Arc 39From the Halls to Yingyun

Li Zhōujūn intervened in conflicts across the Eternal Continent, confronted the Source Lord, and then entered the Source Realm. After helping Su Xi'an and defeating the attackers targeting Tianyi Pavilion, he settled in Yingyun City as Su Xi'an prepared to confront Chen Qingchou.

  • Li Zhōujūn watched Yì Chéngjǐn’s abuse of Luoshui come to light, and Mù Shù ordered the Yi Family and its gathered guests exterminated while sparing Luoshui’s friends at her request.
  • Li Zhōujūn and Emperor Fúmèng stopped the Seventy-Two Demon God Halls’ assault on the Luhua Realm, and Li Zhōujūn forced the attacking Seats to retreat and secure a truce.
  • Li Zhōujūn protected Tang Moyi from Li Chusheng, then used a system mission to make the Fatty Doll and the gray-eyed old man dance and reached the Eternal Twelfth Stage.
  • Li Zhōujūn confronted the Source Lord in the Seventy-Two Demon God Halls, made him and the other Seats dance, and warned them not to attack the Eternal Continent.
  • Qin Tianyi revealed the trials he had arranged for Li Zhōujūn and sent him to the Source Realm, where the system transformed his energy and cultivation.
  • Li Zhōujūn helped Su Xi'an and Su Xīníng survive the Black Wind Tiger, pursued and killed it, and later learned that its remains contained a Prison Dog Stone.
  • Li Zhōujūn stopped Lord Yin Yang from killing Zhong Ju, helped Zhong Ju defeat him, and received a system reward that raised his cultivation to Source Master Twelfth Order.
  • Li Zhōujūn returned to Yingyun City to support Tianyi Pavilion’s recruitment, while Su Xi'an told Han Siyin that she intended to kill Chen Qingchou for harming her family.
Chapters 951–975 Vol. 10 Read

Ch. 951The Shepherd Emperor Was Almost Scared Unconscious

Li Zhōujūn stayed in Yanguang City’s Moon Caress Tower while waiting to see Luoshui dance at the Yi Family birthday celebration. On his way back to the imperial capital, Mu Shu learned that his son had tried to bring the Azure Emperor under his command and confronted him.

  • Li Zhōujūn stayed for free at Wang Cangshan’s tower, whose business boomed after nobles came hoping to see the Azure Emperor.
  • Li Zhōujūn planned to watch Luoshui perform at Yì Hǎi’s birthday celebration without meeting her in person.
  • Yì Chéngjǐn delivered his father’s birthday invitation to Wang Cangshan, then Yì Hǎi’s birthday celebration began in Yanguang City.
  • Mu Shu headed back to the imperial capital by a shortcut that bypassed Yanguang City, but the Shepherd Emperor stopped his procession.
  • The Shepherd Emperor questioned Mu Shu about trying to bring the Azure Emperor under his command, sent Lu He and the Divine Tiger Guard away, and approached his son angrily.

Ch. 952The Tragic Shepherd Shu

Shepherd Emperor punished Shepherd Shu for trying to recruit Li Zhōujūn, then ordered him to apologize to the Azure Emperor. At Moon Caress Tower, Li Zhōujūn learned that Yì Chéngjǐn planned to harm Luoshui and heard Shepherd Shu arrive to offer the Great Shepherd Divine Dynasty’s submission.

  • Shepherd Emperor lashed Shepherd Shu, explained that Li Zhōujūn was an Eternal Twelfth Stage powerhouse, and told his son to apologize and let the Azure Emperor make any demands.
  • Shepherd Shu discovered that the rope restraining him was an Eternal Tenth Stage treasure he could refine, and tearfully praised his father.
  • Li Zhōujūn watched Luoshui dance at the Yi Family’s birthday gathering while Yì Chéngjǐn ordered Elder Qu to bring her to his room that night.
  • Li Zhōujūn asked Wang Cangshan about Yì Chéngjǐn, and Wang described his cruelty toward women and the Yi Family’s political influence.
  • Shepherd Shu arrived wounded and apologized to Li Zhōujūn, declaring that the Azure Emperor could do as he wished within the Great Shepherd Divine Dynasty.

Ch. 953Yi Chéngjǐn Was Frightened into Stammering

Li Zhōujūn arranged for Shepherd Art and Wang Cangshan to confront the Yi Family over Yi Chéngjǐn’s abuses. At Old Master Yi’s birthday celebration, Shepherd Art presented a coffin, leaving Yi Chéngjǐn terrified and stammering as the family realized the Crown Prince had come against them.

  • Li Zhōujūn had Wang Cangshan explain Yi Chéngjǐn’s misdeeds and the Yi Family’s background to Shepherd Art, who vowed to act against them.
  • Yi Chéngjǐn ordered Elder Qu to bring Luoshui to his room, while Sòng Xiá and the other Divine Music Tower women prepared to leave the Yi Family.
  • Shepherd Art and Wang Cangshan arrived at the Yi Family’s birthday celebration, where the family and guests knelt to greet the Crown Prince.
  • Shepherd Art called a black coffin his birthday gift for Yì Hǎi, and Wang Cangshan pointed him toward Yi Chéngjǐn.
  • Yi Chéngjǐn was frightened by Shepherd Art’s cold expression and stammered as he asked his father whether he had offended the Crown Prince.

Ch. 954You Not Only Offended the Crown Prince, You Also Offended the Azure Emperor!

Mu Shu confronted Yì Chéngjǐn over mistreating Luoshui, revealing that she was an old friend of the Azure Emperor. After confirming Luoshui was unharmed, Mu Shu secured her protection and left Yì Hǎi facing the choice of sacrificing his son to save the Yi Family.

  • Wang Cangshan announced that Yì Chéngjǐn had offended both the Crown Prince and the Azure Emperor, and Mu Shu accused him of abusing women and harming commoners.
  • Yì Chéngjǐn admitted he had ordered Elder Qu to take Luoshui to his room, while Yì Hǎi learned that Luoshui was the Azure Emperor's old friend.
  • Mu Shu and Yì Hǎi found Luoshui unharmed; Mu Shu saluted her and said he would escort her after dealing with the Yi Family.
  • Mu Shu ordered Zhou Feng, the Lord of Yanguang City, to protect Luoshui and threatened the Zhou clan if she was harmed.
  • Wang Cangshan revealed his Eternal Sixth Stage cultivation and subdued Yì Chéngjǐn when he tried to attack him.
  • Yì Hǎi returned and considered killing Yì Chéngjǐn to preserve the Yi Family.

Ch. 955Yi Family's Tragedy

Mù Shù ordered the Divine Tiger Guards to exterminate the Yi Family’s ten clans after Yì Hǎi killed Yì Chéngjǐn, leaving Yanguang City’s birthday gathering in ruins. He then prepared to take Luoshui to meet Li Zhōujūn, while Wang Cangshan sought her help in winning the Azure Emperor’s favor.

  • Yì Hǎi killed Yì Chéngjǐn, but Mù Shù declared that everyone connected to the Yi Family, including its guests and Yanguang City’s lord, had to die.
  • Mù Shù summoned Lu He and ordered him to exterminate the Yi Family’s ten clans, bring Luoshui to him safely, and kill Zhou Feng.
  • Lu He and the Divine Tiger Guards slaughtered the people gathered at the Yi Family’s birthday celebration, including Yì Hǎi.
  • Mù Shù assured Wang Cangshan that he would return with him to meet the Azure Emperor, sparing him from the purge.
  • Luoshui thanked Mù Shù for the Yi Family’s destruction, and Mù Shù asked her to put in a good word for him with Li Zhōujūn.
  • Mù Shù invited Luoshui to meet the Azure Emperor, and Wang Cangshan asked her to recommend him as well, offering half the profits of his Moon Caress Tower.

Ch. 956A Matter of Just a Few Roast Chickens

Luoshui accepted half the profits of Moon Caress Tower and asked Mu Shu to spare her innocent friends from the Yi Family purge. She reunited with Li Zhōujūn, who asked only for roast chickens when he visited, while Wang Cangshan prepared to take charge of Yanguang City.

  • Mu Shu suggested Luoshui manage Moon Caress Tower for half its profits as Wang Cangshan was set to become Yanguang City's city lord, and Luoshui accepted.
  • Luoshui asked Mu Shu and Lu He to spare her friends from Divine Music Tower and other innocents in the Yi Family purge, and they agreed.
  • Mu Shu, Wang Cangshan, and Luoshui went to meet Li Zhōujūn at Moon Caress Tower, where Mu Shu and Wang Cangshan left the two old friends alone.
  • Luoshui offered to repay Li Zhōujūn by offering herself, but Li Zhōujūn asked her to prepare roast chickens for him when he visited.
  • Mu Shu entrusted Yanguang City to Wang Cangshan and warned him not to repeat the previous city lord's mistakes, and Wang Cangshan promised to serve faithfully.

Ch. 957The Overjoyed Emperor Fúmèng

Li Zhōujūn learned that the Seventy-Two Demon God Halls planned to attack the Luhua Realm and received a system mission to stop them. He recruited the eager Emperor Fúmèng to come along, secretly preparing him for the danger ahead.

  • The Eleventh Seat told Li Zhōujūn that the Thirteenth Seat would attack the Luhua Realm in three months to capture its women for the awakening Source Lord.
  • The Thirteenth Seat appointed the Eleventh, Fifteenth, Seventeenth, and Nineteenth Seats to lead the assault, while the Eleventh Seat privately warned Li Zhōujūn not to let his allies injure him.
  • The system assigned Li Zhōujūn a mission to support the Luhua Realm and offered him the option to teleport there.
  • In the Boundless Thunder Domain, Emperor Fúmèng explained that Lu Hua Jun had once driven back three Seats and eagerly asked Li Zhōujūn to take him to the Luhua Realm.
  • Li Zhōujūn agreed to bring Emperor Fúmèng in a month and a half, privately anticipating that he would become conscripted labor, and placed an avatar on him to protect him.

Ch. 958Luhua Realm in Peril

Li Zhōujūn and Emperor Fúmèng waited outside the Luhua Realm for the Seventy-Two Demon God Halls to attack, while Li Zhōujūn revealed that the Eleventh Seat was secretly his spy. The Thirteenth Throne arrived with four other Eternal Twelfth Stage cultivators, leaving Lu Hua Jun facing overwhelming odds as the Luhua Realm fell into despair.

  • Li Zhōujūn concealed himself and Emperor Fúmèng in the void and explained that he was waiting for the Thirteenth Throne to attack the Luhua Realm.
  • Li Zhōujūn told Emperor Fúmèng that the Eleventh Seat was his spy and asked him to fight the Eleventh Seat gently when he appeared.
  • The Thirteenth Throne arrived, crushed a sword strike from the Luhua Realm, and raised a black barrier around the realm.
  • The Fifteenth Seat, Seventeenth Seat, and Nineteenth Seat joined the Thirteenth Throne, and the five Eternal Twelfth Stage cultivators frightened the Luhua Realm’s female cultivators.
  • Lu Hua Jun confronted the five thrones, and the Fifteenth Seat ordered them to attack before reinforcements could arrive.

Ch. 959Fúmèng, Eleven, and a Frenzy of Acting

Emperor Fúmèng and Li Zhōujūn staged a battle to conceal the Eleventh Seat’s identity as Li Zhōujūn’s mole while Li Zhōujūn confronted the other Demon God Seats. Lu Hua Jun grew suspicious but stayed out of the staged fight, leaving Emperor Fúmèng and the Eleventh Seat to continue their act.

  • Emperor Fúmèng agreed to fight the Eleventh Seat convincingly while Li Zhōujūn handled the Thirteenth, Fifteenth, Seventeenth, and Nineteenth Seats.
  • Emperor Fúmèng appeared to aid Lu Hua Jun, and Li Zhōujūn soon emerged to confront the Thirteenth Seat.
  • The Eleventh Seat claimed he would hold off Emperor Fúmèng, and Li Zhōujūn enclosed the four other Seats in a phantom chessboard.
  • Lu Hua Jun tried to attack the Eleventh Seat, but Emperor Fúmèng repeatedly blocked her and refused to reveal that the Eleventh Seat was Li Zhōujūn’s mole.
  • Emperor Fúmèng and the Eleventh Seat exaggerated their fight until Lu Hua Jun stopped interfering, though she remained suspicious.

Ch. 960The Battle in Luhua Realm Comes to an End

Li Zhōujūn trapped the Thirteenth Throne and three other Demon God Hall fighters, then released them after securing a promise that they would not attack the Eternal Continent’s defensive lines before Lord Source Lord awakened. The battle ended with Lu Hua Jun thanking Li Zhōujūn and scolding Emperor Fúmèng for letting the Eleventh Seat escape.

  • Li Zhōujūn fought the Thirteenth Throne, Fifteenth Seat, Seventeenth Seat, and Nineteenth Seat inside his chessboard and held his own against all four.
  • The Thirteenth Throne ordered a retreat, but the four fighters discovered they could not escape Li Zhōujūn’s chessboard.
  • The Thirteenth Throne promised that the Seventy-Two Demon God Halls would not attack the Eternal Continent’s defensive lines before Lord Source Lord awakened, and Li Zhōujūn released the chessboard.
  • The Thirteenth Throne left with the Eleventh Seat, and Emperor Fúmèng asked Li Zhōujūn whether the promise could be trusted.
  • Lu Hua Jun thanked Li Zhōujūn for rescuing her and rebuked Emperor Fúmèng for allowing the Eleventh Seat to survive.

Ch. 961The Eleventh Seat, with Acting Skills Through the Roof!

Li Zhōujūn and Emperor Fúmèng left the Luhua Realm after Lu Hua Jun saw through their act, while Emperor Fúmèng decided to pursue her. On the way back, the Eleventh Seat used more acting to deflect suspicion and convince the other Seats that he was loyal.

  • Li Zhōujūn declined Lu Hua Jun’s invitation, and Emperor Fúmèng followed him out of the Luhua Realm.
  • Lu Hua Jun concluded that Li Zhōujūn, Emperor Fúmèng, and the Eleventh Seat were working together and kept up her own act.
  • Li Zhōujūn told Emperor Fúmèng that Lu Hua Jun had likely seen through their performance, and Emperor Fúmèng admitted he had some interest in her before turning back to pursue her.
  • The Thirteenth Seat told the other Seats that the Seventy-Two Demon God Halls would recuperate, while the Eleventh Seat claimed Li Zhōujūn was stronger than Qin Tianyi to ease their wounded pride.
  • When the Fifteenth Seat questioned the Eleventh Seat’s suspicious encounters, the Eleventh Seat acted heartbroken, and the Thirteenth Seat defended him as a loyal fighter.

Ch. 962A Somewhat Desperate Eleventh Seat

Emperor Fúmèng tried to win Lu Hua Jun’s heart but fled when she attacked him, while Li Zhōujūn showed that he attracted women without trying. At the Seventy-Two Demon God Halls, the Source Lord’s Divine Blood went to the Eleventh Seat, whose fear grew as the Azure Emperor’s clone inside him risked being exposed.

  • Emperor Fúmèng teased Lu Hua Jun about her age and how many “gold bricks” he could embrace, but she attacked him with her greatsword and he fled.
  • Li Zhōujūn criticized Emperor Fúmèng’s attempt to court Lu Hua Jun, then drew the attention of women in a small world, prompting Fúmèng to ask to return to the Boundless Thunder Domain.
  • At the Seventy-Two Demon God Halls, the Thirteenth Throne admitted he could not match the Azure Emperor and called for the Seats to avoid attacking the Eternal Continent’s defenses until the Source Lord awakened.
  • The Source Lord’s aura filled the hall, and a powerful drop of Divine Blood appeared, stirring the gathered Seats’ excitement and the Eleventh Seat’s fear that his Azure Emperor clone would be discovered.
  • The Divine Blood flew into the Eleventh Seat, greatly increasing his power and leaving him despairing, while the other Seats looked on with envy and the Thirteenth Throne considered the gift a possible advantage.

Ch. 963Vice Hall Master, Eleventh Seat!

The Eleventh Seat received the Source Lord’s Divine Blood and was appointed Vice Hall Master of the Seventy-Two Demon God Halls, despite the Source Lord failing to detect Li Zhōujūn’s clone inside him. He followed Li Zhōujūn’s instructions to restrain the Halls, while the awakened Source Lord watched from a crescent-moon remnant space.

  • The Source Lord’s Divine Blood raised the Eleventh Seat’s cultivation to the pinnacle of the Eternal Twelfth Stage, and the Source Lord named him Vice Hall Master.
  • The Eleventh Seat realized the Source Lord had not detected Li Zhōujūn’s clone and secretly told Li Zhōujūn about his new position.
  • The Seats urged the Eleventh Seat to attack the Eternal Continent, but Li Zhōujūn ordered him to keep them in check.
  • The Eleventh Seat banned provocations against the Eternal Continent and urged the Halls to learn about its people, gaining the Thirteenth Throne’s support.
  • The Source Lord watched the Eleventh Seat’s actions, then swallowed the frozen female cultivators before him and expelled their skeletons.

Ch. 964Roast Chicken Trouble

Li Zhōujūn visited the Hundred Dust Realm and encountered Tang Moyi selling roast chicken made with a spirit medicine she said had belonged to her murdered father. When Great Yue Academy’s Law Enforcement Hall confronted her, Pei Qingyue’s hidden sympathy for her cause became clear.

  • The Empress of the End heard from Lu Hua Jun that the Azure Emperor had held off four Demon God Thrones and secured a truce for the Eternal Continent.
  • Li Zhōujūn arrived in the Hundred Dust Realm after catching the scent of a roast chicken stall and ate there.
  • The stall’s elderly owner revealed herself as Tang Moyi when Pei Qingyue and Great Yue Academy disciples confronted her over the spirit medicine.
  • Tang Moyi accused Li Chusheng of murdering her father, Tang Jieceng, stealing his spirit medicine, and selling it only to nobles.
  • A disciple revealed that Pei Qingyue had known Tang Moyi was there but had chosen not to arrest her, and Pei Qingyue showed respect for her.

Ch. 965Walk? Walk.

Li Zhōujūn revealed his Eternal Eleventh Stage power to protect Tang Moyi and gave her a ruler to punish her enemies. After leaving the Hundred Dust Realm, he was confronted by Tai Kui Realm protectors, who mistook his claim to be the Azure Emperor for madness and departed without fighting.

  • Li Chusheng tried to kill Tang Moyi, but Li Zhōujūn revealed his Eternal Eleventh Stage aura and left Li Chusheng terrified.
  • Li Zhōujūn gave Tang Moyi a powerful ruler that could whip any cultivator below the Eternal Realm, then vanished as she turned to face Li Chusheng.
  • The Great Protector and Third Protector of the Tai Kui Realm confronted Li Zhōujūn over interfering in the Hundred Dust Realm, and he claimed to be the Azure Emperor.
  • The two protectors dismissed Li Zhōujūn as a madman and left without arresting or fighting him, disappointing the chubby little boy waiting to watch a spectacle.

Ch. 966Mysterious Little Fatty Doll

Li Zhōujūn used a system card to seal the gray-eyed old man's cultivation, forcing him and the Fatty Doll to dance before leaving with his cultivation raised to the Eternal Twelfth Stage. The Fatty Doll plotted revenge, but Elder Wu took him back to the upper realm as the Seventy-Two Demon God Halls learned that the Source Lord would emerge from seclusion that day.

  • The Fatty Doll ordered the gray-eyed old man to kill Li Zhōujūn because Li had not fought the Tai Kui Realm's Protectors, and Li received a system mission to make them dance.
  • Li Zhōujūn used the Seal Cultivation Card to bind the gray-eyed old man's cultivation and spiritual power, then demanded that he and the Fatty Doll dance.
  • The gray-eyed old man and the Fatty Doll danced, and the system raised Li Zhōujūn's cultivation to the Eternal Twelfth Stage before he left.
  • The Fatty Doll killed the gray-eyed old man with a slap and ordered Elder Wu to investigate Li Zhōujūn's connections, but Elder Wu identified him as the Azure Emperor and took the Fatty Doll back by force.
  • The Eleventh Seat told the other Seats that the Source Lord would emerge from seclusion that day and worried about being caught between the Source Lord and the Azure Emperor.

Ch. 967A Small Courage Meets a Weaker Foe

Li Zhōujūn entered the Seventy-Two Demon God Halls and revealed an aura that matched the Source Lord’s, forcing the Source Lord to consider negotiation. The chapter ended with the Source Lord asking what Li Zhōujūn wanted.

  • The Source Lord appeared in the Seventy-Two Demon God Halls, and his aura shook the myriad heavens and worlds.
  • The Source Lord questioned the Eleventh Seat about the Eternal Continent, and the Eleventh Seat advised him not to attack yet.
  • Li Zhōujūn arrived at the Seventy-Two Demon God Halls and offered to negotiate with the Source Lord.
  • The Source Lord ordered the Thrones to attack, but Li Zhōujūn raised his cultivation to match the Source Lord’s.
  • The Source Lord suspected Li Zhōujūn came from the same world as he did, then asked what Li Zhōujūn wanted.

Ch. 968Seventy-Two Demon God Halls: Matter Settled

Li Zhōujūn forced the Source Lord and the Seats of the Seventy-Two Demon God Halls to dance rather than risk a fight, completing his system task and earning a ticket to the Source Realm. After Li Zhōujūn’s incarnation vanished, the Source Lord ordered the Halls to stop opposing the Eternal Continent and help protect it.

  • Li Zhōujūn demanded that the Source Lord dance, and the Source Lord answered by attacking him with a massive palm.
  • Li Zhōujūn met the Source Lord’s attack head-on, and the Source Lord decided not to risk a fight to the death.
  • The Source Lord and the other Seats danced at Li Zhōujūn’s command, completing Li Zhōujūn’s system task and earning him a ticket to the Source Realm.
  • Li Zhōujūn warned the Source Lord that he would return in person if the Eternal Continent were infringed upon, then his incarnation dissipated.
  • The Source Lord learned that Li Zhōujūn had sent only an incarnation and ordered the Seventy-Two Demon God Halls to help resolve any threats to the Eternal Continent.

Ch. 969Source Realm

Li Zhōujūn learned from Qin Tianyi that many of his past trials had been orchestrated to help him grow and heard how the Source Realm worked. After Qin Tianyi departed, Li Zhōujūn set out for the Source Realm, while his clone and the Eleventh Seat remained at the Seventy-Two Demon God Halls.

  • Qin Tianyi revealed that he had arranged the Seventy-Two Demon God Halls, Louyue Ancient Kingdom, and other trials for Li Zhōujūn, and had preserved the souls of those who died in his schemes.
  • Qin Tianyi explained that the Source Realm used Source Energy, that its cultivation ranks began with Source Sovereign, and that traveling there could be dangerous for lower-realm cultivators.
  • Qin Tianyi offered Li Zhōujūn a place as Tianyi Hall's Holy Son but advised him to rely on himself and temper his abilities among other factions.
  • Qin Tianyi told Li Zhōujūn that an unexpected woman had been waiting for him in the Source Realm, then vanished.
  • Li Zhōujūn told the system he was heading to the Source Realm and noted that his clone and the Eleventh Seat were at the Seventy-Two Demon God Halls.
  • The system agreed, and the space around Li Zhōujūn spun as he departed for the Source Realm.

Ch. 970Arriving in the Source Realm

Li Zhōujūn arrived in the Source Realm, where the system converted his cultivation to Source Energy and assigned him a mission to investigate the beast that attacked him. After encountering the survivors of a deadly Black Wind Tiger attack, he met Su Xi'an, who apologized for mistaking him for the attacker and offered him help through Yingyun Sect.

  • The system converted Li Zhōujūn's spiritual energy into Source Energy and changed his cultivation to the Source User Twelfth Stage.
  • Li Zhōujūn met two men and a woman in an abandoned temple, then found their corpses the next day after a beast attacked him and fled.
  • The system assigned Li Zhōujūn a mission to investigate the attacker and promised a breakthrough to the First-Order Source Master Realm upon completion.
  • Su Xi'an appeared and attacked Li Zhōujūn, but he disarmed her without effort before Su Xi'an's injured elder sister stopped her.
  • Su Xi'an explained that a Second-Rank Source Demon Black Wind Tiger had killed her brothers and gravely wounded her sister, then buried her brothers and offered Li Zhōujūn a pill and help from Yingyun Sect.
  • Su Xi'an left to take her elder sister back for treatment, while Li Zhōujūn remained set on pursuing the beast.

Ch. 971Practiced Until Vomiting Blood

Su Xi'an carried her gravely wounded sister Su Xīníng toward the Su Family while Li Zhōujūn confronted the Black Wind Tiger. Li Zhōujūn chased the beast until it collapsed, and the system rewarded him by raising his cultivation to the First-Order Source Master Realm.

  • Su Xi'an activated her silver bracelet to shield herself and Su Xīníng from the returning Black Wind Tiger.
  • Li Zhōujūn appeared before the tiger, and it fled after recognizing him; Su Xīníng told Su Xi'an that Li Zhōujūn was stronger than he seemed.
  • Su Xi'an sent a message to her master and carried Su Xīníng toward the Su Family for treatment.
  • Li Zhōujūn chased the Black Wind Tiger around the mountain from day to dawn until it collapsed from exhaustion.
  • The system announced that Li Zhōujūn had completed his mission and raised his cultivation to the First-Order Source Master Realm.

Ch. 972Prison Dog Stone

Li Zhōujūn killed the Black Wind Tiger and discarded the Prison Dog Stone it carried, while its owner, Chen Qingchou, learned that his plot against Su Xi'an had failed. Months later in Yingyun City, Su Xi'an reunited with Li Zhōujūn, thanked him for saving her and her eldest sister, and confirmed that he had killed the tiger.

  • Li Zhōujūn crushed the Black Wind Tiger's head, burned its body to ash, and tossed aside a red Prison Dog Stone he found among the remains.
  • Chen Qingchou learned that his Black Wind Tiger had been killed and realized that Su Xi'an had survived his attempt to eliminate her.
  • Months later, Li Zhōujūn arrived in Yingyun City and watched as Su Xi'an emerged from Baitong Pavilion to greet him.
  • Su Xi'an took Li Zhōujūn to Jade Tea Fragrance and explained that she had searched for him after her master helped heal her eldest sister.
  • Su Xi'an showed Li Zhōujūn the Prison Dog Stone and confirmed that he had killed the Black Wind Tiger; he admitted discarding it because he thought it was useless.

Ch. 973Taking the Holy Son Token

Li Zhōujūn learned about Tianyi Pavilion’s recruitment drive and the ongoing war against the Great Dream Demon Palace, whose agents planned to ambush the recruitment party near Yingyun City. After receiving the Holy Son Token of Tianyi Hall, Li Zhōujūn was given a mission to find the attackers and make them pay.

  • Su Xi'an explained that Tianyi Pavilion was recruiting Patrolling Envoys to help fight the scattered demon cultivators of the Great Dream Demon Palace.
  • Two Great Dream Demon Palace agents planned to ambush Tianyi Pavilion elder Ma Zhifeng and considered killing Yingyun Sect’s Sect Master Zhong Ju as well.
  • Li Zhōujūn and Su Xi'an heard that Ma Zhifeng had been attacked on the way to Yingyun City and that Zhong Ju had rushed to help him.
  • Qin Tianyi sent Li Zhōujūn the Holy Son Token and advised him to keep his identity secret unless necessary.
  • The system assigned Li Zhōujūn a mission to find and punish the attackers, offering to teleport him to the ambush site.

Ch. 974The Man You Could Only Meet Once in Your Life

Li Zhōujūn teleported to the site of the attack on Tianyi Pavilion’s forces and saved Zhong Ju from a powerful assassin of the Great Dream Demon Palace. After they killed the red-robed figure, Li Zhōujūn completed his mission and gave Zhong Ju his name.

  • Li Zhōujūn teleported from Su Xi'an to the attack site after learning the red-robed figure’s appearance.
  • Zhong Ju found Elder Ma Zhifeng and seven Tianyi Pavilion Patrolling Envoys dead, then was ambushed by a soul-devouring black wolf summoned by the red-robed figure.
  • Li Zhōujūn appeared and blocked the attack, then used his Giant Jade Finger to hold the red-robed figure in place.
  • Zhong Ju struck the red-robed figure with a giant sword at Li Zhōujūn’s signal, killing it.
  • Li Zhōujūn received the system’s reward of Source Master Twelfth Order cultivation, and told Zhong Ju his name before leaving.

Ch. 975Li Xi'an Learns Who the Culprit Is

Li Zhōujūn returned to Yingyun City as Tianyi Pavilion prepared to resume recruiting, while Su Xi'an learned that Chen Qingchou had attacked her and vowed to avenge her family herself. The chapter left Li Zhōujūn considering how to protect the recruitment and Han Siyin promising to support Su Xi'an.

  • Huangfu Yixin arrived after Li Zhōujūn left, learned that Zhong Ju had killed Lord Yin Yang with Li Zhōujūn's help, and ordered Zhong Ju to protect Tianyi Pavilion's next recruitment team.
  • Li Zhōujūn returned to Yingyun City, rented a top-tier room, and received a system mission to ensure Tianyi Pavilion's recruitment proceeded smoothly.
  • Li Zhōujūn asked the system for the location of the person controlling Great Dream Demon Palace, but the system demanded that he call it Dad.
  • Han Siyin told Su Xi'an that Chen Qingchou had attacked her because she was a rival to become Yingyun Sect's next Sect Master.
  • Su Xi'an said she wanted to kill Chen Qingchou herself for the deaths and injuries he had caused her family, and Han Siyin agreed to support her.
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