Chapter Summaries

Li Zhōujūn survived Mo Xūqiú’s first attack unharmed and faced the Shanghu Academy expert’s trump-card divine ability, Divine Book Suppressing the World. As Mo Xūqiú sent the enormous golden book crashing toward North Star City, Li Zhōujūn opened the third eye between his brows and gathered golden lightning.

• Li Zhōujūn made his cultivation equal to Mo Xūqiú’s and shoved Wen Mengqing out of the path of the falling golden words.
• Mo Xūqiú’s attack battered the platform, but Li Zhōujūn emerged from the crater unharmed, astounding the cultivators of North Star City.
• Wen Mengqing felt relief at Li Zhōujūn’s protection, while Xu Rumò assumed they were close despite Wen Mengqing’s denial.
• Mo Xūqiú summoned Divine Book Suppressing the World, his trump card that had earned him third place on Shanghu Academy’s Heavenly Ranking.
• Li Zhōujūn’s presence dispelled the divine ability’s crushing pressure from the others, and Mo Xūqiú sent the golden book down toward him.
• Li Zhōujūn solemnly opened the third eye between his brows as golden lightning flickered around him.

Li Zhōujūn drove Mo Xūqiú away and learned that Shanghu Academy would return to North Star City in ten days. He teleported to meet the academy’s president, Wu Benxiong, but arrived as Wu transformed into a woman and threatened to kill him for witnessing the secret.

• Li Zhōujūn repelled Mo Xūqiú, who warned that he would return with others in ten days.
• The system advanced Li Zhōujūn to the Daoist Third Layer Realm and tasked him with inviting Shanghu Academy’s president to North Star City for tea.
• Li Zhōujūn reassured Wen Mengqing that North Star City would be safe and asked her to prepare tea for his guest ten days later.
• After returning to the inn, Li Zhōujūn teleported to the president’s residence at Shanghu Academy.
• Li Zhōujūn found Wu Benxiong transformed into a woman, and she threatened to kill him for seeing her secret.

Li Zhōujūn revealed Su Qian'ge's secret and arranged to meet her for tea in North Star City ten days later. After Mo Xūqiú's master prepared to go to the city, Li Zhōujūn arrived at the City Lord's Mansion, where Wen Mengqing was waiting with tea.

• Li Zhōujūn withstood Su Qian'ge's attack and invited her to North Star City in ten days.
• Su Qian'ge explained that she had taken Wu Benxiong's appearance to protect Shanghu Academy and its legacy, and Li Zhōujūn agreed to keep her identity secret.
• Mo Xūqiú reported his failure to capture Wen Mengqing and the Qiongqi, and his master, the True Profound Dao Lord, ordered him to set out for North Star City in ten days.
• Ten days later, Li Zhōujūn went to the City Lord's Mansion, where Xu Rumò told him Wen Mengqing had brewed tea and was waiting for him.

Li Zhōujūn hosted “Wu Benxiong,” actually the disguised president of Shanghu Academy, for tea as Mo Xūqiú and True Profound Dao Lord arrived to threaten North Star City. The president drove them away, leaving the city safe and the two intruders in disgrace.

• Li Zhōujūn welcomed “Wu Benxiong” to the City Lord's Mansion garden, astonishing Wen Mengqing and Xu Rumò with their meeting.
• “Wu Benxiong” guessed that Li Zhōujūn had invited him because Mo Xūqiú planned to attack North Star City with his master, True Profound Dao Lord.
• Dark clouds gathered over North Star City as Mo Xūqiú declared that the ten-day deadline had arrived and demanded that Li Zhōujūn face death.
• “Wu Benxiong” ordered Mo Xūqiú and True Profound Dao Lord to leave, then threatened to deal with them when he returned.
• True Profound Dao Lord slapped Mo Xūqiú, apologized to “Wu Benxiong,” and hurriedly took his disciple away as the sky cleared.

Su Qian'ge revealed that she had impersonated Wu Benxiong after he rescued her, and Buddha King Wuhai came to capture her over an old accusation. Li Zhōujūn accepted the system’s mission to protect her and stepped between Su Qian'ge and Wuhai as the monk prepared to attack.

• Wu Benxiong gave Wen Mengqing a jade slip that could summon one of his avatars, saying he saw himself in her.
• Buddha King Wuhai arrived at the City Lord's Mansion, sealed the garden with Buddhist light, and demanded that the supposed Wu Benxiong reveal her true form.
• Su Qian'ge transformed into her true appearance and denied killing the small city, explaining that Wu Benxiong had rescued her and that she had become Shanghu Academy's dean to repay him.
• Li Zhōujūn confirmed through the system that Su Qian'ge was telling the truth and accepted a mission to protect her from Wuhai.
• Wuhai's Buddhist light began burning Su Qian'ge, but Li Zhōujūn blocked it by standing in front of her.
• Wuhai declared that he would have to transcend Li Zhōujūn as well.

Li Zhōujūn stopped Buddha King Wuhai from killing Su Qian'ge, and the two reached an uneasy truce. When Buddha King Wuhai returned to Thousand-Hand Buddha Emperor Temple, he found it devastated by a black-clad man with nine cat tails.

• Buddha King Wuhai attacked Li Zhōujūn, but Li Zhōujūn suppressed his force and revealed his Seventh-Rank Dao Lord cultivation.
• Li Zhōujūn trapped Buddha King Wuhai’s seven punches on a chessboard, and Buddha King Wuhai abruptly agreed to let Su Qian'ge reform.
• Li Zhōujūn warned Buddha King Wuhai and the forces behind him not to target Su Qian'ge, then Buddha King Wuhai withdrew.
• Su Qian'ge thanked Li Zhōujūn, praised Wen Mengqing for keeping her identity secret, and left in Wu Benxiong’s appearance.
• Buddha King Wuhai returned to Thousand-Hand Buddha Emperor Temple and found its Buddhas dead and the temple filled with demonic aura.
• Buddha King Wuhai saw a black-clad man with nine cat tails standing atop a mound of corpses and holding the golden bell.

Su Shenhua revealed that he had killed the Buddha Venerate and Buddha King Wuhai, then Su Qian'ge dealt with True Profound Dao Lord and Mo Xūqiú. Li Zhōujūn left North Star City for the Four Books Domain, where he encountered Su Shenhua, who explained that he was Su Qian'ge's brother.

• Su Shenhua told Buddha King Wuhai that his past actions had led to the deaths of the Buddha Venerate and others, then beheaded him.
• Su Qian'ge returned to Shanghu Academy and beat True Profound Dao Lord and Mo Xūqiú, warning them to stay away from North Star City.
• Li Zhōujūn accepted tea leaves from Wen Mengqing, and Xu Rumò thanked him for saving the city.
• Li Zhōujūn left the City Lord's Mansion, collected tea leaves from the inn, and set off toward the Four Books Domain.
• Su Shenhua appeared before Li Zhōujūn, who mistook him for Su Qian'ge, and introduced himself as her brother.

Li Zhōujūn learned about the Tianquan Holy Land and its Three Thousand Domain Assembly after arriving in the Four Books Domain. Su Qian'ge gave him a token to enter the assembly, leaving him with the chance to compete in its nine Dao Lord battlefields.

• Su Shenhua thanked Li Zhōujūn for protecting Su Qian'ge, gave him a finger-bone whistle, and warned him not to harm his sister.
• After Li Zhōujūn left, Su Shenhua considered finding someone to protect Su Qian'ge, then staggered as his body weakened.
• Li Zhōujūn reached Muxi City and learned from a roast-chicken vendor that Tianquan City and the Tianquan Holy Land ruled the Four Books Domain and organized the Three Thousand Domain Assembly.
• Li Zhōujūn watched the sunset over Muxi City, where Su Qian'ge joined him in her original appearance.
• Su Qian'ge gave Li Zhōujūn a token to participate in the Three Thousand Domain Assembly and explained that it had nine battlefields for the nine ranks of Dao Lords.

Li Zhōujūn accepted Su Qian'ge’s invitation to compete in the Three Thousand Domain Assembly and set out for Tianquan City. On the road, he encountered unlucky but helpful Ma Zhengyun, whose family planned to use his bad luck against the Hu Family.

• Li Zhōujūn accepted Su Qian'ge’s Gold-Edged Jade Token and agreed to attend the Three Thousand Domain Assembly in about a month.
• Su Qian'ge warned Li Zhōujūn to travel to Tianquan City alone so her identity would not be exposed, and he set off after she left.
• Ma Zhengyun invited Li Zhōujūn into his carriage, hoping that helping him would improve his terrible luck.
• Three bandits confronted Ma Zhengyun’s carriage, but Li Zhōujūn used the token’s Seventh-Rank Dao Lord aura to scare them away.
• Li Zhōujūn left the carriage, while Uncle Chen revealed that Ma Zhengyun’s father planned to send him into the Hu Family as a servant to exploit his bad luck.

Li Zhōujūn arrived in Tianquan City and was welcomed by city lord Gong Yi, while she prepared to use Spirit Devouring Iron Ore to draw out the Heaven's Heart Demonic Palace. At the Hu estate, Ma Zhengyun’s apparent bad luck brought more lightning, and Hu Xiangtian discovered that his younger son had been struck down.

• Li Zhōujūn heard that lightning had repeatedly struck the Hu Family, then presented the city lord’s token at the City Lord’s Mansion.
• Gong Yi recognized Li Zhōujūn’s Three Thousand Domain Assembly Token and settled him in a courtyard to prepare for the assembly.
• Gong Yi planned to use the Spirit Devouring Iron Ore as bait to expose the Heaven's Heart Demonic Palace cultivators hiding in Tianquan City.
• Hu Xiangtian ordered Steward Niu to investigate whether the Ma Family was behind the lightning strikes, while Niu privately revealed the city lord had told him to provoke the Hu Family.
• A Heaven's Heart Demonic Palace shadow threatened Hu Xiangtian over the Spirit Devouring Iron Ore, and Hu Xiangtian considered how to seize it without alerting the Tianquan Holy Land.
• Lightning struck the Hu estate again, and Hu Xiangtian saw the newly hired servant A Zheng carrying what appeared to be his charred younger son.

Hu Xiangtian revealed himself as an eighth-grade demonic cultivator and attacked Tianquan City after his sons died. Li Zhōujūn intervened to protect Gong Yi and the city, leaving Hu Xiangtian confronting a powerful opponent.

• After lightning reduced Hu Xiangtian's younger son's body to ash, Hu Xiangtian blamed the new servants and vowed to kill everyone in Tianquan City.
• Hu Xiangtian unleashed his demonic aura, and Gong Yi arrived to stop him after exposing his ties to the Heavenly Heart Demonic Palace.
• Niu Laixi revealed that Ma Zhengyun's bad luck had caused the lightning strikes that killed Hu Xiangtian's sons.
• Hu Xiangtian sent skulls to attack Tianquan City's cultivators, but golden divine lightning from the City Lord's Mansion destroyed them.
• Li Zhōujūn appeared, shielded Gong Yi from Hu Xiangtian's demonic claw, and faced Hu Xiangtian's demand to let him avenge his sons.

Gong Zining arrived and killed Hu Xiangtian, then joined Li Zhōujūn for the Three Thousand Domain Assembly. On the eve of the assembly, the academy deans arrived, and Gong Zining prepared to return to Tianquan Holy Land with Li Zhōujūn.

• Gong Zining killed Hu Xiangtian with a sword strike and met Li Zhōujūn after Gong Yi introduced them.
• Gong Yi invited Ma Zhengyun back to the City Lord's Mansion and offered to suppress his Calamity Physique; Ma Zhengyun agreed.
• Gong Zining took the Spirit Devouring Iron Ore and decided to travel with Li Zhōujūn to the assembly.
• Gong Yi told Li Zhōujūn that she had suppressed Ma Zhengyun's calamity for ten years.
• Lu Jiuyun, Niu Dongwen, and Zhu Xin arrived, and Gong Yi introduced them to Li Zhōujūn and Gong Zining.
• Gong Zining told Gong Yi it was time for her and Li Zhōujūn to return to Tianquan Holy Land.

Li Zhōujūn arrived at the Three Thousand Domain Assembly and learned the rules for its nine rank-based battlefields. As the gates appeared, he planned to take first place in the Ninth-Rank battlefield, and the system offered to help him enter first and bring one person along.

• Gong Yi sent Li Zhōujūn, Gong Zining, and the others to the Assembly platform, where Gong Zining warned Li Zhōujūn about the dangers of the Ninth-Rank battlefield.
• Ping Wanyu insulted Li Zhōujūn over his friendship with Gong Zining, and Gong Zining warned Ping Wanyu not to harm him.
• Three Tianquan Holy Land elders explained the battlefield entry rules, token competition, rewards, and Life-Seeking Stones.
• Li Zhōujūn planned to block the Ninth-Rank battlefield entrance and take tokens from every entrant, while the system promised to help him enter first and bring one person.
• The leading elder opened nine golden gates, and the cultivators prepared to rush into their chosen battlefields.

Li Zhōujūn trapped the Ninth-Rank Dao Lords in his Dragon Bind technique and demanded two Three Thousand Domain Assembly Tokens from each of them. After their combined attack failed to break the chessboard, he entered it himself and challenged all six hundred and fifty to attack him together.

• Li Zhōujūn used his speed to enter the Ninth-Rank Dao Lord battlefield with Gong Zining, then trapped its golden gate with Dragon Bind.
• Chen Lingxi, Ping Wanyu, and the other Ninth-Rank Dao Lords arrived and found themselves trapped; Li Zhōujūn demanded two tokens from each to release them.
• Ping Wanyu and Chen Lingxi attacked the chessboard, but neither they nor the gathered cultivators could damage it.
• Li Zhōujūn walked into the chessboard and invited all six hundred and fifty Ninth-Rank Dao Lords to attack him together.

Li Zhōujūn defeated the assembled Ninth-Rank Dao Lords and secured first place in the battlefield by collecting most of their Three Thousand Domain Assembly Tokens. After Ping Wanyu fled, the Tianquan Holy Land elders considered recruiting and protecting Li Zhōujūn, while Ping Wanyu returned home vowing revenge.

• Ping Wanyu and the other Dao Lords attacked Li Zhōujūn together, but his white-jade palm withstood all their divine abilities without harming him.
• Chen Lingxi conceded defeat and gave Li Zhōujūn two Three Thousand Domain Assembly Tokens, and the other cultivators followed suit.
• Ping Wanyu refused to surrender his tokens, crushed his Survival Stone, and left behind three tokens that Li Zhōujūn collected.
• Li Zhōujūn ended up with 1,304 tokens, securing first place, while Gong Zining left to compete for a top-ten spot.
• The Tianquan Holy Land elders discussed offering Li Zhōujūn an Honorary Elder position and protecting him from Ping Changxin.
• Ping Wanyu returned home furious with Li Zhōujūn and vowed to make him pay.

Li Zhōujūn won first place in the Ninth-Rank Dao Lord battlefield and received his reward, but declined Tianquan Holy Land’s offer to become an Honorary Elder. After the elders left, he spoke with Gong Zining, while Ping Wanyu watched them angrily.

• The battlefield ended, Li Zhōujūn ranked first, and his cultivation advanced to the ninth level of the Daoist realm.
• Elder Zongyan invited Li Zhōujūn to become an Honorary Elder of Tianquan Holy Land, but Li Zhōujūn refused despite the crowd’s astonishment.
• Ping Wanyu sneered at Li Zhōujūn’s refusal and resolved to act against him, explaining that his father had agreed to target Li Zhōujūn because Gong Zining might like him.
• Elder Zongyan gave Li Zhōujūn his first-place reward and offered to help him in the future before leaving with the other elders.
• Gong Zining asked Li Zhōujūn why he declined the invitation and warned that Ping Wanyu would not let their dispute go, while Ping Wanyu watched them with a dark expression.

Li Zhōujūn was ambushed near Cheng Tian City by Ping Wanyu and Ping Changxin, who intended to kill him despite his allies’ warnings. The city’s young woman revealed that her father, Li Tiandi, was a Dao Venerable and the Lord of Cheng Tian City, halting the attack.

• Ping Wanyu and Ping Changxin confronted Li Zhōujūn near Cheng Tian City and threatened to kill him for refusing to become a Tianquan Holy Land Honorary Elder and for getting close to Gong Zining.
• Su Shenhua appeared to protect Li Zhōujūn, but Ping Changxin dismissed his warning and prepared to attack them.
• A young woman arrived and claimed she had a powerful background, but Ping Changxin ignored her and gathered power to strike.
• Li Tiandi’s supreme aura erupted from Cheng Tian City, extinguishing Ping Changxin’s attack as the young woman identified him as her father and the city’s lord.

Li Tiandi rescued Li Zhōujūn and Su Shenhua from Ping Changxin, then summoned them to his hall. He asked Li Zhōujūn to enter a world restricted to Dao Lords and retrieve something, with Li Xin accompanying him.

• Li Tiandi struck from Cheng Tian City and severed Ping Changxin’s right arm, sparing him for the sake of the master of Tianquan Holy Land.
• Li Xin introduced herself to Li Zhōujūn and Su Shenhua, recognized Li Zhōujūn from the Three Thousand Domain Assembly, and led them to Li Tiandi’s hall.
• Li Tiandi tested Li Zhōujūn’s resolve to stand without kneeling, then praised his pride and strength.
• Li Tiandi asked Li Zhōujūn to retrieve an item from a world only Dao Lords could enter and said Li Xin would accompany him.

Li Zhōujūn agreed to retrieve the egg gestating a great demon from the Battlefield of All Heavens, and he entered the battlefield with Li Xin and Su Shenhua. After meeting Su Shenhua’s friend Big Bully, they heard a woman call him “Xiao Tiantian” and threaten him, prompting him to flee.

• Li Tiandi explained that the Battlefield of All Heavens would open in three days and asked Li Zhōujūn to retrieve the egg before it hatched; Li Zhōujūn accepted after receiving a system mission.
• Li Tiandi assigned Su Shenhua to accompany Li Zhōujūn and promised to stabilize the violent power in his body, while he told Li Xin to prepare for the expedition.
• Li Tiandi opened a passage to the battlefield, and Li Xin, Li Zhōujūn, and Su Shenhua traveled through it three days later.
• The three arrived in a horrific battlefield, where Li Xin explained that her childhood trials had prepared her for such places.
• Su Shenhua reunited with his friend Big Bully, a Ninth-Rank Dao Lord whose true form was a Wind Chasing Divine Wolf.
• A woman called Big Bully “Xiao Tiantian” and threatened to chop him to pieces, so he ran away.

Li Zhōujūn and his companions met Xiao Lan and the formidable Gongsun Zhan on the Battlefield of All Heavens, where they were all searching for an egg. After Gongsun Zhan left to continue the search, Xiao Lan parted ways with Li Xin and wished Li Zhōujūn luck against him.

• Xiao Tiantian tried to deny his name, but Xiao Lan confronted him and excitedly recognized Li Zhōujūn as the famous fighter from the Three Thousand Domain Assembly.
• Li Zhōujūn checked in at the Battlefield of All Heavens and advanced to the Third-Rank Dao Lord realm, while Li Xin and Xiao Lan introduced themselves to each other and Su Shenhua.
• Gongsun Zhan arrived and challenged Li Zhōujūn, but skeletal hands erupted from the ground before they could fight.
• Gongsun Zhan crushed the skeletal hands with a stomp and said he would fight Li Zhōujūn after they had searched for the egg.
• Li Xin urged the group to set out, and Xiao Lan chose to search for the egg alone, wishing Li Zhōujūn would defeat Gongsun Zhan.