Chapter Summaries

After splitting Sakura Country, Fang Yi returned to Tai City and prepared to fuse the Earth Throne with his Yang God Throne. Meanwhile, Xia Kingdom directed resources and protection toward Lin Yiyi as she neared her breakthrough into a Lord of Metal.

• Pioneers from around the world gathered above Sakura Island to witness the rift left by the Undertaker’s slash.
• Liu QianYue dismissed other countries’ requests to meet the Undertaker and ordered resources and protection sent to Lin Yiyi in Tai City.
• Fang Yulan proudly discussed the Undertaker’s deeds with her friends while keeping Fang Yi’s identity secret.
• Fang Yi checked the Gold Attribute Throne and saw that Lin Yiyi was close to succeeding in wielding it.
• Fang Yi sat down in an uninhabited place, summoned the Earth and Yang God Thrones, and began fusing them.

Lin Yiyi emerged from the Gold Throne as the Lord of Metal and learned that Fang Yi had already become Earth Star’s only Dual Throne Lord. She resolved to grow stronger and protect him, unaware that her comparison left the agents around her speechless.

• Lin Yiyi survived the Gold Throne’s brutal trial and became the Lord of Metal, while Su Qingying and the agents witnessed her powerful aura.
• Lin Yiyi urged Su Qingying to flee Tai City, then learned Fang Yi had returned and the crisis had been resolved.
• Su Qingying told Lin Yiyi that Fang Yi had become Earth Star’s only Dual Throne Lord and recounted his defeat of the Undertaker and destruction of Sakura Country.
• Lin Yiyi reacted with disbelief and admiration, then vowed to catch up to Fang Yi and protect him.
• The agents heard Lin Yiyi call herself far weaker than Fang Yi and wondered what that made them.

As Usurpers began killing Lords to seize their Thrones, Fang Yi gained the Earth Throne’s Gravity Manipulation Technique and worried about Lin Yiyi’s safety. He took her to the Back Mountain and challenged her to land a hit on him in one afternoon while using only one finger.

• Nations learned that killing a Lord could let someone usurp their Throne power, and reports described Lords being attacked before they could master their abilities.
• A five-year-old Wind Attribute Lord in Bangzi Kingdom was killed by two mysterious Lords who took her Throne.
• An earthquake struck Tai City as Fang Yi mastered the Earth Throne and obtained the Gravity Manipulation Technique.
• Fang Yi reflected that Lords faced growing danger and decided to train Lin Yiyi.
• Fang Yi challenged Lin Yiyi to hit him within one afternoon while he used no abilities and fought with one finger.

Fang Yi trained Lin Yiyi after she became the Lord of Metal, repeatedly defeating her while helping her improve. Elsewhere, a new King gathered followers in Mu City, and an alert announced that America had set its sights on Xia Kingdom's Lord.

• Lin Yiyi attacked Fang Yi with her Metal Attribute, but he dodged her techniques and defeated her using only Spirit Qi and a finger.
• Lin Yiyi insisted on continuing the sparring, and Fang Yi trained her through the afternoon as she kept attacking and improving.
• A newly crowned King in Mu City gathered Divine Axe Realm Pioneers to form an underground faction.
• The Spirit Association issued an alert that America had set its sights on Xia Kingdom's Lord, and Fang Yi reacted with killing intent.

Li Yuan, the Rain Lord of Mu City, moved to annex Xiaqi District and severed the arm of its envoy when he refused. The Undertaker, Fang Yi, arrived in Mu City on official business, leaving Li Yuan visibly uneasy as he greeted him.

• Li Yuan and his aides discussed annexing Xiaqi District after taking control of four surrounding districts.
• Li Yuan ordered his men to kill anyone who resisted and cut off the Xiaqi envoy’s arm when the young man refused to submit.
• An underling announced that the Undertaker had arrived, and Li Yuan hurried to meet Fang Yi.
• Fang Yi said he was passing through Mu City to handle official business, while Li Yuan stood nervously before him.

Fang Yi visited Mu City and let Li Yuan believe his business trip was harmless, while recognizing that Li Yuan was the newly born Lord America had targeted. A series of bombings then struck Li Yuan’s sites, leaving him unsure who was behind the attacks.

• Li Yuan feared Fang Yi had come to kill him, but Fang Yi accepted his offer to arrange a hot spring hotel.
• Li Yuan ordered his subordinate to find Fang Yi a variety of women, while Fang Yi concluded that Li Yuan was America’s target and decided to watch events unfold.
• Foreign-accented figures bombed a hotel in Linbei District and said they had confirmed Xia Kingdom’s newly born Lord was hiding in Mu City.
• More explosions hit several districts, bringing the total to five sites lost in two days.
• Li Yuan and his associates discussed the attacks, but they found no traces or demands, and Li Yuan could not identify who was targeting him.

Li Yuan was ambushed by two foreign Lords in Mu City and fled through the rain, hoping to reach the Undertaker for help. Just as the attackers were about to kill him, a figure arrived in a devastating blaze and confronted the Lord of Strength and Lord of Mist of America on behalf of the Xia Kingdom.

• Li Yuan met a masked foreigner in Mu City, and the ring-wearing Lord killed Li Yuan’s deputy before the two attackers pursued him.
• Li Yuan used the rain to escape through the mountains and raced toward the Undertaker’s hotel.
• The Lord of Strength struck Li Yuan through the chest, and the ring-wearing Lord moved to finish him and seize his Throne.
• A vast blaze tore through the rain and forest, forcing the attackers to face the figure who greeted them on behalf of the Xia Kingdom.

Fang Yi arrived as the Lord of Mist and Lord of Strength tried to escape after recognizing him as the Undertaker. He killed both Lords, then turned to the wounded Li Yuan, who knelt and begged for his life.

• The Lord of Mist tried to persuade Fang Yi to let him and the Lord of Strength settle their dispute with Li Yuan privately, but Fang Yi revealed he knew they had killed the Wind Lord of the Bangzi Kingdom.
• The Lord of Mist and Lord of Strength attacked to cover their escape, and the Lord of Mist urged the Lord of Strength to flee after identifying Fang Yi as the Undertaker.
• The Lord of Strength argued that they could still take the two Thrones, but the Lord of Mist recognized that Fang Yi was too dangerous to challenge.
• Fang Yi unleashed a pillar of fire and flaming chains that trapped and burned the Lord of Mist and Lord of Strength to ashes.
• Fang Yi approached the badly wounded Li Yuan, who forced himself upright and knelt, begging Fang Yi not to kill him.

Fang Yi defeated the Lord of Rain and brought him to the Mu City Spirit Association, where he revealed that two American Lords had secretly entered Xia Kingdom to seize Thrones. Li Yuan recovered under supervision, behaving so obediently that the staff recommended removing his restraints.

• Li Yuan begged Fang Yi to spare him and pledged to serve him after realizing Fang Yi had known about his secret plans.
• Fang Yi arrived at the Mu City Spirit Association with the badly injured Lord of Rain and told them to treat him without letting him die.
• Fang Yi explained that two foreign Lords had infiltrated Xia Kingdom, and the Mu City president asked him to stay and keep Li Yuan under control.
• Fang Yi agreed to remain in Mu City, while Li Yuan recovered in a private hospital room with spiritual-energy-restraining handcuffs.
• Li Yuan showed no resistance during his recovery and even helped the staff, prompting them to recommend that his handcuffs be removed.

America’s Pioneer leaders united to demand that Xia Kingdom return three Thrones after Xia Kingdom killed two American Lords. Fang Yi absorbed the Mist and Force Thrones, then prepared to absorb the Wind Throne, while America’s condemnation ignited the Pioneer Forum the next morning.

• America’s Pioneer leaders condemned Xia Kingdom for killing two Lords and demanded the return of the three Thrones.
• Fang Yi examined the Mist, Force, and Wind Thrones and considered how absorbing them could speed his cultivation.
• Fang Yi absorbed the Mist and Force Thrones, strengthening the Golden Crow phantom but not reaching his breakthrough limit.
• Fang Yi began absorbing the Wind Throne, and a burst of golden light briefly illuminated Tai City before the Spirit Association’s energy monitor cracked.
• America issued a public demand for Xia Kingdom to return the three Thrones, causing the Pioneer Forum to erupt.

After America demanded that Fang Yi return the three Thrones, he replied that he had already fused them. The Black Palace then sought Archangel Lord Michael’s help, and Michael became intrigued by the name Yang God Lord.

• America condemned Fang Yi for killing its Lords and demanded that he return the Thrones, but Fang Yi replied that he had already fused them.
• The Black Palace leaders decided to contact Archangel Lord Michael after Fang Yi dismissed America’s demand.
• Michael killed the Lord of Stone with holy light and left a Stone Throne behind.
• A Black Palace Pioneer told Michael that the Black Palace wanted him to act against Fang Yi, also known as Yang God Lord.
• Michael dismissed the Pioneer’s credentials and said that Yang God Lord was interesting after sensing a trace of danger.

Fang Yi tempered himself in a typhoon, upgraded the Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire Sealing Art, and strengthened his Adamantine Body. Meanwhile, Lin Yiyi killed two Lords and absorbed their Thrones to break through to two stars, as Xia Kingdom promoted universal cultivation.

• Fang Yi drained the lightning from a typhoon and upgraded the Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire Sealing Art into the Forbidden Reincarnation Sealing Art.
• Fang Yi recognized the evolved art’s ability to seal or annihilate souls, then noted that lightning had helped him firmly establish himself in the Adamantine Body Realm.
• Fang Yi received news that Lin Yiyi had killed two Lords in Brahma Country and broken through to two stars in the Adamantine Body Realm.
• Lin Yiyi absorbed a Third Sequence Throne and the Snow Throne after killing the two Lords who had ambushed her.
• Lords across Earth Star hunted one another, while Xia Kingdom’s hidden Lords avoided attacking because they feared the Undertaker.
• Xia Kingdom continued promoting universal cultivation, with the expectation that a stronger nation would gain access to more Thrones.

At a joint conference, Liu QianYue and Sun Mo moved to launch universal cultivation in response to the growing threat posed by powerful Lords. Xia Kingdom established the Spirit Nurturing Department and began recruiting Pioneers to teach, leaving the nation eager to enter a new era of martial arts.

• Liu QianYue heard reports of Undertaker Captain’s breakthrough, the unknown strength of the Gourd Vine, Lord of Metal’s killings, and America’s Archangel Lord.
• Sun Mo urged Liu QianYue to implement the long-delayed universal cultivation proposal, citing the dangers posed by the Lords and the approaching Spirit Qi recovery.
• Liu QianYue approved the plan, ordering universities and major cities to expand cultivation training under the new Spirit Nurturing Department.
• Xia Kingdom issued cultivation documents, and the public responded enthusiastically as official videos featuring Undertaker drew widespread attention.
• The authorities opened pilot sites and recruited Pioneers, who eagerly applied for teaching and other roles.

At Thunder Mountain, Chu Qingli and Lu Xing discussed Xia Kingdom’s newly opened cultivation system and their admiration for the Undertaker. Chu Qingli regretted Fang Yi’s absence from her life and assumed he had missed another chance, then went with Lu Xing to have her talent and realm assessed.

• People gathered at Thunder Mountain and praised the Thunder Lord, the Undertaker, and Xia Kingdom’s efforts to prepare for the crisis.
• Lu Xing told Chu Qingli how Pioneers had once fought among themselves, while Chu Qingli said she believed the Undertaker would help Xia Kingdom prosper.
• Chu Qingli wondered whether Fang Yi would become a cultivator and concluded that he had missed his chance because he had not contacted her.
• Lu Xing and Chu Qingli praised the Undertaker and lamented that they were too weak to work alongside him in Tai City.
• Lu Xing suggested that Chu Qingli visit the Spirit Nurturing Department to test her talent and realm, and she agreed.

Chu Qingli underwent her first assessment at the Chuan City Spirit Nurturing Department while Lu Xing and Wang Zhi waited for her results. The test revealed that she had an Ordinary Leaf Attribute, but her talent score remained unknown.

• Lu Xing brought Chu Qingli to the Spirit Nurturing Department and used his connection to Wang Zhi to get her tested despite the long queue.
• Chu Qingli entered the testing machine, which stimulated her spiritual energy to measure how much she could absorb.
• Wang Zhi estimated that Chu Qingli’s absorption rate was around 68% after she began struggling with the test.
• The machine displayed Chu Qingli’s Leaf Attribute and rated it Ordinary.

Chu Qingli received a poor aptitude test but was admitted to the Chuan City Spirit Nurturing Department through Lu Xing’s arrangements, where she and Lu Xing cultivated for half a month. Vice Minister Wang Zhi announced that the Undertaker Captain would attend a cultivator lecture at Qingbei University.

• Chu Qingli’s test showed a 68% absorption rate and an ordinary attribute, but Wang Zhi admitted her to the Spirit Nurturing Department after speaking with Lu Xing.
• Lu Xing and Chu Qingli left the testing room and began learning from Pioneer instructors at the department.
• After half a month, Chu Qingli reached Divine Axe Second Star and Lu Xing reached Divine Axe Sixth Star.
• Wang Zhi gathered the students and announced a lecture for them at Qingbei University.
• Wang Zhi confirmed that the Undertaker Captain would attend the lecture in person.

At Qingbei University, cultivators and ordinary people gathered to hear speeches about humanity’s coming dangers and to see the Undertaker. After researchers and city captains spoke, the Undertaker was announced as the final guest, and the crowd erupted in cheers as Chu Qingli watched the curtain.

• Chu Qingli arrived at Qingbei University and found a seat in the auditorium, eager to see the Undertaker in person.
• Li Zhongyue opened the event with a speech about Spirit Qi recovery, Anomaly Invasions, and humanity’s need to defend itself.
• Captains from Tian City and Cang City and other speakers addressed the young cultivators, while Li Zhongyue reflected on the legacy being passed down.
• The host introduced the Undertaker as the event’s final guest, and the crowd roared his codename as Chu Qingli fixed her gaze on the figure behind the curtain.

Fang Yi revealed himself as the legendary Undertaker at a cultivator gathering and delivered a speech that stirred the crowd. Chu Qingli recognized her ex-boyfriend and, after hearing of his achievements, regretted breaking up with him.

• Fang Yi stepped onto the stage and was greeted by an ecstatic crowd as the Undertaker.
• Chu Qingli recognized Fang Yi’s silhouette and voice, then left her seat with Lu Xing to get a closer look.
• Fang Yi urged cultivators to persevere, and the audience praised his victories and the people he had saved.
• Chu Qingli confirmed that the Undertaker was Fang Yi and collapsed as she heard cultivators recount his achievements.
• Chu Qingli remembered breaking up with Fang Yi because she feared he would hold her back and regretted her decision.

Fang Yi went to Qingbei University to investigate a mutated Yang Attribute seal site and entered its golden waves after they killed an arrogant captain. His system unlocked the Blazing Sun cultivation method Yang God Seal as he faced the site’s power.

• Chen Ruo led Fang Yi and the gathered captains to the seal site at Qingbei University.
• Fang Yi recognized the site as the place where he had previously sealed the Nine Dragon Heavenly Fire.
• An arrogant captain rushed into the golden waves and was killed instantly, prompting cultivators to retreat from the dangerous Yang Attribute pressure.
• Fang Yi entered the seal site and confronted the Blazing Sun power with the Golden Crow aura in his eyes.
• Fang Yi’s system unlocked the Blazing Sun Attribute data template and granted him the Yang God Seal cultivation method.

Fang Yi subdued the Golden Sun’s Yang Attribute and ordered Qingbei to keep the athletic field sealed for three months. Watching him, Chu Qingli realized he was the Undertaker she had once dated and regretted believing he was unworthy of her.

• Fang Yi learned the Yang God Seal could randomly seal an opponent’s ability and judged it a powerful skill.
• Fang Yi overcame the Golden Sun’s crimson-gold dragons, leaving the cultivators outside awed by the power of his seal.
• Chen Ruo and Qingbei’s principal thanked Fang Yi, but he declined dinner and ordered the athletic field sealed for three months.
• Chu Qingli recognized Fang Yi as the Pioneer who had previously sealed the Heavenly Fire at Qingbei’s North Gate.
• Chu Qingli recalled how Fang Yi had supported her during her hardships and concluded that she, not he, had been unworthy of him.