Chapter Summaries

Chu Kuangren entered the Great Dao Spirit World and discovered its Great Dao Sources before recognizing familiar sword qi. He arrived to find Tongtian Jiaozhu trapped in a sword formation and pressured to surrender its diagram.

• Cultivators gathered at the Great Dao Spirit World, whose restriction blocked those below the Primordial Chaos Realm.
• Ancestral Dragon Chengtao and Heavenly God Zang entered the Spirit World with ease, followed by many powerful cultivators.
• Chu Kuangren entered unharmed, examined a Great Dao Source, and searched the Spirit World for treasures.
• Chu Kuangren sensed familiar sword qi and rushed toward its source.
• A black-clad man used Tongtian Jiaozhu's four-sword formation against him, broke through his defenses, and demanded the formation diagram in exchange for sparing his life.

Chu Kuangren rescued Tongtian by killing Dugu Kong with a single strike, then proposed uniting Pangu Universe cultivators in a new faction. The chapter left Dugu Bubai seeking revenge while Tongtian agreed to bring his brothers to meet Chu Kuangren in Ten Thousand Weapons City.

• Tongtian struggled against Dugu Kong, who demanded the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation diagram.
• Chu Kuangren arrived and killed Dugu Kong with one strand of sword qi, revealing that he commanded three thousand Daos.
• Dugu Bubai sensed his younger brother's death, found his corpse, and vowed to tear apart the swordsman responsible.
• Chu Kuangren explained his plan to unite Pangu Universe forces, and Tongtian agreed to discuss it with his two elder brothers.
• Chu Kuangren invited Tongtian and his brothers to Ten Thousand Weapons City, where Tongtian hoped to upgrade his Four Zhu Xian Swords.

Chu Kuangren and Tongtian reached the Great Dao Lake and headed for its center, where cultivators fought over Dao mountains and searched for the Great Dao Heart. Wa Huang and Fuxi unearthed a Hongmeng Supreme Treasure, and when Bi Gu attacked Fuxi, an unknown sword strike intervened, declaring that no one could harm anyone from the Pangu Universe.

• Chu Kuangren and Tongtian followed the nine rivers of cloud to the Great Dao Lake and bypassed the fighting to head toward its center.
• Cultivators found the Dao mountains and began battling over the best ones, while Ancestral Dragon Chengtao and Heavenly God Zang searched for the Great Dao Heart.
• Wa Huang and Fuxi mined an overlooked Dao mountain, where they uncovered a Hongmeng Supreme Treasure.
• Fuxi held off the surrounding cultivators with a bagua diagram as Wa Huang tried to escape with the treasure.
• Bi Gu shattered Fuxi's bagua diagram and attacked him, but a sword strike tore apart Bi Gu's golden beast phantom and knocked him through several Dao mountains.

Chu Kuangren arrived in the Great Dao Lake and defeated Bi Gu’s Behemoth Dharma Form, forcing the gathered cultivators to abandon their attempt to seize Wa Huang’s treasure. He joined Wa Huang, Fuxi, and Tongtian in searching for the Heart of the Great Dao, but after several days they had found nothing.

• Chu Kuangren arrived to protect Wa Huang and Fuxi, then summoned the Pangu Dharma Form to face Bi Gu’s Behemoth Dharma Form.
• Chu Kuangren’s Heaven-Opening Divine Axe destroyed Bi Gu’s Dharma Form and sent him flying, frightening the other cultivators into backing down.
• Wa Huang thanked Chu Kuangren and offered him the multicolored crystal, but he told her to keep the treasure because it suited her Creation Dao.
• Tongtian arrived and joined Chu Kuangren, Wa Huang, and Fuxi in searching for the Heart of the Great Dao.
• After several days of searching without success, Tongtian wondered whether the Great Dao Spirit World had nurtured a Heart of the Great Dao this time, while Chu Kuangren studied the lake.

Chu Kuangren used his blood to trace the force drawing Dao blood through the lake and discovered the Great Dao Heart. After driving back the cultivators who tried to seize it, he claimed the Heart and faced a powerful Sword Qi aimed at him.

• Ancestral Dragon Chengtao and the other cultivators smashed Dao mountains in search of the Great Dao Heart, but the violet-gold orb they found proved to be only a high-quality Great Dao Source.
• Tongtian and Wa Huang discussed Ancestral Dragon Chengtao and Heavenly God Zang, while Chu Kuangren dismissed their attempts to provoke him.
• Chu Kuangren recalled that Dao blood had been drawn toward the lake’s center, cut his hand, and followed his blood’s trail through the lake.
• Chu Kuangren pulled a blood-colored Flood Dragon from the Dao Lake and shattered it, revealing the Great Dao Heart.
• Chu Kuangren claimed the Great Dao Heart and warned the others to bear the consequences if they attacked him.
• A powerful streak of Sword Qi tore through the air and headed straight for Chu Kuangren.

Dugu Bubai confronted Chu Kuangren over his younger brother’s death, but Chu effortlessly repelled him and challenged everyone seeking revenge or the Great Dao Heart. Chu slaughtered most of the attackers and killed Dugu Bubai before Heavenly God Zang struck at him with the Light of the Heavenly God.

• Dugu Bubai accused Chu Kuangren of killing Dugu Kong and attacked him with the Saint Spirit Sword Art, but Chu shattered his sword qi with a finger.
• Chu invited everyone present to attack him together, and Ancestral Dragon Chengtao, Dugu Bubai, and the other cultivators launched a combined assault.
• Chu swept out a sword strike that devoured the attacks and killed all but Ancestral Dragon Chengtao, Dugu Bubai, and a handful of top-ranking experts.
• Chu appeared before Dugu Bubai and killed him with a single punch, then struck down another cultivator and badly wounded Bi Gu.
• Heavenly God Zang attacked Chu with the Light of the Heavenly God.

Chu Kuangren defeated Heavenly God Zang and Ancestral Dragon Chengtao, killing Chengtao and taking the Heavenly God Spear. When Ancestral Dragon Feng and Heavenly God Yue arrived, Chu Kuangren severed one of Feng’s five claws with Kunwu.

• Heavenly God Zang attacked Chu Kuangren with Immortal Radiance and the Heavenly God Spear, but Chu Kuangren countered his strikes easily.
• Ancestral Dragon Chengtao joined Heavenly God Zang in a pincer attack, but Chu Kuangren remained unharmed and blasted both of them away.
• Chu Kuangren unleashed Void Heavenly Slash, killing Ancestral Dragon Chengtao and grievously wounding Heavenly God Zang.
• Heavenly God Yue rescued Heavenly God Zang, and Chu Kuangren claimed the Heavenly God Spear as Ancestral Dragon Feng arrived in fury.
• Ancestral Dragon Feng attacked Chu Kuangren, who drew Kunwu and severed one of Feng’s five claws.

Chu Kuangren fought Ancestral Dragon Feng and Heavenly God Yue, then activated his light state and overwhelmed both of them. He killed Ancestral Dragon Feng with a sword strike and crushed Heavenly God Yue beneath his palm.

• Ancestral Dragon Feng attacked Chu Kuangren with dragon flame, while Heavenly God Yue joined the battle and struck at him; Chu Kuangren blocked both attackers.
• Ancestral Dragon Feng sent Chu Kuangren crashing through several Dao Mountains, but Chu Kuangren emerged protected by his Blood-Congealing Armor.
• Chu Kuangren activated his light state, displayed Great Dao Realm power, and used Three Thousand Light Worlds to wound Ancestral Dragon Feng and Heavenly God Yue.
• Chu Kuangren struck Ancestral Dragon Feng with the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Art and cleaved his dragon body in two.
• Heavenly God Yue tried to flee, but Chu Kuangren summoned the Gate of Destiny to stop him and killed him with a palm strike.

After killing Ancestral Dragon Feng and Heavenly God Yue, Chu Kuangren took the Dao Mountains from the Great Dao Lake, first with Heaven and Earth in the Sleeve and then with his Personal Universe. He then began absorbing the lake itself, leaving the other cultivators aghast and powerless.

• Chu Kuangren's defeat of Ancestral Dragon Feng and Heavenly God Yue stunned the cultivators, while Shi Long watched and wondered about Chu Kuangren's connection to the Six Eyes Clan.
• The Dragon Clan learned that Ancestral Dragon Chengtao and Ancestral Dragon Feng had died, and the Ancestral Dragon King ordered an investigation and vowed revenge.
• Chu Kuangren challenged anyone else to oppose him, then used Heaven and Earth in the Sleeve to take more than a hundred Dao Mountains.
• When Heaven and Earth in the Sleeve neared its limit, Chu Kuangren opened a passage into his Personal Universe and absorbed every remaining Dao Mountain.
• The Great Dao Lake began boiling, and Chu Kuangren drew its water and Great Dao Sources into himself as the other cultivators watched in outrage.

After gathering the treasures in the Great Dao Spirit World, Chu Kuangren returned to Ten Thousand Weapons City and began refining a Great Dao Heart to break through to the Great Dao Realm. As he underwent a mysterious Dao sublimation, cultivators from the Pangu Universe arrived to join his planned alliance, and the Three Purities came to meet them.

• Chu Kuangren left the Great Dao Spirit World with Tongtian, Wa Huang, and Fuxi, then explained his plan to unite Pangu Universe cultivators in the Beacon Domain.
• Wa Huang and Fuxi agreed to join Chu Kuangren's force, while Tongtian departed to invite his two elder brothers.
• Chu Kuangren returned to Ten Thousand Weapons City, summoned Pangu Universe cultivators, and entered seclusion to refine the Great Dao Heart.
• Refining the Great Dao Heart drew Chu Kuangren's consciousness into a mysterious void, where ancient runes and a vortex of Dao knowledge advanced his understanding.
• Pangu Universe cultivators gathered in the Beacon Domain, where Fuxi received them as Chu Kuangren and Wa Huang remained in seclusion.
• The Three Purities arrived, and Fuxi congratulated Li Jun on reaching the Great Dao Realm; Li Jun acknowledged that Chu Kuangren was stronger.

Wa Huang learned that the Creation Crystal held a secret about the human lineage and the Nine Treasures of Humanity, while the World-Destroying Martial Master planned to kill Chu Kuangren for establishing a faction in Beacon Domain. As Pangu Universe cultivators gathered in Ten Thousand Weapons City, Lan Yu revealed that Chu Kuangren was breaking through to the Great Dao realm, and Weapon Calamity arrived in response.

• Wa Huang gained insight into the Creation Crystal as she refined it and realized it was connected to the human lineage, the first ancestor, and the Nine Treasures of Humanity.
• The World-Destroying Martial Master decided Chu Kuangren had to die and asked the Formation King to help; the Formation King agreed to hold off the Goddess of Light and offered to recruit Peerless Sword.
• The World-Destroying Martial Master lamented that he had not found the God of Slaughter's Inheritance and vowed to keep Beacon Domain under his control.
• The Queen Mother of the West, Yuzhi, Chu Hong, Yin Honghua, Jue Wushen, Wuhan, and other Pangu Universe cultivators gathered in Chu Kuangren's grotto-heaven in Ten Thousand Weapons City.
• Lan Yu told the gathered cultivators that Chu Kuangren was breaking through to the Great Dao realm, and Weapon Calamity entered the grotto-heaven amid a surge of beacon-fire aura.

The World-Destroying Martial Association surrounded Ten Thousand Weapons City and demanded that Ou Yeruo hand over the Pangu Universe cultivators. Ou Yeruo refused, and the city’s defenders joined forces to reinforce his barrier against the six Slaughter Stars.

• Weapon Calamity arrived in Ten Thousand Weapons City and asked about Chu Kuangren and Luohou, while Lan Yu and Li Jun discussed the absent Buddhist experts.
• Shi Ying joined Lan Yu and the others as the Xuantian Nine Stars gathered, with only Hua Wuai missing.
• The World-Destroying Martial Association’s forces surrounded Ten Thousand Weapons City, and Ou Yeruo raised a defensive barrier as the six remaining Slaughter Stars appeared.
• Long Sha demanded that Ou Yeruo surrender the Pangu Universe cultivators, but Ou Yeruo refused to hand over his honored guests.
• Long Sha attacked the barrier, and Lan Yu, the Three Purities, Wa Huang, Fuxi, and the others poured their power into it to strengthen its defenses.

The World-Destroying Martial Association attacked Ten Thousand Weapons City, and the Light God Temple sent reinforcements to defend it. When Peerless Sword arrived and unleashed a devastating strike, Chu Kuangren emerged to block it, leaving the battle poised for his return.

• The Formation King asked Peerless Sword to go to Ten Thousand Weapons City and help kill Chu Kuangren, and Peerless Sword agreed, seeking revenge for two slain swordsmen.
• The World-Destroying Martial Association shattered Ou Yeruo's protective barrier, leaving the Pangu Universe's defenders exposed.
• The Goddess of Light sent the Left Heavenly King of Light and Paladins through the Light Bridge to reinforce Ten Thousand Weapons City.
• Peerless Sword's sword intent swept across the battlefield, and his enormous sword shadow crushed the Left Heavenly King of Light's attack as it descended on the city.
• Chu Kuangren formed a golden palm that blocked Peerless Sword's strike, then appeared before the battlefield.

Chu Kuangren emerged from seclusion and demonstrated overwhelming strength against the World-Destroying Martial Association’s Killing Stars. As Peerless Sword arrived to challenge him, Chu Kuangren asked how many of his moves the second-ranked fighter could withstand.

• Peerless Sword unleashed a devastating slash near Ten Thousand Weapons City, and Chu Kuangren blocked its Sword Qi.
• The Left Heavenly King of Light told Chu Kuangren that Ming Fei was in seclusion attempting to break through to Supreme Being, and Chu Kuangren ordered everyone else to stand back.
• Leopard Kill attacked Chu Kuangren, who killed him with a casual punch that shattered his claw-hook treasure.
• Chu Kuangren used Void Heavenly Slash against the Killing Stars, killing Eagle Kill, She Sha, and Whale Kill and leaving Long Sha and Qilin Kill badly wounded.
• Peerless Sword arrived and challenged Chu Kuangren, who asked how many of his moves Peerless Sword could take.

Chu Kuangren battled Peerless Sword in Ten Thousand Weapons City, overpowering him and breaking his sword before meeting his Sword Twenty-Two with the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Art. Their clash shook the surrounding lands as swordsmen began converging on the city.

• Peerless Sword attacked Chu Kuangren with successive moves of the Saint Spirit Sword Technique, but Chu Kuangren blocked them with his sword finger.
• Peerless Sword unleashed Sword Twenty, and Chu Kuangren answered with Heaven Beyond Heaven Sword, which sent him flying.
• Peerless Sword struck with Sword Twenty-One, but Chu Kuangren drew Kunwu and severed Peerless Sword's pitch-black blade while wounding his chest.
• Peerless Sword demanded Kunwu as his prize and launched Sword Twenty-Two, his strongest non-taboo technique.
• Chu Kuangren countered with the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Art, and their sword techniques collided as swordsmen across billions of miles sensed the clash.

Chu Kuangren defeated Peerless Sword after the two unleashed their strongest sword techniques, killing the Great Dao Ranking’s second-ranked swordsman. He collected a jade slip containing the Saint Spirit Sword Art as an unexpected reward.

• Chu Kuangren overpowered Peerless Sword’s Sword Twenty-Two, but Peerless Sword survived thanks to the Blood Spirit Sword Treasure in his chest.
• Peerless Sword shattered the Blood Spirit Sword Treasure to enhance his Sword Dao and unleashed Sword Twenty-Three.
• Chu Kuangren combined Void Heavenly Slash with the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Art and destroyed Sword Twenty-Three.
• Peerless Sword praised Chu Kuangren’s swordsmanship before Chu Kuangren’s attack destroyed his body and dispersed his Great Dao.
• Chu Kuangren collected a sword-shaped jade slip that recorded the Saint Spirit Sword Art.

The World-Destroying Martial Master confronted Chu Kuangren in Ten Thousand Weapons City, but the Goddess of Light was trapped by the Formation King's array as she tried to intervene. She swore a Dao Heart Oath to kill the World-Destroying Martial Master if he harmed Chu Kuangren, leaving him furious and unable to kill Chu Kuangren without risking his own life.

• The World-Destroying Martial Master’s will descended over Ten Thousand Weapons City, and the Formation King trapped the Goddess of Light in an endlessly regenerating array as she tried to teleport there.
• The World-Destroying Martial Master appeared before Chu Kuangren, accused him of killing a Slaughter Star and destroying a Martial Association branch, and crushed him with kingly pressure.
• The Seed of Light healed Chu Kuangren’s injuries and helped him withstand the World-Destroying Martial Master’s pressure.
• The Goddess of Light, Ming Xue, swore upon her Dao Heart that she and the World-Destroying Martial Master would fight until one died if he harmed Chu Kuangren.
• The World-Destroying Martial Master realized the oath left no room for reconciliation and raged at the Goddess of Light.

After the Goddess of Light swore an oath to protect Chu Kuangren, Ancestral Dragon Nebula attacked him, and Chu Kuangren used the Demon Eye’s power to defeat him and tear out his dragon tendon. The enraged Ancestral Dragon King descended, but the Demon King appeared to defend Chu Kuangren.

• The Demon King heard the Goddess of Light’s Dao Heart Oath and considered making a sacrifice of her own to win Chu Kuangren over.
• Ancestral Dragon Nebula arrived at Ten Thousand Weapons City and attacked Chu Kuangren, while the World-Destroying Martial Master yielded the chance for revenge to him.
• Chu Kuangren activated the Demon Eye and pierced Ancestral Dragon Nebula’s claw with a sword strike.
• Chu Kuangren leapt onto Ancestral Dragon Nebula’s back, stabbed through his scales, and tore out his dragon tendon, leaving him barely alive.
• The Ancestral Dragon King descended in fury, and the Demon King appeared to protect Chu Kuangren and threaten the Dragon Clan.

Chu Kuangren faced a growing coalition of Monarch forces, but the Demon King protected him and kept the World-Destroying Martial Master from attacking. The Heavenly God Clan then joined the Dragon Clan in backing the World-Destroying Martial Association, leaving the World-Destroying Martial Master declaring that Chu Kuangren must die.

• The Demon King appeared and warned the Ancestral Dragon King that he could not touch Chu Kuangren.
• The World-Destroying Martial Master hesitated to attack despite the Ancestral Dragon King urging him to kill Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren mocked the World-Destroying Martial Master for lacking the resolve to kill, provoking his anger.
• The Heavenly God Clan announced that it would stand with the World-Destroying Martial Association and the Dragon Clan against Chu Kuangren.
• The World-Destroying Martial Master renewed his killing intent and declared that Chu Kuangren must die that day.

Chu Kuangren faced a killing blow from the World-Destroying Martial Master, but his hidden trump card summoned King Lan’s incarnation. She revealed that she could trade one for one against Monarchs and began draining the surrounding world to strengthen herself.

• The World-Destroying Martial Master attacked Chu Kuangren while the Ancestral Dragon King restrained the Demon King from intervening.
• Chu Kuangren released a streak of light that shattered the World-Destroying Martial Master’s hand of laws and revealed King Lan’s incarnation.
• The spectators recognized King Lan and learned that she was an incarnation from Chu Kuangren’s inheritance, not her true body.
• King Lan declared that her incarnation could slay anyone below Monarch and trade one for one against Monarchs and above.
• King Lan absorbed spiritual energy, nature’s essence, earth qi, and starlight from across the surrounding territory to empower herself.