Arc 42The Azure Emperor’s Challenge

Li Zhōujūn helped Shen Xianning defeat Chu Bùjìng, then rescued Immortal Lai Dragon Lord and protected Lu Qicang’s pill from the Qi Family. After confronting Qi Jianxi and blockading the Qi Family, he faced its Five Peaks Emperor Slaying Array.

  • Li Zhōujūn endured the combined attacks of Imperial Sea Emperor Venerable, Mountain Moving Divine Lord, and Immortal Lai Dragon Lord, earning the Nether Sea Glazed Bottle and returning to Ghost Sea with Ghost Sea Great Emperor.
  • Li Zhōujūn found Chu Bùjìng recovering in a volcano and kept attacking him until Shen Xianning recovered and joined the fight, helping Li Zhōujūn kill him.
  • Li Zhōujūn and Shen Xianning exchanged promises before she returned to the Great Cold Snow Domain, while Li Zhōujūn learned Lu Qicang needed Third Decay Emperor Realm true dragon blood for a pill.
  • Li Zhōujūn rescued Immortal Lai Dragon Lord from Qi Guanyu, Qi Heng, and Qi Hongzhen, then brought his dragon blood to Xiao Haodi so he could refine Lu Qicang’s pill.
  • When Qi Yongxiu tried to claim the pill, Li Zhōujūn’s clone stopped his cauldron with one hand and forced the Qi Family to withdraw.
  • Qi Jianxi drew Li Zhōujūn into a spiritual world and tried to defeat him, but Li Zhōujūn survived its destruction and appeared at the Qi Family’s gates.
  • Li Zhōujūn sealed all but one of the Qi Family’s exits and waited as Qi Jianxi and four Supreme Elders prepared the Five Peaks Emperor Slaying Array.
  • Qi Jianxi and the four elders summoned five enormous mountains against Li Zhōujūn, who destroyed them and cracked the array with one punch.
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Ch. 1026Three Great Emperor Realm Third Decay Experts Strike at Once

Li Zhōujūn faced Imperial Sea Emperor Venerable, Mountain Moving Divine Lord, and Immortal Lai Dragon Lord alone to obtain the Nether Sea Glazed Bottle for Ghost Sea Great Emperor. After surviving Immortal Lai Dragon Lord’s opening attack unharmed, Li Zhōujūn was targeted by the three experts’ combined divine abilities.

  • Immortal Lai Dragon Lord struck Li Zhōujūn with ten directions of thunder, but Li Zhōujūn emerged from the blast unharmed and dismissed the attack.
  • Imperial Sea Emperor Venerable, Mountain Moving Divine Lord, and Immortal Lai Dragon Lord surrounded Li Zhōujūn and agreed to unleash their strongest divine abilities together.
  • Old monsters across the Source Realm watched and discussed Li Zhōujūn’s confrontation, while True Jade Great Emperor mocked him and planned to seize the Great Cold Snow Domain from Shen Xianning.
  • Lin Suqing realized Li Zhōujūn had come for the Nether Sea Glazed Bottle and worried that he might be hurt fighting three experts.
  • Imperial Sea Emperor Venerable offered the bottle if Li Zhōujūn endured their combined strike, while Ghost Sea Great Emperor urged him to take it and shame the three opponents.
  • Imperial Sea Emperor Venerable, Mountain Moving Divine Lord, and Immortal Lai Dragon Lord launched a giant seawater palm, one hundred thousand mountain phantoms, and a lightning spear at Li Zhōujūn.

Ch. 1027Blazing Flame Divine Palace's True Jade Great Emperor Flew into a Rage, While the Ghost Sea Great Emperor Couldn't Figure It Out

Li Zhōujūn withstood the combined divine abilities of Imperial Sea Emperor Venerable, Immortal Lai Dragon Lord, and Mountain Moving Divine Lord, earning the Nether Sea Glazed Bottle. True Jade Great Emperor plotted to attack the Great Cold Snow Domain, while the Ghost Sea Great Emperor was left baffled by Imperial Sea Emperor Venerable’s contempt for him.

  • Li Zhōujūn used his golden Dharma Form to stop and seize the three powerhouses’ combined attacks, astonishing the witnesses and True Jade Great Emperor.
  • True Jade Great Emperor decided to summon four allies and attack the Great Cold Snow Domain, but they ignored him to watch the battle.
  • Imperial Sea Emperor Venerable stopped Immortal Lai Dragon Lord and Mountain Moving Divine Lord from attacking again, saying he would honor his promise.
  • Imperial Sea Emperor Venerable gave the Nether Sea Glazed Bottle to Li Zhōujūn and said he would let him and the Ghost Sea Great Emperor leave.
  • The Ghost Sea Great Emperor wondered why Imperial Sea Emperor Venerable despised him so much.

Ch. 1028True Jade Great Emperor Bumped Into Obstacles Everywhere

Li Zhōujūn left Imperial Sea Holy Land with Ghost Sea Great Emperor after securing the Nether Sea Glazed Bottle, while Imperial Sea Emperor Venerable and his companions rejected True Jade Great Emperor’s plan to attack the Great Cold Snow Domain. True Jade Great Emperor was left furious, and Imperial Sea Emperor Venerable’s group discussed making peace with Azure Emperor and meeting him again.

  • Li Zhōujūn thanked Imperial Sea Emperor Venerable for the Nether Sea Glazed Bottle, then teleported back to Ghost Sea with Ghost Sea Great Emperor.
  • Imperial Sea Emperor Venerable, Mountain Moving Divine Lord, and Immortal Lai Dragon Lord bade Li Zhōujūn farewell as the onlookers withdrew.
  • True Jade Great Emperor urged Yi Zishi, Yi Fantian, Southern Barbarian Wolf Ancestor, and North Star Sparrow Ancestor to join his plan to seize the Great Cold Snow Domain, but they chose to enter seclusion.
  • True Jade Great Emperor proposed that Imperial Sea Emperor Venerable, Immortal Lai Dragon Lord, and Mountain Moving Divine Lord help him take revenge on Li Zhōujūn and attack the Great Cold Snow Domain.
  • Imperial Sea Emperor Venerable, Immortal Lai Dragon Lord, and Mountain Moving Divine Lord denounced True Jade Great Emperor and drove away his voice transmission.
  • Imperial Sea Emperor Venerable and his companions resumed drinking, discussed the gatekeeper elder’s recovery, and considered meeting Li Zhōujūn again.

Ch. 1029Lu Qicang's Doubts

True Jade Great Emperor and four other rulers decided to attack the Great Cold Snow Domain, believing Azure Emperor could not stop them all. Meanwhile, Li Zhōujūn entrusted Lu Qicang with the Nether Sea Glazed Bottle, and Lu Qicang set out with Ghost Sea Great Emperor while wondering why the latter trusted Li Zhōujūn so much.

  • Southern Barbarian Wolf Ancestor revealed that he had faked going into seclusion to reduce the forces expected to divide the Great Cold Snow Domain’s treasures.
  • North Star Sparrow Ancestor, Yi Fantian, and Yi Zishi arrived, and Yi Zishi guessed that Shen Xianning had stopped True Jade Great Emperor’s true body.
  • True Jade Great Emperor, Southern Barbarian Wolf Ancestor, North Star Sparrow Ancestor, Yi Fantian, and Yi Zishi agreed to attack the Great Cold Snow Domain and vanished from the hall.
  • Li Zhōujūn gave Lu Qicang the Nether Sea Glazed Bottle and asked him to take it to a designated place, while Ghost Sea Great Emperor offered to accompany them.
  • Lu Qicang concealed their destination from Ghost Sea Great Emperor, then wondered whether Ghost Sea Great Emperor had been clinging to Li Zhōujūn’s coattails.

Ch. 1030The Azure Emperor Is Picking Another Fight?

Li Zhōujūn teleported to Chu Bùjìng’s hiding place and launched a relentless assault while Chu Bùjìng was recovering from his injuries. As onlookers recognized the Azure Emperor and his opponent, the fight continued with Chu Bùjìng trying to evade his attacks.

  • After seeing Lu Qicang and the Ghost Sea Great Emperor off, Li Zhōujūn asked the system for Chu Bùjìng’s location and teleported there.
  • Chu Bùjìng recovered inside a volcanic hideout and vowed to conquer the Great Cold Snow Domain after healing from his battle with Shen Xianning.
  • Li Zhōujūn appeared inside the volcano, introduced himself as someone there to cause trouble, and destroyed the volcano with his Divine Buddha World-Suppressing Finger.
  • Chu Bùjìng dodged Li Zhōujūn’s Golden Lightning, falling stars, and icy sword intent, unable to get a word in edgewise.
  • Source Realm onlookers recognized Chu Bùjìng and noted that the Azure Emperor had reached the Fourth Tribulation of the Emperor Realm.

Ch. 1031Want to Leave Whenever You Feel Like It?

After Li Zhōujūn overwhelmed Chu Bùjìng, several factions reconsidered their plans to attack the Great Cold Snow Domain. True Jade Great Emperor tried to leave when his Jade Heaven Holy Land came under threat, but his allies surrounded him and demanded compensation.

  • Imperial Sea Emperor Venerable, Immortal Lai Dragon Lord, and Mountain Moving Divine Lord decided to pressure True Jade Great Emperor by invading his Jade Heaven Holy Land and went there to support the Great Cold Snow Domain.
  • True Jade Great Emperor and four other Third Decay powerhouses watched Li Zhōujūn force Chu Bùjìng to dodge, and most of them refused to attack the Great Cold Snow Domain until the battle was decided.
  • Lin Suqing realized Azure Emperor might be a Fourth Tribulation powerhouse and prepared the jade pendant he had given her in case True Jade Great Emperor attacked.
  • True Jade Great Emperor received word that the three Imperial Sea powerhouses had invaded his holy land and were plundering it, so he abandoned the attack and tried to leave.
  • Southern Barbarian Wolf Ancestor, North Star Sparrow Ancestor, Yi Zishi, and Yi Fantian surrounded True Jade Great Emperor and demanded compensation for his insults and for abandoning them.

Ch. 1032Taking and Eating!

True Jade Great Emperor returned to find Jade Heaven Holy Land looted by Imperial Sea Emperor Venerable, Immortal Lai Dragon Lord, and Mountain Moving Divine Lord, and was forced to endure their demands. Meanwhile, Ghost Sea Great Emperor and Lu Qicang arrived at Great Cold Snow Domain and learned that Li Zhōujūn was a Fourth Tribulation Emperor Realm expert.

  • North Star Sparrow Ancestor, Southern Barbarian Wolf Ancestor, Yi Zishi, and Yi Fantian took all of True Jade Great Emperor's treasures before letting him leave.
  • True Jade Great Emperor returned to Jade Heaven Holy Land and learned from Weng Xingshan that Imperial Sea Emperor Venerable, Mountain Moving Divine Lord, and Immortal Lai Dragon Lord had looted its immortal mountains and spirit springs.
  • True Jade Great Emperor found the three visitors drinking and enjoying the company of Jade Heaven Holy Land's female cultivators, then ordered the women out and demanded an explanation.
  • Imperial Sea Emperor Venerable claimed the looting was compensation for True Jade Great Emperor's failure to welcome them, while Immortal Lai Dragon Lord threatened to take ninety-nine female cultivators; True Jade Great Emperor suppressed his anger and drank with them.
  • Ghost Sea Great Emperor and Lu Qicang arrived at Great Cold Snow Domain, saw Li Zhōujūn's Fourth Tribulation of the Emperor Realm aura, and recognized his strength.

Ch. 1033Shen Xianning Obtains the Nether Sea Glazed Bottle

Ghost Sea Great Emperor and Lu Qicang delivered the Nether Sea Glazed Bottle to the Great Cold Snow Domain, while its would-be attackers withdrew. Shen Xianning began purging her demonic energy and recovering so she could aid Li Zhōujūn in his battle with Chu Bùjìng.

  • Yi Zishi, Yi Fantian, North Star Sparrow Ancestor, and Southern Barbarian Wolf Ancestor abandoned their plans to attack the Great Cold Snow Domain and left.
  • Lu Qicang confirmed that Li Zhōujūn had sent the Nether Sea Glazed Bottle to help Shen Xianning, and he gave it to Lin Suqing.
  • Lin Suqing brought the bottle to Shen Xianning, who learned that Li Zhōujūn was fighting Chu Bùjìng and saw him forcing Chu to evade his attacks.
  • Shen Xianning returned to secluded cultivation to purge the demonic energy and recover, intending to help Li Zhōujūn once she regained her strength.
  • Lin Suqing returned to the reception hall, learned Lu Qicang and Ghost Sea Great Emperor had departed, and turned her attention to Li Zhōujūn and Chu Bùjìng's battle.

Ch. 1034Emperor Medicine Divine Pavilion

Li Zhōujūn continued attacking the wounded Chu Bùjìng, while opportunists arrived too late to plunder the Jade Heaven Holy Land. After leaving the Great Cold Snow Domain, the Ghost Sea Great Emperor offered to help Lu Qicang recover his cultivation by seeking out the Emperor Medicine Divine Pavilion.

  • Li Zhōujūn kept unleashing divine abilities as Chu Bùjìng dodged and waited for his Source Energy to run out.
  • Yi Zishi, Yi Fantian, North Star Sparrow Ancestor, and Southern Barbarian Wolf Ancestor found the Jade Heaven Holy Land almost entirely plundered and left without taking action.
  • The True Jade Great Emperor endured Immortal Lai Dragon Lord, Imperial Sea Emperor Venerable, and Mountain Moving Divine Lord staying in his last remaining great hall.
  • The Ghost Sea Great Emperor asked Lu Qicang whether he wanted to restore his Emperor Realm Third Decay cultivation.
  • The Ghost Sea Great Emperor revealed that Xiao Haodi, master of the Emperor Medicine Divine Pavilion, had once been saved by him and suggested they ask him to refine a suitable pill.

Ch. 1035Silence Speaks Louder Than a Thousand Words

Li Zhōujūn kept Chu Bùjìng occupied for three years while Shen Xianning recovered from her injuries and regained her Fourth Tribulation of the Emperor Realm cultivation. Shen Xianning joined Li Zhōujūn on the battlefield, and they prepared to kill Chu Bùjìng together.

  • Li Zhōujūn continued bombarding the injured Chu Bùjìng with divine abilities for three years, leaving him exhausted, furious, and unable to escape or attack.
  • Shen Xianning recovered her Fourth Tribulation of the Emperor Realm cultivation and hurried to join Li Zhōujūn.
  • Chu Bùjìng declared he would use his final trump card and fight Li Zhōujūn to the death.
  • Shen Xianning arrived playing her pipa, and Chu Bùjìng panicked when he realized she had recovered her strength.
  • Li Zhōujūn and Shen Xianning exchanged a glance, then Shen Xianning gathered frost into swords as they prepared to kill Chu Bùjìng together.
  • The system changed Li Zhōujūn's mission to killing Chu Bùjìng with Shen Xianning and raised the reward to a breakthrough to the first-stage Source Saint.

Ch. 1036No Need for You and Your Wife to Act

Li Zhōujūn and Shen Xianning defeated Chu Bùjìng after he burned his lifespan to reach his peak, and he chose to die by his own hand. The system confirmed Li Zhōujūn had completed his mission and advanced to first-tier Origin Saint.

  • Shen Xianning attacked Chu Bùjìng with a storm of frost swords, prompting him to unleash Devour Life Reverse Universe and restore his strength to its peak.
  • Li Zhōujūn joined Shen Xianning’s attack with a Giant Jade Finger, and the two forces held Chu Bùjìng in a stalemate.
  • Shen Xianning sent another wave of flying swords through Chu Bùjìng’s demonic aura, forcing him to fall wounded into the volcanic ruins.
  • Chu Bùjìng asked whether Li Zhōujūn had attacked for Shen Xianning, then requested the dignity of ending his own life and dispersed body and soul.
  • The system credited Li Zhōujūn and Shen Xianning with Chu Bùjìng’s death and announced Li Zhōujūn’s breakthrough to first-tier Origin Saint.

Ch. 1037Moonlight and the Galaxy Beneath

After Li Zhōujūn and Shen Xianning defeated Chu Bùjìng, they shared a tender night together before Shen Xianning returned to the Great Cold Snow Domain. Li Zhōujūn then learned that Lu Qicang needed Third Decay Emperor Realm true dragon blood to restore his cultivation.

  • Immortal Lai Dragon Lord, Imperial Sea Emperor Venerable, and Mountain Moving Divine Lord left the Jade Heaven Holy Land after taking ninety-nine beauties as compensation.
  • Li Zhōujūn gave Shen Xianning a jade hairpin, kissed her, and promised to marry her.
  • Shen Xianning told Li Zhōujūn that Lu Zhining and Sū Nán were cultivating in seclusion and that she had to return to the Great Cold Snow Domain at dawn.
  • Shen Xianning left at dawn, and Li Zhōujūn later learned that Xiao Haodi could not refine a Three Tribulation Emperor Pill for Lu Qicang without Third Decay Emperor Realm true dragon blood.
  • Ghost Sea Great Emperor sent Li Zhōujūn a letter about the needed dragon blood, and Li Zhōujūn realized Immortal Lai Dragon Lord might be able to provide it.

Ch. 1038Immortal Lai Dragon Lord in Peril

Shen Xianning returned the Nether Sea Glazed Bottle to Li Zhōujūn, who told her to keep it and reminded her to wear the jade pendant and hairpin containing his clones. Meanwhile, three Qi Family cultivators trapped Immortal Lai Dragon Palace and confronted Immortal Lai Dragon Lord, intending to refine him into a pill.

  • Shen Xianning explained that the Nether Sea Glazed Bottle had purged the demonic energy from her body and offered it to Li Zhōujūn, who insisted she keep it.
  • Shen Xianning revealed that she had left Li Zhōujūn's jade pendant behind before fighting Chu Bùjìng, and he urged her to keep the pendant and her jade hairpin with her.
  • Shen Xianning planned to return to the Great Cold Snow Domain and embraced Li Zhōujūn before leaving.
  • Three Qi Family cultivators used an Isolation Order to seal Immortal Lai Dragon Palace, then entered the sea to confront Immortal Lai Dragon Lord.
  • Qi Guanyu, Qi Heng, and Qi Hongzhen announced that they intended to refine Immortal Lai Dragon Lord into a pill, and he prepared to fight them.

Ch. 1039Tearful Immortal Lai Dragon Lord

Qi Heng, Qi Guanyu, and Qi Hongzhen revealed the Qi Family’s power before trapping Immortal Lai Dragon Lord in a net that suppressed his strength. Li Zhōujūn teleported to rescue him and faced the three elders, who recognized him as the Azure Emperor and greeted him respectfully.

  • Qi Guanyu and Qi Hongzhen boasted about the Four Great Ancient Emperor Families and revealed that Han Dancui would marry Qi Zhengqing.
  • Qi Heng ordered an attack, and he, Qi Guanyu, and Qi Hongzhen trapped Immortal Lai Dragon Lord in a golden net that blocked his calls for help and shrank his dragon form.
  • Li Zhōujūn considered Ghost Sea Great Emperor’s request for Emperor Realm Third Decay true dragon blood, and the system gave him a mission to rescue Immortal Lai Dragon Lord in exchange for a cultivation breakthrough.
  • Li Zhōujūn teleported to Immortal Lai Dragon Lord, who called for his help, and the three Qi Family elders recognized Li Zhōujūn as the Azure Emperor and saluted him.

Ch. 1040The Azure Emperor Sure Is Blessed

Li Zhōujūn saved Immortal Lai Dragon Lord from the Qi Family and asked him for dragon blood. After learning Li Zhōujūn was engaged to Shen Xianning, Immortal Lai Dragon Lord promised to keep their relationship secret.

  • Qi Heng asked Li Zhōujūn to hand over Immortal Lai Dragon Lord, but Li Zhōujūn ordered Qi Heng, Qi Guanyu, and Qi Hongzhen to leave.
  • Qi Heng, Qi Guanyu, and Qi Hongzhen withdrew and debated Li Zhōujūn's strength, concluding he was likely a Fourth Tribulation Emperor Realm expert.
  • Immortal Lai Dragon Lord thanked Li Zhōujūn for rescuing him, and Li Zhōujūn asked him for a small bottle of dragon blood.
  • Immortal Lai Dragon Lord offered Li Zhōujūn beauties from Jade Heaven Holy Land, but Li Zhōujūn declined and confirmed that Shen Xianning was his fiancée.
  • Immortal Lai Dragon Lord envied Li Zhōujūn and promised not to reveal his relationship with Shen Xianning.

Ch. 1041Arriving at the Emperor Medicine Divine Pavilion

Li Zhōujūn traveled to the Emperor Medicine Divine Pavilion with the Immortal Lai Dragon Lord and delivered the dragon blood Lu Qicang needed to restore his cultivation. After Li Zhōujūn arrived, the Dragon Lord left to find Imperial Sea Emperor Venerable, carrying a jade pendant containing one of Li Zhōujūn’s clones.

  • Li Zhōujūn invited the Immortal Lai Dragon Lord to accompany him to the Emperor Medicine Divine Pavilion, and the Dragon Lord carried him there in dragon form.
  • Qi Heng, Qi Guanyu, and Qi Hongzhen reported their encounter with Li Zhōujūn to Qi Yongxiu, who confirmed Li Zhōujūn’s Fourth Tribulation Emperor strength and dismissed their failure to capture the Dragon Lord.
  • Li Zhōujūn arrived at the Emperor Medicine Divine Pavilion on the Dragon Lord’s back, startling the guardian elder and cultivators, while Ghost Sea Great Emperor, Xiao Haodi, and Lu Qicang came out to greet him.
  • Li Zhōujūn gave Lu Qicang the Dragon Lord’s blood so Lu could refine the pill needed to restore his cultivation.
  • The Dragon Lord decided to visit Imperial Sea Emperor Venerable, and Li Zhōujūn gave him a jade pendant containing one of his clones.

Ch. 1042Qi Family Sets Its Sights on the Emperor Medicine Divine Pavilion

Xiao Haodi completed a dragon-blood Emperor Pill that could restore Lu Qicang’s cultivation, but the Qi Family tried to claim the pill and confronted Xiao Haodi at the Emperor Medicine Divine Pavilion. Ghost Sea Great Emperor joined the standoff, only to find that all three Qi elders were also at the Emperor Realm Third Decay.

  • Li Zhōujūn departed after the dragon blood was delivered, and forty-nine days later tribulation clouds gathered over the Emperor Medicine Divine Pavilion.
  • Qi Yongxiu ordered Qi Heng, Qi Guanyu, and Qi Hongzhen to buy Xiao Haodi’s pill for up to ten times its value or take it by force if necessary.
  • Xiao Haodi used a bronze bell to withstand nine bolts of divine lightning and completed a golden pill amid a vision of dragons.
  • Xiao Haodi gave the pill to Lu Qicang so he could enter seclusion and restore his cultivation.
  • The three Qi elders demanded the pill, but Xiao Haodi refused because he had already given it to Lu Qicang and lacked more dragon blood to make another.
  • Ghost Sea Great Emperor appeared to defend Xiao Haodi, and the three Qi elders revealed that they also possessed Emperor Realm Third Decay auras.

Ch. 1043You People of the Qi Family Think You're Something?

Qi Yongxiu arrived at the Emperor Medicine Divine Pavilion and demanded Xiao Haodi's Dragon Blood Body Sculpting Pill, threatening to take it by force. Li Zhōujūn's clone appeared to defend the pill, and his contemptuous challenge left the Qi Family stunned.

  • Qi Heng, Qi Guanyu, and Qi Hongzhen demanded the pill, but the Ghost Sea Great Emperor warned that taking it would offend the Azure Emperor.
  • Lu Qicang revealed he had an Azure Emperor clone, but Qi Yongxiu arrived and threatened to destroy it while claiming the pill for the Qi Family.
  • Qi Yongxiu offered to pay ten times the price or seize the pill, and Lu Qicang prepared to surrender it to protect the others.
  • Li Zhōujūn received a system mission to make Qi Yongxiu suffer a setback through a clone, and his clone emerged from Lu Qicang's jade pendant.
  • Li Zhōujūn challenged Qi Yongxiu to try destroying his clone and dismissed the Qi Family as unworthy of his opposition, shocking its members.

Ch. 1044A Moment Ago, It Was My Cousin Speaking

Li Zhōujūn’s clone stopped Qi Yongxiu’s powerful cauldron attack, forcing the Qi Family Patriarch to retreat from the Emperor Medicine Divine Pavilion. The system rewarded Li Zhōujūn by raising his cultivation to Fourth Stage Origin Saint, while Shen Xianning realized his true body was stronger than Qi Yongxiu.

  • Qi Yongxiu summoned his Cauldron Suppressing Mountains and Rivers divine ability and sent the enormous cauldron crashing toward Li Zhōujūn’s clone.
  • Shen Xianning prepared to support Li Zhōujūn, but his voice reached her through her hairpin and told her not to hurry.
  • Li Zhōujūn caught the descending cauldron with one hand, leaving Qi Yongxiu unable to force it down.
  • The system announced that Li Zhōujūn had completed his mission and advanced to Fourth Stage Origin Saint.
  • Qi Yongxiu withdrew his divine ability and left with Qi Heng, Qi Hongzhen, and Qi Guanyu, while Wei Yan mocked the onlookers who had misunderstood the clash.

Ch. 1045Back to the Tianqing Domain

Li Zhōujūn’s clone dispersed after the conflict with the Qi Family, and Qi Yongxiu summoned Supreme Elder Qi Jianxi to seek revenge. Meanwhile, Li Zhōujūn returned to the Tianqing Domain, where he met Huangfu Yixin as she prepared to leave Tianyi Pavilion for Tianyi Hall.

  • Li Zhōujūn ended his clone after Lu Qicang, Ghost Sea Great Emperor, and Xiao Haodi thanked him for his help.
  • Qi Yongxiu told Supreme Elder Qi Jianxi how Li Zhōujūn had thwarted the Qi Family, and Qi Jianxi promised to handle the matter.
  • Qi Yongxiu believed Qi Jianxi, a peak first-rate Fourth Tribulation Emperor Realm cultivator, could defeat Li Zhōujūn.
  • Li Zhōujūn fished beside Xijing River while Little Cai roasted a chicken and asked him to call her Mister rather than master.
  • Huangfu Yixin met Li Zhōujūn and explained that she would soon return to Tianyi Hall, leaving her Tianqing Domain pavilion post to her younger sister, Huangfu Shuyun.

Ch. 1046The Old Man, Qi Jianxi

Qi Jianxi drew Li Zhōujūn into a spiritual world to kill him, but Li Zhōujūn resisted his powerful attacks and found Qi Jianxi’s hiding place. The battle escalated as Qi Jianxi prepared to use his trump card.

  • After Huangfu Yixin left, Qi Jianxi approached Li Zhōujūn, compared the Azure Emperor to a conspicuous flower, and announced that he had come to pluck it.
  • Qi Jianxi transported Li Zhōujūn into a spiritual world of his own making, while Little Cai was left behind beside the fire and worried about Sir.
  • Li Zhōujūn recognized Qi Jianxi as a member of the Qi Family and dismissed his threat, prompting the system to issue a mission to make Qi Jianxi terrified and block the Qi Family’s entrance for two and a half years.
  • Qi Jianxi sent water-formed figures and then a giant water warrior to attack, but Li Zhōujūn blocked their assaults and evaded the giant’s punch.
  • Li Zhōujūn used his divine eye to locate Qi Jianxi and struck him with thunderbolts and falling star-like chess pieces, forcing Qi Jianxi to prepare his trump card.

Ch. 1047The Horrified Qi Jianxi

Li Zhōujūn overwhelmed Qi Jianxi in Qi Jianxi’s mental world, making him feel terrified and unable to expel Li Zhōujūn. Meanwhile, Qi Yongxiu planned to secure a pill for Qi Zhengqing, while Immortal Lai Dragon Lord urged the despairing Imperial Sea Emperor Venerable to steal Han Dancui away.

  • Qi Jianxi transformed into a giant water Dharma Form, but Li Zhōujūn’s giant sword forced him to use all his strength to resist.
  • Li Zhōujūn matched Qi Jianxi’s attempt to expel him from the mental world, terrifying Qi Jianxi and completing the first stage of his mission.
  • Qi Yongxiu reassured Qi Zhengqing that he would capture Immortal Lai Dragon Lord and obtain the Dragon Origin Body Tempering Pill after Qi Jianxi dealt with Li Zhōujūn.
  • At the Imperial Sea Holy Land, Immortal Lai Dragon Lord proposed that he and Imperial Sea Emperor Venerable steal Han Dancui, and Imperial Sea Emperor Venerable stared at him in shock.

Ch. 1048Calling at the Door

Li Zhōujūn defeated Qi Jianxi by surviving the destruction of Qi Jianxi’s mental world, then named Little Cai Li Qicai and teleported to the gates of Qi Family. Qi Jianxi, wounded and furious, ordered the Qi Family elders to join him in a formation, but Li Zhōujūn arrived before they could act.

  • Immortal Lai Dragon Lord encouraged Imperial Sea Emperor Venerable to regain his resolve rather than give up.
  • Qi Jianxi destroyed his mental world in an attempt to injure Li Zhōujūn, but Li Zhōujūn used Fifty-Fifty to withstand the blast.
  • Li Zhōujūn returned to Little Cai, gave her the full name Li Qicai, and asked the system to teleport him to Qi Family.
  • Qi Jianxi returned to Qi Family injured and told Qi Yongxiu that he had failed to defeat the Azure Emperor.
  • Qi Jianxi ordered Qi Yongxiu to summon four Fourth Tribulation elders to form Qi Family’s Five Peaks Emperor Execution Formation.
  • Li Zhōujūn appeared at the gates of Qi Family.

Ch. 1049Let the Azure Emperor Pay the Price

Li Zhōujūn blockaded the entrance to the Qi Family’s world, while Qi Jianxi and the other Supreme Elders prepared the Five Peaks Emperor Slaying Array. Qi Yongxiu returned inside, and the Qi Family resolved to make the Azure Emperor pay for his challenge.

  • Li Zhōujūn sealed all but one of the Qi Family’s exits and waited outside its entrance.
  • Qi Jianxi told Qi Shouxin, Qi Jianhai, Qi Fengmao, and Qi Qian that he had self-detonated his spiritual world to escape Li Zhōujūn.
  • The Supreme Elders ordered Qi Yongxiu to stall Li Zhōujūn while they prepared the Five Peaks Emperor Slaying Array.
  • Li Zhōujūn told Qi Yongxiu he would blockade the entrance and offered to beat him back inside; Qi Yongxiu returned to the Qi Family’s world.
  • Qi Jianxi and the other Supreme Elders finished preparing the array and turned their attention toward Li Zhōujūn.

Ch. 1050Coming to Kill the Azure Emperor

Li Zhōujūn faced the Qi Family’s five Fourth Tribulation Supreme Elders and their Five Peaks Emperor Slaying Array. He shattered its mountains with one punch, leaving the array cracked and Qi Jianxi and the others stunned.

  • Li Zhōujūn waited outside the Qi Family’s world until Qi Jianxi and four other Supreme Elders emerged and activated the Five Peaks Emperor Slaying Array.
  • The five elders took positions in the array while Shen Xianning watched from the Great Cold Snow Domain and prepared to help if needed.
  • Qi Jianxi and the others combined their power to summon five enormous mountains and sent them crashing down on Li Zhōujūn.
  • The system changed Li Zhōujūn’s skill into One Punch Shatters All Formations, and he destroyed the mountains and cracked the array with a single punch.
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