Chapter Summaries

Lu Li defeated Lin Feng with a single slash, and Divine Martial Continent’s leaders recognized the dangerous substance within Prison Demon and argued over what to do with him. Lu Gaoge and Yuan Wu clashed over recruiting Lu Li, then agreed to let him choose for himself.

• Lu Li evaded Lin Feng’s attacks until Lin Feng grazed his finger, then drew Prison Demon and killed him with one slash.
• Senior powerhouses watching the livestream recognized the substance associated with Prison Demon and called an emergency meeting to discuss the threat.
• The leaders debated whether to kill, exile, study, or recruit Prison Demon, while Yuan Wu argued that Lu Li might be valuable in the coming wager battle against Supreme God Soil.
• Lu Gaoge arrived, claimed Lu Li was a member of his clan, and proposed that Martial God Mountain take responsibility for him.
• Yuan Wu objected that Sky Abyss had priority to recruit Explorers, and Lu Gaoge proposed letting Lu Li choose for himself.

After winning the Blood Kill Realm, Lu Li arrived in the Divine Martial Continent but was stopped from leaving the preparation hall pending a review. He learned more about the local powers while waiting, then found Lu Jiaojiao of Martial God Mountain among the people who had come to meet him.

• Lu Li received a Certain Death mission to kill Li Zhong, but decided he needed to advance his talents before confronting the violator.
• Lin Feng asked Lu Li how he had developed such powerful Soul Intent, and learned that Lu Li was only a little over eight thousand years old.
• Two guards blocked Lu Li from leaving the preparation hall, saying they had orders to keep him there until a review was completed.
• While waiting, Lu Li contacted Aizen and learned that Aizen had received a warm welcome in the Supreme God Soil.
• After several hours, Lu Li met a red-haired Abyssal Blood noble and Lu Jiaojiao of Martial God Mountain, whom Lin Feng identified as a dangerous figure.

Lu Li learned that the black mist within him was feared as a Contraband Substance, and Sky Abyss and Martial God Mountain competed to recruit him and study it. Terry’s generous offer made Lu Li lean toward Sky Abyss, while Lu Jiaojiao struggled to persuade him otherwise.

• Lu Jiaojiao silenced Lin Feng, and Terry introduced himself to Lu Li as a Sky Abyss viscount before asking Lin Feng to leave.
• Terry offered to recruit Lu Li and study his unique power, while Lu Jiaojiao bluntly revealed that the black mist was suspected to be a Contraband Substance.
• Lu Jiaojiao offered Martial God Mountain’s protection and double the cultivation resources, but Lu Li disliked being treated as an object of research.
• Terry promised Lu Li one complete Inheritance Crystal each year and all the cultivation supplies he needed, making Lu Li favor Sky Abyss.
• Lu Jiaojiao insisted that Martial God Mountain would match Sky Abyss’s offer, while Terry challenged her to name something Lu Li could not use.

Lu Li chose to join Martial God Mountain after Lu Jiaojiao offered to supply him with Secret Blood Crystals, which he relied on to grow stronger. As Lu Jiaojiao brought him toward the sect, she promised the Mountain Lord could address the power within him and revealed that the Mountain Lord surpassed even Space’s Ninth Order Peak.

• Lu Jiaojiao offered Lu Li double cultivation resources and let him take away resources equal to what he used.
• After recognizing Lu Li’s Secret Blood Crystal, Lu Jiaojiao promised Martial God Mountain would supply them, and Lu Li declined Terry’s offer from Sky Abyss.
• Lu Jiaojiao took Lu Li across the Divine Martial Continent by teleportation arrays toward Martial God Mountain.
• Lu Li asked how Martial God Mountain would handle the black substance within him, and Lu Jiaojiao said the Mountain Lord would provide a solution.
• Lu Jiaojiao declared that the Mountain Lord was the strongest person on the Divine Martial Continent, above Space’s Ninth Order Peak.

Lu Li learned about Martial God Mountain’s scale and disciple hierarchy as Lu Jiaojiao led him up the mountain. She revealed that she was a True Disciple from a bloodline shared by all True Disciples, then turned the conversation to the Secret Blood Crystal Lu Li had obtained.

• Lu Li reflected that the Divine Martial Continent and Supreme God Soil might rival the Spaces, then followed Lu Jiaojiao up Martial God Mountain’s enormous stairs.
• Lu Jiaojiao explained that Martial God Mountain governed one hundred billion citizens and had around ten million outer sect disciples, while only a few hundred locals reached the Ninth Order each year.
• Lu Jiaojiao told Lu Li that the mountain had roughly one million inner sect disciples, and explained the core disciple, elder, and True Disciple ranks.
• Lu Jiaojiao revealed that True Disciples were born into one blood-related family, numbering a little over a thousand, and said they did not only marry one another.
• Lu Jiaojiao asked Lu Li whether he wanted to know what the Secret Blood Crystal was originally used for.

Lu Li learned how Martial God Mountain’s Secret Blood worked and met its Mountain Lord, who recognized him as a Pioneer and challenged him about the power he carried. The Mountain Lord eased her pressure after Lu Li defended his right to use it, leaving their conversation unresolved.

• Lu Jiaojiao explained that True Disciples inherited Martial God's Secret Blood and that other disciples could become acquired Secret Blood Warriors by absorbing crystals.
• Lu Jiaojiao told Lu Li a legend about an outer disciple who mastered Secret Blood and became the greatest Martial God Mountain Lord in history.
• Lu Li met Lu Tie, who mentioned that another junior sister from the space had recently come up the mountain.
• Lu Jiaojiao escorted Lu Li to the summit cabin, where he met the imposing woman who led Martial God Mountain.
• The Mountain Lord identified Lu Li as a Pioneer and asked what power he used; when Lu Li admitted he did not know, she pressured him until he angrily defended his right to use it.
• The Mountain Lord withdrew some of her pressure and said that a Pioneer should use every means available because power had no inherent right or wrong.

Lu Li learned that the Martial God Mountain Lord could not deal with the ominous power inside him and settled into life among Martial God Mountain’s True Disciples. At the morning lecture, he stunned the Third Elder and the other disciples by explaining the body-refining art Perfect Body and proposing a way to improve it.

• The Martial God Mountain Lord called Lu Li’s inner power ominous, said she could not deal with it, and warned that a great calamity was approaching.
• Three Supreme Taboo existences left to investigate an unknown land after the Supreme Beings learned that Lu Li carried the entity while serving as a Pioneer of End Space.
• Lu Jiaojiao helped Lu Li settle among the True Disciples, and Senior Apprentice-Brother Lu Tie delivered Secret Blood Crystals and two Inheritance Crystals while warning him about the risks of using them.
• Lu Li inhaled Secret Blood Crystals overnight and felt his attribute bottleneck begin to loosen.
• At the morning lecture, the Third Elder challenged Lu Li to explain Perfect Body after noticing him distracted by Lu Xueqing.
• Lu Li explained that Perfect Body centered on bodily control and suggested adapting the method to each cultivator, astonishing the Third Elder and the disciples.

Lu Li mastered and improved the Perfect Body’s opening chapter after hearing the Third Elder explain it once, then ended up teaching the morning class to Martial God Mountain’s disciples. The Third Elder gave him an annotated copy of the full technique, and Lu Li settled down to eat while the Valkyrie practiced nearby and was tempted by his food.

• Lu Li demonstrated and refined the Perfect Body’s body-tempering movements, impressing the Third Elder and the disciples with his understanding.
• At the Third Elder’s request, Lu Li explained his improvements, showing which changes suited him and which could benefit everyone.
• Lu Li’s lesson ended the morning class, and several disciples praised him for helping them overcome problems with the Perfect Body.
• The Third Elder gave Lu Li an annotated jade slip of the complete Perfect Body and asked him to share his insights the next day.
• Lu Li went to eat Shrimp Meat’s lunch while the Valkyrie practiced nearby, then questioned her about watching him.
• The Valkyrie criticized Lu Li for indulging in food instead of practicing, but the aromas from his lavish meal made her turn and sniff.

Lu Li shared a meal with Lu Xueqing, who gave him her Secret Blood Crystal and explained her innate Secret Blood lineage’s ancient connection to Martial God Mountain. After they watched two disciples spar, Senior Apprentice-Sister Lu Jiaojiao began explaining why ultimate-domain sects differed from other sects, leaving Lu Li to consider how their disciples compared.

• Lu Xueqing joined Lu Li for a meal, enjoyed the food, and gave him a Secret Blood Crystal in return.
• Lu Xueqing told Lu Li she was an innate Secret Blood Warrior whose lineage was distantly connected to Martial God Mountain, though her bloodline was already too pure to benefit from Secret Blood Crystals.
• Lu Li and Lu Xueqing watched two True Disciples spar in a protected arena and discussed the laws that made the fight safe.
• Lu Jiaojiao arrived and explained that sect rankings were not simply a matter of disciple strength, then asked Lu Li to compare Lin Feng with a Martial God Mountain outer disciple.
• Lu Li answered that Lin Feng and the outer disciples seemed about equal.

Lu Li learned about Martial God Mountain’s foundation and entered the arena to spar with Lu Jiaojiao after the Valkyrie declined his challenge. Their fight revealed that Lu Jiaojiao’s Divine Martial Secret Blood could absorb the black substance on Lu Li and grow stronger, leaving her bewildered.

• Lu Jiaojiao explained that Supreme Path Immortal Sects stood apart from super-first-rate sects because of their foundations and that Martial God Mountain’s Lord could slay Supreme existences.
• Lu Jiaojiao refused to reveal a rumor about Martial God Mountain’s taboo foundation after thunder interrupted her.
• The Valkyrie declined Lu Li’s offer to spar, so Lu Jiaojiao offered to fight him in the attribute-regulating arena.
• Lu Li and Lu Jiaojiao began fighting, and Lu Li entered Demonization while Lu Jiaojiao attacked with red silk and close-combat techniques.
• Lu Jiaojiao lost her legs to Lu Li’s blade, then discovered that her Secret Blood absorbed the black substance in her wounds and increased her vitality and bloodline purity.

Lu Li sparred with Lu Jiaojiao on Martial God Mountain, where she absorbed his black aura and gained strength until he ended the fight with Root Blade Intent. After the spectators praised his mastery of Source Soul Intent, Lu Li revealed that he was 8,049 years old, while the Valkyrie left, still convinced he was in danger.

• Lu Jiaojiao absorbed Lu Li’s black mist during their battle, strengthening herself while Lu Li gained little from absorbing her red mist.
• The Valkyrie realized Lu Li had exposed his power as a valuable resource to Secret Blood Warriors and worried that Martial God Mountain might target him.
• Lu Li dispelled his Demonization and used Root Blade Intent and the Soul Eater Ring to defeat Lu Jiaojiao, killing her before the arena restored them both.
• The spectators crowded around Lu Li and praised his mastery of Source Soul Intent, while the Valkyrie called him an idiot and left.
• Lu Li told the gathered disciples that he had learned Source Soul Intent after seven thousand years of effort and revealed that he was 8,049 years old.

Lu Li discovered that the black matter within him could strengthen Martial God Mountain’s Secret Blood Warriors, making the disciples eager to absorb it. He proposed replenishing it with Secret Blood Crystals, leaving everyone weighing the cost of sharing their cultivation resource.

• The disciples marveled at Lu Li’s age and talent before Lu Baisha asked him to display his forbidden black-matter power.
• Lu Jiaojiao confirmed that absorbing Lu Li’s power had improved and purified her bloodline, and Lu Baisha drew some of the black matter from Lu Li’s finger.
• Lu Li broke free and warned the disciples that draining his power would harm his cultivation, invoking the Mountain Lord’s authority to keep them from crowding him.
• Lu Baisha offered Lu Li a chance to state his terms, and he explained that he could replenish the power by absorbing Secret Blood Crystals.
• The disciples recognized that Secret Blood Crystals were valuable resources they also needed to strengthen their own bloodlines.

Lu Li traded access to his black substance for a large Secret Blood Crystal from Lu Baisha, but she drained him far more thoroughly than he expected. Still recovering the next morning, he arrived at lessons and found Third Elder, several powerful elders, and the other disciples staring at him eagerly.

• Lu Baisha offered Lu Li a large Secret Blood Crystal if he visited her room, and the other disciples held back to see how her cultivation with him went.
• Lu Li studied the Perfect Body technique and planned to request the medicinal materials needed to cultivate it.
• Lu Li visited Lu Baisha and released his black substance for her to absorb, but the Forbidden Gate stopped supplying it, so she used a method to draw out the substance hidden deeper within him.
• Lu Li left Lu Baisha's residence at dawn exhausted, replenished himself with vaporized Secret Blood origin, and headed to morning lessons.
• Lu Li arrived at the lesson grounds and saw Third Elder, several powerful elders, and the other disciples looking at him ravenously.

Lu Li agreed to let Martial God Mountain’s elders take samples of his black origin for research, then recovered from Senior Sister Baisha’s draining by smoking Secret Blood Crystals during Third Elder’s lesson. He learned that absorbing his origin could permanently improve Secret Blood purity, making him wary of Baisha’s plans to visit again.

• Third Elder asked Lu Li about his power, and Second Elder clarified that the elders only wanted small samples of his black substance for research.
• Lu Li condensed black substance for the elders, who each collected a sample and discussed its strange effects on Secret Blood Warriors.
• The Valkyrie questioned Lu Li about his night with Senior Sister Baisha, and Lu Li complained that she had drained him.
• Third Elder let Lu Li remain seated during the lesson, and Lu Li smoked Secret Blood Crystals until his strength returned.
• Lu Li calculated the cost of recovering from Baisha’s treatment and learned that absorbing his origin could permanently raise a Secret Blood Warrior’s bloodline purity.
• Baisha said she would visit Lu Li again to absorb his origin, but he insisted that she give him time to recover.

Lu Li spent more than half a year selling his origin substance to Martial God Mountain disciples before entering secluded cultivation to absorb Secret Blood Crystals and improve his Perfect Body. Twenty years later, he reached Perfect Body great completion with 308 points in each base attribute, but his final talent advancement mission demanded 320, and ordinary Secret Blood Crystals were becoming less effective.

• After Lu Li's origin substance benefits spread through Martial God Mountain, the disciples crowded around him, and the Valkyrie left him to handle them alone.
• Lu Li began selling measured quantities of refined origin substance for Secret Blood Crystals, eventually reducing sales to once a week as the work drained him.
• Senior Sister Lu Xianxian offered Lu Li three Secret Blood Crystals for a night, and he emerged the next morning exhausted as Lu Xueqing passed by.
• After the new year, Lu Li entered secluded cultivation, using the Origin Vaporizer, medicinal baths, the Martial Furnace, and profound arts to improve himself.
• Twenty years later, Lu Li completed Perfect Body and reached 308 points in each base attribute, while his Charm fell to -81.
• Lu Li received the final Path of Dao mission, which required 320 base points in every attribute, and recognized that he needed purer Secret Blood Crystals to continue advancing.

Lu Li emerged from seclusion after completing the Perfect Body in twenty years, astonishing the Martial God Mountain disciples. He identified the flaw in Lu Xueqing’s cultivation and was asked by the Second Elder to explain it to the class.

• The Second Elder examined Lu Li and confirmed that he had reached major completion of the Perfect Body after only twenty years.
• The disciples compared Lu Li’s achievement with the mountain’s records, while Lu Xueqing revealed she had yet to understand the Origin Return Chapter.
• Lu Li sat beside Lu Xueqing and surprised her by pointing out problems in how she circulated power through two acupoints.
• Lu Xueqing confronted Lu Li after catching him inspecting her, and he awkwardly praised her Perfect Body while clarifying that her cultivation was nearly complete.
• The Second Elder asked Lu Li to explain Lu Xueqing’s cultivation flaws to the class.

Lu Li demonstrated his ability to diagnose and correct other disciples’ Perfect Body cultivation, leaving the Second Elder and Lu Xueqing astonished by his insight. As the lesson resumed, the Second Elder tested Lu Xueqing on Soul Intent, and she named the Control Realm as the most important.

• Lu Li tried to examine Lu Xueqing, but she refused to let him inspect her body.
• Lu Li diagnosed Senior Brother Guan’s Perfect Body cultivation, identified numerous flaws, and urged him to train every part of his body.
• The disciples sought Lu Li’s guidance, and he identified and corrected their individual cultivation problems until his eyes and mind were exhausted.
• A Senior Apprentice-Sister gave Lu Li Great Dao-Grade eye drops, which restored his eye power and seemed to nourish his Martial Eye of Heaven.
• The Second Elder marveled at Lu Li’s extraordinary comprehension, then resumed teaching Soul Intent to him and Lu Xueqing.
• The Second Elder asked Lu Xueqing which of Soul Intent’s five realms mattered most, and Lu Xueqing answered that it was the Control Realm.

Lu Xueqing and the Second Elder discussed Soul Intent, and they were astonished when Lu Li revealed how quickly he had learned to precisely wield Source Soul Intent. The Second Elder arranged a match between Lu Li and the Valkyrie, whose stronger Soul Intent control overwhelmed him at first, but Lu Li launched a counterattack from the arena’s edge.

• Lu Xueqing argued that control was the foundation of Soul Intent, while its higher realms were expressions of that control.
• Lu Li demonstrated how he had used Source Soul Intent to target enemies across multiversal timelines, shocking the Second Elder and the Valkyrie with his speed and precision.
• The Second Elder equalized Lu Li and the Valkyrie’s attributes and sent them to the martial arena for a match.
• The Valkyrie shattered Lu Li’s Source Soul Intent and pressed him back with her superior control and Martial Prowess Soul Intent.
• Lu Li used his Perfect Body and fighting spirit to knock the Valkyrie’s blade aside and counterattack.

Lu Li defeated Lu Xueqing in a fierce sparring match, and Lu Yun directed him to the Soul Refining Pagoda to strengthen his Soul Intent. Meanwhile, the Mountain Lord and Lu Gaoge discussed the mysterious deaths of three Supreme Beings and ordered an investigation into possible treachery in their world, with Lu Gaoge assigned to protect Lu Li.

• Lu Li defeated Lu Xueqing by a narrow margin and took the lead in their sparring record, then pointed out the flaw she needed to address to cultivate a Perfect Body.
• Lu Yun invited Lu Li to train at the Soul Refining Pagoda, where he could temper his Soul Intent, and warned him not to climb too high too quickly.
• Lu Yun questioned Lu Gaoge about Lu Li’s strange abilities, but he told her not to investigate the substances in Lu Li’s body further.
• The Mountain Lord told Lu Gaoge that three Supreme Beings had died and their concepts had disappeared, and revealed that she had seen a being of the legendary Tenth Order.
• Lu Gaoge suspected that someone in their world had changed allegiance and asked to investigate the unrest below the mountain, so the Mountain Lord ordered him to accompany and protect Lu Li.

After thirty years of cultivating at Martial God Mountain, Lu Li and Lu Xueqing were summoned by Grand Elder Lu Gaoge and assigned to investigate bandits along the mountain’s borders. Lu Li accepted the mission but suspected the matter was not as simple as it sounded.

• Lu Li reunited with A'Huo, learned the Beast Taming Hall had cared for and fed the cat until it grew fatter, and discovered A'Huo had reached the Ninth Order.
• Lu Li entered the Soul Refining Pagoda and tempered his Soul Intent while reflecting that he needed to forge his own path rather than merely follow others.
• Over the next thirty years, Lu Li developed his strength and understanding of cultivation, reached 310 attribute points, and increasingly won his spars with the Valkyrie.
• Grand Elder Lu Gaoge summoned Lu Li and Lu Xueqing and asked them to handle bandits causing trouble along Martial God Mountain’s borders.
• Lu Li and Lu Xueqing agreed to go, while Lu Gaoge told them to prioritize their safety and return for help if the situation proved too dangerous.
• Lu Li wondered why the Grand Elder had assigned the mission to them specifically, but kept his suspicions to himself.