Chapter Summaries

Zhang Lingshan used the East Wind Tower Master's Energy Points to improve his Five Elements Rules and learn Lightning Birth Tribulation before setting out for the Heavenly Demon Assembly on Xuantian Island. After meeting Li Jinglei and the Azure Dragon Gate disciples, the group arrived at the gathering, where Eagle Minister spotted a Flying Boat from Qingxuan City.

• Zhang Lingshan reached Entry Level in the Five Elements Rules and Lightning Birth Tribulation, then decided to save his remaining Energy Points for the Secret Treasury on Xuantian Island.
• The East Wind Tower Master took Zhang Lingshan, Eagle Minister, Feng Ming, Yan Zhou, and Cong Yuan aboard her Flying Boat and warned her subordinates to follow Zhang Lingshan's instructions at the assembly.
• The East Wind Tower Master encountered Li Jinglei of Azure Dragon Gate, who introduced the group to his twenty disciples, including the ranked Spirit Essence expert Wei Juncai.
• After arriving on Xuantian Island, Zhang Lingshan and his companions followed Heavenly Demon Sect disciples toward the gathering, while Eagle Minister recognized Wei Juncai as one of the domain's top Spirit Essence cultivators.
• Eagle Minister looked up at a newly arrived Flying Boat and said it belonged to Qingxuan City.

Qingxuan City Lord tried to reclaim Eagle Minister, but the East Wind Tower Master refused to let him return. True Lord Baiyang arrived with Lao Zhengyong and Peng Xian, while Qingxuan City's cultivators threatened Zhang Lingshan's group and left them facing a coming attack.

• Qingxuan City Lord personally asked Eagle Minister to return, but Eagle Minister refused because he had joined East Wind Tower.
• The East Wind Tower Master stood by Eagle Minister, and Li Jinglei backed her as Qingxuan City Lord entered Welcome Guest Tower in anger.
• True Lord Baiyang arrived for Zixuan City with Lao Zhengyong and Peng Xian, and Li Jinglei welcomed him warmly.
• Eagle Minister argued that Zixuan City Lord valued cultivating talented disciples more than sending large numbers to the assembly, and explained that he had rejected Qingxuan City Lord because of his narrow-mindedness.
• Xiao Xingchen led thirty-six Qingxuan City cultivators in surrounding Zhang Lingshan's group and threatening Eagle Minister before departing.
• Feng Ming, Yan Zhou, and Cong Yuan worried that Qingxuan City's group would attack them during the assembly, while Eagle Minister promised not to flee.

Zhang Lingshan watched powerful figures arrive for the Heavenly Demon Assembly, including old enemies from the Divine Sword Sect and the formidable True Monarch Xuanyang. The mysterious True Monarch Ruyue of the Moon God Palace then appeared atop a conjured moon, and the Yuxuan City Lord questioned rumors about her grief after Xuantian Shangren’s death.

• Zhang Lingshan dismissed Feng Ming, Yan Zhou, and Cong Yuan’s complaints and waited with them for the Heavenly Demon Assembly to begin.
• True Monarch Wusheng arrived alone, and Zhang Lingshan noted how fearfully the gathered experts regarded him.
• Le Bingyun arrived with Lan Bingning and the Divine Sword Sect’s disciples; Zhang Lingshan observed Lan Bingning’s cultivation and regretted that Shi Pofeng and Liu Chuan were absent.
• True Monarch Xuanyang and the Yuxuan City Lord arrived, and Eagle Minister described Xuanyang’s strength and praised the City Lord’s beauty.
• The Moon God Palace arrived, and True Monarch Ruyue walked upon a summoned moon, causing many onlookers to kneel under her Illusory Moon Divine Skill.
• The Yuxuan City Lord challenged the rumor that Ruyue had shut herself away in grief after Xuantian Shangren died.

Xia Ru asserted her authority over the Heavenly Demon Assembly as its participants entered the contest grounds, where Zhang Lingshan captured a Heavenly Demon Sect disciple. Instead of immediately absorbing his power, Zhang Lingshan demanded to watch the disciple dissolve it and sought to learn the Heavenly Demon Transformation Saint Great Law.

• Xia Ru ignored Yuxuan City Lord's taunts, confirmed that the attendees had arrived, and ordered the Heavenly Demon Assembly to begin.
• A Heavenly Demon Sect expert explained the contest rules, and Zhang Lingshan told his companions to stay put before entering the launch array.
• Zhang Lingshan was catapulted into the contest grounds, landed in the mountains, and evaded a disciple's ambush before seizing him.
• Zhang Lingshan ordered the disciple to use the Heavenly Demon Transformation Saint Great Law, then set up an array to protect their power transmission.
• Zhang Lingshan demanded that the disciple dissolve his power first so he could study the cultivation method, while the disciple expected him to absorb the power afterward.

Zhang Lingshan discovered how to absorb the Heavenly Demon Transformation Saint Great Law by refining Heavenly Demon Sect disciples, then hunted them across Xuantian Island and rapidly advanced his cultivation. He found Dou Xiangxiang and confronted her, leaving her at his mercy as he revealed he had come from Xuantian Dao for revenge.

• Zhang Lingshan used a formation and the death wheel to remove a disciple’s life aura, absorb his cultivation, and study the Heavenly Demon Transformation Saint Great Law.
• Zhang Lingshan changed back to his true appearance, refined the disciple, and advanced to the technique’s third level.
• Zhang Lingshan disguised himself as the disciple and hunted Heavenly Demon Sect members across Xuantian Island, eventually reaching the technique’s fifth level.
• Zhang Lingshan found Dou Xiangxiang, brought her into a dark mountain cave, and told her he was from Xuantian Dao and had come to take revenge.

Zhang Lingshan hunted Heavenly Demon Sect disciples and killed Dou Xiangxiang and Ever-changing Gentleman, prompting the sect and the Moon God Palace to order a counterattack. Meanwhile, Lan Bingning confronted an unknown attacker on Xuantian Island and was killed, leaving Feng Ming and Yan Zhou to discover her severed head.

• Zhang Lingshan refined Dou Xiangxiang, then killed Lao Zhengyong and devoured Ever-changing Gentleman's cultivation power.
• Song Huaili learned that Heavenly Demon Sect disciples were being killed, while Xia Ru discovered that a Moon God Palace disciple had also died; both ordered their forces to hunt the attackers.
• Feng Ming and Yan Zhou met Lan Bingning, who dismissed them and threatened them when they stared at her.
• Lan Bingning unleashed her Cold Ice Rules against an unknown attacker, but her cries revealed that she was losing the fight.
• A sphere flew to Feng Ming, who caught it and recognized it as Lan Bingning's head.

Zhang Lingshan killed Lan Bingning, prompting Le Bingyun to demand the Heavenly Demon Assembly be suspended, but the elders let it continue while the East Wind Tower Master secretly warned Zhang to stop killing openly. Zhang reached the Eighth Level of the Heavenly Demon Transformation Saint Great Law and advanced his Xuantian True Fire Technique to Greater Accomplishment before intervening as Qingxuan City disciples cornered Eagle Minister.

• Zhang Lingshan's killing of Lan Bingning enraged Le Bingyun, who demanded that the Heavenly Demon Assembly be suspended.
• Xia Ru called for a temporary suspension after reporting deaths among the Moon God Palace and Heavenly Demon Sect, but the gathered factions agreed to watch longer instead.
• The East Wind Tower Master secretly warned Zhang Lingshan, who then drained disciples' cultivation and trapped them in formations rather than killing them directly.
• Zhang Lingshan advanced the Heavenly Demon Transformation Saint Great Law to the Eighth Level and the Xuantian True Fire Technique to Greater Accomplishment, reaching the late Spirit Essence Realm.
• Zhang Lingshan sensed Eagle Minister surrounded by Xiao Xingchen and Qingxuan City disciples, then urged Eagle Minister to charge Xiao Xingchen and escape.

Zhang Lingshan discovered that Xia Ru had planted Crescent Moon Marks on cultivators at the Heavenly Demon Assembly to enable teleportation, and he kept Eagle Minister's mark intact to avoid alerting her. After cultivating, Zhang Lingshan gathered Feng Ming, Yan Zhou, and Cong Yuan in the cave and prepared to force the mark out of Cong Yuan.

• Eagle Minister killed Xiao Xingchen after Zhang Lingshan briefly immobilized him, prompting the Qingxuan City Lord to demand that the Heavenly Demon Assembly be suspended.
• Zhang Lingshan found a Crescent Moon Mark on Eagle Minister and deduced that Xia Ru could use it to teleport by sacrificing its bearer’s body.
• Zhang Lingshan left the mark in place and cultivated for more than a day, advancing the Xuantian True Fire Technique to Greater Accomplishment.
• Zhang Lingshan used Eagle Minister’s Eagle True Body to collect Feng Ming and Yan Zhou, then captured Cong Yuan and brought all three back to the mountain cave.
• Zhang Lingshan ordered Cong Yuan to cooperate while he prepared to force the mark out of her body, and Feng Ming and Yan Zhou urged her to obey.

Zhang Lingshan used Xuanqing’s Blood Vein Pattern and Eagle Minister’s life-burning speed to race toward Xuantian Island’s Secret Treasury. Their charge drew the attention of Xia Ru and several powerful observers, who moved to intercept them as Qingxuan City Lord realized East Wind Tower Master had disappeared.

• Zhang Lingshan forced the Crescent Moon Marks out of Cong Yuan, Feng Ming, and Yan Zhou, then gathered them with Eagle Minister inside the Eagle True Body.
• Xuanqing sensed the Secret Treasury’s location and carved the Blood Vein Pattern onto Zhang Lingshan’s chest, causing him severe pain.
• Zhang Lingshan ordered Eagle Minister to burn his lifespan and sprint toward the Secret Treasury while he cleared their path and discarded the group’s Crescent Moon Marks.
• Fu Xuan and Yuxuan City Lord left the Observation Platform to pursue the group, while Xia Ru and Song Huaili also moved to intercept them.
• Qingxuan City Lord saw Eagle Minister’s speed and discovered East Wind Tower Master had vanished, then accused her of conspiring with Eagle Minister and ordered others to seize her.

The East Wind Tower Master secretly carried the Bead toward her destination while Zhang Lingshan used Eagle Minister as a decoy and the Mountain Shifting Technique to evade the pursuers. After surviving Xia Ru’s attacks with several treasures, Zhang Lingshan revealed the Xuantian Formation Plate and fled with his companions, leaving the Dharma Aspect Realm experts shocked.

• The East Wind Tower Master hid with a Mysterious Magic Treasure, let the others chase Eagle Minister, then escaped in the opposite direction with the Bead.
• Zhang Lingshan and his companions vanished with a stretch of land through the Mountain Shifting Technique, and Zhang Wusheng recognized the move.
• Xia Ru intercepted Zhang Lingshan and attacked him with the Illusory Moon Divine Fist, but he escaped using the Purple Gold Treasure Gourd and Yin Yang Sword.
• Zhang Lingshan used the Hundred Worlds Blade to withstand another attack, while the gathered experts recognized it as an Immortal Artifact.
• Zhang Lingshan threw out the Xuantian Formation Plate and fled with his companions, shocking everyone who recognized Xuantian Dao’s Immortal Artifact.

Zhang Lingshan used the Xuantian Formation Plate to enter the Xuantian Island Secret Treasury with the East Wind Tower Master, escaping Xia Ru and the other Dharma Aspect Realm experts. The experts began bombarding the hidden treasury and called for reinforcements, while Le Bingyun alerted the Divine Sword True Monarch because she suspected Zhang Lingshan possessed the Profound Gold Body.

• Zhang Lingshan revealed a face that appeared to be Xuantian Shangren's, startled Xia Ru, then used the Xuantian Formation Plate to enter the Secret Treasury as the East Wind Tower Master followed him.
• Xia Ru failed to catch them and joined Zhang Wusheng, True Monarch Xuanyang, Le Bingyun, and others in searching for a way into the Secret Treasury.
• Le Bingyun suspected Zhang Lingshan had the Profound Gold Body and urgently notified the Divine Sword True Monarch.
• Xia Ru and the other experts launched a coordinated attack, briefly revealing ripples in the hidden space and concluding that greater force could break through.
• Xia Ru summoned the Moon God Palace Master, while the other leaders also called powerful reinforcements to pursue the Secret Treasury and Zhang Lingshan.

Zhang Lingshan searched Xuantian Island's Secret Treasury for the Xuantian Wuji Gong, then comprehended its hidden essence and began a Dharma Aspect Realm breakthrough. As the outsiders attacked the small world, Divine Sword True Monarch arrived and faced the Secret Treasury.

• Zhang Lingshan entered the Secret Treasury with Xuanqing, Eagle Minister, East Wind Tower Master, and the others, then sent Xuanqing and Eagle Minister to cultivate while he searched for the Xuantian Wuji Gong.
• Zhang Lingshan and East Wind Tower Master found no physical treasures, so Zhang Lingshan sat down to use his Immortal Divine Sense, Derive Myriad Techniques, and Immortal Spiritual Body to comprehend the Secret Treasury.
• Xia Ru and the other experts attacked the small world, while Zhang Lingshan opened his heavenly eye, grasped the hidden essence, and burst into flames as he began breaking through to the Dharma Aspect Realm.
• East Wind Tower Master shielded the group with a golden Bead as Zhang Lingshan's flames drained the small world's Vital Qi and the outsiders' Ripple Mirror Surface grew clearer.
• Divine Sword True Monarch arrived outside the Secret Treasury, and Le Bingyun told him that Zhang Lingshan was about to break through to the Dharma Aspect Realm.
• Divine Sword True Monarch asked if this was Xuantian Dao's Secret Treasury, then swept a finger toward the space before him.

Divine Sword True Monarch attacked the Secret Treasury Small World and discovered that Zhang Lingshan could wield the Five Elements Rules, prompting him to summon the Divine Sword and prepare to seize him. San Kuangsheng arrived, confirmed the astonishing news, and a wisp of Purple Smoke appeared beside him and Divine Sword True Monarch.

• Divine Sword True Monarch struck the Secret Treasury Small World, which healed after appearing to shatter and sent Zhang Lingshan's Flame Saber light back at him.
• Divine Sword True Monarch blocked Zhang Lingshan's attack and recognized the Five Elements Rules in its power.
• Divine Sword True Monarch summoned the Divine Sword, determined to capture Zhang Lingshan and obtain the Profound Gold Body's cultivation method.
• Zhang Wusheng realized Zhang Lingshan had become too powerful to face and hoped Divine Sword True Monarch would kill him.
• True Monarch Xuanyang Fu Xuan greeted San Kuangsheng and told him Zhang Lingshan had comprehended the Five Elements Rules.
• San Kuangsheng asked Divine Sword True Monarch if the claim was true, and Divine Sword True Monarch confirmed it as Purple Smoke appeared beside them.

Six powerful experts attacked the Secret Treasury Small World to seize Zhang Lingshan and learn how he had comprehended the Five Elements Rules. Zhang Lingshan escaped its collapse by absorbing the sea of fire and swallowing the compressed world, but the experts cornered him, and the chapter ended as he unleashed his Jade Buddha Dharma Aspect against the Moon God Palace Master's Illusory Moon Divine Light.

• The Zixuan City Lord, Moon God Palace Master, Azure Dragon Gate Master, and Heavenly Sword Gate Master arrived, joining San Kuangsheng and Divine Sword True Monarch to attack the Secret Treasury Small World.
• Zhang Lingshan absorbed the sea of fire, compressed the Small World with the Five Elements Rules, swallowed it, and used the Portable Dwelling to shelter the East Wind Tower Master, Xuanqing, and their companions.
• Divine Sword True Monarch disrupted the space around Zhang Lingshan to block his escape, while San Kuangsheng introduced the six experts and questioned Zhang Lingshan about his identity.
• The Moon God Palace Master attacked Zhang Lingshan with Illusory Moon Divine Light, but he transformed into the Jade Buddha Dharma Aspect, a colossal tree covered in turtle shells with nine giant snakes.
• The Jade Buddha Dharma Aspect scattered golden leaves that resisted the Illusory Moon Divine Light and threatened to trap the Moon God Palace Master in an illusion.

Zhang Lingshan fought off six top experts by revealing multiple Dharma Aspects and using hidden treasures, then fused his two Dharma Aspects into a two-headed, four-armed form. He ended the chapter turning the Heaven Sword True Monarch and Divine Sword True Monarch’s own Immortal Artifact swords against them.

• Zixuan City Lord attacked Zhang Lingshan, but Zhang Lingshan summoned a Demon God Dharma Aspect and Qingxuan City Lord intervened with his Cyan Bamboo Staff.
• Zhang Lingshan used his Jade Buddha Dharma Aspect and Demon God Dharma Aspect to restrain several attackers while San Kuangsheng and other experts struck at him.
• Zhang Lingshan used the Xuantian Formation Plate to block the Azure Dragon Treasure Seal, then sent the Heaven Sword True Monarch and Divine Sword True Monarch’s swords into the Thirty-Three Heavens Exquisite Pagoda.
• Zhang Lingshan merged his two Dharma Aspects through the Black Boar Nine Transformations, creating a massive two-headed, four-armed form.
• San Kuangsheng called for everyone to attack, but Zhang Lingshan used the Perfection-level Star Shifting Technique to send the two Immortal Artifact swords back toward their owners.

Zhang Lingshan escaped the six experts’ encirclement after killing Zixuan City Lord’s Dharma Aspect and True Lord Baiyang, then vanished with Zixuan City Lord’s Storage Bag. The survivors realized his Immortal Spiritual Body had let him teleport away before Moon God Palace shattered the space, leaving them to reckon with the danger he posed.

• Zhang Lingshan returned the two immortal swords, then used Purple Sand to smother Divine Sword True Monarch’s sword-qi vortex and stabilize the spatial tear.
• Moon God Palace Master led Xia Ru and the disciples in unleashing Illusory Moon Divine Fists, but Zhang Lingshan appeared behind Zixuan City Lord and killed his Dharma Aspect and True Lord Baiyang with the Black Nether Twin Swords.
• Zhang Wusheng fled, Qingxuan City Lord feared Zhang Lingshan’s revenge, and Zhang Lingshan seized Zixuan City Lord’s Storage Bag before vanishing.
• The experts questioned how Zhang Lingshan escaped after Moon God Palace shattered space, and San Kuangsheng explained that Zhang Lingshan had teleported before the attack landed.

After escaping the Secret Treasury, Zhang Lingshan destroyed the Zixuan City Lord's Mansion and the Yuxuan City Rogue Cultivator Alliance branch, prompting his enemies to seek the Domain Lord's intervention. The Yuxuan City Lord's Mansion remained untouched, leaving the Yuxuan City Lord relieved and her allies speculating that Zhang Lingshan had spared it because of her beauty.

• San Kuangsheng explained that Zhang Lingshan had escaped by sinking into the ground with his Immortal Spiritual Body before using the Star Shifting Technique to teleport away, and Divine Sword True Monarch urged the others to stop trying to capture him alive.
• San Kuangsheng and the others arrived at Zixuan City and learned that Zhang Lingshan had destroyed the City Lord's Mansion after killing True Lord Baiyang; they sent warnings to their sects and agreed to report the threat to the Domain Lord.
• The Qingxuan City Lord revealed that Zhang Lingshan had taken his bamboo staff and destroyed his household, then joined San Kuangsheng and the others on their way to Yuxuan City to contact the Domain Lord.
• Fu Xuan reported that Zhang Lingshan had wiped out the Yuxuan City Rogue Cultivator Alliance branch, while the Yuxuan City Lord discovered that her own mansion was unharmed.
• San Kuangsheng suggested that Zhang Lingshan had spared the Yuxuan City Lord's Mansion because he cherished beauty, and the Qingxuan City Lord sarcastically congratulated her.

Yuxuan City Lord contacted Domain Lord Chen Xuanjiang, who heard the reports of Zhang Lingshan’s power and ordered everyone to wait one day while he investigated. Chen Xuanjiang then secretly decided to pursue the Profound Gold Body for himself and asked the World Lord for permission to return to the palace.

• Yuxuan City Lord contacted the Domain Lord and brought San Kuangsheng and the others into the hall to report their encounter with Zhang Lingshan.
• Chen Xuanjiang learned that they had not seen Zhang Lingshan use the Profound Gold Body, scolded them, and ordered them to reenact the battle.
• Xia Ru told Chen Xuanjiang that Zhang Lingshan could transform into her deceased fiancé, Xuantian Shangren, and Chen Xuanjiang decided to investigate the man’s origins before acting.
• Chen Xuanjiang told Qingxuan City Lord that Zhang Lingshan would need a day to recover and advised everyone to stay together until he acted.
• Chen Xuanjiang secretly resolved to obtain the Profound Gold Body and contacted the World Lord to request a return to the palace, offering the earnings from the past ten thousand years.

Chen Xuanjiang returned to the Immortal Realm and gathered treasures meant to counter Zhang Lingshan and locate his Profound Gold Body. Meanwhile, Zhang Lingshan regrouped with his allies and prepared to leave Xuanjiang Domain for the Ancient Ruins, while arranging for others to scatter and hide.

• Chen Xuanjiang used the Domain Lord's Teleportation Array to return to the Immortal Realm and spent his merits on four treasures designed to counter Zhang Lingshan's abilities and Profound Gold Body.
• Chen Xuanjiang returned to Xuanjiang Domain, tested the Elemental Magnetic Jade, and flew toward Xuantian Island to follow Zhang Lingshan's trail.
• Zhang Lingshan returned to the Xuantian Dao base, revealed that he had reached the Dharma Aspect Realm, and declared himself the Xuantian Wuji Dao Master, also called Great Emperor Xuantian.
• Zhang Lingshan told East Wind Tower Master, Huang Chang, Bai Yuqing, and the others that his Profound Gold Body had been exposed and proposed leaving Xuanjiang Domain for the Ancient Ruins.
• Huang Chang, Bai Yuqing, and Xuanqing insisted on following Zhang Lingshan, while East Wind Tower Master ordered her subordinates to hide and asked him to leave Feng Ming, Yan Zhou, and Cong Yuan in the outer domain.
• Zhang Lingshan agreed to take his trusted companions with him, leave the other disciples scattered across the outer domain, and set out.

Zhang Lingshan raided the Heavenly Demon Sect, drained its members to advance his cultivation, and then continued toward his rendezvous while looting Rogue Cultivator Alliances. In Dongxuan City, the Rogue Cultivator Alliance confronted Xiao Min about her connection to Xuantian Shangren, leaving the Xiao Family under pressure.

• Zhang Lingshan infiltrated the Heavenly Demon Sect, overcame its defenses, and drained its disciples and elders before killing the Heavenly Demon Sect Master.
• Zhang Lingshan discovered the Heavenly Demon Sect Master had cultivated the Heavenly Demon Transformation Saint Great Law to the Eighth Level, bringing his own progress close to the Ninth Level.
• Zhang Lingshan headed toward his meeting with the East Wind Tower Master and looted Rogue Cultivator Alliances along the way.
• Xiao Chuxiao asked Xiao Min whether the Rogue Cultivator Alliance had caught Zhang Lingshan, and Xiao Min proposed secretly releasing the captives held by the Xiao Family.
• Wu Yuanxiu arrived at the Xiao Family, struck Xiao Min, and demanded that she explain her relationship with Xuantian Shangren.