Chapter Summaries

Xu Long discovered that Ah Xuan’s soul carried World Force, extracted it to strengthen the World-Breaking Blade, and then continued toward Baoqing Workshop with Xiaobai and his companions. He arrived at the workshop and met its Master, an old fox who welcomed him as a customer.

• Xu Long realized Ah Xuan’s vital essence contained World Force and took it, promising Ah Xuan peace and prosperity in return.
• The World-Breaking Blade absorbed the essence and advanced from a Low-Grade Treasure Artifact to a Mid-Grade Treasure Artifact.
• Xu Long restored Xiaobai’s memories and tormented her until they approached Baoqing Workshop, where she broke free and fled.
• Xu Long reached Baoqing Workshop and entered its hidden interior, where the Master greeted him as a customer.

Xu Long visited Baoqing Workshop and challenged the old fox with the threat that he would destroy the place if she attacked him. After she offered him a spatial collar to defuse the standoff, Xu Long asked her to make him magic treasures capable of killing Nascent Soul Stage experts.

• The old fox offered to trade Xu Long a reward for sucking his yang energy, but he refused when she said he did not need to remove his pants.
• The old fox led Xu Long into Baoqing Workshop, where he sensed hundreds of Golden Core Stage beings and around twenty Nascent Soul Stage ones.
• The old fox lunged at Xu Long, then sensed the threat of his Heavenly Eye and transformed into a six-tailed fox before backing down.
• The old fox gave Xu Long a spatial collar, and he placed it around Rice Bucket's neck.
• Xu Long asked the old fox to make as many magic treasures capable of killing Nascent Soul Stage experts as possible.

Xu Long traded five drops of his blood, containing the Power of Extreme Yang, Absolute Yin, for ten Heaven-Shaking Thunders from the old fox at Baoqing Workshop. Nearly ten years later, Xiaobai questioned whether Xu Long truly intended to kill Snake Mother after learning that the Snake Cavern's shared cultivation power ultimately fed Snake Mother.

• The old fox demanded Xu Long's yang energy in exchange for magic treasures, and Xu Long jokingly tried to remove his pants before they negotiated.
• Xu Long revealed a drop of blood carrying the Power of Extreme Yang, Absolute Yin, and the old fox agreed to trade two magic treasures per drop.
• Xu Long left five drops of blood and received ten Heaven-Shaking Thunders, then returned to the giant ship on the great river to prepare.
• Nearly ten years passed, and Xu Long rescinded the order to catch snakes while Xiaobai remained under his control.
• Xiaobai asked Xu Long whether he planned to kill Snake Mother and explained that the Snake Cavern's shared cultivation power could be absorbed by her master.

Xu Long and Xiaobai attacked the Ten Thousand Snake Cave, seeking to kill Snake Mother and absorb the demons’ power. Xu Long forced Snake Mother from the collapsing mountain and fought her with his Colossus Dharma Body.

• Xu Long revealed Snake Mother’s exploitation of her disciples, and Xiaobai agreed to kill her after remembering what she had done to Xiao Qing.
• Xu Long sent about a million talisman soldiers to besiege the snake cave, prompting Snake Mother to order the demons to fight back.
• Xu Long and Xiaobai advanced through the battle as Xiaobai’s hairpin absorbed the power of nearby demons.
• Xu Long summoned the Colossus Dharma Body and punched the mountain, killing or gravely injuring its inhabitants and forcing Snake Mother to emerge as a three-headed black python.
• Snake Mother coiled around Xu Long’s Colossus Dharma Body, and it bit her belly in response.

Xu Long and Xiaobai defeated the Snake Mother when Xiaobai used the Jasper Hairpin to divert the demons’ power away from her. After Xu Long killed the Snake Mother, Xiaobai returned the stolen power to the surviving demons, and he prepared to absorb the Snake Mother’s power before heading back.

• The Snake Mother tried to drain her disciples’ demonic power to break through, but Xiaobai used the Jasper Hairpin to draw the power toward herself instead.
• Xu Long struck the distracted Snake Mother, then destroyed one of her heads with a sniper rifle.
• The Snake Mother devoured part of Xu Long’s Colossus Dharma Body, but its Power of Extreme Yang, Absolute Yin tore her apart from within.
• Xu Long killed the Snake Mother and obtained the Ten Thousand Snakes Treasure Chest.
• Xiaobai returned the extracted demonic power to the surviving demons, who fled into the mountains.
• Xu Long held Xiaobai and told her to absorb the Snake Mother’s demonic power before they went back.

Xu Long bound the Snake Mother's treasure into the Azure Firmament Celestial Star Formation Diagram, transforming its power to draw on nearby beings and raise his cultivation. Xiaobai reached the Late Golden Core Stage but remained conflicted about attacking Xu Long, while the old fox successfully refined Xu Long's blood and resolved to obtain more.

• Xu Long opened the Snake Mother's chest, obtained Ten Thousand Snakes Return to the Origin, and bound it to the Azure Firmament Celestial Star Formation Diagram in place of Green Water Poison.
• Xiaobai finished absorbing the Snake Mother's demonic power, broke through to the Late Golden Core Stage, and reverted to her giant snake form.
• Xiaobai roared at Xu Long but ultimately did not attack him and lay down to digest the demonic power.
• At the Baoqing Workshop, the old fox spent three days and nights refining Xu Long's blood until it turned white, then celebrated obtaining Extreme Yang, Absolute Yin power.
• The old fox decided she needed more of Xu Long's blood to continue her cultivation plans.

Xu Long lured the old turtle out from beneath West Lake and gravely wounded him with ten Heaven-Shaking Thunders. After trapping the turtle inside the Eight Gates Yang-Locking Formation and bringing in the Vermilion Bird, Xu Long faced the injured demon as it recognized his power and demanded to know who he was.

• Xu Long disguised his preparations as an eighty-one-day ritual to refine an immortality elixir at West Lake, while the old turtle watched from below.
• On the seventieth day, the old turtle sensed the hidden killing intent in the thunder and rose from the lake to attack Xu Long.
• Xu Long hurled ten Heaven-Shaking Thunders at the old turtle, blasting him into the sky and drying up West Lake.
• The wounded old turtle tried to flee, but the Eight Gates Yang-Locking Formation blocked him with intense flames.
• The Vermilion Bird confronted the old turtle, who recognized it as belonging to the Pure Yang Dao Sect.
• The old turtle realized Xu Long wielded Extreme Yang, Absolute Yin rather than supreme yang power and demanded to know his identity.

Xu Long and the Vermilion Bird cornered the old turtle inside the Eight Gates Yang-Locking Formation, but the old fox broke through the formation to intervene. After Xu Long refused to spare her longtime friend, the old fox revealed her six-tailed true form and prepared to fight.

• The Vermilion Bird and Xu Long attacked the old turtle with flames and a Power of Extreme Yang, Absolute Yin bullet, while the Eight Gates Yang-Locking Formation trapped and weakened him.
• The old turtle withdrew into his shell and sealed its openings, but the Vermilion Bird found his wounds and began roasting and pecking at them.
• The old fox reached West Lake and used two drops of blazing white blood to break through the Eight Gates Yang-Locking Formation.
• The old fox asked Xu Long to spare the old turtle, but Xu Long refused and declared that the turtle would die that day.
• The old fox revealed her six-tailed true form and unleashed her terrifying aura.

Xu Long fought the Sea-Suppressing Turtle King while Hu Meiniang tried to use the turtle to kill him, so he detonated the Eight Gates Yang-Locking Formation and escaped with the Vermilion Bird. He returned to the Reincarnation Temple with an S-rank rating, while the surviving Hu Meiniang was left furious and gravely injured.

• Hu Meiniang arrived and ordered the Sea-Suppressing Turtle King to attack Xu Long while she kept the Vermilion Bird occupied.
• Xu Long dodged the turtle’s water attack and struck its shell with the World-Breaking Blade, injuring the turtle with the Power of Extreme Yang, Absolute Yin.
• Xu Long summoned the Vermilion Bird and fled as Hu Meiniang and the turtle realized he was going to detonate the Eight Gates Yang-Locking Formation.
• The formation exploded across Hangzhou City, killing the Sea-Suppressing Turtle King and gravely injuring Xu Long, the Vermilion Bird, and Hu Meiniang.
• Xu Long chose to leave the world and teleported to the Reincarnation Temple, where he received 13 authority points, 200 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, and an S-rank rating.
• Hu Meiniang erupted in rage after the turtle died protecting her, but Xu Long had already escaped.

Xu Long welcomed Xiaobai into the Great Wilderness and learned that several powerful factions had emerged after another Fragment World merged. The appearance of the formidable Fengdu City answered his question about China’s lack of major forces, while its terrifying power remained beyond investigation.

• Xu Long explained the Great Wilderness to Xiaobai, who learned that her former world was a fragment destined to be devoured, and he took her to see the real world.
• Xu Long learned that a newly merged Fragment World had brought powerful factions to Western Europe, Northern Russia, and Xila, whose forces soon seized territory across Eurasia.
• Xu Long wondered why no powerful force had appeared in China, then learned that Fengdu City had emerged as an independent and immensely powerful force.
• The Red Queen sent puppets to investigate the Great Wilderness’s edge, but spatial turbulence prevented them from approaching and would have killed even a Nascent Soul expert.

Xu Long and the Red Queen failed to investigate the smoke-shrouded Fengdu City, so Xu Long prepared to enter it. Before they went in, he captured a Four-Winged Angel, searched his soul, and learned about the powers ruling Europe.

• The Red Queen reported that her robots and clones had lost contact inside Fengdu City, and Xu Long decided to enter the smoke with her.
• Xu Long caught a transparent Four-Winged Angel who had been approaching them and used Extreme Yang, Absolute Yin to cripple him.
• Xu Long tore off the angel’s wings, destroyed his body, and searched his soul for information.
• Xu Long learned that Holy Heaven was ruled by God Jehovah, the Purgatory Demon Tower by Satan, the Divine Hall of All by Athena, and the Extreme Realm of Ice and Snow by Sventovit.

After learning that ancient factions were returning to the weakened Main World, Xu Long entered Fengdu City and found it guarded by soul pressure and swarms of bone bugs. He pushed deeper and discovered the corpses of two likely explorers from the Extreme Realm of Ice and Snow.

• Xu Long pieced together how factions such as Holy Heaven had emerged from sealed territories after finding the Main World weak, and expected more immortals and gods to return.
• Xu Long entered Fengdu City, where bone beetles attacked him and the city's soul pressure incapacitated the Red Queen's puppet avatar.
• Xu Long continued through the city, allowing the bone bugs to attack him because they served as a barrier against weaker explorers.
• After traveling about twenty li, Xu Long uncovered a mangled body he suspected belonged to a Body Temperer from the Extreme Realm of Ice and Snow.
• Xu Long hurried onward and found a second corpse, this one belonging to a woman.

Xu Long discovered that berserkers from the Extreme Realm of Ice and Snow had entered Fengdu City, where White Bone Insects were hunting them. After learning the three survivors were merely scouts, he killed them and found no useful information in their souls.

• Xu Long searched a corpse from the Extreme Realm of Ice and Snow and learned its people had entered China and Fengdu City.
• Three wounded berserkers from the Extreme Realm of Ice and Snow fled a swarm of White Bone Insects and discussed the sealed realms and the history of powerful warriors.
• The berserkers escaped the insects, but Xu Long appeared beside them and killed all three with his sword.
• Xu Long searched the berserkers' souls and destroyed them, finding no useful information.

Xu Long crossed the Ghost Gate and traveled through the deserted Yellow Springs Road, where the scenery brought his memories back to him. At the Three Lives Stone, he glimpsed a powerful god who might have been his past life, then continued toward the Naihe Bridge despite seeing no future.

• Lin followed the Main God's guidance to Fengdu City, seeking a way to advance beyond her power of Extreme Yin, Absolute Yang.
• Xu Long passed through the Ghost Gate and found the Yellow Springs Road empty of ghosts and attendants.
• The Yellow Springs Road revealed Xu Long's memories, and he let go of the past before reaching the dry River of Forgetfulness.
• Xu Long examined the Three Lives Stone, which showed him a god surrounded by worshipping beasts and treasures.
• Xu Long saw that the Three Lives Stone showed only a past and no future, but refused to give up and strode toward the Naihe Bridge.

Xu Long discovered a Red Spider Lily in Fengdu City and realized that soul power could trigger more of them to bloom. He lured a wounded band of vampires and werewolves into revealing themselves, then killed nearly all of them with a single sword strike.

• Xu Long found a Red Spider Lily, learned its properties, and picked it.
• Xu Long searched for more flowers before encountering a wounded group of vampires and werewolves led by Aostelde Dracula, also called Osterld and Du Fu.
• Xu Long identified himself as king of the Yanhuang Divine Kingdom and told Osterld that a Red Spider Lily needed soul power as a catalyst.
• Osterld realized that Xu Long meant to use their souls to make the flower bloom and shouted for the group to run.
• Xu Long unleashed Heaven and Earth One Sword, cutting the dark creatures down to single digits.

Xu Long slaughtered the dark creatures at the River of Forgetfulness and waited for Lin, who arrived with the opposing power of Extreme Yin, Absolute Yang. Their first clash canceled out both powers, and they began a fierce battle over the ultimate power.

• Xu Long killed Osterld and the remaining dark creatures, then collected a second Red Spider Lily from the River of Forgetfulness.
• Xu Long spent two days killing powerful opponents, including Bronze Saints, while waiting for Lin to arrive.
• Lin came to confront Xu Long, believing her matching Late Golden Core Stage cultivation and Extreme power would let her challenge him.
• Xu Long and Lin attacked each other, and their opposing powers canceled out on contact.
• Lin grew more desperate to kill Xu Long and claim his power, while Xu Long fought steadily against her frenzied attacks.

Lin recalled the suffering that drove her to seek power, then unleashed the uncontrollable power of Extreme Yin, Absolute Yang in Fengdu City. Xu Long embraced her and promised to protect her, and her power began to fuse with his.

• Lin recounted how her family’s suffering and her execution led the Main God to offer her a second life and a path toward power.
• Lin unleashed Extreme Yin, Absolute Yang, and Xu Long revealed that he had drawn her into his plans from the moment she entered Fengdu City.
• Lin’s power engulfed the area, draining the energy of nearby cultivators and manifesting a massive formation.
• Xu Long stopped resisting Lin’s attacks, held her, and promised that no one would hurt her while he lived.
• Lin’s aura calmed, and her power began to fuse with Xu Long’s without clashing or disappearing.

Xu Long devoured Lin’s power and formed a nascent soul, but the resulting Power of Oblivion erased his body and soul before his own Creation power restored him. He left Fengdu City with new questions about the primordial era, while Wei Qing remained surrounded and taunted by hostile cultivators outside the city.

• Xu Long’s newly awakened gray energy began erasing his body, and his attempts to stop it failed as the Main God remained silent.
• As Xu Long’s soul faded, he resisted oblivion, and the blood-red eyes restored his soul and body through the power of Creation.
• Xu Long learned that Oblivion could return everything to nothingness, drew in its gray currents, and watched the blood-red eyes disappear.
• Xu Long left Fengdu City after realizing Lin had fallen into his trap and that devouring Lin’s power had advanced his cultivation.
• Outside Fengdu City, Wei Qing, wounded after killing a Nascent Soul Stage Fallen Angel, faced insults from several hostile cultivators who surrounded him.

Xu Long rescued Wei Qing from the gathered aliens, then flew to Western Europe and attacked the Purgatory Demon Tower with the power of annihilation. He destroyed its shield and began damaging the tower, leaving Satan and the demons trapped inside in danger.

• A Hanguo man insulted Wei Qing while hiding behind an angel, and Xu Long killed the assembled aliens with Heaven and Earth One Sword.
• Xu Long told the injured Wei Qing to recuperate, then headed for Western Europe and had Red Queen spread word about the Red Spider Lilies in Fengdu City.
• Xu Long arrived at the Purgatory Demon Tower and used his sword to erode its protective energy shield.
• The tower's monstrous aura killed nearby dark creatures when the shield fell, and Xu Long cut down the Fallen Angels and demons who attacked him.
• Xu Long struck the Purgatory Demon Tower and began eroding its structure, threatening the kin trapped inside and Satan's safety.

Xu Long slaughtered the dark creatures outside the Purgatory Demon Tower until their blood ritual let Dio escape, and the two began a deadly fight. Xu Long’s power of annihilation overwhelmed Dio, who opened a spatial rift to unleash spatial turbulence, but Xu Long remained confident he could withstand it.

• Xu Long attacked the Purgatory Demon Tower and killed any dark creatures that approached him.
• The dark creatures self-destructed in a blood ritual, weakening the tower’s seal and allowing Dio to force his way out.
• Dio charged Xu Long, and their opening attacks clashed, but Xu Long’s sword slash destroyed Dio’s attack and severed his right hand and arm.
• Dio opened a spatial rift and drew spatial turbulence into the Main World, intending to take Xu Long down with him.
• Xu Long dismissed Dio’s plan and recalled surviving even stronger spatial turbulence under the protection of the power of annihilation.