Chapter Summaries

Jiang Chen and the factions explored Divine Spirit Valley, where people hunted Divine Souls for strength and learned that insulting the gods they represented could leave an eternal curse. The group reached the King-Level graves, where a King from the Saints Organization drew out a grotesque monster.

• Gray severed the tentacles of a bearded Divine Soul and smashed it apart, then absorbed one of its fragments.
• Younger experts joined forces to destroy Divine Souls and divided their fragments, while the King-Level experts continued farther into the valley.
• A young Church priest enraged a Human-Body Goat-Head Divine Soul by insulting its god, and the Red Cardinal who killed it could not remove the curse it left on the priest.
• Experienced experts warned the younger generation to stay silent while attacking Divine Souls, and Jiang Chen watched them continue hunting.
• The King-Level experts reached the sparse, Yin-heavy graves and wondered why the Gods Organization's Guardians were not stopping them.
• A King from the Saints Organization drew a monster from a grave covered in king's blood; it crawled out with a body of rotten flesh.

Queto defeated a Dream Apostle’s illusion in Divine Spirit Valley, while the kings learned that the Divine Souls were dangerous to hunt. Jiang Chen then provoked a powerful Divine Soul in front of Zhang Jiu, leaving the kings facing an enraged Five-Step King-level threat.

• Queto smashed a sludge Divine Soul with his Temple Hammer, recognized its attack as a dream, and rescued Gray before destroying it for real.
• The kings discussed the Dream Apostle’s frightening abilities as Zhang Jiu used his blood to summon a Divine Soul beneath a gravestone.
• Jiang Chen urged the King of Equality to punish Zhang Jiu and the Church for mocking the Nine Provinces, and the King of Equality challenged a Church cardinal to fight.
• Jiang Chen slipped away and insulted the Purple-Robed Divine Soul with a Megaphone, enraging the Five-Step King-level creature and alarming Zhang Jiu.

Jiang Chen used the purple-robed Divine Soul’s cursed snakes to infect Zhang Jiu and the Church’s two Red Cardinals, despite taking the curse himself. He ended the chapter severely weakened, with his veins grotesquely swollen and the Kings watching in concern.

• The purple-robed Divine Soul attacked Jiang Chen and Zhang Jiu with a swarm of red-eyed black snakes, but Zhang Jiu escaped using a talisman while Jiang Chen vanished in the blast.
• Jiang Chen reappeared holding a cursed snake and forced it into Zhang Jiu, whose veins turned black as the curse spread through his body.
• Jiang Chen grabbed the purple-robed Divine Soul and chased Zhang Jiu, who fled toward the edge of Divine Spirit Valley.
• Jiang Chen charged the Church’s two Red Cardinals with the Divine Soul, and his Ghost Kings shattered their Holy Light Barrier with the Yin God Hammer.
• The Red Cardinals escaped but could not fully purify the curse, while Jiang Chen’s own veins swelled severely and his aura weakened.

Jiang Chen endured the Abyssal Serpent God's curse while insulting the god and collecting Divine Soul fragments, then revealed he could still provoke another curse in Divine Spirit Valley. He left the kings rushing to attack him after his words enraged a Divine Soul.

• Jiang Chen and Tie Zhu cursed the Abyssal Serpent God until the Purple-Robed Divine Soul erupted into hundreds of black pythons, which Jiang Chen destroyed with the Four Ghost Kings and Yin God Hammer.
• Jiang Chen collected the Divine Soul fragments despite the curse corrupting his body, while the King of the Metropolis, King Qin Guang, and King of Equality offered to take him back to the King of Reincarnation.
• Jiang Chen secretly reminded the King of Equality that he had taken on the Death Curses from two Hospital Wards, and the King of Equality led the others away to summon Divine Souls.
• The kings, Red Cardinals, and Zhang Jiu drew out Divine Souls with King's Blood while Jiang Chen appeared to be waiting to die.
• Jiang Chen used his Enhanced Megaphone to insult Asak the Flesh Ancient God, causing a Divine Soul to go berserk and prompting the kings to attack him.
• Jiang Chen protested that they had attacked first and declared that he would show no mercy.

Jiang Chen escaped the snake god’s curse and used the pursuing Divine Souls’ attacks to force Zhang Jiu and the Church’s Red Cardinals into danger. Meanwhile, Torea discovered its tail was transforming into other animals, severed it, and returned to sleep; the Red Cardinals raised a sacred barrier as Jiang Chen brought the curses to them.

• As Jiang Chen faced the Kings’ attacks and the snake god’s curse, Torea noticed animal markings and fur appearing on its tail, bit the tail off, and destroyed it.
• The curse withdrew from Jiang Chen, who evaded the Kings’ attacks with somersaults and drew the Divine Souls toward Zhang Jiu.
• Jiang Chen urged Zhang Jiu to withstand the Divine Souls’ curses, and Zhang Jiu used precious Talismans to flee, though Black Blood poisoned his right arm.
• Covered in curses, Jiang Chen charged toward the Church’s two Red Cardinals and asked them to purify him.
• The Red Cardinals tried to flee, but Jiang Chen caught up as the Divine Souls attacked; the Sixth-Step King Red Cardinal raised a Holy Light Barrier with the Pope-blessed Cross.

Jiang Chen used Tie Zhu to shatter the Red Cardinals’ Sacred Barrier while considering the Dragon Palace, Old Zhang, and the hidden dangers of the present world. The two Cardinals’ fury earned him a huge amount of Ghost Qi, and he remained determined to grow strong enough to surpass Supreme Powerhouses.

• The Sixth Step Red Cardinal boasted that the Sacred Barrier could withstand any evil, so Jiang Chen summoned Tie Zhu and the Yin God Hammer.
• Jiang Chen realized Tie Zhu’s immunity to divine curses likely came from something it had obtained in the Dragon Palace, a place that might rival the Gods’ Mausoleum.
• Jiang Chen reasoned that Shenji and Jing Shou avoided taking over the Unusual Person World because they feared hidden beings such as Old Zhang.
• Tie Zhu struck the Sacred Barrier with the Yin God Hammer and shattered it, earning Jiang Chen Ghost Qi.
• Jiang Chen mocked the Red Cardinals’ faith, provoking their anger and earning even more Ghost Qi.

Jiang Chen baited the kings into attacking him, then escaped and returned to strike Liu Ming amid the corrupted Divine Souls. The curses overwhelmed Liu Ming, who died horribly as the other kings faced the same danger.

• The King of Equality declared Jiang Chen a temporary Netherworld employee and told the crowd that the Nine Provinces would not intervene if they attacked him.
• Liu Ming and the other kings launched a barrage of attacks at Jiang Chen, who somersaulted a hundred thousand meters away and caused their strikes to hit the Divine Souls instead.
• The corrupted Divine Souls turned on the kings, while the King of Equality, King Qin Guang, and the King of the Metropolis escaped with the Nine Provinces' younger generation.
• Jiang Chen returned and ordered several Ghost Kings to strike Liu Ming with the Yin God Hammer, after which Tie Zhu bit him in two and spat his body toward the Divine Souls.
• Liu Ming revived but succumbed to curses, and a Red-Eyed Python burst from his belly as he died, terrifying the kings who had also been cursed.

Jiang Chen drove the kings to abandon their search for divine souls, but their attempt to leave Divine Spirit Valley revealed a Ninth-Step restriction trapping everyone inside. As the Gods Organization became the likely culprit, the divine souls fell silent and Jiang Chen tried to rouse them with a hammer.

• Liu Ming died from exposure to the Gods' curse, and Zhang Jiu and Red Cardinal blamed Jiang Chen for provoking the divine souls.
• Jiang Chen chased the kings through Divine Spirit Valley, harassing them until they gave up on the divine souls and tried to leave.
• Zhang Jiu struck an invisible barrier, and the kings found that a restriction blocked every exit from the valley.
• The King of Equality returned with the Nine Provinces group and said the colorless restriction could challenge even a Nine-Step King to break.
• The kings suspected the Gods Organization had trapped them, while knocking from a fog-shrouded area quieted the divine souls and revealed Jiang Chen trying to wake them with a hammer.

Jiang Chen identified eerie blood marks appearing inside several experts, but the others dismissed his warning and accused him of lying. When he noticed the King of the Metropolis was in danger, Jiang Chen abruptly kissed him, claiming he was saving his life.

• Peiluo'er found a bloody handprint on her stomach, and Queto warned that something might be attached to her.
• Jiang Chen used his life-detection ability to say that a bloody hand was inside Peiluo'er and a bloody foot was inside the White-Robed Priest.
• The Church’s Red Cardinal and other experts dismissed Jiang Chen’s warning, and the marked people claimed they had found nothing inside themselves.
• More experts developed silent blood marks on their stomachs and joined in condemning Jiang Chen as a liar.
• Jiang Chen rushed to the King of the Metropolis and kissed him, ordering him not to move because he was saving his life.

Jiang Chen saved the King of the Metropolis by devouring the Bloody Handprint inside him, while people across the crowd died as the marks consumed them from within. He ended by accusing the flustered King of the Metropolis of taking advantage of him.

• Peiluo'er scratched open her abdomen, died, and revealed a skinless bloody hand inside her.
• The bloody hand’s appearance made the gathered powerhouses realize Jiang Chen’s warnings were true, and panic spread among those with Bloody Handprints.
• The Church’s White-Robed Priest died after tearing open his empty abdomen, revealing a bloody foot, while other infected people also perished as their organs emerged from their corpses.
• Jiang Chen used a devouring Divine Ability to pull the bloody heart out of the King of the Metropolis and into his own stomach.
• Jiang Chen accused the King of the Metropolis of taking advantage of him, leaving the King speechless and embarrassed.

Jiang Chen took the blood marks from the King of the Metropolis and King Qin Guang, becoming the next target himself. As more experts died, the enraged kings launched a combined assault on the source of the knocking in Divine Spirit Valley.

• Jiang Chen reassured the King of the Metropolis that transferring the Death Calamity had not left him cursed, and joked about their close pose.
• King Qin Guang revealed a blood mark on his abdomen, and Jiang Chen cut it out, causing it to transfer onto himself.
• The other factions suffered mounting deaths from the blood marks while the Nine Provinces group relied on Jiang Chen to stay safe.
• Queto, the Red Cardinals, the King of Equality, and other experts unleashed powerful attacks toward the fog-shrouded depths of Divine Spirit Valley.
• The kings attacked the area where the knocking continued, hoping to discover what lay behind the blood marks.

The Kings watched a blood-red mass gather the scattered organs into a body beneath Divine Spirit Valley, and their attacks failed to stop it. Jiang Chen remained unconcerned, telling Tie Zhu that he would never spit out anything he had swallowed.

• The Kings discovered that the Tomb Guard Team had dug a deep pit and were killed when the group’s attacks struck.
• The dead guards’ blood vanished into the ground, where twisting red threads appeared and animated a bloody hand.
• The threads rapidly gathered the scattered organs and began assembling a body, prompting the Kings to attack.
• Queto struck the forming figure with his Temple Hammer, but the bloody threads were unharmed and continued building its lower body.
• Jiang Chen asked Tie Zhu how to aid digestion after swallowing an ancient monster’s heart and tendons, then refused to spit them out because of the Jiang family’s ancestral rule.

The Blood Man’s chant of “undying, indestructible” drove the gathered fighters toward blood sacrifice and targeted the hidden Zheng Jue. Zheng Jue exposed his peak Seven-Step King strength and tried to escape, but the Blood Man killed him with a palm strike despite the distance.

• The Red Cardinal translated the Blood Man’s repeated Divine Language as “Undying. Indestructible,” and its chant sent the crowd’s Blood Qi into turmoil and compelled some to offer their blood.
• The Blood Man singled out a cloaked man, and the King of Equality identified him as Zheng Jue, Zhengyi Dao’s former Celestial Master’s final disciple and the Old Celestial Master’s youngest junior brother.
• The Blood Man granted Zheng Jue undying indestructibility, revealing Zheng Jue’s peak Seven-Step King aura as he fought off the compulsion.
• Zheng Jue used a Bronze Ball and Dharma-Breaking to open a passage through the barrier and rushed toward it, prompting the others to follow.
• The Blood Man blocked Zheng Jue’s escape and struck him from afar, shattering his head.

Jiang Chen faced the blood figure after it swallowed Zheng Jue, but instead of submitting to its offer of eternal life, he began eating it to gain Ghost Qi. As the blood figure tried to possess him, Jiang Chen kept provoking it, unaware of the strange changes spreading through the creature.

• The blood figure swallowed Zheng Jue and searched the crowd for powerful living beings, focusing on Jiang Chen and the black snake, Tie Zhu.
• The blood figure confronted Jiang Chen and invited him to join its path of undying and imperishable life.
• Jiang Chen agreed, grabbed the blood figure's hands, and bit into one to gain a huge amount of Ghost Qi.
• The blood figure grew angry and used the heart inside Jiang Chen to begin taking control of his body.
• Jiang Chen mocked and questioned the blood figure while it intensified the possession, failing to notice changes spreading through itself.

Jiang Chen’s corruption of the blood figure’s body forced it to back off, while he stubbornly tried to keep its heart. The Ninth-Step leaders of the major Official Organizations arrived outside Divine Spirit Valley and attacked the barrier, but the blood figure strengthened it with blood.

• The blood figure discovered spotted fur spreading over its body because of Jiang Chen’s corruption, and its attempt to grow a new hand did not remove it.
• Jiang Chen claimed the curse came from the ancient Lord of Tigers and Leopards, refused the blood figure’s offer to let him leave, and called for Tie Zhu to protect the heart in his belly.
• Tie Zhu swallowed Jiang Chen as the blood figure tried to recall its heart, while the major factions’ supreme experts arrived outside the barrier.
• The Pope attacked the barrier with a Divine Kingdom of holy light, but the blood figure covered the barrier in blood and stopped it from breaking.
• A middle-aged man with long golden hair and a cross prepared to act.

The Pope, the Holy Lord, the Talisman Gate’s Second Master, and a Shenji Sect expert attacked the Blood Man, which denied being a god’s cast-off remains. The Blood Man survived their assaults, and the Shenji Sect expert brought out a powerful mechanical tiger as the battle continued.

• The Holy Lord used nine holy weapons to break the Blood Man’s barrier, and the Talisman Gate’s Second Master joined the fight to defend his disciple Zhang Jiu.
• The Talisman Gate grand elder attacked with nine Yellow Talismans, but the Blood Man’s Blood Sha met their explosive power head-on.
• The Shenji Sect farmer struck the Blood Man with his iron ruler, then trapped his own blood-infected head in a box and bombarded it with powerful attacks.
• The Blood Man burst out of the box, weakened but alive, and taunted the farmer by mentioning Tianji.
• The Pope unleashed purifying light while the farmer retreated and transformed his iron ruler into a powerful mechanical tiger.

The King of Reincarnation watched four Nine-Step Kings struggle against Blood Man, then drew his Green Edge Sword and killed the monster with a single strike. The strike also sank Divine Spirit Valley dozens of meters, leaving the watching powerhouses stunned.

• Four Nine-Step Kings attacked Blood Man with their powerful techniques, but it repeatedly revived and contaminated anything that touched its flesh and blood.
• King Chen revealed that Blood Man had already lost its heart and a tendon to him, then asked the Nine Provinces group for digestive medicine.
• The King of Reincarnation drew his Green Edge Sword, forcing the nearby powerhouses and Nine-Step Kings to retreat more than fifty thousand meters.
• Blood Man asked the King of Reincarnation who had taught him swordsmanship, and he replied that he had taught himself.
• The King of Reincarnation brought down his sword with Heaven-Lifting Momentum, reducing Blood Man to dust and sinking Divine Spirit Valley dozens of meters.

The King of Reincarnation saved the Kings from Blood Man’s mind-controlling voice, but Blood Man returned with terrifying power and fled after sensing an unseen threat. The Kings were left wondering who stood beyond their reach, while the King of Reincarnation revealed he had not heard Blood Man’s words.

• The King of Reincarnation cut away the urge Blood Man’s voice had planted in the powerhouses’ hearts, then warned everyone to retreat.
• Blood Man emerged above Divine Spirit Valley with overwhelming power and approached Jiang Chen, blaming him for ruining its plans.
• Blood Man pulled two blood-colored organs from Jiang Chen but fled through a rift after sensing an unseen presence across the sea.
• The Kings speculated that beings beyond Kings were secretly controlling events in the Unusual Person World.
• The King of Reincarnation complained that his shoulder arthritis made carrying his sword painful, then admitted he had not heard Blood Man speak.

The King of Reincarnation distributed the Divine Soul fragments taken from Divine Spirit Valley, while Jiang Chen made sure Tie Zhu could claim a share. The King of Reincarnation then invited Jiang Chen to accompany him on a solitary journey, hinting that he was preparing to take his final step.

• The King of Reincarnation revealed that he had collected the Divine Soul fragments left behind after the battle and scattered them over the Azure Sea for the experts to claim.
• The King of Reincarnation barred Jiang Chen from joining the scramble, but allowed Tie Zhu to participate after Jiang Chen argued for his son.
• Tie Zhu swept up the remaining fragments with a wave, and Jiang Chen received system notifications as the others realized why the King of Reincarnation had kept him out.
• The King of Reincarnation invited Jiang Chen to revisit old places, and Jiang Chen agreed after sensing that the King was approaching a major breakthrough.
• The King of Equality dismissed the group's worries that the King of Reincarnation and Jiang Chen had gone to duel, and the experts headed back to the Nine Provinces.

The King of Reincarnation told Jiang Chen that King Wei Wu had entered the Blood-Colored City and revealed the fate of Zhao Qingyi, Wei Wu’s former master. He also described a mysterious river called Forgetfulness appearing in Yunnan, leaving Jiang Chen with questions about the dangerous places that might exist beyond the known world.

• The King of Reincarnation said King Wei Wu had entered the Blood-Colored City and recounted how Zhao Qingyi had entered the Fengdu Forbidden Domain seeking the truth behind the disappearance of the gods and Buddhas, then never returned.
• The King of Reincarnation told Jiang Chen that powerful figures had gathered in Yunnan, where Young Ba had reached the Fifth Step.
• The King of Reincarnation described a blood-tinged river washing through the mountains and killing all living creatures, while powerful figures fought over the bones it left behind.
• Jiang Chen asked what the river was, and the King of Reincarnation identified it as Forgetfulness, then mentioned the Dragon Palace and the Land Temple.
• The King of Reincarnation warned Jiang Chen that the appearance of such places could be dangerous and said no one in the Nine Provinces could currently deal with beings above King-Level.