Chapter Summaries

Lu Feng intervened when Du Guji attacked Xi Buwei and fought to protect the others, while the formation’s hidden controller suddenly aided him with Lu Feng’s Dharma manifestations. After Lu Feng wounded Du Guji, a black gleam killed the old man, and Lu Feng recognized Luo Yue’s Immortal Slaying Post.

• Du Guji offered to reduce his price if Xi Buwei and the others helped him kill Lu Feng, but Xi Buwei and Chen Shuanghua attacked him instead.
• Du Guji nearly killed Xi Buwei with his Evil Shadow Step before Lu Feng appeared and drove him back.
• Ji Lanjun could not weaken the Karma Prison formation, so Chen Shuanghua froze the battlefield to help Lu Feng evade Du Guji.
• Luo Yue sent several fighters to surround Lu Feng, but the formation’s golden Buddha phantoms transformed into copies of Lu Feng and helped him turn the fight around.
• Lu Feng wounded Du Guji with the Ant Soft Palm and Godslaughter Ancient Force, then severed his arm with a Sword Light.
• A black gleam pierced Du Guji’s heart, and Lu Feng identified it as Luo Yue’s Immortal Slaying Post.

Lu Feng regained control of the formation and used it to overpower Luo Yue, who had killed Du Guji and tried to seize Lu Feng’s bounty. As the giant golden Buddha struck, Luo Yue shattered his soul core to unleash a desperate Immortal Slaying Post at Lu Feng.

• Luo Yue killed Du Guji with a poisonous palm strike, took Du Guji’s hand and storage vessel, and demanded that Lu Feng surrender the bounty.
• Chen Shuanghua attacked Luo Yue to protect Lu Feng, but Luo Yue shattered her ice defenses and drove her back.
• Lu Feng regained control of the formation, freed the captured figures, and stopped Luo Yue from fleeing with its pressure.
• Lu Feng summoned the colossal golden Buddha, whose formation power trapped Luo Yue and crushed his legs.
• Luo Yue shattered his soul core and condensed a final Immortal Slaying Post, then blasted it toward Lu Feng as Xi Buwei and Chen Shuanghua shouted a warning.

Lu Feng survived Luo Yue’s Immortal Slaying Post but was injured and pursued him beyond the No Form Buddhist Sect. Luo Yue was intercepted by Wang Chonghu, Jiang Ruoyun, and Jin Guan Chang Hen, and Jiang Ruoyun demanded his death after learning he had hurt Lu Feng.

• Chen Shuanghua and Lu Feng tried to block Luo Yue’s Immortal Slaying Post, but it pierced Lu Feng’s left shoulder and left a vicious force inside him.
• Lu Feng suppressed the force, then chased Luo Yue as the formation faded; Xi Youmeng, Ji Lanjun, and the others followed after him.
• On the road, Lu Feng found decapitated members of the Ancient Moon Sect and Illusory Willow Sect and suspected Ling Tian was responsible before continuing after Luo Yue.
• Wang Chonghu intercepted the injured Luo Yue, who offered him a reward to kill Lu Feng.
• Jiang Ruoyun learned that Luo Yue had injured Lu Feng and told Jin Guan Chang Hen, “I want him dead!”
• Jin Guan Chang Hen overwhelmed Luo Yue with palm force, and Wang Chonghu revealed that the Young Emperor had killed him.

Lu Feng examined Luo Yue's bizarre corpse and learned that the Nether Gate Floating Watermark had killed him, while Jiang Ruoyun left to seek greater strength so she could protect herself and Lu Feng. The next morning, Lu Feng met a group from Free Will Mountain Manor, whose white-haired swordsman recognized him as the Azure Mountain Sect Master despite his disguise.

• Lu Feng found Luo Yue's corpse floating with its bones pulverized and storage artifacts missing, then left without discovering who had killed him.
• Jin Guan Chang Hen asked whether Jiang Ruoyun regretted leaving Lu Feng; she refused to interfere in his life and set out to find something that could make her stronger.
• Xi Youmeng and Ji Lanjun examined Luo Yue's corpse, and Xi Buwei identified the Nether Gate Floating Watermark as the cause of death.
• Xi Youmeng and Ji Lanjun decided to head to the Ancient Battlefield and wait for Lu Feng there.
• Lu Feng met Mo Dahai and the others from Free Will Mountain Manor, and Xiao Wangchuan saw through his Snowy Jade Crystal disguise.
• The white-haired swordsman warned his companions about Lu Feng and called him the Azure Mountain Sect Master.

Xiao Wangchuan and his companions rushed to rescue his sister Xiao Mengmeng, whose Phantom Sound Valley group had been ambushed by three Black-Clad Men. After Lu Feng helped defeat the attackers, Luo Qingshuang arrived and urgently asked him to save her sister, Luo Qingqiu.

• Bai Wujiu revealed his interest in testing his sword against Lu Feng, but Xiao Wangchuan discovered that his Message Soul Jade was cracking and feared for his sister.
• Lu Feng joined Xiao Wangchuan, Mo Dahai, and the others as they hurried to the stone forest, where the injured Phantom Sound Valley women were surrounded by three Black-Clad Men.
• Xiao Mengmeng fought back with her zither, and Lu Feng and the others arrived in time to intercept the attackers; Lu Feng swiftly captured one while the other two killed themselves with black pills.
• The captured Black-Clad Man also died after severing his meridians, leaving Lu Feng and the others concerned that the attackers were trained death warriors.
• Luo Qingshuang arrived, confirmed Lu Feng’s identity after he removed his mask, and urgently asked him to save her sister, Luo Qingqiu.

Lu Feng and the others learned that Black-Clad Men had abducted Luo Qingqiu and headed toward the Soul Burning Saint Fire Tower to search for her. Near the tower, they found heaps of corpses and realized something deadly had happened in the area.

• Luo Qingshuang told Lu Feng and the others that Black-Clad Men had ambushed Phantom Sound Valley's teams, and Elder Chen revealed that they had taken Luo Qingqiu alive.
• Lu Feng agreed to search for Luo Qingqiu at the Soul Burning Saint Fire Tower, while Xiao Wangchuan and the others joined the rescue effort.
• The group reached the barren mountains surrounding the tower, where Lu Feng sensed blood and stopped everyone.
• Lu Feng and the others found piles of corpses in a ravine, including what appeared to be artifact refiners, and Xiao Wangchuan spotted more bodies nearby.

Lu Feng and his companions reached the Soul Burning Saint Fire Tower and found its grounds covered with corpses, including the people killed by Jun Zi Shuo’s group. After learning how the tower trials worked, several companions prepared to enter, while Lu Feng recognized Wuyi Mingzhi and old enemies among the challengers.

• Lu Feng and the others found the bodies of Battle Sect and Qingxiu Chan Sect members along the road and suspected Jun Zi Shuo’s confidants had used his soul-draining technique.
• The group reached the Soul Burning Saint Fire Tower and discovered nearly everyone outside its protective barrier had been killed.
• Elder Chen identified Jun Zi Shuo and the Black-Clad Men among the challengers, but warned that attacking them inside the barrier could trigger the formation and kill the attackers.
• Lu Feng spotted Wuyi Mingzhi, Yue Yan, Yue Long, Li Taiyuan, and their companions challenging the tower, and worried that Jun Zi Shuo might also gain power there.
• Elder Chen explained the tower’s soul-fire trials and why those who had already comprehended a Heavenly Dao Soul Fire should avoid entering.
• Luo Qingshuang stayed outside, while Xiao Wangchuan, Su Qianji, Bai Wujiu, and others prepared to challenge the tower with Lu Feng.

Lu Feng and his companions entered the Soul Burning Saint Fire Tower’s first level, where drifting Soul Fire Sources posed an unclear danger. After exposing the Fire God Palace trio’s hidden motives, Lu Feng learned that advancing required gathering one hundred Soul Fire Sources and keeping them stable.

• Lu Feng witnessed the barrier kill a cultivator and repel an old man who attacked Elder Dong, then entered the tower with his companions by circulating Soul Power.
• Lu Feng and the others found themselves in a dark space surrounded by fire-like Soul Fire Sources, and Su Qianji discovered that Lu Feng’s life-soul appearance revealed his true face.
• Three Fire God Palace cultivators approached, but Lu Feng and Bai Wujiu suspected their intentions and Lu Feng demanded that only one join the group.
• Wang Bianzhu admitted that his team had spent two days on the first level and lost six members to the Soul Fire Sources, then swore to reveal what he knew.
• Wang Bianzhu explained that each person attracted Soul Fire Sources, stronger teams drew more of them, and reaching the second level required gathering one hundred and keeping them stable.

Wang Bianzhu explained the Soul Fire Source collection trial, its dangers, and the different levels of Heavenly Dao Soul Fire. As the group began sensing the wandering sources, Mo Dahai successfully drew one to himself, and Lu Feng triggered an unexpected change when he touched another.

• Wang Bianzhu, Zhou Hu, and Li Yu explained that each cultivator had to find compatible Soul Fire Sources and that collecting one hundred could open the way to the second-level space.
• Wang Bianzhu described the dangers of holding absorbed Soul Fire Sources too long and said cultivators without any attached sources seemed able to leave safely.
• Dong, speaking for Phantom Sound Valley, asked to let her group sense the sources first so they could help their Young Valley Master reach the second level, and Mo Dahai agreed.
• The Phantom Sound Valley cultivators failed to absorb the first sources they tested, but Mo Dahai drew one of them successfully and felt his Soul Power grow more solid.
• Lu Feng took a Soul Fire Source out of curiosity, and a sudden change erupted as soon as he touched it.

Lu Feng discovered that Soul Fire Sources vanished when he touched them, while Huang Jingyin found a Lesser Azure Mist Fire to refine. The Flame Dragon Blade Sect confronted the group over Soul Fire Sources allegedly scattered by Wang Bianzhu and his companions, then threatened Huang Jingyin, prompting Lu Feng to turn cold.

• Lu Feng tested another Soul Fire Source and sensed that it dissolved itself when his Soul Power enveloped it, leaving him unable to gather the sources needed for the trial.
• Huang Jingyin drew a Little Azure Mist Fire and began refining its Source Aura to help him advance and rescue the Young Valley Master.
• Seven members of the Flame Dragon Blade Sect approached Mo Dahai’s group and demanded a share of their Soul Fire Sources.
• The Flame Dragon Blade Sect accused Wang Bianzhu and his companions of scattering a hundred gathered sources, and Bai Wujiu forced them forward to answer for it.
• The goateed leader threatened to disrupt Huang Jingyin’s refinement and kill him, causing Lu Feng to become hostile.

Bao Ting and the Flame Dragon Blade Sect attacked Lu Feng's group, using the clash as cover to steal Huang Jingyin's Little Azure Mist Fire. Bao Ting escaped the Soul Burning Saint Fire Tower after Bai Wujiu struck him with a hidden technique, and Lu Feng suspected Wang Bianzhu and the others were concealing information about the sect's plan.

• Bao Ting demanded eight hundred Soul Fire Sources from Li Yu's group, and Xiao Wangchuan repelled a Dark Gold Pupil Technique attack with Soul Sound Ferry.
• Bai Wujiu struck the middle-aged Flame Dragon Blade Sect member with Soul Power, but Bao Ting's people then attacked Huang Jingyin to seize her Little Azure Mist Fire.
• The middle-aged man took the fire and escaped while Bao Ting and the sect members sacrificed themselves to block pursuit; Huang Jingyin's hands were badly burned.
• Bao Ting used Flame Soul Strike to hold off Lu Feng and Bai Wujiu, then left the tower's trial space, where Bai Wujiu's Soul Separation Flying Blade had already struck him.
• Lu Feng questioned Wang Bianzhu and the other two about what they were hiding, as the Phantom Sound Valley team turned on them with suspicion.

Li Yu and Zhou Hu deduced that the Flame Dragon Blade Sect had targeted Old Ma’s group to seize their Myriad Aspects Soul Fire, while Yue Long and Cang Lan prepared to hunt Lu Feng. The group discovered a Gilded Beacon Fire, a metal-attributed Dao Evolution Tribulation Fire, just as Yue Long arrived and turned his attention toward it.

• Li Yu and Zhou Hu concluded that the Flame Dragon Blade Sect’s retaliation against Old Ma’s group had concealed its effort to steal a Myriad Aspects Soul Fire.
• Huang Jingyin hid the severity of his life-soul injuries and urged Phantom Sound Valley’s team to keep searching for Soul Fire Source.
• Yue Long recognized Lu Feng’s aura on the wounded middle-aged man, ordered Cang Lan to refine the stolen Little Azure Mist Fire, and planned to kill Lu Feng.
• Yue Long killed the middle-aged man after learning the Flame Dragon Blade Sect did not know he had delivered the Soul Fire, then devoured his Soul Power.
• Phantom Sound Valley’s team found a Gilded Beacon Fire, which Xiao Wangchuan and Mo Dahai identified as a metal-attributed Dao Evolution Tribulation Fire.
• Yue Long and Cang Lan approached Lu Feng’s group and coveted the Gilded Beacon Fire as a gift for Yue Long’s brother.

Lu Feng fought Yue Long and Cang Lan after they attacked Phantom Sound Valley to seize Gilded Beacon Fire. As Yue Long strengthened his array with Cang Lan’s Little Azure Mist Fire, Lu Feng dodged the assault and began sensing a new level of mastery in Exquisite Steps, while Cang Lan’s power started to fade.

• Cang Lan attacked Phantom Sound Valley, but Lu Feng and Bai Wujiu drove him back and protected the Gilded Beacon Fire.
• Lu Feng charged Yue Long, who repelled him with the Eclipse Moon Devouring Heaven Array; Lu Feng then broke through its initial attack with Dragon Tiger Sword Intent.
• Yue Long called Cang Lan into the array, where Cang Lan used Little Azure Mist Fire to strengthen the soul blades and block the others from helping Lu Feng.
• Lu Feng evaded the enhanced blades with Exquisite Steps and sensed resistance in the air that seemed to reveal a higher realm of the movement technique.
• Cang Lan’s Little Azure Mist Fire weakened, leaving Yue Long dissatisfied as Lu Feng gained room to counter the incoming blades.

Lu Feng battled Yue Long’s Eclipse Moon Devouring Heaven Array while Cang Lan sacrificed himself to empower it. After helping Bai Wujiu and the others escape, Lu Feng was trapped inside the array as Yue Long drew countless Soul Fire Sources toward him.

• Yue Long unleashed the Eclipse Moon Barrier, and Lu Feng evaded its chain-spears and Soul Blades while improving his movements.
• Cang Lan sacrificed his cultivation through the Burial Moon Sacrifice, allowing Yue Long to summon a dark cyan crescent moon and intensify the array.
• Lu Feng struck Yue Long’s chains to give Bai Wujiu and the others a chance to escape, then struggled with Yue Long over the Gilded Beacon Fire.
• Yue Long withdrew his hold on the Gilded Beacon Fire, and it exploded; a thin golden thread of Soul Fire appeared on Lu Feng’s arm.
• Yue Long trapped Lu Feng beneath the crescent moon and summoned countless Soul Fire Sources into the enclosure around him.

Lu Feng faced death inside Yue Long’s Eclipse Moon Devouring Heaven Array as hundreds of activated Soul Fire Sources overwhelmed his defenses. A dark gold aura from the golden thread on his arm empowered his Sword Light to scatter the flames, leaving Yue Long stunned by Lu Feng’s apparent control of Gilded Beacon Fire.

• Lu Feng evaded the first Soul Fire Sources and used the Wind Splitting Hand against Yue Long’s barrage, but his Soul Power rapidly dwindled.
• Bai Wujiu offered to use a dangerous sword strike to save Lu Feng, but Su Qianji, Mo Dahai, and the others refused to let him risk his life.
• Yue Long released hundreds of Soul Fire Sources at once, engulfing Lu Feng, then invited nearby cultivators to witness his supposed slaying of Benevolent Heart Asura.
• Lu Feng used the Twelve Lotus Soul Art to restore some Soul Power and unleashed a Sword Light that unexpectedly shattered the approaching soul fires.
• Lu Feng sensed Gilded Beacon Fire within the golden thread on his arm and used it to empower more Sword Lights, while Yue Long was shocked by the display.

Lu Feng used his unusual life soul and Gilded Beacon Fire to understand and control the Heavenly Dao Soul Fires while Yue Long strengthened the array to kill him. Lu Feng broke the formation with a feint and turned its gathered flames against Yue Long, who was engulfed in the fire wave.

• Lu Feng realized that his life soul suppressed ordinary Soul Fires and let him sense their properties, while Gilded Beacon Fire had attached itself to him.
• Yue Long asked Iron Sword Sect and the other groups for their Soul Fire Sources, and they supplied more than a thousand after Mo Dahai and Su Qianji failed to dissuade them.
• Lu Feng secretly used controlled Soul Fires to weaken the formation as Yue Long merged his power into it.
• Yue Long poured the gathered Soul Fire Sources into the array and opened a gap to bring in more flames.
• Lu Feng sent a dragon-shaped sword formation toward the gap as a feint, then redirected the fire clouds through it to tear the formation open.
• The fire wave struck Yue Long as the formation collapsed and swallowed him.

Lu Feng survived Yue Long’s destruction and used the remaining Soul Fires to deepen his understanding, but a Half Saint demonic cultivator’s remnant escaped from Yue Long’s body. Lu Feng then forced the watching factions, including the Iron Sword Sect, to choose between exposing what happened and risking his wrath or the Saint Sect’s.

• Lu Feng perceived and dismantled strands of the Soul Fire mass after Yue Long was consumed, while the watching teams discussed his abilities and feared his power.
• A surge of black flame and Demonic Qi erupted from the remaining fire, and Lu Feng recognized the remnant of the Half Saint demonic cultivator from the Jiang Nan Secret Realm.
• The demonic remnant swatted away nearby Soul Fires, threatened Lu Feng, and escaped the trial space before the spectators could see what had happened.
• Lu Feng accused the Iron Sword Sect and the other teams of helping a demonic cultivator, frightening them into kneeling and denying any connection to demons.
• Lu Feng demanded that the factions swear to truthfully spread news of the events, and Yu Jingming pleaded that the Iron Sword Sect could not afford to offend the Saint Sect.

Lu Feng forced the gathered sects to agree to spread the truth, while Wuyi Mingzhi learned that Yue Yan and Li Taiyuan had gained power through the Demon Venerable’s aid. After Yue Yan left to find his dead brother, Wuyi Mingzhi began plotting to claim the Demon Venerable’s residual soul for himself.

• Lu Feng threatened the gathered sects, and Ximu Stronghold and Pine Crane Mountain led the others in agreeing to spread what had happened.
• Wuyi Mingzhi grew impatient waiting for Xiao Yue Long while Yue Yan concealed his fear that the Demon Venerable might expose him.
• The Demon Venerable told Yue Yan that Yue Long had died and urged him to retrieve the residual soul lodged in Yue Long’s body.
• Yue Yan left to find his brother, and Wuyi Mingzhi kept Li Taiyuan behind and pressured him into revealing the Demon Venerable’s role in their rapid cultivation.
• After learning that the Demon Venerable’s residual soul had fallen silent, Wuyi Mingzhi considered cultivating the Nine Revolutions Evil Prison Sutra and coveted the Half Saint’s power.

Yue Yan absorbed the Demon Venerable’s remaining soul power and planned to use other forces to take revenge on Lu Feng. Lu Feng and Bai Wujiu skipped the second floor of the Soul Burning Saint Fire Tower and learned that the third floor’s Lotus Platform trial could burn failures to ashes.

• Yue Yan absorbed the souls of Yue Long and Cang Lan, then agreed to let the Demon Venerable recuperate while he sought revenge on Lu Feng through other forces.
• Lu Feng invited Bai Wujiu to travel with him to the upper levels, and the two activated the formation and left the first floor together.
• Lu Feng and Bai Wujiu arrived in a nourishing space they mistook for the second floor, where they saw a soul master burn to ashes on a Lotus Platform.
• Zhuge Jianxing of Qing Yue Pavilion told them they were on the third floor and explained that they had skipped the second because the formation judged Lu Feng could pass its trial.
• Zhuge Jianxing explained that the third-floor trial required controlling descending soul fires to break through nine barriers, while failure meant being burned alive.

Lu Feng entered the third-layer Lotus Platform trial and discovered that its barriers required matching soul fires to break through. He began testing his method but learned that the barriers reformed after a time limit, leaving his attempt unfinished.

• Zhuge Jianxing told Bai Wujiu and Lu Feng that Li Taiyuan and another mysterious person had rapidly passed the trial, after which many others succeeded as well.
• Lu Feng spotted Jun Zi Shuo’s Death Warriors and chose a Lotus Platform opposite them, intending to deal with them rather than simply attempt the trial.
• Onlookers recognized Lu Feng as Benevolent Heart Asura, while Bai Wujiu defended their friendship despite Lu Feng’s enemies and reputation.
• Inside the trial, Lu Feng watched a soul fire pass through barriers and reach the Glazed Sphere, then began using a familiar dark gray soul fire to melt barriers.
• Lu Feng realized different barriers required suitable soul fires, but the first barrier reformed and severed his control, revealing that the trial had a time limit.