Chapter Summaries

After Hua Qiang subdued a threatening young master, he found Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood in the man’s Storage Ring and used it to strengthen himself. He broke through to the second stage of the Divine Realm and prepared to refine the remaining essence blood.

• Hua Qiang stomped the foppish Young Master unconscious, took his Storage Ring, and discovered Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood inside.
• Hua Qiang returned with Liu Shuyao and the others to the arranged inn, where he swallowed one drop of the essence blood.
• Hua Qiang endured the essence blood’s violent power and refined it, bringing his breakthrough progress close to completion.
• Hua Qiang swallowed two more drops, broke through to the second stage of the Divine Realm, and decided to continue refining the bottle’s remaining essence blood.

Hua Qiang reached Divine Realm, Third Stage and awakened the Life Divine Tree, which could heal him, restore his body, and eventually help him return to the Lower Realm. Meanwhile, Yang Buxiu investigated the young white-robed Grand Elder who had beaten Yang Jingshou and taken the Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood.

• Hua Qiang refined the Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood and advanced to Divine Realm, Third Stage.
• Hua Qiang fed ninety-nine drops of blood to the charred branch, awakening it as a Life Divine Tree in his sea of consciousness.
• Hua Qiang learned that the Life Divine Tree could rapidly heal him, rebuild his body, and eventually produce avatars and Life Divine Water.
• Yang Jingshou told Yang Buxiu that a young white-robed man called Grand Elder had beaten them and stolen the Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood.
• Yang Buxiu ordered his steward to investigate the Grand Elder, questioned Yang Jingshou and the bodyguards, then waited for news.

Hua Qiang led the Azure Cloud Sect disciples to the Trial Tower, where they challenged its stages while renowned Heaven's Chosen gathered. After Liu Shuyao and Shu Huaigang reached beyond the thirtieth floor, Hua Qiang stepped forward to enter the tower.

• Huo Cangliang left after breakfast, and Liu Shuyao invited Hua Qiang and the others to challenge the Trial Tower.
• Hua Qiang agreed to lead the Azure Cloud Sect disciples to the tower, hoping to earn Slaughter Points.
• Ao Xingchen, Wu Feier, and other top Heaven's Chosen arrived, drawing a crowd eager to see them challenge the tower.
• The Azure Cloud Sect disciples registered and entered the tower; most were quickly eliminated, while Shu Huaigang and Liu Shuyao passed the thirtieth floor.
• Liu Shuyao and the disciples urged Hua Qiang to challenge the tower, and he walked toward its entrance.

Hua Qiang entered the Trial Tower, chose Nightmare difficulty, and defeated the ten Level 1 Demonic Beasts on the first floor despite the tower sealing his cultivation and weighing him down with gravity. He began studying the Law of Gravity in an area where its influence was especially strong.

• Hua Qiang entered the Trial Tower and learned that it had 100 floors, sealed entrants' cultivation, and offered three levels of difficulty.
• Hua Qiang chose Nightmare difficulty, and the tower transported him to a grassland where ten Level 1 Gale Wolves awaited.
• Hua Qiang sensed that the tower's Law of Gravity was slowing his movements and considered learning it to strengthen his combat abilities.
• Hua Qiang killed all ten Clear Wind Wolves with his Thunderclap Blade and collected their Demon Cores.
• Hua Qiang found an area with stronger gravitational influence, sat down, and began comprehending the Law of Gravity.

Hua Qiang studied the Law of Gravity in an anomalous gravity zone, discovering its underlying principles and learning to form a small gravity field. He left the grassland with new control over gravity and blade techniques, while recognizing that his understanding was only a beginning.

• Hua Qiang extended his perception through the gravity zone and resisted the crushing pressure of its invisible threads.
• Hua Qiang approached a brilliant sphere at the center of the gravity threads and received ancient knowledge about the Law of Gravity.
• Hua Qiang repeatedly adjusted his spiritual power until he stabilized a small gravity field around himself.
• Hua Qiang practiced with the Thunderclap Blade and infused his blade aura with gravity, increasing its speed and destructive force.
• Hua Qiang learned to sense gravitational connections, move nearby objects, and hinder an opponent's movements.

Azure Cloud Sect disciples watched Hua Qiang remain on the Trial Tower’s first floor and speculated about his progress, while he continued clearing stages inside. He reached the tenth stage, defeated a hundred Clear Wind Wolves, and called for the next trial.

• Liu Shuyao and the Azure Cloud Sect disciples saw Hua Qiang’s name remain on the first floor for hours and wondered why he had not advanced.
• Yuchi Yan rebuked a disciple for suggesting the rankings had malfunctioned, while other disciples joked and speculated about Hua Qiang’s delay.
• Hua Qiang called for the next stage and killed twenty Clear Wind Wolves with his Thunderclap Blade and the Law of Gravity.
• Hua Qiang advanced through successive stages until the tenth, where a hundred Level 1 Clear Wind Wolves surrounded him.
• Hua Qiang defeated the wolves, gained Slaughter Points, and called for the next stage.

Hua Qiang rapidly advanced through the Trial Tower, reaching the tenth floor before fighting successive groups of Flame Giant Scorpions with his abilities. After defeating twenty scorpions with blade qi carrying the Law of Gravity, he moved on to the next stage.

• Hua Qiang's name climbed to the tenth floor on the display, and Liu Shuyao rebuked disciples who joked about him and two women.
• Hua Qiang killed the remaining wolves with one slash and entered a crimson landscape on the next floor.
• Ten Flame Giant Scorpions attacked Hua Qiang with fire, but he used the word "Return" to turn their flames against them and make them explode.
• Twenty more Flame Giant Scorpions attacked Hua Qiang with pincers, fire, and earthen spikes.
• Hua Qiang used blade qi containing the Law of Gravity to extinguish the flames, reflect the spikes, and kill all twenty scorpions before calling for the next stage.

Hua Qiang effortlessly defeated a hundred Flame Giant Scorpions in the twentieth stage using the Thunderclap Saber and the Law of Gravity. After collecting their Demon Cores and Blood Qi, he checked his Void Panel and resolved to focus on raising his cultivation rather than spending his scarce Slaughter Points on laws.

• Hua Qiang entered the twentieth stage and faced a hundred Flame Giant Scorpions charging through a sea of fire.
• Hua Qiang used the Thunderclap Saber and the Law of Gravity to split his saber aura into smaller blades that crushed and pierced the scorpions.
• Hua Qiang continued attacking with saber radiance while the small blades hunted down the remaining Flame Giant Scorpions.
• Hua Qiang defeated the final scorpion, collected the Demon Cores, and gathered the scattered Blood Qi.
• Hua Qiang checked his Void Panel, saw the enormous Slaughter Point costs for improving his laws, and decided to prioritize raising his cultivation realm.

Hua Qiang discovered a hidden fire-law trial on the twentieth stage and achieved major mastery of the Law of Fire, then continued onward. Outside the tower, Wang Lishuang and Liu Shuyao faced insults from another sect’s disciple, while Hua Qiang reached a swamp and attacked fleeing Ironclad Crocodiles.

• Hua Qiang searched the twentieth stage, found a red crystal, and was trapped inside a blazing cage governed by the Law of Fire.
• Hua Qiang mastered the flames and shattered the law cage before calling for the trial to continue.
• The disciples watching the tower saw that Hua Qiang had reached the twentieth floor, and one disciple bragged that his senior brother had reached the thirty-fifth.
• Wang Lishuang confronted the boasting disciple, but Liu Shuyao stopped him from taking the bait.
• Hua Qiang faced ten Ironclad Crocodiles in a swamp, frightened them with small fireballs, and sent the fireballs after them as they fled.

Hua Qiang reached the thirtieth stage of the Trial Tower and defeated a hundred Ironclad Crocodiles with his Gravity Domain and flames, though he regretted losing the chance to absorb their Blood Qi. Outside the tower, the Azure Cloud Sect disciples celebrated his speed while Wang Lishuang attacked Gao Bisuo for accusing Hua Qiang of cheating.

• Hua Qiang used gravity and fire to defeat the crocodiles on the thirtieth stage, earning Slaughter Points but burning away their Blood Qi.
• Hua Qiang resolved to rely on physical attacks in later stages so he could absorb Blood Qi from his enemies.
• The Azure Cloud Sect disciples celebrated as Hua Qiang cleared stages at a speed that astonished spectators from other factions.
• Gao Bisuo accused Hua Qiang of cheating, and Wang Lishuang rushed over and punched him.
• Gao Bisuo fought back as the crowd gathered to watch and shouted out suggestions for the fight.

Wang Lishuang’s defense of Azure Cloud Sect Grand Elder Hua Qiang sparked a brawl between Azure Cloud Sect and Crimson Fire Sect disciples, which the City Guard broke up. Meanwhile, Huo Cangliang went to Fuyun Inn to meet his childhood sweetheart Miaochen, entering the inn and searching the crowd for her.

• Wang Lishuang kicked Gao Bisuo after he mocked Hua Qiang, prompting Crimson Fire Sect disciples to attack him.
• Shu Huaigang rallied Azure Cloud Sect disciples, and the two sects fought until the City Guard arrived and separated them.
• Huo Cangliang walked toward Fuyun Inn while recalling his past with Miaochen and worrying about their reunion.
• Huo Cangliang entered Fuyun Inn and searched the crowded hall for Miaochen.

Miaochen advanced her cultivation and reunited with Huo Cangliang at Fuyun Inn, where he tried to apologize and win her back. She remained guarded and rejected his pleas, leaving their relationship unresolved.

• Miaochen completed a breakthrough in her cultivation and went downstairs to find food.
• Huo Cangliang spotted Miaochen in the inn and greeted her as Senior Brother Huo.
• Huo Cangliang invited Miaochen to a private room, ordered her favorite dishes, and apologized for abandoning her in the past.
• Huo Cangliang said he wanted to spend the rest of his life making things right, but Miaochen dismissed his promises as childish.
• Miaochen teased Huo Cangliang about the person waiting for him at home, and he insisted that only she mattered to him.

Miaochen rejected Huo Cangliang’s attempt to rekindle their relationship, leaving him devastated, while Hua Qiang’s rapid progress through the Trial Tower drew attention from the Azure Cloud Sect disciples, Yuxing City’s City Lord, and other powerful guests. Yang Buxiu ordered his people to capture the Azure Cloud Sect disciples, and Hua Qiang emerged as a potential threat in the upcoming competition.

• Miaochen told Huo Cangliang they should remain fellow disciples and left, while Huo Cangliang collapsed into despair and drank heavily.
• Yang Buxiu learned that Azure Cloud Sect disciples led by Huo Cangliang and Hua Qiang had clashed with his son, then ordered the Second Elder to seize them.
• Shu Huaigang, Liu Shuyao, and other spectators watched Hua Qiang surge past the fortieth floor of the Trial Tower at astonishing speed.
• Guo Xilin noticed Hua Qiang’s rapid progress on the display screen and wondered what difficulty level he had chosen.
• The sect masters and lineage heads at Guo Xilin’s gathering took note of Hua Qiang as a possible threat in the competition.

Yang Buzhong and his black-clad men attacked the Azure Cloud Sect disciples at the Trial Tower plaza and captured them, taking them to Yang Manor. After learning of the abduction, Guo Xilin ordered troops to muster, setting the stage for a confrontation in Yuxing City.

• Yang Buzhong arrived at the plaza with his black-clad men and identified Shu Huaigang, Liu Shuyao, and the other Azure Cloud Sect disciples.
• Yang Buzhong demanded that the disciples surrender and come with him, but Shu Huaigang drew his spear and called on the others to fight.
• Shu Huaigang and Liu Shuyao battled Yang Buzhong's men until Yang Buzhong struck them down with a powerful palm attack.
• The black-clad men defeated the Azure Cloud Sect disciples and took them to Yang Manor in Yuxing City's northern district.
• An adjutant informed Guo Xilin of the capture at the City Lord's Manor, and Guo Xilin ordered troops to muster and await his command.

Hua Qiang fought Ghost-faced Demon Spiders on the upper floors, using their sound-wave and mental attacks to nourish the Life Divine Tree in his sea of consciousness. By the fiftieth floor, he had turned a swarm of one hundred spiders into energy for his growth and killed them.

• Hua Qiang burned away the webs of ten Ghost-faced Demon Spiders, then endured their sound-wave and mental attacks until the Life Divine Tree absorbed their energy and soothed his mind.
• Hua Qiang pretended to be weakened while the spiders exhausted themselves, then killed them with the Thunderclap Blade and collected their Demon Cores.
• Hua Qiang continued through the next stages, expanding his sea of consciousness as the Life Divine Tree grew.
• On the fiftieth floor, Hua Qiang faced one hundred Ghost-faced Demon Spiders and burned their webs while drawing in their sound-wave and mental energy.
• After the spiders withered from the energy he absorbed, Hua Qiang cut them down with his blade.

Hua Qiang mastered the Law of Gravity in the valley, then entered the next stage on Nightmare difficulty. He left the stage’s first battle having crushed ten Flying Centipedes with his Gravity Domain.

• Hua Qiang checked his Void Panel and found that his Slaughter Points had risen to 1,265,900,800.
• Hua Qiang searched the valley for the familiar gravity fluctuations and meditated at its entrance.
• Hua Qiang reached great mastery of the Law of Gravity and lifted boulders with his will.
• Hua Qiang chose Nightmare difficulty in the next stage and entered a vast ice field.
• Ten White Centipedes ambushed Hua Qiang, but he crushed them with his Gravity Domain and burned away their poisonous smoke.

Hua Qiang entered the Trial Tower’s fifty-second floor and faced a coordinated ambush by Flying Centipedes. After defeating them and gaining Slaughter Points, he moved on to the next stage.

• Hua Qiang entered the fifty-second floor and sensed twenty Flying Centipedes hiding beneath the snow and surrounding him.
• Hua Qiang waited for the centipedes to attack, then used Void Concealment to evade their strikes.
• Hua Qiang killed all twenty Flying Centipedes with his saber and absorbed their Blood Qi using the Blood Demon Scripture.
• Hua Qiang gained 20,000,000 Slaughter Points, rested briefly, and entered the next stage.

Hua Qiang battled a swarm of Flying Centipedes on a snowy glacier until they fused into a gigantic centipede. He killed the monster with repeated Thunderclap Saber strikes and stood victorious above its remains.

• Hua Qiang transformed into a giant of flame and burned the charging Flying Centipedes, forcing the swarm to retreat and merge.
• The Flying Centipedes fused into a gigantic creature, which attacked Hua Qiang with its limbs, Xun Wind, and poisonous mist.
• Hua Qiang blocked the poisonous mist with the Black Tortoise Shield and burned it away with a fire dragon.
• Hua Qiang struck the gigantic centipede with the Thunderclap Saber, wounding it and sending it flying several thousand meters.
• Hua Qiang repeatedly attacked the enraged centipede, then cleaved its body in two with a final lightning strike.

Hua Qiang advanced through the Trial Tower, upgraded his Laws, and entered an ancient battlefield on the sixty-first stage. He killed ten Level 7 Blood Fiend Mastiffs for a huge reward, while the crowd outside the tower erupted.

• Hua Qiang gained 550 million Slaughter Points after clearing floors fifty-one through sixty and raised his entry-level Laws to minor mastery.
• Hua Qiang entered the sixty-first stage and found himself in the ruins of an ancient battlefield.
• Ten Level 7 Blood Fiend Mastiffs emerged and attacked Hua Qiang with corrosive power and Wolf Tooth Clubs.
• Hua Qiang used the Law of Darkness to block their attacks and killed the Blood Fiend Mastiffs with his Blood Demon Spear.
• Hua Qiang received 100 million Slaughter Points and celebrated his expected rewards as the crowd outside the Trial Tower erupted.

Hua Qiang’s rapid climb through the Trial Tower drew amazement and jealous accusations from the crowd outside, while Wu Feier and You Ruoxun advanced through their own trials. Both women noticed Hua Qiang’s third-place ranking and grew interested in his strength.

• Hua Qiang climbed to the sixtieth floor, prompting onlookers to praise, doubt, and slander his progress.
• Wu Feier defeated the scorpions on the forty-fifth floor and saw Hua Qiang ranked third on the leaderboard.
• Wu Feier recognized Hua Qiang as the young man she had seen at the tower entrance and resolved to seek him out.
• You Ruoxun defeated the scorpions on the forty-sixth floor and judged that she had edged ahead of Wu Feier.
• You Ruoxun checked the leaderboard, saw Hua Qiang in third place, and was stunned.