Recaps

Shangguan Xiangshi returned from the Demon Slaying Battlefield with a terrifying aura, while Lu Ming’s attempt to deepen his Darkness Sword Dao Will was interrupted by the Cultivation Tower. When the challenge period began, Shangguan Xiangshi challenged Bai Lesheng first.

• Shangguan Xiangshi announced that he would challenge Bai Lesheng in three days, and Bai Lesheng resolved to grow stronger.
• Fairy Shui Ji defeated a four-star Scarlet-grade Devil Beast and discovered that her Water Mirror Clone could split into seven copies.
• Lu Ming encountered a vast darkness filled with Demon God-like beings and saw a terrifying black eye before the Cultivation Tower interrupted his attempt to advance his Darkness Sword Dao Will.
• The Cultivation Tower shook and woke the cultivators, and Lu Ming decided to ask Old Man Zhao about its interference.
• Three days later, Lu Ming arrived at the martial arena with Zhu Ningyun as the famous cultivators gathered for the challenges.
• When the challenge period began, Shangguan Xiangshi stood and challenged Bai Lesheng.

Bai Lesheng defeated Shangguan Xiangshi in a fierce arena battle by using Spatial Profundity to evade his Demon King's Will and counterattack. After the match, Jiang Congzhi challenged Yuan Hai, leaving the next fight about to begin.

• Shangguan Xiangshi challenged Bai Lesheng, and the two began exchanging saber strikes and spatial techniques.
• Shangguan Xiangshi used Demon King's Wrath to slow Bai Lesheng, but Bai Lesheng escaped with a spatial lotus and trapped him among fragments of space.
• Bai Lesheng tricked Shangguan Xiangshi with a mirror image and struck his back, seriously injuring him.
• Shangguan Xiangshi resumed his fierce attacks, but Bai Lesheng eventually blasted him out of the arena after nearly half an hour.
• Jiang Congzhi appeared on the arena and challenged Yuan Hai.

Yuan Hai defeated Jiang Congzhi by absorbing and redirecting the force of his sword attack with the Universe Palm Technique. Long You then challenged Lu Ming, who stepped onto the arena to face him.

• Jiang Congzhi opened with icy sword attacks, but Yuan Hai blocked them with the Universe Palm Technique.
• Jiang Congzhi’s powerful straight thrust drove Yuan Hai backward, but Yuan Hai reversed its force and struck Jiang Congzhi out of the arena.
• The crowd praised Yuan Hai’s defense and counterattack, while Lu Ming assessed the strength of his technique.
• Long You, a Sea Dragon Palace disciple provisionally ranked eighth, appeared and challenged Lu Ming.
• Lu Ming accepted by appearing on the arena.

Lu Ming defeated Long You in a fierce arena battle by matching the power of his meteor hammer and unleashing a combined blade-and-sword attack. The crowd was left wondering how he had mastered both the Slaughter Saber Dao Will and Destruction Sword Dao Will.

• Long You attacked Lu Ming with his meteor hammer, but Lu Ming parried its strikes with the Fierce Evil Treasure Blade.
• Long You used Swift Fire Meteor, and Lu Ming countered with Rising Sun in a powerful head-on collision.
• Lu Ming pressed the attack with Across the Sky, and Long You answered with Earth Hammer, combining Earth and Speed Profundities.
• Lu Ming used Heavenly Demise with his blade and Jing Chi Sword to stop and shatter Long You's gigantic hammer of light.
• The attack sent Long You crashing into the arena barrier, and the crowd celebrated Lu Ming's victory while questioning how he had combined two Dao Wills.

Lu Ming watched the arena battles after defeating Long You, while Zhu Ningyun won her match with her Azure Cloud Sword Body. The chapter ended with Rong Qingqing facing Qi Gengyun’s Crimson Sun Pagoda projection after revealing her green lotus defense.

• Lu Ming reassured Zhu Ningyun after his fight with Long You, then watched the arena battles and learned from the fighters’ varied Profound Meaning martial arts.
• Guan Zhi lost to Zong Hong but wounded him, while Sikong Ruhong narrowly defeated Duanmu Qianlan.
• Zhu Ningyun used sword essence to defeat Wei Qi, then returned to Lu Ming’s side.
• Qi Gengyun challenged Rong Qingqing and revealed his Fire Element Spirit Body, summoning a projection of the Crimson Sun Pagoda.
• Rong Qingqing’s green lotus withstood Qi Gengyun’s flaming attack, and she began her counter with Green Lotus Blooms as the pagoda descended.

Rong Qingqing defeated her opponent with Life and Death Reincarnation, and the arena challenges continued for several days. On the eighth day, Bai Lesheng challenged Lu Ming, who took the arena and noticed that Bai Lesheng seemed to wield the Spatial Profundity.

• Rong Qingqing’s green lotus withered under the crimson Treasure Pagoda’s flames, then revived and shattered the pagoda, defeating its owner.
• The challenges continued, and Zhu Ningyun reached thirty-eighth place with five wins and one loss while Gong Shi'er won every match he fought.
• Dragon Nether defeated Shangguan Xiangshi and proved his powerful attack, making others hesitate to challenge Lu Ming.
• On the eighth day, Bai Lesheng challenged Lu Ming, who accepted and recognized a possible Spatial Profundity in Bai Lesheng’s methods.

Lu Ming overwhelmed Bai Lesheng with destructive sword techniques, but Bai Lesheng used Void Origin Flow to evade his strongest attack and kept dodging under pressure. Lu Ming then put away his sword, leaving Bai Lesheng and the crowd wondering what method he would use next.

• Lu Ming revealed his Spatial Profundity as he appeared on the arena platform and began fighting Bai Lesheng.
• Lu Ming pierced Bai Lesheng’s spatial palm attacks and swept away a barrage of them with his Destruction Sword Qi.
• Lu Ming unleashed Destruction Storm and Boundless Annihilation, forcing Bai Lesheng to use Void Origin Flow to escape the descending sword.
• Bai Lesheng tried to counterattack with spatial fragments, but Lu Ming suppressed him and pursued him across the arena.
• Lu Ming stopped and put away his sword instead of drawing his saber, preparing to use another method.

Lu Ming defeated Bai Lesheng with his newly created Mind-Intent-Qi-Spirit Sword, then discussed the technique’s early progress with Zhu Ningyun. The focus shifted to Hong Zheng’s match against Fairy Shui Ji, whose battle remained undecided as their attacks clashed.

• Lu Ming used the Mind-Intent-Qi-Spirit Sword to strike Bai Lesheng before he could react, and Bai Lesheng conceded defeat.
• Jiang Congzhi identified Lu Ming’s attack as the Self-Sacrificing Sword and explained how it condensed essence, qi, and spirit into a single point.
• Lu Ming told Zhu Ningyun that his technique had only reached initial success and that he planned to fuse more of his power into it.
• Hong Zheng challenged Fairy Shui Ji, and the two began a fierce battle on the arena.
• Hong Zheng’s Cold Edge Descends collided with Fairy Shui Ji’s Annihilation Vortex, leaving their match evenly balanced.

Hong Zheng and Fairy Shui Ji fought to a draw after more than half a day, and the challenge period ended with the Martial God Stele rankings finalized. Lu Ming remained in first place as the stele appeared above the plaza.

• Hong Zheng unleashed [Ice in Love], but Fairy Shui Ji split into seven figures and counterattacked, leaving the two evenly matched.
• Hong Zheng and Fairy Shui Ji continued fighting until the arena’s protective light curtain withdrew, and the Martial God Stele ranked them tied for fifth at that point.
• The challenges continued, and the rankings settled with Lu Ming first, Bai Lesheng second, Long You third, and Yuan Hai fourth.
• The month-long challenge period ended, and the Martial God Stele appeared above the plaza with Lu Ming’s name at the top.

After the challenge period ended, the fighters returned to their residences to refine their gains and test their attack power. Lu Ming developed three Mind-Intent-Qi divine skills and demonstrated their fused power by reaching the Four-star Purple Grade, reclaiming first place in the battle-power rankings.

• The Martial God Stele announced the end of the challenge period, and Lu Ming left the plaza with Gong Shi'er and the others.
• Young Master Cangchen briefly took first place in the battle-power rankings at Three-star Deep Purple Grade, then failed to reach four-star power despite repeated attacks on the test pillar.
• Zhu Ningyun, Xu Hongdie, Long You, Shangguan Xiangshi, Yuan Hai, Gong Shi'er, Hong Zheng, and Fairy Shui Ji tested their attack power, while Lu Ming and Bai Lesheng had yet to test.
• Lu Ming refined his insights into the Mind-Intent-Qi Slaughter Divine Saber, the Mind-Intent-Qi Destruction Divine Sword, and the Mind-Intent-Qi Darkness Divine Sword, and began fusing the three skills.
• Lu Ming struck the Attack Power Test Pillar with the fused divine skills, reached the Four-star Purple Grade, and returned to first place as the crowd watched in shock.

Lu Ming tested his three divine techniques, then entered the Demon Slaying Battlefield after accepting Gongliang Wufan’s advance payment for more information. As news of Lu Ming’s extraordinary combat strength spread outside the Martial God Space, a hostile observer left to report him to the Palace Master.

• Bai Lesheng tested his attack power and ranked fourth at Four-star Light Yellow Grade, behind Lu Ming, Long You, and Shangguan Xiangshi.
• Lu Ming tested his [Mind-Intent-Qi Slaughter Divine Saber] and destruction sword technique at Four-star Light Green Grade, while his [Mind-Intent-Qi Darkness Divine Sword] reached Four-star Deep Yellow Grade.
• Lu Ming learned that Zhu Ningyun had gone to the Sword Pavilion, then accepted a Half-Extreme Grade Water Essence Pearl from Gongliang Wufan as an advance payment for battlefield information.
• Lu Ming entered the Demon Slaying Battlefield, and more than a month later others learned that his combat strength had reached Four-star Purple Grade.
• Visitors outside the Martial God Space discussed Lu Ming’s strength, while Daoist Feiling recalled his rise from the Fengzhou Prodigy Competition.
• A gaunt old man at the Late Sea Transformation Realm decided Lu Ming was too dangerous to leave alive and departed to report him to the Palace Master.

Lu Ming fought a Rock Demon and defeated it with his Three Techniques as One, then decided to leave the Demon Slaying Battlefield to cultivate and pursue a breakthrough. A Five-star Red Grade Rage Demon appeared, but Lu Ming escaped, planning to face it after his strength increased.

• Lu Ming fought a Four-star Purple Grade Rock Demon, wounded it with two Saber Qi attacks, and destroyed it with Three Techniques as One.
• Lu Ming collected the Rock Demon's Demon Crystal and noted that he had obtained eight Four-star Purple Grade Demon Crystals in over a month.
• Lu Ming decided to leave the battlefield, cultivate in peace, and break through to the Late Sea Transformation Realm.
• A Five-star Red Grade Rage Demon found Lu Ming, but he escaped and promised himself he would settle the score after his breakthrough.
• The Rage Demon chased after Lu Ming and vowed that he would not escape.

Lu Ming advanced to the Late Sea Transformation Realm, spent his cultivation time improving his wills and profundities, and broke through with his Darkness will. Before he could test his new strength, a mysterious force teleported him away, and his name vanished from the Martial God Stele, prompting Zhu Ningyun and others to rush to his residence.

• Lu Ming broke through to the Late Sea Transformation Realm and tested his improved attack power.
• He used nearly a month of cultivation time to raise his Slaughter and Destruction wills to Peak Third Tier and advance his Fire and Wind profundities.
• Lu Ming visited Zhu Ningyun, then returned to his residence and spent seven days cultivating his Darkness will until it broke through.
• A repulsive force suddenly seized Lu Ming and teleported him away before he could test his strength.
• Lu Ming's name disappeared from the Martial God Stele, making Bai Lesheng first in the rankings and startling the people in Martial God Space.
• Zhu Ningyun and many others hurried to Lu Ming's residence to find out whether he was still there.

Lu Ming was expelled from the Martial God Space after advancing his Dark Will, and he realized he could no longer enter. After his Eternal Will also advanced, he reunited with Zhu Ningyun and Senior Brother Gong, then stayed with Zhu Ningyun as she worried about what the expulsion meant.

• Nearby residents found Lu Ming's residence ownerless, and Zhu Ningyun and Senior Brother Gong left the Martial God Space to look for him.
• Lu Ming emerged outside the Martial God Space, discovered he had been expelled and erased from the Martial God Stele, and found the stone gate would no longer admit him.
• Lu Ming's Eternal Will advanced to the advanced level, strengthening his Primordial Spirit.
• Zhu Ningyun and Senior Brother Gong found Lu Ming, and he told Senior Brother Gong he could no longer enter the Martial God Space and planned to seek the Old Man.
• Lu Ming gave Senior Brother Gong the Mind-Intent-Qi-Spirit Sword cultivation method, then reassured Zhu Ningyun and embraced her until she was ready to return.

After Lu Ming was expelled from the Martial God Space, cultivators inside reacted with relief, concern, or frustration, while he reassured Jiang Ruoshui and left. Outside, onlookers witnessed him kill a Half-King-level Starry Sky Alien Beast with one slash.

• Young Master Cangchen learned that Lu Ming had been expelled and ordered a junior disciple to leave the space and investigate, then returned to cultivation, hoping to surpass him.
• Bai Lesheng tested his attack power and lamented how difficult it would be to improve, while Fairy Shui Ji rebuked her junior sister for celebrating Lu Ming’s expulsion.
• Lu Ming spoke with Jiang Ruoshui, who reassured him and told him she had dealt with Xiao Zan; he then said goodbye and left the Martial God Space.
• Outside the protective light, cultivators debated why Lu Ming had been expelled and stopped approaching when they saw him kill a Half-King-level Starry Sky Alien Beast with a single blade strike.

After being expelled from the Martial God Space, Lu Ming visited the Great Wheel Bright Palace to ask Old Man Zhao why it had rejected him. Old Man Zhao could not explain the expulsion, but revealed that the Martial God Space originated beyond the Nine Provinces World, and Lu Ming brought up his encounter with the Star River Supreme.

• Rumors spread across the Nine Provinces Continent that Lu Ming had been expelled from the Martial God Space, and people speculated that his expulsion might relate to the Great Calamity.
• Lu Ming arrived at the Great Wheel Bright Palace, where Nie Yunyou recognized him and escorted him to meet Old Man Zhao.
• Lu Ming told Old Man Zhao and Nie Yunyou about his darkness power and the circumstances of his expulsion.
• Old Man Zhao explained that comprehending darkness was not taboo, but admitted he could not determine why the Martial God Space had rejected Lu Ming.
• Old Man Zhao said the Martial God Space had not originated in the Nine Provinces World, and Lu Ming revealed that he had encountered the Star River Supreme and asked whether Supreme was a realm or a title.

Old Man Zhao explained the Supreme Realm and why no one could break through to it in the damaged Nine Provinces World, then reassured Lu Ming after he lost access to the Martial God Space. Nie Yunyou showed Lu Ming around the Great Wheel Bright Palace and introduced him to his fellow disciples.

• Old Man Zhao told Lu Ming and Nie Yunyou that the Supreme Realm required mastery of a law, but the ancient war had damaged the world's origin and made a breakthrough impossible without leaving it.
• Old Man Zhao revealed that the Three Revolutions Realm was called the Human Supreme Realm in an ancient inscription, while the existence of Earth Supreme and Heaven Supreme remained uncertain.
• Old Man Zhao promised to handle the rumors surrounding Lu Ming's removal from the Martial God Space, then departed after asking Nie Yunyou to look after him.
• Nie Yunyou led Lu Ming through the Great Wheel Bright Palace and introduced him to Zhuo Anchen, his Second Senior Brother, who had reached the Three Revolutions Realm.
• Nie Yunyou brought Lu Ming to the Jade Pavilion, where she introduced him to Bai Jiuzhen, Yi Chizhao, Xiong Yuan, and Qin Shi.

Lu Ming sparred with Qin Shi above the bamboo sea to demonstrate his strength to Old Man Zhao’s disciples. Qin Shi unleashed his strongest saber technique, Close the Heart’s Door, leaving the duel unresolved.

• Bai Jiuzhen asked Lu Ming about his attack power, and he revealed that he had reached the Second Rotation Tier.
• Yi Chizhao proposed testing Lu Ming’s skills, and Qin Shi volunteered to spar with him.
• Lu Ming and Qin Shi exchanged saber strikes above the bamboo sea while Nie Yunyou protected the Jade Pavilion from their shockwaves.
• Lu Ming’s Rising Sun shattered Qin Shi’s Cold Snow Blade, and the watching disciples praised his saber arts and Profundities.
• Qin Shi’s Setting Sun’s Ruthless Love clashed evenly with Lu Ming’s Blazing Vortex Slash before Qin Shi announced Close the Heart’s Door as his strongest saber.

Lu Ming stopped Qin Shi’s powerful saber strike by fusing his Slaughter and Destruction techniques, winning their spar. Yi Chizhao identified Lu Ming’s Fierce Evil Saber as one of the Ancient Ten Great Fierce Weapons, revealing its legendary origin.

• Qin Shi unleashed a decisive saber strike, and Lu Ming blocked it with a Sword Finger infused with fused Slaughter and Destruction.
• Lu Ming shattered Qin Shi’s blade and won the spar, then explained that his technique combined his Mind-Intent-Qi Slaughter Divine Saber and Destruction Divine Sword.
• Xiong Yuan challenged Lu Ming to a contest of physical strength, but Lu Ming declined, and Nie Yunyou redirected the conversation to the Fierce Evil Saber.
• Yi Chizhao examined the Fierce Evil Saber and confirmed it was one of the Ancient Ten Great Fierce Weapons, then described the weapons recorded in an ancient text.

Lu Ming tempered every bone in his body with Bone Spirit Crystals, stabilizing his Late Sea Transformation Realm cultivation and greatly strengthening his physical power. Meanwhile, Old Man Zhao investigated the sealed darkness and considered teaching Lu Ming the Dao of Light to counterbalance it.

• Yi Chizhao and the other disciples warned Lu Ming that the Fierce Evil Saber could influence its wielder, and Lu Ming assured them it would not control him.
• Lu Ming talked with his senior brothers and sisters about Luanfeng Continent before Nie Yunyou showed him to his new residence.
• Lu Ming spent more than a month tempering and opening all his bones, then tested his strength and found his physical power had reached the Half-step Celestial Being level.
• Old Man Zhao told Nie Yunyou that a Demon Race Emperor was sealed in the Dragon Marsh Perilous Land and that the darkness came from it, though it posed little danger for now.
• Nie Yunyou suggested that Old Man Zhao teach Lu Ming the Dao of Light, and Old Man Zhao agreed that he had been considering it.

Lu Ming improved his wills and profound meanings during seclusion, then received Old Man Zhao’s [Bright Light Scripture] to study the path of Light. He began cultivating its insights into the Power of Light, while Old Man Zhao revealed that he hoped Lu Ming would one day protect Nie Yunyou.

• Lu Ming advanced his Slaughter Saber Dao Will to the fourth tier and his Destruction Sword Dao Will to the fourth tier, then raised his divine techniques to the pinnacle of Five-star Advanced.
• Lu Ming improved his Wind and Fire Profound Meanings before ending his seclusion, and Nie Yunyou brought him to meet Old Man Zhao.
• Old Man Zhao passed [Bright Light Scripture] to Lu Ming so he could study Light as a counterbalance to Darkness, and Lu Ming agreed to become his disciple.
• Old Man Zhao told Nie Yunyou that Lu Ming might be the only one able to protect her because her Heavenly Yin Goddess body would attract covetous attention.
• Lu Ming read [Bright Light Scripture] and decided to begin comprehending the Power of Light.

Lu Ming condensed a low-rank Primordial Spirit of the Bright Blade Dao, left Great Wheel Bright Palace, and visited the Zhu Family before traveling toward Wuji Sect. On the way, a Half-step Celestial Being with Evil Dao Will attacked him, and their fight began.

• Lu Ming completed his Bright Blade Dao Primordial Spirit and learned that its connection with darkness helped both develop faster.
• Lu Ming left Great Wheel Bright Palace after saying farewell to Old Man Zhao and his senior brothers and sisters.
• Zhu Xiaojian reaffirmed Lu Ming's place in the Zhu Family, and Lu Ming visited his in-laws before departing for the overseas regions.
• Lu Ming traveled at a leisurely pace, found that his martial progress accelerated, and brought his Light Dao Will to peak low rank.
• A middle-aged Half-step Celestial Being attacked Lu Ming with fifth-level Evil Dao Will, and Lu Ming met his claw attack with the Fierce Evil Saber.

Lu Ming defeated an Evil God Hall attacker and returned to Wuji City, where he thanked Zhu Shujun for protecting Wuji Sect and asked him to continue. He left ten Top-grade Origin Stones as a gift, and Zhu Shujun was shocked by their value.

• Lu Ming overcame the middle-aged man's Soul Devouring Hand and killed him with Dao Annihilation.
• Lu Ming hurried through Yizhou and Guzhou to return to Fengzhou, then learned Wuji Sect's forces had moved to Wuji City.
• Lu Ming saw cultivators comprehending the Slaughter Saber Dao Will he had left at Boundary Mountain and chose not to add another will.
• Lu Ming met Ren Canqing, then visited Zhu Shujun, who had rescued and cared for Xiao Yan'er.
• Lu Ming thanked Zhu Shujun for guarding Wuji Sect and asked him to continue protecting it, offering ten Top-grade Origin Stones.

Lu Ming reached Thorn Island and learned that the dangerous Myriad God Bone Spirit Isle had appeared, drawing powerful Half-step Celestial Beings seeking rare treasures. He bought detailed information about the isle from Myriad Knowledge Tower and left to study it, unaware that the tower’s Elder Wang had watched him depart.

• Lu Ming encountered a red-robed Half-step Celestial Being who killed a fleeing Late Sea Transformation Realm cultivator, then continued to Thorn Island.
• On Thorn Island, Lu Ming heard that the Blood Fiend Ancestor and Nether Luo Old Man had come because the Myriad God Bone Spirit Isle had appeared.
• The Blood Fiend Ancestor and Nether Luo Old Man discussed seeking the isle’s Crystal of Spirit Spring and Fragment of Divine Power and preparing for an approaching calamity.
• Lu Ming paid Myriad Knowledge Tower for a detailed account of the isle’s dangers and obtained a book containing the information.
• Elder Wang watched Lu Ming leave through a crystal and forbade his subordinate from investigating a customer.

Lu Ming encountered the Sea Wolf King while traveling toward the Myriad God Bone Spirit Isle and fought him after the demon beast attacked. Lu Ming wounded the Sea Wolf King and nearly finished him, but a jade slip blocked his final sword strike.

• Lu Ming set out for the Myriad God Bone Spirit Isle after learning it held Spirit Spring Crystals and Fragments of Divine Power, and he passed the Blood Fiend Ancestor and Nether Luo Old Man on the way.
• Lei Tu of the Nine Heavens Pavilion and cultivators from the Spirit Crossing Sea Sect hurried toward the island as many Half-step Celestial Beings gathered across the sea region.
• The Sea Wolf King killed a fleeing cultivator from War Edge Island and then attacked Lu Ming, who had just arrived.
• Lu Ming used his saber and Spatial Profundity to overpower the Sea Wolf King, then severed his claw with the Slaughter Divine Saber and inflicted lasting damage.
• The Sea Wolf King tried to flee by splitting into shadows, but Lu Ming saw through the trick and struck at his true body with Phantom Sword.
• A jade slip on the Sea Wolf King's chest blocked Lu Ming's sword, and a terrifying aura descended.