Chapter Summaries

Lu Ye discovered that the Talent Tree needed to consume Sub-Treasures to transform, then focused on helping the weakened Lotus Seedling recover. Yuan Xi persuaded Lian to supply Dao Fish for it, leaving Lian responsible for raising the creature.

• Lu Ye threw You Die out of his room, then used the Talent Tree to consume the dead cultivator’s Gold-thread Soft Armor.
• Lu Ye realized the Talent Tree had changed after consuming the Sub-Treasure and concluded it needed to devour many more to transform.
• Lu Ye found that Lotus Seedling had eaten all the Dao Fish in Yuan Xi City’s Dao Pool and learned that feeding it more could speed its recovery.
• Lu Ye urged Yuan Xi to ask Lian for Dao Fish, promising Lotus Seedling could help them conquer enemy cities and advance Yuan Xi City.
• Yuan Xi clung to Lian until she agreed to raise Lotus Seedling.

Lu Ye attended Zhao Lingfeng’s banquet, where the cultivators discussed the Nameless Guest’s coming death match against a Uniting Dao opponent, before he returned to Yuan Xi City for another mission. In Governor City, Thin Bamboo went out with Thunderclap and the other Vice City Lords to welcome Chang Ming, a famous former Cosmos-tier Uniting Dao City Lord.

• Lu Ye joined Zhao Lingfeng’s banquet in Lingfeng City and accepted Zhao’s apology for their earlier conflict.
• Wu Mi told the gathering that the Nameless Guest would soon fight a Uniting Dao cultivator in a Battle Arena death match, drawing the cultivators’ eager interest.
• Lu Ye left the banquet after Zhao received a summons and returned to Yuan Xi City, where Yuan Xi assigned a mission targeting another dormant Desolate-tier City.
• Thunderclap worried that Yuan Xi would keep demanding new missions, while Thin Bamboo ordered the Vice City Lords to accompany him outside Governor City to welcome a guest.
• Chang Ming arrived in golden light, and Thunderclap recognized him as a renowned former City Lord of a powerful Cosmos-tier Uniting Dao City.

Thunderclap discovered that Chang Ming had sought him out to learn about Yuan Xi City, whose City Lord was the wife of one of the Top Ten City Lords. Chang Ming revealed that she had run away after a conflict, leaving Thunderclap terrified by how much he had learned.

• Thin Bamboo sent Thunderclap to deliver a Storage Ring to Duan Gu Hong shortly after Chang Ming left Thin Bamboo City.
• Chang Ming intercepted Thunderclap on the way and asked him about Yuan Xi City.
• Thunderclap initially denied knowing anything, then admitted Thin Bamboo had told him a little about Yuan Xi City.
• Chang Ming explained that Yuan Xi was the wife of his City Lord, one of the Top Ten City Lords.
• Chang Ming said Yuan Xi had run away from home after a conflict, while Thunderclap trembled at hearing the private matter.

Thunderclap avoided committing to Chang Ming’s plan and went to the Hehe Realm to earn Dao Fish, while Yuan Xi City arrived at a battlefield where an allied city was outnumbered. Lu Ye left for the Battle Arena to fight as Nameless Guest, carrying the city’s bets, as rumors spread that he would not show up.

• Chang Ming asked Thunderclap to help his City Lord bring Madam back, but Thunderclap delayed agreeing because he feared offending Yuan Xi.
• Thunderclap discovered that Thin Bamboo’s Storage Ring was empty and, rather than go to Gu Hong City, entered a Uniting Dao City and then the Hehe Realm.
• Lu Ye and Yuan Xi saw two enemy cities battling one allied city, and Lu Ye left for the Battle Arena because Gong Mao was waiting for him to fight Spiritual Eye.
• Fu Wei carried fifty thousand Dao Fish gathered by Yuan Xi City’s cultivators to place bets on Lu Ye, despite the Battle Arena’s rule against bets from participants’ friends and relatives.
• On the way to the Battle Arena, Lu Ye and Fu Wei heard cultivators speculate that Nameless Guest was afraid and would fail to appear, while Fu Wei knew Lu Ye was traveling beside them.

Lu Ye arrived at the Battle Arena’s death match against Spiritual Eye after gamblers had bet heavily on the Dao Union cultivator, while Gong Mao worried about the Arena’s enormous exposure and the enemies targeting it. The fight was about to begin as a sudden influx of hostile wagers threatened to turn the match into a crisis for the Battle Arena.

• Gong Mao refused to close the betting pool early, then sent Lu Ye a desperate message as wagers on Spiritual Eye continued to rise.
• Lu Ye arrived and declined to make preparations, saying he was in a hurry to return to Yuan Xi City after the match.
• Spiritual Eye waited in the Void fragment battlefield with the Sub-Treasure Spring Radiance Sword, which Gong Mao had offered in exchange for his participation.
• Lu Ye entered the battlefield, angering spectators who had expected Spiritual Eye to win by default when the time limit expired.
• Gong Mao learned that a group of the Arena Master's enemies had placed wagers totaling nearly twenty percent of the pool, and his subordinate asked whether they should close betting.

Lu Ye faced Spiritual Eye, a Three-Eyed Race Harmonizing Dao cultivator, in the Death Match Arena and revealed enough strength to wound him despite being at the Merging Dao Eighth Layer. Their fierce battle left Lu Ye repeatedly injured but still fighting, while the spectators wondered whether he could again turn the match around.

• Gong Mao kept the betting open until Lu Ye wounded Spiritual Eye, then abruptly closed it to prevent gamblers from shifting their wagers.
• Spiritual Eye underestimated Lu Ye and struck first, but Lu Ye endured the palm and cut him with a saber, warning him to take the fight seriously.
• Spiritual Eye drew his sword and attacked with full force, leaving Lu Ye bloodied but discovering that Lu Ye's strength was close to his own.
• Lu Ye charged again, and he and Spiritual Eye began a prolonged, evenly matched clash in which Lu Ye took more injuries while Spiritual Eye remained cautious.
• Spectators who had bet on Spiritual Eye grew anxious as they recalled that Lu Ye had won his earlier death matches after his opponents' Dao Soldiers shattered.

Lu Ye defeated the Harmony Dao cultivator Spiritual Eye in the Battle Arena, once again shattering his opponent’s Dao Soldier before delivering a fatal slash. After leaving his winnings with Fu Wei, Lu Ye departed in a hurry to return to the battle at Snow Plain, while spies watched the arena’s exits.

• Spiritual Eye opened his third eye and prepared a killing strike, but Lu Ye shattered his sword and beheaded him.
• Spectators erupted in disbelief and accusations after Nameless Guest defeated a Harmony Dao cultivator, while Thunderclap lamented losing much of his fortune.
• Gong Mao reassured Lu Ye that Qin Feng had anticipated the uproar and asked how to handle his winnings; Lu Ye instructed him to give them to Fu Wei.
• Lu Ye left the Battle Arena despite Gong Mao’s warning that people might be watching, and spies spotted him at the exit.

Lu Ye escaped Uniting Dao cultivators who suspected he was the Nameless Guest, then returned to Yuan Xi City and helped turn its battle into a victory. Fu Wei brought back nearly five hundred thousand Dao Fish from the Battle Arena, while Lu Ye received nearly ten million, leaving him with a vast reserve for his advancement and future use.

• Several Uniting Dao cultivators cornered Lu Ye outside the Battle Arena and demanded he reveal whether he was the Nameless Guest, but he escaped using a Void Dao Pattern and a Talent Tree Clone.
• Lu Ye returned to Yuan Xi City and joined its fight, sending his Clone into the Dao Fusion battle and charging into the Uniting Dao battlefield.
• Yuan Xi City and Lingfeng City defeated their enemies, and Yuan Xi divided the Uniting Dao Pearl fragments among the two allied cities.
• Fu Wei returned with nearly five hundred thousand Dao Fish after placing bets on Lu Ye, and he gave Lu Ye a separate Storage Ring from Gong Mao.
• Lu Ye inspected the ring and found nearly ten million Dao Fish, enough to support his advancement into the Uniting Dao Realm and supply Dao power for a long time.

Lu Ye used his Battle Arena winnings to advance to the Merging Dao Ninth Level, inscribing his ninth Divine Edge Dao Pattern despite the severe pain and need to replenish his Dao Power mid-inscription. He discovered that his nine patterns had fused to amplify his strength beyond expectations, and Fang predicted that even a Dao Harmony cultivator’s Dao Soldier would withstand only a few blows from the Crag Mountain Saber.

• Lu Ye gathered his Battle Arena winnings and began inscribing his ninth Divine Edge Dao Pattern in the Great Commander's Mansion.
• Lu Ye endured the inscription’s intense pain and replenished the Talent Tree’s Dao Power from the remaining Dao Fish.
• Lu Ye completed the inscription and advanced to the Merging Dao Ninth Level, with a little over a hundred thousand Dao Power remaining.
• Lu Ye found that his nine Dao Patterns echoed together, raising his physical Dao Power to 903 and increasing his strength by roughly twenty percent beyond expectations.
• Lu Ye drew the Crag Mountain Saber and tested its power, prompting Fang to say that even a Dao Harmony cultivator’s Dao Soldier would not withstand many blows.

Lu Ye tested Fang’s increased sharpness against Fu Wei’s defensive Dao Soldier and learned that Fang needed two more Sub-Treasures to pass the Weapon Race’s second threshold. He planned to gather Star Abyss Coins, strengthen Fang, and prepare for Dao Integration while seeking advice from experienced cultivators.

• Lu Ye summoned Fu Wei and tested the Crag Mountain Saber against the turtle-shell defense formed by Fu Wei’s Dao Soldier, cutting through it with ease.
• Lu Ye urged Fu Wei to cultivate toward Dao Integration, though Fu Wei privately believed he had reached his limit.
• Fang told Lu Ye it needed two more Sub-Treasures like the Spring Radiance Sword to pass its second threshold.
• Lu Ye decided to keep fighting in the Snow Plain for Star Abyss Coins, consolidate his foundation, and focus on Bone Cultivation before advancing.
• Lu Ye sought guidance about advancing to Dao Integration from You Die, Yuan Xi, Lian, and Huan Qing, then traveled to Lingfeng City to consult its Dao Integration cultivators.

Lu Ye continued fighting in the Snow Plain and the Battle Arena while collecting Sub-Treasures to help Fang overcome its second hurdle. After Qin Feng warned him about a mysterious Supreme Treasure user, Lu Ye relayed the danger to Yuan Xi, while Thunderclap set a trap for Yuan Xi City.

• Lu Ye won a death match using a Sub-Treasure, drawing suspicions that he was the Nameless Guest, and learned that only one more Sub-Treasure remained for Fang's second hurdle.
• Qin Feng warned Lu Ye that an unknown sword Supreme Treasure was causing Uniting Dao Cities on both sides to be destroyed, and told him to seek out Kun Li if Yuan Xi City was in danger.
• Lu Ye returned to Yuan Xi City and warned Yuan Xi about the hidden threat, prompting her to recognize that her city could not withstand a Supreme Treasure wielder.
• More than a month later, Yuan Xi City began moving after receiving a new mission from Thunderclap.
• In Thin Bamboo City, Thunderclap resolved to betray Yuan Xi City, insisting to himself that he had been forced into it.

Lu Ye and Yuan Xi’s group entered the dangerous Cold Current Beehive to find an enemy Uniting Dao City, and Lu Ye discovered that the Talent Tree let him resist the currents’ weakening effect. They found the target quickly, where Ying Fei was preparing to follow a plan with a handsome young man who promised him affiliation with one of the Top Ten.

• Lu Ye, Yuan Xi, and Lian surveyed the You Ming Cold Current Beehive and learned that its environment weakened cultivators and made Star Abyss aura sluggish.
• Lu Ye found that the Talent Tree burned away the external force weakening him, leaving him unaffected by the Beehive’s suppression.
• Following Governor City’s intelligence, Lingfeng City located a Desolate-tier Uniting Dao City at the first marked site.
• Yuan Xi led Lu Ye, Lian, and the recovered Huan Qing out to join Lingfeng City’s attack.
• Ying Fei watched the approaching forces with a handsome young man, who told him to follow the plan and promised his city would become an affiliate of one of the Top Ten.

Lu Ye intervened when he realized the enemy had arranged its Uniting Dao cultivators to counter Yuan Xi City and Lingfeng City, and quickly killed a Body Cultivator who had been fighting Lian. His attack disrupted the enemy’s carefully prepared deployment, and he and Lian moved to help their allies.

• Ying Fei led his troops out to meet the enemy, while Lu Ye noticed that the enemy had unusually many Uniting Dao cultivators and had assigned them to entangle his allies.
• Lu Ye rushed to help Lian, breaking up her two-on-one fight and drawing one enemy into a direct clash.
• Lu Ye’s Crag Mountain Saber cut through the enemy Body Cultivator’s defenses and Dao Soldier, and he killed him as Lian defeated her own opponent.
• Lu Ye collected four Star Abyss Coins, then headed toward Huan Qing while Lian raced to assist Yuan Xi.
• The handsome young man in the enemy city recognized that Lu Ye’s sudden intervention had created a flaw in his carefully planned deployment.

Lu Ye discovered that the enemy city had prepared hidden Uniting Dao reinforcements, turning the battle into a trap for Yuan Xi City. As the reinforcements approached, Yuan Xi revealed a powerful second form of her Dao Soldier and drove Ying Fei toward death.

• The young man summoned seven or eight Uniting Dao cultivators from the Hehe Realm after Lu Ye and Huan Qing killed another enemy cultivator.
• Lu Ye realized the enemy city was bait and urged his allies to kill more Uniting Dao cultivators before the reinforcements arrived.
• Lu Ye and Huan Qing rushed toward a battle, but the enemy cultivator fled rather than face them.
• Yuan Xi overwhelmed Ying Fei after Lian tied down his two helpers.
• Yuan Xi transformed Black Lotus into snow-white armor, revealing the second form of her Dao Soldier and leaving Ying Fei sensing imminent death.

Yuan Xi transformed her Dao Soldier and killed Ying Fei and several Uniting Dao cultivators, but the enemy installed a new City Lord to restrain her. As Lu Ye’s side struggled against renewed resistance, two more Uniting Dao Cities approached, revealing that the hidden enemy’s real target was likely Yuan Xi.

• Yuan Xi’s Dao Soldier changed form, allowing her to kill Ying Fei and two Uniting Dao cultivators in moments.
• The enemy’s hidden young man ordered Ying Fei City’s Second Vice City Lord to refine the Uniting Dao Pearl and take Ying Fei’s place as City Lord.
• Yuan Xi’s transformed armor faded, and the arriving reinforcements helped stabilize the enemy’s battlefield as the new City Lord joined the fight.
• Lu Ye struggled against a cautious enemy Spell Cultivator while Yuan Xi and Lian continued killing their opponents.
• You Die warned that two enemy Uniting Dao Cities were rapidly approaching, and Lu Ye concluded that the enemy’s plan was aimed at Yuan Xi.

Yuan Xi and Zhao Lingfeng retreated as two enemy Desolate-tier Cities arrived, but Yuan Xi’s renewed Dao Soldier transformation let her kill several pursuers and lead the cities into flight. With more than thirty Uniting Dao cultivators still chasing them, Yuan Xi and Lian planned to exploit the region’s cold currents to hide Yuan Xi City.

• Two enemy Desolate-tier Cities arrived with reinforcements, and Yuan Xi ordered a retreat while Zhao Lingfeng and the others struggled to break away from their opponents.
• Yuan Xi activated her Dao Soldier’s second form again, killed Ying Fei City’s new City Lord, and swiftly slew several more Uniting Dao cultivators.
• Yuan Xi called for a retreat, and Yuan Xi City and Lingfeng City fled together while the surviving enemy cultivators pursued them.
• Lu Ye asked who was targeting them, and Yuan Xi admitted she had dragged everyone into the danger without naming the instigator.
• Lian proposed using the region’s intersecting cold currents and Mirage Spirit Pattern to conceal Yuan Xi City, and Yuan Xi asked her to help hold off the pursuers.

Lu Ye went to Lingfeng City to persuade Zhao Lingfeng to abandon it and join Yuan Xi City, but Zhao chose to fight first. Yuan Xi routed the first wave of pursuers, only for two more Dao Unity Cities to block their escape route, leaving both cities exposed.

• Lu Ye advised Yuan Xi that Lingfeng City needed to evacuate too, and Yuan Xi sent him to persuade Zhao Lingfeng to abandon the city and bring its people to Yuan Xi City.
• Zhao Lingfeng refused to abandon Lingfeng City without a fight, despite Lu Ye warning that more than thirty Dao Unity cultivators were pursuing them.
• Yuan Xi charged into the pursuing enemy formation, killed three Dao Unity cultivators, and heavily wounded two, frightening the remaining pursuers into stopping.
• The fighters from Yuan Xi City and Lingfeng City gathered behind Yuan Xi, while Lu Ye hoped they could delay the pursuers long enough for Yuan Xi City to escape.
• Lu Ye and Lian sensed an unexplained ripple of divine sense, then saw two more Dao Unity Cities block their route, placing both cities in immediate danger.

Chang Ming exposed himself and pressured Yuan Xi City, while Zhao Lingfeng defected to save his own city, leaving Yuan Xi, Lu Ye, Lian, and Huan Qing fleeing their pursuers. As Yuan Xi’s white armor began to fade, Lu Ye realized that maintaining her Secret Technique consumed a great deal of Dao power.

• Chang Ming revealed himself and demanded that Yuan Xi return, warning that her dwindling Dao power left her unable to resist.
• Yuan Xi told Lu Ye to escape to the main city if Yuan Xi City fell, but Zhao Lingfeng suddenly attacked Lu Ye and defected.
• Zhao Lingfeng withdrew after his strike, and the pursuing Uniting Dao cultivators rushed past Lingfeng City without attacking it.
• Yuan Xi rescued Lu Ye and fled with Lian and Huan Qing, while Zhao Lingfeng’s own followers questioned his betrayal.
• Lu Ye saw Yuan Xi’s white armor melting back into its black lotus form and asked whether her Secret Technique consumed substantial Dao power.

Lu Ye linked his Dao Power to Yuan Xi with the Twin Phoenixes Flying Dao Pattern, allowing her to restore her second-form Dao Soldier and rush to aid Yuan Xi City. They reached the city under attack, but enemy Uniting Dao cultivators moved to intercept them as reinforcements approached.

• Yuan Xi explained that her second-form Dao Soldier consumed too much Dao Power to sustain, and Lu Ye formed the Twin Phoenixes Flying Dao Pattern so she could borrow his strength.
• Lu Ye’s vast Dao Power replenished Yuan Xi’s armor, and he told her he could sustain the flow long enough for them to break the enemy’s attack.
• Yuan Xi ordered Lian to take Huan Qing back to Yuan Xi City, then charged toward the attackers with Lu Ye beside her.
• Yuan Xi and Lian slipped past Zhou Daoxing and his two companions, who failed to intercept them because of their speed.
• Another City Lord-level enemy turned to face Yuan Xi as she approached, while he sensed more Uniting Dao cultivators closing in.

Yuan Xi broke through the enemy blockade and slaughtered the Uniting Dao cultivators threatening the main city while Lu Ye discovered that her kills earned him Star Abyss Coins. After Zhou Daoxing’s forces were routed, Yuan Xi pursued him as he fled toward nearly thirty allied cultivators.

• Yuan Xi shattered a City Lord-level Uniting Dao cultivator’s manifestation, killed another attacker, and forced the remaining enemies to retreat while Lian and Huan Qing entered the main city.
• Lu Ye realized that Yuan Xi’s kills earned him Star Abyss Coins because she used his Dao power, and he urged her to keep fighting.
• Yuan Xi killed the wounded City Lord and another Uniting Dao cultivator, collecting four coins from the City Lord’s death.
• Yuan Xi cut through Zhou Daoxing’s forces, prompting him to flee while she killed his subordinates.
• Zhou Daoxing raced toward a group of nearly thirty allied cultivators, hoping to join them and survive Yuan Xi’s pursuit.