Chapter Summaries

Funingna and Dianna defeated the church projections, turned the Moon Worship Cult into the magic world’s dominant faith, and lured the six Lord Gods into battle. Lin Fan entered their Divine Kingdom, defeated and sealed them as blood sources, then proposed linking the magic world to Cao Man’s marketplace so its people and faith could benefit his plans.

• Funingna overcame the Lord God of Light’s projection with the Moon Worship Cult’s vast faith, while Dianna used her Sea of Blood Undying Body to defeat the Dark Lord God’s projection.
• Funingna and Dianna joined forces to drain and heal captured church fighters, then spread the Moon Worship Cult across the magic world to draw out its gods.
• The six Lord Gods descended and attacked Funingna, Dianna, and Cao Man, but Lin Fan appeared and broke their combined divine art.
• The Lord Gods fled to their Divine Kingdoms, but Lin Fan found their entrances, followed them inside, and defeated and sealed all six.
• Lin Fan plundered useful items from the Divine Kingdom, left the six Lord Gods as blood sources for Dianna, and asked Cao Man about cultivating immortality.
• Lin Fan proposed using Cao Man’s marketplace to connect the magic world with the Immortal Martial Continent and make the world a resource for his plans.

Cao Man agreed to connect the magic world to the Immortal Martial Continent, while Lin Fan tested the worlds’ Heavenly Dao rules and advanced Barrett to Emperor Weapon tier. As Lin Fan began creating techniques, news arrived that Central Continent factions planned a Heavenly Talent Battle, and Yaya eagerly decided to join.

• Cao Man agreed to open a passage between the worlds, and Dianna survived eighty-one bolts of heavenly lightning from the magic world’s Heavenly Dao.
• Lin Fan advanced Barrett to Emperor Weapon tier, while Zhu Rourong took in the Dragon Clan and began using them for blood collection and breeding experiments.
• Dianna faced another Heavenly Tribulation in the magic world, returned to the Immortal Martial Continent, and confirmed that its Heavenly Dao did not target her there.
• Lin Fan began secluding himself to create techniques and explore how to use the growing power of faith.
• Ji Chutong visited Lin Fan, gave him treasures, and told him about the Central Continent’s planned Heavenly Talent Ranking and battle.
• Yaya decided to compete for the Emperor Weapon prize, and Lin Fan invited the Moon Embracing Sect disciples to join her.

The Moon Embracing Sect’s disciples and other prodigies traveled to Central Continent for the Heavenly Talent Battle, encountering constant trouble along the way. After arriving, Long Aojiao provoked a clash with Central Continent cultivators, and Lei Zhen’s sudden attempts at politeness failed to save him from her fists.

• Lin Fan and the disciples discussed the Heavenly Talent Battle, and Xiao Ling'er, Wang Teng, Su Yan, He Qiang, and others decided to attend.
• Three Leaves, Shi Hao, Long Aojiao, Tang Wu, and Little Dragon Girl also set out for the competition, joining the gathering of prodigies from across the continent.
• The Moon Embracing Sect’s group faced repeated troubles on their journey, including attacks and confrontations, and wondered whether someone was targeting them.
• After reaching Central Continent, Long Aojiao struck down two cultivators who insulted the group, then clashed with restaurant patrons over the merits of Central Continent’s heavenly talents.
• Lei Zhen recognized Shi Hao and the Moon Embracing Sect’s prodigies, abruptly apologized for his companions’ insults, and praised the Eight Regions.
• Long Aojiao called Central Continent a land of rites, then punched Lei Zhen repeatedly and knocked him to the floor.

Long Aojiao and Xiao Ling'er’s group learned of an Ancient Celestial Being’s tomb and traveled to its Floating City, where Central Continent cultivators tried to drive away people from the Eight Regions. Xiao Ling’er ordered the group to fight back, and the chapter ended as they began clearing out the surrounding Central Continent prodigies.

• Long Aojiao beat Lei Zhen until he yielded, then he told her that a Secret Realm said to be an Ancient Celestial Being’s abode would open north of Western Ridge within three to five days.
• Long Aojiao’s group reached the tomb and learned from a Central Continent prodigy that Ancient Celestial Beings belonged to a powerful ancient race, though rumors of gaining their blood and inheritance seemed suspect.
• Long Aojiao killed the prodigy after he explained the tomb’s rumored treasures, but the group could not break the Celestial Being formation and waited outside as the tomb began to emerge.
• Central Continent cultivators agreed to clear out people from the Eight Regions and attacked them, while a Black and White Academy disciple fought against overwhelming numbers.
• When Central Continent prodigies surrounded Xiao Ling’er’s group, Xiao Ling’er ordered them to clear the attackers out first, and Sword Son, Long Aojiao, Wang Teng, Huo Yun'er, Jiang Li, and Jiang Ni launched their counterattack.

Xiao Ling'er and the Moon Embracing Sect disciples slaughtered the Central Continent cultivators who had underestimated them, then entered the Tomb of the Heavenly Man. Xiao Ling'er and Huo Yun'er explored its desert, where hidden nonhuman presences watched them and Xiao Ling'er began to suspect a connection to the Flame Emperor.

• He Qiang used his fishing rod to capture four Seventh Realm cultivators and cast them into a water pit, while Shi Hao, Little Dragon Girl, and the others fought the Central Continent attackers.
• Long Aojiao and Xiao Ling'er killed their opponents, and the fleeing Central Continent cultivators were routed; Zhou Shen recognized Xiao Ling'er and thanked her for helping the Black and White Academy disciples.
• Four Central Continent geniuses attacked, but Long Aojiao killed Tian Bo, Xiao Ling'er burned one attacker with her Nine-Colored Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotus, Shi Hao killed another, and the Sword Son defeated the Longxi Zhang Clan Divine Son.
• After the Tomb of the Heavenly Man gateway opened, Zhou Shen declined to enter, and Xiao Ling'er, Long Aojiao, Shi Hao, and the others went inside and decided to search in separate groups.
• Xiao Ling'er and Huo Yun'er crossed into a desert, sensed increasingly powerful presences watching them, and found little valuable loot.
• Xiao Ling'er suspected that the desert's hidden inhabitants might be connected to the Flame Emperor, and she grew uneasy as Huo Yun'er questioned her.

Xiao Ling'er and Huo Yun'er fought the Snake People Race, learned its Queen was under attack, and joined the battle against the Earth Dragon Clan. Xiao Ling'er healed the Queen and confronted the powerful Earth Dragon Clan Leader, ending the chapter as she unleashed her enormous Exotic Fire form.

• Lin Fan worried that Xiao Ling'er would meet the Medusa Queen from his Flame Emperor prophecy and wondered how their encounter would unfold.
• Xiao Ling'er and Huo Yun'er defeated and sealed the Snake People cultivators, then learned from Amoy that their Queen was weakened after molting and that outsiders had been mistaken for threats.
• The Earth Dragon Clan ambushed the Snake Queen and her people, but Huo Yun'er aided the Snake People while Xiao Ling'er healed Amoy and burned the attacking Earth Dragons to ash.
• Xiao Ling'er reached the Snake Queen, gave her a Sky Mending Pill, and stepped in to fight the Earth Dragon Clan Leader.
• Xiao Ling'er endured the Clan Leader's attacks and unleashed her Exotic Fire True Body, expanding into a gigantic blazing form as a lotus mark appeared on her brow.

Xiao Ling'er defeated the Earth Dragon Clan Leader, then helped the Snake People Race and its queen, Medusa, agree to join the Moon Embracing Sect. She began refining pills to ease Medusa’s transformation-related weakness, while the group learned of the Ancient Celestial Being’s Celestial Shield and prepared to search for it.

• Xiao Ling'er used Heaven and Earth Manifestation and Burn Heaven Boil Sea to trap and kill the Earth Dragon Clan Leader.
• Under the influence of a special method, Medusa embraced and kissed Xiao Ling'er; after recovering, she mistakenly accused Xiao Ling'er of violating her, and Xiao Ling'er restrained her until she calmed down.
• Xiao Ling'er and Huo Yun'er reunited with the Snake People Race, and Xiao Ling'er refused to take back the pills she had given Amoy.
• Medusa agreed to lead the Snake People Race into the Moon Embracing Sect after Xiao Ling'er offered help with the clan’s safety, bloodline, and transformation weakness.
• Medusa told Xiao Ling'er about the Ancient Celestial Being’s Life-Bound Artifact, the Celestial Shield, and Xiao Ling'er agreed to examine her condition and prepare a pill.
• Xiao Ling'er determined that Medusa’s transformation left her body starved of nourishment and began refining pills to help her recover.

Long Aojiao and the Moon Embracing Sect’s disciples defeated the four Ninth Realm corpse puppets guarding an ancient tomb and discovered a strange shield inside its coffin. The shield rejected everyone who touched it, but Shi Hao managed to lift it briefly before being thrown away, leaving the group without an answer about its power.

• Long Aojiao fought four Ninth Realm corpse puppets alone until the Moon Embracing Sect’s disciples arrived and learned from Medusa Queen that their formation and shields let them share damage.
• Xiao Ling'er and the others attacked together, then Three Leaves, Xiao Ling'er, and Qin Yu captured three corpse puppets while Long Aojiao subdued the fourth.
• Long Aojiao smashed the tomb barrier, and the group opened the coffin to find a shield instead of a corpse.
• Long Aojiao, Xiao Ling'er, and the other disciples were repelled when they tried to touch the shield, which Xiao Ling'er suspected was protected by a strange law power.
• Shi Hao briefly lifted the shield, but it threw him into the wall and fell back into the coffin.

He Qiang used his fishing rod to carry off the sealed bronze coffin, and Xiao Ling'er’s group defeated the Ninth Realm father of Tian Bo by overwhelming him with coordinated attacks. After He Qiang considered using the old man’s remains as fishing bait, Lin Fan sent Fan Jianqiang to escort the Snake People Race back to Moon Embracing Sect while Xiao Ling’er’s group entered Three Saints City.

• He Qiang lifted the sealed coffin with his fishing rod, allowing the group to take it from the floating tomb and leave with the Snake People Race.
• Tian Bo’s father ambushed them outside the tomb, but Long Aojiao fought him while Wang Teng provoked him until he revealed his son’s name and confirmed their grudge.
• Xiao Ling’er and the others surrounded Tian Bo’s father and battered him with successive attacks until they killed him.
• He Qiang gathered the Ninth Realm cultivator’s remains, explaining that he wanted to test whether the flesh and blood would attract fish as bait.
• Lin Fan arranged for Fan Jianqiang to escort the Snake People Race to Moon Embracing Sect, and Fan Jianqiang met Xiao Ling’er’s group ten days later outside Three Saints City.
• Medusa Queen sent her clanspeople back with Fan Jianqiang while she continued on with Xiao Ling’er’s group, which entered Three Saints City.

The Moon Embracing Sect’s disciples arrived in Three Saints City, learned its history, and prepared for the Heavenly Talent Gathering as Long Aojiao loudly praised their chances and challenged the crowd. After Xiao Ling’er received intelligence on the confirmed participants, the group noticed Tang Wu’s name on the list, while Tang Wu himself emerged from the Heavenly Secrets Tower and complained that his name was missing from its ranking.

• Wang Teng and the others explored bustling Three Saints City, where Su Yan recounted the tale of its three founders and its enduring peace.
• Long Aojiao boasted that she and her companions would ascend within decades, unsettled Medusa Queen with her predictions, and dismissed onlookers who mocked her.
• Su Yan explained that Three Saints City had more than thirty Ninth Realm cultivators and strictly punished anyone who fought within its walls.
• An Imperial Guard member delivered Xiao Ling’er intelligence on the Heavenly Talent Gathering, and the disciples studied the Holy Lands and notable competitors listed there.
• Xiao Ling’er noticed that Tang Wu was among the named participants, prompting Long Aojiao to laugh, while Tang Wu separately rejected the Heavenly Secrets Tower’s list because it omitted him.

The Heavenly Talent Gathering began as more than 120,000 screened prodigies were divided into twelve groups and started fighting in simultaneous arena matches. As spectators saw the strength of contestants from across the continent, Yaya became the first Moon Embracing Sect disciple called to compete.

• Tang Wu examined the announced participant list, grew enraged that his name was absent, and resolved to kill several listed rivals, including Long Aojiao, Xiao Ling'er, and the Western Region monks.
• Dragon Five questioned the list’s reliability, while Dragon One and the others discussed Long Aojiao’s reputation and awaited her clashes with Holy Sons and Saintesses.
• Elder Xian explained that the organizers had screened 127,365 participants and would use one-on-one matches, separating seeded contestants, dark horses, and members of powerful factions into twelve groups.
• The Moon Embracing Sect disciples discussed their grouping and ambitions, and Long Aojiao declared that everyone assigned to her black group faced misfortune.
• The organizers assigned numbers and raised twelve distinct arenas, then began the gathering with simultaneous battles that impressed spectators and challenged Central Continent pride.
• Xiao Ling'er encouraged the Moon Embracing Sect disciples to show their strength, suggested the name Cai Lin to Medusa Queen, and watched as Yaya was called to the arena first.

Yaya, fighting as Ruthless, crushed Zuo Changsheng, and the Moon Embracing Sect’s disciples kept advancing through the tournament while spectators began questioning the sect’s supposed third-rate status. As the sixth round began, Huo Yun'er stepped forward for her match, hoping to secure a place in the seventh round.

• Yaya wore the Ghost Face Mask, introduced herself as Ruthless, and defeated Zuo Changsheng with One Thought Flower Blooms before he could attack.
• Lei Zhen defended the Moon Embracing Sect to skeptical spectators and wagered his Shadowless Sword that one of its members would defeat a Holy Land Saint Son or Saintess.
• Shi Hao countered his opponent’s water-based arts with the Kun Peng Method and won, while the Moon Embracing Sect’s other disciples also advanced through the early rounds.
• The Sword Son defeated Fang Hao of the Great Desolate Sword Palace with a simple sword strike, prompting Fang Hao to concede and praise the Sword Spirit Saint Body.
• Every Moon Embracing Sect member advanced through the fourth and fifth rounds, and spectators noted that the sect was the only faction with more than three contestants to keep its entire team in the tournament.
• As the sixth round began with 2,653 contestants remaining, Huo Yun'er went to fight and said she hoped to advance to the seventh round.

Jiang Li defeated the mysterious Chasing Fate in the sixth round, while Lin Fan suspected the encounter involved a threat tied to Jiang Li’s identity as the Life Divine King. After Moon Embracing Sect’s disciples all advanced, Long Aojiao challenged nearly every remaining Black Group contestant to fight her together, and many accepted.

• Jiang Li faced Chasing Fate, whose strange demonic attacks carried black qi that the Meteor Tear helped Jiang Li dispel.
• Jiang Li used her Jiang Family swordsmanship and combined Bright Moon in the Sky with the Moon Swallowing Immortal Art to gain the upper hand, then killed Chasing Fate with Sword Eleven of the Ethereal Sword Art.
• Chasing Fate’s cryptic words left Jiang Li uneasy, while Lin Fan concluded that Chasing Fate had been controlled as a disposable pawn to confirm Jiang Li’s identity and suspected a threat from a higher plane.
• Every Moon Embracing Sect contestant advanced, and Dragon Five withdrew rather than fight Long Aojiao.
• Long Aojiao demanded that the remaining Black Group contestants fight her together; Elder Xian allowed it if both sides agreed, and most of those she challenged accepted.
• He Qiang realized that if Long Aojiao won and he won one more match, he might reach the top twenty-four by receiving a bye.

Long Aojiao defeated the Black Group’s assembled Heavenly Talents and declared that everyone there was trash, except He Qiang. He Qiang then faced Xu Buque and his eight zombies, whose attacks his fishing line and coffin easily blocked; as the fight stalled, he began considering how to capture the zombies.

• He Qiang and the Moon Embracing Sect’s companions dismissed doubts that Long Aojiao could defeat a hundred opponents, and Shi Hao shouted encouragement to her from below the arena.
• Long Aojiao used her Boundless Domain to deflect and return the Heavenly Talents’ attacks, then overwhelmed them with her Overlord Divine Halberd and swept them all from the arena.
• Long Aojiao announced that everyone in the Black Group was trash, singled out He Qiang to stand, and left the other contestants furious and suspicious of their connection.
• He Qiang faced Xu Buque, whose eight zombies could not break through the fishing line net around him, even when Xu Buque used demonic flames.
• Xu Buque accused He Qiang of relying on an artifact, but Elder Xian ruled that artifacts were allowed, and He Qiang countered that Xu Buque should then fight without his zombies.
• As Xu Buque struggled to break through the defense, He Qiang considered how he could capture the zombies and take them home.

He Qiang used the Bronze Coffin and a Corpse Suppressing Talisman to defeat Xu Buque, capture two of his zombies, and advance through the black group before conceding to Long Aojiao. Moon Embracing Sect's other disciples continued their winning run, though the chapter ended with their members beginning to face one another in the tournament.

• He Qiang smashed one of Xu Buque's eight zombies with the Bronze Coffin, then baited two more into it and sealed them with a Corpse Suppressing Talisman.
• Xu Buque conceded the match, but He Qiang kept the captured zombies as spoils of war despite Xu Buque demanding them back.
• He Qiang advanced to the black group's final match against Long Aojiao, then conceded before the fight began.
• Xiao Ling'er defeated Lin Wan'er with Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotus and walked through her opponent's attack without looking back.
• Jiang Li and Sword Son fought, and Sword Son unexpectedly won; Huo Yun'er then defeated Jiang Ni in their match.
• Little Dragon Girl conceded to Wang Teng, saying she did not want to be roasted into dried dragon meat.

Yaya defeated Jiang Liu'er after manifesting the River of Time and drawing strength from the future Ruthless Great Emperor. After her victory, Xiao Ling'er faced Divine King Tang, who accused the Moon Embracing Sect of ruining his fate and challenged her to a fight to the death.

• The Blazing Sun Demon Lord explained that the Myriad Flowers Holy Land's Saintess was a pure-blooded True Dragon who had conceded because rankings mattered little to her Holy Land.
• Yaya met Jiang Liu'er of the Black and White Academy in the arena, where his chessboard arts pressured her with black and white pieces and the force of yin and yang.
• Yaya used the Blade Cutting Dao Art to destroy Jiang Liu'er's white pieces, then manifested the River of Time and stepped onto it as she resisted his stronger black-and-white attacks.
• The future Ruthless Great Emperor turned toward Yaya, restoring and amplifying her strength; Yaya summoned a spirit body and defeated Jiang Liu'er, who accepted his loss and vowed to challenge her again.
• Divine King Tang raged at the Moon Embracing Sect for not taking him as a disciple, then confronted Xiao Ling'er and challenged her to a life-or-death battle.
• Xiao Ling'er asked who Tang was and considered Lin Fan's rules about eliminating enemies and their allies before deciding how to respond.

Xiao Ling'er confronted Tang Wu, who accused her of killing his Dao companion and challenged her with several stolen souls and powerful weapons. She easily overwhelmed his attacks, but Tang Wu remained convinced he would win and claimed the Sea God's Trident would let him defeat her.

• Tang Wu accused Xiao Ling'er of killing his Dao companion, and Xiao Ling'er recalled that the rabbit spirit had sacrificed herself to save him but might have survived if he had tried to help her.
• Xiao Ling'er recognized Tang Wu's martial souls as the remains of his Dao companion, his adoptive father, and the Cloud Binding Immortal Vine, then condemned him for turning them into tools.
• Tang Wu used his External Spirit Bone, revealing Buddha bones stolen from Great Vehicle Buddhism, but Xiao Ling'er broke through his attacks with her strange flames and techniques.
• Tang Wu summoned the Sea God's Trident and attacked with its Thirteen Halberds of Gold, but Xiao Ling'er blocked or evaded his moves and swallowed the strange fire he had redirected at her.
• Tang Wu boasted that the trident weighed one hundred and eight thousand jin for others and demanded that Xiao Ling'er become his maid, leaving the spectators wondering whether he still had a hidden trump card.

Xiao Ling'er killed Tang Wu after he lost his temper and sacrificed his power, while Shi Hao fought Huo Zhen to a draw after nearly triggering a catastrophic tribulation. Shi Hao left with the Great Demon God to cultivate his first flower, and the Heavenly Talent Gathering continued as several Moon Embracing Sect disciples were eliminated.

• Xiao Ling'er mocked Tang Wu's strength until he unleashed a sacrificial attack, exhausted his power, and fainted; she then burned him to ashes and devoured his origin power.
• Shi Hao fought Huo Zhen with a series of powerful techniques, but his attempt to condense Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown summoned tribulation clouds that terrified the entire venue; he stopped before the tribulation descended.
• Shi Hao and Huo Zhen fought to a standstill and agreed to a draw, so Elder Xian made them play rock-paper-scissors; Shi Hao won and advanced.
• Shi Hao told the Moon Embracing Sect members he was leaving with the Great Demon God to find a safe place and cultivate his first flower before returning to the gathering.
• Wang Teng, Su Yan, and Sword Son each lost their matches, while Sword Son complained that his defeat had not brought him closer to completing his Hundred Defeats.

Three Leaves defeated Fifth Sword Heart, claiming that Jiang Ni and Sword Son would surpass him within ten years under its guidance. Meanwhile, Shi Hao underwent a dangerous tribulation and found a lightning-filled pool inside the clouds, while Xiao Ling'er entered her next match against Lin Dong.

• Three Leaves told Fifth Sword Heart that its master, who was just over thirty, could defeat him and predicted that Jiang Ni and Sword Son would surpass him within ten years.
• Fifth Sword Heart tested Three Leaves with numerous sword techniques, but Three Leaves easily broke each attack and criticized his scattered training.
• Fifth Sword Heart unleashed the Great Desolate Sword Art, but Three Leaves used A Sword Separating Worlds to seal him and win the match.
• Shi Hao endured his tribulation, cultivated the first Flower of Dao Principles, and charged into the clouds, where he discovered a pool of lightning liquid and strange creatures.
• Xiao Ling'er took her turn in the arena and learned that her opponent was Lin Dong, the Holy Son of the Cloud Top Heavenly Palace.

Xiao Ling'er fought Lin Dong in a fierce Heavenly Talent Gathering match, surviving his Annihilation Light and ultimate techniques through a newly awakened ability linked to the Void Demonic Flame. Lin Dong conceded and asked her to explain how she had remained unharmed, offering an oath and a favor in return.

• Lin Fan recognized Lin Dong as the genuine Martial Ancestor after seeing his martial skills and eagerly watched his match against Xiao Ling'er.
• Xiao Ling'er and Lin Dong traded increasingly powerful martial arts, then transformed into a Flame Emperor giant and an Azure Dragon for a spectacular clash.
• Lin Dong struck Xiao Ling'er with Annihilation Light and believed she was dying, but she revealed she felt completely fine and attacked him with a Phased Array Nuclear Explosion.
• Lin Fan realized Xiao Ling'er had gained an ability he called Divine Might, while Xiao Ling'er discovered she could phase through attacks using the Void Demonic Flame's trait.
• Xiao Ling'er emerged unscathed from Lin Dong's ultimate attacks, and Lin Dong admitted defeat before asking her to explain her ability in exchange for a Heavenly Dao Oath and a favor.