Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Zhou Qing proved his strength by defeating Empyrean God Feiyou in a spar, then helped Ten Thousand Mountains Island prepare for the demon army’s assault. When the attack began, he used his claw techniques and Space Power to wipe out the demons around him.

• Zhou Qing fought Empyrean God Feiyou barehanded and revealed that he had mastered the Eight-Nine Arcane Art and powerful Time and Space abilities.
• Empyrean God Feiyou used Three Heads and Six Arms, but Zhou Qing overwhelmed him until Feiyou called a halt and admitted defeat.
• The Empyrean Gods grew more confident that Zhou Qing would help them survive the demon army’s attack.
• Twenty-one days later, Zhou Qing and nine other Empyrean Gods took a defensible mountain pass when the demon army approached Ten Thousand Mountains Island.
• Zhou Qing sensed a vast force of green-skinned demons and used Heaven-Slaughtering Claw, Heaven-Severing Claw, and Heaven-Trapping Claw to clear the demons around him.

Zhou Qing defeated the Giant Axe General and Twin Hammers General, then used the Heavenstar Gourd and his transformed Pure Yang Jindan to overpower the Fiend King. The Fiend King was sent flying, and Zhou Qing revealed that the fighter facing him was a clone refined by the Waterflame Jindan Refining Technique.

• The Fiend King sent the Giant Axe General and Twin Hammers General to challenge Zhou Qing.
• Zhou Qing killed the Twin Hammers General with a full-powered claw strike, then used Dark World to kill the Giant Axe General.
• The Fiend King ordered the remaining Fiend Generals to fight the other Empyrean Gods and went to face Zhou Qing himself.
• Zhou Qing used the Heavenstar Gourd to unleash thirty-six Dark Worlds, sending the Fiend King flying and making him bleed.
• Zhou Qing explained that his clone wielded the transformed Pure Yang Jindan and could use the Heavenstar Gourd with power comparable to a Dao Ancestor.

Zhou Qing defeated the Fiend King and earned the Empyrean Gods’ admiration before tracking down True Immortal Dayan, who had once betrayed him, and killing him. A powerful figure appeared afterward, furious that Zhou Qing had killed one of his people.

• Zhou Qing used the thirty-six crystal worlds to defeat the Fiend King, who conceded and invited him to challenge Fiend Ice Valley.
• The Empyrean Gods praised Zhou Qing, and Empyrean God Feiyou admitted that Zhou Qing had been holding back against him.
• Zhou Qing found the disguised True Immortal Dayan at a fortune-telling stall and pursued him into a major world.
• Zhou Qing captured True Immortal Dayan, reminded him that he had sold the location of Zhou Qing’s tribulation to the Shaoyan Clan, and destroyed his golden core and soul.
• A tall, thin man appeared on a giant bamboo stalk and confronted Zhou Qing for killing one of his people.

Zhou Qing fled across the Three Realms as Dao Ancestor Ink Bamboo pursued him, while Patriarch Bodhi and Daoist Sanqing watched. After three months, an aged voice intervened and ordered Ink Bamboo to stop.

• Dao Ancestor Ink Bamboo attacked Zhou Qing, who escaped with his Void Evasion technique and asked Daoist Sanqing for help.
• Zhou Qing used his fourth-level Space Power to evade Ink Bamboo through the major worlds of the Three Realms.
• The Godking complained that Ink Bamboo’s pursuit had embarrassed the Seamless Gate instead of securing Zhou Qing as a bargaining chip.
• Daoist Sanqing and Patriarch Bodhi observed the chase, and Sanqing realized Zhou Qing had advanced to fourth-level Space Power.
• After three months of pursuit, an aged voice told Ink Bamboo to stop chasing Zhou Qing.

Elder Yuan rescued Zhou Qing from Dao Ancestor Ink Bamboo and tried to take him as a disciple, but Daoist Sanqing intervened and took Zhou Qing away. Sanqing warned Zhou Qing that Elder Yuan seemed suspicious, reinforcing Zhou Qing’s belief that he was really Heart God General.

• Elder Yuan appeared, struck Dao Ancestor Ink Bamboo into the Three Realms’ void, and drove him away from Zhou Qing.
• Elder Yuan praised Zhou Qing’s Heartforce talent and pressed him to become his disciple, but Zhou Qing repeatedly refused without his master’s consent.
• Daoist Sanqing and Patriarch Bodhi arrived, and Sanqing challenged Elder Yuan’s qualifications before taking Zhou Qing away.
• Sanqing told Zhou Qing that Elder Yuan’s behavior seemed false and advised him to stay on guard.
• Zhou Qing agreed and suspected that Sanqing had sensed something amiss about Heart God General.

After completing the Jindan refinement, Zhou Qing entered Fiend Ice Valley with a group of Empyrean Gods and used powerful illusions to clear a path through the fiends. His repeated casting advanced his Power of Illusion to the fourth level, but near the exit the Fiend King and his ten generals descended to block him.

• Zhou Qing finished refining the remaining clone's Jindan and prepared to cross Fiend Ice Valley on his way to Thousand Stars Island.
• Zhou Qing took the Empyrean Gods who asked to accompany him into his estate treasure, including several from the Seamless Gate, then reached the valley's entrance.
• Zhou Qing's Heaven-Slaughtering Claw killed countless fiends, but their numbers overwhelmed the attack, so he cast a vast illusion that made them fight one another.
• Zhou Qing piloted his flying boat through the valley under cover of his illusions and raised his Power of Illusion to the fourth level.
• The Fiend King and the guardians watched Zhou Qing approach the exit, then the Fiend King and his ten generals flew down to confront him.

Zhou Qing defeated the Fiend King and ten Fiend Generals in Fiend Ice Valley by using the Three Realms Immortal-Slaying Formation and his illusions. He reached Thousand Stars Island, selected three precious treasures, and learned that crossing the valley within a hundred years would bring him a major opportunity after he left Moonlit Pool.

• The Fiend King and ten Fiend Generals formed the Celestial Fiend True Demon Formation and attacked Zhou Qing with power at the level of an ordinary Dao Ancestor.
• Zhou Qing summoned two clones and used the Three Realms Immortal-Slaying Formation to counter the fiends' formation.
• Zhou Qing used an illusion to disrupt the Fiend King and Fiend Generals, then shattered their formation and killed them.
• Zhou Qing flew out of Fiend Ice Valley and reached Thousand Stars Island, where the Fiend King awaited him.
• The Fiend King let Zhou Qing select treasures and told him that crossing Fiend Ice Valley within a hundred years would bring him an opportunity after he left Moonlit Pool.

Zhou Qing arrived at Thousand Stars Island and found the Nuwa Faction’s Empyrean Gods besieging the Seamless Gate’s Immortal Mansion after Empyrean God Dameng killed Xujiu and tried to kill Fenghou. After hearing how Dameng stirred old grudges among the Seamless Gate, Zhou Qing advised the besiegers that they could not break through the mansion, and Fenghou began to call off the attack until Zhou Qing stopped him.

• Zhou Qing reached Thousand Stars Island and saw six Seven Luminaries Celestial God Formations attacking the Immortal Mansion where Dameng had taken shelter.
• Dameng defended his actions to the Seamless Gate’s Empyrean Gods by recalling the Nuwa Faction’s past killings, and he named their personal losses to inflame their resentment.
• Zhou Qing arrived with Nuwa Faction Empyrean Gods from his estate treasure and learned that Dameng had killed Xujiu and tried to kill Fenghou.
• Sin asked Zhou Qing to help besiege the Immortal Mansion, but Zhou Qing said its formations and restrictions made a breakthrough unlikely.
• Fenghou agreed to withdraw and settle accounts with Dameng later, but Zhou Qing told the Nuwa Faction’s Empyrean Gods to wait.

Zhou Qing destroyed the Seamless Gate’s Immortal Mansion and killed its Empyrean Gods, including Empyrean God Dameng. After a three-day welcome, Empyrean God Sin and Empyrean God Fenghou explained the Path of Ten Thousand Blades, the final trial that could let Zhou Qing leave Moonlit Pool.

• Zhou Qing used the Heavenstar Gourd’s crystal worlds and an illusion to break the Seamless Gate’s formation and kill all twenty Empyrean Gods inside.
• The Nuwa Faction’s Empyrean Gods welcomed Zhou Qing after he avenged Empyrean God Xujiu by killing Empyrean God Dameng and the Seamless Gate group.
• After three days of banquets, Empyrean God Sin and Empyrean God Fenghou brought Zhou Qing to the edge of Thousand Stars Island.
• Empyrean God Sin and Empyrean God Fenghou explained that the Path of Ten Thousand Blades challenged its entrant with ten increasingly skilled copies of themselves.
• Empyrean God Sin and Empyrean God Fenghou asked Zhou Qing to take the Empyrean Gods trapped on Thousand Stars Island out of Moonlit Pool if he passed the trial, and Zhou Qing said he would do his best.

Zhou Qing mastered fourth-layer Claw Power, defeated the ninth guardian, and returned to Thousand Stars Island, where the trapped Empyrean Gods prepared to leave with him. He brought them back to the Path of Ten Thousand Blades and faced the tenth guardian, who warned him not to disappoint their hopes.

• Zhou Qing studied and defeated the first eight guardians, refining his claw technique along the way.
• After studying the ninth guardian's technique, Zhou Qing broke through to the fourth layer of Claw Power and defeated him after using their fight to temper his moves.
• Zhou Qing watched the tenth guardian's technique but left without challenging him, then returned to Thousand Stars Island and told the Empyrean Gods he had defeated nine guardians.
• Zhou Qing said he would challenge the tenth guardian immediately, and all the Empyrean Gods chose to leave with him.
• Zhou Qing placed the Empyrean Gods in a pocket-world treasure and returned to the floating bridge, where the tenth guardian awaited him.