Chapter Summaries

Luo Chuan and his companions reached the heart of the Great Xia Secret Realm, where he revealed that the Ancient Emperor Xia had left Emperor weapons and himself behind to suppress a great terror. They found a lake of Dragon Saliva that could help them break through, and began cultivating with fifteen days remaining.

• Luo Chuan collected medicines and damaged weapons while Xia Longhua joked that he should marry Ji Yaoyue and Qin Mingyue for support.
• The group reached the Nine Dragons Converge, where Luo Chuan explained that the Ancient Emperor Xia had left Emperor weapons there to suppress a great terror.
• Luo Chuan told Xia Longhua that the Emperor Xia could hold the terror back for only another hundred years unless a Quasi-Emperor mastered his inheritance.
• Luo Chuan guided the group through an Illusory Mist Formation to a hidden realm with a lake filled by Dragon Saliva from nine dragon heads.
• Luo Chuan told everyone to cultivate in the lake, then moved to its deepest part and warned them to keep their distance.

Luo Chuan and Zhu Zhuqing advanced their cultivation in Dragon Saliva Lake while Xia Longhua, Ji Yaoyue, and Qin Mingyue also gained several minor realms. After the group left the Great Xia Secret Realm, Luo Chuan gave Great Xia an inheritance and Divine Spring Water in exchange for keeping the spiritual herbs he had collected.

• Luo Chuan and Zhu Zhuqing cultivated separately in Dragon Saliva Lake, drawing in divine power so quickly that they broke through while Xia Longhua, Ji Yaoyue, and Qin Mingyue found places beyond their reach.
• After several days, Luo Chuan and Zhu Zhuqing reached the limits of what they could absorb, and Luo Chuan stored the remaining Dragon Saliva in the Profound Yellow Cauldron.
• Outside the Great Xia Secret Realm, Xia Longcheng hosted a month-long banquet as Saint King experts waited for its entrance to reopen, and Great Xia punished cultivators who tried to conceal their gains.
• Xu Mingda questioned an independent cultivator about Xu Mingguang's absence and learned that the Light Holy Land group had fought Ji Yaoyue and several others.
• Luo Chuan and his companions emerged from the secret realm, and Xia Longhua told his Third Grandfather to collect Luo Chuan's cultivation technique but let him keep his resources.
• Luo Chuan handed over a jade slip containing an inheritance and ten jin of Divine Spring Water, explaining that he had passed the inheritance to Zhu Zhuqing, Ji Yaoyue, and Qin Mingyue.

Luo Chuan and Zhu Zhuqing prepared to break through, but Xu Mingguang and the Light Holy Land attacked them, drawing Xia Longhua and Ji Yaoshen into the conflict. Luo Chuan’s thunderclouds swelled to a thousand-mile radius, forcing Xia Longhua to withdraw as everyone braced for a potentially devastating tribulation.

• Xia Longhua tried to lead Luo Chuan and Zhu Zhuqing away to break through, but Xu Mingguang and others emerged from the secret realm and attacked Luo Chuan.
• Xia Longhua revealed his God Monarch Ninth Level cultivation and fought Xu Mingguang and another expert while Ji Yaoyue and Qin Mingyue joined the battle.
• Xia Longcheng confronted Xu Mingda, and Ji Yaoshen severely injured the expert fighting Ji Yaoyue when Xu Mingda challenged him.
• Luo Chuan warned Xia Longhua to leave as the thunderclouds expanded across a thousand miles, and Xia Longhua and Zhu Zhuqing withdrew to conceal their auras.
• Ji Yaoshen predicted Luo Chuan’s tribulation would bring at least Five-Colored Divine Lightning, stronger than his own Saint King Tribulation.

Luo Chuan’s extraordinary tribulation clouds appeared alongside Xu Mingguang’s, and the onlookers mistook the Great Emperor-like signs for a blessing meant for Xu Mingguang. Luo Chuan provoked the clouds, which began targeting him while Xu Mingguang remained in danger of being caught in the lightning.

• Ji Yaoshen explained that the tribulation clouds could grow stronger because Luo Chuan and Xu Mingguang were undergoing tribulations nearby, while the clouds formed visions associated with a Great Emperor’s tribulation.
• Xu Mingguang mistakenly believed the auspicious clouds were his chance to become a Great Emperor, despite Xu Mingda ordering him to return.
• When Xu Mingda tried to intervene, a bolt of purple lightning split toward Luo Chuan and Xu Mingguang, forcing Xu Mingda to hold back.
• Luo Chuan let Xu Mingguang’s first bolt strike him, then rose into the air and struck the nine-colored clouds with the Profound Yellow Cauldron.
• Luo Chuan sent Xu Mingguang flying away and drew down Golden Light Divine Lightning, which split in two when Xu Mingguang moved closer, sending one half toward him.

Luo Chuan endured the first half of an eighty-one-bolt Thunder Tribulation, breaking through to the third layer of the God Monarch Realm even as his body was badly damaged. As another round gathered, his injuries began healing, while the Dark Holy Master arrived with an Emperor Weapon to protect him and Zhu Zhuqing.

• Xu Mingguang was struck by golden divine lightning and his own Thunder Tribulation, while Luo Chuan shattered the golden bolt and broke through to the God Monarch Realm.
• Luo Chuan absorbed Dragon Saliva and advanced to the second layer of the God Monarch Realm as he began enduring his Thunder Tribulation.
• After forty-nine bolts shattered Luo Chuan's body, the Emperor Xia guarded the area from arriving powerhouses and warned them not to provoke Great Xia's Royal Consort.
• The Dark Holy Master arrived with several followers and an Emperor Weapon, reunited with Zhu Zhuqing, and learned that Zhu Zhuqing had reached the peak of the God King Realm.
• Zhu Zhuqing told the Dark Holy Master that Luo Chuan did not need her Treasure Medicine, and Luo Chuan's injuries began healing as his aura stabilized at the third layer of the God Monarch Realm.

As Luo Chuan recovered from his injuries and continued breaking through during the Thunder Tribulation, Zhu Zhuqing revealed the Nine Secrets to the Emperor Xia and the Dark Holy Master. They agreed to keep the secret and protect Luo Chuan from the Holy Monarchs watching in the shadows.

• Luo Chuan recovered from his injuries and broke through three minor realms before the Thunder Tribulation had dispersed, astonishing the observers.
• The Emperor Xia and the Dark Holy Master questioned Zhu Zhuqing about Luo Chuan's secret arts, and she revealed they were the Nine Secrets.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained the Nine Secrets' powers, including entering Divine Prohibition, controlling weapons, rebirth from a drop of blood, and multiplying abilities tenfold.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she also possessed the Nine Secrets and asked the two Holy Monarchs to guard Luo Chuan against a sneak attack.
• The Emperor Xia and the Dark Holy Master promised to protect Luo Chuan and keep the Nine Secrets confidential.

Luo Chuan endured the final bolts of his God Monarch Tribulation, broke through to the fourth level, and tried to enter the thunderclouds. A Great Emperor Projection of the Light Great Emperor appeared to challenge him, and the chapter ended as the projection entered the Eight Prohibitions Domain.

• Luo Chuan used his cauldron to shatter the tribulation lightning, heal his injuries, and enter the Eight Prohibitions Domain.
• Luo Chuan absorbed lightning to temper his body and spirit, helped the Profound Yellow Cauldron evolve, and broke through to the fourth level of the God Monarch Realm.
• Luo Chuan survived the final bolts and repeatedly tried to rise into the thunderclouds, using Divine Spring Water to instantly heal himself.
• Emperor Xia and the Dark Holy Master discussed Luo Chuan's growing fame and how difficult he would be to kill.
• Emperor Xia spotted a figure descending through a nine-colored passage, and the onlookers recognized it as a projection of the Light Great Emperor.
• Luo Chuan scattered the projection with one palm, but it reformed and entered the Eight Prohibitions Domain.

Luo Chuan defeated the Light Great Emperor’s phantom in his Thunder Tribulation, even after it raised its cultivation to the peak of the God Monarch Realm. The tribulation continued and summoned nine Great Emperor phantoms, leaving Luo Chuan facing an unprecedented final trial.

• The Light Great Emperor used Holy Light Radiance, but Luo Chuan shattered it with Immortal King Descends to the Nine Heavens.
• The Light Great Emperor raised his cultivation to the peak of the God Monarch Realm and fought Luo Chuan with the Light Holy Sword.
• Luo Chuan used the Profound Yellow Cauldron and Six Paths Reincarnation Fist to gain the upper hand, repeatedly damaging the Light Great Emperor.
• Luo Chuan transformed into a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon and destroyed the Light Great Emperor’s phantom and its remaining Dao laws.
• The Thunder Tribulation persisted, and the Emperor Xia and Dark Holy Master realized that its final round had not yet begun.
• Nine Great Emperor phantoms appeared: the Dark Great Emperor, Divine Wood Great Emperor, Great Qin Ancient Emperor, Demon Emperor, Female Emperor Qiong Yao, Wilderness Great Emperor, Divine Wind Great Emperor, Da Ming Ancient Emperor, and Dragon Snow Female Emperor.

Luo Chuan endured a day-long battle against nine Great Emperor phantoms during his Thunder Tribulation, while Zhu Zhuqing explained his path of going against the Dao. The phantoms finally joined forces, and Luo Chuan faced their first simultaneous attack.

• Zhu Zhuqing told the Dark Holy Master and Emperor Xia that Luo Chuan walked against the Dao and aimed to surpass Desolate, the Desolate Heaven Emperor.
• The Dark Holy Master questioned whether Luo Chuan was nearing his limit, and Zhu Zhuqing said the battle would continue unless Divine Prohibition or the Saint King realm appeared.
• Emperor Xia explained the Eight Prohibitions and Divine Prohibition as Luo Chuan continued fighting the nine Great Emperor phantoms.
• Over a day of combat, Luo Chuan repeatedly recovered from devastating injuries, defeated each phantom once, and used the Dark Great Emperor's copied techniques against them.
• Luo Chuan's blood and Great Emperor scriptures strengthened the Profound Yellow Cauldron, whose cracks began to heal as its quality surpassed the God Monarch level.
• The Great Qin Ancient Emperor roared, and all nine Great Emperor phantoms attacked Luo Chuan together.

Luo Chuan survived the assault of nine Great Emperor phantoms by entering Divine Prohibition, then climbed into the tribulation clouds and absorbed their Great Dao essence. After the thunder tribulation ended, he reached God Monarch Fifth Level.

• Xu Mingda hoped Luo Chuan would die in the thunder tribulation, while Ji Yaoshen and Ji Yaoyue recognized Luo Chuan entering Divine Prohibition.
• Luo Chuan recovered under the Great Dao’s influence, became powerful enough to wield Holy Monarch combat strength, and shattered the nine Great Emperor phantoms with the Profound Yellow Cauldron.
• Luo Chuan climbed into the thunderclouds above the ninth heaven and absorbed Great Dao essence alongside the Profound Yellow Cauldron.
• The tribulation clouds dispersed, Luo Chuan made a small cultivation breakthrough to God Monarch Fifth Level, and Xia Longhua lamented how quickly he had advanced.

After Luo Chuan completed his tribulation, the imperial rulers and Holy Land elders gathered around him, each seeking to win his favor. Zhu Zhuqing then began her long-delayed tribulation, while the assembled powers weighed how to approach Luo Chuan and the secret they believed he held.

• Luo Chuan thanked the hidden experts who had guarded his tribulation, and Hei Zhen welcomed him as a member of the Darkness Holy Land through Zhu Zhuqing.
• Emperor Xia, the Qin Emperor, Emperor Ming, and the Shang Emperor each approached Luo Chuan and hinted at alliances or marriage ties.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Luo Chuan that she and the other women wanted more sisters, then ran off as her suppressed aura erupted and triggered her tribulation.
• Ji Yaoyue explained that Zhu Zhuqing had delayed her tribulation for three days, and Zhu Zhuqing displayed her strength with the Nine Tribulations Mirror within the Eight Prohibitions Domain.
• The gathered old experts discussed how various factions sought Luo Chuan's secret while also trying to protect or befriend him.
• The Holy Master of the Light Holy Land dismissed Xu Mingda and the Light Holy Land disciples after Xu Mingguang's corpse was repeatedly struck by the Thunder Tribulation.

Three years after Luo Chuan’s companions rose to prominence, he learned that Yang Ke had eloped with Zhu Xiaoxiao, the Seventeenth Princess of Da Ming. Luo Chuan agreed to provide their betrothal gift and planned to negotiate with Da Ming, but Yang Ke asked him to wait because Gu Yuena was close to giving birth.

• Over three years, prodigies across the Divine Realm advanced rapidly, including Qian Renxue, Feng Xiaotian, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and Yun Yun.
• Luo Chuan discovered that Yang Ke had eloped with Zhu Xiaoxiao, who had followed him to the Southern Region.
• Luo Chuan pressed Yang Ke to marry Zhu Xiaoxiao, and Yang Ke agreed but admitted he had no betrothal gift.
• Yang Ke explained that he and Zhu Xiaoxiao had met after becoming trapped together in a secret realm, and Luo Chuan offered to provide the betrothal gift.
• Gu Yuena proposed that Luo Shen Hall provide the gift, and Luo Chuan decided to visit Da Ming personally to settle the matter.
• Yang Ke asked Luo Chuan to delay the trip because Gu Yuena was about to give birth.

Luo Chuan helped Yang Ke propose to Zhu Xiaoxiao and set off with their group for the Da Ming Imperial Dynasty to resolve Yang Ke’s troubles. They arrived outside Great Ming Imperial City, where Zhu HuaiRen came out to greet Luo Chuan with an unidentified young man behind him.

• Luo Chuan urged Yang Ke to propose to Zhu Xiaoxiao, and she accepted.
• Black Array Elder gave Yang Ke a life-saving Array Disk before Luo Chuan’s group departed for Central State with Gu Yuena.
• Luo Chuan announced that Yang Ke would marry Da Ming’s Seventeenth Princess, then opened a Domain Gate to Great Ming Imperial City.
• Gold Armor guards surrounded the group outside the city and summoned someone with authority to receive them.
• Zhu HuaiRen came out to welcome Luo Chuan, accompanied by a young man Luo Chuan did not recognize.

Luo Chuan brought Yang Ke to the Da Ming Imperial Palace to apologize for taking the Seventeenth Princess and formally propose marriage with lavish betrothal gifts. Half a year later, Yang Ke's wedding procession drew prominent allies of Luo Shen Hall, while the Emperor Ming learned that more prodigies had come to support it.

• Luo Chuan publicly apologized to Zhu HuaiRen on Yang Ke's behalf and presented the proposal to marry the Seventeenth Princess, offering a vast array of treasures as betrothal gifts.
• The Emperor Ming approved Yang Ke's marriage to the Seventeenth Princess and scheduled the wedding for six months later.
• Zhu HuaiRen tried to keep Luo Chuan in the imperial city, but Luo Chuan fled with Zhu Zhuqing and Gu Yuena; the Emperor Ming later personally butchered a pig.
• Six months later, Yang Ke's wedding procession traveled from Yang Mansion to the Imperial Palace, with Luo Chuan and Gu Yuena accompanying him as elders.
• Ma Hongjun and Bai Chenxiang of the Desolate Holy Land, and Oscar and Ye Lingling of the Hundred Paths Sect, arrived to support the wedding procession.
• The Emperor Ming received reports that Feng Xiaotian of the Divine Wind Holy Land and Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin of the Thunder Holy Land had also come to support the wedding.

The Emperor Ming assessed Luo Shen Hall’s powerful wedding guests and ordered Zhu HuaiRen to test their strength while preserving Da Ming’s ties with Luo Chuan. Tai Long and Niu Mang arrived at the Imperial Palace, refused Zhu HuaiRen’s recruitment offer, and joined the procession after catching up with Feng Xiaotian.

• The Emperor Ming learned that Qian Renxue, Yu Mo'er, Xiao Wu, Shui Binger, Snow Woman, and the Gun God had come to honor the wedding, and he told Zhu HuaiRen to maintain good relations with Luo Chuan.
• The Emperor Ming ordered Zhu HuaiRen to gather powerful fighters to test the wedding guests, and Zhu HuaiRen considered sending Zhu HuaiTai and Zhu HuaiYun against Ma Hongjun.
• Tai Long and Niu Mang arrived at the Imperial Palace, where Zhu HuaiRen recognized them as former Borderland Army generals and tried to recruit them into Da Ming.
• Tai Long told Zhu HuaiRen that he and Niu Mang would follow Luo Chuan even if it made them enemies of Da Ming, then the two left after accepting the imperial hospitality.
• Tai Long and Niu Mang caught up with the wedding procession, where Feng Xiaotian greeted them and they acknowledged that their cultivation lagged behind the others.

Yang Ke’s group began the nine-round martial contest outside the Great Xia palace gates to secure his marriage, and Luo Shen Hall won the opening match before Zhu HuaiAn defeated Niu Mang. The contest continued as Zhu HuaiAn demanded another opponent.

• Zhu HuaiRen announced that Yang Ke’s group had to win five of nine rounds before the palace gates would open, then sent out Xia Nansheng.
• Tai Long fought Xia Nansheng, unleashed the peak Divine King Realm strength he had concealed, and won the first round.
• Zhu HuaiRen sent out Zhu HuaiAn, a peak Divine King, and Niu Mang stepped forward to face him.
• Niu Mang activated the All Word Secret and fought for ten minutes, but eventually conceded defeat to Zhu HuaiAn.
• Zhu HuaiAn called for the next opponent, leaving Oscar and the others surprised by the continuing gauntlet.

Yang Ke’s wedding procession fought a series of Great Ming champions, with Luo Shen Hall’s allies securing most of the victories. Ma Hongjun defeated Zhu HuaiTai, leaving the wedding procession victorious as it continued toward the marriage.

• Tang Yu arrived to support Yang Ke and defeated Zhu HuaiAn after activating the All Word Secret.
• Oscar fought a second-level Divine Lord and secured another victory for the wedding procession.
• Feng Xiaotian defeated a third-level Divine Lord, while Tang Long lost to a fifth-level Divine Lord and Yu Tianheng narrowly defeated another.
• Huo Wushuang arrived, activated the All Word Secret, and defeated a Great Ming expert after a hundred exchanges.
• Ma Hongjun fought Zhu HuaiTai and, after hundreds of exchanges, used the All Word Secret to bring the battle to an end.

At Yang Ke and Zhu Xiaoxiao’s wedding, Luo Chuan met with visiting prodigies and discussed the resources he wanted for his unborn child. He learned that the Ancient Battlefield in the Canglan Region would open in seven or eight years and considered sending Luo Shen Hall members to train there.

• Zhu HuaiRen opened the Imperial Palace gates, and Yang Ke and Zhu Xiaoxiao’s wedding proceeded at Yang Mansion with congratulatory gifts from prominent guests.
• Luo Chuan welcomed the visiting prodigies and told them to prepare six or eight Emperor Scriptures for his child, then admitted he mainly wanted cultivation resources.
• Qin WuDao asked Luo Chuan about selling a divine ability, but Luo Chuan declined to choose among the interested parties.
• Qin WuDao explained that the Ancient Battlefield in the Canglan Region would open in about seven or eight years and allow cultivators up to the Saint King Realm to enter.
• Luo Chuan considered sending Luo Shen Hall members into the battlefield and concluded that the time before it opened would let his family grow strong enough to handle the danger.

Luo Chuan offered his companions scriptures from his cultivation system and explained its realms, leaving them to begin cultivating while Qin WuDao raised Ming Yue’s feelings for him. The group accepted the scriptures and promised to keep them secret.

• Qin WuDao and Sword Child worried that Luo Shen Hall’s rapid growth would leave them behind, and Luo Chuan explained that its members had built up insights before advancing quickly.
• Xia Longhua asked whether Luo Shen Hall was recruiting, and Luo Chuan said he could share his scriptures with the group but would not pass them to their factions.
• Luo Chuan described his cultivation system, including the nine levels of the Celestial Platform and realms beyond the Great Emperor, stunning his companions.
• Sword Child and Qin WuDao agreed to support Luo Shen Hall when needed, and Luo Chuan gave everyone jade slips while asking them not to spread the scriptures.
• Qin WuDao told Luo Chuan that Ming Yue had never forgotten him, prompting Xia Longhua and Ji Yaoshen to accuse Luo Chuan of flirting and leaving her behind.

Luo Chuan and Gu Yuena’s twins grew up with extraordinary talent while Luo Chuan’s strength and influence continued to rise. After refusing to bring the children into danger, Luo Chuan set out with Gu Yuena and Zhu Zhuqing for the Canglan Ancient Battlefield.

• After three days of celebrations, Luo Chuan returned to the Darkness Holy Land with the women and waited as Gu Yuena gave birth to twins, Luo Tiandao and Luo Qingyao, amid heavenly phenomena.
• The Dark Holy Master offered to host the twins’ one-month celebration and reflected on how Luo Chuan had grown into a figure the Divine Realm could not ignore.
• Over the following years, Luo Chuan and his allies advanced in cultivation, while invitations arrived from Great Xia and other forces asking him to travel to the Canglan Star Territory.
• Luo Tiandao and Luo Qingyao begged to join Luo Chuan at the Canglan Ancient Battlefield, but he and Gu Yuena ordered the seven-year-olds to remain in the Darkness Holy Land.
• Gu Yuena wondered whether Luo Xiaoyao had reached the peak of the Dao Palace Realm, and Luo Chuan said the boy could eventually find his way to the Divine Realm.
• Luo Chuan sent the twins to the Dark Holy Master for safekeeping, then used formations to travel through the void with Gu Yuena and Zhu Zhuqing toward the Canglan Ancient Battlefield.