Chapter Summaries

Jiang Shu overwhelmed the Black Dragon Demon Lord on Extreme North Island, revealing how far his cultivation and Great Dao of Cutting had advanced. As Black Dragon ignited his Dao Fire and drew his bloodline close to that of a True Dragon, Jiang Shu welcomed the chance to use his essence blood to advance his art.

• The Black Dragon Demon Lord attacked Jiang Shu in his true form, and his aura killed Jiao Ming.
• Jiang Shu wounded Black Dragon with the Great Dao of Cutting and struck him down with the Qi Swallowing Myriad Forms Fist, severely damaging his body and Dao foundation.
• Surviving Demon Beasts fled with news of the battle, prompting the Single-Horn Demon Monarch and Mystic Turtle Demon Lord to set out for Extreme North Island.
• Black Dragon ignited his Dao Fire and used the Great Dao of Dragon Appearance to draw his bloodline close to that of a True Dragon.
• Jiang Shu welcomed Black Dragon's transformation, intending to use his True Dragon essence blood and Great Dao of Dragon Appearance to help attain the Dao.

Jiang Shu killed the Black Dragon Demon Lord with a fused attack, then drew out the Mystic Turtle Demon Lord and the Single-Horn Demon Monarch as they debated whether to attack him. After revealing that he had recovered most of his strength, Jiang Shu fought both Demon Monarchs, and the chapter ended as his fist collided with the Single-Horn Demon Monarch’s horn.

• Jiang Shu used the Great Daos of Strength, Cutting, and Soul in the Pan Wu Splitting Heaven Axe to kill the Black Dragon Demon Lord and collect his corpse.
• The Mystic Turtle Demon Lord and the Single-Horn Demon Monarch arrived, watched Jiang Shu recover, and argued over whether to attack him.
• The Mystic Turtle Demon Lord lent his Companion Divine Object to the Single-Horn Demon Monarch, who challenged Jiang Shu and claimed he was exhausted.
• Jiang Shu blocked the Mystic Turtle Demon Lord’s staff and struck at him, prompting the Single-Horn Demon Monarch to intervene and reveal his Great Daos of Strength and Protection.
• Jiang Shu revealed he had recovered seventy to eighty percent of his strength, then attacked the Mystic Turtle Demon Lord and Single-Horn Demon Monarch together.
• The Mystic Turtle Demon Lord sent water mirrors crashing toward Jiang Shu as the Single-Horn Demon Monarch charged with his horn, and Jiang Shu’s fist met the horn head-on.

Jiang Shu defeated and killed the Mystic Turtle Demon Lord and the Single-Horn Demon Monarch, then escaped the Chaotic Demon Sea and advanced to the middle stage of the Ten Thousand Manifestations Realm. He began refining the Black Dragon Demon Lord’s remains to absorb its True Dragon Essence Blood and comprehend the Great Dao of Dragon Appearance.

• Jiang Shu broke through the Mystic Turtle Demon Lord’s illusions and used Spatial Turbulence to grievously injure him, while the Single-Horn Demon Monarch fled with the Mystic Turtle Demon Lord’s defensive treasure.
• The Mystic Turtle Demon Lord transformed into a giant turtle and charged Jiang Shu, who stopped him with the Great Dao of Protection and erased his soul with a punch.
• Jiang Shu caught up with the fleeing Single-Horn Demon Monarch, shattered his black barrier, and killed him before returning to the True Martial Sect’s territory using Two Worlds Travel.
• Jiang Shu meditated in the Eternal Tower for several years and broke through to the middle stage of the Ten Thousand Manifestations Realm.
• Jiang Shu refined the Black Dragon Demon Lord’s body, extracted its True Dragon Essence Blood and the Great Dao of Dragon Appearance, and considered merging it with the Great Dao of Thunder and Lightning.

Jiang Shu sheltered Hu Yi and the Fox-Human Clan after destroying Fox-Human Island, then learned that a Demon Venerable had located him in the Chaotic Demon Sea. The Demon Venerable sent a powerful avatar to kill Jiang Shu, who fled as the hunt began.

• Hu Yi secretly moved his clan and preserved the intelligence network after Jiang Shu killed three Demon Lords.
• Jiang Shu destroyed Fox-Human Island while rescuing the hidden Fox-Human Clan, then gave Hu Yi a token and entrusted him with the intelligence network.
• Hu Yi’s father relinquished his position as Fox-Human Clan Chief to Hu Yi after Jiang Shu departed.
• A Demon Venerable used the Great Black Sun Art to lock down the Chaotic Demon Sea and locate Jiang Shu, who fled into the deep sea.
• The Demon Venerable sent its Late Demon Lord avatar to pursue and kill Jiang Shu.

Jiang Shu faced a Demon Venerable Avatar sent to kill him and fought it rather than flee to the Eternal Tower. Though his many Great Daos let him resist and reveal his strength, the avatar’s spatial techniques overwhelmed him, and the chapter ended with Jiang Shu gravely wounded after a spear pierced his dragon form.

• Jiang Shu realized a Demon Venerable’s aura had marked him and chose to recover before battling the Demon Monarchs he expected to pursue him.
• A Demon Venerable Avatar appeared, and Jiang Shu attacked it with his eleven Great Daos, but the avatar’s spatial power diverted his attacks and wounded his fist.
• Jiang Shu fought back with the Pan Wu Splitting Heaven Axe and a soul technique, while the avatar recognized his mastery of multiple Great Daos and his use of Black Dragon’s Dragon Appearance Dao.
• The avatar unleashed a blood-dragon technique, and Jiang Shu transformed into a True Dragon to confront it over the Chaotic Demon Sea.
• The avatar’s spear emerged from the blood dragon and pierced Jiang Shu, disrupting his consciousness and tearing apart his dragon form.
• Jiang Shu returned to human form, covered in blood and barely able to remain in the void.

Jiang Shu escaped a Demon Venerable Avatar by returning to the Eternal Tower, recovering, and using the Great Void Heart Sutra to conceal the black thread that tracked him. He returned to the Demon Domain and reached Panhai City, where he attacked its massive army, drawing the city’s defenses into action.

• The Demon Venerable Avatar nearly killed Jiang Shu, but Jiang Shu hurled out the Black Dragon’s corpse and used Two Worlds Travel to escape into the Eternal Tower.
• Jiang Shu recovered inside the Eternal Tower and spent years studying how to block the black thread’s ability to reveal his location.
• Using the Great Void Heart Sutra and his Great Dao of Space Prototype, Jiang Shu concealed himself long enough to return to the Vast Desolate Domain without being detected.
• Jiang Shu traveled to Panhai City, identified it as a Demon Race recruitment point, and waited for Two Worlds Travel’s cooldown to nearly end.
• Jiang Shu unleashed a city-covering handprint that annihilated tens of thousands of Demon Race soldiers, prompting Panhai City to activate its protective array.

Jiang Shu destroyed the Demon Race forces at Panhai City, killed a Demon Monarch, and wounded the Thunder Flood Dragon Demon Lord before escaping the Demon Venerable Avatar’s pursuit. He hid in a treacherous Abyss, but the Avatar found him, and their rematch began with Jiang Shu bringing out the Devouring Sky Mirror and his Kun Peng Demon Wings.

• Jiang Shu used Humanity’s Supreme Fist to break Panhai City’s protective array, killed the concealed Demon Monarch, and absorbed its Blood Qi.
• Jiang Shu fought the Thunder Flood Dragon Demon Lord, overcame its lightning and killing technique, then fled when the Demon Venerable Avatar’s spear forced him to withdraw.
• The Demon Venerable Avatar arrived at Panhai City, condemned the injured Thunder Flood Dragon Demon Lord, and pursued Jiang Shu.
• Jiang Shu hid in a Space Rift inside a vast Abyss, but the Avatar used Spatial Turbulence to detect and attack him.
• The Demon Venerable Avatar sealed the surrounding space and attacked with a lotus of resentments and void-turbulence petals; Jiang Shu raised the Devouring Sky Mirror and unleashed the devouring power of his Kun Peng Demon Wings.

Jiang Shu fought the Demon Venerable Avatar at the Abyss, using his Dao artifacts, sword formation, and multiple Great Daos to injure him. He feigned retreat, struck the Demon Venerable Avatar with a soul-attacking art, and vanished while his opponent reeled.

• The Demon Venerable Avatar attacked Jiang Shu with his blood spear and slaughter techniques, while the Devouring Sky Mirror and Jiang Shu’s thunder blocked much of the assault.
• Jiang Shu used a sword formation to conceal a Space Anchor, appearing beside the Demon Venerable Avatar and striking him heavily with a palm.
• Jiang Shu pressed his advantage with flying swords and the Pan Wu Splitting Heaven Axe, and both fighters suffered injuries in their exchange.
• The Demon Venerable Avatar’s spatial spear strike overwhelmed Jiang Shu, but the Devouring Sky Mirror absorbed most of its force before Jiang Shu was thrown into a rock wall.
• Jiang Shu appeared to retreat, then attacked the Demon Venerable Avatar’s soul with a concealed great art and escaped while the Demon Venerable Avatar was disoriented.

Jiang Shu recovered from his battle with the Demon Venerable Avatar, then infiltrated the Demon Domain and annihilated a massive recruitment camp before clashing with the Avatar again. Over the following month, he repeatedly fought and escaped, devastating Demon cities while rapidly deepening his Dao understanding.

• Jiang Shu recovered inside the Eternal Tower and decided to continue deeper into the Demon Domain instead of challenging the Eighth Layer.
• Jiang Shu learned that the Demon Race feared him and that a city was gathering nearly two hundred thousand soldiers for the front lines.
• Jiang Shu destroyed the city's recruitment camp with his Chaos Lightning Pool, killing the soldiers and a Demon Monarch, then fought the arriving Demon Venerable Avatar.
• Jiang Shu escaped after a fierce battle, while the Demon Venerable Avatar consumed the city's Half-Demons and Demon Beasts to recover and pursued him.
• Over the next month, Jiang Shu repeatedly fought the Demon Venerable Avatar in Demon cities, killing vast numbers of Demon soldiers and Monarchs while recovering between clashes.
• Jiang Shu's injuries healed after each battle, and his understanding of the Great Dao advanced beyond that of some Late Stage Myriad Manifestations Realm cultivators despite his Mid Ten Thousand Manifestations Realm.

The Demon Race's Demon Venerables argued over Jiang Shu's devastating attacks, while Human Race cultivators rallied around his example. After recovering and cultivating in the Eternal Tower, Jiang Shu chose to face the Demon Venerable Avatar again, whose blood-soaked, corrupted state promised a decisive battle.

• The Kun Peng Race Demon Venerable challenged the Dragon Race Demon Venerable over his failure to stop Jiang Shu, and the Dragon Race Demon Venerable explained that Jiang Shu could evade the Great Black Sun Art and had killed nearly a million Demon Race soldiers.
• Human Race cultivators praised Jiang Shu and vowed to fight for their people, while Zi Ji Dao Venerable and the Sect Master took pride in his growing influence and worried that he remained isolated from their help.
• Jiang Shu recovered from his injuries, completed the Great Dao of Dragon Appearance, and began cultivating the Great Dao of Desolation using a Demon Race Heavenly Pride's corpse.
• The Demon Venerable Avatar slaughtered a Demon Race settlement and absorbed its blood into his spear as his armament and demeanor became increasingly sinister.
• Jiang Shu waited beneath the Black Sun and deflected the Demon Venerable Avatar's spear with a palm strike, after which the Avatar declared that Jiang Shu would stay there forever.

Jiang Shu fought the Demon Venerable Avatar with his growing Dao mastery and the Immortal Decree, managing to wound and track him. As the battle intensified, Jiang Shu revealed the Demon Venerable’s scheme to make the avatar succumb to the Great Dao of Slaughter, then appeared to fall for the avatar’s Spatial Vortex attack—though the avatar realized Jiang Shu’s apparent helplessness was an illusion.

• Jiang Shu confronted the Demon Venerable Avatar and argued that he was merely a tool burdened with the Demon Venerable’s corrupted Great Dao of Slaughter.
• Jiang Shu and the Demon Venerable Avatar exchanged blows, and the avatar recognized Jiang Shu’s progress in the Great Dao of Strength and saw the Great Dao of Desolation among his Dao Prototypes.
• Jiang Shu activated the Immortal Decree from the Asking Immortal Hall Artifact Spirit, piercing the Demon Venerable Avatar’s arm and letting Jiang Shu track him through space.
• Jiang Shu and the Demon Venerable Avatar unleashed their killing arts and fought brutally, with Jiang Shu suffering severe injuries while landing attacks with his Void Soul Rending Gaze.
• Jiang Shu told the Demon Venerable Avatar that the Dragon Race Venerable had given him the Great Dao of Slaughter so its blood aura would eventually drive him mad.
• The Demon Venerable Avatar launched a Spatial Vortex at Jiang Shu, saw that Jiang Shu seemed strangely still, and realized he was facing an illusion.

Jiang Shu fought the Demon Venerable Avatar to a costly draw, exploited the avatar’s unstable mind, and escaped before he could be killed. The defeat strengthened Human Race morale, while the Dragon Race Demon Venerable recognized Jiang Shu as a growing threat to the war’s balance.

• Jiang Shu used a space-and-soul illusion to catch the Demon Venerable Avatar off guard, then clashed with him using his twelve Great Dao Prototypes.
• The Demon Venerable Avatar ignited Dao Fire and attacked, but Jiang Shu used a demon corpse’s lingering Dao charm to create an opening and wound him before escaping.
• Jiang Shu reached a remote place, replenished his depleted strength, and concluded that the Great Dao of Slaughter was destabilizing the Demon Venerable Avatar’s mind.
• The Dragon Race Demon Venerable questioned the wounded avatar, learned that Jiang Shu had repeatedly escaped and grown stronger, and worried that the defeat would further weaken the Demon Race.
• Human Race cultivators celebrated Jiang Shu’s victory, and high-ranking Dao Venerables praised his talent as rare in a thousand ages.

As the Human Race and Demon Race prepared for a decisive battle, the Demon Venerables agreed to strike first, though the Kunpeng Demon Venerable suspected their intelligence might be compromised. A concealed Demon Race vanguard infiltrated the Human camp and destroyed more than half of a True Martial Sect camp before retreating.

• The Dragon Race Demon Venerable persuaded the Demon leaders to launch a preemptive strike, while the Kunpeng Demon Venerable warned that the Beast Taming Sect’s intelligence might be false.
• The True Martial Sect Master and the White-Browed Elder discussed the planned ambush and agreed that Jiang Tai Xuan would preach at the elder’s sect when he returned.
• A Void Beast-led vanguard slipped past the Human Race’s defenses and surrounded a True Martial Sect camp with a hidden killing formation.
• The Demon Monarchs unleashed a massive hand seal that overcame the camp’s Dao Lords and annihilated more than half the camp.
• The Demon Race vanguard celebrated the strike and fled before the Human forces could respond.

The Demon Race launched a full assault on the Human Race, unaware that the apparent destruction of the True Martial Sect disciples had been staged to lure them into a trap. As the Eight Great Sects joined the battle and the Beast Taming Sect’s betrayal was exposed, the other Sect Masters confronted Wan Ling Dao Venerable and demanded his surrender.

• The Demon Venerables attacked the Human Race defenses while Kunpeng Demon Venerable clashed with the True Martial Sect Master.
• Zi Ji Dao Venerable revealed that the supposed True Martial Sect disciples killed by the Void Beast had been Heavenly Puppet Sect Puppets, then killed the Void Beast before it could escape.
• The Demon Race debated retreating but chose to fight, and Dao Lord Dayuan Lu Chong led the True Martial Sect disciples into battle.
• The Eight Great Sects and Devil Sect sent their disciples into the fighting, while the other sects exposed and killed Beast Taming Sect traitors among their ranks.
• The Sect Masters confronted Wan Ling Dao Venerable and demanded that he surrender without resistance.

The Human Race routed the Demon Race after exposing the Beast Taming Sect Master’s betrayal, and Lu Chong led the pursuit toward the Realm Barrier. A Devil Sect Demon Venerable ambushed the advancing disciples, but elders from the True Martial Sect and Pill Talisman Sect revealed they had anticipated the trap and moved to confront him.

• The Sword Concealment Sect Dao Venerable confronted Wan Ling, and the Dao One Sect Master condemned the Beast Taming Sect Master for colluding with the Demon Race and Devil Sect.
• Dao Venerable Tai Wu and Zong Yue fought the Demon Race’s strongest fighters as the sects’ disciples and arrays drove the demons into retreat.
• The Dragon Race Demon Venerable ordered a withdrawal, and Lu Chong led the True Martial Sect disciples and others in pursuit while warning them to stay alert.
• A Devil Sect Demon Venerable sprung a hidden Grand Array near the Realm Barrier, trapping the pursuing disciples and sending skeletons and White Bone Giants against them.
• The True Martial Sect Grand Elder and a Pill Talisman Sect elder appeared to counter the ambush, and the True Martial Sect elder attacked the Devil Sect Demon Venerable with lightning and a barrage of punches.

Jiang Shu recovered from his battle in the Chaotic Demon Sea and learned from Venerable Luo that he would have to compete for a place in the Void Sea selection. With nearly half a year before the competition, he planned to resume challenging the Eternal Tower and improve his strength.

• Dao Venerable Cang Ming joined the battle against the Devil Sect elder while Zong Yue and Lu Chong led the disciples against the Bone Monsters.
• Jiang Shu spent nearly ten years recovering in the Eternal Tower and concluded that the Eight Great Sects had gained the upper hand in the Chaotic Demon Sea.
• Jiang Shu received Venerable Luo's message about the upcoming Void Sea quota selection and went to meet him.
• Venerable Luo explained that Jiang Shu would need to enter the general selection because the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance could not secure him a seeded rank.
• Jiang Shu accepted the extra competition without resentment, and Venerable Luo encouraged him to keep cultivating and challenge higher layers of the Eternal Tower.

Jiang Shu challenged the Eighth Layer of the Eternal Tower and battled a Replica with eighty percent greater combat power, using his Great Daos and adapted techniques to keep pace. As the Replica unleashed Spatial Turbulence against Jiang Shu’s Pan Wu Splitting Heaven Axe, Jiang Shu gathered thirteen Great Daos and brought his blazing axe down.

• Venerable Luo praised Jiang Shu’s cultivation, gave him a large batch of resources, and advised him to exchange insights with other prodigies.
• Jiang Shu returned to the Eternal Tower and entered the Eighth Layer, where the Replica trapped him with spatial power and attacked with Void Soul Rending Gaze.
• Jiang Shu fought back with the Devouring Great Dao, the Great Dao of Desolation, and thirteen Great Dao Prototypes, while the Replica used combined Desolation and Devouring auras to target his body.
• Jiang Shu clashed with the Replica’s superior physical strength and matching Divine Abilities, then used Space Folding Avatars to contend with its greater combat power.
• As his Dao resonance ran low, Jiang Shu launched the Pan Wu Splitting Heaven Axe while the Replica sent Spatial Turbulence blades to meet it.

Jiang Shu fought the Replica in the Eternal Tower, badly injuring it before retreating when his own body neared collapse. As news of the Deep Space Sea spread, a mysterious woman arrived at the Eternal Tower with Xu Ming and other Wild Alliance geniuses, while a cloaked stranger hinted at unusual developments in the Deep Space Sea.

• Jiang Shu used a hidden spatial seed in the Pan Wu Splitting Heaven Axe to teleport before the Replica and land a devastating punch.
• Jiang Shu and the Replica fought in dragon forms, both suffering severe injuries until Jiang Shu chose to leave the Eternal Tower.
• Jiang Shu returned from the battle with most of his bones broken and gathered his strength while resting on a star.
• Peerless Geniuses from across the Star Ruins Realm gathered at a top-ten base as the Deep Space Sea's opening approached, and onlookers wondered why Xu Ming followed a mysterious woman.
• A Mech Clan genius approached the woman, but she shattered his mental defenses with a glance and walked toward the Eternal Tower with the Wild Alliance group.
• A cloaked stranger told the gathered geniuses that unusual things were happening in the Deep Space Sea, leaving them uneasy.

Jiang Shu recovered from his fight in the Eternal Tower and learned that the Vast Star Alliance had targeted the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance, injuring Bei Ye and preparing to challenge him. As Jiang Shu went to meet the Alliance’s Ancient Monster, influential geniuses gathered to encourage conflict ahead of the Deep Space Sea’s opening.

• A black-robed man discussed the opportunities and dangers of the coming Era of Great Strife and asked which Peerless Geniuses had recently risen.
• Jiang Shu recovered from his battle with the Replica, learned from the fight, and decided to postpone revisiting the Eighth Layer until after the Selection Grand Competition.
• A winged woman told Jiang Shu that Bei Ye had been gravely injured after a conflict with a Vast Star Alliance disciple and warned that an Ancient Monster was coming to challenge him.
• Jiang Shu agreed to face the challenger and headed for the Vast Star Alliance base, while Bei Lu reported his approach to the Alliance’s snake-tailed Ancestor.
• News of a coming clash between Jiang Shu and the Vast Star Alliance’s Ancient Monster spread through the Eternal Tower, drawing more geniuses to the bases.
• A black-robed man and several famous geniuses praised the coming conflict and toasted to their future dominance.

Jiang Shu confronted the Vast Star Alliance over Bei Ye’s injuries and defeated Bei Jue in a fight, then agreed to hear her out. Bei Jue revealed that the Alliance had not been responsible for severely injuring the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance genius.

• Jiang Shu entered the Vast Star Alliance’s grounds with Nine Universes Merchant Alliance geniuses, and his companion killed a snake-bodied guard who tried to stop them.
• Jiang Shu challenged Bei Jue, and the two exchanged attacks as he demonstrated his mastery of the Law of Force, Soul Law, and other powers.
• Jiang Shu broke Bei Jue’s arm and defeated her after she admitted she was no match for him.
• Bei Jue asked Jiang Shu to speak with her, and he followed her to a palace in the sky.
• Jiang Shu asked why Bei Jue had held back, and she said the Vast Star Alliance had not severely injured the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance genius.