Chapter Summaries

Lu Ming explored a gravity-filled underwater cave and found a stele warning of a calamity, while his Malevolent Blade reacted excitedly to something deeper inside. He retreated and returned to Wind Island, where he helped Li Siyuan prepare to grow stronger before heading back to Wuji City.

• Lu Ming entered the underwater cave, resisted its increasing gravity, and reached a stone chamber more than seven thousand li inside.
• Lu Ming found a black stele labeled "Land of Suppressing Calamity" and felt the Malevolent Blade tremble with excitement toward the passage beyond it.
• Lu Ming heeded the stele's warning and retreated, deciding to return only when he had grown stronger.
• Lu Ming returned to Wind Island and told Li Siyuan about the cave, advising her to cultivate outside it and avoid entering.
• Lu Ming gave Li Siyuan a half-grade Mysterious Ice Pearl for protection, stayed on Wind Island for several days, and then returned to Wuji City.

Lu Ming approved the merger of the Qingyun Sect, Jade Luo Sect, and Thousand Mechanisms Gate into the Wuji Sect as subsidiary branches while preserving their inheritances. After two months, he traveled to the Blue Serpent Sea with Su Xinghan and confronted the Sea Prayer Alliance, asking where its Old Alliance Master was.

• Ren Canqing told Lu Ming that three sects wanted to merge with the Wuji Sect, and Lu Ming accepted them as subsidiary branches that would retain their lineages.
• Ren Canqing told the sect leaders that disciples could move freely between branches, and Iron Eagle Venerable, Cloud Swordswoman, and Water Dragon Swordsman agreed to the arrangement.
• The three sects formally became Wuji Sect subsidiary branches, and Lu Ming entered secluded cultivation as the sect’s overseas sailing plans advanced over the next two months.
• Lu Ming and Su Xinghan went to the Blue Serpent Sea after Su Xinghan revealed Qi Tian’s whereabouts, but learned that the Sea Prayer Alliance had already dealt with the Old Alliance Master and purged members of the Qi Family.
• Lu Ming attacked a Peak Late Sea Transformation Realm figure with a golden dragon, shattering his iceberg defense in one blow.
• Lu Ming identified himself to the Sea Prayer Alliance’s alliance masters and asked where their Old Alliance Master was, leaving them shocked by his arrival.

After Lu Ming deterred the Sea Prayer Alliance, the Martial God Space appeared over Central Continent, signaling the arrival of a Great Era and an approaching Great Tribulation. The Zhu family prepared to send its eligible members and notify Lu Ming, while arranging protection for his sect.

• Su Xinghan and Lu Ming left the Sea Prayer Alliance after its leaders abandoned any thoughts of revenge against Abundant Province.
• A Golden Rainbow crossed the Inner Starry Sky and halted above Central Continent, where people recognized it as the Martial God Space.
• Daoist Xuan Ce told his Late Sea Transformation Realm disciple to enter the Martial God Space and try to leave his name on the Martial God Stele.
• Old Man Zhao and Nie Yunyou discussed the approaching Great Tribulation and Lu Ming's recent travels, then agreed the Zhu family would notify him about the Martial God Space.
• Zhu Xiaojian ordered Youyuan to enter the Martial God Space and sent Zhu Changting and Zhu Changhong to inform Lu Ming and guard the Wuji Sect.

Lu Ming and Su Xinghan traveled toward the Martial God Space, where Starry Sky Alien Beasts obstructed the route to the Golden Rainbow. They escaped the beasts and saw powerful prodigies Zong Hong and Bai Lesheng demonstrate their abilities.

• In Yizhou, Lu Ming helped Su Xinghan regain his confidence by reminding him not to give up, and the two set off for Central Continent.
• Lu Ming and Su Xinghan met Zhu Changting and another person on the way, then decided to fly directly toward the Golden Rainbow instead of visiting the Zhu family.
• As they approached the Golden Rainbow, Lu Ming and Su Xinghan encountered Xi Chan and then a tentacled Starry Sky Alien Beast, which they evaded after cutting through its regenerating limbs.
• Starry Sky Alien Beasts appeared throughout the route, and travelers realized the creatures had gathered around the Martial God Space’s light.
• Zong Hong killed a scaled alien beast with a multicolored sword strike, while Bai Lesheng used his Spatial Profound Meaning to pass another beast unharmed.

Young prodigies gathered at the Martial God Stele before the Martial God Space opened, recognizing the names of past experts and sizing up their rivals. More powerful young fighters continued to arrive, including Fairy Shui Ji, Gong Twelve, and Xu Hongdie.

• The gathered prodigies studied the Martial God Stele and learned that many who had left names on it became Heavenly Human Realm experts.
• Guan Zhi and other young fighters identified ancestors from their sects and families among the stele’s names, while Young Master Cangchen considered his strongest rivals.
• Bai Lesheng reached the front ahead of Zong Hong, who then drove back a prodigy that attacked him and challenged Bai Lesheng to test their abilities inside the Martial God Space.
• Fairy Shui Ji arrived and joined members of the Water Origin Palace.
• Gong Twelve and Xu Hongdie arrived with the people from the Great Wheel Ming Palace.

Heaven’s chosen gathered before the Martial God Space, where rivalries surfaced but the strongest contenders held back from fighting. Lu Ming and Su Xinghan arrived, met Lu Ming’s fellow disciples from the Great Wheel Ming Palace, and listened as Gong Twelve began explaining the Martial God Space.

• Sikong Ruhong confronted Guan Zhi over his nickname, but Guan Zhi deferred their fight until they entered the Martial God Space.
• Duanmu Qianlan, Qi Gengyun, Shangguan Xiangshi, and Rong Qingqing arrived, drawing attention for their beauty, lineage, or formidable abilities.
• Lu Ming and Su Xinghan arrived and surveyed the gathered Sea Transformation Realm experts; Young Master Cangchen recognized Lu Ming but chose not to approach him.
• Gong Twelve and Xu Hongdie recognized Lu Ming as their junior brother and introduced him to the Great Wheel Ming Palace disciples.
• Gong Twelve vouched for Lu Ming’s physical strength, welcomed Su Xinghan as Lu Ming’s friend, and began explaining the Martial God Space.

The Martial God Space opened after hundreds of young cultivators released their auras into its dragon and phoenix pillars. Lu Ming entered and faced a same-realm saber-wielding opponent in the initial trial.

• Heavenly Human Realm experts watched the gathered cultivators, while Nie Yunyou observed Gong Twelve and the others speaking with Lu Ming.
• The crowd released their auras, awakening the dragon and phoenix carvings and opening the Martial God Space’s entrance.
• Gong Twelve and Xu Hongdie explained the age limits, three-year duration, and trial rules to Lu Ming and the others.
• The Great Wheel Ming Palace group entered, while a young man was expelled after quickly losing his first fight and was seized by a Boundless Sect elder.
• Lu Ming appeared in an independent space opposite a mid Sea Transformation Realm opponent who wielded a saber and charged at him.

Lu Ming and the other challengers fought increasingly powerful opponents in the Martial God Space as the floating stele tracked their trial results. Outside, observers watched challengers advance across realm rankings, with Bai Lesheng becoming the first to rise from the Mid Sea Transformation Realm section to the Late Sea Transformation Realm section.

• Lu Ming defeated successive opponents, including one who matched his saber technique, and continued fighting without time to recover.
• The floating stele appeared and began updating challengers’ rankings and the number of opponents they had defeated in real time.
• Zong Hong and Guan Zhi defeated their opponents, while Gong Twelve overwhelmed his with golden sword light.
• Xu Hongdie killed an opponent with her Sun and Moon Double Wheels, then faced another challenger.
• Lu Ming used Hidden Sun to defeat a powerful Late Sea Transformation Realm opponent whose strength approached his own.
• Several challengers rose into higher realm sections on the stele, and Bai Lesheng became the first to advance from Mid to Late Sea Transformation Realm.

Lu Ming fought increasingly powerful opponents in the Martial God Space, while Sikong Ruhong and Fairy Shui Ji also battled through waves of enemies. After Lu Ming defeated three opponents modeled on his abilities, his ranking rose to third, and he faced a new group with his sword.

• Celestial observers discussed Lu Ming’s unfamiliar name and watched Sikong Ruhong’s defeated count rise to five.
• Sikong Ruhong used his Yanhuang Battle Armor and powerful fists to fight three peak Late Sea Transformation Realm opponents.
• Fairy Shui Ji trapped two opponents in spinning vortices and defeated them with Water Breathing.
• Lu Ming defeated two peak Late Sea Transformation Realm opponents, then used Spatial Profound Meaning and Condense Kill to overcome three versions of himself.
• Lu Ming drew the Jingchi Sword to face four new opponents, and his ranking rose to third place behind Sikong Ruhong and Shangguan Xiangshi.

Lu Ming’s performance in the Martial God Space drew attention to his connection to the Great Wheel Ming Palace, while the rankings continued to change as challengers finished their trials. Shangguan Xiangshi briefly claimed first place with twelve kills but was eliminated by five full-strength copies of himself.

• Observers praised Lu Ming for defeating eight Late Sea Transformation Realm opponents, and Nie Yunyou revealed that he was a valued junior of the Great Wheel Ming Palace.
• The rankings shifted as challengers ended their trials, with Sikong Ruhong appearing in the Martial God Space after killing three of four opponents and finding Lu Ming close behind him.
• Zhu Youyuan, Su Xinghan, Xu Hongdie, and other disciples who had finished their trials reacted to Lu Ming’s ranking and strength.
• Shangguan Xiangshi used Demon Descends Upon the World to defeat his opponents and rise to first place with twelve kills.
• Shangguan Xiangshi faced five full-strength copies of himself in the next wave, lost, and was forced out of the trial.

Lu Ming defeated his first four opponents and endured a fierce battle against five stronger versions of himself, while the Martial God Stele rankings stirred up shock and resentment. He remained inside the trial as the others were eliminated, leaving his final ranking undecided.

• Lu Ming used Heavenly Demise to defeat his last two opponents from the previous round, then faced five stronger versions of himself with only forty percent of his gang yuan remaining.
• Lu Ming activated Sacred Dragon Body Protection to withstand two of the five Heavenly Demise attacks, then counterattacked while dodging the others’ relentless assaults.
• Shangguan Xiangshi, Yuan Hai, and Fairy Shui Ji reached twelve kills and were eliminated, while Lu Ming remained in the trial, shocking spectators by surviving against five stronger opponents.
• Young Master Cangchen, Shangguan Xiangshi, and Sikong Ruhong reacted with dismay as Lu Ming rose to fourth place, and Gong Twelve was eliminated after reaching twelve kills.
• Gong Twelve saw Lu Ming ranked above him and realized that Lu Ming had reached twelve kills earlier and endured far longer; spectators then noticed Bai Lesheng had also reached twelve kills.

Lu Ming and Bai Lesheng fought their copied opponents in the trials, while spectators watched their names remain among the few unlit on the rankings. Lu Ming unleashed a powerful fusion of killing, destruction, and darkness to defeat two enemies, while Bai Lesheng was eliminated after killing one opponent with Void Mirror Lock.

• Spectators discussed Lu Ming and Bai Lesheng’s unfinished trials, and Luotian Palace’s Palace Master Luo lamented Young Master Cangchen’s eleventh-place ranking.
• A golden-robed genius from Jade Emperor Palace defended Lu Ming’s strength against Junior Brother Sun’s doubts.
• Lu Ming, low on astral essence, chose not to burn his blood and qi and instead unleashed a fusion of killing, destruction, and darkness that killed one opponent and fatally wounded another.
• Lu Ming faced the three remaining opponents with physical strength after his astral essence was exhausted.
• Bai Lesheng used Void Mirror Lock to kill one opponent, but the other four struck him repeatedly and forced him out of the trial.

Lu Ming fought through the final opponents in Martial God Space while the watching geniuses speculated about his strength. His name ultimately rose to first place with seventeen kills, surpassing Bai Lesheng.

• Bai Lesheng emerged with thirteen kills and took first place, but he noticed that Lu Ming had reached twelve kills and was still in the trial.
• The gathered geniuses discussed Lu Ming's unknown abilities as Xu Hongdie asked Gong Twelve to estimate how many opponents he could defeat.
• Lu Ming killed two of his five remaining opponents, then used Eternal Radiance to purge an attack that had wounded him.
• Lu Ming unleashed Dragon Soaring Through the Four Seas and killed another opponent, leaving only one enemy in Martial God Space.
• Lu Ming's name rose past Bai Lesheng to first place, and the crowd saw that he had killed seventeen opponents.

Lu Ming’s seventeen kills shocked the gathered geniuses and Heavenly Humans, pushing him ahead of Bai Lesheng to claim first place. His trial then ended, leaving the crowd stunned by the gap between him and the other contestants.

• The stone stele showed Lu Ming with seventeen kills, drawing disbelief and anger from Young Master Cangchen and awe from Bai Lesheng, Shangguan Xiangshi, and the other geniuses.
• Tie Bishan, Purple Orchid Fairy, Kou Yu, and Young Master Wuwang arrived and recognized Lu Ming’s name among the leaders.
• Chang Yu explained the standing of First-turn experts and praised Bai Lesheng’s Spatial Profound Meaning as the reason he had held first place.
• Lu Ming’s name surged past Bai Lesheng’s on the stone stele, and his seventeen kills left Purple Orchid Fairy, Kou Yu, Chang Yu, and the hidden Heavenly Humans stunned.
• Golden light marked Lu Ming’s name, showing that his trial had ended.

Lu Ming survived the Martial God Space trial, reached first place in the preliminary rankings, and received a twenty-hour Cultivation Tower allocation. He left with the Great Wheel Ming Palace disciples as others departed, with Shangguan Xiangshi resolving to challenge him in eleven months.

• After Lu Ming was slain by the next opponents, the Martial God Space restored his astral essence, raised his cultivation to the peak of the Mid Sea Transformation Realm, and gave him an identity token.
• Lu Ming saw that he ranked first, ahead of Gong Twelve in sixth place and Xu Hongdie in thirty-third, and learned that challenges could change rankings only during the yearly challenge period.
• Gong Twelve explained that Lu Ming's token granted him twenty hours in the Cultivation Tower, more than the nineteen hours once given to the Sword Venerable.
• Shangguan Xiangshi watched Lu Ming leave and vowed to test his strength in eleven months, while other top-ranked competitors departed.
• The heavenly beings left and predicted Lu Ming's achievement would make his name famous across the Nine Provinces Continent; Nie Yunyou left, pleased that her master would be surprised.

Lu Ming settled into the residence assigned to the pre-ranked first place and discovered an Attack Power Testing Pillar that measured combat power against strict realm limits. As people across the Martial God Space tested themselves and watched the shared rankings, they waited eagerly to see Lu Ming’s result, but he had not tested yet.

• Lu Ming entered the residence reserved for the pre-ranked first place, found its dense World Origin Energy and protected training room, and inspected the Attack Power Testing Pillar.
• Lu Ming read the pillar’s rules and saw that Su Xinghan had reached only One-star Yellow Grade, prompting him to recognize how strict its standards were.
• Su Xinghan retested his attack, received the same result, and wondered what level Lu Ming would reach as others also watched the rankings.
• Shangguan Xiangshi and Bai Lesheng waited for Lu Ming’s name, while Guan Zhi discovered his combat power was Three-star Yellow Grade and angrily retested without changing his result.
• The crowd saw that Young Master Cangchen was also Three-star Yellow Grade, and Shangguan Xiangshi, Sikong Ruhong, and the others decided to test themselves rather than keep waiting for Lu Ming.

The combat power tests showed that most of the top-ranked fighters were at Three-star Green-level, while Bai Lesheng and Lu Ming reached Three-star Cyan-level. Lu Ming then prepared to test his strongest move, combining darkness, destruction, and killing with the Malevolent Blade and Jingchi Sword.

• Shangguan Xiangshi, Sikong Ruhong, and several other top fighters tested at Three-star Green-level Combat Power, with Shangguan Xiangshi ranking highest among them.
• Bai Lesheng tested at Three-star Cyan-level Combat Power, though his third crystal had only barely turned cyan.
• Lu Ming used the Sacred Dragon Fist to test his physical strength and reached Three-star Cyan-level, taking first place in the combat power rankings.
• Lu Ming drew the Malevolent Blade and Jingchi Sword and gathered darkness, destruction, and killing into a sphere of light for his strongest attack.
• Lu Ming slashed the combined attack down toward the Attack Power Testing Pillar.

Lu Ming reached Three-star Purple Grade combat power, prompting his rivals to leave and train harder while he headed for the Cultivation Tower. Nie Yunyou told Old Man Zhao that Lu Ming had placed first on the Martial God Stele, and Old Man Zhao left to visit the major powers.

• Lu Ming's attack awakened a faint purple glow on the testing pillar, earning him Three-star Purple Grade combat power and shocking the other competitors.
• Shangguan Xiangshi, Fairy Shui Ji, and Gong Twelve decided to improve their respective abilities and left their training rooms to cultivate.
• Lu Ming examined the undamaged testing pillar, noted that his cultivation time had increased by fifteen hours, and decided to go to the Cultivation Tower.
• Nie Yunyou told Old Man Zhao that Lu Ming ranked first with seventeen kills, ahead of White Dragon Son's thirteen, and shared the other disciples' rankings.
• Old Man Zhao left to visit the major powers, and the Green Flood Dragon asked Nie Yunyou for permission to eat a Water Origin Fruit.

Old Man of Great Desolation told Zhu Xiaojian that Lu Ming had taken first place in the Martial God Space preliminary rankings, prompting the Zhu family to strengthen its support for him. Meanwhile, Lu Ming arrived at the Cultivation Tower, where other participants made way for him.

• Old Man of Great Desolation visited Zhu Xiaojian and reported Lu Ming’s first-place finish, dispelling suspicion that the Zhu family’s juniors were involved in Huang Liji’s disappearance.
• Zhu Xiaojian informed the Zhu family elders of Lu Ming’s achievement and learned that Zhu Ningyun had passed the Qingyun Sword’s first Sword Qi baptism.
• Zhu Shujun agreed to secretly guard Lu Ming’s sect in Abundant Province, while Zhu Xiaojian remained at the ancestral grounds to protect Ningyun.
• Lu Ming arrived at the Cultivation Tower in Martial God Space, where the gathered participants recognized him and made way for him.
• Three members of Great Wheel Ming Palace stepped forward to greet Lu Ming.

Lu Ming used the Cultivation Tower to test whether the Sacred Intent Heart Splitting Art could let him comprehend multiple profound meanings at once, and found that it worked with a modest loss in speed. As people arrived and left the tower seeking more cultivation time, Guan Zhi discovered that combat rankings would remain hidden until the annual challenge period.

• Lu Ming entered the Cultivation Tower, focused on destruction and slaughter, and used the Sacred Intent Heart Splitting Art to comprehend both wills at once.
• Lu Ming tried comprehending destruction, slaughter, and fire simultaneously, found that dividing his mind slowed each, and chose to focus on destruction and slaughter together.
• Cultivators whose time ran out left the tower, praising its benefits and urging one another to earn more cultivation time; Young Master Wuwang and Kou Yu arrived and prepared to enter.
• Guan Zhi tested his combat power, saw that his Yin Profound Meaning had improved slightly, and discovered that the rankings had been finalized until the annual challenge period.