Chapter Summaries

Lu Bei and Dugu fought across the Yiliang ruins, with Dugu repeatedly recovering and growing stronger until the battle could no longer be settled by force. After the others discovered the secret realm was a decoy and escaped, the White-Haired Siblings restrained Dugu and opened a portal so he could pursue Lu Bei.

• Lu Bei and Dugu fought brutally, and Lu Bei used the Five Elements Great Array and the Four Spirits of Heaven to pin Dugu down.
• Dugu broke through the formation, entered the Tribulation Stage, and fought Lu Bei with rapidly increasing strength and resilience.
• Zhu Jingli and King Xinxian discovered the secret realm held no traces of a Tribulation Stage cultivator and realized the group had been lured there by false intelligence.
• King Yuanxuan opened a passage out of the secret realm, and Zhu Jingli used the Bronze Mirror to guide Lu Bei and the others to safety.
• Dugu followed Lu Bei's afterimage too late, then the White-Haired Siblings restrained him and told him the secret realm was a trap.
• Zhao Wuxia opened a portal for Dugu to pursue Lu Bei, and Dugu declared that he was close to breaking Lu Bei's Immortal Sword Intent.

Lu Bei entered the true Yiliang secret realm and rescued Fox Three, who revealed Wang Hu’s plan to restore Yiliang and the royal family’s connection to the realm. As Lu Bei and Fox Three hid inside a grand hall, King Yuanxuan arrived outside and demanded they come out.

• Zhu Jingli told Lu Bei that the Yiliang Secret Realm they had visited was a decoy, and Lu Bei led the group to the entrance beneath River Marsh Palace.
• Lu Bei entered the secret realm and followed Fox Three’s scent through a vast, heavenly palace complex.
• Lu Bei found Fox Three captive among guards, freed him, and learned that Wang Hu had beaten him and was a descendant of Yiliang’s royal family.
• Fox Three explained that Wang Hu had used a false secret realm to draw away the three kingdoms’ Body Integration Realm cultivators while pursuing Yiliang’s restoration.
• Lu Bei and Fox Three suspected Wang Hu had gone toward the enormous sphere in the sky, but Lu Bei pulled Fox Three into a grand hall as King Yuanxuan approached and called them out.

Lu Bei and Fox Three tricked King Yuanxuan into entering a teleportation array, while She Xuan was separated from them and fought Lord Xinli in the secret realm. She Xuan transformed into Tengshe, but Lord Xinli’s blazing assault left her enormous body missing beneath a lava lake.

• Lu Bei and Fox Three confronted King Yuanxuan, and Fox Three sent him toward the teleportation array by claiming his daughter Lord Xinli had gone that way.
• Lu Bei followed King Yuanxuan through the array, using a clone to fool him before entering the secret realm himself.
• She Xuan encountered Lord Xinli, who attacked her and tried to capture her as leverage against Lu Bei.
• She Xuan summoned the Golden Scale Viper and transformed into Tengshe, overpowering Lord Xinli with her immense strength and fiery breath.
• Lord Xinli changed tactics, wounded Tengshe, and blasted her with nine phoenix fireballs until her body disappeared beneath a bubbling lava lake.

She Xuan merged with the Golden Scale Viper and fought the Zhao Siblings, while Lord Xinli joined her against them. The dragon vein of the Millennial Divine Dynasty of Yiliang emerged from the abyss, revealing the secret realm’s prize.

• Sword Fiend Dugu left the Zhao Siblings and asked Lord Xinli where Lu Bei was.
• Zhao Wugou invited Lord Xinli to travel with the siblings, but Zhao Wuxia fought her instead and gained the advantage.
• She Xuan emerged after merging with the Golden Scale Viper and fought Zhao Wugou and Zhao Wuxia.
• Lord Xinli returned to the battle and struck Zhao Wugou, breaking the siblings’ combined attack and helping She Xuan pressure Zhao Wuxia.
• A dragon roared from the abyss, and the Zhao Siblings and Lord Xinli recognized it as the dragon vein that had suppressed the Millennial Divine Dynasty of Yiliang.

Lu Bei confronted Wang Hu, a descendant of Yiliang who sought an alliance to restore his nation, while the trapped imperial heirs struggled to escape the secret realm. The chapter ended as Sword Fiend Dugu attacked Lu Bei and Wang Hu revealed an array of powerful treasures to face King Yuanxuan.

• A dragon vein awakened and attacked She Xuan, the Zhao Siblings, and Lord Xinli with layered Five Elements formations.
• Lu Bei found a mountain containing Innate Golden Essence and met Wang Hu and Queen Qin Wenrou on its summit.
• Zhu Yuan opened a passage with his battle flag, but it led to the Ancient Guard Kingdom's imperial mausoleum, where the imperial heirs were nowhere to be found.
• Wang Hu revealed the Heavenly Origin Pearl and offered it to King Yuanxuan in exchange for the Grand Chu's support in restoring Yiliang.
• Lu Bei offered to take the pearl and help Wang Hu escape, citing Wang Hu's decision to spare his big brother.
• Sword Fiend Dugu attacked Lu Bei, while Wang Hu summoned several treasures to confront King Yuanxuan.

King Yuanxuan overwhelmed Wang Hu until Qin Wenrou activated the Dragon Vein of Destiny, empowering Wang Hu to fight back. As Wang Hu attacked Yuanxuan, Lu Bei prepared to face the frenzied Sword Fiend Dugu, who killed the White-Haired Siblings and declared he would destroy Lu Bei’s myth of immortality.

• King Yuanxuan damaged Wang Hu’s golden bell and lotus platform, then used demonic qi to turn the Men in Black against Wang Hu and Qin Wenrou.
• Qin Wenrou shattered the great seal, awakening the Dragon of Destiny, which swallowed Wang Hu and raised his power to the Tribulation Stage.
• Wang Hu trapped King Yuanxuan and struck with his treasures, while Yuanxuan escaped through a passage opened by his short blade.
• Lu Bei challenged Sword Fiend Dugu to decide victory and death, as She Xuan joined Lu Bei’s side and poisoned him with a kiss.
• Dugu killed the White-Haired Siblings, crushed the Jade Pendant, and vowed to shatter Lu Bei’s myth of immortality.

Lu Bei defeated and imprisoned Sword Fiend Dugu, then captured Lord Xinli and returned to the battlefield, where Wang Hu and King Yuanxuan had fought to mutual destruction. The providence dragon vein killed Qin Wenrou and then targeted Sister She as Lu Bei prepared to stop it.

• Lu Bei overwhelmed Dugu with his Small World and nine swords, then pinned him to the black-and-white foundation and imprisoned him.
• Lu Bei captured the White-Haired Siblings and carried the wounded Lord Xinli back to the Heavenly Palace.
• Wang Hu and King Yuanxuan fought until their bodies were destroyed, leaving the providence dragon vein without a carrier.
• The providence dragon vein entered Qin Wenrou, killing her, then searched the battlefield for another host.
• The providence dragon vein fixed its gaze on Sister She, and Lu Bei confronted it with his iron sword and Immortal Sword Intent.

Lu Bei defeated King Yuanxuan, gathered magical treasures from Yiliang’s ruins, and found records revealing the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm’s origins and Yiliang’s conflict with a Grave Keeper. The records ended with the Grave Keeper returning, leaving Lu Bei to uncover what happened next.

• Elder She absorbed the Dragon of Destiny’s spiritual vein, while Lu Bei captured its severed half in his Small World.
• Lu Bei knocked out King Yuanxuan and imprisoned him with Lord Xinli, then searched the ruins for Zhu Jingli and the scattered magical treasures.
• Lu Bei recovered five Tribulation Stage magical treasures and explored Yiliang’s ruined treasure vault with Elder She.
• Lu Bei discovered a hidden chamber containing stone diaries that described Yiliang’s history and its acquisition of the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm.
• The diaries revealed that Yiliang found Innate Golden Essence and that a Grave Keeper came to demand the dynasty leave the secret realm.
• A final diary entry said the Grave Keeper had returned and that its writer was going out to confront him.

Lu Bei uncovered clues linking the Gravekeepers to Yiliang’s fall, then used Sword Fiend Dugu to weaken and capture the Innate Golden Essence in a Jade Gourd. After distributing a lotus platform and teasing Fox Three, Lu Bei encountered Zhu Jingli arriving with two battered enforcers.

• Lu Bei concealed the diary’s contents from She Xuan and stored the stone tablet and other ruins in his Small World.
• Lu Bei connected the Gravekeepers to Yiliang’s destruction and resolved to warn Wu Zhou, Xiong Chu, and Xuanlong by spreading the risk.
• Lu Bei provoked the Innate Golden Essence into firing Rays of Light at Sword Fiend Dugu, then captured the weakened essence in the Jade Gourd.
• Lu Bei showed Fox Three the recovered junk, entrusted him with a lotus platform for godmother, and mocked him for wanting a Tribulation Stage treasure.
• Zhu Jingli entered the Heavenly Palace with two battered enforcers as Lu Bei and Fox Three traded remarks about the missing treasures.

Zhu Jingli refused to buy Xuanlong’s prisoners, traded for King Yuanxuan and Lord Xinli, and warned Lu Bei to keep the secret-bearing stone tablet from them. At the Heavenly Sword Sect, Lu Bei gave Qin Fantian several damaged Tribulation Stage treasures, arranged a duel with Sword Fiend Dugu, and then entered the wrong prison cell.

• Zhu Jingli and his men fought King Xinxian and Lord Xin Kuang in the Hidden Sky Diagram, while Fox Three and Fox Four took the treasures from the secret realm.
• Zhu Jingli declined to buy Xuanlong’s prisoners, but negotiated with Lu Bei for King Yuanxuan bundled with Lord Xinli.
• Zhu Jingli warned Lu Bei not to show the Ancient Xia Language stone tablet to King Yuanxuan or the Zhao Siblings, then left the secret realm.
• Lu Bei returned to the Heavenly Sword Sect and gave Qin Fantian several Tribulation Stage treasures, but kept them when Qin Fantian said restoration would take years.
• Lu Bei told Qin Fantian to announce a duel with Sword Fiend Dugu, then entered King Yuanxuan’s cell by mistake and apologized for thinking it was Lord Xinli’s prison.

Lu Bei tried to use King Yuanxuan and his daughter Lord Xinli to secure a deal, then showed him evidence about the Gravekeeper. He left King Yuanxuan tied up, failed to provoke Zhao Wugou, and found Zhao Wuxia strangely willing to accept his marriage proposal before turning to study Innate Golden Essence.

• Lu Bei freed King Yuanxuan, explained that the Wu Zhou Imperial Family had offered a price for him, and proposed selling him the white-haired Xuanlong siblings, but King Yuanxuan refused.
• Lu Bei showed King Yuanxuan the stone tablet diary, which revealed the Gravekeeper’s connection to Yiliang’s destruction, then returned him to confinement and went to visit Lord Xinli.
• Lu Bei tried to provoke Zhao Wugou by claiming he would marry Zhao Wugou’s sister, but Zhao Wugou remained indifferent.
• Lu Bei covered Zhao Wuxia with a garment and claimed he and her elder sister were in love; Zhao Wuxia accepted the marriage, then became wary when Lu Bei suggested he wanted her instead.
• Lu Bei returned to the Quiet Room to study Innate Golden Essence, and Zhan Hongqu delivered Xuanlong intelligence that included information on Sword Fiend Dugu.

Lu Bei dueled Sword Fiend Dugu, then negotiated with Zhao Wuxie over the Zhao siblings and Dugu, releasing all three after accepting Zhao Wuxie’s payment. The Zhao siblings left for the Capital City, where Zhao Wuxia questioned whether her elder brother was actually a woman.

• Lu Bei challenged Sword Fiend Dugu to a duel, and the disciples and elders who watched found the battle unpleasant and drove them from the secret realm.
• Zhu Jingli arrived at Cangqian Mountain with Zhao Wuxie, who privately negotiated with Lu Bei over his younger siblings and Sword Fiend Dugu.
• Zhao Wuxie revealed that he wanted Dugu ransomed and wanted Lu Bei to kill Zhao Wugou and Zhao Wuxia, then paid Lu Bei and accepted the extra conditions.
• Lu Bei released the Zhao siblings and Dugu, and Zhao Wuxie bound Dugu with a magical belt before giving Lu Bei a token for travel throughout Xuanlong.
• The three Zhao siblings left for the Capital City, and Zhao Wuxia asked Zhao Wuxie whether he was actually her elder sister.

Lu Bei gave Zhan Hongqu a Nine Sword, then visited Zhu Qilan and told her about the Yiliang Secret Realm. Zhu Qilan recognized Purple Firmament Tower as one of Mighty Chu’s Three Divine Artifacts, revealing that Lu Bei had acquired two of the three state-protecting treasures.

• Lu Bei teased Zhan Hongqu, then offered her Great Silence Heaven and Great Solemn Heaven; she accepted Great Solemn Heaven and left, promising to return.
• After Zhan Hongqu entered seclusion, Lu Bei punished her elder father with extra chores and found Fox Three beaten by female sword cultivators.
• Lu Bei and Fox Three blamed Qi Yan for the attack, then parted ways.
• Lu Bei visited Zhu Qilan in Changming Manor and told her about the events in the Yiliang Secret Realm.
• Zhu Qilan identified Purple Firmament Tower as a divine artifact of the Mighty Chu imperial family, leaving Lu Bei to realize Xuanlong had deceived him.

Lu Bei and Zhu Qilan refined the Innate Golden Essence through dual cultivation, helping Zhu Qilan break through to the great completion stage of the Body Integration Realm. Lu Bei claimed the weakened essence as his treasure, and the chapter ended with him and Zhu Qilan falling into a pool where Steward Yu was already bathing.

• Zhu Qilan explained that the Longevity Seal, the third of Great Chu's divine artifacts, had also disappeared, then described its appearance to Lu Bei.
• Lu Bei offered Zhu Qilan several Tribulation Stage treasures; she chose the battle flags, but he insisted they keep them for later use.
• Lu Bei and Zhu Qilan used the Jade Gourd's Innate Golden Essence to cultivate together, strengthening Lu Bei's Small World and helping Zhu Qilan advance from the middle stage to the great completion stage of the Body Integration Realm.
• Lu Bei used the weakened Innate Golden Essence as a treasure, repeatedly ordering it to fly before claiming it as his own.
• Zhu Qilan told Lu Bei that his subordinates were serving under Xia Yuechan in the Western Three Prefectures, and he said he was on familiar terms with her and Zhu Xun.
• Lu Bei carried Zhu Qilan to the pool, where they landed beside Steward Yu, who was already bathing.

Lu Bei teased Zhu Qilan and Steward Yu before Zhu Qilan abruptly took Baiyu into seclusion, then asked Zhu Qilan about refining secret realms and worried that the cultivation path might be flawed. Back at Sanqing Peak, he found no promising disciples or news of a ranking tournament, then Sister She lured him to a swimming pool and began a private encounter with him.

• Lu Bei flirted with Zhu Qilan and Steward Yu in the bath, but Zhu Qilan interrupted them and took Baiyu away to enter seclusion.
• Baiyu teased Zhu Qilan about changing her mind and explained that Zhu Qilan had canceled the planned practical lessons because she was jealous of her and Lu Bei.
• Lu Bei asked Zhu Qilan about Body Integration Realm cultivators refining secret realms, and he suspected that their cultivation methods or the world's cultivation path might be mistaken.
• Lu Bei returned to Sanqing Peak, found no promising named disciples or news of the ranking tournament, and dismissed the firearms project as unsuitable for the later stages of cultivation.
• Sister She brought Lu Bei poisoned Roast Goose, then led him to a swimming pool in the underground palace and began a private encounter with him.

Lu Bei benefited from Elder She and the Golden Scale Viper’s cultivation, refined and renamed a golden bell, and planned to stir up conflict in Guan Prefecture. He woke Zhao Shiran from seclusion after she advanced rapidly, then accepted her offer to make him restorative snacks.

• Elder She and the Golden Scale Viper shared refined spiritual energy and auspicious fortune, accelerating their cultivation while Lu Bei benefited from their progress.
• Lu Bei refined a Tribulation Stage golden bell, reshaped it to his form, and renamed it Withered Cicada.
• Lu Bei decided to disguise himself as Ji Yue and stir up trouble in Guan Prefecture to turn Qinggan and Qi Yan against each other.
• Lu Bei found that Zhao Shiran had advanced from Deity Transformation to Void Refining during nearly half a year of seclusion and woke her so she would not cultivate too quickly.
• Zhao Shiran offered to make Lu Bei medicinal snacks after he claimed his recent battle with a great demon had left him exhausted.

Lu Bei welcomed Zhao Shiran into Feather Transformation Sect and helped her build a Small World after she broke through to Void Refining. Their cultivation session let him harvest abundant experience, bringing the Great Yin Killing Intent Dao to completion and pushing his attributes to new heights.

• Lu Bei learned that Zhao Shiran had resigned as Piaoxiang Sect’s master and offered her a position as an elder in Feather Transformation Sect.
• Zhao Shiran moved into the empty room beside She Xuan, then learned that Lu Bei had reached Body Integration and She Xuan was attempting the same breakthrough.
• Lu Bei advised Zhao Shiran about cultivating a Small World and used his own Small World and secret manuals to help her construct one.
• Zhao Shiran revealed that she had broken through to Void Refining, and Lu Bei absorbed the experience from their dual cultivation.
• Lu Bei completed the Great Yin Killing Intent Dao, gained the Great Yin Physique, Third Yao rank, and raised his Strength and Speed to 100,000 and Spirit to 130,000.

Lu Bei accepted Fox Two’s invitation to join the campaign against Qing Gan in Lu Prefecture and brought Zhao Shiran along to gain experience. At the former Western King’s Estate, he met Mu Jiling and learned that the Imperial Tutor Grand Preceptor had been waiting for him.

• Lu Bei gave Zhao Shiran the Wen Yuan Sword and watched her practice sword dancing before Fox Two’s secret letter arrived.
• Fox Two told Lu Bei that Huangji Sect and the imperial family were preparing to attack Qing Gan, and invited him to join the campaign in Lu Prefecture.
• Lu Bei decided to travel without Qin Fantian, then changed his mind and brought Zhao Shiran along to train her in battle.
• Lu Bei and Zhao Shiran arrived in Lu Prefecture and met Mu Jiling at the former Western King’s Estate.
• Mu Jiling told Lu Bei that the Imperial Tutor Grand Preceptor had been waiting for him and ordered him to come along.

Lu Bei met the Imperial Tutor Grand Preceptor at the sealed Western King's Estate, where she tested him with her zither and confronted him over his cultivation of her Great Yin Killing Intent Dao. The Imperial Tutor offered to take Zhao Shiran as her disciple, but Zhao Shiran deferred to Lu Bei, leaving the Imperial Tutor angered and eyeing him with murderous intent.

• Lu Bei followed Mu Jiling and Zhao Shiran through the abandoned Western King's Estate to meet the Imperial Tutor Grand Preceptor.
• The Imperial Tutor played a zither melody that stirred demonic thoughts, but Lu Bei and Zhao Shiran showed no visible reaction.
• The Imperial Tutor recognized Lu Bei's Great Yin Killing Intent Dao and demanded the etiquette due to a master, while Lu Bei challenged her to explain the demonic thoughts troubling him.
• The Imperial Tutor offered to take Zhao Shiran as her disciple, but Zhao Shiran deferred to Lu Bei, who warned her against accepting.
• The Imperial Tutor accused Lu Bei of treating Zhao Shiran as a cauldron and, angered by his smugness, fixed on the artery in his neck with murderous intent.

Lu Bei fought the Imperial Tutor Grand Preceptor inside his Small World after she came to instruct him, but their duel escalated when he wounded her with his Jade Gourd. The Imperial Tutor Grand Preceptor unfolded her Dark Domain and began devouring his Small World.

• Lu Bei invited the Imperial Tutor Grand Preceptor into his Small World after invoking Fox Two, and she declared that she would instruct him.
• The Imperial Tutor Grand Preceptor attacked Lu Bei with the Three Absolutes of Bitter Underworld, and his Withered Cicada Bell barely endured the strikes.
• Lu Bei used his speed and sword techniques to attack, but the Imperial Tutor Grand Preceptor suppressed his clones with an array diagram.
• Lu Bei broke through the array and struck the Imperial Tutor Grand Preceptor with Immortal Sword Intent, leaving one of her arms limp.
• Lu Bei fired a Ray of Light from his Jade Gourd and wounded the Imperial Tutor Grand Preceptor near her eye.
• The Imperial Tutor Grand Preceptor opened her Dark Domain, which began devouring Lu Bei's Small World as he tried to retreat.