Chapter Summaries

Li Tianming prepared Zhou Yuanyuan for a likely rigged duel and gave him a Bicheng Book in case he needed to defend himself. As they reached the Ten Directions Demon-Suppressing Arena, Li Tianming spotted Jiang Shangjing, the potentially biased elder overseeing the battle.

• Li Tianming explained why Zhou Yuanyuan could not legally use his Bicheng Book, then gave him one to use if his opponent kept attacking after he surrendered.
• Li Tianming and Jiang Feiling discussed the strain of making Bicheng Books and agreed to limit their monthly output to ten.
• As Li Tianming, Jiang Feiling, Ye Lingfeng, and Zhou Yuanyuan crossed the Dao Palace, disciples gossiped about Li Tianming and mocked Jiang Feiling.
• More than a thousand disciples gathered at the arena, where Li Qingyu told Li Tianming that the elder overseeing the duel was Jiang Shangjing, Wei Wushang's ally's grandfather.

Jiang Nancheng challenged Zhou Yuanyuan, but Wei Wushang’s group turned the duel into an attempt to cripple him. Li Tianming and Ye Lingfeng broke the trap, Zhou Yuanyuan escaped with help from a costly Heavenly Pattern Script and Bai Zijin, and Wei Wushang threatened to keep targeting him.

• Jiang Nancheng challenged Zhou Yuanyuan, who accepted despite being weaker and lower-ranked.
• Jiang Nancheng attacked after Zhou Yuanyuan conceded, while Wei Wushang’s group used a Heavenly Pattern formation to block his escape.
• Li Tianming and Ye Lingfeng tore through the formation as Zhou Yuanyuan activated his Bìshan Script to stop Jiang Nancheng.
• Bai Zijin arrived and helped ensure Zhou Yuanyuan escaped, while Jiang Shangjing denied responsibility for the formation.
• Wei Wushang threatened to challenge Zhou Yuanyuan every three days unless Li Tianming apologized.

Ye Lingfeng challenged Jiang Nancheng and used his soul-piercing sword art to kill Jiang Nancheng’s lifebound beast and cripple him. Bai Zijin stopped Ye Lingfeng from killing Jiang Nancheng, leaving Wei Wushang and the ancient clan disciples stunned by his strength.

• Ye Lingfeng stepped onto the battle stage and challenged Jiang Nancheng, while Li Tianming told Li Qingyu to let him fight.
• Jiang Nancheng and his Eight-Eyed Blacksmoke Kunwu attacked Ye Lingfeng under cover of poisonous black smoke.
• Ye Lingfeng used his Soulless Soul-Piercing Sword Art to torment Jiang Nancheng with illusions, kill his lifebound beast, and pierce through his saint palace and life spring.
• Bai Zijin pulled Ye Lingfeng away before he could kill Jiang Nancheng, and she warned Jiang Shangjing to obey the rules.
• Li Tianming praised Ye Lingfeng and stopped him from attacking further, while Wei Wushang and the ancient clan disciples stared in shock.

Li Tianming agreed to fight Wei Wushang in twenty days, with both wagering their cultivation, then learned how the Dragon Vein Spiritual Energy Fountain could help him cultivate and how Dao Palace rankings controlled access to it. The chapter ended with Li Tianming revealing four Bisan Books to Bai Zijin after claiming he had written them himself.

• Li Tianming warned Wei Wushang not to harm his friends and agreed to fight him in twenty days, with the loser crippling their cultivation and crawling away.
• News of Li Tianming and Wei Wushang's wager spread through the Decimo Dao Palace and reached the Divine Capital.
• Bai Zijin explained how the Dragon Vein Spiritual Energy Fountain could aid Li Tianming's Saint Realm cultivation and how rankings determined access to its regions.
• Li Tianming decided that he and Ye Lingfeng would try to reach the top hundred and cultivate in the fountain's second region.
• Bai Zijin told Li Tianming that her father would later take him to the Divine Rune Hall, and Li Tianming claimed he had written the Bisan Book himself.
• Li Tianming placed four Bisan Books on the table, leaving Bai Zijin stunned.

Li Tianming sold two Bishan Books, secured resources and protection for Ye Lingfeng, then entered the Spiritual Abundance Grounds to attempt his breakthrough into the Saint realm. As he began destroying his three spiritual sources, Su Hongyin plotted to make Jiang Feiling a birthday gift for Wei Wushang.

• Li Tianming told Bai Zijin he had written five Bishan Books, and she bought two for four thousand saint crystals while advising him to conceal his output.
• Bai Zijin promised to watch over Ye Lingfeng, and Li Tianming and Ye Lingfeng raised their rankings to twenty-second and twenty-eighth on the Ten Directions Heaven and Earth Rankings.
• Li Tianming gave Ye Lingfeng one thousand saint crystals and brought him to cultivate in the Spiritual Abundance Grounds.
• Li Tianming began reversing his cultivation methods to shatter the Purgatory Source, Chaos Thunder Source, and Grandmist Spirit Source and enter the Saint realm.
• Su Hongyin decided that Jiang Feiling would make the best birthday gift for Wei Wushang.

Su Hongyin tried to assassinate the girl in Building One’s Number One courtyard, but Bai Zifeng caught her and pursued her. Meanwhile, Li Tianming completed his breakthrough into the Saint realm, forming a fortified Saint Palace and three Life Springs.

• Su Hongyin waited in a vacant building for a chance to kill the girl with a Sacred Crystal, then fired when she appeared in the courtyard.
• Bai Zifeng appeared before the girl, caught the Sacred Crystal, recognized Su Hongyin, and captured her as she tried to flee.
• Li Tianming endured the chaos of reversing his cultivation techniques and stabilized his three Spirit Sources with help from the Supreme Unity Tower.
• Li Tianming formed a powerful Saint Palace marked by the bloodlines of his three Chaos Beasts, and his body underwent its first transformation.
• Li Tianming compressed his Beast Essence into three Life Springs and converted it into Saint Origin, while Yinghuo and the others’ divine abilities returned and began growing stronger.

Li Tianming reached the first level of the Earth Saint stage and unlocked the Eastern Emperor Sword’s second great gate, which let him split the sword and his attention in two. After his companion beasts transformed and Ye Lingfeng advanced as well, Li Tianming headed for the Deca-Suppression Dao Arena, where he planned to face Wei Wushang on his birthday.

• Li Tianming cultivated with saint crystals and dragon vein spiritual energy, reaching the first level of the Earth Saint stage and strengthening his three life springs.
• Li Tianming opened the Eastern Emperor Sword’s pale-black gate, splitting his imperial will and the sword into a gold blade and a black blade that he could wield simultaneously.
• Yinghuo and Miaomiao transformed into larger forms and reached the first level of the Earth Saint stage, while Lanhuang grew into an even larger beast.
• Ye Lingfeng advanced another level after using just over five hundred saint crystals, and Li Tianming sensed he had become much stronger.
• Li Tianming and Ye Lingfeng set out for the Deca-Suppression Dao Arena, planning to enter its first zone and fight into the top ten of the Deca-World Rankings before Wei Wushang’s birthday.

After learning that Su Hongyin had attempted to assassinate Jiang Feiling, Li Tianming killed her and confronted Western Hall King Wei Ji. He then challenged Wei Ji's grandson, Wei Wushang, to meet him at the Decagram Demon-Suppression Arena the next day.

• Bai Zijin told Li Tianming that Su Hongyin had been captured after trying to kill Jiang Feiling, and Li Tianming rushed back to his residence.
• Li Tianming confirmed Jiang Feiling was unharmed, learned that Wei Ji had ordered the assassination, and killed Su Hongyin with three sword strikes.
• Wei Ji arrived and accused the Hall Kings of killing Su Hongyin, but Bai Mo framed her attack as an attempt on Li Tianming and warned Wei Ji against further assassinations.
• Li Tianming challenged Wei Ji's grandson, Wei Wushang, to meet him at the Decagram Demon-Suppression Arena the next day.
• The Hall Kings praised Li Tianming's resolve and asked whether he could defeat the Divine Capital's young geniuses; Li Tianming vowed to beat them, starting with Wei Wushang.

Li Tianming faced Wei Wushang in a highly anticipated arena duel while Wei Ji and Jiang Jianying watched, hoping to see Li Tianming humbled. Li Tianming opened with a fierce charge and revealed that the Eastern Emperor Sword could split into two blades, but Wei Wushang’s Fire-Devouring Demon Wolf swallowed Yinghuo’s Six Paths Fire Lotus, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Wei Ji and Jiang Jianying discussed the duel, and Wei Ji said he had prepared to ensure Wei Wushang would not lose.
• Crowds gathered to mock Li Tianming and his family as Wei Wushang taunted him from the battle stage.
• Li Tianming summoned Yinghuo, Miaomiao, and Lanhuang, then charged Wei Wushang without speaking.
• Li Tianming’s Eastern Emperor Sword split into separate black and gold swords, astonishing the spectators.
• Wei Wushang summoned his two demon wolves and met Li Tianming’s attack with his Windfire Demon Blade.
• Wei Wushang’s Fire-Devouring Demon Wolf swallowed Yinghuo’s Six Paths Fire Lotus, prompting laughter from Wei Wushang and the arena crowd.

Li Tianming defeated Wei Wushang by killing both of his lifebound beasts and crippling him after he tried to use an illegal Heavenly Pattern Book. The chapter ended with Li Tianming promoting his Jade Mountain Books while Wei Wushang was carried away unconscious.

• Yinghuo’s Purgatory Fire weakened the Fire-Devouring Demon Wolf, and Miaomiao and Li Tianming killed it while Lanhuang and Yinghuo held off Wei Wushang and the other wolf.
• Li Tianming and Miaomiao overwhelmed the Wind-Controlling Demon Wolf, and Li Tianming killed it with his Eastern Emperor Swords.
• Yinghuo and Lanhuang knocked Wei Wushang down, but he activated a Heavenly Pattern Book that sent a golden spear toward Li Tianming.
• Li Tianming escaped the spear with the Jade Mountain Books, then cut off Wei Wushang’s arm, pierced his Saint Palace, and stabbed his tongue before knocking him off the platform.
• Li Tianming showed the crowd his Jade Mountain Book and offered to sell copies, while the Dao Tower’s leaders watched and Wei Wushang was carried away.
• Li Tianming wished Wei Wushang a happy birthday, and Wei Wushang fainted after spitting blood.

After Li Tianming defeated Wei Wushang, observers debated the growing conflict between the Dao Palace and the Divine Capital forces, while Jiang Feiling’s powers and beauty drew attention. In the rain, the Crown Prince recruited Jiang Yu to help kill Li Tianming and revealed his intent to pursue Jiang Feiling.

• Li Tianming’s victory over Wei Wushang left the ancient clans without anyone willing to challenge him, and observers suspected the Dark Hall was using him to pressure the royal clan and Divine Capital forces.
• Li Tianming let Jiang Feiling appear openly after the battle, while Heavenly Masters and elders discussed her remarkable abilities and the interest she could attract.
• Jiang Yu met the Crown Prince in the rain and showed him his Landscape and Beauties Scroll, which included Jiang Feiling.
• The Crown Prince ordered Jiang Yu to visit him that night and help kill Li Tianming when Li Muyang’s son challenged him.
• The Crown Prince said he intended to pursue Jiang Feiling, then shoved Jiang Yu into the mud; Jiang Yu rose with scarlet eyes after the Crown Prince left.

Li Tianming and Jiang Feiling completed the Sea Spirit Book and discussed how the Decagram Dao Palace’s conflict with the Ancient Royal Clan served their shared interests and Li Tianming’s search for the truth about his father, Li Muyang. The story then shifted to Qingqinghe Tower, where Jiang Yu met with Jiang Chengfeng, Jiang Junhe, Jiang Yufei, Jiang Yutong, and Gusu Yuyao while appearing unusually dejected.

• Li Tianming and Jiang Feiling finished writing the Sea Spirit Book, which could create seawater to strengthen Li Tianming and his beasts in battle.
• Li Tianming told Jiang Feiling that he would rely on the Decagram Dao Palace to oppose the Ancient Royal Clan and gain the strength to uncover the truth about Li Muyang.
• Jiang Feiling teased Li Tianming about his feelings for Sister Bai and asked him to put away the Eastern Emperor Sword before their heartfelt moment.
• At Qingqinghe Tower, Jiang Chengfeng asked the dispirited Jiang Yu whether Li Tianming had frightened him and threatened his standing.
• Jiang Junhe urged Jiang Yu to show his Painting of Rivers and Mountains and Beauties to Jiang Yufei, Jiang Yutong, and Gusu Yuyao, whom Jiang Yu now regarded more indifferently.

Jiang Chengfeng and the imperial clan planned to pressure the Dao Palace disciples before the Heaven and Earth Ranking final battle, while Li Tianming continued cultivating and rose to challenge their plans. After the Four Hall Kings warned him that the campaign was harming their people, Li Tianming asked them to hold the final battle in five days.

• Jiang Chengfeng urged Jiang Yu and the other imperial clan members to avenge Wei Wushang and proposed targeting unsupported Dao Palace disciples to drive them into the imperial clan camp.
• Li Tianming spent his book earnings generously, practiced divine pattern inscription, and cultivated alongside Ye Lingfeng, who rose to eighth place on the Ten Directions Heaven and Earth Ranking.
• Jiang Yu visited Li Tianming’s courtyard and declared his love for Jiang Feiling, who rejected him before Li Tianming shut the door in his face.
• Bai Mo, Situ Qinghe, Qin Jiufu, and Weisheng Yumo told Li Tianming that the imperial clan was targeting Dao Palace disciples and that the Palace Master could move up the final battle.
• Li Tianming asked the Four Hall Kings to schedule the Heaven and Earth Ranking final battle five days later, and they agreed to announce the change the next day.

The Earth Rankings finals began amid tension between the Dao Palace and the Divine Realm, as Dongyang Fen arrived to represent the Yu Emperor and hinted at a trump card. Li Tianming stayed in seclusion to cultivate and planned to wait until the final day before challenging the higher-ranked competitors.

• The Decapath Dao Heaven Battlefield filled with spectators as the Earth Rankings finals began, with Jiang Yu ranked first and Li Tianming ranked tenth.
• Hall Kings from the Dao Palace and the Divine Realm gathered in the azure palace, where Dongyang Fen arrived and traded barbs with Jiang An and Jiang Xiao.
• Dongyang Fen urged the imperial-clan Hall Kings to declare their loyalty to the Yu Emperor and said his father had given them a trump card to keep them invincible.
• The finals proceeded with battles between lower-ranked contestants while Li Tianming and Ye Lingfeng cultivated in a secret chamber.
• Li Tianming studied the Eastern Emperor Sword's Heavenly Patterns and decided to wait until the final day to challenge the competitors ranked above him.

Li Tianming emerged from cultivation on the final day of the Earth Ranking decisive battles and challenged seventh-ranked Jiang Junhe. He struck before Jiang Junhe could finish speaking, and his overwhelming attack swept past Jiang Junhe’s attempts to resist.

• Dongyang Zhuo entered the secret chamber, threatened the Jiang youths, and humiliated Jiang Yu, who answered him without backing down.
• Li Tianming studied the Eastern Emperor Sword and reflected on the ancient imperial clan’s rule, concluding that Imperial Heavenly Will centered on the will of the strong.
• As the Earth Ranking decisive battles neared their end, spectators complained that Li Tianming had not appeared to challenge the ancient imperial clan.
• Li Tianming and Ye Lingfeng emerged from their cultivation chamber, and Li Tianming challenged seventh-ranked Jiang Junhe.
• Jiang Junhe entered the battlefield, but Li Tianming immediately charged and unleashed the Three Lives Demon Fist, World-Ending Punch, overwhelming Jiang Junhe’s counterattacks.

Li Tianming and Ye Lingfeng swept through their Earth Ranking opponents, bringing Li Tianming within reach of a challenge against first-place Jiang Yu. Ye Lingfeng then faced Jiang Chengfeng, a royal descendant with a pure Nine Infants bloodline, as the battle for the rankings approached its climax.

• Li Tianming defeated Jiang Junhe with one punch, and Miaomiao and Yinghuo drove off Jiang Junhe's four-headed Azure Wind Nine Infants.
• Ye Lingfeng defeated fifth-place Zhao Tianlu with a soul attack after reaching the fifth level of the Earth Saint realm.
• Li Tianming challenged fourth-place Gusu Yuyao and defeated her and her Nine-Colored Dreamborn Butterfly in under twenty breaths.
• With only Jiang Yu ahead of him, Li Tianming let Ye Lingfeng challenge second-place Jiang Chengfeng for a better ranking and warned him not to kill anyone.
• Ye Lingfeng faced Jiang Chengfeng, who threatened to cripple him, and eagerly asked him to strike harder.

Ye Lingfeng fought Jiang Chengfeng in the Ten Directions Dao Heaven battlefield, using soul attacks to turn Jiang Chengfeng and his lifebound beast against themselves before crippling him. As Jiang Chengfeng threatened Ye Lingfeng, Ye Lingfeng raised his second sword to stab him in the chest.

• Jiang Chengfeng summoned the Dark Nether Ghost King Saber and his Netherblade Dark Demon Nine Infant, then charged Ye Lingfeng with their saber arts.
• Ye Lingfeng struck the beast's soul, causing its five blade-headed necks to tangle and slash themselves, and Jiang Chengfeng was thrown aside.
• Jiang Chengfeng pressed Ye Lingfeng with the Night Dragon-Slaying Saber Canon, but Ye Lingfeng's soul attack made him see ghosts and mistake his own lifebound beast for his enemy.
• Ye Lingfeng pierced Jiang Chengfeng's Saint Palace with a short sword, crippling him and dispersing his saint essence.
• Jiang Chengfeng threatened to tear out Ye Lingfeng's heart, and Ye Lingfeng stabbed his second sword toward Jiang Chengfeng's chest as the crowd urged him on.

Ye Lingfeng stopped his attack on Jiang Chengfeng after Li Tianming intervened, but Jiang Chengfeng killed himself after declaring the imperial clan would take revenge. Li Tianming recalled Bai Mo’s account of the ancient imperial clan’s brutality and learned that his father, Li Muyang, had stolen the Reincarnation Mirror to save countless lives, though the reason he killed Princess Tianming remained unknown.

• Li Tianming called to Ye Lingfeng, used the Bewitching Spirit Eye to calm his bloodlust, and led him away from Jiang Chengfeng.
• Jiang Chengfeng cursed Li Tianming and Ye Lingfeng, apologized to the imperial clan, then stabbed himself to death.
• Li Tianming recalled Bai Mo explaining that the ancient imperial clan had used the Reincarnation Mirror to consume the life souls of billions and built its power through plunder and oppression.
• Bai Mo told Li Tianming that Li Muyang had stolen the Reincarnation Mirror and called him a benefactor, though neither Bai Mo nor Li Tianming knew why he had killed Princess Tianming.
• Li Tianming asked why Emperor Qian had not searched urgently for the missing mirror, but Bai Mo admitted that the imperial clan’s lack of concern remained a mystery.

After Jiang Chengfeng’s suicide, Li Tianming challenged the Earth Ranking’s first-ranked Jiang Yu under the ancient royal clan’s silent, hostile gaze. Li Tianming quickly defeated and crippled Jiang Yu, who then revealed a thick Heavenly Pattern book and his intention to bind Jiang Feiling’s soul.

• Jiang Chengfeng’s father carried away his body while the royal clan watched Li Tianming coldly, and Li Tianming challenged the first rank of the Earth Ranking.
• Bai Mo recognized that Jiang Chengfeng’s death had inflamed the conflict, while a cloaked prince revealed that he had given Jiang Yu a soul-locking object to avoid harming Ling’er.
• Jiang Yu confronted Li Tianming and asked whether Jiang Feiling was with him before both fighters summoned their lifebound beasts.
• Li Tianming broke Jiang Yu’s Spring and Autumn Ink Brush, severed his arm, countered his Heavenly Pattern Books, and pierced his saint palace.
• Jiang Yu claimed he had never wanted to kill Li Tianming, then revealed a thick Heavenly Pattern book and said he wanted to bind Jiang Feiling’s soul.

Li Tianming used a four-star Heavenly Pattern Book to shield Jiang Feiling from Jiang Yu’s lethal attack, then killed Jiang Yu when he tried to take his own life. After the ancient royal clan rushed the battlefield, the Dao Palace sealed it off and defended Li Tianming, leaving the Earth Ranking final to continue with Li Tianming in first place.

• Jiang Yu activated the Locking Soul Dead Spirit Book against Jiang Feiling, but Li Tianming protected them both with the Immovable Spirit Realm Book.
• After Jiang Feiling explained that they were safe, Li Tianming confronted Jiang Yu, who cursed him and tried to stab himself.
• Li Tianming knocked away Jiang Yu’s dagger and killed him with the Eastern Emperor Sword.
• Li Tianming mocked the ancient royal clan, prompting tens of thousands of its members to charge the battlefield before the Decatheon Dao Heaven Barrier blocked them.
• Bai Mo defended Li Tianming’s actions and insisted that Dao Palace rules governed the contest, while Jiang An urged everyone to sit and continue the final.
• Bai Zifeng placed Li Tianming first and Ye Lingfeng second on the Earth Ranking after Jiang Yu and Jiang Chengfeng were removed.