Chapter Summaries

Lu Ren searched for a promising foreign realm and finally found one from a universe as powerful as the present world's, then entered it. Back on Earth, China continued preparing a cosmic spacecraft while Guo Muyang and her allies readied their assault on Asgard and wondered where Lu Ren had gone.

• Lu Ren considered how his dimensional anchor let him travel through foreign realms more freely than even supreme figures, then saw Asgard's Rainbow Bridge launch from the British Isles.
• After days of searching, Lu Ren ignored a foreign realm that merely seemed to contain secrets and waited for a better opportunity.
• Half a month later, the system detected a foreign realm from a universe of the same level with seemingly unimaginable power, and Lu Ren entered it.
• Lu Ren left his avatar on Earth to maintain the Dao Principles and Salvation Temples while China continued building a Home-class cosmic spacecraft.
• Guo Muyang activated the Rainbow Bridge with Arthur's ancient artifact and prepared to enter Asgard, then noticed Lu Ren had disappeared.
• Ji Quanzhen remarked that Lu Ren had gone to another foreign realm, while Zhang Tongxuan continued training students and cultivating practitioners and scientists for China.

Lu Ren discovered that the system had sent him to the Shrouding Heavens Exotic Domain, where his True Immortal strength left him far below the world’s greatest cultivators. After weighing the danger against the chance to learn its cultivation methods, he headed for the nearest human settlement.

• Sun Wukong calmly continued his plans to revive the Witch Path and imagined the upheaval that would follow the immortals’ return to China.
• Lu Ren awoke in a wilderness dense with spiritual energy and quickly strengthened his Witch Power by absorbing it.
• The system identified the location as the Shrouding Heavens Exotic Domain, and Lu Ren realized that even his True Immortal strength would not make him powerful there.
• Lu Ren considered how Shrouding Heavens cultivation methods might benefit him, while recognizing the dangers of trying to join a sect at his age.
• Lu Ren used his enhanced perception to locate a human settlement and reached a frontier town in less than half a day.

Lu Ren arrived on Earth during the Mythological Era, discovered Jiao City was under the Feathered God Dynasty, and was unwittingly recruited into its forces. When a sword-wielding attacker called Ghost Face struck the city, the defenders repelled her, leaving both sides wounded.

• Lu Ren entered Jiao City disguised as an ordinary traveler and discovered that he was on Earth, where the Feathered God Dynasty and local forces were fighting for control.
• Lu Ren accepted a jade identity token after being selected for the Wu Guard Bureau, then realized he had joined the endangered Feathered God Dynasty.
• Lu Ren recalled the dynasty’s past conflict with Ruthless Great Emperor and its struggle to secure the Land of Immortality on Earth.
• A thousand-meter sword radiance struck Jiao City’s defensive formation, which shattered after delaying the attack for several seconds.
• A divine radiance from the city confronted Ghost Face, and the two forces clashed before both withdrew wounded.

Lu Ren watched cultivators battle with the tenants of Jiao City, then cultivated and searched for a way to learn local techniques. He joined the Wu Guard Bureau under Fang Xuan’s instruction and left with his assigned gear, expected to report the next morning.

• Lu Ren asked a mustachioed tenant why he watched the cultivator battle, and the tenant explained that fleeing would be pointless and invited him to visit the Wan Yong Trading Company in Li Feng City.
• Lu Ren cultivated the World Honored One Heart Sutra overnight, using the foreign world's Primal Qi and starlight to strengthen his body and bloodline.
• Lu Ren searched Jiao City for a martial arts school, found none, and decided to report to the Wu Guard Bureau for a cultivation technique.
• Fang Xuan told Lu Ren he would teach him for three years and that failure to open his Sea of Bitterness and cultivate a Fountain of Life would send him to the mines.
• Lu Ren collected clothes, a waist badge, and a steel essence longsword from the Wu Guard Bureau before leaving and agreeing to return early the next day.

Lu Ren joined Fang Xuan’s group of new recruits and studied the Feathered God Dynasty’s Yuhua Sutra, discovering that its cultivation method relied on consuming lifespan. He rejected it as unsuitable for his own path and began considering how the Sea of Wheels Realm might inform the development of his Inner World.

• Lu Ren attended Fang Xuan’s lesson with eleven other recruits, and Fang Xuan taught them the Yuhua Sutra before warning them not to reveal it.
• Lu Ren realized that the Yuhua Sutra opened the Bitter Sea by stimulating an acupoint and that this process could gradually reduce a cultivator’s lifespan.
• Lu Ren used his unusual perception to visualize the scripture’s cultivation method, then spent the day studying it at his rented courtyard.
• Lu Ren discarded the Yuhua Sutra as unsuitable for his current strength and reasoned that his next step might be to nurture Pangu inside his chaotic Inner World and split heaven and earth.

Lu Ren raided the Wu Guard Bureau library in Jiao City to search for cultivation scriptures, but found its collection useless and potentially harmful. As he prepared to seek knowledge from Earth’s great sects, a masked woman attacked him with a sudden sword strike.

• Lu Ren used an Invisibility Incantation to break into the Wu Guard Bureau library and swept its books away with the Xumi Mustard Seed Technique.
• Lu Ren escaped Jiao City and found a mountain gorge, where he drove a tiger from a cave while a woman in a black ghost-face mask watched.
• Lu Ren cleared the cave, sorted through the stolen books, and found fifteen cultivation scriptures and thirty-one combat techniques among the collection.
• Lu Ren judged the scriptures worthless and decided to learn from Earth’s great sects instead.
• A sharp sword light and freezing sword intent erupted before Lu Ren as he prepared to leave.

Lu Ren fought the Ghost Mask Woman, whose swordsmanship and surging power revealed her as a Dragon Transformation Realm prodigy. He expanded into his Great Witch form and answered her accusation that he did not cultivate this world’s methods by arguing that every path leading to the end was true.

• The Ghost Mask Woman unleashed a sword strike, but Lu Ren regenerated through its cuts and knocked her flying sword aside with a finger flick.
• Lu Ren charged the Ghost Mask Woman, and the two fought at close range, shattering the mountain and shaking the surrounding land.
• Lu Ren knocked the Ghost Mask Woman back with a knee, but her aura and killing intent surged as she began to fight in earnest.
• Lu Ren recognized that the Ghost Mask Woman was likely a Dragon Transformation Realm prodigy and revealed his Great Witch form.
• The Ghost Mask Woman said Lu Ren did not cultivate this world’s methods, and Lu Ren replied that any path reaching the end was a true method.

Lu Ren fought the Ghost Mask Woman in a battle that devastated the land, then discovered she could drain his power and regenerate from his attacks. He cut off his own leg to escape her grip and quickly grew it back, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Lu Ren and the Ghost Mask Woman attacked each other, and their techniques collided with enough force to tear apart the land.
• Lu Ren recovered from a hole through his chest and the loss of his right hand, while the Ghost Mask Woman remained standing despite grievous injuries.
• The Ghost Mask Woman grabbed Lu Ren's leg and began draining his qi and blood, vital essence, and Witch Power to heal herself.
• Lu Ren repeatedly punched the Ghost Mask Woman, but she recovered even after he crushed her head.
• Lu Ren severed his right leg to escape her grip, retreated, and regrew the limb with help from the Essence Qi of the Great Earth and the Crimson Dragon Inner Core.

Lu Ren and the young Ruthless Great Emperor ended their fight and discussed a possible exchange after she discovered the unusual power he wielded. The chapter left Lu Ren considering her offer to trade cultivation methods, and he asked whether she had the items with her.

• Lu Ren realized the system had noticed his encounter with the Ruthless Great Emperor and warned that distant beings might be observing him through time.
• The Ruthless Great Emperor adapted to the Witch Power she had absorbed from Lu Ren and recognized its longevity-granting properties.
• Lu Ren explained that he came from a distant land, and the Ruthless Great Emperor judged that killing him would be difficult while he stood on the earth.
• Lu Ren prepared to leave, but the Ruthless Great Emperor praised his effort to protect Jiao City and proposed a deal.
• The Ruthless Great Emperor offered to teach Lu Ren peerless arts and scriptures, and Lu Ren asked whether she had them with her.

Lu Ren traded the World Honored One Heart Sutra with Ghost Face for access to her collection of cultivation scriptures. After studying a Sea of Wheels Realm text, he considered how its methods related to his own Inner World.

• Ghost Face offered to trade scriptures with Lu Ren, and they flew together to a quiet village more than a hundred thousand kilometers from Jiao City.
• Ghost Face brought Lu Ren to her fortified mountain courtyard and said she trusted him because he had tried to protect the earth and its people.
• Ghost Face demanded to learn Lu Ren’s cultivation method before letting him read her scriptures, so Lu Ren inscribed the World Honored One Heart Sutra onto a piece of uncut jade and gave it to her.
• Lu Ren examined Ghost Face’s collection and read the Sea of Bitterness Transformation Scripture, which described cultivating the Sea of Wheels Realm.
• Lu Ren reflected on the Sea of Wheels Realm’s Sea of Bitterness and Wheel of Life, and suspected his Inner World might correspond to that realm.

Lu Ren and the Ruthless One discussed their cultivation methods and struck another deal, exchanging extensive cultivation records. Their discussion led Lu Ren to explain his theory of the Golden Immortal realm, though he had no method for reaching it.

• The Ruthless One confronted Lu Ren about his cultivation method requiring a bloodline catalyst, and Lu Ren insisted he had already shared it under their agreement.
• Lu Ren offered the Ruthless One jade tablets cataloging thousands of cultivation methods in exchange for further payment.
• The Ruthless One examined the records and questioned the limits of Lu Ren’s Heaven, Earth, and Human cultivation system.
• Lu Ren explained that he believed a Golden Immortal stood beyond Heavenly Immortal, existing eternally as a unique True Self across the myriad worlds.
• The Ruthless One asked whether a Golden Immortal cultivation method existed, and Lu Ren said transcendence left no method or trace behind.

Lu Ren traded Queen Mother of the West's profound technique to Ruthless One for a Divine Medicine and agreed to help heal her in exchange for a journey to the Big Dipper. As war threatened the Imperial Star, he prepared to leave for a safer place to open his Inner World.

• Lu Ren refused to help Ruthless One search a Sealed Land and asked her to bring precious medicines in exchange for the technique she wanted.
• Lu Ren studied Witch and secret-realm scriptures for three months, gaining insight into opening his Inner World.
• Ruthless One returned wounded with a Divine Medicine and traded it to Lu Ren for Queen Mother of the West's profound technique.
• Ruthless One told Lu Ren that the Feathered God Dynasty was assembling an army to attack the Imperial Star and that she planned to return to the Big Dipper.
• Lu Ren agreed to give Ruthless One Essence Qi of the Great Earth in exchange for taking him to the Big Dipper, then condensed a fist-sized clump for her.

Lu Ren traveled with the Ruthless One through a secret five-colored altar to the Big Dipper, where they parted after agreeing on conditions for their dealings. He entered the Feathered God Dynasty’s territory and sensed an astonishing aura hidden in a small city.

• Lu Ren swallowed half a Divine Medicine root and preserved its Essence Qi with Witch Power.
• The Ruthless One activated a secret five-colored altar, and Lu Ren agreed to travel with her after demanding a spar, secrecy, and safe lodging.
• Lu Ren and the Ruthless One arrived on the Big Dipper and admired its abundant spiritual energy and ancient landscape.
• Lu Ren parted from the Ruthless One, trusting his instincts to lead him to safety.
• Lu Ren entered the Feathered God Dynasty’s territory and sensed an astonishing aura concealed in a small city.

Lu Ren split the Chaotic Qi within his Inner World and transformed his inner landscape into a small world, then condensed a strand of Ancestral Witch Bloodline and gained the foundation of an Earth Immortal. Ao Li recognized his potential but warned that he had only reached the threshold of becoming an Ancestral Witch.

• Lu Ren formed a Pangu Axe from the Essence Qi of the Great Earth and repeatedly struck the Chaotic Qi in his Inner World.
• Lu Ren split the Chaotic Qi into earth, wind, water, and fire, creating a small world after a year of chopping.
• Lu Ren compressed his Great Witch Blood into a Blood Pill, which shattered and gave birth to a strand of Ancestral Witch Bloodline.
• The system announced that Lu Ren had condensed Ancestral Witch Bloodline and gained the foundation of an Earth Immortal.
• Ao Li said she had witnessed the birth of another Ancestral Witch, then warned Lu Ren that he was only a half-baked Ancestral Witch and might never fully transform.

Lu Ren opened a tiny Inner World Universe, settled the Thick Earth Ancestral Witch Avatar inside, and condensed Ancestral Witch Bloodline, greatly increasing his potential and strength. After questioning Ao Li about her rank and the vastness of the world, he left his inner world and was struck by a powerful golden lightning bolt.

• Lu Ren established a tiny Inner World Universe and placed the Thick Earth Ancestral Witch Avatar within it, where its ancient power nourished his Ancestral Witch Bloodline.
• Lu Ren realized his Ancestral Witch Bloodline was a rank tied to dimensional ascension and saw the Avatar as the foundation of his Dao and a source of formidable power.
• Lu Ren confronted Ao Li, who hinted that she was far above a Celestial Immortal and explained that power depended on one's realm and understanding of the Dao, laws, energy, and dimensions.
• Three days later, Lu Ren emerged from his little world and sensed extreme danger overhead.
• A thick golden lightning bolt tore through Lu Ren's restrictions and struck him, but his Witch Power and Great Earth Essence Qi neutralized it.

Lu Ren faced a massive Tribulation Cloud because the world’s rules rejected his existence, then fought back by punching through it and charging into its depths. The cloud’s power began to awaken something within as the distant spectators watched in awe.

• Ao Li explained that the harsh cosmic rules would oppose Lu Ren because he was a long-lived species who exceeded the world’s limits.
• Nearby cultivators gathered to watch the immense Tribulation Cloud, and an elder warned that it could destroy the region.
• Lu Ren expanded into his nearly thousand-meter Great Witch body and punched a huge hole through the cloud.
• The Tribulation Cloud unleashed a sea of lightning that swallowed Lu Ren, but he leaped out and charged into the cloud.
• An elder sensed something awakening within the Tribulation Cloud as the spectators feared what Lu Ren would face.

Lu Ren endured a day and night inside the Lightning Tribulation, realizing that its destructive force tempered his body and that the mind was the foundation of a witch’s physical power. He pressed toward the tribulation’s depths, where a humanoid being made of lightning appeared before him.

• Lu Ren let the lightning destroy and regenerate his flesh, gaining strength as he understood the connection between spiritual power and a witch’s body.
• After a day and night, Lu Ren found that the lightning could no longer harm him, while the Tribulation Cloud continued to grow stronger and drew hundreds of onlookers.
• The Ruthless One watched Lu Ren from a distant mountaintop, and he noticed her through the storm.
• Lu Ren continued upward toward the deeper lightning, hoping to discover what lay within the Tribulation Cloud.
• A humanoid being formed from lightning appeared before Lu Ren, and he attacked it without hesitation.

Lu Ren fought a lightning imprint of the Sun Human Emperor’s youngest son during his tribulation and destroyed it with a burst of overwhelming power. The Tribulation Cloud dispersed, and a system message confirmed his victory.

• Crimson blood vitality and Witch Power erupted from the Tribulation Cloud, revealing a cultivation system unfamiliar to the watching experts.
• The lightning imprint appeared with a spear, and onlookers identified it as the youngest imperial prince’s imprint and recognized his Qilin Spear.
• The imperial prince attacked Lu Ren with a devastating spear strike that threatened to pierce his brow.
• Lu Ren halted the lightning being and struck its spear with a giant hand infused with Essence Qi of the Great Earth and blood vitality.
• The collision destroyed the lightning imprint and scattered the Tribulation Cloud, after which Lu Ren received confirmation that he had killed a prodigy’s imprint.

After gaining a point of Force of Destiny from influencing the Shrouding Heavens Universe, Lu Ren faced a hidden expert who attacked to seize his newly revealed method. He shattered the attacker’s giant palm with his Ancestral Witch Avatar and launched a devastating counterpunch, leaving the witnesses stunned by his Saint-level power.

• Lu Ren recovered from his clash with the Emperor's Mark and gained 1 point of Force of Destiny, but the Lightning Tribulation dispersed before he could find a lightning pool.
• A hidden expert descended with a giant palm and demanded that Lu Ren hand over the new method, while the Ruthless One stepped beside Lu Ren to face the attack.
• Lu Ren activated his Ancestral Witch blood and manifested an Ancestral Witch Avatar, surprising the Ruthless One with his immense power.
• Lu Ren raised his arm to meet the descending palm, and the force of his movement shook the region until powerful experts and ancient formations stabilized it.
• Lu Ren shattered the giant palm with a punch, located the attacker, and hurled a blazing counterpunch toward the hidden expert.
• The witnesses recognized the force of Lu Ren’s attack as Saint-level power.

Lu Ren defeated and killed Duan Gong of the Feathered God Dynasty, earning 15 Skill Points before leaving the Big Dipper. The Ruthless One realized he was likely departing for good.

• Lu Ren’s punch collided with Duan Gong’s Azure Fish Sword, breaking the divine weapon in two.
• Lu Ren overwhelmed Duan Gong with his fists and smashed him into a crater.
• Duan Gong threatened Lu Ren as Witch Power prevented his body from recovering, and Lu Ren killed him with a stomp.
• Lu Ren received 15 Skill Points and abandoned his thoughts of attacking the Feathered God Dynasty.
• Lu Ren told the Ruthless One he was leaving, then crossed the void and flew away from the Big Dipper.