Recaps

Lu Ming defeated Yun Wusheng by combining Wind Profundity with his Slaughter Saber Dao, forcing Daoist Tian Zhong to rescue Yun Wusheng as the arena was devastated. After the tournament resumed with a new arena, Baili Liuyun challenged Jin Wuyou.

• Lu Ming unleashed Slaughter Storm, combining Wind Profundity with Slaughter Saber Qi, and Yun Wusheng answered with Cloud Annihilation Wave.
• Their attacks turned the arena into a massive sand sphere, and Daoist Tian Zhong tore open the formation to pull Yun Wusheng to safety.
• Daoist Tian Zhong said Lu Ming had held back, while Yun Wusheng acknowledged his defeat and promised to catch up.
• Lu Ming and Yun Wusheng returned to their pavilions, and Daoist Tian Zhong suspended the tournament while Bright Moon Villa raised a replacement arena.
• The tournament resumed, and Baili Liuyun entered the arena to challenge Jin Wuyou.

Jin Wuyou and Baili Liuyun fought a fierce arena match, revealing the power of the Ancient Buddha Emperor Palm and Jin Wuyou’s Gold Attribute Sword Dao Nascent Soul. The battle continued as the crowd and Northern King Palace’s Su Zhao reacted to Jin Wuyou’s newly revealed strength.

• Jin Wuyou pierced Baili Liuyun’s Buddha Light Emerges palm strike and answered with Sword Qi Descends Three Thousand Feet.
• Baili Liuyun defended against Jin Wuyou’s sword with Immovable King Ming, then attacked with Palm Presses Mountains and Rivers, which carried traces of Spatial Profundity.
• Jin Wuyou revealed a Gold Attribute Sword Dao Nascent Soul as he faced Baili Liuyun’s palm.
• Su Zhao realized Jin Wuyou had surpassed him, while Bright Moon Villa’s elders worried about the rise of the Northern King Palace.
• A Bright Moon Villa elder suggested Ming Xin spend time with the Iron Masked Saber Master, but Ming Xin declined to pursue him for the sake of the villa.
• Jin Wuyou and Baili Liuyun continued their battle.

Jin Wuyou defeated Baili Liuyun and challenged Lu Ming, but their duel was interrupted when Geek Tower arrived at the Moon Appreciation Convention. Azure Dragon True Lord summoned the mysterious Tower Master, leaving the gathered experts waiting to see whether the rumored Heavenly Human Realm figure would appear.

• Jin Wuyou pierced Baili Liuyun’s palm technique with his sword and defeated him with a second strike.
• Jin Wuyou challenged Lu Ming, and the two prepared to fight on the arena.
• A rift tore open the Sky Curtain, and six masked members of Geek Tower arrived, led by Azure Dragon True Lord and Tiger Fiend Lord.
• Daoist Tian Zhong and Daoist Shanhe questioned the newcomers, while Lu Ming suspected Geek Tower might expose his identity.
• Azure Dragon True Lord invited the Tower Master to descend, and the gathered experts watched the sky.

Lu Ming’s identity as the holder of the Wind Lightning Spirit Pearl and the killer of half of Geek Tower’s twelve heads was exposed to the gathered fighters. The chapter ended with Lu Ming removing his mask as the crowd stared at him in disbelief.

• The Sky Curtain shattered, and the Tower Master of Geek Tower appeared with an aura that revealed his Heavenly Human Realm strength.
• Kuang Lingzi arrived and challenged the Tower Master, who drew him into a battle in the void.
• With the two Heavenly Human Realm experts gone, Azure Dragon True Lord and Daoist Shanhe prepared to settle their dispute, but Azure Dragon True Lord turned attention to the Iron Masked Saber Master.
• Tiger Fiend Lord revealed that Lu Ming had killed six of Geek Tower’s twelve heads and was the long-sought holder of the Wind Lightning Spirit Pearl.
• The crowd reeled at the revelation that Lu Ming was also the fighter who had defeated True Person Qingwei and wielded formidable saber and sword abilities.
• Lu Ming accepted that his identity was exposed and slowly removed his mask.

Lu Ming refused Azure Dragon True Lord’s demand to join the Geek Tower and fought its experts, while True Person Qingyue intervened to hold Azure Dragon True Lord off. The battle left Lu Ming overpowering the Geek Tower’s fighters as Tiger Fiend Lord launched a fierce technique against him.

• Lu Ming revealed his identity, refused Azure Dragon True Lord’s offer to join the Geek Tower, and warned him against pressing the matter.
• Tiger Fiend Lord attacked Lu Ming, but Lu Ming shattered his currents of air with a punch and blasted him away.
• True Person Qingyue arrived, used a cyan pearl to raise her strength to Azure Dragon True Lord’s level, and challenged him over the Geek Tower’s attack on Yangwu City.
• Lu Ming activated his techniques and joined the fight, while True Person Qingyue and Azure Dragon True Lord clashed evenly.
• Lu Ming struck Tiger Fiend Lord again and sent the other four Early Sea Transformation Realm experts flying as Tiger Fiend Lord roared and unleashed Fierce Tiger Roars Through Heaven.

Lu Ming killed Tiger Fiend Lord and joined True Person Qingyue against Azure Dragon True Lord, whose Late Sea Transformation Realm strength forced Lu Ming back. Qingyue revealed her connection to the Zuoqiu Family, but the Geek Tower Master arrived and raised new questions about the missing Northern King Palace Master.

• Lu Ming used the Dragon Form Technique and his blade and sword to kill Tiger Fiend Lord, while three other Geek Tower fighters fled.
• Azure Dragon True Lord attacked Lu Ming with the Azure Wood Hand, but Lu Ming and True Person Qingyue joined forces to break the attack and fight back.
• Lu Ming realized Azure Dragon True Lord's Late Sea Transformation Realm strength and Decay Profound Meaning surpassed his own, then returned to help Qingyue.
• True Person Qingyue revealed that her surname was Zuoqiu, prompting the crowd to recognize her possible ties to the powerful Zuoqiu Family of Changyang Domain.
• The Geek Tower Master appeared, delighting Azure Dragon True Lord and alarming the Northern King Palace members, who wondered where their Palace Master was.

The Tower Master of Geek Tower confronted Lu Ming and tried to kill him, but Lu Ming summoned the Primordial Spirit Body of Old Man Zhao. Old Man Zhao’s overwhelming power struck back at the Tower Master, whose identity and fate remained unresolved as the chapter ended with the revelation of Great Light Power.

• The Tower Master of Geek Tower arrived alone, learned from Azure Dragon True Lord that Lu Ming had killed members of Geek Tower, and recognized Lu Ming’s unusual power and potential.
• The Tower Master decided to kill Lu Ming, brushed aside True Person Qingyue, and attacked with a finger while Zhao Lingzhu, True Person Qingyue, Yun Wusheng, and Baili Liuyun prepared to intervene.
• Lu Ming activated the jade slip, summoning Old Man Zhao’s Primordial Spirit Body, which crushed the Tower Master’s attack and blasted off his arm.
• The Tower Master regenerated his arm and identified the golden figure as a Primordial Spirit Body, while the onlookers realized it could wield the strength of an Upper Heavenly Human.
• Old Man Zhao declared that the Tower Master would face calamity for attacking Lu Ming, and the golden figure’s power was revealed as Great Light Power.

Old Man Zhao used the Power of Light to destroy the Tower Master of Geek Tower after the Tower Master attacked Lu Ming, then met Sage Venerable Qianyuan. Old Man Zhao and Sage Venerable Qianyuan left to deal with the forces behind the attack, while Lu Ming was told to keep cultivating.

• Old Man Zhao trapped the Tower Master of Geek Tower in purifying golden light and dissolved him after the Tower Master’s desperate defenses failed.
• The Palace Master of Northern King Palace killed True Lord Azure Dragon as he tried to flee.
• Old Man Zhao learned from Lu Ming how he had reached the Luanfeng Continent, then summoned Sage Venerable Qianyuan, who praised Lu Ming’s Slaughter Saber Intent and Destruction Sword Intent.
• Sage Venerable Qianyuan offered Lu Ming help through his name or Qianyuan Palace, while Old Man Zhao warned that the Tower Master of Geek Tower had powerful allies.
• Old Man Zhao and Sage Venerable Qianyuan departed to confront the forces behind the attack, and Old Man Zhao urged Lu Ming to keep advancing despite challengers calling him a coward.

After the Moon Appreciation Convention ended, Lu Ming explained how he had arrived from the Nine Provinces Continent and exchanged information with the other prodigies. As word of his strength and the Geek Tower Master's death spread, those who had targeted him backed down, while Jin Wuyou joined a private gathering and asked about everyone's plans.

• Lu Ming and Baili Liuyun introduced themselves and agreed to exchange information after the convention.
• The convention ended a day later, and Lu Ming, Baili Liuyun, Yun Wusheng, and other prodigies were selected to enter the secret realm.
• Lu Ming told True Person Qingyue and the others that a teleportation array had brought him from the Nine Provinces Continent to the outskirts of Falling Star Sea; Zhao Lingzhu chose to stay with her Master.
• News spread that Lu Ming had killed the Geek Tower Master, prompting Xuanjian Palace to cancel its operations against him and True Person Qingwei to accept that his Silver Cloud Sword was lost.
• Lu Ming met Yun Wusheng and the other prodigies at Bright Moon Restaurant to exchange regional and martial arts knowledge, and Jin Wuyou arrived and asked about their future plans.

After leaving the Void Moon Secret Realm, Lu Ming perfected his Metal Artistic Conception and prepared to depart Bright Moon City. The Bright Moon Villa offered him a treasured saber in exchange for considering marriage to Ming Xin, but he refused because he was already betrothed and had never met her.

• Baili Liuyun, Yun Wusheng, Jin Wuyou, and Lu Ming discussed their plans to travel and train after the Void Moon Secret Realm opened.
• Lu Ming entered the secret realm and gained two Martial Dao Stones and two peak-stage Earth-grade martial techniques.
• Lu Ming said farewell to True Person Qingyue, Zhao Lingzhu, Jin Wuyou, and the others, then used a metal-attributed Martial Dao Stone to perfect his Metal Artistic Conception.
• A Bright Moon Villa elder invited Lu Ming to see the Moon Bright Treasure Saber, a High-grade Divine Weapon, and asked whether he liked it.
• The elder offered Lu Ming the saber in connection with Saintess Ming Xin choosing a husband, but Lu Ming refused because he was betrothed and had never interacted with her.

Lu Ming received a map fragment to the Armament Tomb and continued into Black Ancient Domain, where Little Fox’s bloodline awakening drew powerful beasts and cultivators. As a Heavenly Human Realm Demon King arrived and identified her as a Purple Profound Fox awakening a Demon King bloodline, Lu Ming stepped forward to protect her.

• Ming Xin thanked Lu Ming for refusing Elder Moon Shadow’s request and gave him a map fragment leading to the Armament Tomb.
• After entering Black Ancient Domain, Lu Ming released Little Fox when her violent bloodline awakening threatened to shatter the Spirit Nurturing Bag.
• Lu Ming protected Little Fox from waves of demonic beasts, killing several powerful attackers as the disturbance spread across the region.
• An old man in White Immortal Upper Domain sensed Yao’er’s aura and rushed away, vowing to punish whoever had harmed her.
• Two cultivators recognized Lu Ming and watched as a black-robed Heavenly Human Realm Demon King arrived and identified Little Fox’s awakening bloodline.
• Lu Ming stood between the Demon King and Little Fox, asking him not to disturb his companion.

Lu Ming protected Little Fox as a powerful visitor from Qingqiu Mountain arrived and discovered that she was the child of his daughter Yao'er. Yao'er revealed how her husband died defending her and their child, while her father demanded the identity of the attacker.

• King Jiuyou told Lu Ming that Little Fox might be connected to Qingqiu Mountain in the White Immortal Upper Domain, then left.
• Lu Ming continued defending Little Fox from the gathered crowd until an old man with a terrifying aura arrived and approached her.
• The old man recognized Yao'er's aura in Little Fox's bloodline and summoned a phantom of Yao'er with a drop of purple blood.
• Yao'er recognized the old man as her father and revealed that Little Fox was her child, born to her and a man who married her despite opposition.
• Yao'er explained that a masked Heavenly Human Realm expert attacked them, her husband self-detonated to protect them, and she hid a wisp of her Primordial Spirit in Little Fox.
• Yao'er's father demanded the attacker's identity and unleashed a force that shattered the space around Lu Ming.

The old man watched Yao'er’s Primordial Spirit fade and promised to care for Little Fox, then ordered Lu Ming to leave. Lu Ming refused to abandon Little Fox’s choice, and after she awakened the ancestral Nine-tailed Celestial Fox bloodline, she woke and rushed into his arms.

• Yao'er begged her father to care for Little Fox, then faded away despite the old man’s attempt to stop her.
• The old man’s grief erupted, and he unleashed lightning that devastated the area before Lu Ming calmed him enough to talk.
• Lu Ming explained how he had brought Little Fox to the Luanfeng Continent, but the old man demanded that he leave and never see her again.
• Lu Ming refused to leave before Little Fox woke and said he would let her decide for herself, eventually persuading the old man to fall silent.
• Little Fox awakened the ancestral Nine-tailed Celestial Fox bloodline, woke, and darted into Lu Ming’s arms.

Lu Ming learned that the little fox was the granddaughter of Lan Chen, who took her back to Qingqiu Mountain for care. After parting from her, Lu Ming felt her absence, then sensed a breakthrough toward the Sea Transformation Realm.

• Lu Ming told the little fox that Lan Chen was her grandfather, and she recognized their bloodline connection before cautiously accepting his embrace.
• Lan Chen named her Qingqiu Luo Li and urged her to return to the clan, while Lu Ming encouraged her to go for specialized care.
• The little fox pleaded for Lu Ming to come with her, but he promised to find her after handling his own affairs, and Lan Chen took her away.
• Lan Chen gave Lu Ming a Qingqiu Token containing three powerful protective strikes before departing with Luo Li.
• After several days alone, Lu Ming realized how much he missed the little fox, then felt his cultivation stirring toward a breakthrough and left to find a safer place.

Lu Ming broke through to the Early Sea Transformation Realm while Old Man Zhao protected him, then asked about Little Fox’s parents and shared two peerless martial arts with Old Man Zhao. Old Man Zhao hinted that the mystery behind Little Fox’s parents involved matters beyond Lu Ming’s current reach.

• Old Man Zhao guarded Lu Ming as he absorbed Heaven and Earth Origin Energy and broke through to the Early Sea Transformation Realm.
• Lu Ming left seclusion after nearly half a month and told Old Man Zhao that he still needed to look after a senior’s family and say goodbye to Little Fox.
• Lu Ming explained Little Fox’s circumstances, and Old Man Zhao recalled a broken engagement between prodigies from Ziwei Palace and Yuquan Palace.
• Old Man Zhao ruled out Yuquan Palace as the attackers and hinted that he suspected a deeper cause he would not explain until Lu Ming reached the Heavenly Human Realm.
• Lu Ming showed Old Man Zhao the [Profound Void Sword Technique] and the [Kunpeng Swallows Stars Technique], and Old Man Zhao reacted with astonishment.

Lu Ming learned that the Four Symbols Spirit Pearls contained parts of the Four Symbols Emperor Scripture and heard Old Man Zhao warn him about the Demon Alliance. After Old Man Zhao departed, the Qingqiu Fox King learned that Lu Ming had drawn the attention of powerful Venerables.

• Lu Ming told Old Man Zhao how he had obtained his cultivation techniques, and Old Man Zhao examined the Wind and Lightning Spirit Pearls.
• Old Man Zhao explained the Outer Starry Sky and the Star Void Origin Stone, then discovered that the two pearls contained parts of the Four Symbols Emperor Scripture.
• Old Man Zhao returned the pearls, warned Lu Ming about the Demon Alliance and the master of Geek Tower, and departed after reminding him to use the jade slip.
• Qingqiu Lan Chen initially refused the Demon Alliance's invitation, but Lan Ye told him that Sage Venerable Qianyuan and Great Wheel Bright Venerable had warned Demon Lion King over Lu Ming.
• Lan Ye recounted what he knew about Lu Ming, and Qingqiu Lan Chen reacted with shock.

Lu Ming arrived at the troubled Floating Clouds Sect after learning that its Grand Elder had died, and agreed to protect it temporarily while its leaders tried to strengthen the sect. He left Duan Jing to pass on leadership and cultivate, as the sect faced threats from the Colorless Gate and the Mystic Serpent Clan.

• Qingqiu Lan Chen ordered his subordinate to warn the Demon Alliance that he would oppose any action against the human he considered close to him.
• Floating Clouds Sect’s elders debated the Colorless Gate’s seizure of an ore vein and the danger of provoking the Mystic Serpent Clan, while Duan Jing decided to resign and focus on breaking through.
• Lu Ming entered the hall in disguise, gave Duan Jing a jade slip that confirmed the Grand Elder’s death, and offered to intervene only if the sect faced annihilation.
• Duan Jing accepted Lu Ming’s limited protection, handed the Sect Master position to the Great Elder, and prepared to enter seclusion to break through.
• Duan Jing told the Great Elder to keep Lu Ming’s origins secret and explained that the sect had little to offer him besides the protection he had come to provide.

Lu Ming took the Thunder Rain Sword and temporarily borrowed the Golden Radiance Sword while offering Duan Jing a Martial Dao Stone and help with his Metal Artistic Conception. Meanwhile, Yu Chi Jing revealed Lu Ming’s presence to an ally, who decided to recruit more forces against the Floating Clouds Sect.

• Lu Ming examined the Golden Radiance Sword and Thunder Rain Sword, taking the Thunder Rain Sword and borrowing the Golden Radiance Sword until he left.
• Lu Ming gave Duan Jing a metal-attributed Martial Dao Stone and invited him to cultivate in seclusion together.
• Yu Chi Jing met a middle-aged man in a secluded valley and confirmed that the Floating Clouds Sect’s Grand Elder had fallen.
• Yu Chi Jing told the man that Lu Ming, a Sea Transformation Realm expert, was protecting the sect and that Duan Jing had stepped down as Sect Master.
• The middle-aged man judged Lu Ming a potential threat and said they would draw in other forces, while promising Yu Chi Jing the Divine Essence Pill and a marriage alliance.

Mystic Serpent Clan, Mystic Capital Sect, and Crimson Firmament Manor joined forces to attack Floating Clouds Sect after deciding its mysterious protector posed no threat. As the sect faced destruction and several elders defected, a sharp aura rose from its depths, revealing that the hidden expert had finally emerged.

• Venerable Black Viper, Guangzezi, and Venerable Great Desolation agreed to attack Floating Clouds Sect and divided up their expected spoils.
• Lu Ming finished expanding all his meridians, then left his secret chamber when a force of more than forty Gang Yuan Realm experts and three Sea Transformation Realm experts descended on the sect.
• Xiang Xuanxiao confronted the invaders, but the Mystic Serpent Clan offered the sect's people positions if they defected.
• Yu Chi Jing joined the Mystic Serpent Clan, and three other Gang Yuan Realm elders also defected as the invaders competed to recruit Floating Clouds Sect members.
• The invaders prepared to attack the remaining loyalists, but a sharp aura rose from Floating Clouds Sect's depths, drawing the attention of the three Sea Transformation Realm experts.

Lu Ming defended the Floating Clouds Sect against Guangzezi, Venerable Black Viper, and Venerable Great Desolation. Though he held his own against all three, he revealed that he was about to use a sword move he had created himself.

• Lu Ming confronted the three attackers and refused to withdraw, then struck first with his Golden Radiance Sword.
• The three combined their attacks and shattered Lu Ming’s Sword Qi, but he dodged the remaining force and evaded Venerable Black Viper’s flame attack with Speed Profundity.
• Lu Ming caught Venerable Great Desolation off guard and sent him flying, but his strike failed to break through the man’s defenses.
• Lu Ming fought Venerable Black Viper at great speed, then faced all three opponents as Guangzezi and Venerable Great Desolation joined the battle.
• Lu Ming raised his sword and announced his newly created move, Vast Yellow Sky.

Lu Ming used his new Gold Profundity sword techniques to kill Venerable Great Desolation and Venerable Black Viper, then trapped Guangzezi with an unknown power and struck at his brow. The chapter ended as Guangzezi realized he could move too late and his vision darkened.

• Lu Ming’s Vast Yellow Sky clashed with Venerable Black Viper’s flames, Venerable Great Desolation’s thunder sword, and Guangzezi’s defensive axe technique.
• Lu Ming used Aurora Wuying Sword and Golden Radiance Assassination to pierce Venerable Great Desolation between the brows and kill him.
• Lu Ming attacked Venerable Black Viper in serpent form and pierced his seventh inch, sending him falling from the sky.
• Guangzezi fled, but Lu Ming caught him; after their attacks collided, Guangzezi offered to divide the treasures with him.
• Lu Ming made Guangzezi unable to move or sense the airflow, then sent golden Sword Qi toward the space between his brows.

Lu Ming defeated the attackers who threatened Floating Clouds Sect, then left after advising Duan Jing to avoid expanding the sect too quickly and returning the Golden Radiance Sword. He planned to search for the continuation of the Dragon God Heavenly Merit, visit Little Fox, and honor his agreement with Fairy Miaoyin before returning to the Nine Provinces Continent.

• Lu Ming killed Guangzezi after using Condensing Kill to end the battle, while the surviving people from the three Great Powers fled.
• Duan Jing and the Floating Clouds Sect elders thanked Lu Ming, who warned them not to devour the three Great Powers after Duan Jing broke through.
• Lu Ming stayed until he had filled his expanded meridians with Gang Yuan, while the Mystic Serpent Clan, Mystic Capital Sect, and Crimson Firmament Manor began relocating or cautiously seeking peace.
• Duan Jing offered Lu Ming the Golden Radiance Sword, but Lu Ming returned it, revealed his name and face, and then departed.
• Lu Ming set out to search for the continuation of the Dragon God Heavenly Merit, visit Little Fox, and find Fairy Miaoyin before returning to the Nine Provinces Continent.

Lu Ming entered the White Bone Battlefield to search for Scarlet Cloud Hermit and temper his sword techniques while seeking the next stage of the Dragon God Heavenly Merit. After several days, he heard a fight nearby and recognized someone involved, but the chapter ended before he discovered what was happening.

• Lu Ming learned that Scarlet Cloud Hermit had gone to the White Bone Battlefield, and he traveled there to look for him.
• Lu Ming entered the battlefield, destroyed a bone spirit, and headed deeper to train against stronger spirits.
• Lu Ming developed his Rising Sun Slash and Scorching Sun Across the Sky techniques, but he could not yet complete Sun Concealment.
• A blue-robed young man and his junior sister noticed Lu Ming's fiery swordlight and set off toward the battlefield's depths to search for the Wushen Fruit.
• Lu Ming heard a battle nearby, recognized one of the sides, and stopped to investigate.

Lu Ming rescued Gu Mingzi from Flying Wheel Hermit and learned that the Four Symbols Pearls were complete, allowing them to open Four Symbols Emperor Venerable's inheritance. The two agreed to search together for Wushen Fruit, while Gu Mingzi asked why Lu Ming wanted the Dragon God Heavenly Merit.

• Lu Ming struck Flying Wheel Hermit's weapon with a blazing Sword Qi, rescued Gu Mingzi, and drove Flying Wheel Hermit away.
• Lu Ming revealed that he possessed the Lightning Spirit Pearl and explained how he had obtained two spirit pearls; Gu Mingzi realized the Four Symbols Pearls were complete.
• Lu Ming told Gu Mingzi that he had come looking for Scarlet Cloud Hermit to exchange for the Dragon God Heavenly Merit and planned to open the inheritance with him before returning to the Nine Provinces Continent.
• Gu Mingzi explained that he had come seeking Wushen Fruit, which could speed the tempering of flesh and blood acupoints, and Lu Ming invited him to search together.
• Gu Mingzi asked Lu Ming why he wanted the Dragon God Heavenly Merit and whether he still intended to cultivate an External Skill.

Lu Ming and Gu Mingzi encountered unusually numerous Bone Spirit Kings in the White Bone Battlefield and defeated the ones that attacked them. They suspected a change was underway and saw the Firebird Tribe’s young chieftain, Fire Invincible, streak overhead.

• Lu Ming tested his newly created sword technique, burning away Bone Spirits and clearing Baleful Intent from the area.
• Lu Ming and Gu Mingzi encountered three Elementary Bone Spirit Kings as a young man and woman fought two more nearby.
• Lu Ming killed one Bone Spirit King with Rising Sun and defeated another while Gu Mingzi destroyed the third with his Thunder Profundity techniques.
• Gu Mingzi suggested that the surge in Bone Spirit Kings could mean a treasure was about to emerge, and the pair saw Fire Invincible fly overhead.