Chapter Summaries

Chu Kuangren confronted the Fog Clan and the Four Tribulations after they ambushed Elder Ruyan and her companions. He swiftly killed three Tribulations and devastated the Fog Clan, but their leader revealed a Dao Integration cultivator as their true killing move.

• Elder Ruyan struck the black-robed attacker with power Chu Kuangren had secretly lent her, and Chu Kuangren appeared to protect her and gather the others inside Heaven and Earth in the Sleeve.
• The Fog Clan leader revealed the Four Tribulations, who joined the Fog Clan in attacking Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren killed Myriad Ghost Tribulation, wiped out many Fog Clan members, grievously wounded their leader, and killed Evil Dragon Tribulation and Charm Tribulation.
• The Fog Clan leader unveiled a Dao Integration cultivator, who sealed the surrounding space and threatened Chu Kuangren.

Chu Kuangren unleashed the Green Lotus Destruction Power within his Green Lotus Incarnation, overwhelming the Fog Clan’s Dao Integration cultivator and killing him. The surviving Fog Clan members were trapped inside their own formation with no way to escape.

• The Fog Clan Dao Integration cultivator attacked Chu Kuangren inside the Fog Transformation Divine Dao Grand Array, while Void Tribulation anticipated completing his mission for Feng Mo.
• Chu Kuangren revealed the Green Lotus Destruction Power and effortlessly destroyed the cultivator’s powerful attack.
• Chu Kuangren explained that refining the Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Pearls and Heaven and Earth Cauldron had greatly increased the power of his Green Lotus Incarnation.
• Chu Kuangren pierced the Fog Clan Dao Integration cultivator with the Green Lotus Light of Destruction, severely damaging his Dao.
• Chu Kuangren summoned a vast green lotus that ground the cultivator’s Dao out of existence and killed him.
• The remaining Fog Clan members tried to flee but found themselves trapped by the formation they had created to seal Chu Kuangren in.

Chu Kuangren destroyed the Fog Clan’s Grand Array and killed Void Tribulation, then formed the Xuantian Nine Stars to fight on the Void Battlefield. As Feng Mo and Shen Tian confronted Wuhan at the Two-Realm Passage, another powerful figure emerged from the passage, turning the standoff into a larger battle.

• Chu Kuangren unleashed his green lotus destruction power, killing Void Tribulation and the Fog Clan members trapped with him and breaking the Grand Array.
• Chu Kuangren returned to the Immortal Realm and ordered Jue Wushen to gather candidates for a unit that would serve him.
• Chu Kuangren named the unit the Xuantian Nine Stars, gave its members cultivation resources, and tasked them with protecting the Pangu Universe on the Void Battlefield.
• In the Tianyuan Universe, Feng Mo and Feng Huang discussed the failures of the Ten Tribulations and the Fog Clan, then decided to act against Wuhan.
• Shen Tian and Feng Mo arrived at the Two-Realm Passage to confront Wuhan, who manifested his Heaven-Dominating Halberd.
• Another figure carrying a spear strode out of the Two-Realm Passage amid flames of war and killing qi.

As the Tianyuan Universe’s three Primordial Chaos cultivators attacked Wuhan, Chu Kuangren prepared to counter them through the Void Battlefield and by building influence inside the enemy universe. After refining the Heart of Tianyuan, he accepted Heavenly Maiden You’s invitation to the Divine Machine Clan, where he recognized that its members were bound by Great Dao shackles.

• Feng Huang joined Shen Tian and Feng Mo, and the three Tianyuan Primordial Chaos cultivators fought Wuhan in the deep void as the war between universes began.
• The factions of the Pangu Universe sent troops to the Void Battlefield, while Chu Kuangren resolved to pursue plans there through his other self and infiltrate the Tianyuan Universe with his own forces.
• After spending more than ten years refining the Heart of Tianyuan, Chu Kuangren advanced in the Dao Integration God King realm and absorbed the Tianyuan Creator God's insights into reaching Primordial Chaos.
• Heavenly Maiden You invited Chu Kuangren to visit the Divine Machine Clan, and he agreed.
• At the Divine Machine Clan, Chu Kuangren sensed Great Dao shackles on its members and called the clan pitiful, prompting the clan chief to praise his perception.

Chu Kuangren agreed to remove the Divine Machine Clan’s Great Dao Shackles in exchange for three favors from the clan, while Heavenly Maiden You pledged to follow him for life. After he shattered her shackles, the furious Universe Great Dao unleashed tribulation lightning, and Chu Kuangren rose to confront it.

• The Divine Machine Clan Chief asked Chu Kuangren to remove the clan’s Great Dao Shackles, and Chu Kuangren said the task was possible but demanded something in return.
• Heavenly Maiden You pledged to follow Chu Kuangren for life, while the Divine Machine Clan Chief offered to fulfill three requests unconditionally.
• Chu Kuangren used his Dao Laws to shatter Heavenly Maiden You’s Great Dao Shackles, freeing her and loosening her cultivation bottleneck.
• The Universe Great Dao summoned terrifying tribulation lightning, leaving the shackled Divine Machine Clan cultivators unable to defend themselves.
• Chu Kuangren cleaved apart the descending lightning, rose to face the thunderclouds, and challenged the Great Dao to make an enemy of Heaven.

Chu Kuangren cleaved apart the Great Dao’s lightning tribulation, then learned the identities and conflicts surrounding the last two of the Nine Kings. After obtaining an array diagram and materials from the Divine Machine Clan, he planned to draw more factions into a scheme against the Dao King Clan, as the Shenluo Bandit’s war with them continued.

• Chu Kuangren used Heaven Beyond Heaven Sword to destroy the Great Dao’s lightning tribulation and cleave through thousands of star systems.
• Chu Kuangren returned to the Divine Machine Ancient Star and shattered the Great Dao Shackles for the remaining Divine Machine Clan members.
• Heavenly Maiden You told Chu Kuangren that the Underworld God was one of the Nine Kings and that the last King was connected to the Thirty-Six Routes of Great Thieves.
• Heavenly Maiden You explained that the Shenluo Bandit had fought the Dao King Clan repeatedly, and Chu Kuangren asked for more details about their war.
• Chu Kuangren requested the Spacetime Annihilation Grand Array’s formation diagram and setup materials, then vowed to draw more factions into his game against the Dao King Clan.
• The chapter shifted to the Fengluo Star System, where the Shenluo Bandit and his subordinates discussed their ongoing war aboard his flagship.

The Shenluo Bandit accepted Chu Kuangren’s offer to command his forces against the Dao King Clan and its Netherworld King Clan allies. Chu Kuangren’s army met theirs in the Fengluo Star System, where the Shenluo Bandit and God King Molin began their duel.

• The Red Demon Thief warned that the Dao King Clan had called on the Netherworld King Clan to help wipe out the great thieves, and the Shenluo Bandit decided to negotiate.
• Chu Kuangren arrived, reminded the Shenluo Bandit that he had once defended Heaven, and asked to command the thieves’ forces in return for repaying the favor.
• The Shenluo Bandit entrusted Chu Kuangren with command, and Chu Kuangren began deploying the troops.
• God King Molin gathered the Dao King Clan and Netherworld King Clan forces, then went out to face the Shenluo Bandit’s army in the Fengluo Star System.
• The armies clashed, and God King Molin and the Shenluo Bandit charged at each other.

Chu Kuangren lured the Dao King Clan and Netherworld King Clan into the Shenluo Bandit's treasure-filled secret realm, where greed turned their pursuit into chaos. With the bandits nearly withdrawn, Chu Kuangren ordered Heavenly Maiden You to make her move.

• God King Molin and Wuxuelong cornered the Shenluo Bandit, who used the Seven Seas Asura Armor to withstand their attacks as his forces fell behind.
• Chu Kuangren watched the battle and prompted the Shenluo Bandit's men to retreat, drawing their pursuers into a drifting secret realm.
• The Dao King Clan and Netherworld King Clan discovered stolen treasures, including the Dao King Clan's Seven-Colored Glazed Sky Lantern and warships.
• Members of both clans abandoned the pursuit and fought over the treasures, plunging the secret realm into chaos.
• Chu Kuangren told Heavenly Maiden You that the bandits had nearly withdrawn and ordered her to act.

Chu Kuangren revealed that he had lured the Dao King Clan and Netherworld King Clan cultivators into the Void Annihilation Grand Array, where hundreds of millions were being wiped out. He then faced God King Molin, Wuxuelong, and the other God Kings, preparing to fight them himself.

• The Shenluo Bandit fought God King Molin, Wuxuelong, and two other God Kings while the battle remained against him.
• Chu Kuangren appeared and blocked the God Kings from reaching the Void Annihilation Grand Array, revealing that he had used the Shenluo Bandit's plundered treasures as bait to trap the two clans.
• The Void Annihilation Grand Array's spacetime storms killed the trapped Dao King Clan and Netherworld King Clan cultivators, while survivors blamed each other for falling into the trap.
• The Red Demon Thief and Helou Liangyi watched the massacre, and Helou Liangyi reassured Luo Yunxiu that Chu Kuangren would handle the God Kings.
• God King Molin accused Chu Kuangren of having no humanity, but Chu Kuangren dismissed the accusation, drew Wu Dao, and prepared to fight the God Kings.

Chu Kuangren overwhelmed God King Molin and the other God Kings, but God King Sikong intervened and persuaded him to spare them for the sake of the war between the universes. God King Molin then declared that the ancient kings should return to fight the Pangu Universe.

• Chu Kuangren wounded God King Molin with Wu Dao, then killed another God King with the Eight-Faced Imperial King Hammer as the God Kings attacked together.
• God King Molin ordered a retreat, but Chu Kuangren trapped the group inside Heaven's Prison and continued fighting.
• God King Sikong arrived and used the Four Symbols Sumeru Beads to shield God King Molin and the others, urging Chu Kuangren to prioritize the war effort.
• God King Sikong persuaded the Dao King Clan and Netherworld King Clan to offer compensation and apologies, and Chu Kuangren agreed to let the survivors go.
• God King Molin and Wuxuelong threatened revenge, and God King Molin said the ancient kings should return from their mysterious slumber to fight the Pangu Universe.

God King Sikong warned God King Molin that the Heavenly Sword must not be killed and explained that Chu Kuangren could threaten the Tianyuan Universe. After the Heavenly Sword helped destroy the pursuing armies, Luo Yunxiu offered to kill his adoptive father and put the Shenluo Bandit's forces at Chu Kuangren's disposal.

• God King Sikong told God King Molin that the Heavenly Sword was vital to the war and that Chu Kuangren had already defeated the Fog Clan and the Ten Tribulations.
• God King Molin and Wuxuelong left after suffering the loss of hundreds of millions of troops.
• The Red Demon Thief and Shenluo Bandit praised the Heavenly Sword for destroying their pursuers, and Chu Kuangren agreed to stay a few days.
• Heavenly Maiden You confirmed to Chu Kuangren that Luo Yunxiu was one of the Nine Kings.
• Luo Yunxiu tried to praise Chu Kuangren, who told Heavenly Maiden You to give him pen and paper so he could write his compliments down.
• Luo Yunxiu offered to help Chu Kuangren control the Shenluo Bandit's army by killing his adoptive father and taking command himself.

Chu Kuangren agreed to let Luo Yunxiu make preparations for a plan to seize the Shenluo Bandit's forces, but secretly exposed Luo Yunxiu's betrayal to Helou Liangyi. As the Bandit King Trade Conference began, Chu Kuangren reflected with Heavenly Maiden You on how power shaped the rules of the universe.

• Luo Yunxiu asked Chu Kuangren to kill the Shenluo Bandit at the trade conference so he could take command of the bandit's forces, and Chu Kuangren told him to prepare without promising cooperation.
• Chu Kuangren warned Heavenly Maiden You that Luo Yunxiu could be used but not trusted, and revealed that he intended to cooperate with someone else.
• Helou Liangyi warned the Shenluo Bandit that Luo Yunxiu was acting in secret, but the Shenluo Bandit struggled to believe his adopted son would betray him.
• Heavenly Maiden You delivered Helou Liangyi a Sound Recording Stone containing Luo Yunxiu's request to kill his adoptive father, and Helou Liangyi vowed to act in the Shenluo Bandit's place.
• At the trade conference on an ancient star in the Fengluo Star System, Chu Kuangren discussed with Heavenly Maiden You how the strong imposed rules on the weak across the universe.

Chu Kuangren received a Demon Egg and attended the Shenluo Bandit's Core Trading Zone, where he identified a God King of the Weapon Calamity Clan and a mysterious cultivator with two Daos. The trading conference began with the bandits discussing how to respond to the weakened Dao King Clan.

• Chu Kuangren drew the Super God-Level reward, a Demon Egg that needed resentment and evil thoughts to hatch, and considered targeting the Weapon Calamity Clan to feed it.
• The Shenluo Bandit invited Chu Kuangren and Heavenly Maiden You to the Core Trading Zone, where he proposed uniting the bandits against the Dao King Clan.
• Luo Yunxiu watched Chu Kuangren arrive and privately anticipated becoming the new Shenluo Bandit once his plan was complete.
• Chu Kuangren recognized a concealed God King of the Weapon Calamity Clan in the crowd and grew interested in the powerful cultivator wrapped in immortal radiance.
• Xiao Ai analyzed the mysterious cultivator and found that they bore the auras of two Daos, one at Supreme God King level and another beginning to awaken.

Chu Kuangren offered the Demon Egg at the trading session, drawing interest from the Weapon Calamity Clan’s God King and provoking a confrontation with an ancient Titan. The God King of the Weapon Calamity Clan then offered a Soul Spirit Pearl for the egg.

• Chu Kuangren presented the Demon Egg and explained that it absorbed resentful qi, while the Weapon Calamity Clan’s God King reacted strongly to its presence.
• Several cultivators offered treasures for the Demon Egg, but Chu Kuangren rejected their bids and also refused a Dao Integration Artifact from a mysterious ancient cultivator.
• The ancient cultivator insulted Chu Kuangren, who answered him; their auras clashed until Shenluo Bandit intervened.
• The ancient cultivator was identified as a powerful member of the Titan Clan, and he withdrew his pressure rather than risk fighting Chu Kuangren while recovering from his long slumber.
• The Weapon Calamity Clan’s God King offered a Soul Spirit Pearl, a treasure said to strengthen the soul, in exchange for the Demon Egg.

Chu Kuangren arranged a staged assassination of the Shenluo Bandit, giving Luo Yunxiu an apparent chance to take control of the Shenluo Bandits. The Shenluo Bandit then rose from the dead, leaving Luo Yunxiu demanding an explanation from Chu Kuangren.

• Chu Kuangren traded the Demon Egg to the Weapon Calamity Clan's God King for the Soul Spirit Pearl and noticed the God King's concealed hostility.
• Black-clad Great Golden Immortals attacked the Shenluo Bandit, whose weakened aura and sealed Dao Laws left him unable to fight back.
• After the Shenluo Bandit fell, Luo Yunxiu attacked the assassins and let them escape, then pretended to grieve while claiming his father's position.
• Several bandits urged Luo Yunxiu to lead them, but Helou Liangyi arrived and ordered Luo Yunxiu and his supporters seized.
• The Shenluo Bandit stood up alive, and Luo Yunxiu turned to Chu Kuangren and demanded to know what was happening.

Helou Liangyi exposed Luo Yunxiu’s plot against the Shenluo Bandit, but the Titan Clan’s God King freed Luo Yunxiu and blocked the Shenluo Bandit. Chu Kuangren attacked the Titan God King, Yuan Teng, and prepared to fight him.

• Helou Liangyi played a recording of Luo Yunxiu planning to kill the Shenluo Bandit and revealed that he had staged the apparent death and arranged the assassins.
• Luo Yunxiu confessed that he wanted his adoptive father dead so he could lead the Shenluo Bandit’s forces, then revealed his King's Mark and tried to escape.
• The Shenluo Bandit suppressed Luo Yunxiu, but the Titan Clan’s God King broke the restraint and let Luo Yunxiu flee.
• Chu Kuangren attacked the Titan Clan’s God King for interrupting the confrontation, and the two prepared to battle as the others pursued Luo Yunxiu.

Chu Kuangren fought Yuan Teng on the Trading Ancient Star and forced the ancient God King to retreat. After Luo Yunxiu escaped with help from a Weapon Calamity Clan God King, Chu Kuangren secured the Shenluo Bandit’s loyalty and left him ready to follow orders.

• Yuan Teng attacked Chu Kuangren, but Chu Kuangren’s sword techniques and unique Dao let him withstand the Supreme God King’s power.
• Chu Kuangren and Yuan Teng traded powerful attacks until Yuan Teng retreated and promised they would meet again.
• Heavenly Maiden You told Chu Kuangren that Yuan Teng might be an ancient God King awakened for the war between the universes, and Chu Kuangren dismissed the threat.
• The Shenluo Bandit returned without Luo Yunxiu and explained that a Weapon Calamity Clan God King had intervened to help him escape.
• Chu Kuangren accepted the Shenluo Bandit’s pledge to repay him, bringing the bandit and his army under his control.

Luo Yunxiu joined the Titan Clan after Yuan Teng intervened, while the Weapon Calamity Clan began hatching the Demon Egg Bingzai Huo had obtained from Chu Kuangren. Months of feeding it resentful qi left the egg still unhatched but increasingly terrifying.

• The Weapon Calamity Clan's God King invited Luo Yunxiu to join, but Yuan Teng arrived and took him to the Titan Clan instead.
• Yuan Teng promised to nurture Luo Yunxiu, who accepted and began imagining gaining power within the Titan Clan.
• Bingzai Huo brought the Demon Egg to the Weapon Calamity Clan, whose leaders agreed to hatch it and control whatever emerged.
• Bingzai Huo took the Demon Egg to the Sword-Burial Abyss, where it absorbed the site's resentful qi without hatching.
• After the Demon Egg drained seven of the clan's twelve resentful qi concentration sites, the Weapon King ordered Bingzai Huo to continue despite concerns over the clan's resources.
• The Demon Egg absorbed resentful qi for several more months, growing so powerful that a God King feared its offspring would not be tolerated by heaven and earth.

Chu Kuangren refined the Soul Spirit Pearl and considered his path to the Chaos Realm while the Weapon Calamity Clan used the Burial Soul Sea to hatch his Demon Egg. After the clan’s grand array survived a devastating lightning tribulation, the Demon Egg cracked open and a figure emerged.

• Chu Kuangren raised his soul realm to the peak of Unfettered and wondered how the Demon Egg was hatching.
• Bingzai Huo and the Weapon Calamity Clan cast the Demon Egg into the Burial Soul Sea, where it absorbed the remaining resentful qi.
• A lightning tribulation descended, and the Weapon Calamity Clan activated the Weapon Calamity Grand Array to withstand its waves.
• The grand array endured the tribulation, though more than half of it was destroyed, and the lightning eventually dispersed.
• The Demon Egg absorbed all the resentful qi, cracked apart, and released a figure amid purple-black radiance.

A black-robed demon emerged from the resentful qi on the Weapon Calamity Ancient Star and refused to serve the Weapon Calamity Clan, insisting he would seek his unknown master. He revealed power strong enough to rival a Supreme God King and pressed his attack on Bingzai Liu.

• The black-haired young man emerged from the gathered resentful qi, formed a robe from it, and said he would serve only his master.
• The Weapon King tried to claim the demon, but the demon refused and fought off the God King who tried to seize him.
• Bingzai Huo and Bingzai Liu attacked as the Weapon King ordered the demon captured, but the demon’s blood-red barrier suppressed their power.
• The demon used Demon's Tragic Splendor to break apart Bingzai Huo’s flames and Bingzai Liu’s spatial currents, blasting both God Kings backward.
• The demon appeared before Bingzai Liu and reached for him with demonic claws, leaving Bingzai Liu fearing he would die.