Chapter Summaries

Zhuge Xiang fought Leng Ningxiang by using Green Blood Evergreen to endure her attacks and cross the explosion of their strongest techniques. He struck her with Palm Thunder and Southern Departure Finger, defeating her and earning rewards.

• Zhuge Xiang pinned a demon wolf with the Azure Nether Blade and used Green Blood Evergreen to withstand Leng Ningxiang and the other wolf's attacks.
• Zhuge Xiang drank Potent Sun Water and unleashed Vast Sword Qi as Leng Ningxiang used Eight Desolations Wolf God Bite to shatter it.
• Zhuge Xiang charged through the explosion with Palm Thunder while Green Blood Evergreen remained active.
• Leng Ningxiang raised Heavenly Wolf Shield, but Zhuge Xiang broke through and sent her flying with Palm Thunder.
• Zhuge Xiang hit Leng Ningxiang with Southern Departure Finger, knocked her unconscious, and gained EXP, three Star Ascension Gems, and a Purple Gold Demonic Eye.

After defeating Leng Ningxiang, Zhuge Xiang upgraded three pieces of equipment and absorbed the Purple Gold Demonic Eye before returning to watch the second semi-final. Lei Qianjun and Ming Chihuo revealed their ultimate techniques, leaving their duel poised to escalate.

• Zhuge Xiang defeated Leng Ningxiang, earning three Star Ascension Stones and a Purple Gold Demonic Eye while spectators condemned him for her injuries.
• Zhuge Xiang slipped away during the second semi-final and used the Star Ascension Stones to upgrade his Blood Drinking True King Chain, Ice Seal Ring, and Ghost Shadow Boots into one-star treasure artifacts.
• Zhuge Xiang integrated the Purple Gold Demonic Eye into his left eye, gaining the ability to copy and cast a skill after seeing it used.
• Lei Qianjun and Ming Chihuo fought with lightning and fire, each acknowledging the other's improved strength.
• Lei Qianjun revealed his Sword Control Technique as Ming Chihuo summoned a figure of Fire God Zhurong through God Strike.

Lei Qianjun defeated Ming Chihuo in the semifinal by using the Heavenly Sword Sect’s Final Sword Control Technique, setting up a championship duel with Zhuge Xiang. Su Huayu and Liu Rufang arrived at the Dragon Phoenix Ranking with a blood essence crystal for Zhuge Xiang, only to learn he had reached the final.

• Lei Qianjun’s Sword Control Technique shattered Ming Chihuo’s fiery arrow but also broke his treasure-grade longsword.
• Lei Qianjun used the Final Sword Control Technique to send the sword fragments through Ming Chihuo’s Fire God Zhurong phantom, leaving Ming Chihuo unconscious.
• A Heavenly Sword Sect disciple announced that Zhuge Xiang and Lei Qianjun would fight for the Dragon Phoenix Ranking championship.
• Su Huayu traveled with Liu Rufang to bring Zhuge Xiang a blood essence crystal she had condensed from residual blood demon power.
• Su Huayu and Liu Rufang arrived and were astonished to hear that Zhuge Xiang had reached the final.

Zhuge Xiang received a Blood Essence Crystal from Su Huayu before the Dragon Phoenix Ranking final. Leng Ningxiang defeated Ming Chihuo for third place, leaving Zhuge Xiang and Lei Qianjun to fight for the championship.

• Su Huayu and Liu Rufang arrived to deliver Zhuge Xiang a Blood Essence Crystal that could boost his vitality during his coming battle.
• Zhuge Xiang thanked Su Huayu and joined them in watching Leng Ningxiang and Ming Chihuo compete for third place.
• Ming Chihuo explained that the setting sun favored Leng Ningxiang’s Wolf King Possession over his fire spells, and their battle intensified as night fell.
• Leng Ningxiang gained the advantage, defeated Ming Chihuo, and accepted his concession.
• The Heavenly Sword Sect announced the final match between Zhuge Xiang and Lei Qianjun.

Zhuge Xiang faced Lei Qianjun, who received the powerful Purple Lightning sword forged from an ancient immortal sword fragment. Zhuge Xiang gained the upper hand by inflicting a grievous wound, but Lei Qianjun remained standing and the duel continued.

• Elder Changfeng gave Lei Qianjun the Purple Lightning sword and declared it would be his reward if he won.
• Lei Qianjun and Zhuge Xiang exchanged opening blows, and their clash revealed that their strength was close despite Lei Qianjun's superior weapon.
• Zhuge Xiang dodged Lei Qianjun's sword qi and struck him, but Lei Qianjun's sword uniform prevented the attack from causing bleeding.
• Zhuge Xiang traded blows with Lei Qianjun and triggered the Blade of Destruction's grievous wound effect, while lifesteal restored some of his HP.
• Zhuge Xiang pressed his attack during Lei Qianjun's weakened state, forcing him backward and dealing additional concussive damage.

Zhuge Xiang and Lei Qianjun exchanged powerful sword techniques in the championship final, with each gaining the upper hand in turn. As Lei Qianjun’s Sword Control Technique drove Zhuge Xiang close to defeat, Zhuge Xiang spotted an opportunity and aimed his sword at him.

• Lei Qianjun broke free of Zhuge Xiang’s assault with Lightning Barrage and unleashed the Thunder Control Sword Art.
• Zhuge Xiang used Sword Soul to resist the technique’s willpower suppression, then matched Lei Qianjun’s massive lightning sword with Vast Sword Qi.
• Lei Qianjun followed the clash with a swift Sword Control Technique, but Zhuge Xiang parried its first strike with Block Prediction.
• Lei Qianjun repeatedly attacked with the remotely controlled Purple Lightning Sword, forcing Zhuge Xiang back and inflicting severe concussive injuries.
• With only about 2,000 HP remaining, Zhuge Xiang pointed the Sword of Judgment at Lei Qianjun, triggering Lei Qianjun’s sudden sense of danger.

Zhuge Xiang and Lei Qianjun both came close to defeat, but Lei Qianjun recovered with Purple Lightning’s Thunder God power while Zhuge Xiang healed with a Blood Essence Crystal. Zhuge Xiang then summoned Xiao Yue and clamped his teeth around Purple Lightning, cracking the sword and trapping Lei Qianjun’s Sword Control Technique as Lei Qianjun charged in bare-handed.

• Zhuge Xiang used the Sword of Judgment’s active effect to inflict grave wounds on Lei Qianjun, leaving both fighters with about 2,000 HP.
• Lei Qianjun released Purple Lightning’s lightning into his body, activating the Power of the Thunder God and restoring his HP to around 17,000.
• Zhuge Xiang swallowed the Blood Essence Crystal, increasing his maximum HP and beginning to recover from his injuries.
• Lei Qianjun attacked with his strengthened Sword Control Technique, and Zhuge Xiang summoned Xiao Yue and activated Devourer’s Treasure.
• Zhuge Xiang parried Purple Lightning, then bit down on the sword, cracking it and preventing Lei Qianjun from pulling it free.
• As the Thunder God power neared its end, Lei Qianjun stopped controlling the sword and lunged at Zhuge Xiang with his bare hand.

Zhuge Xiang and Lei Qianjun fought a brutal, no-defense battle while Xiao Yue tore Purple Lightning apart. Zhuge Xiang survived Lei Qianjun’s final sword attack with Indestructible Vajra Body and slammed him into the ground, leaving Lei Qianjun near defeat.

• Lei Qianjun abandoned Purple Lightning and attacked Zhuge Xiang with Thunder Stab, while Zhuge Xiang canceled Devourer's Treasure and countered head-on.
• Zhuge Xiang and Lei Qianjun traded relentless blows, but Zhuge Xiang’s lifesteal and Blood Essence Crystal recovery kept his HP far higher.
• Xiao Yue clamped down on Purple Lightning and bit the sword in half as the spectators and Lei Qianjun watched in shock.
• Lei Qianjun used Final Sword Control Technique to send Purple Lightning’s fragments at Zhuge Xiang, who reactivated Devourer's Treasure and absorbed Xiao Yue.
• Zhuge Xiang activated Indestructible Vajra Body, resisted the fragments, grabbed Lei Qianjun, and slammed him into the ground with Lei Qianjun’s HP near 2,000.

Zhuge Xiang endured Lei Qianjun’s Final Sword Control Technique, but Lei Qianjun unleashed Judgment Lightning at the cost of two cultivation tiers. Zhuge Xiang escaped with a Decoy Straw Man, copied the technique with his Purple Gold Demonic Eye, and defeated Lei Qianjun, obtaining Wind Lightning Wings and Sword Control Technique.

• Zhuge Xiang pinned Lei Qianjun down and attacked him with the Triple Rock Collapse Technique, leaving Lei Qianjun desperate to avoid defeat.
• Lei Qianjun used Judgment Lightning, a Heavenly Sword Sect secret technique that could unleash ten times the attack power but would reduce his strength by at least two tiers.
• Lei Qianjun waited for Zhuge Xiang’s Indestructible Vajra Body to expire and slashed him with Judgment Lightning.
• Zhuge Xiang used a Decoy Straw Man to escape the strike, then copied Judgment Lightning with his Purple Gold Demonic Eye.
• Zhuge Xiang struck Lei Qianjun with his own Judgment Lightning and defeated him, gaining 8.2 million EXP, Wind Lightning Wings, and Sword Control Technique.

Zhuge Xiang defeated Lei Qianjun with a copied Judgment Lightning, reached Level 2 of the Spell Control Stage, and won the Dragon Phoenix Ranking. With the finalists set to enter the Hundred Emperors Tomb in ten days, Zhuge Xiang left the mountain peak with a group of fellow competitors to celebrate.

• Zhuge Xiang defeated Lei Qianjun with Judgment Lightning, then received a system prompt that he had advanced to Level 2 of the Spell Control Stage.
• The Heavenly Sword Sect announced Zhuge Xiang as champion, and the disciples carried the gravely injured Lei Qianjun away for treatment.
• Elder Changfeng inscribed the thirty-two finalists’ names on the Dragon Phoenix Ranking and announced they would gather in ten days to enter the Hundred Emperors Tomb.
• Zhuge Xiang recalled Xiao Yue, whose aura was unstable after devouring Purple Electric, and inspected the Wind Lightning Wings and Sword Control Technique he had obtained.
• Dongfang Yan invited Zhuge Xiang for wine, and Ming Chihuo, Leng Ningxiang, Liu Rufang, and Su Huayu joined them as they flew away together.

Zhuge Xiang learned the true purpose of the Hundred Emperors Tomb and prepared to enter it after mastering the Sword Control Technique. Meanwhile, Yanling Commandery’s Dragon Phoenix Ranking concluded, and Lu Yuling told Qin Qing that Zhuge Xiang was likely still alive.

• Zhuge Xiang met Dongfang Yan, Ming Chihuo, Leng Ningxiang, Liu Rufang, and Su Huayu at a tavern, where he revealed that his Purple Gold Demonic Eye could imitate an opponent’s moves.
• Ming Chihuo explained that the Hundred Emperors Tomb contained the lingering dragon qi of the defeated six nations, and that the Dragon Phoenix Ranking selected young cultivators to absorb it and prevent the tomb’s power from growing dangerous.
• Zhuge Xiang became eager to collect Dragon Qi Crystals, then learned the Sword Control Technique and raised it to Perfection Level while preparing for the tomb’s opening.
• The Yanling Commandery Dragon Phoenix Ranking concluded with Lu Yuling and Qin Qing among the thirty-two finalists.
• Qin Qing asked whether Zhuge Xiang had survived, and Lu Yuling said she believed he had a better-than-even chance of being alive.

Zhuge Xiang and the other Dragon Phoenix Ranking cultivators entered the Hundred Emperors Tomb, carried into the void on the back of the Undying Great Roc. As they headed toward the tomb’s center, an approaching group made Zhuge Xiang realize too late that something was wrong.

• Elder Changfeng warned the cultivators that the Undying Great Roc could not be killed, that entrants could not exceed the True Essence Realm, and that everyone had to leave within a month.
• The Dragon Phoenix Ranking sent Zhuge Xiang, Su Huayu, Liu Rufang, and the other cultivators through the gate and onto the Hundred Emperors Tomb.
• Zhuge Xiang and his companions landed at the tomb’s edge, found themselves separated from the other groups, and began walking toward its center.
• After they had walked for a while, a group of figures approached, and a Return to Simplicity Realm Azure Sword Sect cultivator called out to them.
• Zhuge Xiang realized something was wrong, but it was already too late to stop the cultivator.

Zhuge Xiang led the Azure Sword Sect cultivators through the dangerous Hundred Emperors Tomb, where he discovered that a vast zombie army was pursuing another group of cultivators. As the two groups fled, a scrawny man urged them to join forces and operate a warship, but Zhuge Xiang doubted it could save them.

• Zhuge Xiang killed a hundred zombie soldiers with his Sword Control Technique and warned the Azure Sword Sect cultivators to keep moving.
• Zhuge Xiang's group traveled through the tomb for two days, encountering zombies and fierce spirits while four Azure Sword Sect cultivators died.
• Zhuge Xiang spotted a zombie army of more than one hundred thousand approaching and ordered everyone to flee and find shelter.
• Zhuge Xiang's group saw the army pursuing several dozen young cultivators, some of whom were overtaken and killed.
• A scrawny cultivator called to Zhuge Xiang's group for help operating a warship, but Zhuge Xiang questioned whether it could escape the zombie army.

Zhuge Xiang and the other cultivators escaped a vast zombie army aboard Lin Tian’s Ever-changing Warship, but a powerful Zombie General caught up and damaged it. With the warship transformed into a giant sword, Zhuge Xiang began using Sword Control Technique to try to lead their escape.

• Lin Tian revealed his Ever-changing Warship, and the fleeing cultivators boarded it as Liu Rufang helped operate its controls.
• The warship outran the ground army, but the Zombie General and its flying zombie forces pursued and slashed the vessel.
• Lin Tian’s companions attacked the Zombie General with frost turrets, but it tore through the beams and destroyed the barrels.
• Lin Tian transformed the warship from a giant bird into a tuna, then followed Zhuge Xiang’s suggestion to change it into a giant sword.
• Zhuge Xiang activated Sword Control Technique despite its enormous energy cost and chose to continue executing it.

Zhuge Xiang killed the Zombie General and three zombie vice-generals while helping Lin Tian’s group escape, gaining a Mad Dragon Sword and the General’s Tiger Tally. After appraising the tally, he wondered whether it could let him command Zhao State’s zombie armies, then learned Lin Tian had provoked the horde by raiding its military camp for supplies.

• Zhuge Xiang used the Sword Control Technique to cleave the three-star middle-grade Hairy Zombie, shatter its Tiger Tally’s shield, seize the tally, and kill it.
• Zhuge Xiang slew the three pursuing zombie vice-generals, then returned to the Ever-changing Warship as his Qi Energy ran low.
• Lin Tian switched the warship to Tuna Form, and the group escaped into a volcano after about an hour of flight.
• Zhuge Xiang found the four-star Mad Dragon Sword in his inventory and used an Appraisal Talisman to reveal the Tiger Tally’s ability to command 100,000 Zhao State soldiers.
• Zhuge Xiang considered using the Tiger Tally to control Zhao State’s zombies, while Lin Tian apologized and offered him three items from the group’s plunder.
• Lin Tian admitted that he had entered Zhao State’s zombie military camp to search for supplies, which had drawn the zombie army after them.

Lin Tian explained how he and his companions stole supplies from a military camp and offered Zhuge Xiang three items, including a Fire Black Lotus, Deep Sea Mithril, and Ascending Heaven Wood Bead. Zhuge Xiang tested the Tiger Tally and found that it could command the Zhao State zombies, but when he returned to the volcano, he heard Liu Rufang and the others fighting inside.

• Lin Tian recounted how the Zombie General killed one of his Spell Control Stage companions during their raid on the military camp.
• Zhuge Xiang chose a Fire Black Lotus, Deep Sea Mithril, and Ascending Heaven Wood Bead from Lin Tian's stolen supplies.
• Lin Tian revealed that the Master of Divine Machine Valley was his master and that he was his youngest direct disciple, then offered to forge the Deep Sea Mithril into Zhuge Xiang's Mad Dragon Sword.
• Zhuge Xiang left the group to catch up with the Hairy Zombies while Lin Tian and the others headed toward the volcano's summit.
• Zhuge Xiang raised the Tiger Tally, stopped the Zhao State zombies from attacking, and ordered them back to their military camp.
• Zhuge Xiang returned to the volcano and heard battle sounds from inside, where Liu Rufang and her companions were fighting.

Zhuge Xiang arrived at the volcano and killed a second-layer Spell Control Stage cultivator from the Yin Yang Demonic Palace and his six companions after they attacked the Azure Sword Sect disciples. Lin Tian finished reforging Zhuge Xiang’s Mad Dragon Sword, and the chapter ended with Lu Yuling arriving at the volcano.

• A man from the Yin Yang Demonic Palace led six women into the volcano and ordered them to capture Liu Rufang, Su Huayu, and the others while killing the Azure Sword Sect men.
• The attackers killed several Azure Sword Sect disciples and overwhelmed Liu Rufang, Su Huayu, and Hua Lingsha as Lin Tian continued forging the Mad Dragon Sword.
• Zhuge Xiang arrived, killed the Spell Control Stage leader with the Sword of Judgment, and then slew the six women despite their pleas for mercy.
• Zhuge Xiang comforted Liu Rufang over the fallen disciples, and Lin Tian presented him with the reforged five-star Mad Dragon Sword.
• Lu Yuling descended into the volcano, surprising Zhuge Xiang.

Lu Yuling reunited with Zhuge Xiang and asked him to help retrieve an Ice Lotus Seed from the bottom of a volcano. After fighting off magma monsters, they reached the hidden patch of extreme yin land where the lotus had sprouted.

• Lu Yuling recognized Zhuge Xiang and explained that she had come to retrieve an Ice Lotus Seed planted by Senior Sister Ice Maiden a century earlier.
• Lu Yuling used a Fire-Repelling Green Lotus to create a protective passage through the magma and brought Zhuge Xiang with her.
• Zhuge Xiang and Lu Yuling bantered as they descended, and Zhuge Xiang killed a Fairy Fire Rock Python that tried to ambush them.
• Zhuge Xiang and Lu Yuling reached the bottom of the magma and found the Ice Lotus Seed growing in a patch of deep-blue land.

Zhuge Xiang and Lu Yuling found the lotus seed Ice Maiden had planted at the bottom of the magma, but a Lava Electric Eel attacked to defend it. After Zhuge Xiang killed the eel, Lu Yuling absorbed the sprout and recovered memories and strength, leaving her close to reaching the Spell Control Stage.

• Lu Yuling explained that Ice Maiden had planted the lotus seed in the magma a century earlier and that recovering it could heal her soul and restore memories.
• A Lava Electric Eel attacked as Lu Yuling reached for the sprout, and Zhuge Xiang used Block Prediction to protect her from its scorching lightning.
• Lu Yuling slowed the eel with Ice Eye while Zhuge Xiang killed it with the Mad Dragon Sword and gained War God Boots.
• Lu Yuling excavated the sprout and absorbed it into her Purple Mansion Spiritual Platform, restoring her soul and memories of Ice Maiden.
• Lu Yuling's cultivation surged to the peak of the tenth layer of the Divine Ability Stage, just short of the Spell Control Stage.

After recovering her soul with the ice lotus seed, Lu Yuling explained the dangers of the Hundred Emperors Tomb and asked Zhuge Xiang to help rescue Ice Maiden from her East Sea prison. Zhuge Xiang questioned the risks and the reason for her request, and Lu Yuling began to reveal the truth behind Ice Maiden’s cultivation deviation and suppression.

• Lu Yuling absorbed the sapling formed from the ice lotus seed, and she and Zhuge Xiang escaped the lava just as the Fire-Repelling Green Lotus withered.
• Lu Yuling described the Hundred Emperors Tomb’s forbidden royal mausoleum, Dragon Qi Crystal zone, and outer area guarded by the fallen soldiers of the Six Nations.
• Lu Yuling asked Zhuge Xiang to help rescue Ice Maiden, who had been suppressed at the bottom of the East Sea by Void Realm elders.
• Lu Yuling said the seal could be broken by obtaining a dragon horn, possibly from a young dragon in the East Sea Dragon Palace.
• After Zhuge Xiang asked why she was so determined to rescue Ice Maiden, Lu Yuling agreed to tell him the truth behind Ice Maiden’s deviation in cultivation and suppression.