Recaps

Lu Ming and his companions prepared to use the Four Spirits Vajra Array to hunt a wounded Beast Emperor, then a Black Feather Beast attacked their flying ship. Fairy Liuli accelerated the Purple Cloud Divine Ship until it escaped the beast.

• Young Master Sky Dome learned that Lu Ming came from a small world and introduced him to Ling Xuan, while they discussed the upcoming Heaven Trial.
• Qi Yidong explained the Four Spirits Vajra Array and assigned the group their positions and formation beasts.
• A Black Feather Beast of the Upper Rank Beast Venerable realm attacked the ship and dove at it.
• Fairy Liuli fired the ship’s stern thrusters, allowing the Purple Cloud Divine Ship to outrun the Black Feather Beast and escape.

Fairy Liuli led Lu Ming and the others into Blood-Colored Valley to find spiritual medicine near the sleeping Blood-Eyed Demonic Ape. After scouting an ambush route, she attacked the beast from a distance, waking it.

• The group admired the Purple Cloud Divine Ship before arriving at Blood-Colored Valley, where Fairy Liuli said they would stay near the outskirts.
• The blood mist threatened their Primordial Spirits, and Lu Ming sensed that his Slaughter Saber Dao Nascent Soul was drawn to the place.
• Fairy Liuli scouted ahead and confirmed that the Blood-Eyed Demonic Ape was asleep near the spiritual medicine and had suitable ambush locations along the route.
• The group followed Fairy Liuli's route to a gigantic basin and saw the sleeping ape beneath dense blood mist.
• Fairy Liuli used her Glazed Golden Body and struck the ape with a fiery palm, awakening it with an enraged roar.

The Blood-Eyed Demonic Ape awakened, revealing a devastating saber wound, and Fairy Liuli fought it to lure it toward the ambush. Lu Ming and the others waited at the ambush site as the ape pursued her, leaving the trap about to begin.

• The Blood-Eyed Demonic Ape awoke, and Lu Ming sensed a connection between his Slaughter Saber Dao Nascent Soul and the wound on its chest.
• Qi Yidong led the group toward the ambush while Fairy Liuli stayed behind to test the ape’s strength.
• Fairy Liuli clashed with the Blood-Eyed Demonic Ape, was injured, and then used Golden Shadow Flash to escape its attacks.
• Young Master Sky Dome told Lu Ming about the upcoming Heavenly God Trial and his hopes of placing in the top three thousand.
• Fairy Liuli arrived at the ambush site with the Blood-Eyed Demonic Ape pursuing her and told everyone to get ready.

Lu Ming and the others used the Four Spirits Vajra Array to trap and attack the Blood-Eyed Demonic Ape, but the Emperor-level beast broke through the formation and left its anchors exposed. The clash’s enormous shockwave spread tens of thousands of li, drawing attention from afar.

• Lu Ming and Young Master Sky Dome activated the Four Spirits Vajra Array, whose Black Tortoise, Vermilion Bird, Azure Dragon, and White Tiger sacred spirits surrounded and suppressed the Blood-Eyed Demonic Ape.
• The Blood-Eyed Demonic Ape tried to charge back the way it came, but Qi Yidong and Bone-Melting Saber Venerable sent the Vermilion Bird sacred spirit diving at it.
• The Blood-Eyed Demonic Ape destroyed the Vermilion Bird with blood-colored light, then fought off repeated attacks from the White Tiger while the Azure Dragon helped restore the formation.
• The Vermilion Bird engulfed the Blood-Eyed Demonic Ape in flames, but the scorched beast survived and smashed both fists into the ground.
• Qi Yidong warned everyone to protect the formation anchors, and Lu Ming and Young Master Sky Dome lifted the Black Tortoise statue clear of the shockwave, opening a gap in the formation.
• The Blood-Eyed Demonic Ape’s strike shattered the Black Tortoise’s curtain and destroyed distant mountains, while someone far away wondered who was fighting.

Fire Phoenix Fairy, Chang He, Nether Evil Venerable, and Azure Wing Venerable were drawn toward a distant burst of white light while searching Blood-Colored Valley for a treasure. Lu Ming and the others followed the Blood-Eyed Demonic Ape to a mysterious gate tower, and as the group prepared to enter, Lu Ming chose to inspect it longer.

• Fire Phoenix Fairy persuaded Chang He to investigate distant mountain peaks collapsing from the aftershocks of a battle.
• Nether Evil Venerable and Azure Wing Venerable saw a white beam rise and hurried toward it, suspecting a powerful treasure had appeared.
• The Blood-Eyed Demonic Ape broke through the formation and rushed toward the light, and Lu Ming and the others followed after it.
• The group reached a jade-bright gate tower that seemed to shrink the closer the Blood-Eyed Demonic Ape came, and the beast disappeared inside.
• Young Master Sky Dome, Young Master Ling Xuan, Bone-Melting Saber Venerable, Qi Yidong, and the others decided to enter, while Lu Ming said he would look around first.

Lu Ming stayed outside the gate tower and reflected on whether fear of losing those he cared about had made him too cautious. As others entered, he remained motionless in Dao comprehension, while Nether Evil Venerable and Azure Wing Venerable chose not to attack him and went inside instead.

• Lu Ming declined to enter the gate tower, worrying about the danger to himself and the people waiting in the Nine Provinces World, and began reflecting on his growing caution.
• Fire Phoenix Fairy and Chang He found Lu Ming motionless and concluded he was comprehending the Dao before entering the gate tower.
• Nether Evil Venerable and Azure Wing Venerable found Lu Ming, but Nether Evil Venerable sensed danger and persuaded his companion to postpone their attack.
• Nether Evil Venerable and Azure Wing Venerable entered the gate tower, leaving Lu Ming alone outside.

Lu Ming realized the white jade gate tower had subtly influenced his state of mind, then shattered it with his unified Daos and Annihilation Sword. He found a gray, hazy space beyond it and entered to investigate, leaving the fate of Fairy Liuli and the others unknown.

• Lu Ming reflected on his doubts and concluded that a steady heart and firm conviction protected his will from outside influence.
• Lu Ming suspected the white jade gate tower had imperceptibly affected his state of mind and tested it with the Annihilation Sword.
• Lu Ming struck the tower with increasingly powerful attacks, then shattered it using Eternal Dao Annihilation.
• Lu Ming discovered a cold, gray space beyond the broken tower, but his divine sense could not probe it and he saw no sign of Fairy Liuli or the others.
• Lu Ming carved a passage into the hazy space and stepped inside to investigate.

Lu Ming saw through Holy Angel Meng’s illusion and destroyed the false figure, then followed a summons to a Dried Corpse and a Gray Stone. The chapter ended as he tested the stone with a finger.

• Lu Ming explored the gray space and found a vast platform with an empty throne.
• Holy Angel Meng appeared, claimed to be the Will of the Heavenly Dao, and attacked Lu Ming with a giant finger.
• Lu Ming used an illusion to evade the attack and struck Holy Angel Meng with the Annihilation Sword, dispelling the scene.
• Lu Ming sensed a summons and found a Dried Corpse and a Gray Stone with what seemed to be a saber hilt protruding from it.
• Lu Ming pointed at the Gray Stone to test it.

Lu Ming drew the saber Blood Tribulation from the Gray Stone and discovered its terrifying slaughter aura, then used the stone to suppress it and stored them together. As he tried to leave, Fairy Liuli attacked him, claiming she wanted the Flower of the Underworld, and Lu Ming countered with the Annihilation Sword.

• Lu Ming found the Dried Corpse had crumbled to dust and pulled Blood Tribulation from the Gray Stone.
• Blood Tribulation unleashed a powerful Slaughter Saber Intent, but Lu Ming’s Primordial Spirits suppressed its attack on his sea of consciousness.
• Lu Ming thrust Blood Tribulation back into the Gray Stone to stop its awakening, then stored the saber and stone together in his Storage Ring.
• After searching the area without finding the saber’s scabbard or other gains, Lu Ming headed back the way he had come.
• Fairy Liuli blocked Lu Ming and attacked, saying she was determined to obtain the Flower of the Underworld.
• Lu Ming dodged Fairy Liuli’s palm strike and drew the Annihilation Sword to meet her Law of Gold punch head-on.

Lu Ming and Fairy Liuli fought fiercely while she was trapped in an illusion that made her mistake him for a lecher who had stolen the Flower of the Underworld. Lu Ming deliberately struck at her sea of consciousness to trigger her protective method, and an ancient force awakened within her.

• Lu Ming broke through Fairy Liuli’s fist force with the Destruction Sword and left a mark on her Glazed Golden Body.
• Fairy Liuli unleashed her fused Three-Mark Laws and Emperor Yan Fist, but Lu Ming met it with Eternal Dao Annihilation, and both fighters were blasted back unharmed.
• The two resumed their battle, and Lu Ming gradually gained the advantage by adapting his varied sword techniques and Space Law movement.
• Realizing the mastermind might send more enemies, Lu Ming decided to break Fairy Liuli’s illusion by provoking her life-saving method.
• Fairy Liuli blasted Lu Ming apart, but he attacked her sea of consciousness; an ancient force awakened and roared at him for bullying someone from the Yu Family.

Fairy Liuli’s grandfather rescued her from a Mystic Beast’s illusion and learned that the Pig-headed Swordsman who defeated her was Lu Ming. He suspected the beast had distorted Lu Ming’s appearance and tried to sow discord, then proposed recruiting Lu Ming into the Yu Family, leaving Fairy Liuli questioning his intentions.

• Lu Ming fled as Fairy Liuli’s grandfather’s intent projection appeared and broke her free from the illusion.
• Fairy Liuli’s grandfather discovered a Mystic Beast, chased it through the void, and failed to catch it.
• Fairy Liuli told her grandfather about the swordsman who defeated her, and he concluded that the Mystic Beast had distorted the man’s appearance.
• Images revealed that the swordsman was Lu Ming, and Fairy Liuli explained who he was to her grandfather.
• Fairy Liuli’s grandfather proposed capturing Lu Ming and drawing him into the Yu Family, prompting her to ask if he knew Lu Ming had never intended to kill her.

Lu Ming escaped the Earth Supreme’s reach and secluded himself to comprehend the Slaughter Saber Dao Law with the Blood Tribulation Saber. He then sent his Destruction Dao Body out to study other Daos, hoping to advance Destruction to the Second Seal, while his main body remained behind to comprehend Eternity.

• Lu Ming left the gray space and traveled far from the Earth Supreme before finding a remote place to cultivate with the Blood Tribulation Saber.
• Lu Ming exposed only part of the saber blade and sent his divine sense into its blood-soaked realm to comprehend the dense Slaughter Law.
• Lu Ming left his Slaughter and Light Dao Bodies by the saber, condensed a Space Dao Body, and fused it with Destruction before setting out with the Annihilation Sword.
• Lu Ming used his Destruction Dao Body to hunt ferocious beasts and study the elemental Daos, while his main body stayed behind to comprehend the Eternal Divine Jade.
• Lu Ming raised his Flame Mystery to the ninth level and several other mysteries to the seventh or eighth level, then continued attacking beasts to pursue the laws needed to advance Destruction.

Fairy Liuli left Nine Nether City after asking Qi Yidong to give Ye Ze his reward if he appeared, while a hidden figure watched her depart. Underground, Lu Ming completed his Law of Fire and Destruction advancement and faced a tribulation; the Azure Winged Evil Venerable and Nether Evil Venerable then spotted him near the Nether River but chose to keep searching for the rumored treasure.

• Fairy Liuli learned there was still no news of Ye Ze and told Qi Yidong to give him her reward without offending him.
• A withered figure watched Fairy Liuli’s flying ship leave and said her departure would keep the Yu Family elders from interfering with his plans.
• Lu Ming gathered the Law of Fire into his Destruction Sword Dao Nascent Soul, triggering tribulation clouds after his Slaughter Dao Body reached the Second Seal level.
• Lu Ming transformed into particles, emerged outside the underground chamber, and flew into the tribulation clouds to face the lightning.
• The Azure Winged Evil Venerable and Nether Evil Venerable discussed the rumored heart of an ancient powerhouse and saw Lu Ming cross the Nether River.
• The Nether Evil Venerable decided not to attack Lu Ming and proposed searching for the treasure for another half a year.

Lu Ming advanced his Destruction Sword Dao and cultivation, then strengthened his sword techniques by comprehending the Law of Fire and the metal Dao. He reunited with Chang He and Fire Phoenix Fairy, who explained how Fairy Liuli and Yu Tianhe had ended the illusory realm crisis.

• Lu Ming reached the Second Seal level in his Destruction Sword Dao and advanced to Mid Rank Human Venerable, then killed an Upper Rank Venerable-grade vicious beast with Ashen Annihilation.
• Azure Winged Evil Venerable and Nether Evil Venerable watched Lu Ming’s strength and chose to avoid the direction he had gone.
• Over the following months, Lu Ming comprehended the Law of Fire and raised his metal Dao to the level of laws, creating stronger sword techniques.
• Lu Ming encountered Chang He and Fire Phoenix Fairy as they examined damaged beast hide after killing an Upper Rank Venerable-grade vicious beast.
• Chang He told Lu Ming that Fairy Liuli’s life-saving method had helped Yu Tianhe locate and drive away the ancient strange beast Meng, ending the illusory realm.
• Chang He asked Lu Ming why he had come to the river valley.

Lu Ming joined Chang He and Fire Phoenix Fairy in reinterpreting the treasure map’s clue and searching the Ten Thousand Ghost Forest. The three were attacked by powerful fiends, and Lu Ming revealed his Mid Rank Human Venerable cultivation and mastery of the Law of Gold as they fought their way through.

• Fire Phoenix Fairy handed Lu Ming the fragmentary treasure map, and he read its clue as possibly referring to a valley where plants or grains grew.
• Chang He and Fire Phoenix Fairy agreed to search the plant-filled Ten Thousand Ghost Forest, where the three sensed they were being watched.
• A ghost lunged from the black mist, and Lu Ming cut it apart with Sword Qi carrying the Law of Gold, surprising Chang He with his breakthrough to Mid Rank Human Venerable.
• The ghost re-formed before golden light destroyed it, and dozens of powerful fiends gathered around the three.
• Chang He charged the fiends with Sword Qi while Lu Ming and Fire Phoenix Fairy joined the battle, cutting down their attackers.

Lu Ming separated from Fire Phoenix Fairy and Chang He to cultivate the Law of Death in the Ten Thousand Ghost Forest. He comprehended a Heavenly Emperor’s remaining will and inherited the Heavenly Emperor Scripture, leaving the Nether River in turmoil.

• Lu Ming told Fire Phoenix Fairy and Chang He to continue searching without him, then left alone to study the deathly power in a black crystal.
• After several months of meditation, Lu Ming’s aura vanished as he comprehended the meaning of death and strengthened his Destruction Sword Dao Nascent Soul.
• Lu Ming saw the image of a Heavenly Emperor, whose writings recounted his life and revealed that his will and inheritance remained for anyone who understood death in the heart valley.
• Lu Ming received the Heavenly Emperor Scripture, which detailed the Dao of Death and its laws.
• The Nether River and the Ten Thousand Ghost Forest shook, and an old man meditating beneath Nine Nether City sensed the disturbance and entered the river.

Lu Ming obtained the Heavenly Emperor’s inheritance by comprehending a Law of Death that shared common ground with the Heavenly Emperor’s, then left the Nether River before other powerhouses could find him. Seven years later, after the inheritance rumor drew crowds to the Dusk Graveyard and then subsided, Lu Ming attacked an Evil Emperor with his Ashen Annihilation sword technique.

• The Nether River boiled across the Dusk Graveyard, prompting powerhouses in Nine Nether City, including Chang He and Fire Phoenix Fairy, to investigate.
• Lu Ming deduced that the forged Nether Luo Earth Venerable map and its prophecy had led him to the Heavenly Emperor’s inheritance, then left the area to avoid powerful pursuers.
• Rumors spread that the map pointed to the peerless powerhouse’s inheritance, drawing powerhouses from many races to the Dusk Graveyard for seven years without revealing its location.
• As the Human Race’s Heavenly God Trial approached, most powerhouses left the Dusk Graveyard, though the region remained active.
• Seven years later, Lu Ming used Ashen Annihilation to strike at an Evil Emperor across a spatial rift, and the monster prepared to counterattack.

Lu Ming battled an Evil Emperor, using his improved laws and swordsmanship to overcome the opponent’s Earthly Dao Dharma Aspect. The Evil Emperor fled, but Lu Ming pursued him to keep the fight going.

• Lu Ming used the Void Devouring World and his Star Slaying Sword to withstand the Evil Emperor’s attacks.
• Lu Ming’s Supreme Sword shattered the Evil Emperor’s spiked club and sent him flying, revealing Lu Ming’s strength had reached the Lower Rank Earth Supreme level in battle prowess.
• The Evil Emperor formed a poisonous Earthly Dao Dharma Aspect, but Lu Ming’s quasi-Earthly Dao Dharma Aspect broke through it and wounded him further.
• Lu Ming demanded the Evil Emperor’s name and struck again, prompting the humiliated Evil Emperor to flee.
• Lu Ming pursued the Evil Emperor, and the two became locked in an ongoing struggle.

Lu Ming drove Wolf Poison Evil Emperor into retreat, revealing his strength to the gathered experts as the Heavenly God Trial approached. After assessing his limits, he wondered how his Dao Bodies should enter the trial.

• Lu Ming fought Wolf Poison Evil Emperor across the Dusk Graveyard, and witnesses were astonished that a Peak Upper Rank Human Venerable could suppress an Emperor.
• Nether Evil Venerable and Azure Wing Venerable recognized Lu Ming and felt relieved that they had not challenged him before.
• Young Master Wangchuan judged Lu Ming a formidable rival but said Huang Daoqi, the Son of the Heavenly Emperor, was the true threat in the trial.
• Lu Ming let Wolf Poison Evil Emperor escape, deciding that pursuing him would cost too much energy and risk attracting stronger opponents.
• Lu Ming considered whether to enter the coming Heavenly God Trial with his Destruction Dao Body alone, merged with his other Dao Bodies, or with each one separately.

Lu Ming decided to enter the Heavenly God Trial using only his Destruction Dao Body so he could hide his full strength and avoid attracting powerful enemies. As the trial approached, the Yuanji Heavenly Emperor’s son Huang Daoqi and Sword Obsessed prepared to compete, while Mysterious Venerable’s disciple wondered whether she would meet the leader of the Nine Provinces World.

• Lu Ming chose to send only his Destruction Dao Body to the Heavenly God Trial and planned to strengthen his Fire-Gold Law on the way there.
• The chapter described the five regions of the Human-dominated Heavenly Domain and introduced Yuanji Heavenly Palace in the Central Realm Domain.
• The Yuanji Heavenly Emperor summoned his son, Huang Daoqi, and told him the Heavenly God Trial was approaching; Huang Daoqi confidently vowed to take first place despite warnings about Sword Obsessed and other Earth Supremes.
• Sword Venerable Di Ming told Zhao Kongming, known as Sword Obsessed, to prepare for the trial with his senior brothers and sisters, and Zhao Kongming promised to give it his all against Huang Daoqi.
• Mysterious Venerable’s disciple asked whether she would meet the Nine Provinces World’s leader at the trial, and Mysterious Venerable said he did not know the leader’s current situation.

Powerful experts and young prodigies gathered outside Heavenly God Star ahead of the Heavenly God Trial. As Huang Daoqi arrived, the gathered challengers turned their attention to the God Ranking’s top prodigy.

• Minor Extreme Earth Venerable arrived with his disciples and drew notice as an injured Upper Rank Earth Supreme nearing the end of his lifespan.
• Yu Liancheng arrived with Yu Liuli, and Minor Extreme Earth Venerable praised her mastery of the Glazed Golden Body and the Void Sky Flame.
• Chen Nan greeted Yu Liuli and tried to win her favor, while she searched the crowd for the person who had once thrust a sword into her brow.
• More forces gathered outside Heavenly God Star, including the Divine Bird Phoenix from Yuanji Heavenly Palace, carrying Huang Daoqi.
• A young challenger vowed that he would withstand Huang Daoqi this time and show him the might of the Universe Hegemon Body.

Minor forces gathered outside Heavenly God Star and felt overwhelmed by the powerful factions and their many young geniuses. The Sword Palace, Mysterious Palace, and other major powers arrived, bringing more top-ranked contestants into the Heavenly God Trial.

• Chang He and the Grand Elder of Taiyun Sect arrived and were struck by the scale of the gathering and Yuanji Heavenly Palace’s vast numbers of young Human Supremes.
• Chang He searched for the Yan Family and Sword Palace but found neither before a giant sword carrying Sword Palace disciples arrived.
• The gathered geniuses recognized Sword Obsessed, Zhao Kongming, at the head of the Sword Palace group, while Huang Daoqi watched him from the Divine Bird Phoenix.
• The Mysterious Palace arrived on a holy-white lotus platform, led by Earth Supreme Fairy Lingji, who searched the crowd for an unfamiliar powerful figure.
• Myriad Buddha Temple, Azure Flame Palace, and other major powers arrived, including Earth Supreme geniuses Tie Tuo and Zhu Yan and God Ranking contestants Zuo Subai, Tun Lingzi, and Ju Daozi.

The Heavenly God Trial opened, and the prodigies began climbing the Heavenly Ascension Ladder, where physical and spiritual trials quickly eliminated many participants. An unfamiliar Ancient Soul Clan descendant entered, followed by Lu Ming, whose masked identity as the Iron Mask Swordsman drew attention from the spectators.

• Heavenly God Star opened and formed the Golden Ancient Path, prompting the gathered prodigies to rush toward the trial entrance.
• Chang He, Nangong Tian, and Yu Liuli led their respective groups onto the Heavenly Ascension Ladder; Yu Liuli continued searching for Lu Ming.
• The ladder's increasing gravity and illusions began tormenting participants, and tens of thousands were eliminated soon after the trial began.
• A black-skinned young man with lower-rank Earth Supreme aura entered the trial, and spectators recognized signs of the Ancient Soul Clan.
• Yu Liancheng saw Lu Ming arrive in a black robe and mask, while spectators identified him as the Iron Mask Swordsman who had pursued Wolf Poison Emperor through Dusk Graveyard.

Lu Ming began the Heavenly Ascension Ladder and Heart Refining Path, easily passing the trials up to the Quasi Earth Venerable Realm and obtaining a Pass Token. His token showed that he ranked 361st, and he continued upward determined to overtake those ahead of him.

• Lu Ming entered the Golden Ancient Path and sped through the early Heavenly Ascension Ladder trials, using little of his Destruction Sword Body's power.
• Lu Ming greeted Chang He on the fifty-fourth stair and confirmed that he had recently reached the Quasi Earth Venerable Realm.
• Lu Ming encountered Fire Phoenix Fairy on the sixty-eighth stair, then worried that the Evil Empress might threaten his relatives in the Nine Provinces World.
• Lu Ming crossed the Upper Rank Human Venerable trial and smashed through the Quasi Earth Venerable trials to pass the thirtieth stair.
• Lu Ming engraved "Ye Ze" on his Pass Token and saw that he ranked 361st, then continued climbing with the aim of defeating those ahead of him.

Lu Ming, under the name Ye Ze, climbed to twenty-seventh place on the Heavenly God Stele while Huang Daoqi became the first to reach the Golden Summit. Zhao Kongming joined him there, and another arrival remarked that Little Sister had temporarily taken third place as Zuo Subai lagged behind.

• The Heavenly God Stele displayed the shifting rankings, with Huang Daoqi leading and Ancient Soul rising to fifth place.
• Lu Ming’s name, Ye Ze, surged from three hundred sixty-first to twenty-seventh, drawing the attention of Human Race experts.
• Huang Daoqi reached the Golden Summit first, prompting experts to predict that his Solar Divine Body would lead him to become a Heaven Supreme.
• Zhao Kongming reached the Golden Summit and told Huang Daoqi that he still intended to compete with him.
• A newcomer laughed that Little Sister had taken third place for the moment and wondered why Zuo Subai was still behind.