Chapter Summaries

Lu Changsheng defeated Nangong Leng despite his Great Yin-Yang Art and killed him and the Nangong Family clansmen who tried to flee. He emerged from the battle as Feng Wushang and Yan Batian watched him with fear.

• Nangong Leng used the Great Yin-Yang Art to create two Ninth-Rank Martial King clones, and the three attacked Lu Changsheng together.
• Lu Changsheng studied their coordinated assault, then struck the pure-white clone and destroyed both clones, inflicting severe backlash on Nangong Leng.
• Nangong Leng fled, but Lu Changsheng caught him with the Sea God Halberd and killed him.
• The remaining Nangong Family clansmen fled, and Lu Changsheng pursued and killed them all.
• Feng Wushang and Yan Batian saw Lu Changsheng emerge from the ruined battlefield and recognized how terrifying he was.

Lu Changsheng defeated Nangong Leng, claimed the Jade Flame Fruits and Nangong Sacred Sword, and refused to share with Feng Wushang, who left with a threat. After finding the Great Yin-Yang Art in Nangong Leng’s Cosmic Bag, Lu Changsheng cultivated it and successfully created two Eighth-Rank Martial King avatars.

• Lu Changsheng gave two Fire Bodhi to Yan Batian and awarded the Flame Martial Palace one Jade Flame Fruit, while denying Feng Wushang a share because he had agreed to attack him.
• Feng Wushang left with the Wind God Palace disciples after threatening Lu Changsheng, and Yan Batian departed with his Jade Flame Fruit and the Flame Martial Palace disciples.
• Lu Changsheng took the Nangong Sacred Sword and found the Great Yin-Yang Art in Nangong Leng’s Cosmic Bag.
• Lu Changsheng cultivated the Great Yin-Yang Art using his Yin-Yang Fiendish Thunder and formed white and black avatars, each at Eighth-Rank Martial King.

Lu Changsheng searched the Fire Domain Space for Fire God Grass, finding it in a volcanic crater after gathering many other fire treasures. As he approached the grass with his two avatars, a Martial Venerable Realm divine bird emerged from the magma to guard it.

• Lu Changsheng gathered rare fire-attribute treasures while searching beyond Sky Flame Forest for Fire God Grass.
• He entered the scorching desert, where Lei Yan confronted him but let him pass, threatening to defeat him in the semifinals.
• Lu Changsheng flew over a volcanic cluster and spotted Fire God Grass growing on a boulder above a magma river.
• He summoned his two avatars and approached the Fire God Grass, but a giant crimson-gold divine bird burst from the magma.
• Lu Changsheng recognized the divine bird as a Martial Venerable Realm powerhouse.

Lu Changsheng obtained a Passage Token from a lava pool and advanced from the preliminary round, then returned to Taiqing Sacred Palace with his companions. As the semifinals approached, he began attempting to create a Six-Colored Thunder Lotus to challenge Jian Jiuxiao and Ao Lie.

• Lu Changsheng dove into a volcano's lava pool, seized the Passage Token, and was teleported out of the Fire Domain Space.
• Lu Changsheng reunited with Lin Qingxuan and Murong Taxue, then told them he had killed a Vermilion Bird and Nangong Leng; Shi Jingtian and Tu Jiao later arrived with tokens as well.
• The preliminary round ended with 1,001 contestants advancing, while Rui'er returned without a token after fire beasts chased her; Lu Changsheng and the others comforted her.
• The Taiqing Palace Master announced that the semifinals would begin at sunrise the next day, and Lu Changsheng was given a private courtyard at Taiqing Peak.
• Lu Changsheng assessed his chances against Jian Jiuxiao and Ao Lie, then began separating Yin-Yang Fiendish Thunder and combining six kinds of Strange Thunder to form a Six-Colored Thunder Lotus.

Lu Changsheng’s attempt to fuse six Strange Thunders into the Six-Colored Thunder Lotus failed, nearly destroying the courtyard before the Taiqing Palace Master contained the blast. After recovering overnight, he joined Lin Qingxuan and the others on their way to the Domain Artifact Conference rematch.

• Lu Changsheng’s six-thunder fusion collapsed, so he hurled the volatile thunder plasma into the sky, where the Taiqing Palace Master safely annihilated it.
• Lin Qingxuan treated Lu Changsheng’s mangled hands, and the Taiqing Palace Master warned him about the dangerous technique and explained that he had to win the Domain Artifact Conference to obtain the Sky-Mending Divine Cauldron.
• Lu Changsheng admitted he had little chance against Jian Jiuxiao or Ao Lie, then rested and restored his spiritual power through the night.
• Lu Changsheng’s hands healed by dawn, and Lin Qingxuan, Murong Taxue, Shi Jingtian, Tu Jiao, and Rui’er arrived to escort him to the rematch.
• Lu Changsheng and his companions reached Taiqing Plaza as spectators and representatives of numerous factions gathered for the competition.

The Taiqing Sacred Palace began the semifinals of the Domain Artifact Conference, testing contestants’ defenses against the sound waves of the Taiqing Sacred Bell. After sixteen increasingly powerful chimes, fewer than fifty contestants remained, including Lu Changsheng and his companions.

• The Palace Master of Taiqing announced that contestants had to withstand thirty-six bell waves atop stone pillars, with the final sixteen advancing.
• The Palace Master of Taiqing summoned a projected avatar of the Taiqing Sacred Bell, and more than a thousand contestants mounted the pillars as the first chime began.
• The first chimes knocked out hundreds of contestants, while Lu Changsheng used the Dragon Elephant Golden Body to endure the impacts.
• As the bell reached fifteen chimes, fewer than one hundred contestants remained, and the Palace Master of Taiqing warned them that the next wave would be more dangerous.
• The sixteenth chime pierced contestants’ divine souls and eliminated many more, but Lu Changsheng, Murong Taxue, Lin Qingxuan, Shi Jingtian, and Tu Jiao stayed on their pillars as fewer than fifty remained.

The semifinal of the Domain Artifact Conference ended after thirty-five tolls of the Taiqing Sacred Bell, leaving sixteen contestants to advance. In the first final round, Lu Changsheng drew the Lucky Lot and advanced directly to the top eight, while Tu Jiao and Murong Taxue faced powerful Martial Venerable beasts.

• Shi Jingtian voluntarily left the bell trial after enduring twenty-five tolls, and the bell stopped after thirty-five tolls with sixteen contestants remaining.
• The Taiqing Palace Master announced that the top sixteen would fight ancient ferocious beasts, with the seven fastest victories advancing alongside whoever drew the Lucky Lot.
• The contestants drew lots, and the match-up Array Diagram showed Tu Jiao facing a quasi-Second-Rank Martial Venerable Heaven-Swallowing Demon Python and Murong Taxue facing a Second-Rank Martial Venerable Deep Sea Demon Whale King.
• Lu Changsheng drew the Lucky Lot and advanced directly to the top eight, while Tu Jiao worried that her opponent was far beyond her strength.
• Lu Changsheng encouraged Tu Jiao to use her Primordial Hegemon Body to withstand the python's attacks and look for an opening.

The Domain Artifact Conference’s beast trials began, and Lin Qingxuan, Jian Jiuxiao, and Ao Lie quickly defeated their opponents. Tu Jiao was eliminated after holding off the Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Python for an incense stick, while Murong Taxue continued fighting the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.

• The contestants entered their assigned battle platforms, where savage beasts were released to test them.
• Tu Jiao faced the Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Python, and Shi Jingtian and Rui'er cheered her on as she launched an attack.
• The python overpowered Tu Jiao, but she endured its assaults while Lu Changsheng watched and recognized the vast gap between her cultivation and the beast’s.
• Lin Qingxuan killed the Iron-Armored Mad Lion in one breath, then joined Lu Changsheng; Jian Jiuxiao and Ao Lie also defeated their beasts swiftly.
• Murong Taxue used Ice Law chains to restrain the Deep Sea Demon Whale King as Tu Jiao continued fighting.
• The Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Python struck Tu Jiao off the platform, and the presiding elder declared her eliminated.

Tu Jiao was eliminated after fighting the Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Python, while Murong Taxue secured the last place in the top eight by killing the Deep Sea Demon Whale King. The quarter-final draw paired Lu Changsheng with Dongfang Bai, leaving the eight contestants ready for the next round.

• Shi Jingtian tended Tu Jiao's wounds, and Lu Changsheng and Lin Qingxuan reassured her after her elimination.
• Lei Yan, Li Qiuming, and Dongfang Bai won their beast-fighting matches and claimed places in the top eight.
• Murong Taxue used Ice Seals Ten Thousand Ages to freeze and kill the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, earning the final advancement spot.
• The Taiqing Palace Master announced the quarter-final draw: Lu Changsheng would face Dongfang Bai, Murong Taxue would face Jian Jiuxiao, Lin Qingxuan would face Ao Lie, and Lei Yan would face Li Qiuming.

Lu Changsheng faced Dongfang Bai in the top-eight round and gained the upper hand with his dragon-elephant strength, lightning, and Sea God Halberd. He left Dongfang Bai wounded and disarmed after unleashing the Water Dragon Chant.

• Lu Changsheng, Murong Taxue, and Lin Qingxuan discussed their difficult matchups, and Murong Taxue and Lin Qingxuan vowed to expose their opponents’ trump cards for Lu Changsheng.
• Lu Changsheng entered Arena One and faced Dongfang Bai, who opened with Ghostly Shadowless Step and attacked from among dozens of afterimages.
• Lu Changsheng spotted Dongfang Bai’s true body and struck him with the Dragon Elephant Divine Fist, forcing him back six steps in their clash.
• Dongfang Bai summoned the ancient vicious weapon Heavenly Sin, and he and Lu Changsheng traded attacks with their weapons as Lu Changsheng pressed him with halberd strikes and lightning.
• Lu Changsheng used the Sea God Halberd Art’s Water Dragon Chant to overwhelm Dongfang Bai, knock Heavenly Sin from his hand, and leave him bleeding on one knee.

Lu Changsheng defeated Dongfang Bai with the Creation Devouring Heaven Palm and advanced to the semifinals, while Lei Yan also won his match. Murong Taxue and Lin Qingxuan remained in dangerous battles against Jian Jiuxiao and Ao Lie.

• Dongfang Bai revealed the Thousand-Hand Tathagata Divine Ability and unleashed a thousand golden palms at Lu Changsheng.
• Lu Changsheng countered with the Creation Devouring Heaven Palm, swallowed Dongfang Bai and his golden Buddha phantom, and advanced to the semifinals.
• Lei Yan used his Thunder Tyrant Body and lightning axe to defeat Li Qiuming and advance to the top four.
• Jian Jiuxiao overwhelmed Murong Taxue with his Sword Intent, leaving her wounded and near defeat.
• Ao Lie pressured Lin Qingxuan with his dragon power, leaving her injured and struggling to keep up.

Jian Jiuxiao and Ao Lie defeated Murong Taxue and Lin Qingxuan to advance to the top four alongside Lu Changsheng and Lei Yan. Lei Yan drew the lucky lot, chose Lu Changsheng as his opponent, and their semifinal duel began with both fighters trading powerful attacks.

• Jian Jiuxiao defeated Murong Taxue with Myriad Swords Return to Origin, advancing to the top four.
• Ao Lie defeated Lin Qingxuan with Azure Dragon Sky-Rending Claw, and Lu Changsheng caught her as she fell from the platform.
• Lu Changsheng treated Murong Taxue, who warned him not to let Jian Jiuxiao or Ao Lie control their fights through attrition or strength.
• Lei Yan drew the lucky lot and chose Lu Changsheng, while Jian Jiuxiao and Ao Lie were matched against each other.
• Lei Yan demanded that Lu Changsheng kneel and withdraw, but Lu Changsheng refused and challenged him to settle their feud.
• Lei Yan opened the duel with Thunder God Claw, and Lu Changsheng dodged before countering with Dragon Elephant Divine Fist; the two clashed again at the platform's center.

Lu Changsheng fought Lei Yan, who unleashed the Thunder God Tyrant Body and overwhelmed him in a close-range battle. Lu Changsheng summoned two incarnations with the Great Yin-Yang Art and launched a three-sided assault, while the Nangong Family accused him of stealing their clan-guarding Divine Ability.

• Lu Changsheng and Lei Yan exchanged halberd, thunder, and fist techniques until both were driven back by their clash.
• Lei Yan activated the Thunder God Tyrant Body, disarmed Lu Changsheng, and gained the advantage in their physical fight.
• Lei Yan struck Lu Changsheng's shoulder and sent him crashing into the barrier, leaving him injured and struggling.
• Lu Changsheng used the Great Yin-Yang Art to summon two incarnations, prompting an elder of the Nangong Family to accuse him of stealing their technique after killing Nangong Leng.
• Lu Changsheng and his incarnations attacked Lei Yan from three directions as their battle continued to damage the platform.

Lu Changsheng and his clones traded devastating attacks with Lei Yan, but Lei Yan’s forbidden Thunder God Mirror nearly crushed him and left the crowd believing he had lost. Lu Changsheng rose from the ruins and revealed himself as a seventh-grade Spirit Array Master, trapping Lei Yan and his Thunder God dharma idol in the Seven Stars Immortal-Slaying Array.

• Lu Changsheng and his clones wounded Lei Yan and countered his Great Heavenly Thunder Sword, but the collision shattered the battle platform’s barrier and left both fighters badly injured.
• Lei Yan summoned the Thunder God Mirror and smashed Lu Changsheng’s six-colored shield, dispersed his clones, and drove his true body into a deep pit.
• The crowd and Lei Yan assumed Lu Changsheng had lost, while the factions watched anxiously and the Nangong Family celebrated.
• Lu Changsheng climbed out of the ruins and activated the Dark Gold Array Seal, spreading a seventh-grade killing array across the battle platform.
• Seven beams from the Big Dipper illuminated the Seven Stars Immortal-Slaying Array, which trapped Lei Yan and his Thunder God dharma idol and shocked the gathered factions.

Lu Changsheng revealed himself as a Seventh-Rank Spirit Array Master and killed Lei Yan with the Seven Stars Immortal-Slaying Array, advancing to the finals. As Jian Jiuxiao and Ao Lie continued their semifinal battle, Lu Changsheng awaited the winner as his final opponent.

• Lu Changsheng trapped Lei Yan's Thunder God avatar with the Seven Stars Immortal Binding Lock and crushed it and Lei Yan with the Seven Stars Immortal-Slaying Finger.
• Lei Huang attacked Lu Changsheng in rage, but the Taiqing Palace Master stopped him and upheld the conference's life-or-death rules.
• The referee declared Lu Changsheng the winner, and the Azure Sun Sacred Sect celebrated his advance to the finals.
• Jian Jiuxiao and Ao Lie continued their fierce semifinal battle, with the winner set to face Lu Changsheng in the finals.

Jian Jiuxiao defeated Ao Lie by half a step and advanced to the Domain Artifact Conference final against Lu Changsheng, scheduled for three days later. Knowing he lacked confidence against Jian Jiuxiao, Lu Changsheng began attempting to fuse six kinds of Strange Thunder into a Six-Colored Thunder Lotus.

• Jian Jiuxiao and Ao Lie unleashed their strongest attacks, and Ao Lie landed beyond the battle platform’s red line while Jian Jiuxiao stopped just inside it.
• Ao Lie accepted his loss, and the Referee Elder announced Jian Jiuxiao’s victory and advancement to the final against Lu Changsheng.
• The Taiqing Palace Master scheduled the final for three days later, and Lu Changsheng and Jian Jiuxiao briefly met each other’s gaze across the arena.
• At Lu Changsheng’s courtyard, he told his companions that he had no confidence against Jian Jiuxiao, whose strength could approach that of a Fifth-Rank Martial Venerable.
• After his companions left him to prepare, Lu Changsheng awakened six kinds of Strange Thunder and began trying to balance them into a Six-Colored Thunder Lotus.

Three days before the final, Jian Jiuxiao broke through to the threshold of Quasi-Sacred Sword and grew confident he could defeat Lu Changsheng. Lu Changsheng failed to master the Six-Colored Thunder Lotus, recovered from his injuries, and left for the final with his friends and Murong Taxue’s protective talisman.

• Elder Jujian warned that Lu Changsheng’s record and skill as a seventh-grade Spirit Array Master made him a dangerous opponent, but Elder Jianjue and Elder Jianchi expected Jian Jiuxiao to win.
• Jian Jiuxiao’s Sword Intent erupted through Divine Sword Residence, and he revealed that he had touched the threshold of Quasi-Sacred Sword.
• Jian Jiuxiao declared that he would defeat Lu Changsheng and prove that Myriad Sword Sacred Sect’s sword could overcome arrays.
• Lu Changsheng repeatedly failed to form the Six-Colored Thunder Lotus, then stopped practicing and spent three days restoring his spiritual power and healing his injuries.
• Lin Qingxuan, Murong Taxue, Shi Jingtian, Tu Jiao, and Rui'er visited Lu Changsheng; Murong Taxue gave him an Ice Protection Talisman before he left with them.

Lu Changsheng faced Jian Jiuxiao in the Domain Artifact Conference finals, but Jian Jiuxiao overwhelmed him with his sword techniques and shattered his Great Yin-Yang Art clones. Badly injured but back on his feet, Lu Changsheng was challenged to use his seventh-rank spirit array.

• Lu Changsheng and Jian Jiuxiao entered the final battle platform, and the Taiqing Palace Master declared the match begun.
• Lu Changsheng attacked with the Sea God Halberd and Water Dragon Chant, but Jian Jiuxiao cut apart the water dragons and struck Lu Changsheng with his Heavenly Sword Palm.
• Lu Changsheng summoned his Great Yin-Yang Art clones and attacked Jian Jiuxiao from three directions, but Jian Jiuxiao destroyed both clones and knocked Lu Changsheng across the platform.
• Lu Changsheng rose from the rubble as his allies watched anxiously, and Jian Jiuxiao challenged him to use the Seven Stars Immortal-Slaying Array.

Lu Changsheng stacked two Seventh-Rank spirit arrays against Jian Jiuxiao, but Jian Jiuxiao shattered them and overwhelmed him with his Sacred Sword law. Given one chance to unleash his strongest move, Lu Changsheng risked his life fusing six Strange Thunders and finally formed an embryonic Six-Colored Thunder Lotus.

• Lu Changsheng formed the Seven Stars Immortal-Slaying Array and the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Array, then attacked Jian Jiuxiao with both arrays at once.
• Jian Jiuxiao formed a Sacred Sword Lotus that destroyed both arrays, leaving Lu Changsheng badly wounded by the backlash.
• Jian Jiuxiao pressed his attack, broke Lu Changsheng's Thunder Emperor Sword, and slashed him to the edge of the platform before offering him one last chance to use his strongest move.
• Lu Changsheng began fusing six Strange Thunders despite the damage and life force the unstable technique drained from him.
• Lu Changsheng achieved a delicate balance among the six thunders and formed an embryonic Six-Colored Thunder Lotus.

Lu Changsheng completed the Six-Colored Thunder Lotus at the cost of his life essence and used it to defeat Jian Jiuxiao in the Domain Artifact Conference final. The Taiqing Palace Master declared Lu Changsheng champion, leaving the Azure Sun Sacred Sect celebrating while both fighters lay gravely injured.

• Lu Changsheng poured his life essence and blood into the collapsing Six-Colored Thunder Lotus, stabilizing and completing it.
• Jian Jiuxiao formed a Purple-Gold Sword Lotus defense, but Lu Changsheng sent the Six-Colored Thunder Lotus against it and annihilated its layers before it exploded.
• The thunder blast devastated the battle platform and left Jian Jiuxiao unconscious in the crater, while Lu Changsheng survived with severe injuries.
• The Taiqing Palace Master announced Lu Changsheng as the Domain Artifact Conference champion.
• Shi Jingtian, Rui'er, Elder Chiyang, Qingxuanzi, Lin Qingxuan, and Murong Taxue celebrated Lu Changsheng's victory.