Chapter Summaries

Xingtian reunited with the original body, who revealed that he owned the Supreme Powerhouse dragon and had deliberately put Xingtian through a transformation to strengthen him. The original body took Xingtian’s withered Flame Golden Lotus and recognized the power of a Great Sage within it.

• The original body told Xingtian that the rift and the Supreme Powerhouse dragon belonged to him, and that he had made the dragon.
• Xingtian followed the original body past the sleeping dragon and into the Mother Planet, while the dragon swallowed the planet and fell asleep again.
• The original body sent Xingtian data showing that his body density had increased tenfold and explained that the ordeal had refined his strength and prevented hidden dangers.
• The original body asked Xingtian for the Eternal Flame, and Xingtian summoned the withered Flame Golden Lotus containing the escaping flame.
• After examining the Flame Golden Lotus, the original body sighed and said that a Great Sage was truly formidable.

Xingtian learned that the Flame Golden Lotus held power from Phoenix Ancestor and followed the original into an alternate-dimensional space, where the original prepared to repair his body. The chapter ended with Xingtian lying in a lake of genetic repair solution as the original began the treatment.

• The original explained that Phoenix Ancestor had added power exclusive to Great Sages to the Flame Golden Lotus.
• The original opened a spatial rift and showed Xingtian an alternate-dimensional space containing Niu Keli and unfamiliar equipment.
• The original brought Xingtian to Liang Shi and asked whether the genetic repair solution was ready.
• Liang Shi explained that the Ring of Life supplied life energy to the repair solution, and the original reprimanded him for disparaging the medical profession.
• The original told Xingtian the solution would repair his crude gene fusion and grafting, and Xingtian lay down in the lake.

Xingtian recovered in life energy before Liang Shi began the second phase of his treatment, which triggered agonizing genetic repair. As Xingtian endured the pain, Liang Shi summoned two dragons named Space and Time, and Xingtian recognized the silver dragon as the likely source of the time fluctuations he had sensed.

• Xingtian absorbed life energy, which restored his depleted body and left him immersed in comfort.
• The original body checked Xingtian's condition, told Liang Shi to take over, and vanished.
• Liang Shi started the second phase, causing the gene repair fluid to trigger intense pain throughout Xingtian's body.
• Liang Shi explained that anesthesia would damage the genetic repair, and Xingtian gritted his teeth and chose to endure it.
• Liang Shi called for Space and Time, and two dragons emerged from spatial rifts; Xingtian connected the silver dragon to the time fluctuations he had previously felt.

Liang Shi and the others used two dragons to modify Xingtian’s Gene Furnace, easing his pain and strengthening his body. The original then revealed that Xingtian would return to the Demon Race undercover with the Eternal Flame.

• The silver dragon slowed time around Xingtian while the black dragon used spatial power to shift the Gene Furnace’s location without removing it from his body.
• Liang Shi and the others modified Xingtian’s Gene Furnace until his pain stopped and his body’s strength reached the Late Stage of the Ninth Layer.
• The original told Xingtian to continue lying low among the Demon Race rather than help the Human Clan.
• The original showed Xingtian the Eternal Flame inside a Flame Golden Lotus and intended for him to take it back to the Demon Race.

The original self explained the Eternal Flame and the Power of Principle to Xingtian, clarifying that Yu and Zhou were powerful but not Supreme Powerhouses and could not yet be mass-produced. He then brought Xingtian to the secret chamber beneath the Artifact Sect Great Hall, where an enormous weapon hilt awaited them.

• The original self explained that the Eternal Flame held a complete understanding of fire but could not apply its Principles to itself, and described the Power of Principle as deep understanding of a subject.
• Xingtian learned that Yu and Zhou were not Supreme Powerhouses, though their mastery of time and space let them defeat most Supreme Powerhouses; the original self said their creation could not yet be mass-produced.
• The original self led Xingtian into the deepest part of the Mother Planet and then into the secret chamber beneath the Artifact Sect Great Hall.
• The original self and Xingtian revisited the twelve characters warning against cultivating immortality and recalled the High Antiquity Artifact Sect’s plan to fight the Heavenly Dog.
• The original self pointed Xingtian toward an enormous weapon hilt in the chamber.

Xingtian learned that the mysterious weapon in the secret chamber was connected to a Great Sage, and his original self planned to study it with Great Sage Essence Blood. After a hundred years of travel, Xingtian returned to the Demon Race with the Flame Golden Lotus, and Feng Jiu seized him and vanished.

• Xingtian's original self revealed that the mysterious weapon resonated with the Flame Golden Lotus because both were connected to Great Sages.
• Xingtian's original self explained that he had modified the Gene Furnace and intended to use Great Sage Essence Blood to investigate the Great Sage realm alongside the weapon.
• Xingtian met the Good Corpse before leaving, and learned that his original self planned to upgrade him again.
• After a hundred years of travel, Xingtian reached the Human-Demon Battlefield and sought out Zhu Yan, who was shocked by Xingtian's strength.
• Xingtian showed Feng Jiu the Flame Golden Lotus, and Feng Jiu emerged in his Phoenix form before changing into a man in red robes.
• Feng Jiu seized Xingtian and vanished, leaving Zhu Yan behind.

Xingtian met the Phoenix Ancestor, whose gaze gave him a profound insight into the universe. Afterward, the Phoenix Ancestor examined Xingtian’s image of Yu and declared that the being was neither a Supreme Powerhouse nor part of the Demon or Human Clan.

• Feng Jiu introduced Xingtian to his father, the aged Phoenix Ancestor, and told him that Xingtian had returned with the Eternal Flame.
• The Phoenix Ancestor caught a fiery carp whose flames carried the presence of a Great Sage, and he warned Feng Jiu not to ask for it.
• The Phoenix Ancestor’s gaze swept Xingtian into a cosmic vision that purified and elevated his soul.
• The Phoenix Ancestor asked who had abducted Xingtian, and Xingtian said he did not know but thought the being resembled a member of the Dragon Clan.
• Xingtian used Demon Power to recreate Yu’s image and presence, and the Phoenix Ancestor said Yu was not a Supreme Powerhouse or a member of the Demon or Human Clan.

Xingtian returned to the Demon Race army after handing the Eternal Flame to the Phoenix Ancestor, then discovered how dramatically the battlefield had changed. As the Human Clan’s technological weapons devastated successive Demon Race charges, he recognized that Yi Xuan’s artificial Demon Race forces had grown to over a hundred million.

• Xingtian gave the Eternal Flame to the Phoenix Ancestor, who captured it and sent Feng Jiu to bring Xiao Lie.
• Xingtian returned with Feng Jiu to the Demon Race army and learned from the Heavenly Dog that the battlefield had changed.
• Xingtian saw the Human Clan’s space fleet, Space-Shattering Bombs, and steel mechas, which could threaten even Ninth-Level Immortal Emperors.
• Xingtian sensed that artificial members of the Demon Race had grown to more than a hundred million, furthering Yi Xuan’s plan to sow technology Seeds.
• The Demon Race charged through the bombs and fleet attacks, losing countless soldiers and several Immortal Emperors before the Human Clan fighters appeared.

Xingtian watched the Human Clan’s technological weapons fail to stop the Demon Race’s advance, but new weapons and technology-enhanced formations turned the battle. He charged into the renewed fight as the Human Clan’s forces showed how much stronger they had become.

• The Demon Race overwhelmed the Human Clan’s front-line technological weapons, forcing the two armies toward direct combat.
• The Heavenly Dog warned Xingtian not to attack when the Human Clan’s rear forces advanced, and more than ten thousand Peak of the Ninth Layer experts blocked a volley of white beams.
• The Heavenly Dog explained that the beams had nearly destroyed the Demon Race’s army in an earlier battle, and the Ninth-Level Immortal Emperors descended as the fighting began in earnest.
• Xingtian pressed forward as the Human Clan equipped its shield formation with metal armor, strengthening its energy barrier and grinding down the Demon Race’s attackers.
• The Heavenly Dog told Xingtian that Human Clan soldiers had grown far stronger since his departure, and Xingtian credited the Cultivation Assistance System’s growing influence.

Xingtian watched the Demon Race overwhelm the Human Clan after its shield formation collapsed, then fought a Ninth-Level Immortal Emperor amid the battlefield’s bloodlust. A bell toll interrupted their duel, and Xingtian retreated from the human formation as a voice demanded that Xieju appear.

• Xingtian and Zhu Yan recognized that the Human Clan had grown stronger, but the Demon Race’s increasing numbers gave it an overwhelming advantage.
• Zhu Yan launched into the air as the Human Clan’s shield formation broke, and the Demon Race army charged into battle.
• The two armies clashed in a slaughter that drove soldiers on both sides into madness, with some even attacking their own.
• Xingtian fought a Ninth-Level Immortal Emperor, attacking him with four flaming sabers empowered by the Principle of Fire.
• A bell toll slowed Xingtian’s attack, allowing his opponent to counter with a giant sword; Xingtian shattered it and withdrew as a voice called for Xieju.

Xingtian learned that Xieju’s Blood Principle had driven the battlefield into a frenzy, and Peng Tianlin used the Echo of Life to shield the Human Clan and confront the Demon patriarch. The chapter ended as fifteen Supreme Powerhouses joined Peng Tianlin inside Xieju’s Blood Mist Grand Formation, forcing Xieju to reckon with the Echo of Life’s threat.

• Xingtian realized Xieju’s Blood Principle had influenced both armies, while his own mastery of the Principle of Fire had helped him keep his reason and retreat.
• Peng Tianlin rang the Echo of Life, restoring the Human Clan’s senses and helping replenish the blood Xieju had drained from them.
• Xieju activated the Blood Mist Grand Formation and attacked the Human Clan, but Peng Tianlin ordered the army to withdraw.
• Peng Tianlin revealed that fifteen other Supreme Powerhouses had come with him, and they attacked Xieju from all sides.
• Xieju remained focused on Peng Tianlin and the Echo of Life, recognizing the danger posed by the assembled Supreme Powerhouses.

Xieju sacrificed his own troops to strengthen the Blood Mist Grand Formation and tried to swallow the Echo of Life before Peng Tianlin could wield it with the other Supreme Powerhouses’ support. As the formation consumed the demons around Xingtian, Feng Jiu rescued him and made him watch the battle.

• Xieju’s Blood Mist Grand Formation suppressed the Human Clan Supreme Powerhouses, while Peng Tianlin used them to weaken the formation.
• Xieju turned the Demon Race’s soldiers into blood mist to replenish the formation, prompting Peng Tianlin to attack with the Echo of Life.
• Xieju trapped most of the Echo of Life in condensed blood mist, allowing the fifteen Supreme Powerhouses to escape and lend Peng Tianlin their Powers of Principle.
• Xieju chose to sacrifice more demons rather than retreat, and the blood mist swallowed the area around Xingtian, including the Heavenly Dog and Zhu Yan.
• Feng Jiu pulled Xingtian to safety, and Xingtian saw that only a tenth of the Echo of Life remained outside the blood mist.

Xingtian learned that the Demon Race’s plan was to use Xieju and the Blood Mist Grand Formation to seize the Echo of Life and weaken the Great Sage of Longevity. When Xieju’s compassion made the original plan fail, he sacrificed his body and soul to empower the formation and began corrupting the treasure, leaving Peng Tianlin unable to stop him.

• Xingtian watched Xieju slaughter members of the Demon Race as the Blood Mist Grand Formation increasingly enveloped the Echo of Life.
• Feng Jiu told Xingtian that the Demon Race had planned to take the Echo of Life and separate it from the Great Sage of Longevity, but Xieju’s growing reluctance had caused the plan to fail.
• Xieju stopped slaughtering the Demon Race, then enlarged his body and exploded it to send a blood-red sphere into the blood mist, sacrificing himself as a Top-Tier Supreme Powerhouse.
• Xieju’s soul declared that the original plan would not work and plunged into the Blood Mist Grand Formation with his Three Flowers Atop the Head.
• Peng Tianlin realized Xieju was going to corrupt the Echo of Life and rushed to stop him, but the Blood Mist Grand Formation blocked his way.

Xieju sacrificed his cultivation, body, soul, and Power of Principle to corrupt the Echo of Life, deciding the battle between humans and demons. The Great Sage of Longevity retrieved the ruined treasure, the Great Sages withdrew, and Feng Jiu brought Xingtian to a strange flame.

• Xieju poured his life and power into the Blood Mist Grand Formation, corrupting the Echo of Life and weakening the Great Sage of Longevity.
• Peng Tianlin questioned Xieju's sacrifice, and Xieju said he had acted to protect his people before his soul form vanished.
• The blood mist dissipated, revealing the Echo of Life with its Sage's Will gone, and Demon Race powerhouses bowed in tribute to Xieju.
• Feng Jiu declared the Demon Race had won the round, and the Great Sage of Longevity and the Phoenix Ancestor descended.
• The Great Sage of Longevity took the ruined Echo of Life and left, after which both armies withdrew.
• Feng Jiu brought Xingtian to the space where he had met the Phoenix Ancestor, where Xingtian sensed a strange flame resembling the Eternal Flame.

Feng Lie began his nirvana in the Eternal Flame, while the Phoenix Ancestor rewarded Xingtian with Great Sage Essence Blood and Feng Jiu appointed him the Phoenix Clan’s tenth elder. As Xingtian prepared to absorb the Essence Blood, he learned his original self was distracted by a weapon hilt, and he told the Good Corpse about the tainted Echo of Life.

• Feng Jiu told the Phoenix Ancestor that Feng Lie was fusing smoothly with the Eternal Flame and doing well.
• The Phoenix Ancestor examined Xingtian’s bloodlines and cultivation before giving him a drop of Great Sage Essence Blood.
• Feng Jiu named Xingtian the Phoenix Clan’s tenth elder, with Feng Lie apparently intended to become the ninth.
• Xingtian tried to contact his original self, but the Good Corpse said he was fixated on a weapon hilt and had ordered others not to disturb him.
• Xingtian began preparing to absorb the Essence Blood and told the Good Corpse that the Echo of Life had been tainted on the Human-Demon Battlefield.

Xingtian devoured the Great Sage’s Essence Blood, and the Gene Furnace processed it as he was enclosed in a red cocoon. Meanwhile, the original began preparations to modify the Good Corpse using material from his body.

• Xingtian recovered, then swallowed the Great Sage’s Essence Blood and endured the pain as the Gene Furnace devoured it.
• The Gene Furnace processed the Essence Blood’s energy, genes, Power of Principle, and Sage’s Will, while red threads formed a cocoon around Xingtian.
• The Phoenix Ancestor added streams of the Power of Principle to Xingtian’s cocoon, then returned to fishing and watched over it.
• The Good Corpse visited the original, who said nothing would go wrong with Xingtian and agreed to begin modifying him.
• At the materials research department, the original told the Good Corpse to give the staff a small piece of his body, and the Good Corpse handed over a ball of liquid metal.

The original body activated a mysterious device using liquid metal, energy from the Heavenly Dogs, cooling liquid, and Yu and Zhou’s powers. After the researchers confirmed it was working, he placed his hand on the device and seemed to send something into it, leaving the Good Corpse puzzled.

• The original body ordered the researchers to start the device after feeding it liquid metal.
• Yu and Zhou emerged through spatial rifts, shrank to miniature dragons, and took positions on the device.
• The original body ordered the energy conversion device activated, and a Heavenly Dog fired an energy beam at it from near the Mother Planet.
• The researchers used blue liquid to cool the device, while Yu and Zhou infused it with Space Power of Principle and Time Power of Principle.
• The original body pressed his palm against the device, and the Good Corpse sensed something entering it along his arm.

The original body used Origin to transform the liquid metal in the device, then sent the Good Corpse inside to be assimilated by the new substance. As the researchers poured energy from the Biological Dyson Spheres into the device, Liang Shi prepared the group to set out.

• The original body confirmed that the liquid metal and Origin had fused, then kicked the Good Corpse through a spatial rift into the device.
• The refined metal wrapped around the Good Corpse and began assimilating his mechanical body while the researchers monitored the process.
• After ninety-nine percent of the Good Corpse had been assimilated, the person in charge ordered the Biological Dyson Spheres to transfer energy into the device.
• The chief reported that the energy transfer was proceeding as predicted, while the device's output and temperature rose rapidly.
• Liang Shi confirmed that Yu and Zhou had finished their work and ordered the group to prepare to set out.

Shi Zhenghao told Peng Tianlin that Yi Xuan was coming and asked him to evacuate a nearby galaxy before Yi Xuan’s arrival. A month later, Peng Tianlin, Shi Zhenghao, and more than a dozen Supreme Powerhouses waited as a strange planet appeared amid faint spatial fluctuations.

• Shi Zhenghao kept researchers protected from interference while Peng Tianlin remained troubled by the Echo of Life’s corruption and its effect on the Human Clan’s strength.
• Shi Zhenghao told Peng Tianlin that Yi Xuan and his companions were coming from behind the Demon Race’s lines and asked him to evacuate the humans from a nearby galaxy.
• Peng Tianlin arranged the evacuation and learned that Yi Xuan would arrive in one month; the Great Sage of Longevity said Yi Xuan was not a Great Sage and awaited his arrival.
• A month later, Peng Tianlin and Shi Zhenghao waited with more than a dozen Supreme Powerhouses as faint spatial fluctuations appeared and a strange planet entered their senses.

The mysterious device released an immense burst of energy that annihilated the star domain, and the Good Corpse emerged transformed into a body made entirely of Origin. He reunited with Shi Zhenghao while the Supreme Powerhouses struggled to understand the seemingly lifeless being before them.

• Shi Zhenghao stopped Peng Tianlin and the other Supreme Powerhouses as the Mother Planet appeared beside them.
• The Mother Planet withdrew, leaving the mysterious device behind; it erupted with energy and destroyed the entire star domain.
• The Supreme Powerhouses sensed the Good Corpse, whose human form showed no vitality despite his soul fluctuations.
• The Good Corpse awoke and discovered that his body had become pure Origin, with immense energy stored in every atom.
• The Good Corpse appeared before Shi Zhenghao, thanked his senior brother, and let the Supreme Powerhouses' probing Divine Sense find nothing.