Recaps

Chen Du learned that the forbidden Xuanwu Divine Hall had ordered the palace assassins, then left the Capital with Xuanwei after the blessing ceremony. Back at Qingfeng Temple, he received ten million years of Calamity Qi as the hidden enemy went quiet, leaving the larger conflict unresolved.

• Chen Du forced one of the four death warriors to name the Xuanwu Divine Hall, then annihilated all four when they refused to reveal more.
• Xuanwei told Chen Du he had never heard of the Xuanwu Divine Hall and marveled at Chen Du’s power against the assassins.
• Chen Du and Xuanwei completed the blessing ceremony, then left the palace openly and traveled beyond the Capital.
• Xuanwei reflected on how far Chen Du had surpassed his understanding, and the two returned safely to Qingfeng Temple without pursuit.
• Chen Du gained ten million years of Calamity Qi upon returning to the temple and stored it without using it to break through.

Chen Du used ten million years of Calamity Qi and two billion years of Tribulation Source insights to cultivate in seclusion for a month, raising his Tribulation Source Law to ninth-level perfection. He emerged with a flawless Dao of tribulation foundation, ready to confront the hidden schemes surrounding him.

• Chen Du released ten million years of Calamity Qi, transforming the foundation of his Heaven's Way's Gift and receiving two billion years of Tribulation Source insights and Heavenly Dao empowerment.
• Chen Du used Divine Revelation Reading and Stunning Everyone with a Single Cry to absorb the insights, advancing his Tribulation Source Law to perfected fifth-level Domain during the first ten days.
• Chen Du broke through the ancient cultivator's bottlenecks and raised his Tribulation Source Law to seventh-level Domain perfection during the second ten days.
• Chen Du integrated the final insights, shattered the last barrier, and reached ninth-level Tribulation Source Domain perfection after a month of secluded cultivation.
• Chen Du confirmed that his nine core laws had reached level nine perfection and that his sixty-five auxiliary laws supported a complete Dao of tribulation system.
• Chen Du left seclusion with a flawless Dao body and the foundation to face the Xuanwu Divine Hall, Heaven Slayer's secret game, and the palace's hidden schemes.

Chen Du created the thirteenth-tier Primordial Tribulation-Extinguishing Sword by weaving his perfected Calamity Source laws into four sword moves that followed the cycle of tribulation. After completing the art, he gained confidence that he could face the Xuanwu Divine Hall’s strongest old monsters and Heaven Slayer’s hidden trump card.

• Chen Du used his ninth-level Calamity Source Dao Domain and ten core laws as the foundation for creating a new sword art.
• Chen Du discovered the prototype lacked the Tribulation Dao’s cycle of birth, growth, flourishing, and destruction, then shaped that cycle into four sword moves.
• Chen Du spent six months integrating sixty-five fragmented laws into the moves and endured the strain on his divine soul and Dao Domain.
• After a year of further refinement, Chen Du completed the thirteenth-tier Primordial Tribulation-Extinguishing Sword.
• Chen Du tested the final move’s immense power with his Twelfth-Tier Divine Sword, then concealed the sword within his sea of consciousness.

Chen Du completed his Self Star’s nine transformations, formed a Self Star System, and condensed it into a Self Black Hole, reaching the Thirteenth-Tier Cosmic Life Realm. While he quietly met Xuanwei at Qingfeng Temple, his breakthrough shook the Ancestral God Realm, whose ancient powers could not trace the identity or location of the newcomer.

• Chen Du guided his Self Star through its seventh, eighth, and ninth transformations, then used the Primordial Tribulation-Extinguishing Sword’s fourth form to make it collapse into a Self Star System.
• Chen Du drove the Self Star System inward until it condensed into a Self Black Hole, completing his breakthrough to the Thirteenth-Tier Cosmic Life Realm.
• Chen Du stabilized his new realm, concealed his aura, and left the bamboo courtyard for the front hall.
• Xuanwei sensed that Chen Du had become utterly beyond his perception and felt both awe and relief at how far his disciple had surpassed him.
• The unfamiliar Thirteenth-Tier Dao Resonance shook the Ancestral God Realm, and its ancient powers searched in vain for the newcomer’s identity and location.

Chen Du told Xuanwei that he had broken through to the Thirteenth Realm, the Cosmic Life Realm, leaving his master astonished and concerned about the danger if the Xuanwu Divine Hall learned the truth. Xuanwei urged him to conceal his strength and stay in the bamboo courtyard, then hinted at Chen Du’s mysterious royal origins.

• Chen Du visited Xuanwei in the alchemy room and revealed that he had reached the Thirteenth Realm, the Cosmic Life Realm.
• Xuanwei struggled to accept the news and reflected on how he had raised Chen Du from infancy at Qingfeng Temple.
• Chen Du told Xuanwei that nobody else knew of his breakthrough and asked him to keep it secret.
• Xuanwei warned that the Xuanwu Divine Hall would send its strongest forces after Chen Du if it learned of his realm, and promised to shield him while he cultivated in the bamboo courtyard.
• As Chen Du left, Xuanwei wondered what his father would think of his achievement, while Chen Du departed without answering.

Zhao Qishan returned to Qingfeng Temple gravely injured and afflicted with a soul curse planted by a hidden Xuanwu Divine Hall agent. Chen Du traced the curse to the Capital and killed the agent from afar, freeing Zhao Qishan as he concealed how powerful he had become.

• An old farmer brought Zhao Qishan back to Qingfeng Temple, where the disciples tended to his battered body.
• Chen Du examined Zhao Qishan and discovered a vicious soul curse draining his vitality and Dao foundation.
• Zhao Qishan told Chen Du that masked attackers had ambushed him in the Capital and threatened Qingfeng Temple.
• Chen Du's tribulation warning revealed that a Stellar Eighth Metamorphosis agent of Xuanwu Divine Hall had planted the curse and was targeting the temple's disciples.
• Chen Du traced the curse to the agent's residence in the Capital and killed him with a sword strike that crossed hundreds of millions of miles.
• The curse vanished and Zhao Qishan's vitality began to return; Chen Du told him to recover before explaining his realm.

After erasing the curse seal hidden in Zhao Qishan’s consciousness, Chen Du received a vast reward from Heaven’s Way’s Gift and used it to forge new tribulation treasures and comprehend a second supreme sword. He completed his training at Qingfeng Temple, while the Xuanwu Divine Hall remained unaware that he had become a thirteenth-tier supreme Dao Lord.

• Chen Du completely erased the curse seal in Zhao Qishan’s sea of consciousness and received thirty million years of tribulation qi, realizing a deeper force stood behind the Xuanwu Divine Hall.
• Chen Du invested all the tribulation qi into his Heaven’s Way’s Gift and obtained a thirteenth-tier tribulation Dao divine sword, divine armor, six billion years of Tribulation Source Law comprehension, and a wordless sword manual.
• Chen Du named the manual’s independent second sword Tribulation Ruins, a technique that swept opponents and their laws into a domain of annihilating ruins.
• Chen Du used Divine Revelation Reading to absorb the six billion years of comprehension, strengthen his Dao foundation, and complete Tribulation Ruins.
• Chen Du finished his training at Qingfeng Temple as a thirteenth-tier supreme Dao Lord, while the Xuanwu Divine Hall remained unaware of his strength.

During a month of seclusion, Chen Du used six billion years of Tribulation Source insights to complete the Divine Firmament Thunder Source and then comprehended the Law of Thunder and the Law of Karmic Destruction. By the end, the three new laws had joined his Tribulation Source Law, letting him glimpse the universe’s fundamental order.

• Chen Du discovered an ancient thunder pattern hidden within the Tribulation Source insights and refined it into the intermediate core seventh-level Divine Firmament Thunder Source.
• Chen Du completed the law, linking thunder and tribulation so his tribulation Dao laws resonated with it.
• Chen Du’s clearer comprehension led him to create the intermediate core seventh-level Law of Thunder, independent of the tribulation Dao.
• Chen Du followed the karmic links between tribulation and thunder to comprehend the intermediate core seventh-level Law of Karmic Destruction.
• Chen Du united the three new laws with his Tribulation Source Law and glimpsed the universe’s foundational order.

Chen Du comprehended the fundamental Laws of Thunder and Karmic Destruction before learning that Zhao Yuan Lang had rebelled and the Xuanwu Divine Hall was driving the Ling Dynasty into chaos. He chose to leave Qingfeng Mountain and intervene, with Xuanwei warning him to be careful.

• Chen Du added the Divine Firmament Thunder Source, the Law of Thunder, and the Law of Karmic Destruction to his Dao foundation.
• A peddler brought Chen Du an urgent letter reporting that Zhao Yuan Lang had allied with the Northern Barbarians and besieged the Capital.
• The Heavenly Dao warned Chen Du that the Xuanwu Divine Hall had orchestrated the rebellion to seize control of the Ling realm.
• Chen Du weighed remaining safe at Qingfeng Temple against intervening and exposing his power, then decided to enter the mortal world.
• Chen Du told Xuanwei about the conspiracy and his decision, and Xuanwei advised him to be careful.

Chen Du concealed his Thirteenth Tier aura and entered the Capital as the Thirteenth Prince’s rebels and Barbarian Kingdom allies seized the city. He reached Taiji Hall and stopped Zhao Yuan Lang’s guards from attacking the old emperor, leaving the prince and his generals stunned.

• Chen Du hid his aura, left Qingfeng Temple, and traveled toward the Capital through war-torn villages and roads.
• Chen Du slipped past the fighting and entered the inner court, following Calamity Warning’s location to Taiji Hall.
• Zhao Yuan Lang confronted the old emperor outside Taiji Hall and explained why he had rebelled, while the emperor condemned his alliance with the Barbarian Kingdom.
• The old emperor opened the hall doors with a short sword, and Zhao Yuan Lang ordered his guards to seize him.
• Chen Du appeared before the guards, introduced himself as Li Xuan of Qingfeng Temple, and made the charging guards collapse with a wave of his hand.

Chen Du confronted the old emperor and Zhao Yuan Lang, revealed as the Ling Dynasty’s rightful crown prince, then challenged the Xuanwu Divine Hall to show itself. Heaven Slayer appeared with nine Stellar Ninth Transformation fighters and launched an overwhelming attack, leaving Chen Du facing them alone in Taiji Hall.

• The old emperor recognized Chen Du as his long-lost eldest son and urged him to flee, but Chen Du said he had not come to save the emperor.
• Chen Du summoned his divine sword, confronted Zhao Yuan Lang over his rebellion, and demanded that the Xuanwu Divine Hall reveal itself.
• The old emperor told Zhao Yuan Lang that Chen Du was his eldest brother and the Ling Dynasty’s true crown prince, then explained he had hidden Chen Du from the Divine Hall.
• Chen Du condemned the old emperor for failing to protect him and revealed that the Divine Hall had repeatedly sent assassins and cultivators after him.
• Heaven Slayer and nine Xuanwu Divine Hall fighters appeared atop Taiji Hall, and Heaven Slayer announced they would kill Chen Du and end the Ling Dynasty’s conflict.
• The nine fighters unleashed their Stellar Ninth Transformation powers, forcing the old emperor and Zhao Yuan Lang to their knees as their killing pressure closed in on Chen Du.

Chen Du revealed his Thirteenth-Realm power and destroyed Heaven Slayer and the Xuanwu Divine Hall assassins who had attacked the imperial palace. The emperor and Zhao Yuan Lang learned that the young Daoist was the emperor’s lost eldest son, but Chen Du rejected the emperor and claimed only his master, Xuanwei, as family.

• Chen Du released a wisp of Cosmic Life aura, freezing Heaven Slayer and the nine Xuanwu Divine Hall experts and revealing his Thirteenth-Realm cultivation.
• Chen Du struck Heaven Slayer and the nine experts with tribulation lightning, leaving Heaven Slayer gravely wounded and the others buried beneath the palace wall.
• Chen Du killed Heaven Slayer with a sword slash, then sent nine more lightning bolts down to kill the surviving Divine Hall experts.
• The emperor realized Chen Du was his son and wept with guilt and joy, while Zhao Yuan Lang understood that his rebellion had been futile.
• Chen Du rejected the emperor’s emotional response, saying he had no father and only acknowledged his master, Xuanwei.

Chen Du suppressed the Barbarian Kingdom army without killing its soldiers, left the imperial city, and learned from Heaven Slayer’s memories how the Xuanwu Sacred Land controlled the Ling Dynasty. He returned toward Qingfeng Mountain resolved to grow stronger and eventually challenge the sacred land.

• Chen Du subdued the tens of thousands of Barbarian Kingdom soldiers outside the Capital with one finger, leaving them unconscious for the imperial court to handle.
• Chen Du ignored the old emperor’s plea as he left Taiji Hall, while the old emperor ordered the guards to confine Zhao Yuan Lang without mistreating him.
• Chen Du walked out of the imperial city toward Qingfeng Mountain and received seventy million years of pure Calamity Qi from the Heavenly Dao.
• Chen Du pieced together Heaven Slayer’s memories and discovered that the Xuanwu Sacred Land controlled the Ling Dynasty and treated its people and resources as pieces in a larger game.
• Chen Du continued toward his home on Qingfeng Mountain, determined to strengthen himself and one day overturn the Xuanwu Sacred Land’s schemes.

After defeating the Xuanwu Divine Hall’s forces in the Capital, Chen Du recognized that the holy land would now target him with its core strength. He used seventy million years of Calamity Qi to advance both the Law of Thunder and the Divine Firmament Thunder Source Law into the second-level Domain realm.

• Chen Du reviewed his battle in the Capital and concluded that the Xuanwu Divine Hall’s attacks had made it a threat to Qingfeng Temple and his Dao path.
• Chen Du predicted that the Xuanwu Divine Hall’s leadership would take him seriously and send stronger core forces after the deaths of Heaven Slayer and the nine Stellar Ninth Transformation experts.
• Chen Du drew on the seventy million years of Calamity Qi stored in his sea of consciousness to deepen his law comprehension.
• Chen Du advanced the Law of Thunder from initial mastery to first-level perfection and then into the second-level Domain realm.
• Chen Du advanced the Divine Firmament Thunder Source Law through first-level perfection and into the second-level Domain realm.

After a month of cultivation, Chen Du perfected his thunder laws and fused them with tribulation and sword intent to create the third form of the Primordial Tribulation-Extinguishing Sword. He awaited the Xuanwu Divine Hall’s return with a new finishing move whose power had increased a hundredfold.

• Chen Du completed a month of cultivation, stabilizing the Law of Thunder at the perfected second level and the Divine Firmament Thunder Source Law at the advanced second level.
• Chen Du combined the second-level thunder Domains with the Tribulation Source Law and the first two sword forms to deduce a new sword move.
• Chen Du found a primordial thunder pattern and used it to unite thunder and tribulation, suppressing the violent power that threatened his sea of consciousness.
• Chen Du completed the Primordial Tribulation-Extinguishing Sword’s third form, Tribulation Thunder Annihilates the World, whose might surpassed the second form by a hundredfold.
• Chen Du inspected the transformed Dao patterns on his Thirteenth Tier divine sword and prepared to face the Xuanwu Divine Hall when it returned.

Over three years, Chen Du made Qingfeng Temple famous by defeating every challenger, while the mysterious God Venerable conquered much of the Southern Domain and vowed to destroy the temple. After the Calamity Warning predicted an invasion, Chen Du chose to defend Qingfeng Mountain and went to see his master.

• For three years, challengers from across the Ling Dynasty came to Qingfeng Temple, but Chen Du defeated them all and gathered immense Calamity Qi.
• The God Venerable appeared in the Southern Domain, shattered a city’s protective formation, and declared that he had come under heaven’s mandate.
• The God Venerable subjugated Southern Domain sects and powers, then surrounded most of the King of Nanli’s fief as the Ling Dynasty’s court struggled to respond.
• The God Venerable declared that he would lead an army north to raze Qingfeng Temple and destroy the false god he claimed was hiding there.
• After hearing the news, Chen Du calmly finished teaching his junior brothers before the Calamity Warning predicted the invasion and advised him to defend the mountain.
• Chen Du summoned his Thirteenth Tier divine sword and walked toward the pill room to visit his master.

The God Venerable led a massive Southern Domain army to Qingfeng Mountain, where he confronted Chen Du and unleashed his Thirteenth Tier power. His crushing aura shook the mountain, but the confrontation’s outcome remained unresolved.

• The God Venerable arrived at Qingfeng Mountain with nearly a hundred thousand troops and more than a dozen sect masters, while hidden experts gathered to watch.
• The God Venerable called on Qingfeng Temple’s people to leave and threatened to crush those who resisted.
• Chen Du came out through the mountain gate and asked the God Venerable what he wanted.
• The God Venerable sensed Chen Du’s immense cultivation and learned that he was not yet fifty, then declared that he would destroy him.
• The God Venerable unleashed his Thirteenth Tier aura, forcing weaker cultivators to their knees and causing cracks and destruction across Qingfeng Mountain.

Chen Du revealed his overwhelming strength when he confronted and killed the Xuanwu Divine Hall's Thirteenth Tier God Venerable with a single sword strike. With the enemy army broken and Qingfeng Temple safe, Chen Du calmly returned to the temple.

• The God Venerable's pressure forced the hundred-thousand-strong army and surrounding cultivators to their knees, but Chen Du stood unmoved.
• Chen Du's refined aura pierced the God Venerable's defenses and made him realize how vast the gap between their cultivation foundations was.
• Chen Du summoned his divine sword and struck with Tribulation Thunder Annihilates the World, shattering the God Venerable's shield and gravely wounding him.
• Chen Du descended to the crater and killed the God Venerable with a final sword stroke.
• The sect masters fled or collapsed, and the hundred-thousand-strong army remained prostrate as Chen Du returned to Qingfeng Temple.

Chen Du killed the God Venerable with one sword strike, ending the assault on Qingfeng Temple and revealing a power beyond the Southern Domain’s greatest experts. News of the victory reached the King of Nanli and the emperor, who both recognized Li Xuan’s strength and responded with submission and pride.

• The army at Qingfeng Temple scattered in panic after Chen Du killed the God Venerable, while distant Twelfth Realm experts were left stunned by the single-strike victory.
• Daoist Xuanwei sensed the overwhelming resonance of Chen Du’s sword, watched him return, and wondered what realm his disciple had reached.
• Zhao Yuanshan proudly told the junior brothers that Chen Du was his junior brother, then admitted he would not dare spar with him again.
• The King of Nanli read the battle report, reconsidered his past judgment of Li Xuan, and sent a letter to Qingfeng Temple declaring, “I concede.”
• The emperor heard the report, wept with pride and relief, and recalled that Li Xuan had left the palace without a word.

After Qingfeng Temple survived the siege, Chen Du used the 1.2 billion years of Calamity Qi he received to advance his thunder laws, master the fourth form of the Primordial Tribulation-Extinguishing Sword, and expand his source black hole. He ended the chapter with a much stronger foundation and the confidence to contend with powerful experts.

• Chen Du received 1.2 billion years' worth of Calamity Qi for surviving the assault on Qingfeng Temple and invested it all in his Heavenly Dao talent.
• Chen Du raised the Divine Firmament Thunder Source Law and the Law of Thunder to their perfected fifth-level domains and mastered the fourth sword form, Thunder Source Calamity Annihilation.
• Chen Du used his perfected thunder laws to expand his source black hole three times, greatly increasing its gravity and power to suppress opponents.
• Chen Du assessed that his black hole could immobilize a Star Ninth Realm expert and that his laws gave him the strength to face experts whose black holes had expanded six or seven times.

The Xuanwu Divine Hall’s leaders learned that Chen Du of Qingfeng Temple had killed their Thirteenth Tier god venerable and possessed extraordinary power and potential. The hall master ordered the entire force to march on the Ling Dynasty and kill Chen Du at any cost.

• The white-haired elder reported how the god venerable had gathered forces in the Southern Domain, attacked Qingfeng Temple with a hundred thousand cultivators, and been slain by Chen Du.
• The elder revealed that Chen Du was under fifty, had reached the Thirteenth Tier, and surpassed ordinary cultivators in his comprehension of laws.
• The Xuanwu hall master and other elders concluded that Chen Du threatened the divine hall’s control and could not be allowed to grow stronger.
• The Xuanwu hall master ordered every registered elder to mobilize and the entire force to march on the Ling Dynasty to kill Chen Du, regardless of the cost.

More than seventy elders of the Xuanwu Divine Hall descended on the Ling Dynasty, crushed its major forces, and declared that the slain God Venerable had been their weakest elder. The Ling Dynasty’s rulers and powerful factions prepared for the decisive battle at Qingfeng Mountain, where Chen Du’s victory or defeat would determine the nation’s fate.

• The Xuanwu Divine Hall’s elders swept across the Ling Dynasty, destroyed major strongholds, and crippled the leaders of its top forces.
• The Xuanwu Divine Hall declared that the dead God Venerable had been its weakest elder, terrifying the nation’s sects and secluded powers.
• After hearing the reports, the King of Nanli ordered his troops to return to camp and seal the border passes, saying the Southern Border could not interfere in the battle at Qingfeng Mountain.
• The old emperor ordered the Ling Dynasty’s forces to gather outside Qingfeng Mountain, directing them to assist if Qingfeng Temple won and prepare for the nation’s end if it lost.
• The Ling Dynasty’s rulers and powers recognized that Chen Du’s fight against the Xuanwu Divine Hall would decide whether the nation became its puppet or gained freedom.

More than seventy Thirteenth Tier experts and the Xuanwu Hall Master surrounded Qingfeng Mountain, whose temple remained silent. As the Ling Dynasty’s observers despaired at the Hall Master’s overwhelming power, the old emperor chose to wait because his son had not yet acted.

• After days of quiet, more than seventy Xuanwu Divine Hall elders emerged from a spatial rift and surrounded Qingfeng Mountain.
• The Xuanwu elders mocked Qingfeng Temple, but the temple gave no response.
• The Xuanwu Hall Master arrived and declared that the temple’s young Daoist must die for standing in the Divine Hall’s way.
• The Hall Master unleashed his aura, overwhelming the gathered elders and terrifying the Ling Dynasty’s observers.
• The King of Nanli doubted that one man could resist the Xuanwu Divine Hall’s forces.
• The old emperor refused to order the regional garrisons to prepare for the aftermath, saying his son had not yet truly acted.

Chen Du confronted the Xuanwu Hall Master and more than seventy Thirteenth-Tier experts at Qingfeng Mountain, then destroyed them with one sword strike. He returned calmly to the mountain while the Ling Dynasty reeled from the news and the King of Nanli laughed in relief.

• Chen Du emerged from Qingfeng Mountain and vowed to destroy the Xuanwu Divine Hall for its repeated attacks and exploitation of the heavens.
• The Xuanwu Hall Master dismissed Chen Du and unleashed a powerful attack against him.
• Chen Du donned divine armor and used Thunder Source Calamity Annihilation, forcing the Xuanwu Hall Master to draw on the power of more than seventy elders.
• Chen Du's sword strike shattered the Hall Master's cyan shield and annihilated the Xuanwu Hall Master and all the gathered Thirteenth-Tier experts.
• Chen Du sheathed his sword, returned to Qingfeng Mountain, and left witnesses throughout the Ling Dynasty in shock.
• The King of Nanli heard the outcome, dropped his tea cup, and laughed with tears in his eyes.

After destroying the Xuanwu Divine Hall, Chen Du used the enormous Calamity Qi reward and two hundred trillion years of thunder Dao insights to perfect his thunder laws and awaken the Fundamental Law of Thunder. He then fed his newly strengthened thunder foundation into his source black hole, beginning a series of unprecedented expansions.

• Chen Du absorbed more than three hundred billion years of Calamity Qi earned from destroying the Xuanwu Divine Hall.
• Chen Du refined two hundred trillion years of insight into the Law of Thunder and the Divine Firmament Thunder Source Law, raising both to Ninth-Level Domain perfection.
• Chen Du broke through the limits of ordinary Domain laws and formed the Fundamental Law of Thunder, reaching second-grade recognition.
• Chen Du combined his three thunder Dao foundations and attained a new level of mastery.
• Chen Du drove his perfected thunder foundation into the source black hole, which began its fourth, fifth, and sixth expansions.