Chapter Summaries

Lu Chuan fought Ye Youlan and killed her after she failed to escape his attacks. Meanwhile, Wang Tianxing, Shi Qingning, and Misty Palace’s forces battled the Worship God Cult and Yunmeng Sect within the Ancient City.

• Lu Chuan wounded Ye Youlan with a blade carrying multiple laws and pursued her when she tried to flee.
• Ye Youlan fought Lu Chuan with her Colored Ribbon, but he pressed her back while Wang Tianxing and Shi Qingning led attacks against the enemy forces.
• Shi Qingning’s thousand Misty Palace elites formed a battle formation and overwhelmed the Worship God Cult believers and Yunmeng Sect disciples.
• Lu Chuan used One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones to surround and suppress Ye Youlan with three avatars.
• Lu Chuan struck Ye Youlan down, destroying her body and annihilating her soul despite her plea for mercy.

Lu Chuan killed Ye Youlan and a Worship God Cult Divine Realm expert, then searched the latter’s soul and learned that Gu Shentong was the Divine Envoy’s spokesperson. The battle ended with Wang Tianxing and the Misty Palace experts wiping out the remaining forces in the Ancient City, while Lu Chuan set his sights on Gu Shentong.

• Lu Chuan killed Ye Youlan with one saber strike, sending the Yunmeng Sect disciples into panic.
• Lu Chuan used the Xuantian Seal to suppress the Worship God Cult expert fighting Wang Tianxing, then killed him and searched his soul.
• Lu Chuan learned that the Divine Envoy was in the Xuan Yang Sect and that Gu Shentong acted as the envoy’s spokesperson.
• Lu Chuan recalled his life-or-death feud with Gu Shentong and collected the slain expert’s remnants.
• Wang Tianxing and the Misty Palace experts killed the remaining Worship God Cult followers and Yunmeng Sect disciples in the Ancient City.

Lu Chuan and the Misty Palace disciples left the ruined Ancient City before Yunmeng Sect could arrive. At Yunmeng Sect, the deaths of Ye Youlan and over a hundred core disciples caused an uproar, and Luo Mingkong ordered Elder Yun to investigate the culprit.

• Lu Chuan agreed with Wang Tianxing that they should leave after cleaning up the battlefield, since Yunmeng Sect would soon learn that Ye Youlan had died.
• After the Misty Palace disciples finished, Lu Chuan led them out of the Ancient City and boarded Shi Qingning's spaceship to leave Dream Island.
• Yunmeng Sect's Soul Lamps went out and Life Tablets shattered, revealing that Ye Youlan and over a hundred core disciples had died.
• Luo Mingkong told Yunmeng Sect's gathered leaders that the culprit was unknown and that the Worship God Cult was unlikely to be responsible.
• Luo Mingkong ordered Elder Yun, who cultivated the Law of Causality, to investigate and find the culprit.

Yun Tianji used the Law of Causality to trace Ye Youlan’s final encounters, but his inquiry was disrupted when Lu Chuan appeared as an obscured figure and the causal thread snapped. Lu Chuan sensed the prying, then focused on cultivating the Seven Great Basic Laws and prepared to break through to the second stage of the Divine Realm.

• Yun Tianji traced Ye Youlan’s line of causality through scenes from the Ancient City and saw Lu Chuan strike her with a war blade.
• Lu Chuan’s obscured figure caused the light screen and causal threads to explode, backlashing Yun Tianji and leaving him certain that Misty Palace was involved in Ye Youlan’s death.
• Lu Chuan returned to his residence in Misty Palace and sensed that someone was prying into him through laws or concepts.
• Lu Chuan entered a state of enlightenment and advanced his comprehension of the Seven Great Basic Laws.
• Lu Chuan’s Divine Palace solidified as he reached the peak of the first stage of the Divine Realm, and he prepared to break through the barrier to the second stage.

Lu Chuan advanced to the second tier of the Divine Realm after secluded cultivation in Misty Palace, greatly increasing his combat power. After Shi Qingning told him that Yunmeng Sect was making unusual moves and Gu Shentong had challenged him to a public battle at Tiantaishan, Lu Chuan accepted.

• Lu Chuan stabilized the second level of his Dao Palace and reached the Divine Realm Second Rank, improving his Dao Realm and Epoch Suppressing World Book.
• His cultivation stirred all Seven Great Basic Laws and alarmed Misty Palace's experts, who could not see into his courtyard through the distorted space.
• Shi Qingning arrived after the disturbance ended, sensed Lu Chuan's breakthrough, and told him Yunmeng Sect was secretly mobilizing powerful figures.
• Shi Qingning gave Lu Chuan Gu Shentong's war letter, which challenged him to fight at Tiantaishan on the thirteenth day of the eighth month.
• Lu Chuan learned the challenge had spread among the upper echelons and in the Virtual World, then agreed to fight Gu Shentong.

Lu Chuan accepted Gu Shentong’s challenge and traveled to Tiantaishan after stabilizing his cultivation at the peak of Early Second Order Divine Realm. As crowds gathered for the duel, Gu Shentong prepared with several Half-Step God Realm followers, and the chapter left him rebuking one who questioned his plan.

• Shi Qingning warned Lu Chuan that Gu Shentong was dangerous and might be an ancient mighty figure’s reincarnation, but Lu Chuan dismissed the threat.
• News of Lu Chuan accepting the challenge spread through Misty Palace and across the Human Race as Gu Shentong used public opinion to build momentum against him and Xuanhuang Hall.
• Lu Chuan cultivated for three days, reaching the peak of Early Second Order Divine Realm, then reassured Lu Wangshu and Liang Ya before departing for Tiantaishan.
• Tens of thousands of miles from Tiantaishan, Gu Shentong waited aboard a warship with several Half-Step God Realm followers as a young man questioned why he had challenged Lu Chuan publicly.
• Gu Shentong glared at the young man and made him tremble, prompting him to apologize and deny that he meant to question his senior brother.

Gu Shentong abused the disciples aboard his warship before making a dramatic entrance at Tiantaishan to challenge Lu Chuan. After Gu Shentong taunted him for not appearing, Lu Chuan answered with a giant palm descending from the sky.

• Gu Shentong struck Junior Brother Yuan’s head apart, then threatened the gathered Xuan Yang Sect disciples into submission.
• Gu Shentong left the warship and crossed the sky on a Rainbow Bridge to the summit of Tiantaishan.
• Gu Shentong roared for Lu Chuan to come face him, while spectators and hidden experts reacted to his formidable aura.
• Gu Shentong waited without receiving an answer, then taunted Lu Chuan and called him a joke.
• Lu Chuan declared that Gu Shentong had impatiently sought death, and a Heaven-Covering Giant Palm formed above the summit and slammed down toward him.

Lu Chuan confronted Gu Shentong on Tiantaishan after his giant palm nearly shattered the mountain, and Gu Shentong revealed that Lu Chuan had disrupted an important scheme. Their battle began with Lu Chuan's blade attack piercing Gu Shentong's protective radiance.

• Lu Chuan's giant palm shattered the sky and cracked Tiantaishan, but Gu Shentong broke the attack apart with a Dao Artifact war spear.
• Lu Chuan descended above Tiantaishan and challenged Gu Shentong, who rose to meet him and threatened to kill him.
• Gu Shentong explained that Lu Chuan's actions on Earth Star had delayed a crucial plan and cost him dearly.
• Lu Chuan suspected Gu Shentong had other motives for staging their public confrontation, but Gu Shentong refused to reveal them.
• Lu Chuan launched a blade attack that split Gu Shentong's protective radiance and struck his body.

Lu Chuan battled Gu Shentong, breaking through his defenses and nearly destroying his soul before an ancient rune helped Gu Shentong escape. Gu Shentong fled after interrupting Lu Chuan’s Soul Search, vowing to return for revenge.

• Lu Chuan split Gu Shentong’s body with the Epoch Blade, but Gu Shentong reformed and charged with his War Spear.
• Lu Chuan used the Xuantian Seal to suppress Gu Shentong, but Gu Shentong unleashed an ancient stone mirror that broke the seal’s power.
• Gu Shentong pierced Lu Chuan’s defenses, but the Soul Suppressing Demon Smiting Bell shattered his attack and blasted apart his body.
• Lu Chuan wounded Gu Shentong’s soul with Spiritual Power, then used the Mysterious Gate of the Female and Life and Death Talisman Seal to suppress it.
• An Eerie Rune unleashed a beast roar that broke Lu Chuan’s techniques, but Lu Chuan used the Life and Death Talisman Seal to bind Gu Shentong’s soul and begin a Soul Search.
• The rune interrupted Lu Chuan’s Soul Search and carried Gu Shentong’s soul away as he vowed to collect his debt from Lu Chuan.

After defeating Gu Shentong, Lu Chuan learned that Xuan Yang Sect Vice Sect Master Lin Tingtao was a Divine Envoy of the Worship God Cult, then seized the Tianlan Mirror. He destroyed the Xuan Yang Sect warship and everyone aboard before leaving Tiantaishan, as hidden Divine Realm experts predicted trouble ahead.

• Lu Chuan failed to fully search Gu Shentong’s soul but recovered memories identifying Lin Tingtao as the Worship God Cult’s Divine Envoy.
• Lu Chuan seized and sealed the Ancient Dao Tool, the Tianlan Mirror, then located Xuan Yang Sect’s warship with his Spiritual Power.
• The Xuan Yang Sect disciples tried to flee, but Lu Chuan’s sound attack injured them and left some unconscious.
• Lu Chuan ignored the disciples’ pleas and destroyed the warship with wind and thunder, killing everyone aboard.
• Lu Chuan left Tiantaishan while spectators debated his actions and hidden Divine Realm experts anticipated conflict with Gu Shentong and Xuan Yang Sect.

After returning to Misty Palace, Lu Chuan told Shi Qingning that Lin Tingtao, Xuan Yang Sect’s First Vice Sect Master, was likely the Worship God Cult’s Divine Envoy and asked her to investigate him. Lu Chuan warned that some Holy Land leaders might also be involved, and he considered asking Misty Palace Master to probe the Holy Land’s stance.

• Lu Wangshu asked Lu Chuan whether he was hurt, and Lu Chuan said Gu Shentong had escaped after their fight.
• Lu Chuan told Shi Qingning he had extracted information from Gu Shentong’s memories and suspected Lin Tingtao was the Divine Envoy.
• Shi Qingning was shocked that Lu Chuan had performed a Soul Search on Gu Shentong, a God Realm Expert.
• Lu Chuan and Shi Qingning discussed Worship God Cult’s influence in the Xuan Yang Sect and Yunmeng Sect, then questioned why the Holy Land had not intervened.
• Lu Chuan concluded that some Holy Land upper echelon figures likely had dealings with the Worship God Cult and considered having Misty Palace Master investigate.

Lu Chuan explained to Lu Wangshu why Kunlun’s leaders might tolerate the Worship God Cult and sent Shi Qingning to probe the Misty Palace Master’s stance. At Xuan Yang Sect, Gu Shentong’s mysterious predecessor helped him prepare to devour Lin Tingtao, who arrived to condemn him for failing to kill Lu Chuan.

• Shi Qingning left Lu Chuan’s courtyard to ask the Misty Palace Master to investigate Kunlun’s attitude toward the Worship God Cult.
• Lu Chuan told Lu Wangshu that Kunlun’s leaders might be concealing their collusion with the cult or tolerating it for the sake of their interests.
• Gu Shentong argued with the mysterious being in his Sea of Consciousness, who offered to help him grow stronger by devouring an Evil God’s kin.
• The mysterious being chose Lin Tingtao as Gu Shentong’s target and promised to arrange his defeat.
• Lin Tingtao confronted Gu Shentong over his failed challenge against Lu Chuan and the loss of the Tianlan Mirror.
• After the mysterious being told Gu Shentong that he had laid restrictions on the area, Gu Shentong rose to attack Lin Tingtao.

Gu Shentong used a strange net to suppress and devour Lin Tingtao, reaching through his avatar to kill his true body as well. Days later, Lu Chuan learned that Lin Tingtao and many Worship God Cult infiltrators had died, leaving the Xuan Yang Sect in chaos and their investigation unresolved.

• Gu Shentong transformed into a Taotie and trapped Lin Tingtao with Dao Patterns inside the cave dwelling.
• Gu Shentong devoured Lin Tingtao's avatar and sent a strange net through an eerie thread to capture and swallow Lin Tingtao's true body.
• Several days later, Shi Qingning told Lu Chuan that Lin Tingtao's Soul Tablet had shattered and his Soul Lamp had gone out.
• Shi Qingning reported that many people in the Xuan Yang Sect, including suspected Worship God Cult infiltrators, had died, throwing the sect into panic.
• Lu Chuan and Shi Qingning learned that Kunlun's Great Factions were investigating the deaths and that their previous plan would likely have to be abandoned.

After Lin Tingtao's death threw the Xuan Yang Sect into disorder, Lu Chuan sent word to Xuanhuang Hall and ordered an investigation into Gu Shentong. Gu Shentong recovered and rose to the peak of the Third Order Divine Realm, then plotted with the ancient being in his Sea of Consciousness to devour everyone in the sect.

• Lu Chuan asked Shi Qingning to investigate Lin Tingtao's death and Gu Shentong's whereabouts, then sent news to Xuanhuang Hall.
• Kunlun's factions seized the chance to plunder the weakened Xuan Yang Sect's resources and territory.
• Gu Shentong healed his injuries and reached the peak of the Third Order Divine Realm after consuming much of the Xuan Yang Sect.
• Gu Shentong argued with the ancient existence in his Sea of Consciousness over his failed breakthrough to the Fourth Tier.
• Gu Shentong agreed to devour everyone in the Mountain Gate, while the ancient existence urged him on and began to take shape within his Sea of Consciousness.

After reaching the peak of the Second Order Divine Realm, Lu Chuan learned that the Xuan Yang Sect had been isolated by black mist and its territory was being seized by other factions. Suspecting Gu Shentong was involved, he set out for the Xuan Yang Sect but was summoned by the Misty Palace Master’s avatar.

• Lu Chuan completed his cultivation breakthrough, solidifying his Dao Palace and reaching the peak of the Second Order Divine Realm.
• Lu Chuan discovered that Shi Qingning and Lu Wangshu were absent from Misty Palace, and Liang Ya told him that Lu Wangshu had gone to the Xuan Yang Sect with her Master.
• Lu Chuan gathered from Misty Palace disciples that black mist had sealed off the Xuan Yang Sect for seven days and had severely injured a Divine Realm expert who tried to enter.
• Lu Chuan suspected Gu Shentong was behind the crisis and left Misty Palace to investigate the Xuan Yang Sect.
• Wang Tianxing caught up with Lu Chuan and relayed that the Misty Palace Master’s avatar wanted to speak with him in the Misty Palace Hall.

Lu Chuan learned that Kunlun and Xuanhuang Universe Country planned to use the Worship God Cult’s scheme as bait, risking the Galactic Federation and Kunlun to trap the cult and invading Foreign Races. Furious at being used as a pawn, he joined the Misty Palace Master in considering a preemptive strike against the cult.

• The Misty Palace Master told Lu Chuan and Wang Tianxing that Kunlun’s leaders knew about the Worship God Cult and planned to let it seize the Galactic Federation to lure in Foreign Race armies.
• The Misty Palace Master revealed that Kunlun and Xuanhuang Universe Country had prepared a trap, accepting massive casualties to draw out the cult’s hidden members and the invading forces.
• Lu Chuan realized he had been sent to find the cult’s Divine Envoy merely to keep the Worship God Cult from suspecting the plan, and he grew furious at being treated as a chess piece.
• Lu Chuan warned that the plan could devastate Kunlun and the Galactic Federation and leave Misty Palace vulnerable to the Worship God Cult.
• The Misty Palace Master said he had contacted several first-rate factions to join forces and strike the Worship God Cult first.

Lu Chuan prepared to expose the Worship God Cult’s conspiracy and rally support for the Galactic Federation while investigating Xuan Yang Sect. At Xuan Yang Sect’s ruined Mountain Gate, Gu Shentong reached the peak of the Fifth Order God Realm and decided to target a Second-rate Faction for more power before confronting Lu Chuan.

• Misty Palace Master asked Lu Chuan to publicize the conspiracy and use his standing in Xuanhuang Hall to rally forces in support of the Galactic Federation.
• Lu Chuan left Misty Palace to spread the news through the Virtual World and investigate the strange changes at Xuan Yang Sect.
• Gu Shentong revealed that he had reached the peak of the Fifth Order God Realm after devouring Xuan Yang Sect and vowed to eventually kill Lu Chuan.
• An ancient voice in Gu Shentong’s Sea of Consciousness urged him to use Kunlun’s coming chaos to find more people to devour.
• Gu Shentong chose to target a Second-rate Faction and vanished from Xuan Yang Sect.

Lu Chuan arrived too late to save the Xuan Yang Sect and used its residual traces of Gu Shentong to track him to Mohe Manor. He discovered Gu Shentong slaughtering people there and prepared to confront him.

• The various Great Factions found the Xuan Yang Sect reduced to a lifeless Dead Zone and sent news of the devastation across Kunlun.
• Lu Chuan recalled how he had exposed the Worship God Cult's conspiracy and gathered support for the Galactic Federation before returning to Kunlun too late to reach the Xuan Yang Sect in time.
• Lu Chuan sensed the auras of Gu Shentong and an ancient consciousness within the ruined sect, then gathered Gu Shentong's residual aura to form a tracking Light Butterfly.
• Lu Chuan followed the Light Butterfly to Mohe Manor, where black mist spread as people screamed and fought.
• Lu Chuan sensed Gu Shentong slaughtering people inside Mohe Manor and fixed his killing intent on him.

Gu Shentong slaughtered Mohe Manor’s disciples while pursuing a breakthrough, and Lu Chuan arrived to confront him. Lu Chuan recognized the flaw in Gu Shentong’s state of mind, but Gu Shentong ignored a mysterious voice’s warning and attacked him with a massive black seal.

• Gu Shentong devoured Mohe Manor’s two Immortal Realm experts and trapped the manor’s disciples in black mist as he massacred them.
• Gu Shentong vowed to reach the Sixth Order God Realm and kill Lu Chuan, who then cut through the mist and confronted him.
• Lu Chuan sensed that Gu Shentong’s cultivation and state of mind were flawed, and told him he had become a puppet serving someone else’s plans.
• A mysterious existence inside Gu Shentong’s Sea of Consciousness warned him to flee because he was no match for Lu Chuan.
• Gu Shentong rejected the warning, seized and fused several mountains into a black seal, and sent it crashing down toward Lu Chuan.

Lu Chuan fought Gu Shentong at the ruined Mountain Gate of Mohe Manor, while survivors escaped through cracks in the black mist. Lu Chuan gained the upper hand with his treasures and a fused-law strike that destroyed Gu Shentong’s body, leaving his Soul Consciousness on the verge of annihilation.

• Lu Chuan split Gu Shentong’s great seal with the Epoch Blade, then met his charge with a counterattack.
• Lu Chuan and Gu Shentong’s clash razed Mohe Manor’s Mountain Gate and opened cracks in the black mist, allowing disciples to escape and spread word of Gu Shentong’s deeds.
• Gu Shentong grew alarmed as Lu Chuan held his own and seemed to grow stronger, while Gu Shentong’s condition worsened.
• Lu Chuan used the Xuantian Seal to restrain Gu Shentong and the Soul Suppressing Demon Smiting Bell to shake his Soul Consciousness.
• A mysterious existence in Gu Shentong’s Sea of Consciousness roused him from his crumbling state of mind, but Lu Chuan’s fused Seven Great Basic Laws strike tore apart Gu Shentong’s body and threatened his Soul Consciousness.