Chapter Summaries

Li Daochen provoked the Thousand Sect Grand Competition’s prodigies to gather them at the Heavenly River Great Waterfall, where he hoped to track those who had obtained valuable opportunities. As Nangong Meng'er recruited Zhu Lingye to help kill him, Zhao Jiuxiao prepared to defend his sect’s title and claim its tenth consecutive victory.

• Li Daochen defeated several prodigies at the Beyond Heaven Tower, challenged them to meet him at the Heavenly River Great Waterfall, and declared he would win first place among the thousand sects.
• Li Daochen revealed to himself that he had provoked the prodigies so he could monitor their movements in the Yunmeng Dragon Grotto and find the people who had obtained the opportunities he wanted.
• Nangong Meng'er watched Li Daochen’s display, resolved to kill him for Zongyuan, and asked Zhu Lingye of the Karmic Fire Lotus Sect to help.
• Lü Chunyang heard Li Daochen’s challenge and vowed to defeat him at the Heavenly River Great Waterfall.
• Xu Nantian told Zhao Jiuxiao about Li Daochen’s declaration, but Zhao Jiuxiao remained confident he would win his sect’s tenth consecutive first place.

Li Daochen prepared to make his mark in the Thousand Sect Grand Competition, while Yang Chen and the Jade Heaven Sect arrived and learned he was competing too. As the Yunmeng Dragon Grotto opened, Li Daochen challenged the gathered prodigies to meet him at the Heavenly River Great Waterfall.

• Li Daochen told Ye Hua that his Dao was to press forward without faltering, then calmed himself and nurtured his momentum.
• Yang Chen arrived with the Jade Heaven Sect, having reached Divine Bridge Peak and awakened a True Dragon Physique, and heard that Li Daochen was competing.
• Shui Duanliu vowed to avenge his uncle by dealing with Li Daochen, while Yang Chen chose to lie low and watch.
• Li Daochen joined the prodigies heading to the Yunmeng Dragon Grotto and resolved to shine rather than remain a supporting character.
• Nangong Qing stood ready to announce the competition as the portal opened, and Li Daochen challenged the prodigies to meet him at the Heavenly River Great Waterfall.

Li Daochen ambushed the prodigies gathered at the Heavenly River Great Waterfall and overwhelmed them with his strength. After killing Yu Jinshan, Shui Duanliu, and Jiang Hanluan, he let the survivors flee and call for help.

• Li Daochen entered the Yunmeng Dragon Grotto first, while Yang Chen followed and resolved to avoid the Heavenly River Great Waterfall.
• Two days later, Li Daochen waited near the waterfall, then charged the gathered prodigies after failing to draw out the sect leaders he sought.
• Li Daochen killed Yu Jinshan and Shui Duanliu, refining Shui Duanliu’s Jade Water Flood Dragon bloodline.
• Li Daochen repelled a group of prodigies with his four Holy Dragon Bones and slaughtered several attackers despite being only at the Divine Bridge Fourth Layer.
• Li Daochen crushed Jiang Hanluan’s face, killed him beside the waterfall, and told the survivors they could go call for help.

Li Daochen pursued a True Talisman Profound Sect prodigy to find Xie Tianfu, while Nangong Meng'er and Zhu Lingye followed him in secret. He entered a cave after Xie Tianfu and other sect prodigies and discovered a true dragon skeleton and the Saint Weapon Void Desolate Dragon Claw.

• Li Daochen let the surviving prodigies flee after slaughtering their companions, then sensed and pursued one of them.
• Nangong Meng'er and Zhu Lingye arrived at the waterfall, recognized Li Daochen's strength, and decided to follow him while waiting for an opening to attack.
• Lü Chunyang arrived too late to challenge Li Daochen and fled in the opposite direction.
• Sun Yu sought Xie Tianfu's help after witnessing Li Daochen's power, but Xie and the other prodigies postponed dealing with him to investigate a cave treasure.
• Li Daochen followed the group into the cave and found a true dragon skeleton with the Saint Weapon Void Desolate Dragon Claw beside its head.

Li Daochen ambushed Xie Tianfu and the other geniuses as they prepared to claim an ancient dragon skeleton, then seized the skeleton and fought them off. After killing Xie Tianfu and driving the others away, Li Daochen survived Zhu Lingye’s surprise strike, only to face Nangong Meng’er and Zhu Lingye.

• Li Daochen watched Xie Tianfu negotiate with Lu Tianqiu, Qi Muyang, and Qi Kongyue for the dragon skeleton and its dark red claw, which Li Daochen recognized as the Void Desolate Dragon Claw.
• As the group dismantled the array protecting the skeleton, Li Daochen ambushed them, stored the entire skeleton, and fought off their attacks with powerful fist techniques.
• Li Daochen killed Xie Tianfu with the Dragon-Slaying Sword, then used the Myriad Saints Purgatory Sword to frighten Qi Muyang, Qi Kongyue, and Lu Tianqiu into fleeing.
• Zhu Lingye struck Li Daochen by surprise, but his Holy Dragon Bones formed armor that blocked her sword and let him retreat.
• Nangong Meng’er appeared with Zhu Lingye, praised Li Daochen’s fight, and called him the biggest dark horse in the Thousand Sect Grand Competition.

Li Daochen killed Zhu Lingye and defeated Nangong Meng'er, then began corrupting her life soul so he could control her body and pursue Yunmeng Ancient City. After encountering Lü Chunyang, he left as Liang Yuzhou and Wu Aocang discovered their prodigies were dead and accused Xu Nantian's disciple Zhao Jiuxiao.

• Nangong Meng'er and Zhu Lingye attacked Li Daochen together, but he unleashed the Azure Emperor Demon-Planting Lotus and killed Zhu Lingye.
• Li Daochen defeated Nangong Meng'er, discovered the mark of Yunmeng Ancient City on her back, and repeatedly struck her with the Sea of Bitterness Devil Phoenix Fist to corrupt her life soul while keeping her body intact.
• Li Daochen left Nangong Meng'er in a cave and ran into Lü Chunyang, who nervously insisted he was only passing through before fleeing.
• On the fourth level, Liang Yuzhou learned that Xie Tianfu's life-bound spirit talisman had turned to ash, and Wu Aocang discovered that Zhu Lingye's red lotus had withered to ash.
• Wu Aocang and Liang Yuzhou suspected Zhao Jiuxiao had killed their prodigies, while Xu Nantian denied the accusation and worried about the consequences.

Li Daochen recovered, strengthened his dragon bones, and used Zhu Lingye’s corpse to evolve his devil phoenix divine ability before heading to the second level of the Yunmeng Dragon Grotto. There, he entered a trap set by Lu Tianqiu and the other heavenly prides, who surrounded him inside a powerful formation.

• Li Daochen healed from his wounds, decided to focus on strengthening his Holy Dragon Bones and Demonic Dragon Bones, and refined dragon bones and a dragon horn over ten days.
• Li Daochen advanced to eight Holy Dragon Bones and six Demonic Dragon Bones, then used his divine ability to devour the source power of Zhu Lingye’s corpse and form a half-step Fleshly Body Phenomenon.
• Lu Tianqiu and Qi Kongyue suspected Li Daochen could locate them and devised a plan to lure him with the Evil Dragon Pearl on the second level.
• Li Daochen found Lu Tianqiu’s grotto abode and rushed for the Evil Dragon Pearl, but the Spirit-Severing Wind Thunder Formation activated around him.
• Lu Tianqiu, Qi Kongyue, Qi Muyang, Lin Wuming, and hundreds of heavenly prides surrounded Li Daochen, confident the formation would prevent his escape.

Li Daochen slaughtered the prodigies who ambushed him, completed his Sea of Bitterness Devil Phoenix Fist phenomenon, and gathered the final bloodline needed for his Five Elements Dragon Spirit. After refining the Evil Dragon Pearl for nearly half a month, he met Zhao Jiuxiao, who challenged him over his plan to win the Thousand Sect Grand Competition for a Lower Profound Sect.

• Li Daochen revealed he had anticipated the prodigies’ ambush, then killed Lin Wuming and many others inside the Spirit-Severing Wind Thunder Formation.
• Lu Tianqiu escaped the formation, but Li Daochen caught and killed him, completing the Sea of Bitterness Devil Phoenix Fist phenomenon.
• Li Daochen killed Huo Changfeng and refined his Fire Flood Dragon Bloodline, gathering all Five Elements Flood Dragon Bloodlines.
• After nearly half a month refining the Evil Dragon Pearl, Li Daochen encountered Zhao Jiuxiao, who had returned after hearing of his killings.
• Zhao Jiuxiao declared Li Daochen too weak to challenge him, then shattered the mountain peak and threatened to kill him.

Li Daochen overwhelmed Zhao Jiuxiao in battle despite Zhao's peak Divine Bridge cultivation and Sacred Physique, forcing him to break through to the Dragon Gate Realm. Li then revealed that both his Sacred Dragon Physique and Demonic Dragon Physique had reached minor completion, and prepared to combine saintly and demonic power to slay Zhao.

• Zhao Jiuxiao used the Heavenly Flood Dragon Soaring Technique and a series of powerful attacks, but Li Daochen countered and blasted him through trees and mountains with the Myriad Saints Purgatory Sword.
• Li Daochen wounded Zhao Jiuxiao with the Azure Emperor Demon-Planting Lotus and battered him with its power combined with the Sea of Bitterness Demonic Phoenix, overcoming Zhao's Dragon Fish Playing in the Sea phenomenon.
• Unable to withstand Li Daochen, Zhao Jiuxiao unleashed his full strength and advanced from Divine Bridge Peak into the Dragon Gate Realm.
• Li Daochen revealed that he had ten Holy Dragon Bones and ten Demonic Dragon Bones, bringing both of his physiques to minor completion, then struck Zhao with the Myriad Saints Purgatory Sword.
• Li Daochen pursued Zhao with two swords, coating one in sacred dragon markings and the other in demonic dragon markings as he prepared to unite Great Yang and Great Yin, saints and demons.

Li Daochen hunted Zhao Jiuxiao across the lower layers of the Yunmeng Dragon Grotto and killed him despite Xu Nantian’s threats and claims that a Saint Sect expert favored Zhao. He left through the portal with Zhao Jiuxiao’s corpse, while the assembled sect leaders stared in shock.

• Li Daochen overwhelmed Zhao Jiuxiao, pursued him as he fled toward the third layer, and reached the Divine Ability Sixth Layer during the chase.
• Zhao Jiuxiao emerged on the third layer and begged Xu Nantian to save him as the sect leaders watched from the fourth.
• Li Daochen followed Zhao Jiuxiao through the portal and pinned him beneath one foot, while Yun Wanyi quietly slipped away.
• Xu Nantian threatened Li Daochen and warned that killing Zhao Jiuxiao would anger both the Northern Nether Dragon Fish Sect and a Saint Sect expert.
• Li Daochen ignored Xu Nantian, pierced Zhao Jiuxiao’s heart with his Dragon-Slaying Sword, took the corpse, and retreated through the portal.