Chapter Summaries

Lu Yuan’s victory over Wang Chen left the Yellow Springs Pavilion crippled, while the pavilion masters discussed the rivalry between their factions and Lu Yuan’s ties to the Wind and Thunder and Starfall Pavilions. The chapter ended with Lu Yuan telling the two pavilions’ disciples to stop fighting and loot the Yellow Springs Pavilion’s Storage Rings.

• Sword Venerable praised Lu Yuan’s strength and regretted that he had comprehended Blade Intent rather than Sword Intent.
• Yellow Spring Venerable condemned Wang Chen’s defeat and warned Feng Xian and Thunder Venerable that Lu Yuan’s romantic ties could intensify the rivalry between Feng Qing Er and Mu Qingluan.
• The pavilion masters watched as Yellow Springs Pavilion disciples dug the gravely injured Wang Chen out of the ground and rushed to keep him alive.
• Lu Yuan dispersed his steel blade and let Yellow Springs Pavilion disciples tend to Wang Chen, while their surviving members avoided challenging him.
• Lu Yuan told the Wind and Thunder Pavilion and Starfall Pavilion disciples to stop fighting and split the resources taken from the Yellow Springs Pavilion’s Storage Rings.

Lu Yuan led the looting after the Starfall Pavilion and Wind and Thunder Pavilion disciples captured the defeated Yellow Springs Pavilion group, then divided the spoils between the two pavilions. He urged everyone to choose needed supplies quickly so they could recover before the selection continued.

• Lu Yuan silenced the resisting Yellow Springs Pavilion disciples, and they surrendered their Storage Rings and outer garments.
• The Starfall Pavilion and Wind and Thunder Pavilion disciples gave Lu Yuan the first chance to inspect the captured Storage Rings.
• Lu Yuan examined the rings, emptied their resources into piles, and kept the empty rings in a bag.
• Lu Yuan divided the supplies between Starfall Pavilion and Wind and Thunder Pavilion and told the disciples to trade for what they needed.
• Lu Yuan reminded everyone that they had only four and a half hours left and urged them to hurry and recover their strength.

Lu Yuan brought Mu Qingluan and the Starfall Pavilion disciples along with Feng Qing Er and the Wind and Thunder Pavilion group, then organized them to travel safely toward the mountaintop. He led the combined force in a wedge formation, leaving the recovering Feng Qing Er and Mu Qingluan protected at its center.

• After the factions stopped fighting, Mu Qingluan reflected on Lu Yuan's abilities and felt envious of Feng Qing Er's closeness to him.
• Lu Yuan considered how his intervention had changed the selection contest's fate, preventing a chaotic battle and leaving the Yellow Springs Pavilion to suffer the losses.
• Lu Yuan invited Mu Qingluan and the Starfall Pavilion group to travel with the Wind and Thunder Pavilion, and Mu Qingluan accepted despite Feng Qing Er's displeasure.
• Lu Yuan arranged the disciples into a rotating defensive wedge, placed Feng Qing Er and Mu Qingluan in the center to recover, and led the group toward the mountaintop.

Lu Yuan led the Wind and Thunder Pavilion and Starfall Pavilion teams through the Magical Beast Forest, killing Sixth Order Magical Beasts and driving others away with his killing intent. As the group entered the leading ranks, the chapter shifted to the Four Pavilions’ training system and explained why their talented disciples often left to seek greater opportunities.

• Lu Yuan chose not to release his Dragon Clan aura and instead cut down Magical Beasts to clear the team’s path.
• After Lu Yuan killed more than ten Sixth Order Magical Beasts, the group flew directly toward the summit and overtook the other teams to enter the first echelon.
• The disciples following Lu Yuan admired his strength, while a weaker Starfall Pavilion disciple asked his Senior Brother about Lu Yuan’s dazzling Blade Qi.
• The chapter described how the Four Pavilions trained disciples at different ranks and recruited outside Dou Zongs through background checks and cultivation requirements.
• The chapter explained that ambitious geniuses often left the Four Pavilions to seek stronger inheritances and opportunities, while the Three Valleys could retain more talent through their deeper foundations.
• The chapter described how Dou Zong commentators helped weaker disciples understand brief battles between powerful fighters.

Lu Yuan reached the upper mountain after killing or driving off seventeen Sixth Order Magical Beasts, stunning the Four Pavilions’ observers. Near the summit, Feng Qing Er and Mu Qingluan offered to take over, but Lu Yuan insisted on honoring his promise to escort them safely the rest of the way.

• Lu Yuan’s feat of defeating seventeen Sixth Order Magical Beasts led Thunder Venerable, Sword Venerable, Yellow Spring Venerable, and Feng Xian to discuss his strength, status, and ties to the Four Pavilions.
• Yellow Spring Venerable decided not to seek revenge for the Yellow Springs Pavilion’s losses, mindful of Lu Yuan’s connection to Xuan Yi.
• Feng Xian sensed that Lu Yuan’s aura seemed familiar and privately wondered whether he was connected to Yao Chen.
• Lu Yuan discarded his cracked blade and steadied his aura near the summit after the exhausting climb.
• Feng Qing Er and Mu Qingluan offered to lead the remaining stretch so Lu Yuan could recover, but Lu Yuan refused and renewed his promise to bring everyone safely to the summit.

Lu Yuan led the Starfall Pavilion and Wind and Thunder Pavilion disciples to the summit after defeating seventeen Sixth Order Magical Beasts, setting a record for an all-Dou Wang team. The first group celebrated his achievement as the second group arrived, while Mu Qingluan acknowledged that they had encountered a true genius.

• Feng Qing Er and Mu Qingluan looked back at the mountain range before turning their attention to Lu Yuan, who had led their team to the summit first.
• The disciples kept their composure, recognizing that Lu Yuan had carried them through the trial and that they would otherwise have been eliminated.
• Wind and Thunder Pavilion and Starfall Pavilion cheered for Lu Yuan, while Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion offered scattered applause and Yellow Springs Pavilion remained silent.
• Jin Shi asked Thunder Venerable for permission to ring the bronze bell, and a descendant of the Gold Devouring Rat Clan struck it to announce the first group’s arrival.
• The light screen showed close-ups of people looking up at the summit, prompting embarrassed smiles from disciples and a bitter reaction from Sword Venerable.
• A second group reached the summit, and Mu Qingluan remarked to her Close Disciples that they had encountered a true genius as she watched Lu Yuan chatting with Qing Lin and Little Fairy Doctor.

The first arrivals at the Tianshan Blood Pool assessment gained an advantage by observing their future opponents, while the Four Pavilions’ disciples were largely dismissed as sheltered trainees. After three hours, Jin Shi announced the second stage, with the battered Yellow Springs Pavilion disciples drawing attention and angering Yellow Spring Venerable.

• The early arrivals watched later contestants and concealed their own abilities while gathering information about potential opponents.
• The Four Pavilions’ disciples and the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion group were mostly ignored, while the injured Yellow Springs Pavilion disciples attracted the independent cultivators’ attention.
• Yellow Spring Venerable sat sternly and ignored Wang Chen and the surviving Yellow Springs Pavilion disciples after their behavior had brought their losses upon them.
• Jin Shi announced that the first three hours had ended and officially started the second stage.

Lu Yuan fought a Nine Star Dou Huang in the second test and used his Blade Intent to wound him before stopping his all-out charge with a dark barrier. The opponent conceded, leaving Lu Yuan victorious and advancing.

• Lu Yuan drew a relatively weak Nine Star Dou Huang as his opponent in the second test.
• The Dou Huang tried to keep his distance, but Lu Yuan's Blade Intent struck him and opened a wound.
• The Dou Huang abandoned his plan to wear Lu Yuan down and activated several Dou Techniques for a decisive charge.
• Lu Yuan used a spreading dark barrier to drain the charge of its speed, impact, and Dou Qi.
• Lu Yuan placed his blade against the Dou Huang's neck and told him to concede, and the Dou Huang yielded.

Lu Yuan and the other competitors fought through the assessments for ten places in the Tianshan Blood Pool, with Lu Yuan securing a spot as the only remaining Dou Wang. After Jin Shi announced the results, he told the ten qualifiers to recover before he led them to the pool.

• A defeated Dou Huang accepted his loss to Lu Yuan, while Lu Yuan’s Blade Intent made the strength of his team clear to the gathered competitors.
• Mu Qingluan defeated Feng Qing Er after wearing down her Dou Qi, but the battle left Mu Qingluan too depleted to win her next match; Tang Ying also advanced before losing, while Wang Chen fell to a Nine Star Dou Huang.
• Lu Yuan defeated successive Dou Huang opponents and became the only Dou Wang left in the competition by the round of fifty-six.
• Lu Yuan secured one of the ten Tianshan Blood Pool places as the Four Pavilions’ disciples and independent cultivators fought through the final rounds.
• Jin Shi announced that both assessments were over and instructed the ten qualifiers to recover before declaring their readiness to enter the Tianshan Blood Pool.

Lu Yuan and the other Nine Star Dou Huangs reached the Tianshan Blood Pool, where its abundant Life Essence could support repeated attempts to break through to Dou Zong. After the ten cultivators chose separate lakes and entered, Jin Shi returned to the mountain platform and secretly instructed a small Gold Devouring Rat.

• The group rested for about two hours, allowing the Dou Huangs to recover before attempting to enter the Tianshan Blood Pool.
• Lu Yuan planned to use the pool's Life Essence and his Heavenly Book to raise his realm and attempt a breakthrough while concealing his true strength.
• The ten Dou Huangs traveled to the blood lakes, which were large enough and far enough apart to keep their breakthrough attempts separate.
• The Starfall Pavilion and Wind and Thunder Pavilion cultivators chose their lakes first, with Starfall Pavilion selecting two near Lu Yuan; the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion, Yellow Springs Pavilion, and independent Dou Huangs chose afterward.
• Jin Shi recalled the sixth-tier Earth Demon Scorpion's words, watched the ten Dou Huangs enter the lakes, then returned to the platform and gave a small Gold Devouring Rat secret instructions.

Lu Yuan bypassed repairing his few hidden injuries and began drawing in Life Essence and Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi to advance to Dou Zong. His breakthrough created a vast waterspout that alarmed the other cultivators, while the Wind and Thunder Pavilion Dou Huang guarded him and the Starfall Pavilion Dou Huangs waited for the disturbance to pass.

• Lu Yuan formed a Hand Seal from the Heavenly Book’s guidance and drew an immense funnel of Life Essence and Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi toward himself.
• The Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion Dou Huang and nearby cultivators gathered to watch, and the Starfall Pavilion elder judged that Lu Yuan’s foundation and breakthrough were extraordinary.
• The Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion Dou Huang considered interrupting Lu Yuan but returned to his blood pool rather than risk provoking him.
• The Wind and Thunder Pavilion Dou Huang agreed to stand guard while the Starfall Pavilion Dou Huangs resumed preparing for their own breakthroughs.
• Lu Yuan’s blood pool formed a waterspout over five hundred meters long and wide, and its waves reshaped the shore and forced the Wind and Thunder Pavilion Dou Huang to retreat.

Lu Yuan’s breakthrough from Dou Huang to Dou Zong triggered a vast waterspout and drew him into a strange cave residence where he encountered mysterious treasures. He emerged with a sword shadow and the phrase “Three Flowers Gather on the Crown,” concluding that he had to travel to the Myriad Heavens to complete the inheritance, while a phenomenon spread across tens of thousands of miles.

• The cultivators at the blood pool watched a waterspout form around Lu Yuan’s breakthrough, though most of the Four Pavilions’ leaders ruled him out as its cause.
• Feng Qing Er, Mu Qingluan, and others who had witnessed Lu Yuan’s strength continued to suspect that he was responsible.
• The waterspout expanded to more than fifteen hundred meters as Lu Yuan refined Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi and deepened his control over space.
• Lu Yuan awoke in a strange cave residence, recognized a replica of the Zhu Xian Sword, and picked up one of four small swords despite sensing danger.
• A bronze mirror revealed Lu Yuan’s mist-shrouded appearance, and he glimpsed writing appear on the previously blank book before his consciousness returned.
• Lu Yuan completed his breakthrough to Dou Zong, gained a sword shadow and the words “Three Flowers Gather on the Crown,” and resolved to seek the Myriad Heavens as the phenomenon swept across tens of thousands of miles.

Lu Yuan broke through to Dou Zong, creating an enormous azure lotus phenomenon that led the Four Pavilions’ Dou Zuns to suspect him. After emerging, he repaid three Dou Huangs who had guarded him by sharing his insights into Spatial Power, then stayed to guard their breakthroughs.

• The Four Pavilions’ Dou Zuns discussed the azure lotus phenomenon and agreed not to interrogate anyone, while Thunder Venerable urged them to respect the suspected genius’s privacy.
• Jin Shi offered to investigate, but the phenomenon vanished before he could enter the blood pool.
• Lu Yuan emerged from the blood pool after breaking through to Dou Zong and acknowledged the Wind and Thunder Pavilion and Starfall Pavilion Dou Huangs who had guarded him.
• Lu Yuan shared his insights into Spatial Power with the three Dou Huangs, who returned to the blood pool to attempt their breakthroughs.
• Lu Yuan remained by the pool, familiarizing himself with his increased Mana and guarding the three Dou Huangs.

After leaving the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range, Lu Yuan received a letter from Venerable Xuan Yi about a Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast magic core listed for auction by the Black Emperor Sect. He decided to travel to the Black-Corner Region as soon as possible to pursue it.

• Yellow Spring Venerable and Sword Venerable accepted that they could not compete with Thunder Venerable for Lu Yuan and left the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range with their disciples.
• Lu Yuan considered how the Four Pavilions’ resources and specialized techniques gave their disciples advantages that the Yun Lan Sect had lacked.
• Three independent Dou Zuns joined the Wind and Thunder Pavilion, while a fourth joined the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion because he wielded a sword and had metal-attributed Dou Qi.
• A Dou Zong delivered Venerable Xuan Yi’s letter to Lu Yuan aboard the Wind and Thunder Pavilion’s Spatial Spaceship.
• Lu Yuan learned that the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast magic core would be auctioned by the Black Emperor Sect and asked to be dropped near a Teleportation Array so he could set out immediately.

Lu Yuan returned to Maple City, now renamed Black Emperor City, and found it crowded with cultivators drawn by the Black Emperor Sect’s auction. He needed the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s magic core and the auction’s final item, Bodhi Transformation Saliva, to resolve Little Fairy Doctor’s Woeful Poison Body, but with every inn full, he had to fight for a place to stay.

• The Black Emperor Sect took over Maple City after Han Feng’s death and renamed it Black Emperor City.
• Lu Yuan entered the city and heard cultivators trade rumors about who had killed Han Feng, while he recalled Han Feng’s former rule over the city.
• Lu Yuan searched the city’s inns for a room, but found them all full and watched by cultivators ready to seize lodging keys.
• Lu Yuan learned that the Black Emperor Sect’s auction had drawn powerful experts to the city, with a Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast magic core and Bodhi Transformation Saliva among the items he sought.
• Lu Yuan decided he had to fight for lodging because he did not want to sleep rough.

Lu Yuan entered the Black Emperor Sect Auction under a nameless invitation and secured a rank-six magic core he needed. He planned to obtain the Bodhi Transformation Saliva as well, then seize it from whoever won it if necessary.

• The chapter described the Black Emperor Sect’s strength and the rivalries between the Hong Clan and Han Clan, including Han Yue’s talent.
• Lu Yuan killed a Dou Wang for his nameless auction invitation and entered the auction house without being challenged.
• Lu Yuan accepted that he would not receive a private room because the local Dou Huangs and Dou Zongs did not recognize him.
• Lu Yuan bought the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast magic core for thirty thousand and one gold coins.
• Lu Yuan waited for the bidding on the Bodhi Transformation Saliva, planning to secure one of his targets and take the other from its eventual owner.

Lu Yuan followed Eagle Mountain Old Man and Mo Tianxing after the auction, convinced that the Bodhi Transformation Saliva was destined to come into his hands. He killed both Dou Zongs with the Law of Metal and took the Bodhi Transformation Saliva, leaving the World Consciousness’s role uncertain.

• Lu Yuan considered why the Blood Sect had ignored him and suspected the World Consciousness had arranged for him to obtain the Bodhi Transformation Saliva.
• Lu Yuan followed Eagle Mountain Old Man out of the city as Mo Tianxing and other cultivators pursued him.
• Lu Yuan judged the two four-star Dou Zongs’ battle unimpressive and decided to intervene.
• Lu Yuan used the Law of Metal to destroy Eagle Mountain Old Man’s brain and kill him.
• Mo Tianxing fled Lu Yuan’s first attack, but iron needles formed from the iron in his blood pierced his body and caused him to fall to his death.
• Lu Yuan held the Bodhi Transformation Saliva while Mo Tianxing died without reclaiming it.

Lu Yuan seized Bodhi Transformation Saliva and the Storage Rings of Eagle Mountain Old Man and Mo Tianxing, then left after destroying their lingering souls. Meanwhile, Yun Shan began advancing to Dou Zong on his own, and Yun Yun waited for Lu Yuan while thinking about the Three-Year Agreement.

• Lu Yuan identified the Bodhi Transformation Saliva, secured it, and searched the battlefield for the Storage Rings of Eagle Mountain Old Man and Mo Tianxing.
• Lu Yuan collected the two Dou Zong's Storage Rings, crushed their remaining souls, and left the battlefield.
• Yun Shan broke through his decades-long bottleneck and began advancing to Dou Zong as Yun Lan Sect disciples watched the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi funnel.
• Yun Yun watched Yun Shan's breakthrough and hoped Lu Yuan would return so she could share the news with him.
• Yun Yun looked toward Nalan Yanran and reflected that nearly half of the Three-Year Agreement had passed.

After Xiao Yan’s failed attempt to create the Angry Buddha Fire Lotus, Yao Chen trained and encouraged him to pursue the Gama Empire Alchemist Association championship. Meanwhile, Lu Yuan reunited with Han Yue at Canaan Academy and revealed that he had destroyed the Hong family, leaving her free of her marriage contract.

• Xiao Yan’s attempt to fuse the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame and Sea Heart Flame into an Angry Buddha Fire Lotus exploded and nearly killed him.
• Yao Chen used Lu Yuan’s achievements to motivate Xiao Yan, then urged him to compete for the Gama Empire Alchemist Association championship.
• Xiao Yan set off across the desert toward the Gama Empire after promising Queen Medusa and Hai Bodong he would repay their favor.
• Lu Yuan found Han Yue at Canaan Academy and returned with her through her connections.
• Lu Yuan gave Han Yue her marriage contract and told her that he had destroyed the Hong family, killed Hong Chen and the Hong Family Old Ancestor, and freed her from the arrangement.

Lu Yuan reassured Han Yue that her Marriage Contract was dissolved and urged her to focus on strengthening herself rather than returning to manage the Han Family. He then took Zi Yan to a Cultivation Room near the bottom of the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower and prepared to fulfill his promise to take her to see her father.

• Han Yue accepted that she was free from her Marriage Contract, and Lu Yuan praised the strength and potential of Canaan Academy's top Strong Ranking students.
• Han Yue offered to return to the Han Family and oversee it, but Lu Yuan told her Han Xue could manage the family and urged her to improve her cultivation.
• Lu Yuan clarified that when he said he might leave this world, he meant ascending to become a Dou Emperor, not dying.
• Lu Yuan asked Han Yue to bring Zi Yan and arrange a Cultivation Room near the bottom of the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower.
• Lu Yuan revealed his true appearance and reminded Zi Yan of his promise to take her to see her father, and Zi Yan excitedly hugged him.