Chapter Summaries

Yun Shan agreed to accelerate the Cloud Mist Sect’s collection of soul bodies after the Heavenly Venerable tripled its quota, while Yun Yun despaired over being ordered to marry Gu He. Lu Yu returned to Magic Flame Valley, healed the gravely injured Wu Ya, and set out with Hei Qing and Zi Yan to destroy the Cloud Mist Sect.

• A black-fog messenger told Yun Shan that the Heavenly Venerable had tripled the Northwest Branch Hall’s soul-body quota and ordered the Cloud Mist Sect to gather enough at any cost.
• Yun Yun recalled Yun Shan’s demand that she marry Gu He and mourned the thought that she might never see the young man who had once saved her.
• Lu Yu and his companions emerged from a spatial wormhole in Tianya City and headed for Magic Flame Valley in the Black Corner Region.
• Lu Yu arrived at the Spirit Treasure Pavilion’s stronghold, where the guards welcomed him and an elder reported that Wu Ya was gravely injured.
• Lu Yu used his violet-gold Futu Dou Qi to remove the sinister energy afflicting Wu Ya, then ordered Hai Bodong to secure the defenses.
• Lu Yu left with Hei Qing and Zi Yan for the Cloud Mist Sect, declaring that it should cease to exist.

Lu Yu arrived at Cloud Mist Sect with Hei Qing and a purple-haired girl, destroyed its protective formation, and killed Yun Shan and two hidden Soul Hall Protectors. After Hei Qing killed a Soul Hall branch hall master who came to investigate, Ninth Heavenly Venerate Mo Yu arrived to confront them.

• Lu Yu shattered Cloud Mist Sect’s Cloud-Smoke Over-Sun Formation and killed Yun Shan with a purple-gold flame.
• Lu Yu crushed the two Soul Hall Protectors hiding in Cloud Mist Sect’s Back Mountain, but one Protector sent a distress signal before dying.
• Mo Yu learned that the Protectors’ soul imprints had vanished and let the Four-star Dou Zun branch hall master investigate the signal.
• Hei Qing punched the branch hall master into blood mist as soon as he emerged above Cloud Mist Sect.
• Mo Yu sensed the branch hall master’s death, traveled to Cloud Mist Sect, and threatened to imprison Lu Yu and Hei Qing’s souls.

Lu Yu and Hei Qing confronted Mo Yu and the Cloud Mist Sect after the sect attacked the Spirit Treasure Pavilion. Lu Yu killed the sect elders and defeated Mo Yu with the Great Luo Heavenly Flame Sword, leaving the remaining disciples' fate unresolved.

• Hei Qing fought Mo Yu while Lu Yu faced the kneeling Cloud Mist Sect members.
• Several Cloud Mist Sect elders fled, and Lu Yu killed them before destroying Yun Leng and the other elders who begged for mercy.
• Mo Yu struck back by draining the disciples' life force, so Lu Yu sealed Yun Yun's Dou Qi and sent Zi Yan away with her.
• Hei Qing knocked Mo Yu into the square, and Lu Yu fought him as Mo Yu used a secret method to rise to Eight-star Dou Zun.
• Lu Yu fused three Strange Fires into the Great Luo Heavenly Flame Sword and cut Mo Yu in two, burning him away.

Lu Yu returned from the Northwest after destroying the Cloud Mist Sect, appointing Wu Ya and Hai Bodong to lead the branch, and establishing a tier-five Spirit Gathering Array. Back at Spirit Treasure Pavilion, he celebrated Little Fairy Doctor and Venerable Skyfire’s breakthroughs, then learned Soul Hall had issued a kill order and that the Central Plains had begun calling him Venerable Sky Flame.

• Lu Yu appointed Wu Ya as Northwest Branch Pavilion Master and Hai Bodong as Vice Pavilion Master, then established a tier-five Spirit Gathering Array in Magic Flame Valley.
• Lu Yu, Hei Qing, and Zi Yan returned to Tianmu Mountain, where Little Fairy Doctor told them she had successfully broken through to Dou Zun.
• Lu Yu and the others went to the Back Mountain and congratulated Venerable Skyfire on reaching First-turn Dou Zun.
• Venerable Skyfire praised Lu Yu after hearing how he had destroyed the Misty Cloud Sect and slain a Soul Hall Heavenly Venerate.
• Cai Lin reported that Soul Hall had issued a kill order against Lu Yu and identified the slain Heavenly Venerate as Ninth Heavenly Venerate Mo Yu, a peak Seven-star Dou Zun.
• Cai Lin told Lu Yu that news of his victory and rumors of his Heavenly Rank Fighting Skill had spread across the Central Plains, where people had named him Venerable Sky Flame.

Lu Yu traveled to Ye City and used the Ye Family’s Yang Fire Ancient Altar to forge the Godfall Sword, a Natal Sword Artifact with an embryonic divine ability. After discovering the sword’s power exceeded what he could currently unleash, he wondered whether the Futu Ancient Clan’s Great Pagoda Art was its only hidden secret.

• Lu Yu stabilized at peak Three-star Dou Zun and told Cai Lin and the Little Fairy Doctor he would visit Ye City to forge a Natal Sword Artifact.
• Lu Yu and Venerable Sky Flame traveled to the Ye Family estate, where Ye Zhong activated the Yang Fire Ancient Altar for them.
• Lu Yu found an eighth-tier Earth Core Fire Pearl beneath the altar and chose it over the Amethyst Winged Lion King's horn as a sword material.
• Lu Yu forged and refined the Godfall Sword using Godfall Black Iron, Earth Core Flame Marrow, and the Earth Core Fire Pearl.
• The completed peak eighth-tier, Top-grade Spirit Artifact revealed the embryonic divine ability Earth Flame Sword Prison, which Lu Yu realized he could not yet fully unleash.
• Lu Yu considered whether the Futu Ancient Clan’s Great Pagoda Art was its only unpassed secret.

Lu Yu completed his seclusion, reached Four-star Dou Zun, and returned to Spirit Treasure Pavilion to propose a secret alliance against the Soul Hall. He arranged talks with the other pavilions and promised to refine a pill to help Qing Lin’s Little Cai break through to the eighth tier.

• Lu Yu absorbed earthfire energy to nurture the Spirit of the Exotic Flame seed and cultivate until he broke through to Four-star Dou Zun.
• Lu Yu and Venerable Sky Flame bid farewell to Ye Zhong and returned to Spirit Treasure Pavilion headquarters at Tianmu Mountain.
• Lu Yu proposed secretly allying with Starfall Pavilion, Myriad Sword Pavilion, and Wind Thunder Pavilion to counter the Soul Hall, and Little Fairy Doctor suggested using Sky Mountain Blood Pool quotas to arrange talks.
• Lu Yu learned that Qing Lin had reached Eight-star Dou Zong but that Little Cai remained stuck at Peak Seventh-tier.
• Lu Yu said he would refine an eighth-grade Blood Burning Mortal Transformation Pill to help Little Cai break through, then headed to the alchemy room.

Lu Yu chose to simulate life as a descendant of the Spirit Insect Tribe, where he rose through ruthless competition and gained powerful cultivation techniques, spatial abilities, and a divine insect bloodline. The simulation ended with him becoming a Supreme divine insect after devouring Nine Nether, and he could select one of three rewards.

• Lu Yu gave Qing Lin the Blood Burning Mortal Transformation Pill and entered seclusion to begin a new simulation.
• Lu Yu chose the Spirit Insect Clan Descendant identity and exploited the Myriad Insect Hall’s brutal competition to gather resources and rise in cultivation.
• Lu Yu won the Myriad Insect Hall competition, obtained the Myriad Souls Derivation Insect Chapter, and later found Void Mantis Emperor essence blood that granted him spatial manipulation.
• Lu Yu targeted Nine Nether to gain her Phoenix Bloodline, ambushed her and Mu Chen at the Wood God Temple ruins, then escaped with a Boundary Breaking Talisman.
• Lu Yu devoured Nine Nether’s Phoenix Bloodline, survived the Spirit Insect Three Molts, and became a Supreme divine insect.
• Lu Yu completed the simulation and was offered the Boundary Breaking Talisman, Void Insect Molting Robe, or Myriad Souls Derivation Insect Chapter.

Lu Yu chose the Boundary Breaking Talisman and persuaded Starfall Pavilion, Myriad Sword Pavilion, and Wind Thunder Pavilion to join a secret alliance with Spirit Treasure Pavilion against the Soul Hall. After the alliance formed, Xiao Yan stayed at Spirit Treasure Pavilion while wrestling with Tang Huo'er's pursuit and his own feelings about a possible marriage.

• Lu Yu selected the Boundary Breaking Talisman as his life-saving treasure and stored it in his Storage Ring.
• Lu Yu proposed a secret alliance against the Soul Hall, and his and Old Man Yao's promises to refine pills persuaded Venerable Lei and Venerable Jian to join alongside Venerable Feng.
• The four sides agreed on rules for cooperation, then Venerable Lei, Venerable Jian, and Venerable Feng sparred at Sky Mountain Platform.
• Xiao Yan told Lu Yu that he had failed to obtain the source flame of the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire but gained the Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations inheritance and met Tang Huo'er.
• Old Man Yao explained that Tang Huo'er had followed Xiao Yan to Starfall Pavilion and that Tang Zhen had proposed a marriage alliance in exchange for the flame.
• After Old Man Yao departed, Lu Yu teased Xiao Yan about Tang Huo'er and left to join Xian'er, while Xiao Yan remained at Spirit Treasure Pavilion.

Xiao Yan completed a seventh-rank pill refinement as Qing Lin and Little Cai advanced, while Lu Yu assigned Xiao Yan more pill orders and discussed Little Cai’s bloodline with Qing Lin and Cai Lin. Zhu Li then arrived at Spirit Treasure Pavilion to take Zi Yan back to East Dragon Island and thank the pavilion, leaving Lu Yu with a valuable gift.

• Lu Yu advised Xiao Yan to guide spiritual energy into his pill, but Little Cai’s breakthrough to eighth rank interrupted the moment before the pill finished forming; Qing Lin then advanced to Nine-star Dou Zong.
• Lu Yu gave Xiao Yan a backlog of Rank 7 Pill orders to refine, and Xiao Yan accepted them to help the pavilion and stabilize his alchemy level.
• Lu Yu teased Little Cai and Cai Lin, then explained that Little Cai’s blood essence might help Cai Lin break through and strengthen her Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python bloodline.
• Lu Yu sensed an honored guest and brought Cai Lin to the main hall, where Zhu Li introduced himself as East Dragon Island’s Third Elder and said he had come to take Zi Yan home and thank Spirit Treasure Pavilion.
• Zhu Li presented Lu Yu with an Eighth-grade Dragon Flame Crystal, and Lu Yu accepted it while Zi Yan and the others reacted to his quick hands.

Zi Yan agreed to return to the Great Void Dragon Clan after Elder Zhu Li revealed the truth about her parents and her royal lineage. Lu Yu and his companions joined her journey to East Dragon Island, where they arrived after several days in a Space Passage.

• Lu Yu told Zhu Li that Zi Yan would not be forced to return, and Zi Yan agreed after learning her father had been the Old Dragon Emperor and that both her parents had disappeared.
• Zhu Li explained that Ancient Dragon Island had split into four rival dragon islands and asked everyone to keep Zi Yan’s identity and return secret.
• Zhu Li revealed that the clan was tracking an intruder near the Void Lightning Pool, and Lu Yu recognized the suspected Lei Clan member as Jia Nan Academy principal Mang Tianchi and asked the clan to consider his kindness to Zi Yan.
• Lu Yu, Cai Lin, and Little Fairy Doctor accepted Zhu Li’s invitation to accompany Zi Yan to East Dragon Island, while Venerable Sky Flame stayed behind to guard Spirit Treasure Pavilion.
• Zhu Li opened a Space Passage, and after traveling through it for several days, Lu Yu and the others arrived at East Dragon Island, a vast island floating in the void.

Lu Yu and his companions settled on East Dragon Island, where Zi Yan reunited with her clan and received rare medicinal treasures. After promising to refine a Nine-Beard Blood Ginseng Pill and a Blood Burning Mortal Transformation Pill for her, Lu Yu agreed to help Zi Yan grow stronger so she could become the true Dragon Emperor sooner.

• Elder Zhu Li brought Zi Yan to meet East Dragon Island's elders while Hei Qing showed Lu Yu, Cai Lin, and Little Fairy Doctor around the island.
• At a banquet, Elder Zhu Li gave Cai Lin Snake Saliva Fruit and Dragon Blood Brew, and Cai Lin left to absorb their power after sensing a chance to break through.
• Zi Yan followed Lu Yu and Little Fairy Doctor to their residence and showed them the many eighth-rank and higher medicinal ingredients her clan had given her.
• Lu Yu agreed to ask Zhu Li for permission to refine a Nine-Beard Blood Ginseng Pill for Zi Yan and explained that it could strengthen her body for a future breakthrough.
• Zi Yan said she wanted to become the true Dragon Emperor sooner and asked Lu Yu to help her grow stronger; he promised to refine a Blood Burning Mortal Transformation Pill for her first.

Lu Yu secured two Nine-Beard Blood Ginseng stalks from East Dragon Island and asked its elders to search for rare ingredients, while Soul Hall leaders plotted to attack his Spirit Treasure Pavilion and seize the Spirit Nurturing Dust method. In the Ancient Realm, Xun'er worried about Lu Yu, and Elder Tong Xuan offered to visit him and warn Soul Hall.

• Elder Zhu Li gave Lu Yu two Nine-Beard Blood Ginseng stalks and agreed to seek Heavenly Spirit Ganoderma and Mysterious Ice Spirit Marrow; Lu Yu accepted his request to refine pills for young dragons.
• Gu You and the Soul Hall Heavenly Venerates resolved to retaliate against Spirit Treasure Pavilion and seize its Spirit Nurturing Dust refining method.
• Gu You ordered Xue He to lead the attack, with the Fifth and Sixth Heavenly Venerates assisting him.
• After hearing of Lu Yu's growing fame, Xun'er worried Soul Hall would target him but could not leave the Ancient Realm herself.
• Elder Tong Xuan offered to visit Spirit Treasure Pavilion and caution Soul Hall, reassuring Xun'er that the Ancient Clan would support Lu Yu.

Lu Yu advanced to Six-star Dou Zun, gave Zi Yan and the Great Void Dragon Clan pills, and secured permission to cultivate in the Void Lightning Pool. He chose the Thunder Demon Sect simulation to pursue the Heart Demon Thunder Emperor's inheritance, but the inheritance ended with the Heart Demon Thunder Emperor and a Heart Demon Clan Demon Emperor fighting over his body and killing him.

• Lu Yu absorbed the nine-colored Pill Lightning from his final Nine-Beard Blood Ginseng Pill, advancing to Six-star Dou Zun and reaching peak Spirit Realm soul power.
• Lu Yu gave Zi Yan pills to strengthen her bloodline and gave Elder Zhu Li three Blood Burning Mortal Transformation Pills, then obtained permission to enter the Void Lightning Pool.
• Lu Yu began a Thunder Demon Sect simulation, cultivated the Nine Heavens Lightning Summoning Art, awakened his Thunder Spirit Body, won the Inner Sect Competition, and traded his reward for a Nine Revolutions Ice Clear Pill.
• Lu Yu entered the Thunder Demon Abyss, reached the ancient Thunder Palace, passed its trials, and gained the Heart Demon Seed Thunder Great Method and other inheritance rewards.
• The Heart Demon Clan Demon Emperor and the Heart Demon Thunder Emperor both attacked Lu Yu's sea of consciousness to seize his body, and their assault shattered his consciousness and killed him.

Lu Yu advanced his soul to the Heaven Realm with the Nine Revolutions Ice Clear Pill, then cultivated in Dragon Island’s Void Lightning Pool and reached Seven-star Dou Zun. He met Mang Tianchi there and cleared up the Ancient Dragon Clan’s pursuit of him, but an urgent message that the Spirit Treasure Pavilion was in danger forced Lu Yu to prepare to return.

• Lu Yu rejected the Supreme Pill and Heart Demon Seed Thunder Great Method and used the Nine Revolutions Ice Clear Pill to break through to a Heaven Realm soul.
• Lu Yu asked Little Fairy Doctor and Cai Lin to oversee the Spirit Treasure Pavilion while he trained in Dragon Island’s Void Lightning Pool.
• Hei Qing took Lu Yu to the lightning pool, where Lu Yu used the Pagoda Tower and Nine Heavens Lightning Summoning Art to cultivate.
• After half a month, Lu Yu reached Seven-star Dou Zun and moved deeper into the pool, where Mang Tianchi unexpectedly approached him.
• Lu Yu showed Mang Tianchi the Godfall Sword and explained that the Ancient Dragon Clan had stopped pursuing him; Mang Tianchi accepted Lu Yu’s explanation and promised him a favor.
• Lu Yu’s communication jade pendant shattered with a message warning that the Spirit Treasure Pavilion was in danger.

The Soul Hall launched an assault on Spirit Treasure Pavilion to seize Lu Yu and the method for refining Spirit Nurturing Dust. Venerable Sky Flame lured Fourth Heavenly Venerate Xue He into a trap, badly injuring him, and revealed himself as Yao Tianhuo as the battle continued.

• Fourth Heavenly Venerate Xue He led the Soul Hall’s attack on Spirit Treasure Pavilion, and the pavilion’s Nine Lock Heaven Maze Array failed to withstand his Blood Transformation Art.
• Little Fairy Doctor confronted Elder Mu Gu, while Little Cai blocked the Soul Hall Venerable Elder and Cai Lin led the pavilion’s forces against the Soul Hall protectors.
• Venerable Sky Flame used the Falling Heart Flame to drive back Fifth Heavenly Venerate and Sixth Heavenly Venerate, then endured Xue He’s sneak attack.
• Venerable Sky Flame detonated five grade-five spiritual arrays that severely wounded Xue He.
• Venerable Sky Flame announced that he was Yao Tianhuo and declared that anyone who trespassed against Spirit Treasure Pavilion would die without mercy.

Venerable Sky Flame revealed that he had tricked Soul Hall’s Three Great Heavenly Venerates, then moved to kill their forces. After Saint Gu You arrived and shattered the array, Lu Yu reached Tianmu Mountain Range with Mang Tianchi and Zhu Li to confront him.

• Venerable Sky Flame repaired the Nine Lock Heaven Maze Array, trapping the wounded Heavenly Venerates, and killed Elder Mu Gu and many Soul Hall Protectors.
• Heavenly Venerate Xue He crushed a spatial jade slip, summoning Soul Hall’s Second Heavenly Venerate, Saint Gu You, a high-level Half-Saint.
• Gu You shattered the array with a single palm, injuring Venerable Sky Flame, Little Fairy Doctor, Cai Lin, and the others.
• Lu Yu arrived atop a black dragon alongside Mang Tianchi, while Zhu Li identified himself and challenged Gu You for attacking the younger fighters.

Lu Yu and his allies repelled the Soul Hall’s attack on the Spirit Treasure Pavilion, with Lu Yu killing three Heavenly Venerates and capturing Saint Gu You. Elder Tong Xuan arrived after the battle and realized Lu Yu had sealed the Soul Hall’s Second Heavenly Venerate.

• Elder Zhu Li and Mang Tianchi joined forces to battle Gu You while Lu Yu powered up with three fused Strange Fires and killed Xue He the Heavenly Venerate, the Fifth Heavenly Venerate, and the Sixth Heavenly Venerate with one sword strike.
• Zhu Li and Mang Tianchi wounded Gu You with their combined attacks, but Gu You tried to flee after recognizing he could not win.
• Lu Yu stopped Gu You with the Heaven Burning Li Fire Sword Array, pierced him with sword qi, and suppressed his attempt to self-destruct.
• The array destroyed Gu You’s body, and Lu Yu sealed his soul in a crystal with the purple-gold Pagoda Tower.
• Elder Tong Xuan arrived to offer aid, then recognized Gu You’s sealed soul and was shocked that Lu Yu had defeated him.

After Spirit Treasure Pavilion defeated Soul Hall at Tianmu Mountain and captured Gu You, the news shook the Central Plains and drew other factions closer to Lu Yu’s pavilion. As Xiao Yan remained missing, the woman in red set out to find him, while Xun'er prepared to enter the Ancient Saint Secret Realm and Soul Hall’s remaining leaders retreated into caution.

• News that Spirit Treasure Pavilion had defeated Soul Hall and captured Gu You spread across the Central Plains, prompting visitors and gifts from major factions.
• Venerable Lei celebrated Wind Thunder Pavilion’s ties with Spirit Treasure Pavilion, while Venerable Jian ordered Myriad Sword Pavilion to send a gift and deepen their dealings.
• Venerable Feng learned the battle was already over and praised Lu Yu’s unexpected strength.
• The woman in red learned Xiao Yan had no news and rushed out of the Blazing Volcano Mountain Range to look for him, followed secretly by a guard.
• Xun'er heard that Lu Yu had won and learned she would join the Ancient Clan’s younger generation in the Ancient Saint Secret Realm for special training.
• The Third Heavenly Venerate learned Gu You had been captured, pretended his new Half-Saint realm was damaged, and fled into seclusion as the Seventh and Eighth Heavenly Venerates decided to wait for the Great Heavenly Venerate.

Lu Yu secured cooperation with the Ancient Clan, Lei Clan, and Ancient Void Dragon to protect the Spirit Treasure Pavilion, then trained in Dragon Island’s Void Lightning Pool until both his Dou Qi and physical cultivation reached peak Dou Zun. After leaving seclusion, he learned that Zi Yan’s Dragon Emperor bloodline might have changed and hurried with Elder Zhu Li to check on her.

• Lu Yu offered Spirit Nurturing Dust to Elder Tong Xuan, Mang Tianchi, and Elder Zhu Li, securing three-year protection from the Ancient Clan and Lei Clan and a medicinal-ingredient partnership with Dragon Island.
• Elder Tong Xuan departed to report to the Ancient Clan, while Mang Tianchi borrowed Lu Yu’s Spatial Wormhole route to Jia Nan Academy.
• Lu Yu traveled with Elder Zhu Li to Dragon Island’s Void Lightning Pool to break through his cultivation bottleneck.
• After a month of training, Lu Yu reached peak Dou Zun in both Dou Qi cultivation and physical realm.
• Elder Zhu Li told Lu Yu that Zi Yan’s aura had fluctuated after her retreat and that her Dragon Emperor bloodline might have changed, so Lu Yu went with him to see her.

Zi Yan told Lu Yu that the Dragon-Phoenix Divine Fruit had awakened a seal and directed her toward Dragon-Phoenix Heaven; after checking her, he found her safe and began a new simulation. He chose to become a Martial Realm disciple, whose simulated life brought him the Ancestral Symbol Crystal and powerful inheritances, and the chapter ended with him deciding what reward to claim.

• Zi Yan told Lu Yu that two voices had urged her to seek the Dragon-Phoenix Heaven and that the divine fruit's former armor and wings had disappeared, leaving a dragon-phoenix seal.
• Lu Yu examined Zi Yan, found no hidden danger, and confirmed that she had stabilized at Four-star Dou Zun before she entered seclusion to refine the Nine-Beard Blood Ginseng Pill.
• Lu Yu chose the Martial Realm true disciple identity for his new simulation and became a favored pupil of the Flame Master.
• In the simulation, he trained with Lin Xue and Su, placed third in the Martial Realm Grand Competition, and gained an Ancestral Symbol Crystal that loosened his future Heaven Supreme bottleneck.
• He later reached the Supreme Stage, survived an Outer Realm Evil Tribe invasion, learned two powerful arts, and learned that Lin Xue was pregnant.
• The simulation ended, offering Lu Yu the Ancestral Symbol Crystal, his Inheritance Jade Slip, or the Eight Desolations Emperor Flame Dharma Body inheritance.