Chapter Summaries

Cheng Yangming cut open Tang Zixu’s stone and revealed a flawless, special-grade Buddha relic, leaving Leng Xiaoxiao’s wager in jeopardy. Xu Zimo began roasting Leng Xiaoxiao’s supposed branch, revealing signs that it was connected to the Myriad-Treasure Void Serpent.

• Cheng Yangming expertly cut open Tang Zixu’s stone and uncovered a radiant Buddha relic.
• Old Xue judged the relic flawless and said it should qualify as a special-grade treasure, while Tang Zixu taunted Leng Xiaoxiao over their wager.
• Xu Zimo claimed the branch Leng Xiaoxiao had chosen would make the Buddha relic look worthless, provoking Old Xue to challenge him to reveal its treasure.
• Xu Zimo roasted the branch with flames, but it did not burn and instead began to shed droplets of water.
• Xu Zimo identified the strange object as connected to the Myriad-Treasure Void Serpent, an exotic beast that sensed treasures and traveled through the void.

Xu Zimo uncovered an eyeball containing the inheritance of a Sacred Buddha and gave it to Su Qianyuan after its power amazed the crowd. Tang Zixu tried to slip away after losing his wager, but Leng Xiaoxiao confronted him.

• The Myriad Treasures Void Serpent's corpse revealed an eyeball surrounded by visions of the Sacred Land of Ten Thousand Buddhas.
• Xu Zimo awakened the eyeball, which announced that its inheritor could claim the accumulated wealth of the Sacred Land of Ten Thousand Buddhas.
• A man tried to snatch the eyeball, but Xu Zimo burned him to ashes with a glance.
• Cheng Yangming conceded defeat, and Old Xue declared the inheritance more valuable than an immortal-grade item.
• Xu Zimo gave the eyeball to Su Qianyuan, who hesitated because she considered it too precious.
• Xu Zimo stopped Tang Zixu from fleeing, and Leng Xiaoxiao reminded him that Old Xue had witnessed their wager.

Leng Xiaoxiao killed Tang Zixu after he tried to take her hostage, while Old Xue protected her from the Red Flame Sect’s threats. Xu Zimo and Su Qianyuan left with the ancient Buddha inheritance, drawing attention from others, and Leng Xiaoxiao offered to escort them back to the Red Flame Sect.

• Tang Zixu begged for his life, then lunged at Leng Xiaoxiao to take her hostage when she refused to spare him.
• Leng Xiaoxiao froze the surrounding space and pierced Tang Zixu through the throat, killing him.
• Old Xue said he had witnessed the fair wager and invited the Red Flame Sect to seek an explanation from him if it objected.
• Old Xue asked Xu Zimo how he had recognized the ancient Buddha inheritance and offered him a position at the Stone Gambling House, but Xu Zimo declined.
• News of Su Qianyuan’s inheritance spread, and Leng Xiaoxiao warned that people would target her and offered to escort her back to the Red Flame Sect.

After Tang Zixu’s death, Su Qianyuan returned to the Red Flame Sect with Xu Zimo and faced the threat of Vice Sect Master Yan Zongyao. Yan Zongyao convened the elders to discuss the incident and accused someone in the sect of colluding with an outside sect.

• Leng Xiaoxiao warned Su Qianyuan that Tang Zixu’s master might retaliate, and offered her refuge in the Ice Phoenix Sect.
• Xu Zimo told Su Qianyuan that the Ancient Buddha inheritance could make her powerful, while she said she preferred a carefree life; he claimed he could defeat the Red Flame Sect Master and the Yan Chi Dynasty’s Imperial Lord with ease.
• A Red Flame Sect disciple summoned Su Qianyuan to the council hall, and Xu Zimo asked her to take him along.
• Xu Zimo sensed that the transformation within his body was growing into a Vast Sky Great Tree that seemed ready to bear fruit.
• Yan Zongyao gathered the elders to discuss Tang Zixu’s death, and Zhu Yan said Tang’s poor luck was to blame.
• Yan Zongyao rejected Zhu Yan’s explanation and accused a Red Flame Sect disciple of colluding with an outside sect.

Su Qianyuan was summoned before the Red Flame Sect elders over Tang Zixu’s death, where Yan Zongyao tried to punish her. Xu Zimo stopped him and crushed him, leaving the elders pleading for Yan’s life.

• Su Qianyuan arrived at the meeting hall with Xu Zimo as a witness, and Yan Zongyao accused her of being connected to Tang Zixu’s death.
• Su Qianyuan cited the wager and witnesses, then warned Yan Zongyao that punishing her for a personal grudge would damage the sect’s credibility.
• Yan Zongyao ordered Su Qianyuan slapped and attacked her, but Xu Zimo severed his arm.
• Yan Zongyao unleashed the Crimson Flame Bright King Art against Xu Zimo, who smashed him into the earth with a Sky-Covering Great Palm.
• Several elders pleaded with Xu Zimo to spare Yan Zongyao and promised the sect would drop the matter of Tang Zixu’s death.

Xu Zimo killed Red Flame Sect Vice Sect Master Yan Zongyao after Sect Master Chijingzi acknowledged Yan’s wrongdoing and thanked Xu Zimo for intervening. Chijingzi then elevated Su Qianyuan to Personal disciple and Holy Maiden, while Xu Zimo told her he would eventually leave.

• Xu Zimo borrowed Su Qianyuan’s sword and approached the badly injured Yan Zongyao as the Red Flame Sect elders watched without intervening.
• Chijingzi appeared, said Yan Zongyao deserved death, and thanked Xu Zimo for helping the sect.
• Xu Zimo killed Yan Zongyao, and Chijingzi promised Su Qianyuan compensation for her grievance.
• Xu Zimo told Su Qianyuan he would leave one day and urged her to cultivate the Ancient Buddha inheritance he had given her.
• Chijingzi rejected the elders’ suggestion to seek help from the Sun God Sect and decided to win Xu Zimo’s favor by treating Su Qianyuan well.
• Chijingzi made Su Qianyuan his Personal disciple and the Red Flame Sect’s Holy Maiden, prompting disciples to bring her congratulatory gifts.

Xu Zimo helped Su Qianyuan cultivate while his universe produced an Extreme Realm Fruit that raised his power’s potential beyond the universe’s restraints. As he prepared to leave the Red Flame Sect for the Yan Chi Dynasty, an envoy from the Sun God Cult arrived to meet the sect’s new Holy Maiden.

• Su Qianyuan complained that disciples were crowding around her residence, and Xu Zimo urged her to build strength through diligent cultivation.
• Over the next few days, Su Qianyuan made rapid progress under Xu Zimo’s guidance while he watched changes in his universe.
• A Vast Sky Great Tree bore an Extreme Realm Fruit, which ripened and raised Xu Zimo’s potential beyond the universe’s restraints.
• Xu Zimo decided to leave for the Yan Chi Dynasty and learn more about the Undying Star, and he told Su Qianyuan he was preparing to depart.
• A ship from the Sun God Cult arrived above the Red Flame Sect, where Chijingzi and the disciples welcomed Elder Lieyang and his party.
• Elder Lieyang asked about the sect’s new Holy Maiden, and Su Qianyuan stepped forward to greet him.

Xu Zimo accepted an invitation to the Ten Thousand Nations Assembly and learned that Su Qianyuan would attend with the Sun God Cult. As the Sun God Cult’s Yelü Cheng asked Su Qianyuan to show him around the Red Flame Sect, Xu Zimo left her to handle the unwanted attention herself.

• Elder Lieyang approved of Su Qianyuan as a suitable Holy Maiden, while Chijingzi welcomed him and his companions into the Red Flame Sect.
• Old Xue invited Xu Zimo to represent the Yan Chi Dynasty at the Ten Thousand Nations Assembly, and Xu Zimo accepted.
• Xu Zimo learned the assembly would begin in a month and that the Sun God Cult could bring Red Flame Sect representatives.
• Su Qianyuan told Xu Zimo she would attend the assembly and offered to travel with him aboard the Sun God Cult’s treasure ship.
• Yelü Cheng asked Su Qianyuan to guide him and the other Sun God Cult disciples around the Red Flame Sect, and Xu Zimo let her respond on her own.

After the Sun God Sect refused to let Xu Zimo board its treasure ship, the Yan Chi Dynasty invited him to travel on its imperial ship as its representative. Xu Zimo brought Su Qianyuan with him, leaving Elder Lieyang humiliated and Chijingzi caught between the two sides.

• Su Qianyuan rejected Yelü Cheng's advances, and Zhang Heng mocked him; Yelü Cheng apologized and stopped bothering her.
• Elder Lieyang summoned the Sun God Sect's treasure ship, but Yelü Cheng and Elder Lieyang refused Chijingzi's request to bring Xu Zimo aboard.
• A golden dragon treasure ship arrived, and Old Xue invited Xu Zimo to attend the Myriad Nations Convention as the Yan Chi Dynasty's representative.
• Xu Zimo asked to bring Su Qianyuan, and Old Xue agreed; the two boarded the imperial ship.
• Elder Lieyang reproached Chijingzi for his disciples leaving, and Chijingzi suggested the Red Flame Sect skip the convention.

Xu Zimo and Su Qianyuan traveled aboard the imperial treasure ship toward the Assembly of Myriad Nations, meeting the Stone Gambling Workshop’s young representatives along the way. After the ship stopped above Tianxia City, they learned that the Dragon Martial King’s son would join the gathering, and hundreds of Black Armor Guards rose from the city.

• Elder Lieyang accepted Chijingzi’s explanation but warned that the Red Flame Sect’s Holy Maiden should be replaced and planned to settle accounts with the sect later.
• Xu Zimo and Su Qianyuan boarded the imperial treasure ship with Old Xue, Venerable Bloodslaughter, and several Stone Gambling Workshop disciples.
• Xu Zimo spoke with Su Qianyuan about the wider world, while Xue Ming and Zhou Baige introduced themselves and discussed the Assembly of Myriad Nations.
• After two days of travel, the treasure ship stopped above Tianxia City, where Old Xue and Venerable Bloodslaughter went down to receive important arrivals.
• Xue Ming told the others that the Dragon Martial King’s son would represent the royal family at the Assembly of Myriad Nations.
• Hundreds of Black Armor Guards rose from Tianxia City in their heavy black armor.

Xu Zimo killed the Black Armored Guards who tried to seize Su Qianyuan after Long Yang ordered them to take her to his room. When Long Yang called for protection, Xu Zimo slaughtered the guards who rushed to defend him.

• Long Yang boarded the treasure ship and insulted the passengers before Old Xue identified him as Young Prince Long Yang.
• After half a month aboard the ship, Long Yang left his VIP room and headed toward Su Qianyuan despite Old Xue's warning to stay inside.
• Long Yang ordered the Black Armored Guards to take Su Qianyuan to his room, and Xu Zimo warned that they would all die.
• Xu Zimo killed the Black Armored Guards nearest Su Qianyuan by blowing apart their heads.
• Long Yang called for protection, and Xu Zimo crushed the guards who charged at him, making blood rain across the sky.

Xu Zimo killed Long Yang after defeating his guards and the Blood Slaughter Venerable, leaving Old Xue to anticipate trouble from the Martial King Long. A week later, the treasure ship reached Sun City, where Xu Zimo and the others saw the immense crowds gathered for the Myriad Kingdoms Assembly.

• Xu Zimo killed Long Yang's Black Armored Guards and struck down the Blood Slaughter Venerable when he tried to intervene.
• Xu Zimo prevented Long Yang from escaping and beheaded him despite his pleas for mercy.
• Old Xue worried about the consequences of Long Yang's death, but Xu Zimo dismissed the Martial King Long as an ant like his son.
• After a week of storms, Old Xue announced that the treasure ship had arrived at Sun City.
• Su Qianyuan marveled at the vast city and its crowds, and Old Xue explained that most visitors were spectators rather than qualified Assembly entrants.

Xu Zimo and Su Qianyuan arrived in Sun City ahead of the Myriad Nations Assembly and found the city overwhelmed with visitors. Unable to find lodging, Xu Zimo demanded entry to Cloud Tower without an invitation, and its staff summoned assassins to confront him.

• Old Xue explained that the Myriad Nations Assembly would be held in the Yan Chi Dynasty and warned Xu Zimo that the dynasty might come after him over Long Yang's death.
• Xu Zimo and Su Qianyuan entered crowded Sun City and found its inns and restaurants full, while Yan Chi Guards patrolled overhead.
• Xu Zimo led Su Qianyuan to Cloud Tower, a lavish building that only accepted guests with invitations.
• When the maid refused them entry, Xu Zimo declared that Cloud Tower had to treat him well or he would destroy it.
• The maid called several black-robed assassins to confront Xu Zimo.

Xu Zimo defeated Cloud Pavilion’s assassins, including the famed Wang Xun, but the masked figure upstairs sent the chained half-demon Kai to kill him. Kai charged at Xu Zimo as the onlookers feared for his life.

• Cloud Pavilion’s assassins surrounded Xu Zimo, and he shattered their swords and injured them with a wave of air.
• Wang Xun emerged from the void to assassinate Xu Zimo, but Xu caught his blade and killed him with it.
• The crowd recognized Wang Xun as a famed assassin of Little Blade Sect and reacted to Xu Zimo’s strength.
• A masked figure upstairs ordered the chained half-demon Kai to kill Xu Zimo in exchange for three days of freedom.
• Kai charged at Xu Zimo while the onlookers feared he would become the half-demon’s next victim.

Xu Zimo killed the half-demon Kui and Cloud Tower’s steward after they tried to attack him. He ate at Cloud Tower and settled in with Su Qianyuan, while Cloud Tower’s next move remained uncertain.

• Cloud Tower released the half-demon Kui, who threatened to eat Xu Zimo, but Xu Zimo severed his arms and legs with ultimate-realm blade qi and crushed his head.
• Xu Zimo pursued and killed Cloud Tower’s steward when the old man tried to flee.
• Xu Zimo asked the shaken maid to bring him Cloud Tower’s specialties, then ate with Su Qianyuan as onlookers debated whether Cloud Tower would retaliate.
• Cloud Tower arranged lodging for Xu Zimo and Su Qianyuan on the third floor, and Xu Zimo told Su Qianyuan not to worry.

Xu Zimo and Su Qianyuan explored Sun City, where Xu read Qian Kun Hall’s rankings of the Assembly of Ten Thousand Nations’ strongest experts. Their stroll ended at a stall displaying a mysterious ancient skull.

• Xu Zimo and Su Qianyuan left Cloudtop Tower to explore Sun City and look for the Sun God Sect’s Sect Master.
• Xu Zimo bought Qian Kun Hall’s booklet and read the top five rankings, led by Shi E, Buddha and Demon in a Single Thought.
• Su Qianyuan worried that the ranked experts would overshadow competitors like them, and Xu Zimo explained that the Assembly offered opportunities to those who could distinguish themselves.
• Xu Zimo and Su Qianyuan continued through the streets, where Xu spotted a golden-white skull at a stall.
• The stall owner identified it as an ancient skull from an era that could no longer be traced and offered to sell it.

Xu Zimo agreed to obtain a valuable skull by killing Five Mountains Old Man, despite learning that the old man’s son was favored by the ruler of the Yan Chi Dynasty. After finding the Sun God Cult’s stronghold, Xu Zimo left Su Qianyuan with Chijingzi while he prepared to pursue the trade.

• The Old Man offered Xu Zimo a skull in exchange for killing Five Mountains Old Man, and a vendor warned him that Five Mountains Old Man’s son belonged to Dragon-Controlling Manor.
• Xu Zimo inspected the skull, agreed to the deal, and learned that Five Mountains Old Man frequented Drunk on Life, Dreaming of Death in the underground world.
• Su Qianyuan warned Xu Zimo that killing Five Mountains Old Man could bring him into conflict with the imperial family, but she said she was not afraid to follow him.
• Xu Zimo and Su Qianyuan found the Sun God Cult’s stronghold and met Chijingzi, who had been waiting there for them.
• Xu Zimo asked Chijingzi to protect Su Qianyuan and left her with him while he continued with his plans.

Xu Zimo returned to Cloud Pavilion and was granted entry to the underground world, where powerful figures planned to kill him. He arrived in the Ghost Market and effortlessly turned his first attacker to ashes.

• Shadow Ten and others were chosen to kill Xu Zimo after an investigation found no clues about his origins before the Red Flame Sect.
• When Xu Zimo requested entry to the underground world, Cloud Pavilion's leaders agreed and planned to make it his burial ground.
• An Old Man led Xu Zimo through a hidden, movable Void Gate into the underground world.
• Xu Zimo arrived in the bustling Ghost Market, where a man attacked him with a chopping blade.
• Xu Zimo glanced at the attacker, turning him and his blade to ashes and frightening the nearby onlookers.

Xu Zimo entered Drunk on Life, Dreaming of Death to find Elder Five Mountains and learned that its Wishing Gate could grant wishes for a price. He asked the gate to make him the strongest person in the world, drawing laughter from the crowd.

• Xu Zimo intimidated the Ghost Market’s newcomers and asked how to reach Drunk on Life, Dreaming of Death.
• Xu Zimo entered the crimson establishment and learned from a man that people went to the Wishing Gate to have their wishes granted.
• The Wishing Gate told a grieving man that reviving his wife required two other lives, and he abandoned his wish.
• Xu Zimo asked the Wishing Gate to make him the strongest person in the world, and the onlookers laughed at his request.

Xu Zimo used the Wishing Gate to locate the Old Man of Five Mountains, paying for the information by creating the Nine Tribulations Heavenly Flame Fist. When Drunken Life, Dreaming Death's defenders tried to stop him, Xu Zimo killed them and continued toward his target.

• Xu Zimo changed his wish to finding the Old Man of Five Mountains, and the Wishing Gate demanded an ultimate martial art as payment.
• Xu Zimo created and named the Nine Tribulations Heavenly Flame Fist, then gave its techniques to the Wishing Gate.
• The Wishing Gate revealed that the Old Man of Five Mountains was in the Jade Qiong Room on the third floor of Drunken Life, Dreaming Death.
• Xu Zimo went to the third floor and killed an Old Man who tried to enforce the venue's ban on fighting.
• When Drunken Life, Dreaming Death's fighters charged him, Xu Zimo cut them down and said he had come only to kill one person.