Chapter Summaries

Jiang Shu cleared the Fourth Layer of the Eternal Tower, earning Venerable Luo’s support and the Merchant Tower’s cooperation. He returned to the tower entrance, where Yuan Tai and other geniuses learned of his achievement.

• Jiang Shu met Venerable Luo, who healed his injuries, gave him insights into the Space Law, and advised him to focus on reaching the Tenth Order.
• Jiang Shu submitted a recording of his Fourth Layer victory to the Merchant Tower and received resources and an offer of access to Inner Area Secret Lands through future cooperation.
• The Merchant Tower representative explained that Jiang Shu could enter dangerous Secret Lands after reaching the Tenth Order, and that clearing higher Eternal Tower layers would grant him more authority.
• Jiang Shu encountered Yuan Tai, who invited him to spar, but Jiang Shu urged him to reflect on his recent trial and build strength before challenging the Third Layer again.
• When other geniuses gathered around in shock, Jiang Shu told Yuan Tai that he had cleared the Fourth Layer.

Jiang Shu cleared the Eternal Tower’s Fourth Layer, then used its accelerated time and Venerable Luo’s guidance to improve his understanding of the Great Dao of Space and fuse Blood Crystals. He entered the Fifth Layer and, after a year of grueling combat with its stronger Replica, began to close the gap and loosen his cultivation bottleneck.

• Yuan Tai learned Jiang Shu had cleared the Fourth Layer, and Jiang Shu urged him to keep training toward clearing it himself.
• Jiang Shu entered the Eternal Tower’s Fourth Layer and studied the scattered Space Law notes Venerable Luo had given him.
• During the months Jiang Shu cultivated, Yuan Tai defeated a stronger Third Layer Replica, while Jiang Shu fused Blood Crystals and improved his Great Dao Prototypes.
• Jiang Shu entered the Fifth Layer and attacked its Replica, whose forty-percent increase in combat power initially overwhelmed him.
• Jiang Shu fought the Replica for a year, retreating to recover and using each exchange to improve his techniques and comprehension.
• After restoring only part of his strength, Jiang Shu resumed his assault; the battle weakened both fighters and loosened his bottleneck in the Great Dao of Space.

Jiang Shu defeated his Fifth Layer Replica with a desperate axe strike, then left the Eternal Tower to recover from severe backlash. At No.103 Base, Bote also cleared the Fourth Layer, and Venerable Luo summoned Jiang Shu after learning he had conquered the Fifth.

• Jiang Shu used pills and his mastery of the Great Dao Prototypes to find a flaw in his Replica and cleave it apart with a powerful axe strike.
• Jiang Shu recovered enough to leave the Eternal Tower and seek Venerable Luo, since his injuries required extensive resources and time to heal.
• Inner Area geniuses discussed Jiang Shu’s Fourth Layer achievement and watched as Bote emerged, having cleared the Fourth Layer as well.
• Venerable Luo gave Bote his Space Law notes and urged him to cultivate toward the Forget World Realm and seek opportunities among Inner Area forces.
• Jiang Shu appeared before Venerable Luo with severe injuries, then calmly announced that he had cleared the Fifth Layer.

Jiang Shu revealed that he had cleared the Eternal Tower’s Fifth Layer, earning Venerable Luo’s support while keeping the achievement secret. He returned to the Ancient Demon Sect Ruins to gather resources and investigate the war’s uncertain balance before preparing to advance into the Ten Thousand Manifestations Realm.

• Jiang Shu confirmed he had cleared the Fifth Layer, and Venerable Luo healed him while Bote resolved to challenge the stage himself.
• Venerable Luo advised Jiang Shu to conceal his achievement and gave him notes on several laws; Jiang Shu accepted them and returned to the Vast Desolate Domain.
• Jiang Shu left Soul Sweeping Mountain and searched the Ancient Demon Sect Ruins’ Outer Area, finding many precious lands already stripped of their resources.
• Jiang Shu reflected that the Eight Great Sects, the Demon Sect, and the Demon Race might be maintaining a fragile balance, with possible collusion hidden among the sects.
• Jiang Shu continued gathering resources and planned to comprehend the Great Dao of Strength, begin the Pan Wu Great Strength Dao Canon, and enter the Ten Thousand Manifestations Realm.

Soul Devouring Old Man led six Demon Sect True Lords across the Yellow Spring toward the Inner Perimeter, while Jiang Shu entered the river alone and began cultivating within its waters. The two groups faced different dangers as they crossed, and Jiang Shu found the Yellow Spring useful for strengthening his body and studying the Great Dao of Soul.

• Soul Devouring Old Man gathered six peak Nirvana Realm Demon Sect True Lords and agreed to lead them across the Yellow Spring in exchange for their help opening an Ancient Tomb.
• The True Lords accepted Soul Devouring Old Man’s terms, each hoping to claim opportunities in the Inner Perimeter for themselves.
• Soul Devouring Old Man used the Soul Devouring Dao to shield the six True Lords as they crossed the Yellow Spring and warned them to guard their minds against the river water and its dead souls.
• The six True Lords fought off Yellow Spring dead souls while Soul Devouring Old Man gradually loosened his protective barriers.
• Jiang Shu entered the Yellow Spring after losing interest in the Outer Area’s depleted precious lands and judged that he could escape grave danger with Two Worlds Travel.
• Jiang Shu used Blood Crystals and Soul Crystals to withstand the Yellow Spring’s physical and spiritual cleansing, and began cultivating in its waters.

Jiang Shu cultivated in the Yellow Spring Water as he headed toward the Ruins’ Inner Perimeter, hoping to find materials to upgrade the Kun Peng Demon Wings. Soul Devouring Old Man and the Demon Sect True Lords crossed the river and reached the black-mist-covered Inner Perimeter, where Soul Devouring Old Man arranged for Heavenly Corpse True Lord and Withered Wood True Lord to scout ahead.

• Jiang Shu refined the Kun Peng Demon Wings with departed souls and cultivated the Yellow Springs Soul Cleansing Seal while traveling toward the Inner Perimeter.
• Soul Devouring Old Man emerged from the Yellow Spring Water and led the badly injured Demon Sect True Lords onto the shore.
• Heavenly Corpse True Lord suspected Soul Devouring Old Man had deliberately exposed his Heaven Rank Corpse Puppet to a powerful departed soul, weakening him.
• Heavenly Corpse True Lord offered to scout the black mist, hoping his Corpse Puppets could explore beyond Soul Devouring Old Man’s detection range.
• Soul Devouring Old Man selected Withered Wood True Lord to accompany Heavenly Corpse True Lord, and Withered Wood True Lord agreed to leave his body behind while his soul scouted.
• Heavenly Corpse True Lord and Withered Wood True Lord prepared to explore together, each considering how to secure opportunities without sharing them with Soul Devouring Old Man.

Heavenly Corpse True Lord and Withered Wood True Lord found the source of the black mist and led Soul Devouring Old Man and the other True Lords to a Canyon in the Inner Perimeter. There, they discovered a city surrounding a Great Tomb, while Jiang Shu continued cultivating in the Yellow Spring Water and neared a breakthrough in his comprehension of the Great Dao of Soul.

• Heavenly Corpse True Lord tried to enlist Withered Wood True Lord against Soul Devouring Old Man, then found a Canyon emitting the black mist and returned with him.
• Heavenly Corpse True Lord reported the Canyon to Soul Devouring Old Man, and the True Lords agreed to follow him there while they recovered their strength.
• Soul Devouring Old Man led the True Lords into the Canyon, where they discovered a city guarded by powerful Great Demon Bones and a hidden Great Tomb.
• Jiang Shu continued tempering his soul in the Yellow Spring Water and said he had found a lead to overcoming a bottleneck in his Great Dao of Soul comprehension.

Jiang Shu crossed the Yellow Spring Water and entered the Inner Perimeter, where he found a Great Tomb apparently visited by a powerful Ten Thousand Manifestations Realm Dao Lord. Inside the tomb, Soul Devouring Old Man prepared to claim an inheritance as Jiang Shu arrived behind him.

• Jiang Shu used his resilient body and soul to cross the Yellow Spring Water, collected some of it, and advanced through the black mist.
• Jiang Shu found a canyon and a Great Tomb surrounded by shattered Great Demon Bones, and suspected a Ten Thousand Manifestations Realm Dao Lord had fought there.
• Jiang Shu prepared for battle and entered the Great Tomb, determined to test his Qi Swallowing Myriad Forms Fist against a powerful opponent.
• Soul Devouring Old Man and the injured Demon Sect True Lords reached Jade Steps leading to a radiant building, which Soul Devouring Old Man believed held an inheritance.
• Heavenly Corpse True Lord planned to leave and seek another opportunity while Soul Devouring Old Man entered the building.
• Soul Devouring Old Man turned toward the Jade Steps, but Jiang Shu arrived behind him and announced that he had made it.

Jiang Shu entered the Great Tomb Hall and challenged Soul Devouring Old Man, a Myriad Forms Realm Dao Lord, to test his strength. The fight escalated as Jiang Shu met the Soul Devouring Dao head-on, and he prepared to unleash his full power.

• Jiang Shu arrived at the Great Tomb Hall, where Soul Devouring Old Man and the Demon Sect True Lords had gathered.
• Soul Devouring Old Man attacked Jiang Shu with a massive hand seal while testing his strength and checking whether anyone stood behind him.
• Jiang Shu countered with the Five Elements Great Dao Prototypes and his Five Emperors seals, then struck the hand seal directly with his dragon-transformed body.
• The clash shook the hall, forcing the watching True Lords to retreat as Soul Devouring Old Man brought the Soul Devouring Dao to bear.
• Soul Devouring Old Man announced that he would suppress Jiang Shu and ransom him to Zi Ji Dao Lord after claiming the inheritance.
• Jiang Shu scorned Soul Devouring Old Man and gathered his Blood Qi and Great Dao Prototypes, ready to fight him at full strength.

Jiang Shu battled Soul Devouring Old Man beneath the Soul Devouring Dao, using his Great Dao Prototypes and Kun Peng Demon Wings to withstand the Myriad Forms Realm Dao Lord’s attacks. Soul Devouring Old Man summoned the old True Lords to aid him, and they joined the fight against Jiang Shu.

• Jiang Shu struck at the Soul Devouring Dao with his fists, using the battle to seek a breakthrough toward the Myriad Forms Realm.
• Soul Devouring Old Man intensified his attacks after Jiang Shu proved able to withstand his Dao and challenge him with his understanding of Great Daos.
• Soul Devouring Old Man unleashed streams of mental power and threatened the old True Lords, urging them to attack Jiang Shu.
• Withered Wood True Lord attacked first, and the other old True Lords followed with their own methods to besiege Jiang Shu.

Jiang Shu faced Soul Devouring Old Man and eight injured True Lords, who joined forces to trap and suppress him. As their attacks closed in, Jiang Shu shattered the Soul Devouring Dao cage with a peerless punch, leaving Soul Devouring Old Man stunned.

• Eight old True Lords attacked Jiang Shu with Great Dao hand seals and Treasure Artifacts while Soul Devouring Old Man pressed him with the Soul Devouring Dao.
• Jiang Shu endured and dodged the assault, using his Five Elements techniques to blunt the incoming hand seals and expose the attackers’ reluctance to commit fully.
• Jiang Shu seized Soul Devouring Old Man’s moment of laxity and summoned the Pan Wu Splitting Heaven Axe to strike at the Soul Devouring Dao.
• Soul Devouring Old Man turned the Soul Devouring Dao into a cage and joined the True Lords in attacking Jiang Shu from every direction.
• Jiang Shu struck the same point in the cage with the axe three times, then shattered the Soul Devouring Dao with a punch that left Soul Devouring Old Man astonished.

Jiang Shu shattered Soul Devouring Old Man’s Great Dao and pursued the fleeing True Lords into Myriad Transformations Dao Lord’s Inheritance Building, despite suffering severe injuries himself. He defeated Soul Devouring Old Man and captured his soul, then sensed something and changed course while preparing to hunt down the remaining two True Lords.

• Jiang Shu broke the Soul Devouring Dao with the Qi Swallowing Myriad Forms Fist and struck Soul Devouring Old Man, while five old True Lords fell to his attacks.
• Soul Devouring Old Man shoved Withered Wood True Lord toward Jiang Shu and fled toward the Inheritance Building; Jiang Shu blasted apart Withered Wood True Lord’s body, leaving only his soul.
• Soul Devouring Old Man and three other old True Lords escaped into the Inheritance Building, and Jiang Shu followed them despite having less than one-tenth of his combat strength left.
• Jiang Shu caught up to Soul Devouring Old Man, overwhelmed his life-saving abilities with the Qi Swallowing Myriad Forms Fist and Pan Wu Splitting Heaven Axe, and bound his surviving soul.
• Jiang Shu set out to hunt the remaining two True Lords, but sensed something and changed his direction from east to north.

Heavenly Corpse True Lord tried to open the passage to the Inheritance Building’s Second Layer so he could escape Jiang Shu and obtain a powerful puppet. Jiang Shu killed him before he could enter, then continued toward the last old True Lord while the Soul Devouring Old Man watched helplessly.

• Heavenly Corpse True Lord searched the First Layer for a powerful puppet, then used his understanding of the Corpse Great Dao to weaken the formation leading to the Second Layer.
• As Heavenly Corpse True Lord prepared to cross the passage, Jiang Shu seized him and his Corpse Puppets with a hand of Origin Power and spiritual power.
• Heavenly Corpse True Lord pleaded to be spared and offered to guide Jiang Shu through the inheritance, but Jiang Shu killed him and absorbed his flesh and soul with the Kun Peng Demon Wings.
• Jiang Shu revealed that he had already comprehended the Great Dao of Transformation and the Great Dao of Puppetry, and that he could break through the passage formation himself.
• The Soul Devouring Old Man regretted his earlier choices as he realized how thoroughly Jiang Shu had defeated the old True Lords.
• Jiang Shu left the passage and headed for the last old True Lord, judging that both of them were badly depleted after crossing the Yellow Spring Water and fighting.

Jiang Shu killed Steel Gold True Lord, then began refining Soul Devouring Dao Lord's soul to strengthen the Kun Peng Demon Wings and deepen his understanding of the Great Dao. Outside the ruins, the Demon Sect prepared to break the array while the war intensified, and Sea Light True Lord and As You Wish True Lord worried about Jiang Shu's situation.

• Jiang Shu tracked down Steel Gold True Lord and broke through his Steel Gold Chaos Void Array, killing him with the Devouring Great Dao.
• Jiang Shu returned to the passageway, healed with Heaven Rank Pills, and began refining Soul Devouring Dao Lord's soul and tempering the Kun Peng Demon Wings.
• Demon Sect True Lords continued attacking the Grand Array outside the Ancient Demon Sect Ruins and planned to hunt Jiang Shu once they entered.
• Sea Light True Lord and As You Wish True Lord discussed the intensifying battles and worried about Jiang Shu facing the old monsters inside the ruins.

As the major powers prepared to send Nirvana Realm cultivators into the Ancient Demon Sect Ruins, Jiang Shu finished tempering his Kun Peng Demon Wings with Soul Devouring Old Man’s soul. Injured and low on power, he returned to the Fifth Layer of Eternal Tower to recover before exploring further.

• Yi Mengdao brooded over Jiang Shu’s rise and trained, hoping to gain an inheritance in the ruins and catch up.
• Wenren Ping cultivated with his Heaven Rank Puppet and wondered whether Jiang Shu had entered the ruins early.
• The Eight Great Sects’ True Transmission disciples and the Demon Sect and Demon Race forces prepared for the coming battles as the ruins’ Grand Array neared its breaking point.
• Jiang Shu refined Soul Devouring Old Man’s soul, tempered the Kun Peng Demon Wings, and gained a Soul Devouring Dao Prototype that strengthened their ability to suppress souls.
• Jiang Shu used Yellow Spring Water and Yellow Springs Soul Cleansing Seals to finish the tempering, then left the Great Tomb and returned to the Fifth Layer of Eternal Tower to heal.

Jiang Shu refined his Pan Wu Splitting Heaven Axe in the Eternal Tower, tested himself against the Sixth Layer Replica, and then entered a Thunder Sea Secret Land through the Merchant Tower. He chose to seize a prime cultivation field there so he could temper his body and soul with thunder.

• Jiang Shu focused on the Pan Wu Great Strength Dao Canon and made his Pan Wu Splitting Heaven Axe more powerful through repeated practice.
• Jiang Shu fought the Sixth Layer Replica with the Great Dao of Strength but found its boosted battle strength too great to overcome.
• Jiang Shu left the Eternal Tower, concealed his progress from the Merchant Tower, and chose a Secret Land of Thunder Law.
• Jiang Shu entered the Thunder Sea and saw Tenth Order experts occupying its most potent cultivation fields.
• Jiang Shu decided to claim a prime field available to Ninth Order Cultivators and use its Thunder Origin Qi to temper himself.

Jiang Shu forced his way into the Thunder Sea’s central cultivation grounds and killed Cang Hong with one punch, claiming the western seat. He cultivated there, strengthening his thunder and other Great Dao comprehension, while deciding not to challenge the Tenth Order experts at the center yet.

• Jiang Shu suppressed a Ninth Order cultivator who tried to bar his approach and continued toward the Thunder Sea’s core.
• Jiang Shu confronted Cang Hong, who attacked him with a palm infused with Thunder Law.
• Jiang Shu shattered Cang Hong’s attack and killed him with one punch, leaving only incomplete Thunder Law behind.
• Jiang Shu claimed Cang Hong’s western cultivation seat and announced his name, while the other cultivators refrained from challenging him.
• Jiang Shu cultivated in the Thunder Sea, healing hidden injuries and improving his thunder abilities, Kun Peng Demon Wings, and Blood Spirit Great Dao Prototype.
• Jiang Shu judged himself unready to enter the central vortex guarded by Tenth Order experts and recognized that clearing higher Eternal Tower layers could grant access to even greater Secret Lands.

Jiang Shu continued cultivating in the Thunder Sea until the lightning no longer strengthened him, while the other cultivators reacted to his overwhelming power. After deciding to leave and challenge the Eternal Tower’s Sixth Layer, he prepared to claim that he had cleared the Fifth Layer, as a new cultivator watched him warily from the east.

• The eastern, southern, and northern cultivators abandoned plans to enter the thunder vortex after Jiang Shu killed Cang Hong, and the eastern cultivator chose to leave the Thunder Sea.
• Jiang Shu refined the Kun Peng Demon Wings with a prototype of the Great Dao of Thunder and considered forging a Heaven Splitting Axe Dao Artifact with the Great Dao of Strength.
• Jiang Shu continued cultivating for a month, but the lightning no longer benefited his body or soul, and his ninety-first Blood Crystal failed to fuse.
• Jiang Shu decided to leave the Thunder Sea and challenge the Eternal Tower’s Sixth Layer, planning to tell the Merchant Tower that he had cleared the Fifth Layer.
• A new cultivator secured the eastern cultivation domain after dozens of bloody battles, but he stopped comprehending the Thunder Law when Jiang Shu opened his eyes.

Jiang Shu left the Thunder Sea and returned to the Ancient Demon Sect Ruins, where he began reshaping the Qi Swallowing Myriad Forms Fist into a personal supreme offensive art. As the ruins’ grand array neared its breaking point, the Eight Great Sects prepared for a wider battle and feared that Dao Lords or even Dao Venerables might enter the conflict.

• Jiang Shu left the Thunder Sea after cultivating there for just over a month, and the Ninth Order Cultivators resumed fighting for its exceptional cultivation grounds.
• Jiang Shu exchanged sixty Thunder Crystals with the Merchant Tower for points and information, then returned to the Great Tomb of the Myriad Transformations Dao Lord.
• Jiang Shu studied the Great Dao of Transformation and began deducing a new Qi Swallowing Myriad Forms Fist that combined many Great Dao Prototypes.
• The Eight Great Sects’ True Transmission disciples emerged from seclusion as the Ancient Demon Sect Ruins’ grand array approached its breaking point.
• Sea Light True Lord and As You Wish True Lord discussed the coming battle and feared that Dao Lords or Dao Venerables might join the fighting.

Lu Chong emerged from seclusion with Great Dao Prototypes nearing completion, while the Eight Great Sects, Demon Sect, and Extraterritorial Demon Race prepared to enter the Ancient Demon Sect Ruins. Inside a Great Tomb, Jiang Shu began reshaping the Qi Swallowing Myriad Forms Fist into a Divine Ability uniquely suited to his Great Dao Prototypes.

• Lu Chong's emergence astonished Sea Light True Lord and As You Wish True Lord, who judged that he was nearing the limit of the Nirvana Realm.
• The Eight Great Sects, Demon Sect, and Extraterritorial Demon Race gathered outside the Ancient Demon Sect Ruins as its Grand Array neared collapse, while old True Lords inside advanced toward the Inner Perimeter.
• Yi Mengdao began comprehending the Heart Dream Great Dao, sensing that he could recover memories from a past life and resolving to gain resources in the ruins before challenging Jiang Shu.
• Jiang Shu refined the Qi Swallowing Myriad Forms Fist within the Great Tomb of Myriad Transformations Dao Lord, breaking it down to its core cultivation method so he could remake it around his own Great Dao Prototypes.