Chapter Summaries

Li Xijun used the unified powers of Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism to defeat and destroy Hong Tianwang, the Tier One Angel who had threatened Guangfu City. After the battle, Li Xijun stood revealed as a Manifest Saint True Lord whose name would shake the world.

• Hong Tianwang unleashed a devastating Sacred Purification Light attack, but Li Xijun froze the space around it and Hong Tianwang, then dismantled the attack.
• Li Xijun recited that the Master did not speak of the strange, the mighty, disorder, or spirits, and Confucian Literary Energy sealed Hong Tianwang's divine power and weakened its form.
• Li Xijun formed Buddhism's great power fist seal and created a Pure Land Mandala Barrier of Light around Hong Tianwang.
• Li Xijun's fist seal purified Hong Tianwang completely, destroying its body and soul, while its remaining force healed Guangfu City and soothed the wounded.
• The witnesses recognized Li Xijun as a Manifest Saint True Lord, and his name began to shake the world.

Li Xijun killed Hong Tianwang and saved Guangfu, establishing himself as a Manifest Saint True Lord. His victory alarmed the Seven Gods Church and drew reactions from the Old Emperor, Wen Zhiyin, and Li Boyan, who realized Li Xijun had surpassed his old aspirations.

• Guangfu's defenders and survivors celebrated Li Xijun's victory, while the Followers of the Light Cult outside the city collapsed into panic and fled.
• At the Hall of Ten Thousand Nations, the Storm Angel, Light Angel, and Chult recognized Li Xijun as a major threat and decided to accelerate their plans.
• Situ Wenyuan celebrated that the southeast had been secured.
• The Old Emperor resolved to advance his final step and use the Nine Great Tombs to draw attention away from Li Xijun.
• Wen Zhiyin reflected that Li Xijun's rise could change the world's balance.
• Li Boyan and Zhang Fuhu realized Li Xijun had fulfilled the aspiration of becoming both a Martial Saint and a True Lord, and Li Boyan noted that he had slain a Sequence One angel.

After defeating Hong Tianwang and advancing to Manifestation of Sagehood, Li Xijun assessed his new strength and resolved to perfect his cultivation before pursuing the Exterior Scenery Realm. In Guangfu, he rewarded the families who defended the city, while Tang Yongzhen used Li’s favor to secure their support and strengthen his position as governor-general.

• Li Xijun returned to Guangfu City, where Tang Yongzhen and the city’s leaders bowed to him; Li credited the defenders and their ancestors for helping save the city.
• In the governor-general’s residence, Li saw that his Spirit Level had risen to 51.4 and examined the three divine abilities of his newly advanced mind image.
• Li decided to visit the Wuxia World to find the Intent of the Myriad Stars and perfect his cultivation before breaking through to Exterior Scenery.
• The next morning, Tang Yongzhen hosted Li for medicinal Cantonese morning tea, and Li promised to visit and reward the families who had defended Guangfu.
• Tang Yongzhen told the Lin family that Li might visit their residence, winning their pledge of support, then visited the Ye family and other contributors to secure their backing.

Li Xijun honored the Lin family by placing a powerful mystic sword in their ancestral hall, strengthening their standing and drawing the people’s power toward him. After Situ Wenyuan explained the dangers of Tribulation Lightning and the Celestial Masters Sect’s expertise, Li Xijun decided to visit Longhu Mountain and challenge the sect.

• Li Xijun visited the Lin residence, honored its ancestor, and bestowed the Gold Sovereign Mystic Sword to guard the family and secure its prosperity.
• The Lin family thanked Li Xijun, while news of his gift spread through Guangfu Prefecture and his prestige rose across the southeast.
• That night, Situ Wenyuan discussed the Manifestation of Sagehood realm with Li Xijun and described the dangers of Tribulation Lightning and its heart demons.
• Situ Wenyuan identified the Celestial Masters Sect of Longhu Mountain as the foremost authority on lightning arts and recounted its refusal to aid the court.
• Li Xijun decided to return to Jinmen, consult his teacher Li Boyan, and challenge Longhu Mountain.

Li Xijun arrived at Longhu Mountain after a leisurely journey and found Zhang Lingfeng guarding its gate. After Zhang Lingfeng’s greed and hostility drew Li Xijun’s judgment, Li erased him with one finger and declared that he had come to seek the Dao.

• Li Xijun left Guangfu Prefecture and spent five days traveling slowly, enjoying the scenery and helping people along the way.
• At Longhu Mountain’s gate, Wang and Zhao discussed Li Xijun’s rise to Manifestation of Sagehood, while Zhang Lingfeng mocked them and fantasized about seizing Li’s secrets.
• Li Xijun asked the gatekeepers about Longhu Mountain and Zhang Lingfeng, then recognized Zhang’s malicious thoughts and confronted him.
• Zhang Lingfeng tried to flee and summon help, but Li Xijun’s two-hundred-zhang heart-image appeared and stopped him.
• A Longhu Mountain Manifest Saint elder intervened, but Li Xijun’s finger shattered the elder’s heart-image and erased Zhang Lingfeng.
• Li Xijun told the alarmed mountain that he had come to seek the Dao, leaving the gatekeepers trembling.

Li Xijun defeated Zhang Hongyuan after Zhang Lingfeng’s death, then accepted Celestial Master Qingxu’s apology and invitation at Longhu Mountain. Qingxu revealed that he believed Li was destined to ascend the throne and had been chosen by the Ninth Princess, leaving Li to consider the implications of his fortune.

• Zhang Hongyuan attacked Li Xijun with Longhu Mountain’s Nine Heavens Divine Lightning, but Li swallowed the lightning with a spatial rift.
• Li struck Zhang Hongyuan’s Thunder Emperor mind-image twice, badly injuring it before Celestial Master Qingxu intervened and apologized on the sect’s behalf.
• Li accepted Qingxu’s apology and entered the Celestial Master Hall, while Zhang Hongyuan fled to recover and the Zhang family’s direct descendants kept out of sight.
• Li told Qingxu that Longhu Mountain owed him a favor, and Qingxu agreed that the sect would obey the imperial court under Li’s future rule.
• Qingxu said Longhu Mountain’s fortune-reading arts indicated that Li’s fate surpassed the princes’, and that the Ninth Princess was the true dragon destined to choose him.

Li Xijun secured Longhu Mountain’s support and received its Nine Heavens Thunder Pivot Jade Canon before returning to Jinmen to learn from Li Boyan. He then arrived at the Life-Slaying Martial Hall, where disciples began to recognize him.

• Celestial Master Qingxu offered Li Xijun the Nine Heavens Thunder Pivot Jade Canon and pledged Longhu Mountain’s support in exchange for a future leadership role and Power of the People.
• Li Xijun promised Longhu Mountain a place as leader of the Daoist sects and teacher of the nation, and Qingxu began purging Zhang Hongyuan’s faction after Li Xijun left.
• Li Xijun visited Li Boyan, who examined the jade canon, praised its insights, and shared his own lessons on surviving tribulations and cultivating the Power of All Beings.
• Li Xijun left Li Boyan and returned to the Life-Slaying Martial Hall, where a disciple recognized him as Senior Brother Li.

Li Xijun returned to the Life-Slaying Martial Hall, reunited with Zhang Fuhu, and strengthened the hall with a protective sword before returning to the Main World. There, Su Nianying brought rare resources and began an intimate cultivation method with him, while Su Nianyi broke through to the middle stage of the Intent Realm and prepared to confront Wei Ying.

• Li Xijun returned to the Life-Slaying Martial Hall, where the disciples greeted him with awe and reverence.
• Zhang Fuhu welcomed Li Xijun warmly, and Li Xijun summoned a Martial Soul Mystic Sword to protect and aid the martial hall.
• Li Xijun returned to the Main World and agreed to receive the four rare resources needed to reach Late Intent Realm Perfection.
• Su Nianying brought Li Xijun the resources and a jade medicinal bath furnace, then began the Method of Yin-Yang Flow with him to help refine them.
• Su Nianyi broke through to the middle stage of the Intent Realm and resolved to stop Wei Ying from stealing her home.

Li Xijun perfected his Four Symbols cultivation, opened all nine apertures, and reached the peak of the Intent Realm. He traveled to the Palace of the Stars to challenge its Azure Dragon Saint, whose defeat would give him access to the Myriad Stars Array Diagram and the final insight he needed before advancing to Exterior Scenery.

• Li Xijun absorbed the Four Symbols origins with Su Nianying's help, perfected his four cultivation methods, and fully opened all nine apertures.
• Li Xijun told Su Nianying he intended to enter seclusion and break through to Exterior Scenery, then declined her offer to stand guard.
• Li Xijun took his Enlightenment Spirit Tea and used the Unifying the Heavens imprint to return to the northern desert in the Nether.
• Li Xijun crossed the desert and traveled to the Palace of the Stars to reassure Li Qinghan and challenge the Azure Dragon Saint.
• Li Xijun sought to defeat the Azure Dragon Saint and claim the Palace of the Stars' authority to study the Myriad Stars Array Diagram.

Li Xijun returned to the Palace of the Stars after opening all nine apertures and asked to fight Azure Dragon Saint Yin Tianheng for his title and the right to comprehend the All Heavens Stellar Array Diagram. Inside the Star Sacred Land, Li Xijun revealed a vast heart manifestation and killed Yin Tianheng, leaving him poised to claim the Azure Dragon Saint’s position and the array diagram.

• Li Qinghan and the two Venerables discovered Li Xijun had opened all nine apertures and perfected his Inner Scenery and physical body.
• Li Xijun requested a life-and-death duel with Yin Tianheng for the Azure Dragon Saint’s title and the chance to comprehend the Myriad Stars Array Diagram.
• Yin Tianheng accepted the challenge and proposed that they fight inside the sealed Star Sacred Land, where the victor could immediately comprehend the diagram.
• Li Xijun and Yin Tianheng entered the Star Sacred Land, where Yin Tianheng revealed he had reached the peak of the Outer Scenery Second Heaven.
• Li Xijun summoned the Supreme Heavenly Venerable Heart Manifestation of Three Religions Unification and crushed Yin Tianheng’s Azure Dragon manifestation.
• Li Xijun’s heart manifestation killed Yin Tianheng, destroying his body and soul.

After the Book of Mortal Affairs announced that Li Xijun had killed Yin Tianheng while still at Orifice Opening, prodigies rushed toward the Palace of the Stars to see him. Li Xijun forged a new cultivation art around the Ziwei Star and prepared to break through to Exterior Scenery, only to discover that Li Qinghan was already undergoing her own lightning tribulation.

• The Book of Mortal Affairs proclaimed Li Xijun Number One on the Human Ranking after he crushed and killed Yin Tianheng without revealing his Sword Embryo or Four Symbols foundation.
• Li Qinghan, Mu Wanqiu, and Su Manniang celebrated Li Xijun’s victory as Azure Dragon Hall elders reeled, while traveling prodigies including Duan Heyu, Kongzhu, Xiao Yishan, Han Qiong, Fang Qinghua, and Chu Kuangge hurried toward the Palace of the Stars.
• Li Xijun studied the All Heavens Stellar Array Diagram but rejected the Night Emperor’s art as incompatible with his own path.
• Li Xijun drew on the Ziwei Star to unite his Four Symbols powers into a new cultivation art, transforming his acupoints and Inner Scenery into a stellar universe governed by Ziwei Supremacy.
• As Li Xijun sensed his Exterior Scenery breakthrough and its approaching tribulation, he saw that Li Qinghan was already facing thunderclouds outside the Palace of the Stars.

At Li Qinghan’s Qionglin Banquet, she defeated three Human Ranking prodigies, attained Heaven and Man United, and passed her Exterior Scenery tribulation with Li Xijun’s guidance. Li Xijun then began his own breakthrough, revealed an immense Inner Scenery Universe, and split the final heavenly thunder and tribulation clouds with the Night Emperor Sword Embryo.

• Li Qinghan defeated Fang Qinghua, Han Qiong, and Chu Kuangge, then broke through to Heaven and Man United during their battles.
• Li Qinghan passed the first two layers of her Exterior Scenery tribulation but struggled as the third gathered.
• Li Xijun explained the White Tiger’s virtue of restraint, helping Li Qinghan form a new sword technique and pass the final lightning strike perfectly.
• Li Xijun appeared at the Training Ground and invited the gathered guests to watch him enter the Exterior Scenery Realm.
• Li Xijun manifested an Inner Scenery Universe of space, time, and the Four Symbols, then overcame the first three layers of his tribulation.
• Li Xijun wielded the Night Emperor Sword Embryo to split the final divine thunder and cleave apart the tribulation clouds.

After shattering his lightning tribulation, Li Xijun absorbed the surrounding spiritual energy and starlight, rapidly advancing to the late stage of Exterior Scenery First Heaven. The Palace of the Stars recognized him as its Star Lord, and he declared himself its master.

• Li Xijun drew on the stars and surrounding spiritual energy, advancing from early to late Exterior Scenery First Heaven in moments.
• The gathered experts marveled at Li Xijun's power and his ability to conceal his aura, while Mu Wanqiu and Su Manniang predicted he would soon rival them.
• An Azure Dragon elder proclaimed Li Xijun the Star Lord under the Palace of the Stars' ancestral teaching and begged him to restore the position of Palace Master.
• Mu Wanqiu, Su Manniang, and Li Qinghan knelt and saluted Li Xijun as the Star Lord, shocking the crowd.
• Li Xijun declared that the Palace of the Stars would be under his command and that he was its Master of the Stars.

After news spread of Li Xijun’s breakthrough and appointment as Star Lord, Mu Wanqiu asked him to enter Kyoto as a prince to steady the imperial loyalists, and he agreed while seeking the Son of Heaven Dragon Fist. Li Xijun arrived in Kyoto to public uproar, and a hidden old man received word of his entrance.

• A traveler at the Ten Miles Fragrance tea stall heard martial artists recount Li Xijun’s four-layer Heavenly Tribulation, his rise as Star Lord, and the Palace of the Stars’ support for him.
• Mu Wanqiu revealed her direct-line ties to the Mu Family and asked Li Xijun to go to Kyoto as a publicly recognized prince to stabilize the court.
• Li Xijun agreed to enter Kyoto and hoped to seek the imperial art, the Son of Heaven Dragon Fist.
• Li Xijun’s convoy entered Kyoto under the Palace of the Stars’ banners, drawing the attention of the city and spreading news of his arrival.
• An old man in a dilapidated Kyoto tavern received a note stating, “Azure Emperor enters Kyoto.”

The Sea Spirit Clan ambushed the Dingyuan, targeting Li Xijun, but Professor Xu fought off their Monarch-level leader until Otto’s World-Ending Divine Spear threatened to destroy them all. Light Sage blocked the strike and battled Otto in space, leaving Li Xijun shaken by the gulf in power and determined to pursue greater strength.

• The Sea Spirit Clan attacked the Dingyuan, and Professor Xu suppressed their vast ocean vortex with a single punch.
• A Monarch-level Sea Spirit Clan member targeted Li Xijun while Professor Xu engaged him in battle to protect the ship.
• Otto launched the World-Ending Divine Spear at Li Xijun, but Light Sage blocked it with a Gospel canon.
• Light Sage confronted Otto in the Solar System’s asteroid belt, and the two clashed with powers that shattered asteroids and threatened distant bases.
• Li Xijun recognized his weakness before Martial Saint-level power and resolved to pursue greater strength.

Li Xijun exposed and killed two traitors who attacked him aboard the Dingyuan, revealing his Outer Scenery Realm cultivation. As the Sea Spirit Clan assault collapsed, the Wood Sage killed its monarch-level leader from afar, leaving Professor Xu and Li Xijun to recognize the power of a Martial Saint.

• The monarch-level Sea Spirit Clan creature dragged Professor Xu into the deep sea, while Sea Spirit Clan warriors attacked the Dingyuan and the American fleet.
• The American commander and a Chinese-American deputy officer boarded the Dingyuan, then attacked Li Xijun as agents of the Anajad God Race and Blood God Cult.
• Li Xijun evaded their ambush, revealed his Outer Scenery Realm cultivation, and killed both men with the Four Symbols Seal.
• The Wood Sage sent a leaf imbued with Life and Death Samsara from the South Sea, killing the monarch-level Sea Spirit Clan creature battling Professor Xu.
• With their leaders dead, the remaining Sea Spirit Clan warriors scattered, and Li Xijun looked toward the starry sky and recognized the power of a Martial Saint.

After returning safely to the Imperial Capital, Li Xijun and his companions celebrated their victory and learned about the extensive rewards awaiting them. Ju Mengya then visited Li Xijun privately and asked him to help her break through to Exterior Scenery through dual cultivation.

• Su Nianying killed the pursuing overlord-level Sea Spirit Clan member, and the team returned safely to Great Xia and the Imperial Capital.
• Li Xijun and his companions returned to Clear Spring Splendor Hall, where students welcomed them and they held a victory banquet.
• Lisa announced the school’s rewards, including credits, cultivation resources, martial arts access, custom spirit weapons, and a future Dao demonstration by the Wood Sage for Li Xijun.
• The group celebrated with medicinal cuisine and spirit wine before retiring to their rooms.
• Ju Mengya visited Li Xijun and asked him to use his Azure Dragon Governs Life true intent to help her cultivate through dual cultivation before her Exterior Scenery breakthrough.

After studying the Yin Yang Samsara Sword, Li Xijun realized he could not grasp its life-and-death inheritance without the Life and Death Sword Sect’s foundational methods, so he focused on consolidating his cultivation. At a national ceremony, he received a Special Merit medal and abundant rewards, then planned to use a Star Core Fragment to advance to Outer Scenery Second Heaven.

• Li Xijun studied the Yin Yang Samsara Sword’s life and death sword marks but found he could not unite their meanings without the sect’s foundational cultivation methods.
• Li Xijun put away the swords and spent three days consolidating his late Outer Scenery First Heaven cultivation.
• Li Xijun and Great Xia’s National Academy Team attended a national ceremony, where a Vajra Realm expert praised him and presented him with a Special Merit medal.
• Li Xijun received the Power of All Beings from viewers watching the ceremony, strengthening the radiance of his Three Religions Unification Supreme Heavenly Venerable mind image.
• Li Xijun received large Federation Credit bonuses and priority access to Outer Scenery cultivation resources.
• Li Xijun decided to use the Star Core Fragment given by the school to pursue Outer Scenery Second Heaven.

Li Xijun broke through to the Outer Scenery Second Heaven after absorbing the Star Core Fragment, then stabilized his realm and prepared to travel to the South Sea for the Wood Sage’s Dao Demonstration. He left by aircraft, hoping the Sage could answer his questions about the Golden Core and Dharma-form paths.

• Li Xijun spent two months refining the Star Core Fragment and broke through to the Outer Scenery Second Heaven, gaining a powerful stellar domain.
• After considering how the Golden Core path related to the Dharma-form path, Li Xijun received Lisa’s message that the Wood Sage’s Dao Demonstration was approaching.
• Li Xijun spent three more days stabilizing his cultivation before leaving the Quiet Room and meeting Su Nianying and Lisa.
• Su Nianying and Lisa praised Li Xijun’s rapid progress and confirmed that his breakthrough had left no hidden dangers.
• Lisa told Li Xijun that an aircraft was ready to take him to the South Sea, where the Wood Sage cultivated in seclusion.
• Li Xijun said farewell to Lisa and Su Nianying, then departed for the South Sea by aircraft.

Li Xijun found the Wood Sage’s hidden small world and met the injured Martial Saint, who revealed that the Wind Sage had selected Li Xijun as a promising successor and urged him to reach the Martial Saint realm to face a crisis threatening the Human Federation. The chapter ended with Li Xijun asking the Wood Sage about the Martial Arts Golden Core.

• Li Xijun detected a spatial anomaly in an ordinary forest and entered the Wood Sage’s small world, where life and death existed in balance.
• Li Xijun met the Wood Sage, who praised his performance in the Global National Government Competition and offered to expound the Dao.
• The Wood Sage revealed that his grievous injuries had forced him to rely on his understanding of life, death, withering, and flourishing to survive.
• The Wood Sage told Li Xijun that the Wind Sage had designated him during the Five Schools Joint Martial Arts Competition to receive guidance after reaching Exterior Scenery.
• The Wood Sage urged Li Xijun to advance toward the Martial Saint realm because the future of the Human Federation depended on it, and Li Xijun agreed to do his best.
• Li Xijun asked the Wood Sage to explain the Martial Arts Golden Core.