Chapter Summaries

Mo Cangtian and two Black and White Monastery elders used a secret treasure to shield the Will of the Heavens and attacked Lu Qing’s underground formation, only to find it empty. Lu Qing appeared before them, and the chapter ended with him showing Mo Cangtian Mo Tu Shan’s sealed Nascent Soul.

• Mo Cangtian’s Senior Brother activated a black pearl that shielded the area from the Will of the Heavens, which the White-clothed Woman sensed nearby.
• Lu Qing felt the heavenly laws change as the three Integration Realm Divine Sense Clones attacked his former quiet room, but he had already moved away from it.
• The attack devastated Great Cang Mountain and sent nearby Nascent Soul cultivators fleeing, while the White-clothed Woman and observers beyond the World Membrane recognized the three Black and White Monastery demons.
• Mo Cangtian and the two elders discovered that Lu Qing’s formation and aura had vanished, then heard his voice and saw him appear above them without warning.
• Lu Qing identified the three demons and reminded Mo Cangtian of their encounter outside the Guixu Secret Realm before revealing Mo Tu Shan’s sealed Nascent Soul.

Lu Qing destroyed Mo Tu Shan’s imprisoned Nascent Soul in front of Mo Cangtian and two other Black and White Monastery experts, provoking them to attack. He held off their coordinated Integration Realm-level assault and announced that he would use his true strength.

• Lu Qing crushed Mo Tu Shan’s Nascent Soul, and a strange fluctuation traveled through the Sea of Laws toward an unknown target.
• Mo Cangtian attacked Lu Qing with a saber strike that exceeded the Nascent Soul Realm, but Lu Qing caught and crushed it between two fingers.
• Mo Cangtian, the Hook-nosed Old Man, and the Gray-robed Old Woman joined forces, using a massive saber slash, a surprise sword thrust, and poisonous roots against Lu Qing.
• Lu Qing blocked Mo Cangtian’s slash with the Azure Radiance Sword, then countered the Hook-nosed Old Man and shattered the Gray-robed Old Woman’s roots.
• Lu Qing stood unharmed amid the Void Turbulence and said he would bring out his true strength, chilling the Hook-nosed Old Man.

Lu Qing used his Greater Divine Power [Great Strength] to crush the hook-nosed old man and withstand Mo Cangtian and the Gray-robed Old Woman’s combined attack. He transformed into his True Witch Body and crushed Mo Cangtian, leaving the Gray-robed Old Woman as the remaining opponent.

• Lu Qing seized the hook-nosed old man before he could merge into space and crushed his body and Divine Sense with overwhelming physical strength.
• Mo Cangtian and the Gray-robed Old Woman attacked Lu Qing together with a demonic blade, spatial pressure, black roots, and poison.
• Lu Qing blocked Mo Cangtian’s demonic blade with a punch and destroyed the black roots and poison surrounding him.
• Lu Qing transformed into his ten-thousand-zhang True Witch Body, seized Mo Cangtian, and crushed him.

Lu Qing swallowed the Gray-robed Old Woman’s poison of laws unharmed, revealing that his cultivation and body could refine it into power. As the old woman fled with the Black and White Monastery’s secret treasure, Lu Qing seized the black bead and erased her divine sense from it.

• The Gray-robed Old Woman sacrificed most of her Divine Sense Clone to trap Lu Qing in poisonous black water, but he swallowed it all and refined some of its power.
• Lu Qing explained that his mastery of the Great Dao of Wood and the completed Myriad Tribulations Undying Heavenly Witch Body made the poison of laws unable to harm him.
• The Gray-robed Old Woman realized the heavenly phenomenon had come from Lu Qing’s breakthrough and feared what he would become after reaching Integration.
• The Gray-robed Old Woman self-destructed her cane to cover her escape, then tried to flee with a black bead from the space around her.
• Lu Qing used Space Teleportation to catch the bead, subdued its resistance with soul power, and erased the old woman’s divine sense from it.

After defeating the Divine Sense Clones of Mo Cangtian and two other Integration Realm cultivators, Lu Qing examined the Dark Demon Bead and learned it contained the power of a law from another plane. He revealed that he had detected the other hidden cultivators watching the battle, leaving them wary of him.

• Lu Qing inspected the Dark Demon Bead and discovered it came from the Dark Demon Abyss, contained the power of the Dark Law, and could shield a living world's Will of the Heavens.
• The Golden-eyed Middle-aged Man, Luo Yuantian, Yuan Mo, the White-clothed Woman, Qing Xi, and Yu Jian were shocked by Lu Qing's victory and relieved they had not opposed him.
• The White-clothed Woman approached Lu Qing and explained that Mo Cangtian and the others had used the Dark Demon Bead to shield their Divine Sense Clones and let them wield Integration Realm-level power.
• Lu Qing told the White-clothed Woman that he had sensed her and several other hidden cultivators nearby.
• The Nether Palace and Charm Immortal Pavilion cultivators revealed themselves, and Lu Qing said his spiritual perception was simply sharper than most people's.

Lu Qing defeated Black and White Monastery’s cultivators, claimed the Dark Demon Bead, and left after learning other ancient forces had secretly entered the Tian Yuan Great World. Outside the world, Mo Cangtian reunited with his true-body companions, who vowed to recover the bead before the Abbot learned of their failure.

• The White-clothed Woman explained that the Dark Demon Bead could block a world's Will of the Heavens and had helped Black and White Monastery invade other worlds.
• Lu Qing put away the Dark Demon Bead and teleported away, leaving the White-clothed Woman, Old Ghost Qiu, and Pavilion Master Mu behind.
• The White-clothed Woman took Qing Xi and Yu Jian away after taunting Old Ghost Qiu and Pavilion Master Mu, who chose not to fight.
• Outside the World Membrane, Luo Yuantian and the Golden-eyed Middle-aged Man worried about the many powerful forces secretly present in the Tian Yuan Great World.
• Mo Cangtian realized Nether Palace had been plotting behind the scenes, then began restoring his Divine Sense Clone after his defeat.
• The Hook-nosed Old Man and the Gray-robed Old Woman arrived in their true bodies, and the Hook-nosed Old Man vowed to reclaim the Dark Demon Bead before the Abbot found out.

The Black and White Monastery planned to kill Lu Qing when he left the Tian Yuan Great World to undergo Integration Realm tribulation, while Lu Qing strengthened his defenses and continued cultivating. Three years passed as he advanced his cultivation and deduced the final two tribulations of the Perfected Nascent Soul Method.

• Mo Cangtian proposed destroying the Tian Yuan Great World, but the Hook-nosed Old Man and the Gray-robed Old Woman rejected the idea and planned to ambush Lu Qing when he left to undergo tribulation.
• The Hook-nosed Old Man revealed that Mo Tu Shan's Soul Lamp had gone out, and the Gray-robed Old Woman concluded that Lu Qing had cursed and killed Mo Tu Shan's Divine Sense Clone.
• Lu Qing suspected the Nether Palace had revealed his whereabouts, then set up a formation to conceal his new cave dwelling.
• Lu Qing examined the Dark Demon Bead and discovered a strange, pure dark aura at its core that might be connected to the Black and White Monastery's cultivation art.
• Lu Qing resumed cultivating while using his ability to deduce the final two tribulations of the Perfected Nascent Soul Method, and three years passed.

After ten years of seclusion, Lu Qing perfected the tenth tribulation of the [Perfected Nascent Soul Method] and began cultivating its eleventh, the Dharma Tribulation. His breakthrough shook the Great Dao and summoned omens across the Tian Yuan Great World, leaving powerful observers wondering what he would achieve next.

• Lu Qing completed his deductions of the Dharma and Body Tribulations and continued cultivating in seclusion while his companions progressed in the underground formation.
• Ten years later, Lu Qing reached perfection in the tenth tribulation and prepared himself before beginning the Dharma Tribulation.
• Lu Qing transformed his Dharma power, triggering a vast Dao Sound, falling Heavenly Flowers, and golden lotuses throughout the Tian Yuan Great World.
• Qin Zheng and the others recognized the omens as signs of another breakthrough by Lu Qing and worried that outside powers might notice them.
• The White-clothed Woman, the White-haired Elder, and the Bewitching Beautiful Woman connected the omens to Lu Qing, while the White-haired Elder observed that the Black and White Monastery's elders had greater concerns than settling scores with the Nether Palace.

Lu Qing completed a breakthrough into the eleventh tribulation of the Nascent Soul Realm, transforming his mana into Chaos Mana as observers outside the Tian Yuan Great World worried about his growing strength. He left the Quiet Room after realizing his new mana would require far more cultivation resources.

• Mo Cangtian, the hook-nosed old man, and the Gray-robed Old Woman sensed another heavenly phenomenon and feared Lu Qing’s breakthrough would make him an even greater threat to the Black and White Monastery.
• Luo Yuantian, the Mysterious Earth Golden Dragon, and Yuan Mo sensed the phenomenon and felt fortunate that they no longer held grudges against Lu Qing.
• Lu Qing watched his mana transform into Chaos Mana and completed his breakthrough into the eleventh tribulation of the Nascent Soul Realm as the heavenly disturbance subsided.
• Lu Qing discovered that condensing Chaos Mana required more than ten times as much spiritual essence, leaving him concerned that he might need scarce Top-Grade Spirit Stones in the Integration Realm.
• Lu Qing opened the formation around the Quiet Room and walked out.

After twenty years of seclusion, Lu Qing completed the Dharma Tribulation and entered the Body Tribulation, triggering another heavenly phenomenon that alarmed the Integration Realm powers. He sensed his transformed body and resolved to cultivate the final tribulation before investigating the Witch Clan’s mysteries.

• Lu Qing emerged from seclusion, praised Xiao Yan and Xiao Li for reaching Golden Core Nine Revolutions, and returned to cultivation after guiding Qin Zheng and the others.
• Over the next twenty years, Lu Qing cultivated in seclusion while Integration Realm experts across the Starry Sky watched and waited for him to emerge.
• Another heavenly phenomenon announced Lu Qing’s breakthrough, frightening Mo Cangtian and the other two old fiends, who decided to inform the Abbot.
• Lu Qing completed the Dharma Tribulation and entered the Body Tribulation, discovering that his physical strength and vitality had grown immensely.
• Lu Qing sensed that his body could perceive other worlds, recalled the Myriad Tribulations Undying Heavenly Witch Body, and decided to ask the Witch Clan senior about its mysteries when he had time.
• Lu Qing set aside his questions about the Witch Clan and began cultivating the Body Tribulation toward completion.

The Old Doctor and Wei Shanhai wondered where Lu Qing and his companions were traveling, while Lu Qing continued cultivating toward Body Tribulation perfection. Beyond the Tian Yuan Great World, three Black and White Monastery Grand Elders joined Mo Cangtian and the others to confront Lu Qing, though they remained skeptical of the threat he posed.

• The Old Doctor and Wei Shanhai played Go and discussed Lu Qing, the starry sky, and their hopes of reaching higher cultivation realms.
• The Old Doctor reflected on Lu Qing’s promise to send word when he neared the Nascent Soul Tribulation and continued the game with Wei Shanhai.
• Lu Qing absorbed vast quantities of spiritual essence as his body strengthened and approached Body Tribulation perfection.
• Three Black and White Monastery Grand Elders arrived beyond the Tian Yuan Great World and found Mo Cangtian and the other two watching it closely.
• The Grand Elders questioned whether Lu Qing was truly dangerous, and Mo Cangtian told them they would understand once they saw him.

The Black and White Monastery sent six Integration Realm Grand Elders to lie in wait for Lu Qing, while his allies learned of the threat and debated how to warn him. Unaware of the danger, Lu Qing completed his Body Tribulation.

• The Black and White Monastery’s elders prepared to use the Sixfold Demon-Sealing Formation to kill Lu Qing, fearing his potential if he reached Integration.
• The White-clothed Woman told Qing Xi and Yu Jian that six Grand Elders had gathered outside the Tian Yuan Great World to target Lu Qing.
• The White-clothed Woman said she could not stop the Black and White Monastery without risking a sect war, but could warn Lu Qing while he remained safe inside the world.
• The White-haired Elder confirmed to the Bewitching Beautiful Woman that the six Integration Realm cultivators were lying in wait for Lu Qing, then hinted that his plans were only beginning.
• Lu Qing remained absorbed in cultivation and completed his Body Tribulation.

Lu Qing reached great perfection in the Nascent Soul Realm and learned he had to leave the Tian Yuan Great World to undergo tribulation, where Black and White Monastery had six Integration Realm old demons waiting to ambush him. After the White-clothed Woman warned him of the danger, Lu Qing stopped her group to ask Yu Jian about the Heaven Piercing Taoist.

• Lu Qing perfected his Soul, Dharma, and Body Tribulations and learned from the Will of the Heavens that he could not undergo Integration tribulation within the Tian Yuan Great World.
• Lu Qing used an Illusion Technique to deduce that dangerous auras were waiting beyond the world, but he remained confident he could handle them.
• The White-clothed Woman arrived with Qing Xi and Yu Jian and was shocked that she could not sense Lu Qing's aura.
• The White-clothed Woman told Lu Qing that six Integration Realm old demons from Black and White Monastery were waiting in the Starry Sky to ambush him.
• As the White-clothed Woman prepared to leave, Lu Qing stopped the group and asked Yu Jian where the Heaven Piercing Taoist was.

Lu Qing learned that Heaven Piercing Taoist was the Heaven Piercing Sword Sect’s fifth-generation patriarch, who vanished after reaching the peak of the Integration Realm. After the White-clothed Woman warned him about the Black and White Monastery’s plans, Lu Qing returned to his cave abode, calm about the threat waiting beyond the Tian Yuan Great World.

• Lu Qing told Yu Jian that he had obtained a sword-path inheritance from Heaven Piercing Taoist, and Yu Jian identified it as an inheritance left by the Heaven Piercing Sword Sect’s fifth-generation patriarch.
• Yu Jian explained that the patriarch had been missing for seventy to eighty thousand years, though his Soul Lamp still burned and the sect had received no response from its attempts to contact him.
• The White-clothed Woman said Heaven Piercing Taoist had reached the peak of the Integration Realm and noted that the Black and White Monastery had risen to power after his disappearance.
• Lu Qing wondered whether Heaven Piercing Taoist had entered a higher realm, then thanked the visitors for warning him about the Black and White Monastery.
• The White-clothed Woman advised Lu Qing to stay in the Tian Yuan Great World, and Lu Qing recognized that six Integration Realm cultivators were waiting to ambush him outside before returning to his cave abode.

Lu Qing completed his preparation for Integration Realm tribulation, choosing nine Great Daos and letting go of his failed attempts to comprehend Time and Karma. He entered the Starry Sky to undergo Tribulation Transcendence, where Mo Cangtian and the other waiting experts attacked him.

• Lu Qing cultivated the Great Dao of Sword to the Nascent Soul Realm limit and formed a powerful Sword World.
• Over the following years, Lu Qing failed to comprehend the Great Daos of Karma and Time but mastered Space and brought his total of prepared Daos to nine.
• Lu Qing let go of his fixation on Time and Karma, completed his Dao Heart, and told Xiao Yan, Xiao Li, Qin Zheng, and the others to remain protected while he underwent Tribulation Transcendence.
• Lu Qing teleported beyond the Tian Yuan Great World, where he sensed Mo Cangtian and the other experts concealed nearby.
• Mo Cangtian attacked Lu Qing with a demonic palm, and Lu Qing met it with a Five Colors Light palm, shattering the surrounding space.

Lu Qing faced six Integration Realm demons from Black and White Monastery in the starry sky and proved vastly stronger than Mo Cangtian. After shattering Mo Cangtian’s weapon and breaking his body in two, Lu Qing left the other demons and arriving observers to confront the result.

• Lu Qing blocked Mo Cangtian’s demonic palm with his Five-Colored Glaze Dharma Palm, shocking the six Integration Realm demons with his mastery of the Five Elements.
• The Hook-nosed Old Man and the other demons sealed the starry sky, while Luo Yuantian, the White-clothed Woman, the White-haired Elder, and the Bewitching Beautiful Woman sensed or witnessed the confrontation.
• Mo Cangtian manifested his Heaven-Supporting Demon Body and attacked Lu Qing with his demonic blade, but Lu Qing’s Witch Body was nearly a hundred thousand zhang tall and repelled the strike with a punch.
• Lu Qing overwhelmed Mo Cangtian even after he drew upon the Power of the Great Dao, shattering his demonic blade and forcing him backward.
• Lu Qing caught up with Mo Cangtian and punched through his chest, splitting his body in two.

Lu Qing defeated Mo Cangtian, but the Black and White Monastery’s six Integration Realm old demons trapped him in the Six Harmonies Heavenly Demon Array and greatly amplified their power. As Mo Cangtian prepared to attack, he suddenly felt an intense tremor in his heart.

• Lu Qing split Mo Cangtian in two with a punch, stunning the powerful observers gathered in the Starry Sky.
• Lu Qing shattered Mo Cangtian’s lower half and chased the fleeing remnant, but the hook-nosed old man and five other Integration Realm old demons intervened and surrounded him with an array.
• The White-clothed Woman and the White-haired Elder recognized the array as the Black and White Monastery’s infamous Six Harmonies Heavenly Demon Array, once used to turn the tide of a war against the righteous factions.
• The array restored Mo Cangtian’s body and amplified the six old demons’ power, leaving Lu Qing in danger despite his calm demeanor.
• Mo Cangtian threatened Lu Qing and began to attack, but an intense tremor suddenly struck his heart and made him look up in alarm.

Lu Qing triggered his Integration Tribulation inside the Six Harmonies Heavenly Demon Array, hoping to use its power to break the array. After surviving the demons’ attack until the Heavenly Tribulation Vortex appeared, he forced Mo Cangtian and the others to retreat, leaving him injured and alone to face the tribulation.

• Lu Qing revealed that he had triggered his own Integration Tribulation and challenged Mo Cangtian to face it with him.
• Mo Cangtian and the Hook-nosed Old Man ordered the six demons to attack Lu Qing before the tribulation fully formed, and Lu Qing used sword qi to hold back the array’s Dao Power phenomena.
• The demons’ combined power overwhelmed Lu Qing’s sword qi, and they believed the array had refined him, but he concealed his aura and endured until his Integration Tribulation appeared.
• Lu Qing revealed himself alive and mocked Mo Cangtian, explaining that he had pretended to be dead while waiting for the tribulation to descend.
• The Hook-nosed Old Man warned that attacking Lu Qing would draw the demons into the tribulation, so the six old demons fled and left Lu Qing alone beneath the vortex.

Lu Qing recovered from the Six Harmonies Heavenly Demon Array and began facing an unprecedented Integration Tribulation formed from nine Great Daos. The Chaos Great Dao Tribulation started gathering its first lightning, leaving the observers wondering which Dao Lu Qing would choose.

• After Mo Cangtian and the others withdrew, Lu Qing restored his body and aura with a Top-Grade Spirit Stone.
• A vast tribulation cloud formed, and the experts discussed the many Great Daos Lu Qing had cultivated and wondered which he would choose for Integration.
• The gray cloud proved to be the Chaos Great Dao Tribulation, requiring Lu Qing to withstand eighty-one bolts from nine Great Daos.
• Lu Qing learned the tribulation’s details and resolved to endure it with his own strength.
• Golden lightning began to gather first, leading the observing experts to wonder whether Lu Qing had chosen the Golden Dao.

Lu Qing endured the opening bolts of his Great Dao of Gold Integration Tribulation and discovered that their Dao Power nourished his body and strengthened the Yin-Yang Five Elements Gourd. The third bolt finally wounded him, giving Mo Cangtian and the other Black and White Monastery fiends hope that the growing tribulation might weaken Lu Qing enough for them to kill him.

• The powerful cultivators watching were surprised that Lu Qing had chosen the Great Dao of Gold, while Mo Cangtian and the other Black and White Monastery fiends decided it would be manageable.
• Lu Qing endured the first two golden Dao Power tribulation bolts with no injuries and realized that the tribulation strengthened his body, mana, Nascent Soul, and Yin-Yang Five Elements Gourd.
• Lu Qing inferred that successful Integration transformed a cultivator into a Dao Body and that his Lifebound Magical Treasure might advance to a Top-Grade Spirit Artifact.
• The third tribulation bolt broke through Lu Qing's regeneration and left wounds on his body.
• Mo Cangtian and the other Black and White Monastery fiends rejoiced at seeing Lu Qing injured and hoped the later bolts would weaken him further.