrificial Dance gathered her scattered remnant soul, and she spoke with him about the Witches’ past and humanity’s struggle against immortals and gods. She supported his resolve to stop their return and left him with the hope that the Witches would flourish again.

• Lu Ren recognized Thick Earth as an ancient deity and paid his respects when his Sacrificial Dance briefly gathered her remnant soul.
• Thick Earth praised Lu Ren’s character and warned that immortals and gods would soon descend, then asked whether he wanted to stop them.
• Lu Ren declared that he refused to let humanity remain beneath the immortals and gods’ shadow as expendable resources.
• Thick Earth criticized those who had fled Earth without intending to return and fight, and Lu Ren connected her words to humanity’s departed branch in Deep Space.
• Thick Earth spoke with Lu Ren about the Witches’ past, asked whether he was married, and happily heard that the Witches might flourish again through the Earth Dao Principles and the Salvation Temple.

Thick Earth willingly gave Lu Ren her remnant body, which he refined into an Ancestral Witch Avatar that strengthened both his power and his Great Witch Body. The avatar was restored in part, leaving Lu Ren with a powerful weapon and a foundation for facing the coming descent of immortals and gods.

• Thick Earth praised Lu Ren, entrusted him with her hopes and everything she had, then vanished into specks of starlight.
• Thick Earth's remnant soul entered her enormous remnant body, which shrank into a milky-white pearl that Lu Ren could refine as an Ancestral Witch Avatar.
• Lu Ren refined the avatar by pouring in his Witch Power and the Crimson Dragon Inner Core's power, reducing the core and enraging Ao Li.
• Xu Fu, Kong Qiu, Chen Xuzi, and Subhuti discussed how Lu Ren's Inner World altered the bodies and temperaments of those within it.
• The Ancestral Witch Avatar repaired itself enough to restore its limbs and head, while its power broke through restraints in Lu Ren's Great Witch Body and further strengthened him.