Chapter Summaries

Jiang Shu used the Golden Crow Heavenly Emperor’s time-related treasures to break through to the Late Primal Chaos Realm, then brought the Heavenly Emperor into another world, freeing him from Great Dao Assimilation. With his new strength and the Heavenly Emperor’s Secret Methods, Jiang Shu set out to confront the old enemies who had once joined the siege against him.

• Jiang Shu agreed to let the Golden Crow Heavenly Emperor help him advance in exchange for bringing him into another world and eventually setting him free.
• The Golden Crow Heavenly Emperor led Jiang Shu to the Heavenly Court Treasury, where Jiang Shu collected time-related treasures and refined them to break through to the Late Primal Chaos Realm.
• Jiang Shu accepted a contract with the Golden Crow Heavenly Emperor, gaining access to his cultivation Secret Methods and control over him.
• Jiang Shu crossed into another world and released the Golden Crow Heavenly Emperor, who discovered that the Great Dao Assimilation tormenting him had vanished.
• Jiang Shu concealed himself near the ruins of Xuanwu City and decided to hunt powerful enemies rather than disturb the nearby town.
• Jiang Shu resolved to seek out the old friends who had participated in the siege against him and departed to confront them.

Jiang Shu ambushed Old Man Tianji and the Venerable of Strength in Tianji City, killed the Venerable of Strength, and then attacked the reinforcements who arrived. After killing another Venerable, he escaped the surrounding powers and left them pursuing his retreating figure.

• The Venerable of Strength visited Old Man Tianji, who said he needed a few more days to locate the hidden Human Race powerhouses.
• Jiang Shu appeared without warning and overwhelmed the Venerable of Strength in a brutal fight, while Old Man Tianji tried to support him with attacks.
• Jiang Shu summoned a giant axe phantom and split the Venerable of Strength in two, then devoured the fallen Venerable's Laws.
• Jiang Shu pursued the fleeing Old Man Tianji, who escaped into the ranks of two Late-stage Venerables and numerous other reinforcements.
• Jiang Shu struck the assembled Venerables with Qi Swallowing Myriad Forms Fist and killed an Early-stage Venerable with one punch.
• Jiang Shu broke through the Spatial Lockdown and fled using the Heaven-Connecting Jianmu as Old Man Tianji ordered the Venerables to pursue him.

Jiang Shu withdrew after killing two Venerables and considered the mysterious crystal core he had taken from Venerable of Strength before destroying it. He then attacked Cloud Heaven Sect and caught up with its fleeing white-robed Venerable, blasting apart his physical body.

• Old Man Tianji warned the Venerables that Jiang Shu could defeat them if they scattered, while they struggled to devise a way to ambush him.
• Jiang Shu examined the crystal core from Venerable of Strength with the Golden Crow Heavenly Emperor, then crushed it after learning it resisted the power of a divine soul.
• Jiang Shu suspected that someone was diverting the computing power stored in the world's crystal cores and decided to keep targeting powerful figures rather than slaughtering people indiscriminately.
• Jiang Shu appeared above Cloud Heaven Sect and shattered its mountain-protecting Grand Array with one punch.
• Jiang Shu pursued the two fleeing Cloud Heaven Sect Venerables, caught the white-robed elder, and shattered his physical body with the Desolate Star Halberd.

Jiang Shu learned that the Mechanical Giant was nearing awakening and that the Doomsday Cult had entered the world, then risked the subspace tide and contacted Mech Mother. He escaped after attracting the giant’s attention, and Mech Mother warned him that it was a collective will formed from countless beings.

• Jiang Shu killed another Venerable, bringing the reported number of his victims to eight, and Old Man Tianji ordered the forces to gather.
• Jiang Shu met the Heaven-Defying Alliance leader, who warned that the Mechanical Giant was about to awaken and that outsiders with an aura of destruction had arrived.
• Jiang Shu told the Golden Crow Heavenly Emperor about the Doomsday Cult and suspected it was connected to the world’s destructive forces.
• Jiang Shu tried to suppress a subspace tide to open a path, but it surged back and drew the gaze of the being he had encountered in the Mingkuang Star Sector.
• Jiang Shu fled after No. 8 Mech Mother contacted him, and she warned that the awakening being was a collective will formed from tens or hundreds of millions of living beings.

Jiang Shu bargained with the Golden Crow Heavenly Emperor for a method to cross the Time Tide, then reached the allied fleet and reported on the powerful beings inside the barrier. He revealed that he had killed twelve Venerables, including one Late-stage Venerable, and demonstrated that he had reached the Late-stage Venerable Realm.

• The Golden Crow Heavenly Emperor offered Jiang Shu a way through the Time Tide in exchange for a suitable body, and Jiang Shu swore an oath and accepted the deal.
• Jiang Shu used the Heavenly Framework to extend the Heaven-Connecting Jianmu through subspace and crossed the Time Tide, exhausting much of the Jianmu's strength.
• Jiang Shu reached the allied forces, met Zhan Jiuxiao, and explained that he could not bring anyone else through the Time Tide.
• Jiang Shu described the spirit roots and demon cores inside the barrier, displayed a crystal core, and reported that the region held seven Late-stage Venerables and many others.
• The Mech Mother concluded that the beings beyond the barrier gained resources by plundering and consuming other inhabited regions.
• Jiang Shu revealed that he had killed one Late-stage, four Mid-stage, and seven Early-stage Venerables, then released his aura and showed the gathered powerhouses that he was a Late-stage Venerable.

Jiang Shu returned to the enemy starfield to spread the Mech Mother's Law Poison while the allied forces prepared to confront the Mechanical Giant. As the Giant began to take shape, the Doomsday Cult arrived and agreed to help Old Man Tianji hunt Jiang Shu.

• Jiang Shu warned the allied forces that the Doomsday Cult had become involved, and the Mech Mother explained their plans against the Mechanical Giant.
• Jiang Shu agreed to carry Law Poison into the enemy starfield, received spatial and temporal treasures, and crossed the subspace storm using the Heaven-Connecting Jianmu.
• Jiang Shu entered the enemy world and secretly spread the Law Poison in a city before moving on to find other places to infect.
• At Tianji City, Old Man Tianji and the gathered Venerables watched the Mechanical Giant being assembled from countless heads, while Fan Xu arrived with the Doomsday Cult.
• Old Man Tianji asked Fan Xu to capture Jiang Shu and revealed a portrait that could identify him by his Dao rhythms.

Fan Xu used Qian Fang’s karmic arts to locate Jiang Shu, then led six Venerables into battle against him. Jiang Shu fought back with overwhelming strength and spatial arts, and the chapter ended as he unleashed the Qi Swallowing Myriad Forms Fist against five early-stage Venerables.

• Fan Xu identified Jiang Shu as an enemy of the Doomsday Cult and ordered Qian Fang to find him through his karmic ties.
• Qian Fang’s investigation burned him with black flames but extended blood-red karmic threads that led Fan Xu and six Venerables to Jiang Shu.
• Jiang Shu attacked Fan Xu’s group, learned they were Puppets, and broke through their coordinated assault while Fan Xu survived a fatal blow with a Substitute Puppet.
• Fan Xu combined multiple Laws and poison to attack Jiang Shu, who countered with lightning, True Fire, spatial arts, and a towering battle form.
• Fan Xu evaded Jiang Shu’s strike with the Dao of Nothingness, and Jiang Shu answered the Venerables’ bloodflame attack with the Qi Swallowing Myriad Forms Fist.

Jiang Shu fought Fan Xu, who used blood slaves, regenerating blood forms, and Reality Modification to hold him back. Jiang Shu countered by devouring Fan Xu’s poisonous blood and summoned the Pan Wu Phantom, but aimed its axe at something beyond Fan Xu.

• Fan Xu revealed that the five Venerables were his blood slaves and attacked Jiang Shu with a sea of blood.
• Jiang Shu repeatedly shattered Fan Xu’s blood giant, then used the Ba Snake inheritance to devour its poisonous blood and strengthen himself.
• Fan Xu withdrew his remaining poisonous blood and burned his blood essence to fight Jiang Shu in close combat.
• A Mechanical Giant used Reality Modification to hinder Jiang Shu, but Jiang Shu resisted its influence.
• Jiang Shu summoned the Pan Wu Phantom and raised the Pan Wu Splitting Heaven Axe, declaring that Fan Xu was not his target.