Chapter Summaries

Luo Zheng and Little Butterfly obtained the Crystal Key but were attacked by a huge Soul Detaching Fire Dragon Essence. After inhaling aphrodisiac powder from a flood dragon’s lust sac, both became agitated, and Luo Zheng regained control only after Azure Dragon warned him and dispelled the effect.

• Luo Zheng let the Flood Dragon Soul Essence enter his mind, where Azure Dragon swallowed it.
• Little Butterfly took the Crystal Key as the strange yellow powder dispersed.
• A huge Soul Detaching Fire Dragon Essence charged at them, and Little Butterfly used an Ice Phoenix feather to hold it back with walls of frost.
• The aphrodisiac powder made Luo Zheng and Little Butterfly increasingly agitated, and Luo Zheng grabbed her hand and tried to pull her close.
• Azure Dragon alerted Luo Zheng to the aphrodisiac, restoring his clarity, but Little Butterfly remained affected and reached toward him.

Luo Zheng subdued the Soul Detaching Fire Dragon Essence with the Black Fire while Little Butterfly was unconscious, then waited for her to awaken. Little Butterfly struck him when she came to, but set aside their embarrassing encounter and demanded the Crystal Key so they could retrieve the treasure.

• Little Butterfly remained dazed by the Phoenix Feather’s influence, so Luo Zheng knocked her unconscious as the Soul Detaching Fire Dragon Essence broke into the cave.
• The Black Fire emerged from Luo Zheng’s brow and devoured the Soul Detaching Fire Dragon Essence.
• Luo Zheng carried Little Butterfly out of the cave, then meditated beside the ice pillar while waiting for her to wake.
• Little Butterfly awoke and struck Luo Zheng, demanding to know what he had done to her.
• Little Butterfly recalled her oath to the Martial Heart, told Luo Zheng to forget what happened, and demanded the Crystal Key so they could retrieve the treasure.

Little Butterfly used the Crystal Key to control the Flood Dragon puppet and carried Luo Zheng to Blood Demon Great Emperor’s isolated island, where she activated the square’s runes. A beam of light reached the Hidden Trial Gate and carried away Zhao Xiaohua’s Blue Treasure Chest just as he was about to claim it.

• Little Butterfly used the Crystal Key to make the Flood Dragon puppet rise out of the abyss, startling the trial takers and the Sect Masters watching from outside.
• Little Butterfly piloted the Flood Dragon over the Heavenly Burning Fire Sea and brought Luo Zheng to an isolated island protected by a blood-colored barrier.
• Little Butterfly placed the Crystal Key into the stone platform in the island’s square, activating runes that sent beams of light across the Path of the Trial Taker.
• Zhao Xiaohua crawled toward the Blue Treasure Chest in the Hidden Trial Gate after enduring the second-level trial and suffering severe burns.
• A beam of light enveloped the Blue Treasure Chest and carried it away before Zhao Xiaohua could open it.

Beams of light swept treasures from the Path of the Trial Taker to the square where Luo Zheng and Little Butterfly waited, disrupting trials across the hidden gates. The chapter left them facing a Heaven Severing Dao Fruit Tree bearing ten fruits as more treasures continued to fall.

• Zhao Xiaohua and Zhuo Bufan watched their hard-won treasure chests and Jiaolong Blood Pool get carried away by beams of light.
• Elder Fei Han, Shi Jingtian, Dragon Granny, and the other Cloud Hall leaders witnessed the disturbance and worried about the disciples inside the Path of the Trial Taker.
• Luo Zheng realized the beams were gathering treasures on the square, where treasure chests from the hidden gates began crashing down.
• Little Butterfly stopped Luo Zheng from approaching the chests as the Jiaolong Blood Pool fell onto the square, then promised he could soak in it later.
• A Heaven Severing Dao Fruit Tree bearing ten fruits fell from the sky, and Little Butterfly recognized it as a legendary treasure belonging to the Blood Demon Great Emperor.
• Another shadow plunged toward the square, revealing a giant sword ten feet tall.

Luo Zheng took the Blood Demon Great Emperor's greatsword after Demon Night demonstrated her sword-control technique, then cultivated in the Jiaolong Blood Pool while Little Butterfly searched the Medicine Garden. He broke through while soaking in the dragon blood.

• Little Butterfly explained that the Blood Demon Great Emperor's greatsword could be controlled by a sword spirit, and Luo Zheng summoned Demon Night to demonstrate her Sword Dance.
• Following Little Butterfly's instructions, Luo Zheng infused part of Demon Night's sword spirit into the greatsword, and Demon Night pulled it from the ground and wielded it.
• Luo Zheng claimed the greatsword, while Little Butterfly accepted that it suited him.
• As materials and a Medicine Garden fell from the sky, Little Butterfly threw Luo Zheng into the Jiaolong Blood Pool and began searching the herbs for ingredients to restore her strength.
• Luo Zheng absorbed nutrients from the Jiaolong blood as he cultivated, then broke through.

While Luo Zheng meditated in the Jiaolong Blood Pool, the Azure Dragon bargained with him for permission to absorb its blood, offering to teach him the True Dragon Race’s Rune Secret Technique in exchange. Little Butterfly discovered the pool was empty, and after they argued over how to divide their gains, she and Luo Zheng decided to open the treasure chests first.

• The Azure Dragon asked Luo Zheng to let it absorb the Jiaolong blood, and Luo Zheng negotiated for the Rune Secret Technique.
• The Azure Dragon agreed to teach Luo Zheng its True Dragon Race method for making runes, and Luo Zheng let it absorb all the blood in the pool.
• Little Butterfly finished handling the spiritual herbs and found the Jiaolong Blood Pool empty.
• Luo Zheng told Little Butterfly he had absorbed the Jiaolong blood, and they argued over how to divide it and their other treasures.
• Unable to agree on a division, Luo Zheng and Little Butterfly decided to open the Golden Treasure Chest and the black treasure chest first.

Luo Zheng and Little Butterfly divided the Blood Demon Great Emperor’s treasure chests, and Luo Zheng astonished her by comprehending Space Law from a golden stone carving. The final black chest revealed the Immortal Tomb Spirit Lamp, leaving its significance to be discovered.

• Luo Zheng took half of the Red and Blue Treasure Chests, and Little Butterfly gave him a spacious Sumeru Ring to store them.
• Little Butterfly opened three Silver Treasure Chests containing Soul Jade Slips, which Luo Zheng gave to her.
• Luo Zheng comprehended Space Law from the golden stone carving, shocking Little Butterfly and making her suspect he concealed a great secret.
• Little Butterfly took the formation diagram from the second Golden Treasure Chest for Cloud Palace.
• Little Butterfly opened the final Black Treasure Chest and recognized the blackened oil lamp inside as the Immortal Tomb Spirit Lamp.

Luo Zheng and Little Butterfly discovered that Blood Demon Great Emperor’s oil lamp was one of the spirit lamps needed to enter the Heavenly Vast Immortal Tomb, and they divided up his remaining treasures. They left the Path of the Trial Taker separately, while Zhao Xiaohua remained stranded in the Heavenly Burning Fire Sea.

• Little Butterfly explained the spirit lamps, the Lantern Festival, and how the Central Region’s sects had waited for the ninth lamp to appear.
• Little Butterfly claimed the Immortal Tomb Spirit Lamp and gave Luo Zheng her Cloud Hall Voice Transmission Token without revealing her identity.
• Luo Zheng and Little Butterfly divided the inheritance’s treasures, and Little Butterfly took the Crystal Key and Flood Dragon puppet.
• Little Butterfly shut the Flood Dragon puppet’s mouth on Luo Zheng and flew away, leaving him to exit through the vortex.
• Zhuo Bufan continued through the fifth stage, while Zhao Xiaohua stood alone among the broken stone piers in the Heavenly Burning Fire Sea.

Luo Zheng emerged from the Path of the Trial Taker ahead of the other disciples, leaving the Sect Masters astonished and Shi Jingtian relieved. After Dragon Granny confronted him about Jin Qiaoning, Luo Zheng explained that Zhuo Bufan and the others had escaped the Path of Death, then kept the details of his rapid passage private; Hua Tianming later emerged and saw him meditating.

• Luo Zheng emerged from the vortex, and Shi Jingtian celebrated his survival and first-place finish.
• Dragon Granny demanded to know where Jin Qiaoning was and threatened Luo Zheng, so Shi Jingtian struck at her and Fei Han ordered her to stop.
• Luo Zheng said he had fallen into an abyss while Zhuo Bufan and the others had escaped the Path of Death, and he declined to explain how he had passed through so quickly.
• Luo Zheng moved aside to meditate, and less than an hour later Hua Tianming emerged and froze when he saw him.

After Hua Tianming, Zhuo Bufan, Bai Li Hongfeng, Pei Tianyao, and Jin Qiaoning raced through the Path of Death, they discovered Luo Zheng had already finished first and was waiting unharmed. Zhuo Bufan questioned Luo Zheng about the flood dragon in front of the Sect Masters, leaving Luo Zheng wary of his motives.

• Bai Li Hongfeng surged ahead in the final sprint, then fought Zhuo Bufan as Zhuo Bufan caught up, allowing Hua Tianming to pass them and reach the vortex first.
• Hua Tianming emerged to find Luo Zheng already waiting, and Zhuo Bufan arrived next as Hua Tianming told him he had placed third behind Luo Zheng and himself.
• Bai Li Hongfeng, Pei Tianyao, and Jin Qiaoning emerged and were stunned to see Luo Zheng alive; Luo Zheng greeted Hua Tianming and Pei Tianyao.
• Shi Jingtian celebrated as his three Azure Cloud Sect disciples claimed first, second, and fifth place among the Top Five.
• Zhuo Bufan asked Luo Zheng in front of Fei Han and the Sect Masters whether the flood dragon had carried him to the finish and where the mysterious Cloud Hall disciple was, making Luo Zheng suspect Zhuo Bufan was targeting him.

After Luo Zheng refused to reveal the secret of his survival on the Path of the Trial Taker, Great Master Zhuo arrived and demanded that he explain the path’s unusual changes. The chapter ended with Luo Zheng facing pressure from Zhuo Bufan’s powerful father.

• The Mist Cloud Sect Sect Master learned that Zhou Cheng had died in the Path of Death.
• Zhuo Bufan told Fei Han that Luo Zheng had been dragged into an abyss by a Cloud Palace disciple and pursued by a flood dragon.
• Luo Zheng refused to disclose what happened, explaining that he had promised the Cloud Palace disciple to keep it secret.
• Great Master Zhuo arrived and learned that Zhuo Bufan had placed third while Luo Zheng had taken first.
• After Zhuo Bufan whispered to him, Great Master Zhuo confronted Luo Zheng and demanded a full account of the strange events on the path.

Great Master Zhuo demanded that Luo Zheng reveal what he had found in the Path of the Trial Taker, but Luo Zheng refused and risked a soul search. A mysterious voice transmission made Great Master Zhuo abruptly withdraw, leaving everyone wondering who had contacted him.

• Great Master Zhuo ordered Luo Zheng to disclose everything about the Path of the Trial Taker, hoping to send Zhuo Bufan back for its treasures.
• Luo Zheng refused, and Great Master Zhuo threatened to search his soul despite Shi Jingtian's attempt to intervene.
• Luo Zheng quietly activated his Cloud Hall token and waited to see whether Little Butterfly would act.
• A True Essence Voice Transmission reached Great Master Zhuo as he approached Luo Zheng, and he abruptly ordered Zhuo Bufan to leave with him.
• Zhuo Bufan, Shi Jingtian, Fei Han, and the other Sect Masters were left wondering who had sent the transmission.

After a mysterious voice transmission forced Great Master Zhuo to withdraw, Luo Zheng defended his actions as the Path of the Trial Taker’s participants emerged and Fei Han announced the Cloud Hall Elite Hall selections. Luo Zheng found Little Butterfly among the disciples and learned that she had ordered Great Master Zhuo to get lost, leaving her identity and influence a mystery.

• Shi Jingtian and Fei Han warned Luo Zheng that antagonizing Great Master Zhuo could cause trouble, but Luo Zheng said yielding would not have saved him from being searched.
• The disciples emerged from the Path of the Trial Taker, and Zhao Xiaohua recounted how a flood dragon had carried him across the Path of Life.
• Fei Han announced the disciples accepted into the Cloud Hall's Elite Hall as Luo Zheng searched the crowd for Little Butterfly.
• Azure Dragon identified Little Butterfly by her soul aura, and she threatened Luo Zheng after realizing he had recognized her.
• Luo Zheng asked what Little Butterfly had told Great Master Zhuo, and she revealed that she had ordered him to stop meddling and get lost.

Luo Zheng and the other new Elite Hall disciples arrived at the Cloud Palace and received their Cloud Tokens. While everyone else was issued a Red Cloud Token, Luo Zheng was confirmed to have received the rare Purple Cloud Token, provoking an uproar among the disciples.

• Luo Zheng and the other disciples arrived at the Cloud Palace and marveled at its dense Heaven and Earth Essence and grand buildings.
• Fei Han escorted the group to the Elite Hall, where the disciples discussed the Cloud Tokens and their different levels of authority.
• Two stewards distributed Cloud Tokens, giving the new Elite Hall disciples Red Cloud Tokens.
• A steward called Luo Zheng's name and discovered that his token was purple, then left to verify whether it had been issued by mistake.
• The steward returned and confirmed that the Purple Cloud Token belonged to Luo Zheng, causing the other disciples to erupt in protest.

Luo Zheng learned that Cui Xie, the Central Region’s most powerful expert, had taken Luo Yan and stood far beyond his current strength. Encouraged by Hua Tianming and Pei Tianyao, Luo Zheng regained his resolve and vowed to kill Cui Xie one day.

• Cloud Hall’s deacons gave Luo Zheng a Purple Cloud Token and explained the sect’s rules, while disgruntled disciples fell silent after being threatened with expulsion.
• Luo Zheng, Hua Tianming, Pei Tianyao, and Bai Li Hongfeng studied Cloud Hall’s map of the Central Region and learned about its major sects and powerful individuals.
• Luo Zheng spotted Cui Xie’s name and learned from Bai Li Hongfeng that Cui Xie was the Central Region’s strongest expert and had taken Luo Yan.
• Luo Zheng withdrew after hearing more about Cui Xie, and Hua Tianming and Pei Tianyao caught up to encourage him.
• Hua Tianming and Pei Tianyao said they believed Luo Zheng would kill Cui Xie, and Luo Zheng chose to believe them and vowed to face him.

Cui Xie sensed an absolute-kill obsession from someone he believed was weak, while Luo Zheng strengthened his resolve and cultivated the Ten Thousand Evil Life-Death Wheel in Cloud Hall. His first test of the Absolute Kill Wheel pierced through the chamber and Floating Stone to strike the ground below.

• Cui Xie roasted the snow on Pearl Jade Peak while Si Miaoling reminded him that the Heavenly Devil Joyous Union Grand Formation still needed a third Purple Extreme Yin Body.
• Cui Xie sensed a powerful absolute-kill obsession from a seemingly weak person and felt a trace of unease, though he could not identify its source.
• Luo Zheng’s wavering Martial Heart recovered, and his resolve grew firmer after Hua Tianming and Pei Tianyao saw him regain his composure.
• Luo Zheng cultivated the Ten Thousand Evil Life-Death Wheel in a Cloud Hall secret chamber and formed the beginnings of its first layer, the Absolute Kill Wheel.
• Luo Zheng infused the Absolute Kill Wheel with baleful intent, sending a blood-red strand through the chamber, Floating Stone, and into the ground as a warning whistle sounded.

Luo Zheng’s cultivation blasted through a Cloud Hall training room and the Floating Stone below, while Hua Tianming broke through to the Spirit Illumination Realm and accidentally destroyed another room. Luo Zheng gave Hua Tianming Soul Essence to strengthen his soul, then Little Butterfly teased that she had prepared a great gift for him, leaving him uneasy.

• Luo Zheng admitted that his Absolute Kill Wheel had pierced the training room floor, and Steward Xiao waived punishment because of Luo Zheng’s Purple Cloud Token and backing.
• Hua Tianming’s cultivation caused a training room to explode, and Luo Zheng offered to cover the repair debt before asking whether Hua Tianming had broken through.
• Hua Tianming said he had reached the Spirit Illumination Realm and explained that his soul could not withstand the demands of the Heavenly Sword.
• Luo Zheng gave Hua Tianming a Red Treasure Chest containing Soul Essence, which strengthened Hua Tianming’s soul.
• Little Butterfly contacted Luo Zheng, reminded him that she had arranged his Purple Cloud Token, and said she had prepared a great gift for him.

Little Butterfly had Grand Dream True Person seize control of Luo Zheng’s body and force him to provoke the Cloud Palace disciples in a Martial Arts Arena. After Luo Zheng regained control, Zhuo Bufan challenged him, and Luo Zheng accepted the confrontation.

• Little Butterfly ordered Grand Dream True Person to control Luo Zheng, despite his concerns about the plan.
• Grand Dream True Person used energy threads to take control of Luo Zheng and make him run to a Martial Arts Arena.
• Luo Zheng kicked open the arena gate and insulted the Cloud Palace disciples, then apologized when he regained control.
• Zhuo Feiling stopped Luo Zheng from leaving, and Zhuo Bufan identified him as the First Place of the Path of the Trial Taker.
• Zhuo Bufan offered to tame Luo Zheng, and Luo Zheng replied that he would be the one to tame Zhuo Bufan.

Luo Zheng fought Zhuo Bufan in the Cloud Hall after Zhuo Bufan challenged him over his talent and the resources he possessed. Luo Zheng used the Absolute Kill Wheel to send Zhuo Bufan spinning into the ceiling and floor, while Zhuo Feiling prepared to intervene.

• Zhuo Bufan challenged Luo Zheng and pointed his White Spear at him, demanding that he prove himself in a fight.
• Luo Zheng attacked with his Blood Drink Sword, but Zhuo Bufan used spear techniques to drive him into a corner.
• Zhuo Bufan launched Whirlwind Spear Godly Rend at Luo Zheng, who formed an Absolute Kill Wheel with his sword and Heavenly Devil True Essence.
• The Absolute Kill Wheel caught Zhuo Bufan's spear and accelerated his rotation until he could barely remain conscious.
• Zhuo Feiling demanded that Luo Zheng release Zhuo Bufan and threatened to attack, so Luo Zheng stopped the wheel; Zhuo Bufan continued spinning from inertia, struck the ceiling, and crashed into the floor.

Luo Zheng defeated Zhuo Bufan’s Annihilation Spear with his Ten Thousand Evil Life-Death Wheel, shattering Zhuo Bufan’s weapon and crippling his arm. Zhuo Feiling attacked Luo Zheng in retaliation, but Luo Zheng unexpectedly took flight.

• Zhuo Bufan unleashed the Annihilation Spear against Luo Zheng, while Luo Zheng poured three portions of Baleful Intent into his Blood Drink Sword and Absolute Kill Wheel.
• Luo Zheng’s sword shattered Zhuo Bufan’s White Spear and broke the bones in his right arm.
• Zhuo Feiling gave Zhuo Bufan a pill, then accused Luo Zheng of crippling him.
• Luo Zheng argued that he had acted in self-defense and said Zhuo Bufan would have killed him otherwise.
• Zhuo Feiling thrust his Blood Colored Long Spear at Luo Zheng, who suddenly flew into the air.