Chapter Summaries

After becoming Tianmu Kingdom’s new marquis, Chu Ming received gifts and visits while secretly cultivating in the Ink Painting Space and advancing his Destruction True Intent. The Golden Script Divine Dragon transformed by consuming Golden House Power, and Chu Ming discovered that its crimson-gold form radiated pressure beyond that of the Three Sages, though he still sensed something was amiss.

• The Painting Sage activated the star chart, and the three-day Sky Curtain Sacred Ceremony ended with Chu Ming’s appointment as a marquis drawing widespread attention.
• The Ink Sage, Painting Sage, and Martial Sage presented Chu Ming with the Three Ink Artifacts, cultivation resources, and access to the Ink Painting Space, urging him to pursue Selfless No-Thought and prepare for the Langhuan Book World.
• Chu Ming returned to his crowded estate, where dignitaries and the imperial princes had left gifts, and Heaven-Asking Pavilion, Shadow Tower, and the Black Flame Cult came to visit.
• Ji Wujiang departed for Qi Kingdom with treasures for Chu Ming’s companions, while Chu Ming sent Red Caltrop to escort him and place Golden House teleportation anchors along the route.
• In the Ink Painting Space, Chu Ming advanced to the fourth layer of True Intent of Destruction and opened three Divine Mansions as the Golden Script Divine Dragon absorbed much of the True Sage qi and transformed temporarily.
• Chu Ming commanded the Golden Script Divine Dragon to transform again, then sensed that its crimson-gold form possessed pressure greater than the Three Sages, though he noticed something was still wrong.

Chu Ming tested the Golden Script Divine Dragon’s True Saint aura, improved his True Intents, and received a triple True Intent battle weapon and its forging method before investigating the barriers around the Ancient Immortal and Divine Martial Kingdoms. A summons from Ji Wujiang brought him back to Qi Kingdom, where he found the imperial hall devastated and its leaders captured by an enemy demanding an immortal treasure.

• Chu Ming briefly projected the Golden Script Divine Dragon’s True Saint aura, frightening the Ink Sage, Painting Sage, and Martial Sage into believing a True Saint had entered Tianmu Kingdom.
• Chu Ming absorbed the remaining aura from the Nine Luminaries Heart-Questioning Chess Manual, strengthened three True Intents, and considered how to advance his cultivation beyond the Eighth Realm.
• Tantai Xiu arranged for Chu Ming to receive a triple True Intent Golden Blade and the method for forging True Intent battle weapons, while Old Man Shi and Granny Yin discussed recruiting him into the Nine Heavens Alliance.
• Chu Ming flew to the Ancient Immortal and Divine Martial Kingdoms, found both protected by formidable barriers, and turned back after Ji Wujiang ordered him to return to Qi Kingdom.
• Chu Ming teleported to Qi Kingdom and found Ji Wujiang, Changqin Jiuyan, Changqin Nianqi, and Ba Manshan bound in the Golden Palace Hall, Baihong Nanyou dead, and Yin Fang gravely injured.
• An enemy demanded that Ji Wujiang surrender the immortal treasure in exchange for his freedom.

Chu Ming defeated the Black and White Divine Palace elders who had attacked Qi Kingdom, but Baihong Nanyou died and Ba Manshan soon followed her. Meanwhile, the Ancient Immortal and Divine Martial Kingdoms forced Tianmu Kingdom to host twelve arenas, and Ink Sage considered Chu Ming as a candidate for the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill.

• Chu Ming arrived in Qi Kingdom, destroyed Elder Jin's Divine Mansion, and defeated Mo Chen and Ming Chen before freeing Ji Wujiang and the others.
• Chu Ming found Baihong Nanyou dead and Ba Manshan gravely injured; Ba Manshan asked him to protect Yin Fang and arrange their burial in their homeland.
• Ba Manshan died after returning home, and Yin Fang asked to stay by Chu Ming's side so she could grow strong enough to avenge her masters.
• Immortal Duanmu and Immortal Zhong Zhan ordered Tianmu Kingdom to host twelve arenas, demanding its second Langshu Realm key and Nine Revolutions Golden Pill if it failed to win within a month.
• Ink Sage named Tantai Xiao and Chu Ming as candidates for the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill, while Martial Sage objected to choosing Chu Ming.

The Ink Sage prepared for Tianmu Kingdom’s trial while Chu Ming equipped and protected his people, then traveled to Tianmu City with Ji Wujiang, Yin Fang, Xiang Yue, and Jiang Zhan. After Immortal Duanmu and Immortal Zhong Zhan dropped twelve arenas on East City, Changqin Qi struggled to save the injured Lan Di and sought help at Chu Ming’s estate, where the chapter ended with his power suddenly surging.

• The Ink Sage agreed to reconsider the Nine-Revolution Golden Pill and sent the Painting Sage to Black Stone Island with the Langshu Realm Key.
• Chu Ming gave his followers cultivation resources, left Red Caltrop in Qi Kingdom to protect them, and made Yin Fang his first disciple, urging her to cultivate for revenge.
• Chu Ming traveled to Tianmu Kingdom with Ji Wujiang, Yin Fang, Xiang Yue, and Jiang Zhan, while Lan Di refused her mother’s demand to return.
• Immortal Duanmu and Immortal Zhong Zhan dropped twelve arenas on East City, devastating the city and killing most of its inhabitants.
• Changqin Qi rescued the badly injured Lan Di and carried her toward Chu Ming’s estate, but the crowd blocked his way.
• When people threatened Changqin Qi and Lan Di’s life force faded, Changqin Qi ignited his blood and qi, causing his aura to surge.

Changqin Wujing brought the gravely injured Lan Di to Chu Ming’s manor, where Xuanyuan Shan gave her a life-preserving pill but made Wujing wait outside. Meanwhile, Ancient Immortal Kingdom and Divine Martial Kingdom champions slaughtered Tianmu challengers across the twelve arenas, and the chapter ended with the princes weighing who could still fight back.

• Changqin Wujing burned his blood and vital energy to carry Lan Di toward Chu Ming’s manor, but Xuanyuan Shan only gave her a pill to preserve her life and told Wujing to wait for Chu Ming.
• Jia Sheng killed Xuanyuan Si and Tantai Minglang with white flames at the Seventh Realm arena, while Vermilion Bird Ze'an held back and sent news of the battles to the palaces.
• Xuanyuan Jun and Tantai Tuocheng challenged arena opponents and died, and the Azure Dragon Marquis then fought Lu Xuan and was killed at the Eighth Realm arena.
• Duke Anguo absorbed national power gathered from other kingdoms, while Duke Dingguo and Duke Kaiguo planned to take the stage themselves.
• The princes learned that the Azure Luan Marquis had also died and concluded that the Sixth Realm challenges were futile; Tantai Xiao began assessing who remained capable of fighting at the Seventh Realm.

Tantai Xiu agreed to test a dangerous new blade art and fight in the arenas, while Tianmu Kingdom suffered further losses before Duke Dingguo won a costly first victory. Chu Ming returned to Tianmu City, treated Changqin Wujing and Lan Di, and learned the arena battles were trials staged by Guxian and Divine Martial.

• Tantai Xiu accepted Granny Yin’s jade slip containing the untested Ninefold Riftspace Blade and chose to risk the arena rather than abandon Tianmu Kingdom.
• Duke Dingguo killed Lu Xuan in an all-day battle, claimed Tianmu Kingdom’s first arena victory, and died; the Ink Sage recovered his body and the fallen warriors’ remains.
• Xuanyuan Huizhi left to challenge an opponent despite Xuanyuan Huikong’s attempt to stop him, while Changqin Wujing despaired over Lan Di’s condition.
• Chu Ming returned with Ji Wujiang, Xiang Yue, Jiang Zhan, and Yin Fang, treated Changqin Wujing and Lan Di, and urged the Seventh Prince not to give up on finding a cure.
• Vermilion Bird Ze'an explained that Guxian and Divine Martial had made the twelve arena battles a new round of trials, and Chu Ming sent Tantai Xiu a message.

Chu Ming learned that rare weapons would be offered as arena prizes and rushed after Xuanyuan Huizhi, who challenged an eighth-realm fighter and was gravely wounded. Tantai Xiu killed Jia Sheng in the seventh-realm arena at the cost of nearly all his strength, leaving Xuanyuan Huikong forced to choose whom to save as Lin Luoqi and Zhong Can attacked.

• Tantai Xiu told Chu Ming about the arena rewards, and Chu Ming decided to participate for the Langshu Realm key and a high-level True Intent weapon.
• Xuanyuan Huikong asked Chu Ming to protect the juniors before rushing to the arenas, and Chu Ming followed in disguise as Hong Jun.
• Xuanyuan Huizhi challenged Duanmu on the eighth-realm arena, burned his life to unleash a final attack, and fell near death without defeating him.
• Tantai Xiu fought Jia Sheng, burned his life force and Nine-Revolution Golden Core, and killed him with the Third Fold of the Ninefold Riftspace Blade.
• Lin Luoqi prepared to kill the badly wounded Tantai Xiu while Duanmu attacked Xuanyuan Huizhi, forcing Xuanyuan Huikong to defend Tantai Xiu instead of his seventh brother.
• Xuanyuan Huikong sent his Azure Luan against Lin Luoqi, but Zhong Can cut it apart as Xuanyuan Huikong's attempt to protect Tantai Xiu faltered.

Chu Ming revealed his overwhelming strength by saving Xuanyuan Huikong and killing Zhong Can, then stood against the Immortals who tried to punish him. The Scarlet-Gold Divine Dragon’s True Immortal pressure forced the Immortals to retreat, and Immortal Duanmu offered Tianmu Kingdom the promised prizes as Chu Ming’s supposed master appeared to shield him.

• Zhong Can and Duanmu Miu attacked Xuanyuan Huikong and Xuanyuan Huizhi, but Chu Ming appeared and saved them.
• Chu Ming shattered Zhong Can’s weapons and killed him with five slashes, shocking the arena fighters and observers.
• Immortal Duanmu and Immortal Zhong Zhan arrived and tried to execute Chu Ming, but the Ink Sage and Martial Sage intervened over the arena rules.
• The Scarlet-Gold Divine Dragon released True Immortal pressure, forcing the two Immortals to acknowledge their wrongdoing and wound Duanmu Miu and Lin Luoqi.
• A scarlet beam shone on Chu Ming as he called the True Immortal his master, and Immortal Duanmu offered Tianmu Kingdom the Qingfu Life-and-Death Pearl and two bottles of Immortal Wandering Pills.

Chu Ming won the Qingfu Life-and-Death Pearl, the Darkgold Calamity-Extinguishing Blade, and the Heavenly Martial Darkgold Armor by killing Duanmu Su and defeating Duanmu Yan, then left the twelve arenas as the True Immortal’s pressure vanished. Back at the Chu Estate, he saved Xuanyuan Huizhi and told Tantai Xiu that his strength came from a reward in the True Saint’s Dao treasury, while refusing to explain the True Immortal.

• Immortal Duanmu gave Chu Ming the Qingfu Life-and-Death Pearl and two bottles of Immortal Wandering Pills, while Immortal Zhong Zhan offered the Darkgold Calamity-Extinguishing Blade as a reward for a fourth arena victory.
• Chu Ming killed the wounded Duanmu Su, claimed the blade, then challenged Duanmu Yan and killed him with seven slashes before taking the Heavenly Martial Darkgold Armor.
• Chu Ming told Tantai Xiu, Xuanyuan Huikong, and Xuanyuan Huizhi to leave, then departed and used his abilities to return to the Chu Estate; the True Immortal’s pressure soon disappeared, and the other immortals withdrew.
• At the Chu Estate, Chu Ming fed Xuanyuan Huizhi a pill and channeled Primordial Qi into him until his life force stabilized.
• Chu Ming told Tantai Xiu that the True Saint’s Dao treasury had granted him the power he displayed, then refused to reveal anything about the True Immortal.

Tantai Xiu revealed that Chu Ming had gained the strength to kill peak eighth-realm experts and named his backing as the Red Dragon True Immortal, while Tianmu’s Saints met Old Man Shi and Granny Yin. Chu Ming was named Protectorate Duke Chu and began attacking the remaining arena defenders, as Palace Lord Lan Hua descended on the Chu Estate, took Lan Di and Changqin Wujing, and was driven away by Cangwu Heavenly Lord, who then summoned Chu Ming.

• Tantai Xiu told Tantai Xiao and Tianmu’s Saints that Chu Ming had completed the third True Intent of the eighth realm, and he identified the True Immortal as the Red Dragon True Immortal.
• Ink Sage conferred the title Protectorate Duke, styled Chu, on Chu Ming, and Old Man Shi and Granny Yin arrived to meet the Saints about the Langhuan Book Realm.
• Xuanyuan Huizhi awoke and learned that Chu Ming was Hong Jun, the fighter who had slain three peak eighth-realm experts; Chu Ming then killed the injured Lin Luoqi and moved on to Lu Chong’s arena.
• Palace Lord Lan Hua froze people across the Chu Estate, took Lan Di and Changqin Wujing away, and vanished when she sensed Cangwu Heavenly Lord approaching.
• Cangwu Heavenly Lord restored the frozen survivors, then summoned Chu Ming to the Imperial City’s Golden Hall.

Cangwu Heavenly Lord met Chu Ming after witnessing his strength and revealed that his five True Intents could obstruct his cultivation, but the Langhuan Heavenly Tome might offer a way forward. As Chu Ming considered investigating the Langhuan Book Realm and received blade techniques from the Nine Heavens Alliance, Ink Sage told him that something had happened at the Chu Estate.

• Chu Ming defeated the final arena defender, and Cangwu Heavenly Lord appeared, examined his True Intents, and effortlessly seized the Three Ink Artifacts.
• Cangwu Heavenly Lord recognized Chu Ming's Riftspace method, warned that five True Intents at the eighth realm could become severe cultivation shackles, and urged him to seek answers in the Langhuan Book Realm.
• Chu Ming connected the Langhuan Heavenly Tome to the Classic of Mountains and Seas and Great Wilderness, while Old Man Shi and Granny Yin identified Cangwu Heavenly Lord as one of the Nine Heavens Alliance's Heavenly Lords.
• Granny Yin gave Chu Ming jade slips containing the Ninefold Destruction Blade and the Ninefold Riftspace Blade, which he sent to the Golden Script Divine Dragon for deduction and optimization.
• Old Man Shi invited Chu Ming to join the Nine Heavens Alliance, and Chu Ming said he would consider it before preparing to leave.
• Ink Sage told Chu Ming that something had happened at the Chu Estate, and killing intent immediately erupted from Chu Ming.

After the Twelve Arenas, Chu Ming learned that Palace Lord Lan Hua had abducted Xuanyuan Shan and Changqin Wujing, then discovered she had erased Xuanyuan Shan’s memories and sent Changqin into the deadly Eternal Silence Ice Domain. With the Langhuan Book Realm approaching, Chu Ming turned to his spoils and found a method for forging immortal weapons.

• The Ink Sage told Chu Ming that Xuanyuan Shan and Changqin Wujing had vanished, and Granny Yin identified Palace Lord Lan Hua as their captor.
• Palace Lord Lan Hua sent Changqin into the Eternal Silence Ice Domain, made Xuanyuan Shan her disciple under the name Blue Frost, and erased her memories; she also ordered Xuding to punish those involved in Lan Di’s injury and to have Xuyang kill Chu Ming.
• Chu Ming found the Chu Estate survivors injured but recovering, realized the Cangwu Heavenly Lord had driven off Lan Hua and relieved them of the Profound Ice Law, and told the Tianmu Kingdom experts there was no need to continue to the Twelve Arenas.
• Chu Ming sorted the arena spoils, gained progress in Book Intent Realm Opening from cultivation texts and secret arts, and examined weapons and techniques taken from the defeated geniuses.
• Chu Ming discovered Ninefold Earthflame Immortal Armament Forging, then brought out his Darkgold Calamity-Extinguishing Blade and Eight Trigrams Purple-Gold Furnace to begin forging.

Chu Ming tried to reforge the Darkgold Calamity-Extinguishing Blade so he could wield it with his fivefold True Intent, while news of his artifacts drew a Youli Sea quasi-immortal to Tianmu Kingdom. With the Scarlet-Gold Divine Dragon’s help, Chu Ming killed Ju Ru, but the growing pressure on the True Immortal left the Ink Sage and the others questioning how long it could remain.

• Chu Ming used the Ninefold Earthflame Immortal Armament Forging method to reshape the Darkgold Calamity-Extinguishing Blade’s restrictions, but the blade rejected his fivefold True Intent runes.
• Immortal Duanmu and Immortal Zhong Zhan spread news of Hong Jun’s quasi-immortal artifacts to lure outsiders into attacking Tianmu Kingdom.
• Ju Ru pursued Chu Ming out of the city, hoping to claim his artifacts, and Chu Ming summoned the Scarlet-Gold Divine Dragon to expose Ju Ru to True Immortal pressure.
• Chu Ming killed Ju Ru with the Three Ink Artifacts while Ju Ru was overwhelmed, then took his Na Jie treasure and learned another quasi-immortal had been involved.
• The Ink Sage, Martial Sage, Old Man Shi, and Granny Yin arrived and found Ju Ru dead; Chu Ming told them his master had intervened.
• The Ink Sage learned that the Scarlet-Gold Divine Dragon had appeared three months earlier, and a pale-faced scholar fled Tianmu Kingdom after realizing the artifacts had been bait.

Chu Ming refined the Immortal-Sealing Destruction Spear and discovered how to reforge his other artifacts by aligning their intent with their existing True Intent. As he studied methods for reaching the Ninth Realm, Di Ze slaughtered the Rift-Splitting Golden Roc Clan, and Lie Kong Lei fled to seek their Old Ancestor in Guxuan Western Continent.

• Chu Ming returned from Youli Sea with the Immortal-Sealing Destruction Spear and spent two days refining it to suit his True Intent of Destruction.
• Immortal Zhong Zhan and Immortal Duanmu decided to hide at Black Stone Island and seek the Langhuan Book World as a path to the True Immortal realm, while Di Ze and Xuyang divided their pursuit duties.
• Di Ze recruited Heiqing into the Heavenly Martial Sacred Hall, killed four Riftspace Golden-Winged Rocs, and attacked the Riftspace Clan.
• The Riftspace King sent Lie Kong Lei through a spatial rift with a feather that could lead him to their Old Ancestor, then remained behind as Di Ze attacked him.
• Chu Ming successfully reforged the Darkgold Calamity-Extinguishing Blade, Qingfu Life-and-Death Pearl, and Heavenly Martial Dark-Gold Battle Armor, then studied how True Intent could expand the divine palace for a Ninth Realm breakthrough.

Chu Ming deduced a way to turn the Nine Luminaries Heart-Questioning Game into a killing formation powered by his treasures and the Golden Script Divine Dragon, but he had not perfected it when True Immortal Xuyang arrived in Tianmu City. Xuyang pursued Chu Ming after Chu Ming escaped the city with Golden House Teleportation, leaving the others to await the Nine Heavens Alliance’s Elder Fang Lian.

• Chu Ming studied Juru’s and the white-faced scholar’s Ninth Realm methods, gained Golden House Power, and concluded that he still needed to explore the Langhuan Book Realm to devise a suitable Divine Palace cultivation method.
• Chu Ming reasoned that the Golden Script Divine Dragon could govern the intents of his treasures and stabilize a Nine Luminaries Killing Formation, then continued testing the design while seeking a fully reliable result.
• True Immortal Xuyang descended on Tianmu City, overwhelmed its defenders with his pressure, and prompted the Ink Sage to summon the city’s powerful cultivators into the Ink Painting Space.
• When Xuyang’s spatial lock crushed the Ink Painting Space gate at Chu Ming’s residence, Chu Ming used Golden House Teleportation twice to escape Tianmu City, and Xuyang followed him.
• The others realized Chu Ming had left the city and suspected he had drawn Xuyang away; they learned that Elder Fang Lian was on his way and would arrive within half an incense stick’s time.

Chu Ming used the Nine Luminaries Scarlet-Gold Divine Dragon to provoke heavenly punishment and repeatedly escape True Immortal Xuyang, who pursued him from a distance. As Chu Ming simulated ways to survive the lightning, Xuyang attacked him with a True Immortal artifact, forcing Chu Ming to teleport again.

• Chu Ming summoned the Nine Luminaries Scarlet-Gold Divine Dragon, which battled True Immortal Xuyang and drew down heavenly punishment that forced Xuyang to flee.
• Chu Ming escaped the first lightning strike with [Golden House Teleportation], but Xuyang tracked him and caught up again.
• Chu Ming summoned the divine dragon a second time to trigger heavenly punishment, then teleported away as the lightning created another vast abyss.
• Xuyang feared the heavenly lightning and kept his distance while Chu Ming recovered Golden House Power and considered how to escape or kill him.
• Chu Ming repeatedly simulated the divine dragon's encounters with heavenly lightning inside the Golden House, searching for a way to preserve it and trap Xuyang.
• Xuyang launched a True Immortal artifact at Chu Ming from afar, and Chu Ming sensed the attack and teleported away again.

Chu Ming escaped Xuyang True Immortal’s pursuit with help from Fang Lian True Immortal, then left Tianmu City to avoid endangering others. On his way to the newly opened Langhuan Book Realm, he met Lie Kong Lei, whose father had been captured by a True Immortal, and continued with him toward Black Stone Island.

• Chu Ming used repeated Golden House Teleportations to evade Xuyang True Immortal while simulating ways to use heavenly lightning against a True Immortal.
• Fang Lian True Immortal arrived, drove Xuyang away, and escorted Chu Ming back to Tianmu City, where Xuyang continued to watch them.
• Chu Ming left Tianmu City for the Youli Sea so Xuyang would not endanger the people sheltering there, and he began strengthening the Nine Luminaries Killing Formation on the way.
• Chu Ming found Lie Kong Lei fleeing after a True Immortal captured the Riftspace King, and Lie Kong Lei chose to follow Chu Ming and grow strong enough to save his father.
• Tantai Xiu and Saint Mo informed Chu Ming that the Langhuan Book Realm entrance had appeared on Black Stone Island, and Chu Ming and Lie Kong Lei headed there.
• Saint Mo led the group from Tianmu City toward the Book Realm, while those assembled accepted the danger and remained aboard the Ink Painting Space vessel.

True Immortal Fang Lian and his companions reached the Langhuan Book Realm entrance hidden within the dying Rampaging Whale King, while Chu Ming refined Rampaging Whale blood to strengthen Lie Kong Lei. The Rampaging Whale King revealed that Lie Kong Lei’s father had been nearby and that the Riftspace King had entered the Book Realm, as Fang Lian struggled to keep the collapsing entrance open.

• True Immortal Di Ze persuaded True Immortal Xuyang to let Duanmu and Zhong Zhan enter the Langhuan Book Realm, where they could earn a chance to escape execution by obtaining the Langhuan Divine Guard inheritance.
• Chu Ming and Lie Kong Lei joined True Immortal Fang Lian and the sages at Black Stone Island after Hua Que reported that the Book Realm entrance lay inside the Rampaging Whale King.
• Fang Lian recognized signs of the Black and White Divine Palace and the Heavenly Martial Sacred Hall’s involvement, then led the group through the collapsing vortex into the dark lake.
• Chu Ming extracted Rampaging Whale essence blood and gave most of it to Lie Kong Lei, whose bloodline grew stronger as the group reached the dying ninth-rank Rampaging Whale King.
• The Rampaging Whale King said the Book Realm entrance was bound to its life and revealed that it had sensed another Riftspace Roc, prompting Lie Kong Lei to believe his father was nearby.
• Fang Lian offered the Rampaging Whale King a Limit-Breaking Pill in exchange for a way to stabilize the entrance, but the old whale refused and said he knew no way to save it.

The Rampaging Whale King, Jing Yang, sacrificed himself to reopen the Langhuan Book Realm gate and entrusted Chu Ming with his clan’s last spiritual remnant. Inside, Chu Ming navigated the Five Elements Maze with his companions, but the chapter ended when the fire-filled passage he chose failed to respond to the usual elemental rules.

• Jing Yang gave Chu Ming a spiritual remnant as proof of his clan’s existence and dissolved his body to reopen the Book Realm gate.
• Chu Ming entered the Langhuan Book Realm, saw its visions of history, and quickly awakened from the Langhuan Illusion.
• Fang Lian led the group into the Five Elements Maze and explained that its elemental appearances and rules could be deceptive.
• Fang Lian used wood and water treasures to identify and overcome a rolling boulder whose apparent earth nature concealed its true element.
• Chu Ming shared Five Elements treasures and guidance with Ji Wujiang and Lie Kong Lei, then navigated successive passages by testing their elemental attributes.
• Chu Ming entered a fire-attribute passage, but his water treasure neither extinguished nor strengthened its flames, revealing that the passage defied the earlier pattern.

Chu Ming discovered that the Five Elements Maze’s shifting passages concealed ferocious spirit beasts that devoured attacks and threatened everyone trapped inside. By uncovering the beasts’ hidden elemental transformations, he defeated one and obtained an Azure Wood Law crystal, while the other groups remained in danger.

• Chu Ming and the other groups struggled to navigate passages whose elemental attributes changed with each probe, while Immortal Xuyang’s brute-force attack opened a breach and let a five-colored spirit beast enter.
• Chu Ming used treasures of all five elements at once to reach a Five Elements passage and, through [Book Intent Painting Realm], discovered spirit beasts corroding the passages and threatening the trapped factions.
• A Five Elements spirit beast entered Chu Ming’s passage and overwhelmed his initial attacks, devouring his treasures and growing stronger.
• Chu Ming realized the beast was concealing a wood attribute beneath its water-like appearance, and that its apparent response to water and earth attacks was meant to mislead him.
• Chu Ming struck the beast with metal-element treasures, burned it to ash, and obtained an azure crystal containing the Azure Wood Law.