Recaps

Lu Ming learned that the Moon Appreciation Convention offered a chance to enter the Void Moon Secret Realm and agreed to represent Yangwu City in its challenge tournament. He chose three martial arts from the City Lord’s collection and settled in the City Lord’s Mansion, where he released Little Fox.

• Lu Ming examined Jade Snake Gentleman’s spirit-snake token and realized that he had killed two members of the Geek Twelve Heads without knowing it.
• True Person Qingyue introduced herself as Yangwu City’s City Lord and invited Lu Ming to represent her city at the Moon Appreciation Convention in exchange for access to its Martial Arts Tower.
• True Person Qingyue explained that the convention’s top fifty challenge-tournament winners would qualify to enter the Void Moon Secret Realm, and asked Lu Ming to protect her disciple Ruoying if she qualified.
• Lu Ming accepted the offer and chose the incomplete Heaven-grade, middle-stage Rebirth Soul Transformation Great Law and two saber techniques from the Martial Arts Tower.
• True Person Qingyue took Lu Ming to a quiet courtyard in the City Lord’s Mansion, where he released Little Fox.

Lu Ming cultivated the [Rebirth Soul Transformation Great Law], quickly grasped the Death Artistic Conception, and decided to leave Yangwu City before the Moon Appreciation Convention. True Person Qingyue let him go despite the danger from Geek Tower, while Zhen Ruoying questioned his intentions and wondered if her Master knew his identity.

• Lu Ming comprehended the Death Artistic Conception and reached forty percent mastery after several days of cultivating with help from the Jade Pendant and his Martial Dao Nascent Soul.
• Lu Ming tested a death-infused saber slash on a tree, then decided to leave for Bright Moon Villa early to temper his saber techniques.
• Zhen Ruoying doubted Lu Ming's plan to leave, while True Person Qingyue asked whether he had considered the danger from Geek Tower.
• Lu Ming insisted he could protect himself and departed the City Lord's Mansion after agreeing to meet them at Bright Moon Villa.
• After Lu Ming left, True Person Qingyue teased Zhen Ruoying about worrying for him and suggested that his hidden identity might be extraordinary.

Lu Ming fought Rat Head, Sheep Head, and Dog Head of the Geek Twelve Heads, overwhelming their individual attacks before they joined forces with a coordinated technique. He began using the battle to sharpen his saber skills and prepared to unleash Slaughter Saber Intent.

• Lu Ming crushed Rat Head's earth attack and sent him flying, then faced Sheep Head and Dog Head as they appeared to help him.
• Lu Ming drove Sheep Head back with Blazing Fire Burns the Sky and repelled Dog Head's sneak attack with Rising Sun.
• The three Geek Twelve Heads linked their auras and launched their exclusive combined attack, claiming it could contend with an ordinary Early Sea Transformation Realm powerhouse.
• Lu Ming maneuvered through their coordinated strikes and exchanged attacks with them, finding their teamwork a useful but fragile test.
• Lu Ming's killing intent rose as he decided to begin using Slaughter Saber Intent.

Lu Ming perfected his Slaughter Saber Intent and killed three members of the Geek Twelve Heads, while True Person Qingyue and Zhen Ruoying watched. After spending more than half a month training with Little Fox, he heard about a hero-selection event at Zhao Manor and decided to investigate.

• Lu Ming’s Slaughter Saber Intent reached perfection as he killed the dog-faced man, the sheep-faced woman, and the mouse-faced man.
• True Person Qingyue and Zhen Ruoying watched Lu Ming leave, and Qingyue said his strength could help secure Yangwu City's resources.
• Lu Ming collected the trio’s spoils and spent more than half a month helping Little Fox search for treasures and fight opponents.
• Lu Ming began condensing his Slaughter Saber Dao Nascent Soul, which was close to taking shape.
• In a small town, Lu Ming heard that Zhao Manor was seeking a hero to guard Miss Zhao from the flower thief Young Master Chunqing, and he decided to go see what was happening.

Lu Ming, using the alias Death Swordsman, joined the effort to protect Zhao Lingzhu from Young Master Chunqing and convinced two suspicious experts that he was not the enemy. Zhao Changhe hurried to welcome the three martial artists, while the threat against his daughter remained unresolved.

• Zhao Lingzhu questioned Zhao Changhe about the household's tightened defenses, and he hid the danger posed by Young Master Chunqing from her.
• A servant reported that Lei Yuanshou, Autumn Rain Swordsman, and Death Swordsman had arrived, and Zhao Changhe went to welcome them.
• Lu Ming revealed that he had come to help Zhao Lingzhu and concealed his true realm so the household would accept his assistance.
• Autumn Rain Swordsman probed Lu Ming about his technique, and Lu Ming demonstrated the Death Artistic Conception by withering a potted plant.
• Lei Yuanshou and Autumn Rain Swordsman accepted Lu Ming as an ally, and Zhao Changhe arrived to greet the three men.

Lu Ming killed Young Master Chunqing with one saber strike after the man threatened Zhao Changhe's family. Zhao Changhe then brought Zhao Lingzhu to Lu Ming for help with her rare illness and offered him the Zhao family's ancestral Shinan Diagram.

• Autumn Rain Swordsman noticed Young Master Chunqing on the roof, where he revealed that he had broken through to the Gang Yuan Realm.
• Young Master Chunqing demanded Zhao Lingzhu, and she came forward to protect her father and the others.
• Lu Ming drew his saber and killed Young Master Chunqing in a single strike, then accepted Zhao Changhe's request to examine Zhao Lingzhu's illness.
• Zhao Changhe brought Zhao Lingzhu to a secluded courtyard and offered Lu Ming the ancestral Shinan Diagram as repayment.

Lu Ming examined Zhao Lingzhu and discovered that an unknown Devouring Power was consuming her true qi and vitality, leaving her frail and causing headaches. Zhao Changhe linked the force to his family’s legendary founder and asked Lu Ming to study the Shinan Diagram, which might hold a cure.

• Zhao Changhe explained that Zhao Lingzhu had a mysterious illness and showed Lu Ming the family’s inherited Shinan Diagram.
• Lu Ming questioned Zhao Lingzhu and learned that her true qi vanished whenever she practiced cultivation, while deep concentration caused headaches.
• Lu Ming traced Zhao Lingzhu’s disappearing true qi to an invisible Devouring Power that also consumed her vitality, but could not find its source.
• Zhao Changhe said family fragments described their ancestor as a feared wielder of Devouring Power who had once shaken the continent.
• Zhao Changhe asked Lu Ming to study the Shinan Diagram and save Zhao Lingzhu, and Lu Ming agreed as Zhao Changhe unrolled it.

Lu Ming discovered that the Shinan Diagram contained the complete Kunpeng Swallows Stars Technique and learned that Zhao Lingzhu had awakened the Devouring Physique. He passed her its first five levels, and the story left him planning to use the technique to improve his own cultivation method.

• Lu Ming saw the Shinan Diagram reveal Ancestor Kunpeng demonstrating the Kunpeng Swallows Stars Technique and received information about the Devouring Physique.
• Lu Ming explained that Zhao Lingzhu’s physique was draining her life force because it needed vast amounts of energy to awaken.
• Lu Ming passed Zhao Lingzhu the first five levels of the technique, warning that her weak soul could not handle more.
• Zhao Changhe burned the Shinan Diagram and asked Lu Ming to pass the technique on orally to protect their family.
• Lu Ming agreed to stay and use the complete technique’s principles to improve his Cloud Water Heavenly Scripture.

After reaching the peak of the Late Gang Yuan Realm, Lu Ming left seclusion and gave Zhao Lingzhu the [Rising Sun Divine Sword] instead of accepting her as his disciple. He then prepared to demonstrate the sword technique’s power as a fat figure approached from the sky.

• Zhao Lingzhu mastered the first two layers of the [Kunpeng Swallows Stars Technique], recovered, and advanced to the mid-stage of the Zhen Qi Realm.
• Lu Ming used the technique’s devouring principles to evolve the [Cloud Water Heavenly Scripture] into the [Star River Wuji Technique] and reached the peak of the Late Gang Yuan Realm.
• Lu Ming checked on the Little Fox, whose growing aura suggested it was awakening a bloodline, then left his secret chamber to attend the Moon Appreciation Convention.
• Zhao Lingzhu asked Lu Ming to accept her as his disciple, but he refused and taught her the Earth-grade, peak stage [Rising Sun Divine Sword].
• Lu Ming looked toward an approaching fat human figure and told Zhao Lingzhu he would show her the sword technique’s true might.

Black-faced Gentleman, a Late Gang Yuan Realm Peak expert from the Geek Twelve Heads, attacked Zhao Manor to seize the Zhao family's Shinan Diagram. Lu Ming killed him instantly with the ninth form of the Rising Sun Divine Sword and explained its Fire Profundity to Zhao Lingzhu.

• Black-faced Gentleman arrived at Zhao Manor, demanded the treasure diagram, and threatened to kill everyone if Zhao Changhe refused.
• Black-faced Gentleman threw down the corpse of Zhao Changhe's illegitimate younger brother, revealing how the secret had leaked.
• As Black-faced Gentleman prepared to attack, Lu Ming sent Zhao Lingzhu's sword at him with the ninth form of the Rising Sun Divine Sword.
• Black-faced Gentleman raised a black shield, but the sword engulfed him in flames and his body exploded.
• Lu Ming returned the sword to Zhao Lingzhu and explained that the final move required comprehending the Fire Profundity.

Lu Ming rescued Zhao Changhe and Zhao Lingzhu, sent them toward Yangwu City, and advised Lingzhu to seek True Person Qingyue as a mentor. As the Moon Appreciation Convention began in Bright Moon City, spectators discussed its powerful young contenders, while two newcomers on Bright Moon Tower's top floor declared they had come to make a name for themselves.

• Lu Ming warned Zhao Changhe and Zhao Lingzhu that the Geek Tower was dangerous, then dismissed the Zhao family's servants and took the two survivors away.
• Lu Ming left Zhao Changhe and Zhao Lingzhu near a road and directed them to take his letter to Yangwu City; he advised Lingzhu to conceal her Kunpeng Swallows Stars Technique and seek True Person Qingyue as her master.
• Zhao Changhe and Zhao Lingzhu set out for Yangwu City, while Lingzhu watched Lu Ming depart and resolved to work hard enough to catch up with him.
• The Moon Appreciation Convention opened at Bright Moon Villa, drawing powers, cultivators, and prodigies to Bright Moon City for its tournament and access to the Void Moon Secret Realm.
• At Bright Moon Tower, patrons discussed contenders including Su Zhao, Jin Moyou, She Wenxiao, Xiang Shanxing, and Shi Kaishan.
• Two young visitors on Bright Moon Tower's highest floor said they had come to find opponents and make a name for themselves, prompting an immediate objection.

At the Moon Appreciation Convention, Yun Wutang defeated Mu Ying, a member of the Ten Sons of Golden Luo, after he challenged her. Yun Wusheng then tested a masked man in blue, who effortlessly sent his wine cup back and forced him to step back.

• Mu Ying confronted Yun Wutang and Yun Wusheng over their dismissive remarks about the Moon Appreciation Convention, and Yun Wutang identified herself and challenged him.
• Yun Wutang evaded Mu Ying’s claw attack and defeated him with a palm strike that sent him crashing into the wall.
• Mu Ying insisted that seven members of the Ten Sons of Golden Luo were stronger than him, and Yun Wusheng said they would meet them at the convention.
• Yun Wusheng invited a masked man in blue to drink, but his wine cup could not reach the man.
• The masked man returned the cup with a flick of his sleeve, shattering it and forcing Yun Wusheng back a step.

Lu Ming arrived at Huiying Garden for the Moon Appreciation Convention after trading a probing strike with Yun Wusheng, who challenged him to a later battle. At the Yangwu City pavilion, Lu Ming reunited with Zhen Ruoying and Zhao Lingzhu and was welcomed by True Person Qingyue, just as another guest arrived to greet her.

• Lu Ming matched Yun Wusheng's probing strike, and Yun Wusheng proposed that they fight at the Moon Appreciation Convention.
• Lu Ming entered Huiying Garden using his Yangwu City identity token and was escorted to the Yangwu City pavilion.
• Lu Ming reunited with Zhen Ruoying and Zhao Lingzhu, gave Zhao Lingzhu permission to call him Brother Lu, and greeted True Person Qingyue.
• True Person Qingyue introduced Nangong Yucheng and the younger Zhen and Nangong family members, then invited Lu Ming to sit beside her.
• A loud voice greeted True Person Qingyue as Lu Ming watched the convention grounds from the pavilion.

True Person Shengyan challenged Lu Ming’s standing beside True Person Qingyue, while Lu Ming accepted the coming challenge. As the Moon Appreciation Convention filled with powerful visitors, Yun Wusheng and Yun Wutang tested a newcomer named Baili Liuyun, and Jin Wuyou appeared ready to show his strength.

• True Person Shengyan questioned Lu Ming’s place beside True Person Qingyue, and Lu Ming said he would participate in the challenges.
• True Person Qingyue warned Lu Ming that True Person Shengyan was narrow-minded, while Lu Ming dismissed the threat of his Mid Sea Transformation Realm cultivation.
• Yun Wusheng and Yun Wutang claimed seats by forcing the Three Oddities of Golden Cloud to leave.
• Baili Liuyun joined Yun Wusheng and Yun Wutang after exchanging dozens of palms with Yun Wusheng and proving his strength.
• Visitors crowded Huiying Garden as a black-robed Jin Wuyou stroked his golden sword, prompting another Northern King Palace cultivator to worry that he had advanced again.

The Moon Appreciation Convention opened in Huiying Garden, where martial artists began competing for recognition and access to the Void Moon Secret Realm. After an outsider from the Fire Saint Hall challenged the Xuan Cang Domain’s powers, Nangong Yucheng stepped forward to fight him.

• Daoist Tian Zhong opened the convention and explained that recorded contests would determine secret-realm quotas and resource allocations for Xuan Cang Domain powers.
• Li Shi defeated a swordsman with his twin hooks, setting off a stream of battles among unaffiliated martial artists and outsiders.
• Baili Liuyun watched the contests while eating, and Yun Wusheng focused on the arena.
• Ouyang Kong of the Fire Saint Hall challenged the Xuan Cang Domain’s geniuses, drawing discussion about his domain and power.
• Nangong Yucheng stopped Zhen Ruoying from taking the challenge, then flew down to face Ouyang Kong.
• Ouyang Kong dismissed Nangong Yucheng as an unworthy opponent, and Nangong Yucheng attacked him with his sword.

Ouyang Kong defeated Nangong Yucheng with ease, revealing the gap between their strength and prompting Lu Ming to recognize that Ouyang Kong had reached the Fourth Stage. As Ouyang continued to challenge the Xuan Cang Domain’s fighters, Ba Xuzi, the sixth-ranked Ten Sons of Golden Luo, stepped onto the platform to face him.

• Nangong Yucheng’s Spirit Serpent Devours Heaven attack failed, and Ouyang Kong shattered his Sword Qi with a single palm, leaving him injured.
• Nangong Yucheng admitted defeat and returned to his seat, while Lu Ming sensed that Ouyang Kong had condensed a Martial Dao Nascent Soul and comprehended Fire Profundity.
• Ouyang Kong stayed on the platform and continued challenging fighters from the Xuan Cang Domain, and Zhen Ruoying prepared to face him before Lu Ming warned her of his strength.
• Ba Xuzi, ranked sixth among the Ten Sons of Golden Luo, accepted Ouyang Kong’s challenge and opened with a powerful slash infused with Hegemonic Intent.

Ouyang Kong defeated Ba Xuzi with the Extreme Luo Fire Hand, and Ming Xin entered the arena to challenge him. Ming Xin revealed her fully formed Martial Dao Nascent Soul and began a powerful attack, leaving the duel unresolved.

• Ouyang Kong burned through Ba Xuzi’s blade aura with the Extreme Luo Fire Hand and knocked him off the arena.
• True Person Shifang considered sending Wu Mingzi to restore Golden Luo Hall’s honor, and Wu Mingzi said he had recently advanced another step.
• Ming Xin of Bright Moon Villa entered the arena before Wu Mingzi could challenge Ouyang Kong.
• Ming Xin dodged Ouyang Kong’s flaming palm and countered with a perfected Moon Artistic Conception technique.
• Ming Xin revealed her fully formed Martial Dao Nascent Soul and descended on Ouyang Kong amid freezing cold and immense pressure.

Ming Xin defeated Ouyang Kong with Bright Moon Villa’s Moon Heart Wheel, showcasing her mastery of the Profound Meaning of the Moon. The Sacred Light Sect’s Tang Yungge then challenged Yangwu City, and Lu Ming stepped into the arena to face him.

• Ouyang Kong unleashed Heavenly Fire Descends, but Ming Xin’s Moon Heart Wheel absorbed the attack and rebounded, defeating him.
• Ouyang Kong admitted defeat and left the platform, while Ming Xin returned to Bright Moon Villa.
• Daoist Shanhe and Daoist Tian Zhong exchanged remarks about Ming Xin’s strength and their respective forces.
• Tang Yungge of the Sacred Light Sect challenged Yangwu City, prompting Zhen Ruoying to volunteer before Lu Ming chose to fight instead.
• Lu Ming entered the arena, and Yun Wutang recognized him as Yun Wusheng’s battle intent surged.

Lu Ming, wearing the Iron Mask, faced Tang Yungge in a tournament challenge and overwhelmed him with his perfected Slaughter Saber Intent. Tang Yungge admitted defeat but asked to use one final move, leaving their challenge unresolved.

• Yun Wusheng told Baili Liuyun that Lu Ming was very strong, and Baili Liuyun became eager to see him fight.
• Tang Yungge challenged Lu Ming after identifying him as the Iron Masked Saber Master who had killed Ox Head.
• Lu Ming shattered Tang Yungge's opening spear thrust by striking its weak point, then countered his Dragon Ride Strike with Void Slaughter Slash.
• Lu Ming drove Tang Yungge back, knocked his spear away, and declared that he had lost.
• Tang Yungge admitted defeat but asked to challenge Lu Ming again with one remaining move.

Lu Ming defeated Tang Yungge despite his perfected Spear Intent and Metal Artistic Conception, while True Person Shengyan arranged for Qiuhua to challenge him. Yun Wutang then won three matches before Xuan Jianzi challenged her, and their fight continued as she unleashed Flying Cloud Hand.

• Tang Yungge revealed perfected Metal Artistic Conception and attacked Lu Ming with Golden Radiance Impact, but Lu Ming sent him flying from the arena with his saber force.
• Tang Yungge admitted defeat to Lu Ming and returned to the Sacred Light Sect pavilion, where True Person Shengyan told Qiuhua to challenge Lu Ming.
• Xiang Shanxing dismissed Lu Ming as unworthy of his attention, while Yun Wutang won three consecutive matches at Bright Moon Restaurant.
• True Person Shifang sent Xuan Jianzi, ranked fourth among the Ten Sons of Golden Luo, to reclaim Golden Luo Hall's reputation by challenging Yun Wutang.
• Yun Wutang struck Xuan Jianzi with her palm, was forced back by his baton, then launched Flying Cloud Hand at him.

Yun Wutang used Old Man Tian Jue’s signature technique against Xuan Jianzi but ultimately lost, while impressing the spectators with her thunderous counterattack. Baili Liuyun then entered the arena and faced Taiyuan Sect prodigy Fu Qing.

• Xuan Jianzi blocked Yun Wutang’s cloud attack and countered with Thousand Mile Demon Sweeper.
• Yun Wutang used Jade Shattering Heavenly Thunder to turn Xuan Jianzi’s force into a lightning strike that broke his attack and sent him staggering.
• True Person Qingyue identified Yun Wutang’s technique as Old Man Tian Jue’s signature art, and the spectators learned he was a powerful Heavenly Human Realm wanderer.
• Xuan Jianzi recovered first and defeated the exhausted Yun Wutang after several more exchanges.
• Yun Wusheng promised to avenge Yun Wutang, but Baili Liuyun went to the arena first and was challenged by Fu Qing of the Taiyuan Sect.

Baili Liuyun defeated Fu Qing with the Ancient Buddha Emperor Palm, while Yun Wusheng and other prodigies showcased their strength through the night. The next morning, Lu Ming faced Bai Qiuhua, the Jade Flute Fairy, and his saber aura broke through her strongest wave, sending her flying.

• Baili Liuyun overwhelmed Fu Qing’s sword techniques with the Ancient Buddha Emperor Palm and won their match.
• True Person Qingyue explained that the palm technique had been created by King Longshu, a Chi Dragon of the Demon Race.
• Yun Wusheng defeated the top prodigious disciple of Myriad Soul Gate, and dozens of arena battles continued through the night.
• Zhen Ruoying won two of her three fights, while Lu Ming won his matches before Bai Qiuhua named him as her challenge target.
• Bai Qiuhua attacked Lu Ming with flute-driven Sword Qi and waves, but Lu Ming cleaved through her wave and sent her flying.

Lu Ming defeated the Jade Flute Fairy, and Yun Wusheng won a hard-fought battle against Wu Lingzi. The chapter left off as Shi Kaishan and Xiang Shanxing began their long-awaited fight, with Xiang Shanxing blocking Shi Kaishan’s opening punch.

• Lu Ming raised his Slaughter Saber Intent and defeated the Jade Flute Fairy, astonishing the spectators.
• Yun Wusheng challenged Wu Lingzi and revealed that he had condensed a Martial Dao Nascent Soul and comprehended the Cloud Profound Meaning.
• Wu Lingzi fought with his Primordial Spirit and Black Water Profound Meaning, but Yun Wusheng defeated him after more than a thousand moves.
• Shi Kaishan challenged Xiang Shanxing, and the two clashed with their auras before Shi Kaishan attacked with Sweep All Directions.
• Xiang Shanxing blocked Shi Kaishan’s punch with his golden, mountain-like body and prepared to counterattack.

Xiang Shanxing and Shi Kaishan fought an evenly matched battle, unleashing their ancestral bloodlines before Daoist Tian Zhong stopped them and declared a draw. After the arena was repaired, Yun Wusheng took the stage to challenge Lu Ming.

• Xiang Shanxing and Shi Kaishan exchanged more than three hundred blows without gaining an advantage.
• Xiang Shanxing invoked the Golden Giant Elephant bloodline and attacked with Giant Elephant Tramples the Heavens, while Shi Kaishan answered with Gods and Demons Descend.
• The pair’s collision threatened to break the arena formation, so Daoist Tian Zhong stabilized it.
• Daoist Tian Zhong intervened and called the battle a draw before either fighter suffered serious injuries.
• Daoist Tian Zhong repaired the arena, and Yun Wusheng flew down to challenge Lu Ming.

Lu Ming revealed his Slaughter Saber Dao Nascent Soul and fought Yun Wusheng, who gained the upper hand in their opening exchanges. Lu Ming said he had used only two or three tenths of his strength and began preparing another move.

• Lu Ming accepted Yun Wusheng's challenge and unleashed his Slaughter Saber Intent, revealing his Slaughter Saber Dao Nascent Soul.
• Yun Wusheng attacked Lu Ming with his Flying Cloud Hand, and Lu Ming forced him to reveal himself with Slaughter the Void.
• Lu Ming's Ghost-God Killing Blade split Yun Wusheng's sea of clouds, but Yun Wusheng countered with Jade Shattering Heavenly Thunder and broke the saber aura.
• The spectators thought Yun Wusheng had the advantage, while Lu Ming realized his opponent's move had dispelled much of his saber's force.
• Yun Wusheng challenged Lu Ming to show more strength, and Lu Ming raised his saber as an unusual aura emerged.