Chapter Summaries

Xu Zimo stormed Drunken Dreams and Death and killed Elder Five Mountains after overpowering his Five Elements techniques. He left carrying Elder Five Mountains’ head, while the witnesses could only wonder where such a monster had come from.

• Xu Zimo challenged everyone at Drunken Dreams and Death to stop him, then destroyed the walls around Elder Five Mountains’ room.
• Elder Five Mountains confronted Xu Zimo and summoned a crimson mountain that unleashed fire dragons.
• Xu Zimo broke through Elder Five Mountains’ attacks as he activated all five mountains and their combined powers.
• Elder Five Mountains transformed the five mountains into a Yin-Yang Mountain, but Xu Zimo caught it in his palm.
• Xu Zimo tore off Elder Five Mountains’ head, burned away his body and divine soul, and walked out carrying the head.

Xu Zimo exchanged Old Man Five Mountains's head for the old man's mysterious head, which contained a power resembling immortality and might be connected to the Undying Emperor. When Xu Zimo returned to Cloudrise Tower, its masters activated a formation to transport him to a barren wilderness, where their ten assassins began their attack.

• After Xu Zimo left the Ghost Market, opportunists set out to report Old Man Five Mountains's death to Dragon-Guarding Manor and seek favor with his son, the Chaos Boy.
• Xu Zimo returned to the stall and gave the old man Old Man Five Mountains's head in exchange for the head he had been selling.
• Xu Zimo sensed a power of immortality in the exchanged head and took it back to Cloudrise Tower to study.
• Cloudrise Tower's masters prepared a shifting formation and gathered their ten strongest assassins to attack Xu Zimo.
• When Xu Zimo entered Cloudrise Tower, an old man in black robes activated the formation and sent him to a barren wilderness, where an unseen assassin's sword strike appeared and Xu Zimo dodged it.
• Cloudrise Tower's masters appeared as projections and declared the wilderness would be Xu Zimo's burial ground.

Xu Zimo killed all ten of Cloud Pavilion’s assassins and returned to confront the Seven Elders. Faced with his overwhelming power, the elders admitted defeat and invited him to name his terms.

• Cloud Pavilion’s ten assassins attacked Xu Zimo in a sandstorm, but he killed two of them immediately.
• Xu Zimo filled the area with countless blades, forcing the hidden assassins into the open and killing the remaining eight.
• After learning their assassins had fallen, the Seven Elders tried to flee, but Xu Zimo returned to Cloud Pavilion and confronted them.
• One of the Seven Elders called the conflict a misunderstanding, admitted defeat, and asked Xu Zimo to state his demands.

Xu Zimo rejected the Seven Elders’ attempt to buy peace and killed them, triggering a strange darkness from their bodies. Meanwhile, Shen Huo cultivated in Dragon Guard Manor until a visitor sent by his father arrived to see him.

• The Seven Elders offered Xu Zimo benefits to settle their dispute, but he said their deaths mattered more and struck them down with Overlord Shadow.
• Black qi rose from the Seven Elders’ severed heads and bodies, spreading darkness across the sky and prompting people to suspect a clash between the imperial court and the underground world.
• The chapter described Dragon Guard Manor’s authority and brutal tests, which had driven Shen Huo to cultivate relentlessly after joining.
• A messenger told Shen Huo that someone sent by his father had come to see him.

Shen Huo learned that his father, Lord Five Mountains, had been killed at Drunk in Life, Dreaming of Death, and Wang Chenxiang pledged the Dragon-Controlling Manor’s support. As Wang Chenxiang moved to deal with the Ghost Market, a black pillar of light appeared over Sun City, and Cloud Pavilion confronted Xu Zimo.

• Several messengers told Shen Huo that Lord Five Mountains had been killed at Drunk in Life, Dreaming of Death, and Shen Huo killed one of them in anger.
• Wang Chenxiang arrived, heard the messengers’ account, and promised that the Dragon-Controlling Manor would seek justice for Shen Huo’s family.
• Wang Chenxiang ordered people to attack the Ghost Market and make it behave during the Assembly of Ten Thousand Nations.
• Wang Chenxiang and Shen Huo saw a black pillar of light rise over Sun City and realized the old fossils of Cloud Pavilion had made a move.
• At Cloud Pavilion, Xu Zimo challenged the unseen Cloud Pavilion figure for having begged him for mercy before, and the figure accused him of refusing to appreciate kindness.

Xu Zimo fought the Cloud Pavilion masters, who revealed themselves as abyssal demons and joined their power into a massive Abyssal Dharma Form. He destroyed it with a single slash and trapped the fleeing masters, who begged him to spare them.

• The Cloud Pavilion masters attacked Xu Zimo with a giant hand of Darkness Power, but he split it apart with Overlord Shadow.
• The masters merged into a ten-thousand-zhang Abyssal Dharma Form, revealing themselves as abyssal demons.
• Wang Chenxiang and Shen Huo watched the fight, and Wang Chenxiang condemned the Yan Chi Dynasty for compromising with the demons.
• Xu Zimo cut through the demons' corrosive torrent and destroyed their Abyssal Dharma Form with one slash.
• The Cloud Pavilion masters tried to flee, but Xu Zimo sealed their escape with streams of blade aura, and they begged him to spare them.

Xu Zimo destroyed Cloud Tower and encountered Wang Chenxiang, who sought to recruit him into the Dragon Guard Manor. Shen Huo then attacked Xu Zimo to avenge his father, leaving Wang Chenxiang trying to manage the conflict as Xu Zimo refused to spare enemies.

• Xu Zimo slaughtered Cloud Tower's masters and reduced the tower to ruins with a single slash.
• Wang Chenxiang introduced himself as commander of the Dragon Guard Manor and praised Xu Zimo, hoping to recruit him.
• A Dragon Guard Manor sword technique struck toward Xu Zimo, but Wang Chenxiang intercepted it and knocked Shen Huo away.
• Shen Huo revealed that Xu Zimo had killed his father, Elder Five Mountains, and Wang Chenxiang apologized while asking Xu Zimo to show mercy.
• Xu Zimo said he preferred to eliminate enemies completely and would not spare even someone as insignificant as Shen Huo.

Xu Zimo demanded a meeting with the Yan Chi Dynasty’s Imperial Lord after killing Old Man Five Mountains, and Wang Chenxiang agreed to seek approval from his Manor Lord. Back at the Sun God Church’s stronghold, Xu Zimo learned that Long Wu had arrived in Sun City and was meeting the Imperial Lord.

• Xu Zimo admitted killing Old Man Five Mountains, and Wang Chenxiang and Shen Huo agreed that the dead man deserved it to avoid provoking Xu Zimo.
• Xu Zimo asked to meet the Yan Chi Dynasty’s Imperial Lord to discuss cooperation, and Wang Chenxiang said he would consult the Manor Lord within a day.
• Wang Chenxiang warned Shen Huo not to seek revenge without the strength to do so, then said he would visit the Manor Lord despite his supposed seclusion.
• Xu Zimo returned to the Sun God Church’s stronghold and reunited with Leng Xiaoxiao, who warned him to be careful.
• Leng Xiaoxiao told Xu Zimo that Long Wu had arrived in Sun City to meet the Imperial Lord, after asking whether Xu Zimo had killed Long Wu’s son.

Xu Zimo learned about King Long Wu and the rumored Myriad Nations Assembly challenge before joining Leng Xiaoxiao and Su Qianyuan on a visit to Tianxia Tower. After Sun City lifted its airspace ban, they reached the tower, where Qian Kun Hall offered fortune-telling to those who passed its tests.

• Leng Xiaoxiao explained that King Long Wu was the Yan Chi Dynasty's celebrated general, whose spoiled son had become arrogant and lawless.
• Xu Zimo dismissed warnings about King Long Wu and learned that the Myriad Nations Assembly would begin in a week, possibly with an assault on the Abyssal Demon Cavern.
• Leng Xiaoxiao told Xu Zimo and Su Qianyuan that Qian Kun Hall's Tianxia Tower let successful climbers receive a fortune reading.
• Sun City soldiers announced that flying was permitted outside the imperial palace, and crowds took to the air as the streets cleared.
• Leng Xiaoxiao led Xu Zimo and Su Qianyuan to Tianxia Tower after they crossed Sun City.

Xu Zimo, Su Qianyuan, and Leng Xiaoxiao arrived at Tianxia Tower, where Xu Zimo chose Qian Kun Hall’s dangerous hellish trial to avoid the queue. The chapter ended as Little Whirlwind Chen Guang faced the first stage, Light.

• Xu Zimo and his companions saw the huge crowds at Tianxia Tower and learned that passing a hellish trial could earn them entry without waiting in line.
• Leng Xiaoxiao explained that the trial had three dangerous stages—Light, Darkness, and Devouring—and Xu Zimo decided to attempt it.
• The group went to the trial entrance, where Little Whirlwind Chen Guang entered the Void Gate as spectators watched.
• Chen Guang entered the first stage, Light, and prepared to rely on his speed as a beam of light swept through the dark void.

Xu Zimo arrived at Qian Kun Hall’s Hell Three Trials after Chen Guang was killed by the first trial, Light. He effortlessly passed Light and entered the Darkness trial, where he unleashed fire against the evil ghosts lurking in the dark.

• Chen Guang tried to evade the first trial’s beams of light but was pierced and reduced to ashes.
• The Qian Kun Hall disciple warned the crowd that Hell Three Trials were deadly, and Xu Zimo arrived with Leng Xiaoxiao.
• Xu Zimo killed a man who mocked him, then asked whether he could bring Leng Xiaoxiao and Su Qianyuan inside if he passed.
• Xu Zimo entered the Light trial and annihilated its beams with a wave of his hand, leaving the crowd stunned.
• In the Darkness trial, Xu Zimo found his senses sealed and evil ghosts lunging from every direction, so he released a mass of fire that burned through the darkness.

Xu Zimo easily passed the third Hell Trial and entered Tianxia Tower, where he was taken toward its exclusive second floor. The chapter ended as the Dragon Whale carrying him arrived at a special space.

• Xu Zimo used devouring power to break the third trial’s swallowing void and passed the Hell Three Trials.
• Xu Zimo invited Leng Xiaoxiao and Su Qianyuan into Tianxia Tower, and the three entered its vast inner world.
• A maidservant directed Xu Zimo to the second floor but told Leng Xiaoxiao and Su Qianyuan to wait on the first floor.
• Xu Zimo boarded a Dragon Whale that carried him upward through separate spaces toward the second floor.
• The Dragon Whale arrived at a special space as Xu Zimo learned that fewer than ten people were on the second floor.

Xu Zimo entered Tianxia Tower’s second floor, where he met the ranked powerhouse Wang Changqing and learned that the Myriad Nations Assembly was a contest over the balance of power between nations. Wang Changqing invited a white-haired man called Wuya to join them.

• Xu Zimo entered the mist-shrouded second floor of Tianxia Tower and found about ten renowned experts gathered there.
• Wang Changqing approached Xu Zimo, introduced himself, and learned that Xu Zimo was an unfamiliar figure with no stated nation to represent.
• Wang Changqing invited Xu Zimo to drink tea and explained that experts came to Tianxia Tower for Qian Kun Hall’s divinations.
• Wang Changqing explained that the Myriad Nations Assembly let nations compete for influence without risking an all-out war.
• Wang Changqing waved over the white-haired Wuya, who turned toward them with an indifferent expression.

Xu Zimo met Dugu Wuya and heard about his long struggle against the Desolation in the Thousand Feather Imperial Dynasty. Tianjizi, the new Hall Master of Qian Kun Hall, arrived and announced that those who passed the Hell Three Trials could begin their chance to calculate the secrets of heaven.

• Wang Changqing introduced Xu Zimo to Dugu Wuya, the fifth-ranked figure on the Strongest List, and recounted how Dugu Wuya had held back the wasteland for three thousand years.
• Dugu Wuya reminded Wang Changqing of his rivalry with Brahma, who had grown stronger through nine lifetimes of reincarnation, and revealed that Brahma had stolen Wang Changqing's woman.
• Tianjizi emerged from the mist and introduced himself as the new Hall Master of Qian Kun Hall.
• Tianjizi dispersed the mist, revealing the Myriad Lives Destiny Formation, which Wang Changqing recognized as Qian Kun Hall's formation.
• Tianjizi said those who had passed the Hell Three Trials could each receive one chance to calculate the secrets of heaven, and announced that it would begin that day.

Heaven's Oracle used the Formation of All Living Beings' Fate to answer Golden Peng's cultivation question, explaining that his powerful bloodline needed to transform before his path could progress. Blood Sea Demon Venerable Li Wujiao then asked whether the world held more good people or evil people, leaving Heaven's Oracle to divine an answer.

• Golden Peng asked Heaven's Oracle whether he should persist with his inherited Great Dao or choose another cultivation path.
• Heaven's Oracle divined that Golden Peng's powerful bloodline was blocking his progress and that transforming it would resolve his doubts.
• Golden Peng thanked Heaven's Oracle after realizing his bloodline was both his greatest strength and the source of his difficulty.
• Li Wujiao approached Heaven's Oracle and asked whether there were more good people or evil people in the world.
• Heaven's Oracle placed coins in the tortoise shell and asked Li Wujiao what he thought, but Li Wujiao replied that he did not know.

Tianjizi counseled Li Wujiao on the shifting nature of good and evil, then advised Wang Changqing about defeating Brahma. When Xu Zimo asked for the whereabouts of the Undying Emperor Venerable, Tianjizi could not divine the answer.

• Li Wujiao told Tianjizi how he had killed a friend for betrayal before learning the friend had betrayed him to save an innocent family, and asked whether the friend was good or evil.
• Tianjizi showed Li Wujiao a vision and explained that good and evil were relative; Li Wujiao thanked him for resolving his doubts.
• Wang Changqing asked how to defeat Brahma, and Tianjizi said mastering the Great Derivation Art and Great Yin Yang Art might offer a sliver of hope, though Wang Changqing would also need karmic fortune.
• Tianjizi tried to divine Xu Zimo's fate but found the heavenly secrets veiled, then asked what he wished to know.
• Xu Zimo asked for the whereabouts of the Undying Emperor Venerable, and Tianjizi admitted he did not know.

Xu Zimo asked Tianjizi about the realm beyond Great Way Perfection, and Tianjizi activated Qian Kun Hall’s Array of All Living Beings’ Fate to answer. The array revealed a path toward the Boundless and the Origin before a terrifying force shattered it, leaving Tianjizi gravely aged and injured.

• Xu Zimo asked Tianjizi about cultivation beyond Great Way Perfection and the level of the Undying Emperor Venerable.
• Tianjizi activated Qian Kun Hall’s Array of All Living Beings’ Fate despite the severe cost of using it.
• Tianjizi’s divination revealed that the Boundless lay above the Great Way, with nine levels leading toward eternity, and that the Origin lay beyond the Boundless.
• A terrifying force shattered the array and struck Tianjizi down before he could finish his answer.
• Xu Zimo found Tianjizi in a deep pit, and Tianjizi said that divining into the heavens always carried risks.

Tianjizi explained the Nine Heavens of the Boundless Realm and revealed a cryptic clue about the Origin Realm, leaving Xu Zimo eager to explore the wider Undying Star. After rejecting Jin Peng’s invitation to join the Demon Kingdom, Xu Zimo found Su Qianyuan and Leng Xiaoxiao being threatened by Young Master Zhou.

• Tianjizi explained that the Boundless Realm transcended the three-dimensional universe and shared the sentence he had learned about Origin Marks and Primordial Beasts of Chaos.
• Xu Zimo thanked Tianjizi, who postponed answering the other experts’ questions for three days because of his injuries.
• Jin Peng invited Xu Zimo to represent the Demon Kingdom at the Assembly of Myriad Nations, but Xu Zimo refused and said he wanted to meet the Yan Chi Dynasty’s ruler first.
• Xu Zimo returned to the first floor and saw Young Master Zhou threaten Su Qianyuan and Leng Xiaoxiao after they refused to drink with him.

Xu Zimo stopped Leng Xiaoxiao and Su Qianyuan from drinking Young Master Zhou’s drugged wine and grievously wounded him. Brahma and Gongsun Yu arrived in response, leaving Xu Zimo facing the Martial God’s people.

• Young Master Zhou pressured Leng Xiaoxiao and Su Qianyuan to drink his wine while the crowd mocked them.
• Xu Zimo appeared, took the wine jug, and refused to let the women drink it.
• Young Master Zhou invoked his master, Brahma, but Xu Zimo struck him down and left him near death.
• Brahma and his strategist Gongsun Yu arrived with a group of burly men, demanding to know who had attacked one of the Martial God’s people.

Xu Zimo rejected Gongsun Yu and Brahma Heaven’s demand for an explanation after beating Young Master Zhou, calling them all ants. When Gongsun Yu attacked with his illusion arts, Xu Zimo tore apart his fan, trapped him in a sealed void, and crushed his shoulder.

• Gongsun Yu and Brahma Heaven confronted Xu Zimo over his beating of Young Master Zhou, and a bystander explained what had happened.
• Xu Zimo refused to explain himself and declared that Young Master Zhou, Gongsun Yu, and Brahma Heaven were all ants to him.
• Gongsun Yu attacked Xu Zimo with his Mirror Flower Water Moon illusion arts.
• Xu Zimo seized and tore apart Gongsun Yu’s folding fan, then grabbed his shoulder as Gongsun Yu’s illusion failed.
• Xu Zimo sealed the surrounding void and crushed Gongsun Yu’s shoulder, while Gongsun Yu endured the pain without crying out.