Chapter Summaries

Lu Ren killed a powerful Lizard Demon by detonating his True Energy inside it, sacrificing his right arm in the process. As hidden Celestial Immortals eyed his spoils and one demanded a share, Zheng Jie and Huang Gong’s group moved to stand with him.

• Lu Ren used the Jade and Stone Burning Method to unleash an explosion inside the Lizard Demon, losing his right arm as he killed it.
• Lu Ren heard the system award him 5 Skill Points and began regenerating his arm while conserving energy.
• Zheng Jie warned Lu Ren that the watching Celestial Immortals seemed ready to act against him.
• An unseen expert demanded half the Lizard Demon’s body, and Lu Ren challenged him to come out and claim it.
• Zheng Jie and Huang Gong’s companions took positions beside Lu Ren, who told them to hold the line and avoid getting caught up when he moved.

Lu Ren and his allies faced a sudden ambush by Celestial Immortals in the Deep Sea Zone, turning the area into a chaotic melee. Lu Ren identified Lin Yan as his opponent and refused to hand over the Lizard Demon's body.

• Huang Gong spread wine from his Dao Attainment Gourd through the Deep Sea Zone as Lu Ren and his allies prepared for an attack.
• Sword and saber attacks erupted from the void, and Lu Ren unleashed his Zhou Tian Body Spirit Fist while Zheng Jie, Huang Gong, and Lie Huo counterattacked.
• Nearly ten Celestial Immortals joined the fight, splitting into a chaotic battle as Lu Ren checked that his allies remained safe.
• Lu Ren recognized the late Celestial Immortal Lin Yan, who demanded the Lizard Demon's body in exchange for a discussion.
• Lu Ren refused Lin Yan's offer, while Huang Gong demanded full payment in Spirit Crystals and Lu Ren promised to mine ore for ten years if needed.

Huang Gong summoned more than a dozen Celestial Immortals to help Zheng Jie’s group, turning Lin Yan’s confrontation with Lu Ren into a chaotic battle. The fighting remained restrained until eighteen reinforcements arrived for Lin Yan, led by a heavily armored general whose overwhelming aura forced the others to regroup.

• Huang Gong called for help, and fourteen Celestial Immortals arrived from the Sunken Sea Zone to attack Lin Yan’s team.
• The newcomers traded insults with their old acquaintances while fighting, and Lu Ren observed that they were holding back despite their threats.
• Lin Yan stalled as Lu Ren’s right arm recovered, while Lu Ren warned that the growing crowd could turn the skirmish into a deadly fight.
• Lin Yan’s team began considering retreating as they faced the larger force, but Lin Yan announced that reinforcements had arrived.
• Eighteen Celestial Immortals appeared behind Lin Yan, led by an armored general whose immense pressure made the other fighters fall back and regroup.

As Lin Yan and Chen Tuan confronted Zheng Jie’s group over control of Hanging Mountain, Huang Gong urged his allies to fight for the opportunity to pursue the Golden Immortal Dao Fruit. Lin Yan proposed settling the dispute one-on-one, but Lu Ren cursed Chen Tuan and unleashed the Zhou Tian Body Spirit Fist, leaving the confrontation on the brink of erupting.

• Chen Tuan warned Lin Yan that this would be their last chance, while their forces faced off against Zheng Jie and the others.
• The Purple Robed Daoist and other Celestial Immortals complained about being drawn into a battle, but Huang Gong urged them to seize control of Hanging Mountain and gain an advantage on the Path to Ascension.
• Morosie called Huang Gong a sleazy persuader, while Lie Huo and Zheng Jie discussed how tempting his argument was.
• Lin Yan proposed a one-on-one contest to Lu Ren to avoid a wider battle that could devastate the Deep Sea Zone.
• Lu Ren told Chen Tuan to fuck off and unleashed the Zhou Tian Body Spirit Fist in a burst of silver power.

Lu Ren and Chen Tuan prepared to settle the growing conflict between their camps with a duel, while the Celestial Immortals around them considered how to survive the upheaval on Hanging Mountain. As rain began to fall over the Deep Sea Zone, Morosie proposed forming a team.

• Lu Ren struck Chen Tuan with a roar that split his baleful energy and cut deep gashes into his face.
• Chen Tuan healed his wounds and challenged Lu Ren, who accepted his instruction.
• Lu Ren considered the danger a full battle posed to the Deep Sea Zone and the Celestial Immortals watching from the shadows.
• Dark clouds and rain gathered over the Deep Sea Zone as Lu Ren and Chen Tuan walked between their formations to fight.
• Huang Gong, the Purple Robed Daoist, and Zheng Jie discussed the coming bloody era and the struggle for resources and ascension.
• Morosie proposed that the group form a team for mutual survival, and the others considered the opportunity.

Lu Ren and Chen Tuan began their life-and-death battle before powerful Celestial Immortals gathered to watch. Lu Ren stopped Chen Tuan’s opening spear strike with one hand and overwhelmed him with immense strength, leaving Chen Tuan to abandon his weapon and attack at close range.

• Powerful Celestial Immortals arrived to watch as Lu Ren and Chen Tuan faced off over control of Hanging Mountain.
• Chen Tuan declared his spear the weapon of his Path to Ascension and launched a killing strike at Lu Ren.
• Lu Ren caught the Purple-Gold Fine Iron Spear three inches from his brow and held it immovably as his body’s hidden power blazed forth.
• Lu Ren yanked the spear and pressed his other hand toward Chen Tuan’s face, forcing Chen Tuan to abandon the weapon and twist aside.
• Chen Tuan pounced at Lu Ren at close range, and Lu Ren greeted the attack with a faint smile.

Lu Ren defeated and killed Chen Tuan with his fists and feet, despite Chen Tuan's superior cultivation. Chen Tuan's death shattered Hanging Mountain's fragile peace, and a mysterious sigh echoed through the sky.

• Lu Ren caught Chen Tuan's spear and overwhelmed him with a barrage of attacks that dispersed his True Energy.
• Chen Tuan shouted that he surrendered, but Lu Ren intensified his assault and struck him with the Zhou Tian Body Spirit Fist.
• Lu Ren's punch destroyed Chen Tuan's head and annihilated his primordial spirit, killing him and earning Lu Ren skill rewards.
• The witnesses feared that Chen Tuan's death would end Hanging Mountain's peace, while Lin Yan realized his plans had been ruined.
• A soft sigh sounded across the sky as the air currents stirred and rolled in every direction.

Qing Cheng emerged from seclusion, revealed that Lu Ren’s actions had damaged his Dao, and challenged him to a single move. As Qing Cheng’s pressure fell on him, Lu Ren spent 120 Skill Points to advance his Shamanic Path and began a Limit Breaker.

• Qing Cheng emerged from seclusion with signs that he had glimpsed the Golden Immortal Realm, and the Celestial Immortals realized he was about to pursue the Path to Ascension.
• Qing Cheng explained how he had established order on Hanging Mountain and admitted that he had underestimated the human heart.
• Qing Cheng praised Lu Ren’s ability to defeat stronger opponents and asked him for a single move because the conflict had damaged his Dao.
• Lu Ren welcomed Qing Cheng’s challenge and entered the ultimate state of his Witch God Physique.
• Lu Ren spent 120 Skill Points to advance his Shamanic Path to Might Shakes the Cosmos, triggering Limit Breakers in his physique and spirit.

Lu Ren transformed into a Late Celestial Immortal after comprehending the Shamanic Path, shocking the gathered Celestial Immortals and Qing Cheng. As Qing Cheng launched his Seeking the Dao, First Sword, Lu Ren answered with a five-hundred-times Zhou Tian Body Spirit Fist, and their attacks collided.

• Lu Ren underwent a profound transformation and broke through several limit Shackles, reaching the Late Celestial Immortal realm.
• Zheng Jie, Purple Robed Daoist, and the gathered Celestial Immortals reacted with shock as Lu Ren revealed his strength.
• Qing Cheng acknowledged Lu Ren's hidden power and warned that he would now fight seriously.
• Qing Cheng sent Lu Ren his azure Seeking the Dao, First Sword, which dispersed into countless dangerous sword intents.
• Lu Ren unleashed the Zhou Tian Body Spirit Fist at five hundred times its power, carving a rift through the void as his punch met Qing Cheng's sword intent.

Lu Ren revealed the Heaven Splitting Artifact in his hand after fighting Qing Cheng to a standstill, and the people on the Path to Ascension realized it could become a world-shaking divine weapon. The chapter left Lu Ren surrounded by barely restrained greed, with Qing Cheng admitting he, too, wanted to claim the axe.

• Lu Ren's fist clashed with Qing Cheng's Sword Qi, tearing open space, and his wounds healed after the impact.
• Lu Ren summoned the Heaven Splitting Artifact, and Qing Cheng recognized its nature and power.
• The onlookers realized the axe had originated in Lu Ren's small world but could potentially grow into a divine artifact comparable to one born in reality.
• Zheng Jie, Lie Huo, Huang Gong, and the other spectators revealed their greed for the axe, though they held back from attacking Lu Ren.
• Qing Cheng warned Lu Ren that revealing the axe had turned everything against him and admitted he wanted to take it for himself.

Lu Ren killed Lin Yan with his newly comprehended Open Heaven axe strike, then faced a group of Celestial Immortal cultivators who coveted his treasure. His next swing killed eighteen of them and badly wounded six Late Celestial Immortals, causing the remaining onlookers to retreat or hesitate.

• Qing Cheng declined to watch Lu Ren demonstrate his axe technique and left the gathering.
• Lu Ren struck down Lin Yan with Open Heaven, gaining a Skill Point and advancing his axe technique to True Open Heaven.
• Lu Ren challenged the crowd, and an unidentified cultivator urged everyone to attack him together.
• Nearly twenty Celestial Immortals charged Lu Ren, who answered with a sweeping axe strike that killed eighteen and grievously wounded six Late Celestial Immortals.
• The survivors were shocked by Lu Ren's strength, and many cultivators quietly withdrew.

Lu Ren killed six Late Celestial Immortals with the Pangu Axe, causing the remaining cultivators to flee. Afterward, he explained his breakthrough and the axe’s origin to Huang Gong, Zheng Jie, and Lie Huo, and questioned whether the artifact could truly lead to Golden Immortality.

• Lu Ren struck down six grievously wounded Late Celestial Immortals with the Pangu Axe, leaving no trace of them.
• The other Celestial Immortals fled after witnessing Lu Ren’s power, and he recalled the Pangu Axe into his Inner World.
• Huang Gong asked whether Lu Ren had already reached the Late Celestial Immortal realm, and Lu Ren said he had recently broken through under pressure.
• Lu Ren explained that the Pangu Axe was an accompanying artifact born from the universe in his Inner World.
• Lie Huo suggested the axe could help Lu Ren attain Golden Immortality, but Lu Ren said he did not know whether it could and noted that some things were imperfect.

Lu Ren explained that the Heaven Splitting Axe could not prove Golden Immortalhood and shared the Shamanic Path’s cultivation method with Zheng Jie and the others. After discussing the battle’s consequences, the group decided to hunt more ferocious beasts in the Deep Sea Zone, while Lu Ren remained wary of the Dark Zone beyond it.

• Lu Ren returned the Heaven Splitting Axe to his Inner World and told Zheng Jie that cultivating the Shamanic Path could let him form a bound divine artifact of his own.
• Lu Ren explained the Shamanic Path’s methods and precautions, and told Huang Gong that those who learned from him would live while those who merely imitated him would die.
• Zheng Jie recognized that spreading the Shamanic Path would benefit Lu Ren, who hoped to build a Salvation Temple on Hanging Mountain and strengthen his cultivation through others practicing there.
• Lie Huo and Huang Gong discussed the devastation Lu Ren had caused in the Deep Sea Zone and reflected on how Celestial Immortals still fought over resources.
• Huang Gong suggested that the group hunt peak Celestial Immortal-level ferocious beasts nearby, and they agreed to lead Lu Ren in exchange for ten percent of the gains.
• Lu Ren agreed to gather more materials but remained unwilling to venture into the true Dark Zone beneath the Cloud Sea, where even Late Celestial Immortals seemed insignificant.

Lu Ren and the others confronted the danger of the Dark Zone after his system blocked an influence that had hidden the fate of Celestial Immortals who entered it. They turned back from the zone, and Huang Gong explained that Celestial Immortal-level ferocious beasts came from within it.

• Lu Ren killed the third peak Celestial Immortal ferocious beast with the Pangu Axe and warned Zheng Jie that he would not enter the Dark Zone before reaching Golden Immortal.
• Lu Ren’s system blocked a beguiling influence, prompting him to ask whether anyone had entered the Dark Zone and returned.
• Zheng Jie realized that something had altered their memories so they overlooked the fact that Celestial Immortals who entered the Deep Sea Zone never came back.
• Huang Gong and the others recalled Qing Cheng’s warnings and abandoned any thought of continuing into the Deep Sea Zone.
• On the way back, Huang Gong told Lu Ren that Celestial Immortal-level ferocious beasts had emerged from the Dark Zone since before Qing Cheng, Chang Kong, and Li Shan arrived.

Lu Ren and his companions learned that Hanging Mountain was plagued by a strange forgetfulness mechanism and found it devastated by fighting after Qing Cheng’s departure. As Li Shan and Chang Kong left for the Path to Ascension, Lu Ren asked why the cultivators fought over control of the mountain.

• Lie Huo, Zheng Jie, and Huang Gong recalled that Qing Cheng, Chang Kong, Li Shan, and Chen Xin had researched ferocious beasts and made a camouflage artifact, but never returned.
• Lu Ren suspected that mentioning the Dark Zone had awakened a hidden mechanism that caused people to forget information about it.
• Lu Ren and his companions reached Hanging Mountain and found ruins, lingering bloodshed, and many Celestial Immortals on edge or fleeing toward the Path to Ascension.
• Huang Gong explained that Qing Cheng had left rather than risk fighting Lu Ren and his Heaven Splitting Axe, while Lu Ren argued that upheaval had been brewing before the Golden Immortal’s arrival.
• Li Shan and Chang Kong unleashed immense sword and thunder auras over Hanging Mountain, then departed for the Path to Ascension.
• Lu Ren asked why cultivators had long fought to become master of Hanging Mountain, and Huang Gong was surprised that he did not know.

Lu Ren returned to his house on Hanging Mountain amid rising tensions and reflected on the danger of advancing along the Path to Ascension. In his Inner World, the dragon egg began to crack and devoured a staggering amount of Spirit Crystals.

• Huang Gong explained that Hanging Mountain's spiritual vein had helped Qing Cheng, Chang Kong, and Li Shan reach the ultimate pinnacle of Celestial Immortals in a hundred thousand years, but Lu Ren dismissed that as too slow.
• Lu Ren and his companions approached Hanging Mountain, where Celestial Immortals traded insults and blamed one another amid the growing chaos.
• Zheng Jie said that people were fanning the conflict and that powerful Celestial Immortals were staying hidden, while Lu Ren considered the deadly mist that threatened those who advanced along the Path to Ascension.
• After his companions dispersed, Lu Ren returned to his house and sensed that his body and mind were continuing to strengthen.
• Lu Ren entered his Inner World and saw cracks spread across the dragon egg as it absorbed enough Spirit Crystals to strip a layer from the enormous Spirit Crystal Star within moments.

Lu Ren emerged from the dragon egg as a crimson-gold True Dragon, her bloodline and strength transformed to the Mid Celestial Immortal Realm. After testing her newfound power against Ao Li, she ended up battered and in a crater on Heavenly Origin.

• Lu Ren broke out of the dragon egg, swallowed its fragments, and released an aura that threatened the newborn universe until Lu Ren used his authority to repair the void.
• Ao Li and Zhai Zi sensed that Lu Ren’s True Dragon Bloodline had become purer, and Lu Ren explained that her true spirit had fused with the Dragon Pearl and awakened Progenitor Dragon Blood.
• Ao Li grabbed Lu Ren and shook her, complaining about the two or three hundred years she had spent curled up in the egg, until she begged him to stop.
• Lu Ren challenged Ao Li to test her strength, and they clashed thousands of times across the starry void.
• Ao Li threw Lu Ren onto Heavenly Origin, where she crashed into the ground and climbed out of a crater in a schoolgirl uniform.

Lu Ren discovered that Ao Li had become bound to the origin of his Inner World Universe after hatching there, leaving her vulnerable if it was destroyed. After spending time in his inner world, Lu Ren returned to Hanging Mountain, focused on strengthening himself, and continued to stay out of its factional conflicts.

• Lu Ren carried Ao Li off, and after their intense encounter he apologized for hurting her while Ao Li threatened revenge and warned that his rapid cultivation would attract Golden Immortals.
• Ao Li realized her aura was linked to the Inner World Universe and understood that its destruction could devastate or kill her.
• Lu Ren confirmed that Ao Li had become a spirit of his universe after absorbing its energy while hatching, and promised he would develop the barren world.
• Lu Ren emerged from his Inner World Universe, sensed that more battles had broken out on Hanging Mountain, and assessed his progress toward the Celestial Immortal Pinnacle state.
• Lu Ren considered Qing Cheng's hidden strength and rejected invitations from at least seven factions seeking to recruit him as a top enforcer.

Lu Ren learned that Chen Huan and other Celestial Immortals were watching him to seize his Heaven Splitting Axe, but he chose to confront them rather than flee. He attacked a hidden watcher on Hanging Mountain, and the figure’s identity was revealed as his axe strike spread fear and anticipation throughout the mountain.

• Huang Gong warned Lu Ren that someone might target him, and Lu Ren suspected Chen Huan and his followers.
• Lu Ren noticed a concealed figure watching him and said he would fight the Celestial Immortals rather than leave Hanging Mountain.
• Lu Ren took out the Heaven Splitting Axe and leaped through the window to strike the hidden figure.
• The axe’s murderous aura swept across Hanging Mountain, drawing everyone’s attention and prompting hopes that Lu Ren would become its lord.
• The hidden figure emerged as a crimson-skinned being with ram horns and sheep-like hooves.

Lu Ren killed a hidden Mid Celestial Immortal, then confronted Chen Huan and uncovered the Celestial Immortals lying in ambush around him. When Lu Ren refused to enter the sealing formation’s range, Chen Huan ordered the ambushers to attack, and the formation darkened the sky over Hanging Mountain.

• Lu Ren split through the hidden Mid Celestial Immortal’s defenses with the Heaven Splitting Axe and killed him, gaining insight and proficiency in his axe technique.
• Chen Huan accused Lu Ren of slaughtering the innocent, and Lu Ren used Hyperdimensional Perception to detect Celestial Immortals concealed nearby.
• Lu Ren provoked Chen Huan by accusing him of treating his allies as bait, stirring suspicion among the gathered Celestial Immortals.
• Chen Huan tried to lure Lu Ren into a sealing formation, but Lu Ren withdrew instead of entering its range.
• Chen Huan ordered the ambushers to attack, and the formation activated as dark clouds gathered above Hanging Mountain.