Ch. 1044Scheming Against the Celestial Race

Lu Chuan learned that the human race had feared provoking the Ancient Gods by attacking the Celestial Race, but the Immortal Martial Hall Master agreed that they must strike back. With limited reinforcements, Lu Chuan planned to attack the Celestial Race’s forces on Celestial Island in the Heavenly Abyss.

  • The Immortal Martial Hall Master explained that the Celestial Race descended from the Ancient Gods, who might return, and that the Celestial Race had grown powerful.
  • Lu Chuan argued that the human race’s continued forbearance would only embolden the Celestial Race, and the Immortal Martial Hall Master agreed to retaliate.
  • The Immortal Martial Hall Master offered two Late Quasi-Saint experts and up to ten Early or middle-stage Quasi-Saints for no more than a month.
  • Lu Chuan learned that the Celestial Race’s true lair and Great Perfection Quasi-Saint were outside the Heavenly Abyss, while only the Five Gods guarded Celestial Island there.
  • The Immortal Martial Hall Master promised to send reinforcements within three days, and Lu Chuan resolved to wipe out the Celestial Race’s forces on Celestial Island.

Ch. 1045Reinforcements Arrive, Twenty Quasi-Saint Realm Supreme Experts

Lu Chuan waited in Abyss-Suppressing City for twenty Quasi-Saint Realm experts sent by the Immortal Martial Hall Master to help him attack Celestial Island. After they set out aboard his Flying Cloud Boat, the experts questioned whether he had a viable plan, and Lu Chuan assured them he would not risk his life without confidence.

  • Lu Chuan received three Late Quasi-Saint Realm experts and seventeen Mid and Early Quasi-Saint Realm experts at Abyss-Suppressing City.
  • Lu Chuan proposed that they depart at once, and the experts agreed despite privately doubting his ability to lead them.
  • Lu Chuan summoned his top-grade Dao Artifact Flying Cloud Boat and led the group toward Celestial Island.
  • Lu Chuan hosted the experts aboard the boat, where they questioned whether their force could overcome the Celestial Race.
  • Lu Chuan told the experts that he would not attack the Celestial Race without confidence in his plan.

Ch. 1046Breaking the Island with Formations, Everyone's Thoughts

Lu Chuan persuaded the human experts to follow his plan to destroy Celestial Island, revealing a killing formation built from 108 Dao Artifacts. After reaching the island, he began setting up the formation with Venerable Wuchen and four other formation experts, preparing for the assault.

  • Venerable Wuchen and the other experts asked Lu Chuan to explain how they would attack Celestial Island.
  • Lu Chuan revealed that his killing formation used 108 Dao Artifacts and could suppress even a Late Quasi-Saint Realm expert.
  • The experts agreed to follow Lu Chuan's orders, hoping to destroy Celestial Island and seize its resources.
  • The Flying Cloud Boat carried the group through the Nine Heavens to Celestial Island, overcoming dangers along the way.
  • Lu Chuan, Venerable Wuchen, and four formation experts left the boat to set up the Great Array before the others charged in.

Ch. 1047Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches God-Slaying Array

Lu Chuan and the human experts activated the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches God-Slaying Array around Celestial Island and used its power to attack the Celestial Race. The battle began with Lu Chuan killing a Late Quasi-Saint Realm Celestial expert in one strike.

  • Lu Chuan, Venerable Wuchen, and four others positioned 108 Dao Tools and thousands of array flags to complete the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches God-Slaying Array around Celestial Island.
  • The Celestial Race’s Quasi-Saint Realm experts charged at Lu Chuan, while some turned back to protect the island’s barrier from the array’s God-Slaying Thunder.
  • Lu Chuan drew the human Quasi-Saint Realm experts into the array and linked their strength to its power.
  • Lu Chuan summoned the Epoch Blade and fused the array’s power with that of twenty human Quasi-Saint Realm experts to strike at the Celestial Race.
  • Lu Chuan’s blade split a Late Quasi-Saint Realm Celestial expert in two and destroyed his divine soul, leaving both sides stunned.

Ch. 1048Counterattack on Celestial Island

Lu Chuan and his allies overwhelmed the Celestial Race outside Celestial Island, killing more than a dozen Quasi-Saint experts before the survivors retreated behind the island’s strengthened protective array. Venerable Wuchen and the others then joined Lu Chuan in attacking the array, leaving it shaking under their assault.

  • A Late Quasi-Saint Realm Celestial Race expert ordered a retreat to Celestial Island and threw a purple war spear at Lu Chuan.
  • Lu Chuan used the Xuantian Seal to impede the Celestial Race’s retreat and killed more than ten early- and middle-stage Quasi-Saint experts with his slash.
  • The surviving Celestial Race fighters, including four Late Quasi-Saint experts, escaped behind Celestial Island’s protective array.
  • Lu Chuan warned Venerable Wuchen and the others that the island’s array would be strengthened, but they said the forces were now nearly equal and urged an immediate attack.
  • Venerable Wuchen and the others descended and struck Celestial Island’s array with the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches God-Slaying Array, making it shake violently.
  • The Celestial Race shouted angrily from within the island as Venerable Wuchen and the others mocked them and continued their assault.

Ch. 1049Fierce Assault on Celestial Island

Lu Chuan and twenty human Quasi-Saint Realm Supreme Experts used the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches God-Slaying Array to shatter Celestial Island’s defenses and launch an assault. Lu Chuan overwhelmed a Late Quasi-Saint Realm expert, who survived his next attack by summoning a purple-gold seal.

  • Lu Chuan and the human experts combined their power through the Formation Diagram, and Lu Chuan’s Epoch Blade shattered Celestial Island’s island-protecting Great Array.
  • The array’s destruction leveled much of Celestial Island and killed many members of the Celestial Race; Lu Chuan then attacked the survivors with Spiritual Power.
  • The Celestial Race’s powerful figures charged the humans, while Venerable Wuchen and the others fought them using the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches God-Slaying Array.
  • Lu Chuan used the array’s power, a Thunder Dragon, his Epoch Blade, and the Xuantian Seal to wound a Late Quasi-Saint Realm expert of the Celestial Race.
  • Lu Chuan attacked the wounded expert again, but the Celestial Race expert summoned a purple-gold seal that shielded him from the blade.

Ch. 1050Slaying You Is Helping You Find Release

Lu Chuan killed another Late Quasi-Saint Realm Celestial Race expert, then used the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches God-Slaying Array to isolate the Celestial Race forces across Celestial Island. He began targeting their remaining Quasi-Saint Realm fighters, leaving the next one struck by his blade.

  • Lu Chuan overwhelmed the Celestial Race expert with a storm of Blade Qi, stunned his soul with the Xuantian Seal, and killed and devoured him with the Epoch Blade and a scripture.
  • The Celestial Race panicked and tried to gather together and await reinforcements, but Lu Chuan used the Great Array to divide Celestial Island into isolated spaces.
  • Lu Chuan left the three remaining Late Quasi-Saint Realm experts to Venerable Wuchen and the other two, and charged a peak Mid Quasi-Saint Realm Celestial Race fighter.
  • The targeted fighter begged Lu Chuan to let him go and promised peaceful coexistence, but Lu Chuan rejected the offer and slashed through him.

Ch. 1051Slaughtering Celestial Island

Lu Chuan swept through Celestial Island, killing most of the Celestial Race’s Quasi-Saint experts before confronting the last three Late Quasi-Saint experts. He used the Great Array and Xuantian Seal to suppress them, killed one, and pressed on toward his next target.

  • Lu Chuan killed Celestial Race Quasi-Saint experts across Celestial Island and gathered their treasures, leaving only three Late Quasi-Saint experts alive.
  • Venerable Wuchen and two other human experts joined Lu Chuan, impressed by his strength as the surviving Celestial Race experts surveyed the devastation.
  • Lu Chuan fused the Xuantian Seal with the Great Array’s power and immobilized the three Celestial Race experts.
  • Lu Chuan and the human experts drove the Great Array at his urging, while the Epoch Blade pierced and killed one of the suppressed Celestial Race experts.
  • Lu Chuan devoured and refined the fallen expert’s body and soul, then moved toward his next target.

Ch. 1052Not Even Dregs Left for Them

Lu Chuan and the human Quasi-Saint experts wiped out the Celestial Race on Celestial Island, gathered its spoils, and destroyed the island before leaving. A powerful Celestial Race figure arrived afterward and vowed revenge against the human race.

  • Lu Chuan used the Epoch Blade and the God-Slaying Array to kill the remaining Quasi-Saint experts of the Celestial Race, leaving no survivors on Celestial Island.
  • Venerable Wuchen urged Lu Chuan and the others to retreat before the Celestial Race's powerful elders arrived, and Lu Chuan agreed to leave after collecting the spoils.
  • Lu Chuan gathered everything of value from the island into the Boundless Gourd, then split Celestial Island apart with a blade strike and destroyed it.
  • Lu Chuan and Venerable Wuchen's group flew toward the human race's encampment in the Heavenly Abyss.
  • A powerful Celestial Race figure emerged from a Space-time Rift, saw that Celestial Island was gone, and vowed to settle the debt with the human race.

Ch. 1053Distributing the Spoils of War, One Person Takes Fifty Percent

After returning from Celestial Island, Lu Chuan and the other human Quasi-Saint experts began dividing the spoils from their victory over the Celestial Race. Lu Chuan settled on taking half and was allowed to choose first, leaving the others to watch as they counted an immense fortune of resources.

  • Lu Chuan proposed distributing the spoils from Celestial Island after he and Venerable Wuchen's group returned to Abyss-Suppressing City.
  • Lu Chuan asked for half of the spoils, despite Venerable Wuchen and the others urging him to claim as much as eighty percent.
  • Lu Chuan refused to change his share and left the division of the remaining half to the others.
  • Venerable Wuchen and two other Late Quasi-Saint experts agreed to let Lu Chuan choose first.
  • Lu Chuan and the others counted the enormous trove, while the remaining experts worried he would take all the most valuable resources.

Ch. 1054Closed-Door Cultivation, Controversy

Lu Chuan claimed his share of the spoils from the destruction of Celestial Island and returned to East Source Blessed Land to cultivate in seclusion. News of the attack spread across the Hundred Clans of the Heavens, where many feared the Celestial Race would retaliate against humanity.

  • Lu Chuan took about half of the total spoils, left the rest for Venerable Wuchen and the others to divide, and departed for East Source Blessed Land.
  • Venerable Wuchen and several other powerful cultivators silenced those gossiping about Lu Chuan and warned them to be content with their share.
  • Lu Chuan returned to East Source Blessed Land, passed through its Mountain Protecting Great Formation, and entered seclusion to digest his gains from the battle.
  • News that Celestial Island had been destroyed spread through the Heavenly Abyss and the Hundred Clans of the Heavens.
  • Many members of the human race questioned Lu Chuan and the others for provoking the Celestial Race and feared its retaliation.

Ch. 1055Cultivation Breaks Through to the Late Quasi-Saint Realm

After months of seclusion, Lu Chuan broke through to the late Quasi-Saint Realm while the Celestial Race retaliated against humanity and public opinion turned against him. He began surveying East Source Blessed Land and planned to recruit assistants to manage its development.

  • The Celestial Race joined forces with Foreign Races to invade human-occupied Star Realms, intensifying the backlash against Lu Chuan.
  • Lu Chuan completed his seclusion in East Source Blessed Land and saw that his Epoch Suppressing World Scripture had reached 73.36%.
  • Lu Chuan advanced to the late Quasi-Saint Realm and realized his combat strength had risen dramatically.
  • Lu Chuan decided to train assistants to help develop East Source Blessed Land while he oversaw its central affairs.
  • Lu Chuan swept the blessed land with his Spiritual Power to investigate its current situation and find people with ulterior motives.

Ch. 1056There are Worms in the East Source Blessed Land

After reaching the late stage of Quasi-Saint, Lu Chuan used his Spiritual Power to uncover an organized scheme by East Source Blessed Land officials to resell resources for personal gain. He summoned all commanders and higher-ups to the Administrative Conference Hall, where the guilty managers feared he had discovered their crimes.

  • Lu Chuan surveyed East Source Blessed Land for several days and traced a resource-embezzlement scheme involving officials at multiple levels.
  • Lu Chuan summoned everyone at commander level and above to the Administrative Conference Hall.
  • Commanders from across East Source Blessed Land gathered, speculating about why Lu Chuan had called them.
  • Luo Tianyu worried that Lu Chuan had uncovered their scheme, while Yun Hua insisted their accounts were airtight and claimed they had powerful backing.
  • Luo Tianyu recalled Lu Chuan's role in destroying Celestial Island and feared their backers would abandon them if their crimes came to light.

Ch. 1057Cleansing the Vermin

Lu Chuan gathered East Source Blessed Land’s commanders and accused them of embezzling and reselling the race’s resources. After no one confessed, he sealed the hall, named 327 suspects including Yun Hua and Luo Tianyu, and one of them broke down and begged for mercy.

  • More than a hundred thousand people gathered in the hall and waited for Lu Chuan to arrive.
  • Lu Chuan announced that people had used their positions to embezzle and resell the blessed land’s resources, unsettling Luo Tianyu and Yun Hua.
  • Lu Chuan offered to spare anyone who confessed, but Luo Tianyu hesitated and Yun Hua gambled that Lu Chuan was bluffing.
  • When no one stepped forward, Lu Chuan sealed the hall and read out the names of 327 suspects, including Yun Hua and Luo Tianyu.
  • One of the named people collapsed to his knees and begged Lu Chuan for mercy.

Ch. 1058Deterrence

Lu Chuan executed officials who had embezzled the Immortal Martial Hall’s resources, then revealed evidence of their crimes and warned everyone in East Source Blessed Land against seeking private gain. He ordered Li Tianhua to draft a report for the Immortal Martial Hall before leaving the hall.

  • Lu Chuan killed the people who begged for mercy after they had failed to come forward earlier.
  • Yun Hua challenged Lu Chuan to produce evidence and invoked the powerful person behind him, but Lu Chuan killed Yun Hua, Luo Tianyu, and the others with a single palm.
  • Lu Chuan displayed recordings showing how Yun Hua, Luo Tianyu, and their accomplices had falsified accounts and embezzled clan assets.
  • Lu Chuan warned everyone that further embezzlement would be punished severely, and the gathered officials pledged not to do it.
  • Lu Chuan ordered Li Tianhua to draft a report to the Immortal Martial Hall under his name, then vanished.

Ch. 1059Reinforcements for Wushan Blessed Land

After receiving orders from Immortal Martial Hall, Lu Chuan prepared to reinforce Wushan Blessed Land, which the Celestial Race and other foreign races were besieging. He strengthened East Source Blessed Land’s defenses and set out, while the besieged human forces struggled to hold out until reinforcements arrived.

  • Lu Chuan received a deployment order from Immortal Martial Hall to reinforce Wushan Blessed Land against the allied foreign races.
  • Lu Chuan decided to obey the order and upgraded East Source Blessed Land’s Guardian Great Array, relying on his avatar to guard the land.
  • Lu Chuan left East Source Blessed Land aboard the Flying Cloud Boat and began the three-day journey to Wushan Blessed Land.
  • The Celestial Race and other foreign races besieged Wushan Blessed Land with over a hundred million troops and at least fifty Quasi-Saint Realm Supreme Experts.
  • The human defenders formed a battle formation and held off the attackers, but they feared the siege was a ploy to draw forces away from other Blessed Lands.

Ch. 1060Foreign Race's Conspiracy, Human Race Seeks a Way Out

The Foreign Races kept the Human Race pinned at Wushan Blessed Land while secretly aiming to leave the other blessed lands undefended. As the Human Race struggled to break the stalemate, a mysterious scripture appeared and killed two Foreign Race Emperor Level experts, leaving the battle at a sudden turning point.

  • The Foreign Races admitted they were drawing Human Race reinforcements to Wushan Blessed Land so they could attack its other blessed lands.
  • The Human Race experts discussed how to break the stalemate and noted that Venerable Lu Chuan had not yet arrived.
  • A Foreign Race Emperor Level expert mocked the Human Race, and a descending bolt of lightning killed him before a scripture devoured his body and divine soul.
  • A Demon Emperor roared for the attacker to reveal itself, but the scripture imprisoned and swallowed him as well.
  • A Foreign Race expert urged the others to attack together and stop the scripture.

Ch. 1061Another Demon Emperor Slain, Reversing the Tide of the Great Battle

Lu Chuan revealed himself after killing two Demon Emperors and helping the Human Race turn the battle against the Foreign Races. When the Foreign Race experts tried to retreat, he summoned the Xuantian Seal to seal and suppress the surrounding million li.

  • The Epoch Suppressing World Scripture devoured and refined a Demon Emperor while the Human Race powerhouses blocked the Foreign Races’ attacks.
  • Lu Chuan’s Scripture suppressed the Foreign Race experts, allowing the Human Race to seize the advantage and push them toward retreat.
  • The Foreign Race experts decided to withdraw rather than continue fighting, hoping to keep the Human Race forces trapped at Wushan Blessed Land.
  • Lu Chuan revealed himself, explaining that he had watched from the shadows until he confirmed the Foreign Races had no hidden methods left.
  • Lu Chuan summoned the Xuantian Seal and sealed a million li of heaven and earth, turning the region into a Derivative Realm.

Ch. 1062The Soul Suppressing Demon Smiting Bell Displays Its Might

Lu Chuan used the Xuantian Seal to crush the Foreign Race Army and battle the foreign race Emperors, then revealed the Soul Suppressing Demon Smiting Bell to attack their souls. The remaining foreign race powerhouses tried to escape through a rift, but Lu Chuan unleashed the bell against them.

  • The Xuantian Seal suppressed a million li of heaven and earth, and the battle’s shockwaves annihilated the ten-million-strong Foreign Race Army.
  • A late-stage Devil Emperor burned his origin to break free of the seal and attack Lu Chuan, but Lu Chuan split his body with the Epoch Blade.
  • The Devil Emperor turned into mist and charged at Lu Chuan, but the Soul Suppressing Demon Smiting Bell struck his divine soul and forced him to flee through a rift.
  • The other Foreign Race powerhouses widened the rift and tried to escape while the Human Race powerhouses moved to stop them.
  • Lu Chuan rang the Soul Suppressing Demon Smiting Bell, collapsing the souls of the weaker enemies and destroying even late Emperor-level powerhouses.

Ch. 1063Resolving the Crisis of Wu Mountain

Lu Chuan annihilated the Foreign Race forces attacking Wushan Blessed Land, demonstrating power comparable to a Great Perfection Quasi-Saint. With the crisis resolved, the other Human Race experts departed for their own territories while Lu Chuan assessed his spoils.

  • Lu Chuan used the Soul Suppressing Demon Smiting Bell and Epoch Blade to destroy the surviving late-stage Emperor-level Foreign Race experts, while the Bronze Ancient Tree’s seventh branch grew.
  • Lu Chuan greeted Bai Mufeng, the Late Quasi-Saint in charge of Wushan Blessed Land, and declared the crisis over.
  • Lu Chuan told the Human Race reinforcements they could return to their own blessed lands, and the visiting Quasi-Saint experts departed.
  • Bai Mufeng and the other four guardians remained as Lu Chuan sat above the Nine Heavens and examined the treasures he had taken from the defeated Foreign Race experts.
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