Chapter Summaries

Qie Qiong accepted the Space-Time Island Lord’s mission to infiltrate the Dark Abyss and kill Shadow, receiving two treasures to conceal himself and escape danger. He entered the Abyss disguised as a native, then arrived amid a battle between Demon armies, where his vessel’s overwhelming presence silenced the battlefield.

• Qie Qiong explained how he planned to hide his identity and kill Shadow quickly, but the Space-Time Island Lord warned that Shadow’s lair made a prolonged fight dangerous.
• The Space-Time Island Lord gave Qie Qiong the Space-Time Robe and a one-use Space-Time Teleportation Pearl, and promised to hold Nero off if Qie Qiong’s identity was exposed.
• Qie Qiong declined Dongbo Bai and the other disciples’ farewell feast, saying he had to set out immediately on the Space-Time Island Lord’s important mission.
• Qie Qiong left Space-Time Island aboard his Starfield Flying Vessel, disguised himself as an Abyss lifeform, and entered the Dark Abyss without its will detecting him.
• Qie Qiong’s vessel emerged over a battlefield where two Demon armies were fighting, and its presence froze the Demon Gods and sent the armies collapsing to the ground.

Qie Qiong reached the Fifth Abyss World and attacked Shadow to claim the Time Chapter and Annihilation World Stone. After teleporting Shadow away from his palace, Qie Qiong unleashed his Annihilation Divine Power and killed him, while Shadow revealed that his belongings included an original copy of an ultimate technique.

• Qie Qiong tested the Space-Time Robe by wiping out two demon armies with Space Cutting, then traveled safely to the Fifth Abyss World.
• Shadow anticipated mastering an ultimate technique while enjoying Soul Brew in his palace.
• Qie Qiong broke into Shadow's palace and used the Space-Time Teleportation Pearl to move them hundreds of thousands of li away.
• Qie Qiong's first sword attack injured Shadow, who recognized the attack as part of a coordinated assault by the Space-Time Island Lord.
• Qie Qiong revealed his Annihilation Divine Power and struck Shadow with Cosmos · Return to Ruins, then followed with Universe · Abyss and killed him.
• As he died, Shadow told the Abyss experts he knew that he possessed an original copy of an ultimate technique.

Qie Qiong escaped the Dark Abyss after defeating Heart-Locking Sovereign’s assault, then returned to the Space-Time Island Lord with Shadow’s original ultimate technique. His master let him keep the technique, rewarded him with an Annihilation World Stone, and began teaching him the Time Chapter.

• Shadow warned powerful existences that Qie Qiong had killed his avatar and taken the original copy of an ultimate technique, prompting Heart-Locking Sovereign to intercept Qie Qiong in the third-layer Abyss World.
• Heart-Locking Sovereign used her world avatars and soul-made chains to trap Qie Qiong, but his Cosmos · Return to Ruins sword strike destroyed eight avatars and injured her true body.
• Qie Qiong rammed the Starfield Flying Vessel through Heart-Locking Sovereign’s renewed assault and escaped the Dark Abyss before White King could intervene.
• The Space-Time Temple artifact spirit brought Qie Qiong to the Space-Time Island Lord, who praised his mission and told him to keep Shadow’s original ultimate technique.
• The Space-Time Island Lord rewarded Qie Qiong with an Annihilation World Stone and took him to learn the Time Chapter, which trained the body toward the nearly indestructible Time Body.

After mastering the first level of the Time Chapter, Qie Qiong chose the Time River as his fief and received congratulatory gifts from his fellow disciples. Back in Chaos City, he discovered that the Time Chapter could raise his Gene Level and eventually let him attain Perfect Gene Level.

• Qie Qiong completed the first level of the Time Chapter, and the Space-Time Island Lord explained his duties as a Protective Divine General.
• The Space-Time Island Lord offered Qie Qiong a choice of fiefs, and Qie Qiong chose the Time River for its ancient visions and its benefits for cultivating time.
• Qie Qiong returned to the Space-Time Courtyard, where Dongbo Bai and three protective disciples hosted a banquet and presented him with gifts.
• After returning to Chaos City, Qie Qiong searched the Myriad Heavens Mall for the Time Chapter and learned that its sixth level could grant him a Time Body and Perfect Gene Level.

Qie Qiong learned that the Time Chapter could raise his genes to the Primal Universe’s 10,081-fold limit, but its price pushed him to plan a second reincarnation. A hundred epochs before he obtained the Myriad Star Compass, Lian Luo stole Ice Prison Azure Dew and was captured by the Kou Venerable, who ordered him imprisoned in the Ice Prison.

• Qie Qiong saw that the Time Chapter offered a path to Perfect Gene and decided it was time for his second reincarnation.
• Lian Luo entered an Ice Prison Star in the Wuhua Secret Realm and stole a pool of Ice Prison Azure Dew from its palace.
• Lian Luo wounded Beika and tried to escape, but the cyan Kou Venerable caught him and immobilized him.
• The cyan Kou Venerable ordered Talasha and another Immortal Kou to escort Lian Luo to the Ice Prison.
• Talasha escorted Lian Luo to the Ice Prison, and Lian Luo said he would not die there and might be able to escape.

Lian Luo entered the Ice Prison and quickly subdued Yan Pao, a Flame Lion-Tiger Beast, to learn about the prison’s deadly rules. He discovered that prisoners had to collect ten thousand number plates to escape an upcoming slaughter, and that Yan Pao ranked twenty-third among the prison’s strongest residents.

• Talasha’s escort pushed Lian Luo into the Ice Prison, where he resisted its suppressive force and connected to the Virtual Universe.
• A Flame Lion-Tiger Beast attacked Lian Luo and demanded his Virtual Universe Sensor, but Lian Luo wounded and subdued it with Drifting Blood.
• Lian Luo reduced the beast’s divine body, enslaved its soul, restored it, and learned that its name was Yan Pao.
• Yan Pao explained that prisoners needed ten thousand number plates to escape the coming slaughter, while everyone else would be killed.
• Yan Pao showed Lian Luo an Ice Stele ranking the prison’s top thousand powerhouses and said he ranked twenty-third.
• Lian Luo sensed someone near an iceberg and shouted for them to reveal themselves.

Lian Luo traded an anonymous Virtual Universe sensor to Sibuwa for two valuable treasures and a Beast God Inheritance Token, then asked his teacher Qie Qiong for help escaping Ice Prison. Qie Qiong told him to wait for the Demon Race to act, promising to appear when the time was right.

• Sibuwa approached Lian Luo and offered a valuable treasure for an anonymous Virtual Universe sensor, revealing that he hoped to contact his allies and escape Ice Prison.
• After Lian Luo demanded more, Sibuwa offered two valuable treasures and a Beast God Inheritance Token, and Lian Luo completed the trade.
• Sibuwa's servant used the sensor to contact the Virtual Universe, and Sibuwa handed Lian Luo the agreed treasures after receiving a response.
• Lian Luo and Yan Pao left, and Lian Luo contacted Qie Qiong to explain that he was trapped in Ice Prison and that Sibuwa had contacted the Demon Race.
• Qie Qiong told Lian Luo to wait for the Demon Race's response and promised to appear when they made a move.

The Lord of Sky Wolf rescued Sibuwa from Ice Prison and demanded that Qing Kou release Lian Luo as well, hoping to claim Lian Luo’s Beast God Inheritance Token. As the Lord of Sky Wolf threatened Lian Luo, Lian Luo’s teacher arrived and trapped the Sky Wolf Palace beneath the Myriad Star Compass.

• A Sky Wolf Venerable learned that his disciple Sibuwa was alive in Ice Prison and asked the Lord of Sky Wolf to help rescue him.
• The Lord of Sky Wolf traveled to Ice Prison, forced Qing Kou to release Sibuwa, and struck Qing Kou after learning he had known Sibuwa was a Sky Wolf.
• Sibuwa told the Lord of Sky Wolf that Lian Luo possessed a Beast God Inheritance Token, so the Lord of Sky Wolf ordered Qing Kou to release Lian Luo too.
• After Lian Luo was released, the Lord of Sky Wolf threatened to kill him, but a strange sound announced the arrival of Lian Luo’s powerful backing.
• Lian Luo’s teacher covered the Ice Prison Star Belt with the Myriad Star Compass, suppressing the Lord of Sky Wolf’s flames and shaking his Sky Wolf Palace.

Qie Qiong used the Myriad Star Compass and Silent Star Palace to overpower the Lord of Sky Wolf, who had attacked his disciple Lian Luo, and sealed him inside the palace. Qie Qiong headed for the Initial Universe with his captive while the Dream Demon Ancestor arrived too late to intervene.

• Qie Qiong appeared in the Myriad Star World and confronted the Lord of Sky Wolf for attacking his disciple, Lian Luo.
• Qie Qiong unleashed the Myriad Star Compass's domain and struck the Lord of Sky Wolf with Cosmos · Return to Ruins, damaging its Sky Wolf Claw and divine body.
• The Lord of Sky Wolf fled into the Sky Wolf Palace, but Qie Qiong bound it with Star Chains and sealed it inside the Silent Star Palace.
• Qie Qiong drew Lian Luo into the Silent Star Palace and departed for Human Territory, leaving Qing Dou Kou Venerable and the others behind.
• The Dream Demon Ancestor arrived at the Wuhua Secret Realm after Qie Qiong had left and chose not to pursue him.
• Qie Qiong piloted the Silent Star Palace toward the Initial Universe, intending to hand the Lord of Sky Wolf over to the Chaos City Lord or the Giant Axe Founder.

Qie Qiong told Chaos City Lord that he had suppressed the Lord of Sky Wolf and asked for help opening the Sky Wolf Palace. The Demon Race decided to negotiate a ransom, and Zhen Yao Ancestor set off to meet Giant Axe Founder.

• Qie Qiong gave Lian Luo a metal-and-space Beast God Inheritance Token in exchange for the earth-and-space token and promised him a Supreme Treasure.
• Qie Qiong told Chaos City Lord that the Lord of Sky Wolf was imprisoned inside the Sky Wolf Palace within his Silent Star Palace, and Chaos City Lord agreed to help.
• Dream Demon Ancestor and Zhen Yao Ancestor concluded that rescuing the Lord of Sky Wolf by force was too risky and decided to ransom him from the Human Race.
• Dream Demon Ancestor authorized Zhen Yao Ancestor to agree to a steep price, provided it did not undermine the Demon Race's foundations.
• Zhen Yao Ancestor headed toward Giant Axe Founder in the outskirts of the Tilted Peak Realm to negotiate for the Lord of Sky Wolf's return.

Qie Qiong agreed to ransom the Lord of Sky Wolf from the Demon Race in exchange for valuable treasures and territory, selecting an additional treasure tied to the Myriad Star Compass. Meanwhile, the Will of the Original Universe singled out Jixing Palace Master as “hope,” leaving the Three Ancestor Gods alarmed and uncertain what danger lay ahead.

• The Chaos City Lord and Qie Qiong battered the Sky Wolf Palace with chaos energy until Giant Axe halted the attack to negotiate with Zhen Yao Ancestor.
• Giant Axe explained that the Demon Race offered two Peak Supreme Treasures and control of the Constant Sand Secret Region and Cosmic Pole Secret Realm to ransom the Lord of Sky Wolf, and Qie Qiong accepted the terms.
• Qie Qiong requested access to the Demon Race treasury and chose two Peak Supreme Treasures along with the Fire Annihilation Domain, which he believed was a component of a more powerful treasure.
• Giant Axe and Zhen Yao Ancestor agreed to exchange the treasures and the Lord of Sky Wolf in the Constant Sand Secret Region.
• The Will of the Original Universe sent the Three Ancestor Gods the message “Jixing Palace Master” followed by “hope,” prompting them to wonder whether Qie Qiong or the Primal Universe faced an unknown crisis.

Qie Qiong completed his exchange with the Dream Demon Ancestor, traded two Supreme Treasures for points, and prepared to reincarnate through the system. After reviewing three possible worlds, he chose the Desolate Era World.

• The Dream Demon Ancestor traded the Molten Star Blade, Illusory Star Wings, and Fire Annihilation Realm for the Lord of Sky Wolf, then announced that the Demon Race would withdraw from nearby regions within an era.
• Qie Qiong exchanged the Molten Star Blade and Illusory Star Wings in the Human Race Treasury for 2,250 Supreme Treasure points and examined the Fire Annihilation Domain.
• Qie Qiong sent seclusion messages to the Giant Axe Founder and the Chaos City Lord, then prepared his avatars for his system-driven reincarnation.
• Qie Qiong deposited the required resources and drew the Joy of Life World, The One World, and Desolate Era World as his choices.
• Qie Qiong rejected the first two worlds and chose the Desolate Era World.

Qie Qiong chose the manual Universe and the Gold Origin Fruit for his Desolate Era World reincarnation, then was reborn as the older twin brother of Ji Ning. He recognized his family and Ji Ning from the novel, while the household began preparing the brothers for their future.

• Qie Qiong selected Universe and the Gold Origin Fruit as his initial items, and the system set his goal at the peak of the True Immortal or True God Realm.
• Qie Qiong was reborn as a twin beside Ji Ning, with Ji Yichuan and his wife welcoming their sons.
• Qie Qiong realized that he had been born into Ji Ning's world and identified his younger brother as the future Northern Dark Supreme.
• Ji Yichuan introduced the newborns to Bai Ze and the black serpent, who transformed into Uncle Black.
• The estate lord proposed giving his position to Qie Qiong, but Ji Lie objected, and Ji Yichuan later told the brothers they would compete for the golden sword.

Qie Qiong accepted his new life as Ji An, the older twin brother of Ji Ning, while Ji Ning began cultivating with the Nuwa Painting and Ji An’s own cheat remained unusable. Three years later, the brothers asked Ji Yichuan to let them cultivate, and Ji An requested a Godfiend Body Refining method despite his father’s warning about its difficulty.

• Ji Yichuan and Yuchi Xue discussed their sons’ prospects and named them Ji An and Ji Ning, hoping they would live in peace.
• As infants, Ji An watched Ji Ning absorb the elemental energy of heaven and earth, while Ji An’s cheat remained unusable.
• Three years later, Ji An and Ji Ning studied together, and Ji An’s exceptional memory stood out as Ji Ning’s body grew stronger through the Nuwa Painting and their special diet.
• Ji An and Ji Ning asked Ji Yichuan and Yuchi Xue to let them cultivate, and Ji An recited the realms and risks of cultivation.
• After both boys insisted they wanted to cultivate, Ji An asked for a Godfiend Body Refining method, and Ji Yichuan warned that Body Refining was far harder than Qi Refining.

Ji An and Ji Ning chose the Crimsonbright Nine Heavens Diagram and began cultivating, displaying legendary aptitude as they sensed the Lunar Star and Solar Star. After choosing their weapons and starting their training, Ji An stunned his family by striking a Metal Puppet’s weak points with remarkable precision on his first attempt.

• Ji An and Ji Ning chose the Crimsonbright Nine Heavens Diagram, and both sensed the Lunar Star and Solar Star during their first cultivation session.
• The brothers absorbed lunar and solar power and formed divine runes, with Ji An completing his runes before Ji Ning.
• Ji Yichuan gave the brothers Jinchen Garments and Mustard Stones, then asked what weapons and skills they wanted to learn; Ji An chose a single sword and movement techniques.
• Ji Yichuan and Yuchi Xue began teaching the brothers movement, fist, and weapon fundamentals, while Ji Ning also studied archery with Meng Yu.
• Ji An accurately struck a Metal Puppet’s weak points with his sword, then continued landing most of his strikes while dodging its attacks, leaving Ji Yichuan and Ji Ning astonished.

Ji An reached Unity of Man and Sword after one year of training, while Ji Ning prepared to begin formal sword training. Ji Lie abandoned his plans to groom rivals and ordered witnesses silenced to protect Ji An’s secret, and the chapter ended with both brothers declaring they wanted to explore the wider world rather than seek the prefecture lord’s position.

• Ji An displayed exceptional sword control, so Ji Yichuan gave him the 108 Swords of Tiangang and Disha manual while Ji Ning vowed to match his brother.
• After a year of training, Ji An mastered Unity of Man and Sword, and Ji Ning also brought his body and heart into harmony at age five.
• Ji Lie learned of Ji An’s breakthrough, called off his plans to train rivals, and ordered the spies who witnessed it silenced to keep the news from other powers.
• Ji An told Ji Yichuan and Yuchi Xue he did not want to become prefecture lord and wished to see the wider world, and Ji Ning agreed.
• Ji Yichuan approved of his sons’ ambitions, while Yuchi Xue remained worried about their future beyond Yan Mountain.

Ji An chose the dangerous Thunderfire Sword Fragment and endured rigorous training under Ji Yichuan, reaching mastery in swordsmanship and the limit of Houtian cultivation. During a clash with his father, he broke through to Xiantian as the Lunar and Solar Stars bestowed their powers, transforming his body into a complete fiendgod body.

• Ji An chose the Thunderfire Sword Fragment despite Yuchi Xue and Ji Yichuan warning him of its risks, and Ji Yichuan agreed to train him before arranging cage battles against Houtian Perfection demonic beasts.
• After the beasts could no longer challenge him, Ji Yichuan secretly tempered Ji An by matching his strength, speed, and reactions to the Houtian Perfection level.
• Over three years, Ji An perfected the Thunderfire Sword Fragment, reached Unity of Heaven and Man in swordsmanship and footwork, and advanced the Crimsonbright Nine Heavens Diagram to the limit of Houtian Perfection.
• While sparring with Ji Yichuan, Ji An drew together the powers of grand yin and grand yang and began creating Crimsonbright divine power.
• The Lunar Star and Solar Star sent Grand Yin True Water and Grand Yang True Fire to Ji An, whose mortal body shattered and was reborn as a complete fiendgod body.

After Ji An absorbed the Grand Yin True Water and Grand Yang True Fire, he became an eight-year-old Xiantian Fiendgod and chose a damaged magic sword for his next weapon. With Ji Yichuan’s permission, he prepared to leave home to gain experience, and his parents equipped him with supplies and Yuchi Xue’s secret art, Windwing Evasion.

• Ji An completed his breakthrough to the Fourth Layer of the Crimsonbright Nine Heavens Diagram, shocking Ji Yichuan, Yuchi Xue, Ji Ning, Bai Ze, and the black serpent.
• Ji Yichuan took Ji An to the treasury, where Ji An chose a damaged dark cyan longsword and named it the Universe Sword.
• Ji An told his parents he intended to leave West Prefecture City to gain experience, and Ji Yichuan agreed while warning him to act within his limits.
• At dawn, Yuchi Xue gave Ji An prepared clothes and supplies along with the Windwing Evasion secret art, instructing him not to teach it to anyone except Ji Ning.
• Ji An said goodbye to Ji Yichuan and Yuchi Xue, then left home.

Ji An traveled through the wilderness to Winged Serpent Lake, where he lured the peak Xiantian Winged Serpent away from the water and killed him with the Universe Sword. He left the Winged Serpent dead on land, having revealed combat strength far beyond his apparent realm.

• Ji An ran across the wilderness, witnessed the hardships of small tribes, and killed an early-stage Xiantian rhinoceros-shaped demonic beast.
• After two days, Ji An reached Winged Serpent Lake and called out the Winged Serpent, whose lair lay deep underwater.
• The Winged Serpent emerged, attacked Ji An, and pursued him as Ji An pretended to flee toward the shore.
• Once they were several dozen li from the lake, Ji An turned and shattered the Winged Serpent's bony wings with Earth-Splitting Molten Rock.
• Ji An pierced the Winged Serpent's scales with Blazing Fire, Rumbling Thunder, then killed him with a final sword strike imbued with the True Meaning of the Dao.

Ji An entered the Star-Seizing Manor, where crossing into it let him grasp the basics of the Qiankun Great Dao True Meaning. He fought the manor’s golden-armored soldiers and, in the midst of battle, broke through to the Thunderfire Minor Dao’s Dao Domain.

• Ji An found the Water Manor entrance in the Winged Serpent’s lair, defeated the aquatic demons guarding it, and entered the cave.
• The illusory black bear’s head swallowed Ji An and transported him into the Star-Seizing Manor; during the passage, he comprehended the basics of the Qiankun Great Dao True Meaning.
• Ji An explored the manor corridor, collected spatial storage treasures from the scattered skeletons, and encountered eighty-one golden-armored celestial soldiers.
• Ji An fought the soldiers without using his new Great Dao True Meaning, relying on his Thunderfire sword techniques as their formation pressed him from all sides.
• Ji An unleashed a powerful thunderfire strike, shattered several soldiers, and awakened the Thunderfire Minor Dao’s Dao Domain around himself.