Chapter Summaries

The Dragon-Seeking Sect’s disciples annihilated the allied forces of six super forces, revealing that they had all reached the Earth Martial Realm and that Jun Wuya was a Half-Step Martial Venerable. Chen Ning’s cultivation-boosting buff explained their strength, while the defeated forces prepared for the remaining contests.

• Yan Bao ordered the allied disciples to attack the Dragon-Seeking Sect, but Lu Ping, Qi Feng, and the other disciples slaughtered them with Earth Martial cultivation and High-Grade Spirit Artifacts.
• Yan Bao tried to flee, but Jun Wuya blocked him and killed him with a single strike, revealing his Half-Step Martial Venerable strength.
• The gathered forces realized the Dragon-Seeking Sect had wiped out the six allied forces, while Chen Ning revealed that his [Valor Surpassing the Three Armies] buff had raised the disciples’ cultivation.
• The Asura Divine Lord, the White Dragon Envoy, and Hua Xusheng reacted angrily to their forces’ defeat and looked ahead to the remaining contests.
• Ling Xiaoxiao recalled that Chen Ning had gathered the disciples and kept their strength hidden so they could ambush their enemies at the stump.

The Dragon-Seeking Sect dominated the Starry Sky Realm by seizing beast souls from other factions, then learned its tally dwarfed every rival's. Its overwhelming first-round score left the crowd wondering whether it would rise as a new hegemon.

• The Dragon-Seeking Sect hunted down disciples across the Starry Sky Realm and took their beast souls, sparing Star God Palace disciples and eventually compelling the Heavenly Lake disciples to surrender after Ling Xiaoxiao revealed her Martial Venerable cultivation.
• The Dragon-Seeking Sect disciples spent the final two days cultivating while other factions fought for the remaining points, and spectators noticed an unranked faction called the Chaotic Saber Society making a strong showing in the Grass and Trees Realm.
• The first round ended, and Heavenly Lake elders began counting each faction's beast souls, with several factions—including the Asura Divine Sect—earning none.
• The elders announced that the Heavenly Lake had earned thirty-two points and the Yin-Yang Holy Land seventeen, while the Dragon-Seeking Sect had collected 3,980 beast souls for 398 points.
• The crowd marveled at the Dragon-Seeking Sect's unprecedented score and speculated that it might become a new hegemon.

The first round results established the Dragon-Seeking Sect, Flying Cloud Valley, and Chaotic Saber Society as the winners in their respective ranks. In the sect foundations contest, the Star God Palace revealed enormous reserves of artifacts and pills, leaving the crowd stunned and the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord declaring that Zhuge’s Divine Artifact had been no loss.

• The Dragon-Seeking Sect won the first round with an unprecedented 398 points, while Flying Cloud Valley and the Chaotic Saber Society led their faction ranks.
• Luo Changhe began the sect foundations contest, and the Mountain and River Sect and several other super factions presented their resources.
• The Four Symbols Immortal Sect and Heavenly Immortal Sect displayed foundations that could qualify them to rise into the top ten.
• The Star God Palace revealed 100 Mid-Grade Spirit Artifacts, 99 High-Grade Spirit Artifacts, 30 Top-Grade Spirit Artifacts, thousands of pills, and ten immortal pills.
• The Heavenly Lake Holy Lord said Old Master Zhuge’s Divine Artifact had been no loss because it had helped the Star God Palace make a brilliant friend.

The Dragon-Seeking Sect presented a staggering collection of Spirit Artifacts, three Divine Artifacts, and more than a hundred immortal pills at the Nine Provinces Grand Gathering. As lightning gathered over a Heaven-Envied Pill, the crowd realized the Sect’s display had reached an even more extraordinary level.

• The Yin-Yang Holy Land displayed its martial arts, Spirit Artifacts, Dragon-Locking Diagram, and one immortal pill, drawing admiration from the crowd.
• Luo Changhe called the Dragon-Seeking Sect to present its resources before the Asura Divine Sect could take the stage.
• Chen Ning sent more than a thousand Spirit Artifacts and the Heaven-Swallowing Bag, Heaven-Slaying Bow, and Moon-Slaying Sword into the sky.
• The Dragon-Seeking Sect revealed countless pills, including more than a hundred immortal pills, leaving the crowd struggling to contain its excitement.
• Lightning gathered above a pill, and the onlookers recognized it as a Heaven-Envied Pill.

The Dragon-Seeking Sect dominated the resource round and extended its lead, while the Asura Divine Sect and Heavenly Lake placed second and third. As the martial venerable contest began, Meng Yuyi volunteered to compete alone, and the Chaotic Saber Society’s appearance prompted Mu Tianji to order its fighters wiped out.

• The elder announced the Dragon-Seeking Sect’s vast reserves, including three Divine Artifacts and one Heaven-Envied Pill, before tallying the Asura Divine Sect’s results.
• The Dragon-Seeking Sect received 120 points, the Asura Divine Sect 90, and Heavenly Lake 70, bringing the Dragon-Seeking Sect’s total to 518.
• Luo Changhe announced the start of the one-on-one martial venerable contest, where fighters could be killed or injured.
• Chen Ning agreed to let Meng Yuyi represent the Dragon-Seeking Sect alone after she promised to win its points.
• Cang Yue pointed out that the Chaotic Saber Society had entered the contest, and Mu Tianji ordered his people to take the eighth fighting platform and kill its fighters.

The Martial Venerable contests began across ten fighting platforms, and the Chaotic Saber Society’s ruthless fighter defeated the Earth Dragon Venerable to secure a place in the eighth platform’s final. On the first platform, Meng Yuyi advanced to face two Nine-Star Martial Venerables, while Chu Xiong dismissed her as no match for him.

• The Asura Divine Lord said the Wind and Thunder Divine Cult’s Venerable Li Huo could eliminate Meng Yuyi, so the Asura Divine Sect did not assign anyone to intercept her.
• The contests began, and the Chaotic Saber Society’s fighter killed every opponent he faced on the eighth platform.
• The Chaotic Saber Society’s fighter defeated the Earth Dragon Venerable with the Yin Thirteen Immortal-Slaying Grand Formation, despite the Earth Dragon Venerable revealing Nine-Star strength.
• Meng Yuyi defeated three opponents on the first platform and advanced to face Chu Xiong and Venerable Li Huo.
• Chu Xiong told Meng Yuyi to admit defeat, insisting she was no match for him and that Venerable Li Huo was his true opponent.

Meng Yuyi used the Moon-Slaying Sword and Azure Lotus Swordsmanship to defeat Chu Xiong and his two Zheng Beasts, securing the Dragon-Seeking Sect’s victory on the first fighting platform. The Martial Venerable contest neared its end, with the Dragon-Seeking Sect’s next bout against the Wind and Thunder Divine Cult still undecided.

• Meng Yuyi summoned the Moon-Slaying Sword as Chu Xiong sent two peak eighth-tier Zheng Beasts to attack her.
• Meng Yuyi used Azure Lotus Swordsmanship to freeze and destroy both Zheng Beasts with one strike.
• Chu Xiong used Beast Blood Boiling to strengthen himself, but Meng Yuyi killed him with a single sword strike.
• The contest’s other platforms produced victors, including the Immortal Music Palace palace master and two Asura Divine Sect Martial Venerables.
• The eighth-platform bout between Heavenly Lake and the Chaotic Saber Society, and the first-platform bout between the Dragon-Seeking Sect and the Wind and Thunder Divine Cult, remained to be decided.

The Wind Venerable won the eighth fighting platform after the Chaotic Saber Society’s Martial Venerable conceded, while Mu Tianji declined to explain his plans concerning Meng Yuyi. Meng Yuyi defeated Venerable Li Huo on the first fighting platform, and the referees mortally struck down the White Dragon Envoy for interfering.

• The Chaotic Saber Society’s Martial Venerable jumped off the eighth platform and conceded to the Wind Venerable, who regretted failing to kill him as ordered.
• An elder asked Mu Tianji whether he had arranged for Meng Yuyi to use Heavenly Lake’s sword technique, but Mu Tianji gave no direct answer.
• Meng Yuyi extinguished Venerable Li Huo’s flames with her Frost and Snow Sword Intent, then froze him with her sword technique as he burned his soul.
• The White Dragon Envoy attacked the first fighting platform after Venerable Li Huo died, and the ten referees struck him down for interfering.

The top ten competitors began fighting for their final rankings, and Xiao Qian defeated Warhammer Venerable with one controlled strike. Blood Venerable then killed Elder Feiquan with a brutal blood art, leaving the remaining matches underway.

• Luo Changhe announced the top ten competitors and their matchups for the ranking battles.
• Xiao Qian defeated Warhammer Venerable in a single exchange, and Warhammer conceded after Xiao Qian showed mercy.
• Chen Ning told the Dragon-Seeking Sect disciples to use strategy and their strengths when fighting.
• Elder Feiquan fought Blood Venerable, who used Blood Collapse and Blood Explosion to overwhelm his attacks.
• Blood Venerable killed Elder Feiquan by flooding his body with blood through his eyes, then collected the blood from the stage.

Blood Venerable’s brutality against Elder Feiquan provoked Heavenly Lake, but Luo Changhe stopped both sides from escalating. Wind Venerable conceded his match against Meng Yuyi on the Holy Lord’s orders, and the next bout began with Giant Spirit Venerable facing Meat Mountain.

• Blood Venerable gathered Elder Feiquan’s remains and trampled them, provoking the Heavenly Lake referee and an Asura Divine Sect expert until Luo Changhe dispelled both of their pressures.
• Wind Venerable told Xiao Qian he wanted to face Blood Venerable, but he knew his next opponent, Meng Yuyi, would leave him no chance to avenge Elder Feiquan.
• Wind Venerable conceded to Meng Yuyi without fighting, and Xiao Qian revealed that the Holy Lord had given him the same instruction to concede to anyone from the Dragon-Seeking Sect.
• Giant Spirit Venerable attacked Meat Mountain, whose spirit-beast-enhanced defense withstood the blows and left him ready to counter.

Giant Spirit Venerable killed Venerable Meat Mountain after breaking through his defense, and the contest narrowed toward its final three. Chen Ning also received another warning from Zhao Jinxiu that Three Quarters Past Noon was gathered and awaiting Chu Xuanyuan’s orders.

• Giant Spirit Venerable used a strange technique to break Meat Mountain’s defense, then killed him despite his surrender.
• Venerable Wu defeated the Palace Master of Immortal Music Palace, and Meng Yuyi drew a bye into the next round.
• The announced matchups paired Heavenly Lake Divine Son Xiao Qian against Venerable Wu and Blood Venerable against Giant Spirit Venerable.
• Zhao Jinxiu approached Chen Ning and warned him that almost all of Three Quarters Past Noon had gathered to await Chu Xuanyuan’s order.
• Giant Spirit Venerable surrendered to Blood Venerable, while Xiao Qian easily defeated Venerable Wu, leaving Xiao Qian, Blood Venerable, and Meng Yuyi as the final three.

Meng Yuyi faced Xiao Qian in the Martial Venerable contest, where he defied the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord’s instruction to concede so he could prove himself and avenge Elder Feiquan. Their fight intensified when Xiao Qian used Azure Lotus Swordsmanship, and he was stunned by a mark on Meng Yuyi’s wrist.

• Meng Yuyi drew Xiao Qian as her opponent, and he told her that the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord had instructed him to concede to Dragon-Seeking Sect members.
• Xiao Qian chose to fight, explaining that he wanted to avenge Elder Feiquan, then knelt before the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord, who praised his resolve.
• Xiao Qian activated The Heart Is Heaven and Earth and shattered Meng Yuyi’s opening sword attacks, while observers predicted she would lose.
• Meng Yuyi questioned whether Xiao Qian truly sought revenge or simply resented the Holy Lord’s arrangement, and Xiao Qian admitted he wanted to prove himself.
• Xiao Qian launched Azure Lotus Swordsmanship at the Mahayana Realm, and Meng Yuyi put away Moon-Slaying Sword and raised her wrist.
• Xiao Qian saw the faint mark on Meng Yuyi’s wrist and reacted with shock.

Meng Yuyi defeated Xiao Qian and then killed the Blood Venerable, securing another first-place victory for the Dragon-Seeking Sect. Xiao Qian learned that Mu Tianji had chosen him to become Heavenly Lake's future lord, while Meng Yuyi's next steps remained unknown.

• Meng Yuyi defeated Xiao Qian after revealing the Heavenly Lake inheritance, but withdrew her final attack and won the match.
• Xiao Qian asked Meng Yuyi to kill the Blood Venerable, then learned from Mu Tianji that he was still intended to become Heavenly Lake's future lord.
• Meng Yuyi opened the final match against the Blood Venerable with the ice dragon formed from her inherited power.
• The Blood Venerable used clones to attack Meng Yuyi, but she replaced the blood in his body with water and left him unable to use his abilities.
• The Blood Venerable surrendered, but Meng Yuyi killed him with a sword strike, earning the Dragon-Seeking Sect another first-place victory.

After the Dragon-Seeking Sect took first place in the first three contests, Chen Ning persuaded Meng Yuyi to stay with the sect by asking her to fulfill her final promise. When the Celestial Person contest began, Chen Ning sent Hua Luo to defend the arena in his place, offering her two divine fruits.

• The Dragon-Seeking Sect claimed first place in the Martial Venerable contest, while the Asura Divine Lord complained that it had overshadowed his sect.
• Meng Yuyi told Chen Ning she intended to leave after completing her three promised favors, and Chen Ning asked her to stay in the Dragon-Seeking Sect.
• Luo Changhe announced the Celestial Person contest, and the superpowers and Flying Cloud Valley sent their Heaven Martial Realm experts to compete.
• Chen Ning gave Hua Luo two divine fruits and told her to go onto the arena and stay there, and she leaped onto it as the crowd watched in surprise.

Hua Luo defended the arena for the Dragon-Seeking Sect and faced the Black Dragon Envoy of the Wind and Thunder Divine Cult. She endured his heavenly lightning unharmed and turned it back on him, leaving him swallowed by the blast.

• Hua Luo entered the contest as the first arena defender after Chen Niu told her to stay there.
• The Asura Divine Lord recognized Hua Luo and considered destroying her, while the Black Dragon Envoy stepped forward to avenge the Wind and Thunder Divine Cult.
• The Black Dragon Envoy attacked Hua Luo with lightning, but she dodged his first strike and survived his next one without her clothes being damaged.
• The Black Dragon Envoy summoned heavenly lightning that tore through the fighting platform, but Hua Luo walked through it without a scratch.
• Hua Luo redirected the heavenly lightning toward the Black Dragon Envoy, and the blast swallowed him.

Hua Luo killed the Black Dragon Envoy, then faced Heavenly Venerable Mu after the Asura Divine Sect forced him onto the arena to test her abilities. She broke his divine elephant with illusory annihilation dark gold, but Heavenly Venerable Mu appeared to seal her; the crowd turned to look for Chen Ning as something unexpected happened on the arena.

• Hua Luo killed the Black Dragon Envoy with heavenly lightning, leaving the crowd stunned by the Dragon-Seeking Sect’s strength.
• The black-crowned Celestial Person of the Asura Divine Sect forced Heavenly Venerable Mu of the Four Symbols Immortal Sect onto the arena, and Mu reluctantly agreed to fight Hua Luo.
• Heavenly Venerable Mu summoned a divine elephant to suppress Hua Luo, but she climbed onto it and used illusory annihilation dark gold to cut through it.
• Heavenly Venerable Mu formed the Divine Elephant Demon-Sealing Formation, and its sealing power settled over Hua Luo as spectators thought she had been defeated.
• The Celestial Persons looked for Chen Ning in the Dragon-Seeking Sect’s seats, then cried out when something happened on the arena.

Hua Luo defeated Heavenly Venerable Mu with a mysterious sealing power, leaving the Dragon-Seeking Sect unchallenged at the gathering. Chen Ning learned that Mu Tianji had arranged for Meng Yuyi to join his sect so it could enter the top ten superpowers, while Mu Tianji hinted that others had expected Chen Ning to rise.

• Hua Luo’s black light destroyed the divine elephant and sealed Heavenly Venerable Mu’s soul, and Luo Changhe explained that Mu was not dead but that he could not identify or undo the seal.
• The Four Symbols Immortal Sect retrieved Heavenly Venerable Mu’s body after Hua Luo said she did not know how to release the seal, and the crowd grew too wary to challenge her.
• Hua Xusheng grew angry at the Dragon-Seeking Sect’s success and reconsidered his cooperation with the Asura Divine Sect.
• Chu Xuanyuan watched Hua Luo from the crowd and delayed his group’s planned move so he could see her fight more.
• Mu Tianji told Chen Ning that Meng Yuyi was his disciple and had joined the Dragon-Seeking Sect to help it win the contest for Martial Venerable and enter the top ten superpowers.
• Chen Ning noticed Mu Tianji’s use of “we” when Mu Tianji said his rapid rise had surprised them.

Hua Luo faced Heavenly Venerable Minghua as the Dragon-Seeking Sect neared the record for consecutive platform defenses. She survived his attacks and defeated him, bringing the sect to fifteen successful defenses and tying Heavenly Lake’s record.

• Celestial Persons from several factions challenged the Dragon-Seeking Sect and were swiftly defeated, bringing its defenses to fourteen.
• Heavenly Venerable Minghua stepped onto the platform and agreed with Hua Luo to treat their match as a sparring contest.
• Hua Luo blocked Minghua’s heavenly swords with the Illusory Annihilation Dark Gold and bit through the vines restraining her.
• Minghua unleashed the Qi of Decay and Destruction, but Hua Luo blew away the decay and entered the giant beast formed from his power.
• Hua Luo burst through the beast’s belly and struck Minghua, shattering his life-saving mirror and forcing him off the platform.
• The referee announced that the Dragon-Seeking Sect had successfully defended the platform fifteen times, tying Heavenly Lake’s record.

Hua Luo broke Heavenly Lake's record by defeating sixteen challengers, while Chen Ning wagered with Mu Tianji that she would defeat every Celestial Person in exchange for another answer. With Li Changtian conceding to Dragon-Seeking Sect, the Undying Asura Cao Zhang stepped forward as the final opponent.

• Chen Ning learned that the old sect leader and Mu Tianji knew each other, then wagered that Hua Luo would defeat every Celestial Person for another answer to his questions.
• Hua Luo defeated Heavenly Venerable Minghua and continued growing stronger as she fought.
• Hua Luo defeated a ninth-level Heaven Martial Realm elder from Heavenly Lake, setting a new record by defending the platform for sixteen matches.
• Li Changtian stepped onto the platform, conceded to Dragon-Seeking Sect out of gratitude to Chen Ning, and added another victory to their record.
• Cao Zhang of the Asura Divine Sect took the platform, and an older spectator revealed that the famed Undying Asura had cultivated a supposedly lost technique that made him nearly impossible to kill.

Cao Zhang’s Undying Body and skeleton legion alarmed the cultivation world, prompting Mu Tianji to consider killing him before the Asura Divine Sect could exploit his power. Hua Luo fought Cao Zhang on the platform and pierced his heart, but his wound began healing as the skeletons continued to multiply.

• The Star God Palace’s old palace master and Mu Tianji recognized the danger Cao Zhang posed, while Mu Tianji told Chen Ning he would kill Cao Zhang if no one else could.
• Chen Ning offered to handle Cao Zhang, and Mu Tianji agreed after Chen Ning said Hua Luo had survived for tens of thousands of years in the Heaven-Burying Ancient Land.
• Cao Zhang formed a skeleton from his Heaven Martial Realm might, and Hua Luo shattered it with her giant hammer.
• Cao Zhang summoned physical skeletons that multiplied and adapted to Hua Luo’s attacks, filling the platform with more than a hundred of them.
• Hua Luo dodged the skeletons and struck Cao Zhang through the heart with a sword, but his wound began healing as he retreated.