Chapter Summaries

Lu Changsheng’s Three-Colored Lightning Lotus severely injured the Third Elder in purple robes but failed to kill him, and the elder nearly crushed Lu Changsheng before Rui'er awakened the Nine Bends Yellow River Array. The array trapped the two elders, Nangong Li, and his guards, while Rui'er collapsed after using its power to protect Lu Changsheng and the others.

• Lu Changsheng’s Three-Colored Lightning Lotus destroyed the Third Elder’s Mystic Tortoise Spirit Shield and left him badly injured, but the blast also wounded Lu Changsheng and Nangong Li’s group.
• The Third Elder in purple robes struck Lu Changsheng into a cliff, then knocked Qing He unconscious when he tried to intervene.
• As the Third Elder prepared to stomp on Lu Changsheng’s knee, Rui'er instinctively activated the Nine Bends Yellow River Array Diagram and deployed a fifth-grade array.
• The Nine Bends Yellow River Array trapped the Third Elder, Scarface Fifth Elder, Nangong Li, and his guards, suppressing them with its immense force.
• Rui'er exhausted her strength outside the array and said that she had protected Brother Changsheng.

Rui'er used the Nine Bends Yellow River Array to destroy the Nangong Family’s Third and Fifth Elders, while Shi Jingtian killed Nangong Li and Lu Changsheng’s group fled Black Wind Ridge. Nangong Xuan arrived afterward, vowed revenge, and ordered a region-wide pursuit of the five survivors.

• Rui'er controlled the Nine Bends Yellow River Array, overcame the elders’ combined attack, and crushed the Third Elder and Fifth Elder with the Yellow River Buries Heaven Palm.
• Lu Changsheng caught the exhausted Rui'er and gave her soul-nourishing pills, while Tu Jiao and Shi Jingtian confronted the terrified Nangong Li.
• Shi Jingtian killed Nangong Li after he begged for mercy and threatened the group with the Nangong Family’s vengeance.
• Tu Jiao ordered the injured group to leave, and Lu Changsheng, Rui'er, Qing He, Tu Jiao, and Shi Jingtian fled toward the depths of Black Wind Ridge.
• Nangong Xuan arrived with Nangong Family leaders, saw the deaths of his relatives and Nangong Li, and ordered the Nine Dragon Pursuit Order issued against the five fugitives.

After escaping Nangong Xuan’s pursuit, Lu Changsheng and his companions hid in a cave, treated their injuries, and recovered. As they planned their next move toward Tianyang County, Qing He sensed a mysterious call deep within the cave that seemed to resonate with his sword.

• Tu Jiao sensed a Martial King approaching, and Lu Changsheng led the injured group to a concealed cave where Shi Jingtian sealed the entrance.
• Nangong Xuan searched Black Wind Ridge with his subordinates but failed to find them and eventually withdrew.
• Tu Jiao used Pill Beast blood to revive Qing He and Rui'er, while Lu Changsheng healed on the Great Fortune Ice Lotus Platform.
• After three days of recovery, the group agreed to stay hidden for several more days before heading toward Tianyang County.
• Qing He sensed a faint call from the depths of the cave that seemed to resonate with his sword.

Qing He and his companions discovered the cave abode of Xuanyuan Potian, a fallen Sword King, and Qing He accepted the trial to claim his inheritance. After enduring the sword pool and drawing the Xuanyuan Sword, he received Xuanyuan Potian’s sword legacy and swore to seek justice from the Xuanyuan Family.

• Tu Jiao and the others found traces of Sword Qi and followed them into a vast cave hall containing Xuanyuan Potian’s corpse, a sword pool, and ten treasured swords.
• Xuanyuan Potian’s remnant spirit revealed his history and challenged Qing He to endure the Myriad Sword Spirit Liquid and claim a sword.
• Qing He fought through the sword pool, seized the Xuanyuan Sword, and awakened a new Sword Intent that made the sword recognize him as its master.
• Xuanyuan Potian passed Qing He his sword comprehension and the Wutian Sword Scripture after Qing He swore to take the Xuanyuan Sword to the Xuanyuan Family and seek justice.
• Xuanyuan Potian’s remnant spirit dispersed, leaving Qing He as his successor and the Xuanyuan Sword’s new master.

Qing He inherited the Wutian Sword Scripture and Xuanyuan Sword, surging to the fifth level of the Saint Heaven Realm before sharing three treasured swords with his companions. The group reached Tianyang County and broke an ancient array to rescue Yao Qianqian and her guards.

• Qing He absorbed Xuanyuan Potian's sword inheritance and the sword pool's Sword Qi, advancing from the Heaven Piercing Realm to the fifth level of the Saint Heaven Realm.
• Qing He gave the Dragon Scale Sword, Chun Jun Sword, and Qing Shuang Sword to Shi Jingtian, Tu Jiao, and Lu Changsheng, then led the group out of Black Wind Ridge toward Tianyang County.
• Rui'er spotted Yao Qianqian and her guards trapped inside the Eight Desolations Fiery Array on the Tianyang Plain.
• Yao Qianqian revealed that the array's southeast pillar was cracked, and Lu Changsheng's group attacked it from outside while the trapped guards fought from within.
• Qing He, Lu Changsheng, Tu Jiao, and Shi Jingtian shattered the cracked pillar and broke the array.

Lu Changsheng and his companions rescued Yao Qianqian’s group, learned about the Buried Dragon Secret Realm and its coveted Dragon Transformation Pool, and decided to risk going despite the Nangong Family’s pursuit. Disguised with Rui’er’s array, they reached the crowded Buried Dragon Mountain Range as cultivators gathered for the secret realm’s opening.

• Lu Changsheng and his companions broke the Eight Desolations Fiery Array and rescued Yao Qianqian and the injured Yao Family members.
• Yao Qianqian explained that the Buried Dragon Secret Realm held rare treasures and eight places in the Dragon Transformation Pool, and offered the group a Star Pattern Token and an invitation to travel with her.
• Tu Jiao and Lu Changsheng declined Yao Qianqian’s offer because the Nangong Family might pressure the Yao Family to hand them over.
• Lu Changsheng decided the Dragon Transformation Pool was worth the risk, and Rui'er used a Breath Concealing Illusion Array to change the group’s appearances and auras.
• Lu Changsheng and his companions traveled to the Buried Dragon Mountain Range, where more than a thousand cultivators had gathered.

Lu Changsheng and his companions waited at the Buried Dragon Mountain Range for the secret realm to open while concealing their identities. When Qing He’s Xuanyuan Sword exposed them, the Xuanyuan Family, Lightning Law Palace, and Nangong Family recognized them as enemies, and Xuanyuan Lie demanded they surrender and die.

• Lu Changsheng’s group reached the Buried Dragon Mountain Range, found the gathering packed with thousands of cultivators, and concealed themselves on a secluded slope.
• Lei Xingtian arrived with the Lightning Law Palace and ordered his followers to capture the five people accused of killing Huo Xuan.
• Nangong Yu arrived with the Nangong Family, and he and Lei Xingtian traded taunts over their failed pursuit of the five.
• Xuanyuan Lie and the Xuanyuan Family arrived, and their swords reacted to the Xuanyuan Sword in Qing He’s arms.
• Xuanyuan Lie confronted Qing He over the sword, while Xuanyuan Wuji shattered the group’s Breath Concealing Illusion Array and exposed their identities.
• Lei Xingtian and Nangong Yu identified the five as the killers of their family members, and Xuanyuan Lie demanded the Xuanyuan Sword and ordered them to kneel and accept death.

The Yao Family intervened when the Lightning Law Palace, Nangong Family, and Xuanyuan Family surrounded Lu Changsheng’s group, forcing the three factions to withdraw until they entered the Buried Dragon Secret Realm. Once the realm opened, the group entered and headed toward the Ancient Dragon Transformation Pool, where the fight for its eight slots awaited.

• Yao Qianqian and two Yao Family elders stood with Lu Changsheng’s group and warned the three factions that the Yao Family would defend them.
• Xuanyuan Lie, Lei Xingtian, and Nangong Yu withdrew after their elders advised them to avoid a costly fight before entering the secret realm; Yao Qianqian gave Lu Changsheng a Star Sea Communication Talisman.
• The Flame Martial Palace arrived, and Yan Ba and Elder Fire Phoenix joined the factions waiting for the realm to open.
• At sunset, the golden gate opened, and the factions rushed into the Buried Dragon Secret Realm.
• Lu Changsheng’s group discovered a wilderness filled with ancient remains and dense Dragon Spiritual Energy, then set off toward the distant mountain range in search of the Dragon Transformation Pool.

Lu Changsheng and his companions entered the Buried Dragon Secret Realm and avoided a fight over Dragon Blood Grass before finding and harvesting four plants themselves. They also discovered a dragon-bone spear that accepted Lu Changsheng, and the group continued toward the Ancient Dragon Transformation Pool.

• The Sky Wolf Sect and War God Palace fought over five Dragon Blood Grass, while Tu Jiao led Lu Changsheng’s group around the battle to avoid drawing attention.
• Lu Changsheng harvested four Dragon Blood Grass from a bird skeleton and stored them in sealed jade boxes.
• The group found a dragon-bone divine spear embedded in a boulder, but Shi Jingtian and Tu Jiao triggered its backlash when they tried to pull it free.
• Lu Changsheng used the Dragon Elephant Golden Body to calm the spear’s dragon might and remove it from the boulder.
• Lu Changsheng named the weapon the Dragon Soul Battle Spear and stored it in his qi sea as the group continued toward the Ancient Dragon Transformation Pool.

Lu Changsheng and his companions entered a hidden valley seeking Dragon Blood Ganoderma and discovered a Dragon Scale Demonic Tree bearing valuable Dragon Blood Crystals. The tree killed five members of the Underworld King Sect who tried to harvest the crystals, leaving Lu Changsheng’s group facing the deadly plant and its treasure.

• Lu Changsheng’s group found a Dragon Bone Ore mine already emptied and continued toward the dark-red mountain range.
• In the valley, injured Five Elements Mountain cultivators warned them that a powerful Ancient Dragon Python guarded a millennium-old Dragon Blood Ganoderma, but the five chose to proceed.
• The group discovered a Dragon Scale Demonic Tree surrounded by human remains, with dozens of Dragon Blood Crystals growing among its roots.
• Five Underworld King Sect members arrived and dismissed Lu Changsheng’s warning before rushing to take the crystals.
• The Dragon Scale Demonic Tree impaled and drained the Underworld King Sect elder and four disciples, then cast their dried bodies beside its roots.

Lu Changsheng and his companions fought the Dragon Scale Demonic Tree for the Dragon Blood Crystals, but its defenses and attacks overwhelmed them. After discovering that its exposed roots had fewer scales than its trunk and branches, Lu Changsheng directed the group to attack them.

• Lu Changsheng chose to fight the Dragon Scale Demonic Tree, and the group assigned roles, with Tu Jiao and Shi Jingtian defending, Qing He and Lu Changsheng attacking, and Rui'er setting up arrays.
• Tu Jiao and Shi Jingtian held off the branches while Qing He and Lu Changsheng damaged a main branch, and Rui'er used the Five Peaks Demon Suppressing Array to restrict the tree's attacks.
• The Dragon Scale Demonic Tree recovered from their wounds, so Rui'er set up the Four Symbols Blazing Fire Array, but its dragon scales resisted the flames and the tree retaliated with wooden spikes that injured the group.
• Lu Changsheng noticed that the exposed roots had fewer dragon scales and called on Tu Jiao and Shi Jingtian to attack the tree's vulnerable foundation.

Lu Changsheng and his companions destroyed the Dragon Scale Demonic Tree by attacking its exposed roots, then refined the Dragon Blood Crystals they found. Their cultivation and abilities increased substantially, and they set off to search for the Ancient Dragon Transformation Pool.

• Lu Changsheng identified the Dragon Scale Demonic Tree's exposed roots as its weakness, and Shi Jingtian, Tu Jiao, Qing He, Lu Changsheng, and Rui'er combined their attacks to destroy the tree.
• The five collected thirty Dragon Blood Crystals, divided them equally, and began refining them beside the dead tree.
• Lu Changsheng absorbed all six crystals and advanced to the fourth level of the Saint Heaven Realm as his Dragon Elephant Golden Body grew stronger.
• Shi Jingtian and Tu Jiao reached the seventh level of the Saint Heaven Realm, Qing He reached the seventh level and advanced his Wutian Sword Scripture, and Rui'er reached the peak of the ninth level of the Heaven Piercing Realm.
• Lu Changsheng urged the group to continue searching the dark-red mountain range for the Ancient Dragon Transformation Pool.

Lu Changsheng’s group rescued Zhang Feng, who gave them a treasure map to Heavenly Thunder Valley and the ruins of the Nine-Clawed Thunder Dragon Clan. When they reached the valley, Flame Martial Palace disciples blocked their way and threatened them, leaving both groups on the verge of a clash.

• Lu Changsheng’s group found the crippled Zhang Feng and healed him with a drop of Pill Beast blood.
• Zhang Feng told them Lightning Law Palace had tortured him for a treasure map to Heavenly Thunder Valley, then gave them the map in gratitude.
• After learning the valley might hold the Great Void Divine Thunder, Lu Changsheng’s group accepted the map and set off for Heavenly Thunder Valley.
• Lu Changsheng’s group reached the valley and found six Flame Martial Palace disciples blocking the entrance.
• Lie Yan ordered Lu Changsheng’s group to leave, while his companions joined him in unleashing a scorching aura against them.

Shi Jingtian and Tu Jiao defeated the Flame Martial Palace disciples guarding Heavenly Thunder Valley, and Lu Changsheng's group reached the Lava Lake of Thunder and found a Nine-Clawed Thunder Dragon skeleton. After confronting Flame Martial Palace's core forces, Lu Changsheng sent his companions to hold them off while he attempted to reach the lake and claim its lightning treasures.

• Shi Jingtian defeated Lie Yan with one strike, and Tu Jiao swiftly knocked out the other five Flame Martial Palace disciples who attacked them.
• Lu Changsheng's group crossed Heavenly Thunder Valley's lightning storm and discovered a vast lake of thunder slurry with a Nine-Clawed Thunder Dragon skeleton at its center.
• Yan Ba, Elder Fire Phoenix, and two ninth-layer disciples confronted the group at the lake and learned that Shi Jingtian and Tu Jiao had beaten Lie Yan's team.
• Lu Changsheng assigned Shi Jingtian and Tu Jiao to stall the two elders, Qing He and Rui'er to face the disciples, and set out to seize the Great Void Divine Thunder and Dragon Pearl.
• Yan Ba and Elder Fire Phoenix unleashed their half-step Martial Marquis auras and attacked Shi Jingtian and Tu Jiao with vast seas of flame.

Lu Changsheng crossed the Lava Lake of Thunder and obtained the nine-clawed thunder dragon's Dragon Pearl and Great Void Divine Thunder. He began refining the divine thunder, but its destructive power battled the other lightning energies inside him and left him close to death.

• Tu Jiao used her Primordial Hegemon Body to withstand Yan Ba's attack while Shi Jingtian, Qing He, and Rui'er held off the Flame Martial Palace fighters.
• Lu Changsheng activated his Dragon Elephant Golden Body and entered the Lava Lake of Thunder to reach the thunder dragon skeleton.
• Lu Changsheng formed Thunder Tribulation Armor, which absorbed the lake's lightning and let him reach the skeleton's chest cavity.
• Lu Changsheng took the Dragon Pearl and Great Void Divine Thunder, sealing the pearl and keeping the divine thunder for himself.
• Lu Changsheng began refining Great Void Divine Thunder, which attacked his meridians and clashed with his Yin-Yang Fiendish Thunder and Geng Metal Tribulation Lightning.

Lu Changsheng endured the Great Void Divine Thunder’s destructive power and refined it, advancing to the peak of the seventh level of the Saint Heaven Realm. He returned to the battle and defeated Yan Ba and Elder Fire Phoenix with a single Thunder Emperor Palm, leaving them critically injured.

• Lu Changsheng used the Yin-Yang Fiendish Thunder and Geng Metal Tribulation Lightning to subdue and assimilate the Great Void Divine Thunder.
• The three Strange Thunders fused within Lu Changsheng, healing his body and raising his cultivation to the peak of the seventh level of the Saint Heaven Realm.
• Lu Changsheng returned to the battlefield as Tu Jiao and Shi Jingtian fought Yan Ba and Elder Fire Phoenix.
• Lu Changsheng told Tu Jiao and Shi Jingtian to leave the two Flame Martial Palace elders to him and summoned the Great Void Divine Thunder.
• Yan Ba and Elder Fire Phoenix formed the Flame Martial Sacred Bell, but Lu Changsheng shattered it with one Thunder Emperor Palm and critically injured them.

Lu Changsheng defeated the Flame Martial Palace elders, then followed his companions to a plaza where three dragon treasures were guarded by awakened beasts. The Ancient Dragon Bear killed the first cultivator who tried to seize a treasure, leaving the gathered factions facing the guardians.

• Lu Changsheng drove Yan Ba and Elder Fire Phoenix from Heavenly Thunder Valley with one palm strike, then gave the Dragon Pearl to Tu Jiao.
• Lu Changsheng and his companions left the valley and saw three pillars of light signaling the appearance of dragon treasures, so they hurried toward them.
• Lu Changsheng’s group reached the plaza and identified the Dragon Emperor Ancient Armor, True Dragon Essence Blood, and Dragon Clan Secret Canon on three altars.
• A burly Heavenly Martial Sect cultivator rushed toward the Dragon Emperor Ancient Armor and triggered a barrier around the altar.
• The Ancient Dragon Bear awakened from its statue and killed the trapped cultivator with one blow, warning the crowd that the treasures were guarded.

Su Aoxue killed the Ancient Dragon Bear and claimed the Dragon Emperor Ancient Armor, then Tu Jiao challenged the Ancient Dragon Eagle for the True Dragon Essence Blood. Tu Jiao held her own against the eagle, and their battle remained locked in a fierce stalemate.

• The Ancient Dragon Bear killed one cultivator and badly wounded another when they tried to bypass it and take the Dragon Emperor Ancient Armor.
• Su Aoxue entered the barrier, used her frost Sword Intent to slow the Dragon Bear, then killed it with her Absolute Sword Style and claimed the armor.
• Tu Jiao announced that she wanted the True Dragon Essence Blood and entered the barrier around the second altar.
• The Ancient Dragon Eagle awakened and attacked Tu Jiao with its speed, talons, and blade-like wings.
• Tu Jiao used her Primordial Hegemon Body and Primordial Divine Fist to meet the eagle's attacks, and the battle continued without either side gaining a decisive advantage.

Tu Jiao used Lu Changsheng’s Dragon Pearl to break through to the Primordial Hegemon Body Ninth Layer and killed the Ancient Dragon Eagle with one punch. Lu Changsheng then faced the final guardian, a powerful Dragon Python, and deployed a high-level ice array to restrain it.

• Tu Jiao swallowed the Dragon Pearl, broke through to the Primordial Hegemon Body Ninth Layer, and killed the Ancient Dragon Eagle with a single punch.
• Tu Jiao claimed the True Dragon Essence Blood, while the others turned their attention to the Dragon Clan Secret Canon guarded by the Dragon Python.
• Lu Changsheng entered the azure altar’s barrier, where the Dragon Python awakened and attacked him with its jaws, tail, and venom.
• Lu Changsheng fought the Dragon Python with his martial skills but struggled to damage its defenses as it absorbed the secret realm’s dragon energy.
• Lu Changsheng set up the Ten Dragon Ice Absolute Array, slowing the Dragon Python with frost as ten ice dragon phantoms closed in.

Lu Changsheng defeated the Ancient Dragon Python with the Thunder Tribulation Armor and Thunder Emperor Sword, then claimed the Dragon Transformation Scripture. He and his companions headed toward Dragon Head Mountain to seek the Dragon Transformation Pool and continue their journey.

• The Ancient Dragon Python shattered Lu Changsheng's Ten Dragon Ice Absolute Array and drove him to the edge of defeat.
• Lu Changsheng summoned the sources of three Strange Thunders to form the Thunder Tribulation Armor and Thunder Emperor Sword, then wounded the python and reversed the battle.
• Lu Changsheng unleashed Three Thunders Unite - Thunder Emperor's Judgment and killed the Ancient Dragon Python.
• Lu Changsheng touched the altar's secret tome and received the Dragon Transformation Scripture, learning that the Dragon Transformation Pool was essential to its cultivation.
• Lu Changsheng and his companions left for Dragon Head Mountain, where Qing He sensed the strongest concentration of dragon energy and the Dragon Transformation Pool was likely located.