Arc 10The Mistheart Lotus

Lu Zhen entered Kunlun Three Sects City as Gu Chen, joined the Mystic Sword Sect, and ventured into the gray mist with Lei Zhen and Qin Wei. He secretly killed Wu Ya and Zhao Shan to claim the Mistheart Snow Lotus, then returned with the Panel’s rewards while Wu Tie began investigating their disappearance.

  • A winged woman killed the Blood Mountain Bandit chiefs and saved Shen Yuehua’s caravan, and Lu Zhen followed Lei Zhen to Kunlun Three Sects City.
  • Lu Zhen registered as Gu Chen for the Heaven-Supporting Sect assessment but was rejected for Inner Sect membership, so he joined the Treasure Land expedition with Lei Zhen and Qin Wei.
  • Lu Zhen killed mist creatures in the gray fog, and the three companions exchanged Mirage Pearls for contribution points and became Mystic Sword Sect Inner Sect disciples.
  • Lu Zhen chose the incomplete Bright God Martial Canon, trained with his new techniques, and broke through to late-stage Dark Force as Guga began to evolve.
  • Lu Zhen bought a heavy spear and returned to the Treasure Land, where he cultivated in the deep mist until he manifested a golden Dharma Image.
  • Lu Zhen rescued Su Zhi and her injured senior sister from Wu Ya’s group, killed Wu Ya and Zhao Shan, and took the fully bloomed Mistheart Snow Lotus.
  • Lu Zhen returned to his room as Wu Tie investigated Wu Ya’s disappearance, and the Panel upgraded Lu Zhen’s rewards and raised the snow lotus to mid fifth tier.
Chapters 226–250 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 226Five Colors

The Blood Mountain Bandits ambushed the Longwind Chamber of Commerce convoy, and Zhao Feng revealed the Nether Cold Crystal before the bandits betrayed him and threatened the caravan. As Lu Zhen prepared to fight without exposing his hidden abilities, a Dharma Heaven Realm woman appeared overhead, and he recognized her as the woman he had saved in the Treasure Land.

  • The Blood Mountain Bandits surrounded the convoy with mutated beasts, Steam Battle Armors, and three peak Dark Force chiefs, while Shen Yuehua offered them a toll to let the caravan pass.
  • Zhao Feng revealed that Su Zhi and a Three Sects City sect leader carried a Nether Cold Crystal, then the one-eyed chief crippled Zhao and demanded the treasure.
  • Shen Yuehua warned the caravan that the bandits would kill them all if they split up, persuading the wavering guards to stand together and fight.
  • Lei Zhen planned for the caravan to flee toward Black Pine Forest, while Lu Zhen considered how to kill the bandits without revealing his Nine Nether Flying Sword or Heart Cultivator identity.
  • A woman with enormous five-colored wings appeared above Soul-Breaking Ridge, and Lu Zhen recognized her as the woman he had saved in the Treasure Land.

Ch. 227Startling Swan

A flying woman from the Dharma Heaven Realm rescued the caravan by wiping out the Blood Mountain Bandits’ elite, then flew toward Kunlun Three Sects City. Lei Zhen explained the sect hierarchy and the limits on entering the Kunlun Treasure Land, revealing that Inner Sect status depended on potential rather than current strength.

  • The woman in the sky killed the Blood Mountain Bandits’ three chiefs, their armored bears, and their elite fighters with a volley of multicolored light swords, sending the survivors fleeing.
  • Shen Yuehua and the caravan bowed to thank the Dharma Heaven Realm grandmaster, who then flew toward Kunlun Three Sects City.
  • Shen Hao praised the woman’s power, and Lei Zhen explained that she was likely a Mountain Lord or elder of one of the three Kunlun sects.
  • Lei Zhen told Shen Hao and Lu Zhen that he belonged to the Mystic Sword Sect as an External Affairs Sect Officer and described its ranks.
  • Lei Zhen explained that lower-ranking disciples needed sect contribution points to enter the Kunlun Treasure Land, while Inner Sect core disciples and above could enter freely.
  • Lei Zhen said the Kunlun Three Sects chose Inner Sect and true disciples based on their potential, not their current realm or strength.

Ch. 228Heavenly Mirror

Lei Zhen explained the barriers that kept outsiders from joining the great sects, while Lu Zhen considered whether his own abilities and medicinal history would draw suspicion. After the caravan reached Kunlun Three Sects City, Lu Zhen parted from Su Zhi with the future uncertain.

  • Lei Zhen explained that innate constitution, comprehension, family background, and medicinal impurities affected a martial artist's prospects, and described the Mystic Sword Sect's External Affairs Office as a costly route into the Treasure Land.
  • The caravan abandoned the crippled Zhao Feng, who was dragged into a mutated ant nest and left helpless before the queen ant.
  • After a dangerous forced march across Soul-Breaking Ridge, the caravan reached the frozen plain beneath three snowy peaks and saw the vast mirror that Lei Zhen identified as the entrance to the Kunlun Treasure Land.
  • The caravan joined the crowds bound for Kunlun Three Sects City and reached its enormous marketplace outside the gates by evening.
  • The Longwind Chamber of Commerce paid Lu Zhen two hundred taels of low-grade Gang Silver, and Su Zhi said farewell to him.

Ch. 229Fetter City

Lu Zhen entered Three Sects City with Lei Zhen and learned how Force Silver and the city’s Heavy Origin Stone shaped life inside the Kunlun Treasure Land. He settled into Lei Zhen’s courtyard, where his new neighbors wondered about him.

  • Lu Zhen told Lei Zhen he planned to seek admission to the Heaven-Supporting Sect, and Lei Zhen offered him an empty room until recruitment opened.
  • Lu Zhen and Lei Zhen paid the entry fee and entered Three Sects City, where Lu Zhen sensed many powerful martial artists waiting in line.
  • Lei Zhen explained that Force Silver powered Force-Refining Furnaces, which protected martial artists from the gray mist and enabled them to explore its dangerous zones.
  • Lu Zhen felt the city’s Heavy Origin Stone suppress his strength and speed by ninety-five percent, and Lei Zhen explained that it made the city safer.
  • Lei Zhen brought Lu Zhen to his courtyard, introduced him to Qin Wei, and showed him the room he had rented.
  • Qin Wei and the other residents watched Lu Zhen arrive, and Qin Wei wondered what level he had reached.

Ch. 230Revival

Lu Zhen recovered from his injuries while staying in Three Sects City and learned why Lei Zhen warned him to avoid Qin Wei. As the Heaven-Supporting Sect’s assessment approached, Lei Zhen knocked on Lu Zhen’s door to call him out.

  • Lei Zhen told Lu Zhen that Qin Wei had been a leading courtesan who was cast out after offending Li Jue, a powerful Heaven-Supporting Sect disciple.
  • After Lei Zhen returned to his room, Guga emerged and Lu Zhen fed it a top-grade third-tier spirit medicine before beginning secluded cultivation.
  • Guga secretly tidied Lu Zhen’s room while the medicinal power of the Glazed Golden Vein Grass healed his injuries over three days.
  • Lu Zhen’s injuries fully healed, and his Daily Settlement rewards raised his experience as he neared the next physique breakthrough.
  • Lei Zhen knocked on Lu Zhen’s door and told him it was time for the Heaven-Supporting Sect’s assessment.

Ch. 231Body Assessment

Lu Zhen registered for the Heaven-Supporting Sect assessment, presenting himself as the unaffiliated cultivator Gu Chen. His results showed exceptional bone structure and strength but poor comprehension, weak background, and extreme medicinal impurities, so the steward said he would likely qualify as an Outer Sect disciple and told him to wait for the decision.

  • Lu Zhen hid Guga in his clothes and followed Lei Zhen to the Heaven-Supporting Sect's outer court, where Lei explained that the sect's inner grounds were inside the Treasure Land.
  • Lu Zhen registered as Gu Chen, a thirty-year-old independent cultivator, and the steward initially judged his background and prospects poorly.
  • The steward found Lu Zhen had superior bone structure, and Lu Zhen demonstrated mid-stage Dark Force at Force Extreme Seventh Layer by punching the force-testing stone.
  • Lu Zhen claimed he knew only crude farmhand moves, earning an inferior comprehension rating, while the Nine-Petaled Snow Lotus bloomed all nine flowers after testing his blood.
  • Lu Zhen gave the steward fifty taels of low-grade Gang Silver and a top-grade third-tier Spirit Medicine to seek a favorable recommendation, and the steward told him results would come early the day after tomorrow.

Ch. 232Heavenly Craft

After dining with Lei Zhen, Lu Zhen visited the Heavenly Craft Tower and learned about its rare treasures and enormous prices. The visit ended when he declined to prove he had enough funds to enter the second floor and left with Lei Zhen.

  • Lei Zhen congratulated Lu Zhen on revealing his true strength, then treated him to a meal.
  • Guga rejected the food Lu Zhen offered and demanded a reward, but settled down after Lu Zhen promised it spirit herbs in the Treasure Land.
  • Lu Zhen and Lei Zhen entered the Heavenly Craft Tower, where Ye Hongxiao showed Lu Zhen a flying sword and expensive Spirit Medicines.
  • At the stairs, a steward required visitors to prove they had five hundred taels of high-grade Gang Silver to enter the second floor.
  • Lu Zhen declined to verify his funds and left the tower with Lei Zhen, disappointing Ye Hongxiao.

Ch. 233Leng Meng

After leaving the Heavenly Craft Tower, Lu Zhen encouraged Lei Zhen to keep hoping for advancement. At the Heaven-Supporting Sect, Deacon Wang Yuan reviewed new disciple applications and rejected Gu Chen, judging his medicinal contamination too severe.

  • Lei Zhen told Lu Zhen how years of struggle had failed to bring him into the sect’s Inner Courtyard or beyond middle-stage dark force.
  • Lu Zhen said either of them could still rise and joked that he might become an Inner Sect disciple of the Heaven-Supporting Sect in two days.
  • Wang Yuan admitted Lin Yan to the Inner Sect and rejected Wang Dazhu for poor qualifications.
  • The steward bribed Wang Yuan with a third-tier spirit medicine, and Wang Yuan admitted Sun Yaozu to the Inner Sect.
  • Wang Yuan assessed Gu Chen’s strong cultivation but rejected him after seeing his inferior background and nine-flower medicinal contamination, tearing his registry page out.

Ch. 234Headstrong

Lu Zhen rejected the Heaven-Supporting Sect’s Outer Sect offer after learning the steward had failed to secure him Inner Sect access. Back at his courtyard, he found his neighbors’ welcome feast plans collapsing, while Qin Wei chose to cook him an expensive meal and planned to ask for his help in the Treasure Land.

  • The steward told Lu Zhen that the deacon had denied him Inner Sect entry and offered him only an Outer Sect spot, so Lu Zhen left without accepting it.
  • The steward mocked Lu Zhen after he departed, while Sun Yaozu waited nearby to enter the Inner Sect.
  • Lu Zhen returned to the courtyard and told his neighbors he had not been selected, prompting Hou San to leave angrily and Zhao Tie and Wang Cui to retreat indoors.
  • Qin Wei offered to cook for Lu Zhen, and he agreed while asking her and Lei Zhen about the External Affairs Office and the Treasure Land.
  • Qin Wei abandoned her plan to serve cheap first-tier meat and chose the costly second-tier treasure meat for Lu Zhen.

Ch. 235Mist Ruins

Lu Zhen prepared to enter the Mystic Sword Sect’s Treasure Land with Qin Wei and Lei Zhen, then crossed the hundred-li wilderness to the boundary of its deadly gray fog. After hearing rumors about what might lie in the depths, the three entered the fog together.

  • Qin Wei invited Lu Zhen and Lei Zhen to explore the Treasure Land together, and both agreed despite Lei Zhen’s worries about Qin Wei’s past trouble.
  • Lu Zhen sold ore to buy a Force-Refining Furnace and a saber, then bought Guga a spirit medicine and warned it to conceal its aura.
  • Lei Zhen offered Lu Zhen money for equipment, but Lu Zhen showed he had already bought what he needed; the three registered at the Mystic Sword Sect’s External Affairs Hall and received an entry token.
  • Lu Zhen, Qin Wei, and Lei Zhen climbed the White Jade Heavenly Ladder, passed through the enormous mirror, and entered the Treasure Land’s wilderness.
  • After running four hours to the gray-mist boundary, the three activated their Force-Refining Furnaces and discussed the dangers and rumors of the mist’s depths.
  • Lu Zhen, Qin Wei, and Lei Zhen plunged into the gray fog together.

Ch. 236Setting the Rules

Lu Zhen joined Lei Zhen and Qin Wei in the gray mist, where his effortless defeat of a third-rank demon revealed his overwhelming combat skill. After revising their treasure-sharing terms, the group continued deeper into the mist at Lu Zhen’s direction.

  • Lei Zhen proposed dividing their gains forty-thirty-thirty, and Qin Wei and Lu Zhen agreed.
  • Lei Zhen identified a Ghost-Faced Iron Lizard and urged Lu Zhen to test himself against it.
  • Lu Zhen evaded the demon’s pounce and killed it with one precise saber strike, stunning Lei Zhen and Qin Wei.
  • Lei Zhen harvested the beast’s carapace and core, then changed the shares to fifty percent for Lu Zhen, thirty for himself, and twenty for Qin Wei.
  • Lei Zhen and Qin Wei explained the gray mist’s zones, erosion, and five-hour limit for Dark Force martial artists.
  • Lu Zhen chose to venture deeper for another hour and a half before turning back, and Lei Zhen and Qin Wei agreed to follow him.

Ch. 237Defeating the Xiao

Lu Zhen, traveling with Lei Zhen and Qin Wei through the gray mist, killed three peak third-rank Thousand-Faced Mist Xiaos by striking their hidden divine cores. Afterward, Lei Zhen and Qin Wei recognized Lu Zhen’s strength and began considering how to benefit from his power.

  • Lei Zhen, Qin Wei, and Lu Zhen heard a false cry for help and were surrounded by Mist Puppets and three Thousand-Faced Mist Xiaos.
  • The Mist Xiao Kings attacked, and Lei Zhen and Qin Wei were wounded when their weapons passed through the creatures’ mist bodies.
  • Lu Zhen sensed the divine cores hidden within the Mist Xiao Kings and killed all three with precise strikes.
  • The defeated Mist Puppets collapsed into corpses after the Mist Xiao Kings died.
  • Lu Zhen claimed he was still at the middle stage of Dark Force and attributed his strength to his natural vitality.
  • Lei Zhen considered sticking close to Lu Zhen, while Qin Wei began planning how to win him over.

Ch. 238Waiting by the Stump

Lu Zhen discovered an immature Mistheart Snow Lotus in the mist fiends’ nest and planned to return for it in three days, while he and his companions left with three Mirage Pearls. Wu Ya’s Heaven-Supporting Sect group found the lotus and decided to ambush the cultivators when they came back for it.

  • Lu Zhen and Lei Zhen collected three Mirage Pearls after defeating the mist fiends, while Guga guided Lu Zhen to the unripe Mistheart Snow Lotus hidden deeper in the nest.
  • Lu Zhen realized the lotus needed three more days to mature and left without revealing his plan to return alone.
  • Lu Zhen, Lei Zhen, and Qin Wei encountered Wu Ya and four Heaven-Supporting Sect Inner Sect disciples, who dismissed them and continued into the deep mist.
  • Wu Ya’s group found the Mistheart Snow Lotus and learned from its condition that it would ripen in three days.
  • Wu Ya stopped his disciples from pursuing Lu Zhen’s group and ordered them to wait along the route to the mistless area, planning to kill them and seize the lotus when they returned.

Ch. 239A new method

Lu Zhen, Lei Zhen, and Qin Wei exchanged their Mirage Pearls for gang silver and contribution points, then used their shares to join the Mystic Sword Sect's Inner Sect. After learning they could choose a sect-defining cultivation method, they headed for the Technique Transmission Pavilion, where Lu Zhen hoped to remake his identity and use his full strength without revealing who he was.

  • Lei Zhen presented three superior fourth-tier Mirage Pearls at the External Affairs Hall, and the sect exchanged them for two thousand taels of high-grade gang silver and two thousand contribution points.
  • Lei Zhen divided the rewards, giving Lu Zhen thirty percent and Qin Wei twenty percent, and the three decided to spend their gains on Inner Sect membership and resources.
  • Lu Zhen, Lei Zhen, and Qin Wei each spent five hundred contribution points to become Inner Sect disciples and received new waist tokens.
  • A white-robed deacon told them they could choose one of the Mystic Sword Sect's six sect-defining cultivation methods, but mountain masters would not recruit disciples for another month.
  • Qin Wei and Lei Zhen thanked Lu Zhen for helping them survive the gray mist and fulfill their dream of entering the Inner Sect.
  • Lu Zhen led his companions toward the Technique Transmission Pavilion, intending to learn the sect's methods and martial skills so he could fight freely under the identity of Gu Chen.

Ch. 240Bright God

At the Technique Transmission Pavilion, Lu Zhen chose the incomplete Bright God Martial Canon despite an elder's warning that its use of vital energy could ruin a martial artist's prospects. Confident that his Panel would overcome the art's flaw, he left Lei Zhen and Qin Wei worried about his decision.

  • A purple-robed elder advised Lu Zhen, Lei Zhen, and Qin Wei on cultivation arts suited to their strengths.
  • Lei Zhen chose the Grand Unity Geng Metal Formula, while Qin Wei selected the Mystic Water Heavy Origin Technique.
  • Lu Zhen discovered the Bright God Martial Canon and read that it burned vital energy to kindle the god within.
  • The elder explained that the canon was incomplete and that many practitioners had failed to reach Transformation Force before their vital energy declined.
  • Lu Zhen chose the Bright God Martial Canon, believing his Panel could supply the vast vital energy it required.
  • Lei Zhen and Qin Wei heard Lu Zhen's choice and worried, but stayed silent.

Ch. 241New Robes

Lu Zhen chose new cultivation, movement, and spear techniques, then bought spirit herbs while Lei Zhen and Qin Wei prepared for the next stage of their training. After the three returned to their courtyard in Inner Sect robes, Lei Zhen explained that they would compete for a place at Snow-Listening Cliff next month, while Hou San grew jealous of Lu Zhen’s standing with Qin Wei.

  • Lu Zhen spent his remaining contribution points on the Bright God Martial Canon, Eight Wastes Wandering Dragon Step, and Formation-Breaking Overlord Spear.
  • Lei Zhen bought half a set of Mystic Force Bone Armor, Qin Wei purchased a spirit herb to strengthen her foundation, and Lu Zhen bought Purple Blood Dragon Ginseng and herbs for Guga.
  • Lei Zhen told Lu Zhen and Qin Wei that Snow-Listening Cliff would recruit disciples next month, and the three agreed to train hard for the selection.
  • Lu Zhen, Lei Zhen, and Qin Wei returned to their courtyard wearing Inner Sect robes, prompting Hou San, Zhao Tie, and Wang Cui to react with surprise and envy.
  • Hou San noticed that Lei Zhen and Qin Wei treated Gu Chen as their leader and grew jealous at the thought that Gu Chen could become close to Qin Wei.

Ch. 242Jiang Li

Lu Zhen let Guga out of his robe and told her she could perch on his shoulder, while Jiang Li rejected Jiang Linchuan’s request to secure a core disciple position for Zhao Yunfeng. As Snow-Listening Cliff faced another All Peaks Grand Competition, Jiang Li resolved to reach the Spirit Fusion Realm within her final year and preserve the mountain domain.

  • Lu Zhen wondered whether the elder at the Technique Transmission Pavilion had noticed anything unusual about Guga, then let her fly out and perch on his shoulder.
  • Jiang Linchuan visited Jiang Li at Snow-Listening Cliff and asked her to give Zhao Yunfeng its core disciple position.
  • Jiang Li rebuked Jiang Linchuan for seeking influence through family ties, but gave him a fifth-tier snow jade ginseng to aid his cultivation.
  • Jiang Linchuan left with the spirit medicine and mistakenly wondered whether Jiang Li’s generosity meant she had feelings for him.
  • Jiang Li remembered how the Jiang Family’s ancestor and her senior brother had died, leaving her to protect their legacy and Snow-Listening Cliff.
  • Facing the coming competition and having only one year before her perception began to decline, Jiang Li vowed to break into the Spirit Fusion Realm and hold Snow-Listening Cliff.

Ch. 243Spirit Communion

Lu Zhen practiced the Bright God Martial Canon, the Eight Wastes Wandering Dragon Step, and the Formation-Breaking Overlord Spear, rapidly mastering all three. The Panel’s daily settlement transformed his purchased spirit medicines into higher-tier treasures, leaving Guga eager to eat the two newly upgraded Purple Blood Dragon Ginseng roots.

  • Lu Zhen practiced the Bright God Martial Canon and found its blood-burning power suited his immense vitality and Limb Regeneration.
  • Lu Zhen mastered the fourth level of the Eight Wastes Wandering Dragon Step and the Dark Force level of the Formation-Breaking Overlord Spear.
  • The Panel’s daily settlement awarded Lu Zhen experience, silver, and upgraded spirit medicines through its level bonus and qualitative transformation.
  • Lu Zhen used the Power of Heaven and Earth to contain the transformed medicines’ aura as the Purple Blood Dragon Ginseng roots advanced to early fifth tier.
  • Guga stared at the Purple Blood Dragon phantoms and pleaded with Lu Zhen to let it eat the medicines.

Ch. 244Advancement

Lu Zhen advanced his movement and spear techniques, broke through to late-stage Dark Force after consuming Purple Blood Dragon Ginseng, and watched Lei Zhen and Qin Wei also advance. With Guga asleep in his clothes, Lu Zhen prepared to leave for the mist eye as the thing within it neared maturity.

  • Lu Zhen raised his Eight Wastes Wandering Dragon Step and Formation-Breaking Overlord Spear, then improved the Bright God Martial Canon until he neared a breakthrough.
  • Lu Zhen fed Guga a fourth-tier medicinal herb, and Guga puffed up before falling asleep as it began to evolve.
  • Lu Zhen consumed the early fifth-tier Purple Blood Dragon Ginseng and broke through to late-stage Dark Force, doubling his base strength to three million jin.
  • Lei Zhen broke through to late-stage Dark Force and Qin Wei advanced to mid-stage Dark Force after practicing their new sect techniques.
  • Lu Zhen disguised himself as Gu Chen, congratulated Lei Zhen and Qin Wei, and heard them discuss their chances of joining Snow-Listening Cliff as ordinary Inner Sect disciples.
  • Lu Zhen tucked the sleeping Guga into his clothes and prepared to head out because the thing in the mist eye was about to mature.

Ch. 245Contrast

Lu Zhen went to the Heavenly Craft Tower to buy a spear strong enough to withstand his power, and his ten thousand taels of high-grade gang silver transformed the attendants’ treatment of him. After Ye Hongxiao’s earlier mockery was exposed, she tried to win his favor while he waited for the weapons upstairs.

  • Lu Zhen entered the Heavenly Craft Tower seeking a heavy spear that could withstand the strength of dozens of aspects.
  • Ye Hongxiao mocked Su Qing and sent her to greet Lu Zhen, expecting him to be a poor customer.
  • Lu Zhen displayed a ten-thousand-tael silver brick, and Su Qing guided him upstairs as the steward welcomed him warmly.
  • The attendants distanced themselves from Ye Hongxiao, who confessed her behavior to the steward and was sent to serve Lu Zhen.
  • Ye Hongxiao offered to massage Lu Zhen's feet, and he allowed her to do so while they waited for the steward to bring weapons.

Ch. 246A Rare Beauty

Lu Zhen bought a powerful gray-black spear from the Heavenly Craft Tower and returned to the Treasure Land to seek the Mistheart Snow Lotus. He discovered Heaven-Supporting Sect disciples were following him, while Wu Ya sent Sun Ke to summon Deacon Zhao Shan and led the others after Lu Zhen into the gray mist.

  • Lu Zhen tested and bought the ten-thousand-tael spear, earning a Heavenly Craft Token and declining Ye Hongxiao’s offer to serve him.
  • After Lu Zhen left, Ye Hongxiao reconciled with Su Qing and hoped to accompany her when Lu Zhen returned.
  • Lu Zhen entered the Treasure Land carrying his new spear and spotted Heaven-Supporting Sect disciples near the Black Pine Forest.
  • Wu Ya recognized Lu Zhen as a Mystic Sword Sect Inner Sect disciple and suspected he had revealed the Mistheart Snow Lotus’s location to the sect.
  • Wu Ya ordered Sun Ke to fetch Deacon Zhao Shan, then led the remaining disciples into the gray mist to follow Lu Zhen.

Ch. 247Divine Might

Lu Zhen discovered that the gray mist in the Kunlun Treasure Land strengthened his spirit when refined by the Bright God Martial Canon, and he trained deep within it until his power surged. As he returned toward the Mistheart Snow Lotus, he heard a battle ahead and moved to investigate.

  • Lu Zhen evaded Wu Ya and the Heaven-Supporting Sect disciples, then traveled hundreds of li into the gray mist.
  • Lu Zhen found that the Bright God Martial Canon refined the mist into energy that tempered his spirit, so he sat down to cultivate.
  • Lu Zhen raised his strength through the deep-mist training and manifested a twenty-five-meter golden Dharma Image that cleared the mist around him.
  • Lu Zhen withdrew his Dharma Image and hurried back toward the mist eye, where the Mistheart Snow Lotus was nearing maturity.
  • Lu Zhen heard astral qi clashes, weapons striking, and screams in the mist, then stealthily approached the fighting.

Ch. 248Judgment

Lu Zhen arrived as Su Zhi and her senior sister were surrounded by Heaven-Supporting Sect disciples, then killed three attackers with one spear strike. He revealed his overwhelming strength to Wu Ya and challenged him to run thirty-nine meters, just as something tore through the mist.

  • Su Zhi and her injured senior sister faced Wu Ya and three Heaven-Supporting Sect disciples, who threatened them over the Mistheart Snow Lotus.
  • Su Zhi prepared to kill herself rather than submit, but Lu Zhen emerged from the fog and told her not to act rashly.
  • Three disciples attacked Lu Zhen, and he killed all three with a single spear strike.
  • Wu Ya recognized Lu Zhen as a Transformation Force Grandmaster, while Su Zhi stared at him in disbelief.
  • Lu Zhen told Wu Ya he could run thirty-nine meters, then a dull sound came from deep within the gray mist.

Ch. 249Startling Spear

Lu Zhen killed Zhao Shan and Wu Ya, then harvested the Mistheart Snow Lotus as it bloomed. He left the gray mist with the treasure, planning to use the Panel’s Daily Settlement to enhance it and later improve his movement technique.

  • Wu Ya accused Lu Zhen of killing the other Heaven-Supporting Sect disciples, and Zhao Shan attacked after Lu Zhen refused to listen.
  • Lu Zhen used his twenty-five-meter golden Dharma Image to defeat Zhao Shan and kill him with three spear strikes.
  • Lu Zhen killed Wu Ya with a spear thrown from thirty-nine meters away, then took the men’s money pouches and tokens.
  • Lu Zhen harvested the fully bloomed Mistheart Snow Lotus and told Su Zhi and her senior sister to leave the dangerous mist.
  • Su Zhi and her senior sister left, while Lu Zhen concealed the corpses and headed back toward the Shallow Mist Zone.

Ch. 250Treasure Metamorphosis

Lu Zhen returned to Three Sects City and watched the settlement panel transform his spoils, including the Mistheart Snow Lotus, into far rarer treasures. While Wu Tie grew alarmed over Wu Ya’s disappearance and prepared to search the Treasure Land, Lu Zhen stored the lotus for a future breakthrough.

  • Lu Zhen returned to his room and found Guga still asleep after consuming the fourth-grade Spirit Medicine.
  • Wu Tie waited for Zhao Shan and Wu Ya to return, then ordered the Wu Family’s covert hall to investigate Wu Ya’s movements.
  • Wu Tie decided to go to the Treasure Land himself when his anxiety over Wu Ya’s disappearance continued to grow.
  • The Daily Settlement Panel multiplied Lu Zhen’s rewards and transformed the scrap metal into Profound Nether Heavy Iron and Geng Metal Cold Marrow.
  • The panel raised the Mistheart Snow Lotus to mid fifth-tier, and Lu Zhen recognized its power to nourish the spirit and aid a breakthrough.
  • Lu Zhen stored the snow lotus for later and reviewed his updated cultivation and experience totals.
Arc 10 of 26
Arc 10 of 26