Recaps

As prodigies climbed the Heavenly Ascension Ladder, Xiang Shaojun failed to reach the Golden Summit, while Yu Liuli led the Quasi Earth Venerable contestants. Lu Ming used the ladder’s pressure to deepen his understanding of the Space Law and began trying to create a world of his own.

• Tu Ling and Zuo Subai reached the Golden Summit and joined Huang Daoqi and Zhao Kongming, then Gu Hun arrived as a formidable Half-Soul Race Earth Supreme.
• Zhu Yan, Tie Tuo, Li Qi, Li Yuanba, Tun Lingzi, Ju Daozi, Evil Young Master, and Long Ju reached the summit, leaving thirteen of the fourteen Earth Supreme prodigies there.
• Xiang Shaojun was transported to the Golden Summit after failing the ladder at level ninety-eight of the lower Earth Supreme stage, disappointing Xiang Zhan.
• Among the Quasi Earth Venerable contestants, Yu Liuli reached the seventy-ninth step and surpassed Yuan Qi and the other leading climbers.
• Lu Ming remained on the fifty-sixth step, studied how Wuji transformed into Taiji, and gathered the Space Law to create a world that could swallow the forces pressing in on him.

Lu Ming comprehended the Dao of space destruction, naming it Infinite Birth and Death, and advanced the Space Law to the Third Mark. After surviving its tribulation, he faced an even fiercer Earth Venerable tribulation.

• Lu Ming formed and destroyed worlds in a repeating cycle, comprehended space destruction, and named the Dao Infinite Birth and Death.
• Lu Ming’s breakthrough summoned tribulation clouds above the fifty-sixth step of the Earth Supreme trial area, and the crowd recognized him as Ye Ze.
• Lu Ming reflected the tribulation lightning away without injury, confirming to onlookers that he had advanced the Space Law to the Third Mark.
• Young Master Wangchuan, Fairy Liuli, Yu Liancheng, and Fairy Lingji recognized or assessed Lu Ming as he completed the tribulation and condensed his law imprint.
• A second, more terrifying set of tribulation clouds appeared over Lu Ming, and the crowd identified it as an Earth Venerable tribulation.

Lu Ming and Yang Que broke through to Earth Supreme during the Heavenly Ascension Ladder trial, and Lu Ming reached the Golden Summit in fourteenth place. After the final rankings were set and the trial ended, the Gate of the Divine Palace began to appear.

• Lu Ming's Earth Supreme tribulation drew the attention of the prodigies, and Yang Que also broke through to Earth Supreme.
• Lu Ming reached the Golden Summit and ranked fourteenth, while Yang Que reached the ninety-fourth step and ranked sixteenth.
• The Heavenly Ascension Ladder trial ended, fixing the rankings of all one thousand candidates, with Huang Daoqi in first place.
• Chang He congratulated Lu Ming on his breakthrough, and Fire Phoenix Fairy approached him with other young cultivators.
• Lu Ming began removing his mask when ancient light and aura burst forth at the summit, signaling the appearance of the Gate of the Divine Palace.

Lu Ming cleared the Divine Guard trial quickly and earned one hundred days on Heavenly God Star, then entered the point battles among the top one thousand contestants. He faced Jiang Huan in his first match and overwhelmed the Heavy Sword Palace swordsman’s attack before striking back.

• Lu Ming destroyed his divine guard in moments, defeated a Lower Earth Venerable opponent, and received one hundred days of cultivation time.
• The trial ended with one thousand contestants remaining; Fire Phoenix Fairy qualified, while Chang He, Young Master Sky Dome, and Young Master Ling Xuan were absent.
• The contestants learned that they would fight point battles, gaining one point and one cultivation day for each victory, and that the first nine hundred battles would determine the top one hundred.
• Lu Ming was matched with Jiang Huan of Heavy Sword Palace, who asked to make one move before their fight began.
• Jiang Huan unleashed Thousand Wave Slash, but Lu Ming dissolved its force with Space Law and answered with a sword strike.

During the Heavenly God Trial, Lu Ming studied the techniques of his opponents and defeated Li Wuchang with his newly created spatial destruction technique, Infinite Birth and Death. After eight days and nine hundred battles, the first stage ended and the God Ranking changed considerably.

• Jiang Huan was defeated by Lu Ming and saw a white sword icon mark his loss on the Heavenly God Stele.
• The elders of the Heavy Sword Palace watched the trial’s progress as the prodigies fought rapid, exhausting battles.
• Lu Ming faced Li Wuchang, who demonstrated his powerful Cloud Lightning Realm sword technique.
• Lu Ming used Infinite Birth and Death to break apart Li Wuchang’s attack and defeat him.
• After eight days, the first nine hundred battles ended and the God Ranking rankings changed considerably.

The top hundred prodigies gathered as the Heavenly God Ranking Tournament began, while Minor Extreme Earth Venerable considered connecting Ye Ze to the Minor Extreme Realm’s foundation. Lu Ming prepared to compete and spoke with Fairy Liuli before the first match was announced.

• Chen Nan fell to rank 108, and Minor Extreme Earth Venerable lamented that his disciple had been overtaken by faster-growing prodigies.
• Minor Extreme Earth Venerable considered establishing a connection between Ye Ze and the Minor Extreme Realm, prompting Yu Liancheng to suspect he wanted to recruit Ye Ze.
• A huge light screen appeared, revealing the tournament battlefield, and the remaining nine hundred contestants stayed to watch the matches.
• Fire Phoenix Fairy encouraged Lu Ming, and Fairy Liuli thanked him for helping her escape the illusion in Blood-Colored Valley.
• The tournament began with random pairings, and the first battle was announced as Number One versus Number Fifty-Three.

The God Ranking tournament began with the top contenders defeating their opponents in quick succession, giving Lu Ming a chance to study their techniques. After recognizing Ancient Soul’s Soul Flash, Lu Ming drew Fairy Lingji’s suspicion, while the tournament continued with its sixth battle.

• Huang Daoqi defeated Sun Chuntong with one punch, revealing the overwhelming power of his Imperial Sun God Fist.
• Zhao Kongming defeated Jiang Wuya with a sword strike that displayed his Reincarnation Sword Dao, and Lu Ming recognized its power.
• Fairy Lingji defeated Hua Zhong by exploiting his weaknesses, then Zuo Subai defeated Li Wuchang with a sword imbued with the Literary Dao Law.
• Ancient Soul swiftly defeated Huang Tianyun with Soul Flash, which Lu Ming recognized as a technique of the Ancient Soul Clan.
• Fairy Lingji became eighty percent certain that Ye Ze was Lu Ming after noticing his reaction to Soul Flash, while Lu Ming watched the sixth battle unaware of her suspicions.

Yang Que faced Huang Zhengxuan, who revealed Yuanji Heavenly Palace’s Emperor’s Extreme Art and powerful Fierce Sun Spear Technique. After Huang Zhengxuan gained the upper hand in their first clash, Yang Que began relying on his superior laws and a war of attrition, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Zhu Yan defeated Chi Feng, and the prodigies in the following battles won quickly before Lu Ming defeated the opponent ranked one hundredth.
• Huang Zhengxuan revealed an aura that rivaled Yang Que’s and attacked with his spear, but Yang Que’s saber strikes sent him flying and formed a barrier of saber qi.
• Huang Zhengxuan unleashed the three-colored radiance of the Emperor’s Extreme Art, compressed his spirit essence three times, and used Fierce Sun Spear Technique to break Yang Que’s saber-qi barrier and send him flying.
• Yang Que recovered and shattered the weakened blazing sun with a saber strike, while spectators debated Huang Zhengxuan’s secret art and concealed strength.
• Yang Que recognized that Huang Zhengxuan’s laws were weaker and tried to outlast him as his opponent began to decline; Huang Zhengxuan then used Fierce Sun Void Shatter.

Huang Zhengxuan revealed combat power strong enough to challenge top-ranked geniuses, while Lu Ming studied the destruction techniques of Li Qi and Wang Xunyang during the tournament. Fairy Liuli finally displayed the fourth form of her Glazed Golden Body against Wang Xunyang, and the chapter left their battle underway after she sent him flying.

• Huang Zhengxuan lost to Yang Que after their attacks collided, but severely injured him and shocked the spectators with his strength.
• Fairy Liuli quickly defeated her first-round opponent, while Lu Ming observed Li Qi’s Golden Dragon Radiance Sword Technique and Wang Xunyang’s thunder-based spear arts for inspiration.
• Huang Zhengxuan defeated Young Master Wangchuan and continued climbing the rankings as Lu Ming repeatedly drew opponents ranked near the bottom.
• Fairy Liuli faced Wang Xunyang and used the fourth form of her Glazed Golden Body after he challenged her to reveal it.
• Fairy Liuli shattered Wang Xunyang’s Thunderclap Slash, struck his spearhead with her fist, and sent him flying before launching another attack.

Fairy Liuli defeated Wang Xunyang with her Glazed Golden Body and revealed to Lu Ming that she still had a trump card she hoped to save for facing him. As the trial advanced, Lu Ming displayed six Laws and alarmed the spectators, while his sword technique began to change.

• Fairy Liuli countered Wang Xunyang’s thunder and spear attacks with her Emperor Yan techniques, then struck him down with her World Destruction Palm and won the battle.
• Lu Ming praised Fairy Liuli’s strength, and she admitted she had not revealed everything, hoping to keep her trump card for their eventual encounter.
• By the thirty-fifth round, Lu Ming had used battles against lower-ranked opponents to practice his insights, sometimes defeating them quickly and sometimes concealing his strength.
• Spectators and powerful factions grew alarmed after Lu Ming displayed six Laws, including the Supreme Laws of destruction and Space-Time, and ordered investigations into his background.
• Fairy Lingji suspected Lu Ming was using a clone technique, while Fairy Liuli wondered whether the Mystic Beast’s earlier images had been false.
• The Evil Young Master dismissed the number of Lu Ming’s Laws as insufficient proof of strength, but the spectators remained wary as Lu Ming’s sword technique began to change.

Lu Ming defeated successive prodigies while creating and refining the Sacred Flame Sword, then began deducing another technique with his multiple Dao Bodies. In the sixtieth round, Huang Zhengxuan attacked with his strongest spear technique, but Lu Ming shattered it with an ordinary sword thrust.

• Lu Ming used his newly created Sacred Flame Sword to defeat Hua Zhong, and he named the technique when Fairy Liuli asked about it.
• Lu Ming continued defeating opponents with the Sacred Flame Sword through the forty-fourth round, and spectators watched its power steadily grow.
• A prodigy ranked fifty-second surrendered rather than serve as Lu Ming’s sparring partner, while Lu Ming and his Dao Bodies began deducing a new technique together.
• Several opponents surrendered in later rounds, but more top-ranked prodigies chose to fight Lu Ming for a chance to test themselves and achieve breakthroughs.
• In the sixtieth round, Huang Zhengxuan unleashed Fierce Sun Void Shatter, but Lu Ming’s ordinary sword thrust pierced and shattered the blazing sun.

Lu Ming defeated Huang Zhengxuan with the newly named Heavenly Crystal Sword, astonishing the battle plaza’s prodigies and alarming his rivals. He explained to Fairy Liuli that the technique had three planned stages, though its final Neutron Sword remained beyond his current ability to create.

• Lu Ming shattered Huang Zhengxuan’s Explosive Sun and struck him down with a white sword light, forcing Huang Zhengxuan out of the battle space.
• The spectators and ranked prodigies reacted to Lu Ming’s overwhelming victory, while Huang Zhengxuan silently vowed to repay the humiliation.
• Fairy Lingji recognized that Lu Ming had struck the weak point of Huang Zhengxuan’s attack, and Huang Daoqi realized Lu Ming’s fire comprehension had advanced.
• Fairy Liuli asked Lu Ming about the sword strike, and he named it the Heavenly Crystal Sword.
• Lu Ming reviewed the technique’s planned Red Giant Sword, White Dwarf Sword, and Neutron Sword stages, noting that he had not yet created the final stage.

Tun Lingzi fought Long Ju in the sixty-first round, using the Heaven-Devouring Demon Art to absorb and turn the Law of the Sea against him. Tun Lingzi ultimately overwhelmed Long Ju with a punch infused with devoured power, smashing his body apart.

• Tun Lingzi taunted Long Ju and waited for him to show whether his Boundless Sea had improved.
• Long Ju attacked with Surging Waves, but Tun Lingzi trapped the water pillar and sent it back with Shift Stars and Change the Dipper.
• Long Ju unleashed Overturn Rivers and Upend Seas, but Tun Lingzi transformed into a Demon Devourer and dragged the blue dragon into its mouth with Devour Heaven and Earth.
• Long Ju manifested Boundless Sea as a spinning sphere of water, but Tun Lingzi absorbed much of its power and hurled what remained at him.
• Tun Lingzi crossed the distance and struck Long Ju with a punch whose devouring force prevented him from escaping, smashing his body apart.

Tun Lingzi’s overwhelming victory over Long Ju left the other prodigies wary of his Devil-Devourer Body. In the sixty-first round, Fairy Liuli survived Huang Zhengxuan’s attack by revealing Void Sky Divine Fire, then defeated him and strengthened her claim as the top Quasi Earth Venerable prodigy.

• Tun Lingzi’s victory over Long Ju made Ju Daozi, Li Yuanba, Evil Young Master, and Zhu Yan consider whether they could defeat his Devil-Devourer Body in one strike.
• Fairy Liuli and Huang Zhengxuan began their anticipated match, with Fairy Liuli using her Three-Part Annihilation Divine Light and Huang Zhengxuan countering with the Emperor's Extreme Art.
• Huang Zhengxuan shattered Fairy Liuli’s divine light and struck her with a Blazing Divine Dragon, but she did not get teleported out.
• Fairy Liuli revealed Void Sky Divine Fire, absorbed the flames of Huang Zhengxuan’s explosion, and grew stronger.
• Fairy Liuli’s empowered Three-Part Annihilation Divine Light melted away nearly half of Huang Zhengxuan’s body, and she defeated him three moves later.

Lu Ming accepted spirit crystals from Fairy Liuli and Fire Phoenix Fairy before facing the Evil Young Master in the sixty-second round. He repeatedly countered the Evil Young Master’s attacks with precise strikes, revealing that he had entered the Micro Realm, while the battle remained underway.

• Fairy Liuli explained that Lu Ming had helped her obtain the Flower of the Underworld, then gave him a hundred thousand low-grade spirit crystals as thanks.
• Fire Phoenix Fairy lent Lu Ming another hundred thousand spirit crystals, and Fairy Liuli offered to lend him five hundred thousand more after they left; Lu Ming declined for now.
• The sixty-second round matched Lu Ming against the Evil Young Master, whose Blood Slaughter Eight Divine Halberds wielded the Slaughter Law.
• Lu Ming intercepted and shattered hundreds of the Evil Young Master’s attacks with precise sword strikes, prompting spectators to recognize his mastery of the Micro Realm.
• The Evil Young Master launched Peerless Slaughter as the battle continued.

Lu Ming overwhelmed the Evil Young Master’s strongest attacks with the Sacred Flame Sword and the White Dwarf Sword. The Evil Young Master was defeated and transported to the combat plaza, leaving Lu Ming victorious in the combat space.

• The Evil Young Master unleashed Unmatched Slaughter, but Lu Ming’s Sacred Flame Sword shattered his halberd blade.
• The Evil Young Master countered with Iron-Blooded Army Breaker, and the clash ended in a draw as he summoned the blood god.
• The Evil Young Master used Blood God's Wrath against Lu Ming, whose Red Giant Sword steadily slowed and depleted the halberd strike.
• Lu Ming unleashed the White Dwarf Sword, smashed the Evil Young Master’s divine halberd, and struck the blood god.
• The Evil Young Master was transported to the combat plaza, while Lu Ming remained in the combat space as the victor.

Lu Ming reflected on how to improve the Heavenly Crystal Sword Art while the Heavenly God Trial advanced toward its final rounds. In the battle between Tun Lingzi and Ju Daozi, Ju Daozi appeared to destroy his opponent, but Tun Lingzi’s voice announced that he had survived and would reveal his void devil body.

• Fairy Liuli praised Lu Ming’s Heavenly Crystal Sword, and Lu Ming considered making its attacks faster, sharper, and more compressed.
• Lu Ming used his other Dao bodies to test techniques while his Destruction Dao Body continued theoretical deductions.
• At the seventy-sixth round, Tun Lingzi and Ju Daozi began a fierce battle, trading hundreds of blows.
• Ju Daozi unleashed Force Dao Galaxy, then struck Tun Lingzi inside his Devour Heaven and Earth black star with overwhelming force.
• Tun Lingzi’s body and black star exploded, leading spectators to believe Ju Daozi had won.
• The battle space shook again, and Tun Lingzi declared that Ju Daozi had not defeated him and that he would show the power of his void devil body.

Ju Daozi lost to Tun Lingzi’s Void Devil Body, and Zhu Yan then challenged Tie Tuo in a clash between the Southern and Western prodigies. Zhu Yan unleashed a Sacred Fire Divine Arrow, leaving Tie Tuo’s defense untested.

• Tun Lingzi reformed after Ju Daozi’s attacks, devoured their power, and struck Ju Daozi from behind.
• Ju Daozi failed to overcome Tun Lingzi’s speed and lost after his defenses were breached.
• Zhu Yan and Tie Tuo began their match as the sixth-ranked and seventh-ranked Earth Supreme prodigies.
• Zhu Yan’s vermilion bird sacred fire failed to penetrate Tie Tuo’s phantom Buddha, whose palm sent him flying.
• Zhu Yan transformed into a golden divine arrow and dived at Tie Tuo as Tie Tuo invoked the Three Heavens Golden Lock.

Zhu Yan defeated Tie Tuo with Sacred Flame's Wrath, detonating the Vermilion Bird Sacred Fire to break through Tie Tuo's defenses. Lu Ming studied the technique as the tournament continued, and the chapter left off as Yang Que faced Fairy Liuli.

• Tie Tuo caught Zhu Yan's divine arrow with the Three Heavens Brahma Saint Art, but Zhu Yan dispersed the arrow and attacked him with the Vermilion Bird Saint Spirit.
• Tie Tuo counterattacked with Vajra Buddha Finger and Boundless Buddha Palm, but Zhu Yan detonated his Vermilion Bird Sacred Fire and shattered the palm.
• Zhu Yan struck Tie Tuo with repeated claw attacks, tearing away much of his body and winning the duel.
• Lu Ming reviewed Zhu Yan's Sacred Flame's Wrath, hoping to understand its workings and improve his Heavenly Crystal Sword Art.
• Huang Zhengxuan defeated Wang Xunyang, Young Master Wangchuan defeated Ming Yi, and Lu Ming later defeated Wang Xunyang.
• Yang Que and Fairy Liuli began their match, with Yang Que opening with Heavenly Annihilation Slash.

Fairy Liuli defeated Yang Que in the Heavenly God Trial by enduring his saber attacks and turning the battle’s scattered energy to her advantage. After she admitted that Xiang Shaojun was likely beyond her reach, Lu Ming entered the arena to face Tun Lingzi.

• Yang Que trapped Fairy Liuli in a domain of saber energy and unleashed his Heavenly Wrath Severing Saber, but she met his final strike with the Three-Part Annihilation Divine Light fused with the Void Sky Divine Fire.
• Fairy Liuli absorbed energy from the clash and won their prolonged exchange, striking Yang Que and sending him out of the battle space.
• Spectators marveled at Fairy Liuli’s victory, while Yang Que reacted with humiliation after losing his sixteenth-place ranking.
• Fairy Liuli told Lu Ming that she could go no further in the rankings, and he noted that Xiang Shaojun was a much stronger opponent.
• In the eighty-first round, Lu Ming faced tenth-ranked Tun Lingzi, who claimed that his Void Devil Body could render Lu Ming’s swordsmanship useless.
• Lu Ming drew the Annihilation Sword and vanished from his starting position.

Lu Ming and Tun Lingzi exchanged more than a hundred attacks, with Lu Ming using precise sword moves against Tun Lingzi’s devouring power. The battle shifted when Lu Ming unleashed an unknown strike that shattered Tun Lingzi’s dharma form and blew apart his arms.

• Lu Ming attacked Tun Lingzi with several sword moves, while Tun Lingzi spread a black-tide domain and countered with his soul-devouring fist.
• Lu Ming resisted Tun Lingzi’s mental attack, wounded him with Sacred Flame Sword, and enclosed him in a net of gold-and-jade sword strikes.
• Tun Lingzi used Devour Heaven and Earth to halt and repel Lu Ming’s sword net, then struck back as the two fought more than a hundred times.
• Lu Ming landed a powerful, unidentified sword strike that shattered Tun Lingzi’s devouring dharma form and exploded his arms, shocking the spectators.

Lu Ming used his Black Dwarf Sword to overwhelm Tun Lingzi and defeat him, taking his tenth-place position on the God Ranking. Afterward, Lu Ming explained how the move drew on the formation of a black dwarf star and considered ways to refine it, while a new battle began.

• Lu Ming revealed the Black Dwarf Sword, whose immense force broke through Tun Lingzi’s Devouring Dharma Form and shattered his body.
• Lu Ming pursued Tun Lingzi with another strike and then pierced between his brows, defeating him within a few dozen breaths.
• Zuo Subai and Fairy Lingji discussed how Lu Ming’s sword combined the laws of ice, fire, and death and drew on the formation of a black dead star.
• Lu Ming told Fairy Liuli that his Black Dwarf Sword was based on a black dwarf star and reflected on how to better control and strengthen the move.
• Lu Ming returned to refining his swordsmanship as a new battle began.

Huang Daoqi defeated Long Ju with one punch, then Zhao Kongming faced Li Yuanba in a clash between the Reincarnation Sword Dao and the Heaven and Earth Dragon Rings. After Zhao Kongming countered Li Yuanba’s opening attacks with his Life Sword, Li Yuanba pressed him with relentless strikes, leaving spectators wondering why Zhao Kongming seemed suppressed.

• Huang Daoqi shattered Long Ju’s Great Sea Dharma Form and won with a single punch.
• Zhao Kongming and Li Yuanba began their match, and Li Yuanba used the black Earth Dragon Ring to swallow Zhao Kongming’s probing sword strike and return its broken Sword Qi.
• Zhao Kongming countered Li Yuanba’s black Dragon Breath with a Life Sword that grew into a tree, then blocked the white Heaven Dragon Ring with repeated strikes.
• Li Yuanba attacked with both Dragon Rings, and Zhao Kongming clashed with them more than a thousand times as spectators watched him appear to be suppressed.

Zhao Kongming defeated Li Yuanba after breaking his Heaven and Earth Return to Ruins technique with Disordered Reincarnation. The next battles began, and Zuo Subai and Xiang Shaojun were still fighting when the chapter ended.

• Li Yuanba trapped Zhao Kongming in Heaven and Earth Return to Ruins, but Zhao Kongming shattered the grinding force with Disordered Reincarnation and defeated him with a sword strike.
• Fairy Liuli explained Disordered Reincarnation to Lu Ming, who recognized how its force of disorder could disrupt or turn an enemy's power against them.
• Fairy Lingji's junior sister Ming Yi conceded their match without fighting.
• Zuo Subai began battling Xiang Shaojun and wounded him with Kindling Civilization, but Xiang Shaojun blocked the attack and prepared to use Treading on Eight Directions.

Zuo Subai defeated Xiang Shaojun by enduring his Saint Elephant Chant with a powerful defensive sword technique before striking through it. Later, Lu Ming defeated Long Ju with one blow, and the matches continued.

• Xiang Shaojun attacked Zuo Subai with a storm of golden kicks, but Zuo Subai countered with successive waves of Sword Qi and wounded his legs.
• Xiang Shaojun used the Saint Elephant Chant to shatter Zuo Subai's sword strike and drive him back, but Zuo Subai's Blood Moon defense stopped the golden wave.
• Zuo Subai gathered the Blood Moon's power into his sword and pierced Xiang Shaojun, causing him to be teleported out and deciding the match.
• Gu Hun defeated his opponent in the fifth match of the eighty-second round.
• Lu Ming shattered Long Ju's Great Sea Dharma Form with one strike, defeating him and leaving Long Ju humiliated.