Chapter Summaries

Lu Bei killed Ox-Head and Horse-Face, then fought Gu Nest and Guihua after Guihua activated the Primordial Seal Profound Formation, which sealed human cultivators’ powers. Lu Bei transformed into a demon to escape the seal and broke through Gu Nest’s enormous Buddha palm, leaving the two demon fighters facing off in the sky.

• Lu Bei killed Li La and Fu Mu with his arrows, then turned to confront Gu Nest inside the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Thunderous Great Formation.
• Guihua activated the Primordial Seal Profound Formation, sealing Lu Bei’s cultivation and leaving him weakened on the ground.
• Lu Bei recovered a trace of magic power, transformed into a great demon, and severed part of Guihua’s forelimb before claiming he was a demon king in disguise.
• Gu Nest assumed his half-demon form and attacked Lu Bei, who wounded him with the Demon Slaying Sword.
• Gu Nest donned starlight armor and unleashed an enormous Buddha palm, but Lu Bei transformed into a Golden Winged Great Peng and broke through it.

Lu Bei fought Gu Nest inside the Star Array and killed him after a brutal battle. He then survived Guihua’s ambush, destroyed her Scroll World, and captured her alive while deciding to ask his godmother whether they were related.

• Gu Nest trapped Lu Bei in the Star Array, where the two fought fiercely until the array broke and both were left gravely wounded.
• Lu Bei killed Gu Nest with his treasure and began healing himself with the Azure Dragon Command technique.
• Guihua attacked the weakened Lu Bei, but he escaped her strike and summoned his enormous demon body to crush her defenses and destroy the Scroll World.
• Lu Bei found Guihua unconscious beneath him and chose not to kill her until he could ask his godmother about their possible kinship.
• Lu Bei bound Guihua with chains and sent her into Solitary Confinement, then surveyed the fallen Star Banner and other spoils.

After recovering from the battle with four demons, Lu Bei met Qin Ziyou of the Human Sacred Land and reported the Demon Race’s use of the Primordial Seal Profound Formation. Qin Ziyou confirmed that the grand gathering would proceed, but said Lu Bei would not be allowed to compete with the younger generation.

• Lu Bei sent word that he was safe, then Zhu Qilan helped him recover while Zhu Xiushi and Bu Zishi examined the surviving examiners and Gu Nest’s corpse.
• Qin Ziyou arrived, treated Nie Zixiong and Nie Ziyi, and learned that the Demon Race had ambushed the examiners and other flying shuttles.
• Lu Bei met Qin Ziyou and described the Primordial Seal Profound Formation, revealing that his Golden Winged Great Peng incarnation had broken it.
• Lu Bei told Qin Ziyou about the Star Banner but claimed it had been destroyed, and asked whether the grand gathering would still take place.
• Qin Ziyou said the grand gathering would proceed but barred Lu Bei from competing because he was too old and powerful to join the younger contestants.

Lu Bei persuaded Qin Ziyou to designate him the Sacred Land Ceremony champion without competing, then asked him to publicly deny the other geniuses a chance at first place. After arranging to keep Lu Bei’s demon-slaying deeds quiet, Qin left, and Lu Bei settled in with Zhu Qilan to watch Xiao Fengxian’s tournament match.

• Lu Bei argued that he wanted to compete for experience and connections, so Qin Ziyou agreed to designate him champion and award him the prize without a contest.
• Lu Bei asked Qin to announce that the other contestants could only compete for second place, but Qin hesitated and said he would consult the other elders.
• Lu Bei asked Qin to conceal that he had killed four great demons and suggested Qin take credit for the deed; Qin left without replying.
• Zhu Xiushi questioned Lu Bei about his discussion with Qin, and Lu Bei revealed his automatic championship but refused to disclose the more sensitive matter.
• Lu Bei went to Zhu Qilan’s quiet room and opened the tournament forum while Zhu Xiushi tried to urge Zhu Qilan to marry him.
• Lu Bei watched Xiao Fengxian’s match, where Xiao Fengxian attacked a demonic female cultivator’s vital spot with sword intent and Innate Primordial Qi.

Lu Bei and Zhu Qilan arrived at the Human Sacred Land, where they discovered that its architecture seemed connected to places tied to Zhu Qilan's treasure seal. After settling into Yutai Courtyard in Tianxiang City, Lu Bei studied a map of the nearby courtyards and prepared to visit Mighty Chu.

• Lu Bei and Zhu Qilan traveled with the Zhu Family group to the Kunlun Mountain Range and reached the snowy mountain palace.
• Bu Zishi used the Sacred Land token and Earth Fiend Treasure Robe to lead the group through a Teleportation Array into the Sacred Land.
• Lu Bei and Zhu Qilan recognized similarities between the Sacred Land's palace architecture and places they had seen in the Yiliang Secret Realm and through Zhu Qilan's treasure seal.
• Bu Zishi brought the group to Yutai Courtyard in Tianxiang City, gave Zhu Xiushi a map, and warned her to keep the students from causing trouble in the arena.
• Lu Bei took the Jade Slip map and asked Zhu Xiushi where Mighty Chu's courtyard was, then prepared to go there.

Lu Bei explored Tianxiang City’s trading district with Zhu Qilan and Zhu Xiushi while other contestants gathered intelligence ahead of the competition. After learning that the Sacred Land had already chosen him as champion, Lu Bei approached Shao Han and Chang Qingyu and pretended to expose himself as a fraudulent, pleasure-seeking cultivator.

• Zhu Xiushi warned Lu Bei about the Sacred Land’s rules and followed him and Zhu Qilan through the trading district.
• Zhu Xiushi declined to bet on the competition, while Lu Bei suggested betting on Zhu Qilan for second place.
• Lu Bei and Zhu Qilan entered Wu Zhou’s shop, where Zhu Xiushi went to prepare supplies and Zhu Qilan used Sealing technique to restrain Lu Bei.
• Shao Han and Chang Qingyu discussed rumors that Lu Bei had been chosen as champion and compared reports about his past deeds.
• Lu Bei joined the two women and claimed that his swordsmanship was poor, his reputation was terrible, and he was an unworthy fraud.

Lu Bei spread a fabricated account of his undeserved championship to provoke challengers and promised to prove his honor in the arena. After several challenge letters arrived, a sleepy young man and a little novice monk prepared to face him the next day.

• Lu Bei convinced Chang Qingyu and Shao Han that he had been named champion despite being unworthy, and the two women agreed that he should not keep the championship’s honor.
• Lu Bei told Zhu Qilan he had spread the rumors to invite people to challenge him and let him prove his strength in the arena.
• Lu Bei toured the shops with Zhu Qilan and Zhu Xiushi, then returned to Yutai Courtyard and received several challenge letters from Zhu Dao.
• Lu Bei laughed excitedly at the challenges, while Zhu Qilan and the others stepped away from him.
• Chang Qingyu and her sleepy Senior Brother decided to watch the challenges, and the Senior Brother considered pursuing the title only if someone defeated Lu Bei.
• A little novice monk prayed before resolving to borrow Lu Bei’s strength the next day.

Lu Bei learned that Elder Qin had arranged an arena challenge to prove the designated champion deserved his title, though the tournament schedule cut into Lu Bei’s plans to earn experience. At the arena, Zhu Xiushi bet heavily on Lu Bei, and he provoked six challengers into facing him together as the match began.

• Bu Zishi told Lu Bei that Elder Qin would take him to Tianji City at the hour of the Goat to collect his first-place reward, overlapping with Lu Bei’s scheduled arena challenge.
• Lu Bei realized the Sacred Land wanted him to demonstrate his strength to the other nations’ contestants, and he planned to make the most of the shortened challenge window.
• Zhu Xiushi wagered her savings and Wu Zhou’s duty-free store inventory on Lu Bei, while Zhu Qilan warned her that Lu Bei might deliberately lose.
• Lu Bei entered the arena and sent Zhu Xiushi a voice transmission saying that everyone would have to make do with life from now on.
• When six contestants challenged him, Lu Bei demanded they fight him together and insulted them until the crowd united in anger against him.
• A Sacred Land elder overruled the examiner’s objection, allowing all six challengers to enter the arena together.

Lu Bei effortlessly defeated six contestants, provoked the spectators, and entered the expanded secret-realm arena as challengers rushed in. After subduing a group of attackers, he faced the Buddhist monk Jie Se, whose crushing Artistic Conception forced him to draw on his sword intent.

• Lu Bei overwhelmed six contestants with a few punches and taunted the furious spectators gathered around the arena.
• The examiner projected Qisha City's secret-realm martial arena into Tianxiang City, and Lu Bei mocked Chang Qingyu until she attacked him before joining the rush into the arena.
• Zhu Dao and Zhu Qilan entered the secret realm, while more than a dozen contestants charged toward Lu Bei.
• Lu Bei used his Charm skill to subdue the attackers and knock them out of the air.
• Jie Se appeared amid a Buddhist Artistic Conception that suppressed Lu Bei, who broke free with his sword intent.

Lu Bei fought Jie Se and drew the other contestants into a chaotic battle at the Holy Land. After defeating Zhu Dao and provoking the crowd with insults, he singled out the female cultivators for praise as the confrontation continued to build.

• Lu Bei struck Jie Se’s Golden Bell Shield with repeated punches, broke it with his physical strength, and then shattered Jie Se’s Vajra Six-Armed attacks with Immortal Sword Qi.
• Lu Bei taunted the gathered contestants into attacking him, and the fighters’ clash shattered space before examiners carried the unconscious students away.
• Jie Se held back a powerful move while Lu Bei criticized him for not joining the group battle, and Zhu Dao charged in to challenge the monk.
• Jie Se sent Zhu Dao flying, but Lu Bei caught him and then struck him with an Immortal Sword Intent-wreathed fist, declaring that any Zhu who meddled would be hit.
• Lu Bei insulted the gathered contestants and urged them to attack, then paused the confrontation to call the female cultivators beautiful earth dogs.

Lu Bei used the Five Elements Great Array to suppress the exam’s contestants, then fought the remaining top students, including Zhu Qilan, Jiang He, and Jie Se. After defeating them, he learned that Zhu Qilan had deliberately challenged him to secure a future excuse to keep opposing him.

• Lu Bei provoked the students into attacking, then trapped them and the examiners in the Five Elements Great Array and overwhelmed the crowd with Beguiling.
• Lu Bei fought Zhu Qilan, Shao Han, Chang Qingyu, and the other remaining contestants, knocking Chang Qingyu aside before challenging Jiang He.
• Jiang He wounded Lu Bei with Dao Rhyme but soon gave up, and an examiner carried him away.
• Jie Se summoned a Buddha phantom and struck Lu Bei with the Buddha Palm, but Lu Bei pierced its radiance and defeated him.
• Lu Bei confronted Zhu Qilan after the other contestants conceded, and she declared that she had won so she could keep challenging him in the future.

After defeating Zhu Qilan and two hundred other prodigies, Lu Bei rented an arena and invited anyone to challenge him, claiming he wanted to help them recover their fighting spirit. Qin Ziyou took Lu Bei and Zhu Xiushi to Tianji City, worried that Lu Bei’s overwhelming victory had crushed the young cultivators’ ambition.

• Lu Bei defeated Zhu Qilan and the assembled prodigies, while Zhu Xiushi won a large prize by betting on him.
• Zhu Xiushi told Lu Bei that Gu Xinli of Mighty Chu, now a Tribulation Stage cultivator, had placed a large bet on him and left before he arrived.
• Lu Bei rented an arena and announced he would stay there until the event ended, inviting dissatisfied cultivators to challenge him.
• Qin Ziyou arrived at the hour of Wei and led Lu Bei and Zhu Xiushi toward Tianji City, warning Lu Bei that he had suppressed the prodigies too ruthlessly.
• Lu Bei promised to leave future challengers a sliver of hope, prompting Qin Ziyou to suspect that he might be cultivating a demonic technique.

Lu Bei and Zhu Xiushi visited the Sacred Land’s Treasure Pavilion, where Zhu Xiushi collected her winnings and Lu Bei was offered a reward for his service. After searching the divine abilities, Lu Bei chose the flawed artifact-refining technique Heavenly Rule Profound Mirror Great Manipulator, hoping to use it to strengthen his treasures.

• Qin Ziyou led Lu Bei and Zhu Xiushi through Tianji City, and Lu Bei received nine dragonfish after insisting on fishing in the Sacred Land’s canals.
• Qin Ziyou explained that the Demon Suppressing Stones at the Treasure Pavilion came from the Kunlun Mountain Range, but he avoided discussing their origins further.
• Zhu Xiushi collected her share of the tournament wager, including cultivation resources, Spirit Crystals, and magical treasures.
• Qin Ziyou let Lu Bei choose a cultivation manual, divine ability, or magical treasure as his reward for defeating the Demon Race’s plot.
• Lu Bei examined the Sacred Land’s Jade Slips and selected Heavenly Rule Profound Mirror Great Manipulator after learning it could strengthen Tribulation Stage magical treasures but would draw thunderbolts.

Lu Bei traded for the Heavenly Rule Profound Mirror Great Manipulator, a Buddhist cultivation method, and the Dragon Binding Rope before Qin Ziyou warned him that the Sacred Land was preparing for a possible demon attack in Qisha City. After collecting magical treasures and discussing the tournament’s second-place contenders with Zhu Xiushi, Lu Bei met Zhu Shihan and teased him about Teacher Zhu.

• Lu Bei traded Ji Chen's red-rope bell for the Dragon Binding Rope and chose the Heavenly Rule Profound Mirror Great Manipulator and the Sun-Devouring Great Demonic Buddha's Infinite Heart Sutra.
• Qin Ziyou told Lu Bei that demons might use the Primordial Seal Profound Formation to attack the Human Race and warned him not to kill demons indiscriminately during the tournament in Qisha City.
• Zhu Xiushi paid Lu Bei with six magical treasures to settle her debt, then offered another treasure for his assessment of who might take second place.
• Lu Bei predicted that Zhu Qilan could defeat Jiang He and Jie Se, explaining that Jiang He cared only about first place and Jie Se was likely to concede once satisfied.
• Lu Bei promised to give Zhu Xiushi a place at the Heavenly Sword Sect if she lost her bet, then met Zhu Shihan and told him that Teacher Zhu needed an hour to recover.

Lu Bei cultivated with Zhu Qilan, studied the Heavenly Rule Profound Mirror Great Manipulator, and reforged several magic treasures, raising the Dragon Binding Rope’s grade. He perfected the Step by Step Lotus Blooming Method and manifested a Three-Ranked Lotus Platform, then wondered whether it had become a magic treasure intertwined with his life.

• Lu Bei entered Zhu Qilan’s room after loudly calling for her, and Zhu Dao mistakenly opened the door first.
• Lu Bei gave Zhu Qilan the Jade Gourd and cultivated alongside her while studying newly acquired Jade Slips.
• Lu Bei learned the Heavenly Rule Profound Mirror Great Manipulator and used it to reforge several magic treasures, raising the Dragon Binding Rope from Tribulation Stage Second Level to Tribulation Stage Third Level.
• Lu Bei decided to target a wealthy person’s magic treasures for a future robbery and spent Skill Points to cultivate the Sun-Devouring Great Demonic Buddha’s Wuliang Heart Sutra.
• Lu Bei perfected the Step by Step Lotus Blooming Method and condensed a Three-Ranked Lotus Platform beneath his feet.
• Lu Bei wondered whether the lotus platform had become a magic treasure with which his life was intertwined, despite being a Dao Cultivator.

Lu Bei cultivated new Buddhist techniques, trained Zhu Qilan with the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife, and accepted challenges from top young cultivators. He faced Chang Qingyu in the arena and provoked her by claiming he had spent the night with a woman who looked like her.

• Lu Bei spent billions of experience points raising his Earth Element Bead and Three-Ranked Lotus Platform, then gained the Demon Seeking Heart Technique and Sun-Devouring Demonic Heart through cultivating the Immeasurable Heart Sutra.
• Lu Bei embraced Zhu Qilan while she cultivated, then sparred with her and taught her how to use the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife.
• Zhu Qilan tested her Innate Golden Essence on Lu Bei, struck him into a mountain, and returned to the quiet room after he dug her out and defeated her in a second exchange.
• Zhu Shihan gave Lu Bei challenge letters from young cultivators seeking rematches, and Lu Bei went to the arena to face Chang Qingyu.
• Lu Bei dodged Chang Qingyu's Sword Intent and taunted her by claiming she had met him in the woods the previous night, leaving her furious and asking who he had been with.

Lu Bei defeated Chang Qingyu in the tournament arena, then Xiao Fengxian faced Shi Bu Fang in the Players’ league and learned that her opponent also knew Innate Primordial Qi. Shi Bu Fang unleashed a powerful sword talisman, but Xiao Fengxian countered with the Fantian Seal as the stands erupted.

• Lu Bei split Chang Qingyu’s sword formation with a punch, knocked her unconscious, and asked the examiner to begin the next round.
• Xiao Fengxian began her second-stage league match against Shi Bu Fang, a cultivator from Cloud Pavilion on Liusu Mountain.
• Shi Bu Fang revealed that a senior of her sect had learned Innate Primordial Qi from Lu Bei and passed it down to her.
• Shi Bu Fang summoned a high-level sword talisman and sent a torrent of enormous swords toward Xiao Fengxian.
• Xiao Fengxian poured her experience into her sword and rode it upward, but Shi Bu Fang’s sword light drove her crashing into the arena.
• Xiao Fengxian summoned the Fantian Seal, shattered Shi Bu Fang’s sword attack, and called out to her opponent as the seal descended.

Lu Bei watched Xiao Fengxian’s match and reflected on the Fantian Seal, his connection to the Grand Tutor, and the Players’ growing knowledge of Innate Primordial Qi. As the Human Sacred Land tournament progressed, Lu Bei built a thriving arena business and learned of a plan to trap the Demon Race on December 15, leaving him plotting how to profit from the coming confrontation.

• Lu Bei watched the forum video of Xiao Fengxian using the Fantian Seal and realized his Primordial Spirit imprint had activated across a distant competition venue.
• Lu Bei helped Zhu Qilan cultivate, then went to Qisha City as the Human Sacred Land tournament opened and learned she had drawn a difficult bracket.
• Xiao Fengxian advanced into the district finals, while Players independently deduced more of the Innate Primordial Qi synthesis method.
• Lu Bei’s small arena became popular after contestants discovered that his Sun-Devouring Demonic Heart cleared their demonic thoughts and steadied their minds.
• Qin Ziyou warned Lu Bei that the Human Sacred Land planned to lure the Demon Race into a trap on December 15 and told him not to kill the human spies.
• Lu Bei considered having his Golden Winged Great Peng King pose as a demon so he could harvest experience from the Human Sacred Land’s examiners.

The Demon Race launched a surprise attack on Qisha City during the divisional finals, trapping the city behind its formations and destroying its Teleportation Array. As Shen Li and more than a hundred powerful demons descended, Lu Bei prepared to fight, and a bull-headed demon crashed into his arena.

• Lu Bei noticed Demonic Qi gathering over Qisha City and recalled the Myriad Monster Kingdom's political motives for attacking humanity.
• Qisha City's alarm bells rang, its protective formation rose, and the students learned that the Teleportation Array had been destroyed.
• Qin Ziyou and two Inner Sect Elders led some examiners into the sky while the remaining instructors protected the students.
• Shen Li, King of the Shenlong Lineage, appeared with seven other kings and more than a hundred Body Integration Realm demons.
• Zhu Xiushi moved the Zhu family disciples into the Mustard Seed Daoist Temple, then shifted to Lu Bei's body and stood behind him at the little arena.
• A bull-headed demon smashed into Lu Bei's arena and recognized him.

Lu Bei overwhelmed the Demon Race with his newly strengthened physique, then watched as Shen Li unleashed the Primordial Seal Profound Formation across Qisha City. As the Sacred Land prepared to counterattack, Lu Bei summoned Demonic Thought, leaving Qin Ziyou to wonder how he intended to use it against their enemies.

• Lu Bei killed the Ox-headed Great Demon with his fists and combined the Grand Tutor's two secret arts to destroy its body and wound its Primordial Spirit.
• Zhu Xiushi copied Lu Bei's appearance with the Five-Colored Stone and joined him in charging through the Great Demons, while Chang Qingyu watched in disbelief.
• Lu Bei emerged from the Star Array after killing its defenders, then promised to protect Lord Xinli and the Mighty Chu students if they stayed near him.
• Demon King Shen Li and several other Demon Kings activated the Primordial Seal Profound Formation, sealing most humans' magic power across Qisha City.
• Lu Bei summoned a black vortex of Demonic Thought beside Qin Ziyou, and a gigantic demonic shadow rose from the ground.