Chapter Summaries

The Nine Tribulations Immortal Emperor appeared as a corpse puppet and killed the guardian elder, while an ancient god aberrant dragged Ling Yun into a spatial rift. Zixiao tried to claim the Emperor’s inheritance, but the brief trace of the Emperor’s consciousness vanished and the puppet raised its hand toward him.

• The guardian elder recognized the Nine Tribulations Immortal Emperor as a corpse puppet, and the puppet crushed his heart and destroyed his primordial spirit.
• The corpse puppet turned toward Zixiao and Ling Yun, but the ancient god aberrant’s tentacles appeared and seized Ling Yun.
• The tentacles dragged Ling Yun into a spatial rift while Zixiao cowered and refused to help her.
• A trace of the Nine Tribulations Immortal Emperor’s consciousness awakened, and he lamented the weakness and cowardice of the younger generation.
• Zixiao approached the puppet and demanded its inheritance and emperor body, but the Emperor’s consciousness faded and the puppet raised its hand again.

Dongfang Yueming defeated the Immortal Emperor corpse puppet in physical combat and used the Great Dao of Reincarnation to see how the Nine Tribulations Immortal Emperor and others had sealed a corrupting black egg. The vision ended as something inside the egg began to break out, leaving Dongfang Yueming with a warning about the Primordial Sea.

• The corpse puppet killed Zixiao, then attacked Dongfang Yueming, who matched its blows with his Origin Immortal Physique.
• Dongfang Yueming overwhelmed the corpse puppet with a kick, awakening the Nine Tribulations Immortal Emperor within it.
• The Nine Tribulations Immortal Emperor warned Dongfang Yueming to beware the black Primordial Sea before the outer god's power overtook him again.
• Dongfang Yueming shattered the corpse puppet's arms, restrained it, and used the Great Dao of Reincarnation to enter its memories.
• Dongfang Yueming saw a black egg descend into the Immortal Realm, corrupting nearby stars and cultivators, before more than ten Immortal Emperors sealed the region as something inside the egg began to emerge.

Dongfang Yueming learned that an ancient Immortal Emperor had died in a failed attempt to seal a black egg and pressed deeper into the ruins in search of a tenth-tier divine object. Elsewhere, the egg implanted a demon fetus in Ling Yun, then sensed that its gatekeeping toy had been destroyed.

• Dongfang Yueming examined the Nine Tribulations Immortal Emperor's remains, considered the Primordial Sea, and took the body before continuing into the ruins.
• An aberrant creature dragged the semiconscious Ling Yun to a vast black altar where a colossal black egg hovered.
• The black egg pierced Ling Yun's abdomen with a tendril and implanted a demon fetus, while its gray power overwhelmed her Great Dao of Light.
• The black egg shriveled to powder as the demon fetus began gestating and transforming Ling Yun's body.
• The demon fetus sensed that its gatekeeping toy had been destroyed and wondered who had done it.

As the demonic fetus inside Ling Yun prepared to be born, it awakened ten Immortal Emperor corpse puppets and sent them after Dongfang Yueming. Far beyond the Immortal Realm, a three-headed creature from a superior race traveled through the Primordial Sea to find a royal-blood descendant of the Nether God Clan.

• Ling Yun suffered on the black altar as the demonic fetus transformed her body and grew angry that its gatekeeping toy had been destroyed.
• The demonic fetus awakened ten corrupted Immortal Emperor corpse puppets and sent them to attack Dongfang Yueming.
• A three-headed creature crossed the Primordial Sea, seeking the soon-to-be-born Nether God Clan descendant in the Lower Realm.
• The creature explained that Primordial Power determined status in the Primordial Sea and recalled how the Origin Human Race had declined after its Primordial ancestor disappeared.
• The three-headed creature hurried toward the remote Immortal Realm, fearing the royal-blood descendant might not survive its birth.

Dongfang Yueming faced ten Immortal Emperor corpse puppets sent by the demonic fetus and fought them with his eighth-tier Origin Immortal Physique. As the puppets’ fading wills briefly surfaced, Immortal Emperor Batian warned him that the black egg wielded Primordial Power capable of suppressing the Great Dao.

• The ten corpse puppets regained faint clarity and realized the demonic fetus had sent them to attack Dongfang Yueming, whom they mistook for a powerful Immortal Emperor.
• Dongfang Yueming stood his ground against their attacks, blocked three puppets’ blows with his body, and punched two of them away.
• The demonic fetus seized control again, and the ten puppets formed a battle formation to unleash a combined attack.
• Dongfang Yueming charged into the destructive torrent and fought all ten puppets, whose attacks could not penetrate his defense as their bodies began to crack.
• Immortal Emperor Batian briefly broke through the control and warned Dongfang Yueming that the black egg’s Primordial Power could suppress or cancel Great Dao laws.

Dongfang Yueming destroyed the ten Immortal Emperor corpse puppets and continued through the Ancient God Ruins, where he encountered three aberrants wielding Primordial Power. As they countered his Nine Daos as One, he revealed three more Great Daos and prepared to strike with all twelve.

• Dongfang Yueming smashed the ten Immortal Emperor corpse puppets, collected their remains and damaged equipment, and continued deeper into the ruins.
• The demonic fetus learned that its ten corpse puppets had been destroyed and sent three Immortal Emperor-level aberrants to kill Dongfang Yueming.
• The demonic fetus decided to hasten its birth, expecting to reach the Half-Step Primordial Realm despite being premature.
• Dongfang Yueming defeated an Immortal Saint-level aberrant and collected two pieces of Chaos Origin Stone before three Immortal Emperor-level aberrants confronted him.
• Dongfang Yueming used Nine Daos as One, but the aberrants’ Primordial Power dissolved and blocked his attack.
• Dongfang Yueming revealed the Great Daos of Time, Life, and Death, strengthening his attack with twelve Great Daos.

Dongfang Yueming destroyed the aberrants guarding the ruins and dismantled the formation’s tier-nine immortal metal pillars, disrupting the devil fetus’s preparation. The devil fetus was born ahead of schedule, its emergence shaking the Supreme Immortal Domain, and confronted Dongfang Yueming at the core altar.

• Dongfang Yueming used twelvefold fusion to kill the three Immortal Emperor-level aberrants and collected their remains.
• Dongfang Yueming discovered the thirty-six Chaos Origin Stone pillars and began dismantling the altar formation for their tier-nine immortal metal.
• The devil fetus sensed that Dongfang Yueming was destroying its formation and chose to emerge before the core altar was ruined.
• Ling Yun screamed as the devil fetus tore out of her belly and unleashed an aura that broke through the Ancient God Ruins and spread into the Supreme Immortal Domain.
• Dongfang Yueming faced the newly born creature, which stood on Ling Yun’s mangled body and demanded to know who had torn down its home.

Dongfang Yueming defeated the demonic fetus by fusing his seventeen perfected Great Daos, then claimed the Primordial World Embryo. Ling Yun escaped while carrying a remnant of the fetus’s origin soul, which vowed to take revenge.

• The demonic fetus ambushed Dongfang Yueming, but its physical strike could not pierce his Origin Immortal Physique.
• The demonic fetus attacked with Primordial Power, and Dongfang Yueming answered by revealing seventeen perfected Great Daos.
• Dongfang Yueming fused the seventeen Daos and destroyed the demonic fetus with a single strike.
• Dongfang Yueming found the Primordial World Embryo among the remains and realized Ling Yun had disappeared.
• Ling Yun fled through the turbulent void as the demonic fetus’s remnant origin soul fought to take control of her body and swore revenge on Dongfang Yueming.

Ling Yun sent a signal toward the distant Primordial Sea, while Dongfang Yueming prepared to break through to the Immortal Emperor realm. After realizing that he must unite with his selves across countless worlds, he activated Fusion of All Worlds and sent his consciousness into the myriad worlds.

• Ling Yun's body sent a hidden signal through countless dimensions toward the Primordial Sea, and the Nether God Clan's voice threatened the universe with its coming experts.
• Dongfang Yueming reviewed the treasures from the Ancient God Ruins and confirmed he had the materials needed to forge an Immortal Emperor body.
• Dongfang Yueming recycled his low-grade immortal stones, raising his Immortal Point balance above the amount needed for a breakthrough.
• Dongfang Yueming concluded that becoming the eternal true self required gathering and merging his counterparts across all worlds.
• Dongfang Yueming activated Fusion of All Worlds, and his consciousness plunged through the dimensional barriers into the myriad worlds.

Dongfang Yueming crossed into Blue Star and took over the body of a second-year Jinling Martial University student, discovering he had one trillion points to improve his martial arts. After Xiahou Zhang warned him not to endanger Xiahou Ying during the next day's wilderness training, Dongfang Yueming resolved to strengthen himself and investigate the wilderness's forbidden boundary.

• Dongfang Yueming awakened in the body of a Fifth Level Blood Nourishing student and examined his system panel, which showed one trillion points.
• Dongfang Yueming learned that his group for the required wilderness training included Xiahou Ying, the talented younger sister of Xiahou Zhang.
• Xiahou Zhang entered Dongfang Yueming's dorm and warned him to stay out of danger and not drag Xiahou Ying down during the training.
• Dongfang Yueming dismissed Xiahou Zhang's warning, then recalled the instructors' strict rule against crossing the wilderness boundary or venturing deeper.
• Dongfang Yueming decided to use his points to raise his strength before exploring the wilderness.

Dongfang Yueming perfected the Rising Sun Blood Nourishing Method but judged its limits too low, so he learned the Pale Moon Blood Nourishing Method to try cultivating both. Meanwhile, Xiahou Ying discovered her brother Xiahou Zhang acting strangely, and Xiahou Chen ordered Zhang back to the Xiahou Family while marking Dongfang as potential blood food.

• Dongfang Yueming spent points to advance the Rising Sun Blood Nourishing Method to perfection and reached Lower-Tier Perfection with abundant qi and blood.
• Dongfang Yueming decided the Yellow Grade method could not take him higher and used the system to learn the Pale Moon Blood Nourishing Method.
• Xiahou Ying secretly watched Xiahou Zhang leave Dongfang Yueming's dorm and wondered what had changed him since his mission outside the city.
• Xiahou Chen called Xiahou Zhang, rebuked him for threatening Dongfang Yueming, and told him to return on time, hinting that Xiahou Ying also belonged to the Xiahou Family's plans.
• Xiahou Chen marked Dongfang Yueming's file with a red cross and decided he could be used as blood food rather than converted.

Dongfang Yueming fused the Pale Moon Blood Nourishing Method with the Rising Sun Blood Nourishing Method, then mastered stealth techniques to conceal his formidable cultivation. He prepared to hide his strength during the next day's field training outside the city.

• Dongfang Yueming perfected the Pale Moon Blood Nourishing Method and fused it with the Rising Sun Blood Nourishing Method to create the Black-grade Yin-Yang Blood Nourishing True Art.
• Dongfang Yueming reached the intermediate stage with perfected cultivation and produced Qi and Blood Beacon Smoke.
• Dongfang Yueming searched Jinling Martial University's campus network and learned the Breath Concealment Formula and Turtle Breathing Art.
• Dongfang Yueming perfected the Breath Concealment Formula and comprehended the Yellow-grade profound ability Hidden Edge.
• Dongfang Yueming fused his stealth techniques into the Black-grade Anying Stealth Record, advancing Hidden Edge to the Black-grade profound ability Nether Formlessness and hiding his cultivation from view.

Dongfang Yueming used his system points to fuse basic martial techniques into powerful earth-grade techniques, then planned to buy cultivation methods and a weapon before field training. After noticing Yang Zhi’s suspicious rapid advancement, he left to shop, while Xiahou Yu prepared to exploit poor civilian students by supplying them with a blood-nourishing method and pills.

• Dongfang Yueming perfected and fused fist, movement, saber, and sword techniques, gaining earth-grade profundities including Suppress All Things, Xukong Translocation, and Blade Storm.
• Dongfang Yueming realized his 30,000 Federation credits would barely cover yellow-grade cultivation methods and a suitable battle saber, and planned to visit the trading market.
• Dongfang Yueming recognized Yang Zhi and sensed that he had advanced from the Blood Nourishing Fourth Layer to the Sixth Layer, using an unfamiliar method and qi and blood pills.
• Dongfang Yueming recalled that other poor civilian students had undergone similar breakthroughs, but set aside his suspicions and left to buy what he needed.
• In the Xiahou Family estate, Xiahou Yu received the Crimson Yuan Blood Nourishing Record and ten portions of blood-nourishing powder, intending to invest in civilian students he viewed as pigs.

Dongfang Yueming spent nearly all his money at the Ten Thousand Scrolls Pavilion on two unusual blood nourishing methods, six qi-and-blood concealing techniques, and a high-quality E-grade Tang saber. He left ready to synthesize a higher-grade cultivation method, while the shopkeeper dismissed him as a reckless fool.

• Dongfang Yueming weighed the cost of buying cultivation methods and a weapon against his thirty thousand Federation coins.
• He bought the Spirit Snake Blood Nourishing Method and the Giant Bear Blood Nourishing Method for ten thousand coins.
• Dongfang Yueming bargained the price of a high-quality E-grade Tang saber down to ten thousand by agreeing to buy supplementary blood techniques.
• He bought the saber and six jade slips, leaving one thousand Federation coins in his account.
• The shopkeeper sneered at Dongfang Yueming and predicted that experimenting with qi and blood without guidance would ruin or kill him.

Dongfang Yueming fused his cultivation methods into an earth-grade scripture and perfected a heaven-grade stealth technique before preparing for field training outside the city. Meanwhile, Xiahou Zhang was transformed by a grotesque “Holy Seed,” and the thing occupying his body sensed a hidden iron box beyond the city.

• Lei Ming told admiring students that he expected to attempt a breakthrough to the Blood Transformation Realm next month.
• Dongfang Yueming perfected and fused his blood nourishing methods, gaining the earth-grade Great Wilderness Yin-Yang Dragon-Elephant Scripture and achieving qi and blood like a tiger.
• Dongfang Yueming fused his concealment techniques into the heaven-grade Xukong Formless Concealment and resolved to seek a surprise during the next day’s field training.
• Xiahou Zhang buried an iron box containing savings and a copied mystic-grade Blood Refining Method in an abandoned industrial zone, hoping Ying could use them to escape the Xiahou Family.
• Xiahou Chen implanted a living scarlet mass into Xiahou Zhang, who emerged transformed and announced that he would cultivate until he reached the Blood Refining Realm.
• The being in Xiahou Zhang’s body sensed a hidden iron box outside the city but dismissed the memory as the struggle of a lower life-form.

Dongfang Yueming entered the wilderness for field training with teammates Zhu Hao and Xiahou Ying, hoping to earn credits for a blood-refining method. Outside the city, Zhan Qiushui watched over him while Xiahou Jing prepared to lure him into a trap for the Xiahou Family’s young master.

• Dongfang Yueming set out for field training and met his teammates, Zhu Hao and Xiahou Ying, at the school gate.
• Dongfang Yueming recognized Zhu Hao's saber-wielding calluses and sensed that Xiahou Ying had reached the seventh level of Blood Nourishing.
• Xiahou Ying rejected Zhu Hao's suggestion to coordinate and turned away a neighboring group that offered to travel with them.
• Dongfang Yueming, Zhu Hao, and Xiahou Ying passed through the city gate into the wilderness zone.
• Zhan Qiushui watched Dongfang Yueming leave and vowed to confront the enemies targeting him despite orders to only observe.
• Xiahou Jing prepared mystic-grade techniques and medicine to tempt Dongfang Yueming into cultivating until his blood and qi were ripe for the young master's use.

Xiahou Jing lured a Wind Blade Wolf pack toward the squad to separate Dongfang Yueming from Xiahou Ying and Zhu Hao. Dongfang Yueming entered a cave where a suspicious storage pouch had been placed, and Zhu Hao revealed his treachery by attacking him.

• Xiahou Ying killed three Ironclad Hyenas while Zhu Hao secretly monitored Dongfang Yueming under orders to seize a promised opportunity.
• Xiahou Jing scattered Beast-Luring Powder along the squad’s route to draw Wind Blade Wolves and split the group.
• The wolf pack attacked, and Dongfang Yueming pretended to struggle as he was driven into a ravine and took shelter in a cave.
• Dongfang Yueming found a recently placed storage pouch containing a glowing jade slip and jade bottles, but grew wary of the apparent bait.
• Zhu Hao entered the cave and attacked Dongfang Yueming with his battle saber, revealing that he had been pretending to be weak and timid.

Dongfang Yueming killed Zhu Hao when he tried to steal the legacy Xiahou Jing had prepared, then absorbed two Profound Grade cultivation techniques and fused them into a perfected Heaven Grade technique. He reached Qi and Blood Like a Dragon and planned to cover up Zhu Hao’s death before field training ended.

• Zhu Hao revealed that he had been told to watch Dongfang Yueming and attacked him to seize the storage bag.
• Dongfang Yueming used Earth-Level Profound Truth: Suppress All Things to crush Zhu Hao and his battle saber.
• Dongfang Yueming took the storage bag and learned the Crimson Yuan Blood Nourishing Record and Thick Earth Yuan Cultivating Art.
• Dongfang Yueming perfected and fused the two techniques with the Great Wilderness Yin-Yang Dragon-Elephant Scripture, creating the Heaven Grade Chaos True Dragon Blood Nourishing Scripture.
• Dongfang Yueming’s blood qi transformed into Qi and Blood Like a Dragon, and he planned to make Zhu Hao’s death look like a wild beast attack.

Zhan Qiushui confronted Xiahou Jing over his family’s experiments and cannibalism, but he revealed a monstrous transformation and defeated her. As Xiahou Jing moved to kill her, Dongfang Yueming approached the battle unseen.

• Xiahou Jing gloated over the bait he had left for Dongfang Yueming, but Zhan Qiushui ambushed him and accused the Xiahou Family of turning sponsored commoner students into food.
• Xiahou Jing revealed his seventh-layer Blood Refining Realm strength and fought Zhan Qiushui, whose own cultivation had reached the eighth layer.
• Dongfang Yueming sensed the battle, concealed himself with a Heaven Grade Profound Truth, and silently moved toward the fighters.
• Zhan Qiushui used her Profound Grade Profound Truth, Icebound Vanishing Shadow, but Xiahou Jing transformed into a scaled, clawed creature and withstood her attack.
• Xiahou Jing struck Zhan Qiushui down, broke her ribs, and raised his claws to kill her.

Dongfang Yueming rescued Zhan Qiushui by killing the xenotype Xiahou Jing with an earth-level technique. Zhan Qiushui revealed that xenotypes had infiltrated human society and used false cultivation opportunities to turn students into blood food.

• As Xiahou Jing prepared to kill Zhan Qiushui, Dongfang Yueming concealed his face and appeared silently behind him.
• Dongfang Yueming blocked Xiahou Jing’s claw and unleashed his powerful qi and blood, startling the xenotype.
• Dongfang Yueming used Wind and Water Sword Dance and Blade Storm to cut Xiahou Jing into pieces in a single attack.
• Zhan Qiushui identified herself as a Jinling Martial University student and Disciplinary Committee member, then explained that Xiahou Jing was a xenotype.
• Zhan Qiushui told Dongfang Yueming that xenotypes infiltrated martial families and lured poor students into cultivating their methods before devouring them as blood food.