Arc 29The King of Chu

Li Xinge defeated the Four Seas Alliance, took control of the south, and received the title King of Chu from Great Zhou’s emperor. Three years later, Li Xuantong reached the Divine Mansion Realm, and the Li Family prepared to celebrate its growing strength.

  • Li Xinge’s allies outnumbered and defeated the Four Seas Alliance in Jade Prefecture, while Li Xinge drove Ming Tianchen away and forced the surviving alliance cultivators to submit or die.
  • As the Pure World Holy Church’s rebellion spread through the north, Li Xinge took command of Chu Province and secured the allegiance of the Yan and Wei clans.
  • Cui Yuan gathered support across the south for Li Xinge to become King of Chu, and the emperor granted Li Xinge the title, the Nine Bestowments, and permanent rule over the nine southern provinces.
  • Li Xinge accepted the imperial decree as King of Chu, and the south prospered during three years of stalemate between Great Zhou and the World-Purifying Cult.
  • Li Xuantong endured the Divine Mansion Tribulation and broke through to the Early-stage Divine Mansion Realm with a Divine Mansion World spanning fifteen hundred li.
  • Li Xinge announced that the Li Family would hold a public ceremony and banquet to honor Li Xuantong, while Cui Yuan prepared to visit Green Maple Valley with a gift.
  • Cao Wenzhao’s newborn son displayed Seventh-grade talent, and Chen Yan told the Cao family that Li Xuantong had become the Li Family’s third Divine Mansion cultivator.
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Ch. 710Four Seas Alliance, how dare you!

Li Xinge waited for the Four Seas Alliance at Jade Prefecture as the emperor watched their conflict from Shenjing. When the Four Seas Alliance invaded with fourteen Divine Mansion Realm experts, Li Family forces faced their assault, and a black-robed saber wielder appeared to challenge the Burning Sea Lord.

  • Li Xinge learned from Zhao Wujiu that the Four Seas Alliance had made its move and declared that the Li Family would rise to greatness.
  • Song Wuya told the emperor that the Four Seas Alliance had mobilized, and estimated that it had an eight-to-two advantage over Li Xinge.
  • Half a month later, fourteen Divine Mansion Realm experts from the Four Seas Alliance arrived off Jade Prefecture, and the coastal defenders activated their formations.
  • The Burning Sea Lord shattered the coastal formations with a flaming palm, killing countless people and ordering the Four Seas Alliance cultivators to attack.
  • A black-robed figure wielding a long saber appeared and slew the front ranks of the attackers, then challenged the Burning Sea Lord for invading Li Family territory.

Ch. 711You May Call Me—Old Man Mystic Oracle

Zhao Wujiu refused the Burning Sea Lord’s offer to surrender Jade Prefecture and drew the Four Seas Alliance forces into pursuit. Just as the Burning Sea Lord’s attack threatened him, Old Man Mystic Oracle appeared and shattered it, leaving the alliance leader facing a dangerous stranger.

  • The Burning Sea Lord mocked Zhao Wujiu and offered him a place in the Four Seas Alliance if he surrendered Jade Prefecture.
  • Zhao Wujiu declared his loyalty to Li Xinge and vowed to defend Jade Prefecture with his life.
  • When the Burning Sea Lord attacked, Zhao Wujiu fled toward the Central Plains, pursued by him and thirteen other Divine Mansion Realm experts as the Four Seas Alliance invaded Jade Prefecture.
  • The Burning Sea Lord’s flaming claw closed in on Zhao Wujiu, but a giant palm from the sky destroyed it.
  • Old Man Mystic Oracle emerged from the void, and the Burning Sea Lord warned him to stay out of the conflict.

Ch. 712A terrifying lineup!

Sage Xuanji revealed that the Li Family’s allies had gathered to confront the Four Seas Alliance, turning the Burning Sea Lord’s assumed numerical advantage into a disadvantage. The Li side assembled fifteen Divine Mansion Realm cultivators, and Zhao Wujiu challenged the Burning Sea Lord as Elder Galaxy lost his composure.

  • Sage Xuanji mocked the Burning Sea Lord and revealed that he had not come alone, as Fu Qingyun emerged from a fissure in the void.
  • Wei Pingsheng joined the Li Family’s side and declared that the Wei Clan shared honor, disgrace, life, and death with the Li Family.
  • The Night-Blooming Cereus Fairy, Li Wuyou, and the Turtle Elder appeared as allies of the Marquis of Chu.
  • The Burning Sea Lord claimed his fourteen Divine Mansion Realm cultivators outnumbered the Li side, but Lin Chiyan, Qu Zhengxin, Cui Chongshan, and Lin Hansheng arrived to reinforce it.
  • Yan Hanhai and Yan Daoyi, followed by Wei Siyuan and Wei Lintian, brought the Li Family’s total to fifteen Divine Mansion Realm cultivators.
  • Zhao Wujiu asked whether the advantage was still the Burning Sea Lord’s, and Elder Galaxy angrily told him to shut up.

Ch. 713After today, the southern lands will belong to my Li Family

The Li Family’s alliance with the Snowy Robe Sacred Cult was revealed, surrounding the Four Seas Alliance with a vastly superior force. As Zhao Wujiu declared that the southern lands would belong to the Li Family, an overwhelming presence descended to defend the Four Seas Alliance.

  • Elder Galaxy realized the Li Family’s apparent neglect of the Snow Robe Demonic Cult might be part of a trap, just as Blood Abyss Demon Venerable and Sky-Eating Demon Venerable appeared.
  • Six more Divine Mansion cultivators joined the Li Family’s side and helped encircle the Four Seas Alliance; Sky-Eating Demon Venerable announced that they supported the Li Family.
  • Elder Galaxy saw that the Li Family’s side had twenty-one Divine Mansion cultivators against the Four Seas Alliance’s fourteen and accused Li Xinge of colluding with the Demonic Path.
  • Zhao Wujiu replied that the Four Seas Alliance had also colluded with demonic forces and declared that the southern lands would belong to the Li Family after today.
  • The twenty-one Li Family-aligned experts unleashed their pressure and killing intent, driving the Four Seas Alliance members back.
  • A domineering voice dismissed the Li Family’s forces as rabble, and a vastly greater aura descended from the heavens.

Ch. 714King of Different Surname?

Li Xinge arrived at the confrontation and revealed himself as both the Marquis of Chu and the Devil Master, confronting Ming Tianchen, who was also the Third Prince of Liang. Ming Tianchen offered Li Xinge a place as Great Liang’s King of Different Surname if he helped destroy Great Zhou.

  • Ming Tianchen arrived and overpowered the combined aura of the Li Family’s Divine Mansion experts, then demanded they hand over the Divine Soul True Fire and join the Four Seas Alliance.
  • A dragon-blooded Demon King emerged from the eastern horizon carrying Li Xinge, and the Li Family’s experts and Demonic Path leaders greeted him as their lord and Devil Master.
  • Elder Galaxy realized that Crossing Sea Lord had deserted the Four Seas Alliance and cursed him for his betrayal.
  • Li Xinge asked whether he should call Ming Tianchen the Grand Alliance Leader or the Third Prince of Liang.
  • Ming Tianchen praised Li Xinge and offered him the title of Great Liang’s King of Different Surname in exchange for helping him destroy Great Zhou.

Ch. 715The origins of the Void Cutter Sword

Li Xinge rejected Ming Tianchen’s offer to rule beneath him and challenged the Four Seas Alliance to submit instead. When Ming Tianchen attacked with his broken sword, Li Xinge’s Void Cutter Sword answered, revealing itself as the missing lower half of the Liang Emperor Sword.

  • Ming Tianchen offered Li Xinge the title of king beneath him if he joined the Four Seas Alliance, but Li Xinge laughed and declared himself the Southern King.
  • Li Xinge mocked Ming Tianchen and offered to make him the King of Liang if the Four Seas Alliance submitted to him.
  • The Burning Sea Lord insulted Li Xinge, who crushed the space around him until Ming Tianchen intervened and rescued him.
  • Ming Tianchen drew his broken sword and unleashed a deadly stroke at Li Xinge, parting the ocean beneath them.
  • The Void Cutter Sword rang out and made Ming Tianchen’s broken sword tremble, prompting him to recognize it as the missing lower half of the Liang Emperor Sword.

Ch. 716A Divine Mansion Melee Six Thousand Years in the Making!

Li Xinge revealed the power of the Liang Emperor Sword by cleaving Ming Tianchen’s attack, then followed him beyond the heavens to fight. With their leaders gone, the Li Family and the Four Seas Alliance prepared for a Divine Mansion war that could decide who ruled the south.

  • Li Xinge recognized Void Slayer as the blade of the former Heavenly Weapon, the Liang Emperor Sword, and Ming Tianchen resolved to reclaim it.
  • Li Xinge met Ming Tianchen’s sword strike with a single swing and split it apart, shocking the gathered cultivators.
  • Li Xinge challenged Ming Tianchen to battle beyond the heavens to keep their clash from devastating the coast, and Ming Tianchen accepted.
  • After Ming Tianchen and Li Xinge left, the Li Family’s twenty-two Divine Mansion cultivators faced the Four Seas Alliance’s thirteen remaining experts.
  • The Blood Abyss Demon Venerable and Sky-Eating Demon Venerable prepared to attack as both sides moved beyond the heavens, beginning a battle that could decide the realm’s future.

Ch. 717Saint-Tier Ultimate Skill!

Thirty-five Divine Mansion cultivators fought in the starry void while Sage Xuanji revealed a sacred-rank ultimate art and killed Burning Sea Lord. Li Xinge held his own against Ming Tianchen, whose offer to spare him was rejected, leaving the two poised to continue their battle.

  • Blood Abyss Demon Venerable and Elder Galaxy clashed, while Lin Chiyan fought Jade Shark Lord and the other Divine Mansion cultivators joined their own battles.
  • Sage Xuanji refused Yan Hanhai's offer of help and used a Black-and-White Taiji Diagram to crush Burning Sea Lord and his Divine Mansion World.
  • Yan Hanhai, Cui Chongshan, and Cold Glass Lord stared in shock as Sage Xuanji pretended to suffer the backlash of a forbidden art.
  • Li Xinge and Ming Tianchen exchanged dozens of blows without Li Xinge falling behind.
  • Ming Tianchen offered to spare Li Xinge if he served him, but Li Xinge countered by offering Ming Tianchen the title of King of Liang if he pledged himself to him.

Ch. 718The Overlord Body Was Strong, but Only a Saint Body Could Sweep the World!

Ming Tianchen unleashed Great Liang’s supreme sword art, but Li Xinge endured the strike and proved his strength despite being at a lower cultivation stage. Ming Tianchen then activated his Imperial Supreme Heavenly Dragon Overlord Body, while Li Xinge revealed powers of both immortal and demon origin and prepared to counter him.

  • Ming Tianchen used the broken Liang Emperor Sword to unleash Great Liang’s founding emperor’s supreme art against Li Xinge.
  • Li Xinge answered with the Void Cutter Sword and his six-thousand-five-hundred-mile Divine Mansion World, but Ming Tianchen’s sword strike ultimately forced him back.
  • Ming Tianchen’s confidence faltered at being unable to defeat a lower-stage opponent, then steadied as he resolved to kill Li Xinge.
  • Ming Tianchen activated his Imperial Supreme Heavenly Dragon Overlord Body, transforming and destroying a distant dead star with a gesture.
  • Li Xinge remained calm and revealed a Three Sha Demon God and a Great Sun Golden Crow within his eyes, declaring that only a Saint Body could sweep the world.

Ch. 719Utter defeat!

Li Xinge defeated Ming Tianchen in a brutal physical battle, forcing the Four Seas Alliance’s leader to flee. He crushed the alliance’s remaining resistance, accepted eight Divine Mansion cultivators’ surrender, and dealt with Elder Galaxy, who refused to submit.

  • Li Xinge fused the Three Sha Demon God and Great Sun Golden Crow powers, then overpowered Ming Tianchen in close combat and forced him to flee with the Liang Emperor’s Broken Sword.
  • Li Xinge announced that the Four Seas Alliance must submit or die, prompting Jade Shark Lord and seven other cultivators to surrender their Divine Soul True Fire.
  • A green-robed elder and three other cultivators fled into spatial turbulence, but Li Xinge killed them with a palm of demonic baleful energy and True Sun Fire.
  • Li Xinge gathered the eight surrendered cultivators’ Divine Soul True Fire into his Divine Mansion World.
  • Elder Galaxy refused to surrender, then began to dissipate himself; Li Xinge had the Three Sha Demon God swallow him.

Ch. 720The world plunged into chaos!

After the Li Family defeated the Four Seas Alliance, Li Xinge’s power shook Great Zhou, and the emperor surrendered the southern territories while ordering the late emperor’s children confined to the Imperial Mausoleum. The Pure World Holy Church launched a rebellion across the north, and Chu Province prepared to welcome Li Xinge as its new lord.

  • Li Xinge left the Jade Shark Lord in charge of the defeated Four Seas Alliance forces after the Li Family won the battle in Jade Prefecture.
  • News that Li Xinge was the Devil Master spread across the realm, and the emperor tore Great Zhou’s southern territories from the map and granted them to him.
  • The emperor ordered Song Wuya to send the late emperor’s children to the Imperial Mausoleum for allegedly conspiring to rebel.
  • The Sacred Venerable revealed himself as a Half-Saint, declared Great Zhou’s fortune spent, and ordered the Pure World Holy Church to begin its uprising.
  • The Pure World Holy Church seized Liang and Yong Provinces, while its revolt spread into neighboring provinces and plunged the realm into chaos.
  • Cui Yuan, Cui Chongshan, Lin Chiyan, Qu Zhengxin, and Chu Province’s forces gathered at the border to welcome Li Xinge as the Marquis of Chu arrived.

Ch. 721Taking command of Chu Province

Li Xinge arrived in Chu Province with an overwhelming procession and was welcomed as its new ruler. At a banquet, Cui Chongshan offered him the Governor’s Seal, and Chu Province’s major clans and officials knelt to pledge their loyalty.

  • The Qinghe Dragon King led Li Xinge’s procession into Chu Province, guarded by eight Divine Mansion Realm experts and carried by sixty-four Innate Realm cultivators.
  • Cui Yuan and Chu Province’s clans, officials, and sect leaders formally welcomed Li Xinge as he took command of the province.
  • Li Xinge entered the Governor’s Mansion and hosted a banquet where he toasted Cui Yuan and the assembled leaders.
  • Cui Chongshan resigned as Governor and offered Li Xinge the Governor’s Seal, declaring him the rightful ruler of Chu Province.
  • Lin Chiyan, Qu Zhengxin, and the other assembled powers knelt and urged Li Xinge to accept the seal, surrendering the province’s authority to him.

Ch. 722Governor of Chu Province, the Marquis of Chu Bestows Pills

Li Xinge accepted the Governor’s Seal of Chu Province after its leaders urged him to take power, then heard that the World-Purifying Cult had seized two northern provinces and was threatening the realm. After deciding to let the north and the Great Zhou Imperial Family exhaust each other, he gave Cui Yuan a Lifespan Pill to restore his strength and keep Chu Province secure in his absence.

  • Li Xinge pretended to reject the Governor’s Seal, then accepted it and agreed to serve as Governor of Chu Province after Cui Yuan and the assembled leaders pleaded with him.
  • An urgent messenger reported that the World-Purifying Cult had taken Liang Province and Yong Province, with more northern provinces caught in war and at least twenty Divine Mansion experts serving the cult.
  • The messenger revealed that the cult’s Sacred Venerable had destroyed Liang Province’s protective array with a phantom scepter and was rumored to have reached the Half-Saint Realm.
  • Li Xinge calmed the frightened assembly, while Cui Yuan urged them to let the north and the Great Zhou Imperial Family bear the brunt of the rebellion.
  • After the banquet, Li Xinge gave Cui Yuan a Lifespan Pill that added two hundred years to his life, and Cui Yuan swore to protect Chu Province.

Ch. 723Petition for the Title of King of Chu!

After Li Xinge secured the allegiance of the Jiao Province Yan Clan and the Wei Province Wei Clan, Cui Yuan gathered the south’s leading powers to organize a petition naming him King of Chu. The chapter ended with the factions pledging support and Cui Yuan demanding that all southern powers sign the petition within ten days.

  • Yan Hanhai and Yan Daoyi decided that the Jiao Province Yan Clan had no choice but to follow Li Xinge, while Wei Siyuan and Wei Lintian made the same decision for the Wei Clan of Wei Province.
  • The Second Priest ordered the Southern Wasteland Ancient Kingdom not to provoke Li Xinge unless he threatened its territory, while Xiang Province Governor Gongsun Zan struggled against the Pure World Holy Church’s invasion.
  • Yan Hanhai, Yan Daoyi, Wei Siyuan, and Wei Lintian visited Li Xinge and pledged their clans’ allegiance; Li Xinge accepted and recognized that Xiang Province was the only southern province still outside his control.
  • At a gathering of the south’s leading powers, Cui Yuan revealed that Li Xinge’s pill had extended his life by two hundred years and proposed that the factions petition the emperor to name Li Xinge King of Chu.
  • The assembled leaders unanimously supported the petition, and Cui Yuan ordered them to collect signatures from the south’s clans, sects, and officials within ten days, threatening anyone who obstructed them.

Ch. 724The Aristocratic Clans' Way of Survival, the Emperor's Fury

The Wei Province Chen Clan publicly supported Li Xinge’s bid for the title of King of Chu while secretly preserving a way to survive if he lost. Meanwhile, Li Xinge learned the clans backed his next move, and the emperor erupted over fresh rebellions and defections.

  • The Wei Province Chen Clan elders argued over whether to sign the petition to confer the title of King of Chu, and the patriarch backed the Second Elder against the First Elder.
  • The patriarch removed the First Elder from his position, then met him privately and revealed that their public show of submission was meant to deceive Li Xinge while preserving the clan’s retreat.
  • Elder Jiang told Li Xinge that Old Cui had begun acting and that the clans supported his next step; Li Xinge savored the prospect of becoming King of Chu.
  • The emperor berated his ministers over two lost provinces, the Han and Ma clans’ surrender, and the governor of Yong Province openly rebelling.

Ch. 725Granted the Nine Bestowments, Invested as King of Chu!

Prime Minister Wen rallied the northern aristocratic clans to suppress the World-Purifying Cult while demanding that the Jiang Family commit its own strength. In the south, Li Xinge had the nine provinces petition the emperor to make him King of Chu with the nine imperial honors, leaving the court stunned.

  • At court, Prime Minister Wen assured the emperor that the northern clans remained loyal and promised they would answer within a day.
  • At Wen Zhong's estate, fifteen Divine Mansion Realm experts agreed to help suppress the World-Purifying Cult, but insisted the Jiang Family also use its reserves.
  • The court appointed Duke of Zhenguo Li Taiming Grand General for Suppressing Rebels and ordered him to march north.
  • Cui Yuan delivered a petition bearing the support of the nine southern provinces to Li Xinge, who said he would take the title himself if the emperor refused it.
  • At court, Song Wuya read the petition asking the emperor to raise Li Xinge to King of Chu, grant him the nine imperial honors, and give him dominion over the south.

Ch. 726Forever guarding the south, crowned a king of different surname!

Cui Yuanhe confronted the emperor with the threat that killing him would drive the south into rebellion, while the Northern Border already faced the World-Purifying Cult. Prime Minister Wen urged the court to accept the southern demand, and the emperor reluctantly elevated Li Xinge to King of Chu with sweeping privileges and permanent authority over the nine southern provinces.

  • The emperor ordered Cui Yuanhe executed for bringing the south's demand, but Cui warned that his death would force the Southern People into rebellion.
  • Cui argued that a southern uprising alongside the World-Purifying Cult's northern rebellion would endanger Great Zhou, leaving the emperor unable to punish him.
  • Prime Minister Wen urged the emperor to accept the request as the lesser evil, and officials from the northern and southern clans jointly pressed for Li Xinge's elevation.
  • The emperor granted Li Xinge the title King of Chu, the Nine Bestowments, and the Twelve-Tassel Crown.
  • The emperor authorized Li Xinge to enter court with his sword and shoes, approach without hastening, and be announced without his personal name, while commanding all military and civil affairs in the nine southern provinces forever.

Ch. 727Only through great destruction could a new order rise?

The emperor granted Li Xinge the title of King of Chu and the nine bestowments, while Prime Minister Wen warned Cui Yuanhe not to overreach. In private, the emperor revealed that the decree was meant to split the northern and southern Aristocratic Clans and break their alliance against imperial authority.

  • After court was dismissed, Prime Minister Wen warned Cui Yuanhe that Li Xinge should be satisfied and cautioned him against growing too ambitious.
  • Cui Yuanhe said the decree reflected the wishes of the Southern People and warned Wen that the northern officials would face trouble suppressing the World-Purifying Cult.
  • In the Imperial Study, Song Wuya expected the emperor to rage, but found him calmly writing a response to a memorial.
  • The emperor explained that northern and southern Aristocratic Clans had long united to constrain imperial authority, and that Li Xinge could now lead the southern clans as their new master.
  • The emperor revealed that granting Li Xinge the title and bestowments would divide the northern and southern clans, ending their long alliance against the throne.

Ch. 728The Imperial Envoy from Shenjing

Cui Yuanhe left Shenjing after surviving his confrontation with the emperor and celebrated the opportunity his risky mission had won him. Ten days later, the imperial envoy Zheng Ping arrived at the Governor's Mansion in Yang Province, where Li Xinge's troops received the procession with open defiance.

  • Cui Yuanhe collapsed in the Cloud Boat lounge, admitted how terrified he had been before the emperor, and celebrated winning a chance to rise in the Chu Province Cui Clan.
  • Cui Yuanhe ordered the Cloud Boat guards to burn spirit stones and push the vessel's formations to full overload so he could return to Chu Province quickly.
  • Ten days later, Zheng Ping arrived above the Yang Province Governor's Mansion with three thousand Dragon Tiger Imperial Guards and called for Li Xinge to receive the imperial decree.
  • When the Governor's Mansion gates stayed shut, a deputy commander threatened to break them down, but Zheng Ping slapped and rebuked him.
  • The Governor's personal troops opened the gates and lined the avenue with five thousand armed soldiers who showed the imperial procession no reverence.

Ch. 729Li Xinge, the Peerless Lord!

Imperial envoy Zheng Ping arrived at the Governor's Mansion to proclaim the emperor's decree to the Marquis of Chu, but Yang Province's officials showed open defiance and led him into a hall filled with powerful southern figures. There, Zheng Ping faced more than thirty Divine Mansion Realm experts and saw Li Xinge enthroned as the undisputed master of the south.

  • Five thousand Qi and Blood Realm warriors formed a blood-red tiger that broke the Dragon Tiger Imperial Guard's murderous aura.
  • Zhao Wujiu and Yang Province's officials greeted Zheng Ping without bowing, claiming Li Xinge was unwell and could not receive him.
  • Zheng Ping ordered the Dragon Tiger Imperial Guard to camp outside, then entered the Governor's Mansion with Zhao Wujiu and the others.
  • Zheng Ping stepped into the main hall and found more than thirty Divine Mansion Realm experts from the south gathered around him.
  • Zheng Ping looked to the throne and saw Li Xinge reclining in princely robes, radiating the authority of a sovereign.

Ch. 730Three Years Later

Li Xinge accepted the title of King of Chu and claimed authority over the nine southern provinces while publicly professing loyalty to Great Zhou. Three years later, the realm remained divided by war, and a vast spiritual phenomenon at Green Maple Valley suggested the Li Family Grand Elder was approaching a breakthrough.

  • Zheng Ping struggled to resist Li Xinge’s aura, then read the imperial edict elevating him to King of Chu and granting him the Nine Bestowments and rule over the nine southern provinces.
  • Li Xinge accepted the edict, and Cui Yuan, southern clan leaders, demon venerables, officials, guards, and the people acclaimed him as King of Chu.
  • Li Xinge told Zheng Ping to assure the emperor of his loyalty, then watched a territorial map mark the nine provinces as Li Chu while he waited for their allegiance to grow.
  • Three years passed as Great Zhou and the World-Purifying Cult fought to a stalemate in the north, while the south prospered and attracted refugees from the war.
  • A vast spiritual-energy vortex gathered above Green Maple Valley’s Nine-Layered Spirit Gathering Tower, leading the Li Family to suspect the Grand Elder was breaking through to the Divine Mansion Realm.
  • After the phenomenon lasted a day, purple qi stretching ten thousand miles swept in from the east.

Ch. 731The First Elder Finally Achieves the Divine Mansion

Li Xuantong endured the Divine Mansion Tribulation and became the Li Family’s third Divine Mansion Realm cultivator. After his breakthrough, he recalled the family’s perilous past and proclaimed his rise before the cheering Li Family.

  • Crimson flames filled the sky above the Nine-Layered Spirit Gathering Tower, and Night-Blooming Cereus Fairy shielded the Li Family members from the heat.
  • Li Xuantong emerged above the tower as the Divine Mansion Tribulation gathered, then faced its dark crimson fire with his bare body.
  • Li Xuantong absorbed the first fire tribulation and endured the successive tribulations, including the Heart Demon Tribulation.
  • The tribulation clouds vanished, and Li Xuantong reached the Early-stage Divine Mansion Realm with a Divine Mansion World spanning fifteen hundred li.
  • Li Xuantong reflected on the Li Family’s former hardships and loudly recited verses celebrating the Patriarch’s guidance and his own breakthrough.

Ch. 732The Grand Elder Finally Reached the Divine Mansion Realm (Part Two)

Li Xuantong emerged from seclusion after reaching the Divine Mansion Realm and was welcomed by the Li Family elders and the Night-Blooming Cereus Fairy. Li Xinge returned to congratulate him, and the chapter ended with Li Xinge praising the strength of Li Xuantong's breakthrough.

  • The Li Family disciples celebrated Li Xuantong's ascent, and the Night-Blooming Cereus Fairy congratulated him.
  • Li Xuanzhong introduced the Fairy as a guest of the Li Family, easing Li Xuantong's suspicions.
  • Li Xuantong learned that Li Xuanzong had entered seclusion to attempt innately great perfection and assessed the other elders' cultivation.
  • Li Xinge appeared and congratulated Li Xuantong, explaining that he had returned to witness the breakthrough.
  • Li Xinge said Li Xuantong's combat strength already approached mid-stage Divine Mansion, surprising the Night-Blooming Cereus Fairy.

Ch. 733Throwing Open the Ancestral Shrine, the Cao Family's Present Circumstances

Li Xinge announced that the Li Family would open its ancestral shrine to honor Li Xuantong’s breakthrough to the Divine Mansion Realm, and news of the family’s growing power spread across Great Zhou. The chapter then shifted to the Cao Family, where Cao Wenzhao awaited the birth of another child amid his family’s rise in Golden Crow Prefecture.

  • Li Xuantong learned from Li Xuanzhong and Li Xinge that the Li Family would open its ancestral shrine in three months to honor his new Divine Mansion Realm cultivation.
  • Li Xinge decreed a public ceremony and grand banquet, and news of the Li Family’s new cultivator swept through the nine southern provinces and Great Zhou.
  • Cui Yuan ordered Cui Chongshan to prepare a lavish gift and accompany him to Green Maple Valley to congratulate the Li Family, despite Cui Chongshan’s complaints about the expense.
  • The chapter described Cao Wenzhao’s rise as Cao Family head and Prefectural Assistant, with the family prospering under Li Family support.
  • Cao Wenzhao waited outside as one of his concubines labored, reflecting on the seven children born to his thirteen concubines, most of whom had no ranked talent.

Ch. 734The Ecstatic Cao Family Father and Son

Cao Wenzhao and Cao Zhengxiong celebrated the birth of a grandson with Seventh-grade talent, seeing him as the Cao Family’s hope. Their joy was eclipsed when Chen Yan announced that the Li Family’s First Elder, Lord Xuantong, had reached the Divine Mansion Realm, leaving the Cao family elders stunned.

  • Cao Wenzhao examined his newborn son and discovered the child had Seventh-grade talent.
  • Cao Zhengxiong examined the infant and rejoiced, believing the child might become an Innate expert and protect the Cao Family.
  • Chen Yan arrived to congratulate Cao Wenzhao and Cao Zhengxiong on the birth of their Kirin Child.
  • Chen Yan revealed that Lord Xuantong had successfully faced the Divine Mansion Tribulation in Green Maple Valley.
  • Chen Yan said the King of Chu had decreed a celebration at Green Maple Valley in three months for the Li Family’s third Divine Mansion, and Cao Zhengxiong and Cao Wenzhao stood stunned.
Arc 29 of 40
Arc 29 of 40