Chapter Summaries

Luo Zheng reached the Upper Realm through the Rising Dragon Platform, while the Xue Family Young Master's own attempt failed. He arrived in an Azure City built for the Dragon Vein Human Race and was approached by guards.

• Luo Zheng altered the circular divine pattern with Azure Dragon's help and vanished into the light before the Xue Family Young Master could follow.
• The Xue Family Young Master activated the pattern with his Dragon Shaped Jade Pendant, but the teleportation spat him back out among the Void Tribulation Realm powerhouses.
• Black Crow questioned the Xue Family Young Master, who revealed that an Innate Living Being had teleported away, while Ning Yu Die and the others prepared to deal with the Yinglong.
• Luo Zheng reassembled in the Upper Realm and found an Azure City with more than a hundred thousand Teleportation Arrays, which Azure Dragon explained served the Dragon Vein Human Race.
• Luo Zheng walked toward the city, and guards in azure clothing riding half-human, half-bird beasts moved to surround him.

Luo Zheng was arrested for using the Rising Dragon Platform and sentenced to a thousand years in prison, but Azure Dragon helped him draw a divine pattern to present to the city’s lord. The guards’ mockery turned to shock when they recognized the Dragon Mark on it.

• The guards bound Luo Zheng and dragged him into the city, sentencing him to a thousand years of imprisonment for trespassing on the Rising Dragon Platform.
• Azure Dragon explained that outsiders without True Dragon blood were punished for ascending through the platform, and assured Luo Zheng he would not leave him to suffer.
• The guards locked Luo Zheng in a prison with powerful martial artists from many lower realms.
• Azure Dragon used Luo Zheng’s hand to draw a divine pattern and instructed him to give it to the City Lord.
• The guards laughed at Luo Zheng’s request until one spotted the Dragon Mark on the pattern and demanded to know where it came from.

Luo Zheng was released from prison after Azure Dragon used a divine inscription to secure him a chance to train in the True Dragon Realm. The chapter leaves him swallowing a drop of True Dragon Blood, which causes the blood throughout his body to boil.

• Azure Dragon instructed Luo Zheng to tell the guards that a Daoist named Qing Xuan had given him the divine inscription, and the guards released him.
• Azure Dragon explained that the city was a training ground for Dragon Vein ascenders and that he had asked the City Lord to let Luo Zheng train there.
• A guard brought Luo Zheng to the training plaza, where two elders approved his participation under the City Lord's order.
• An elder gave Luo Zheng a Nameplate and a drop of True Dragon Blood, then directed him to a cultivation chamber.
• Luo Zheng swallowed the True Dragon Blood despite its attempt to escape, and it spread through his body as his bloodline began to boil.

After absorbing True Dragon Blood, Luo Zheng joined the Dragon Vein Clan old man at the Soul Obelisks and chose to study the obelisk containing Space Law. He deciphered its patterns, weakened the force pushing him away, and rapidly climbed past other martial artists.

• Luo Zheng absorbed a drop of True Dragon Blood, and the old man welcomed him as a member of the Dragon Vein Clan.
• The old man brought Luo Zheng to the Soul Obelisks and explained that martial artists used their souls to comprehend the source Laws recorded there.
• Luo Zheng chose the Space Law obelisk and sent his soul into it, where spatial repulsion made climbing difficult.
• Luo Zheng saw another martial artist get thrown from the obelisk and injured, then realized he needed to comprehend its patterns rather than force his way upward.
• Luo Zheng's understanding of Space Law deepened, weakening the repulsion, and he climbed rapidly past twenty or thirty martial artists.

Luo Zheng rapidly climbed the Space Law obelisk, surprising Elder Wei and drawing the attention of Zhao Zheng and his newly ascended disciples. Shu Yuekuang challenged Luo Zheng, but Luo Zheng ignored his taunts and resumed climbing as his comprehension advanced.

• Elder Wei watched Luo Zheng climb the Space Law obelisk and assumed he had already comprehended much of the law in the lower realm.
• Zhao Zheng arrived with four talented ascenders and boasted to Elder Wei about their elite potential.
• Luo Zheng climbed into the upper half of the obelisk, prompting Elder Wei to realize Luo Zheng was one of the martial artists he had guided.
• Zhao Zheng sent Shu Yuekuang to the Space Law obelisk, where Shu Yuekuang quickly climbed near Luo Zheng and taunted him.
• Luo Zheng told Shu Yuekuang to stop climbing up and down like a monkey, then ignored him and continued comprehending the law.
• After Shu Yuekuang stopped higher on the obelisk, Luo Zheng began climbing again.

Luo Zheng comprehended the first layer of spatial laws and slipped through the Space Barrier to reach the obelisk’s summit. The law obelisks then trembled and sent streams of the Law of Power toward him, prompting Elder Wei to recognize a Law Baptism.

• Luo Zheng and Shu Yuekuang climbed toward the obelisk’s summit, but a Space Barrier stopped them three zhang below it.
• Luo Zheng calmly studied the spatial laws while Shu Yuekuang struggled against the repulsive force and eventually climbed back down.
• Luo Zheng realized he could pass through the Space Barrier by moving through its independent space rather than breaking it.
• After less than three hours of study, Luo Zheng comprehended the first layer of spatial laws and slipped through the barrier onto the summit.
• The obelisks began trembling, and streams of the Law of Power converged on Luo Zheng as Elder Wei identified the phenomenon as a Law Baptism.

Luo Zheng underwent a rare Law Baptism on the Space Law obelisk, greatly increasing his affinity for every law. Afterward, Elder Wei and Zhao Zheng competed to recruit him, while Luo Zheng chose to keep studying the Law of Power.

• Luo Zheng received the Law of Power from the obelisk, and the resulting Law Baptism shook other martial artists loose.
• Elder Wei and Zhao Zheng recognized the rare baptism and understood that it would improve Luo Zheng’s affinity for all laws.
• Shu Yuekuang watched Luo Zheng command the attention of the crowd and suppressed his resentment as he continued comprehending the obelisk.
• Elder Wei and Zhao Zheng argued over recruiting Luo Zheng, with Zhao Zheng offering ten drops of True Dragon Blood to join Flame Dragon Hall.
• Luo Zheng gave Elder Wei his name and chose to comprehend several more obelisks bearing the Law of Power.

Luo Zheng comprehended the first levels of nine Origin Laws during his Dragon Vein Clan training while the Central Region’s sects agreed to settle ownership of the Rising Dragon Platform through a martial arts tournament. Elder Wei then brought Luo Zheng to the next stage of training, where he introduced a powerful Black Demon Nightmare Wraith.

• Luo Zheng sat beneath the Fire Law obelisk and later comprehended the first levels of nine Origin Laws in three days.
• The World Commerce Alliance proposed holding a Central Region Martial Arts Tournament in Heavenly Revelation City, with the Rising Dragon Platform as the first-place prize, and the sects accepted.
• The World Commerce Alliance began preparing for the tournament, scheduled for three months later, while young talents across the Central Region prepared to compete.
• Elder Wei led Luo Zheng to the soul-training area and explained that the next stage would train his soul.
• Luo Zheng saw a Black Sphere containing a Black Demon Nightmare Wraith, and Elder Wei identified it as a Jadeite War Soul.

Elder Wei explained that Luo Zheng could temper his soul inside the Black Sphere, where Small Oil Lamps repaired souls exposed to an Owl Beast Evil Spirit’s pressure. Luo Zheng entered the training and rapidly increased how long he could endure the torment.

• Elder Wei told Luo Zheng about the War Soul Realm and said he needed to temper his soul to reach it.
• Elder Wei explained that the Black Sphere contained a safe training method and described its precautions to Luo Zheng.
• Luo Zheng entered the Black Sphere and found Small Oil Lamps protecting martial artists from the pressure of a chained Owl Beast Evil Spirit.
• Luo Zheng endured the soul pressure for ten breaths before retreating to a Small Oil Lamp to recover.
• Luo Zheng repeatedly trained, increasing his endurance from ten breaths to the time it took an incense stick to burn and astonishing the other martial artists.

Luo Zheng entered the Black Sphere’s Second Circle to temper his soul, where Shu Yuekuang arrived and attacked him out of resentment. Luo Zheng fled between Small Oil Lamps to recover as Shu Yuekuang pursued him, leaving the fight unresolved.

• After half a day of rapid soul cultivation, Luo Zheng left the outer circle and entered the Second Circle.
• Shu Yuekuang arrived with three companions, used his clan’s soul-protecting art to enter the Second Circle, and spotted Luo Zheng.
• Shu Yuekuang charged at Luo Zheng, who dodged and reached a Small Oil Lamp to repair his soul.
• Shu Yuekuang transformed his hands into blades and pursued Luo Zheng through the Second Circle as the onlookers watched and worried for him.

Luo Zheng evaded Shu Yuekuang’s attacks in the Black Sphere, using a surprise Spirit Shocking Thrust to wound him before escaping back to his body. He continued cultivating despite Shu Yuekuang’s repeated pursuit and entered the Third Circle after adapting to the Second Circle’s soul pressure.

• Luo Zheng dodged Shu Yuekuang’s attacks in the Second Circle while gradually adapting to its soul pressure.
• Shu Yuekuang unleashed War Ghost Dual Blades, but Luo Zheng countered with Spirit Shocking Thrust and pierced his soul.
• Shu Yuekuang pursued Luo Zheng again, but Luo Zheng withdrew his soul and returned to his body before the attack landed.
• Shu Yuekuang tried to attack Luo Zheng in the city, but a guard warned that private fighting would bring a thousand years of imprisonment.
• Luo Zheng reentered the Black Sphere and kept cultivating while Shu Yuekuang repeatedly chased him, forcing him to withdraw whenever danger became too great.
• After his soul withstood the Second Circle’s pressure, Luo Zheng entered the Third Circle.

Luo Zheng advanced into the Fourth Circle while Shu Yuekuang’s relentless pursuit ended in a costly retreat after he burned part of his soul to escape. As Luo Zheng faced the Owl Beast’s evil spirits, Azure Dragon asked him to swallow the powerful creature once he reached the Sixth Layer.

• Luo Zheng entered the Third Circle, where Shu Yuekuang followed but could not withstand the soul pressure without sheltering at the Small Oil Lamps.
• As Luo Zheng’s soul grew stronger, he outpaced Shu Yuekuang and eventually entered the Fourth Circle.
• Shu Yuekuang followed into the Fourth Circle, burned his soul to survive, and retreated to the Third Circle, unable to reach Luo Zheng.
• The Owl Beast released miniature evil spirits into the Fourth Circle, forcing Luo Zheng to stay near the Small Oil Lamps for safety.
• Azure Dragon told Luo Zheng he wanted to swallow the Owl Beast Evil Spirit once Luo Zheng broke into the Sixth Layer.

Luo Zheng strengthened his soul in the Black Sphere while preparing to devour the Owl Beast Evil Spirit and gain a Soul Seed and help awaken Azure Dragon’s seventh brother. As Luo Zheng entered the Sixth Circle, Vice Hall Master Nian arrived in response to Zhao Zheng’s message.

• Azure Dragon explained that devouring the Owl Beast Evil Spirit could nourish him, awaken his seventh brother, and help Luo Zheng plant a Soul Seed.
• Luo Zheng hunted Owl Beast Wraiths and trained through the Fourth and Fifth Circles, steadily strengthening his soul.
• Zhao Zheng sent a sound-transmitting jade pendant to the Flame Dragon Hall, while Elder Wei separately summoned help from the Dragon Abyss Palace.
• The Owl Beast Evil Spirit’s soul pressure battered the martial artists as Luo Zheng spent thirteen days adapting to the Fifth Circle.
• Luo Zheng prepared to enter the Sixth Circle so Azure Dragon could break the Soul Nurturing Yin Yang Lightning Lock.
• Vice Hall Master Nian arrived, and Zhao Zheng greeted him.

Vice Hall Master Nian Yang arrived to recruit Luo Zheng into the Flame Dragon Hall, but the Owl Beast Evil Spirit escaped its restraints while Luo Zheng remained inside the Black Sphere. City Lord Tang Jing learned that Luo Zheng was the stowaway tied to Qing Xuan’s warning, and the Dragon Abyss Palace Master flew toward the sphere.

• Nian Yang met Zhao Zheng and went to see Luo Zheng, who was tempering his soul inside the Black Sphere.
• The Soul Nurturing Yin Yang Lightning Lock began breaking, and the martial artists fled after learning the Owl Beast Evil Spirit had escaped while Luo Zheng stayed behind.
• Nian Yang concluded Luo Zheng could not survive the escaped spirit, just as City Lord Tang Jing and Elder Wei arrived.
• Elder Wei told Tang Jing that Luo Zheng was the stowaway he had approved, and Tang Jing recalled Qing Xuan’s warning not to reveal the matter.
• The Dragon Abyss Palace Master asked whether Luo Zheng was the martial artist who underwent the Law Baptism, ignored Nian Yang, and flew toward the Black Sphere.

Luo Zheng broke through into the War Soul Realm after the Dragon Abyss Palace Master gave him a Zhi Soul Pill. He rejected Nian Yang’s offer to join the Flame Dragon Hall and left the chapter teasingly addressing the Palace Master as Big Sister.

• The Dragon Abyss Palace Master entered the Black Sphere, found the Owl Beast Evil Spirit gone, and realized Luo Zheng was nearing a breakthrough into the War Soul Realm.
• The Dragon Abyss Palace Master gave Luo Zheng a Zhi Soul Pill, and he used it to stabilize his soul and complete his breakthrough.
• Tang Jing and the others recognized Luo Zheng’s war soul, while Nian Yang invited him to join the Flame Dragon Hall and offered him fifty drops of True Dragon Blood.
• Luo Zheng refused Nian Yang because he disliked his tone, and the Dragon Abyss Palace Master backed his choice, preventing Nian Yang from acting on his anger.
• Luo Zheng thanked the Dragon Abyss Palace Master and cheekily called her Big Sister, leaving Elder Wei alarmed by his boldness.

Luo Zheng joined Dragon Abyss Palace and received rare True Dragon Blood and True Dragon Essence Blood from Dragon Abyss Palace Master Chi. Tang Jing then questioned him about the missing Owl Beast Evil Spirit, and Luo Zheng pretended not to know what had happened.

• Dragon Abyss Palace Master Chi told Luo Zheng to call her Auntie and confirmed he would join Dragon Abyss Palace.
• Chi gave Luo Zheng twenty drops of True Dragon Blood and a drop of True Dragon Essence Blood, astonishing Tang Jing, Elder Wei, Nian Yang, and the others.
• Luo Zheng asked Azure Dragon whether Chi had noticed something about him, and Azure Dragon said she might have noticed his breakthrough to the War Soul Realm.
• Tang Jing asked Luo Zheng why the Owl Beast Evil Spirit had vanished from the Soul Nurturing Yin Yang Lightning Lock.
• Luo Zheng claimed he did not know what had happened, but Tang Jing rejected his explanation and demanded an account for the spirit's disappearance.

Luo Zheng refused the Dragon Abyss Palace Master's offer to join Dragon Abyss Palace, then spent two months cultivating in the Upper Realm and returned to the Central Region. As the Martial Arts Tournament gathered momentum in Heavenly Revelation City, a streak of white light descended toward the Rising Dragon Platform.

• Tang Jing let the matter of the vanished Owl Beast Evil Spirit go after the Dragon Abyss Palace Master offered True Dragon Essence Blood as compensation.
• Luo Zheng declined the Dragon Abyss Palace Master's invitation to travel to Dragon Abyss Palace, and she gave him a protective talisman before he continued training.
• Elder Wei took Luo Zheng to further cultivation sites and equipped him with a Saint Grade Low Rank treasured sword and protective armor.
• Luo Zheng advanced to the Shining Upon God Third Stage over two months, then used a teleportation point to return to the Central Region.
• Martial artists gathered in Heavenly Revelation City for the rescheduled Martial Arts Tournament, and a streak of white light shot toward the Rising Dragon Platform.

Luo Zheng returned from the Upper Realm through the Rising Dragon Platform, shocking the martial artists guarding it. When several sect disciples tried to seize him, he revealed strength far beyond what his Spirit Illumination Realm cultivation suggested.

• The martial artists guarding the Rising Dragon Platform recognized that someone had returned from the Upper Realm and suspected he was the mysterious Innate Living Being they had been searching for.
• Li Buyi and disciples from several major sects crowded the platform entrance, each hoping to bring the returning person back to their sect.
• Luo Zheng emerged from the platform, and Li Buyi recognized him while the other disciples were stunned by his Spirit Illumination Realm cultivation.
• Tu Jianbai attacked Luo Zheng, but Li Buyi intercepted him with a punch and forced him back.
• Jiang Yunfei tried to cripple Luo Zheng and capture him, but Luo Zheng dodged the attack and sent him flying with a single punch.

Luo Zheng emerged from the Rising Dragon Platform in Heavenly Revelation City and stunned the watching martial artists by severely injuring Jiang Yunfei with one punch. As Luo Zheng and Li Buyi prepared to leave, the sect forces blocked their way and an unknown voice interrupted Luo Zheng’s threat.

• Jiang Yunfei attacked Luo Zheng, but Luo Zheng sent him flying with one punch and left him severely injured.
• The other Shining Upon God Pinnacle martial artists backed away, while Li Buyi marveled at how much Luo Zheng had grown in three months.
• Luo Zheng learned from Li Buyi that he was in Heavenly Revelation City and that the Cloud Hall Hall Master had been searching for him.
• The martial artists from Bloodwood Cliff, Black Mountain Sect, Void Spirit Sect, and other Fourth Grade Sects refused to let Luo Zheng leave while they summoned their sect elders.
• Luo Zheng moved to attack the men, but a soft, melodious voice mocked his threat.

Luo Zheng resisted Poison Blood Lady’s seduction and refused to surrender to her, but Poison Blood Lady and Black Crow both demanded the secret of Rising Dragon Platform. Ning Yu Die arrived to protect him, only for the Void Spirit Seven Sons to appear and insist that Luo Zheng hand over the secret.

• Poison Blood Lady tried to bewitch Luo Zheng, but he resisted and insulted her by calling her an old woman.
• Poison Blood Lady prepared to attack Luo Zheng, while he readied himself to escape onto Rising Dragon Platform and relied on his message to Little Butterfly.
• Black Crow appeared and demanded that Luo Zheng reveal how to ascend Rising Dragon Platform.
• Ning Yu Die descended and challenged Poison Blood Lady and Black Crow, warning them that her master might intervene.
• The Void Spirit Seven Sons arrived and declared that Luo Zheng had to reveal the secret of Rising Dragon Platform.