Chapter Summaries

Fang Xing prepared to face the Creator and investigated the Federation’s political situation before deciding to kill the Fire Luo Great Emperor. He arrived at the Quark Star Abyss and unleashed a devastating attack on the Fire Luo forces.

• Fang Xing concluded that he had to confront the Creator to settle his karma, and considered the limited strength and tools he could bring to the fight.
• Qiao Ersi told Fang Xing that the Ninth Executive Governor’s assassin remained unidentified and described tensions among the Federation’s three universities.
• Fang Xing consulted Nangong Xue and Martial God Duan Hai, then decided to target the Fire Luo Great Emperor before meeting the Founding Principal and addressing the Creator.
• Fang Xing ordered Victor to provide the Fire Luo Great Emperor’s location, then used a space ability to travel to the Quark Star Abyss.
• Fang Xing confronted the Fire Luo Great Emperor’s forces and used his Past Self’s Great Sun Nirvana to destroy the barrier and devastate the military camps.

Fang Xing defeated the Fire Luo Great Emperor after the Fire of Chaos empowered him to the Twelfth Realm, then pursued the Evil God’s presence into its domain. He used his Time-Space World to suppress the chaos and revealed the Fire of Chaos’s true body, though its Contamination affected him.

• Fang Xing blocked the Fire Luo Great Emperor’s spear and struck him down, destroying his armor and weakening the legion’s amplification.
• The wounded Fire Luo Great Emperor fled to an altar and summoned the Fire of Chaos, which consumed the remaining Fire Luo soldiers and raised him to the Twelfth Realm.
• Fang Xing matched the empowered emperor with his own Twelfth Realm strength and killed him with Inch of Time, but the Fire of Chaos melted the Black Death God spear.
• Fang Xing extinguished and sealed the Chaos Flame with World in Palm and his Martial Will, then sensed the Fire of Chaos’s domain.
• Fang Xing entered the domain and used a Time-Space World to suppress it, revealing the true body of the Fire of Chaos and suffering its Contamination.

Fang Xing killed the Chaos Flame and assessed the gulf between his current strength and the Creator’s, then headed for the Fire Luo Race. At Saint Armor University, First Generation and Qiao Ersi learned that the Fire Luo Legion was retreating in chaos, suggesting Fang Xing might have defeated Fire Luo Great Emperor.

• Fang Xing used his time-space techniques, Black Hole Finger, and Martial Will to destroy the Chaos Flame, then burned its lingering essence and learned about the Three Pillars and the Pale Mother.
• Fang Xing estimated that he had reached quasi-Thirteenth Realm combat strength, while the Creator might be at the peak of the Thirteenth Realm, and resolved to risk fighting it for humanity.
• At Saint Armor University, Qiao Ersi told First Generation that Fang Xing had revealed a Space Ability and gone to confront Fire Luo Great Emperor, but First Generation could not leave his posts to support him.
• First Generation and Qiao Ersi considered whether Fang Xing could have destroyed Augustus Manor, linking the attack to the Augustus Family’s collusion with Laplace’s Demon and the Human Genius Extermination Plan.
• Victor reported that the Fire Luo Legion had fallen into chaos and was retreating, leading First Generation and Qiao Ersi to suspect Fang Xing had killed Fire Luo Great Emperor.

Fang Xing returned to Blue Star, revealed that he had killed both the Fire Luo Great Emperor and the Fire of Chaos, and used his overwhelming strength to stop Saint Armor University’s plans to absorb Blue Star University. As he prepared to enter seclusion, the Federation’s leaders learned that he had easily defeated the Founding Principal even after the principal used a Forbidden Weapon.

• The Founding Principal transformed Saint Armor University into a giant mecha to meet Fang Xing, who confirmed that the Fire Luo Great Emperor and the Fire of Chaos had fallen.
• Fang Xing persuaded the Founding Principal to abandon the proposed joint education program, securing Blue Star University’s independence.
• Fang Xing returned to Blue Star University, reassured Vega, and learned that Nangong Xue had helped keep the school running.
• Fang Xing told Nangong Xue that he planned to enter seclusion, and she admitted that she felt he was growing distant from her.
• Qiao Ersi informed the Federation’s Councilors that Fang Xing had easily defeated the Founding Principal despite the principal’s use of a Forbidden Weapon.

Fang Xing became a Federation Elder and learned that the Doomsday Hourglass predicted the Creator would awaken within ten years. Back in the Qian Yuan Cultivation World, he prepared to enter seclusion and strengthen himself before the coming confrontation.

• Qiao Ersi proposed Fang Xing's appointment as Federation Elder, and all nine Executive Governors approved it.
• Fang Xing visited the Federation Supreme Academy of Sciences, confirmed Liu Wei was there, and told Shi Qingquan that Liu Wei was free to leave the academy.
• Shi Qingquan showed Fang Xing Forbidden Weapon DE-31, a Neutron Star Mecha, and the Doomsday Hourglass, which predicted the Creator might awaken within ten years.
• Fang Xing's Immortal Cultivation Clone returned to Death God Island and told Fairy Qiong and the others that he would enter seclusion to break through to Void Refinement before ascending.
• Fang Xing resolved to strengthen his martial foundation within ten years and use the Pangu Martial Codex's secret arts to contend with the Creator.

Fang Xing's Immortal Cultivation Clone reached Void Refinement and overcame the ninefold Heavenly Tribulation, then ascended from Death God Island into the Great Void. His true body entered the Spirit Realm through Ascension Light, where he waited for whoever might find him.

• Fang Xing integrated several Void Refinement inheritances, advanced Rusty Iron to sixth grade, and entered the Void Refinement Stage.
• Fang Xing learned that the Great Dao of Immortality sustained his life but that the world would repeatedly send Heavenly Tribulations until he ascended or died.
• Fang Xing fought through all nine layers of the Three Nine Heavenly Tribulation, using his sword, Violet-Azure Divine Flame, and Two Elements Ring to destroy the thunder dragons.
• Fairy Qiong and the God Transformation Venerables watched Fang Xing's tribulation and worried that his ascension would leave the Cultivation World vulnerable to chaos.
• Fang Xing accepted the Ascension Light and left Death God Island, while Fire Dragon True Lord and Great White Sword Immortal watched him depart.
• Fang Xing's true body entered the Illusion Void Layer and reached a fixed Spirit Realm coordinate, then waited to see who would find him.

Fang Xing’s Immortal Cultivation Clone ascended to the Spirit Realm and waited for a Nine Fragrance Palace elder to find him. He defeated Earth Fragrance Elder’s summoned Bone Demon Dragon, and the elder formed a Law Body to continue the fight.

• Nine Fragrance Palace attendants detected Fang Xing’s ascension and sent Earth Fragrance Elder to capture him.
• Fang Xing surveyed the Spirit Realm and learned that its powerful cultivators faced recurring Heavenly Tribulations.
• Earth Fragrance Elder found Fang Xing and demanded answers about the Qian Yuan Lower Realm, the Nine Fragrance Palace disciples, and a treasure.
• Earth Fragrance Elder attacked with the Eighteen Fragrant Bone Hell Diagram, but Fang Xing destroyed one Bone Demon God and burned the seal with his Violet-Azure Fire Thread.
• Earth Fragrance Elder combined the remaining Bone Demon Gods into a Bone Demon Dragon, which Fang Xing split apart with the Two Elements Ring’s Innate Two Elements Yuan Magnetic Divine Light.
• Earth Fragrance Elder formed a Law Body as Fang Xing drew the Rotten Iron Sword and prepared to fight him.

Fang Xing killed Earth Fragrance Elder after mastering the Space-Time Laws, prompting the Nine Fragrance Palace to mobilize and its Mahayana Ancestor to be reported dead. Back on Blue Star, Fang Xing advanced his cultivation to the Tenth Realm and planned to challenge the Tenth Martial Realm in Celestial Era 815.

• Fang Xing used the Time-Space Great Dao to suppress and behead Earth Fragrance Elder, then captured his primordial spirit and searched it for Nine Fragrance Palace secrets.
• The Nine Fragrance Palace learned that Earth Fragrance Elder had died and decided to investigate the Ascender and Immortal Abode Rare Treasure, with the Palace Master urging the Ancestor to act personally.
• The Nine Fragrance Palace recalled its forces and fortified its mountain gate, while rumors spread that its Mahayana Ancestor had fallen.
• Fang Xing absorbed enough Source Power to reach the Tenth Realm in Essence, Qi, Spirit, and his Immortal Cultivation Clone, and resolved to strike before the Creator awakened.
• Fang Xing told Vega he planned to challenge the Tenth Martial Realm in Celestial Era 815 and invite martial artists across the Federation to observe.

In Celestial Era 815, Fang Xing began his attempt to break through to the Tenth Martial Realm in secret, using his Immortal Cultivation Clone to strengthen his true body. As his body turned ethereal, he grasped his true self and reached the introductory level of the True Self Law.

• Gu Jiantong arrived at Blue Star University with his grandchildren, where Song Jingang mocked his lifelong pursuit of Fang Xing.
• Gu Yun recognized Liu Wei, who had broken through to the Eighth Realm and come to witness Fang Xing's advancement.
• Fang Xing dismissed Nie Ying and Nangong Xue, then summoned his Immortal Cultivation Clone inside the Mystic Realm.
• Fang Xing perfected his Great Sun Tathagata Dharma Body and merged the clone's Void Refinement Dharma power into his true body to begin the breakthrough.
• Fang Xing's Martial Will and Qi Po overwhelmed the gathered martial artists as he declared, "Six Directions and Eight Wastelands, Only I Am Supreme!"
• Fang Xing's body became ethereal, but he grasped his true self and gained the introductory level of the True Self Law.

Fang Xing broke through to the Tenth Martial Realm and faced the Creator’s attempt to expose him as an illusion. His True Self Law let him resist, and he confronted the Creator in space above Blue Star as its many terrifying forms came into view.

• Fang Xing used the True Self Law and Pangu Martial Codex to forge an Imperishable Body and reach the Tenth Martial Realm.
• The Creator sensed Fang Xing’s True Self Law and tried to make him believe that his existence was false, while the Blue Star Federation’s leaders realized they could not resist it.
• Fang Xing held firm against the Creator’s interference, supported by the causal ties of those who called his name.
• The Creator arrived in Blue Star’s star system, and Fang Xing blocked its majesty and contamination while telling the Three Great Elders to guard Blue Star.
• Fang Xing saw the Creator’s shifting true forms, including a Gate of light spheres, a Chaos Flame, and the Pale Mother.

Fang Xing fought the awakened Creator, whose mastery of the Illusory Law overwhelmed him even as their Dao-Contention rapidly strengthened his True Self Law. While Blue Star evacuated under the Mechanical Canopy, the Creator sealed time and space and surrounded Fang Xing, leaving him in a desperate position.

• Fang Xing summoned the Black Dragon's Past Self and attacked the Creator, but the Creator erased it with the Illusory Law.
• Fang Xing resisted the Creator's gaze with the True Self Law and struck with the Great Sun Tathagata Palm, hoping to stall while their Dao-Contention fed him the Creator's Law comprehension.
• Fang Xing's True Self Law rapidly advanced to Mastery Level, but the Creator transformed into Thousand Hands Thousand Eyes and began erasing his incarnations.
• A Mechanical Planet shielded Blue Star as its citizens evacuated, while Qiao Ersi and the others learned that Fang Xing was fighting the Creator alone.
• Song Jingang knocked Gu Jiantong unconscious so his grandson could take him to shelter, while Liu Wei, Nangong Xue, Duan Hai, and others remained unable to support Fang Xing.
• The Creator sealed time and space around Fang Xing and surrounded him with countless eyes, trapping him in a desperate battle.

Fang Xing used the Life-Contention secret technique to force the Creator into a universe restart and a contest in a newly evolving world. He reincarnated as a university student in Black Ring City, then recovered his memories and realized the Creator was likely in worse condition than he was.

• Fang Xing’s True Self Law reached Grandmaster Level, allowing him to use the Pangu Martial Codex’s Life-Contention secret technique.
• Fang Xing and the Creator were drawn into a newly evolving world, where both would reincarnate and compete for everything.
• Fang Xing lived as a sixteen-year-old university student in Black Ring City, studying mechanics and writing to his sister in Emerald Pavilion City.
• Runes appeared in Fang Xing’s vision, and the Attribute Panel showed his age as 16 (114) and listed uncertain professions.
• Fang Xing’s memories returned, and he recognized that he was still contending with the Creator and believed it was in an even worse state than he was.

Fang Xing discovered that the strange world had sealed away his transcendent powers, so he planned to grow stronger and find the Creator while living as an ordinary student. After buying a revolver from Old Quinn, he asked about mysticism and Transcendent Power, but Old Quinn dismissed them.

• Fang Xing found that Laws and most of his supernatural abilities no longer worked, and decided to build strength and influence while competing with the Creator to survive.
• Fang Xing attended Black Ring Private Mechanical Academy, where Monarch Dean praised his Gas Lighter design, but Fang Xing resolved to focus on martial training instead of mechanics.
• Fang Xing searched Black Ring City for boxing clubs and visited Old Quinn's general store to buy a weapon.
• Fang Xing bargained Old Quinn down to 250 Black Suo for a secondhand Black Snake Type-II revolver and two hundred Bullets.
• Fang Xing asked Old Quinn about Black Market information on mysticism or Transcendent Power, and Old Quinn laughed and told him to believe in steam and science.

Fang Xing trained his body and challenged every fighting club in Black Ring City, hoping to discover whether the world had transcendent martial artists. Finding none, he recruited Shi Lei, a wealthy heir, to help him investigate ancient mysticism.

• Fang Xing trained until he reached the limits of the human body and decided to explore the world's transcendent path.
• Fang Xing defeated the coaches at Storm Fighting Club, including Leike, and Jarvis fled rather than fight him.
• Fang Xing challenged fighting clubs across Black Ring City and became a legend in the local fighting scene.
• Shi Lei and his bodyguards approached Fang Xing, but Shi Lei bowed and asked to become his student.
• Fang Xing agreed to teach Shi Lei for a high fee and asked him to find clues or people connected to ancient mysticism.
• Shi Lei instructed a bodyguard to investigate Fang Xing cautiously without following or offending him.

Fang Xing investigated supernatural objects while cultivating Shi Lei and received a mysterious book that tried to contaminate him. He burned away its influence and realized he had found a supernatural item.

• Monachi praised Fang Xing's mechanical blueprints, then secretly discussed making him a sacrifice and arranged for him to be watched and given The Beauty of Mechanics.
• Fang Xing found no supernatural books in the Library, then trained Shi Lei and taught him the Whole Force technique.
• Shi Lei showed Fang Xing several rumored ritual objects, and Fang Xing took the Stone Ghost Mask while asking him to keep searching.
• Fang Xing found The Beauty of Mechanics in his apartment and sensed its sentimental passages exerting an invisible influence on his mind.
• Fang Xing accepted the book's influence, but an inner blazing sun burned away its contamination, and he recognized the book as a supernatural item.

Fang Xing entered the Etheric Plane through the Unfixed Gate and used its mechanical mysteries to create the Mecha Martialism Style. After becoming a transcendent in Black Ring City, he sensed a hostile observer and attacked him with Steam Pressure Palm.

• Fang Xing explored the mechanical region of the Etheric Plane, found a Sacrificial Forest, and broke the Ancient Tree guarding the Unfixed Gate.
• Fang Xing opened the Unfixed Gate without making a sacrifice and returned to his apartment with a wrench that carried mechanical expertise.
• Fang Xing used Mystic Factors and mechanical knowledge to develop Steam Breathing Technique, Steel Physique, and Mechanized Mind as parts of Mecha Martialism Style.
• Fang Xing sensed a hostile gaze outside his window, smashed through the glass, and burned the gray-clad man's face with Steam Pressure Palm.

Fang Xing confronted his mentor Monachi about the Mysterious Society and learned about its transcendent paths and the Ring of Strange Machines. Monachi tried to kill him with a disguised firearm, but Fang Xing survived unharmed.

• Fang Xing killed the Trenchcoat Man and looted his money, revolver, and bottles of drugs.
• Fang Xing ambushed Monachi at his villa and demanded answers about The Beauty of Mechanics and the man who had watched him.
• Monachi revealed that Fang Xing had become a Wanderer and explained the Unfixed Gate, the Ring of Strange Machines, and several other transcendent paths.
• Fang Xing forced Monachi to reveal a hidden compartment containing Way of Strange Machines.
• Monachi fired a concealed weapon disguised as a golden fountain pen, but Fang Xing's hardened forehead stopped the bullet.

Fang Xing killed Monachi after Monachi’s curse mark activated, then studied The Way of Strange Machines to learn how Etheric echoes and the Gates shaped extraordinary power. He resolved to adapt that knowledge into martial arts, teach disciples, and build a force while preparing to prevent betrayal.

• Fang Xing tortured Monachi for Silver Ring’s location, but a curse mark killed Monachi before he could finish speaking.
• Fang Xing escaped through the back door as patrol officers approached, taking Monachi’s black notebook and Fire Pen.
• Fang Xing read The Way of Strange Machines at Shi Lei’s training villa and learned how the Etheric Plane, its echoes, and the sealed Gates governed extraordinary powers.
• Fang Xing decided his martial artists would break through the Gates with their fists, calling this method Limit Breaking.
• Fang Xing considered adapting the manuscript’s spells into martial arts and resolved to teach disciples, build a force, and guard against betrayal.

Fang Xing recruited Shi Lei into the Secret Sect and empowered him with Secret Martial Arts, making him a powerful Transcendent whose body burned through its nutritional reserves. Shi Lei began rebuilding his strength with an enormous meal, while Fang Xing expected him to break his first limit within a hundred days.

• Shi Lei showed Fang Xing his improved punching technique, and Fang Xing introduced him to Secret Martial Arts and demanded he join the Secret Sect.
• Fang Xing demonstrated that a bullet could not harm his palm, convincing Shi Lei to become his disciple.
• Fang Xing empowered Shi Lei with the Dog-Headed Vajra Mouth Secret and a trace of the Great Sun Fire Seed, teaching him the Steam Breathing Technique and Mechanized Mind.
• Shi Lei controlled the burning power within him and shattered a punching bag with one punch, while Fang Xing sensed that his resonance in the Aether Realm had increased.
• Fang Xing warned Shi Lei that the fire seed would keep consuming his reserves and that he had a hundred days to break his first limit.
• Shi Lei ordered high-calorie food and ate for hours at the Iris Flower Restaurant, regaining muscle as the bodyguards kept the incident secret.

After receiving an Empowerment, Shi Lei tested his new strength and decided to use it to seize influence within the Shi Family. He defeated the family’s strongest Extraordinary individual with ease, leaving him astonished at how weak the family’s hidden forces were.

• Shi Lei challenged a Fighting Club, knocked out Jarvis with the Great Swing Fist, and injured the instructors who attacked him together.
• Shi Lei returned to Shi Garden and told Shi Fu that his master, Fang Xing, had guided him onto a new path of Martial Arts.
• When Shi Ding mocked Fang Xing and called him a swindler, Shi Lei slapped him and demanded that the family’s hidden strong fighters come out.
• Butler Wu attacked Shi Lei with a God Binding Talisman and transformed into a giant, but Shi Lei’s Mechanized Mind resisted the talisman and his high-pressure steam scorched Butler Wu.
• Shi Lei learned from Shi Fu that Butler Wu was the Shi Family’s strongest Extraordinary individual and reacted with disbelief.