Chapter Summaries

Under the name Lei Jingtian, Li Qingyuan helped You Yanmei and Bing Ling'er claim peaks before joining Sun Mulan in the battle for the main summits. They defeated Long Aotian, and Li Qingyuan captured his fleeing Nascent Soul.

• You Yanmei took a side peak with Yan Lingyue's help and learned that its defensive barrier would last only one day.
• Yan Lingyue spotted more than thirty hidden Extreme Dao Soul Transformations joining the fight for the hundred main peaks.
• Li Qingyuan sent Bing Ling'er to claim a main peak, then joined Sun Mulan as they fought through Long Aotian's forces.
• Sun Mulan transformed into a Battle Saint Ape and clashed with Long Aotian, while Li Qingyuan struck him with the Thunder God Halberd and cracked his Azure Dragon Pearl.
• Sun Mulan restrained Long Aotian as Li Qingyuan beheaded him, then used a soul banner to trap his fleeing Nascent Soul.

After Li Qingyuan and Sun Mulan killed Long Aotian, they claimed two of the Ten Great Thrones while the strongest Heavenly Chosen agreed to settle the contest for the thrones before fighting for the Imperial Baptism. As the mountain-wide slaughter continued, challengers attacked the throne holders, but two figures remained unchallenged.

• Li Qingyuan captured Long Aotian's soul and body, gave his Azure Dragon Nascent Soul to the Flame Dragon Flood Dragon, and sent his dragon pearl to Ao Run.
• Sun Mulan claimed a main peak, and Li Qingyuan, calling himself Lei Jingtian, claimed another as the ten Heavenly Chosen took their thrones.
• Yang Xuan and the other throne holders agreed to finish choosing the ten kings before contending for the Imperial Baptism, while cultivators across the mountain fought for the increasingly powerful baptisms.
• After the first day, two fourth-Nirvana Heavenly Chosen attacked You Yanmei, and Shui Xinyue challenged Bing Ling'er for a main peak.
• On the second day, Chi Hong challenged Ju Luo, and other Heavenly Chosen challenged Sun Mulan, Niu Hong, Jin Luo, Wan Peng, Feng Yu, and Shou Feng.
• Battles spread among the throne holders, while two figures remained seated without anyone daring to challenge them.

Bing Ling'er and Yan Lingyue won their main peaks, while the heavenly chosen settled into positions across Hundred-Li Immortal Mountain over a month of challenges. As the mountain’s final contest began, Yang Xuan called on Shou Feng and Yang Ying to help him reach the summit.

• Li Qingyuan told Yang Xuan that he and Sun Mulan and Bing Ling'er were old acquaintances, while privately weighing the danger of challenging Yang Xuan and the other Super Heavenly Chosen.
• Bing Ling'er used the Heavenly Frost Divine Intent Technique and Heavenly Silkworm Ice Needle to defeat Shui Xinyue and claim her peak.
• Yan Lingyue used the Nine Purple Departing Fire Transformation and Heavenly Demon Purple Moon Slash to defeat her opponent and seize a top-tier main peak.
• Chi Hong defeated Ju Luo, while Lei Peng defeated Wan Peng and claimed one of the Ten Great Thrones.
• Over the next month, the Ten Great Thrones, main peaks, side peaks, and hills settled into guarded positions, with the Yang Clan claiming many of them.
• Yang Xuan and Li Qingyuan opened their eyes as the heavenly chosen gathered their auras, and Yang Xuan ordered Shou Feng and Yang Ying to help him reach the summit.

The contenders fought to decide who would claim the Imperial Throne and its Imperial Baptism, while Yang Xuan and Li Qingyuan emerged as the last two standing. They faced each other above the battlefield, ready to begin their decisive duel.

• Feng Yu intercepted Yang Ying, while Lei Peng engaged Shou Feng and the other contenders attacked their chosen opponents.
• Sun Mulan suppressed Chi Hong, and Yang Xuan parried Jin Luo's spear before exchanging fierce blows with him.
• Li Qingyuan repelled Niu Hong's mace attack with five-colored Heavenly Thunder, then fought him while Niu Hong countered with Water Yin Thunder.
• Yang Xuan used Manifestation of Heaven and Earth to shatter Jin Luo's Golden Body Dharma Form, bend his spear, and defeat him.
• Li Qingyuan struck Niu Hong with golden Heavenly Thunder, defeated him, and stood as Yang Xuan's final opponent.
• Yang Xuan and Li Qingyuan faced off above the battlefield, and Yang Xuan launched the final duel.

Li Qingyuan fought Yang Xuan for the Imperial Throne, holding out against Yang Xuan’s overwhelming power as the battle drew the attention of the other Heavenly Chosen. Yang Xuan invited Li Qingyuan to join the Haoran Immortal Sect, but Li Qingyuan remained determined to claim the Imperial Baptism, while their allies joined the fray.

• Yang Xuan and Li Qingyuan exchanged powerful attacks, and Yang Xuan gained a slight advantage despite Li Qingyuan unleashing Golden Thunder World Annihilation.
• Yang Xuan invited Li Qingyuan to become a True Disciple of the Haoran Immortal Sect, but Li Qingyuan said he still intended to claim the Imperial Baptism.
• Shou Feng defeated Lei Peng, and Yang Ying defeated Feng Yu before returning to her throne to recover.
• Sun Mulan defeated Chi Hong, then attacked Yang Ying and Shou Feng to help Li Qingyuan.
• Yang Ying held Sun Mulan off while Shou Feng charged toward Li Qingyuan, and Yang Xuan also attacked him.
• Li Qingyuan summoned Ji Kun, whose Sky Swallowing Chicken distracted Yang Xuan’s Heavenly Hound as the two creatures wrestled.

Li Qingyuan countered Yang Xuan’s metal-powered assault by unleashing the Earth Marsh Sword Array and gathering its swords into a thousand-zhang strike. Yang Xuan activated the Yang Family Heavenly Eye to meet the descending sword, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Shou Feng suppressed Ji Kun, but Ji Kun’s Sky Swallowing Sphere kept the Heavenly Hound from defeating him.
• Yang Xuan changed his dharma power to Geng Metal, countered Li Qingyuan’s lightning, and struck him hard enough to make him spit blood.
• Yang Xuan transformed into a Golden Giant and brought down his halberd, while Li Qingyuan revealed the Green Wood Heavenly Sun Sword, the Soul Refining Banner, and the Earth Marsh Sword Array.
• Li Qingyuan’s sword domain shattered Yang Xuan’s blade aura and formed a thousand-zhang greatsword infused with sun, moon, seasonal, and lightning power.
• Yang Xuan activated his Divine General Bloodline and fired the Yang Family Heavenly Eye’s divine light at Li Qingyuan’s descending sword.

Li Qingyuan, also known as Zhao Tongxuan, fought Yang Xuan to a standstill even after Yang Xuan unleashed the Yang Clan's Heavenly Eye. As the Taicang Baptism neared, the Tai Cang Immortal Tablet announced that the battle for the summit had reached its result.

• Yang Xuan activated his Heavenly Eye and struck with the Green Wood Heavenly Sun Sword, but Li Qingyuan met his attack without being defeated.
• The clash sent the Heavenly Hound, Ji Kun, Sun Mulan, and Yang Ying flying away, while Bing Ling'er considered following Zhao Tongxuan for a chance to advance toward Mahayana.
• Li Qingyuan and Yang Xuan resumed their battle, exchanging saber and sword strikes as their domains collided across the battlefield.
• In Azure Profound Heaven Domain, Cangxuan Old Ancestor and other Mahayana Dao Venerables predicted that Yang Xuan would win the Imperial Baptism, while Yang Haoran praised the potential of Third Young Master Sun and invited him to join the Immortal Venerable Hall.
• The Tai Cang Immortal Tablet rumbled, and the gathered cultivators realized that the baptism was about to begin and the battle for the summit had produced a result.

Li Qingyuan defeated Yang Xuan in a fierce battle and reached Tai Cang Immortal Mountain’s summit, where the Tai Cang Immortal Tablet descended. With the Imperial Baptism about to begin, the remaining Heavenly Chosen began fighting for the last throne.

• Li Qingyuan and Yang Xuan fought evenly until Yang Xuan awakened his ancient heavenly god bloodline and unleashed his Heavenly Eye strike.
• Li Qingyuan summoned Old Zhao and the Soul Refining Banner’s main soul, whose Ghost Annihilation Blade overcame Yang Xuan’s attack and sent him crashing into a side peak.
• Yang Xuan accepted his defeat and agreed to fight Li Qingyuan again in the Void Refining Realm, while Li Qingyuan put away the Soul Refining Banner.
• Li Qingyuan and Ji Kun ascended Tai Cang Immortal Mountain’s summit, and the Tai Cang Immortal Tablet descended three breaths later.
• Yang Xuan took the throne nearest the peak, while the Giant Race’s young clan leader and other Heavenly Chosen rushed to claim the final vacant throne.

The Tai Cang Immortal Tablet revealed the rankings of the hundred strongest Heavenly Chosen, shocking the attending Dao Venerables when Yang Xuan ranked only first among the Ten Great Thrones. A blazing inscription began naming an Emperor Sealer from the Nine Provinces Domain, but the identity remained incomplete.

• The Heavenly Chosen wrote their names on the Tai Cang Immortal Tablet, and Bing Ling'er appeared at forty-seventh while Yan Lingyue ranked nineteenth.
• Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable celebrated Bing Ling'er's ranking as Divine Fire Dao Venerable and Seven Profound Dao Venerable watched anxiously for their own disciples.
• The Ten Great Heavenly Chosen were revealed, including Ju Luo and Yang Xuan, who ranked foremost among the thrones rather than claiming the Imperial Throne.
• Myriad Dragon Ancestor and Myriad Flowers Ancestor demanded to know what had happened to Long Aotian and Hua Xibai, while Dao Venerables wondered how Yang Xuan had lost the Imperial Baptism contest.
• The Tai Cang Immortal Tablet blazed and began identifying an Emperor Sealer from the Nine Provinces Domain, prompting Yang Haoran and the other Dao Venerables to react with alarm.

Li Qingyuan revealed his true name and the Tai Cang Immortal Tablet announced that he was a 752-year-old first-Nirvana cultivator from the Nine Provinces Domain, stunning the assembled cultivators. His triumph drew the attention of ancient Dao Venerables, and the Immortal Mirror Heavenly Eye opened to begin the Taicang Baptism.

• Yang Haoran celebrated the revival of the Nine Provinces Domain and sent word to the Yang Clan, while Cangxuan Old Ancestor proposed reporting it to the Immortal Venerable Hall.
• Li Qingyuan decided to stop hiding his identity and wrote his name on the Tai Cang Immortal Tablet with a lightning brush.
• The Immortal Mirror revealed Li Qingyuan’s origin, age, and cultivation, shocking Yang Xuan and the other cultivators who learned he had defeated Yang Xuan while only at first-Nirvana.
• Bing Ling’er, Sun Mulan, Yang Xuan, and the other Heavenly Chosen reacted to Li Qingyuan’s real name and speculated about the Nine Provinces Domain.
• Yan Lingyue recognized Li Qingyuan as the man who had once disguised himself as Ma Chao, and Li Qingyuan briefly looked her way.
• The Immortal Mirror Heavenly Eye opened above the Tai Cang Immortal Mountain and announced the start of the Taicang Baptism.

The Taicang Baptism began, and Li Qingyuan stunned the gathered Heavenly Chosen by revealing his first-Nirvana cultivation and an immense reserve of Soul Crystals. As the other contenders displayed their own resources, Li Qingyuan released even more Soul Crystals, leaving everyone wondering whether he had looted half the Tai Cang Immortal Realm.

• The Eye of the Tai Cang Immortal Mirror opened, and its baptism laws descended across Tai Cang Immortal Mountain.
• Li Qingyuan revealed one hundred and ten thousand Soul Crystals and shared their baptism energy with Ji Kun, shocking Yang Xuan and the other Heavenly Chosen.
• Bing Ling'er and Yan Lingyue displayed Soul Crystal reserves that ranked among the best of the hundred strongest Heavenly Chosen.
• Wan Peng, Lei Peng, Yang Xuan, Sun Mulan, and other Super Heavenly Chosen brought out their Soul Crystals and began absorbing the baptism energy.
• Li Qingyuan used the baptism energy to strengthen the Mysterious Feminine Space and its Soul Transformation Cultivators from the Nine Provinces.
• Li Qingyuan released a succession of vast quantities of high-quality Soul Crystals, astonishing the gathered cultivators.

Yang Haoran and the other Mahayana Dao Venerables were stunned to learn that first-Nirvana Li Qingyuan had defeated Yang Xuan, and they began considering how to recruit him. On Tai Cang Immortal Mountain, Li Qingyuan’s enormous haul of Soul Crystals shocked the gathered Heavenly Chosen, and he revealed even more powerful Void Refining Soul Crystals.

• Yang Haoran and the Cangxuan Old Ancestor saw the Tai Cang Immortal Tablet name Li Qingyuan as a first-Nirvana cultivator who had defeated Yang Xuan, leaving the Mahayana Dao Venerables astonished.
• Yang Haoran speculated that Li Qingyuan had obtained Yang Mie’s Heavenly Eye and Profound Technique, then declared that Li Qingyuan belonged to the Yang Clan and asked the other sects not to compete for him.
• The Cangxuan Old Ancestor and the other Mahayana cultivators argued that Li Qingyuan should be allowed to choose his own sect after his Imperial Baptism.
• Yang Xuan and the other Heavenly Chosen watched Li Qingyuan reveal more than 58,600 Soul Transformation Soul Crystals, 20,088 first-to-third-Nirvana Soul Crystals, 254 fourth-Nirvana Soul Crystals, and 28 Extreme Dao Immortal Beast Soul Crystals.
• Li Qingyuan revealed a Void Refining Black Water Crocodile Dragon Soul Crystal, then produced two more Void Refining Soul Crystals, including a Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm that shocked Yang Xuan.

Li Qingyuan and Ji Kun absorbed the unprecedented Tai Cang baptism, advancing rapidly through Nirvana and reaching the Extreme Dao. The chapter ended with Li Qingyuan’s Nascent Soul breaking through to Void Refining.

• Li Qingyuan revealed the Soul Crystals from the Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm and began an immense baptism alongside Ji Kun, while cultivators across the Tai Cang Immortal Realm began their own baptisms.
• Li Qingyuan and Ji Kun cultivated through the baptism, and the Nine Provinces Spirit Transformation cultivators in the Mysterious Feminine Space also absorbed its energy.
• After one month, Li Qingyuan completed Fire Nirvana and Ji Kun completed its third Nirvana; over the following months, Li Qingyuan advanced through further Nirvanas while Ji Kun reached the Extreme Dao and awakened its Devouring Law.
• In the fifth month, Li Qingyuan completed Minor Five Elements Nirvana and entered the Extreme Dao Soul Transformation realm.
• Li Qingyuan’s Primordial Spirit Small Tree and Nascent Soul Power surged, and his Nascent Soul broke through the Extreme Dao and entered Void Refining.

The Taicang Baptism greatly increased the number of Extreme Dao cultivators and strengthened the leading Heavenly Chosen of the Hundred Domains of Cangxuan. Wan Peng broke through to Void Refining and challenged Lei Peng to fight again.

• Over several months, Soul Transformation cultivators completed the Taicang Baptism, raising the number of Extreme Dao Heavenly Chosen by thousands.
• Bing Ling'er, Yan Lingyue, and You Yanmei assessed their gains and ambitions as the baptism ended, while Yan Lingyue regretted that Dian Kui was not there to benefit.
• Wan Peng absorbed a Void Refining Soul Crystal, recovered from his injuries, and expanded his Metal Domain beyond a thousand zhang.
• Wan Peng communicated with Heaven and Earth Vital Energy and entered Void Refining.
• Wan Peng announced his breakthrough and challenged Lei Peng to fight again.

The Taicang Baptism drove the Heavenly Chosen toward Void Refining as Sun Mulan, Niu Hong, and Jin Luo broke through. Yang Xuan’s immense breakthrough continued alongside Li Qingyuan and Ji Kun, whose domains finally surpassed a thousand zhang as the year-long baptism ended.

• Wan Peng reached Void Refining and challenged Lei Peng again, gaining the upper hand in their battle.
• Sun Mulan used the incomplete Great Grade Heavenly Immortal Art to push her Diamond Domain past a thousand zhang and break through to Void Refining.
• Niu Hong and Jin Luo broke through to Void Refining with domains exceeding one thousand three hundred zhang.
• Yang Xuan’s domain surged past five thousand zhang while his baptism continued, with around forty percent of its energy still unabsorbed.
• After several more months, Li Qingyuan’s Fortune Domain and Ji Kun’s Devouring Domain both reached a thousand zhang as the year-long Taicang Baptism ended.
• Li Qingyuan absorbed Heaven and Earth Vital Energy, transformed his Primordial Spirit, mana, and flesh, and shattered the Shackles of Extreme Dao Soul Transformation.

During the Taicang Baptism, Li Qingyuan and Ji Kun broke through to Void Refining and rapidly absorbed the Soul Crystal power, aiming to reach Mid Void Refining. Just as they continued refining the remaining energy, it suddenly flooded into Li Qingyuan’s Mysterious Feminine Space and poured into the Crystal Immortal Coffin.

• Li Qingyuan and Ji Kun shattered the Shackles of Extreme Dao Soul Transformation, entered Void Refining, and became Dao Lord Qingyuan and Heaven-Swallowing Dao Lord.
• Li Qingyuan used the Mysterious Feminine Space to help the Nine Provinces cultivators absorb the baptism, while Miao Le, Ao Run, and Li Xianhuang reached Extreme Dao Soul Transformation.
• Yang Xuan completed the year-long baptism at Early Void Refining Stage Completion and noted that Li Qingyuan and Ji Kun were consuming Soul Crystal power at an extraordinary rate.
• Over the next year, Li Qingyuan and Ji Kun expanded their domains to nine thousand zhang and reached Early Void Refining Stage Completion, consuming nearly sixty percent of the baptism power.
• After the Nine Provinces cultivators absorbed roughly one-tenth, Li Qingyuan and Ji Kun began refining the remaining thirty percent to try to reach Mid Void Refining.
• The remaining baptism power suddenly surged into Li Qingyuan’s Mysterious Feminine Space and flooded into the Crystal Immortal Coffin.

Li Qingyuan discovered that the Immortal Coffin Female Corpse had consumed the remaining baptism power and awakened briefly, revealing a way to revive her and a sacred relic that could evolve the Mysterious Feminine Space. After she concealed herself and erased everyone’s memories, Li Qingyuan completed the baptism and displayed power that earned him recognition as a Dao Lord.

• The Mysterious Feminine Space devoured the final thirty percent of the baptism power and drained spiritual energy from a vast area of Tai Cang Immortal Mountain, interrupting Li Qingyuan and Ji Kun’s cultivation.
• Li Qingyuan sent his Primordial Spirit into the Mysterious Feminine Space and found the Immortal Coffin Female Corpse absorbing the baptism power.
• The female corpse awakened, immobilized Li Qingyuan and the Nine Provinces cultivators, then promised him a chance to become immortal if he revived her and revealed a sacred relic in the Azure Profound Immortal Sect that could evolve the Mysterious Feminine Space.
• The female corpse concealed herself underground and altered everyone’s memories, leaving Li Qingyuan to tell the Nine Provinces cultivators that he had come to check their baptism results.
• Li Qingyuan finished the baptism with his body, dharma power, and Primordial Spirit all reaching Void Refinement, while his lightning arts advanced dramatically.
• Ji Kun manifested its Sky Swallowing Chicken bloodline, and the gathered cultivators and living beings bowed to Li Qingyuan as Dao Lord Qingyuan.

Li Qingyuan completed the Hundred Regions War as a Dao Lord and was transported with the other Heavenly Chosen to the Tai Cang Immortal Stage. There, over a hundred Dao Venerables gathered to receive the contestants, and Yang Haoran singled Li Qingyuan out as the Emperor Sealer.

• Li Qingyuan ascended Tai Cang Immortal Mountain as a Dao Lord, and the Green Wood Heavenly Sun Sword advanced into a Void Refining treasure artifact.
• The force of reception teleported Li Qingyuan and the million Heavenly Chosen away, bringing the Hundred Regions War to a close.
• The gathered Dao Venerables discussed recruiting Li Qingyuan, the deaths of several Heavenly Chosen, and the consequences of interfering with the Nine Provinces Domain and Yang Clan.
• Li Qingyuan arrived at the Tai Cang Immortal Stage and saw more than a hundred Dao Venerables and thousands of Body Integration Spirit Lords waiting.
• Most contestants returned to their sects, while thousands of Extreme Dao Heavenly Chosen remained to seek masters from Super Immortal Sects.
• Yang Haoran addressed Li Qingyuan, asking whether he was the cultivator from Nine Provinces Domain and the Emperor Sealer of the Hundred Regions War.

Li Qingyuan returned Divine General Mie's Heavenly Eye to Yang Haoran, who offered to take him as a disciple, prompting several powerful domains to compete for him. When the Myriad Dragon Ancestor learned that Li Qingyuan had killed Long Aotian, he erupted in rage, leaving Li Qingyuan facing a deadly threat.

• Li Qingyuan presented Yang Haoran with Divine General Mie's Heavenly Eye and explained his promise to return it to the Yang Clan.
• Yang Haoran learned Mie's legacy and invited Li Qingyuan to become his disciple, while Cangxuan Old Ancestor and other domain leaders also offered him positions.
• Myriad Flowers Ancestor and other leaders demanded explanations for the deaths of their disciples, and Sun Mulan revealed Hua Xibai's plot and thanked Li Qingyuan for saving her and Bing Ling'er.
• Myriad Dragon Heavenly Domain cultivators accused Li Qingyuan and Sun Mulan of killing Long Aotian and said Li Qingyuan still possessed his remains.
• Myriad Dragon Ancestor unleashed his Mahayana pressure and demanded revenge for Long Aotian, while Li Qingyuan realized he could not withstand the ancestor's killing intent.

Li Qingyuan faced the Myriad Dragon Ancestor after killing Long Aotian, while the Aolai Old Ancestor and Yang Haoran intervened to protect him. The Yang Clan’s Third Ancestor issued an edict naming Li Qingyuan an Outer Clan Disciple and placing him under the clan’s protection.

• Sun Xingwu confronted the Myriad Dragon Ancestor with the Sea Calming Staff, and the Dragon Ancestor donned the Myriad Dragon Battle Robe as the two prepared to fight.
• Yang Haoran and other Dao Venerables tried to mediate, but Li Qingyuan refused to return Long Aotian’s corpse or possessions and said he had killed him in a contest of strength.
• Sun Xingwu invited Li Qingyuan to Aolai and offered him Sun Mulan as a Dao Companion, but Li Qingyuan declined, saying he already had a Dao Companion and descendants.
• Yang Haoran declared that Li Qingyuan was a Yang Clan disciple and warned the Myriad Dragon Ancestor not to harm him; Sun Xingwu and other powerful Dao Venerables also backed Li Qingyuan.
• The Yang Clan’s Third Ancestor sent an edict recognizing Li Qingyuan as an Outer Clan Disciple and granting him the Yang Clan’s protection, which Yang Haoran announced to the Myriad Dragon Ancestor.