Chapter Summaries

Luo Zheng overwhelmed the remaining Outer Trial participants with his powerful small tower and announced that he would auction the two remaining spots. The chapter ended as two Phoenix Tree Sect martial artists offered fifty Top Grade True Essence Stones per spot, and Luo Zheng invited higher bids.

• More than a dozen martial artists attacked Luo Zheng with their level-ten towers, but he evaded their arrows and destroyed twelve towers with his Void Tribulation Realm archers.
• Luo Zheng eliminated a Purple Splendor Sect martial artist who threatened him, then declared that he would decide who received the remaining two spots through bidding.
• Sang Yang grew furious as he watched Luo Zheng turn the spots into an auction, while Ning Yu Die smiled at Luo Zheng's profiteering.
• Two Phoenix Tree Sect martial artists offered fifty Top Grade True Essence Stones for each spot, and Luo Zheng asked whether anyone would bid higher.

Luo Zheng secured a place in the Inner Circle Competition by selling two spots in the illusory formation, then prepared for his planned fight against Si Miaoling. After advancing to the fourth level of the Spirit Illumination Realm, he heard Azure Dragon announce that he was preparing to awaken Seventh Brother.

• Ao Xiang and a Phoenix Tree Sect disciple paid Luo Zheng for two spots and swore upon their Martial Hearts, after which the archers killed the remaining trial participants.
• Ning Yu Die left the palace and asked Mo Lezhang and Old Xiao not to tell Luo Zheng that she had attended the trial.
• Luo Zheng, Ao Xiang, and Fu Gaozhuo were announced as the three martial artists who qualified for the Inner Circle Competition.
• Luo Zheng rented a secluded place in Heavenly Revelation City, drew two divine patterns, and cultivated while preparing to kill Si Miaoling.
• Luo Zheng advanced to the fourth level of the Spirit Illumination Realm, and Azure Dragon said he was preparing to awaken Seventh Brother.

Luo Zheng helped Azure Dragon awaken Seventh Brother, the Crimson Dragon, with the Owl Beast Evil Spirit’s Black Pearl. The Crimson Dragon revealed the hidden value of Luo Zheng’s Primordial Celestial Array and began preparing to temper his body with it.

• Azure Dragon sent the Black Pearl refined from the Owl Beast Evil Spirit into the Dragon Shaped Sculpture, where it awakened the Crimson Dragon.
• The Crimson Dragon learned from Azure Dragon what had happened and remarked that Luo Zheng’s unusual body was the embryonic form of a Primordial Spiritual Treasure.
• The Crimson Dragon explained that Luo Zheng had wasted the Primordial Celestial Array by using it to cleanse his Dantian instead of tempering his body.
• Luo Zheng promised to persevere with body cultivation, and the Crimson Dragon agreed to teach him and warned that the process would be painful.
• Luo Zheng returned to his courtyard, where the Crimson Dragon began using the Primordial Celestial Array to temper his body and his body stiffened.

Luo Zheng endured the agony of tempering his body with the Primordial Celestial Array and collapsed after destroying the courtyard. While Bi Chun cleaned him, the Azure Dragon and Crimson Dragon debated whether Luo Zheng possessed Great Era Contending Fate, and he awoke on an unfamiliar bed.

• The Crimson Dragon activated the Primordial Celestial Array throughout Luo Zheng's body, subjecting him to unbearable pain.
• Luo Zheng's thrashing demolished the courtyard and frightened the family living beside it.
• Bi Chun watched Luo Zheng, then brought water and cloth and cleaned him after he fainted.
• The Azure Dragon told the Crimson Dragon that Luo Zheng had Great Era Contending Fate and proposed that Luo Yan was his Fate Guidance.
• The Crimson Dragon questioned the theory, and the Azure Dragon said Luo Zheng's success in rescuing Luo Yan would test it.
• Luo Zheng woke on an exquisite bed, with a Maiden's delicate fragrance in his nose.

After recovering from his first Body Refining session, Luo Zheng learned that it had awakened astral essence and that Body Refining continued by tempering the body's 108 acupoints. He began tempering his Baihui Acupoint with fire and thunder, enduring intense pain as he focused on avoiding injury to his brain.

• Luo Zheng woke after passing out from the pain of Body Refining, and Bi Chun offered him tea and suggested he see a doctor.
• Bi Chun asked Luo Zheng to compensate her family for the courtyard damage, and he gave her more than a dozen Low-Grade True Essence Stones.
• Luo Zheng accidentally smashed a hole in the ceiling when his transformed body made him leap too high.
• Crimson Dragon explained astral essence and the stages of the Body Refining system, then told Luo Zheng to begin tempering his acupoints.
• Crimson Dragon sent pure fire and thunder into Luo Zheng's Baihui Acupoint, and Luo Zheng endured the pain while concentrating on keeping the powers from reaching his brain.

Luo Zheng rapidly tempered all one hundred and eight acupoints and increased his strength before the Martial Arts Tournament began. After the Heaven and Earth Essence Drum announced the tournament, he reached the arena and declared that he had come to compete, but a World Commerce Alliance steward doubted him.

• Luo Zheng tempered his acupoints with lightning and fire, completing all one hundred and eight over four days while Ning Yu Die watched him from nearby.
• Bi Chun brought Luo Zheng dinner, and Ning Yu Die felt envious of the quiet moment he shared with her.
• Luo Zheng bought more Mysterious Artifacts and refined Heavenly Evolution Essence to absorb more Dragon Scale Power.
• The Heaven and Earth Essence Drum sounded, announcing that the Martial Arts Tournament was about to begin.
• Luo Zheng headed to the World Commerce Alliance arena, where a steward challenged his claim that he had come to participate.

Luo Zheng overcame a hostile gatekeeper and entered the Martial Arts Tournament venue, where his Spirit Illumination Realm cultivation drew suspicion and scorn. As the Profound Yin Hall arrived in a flying coffin, the tournament’s major contenders began to gather.

• A Deacon refused to believe Luo Zheng had tournament qualifications and sent Big Monkey to remove him, but Luo Zheng evaded the burly man and held a throwing knife against his ribs.
• The Deacon backed down, and an elder checked Luo Zheng’s Nameplate before escorting him to the group of Outer Trial victors.
• The other martial artists questioned how a fourth-level Spirit Illumination Realm cultivator had qualified, and a Phoenix Tree Sect disciple accused Luo Zheng of relying on a Twelfth Grade Small Tower in the illusion examination.
• Ao Xiang confirmed that the Twelfth Grade Small Tower had appeared but said he believed Luo Zheng had the strength to qualify; the Phoenix Tree Sect disciple then threatened Luo Zheng, who ignored him.
• An elder announced the Profound Yin Hall’s arrival as a gigantic coffin flew toward the Martial Arts Arena.

The Martial Arts Tournament’s powerful sects and figures arrived, including Cui Xie, whom Luo Zheng had long awaited. Luo Zheng spotted Luo Yan among Cui Xie’s entourage and realized she was being carried along unconscious.

• Profound Yin Old Man and the leaders and disciples of Profound Yin Hall, Bloodwood Cliff, Cloud Hall, Black Mountain Sect, and Void Spirit Sect arrived at the tournament arena.
• Ning Yu Die saw Luo Zheng among the Outer Trial disciples but pretended not to notice him, while Luo Zheng recognized her gesture.
• Cui Xie arrived with his entourage, and Luo Zheng focused on finding Si Miaoling, whom he hoped to kill to delay Cui Xie’s search for another Purple Extreme Yin Body.
• Luo Zheng saw Luo Yan flying behind Cui Xie with her eyes shut and reacted with alarm.

Luo Zheng learned that Cui Xie had gathered all three women with Purple Extreme Yin Bodies for his Heavenly Devil Joyous Union Grand Formation, including Luo Yan and another woman whose senses he had sealed. At the Martial Arts Tournament, the World Commerce Alliance offered the crowd a gift by draining condemned prisoners’ lifespans with the Heaven and Earth Essence Drum.

• Luo Zheng learned from Azure Dragon that Cui Xie had sealed Luo Yan’s six senses to speed her cultivation and had already gathered three women with Purple Extreme Yin Bodies for his formation.
• Luo Zheng recognized Si Miaoling among Cui Xie’s people and worried that the tournament’s powerful sect disciples made the situation increasingly dangerous.
• Shi Kefan and the other two World Commerce Alliance leaders appeared above the arena and announced a gift for every martial artist present.
• Shi Kefan struck the Heaven and Earth Essence Drum, which drained the condemned prisoners’ qi and blood and sent golden radiance toward the crowd.
• Luo Zheng and the other martial artists absorbed the golden radiance, while the prisoners beneath the drum withered into corpses.

At the Heavenly Revelation City Martial Arts Tournament, Shi Kefan announced that the ninth Immortal Tomb Spirit Lamp had appeared, and Cui Xie revealed that he possessed one. The tournament began with Zhao Dun and Yu Fei facing off in the opening battle, which ended the chapter just as Zhao Dun charged.

• Shi Kefan announced that the ninth Immortal Tomb Spirit Lamp had appeared and urged its holder to light it during the Lantern Festival.
• Luo Zheng and Ning Yu Die exchanged a glance over their shared secret, while Cui Xie openly declared that he possessed an Immortal Tomb Spirit Lamp.
• Old Xiao began the Martial Arts Tournament, and the sects and Outer Trial participants placed their nameplates into the jade lottery platform.
• Old Xiao drew Zhao Dun and Yu Fei of Profound Yin Hall for the opening battle, and Profound Yin Old Man ordered Yu Fei to kill his opponent.
• The arena barrier vanished, and Zhao Dun charged at Yu Fei with the force of thunder.

Yu Fei brutally killed Zhao Dun in the Martial Arts Tournament’s opening match, then received ten years of freedom as his reward. Luo Zheng was drawn for the next match against Gongsun Zhen, and the crowd was stunned when they saw that he was only at the fourth stage of the Spirit Illumination Realm.

• Yu Fei used black threads to slice Zhao Dun apart, winning the opening match and shocking the tournament crowd.
• The Profound Yin Old Man rewarded Yu Fei with ten years of freedom, represented by ten Entering Fire Pills.
• Luo Zheng reflected that the tournament’s lethal rules gave him a chance to kill Si Miaoling.
• Old Xiao drew Luo Zheng’s name and announced his match against the independent martial artist Gongsun Zhen.
• Luo Zheng and Gongsun Zhen entered the arena, and the crowd questioned how a fourth-stage Spirit Illumination Realm martial artist had passed the Outer Trial.

Luo Zheng entered the Martial Arts Tournament as a Cloud Palace disciple with only fourth-level Spirit Illumination cultivation, astonishing the spectators and drawing Gongsun Zhen as his opponent. Though Luo Zheng intended to hide his strength before confronting Si Miaoling, Gongsun Zhen prepared to fight him seriously, leaving their match about to begin.

• The Void Spirit Sect disciples discussed Luo Zheng’s low cultivation, while Xiaojie expressed confidence that he could defeat him.
• Xuan Yuanxiao explained to Zong Moxie that Luo Zheng had once challenged the Elite Hall, and they worried about Cloud Palace’s reputation if he lost.
• Luo Zheng stepped onto the Martial Arts Arena, focused on concealing his strength until he could kill Si Miaoling.
• Gongsun Zhen entered to cheers from the Heavenly Revelation City crowd, who praised his talent and urged him to defeat Luo Zheng.
• Gongsun Zhen drew his two Middle Grade Immortal Rank swords and warned Luo Zheng to be prepared to die.

At the Martial Arts Tournament, Luo Zheng fought Gongsun Zhen and revealed his extraordinary physical strength by enduring Gongsun Zhen’s sword techniques and defeating him with a single punch. Luo Zheng left Gongsun alive to avoid alerting Si Miaoling, while a junior disciple of the Void Spirit Sect resolved to challenge him later.

• Gongsun Zhen attacked Luo Zheng with his Gongsun Sword Dance and two Perfect Sword Intents.
• Luo Zheng dodged Gongsun Zhen’s linked sword strikes until he was driven into a corner.
• Luo Zheng endured Gongsun Zhen’s sword intent, seized both swords, and snapped the mid-grade Immortal Artifacts with his bare hands.
• Luo Zheng punched Gongsun Zhen across the arena, leaving him badly injured but alive.
• The Void Spirit Sect’s senior disciple recognized that Luo Zheng used astral energy as a body cultivator, and the junior disciple said she would challenge him later.

Luo Zheng defeated Gongsun Zhen, revealing a startling level of Body Refining that amazed the tournament spectators. After drawing an Exemption Token, he rejected Ning Yu Die’s invitation to stand with the Cloud Hall, and the tournament continued until Zong Moxie faced Situ Haoran.

• Qingxu Daoren and the spectators recognized Luo Zheng as an exceptionally powerful Body Refiner, while Ning Yu Die wondered how quickly he had advanced.
• Old Xiao declared Luo Zheng the winner, and Luo Zheng drew an Exemption Token before declining Ning Yu Die’s invitation to join the Cloud Hall’s platform.
• Luo Zheng went to stand with the Independent Martial Artists, embarrassing Ning Yu Die and angering Zong Moxie and Xuan Yuanxiao.
• Zhao Zhiping lost to Qiao Yu, and the tournament’s subsequent fights proceeded as most victors drew Exemption Tokens.
• The seventh battle began with Zong Moxie facing Situ Haoran.

Zong Moxie of Cloud Palace faced Situ Haoran of the Void Spirit Sect in a highly anticipated tournament match, as gamblers and spectators debated their chances. Luo Zheng judged that Zong Moxie had the edge in Law comprehension, though neither fighter matched Luo Zheng’s mastery of the Thunder Law.

• Martial artists placed bets on Zong Moxie and Situ Haoran, citing their reputations and past exploits.
• Xiao Jie complained that he had no match and challenged Cui Xie's group to fight him, while Qingxu Daoren reprimanded him and Cui Xie praised the boy’s unusual potential.
• The chapter described tensions between the Void Spirit Sect and Cui Xie, whose plans to form a divine kingdom threatened the Central Region’s balance of power.
• Situ Haoran revealed his mastery of the Thunder Law and said he had long wanted to test it against Zong Moxie’s.
• Luo Zheng assessed the fighters and concluded that Zong Moxie had a better chance of winning, while recognizing that his own Thunder Law mastery exceeded theirs.

Situ Haoran defeated Zong Moxie by using a trace of the second layer of Thunder Law, while Luo Zheng learned about higher Laws and the Supreme Divine Martial Art Crimson Dragon promised to teach him. The next match was drawn: Luo Zheng would face Bu Chou of Bloodwood Cliff.

• Zong Moxie and Situ Haoran fought with lightning, and Situ Haoran won after unleashing a trace of the Purification layer of Thunder Law.
• Azure Dragon explained the first three layers of Thunder Law to Luo Zheng and said that combining different Laws could greatly increase his strength.
• Crimson Dragon promised to teach Luo Zheng a Supreme Divine Martial Art once Luo Zheng opened the Dao Platform, and Azure Dragon explained that such arts could make their cultivators realm masters.
• Zong Moxie was carried back to the Cloud Hall as the spectators praised the battle, and Old Xiao drew the next match.
• Old Xiao announced that Bu Chou of Bloodwood Cliff would fight Luo Zheng, and Bu Chou welcomed the pairing as his junior brother praised his luck.

Poison Blood Lady empowered Bu Chou with a Blood Talisman to ensure he killed Luo Zheng, who entered the arena for another Martial Arts Tournament match. Hua Tianming, Pei Tianyao, and Bai Li Hongfeng arrived in time to recognize Luo Zheng, and Hua Tianming bet Bai Li Hongfeng’s fortune on Luo Zheng before the fight began.

• Poison Blood Lady drew a Blood Talisman on Bu Chou, temporarily stimulating his potential and ordering him to kill Luo Zheng.
• Luo Zheng and Bu Chou entered the Martial Arts Arena as spectators doubted Luo Zheng could defeat another Divine Pill Realm opponent.
• Hua Tianming, Pei Tianyao, and Bai Li Hongfeng arrived and were shocked to discover Luo Zheng was competing in the tournament.
• Hua Tianming forced Bai Li Hongfeng to hand over his fortune and placed a bet on Luo Zheng before the match began.

Bu Chou fought Luo Zheng after the Sect Master’s Blood Talisman drove him to burn his life force, but Luo Zheng revealed complete mastery of the first level of the Fire Law. Their flames clashed, and Bu Chou’s blood flame began to weaken.

• Bu Chou accepted the Blood Talisman and vowed to kill Luo Zheng to earn the Sect Master’s reward.
• Luo Zheng formed a ring of fire and revealed that he had completely comprehended the first level of the Fire Law, stunning the spectators and drawing the attention of Yan Yueshan, Cui Xie, and Ning Yu Die.
• Cui Yun declared that he would crush the other geniuses in the Martial Arts Tournament.
• Bu Chou attacked Luo Zheng with Blood Flame Slash, and Luo Zheng dodged before meeting the strike with his ring of fire.
• The two flames clashed, but Luo Zheng’s Fire Law weakened Bu Chou’s blood flame.

Luo Zheng defeated Bu Chou and secured a Challenge Token, while the tournament revealed several powerful independent martial artists. The chapter ended with Cui Yun presenting Ning Yu Die a mysterious gift hidden inside shattered Arctic Mysterious Ice.

• Luo Zheng evaded Bu Chou’s Blood Flame Slash and broke his ribs with a barrage of punches, winning their match.
• Luo Zheng drew a Challenge Token but chose to wait for an opportunity before challenging Si Miaoling.
• Ao Xiang and Huangfu Xi defeated top geniuses from Profound Yin Hall and Black Mountain Sect, demonstrating their strength as self-taught martial artists.
• Old Xiao announced Cui Yun’s match against Xuan Yuanxiao, and Cui Yun asked him to wait before flying to Cloud Hall’s platform.
• Cui Yun presented Ning Yu Die with Arctic Mysterious Ice, shattered it, and uncovered a glittering object buried inside.

Cui Yun revealed the Heaven Feather Saint Crown, a Sacred Artifact, and offered it to Ning Yu Die while proposing marriage to her at the Martial Arts Tournament. Ning Yu Die rejected his advances and questioned whether he was worthy of her.

• Cui Yun uncovered the Heaven Feather Saint Crown, and the martial artists recognized it as a lost Sacred Artifact of the Northern Nether Palace.
• Cui Yun said he intended to give the crown to Ning Yu Die and argued that Cloud Hall deserved a Sacred Artifact of its own.
• Ning Yu Die questioned why Cui Yun was giving her such a valuable gift, and Cui Yun publicly proposed marriage and demanded that she become his woman.
• The martial artists in the stands condemned Cui Yun, accusing him of using the crown and marriage proposal to gain Ning Yu Die and Cloud Hall.
• Ning Yu Die asked whether Cui Xie had put Cui Yun up to the proposal, recalled that Cui Xie had taken Luo Yan from Cloud Hall, and asked Cui Yun whether he was worthy of her.