Chapter Summaries

Zhou Qing discovered that the Golden Light let him transfer objects through the Dao Heart World and reappear anywhere in the Cultivation World that the Relay Station System could monitor. He tested the ability on Nie Yunxi as she returned from the Azure Cloud Sect, leaving her stunned by what landed in her hand.

• Zhou Qing entered the Dao Heart World and found that it had grown more real, forming a small realm in the Demonic Abyss that fiends fled from.
• Zhou Qing used the Golden Light to enter a state in which he sensed both worlds, then transferred an iron pellet from the Cultivation World into the Dao Heart World.
• Zhou Qing made the iron pellet reappear miles away and realized he could strike anywhere across the Western Serenity Continent that he could monitor through the Relay Station System.
• Nie Yunxi hurried back toward the Dharma Dissemination Dojo, worried that the Azure Cloud Sect might be destroyed and unsure whether Senior Apprentice could prevent the calamity.
• Zhou Qing found Nie Yunxi through the Relay Station System and sent an object flying to her; she caught it and stared at it in shock.

Zhou Qing used Nie Yunxi to reveal the Grand Illusion Demon Lord’s hiding place to Whitebrow, while explaining why the Dharma Dissemination Dojo could not attack without triggering the demon’s Demonic Descent. The Dojo’s leaders debated Zhou Qing’s motives, and Jiang Tao proposed killing him before he could escape.

• Nie Yunxi returned to Dao Rhythm Peak with Zhou Qing’s iron pellet and reported that the Grand Illusion Demon Lord was threatening the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Zhou Qing explained that his message had warned the Grand Illusion Demon Lord against an ambush and sent Nie Yunxi to tell Whitebrow where the demon was hiding.
• Nie Yunxi informed Whitebrow that the Grand Illusion Demon Lord was concealed in a wooden hut on Azure Cloud Mountain.
• Whitebrow gathered the Nascent Soul True Lords, who debated why Zhou Qing had revealed the demon’s location.
• Jiang Tao accused Zhou Qing of selfishness and proposed killing him while he remained in the Dharma Dissemination Dojo.

The Sacred Lotus Maiden warned Zhou Qing that the Dharma Dissemination Dojo planned to kill him after dealing with Grand Illusion Demon Lord. Zhou Qing refused to flee and sent her to offer Whitebrow a bargain as the elders approached Azure Cloud Sect.

• Whitebrow recalled seven Nascent Soul True Lords from the Demonic Abysses and led six junior brothers toward Azure Cloud Sect to ambush Grand Illusion Demon Lord.
• The seven returning True Lords surrounded Zhou Qing at the Dharma Dissemination Dojo while Whitebrow and the others traveled in secret toward Azure Cloud Mountain.
• The Sacred Lotus Maiden warned Zhou Qing that the dojo intended to kill him and urged him to escape with Nie Yunxi.
• Zhou Qing refused to leave furtively and asked the Sacred Lotus Maiden to tell Whitebrow that he could kill Grand Illusion Demon Lord.
• Zhou Qing demanded permanent ownership of the two spiritual veins promised by Lu Ping and ten additional spiritual veins for ten years in exchange for killing Grand Illusion Demon Lord.

The Sacred Lotus Maiden relayed Zhou Qing’s offer to kill the Grand Illusion Demon Lord in exchange for spirit veins, and Whitebrow’s group agreed. They followed Zhou Qing’s instructions to meet the demon lord at Azure Cloud Mountain, where their arrival alarmed the Azure Cloud Sect’s experts.

• Bai Yujing intercepted Whitebrow and six other True Lords at Azure Cloud Mountain and warned them that the Grand Illusion Demon Lord had prepared against their ambush.
• Whitebrow’s group debated attacking until Lu Ping warned that the demon lord’s Dark Turtle treasure could let him trigger another Demonic Abyss.
• The Sacred Lotus Maiden told the seven that Zhou Qing could kill the Grand Illusion Demon Lord in exchange for two existing spirit veins and ten more, and Whitebrow accepted the terms.
• The Sacred Lotus Maiden returned with Zhou Qing’s instruction for the seven to meet the Grand Illusion Demon Lord, so they flew toward Azure Cloud Mountain’s rear mountain.
• The Sect Leader True Person and Xu Jingfeng went to confront the approaching sword lights, but Mu Zhuosha stopped them and appeared alarmed.

Mu Zhuosha, Sect Leader True Person, and Xu Jingfeng joined the Dharma Dissemination Dojo’s seven True Lords as they confronted the Grand Illusion Demon Lord on Azure Cloud Mountain. Zhou Qing appeared through a spatial opening, killed the Demon Lord with Gamma Ray, and ordered the gathered cultivators to pay their respects at the dojo.

• Mu Zhuosha revealed that the Grand Illusion Demon Lord had been hiding on Azure Cloud Mountain, and she went to the rear mountain with Sect Leader True Person and Xu Jingfeng.
• The Grand Illusion Demon Lord welcomed Whitebrow and the other six True Lords, and they recognized the Mystic Turtle Shell protecting him.
• The Grand Illusion Demon Lord argued that killing him could bring more Demonic Abyss erosion and provoke Zhou Qing to destroy Azure Cloud Sect.
• Zhou Qing appeared through a dark opening and declared that the Grand Illusion Demon Lord would be executed for occupying his dojo and defying his decree.
• Zhou Qing struck the Grand Illusion Demon Lord with Gamma Ray, killing him despite the Mystic Turtle Shell.
• Whitebrow received Zhou Qing’s message ordering the seven True Lords and everyone from Azure Cloud Sect to come to the dojo and pay their respects.

Zhou Qing killed the Grand Illusion Demon Lord from thirty thousand li away, forcing Whitebrow and the other True Lords to recognize his power and bring the captured Seven Emotions Sect members to pay their respects. After recovering from the effort, Zhou Qing received the True Lords at Dao Rhythm Peak, where they worried about how their new superior would treat them.

• Whitebrow and the other seven True Lords realized Zhou Qing had killed the Grand Illusion Demon Lord from thirty thousand li away, and they decided to return to the Dharma Dissemination Dojo to pay their respects.
• Whitebrow told the Sacred Lotus Maiden to invite the Azure Cloud Sect members to accompany them and placed the captured Seven Emotions Sect members in Zhou Qing's hands.
• Mu Zhuosha confirmed that Zhou Qing had killed the Grand Illusion Demon Lord, and the Azure Cloud Sect leaders gathered people on good terms with him for the journey to Dao Rhythm Peak.
• Zhou Qing explained to Nie Yunxi that the feat had exhausted him and that he would take responsibility for the Western Serenity Continent and its Demonic Abysses.
• The next day, Whitebrow and the other True Lords, the Azure Cloud Sect members, and the captured Seven Emotions Sect members climbed Dao Rhythm Peak, where Zhou Qing received the True Lords at Waterfall Mouth.

Zhou Qing spared the Dharma Dissemination Dojo’s True Lords and ordered a continent-wide cultivation drive and triennial sect tournament. He freed the Seven Emotions Sect from the Demon Gods’ control and discovered that severing their bonds strengthened his Dao Heart World and golden light.

• Zhou Qing forgave the seven True Lords of the Dharma Dissemination Dojo and ordered them to urge Golden Core cultivators to advance and hold a sect combat tournament every three years.
• Whitebrow and the other True Lords worried that the tournament would increase the danger of cultivators falling to demons, and Zhou Qing said he would handle the matter himself.
• Zhou Qing summoned the surviving members of the Seven Emotions Sect and told Bai Yujing that he would free them from the Demon Gods rather than kill them.
• Zhou Qing severed the black threads connecting Bai Yujing and the other Seven Emotions Sect members to the Demon Gods, redirecting the threads into his Dao Heart World.
• Zhou Qing found that the transferred threads expanded and solidified his Dao Heart World and thickened his golden light, while the freed Seven Emotions Sect members bowed to him and withdrew.

Zhou Qing reunited with the Azure Cloud Sect and offered the Sect Leader True Person help with his Nascent Soul breakthrough. As he listened to his former fellow disciples, he realized their admiration had helped shape his Dao Heart World, though he felt increasingly distant from their ordinary lives.

• The Azure Cloud Sect arrived to reunite with Zhou Qing, and Qingyuan urged him to stay and cultivate with her.
• Mu Zhuosha said she no longer cared about avenging her loss to Xiang Lian, while Chen Qingxuan and Zhou Qing discussed how the sect had supported him.
• Zhou Qing told the Sect Leader True Person that Western Serenity Continent's breakthrough restrictions had been lifted and invited him to cultivate at the Dharma Dissemination Dojo.
• Zhou Qing praised Wei Xu and Yuan Hongying for reaching Foundation Establishment, then saw threads of white light connecting his junior disciples to his Dao Heart World.
• As the group shared news about their lives, Zhou Qing felt separated from their ordinary world, and everyone stayed overnight on Dao Rhythm Peak.

Zhou Qing gave Bai Yujing authority over the Seven Emotions Sect and ordered him to persuade Western Serenity Continent’s Demonic Path to submit. After the other sects ambushed Bai Yujing and fled to Central Continent, Zhou Qing tracked them down and prepared to pursue them.

• Zhou Qing appointed Bai Yujing as Seven Emotions Sect Lord, granted the sect Profound Glory Mountain, and ordered him to seek the submission of the other Demonic Path sects.
• Bai Yujing returned after half a month and reported that the four major sects had ambushed his delegation, killing two Golden Core cultivators before they escaped.
• Bai Yujing told Zhou Qing that the Demonic Path cultivators had fled toward Central Continent, apparently with help from its Demonic Path.
• Zhou Qing used the relay system to scan the route into Central Continent and found the fleeing cultivators, including Li Qiushui, at Old Turtle Mountain.
• At Old Turtle Mountain, Li Ning and Hong Tong discussed the Seven Emotions Sect’s submission and celebrated their victory, while acknowledging that their flight from Western Serenity Continent was no cause for pride.

Zhou Qing pursued the Demonic Path cultivators into the Central Continent and killed Taotie Demon in a brutal ambush. He then confronted Starving Ghoul, asking whether he had been sent by the Central Continent’s Demonic Path.

• Starving Ghoul and Taotie Demon promised the Western Serenity Continent’s Demonic Path cultivators that the Devil Master or a Devil Lord would kill Zhou Qing.
• The Demonic Path cultivators praised the Central Continent, while Li Qiushui remained doubtful and watched them coldly.
• Zhou Qing appeared through a hole behind Taotie Demon and seized his head, leaving the gathered cultivators frozen in terror.
• Zhou Qing dragged Taotie Demon through the hole, ripped out his spine when his body became wedged, and burned his head to ash with a Plasma Beam.
• Zhou Qing looked at the stunned Starving Ghoul and asked whether he had been sent by the Central Continent’s Demonic Path.

Zhou Qing drove off the Central Continent Demonic Path envoy and summoned the Western Serenity Continent Demonic Cultivators, declaring his plan to unite human cultivators against future threats. He sentenced the nearly one thousand cultivators to serve him for ten years, and their presence expanded his Dao Heart World, though he still could not travel through its openings.

• Zhou Qing tore off the Starving Ghoul's arm, warned him to keep the Central Continent Demonic Path from causing trouble, and sent him away with a message for his Devil Master.
• Zhou Qing ordered the Western Serenity Continent Demonic Cultivators to meet him at the Dharma Dissemination Dojo, and they went after realizing they dared not disobey.
• Bai Yujing watched Zhou Qing kill two Golden Core Demonic Cultivators from afar and concluded that Zhou Qing was a god rather than an ordinary cultivator.
• Zhou Qing told the assembled Demonic Cultivators he intended to unite human cultivators and restore humanity's former territory, then sentenced them to serve him on Dao Rhythm Peak for ten years.
• Zhou Qing shielded nearly one thousand Demonic Cultivators from the Demon Gods' gaze and severed their black threads, expanding his Dao Heart World to two hundred li across and strengthening his protective golden light.

Zhou Qing organized the Demonic Path people to manufacture Relay Stations and gather materials while he cultivated in seclusion. After three years, he emerged with his dantians at the peak of the third level of Foundation Establishment, ready to assess preparations for expanding into the Central Continent.

• Zhou Qing assigned the Demonic Path people to serve on Dao Rhythm Peak and planned to expand his influence into the Central Continent to gather resources and confront the Demonic Abyss.
• Zhou Qing gave Xuan Zhe a modified formation to teach the Demonic Path people, who began making Relay Stations, while Nie Yunxi oversaw the work.
• Zhou Qing entered seclusion with seventy-five dantians at the third level of Foundation Establishment and knowledge of 125 acupoints.
• Zhou Qing opened the fifty newly learned acupoints in less than two months, then spent three years raising all his dantians to the peak of the third level.
• Zhou Qing emerged and learned that nearly 200,000 Relay Stations had been stockpiled, but none of the newly gathered iron-pellet materials suited his needs.

Zhou Qing addressed the Dharma Dissemination Dojo’s resentment over lost resources and promised to repay its sacrifices. True Lord Whitebrow explained that Qionghua Continent’s resources and the Four Great Dao Palaces’ monopoly blocked breakthroughs beyond Spirit Transformation, and Zhou Qing hinted that his plans could change that.

• Zhou Qing’s relief of nearly two hundred demonic cultivators strengthened his prestige and deepened the connections to his Dao Heart World.
• Zhou Qing visited True Lord Whitebrow and acknowledged that the Dharma Dissemination Dojo’s disciples resented losing spirit veins and resources.
• Zhou Qing told Whitebrow that he recognized the dojo’s one-sided sacrifices and would repay it when opportunities arose.
• Whitebrow explained that Qionghua Continent lacked the resources needed for Body Integration and that the Four Great Dao Palaces monopolized the seven treasures required for Spirit Transformation.
• Whitebrow revealed that the Dharma Dissemination Dojo guarded Fire Jade Marrow for the Pure Void Dao Palace and had killed Grand Illusion Demon Lord to protect its allotment.
• Zhou Qing said he intended to unite Qionghua Continent’s immortal and demonic paths and promised the dojo future benefits.

After Whitebrow warned Zhou Qing that the Demonic Abyss was depleting Qionghua Continent’s rare treasures and cultivation resources, Zhou Qing weighed the risks to his plan to open 365 dantians. He advanced all 125 dantians to the fourth layer of Foundation Establishment and began testing his strengthened magnetic-field abilities.

• Whitebrow pledged the Dharma Dissemination Dojo’s allegiance to Zhou Qing and urged him to gather the seven rare treasures before they vanished.
• Whitebrow explained that the Demonic Abyss was draining Qionghua Continent’s vitality, reducing the supply of rare treasures, spirit herbs, and Gold-Melting Pill ingredients.
• Zhou Qing worried that dwindling resources could leave him unable to advance if he kept pursuing his goal of opening 365 dantians, but decided to focus on his existing 125 for now.
• Zhou Qing moved to a Main Spirit Vein near Firewind Cavern and spent half a year advancing all 125 dantians to the fourth layer of Foundation Establishment.
• Zhou Qing tested his stronger abilities, finding that his Iron Pellet Technique could reach five hundred times the speed of sound and that his Plasma Beam had grown far more powerful.
• Zhou Qing prepared to examine whether his magnetic field had improved in the microscopic realm.

After breaking through, Zhou Qing discovered that his magnetic field ability was beginning to control the strong nuclear force, and he considered how far that evolution might go. He was summoned to meet Starving Ghoul, who had arrived from Central Continent on the Devil Master's orders.

• Zhou Qing focused his magnetic field perception on an atomic nucleus and managed to make it tremble.
• Zhou Qing realized his ability was incorporating the strong nuclear force, potentially letting him reshape matter, though its power remained limited.
• Zhou Qing resolved to advance his cultivation and find a way beyond Qionghua Continent, but Nie Yunxi interrupted him with news of a visitor from Central Continent.
• Zhou Qing went to Great Transformation Peak, where Whitebrow was waiting with Starving Ghoul of the Central Continent Demonic Path Headquarters.
• Starving Ghoul respectfully delivered the Devil Master's greeting, and Zhou Qing remarked that he had expected the Devil Master to come demand an explanation.

Starving Ghoul offered Zhou Qing rare gifts and proposed an alliance with the Devil Master to obtain the Celestial Spirit Pill’s ingredients from the Four Great Dao Palaces. Zhou Qing rejected the need for secrecy and declared he would demand the pill openly, but Starving Ghoul warned him that the Dao Palaces wield ancient powers capable of injuring even the Demonic Path’s Corpse Demon.

• Starving Ghoul presented Zhou Qing with Ancient Notes, rare ores, and spiritual herbs on behalf of the Devil Master.
• Starving Ghoul explained that the Devil Master wanted to ally with Zhou Qing to seize the treasures needed to refine a Celestial Spirit Pill and reach Spirit Transformation.
• Starving Ghoul revealed that the Devil Master controlled the corpse of a Body Integration ancestor, which could help him hold off Spirit Transformation experts.
• Zhou Qing suspected the Devil Master might be probing the Four Great Dao Palaces and said he would demand the Celestial Spirit Pill from them openly.
• Starving Ghoul warned Zhou Qing not to underestimate the Dao Palaces and recounted how their Sword Qi had scarred the Corpse Demon when the Devil Master tried to infiltrate Pure Void Dao Palace.

Zhou Qing declined the Devil Master's offer of alliance, but the Devil Master planned to force his hand by exposing his control of the Dharma Dissemination Dojo to the Pure Void Dao Palace. The chapter ended by describing the Pure Void Dao Palace's dependence on rare treasures for Spirit Transformation and its long wait for Fire Jade Marrow.

• Zhou Qing refused the Devil Master's gifts and alliance, and Starving Ghoul returned to Demon Cloud Ridge.
• The Devil Master blamed Starving Ghoul for revealing the Central Continent's strength to Zhou Qing, then ordered him to spread news that Zhou Qing had taken the Dharma Dissemination Dojo.
• The Devil Master expected the Pure Void Dao Palace to oppose Zhou Qing over the dojo and push him toward an alliance with the Demonic Path.
• The chapter described Floating Sky Mountain, the Pure Void Dao Palace's stronghold, and its abundant spirit energy and dwindling Spirit Transformation experts.
• The Pure Void Dao Palace awaited the Fire Jade Marrow it had promised to exchange for the Great Enlightenment Monastery's Bodhi Fruit, with nearly fifty years remaining before it matured.

After learning that Zhou Qing had taken over the Dharma Dissemination Dojo and threatened the Fire Jade Marrow, the Pure Void Dao Palace ordered Xuan Zhenzi to confront him and gave him the Lesser Cosmos Pearl. Xuan Zhenzi set out for the Western Serenity Continent, while Zhou Qing dismissed Whitebrow’s fears about further trouble.

• Yun Congzi reported Zhou Qing’s occupation of the Dharma Dissemination Dojo to the three Spirit Transformation ancestors, and Lu Mingzhao ordered an envoy to deal with him and retrieve Whitebrow.
• Lu Qing gave Yun Congzi the Lesser Cosmos Pearl to pass to the envoy in case he faced danger.
• Yun Congzi chose Xuan Zhenzi, who angrily vowed to kill Zhou Qing and bring Whitebrow back, though Yun Congzi told him not to destroy the dojo or neglect the Demonic Abyss.
• Xuan Zhenzi accepted the pearl after Yun Congzi suggested it signaled the ancestors’ support for his bid to receive the next Celestial Spirit Pill, refined it for three days, and departed for the Western Serenity Continent.
• After Starving Ghoul left, Zhou Qing kept the Ancient Notes and ores, gave the spirit herbs to Whitebrow, and dismissed Whitebrow’s concern that the Demonic Path would retaliate.

Zhou Qing continued cultivating and opening dantians until a powerful Nascent Soul cultivator attacked the Dharma Dissemination Dojo and defeated Whitebrow. As the attacker pressed his assault, Zhou Qing saw a black shadow tear through the enemy’s Dharmic Image toward his body.

• Zhou Qing studied Starving Ghoul’s Ancient Notes, bringing his total to 217 mastered acupoints and strengthening his resolve to find more.
• Zhou Qing opened five additional dantians over two months and advanced his existing dantians to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment Level Four.
• Zhou Qing sensed a battle overhead and discovered that Whitebrow was fighting an unfamiliar Nascent Soul cultivator whose Spirit Pressure was far stronger.
• Xuan Zhenzi defeated Whitebrow, then struck down the five other Nascent Soul cultivators who rushed to help.
• As Xuan Zhenzi continued his attack, a black shadow pierced his Dharmic Image and neared his physical body.

Zhou Qing confronted Xuan Zhenzi of the Pure Void Dao Palace after Xuan attacked the Dharma Dissemination Dojo and demanded Zhou Qing submit. Zhou Qing struck with a black pellet that pierced Xuan Zhenzi’s Dharmic Image and devastated his body, though Xuan’s fall stopped before he hit the ground.

• Xuan Zhenzi caught Zhou Qing’s iron pellet after it pierced his Dharmic Image, then identified Zhou Qing as his target.
• Xuan Zhenzi claimed the Pure Void Dao Palace owned the Dharma Dissemination Dojo and offered Zhou Qing the choice of serving the Dao Palace or being killed.
• Zhou Qing asserted control over the Western Serenity Continent and challenged Xuan Zhenzi to withstand another Iron Pellet Technique attack.
• Xuan Zhenzi strengthened his Dharmic Image and prepared to defend himself as Zhou Qing launched a dim black streak.
• The black pellet cleaved through Xuan Zhenzi’s Dharmic Image, shattered his chest, and tore through his organs before his falling body suddenly stopped in midair.