Ch. 548Heavenly Being's Minor Five Declines

Bai Jin, Xiang Muqing, and the others fought the awakened Blood Servants before entering the grand city and finding Ji Han under someone’s control. Lu Bei tried to escape Ji Han’s formation, but Ji Han’s Heaven and Man’s Minor Five Declines drew the group into its attack.

  • Four Blood Servants broke free of their cocoons and attacked Bai Jin, Ji Jie, and Xiang Muqing, who defended them with her Luan Bird Visualization Diagram.
  • Bai Jin borrowed Lu Bei’s Immortal Sword Intent to kill the giant python Blood Servant, and Lu Bei arrived to help defeat the remaining foes.
  • The group cautiously approached the grand city, where they found Ji Han standing before its palace gates; Fei Xing warned Lu Bei that someone controlled him.
  • Ji Han summoned the Gate of No Life, but Lu Bei charged toward the city gates with Bai Jin and revealed that the city walls were an illusion.
  • Ji Han activated a formation, trapped the group, and used Qi Yan’s Gate of No Life and Heaven and Man’s Minor Five Declines to pull them into its attack.

Ch. 549Decline of Comprehension

Lu Bei battered Ji Han through the great hall doors and defeated his golden-corpse body with a powerful strike. Fei Xing then identified the Heavenly Human Minor Five Declines afflicting the group, including Lu Bei’s Decline of Comprehension, but she could not remove them.

  • Lu Bei struck Ji Han into the great hall doors, and Fei Xing emerged from his sleeve to warn him that Ji Han was a powerful golden corpse.
  • Fei Xing used the Five Elements Birth Lotus Technique to strengthen Lu Bei, who seized Ji Han and smashed him with Immortal Sword Intent, leaving only a withered arm in his hand.
  • Fei Xing examined Lu Bei, Xiang Muqing, Bai Jin, Zhu Xiushi, and Ji Jie with her treasure mirror and identified their respective declines.
  • Bai Jin worried over Lu Bei’s lost comprehension, while Lu Bei comforted her and teased Zhu Xiushi about her lost wisdom.
  • Fei Xing clarified that she had only identified their afflictions, not removed them, leaving Lu Bei and the others still affected by the declines.

Ch. 550The Bigger the Forest, the More Varied the Birds

Lu Bei and his companions entered the main hall, where they found Ji Han and Zhu Yintian waiting in a Sumeru Formation. As Han Miaojun explained Zhu Yintian’s history and his hidden purpose, she and Lu Bei agreed to divide the spoils and conceal Zhu Xiushi at the Heavenly Sword Sect.

  • Lu Bei led the group into the main hall, where Ji Jie scouted ahead and an immense aura stirred Fei Xing’s concern.
  • A Sumeru Formation illuminated the hall, revealing the wounded Ji Han and Zhu Yintian, who demanded that the intruders acknowledge him as their master.
  • Han Miaojun identified Zhu Yintian as a former Cold Sky Valley cultivator and explained the Ji Family’s destruction of his sect and family.
  • Zhu Yintian’s history revealed that he had guarded a secret-realm opportunity for two hundred years and had captured Ji Han after ambushing him.
  • Han Miaojun proposed splitting the gains with Lu Bei and offered to hide Zhu Xiushi at the Li Luan Palace, but Lu Bei accepted only after she offered the Heavenly Sword Sect instead.

Ch. 551Immortal Elixir, Longevity Grass

Lu Bei battled Ji Han while Han Miaojun confronted Zhu Yintian, and the fight revealed that Ji Han had been pretending to serve Zhu Yintian. Ji Han proposed an alliance with Lu Bei and offered to reveal a supreme treasure in the main hall, leaving Lu Bei startled by the mention of the Longevity Grass.

  • Lu Bei fought Ji Han with a severed arm infused with Immortal Sword Intent, while Han Miaojun faced Zhu Yintian.
  • Zhu Yintian overwhelmed Han Miaojun’s clone, forcing her to rely on the White Jade Lotus Platform as Lu Bei continued attacking Ji Han.
  • Ji Han opened the Gate of No Life, and its wind pulled Ji Jie's Primordial Spirit into the gate, leaving her lifeless.
  • Ji Han secretly contacted Lu Bei and revealed that he had hidden most of his Primordial Spirit in Ji Jie, while the spirit consumed by the gate had been his own.
  • Ji Han asked Lu Bei to ally with him and claimed a supreme treasure was hidden in the main hall, mentioning the Immortal Elixir and Longevity Grass.

Ch. 552Three Fates of All Living Beings, Utter Defeat of the Ten Evils

Lu Bei, Ji Han, and Han Miaojun teamed up to bring down Zhu Yintian, but his Black Bronze Umbrella let him rebuild a body after their attacks. Their final strike shattered the umbrella and collapsed the Sumeru formation, leaving everyone falling toward a dark abyss as a terrifying presence stirred below.

  • Lu Bei and Ji Han pretended to fight while Han Miaojun helped wear down Zhu Yintian, then Ji Han ambushed him and unleashed the Gate of No Life’s evil ghosts.
  • Zhu Yintian revealed that Ji Han’s Primordial Spirit was still under his control, and both men struck at once, leaving Ji Han badly injured and Zhu Yintian’s body and Primordial Spirit nearly destroyed.
  • Lu Bei pulled Ji Han away from the Black Bronze Umbrella’s power and gave him a severed arm, while Zhu Yintian used the Three Yin Yuan Convergence secret technique to rebuild his body with the umbrella.
  • Lu Bei, Ji Han, and Han Miaojun attacked the Black Bronze Umbrella together and cracked it, causing the Sumeru formation to collapse and the great hall to open into a bottomless abyss.
  • The group was dragged into the abyss as a chaotic, terrifying aura stirred at its depths.

Ch. 553Abyssal Demon Mound

Han Miaojun, Lu Bei, and Ji Han fell into the abyss, where they discovered a deadly Blood Mud plain and learned that Zhu Yintian guarded an immature Longevity Grass. Lu Bei fashioned footwear from Demon Bone to cross the corrosive swamp, while the group prepared to search for the grass.

  • Han Miaojun sent Xiang Muqing upward, while Lu Bei and Ji Han likewise propelled their companions toward safety before plunging deeper into the abyss.
  • Zhu Xiushi and Bai Jin reached a prison of dark cages, where Ji Jie realized that the Sea Suppressing Heaven Covering was a great prison.
  • Lu Bei, Han Miaojun, and Ji Han landed on the Blood Mud plain, where the swamp corroded their bodies and even the Fantian Seal.
  • Ji Han explained that Zhu Yintian guarded an immature Longevity Grass that could extend life and help a Primordial Spirit avoid Tribulation Difficulty.
  • Lu Bei used the Demon Slaying Sword to cut Demon Bone into makeshift shoes, then refused Ji Han's offer to buy a pair.

Ch. 554Lotus Steps

Lu Bei, Ji Han, and Han Miaojun reached the Longevity Grass in the secret realm and fought Zhu Yintian over it. After Zhu Yintian unleashed a technique that wounded Han Miaojun, she empowered Lu Bei, who prepared to strike back with Lotus Steps.

  • Lu Bei, Ji Han, and Han Miaojun crossed the Misty Plains using demon-bone footwear and found Zhu Yintian guarding the Longevity Grass.
  • Zhu Yintian attacked Ji Han and Han Miaojun with the Black Bronze Umbrella, while Han Miaojun revealed her strength by driving him back with a hurricane.
  • Han Miaojun tried to destroy the immature Longevity Grass, but Zhu Yintian used the umbrella’s Dark Domain and shifting gravity to protect it and hinder his opponents.
  • Zhu Yintian used the Yin Yang Twin Fish technique, causing Han Miaojun to lose both arms and much of her body; she then tried to possess Lu Bei but was forced out by his Immortal Sword Intent.
  • Han Miaojun lent Lu Bei her power and asked him to spare her disciple, and Lu Bei activated Lotus Steps as the plain trembled beneath him.

Ch. 555Do You Recognize This Formation

Lu Bei killed Zhu Yintian, but the dying monster’s formation sent him plunging into the abyss beneath the blood sea. Protected by the Purple Cloud Tower, Lu Bei found mature Longevity Grass and followed a mysterious presence to a suspended mass of red.

  • Lu Bei defeated Zhu Yintian’s possession attempt with the Innate Golden Essence, then killed him and earned 600 million experience.
  • After Zhu Yintian died, the formation collapsed and a powerful gravitational force dragged Lu Bei into the blood sea.
  • Lu Bei endured the filthy blood’s corrosion with the Withered Cicada Bell and then the Purple Cloud Tower, leveling his Immortal Sword Body as it recovered.
  • The Purple Cloud Tower passed through a barrier into a calm, dark realm where Lu Bei found and collected six mature stalks of Longevity Grass.
  • Lu Bei followed a pulsing presence into a vacuum zone and found a suspended mass of red.

Ch. 556Kunpeng

Lu Bei absorbed ancient monster blood and created a Kunpeng Second Avatar, then strengthened it with experience while exploring the monster grave. Ji Han believed Lu Bei had died and tried to claim the remaining Longevity Grass, but Lu Bei emerged from the mud and confronted him over his unpaid debt.

  • Lu Bei absorbed the nameless monster’s blood and formed a Kunpeng Second Avatar in the Monster Derivation Pagoda.
  • Lu Nan raged in the Demon Realm, while Lu Dong tried to leave Xuankong Temple to kill Lu Bei but was stopped by the white-robed monk.
  • Xing Li entered Sect Master Gongsun’s cave abode and immediately collapsed in the pink mist.
  • Lu Bei spent billions of experience strengthening Kunpeng and maxed out its Monstrous Strength skill before searching the seabed for Longevity Grass.
  • Ji Han found two surviving Longevity Grass plants and celebrated, believing Lu Bei had died, but Lu Bei rose from the mud and demanded that Ji Han repay his debt.

Ch. 558Longevity Seal

Lu Bei negotiated with Ji Han for the Longevity Grass, escaped the prison, and received the Longevity Seal as compensation. He learned that the seal might lead to an immortal island and that the other two artifacts were supposedly hidden in Wu Zhou and Xuanlong.

  • Lu Bei confronted Ji Han over his broken promise, and they agreed to split the Longevity Grass and keep their secret.
  • Lu Bei swallowed one stalk of Longevity Grass, then left the abyssal demon tomb with Ji Han and summoned Bai Jin.
  • Ji Han dispelled the Minor Five Declines of Heaven and Man from the group, while Bai Jin and Zhu Xiushi privately cleared up their misunderstanding about Lu Bei.
  • Lu Bei, Zhu Xiushi, and Ji Han divided up parts of the secret realm, and Ji Han gave Lu Bei the Longevity Seal two days later.
  • Ji Han claimed the Longevity Seal could open a gateway to an Eastern Sea immortal island and shared his information about the other two Mighty Chu artifacts.

Ch. 559Grabbing a Brother by the Hand

Lu Bei pressured Ji Han for treasure and information, then returned to Wu Zhou and negotiated with Zhu Xiushi before heading home with Bai Jin. At Cangqian Mountain, Bu Zishi told him he had been selected for the Human Sacred Land gathering, where he discovered Zhu Qilan was also among the candidates.

  • Lu Bei forced Ji Han to hand over two magic treasures and reveal the Qing Gan Remnants’ location, then traveled to Wu Zhou after Ji Jie saw him off.
  • At the Western King's Estate, Lu Bei offered Zhu Xiushi three magic treasures in exchange for better ones, and she promised to find two suitable treasures in the Capital City secret realm.
  • Zhu Xiushi teased Lu Bei in front of Bai Jin, who then traveled with him to Beijun Mountain instead of visiting She Xuan at Sanqing Peak.
  • Lian Lin reported that Zhao Wuyou and Bu Zishi were waiting at Cangqian Mountain, and Lu Bei asked to meet Bu Zishi first while avoiding the diplomat.
  • Bu Zishi told Lu Bei that she had resigned as Huangji Sect Grand Elder and used her authority to add him to Wu Zhou’s candidates for the Human Sacred Land gathering.
  • Lu Bei reviewed the candidate list and realized Zhu Qilan was also selected, while the appendix revealed that She Xuan was younger than Zhu Qilan.

Ch. 560A Thatched Cottage, a Cup of Tea, and Two Mu of Thin Fields Plowed in a Day

Lu Bei expanded the Cangqian Mountain Secret Realm, entrusted Qin Fantian with caring for an immature Longevity Grass, and established a private palace on an island. He restored Wei Yu's female body and gave Xiao Fengxian the Fantian Seal to help him face a coming duel.

  • Lu Bei met Zhao Wuyou, who discussed official matters concerning the Xuanlong branch of the Heavenly Sword Sect before departing.
  • Lu Bei encouraged Qin Fantian to keep naming the secret realm's trees, then took him to expand the realm and revealed an immature Longevity Grass for him to cultivate.
  • Lu Bei placed Sea Suppressing Heaven Covering and its seven heavenly pillars on an isolated island to make his private palace.
  • Xiao Fengxian and Wei Yu arrived, and Lu Bei restored Wei Yu's female body after she complained about life in the secret realm.
  • Xiao Fengxian told Lu Bei he faced a powerful enemy in a duel at the end of November, and Lu Bei gave him the Fantian Seal.

Ch. 561Difficulties Always Outnumber Solutions

Lu Bei showed Xiao Fengxian several treasures, gave him an imprinted Heaven-Turning Seal, and prepared to travel to the Human Sacred Land gathering while leaving Qin Fantian in charge of the sect. After more than half a month of travel and secret-realm developments, Lu Bei set out with his older cousin as Xiao Fengxian entered the professional competitions expecting to win three championships.

  • Lu Bei passed off his treasures as famous divine artifacts and gave Xiao Fengxian a Heaven-Turning Seal that he could summon only in a crisis.
  • Xiao Fengxian tested the seal by asking Little Scout to beat him, but it did not appear, and he found Lu Bei had disappeared.
  • Qin Fantian failed to cultivate the Longevity Grass, so Lu Bei advised him to consult trusted elders and left him responsible for the sect during his upcoming trip.
  • Lu Bei and Zhan Hongqu discussed whether Zhan Mingxin should join the secret-realm team, and Zhan Mingxin entered the secret realm three days later.
  • Lu Bei traveled through several provinces and the Hundred Thousand Mountains, left Tu Yuan two hundred minor demons as undercover agents, and departed with his older cousin for the Human Sacred Land.
  • Xiao Fengxian signed up for the individual, team, and secret-realm competitions, convinced the Heaven-Turning Seal would help him win all three.

Ch. 562Be a Little More Restrained—Don't Injure the Examiners

Lu Bei set off with Zhu Qilan and Wu Zhou’s young talents for the Human Sacred Land Assembly, teasing Zhu Xiushi and puzzling Zhu Qilan with his familiar closeness to her. Bu Zishi revealed that Human Sacred Land examiners would test the group en route, and she warned Lu Bei not to injure them.

  • At Changming Manor, Lu Bei teased Zhu Qilan about her age and promised Steward Yu souvenirs before leaving with Zhu Qilan for the meeting point.
  • Lu Bei met four Zhu Family disciples at the Western King's Estate and was disappointed that none challenged him.
  • Lu Bei reunited with Zhu Xiushi, flirted with her, and asked for the magic treasure she had promised to trade him.
  • Zhu Qilan overheard Lu Bei and Zhu Xiushi discussing the treasure and became suspicious, then saw Lu Bei casually embrace Zhu Xiushi and Bu Zishi together.
  • Bu Zishi explained that Human Sacred Land examiners would test the group along the way and told Lu Bei to avoid injuring them.

Ch. 563Saintly Grounds Examiner

Lu Bei and the Wu Zhou delegation traveled toward the Human Sacred Land while examiners Nie Zixiong and Nie Ziyi prepared a surprise assessment in Qu Yan. The examiners activated their formation as Bu Zishi piloted the shuttle into its gate.

  • Lu Bei warned Zhu Qilan that an examiner would attack the shuttle during a secret surprise assessment, then took her to cultivate with him.
  • The shuttle reached the Fulong Mountain Range in Qu Yan, where Nie Zixiong and Nie Ziyi reviewed the participating countries and discussed Wu Zhou's contestants.
  • Nie Zixiong singled out Zhu Qilan, Zhu Shihan, Zhu Dao, and Lu Bei as contestants worth watching, while Nie Ziyi doubted Lu Bei's reported age and battle record.
  • Nie Zixiong ordered the assessment to begin and activated a formation that created an independent world around the shuttle.
  • Bu Zishi piloted the Silver-White Flying Shuttle into the formation's gate.

Ch. 564The Disparity Between People in This World

Zhu Xiushi and Bu Zishi brought the Wu Zhou cultivators into Quyan’s assessment, where Zhu Shihan, Zhu Dao, and Zhu Qilan performed strongly. Lu Bei endured the strongest puppet and then faced Nie Zixiong, leaving the examiner stunned by his overwhelming strength.

  • Zhu Xiushi told the Zhu family disciples that they had not reached the Human Sacred Land, then left with Bu Zishi to resolve Quyan’s mistaken interception of their shuttle.
  • Zhu Shihan was pulled into the formation’s assessment and fought a black-robed figure with his Huangji Body-Abandoning Seal and Vermilion Bird power.
  • Zhu Dao suppressed multiple puppets, and Zhu Qilan quickly destroyed one, earning Nie Ziyi’s approval.
  • Lu Bei ignored the strongest puppet’s attacks until it broke its arm on his face, then met Nie Zixiong in the assessment.
  • Nie Zixiong challenged Lu Bei to a contest of physical strength, but their fists collided and left Nie Zixiong’s arm numb while Lu Bei claimed he had used only thirty percent of his strength.

Ch. 565He Was Young and Ignorant, Let Him Live

Lu Bei defeated the Human Sacred Land examiner Nie Zixiong during a surprise evaluation, then learned the truth and apologized while Nie Ziyi led the examiners away. Later, aboard the flying shuttle, Lu Bei watched the First Kyushu Professional League opening broadcast and hoped to see his disciple Xiao Fengxian compete.

  • Lu Bei fought Nie Zixiong, whose full-powered attacks failed to overcome him, and blasted the examiner out of the formation with a sword strike.
  • Nie Ziyi urged Nie Zixiong to stop before Lu Bei killed him, while Zhu Xiushi restrained Lu Bei and explained that the fight had been a Sacred Land evaluation.
  • Lu Bei apologized to the injured Nie Zixiong, who tried to downplay his defeat before Nie Ziyi took him away.
  • Nie Ziyi approved the remaining Wu Zhou contestants and arranged to meet Bu Zishi at the Kunlun Mountain Range teleportation point three days later.
  • On November twentieth, Lu Bei ended his dual cultivation with Zhu Qilan and entered a quiet room to watch the professional competition broadcast.
  • Lu Bei watched the First Kyushu Professional League opening and hoped Xiao Fengxian would stand out among the contestants.

Ch. 566The Demon Race Appears

Xiao Fengxian gathered her teammates for the Professional Competition and became captain despite their poor rankings. Meanwhile, four demons captured Nie Zixiong and Nie Ziyi, then used them to arrange passage aboard the Wu Zhou flying shuttle to the Human Sacred Land.

  • Xiao Fengxian met Iron Crutch Lu Zhishen and learned that her teammate ranked beyond one hundred thousand, while Xiao Fengxian ranked 2,500.
  • Xiao Fengxian met her other three teammates, declared that she would compete seriously, and was voted captain.
  • Lu Bei browsed popular rooms on the Professional Competition forum, watched two Demon Race women, and quickly grew bored.
  • Four great demons defeated and captured Nie Zixiong and Nie Ziyi near the Human Sacred Land.
  • Guihua used her Charm Technique to make Nie Zixiong reveal that the Wu Zhou flying shuttle was closest and persuade him to arrange a ride.
  • Bu Zishi stopped the flying shuttle after receiving Nie Ziyi's communication, and the demons set out for the Human Sacred Land.

Ch. 567Eliminating Minor Evils Is No Match for Eliminating Great Evils

Lu Bei confronted four demons who had infiltrated the shuttle and defeated Nie Zixiong and Nie Ziyi after learning they had been controlled. He then faced the remaining demons, including Gu Nest's king, who asked him to identify himself.

  • The shuttle stopped at the Kunlun Mountain Range, and Lu Bei left Zhu Qilan to investigate unfamiliar auras in the core cabin.
  • Nie Zixiong and Nie Ziyi helped four demons attack Bu Zishi, but Lu Bei struck Nie Zixiong and rescued her.
  • Bu Zishi explained that the two examiners were likely controlled by the demons and left to find Zhu Xiushi.
  • Lu Bei resisted Guihua's Charm Technique and fought Nie Zixiong and Nie Ziyi, killing them after destroying their formation.
  • Lu Bei confronted the four demons, who retreated as he introduced himself as Wu Zhou's Lu Bei to Gu Nest's king.

Ch. 568Might Makes Right, Those Who Overestimate Themselves Perish

Lu Bei fought the Gu Nest and the other demons after they surrounded him, using the Three Divine Artifacts to turn the battle in his favor. He killed Guihua, but Ox-Head and Horse-Face broke through his defenses and continued attacking as the fight went on.

  • The Gu Nest struck Lu Bei with a powerful fist, and their clash sent both of them retreating with injuries.
  • The Gu Nest called Guihua, Li La, and Fu Mu to attack Lu Bei together, and Li La and Fu Mu fused into a two-headed, four-armed monster.
  • Lu Bei summoned the Purple Firmament Tower, Longevity Seal, and Xuan Zhu Bow, then fired three Feng Que Arrows into the demons’ ranks.
  • Lu Bei trapped the Gu Nest in the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Thunderous Great Formation and used the flaming phoenixes to attack him and the others.
  • The phoenixes devastated Guihua’s Scroll World, and Lu Bei struck Guihua down and cut off her head.
  • Ox-Head and Horse-Face broke through the Purple Firmament Tower’s defenses while Lu Bei held Guihua’s severed head and prepared to fight them.
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