Chapter Summaries

Li Qiang saved the emperor of the Gusong Kingdom from Purple Ink Poison Yin and helped Crown Prince Zhao Qi secure the palace while warning him that Prince Dexian might have a motive. After a peaceful night guarding the emperor, Li Qiang left the bedchamber with Nashan and Tange for a stroll.

• Li Qiang entered the palace and learned that the emperor was near death from a strange poison, while Prince Dexian and Crown Prince Zhao Qi were at his bedside.
• Prince Dexian ordered guards to seize Li Qiang, but Li Qiang stopped the flying sword attack and used the Cold Marrow Scale to draw the Purple Ink Poison Yin from the emperor.
• Li Qiang gave the emperor and Zhao Qi protective jade tablets, advised the crown prince to tighten security, and warned that Prince Dexian might benefit if the emperor died.
• Li Qiang stayed on guard overnight, then left the bedchamber in the morning with Nashan and Tange after teasing Nashan and Tange about their faces.

Li Qiang took Zhao Qi out of the palace in disguise, where they explored the capital and unexpectedly reunited with Zheng Peng, now a cultivator. The outing ended with Zhao Qi drunk on Li Qiang’s wine, while Meng Fan recognized the Cold Marrow Scale pill Li Qiang used to sober him.

• Li Qiang agreed to take Zhao Qi outside the palace, and they disguised themselves in ordinary clothes before slipping out with Nashan, Tange, and Zhao Zhi.
• The group ate first-pot noodles and visited the White Alum Pavilion, where Li Qiang shared a bottle of Wuliangye with them.
• Li Qiang recognized Zheng Peng at the restaurant and reunited with him; Zheng Peng introduced his senior brother, Meng Fan, from the Hidden Thunder Pavilion.
• Li Qiang and Meng Fan discussed their cultivation sects, while Zheng Peng explained how he had become a cultivator and received his Baleful Intent Gathering Sword.
• Zhao Qi secretly drank much of Li Qiang’s wine and became unsteady, so Li Qiang gave him a Cold Marrow Scale pill; Meng Fan recognized the pill as a poison antidote he had been seeking.

Li Qiang learned more about Wise Heng Palace and Cloud Heaven Sacred City while sharing a meal with Meng Fan, then returned to the palace after the culprit behind the incantation was caught. He advised the emperor to investigate an internal threat and learned that Yun Yu had already left the capital, leaving him eager to find her.

• Li Qiang gave Meng Fan three Cold Marrow Scales in exchange for Thunderbolt Pearls, then asked about Wise Heng Palace and heard about its dual-cultivation rules and Cloud Heaven Sacred City’s authority.
• Palace guards summoned Li Qiang and Zhao Qi back to the palace after the person who cast the incantation was caught.
• Li Qiang told the emperor that the threat likely came from within the court and advised him to secure key forces, act secretly, and avoid implicating people on a massive scale.
• Nashan blurted out that Li Qiang was thinking about women, prompting Li Qiang to distract the emperor with advice before leaving the palace.
• Li Qiang asked Mo Huaiyuan to locate Yun Yu, but Mo Huaiyuan found that she had already left the capital.

While snowbound in the Sacred King's Residence, Li Qiang planned a future for his companions and promised Nashan he would accompany him home. He then gave the cultivators flying swords, leaving them scrambling to catch and refine the weapons.

• Li Qiang and Mo Huaiyuan discussed cultivation, death, and their hope of returning to Li Qiang's home as snow fell over the residence.
• Mo Huaiyuan identified Li Qiang's spirit pill as a Heavenly Spirit Seed, and the brothers discussed its possible use in preparing for reincarnation.
• Li Qiang offered his companions the choice of going home, joining the Gusong Kingdom's Attendant Hall, or cultivating at the Ancient Sword Academy on Sealed Fate Planet.
• Nashan chose to follow Li Qiang but admitted he feared returning home, so Li Qiang promised to accompany him and Mo Huaiyuan agreed to take them.
• Li Qiang gave the cultivators flying swords to catch and refine, and Zhao Zhi and Tange each claimed a sword while Nashan chased the others.

Li Qiang reunited with Hua Meiniang, Mei Jingjing, and Qiao Yuhong as they fled pursuers from Qianjie Star, who had trapped Mei Youbing over his spirit pills. He accepted Zi Ying’s wagered Law Treasure contest and overwhelmed Bei Shifeng with his Star-Absorbing Sword, conjuring a fire phoenix that left the contest’s outcome clear.

• Nashan caught the Nether Thunder Sword and Mo Huaiyuan treated his wounded arm while the others collected flying swords.
• Mo Huaiyuan took Li Qiang outside the capital, where they met Hua Meiniang, Mei Jingjing, and Qiao Yuhong fleeing cultivators from Qianjie Star.
• Mei Jingjing and Hua Meiniang explained that Old Man Mei was trapped in Shadow Castle, and Zi Ying offered a Law Treasure contest to decide their fate and Mei Youbing’s release.
• Li Qiang accepted Zi Ying’s terms and faced Bei Shifeng, using the Star-Absorbing Sword to transform into a blazing sea of fire.
• Li Qiang formed a fire phoenix that shattered Bei Shifeng’s defenses, then mimicked Hua Meiniang’s voice to declare him defeated.

Li Qiang and Mo Huaiyuan forced Zi Ying’s group to concede and free Mei Youbing, while Li Qiang learned that a powerful immortal in the Sacred City was investigating cultivators on Heavenly Court Star. After befriending Sacred City envoy Hu Zuhao, Li Qiang tried to hide Mo Huaiyuan’s connection to the treasured mirror, but Hu Zuhao grew suspicious.

• Li Qiang defeated Bei Shifeng in their wager, and Mo Huaiyuan stopped Zi Ying’s attack by catching her purple Qi and revealing himself as a Loose Immortal.
• Zi Ying conceded and sent Bei Shifeng to retrieve Mei Youbing, while Li Qiang learned from Hua Meiniang that Fu Shan faced a wagered duel over the Wrath of the Heavenly God and that the artifact might soon appear on Heavenly Court Star.
• Hu Zuhao, a Body Integration Realm immortal envoy from the Sacred City, arrived with Ling Yunya and Ling Yunxian, befriended Li Qiang, and learned that Mo Huaiyuan was a Loose Immortal.
• Bei Shifeng returned with Mei Youbing, who reunited with Mei Jingjing, and Zi Ying’s party departed after warning Li Qiang they would meet again.
• Li Qiang hosted Hu Zuhao and his wives at the Sacred King’s Residence and tried to learn why the Sacred City was seeking powerful cultivators on Heavenly Court Star.
• Hu Zuhao nearly revealed that an immortal had sent him to investigate, and Li Qiang distracted him with perfume while worrying that the Sacred City might discover Mo Huaiyuan’s secret.

Li Qiang and Mo Huaiyuan discussed the danger posed by immortal Hu Zuhao and the Heaven-Defying Treasure Mirror while preparing for the Wrath of the Heavenly God’s emergence. Fu Shan and Hou Pijing arrived with a vast group of cultivators, and the chapter ended with them pledging to help Li Qiang face an immortal.

• Li Qiang warned Mo Huaiyuan that refining or keeping the Heaven-Defying Treasure Mirror could expose them to Hu Zuhao, and he urged his brother to seek help rather than flee.
• Mo Huaiyuan explained that the Wrath of the Heavenly God’s emergence could devastate the Green Basin, and Hua Meiniang revealed that Fu Shan was gathering experts to protect its people.
• More than a thousand cultivators arrived at the Sacred King's Residence; Mo Huaiyuan attacked them before Li Qiang stopped him and introduced Fu Shan and Hou Pijing as his elder brothers.
• Fu Shan and Hou Pijing helped organize the incoming cultivators, while Hou Pijing informed the emperor about evacuating the area around the divine artifact and vowed to deal with the Poison Incantation Sect.
• During a meeting about the coming emergence, Li Qiang’s companions learned that Mo Huaiyuan’s enemy was an immortal, and Fu Shan, Hou Pijing, and Hua Meiniang promised to stand by Li Qiang.

Li Qiang learned that the Jade Pupil Slip held the Heavenly Recommendation Scripture for God Cultivation, and Mo Huaiyuan and Qi Junsha began preparing him to cultivate it so he could face the immortal. As the Wrath of the Heavenly God neared, Li Qiang experienced all twenty-seven realms of the Nine Divine Heavens and opened his eyes with piercing golden light, leaving his first words for the next moment.

• Li Qiang introduced Qi Junsha to Mo Huaiyuan, who revealed the Heaven-Defying Treasure Mirror and warned that an alerted immortal might come after it.
• Qi Junsha deciphered the Jade Pupil Slip as the Heavenly Recommendation Scripture for God Cultivation, and he and Mo Huaiyuan planned to help Li Qiang cultivate it.
• Li Qiang arranged for Zhao Hao and the others to travel to Sealed Fate Planet, sent Kong Hou and Kudu away with Buddha Sect treasures, and gave Mei Youbing rare medicinal ingredients in exchange for pills.
• An earthquake shook the capital as the Wrath of the Heavenly God approached, and Li Qiang helped coordinate rescues before heading to the library with Geng Feng.
• Mo Huaiyuan and Qi Junsha kept Geng Feng from joining them and began Li Qiang's preparation by having him experience the scripture's twenty-seven realms through a Jade Pupil Slip.
• Li Qiang struggled through the Nine Divine Heavens, completed all twenty-seven realms on the second day, and opened his eyes shining with golden light.

After emerging from the Nine Divine Heavens, Li Qiang began cultivating the Heavenly Recommendation Scripture for God Cultivation with Mo Huaiyuan and Qi Junsha, drawing heavenly omens and transforming into a newly formed divine spirit. The chapter left Li Qiang preparing to oppose the immortal by confusing him with false rumors while his allies helped from the shadows.

• Li Qiang awoke with hazy memories and demonstrated that he could withstand Qi Junsha's attacks using the Star-Absorbing Sword and his understanding of the Three Extinctions Heaven.
• Mo Huaiyuan and Qi Junsha began guiding Li Qiang through the First Brahma Heaven, and the Heavenly Recommendation Scripture's cultivation caused auspicious lights and Spirit Transformation Invasive Sound to spread across the Sacred King's Residence.
• Li Qiang's Nascent Soul, Heart Armor, and Purple Flame Heart left his body as the cultivation reshaped him, while Mo Huaiyuan and Qi Junsha supplied immortal spiritual Qi until his divine spirit formed.
• Li Qiang learned that he was cultivating godhood, accepted the Jade Pupil Slip, and found that the Purple Flame Heart and Fire Essence had become part of his arm in new ways.
• Fu Shan, Hou Pijing, Ling Junyan, Hua Meiniang, and White-Haired Wu Chen met Li Qiang and witnessed the power of his golden gaze; Mo Huaiyuan warned them not to become entangled in the conflict with the immortal.
• Li Qiang asked Fu Shan and the others to spread conflicting rumors about the Star Palace treasures and the immortal's presence, and Fu Shan agreed to help fight the immortal from the shadows.

Geng Feng met Qin Bantong and Qin Feiqing at Taling Barren Mountain, where they fought off Qianjie Star cultivators as Wrath of the Heavenly God began to emerge. The Sealed Fate Planet and Qianjie Star forces gathered, and Li Qiang’s divine yi power shocked both sides when he stopped their agreement from being tested by an attack.

• Geng Feng befriended Qin Bantong and Qin Feiqing after learning Qin Bantong was Li Qiang’s friend, then told them that Li Qiang was coming to Taling Barren Mountain with a large force.
• Geng Feng and Qin Bantong fought Qianjie Star cultivators until violent tremors signaled Wrath of the Heavenly God’s imminent emergence, prompting them to retreat and join the gathering cultivators.
• Fu Shan and Old Man Baihuang agreed that both sides would compete for the divine artifact without attacking each other, then hold their contest later.
• Li Qiang objected that the agreement did not prevent a fight when the artifact appeared, and Situ Yong attacked him in response.
• Li Qiang’s golden divine yi power destroyed Situ Yong’s attack and shattered his flying sword, forcing Old Man Baihuang to restrain Situ Yong as the assembled cultivators watched in shock.

Li Qiang helped the cultivators divide the area around the emerging divine artifact, but its eruption released heavenly gold sand and the Great Flame Spirit Beast. The two factions joined forces to fight the beast, though Hen Buyi’s sacrifice of his Law Treasure only scattered its lava covering and did not reveal it.

• Li Qiang proposed that the two sides guard separate areas and let Qi Junsha and Hen Buyi supervise their agreement.
• As the Wrath of the Heavenly God emerged, its eruption overwhelmed the formations with lava and heavenly gold sand, which Li Qiang caught and softened with divine Yi power.
• The Great Flame Spirit Beast rose from the fissure, and its attack shattered Qianjie Star’s God-Restraining Grand Formation.
• Qi Junsha, Mo Huaiyuan, Hen Buyi, Fu Shan, and Old Man Baihuang organized cultivators from both sides to fight the beast while Li Qiang waited nearby for a chance to act.
• Hen Buyi sacrificed the Shanxian Seven-Watch Horn in a chain detonation, but the blast only scattered the lava around the invisible Great Flame Spirit Beast.

Li Qiang pursued the Great Flame Spirit Beast into space and became caught between the immortals Dainan Fengyu and Qian Shanyong as they fought over it. When Dainan Fengyu attacked the beast, Li Qiang struck back with Divine Yi Power, startling both immortals.

• Qi Junsha unleashed the Immortal-Gathering Thunder while Mo Huaiyuan attacked with the Heaven-Striking Axe, but the Great Flame Spirit Beast revealed the Wrath of the Heavenly God and blasted the cultivators with its power.
• The Great Flame Spirit Beast fled upward, and Li Qiang chased it beyond Heavenly Court Star's atmosphere before crashing through its Heavenly Gold Sand and clinging to its back.
• Dainan Fengyu trapped the beast in a golden net, but its attack shattered the net; Qian Shanyong then arrived, bound the exhausted beast, and teleported away with it and Li Qiang.
• Mo Huaiyuan and the others failed to pursue the immortals, while Li Qiang secretly told Mo Huaiyuan to wait for him at the Ancient Sword Academy.
• Dainan Fengyu caught up with Qian Shanyong and attacked the beast with colored ribbons, prompting Li Qiang to punch out a ball of golden light.
• Qian Shanyong and Dainan Fengyu recognized Li Qiang's attack as Divine Yi Power.

Li Qiang fled from Qian Shanyong and Dainan Fengyu, then became lost in the universe while trying to escape them. Dainan Fengyu eventually caught him and revealed she knew about his hidden storage treasures, leaving Li Qiang stunned.

• Li Qiang destroyed the Jade Pupil Slip containing the Heavenly Recommendation Scripture for God Cultivation as Qian Shanyong and Dainan Fengyu pursued him for it.
• Qian Shanyong captured Li Qiang and took him to a barren planet, but Li Qiang escaped underground and learned to teleport while the immortals fought.
• Li Qiang teleported into an asteroid and hid while Dainan Fengyu and Qian Shanyong battled nearby, then resumed fleeing and became lost among the stars.
• Dainan Fengyu caught Li Qiang, attacked him when he refused to surrender, and used the Star Radiance to transport them across the universe.
• After landing on a planet, Li Qiang cultivated while Dainan Fengyu demanded to inspect his belongings and revealed she knew about his two storage bracelets and rare storage ring.

Dainan Fengyu abandoned Li Qiang on Goulan Planet while she tried to escape Qian Shanyong, leaving him stranded without teleportation. After wandering for a month, Li Qiang encountered soldiers, settled in their camp, and learned that the continent was divided between two kingdoms by a dangerous plain.

• Dainan Fengyu robbed Li Qiang, sealed his teleportation ability, and left him on Goulan Planet with a Fixed Listening Pearl so she could lure Qian Shanyong away.
• Li Qiang searched for an abandoned teleportation array, explored the wilderness, and crossed a strange mountain barrier before finding a trail and a group of armed men.
• The soldiers captured Li Qiang and brought him to their camp, where he broke free and defeated soldiers who attacked him.
• Li Qiang met Jipi, stayed in the camp, and learned the local language and history over the following year.
• Li Qiang learned that the Battle Circle Continent held the Mengzhan Kingdom and the Chelie Kingdom, separated by a plain inhabited by powerful creatures that attacked one kingdom every five years.

Li Qiang prepared to join Tufu’s hunt after General Shaya arrived at Coyote Pass seeking rare monster hides for the king’s birthday. After refining a new axe with Heavenly Fire and accidentally burning Tufu, Li Qiang healed him with spirit pills, but Jipi rushed in with an urgent warning.

• Li Qiang agreed to join Tufu’s hunting battalion, and General Jipo assigned them twelve hundred soldiers to seek valuable monsters.
• General Shaya praised Tufu’s repaired axe and took it as a gift, while promising to help Tufu transfer to a major pass if he brought back something rare.
• Li Qiang refined a second thin axe with Heavenly Fire, accidentally burned Tufu’s hands, and healed him with spirit pills.
• Jipi ran to Li Qiang and urgently announced that something was wrong.

Li Qiang saved seven soldiers poisoned by venomous horn ants, then joined the Second Battalion’s hunt as Tufu’s deputy and led the troops onto the plains. After the soldiers camped near the monsters’ territory amid an unusual lack of wildlife, Li Qiang felt a sudden unease despite finding no danger nearby.

• Li Qiang dissolved a Cold Marrow Scale in water and cured the seven soldiers poisoned by venomous horn ants.
• Li Qiang refined a heavy two-handed greatsword, and Tufu named him deputy before the hunt and gave the soldiers orders to protect one another.
• Li Qiang rode with Tufu and Jipi through Coyote Pass and onto the plains with twelve hundred cavalrymen.
• After a day’s ride, the troops made camp, and Bianchongya warned Li Qiang that wild animals were scarce and no monsters had appeared.
• Li Qiang ordered stronger night patrols, noticed Gu Mei’er’s spirit pearl pulsing, and then felt uneasy despite finding nothing with his Divine Sense.

Li Qiang’s column was ambushed by Heavenly Crow People and monsters, forcing him to reveal his power and save the soldiers. After meeting Bi Wuzi, he learned the Battle Circle Continent was created by Lonely Old Immortal Tianshi and that a Star-Fixing Disc might offer a way to leave Goulan Planet.

• Li Qiang detected the approaching Heavenly Crow People, charged into a grove, and killed several attackers while rescuing wounded Falcon Squad soldiers.
• When hundreds of Heavenly Crow People and Nascent Soul Puppet Bodies surrounded him, Li Qiang fought them off and helped the army break through a monster horde.
• Li Qiang used Divine Thunder and the Star-Absorbing Sword against the puppet bodies, causing the monsters to scatter, then asked Bi Wuzi to spare the troops and arranged for Tufu to lead them back.
• Bi Wuzi told Li Qiang that Lonely Old Immortal Tianshi had created the restricted Battle Circle Continent and had refined the other captured cultivators into Nascent Soul Puppet Bodies.
• Li Qiang learned that a sealed Star-Fixing Disc was in Lonely Old Immortal Tianshi’s temporary palace and proposed breaking its restriction, while Bi Wuzi reacted with a hidden trace of viciousness.

Li Qiang was betrayed by Bi Wuzi and trapped in the Brilliant Swift Immortal Formation, where he used the fire to advance his god cultivation and transform the Fire Essence. After escaping the formation’s traps and collecting its Heavenly Fire, he found the Star-Fixing Disc and took it, just as Mei'er’s spirit pearl stirred.

• Bi Wuzi lured Li Qiang into the Brilliant Swift Immortal Formation and revealed that he intended to control Battle Circle Continent and kill anyone who interfered.
• Li Qiang endured the Thousand-Layer Fire, used the Fire Essence to advance through the Heart of Initial Movement, and began cultivating the Heart of Darkness.
• Bi Wuzi sealed the formation and ordered puppet bodies to postpone the attack on Mengzhan Kingdom and kill anyone entering the plains.
• Li Qiang was transported into the Lonely Old Immortal's hidden treasure chamber, where he spent six months refining the Purple Flame Heart into a bracer.
• Li Qiang collected the Brilliant Swift Heavenly Fire in the bracer, destroying the formation's central hub and revealing two treasure tables.
• Li Qiang used Divine Yi Power to take the Star-Fixing Disc, and Mei'er's spirit pearl stirred against his chest.

Gu Mei'er hatched and helped Li Qiang find an incomplete immortal cultivation method in the treasure chamber. Li Qiang escaped the Brilliant Swift Immortal Formation and broke it, while Bi Wuzi fled and the freed cultivators revealed that the Lonely Old Immortal was an immortal named Tianshi.

• The spirit pearl hatched into Gu Mei'er, who grew to the appearance of an eight- or nine-year-old and reunited with Li Qiang.
• Gu Mei'er identified the dark blue sand and translated an incomplete Immortal Spirit Instruction, which Li Qiang hoped would help him fight immortals.
• Gu Mei'er located the chamber's exit, and Li Qiang carried her through the magma and blasted a passage out of the cavern.
• The Brilliant Swift Immortal Formation lost its Heavenly Fire and fire vent, and Bi Wuzi fled as the restrictions across the Battle Circle Continent failed.
• Li Qiang met Gan Ling'er and two other Nascent Soul Puppet Bodies, who explained that the Lonely Old Immortal had enslaved cultivators and was an immortal named Tianshi.

Li Qiang freed Gan Ling'er, Bing Yu, and Hai Hongfen from Bi Wuzi’s control and helped them cultivate spirit bodies. After escaping the immortal palace, he discovered an immortal’s sealed retreat and explored the Star-Fixing Disc, hoping to find a way off the planet; the chapter ended with Mei'er asking to enter the Illusory Devil Pearl.

• Li Qiang used the Illusory Star Soul-Suppressing Plaque to remove the Soul-Nailing Incantation from Gan Ling'er, Bing Yu, and Hai Hongfen, then helped them form spirit bodies with Mei'er’s guidance.
• Li Qiang’s Heavenly Fire attack struck Bi Wuzi, who destroyed the Nascent Souls’ life plaque and fled as the freed puppet bodies escaped; Li Qiang let the palace’s mortal servants go.
• Gan Ling'er and Hai Hongfen led Li Qiang and Mei'er to the old immortal’s sealed retreat, and Li Qiang broke its two formations, but they found the dwelling empty.
• Li Qiang explored the Star-Fixing Disc with his Divine Sense for more than twenty days but could not determine their location or find a route home.
• Mei'er refined the Illusory Star Battle Armor and sword, which fit her and granted her invisibility, then asked Li Qiang to enter the Illusory Devil Pearl with her.