Chapter Summaries

Chu Kuangren fought Jian Jueshi within the Great Dao of the Sword, using the Saint Spirit Sword Technique to overcome the Sword Supreme Ruler’s innate powers. After defeating Jian Jueshi with his modified Myriad Daoist Law Sword, Chu Kuangren broke through to the Sword Dominion Realm, leaving two Supreme Rulers of the Sword Dao.

• Chu Kuangren traded blows with Jian Jueshi, advancing from Sword Twenty-Four to Sword Twenty-Five while Jian Jueshi dismissed his acquired techniques as inferior to innate Sword Dao powers.
• Chu Kuangren unleashed Sword Twenty-Six and drove Jian Jueshi back, shocking the watching sword cultivators.
• Chu Kuangren explained that acquired techniques could keep improving while innate powers were constrained by their limits, and Jian Jueshi gathered the Great Dao of the Sword’s laws for a decisive attack.
• Chu Kuangren summoned Kunwu and transformed Sword Twenty-Six into the Myriad Daoist Law Sword, gathering the laws of the Three Thousand Great Dao.
• Chu Kuangren’s sword resonated with the Great Dao of the Sword and blasted Jian Jueshi away, then broke through to the Sword Dominion Realm.

Chu Kuangren became the Supreme Ruler of the Great Dao of the Sword and drove Jian Jueshi out, prompting the Primordial Divine Kingdom to consider the threat he posed. The Divine Emperor’s Son sent Tian Lu to the Land of Eternal Tribulation to learn whether the Tribulation Master would remain neutral, while news of Chu Kuangren’s breakthrough encouraged the Pangu Divine Kingdom.

• Chu Kuangren attained the Dominion Realm of the sword and defeated Jian Jueshi within the Great Dao of the Sword.
• Jian Jueshi reported Chu Kuangren’s breakthrough to the Divine Emperor’s Son, Origin Flame, and several of the Nine Ministers, who discussed how to confront him.
• Tian Lu, the commander of the Divine Emperor Imperial Guards Army, appeared and said he had recovered eighty percent of his strength.
• The Divine Emperor’s Son ordered Tian Lu to visit the Land of Eternal Tribulation and determine whether the Tribulation Master still intended to remain neutral.
• Chu Kuangren emerged from the Great Dao of the Sword, and news of his breakthrough heartened King Lan and the others in the Pangu Divine Kingdom.

Chu Kuangren drew the Heaven-Swallowing Jar and followed a mysterious compass to the Land of Eternal Tribulation, seeking the being connected to it. He learned how the land’s tribulations could reward survivors and found Papiyas undergoing an Inner Demon Tribulation.

• Chu Kuangren realized he needed to perfect the power of the Infinite Great Dao, including the missing Destiny Great Dao, before advancing his other Great Dao to the Dominion Realm.
• Chu Kuangren drew the Eternal Level Heaven-Swallowing Jar, an Origin Supreme Treasure that stored and released energy of one nature at a time.
• The black compass Chu Kuangren had obtained from Luohou pointed him to the Land of Eternal Tribulation, where he entered in search of the Tribulation Master.
• Chu Kuangren saw cultivators risk tribulations for rewards and understood that surviving them could raise their cultivation.
• Chu Kuangren found Papiyas facing an Inner Demon Tribulation that conjured a phantom of the Most Ancient Buddha, but chose not to intervene.

Chu Kuangren reached Tribulation Divine Mountain, where the Tribulation Master dwelled behind a deadly wall of lightning. After Tian Lu forced his way through to meet the Tribulation Master, Chu Kuangren prepared to follow him.

• An aged human warned Chu Kuangren that Tribulation Divine Mountain was nearly impossible to approach, but Chu Kuangren gave him an elixir and continued toward it.
• The old man found that the elixir greatly improved his chances of surviving his own tribulation and resolved to face it.
• At Tribulation Divine Mountain, a saber-wielding cultivator attacked the lightning wall and was swallowed and destroyed by a Thunder Dragon.
• Tian Lu arrived, announced himself as commander of the Divine Emperor Imperial Guards Army, and called for the Tribulation Master.
• Tian Lu split the lightning wall with his green saber and entered the mountain after the Tribulation Master invited him inside.
• Chu Kuangren walked toward the restored wall as nearby cultivators watched, expecting him to die trying to cross it.

Chu Kuangren crossed the Tribulation Wall and met the Tribulation Master, who refused Tian Lu’s request to join the War of the Gods. The Tribulation Master revealed that he had encountered Chu Kuangren during his Hongmeng Primordial Chaos Tribulation, and Chu Kuangren asked why he had guided him to the mountain.

• Chu Kuangren destroyed the Thunder Dragon and carved an opening through the Tribulation Wall with one sword strike.
• Tian Lu asked the Tribulation Master to support the Primordial Divine Kingdom in the War of the Gods, but the Tribulation Master refused and sent him out of the mountain.
• Tian Lu learned that a white-robed Human Race sword cultivator had entered the mountain and suspected that the newcomer was Chu Kuangren.
• The Tribulation Master recognized Chu Kuangren’s Celestial Person Art and said he had seen every cultivator undergo tribulation, including Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren asked why the Tribulation Master had guided him to the mountain and took out the black compass.

The Tribulation Master told Chu Kuangren that the Divine Emperor was heaven and earth’s supreme tribulation, then gave him a Treasure Orb left by the Human Ancestor. Chu Kuangren challenged the Tribulation Master to strike him with all his strength, and the Tribulation Master gathered the myriad tribulations to attack.

• The Tribulation Master revealed that the Human Ancestor had anticipated Chu Kuangren’s arrival and that the Divine Emperor embodied heaven and earth’s supreme tribulation.
• Chu Kuangren declared that he would overturn heaven and earth, causing the myriad tribulations and the Land of Eternal Tribulation to erupt in chaos.
• The Tribulation Master explained that the Human Ancestor had called Chu Kuangren a sliver of hope and gave him a Treasure Orb that merged into his body.
• The Tribulation Master said he had lost to the Divine Emperor, and Chu Kuangren asked him to strike with all his strength.
• The Tribulation Master gathered endless tribulation power into his body as Chu Kuangren stood ready to face his attack.

Chu Kuangren provoked the Tribulation Master into unleashing his full-powered attack, then absorbed it with the Heaven-Swallowing Jar. He left with the stored tribulation power as a potential trump card against the Divine Emperor.

• Chu Kuangren challenged the Tribulation Master to use his full strength, and the Tribulation Master gathered the Land of Eternal Tribulation’s power into a gigantic spear.
• Tian Lu saw Chu Kuangren facing the attack and believed the Tribulation Master would kill him.
• The Tribulation Master launched Myriad Tribulations, No Return, but Chu Kuangren realized his myriad laws indestructible body could not resist power independent of the Three Thousand Great Dao.
• Chu Kuangren opened the Heaven-Swallowing Jar and absorbed the Tribulation Master’s entire attack.
• The Tribulation Master asked about the jar, then returned to Tribulation Divine Mountain, while Chu Kuangren kept the stored tribulation power for use against the Divine Emperor.

Tian Lu attacked Papiyas after Chu Kuangren disappeared into Tribulation Divine Mountain, and the Blade of Despair overwhelmed the weakened Desire Buddha. Just as Tian Lu struck to kill Papiyas, a white-clad figure appeared unharmed, and Tian Lu recognized him as someone who had survived the Tribulation Master.

• Tian Lu assumed Chu Kuangren had died inside Tribulation Divine Mountain, then spotted Papiyas and attacked him.
• Papiyas recognized Tian Lu as the Blade of Despair and fought back with his Buddha powers, but Tian Lu's origin power and Eternal Sorrow broke through his defenses.
• Tian Lu's hidden Divine Emperor Imperial Guards joined the fight, and their attacks left Papiyas gravely wounded.
• Papiyas unleashed Ten Thousand Truths Annihilation, but Tian Lu's Senluo Purgatory Slash shattered the blood-colored swastika and devastated him.
• Tian Lu struck at Papiyas with a final slash, but a white-clad figure appeared before him unharmed, leaving Tian Lu astonished that he had survived the Tribulation Master.

Chu Kuangren saved Papiyas and confronted Tian Lu, the Blade of Despair, after surviving the Tribulation Master's attack. He killed Tian Lu's Imperial Guards and gained the upper hand in their duel, while Tian Lu resolved to sacrifice himself rather than let Chu Kuangren survive.

• Chu Kuangren revealed that he had survived the Tribulation Master's strike and trapped Tian Lu within a spatial barrier.
• Chu Kuangren saved Papiyas, then killed the three Divine Emperor Imperial Guards with a surge of the Three Thousand Great Dao.
• Tian Lu attacked Chu Kuangren with his green saber, and Chu Kuangren countered with Jian Jueshi's Sever Earth, Tongtian.
• Tian Lu unleashed Senluo Purgatory Slash, but Chu Kuangren shattered it with Sword, Twenty-Six and forced Tian Lu to defend.
• Tian Lu realized Chu Kuangren still had not drawn his sword and resolved to give everything, even his life, to defeat him.

Chu Kuangren defeated and killed Tian Lu after the Blade of Despair burned his life and unleashed his final attack. The Divine Emperor sensed Tian Lu’s death from his chains but remained bound, leaving Chu Kuangren waiting for a worthy opponent.

• Tian Lu burned his lifespan and Origin Power, then fought Chu Kuangren with powerful saber techniques as the Tribulation Master watched.
• Chu Kuangren countered Tian Lu’s attacks with Kunwu and Sword Twenty-Six, leaving Tian Lu badly wounded while remaining nearly unscathed.
• Tian Lu gathered his remaining power for the Despairing Heaven-Slaying Slash and declared that he would swing his saber once more for his emperor.
• Chu Kuangren answered with the Sword of All Dao, pierced Tian Lu’s chest, and watched him perish after he knelt toward the Primordial Divine Kingdom.
• Chu Kuangren looked toward the Divine Kingdom and said he was eager to meet the Divine Emperor, while the bound Divine Emperor sensed Tian Lu’s death and prepared for a catastrophe.

After the Divine Emperor’s aura signaled his impending awakening, Sword Saint begged Chu Kuangren to save the Sword Universe from Jian Jueshi’s assault. Chu Kuangren sent Kunwu to confront Jian Jueshi, who was ultimately slain by Chu Kuangren’s sword intent.

• The Divine Emperor’s aura spread through the Heavens and Myriad Worlds, and the Primordial Divine Kingdom celebrated his approaching awakening while Chu Kuangren and the Pangu Divine Kingdom prepared for its consequences.
• Chu Kuangren saved Papiyas and told him to focus on dealing with Ancient Buddha, one of the Divine Emperor’s Nine Ministers.
• Sword Saint arrived at the Pangu Divine Kingdom and asked Chu Kuangren to save the Sword Universe from Jian Jueshi and the Primordial Divine Kingdom’s cultivators.
• Jian Jueshi overwhelmed the Sword Cultivators, shattering their forces and leaving the Sword God Palace Master and others near defeat.
• Kunwu descended into the Sword Universe, gathered billions of swords, and pierced Jian Jueshi after Chu Kuangren’s sword intent broke his attack.
• Jian Jueshi fell, and Chu Kuangren’s sword intent declared him the true Supreme Ruler within the Sword Dao.

Chu Kuangren’s forces confronted the Primordial Divine Kingdom’s campaign as Death God spread death through one universe and Origin Flame ravaged another. Shen Qixue and King Lan faced Death God, while Chu Hong was joined by the awakened Origin Phoenix to challenge Origin Flame.

• Chu Kuangren’s sword killed the Sword Supreme Ruler from afar, and the Sword Universe’s Great Dao began to recover as Kunwu returned to him.
• Death God killed a top-tier Monarch and spread death through a universe until Shen Qixue arrived to stop him.
• King Lan joined Shen Qixue, and Death God recognized her as a newly ascended Supreme Ruler before accepting their challenge.
• Origin Flame burned another universe, but Chu Hong confronted him with her phoenix fire.
• The Origin Phoenix appeared beside Chu Hong, revealed she had awakened through nirvana, and faced Origin Flame.

Ancient Buddha attacked the Heavenly Buddha Pure Land and absorbed Buddhist cultivators, but Papiyas intervened and fought him. Chu Kuangren sent Ancient Buddha’s Śarīra to Buddha Emperor, who broke through to the Dominion Realm and joined the battle.

• Chu Kuangren sensed the battles across the universes and identified Ancient Buddha approaching the Heavenly Buddha Pure Land.
• Ancient Buddha demanded that the Buddhist cultivators kneel, then absorbed thousands of them and attacked Buddha Emperor and the others.
• Papiyas shielded the Heavenly Buddha Pure Land and fought Ancient Buddha, but Chu Kuangren sensed that Papiyas was at a disadvantage.
• Chu Kuangren sent Ancient Buddha’s Śarīra to the Heavenly Buddha Pure Land, where it entered Buddha Emperor and helped him break through to the Dominion Realm.
• Buddha Emperor joined Papiyas against Ancient Buddha as Chu Kuangren continued coordinating the scattered battlefields.

During the War of the Gods, Chu Kuangren entered the River of Fate to seek a breakthrough in the Way of Destiny and found a small wooden house. There he met the first Lord of Destiny, after rejecting a vision of his defeat by the Primordial Divine Emperor and drinking tea that rapidly advanced his cultivation.

• The War of the Gods spread across the Heavens, and Lan Yu, Chu Hong, and other Pangu fighters grew stronger, with Lan Yu and Chu Hong reaching the Dominion Realm.
• Hundreds of years later, Chu Kuangren left instructions for Lan Yu and the others before entering the River of Fate alone to seek his breakthrough.
• Rebel God perfected his Fate-Reversing Art and entered the River of Fate, intending to damage Chu Kuangren's Fate Chart.
• Chu Kuangren found a small wooden house and was pulled inside, where he witnessed a vision of the Primordial Divine Emperor defeating him and erasing his existence.
• Chu Kuangren rejected the predicted fate, shattered the vision, and met the first Lord of Destiny, who confirmed that he had calculated Chu Kuangren's defeat.
• Chu Kuangren drank the first Lord of Destiny's tea, and its power rapidly improved his Way of Destiny.

Chu Kuangren accepted the Lord of Destiny’s tea and advanced to the Dominion Realm, then confronted Rebel God as he attacked Chu Kuangren’s fate chart. Their battle in the River of Fate ended with Rebel God splitting Chu Kuangren’s Gate of Destiny and claiming he had become stronger than him.

• The Lord of Destiny gave Chu Kuangren tea brewed from his origin, helping Chu Kuangren reach the Dominion Realm and explaining that he had lost in every outcome he foresaw except for a sliver of hope.
• Chu Kuangren sensed Rebel God attacking his fate chart in the River of Fate and went to confront him.
• Rebel God’s first strike rebounded from Chu Kuangren’s fate chart, so he unleashed the full power of the Fate-Reversing Art.
• Chu Kuangren arrived and used his destiny authority to calm the River of Fate before summoning the Gate of Destiny to suppress Rebel God.
• Rebel God used the Heaven-Breaking Fate Slash to split the Gate of Destiny and declared that he was now stronger than Chu Kuangren.

Chu Kuangren defeated Rebel God after revealing his Dominion Realm strength, then impersonated him to infiltrate the Primordial Divine Kingdom. The Primordial Divine Kingdom believed Chu Kuangren had fallen and prepared its final assault on the Pangu Divine Kingdom.

• Chu Kuangren shielded the living beings' Fate Charts with his own while battling Rebel God, allowing Rebel God to suppress him.
• Rebel God unleashed his ultimate Fate-Reversing Art, but Chu Kuangren opened the Gate of Destiny and overwhelmed him with the power of fate combined with Destiny Authority.
• Chu Kuangren transformed into Rebel God and killed the wounded Rebel God with Fate-Reversing Power.
• Chu Kuangren announced himself as Rebel God, making the watching factions believe he had fallen.
• The Divine Emperor's Son ordered the Primordial Divine Kingdom's warriors to prepare for a final assault on the Pangu Divine Kingdom.

After the Primordial Divine Kingdom launched an assault on Pangu, Chu Kuangren, disguised as Rebel God, stayed behind to infiltrate the palace guarding its Divine Kingdom Core. Months later, he challenged the King of Reincarnation and began a fierce battle, which ended with the King unleashing his Six Paths of Reincarnation domain.

• After news spread that Chu Kuangren had died, Gu Linglong rallied Pangu’s forces to prepare for the Primordial Divine Kingdom’s attack.
• The Divine Emperor’s Son led most of the Primordial Divine Kingdom’s forces toward Pangu, while Chu Kuangren, disguised as Rebel God, remained behind.
• Chu Kuangren tried to reach the Divine Kingdom Core but found its palace protected by a barrier; the King of Reincarnation appeared and grew suspicious of him.
• Chu Kuangren decided to wait until the Divine Emperor’s Son was occupied at the front, then spent several months preparing to deal with the King of Reincarnation.
• Chu Kuangren challenged the King of Reincarnation and attacked him with Rebel God’s Fate-Reversing Art, forcing him to defend himself.
• The King of Reincarnation recognized that Rebel God was not truly injured and countered with Six Paths of Reincarnation, Heaven and Earth Fall into Ruin.

Chu Kuangren revealed his true identity and fought the King of Reincarnation, forcing him back with the Myriad Things Creation Cauldron and Kunwu. The King of Reincarnation tried to retreat, but runic restrictions formed a barrier around them.

• Chu Kuangren revealed himself after striking the King of Reincarnation with powerful sword qi.
• Chu Kuangren used Sword Twenty-Six and the Myriad Daoist Law Sword, but the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc blocked his attack.
• The King of Reincarnation trapped Chu Kuangren in a world of dead souls and unleashed Reincarnation Tribulation-Devastation of All Life.
• Chu Kuangren summoned the Myriad Things Creation Cauldron, which swept away the dead souls, and drew Kunwu.
• Chu Kuangren struck the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc with the Creation Cauldron and Kunwu, injuring the King of Reincarnation.
• The King of Reincarnation attempted to flee, but runic restrictions formed a vast barrier around them.

Chu Kuangren destroyed the King of Reincarnation’s body, impersonated him to reach the Primordial Divine Kingdom’s core, and began absorbing its fortune to take control of the kingdom. When the Divine Emperor’s Son sensed Chu Kuangren was alive and tried to return, the Pangu forces held him back, their morale surging.

• Chu Kuangren shattered the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc and killed the King of Reincarnation’s true body, then disguised himself as the King and dismissed the arriving cultivators.
• Chu Kuangren transformed into the Divine Emperor’s Son, entered the palace, and began absorbing the Primordial Divine Kingdom Core’s fortune and taking control of the kingdom.
• On the battlefield, the Divine Emperor’s Son and his allies gained the advantage, injuring Shen Qixue and the Demon King as Pangu’s cultivators suffered heavy losses.
• The Divine Emperor’s Son sensed Chu Kuangren impersonating him in the Primordial Divine Kingdom, realized Chu Kuangren was alive, and tried to return.
• Shen Qixue and the others attacked to stop the Divine Emperor’s Son from leaving, and news that Chu Kuangren survived lifted Pangu’s morale.

As Chu Kuangren acted within the Primordial Divine Kingdom, its fortune drained away and flowed into the Pangu Divine Kingdom, empowering its cultivators and triggering breakthroughs across the battlefield. The Divine Emperor’s Son realized that Chu Kuangren’s power might surpass even the Human Ancestor’s and feared the Divine Emperor had finally met a true match.

• After learning that Chu Kuangren was alive, Pangu’s cultivators charged into battle with renewed morale, while Shen Qixue burned his Great Dao to keep the Divine Emperor’s Son from leaving.
• The Divine Emperor’s Son used the Divine Emperor Seal to blast Shen Qixue aside, but then sensed his fortune rapidly draining away.
• Gu Linglong, Shen Qixue, and the other Pangu cultivators regained strength as Pangu’s fortune grew and its lands produced Spiritual Energy, Divine Medicines, and Immortal Gold.
• Tongtian Jiaozhu attained the Sword Dominion Realm, Li Jun and the Primordial Heavenly Venerable became Supreme Rulers, Wa Huang reached the Creation Sovereign Realm, and Fuxi broke through to the Sovereign Realm.
• The Divine Emperor’s Son realized that the Primordial Divine Kingdom’s fortune had transferred to Pangu and feared that Chu Kuangren had become a match for the Divine Emperor.