Chapter Summaries

Zhou Qing killed Xu Feiyu with a single finger of Sword Qi, then broke through Lu Yuan’s defenses after Lu Yuan survived his first attack. Zhou Qing restored his strength and launched another strike that tore through Lu Yuan’s True Core protection.

• Zhou Qing’s Sword Qi tore through Xu Feiyu’s two Artistic Conception Domains and pierced his brow, killing him.
• Lu Yuan summoned his True Core and Silver Flood Dragon Armor to defend against Zhou Qing’s next Sword Qi, which shattered his Artistic Conception Domain and armor before Lu Yuan’s True Core Gang Qi dispersed it.
• Lu Yuan assumed Zhou Qing had exhausted his strength, but Zhou Qing used Xiantian Indestructible Qi to restore himself to peak condition.
• Zhou Qing launched another compressed Sword Qi while Lu Yuan’s Artistic Conception Domain and Silver Flood Dragon Armor had not recovered.
• Zhou Qing’s Sword Qi struck Lu Yuan’s True Core directly and tore through its protective Gang Qi.

Zhou Qing killed Lu Yuan and Xu Feiyu, then looted their spirit weapons, Storage Bags, and a copy of the Seven Emotions Sword Technique. He returned to the Four Seas Pavilion ship, where the steward realized that Zhou Qing had slain two Earth Ranking Grandmasters and predicted that he would rank highly on the next Earth Ranking.

• Zhou Qing retrieved Lu Yuan's and Xu Feiyu's corpses from the sea and took their spirit weapons and two Storage Bags.
• Zhou Qing found the Seven Emotions Sword Technique in Xu Feiyu's Storage Bag and recognized that his Eight Types of Intent Power would let him master it fully.
• Zhou Qing refined the Silver Flood Dragon Armor, put away his loot, and cast both corpses back into the sea.
• Zhou Qing returned to the Four Seas Pavilion merchant ship and told the steward he had killed Lu Yuan and Xu Feiyu.
• The steward was shocked and predicted that Zhou Qing would appear high on the next Earth Ranking.

After ten days of cultivation, Zhou Qing reached Heaven Melding with Flame Intent and Thunder Intent and arrived in Baoyu Kingdom. There he learned that the Earth Ranking had listed him at thirty-fifth, and he resolved to return to the Great Xuan Dynasty once he was strong enough to take revenge on those who hunted him.

• Zhou Qing raised Flame Intent and Thunder Intent to Heaven Melding, but decided he needed to advance Primordial Chaos Intent to Domain Transformation before fusing more True Gang.
• Zhou Qing arrived in Baoyu Kingdom and asked the Four Seas Pavilion manager to search for the Primordial Chaos True Art's Refining Gang into Core section.
• Zhou Qing visited the capital, where restaurant patrons discussed his new thirty-fifth-place Earth Ranking position and his feats at Zhanzhou City's docks.
• Zhou Qing listened to the diners speculate about upheaval and the future of the Great Xuan Dynasty.
• Zhou Qing resolved to return and kill the martial forces that had hunted him once he had gained enough strength.

After learning that Four Seas Pavilion had no news about the Refining Gang into Core section of the Primordial Chaos True Art, Zhou Qing agreed to help the Nineteenth Prince compete for Baoyu Kingdom’s heir apparent position in exchange for a Heavenly Heart Stone. As the ceremony approached, the princes gathered formidable guardians, including Earth Ranking Grandmasters and a wanted poison cultivator.

• Zhou Qing visited Four Seas Pavilion, where Xia Yifeng told him they had not found definite information about the Refining Gang into Core section of the Primordial Chaos True Art.
• Xia Yifeng asked Zhou Qing to fight for the Nineteenth Prince in Baoyu Kingdom’s contest for the heir apparent position, offering a Heavenly Heart Stone if the prince won.
• Zhou Qing accepted the offer and learned that the contest ceremony would take place in three days.
• The princes prepared for the contest by recruiting powerful guardians, including Gong Yuxin’s Earth Ranking Grandmaster from Imperial Heaven Sect, Gong Yuyang’s wanted poison cultivator, and Gong Yulei’s Earth Ranking Grandmaster from Five Thunder Sect.

The princes of Baoyu Kingdom gathered for the contest to choose the heir apparent, each backed by powerful allies. Zhou Qing’s arrival as Gong Yuchen’s guardian stunned the arena, and the story paused as the King arrived.

• First Prince Gong Yuxin entered with Montane Lord Meng Feng, while Fifth Prince Gong Yuyang arrived with the feared Poison Demon and Eleventh Prince Gong Yulei had invited Thunder Palm Shen Fang.
• Thirteenth Prince Gong Yuxuan and Nineteenth Prince Gong Yuchen entered with their own supporters, but officials and nobles were surprised to see the youthful Zhou Qing accompanying Gong Yuchen.
• A spectator identified Zhou Qing as the Lawless Madman, ranked thirty-fifth on the Earth Ranking, and the crowd recalled his reported victories over grandmasters and thirteen True Gang Grandmasters.
• Gong Yuxin, Gong Yuyang, and Gong Yulei grew wary of Gong Yuchen’s newfound strength, while the Poison Demon claimed his Myriad Poisons True Scripture could defeat the other grandmasters.
• The King arrived at the martial arts arena, bringing the crowd to silence.

Zhou Qing entered the Baoyu Kingdom contest for the heir apparent position, where princes’ guardians fought in elimination matches. After his first opponent conceded, Zhou Qing advanced to the second round and faced Poison Demon, leaving the crowd and other Earth Ranking Grandmasters anticipating their battle.

• The thirty-two princes drew lots, pairing Gong Yuchen with Gong Yuxuan in the first round and matching several other princes against contenders for the heir apparent position.
• Zhou Qing’s first opponent, the Yue Family’s True Gang Grandmaster, conceded before fighting him.
• Guardians facing Meng Feng, Poison Demon, and Shen Fang also conceded, and the first round ended with sixteen princes advancing.
• Gong Yuchen drew the fifth bout for the second round as the matches proceeded.
• Zhou Qing faced Poison Demon in the arena, while the crowd and the other Earth Ranking Grandmasters watched for the coming fight.

Zhou Qing defeated the Poison Demon in the arena by resisting his Six Desires Absolute Poison and killing him with a single strike of the Seven Emotions Sword Technique. The spectators recognized Zhou Qing as a formidable Earth Ranking Grandmaster, and he waited for the third round of matches.

• The Poison Demon attacked Zhou Qing with his Myriad Poisons Intent Domain, but Zhou Qing’s ten layers of True Gang merged into Primordial Chaos True Gang and blocked the venomous claws.
• The Poison Demon used Six Desires Absolute Poison to strip Zhou Qing of his senses and ability to think, but Zhou Qing’s ten types of Intent Power restored them.
• Zhou Qing struck with the Seven Emotions Sword Technique, overwhelming the Poison Demon’s emotions and tearing apart his domain.
• Zhou Qing killed the Poison Demon with one sword strike before he could counterattack or bring out his True Core.
• The spectators marveled at Zhou Qing’s strength, and he took the Poison Demon’s Storage Bag before waiting for the third round.

Zhou Qing advanced through the princes' contest, defeating Meng Feng after his Seven Emotions Sword Technique broke the fused domains that had made Meng Feng a formidable opponent. Meng Feng conceded and invited Zhou Qing to visit the Imperial Heaven Sect if he reached the True Core Realm.

• Zhou Qing's opponent in the third round conceded, while Meng Feng defeated Shen Fang after breaking his unstable Wind-Thunder Domain.
• Zhou Qing advanced through the fourth round, and in the fifth round he was matched against Meng Feng as only the First Prince and the Nineteenth Prince remained.
• Meng Feng fused his Mountain Intent Domain and Flame Intent Domain into a Volcanic Domain and attacked Zhou Qing.
• Zhou Qing struck with the Seven Emotions Sword Technique, broke Meng Feng's fused domain, and nearly hit him before a High-grade Defensive Spirit Weapon blocked the blow.
• Meng Feng conceded, then told Zhou Qing to visit the Imperial Heaven Sect if he successfully Refined Gang into Core before leaving.

After Zhou Qing secured Gong Yuchen’s victory in the succession battle, Gong Yuchen became Baoyu Kingdom’s heir apparent and gave Zhou Qing the Heavenly Heart Stone. Zhou Qing used it to advance his Primordial Chaos Intent into a domain, then continued cultivating while waiting for news from the Four Seas Pavilion.

• Zhou Qing left the arena after defeating Meng Feng, and the ruler declared Gong Yuchen the heir apparent.
• Gong Yuchen entered the royal treasure vault and obtained the Heavenly Heart Stone for Zhou Qing.
• Zhou Qing examined the Poison Demon’s storage bag and found the high-grade spiritual weapon Poison Dragon Banner.
• Zhou Qing used the Heavenly Heart Stone to transform his Primordial Chaos Intent into a domain.
• Zhou Qing spent four Dao Source Points to raise his Sword Intent to 21% Heaven Fusion and continued cultivating while awaiting news about the Refining Gang into Core section of the Primordial Chaos True Art.

After half a year of cultivation, Zhou Qing raised all ten of his mastered intents to the Domain Transformation Stage and learned that a Great Wei Dynasty spirit land might contain the next chapter of his martial art. He flew to the island as grandmasters and True Core experts tried to break its restrictions, arriving while the struggle was underway.

• Zhou Qing ended his seclusion and visited Four Seas Pavilion to ask Xia Yifeng about the Refining Gang into Core Chapter of the Primordial Chaos True Art.
• Xia Yifeng told Zhou Qing that a spirit land left by a Great Wei Dynasty imperial grandmaster had been discovered overseas and might contain the chapter.
• Xia Yifeng explained that four grandmasters had pursued a Nascent Soul Spirit Weapon, leaving True Core Grandmasters to continue breaking the spirit land’s restrictions.
• Xia Yifeng gave Zhou Qing a sea chart, and Zhou Qing flew toward the island to compete for the Great Wei Dynasty’s treasure.
• Zhou Qing arrived at the island and saw grandmasters attacking the restriction seal.

After the restriction seal broke, Zhou Qing reached the Great Wei Dynasty’s treasure first and declared that he would claim it alone. Zhao Qianqiu and Jiang Zhu challenged him, and the chapter ended as their fused domains descended on him.

• The restriction seal shattered, revealing a spiritual mountain and an ancient stone hall where the Great Wei Dynasty’s treasure lay.
• Zhou Qing arrived at the stone hall before the other Grandmasters and ordered them to withdraw.
• The Grandmasters recognized Zhou Qing and debated whether he could face the six top-twenty Earth Ranking experts present.
• Zhao Qianqiu and Jiang Zhu stepped forward to kill Zhou Qing, while Yan Kingdom’s Grand Marshal offered to help him.
• Zhou Qing dismissed Zhao Qianqiu and Jiang Zhu as ants, and they unleashed their Three-in-One Domains against him.

Zhou Qing overwhelmed Zhao Qianqiu and Jiang Zhu with a Ten-in-One Domain, revealing power far beyond the Grandmasters’ expectations. He killed them despite Jiang Zhu’s plea for mercy and vowed to destroy the Myriad Sword Sect.

• Zhao Qianqiu and Jiang Zhu unleashed their Three-in-One Domains against Zhou Qing as the assembled Grandmasters expected him to lose.
• Zhou Qing revealed ten Artistic Conception Domains, fused them into a Primordial Chaos Domain, and rapidly shattered their Domains.
• The Grandmasters realized Zhou Qing’s Ten-in-One Domain far surpassed the Three-in-One Domains of Zhao Qianqiu and Jiang Zhu, even with True Core enhancement.
• Zhao Qianqiu and Jiang Zhu’s High-grade Defensive Spirit Weapons failed to protect them as Zhou Qing’s Domain closed in.
• Jiang Zhu offered his treasures and promised the Myriad Sword Sect would stop opposing Zhou Qing, but Zhou Qing refused and vowed to flatten the sect.
• Zhou Qing’s Ten-in-One Domain crushed Zhao Qianqiu and Jiang Zhu into blood mist.

Zhou Qing claimed the Great Wei Dynasty’s treasure after killing grandmasters who challenged him, then broke into the stone hall and found a complete copy of the Primordial Chaos True Art. The chapter ended with him learning that the manual described how to refine Gang into a Golden Core, far beyond the False Cores most grandmasters possessed.

• Zhou Qing demanded that the gathered grandmasters withdraw and claimed the Great Wei Dynasty’s treasure for himself.
• When several grandmasters refused to leave, Zhou Qing used his Ten-in-One Domain to kill them, prompting the survivors to flee.
• Zhou Qing collected the fallen grandmasters’ Storage Bags and spirit weapons, then shattered the restriction seal around the stone hall.
• Zhou Qing found a large Storage Bag filled with martial manuals and discovered a complete copy of the Primordial Chaos True Art.
• Zhou Qing read that the manual’s Refining Gang into Core method could produce False Cores, True Cores, or a three-hundred-and-sixty-turn Primordial Chaos Golden Core.

Zhou Qing studied the Primordial Chaos True Art’s path to a 360-revolution Golden Core and discovered the Heavenly Treasure Transformation Secret Art in the Storage Bag. While exploring the mountain peak, he found a Dragon Vein that could help him establish a dynasty and gather National Destiny.

• Zhou Qing learned that the Primordial Chaos True Art required him to open 360 spiritual veins before refining Gang into a Golden Core.
• Zhou Qing read the Heavenly Treasure Transformation Secret Art and suspected that the Great Wei Dynasty Grandmaster had merged with the Nascent Soul Spirit Weapon that escaped the spiritual land.
• Zhou Qing searched the mountain peak for spiritual objects and followed a dragon’s roar toward a valley.
• Zhou Qing discovered a Dragon Vein whose power could boost his cultivation and make gathering National Destiny easier.

After returning from hiding, Zhou Qing became the number one Grandmaster on the Earth Ranking and began transforming the Poison Dragon Banner into a Grandmaster-grade spirit weapon. He then used Dao Source Points to advance the Primordial Chaos True Art’s Meridian Opening Method, opening 108 spiritual meridians and raising his physical strength beyond ten million jin.

• News spread that Zhou Qing had killed Zhao Qianqiu and Jiang Zhu, bringing the number of Earth Ranking Grandmasters he had slain to five.
• Wind Full Tower updated the Earth Ranking, placing Zhou Qing at its summit, while Lin Nantian gained a Nascent Soul Spirit Weapon after the contest among the four Great Grandmasters.
• Zhou Qing perfected the Heavenly Treasure Transformation Secret Art and inscribed its spiritual patterns onto the Poison Dragon Banner over three days.
• Zhou Qing placed the Poison Dragon Banner in the Dragon Vein and fed it his other spirit weapons to refine and absorb.
• Zhou Qing spent three Dao Source Points on the Meridian Opening Method and opened 108 spiritual meridians, pushing his physical strength beyond ten million jin.

Zhou Qing completed the Primordial Chaos Golden Core and briefly entered Unity of Man and Heaven, gaining immense power but risking assimilation. He erased the Great Xuan Dynasty’s tracking mark and considered strengthening his Golden Core with more Artistic Conceptions.

• Zhou Qing opened all one hundred and eight Primordial Chaos Spirit Meridians, gaining more than ten million jin of strength.
• Zhou Qing fused his Artistic Conception power and True Gang to condense the Primordial Chaos Golden Core.
• Zhou Qing activated the Golden Core and entered Unity of Man and Heaven, able to mobilize all vital energy and greatly amplify his domain.
• Zhou Qing found that he could remain in the state for only half a shichen before risking assimilation by heaven and earth, so he withdrew from it.
• Zhou Qing used the power of heaven and earth to erase the Great Xuan Dynasty’s tracking mark from his arm.
• Zhou Qing planned to strengthen his Golden Core by fusing more Artistic Conceptions, and recognized that his Great Wei Dynasty treasure trove held many Xiantian cultivation methods.

Zhou Qing comprehended ten more types of Artistic Conception power, then waited as the Poison Dragon Banner refined a Dragon Vein and successfully nurtured a spirit. He left his island for Jianzhou, prompting Ling Tianyue to pursue him, believing he could kill Zhou Qing despite his lingering injuries.

• Zhou Qing fused ten new Artistic Conception Seeds into his Primordial Chaos Golden Core, increasing the time he could maintain unity between man and heaven to three shichen.
• The Poison Dragon Banner finished refining the Dragon Vein and several spirit weapons, nurturing a weak spirit and gaining a powerful pressure domain.
• Zhou Qing stored the Poison Dragon Banner and flew from his island toward the mainland as faction spies reported his movements.
• Ling Tianyue ordered Eagle Wolf Guard agents to track Zhou Qing and send updates every quarter hour.
• After learning Zhou Qing had entered Jianzhou, territory of Myriad Sword Sect, Ling Tianyue flew there to confront him.

Zhou Qing attacked the Myriad Sword Sect to settle old grievances and obtain its Xiantian cultivation methods, but the Grand Supreme Elder emerged with the Thousand Rain Sword to stop him. Their spirit weapons clashed as the sect awaited Governor-General Ling Tianyue.

• After the Eagle Wolf Guard warned the Myriad Sword Sect of Zhou Qing’s arrival, Zhou Qing reached the sect before its leaders could finish convening.
• Zhou Qing unleashed his Ten-in-One Domain over the sect, but the Grand Supreme Elder appeared and suppressed it with the Thousand Rain Sword.
• The Myriad Sword Sect’s disciples regained their confidence and expected the Grand Supreme Elder to defeat Zhou Qing.
• Zhou Qing sent out the Poison Dragon Banner and attacked the Grand Supreme Elder with a black dragon claw, shattering the sword-intent net around him.
• The Grand Supreme Elder met the Poison Dragon Banner with the Thousand Rain Sword, and their weapons clashed without either gaining the upper hand.
• An Eagle Wolf Guard member told the Grand Supreme Elder that Governor-General Ling Tianyue was on his way, so the elder focused on holding Zhou Qing off.

Zhou Qing entered the Unity of Man and Heaven state and annihilated the Myriad Sword Sect’s leaders and gathered forces, then declared the sect disbanded. He claimed the Thousand Rain Sword and began studying the sect’s cultivation manuals.

• Zhou Qing unleashed twenty forces of heaven and earth, crushing the Thousand Strands Sword Intent and killing the Myriad Sword Sect’s Grand Supreme Elder, disciples, sect master, elders, and Eagle Wolf Guard martial artists.
• Zhou Qing took the Grand Supreme Elder’s True Core and fed it to the Poison Dragon Banner, then subdued the Thousand Rain Sword and branded it with his mental imprint.
• Zhou Qing declared that the Myriad Sword Sect was disbanded and threatened to hunt down anyone who continued to use its name.
• The Myriad Sword Sect’s remaining disciples packed their belongings and left the mountain as Zhou Qing entered the sect’s Scripture Repository.
• Zhou Qing reviewed the Myriad Sword Sect’s Xiantian cultivation manuals and used Dao Source Points on ten of them.

Zhou Qing defeated and killed Eagle Wolf Guard Governor Ling Tianyue after overwhelming his Martial Dao Spirit with the Primordial Chaos Domain and his spirit weapons. News of Ling Tianyue’s death and the destruction of the Myriad Sword Sect spread across the world, shocking everyone.

• Ling Tianyue attacked Zhou Qing, but Zhou Qing’s Primordial Chaos Seal shattered his heaven-and-earth-powered fist and sent him flying.
• Ling Tianyue summoned his Martial Dao Spirit and struck with a five-in-one domain, but Zhou Qing formed a thirty-in-one Primordial Chaos Domain that suppressed him and caused his lingering injuries to erupt.
• Zhou Qing used the Thousand Rain Sword and Poison Dragon Banner to break Ling Tianyue’s Martial Dao Spirit, and Ling Tianyue’s flames burned his body to ashes.
• Ling Tianyue’s Soul Lamp shattered in the Eagle Wolf Guard’s Soul Hall, prompting guards to sound the Soul-Shaking Bell and spread news of his death.
• Investigators linked Ling Tianyue’s death to Jianzhou and discovered that the Myriad Sword Sect had been wiped out, and the news spread throughout the world.