Chapter Summaries

Li Xijun defeated three Western Sequence 4 challengers, then faced the God of War’s Chosen Adam after Adam advanced to Sequence 3 and transformed toward an angel. Li Xijun unleashed the Vermillion Bird Seal, killed Adam, and was hailed across Dasheng as number one under heaven.

• Eunuch Hua announced that Li Xijun had slain Arthur Vincent, Ares Fisher, and Jim Andre in three swift bouts, stirring uproar in Kyoto and silence in the palace.
• Adam drank a scarlet Potion, advanced to Sequence 3, and revealed golden wings and a partly angelic body before challenging Li Xijun.
• Adam attacked with the power of the War God, but Li Xijun’s overwhelming physical strength shattered Adam’s body and left him badly wounded.
• Adam unleashed his Sequence 3 abilities in a final counterattack, and Li Xijun answered with the Vermillion Bird Seal, burning Adam and his soul to nothingness.
• Eunuch Hua announced Li Xijun’s victory, and people across Dasheng cheered that he was number one under heaven.

Li Xijun broke through to the Astral Projection Realm during the tournament celebrations, survived the Great Sun’s fiery baptism, and condensed an Yin Spirit. After the Old Emperor rewarded him, he advised Li Xijun to travel west and study a powerful Contemplation Method once the abbot of Tashilhunpo Monastery died.

• As the crowd celebrated Li Xijun’s tournament victory, he sent his soul out of his body to attempt a breakthrough beneath the midday sun.
• Li Xijun endured the Great Sun’s painful baptism by contemplating the Descent Scripture of the Eternal Life Mother and formed an Yin Spirit.
• Li Xijun returned to his body as an Astral Projection True Man, and the Old Emperor ordered three days without curfew to celebrate and reward the city’s people and soldiers.
• The Old Emperor kept Li Xijun in the Imperial Study, where Li Xijun saw his Spirit Level and Life Level rise after his breakthrough.
• The Old Emperor told Li Xijun that he could study the Three Realms Shithalavana Master White Bone Contemplation in the caves behind Tashilhunpo Monastery after its Manifest Saint True Lord abbot died.

Li Xijun learned that mastering the Western Regions’ Buddhist Contemplation Method could help him obtain the supreme Confucian Contemplation Method, then won the admiration of Kyoto after his tournament victory and breakthrough. He set out on foot for the Western Regions to seek inspiration for condensing Fist Intent, and arrived in Sword Pavilion County, where the exiled Third Prince Su Honglang was building local support.

• The Old Emperor told Li Xijun that obtaining the supreme Confucian Contemplation Method would become easier after he mastered the Buddhist method and met Youli as a Fist Intent Martial Sage.
• Li Xijun left the Forbidden City to find Kyoto celebrating his victory, and he felt the people’s aspiration power flow toward him.
• Alliance Leader Yue, Dugu Bo, Ao Jinshan, and the Martial Saints welcomed Li Xijun at the National Arts Grandmaster Association and held a banquet in his honor.
• Dugu Bo gave Li Xijun Drunken Immortal Wine and advised him to travel through the Western Regions, experience ordinary life, and seek a catalyst for condensing Fist Intent.
• Li Xijun accepted Dugu Bo’s advice and map, then left Kyoto alone and traveled on foot toward the Western Regions.
• Ten days later, Li Xijun reached Sword Pavilion County, where Third Prince Su Honglang and Fourth Prince were treating local patrons and cultivating support.

Li Xijun left the city and walked through rain and snow toward the Great Snow Mountain, where witnessing the golden sunrise brought him a profound sense of inner completeness. In the tavern, his unexpected appearance also left Lang Yeyu convinced that refusing the Third Prince’s recruitment had been wise.

• Tavern guests praised Li Xijun’s feats at the martial arts tournament, and Lang Yeyu rejected the Third Prince’s attempt to recruit him.
• Li Xijun passed the princes’ private room unnoticed by their spiritual senses, then paid for another table’s meal before the lean martial warrior recognized him as the number one under heaven.
• Lang Yeyu laughed with relief and said his choice to stay out of the struggle for imperial dominance had been sensible.
• Li Xijun left the city and walked through rain and snow toward the Great Snow Mountain for three days.
• At sunrise on the mountaintop, Li Xijun witnessed golden sunlight spread across the snowy peaks and felt his impatience and instability vanish, replaced by a sense of completeness.

Li Xijun reached the Buddhist Western Regions and witnessed the brutal oppression of the serfs, stoking his resolve and fury. After learning that the Living Buddha of Tashilhunpo Monastery had died, he flew toward the monastery, declaring Tibetan Buddhism deserved death.

• Li Xijun leaped from a snowy peak, and a shepherd girl mistook him for a Buddhist protector and worshipped him.
• The shepherd girl told Li Xijun about the region's poverty and the monasteries' control over food; he accepted her barley cake and secretly gave her silver.
• Li Xijun saw shackled serfs being whipped and a lord's son riding a boy, then cleared a boulder blocking the pilgrimage road with one push.
• A blacksmith told Li Xijun that the Living Buddha of Tashilhunpo Monastery had died and the lamas had conscripted laborers to build a temple for his body.
• After a laborer died and his family threw his corpse off a cliff to avoid corpse tax, Li Xijun drank his wine, gathered his resolve, and flew toward Tashilhunpo Monastery, condemning Tibetan Buddhism.

Dalai tried to appease the Western Regions’ lords after they demanded punishment for a slave who had secretly learned martial arts. A saber-wielding youth killed the leading lord at the monastery gate and declared that no one would leave.

• The lords demanded that Dalai punish a slave and his family for secretly learning martial arts.
• Dalai used a spell to quiet the gathered lords, then condemned the slave while urging the lords to ease their rule over the slaves.
• The lords agreed outwardly but planned to ignore Dalai’s advice and return to their old ways.
• A saber-wielding youth split the leading Blood Exchange Martial Saint in two at the monastery gate.
• The youth declared, “Today, no one leaves!”

Li Xijun stormed Tashilhunpo Monastery and cut down its martial lords and Buddhist cultivators as his blade intent grew stronger. He killed Dalai with a single slash that severed the abbot’s Psychic Power, Yin Spirit, and body.

• Li Xijun killed Martial Saint Laba Ciren at the monastery gates after Laba Ciren attacked him with a whip.
• Li Xijun cut down the lords who surrounded him and advanced through Tashilhunpo Monastery, killing the Buddhist cultivators who tried to stop him.
• Dalai attacked Li Xijun with Psychic Power and summoned the monastery’s Mystic Items, but Li Xijun shattered them and killed the cultivators.
• Dalai offered Li Xijun help and agreed to receive one slash, believing his Ache Lhamo drum would protect him.
• Li Xijun’s slash broke through Dalai’s Psychic Power and drum, split his body and Yin Spirit, and killed him.

After clearing Tashilhunpo Monastery, Li Xijun broke through to blade intent and entered the monastery’s hidden cave to cultivate its supreme Contemplation Method. The Eternal Life Mother destroyed the Shitro Lord Buddha that appeared in his consciousness, and the method’s hellish mural transformed into a scene of a monk approaching Lion Camel Ridge.

• Li Xijun reflected on his blade-intent breakthrough and resolved to claim Tashilhunpo Monastery’s supreme Contemplation Method.
• Li Xijun cut through the cave’s divine-soul barrier and entered the grotto, where he found Three Realms Shithalavana Master White Bone Contemplation.
• Li Xijun cultivated the method until it reached 1%, while resisting its visions that could corrupt an ordinary cultivator’s mind.
• The Eternal Life Mother emerged in Li Xijun’s Sea of Consciousness and burned the newly formed Shitro Lord Buddha to ashes.
• A strand of Buddhist light fell on the mural, transforming its hellscape into a scene of a monk walking toward Lion Camel Ridge.

Li Xijun mastered the supreme Buddhist Contemplation Method Xuanzang's Journey West to Transcend Calamity and returned from seclusion to recover his Spiritual Power. His fellow students then visited and explained that their team had performed poorly in the Global National Government Competition.

• Li Xijun studied Xuanzang's Journey West to Transcend Calamity, visualized Monk Xuanzang transforming the demons of Lion Camel Ridge, and advanced the method to the threshold of Grandmaster.
• Li Xijun returned to the Main World, ate Spiritual Power-rich medicinal cuisine, and checked the messages he had missed during seclusion.
• Li Xijun replied to Su Nianyi, Jiang Qiyue, Teacher Lisa, and others, then arranged to meet Teacher Lisa the next day.
• Ju Mengya and the others visited Li Xijun, and he noticed that Zhang Ziyu and Lan Yixiang appeared injured.
• Zhang Ziyu told Li Xijun that their team had performed poorly in the Global National Government Competition and had gathered for a meal after returning.

At a Student Union dinner, Li Xijun learned that the next Global National Government Competition would be livestreamed worldwide and revealed that he had comprehended blade intent. Hoping to gain the public support he needed to advance his Manifestation of Sagehood cultivation, he returned to the Nine-Layered Demon Tower and faced Thunder God Garnard again.

• Li Xijun hosted the Student Union members and heard how Lan Yixiang, Zhang Ziyu, and their teammates had been eliminated from the current competition after being ambushed in a resource secret realm.
• Zhang Ziyu told Li Xijun that the next Global National Government Competition would be broadcast live worldwide, and he became eager to compete for the public support he needed.
• Li Xijun revealed that he had comprehended blade intent, stunning the Student Union prodigies, and He Wushuang confirmed that reaching the peak of Mortal Shedding with an extraordinary life would qualify him for team selection.
• After the Student Union members left, Li Xijun entered the virtual world and returned to the ninth floor of the Nine-Layered Demon Tower to face Thunder God Garnard.
• Garnard attacked with a lightning-charged War Hammer, but Li Xijun remained unaffected and swung his blade.

Li Xijun defeated Thunder God Ganad and cleared the ninth floor of the Nine-Layered Demon Tower, prompting the school to classify his results as top secret. Wind Sage revealed that he had already chosen Li Xijun for a special opportunity, but decided to let the young martial artist develop naturally.

• Li Xijun used his blade intent to break through Thunder God Ganad’s thunderous attacks, then cleaved Ganad and his war hammer in two to pass the ninth-floor trial and earn 14 credits.
• After clearing the tower, Li Xijun returned to bed and fell into deep sleep instead of cultivating.
• Clear Spring Splendor Hall staff reported Li Xijun’s achievement, and Director Zhang discovered that his trial data was classified as top secret.
• Vice Principal Lisa ordered the data center to seal all records of Li Xijun’s performance and prevent leaks.
• Flame Sage praised Li Xijun’s rapid mastery of blade intent and asked whether he would receive a special opportunity.
• Wind Sage said he had already chosen Li Xijun before the Five Schools Joint Martial Arts Competition finals, but would let him develop naturally rather than give him too much guidance.

Li Xijun showed Su Nianyi and Jiang Qiyue his newly condensed saber intent, then received Celestial Soul Dew from Teacher Lisa and used one drop to strengthen his psychic power. After his Spirit Level rose to 41.0 and his Astral Projection Realm progress reached 10%, he returned to the Da Sheng World, believing he could awaken his master Zhang Fuhu.

• Li Xijun arrived at the pavilion and watched Su Nianyi and Jiang Qiyue train under Teacher Lisa.
• Teacher Lisa revealed that Li Xijun had condensed saber intent and cleared the Nine-Layered Demon Tower, and that the academy had delivered Celestial Soul Dew for him.
• Li Xijun demonstrated his saber intent to Su Nianyi and Jiang Qiyue, leaving them unable to follow or resist his strike.
• Teacher Lisa gave Li Xijun the Celestial Soul Dew and warned him to use it promptly and stay on school grounds.
• Li Xijun consumed one drop of Celestial Soul Dew in his villa and, after six hours, increased his Spirit Level from 40.0 to 41.0 and his Astral Projection Realm progress from 1% to 10%.
• Li Xijun returned to the Da Sheng World, confident that Zhang Fuhu would awaken this time.

Li Xijun returned to Jinmen and used Celestial Soul Dew to revive his master, Zhang Fuhu. Zhang Fuhu awoke to find his disciple had become a Fist Intent Martial Sage and attained Soul Out of Body.

• Li Xijun found crowds gathered outside Life-Slaying Martial Hall, where people had come to learn from the newly celebrated number one in the world.
• Li Xijun flew into Life-Slaying Martial Hall and entered the residence, where he noticed its new plaque and reflected on how far he had come.
• Li Xijun placed Celestial Soul Dew on Zhang Fuhu's Sea of Consciousness, restoring his soul and awakening his Fist Intent.
• Zhang Fuhu sprang awake, recognized Li Xijun, and realized his disciple had used a precious treasure to save him.
• Zhang Fuhu sensed Li Xijun's immense power, and Li Xijun told him he had become a Fist Intent Martial Sage and attained Soul Out of Body.

The Old Emperor revealed that Li Xijun had received authority through the Ninth Princess and planned to make him Dasheng’s Half-Ruler, then asked Wen Zhiyin to secure Confucianism’s supreme Contemplation Method for him. The next day, Li Boyan told Li Xijun he was ready to receive an opportunity and sent him to meet Youli.

• The Old Emperor praised Li Xijun for using a soul-nourishing treasure to awaken Zhang Fuhu and explained why he had once favored Wen Zhiyin over Li Boyan.
• The Old Emperor asked Wen Zhiyin to help Li Xijun obtain Confucianism’s supreme Contemplation Method, since he already had the Daoist and Buddhist methods.
• The Old Emperor revealed that the Ninth Princess had brought down a White Dragon and that he intended to name Li Xijun Half-Ruler of Dasheng.
• Wen Zhiyin agreed to return to Mount Dongshan Qufu and persuade the Great Confucian Scholars to provide the method.
• The next day, Zhang Fuhu and Li Xijun visited Li Boyan, who told Li Xijun he was ready for an opportunity and directed him to Youli in the rear courtyard.

Li Xijun inherited the White Dragon’s Authority from Su Youli, gaining the ability to transform into a true dragon and awakening a time-based innate divine ability. After the transfer, Su Youli’s sealed power began to surge, and she fell into an instinctive sleep.

• Li Xijun met Su Youli in the rear courtyard after Zhang Fuhu and Li Boyan sent him to her.
• Su Youli condensed a radiant mark and placed it into Li Xijun, branding the White Dragon’s Authority into his soul.
• Li Xijun transformed into a true dragon, sensed the Power of All Beings, and realized his strength could eventually rival gods.
• Li Xijun awakened the white dragon’s innate time ability, which could briefly accelerate or slow time.
• Su Youli explained that she had passed on the White Dragon’s Authority, then her own power surged and she collapsed into sleep.
• Li Xijun carried Su Youli to her room and laid her on the bed.

Li Xijun learned Li Boyan’s Three Teachings Convergence Supreme Method and advanced his cultivation before returning to the Main World. There, he found a mission offering two complementary top-tier treasures for Mortal Shedding, and its details left him surprised.

• Su Youli began transforming as silver light enveloped her, while Li Xijun continued receiving instruction from Li Boyan.
• Wen Zhiyin argued with Li Boyan and left after confirming that Li Xijun carried the White Dragon's Authority.
• Li Boyan gave Li Xijun the Confucian Contemplation Method and taught him the Three Teachings Convergence Supreme Method, emphasizing that a heart image should reflect the cultivator’s own inner self.
• After ten days of cultivation, Li Xijun raised his Spirit Level to 44, advanced his Astral Projection Realm cultivation, and began practicing the Three Teachings United method.
• Li Xijun returned to the Main World and discovered a mission from Ju Mengya, Zhang Ziyu, and Teacher Lisa offering two complementary top-tier Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to help with Mortal Shedding.

Li Xijun accepted a school mission to help manage a likely Mythical Creature riot near Bocheng, bringing friends along for training and rewards. After arriving in Bocheng, he planned to visit his former teacher Zhang Haifeng before going to Ye Liuyun’s home.

• Li Xijun accepted the Student Union’s tailor-made mission and invited Ju Mengya to join Su Nianyi and Jiang Qiyue on the team.
• Lisa reviewed the Bocheng Mythical Creatures and mission safety plans with Li Xijun, Su Nianyi, and Jiang Qiyue.
• Li Xijun persuaded Lisa to let his friend Ye Liuyun from Qinglan Yunxian Academy fill the final team slot.
• At dawn, Ye Liuyun met Li Xijun and the others at the school’s aircraft landing pad, eager to join the mission.
• After the group arrived in Bocheng around noon, Li Xijun told Ye Liuyun he would visit Zhang Haifeng before going to Ye Liuyun’s home.

Li Xijun returned to Yan'an No. 7 High School with his companions, reunited with Teacher Zhang, and gave him a precious drop of Life Elixir to heal his old injuries. That night, a red alert sounded across Bocheng, and Ye Liuyun and his father rushed to respond as the mythical-creature riot began.

• Li Xijun brought Su Nianyi, Ye Liuyun, Jiang Qiyue, and Ju Mengya to visit Yan'an No. 7 High School, where the guard welcomed them and called the school leaders.
• Zhang Haifeng reunited with Li Xijun and warned the group about the coming mythical-creature riot near Bocheng.
• Li Xijun gave Zhang Haifeng a drop of Life Elixir to heal the injuries he had accumulated during his years of martial arts training.
• After visiting Ye Liuyun's home and staying at Su Nianyi's villa, Li Xijun's group heard a red alarm sound throughout Bocheng.
• Ye Liuyun and his father, the Prevention Bureau's deputy director, armed themselves and rushed toward the city wall and Prevention Bureau.

During Bocheng’s Mythical Creature riot, Li Xijun led his team into the abandoned urban district for live combat training. He killed a peak Mortal Shedding Realm Abyssal Blood Predator and broke through to Grandmaster in the White Tiger Stance, awakening Slaughter Sword Intent as Ye Jianhua moved to publicize his achievement.

• At Su Nianyi’s villa, Ju Mengya hinted that Li Xijun should draw on the Azure Dragon Heaven-Reaching Method and the Jianmu Azure Sky Dao Chapter when creating his future method, then wondered why the young Saint had been silent for years.
• When a Mythical Creature riot struck Bocheng, Li Xijun gathered Su Nianyi, Jiang Qiyue, Ju Mengya, and Ye Liuyun and led them to the eastern city walls for live combat training.
• Ye Jianhua assigned Li Xijun’s team to hold the abandoned urban district between the first and second city walls, and Zhang Haifeng warned them about the Abyssal Blood Predators and stronger Mythical Creatures.
• Li Xijun told his team his Psychic Power would cover their area, then flew to attack a Life Level 20.0 Abyssal Blood Predator hiding on a building.
• Li Xijun killed the predator with the White Tiger Stance, advanced the technique to Grandmaster, and manifested Slaughter Sword Intent that stunned nearby allies and warriors.
• After sensing Li Xijun’s breakthrough, Ye Jianhua called Director Zhang and arranged for drones and the television station to publicize the achievement.

Li Xijun awakened Slaughter Sword Intent during the battle and flew beyond Bocheng’s walls to test it against the mythical creatures. On the outer battlefield, the Intent Realm fighters struggled to contain the Tombstone Meat Mountains and Abyssal Blood Predators, and they debated who could destroy the predators quickly enough.

• Bocheng TV Station announced that Li Xijun had broken through to the Intent Realm and condensed Sword Intent, drawing wish power from viewers.
• Li Xijun’s new Slaughter Sword Intent erased a blood-born flower, and he decided to strengthen it on the battlefield beyond the city walls.
• Li Xijun crossed two city walls and arrived at the outer battlefield, where walking corpses, Abyssal Blood Predators, and Tombstone Meat Mountains threatened the defenders.
• Zhou Xinmin warned that the mythical creatures were obstructing the fight and urged the group to request an Outer Scenery Expert.
• The Yan'an No. 7 High School vice principal suggested holding back the Tombstone Meat Mountains while a fast sword or blade expert killed the Abyssal Blood Predators, but the fighters doubted anyone could do it.