Chapter Summaries

Lu Ming defeated Venerable Great Desolation and Venerable Black Viper, then trapped Guangze Zi with an unknown technique and struck toward his glabella. Guangze Zi began to move again, but the golden Sword Qi was already upon him.

• Lu Ming used Vast Yellow Sky to overwhelm the three attackers, then rushed Venerable Great Desolation with Golden Radiance Assassination and killed him.
• Lu Ming attacked Venerable Black Viper in his serpent form and pierced his vital seven-inch point, sending him falling from the sky.
• Guangze Zi fled, but Lu Ming caught up; their clash sent both men flying, and Guangze Zi proposed dividing the clans' treasure vaults.
• Lu Ming refused to spare Guangze Zi and used an unknown technique that left him unable to move or sense the air currents.
• Guangze Zi forced himself to move again, but a golden strand of Sword Qi reached his glabella as his vision darkened.

Lu Ming defeated the attackers threatening the Floating Cloud Sect, then prepared to leave after advising Duan Jing not to expand recklessly. He revealed his name and face to Duan Jing before setting out to seek the Dragon God Heavenly Merit’s follow-up method and check on Fairy Miaoyin.

• Lu Ming used Condense Kill to end the battle, slew the last Guangze Zi, and collected Venerable Black Viper.
• Duan Jing and the Floating Cloud Sect elders thanked Lu Ming, who warned them not to devour the defeated factions after Duan Jing’s future breakthrough.
• Lu Ming stayed at the sect long enough to fill his expanded meridians with gangyuan while nearby factions reacted in fear and sent gifts.
• Lu Ming returned the Golden Radiance Sword to Duan Jing and revealed that his name was Lu Ming, though he asked the sect to keep it private.
• Lu Ming departed to seek the Dragon God Heavenly Merit’s cultivation method, then planned to visit Fairy Miaoyin and fulfill their agreement.

Lu Ming entered the Bone Battlefield to search for Crimson Cloud Hermit and trained his swordsmanship against increasingly powerful bone spirits. As he continued deeper, he heard a fight nearby and recognized someone involved.

• Lu Ming entered the Bone Battlefield, where he destroyed a bone spirit and set out to search for Crimson Cloud Hermit while tempering his sword techniques.
• Lu Ming refined Rising Sun Slash into Rising Sun and Blazing Sun Across the Sky, but could not yet complete Hidden Sun.
• A young man in azure robes and his female junior noticed Lu Ming’s fiery sword techniques and headed toward the battlefield’s deepest region to search for the Crow God Fruit.
• Lu Ming heard a fight nearby and stopped after recognizing someone involved.

Lu Ming rescued Gu Mingzi from Flying Wheel Hermit and learned that all four Four Symbols Pearls had been gathered, allowing the Emperor's inheritance to be opened. After explaining his origins and learning that Gu Mingzi sought the Crow God Fruit, Lu Ming agreed to travel deeper into the area with him, while Gu Mingzi asked why he wanted [Dragon God Heavenly Merit].

• Lu Ming struck Flying Wheel Hermit's Divine Weapon aside and appeared before Gu Mingzi, forcing Flying Wheel Hermit to flee with his weapon.
• Gu Mingzi told Lu Ming that he had fled the Falling Star Sea to escape Immortal Ape Old Monster and Grandmaster Taiyin, and Lu Ming revealed that he held two spirit pearls.
• Lu Ming told Gu Mingzi he came from the Nine Provinces Continent and planned to open the Four Symbols Emperor's inheritance with him before returning.
• Gu Mingzi explained that he had come seeking the Crow God Fruit, which could accelerate the condensing of flesh and blood acupoints in the Sea Transformation Realm.
• Lu Ming invited Gu Mingzi to travel deeper into the area together, and Gu Mingzi asked whether Lu Ming wanted [Dragon God Heavenly Merit] to cultivate external arts.

Lu Ming and Gu Mingzi fought their way deeper into the Bone Battlefield, where an unusual number of Lesser Bone Spirit Kings had appeared. After defeating the Kings in their path, they continued toward the depths as Fire Invincible of the Firebird Tribe flew overhead.

• Lu Ming tested his self-created sword move, which unleashed scorching Sword Qi and wiped out the surrounding Bone Spirits.
• Lu Ming and Gu Mingzi encountered three Lesser Bone Spirit Kings, while Liu Ziqin and Nangong Liangmeng battled two others nearby.
• Lu Ming killed one Lesser Bone Spirit King with a single Rising Sun strike, while Gu Mingzi defeated another with his Thunder Spirit Hoe techniques.
• Liu Ziqin and Nangong Liangmeng finished their fight, watched Lu Ming warily, and left without speaking.
• Gu Mingzi suspected a change or treasure deeper in the battlefield, and Fire Invincible flew over them, leaving a scorching aura.

Lu Ming and Gu Mingzi ventured deeper into Beast God Mountain as powerful cultivators gathered to seek the Crow God Fruit and discovered Bone Spirit Crystals. When an intermediate Bone Spirit King blocked their path, Lu Ming prepared to combine his Fire Profound Meaning with the Dark Annihilation Sword to fight it.

• Lu Ming and Gu Mingzi encountered Fire Invincible, the Firebird Tribe’s prodigy, and continued deeper into Beast God Mountain while avoiding an intermediate Bone Spirit King.
• Gu Mingzi explained the history of a giant beast skeleton’s fading sword scar as Lu Ming examined it, and the pair pressed on without finding the Crow God Fruit.
• Fire Invincible killed an intermediate Bone Spirit King with his fire techniques, obtained a Bone Spirit Crystal, and hurried off to search for more.
• Liu Ziqin and Nangong Liangmeng heard True Man Wanshan announce that he had found a Bone Spirit Crystal, then decided to search for other intermediate Bone Spirit Kings.
• Lu Ming and Gu Mingzi were forced to fight an intermediate Bone Spirit King alongside two lesser ones; after Lu Ming’s fire attack failed to break its defenses, he summoned the Dark Annihilation Sword.

Lu Ming and Gu Mingzi hunted intermediate Bone Spirit Kings and collected Bone Spirit Crystals before a High-grade Bone Spirit King forced them to retreat. A mysterious bone palace appeared, drawing the High-grade Bone Spirit Kings away and leaving Lu Ming wondering what it was.

• Lu Ming killed an intermediate Bone Spirit King with Hidden Sun and recovered a Bone Spirit Crystal, which Gu Mingzi identified as a rare bone-tempering item.
• Lu Ming and Gu Mingzi agreed to hunt intermediate Bone Spirit Kings and split their gains, collecting more than a dozen Bone Spirit Crystals.
• The pair encountered a High-grade Bone Spirit King after witnessing its flames burn an Early Sea Transformation Realm cultivator to ashes, and Lu Ming tried to cover their retreat with Destruction Storm.
• A pure white beam revealed a divine-looking palace made of bones, and the High-grade Bone Spirit King abandoned its pursuit to race toward it alongside others of its kind.
• Lu Ming asked Gu Mingzi what the palace was.

Lu Ming and other cultivators headed toward a mysterious Bone Palace that had drawn the Bone Spirit Kings across the battlefield. On the way, Lu Ming found and harvested seven Crow God Fruits, then faced Sect Master Zhan Cang, who demanded that he hand them over.

• Lu Ming and Gu Mingzi split up after sharing Bone Spirit Crystals, with Gu Mingzi searching for Crow God Fruit while Lu Ming went to investigate the Bone Palace.
• Liu Ziqin headed toward the palace to scout it, while Nangong Liangmeng returned to inform their elders; Fire Invincible sent a message to his tribe about the palace.
• Baili Liuyun and the Yun siblings chose to focus on breaking through and consolidating their gains, while other cultivators set out to investigate the palace.
• Lu Ming traveled toward the palace and found a Crow God Fruit tree bearing seven fruits in a white-bone canyon.
• Lu Ming harvested all seven Crow God Fruits, but Sect Master Zhan Cang arrived and demanded that he hand them over; Lu Ming refused and prepared to fight.

Lu Ming defeated Sect Master Zhan Cang in Bone Gorge and claimed his Azure Dragon Saber. After Lu Ming continued toward the Bone Palace, a mysterious white figure emerged, revealed its hatred of the Netherbone Ghost Venerable, and killed a passing cultivator before disappearing.

• Lu Ming broke Sect Master Zhan Cang's ice-profound attacks with his sword strikes and killed him after a clash that destroyed Bone Gorge.
• Lu Ming took Sect Master Zhan Cang's High-grade Divine Weapon, named it the Azure Dragon Saber, and continued toward the Bone Palace.
• Grayish-white qi gathered into a mysterious humanoid figure that watched Lu Ming leave and vowed revenge on the Netherbone Ghost Venerable.
• The mysterious figure burned away its surroundings and killed a passing Late Sea Transformation Realm cultivator with flames that erupted inside his body.
• The mysterious figure lamented its diminished strength, glanced at the Bone Palace, and vanished.

Lu Ming found the Crimson Cloud Hermit fighting Bone Spirit Kings near the Bone Palace and helped him defeat one. The two exchanged techniques and treasures, and the Crimson Cloud Hermit began to explain the situation at the Bone Palace.

• Lu Ming arrived near the Bone Palace and saw humans, Demon Race experts, and Bone Spirit Kings fighting amid chaos.
• Lu Ming recognized the Crimson Cloud Hermit by his use of Dragon God Heavenly Merit and killed a Bone Spirit King attacking him with a sword strike.
• The Crimson Cloud Hermit thanked Lu Ming, and Lu Ming revealed that he had cultivated Dragon God Heavenly Merit to the fifth level and sought the sixth-level method.
• The Crimson Cloud Hermit explained that his sixth-level method was incomplete and that he had shared the technique widely to avoid attracting danger.
• Lu Ming traded a blood-burning technique and a Crow God Fruit for the jade slip, then told the Crimson Cloud Hermit that his third disciple had been worried about him.
• Lu Ming asked what was happening at the Bone Palace.

Lu Ming and Crimson Cloud Hermit found that a deadly barrier blocked access to the Bone Palace, so they hunted Bone Spirit Kings before Lu Ming was challenged by Old Monster Qingmo. Lu Ming met Qingmo’s attack with his Rising Sun sword technique, and the clash ended in a sudden explosion.

• Crimson Cloud Hermit warned Lu Ming that the blackish-gray screen around the Bone Palace decayed anyone who touched it and shattered attacks, so they hunted Bone Spirit Kings instead.
• Lu Ming gathered three more Bone Spirit Crystals before Old Monster Qingmo demanded that he hand them over.
• Crimson Cloud Hermit urged Lu Ming to surrender some crystals, but Lu Ming challenged Qingmo for targeting him as an easy victim.
• Old Monster Qingmo attacked Lu Ming with the Asura Yin Sha Palm, darkening the surroundings and crushing the ground beneath him.
• Lu Ming drew the Silver Cloud Sword and used Rising Sun to block the palm, revealing power that onlookers suspected included Destruction Sword Intent.
• The Rising Sun Sword Qi suddenly exploded, unleashing a more violent surge of energy.

Lu Ming fought Old Monster Qingmo, a Late Sea Transformation Realm cultivator, and used lightning and fire sword techniques to withstand two attacks despite their difference in strength. After recovering, Lu Ming charged again, and Old Monster Qingmo escalated to the Four Layers of Nether Prison.

• Old Monster Qingmo unleashed the Three Layers of Nether Prison after Lu Ming’s Rising Sun Sword Qi shattered his first palm attack.
• Lu Ming activated the Great Cycle of Rebirth and Soul Transformation, switched to the Thunder Rain Sword, and struck the palm with Lightning Blade.
• Lu Ming wielded the Thunder Rain Sword and Silver Cloud Sword together, using Rising Sun to shatter the giant palm and force Old Monster Qingmo back.
• Lu Ming recovered from being blasted away and charged Old Monster Qingmo again, determined to keep fighting.
• Old Monster Qingmo became enraged and launched the Four Layers of Nether Prison at Lu Ming.

Lu Ming broke Old Monster Qingmo’s Fourfold Nether Prison suppression and fought back until Qingmo unleashed the Fivefold Nether Prison—Sea Suppression Stance. As the crushing force closed in, Lu Ming awakened the Eternal Jade’s power and prepared to counter with Void Annihilation.

• Lu Ming shattered the Fourfold Nether Prison Palm Force with seven blazing suns, then attacked Old Monster Qingmo with Golden Radiance Assassination.
• Old Monster Qingmo and Lu Ming exchanged hundreds of attacks, but Qingmo eventually blasted Lu Ming away with an all-encompassing palm strike.
• Old Monster Qingmo announced the Fivefold Nether Prison—Sea Suppression Stance, while onlookers recognized it as the highest level usable in the Sea Transformation Realm.
• The Fire Feather King and a middle-aged man in brocade robes arrived and watched the battle from above.
• Lu Ming drew on the eternal aura of the golden figure and the Eternal Jade, weakening the crushing force before calling out Void Annihilation.

Lu Ming escaped Old Monster Qingmo’s Fivefold Nether Prison palm and drew the attention of numerous Heavenly Human Realm experts. He rejected their offers to join their factions, then warned the Sacred Heaven Palace elder that his own faction had powerful protectors.

• Lu Ming used destructive Sword Qi infused with darkness and eternity to break the palm force and evade Old Monster Qingmo’s attack.
• Heavenly Human Realm experts emerged from the void, recognized Lu Ming’s rare Profound Meanings, and considered recruiting him or eliminating him if they could not.
• Ling Tian, Fire Feather King, and other powerful figures offered Lu Ming generous rewards to join their factions.
• A Sacred Heaven Palace elder invited Lu Ming to join the first-grade faction, but Lu Ming declined, saying he already belonged to another faction.
• The Sacred Heaven Palace elder urged Lu Ming to reconsider, and Lu Ming replied that his faction had powerful experts protecting it.

After revealing that Great Wheel Bright Venerable protected him, Lu Ming escaped the experts’ recruitment schemes and let Old Monster Qingmo leave. The Heavenly Humans and Demon Kings turned to the Bone Palace, where they debated its connection to Netherbone Ghost Venerable before Sacred Heaven Palace’s elder entered the fiendish energy unharmed and others followed.

• Lu Ming told the gathered experts that Great Wheel Bright Venerable was protecting him, and they abandoned their plans to recruit him after recognizing his identity and powerful connections.
• Old Monster Qingmo fled after Lu Ming chose not to pursue him, while the Sacred Heaven Palace elder praised Lu Ming’s restraint.
• The experts discussed whether the Bone Palace held Netherbone Ghost Venerable’s inheritance, while Fire Feather King suspected it was connected to the Bone Spirit King and Netherflame Poison.
• The Sacred Heaven Palace elder crossed the Corpse-rotting Fiendish Energy safely, and more than half of the powerful experts followed him toward the palace.

Lu Ming left the Bone Battlefield with Crimson Cloud Hermit, then traveled with Gu Mingzi to Gu Ming Island to reunite with Fairy Miaoyin. They brought the four Spirit Pearls together, hoping to reveal the cultivation techniques left by the Four Symbols Emperor.

• Lu Ming and Crimson Cloud Hermit departed the Bone Battlefield together, while Liu Ziqin and Fire Invincible reflected on Lu Ming's strength and resolved to cultivate harder.
• Lu Ming and Gu Mingzi met up, then agreed to travel to Gu Ming Island and find Fairy Miaoyin.
• Lu Ming and Gu Mingzi returned to Gu Ming Island, where the reacting Spirit Pearls revealed that Fairy Miaoyin was there.
• Lu Ming introduced Gu Mingzi to Fairy Miaoyin and explained the Spirit Pearls' hidden cultivation techniques, exciting her with the prospect of improving her water cultivation.
• Lu Ming, Gu Mingzi, and Fairy Miaoyin each took out their Spirit Pearls to begin combining them.

Lu Ming, Gu Mingzi, and Fairy Miaoyin restored the Four Symbols Emperor Scripture and learned the story behind the Four Directions Pavilion of Heaven and Earth. After Fairy Miaoyin broke through to the Sea Transformation Realm, Lu Ming departed for the Nine Provinces Continent, leaving her reluctant but resolved to pursue her own path.

• The four spirit pearls revealed the Four Symbols Emperor Scripture, and Lu Ming, Gu Mingzi, and Fairy Miaoyin memorized its four sections.
• They read the Four Symbols Emperor's message explaining that he had created the pearls to preserve the bond between his estranged disciples before leaving for the Outer Starry Sky.
• Gu Mingzi planned to remain on the island to change cultivation methods, while Lu Ming told Fairy Miaoyin he came from the Nine Provinces Continent and intended to return there.
• Lu Ming stayed to protect Fairy Miaoyin as she broke through to the Sea Transformation Realm, driving away the sea beasts drawn by the disturbance.
• Lu Ming departed, and Fairy Miaoyin admitted to Gu Mingzi that she had feelings for Lu Ming but would remain on Phoenix Continent to pursue her family vendetta.

Lu Ming visited Qing Qiu Lan Chen to say goodbye to the sleeping little fox, Luo Li, before returning to the Nine Provinces Continent. After making a pinky promise to return, he left her with a cultivation technique and a Crow God Fruit, while Qing Qiu Lan Chen stayed behind to watch over her.

• Lu Ming told Qing Qiu Lan Chen that he planned to return to the Nine Provinces Continent and asked to say goodbye to the little fox.
• Qing Qiu Lan Chen showed Lu Ming Luo Li in the Transformation Pool and explained that she might need years to awaken and take human form.
• Lu Ming promised the sleeping Luo Li that he would return, and she reached out to make a pinky promise with him.
• Lu Ming gave Qing Qiu Lan Chen the Four Symbols Emperor's lightning and thunder cultivation technique and a Crow God Fruit for Luo Li.
• Lu Ming departed for the Nine Provinces Continent, and Qing Qiu Lan Chen reflected that Luo Li was fortunate to have met him.

Lu Ming returned safely to the Nine Provinces Continent after his long absence, while rumors about his stalled progress spread and Zhu Ningyun advanced to the Sea Transformation Realm. The chapter ended with Lu Ming arriving at Wild Cloud Ridge in Abundant Province.

• People across Feng and Gu Prefectures speculated that Lu Ming had hidden himself because his talent had reached its limit.
• Su Xinghan worried about his own breakthrough, and Daoist Xingxuan told him that Central Continent was watching Lu Ming and that Lu Ming would eventually go there.
• Su Xinghan resolved to travel and compete against the world's prodigies rather than fall behind Lu Ming.
• Zhu Ningyun began breaking through to the Sea Transformation Realm, prompting Zhu Xiaojian to seal Zhuque Mountain and order the clan to prepare.
• Zhu Xiaojian silenced the Zhu family elders as they argued over Zhu Ningyun's marriage and the clan's allocation of resources.
• Lu Ming emerged safely from the teleportation lotus platform at Wild Cloud Ridge and announced that he had returned to the Nine Provinces Continent.

Lu Ming returned to the Nine Provinces Continent and encountered Wuji Sect disciples bullying members of the Nine Tripod Sect under the name of his supposed cousin. After exposing the youth as an impostor and compensating the Nine Tripod Sect, Lu Ming took the Wuji Sect disciples away, having recovered memories that confirmed he had no relatives.

• Lu Ming left his concealed cave, returned to the Nine Provinces Continent, and headed toward the Wuji Sect.
• Lu Ming overheard Wuji Sect disciples arguing with Nine Tripod Sect disciples over a demonic beast, while a youth claimed Lu Ming was his cousin and threatened the others.
• The youth attacked a Nine Tripod Sect disciple, but Lu Ming immobilized everyone before the attack could land.
• Lu Ming recovered memories of his past and realized his parents had died when a demonic beast destroyed their village, leaving him with no relatives.
• Lu Ming identified himself, declared the youth was not his cousin, and gave the Nine Tripod Sect disciples pills and primeval stones as compensation.
• Lu Ming carried the Wuji Sect disciples away, while the Nine Tripod Sect disciples opened his storage ring and marveled at its contents.