Chapter Summaries

Lu Ming defeated Zhu Yan with his Black Dwarf Sword, then later overcame Gu Hun after countering his speed and shadow techniques. His string of victories strengthened the spectators’ belief that he could contend for the tournament’s top places, while Yu Liancheng continued hoping to connect him with Fairy Liuli.

• Lu Ming defeated Zhu Yan by breaking through Sacred Flame's Wrath with his Black Dwarf Sword, forcing Zhu Yan to be teleported out.
• Tie Tuo easily defeated Tun Lingzi with his Buddhist Law, and Li Qi and Ju Daozi won their respective matches.
• Lu Ming faced Gu Hun in the ninety-fifth round, and their fast movements made the fight resemble a clash of black and white chess pieces.
• Lu Ming swept away Gu Hun’s Ten Thousand Dao Soul Annihilation, then struck at his Thousand Soul Flashes and reduced his power.
• Gu Hun staked everything on Twin Sky-Rending Strike, but Lu Ming crushed it with Black Dwarf Sword and won the match.
• Yu Liancheng praised Lu Ming and continued considering a connection between him and Fairy Liuli, while the Minor Extreme Earth Venerable doubted he would succeed.

Huang Daoqi defeated Fairy Lingji after she showcased her Profound Moon Dharma Aspect and Profound Sky Moving Shadow Art, but his Imperial Dominion and fully realized Solar Divine Body overwhelmed her. The spectators recognized that she had pushed him to reveal much of his strength, and they discussed the Ancient Desolate Divine Body as the only physique said to surpass his defenses.

• Huang Daoqi and Fairy Lingji began their match, and she used her spirit eyes and movement technique to evade his punches.
• Fairy Lingji unveiled her Profound Moon Dharma Aspect, and the two fighters' golden sun and silver moon collided across the battle space.
• Huang Daoqi unleashed Imperial Dominion, shattered the silver moon, and struck Fairy Lingji, who escaped the killing blow with Profound Sky Moving Shadow Art.
• Huang Daoqi broke Fairy Lingji's white jade palm and defeated her with another punch, causing her to reappear in the battle plaza.
• Fairy Lingji told Ming Yi that Huang Daoqi's flawless body had defeated her Profound Jade Palm, while spectators praised her for making him reveal much of his strength.
• The spectators discussed the Solar Divine Body's defenses and said only the Ancient Desolate Divine Body could surpass them.

Zhao Kongming defeated Gu Hun with the Sword Venerable’s time-accelerating technique, and Lu Ming defeated Zuo Subai to rise to fourth place. As the rankings advanced and the spectators anticipated a new era of powerful figures, Lu Ming’s next match began against Fairy Lingji, who hinted she had long wanted to meet him.

• Zhao Kongming used Hundred Lifetimes of Reincarnation to defeat Gu Hun before he could react.
• Lu Ming shattered Zuo Subai’s defenses with Black Dwarf Sword and forced him to concede, advancing to fourth place.
• Zhu Yan defeated Li Qi, and Ju Daozi narrowly beat Tie Tuo after two days of combat to reach eighth place, while Tun Lingzi fell to twelfth.
• Huang Daoqi easily defeated Zuo Subai, and Zhao Kongming defeated Ju Daozi by repeatedly striking his weak point.
• Fairy Lingji faced Lu Ming, said she would explain after their battle, and attacked him with her palm.

Lu Ming battled Fairy Lingji, countering her Black Jade Hand techniques with his sword and Space Law. He unveiled the Forbidden Annihilation Sword, which broke through her Profound Moon Dharma Aspect and defeated her.

• Lu Ming met Fairy Lingji's palm strikes with Divine Shadow Sword, then clashed with her Black Jade Star-Shattering Finger using Golden Needle Sword.
• Fairy Lingji used Profound Sky Moving Shadow Art to outmaneuver Lu Ming and land a palm strike, but Lu Ming countered her follow-up attack with Flying Immortal Sword and severed her right arm.
• Fairy Lingji regenerated her arm and challenged Lu Ming to finish the fight as she dodged, so he revealed his Forbidden Annihilation Sword, Ten Directions Forbidden Annihilation.
• Lu Ming's ice and Space Laws restrained Fairy Lingji and exposed her position, but she broke the restraint with her Profound Moon Dharma Aspect.
• Lu Ming drove his Annihilation Sword through the profound moon, overcame Fairy Lingji's Moon Spirit Tide, and shattered her completely.

The Heavenly God Trial settled the rankings below third place before Huang Daoqi and Zhao Kongming began their decisive battle. Huang Daoqi overwhelmed Zhao Kongming’s opening attacks and advanced with his Imperial Dominion as the fight continued.

• Zuo Subai defeated Gu Hun after Gu Hun’s Twin Sky-Rending Strike failed to break through the Undying Kindling Sword Qi.
• Zhu Yan defeated Ju Daozi by using the Vermilion Bird Sacred Flame to weaken and burn through his defense.
• The trial settled the lower rankings, placing Fairy Lingji fourth, Zuo Subai fifth, Zhu Yan sixth, and Gu Hun seventh.
• Huang Daoqi and Zhao Kongming were selected to fight first among the top three, and Huang Daoqi shattered Zhao Kongming’s Sen Luo Death Sword with a golden punch.
• Zhao Kongming countered with Wheel of Reversal, but Huang Daoqi detonated his fist force and pressed forward with Imperial Dominion.

Huang Daoqi defeated Zhao Kongming with his Imperishable Imperial Sun after Zhao’s Reincarnation Sword Realm failed to withstand it. As spectators wondered whether Huang would retain the top spot, Lu Ming was teleported into the battle space to face his next opponent.

• Huang Daoqi wounded Zhao Kongming with his Corpse Mountain and Blood Sea attack, but Zhao’s sword light carved through it using reincarnation power.
• Huang Daoqi unleashed Imperishable Imperial Sun, and Zhao Kongming raised his Reincarnation Sword Realm to meet the golden sun.
• Huang Daoqi’s golden sun shattered Zhao’s sword realm and blasted him away before Zhao could finish his strongest slash.
• Zhao Kongming admitted defeat, killed himself, and was teleported out; Huang Daoqi accepted the battle space’s restoration of his power.
• Fire Phoenix Fairy asked Lu Ming whether he still felt confident, but Lu Ming was teleported into the battle space before he could answer.

Lu Ming and Zhao Kongming faced off in the battle space and clashed with their ultimate sword techniques. Lu Ming used an overwhelming gravity force to defeat Zhao Kongming, leaving spectators stunned by the strange finish.

• Lu Ming and Zhao Kongming agreed to settle their match with one move and unleashed their sword realms, forming a black star and a white star.
• Zhao Kongming's Reincarnation Sword Realm dissolved much of Lu Ming's Black Dwarf Sword Realm, and Zhao Kongming struck it with Myriad Tribulations Reincarnation Slash.
• Lu Ming's black star cracked apart, but Zhao Kongming's sword blade could not reach Lu Ming's exposed body because an invisible barrier intervened.
• Lu Ming released immense gravity that shattered Zhao Kongming's Sword Qi and pulled Zhao Kongming toward him as he thrust his sword.
• Zhao Kongming's body began cracking and the battle space teleported him out, ending the match and leaving the spectators bewildered.

Lu Ming faced Huang Daoqi in the final battle of the Heavenly God Trial, trading attacks with the powerful Solar Divine Body and revealing the force of his sword techniques. Their clash escalated as Lu Ming’s Ju Que Sword met Huang Daoqi’s golden-sun punch, leaving the outcome undecided.

• Lu Ming explained that his Dense Sword technique had been strengthened by Zhao Kongming’s reincarnation Sword Qi, while Fire Phoenix Fairy and Fairy Liuli encouraged him before the final match.
• The Sword Venerable and the Mysterious Venerable watched the battle and discussed whether Lu Ming was the leading figure from the Nine Provinces whose fate might shape the Endless Realm.
• Huang Daoqi and Lu Ming began the final battle with a thousand close-range clashes, but Huang Daoqi’s Solar Divine Body resisted Lu Ming’s sword strikes.
• Huang Daoqi shattered Lu Ming’s Sword Qi with a powerful punch and followed with Imperial Dominion, sending a blood-colored palace crashing toward him.
• Lu Ming countered with Black Dwarf, breaking the palace, then attacked with a Ju Que Sword slash as Huang Daoqi met it with a punch that gathered golden light into a sun.

Lu Ming used the Void Concealment Sword to suppress Huang Daoqi in a rapid exchange, but Huang Daoqi broke the stalemate by manifesting his Imperial Sun Dharma Aspect. Huang Daoqi then prepared his Heaven's Mandate Imperishable punch, leaving the fight poised for its decisive clash.

• Lu Ming revealed that his elusive, heavy Void Concealment Sword had sent Huang Daoqi flying and cracked his fist.
• Huang Daoqi closed in and fought Lu Ming through more than a thousand collisions, but Lu Ming's swift sword strikes kept him suppressed.
• Spectators watched the fight, and Qingyuan Sword Venerable said he could not determine the winner and would not last long against either fighter.
• Huang Daoqi unleashed his Imperial Sun Dharma Aspect, shattering Lu Ming's sword-shadow barrage and forcing him to retreat.
• Huang Daoqi advanced through a widening field of imperishable golden light and announced that his Heaven's Mandate Imperishable punch would end the fight.

Lu Ming and Huang Daoqi fought an even battle of sword and fist, with Lu Ming using Huang Daoqi’s attacks to refine his Sword of Supreme. When the three-day limit expired, Huang Daoqi was badly marked and Lu Ming was nearly exhausted, but neither had won, so the contest ended in a draw.

• Huang Daoqi unleashed his Imperishable Heavenly Mandate punch, and Lu Ming met it with the Sword of Supreme; their attacks shattered in an even clash.
• Lu Ming and Huang Daoqi traded punches and sword strikes for days, remaining evenly matched as Lu Ming’s aura declined faster.
• Near the final six hours, Lu Ming’s strengthened sword broke through Huang Daoqi’s attack and cut his arm and cheek.
• Lu Ming admitted that his current power could not defeat Huang Daoqi, while Huang Daoqi pressed his attack and accumulated more sword marks.
• When the three-day limit expired, Huang Daoqi charged at Lu Ming, but the battle’s rules froze them and declared a draw.

Lu Ming and Huang Daoqi tied for first place in the Heavenly God Trials, drawing attention to Lu Ming’s extraordinary strength and dark clone. With the rankings finalized and Heavenly God Star opened, Lu Ming learned he had earned 2,099 days to cultivate, just as Fairy Lingji hinted that she would reveal why she had wanted to meet him.

• Lu Ming and Huang Daoqi shared first place, prompting Zuo Subai, Fairy Lingji, and Yu Liancheng to react to Lu Ming’s strength.
• The Sword Venerable and Mysterious Venerable discussed Lu Ming’s dark clone and the danger of corruption, while the Mysterious Venerable hoped Lu Ming could avoid that fate.
• The Heavenly God Stele finalized the rankings, and Huang Daoqi challenged Lu Ming to keep advancing before flying away.
• Fire Phoenix Fairy told Lu Ming that his rewards gave him 2,099 days to cultivate on Heavenly God Star.
• Lu Ming asked Fire Phoenix Fairy and Fairy Liuli to introduce the cultivation sites, but Fairy Lingji reminded him that she still had not explained why she had wanted to meet him.

Lu Ming learned that the Sword Venerable and the Mysterious Venerable had been watching the Nine Provinces World and sought a starship so he could return and protect those close to him. After Fairy Lingji directed him to the Mystic Palace, he met both venerables, who began asking about his journey to the Endless Realm.

• Lu Ming worried that the Evil Race might target Ning Yun and the others, so he asked Fairy Lingji for help borrowing a long-distance starship.
• Fairy Lingji reassured Lu Ming that her Master and Senior Sword Venerable had threatened the Evil Race and directed his Dao body to find them.
• Lu Ming traveled to Mystic Star and met the elder who had raised Fairy Lingji, then gained an audience with the Mysterious Venerable and Sword Venerable Di Ming.
• Sword Venerable Di Ming tested Lu Ming with his gaze, and the Mysterious Venerable praised Lu Ming's mastery of several Supreme Laws.
• The Mysterious Venerable asked Lu Ming what setbacks he had encountered on his way to the Endless Realm.

Lu Ming asked the Sword Venerable and the Mysterious Venerable about the origin and strength of the Weird Race, and the Mysterious Venerable explained their history and the balance of power across the Endless Realm. Lu Ming felt the threat more keenly and prepared to ask about the dangers of darkness and the black eye he had seen.

• Lu Ming asked where the Weird Race came from and how its members differed from other races.
• The Mysterious Venerable explained that the Weird Race originated on the Sacred Mountain, where the Ten Great Weird Progenitors were born; nine had been slain, while Tu Zhi remained dormant and wounded.
• The Mysterious Venerable described the Weird Race's many powerful Heaven Supremes and compared their strength with the Human, Evil, Devil, Demon, and other races of the Endless Realm.
• The Mysterious Venerable gave Lu Ming a jade slip containing information about darkness eroding the will and urged him not to feel too much pressure.
• Lu Ming reflected on the gap between his Earth Supreme cultivation and dominion, then decided to ask the two seniors whether the black eye he had seen was connected to the Sacred Mountain.

Lu Ming returned toward the Nine Provinces World aboard a high-grade imperial-class starship and experienced a transformation in his Eternal Primordial Spirit. Along the way, the Minor Extreme Earth Venerable intercepted him, revealed that the Sword Venerable had sent him, and said he was going to erase the sealed Dark Demon Emperor.

• The Sword Venerable and Mysterious Venerable gave Lu Ming a high-grade imperial-class starship, and he began his return journey to the Nine Provinces World.
• While studying the void during the voyage, Lu Ming felt renewed determination to keep advancing and his Eternal Primordial Spirit shed a luminous shell, revealing a trace of divinity.
• Lu Ming wondered about the origins of the Eternal Divine Jade, then continued traveling as his ship left the Endless Realm.
• A Peak Upper Rank Earth Supreme appeared ahead and asked Lu Ming to let him ride to the Nine Provinces World, explaining that the Sword Venerable had sent him.
• The old man introduced himself as the Minor Extreme Earth Venerable and said he planned to visit the sealed Dark Demon Emperor and erase him completely.

Lu Ming learned that the Minor Extreme Earth Venerable wanted him to inherit the Minor Extreme Realm Domain, while he continued steering the Bronze Treasure Ship toward the Nine Provinces World. There, Qingqiu Luoli completed a breakthrough, and the world shook as Lu Ming’s return appeared imminent.

• The Minor Extreme Earth Venerable offered Lu Ming the chance to take charge of the Minor Extreme Realm Domain, explaining that his lifespan was nearly spent and recounting how the Sword Venerable had saved him from a tribulation.
• Lu Ming accepted the Bronze Treasure Ship’s controls and resumed contemplating as it traveled toward the Nine Provinces World.
• Qingqiu Luoli safely reached the ninth stage of the Pseudo-Venerable realm, and Qingqiu Lan Chen and Old Man Zhao arrived to see her.
• Old Man Zhao said the Nine Provinces World had sensed a powerful expert approaching, and Qingqiu Lan Chen deduced that Lu Ming was returning.
• The Nine Provinces World shook as a vast human face appeared in the sky, and someone recognized it as Venerable Lu.

Lu Ming returned to the Nine Provinces World and demonstrated his Earth Supreme abilities before reuniting with his family and old companions. The Minor Extreme Earth Venerable left to meet an old friend while Lu Ming stayed behind to catch up with everyone.

• Lu Ming used Dharma Form Descent to envelop the Nine Provinces World in his will, and people across the world recognized his face.
• Lu Ming stopped the Bronze Treasure Ship in the Inner Starry Sky and entered the world with the Minor Extreme Earth Venerable.
• The Nine Provinces World's origin struck at the Minor Extreme Earth Venerable with Origin Divine Thunder, then welcomed him after he revealed his aura.
• Lu Ming appeared before Zhu Ningyun, Jing Junmeng, Luo Li, Old Man Zhao, and Qingqiu Lan Chen, and reunited with them.
• Lu Ming introduced the Minor Extreme Earth Venerable, and the group paid their respects after learning his age and cultivation.
• The Minor Extreme Earth Venerable departed to meet an old friend, and Lu Ming turned back to explain himself to the others.

Lu Ming returned to the Wuji Sect and explained how far his cultivation had advanced, then announced that he would take its members to the Endless Realm. The chapter ended with the sect celebrating his decision while visiting experts considered whether to leave their homes behind.

• Lu Ming brought everyone back to Ming'an Peak and told them he had cultivated six Dao Bodies, three of which had reached the lower rank Earth Supreme realm.
• Lu Ming promised Qingqiu Luo Li, Zhu Ningyun, and Jing Junmeng that he had returned to take them with him, and asked Old Man Zhao and Qingqiu Lan Chen to organize others who wanted to leave.
• News of Lu Ming's return and his offer to take people away spread across the Nine Provinces World, prompting many Heavenly Human Realm experts to debate whether to leave their ties behind.
• Lu Ming received the Wuji Sect members and visitors, revealed the power of his Eternal Dao Body, and inspired awe among the gathered experts.
• Lu Ming announced that he would lead the entire Wuji Sect to the Endless Realm and gave anyone unwilling to go three days to register with Guan Wuli.

Lu Ming prepared to lead more than three hundred thousand people from the Nine Provinces World to the Endless Realm, after helping powerful cultivators decide to join him and searching for the possibly surviving Dark Demon Emperor. The chapter ended as the bronze treasure ship plunged into the depths of the void.

• Lu Ming reunited with Nie Yunyou, Gong Shi'er, and the other disciples from the Great Wheel Bright Palace, who agreed to relocate with him.
• Nie Yunyou organized the Great Wheel Bright Palace's move while Lu Ming prepared to take his family, allies, and other chosen cultivators to the Endless Realm.
• Minor Extreme Earth Venerable warned Lu Ming that the Dark Demon Emperor might have survived by splitting his demonic heart, so they searched the Nine Provinces World and purged the demonic energy they found.
• Lu Ming departed with more than three hundred thousand people aboard a bronze treasure ship, which rapidly entered the depths of the void.

Lu Ming discovered and destroyed the Dark Demon Emperor’s remaining soul, then left the Nine Provinces World aboard the Cross-Sea Flying Wild Goose. In the Minor Extreme Realm Domain, the Minor Extreme Earth Venerable’s decision to make Lu Ming the next Lord stunned the worlds under his authority.

• After the major powers fought over territories abandoned by the Wuji Sect and other groups, the weakened Dark Demon Emperor emerged from hiding and began absorbing primal qi.
• Lu Ming appeared, trapped the Dark Demon Emperor in his Eternal Hand, and destroyed him.
• Lu Ming searched the area for further traces of the Dark Demon Emperor, then flew away from the Nine Provinces World aboard the Cross-Sea Flying Wild Goose.
• News spread through the Minor Extreme Realm Domain that the Minor Extreme Earth Venerable had appointed Lu Ming as the next Lord.
• The people of the Minor Extreme Realm Domain wondered who Lu Ming was and why he deserved the position.

News that Lu Ming was Ye Ze’s true identity spread across the realms, drawing attention from human and nonhuman powers alike. Meanwhile, the Minor Extreme Earth Venerable confronted the Minor Extreme Palace elders over missing funds and ordered them to restore the Spirit Treasury before Lu Ming took over.

• The Minor Extreme Earth Venerable revealed that Lu Ming and Ye Ze, who shared first place on the God Ranking, were the same person, and the news spread throughout the realms.
• Yu Liancheng decided to bring lavish gifts to congratulate Lu Ming, while Great Emperor Yuanji learned of Lu Ming’s origins and possible mastery of darkness.
• The Evil Empress learned that Lu Ming had survived the Great Void Abyss and ordered her daughter to spread news of his darkness cultivation to other races.
• The Minor Extreme Earth Venerable accused the palace elders of allowing tribute to dwindle and demanded that they restore half the missing Spirit Treasury funds before Lu Ming formally took office.
• Wu Sui told the elders to return the tribute they had taken, and Yun Lei urged them to contact the various realms and arrange their contributions.