Chapter Summaries

Lu Bai reached the outskirts of Nameless Mountain, where Ling Yi of Myriad Insect Valley challenged him and was killed after Lu Bai took control of his Gu worms. The Golden Scale Saint Son then charged at Lu Bai, and they clashed.

• Immortal-sect disciples across Purple Cloud Mountain sensed the Golden Scale Saint Son releasing a fierce, murderous aura.
• Lu Bai continued toward Nameless Mountain, where gathered disciples began targeting newcomers and sizing one another up.
• Ling Yi of Myriad Insect Valley confronted Lu Bai, claiming he wanted revenge for his friend Xi Ao Yan.
• Ling Yi revealed that his Gu worms had entered Lu Bai's body, but Lu Bai had already taken control of them.
• Lu Bai struck Ling Yi with a massive palm of spiritual energy and blasted his body apart.
• The Golden Scale Saint Son rushed at Lu Bai, and their collision rang out like metal striking metal.

Lu Bai faced the Golden Scale Saint Son and revealed an overwhelming advantage, easily stopping and defeating him. He left the watching disciples stunned, then told them to carry on as before.

• The Golden Scale Saint Son attacked Lu Bai, but his first strike failed to hurt him through [Steel Body].
• The Golden Scale Saint Son unleashed another charge, and Lu Bai caught his fist with one hand.
• Lu Bai swatted aside the Golden Scale Saint Son's follow-up punch, twisting his arm, then kicked him flying.
• Lu Bai declined to press his advantage and reassured the stunned disciples that they could carry on with what they were doing.

Lu Bai watched the Dao Commencement Assembly after defeating the Golden Scale Saint Son, then faced the Sword Wielding Disciple of Jiange. When the swordsman asked him to give it his all, Lu Bai knocked him unconscious in an instant.

• The elders of Purple Cloud Villa rescued the gravely injured Golden Scale Saint Son, while sect elders marveled at Lu Bai's strength.
• Lu Bai watched the disciples fight on Nameless Mountain and received Mu Yao's thanks and voice transmission talisman.
• The Dao Commencement Assembly's strongest disciples hesitated to challenge Lu Bai, but the Sword Wielding Disciple of Jiange stepped forward.
• Lu Bai's mana attacks were cut apart by the swordsman, who urged him to fight seriously.
• Lu Bai activated [Steel Body] and [Flash Time], punched the Sword Wielding Disciple, and left him unconscious.

Lu Bai defeated the Sword Wielding Disciple and then overwhelmed the allied Holy Sons, Saintesses, and True Inheritance disciples at the Dao Commencement Assembly. As the defeated disciples watched, the assembly gave way to an unprecedented manifestation of Dao Patterns gathering above Lu Bai in the shape of a flower.

• The Drinking Youth saw that Lu Bai had spared his Sword Wielding Disciple and carried the defeated disciple away.
• The Taixuan Holy Son called on the other disciples to attack Lu Bai together, and Lu Bai agreed.
• Lu Bai defeated the Taishi Sect True Inheritance disciple and the Divine Phoenix Holy Land Saintess before overpowering the other assembled challengers.
• Elder Wang watched Lu Bai’s victories with pride but worried that Qingwang Sect could not protect him from the other immortal sects.
• Lu Bai defeated the last Holy Son from Changhong Holy Land, leaving no one standing against him.
• A drumbeat sounded, Purple Cloud Mountain’s barrier collapsed, and Dao Patterns gathered above Lu Bai into a layered flower.

Lu Bai acquired the Immortal Dao Flower as a Deathmatch Arena node, drawing the attention of powerful cultivators from the immortal sects. They sealed off Purple Cloud Mountain and moved to kill him and seize his boon, leaving him surrounded.

• The Deathmatch System announced that Lu Bai had acquired a Deathmatch Arena node and started the Double Points Reward countdown.
• Elders and eminent figures arrived after the Immortal Dao Flower appeared above Lu Bai, and they sealed the area to prevent anyone from escaping.
• Elder Golden Scale accused Lu Bai of harming fellow disciples and restrained Wang the Gambler when he tried to defend him.
• The Deputy Cult Master of Yuhuo Cult and other powerful figures backed the attack, while Wang the Gambler secretly urged Lu Bai to escape.
• Elder Ghost Jing attacked Lu Bai with a black claw, and the gathered cultivators began openly coveting his boon.

Lu Bai was captured by powerful immortal sect figures who wanted to refine his body and search his soul, but he entered the Mental Time Chamber and cultivated until he reached the Mahayana stage. He prepared to leave and make the sect figures regret trying to claim him.

• The gaunt old man lifted Lu Bai with a giant mana hand, and the gathered sect figures argued over who would claim him as artifact-refining material.
• Lu Bai used [Mind Control] on Fatty Feng, but a soul cultivator wrested control back, and the gaunt old man accused Lu Bai of using a vicious soul-capturing technique.
• A compassionate-looking old man sent a command talisman to search Lu Bai's soul, so Lu Bai activated [Flash Time] and entered the Mental Time Chamber.
• Lu Bai broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, advanced through its middle and late stages, and continued cultivating until he reached the Mahayana stage.
• Lu Bai sensed a restriction halting his rapid progress, then rose and decided his Mahayana cultivation should be enough.

Lu Bai broke free from the elders’ Soul Searching attempt and revealed overwhelming power against the sect forces surrounding Purple Cloud Mountain. He left more than a hundred Nascent Soul experts dead, while the watching disciples stared in shock.

• Over a hundred Nascent Soul experts surrounded Purple Cloud Mountain to trap Lu Bai, while young disciples and hidden death fighters watched.
• A compassionate elder sent a decree to Lu Bai to begin Soul Searching, but Lu Bai opened his eyes and resisted the technique.
• Lu Bai tapped apart the Mana hand restraining him and drew all spiritual energy within a hundred miles into his body.
• Lu Bai unleashed a torrent of immortal light that swept away the elders’ defenses and killed more than a hundred Nascent Soul experts.
• The Golden Scale Elder survived long enough to see his body partially vanish, while the disciples below watched in disbelief.

After defeating the Nascent Soul cultivators who had targeted him, Lu Bai revealed that he had reached the Mahayana stage and faced an immense Lightning Tribulation. The first strike left him charred and convulsing, but his [Steel Body] kept him alive.

• Lu Bai released Elder Wang and asked him to lead the others back to Qingwang Sect while he searched for deathmatchers.
• Dark thunderclouds gathered over Purple Cloud Mountain, and Elder Wang recognized the approaching Lightning Tribulation.
• Lu Bai told Elder Wang that he was at the Mahayana stage, and Elder Wang fled beyond the thunderclouds.
• Lu Bai restored his [Steel Body] as the Lightning Tribulation began, though he had no confidence that he would survive.
• The first lightning strike blasted Lu Bai into a charred, convulsing figure, but [Steel Body] prevented it from killing him.

Lu Bai survived the Lightning Tribulation by severing his cultivation and dropping below the Mahayana stage, causing the tribulation to vanish. Elder Wang told Yuxu Zi that Lu Bai had killed more than a hundred sect elders, and Yuxu Zi named him Qingwang Sect’s Grand Elder before learning he might have undergone Feathered Ascension.

• The Lightning Tribulation battered Lu Bai until Elder Wang believed he had died before completing even the first stage.
• Elder Wang searched the ruined Purple Cloud Mountain for Lu Bai’s remains and received Yuxu Zi’s angry message about the deaths at the Dao Commencement Assembly.
• Elder Wang revealed that Lu Bai had killed every leading elder from the immortal sects, prompting Yuxu Zi to name him Qingwang Sect’s Grand Elder.
• Elder Wang asked what would happen if Lu Bai had already undergone Feathered Ascension, leaving Yuxu Zi speechless.
• Lu Bai revealed that he had severed his cultivation during the tribulation, survived its lightning, and lowered his realm until the tribulation disappeared.

After surviving the Lightning Tribulation with a severe Dao Injury, Lu Bai wandered through Xuanzhou and decided to hunt other Deathmatch contestants. Meanwhile, rumors of his feats spread, and a caravan carrying Blood-stealing Grannies to Myriad Insect Valley stopped at an abandoned temple to protect its cargo.

• Lu Bai assessed his damaged Primordial Spirit and learned that the Immortal Dao Flower was keeping his Dao Injury from worsening.
• Lu Bai acquired the current Deathmatch Arena Node, saw that he ranked first among 193 contestants, and decided to reduce their numbers.
• Lu Bai traveled through Xuanzhou and heard people spreading rumors about his performance at the Dao Commencement Assembly.
• A caravan led by a Village Chief took shelter from the rain and checked its shipment of Blood-stealing Grannies.
• When the insects seemed listless, the Village Chief cut his wrist and fed them blood, reassuring the villagers that the cargo was still alive.

Lu Bai watched two Myriad Insect Valley cultivators bully villagers and threaten their tribute, while a Li-surnamed Deathmatch Participant asked him to kill them. Lu Bai agreed he could handle the cultivators, but the chapter ended before he answered the request.

• The villagers sheltered from the rain in a ruined temple, where Lu Bai arrived and told them to carry on as usual.
• Two Myriad Insect Valley cultivators entered and ordered the villagers away from the fire.
• Senior Brother Du released bloodred insects, then tried to feed the villagers’ Blood-stealing Granny to his lifebound Spirit Insect.
• The Li-surnamed Deathmatch Participant asked Lu Bai to kill the two cultivators and offered him the spoils and his help.

Lu Bai effortlessly killed two Myriad Insect Valley cultivators who were threatening villagers, then considered whether his power could change the world. After the villagers left, Li Mu stayed behind and spoke with Lu Bai.

• Lu Bai questioned Li Mu about the villagers' lives, then confronted the two Myriad Insect Valley cultivators.
• Lu Bai crushed the cultivators with a single finger, annihilating their souls before they could finish begging for mercy.
• The village chief thanked Lu Bai and led the villagers away through the rain, wary of being linked to Myriad Insect Valley's deaths.
• Lu Bai reflected on the risks of imposing a new order and decided not to interfere without a better solution.
• Li Mu stayed behind and told Lu Bai he had sought to join Myriad Insect Valley only because he had no other choice.

Lu Bai entered Myriad Insect City with Li Mu and said he planned to conduct a social experiment involving Myriad Insect Valley. When he asked to meet the Valley Master at Immortal Gu Tower, the shop’s cultivators recognized him, and Steward Lai fled after learning he was there.

• Lu Bai and Li Mu walked through Myriad Insect City, where Lu Bai explained he wanted to conduct a social experiment starting with Myriad Insect Valley.
• Lu Bai marked the city’s Nascent Soul cultivators with his divine sense and took Li Mu to Immortal Gu Tower.
• Lu Bai asked the shop disciple Xiao Kuai to bring him to the person in charge so he could discuss Myriad Insect Valley’s survival with the Valley Master.
• Cultivators in the shop mocked Lu Bai until a Myriad Insect Valley disciple recognized him as Lu Bai of Qingwang Sect.
• Xiao Kuai sent a message to Steward Lai, who blasted through the roof and fled after realizing Lu Bai had arrived.

Lu Bai waited for the Valley Master of Myriad Insect Valley to answer his summons, but discovered that the Valley Master had fled rather than face him. Lu Bai stopped waiting and flew toward the valley as Myriad Insect Valley activated its Mountain Protecting Great Array.

• Lu Bai dragged Steward Lai back into Immortal Gu Pavilion and asked him to summon the Valley Master of Myriad Insect Valley.
• Steward Lai told Lu Bai that he had contacted the Valley Master, who said he would come, while the Valley Master secretly fled Myriad Insect Valley.
• After waiting half an hour, Lu Bai realized the Valley Master was not coming and decided to stop waiting.
• Lu Bai swept his hand and lifted the roof of Immortal Gu Pavilion, then flew out as cultivators gathered above Myriad Insect City.
• Myriad Insect Valley cultivators at the valley entrance activated the Mountain Protecting Great Array.

Lu Bai shattered Myriad Insect Valley’s Mountain Protecting Great Array and threatened to destroy the sect. When an unknown powerhouse pulled one of the Valley’s elders through a rift and warned Lu Bai about Qingwang Sect, Lu Bai stopped the rift from closing and began restoring space with the laws of the Dao.

• Lu Bai tested his mana against Myriad Insect Valley’s formation, then unleashed enough power to shatter its barrier and devastate the valley.
• The Valley’s elders and veterans flew out, and a battered old man charged at Lu Bai.
• A golden hand seized the old man and pulled him through a rift as an unseen elder praised Lu Bai and warned him that Qingwang Sect would be waiting.
• Lu Bai stopped the rift from closing, summoned the Immortal Dao Flower to stabilize his Primordial Spirit, and used Dao laws to force the rift open again.
• The Grand Elder of Golden Scale Holy Land watched in disbelief as Lu Bai restored space.

Lu Bai confronted the Grand Elder of Golden Scale Holy Land, learned he could not reach him across the void, and heard that the immortal sects planned to destroy Qingwang Sect. He left Myriad Insect City with Li Mu to return and deal with the threat.

• The Grand Elder of Golden Scale Holy Land questioned Lu Bai and challenged him after seeing his Mahayana cultivation.
• Lu Bai widened the void rift, crushed the Grand Elder of Myriad Insect Valley to dust, and failed to reach the distant Grand Elder of Golden Scale Holy Land.
• The Grand Elder of Golden Scale Holy Land threatened that Qingwang Sect would soon be destroyed, then disappeared into the void.
• Lu Bai realized the immortal sects were joining forces against Qingwang Sect and decided to return.
• Lu Bai soul-searched a Myriad Insect Valley cultivator, then left Myriad Insect City with Li Mu, whose departure left a massive crater.

Qingwang Sect prepared to defend its mountain gate against an overwhelming alliance of sects seeking retribution and plunder. As the assault began, Yuxu Zi realized the enemy’s Immortal Artifact might bring down their protective array almost immediately.

• Yuxu Zi told Wang the Gambler that he had already arranged for Qingwang Sect’s remaining disciples to face the coming assault, then activated the Mountain Protecting Great Array.
• Qingwang Sect’s disciples took their assigned formation nodes, joking together as they prepared to fight and die for the sect.
• Hundreds of powerful cultivators and vast allied forces gathered around Qingwang Sect, while the enemy leaders sent their disciples to attack first.
• The Golden Scale Holy Land struck the Mountain Protecting Great Array with the Golden Scale Lotus, weakening it and alarming Qingwang Sect’s defenders.
• Yuxu Zi recognized the Golden Scale Lotus as an Immortal Artifact and feared the array would not hold for even an incense stick’s burn.

The Golden Scale Holy Land’s Immortal Artifact battered the Qingwang Sect’s Mountain Protecting Great Array as its disciples panicked and Yuxu Zi and Fairy Yuxia confronted the attacking sect leaders. The Golden Scale Holy Land’s Grand Elder arrived, crushed them, and urged the alliance to destroy the Qingwang Sect quickly after revealing that Lu Bai was alive and had reached the Mahayana stage.

• The Golden Scale Lotus struck the Mountain Protecting Great Array again, dimming its barrier and throwing the Qingwang Sect disciples into panic until Fairy Yuxia calmed them.
• Yuxu Zi told Wang the Gambler that the array could not withstand many more attacks, then struck at the enemy disciples outside the gate; the Sect Master of Taishi Sect stopped his Mana hand.
• Fairy Yuxia attacked the sect leaders, but the Sect Master of Taishi Sect intercepted her Mana and dismissed her strength.
• The Grand Elder of the Golden Scale Holy Land arrived and crushed Yuxu Zi and Fairy Yuxia into the mountain gate with a golden Mana strike.
• The Grand Elder ordered the alliance to flatten the Qingwang Sect and revealed that Lu Bai was alive, had exchanged a blow with him across the void, and was a Mahayana stage cultivator.
• The Sect Master of Taishi Sect frowned and began to suggest reconsidering the attack.

The allied immortal sects invaded Qingwang Sect, overwhelming its disciples while Senior Brother Chang tried to protect Shi Qingyu. Lu Bai arrived at the last moment and punched the Grand Elder of Golden Scale Holy Land through two mountains.

• The Yuhuo Cult Leader attacked Qingwang Sect with a fire dragon as allied forces stormed the mountain gate and overwhelmed its defenders.
• Senior Brother Chang returned wounded to his cave dwelling and promised Shi Qingyu he would get her out safely.
• When enemy cultivators found the cave, Senior Brother Chang drew them away after warning Shi Qingyu to stay hidden.
• Lu Bai crossed most of Xuanzhou at extraordinary speed and struck the Grand Elder of Golden Scale Holy Land with one punch.
• Lu Bai hovered before the sect leaders and asked whether he had arrived too late.

Lu Bai confronted the immortal sect leaders at Qingwang Sect and demanded that they follow his lead. After repeatedly overwhelming the Golden Scale Holy Land's Grand Elder with attacks enabled by Flash Time, Lu Bai drove the Grand Elder to ask for a negotiation.

• Lu Bai told the assembled immortal sect leaders to put their affairs in order and follow him, challenging them to oppose him.
• The Golden Scale Holy Land's Grand Elder rose from the crater and confronted Lu Bai, who used Flash Time to strike him again and bury him in the ground.
• The shaken Grand Elder called on the sect leaders to attack Lu Bai together, and three powerful cultivators launched Mana attacks.
• Lu Bai ignored the incoming attacks with Steel Body and punched the Grand Elder in the back of the head, making him fear for his life.
• The Golden Scale Holy Land's Grand Elder forced a smile and asked Lu Bai if they could talk.