Chapter Summaries

Lu Changsheng and the surviving disciples endured a deadly fire illusion, discovered how to destroy the Fire Slaves, and returned to the fog-filled Illusionary Space. They then encountered Rui'er, Shen Yuening, and a second Lu Changsheng, leaving both versions locked in a battle to prove which one was real.

• Yin Xue's complaint about the cold triggered an illusion of a scorching world of flames, where a disciple was burned to death by a giant flaming hand.
• Lu Changsheng recognized the attackers as Fire Slaves and discovered that destroying the flame marks between their brows made them collapse into ashes.
• Lu Changsheng and the survivors defeated the Fire Slaves, returned to the fog, and continued onward while carefully controlling their thoughts.
• The group encountered Rui'er, Shen Yuening, and another Lu Changsheng, and both identical men insisted that the other was an illusion.
• Both Lu Changshengs displayed the Dragon Elephant Golden Body and then clashed with identical martial techniques, leaving their identities unresolved.

Lu Changsheng defeated an illusionary copy by using Yin-Yang Fiendish Thunder, then realized that calming their minds would collapse the Illusionary Space. After escaping with his companions, he reached the third trial, Heavenly Sound Valley, where the disciples were told to test their will, souls, and spiritual power.

• Lu Changsheng fought an identical copy that replicated his body, skills, and combat instincts, but could not reproduce his Yin-Yang Fiendish Thunder.
• Lu Changsheng used the thunder to destroy the impostor and reunited with Yin Xue, Rui'er, and Shen Yuening.
• Lu Changsheng explained that the group could break the Illusionary Space by letting go of distracting thoughts, and they escaped by calming their minds.
• Lu Changsheng and the others emerged at Heavenly Sound Valley, where fewer than three hundred disciples remained from the original assessment group.
• Elder Qingwei announced that the third trial would test the disciples with the Sacred Spirit Drum, Flowing Light Zither, and Illusionary Thought Bell, and the disciples rushed into the valley.

Lu Changsheng, Yin Xue, Shen Yuening, and Gu Ruier crossed Heavenly Sound Valley’s three deadly sound-artifact barriers. As they neared the exit, Chu Ling and his allies blocked the path and threatened to kill Lu Changsheng.

• Lu Changsheng and his companions resisted the Sacred Spirit Drum’s soul-shaking beats, with Gu Ruier’s formation helping them pass its range.
• The group evaded and countered the Flowing Light Zither’s invisible soundwave blades and reached the next area.
• The Illusionary Thought Bell tormented disciples with soul pain and illusions, causing some to attack their companions, but Lu Changsheng’s group stayed clear-headed and crossed its range.
• Fewer than fifty disciples remained near the valley’s exit when Chu Ling, Gu Jianchen, Lei Qing, and their allies appeared and blocked Lu Changsheng’s group.
• Chu Ling told Lu Changsheng that his journey ended there and threatened to make the valley his burial ground.

Lu Changsheng confronted Chu Ling, who attacked him over old grudges and the Beast Tide. Lu Changsheng was gradually overwhelmed by Chu Ling’s strength and clone technique, leaving him surrounded by attacks as Rui'er, Yin Xue, and Shen Yuening watched in alarm.

• Lu Changsheng accused Chu Ling of using Beast Luring Liquid to draw beasts against him, and Chu Ling admitted he had meant to teach the newcomer a lesson.
• Chu Ling and Lu Changsheng exchanged blows, with Chu Ling’s greater spiritual power pushing Lu Changsheng onto the defensive despite his Dragon Elephant Golden Body.
• Chu Ling summoned two clones with the Purple Heaven Phantom Shadow Clone technique, each matching his aura.
• Chu Ling and his two clones attacked Lu Changsheng from three directions, while Rui'er, Yin Xue, and Shen Yuening watched anxiously.

Lu Changsheng was overwhelmed by Chu Ling and his two clones until he unleashed Yin-Yang Fiendish Thunder and the Thunder Emperor Palm, crushing Chu Ling’s counterattack. He crippled Chu Ling, Lei Qing, and Gu Jianchen, while the elders watching the trial approved of his victory and accepted his actions.

• Chu Ling and his two clones battered Lu Changsheng until he was badly wounded and forced to defend himself with the Immeasurable Buddha Bell.
• The clones shattered the bell and knocked Lu Changsheng into a pit, but he rose transformed by Yin-Yang Fiendish Thunder.
• Lu Changsheng summoned the Thunder Emperor Palm, destroyed Chu Ling’s Purple Heaven Star River Palm, and defeated Chu Ling and both clones.
• Lu Changsheng crippled Chu Ling’s dantian, then destroyed Lei Qing’s and Gu Jianchen’s cultivation as well.
• The six Martial Venerable Elders discussed Lu Changsheng’s strength and conduct, and Elder Qingwei ruled that the defeated disciples had brought their injuries upon themselves.

Lu Changsheng led his companions through Giant Valley and reached the final platform, where Elder Qingwei announced that the top three disciples would compete for a chance to enter the Boundless Golden Pool. When no one dared challenge the first guardian, Xue Hai, Lu Changsheng stepped forward to face the Xuantian Realm expert.

• Lu Changsheng left Heavenly Sound Valley with Yin Xue, Shen Yuening, and Rui'er after defeating Chu Ling, Gu Jianchen, and Lei Qing.
• At Giant Valley, Lu Changsheng shattered a stone guardian’s axe and used Yin-Yang Fiendish Thunder to destroy three Ninth Level Law Tribulation Realm stone giants.
• Lu Changsheng and his companions cleared Giant Valley, leaving fewer than thirty disciples to reach the white jade platform.
• Elder Qingwei announced that challengers would face three guardians for the top three rankings and a chance to enter the Boundless Golden Pool.
• After two disciples challenged Xue Tao and Xue Lang, Lu Changsheng volunteered to challenge Xue Hai, the genuine Xuantian Realm guardian.

Lu Changsheng challenged Xue Hai despite the gulf between their Law Tribulation Realm and Xuantian Realm cultivation. After Xue Hai knocked him into a mountain with one punch, Lu Changsheng rose from the ruins and unleashed Yin-Yang Fiendish Thunder, leaving the battle poised to continue.

• Lu Changsheng challenged Xue Hai, drawing disbelief from the disciples and mixed reactions from the Martial Venerable Elders.
• Xue Hai warned Lu Changsheng to step down, but Lu Changsheng insisted on fighting, so Xue Hai accepted.
• Xue Hai released his Xuantian Realm pressure and struck Lu Changsheng with a single punch, sending him crashing into a mountain that collapsed over him.
• Lu Changsheng burst from the ruins surrounded by Yin-Yang Fiendish Thunder, stunning the onlookers and earning Xue Hai's serious attention.
• Xue Hai declared that the thunder could not bridge the gap between their realms and gathered killing intent as Lu Changsheng faced him without fear.

Lu Changsheng fought Xue Hai, using Yin-Yang Fiendish Thunder and the Earth-tier Thunder Emperor Palm to injure the Xuantian Realm cultivator. Though Lu Changsheng seemed exhausted and Xue Hai declared the fight won, Lu Changsheng revealed a Spirit Array he had secretly prepared around him.

• Lu Changsheng and Xue Hai clashed in close combat, with Lu Changsheng's Dragon Elephant Golden Body and Yin-Yang Fiendish Thunder challenging Xue Hai's Xuantian Realm strength.
• Lu Changsheng used Arhat Subduing Demons Fist, but the exchange drained much of his strength while Xue Hai remained steady.
• Lu Changsheng unleashed the Earth-tier Thunder Emperor Palm, which defeated Xue Hai's Great Might Dragon God Palm and injured him.
• Xue Hai acknowledged Lu Changsheng's strength but said he had lost because the Thunder Emperor Palm had nearly exhausted him.
• Lu Changsheng revealed that the Thunder Emperor Palm was not his final trump card, then activated a massive Spirit Array he had secretly set around Xue Hai.

Lu Changsheng used the Nine Dragon Ice Absolute Array to overcome Xue Hai’s superior cultivation and win the battle, though the effort left him exhausted. His victory stunned the gathered disciples and elders.

• Lu Changsheng revealed that he had secretly set up a spirit array during the fight, earning Elder Xuanyin’s praise for his ingenuity.
• The Nine Dragon Ice Absolute Array formed three ice dragons that attacked Xue Hai and broke through his defenses, gradually wearing him down.
• Lu Changsheng summoned a fourth ice dragon despite his exhaustion, overwhelming Xue Hai with the dragons’ combined assault.
• Xue Hai was blasted unconscious into a pit at the platform’s edge, and Lu Changsheng collapsed to one knee after the array faded.
• Rui'er, Yin Xue, Shen Yuening, and the gathered disciples celebrated and reacted with shock to Lu Changsheng’s victory.

Lu Changsheng won the Personal Disciple assessment and chose Elder Qingwei as his master, while Yin Xue, Shen Yuening, and Rui'er joined Qingwei’s lineage too. Elder Qingwei brought the newly promoted disciples to the Personal Disciple region, where Lu chose Spirit Cloud Peak and the top three were led to the Boundless Golden Pool to receive their rewards.

• Lu Changsheng defeated Xue Hai, and Elder Qingwei announced him as the assessment champion, with Su Wu second and He Lin third.
• Elder Qingwei named the top twenty-four candidates Personal Disciples and let the top three choose their masters; Su Wu chose Elder Jianchi, and He Lin chose Elder Yunlong.
• Lu Changsheng chose Elder Qingwei, who also welcomed Yin Xue, Shen Yuening, and Rui'er into his lineage; Shi Jingtian revealed that he was Qingwei’s disciple too.
• The elders assigned the other new disciples to their lineages, and Elder Qingwei transported them to the Personal Disciple region to receive their rewards.
• Lu Changsheng chose Spirit Cloud Peak as his cave dwelling, and Elder Qingwei led Lu Changsheng, Su Wu, and He Lin to the Boundless Golden Pool.

Lu Changsheng, Su Wu, and He Lin entered the dangerous Boundless Golden Pool to temper their bodies, spiritual power, and souls. After adapting to its crushing pressure and refining a strand of Boundless Golden Qi, Lu Changsheng headed toward the pool’s deeper, more dangerous depths to seek greater improvement.

• Elder Qingwei explained the Boundless Golden Pool’s crushing pressure and violent Golden Qi, warned the disciples to withdraw at their limits, and revealed that Shi Jingtian held the fifteen-day record.
• Lu Changsheng, Su Wu, and He Lin leaped into the pool and struggled against its overwhelming pressure.
• Lu Changsheng led Su Wu and He Lin down to a region one hundred zhang beneath the surface, where they began cultivating amid the Boundless Golden Qi.
• Lu Changsheng endured the Golden Qi tearing through his meridians and refined it with his spiritual power, will, and Dragon Elephant Power.
• After adapting to the pressure and Golden Qi, Lu Changsheng decided the region was insufficient and advanced toward the darker depths.

Lu Changsheng endured the Boundless Golden Pool’s crushing pressure and violent Golden Qi to temper his body, while Su Wu and He Lin broke through into the Xuantian Realm and emerged after nearly three days. After Lu Changsheng remained submerged for sixty days, the pool formed a vast vortex as a terrifying aura began to awaken, leaving everyone waiting to see whether he would emerge.

• Lu Changsheng descended five hundred zhang into the Boundless Golden Pool and began refining its Golden Qi with the Dragon Elephant Golden Body and the Great Fortune Heaven Swallowing Art.
• Elder Qingwei and the other elders predicted how long the three disciples could endure, and Su Wu and He Lin emerged after nearly three days with breakthroughs into the Xuantian Realm.
• Lu Changsheng remained in the pool for seven days, then surpassed Shi Jingtian’s fifteen-day record as disciples gathered to watch.
• Lu Changsheng endured for sixty days, astonishing the elders and disciples while Elder Qingwei sensed his aura undergoing a transformation.
• The Boundless Golden Pool shook and formed a huge vortex as Dragon Roar Elephant Trumpet sounds and a powerful aura rose from its depths.

Lu Changsheng emerged from the Boundless Golden Pool after two months and broke through to the Xuantian Realm, stunning the Lingxiao Sect. At Qingwei Hall, he met his new senior brothers and sisters, including Tu Jiao, who challenged him to test his strength.

• Lu Changsheng rose from the Boundless Golden Pool with a refined body and the aura of someone who had reached the Xuantian Realm, astonishing the disciples and elders.
• Lu Changsheng told Shi Jingtian that he had endured the pressure five hundred zhang beneath the pool to temper his body, and the elders then closed the pool and departed with their disciples.
• Elder Qingwei brought Lu Changsheng, Yin Xue, Shen Yuening, and Rui'er to Qingwei Hall and introduced them as his newest disciples.
• Lu Changsheng learned that Elder Qingwei had ten Personal Disciples and met the gathered senior brothers and sisters.
• Tu Jiao arrived and introduced herself, but Lu Changsheng mistook her for a senior brother, prompting laughter from the hall.
• After Lu Changsheng apologized, Tu Jiao learned he was a Body Cultivator and challenged him to test his mettle.

Lu Changsheng sparred with Tu Jiao and lost after a brutal contest of strength. Elder Qingwei announced that the Lingxiao Sect grand competition would take place in one month, with the champion’s lineage earning the chance to explore a newly discovered Martial Venerable Tomb; Lu Changsheng resolved to grow stronger before competing.

• Tu Jiao unleashed her Primordial Hegemon Body and struck Lu Changsheng with a powerful punch, sending him into a pillar.
• Lu Changsheng activated his Dragon Elephant Golden Body and fought Tu Jiao in a close-quarters brawl, but she broke through his defenses and defeated him.
• Elder Qingwei stopped Tu Jiao from continuing the fight and announced the Lingxiao Sect grand competition would begin in one month.
• Elder Qingwei revealed that the champion’s master’s lineage would receive the Special Grade Mission to explore a newly discovered Martial Venerable Tomb.
• Shi Jingtian told Lu Changsheng to win the championship, while he and Tu Jiao said they would not participate.
• Lu Changsheng returned to Spirit Cloud Peak and resolved to improve his strength before the competition.

Lu Changsheng secluded himself in Thunder Abyss for a month, mastering two Thunder God Canon techniques and advancing his Nine Dragon Ice Absolute Array before heading to the annual competition. Shortly after he left, a blue-robed youth arrived to find the Nine-Colored Thunder Spirit Flower gone and blamed an unknown thief.

• Lu Changsheng chose the secluded Thunder Abyss to cultivate the Thunder God Canon and strengthen his array before the annual competition.
• After repeated failures, Lu Changsheng formed the Thunder Emperor Sword and used its sword aura to split a scorched rock.
• Lu Changsheng found and took a Nine-Colored Thunder Spirit Flower, then used its power to cultivate the Thunder Tribulation Armor.
• Lu Changsheng condensed the fifth ice dragon, stabilized his cultivation at the peak of the first level of the Xuantian Realm, and left Thunder Abyss for the annual competition.
• A blue-robed youth arrived seeking the Thunder Spirit Flower for refining a Thunder God Pill, found only its roots, and angrily demanded to know who had taken it.

Fang Jie confronted Lu Changsheng over the Nine-Colored Thunder Spirit Flower, which Lu Changsheng had picked and refined, and attacked when Lu offered compensation. Shi Jingtian intervened and drove Fang Jie away, leaving Lu to focus on the annual competition the next day while Fang Jie vowed revenge.

• Fang Jie discovered that his Nine-Colored Thunder Spirit Flower was missing and beat Hong Hao while demanding to know who had taken it.
• Hong Hao pointed Fang Jie toward Spirit Cloud Peak and named Lu Changsheng as the suspected thief.
• Fang Jie confronted Lu Changsheng, who admitted picking and refining the flower and offered two million spirit stones in compensation.
• Fang Jie rejected the offer and threatened to destroy Spirit Cloud Peak, so Shi Jingtian arrived to defend Lu Changsheng.
• Shi Jingtian struck Fang Jie down and forced him to flee after Fang Jie threatened revenge.
• Shi Jingtian returned to Stone Bamboo Peak, and Lu Changsheng set the grudge aside to prepare for the annual competition.

Lu Changsheng and Shi Jingtian attended the Lingxiao Sect’s annual grand tournament, where Elder Qingwei’s lineage drew a bye in the first round. Chen Xuanfeng defeated Ling Qiubo in the opening match, leaving him as the formidable opponent Shi Jingtian would face next.

• Lu Changsheng and Shi Jingtian arrived at the martial arena, where the six lineages gathered for the tournament.
• The Hall Master of the Punishment Hall announced the groups and match rules, and the lots placed Elder Qingwei’s lineage in Group A as the pending lot.
• Chen Xuanfeng and Ling Qiubo began the first Group A match, trading sword attacks and musical soundwaves.
• Chen Xuanfeng exploited a gap in Ling Qiubo’s soundwave defense and held his sword at her neck, winning the match.
• The Qingwei Lineage members grew solemn as they prepared for Shi Jingtian to face Chen Xuanfeng.

Rui'er used her third-grade Grand Heavenly Stars Array to defeat Chen Xuanfeng in the second round of the annual grand competition. Her victory advanced Elder Qingwei's lineage and made her name resound throughout the Lingxiao Sect.

• Hao Ba defeated Li Shiyin with overwhelming strength, and the first round ended with Elder Jianchi's and Elder Yunlong's lineages advancing.
• Shi Jingtian drew Rui'er to face Chen Xuanfeng, prompting the Qingwei Lineage to worry about the enormous cultivation gap.
• Chen Xuanfeng injured Rui'er with his sword, but she revealed the Grand Heavenly Stars Array and trapped him beneath its stellar pressure.
• Rui'er blocked Chen Xuanfeng's strongest sword attack with the Eternal Star Chart, then subdued him with the Great Star Hand Seal.
• The Hall Master of the Punishment Hall declared Rui'er the winner, and the arena erupted in astonishment and celebration.

Rui'er and Wu Lie won their second-round matches, sending the Qingwei and Xuan Yin lineages to the annual competition finals. Lu Changsheng drew Fang Jie as his opponent, and their final match began with both trading powerful attacks without either gaining the advantage.

• Rui'er and the Qingwei Lineage celebrated after she defeated Chen Xuanfeng with her Grand Heavenly Stars Array.
• Wu Lie trapped and defeated Xiao Sheng with the Yin-Yang Qiankun Array, advancing the Xuan Yin Lineage to the finals.
• Shi Jingtian drew Lu Changsheng to represent the Qingwei Lineage in the final match against Fang Jie of the Xuan Yin Lineage.
• Lu Changsheng and Fang Jie recognized each other as the rivals from the dispute over the Nine-Colored Thunder Spirit Flower, and Fang Jie vowed to take revenge.
• Fang Jie attacked Lu Changsheng, who countered with his Dragon Elephant Golden Body, Nine Heavens Lightning Steps, and Arhat Subduing Demons Fist.
• Lu Changsheng and Fang Jie exchanged attacks in a fierce, evenly matched battle.

Lu Changsheng and Fang Jie fought to a standstill with martial skills and Spirit Arrays, despite Fang Jie’s greater cultivation. The chapter left Lu trapped inside Fang Jie’s superimposed Four Beasts God Slaying Array and Yellow Springs Blood River Array.

• Lu Changsheng and Fang Jie exchanged fierce close-range attacks until both were forced apart.
• Fang Jie used the Black Demon Void Breaking Hand, but Lu Changsheng countered it with the Thunder Emperor Palm.
• Fang Jie formed the Four Beasts God Slaying Array, and Lu Changsheng answered with the five-dragon state of the Nine Dragon Ice Absolute Array; the formations stalemated.
• Fang Jie bit through his tongue and used his essence blood to create the Yellow Springs Blood River Array while maintaining his first array.
• Fang Jie’s two arrays engulfed Lu Changsheng, leaving the Qingwei Lineage disciples alarmed for him.