Chapter Summaries

The black-clad youth battled the Weapon King with the Flower of Evil while Bingzai Liu, Bingzai Huo, and another God King broke the blood barrier and joined the fight. As the Weapon King trapped the youth inside the grand array, the youth sensed his master arriving, and a familiar voice and overwhelming sword pressure struck the array.

• The Weapon King saved Bingzai Liu from the black-clad youth's attack, then confronted him with a blood-red weapon assembled from broken weapons.
• The black-clad youth and the Weapon King unleashed their ultimate techniques, and their clash shattered the blood barrier.
• Bingzai Liu, Bingzai Huo, and another God King attacked the youth together, but he broke through their assault and tried to escape the Weapon Calamity Ancient Star.
• The Weapon King activated the damaged grand array to trap the youth, who declared that his master had arrived.
• An indifferent voice challenged the Weapon King for daring to kill Heaven, and sword pressure descended on the grand array as the Weapon King and the starry-sky cultivators recognized the voice.

Chu Kuangren revealed that he had manipulated the Weapon Calamity Clan into hatching the Demon Egg, then claimed the powerful demon as his disciple and named him Heavenly Shadow. As Heavenly Shadow fought Bingzai Huo and Chu Kuangren faced the Weapon King, the Weapon King began draining his clan’s resentful qi to empower himself.

• Chu Kuangren arrived at the Weapon Calamity Ancient Star and destroyed its damaged Grand Array with his Sword Qi.
• The black-robed young man knelt before Chu Kuangren, who named him Heavenly Shadow and accepted him as a disciple.
• Bingzai Huo realized Chu Kuangren had tricked the Weapon Calamity Clan into spending its reserves to hatch the Demon Egg.
• Heavenly Shadow attacked Bingzai Huo and the other God Kings, while Chu Kuangren confronted the Weapon King.
• The Weapon King absorbed the clan’s resentful qi, killing Weapon Calamity cultivators as he sought to strengthen himself.

The Weapon King absorbed the Weapon Calamity Clan’s resentful qi and merged with the Weapon Calamity Ancient Star to fight Chu Kuangren. Chu Kuangren discovered the star was a damaged Chaos Supreme Treasure and brought out the Eight-Faced Imperial King Hammer, targeting the Weapon King’s hiding place.

• The Weapon King gathered the clan’s resentful qi and clashed with Chu Kuangren, but Chu Kuangren’s sword strikes severely wounded him.
• The Weapon King activated the towers across the Weapon Calamity Ancient Star and merged with the star, which fired beams at Chu Kuangren.
• Xiao Ai identified the ancient star as a damaged Chaos Supreme Treasure powered by resentful qi.
• Chu Kuangren revealed that the star’s surface concealed a metallic layer of broken weapons, then summoned the Eight-Faced Imperial King Hammer.
• Chu Kuangren swung the hammer at the Weapon King’s hiding place, startling the Weapon King.

Chu Kuangren annihilated the Weapon Calamity Clan and entered the core of the Weapon Calamity Ancient Star, where he destroyed its Resentful Spirit. He learned that the damaged Chaos Supreme Treasure had once been a primordial sphere struck by the Universe Great Dao’s killing tribulation.

• Chu Kuangren battered the Weapon King until Heavenly Shadow blocked his escape and killed him.
• Chu Kuangren confirmed that the Weapon Calamity Clan had been annihilated and decided to take control of its ancient star.
• Heavenly Maiden You reflected on the growing strength of Chu Kuangren’s allies and reaffirmed her resolve to follow him.
• Chu Kuangren entered the ancient star’s core and fought the Resentful Spirit, whose repeated attacks were fueled by the surrounding broken weapons.
• Chu Kuangren used his Small Universe’s power, containing his Great Dao Will, to extinguish the Resentful Spirit and witness the ancient star’s origins.

Chu Kuangren refined the Weapon Calamity Ancient Star into a clone called Weapon Calamity, then left the star with Heavenly Shadow and Heavenly Maiden You. Afterward, the Dao King Clan arrived to seize the ancient star and plunder the remnants of the Weapon Calamity Clan.

• Chu Kuangren used the resentful spirit’s lingering thoughts and his own consciousness to refine the Weapon Calamity Ancient Star into a clone.
• Chu Kuangren named the orb Weapon Calamity and allowed it to control the ancient star independently.
• Chu Kuangren left the core space and departed with Heavenly Shadow and Heavenly Maiden You.
• The Dao King Clan’s black-armored God King claimed the Weapon Calamity Ancient Star while other factions gathered to seek its treasures.
• The black-armored man ordered the Dao King Clan to plunder everything left on the ancient star.

Weapon Calamity took control of the Weapon Calamity Ancient Star and saved the clan from the Dao King Clan’s attack, killing another Dao King Clan God King. Meanwhile, Chu Kuangren encountered the pursued Feng Qiyu in the universe.

• The Dao King Clan attacked the weakened Weapon Calamity Clan, slaughtering and plundering across the ancient star.
• The Weapon Calamity Ancient Star’s towers and Treasure Orbs activated, firing lasers that killed more than half the invaders and destroyed the black-armored God King.
• Weapon Calamity appeared, declared the star under his protection, and promised to lead the clan back to its peak.
• The Weapon Calamity Clan worshiped Weapon Calamity as its God, while observers left rather than risk provoking him.
• Chu Kuangren encountered Feng Qiyu in the universe and found that she was being pursued.

Chu Kuangren rescued Feng Qiyu from the Snow God King's pursuers and considered uniting the forces under his control. After learning that Luo Xue was to marry the Underworld God, he received her plea for help, while she waited anxiously for his reply.

• Chu Kuangren intervened when the Snow God King's women cornered Feng Qiyu, and they retreated after he claimed her protection.
• Feng Qiyu followed Chu Kuangren's warship, while he considered joining the forces under his control into one organization.
• Chu Kuangren learned from Long Shuijing that the Luo King Clan had invited her to the wedding of Luo Xue and the Underworld God.
• Luo Xue sent Chu Kuangren a message pleading with him to save her from a marriage she did not want.
• Luo Xue waited for Chu Kuangren's response, then asked Piao Xue what chance she had of defeating the Underworld God and heard that she had none.

Luo Xue resolved to resist her marriage to the Underworld God, while guests from across the universe gathered at the Luo King Clan for their wedding. As God King Molin brooded over the Dao King Clan’s decline, the Underworld God’s growing strength became a subject of discussion, and powerful guests continued to arrive.

• Piao Xue told Luo Xue that she had no chance of defeating the Underworld God, but Luo Xue insisted she would still try to resist.
• The Luo King Clan hosted a wedding gathering attended by representatives of royal clans and other major forces.
• God King Molin endured guests’ mockery over the Dao King Clan’s recent losses and wondered whether he could arrange a marriage alliance.
• Xiang Tiancang and other Heavenly Prides discussed Luo Xue’s marriage, and Xuanyuan Feng revealed that the Underworld God had reached the God King Realm.
• Long Shuijing, God King Wuxuelong, Di Feitian, and Liu Overlord arrived at the gathering.

At the wedding of Luo Xue and the Underworld God, Luo Xue resisted the marriage but was overpowered and threatened with war between their clans. Just as the ceremony was ordered to continue, Heaven arrived and challenged anyone who would force Heaven's friend.

• The Underworld God arrived at the wedding on a Nine-Headed Demon Hound, and guests suspected he had reached the God King Realm.
• Luo Xue arrived in her wedding gown, and Long Shuijing sensed her sorrow while the Underworld God admired her resemblance to a woman he had loved in his previous life.
• Luo Xue challenged the Underworld God to a fight, but he easily dispersed her attacks and seized her with a giant palm.
• The Underworld God warned Luo Xue that her resistance could cause war between their clans, while Luo King and Wuxuelong insisted that the wedding proceed.
• A powerful sword pressure shook Luo King Ancient Star as Heaven declared that no one would force Heaven's friend to do what she did not wish to do.

Chu Kuangren arrived at Luo Xue’s wedding and rescued her after she refused to marry the Underworld God. When the Underworld God challenged him alone, Chu Kuangren defeated him with one slash, leaving the gathered powers stunned.

• Chu Kuangren appeared at Luo Xue’s wedding and asked whether she wanted the marriage; Luo Xue said no.
• Chu Kuangren shattered the ground and pulled Luo Xue to his side, provoking the Underworld God, Luo King, and Wuxuelong.
• The Underworld God ordered the others to stand down and faced Chu Kuangren alone, unleashing the Avici Seal.
• Chu Kuangren’s sword light destroyed the seal and sent the Underworld God crashing through buildings, badly wounded.
• The crowd reacted in disbelief, while Luo Xue watched Chu Kuangren with admiration and yearning.

Chu Kuangren overwhelmed the Underworld God in their duel, then defeated him inside Dark Avici by striking his soul with Heaven Beyond Heaven Sword. The Underworld God escaped the soul realm, but returned to Luo King Ancient Star gravely wounded.

• The Underworld God recovered from Chu Kuangren's attacks, summoned his King's Mark and scythe, and still failed to match Chu Kuangren's swordsmanship.
• The Underworld God used the Sixfold Curse Seals, but Chu Kuangren countered with the same technique, and the Underworld God broke the curses with his scythe.
• The Underworld God trapped Chu Kuangren in Dark Avici and sent evil spirits to attack his soul, but Chu Kuangren's soul light destroyed them.
• Chu Kuangren struck the Underworld God's soul with Heaven Beyond Heaven Sword, gravely wounding him and absorbing some of his scattered soul power.
• The Underworld God withdrew Dark Avici and returned to Luo King Ancient Star, where his agonized scream revealed the severity of his soul wound.

Chu Kuangren stopped fighting after defeating the Underworld God, then left Luo King Ancient Star with Luo Xue and Long Shuijing as the failed wedding and a new clan alliance shook the universe. While refining the Underworld God’s memories aboard a warship, he discovered the ancient Purple Giant Gate that had inspired the Underworld God to seek greater power.

• Chu Kuangren chose not to press his attack because the Underworld God’s memories were fading and fighting the God Kings would delay him.
• Luo Xue left the Luo King Clan with Chu Kuangren, and Long Shuijing took her hand and defended her against Luo King.
• God King Molin laughed over the humiliation of the Luo King Clan and the Netherworld King Clan, while news of the wedding spread across the universe.
• The Luo King Clan and the Netherworld King Clan formed their planned alliance, prompting other races to consider seeking allies amid the war with the Pangu Universe.
• Aboard a warship, Chu Kuangren refined the Underworld God’s memories and found records of a Purple Giant Gate whose power surpassed God Kings and Primordial Chaos.

Chu Kuangren uncovered a possible secret of transcendence in the Underworld God's memories and gathered the forces under his control for a meeting. After Luo Xue refined a King's Mark, Tian Xingcai and Di Feitian arrived, leaving the gathering poised to discuss the future balance of power in the Tianyuan Universe.

• Chu Kuangren awoke after refining the Underworld God's memories and became intrigued by the mysterious purple gate and its possible connection to transcendence.
• Chu Kuangren gave Luo Xue a King's Mark, which she refined and used to unleash powerful Sword Intent across the surrounding stars.
• Chu Kuangren reflected that he controlled five of the Nine Kings and decided to gather the forces under his command for a meeting.
• Ling Fei arrived wielding the Heaven-Slaying Sword Calamity, and Chu Kuangren praised his progress in Demon Heart Crossing.
• The Shenluo Bandit, Heavenly Maiden You, Ling Fei, Feng Qiyu, Long Shuijing, Luo Xue, and Heavenly Shadow joined Chu Kuangren at a round table, followed by Tian Xingcai.
• Di Feitian, a Supreme God King of the Imperial Clan and Left Dharma Protector of the Tianyuan Divine Hall, arrived as the final attendee.

Chu Kuangren founded the Round Heaven Society in the Tianyuan Universe, then returned to the Pangu Universe and used his own Dao to seal away the Dao-corruption Qi. After receiving Buddhism’s Merit Golden Lotus, he learned that Shi Ying had gone to the Void Battlefield.

• Chu Kuangren established the Round Heaven Society with ten founding members, including Di Feitian and the Shenluo Bandit.
• In the Pangu Universe, Chu Kuangren completed his breakthrough to Dao Integration and surveyed the Immortal Realm under his control.
• Chu Kuangren went to Vulture Peak, where he gathered the Dao-corruption Qi into a black sphere and sealed it within himself using his Dao Laws.
• Jianxing Buddha thanked Chu Kuangren and gave him the Merit Golden Lotus after the Dao-corruption Qi was removed.
• Chu Kuangren learned from Yunlan Buddha that Shi Ying had gone to the Void Battlefield, then left to absorb and seal Dao-corruption Qi elsewhere in the Immortal Realm.

Chu Kuangren sealed dao-corruption qi from the Sea of Blood and went to the Soul Forbidden Zone to investigate its source and study soul cultivation techniques. He left after reading its vast library, while Heavenly Sword Chu Kuangren gained a clearer path toward the Soul Chaos Realm and new soul attacks.

• Chu Kuangren realized that dao-corruption qi contained the Great Dao's power and concluded that he needed to repair the Great Dao to eradicate it permanently.
• After sealing dao-corruption qi from the Sea of Blood, Chu Kuangren sensed another sealed source in the Soul Forbidden Zone and traveled there to study its soul techniques.
• Chu Kuangren entered the Soul Forbidden Zone and used his Immortal King Authority to secure the Blue Sea Vein Master's cooperation.
• Chu Kuangren spent several years memorizing nearly all the Soul Forbidden Zone's books, leaving Heavenly Sword Chu Kuangren to comprehend and learn their techniques.
• Heavenly Sword Chu Kuangren gained a clearer path toward the Soul Chaos Realm and learned powerful soul attack techniques beyond the Soul Purple Divine Bell.

After breaking through to Dao Integration, Chu Kuangren uncovered the Soul Forbidden Zone’s experiments with Soul Materialization and absorbed its Dao-corruption Qi. He then met the Dao Ancestor again to learn about the seals on Dao-corruption Qi.

• Chu Kuangren finished reading the Soul Forbidden Zone’s library and sent its contents to Heavenly Sword Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren confronted the Soul Forbidden Zone’s God King and exposed his experiments with Dao-corruption Qi and Soul Materialization.
• Chu Kuangren bound the God King and used the Heaven-Swallowing Divine Dao Art to remove the Dao-corruption Qi from him and the cavern.
• The God King left the Soul Forbidden Zone in the Blue Sea Vein Master’s care and decided to go to the Void Battlefield.
• Chu Kuangren met the Dao Ancestor, who sent him information about Dao-corruption Qi seals, some of which remained inaccessible.

Chu Kuangren began clearing the sealed Dao-corruption Qi at the Dao Ancestor’s request, while wondering about the Dao Ancestor’s cryptic words and Wuhan’s battle. He discovered that someone had secretly taken Dao-corruption Qi from several unguarded seals, and the final site was the Zombie Forbidden Zone.

• The Dao Ancestor asked Chu Kuangren to deal with the sealed Dao-corruption Qi and said he would repair the Universe Great Dao, while Chu Kuangren asked about Wuhan’s battle against the Tianyuan Universe.
• Chu Kuangren traveled to the sealing sites and absorbed the Dao-corruption Qi, freeing Yun Zhongyue from his long duty of guarding it.
• Yun Zhongyue said he would head to the Void Battlefield to confront the Tianyuan Universe’s God Kings, including the Heavenly Sword, whom Chu Kuangren secretly was.
• Chu Kuangren found that someone had broken several unguarded seals and removed their Dao-corruption Qi without letting it spread.
• Chu Kuangren determined that the final sealing site was the Zombie Forbidden Zone.

Chu Kuangren arrived at the Zombie Forbidden Zone to retrieve the sealed Dao-corruption Qi and demonstrated his strength when Jiangchen zombies tried to attack him. While the Hàn Bá Lineage prepared to remove the seals, the Jiangchen Lineage plotted to use Nüba’s blood for its Four-Blood Treasure Pill and claim power over the forbidden zone.

• Chu Kuangren entered the Zombie Forbidden Zone, where Jiangchen zombies coveted his blood, but he killed one attacker with a burst of Immortal Essence.
• The Hàn Bá Lineage Chief apologized to Chu Kuangren and agreed to remove the seals around the Dao-corruption Qi, assigning Nüba to host him.
• The Jiangchen Vein Master learned that Nüba’s blood could catalyze the Four-Blood Treasure Pill and planned to use it to give the Jiangchen Lineage a Dao Integration cultivator.
• Chu Kuangren explored the forbidden zone and learned about the distinctive powers of its four zombie lineages.
• Chu Kuangren recalled the legend that Hou’s soul became Houqing, Yinggou, and Nüba, while Hou’s corpse became Jiangchen, and asked Nüba whether the tale was true.

Chu Kuangren went to the sealed grounds to absorb the Dao-corruption Qi while the Yinggou Lineage Leader suppressed it. Nüba exposed the Jiangchen Lineage’s forbidden Four-Blood Treasure Pill, and its newly empowered leader attacked the other lineages to seize control of the Zombie Forbidden Zone.

• Chu Kuangren arrived at the sealed Dao-corruption Qi and began absorbing it with the Yinggou Lineage Leader’s help while the Hàn Bá Lineage Leader stood guard.
• Nüba returned badly wounded and told the Hàn Bá Lineage Leader that the Jiangchen Lineage had drained her true fire and sought zombie blood from all four lineages to refine the Four-Blood Treasure Pill.
• The Jiangchen Lineage Leader emerged from the flames with power rivaling Dao Integration and declared his intent to take Chu Kuangren’s blood and rule the Zombie Forbidden Zone.
• The Hàn Bá Lineage Leader confronted the Jiangchen Lineage Leader, who demanded his submission and claimed the pill’s power justified its cost.
• The Houqing Lineage Leader arrived to oppose the Jiangchen Lineage Leader, who attacked with the abilities of all three other zombie lineages.

The Jiangchen Vein Master fought the Hàn Bá Lineage Chief and the Houqing Vein Master, using the Four-Blood Treasure Pill to wield all four zombie lineages’ powers. The Yinggou Vein Master joined the battle, but Jiangchen kept evolving and ended the chapter claiming his bloodline had risen above theirs.

• The Jiangchen Vein Master battled the Hàn Bá Lineage Chief and the Houqing Vein Master, overpowering them with the abilities granted by the Four-Blood Treasure Pill.
• The Jiangchen Vein Master broke the Houqing Vein Master’s curse and declared that he would rule the Zombie Forbidden Zone.
• The Yinggou Vein Master left the sealed grounds and confronted Jiangchen, while the Hàn Bá Lineage Chief condemned Jiangchen for slaughtering zombies for power.
• The Yinggou Vein Master, the Hàn Bá Lineage Chief, and the Houqing Vein Master attacked Jiangchen together and drove him back.
• The Four-Blood Treasure Pill continued fusing with Jiangchen, making him stronger as the battle went on, and he extinguished the Hàn Bá True Fire.
• Jiangchen unleashed a palm strike that sent the three lineage leaders flying and claimed his bloodline had risen above theirs.