Vol. 9Blessed Lands and Rising Swords

Li Shiming claimed new blessed lands and treasures, reunited with Yin Shilan, and explored the Divine Hall, while Li Yuanba rose through the Eastern Qi Continent’s sect conflicts. The volume ended with Li Shiming cultivating in seclusion as the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect moved against the Veiled Sun Sect.

  • Li Shiming defeated Yan Gao and Wang He with his Golden Corpses, claimed Yang Xing’s blessed land, and named its domain the Thunder and Lightning Blessed Land.
  • Li Shiming tried to question Yan Gao and Wang He, but both died by oath before revealing anything.
  • Li Shiming defeated the Old Ancestors who attacked Yin Shilan and established the Northern Shu Sect under Elder Su.
  • Li Shiming and Yin Shilan became Dao companions, and he protected her when the Seven Immortals of the Western Sea ambushed them.
  • Li Yuanba advanced at Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion by winning resource contests and defeating powerful opponents.
  • Li Shiming entered the Divine Hall, reached Peak Great Cultivator, and contracted the Golden Winged Great Peng.
  • Li Shiming took the Heavenly Secret Treasures and the Jade Pearl Blessed Land before beginning secluded cultivation.
  • Li Yuanba’s attacks drove the Jade Purity Sect from the Eastern Qi Continent, and the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect moved against the Veiled Sun Sect.
Chapters 801–900 Read from ch. 801

Arc 33The Thunder and Lightning Blessed Land

Li Shiming destroyed the White Emperor Sect and Tai Chu Sect bases, defeated Ren Mu, and faced Yan Gao and Wang He with his Golden Corpses. He captured the two Peak Great Cultivators, claimed Yang Xing’s blessed land, and ended the arc with both prisoners dying by oath before he could question them.

  • Li Shiming studied the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect’s library, then destroyed the White Emperor Sect’s bases and the Tai Chu Sect’s mountain gate with Thunder Cloud Arts.
  • Li Shiming helped the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect take control of Tai Chu Blessed Land, defeated Great Cultivator Ren Mu, and forged five Late Stage Golden Corpses from Great Cultivator corpses.
  • Li Shiming met Yan Gao and Wang He, whose attack was aided by a Jade Purity Sect Half-Step Great Power, but he incapacitated both Peak Great Cultivators with Divine Firmament Thunder Pearl-enhanced Falling Thunder Arts.
  • Li Shiming sealed the Jade Compass and drained Yang Xing’s incomplete Cave Heaven, where the Heavenly Ghost devoured Yang Xing’s Heart Demon and inherited the Blessed Land Core.
  • Li Shiming moved the blessed land into his body, named its thunder-and-lightning domain the Thunder and Lightning Blessed Land, and began comprehending its rule at Tai Chu Branch Sect.
  • Li Shiming refused the request to return Yan Gao and Wang He, then told Wang He that Yang Xing had died and showed him Yang Xing’s Sky Strike Thunder Hammer.
  • Wang He and Yan Gao each used an oath to take their own lives when Li Shiming tried to question them.
Chapters 801–825 Summaries Read

Arc 34Yin Shilan Returns

Li Shiming reunited with Yin Shilan, rebuilt her cultivation and brought her to the Eastern Qi Continent, where she advanced, became his Dao companion, and joined Luan Phoenix Palace. The arc ended with Li Shiming protecting her when the Seven Immortals of the Western Sea ambushed their journey across the Central Continent.

  • Li Shiming discovered that Yin Shilan had been deprived of her cultivation resources and confined by the Thousand Illusions Sect, then fortified her mountain and ordered the responsible Old Ancestors to repay what they had taken.
  • Li Shiming defeated the Old Ancestors who attacked Yin Shilan’s mountain, forced the Seven Great Sects to merge, and established the Northern Shu Sect under Elder Su.
  • Li Shiming helped Yin Shilan form a Nascent Soul and withstand her Heavenly Tribulation, then gave her treasures and guided her in a new cultivation art.
  • Li Shiming and Yin Shilan visited her parents, became Dao companions, and traveled to the Eastern Qi Continent, where Great Cultivator Li accepted Yin Shilan as her disciple.
  • Li Shiming’s Phantom Clone accompanied Yin Shilan to Luan Phoenix Palace, where she became a Core Disciple and received a Crimson Gold Phoenix Egg that Li Shiming hatched for her.
  • Li Shiming left Luan Phoenix Palace to meet Li Yuanba, while Yin Shilan completed her inheritance and later rejoined him for a tour of the Central Continent.
  • The Seven Immortals of the Western Sea ambushed Li Shiming and Yin Shilan, but his Golden Corpses broke through their formation and seized two attacking Dragon Beasts.
Chapters 826–850 Summaries Read

Arc 35The Divine Hall and the Great Peng

Li Yuanba rose to prominence at Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion by winning resource contests and defeating Peak Great Cultivators, while Li Shiming survived Luo Yuan’s pursuit and entered the Divine Hall. The arc left Li Shiming exploring the Divine Beast Garden with the Golden Winged Great Peng contracted to him.

  • Li Yuanba advanced to the Great Cultivator Realm with Li Shiming’s help, then joined Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion and began taking resource missions.
  • Li Yuanba claimed Golden Silk Azure Spirit Grass from a Boundless Sect resource point and defeated Minghai Great Honored One in a contest for another resource site.
  • Li Yuanba and Jian Tianyi defended a resource point together, then joined the contest for the Spirit Realm Blessed Land, where Li Yuanba defeated Cui Cheng and captured Great Cultivator Lin’s Nascent Soul.
  • Li Shiming refined Ruyi Mountain Suppressing Peak into a spirit treasure, but Great Power Luo Yuan’s clone attacked him, forcing him to escape through the Teleportation Ring.
  • Li Shiming arrived at the Divine Hall, fought off Great Cultivator Zong Jing, and joined a group of righteous and demonic Great Cultivators exploring its dangerous restrictions.
  • Li Shiming comprehended the Sensing God Monument, reaching Peak Great Cultivator and nearing a breakthrough, then followed the Golden Winged Great Peng to the Divine Beast Garden.
  • Li Shiming defeated the Golden Winged Great Peng, which the garden’s rules contracted to him, then healed it and introduced it to his other spirit beasts.
Chapters 851–875 Summaries Read

Arc 36The Jade Pearl and the Sword

Li Shiming took the Heavenly Secret Treasures, survived the Divine Hall’s aftermath, and seized the Jade Pearl Blessed Land before retreating to cultivate. While he secluded himself, Li Yuanba devastated the Jade Purity Sect’s forces, helping shift the balance in the Eastern Qi Continent as the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect moved against the Veiled Sun Sect.

  • Li Shiming collected all five Heavenly Secret Treasures, then killed Leng Hong, Zong Jing, Shen Ze, Liao Yi, and Ji Chuang after they confronted him near the Divine Hall.
  • Li Shiming reached the Jade Pearl Islands, helped repel a Mysterious Nether Black-Gold Beast swarm, and made hundreds of Corrosion Mist Talismans.
  • Li Shiming killed Wu Ding and his attackers, took control of the islands’ formation, and used Corrosion Mist Talismans to expose the Half-Step Great Power’s Space Gate.
  • Li Shiming watched the Half-Step Great Power kill Jiao Xian before dying as his blessed land collapsed, then took the Jade Pearl Blessed Land and its inheritance.
  • Li Shiming found the Heavenly Spirit Jade Pearl and began secluded cultivation, while Li Yuanba studied how to advance to Great Power.
  • Li Yuanba infiltrated a Jade Purity Branch Sect, killed its Thunder Cultivator Great Cultivators, then ambushed a Far Sailing Boat and killed two Peak Great Cultivators.
  • Li Yuanba’s victories drove the Jade Purity Sect to withdraw from the Eastern Qi Continent, and Li Shiming agreed to help Great Cultivator Hu confront the Veiled Sun Sect.
  • Great Cultivator Hu and Great Cultivator Ding led the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect toward the Veiled Sun Sect as two Golden Corpse Late Stage broke through its Blessed Land Barrier.
Chapters 876–900 Summaries Read
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