Chapter Summaries

Zhuge Xiang and Wu Zhao reached the fifty-first floor of the Hundred Emperors Pagoda and met the legendary Bai Qi, who revealed that he knew Liao Wufa and recognized Zhuge Xiang’s Evil Suppressing Pagoda. Bai Qi summoned the Ascending Heaven Divine Tree and demanded that Zhuge Xiang prove his strength by fighting it.

• Zhuge Xiang and Wu Zhao reached the fifty-first floor and found Bai Qi sitting atop a coffin amid walls marked by a strange milky-white dragon.
• Liao Wufa identified Bai Qi as Great Qin’s God of Slaughter and recounted how Bai Qi had been suppressed and killed after slaughtering one hundred thousand surrendered cultivators.
• Bai Qi recognized the Heavenly Dragon Town Evil Pagoda, summoned it from Zhuge Xiang’s spiritual platform, and spoke with Liao Wufa inside it.
• After trusting Liao Wufa’s judgment but demanding proof of Zhuge Xiang’s strength, Bai Qi pulled the Ascending Heaven Divine Tree into the chamber and set it as Zhuge Xiang’s test.

Zhuge Xiang accepted Bai Qi’s quest to slay the five-star superior fairy Ascending Heaven Divine Tree and used the Heaven and Earth Dharma Aspect Scroll to fight it. With the scroll’s power running for only a minute, he gained the upper hand, but the battle remained unfinished.

• Zhuge Xiang accepted the quest to defeat the Ascending Heaven Divine Tree and unrolled the Heaven and Earth Dharma Aspect Scroll.
• Zhuge Xiang activated the Heaven and Earth Dharma Aspect, and Bai Qi moved him and the Ascending Heaven Divine Tree to a mountain in his private space.
• The Ascending Heaven Divine Tree revealed its true body, while Zhuge Xiang activated his Demonic True Body and cut through its vine tendrils.
• Zhuge Xiang used Explosive Steps to attack from behind, but the Ascending Heaven Divine Tree blocked him with vines and a face on its trunk.
• Zhuge Xiang unleashed his Sword Control Technique, shredding the Ascending Heaven Divine Tree’s vines and suppressing it as the fight continued.

Zhuge Xiang defeated the Ascending Heaven Divine Tree, revealing it to be a Maneater Vine that had swallowed a branch of the divine tree. After claiming the fallen Ascending Heaven Wood, he completed the quest and gained two levels and the Phantom Cloak.

• Zhuge Xiang shredded the Ascending Heaven Divine Tree’s vines and drove it to transform into its true form, a thousand-zhang Maneater Vine.
• Bai Qi recognized that the supposed divine tree was a Maneater Vine that had swallowed a branch of the Ascending Heaven Divine Tree.
• Zhuge Xiang used the Heavenly Demon Zen Sound to rapidly purify the Maneater Vine’s evil demonic qi, weakening it.
• Zhuge Xiang struck the weakened Maneater Vine with his Mad Dragon Sword and killed it, earning 18,000,000 experience points and the Petrification Technique.
• Zhuge Xiang used the Ascending Heaven Wood Bead to stop the divine wood from escaping through space and caught it.
• Zhuge Xiang completed the quest 'Prove' and received two levels and the Phantom Cloak.

Zhuge Xiang passed Bai Qi’s trial and learned that the Hundred Emperors Pagoda concealed Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng and the national destinies of the fallen six nations. Bai Qi revealed that Ying Zheng’s twin brother had secretly imprisoned him, then began explaining where the Great Qin Empire’s national destiny came from.

• Zhuge Xiang reached the tenth tier of the Spell Control Stage, and Bai Qi acknowledged that he had passed the fiftieth-floor test.
• Bai Qi explained that the Hundred Emperors Pagoda gathered the six fallen nations’ imperial families and national destiny to oppose the Great Qin Empire.
• Bai Qi revealed that Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng was buried in the pagoda, suppressed by the six nations’ national destiny, while Bai Qi guarded him.
• Bai Qi told Zhuge Xiang that Ying Zheng had a twin brother, Ying Qianshan, who secretly seized control of the empire and imprisoned him.
• Bai Qi began revealing that the Great Qin Empire’s national destiny had been secretly pilfered from the Great Tang Dynasty.

Bai Qi revealed that Ying Qianshan had stolen the Great Tang Dynasty’s National Destiny and tasked Zhuge Xiang with restoring Qin Shi Huang’s rule by finding the emperor’s surviving bloodline. At the top of the Hundred Emperors Pagoda, Zhuge Xiang retrieved the Black Dragon Ring, while the Six Nations’ remnant National Destiny entered Wu Zhao.

• Bai Qi told Zhuge Xiang to retrieve Qin Shi Huang’s National Destiny and investigate how Ying Qianshan stole the Great Tang Dynasty’s National Destiny.
• Bai Qi said Qin Shi Huang’s bloodline still survived and promised Zhuge Xiang a high hereditary position if he helped the bloodline reclaim the throne.
• Zhuge Xiang accepted the system quest to help Ying Zheng’s bloodline ascend the imperial throne, with a ten-level penalty for failure.
• Bai Qi led Zhuge Xiang back to the Hundred Emperors Pagoda, and Zhuge Xiang and Wu Zhao climbed to its ninety-ninth floor.
• Zhuge Xiang took the Black Dragon Ring from Qin Shi Huang’s corpse, drawing Qin Shi Huang’s National Destiny into the ring.
• The remnant National Destiny of the Six Nations plunged into Wu Zhao’s body.

After leaving the Hundred Emperors Tomb, Zhuge Xiang returned to the Azure Sword Sect and prepared to travel back to Yanling Commandery, where he planned to honor his promise to Lu Yuling to visit the East Sea. The chapter ended with the Purgatory Elder learning that Zhuge Xiang had survived and grown powerful.

• Zhuge Xiang left the Hundred Emperors Tomb with Wu Zhao after the six nations' national destiny entered Wu Zhao's body and Great Qin's destiny entered the Black Dragon Ring.
• Zhuge Xiang suppressed the cultivators' greed by executing over a hundred people and seizing thousands of Dragon Qi Crystals, then grew closer to Ying Shuang while refusing to let her take the little fire phoenix.
• The Dragon Phoenix Ranking returned Zhuge Xiang and the others to their commanderies, and Zhuge Xiang went back to Canghai Commandery with Liu Rufang.
• At the Azure Sword Sect, Zhuge Xiang told Su Huayu to remain behind and cultivate, while she warned him that the demonic blood in her body seemed to be stirring again.
• After checking Su Huayu and preparing for several days, Zhuge Xiang flew toward Yanling Commandery, intending to visit the East Sea.
• At Purgatory Peak, the Purgatory Elder was shocked to hear that Zhuge Xiang had survived the Hundred Emperors Tomb and reached the Spell Control Stage.

Zhuge Xiang returned to Yanling Commandery, reported the truth about Ice Maiden to the Winged Human Race elder, and received the Crystal Dragon Bow. He arrived at the Asura Sect headquarters uncertain whether the sect would treat him as an enemy, when a stranger addressed him.

• Purgatory Elder learned that Zhuge Xiang had survived and reached the Spell Control Stage, and left Purgatory Peak amused by the news.
• Zhuge Xiang flew to the Winged Human Race territory and told the elder what he had discovered about Ice Maiden’s demonic deviation.
• The Winged Human Race elder asked to meet Ice Maiden’s reincarnation, and Zhuge Xiang agreed to pass on the request without promising she would accept.
• The elder gave Zhuge Xiang the Crystal Dragon Bow, whose sealed spirit vein granted experience over time and whose special attack could repel targets below the Void Realm.
• Zhuge Xiang reached the Asura Sect headquarters, wondered whether the sect would oppose him for killing an elder, and heard a stranger ask if he was a member of the sect.

Zhuge Xiang met the mysterious Luo Ba at the Asura Sect, then reunited with Lu Yuling as they prepared to travel to the East China Sea. Meanwhile, the Myriad Flowers Elder learned Zhuge Xiang had returned and led his disciples out to kill him.

• Luo Ba appeared beside Zhuge Xiang unnoticed, spoke of his connection to the Asura Sect, and advised him to rely on strength and assert his value.
• Zhuge Xiang set aside Luo Ba's cryptic words and waited at the agreed place for Lu Yuling, who had broken through to the Spell Control Stage.
• Zhuge Xiang and Lu Yuling prepared to head to the East China Sea to investigate the Ice Maiden and the mystery of Lu Yuling's origins.
• A disciple informed the Myriad Flowers Elder that Zhuge Xiang had survived and reached the Spell Control Stage.
• After learning Zhuge Xiang had returned to the sect, the Myriad Flowers Elder led his disciples out to execute him, stirring chaos across the Asura Sect.

The Myriad Flowers Elder confronted Zhuge Xiang over the destruction of his body, but the Asura Sect Master summoned them to the Supreme Peak before the Elder could attack. Zhuge Xiang and Lu Yuling entered the Sect Master’s hall, where the Sect Master and ten elders awaited them.

• The Myriad Flowers Elder surrounded Zhuge Xiang and Lu Yuling, demanding revenge for the destruction of his body.
• Lu Yuling defended Zhuge Xiang and argued that the Myriad Flowers Elder could not decide his fate alone.
• The Asura Sect Master summoned the Myriad Flowers Elder, Zhuge Xiang, and Lu Yuling to the Supreme Peak, stopping the Elder from attacking.
• Lu Yuling told Zhuge Xiang that she had not notified her Master and suggested the meeting could resolve his conflict with the Myriad Flowers Elder.
• Zhuge Xiang and Lu Yuling arrived at the Supreme Peak, where Lu Yuling explained the Asura Slash and the Sect Master’s standing.
• A Sect Master’s disciple invited the Myriad Flowers Elder and Zhuge Xiang into the hall, and Zhuge Xiang noticed that Asura Kings guarded its entrance.

Zhuge Xiang and Myriad Flowers Elder presented their dispute to Sect Master Luo Ba, who ruled that their followers would settle it in a fight. Zhuge Xiang accepted the challenge for the chance to earn Luo Ba’s promise, and Myriad Flowers Elder brought in her prized senior grand disciple.

• Myriad Flowers Elder accused Zhuge Xiang of killing Bai Wuming and interfering when she tried to take Su Huayu back, while Zhuge Xiang argued that their previous fight should have settled the matter.
• Luo Ba acknowledged that Myriad Flowers Elder had served the Asura Organization for centuries and promised her a Nine Breaths Divine Soil Lotus to restore her physical body.
• Luo Ba arranged for a prized disciple under Myriad Flowers Elder to fight Zhuge Xiang, promising Zhuge Xiang any request within his power if he won and survived.
• Zhuge Xiang agreed to the fight, hoping to end Myriad Flowers Elder’s pursuit and claim Luo Ba’s promise.
• Myriad Flowers Elder brought her cold, stern senior grand disciple into the hall.

Zhuge Xiang fought Qiao Buliang, a third-layer Gathering Origin Stage disciple, in Luo Ba’s hall despite being far weaker in cultivation. After enduring Qiao Buliang’s attacks and taunting him, Zhuge Xiang transformed into his Demonic True Body and summoned the Little Fire Phoenix, leaving Qiao Buliang charging at them.

• Luo Ba ordered Zhuge Xiang and Qiao Buliang to fight, while Myriad Flowers Elder urged her disciple to win.
• Qiao Buliang attacked with his sword and fiery sword Qi, forcing Zhuge Xiang back and injuring him.
• Lu Yuling entered the hall and watched as Qiao Buliang continued to suppress Zhuge Xiang.
• Zhuge Xiang taunted Qiao Buliang and Myriad Flowers Elder for failing to defeat him despite their cultivation advantage.
• Qiao Buliang flew into a rage, and Zhuge Xiang transformed into his Demonic True Body and summoned the Little Fire Phoenix.
• Qiao Buliang dismissed the juvenile Fire Phoenix’s strength and charged at Zhuge Xiang.

Zhuge Xiang used the little fire phoenix’s abilities to suppress Qiao Buliang despite their cultivation gap, then provoked him into unleashing a deadly secret technique. The chapter left Qiao Buliang swallowed by his own reflected attack.

• Zhuge Xiang devoured the flames in Qiao Buliang’s sword Qi using the little fire phoenix’s innate ability and gained the advantage in their fight.
• Zhuge Xiang attacked with a succession of techniques while taunting Qiao Buliang to disrupt his composure and end the battle before Devourer’s Treasure expired.
• Qiao Buliang lost control and used the Asura Sect secret technique Heart Blood Demonic Flame, sacrificing his heart’s blood to empower his final sword attack.
• Qiao Buliang unleashed the God Slaying Style, and Zhuge Xiang reflected the enormous flame sword Qi back at him.
• Qiao Buliang was swallowed by his reflected attack after hurriedly casting defensive spells.

Zhuge Xiang defeated Qiao Buliang by using a copied Heart Blood Demonic Flame, then broke through to the True Essence Realm. After the battle, the Asura Sect elders vied to take him as a disciple, and Sect Master Luo Ba asked whom he wanted as his master.

• Qiao Buliang pierced Zhuge Xiang with his sword, but Zhuge Xiang's body turned out to be a Decoy Straw Man.
• Zhuge Xiang used his Purple Gold Demonic Eye to cast the Heart Blood Demonic Flame and kill Qiao Buliang, earning experience and a Melting Jade.
• Zhuge Xiang gained enough experience to break through to the True Essence Realm first layer.
• The elders praised Zhuge Xiang's abilities and argued over who would take him as a disciple.
• Sect Master Luo Ba asked Zhuge Xiang to choose a master, then warned him that choosing Luo Ba might mean being sent to suppress demonic entities.

Zhuge Xiang accepted Luo Ba as his master, agreeing to guard the Asura Path, and the Asura Sect prepared a grand apprenticeship ceremony. Seven days later, powerful guests arrived for the ceremony, and Luo Ba began introducing Zhuge Xiang to his five senior fellow apprentices.

• Elders offered Zhuge Xiang weapons, techniques, and spirit veins to persuade him to become their disciple, but he chose Luo Ba.
• Zhuge Xiang knelt before Luo Ba and accepted the duty of guarding the Asura Path; Luo Ba named him his seventh disciple.
• Luo Ba scheduled a formal apprenticeship ceremony, and news of Zhuge Xiang's acceptance spread throughout the Great Qin Empire.
• While waiting for the ceremony, Zhuge Xiang remained at the Asura Sect with Lu Yuling and gained the Dragon's Judgment Sword and Phantom Cloak.
• Seven days later, elders and dignitaries from across the empire arrived at Supreme Peak, and Luo Ba began introducing Zhuge Xiang to his five senior fellow apprentices.

Zhuge Xiang met his fellow disciples before completing the ceremony that established him as Luo Ba’s personal disciple. At the reception, Qing Xuzi challenged Luo Ba over Zhuge Xiang’s conflict with Myriad Flowers Elder, and Luo Ba turned the challenge back on Qing Xuzi by questioning his authority to speak for the gathered factions.

• Luo Ba introduced Zhuge Xiang to his senior disciples, including Dai Buming, Wu Xuemei, Luo Xiaobai, Yuan Santong, and Leng Hongling, while explaining that eldest senior sister Ice Maiden was suppressed at the bottom of the East Sea after a cultivation deviation.
• Zhuge Xiang formally bowed to Luo Ba and offered him tea, completing the ceremony that made him the sect master’s personal disciple.
• Qing Xuzi publicly questioned how Myriad Flowers Elder regarded Luo Ba taking Zhuge Xiang as a disciple and demanded that the elder appear to confirm the dispute had been settled.
• Luo Ba agreed that the matter deserved scrutiny, then asked the assembled factions whether Qing Xuzi had the authority to represent Kunlun Mountain or speak on their behalf.

Luo Ba confronted Qing Xuzi for meddling in the Asura Sect’s internal affairs and stripped him of his cultivation after he refused to accept punishment. The other powers remained silent, and Luo Ba resumed welcoming the guests after ordering Kunlun Mountain’s Sect Master Qingfeng to collect Qing Xuzi.

• Luo Ba challenged Qing Xuzi’s claim to speak for the Great Qin Empire, and the gathered powers refused to support him.
• Luo Ba demanded that Qing Xuzi sever one arm for meddling in the Asura Sect, but Qing Xuzi refused and manifested his Dharma form.
• Luo Ba’s sovereign pressure forced Qing Xuzi’s Dharma form to kneel, and Luo Ba shattered it and stripped away Qing Xuzi’s cultivation.
• Luo Ba ordered the Asura Sect elders to take Qing Xuzi away and told Kunlun Mountain to send Sect Master Qingfeng to collect him.
• Luo Ba returned to greeting the guests and offered them Moro Fruits, while the cultivators responded with fearful thanks.

After Luo Ba crippled Qing Xuzi and ended the ceremony, he brought Zhuge Xiang to his private treasury to choose a cultivation technique. Zhuge Xiang discovered the legendary Demon Luo Scripture and received a prompt offering to learn its first layer.

• Luo Ba used his overwhelming strength to cripple Qing Xuzi, deterring the gathered factions and leaving them eager to see how Kunlun Mountain would respond.
• After the ceremony, Luo Ba told Zhuge Xiang he would not pry into the secret behind his rapid growth and assigned him to cultivate on the Asura Path.
• Luo Ba took Zhuge Xiang into his private treasury and let him choose from his collection of cultivation techniques.
• Zhuge Xiang found the Demon Luo Scripture, one of the Great Qin Empire’s three peerless divine skills, and a prompt offered him the chance to learn its first layer for one Skill Point.

Zhuge Xiang learned the first two layers of the Demon Luo Scripture, which empowered his sword and armor, then stayed with Luo Ba to meet Kunlun Mountain’s sect master, True Man Qing Feng. Qing Feng confronted Luo Ba over his treatment of Qing Xuzi.

• Zhuge Xiang spent Skill Points to cultivate the first two layers of the Demon Luo Scripture, but could not advance further until his attack power exceeded 30,000.
• Zhuge Xiang’s demon shadow merged with his body, boosting the attack of his Dragon's Judgment Sword and the defense of his Thorn Armor.
• Luo Ba demonstrated that his own Demon Luo Scripture let him wield thirteen pieces of equipment, each with distinct abilities.
• Zhuge Xiang learned that the Demon Luo Scripture worked differently for each person, and Luo Ba told him to stay for True Man Qing Feng’s visit.
• True Man Qing Feng arrived at the Asura Sect and challenged Luo Ba to explain why he had personally punished Qing Xuzi.

Luo Ba faced Sect Master Qing Feng over Qing Xuzi’s destroyed cultivation, and the two sect leaders settled their dispute with a pact for their disciples to duel in two years. Luo Ba accepted the challenge and left Zhuge Xiang responsible for defeating a Golden Core Stage opponent at the imperial palace.

• Luo Ba argued that Qing Xuzi had provoked the Asura Sect on his own, while Sect Master Qing Feng demanded an account for the destruction of his junior brother’s cultivation.
• Luo Ba and Sect Master Qing Feng revealed their power but avoided fighting, then compared the prospects of their sects’ successors.
• Luo Ba praised Xuan Mingzi’s cultivation before pointing out that Zhuge Xiang had reached the True Essence Realm after only six or seven years of practice and could cultivate the Demon Luo Scripture.
• Sect Master Qing Feng proposed that their most prized disciples duel at the emperor’s birthday banquet in two years, and Luo Ba accepted after Qing Feng mentioned Dai Buming.
• Luo Ba handed Qing Xuzi over to Sect Master Qing Feng, then told Zhuge Xiang to prepare to defeat a Golden Core Stage expert within two years.

Luo Ba gave Zhuge Xiang the Gate of Rakshasa, allowing him to enter the Asura Path, and Zhuge Xiang traveled with Lu Yuling toward the Eastern Sea. Lu Yuling explained the Gate’s importance to the Asura Sect and revealed that Luo Xiaobai was the Sect Master’s son.

• Luo Ba entrusted Zhuge Xiang with the Gate of Rakshasa and taught him how to open it, charging him to uphold the Asura Sect’s reputation.
• Zhuge Xiang visited Qin Qing at the Hundred Flowers Palace branch before returning to the Asura Sect and setting out for the Eastern Sea with Lu Yuling.
• At the Azure Sword Sect, Liu Rufang congratulated Zhuge Xiang, and Zhuge Xiang asked Lu Yuling to explain cultivation to the disciples.
• Zhuge Xiang showed Lu Yuling the Gate of Rakshasa and offered to take her into the Asura Path.
• Lu Yuling explained that the Asura Path could rebirth fallen sect disciples as Asuras, and that the Gate served as an entrance for those below the Void Returning Stage.
• Lu Yuling said Luo Xiaobai was the Sect Master’s son, surprising Zhuge Xiang.