Chapter Summaries

Lu Ming defeated Yun Wusheng with a saber strike combining Wind Profound Meaning and Slaughter Saber Qi, shocking the tournament spectators. After the ruined arena was replaced and the tournament resumed, Baili Liuyun challenged Jin Wuyou.

• Lu Ming unleashed Slaughter Storm, combining Wind Profound Meaning with Slaughter Saber Qi, and collided with Yun Wusheng's Cloud Annihilation Wave.
• The clash devastated the arena and filled its protective formation with a vast sphere of sand, so Daoist Tianzhong pulled Yun Wusheng to safety.
• Spectators concluded that Lu Ming had won, while Yun Wusheng thanked Daoist Tianzhong and acknowledged Lu Ming's overwhelming strength.
• Yun Wusheng congratulated Lu Ming and vowed to catch up, and Lu Ming returned to the pavilion with Yangwu City's group.
• Daoist Tianzhong suspended the tournament until Bright Moon Villa replaced the arena, then announced that the fights would continue.
• Baili Liuyun entered the arena and challenged Jin Wuyou, the second-ranked prodigy of Northern King's Palace.

Jin Wuyou and Baili Liuyun fought a fierce arena match, with Jin Wuyou revealing that he had combined Gold Profound Meaning with a Sword Dao Nascent Soul. The revelation showed that Jin Wuyou had surpassed Su Zhao, while Bright Moon Villa’s elders considered recruiting Lu Ming before deciding not to pressure Ming Xin.

• Jin Wuyou and Baili Liuyun exchanged attacks, with Jin Wuyou piercing through Baili Liuyun’s Buddha Light Suddenly Appears and Baili Liuyun enduring Jin Wuyou’s Sword Qi Plunges Straight Down Three Thousand Feet.
• Baili Liuyun used Palm Presses Down on Mountains and Rivers, and Lu Ming recognized a trace of Spatial Profound Meaning in the attack.
• Jin Wuyou revealed that he had combined Gold Profound Meaning with a Sword Dao Nascent Soul, stunning the spectators and making Su Zhao realize Jin Wuyou had surpassed him.
• Bright Moon Villa’s elders worried about the Northern King’s Palace’s rising strength, and an old woman suggested that Ming Xin spend time with the Iron Masked Saber Master.
• Ming Xin rejected the idea of Bright Moon Villa needing to recruit someone through her, and the old woman agreed that they should not pressure her.

Jin Wuyou defeated Baili Liuyun and challenged Lu Ming, but their duel was interrupted when Geek Tower arrived at the Moon Appreciation Conference. Azure Dragon True Monarch summoned Geek Tower’s mysterious Tower Master, leaving the assembled Xuan Cang Domain experts facing a possible new threat.

• Jin Wuyou pierced Baili Liuyun’s golden palm strike with Sword Qi, then defeated him with “Sever Mountains and Rivers.”
• Jin Wuyou challenged Lu Ming, and both fighters prepared to battle on the arena.
• A rift tore open the sky, and Azure Dragon True Monarch led five masked members of Geek Tower into the gathering.
• Daoist Tianzhong questioned Azure Dragon True Monarch’s purpose, and Azure Dragon True Monarch challenged the Xuan Cang Domain experts on behalf of Geek Tower.
• Azure Dragon True Monarch bowed and called for the Tower Master to descend.

The Master of Geek Tower emerged as a Heavenly Human Realm powerhouse and fought Kuáng Língzi in the void. Below, Geek Tower exposed the Iron Masked Saber Master as Lu Ming and revealed his many feats, prompting him to remove his mask.

• A masked figure revealed himself as the Master of Geek Tower, and Kuáng Língzi challenged him to battle in the void.
• The Master of Geek Tower and Kuáng Língzi tore through space and began fighting, leaving the gathered fighters unable to watch.
• Azure Dragon True Monarch pointed out that the Iron Masked Saber Master was still hiding his identity.
• Tiger Fiend Lord accused Lu Ming of killing six members of the Geek Twelve and revealed that he held the Wind Lightning Spirit Pearl.
• The crowd reacted in shock as they connected Lu Ming to his many feats, and Lu Ming slowly removed his mask.

After Lu Ming revealed his identity and refused Azure Dragon True Monarch’s offer to join Geek Tower, Tiger Fiend Lord attacked him, but Lu Ming overwhelmed the surrounding fighters with his external cultivation. True Person Qingyue stepped in to hold off Azure Dragon True Monarch, leaving Lu Ming to face Geek Tower’s other experts as Tiger Fiend Lord launched another technique.

• The gathered experts recognized Lu Ming, and Azure Dragon True Monarch offered to forgive past grievances if he joined Geek Tower.
• Lu Ming refused and warned Azure Dragon True Monarch not to pursue him, prompting Tiger Fiend Lord to attack.
• Lu Ming shattered Tiger Fiend Lord’s crushing airflow with a punch and sent him flying.
• True Person Qingyue empowered herself with an azure pearl and challenged Azure Dragon True Monarch, while Lu Ming agreed to deal with the others.
• True Person Qingyue and Azure Dragon True Monarch clashed evenly as Lu Ming battered Tiger Fiend Lord and the other Early Sea Transformation Realm cultivators.
• Tiger Fiend Lord roared and prepared to unleash Fierce Tiger Roars at Heaven.

Lu Ming killed Tiger Fiend Lord and joined True Person Qingyue in fighting Azure Dragon True Monarch, while Qingyue revealed her ties to the powerful Zuoqiu Family. The Geek Tower Master arrived, leaving the Northern King's Palace fearing for their absent Palace Master.

• Lu Ming tore through Tiger Fiend Lord's sound-wave attack, severely wounded him, and killed him before the other Geek Tower members fled.
• Azure Dragon True Monarch attacked Lu Ming with his Azure Wood Hand, but Lu Ming and True Person Qingyue countered together.
• Lu Ming recognized the power of Azure Dragon True Monarch's Decay Profound Meaning and returned to help True Person Qingyue fight him.
• True Person Qingyue revealed that her surname was Zuoqiu and warned Azure Dragon True Monarch that her family would seek retribution.
• The Geek Tower Master arrived, delighting Azure Dragon True Monarch and alarming the Northern King's Palace members, who wondered where their Palace Master was.

The Geek Tower Master confronted Lu Ming and prepared to kill him, but Lu Ming summoned Old Man Zhao’s powerful Nascent Soul Body. It overwhelmed the Geek Tower Master and declared that he would pay for attacking a junior it valued.

• The Geek Tower Master revealed that Kuáng Língzi was trapped and examined Lu Ming, recognizing his unusual strength and dragon-vein aura.
• Lu Ming endured the Geek Tower Master’s pressure without wavering, while Baili Liuyun and Yun Wusheng prepared to intervene.
• The Geek Tower Master rejected True Person Qingyue’s attempt to protect Lu Ming and attacked him with a finger strike.
• Lu Ming summoned Old Man Zhao’s Nascent Soul Body, which crushed the attack and blasted the Geek Tower Master’s arm apart.
• The Geek Tower Master regenerated his arm and identified the golden figure as a Nascent Soul Body, while the figure warned him against harming Lu Ming.
• Golden light filled the area, and those present recognized it as Great Light Power.

Old Man Zhao used the Power of Light to destroy the Geek Tower Master after he attacked Lu Ming, then met Qianyuan Sage Venerable, who agreed to help investigate the forces behind the attack. Old Man Zhao urged Lu Ming to keep advancing despite rumors that he was avoiding challenges, and the experts departed, leaving Lu Ming to continue his cultivation.

• Old Man Zhao’s golden Power of Light overwhelmed the Geek Tower Master, while the Northern King's Palace Master killed the fleeing Azure Dragon True Monarch.
• The Geek Tower Master’s Undead Barrier failed, and the Power of Light dissolved him completely.
• Old Man Zhao learned from Lu Ming how he had reached Phoenix Continent, then summoned Qianyuan Sage Venerable, who praised Lu Ming’s Slaughter Saber Intent and Destruction Sword Intent.
• Old Man Zhao and Qianyuan Sage Venerable discussed the Geek Tower Master’s background and agreed to go investigate the matter together.
• Old Man Zhao told Lu Ming to keep cultivating and advancing despite rumors that he was avoiding challengers, then returned to the jade slip as Qianyuan Sage Venerable and the Northern King's Palace Master departed.

After the Moon Appreciation Gathering, Lu Ming discussed his origins and possible trip to the Nine Provinces Continent with True Person Qingyue and the others. His reputation spread across the region, and the chapter ended as Jin Wuyou asked him about his future plans during a private martial arts exchange.

• Lu Ming thanked Yun Wusheng and Baili Liuyun for standing with him, and agreed to speak with Baili Liuyun about the Nine Provinces Continent.
• The gathering ended a day later, with Lu Ming, Baili Liuyun, Yun Wusheng, and other prodigies selected to enter Bright Moon Villa’s secret realm.
• Lu Ming told True Person Qingyue, Zhen Ruoying, and Zhao Lingzhu that he had reached the Phoenix Continent through a teleportation array, and invited them to travel with him if it remained usable.
• News of Lu Ming’s strength, his origin, and the death of the master of Geek Tower spread, prompting the Mysterious Sword Palace to cancel its actions against him.
• Lu Ming met Yun Wusheng and the others at Bright Moon Restaurant, where Jin Wuyou joined their discussion and asked about Lu Ming’s future plans.

Lu Ming gained Martial Dao Stones and martial arts from the Void Moon Secret Realm, then perfected his Gold Intent while staying in Bright Moon City. Bright Moon Villa offered him a High-grade Divine Weapon, the Moon Bright Treasure Saber, on the condition that he marry its holy maiden, Ming Xin, but he refused because he was already engaged.

• Baili Liuyun, Yun Wusheng, Jin Wuyou, and Lu Ming discussed their plans to travel and train after the Void Moon Secret Realm opened.
• Lu Ming spent three days in the secret realm and emerged with two Martial Dao Stones and two Peak Earth-level martial arts.
• Lu Ming bade farewell to True Person Qingyue, Zhao Lingzhu, Jin Wuyou, and the others as they set out to train.
• Lu Ming used the metal-attributed Martial Dao Stone to bring his Gold Intent to perfection.
• A Bright Moon Villa elder showed Lu Ming the Moon Bright Treasure Saber and offered it to him if he agreed to marry Ming Xin.
• Lu Ming refused the proposal, explaining that he already had a marriage engagement and had no connection with Ming Xin.

After Ming Xin gave Lu Ming a fragmentary map to the Tomb of Weapons, he continued into the Black Ancient Domain and guarded the little fox through its bloodline awakening. Its aura drew powerful demon beasts and cultivators, and a Heavenly Human Realm Demon King arrived, recognizing the fox as a Purple Profound Fox awakening a Demon King bloodline.

• Lu Ming refused Elder Yueying’s request to stay at Bright Moon Villa, and Ming Xin thanked him by giving him a fragmentary map to the Tomb of Weapons.
• Lu Ming traveled into the Black Ancient Domain, where the Spirit Nurturing Pouch began shaking as lightning surrounded the still-sleeping little fox.
• Lu Ming released the little fox in a secluded mountain range and protected it from demon beasts drawn by its awakening bloodline.
• Lu Ming killed approaching demon beasts, while two Sea Transformation Realm cultivators recognized him from the Moon Appreciation Gathering.
• A Heavenly Human Realm man in black robes appeared, identified the little fox as a Purple Profound Fox awakening a Demon King bloodline, and faced Lu Ming as he tried to protect it.
• In the White Immortal Upper Domain, an old man sensed Yao’er’s aura, feared she had been harmed, and vanished to find her.

Lu Ming guarded the little fox as King Jiuyou warned that she might be connected to Qingqiu Mountain, then a powerful old man arrived and discovered her bloodline carried the remnant spirit of his daughter, Yao'er. Yao'er revealed that her husband had sacrificed himself protecting her and their child from a masked Heavenly Human Realm attacker, while her father demanded to know who was responsible.

• King Jiuyou recognized Lu Ming, warned him that the little fox might be connected to Qingqiu Mountain, and departed.
• Lu Ming continued guarding the little fox as more people arrived, keeping them at a distance by killing Level Five demon beasts and relying on the Sword and Saber Spirit's marks.
• A powerful old man emerged from a rift in space and approached the little fox, but Lu Ming stopped him and explained what he knew.
• The old man used a drop of purple blood to trigger a vision of Yao'er, who recognized him as her father.
• Yao'er told her father that she and her husband had been attacked by a masked Heavenly Human Realm cultivator while traveling with their child, and that her husband had self-destructed to protect them.
• Yao'er explained that she had hidden a wisp of her Primordial Spirit in her child's bloodline, and her father vowed to destroy whoever had attacked them.

The old man learned that his daughter had died and promised to care for her child, the little fox, but then forbade Lu Ming from seeing her. Lu Ming refused to leave until the little fox could choose for herself, and she awakened with the bloodline of the ancient Nine-tailed Celestial Fox before rushing into his arms.

• Yao'er asked her father to care for the little fox before her Primordial Spirit faded away, and the old man unleashed his grief and fury.
• Lu Ming explained how he had brought the little fox to the Phoenix Continent, and the old man thanked him before ordering him to leave and never see her again.
• Lu Ming resisted the old man's pressure and insisted he would wait for the little fox to awaken and decide for herself; the old man eventually conceded.
• The little fox awakened the ancient Nine-tailed Celestial Fox bloodline, then woke and happily leaped into Lu Ming's arms.

Lu Ming learned that the little fox was the old man's granddaughter, Qingqiu Luo Li, and reluctantly let her return with him to her clan. After she left, Lu Ming felt her absence, then sensed a possible breakthrough approaching as he traveled onward.

• Lu Ming told the little fox that the old man was her grandfather, and the old man used their shared bloodline and power to help her recognize him.
• The old man named her Qingqiu Luo Li, and Lu Ming encouraged her to return with her grandfather for specialized training.
• Luo Li pleaded for Lu Ming to come with her, but he promised to find her after handling his own affairs and watched her leave with the old man.
• The old man gave Lu Ming a Qingqiu Token containing three protective traces of his aura before disappearing with Luo Li.
• Several days later, Lu Ming realized how much he missed Luo Li, then sensed changes in his sea of consciousness and dantian that suggested he was nearing a breakthrough.
• Lu Ming put away a spirit fruit tree and left to find a suitable place to break through.

Lu Ming broke through to the Early Sea Transformation Realm while Old Man Zhao guarded him. Afterward, they discussed the little fox’s parents and possible clues about the people behind their troubles, and Lu Ming showed Old Man Zhao two peerless martial arts.

• Old Man Zhao protected Lu Ming as he expanded his dantian and entered the Early Sea Transformation Realm.
• Lu Ming emerged from seclusion after nearly half a month and thanked Old Man Zhao for guarding him.
• Lu Ming told Old Man Zhao about the little fox and asked about her parents; Old Man Zhao recalled a broken engagement involving Ziwei Palace, Yuquan Palace, and a woman from the Demon Race.
• Old Man Zhao said Yuquan Palace was unlikely to have harmed the couple and hinted that he had thoughts about who might be responsible, but would not explain until Lu Ming reached the Heavenly Human Realm.
• Lu Ming offered to show Old Man Zhao the Xuan Kong Sword Technique and the Kunpeng Swallows Stars Technique, prompting Old Man Zhao to ask whether he had dug up an ancestor’s grave.

Lu Ming learned that the Four Symbols Spirit Pearls contained parts of the Four Symbols Emperor Scripture, then heard from Old Man Zhao about the Demon Alliance. At Qingqiu Mountain, Qing Qiu Lan Chen learned that the Demon Alliance’s invitation was connected to Lu Ming and the warnings given to the Demon Lion King.

• Old Man Zhao examined Lu Ming’s cultivation techniques and Spirit Pearls, identifying their material as Starry Sky White Origin Stone and explaining the dangers of the Outer Starry Sky.
• Old Man Zhao discovered a cultivation technique hidden in each pearl and said the four Spirit Pearls likely contained the Four Symbols Emperor Scripture.
• Old Man Zhao told Lu Ming he had resolved the matter with Geek Tower, warned him to stay vigilant, and revealed that the person behind it was connected to the Demon Alliance.
• Qing Qiu Lan Chen initially dismissed the Demon Alliance’s invitation, but Lan Ye explained that Qianyuan Sage Venerable and the Great Wheel Bright Venerable had warned the Demon Lion King over a matter involving Lu Ming.
• After Lan Ye recounted what he knew about Lu Ming, Qing Qiu Lan Chen reacted with shock.

Lu Ming arrived at Floating Cloud Sect in disguise after learning that its Grand Elder had left behind a message for him. He confirmed the Grand Elder’s death, agreed to protect the sect from annihilation while he stayed, and left Sect Master Duan Jing free to pursue a breakthrough.

• Qing Qiu Lan Chen ordered the Demon Alliance to avoid harming Lu Ming, declaring that he had a deep connection with her.
• Floating Cloud Sect’s elders debated whether to fight Colorless Gate after it seized one of their mines, and Duan Jing decided to give up the mine and step down to cultivate.
• Lu Ming entered Floating Cloud Hall in disguise, revealed that he had the Grand Elder’s jade slip, and showed Duan Jing the secret phrase confirming the Grand Elder’s death.
• Lu Ming agreed to help only if Floating Cloud Sect faced annihilation and warned that he would not stay long enough to prevent every loss.
• Duan Jing passed the Sect Master position to the Grand Elder and decided to enter seclusion, while keeping Lu Ming’s origins secret.

Lu Ming accepted the Thunder Rain Sword from Duan Jing and borrowed the Golden Radiance Sword while offering Duan Jing a Martial Dao Stone and training in Gold Intent. Meanwhile, Yu Chi Jing told an ally that the Floating Cloud Sect’s Grand Elder had fallen and that Lu Ming was protecting the sect, prompting plans to recruit other factions.

• Duan Jing showed Lu Ming the Floating Cloud Sect’s two remaining Peerless Sword Sons, Golden Radiance and Thunder Rain, and Lu Ming drew and tested them.
• Lu Ming accepted Thunder Rain and borrowed Golden Radiance, then gave Duan Jing a gold-attribute Martial Dao Stone and invited him to enter seclusion together.
• Duan Jing handed over the sect’s affairs and entered seclusion with Lu Ming, keeping Lu Ming’s arrival secret from everyone outside the elders who had met him.
• Yu Chi Jing met a middle-aged ally in a hidden valley and confirmed that the Floating Cloud Sect’s Grand Elder had fallen.
• Yu Chi Jing told the ally that Lu Ming, a Sea Transformation Realm expert, was protecting the sect and that Duan Jing had stepped down to pursue a breakthrough.
• The middle-aged man judged Lu Ming a threat and said they would bring in other factions, while assuring Yu Chi Jing that the promised Divine Essence Pill and marriage alliance remained in place.

Lu Ming finished reinforcing the meridians throughout his body as three major powers launched an attack on the Floating Cloud Sect. Just as its leaders prepared to fight, a sharp aura rose from the sect’s depths, revealing the mysterious expert the invaders had been seeking.

• Venerable Black Viper, Guangze Zi, and Venerable Great Desolation agreed to attack the Floating Cloud Sect and negotiated how to divide its spoils.
• Lu Ming finished opening and expanding all his meridians, then went outside when he sensed a commotion.
• More than forty Gangyuan Realm experts and three Sea Transformation Realm experts arrived, and Xiang Xuan Xiao tried to learn why they had come.
• Yu Chi Jing defected to the Black Snake Clan, and three more Floating Cloud Sect elders joined the invaders.
• As the Black Snake Clan's chief prepared to attack, a sharp aura emerged from the depths of the Floating Cloud Sect, making the three Sea Transformation Realm experts grow solemn.

Lu Ming confronted Guangze Zi, Venerable Black Viper, and Venerable Great Desolation to defend the Floating Cloud Sect. He held his own against all three and announced that he would reveal a new sword move, Vast Yellow Sky.

• Lu Ming emerged and warned the three attackers to leave the Floating Cloud Sect alone, but they refused and drew their weapons.
• Lu Ming opened with a sweep of golden Sword Qi, but the combined attacks of Guangze Zi, Venerable Black Viper, and Venerable Great Desolation shattered it.
• Lu Ming evaded Venerable Black Viper’s black flames with Speed Profound Meaning, then struck Venerable Great Desolation and sent him flying.
• Lu Ming fought Venerable Black Viper at high speed while Guangze Zi and Venerable Great Desolation joined the battle, yet he continued to hold all three back.
• Lu Ming raised the Golden Radiance Sword and declared that he would demonstrate his new move, Vast Yellow Sky.