Chapter Summaries

After Chu Kuangren destroyed Blood God Mountain, the Blood Tribe retreated from the Firmament Battlefield, ending the war at immense cost to both sides. Intelligence later confirmed that Chu Kuangren had died in the battle, leaving the Myriad Laws Dao Lord grieving over the loss of Firmament Star’s potential future Immortal.

• The Twelve Blood Kings sensed Blood God Mountain’s destruction, and the Ming King ordered the Blood Tribe to retreat as Firmament Star’s forces counterattacked.
• The war lasted ten days; the Blood Tribe escaped the battlefield after losing four Dao Lords, while Firmament Star lost five Dao Lords and countless other fighters.
• More than a month later, the Youyun Dao Lord showed the gathered Dao Lords images of Blood Origin Star’s devastation and reports of the Blood Tribe’s turmoil.
• A jade slip delivered by a feathered crow revealed that Chu Kuangren had destroyed the source of the Blood Abyss, killed seventeen Blood Tribe Dao Lords, and died in the battle.
• The Myriad Laws Dao Lord angrily rebuked the Xuanhuang Dao Lord for dismissing Chu Kuangren’s death, lamenting that Firmament Star had lost someone who might have become an Immortal.

After Chu Kuangren was presumed dead, the reforged Kunwu Sword flew back to Firmament Star to await him. His soul survived in Firmament Star’s River of Time, where he began witnessing the planet’s past and the Human Race’s development.

• Myriad Laws Dao Lord and the other cultivators saw the damaged Heavenly Severing Sword return without Chu Kuangren and took it as proof that he had fallen.
• Red Sun Dao Lord completed the reforged Kunwu Sword, but the sword flew toward Firmament Star when its missing master did not summon it.
• News of Chu Kuangren’s fall spread across the Extraterrestrial Battlefield, and Firmament Star’s soldiers mourned their victory.
• Chu Kuangren awoke in soul form inside Firmament Star’s River of Time and learned from Xiao Ai that the Time-Space Treasure Mirror had brought him there to protect him.
• Chu Kuangren used his Emperor Thought to witness Firmament Star’s origins, the rise of the first living beings, and the Human Race’s gradual development.
• Chu Kuangren saw the Human Race’s first act of worship, as people knelt before a statue and offered slaughtered cattle and sheep.

While tracing humanity’s rise in the river of time, Chu Kuangren attained the Ultimate Dao by understanding invincibility as continually surpassing oneself. A temporal wave then carried him into the ancient era, where he awoke in the body of Cang, the future Human King, and began considering how to return to his own time.

• Chu Kuangren watched a white-robed Immortal teach humans to cultivate, meet his gaze across time, and leave a finger mark on a stone wall before departing Firmament Star.
• Human cultivators grew in number, the first Emperor attained his Dao on Emperor Mountain, and the Deities began suppressing humanity before the War Against the Gods broke out.
• Chu Kuangren entered enlightenment and sublimated his Way of Invincibility into an Ultimate Dao based on continually strengthening oneself.
• A wave in the river of time swallowed Chu Kuangren and carried him to the ancient era, where he awakened in the body of Cang, a former young master of the Divine Mind Tribe.
• Chu Kuangren absorbed Cang’s memories, discovered he could still wield Psychic Power and several of his other abilities, and decided to study the Time-Space Treasure Mirror before hunger prompted him to seek food.

Chu Kuangren removed Cang’s Cold Pattern Mark, studied the Time-Space Treasure Mirror, and discovered that Psychic Power could substitute for Emperor Qi in his techniques. After sensing a fight in the woods, he turned his attention to a youth in blue robes being attacked by three people.

• Chu Kuangren used Psychic Power to catch and roast Long-Eared Rabbits, then removed the Cold Pattern Mark that had been suppressing Cang’s Psychic Power.
• The Ice and Snow Main God sensed that his mark had been removed and sent a Subordinate God to the Divine Mind Tribe.
• Chu Kuangren studied the Time-Space Treasure Mirror and learned that entering the River of Time required comprehending its third ring and gathering energy comparable to a Great Dao Lord.
• Chu Kuangren resolved to target the Main Gods and their Godheads as a source of energy for opening the River of Time.
• Chu Kuangren used Psychic Power and Dao Patterns to form a Minor World, then sensed three people attacking a youth in blue robes nearby.

Chu Kuangren rescued Qingyi from Fu Jin and two attackers, then learned Qingyi had risked his life to bring him a warm cloak. After Chu Kuangren revealed that he had removed the Cold Pattern Mark, the two prepared to leave the Divine Mind Tribe, but a group of tribespeople confronted them outside the cave.

• Qingyi fought Fu Jin and two others for practicing the Qi Refinement Technique, and Fu Jin claimed Chu Kuangren had died after fighting Fu Yuan.
• Chu Kuangren appeared and froze Fu Jin and his companions with Thought-Freeze, astonishing Qingyi.
• Qingyi gave Chu Kuangren a cloak made from a Whitefire Spirit Fox’s fur, and Chu Kuangren told him the Cold Pattern Mark had been removed.
• Qingyi warned that Fu Yuan and his powerful father would seek revenge, and Chu Kuangren said they would leave after he dealt with two matters in the tribe.
• More than a dozen tribespeople gathered outside the cave and confronted Chu Kuangren and Qingyi.

Chu Kuangren confronted the Divine Mind Tribe’s god and revealed overwhelming Psychic Power while avenging Cang by killing Fu Yuan and defeating his father. The Low-God prepared to attack him after declaring that he had disrespected the gods.

• A tribesman summoned Chu Kuangren to meet the god, and Chu Kuangren went with Qingyi to the tribe’s palace.
• Chu Kuangren called the white-robed visitor a Low-God, provoking Fu Yuan to attack him with Psychic Power.
• Chu Kuangren shattered Fu Yuan’s Soul-Shattering Awl and froze Fu Yuan into an ice sculpture with Thought-Freeze.
• Fu Yuan’s father attacked Chu Kuangren with the Fire Spirit Giant, but Chu Kuangren froze both the giant and its wielder.
• Cang’s father realized that Chu Kuangren was not Cang, while the Low-God began unleashing Divine Power against him.

Chu Kuangren killed the Low-God, took the Divine Mind Tribe’s Psychic Power techniques and Soul Fruits, and left with Qingyi. The Ice and Snow Main God learned of the killing and had Cang placed on the deities’ blacklist.

• Chu Kuangren suppressed and shattered the Low-God, then gave the god’s Godhead to Qingyi.
• Chu Kuangren took the Divine Mind Tribe’s advanced Psychic Power cultivation techniques and harvested every Soul Fruit.
• Chu Kuangren and Qingyi left the tribe while Chu Kuangren brushed off the believers’ curses and defeated those who tried to stop them.
• Qingyi told Chu Kuangren he did not regret leaving because he had no one else and had long hated the tribe’s deities.
• The Ice and Snow Main God heard that Cang had killed a deity, and the deities placed Cang on their blacklist.

Chu Kuangren crafted a Heaven and Earth Ring and considered becoming king of the Human Race as he and Qingyi sought a place to settle. Near the Flame Martial Tribe, he uncovered a deity-led plot to stage an attack and then pose as the tribe’s saviors.

• News of Chu Kuangren slaying a god spread across Firmament Star, drawing the attention of deities and Human Race factions.
• Chu Kuangren used his artifact refining inheritance to craft a Heaven and Earth Ring from space-storing stones, and Qingyi stored their luggage inside it.
• Chu Kuangren told Qingyi he might become king of the Human Race, and Qingyi pledged to serve as his guard.
• Chu Kuangren and Qingyi headed toward the Flame Martial Tribe, one of the Human Race’s ten great tribes, hoping to find a place to settle.
• Chu Kuangren sensed two Subordinate Gods conspiring with Qiongqi, Zheng, Thunder Beast, and others to attack the Flame Martial Tribe before the deities drove them off and claimed to rescue the tribe.

Chu Kuangren and Qingyi witnessed how the Deities manufactured disasters to make humans depend on them, then went to the Flame Martial Tribe when ferocious beasts attacked. Chu Kuangren subdued the beasts and called out the Deity watching from hiding, leaving its response unknown.

• Chu Kuangren explained to Qingyi that the Deities created disasters to secure human faith while cultivators secretly gathered strength for a counterattack.
• Qiongqi, Zheng, and Thunder Beast attacked the Flame Martial Tribe, and chief Yanwu was defeated by their combined assault.
• A Tu tried to protect the tribe, but his spear broke against Qiongqi; Chu Kuangren stopped Qiongqi's paw before it could kill him.
• Chu Kuangren arrived with Qingyi and used his power to flatten the ferocious beasts against the ground.
• Chu Kuangren looked toward the hidden Deity and demanded that it come out.

Chu Kuangren exposed two Storm Subordinate Gods for bringing ferocious beasts to the Flame Martial Tribe, then overwhelmed them with his Psychic Power and Ultimate Dao. He left one Deity dead beneath his foot as the tribe’s believers watched their faith collapse.

• Chu Kuangren called out the two Deities hiding nearby, and the Flame Martial Tribe’s believers condemned him for accusing their gods.
• Chu Kuangren used Psychic Power to drag the two Storm Subordinate Gods from hiding and showed a recording of them conspiring with Qiongqi to bring the ferocious beasts.
• The Deities recognized Chu Kuangren as Cang the godslayer, and one attacked him with a storm that Chu Kuangren’s Minor World suppressed.
• Chu Kuangren forced both High-Gods to the ground, stepped on one Deity’s head, and crushed it after the Deity threatened him.
• The Flame Martial Tribe’s believers watched in disbelief as their faith in the Deities collapsed.

After killing two High-Gods, Chu Kuangren stayed with the Flame Martial Tribe and agreed to help it develop qi refinement. His Dao sermon drew Heavenly Dao phenomena and attracted humans and Deities alike, leaving many wondering if another Immortal had appeared.

• Chu Kuangren killed two High-Gods, collected their Godheads, and ordered the defeated ferocious beasts to guard the Flame Martial Tribe's entrance.
• Yanwu welcomed Chu Kuangren and Qingyi as honored guests, and A Tu asked Chu Kuangren to guide his cultivation.
• Chu Kuangren explained qi refinement to Yanwu, who invited him to stay and help strengthen the human race; Chu Kuangren accepted.
• Chu Kuangren preached the Dao to the Flame Martial Tribe's cultivators, prompting spectacular Heavenly Dao phenomena.
• Nearby humans flocked to the tribe to hear the sermon, and the Deities were alerted to the event.

The Main Gods debated whether Cang was an Immortal and decided to leave him alone while investigating his background. After his preaching and new cultivation arts transformed the Flame Martial Tribe, Cang was honored as a Sage, and Fenggu arrived to discuss the potential impact of his inventions on human cultivators.

• The Main Gods discussed Cang’s preaching phenomena, and the Space-Time Main God ordered them to observe him without provoking him until the God Lord awakened.
• Chu Kuangren ended his three-day preaching to the Flame Martial Tribe, whose cultivators thanked him and gained new insights into cultivation.
• Over several months, Chu Kuangren taught auxiliary arts such as alchemy and artifact refining, starting a cultivation revolution and earning the name Sage.
• Chu Kuangren took a pill that strengthened his body and then met Fenggu, an Upper Heavenly Venerable who had come to see him.
• Fenggu showed Chu Kuangren a Qi Refining Pill and a magic artifact sword and said mass-producing them could greatly aid human cultivators.

Chu Kuangren explained that he would teach the Flame Martial Tribe to refine pills and forge enchanted artifacts so the Human Race could learn the skills. After Fenggu reported his visit to the God-Defying Pavilion, its experts agreed to befriend Chu Kuangren and support him.

• Fenggu asked Chu Kuangren whether pills and enchanted artifacts could be produced on a large scale, and Chu Kuangren said he was teaching the Flame Martial Tribe to make them.
• Fenggu and Yanwu praised Chu Kuangren for sharing his methods with the Human Race, while Chu Kuangren tried to stop their flattery.
• Fenggu learned that pills and enchanted artifacts came in different grades and resolved to bring people to the Flame Martial Tribe to study.
• Fenggu went to the God-Defying Pavilion and told its experts about Chu Kuangren and his inventions.
• The God-Defying Pavilion experts agreed that Chu Kuangren was important to the Human Race and resolved to befriend him and help if needed.

Chu Kuangren cultivated the Nine-Turn Three-Origin Soul Refining Art and completed its first three turns, strengthening his soul and comprehension. After meeting the cultivators Feng Gu had brought to the Flame Martial Tribe to study alchemy and weaponsmithing, Chu Kuangren warned them not to divide their efforts, and one young man chose to learn weaponsmithing.

• Chu Kuangren learned that the Nine-Turn Three-Origin Soul Refining Art could split his soul into heaven, earth, and human souls before merging them through nine turns.
• Chu Kuangren completed the first three turns, increasing his soul power, comprehension, and understanding of the Dao, but could not complete the fourth turn.
• After a month in seclusion, Chu Kuangren discovered that Feng Gu had returned with cultivators seeking to learn alchemy and weaponsmithing.
• Chu Kuangren welcomed Feng Gu and told him the cultivators could stay in the Flame Martial Tribe to study.
• Chu Kuangren warned the cultivators that studying alchemy or weaponsmithing alongside qi cultivation could delay their progress unless they had exceptional talent.
• A young, burly cultivator with an iron sword declared that he wanted to learn weaponsmithing.

Chu Kuangren’s arrival transformed the Flame Martial Tribe through cultivation, alchemy, and weaponsmithing, drawing the attention of the powerful Star-Slayer Tribe. The Star-Slayer envoy arrived intending to recruit Chu Kuangren, but seeing the tribe’s weapons made him fear that the Sage could become their greatest enemy.

• Chi Yang asked Chu Kuangren to teach him weaponsmithing, and Chu Kuangren agreed to let him stay.
• Over the following months, the Flame Martial Tribe grew stronger and attracted Human Race cultivators, beginning to catch up with the Star-Slayer Tribe.
• Star-Slayer learned of the Flame Martial Tribe’s Sage and chose to send an envoy with lavish gifts to recruit him.
• The Star-Slayer envoy disparaged the Flame Martial Tribe and doubted that a Sage lived there.
• The envoy saw Chi Yang forging weapons and discovered that the weapons amplified spiritual power.
• After learning that Chi Yang had only recently begun weaponsmithing, the envoy became wary of Chu Kuangren and feared the Sage could threaten the Star-Slayer Tribe.

The Star-Slayer envoy failed to persuade Chu Kuangren to join the Star-Slayer Tribe and returned to report on the Flame Martial Tribe. The Vajra Main God ordered Star-Slayer to campaign against Chu Kuangren and his tribe, and news of the Gods' decree spread across the Firmament.

• The Star-Slayer envoy questioned Chu Kuangren's achievements, invited him to join the Star-Slayer Tribe, and left after Chu Kuangren refused.
• The Star-Slayer envoy urged Star-Slayer to attack the Flame Martial Tribe, warning that Chu Kuangren's pill refining and weaponsmithing could make it a threat.
• The Vajra Main God appeared before Star-Slayer and announced that the Gods had decreed death for Chu Kuangren and his tribe.
• Star-Slayer accepted the order to campaign against the Flame Martial Tribe, and the news spread throughout the Firmament.

As the Star-Slayer Tribe prepared to attack the Flame Martial Tribe, Chu Kuangren calmed the tribe and used the Phantom Nether Seven Emotions Melody to replace fear with resolve. Fenggu arrived to offer help, but Chu Kuangren told the God-Defying Pavilion to hold its position while he kept the Human Race's hidden strength concealed.

• The Flame Martial Tribe's elders argued over whether to fight or surrender as news spread that Star-Slayer was coming with the Gods' backing.
• Chu Kuangren reassured Yanwu and the tribe, using the Phantom Nether Seven Emotions Melody to ease their fear and strengthen their determination.
• The God-Defying Pavilion sent Fenggu to check on Sage Cang and offer assistance against Star-Slayer.
• Fenggu found the Flame Martial Tribe calm and orderly, and a cultivator told him that Sage Cang had taught them to face their fear together.
• Chu Kuangren received Fenggu and instructed the God-Defying Pavilion to hold its positions so the Human Race would not reveal too much of its hidden strength.

The Star-Slayer Tribe's massive army arrived to subjugate the Flame Martial Tribe and demanded that it surrender Chu Kuangren. The Flame Martial Tribe refused, and A Tu faced the Star-Slayer Tribe's champion, Tiger Baleful Spirit, leaving the fight unresolved after he survived a powerful blow.

• Fenggu warned Chu Kuangren that Star-Slayer was immensely powerful, but Chu Kuangren remained confident and used the Omniscient Spirit to learn that Star-Slayer combined divine power with qi cultivation.
• The Star-Slayer Tribe's army reached the Flame Martial Tribe, and Chu Kuangren reassured the worried defenders that the confrontation was only a minor affair.
• A Star-Slayer Tribe messenger demanded the Flame Martial Tribe surrender and hand over Cang the godslayer, but Yanwu refused and the tribe called for battle.
• Tiger Baleful Spirit challenged the Flame Martial Tribe, and A Tu stepped forward with Chu Kuangren's approval.
• A Tu fought Tiger Baleful Spirit evenly at first, then was struck and sent flying, but he stood up unharmed and taunted his opponent.

A Tu defeated Tiger Baleful Spirit with his superior armor and spear, but Star-Slayer nearly overwhelmed him until Chu Kuangren intervened. Chu Kuangren then unleashed his killing intent against the Star-Slayer Tribe’s million-strong army, leaving most of its soldiers collapsed and the battle seemingly decided.

• A Tu used his armor and spear to wound Tiger Baleful Spirit, forcing Star-Slayer to order his warrior to withdraw.
• A Tu challenged Star-Slayer, who unleashed a force that left him unable to move until Chu Kuangren dissipated it and sent him back to the Flame Martial Tribe.
• Star-Slayer praised Chu Kuangren’s weaponsmithing and alchemy, then declared that Chu Kuangren could not be allowed to live and that he would use those techniques.
• Chu Kuangren stepped forward and released his killing intent, terrifying the Star-Slayer Tribe’s army and causing soldiers to collapse in succession.
• The Flame Martial Tribe watched in awe as only resilient cultivators at the Saint Realm or above remained standing, while Fenggu, Yanwu, and the others concluded that victory was assured.

Chu Kuangren defeated Star-Slayer with overwhelming Psychic Power after Star-Slayer unleashed his Divine Power and strongest sword technique. As the Flame Martial Tribe celebrated, Chu Kuangren swept the clouds apart and revealed divine light in the sky.

• Star-Slayer challenged Chu Kuangren to a battle over who was fit to become lord of the Human Race and attacked with his golden greatsword.
• Chu Kuangren dispersed Star-Slayer’s sword strike with Psychic Power and urged him to use his Divine Power.
• Star-Slayer combined his Divine Power and Emperor Qi, then unleashed Vajra Storm Slash, but Chu Kuangren’s Minor World turned the golden storm into a gentle breeze.
• Star-Slayer charged Chu Kuangren, but an invisible barrier stopped his sword, and Chu Kuangren shattered the Wind-Slaying Greatsword and Star-Slayer’s armor, sending him crashing into a mountain.
• The Flame Martial Tribe cheered for Chu Kuangren as he swept the clouds apart with his Psychic Power, revealing divine light.