Chapter Summaries

Bai Juexin pursued Chu Kuangren through the secret realm, but Chu Kuangren used his Space Transport Technique to evade him and destroy Blood Tribe warships. After the Blood Tribe gathered its forces, Chu Kuangren continued searching for the secret realm’s greatest treasures.

• Bai Juexin tracked Chu Kuangren and chased him for hours, but Chu Kuangren repeatedly escaped with the Space Transport Technique.
• Chu Kuangren teleported sword strikes onto Bai Juexin and destroyed Blood Tribe warships, killing many cultivators and provoking Bai Juexin.
• Bai Juexin ordered the Blood Tribe cultivators to gather so Chu Kuangren could not pick them off individually.
• While the Blood Tribe assembled, Chu Kuangren destroyed more warships and plundered treasures.
• Two days later, Bai Juexin gathered the Blood Tribe forces and concluded they needed a Dao Lord’s minor world or control of the secret realm’s source to stop Chu Kuangren.
• Bai Juexin ordered the Blood Tribe to resume exploring together, while Chu Kuangren used the Treasure-Seeking Art to search for the secret realm’s most valuable treasures.

Chu Kuangren discovered a secret realm origin hidden inside a pink crystal mountain wall and began comprehending it so he could refine it and control the Cosmic Secret Realm. Ten days later, Bai Juexin found that Chu Kuangren had vanished from the realm and worried he might have found a way out.

• Chu Kuangren repeatedly detected a faint fluctuation in a pink crystal mountain range and traced it to a wall that blocked perception.
• Xiao Ai analyzed the hollow wall, and Chu Kuangren used Phoenix Fire to soften it before striking an opening with Kunwu.
• Chu Kuangren found a level-one secret realm origin inside the wall and learned that refining it could give him control of the realm.
• Chu Kuangren began comprehending the origin’s Dao Patterns and world mysteries.
• Bai Juexin searched the Cosmic Secret Realm for Chu Kuangren but could not sense him, leaving him to suspect Chu Kuangren had found a way to leave.

Firmament Star cultivators arrived at the Pink Secret Realm and found no trace of Chu Kuangren, leading Ghost Blade Heavenly Venerable to believe he had died. The two armies clashed, and Ghost Blade Heavenly Venerable and Bai Juexin began a battle that left the secret realm shaking.

• Bai Juexin vowed to hunt down his enemy as he and the Blood Tribe prepared to leave the secret realm if they could not find its core.
• Ghost Blade Heavenly Venerable led Firmament Star warships into the realm, searched for Chu Kuangren, and feared he had perished.
• Ghost Blade Heavenly Venerable and the Firmament Star forces attacked the Blood Tribe, starting a battle across the secret realm.
• Yin Honghua led the Red-Clad Guards against the Blood Tribe while the Heavenly Venerables and Emperors fought above them.
• Ghost Blade Heavenly Venerable confronted Bai Juexin, and their Minor Worlds collided as the two began fighting.

Bai Juexin and Ghost Blade Heavenly Venerable fought to a standstill until Bai Juexin used his father’s Dao Lord blood essence to ascend temporarily to the Dao Lord Realm. As Bai Juexin’s minor world overwhelmed the Firmament Star cultivators, an unidentified voice and a Dao-pattern minor world intervened.

• Bai Juexin and Ghost Blade Heavenly Venerable exchanged three powerful attacks, grievously wounding each other.
• Chu Kuangren refined part of the Secret Realm Origin, advanced to the Middle Heavenly Venerable realm, and discovered that Ghost Blade Heavenly Venerable’s side was in danger.
• Bai Juexin swallowed his father’s Dao Lord blood essence and temporarily entered the Dao Lord Realm.
• Bai Juexin’s minor world crushed the Heavenly Venerables’ defenses until Ghost Blade Heavenly Venerable was the last one resisting.
• An indifferent voice challenged Bai Juexin as a Dao-pattern minor world appeared to protect the cultivators.

Chu Kuangren returned to the battlefield after refining the Secret Realm Origin and overwhelmed Bai Juexin with his empowered Minor World. He trapped Bai Juexin and redirected the Blood King’s son’s own sword attacks back at him.

• Chu Kuangren appeared and used his Minor World to protect Ghost Blade Heavenly Venerable, Yin Honghua, and the others from Bai Juexin’s Minor World.
• Chu Kuangren revealed that he had refined the Secret Realm Origin, allowing his Minor World to suppress Bai Juexin’s.
• Bai Juexin attacked with Three Slashes of Annihilation, but Chu Kuangren’s sword strike sent him flying into a mountain range.
• Chu Kuangren formed a crystal barrier that blocked Bai Juexin’s repeated sword strikes and shielded his allies from the destruction.
• Chu Kuangren turned his Minor World into chains that bound Bai Juexin, then used the Space Transport Technique to send Bai Juexin’s sword Qi back toward him.

Chu Kuangren used the Secret Realm Origin and Time Stop to kill Bai Juexin and defeat the Blood Tribe’s forces. After the battle, the Firmament cultivators praised him as they began clearing the battlefield.

• Chu Kuangren used the secret realm’s power to turn Bai Juexin’s Sword Qi against him and overwhelm him in a clash of Minor Worlds.
• Bai Juexin began self-destructing, shattering the Heavenly Venerables’ Minor Worlds as he threatened to destroy everyone in the secret realm.
• Chu Kuangren used Time Stop to halt Bai Juexin and cut off his head, interrupting the self-destruction.
• Chu Kuangren reinforced the Secret Realm Barrier to prevent the Blood Tribe from escaping, then crushed their Minor Worlds and slaughtered their forces.
• Ghost Blade Heavenly Venerable and the other commanders praised Chu Kuangren before the survivors began cleaning up the battlefield.

After completely refining the Secret Realm Origin, Chu Kuangren became a powerful Upper Heavenly Venerable and drew the god-tier Undying Star Body technique. He carried the Secret Realm within himself and began absorbing a nearby asteroid’s energy to cultivate the technique.

• Chu Kuangren left much of the Secret Realm’s treasure haul to Ghost Blade Heavenly Venerable, who estimated that Chu Kuangren’s battle merit could place him among the overall top hundred.
• Chu Kuangren stayed in the Secret Realm and spent a month refining its Origin and absorbing treasures, reaching the Upper Heavenly Venerable realm.
• Chu Kuangren drew and learned the god-tier body-refining technique Undying Star Body, which tempered the body by devouring the stars.
• Chu Kuangren shrank the Pink Secret Realm and stored it within his body before asking Xiao Ai to analyze the nearby Seventh Asteroid as a source of energy.
• Chu Kuangren entered the asteroid’s core and activated the Undying Star Body to absorb its energy, then used Heaven and Earth Furnace Body to speed up the process.

Chu Kuangren absorbed several asteroids and advanced his Undying Star Body to minor accomplishment, then decided against consuming the sun and headed back to the Seventeenth Fortress. There, Yin Honghua learned that he had earned immense battle merit and a special reward from the Heavenly Venerable Association.

• Chu Kuangren used his Heaven and Earth Furnace Body to absorb the Seventh Asteroid, then destroyed an enormous meteorite with one punch.
• Chu Kuangren absorbed several more asteroids over a month and brought his Undying Star Body to minor accomplishment.
• Chu Kuangren considered absorbing the sun but decided against endangering Firmament Star and the surrounding star system.
• Chu Kuangren boarded the warship left by Ghost Blade Heavenly Venerable and returned toward the Seventeenth Fortress.
• Ghost Blade Heavenly Venerable told Yin Honghua that the Seventeenth Fortress would receive the largest share of the Secret Realm resources.
• Ghost Blade Heavenly Venerable revealed that Chu Kuangren had earned enormous battle merit, would appear on the Battle Achievement Ranking, and would receive a special reward.

Jian Wuwei arrived at the Seventeenth Fortress to challenge Chu Kuangren over their agreement, while the fortress’s cultivators learned about Chu’s extraordinary record. After Chu returned, he explained that he had killed Jian Que, and Ghost Blade Heavenly Venerable condemned Jian Wuwei for seeking a duel.

• Jian Wuwei arrived at the General's Residence and told Ghost Blade Heavenly Venerable that he had come to fulfill his agreement to fight Chu Kuangren.
• Ghost Blade Heavenly Venerable said Chu had not returned, so Jian Wuwei announced he would wait for him in the dueling arena.
• Word of the challenge spread, and cultivators investigated Chu Kuangren’s achievements and debated whether he could defeat Jian Wuwei.
• Chu Kuangren returned to the Seventeenth Fortress and met Ghost Blade Heavenly Venerable at the General's Residence.
• Chu Kuangren explained that he had killed Jian Que, prompting Ghost Blade Heavenly Venerable to angrily denounce Jian Que and Jian Wuwei.

Jian Wuwei waited ten days in the Seventeenth Fortress dueling arena and defeated ninety-eight challengers before Chu Kuangren arrived. Chu Kuangren dismissed Jian Wuwei as too weak, and the two prepared to settle the matter by fighting.

• Chu Kuangren declined Ghost Blade Heavenly Venerable's offer to deal with Jian Wuwei and went to meet him himself.
• Jian Wuwei defeated the Green-Clothed Sword, bringing his streak in the arena to ninety-nine victories.
• After the defeated swordsman shoved at Chu Kuangren, Chu Kuangren effortlessly grabbed him and flung him into the arena wall.
• Jian Wuwei recognized Chu Kuangren and challenged him, drawing the crowd's attention.
• Chu Kuangren said he regretted the fight because Jian Wuwei was no longer strong enough to be his opponent, angering Jian Wuwei.
• Chu Kuangren entered the arena and told Jian Wuwei to let strength decide the matter.

Chu Kuangren faced Jian Wuwei in the dueling arena and promised to let him make three moves before defeating him in one. He effortlessly stopped Jian Wuwei's first two attacks with a minor world condensed at his fingertips, then met Jian Wuwei's final thrust as a concealed attack emerged.

• Chu Kuangren clarified that he would let Jian Wuwei attack three times before defeating him, drawing disbelief and mockery from the crowd.
• Jian Wuwei thrust his sword at Chu Kuangren, who caught it between two fingers and nullified its power with a minor world.
• Jian Wuwei unleashed his minor world and Dark Void Slash, but Chu Kuangren dismantled the attack with one finger and remained unharmed.
• Jian Wuwei used Dark Void Thrust, and Chu Kuangren met the sword tip with his fingertip as Jian Wuwei's apparent form dissolved and his Shadow Clone Sword struck from another direction.

Chu Kuangren crushed Jian Wuwei in a duel, then appeared thirty-first on the Battle Merit Overall Ranking with one hundred million battle merit. A Dao Lord's envoy arrived at the General's Residence and asked him to go to the Heavenly Origin Dojo.

• Jian Wuwei's hidden sword strike failed to pierce Chu Kuangren, who crushed his Emperor Weapon with his bare hand.
• Chu Kuangren shattered the arena barrier with a punch, defeated Jian Wuwei, and left him unconscious in the rubble.
• Cultivators discovered Chu Kuangren ranked thirty-first on the Battle Merit Overall Ranking with one hundred million battle merit, sparking an uproar across the fortresses.
• A Dao Lord's envoy came to the General's Residence, met Chu Kuangren, and invited him to accompany the envoy to the Heavenly Origin Dojo.

Chu Kuangren accepted an invitation to enter the Heavenly Origin Dojo, a secret realm that could accelerate Dao comprehension, and traveled to the battlefield gathering. A Dao Lord and nine others opened the gate for Chu Kuangren and eleven other battle-honored Heavenly Venerables, leaving them ready to enter for ten days.

• A Dao Lord's envoy explained the Heavenly Origin Dojo to Chu Kuangren and said they would depart the next day.
• On the journey, Chu Kuangren learned that Firmament Star had twenty-four known Dao Lords, including Xuanhuang Dao Lord, Myriad Laws Dao Lord, and Haoyue Dao Lord.
• Chu Kuangren arrived at the asteroid site near Fortress Thirty, where Hu Fei, Heavenly Bull Venerable, and other accomplished Heavenly Venerables greeted him.
• A white-haired Dao Lord arrived and told the twelve Heavenly Venerables they had ten days in the dojo.
• The Dao Lord and nine others sent their power into a white gate and opened the Heavenly Origin Dojo.

Chu Kuangren mastered the ultimate mystery in the Heavenly Origin Dojo, then used Xiao Ai to analyze the dojo’s Dao patterns and began applying them to his Heavenly Punishment Dao patterns. As the ten-day period neared its end, his Dao patterns resonated with the dojo and the Heavenly Dao of Firmament Star.

• Chu Kuangren comprehended the ultimate mystery in two days, astonishing the Dao Lords observing the Heavenly Origin Dojo.
• Chu Kuangren found his Dao understanding nearing a bottleneck and used Xiao Ai to analyze the dojo’s Dao patterns.
• The Dao Lords sensed an unexplained probing of the Heavenly Origin Dojo but could not identify its source.
• Chu Kuangren discovered the dojo’s Dao patterns shared a connection with his Heavenly Punishment Dao patterns and began studying them.
• The Heavenly Origin Dojo shook as its Dao patterns revolved around Chu Kuangren, whose patterns resonated with them and with Firmament Star’s Heavenly Dao.

Chu Kuangren began merging with the Heavenly Origin Dojo’s Dao Patterns, prompting Firmament Star’s Dao Lords to debate whether to stop him. Xuanhuang Dao Lord’s vote authorized intervention, but Chu Kuangren interrupted the decision by asking whether he had a vote.

• The Dao Lords pulled the Heavenly Venerables out of the dojo and saw Chu Kuangren’s Heavenly Punishment Dao Patterns merging with its Dao Patterns.
• Hu Fei, Heavenly Bull Venerable, and several other Heavenly Venerables urged the Dao Lords to show Chu Kuangren leniency before leaving Heavenly Origin Planet.
• Firmament Star’s twenty-four Dao Lords gathered, and Xuanhuang Dao Lord called for Chu Kuangren to be stopped while Myriad Laws Dao Lord defended him.
• Haoyue Dao Lord and the other Demon Race Dao Lords abstained, and most of the remaining Dao Lords opposed Myriad Laws Dao Lord’s position.
• Xuanhuang Dao Lord ordered the Dao Lords to intervene, but Chu Kuangren asked whether he had a vote.

Luo Shui and the Heavenly Punishers joined the vote to protect Chu Kuangren, allowing him to continue absorbing the Heavenly Origin Dojo’s Dao Patterns. Their fusion connected him to the Firmament Star’s Heavenly Dao, and the chapter ended as the collapsing dojo left him wondering whether the Dao Lords would attack.

• Luo Shui appeared and threatened to kill the Xuanhuang Dao Lord if he harmed Chu Kuangren after she regained her Dao Lord cultivation.
• The First Heavenly Punisher and the other Heavenly Punishers declared they would protect Chu Kuangren, bringing the vote to sixteen in favor and fourteen opposed.
• Chu Kuangren continued fusing the Heavenly Punishment Dao Patterns with the Heavenly Origin Dojo’s Dao Patterns as the Dao Lords watched.
• The completed fusion connected Chu Kuangren to the Firmament Star’s Heavenly Dao and gave him access to some of its authority.
• The Heavenly Origin Dojo began collapsing after Chu Kuangren absorbed its Dao Patterns, and he worried that the Dao Lords might attack him.

After destroying the Heavenly Origin Dojo, Chu Kuangren left with Luo Shui, who revealed that Wuhen Heavenly Venerable had helped sever her head during her breakthrough. Luo Shui went to the Thirty-First Fortress to confront him, and Chu Kuangren sealed off the other Heavenly Venerables so they could fight undisturbed.

• Chu Kuangren told the Dao Lords that he had merged with the Heavenly Origin Dojo's Dao Patterns, then left Heavenly Origin Planet with Luo Shui.
• Luo Shui warned Chu Kuangren about Xuanhuang Dao Lord and explained that Wuhen Heavenly Venerable had attacked her during her breakthrough, leaving her head separated from her body.
• Chu Kuangren gave Luo Shui the Chaos Emperor Scripture entrusted to him by Chaos Dao Lord, and Luo Shui explained that nine Dao Lords had become formation cores to create Hate Separation Heaven and protect Firmament Star.
• Luo Shui and Chu Kuangren reached the Thirty-First Fortress, where Luo Shui attacked the General's Residence and demanded that Wuhen Heavenly Venerable face her.
• Wuhen Heavenly Venerable emerged and fought Luo Shui, who suppressed the gathered Heavenly Venerables with her Minor World.
• Chu Kuangren raised a barrier around Luo Shui and Wuhen Heavenly Venerable, preventing the other Heavenly Venerables from joining the battle.

Chu Kuangren restrained Fortress Thirty-One’s Heavenly Venerables while Luo Shui defeated and killed Wuhen Heavenly Venerable. A decree from Myriad Laws Dao Lord made Luo Shui the fortress’s new commander, leaving her former opponents to accept her authority.

• Luo Shui fought Wuhen Heavenly Venerable in the void while Chu Kuangren watched, ready to intervene if needed.
• Fortress Thirty-One’s Heavenly Venerables attacked Chu Kuangren, but he absorbed and returned their mysteries, then bound them with World Lock.
• Luo Shui suppressed Wuhen Heavenly Venerable, severed his head, and destroyed it with Emperor Qi.
• A Dao Lord’s Emissary announced that Fortress Thirty-One would come under Luo Shui’s command by Myriad Laws Dao Lord’s decree.
• Chu Kuangren released the bound Heavenly Venerables, and Luo Shui kept them as commanders while telling the Emissary she accepted the appointment.

As the Blood Tribe prepared to launch the eighth Blood-Colored Firmament War, Chu Kuangren and Luo Shui learned that its vanguard was approaching the Thirty-First Fortress. Chu Kuangren struck first, destroying dozens of enemy warships and killing tens of thousands of Blood Tribe cultivators.

• Xuanhuang Dao Lord worried that Luo Shui, the Chaos Dao Lord, and the Heavenly Punishers would threaten his control of Firmament Star, and considered using them to deal with the Heavenly Punishers.
• Chu Kuangren received a warning from Yue Zhaowu that the White Clan's Blood King had ordered his death and that the Blood Tribe was gathering for war.
• The fortress bells announced the start of the eighth Blood-Colored Firmament War, and Luo Shui led a three-day military conference to coordinate defenses.
• Luo Shui showed Chu Kuangren images of the Blood Tribe's enormous vanguard and estimated that it would reach the fortress in ten days.
• As the vanguard drew within several hundred thousand kilometers of the Thirty-First Fortress, Chu Kuangren attacked with a palm strike that destroyed dozens of warships and killed tens of thousands of Blood Tribe cultivators.

Chu Kuangren used his spatial techniques and Sword Qi Clones to devastate the Blood Tribe army attacking the Thirty-First Fortress. Luo Shui killed the enemy Half-Step Dao Lord, and the fortress forces wiped out nearly the entire invading army.

• Chu Kuangren redirected the fortress forces' attacks through space, striking the distant Blood Tribe fleet and destroying warships and soldiers.
• The Blood Tribe commanders activated their warship barriers and used Heavenly Venerables' Minor Worlds to disrupt space, but Chu Kuangren adapted and resumed his attacks.
• A Blood Tribe Half-Step Dao Lord and its Heavenly Venerables advanced on the fortress, while Luo Shui intercepted the Half-Step Dao Lord's spear.
• The Thirty-First Fortress forces met the advancing Blood Tribe army, and Chu Kuangren sent tens of thousands of Sword Qi Clones across the battlefield.
• When the Blood Tribe troops tried to retreat, Chu Kuangren trapped them in his Minor World, and Luo Shui killed their Half-Step Dao Lord.
• The battle lasted a day, and the Thirty-First Fortress forces wiped out almost the entire Blood Tribe army.