Chapter Summaries

Transcendents turned the area near the starter village into a bustling hunting and trading hub, while Bi Shuang and the others celebrated the hope it brought. As Ye Hongling, Su, and Zhao Yixue searched for Chen Nian, Yang Wei pointed them toward his airship and tried to escape their questions.

• Transcendents swarmed a Devouring Beast, and one of them killed it with a lightning strike before the group claimed its experience and equipment.
• Transcendents sold monster materials to local staff for sky coins, turning the camp into a starter village where they could hunt, level up, and buy supplies.
• Bi Shuang, Jing Feng, and Yu Jin celebrated the progress and credited Chen Nian with making the hunting grounds possible.
• Ye Hongling asked Yang Wei where Chen Nian was, and Su and Zhao Yixue arrived after hearing Yang Wei call her sister-in-law.
• Yang Wei claimed Chen Nian might be watching from the airship overhead, prompting the three women to head toward it while he slipped away.

Chen Nian tried to hide from Su Jinyu, Zhao Yixue, and Ye Hongling aboard his airship, but Tamamo-no-Mae’s illusion failed to keep them away. After the women caught him and chased him around the ship, he agreed to take them leveling together.

• Chen Nian forced Tang Rou to distract Su Jinyu, Zhao Yixue, and Ye Hongling, but she revealed he was hiding in the cabin.
• Chen Nian used Tamamo-no-Mae’s illusion to make the women see him with her, while they fell into a dream.
• The little Vermilion Bird broke the dream, and Ye Hongling, Zhao Yixue, and Su Jinyu caught Chen Nian as he tried to escape.
• Chen Nian fled from the three women around the airship while its crew watched in disbelief and Tang Rou cheered them on.
• Chen Nian surrendered and agreed to take the women, including Tang Rou, leveling together.

Chen Nian took his companions toward the Ghostly Shadow Forest, a deadly forbidden ground rumored to trap anyone who entered. As the airship traveled, Tang Rou revealed Chen Nian’s romantic history to the other women, while Lan Jing’er learned that he was being chased by beautiful women and reacted with jealousy.

• Chen Nian chose the Ghostly Shadow Forest as a new place to hunt monsters, and Tang Rou reluctantly agreed to go after he commandeered a King Domain airship.
• On the airship, Ye Hongling asked about Chen Nian’s past, and Zhao Yixue used the Chang'e Secret Technique to make Tang Rou reveal that Chen Nian had won over a Holy Maiden and reunited with his ex-girlfriend, Qin Yu.
• Su Jinyu and Zhao Yixue confronted Chen Nian on deck with pointed remarks about his ex-girlfriend and the Crystal Domain Holy Maiden, leaving him to blame Tang Rou for exposing him.
• In the Crystal Domain, Lan Jing’er heard that outsiders had repelled a monster tide and were hunting monsters enthusiastically.
• A messenger told Lan Jing’er that several beautiful women were chasing the Crystal Domain’s Prospective Siming, and Lan Jing’er silently shattered her teacup.

Chen Nian and his companions entered Ghostly Shadow Forest, where they were randomly separated and faced monsters that imitated people from their memories. Chen Nian found the real Tang Rou and frightened her with a fake test before admitting he had been teasing her.

• Chen Nian and his companions entered Ghostly Shadow Forest, where Tang Rou and Tamamo-no-Mae discovered that the forest separated everyone and prevented flight.
• Chen Nian realized the forest's monsters mimicked familiar people, killed several, and gained enough experience to level up.
• Chen Nian spotted the real Tang Rou marking trees and approached her with his blade drawn.
• Tang Rou asked Tamamo-no-Mae to confirm Chen Nian was real, but Chen Nian pretended he could not tell whether Tang Rou was a monster.
• Chen Nian questioned Tang Rou about her preferences and weight, then admitted he had been teasing her.
• Tang Rou, humiliated and furious, knocked Chen Nian down and straddled him.

Chen Nian escaped the aftermath of his farcical encounter with Tang Rou and Su Jinyu, then joined Zhao Yixue and Ye Hongling as they fought monsters. The forest transformed into a vast living creature, revealing that they had been inside its stomach all along.

• Tang Rou and Chen Nian pretended he was a human-disguising monster to explain their position, and Su Jinyu attacked him before more monsters interrupted them.
• Chen Nian escaped, killed more monsters, and reached level 97, two levels short of advancing.
• Chen Nian rescued Zhao Yixue from the monsters, and his Word Spirit, Judgment, killed the surrounding creatures.
• Zhao Yixue and Ye Hongling began fighting after Zhao accused Ye of being a disguised monster, but a violent tremor stopped them.
• The forest turned into a writhing wall of flesh as its monsters merged into it, and Chen Nian and the others realized the forest was one enormous monster and they were inside its stomach.

Chen Nian and his companions escaped the Carrion Giant Monster’s body and fought the enormous Lord Class-Tier Five beast, but their attacks barely harmed it. Ye Hongling boosted Chen Nian’s Zhurong with Vermilion Bird’s Wrath, and her dress began dissolving as the power transferred.

• Chen Nian used Origin-Destroying World to carve a path through the monster’s flesh, and Su Jinyu and Tang Rou escaped with Tamamo-no-Mae’s help.
• Chen Nian identified the creature as a Level 80 Carrion Giant Monster and blasted a small hole in it with Startled Dragon Pierces the Sun.
• The monster attacked with massive tentacles while Chen Nian and the others fought back without making a noticeable dent.
• Ye Hongling proposed boosting Chen Nian’s Zhurong with Vermilion Bird’s Wrath, and they fought their way to the monster’s top.
• Ye Hongling transferred her Vermilion Bird flames to Chen Nian, but her dress began dissolving, prompting him to ask if it was deliberate or accidental.

Chen Nian destroyed the Carrion Giant Monster in the Ghostly Shadow Forest, gained levels and chose a special divinity advancement, then traveled to the Crystal Domain to ask Lan Jing'er about Divine Stones. Lan Jing'er learned that he had conquered the forbidden zone and welcomed him safely, though she denied worrying about him.

• Xiao Zhu pushed Ye Hongling into Chen Nian's arms, and Chen Nian used the gathered fire energy and Word Spirit: Zhurong to destroy the Carrion Giant Monster.
• Chen Nian gained levels, a Fragment of Evil, and the ultimate tier four Word Spirit Water Flood Dragon, then selected special divinity advancement requiring the Divine Stones of the seven gods of the Heavenly Vault Realm.
• Chen Nian and his group cleared the forbidden zone and set out; he planned to advance, conquer the other forbidden zones, and settle his grievance with Chi Xiang and Shi Mu.
• Lan Jing'er worried about Chen Nian until a messenger reported that the Ghostly Shadow Forest had been conquered and the group was returning safely.
• Chen Nian sent the women to the Dragon Wing Domain with Tang Rou, then visited Lan Jing'er in the Crystal Domain and asked what Divine Stones were.

Chen Nian secured the Crystal Domain's Divine Stone by agreeing to become its Siming, then absorbed it and gained increased attributes and an evolved defensive Word Spirit. He entered the King Domain to pursue a second Divine Stone, only to discover Tang Rou had brought Su Jinyu and the others there too.

• Lan Jing'er explained the Divine Stones' power and offered the Crystal Domain's stone if Chen Nian became its Siming and revealed his real name.
• Chen Nian accepted, performed the hand-kissing ceremony, and whispered his name to Lan Jing'er.
• Lan Jing'er led Chen Nian to the Crystal Domain's holy land and obtained its Divine Stone for him.
• Chen Nian absorbed the Crystal God Stone, gaining ten points in all attributes and evolving Giant Spirit God Shield into Divine Crystal Shield.
• Chen Nian left the Crystal Domain and headed for the King Domain, where he found Tang Rou guiding Su Jinyu and the others.

Qin Yu reunited with her old friends as queen, and Chen Nian visited to ask for the King Domain’s Divine Stone. He offered to become captain of the royal guard to secure the elders’ approval, just as several unfamiliar women arrived claiming to be Qin Yu’s friends.

• Qin Yu’s old friends visited her and revealed they had long known that Buyu was Chen Nian.
• Chen Nian arrived at Tiankong Temple and teased Qin Yu before asking for the King Domain’s Divine Stone.
• Qin Yu agreed to give Chen Nian the Divine Stone despite the elders’ plans to use it to create a new S Rank expert.
• Chen Nian offered to become captain of the King Domain’s royal guard so the elders would accept the transfer.
• A guard reported that several women from outside the Seven Great Sky Domains had requested an audience with Qin Yu, claiming to be her friends.

Chen Nian hid from Su Jinyu, Zhao Yixue, and Ye Hongling while visiting Queen Qin Yu, but Xiao Zhu exposed him and tensions turned into teasing. He and Qin Yu later entered the King Domain’s forbidden grounds, where she gave him a Divine Stone and he kissed her forehead before fleeing.

• Chen Nian hid behind Qin Yu’s throne when Su Jinyu and the others arrived, while Tang Rou left them to talk.
• Su Jinyu confronted Qin Yu about kissing Chen Nian, and Zhao Yixue attacked her with ice before Qin Yu shattered it with her scepter.
• Xiao Zhu dragged Chen Nian out from behind the throne, and Ye Hongling and Su Jinyu teased him and questioned why he had been hiding.
• Chen Nian fled with the Illusory Space Technique and told Qin Yu to meet him in the King Domain’s forbidden grounds to give him a Divine Stone.
• Qin Yu gave Chen Nian the Divine Stone, then asked him to give her something in return; he kissed her between the brows and escaped, leaving her smiling.

Chen Nian obtained the Tiankong Divine Stone, awakened a powerful Word Spirit, and traveled to the Dragon Wing Domain to seek its Divine Stone from Bi Shuang. He found Bi Shuang at her dead brother’s memorial and uncovered evidence that she was hiding something behind a stone wall.

• Chen Nian absorbed the Tiankong Divine Stone, gained ten points to all attributes, and awakened the Tiankong Divine Cannon Word Spirit.
• The Dragon Wing Domain lord praised Chen Nian but said he had already promised the domain’s Divine Stone to Bi Shuang, whose strength had stalled since her brother died.
• Chen Nian traveled with Jing Feng and Yu Jin to the cave where Bi Shuang’s brother had died and entered to speak with her.
• Bi Shuang agreed to give Chen Nian the Divine Stone, but denied any reason for her lack of progress and dismissed his questions about her bloodied arm.
• Chen Nian noticed signs of a hidden door and heard a beast roar behind the stone wall, then shattered the wall with his palm.

Chen Nian discovered that Bi Shuang had spent decades secretly caring for her mutated younger brother, then killed him to end his suffering. After Bi Shuang attacked him in grief, Chen Nian left Dragon Wing Domain, where Yu Jin brought him the Divine Stone Bi Shuang had sent.

• Chen Nian found Bi Shuang's mutated younger brother chained in a cavern and learned she had been feeding him her blood for decades.
• Chen Nian used Word Spirit, Death God to kill Bi Shuang's brother, and Bi Shuang cried out in grief.
• Bi Shuang attacked Chen Nian with Dragon Arts, Dragon's Lament, but his Divine Crystal Shield stopped her; he told her to seek revenge after regaining her strength and left.
• Chen Nian told the lord of Dragon Wing Domain what had happened, then prepared to leave the next morning for another sky domain.
• Yu Jin caught up with Chen Nian at the harbor and delivered the Divine Stone from Bi Shuang.

Chen Nian reached the Forest Spirit Domain seeking its Divine Stone, but learned that the Tree God could not make one while the spirit tree was withered. He agreed to travel to the Spring of Life in the forbidden Undead Valley to restore the tree, leaving with three A-Rank Wallbreakers.

• Chen Nian absorbed the Dragon Wing Divine Stone, raising his attributes and awakening progress while the Dragon Slayer Saber advanced to Tier Five.
• Chen Nian arrived in the Forest Spirit Domain, learned the lord lived in the Tree Palace, and borrowed 50 sky coins from a young woman for the trip there.
• Chen Nian asked the Forest Spirit Domain's lord for her Divine Stone, and she recognized him as the hero who had stopped the Crimson Flame Domain's invasion and completed other great feats.
• The lord explained that the Tree God could not condense a Divine Stone because the polluted world had weakened the spirit tree, and that water from the Spring of Life could restore it.
• Chen Nian agreed to fetch water from the Spring of Life in the forbidden Undead Valley, and the lord sent three A-Rank Wallbreakers with him.
• The Forest Spirit Domain's people cheered as Chen Nian departed in a treant-pulled carriage, and the young woman realized the handsome stranger who borrowed her money was the famous hero.

Chen Nian reunited with Tang Rou and brought her along with three A-Rank Wallbreakers to Undead Valley in search of the Spring of Life. After the group was surrounded by skeletons that revived endlessly, Chen Nian revealed his Golden Pupils.

• Chen Nian recognized Tang Rou steering another airship, took her aboard, and learned she had bought her ship with money from his ex-girlfriend.
• Chen Nian and Tang Rou jumped into Undead Valley together, and Chen Nian used Word Spirit, Peng Wind, to slow their fall.
• The other three A-Rank Wallbreakers descended into the valley and said the Spring of Life lay deep inside an otherworldly paradise.
• As the party traveled through the dark valley, the skeletons around them reassembled and attacked.
• The A-Rank Wallbreakers blasted the skeletons apart, but the creatures revived, and Chen Nian ordered everyone closer before his Golden Pupils lit up.

Chen Nian used his new Tiankong Divine Cannon to destroy a horde of undead and a giant python, then led the group to the Spring of Life. As the group collected the spring water, an eerie water-like eye rose from the pool and watched them.

• Chen Nian summoned an Undead Bone Dragon and carried the group deeper into the valley, where stronger skeletal monsters attacked.
• A colossal python shattered the dragon and trapped Chen Nian, Tang Rou, and the others between it and an undead army.
• Tang Rou raised a barrier while Chen Nian unleashed Sequence 126-Tiankong Divine Cannon, blasting the monsters and python apart.
• The group found the Spring of Life in a hidden cave and began collecting its water while Chen Nian guarded the entrance.
• A water-like eyeball rose from the spring and watched the group as they collected water.

The Spring of Life attacked Chen Nian, Tang Rou, and their companions, dragging them underwater and trying to drown them. Chen Nian rescued Tang Rou and brought her back to consciousness, then faced the Spring of Life as it took human form.

• The Spring of Life seized Tang Rou and three others, and Chen Nian jumped in after them.
• Chen Nian found Tang Rou drowning and fought the spring’s control while she and their three companions dragged him downward.
• Tang Rou’s Divinity briefly resisted the spring, allowing Chen Nian to unleash his divine power and carry her ashore.
• Chen Nian used the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art to draw the spring’s water from Tang Rou, and she woke up and pushed him away.
• The Spring of Life rose from the water in human form, and Chen Nian confronted it while Tang Rou denied being his secretary.

Chen Nian defeated the Spring of Life in Undead Valley and escaped with Tang Rou, securing a portion of the Spring of Life before destroying its consciousness. He returned to the Forest Spirit Domain with the fleet, where news of his success shook the domain.

• Chen Nian attacked the Spring of Life, then let it enter his body so he could trap part of it and burn away the rest with Zhurong.
• The Spring of Life’s flames threatened Tang Rou, but Chen Nian teleported to her and shielded her from the blast.
• The Spring of Life’s remaining consciousness tried to possess Chen Nian, but his Heavenly Eyes erased it and he obtained Fragment of Evil “II.”
• Chen Nian and Tang Rou rode the Undead Bone Dragon out of Undead Valley after its restrictions vanished.
• The fleet returned with Chen Nian to the Forest Spirit Domain, where the news of his victory caused a commotion.

Chen Nian returned to the Forest Spirit Domain with the Spring of Life and restored the Tree of Life by vomiting the Spring over its roots. The Tree regained its vitality, though Tang Rou’s reminder about Chen Nian’s saliva left the lord and elders nauseated.

• Chen Nian arrived at the harbor to cheers, and the lord welcomed him and learned that the others who had gone with him had not returned.
• Chen Nian gave the lord’s ring to the girl who had once lent him 50 Sky Coins and asked the lord to ensure she was protected.
• At the Tree of Life, Chen Nian told the lord the Spring of Life was inside his body and used the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art to vomit it over the tree.
• The Tree of Life regained its lush foliage and spread a vibrant aura across the Sky Domain, prompting the lord and elders to praise Chen Nian.
• Tang Rou remarked that the fresh air smelled of Chen Nian’s saliva, and the lord dry-heaved.

Chen Nian absorbed the Nature Divine Stone and traveled to the Wind Singing Domain to seek its Divine Stone. There, he reunited with Yang Wei, who revealed that the Flying Ship Competition’s champion would win it.

• The Tree of Life blessed Tang Rou, so Chen Nian left her in the Forest Spirit Domain’s care while he absorbed the Divine Stone and awakened the Word Spirit Tree Prison.
• Chen Nian planned to visit the other sky domains before challenging the Crimson Flame Domain, while news of his victories unsettled his enemies and prompted Uesawa Ueki to head toward the Wind Singing Domain.
• Chen Nian arrived at the crowded Wind Singing Domain and saw Yang Wei performing impressive flying-ship maneuvers as a competitor nicknamed Veteran Driver.
• Chen Nian reunited with Yang Wei, who explained that the upcoming Flying Ship Competition’s champion would receive the Chanting Wind Domain’s Divine Stone.

Chen Nian, Yang Wei, and Uesawa Ueki formed the Tiankong Dragon team to compete for Wind Singing Domain’s Divine Stone. After qualifying, they began the final race, with Uesawa Ueki taking the first relay leg.

• Chen Nian and Yang Wei discussed the airship tournament and needed a third teammate.
• Uesawa Ueki joined their team after Chen Nian’s words convinced him that the strong should excel in every area.
• The trio named their team Tiankong Dragon, registered, and learned the basics of piloting airships.
• The Tiankong Dragon team qualified among the sixteen finalists.
• The final race began with Uesawa Ueki, Yang Wei, and Chen Nian assigned the first, second, and third legs respectively.