Chapter Summaries

Xu Zimo investigated the ghosts in the Heaven's End Forbidden Zone, killing them and discovering they left behind indestructible blood. With Wang Xian and Wang Heng guiding him, he continued toward the Doomsday Tree and reached a mountain hollow.

• Wang Xian and Wang Heng warned Xu Zimo that the Doomsday Tree was the forbidden zone's most dangerous place and agreed to lead him near it.
• Ghosts appeared in the fog, and Xu Zimo studied them before they attacked.
• Xu Zimo tore the ghosts apart, watched them regenerate, then burned them to ashes, leaving behind drops of indestructible blood.
• Xu Zimo trapped and collected the escaping blood, then set off toward the Doomsday Tree with Wang Xian and Wang Heng.
• Wang Xian and Wang Heng used a Nether Lantern to disperse the fog as Xu Zimo killed more ghosts along the way.
• The three reached a mountain hollow surrounded by mountains.

Xu Zimo reached the Doomsday Tree and discovered that it gestated the ghosts and monsters of the Heaven's End Forbidden Zone. He burned and uprooted the tree, then noticed a special root still connected behind it.

• Wang Xian and Wang Heng brought Xu Zimo to the mountain hollow where the Doomsday Tree stood, then stopped before entering.
• Xu Zimo cut through the tree’s roots and saw creatures gestating inside its fruits before they fell and became ghosts and monsters.
• Xu Zimo destroyed the monsters born from the tree and collected the blood droplets they left behind.
• The enraged Doomsday Tree attacked Xu Zimo with its branches, but he covered his blade in flames and set the tree alight.
• Xu Zimo used his strength to uproot the Doomsday Tree and hurled it to the ground, then spotted a special root still connected to it.

Xu Zimo uprooted the Doomsday Tree and discovered that a blood-red root had secretly sustained it, though the root’s source escaped him. After sending Wang Xian and Wang Heng back with the map, he ventured into Ten Thousand Weapons Ridge, where two ghostly armies were still fighting, and prepared to confront them.

• Xu Zimo uprooted the Doomsday Tree, but the blood-red root turned ordinary and concealed its connection.
• The Doomsday Tree withered away, clearing the nearby fog and revealing a basin scarred by an ancient battle.
• Xu Zimo sent Wang Xian and Wang Heng away with instructions to restore their freedom, then continued deeper into the forbidden land alone.
• Xu Zimo reached Ten Thousand Weapons Ridge and saw tens of thousands of ghosts from the Void Rend Empire and the Sun-Chasing Empire locked in battle.
• Xu Zimo rejected the map’s detour around the armies and decided to sweep through them himself.

Xu Zimo slaughtered the armies at Myriad Weapons Ridge, gathered more blood drops, and reached the God-Demon Well, where he entered the Black Mist. As he stepped inside, events began unfolding at the Chen Family, where a mysterious golden clock stood in an empty palace.

• Xu Zimo killed tens of thousands of soldiers at Myriad Weapons Ridge and gathered the blood drops that had controlled them.
• Xu Zimo suspected the blood drops were connected to the Myriad Blood Source and watched them begin to fuse together.
• Xu Zimo crossed the monster-filled route to the God-Demon Well, using the fire of the Great Dao to burn away creatures that approached.
• Xu Zimo entered the God-Demon Well through its Black Mist-covered horizontal opening.
• At the Chen Family, a magnificent palace stood empty except for a golden clock containing the heavenly stems and earthly branches and the seasons.

The Chen Family located East Pole Island with the Spacetime Wheel and prepared an invasion to seize the Myriad Blood Source and prolong their founder’s life. Chen Jinglei led three hundred experts through a spatial gate, while Third Granduncle stayed behind to guard the family.

• The Spacetime Wheel identified East Pole Island’s location, and Third Granduncle summoned the Chen Family’s senior elders.
• Chen Jinglei explained that the Chen Family needed the Myriad Blood Source to save their dying ancestor and ordered the family sealed off.
• Chen Jinglei selected three hundred of the strongest clansmen for an expedition to East Pole Island.
• Chen Jinglei entrusted the family’s safety to Third Granduncle and said Hong could be informed if she returned.
• The Chen Family’s expedition opened a spatial gate and entered East Pole Island.
• At Heaven's End Forbidden Ground, Xu Zimo found clues after killing enough ghosts and monsters.

Xu Zimo followed the blood-colored figure deeper into the Heaven's Wound Forbidden Zone, where he fought a skeletal giant and chased a drop of black blood. The chase led him to a living man who tried to turn him back, but Xu Zimo demanded his identity and challenged him to fight.

• Xu Zimo followed the blood-colored figure's guidance farther into the forbidden zone as the ghosts and monsters grew stronger.
• A skeletal giant formed from scattered bones attacked Xu Zimo, who defeated it with Overlord Shadow and split it apart.
• A drop of black blood emerged from the skeletal giant and tore through Xu Zimo's sealed void as it fled.
• Xu Zimo chased the black blood deeper into the forbidden zone until a middle-aged man in a dragon robe caught it and blocked his path.
• The middle-aged man warned Xu Zimo to turn back and said the things within should remain sealed, but Xu Zimo demanded to know who he was and proposed a fight.

Xu Zimo defeated the guardian of the Heavenfall Forbidden Zone, who warned him about the Myriad Blood Source before leading him inside. At the forest’s center, Xu Zimo saw the blood-colored altar sealing it.

• The man attacked Xu Zimo with the Imperial Dragon Scepter, but Xu Zimo destroyed his golden dragons and wounded him.
• The man used the Shield of the People's Hearts to block Xu Zimo's strikes, but Xu Zimo shattered it with a powerful blow.
• The man escaped the slash’s worst impact with the Imperial Dragon Scepter, then admitted defeat and warned Xu Zimo that the Myriad Blood Source bewitched people.
• The man identified the Myriad Blood Source as what Xu Zimo had come for and led him through the forest at the end of the Heavenfall Forbidden Zone.
• Xu Zimo saw a blood-colored altar, and the man identified it as the sealing altar of the Myriad Blood Source.

Xu Zimo learned from Yan, the former ruler of the Sun-Chasing Empire, that the ancient empires had not destroyed each other fighting over the Myriad Blood Source. Yan revealed that the source had absorbed their greed and sins, become a demon, and sought to replace the blood of every living being; it remained sealed while trying to tempt Xu Zimo with eternal life.

• Xu Zimo pulled back his Flame of Goodness when it tried to reach the sealing altar, and Yan recognized it.
• Yan identified himself as the former ruler of the Sun-Chasing Empire and corrected Xu Zimo’s belief that the two empires had perished fighting over the Myriad Blood Source.
• Yan revealed the sealed Myriad Blood Source, and the black drop of blood tried to persuade Xu Zimo to free it in exchange for eternal life.
• Yan explained that the newborn source had absorbed surrounding emotions and become evil after taking in the empires’ greed, death, and sin.
• Yan said the Myriad Blood Source had become a demon that sought to make all living beings use its blood and replace the blood of the world.

Yan explained that the Myriad Blood Source’s evil power had been sealed while its remaining good power formed the Heaven’s Wound Forbidden Zone to guard it. Xu Zimo chose to release the evil, relying on the third Dao Fruit’s newly awakened ability, See Through Death, which let him control an enemy’s life and death through a physical trace.

• Yan revealed that Xiao and he had sacrificed two nations to seal the Myriad Blood Source and hide East Pole Island.
• Yan explained that the little blood droplet man held the Source’s remaining good power, which had created the forbidden zone’s guardians.
• Yan warned Xu Zimo that the weakening seal was letting evil power lure cultivators in, and offered him the choice to leave or release it.
• Xu Zimo decided to release the evil, believing he could handle it and prevent the seal from eventually failing.
• Xu Zimo awakened See Through Death, which let him send an enemy onto the Bridge of Life and Death using any substance taken from them.

Xu Zimo released the Myriad Blood Source, which transformed into a Blood Demon Angel and began remaking heaven and earth in its own image. After it tried to replace Xu Zimo’s blood with its own, he resisted with his saber, and it unleashed rivers of blood against him.

• Yan explained that a Lin Demon Clan ancestor had gone mad after swallowing a drop of the Myriad Blood Source’s evil blood.
• Xu Zimo opened the restriction sealing the Myriad Blood Source, causing the sky and earth to turn blood-red as it began remaking the world.
• The Myriad Blood Source took the form of a Blood Demon Angel and declared that only its blood could exist.
• The Blood Demon Angel sent a Blood River to replace Xu Zimo’s blood, but Xu Zimo destroyed the blood with his saber light.
• The Blood Demon Angel accused Xu Zimo of refusing its gift of immortality and sent countless rivers of blood crashing toward him.

Xu Zimo unleashed his new ability, seeing through life and death, and trapped the Blood Demon Angel in the Life and Death Realm. Though the domain drained him and the Blood Demon Angel claimed it was undying, Xu Zimo began attacking with strange black threads that passed through its defenses.

• The Blood Demon Angel summoned rivers of blood and a vast army to attack Xu Zimo, but he destroyed them with his blade intent.
• The Blood Demon Angel used the power of the Myriad Blood Source to replace the blood in Xu Zimo's body, and Xu Zimo allowed the change to continue.
• Xu Zimo surrounded the Blood Demon Angel with seven-colored light and brought them both into the Life and Death Realm, where a Bridge of Life and Death stood between them.
• Xu Zimo explained that he could decide life and death within the domain and revive himself, while the Blood Demon Angel struggled unsuccessfully to break free.
• The Blood Demon Angel warned that the domain would drain Xu Zimo, but he said he had enough time and sent black threads toward it.
• The Blood Demon Angel tried to block the black threads with its sea of blood, only to discover that they passed through everything.

Xu Zimo used his Life-and-Death Realm to drain the Blood Demon Angel’s vitality while rendering its attacks and escape futile. As the Myriad Blood Source begged for its life, it revealed that fusing with its essence blood would let Xu Zimo control it, and Xu Zimo asked if it was willing to follow him.

• Black threads entered the Blood Demon Angel and drained its vitality, while Xu Zimo’s space kept it from reaching him.
• The Blood Demon Angel attacked Xu Zimo with Human Corpse Fire, but the flames passed through him without causing harm.
• As its life ran out, the Blood Demon Angel begged Xu Zimo to spare it and offered its abilities as the Myriad Blood Source.
• The Myriad Blood Source said Xu Zimo could control it by fusing with its essence blood, which belonged to its true body.
• Xu Zimo asked whether the Myriad Blood Source was willing to follow him, and it agreed.

Xu Zimo subdued the Myriad Blood Source and took control of its heart. As experts from the Chen Family arrived outside East Pole Island to break through its Space Wall, Xu Zimo prepared for an inevitable battle.

• Xu Zimo persuaded the Myriad Blood Source to follow him and promised to help it grow stronger.
• The Myriad Blood Source offered its core heart, and Xu Zimo took control of it and absorbed the rest of the Blood Demon Angel into it.
• Yan praised Xu Zimo for subduing the Myriad Blood Source and warned him to guard against being controlled by it.
• A thunderous impact shook East Pole Island, and Xu Zimo realized that experts from Undying Star had arrived.
• Chen Jinglei confirmed the coordinates with the Chen Family experts and ordered them to break the Space Wall around East Pole Island.

After Xu Zimo left, Su Qianyuan used his clone to crush rebellions in the Yan Chi Dynasty and joined forces with Lin, the Demon King, to prepare for an invasion. Chen Jinglei and the Chen Family’s experts arrived on East Pole Island, where Lin, the Demon King, stepped forward to meet them.

• Su Qianyuan ordered Xu Zimo’s clone to suppress the rebellions, and he killed the rebels until the unrest ended within a day.
• Lin, the Demon King, visited Su Qianyuan and told her that outside forces were coming to invade East Pole Island.
• Su Qianyuan agreed to gather the Yan Chi Dynasty’s and Lin Demon Clan’s experts so they would not be defeated separately.
• The Chen Family opened a black hole in the sky and entered East Pole Island under Chen Jinglei’s leadership.
• Su Qianyuan sent Lin, the Demon King, to face Chen Jinglei, who assessed his strength and surveyed East Pole Island’s forces.

Chen Jinglei demanded that East Pole Island help the Chen Family find the Myriad Blood Source, offering cooperation in return, then launched a battle when Lin, the Demon King refused to agree. The Chen Family gained the upper hand as East Pole Island’s forces began to collapse.

• Chen Jinglei introduced the Chen Family and proposed cooperation, but Lin, the Demon King challenged his show of force and demanded to know their intentions.
• Chen Jinglei stated that the Chen Family required information and help finding the Myriad Blood Source, while offering to help islanders travel to Undying Star.
• When Lin, the Demon King fell silent, Chen Jinglei ordered the Chen Family experts to attack.
• Lin, the Demon King told Su Qianyuan that East Pole Island had to fight to preserve its standing in future negotiations, and she entrusted him with command.
• The battle erupted in the sky, and the Chen Family’s superior strength pushed East Pole Island’s forces toward collapse.

The Chen Family crushed the forces of East Pole Island, prompting Lin, the Demon King, and Su Qianyuan to surrender as the island’s defenders collapsed. Meanwhile, Xu Zimo discovered the Gate of True Self in the Heavenly Wound Forbidden Ground, where Kong, ruler of the Void Rend Empire, appeared before him.

• As the Chen Family overwhelmed the defenders and promised to spare those who surrendered, Lin, the Demon King, told Su Qianyuan to give up, and many from the Yan Chi Dynasty and Lin demon clan surrendered.
• Su Qianyuan lamented losing the foundation Xu Zimo had entrusted to her, while Leng Xiaoxiao comforted her and wondered what Xu Zimo would have done.
• Xu Zimo continued exploring the Heavenly Wound Forbidden Ground and found the Gate of True Self, the treasure that had exiled East Pole Island into the void.
• Xu Zimo tried to subdue the Gate of True Self, but Kong stepped through a crack in the void and introduced himself as ruler of the Void Rend Empire.

Kong gave Xu Zimo the Gate of the True Self and explained its connection to the False Void and the Undying Emperor’s rumored inheritance. When the Chen Family arrived at the Heavenfall Forbidden Zone with Lin, the Demon King, Su Qianyuan, and other East Pole Island figures, Xu Zimo prepared to face them.

• Kong thanked Xu Zimo for saving East Pole Island and gave him the Gate of the True Self.
• Kong explained that the gate could open a path into the False Void, where the Undying Emperor was said to have hidden his inheritance.
• Kong told Xu Zimo that he and Yan had found the Gate of the True Self and the Myriad Blood Source on a corpse in an Ancient Land.
• Xu Zimo told Kong that outsiders had discovered East Pole Island and agreed to confront them.
• The Chen Family arrived above Xu Zimo in the Heavenfall Forbidden Zone with Lin, the Demon King, Su Qianyuan, and other East Pole Island figures.

Chen Jinglei led the Chen Family army through the unexpectedly calm Heaven's Desolation Forbidden Zone in search of the Myriad Blood Source and found Xu Zimo at its end. When Xu Zimo revealed the source, Chen Jinglei ordered his forces to seize it, and Xu Zimo unleashed its power against them.

• Chen Jinglei dismissed warnings about the Heaven's Desolation Forbidden Zone and ordered Lin, the Demon King, and the others to guide the Chen Family army through it.
• Lin, the Demon King, realized Xu Zimo's arrival had changed the forbidden zone but kept that knowledge from Chen Jinglei.
• The Chen Family army reached the end of the forbidden zone and found Xu Zimo, while Su Qianyuan and the others were relieved to see him.
• Chen Jinglei offered to discuss terms for the Myriad Blood Source, and Xu Zimo revealed it as a child-sized figure in his palm.
• Chen Jinglei ordered his several hundred fighters to seize the source, and Xu Zimo made the child unleash a vast sea of blood upon them.

Xu Zimo used the Myriad Blood Source to infect and overwhelm the Chen Family experts, then fought Chen Jinglei directly. After Xu Zimo proved stronger and broke Chen Jinglei’s arms, the desperate patriarch began burning his essence, qi, and spirit.

• Chen Jinglei warned the Chen Family experts to keep the Myriad Blood Source out of their bodies, but the blood invaded them and replaced their own.
• Xu Zimo made the blood inside the experts circulate, causing them to lose control and struggle to suppress its power.
• Chen Jinglei attacked Xu Zimo with his thunder arts, but Xu Zimo shattered the attack and defeated him in their exchange of blows.
• Chen Jinglei saw the Chen Family experts nearing their limits and began burning his essence, qi, and spirit.

Xu Zimo and Chen Jinglei unleashed their full power in a decisive battle, with Chen Jinglei burning his life to protect his clansmen. Xu Zimo defeated him without injury, leaving the Chen Family in despair and East Pole Island’s people hopeful.

• Chen Jinglei burned his essence, energy, spirit, and life force as he fought Xu Zimo with everything he had.
• Xu Zimo fused the powers of his three Dao Fruits and met Chen Jinglei’s sunlike attack head-on.
• The collision blasted the surrounding fighters away and tore open a black hole as the damaged space slowly began to repair itself.
• Chen Jinglei survived but lay grievously wounded, while Xu Zimo walked away unscathed.
• The Chen Family fell into despair at Chen Jinglei’s defeat, while East Pole Island’s people gained hope.