Chapter Summaries

After Chen Du killed Zhao Heng, he revealed the schemes of Heaven Slayer and the Ling Dynasty’s hidden forces to Xuanwei and prepared Qingfeng Temple for further attacks. He then used the Calamity Qi from Zhao Heng’s death to receive three Heavenly Dao gifts, including a complete Tribulation Source Law inheritance and the final sword of the Heavenly Tribulation Nine Swords.

• Xuanwei arrived in the bamboo courtyard and discovered that Chen Du had killed Zhao Heng, the Tianyan Sect’s sect master.
• Chen Du told Xuanwei that Zhao Heng had acted on Heaven Slayer’s orders and described the powerful hidden forces connected to the Ling Dynasty’s founding emperor.
• Chen Du erased Zhao Heng’s corpse and warned Xuanwei to avoid fighting intruders while he reinforced Qingfeng Temple’s protective formation.
• Chen Du poured three million years of Calamity Qi into [Heaven's Way's Gift] and received three hundred million years of Tribulation Source Law insights, a Heavenly Dao infusion, and the final sword of the Heavenly Tribulation Nine Swords.
• Chen Du focused [Divine Revelation Reading] on the gifts and began dismantling and combining the vast law insights.

Chen Du perfected his Threefold Tribulation Source Domain and completed the ninth Heavenly Tribulation Sword, then advanced to the perfected Stellar Sixth Transformation. He tested his new power by erasing a barren mountain and stood ready to face the hidden threats and schemes around him.

• Chen Du used Heavenly Dao fruits to perfect his Tribulation Source Law at the Threefold Domain and formed the ninth sword, Calamity Source Returns to One.
• Chen Du’s Self Star ignited, and he endured successive breakthroughs until his Stellar Sixth Transformation was perfected.
• Chen Du condensed Tribulation Source power into a dark-gold sphere and erased a barren mountain with a single strike.
• Chen Du summoned the twelfth-tier Divine Tribulation Sword and began deducing the ninth sword using his perfected Stellar Sixth Transformation foundation.

Chen Du perfected the final form of the Heavenly Tribulation Nine Swords and demonstrated strength sufficient to kill any Stellar Ninth Transformation opponent. Months later, the King of Nanli visited Qingfeng Temple, recognized Chen Du as the lost crown prince, and witnessed a glimpse of his overwhelming power.

• Chen Du unleashed a perfected sword strike that erased the land around its target and realized he could defeat any Stellar Ninth Transformation opponent head-on.
• Chen Du spent the following months teaching his junior brothers, assisting Xuanwei with alchemy, and quietly cultivating at Qingfeng Temple.
• The King of Nanli arrived at Qingfeng Temple, and Chen Du told Xuanwei he was ready to meet him.
• The King of Nanli recognized Chen Du as the true crown prince based on his resemblance to the emperor.
• The King of Nanli felt a terrifying phantom's pressure, then asked Chen Du what realm he had reached; Chen Du smiled and did not answer.

Chen Du warned the King of Nanli to keep their meeting secret and learned that the emperor had once declared the second dragon must die. Three days later, an imperial summons put Xuanwei in a deadly trap, and Chen Du began preparing to uncover the mastermind.

• Chen Du asked the King of Nanli about Heaven Slayer, and the king offered to investigate but admitted he had never heard of him.
• Chen Du told the King of Nanli to leave Qingfeng Mountain and keep their conversation secret; the king revealed that the emperor had said the Ling Dynasty could not tolerate two dragons.
• After the King of Nanli departed, Chen Du and Xuanwei concluded that Heaven Slayer had concealed his influence even from a powerful vassal king.
• An imperial edict summoned Xuanwei to the palace, and Chen Du’s system warned that going would mean Xuanwei’s death while refusing would bring Qingfeng Temple’s destruction.
• That night, Chen Du entered the pill room and found Xuanwei studying the edict.

Xuanwei went to the imperial palace to answer the emperor’s summons, believing he was protecting Qingfeng Temple, while Chen Du secretly followed to guard him. When four deathsworn attacked Xuanwei, Chen Du stopped them and demanded to know who had sent them.

• Xuanwei explained that refusing the summons could bring the court’s forces down on Qingfeng Temple, so he decided to go alone and ordered Chen Du to stay behind.
• Chen Du agreed outwardly but secretly followed Xuanwei to the imperial city, concealing his aura and cultivation.
• After Xuanwei was settled in a palace side hall, Chen Du slipped into the palace and watched over him from the roof.
• Four masked deathsworn entered the hall at night, formed a soundproofing restriction, and surrounded Xuanwei to assassinate him.
• Chen Du dropped into the hall and used his Calamity Source Dao Domain to freeze and subdue the assassins before asking who had sent them.
• The leader pleaded for mercy and warned Chen Du that the person behind the attack was beyond their ability to provoke.

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.