Chapter Summaries

After helping Hui Tianshuang stabilize her cultivation through half a month of dual cultivation, Chu Zhou left the Heavenly Snake Empire for the Central Plains. He departed with Chi Lian and Qing Luo, whose Dou Zun auras shocked the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s experts.

• Chu Zhou returned to the imperial palace and reassured Hui Tianshuang that she could deal with the Heavenly Snake Empire’s remaining unrest.
• Chu Zhou and Hui Tianshuang practiced dual cultivation with the Yin-Yang Twin Flames, strengthening her bloodline and cultivation while purifying his Dou Qi.
• Over the next half month, Hui Tianshuang’s cultivation advanced toward the second star, while Chu Zhou neared the same breakthrough.
• Chu Zhou told Hui Tianshuang he was leaving for the Central Plains and revealed that he had prepared a Spatial Passage and a Yin-Yang Curse Seal to help him return if she faced danger.
• Chu Zhou departed aboard the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s Flying Boat, and Hui Tianshuang returned to governing the empire.
• Chu Zhou released Chi Lian and Qing Luo, startling the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s experts with their Dou Zun auras.

Chu Zhou told Feng Yuyuan that Fire Bead body tempering was too rare and demanding to offer to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan right away. Feng Qing'er intervened to keep her aunt from requesting the same intimate treatment, while Chu Zhou considered how to use his ability to gain influence over the clan.

• Feng Yuyuan asked Chu Zhou whether he could temper other members of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan as he had Feng Qing'er.
• Chu Zhou claimed each treatment required a rare Fire Bead and drained his heavenly flame and soul force, preventing him from helping anyone else soon.
• Feng Qing'er interrupted Feng Yuyuan and hurried her away, insisting that body tempering was complicated and could wait.
• Feng Qing'er privately resolved to keep the treatment exclusive until Chu Zhou could transform bloodlines without physical contact.
• Feng Yuyuan teased Feng Qing'er about caring for Chu Zhou, while Chu Zhou silently planned to make the entire clan depend on him.

Chu Zhou traveled with Feng Qing'er to Tianbei City, where he settled into a Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan residence while she prepared to visit her master. He let Chi Mei and Qing Luo explore the city, unaware they would bring back a surprise.

• During the journey to the Central Plains, Chu Zhou refined pills on the Flying Boat and used the Demonic Flame Space to supply energy that advanced the women's cultivation.
• After a month, Chu Zhou arrived with Feng Qing'er and Feng Yuyuan at Tianbei City, where the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had prepared a residence.
• Feng Qing'er told Chu Zhou that the Flying Boat would be serviced for a few days and that she planned to visit her teacher, the Thunder Venerable.
• Chu Zhou settled into a private courtyard and agreed to let Chi Mei and Qing Luo explore Tianbei City's market district.

Chu Zhou arrived at the Wind Lightning Pavilion with Feng Yuyuan and was welcomed by Thunder Venerable, while Han Yue and Han Xue began training as Chi Mei and Qing Luo’s disciples. Thunder Venerable then invited Chu Zhou to join the Wind Lightning Pavilion in exploring the soon-to-open estate of a Peak Dou Zun.

• Chi Mei and Qing Luo brought Han Yue and Han Xue to Chu Zhou, explained their bright jade ice spirit body, and took them as disciples with his approval.
• Chu Zhou gave the sisters pills and arranged for the Wind Lightning Pavilion to protect the Han clan, after which Han Yue and Han Xue boarded the spirit ship with the group.
• On the journey, Chi Mei and Qing Luo taught the sisters, while Chu Zhou tempered Feng Qing’er’s body with heavenly flames for a second time.
• The spirit ship reached the Wind Lightning Pavilion, where Thunder Venerable welcomed Chu Zhou and hosted a banquet in his honor.
• After Chu Zhou spent two days cultivating at the guest peak, Thunder Venerable invited him to cooperate in exploring a Peak Dou Zun’s ruins, which would soon open and attract several major powers.

Chu Zhou and the Wind Lightning Pavilion arrived at the ruins, where they found the Flower Sect confronting the Demon Flower Evil Lord. Seeing Meng Ziwei among the Flower Sect, Chu Zhou decided to help them as the confrontation threatened to escalate.

• Chu Zhou reflected on the nine revolutions of peak Dou Zun and accepted the Thunder Venerable’s invitation because the ruins held lightning and ice inheritance.
• After three days of travel, Chu Zhou and the Wind Lightning Pavilion reached a vast mountain range of clashing ice and lightning, where several factions had gathered.
• The Demon Flower Evil Lord provoked Hua Jin by proposing she become his Dao Companion, then insulted the Flower Sect when she rejected him.
• A Flower Sect elder attacked the Demon Flower Evil Lord, but he blocked her strike and retaliated with a crimson wind blade that Hua Jin intercepted.
• Chu Zhou arrived with the Wind Lightning Pavilion, spotted Meng Ziwei among the Flower Sect, and decided to lend them a hand.

Chu Zhou rescued the Flower Sect from the Demon Flower Evil Lord with a devastating palm strike, then confronted Venerable Blood Soul of the Hall of Souls. Venerable Blood Soul threatened to kill him, and Chu Zhou stood ready to fight.

• The Demon Flower Evil Lord prepared to withdraw, but Chu Zhou's flaming hand shattered his defense and left him badly weakened.
• Chu Zhou appeared and warned the Demon Flower Evil Lord to return to the Heavenly Underworld Sect if he wanted to live.
• Venerable Blood Soul arrived and identified Chu Zhou, while the gathered factions recognized him as the Northwest Continent's foremost Otherworlder.
• Chu Zhou insulted the Hall of Souls, prompting Venerable Blood Soul to threaten to kill him.

Chu Zhou killed Venerable Blood Soul with a single Azure Flame Sword Intent strike, then pursued the fleeing Demon Flower Evil Lord through the void. He caught up and slashed at Demon Flower Evil Lord, who responded with a desperate escape technique.

• Chu Zhou used the Great Void Technique to appear behind Venerable Blood Soul and pierced his Soul Origin with an Azure Flame Sword Intent strike.
• Venerable Blood Soul died instantly, leaving the gathered experts shocked by Chu Zhou's power.
• Demon Flower Evil Lord opened a spatial rift with the Heavenly Underworld Escape Art and fled.
• Chu Zhou followed through the void, caught up with Demon Flower Evil Lord, and attacked him from behind with another Azure Flame Sword Intent.
• Demon Flower Evil Lord turned and used the Great Blood Escape Art—Soul Burn in response.

Chu Zhou pursued the wounded Demon Flower Evil Lord, killed him after a Half-Saint Jade Slip summoned the Heavenly Underworld Old Demon's phantom, and accepted the phantom's Nether Eye Mark. He then destroyed and absorbed the mark, leaving the Heavenly Underworld Old Demon threatening revenge as the phantom vanished.

• The Demon Flower Evil Lord used Soul-Burning Blood Escape, permanently reducing his cultivation to Three-Star Dou Zun, but Chu Zhou continued closing in with the Great Void Technique.
• The Demon Flower Evil Lord crushed a Half-Saint Jade Slip, summoning the Peak Dou Zun-level phantom of the Heavenly Underworld Old Demon, while Chu Zhou's sword intent destroyed the Evil Lord's consciousness and killed him.
• The Heavenly Underworld Old Demon's phantom struck at Chu Zhou, and their clash shattered the surrounding void as the phantom weakened and Chu Zhou collected the Demon Flower Evil Lord's corpse.
• The Heavenly Underworld Old Demon placed a Nether Eye Mark on Chu Zhou and threatened to kill him when he emerged from seclusion.
• Chu Zhou declared that he would raze the Heavenly Underworld Sect, then used his heavenly flame and soul power to destroy the mark and absorb its soul energy.

Chu Zhou returned to the Breach Ruins after killing the Demon Flower Evil Lord and removing the Heavenly Underworld Old Demon's soul imprint. He barred all factions except the Wind Lightning Pavilion and Flower Sect from entering, leaving the others to decide whether to challenge his order or withdraw.

• Chu Zhou erased the Heavenly Underworld Old Demon's imprint and hurried back toward the ruins as the demon sensed the imprint's disappearance and vowed to punish him.
• Chu Zhou returned to the Breach Ruins, where the gathered factions recognized that he had survived a battle far beyond the level of an ordinary Dou Zun.
• Hua Jin thanked Chu Zhou for helping her faction and invited him to visit the Flower Sect.
• Chu Zhou revealed that Meng Ziwei was his Dao Companion, and Hua Jin promised to look after her at the Flower Sect.
• Chu Zhou announced that he had killed the Demon Flower Evil Lord, alarming the Ice Venerable and the other factions.
• Chu Zhou ordered everyone except the Wind Lightning Pavilion and Flower Sect to leave the ruins and challenged the others to oppose him.

Chu Zhou killed the Ice Venerable after the Ice River Valley master challenged his control of the ruins, then sent Chi Mei and Qing Luo to seize the valley’s treasures. He led the allied forces through the opened passage into the ruins, where they arrived in a world that left them stunned.

• Chu Zhou used his heavenly realm soul pressure to draw the Ice Venerable into his soul world and destroyed his soul with an azure flame sword.
• The Ice Venerable died, and Chu Zhou collected his corpse while the remaining independent cultivators fled the ruins’ entrance.
• Chu Zhou ordered Chi Mei and Qing Luo to raid the Ice River Valley and directed the Thunder Venerable and Hua Jin to enter the ruins.
• Chu Zhou entered the spatial passage first, followed by the Flower Sect, Wind Lightning Pavilion, and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan forces.
• The passage closed behind the group, and they emerged into a new world whose sight left them speechless.

Chu Zhou surveyed the thunder-and-ice ruins, explained the treasures and dangers along the ground and sky routes, then used the Great Void Technique to bypass both trials and venture deeper. Hua Jin, Thunder Venerable, and Feng Yuyuan prepared to explore steadily, accepting that the core treasure belonged to Chu Zhou.

• Chu Zhou sensed the ruins and explained that ice marrow crystals and Ancient Ice Beast remnant souls lay beneath the ice, while Mystic Thunder Hearts and dangerous living thunderclouds awaited above.
• Chu Zhou told the others to face the trial for whichever resources they wanted, then used the Great Void Technique to slip into the void and travel deeper without attracting the ruins' defenses.
• Hua Jin and Thunder Venerable remarked that the trials posed little challenge to Chu Zhou.
• Feng Yuyuan urged her clansmen to explore carefully and said the core treasure of the ruins naturally belonged to Chu Zhou.

Chu Zhou discovered that the ruins held two mutually restraining Quasi-Heaven Tier legacies and devised a way to make their powers collide so he could obtain their combined inheritance. He triggered a battle between the black demon thundercloud and the Ice Stele, then watched for the right moment to guide their energies.

• Chu Zhou found the black demon thundercloud and the thousand-zhang Ice Stele, each containing a Quasi-Heaven Tier legacy.
• Chu Zhou learned that probing either legacy provoked the other, and concluded that the trial required obtaining both at once.
• Chu Zhou used the Myriad Beast Cauldron to refine a Grade 8 Pill, summoning a six-colored pill lightning tribulation.
• The black demon thundercloud attacked in response to the tribulation, and the Ice Stele countered with Ice Sword Intent, setting off a fierce clash.
• Chu Zhou used the Great Void Technique to withstand the storm and watched the collision until the opportunity he awaited appeared.

Chu Zhou absorbed the fused ice and lightning energy in the ruins, reaching early-stage Four-Star Dou Zun and gaining two legacies before heading for the exit. Outside, the Wind Lightning Pavilion, Flower Sect, and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan guarded the entrance, where the Hall of Souls' Third Heavenly Venerate, Blood River Venerable, arrived seeking the person who killed Venerable Blood Soul.

• Chu Zhou used his heavenly realm soul to break the Black Demon Lightning clouds and shatter the Ice Stele, then absorbed the resulting energy.
• After half a month of cultivation, Chu Zhou reached early-stage Four-Star Dou Zun, strengthened his physique and soul, and gained the Nine Nether Mystic Thunder Art and Myriad-Eons Ice Soul Sword Canon legacies.
• Chu Zhou left the ruins as the three factions guarded the entrance, having gained resources and improved their strength during their explorations.
• Blood River Venerable arrived at the valley and asked whether the person who killed Venerable Blood Soul had entered the ruins.

Blood River Venerable overwhelmed Feng Yuyuan, Hua Jin, Thunder Venerable, and their allies, forcing them to consider summoning reinforcements. Chu Zhou emerged from the ruins and struck Blood River Venerable with a single punch, injuring him and revealing his immense physical strength.

• Blood River Venerable attacked the assembled experts with blood whips and a poisonous mist, and a Wind Lightning Pavilion elder suffered severe injuries.
• Venerable Feng urged Hua Jin and Feng Yuyuan to summon help as their group struggled to withstand Blood River Venerable.
• Before Hua Jin and Feng Yuyuan could call for reinforcements, Chu Zhou emerged from the ruins and confronted Blood River Venerable.
• Chu Zhou used the Great Void Technique to appear behind Blood River Venerable and struck him with Immortal Fantasy Chapter.
• Blood River Venerable's lifebound blood shield shattered, and Chu Zhou's punch bruised his shoulder, forcing him to recognize Chu Zhou's extraordinary physical strength.

Chu Zhou overwhelmed Blood River Venerable with his physical strength and Heavenly Realm Soul, then used his Mystic Yellow Azure Flame to burn away Blood River Venerable’s blood sea. He followed with a flaming sword and a thunder dragon, forcing Blood River Venerable to defend himself head-on.

• Chu Zhou relentlessly attacked Blood River Venerable with powerful punches while suppressing him with his Heavenly Realm Soul.
• Blood River Venerable recognized Chu Zhou’s Heavenly Realm Soul and resolved that he must die.
• Blood River Venerable summoned a vast sea of blood and sent its waves crashing toward Chu Zhou.
• Chu Zhou unleashed the Mystic Yellow Azure Flame, which rapidly evaporated Blood River Venerable’s blood sea.
• Chu Zhou sent a flaming sword and a black thunder dragon at Blood River Venerable from opposite sides.
• Blood River Venerable called out “Blood God Body Protection!” as the two attacks closed in.