Chapter Summaries

Lu Chenzhou traveled to Yan-Zhao and challenged Zhao Yunzong, descendant of the Spear Immortal, before entering the Spear Immortal Temple to comprehend the spear Dao. As he confronted visions of the Spear Immortal across the battlefield and in his later years, Lu Chenzhou began refining a new spear technique.

• Four Symbols Adept learned from Master Xuankong that Lu Chenzhou had successfully comprehended the Dao, and they discussed asking Wan Shixian and the Dragon King to help realize their master's teachings.
• Lu Chenzhou arrived at the Spear Immortal Temple and accepted Zhao Yunzong's challenge, defeating him after their spear techniques clashed.
• Zhao Yunzong told Lu Chenzhou the history of the Spear Immortal Temple and guarded the entrance while Lu Chenzhou began comprehending the Dao inside.
• Lu Chenzhou watched the young Spear Immortal fight on an ancient battlefield and realized his own encircling spear move lacked the spirit of invincibility.
• An elderly Spear Immortal appeared and clashed with Lu Chenzhou, bringing their spear techniques from past and present together.

At Spear Immortal Temple, Lu Chenzhou studied the Spear Immortal’s techniques, learned from Zhao Yunzong, and repeatedly challenged the old master’s phantom. After creating his first spear killing move, Ten Directions Seal, he earned the Martial Dao Tree’s recognition of a first transformation in spear technique.

• Zhao Yunzong watched Lu Chenzhou practice and gained new insight into the White Dragon Spear Technique, then told Lu about his ancestor’s life and his own enlightenment at the temple.
• Lu Chenzhou discussed spearwork with Zhao Yunzong and spent the following days practicing, sparring, and trying to attain enlightenment again.
• Huo Tiandian arrived and challenged Lu Chenzhou, who defeated him with a developing spear move that struck from the Eight Trigrams positions.
• After another month of training, Lu Chenzhou entered the temple’s Dao resonance and created the killing move Ten Directions Seal, but the Spear Immortal’s phantom broke it and defeated him.
• Lu Chenzhou told Zhao Yunzong that his killing move had succeeded in preliminary form, then saw the Martial Dao Tree’s Martial King Spear leaf shine with seven-colored radiance.

Lu Chenzhou traveled west, deepening his martial arts and encountering traces of famous masters before reaching Mount Everest. After opening his 150th acupoint and raising his vitality and blood to 60 points, he turned toward Kunlun, ready to look inward.

• Lu Chenzhou perfected the Ten Directions Seal, advancing his Martial King Spear through his own creation.
• Lu Chenzhou bid farewell to Zhao Yunzong after their spear arts clashed in an even match.
• Lu Chenzhou traveled through Chang'an and Mount Zhongnan, gaining Dao insight and improving his Vajra Lion's Roar.
• Lu Chenzhou continued west through the Hexi Corridor and Shu, meeting Rainbow Daoist, clashing with Li Taibai's Dao essence, and slaying Void creatures.
• Lu Chenzhou climbed Mount Everest and opened his 150th acupoint, the Ming Acupoint, while his vitality and blood reached 60 points.
• Lu Chenzhou looked toward Kunlun and resolved to see himself clearly.

After Lu Fang was banished into an unknown region of the Void Realm, Lu Chenzhou explored Kunlun Martial University's Great Snow Mountain ruins and triggered a manifestation of Zhang Zu's historic battle with the White Dragon Mountain Lord. The university hailed Lu Chenzhou as the possessor of a newly named Enlightenment Sacred Body.

• Lu Fang's enemies discussed his disappearance, while Lu Fang found himself alone in a dangerous, unexplored region of the Void Realm.
• Lu Chenzhou arrived at Kunlun Martial University and traveled to the Great Snow Mountain ruins, where he sensed the site's history.
• Lu Chenzhou witnessed Zhang Zu and the White Dragon Mountain Lord's battle through Dao resonance and practiced spear techniques as he watched.
• Ye Zhiqiu arrived at the ruins, but left before the battle's full manifestation appeared.
• The manifestation of Zhang Zu and the White Dragon Mountain Lord stunned Kunlun Martial University, whose Grandmasters attributed Lu Chenzhou's affinity for Dao resonance to a newly named Enlightenment Sacred Body.

Lu Chenzhou’s second Zhang Zu manifestation remained fixed in the Great Snow Mountain Ruins, and he used its battle to create a new spear move and advance his Martial King Spear. As his spear and fist intent realms merged, his Martial Dao Tree began growing dramatically.

• Li Gui and Li Yu discussed raising their daughter Li Yao and returning to Su City after Lu Chenzhou visited.
• Ji Feiyan and Shi Ruyu decided they would visit the Dao essence sites, while Qingtian Cang explained why Lu Chenzhou could trigger Zhang Zu’s manifestation.
• Lin Xia agreed to take over Lu Fang’s position in the Void Realm, and Wang Changming warned the martial lineage that Lu Chenzhou faced growing danger from criminal forces.
• Tang Zheng resolved to eliminate Lu Chenzhou before he became a Grandmaster, while the Blood Duke refused to enter Great Xia before recovering its strength.
• At Kunlun Martial University, Zhang Zu and the White Dragon Mountain Lord’s battle continued repeating in the Great Snow Mountain Ruins, and Lu Chenzhou created the spear move “Martial King Sweeps the Eight Wastes, Great Snow Emerges from Kunlun!”
• Lu Chenzhou’s spear technique underwent its second transformation, and his spear intent merged with his fist intent as the Martial Dao Tree grew.

After Lu Chenzhou opened the Great Snow Mountain Dao essence treasure, Shangguan Xue thanked him and brought him to meet Kunlun’s guardian beast, which infused his Cold Silkworm Dharma Robe with its accumulated chill. She also invited him to meet her elder sister, Yaochi Fairy Shangguan Xian, and the chapter ended with Shangguan Xue reflecting that her martial path was not lonely.

• Lu Chenzhou finished his enlightenment, and Ye Qingcheng summoned him to meet the northern campus principal, Shangguan Xue.
• Shangguan Xue thanked Lu Chenzhou for revealing the epochal battle projection and invited him to visit her elder sister, Yaochi Fairy Shangguan Xian.
• Shangguan Xue took Lu Chenzhou to Kunlun’s hidden cold pool, showed him the Netherworld Cold Mulberry, and promised him a fruit from its next harvest.
• Shangguan Xue had Kunlun’s heaven-grade guardian beast infuse Lu Chenzhou’s Cold Silkworm Dharma Robe with sixty years of chill so it could advance in grade.
• Lu Chenzhou told Shangguan Xue that Lu Fang had gone missing, and she reassured him that Lu Fang was likely still alive.
• After receiving his infused Dharma Robe, Lu Chenzhou departed south in the Divine Chariot as Shangguan Xue reflected that her path was not lonely.

Lu Chenzhou met the Carefree Elder’s lingering Dao essence in Longevity Valley, learned the Life-Death Unity Talisman, and broke the Second Shackle after several days of preparation. He passed the Will Trial and left an inscription on the martial arts peak as he began his next stage of cultivation.

• Li Gui and Li Yu visited Lu Chenzhou in Longevity Valley, where Li Gui assessed his readiness to break the Second Shackle before returning to Su City with their daughter, Li Yao.
• Lu Chenzhou entered the Carefree Elder’s hut, learned about the tides of history, and received the Life-Death Unity Talisman as the elder’s Dao essence faded.
• Lu Chenzhou moved into Longevity Valley to temper his force, while Ye Qingcheng, Shangguan Xue, and others watched over him and Tang Zheng called off an attempt to send death warriors after him.
• On March 10th, Lu Chenzhou broke the Second Shackle, formed six-colored innate true qi, and defeated the Wrath Soul and Delusion Soul in the Will Trial.
• Lu Chenzhou saw that his inner landscape had formed rivers of true qi, read the sages’ guidance about heart demons, and inscribed “A thousand sails vie to cross, beneath frost-filled skies all beings strive!” on the martial arts peak.

After breaking through the second shackle in Kunlun, Lu Chenzhou consolidated his cultivation, grew famous across Great Xia, and advanced his Pure Yang arts and acupoint training. He received a 100-million payment from Great Dao Industries, then left Kunlun in the Divine Chariot to continue his journey.

• Lu Chenzhou broke through the second shackle, and Shangguan Xue congratulated him and again invited him to join Kunlun.
• The Su City Longwu branch awarded Lu Chenzhou 2,000 Major Merits and 50,000 ranking points, while news coverage and Mysterious Ranking votes made him the leading figure among his peers.
• Lu Chenzhou advised Ye Zhiqiu to study ancient Buddhist and Daoist classics, then formed a Pure Yang false core and developed his Pure Yang Limitless Shield.
• Lu Chenzhou opened three new acupoints in a month and raised his vitality to 83 by advancing the Tiger Demon Tai Sui Method to its fourth layer.
• Great Dao Industries paid Lu Chenzhou 100 million, explaining that Xiao Tiandao had supplemented his contract and that the company had created a new SSSS tier with him as its benchmark.
• Lu Chenzhou said farewell to Ye Zhiqiu and the others, then departed Kunlun in the Divine Chariot.

Lu Chenzhou visited Yaochi Fairy in Kunlun City, passed on the Life-Death Unity Talisman, and received her favor and tea leaves. While traveling home, he was ambushed by Snowfield Demonesses in the Hengduan Mountains and landed in an abandoned village as more demons approached.

• Lu Chenzhou met Yaochi Fairy, gave her the Life-Death Unity Talisman, and received a promise of help along with a sachet of Bright Spirit Wood tea leaves.
• After leaving Kunlun, Lu Chenzhou traveled east in the Divine Chariot and diverted toward Dali when its energy ran low.
• Tiger Taisui warned Lu Chenzhou of an encirclement by Snowfield Demonesses, whose attacks forced the Divine Chariot into an emergency landing.
• Lu Chenzhou stored the Divine Chariot and killed six Snowfield Demonesses with his spear, aura, and Dark Swallow.
• Lu Chenzhou landed in an abandoned Miao-style village, collected six pairs of Snow Demon Claws, and heard more demons approaching.

Bai Miaomiao was ambushed by Wu Tianchou and his Gu demons, but Lu Chenzhou arrived and turned the battle around. Wu Tianchou unleashed his Golden Silkworm Gu Demon, while Lu Chenzhou and Bai Miaomiao continued fighting the remaining demons.

• Bai Miaomiao fought Wu Tianchou and his Shadow-tier Gu demons until snowland female demons joined the attack and trapped her.
• Lu Chenzhou rescued Bai Miaomiao by killing a Shadow-tier female demon with his spear and a powerful punch.
• Wu Tianchou sent Gu demons against Lu Chenzhou and Bai Miaomiao, but Lu Chenzhou's lion's roar devastated the swarm and Dog Ghost ambushed Wu Tianchou.
• Wu Tianchou used his Golden Silkworm Gu Demon to overpower Dog Ghost and vowed to kill Lu Chenzhou and Bai Miaomiao.
• Lu Chenzhou killed the human-headed snake demon with his spear while Bai Miaomiao fought the centipede demon.

Lu Chenzhou and Bai Miaomiao defeated Wu Tianchou and his gu demons, while Lu resisted the Witch God’s attempt to tempt him into serving the divine kingdom. The Witch God watched from its land in the Void Realm and judged Lu an excellent candidate for a divine son.

• Lu Chenzhou killed the female demon and snake demon, while Bai Miaomiao battled the burrowing centipede demon and warned him about Wu Tianchou’s strange wind.
• Lu evaded Wu Tianchou’s attacks across the bamboo forest, then pierced his wings and trapped him in the Fourfold Suns divine art.
• Lu broke free, killed Wu Tianchou with the Ten Directions Seal, and stabbed the golden worm that emerged from his skull.
• The Witch God’s four phantoms tried to tempt Lu with immortality and a place as the Witch God Sect’s divine son, but Lu rejected them and destroyed the phantoms.
• Bai Miaomiao killed the centipede demon and joined Lu as they cleared the battlefield and departed.
• In the Void Realm, the Witch God observed Lu and called him an excellent candidate for a divine son.

As Great Xia launched a nationwide war effort against the Void Realm, Lu Chenzhou used his military merits to buy equipment and cultivation resources and learned that Wang Changming was heading to the Eastern Sea. Wang Changming left Lu Chenzhou three Vermilion Bird sword qi before confronting a Demon Emperor at the Shanzhou Archipelago.

• Grandmaster Duan thanked Lu Chenzhou and Bai Miaomiao for reporting the Void Realm convergence point and offered military merits for helping suppress demonic unrest; Lu Chenzhou also asked to visit the Dali Imperial Palace.
• Lu Chenzhou received money and military merits for killing Wu Tianchou, read the Witch God Sect dossier, and considered the threat posed by the Void Realm and its restricted zones.
• After Great Xia announced nationwide mobilization and a military merit system, Lu Chenzhou bought measurement bracelets and Dragon Tendon Pills and found that martial arts, treasures, and other opportunities were available for exchange.
• Wang Changming told Lu Chenzhou that he was leaving to guard a new convergence point in the Eastern Sea, and the Vermilion Bird left three powerful sword qi in Lu Chenzhou's spear.
• At the Shanzhou Archipelago, Wang Changming faced a colossal infant-headed flood dragon that identified itself as a Demon Emperor.

Wang Changming slew the Thunder Infant Demon Emperor after reaching the Heavenly King realm, while Lu Chenzhou tested new attack-power measurements. A month of human counterattacks forced the demons to retreat temporarily as Great Xia began consolidating its defenses and relocating populations for the coming war.

• Wang Changming used his Martial Dao Dharma Realm to defeat the Thunder Infant Demon Emperor and began erasing its remaining will.
• The Azure Heaven Dragon King praised Wang Changming, and news of the new Heavenly King’s victory shook Dragon City and the Great Xia martial world.
• Lu Chenzhou tested his wristband’s attack-power measurements, discovered that his techniques greatly amplified his strikes, and explained the results to Bai Miaomiao.
• Great Xia and the other nations bombarded Void Realm convergence points for a month, prompting the enemy’s main forces to retreat into the Void Realms.
• Great Xia reinforced its defenses, established Wuda branch campuses, relocated vulnerable populations, and launched the Great Base City Plan.

Lu Chenzhou completed the Golden Bell Jade Drum Wisdom King Body and tested it while helping Zhou Ziyu’s unit fight Snowfield Demonesses in White Mountain Town. He killed a mid-second-realm demoness and left the soldiers safe, while the story ended with Zhou Ziyu apologizing for their old tournament encounter and Lu Chenzhou reflecting on his near-flawless hardening.

• Lu Chenzhou used a Dragon Tendon Pill and gravity-chamber cultivation to strengthen his true qi, then completed the Golden Bell Jade Drum Wisdom King Body a month later.
• Zhou Ziyu and her soldiers struggled to protect a civilian transport from a Snowfield Demoness horde and three second-realm great demons.
• Lu Chenzhou arrived, drove off the demons, and pursued a Snowfield Demoness while testing his completed body against its attacks.
• The demoness froze Lu Chenzhou in midair, but his Xiangyun Ship caught him, and he broke free before killing her with his spear.
• After the battle, Zhou Ziyu recognized Lu Chenzhou and apologized for having attacked him during their past tournament match; he accepted her apology.

Lu Chenzhou escorted Zhou Ziyu safely to Dali City, then spent his battle merits on a Red Pine Fruit and refined Crimson Crane Treasure Qi. With new resistance to heat and fiery attacks, he headed into the Hengduan Mountains to hunt snowfield female demons.

• Lu Chenzhou mastered the Golden Bell Jade Drum Wisdom King Body and continued training until he condensed his 159th acupoint star.
• Lu Chenzhou delivered Zhou Ziyu to Dali City, where her sister Zhou Ruoxue thanked him and took her away.
• Lu Chenzhou reflected on prodigies emerging across Great Xia and other lands as they began fighting demons and making names for themselves.
• Lu Chenzhou spent 3,500 battle merits on a Red Pine Fruit and swallowed it, enduring an hour of intense heat as Crimson Crane Treasure Qi formed within him.
• Lu Chenzhou discovered that Crimson Crane Treasure Qi let him breathe fire and resist high temperatures, raising his vitality to 90 points.
• Lu Chenzhou pursued snowfield female demons in the Hengduan Mountains and named his fiery combat style Crimson Crane Form.

Tang Zheng and Gu Qianqian discussed a plot against Lu Chenzhou while he hunted demons in the Hengduan Mountains and developed new techniques. The Snow Eagle Demon King blamed him for her daughter’s death and vowed revenge, while Lu Chenzhou improved his Life-Death Unity Talisman and Cloud-Climbing Ladder.

• Tang Zheng told Gu Qianqian that Lu Chenzhou had entered the second realm and delayed an assassination until other enemies had weakened him.
• Lu Chenzhou defeated a powerful female demon with his Blazing Spear Art and watched the Snowfield Demonesses retreat.
• The Snow Eagle Demon King learned that Lu Chenzhou had killed her Ninth Princess and ordered her followers to seek new gates into the human world.
• The Snow Eagle Demon King killed Ye Xiao by draining his essence and began preparing to bear a new demon, promising to take revenge on Lu Chenzhou.
• Lu Chenzhou tested the Life-Death Unity Talisman, creating an explosive gray sphere that released harmful death qi.
• Lu Chenzhou advanced his Cloud-Climbing Ladder to Proficient and considered using it with Wind Step to escape a Demon King.

Lu Chenzhou returned to Su City in time to see Shi Ruyu break through and become a martial artist, then traveled to Magic City for the spear tournament. After sharing the championship with Yang Tian, he received guidance from the Sea-Covering Sacred Spear and transformed the Martial King Spear, leaving his spear art at Tier 5.

• Shi Ruyu broke through her first shackle and became a martial artist, and Ji Xuantong gave her a set of breakthrough medicines.
• Lu Chenzhou reunited with spear practitioners at Dragon Ascension Hall and defeated Lin Zirong, Wu Jinlong, and other opponents before facing Yang Tian in the final.
• Lu Chenzhou and Yang Tian clashed with their spear arts, both conceded at the same time, and Yang Jue declared them co-champions.
• Yang Jue took Lu Chenzhou and Yang Tian to the Eastern Sea and praised their performances, then used the Martial King Spear to guide Lu Chenzhou.
• Lu Chenzhou entered sudden enlightenment after Yang Jue demonstrated the spear art, transforming the Martial King Spear into its third form and advancing it to Tier 5.

Lu Chenzhou comprehended an embryonic law domain in spear arts under Sea-Covering Sacred Spear’s guidance and named the killing move Ragnarok. After returning to the Floating Cloud Ship, he assessed its power and found his blood qi nearing the mid realm.

• Lu Chenzhou demonstrated his spear comprehension by manifesting a battlefield that Sea-Covering Sacred Spear recognized as an embryonic law domain.
• Sea-Covering Sacred Spear named Lu Chenzhou’s new move Ragnarok and urged him to pursue spear arts, while telling Yang Tian to enter the Grandmaster realm to inherit the Sea-Covering Great Sage Spear.
• Yang Tian finished practicing and spoke with Lu Chenzhou, who agreed to meet him again at the next exchange competition.
• Lu Chenzhou and Yang Tian left the Eastern Sea, then Lu Chenzhou and Wang Xian returned to the Floating Cloud Ship.
• Lu Chenzhou checked Ragnarok’s effects on the Martial Dao Tree and concluded he would need to defeat an enemy quickly before the move’s weakness period.
• Lu Chenzhou tested an ordinary punch and learned that his blood qi had reached 97 points, three short of the mid realm.

After Lu Chenzhou and Yang Tian shared the Spear Skills Exchange Tournament championship, news of Lu Chenzhou stirred martial geniuses and powerful figures across the land. Back in Su City, Lin Xia welcomed Lu Chenzhou and Wang Xian, reported that Lu Fang remained missing but alive, and began teaching Lu Chenzhou the Mountain God Demon-Subduing Fist.

• News of Lu Chenzhou's shared championship with Yang Tian spread, prompting martial geniuses and rival factions to take notice of his growing power.
• Zhang Lingmiao heard that Lu Chenzhou and Yang Tian were co-champions and set out with Ouyang Qing and Ouyang Rong.
• A figure in Shennong Mountain wondered whether Lu Chenzhou had gained the Spear Immortal's inheritance, while Tang Zheng predicted that the Heartjoy Church might try to kill him.
• A Fourth Realm aspirant in the Hengduan Mountains decided he needed to kill Lu Chenzhou and take his Profound-grade treasure to break through.
• Lin Xia welcomed Lu Chenzhou and Wang Xian home, told them that Lu Fang was still missing but his Everlasting Candle remained lit, and announced she would teach Lu Chenzhou the Mountain God Demon-Subduing Fist.
• Lin Xia explained that the fist art required uniting essence, qi, and spirit, then demonstrated how to tame the mind and will to command the body's power.

Lu Chenzhou learned the Mountain God Demon-Subduing Fist from Lin Xia and returned home to protect and reassure his parents. At Skyfire Pool, the Azure Heaven Dragon King forged the Dragon Spear by defeating a seventh-realm demon sovereign, then learned that Lu Chenzhou had won the Spear Skills Exchange Tournament and comprehended the embryonic form of a spear Dharma Realm.

• Lin Xia taught Lu Chenzhou the Mountain God Demon-Subduing Fist, and he performed its opening stance after watching her demonstrate it once.
• Lin Xia told Wang Xian that Master wanted to see him before his breakthrough to Grandmaster, then left after instructing Lu Chenzhou for half a day.
• Lu Chenzhou returned home, gave his parents high-grade protective suits, and practiced the Mountain God Demon-Subduing Fist until the Martial Dao Tree recorded it as Beginner.
• At Skyfire Pool, the Azure Heaven Dragon King defeated a black dragon that challenged him, and the demon sovereign transformed into a spear that he named the Dragon Spear.
• The Sea-Covering Sacred Spear congratulated the Azure Heaven Dragon King on completing the spear embryo and told him Lu Chenzhou had won the Spear Skills Exchange Tournament and comprehended an embryonic spear Dharma Realm.
• The Azure Heaven Dragon King and the Sea-Covering Sacred Spear left for a Penglai Pavilion meeting after discussing Lu Chenzhou's potential.