Chapter Summaries

Li Qingshan used his three-law domain to defeat Blood Prison and destroy his body, but Blood Prison revealed an eighth-rank talisman containing Tribulation Transcendence Realm power. The chapter ended as the talisman summoned a thousand-zhang demonic phantom and its overwhelming pressure descended.

• Li Qingshan's Chaos Dragonflame Domain ground away Blood Prison's six bloody attacks and inflicted severe backlash on him.
• Li Qingshan unleashed his threefold domain, shattered Blood Prison's Demon God manifestation, and pierced Blood Prison's chest with a deathblow.
• Blood Prison's primordial spirit escaped beneath his life-bound blood-colored axe and vowed revenge, while Li Qingshan admitted he was too exhausted to easily destroy it.
• Blood Prison revealed the Blood Prison Heaven-Suppressing Talisman, an eighth-rank true talisman containing the Star Sea Devil Lord's Tribulation Transcendence Realm origin demonic energy.
• The talisman formed a thousand-zhang demonic phantom, and the pressure of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm descended.

Xuan Yuan Nihuang awakened during her breakthrough just as Blood Prison and the two assassins attacked her. She unleashed her Phoenix Domain and phoenix true fire, halting their strikes and beginning to destroy Blood Prison’s talisman attack.

• Blood Prison revealed that Xuan Yuan Nihuang was his true target and activated an eighth-tier true talisman against her.
• The talisman’s black blade-light pierced the Golden Flame Heavenly Palace’s barrier and sent the damaged artifact crashing into the ground.
• Ghost Face and Shadow Kill drove back Heishan and launched attacks at Xuan Yuan Nihuang alongside the blade-light.
• Xuan Yuan Nihuang opened her eyes and used her Phoenix Domain to halt the blade-light and both assassins’ attacks.
• Xuan Yuan Nihuang summoned crimson-gold phoenix true fire, which began melting the black blade-light.

Xuan Yuan Nihuang killed Ghost Face and Shadow Kill with Phoenix True Fire, leaving Blood Prison’s Primordial Spirit to flee. Heishan trapped and devoured Blood Prison before he could escape, then sought Li Qingshan’s praise.

• Xuan Yuan Nihuang burned Ghost Face to ashes and killed Shadow Kill with Phoenix True Fire.
• Blood Prison tried to escape through spatial rifts while threatening Xuan Yuan Nihuang and Li Qingshan with the Eighteen Star Sea Bandits’ revenge.
• Heishan blocked Blood Prison’s escape with the Human Emperor Banner and struck him with the Mysterious Sky Demon-Suppressing Gourd.
• Heishan used Soul Devouring to consume Blood Prison’s Primordial Spirit despite his pleas for mercy.
• Heishan bragged to Li Qingshan about his success, and Li Qingshan felt relieved that Blood Prison had not escaped.

Xuan Yuan Nihuang completed her breakthrough into the Body Integration Realm, and she and Li Qingshan discussed the assassination and her newly awakened Phoenix bloodline. They headed to the ruined solitary peak to investigate its hidden treasure.

• Li Qingshan praised Heishan for defeating Blood Prison's Primordial Spirit and warned him not to take such risks again.
• Xuan Yuan Nihuang emerged from her breakthrough at the peak of the Integrated Body Middle Stage, and she thanked Li Qingshan for protecting her.
• Xuan Yuan Nihuang identified the Crown Prince as the one who had colluded with the Star Sea Bandits to assassinate her and said she would no longer honor their sibling bond.
• Xuan Yuan Nihuang revealed that her Phoenix bloodline had awakened by thirty percent, while Li Qingshan resolved to advance his Nine Transformations of the True Dragon.
• Li Qingshan and Xuan Yuan Nihuang flew toward the collapsed solitary peak as Heishan collected the defeated bandits' magical treasures.

Xuan Yuan Hao learned that Xuan Yuan Nihuang and Li Qingshan had survived the assassination attempt, while the Human Emperor’s awakening forced him to suspend his plans. In the Meteor Secret Realm, Xuan Yuan Nihuang began uncovering an ancient Demon Race restriction in the ruins.

• Elder Heavenly Secret’s Heavenly Secret Disk cracked when Xuan Yuan Nihuang opened her eyes, and he reported that the assassins’ auras had vanished while Li Qingshan’s origins remained impossible to divine.
• Xuan Yuan Hao raged over the failed assassination, and Elder Heavenly Secret proposed using a trusted insider to target Xuan Yuan Nihuang while her cultivation was unstable.
• A bell rang through the imperial capital, signaling that Human Emperor Xuan Yuan Pan had awakened, and Xuan Yuan Hao ordered all operations halted and every trace erased.
• Xuan Yuan Hao told an attendant to prepare his carriage so he could pay his respects to Xuan Yuan Pan at the Imperial Ultimate Forbidden Ground.
• In the Meteor Secret Realm, Xuan Yuan Nihuang and Li Qingshan examined the ruins, where her phoenix true fire revealed an ancient Demon Race restriction and the outline of a doorway.

Li Qingshan and Xuan Yuan Nihuang opened the Demon Race restriction and discovered a hidden world filled with immortal qi and the remains of a Star-Swallowing Demon Python. After cultivating there for half a year, they found four treasures beside the carcass, including the Star-Swallowing Demon Scripture.

• Xuan Yuan Nihuang spent half a month using her phoenix bloodline and true fire to break the Demon Race restriction, then Li Qingshan opened the ancient gate.
• Li Qingshan and Xuan Yuan Nihuang entered a small world containing the remains of a Tribulation Transcendence Realm Star-Swallowing Demon Python and a vast supply of immortal qi.
• Li Qingshan absorbed immortal qi and residual heavenly tribulation power while Xuan Yuan Nihuang cultivated, and both advanced their cultivation over half a year.
• Li Qingshan reached the limit of the Void Refinement Realm and neared the Flying Dragon Transformation, while Xuan Yuan Nihuang stabilized at the peak of the Integrated Body Middle Stage.
• Li Qingshan and Xuan Yuan Nihuang approached the python's remains and found its demon core, a chaos star stone, a charred jade talisman, and an ancient stele bearing the Star-Swallowing Demon Scripture.

Li Qingshan and Xuan Yuan Nihuang divided the Star-Swallowing Demon Python’s treasures, and Li Qingshan claimed its corpse and several rare items. They left the secret realm for the imperial capital, where Xuan Yuan Nihuang intended to settle old debts and Li Qingshan planned to win the Immortal Kingdom Grand Tournament.

• Xuan Yuan Nihuang identified the demon core, Chaos Star Stone, damaged Demon Race jade talisman, and Star-Swallowing Demon Scripture, while Li Qingshan sensed that the Wish-Fulfilling Gourd could repair the talisman and benefit from the ancient stele.
• Xuan Yuan Nihuang offered Li Qingshan first choice of the treasures, then arranged to take the demon core and a copy of the scripture while he kept the Chaos Star Stone, talisman, stele, and python’s corpse.
• Li Qingshan planned to refine the python’s essence blood to advance his Nine Transformations of the True Dragon, possibly reaching the Flying Dragon Transformation.
• Xuan Yuan Nihuang said the Immortal Kingdom Grand Tournament would begin within days, and Li Qingshan resolved to claim its championship and the Heavenly Origin Divine Fruit.
• Xuan Yuan Nihuang, Li Qingshan, and Heishan left the Meteor Secret Realm on a crimson-gold rainbow bridge, with Xuan Yuan Nihuang saying it was time to settle some debts.

The Immortal Kingdom Grand Tournament gathered powerful young cultivators from across the Great Xia Immortal Kingdom, and three late Void Refinement prodigies appeared as the presumed favorites. The arrival of a middle-aged man at the Integrated Body Middle Stage and a purple-robed late Void Refinement Realm youth introduced a formidable new presence as the tournament was about to begin.

• Over ten thousand Spirit Transformation Realm and stronger cultivators gathered on the Ascension Platform for the Immortal Kingdom Grand Tournament.
• The assembled cultivators discussed the prominent geniuses from the outer and inner domains, including Long Aotian, Long Aoxue, White Bear, Zhu Yiyi, Tu Xingkong, Fairy Bing Li, and Jin Wushang.
• Heavenly Secret Boy, Zhang Ruichen, and Su Muyue arrived in spectacular displays and drew attention as the leading contenders for first place.
• The three prodigies released their auras, creating a spiritual pressure that left many Spirit Transformation cultivators struggling to breathe.
• A middle-aged man with Integrated Body Middle Stage cultivation appeared beneath a vast phantom starfield, followed by a purple-robed youth at the late stage of the Void Refinement Realm whose star-shaped brow mark resonated with a principal star.

Ye Xinghe attended the Immortal Kingdom Grand Tournament and ordered his Star Child, Lin Haoyue, to kill Li Qingshan if he appeared. Li Qingshan was still absent when Crown Prince Xuan Yuan Hao opened the tournament, while several factions watched for his arrival.

• Ye Xinghe arrived with Lin Haoyue and instructed him to avenge Ye Liangchen by killing Li Qingshan in the arena.
• Long Aoxue and Long Aotian worried about Li Qingshan’s absence but believed he would return and could face Lin Haoyue.
• Liu Qing eyed Hua Wu and Hua Yu, planning to take advantage of Li Qingshan’s likely death, while Long Aoxue warned the sisters to ignore him.
• Crown Prince Xuan Yuan Hao appeared, greeted the gathered prodigies, and delivered his opening remarks.
• Xuan Yuan Hao noticed that Xuan Yuan Nihuang was absent and suppressed his plans against her after recalling that his imperial father had awakened.

Xuan Yuan Hao announced the grand competition’s rules and rewards, then Xuan Yuan Nihuang and Li Qingshan arrived with overwhelming displays of power. Their entrance stunned the gathered prodigies and left the competition poised to begin.

• Xuan Yuan Hao announced that Spirit Transformation Realm participants would compete in the Demon Moon Secret Realm, while Void Refinement Realm cultivators would advance directly to the arena round.
• Xuan Yuan Hao revealed the prizes, including a Heavenly Origin Divine Fruit for the champion and Imperial Dynasty Luck Pool baptism for the top ten.
• Xuan Yuan Nihuang arrived on a flaming phoenix phantom, while Li Qingshan followed on a flood dragon phantom with peak Void Refinement Realm cultivation.
• Ye Xinghe, Lin Haoyue, Heavenly Secret Boy, and other prodigies reacted with alarm or excitement to the pair’s arrival and power.
• Xuan Yuan Nihuang landed beside Li Qingshan and declared that the grand competition could begin.

Xuan Yuan Nihuang returned to the Immortal Kingdom Grand Tournament and openly challenged Crown Prince Xuan Yuan Hao, whose hidden strength made Li Qingshan wary. The Demon Moon Secret Realm trial began, and Li reunited with his Azure Dragon Domain companions before Heavenly Secret Boy appeared.

• Xuan Yuan Nihuang confronted Xuan Yuan Hao, who then praised Li Qingshan while concealing a dangerous aura that Li sensed.
• Xuan Yuan Nihuang urged Xuan Yuan Hao to begin the tournament, and he sent the Spirit Transformation contestants into the Demon Moon Secret Realm trial.
• Li Qingshan reunited with Long Aotian and Long Aoxue, who congratulated him and warned him to beware of Xuan Yuan Hao.
• Hua Wu, Hua Yu, White Bear, Tu Xingkong, Zhu Yiyi, and Xu Yunchao greeted Li Qingshan, and he exchanged pleasantries with them.
• Heavenly Secret Boy appeared beside the group and greeted Li Qingshan.

Li Qingshan learned that Ye Lingshuang would attend the arena battles, while Liu Qing accepted Crown Prince Xuan Yuan Hao’s order to kill him in exchange for Hua Wu, Hua Yu, and a demonic treasure. As the competition’s third day arrived, Ye Lingshuang reunited with Li Qingshan on the viewing platform.

• Heavenly Secret Boy warned Li Qingshan to be careful in the arena and said Ye Lingshuang would come with her master.
• Liu Qing learned Li Qingshan had reached the peak of the Void Refinement Realm and agreed to kill him for Xuan Yuan Hao’s promised rewards.
• Li Qingshan and Liu Qing exchanged hostile looks, each recognizing the other’s killing intent.
• The leaders of several major sects arrived as the Demon Moon Secret Realm battles continued and cultivators were eliminated or killed.
• Elder Heavenly Secret arrived with Ye Lingshuang, who spotted Li Qingshan and hurried to greet her old friend after receiving her master’s permission.

Li Qingshan reunited with Ye Lingshuang, who was overjoyed to learn he had survived and returned to the Tianyuan Planet. After the Demon Moon Secret Realm trial ended, the Immortal Kingdom Grand Tournament’s arena battles were set to begin, with Li Qingshan among the leading contenders.

• Ye Lingshuang recognized Li Qingshan and tearfully told him how relieved she was that he had survived.
• Li Qingshan explained that an Ancient Teleportation Array had sent him to the Primordial Devil Continent, and he congratulated Ye Lingshuang on becoming Elder Heavenly Secret’s disciple.
• Ye Lingshuang revealed her feelings for Li Qingshan and urged him to be careful in the arena battles before returning to the Heavenly Secret Pavilion’s viewing platform.
• The Demon Moon Secret Realm trial ended, and the fifty advancing Spirit Transformation prodigies received destiny immortal light that healed and restored them.
• Xuan Yuan Hao announced that the arena battles would begin after a one-hour rest and that the tournament’s top ten and champion would be decided on the Ascension Platform.

The second round of the Immortal Kingdom Grand Tournament began with arena battles, and Li Qingshan defeated his first opponent with a single punch. The next draw paired him with Lin Haoyue, a match Xuan Yuan Hao had deliberately arranged, and Li Qingshan remained confident as the fight approached.

• Xuan Yuan Hao began the arena battles and used the Primordial Lottery Sphere to assign the first matchups.
• Li Qingshan defeated a peak Spirit Transformation opponent on Arena Number Three with one punch, while most first-round victors were Void Refinement cultivators.
• The second draw paired Li Qingshan with Lin Haoyue on Arena Three, prompting an uproar among the spectators.
• Ye Xinghe thanked Xuan Yuan Hao, who admitted he had arranged the matchup to eliminate Li Qingshan.
• Xuan Yuan Nihuang warned Li Qingshan that the Crown Prince had set him up, and Li Qingshan said he was not afraid of Lin Haoyue.

Li Qingshan faced Lin Haoyue, who sought revenge for Ye Liangchen and wielded powerful star treasures and techniques. Li Qingshan overwhelmed Lin’s opening attacks, but Lin escalated to a Northern Dipper strike, and the chapter ended as Li met it with his own Dragon Battles the Eight Wilds technique.

• Long Aotian and Long Aoxue warned Li Qingshan about Lin Haoyue’s star sacred body, spear art, and treasures, while Elder Heavenly Secret secretly hoped Lin would kill Li.
• Li Qingshan and Lin Haoyue entered Arena Three, where Lin revealed the Star-Extinguishing Spear and Star River Treasure Armor and challenged Li over Ye Liangchen’s death.
• Lin Haoyue attacked with Starlight Shines Upon the World, but Li Qingshan froze and shattered the spear shadows before closing in.
• Li Qingshan’s punch clashed with Lin’s Star Vortex Break and sent him flying, while Lin’s strike barely affected Li.
• Lin Haoyue summoned Dubhe’s power for a stronger spear attack, and Li Qingshan answered with Dragon Battles the Eight Wilds—Slay.

Li Qingshan overwhelmed Lin Haoyue’s Star River Seven Slaying Spear Art and defeated his ultimate Seven Stars Unite attack with his nascent Chaos Domain. Lin Haoyue was left gravely injured and unable to continue, while the arena fell silent.

• Li Qingshan held off Lin Haoyue’s Seven Stars spear attacks with his dragon-enhanced physical strength, alarming Ye Xinghe and impressing Xuan Yuan Hao.
• Lin Haoyue combined the Seven Stars of the Northern Dipper, his Star Sacred Body, and the Star-Extinguishing Spear to unleash Galaxy Annihilation.
• Li Qingshan revealed his thirty-meter Chaos Domain, which slowed and assimilated the silver spear radiance.
• Li Qingshan’s chaos-wreathed punch shattered Lin Haoyue’s attack and damaged the Star-Extinguishing Spear.
• Li Qingshan’s remaining fist force broke Lin Haoyue’s Star River Treasure Armor and hurled him into a mountain, ending the fight.

After Li Qingshan defeated Lin Haoyue with a single punch, Lin unleashed a seventh-rank high-grade Heavenly River Demon-Slaying True Talisman in a final attempt to kill him. The talisman trapped Li Qingshan in a vast formation and summoned a devastating beam of demon-slaying light.

• Li Qingshan shattered Lin Haoyue's Seven Stars Unite spear strike with one punch, leaving Lin barely alive in the arena wall.
• The crowd and observers reacted to Li Qingshan's strength, while Elder Heavenly Secret sensed that Li Qingshan had touched the laws of chaos.
• Lin Haoyue revealed the Heavenly River Demon-Slaying True Talisman Ye Xinghe had given him and declared that he would take Li Qingshan down with him.
• Lin crushed the talisman with his remaining power, unleashing a Heavenly River Grand Formation that immobilized Li Qingshan.
• The talisman formed nine Heavenly River chains around Li Qingshan and gathered a beam of Heavenly River Demon-Slaying Divine Light above him.

Li Qingshan survived Lin Haoyue’s seventh-tier true talisman by revealing his Chaos Domain and destroying the Heavenly River Grand Formation with his Chaos Dragon Fist. He devoured the remaining divine light, while Lin Haoyue died from the talisman’s backlash, leaving the spectators and his enemies stunned.

• Lin Haoyue unleashed a seventh-tier true talisman that trapped Li Qingshan in Heavenly River chains and brought down demon-slaying divine light.
• Li Qingshan revealed his true Chaos Domain, which dissolved the Heavenly River chains and absorbed their power.
• Li Qingshan used the Chaos Dragon Fist to shatter the Heavenly River Grand Formation and cripple the divine light.
• Li Qingshan devoured the weakened divine light with the Great Devouring Immortal Art.
• Lin Haoyue died from the backlash of activating the talisman, and the spectators, Xuan Yuan Hao, and Ye Xinghe watched in shock.

Li Qingshan defeated Lin Haoyue by breaking and devouring the power of a seventh-rank true talisman, terrifying Ye Xinghe and convincing Xuan Yuan Hao that Li had to be eliminated. As the competition continued, Li advanced through two opponents who conceded, leaving him rested for the next battles.

• Li Qingshan broke the Heavenly River Demon-Slaying True Talisman, killed Lin Haoyue, and was declared the victor.
• Ye Xinghe feared Li Qingshan's strength but secretly hoped Xuan Yuan Hao had a way to kill him.
• Xuan Yuan Hao asked Liu Qing whether he could defeat Li, and Liu Qing claimed his Nine Nether Demonic Art and hidden treasure would counter him.
• Li Qingshan drew Xu Yunchao in the third round, and the National Preceptor's disciple conceded without fighting.
• Li Qingshan's fourth-round opponent also conceded, allowing him to preserve his strength while the other matches continued.

Li Qingshan watched the tournament narrow to seven contenders as the fifth-round draw gave him a bye and matched Zhang Ruichen against Liu Qing. Heavenly Secret Boy defeated Lei Wuhen in the opening bout, while Liu Qing’s threat against Li and his maidservants remained unresolved.

• Long Aoxue, Long Aotian, White Bear, and Tu Xingkong lost their matches, while Zhu Yiyi and Lei Wuhen advanced through the fourth round.
• The final seven contenders were Li Qingshan, Heavenly Secret Boy, Zhang Ruichen, Su Muyue, Liu Qing, Zhu Yiyi, and Lei Wuhen.
• Liu Qing threatened Li Qingshan and demanded his maidservants as a wager, but Xuan Yuan Nihuang took control of the draw from Xuan Yuan Hao.
• The fifth-round draw gave Li Qingshan a bye and paired Heavenly Secret Boy with Lei Wuhen, Su Muyue with Zhu Yiyi, and Zhang Ruichen with Liu Qing.
• Heavenly Secret Boy disrupted Lei Wuhen’s control of lightning with his Heavenly Secret techniques and defeated him with the starlit chess piece technique Starfall.