Chapter Summaries

Han Xing recruited Aiden and Ying Yue as heroes, sold Starry Sky Unicorn blood to fund breakthrough materials, and began strengthening his skills. The chapter ended as his body underwent a powerful transformation after he upgraded Immortal Body: Nirvana to the Intermediate Lord Grade maximum.

• Han Xing offered Aiden and Ying Yue the chance to become heroes, and both accepted after he promised to help them grow stronger.
• Han Xing transformed them into heroes, unlocking the Chaos Lancer and Moonlit Swordsman troop types.
• Han Xing collected 23,600 liters of Starry Sky Unicorn blood and sold it to President Bope for 212,400,000 Origin Coins.
• Han Xing paid President Bope to prepare breakthrough materials for Miao Qing and Ming, then returned to his tower and entered seclusion.
• Han Xing spent 450 million Body Source Energy to upgrade Immortal Body: Nirvana to the Intermediate Lord Grade maximum, causing a powerful transformation that drew the attention of the Radiant Gleam Lord and the Great Beast Lord.

Han Xing raised Immortal Body: Nirvana and Shadow Execution to Intermediate Lord Grade MAX, then prepared breakthrough materials for Miao Qing, Ming, Aiden, and Ying Yue. He began upgrading his territory buildings and returned to Dark City, where he could now use the buildings’ functions freely.

• Han Xing completed his second-stage body transformation and raised Immortal Body: Nirvana to Intermediate Lord Grade MAX.
• Han Xing raised Shadow Execution to Intermediate Lord Grade MAX after a day of absorbing Shadow-Type Source Energy.
• Miao Qing told Han Xing that Celestial Peak Commerce had delivered his purchased materials, and he summoned Ming, Aiden, and Ying Yue to the tower.
• Han Xing gave Miao Qing and Ming materials for intermediate breakthroughs and gave Aiden and Ying Yue materials for beginner breakthroughs, then sealed the tower as they began.
• Han Xing spent 6.5 million Origin Coins to start upgrading his territory buildings.
• Han Xing returned to Dark City after erasing the marks on its buildings, allowing him to use their permissions and summoning functions.

Han Xing summoned the High-Level Lord Bloodfiend Maniac Kade Harris and the Mid-Level Lord Dark Knight Ansel Knight as he prepared to destroy the Nether Shadow Pavilion. After four of his allies completed their breakthroughs, Han Xing gained Radiant Gleam’s agreement to attack the Pavilion together.

• Han Xing reviewed his dark troop-producing buildings, then spent Origin Coins to summon Kade Harris and Ansel Knight for his planned attack on the Nether Shadow Pavilion.
• Han Xing ordered Kade and Ansel to remain in his territory until called to fight, then saw that Ming, Miao Qing, Aiden, and Ying Yue were undergoing breakthroughs.
• Three days later, Aiden and Ying Yue became Beginner Lords, while Miao Qing and Ming became Mid-Level Lords and gained new combat skills.
• Han Xing examined Miao Qing’s skills, then recalled the newly promoted allies to his territory.
• Han Xing contacted Radiant Gleam and said the Nether Shadow Pavilion would fall if no Divine Domain Lord appeared; she agreed to join the attack.

Han Xing learned that the Great Beast Lord would depart for the Southern Domain Prodigy Challenge soon, then secured permission and a route to attack the Nether Shadow Pavilion. He left with Miao Qing, Radiant Gleam, and Meiqiu, while Long Yu asked to join them.

• Radiant Gleam agreed to help Han Xing attack the Nether Shadow Pavilion, and they went to ask the Great Beast Lord about his departure plans.
• The Nether Shadow Pavilion’s assassins gave up watching Han Xing, while Ignatz and Quinn’s Blood Alliance group planned to kill him for revenge and profit.
• The Great Beast Lord recognized Han Xing’s new strength and offered to introduce him to his Divine Domain Lord master, but Han Xing stayed committed to representing the Beastman Kingdom.
• Han Xing told the Great Beast Lord that he planned to destroy the Nether Shadow Pavilion, and learned its Divine Domain Lord protector was away and might be handled through the Great Beast Lord’s master.
• The Great Beast Lord gave Han Xing a map to the Nether Shadow Pavilion headquarters and arranged to lead the others toward the challenge while Han Xing pursued his target.
• Han Xing set out with Miao Qing, Radiant Gleam, and Meiqiu, and Long Yu asked if she could go with them.

Long Yu joined Han Xing’s party as they set out to destroy the Nether Shadow Pavilion, while the Great Beast Lord moved his territory toward the Southern Domain Prodigy Challenge. After Radiant Gleam revealed the Pavilion’s true headquarters, Han Xing continued along their original route and stopped to draw two pursuing groups into an apparent fight with a Primordial Demon Bull.

• The Great Beast Lord allowed Long Yu to accompany Han Xing’s party and told them to meet at the continent’s center.
• Han Xing, Long Yu, Radiant Gleam, Miao Qing, and Coal Ball departed in Long Yu’s Dragon Cloud Treasure Carriage as the Great Beast Lord moved his territory toward the Southern Domain Prodigy Challenge.
• Radiant Gleam revealed that the Nether Shadow Pavilion had three strongholds and identified its true headquarters, but Han Xing chose to keep following their original route because two groups were tailing them.
• The Nether Shadow Pavilion assassin and the Blood Alliance group followed the carriage, then watched Han Xing and Coal Ball descend to fight a powerful Primordial Demon Bull.
• Convinced Han Xing was vulnerable, the Blood Alliance’s Undead Mage prepared to approach the assassin and arrange a joint attack against him.

Han Xing lured the Blood Alliance and a Nether Shadow Pavilion assassin into attacking him, then used Meiqiu’s spatial power to trap them together. As he prepared to unleash his strengthened abilities against the nine Lords, the battle was poised to begin in earnest.

• The Undead Mage Ignatz joined forces with the Nether Shadow Pavilion assassin and led eight Blood Alliance Lords to confront Han Xing, who recorded Ignatz admitting their plan to defy the alliance’s rules.
• The Lords attacked Han Xing, but Meiqiu opened a spatial rift to carry him away from their first assault.
• A High-Level assassin struck Han Xing from behind, but Han Xing used the Halleken Skin to merge into space and evade the attack, prompting the Lords to covet the garment.
• Long Yu, Radiant Gleam, and Miao Qing flew from the treasure carriage as Meiqiu used Void Annihilation to draw the nine Lords together and prevent their escape.
• Han Xing activated several powerful skills, raising his aura toward the level of a High-Level Lord as he prepared to attack the trapped Lords.

Han Xing and his companions killed six mid-level lords and two high-level lords, then collected the spoils and continued toward the Nether Shadow Pavilion. He used the battle’s absorbed Physical Source Energy to advance his Immortal Body to the high-level lord realm, beginning a week-long transformation that strained the space around the Dragon Cloud Treasure Carriage.

• Han Xing, Long Yu, Radiant Gleam, Miao Qing, and Meiqiu attacked together, killing six mid-level lords while the two high-level lords survived the first barrage and fled.
• Meiqiu and Long Yu briefly restrained the fleeing lords, giving Han Xing time to kill Chronos Hill with a Piercing Ray and Quinn Stanson with Ultimate Shadow Prison.
• Meiqiu collected the eight lords’ drops, and Han Xing tallied a profit of sixty million Origin Coins before the group returned to the treasure carriage.
• Han Xing spent two billion Physical Source Energy to upgrade Immortal Body to High-Level Immortal Body lv:1, triggering a powerful transformation that alarmed his companions.
• A week later, Han Xing’s transformation was still affecting the space around the Dragon Cloud Treasure Carriage, forcing the group to travel cautiously through remote areas.

After completing his physical transformation, Han Xing taught Radiant Gleam, Long Yu, Miao Qing, and Coal Ball how to develop the Immortal Body battle skill and gave them Origin Cores to cultivate with. As the treasure carriage neared the Nether Shadow Pavilion headquarters, its leader remained unaware that Han Xing had killed Dietrich and wrongly suspected the Blood Alliance.

• Han Xing emerged from his transformation, suppressed the cracked space with a wave, and explained that he could teach the others his physical battle skill.
• Han Xing transmitted the Immortal Body absorption frequency to Radiant Gleam, Long Yu, Miao Qing, and Coal Ball, then gave them Origin Cores to help them cultivate.
• Han Xing checked his upgraded Undying Body: Nirvana and discovered it could revive him with ten seconds of invincibility and reset his skill cooldowns.
• The treasure carriage traveled toward the Nether Shadow Pavilion headquarters, still about twenty days away, while Han Xing reviewed his skills.
• At the Nether Shadow Pavilion headquarters, its leader concluded that Dietrich had likely been killed and speculated that the Blood Alliance was responsible.

Han Xing’s group neared the Nether Shadow Pavilion headquarters after several companions strengthened themselves by learning the Immortal Body. Han Xing infiltrated the hidden headquarters and found a formidable force of assassins, including numerous Mid-Level and High-Level Lords.

• The Nether Shadow Pavilion’s Pavilion Master ordered the Seventh Elder to investigate Dietrich’s death and told the Fifth Elder to prepare its assassins to target Han Xing during the Southern Domain Prodigy Challenge.
• Radiant Gleam mastered the Beginner Lord Grade lv:1 Immortal Body, gained its revival ability, and warned Han Xing to keep the skill secret; Han Xing and Radiant Gleam then shared a private moment.
• Coal Ball and Long Yu learned the Immortal Body, and Miao Qing later emerged from seclusion transformed as the Dragon Cloud Treasure Carriage approached the headquarters.
• Han Xing’s group left the carriage, concealed their auras, and searched the mountain range until Miao Qing found a cave with unusual Source Energy fluctuations.
• Han Xing slipped through a sealed gate into the Nether Shadow Pavilion’s hidden headquarters and confirmed it was filled with assassin troops and advanced defenses.
• Han Xing scouted the central tower and estimated that it held 83 Mid-Level Lord Grade assassins and 7 High-Level Lords across its floors.

Han Xing infiltrated the Nether Shadow Pavilion and discovered that its Pavilion Master planned to devour a newly returned High-Level Lord, his own clone. The Pavilion Master pretended to let the clone leave, then stabbed him with the Darkflame Blade.

• Han Xing sensed seven High-Level Lords in the Nether Shadow Pavilion and approached the tower's top floor to assess the Pavilion Master's strength.
• The Pavilion Master met a young High-Level Lord who revealed he had completed an ancient inheritance and gained two kilograms of Eternal Soil.
• The Pavilion Master said he intended to devour the young man, but the young man refused and asked to leave the Pavilion.
• The young man warned that attacking him would bring the Pavilion Master no benefit, so the Pavilion Master appeared to accept his departure.
• The Pavilion Master offered the young man the Darkflame Blade as a parting gift, then suddenly stabbed him through the heart with it.

The Nether Shadow Pavilion Master's clone turned against him, unleashing the Snow Lord's inheritance in a devastating ice attack that nearly destroyed the Nether Shadow Pavilion. The Pavilion Master survived and ordered his Lords to overwhelm the exhausted clone, but Han Xing appeared behind him with a drawn bow.

• The Nether Shadow Pavilion Master stabbed and restrained his clone, explaining that he intended to devour him and seize the Snow Lord's inheritance.
• The clone unleashed his ice power, freezing the tower and surrounding territory before transforming into an icy planet and detonating it with “Starburst: Freezing All Things!”
• The blast destroyed the tower and leveled the Nether Shadow Pavilion headquarters, killing beings below Lord Grade and badly injuring many surviving Lords.
• The clone prepared another attack, but the Nether Shadow Pavilion Master ordered dozens of Lords to strike him before he could finish gathering his ice crystals.
• As the clone fell back, Han Xing appeared behind the Pavilion Master, drew a bowstring, and released a wave of destructive power.

Han Xing ambushed and seemingly killed the Nether Shadow Pavilion Master, who revived from a drop of blood and tried to recruit him. As the Pavilion Master prepared to force Han Xing into submission, Han Xing summoned his allies and vast army, then boosted them with Infinite Domain.

• Han Xing emerged from a spatial rift and killed the Nether Shadow Pavilion Master with an arrow, also killing several Nether Shadow Pavilion Lords.
• The Pavilion Master revived from a drop of blood and recognized Han Xing as the enemy who had killed Shadow Blade Alliance assassins and a Nether Shadow Pavilion High-Level Lord.
• The Pavilion Master offered Han Xing a place in the Nether Shadow Pavilion, but Han Xing refused and declared that he had come to wipe them out.
• The Pavilion Master healed his Lords, suppressed the young man's clone, and ordered his followers to surround Han Xing.
• Long Yu, Miao Qing, Radiant Gleam, and Han Xing's other allies arrived, followed by one hundred thousand Titan Giants, five hundred thousand Chaos Archers, and several heroes, including the Bloodfiend Maniac.
• Han Xing activated Infinite Domain, greatly increasing the combat power and physical attributes of his troops and heroes.

Han Xing and his allies overwhelmed the Nether Shadow Pavilion in battle, and Han Xing seemingly vaporized its Pavilion Master with a devastating arrow barrage. The Pavilion Master survived through an unknown resurrection technique and stayed hidden, while Han Xing turned his attacks on the remaining Pavilion Lords to force him out.

• Radiant Gleam Lord, Long Yu, Bloodfiend Maniac, and Han Xing's forces attacked the Nether Shadow Pavilion Lords and gained the advantage.
• The Pavilion Master ambushed Han Xing, but Han Xing evaded the slash with his time abilities and countered with a barrage that vaporized the Pavilion Master's body.
• Han Xing noticed that he had received no kill notification, and the Pavilion Master's avatar warned that the old man could resurrect himself.
• Han Xing's arrows killed Nether Shadow Pavilion Lords across the battlefield while his allies continued fighting, but the hidden Pavilion Master restrained himself from attacking.
• Han Xing vowed to wipe out the Nether Shadow Pavilion and kept firing at its Lords to force the Pavilion Master to reveal himself.

Han Xing and Coal Ball continued slaughtering the Nether Shadow Pavilion lords while their Pavilion Master prepared his ultimate move, Reverse Sky Kill. Just as he charged up a fatal slash, Han Xing unleashed a strange crying ability that overwhelmed the battlefield with grief and stopped the attack.

• Han Xing killed Nether Shadow Pavilion lords and gained three levels while the Pavilion Master stayed hidden, waiting for a chance to strike.
• The Pavilion Master sealed the battlefield with Domain Lock: Reverse Sky Kill, suppressing everyone’s Source Energy and movement.
• Coal Ball and Han Xing coordinated to kill Gaye, and Han Xing warned the remaining lords that they could no longer regenerate without Source Energy.
• The Pavilion Master immobilized the battlefield, raised his blade, and began charging Backlight Execution to kill Han Xing and the others.
• Han Xing triggered an eerie crying sound that filled the lords with grief, made them confess their sins, and halted the Pavilion Master’s attack.

Han Xing killed Sergio Nether after the Sorrow Statue left him unable to fight, then learned that Sergio had alerted his Divine Domain Lord master, who wanted the artifact. The chapter ended by revealing the master’s cruelty toward You Yun and the child he had taken from her.

• The Sorrow Statue overwhelmed Sergio Nether with grief, allowing Han Xing to shoot him repeatedly until he died.
• Sergio warned Han Xing that his Divine Domain Lord master controlled the Emotion Source and would pursue the Sorrow Statue, but Han Xing remained confident in his hidden trump card.
• Han Xing gained 3.425 billion Time Source Power and ordered Ming, Aiden, and the other heroes to slaughter the helpless Nether Shadow Pavilion Lords.
• In a distant divine kingdom, the Emotion Source Lord absorbed power gathered from believers who were made to express extreme emotions.
• The Lord recognized You Yun and revealed that he had crippled her former partner and thrown him and the child he had cut from her belly into Fiend Gulch.

Ghost Smoke learned that a mid-level lord possessed the Sorrow Statue and left his divine kingdom to pursue it, but Zhou Yuan intercepted him. Meanwhile, Han Xing destroyed the Nether Shadow Pavilion, claimed its spoils, and considered whether to kill Snow Shadow before Snow Shadow offered to join his territory as a hero.

• Ghost Smoke tormented a woman with the truth about her child, drained her anger, and ordered her taken to Hate Tower.
• Ghost Smoke received Nether Shadow's message about Han Xing possessing the Sorrow Statue and set out to capture him, but Zhou Yuan stopped him outside the divine kingdom.
• Han Xing collected the Nether Shadow Pavilion's weapons and Space Items, chose 100 million Time Source and 500,000 Legendary Points as his reward, and recalled his troops.
• Han Xing questioned Snow Shadow about his loyalty, and Radiant Gleam warned that a Divine Domain Lord might arrive soon.
• Snow Shadow pleaded for his life and offered to join Han Xing's territory as a hero.

After destroying the Nether Shadow Pavilion, Han Xing recruited Snow Shadow and counted the enormous haul from the battle with his companions. With the loot divided and the group bound for the Southern Region’s central continent, Han Xing prepared to use the vast amount of Source Energy he had absorbed to strengthen himself.

• Han Xing recruited Snow Shadow into his territory, then left the destroyed Nether Shadow Pavilion with his companions.
• The Nether Shadow Pavilion’s surviving assassins fled or withdrew from the Prodigy Challenge, while news of the organization’s destruction spread and its enemies hunted down its remnants.
• The Great Beast Lord heard that Han Xing had killed Nether Shadow and worried he might be suppressed by Han Xing in the Prodigy Challenge, so he resolved to improve his strength.
• Han Xing and his companions tallied the weapons, materials, and Origin Coins taken from the Pavilion, estimating their combined value at roughly 1.1 billion Origin Coins.
• Han Xing kept half the proceeds and agreed to give Long Yu and Radiant Gleam 100 million Origin Coins each, then set course for the Southern Region’s central continent.
• Han Xing returned to his room and checked the immense reserves of Source Energy he had absorbed, preparing to use them to strengthen himself.

Han Xing used his Legendary Points to draw five skills, then rapidly upgraded Starfall Barrage and Implosion with Source Energy. As the treasure carriage continued toward the Southern Domain, Radiant Gleam reflected on Han Xing’s unprecedented growth and worried about the dangers awaiting him at the Prodigy Challenge.

• Han Xing drew Glass Prism: Guardian Arrow and learned that it could shield himself or allies, reflect ranged attacks, and reduce melee damage.
• Han Xing drew Dark Star Flicker: Starfall Barrage and upgraded it to High-Level Lord Grade Lv. 1, greatly increasing its damage and number of attacks.
• Han Xing drew Spirit Extinction: Soul Mend, Fiendish Flames: Implosion!, and Space Warp: Surekill!, and considered how their effects could strengthen him in battle.
• Han Xing used fire essence to raise Implosion to High-Level Lord Grade, heating the treasure carriage and surprising its passengers.
• Radiant Gleam acknowledged Han Xing’s extraordinary growth and hoped he would survive the enemies and opportunities awaiting him at the Southern Domain Prodigy Challenge.

Han Xing completed his fire-skill upgrades, raised Time Beast Physique to High-Level Lord Grade, and encountered a mysterious figure in the River of Time who warned him about future turmoil and a door. After five years traveling toward the Southern Domain Continent's center, he and his companions saw a golden monument announce the opening of registration for the 15,441st Southern Domain Prodigy Challenge.

• Han Xing upgraded Fiendish Flames: Implosion! to High-Level Lord Grade and reviewed its greatly increased damage and Burning effects.
• Han Xing spent 3.3 billion time-element Source Energy to raise Time Beast Physique to High-Level Lord Grade, then met a mysterious figure in the River of Time who recalled a promise and warned him not to enter a door.
• Han Xing returned to the Dragon Cloud Treasure Carriage, examined Time Beast Physique's new abilities, and judged his strength greatly improved.
• Han Xing used Spirit Extinction: Soul Mend to kill one hundred monsters and increase his Mental Attribute by 1,000 points.
• Han Xing and his companions traveled for five more years toward the Southern Domain Continent's center, where a golden monument announced registration for the 15,441st Southern Domain Prodigy Challenge.

Ancient champions and powerful beings emerged across the Southern Domain for an unprecedented Prodigy Challenge, while Han Xing and his companions continued preparing during their journey. After eight years of travel and a major increase in his mental power, Han Xing arrived with the others at the immense center of the Southern Domain Continent.

• The Dragon King summoned Shark Tooth, Blood Shark, and Iron Whale and urged them to compete for a top-hundred finish, warning them that ancient champions had returned.
• A former ten-time champion emerged from an ancient volcano, eager to face challenging opponents in the Prodigy Challenge.
• Sword Elmore learned that past sword geniuses had challenged or defeated Divine Domain Lords and resolved to earn a top-hundred ranking.
• Han Xing and his companions discussed the challenge’s unprecedented scale, then returned to training and improving Immortal Body.
• During their eight-year journey, Han Xing gained 2.92 million Mental Attribute points and decided to seek a mental-defense combat skill through the challenge’s rewards.
• Long Yu announced their arrival at the center of the Southern Domain Continent, and Han Xing saw a continent so vast that the Holy Spirit Realm was less than one-millionth its size.