Chapter Summaries

Chu Kuangren entered the Heavenly Dao Tower and raced through its trials, collecting a hundred rewards by the time he reached the nine hundredth layer. Finding the challenges too easy, he questioned the value of the tower’s ultimate opportunity, but a dragon’s roar heralded a new trial.

• Heavenly Prides gathered outside the Heavenly Dao Tower, doubting anyone could reach its summit, until Chu Kuangren arrived with Shi Ying, Fu Yin, and Li Fei.
• Chu Kuangren entered the tower and swiftly defeated the first nine opponents, earning an ordinary Heavenly Immortal Pill.
• He continued ascending rapidly, dismissing most rewards as useless until he received a Seal of Dharma Verification on the fifteenth reward.
• The tower gave Chu Kuangren successive batches of Seals of Dharma Verification, eventually rewarding him with 1,024 at once for Kunwu to absorb.
• After ten days, Chu Kuangren reached the nine hundredth layer with a hundred rewards, but felt none of his opponents had tested him.
• At the nine hundred and first layer, Chu Kuangren questioned the tower’s final opportunity, then heard a dragon roar and felt surging dragon might.

Chu Kuangren advanced through the Heavenly Dao Tower’s increasingly difficult trials, defeating powerful guardians and collecting treasures tied to the five elements. On the nine hundred and ninetieth floor, he and a zither-playing guardian shared a musical duet, and the guardian let him pass.

• Chu Kuangren defeated a True Dragon on the nine hundred and first floor and a pure-blooded Taotie on the next floor.
• On the nine hundred and forty-fifth floor, Chu Kuangren defeated a Heavenly Pride guardian with one punch and received the Sun-Screaming Flame.
• King Songdi’s successor was expelled from the tower on the nine hundred and fifty-fourth floor, while Chu Kuangren defeated the water guardian and obtained a supreme water-attribute treasure.
• Chu Kuangren defeated a Divine Tree spirit on the nine hundred and sixty-third floor and obtained a Divine Wood Heart, then collected high-grade Immortal Gold and multicolored xirang on later floors.
• On the nine hundred and ninetieth floor, Chu Kuangren played the Nine Heavens Ringed Pendant against the zither guardian, and they changed their contest into a duet.
• The zither guardian bowed to Chu Kuangren, stopped obstructing him, and left behind the one hundred and tenth reward.

Chu Kuangren obtained Thunderbolt Dawn and the Five Elements Mystery Art on the nine hundred and ninetieth floor, then considered strengthening his clone before attempting the remaining floors. As the other monsters prepared to advance, King Qin Guang's Inheritor entered the nine hundred and ninety-first floor and was knocked out of the tower by its Green-Eyed Bull Demon guardian.

• Chu Kuangren recognized Thunderbolt Dawn as a portion of the Fuxi Qin and obtained the Five Elements Mystery Art, which described how five elemental treasures could create a five elements immortal physique.
• Chu Kuangren planned to strengthen his clone with the five supreme elemental treasures and study the Five Elements Mystery Art before tackling the final nine floors.
• The Heavenly Dao Seed began refining the Heavenly Dao Source, while Qin Fengyun used the Five Dragons Dominate the World Art to refine his five elemental treasures.
• The Purple Tenuity Pavilion's Little Tian Lord, King Qin Guang's Inheritor, and other monsters prepared to advance after defeating the nine hundred and ninetieth-floor guardian.
• King Qin Guang's Inheritor entered the nine hundred and ninety-first floor and fought its Green-Eyed Bull Demon guardian.
• The Green-Eyed Bull Demon blasted King Qin Guang's Inheritor out of the Heavenly Dao Tower with a single punch.

Heavenly Prides reached the upper floors of the Heavenly Dao Tower but were defeated before its final guardian, leaving Chu Kuangren as the only challenger still above the nine hundred and ninetieth floor. As Chu Kuangren prepared to continue, Qin Fengyun vowed to kill him for killing Qin Fei.

• King Qin Guang's Inheritor was blasted out on the nine hundred and ninety-first floor after losing to the Green-Eyed Bull Demon.
• The Heavenly Dao Seed defeated guardians through the nine hundred and ninety-fifth floor but was expelled from the tower on the nine hundred and ninety-sixth by a fighter with the Five Elements Indestructible Physique.
• The Little Tian Lord and Qin Fengyun reached the nine hundred and ninety-seventh and nine hundred and ninety-eighth floors, respectively, but both were defeated.
• The Little Tian Lord recognized Chu Kuangren as a Heavenly Pride the Young Imperial Guard of Purple Tenuity had ordered him to watch.
• Qin Fengyun said that a remnant of the Ape Ancestor had defeated him and vowed to kill Chu Kuangren for killing Qin Fei.
• Chu Kuangren opened his eyes on the nine hundred and ninetieth floor of the Heavenly Dao Tower.

Chu Kuangren fused the five elemental supreme treasures into his Fusang clone and mastered the Five Elements Mystery Art. He climbed to the nine hundred and ninety-eighth floor of the Heavenly Dao Tower, where the Ape Ancestor awaited him.

• Chu Kuangren used the Five Elements Mystery Art to absorb and refine the five elemental supreme treasures, then harmonized their powers within his five organs.
• Chu Kuangren defeated the Green-Eyed Bull Demon on the nine hundred and ninety-first floor and advanced through four more floors.
• On the nine hundred and ninety-sixth floor, Chu Kuangren fought a Heavenly Pride with the Five Elements Indestructible Physique and defeated him using powers from two Supreme Immortal Physiques.
• Chu Kuangren defeated an eight-times-awakened qilin on the nine hundred and ninety-seventh floor after a fierce battle.
• Chu Kuangren reached the nine hundred and ninety-eighth floor and faced the towering Ape Ancestor, who proclaimed his lifelong devotion to battle.

Chu Kuangren fought the Ape Ancestor on the Heavenly Dao Tower’s nine hundred and ninety-eighth floor while several opponents outside plotted to deal with him. Fu Yin concealed herself, Shi Ying, and Li Fei before they could be captured as leverage against him.

• Chu Kuangren faced the Ape Ancestor in a fierce clash of halberd and staff, while the tower shook under their battle.
• Qin Fengyun and the Little Tian Lord agreed to join forces against Chu Kuangren in exchange for cultivation notes and a share of his secrets and opportunities.
• King Qin Guang's Inheritor, the King of the City's Inheritor, and King Songdi's Inheritor joined the plot, seeking Chu Kuangren's Reincarnation Emperor Seals.
• The Heavenly Dao Seed and Earth Heavenly Dao Seed joined the conspirators, citing Chu Kuangren's killing of six Heavenly Dao Sect Daoist Seeds.
• Fu Yin cloaked herself, Shi Ying, and Li Fei to hide their auras and leave before the conspirators could use them as hostages.
• King Qin Guang's Inheritor failed to locate the three women and called Fu Yin shrewd.

Chu Kuangren defeated the Ape Ancestor on the Nine Hundred Ninety-Eighth Layer of the Heavenly Dao Tower and inherited the Battle Secret Technique and Battle Art. On the final layer, he fought the Purple Tenuity Immortal Emperor, whose attitude turned murderous after he recognized Chu Kuangren as the Human Emperor.

• Chu Kuangren battled the Ape Ancestor until the Ape Ancestor's avatar began to fade and passed on the Battle Secret Technique and Battle Art.
• Chu Kuangren mastered the inheritance, reached the Nine Hundred Ninety-Ninth Layer, and met the Purple Tenuity Immortal Emperor.
• Chu Kuangren and the Purple Tenuity Immortal Emperor exchanged powerful attacks, with the Emperor's avatar proving stronger than the Ape Ancestor's.
• Chu Kuangren unleashed his Fusang Power and two Supreme Immortal Physique techniques, but the Purple Tenuity Immortal Emperor countered them with Purple Tenuity Starwind.
• Chu Kuangren summoned nine Imperial Dao True Dragons, prompting the Purple Tenuity Immortal Emperor to recognize him as the Human Emperor and develop killing intent.

Chu Kuangren, revealed as the Human Emperor, battled the Purple Tenuity Immortal Emperor’s incarnation for the opportunity on the Eastern Heavenly Dao Tower’s final floor. The Purple Tenuity Immortal Emperor began gathering the power of his incarnations across all four directions to stop him.

• The Purple Tenuity Immortal Emperor recognized Chu Kuangren as the Human Emperor and attacked him with the Purple Tenuity Sun-Covering Palm and Ziwei Star God Explosion.
• Chu Kuangren used the Battle Secret Technique and Great Wilderness Halberd moves to break through the Purple Tenuity Immortal Emperor’s defenses and blast his incarnation back.
• The Purple Tenuity Immortal Emperor drew spiritual energy from Purple Tenuity Star, revealing restrictions that had long confined the planet’s inhabitants.
• On the Western Heavenly Dao Tower’s final floor, the Purple Tenuity Immortal Emperor’s incarnation fought the Mountain Ghost Divine Son, then gave him the opportunity and departed for the east.
• The Purple Tenuity Immortal Emperor’s consciousness headed toward the Eastern Heavenly Dao Tower to gather the power of his incarnations and stop Chu Kuangren.

The Purple Tenuity Immortal Emperor recalled his avatars from the other Heavenly Dao Towers and merged them to stop Chu Kuangren from claiming the Eastern Tower’s ultimate opportunity. Chu Kuangren escaped the empowered Emperor, while the other tower challengers received their own opportunities.

• The Mountain Ghost Divine Son received a Gods and Devils Heart and realized it could fully awaken his Chaos Gods and Devils Physique.
• The Xuanyuan Heir received the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon and vowed to reclaim the position of Human Emperor from Chu Kuangren.
• The Golden Crow Young Ancestor received a Dao embryo left by the Ancestor of the Golden Crow and considered how to use it to strengthen himself.
• The Purple Tenuity Immortal Emperor merged his three recalled avatars and absorbed Spiritual Energy to attack Chu Kuangren in the Eastern Heavenly Dao Tower.
• Chu Kuangren used the Great Wilderness Halberd Technique and Ninefold Sword Barrier to escape the tower, and the Purple Tenuity Immortal Emperor regretted that Chu Kuangren did not belong to the Immortal Court.

Chu Kuangren emerged from the Heavenly Dao Tower without its ultimate Opportunity after the Purple Tenuity Immortal Emperor’s avatars intervened, and hostile Heavenly Prides surrounded him while he was weakened. He unleashed his sword energy as seven opponents launched their planned attack.

• Chu Kuangren left the final floor of the Heavenly Dao Tower weakened after battling the Purple Tenuity Immortal Emperor.
• The other three Heavenly Dao Towers vanished, and the crowd learned that their ultimate Opportunities had been claimed; Wujie Monk explained that the Purple Tenuity Immortal Emperor’s avatars had joined forces to stop Chu Kuangren.
• Seven Heavenly Prides and Monsters, including the Heavenly Dao Seed, the Earth Heavenly Dao Seed, the three Yincao Netherworld successors, Qin Fengyun, and the Purple Tenuity Pavilion’s Little Tian Lord, surrounded Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren unleashed Sword Qi against the barrier formed by the Heavenly Dao Seed, but the Heavenly Dao Seed ordered the group to attack.
• The Heavenly Dao Seed, the Earth Heavenly Dao Seed, and the three Netherworld successors launched their techniques, while Qin Fengyun summoned a crimson dragon shadow.

Chu Kuangren fought seven powerful opponents despite having spent more than half his strength, countering their suppression and attacks with an arsenal of techniques. The others launched another assault, but he remained unscathed as he dismantled their immortal arts.

• The Little Tian Lord used the Purple Tenuity King Seal to suppress Chu Kuangren, while the Three Great Netherworlds' inheritors opened a gate and unleashed the Yincao Netherworld army.
• Chu Kuangren resisted the seal with the Reincarnation Emperor Seal and swept away ranks of Netherworld Soldiers and Underworld Generals with the Great Wilderness Halberd.
• Qin Fengyun attacked with the Five Dragons Dominate the World Art, and Chu Kuangren countered with the Five Elements Mystery Art and Fusang's yin-yang power.
• The Heavenly Dao Seed, the Little Tian Lord, and the others launched another barrage of attacks, which Chu Kuangren dispersed with the Academy's three great manifestations and the All-Realms Life-and-Death Wheel.
• The attackers saw that Chu Kuangren remained unharmed, and the Heavenly Dao Seed smiled.

With only thirty percent of his immortal essence remaining, Chu Kuangren fought off the Heavenly Dao Seed and the other elite cultivators, shocking them with his strength. As his opponents unleashed their ultimate techniques and artifacts, they prepared an overwhelming assault that threatened to exhaust him.

• The Heavenly Dao Seed realized Chu Kuangren had withdrawn two powers because he had only thirty percent of his immortal essence left, but Chu Kuangren declared he could still fight them.
• Chu Kuangren shattered the Heavenly Dao Seeds’ attacks, the Three Great Netherworld inheritors’ Reincarnation Fingers, the Little Tian Lord’s palm strike, and Qin Fengyun’s Five Dragons World Collapse with his halberd techniques.
• Chu Kuangren countered King Qin Guang’s Inheritor’s Judge’s Brush and endured the Little Tian Lord’s Ziwei Star Burst, leaving the watching Heavenly Prides astonished at his power.
• Qin Fengyun brought out the Seven Kingdoms War Map, while the Heavenly Dao Seed invoked the Resenting Heaven Method and the other Heavenly Prides revealed their trump cards.
• Chu Kuangren faced their combined assault despite his depleted immortal essence, and his opponents believed he could not hold out much longer.

Chu Kuangren’s true self arrived at the Heavenly Dao Tower battlefield, revealing that his clone had accomplished all the feats that had stunned the cultivation world. He took over the fight and overwhelmed the Heavenly Dao Seed and Earth Heavenly Dao Seed, draining their Heavenly Dao Power.

• As Qin Fengyun, the Heavenly Dao Seed, and the others prepared to attack Chu Kuangren’s clone, a familiar aura approached and stunned the gathered Heavenly Prides.
• Chu Kuangren’s true self appeared, and the clone revealed that it had fought the earlier battles before returning to Heaven and Earth in the Sleeve to recuperate.
• Chu Kuangren shattered the Heavenly Dao Restriction and told Qin Fengyun and the others that the fight was now between them and his true self.
• The Heavenly Dao Seed attacked Chu Kuangren, but Chu Kuangren’s Divine Thunder Fist Technique broke his strike, and his body endured another blow without injury.
• Chu Kuangren seized the Heavenly Dao Seed and used the Heaven-Swallowing Divine Dao Art on him, then suppressed the Earth Heavenly Dao Seed and began absorbing both of their Heavenly Dao Power.

Chu Kuangren effortlessly defeated the Heavenly Prides who attacked him, killing the Heavenly Dao Seed and Earth Heavenly Dao Seed before trapping the Netherworld inheritors. He unleashed the World-Destroying Black Lotus, and its destructive light engulfed Qin Fengyun, the Little Tian Lord, and King Qin Guang's Inheritor.

• The Little Tian Lord, King Qin Guang, and Qin Fengyun attacked Chu Kuangren, but he broke their techniques with the Fusang Tree, the Life and Death Wheel, and the Six Paths Reincarnation Great World.
• The Heavenly Dao Seed burned his Lifespan Origin to break free and strike Chu Kuangren, but Chu Kuangren smashed half his body with a punch and killed him after draining his Heavenly Dao Power; the Earth Heavenly Dao Seed also exploded.
• King Qin Guang and the other Netherworld inheritors tried to escape through a Ghost Gate, but Chu Kuangren's Six Paths Reincarnation Great World sealed it.
• Chu Kuangren unleashed Zhou's Sword, Cruelty, killing the King of the City's Inheritor and King Songdi's Inheritor, then cleaved the Little Tian Lord's Ziwei Star Burst with the Dominating Presence Sword.
• Chu Kuangren activated the World-Destroying Black Lotus despite the observing mighty figures' protests, and its black radiance reduced Qin Fengyun, the Little Tian Lord, and King Qin Guang's Inheritor to dust.

After Chu Kuangren killed Qin Fengyun and two other Monsters, projections of powerful Great Encompassment wills confronted him, but Beiming’s intervention deterred them. Chu Kuangren then sent Lan Yu, Chu Hong, and the others into the Heavenly Dao Tower to train before deciding whether to challenge it himself.

• The World-Destroying Black Lotus killed Qin Fengyun and the other two Monsters, prompting projections of Great Encompassment wills to descend.
• The Heavenly Dao Sect’s leader confronted Chu Kuangren, but Beiming appeared and warned the projections against attacking him.
• Chu Kuangren declared he would beat anyone who refused to submit into submission, and the Great Encompassment projections withdrew after warning him about their factions’ future challenges.
• Beiming praised Chu Kuangren’s progress and left when his projection could no longer remain under the Starry Sky Arena’s rules.
• Chu Kuangren sent Cao Yun, Lan Yu, Chu Hong, and the others into the Heavenly Dao Tower to temper themselves before it disappeared.

Chu Kuangren used Xiao Ai to uncover that Shi Ying’s identity, memories, appearance, and talent had been deliberately remade, but he chose to keep playing along while he watched for her true purpose. As Lan Yu continued challenging the Heavenly Dao Tower, the Other Shore Flower Saintess Hua Wuai approached Chu Kuangren, and Xiao Ai identified her as the first Other Shore Flower in existence, undying and indestructible.

• Chu Kuangren had Xiao Ai analyze Shi Ying and learned that her Buddha Light was sealed and her memories, appearance, cultivation techniques, and aptitude had been altered.
• Chu Kuangren decided to conceal his discovery from Shi Ying and wait to see when she would reveal herself and why she had approached him.
• Chu Kuangren sorted through the treasures he had taken from Qin Fengyun and the others, including Five Elements Treasures, Seals of Dharma Verification, Immortal Artifacts, and Immortal Pills.
• Zhao Fangfei, the Academy’s other World Children, Wang Heaven-Sinking, Cao Yun, and Chu Hong emerged from the Heavenly Dao Tower after failing to advance beyond the nine-hundred-plus floors.
• As Lan Yu remained inside the tower, Hua Wuai approached Chu Kuangren, and Xiao Ai identified her as the first Other Shore Flower in existence, undying and indestructible.

Chu Kuangren learned that Hua Wuai was the first Other Shore Flower and received her offer of support if he proved his fate was void. He then entered the Heavenly Dao Tower to claim its final opportunity, leaving the tower shaking as he charged through its guardians.

• Hua Wuai invited Chu Kuangren to visit the River of Oblivion so she could confirm whether his fate was void, and said she would support him as king if it was.
• Hua Wuai revealed that the Son of the Netherworld had been her only friend and the only person who could help her escape reincarnation; Chu Kuangren said he would become king even without her support.
• Hua Wuai left through a dark vortex, and Chu Kuangren stored the last drifting Other Shore Flower in Heaven and Earth in the Sleeve.
• Lan Yu emerged from the Heavenly Dao Tower after reaching the Nine Hundred Ninety-Eighth Layer, where the Ape Ancestor defeated her in one move.
• Chu Kuangren entered the Heavenly Dao Tower and blasted through its guardians as the tower shook violently around him.

Chu Kuangren entered the Heavenly Dao Tower with his true body and fought his way to the final layer, where he battled the Purple Tenuity Immortal Emperor. Their clash cracked the tower’s final layer, leaving the Heavenly Prides outside in shock.

• Chu Kuangren swept through the tower, defeating its guardians on the way to the final layer without stopping for rewards.
• Chu Kuangren defeated the Ape Ancestor’s Immortal Consciousness avatar in one exchange, and the Ape Ancestor urged him to defeat the Purple Tenuity Immortal Emperor.
• Chu Kuangren confronted the Purple Tenuity Immortal Emperor and struck him back with the Great Wilderness Halberd.
• Chu Kuangren and the Purple Tenuity Immortal Emperor exchanged attacks with their respective techniques, shaking the Heavenly Dao Tower.
• The final layer of the Heavenly Dao Tower cracked under the force of their battle, astonishing the Heavenly Prides outside.

Chu Kuangren defeated the Purple Tenuity Immortal Emperor’s empowered Immortal Consciousness avatar inside the Heavenly Dao Tower and claimed victory in their battle. He declared that the Immortal Court would ultimately submit to him, leaving its mighty beings wary of his growing strength.

• The Heavenly Dao Tower cracked during Chu Kuangren and the Purple Tenuity Immortal Emperor’s fierce battle, alarming the onlookers.
• Chu Kuangren overwhelmed the Purple Tenuity Immortal Emperor with his Great Wilderness Halberd Technique and drove him into retreat.
• The Purple Tenuity Immortal Emperor drew on Purple Tenuity Star’s Spiritual Energy to strengthen his avatar, while Chu Kuangren answered with the Imperial Dao True Dragons.
• Chu Kuangren used the Nine Provinces Cauldrons to shatter the Purple Tenuity Immortal Emperor’s ultimate move and destroy his avatar.
• Chu Kuangren declared that even the Immortal Court would submit to him, while its mighty beings worried about his rising power.

Chu Kuangren received starlight from the Heavenly Dao Tower that fused with his Portable World and became the Zhou Tian Star Chart, which Shenchu used to speed up opening the heavens. After Chu Kuangren began seclusion with Lan Yu, Chu Hong, and the others, Shi Tianxuan learned that a clone had defeated him and resolved to establish the Supreme Demon Kingdom.

• The Heavenly Dao Tower's ultimate reward sent a ray of starlight into Chu Kuangren's Portable World, accelerating its evolution and creating the Zhou Tian Star Chart.
• The Chaos Demon God refined the Zhou Tian Star Chart and, at Chu Kuangren's command, took the name Shenchu and used the treasure to open the heavens faster.
• Chu Kuangren returned to his physical body after the Heavenly Dao Tower vanished and prepared to refine the treasures he and his companions had won.
• Chu Kuangren took Lan Yu, Chu Hong, and the others to a mountain range to enter seclusion and refine their rewards.
• Shi Tianxuan learned that Chu Kuangren's clone had defeated him, then decided to establish the Supreme Demon Kingdom after the Starry Sky Arena trials ended.