Arc 44The Immortal Lotus Contest

Li Qing advanced his cultivation, forged treasures, and prepared for the approaching Demonic Calamity while seeking the Nine-Leaf Profound Spirit Grass. He joined the inter-racial contest for the Azure Heaven Treasure Lotus and faced Wu Dao, whose incomplete Chaos Treasure halted their duel.

  • Li Qing killed the Azure Cloud Temple Master, then spent eighty years in seclusion before reaching the bottleneck of the Integrated Body Late Stage.
  • Li Qing helped Long Yi retrieve a Black Dragon Horn from the Death Realm and forged the Imperial Dragon Seal, then broke through to the Integrated Body Late Stage and strengthened his Wind Thunder Silver Wings.
  • Li Qing learned that the Demon Venerable had cultivated Karma Law and received the Chaos Origin, then returned to the Spirit Realm and retrieved the Sentient Scepter and Ten Thousand Year Spirit Monkey Ganoderma for the Elf Race.
  • Li Qing returned to Heaven Refining Pavilion, warned his disciples about the Demonic Calamity, and traded an Immortal Fruit Seed promise to Luo Hongye for Nine-Leaf Profound Spirit Grass.
  • Mingzun stopped a clash between the human race and foreign Mahayana cultivators and proposed an alliance against the Devil Realm, while the races arranged a contest for the Azure Heaven Treasure Lotus.
  • Li Qing joined the contest, trained with Carefree Heavenly Venerate, and partnered with Long Yi to defeat Yuan Zhou and their rivals in the ensuing battles.
  • Li Qing broke free of Wu Dao’s pupil technique and wounded him with the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, but Wu Dao blocked Li Qing’s final strike with an incomplete Chaos Treasure.
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Ch. 1102Azure Cloud Temple Master

Li Qing went to the Azure Cloud Temple to kill its master, fulfilling a Heart Demon Great Oath on behalf of Xia Wushuang. After exposing the temple master's scheme to drain his disciples’ lives and power, Li Qing destroyed the formation and killed him with the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.

  • Li Qing and Li Qiyin learned the Azure Cloud Temple’s location and traveled to its mountain, where Li Qing confronted the temple master.
  • Li Qing revealed that Xia Wushuang had entrusted him to kill the Azure Cloud Temple Master, who admitted that he had once spared Xia Wushuang and regretted it.
  • The Azure Cloud Temple Master asked Li Qing to spare his disciples, then disbanded the temple and urged them to leave.
  • The temple master activated the Azure Cloud Tokens to drain the disciples’ blood essence, mana, and souls, using their power to raise his cultivation.
  • Li Qing broke the Azure Blood Yuan Transformation Formation by cleaving Azure Cloud Peak, but the temple master reached the Peak Integration Stage.
  • Li Qing trapped the Azure Cloud Temple Master in the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and killed him.

Ch. 1103Azure Cloud Temple Destroyed

Li Qing killed the Azure Cloud Temple Master and uncovered the sinister scheme behind the temple’s demonic art. After returning to Heaven Refining Pavilion, he entered seclusion to advance his cultivation and eventually reached the bottleneck of the Integrated Body Late Stage.

  • Li Qing examined the Azure Cloud Temple Master's jade bracelet and discovered a True Bone, a manifestation cultivation method, and the Myriad Transformations Demonic Art, which had used the temple's disciples as cultivation resources.
  • Li Qing found the surviving Azure Cloud Temple disciples devastated after the demonic art drained most of their power, and he warned Li Qiyin to remain vigilant in the Cultivation World.
  • Li Qing returned to Heaven Refining Pavilion and began long-term seclusion to advance toward the Integrated Body Late Stage.
  • Li Qing cultivated for decades, gradually using up his Dao Integration Pills and spending millions of spirit stones to accelerate his progress.
  • After eighty years of seclusion, Li Qing touched the bottleneck of the Integrated Body Late Stage.

Ch. 1104The Long Family

Li Qing began refining the Creation Source Crystal to weaken his Integrated Body Late Stage bottleneck, then traveled to the Long Family’s ancestral land to fulfill his promise to forge a Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure for Long Yi. He arrived in the Dragon Realm beneath Panlong City and was welcomed by Long Yi, Long Lan, and two Long Family elders, who said they had important business to discuss.

  • Li Qing failed to break through to the Integrated Body Late Stage and began refining the Creation Source Crystal to temper his bottleneck.
  • Li Qiyin brought Li Qing a Spirit Message from Long Yi, and Li Qing decided to visit the Long Family to honor his promise to forge a Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure.
  • Li Qing left pills for his disciples, traveled to Panlong City, and used Dragon Claw Gold to open the passage to the Long Family’s ancestral land.
  • Li Qing entered the Dragon Realm and met Long Yi, Long Lan, and two Long Family elders.
  • Long Lan asked Li Qing to spar, but Long Yi said he had invited him to discuss important business.

Ch. 1105Crossing the Void

Li Qing agreed to help Long Yi forge a Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure from a sealed True Dragon’s horn in exchange for a future trip to the Ancient Dragon Realm. The two traveled through the Long family’s Ancient Void Path and entered the lifeless Death Realm, where the dragon corpse was hidden.

  • Long Yi invited Li Qing to forge an Imperial Dragon Seal for the Nine Dragon Separation Fire Formation using a True Dragon’s exposed horn as its main material.
  • Li Qing hesitated after learning the horn was sealed beyond the Spirit Realm, but agreed when Long Yi promised to take him to the Ancient Dragon Realm after becoming Long family head.
  • Yu Ji urged Li Qing to accept, claiming the Ancient Dragon Realm held a Mahayana opportunity and that she could guide him using a map copied by Myriad Treasures Ancestor.
  • Long Yi opened the Long family’s secret Ancient Void Path, and he and Li Qing traveled through it before turning away from the route to the Ancient Dragon Realm.
  • Long Yi led Li Qing through the void into the Death Realm, a lifeless plane where the Long family believed the sealed True Dragon corpse lay.

Ch. 1106Black Dragon Remains

Li Qing and Long Yi descended into a vast sinkhole to retrieve a Black Flame Sacred Dragon’s horn for refining the Imperial Dragon Seal. After they broke the seal and escaped with the horn, a Mahayana-stage being and the Sacred Whale Race’s ancient ancestor arrived, forcing them to flee from the ancestor’s Law of Forgetfulness.

  • Li Qing and Long Yi felt powerful Dragon Might beneath the sinkhole and found a True Dragon corpse sealed in another space.
  • Long Yi explained his family’s theory about the seal and revealed an exposed Black Dragon Horn that could serve as the Imperial Dragon Seal’s main material.
  • Long Yi activated a spatial Secret Treasure, but its Space Slash only partly severed the horn and sent violent Space Law fluctuations outward.
  • Li Qing empowered the Immortal Slaying Sword with Chaos Law and severed the horn, which Long Yi stored away.
  • A Mahayana-stage lifeform arrived, and Li Qing fled with Long Yi as the being turned its attention to the dragon corpse.
  • The ancient ancestor of the Sacred Whale Race appeared, and Long Yi warned Li Qing that its White Law could make the world forget anyone it erased.

Ch. 1107Imperial Dragon Seal

After escaping the Death Realm, Li Qing returned with Long Yi to the Long lineage and forged the Imperial Dragon Seal from a Black Dragon Horn. The seal survived its Spirit Treasure Tribulation, and Long Yi rewarded Li Qing with a Space Law marvel and promised to take him to the Ancient Dragon Realm.

  • Li Qing and Long Yi escaped the Death Realm as a battle erupted between the Sacred Whale Race's ancestor and another Mahayana expert, then hurried back to Longyuan Village.
  • Long Yi arranged for Li Qing to rest while he warned the Long lineage's elders away from the Death Realm and prepared to forge the Imperial Dragon Seal.
  • At the Long lineage's volcano, Li Qing recognized the Pure World Sacred Flame and used it to refine the Crimson Sun Jade, Dragon Crystal Stone, Origin Heaven Spirit Gold, and Black Dragon Horn.
  • After seven days of forging, Li Qing fused the transformed Black Dragon Horn with the jade seal, then spent another thirty-six days nurturing and carving the Imperial Dragon Seal.
  • Long Yi added a drop of essence blood to the seal, which passed a seven-day Spirit Treasure Tribulation and became a Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure.
  • Long Yi gave Li Qing a silver gourd formed from the Space Law and promised to take him to the Ancient Dragon Realm after becoming patriarch.

Ch. 1108Integrated Body Late Stage

After leaving the Long Family, Li Qing returned to the Heaven Refining Pavilion and used the Creation Source Crystal’s power to break through to the Integrated Body Late Stage. Learning that his future Mahayana Tribulation might involve Outer Realm Demonic Invaders and that his past breakthrough had been unusual, he resolved to summon the Xuantian Immortal Hall after preparing his Wind Thunder Silver Wings.

  • Li Qing declined the Long Family’s repeated invitations to stay, and Long Yi escorted him back to Panlong City as the elders praised his handling of their alliance.
  • Li Qing returned to Wuji Hall and, after preparing with spirit stones and the Creation Source Crystal’s power, broke through to the Integrated Body Late Stage.
  • The Heaven Refining Pavilion’s disciples and elders gathered to congratulate Li Qing, but he asked them to leave while he stabilized his cultivation.
  • Spirit Venerable Yu Ji advised Li Qing to strengthen his body and divine soul before attempting the Mahayana Realm and explained the threat posed by Outer Realm Demonic Invaders.
  • Li Qing realized he had encountered no Outer Realm Demonic Invaders during his Body Integration breakthrough and connected his unusual tribulations to his identity as the Successor of the Demon Venerable.
  • Li Qing decided to seek answers from the Xuantian Immortal Hall and first prepare to refine Long Yi’s Space Law wonder into his Wind Thunder Silver Wings.

Ch. 1109Summoning the Immortal Hall Again

Li Qing refined the Wind Thunder Silver Wings into a Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure, gaining the speed to rival Mahayana powerhouses and travel safely through the void. He summoned the Xuantian Immortal Hall, cultivated Chaos Law in its Chaos Sea, and learned that the Chaos Green Lotus was not the Demon Venerable’s Dao Fruit; the Hall Spirit then led him toward the promised Chaos Origin.

  • Li Qing stripped the Wind Thunder Silver Wings of their black feathers, infused them with Spatial Strange Light, and spent twelve years restoring and strengthening them.
  • Li Qing fused the small silver gourd’s Space Law runes into the wings, awakened their Dao resonance, and passed the Spirit Treasure Tribulation.
  • Li Qing tested the perfected wings, discovering they could cross ten thousand li, bypass formations, and carry him safely through the void beyond the heavens.
  • Li Qing summoned the Xuantian Immortal Hall on a barren ancient star and entered its Chaos Sea to cultivate Chaos Law.
  • The Xuantian Hall Spirit told Li Qing that the Chaos Green Lotus was not the Demon Venerable’s Dao Fruit and revealed that the Demon Venerable had cultivated Karma Law.
  • The Xuantian Hall Spirit led Li Qing through a passage to the Chaos Origin it had prepared, enough for him to refine a Chaos Supreme Treasure.

Ch. 1110Gift from the Immortal Hall

Li Qing collected the Chaos Origin from the Xuantian Immortal Hall and learned that the Demon Venerable’s will might awaken and take over his body. After recovering his resolve and promising to help Spirit Venerable Yu Ji, he left the ancient star and discovered a Chaos Green Lotus and a new inheritance within himself.

  • Li Qing stored the Chaos Origin in his Grotto-Heaven Treasure, strengthening its world.
  • The immortal woman revealed that the Demon Venerable cultivated the Karma Law, that his will would awaken, and that it might ultimately seize Li Qing’s body.
  • The Xuantian Hall Spirit advised Li Qing to study the Demon Venerable’s memories, gave him a final gift, and sent him from the hall.
  • Li Qing regained his resolve, reasoned that his accomplishments were not solely the Demon Venerable’s, and swore to help Spirit Venerable Yu Ji reconstruct her true body.
  • Li Qing departed the ancient barren star and discovered a Chaos Green Lotus in his dantian and the Immortal Grade Manifestation—Chaos Green Lotus Manifestation inheritance in his sea of consciousness.

Ch. 1111Xuanfeng Continent

Li Qing returned to the Spirit Realm and discovered Xuanfeng Continent, where the deadly Breath-Cutting Wind forced its inhabitants to live underground. He went to Tianlan City to seek spirit herbs and reunited with Old Daoist Chuyun, who questioned why he had come to the continent.

  • Li Qing returned to the Spirit Realm over an unfamiliar sea and found that Xuanfeng Continent's surface was battered by the Breath-Cutting Wind while its inhabitants lived underground.
  • Li Qing learned about the underground races and decided to visit Tianlan City to search for supplementary spirit herbs for the Solidifying Nascent Soul Pill.
  • Li Qing entered Tianlan City, revealed his Body Integration Realm cultivation to the guards, and received directions to the city's spirit herb traders.
  • Li Qing went to Tianzhu Tower and asked its staff to gather the herbs on his list while he waited for Old Daoist Chuyun.
  • Old Daoist Chuyun arrived, recognized Li Qing's rapid rise to the Integrated Body Late Stage, and explained that the Immortal Treasure Dao Map had been a false star map.
  • Li Qing said he had come to Xuanfeng Continent by chance, but Old Daoist Chuyun scrutinized him as though he doubted the explanation.

Ch. 1112Elf Race

Li Qing learned that the Elf Race’s Sentient Scepter lay in dangerous Storm Valley but declined to pursue it, focusing instead on cultivation and searching for rare spirit herbs. After discovering that the Elf Race possessed a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Monkey Ganoderma, he arranged to travel with a group of elves to their territory to negotiate for it.

  • Old Daoist Chuyun told Li Qing that the Elf Race’s Sentient Scepter had fallen in Storm Valley and attracted many Integration Stage cultivators, but Li Qing refused to join the search.
  • A Tianzhu Tower cultivator delivered six of Li Qing’s requested herbs, and Old Daoist Chuyun recalled that the Elf Race might possess a Spirit Monkey Ganoderma old enough to have reached ten thousand years.
  • Li Qing paid Old Daoist Chuyun generously for the herbs and information, then went to Hundred Flowers Market to contact the Elf Race.
  • Li Qing asked a golden-winged elf to seek permission to trade for the Ten Thousand Year Spirit Monkey Ganoderma, which was kept in the queen’s Flower Realm.
  • The Elf Race agreed to discuss a trade in its territory, and Li Qing set off with more than ten elves using his Wind Thunder Silver Wings.

Ch. 1113Prophecy

Li Qing reached Moon Spirit City and learned that the Elf Race would trade him the Ten Thousand Year Spirit Monkey Ganoderma only if he retrieved their lost Sentient Scepter from Storm Valley. After hearing the prophecy behind the quest and learning Storm Valley held Wind Law treasures, he agreed and asked for guidance before setting out.

  • Li Qing carried the Elf Race members through the Breath-Cutting Wind to Senge City, and they led him onward to Moon Spirit City.
  • The Elf Race Great Elder explained that the Ten Thousand Year Spirit Monkey Ganoderma was in the Queen’s garden and could not be offered until the lost Sentient Scepter was recovered and a new queen chosen.
  • The Great Elder revealed that a priestess who had comprehended the Time Law prophesied that a powerful human seeking the Ganoderma would help the Elf Race rise, prompting the former Queen to cultivate one.
  • The Great Elder told Li Qing that the previous Queen entered Storm Valley, where the Wind Elf Tribe’s trial ground and objects formed from the Wind Law lay.
  • Li Qing agreed to retrieve the Sentient Scepter and asked for information about Storm Valley, whereupon the Great Elder called in Mingya to assist him.

Ch. 1114Wind Demon

Li Qing and Mingya entered Storm Valley seeking the Sentient Scepter, and Li Qing used his Grotto-Heaven Treasure to withstand the worsening Breath-Cutting Wind. At the Wind Elf Sacred Hall, Mingya activated the trial and a Wind Demon emerged, leaving Li Qing to face it alone.

  • Mingya told Li Qing that the Sentient Scepter was believed to be in the Wind Elf Sacred Hall at Storm Valley’s northern edge, and they set out from Moon Spirit City.
  • Li Qing encountered Wan Ruyu and Old Woman Wen outside Storm Valley, learned that its winds had grown too dangerous to traverse, and continued inside.
  • As the Breath-Cutting Wind overwhelmed his defenses, Li Qing drew the winds into his Grotto-Heaven World and advanced to the sacred hall with Mingya.
  • Mingya identified the empty hall as the entrance to the Wind Elf trial and chanted to activate it.
  • An azure crystal core opened and released a Wind Demon, so Li Qing put Mingya inside his Grotto-Heaven World before confronting it.

Ch. 1116Throne of Wind

Li Qing defeated the Wind Law demon in the Storm Sacred Hall, allowing Mingya to inherit the Wind Elf Tribe’s power and claim the Sentient Scepter. He learned that the coming Demonic Calamity might open Two Realms Battlefields on multiple continents and returned to Moon Spirit City, troubled by the looming danger and his limited time to cultivate.

  • Li Qing used the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, Chaos Law, and Wind Thunder Silver Wings to suppress the wind demon and capture its nearly complete Wind Law Rune.
  • Mingya sat on the Throne of Wind and received the Wind Elf Tribe’s inheritance, transforming her appearance and gaining the sacred hall’s recognition.
  • Mingya revealed the Sentient Scepter and offered Li Qing Azure Stone Jade Crystals, which he stored in his Grotto-Heaven Treasure.
  • Li Qing learned from Mingya that the next Two Realms Battlefield might open on the Xuanfeng Continent, then concluded that multiple continents could be affected by the coming Demonic Calamity.
  • Li Qing flew back to Moon Spirit City with Mingya, preparing to take the Ten Thousand Year Spirit Monkey Ganoderma and leave.

Ch. 1117Return Journey

After Mingya became queen, Li Qing left Xuanfeng Continent and began the long journey back to Tianyuan Continent, surviving dangerous encounters across the Spirit Realm. Near his destination, he witnessed an unprecedented disturbance signaling that the Demon Realm might soon connect with the Spirit Realm, and hurried toward a super teleportation array crowded with refugees.

  • Mingya gave Li Qing the Ten Thousand Year Spirit Monkey Ganoderma, and Li Qing studied elven records before meeting the previous queen's remnant soul in the Sentient Scepter.
  • Li Qing departed Xuanfeng Continent and crossed the seas, narrowly defeating a Body Integration Realm Mayfly Race expert with the Chaos Law.
  • Li Qing crossed the Sea of Fury, resisted its Law of Fury, and continued toward Tianyuan Continent after escaping its influence.
  • Li Qing witnessed the heavens darken and Origin Demonic Energy appear, suggesting that the Two Realms Battlefield would open on an unprecedented scale.
  • Li Qing reached a nearby ancient super teleportation array and found it crowded with refugees of many races fleeing toward Tianyuan Continent.

Ch. 1118Return to the Pavilion

Li Qing returned to Heaven Refining Pavilion as the Demonic Calamity threatened even Tianyuan Continent, then learned the Pavilion Master planned to pass him the leadership and had found a possible source for the Nine-Leaf Profound Spirit Grass. The chapter ended with the Pavilion Master revealing that another race’s Great Ascension cultivator had demanded the human method for refining Chaos Supreme Treasures.

  • Li Qing used the super Teleportation Array to return to Tianyuan Continent and killed a Furry Race man who secretly complained about him cutting in line.
  • Li Qing returned to Heaven Refining Pavilion, issued a human-wide commission offering to refine a Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure in exchange for Nine-Leaf Profound Spirit Grass, and warned his disciples to prepare for the Demonic Calamity.
  • The Pavilion Master of Heaven Refining Pavilion offered Li Qing the position of Pavilion Master, but Li Qing declined and accepted the title of Supreme Elder instead.
  • The Pavilion Master told Li Qing that an old acquaintance might have Nine-Leaf Profound Spirit Grass and offered to introduce them, though he could not promise a trade.
  • The Pavilion Master gathered the Supreme Elders and said that a Great Ascension cultivator from another race had asked the human race to hand over its method for refining Chaos Supreme Treasures.

Ch. 1119Luo Hongye

Li Qing learned that the human race faced growing pressure over its artifact-refining inheritance while Taiyuan Heavenly Venerate recovered from a damaging tribulation. Seeking Nine-Leaf Profound Spirit Grass, Li Qing found Luo Hongye’s hidden medicine garden and offered an Immortal Fruit Seed as a trade, leaving her intrigued.

  • The Heaven Refining Pavilion elders learned that foreign races had demanded the Heaven Refining Scripture and the method for forging Chaos Supreme Treasures, but Carefree Heavenly Venerate had rejected the demand.
  • The Pavilion Master explained that Taiyuan Heavenly Venerate had damaged his vital essence in a Great Heavenly Tribulation, then announced his plan to pursue the Mahayana Realm and appointed Ku Hai to handle the pavilion’s affairs.
  • Li Qing declined to take over the pavilion’s affairs and left to seek Luo Hongye, hoping to trade for Nine-Leaf Profound Spirit Grass.
  • After searching the Great Wilderness for more than ten days, Li Qing found a Medicine Spirit and followed it to Luo Hongye’s concealed medicine garden.
  • Luo Hongye asked what Li Qing could offer for the rare herb, and Li Qing proposed an Immortal Fruit Seed, prompting her to ask whether the immortal tree still existed.

Ch. 1120True Spirit Across the Sky

Li Qing traded for the Nine-Leaf Profound Spirit Grass, began refining the Solidifying Nascent Soul Pill, and cultivated the Chaos Green Lotus Manifestation. As foreign Mahayana Realm experts attacked the human race, Carefree Heavenly Venerate and Taiyuan Heavenly Venerate fought back while the True Spirit Families prepared their guardian spirits.

  • Li Qing swore a Heart Demon Oath to give Luo Hongye an Immortal Fruit Seed in a thousand years and received the Nine-Leaf Profound Spirit Grass in exchange.
  • Li Qing returned to the Heaven Refining Pavilion and asked Spirit Venerable Yu Ji to refine the Solidifying Nascent Soul Pill and a Heavenly Secret Gu.
  • Li Qing spent more than fifty years comprehending the Chaos Green Lotus Manifestation and used Chaos Spirit Gold as its foundation.
  • A Peak Integration Stage expert failed to break through to the Mahayana Realm as the Demonic Calamity and Two Realms Battlefield approached.
  • Mahayana Realm experts from the Savage Bone Race, Heavenly Demon Race, and Ghost Horn Race attacked the human territory, and Carefree Heavenly Venerate and Taiyuan Heavenly Venerate confronted them.
  • The human race’s True Spirit Families revealed their reserves and prepared to summon their guardian spirits.

Ch. 1121Alliance of the Races

The Carefree Heavenly Venerate halted the battle against foreign Mahayana cultivators, and Mingzun proposed an alliance among the races to resist the approaching Demonic Calamity. After the alliance was tentatively established, the Three-Eyed Sacred Race announced a competition among younger cultivators, and the human race struggled to choose its three participants.

  • The True Spirit Families revealed their phantoms as Long Yi prepared to summon the true dragon, but Mingzun intervened and stopped the battle between the Mahayana experts.
  • Mingzun proposed an equal alliance against the Devil Realm, and the Carefree Heavenly Venerate and Taiyuan Heavenly Venerate agreed to discuss its terms.
  • The foreign Mahayana cultivators left after days of negotiations, and most of the top ten races tentatively joined the alliance, excluding the Insect Race.
  • The Three-Eyed Sacred Race offered an Immortal Lotus Seed as the prize for a competition among the races' younger cultivators, prompting the various races to prepare participants and prizes.
  • The human race decided to compete for the Immortal Lotus Seed, and the Dao Palace elders considered Long Yi and Wuji Venerable among their candidates.

Ch. 1122Immortal Slaying Sword Formation Complete

Li Qing completed his Chaos Green Lotus Manifestation, then refined the Immortal Trapping Sword into a Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure and perfected the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation. He set out to represent the Human Race in the coming inter-racial competition and arrived at the Dao Palace.

  • Li Qing finished a Solidifying Nascent Soul Pill and achieved initial mastery of his manifestation during seclusion.
  • After reading the Dao Palace’s invitation, Li Qing decided to compete for the Immortal Lotus Seed to help Taiyuan Heavenly Venerate.
  • Li Qing spent seven years refining the Wind Law into the Immortal Trapping Sword, which passed its Spirit Treasure Tribulation and became a Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure.
  • Li Qing taught his disciples about cultivation and confirmed that he would participate in the inter-racial competition.
  • Li Qing traveled toward the Dao Palace, heard about the rival races’ prodigies, and looked forward to testing his techniques against them.
  • Li Qing arrived at the Dao Palace and was welcomed by several elders.

Ch. 1123Heavenly Venerate's Guidance

Li Qing accepted the human race’s invitation to compete and received years of training from Carefree Heavenly Venerate in the Chaos Profound Yellow Tower. He arrived at the Ancient Battlefield as the competition began to gather participants, where he encountered a Savage Bone Race expert and a Fire Spirit who wanted to trade for his spirit fires.

  • Li Qing agreed to represent the human race after learning that Mahayana cultivators had sworn to protect the competition’s fairness and that the winner could claim the Azure Heaven Treasure Lotus.
  • Li Qing reviewed intelligence on the contestants, including Ghost Horn Race expert Yuan Zhou and the powerful Heavenly Demon Brahma, before Carefree Heavenly Venerate summoned him.
  • Carefree Heavenly Venerate taught Li Qing to understand and break simulated Chaos Chains, then trained him against other Chaos Minor Realm calamities for several years.
  • Li Qing mastered new applications of Chaos Power, and Carefree Heavenly Venerate told him that he and the Beast Tooth Race’s ancestor would secretly protect him and the Long family boy.
  • Li Qing traveled across the Great Wilderness to the Ancient Battlefield and encountered a dismissive Savage Bone Race expert and a Fire Spirit who offered to trade for his Heaven and Earth Spirit Fires.

Ch. 1124Ancient Battlefield

Li Qing and Long Yi killed Yuan Zhou after he challenged Li Qing, then Wu Dao arrived and changed the competition rules, prompting Xuan Ling to fight him. The other prodigies prepared for a chaotic melee as the Mahayana experts watched and discussed the possible involvement of a Demon Realm Progenitor in the invasion.

  • Yuan Zhou confronted Li Qing over his younger brother's death, and Long Yi arrived to help Li Qing face him.
  • Li Qing and Long Yi coordinated their attacks, severely wounded Yuan Zhou, and killed him before he could use his Moon Stone.
  • Wu Dao arrived and announced that the Ice Spirit Clan prodigy had been defeated and forced to withdraw; he proposed that Xuan Ling fight him while the remaining six prodigies fought in a chaotic melee.
  • Wu Dao displayed an Azure Treasure Lotus Seed and asserted control over the competition's rules, while Xuan Ling accepted the challenge and attacked him.
  • The other race prodigies prepared to fight as the Mahayana experts watched; Mingzun warned that a Demon Realm Progenitor might be behind the invasion.

Ch. 1125The Battle Royale Begins

Wu Dao defeated Xuan Ling by opening his third eye and stripping away his Solar Law, then challenged the gathered races to continue competing. When four races united against Li Qing and Long Yi, Li Qing revealed his mastery of Chaos Law and imprisoned his opponents with Chaos Chains.

  • Wu Dao suppressed Xuan Ling with the Spirit-Quelling Ring, then opened his third eye to strip away Xuan Ling’s solar power, prompting a Golden Crow ancestor to rescue him.
  • The Savage Bone, Beast, Fire Spirit, and Heavenly Demon Races agreed to target Li Qing and Long Yi, who accepted the challenge and chose their opponents.
  • Long Yi confronted the Beast Race and Heavenly Demon Race experts while Li Qing fought the Savage Bone and Fire Spirit Race experts with his Jade Firmament Divine Bell and golden sword light.
  • The Fire Spirit Race expert ignited Li Qing’s spiritual power and vital blood as the Savage Bone Race expert attacked him from behind.
  • Li Qing used Chaos Chains to imprison all three opponents, revealing his mastery of Chaos Law and shocking the gathered races and watching Mahayana cultivators.

Ch. 1126Opening the Eye

Li Qing defeated prodigies from the Savage Bone Race and Fire Spirit Race, then stepped forward to face Wu Dao of the Three-Eyed Sacred Race. Trapped inside Wu Dao’s strange space of countless eyes, Li Qing used his growing mastery of Chaos Law to create a world and break free.

  • Li Qing bound Kui Xing and Chi Ming with Chaos Chains, then spared them after they conceded and exchanged introductions.
  • Long Yi defeated the Beast Race black ape and forced the Heavenly Demon Race woman to concede, then yielded the final battle to Li Qing.
  • Li Qing restored his mana and challenged Wu Dao, who opened his third eye and trapped him in a dark space filled with piercing eyes.
  • Li Qing tried to escape with the Wind Thunder Silver Wings, then used Chaos Power to shatter the eyes, but they quickly regenerated.
  • Recalling Carefree Heavenly Venerate’s question about chaos, Li Qing realized he could create a world within the strange space and broke free as it collapsed.

Ch. 1127Chaos

Li Qing fought Wu Dao in the Ancient Battlefield, but Wu Dao’s Heavenly Eye Immortal Pupil countered his attacks until Li Qing unleashed the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation. Wu Dao survived Li Qing’s decisive strike with an Imperfect Chaos Treasure, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

  • Li Qing broke free of Wu Dao’s pupil technique and attacked with the Jade Firmament Divine Bell, spirit fire, and a Chaos arrow, but Wu Dao foresaw and deflected his attacks.
  • Wu Dao summoned six True Spirit manifestations and overwhelmed Li Qing, who countered with his four Heaven-reaching Killing Swords.
  • Li Qing completed the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and wounded Wu Dao, while Wu Dao repeatedly used his Heavenly Eye Immortal Pupil to erase the formation’s sword lights.
  • Li Qing destroyed Wu Dao’s six True Spirit manifestations and unleashed a strike formed from all four killing swords, but Wu Dao blocked it with a staff suffused with Chaos Power.
  • Li Qing recognized the staff as an Imperfect Chaos Treasure, while Mingzun told the other Mahayana cultivators that it was an incomplete treasure rather than a true Chaos Supreme Treasure.
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