Chapter Summaries

Old Ancestor Qingyang emerged to protect Lu Changsheng, drove Wu Tianlong’s forces to retreat, and gave Wu Tianyang a Saint Healing Pill to restore his martial foundation. Back in the Azure Sun Great Hall, Qingyang confronted Elder Lin Yue over abusing his authority and betraying Lu Changsheng.

• Qingyang arrived with the little girl and the sect elders, and Qingxuanzi and the Azure Sun Sacred Sect elders bowed to welcome him.
• Qingyang demanded Wu Tianlong release Lu Changsheng, then revealed his Saint Realm power when Wu Tianlong threatened war.
• Wu Tianlong released Lu Changsheng and agreed to end the feud after Qingyang gave him a Saint Healing Pill capable of restoring Wu Tianyang’s dantian and martial foundation.
• Wu Tianlong led the Wu Family forces away, and Qingyang took Lu Changsheng and the sect elders to the Azure Sun Great Hall.
• Qingyang accused Elder Lin Yue of abusing his authority and trying to hand Lu Changsheng over to outsiders, and Lin Yue fell to his knees in fear.

Old Ancestor Qingyang punished Lin Yue for abusing his authority, then learned that the Eastern Mausoleum Domain’s shattered seal threatened its survival. He offered to seek the Sky-Mending Divine Cauldron from the Taiqing Sacred Palace, while Lu Changsheng and his companions prepared for the Domain Artifact Conference if borrowing it failed.

• Old Ancestor Qingyang stripped Lin Yue of his elder position and sentenced him to guard the medicinal garden for one hundred years, while Lin Yue secretly vowed revenge against Lu Changsheng.
• Old Ancestor Qingyang welcomed Lu Changsheng and his four companions as members of the Azure Sun Sacred Sect, and Tu Jiao explained that the Eastern Mausoleum Domain’s shattered seal was causing its spiritual energy to dry up.
• Old Ancestor Qingyang revealed that the Sky-Mending Divine Cauldron was held by the Taiqing Sacred Palace and would change hands at the upcoming Domain Artifact Conference, where Martial Venerable-level prodigies might compete.
• Old Ancestor Qingyang said he would visit the Taiqing Sacred Palace to ask for the cauldron, while Lu Changsheng resolved to compete for it if the request failed.
• Murong Taxue visited the injured Lu Changsheng and gave him a Nine-Turn Ice Heart Lotus to heal his injuries and stabilize his divine soul.

Murong Taxue gave Lu Changsheng the North Divine Domain Wind and Cloud Ranking, revealing the formidable prodigies he would face at the coming Domain Artifact Conference. After she encouraged him, Lu Changsheng recovered from his injuries with the Nine-Turn Ice Heart Lotus and resolved to break through to the Martial King Realm.

• Lu Changsheng teased Murong Taxue as he accepted the Nine-Turn Ice Heart Lotus, and she gave him the latest Wind and Cloud Ranking to prepare him for the Domain Artifact Conference.
• Lu Changsheng read about the ranking's powerful prodigies, including Murong Taxue in fourth place and half-step Martial Venerables Lin Qingxuan, Jian Jiuxiao, and Ao Lie in the top three.
• Murong Taxue encouraged Lu Changsheng to believe he could surpass the ranked prodigies, then returned to Proud Snow Peak while he began healing.
• Lu Changsheng swallowed the Nine-Turn Ice Heart Lotus and used the Great Fortune Heaven Swallowing Art to repair his injuries and restore his soul over three days.
• Lu Changsheng recovered to his peak and decided that his urgent goal was to break through to the Martial King Realm before the Domain Artifact Conference.

Lu Changsheng sought a way to break through to the Martial King Realm before the Domain Artifact Conference, so Zhen Gu redirected him from the Trading Hall to Wind God Valley, where rare Ancient Life Spring Dew could help him. At the valley entrance, Han Chong challenged Lu’s right to compete, and the arrival of the Eighth-Rank Martial King Li Wuyi raised the stakes.

• Lu Changsheng decided conventional cultivation would take too long and set out for the Trading Hall to find treasures that could help him break through.
• Zhen Gu intercepted Lu and told him that Wind God Valley’s Ancient Life Spring Dew could greatly aid his breakthrough, so Lu agreed to go with him.
• Lu and Zhen Gu arrived at Wind God Valley and found more than a hundred elite disciples gathered to enter when the dangerous winds weakened.
• Han Chong, Lin Yue’s final disciple, accused Zhen Gu of bringing an outsider to compete for the spring dew, but Zhen Gu defended Lu and exposed Han Chong’s grudge against him.
• Han Chong nearly attacked Lu and Zhen Gu, but his fellow disciples restrained him until the valley’s storm weakened.
• Li Wuyi, one of the Four Great Heavenly Kings and an Eighth-Rank Martial King, arrived at the valley entrance.

Li Changsheng entered Godwind Valley with Zhen Gu and the Azure Sun Sacred Sect disciples to seek the Ancient Life Spring Dew, where he fought through the Bone-Eating Divine Wind and the Wind Demon Scorpions. After a fierce battle, he decapitated the Wind Demon Scorpion King, leaving the fight’s outcome and the path to the spring still unresolved.

• Li Wuyi arrived at Godwind Valley and greeted Lu Changsheng with sincere praise, angering Han Chong and his companions.
• When the winds weakened, Lu Changsheng and Zhen Gu entered the valley with the other disciples, and Lu Changsheng used his Dragon Elephant Golden Body to withstand the Bone-Eating Divine Wind.
• A disciple’s shield shattered, and the wind stripped him to bone before grinding his remains to dust; Lu Changsheng then used his Thunder Roc Wings to speed deeper into the valley.
• The disciples encountered a vast swarm of Wind Demon Scorpions, and Lu Changsheng slaughtered several with his Sea God Halberd before the Wind Demon Scorpion King attacked him.
• Lu Changsheng evaded the king’s poisoned tail, blocked its next strike with Mount Sumeru Palm, and cut off its head with the Sea God Halberd.

Lu Changsheng fought through Godwind Valley’s scorpion swarm and deadly storms, then reached the hidden valley where the Ancient Life Spring Eye lay. He reunited with Zhen Gu and discovered that the spring’s aura could loosen his cultivation bottleneck.

• Lu Changsheng killed a peak Second-Rank Martial King Wind Demon Scorpion King and took its demon core.
• Lu Changsheng broke through the Wind Demon Scorpion swarm while Li Wuyi, Ouyang Shan, and Situ Lie also escaped, but many weaker disciples remained trapped.
• Lu Changsheng entered the deeper storm domain, survived a super tornado’s pull by channeling four Strange Thunders into his Thunder Roc Wings, and continued onward.
• Lu Changsheng crossed into a hidden valley, where he reunited with Zhen Gu and saw Han Chong react angrily to his survival.
• Lu Changsheng spotted the Ancient Life Spring Eye bubbling at the center of an ancient altar and felt its life essence loosen his cultivation bottleneck.

Lu Changsheng seized the last two drops of Ancient Life Spring Dew from the altar, provoking Han Chong and the other disciples who had missed out. Han Chong attacked him in fury, and Lu Changsheng met the assault with his Sea God Halberd.

• Lu Changsheng and the other prodigies discovered ten drops of Ancient Life Spring Dew in the Ancient Life Spring Eye, and they raced toward the altar.
• Li Wuyi took three drops, while Ouyang Shan, Situ Lie, Wu Qingying, and two other disciples claimed five more between them.
• Lu Changsheng broke through Han Chong’s disciples and snatched the final two drops before Han Chong could reach them.
• Han Chong and the disappointed disciples demanded Lu Changsheng surrender the spring dew, but Lu Changsheng refused and mocked Han Chong’s threats.
• Han Chong attacked with Netherworld Ghost Claw, and Lu Changsheng summoned the Sea God Halberd to face him.

Lu Changsheng fought Han Chong, a peak Third-Rank Martial King, to a standstill using the Sea God Halberd, then endured their clash of ultimate techniques. After putting away the halberd, he revealed the Thunder Tribulation Armor and Thunder Emperor Sword, raising his aura to peak First-Rank Martial King and leaving Han Chong terrified.

• Lu Changsheng broke Han Chong's Netherworld Ghost Claws and drove him back with a fierce barrage of Sea God Halberd strikes.
• Han Chong drew the Wolf Fang Saber and wounded Lu Changsheng with its twisting saber lights, then fought him in a prolonged close-quarters battle.
• Han Chong unleashed Wolf God Slash while Lu Changsheng countered with Water Dragon Chant, and the collision sent both fighters crashing into opposite rock walls.
• Lu Changsheng mocked Han Chong, put away the Sea God Halberd, and donned the Thunder Tribulation Armor, which raised his aura to peak First-Rank Martial King.
• Lu Changsheng formed the Thunder Emperor Sword and announced that he would show Han Chong his true trump card, terrifying him.

Lu Changsheng unleashed his Thunder Treasures and defeated Han Chong in Godwind Valley, winning the right to claim the final two drops of Ancient Life Spring Dew. He shared one drop with Zhen Gu and prepared to refine the other to attempt a breakthrough into the Martial King Realm.

• Lu Changsheng used the Thunder Tribulation Armor, Thunder Emperor Sword, and Thunder Roc Wings to overwhelm Han Chong and crush his defenses.
• Han Chong burned his vital blood essence and unleashed his strongest attack, but Lu Changsheng's Thunder Emperor Four Absolute Slashes destroyed it, shattered the Wolf Fang Saber, and buried Han Chong in the cliff.
• Lu Changsheng declared that he had won openly and challenged anyone else to contest his claim, but the gathered disciples backed down.
• Lu Changsheng gave one drop of Ancient Life Spring Dew to Zhen Gu in gratitude for telling him about the opportunity.
• Lu Changsheng announced that he would refine his drop in Godwind Valley and attempt to break through to the Martial King Realm.

Lu Changsheng used Ancient Life Spring Dew and the origins of four Strange Thunders to break through to the First-Rank Martial King Realm in Godwind Valley. After Murong Taxue told him the Ancient Ruins Forbidden Land might soon open, he headed back to the sect, while Lin Yue learned that Lu Changsheng had crippled Han Chong and swore revenge.

• Lu Changsheng consumed Ancient Life Spring Dew and, after four failed attempts, combined its remaining power with four Strange Thunders to break through to the Martial King Realm.
• The geniuses in the hidden valley witnessed Lu Changsheng's breakthrough, and Li Wuyi admired his resolve and formidable foundations.
• Lu Changsheng left Godwind Valley and reunited with Murong Taxue, Shi Jingtian, and Tu Jiao, who congratulated him on his breakthrough.
• Murong Taxue told Lu Changsheng that the Ancient Ruins Forbidden Land might soon open as its ancient miasma weakened, and Lu Changsheng agreed to return to the sect and report the news to the Old Ancestor.
• Lin Yue learned that Lu Changsheng had crippled Han Chong, his prized disciple, and swore to make Lu Changsheng pay.

Old Ancestor Qingyang permitted Lu Changsheng to enter the Ancient Ruins Forbidden Land after Lu revealed his First-Rank Martial King cultivation, and gave his companions three days to meet the same requirement. Lu Changsheng departed with Murong Taxue, Shi Jingtian, Tu Jiao, and Rui'er, while Lin Yue secretly sent messages to the Lightning Law Palace and the Nangong Family to arrange an attack.

• Elders debated whether the Azure Sun Sacred Sect should send disciples into the Ancient Ruins Forbidden Land, and Old Ancestor Qingyang decided the sect would take part.
• Lu Changsheng revealed that he had reached the First-Rank Martial King Realm, earning permission to enter the forbidden land and seek the Qilin Saint Medicine.
• Old Ancestor Qingyang gave Shi Jingtian, Tu Jiao, Qing He, and Rui'er three days and four Azure Sun Saint Fruits to reach Martial King Realm cultivation.
• Shi Jingtian and Tu Jiao broke through to the First-Rank Martial King Realm, while Rui'er became a beginner Sixth-Grade Spirit Array Master; Qing He remained behind to guard Purple Sun Peak.
• Lu Changsheng, Murong Taxue, Shi Jingtian, Tu Jiao, and Rui'er flew toward the Extreme North Land on Azure Scaled Eagles.
• Lin Yue learned of their departure and sent messages to the Lightning Law Palace and the Nangong Family, urging them to ambush Lu Changsheng and his companions.

Lu Changsheng and his companions traveled from the Azure Sun Sacred Sect toward Tianbei City, where they planned to gather information and supplies before entering the Ancient Ruins Forbidden Land. After Jian Gu threatened Lu Changsheng out of jealousy over Murong Taxue, the group reached Tianbei City, leaving the dangers ahead unresolved.

• Tu Jiao warned Lu Changsheng that the Lightning Law Palace and Nangong Family might attack now that the group had left the Azure Sun Sacred Sect, and Lu Changsheng vowed to fight back.
• As the group entered the northern region, Jian Gu and eleven Myriad Sword Sacred Sect disciples blocked their path; Jian Gu offered Murong Taxue a Thousand Year Purple God Flower and proposed that they travel together, but she rejected both offers.
• After Murong Taxue departed with Lu Changsheng, Jian Gu crushed the flower and vowed to kill Lu Changsheng in the Ancient Ruins Forbidden Land.
• Lu Changsheng reassured Murong Taxue that he trusted her, while Tu Jiao warned him that Jian Gu would likely seek trouble with them.
• On the third day, Lu Changsheng and his companions arrived at Tianbei City, where martial artists from across the North Divine Domain were gathering.

Lu Changsheng and his companions entered Tianbei City, learned that the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion would share intelligence about the Ancient Ruins Forbidden Land at a banquet, and planned to seek an invitation. Their meal at the Gathering of Sages Tower was interrupted when Lu Zhuliu harassed Murong Taxue, and Lu Changsheng seized his wrist before he could touch her.

• Murong Taxue stored the Azure Scaled Eagle, and the five entered Tianbei City to find lodging and gather news about the Ancient Ruins Forbidden Land.
• Lu Changsheng and his companions chose the Gathering of Sages Tower for a meal, where they overheard that the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion was hosting a banquet to share forbidden-land intelligence with top prodigies.
• Lu Changsheng said Murong Taxue could attend on behalf of the Azure Sun Sacred Sect, and the group agreed to visit the Heavenly Secrets Tower after eating.
• Lu Zhuliu arrived at the restaurant, demanded a private room, and then became fixated on Murong Taxue and invited her to drink with him.
• Murong Taxue rejected Lu Zhuliu, who reached for her cheek; Lu Changsheng clamped down on his wrist and challenged him for daring to touch his woman.

Lu Changsheng and Murong Taxue defeated Lu Zhuliu and his guards after Lu Zhuliu harassed Treading Snow, then revealed Murong Taxue’s identity as an Azure Sun Sacred Sect Heavenly King. Lu Zhuliu begged for mercy and fled, while an unseen observer left to set a greater undercurrent in motion.

• Lu Changsheng crushed Lu Zhuliu’s wrist and defeated him with a single punch after Lu Zhuliu attacked him.
• Murong Taxue stepped in front of Lu Changsheng and badly wounded Lu Zhuliu’s two Eighth-Rank Martial King elders with one sword strike.
• Murong Taxue revealed she was from the Azure Sun Sacred Sect, and Lu Zhuliu recognized the danger of offending her.
• Lu Zhuliu and his injured elders knelt and begged for mercy, and Lu Changsheng let them leave with a warning.
• Lu Changsheng’s group resumed their meal and planned to visit the Heavenly Secrets Tower, while an inconspicuous middle-aged man in gray watched them and slipped away.

Lu Changsheng and his companions went to Heavenly Secrets Tower to seek intelligence about the Ancient Ruins Forbidden Land and the Qilin Saint Medicine. After Murong Taxue secured their entry with the Azure Sun Sacred Sect’s token, they joined the gathered geniuses, where Lei Qingtian confronted Lu Changsheng over their blood feud.

• Lu Changsheng’s group set out for Heavenly Secrets Tower after discussing the intelligence they needed about the forbidden land, rival factions, and the Qilin Saint Medicine.
• Murong Taxue explained Heavenly Secrets Pavilion’s reach and strict admission rules as the group traveled through Tianbei City.
• The guards initially refused entry because the group lacked invitations, but Murong Taxue presented her Azure Sun Sacred Sect token and gained them admission.
• Inside the tower, the gathered geniuses recognized Murong Taxue and Lu Changsheng, while Jian Gu watched Murong Taxue with infatuation.
• Lei Qingtian recognized Lu Changsheng as the killer of Lightning Law Palace figures and led his disciples toward Lu Changsheng’s table, bringing the hall to silence.

Lei Qingtian confronted Lu Changsheng in the Heavenly Secrets Tower over the Lightning Law Palace’s losses, but Lu Changsheng stood his ground and matched Lei’s thunder attack. As Lei prepared to strike again, Murong Taxue stepped in and revealed power enough to stop him cold.

• Lei Qingtian demanded that Lu Changsheng answer for killing Lightning Law Palace members and crippling Lei Hao, but Lu Changsheng refused and challenged him to seek revenge.
• Lei Qingtian demanded Lu Changsheng kneel and apologize, then attacked him with the Five Thunder God-Extinguishing Palm.
• Lu Changsheng countered with four kinds of wondrous heavenly thunder and forced Lei Qingtian back, shocking the gathered martial artists.
• Lei Qingtian recognized Lu Changsheng’s four kinds of heavenly thunder and, enraged, prepared to launch another attack.
• Murong Taxue stood between Lei Qingtian and Lu Changsheng, revealed her Ninth-Rank Martial King Peak cultivation, and froze Lei in place with her pressure.

Murong Taxue stopped Lei Qingtian from attacking Lu Changsheng and declared their relationship publicly, intensifying hostility toward Lu before the Ancient Ruins Forbidden Land expedition. When Taiqing Sacred Palace’s Lin Qingxuan arrived, Lu recognized her as his long-lost younger sister, but held back from approaching her; then Xuanjizi revealed intelligence about the forbidden land and announced that the final auction item contained clues to the Qilin Saint Medicine.

• Murong Taxue threatened Lei Qingtian and made him withdraw, then told Lu Changsheng that she would protect him in the forbidden land.
• Jian Gu and other admirers of Murong Taxue grew hostile toward Lu, while Lu and Murong Taxue reunited with their companions.
• Lin Qingxuan arrived with Taiqing Sacred Palace, and Lu realized her resemblance and bloodline pull might mean she was his missing sister; he decided not to approach her yet.
• Xuanjizi announced that the miasma would weaken in three days and identified Dragon Fall Gorge as the safest entrance, warning that an Ice Abyss Flood Dragon King guarded it.
• Xuanjizi offered the location clues and guardian details for the Qilin Saint Medicine for auction, and Lu resolved to obtain them.

Xuanjizi auctioned a clue map to the Qilin Saint Medicine, which Lu Changsheng needed to fulfill Abbess Fahua’s conditions. Jian Gu outbid Murong Taxue for the map and then offered to give it to her in exchange for spending the banquet with him, leaving Lu Changsheng facing a fresh provocation.

• Xuanjizi revealed that the clue map detailed the Qilin Saint Medicine’s location and a safe route through the Ancient Ruins Forbidden Land, then opened bidding at five hundred million High-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Lei Qingtian, Long Aotian, Jian Gu, and others drove the bids up to one billion five hundred million High-Grade Spirit Stones, beyond what Lu Changsheng and his companions could afford.
• Murong Taxue offered her bonded Moonlight Sword, a high-grade Martial Venerable artifact valued at three billion High-Grade Spirit Stones, to secure the map, but Lu Changsheng urged her to take it back.
• Jian Gu outbid Murong Taxue with Phoenix Blood Essence worth three and a half billion High-Grade Spirit Stones, won the clue map, and provoked Lu Changsheng.
• At the evening banquet, Jian Gu approached Murong Taxue and offered to give her the map if she sat with him and kept him company until the banquet ended.

Lu Changsheng rejected Jian Gu’s offer to trade the Qilin Saint Medicine clue map for a meal with Murong Taxue, and the group planned to follow Jian Gu into the Ancient Ruins Forbidden Land. After a mysterious scout tried to eavesdrop on them, Rui'er set a defensive spirit array as the group prepared for the forbidden land to open in three days.

• Jian Gu offered his Qilin Saint Medicine clue map in exchange for a meal with Murong Taxue, but Lu Changsheng refused and warned that he would take the map in the Ancient Ruins Forbidden Land.
• Murong Taxue stood by Lu Changsheng, and Jian Gu left the Heavenly Secrets Tower after threatening him.
• Lu Changsheng and his companions rented a courtyard in Tianbei City and decided to follow Jian Gu to the Qilin Saint Medicine, then take the map and medicine by force if necessary.
• A stealthy black shadow approached the courtyard to eavesdrop, but Lu Changsheng detected it and struck; the intruder escaped.
• Rui'er set up a Sixth-Grade Spirit Array to protect the courtyard, and the group resumed cultivation while staying alert.

After three days of cultivation, Lu Changsheng and his companions traveled into the Extreme North Ice Plain, where a deadly storm forced them to take shelter. They rescued Lin Qingxuan’s group and continued toward the Ancient Ruins Forbidden Land, while Lu Changsheng kept his identity as her brother secret.

• Lu Changsheng, Shi Jingtian, Tu Jiao, Murong Taxue, and Rui'er left Tianbei City and headed north among thousands of Martial Artists bound for the forbidden land.
• Rui'er struggled against the ice plain’s bitter cold until Tu Jiao lent her a Fire Spirit Bead.
• A cold-current storm swept across the group and froze a Tai Ling Sect team, so Rui'er set up a sixth-grade Defense Spirit Array for shelter.
• Lu Changsheng invited Lin Qingxuan and the battered Taiqing Sacred Palace disciples into the array, and they took refuge there until the storm passed.
• Lin Qingxuan departed without recognizing Lu Changsheng as her brother, and he resumed the journey with his companions toward the Ancient Ruins Forbidden Land.