Chapter Summaries

Chen Ning defeated Luo Wuchen by turning his sword formation against him and won the Heaven group, drawing the attention of Luo Wuming. The Black group’s final match began with Luo Wuxia defeating the younger Luo Hongye, then questioning why he had fought as though his life depended on winning.

• Chen Ning seized control of Luo Wuchen’s seventeen swords and blasted him out of the martial arena, claiming victory in the Heaven group.
• The Heavenly Eagle Emperor worried about Chen Ning’s growing strength, while the Azure Wood Saint King announced Chen Ning as the winner and Luo Wuming challenged him to a future match.
• Luo Wuxia and Luo Hongye began the final match of the Black group, and Luo Hongye attacked with a hundred and eighty fiery punches.
• Luo Wuxia caught Luo Hongye’s attacks without activating his Grand One Divine Mark, then struck him down after Luo Hongye charged again with desperate force.
• Luo Wuxia asked the injured Luo Hongye why he had fought as though his life depended on defeating him.

Luo Wuxia won the Xuan group match and reprimanded Luo Hongye for risking his life, while Luo Qingcheng faced Luo Shanhai in the Huang group final. After Luo Qingcheng gained the upper hand with her swordsmanship, she unleashed a powerful technique that left Luo Shanhai disoriented.

• Luo Wuxia neutralized Luo Hongye's dangerous attack, then barred him from cultivating for one year for his recklessness.
• Luo Wuxia won praise from the clan and the emperors for his strength and his measured guidance of Luo Hongye.
• Luo Shanhai and Luo Qingcheng began the final Huang group match, with Luo Shanhai relying on his training at Bone-Eroding Mountain and his Mountain-Shaking Vajra Rings.
• Luo Qingcheng used the Luo God Sword to deflect Luo Shanhai's attacks and gradually gained a slight advantage through her fighting skill.
• Luo Shanhai launched a furious barrage, but Luo Qingcheng cast One Sword Intoxicates Mountains and Rivers, overturning his senses and movements.

After Luo Qingcheng defeated Luo Shanhai with a stunning sword strike, the four group winners were set to compete for the martial contest’s ultimate prize. Chen Ning faced Luo Wuming in the first semifinal, and their opening clash shook the arena barrier.

• Luo Qingcheng defeated Luo Shanhai, and Chen Ning caught her as she fell from the platform.
• Azure Wood Saint King announced the group winners would enter the Heaven of Profound Understanding and that the champion would receive a historic reward.
• The semifinal matchups paired Chen Ning with Luo Wuming and Luo Wuxia with Luo Qingcheng.
• Luo Wuming revealed his resentment over Emperor Yu refusing to take him as a disciple, while Chen Ning vowed to prove that decision right.
• Luo Wuming activated his Grand One Divine Marks and struck Chen Ning, who countered with a Destruction Divine Fist that cracked the arena barrier.

Chen Ning fought Luo Wuming, whose mysterious ability made him grow stronger as each battle continued. Luo Wuming revealed that Heavenly Eagle Emperor wanted him to win, and the two prepared to continue their clash with the barrier shattered.

• Luo Wuming struck Chen Ning with increasingly powerful punches, forcing Chen Ning to use his full strength.
• Chen Ning countered Luo Wuming with Yi Wood Orthodox Lightning and a fusion of ice and fire, but Luo Wuming's Divine Mark let him knock the attack into the barrier and destroy it.
• Heavenly Eagle Emperor ordered Azure Wood Saint King not to repair the barrier so the fight could continue.
• Chen Ning recognized that Luo Wuming was growing stronger during their exchanges and guessed that his ability could not be interrupted.
• Luo Wuming explained that he grew stronger in every aspect the longer he fought, and Chen Ning realized Heavenly Eagle Emperor wanted him to lose.

Chen Ning countered Luo Wuming’s ability to grow stronger during battle by turning back time, then defeated him with two punches. Luo Wuming fell from the platform, leaving Chen Ning closer to winning the martial contest and the Heavenly Eagle Emperor increasingly troubled.

• Luo Wuming attacked Chen Ning with thunderous punches, but Chen Ning used the Great Dao of Time to appear behind him and reverse the strength he had gained during their fight.
• Luo Wuming revealed his Grand One Divine Marks and returned to his former fighting style, while the emperors discussed how Chen Ning had helped him recover his true self.
• Luo Wuming promised not to trouble Chen Ning again after the contest and unleashed a furious assault, which Chen Ning studied as he fought.
• Chen Ning broke Luo Wuming’s offense with his first punch and knocked him off the fighting platform with his second.
• The spectators were stunned by Luo Wuming’s first defeat, while the Heavenly Eagle Emperor worried that Chen Ning might take first place and force him to obey Emperor Yu.

Chen Ning defeated Luo Wuming, then began a breakthrough while watching Luo Wuxia defeat Luo Qingcheng with Chaos Azure Qi. He completed his breakthrough to the Late-Stage Saint Realm, leaving the Grand One God Clan astonished by his growing strength.

• Chen Ning defeated Luo Wuming, earning the admiration of the Grand One God Clan and leaving Luo Wuchen convinced he could never surpass him.
• Chen Ning felt a breakthrough coming and sat down to cultivate, while Luo Wuming resolved to train until he could defeat him.
• Luo Wuxia fought Luo Qingcheng, neutralized her One Sword Intoxicates Mountains and Rivers with Chaos Azure Qi, and won when she admitted defeat.
• The emperors revealed that Luo Wuxia had mastered Chaos Azure Qi and could control it because of his Heart of the Bright Mirror.
• Chen Ning completed his breakthrough and reached the Late-Stage Saint Realm.

Chen Ning faced Luo Wuxia in the final contest, but Luo Wuxia’s Chaos Azure Qi repeatedly neutralized his attacks. After discovering a flaw with his Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils, Chen Ning vanished behind Luo Wuxia, leaving the duel at a turning point.

• Luo Wuxia and Chen Ning agreed to fight immediately, with Chen Ning saying he would win for his senior sister Qingcheng.
• Chen Ning’s Evil-Slaying Divine Lightning and time-reversing strike failed to penetrate Luo Wuxia’s Chaos Azure Qi.
• Luo Wuxia attacked with the Grand One Divine Fist, and Chen Ning met it with three fused kinds of lightning that shattered the barrier.
• Luo Wuxia said Chen Ning’s powerful lightning attack had left him too depleted to break through the Azure Qi.
• Chen Ning used his Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils to spot a flaw, then appeared behind Luo Wuxia as Luo Wuxia claimed his defense had no blind spots.

Chen Ning defeated Luo Wuxia and won the Grand One God Clan's martial contest, though his final attack left him completely exhausted. The Grand One Patriarch announced that Chen Ning's reward would be personally forged Divine Meridians, a decision that drew objections because Chen Ning was an outsider.

• Chen Ning used the Shadow of Chaos and an image of himself from ten seconds earlier to overwhelm Luo Wuxia and shatter his life-saving Law Treasure.
• Emperor Yu praised Chen Ning's talent, while the crowd and the Grand One God Clan's younger generation celebrated his victory.
• Nalan Yao, Ding Erliang, and Xue Rang helped the exhausted Chen Ning, and the Azure Wood Saint King declared him the martial contest's winner.
• The Grand One Patriarch arrived to announce the first-place reward and promised to personally forge Divine Meridians for Chen Ning.
• The Heavenly Eagle Emperor objected that Chen Ning was not a member of the Grand One God Clan, since Divine Meridians were ordinarily reserved for clan heirs.

Chen Ning won the Grand One Clan martial contest, and Emperor Yu forced the clan elders to honor the promised reward of forged Divine Meridians. As the Grand One Clan Leader began preparing to forge them, he warned Chen Ning of a looming calamity and explained that Divine Meridians would qualify him to compete for the Heaven of Profound Understanding.

• Emperor Yu threatened the Heavenly Eagle Emperor and another emperor until the Grand One Clan Leader confirmed that Chen Ning would receive the promised reward.
• Chen Ning asked to have his Divine Meridians forged immediately, and the Grand One Clan Leader restored his strength and took him away.
• The Heavenly Eagle Emperor tried to take Luo Wuxia as his disciple, but the Azure Wood Saint King said the Clan Leader had already guided him, so the Heavenly Eagle Emperor chose Luo Wuming instead.
• The Grand One Clan Leader prepared to forge Chen Ning's Divine Meridians and warned that the process would shatter his original meridians and bring great pain.
• The Grand One Clan Leader told Chen Ning that the Darkness God Clan planned a calamity, that other forces also sought disaster, and that Divine Meridians were needed to compete for the Heaven of Profound Understanding.
• Chen Ning asked what the Heaven of Profound Understanding was.

Chen Ning endured the forging of a Divine Meridian and prepared for the Heaven of Profound Understanding, while the Grand One patriarch and Emperor Yu discussed the dangers awaiting the clan’s four young entrants. The chapter left Emperor Yu unable to promise protection without risking the Grand One God Clan’s future access to the independent world.

• The Grand One patriarch explained that the Heaven of Profound Understanding was an ancient Gods and Devils battlefield now maintained by eight powerful God Clans, and urged Chen Ning to seek a personal fortuitous opportunity there.
• Chen Ning endured the painful forging of his Divine Meridian and discovered that cultivating even a small amount of Divine Power nearly drained his Essence Power.
• The Grand One patriarch’s attendant told Chen Ning to return and adapt to his Divine Meridian before the group departed for the Heaven of Profound Understanding in one month.
• Emperor Yu and the Grand One patriarch praised Chen Ning for forging his Divine Meridian without outside help and discussed the Eagle Emperor’s attempt to win Emperor Yu over.
• The Grand One patriarch warned that the Darkness God Clan might target the four Grand One youngsters during the dangerous contest, and Emperor Yu offered to retaliate if they were harmed.
• The Grand One patriarch cautioned that revenge could cost the clan its future places in the Heaven of Profound Understanding, so Emperor Yu fell silent.

After stabilizing his cultivation, Chen Ning prepared for the Heaven of Profound Understanding and bonded with Luo Wuxia and Luo Qingcheng over a card game. Luo Wuxia explained that the Heaven was an ancient battlefield of Gods and Devils, and the three agreed to look after one another inside.

• Chen Ning harmonized with his divine vein, stabilized his Late-Stage Saint cultivation, and arranged for Hua Luo and the little monk to stay with the Grand One God Clan.
• Luo Qingcheng and Luo Wuxia visited Chen Ning so they could get to know him before entering the Heaven of Profound Understanding.
• Chen Ning taught Luo Wuxia and Luo Qingcheng Fight the Clan Leader, and they played for several hours and grew closer.
• Luo Wuxia told Chen Ning that the Heaven of Profound Understanding was a real world filled with ruins and had once been a battlefield of Gods and Devils in High Antiquity.
• Chen Ning warned that the Darkness God Clan might target them and promised to protect Luo Wuxia and Luo Qingcheng, who insisted that they would advance and retreat together.

Blazing Star Lord told the eighth-generation sect master of the Dragon-Seeking Sect that Chen Ning would be hunted alive or dead, while the old man took comfort in his successor's progress. Chen Ning and three Grand One geniuses entered the Heaven of Profound Understanding, where they learned they would have to meet the world’s conditions before they could leave.

• Blazing Star Lord visited the imprisoned eighth-generation sect master of the Dragon-Seeking Sect and warned that the elders had ordered Chen Ning captured alive or dead.
• Emperor Yu told Chen Ning to seek help from the Moon God Clan if he faced a desperate crisis, and the Grand One clan leader revealed Emperor Yu’s past romance with the Moon God Clan’s current leader.
• Chen Ning, Luo Qingcheng, Luo Wuxia, and Luo Wuming entered the Heaven of Profound Understanding through its portal.
• The four arrived outside a ruined ancient city, where Luo Wuxia explained that they could leave only after fulfilling a condition set by the world’s will.
• Chen Ning and the others decided to explore the ancient city, then several figures entered and came into view.

Chen Ning and the Grand One God Clan encountered Zhou Heng and the Wind God Clan in the ruined ancient city, but Zhou Ya halted their confrontation. After both groups explored separately, they found themselves back together and realized the city had trapped them.

• Zhou Heng challenged Luo Wuming and threatened the Grand One God Clan, but Zhou Ya arrived and apologized on his clansmen’s behalf.
• Zhou Ya invited Chen Ning’s group to explore the city together, but Chen Ning declined, and the Wind God Clan continued on alone.
• Zhou Ya warned Zhou Heng not to underestimate Chen Ning, noting that the Late-Stage Saint’s presence among the Grand One God Clan was suspicious.
• After exploring separately, Zhou Ya’s group and Chen Ning’s group encountered each other again and realized they had both returned to the same place.
• Zhou Ya suggested the ancient city was forcing the groups together, and Chen Ning agreed that something strange might conceal a fortuitous opportunity.

Chen Ning used Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils to discover the ancient city's maze flaw, and the maze was broken, summoning an old turtle-shaped phantom. The phantom asked how much time had passed since the battle of the Gods and Devils in High Antiquity, then offered to pass down its skills.

• Zhou Ya tried to guide the Wind God Clan through the maze with wind, while Luo Wuming followed their group after arguing with Chen Ning.
• Chen Ning activated Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils and discovered the ancient city's secret and flaw.
• A pillar of light rose into the sky, and an illusory figure appeared, though Zhou Ya realized his wind path had not broken the maze.
• The ancient city shifted, bringing Chen Ning's group together with Zhou Ya's group beneath the figure, which revealed itself as an old turtle.
• Zhou Ya told the turtle-shaped phantom that several hundred thousand years had passed since the battle of the Gods and Devils in High Antiquity, and it offered to pass down its skills.

Chen Ning received the ancient tortoise’s Great Divine Ability, Draw the Ground as a Prison, after the tortoise confirmed he had unraveled the maze. As Chen Ning and the others prepared to leave, Zhou Ya demanded the ability and his Wind God Clan companions attacked.

• The ancient tortoise offered its legacy to whoever had unraveled the maze, and Chen Ning stepped forward to claim it.
• The tortoise gave Chen Ning Draw the Ground as a Prison and revealed that Chen Ning, not Zhou Ya, had solved the maze.
• Zhou Heng challenged the tortoise’s decision, but Zhou Ya stayed silent, confirming the truth; Luo Wuming left the ancient city, regretting that he had departed from the group.
• After the tortoise’s phantom vanished, Zhou Ya demanded Chen Ning hand over the Divine Ability, and Chen Ning accused him of wanting to regain face.
• Zhou Heng and the Wind God Clan attacked Chen Ning’s group while Zhou Ya watched without joining the fight.

Chen Ning killed five Wind God Clan attackers and joined Luo Qingcheng, while Zhou Ya confronted him with a strange defense that deflected attacks. Luo Wuxia defeated Zhou Heng and his partner, leaving the battle still underway between Chen Ning and Zhou Ya.

• Chen Ning killed three Great Saint Early Stage Wind God Clan members with one sweep and then destroyed two Great Saint Middle Stage attackers with three-colored lightning to help Luo Qingcheng.
• Zhou Ya attacked Chen Ning with dozens of tornadoes, and Luo Qingcheng helped block one of them with the Luo God Sword.
• Zhou Ya's Wind Divine Marks let him deflect Chen Ning's close-range strike, while his palm attack failed to move Chen Ning.
• Luo Wuxia unleashed Chaos Azure Qi, shattered Zhou Heng's hurricane greatsword, and sent Qi surging through Zhou Heng's body until he fell bleeding.
• Luo Wuxia killed the remaining Great Saint Middle Stage Wind God Clan expert with a single palm strike.

Chen Ning and Luo Wuxia killed Zhou Ya and the other Wind God Clan attackers, then Luo Wuxia revealed that he had hidden his strength on the Grand One Clan Leader’s orders. As the group explored the Heaven of Profound Understanding, Chen Ning decided to follow visitors who received opportunity clues from the Holy Spirit Imperial Dynasty rather than trust its invitation.

• Chen Ning discovered the flaw in Zhou Ya’s protective technique and wounded him with a lightning-charged punch.
• Luo Wuxia arrived and crushed Zhou Ya with a massive palm of Chaos Azure Qi, while Zhou Heng and another Wind God clansman were also killed.
• Luo Wuxia admitted that he had lost to Chen Ning on purpose to enter the Heaven of Profound Understanding unnoticed, as arranged by the clan leader.
• Luo Wuxia explained that the Heaven of Profound Understanding was ruled by three imperial dynasties, and the Holy Spirit Imperial Dynasty was inviting God Clan descendants to a banquet in exchange for clues to opportunities.
• Chen Ning rejected the invitation’s apparent generosity and proposed waiting near the palace to follow visitors who came away with clues.

Chen Ning and his companions met Zhizhi, who led them through Holy Spirit City to find lodging, then witnessed a treasure hunter kick her Granny aside. Chen Ning urged Zhizhi to stand up for Granny, but Li Meng and the Barbarian God Clan men blocked them from confronting the treasure hunter.

• Chen Ning bought buns for Zhizhi, who saved them for her Granny and offered to guide him, Luo Qingcheng, and Luo Wuxia through Holy Spirit City.
• A treasure hunter with a mole blamed Granny for disrupting his Heaven-Seeking Instrument and kicked her, breaking several of her ribs.
• Zhizhi rushed to Granny, and Chen Ning encouraged her to do to the treasure hunter what he had done to Granny.
• The treasure hunter tried to leave under the protection of Li Meng and the Barbarian God Clan, while Luo Wuxia declined Li Meng's invitation to join forces.
• Chen Ning challenged the treasure hunter for hurting Granny, and Li Meng angrily warned him that excessive toughness could lead to ruin.

Chen Ning helped Zhizhi stand up to a bully, healed her grandmother, and offered her a chance to cultivate. After Zhizhi revealed a possible treasure site on Little Azure Mountain, Chen Ning, Luo Qingcheng, and Luo Wuxia went there and encountered Blazing Star Lord and another dangerous member of the Darkness God Clan.

• Li Meng backed down after Luo Wuxia explained that Chen Ning led their group, and Chen Ning urged Zhizhi to defend her grandmother.
• Zhizhi kicked the gold digger, with Chen Ning secretly lending strength to the blow, and the Barbarian God Clan left.
• Chen Ning gave the old woman a healing pill and offered Zhizhi a one-day trial of a basic breathing cultivation method.
• Zhizhi told Chen Ning about an old woman she had met behind Little Azure Mountain, and Chen Ning, Luo Qingcheng, and Luo Wuxia set out to investigate.
• The trio met a team from the Darkness God Clan on the mountain, where Blazing Star Lord identified Chen Ning as an enemy and introduced the dangerous man beside him.

Chu Kuangge tried to seize Chen Ning, but the Moon God Clan’s arrival forced the Darkness God Clan to leave for the fortuitous opportunity on Little Azure Mountain. Chen Ning and his companions found a strange old woman who urged them to go, while a voice within her revealed its hunger for the descendants of gods.

• Chu Kuangge demanded that Chen Ning be handed over, and Luo Wuxia and Luo Qingcheng prepared to fight the Darkness God Clan.
• Fairy Qinghe and the Moon God Clan arrived, prompting Chu Kuangge to withdraw and warn Chen Ning that they would meet again.
• Fairy Qinghe warned Chen Ning and his companions that Chu Kuangge was too powerful, but they continued toward the place Zhizhi had described.
• Chen Ning, Luo Wuxia, and Luo Qingcheng found an old woman in a mountain ravine, and she insisted there was no fortuitous opportunity and ordered them to leave.
• As Chen Ning and his companions descended the mountain, a voice within the old woman demanded to eat the descendants of gods, while dark purple vines wrapped around her illusory figure.