Chapter Summaries

Zhang Qingyuan prepared to confront Lu Tianxu, whom he saw as the greatest tribulation on his path to the Cave True Realm, and set out to create a Five Elements killing divine ability. After three months of trying to reproduce the legendary Five-Colored Divine Light, he admitted his ambition had been far beyond his abilities and gained nothing from the effort.

• Zhang Qingyuan decided to seek out and kill Lu Tianxu rather than hide from the Cave True Realm enemy, believing the confrontation could temper him for a breakthrough.
• Zhang Qingyuan recalled ancient records about heaven and earth’s finite fortune, but set aside the idea and focused on cultivating a Five Elements Divine Ability.
• Zhang Qingyuan studied the Ancient Five Elements Sect and Water Element Lineage inheritances, then chose Kong Xuan’s Five-Colored Divine Light as the model for his new ability.
• Zhang Qingyuan spent three months using the Proficiency Panel and Great Evolution Technique to deduce the divine ability, but made no progress.
• Zhang Qingyuan recognized that his ambition and impatience had led him to aim for power far beyond his current reach.

Zhang Qingyuan abandoned his attempt to create the Five-Colored Divine Light and began developing a direct Five Elements killing ability, causing a powerful phenomenon across the Moon Liên Islands. Meanwhile, the Zhang Family split up to escape a looming threat, with the main lineage carrying their ancestors’ tablets toward Zhang Qingyuan as hidden watchers tracked them.

• Zhang Qingyuan realized he lacked the strength to create the Five-Colored Divine Light and began combining his Five Elements Dao Law and Dao Foundation directly.
• Zhang Qingyuan’s cultivation stirred the Heaven and Earth Qi above the Moon Liên Islands, benefiting cultivators throughout the islands.
• The Old Clan Leader told the Zhang Family that they would scatter to escape the coming danger, while the main lineage and clan experts would carry the ancestral tablets to the Moon Liên Islands.
• The Zhang Clan members left Huashan County, and more than fifty main-lineage members and volunteers prepared to escort the ancestral tablets despite expecting heavy losses.
• The Old Clan Leader led the group toward the Moon Liên Islands as hidden watchers observed their departure.

Lu Tianxu explained how he had arranged a chain of threats against Zhang Qingyuan, intending either to kill him if he emerged or to weaken his resolve if he stayed in hiding. Meanwhile, the Zhang Family’s fleeing group was ambushed and nearly destroyed, while their sacrifice helped scattered clansmen escape.

• Lu Tianxu revealed that he had encouraged others to target the Zhang Family and the Moon Liên Islands to lure Zhang Qingyuan out or undermine his courage.
• Lu Tianxu recalled testing Zhang Qingyuan’s temperament at the Boundary Sea and concluded that the young cultivator was still vulnerable to anger and fear.
• The Zhang Family’s party fought its pursuers in a mountain range on the road to the South Sea, losing many people in the battle.
• The Old Clan Leader realized the family party was about to fall but accepted the sacrifice because it drew the enemy away from scattered clansmen.

The Zhang Family escort party fought as bait so Zhang Huaiyu could escape with their ancestral tablets. As the Old Clan Leader battled the attackers, the Zhang Clan Members began tearing open a path through the encirclement with suicidal attacks.

• The Old Clan Leader gave Zhang Huaiyu the ancestral tablets and ordered him to escape toward Zhang Qingyuan or lie low.
• The Old Clan Leader led the Zhang Clan Members in a desperate breakout, while the vicious-faced man moved to block their path.
• The vicious-faced man shattered the Old Clan Leader’s Dharma Treasure and killed two Zhang Clan Members who tried to protect him.
• A wounded Zhang Clan Member self-destructed, knocking the Wolf-Tooth Mace aside and forcing the vicious-faced man back.
• The remaining Zhang Clan Members self-destructed in succession, opening a gap in the encirclement.

Zhang Huaiyu fled with the Zhang Clan’s Ancestor Tablets after the clan’s elders sacrificed themselves to hold off overwhelming attackers. As a hidden enemy cornered him, Yan Kuangtu arrived and shattered the fatal strike, while the attacker warned him to withdraw.

• The Old Clan Leader sent ordinary tribesmen to hide and had the clan’s elites escort the Ancestor Tablets away to draw the enemy’s attention.
• Zhang Huaiyu escaped the battle with the Ancestor Tablets as Zhang Clan elders destroyed themselves to open a path for him.
• A powerful attacker struck at Zhang Huaiyu with a blade light, leaving him unable to resist.
• Yan Kuangtu appeared, shattered the blade light, and challenged the attackers for killing people in Cloud Water Sect territory.
• The Hidden Person recognized Yan Kuangtu and warned him that he could still withdraw without consequence.

Yan Kuangtu intervened when he discovered Zhang Qingyuan’s clan being slaughtered, and fought a hidden True Essence Ninth Layer enemy despite his lower realm. Inspired by the clan members’ sacrifice and determined to protect the chance to defeat Zhang Qingyuan himself, he entered a fierce life-and-death battle with the enemy.

• Yan Kuangtu struck at the hidden enemy and declared that he had never raised his fist against the weak.
• Yan Kuangtu’s Fist Intent exceeded the True Essence Eighth Layer and forced the Ninth Layer enemy backward.
• Yan Kuangtu recalled learning of Zhang Qingyuan’s strength and explained that he had come upon the Zhang Clan’s ambush while returning to the sect.
• Yan Kuangtu resolved to stop anyone from secretly harming Zhang Qingyuan, the opponent he intended to defeat honorably.
• The hidden enemy attacked with a powerful blade strike, and Yan Kuangtu met him in a destructive battle.

Zhang Qingyuan mastered the Five Elements Killing Divine Ability, giving him a concealed trump card against Lu Tianxu, though he remained wary of the risks of facing a Cave True Great Power. An urgent message drew him from seclusion to the Moon Liên Islands’ main hall, where a bloodied visitor begged him to avenge members of the Lineage who had died violently.

• Zhang Qingyuan mastered the Five Elements Killing Divine Ability and judged its power capable of threatening Lu Tianxu, but resolved to wait for the right moment to use it.
• Zhang Qingyuan sensed persistent malice from Lu Tianxu and reaffirmed that their conflict could end only with one of them dead.
• An urgent Messaging Talisman interrupted Zhang Qingyuan’s seclusion, and he rushed to the main hall of the Moon Liên Islands.
• Zhang Qingyuan found Yan Kuangtu in the hall and saw Zhang Changyang shaken as a bloodied figure recounted what had happened.
• The bloodied figure knelt before Zhang Qingyuan and begged him to seek justice for the Lineage members who had died violent deaths.

After learning that the Zhang Family’s core cultivators had died, Zhang Qingyuan struggled with the weight of their loss and his connection to the calamity. Yan Kuangtu asked to witness Zhang Qingyuan’s full strength, and Zhang Qingyuan revealed a terrifying power that left Yan Kuangtu believing the sky had fallen.

• The Zhang Family’s Old Clan Leader and fifty-six other core cultivators died, while Zhang Huaiyu survived and the rest of the family scattered.
• Zhang Qingyuan reflected on the dead, especially the Old Clan Leader, and felt the weight of the Zhang Family’s destruction.
• Zhang Qingyuan thanked Yan Kuangtu for escorting Zhang Huaiyu safely to the Moon Liên Islands.
• Yan Kuangtu refused thanks and asked Zhang Qingyuan to show him his greatest strength.
• Zhang Qingyuan changed the heavens with a thought and summoned a vast, terrifying round wheel from the darkness, leaving Yan Kuangtu stunned.

Zhang Qingyuan revealed his overwhelming strength to Yan Kuangtu, who left the Moon Liên Islands disappointed but determined to defeat him someday. After Yan departed, Zhang Qingyuan attacked the lingering malice in his Spiritual Sense, prompting a massive change in the skies and drawing Lu Tianxu’s attention.

• Zhang Qingyuan unleashed the aura of his Five Elements Divine Ability, leaving Yan Kuangtu unable to resist or challenge him.
• Yan Kuangtu recognized the immense gap between them, left the Moon Liên Islands, and vowed to defeat Zhang Qingyuan one day.
• After sensing Yan Kuangtu’s departure, Zhang Qingyuan struck at the malice lingering in his Spiritual Sense.
• The attack injured the malice and caused dark clouds to gather into a vast vortex above the Moon Liên Islands.
• Lu Tianxu sensed the injury from within the Golden Extremity Sect, recognized it as a letter of challenge, and laughed furiously.

Lu Tianxu interpreted Zhang Qingyuan’s challenge as an invitation to die and began preparing allies to overcome the Cloud Water Sect’s protection. Zhang Qingyuan headed toward Jietian Peak, but Daoist Ming Xin intercepted him and urged him to turn back and cultivate.

• Lu Tianxu dismissed Zhang Qingyuan’s challenge as youthful recklessness and decided to kill him before his talent could mature.
• Lu Tianxu planned to recruit Cave True experts and stir hostility toward Zhang Qingyuan’s Five Elements Great Dao to ensure the Cloud Water Sect could not stop him.
• Zhang Qingyuan left the Moon Liên Islands and advanced toward Jietian Peak, building up his aura with every step.
• Several days later, Daoist Ming Xin intercepted Zhang Qingyuan and urged him to return, reminding him that the Cloud Water Sect had already avenged his clansmen.

Zhang Qingyuan left seclusion to confront Lu Tianxu, believing his completed Five Elements Dao Law and Divine Ability gave him a chance to fight the Cave True cultivator. Daoist Ming Xin tried to stop him, then challenged him to prove he was qualified to face Lu Tianxu.

• Daoist Ming Xin intercepted Zhang Qingyuan as he left the South Sea Domain and urged him not to seek out Lu Tianxu.
• Zhang Qingyuan thanked Daoist Ming Xin for saving his life but refused to turn back, explaining that he had to press on.
• Zhang Qingyuan relied on the power of his completed Five Elements Dao Law and Divine Ability, which he believed could let him contend with and kill Cave True cultivators.
• Daoist Ming Xin grew angry and challenged Zhang Qingyuan to pass his test before pursuing Lu Tianxu.
• Daoist Ming Xin released his aura, summoning dark clouds, lightning, and thunder that left Zhang Qingyuan facing a violent storm.

Zhang Qingyuan broke Daoist Ming Xin’s full-strength Cave True Law Domain with his sword and continued on his path. After Zhang Qingyuan left, Daoist Ming Xin and Daoist Ming Shui reflected on the past and acknowledged that Ming Shui had only three months to live.

• Daoist Ming Xin unleashed his Cave True Law Domain to make Zhang Qingyuan turn back, but Zhang Qingyuan resolved to pursue the Cave True Realm regardless of the obstacles.
• Zhang Qingyuan released a brilliant Sword Light that split Daoist Ming Xin’s Law Domain and carved a vast rift through the darkened sky.
• Daoist Ming Xin recognized the sword strike as a reminder of Senior Brother Qi and remained suspended in the air as Zhang Qingyuan departed.
• Daoist Ming Shui appeared beside Daoist Ming Xin and said that Ming Xin had stopped himself because he had not moved on from the past.
• Daoist Ming Shui said Zhang Qingyuan had to face the path himself and revealed that he had three months left to live.

Zhang Qingyuan gained insight from his clash with Daoist Ming Xin and began suppressing and accumulating his Aura as he traveled toward Jietian Peak to face Lu Tianxu. Meanwhile, Lu Tianxu’s allies and their followers plotted to ambush Zhang Qingyuan, believing his strength relied on a limited number of methods bestowed by a Cave True Great Power.

• Zhang Qingyuan sensed a faint trace of his Master’s Aura, but it vanished, and he continued on, thinking he had been mistaken.
• Zhang Qingyuan reflected on his battle with Daoist Ming Xin and realized it had deepened his understanding of the Cave True Realm and Dao Law.
• Zhang Qingyuan began binding his outward Aura with the Five Elements Dao Law, drawing it into himself to build power for a later burst.
• Cultivators connected to Lu Tianxu gathered and dismissed Zhang Qingyuan’s reputation as the result of methods supplied by the Cloud Water Sect.
• More than thirty powerful True Essence Realm cultivators agreed to ambush Zhang Qingyuan, expecting to exhaust his borrowed methods and kill him.

Zhang Qingyuan traveled toward Jietian Peak, killing the Lu Family and Golden Extremity Sect cultivators who tried to stop him. Two observers noted that the attackers were strengthening his foundation rather than exhausting him, and lamented that he had ended up in Mingshui's hands.

• A group of cultivators waited near Jietian Peak, and one man attacked Zhang Qingyuan but was killed before he could finish speaking.
• More than ten cultivators launched a coordinated assault, but Zhang Qingyuan shattered their attacks with the Five Elements Power and killed them all.
• Zhang Qingyuan continued along the blood-soaked road, killing further waves of attackers from the Lu Family and the Golden Extremity Sect as his foundation grew stronger.
• Two shadowy observers discussed how the attackers could not drain Zhang Qingyuan's energy and remarked that he had become Mingshui's disciple.

Zhang Qingyuan continued along the blood-soaked road, sharpening his Slaughter Momentum and Dao Law while two hidden Cave True Great Powers watched his progress. He annihilated a large force that tried to stop him, then hunted down the survivors as they fled.

• Two hidden Cave True Great Powers recognized Zhang Qingyuan’s growing strength and agreed to protect him as a Sect Disciple.
• Zhang Qingyuan sensed the familiar Cloud Water Sect aura behind him but focused on the enemies blocking his path.
• A square-faced middle-aged man led hundreds of cultivators, including six Peak True Essence Ninth Layer experts, in an attempt to make Zhang Qingyuan surrender.
• Zhang Qingyuan killed the middle-aged man and several Clan Leaders and elders with a single sword strike, causing the remaining attackers to flee in terror.
• Zhang Qingyuan pursued the fleeing cultivators with thousands of sword-like attacks and ignored their pleas for mercy.

Zhang Qingyuan reached Jietian Peak after slaughtering the cultivators who tried to ambush him, while onlookers gathered to witness his challenge to Lu Tianxu. As he stood on the mountain’s ancient stairs, Zhang Qingyuan unleashed his aura and dark clouds covered the peak.

• Zhang Qingyuan killed the attackers who had tried to intercept him, causing the remaining ambushers to flee.
• Zhang Qingyuan continued unopposed toward Jietian Peak, where observers discussed the mountain’s famous sword scar and his coming duel with Lu Tianxu.
• Cave True Great Powers and their juniors watched Zhang Qingyuan arrive, and many believed he would lose despite his strength.
• Zhang Qingyuan sensed Lu Tianxu’s powerful aura at the summit and called out to him as he stepped onto the ancient stairs.
• Zhang Qingyuan released his aura, darkening the sky over Jietian Peak and startling the onlookers.

Lu Tianxu unleashed his full Law Domain to kill Zhang Qingyuan, while Cloud Water Sect experts were blocked from intervening by Lu Tianxu’s allies. Zhang Qingyuan broke through the Golden Law Domain with a sword strike, leaving Lu Tianxu stunned.

• Lu Tianxu opened the battle by unleashing his Golden Law Domain to crush Zhang Qingyuan.
• Cloud Water Sect Cave True experts moved to rescue Zhang Qingyuan, but Lu Tianxu’s allies intercepted them.
• Zhang Qingyuan declared that Lu Tianxu was not qualified to take his life and struck with an apparently ordinary sword technique.
• Zhang Qingyuan’s sword strike bloomed into a five-colored Green Lotus that tore a huge hole through Lu Tianxu’s Law Domain.
• Lu Tianxu stared in disbelief as Zhang Qingyuan broke his strongest attack despite being in the True Essence Realm.

Zhang Qingyuan used a sword strike infused with the momentum he had accumulated on his journey to break Lu Tianxu’s Cave True Law Domain and wound him. Though his Sword Seed was exhausted, Zhang Qingyuan drew his Sword Pellet and prepared to continue the battle, having proved that Lu Tianxu could be injured.

• Zhang Qingyuan’s Green Lotus sword strike tore apart Lu Tianxu’s Metal Element Law Domain and unleashed his accumulated momentum.
• Lu Tianxu blocked most of the strike with a divine wheel, but the sword’s remaining power cut his left cheek and drew golden blood.
• Lu Tianxu and the Cave True observers were shocked that a True Essence cultivator had wounded him, while one of his reinforcements called for Zhang Qingyuan to be killed.
• Zhang Qingyuan realized his momentum-fueled Sword Seed strike was exhausted and had only caused a shallow wound, but took heart that Lu Tianxu was not invincible.
• Zhang Qingyuan summoned his Sword Pellet as a longsword and stepped forward amid a surge of power.

Zhang Qingyuan blocked Lu Tianxu’s Cave True-level Skyward Finger with Five Elements Samsara, proving he could contend head-on with a Cave True cultivator. Alarmed, Lu Tianxu charged in and unleashed a barrage of golden punches, leaving the fight ongoing.

• Lu Tianxu used Skyward Finger, a Martial Skill fused with his Cave True Law Domain, to attack Zhang Qingyuan.
• Zhang Qingyuan used Five Elements Samsara to block the attack, though the impact broke his technique and forced him back.
• The spectators recognized that Zhang Qingyuan could withstand a Cave True-level attack, and the watching Cave True cultivators raised their assessment of him.
• Lu Tianxu realized Zhang Qingyuan might eventually kill him but refused to accept the possibility.
• Lu Tianxu rushed toward Zhang Qingyuan and threw more than a hundred golden punches at him.

Zhang Qingyuan evaded Lu Tianxu’s relentless attacks and countered with the Buddha Kingdom in Palm, matching Lu Tianxu’s spear strike in a devastating collision. The two faced off across the shattered space as Lu Tianxu resolved to use a decisive technique to kill Zhang Qingyuan.

• Lu Tianxu unleashed a barrage of golden fist intents, but Zhang Qingyuan slipped through them with Mayfly Between Heaven and Earth.
• Zhang Qingyuan attacked with Buddha Kingdom in Palm, forcing Lu Tianxu to gather his Law Domain power into a golden spear.
• Zhang Qingyuan’s giant palm and Lu Tianxu’s spear collided, creating an explosion that battered Jietian Peak and drove back the spectators.
• The two combatants retreated and faced each other across the roiling void after their attacks proved evenly matched.
• Lu Tianxu judged that Zhang Qingyuan’s movement technique made him difficult to threaten and decided to use a technique that could kill him in one move.