Chapter Summaries

He Pingsheng killed two Divine Command Realm women, then fought Master Tong and used a crossbow and heart seals to subdue him. Han Houzhi collected the fallen women’s Divine Sparks and rings and returned to He Pingsheng.

• He Pingsheng scattered the women’s Sword Intent Like Rain and killed both with a single slash after disrupting their escape with his divine sense.
• He Pingsheng challenged Master Tong, who attacked with a powerful fourth-grade divine hammer that broke through He Pingsheng’s defensive talisman and alchemy furnace.
• He Pingsheng’s Great Heavenly Wave Crushing Palm shattered the lightning hammer and forced Master Tong back, but could not seriously injure him.
• He Pingsheng shot Master Tong in the neck with the Heavenly Poison Mechanical Crossbow, paralyzing him.
• He Pingsheng struck Master Tong with four Buddhist Path Heart Seals, causing him to writhe in agony, while Han Houzhi brought over the fallen women’s Divine Sparks and rings.

He Pingsheng accepted Tong Hao Tian as his servant and brought him and Han Houzhi to the Tong Household in Celestial Water City, where they established a secluded residence. He asked Tong Hao Tian to assess his weapons, ending with a question about whether the Primordial Purple Gold Staff could be repaired.

• Tong Hao Tian swore loyalty to He Pingsheng, who warned him against greed, anger, and chasing women.
• Tong Hao Tian recognized He Pingsheng as the cultivator who had slain Lu Shigu and explained that the Lu Household was searching for him but had kept the matter secret.
• He Pingsheng told Tong Hao Tian to pretend he had captured He Pingsheng and Han Houzhi, then Tong Hao Tian brought them to Celestial Water City.
• Tong Hao Tian declared the two rearmost halls of the Tong Household forbidden and assigned them to He Pingsheng and Han Houzhi.
• He Pingsheng and Tong Hao Tian set up formations, then He Pingsheng asked Tong Hao Tian whether the Heavenly Poison Mechanical Crossbow could be upgraded and the Primordial Purple Gold Staff repaired.

He Pingsheng discovered that the cracked staff from the lower world contained primordial purple gold, though it had lost its shapeshifting ability. He also collected two Heavenly Antiquity Tokens from Old Tong and asked him to find information about the Heavenly Antiquity Ruins.

• He Pingsheng and Old Tong discussed how the staff's survival under the Divine Realm's laws might mean it was primordial purple gold.
• He Pingsheng brought out the staff, and the laws stripped away its lower-world materials while leaving its purple-red core intact.
• Old Tong confirmed the core was primordial purple gold and offered to forge weapons, but He Pingsheng postponed the discussion.
• Old Tong gave He Pingsheng his two Heavenly Antiquity Tokens, bringing He Pingsheng's total to four.
• He Pingsheng asked Old Tong about the Heavenly Antiquity Ruins, and Old Tong promised to search for information.

He Pingsheng arranged for Tong Hao Tian to forge a staff and a gravity-enhancing glove from primordial purple gold, then gave him a superior artifact-forging manual. He sent Han Houzhi out to seek another Heavenly Antiquity Token while planning to leave once his weapons were finished.

• He Pingsheng gave Tong Hao Tian the primordial purple gold and discussed forging divine artifacts from it.
• He Pingsheng chose a staff and a left-hand glove, which Tong Hao Tian said could draw in gravity laws to strengthen his palm technique.
• He Pingsheng gave Tong Hao Tian the heaven-tier supreme-grade Heavenly Wave Hundred Refinements to improve his forging skills.
• He Pingsheng told Han Houzhi to seek a Heavenly Antiquity Token without drawing too much attention.
• He Pingsheng said he would leave after Tong Hao Tian finished forging the artifacts.

He Pingsheng received two high-grade growth-type divine artifacts and learned more about the dangers and treasures of the Heavenly Antiquity Ruins. As he prepared to leave, he met Old Tong’s mother and discovered that two maids had been executed for entering the forbidden rear halls.

• Han Houzhi entered the selection tournament and won a Heavenly Antiquity Token, bringing He Pingsheng’s total to five.
• More than thirty years later, Tong Hao Tian presented He Pingsheng with a high-grade club and a left-handed glove, both third-grade growth-type divine artifacts.
• Old Tong gave He Pingsheng firsthand information about the five connected zones of the Heavenly Antiquity Ruins and warned him that fewer than one in ten entrants survived.
• He Pingsheng asked Old Tong for a middle-grade divine meridian and said he would return when the ruins opened.
• Old Tong’s mother confronted him about the forbidden rear halls, where two maids had been executed for entering by mistake, and Old Tong apologized.

He Pingsheng returned to his Lineage, enhanced and refined his Divine Artifacts, and spent ten thousand years cultivating as the Heavenly Antiquity Ruins approached. He gathered Xin Baobao, Taizhen, and Han Houzhi to prepare for the ruins, while Old Tong received an extra token to use or trade.

• Old Tong explained that his stepmother and stepfather had raised and trained him, and that he respected his step-stepmother because of his late stepfather.
• He Pingsheng returned to his Lineage, enhanced his gloves and staff, gave two Divine Meridians to Wen Buwan, and refined the artifacts during a hundred years of seclusion.
• He Pingsheng continued cultivating for ten thousand years until the Heavenly Antiquity Ruins were about to open.
• Luo Bingyao and Xin Baobao told He Pingsheng that they had fought, and Xin Baobao had defeated Luo Bingyao with one slash.
• He Pingsheng traveled with Xin Baobao and Taizhen to meet Old Tong, then gave Old Tong an extra Heavenly Antiquity Token and told the group to prepare to enter the ruins in a month.

He Pingsheng and his companions activated their Heavenly Antiquity Tokens and arrived at the Heavenly Antiquity Ruins, where he found a vast gathering of Divine Command Realm cultivators. As He Pingsheng browsed the plaza’s stalls, he heard a familiar voice calling people to play high or low.

• He Pingsheng delayed their departure, then obtained a third-grade Disguise Divine Talisman to conceal his appearance.
• Old Tong introduced Mu Qingtong to He Pingsheng and asked him to look after her in the Secret Realm.
• Mu Qingtong led the group in activating their Heavenly Antiquity Tokens, and all five arrived together at a crowded plaza.
• He Pingsheng invited Mu Qingtong to travel with them, but she refused and left to go somewhere on her own.
• He Pingsheng led Han Houzhi, Xin Baobao, and Taizhen through the plaza’s stalls, then heard a familiar voice challenge the crowd to play high or low.

Wang Dun challenged an official of the Supreme Unity Divine Kingdom to a dice game, lost his first two bets, and declared himself the God of Gambling. He changed his bet to big just before the cups opened, revealing three fives.

• He Pingsheng led Han Houzhi, Xin Baobao, and Taizhen through the crowd to find Wang Dun gambling with a middle-aged official.
• Wang Dun lost ten thousand pieces of low-grade solid divine gold when the dice totaled ten, which counted as small.
• Wang Dun lost ten pieces of middle-grade divine gold when he and the official both guessed big, since the house won ties.
• Wang Dun questioned whether the official would keep playing if he won too much, then declared himself the God of Gambling and wagered one hundred pieces of middle-grade divine gold.
• After the official agreed to shake the dice, Wang Dun switched his guess from small to big, and the cups revealed three fives.

Wang Dun repeatedly won at dice and amassed more than three hundred thousand pieces of middle-grade divine gold, prompting the Rain Emperor to come down and challenge him. The Rain Emperor offered a single wager for a piece of supreme-grade solid divine gold, and Wang Dun eagerly considered the deal.

• Wang Dun beat the middle-aged gambler in successive dice rounds, winning his divine gold.
• After a brief loss, the middle-aged gambler raised his stakes, but Wang Dun continued winning until he had over three hundred thousand pieces of middle-grade divine gold.
• The Rain Emperor watched Wang Dun gamble from the endless void and decided to meet him in person.
• The Rain Emperor took the middle-aged gambler’s seat and offered to wager a piece of supreme-grade solid divine gold against all of Wang Dun’s winnings in one round.
• Wang Dun laughed and asked whether the Rain Emperor was sure about the wager.

Wang Dun beat the Rain Emperor in two dice games and won four pieces of supreme-grade divine gold. The Rain Emperor challenged him again, secretly peeked at the dice and Wang Dun’s guess, and was left unsure whether he had won or lost.

• The Rain Emperor offered supreme-grade divine gold as a stake and set the rule that the banker won if both players guessed the same result.
• Wang Dun guessed small and beat the Rain Emperor’s big guess, winning two pieces of supreme-grade divine gold.
• The Rain Emperor demanded another game, lost again to Wang Dun, and gave him two more pieces of divine gold.
• The Rain Emperor offered a celestial river’s worth of ordinary water for another bet, and Wang Dun staked all four pieces of divine gold.
• The Rain Emperor secretly saw that the dice showed small and that Wang Dun had guessed big, then wondered whether his cheating meant he had won or lost.

Wang Dun won a dice bet against the Rain Emperor, received a King's Token, and reunited with Taizhen, Xin Baobao, Han Houzhi, and He Pingsheng. The five compared where they had ended up in the Divine Realm and located the Heavenly Antiquity Ruins on Wang Dun’s map.

• Wang Dun revealed a triple-six roll, won the bet, and accepted a red King's Token from the Rain Emperor, who vanished without a trace.
• Wang Dun ran into Taizhen, Xin Baobao, Han Houzhi, and He Pingsheng after leaving the crowd.
• Wang Dun brought the five of them to the edge of the square and enclosed them in a third-grade Divine-Sense Sealing Formation.
• Wang Dun showed He Pingsheng a map of the Divine Realm, pointing out that the Shimmering Light Divine Kingdom and the Seven Mansions Divine Kingdom lay far apart.
• Xin Baobao asked where the Heavenly Antiquity Ruins lay, and Wang Dun pointed to its location outside any Divine Kingdom.
• Wang Dun asked He Pingsheng what had happened to him and whether he had slept with Taizhen.

He Pingsheng reunited with Wang Dun, gave him Three-Zhang Grain for divine refining, and agreed to help him face enemies in the Heavenly Antiquity Ruins. The group prepared to team up and asked what treasures awaited deeper in the ruins.

• Wang Dun asked how He Pingsheng and Taizhen had become a couple, then compared his cultivation with He Pingsheng's.
• Wang Dun learned that He Pingsheng had supreme-grade Three-Zhang Grain and accepted a ring containing twenty thousand stalks.
• He Pingsheng declined Wang Dun's divine gold and asked to examine one of the two mysterious water droplets Wang Dun had received.
• Wang Dun told He Pingsheng that a major lineage from the Seven Mansions Divine Kingdom was pursuing him and asked for help exploring deeper into the ruins.
• He Pingsheng agreed to accompany Wang Dun, and Han Houzhi joined their planned team; He Pingsheng asked what treasures lay in the ruins.

Wang Dun explained that Nine-Orifice Exquisiteness could open nine Divine Apertures early, allowing its eater to comprehend the Dao if their Divine Sense was strong enough. He Pingsheng learned that finding it would require traveling into the Divine Lord section of the Heavenly Fire Ruins and contending with powerful Divine Lords.

• Wang Dun told He Pingsheng and the others that the sealed Heavenly Antiquity Ruins contained Nine-Orifice Exquisiteness, a rare Fourth Grade Law Divine Herb found only there.
• Wang Dun explained that Divine Apertures enabled cultivators to comprehend the Dao and that their number varied with a cultivator’s talent and cultivation method.
• Xin Baobao realized Nine-Orifice Exquisiteness could open Divine Apertures before the Divine Lord Realm and asked Wang Dun about it.
• Wang Dun said eating Nine-Orifice Exquisiteness opened nine apertures, but eating more could not open additional ones and would not limit later growth.
• He Pingsheng asked whether the herb could be found in a Divine Command Realm Secret Realm, and Wang Dun said it was in the Divine Lord section, where they would have to compete with Divine Lord cultivators.

He Pingsheng learned about the Heavenly Antiquity Ruins and their treasures before Divine King Starlight opened the ruins and warned entrants of the dangers and rules. He entered with Wang Dun and the others, then secretly sent a drop of water into the Treasure-Gathering Basin while they remained hidden from outside observation.

• He Pingsheng learned that the ruins opened once every several thousand epochs for five hundred years and that gurgle meat could sharply raise a Lesser God's cultivation.
• He Pingsheng and Wang Dun browsed the square for about a month as more people gathered for the opening.
• Divine King Starlight arrived with eight Middle Gods and explained the ruins' dangers, restrictions, rewards, and rules for leaving.
• Divine King Starlight and the eight Middle Gods used their Tokens to open a vortex, and entrants began flying into the ruins.
• He Pingsheng entered with Wang Dun, Han Houzhi, and the others, then secretly sent a drop of water into the Treasure-Gathering Basin.

He Pingsheng traveled with Wang Dun and the others through the Secret Realm, learned that a droplet of Divine Water held a Titled Divine Emperor’s law, and raced to claim a patch of Third Grade divine grass. He reached it ahead of a group from the Golden Butterfly Immortal Sect, whose disciples threatened him.

• Wang Dun took Xin Baobao, He Pingsheng, and the others aboard his Flying Boat and explained that Divine Command Realm cultivators could only search for Gurgle Meat left behind by stronger cultivators.
• He Pingsheng used the Treasure-Gathering Basin to identify the droplet as Divine Water containing a Titled Divine Emperor’s Daoist Law, which could summon a celestial river powerful enough to sweep away gods below the Divine King Realm.
• Han Houzhi spotted a patch of Third Grade divine grass, and Wang Dun turned the Flying Boat toward it as another boat approached.
• He Pingsheng flew ahead alone to reach the divine grass before the other group, which had more than a dozen people.
• A disciple of the Golden Butterfly Immortal Sect threatened He Pingsheng not to challenge their claim.

He Pingsheng used the Great Heavenly Wave Crushing Palm to kill six Golden Butterfly Immortal Sect disciples who attacked him over a patch of third-grade divine herbs. He and his companions harvested the Purple Spirit-Calming Orchids and continued through the secret realm, uncertain what to make of the sect they had encountered.

• He Pingsheng ignored the Golden Butterfly Immortal Sect disciples' demands and broke their first attack with the Primordial Purple Gold Staff.
• He Pingsheng used the Great Heavenly Wave Crushing Palm, empowered by gravity laws and his purple-gold glove, to kill six disciples and scare off the other treasure seekers.
• He Pingsheng gathered the dead disciples' Storage Rings and Divine Sparks, then reached the Purple Spirit-Calming Orchids with his companions.
• Wang Dun identified the herbs as an ingredient for third-grade Spirit Pivot Pills, and Han Houzhi harvested them.
• He Pingsheng shared the Great Heavenly Wave Crushing Palm technique with Wang Dun, Xin Baobao, and Taizhen, then his group resumed traveling in the Divine Boat.

He Pingsheng discovered that the rings taken from the Golden Butterfly Immortal Sect cultivators held immense wealth. Meanwhile, Gong Zhilun learned that Wuji had died and demanded an image and aura of the person who took his ring, while Yue Qingyue feared for the Yang Cicada.

• He Pingsheng sealed off his surroundings, emptied six rings, and found large quantities of divine gold, cultivation pills, and second-grade Three-Zhang Grain.
• A disciple told Gong Zhilun that Wuji and the others had been killed after fighting over third-grade divine herbs.
• Gong Zhilun blamed Yue Qingyue for entrusting Wuji with the Yang Cicada and warned that her household would be destroyed if it were lost.
• Seven disciples arrived and recounted how Wuji had diverted from his mission to fight over Purple Spirit-Calming Orchids before someone killed him and took his ring.
• Gong Zhilun ordered the disciples to conjure an image of the ring thief and provide his aura.

He Pingsheng discovered that an amber-colored egg was a Yang Cicada, one half of a pair capable of undermining a Titled Divine Emperor’s Dao foundation. Wang Dun explained why the Dao-Sacrificing Yin-Yang Cicadas threatened Titled Divine Emperors, while the Golden Butterfly Immortal Sect began searching for the five people involved in the earlier incident.

• Gong Zhilun dismissed the report that one man had killed six people with a single palm and concluded that he must have used a third-grade Divine Talisman.
• Gong Zhilun ordered Yue Qingyue to search for Wang Dun, He Pingsheng, Han Houzhi, Xin Baobao, and Taizhen, warning that he would blame her if Wuji's Ring was not recovered.
• He Pingsheng identified an amber egg as a first-grade supreme-grade Yang Cicada that could gradually undermine a Titled Divine Emperor’s Dao foundation, but he could not find its Yin counterpart.
• He Pingsheng asked Wang Dun about the Dao-Sacrificing Yin-Yang Cicada, and Wang Dun recognized it as a creature thought to have vanished from the Divine Realm.
• Wang Dun explained that Titled Divine Emperors monopolized the Great Daos and said the Dao-Sacrificing Yin-Yang Cicadas were the only beings capable of driving them mad.

He Pingsheng and Wang Dun discovered that the amber sphere was a living Yang Cicada egg, part of a plan to secretly weaken a Titled Divine Emperor. Wang Dun devised a plan to seize the Golden Butterfly Immortal Sect’s Yin Cicada egg and promised to get He Pingsheng out safely.

• Wang Dun explained that Yin-Yang Cicadas could secretly gnaw away at a Titled Divine Emperor’s Dao foundation and fortune, but planting them normally caused detectable fluctuations.
• He Pingsheng revealed that the amber sphere was a living Yang Cicada egg taken from the Golden Butterfly Immortal Sect disciples he had killed.
• Wang Dun inferred that the disciples had come to plant the cicadas inside the Heavenly Antiquity Ruins, where Divine Emperors would not detect them, and suggested finding their Yin Cicada egg too.
• He Pingsheng warned that the Golden Butterfly Immortal Sect’s Patriarch might be waiting outside the ruins, making escape dangerous, and Wang Dun paused to devise a plan.
• Wang Dun proposed taking the cicada eggs, using them to weaken the Temporal Divine Emperor, and becoming the Temporal Divine Emperor himself; He Pingsheng asked to study the eggs first.
• Wang Dun agreed to let He Pingsheng study them and said they first needed to find the Golden Butterfly Immortal Sect disciple.

He Pingsheng and Wang Dun faced a force of Golden Butterfly Immortal Sect disciples pursuing them over the deaths of six sect members. After He Pingsheng defeated Yue Qingyue, Gong Zhilun summoned the Five Brigades Marching Umbrella, leaving the ships beneath its vast canopy.

• He Pingsheng warned Xin Baobao and Taizhen that the slain disciples' companions might pursue them, and told Han Houzhi to protect them during the coming fight.
• Gong Zhilun arrived with six small boats and a large silver ship carrying more than a hundred Divine Command Realm disciples, then surrounded Wang Dun's vessel.
• Gong Zhilun demanded the six Storage Rings, and He Pingsheng handed over the empty rings, provoking Yue Qingyue to attack.
• He Pingsheng countered Yue Qingyue's sword strike, hit her with four Buddhist Path Heart Seals, and dragged her onto his ship, where she writhed in agony.
• Gong Zhilun raised the Five Brigades Marching Umbrella as the disciples channeled their divine power into it, expanding it to cover a hundred thousand zhang of the void.