Chapter Summaries

The Emperor Lord recognized Zhang Xuezhou as the Kunlun Holy Son and tried to help him with the Spirit-Gathering Banner’s four main souls. Zhang Xuezhou’s cultivation surged, but his damaged Heaven and Earth Bridges failed under the pressure, leaving him unable to advance until his injury healed.

• The Emperor Lord told the hairy monkey that Zhang Xuezhou was worthy of the title of Kunlun Holy Son after entering the Divine Ability Realm.
• The Emperor Lord considered Zhang Xuezhou’s damaged cultivation and decided to help him deal with the threat connected to the upper realm.
• The Emperor Lord sent East, South, West and North, the Spirit-Gathering Banner’s four main souls, into Zhang Xuezhou’s head to protect him and bear calamities in his place.
• Zhang Xuezhou’s Law Power grew denser as his cultivation advanced, but his damaged Heaven and Earth Bridges broke under the pressure and his cultivation began leaking from his head.
• Zhang Xuezhou clutched his head, and the Emperor Lord realized he had reached the limits of what his injured body could sustain.

Zhang Xuezhou reunited with the Imperial Lord in Western Kunlun and explained his difficult journey, but their conversation was interrupted by news that Divine Lord Zhenyuan had taken the Myriad Longevity Fruit Tree. The Imperial Lord accepted Zhenyuan’s departure, and Zhang Xuezhou remained with his teacher to discuss the limits of relying on treasures.

• Zhang Xuezhou told the Imperial Lord about his journey and learned to mark the Heaven and Earth Cauldron with his Essence Blood so he could find his way back.
• The Empress arrived and reported that the Myriad Longevity Fruit Tree had been uprooted and that Zhenyuan was missing from Kunlun.
• The Imperial Lord concluded that Divine Lord Zhenyuan had left to break the Oath Incantation and allowed him to take the tree, despite the Empress’s anger over the Golden Crow Great Emperor’s prospects for rebirth.
• The Imperial Lord asked the Empress to send Xuannü and Bixia to care for the Ten Thousand Peach Garden, and the Empress invited Zhang Xuezhou to visit her at Jade Pool Palace.
• The Imperial Lord warned Zhang Xuezhou that relying on treasures was temporary, while Zhang Xuezhou privately remained willing to use external aids to raise his cultivation.

Zhang Xuezhou took over brewing Nine Treasures Wine in Western Kunlun while reflecting on the Golden Crow Great Emperor’s death and the imprisonment of the sacred land’s long-lived residents. Meanwhile, the Empress urged the Emperor to make Jiang Qi Western Kunlun’s Holy Son for the Centennial Pact, but the Emperor defended his choice of Zhang Xuezhou.

• Zhang Xuezhou arranged for Sha Li and the Golden Toad Dharma King to help gather firewood and prepare to brew Nine Treasures Wine.
• Zhang Xuezhou reflected that the Golden Crow Great Emperor and many other gods had been trapped by the limits of Western Kunlun and by their own loyalty.
• The Empress told the Emperor that Jiang Qi had entered the Divine Ability Realm and argued that Zhang Xuezhou’s damaged Heaven and Earth Bridges made him unsuitable for the Centennial Pact.
• The Empress proposed sending Jiang Qi as Western Kunlun’s Holy Son to investigate other sacred lands and seek a way to break their oaths and leave Kunlun.
• The Emperor questioned whether the Empress had ever believed Zhang Xuezhou was exceptional, while she dismissed his prospects after seeing him unable to lift a heavy axe.

Zhang Xuezhou struggled to brew Nine Treasures Wine without the Golden Crow Great Emperor’s True Solar Fire, then learned that rare pills could be won at the Centennial Pact and agreed to be tested for Kunlun’s team. The empress planned to assess him against the contest’s standards, while Zhang Xuezhou confidently compared himself to Cai Ma.

• Zhang Xuezhou began brewing Nine Treasures Wine with the Golden Toad Dharma King and Sha Li tasting it, but the batch seemed inferior to the last one.
• The empress arrived at the brewery and told Zhang Xuezhou that the Centennial Pact’s contests could award rare pills that might help treat his illness.
• The empress explained that contestants relied on Technique Methods and could use only items within strict power limits, so Zhang Xuezhou felt safer about joining.
• Zhang Xuezhou agreed to be tested for a place on Kunlun’s team, and the empress said she would replace him if he failed to meet the standard.
• Zhang Xuezhou claimed he could beat Cai Ma, while the empress recognized that Cai Ma’s strength came from deterring opponents rather than straightforward combat.

Zhang Xuezhou learned that he had to compete with Jiang Qi for the chance to represent Kunlun Sacred Land at the Centennial Pact. The test began at the Wondrous Dharma Palace, where Zhang sat down and tried to shape the battle to his advantage while Jiang Qi searched for a hidden attack.

• Zhang Xuezhou questioned the empress about his test opponent and learned that the Divine Ability Realm challenger could earn the right to represent Kunlun Sacred Land by defeating him.
• The empress brought Zhang to the Wondrous Dharma Palace, where Jiang Qi waited across the lake.
• The sovereign declared the test begun as Jiang Qi looked around warily for a sneak attack.
• Zhang sat down, called for Jiang Qi to hit him with strength, and began braiding grass into a fishing line.
• The sovereign told the empress not to interfere and said Zhang had already struck the first blow by shaping the battle environment.

Zhang Xuezhou used flight and deception to approach Jiang Qi at the Wondrous Dharma Palace, while the Emperor and Empress watched and debated their hopes for him. Jiang Qi appeared to turn the trap around, but Zhang Xuezhou said one word that made him drop his sword and surrender, leaving the Empress stunned.

• Zhang Xuezhou urged the tester to begin fighting and flew toward the Wondrous Dharma Palace as his opponent patrolled uneasily.
• The Emperor said Zhang Xuezhou had gained the initiative and recalled how past advantages had failed against the Immortal Court.
• The Empress again argued for Jiang Qi, but the Emperor rejected him and said Zhang Xuezhou might bring about something different.
• Jiang Qi shouted that Zhang Xuezhou was trying to trick him and lured him to the Wondrous Dharma Palace.
• Zhang Xuezhou spoke a word, causing Jiang Qi to lower his head, lose his grip on his sword, and admit defeat.
• The Empress stood up in shock because she had not seen how Zhang Xuezhou had won.

Zhang Xuezhou recognized the tester Jiang Qi as the former Zhu Shiyin and forced him to concede rather than expose him. The Empress accepted Zhang Xuezhou's victory, securing his place as Kunlun Sacred Land's representative in the Centennial Pact.

• Zhang Xuezhou confronted Jiang Qi, identified him as Zhu Shiyin, and threatened to reveal him to His Majesty.
• Jiang Qi dropped his sword, admitted defeat, and begged Zhang Xuezhou to spare him, offering to serve him and share secrets.
• The Empress arrived and questioned how Jiang Qi had lost so quickly; Zhang Xuezhou said Jiang Qi had conceded, and Jiang Qi confirmed it.
• Zhang Xuezhou chose not to expose Jiang Qi, and the Empress dismissed the tester after confirming his defeat.
• Jiang Qi thanked Zhang Xuezhou and left, while Zhang Xuezhou's place as Kunlun Sacred Land's representative in the Centennial Pact became undisputed.

The emperor and empress discussed how to free him from Hongjun’s seal and settled on waiting for a chance to act, while the emperor planned to learn about the Evasion Technique by observing Mr. Ren. At the Jade Pool Palace, the empress warned its goddesses not to harm the newly recognized holy son, and they set out to see Zhang Xuezhou.

• The empress urged the emperor to act before Zhang Xuezhou left Kunlun, and they weighed escaping the Three Realms against defeating the Immortal Court to break his oath-bound seal.
• The emperor said Zhang Xuezhou and Cai Ma would answer the Centennial Pact challenge and planned to observe Mr. Ren while Zhang slept to learn the Evasion Technique.
• The empress traveled to the Jade Pool Palace and learned that Xuannü and Primordial Lady Bixia had gone to the Ten Thousand Peach Garden.
• The empress told the palace goddesses that Zhang Xuezhou was the new holy son and warned them not to endanger his health before the Centennial Pact.
• The goddesses dressed in armor and left the Jade Pool Palace to see Zhang Xuezhou.

Zhang Xuezhou instructed the Golden Toad Dharma King to continue brewing the last batch of Nine Treasures Wine before he switched worlds. Six goddesses from the Jade Pool Palace visited the winery, and Lady Taizhen offered osmanthus wood that improved the brewing fire.

• Zhang Xuezhou taught the Golden Toad Dharma King how to control the heat while brewing Nine Treasures Wine.
• Six goddesses arrived at the winery in an armed carriage Law Treasure and introduced themselves to Zhang Xuezhou.
• Zhang Xuezhou invited the goddesses to taste the wine, and they commented on its sour, bitter, pungent, and invigorating qualities.
• Zhang Xuezhou explained that the wine had worsened after the Golden Crow Great Emperor's True Solar Fire was replaced by a wood fire.
• Goddess Xiangjiang recalled the purity of Jin Laoshi's flames, and Lady Taizhen offered osmanthus wood that burned with a clean flame.
• Zhang Xuezhou used Lady Taizhen's osmanthus wood, and the brewing of the Nine Treasures Wine improved.

Zhang Xuezhou drank Nine Treasures Wine before crossing over, then endured a turbulent struggle in his brain region between the emperor and the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon. He woke in the real world half an hour late and prepared to use X864 Gene Medicine and Ren Anran’s plan to advance his Mental Strengthening practice.

• Zhang Xuezhou had Sha Li and the Golden Toad Dharma King keep brewing Nine Treasures Wine while he lay down to await the crossing.
• Zhang Xuezhou crossed over amid a clash between the emperor and the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon, with Zuo Luo’s chip helping isolate him from the conflict.
• Zhang Xuezhou woke half an hour later than usual, and Zhang Manqian and Ren Anran asked about his condition and the X864 Gene Medicine.
• Zhang Xuezhou told Zhang Manqian to let him leave the medical machine on his own when possible and examined Ren Anran’s notes for advancing to chapter seven of Mental Strengthening.
• Zhang Xuezhou asked for a dose of X864 Gene Medicine so he could combine it with the Nine Treasures Wine and the X432 medical machine’s treatment.

Zhang Xuezhou used the Nine Treasures Wine and X864 Gene Medicine to cultivate the seventh chapter of the Mental Strengthening Chapter while resisting the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon. His cultivation broke through a barrier in his brain region, shattering the chip Zuo Luo had planted there.

• Zhang Xuezhou began breaking Ren Yisheng’s suppression of his brain region and sensed the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon benefiting from the X864 Gene Medicine.
• Zhang Xuezhou cultivated the Mental Strengthening Chapter at once, visualizing a blazing sun and setting moon to build up his power with the medicines.
• Zhang Xuezhou considered asking powerful figures at the Centennial Pact to help him fight the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon.
• Zhang Xuezhou felt something break in his sea of consciousness as the blazing sun and hellfire faced each other.
• The chip Zuo Luo had planted in Zhang Xuezhou’s brain region shattered, and his brain region began to shake violently.

Zhang Xuezhou faced the uncontrolled collapse of Zuo Luo’s mental energy before he had recovered or reached the seventh chapter of the Mental Strengthening Chapter. After enduring the impacts with help from the chapter’s exercises and an X864 Gene Medicine injection, he gained complete control over the mental energy in his sea of consciousness.

• Zhang Xuezhou realized Zuo Luo’s mental energy had surged out of control and would require him to expend an equal amount of mental energy to counter it.
• Zhang Xuezhou steadied himself by following the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon’s example and drawing strength from ancient martial arts training methods.
• Zhang Xuezhou circulated the Mental Strengthening Chapter while waves of mental energy battered his sea of consciousness.
• An Ran’s timely X864 Gene Medicine injection restored some of Zhang Xuezhou’s strength, but he felt it was not enough.
• Zhang Xuezhou heard the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon grow faint as the Demon Thought duck appeared, and he gained complete control over the mental energy gathering in his sea of consciousness.

Zhang Xuezhou used the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon's mental capacity to continue a dangerous attempt to advance his sequence, while Ren Anran and Zhang Manqian prepared medicine and Ren Yisheng sought help from Zuo Quan. Ren Yisheng embraced the chance to work with Zuo Quan, leaving the chapter with the two men drawing closer as Zhang Xuezhou remained in danger.

• Zhang Xuezhou ordered two more doses of X864 Gene Medicine and the Heavenly God General Secret Medicine before closing his eyes again.
• Ren Anran and Zhang Manqian suspected Zhang Xuezhou was attempting to break through the seventh chapter of the Mental Strengthening Chapter or facing something Zuo Luo had left behind.
• Ren Anran fetched medicine and urged Ren Yisheng to come help Zhang Xuezhou.
• Ren Yisheng advised giving Zhang Xuezhou the injections and preparing the Supreme Purity True Technique, then contacted Zuo Quan for help.
• Zuo Quan agreed to come, and Ren Yisheng invited him to his home and told Ren Wuyang that having Zuo Quan was their good fortune.

Zhang Xuezhou suffered a near-fatal reaction after taking multiple gene-medicine injections while attempting to break through to the Fourth Sequence. Ren Yisheng and Zuo Quan intervened to suppress his pain, but his condition remained dangerous.

• Zuo Quan blamed Zuo Luo's control over Zhang Xuezhou for interfering with his breakthrough and flew to North Rehe after deciding not to contact Zuo Luo.
• Zuo Quan met Ren Yisheng at the B13 Research Institute, where Zhang Xuezhou's screams alerted them to the crisis.
• Ren Anran and Zhang Manqian repeatedly tried to suppress Zhang Xuezhou's pain as his body reacted violently to the medicines.
• Ren Yisheng stroked Zhang Xuezhou's head, reducing his cries, while Zuo Quan placed a turquoise pendant on him and used Zuo Luo's Control Incantation to loosen his restraint.

Zhang Xuezhou endured Zuo Luo’s lingering mental energy and used the Heavenly God General Medicine to sustain himself until the Imperial Lord’s four giants shielded his mind. He advanced the Mental Strengthening Chapter through a balance of yin and yang, then prepared to stop Zuo Luo’s retreating mental energy.

• Zhang Xuezhou suffered a fierce clash between his mental energy and Zuo Luo’s remnants, so he injected doses of the Heavenly God General Medicine and continued advancing the Mental Strengthening Chapter.
• Four giants representing East, South, West, and North appeared in Zhang Xuezhou’s sea of consciousness and protected his mind, a measure he recognized as the Imperial Lord’s intervention.
• Zhang Xuezhou found a new approach to the seventh chapter through the Yin-Yang School’s principle of balancing yin and yang, using the sun and moon in his mind to combine attack and defense.
• Zhang Xuezhou’s mental strength grew as his brain healed and Zuo Luo’s energy receded, bringing him close to completing the seventh chapter.
• Zhang Xuezhou decided not to let Zuo Luo’s retreating mental energy return to its owner unchallenged.

Zhang Xuezhou survived the most dangerous stage of his advancement, though Ren Yisheng warned that the mental technique could leave him mentally damaged. Zuo Quan’s lucky jewelry took effect just as Zhang Xuezhou expelled the seed Zuo Luo had been controlling.

• Zuo Quan struggled to control the situation surrounding Zhang Xuezhou and suppressed the purple light threatening to overwhelm him.
• Ren Yisheng said Zhang Xuezhou had passed the most dangerous stage but still risked mental disarray or dementia if his advancement failed.
• Ren Yisheng reflected on the trust between Zhang Xuezhou, Ren Anran, and Zhang Manqian as they watched him in the X432 device.
• Ren Anran asked Zuo Quan to place more lucky treasures on Zhang Xuezhou, and Zuo Quan added ruby and sapphire rings beside the turquoise necklace.
• The rings and necklace activated, and Zhang Xuezhou expelled two streams of mucus, making Zuo Quan realize the seed Zuo Luo had controlled had been driven out.

Zhang Xuezhou expelled the failed seed planted in his head, then unleashed a powerful mental shock wave that wrecked his lounge and injured those nearby. As Ren Yisheng protected the others, Zuo Quan’s head disappeared and a purple flower appeared in its place.

• Zuo Quan blamed Zuo Luo’s failed seed implantation on Zuo Luo’s poor control and reasoned that Zuo Luo’s injuries and lost Subspecies had left him vulnerable.
• Zhang Manqian, Ren Anran, and Ren Yisheng panicked over the fluid leaking from Zhang Xuezhou’s nostrils, and Ren Yisheng prepared to call Gao Tingsheng.
• Zhang Xuezhou woke and warned everyone to protect their heads as a powerful shock wave erupted.
• Ren Yisheng shielded Ren Anran and Zhang Manqian, saw a purple flower on Zuo Quan’s head, and decided to protect him while watching for signs of hostility.
• The shock wave wrecked the lounge, injured Zhang Manqian and Ren Anran, and left debris raining down on Ren Yisheng and Zuo Quan.
• Ren Yisheng checked on Zuo Quan after the room fell quiet, but a cracking sound from the roof made him tense.

Zhang Xuezhou advanced to the seventh chapter of the Mental Strengthening Chapter, and his mental power gained the ability to cause physical damage. His uncontrolled power brought down the ceiling at the B13 Research Institute, leaving him trapped beneath the rubble as rescuers dug him out.

• Zhang Xuezhou combined with the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon and endured the effects of the X864 Gene Medicine and Heavenly God General Secret Medicine as his mental energy surged.
• His Poison Avoidance Instruction developed a Half-Step Immortal-level phenomenon, and he broke through to the seventh chapter of the Mental Strengthening Chapter.
• A Fortune Body appeared in Zhang Xuezhou's sea of consciousness, and he used his new power to suppress Zuo Luo's mental energy.
• Zhang Xuezhou awoke and warned Ren Yisheng not to call Gao Tingsheng, but his transformed mental power erupted and damaged the lounge.
• The ceiling collapsed, trapping Zhang Xuezhou beneath rubble and injuring Ren Anran and the others; Zuo Quan and institute personnel helped dig him out.

After Zhang Xuezhou reached the seventh chapter of the Mental Strengthening Chapter, an explosion destroyed his institute’s rest room and injured him and Zuo Quan. On the way to the hospital, Zhang Xuezhou suggested investigating earlier surveillance failures, while Zuo Quan suspected the blast and their recent misfortunes were connected to the Eastern Mountain Imperial Mausoleums renovation.

• Ren Yisheng reflected that Zhang Xuezhou had reached the seventh chapter of the Mental Strengthening Chapter unusually quickly, though the dangerous method could not be passed on as a reliable path.
• Zhang Xuezhou and the others waited for medical transport, and Ren Yisheng arranged for Zuo Quan to be taken to Jishi Medical Center.
• Zuo Quan asked Zhang Xuezhou what had caused the explosion, and Zhang Xuezhou pointed out that all fourteen institute surveillance devices had failed a month earlier.
• Zuo Quan suspected the X432 medical device or the damaged surveillance equipment could explain the blast and tried to avoid suspicion about his past actions.
• Zuo Quan concluded that recent work at the Eastern Mountain Imperial Mausoleums had triggered unpredictable changes, but he realized the situation was beyond his ability to reverse.

After being injured in the collapse, Zhang Xuezhou endured surgery at Jishi Medical Center while his allies recovered nearby. Once Ren Yisheng removed the last fragment, Zhang Xuezhou discovered that his Supreme Purity True Technique had advanced to the brink of becoming a Divine Ability.

• Ren Yisheng operated on Zhang Xuezhou, whose defenses and rapid healing made the embedded debris difficult to remove and left him in severe pain.
• Ren Anran, Zhang Manqian, Ren Wuyang, and Wang Haoran waited with Zhang Xuezhou and discussed having Gao Tingsheng examine him; Zhang Xuezhou eventually agreed, provided Gao did not operate.
• Ren Yisheng removed a piece of copper wire from Zhang Xuezhou's stomach, and Zhang Xuezhou cast the Supreme Purity True Technique to heal his wounds.
• Ren Anran realized that one casting had healed all of Zhang Xuezhou's injuries, and Zhang Xuezhou concluded that the technique had advanced toward becoming a Divine Ability.
• Zhang Xuezhou inferred that his strengthened mental power could raise other Technique Methods to a higher level and might further advance his Poison Avoidance Instruction.