Arc 19The Dao Court Gambit

Lu Yang entered the Dao Court, gained a powerful official post, and used its authority and his cultivated abilities to pursue his plans. After defeating Hongyun and triggering a clash among True Lords, Lu Yang seized Sky Soaring’s Divine Sense as it reached a tiny remnant of Hongyun’s Grotto-Heaven.

  • The World Honored One restored City-Wall Earth to the Pure Land and separated the Sword Dao Fruit Position from Unity of Ten Thousand Hearts.
  • After failing to seek Pomegranate Wood, Lu Yang restarted, carried his previous-life gains forward, and chose to pursue Fire in the Sky through the Dao Court.
  • Lu Yang took Du Huan’s identity, presented Wu Tai'an with the Incense Fire Godhood Method, and won an audience with the Dao Court Son of Heaven.
  • The Son of Heaven appointed Lu Yang All-Heaven Department Right Assistant Commander, and Lu Yang used the office’s gathered knowledge to comprehend Noon Fire.
  • Lu Yang built ties with the One Heart Society, reported the Nine Transformations Dragon-Transformation Formula, and gained Emperor Jiayou’s blessing and Old Dragon Lord’s support.
  • Lu Yang refined Heaven-Earth Union, created a Celestial Embryo Clone, and lured Chongguang toward Hongyun’s Grotto-Heaven Fragment in Jiangnan.
  • Lu Yang defeated Hongyun with Returning Palace and the Double-Departure Imperial Mountain-Sea Chart, stripping him of his powers and treasures before Hongyun escaped to the Netherworld.
  • True Lord Clear Serene Flying Snow destroyed Hongyun’s Grotto-Heaven Fragment amid a battle with the Sword Pavilion, but Sky Soaring preserved a tiny remnant and Lu Yang seized his approaching Divine Sense.
Chapters 476–503 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 476Fixed Number

Lu Yang watched the World Honored One restore Unity of Ten Thousand Hearts, reclaim City-Wall Earth, and preserve the Sword Dao Fruit Position. He realized the four Dao Lords had set boundaries for the Broken Place and would intervene whenever those lines were crossed.

  • Sky Soaring vanished before the World Honored One descended, and Lu Yang prepared to restart with the Hundred Lives Book before realizing the World Honored One was focused on the world, not him.
  • The World Honored One spoke the word "Return" and dragged City-Wall Earth back into the Pure Land.
  • The World Honored One separated the Sword Dao Fruit Position's Pure Land from the rest, restored Unity of Ten Thousand Hearts, and sent City-Wall Earth back into the Pure Land.
  • The World Honored One withdrew, and Vase Water Moon Bodhisattva's consciousness returned before she vanished to avoid Non-Existent Heaven's restraint.
  • Lu Yang concluded that the World Honored One represented a compromise among the four Dao Lords and that their red lines had already determined the world's future.

Ch. 477Taking Stock of the Spoils

After the World Honored One left, Lu Yang faced competing summons from the Sword Pavilion and the Sacred Sect but evaded both to examine his gains overseas. He began preparing to fuse the Sword Dao and Seven Radiance Heaven Fruit Positions while anticipating five Golden Talents from his spoils.

  • An old monk warned Lu Yang that the Pure Land would seal itself off, and True Person Demon-Subduer arrived with a summons from the Sword Pavilion.
  • Jun Tong arrived with a Sacred Sect summons, but Lu Yang refused to choose a side and vanished overseas.
  • Lu Yang confirmed that the World Honored One had separated the Sword Dao Fruit Position from Unity of Ten Thousand Hearts, making it safe to take with the Hundred Lives Book.
  • Lu Yang used the Long Flowing Water pearl to complete the Seven Radiance Heaven Fruit Position and considered fusing it with the Sword Dao Fruit Position.
  • Lu Yang summoned Patriarch Tingyou to deduce a cultivation method and counted five Foundation Establishment Gold Natures among his gains.

Ch. 478Five Golden Talents!

Lu Yang settled the Golden Talents of Quexie, Wu Tai'an, Buddha Son Dharma Appearance, Xiang Ye, and Spirit Immortal Shangzhang, adding several powerful abilities to his already extensive panel. With this life nearing its end, he decided to attempt Golden Seeking and prove Pomegranate Wood before restarting.

  • The Hundred Lives Book granted Lu Yang the Golden Talent Petty Person after settling Quexie's life.
  • Lu Yang received Not Content to Be Under Others from Wu Tai'an's life and considered its power to enhance him when backstabbing a superior.
  • The Book granted him Reincarnated Prodigy from Buddha Son Dharma Appearance, followed by I Lead the Charge and Fortune Overflows the Eye from Xiang Ye and Spirit Immortal Shangzhang.
  • Lu Yang reviewed his talents and abilities, realized he was prepared to attempt Golden Seeking, and chose to proceed before restarting.
  • Lu Yang began Golden Seeking to prove Pomegranate Wood.

Ch. 479True Lord Is Hard to Attain, Start Again!

Lu Yang attempted to attain Pomegranate Wood by using Spirit Immortal Shangzhang’s Blessed Land, but his Golden Seeking failed when his cultivation proved insufficient. As his consciousness dispersed, he relied on the Hundred Lives Book to save himself.

  • Lu Yang sealed off the Earthfire Seaheart Furnace with Hongyun’s array before his False Holding Gold Position ended.
  • Lu Yang used Spirit Immortal Shangzhang’s Blessed Land to begin Blessed Land Ascension and found that Heaven and Earth seemed to be helping him advance.
  • Lu Yang suspected a Dao Lord, possibly the Sacred Sect Ancestor, was secretly pushing him forward.
  • Lu Yang recognized that the visions before Pomegranate Wood showed possible futures and chose a path he believed would let him merge with its aura.
  • Lu Yang’s attempt collapsed, and he realized his cultivation was insufficient and that someone had tampered with Golden Seeking to make Spirit Immortals fail.
  • As his consciousness dispersed, Lu Yang called on the Hundred Lives Book.

Ch. 480Life Always Needs a Little Variety

After restarting at the First Anchor Point, Lu Yang regained his previous life's gains and planned to use Yama Hall to False Hold an External Dao Fruit Position. He set his sights on attaining the Supreme Fruit Position Fire in the Sky.

  • Lu Yang restarted at the First Anchor Point after failing to seek Pomegranate Wood and reflected on how divine abilities had undermined his Dao practice.
  • Lu Yang returned to the familiar Joyous Union Hall selection and realized he did not want repeated restarts to make him cold and merciless.
  • Lu Yang went to Yu Suzhen's cave abode, eased his mood, and chose the treasure option from the Hundred Lives Book.
  • Lu Yang brought over the Qian Tian Total Control Myriad Forms Dharma Body, which contained his previous life's gains.
  • Lu Yang planned to modify Yama Hall with World-Shaking Wisdom so he could False Hold an External Dao Fruit Position, then seek the Supreme Fruit Position Fire in the Sky.

Ch. 481Seeking Fire in the Sky!

Lu Yang decided to pursue Fire in the Sky, whose ritual required governing the world, and planned to begin by using the Dao Court as the foundation of his power. He concealed his intentions by transforming into a Primordial Spirit and parasitizing Yu Suzhen.

  • Lu Yang confirmed that the Heavenly Radiance Dragon Scripture had no hidden traps, but Fire in the Sky required four Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches and the ritual of governing the world.
  • He concluded that building a ruling power through the Dao Court offered the best chance of governing the four regions and earning Fire in the Sky's recognition.
  • Lu Yang set his cultivation path: attain Fire in the Sky first, then pursue the Sword Dao while disguising it as the Unbending Fruit Position.
  • Lu Yang used his Reincarnated Prodigy talent to become a Primordial Spirit and enter the unconscious Yu Suzhen's body.

Ch. 482Entering the Dao Court!

Lu Yang entered Jiangdong by controlling Zhao Xuhe, a Sacred Sect disciple who defected to the Dao Court, and discovered how its official positions bound and drained cultivators. He saw that the Dao Court's cultivation system came from the Immortal Kingdom Dao Law, a vast net covering Jiangdong.

  • Lu Yang let Yu Suzhen complete her routine in the Sacred Sect, then transferred the Reincarnated Prodigy to Zhao Xuhe and made him head for Jiangdong.
  • Zhao Xuhe traveled through Qing Kingdom, joined other cultivators defecting from Jiangbei, and took a teleportation array into Jiangdong.
  • Liu Qianhu granted the arrivals the rank of Capital Heaven Office Guard, and Lu Yang sensed that the position was stripping away Zhao Xuhe's cultivation.
  • Lu Yang recognized that the Capital Heaven Office Guards were expendable recruits with little chance of advancement in the Dao Court.
  • Using the Mystic Capital Blessed Land, Lu Yang saw a vast net covering Jiangdong and realized that the Immortal Kingdom Dao Law powered the Dao Court's cultivation system.

Ch. 483Dao Court Cultivators Were Grinding Way Too Hard!

Lu Yang possessed All-Heaven Department Small Banner Officer Xu An and learned how the Dao Court’s official duties and punishments kept its cultivators working constantly. As Xu An looked forward to his assignment at Dongting Lake, Lu Yang saw a chance to gain a legitimate identity and infiltrate the Dao Court.

  • Lu Yang left Zhao Xuhe and chose Xu An as his next possession target after using a spell to deduce their karma.
  • Xu An received a warning to attend drill, arrived late, and was struck by lightning as punishment under the Immortal Kingdom Dao Law.
  • Lu Yang learned that Dao Court officials had mandatory daily duties and that their records of negligence affected their promotions or demotions during Official Assessments.
  • Xu An led Strength Warriors on patrol, passing from the commoner districts into the prosperous cultivator district where his cave residence was located.
  • Xu An hoped his assignment at Dongting Lake would earn enough merit for a bride price, while Lu Yang realized the Dao Court’s system made Jiangdong difficult to challenge from outside.
  • Lu Yang identified the True Dragon branch at Dongting Lake as an opportunity to obtain a legitimate identity, join the Dao Court, and pursue his plans.

Ch. 484Immortal Kingdom Dao Law!

Lu Yang studied the Immortal Kingdom Dao Law and reasoned that the World Honored One’s rise may have reshaped the balance among the great powers. One month later, he accompanied Xu An and Liu Qianhu to Dongting Lake, where the Dragon King’s clan’s brutality convinced him he would have to intervene.

  • Lu Yang examined how the Dao Court’s official positions connected people to the Immortal Kingdom Dao Law and could turn bestowed knowledge into cultivation.
  • Lu Yang speculated that the World Honored One had weakened the Dao Court with the Sacred Sect Ancestor’s support, creating a four-way standoff that explained Sky Soaring’s search for the Netherworld.
  • Lu Yang resolved to pursue a high position in the Dao Court to gain knowledge and advance toward Fire in the Sky.
  • One month later, Liu Qianhu led Xu An and the others across Dongting Lake to deliver His Majesty’s decree to the Dragon King.
  • Lu Yang saw the True Dragon Clan’s island littered with bones and concluded that its branch had failed to adapt to Jiangdong, so he decided to come out of seclusion.

Ch. 485What? I'm the Overpowered One?

Lu Yang used an imperial decree to take over Dragon King Du Huan’s identity and then seized Du Huan’s cultivation and powers. He discovered the formidable abilities of the Blazing Radiance Dao Foundation and prepared to live as the new Dragon King Du Huan.

  • Liu Qianhu used the Son of Heaven’s decree to appoint Du Huan as the Sixth-Rank Dragon King of Dongting Lake, suppressing his aura with the Dao Court’s authority.
  • After Liu Qianhu and his party left, Du Huan angrily complained about his appointment but dared not curse either the Dragon Lord or the Dao Court’s Son of Heaven.
  • Lu Yang and Patriarch Tingyou ambushed Du Huan, froze his powers, and Lu Yang deprived him of his essence, bloodline, Karma, Destiny, and other powers.
  • Lu Yang took Du Huan’s identity, relying on their shared cultivation of the Heavenly Radiance Dragon Scripture to claim the Dragon Lord would recognize him as his grandson.
  • Lu Yang examined the Blazing Radiance Dao Foundation’s Double-Departure Commanding Mountains and Seas Chart and its four mysteries: People Without Evil, Talent Self-Trains, Rise and Fall Affairs, and Wise Ruler’s Governance.

Ch. 486False Holding an External Dao Fruit Position!

Lu Yang refined Earthy Yang into the Imperial Life Steward divine ability and received Patriarch Tingyou’s revised Yama Hall method, which let him False Hold an External Dao Fruit Position at great risk. He went to the Suppress-South King to offer the Dao Court a cultivation method, hoping to earn a high position.

  • Lu Yang refined Earthy Yang and gained the Imperial Life Steward divine ability, which could set Destiny and strengthen the binding force of rules.
  • Patriarch Tingyou gave Lu Yang a revised Yama Hall method that could False Hold Seven Radiance Heaven once without Gold Nature, though repeated use could destroy his Dao Foundation or kill him.
  • Lu Yang decided to present the Dao Court with a valuable gift and sought someone to introduce him to the Dao Court Son of Heaven.
  • Lu Yang visited Wu Tai'an at the Suppress-South King's Residence and presented the Seven Radiance Heaven Incense Fire Divine Path cultivation method for the Dao Court.

Ch. 487His Majesty's Intentions Were Good

Lu Yang presented the Dao Court with the Incense Fire Godhood Method and used the gift to challenge his low-ranking Official Position, securing Wu Tai'an’s promise to arrange an audience with the Emperor and investigate the insult. After leaving the Suppress-South King’s Residence, Lu Yang encountered a black-robed Demon Cultivator who invited him to meet his associates.

  • Wu Tai'an recognized the Incense Fire Godhood Method’s value to the Dao Court and agreed to request an audience with the Emperor for Lu Yang.
  • Lu Yang pointed out that his sixth-rank Official Position was an insult, and Wu Tai'an blamed underlings, promising an investigation and compensation.
  • Lu Yang accepted Wu Tai'an’s offer to send him and his fellow True Dragons to Tianwu City, then exchanged friendly courtesies with him.
  • After leaving the residence, Lu Yang privately considered giving the Dao Court a remaining Seven Radiance Heaven and using it to pursue Hongyun.
  • A black-robed Demon Cultivator bowed to Lu Yang and invited him to meet his associates, and Lu Yang agreed to follow him.

Ch. 488Loyalty! Devotion!

The Dao Court Son of Heaven received Wu Tai'an’s letter about the Incense Fire Godhood Method and stripped the All-Heaven Department Left Suppression Commissioner of his rank over the mishandling of the Dongting Dragon King’s Official Position. Lu Yang recruited a group of Demon Cultivators and, while the Son of Heaven watched from afar, made them swear loyalty to His Majesty.

  • The Dao Court Son of Heaven read Wu Tai'an’s letter, recognized the value of the Incense Fire Godhood Method, and considered the True Dragon Clan’s request for an audience and the Dongting Dragon King’s Official Position.
  • The Dao Court Son of Heaven stripped the All-Heaven Department Left Suppression Commissioner of office, reducing him to a mortal, then used his Jade Eyes to watch Lu Yang from afar.
  • Lu Yang entered an Immortal Cave Mansion and found more than ten Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivators, each holding an unusual military Official Position.
  • Lu Yang used Puppet on Strings to control the Demon Cultivators, then told them he would help improve their status in the Dao Court.
  • Lu Yang directed the Demon Cultivators to pledge loyalty to His Majesty, and they echoed his salute and cry of “Loyalty! Devotion!”

Ch. 490Dao Court Son of Heaven: Truly This Loyal?

Lu Yang received the Dao Court Son of Heaven’s summons and traveled to Tianwu City, leaving the Demon Cultivators to organize under the One Heart Society. Before the Son of Heaven could question him, Lu Yang presented a Jade Slip containing the coordinates linked to the Incense Fire Godhood Method.

  • The Dao Court Son of Heaven ordered Dongting Dragon King Du Huan to enter the capital at once after approving Lu Yang’s public display of loyalty.
  • Lu Yang told the Demon Cultivators he had to leave, established a means of contact with Xiao Shan and the others, and named their faction the One Heart Society.
  • Lu Yang reached Tianwu City, where the Immortal Kingdom Dao Law forced him to descend, and he saw the golden Cloud Sea surrounding the imperial palace.
  • Director An escorted Lu Yang through Xuanwu Gate and into Tian Wu Hall to attend upon the Son of Heaven.
  • Lu Yang knelt before the Son of Heaven and immediately offered a Jade Slip containing the coordinates of the Jietian corresponding to the Incense Fire Godhood Method.

Ch. 491I Want to Improve So Badly!

Lu Yang offered the Seven Radiance Heaven coordinates to the Dao Court Son of Heaven, who appointed him All-Heaven Department Right Assistant Commander. The post gave Lu Yang access to Dao knowledge suited to his Fire in the Sky foundation, and he left Tian Wu Hall planning around the future opportunity presented by Non-Existent Heaven.

  • Lu Yang gave the Dao Court Son of Heaven the Seven Radiance Heaven coordinates and left the decision about his reward in the Son of Heaven's hands.
  • The Dao Court Son of Heaven appointed Lu Yang All-Heaven Department Right Assistant Commander, a Third Grade official post that granted him access to the Immortal Kingdom Dao Law's gathered knowledge.
  • Lu Yang realized the post's Dao understanding included Noon Fire, which suited his Fire in the Sky foundation and could help him improve his cultivation.
  • The Dao Court Son of Heaven believed the reward posed no threat and expected Lu Yang could not cultivate Fire in the Sky to challenge him.
  • After leaving Tian Wu Hall, Lu Yang reasoned that Old Dragon Lord had sent him openly because the plan depended on a long-term opportunity, and that Non-Existent Heaven could leave him Number One Under Heaven.

Ch. 492Ting You: I Attain Non-Existent Heaven?

Lu Yang used his Dao Court salary to gain a brief burst of insight into Noon Fire, then sought another way to earn merit by helping Patriarch Tingyou pursue Non-Existent Heaven. His plans were interrupted when Eunuch An assigned him to interrogate a captured cultivator of City-Wall Earth, whom Lu Yang suspected was Senior Brother Zhao Xuhe.

  • Lu Yang chose insight as his Dao Court salary and used the Immortal Kingdom Dao Law’s blessing to rapidly comprehend Noon Fire until the blessing ended.
  • Lu Yang decided to earn merit by ambushing Chongguang in the Qing Kingdom and preventing him from taking Covered Lamp Fire.
  • Lu Yang told Patriarch Tingyou that he could pursue Golden Seeking by attaining Non-Existent Heaven, and Tingyou agreed after worrying about leaving Lu Yang unprotected.
  • Lu Yang resolved to use Sky Soaring’s power to complete the Non-Existent Heaven prototype in the Ten Thousand Spirit Banner and prepare for a future life with Tingyou as his protector.
  • Eunuch An told Lu Yang that the emperor wanted him to interrogate a captured City-Wall Earth cultivator without alerting the Pure Land, and Lu Yang suspected the captive was Zhao Xuhe.

Ch. 493Make Senior Brother Zhao Suffer a Little More

Lu Yang pretended to interrogate Zhao Xuhe, took credit for obtaining the Nine Transformations Dragon-Transformation Formula, and earned Emperor Jiayou’s favor and a generous reward. When the Dragon Lord contacted him expecting Du Huan to be resentful, he instead saw Lu Yang thriving in office.

  • Lu Yang dismissed the guards, copied the Nine Transformations Dragon-Transformation Formula from memory, forced Zhao Xuhe to sign it, and sent him to reincarnation.
  • Emperor Jiayou confirmed the method was genuine and did not alert the Pure Land, then awarded Lu Yang three yuan of salary.
  • Lu Yang received the reward, declared his loyalty, and saw his Not Content to Be Under Others talent activate.
  • The Dragon Lord contacted Lu Yang through the Dragon Lord’s Scale and was puzzled to see him looking successful and upbeat.

Ch. 494The Dao Court's Ambition

Lu Yang convinced Old Dragon Lord that his rise in the Dao Court came from a mysterious benefactor and the True Dragon Clan’s offerings, while revealing the political value of the City-Wall Earth cultivation method. Old Dragon Lord agreed to send him spiritual materials and a True Treasure, leaving Lu Yang equipped to build influence in Jiangdong.

  • Lu Yang knelt before Old Dragon Lord and claimed that he had succeeded in Jiangdong, showing him his All-Heaven Department Vice Commander position.
  • Lu Yang presented the Incense Fire Godhood Method and Seven Radiance Heaven coordinates, and Old Dragon Lord concluded that a mysterious reincarnated True Lord was using Lu Yang to approach the Dao Court.
  • Lu Yang recounted reporting the Nine Transformations Dragon-Transformation Formula, and Old Dragon Lord explained that Jiayou hoped to use it to reclaim City-Wall Earth's Supreme Fruit Position for Roadside Earth.
  • Lu Yang complained that Jiangdong cultivators shut him out, prompting Old Dragon Lord to realize he wanted money and promise him spiritual materials.
  • Old Dragon Lord sent Lu Yang a True Treasure containing spiritual materials and lent it to him for protection.

Ch. 495Noon Fire Achieved, Plotting Against Chongguang

Lu Yang received the Sea-Commanding Conch from the Old Dragon Lord, then used the Immortal Kingdom Dao Law's blessings to master the Returning Palace divine ability and reach Foundation Establishment Late Stage. He planned to wait for Chongguang to reincarnate in Qing Kingdom and recruit him as a helper.

  • Lu Yang recognized the Sea-Commanding Conch as a powerful True Treasure and suspected the Old Dragon Lord had left a strand of Divine Thought in it to watch him.
  • Lu Yang tossed the conch into the Ten Thousand Spirit Banner, where he could arrange what the Dragon Lord's Divine Thought saw.
  • Lu Yang let Patriarch Tingyou sample the Immortal Kingdom Dao Law's power, but Tingyou found that it slowed his thoughts.
  • Lu Yang used up Emperor Jiayou's three blessings and comprehended the Noon Fire divine ability, Returning Palace.
  • Lu Yang combined Returning Palace, Imperial Life Steward, and the Double-Departure Imperial Mountain-Sea Chart through Calamity Waves' Upholding Dharma, forming Heaven-Earth Union and reaching Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
  • Lu Yang reasoned that Chongguang would eventually reincarnate as Zhong Xin in Qing Kingdom to seek Covered Lamp Fire, and decided to make him a future helper.

Ch. 497Lu Yang's Plan

Lu Yang refined a Celestial Embryo Clone and sent it to Jiangbei so he could pursue a plan to deal with Hongyun while his true body remained in the Dao Court. He resolved to enlist Martial Uncle Chongguang and lure Hongyun toward Seven Radiance Heaven, then received a response to his accusation about Hongyun’s Grotto-Heaven Fragment.

  • Lu Yang reviewed his previous-life gains and used the Immortal Embryo Worldly Scripture to refine a Celestial Embryo Clone.
  • Lu Yang had a controlled True Dragon deliver the clone to Jiangbei, then activated it remotely and began planning around the Xuanling Realm and Non-Existent Heaven.
  • Lu Yang decided that dealing with Hongyun could prompt Martial Uncle Chongguang to reincarnate and seek Gold Nature, and planned to trap Hongyun in Seven Radiance Heaven.
  • Lu Yang sent Martial Uncle Chongguang a Flying Message accusing Hongyun of leaving a Grotto-Heaven Fragment beneath the waters of Gantang Circuit in Jiangnan.

Ch. 498Arresting Hongyun!

Lu Yang planned to eliminate Hongyun’s escape routes and led Suo Huan to Hongyun’s hidden lair. The chapter ended with Lu Yang finding Hongyun after breaking through the lair’s formations.

  • Lu Yang sent Chongguang a letter of accusation so he would destroy Hongyun’s Grotto-Heaven Fragment in Jiangnan.
  • Lu Yang offered Suo Huan two ways to seek Gold and promised to help restore his Spirit Ruins Blessed Land and secure him a First Grade official position.
  • Lu Yang and Suo Huan reached Hongyun’s secluded lair, and Lu Yang broke through its formations using Hongyun’s memories.
  • Hongyun sensed danger but decided to stay, believing he could defeat a late-stage Great True Person and seize their fortune.
  • Lu Yang spotted Hongyun’s hiding place and said he had found him.

Ch. 499The Dominance of Fire in the Sky!

Lu Yang overwhelmed Hongyun with his Fire in the Sky abilities and stripped away Hongyun’s powers and treasures. He ended the fight holding two of Hongyun’s divine abilities and more than ten Spiritual Treasures, newly impressed by the dominance of his Supreme Fruit Position.

  • Lu Yang broke Hongyun’s formations and defeated his Thunder Gradually Withdraws with the Noon Fire divine ability Returning Palace.
  • Hongyun suspected Lu Yang had ties to the Dao Court and tried to escape, but Lu Yang trapped him in the Double-Departure Imperial Mountain-Sea Chart.
  • Lu Yang used the chart’s mysteries to immobilize Hongyun, burn his power, disrupt his techniques, and bring him under Wise Ruler’s Governance.
  • Lu Yang deprived Hongyun of Thunder Gradually Withdraws, Root of All Things, his dharma power, and more than ten Spiritual Treasures.

Ch. 501Chongguang's Decisiveness

Lu Yang defeated Hongyun by using Fire in the Sky, but Hongyun escaped by destroying his body and fleeing to the Netherworld. Meanwhile, Chongguang used the Ten Thousand Man Pit as a feint to enable True Lord Clear Serene Flying Snow to attack Gantang Circuit, where her Purifying World Light exposed and began destroying the Grotto-Heaven Fragment.

  • Lu Yang stripped Hongyun of his Divine Abilities, Spiritual Treasures, and dharma power, then forced him to self-destruct and flee into the Netherworld.
  • Lu Yang kept Hongyun's Root of All Things and concluded that Chongguang would target the Ten Thousand Man Pit as a diversion.
  • Sword Pavilion's True Person Demon-Sweeping drove Jiangbei cultivators away from the Ten Thousand Man Pit, prompting the Sacred Sect to make a show of preparing for war.
  • Chongguang entered Jiangnan but changed course for Gantang Circuit while True Lord Clear Serene Flying Snow struck and True Lord Splendid Silk Brocade held off Sword Pavilion.
  • True Lord Clear Serene Flying Snow's Purifying World Light erased the Coastal Li Clan and exposed the Long Radiance Precious Light Cave Heaven fragment, which began to dissolve as Sky Soaring watched in shock.

Ch. 502Feixue's Savage Ferocity!

Lu Yang watched True Lord Clear Serene Flying Snow fight three Sword Pavilion True Lords and learned how she had once defeated a Golden Core Middle Stage opponent. As the battle continued, she suggested that Gangxing Budao True Lord had forced his way into Late Golden Core and was now constrained by the Fruit Positions he used.

  • Lu Yang saw three Sword Pavilion True Lords manifest the Fruit Positions Rooftop Earth, Furnace Fire, and Wall Earth alongside Gangxing Budao True Lord.
  • True Lord Clear Serene Flying Snow attacked the three Sword Pavilion True Lords alone and gained the advantage.
  • Lu Yang recalled that True Lord Clear Serene Flying Snow had killed the Dao Court Grand Preceptor fifty-three times before damaging his Grotto-Heaven and forcing him to retreat.
  • Lu Yang wondered why Gangxing Budao True Lord had not appeared to help Sword Pavilion.
  • True Lord Clear Serene Flying Snow inferred that Gangxing Budao True Lord had forced his way into Late Golden Core and asked whether using Furnace Fire and Rooftop Earth was uncomfortable; the two Sword Pavilion True Lords changed expression.

Ch. 503Sky Soaring Appears Again!

True Lord Clear Serene Flying Snow challenged the Sword Pavilion and survived a Great True Lord’s devastating strike by self-destructing and returning through her Fruit Position. Sky Soaring secretly preserved a fragment of Hongyun’s Grotto-Heaven, but Lu Yang caught his remnant Divine Sense as he tried to inhabit it.

  • True Lord Clear Serene Flying Snow taunted Gangxing Budao True Lord’s cultivation method, prompting True Lord Frost-Covering Wind-Soaring and True Lord Radiant Light Smelting Glory to attack her.
  • A Great True Lord in the Sword Pavilion struck True Lord Clear Serene Flying Snow with the Seize the Crown Sword Intent, severing her body, but she self-destructed and returned through her Fruit Position.
  • True Lord Clear Serene Flying Snow withdrew after concluding that she had destroyed Hongyun’s Grotto-Heaven Fragment, unaware that Sky Soaring had preserved a tiny remnant in Gantang Circuit.
  • Sky Soaring assessed Gangxing Budao True Lord’s hidden cultivation flaw and praised his own Five Elements Perfection.
  • Sky Soaring sent his Divine Sense toward the preserved Grotto-Heaven remnant, but Lu Yang seized it.
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