Arc 2The Prison and the Moonlit Pool

Zhou Qing advanced his cultivation, mastered Time and Space, and survived a simulation in which he was lost in the Realm Ruins before being rescued by the King of Nine Directions. He later entered the Moonlit Pool, defeated the Snowfiend and Purgatory God, and set out for Ten Thousand Mountains Island as its inhabitants warned of a coming crisis.

  • Zhou Qing looted Bai Qi’s treasure and discovered a vast Annihilation Dark Gold mine, then rescued Immortal Duohe and arranged for him to serve under Lord Cui.
  • Zhou Qing returned to the Seven Wonders World, became a Pure Yang True Immortal, destroyed Skyburner Venomwind’s hidden wind caves, and mastered Time Power.
  • Zhou Qing survived his Empyrean God Tribulation, joined the World Prison, plundered its prisoners, and was accepted as Patriarch Bodhi’s disciple after developing Time and Space power.
  • In a new simulation as Dongfang Jue, Zhou Qing was abducted as an infant and abandoned in the Realm Ruins, where he gained a trace of the Power of Destruction before the King of Nine Directions rescued him.
  • Zhou Qing trained under Godlord Miejue, advanced his Heartforce, and became both an Empyrean God and a first-class Celestial Immortal, then declined the regency and accepted the post of warden of the seventeenth World Prison.
  • After Immortal Daoyi destroyed the simulated World Prison, Zhou Qing extracted its command talisman and later entered the Moonlit Pool, where he killed Yaksha’s forms and defeated the Snowfiend by breaking through to the fourth level of Space Power.
  • Zhou Qing recruited Swordmaster Three Ultimatums, reached Volcano Island, and defeated Purgatory God, who granted him Ice Heart Marrow in exchange for his other treasure choice.
  • Zhou Qing began refining his clones’ Pure Yang jindans while traveling to Ten Thousand Mountains Island, where Empyrean Gods Feiyou and Tianhe warned him of a coming crisis and he agreed to spar with Feiyou.
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Ch. 27An Annihilation Dark Gold Mine Appears

After killing Bai Qi, Zhou Qing discovered that he controlled a vast annihilation dark gold mine and alerted Daoist Sanqing and the Netherworld Bureau. Zhou Qing rescued Immortal Duohe and offered him a position in Fengdu City, leaving Duohe stunned by Zhou Qing’s rank and power.

  • Zhou Qing looted Bai Qi and found at least three million jin of annihilation dark gold in his grotto-heaven treasure.
  • Zhou Qing used Heartforce to discover Bai Qi’s mine, whose reserves held at least ninety million jin, and informed Daoist Sanqing and Lord Cui.
  • Daoist Sanqing arrived, freed the mining slaves, and let Zhou Qing take Immortal Duohe before sending Zhou Qing and Lord Cui back to Fengdu City.
  • Zhou Qing reunited Immortal Duohe with the fiends from the Wujiang Immortal Mansion and arranged for him to serve as a judge under Lord Cui.
  • Immortal Duohe struggled to understand Zhou Qing’s status as Great Emperor and wondered whether he had been mining for millions of years.

Ch. 28Return to the Seven Wonders World

Zhou Qing and Lord Cui entered the Seven Wonders World while searching for Immortal Wusui, and Zhou Qing found that the world differed from his first simulation. He reunited with Immortal Wusui in Pure Yang Heaven and prepared to take him away.

  • Zhou Qing and Lord Cui reached the Seven Wonders World, where Skyburner Venomwind had killed many cultivators outside the world.
  • Immortal Wusui played a game of Go with Patriarch Black Turtle and worried about finding Zhou Qing, while Patriarch Black Turtle warned him against leaving the world.
  • Zhou Qing explored Pure Yang Heaven and saw how the world had developed differently from his first simulation, while Lord Cui noticed Lü Dongbin's opportunity in the Pure Yang Immortal Mansion.
  • Zhou Qing and Lord Cui appeared before Immortal Wusui and Patriarch Black Turtle, and Zhou Qing revealed that he had become a Pure Yang True Immortal.
  • Immortal Wusui bid farewell to Patriarch Black Turtle and entered Zhou Qing's grotto-heaven treasure.

Ch. 29Time Power

Zhou Qing rewarded Patriarch Black Turtle and Old Immortal Heming with reincarnation decrees, then cleared the Skyburner Venomwind around the Seven Wonders World and found a mysterious token. Meanwhile, his true body mastered Time Power and began considering how to combine time and space.

  • Zhou Qing gave Patriarch Black Turtle two reincarnation decrees, one for himself and one for Old Immortal Heming, allowing them to reincarnate as devas in the Heaven Realm.
  • Zhou Qing searched the void around the Seven Wonders World and destroyed the Skyburner Venomwind’s hidden wind caves.
  • Zhou Qing found a token marked “Thousand Winds” inside one of the destroyed wind caves and secretly kept it.
  • Zhou Qing contemplated the Six Paths of Reincarnation and mastered Time Power.
  • Zhou Qing decided to study how to combine the Path of Time and the Path of Space into the Path of Time and Space.

Ch. 30Empyrean God Tribulation

After securing a share of the Annihilation Dark Gold mine, Zhou Qing underwent the Empyrean God Tribulation in the Netherworld under Daoist Sanqing’s protection, using his newly combined Time and Space powers to withstand the final lightning. As Zhou Qing completed his transformation into an Empyrean God, Patriarch Bodhi recognized his talent for the Path of Time and Space and considered making him a disciple.

  • Daoist Sanqing told Zhou Qing that the Daoist Sect would receive seventy percent of the Annihilation Dark Gold mine and grant him thirty percent of the sect’s share for discovering it.
  • Zhou Qing explained that he would wait for his Second Primaltwin to return before leaving his post, but Daoist Sanqing offered to protect him while he underwent the Empyrean God Tribulation in the Underworld.
  • Several months later, Zhou Qing’s Fiendgod Body Refining and Ki Refining Path reached Void Perfection, and he endured the wind and fire tribulations and most of the lightning tribulation with his divine body.
  • Zhou Qing used a combination of Time Power and Space Power with Heaven-Exterminating Claw to break apart the Pure Yang Golden Light Lightning, which then transformed his divine body into a perfect one.
  • Zhou Qing awakened from the Heart Demon Tribulation, completed his Empyrean God transformation, and switched his cultivation method to the Sudden Enlightenment Meditation Sutra.
  • Daoist Sanqing, True God Youdu, Ksitigarbha, and Patriarch Bodhi watched Zhou Qing’s tribulation, and Bodhi recognized his talent for Time-Space Fusion and considered taking him as a disciple.

Ch. 31Bodhi Bestows a Technique, Entering the World Prison

After becoming an Empyrean God, Zhou Qing received the first chapter of Patriarch Bodhi’s Time and Space technique and was challenged to comprehend the Power of Time and Space within three hundred years. He entered the World Prison, claimed its Chaos Spirit Liquid, and began improving his divine abilities and body.

  • Daoist Sanqing gave Zhou Qing Patriarch Bodhi’s first chapter of the Time and Space technique and relayed Bodhi’s offer to teach him the rest if he comprehended the Power of Time and Space within three hundred years.
  • Zhou Qing left the Three Realms and entered the World Prison through its stele, where two jailers delivered eighteen bottles of Chaos Spirit Liquid.
  • Zhou Qing used Annihilation Dark Gold to cultivate the Empyrean God chapter of Great Extinction Divine Power and tested the resulting attack.
  • Zhou Qing refined materials including a Daluo Immortal Pill to cultivate the second level of Immortal Golden Body, strengthening his divine body to the level of a Xiantian mid-grade spirit treasure.

Ch. 32Cultivating the Eighteen Fiendgods of Taowu

Zhou Qing cultivated the Eighteen Fiendgods of Taowu with Chaos Spirit Liquid, restoring the strength of his seventeen new clones before entering the World Prison to prey on its prisoners. He found a black-robed first-tier Celestial Immortal whose grandfather, Ancestor God Tianxing, was already dead, and took the prisoner’s treasures without telling him.

  • Zhou Qing used Chaos Spirit Liquid to restore his seventeen clones, which he planned to use for cultivation and Dao comprehension.
  • Zhou Qing entered the World Prison and learned that its chaos-draining formation left most prisoners unable to replenish their power.
  • Zhou Qing sent his clones to search for prisoners and found a black-robed first-tier Celestial Immortal who mistook him for the warden.
  • The black-robed man asked Zhou Qing to find out why his grandfather, Ancestor God Tianxing, had not come to release him, and Zhou Qing agreed without revealing that Tianxing was dead.
  • Zhou Qing took the black-robed man’s treasures, including more than two thousand supreme-grade pure yang magic treasures and an upper-grade Xiantian Spirit-Treasure.

Ch. 33Sweeping Through the World Prison

Zhou Qing looted prisoners throughout the World Prison, learning Gongsun Bai’s shameful past before moving on to a green-robed elder with third-stage Primordial Power. The elder finally submitted after Zhou Qing overwhelmed him with Darkworld Descent, a Heartforce illusion, and a final attack.

  • Zhou Qing bewitches Gongsun Bai into permitting a memory search and learns that his affair with his stepmother led to his imprisonment for several chaos cycles.
  • Zhou Qing gives Gongsun Bai immortal pills and leaves to loot other prisoners in the World Prison.
  • Using his eighteen clones and Heartforce, Zhou Qing quickly subdues and searches hundreds of Empyrean God and first-class Celestial Immortal prisoners.
  • Zhou Qing attacks a green-robed elder, discovers his sand shield is reinforced with third-stage Primordial Power, and suppresses him with Darkworld Descent and a Heartforce illusion.
  • Zhou Qing strikes the weakened elder again, then uses Heartforce bewitchment until the elder gives up and submits.

Ch. 34Junshan Formation Records

Zhou Qing plundered Nangong Hu and discovered the Junshan Formation Records, a World God formation legacy. After exhausting the remaining Empyrean God and First-Tier Celestial Immortal prisoners, he prepared to target stronger prisoners by wearing down their power with ranged attacks.

  • Zhou Qing took Nangong Hu's treasures, including the Heavenstar Gourd, then searched his memories and learned about his past and the Chaos Immortal Daoyi's legacy.
  • Zhou Qing found the Junshan Formation Records, which detailed formations and the advancement of Formationforce from the first level to the sixth.
  • Zhou Qing spent nearly ten years plundering the other Empyrean God and First-Tier Celestial Immortal prisoners, but found no other unbound precious legacies.
  • Zhou Qing decided to target the True God and First-Tier True Immortal prisoners by repeatedly attacking them from range to deplete their divine power and Immortal energy.

Ch. 35Finally Obtaining the Time and Space Legacy

Over a hundred and fifty years, Zhou Qing amassed wealth by plundering prisoners, strengthened his cultivation, and advanced his Time Power and Power of Time and Space. Patriarch Bodhi took him to the chaos, accepted him as a disciple, and passed on the remaining parts of the Time and Space method.

  • Zhou Qing subdued True Immortal Qifeng to obtain the Waterflame Jindan Refining Technique, then plundered nearly a hundred True God and first-tier True Immortal prisoners for their wealth.
  • Zhou Qing cultivated the Eighteen Fiendgods of Taowu with his Second Primaltwin and took a million jin of Nine Flame Paste from the Daoist Sect's treasury, leaving him to seek Ice Heart Marrow at the Moonlit Pool.
  • Zhou Qing's Second Primaltwin raised its Time Power to the third layer beside the Six Paths of Reincarnation and developed first-layer Power of Time and Space, which devastated a mountain in the Netherworld.
  • Patriarch Bodhi took Zhou Qing to a chaos star, praised his talent, and accepted him as a disciple of the Path of Time and Space.
  • Patriarch Bodhi taught Zhou Qing the complete Time and Space method, including the Slanting Moon, Square Inch, and Three Stars parts.

Ch. 36Simulation Begins Again

After more than twenty years of studying the Time and Space technique, Zhou Qing began a third simulation in the Desolate Era world. Reincarnated as Dongfang Jue, the posthumous son of the Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom’s eldest prince, he resolved to grow strong enough to survive the coming chaos cycle.

  • Zhou Qing saw that the simulation time had reset and started a new simulation.
  • The panel assigned Zhou Qing the identity of Dongfang Jue, grandson of the King of Nine Directions, and set the objective of surviving for one chaos cycle.
  • Zhou Qing considered whether the Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom had fallen and realized that its fate remained uncertain.
  • Dongfang Jue awakened in his mother’s womb, learned about his family and kingdom, and worried that the kingdom might be destroyed.
  • Dongfang Jue resolved to control his fate by absorbing Primordial Qi and every treasure his mother consumed to speed his growth.

Ch. 37Sudden upheaval

Zhou Qing’s simulation revealed how the Cold Mountain Chaos Kingdom killed his father and launched an attack on his family while the King of Nine Directions was away. His mother fled, gave birth to him prematurely, and died; a black-clad Ancestor God found them and hesitated before killing him, leaving Zhou Qing to choose whether to flee or wait.

  • The Cold Mountain Chaos Kingdom found a top-tier World Realm expert skilled in formations, killed Zhou Qing’s father, and gained the advantage in the war.
  • The King of Nine Directions led his World Realm experts to the front, leaving the capital undefended.
  • Unknown attackers raided the regent’s residence and fatally wounded Zhou Qing’s mother.
  • Zhou Qing’s mother escaped using a spacetime treasure, gave birth to him prematurely, and died after placing her magic treasure bracelet around his neck.
  • A black-clad Ancestor God tracked them down, recognized the situation, and hesitated before attacking Zhou Qing.

Ch. 38A Setback in Cultivation

Zhou Qing’s simulation showed him being abducted by a black-robed Ancestor God, then cultivating with treasures and texts hidden in his mother’s Moonspirit Bracelet. When the bracelet’s spirit explained why he could not advance in Dao comprehension, he realized the simulation had taken him beyond the Nine Directions Chaos World.

  • Zhou Qing chose not to flee the black-robed Ancestor God, reasoning that the King of Nine Directions’ blood curse protected his simulated self from being killed.
  • The black-robed Ancestor God abducted him and kept him inside a grotto-heaven treasure for ten years without harming him.
  • Zhou Qing’s simulated self accessed the Moonspirit Bracelet, discovered the resources his mother had hidden, and began cultivating several techniques.
  • After decades of study, he could not advance beyond the realm of subtlety, so he asked the bracelet’s spirit for guidance.
  • The Moonspirit Bracelet’s spirit sensed that they were outside the Chaos World’s jurisdiction, and Zhou Qing understood why he could not reach the realm of One with the World.

Ch. 39Realm Ruins

Zhou Qing’s simulation showed his cultivation advancing before the estate-world treasure imprisoning him collapsed and cast him into the chaos. He recognized the ruined worlds and short-lived bubble worlds around him as the Realm Ruins, where the black-robed Ancestor God had left him to die.

  • At age 150, Zhou Qing’s simulated self reached Early Primal in Ki Refining, created a Second Primaltwin, and advanced his Fiendgod Body Refining to Mid Primal, while limiting his Ki Refining because he could not control his primal power.
  • Zhou Qing reflected on how the Wubao Sword Art caused cultivators to forget Dao insights, making their cultivation unstable.
  • After forty years of focusing on Fiendgod Body Refining, his simulated self reached Peak Primal and then broke through to Void Return at age 200.
  • The estate-world treasure shattered, and Zhou Qing chose to hide in the estate world inside the Moonspirit Bracelet, surviving the chaotic currents and escaping in a Supreme Xiantian Spirit-Treasure flying boat.
  • Zhou Qing’s simulated self found ruined worlds and short-lived bubble worlds, then realized the black-robed Ancestor God had abandoned him there to be killed by the chaos.
  • Zhou Qing recognized the region as the Realm Ruins, a perilous area formed from chaos worlds destroyed by World Realm experts.

Ch. 40Power of Destruction

Zhou Qing’s simulated self became trapped in the Realm Ruins, where he survived by hiding in bubble worlds and learned to comprehend the Power of Destruction by watching them collapse. Before the space-time storm could threaten him, the King of Nine Directions rescued him and brought him to the Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom.

  • Zhou Qing chose to shelter his true body in a safe bubble world and send his Second Primaltwin to explore, but the Second Primaltwin soon became lost in the Realm Ruins.
  • After two bubble worlds he inhabited were destroyed, Zhou Qing’s simulated self gained an epiphany and comprehended a trace of the Power of Destruction.
  • He spent thirty years seeking bubble worlds near destruction and watching them collapse, gradually strengthening his Power of Destruction.
  • The King of Nine Directions appeared, recognized Zhou Qing as his grandson, and took him away from the Realm Ruins.
  • In the palace, Zhou Qing learned that the King of Nine Directions had negotiated his return, searched for him for centuries, and opened a safe route through the Realm Ruins to rescue him.

Ch. 41Return to the Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom

After reuniting with his Second Primaltwin in the Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom, Zhou Qing chose Godlord Miejue as his teacher and pursued the path of Primordial Power. He rapidly advanced in the Great Dao of Destruction and Heartforce, then faced a choice about which body should undergo tribulation or whether to keep consolidating his foundation.

  • Zhou Qing chose Godlord Miejue over Ancestor Immortal Gufeng, favoring the Primordial Power path toward the World Realm.
  • Godlord Miejue reluctantly accepted Zhou Qing as his disciple, then recognized his unusual talent after learning he had gained a trace of the Power of Destruction in the Realm Ruins.
  • Zhou Qing studied the Great Dao of Destruction and achieved major mastery in forty years while also cultivating Heartforce.
  • Zhou Qing entered the Tower of Samsara and cleared its first level, then reached the second level of Heartforce twenty years later by clearing the second level.
  • Zhou Qing had mastered Indestructible Dao-Body and Microcosmic Divine Power, and the simulation offered him the choice to undergo tribulation with his true body, with his Second Primaltwin, or to continue consolidating his foundation.

Ch. 42Overcoming the Tribulation

Zhou Qing’s simulated self overcame the First-Class Celestial Immortal Tribulation and his true body also became an Empyrean God and a first-class Celestial Immortal. After the King of Nine Directions announced his survival, Ancestor Immortal Heavenly Frost asked him to lead his late father’s followers and become regent, leaving Zhou Qing to decide whether to accept.

  • Zhou Qing chose to have his Second Primaltwin undergo the Heavenly Tribulation first, and the King of Nine Directions took him to a secluded place to do so.
  • With powerful treasures and the Three Treasures for Overcoming Demons, the Second Primaltwin survived the tribulations and became a first-class Celestial Immortal after the King of Nine Directions used World Essence to perfect his Jindan.
  • Within ten years, Zhou Qing’s true body also overcame its tribulations and became both an Empyrean God and a first-class Celestial Immortal.
  • The King of Nine Directions announced Zhou Qing’s survival, heartening his late father’s followers, who had been marginalized after the third prince took charge of the kingdom’s daily affairs.
  • Ancestor Immortal Heavenly Frost asked Zhou Qing to lead his father’s followers and become the new regent, and Zhou Qing was offered the choice to accept or decline.

Ch. 43Choosing a treasure

Zhou Qing refused Ancestor Immortal Heavenly Frost’s offer to back his bid for regent, but the ensuing rebellion made him politically vulnerable. The King of Nine Directions sent him to serve as warden of the seventeenth World Prison and offered him one treasury treasure, leaving Zhou Qing to choose among three powerful options.

  • Zhou Qing declined Ancestor Immortal Heavenly Frost’s offer and reported their conversation to the King of Nine Directions.
  • Three years later, Ancestor Immortal Heavenly Frost and other loyalists rebelled, blamed the Third Prince for Zhou Qing’s father’s death, and called for Zhou Qing to become regent.
  • The Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom’s army captured the rebels, but the controversy divided public opinion and made Zhou Qing’s position awkward.
  • The King of Nine Directions sent Zhou Qing away, and Zhou Qing chose to serve as warden of the seventeenth World Prison for one hundred million years.
  • The King of Nine Directions offered Zhou Qing a treasury treasure, and Zhou Qing considered the Heavenly Wheels of Annihilation, the Grand Primordium Void-Breaking Boat, and the Dijiang Golem.

Ch. 44World Prison

Zhou Qing chose the Dijiang Golem from the Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom’s treasury and received a technique from Godlord Miejue before taking up his post at the seventeenth World Prison. There, he recruited six prisoners for the kingdom’s army and learned that a command talisman could unlock prisoners’ chains.

  • Zhou Qing chose the Dijiang Golem, and the King of Nine Directions gave him ten thousand Chaos Crystal Stones to power it.
  • Zhou Qing visited Godlord Miejue, who gave him the Codex of Extinction and urged him to inherit his legacy.
  • Zhou Qing and his Second Primaltwin went to the seventeenth World Prison under Ancestor God Kongming’s protection and began cultivating the Eighteen Fiendgods of Taowu.
  • Zhou Qing and Ancestor God Kongming offered prisoners freedom in exchange for one trillion years of military service, and two Ancestor Gods and three First-Tier Ancestor Immortals accepted.
  • Ancestor God Kongming used the King of Nine Directions’ command talisman to unlock the five recruits’ chains, and Zhou Qing later recruited one more Ancestor God.
  • After the remaining prisoners refused the offer, Zhou Qing abandoned his recruiting efforts and focused on cultivation.

Ch. 45World Prison Command Talisman

Zhou Qing’s simulation ended with Immortal Daoyi destroying the World Prison, prompting Zhou Qing to realize that his status had made him a target. He chose to retrieve an item from the simulation and, after failing to take its greatest treasures, successfully extracted the World Prison’s command talisman.

  • Zhou Qing’s simulated self reached True God, but Immortal Daoyi destroyed the World Prison and killed him along with its prisoners.
  • Zhou Qing realized Immortal Daoyi sought revenge against the Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom and had targeted him as the King of Nine Directions’ descendant.
  • Zhou Qing chose to extract an item from the simulation and discovered that the Moonspirit Bracelet and powerful treasures triggered a fatal backlash.
  • Zhou Qing rewound the simulation and found that even Ancestor God golems and other high-level treasures were beyond his reach, while the World Prison’s command talisman was not.
  • Zhou Qing used his Heartforce, Time Power, Space Power, and divine power to pull the command talisman out of the simulated world.

Ch. 46Moonlit Pool

Zhou Qing entered the Moonlit Pool and discovered that its isolation did not prevent him from sharing memories with his other bodies. After defeating Yaksha and reaching Snow Mountain Island, he met Empyrean God Xiuke, who worried that Zhou Qing had willingly entered a perilous trap.

  • Zhou Qing entered the Moonlit Pool and found that he could still share memories with his bodies outside it.
  • Zhou Qing killed Yaksha’s green form and destroyed the golden Yaksha, whose remains later reformed into hundreds of green Yakshas.
  • Zhou Qing reached Snow Mountain Island and thwarted Empyrean God Xiuke’s attack in the palace.
  • Zhou Qing proved to Empyrean God Xiuke that he was not the Snowfiend in disguise and revealed that he had mastered the Eight-Nine Arcane Art.
  • Empyrean God Xiuke questioned why Zhou Qing had entered the Moonlit Pool, but Zhou Qing said he was confident; Xiuke remained convinced that Zhou Qing would learn how dangerous it was.

Ch. 47Fierce Battle with the Snowfiend

Zhou Qing tested himself against the Snowfiend, killing its avatar in one blow before facing its true body on the frozen bridge. He used the Dark World and a Heartforce illusion to offset the Snowfiend’s superior Taiji Power, and their battle continued evenly.

  • Zhou Qing killed the Snowfiend’s avatar in one attack, then withdrew from the bridge as its golden true body appeared.
  • Empyrean God Xiuke chose to enter Zhou Qing’s estate treasure and travel to the next island rather than pursue the Moonlit Pool’s treasures.
  • Zhou Qing took Empyrean God Xiuke into his estate treasure and returned alone to the bridge, where he met the Snowfiend’s true body.
  • The Snowfiend’s fourth-level Taiji Power repelled Zhou Qing’s Heaven-Exterminating Claw, so Zhou Qing used the Dark World to weaken it and a Heartforce illusion to distract it.
  • Zhou Qing and the Snowfiend fought on equal terms, with Zhou Qing’s abilities countering the Snowfiend’s greater combat skill.

Ch. 48Swordmaster Three Ultimatums Submits

Zhou Qing persuaded Swordmaster Three Ultimatums to follow him for one hundred million years by exchanging Lifeblood Oaths through an Oathstone. At the Moonlit Pool, Zhou Qing defeated Snowfiend after breaking through to the fourth level of Space Power, passing the trial.

  • Zhou Qing offered Swordmaster Three Ultimatums release from the World Prison after he became an Ancestor God or Ancestor Immortal in exchange for one hundred million years of service.
  • Swordmaster Three Ultimatums and Zhou Qing swore matching Lifeblood Oaths using an Oathstone, and Three Ultimatums agreed to follow Zhou Qing.
  • Zhou Qing took the Oathstone from Swordmaster Three Ultimatums, intending to use it with the World Prison's command talisman to recruit other prisoners.
  • Zhou Qing and Snowfiend fought evenly at the Moonlit Pool as Zhou Qing honed his abilities against Snowfiend's fourth-level Taiji Power.
  • Zhou Qing broke through to the fourth level of Space Power during the battle, broke Snowfiend's defense, and tore his golden ape form apart.
  • Snowfiend acknowledged Zhou Qing's victory and revealed that Zhou Qing had already qualified to pass the trial before vanishing into snowflakes.

Ch. 49The Second Level of the Power of Time and Space

After defeating the Snowfiend, Zhou Qing reached Volcano Island, where he advanced his time-and-space power and refined his techniques. He took the Seven Ancient Dragon Gods and Empyrean God Xiuke with him to challenge the Purgatory God, who prepared to fight him.

  • Zhou Qing arrived at Volcano Island, studied the Roaring Ape Diagram, and met the Seven Ancient Dragon Gods, who welcomed him and shared a feast with him and Empyrean God Xiuke.
  • Zhou Qing comprehended the Crescent Moon Chapter and reached the second level of the power of time and space, then cultivated the Dark World to the eighth level and refined his claw techniques.
  • Zhou Qing asked the Seven Ancient Dragon Gods to take him to the Purgatory God, and Empyrean God Withered Dragon asked him to bring the seven dragon gods off the island as well.
  • Zhou Qing agreed, placed the Seven Ancient Dragon Gods and Empyrean God Xiuke in his estate-world treasure, and crossed the sea of fire to meet the Purgatory God.
  • The Purgatory God said he had heard of Zhou Qing's victories over the Golden Yaksha and Snowfiend, then raised his short halberds and invited him to fight.

Ch. 50Current Status of the Clones

The chapter reports the locations of Zhou Qing and Wu Xian’s original bodies and clones. Wu Xian’s remaining three original-body clones had entered the Moonlit Pool.

  • Zhou Qing’s original body was imprisoned in the World Prison.
  • Fifteen of Wu Xian’s original-body clones were in the World Prison.
  • Wu Xian’s remaining three original-body clones entered the Moonlit Pool.
  • One of Wu Xian’s Second Primaltwin clones was stationed in Fengdu, while the other seventeen were in the World Prison.

Ch. 51Refining the Jindan

Zhou Qing defeated Purgatory God, claimed Ice Heart Marrow from Moonlit Pool, and began refining the jindans of his two clones. After reaching Ten Thousand Mountains Island, he learned that his arrival would trigger a crisis and agreed to spar with Empyrean God Feiyou.

  • Zhou Qing used his Dark World and Heartforce illusion to weaken Purgatory God, then defeated him after a prolonged battle.
  • Purgatory God let Zhou Qing take Ice Heart Marrow in exchange for giving up his choice of another treasure.
  • Zhou Qing began refining his two clones’ Pure Yang jindans with Ice Heart Marrow and Nine Flame Paste while traveling to Ten Thousand Mountains Island.
  • Zhou Qing studied Purgatory God’s halberd technique at the island entrance and befriended the Empyrean Gods there.
  • Empyrean God Feiyou and Empyrean God Tianhe told Zhou Qing that his arrival would bring a crisis, and Zhou Qing agreed to spar with Empyrean God Feiyou.
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