Arc 18Lu Zhen’s Rise

Lu Zhen led the Nine Provinces squad through the first two rounds of the Hundred Realms League while advancing his swordsmanship to True Intent and drawing the backing of the Heavenly Ark Commerce Guild. The arc leaves him facing Qian Jue in the third round after cutting through the opposing team’s opening fire spells.

  • Lu Zhen trained in the Void Realm, advanced his martial techniques, and signed an endorsement deal with Wei Cang after wagering on the Nine Provinces squad’s progress.
  • Lu Zhen defeated Blood Crow and reached Gold tier, then led the Nine Provinces squad to victory over the Sacred Blood Realm’s Blood Wolf Squad in the first round.
  • Lu Zhen advanced his Sword-Controlling Art to Subtle Intent and eliminated several attacking teams in the second-round melee, carrying the Nine Provinces squad into the third round.
  • Lu Zhen comprehended True Intent, and Supervisor Yan offered him a lifelong Seventh-grade Contract with the Heavenly Ark Commerce Guild, which Lu Zhen accepted.
  • Myriad Stars Tower promoted Qian Jue by insulting Lu Zhen and Nine Provinces, while the Heavenly Ark Commerce Guild publicized its support for Lu Zhen.
  • Lu Zhen mastered True Intent in the Star River Sword Art and received an offer from the Azure-Scale Manor Lord of a nomination slot for Supreme Unity Mystic Sect pre-exam training if he performed well.
  • Qian Jue taunted Lu Zhen before their third-round match, but Lu Zhen cut through two ninth-grade fire spells with a sword strike infused with True Intent.
Chapters 426–450 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 426A wager

Lu Zhen and the Liu sisters dominated increasingly difficult Void Realm battles, then Lu Zhen learned his application to contemplate the Hongmeng Seal had been approved. He left the Heavenly Ark Commerce Guild with a proposed wager: the endorsement contract would improve if he led the Nine Provinces Squad deeper into next month’s Hundred Realms League.

  • Liu Jingshu, Liu Jingyi, and Lu Zhen repeatedly defeated simulated opponents and destroyed their crystals in the Void Realm.
  • Shen Qing told Lu Zhen that the higher-ups had approved his application to contemplate the Hongmeng Seal.
  • A Heavenly Ark Commerce Guild clerk escorted Lu Zhen to shopkeeper Wei Cang, who offered him an exclusive endorsement contract worth four million Mystic Coins a year.
  • Lu Zhen proposed upgrading the contract if the Nine Provinces Squad reached the second or third round of the Hundred Realms League, and renegotiating if they reached the fourth.
  • Wei Cang was astonished because the Nine Provinces Small World had not reached the second round in eighty years.

Ch. 427Hongmeng

Lu Zhen secured a four-million-Mystic-Coin endorsement deal with the Heavenly Ark Commerce Guild and began exploring the Hongmeng Seal’s power. His contemplation revealed countless possible future selves practicing and advancing his martial techniques.

  • Wei Cang accepted Lu Zhen’s wager and gave him four million Mystic Coins and access to mid-ninth-grade Void Realm privileges.
  • A Heavenly Ark Commerce Guild subordinate proposed portraying Lu Zhen as an ordinary newcomer and turning his future tournament progress into a publicity campaign.
  • Lu Zhen recorded an understated endorsement image, bought high-ninth-grade spirit rice, and returned to his residence.
  • Lu Zhen checked his Void Realm record, then discovered that his new privileges exposed his blood and qi to a powerful spiritual pressure.
  • Lu Zhen began contemplating the Hongmeng Seal and watched his soul divide into countless possible future selves practicing and refining his martial techniques.

Ch. 428Looking Ahead

Lu Zhen used the Hongmeng Seal to select paths for his martial techniques, then tempered them in the Void Realm until all three reached the limit of Profound Extremity. After reviewing the Hundred Realms League dossier, he saw how formidable the neighboring worlds’ teams were and understood why the Nine Provinces had struggled to advance.

  • Lu Zhen examined more than a thousand simulated martial paths and chose one each for his saber technique, movement technique, and Sword-Controlling Art.
  • Lu Zhen trained under the Void Realm’s spiritual pressure for six hours, bringing the Wandering Dragon Sky-Treading Step, the Great Wilderness Formation-Breaking Saber, and the Taiyi Light-Splitting Sword to the limit of Profound Extremity.
  • Lu Zhen left the Void Realm and replenished his depleted qi and blood with upper ninth-grade spirit rice.
  • Shen Qing added Lu Zhen, Liu Jingshu, and Liu Jingyi to a group and sent them information about neighboring worlds’ teams for the Hundred Realms League.
  • Lu Zhen studied the Crimson Flame Realm’s Flame Demon squad and the Iron Bone Realm’s Mountain-Shaker squad, noting their exceptional fighters and the threat they posed.

Ch. 429Going live

With the Hundred Realms League one day away, Lu Zhen studied the powerful Sacred Blood Realm and prepared to test his perfected Profound Extremity arts in ranked matches. He launched a paid livestream as speculation about Coachman's identity spread, catching Liu Jingyi’s attention.

  • Lu Zhen asked Wei Cang for information on stronger worlds and learned that the Sacred Blood Realm’s elite teams included peak Profound Extremity fighters and a seeded-team leader who had reached Subtle Intent.
  • Lu Zhen remembered the Sacred Blood Realm’s past plot against the Nine Provinces and its lasting harm, then resolved to keep testing himself before the league began.
  • Lu Zhen activated a livestream as Coachman, setting a ten-Mystic-Coin viewing fee and selling delayed rebroadcast rights for twenty Mystic Coins per match.
  • Void Realm users debated whether Coachman was a hidden league trump card or could rival Lu Zhen, then rushed to watch his livestream and complained about the price.
  • Liu Jingyi heard that Coachman had gone live, sat up, and recognized him as the mysterious fighter with formidable saber techniques.

Ch. 430Stray dog

Liu Jingyi rebroadcast Lu Zhen’s Silver match as he faced Blood Crow, an elite fighter from the Sacred Blood Realm. Lu Zhen effortlessly evaded Blood Crow’s attacks, then defeated him with a humiliating instant kill.

  • Liu Jingyi bought a delayed Void Realm feed and filled her rebroadcast room with viewers eager to watch Lu Zhen fight.
  • Blood Crow appeared as Lu Zhen’s opponent, and both the live audience and Liu Jingyi worried when they learned he belonged to the powerful Sacred Blood Realm.
  • Blood Crow attacked Lu Zhen with the Blood-Weeping Blade, but Lu Zhen dodged the strike with his refined Wandering Dragon Sky-Treading Step.
  • Lu Zhen casually evaded Blood Crow’s furious assault while taunting him, leaving Blood Crow increasingly enraged and desperate.
  • Lu Zhen slipped inside Blood Crow’s guard, knocked him down, and pinned him before killing him with a saber thrust through his mouth.

Ch. 431Gold

Lu Zhen fought his way through Silver rank and entered a brutal promotion match against Tuoba Shan of the Iron Bone Realm. Their battle ended in a draw, but Lu Zhen’s exceptional performance promoted him to Gold, while Tuoba Shan remembered the name Coachman.

  • Lu Zhen defeated a string of Silver-tier opponents, reached 495 points, and began his Gold promotion match.
  • Lu Zhen faced Tuoba Shan, a powerful Gold-tier fighter from the Iron Bone Realm, and met his spear attacks head-on.
  • Tuoba Shan’s Star-Shattering—Collapse sent Lu Zhen flying and left him wounded, but the pressure sparked a faster blade technique in Lu Zhen.
  • Lu Zhen and Tuoba Shan struck each other down in the same exchange, producing a draw and awarding Lu Zhen enough bonus points to reach Gold.
  • Tuoba Shan awoke in the Iron Bone Realm, shocked that a warrior from the Nine Provinces had pushed him to the brink of death, and vowed to remember Coachman.

Ch. 432The Tournament Begins

Yan Pei discovered that Lu Zhen had reached Gold only a month after ascending from the Nine Provinces Small World and sent his file to Azure Scale Academy. Lu Zhen and the Nine Provinces contestants arrived at the Hundred Realms League, where the Purple Firmament Grand Academy’s Lei Yun announced that the first round was beginning.

  • Yan Pei examined Lu Zhen’s advancement record, recognized his unusual potential, and sent his file to Director Feng of Azure Scale Academy.
  • Shen Qing led Lu Zhen, Liu Jingshu, Liu Jingyi, and the other Nine Provinces contestants to the League’s enormous arena.
  • Shen Qing explained that the Nine Provinces received only ninety-nine places after finishing last for eighty consecutive tournaments and identified the smaller realms they would face first.
  • The contestants saw the far larger camps of the leading realms and the rival groups from the Crimson Flame, Wind-Thunder, and Iron Bone Realms.
  • Lei Yun of the Purple Firmament Grand Academy appeared and announced that the first round of the Hundred Realms League was beginning.

Ch. 433Last Hope

The Nine Provinces teams were crushed in the first round, and Lu Zhen drew a formidable opponent from the Sacred Blood Realm. The chapter ended with the Nine Provinces contingent and spectators pinning their last hope on his match.

  • Shen Qing explained that each team needed one win against a small-world team ranked within fifteen places to advance.
  • The Nine Provinces teams led by Zhang Yuan, the Li Family, and Wang Meng were swiftly defeated by their opponents.
  • Chen Yuan’s team lost to the Greenleaf Realm despite its low ranking, leaving the Nine Provinces without a victory.
  • Spectators criticized the Nine Provinces team after every match ended in defeat.
  • Lu Zhen’s squad was matched against the Sacred Blood Realm’s Blood Wolf Squad, and the Nine Provinces contingent feared the draw while hoping he could still win.

Ch. 434A Complete Victory

Lu Zhen, Liu Jingshu, and Liu Jingyi defeated the Sacred Blood Realm’s Blood Wolf Squad three to zero, sending the Nine Provinces into the second round. Their victory won Lu Zhen praise from Azure Scale’s headmaster, while Chen Henian and Wang Daolin worried that his continued success would strengthen Li Zonghan’s position.

  • Lu Zhen used his flying sword to destroy the Blood Wolf Squad archer’s opening shot and kill the bald melee fighter as Liu Jingshu charged.
  • Lu Zhen’s sword phantoms pinned down the enemy defender and disrupted the archer, allowing Liu Jingshu to eliminate the archer before Lu Zhen finished off the defender.
  • Teacher Zhang and Teacher Zhou celebrated the Nine Provinces’ three-to-zero victory, and the broadcast audience cheered their advancement to the second round.
  • Chen Henian and Wang Daolin decided that Lu Zhen advancing further could boost Li Zonghan’s influence, though they expected the next round’s opponents to stop him.
  • The Azure Scale headmaster praised Lu Zhen and looked forward to seeing him compete in the second round.
  • Lu Zhen, Liu Jingshu, and Liu Jingyi returned to a jubilant Nine Provinces camp, while Chen Yuan stood alone as his former followers joined the crowd around Lu Zhen.

Ch. 435True Intent

After the first round ended, Shen Qing explained that the Nine Provinces team faced a brutal second-round melee with a ninety-percent elimination rate. Lu Zhen returned to his courtyard, where the Heavenly Ark Commerce Guild delivered a lower eighth-grade spirit treasure as a reward for advancing.

  • Lu Zhen impressed Shen Qing and the Liu sisters by advancing his Sword-Controlling Art to the peak of Profound Extremity, while the arenas revealed prodigies wielding Subtle Intent and True Intent.
  • The purple-robed elder announced the first round had ended and that the second round would begin the next day.
  • Shen Qing told Lu Zhen, Liu Jingshu, and Liu Jingyi that lower-ranked worlds would fight in a shared melee, where only the final ten percent of teams would advance.
  • Lu Zhen returned to his space in the Void Realm and considered using his remaining sudden-enlightenment opportunity before Wei Cang contacted him.
  • Wei Cang told Lu Zhen his contract had advanced and promised an additional lower eighth-grade spirit treasure each month.
  • A Heavenly Ark Commerce Guild attendant delivered a sealed rosewood box to Lu Zhen, who took it into his cultivation chamber to see what treasure it contained.

Ch. 436Breaking Through

Lu Zhen used the Pure Spirit Cloudfruit and the Heavenly Ark Commerce Guild’s spiritual pressure chamber to break through his Sword-Controlling Art into Subtle Intent. As the second round approached, Liu Jingshu and Jingyi planned to protect him, while Lu Zhen prepared to enter the Void Realm.

  • Lu Zhen ate the Pure Spirit Cloudfruit and chose to focus on advancing his Sword-Controlling Art in the spiritual pressure chamber.
  • Lu Zhen realized his sword lacked the will to cleave open the heavens, then merged his sword shadows and broke through to Subtle Intent.
  • Lu Zhen continued refining the Wandering Dragon Sky-Treading Step and the Great Wilderness Formation-Breaking Saber, but neither advanced beyond peak Profound Extremity.
  • Liu Jingshu told Jingyi that they would use shields and prioritize protecting Lu Zhen during the free-for-all.
  • Shen Qing announced that the second round was about to begin, and Lu Zhen saw that the Nine Provinces Small World's public forum had drawn more than four hundred thousand viewers.

Ch. 437Nine Provinces

As the Nine Provinces celebrated Lu Zhen’s first-round victory, people across the united world gathered to watch him enter the brutal second-round melee. The chapter ended with Chu Yunshu watching Lu Zhen alongside two women and quietly calling him a philanderer.

  • Nine Provinces spectators celebrated Lu Zhen’s victory over the Sacred Blood Realm but expected only that he would survive the second round’s ninety-percent elimination rate.
  • Jiang Li entered the Void Realm to watch the second round after hearing how far Lu Zhen had advanced.
  • The reunited Nine Provinces prospered under the Mingwu Empire, and people across the world prepared to watch the Hundred Realms League broadcast.
  • Lu Wan, Xiao Yuqing, Chu Yunshu, and others gathered to watch Lu Zhen, while Xiao Zhengyan warned that the second round was a perilous melee.
  • Chu Yunshu watched the two women beside Lu Zhen on the broadcast and muttered that he was a philanderer.

Ch. 438Treacherous

The grand melee began, and Lu Zhen’s squad was transported into the super Arena alongside thousands of contestants. The squad immediately faced a coordinated attack from three powerful teams, leaving Nine Provinces’ commentators and citizens alarmed.

  • The grand melee began as more than a hundred Arenas transformed into battlefields, while commentators identified Mang Mountain Realm and Sacred Blood Realm as especially dangerous teams.
  • Liu Jingshu proposed that she and Liu Jingyi hold off any attackers while Lu Zhen escaped, but Lu Zhen told them to stay beside him and not risk their lives.
  • The contestants were transported to Super Battlefield Seven, where Lu Zhen’s squad appeared surrounded by teams from the Mad Lion Realm, Black Marsh Realm, and Iron Rock Realm.
  • The three teams attacked Lu Zhen’s squad at once, prompting Old Zhang and Nine Provinces’ citizens to condemn their coordinated assault.

Ch. 439Defying the Heavens

Lu Zhen revealed Subtle Intent and single-handedly killed all nine pinnacle Profound Extremity fighters who ambushed his team. His victory electrified the Nine Provinces, while nearby squads chose to keep their distance as he led Liu Jingshu and Liu Jingyi toward the battlefield’s edge.

  • Lu Zhen unleashed his flying sword and killed five fighters from the Mad Lion, Black Marsh, and Iron Rock Realms with his first strike.
  • Lu Zhen pursued the four survivors, killing them all despite one Mad Lion fighter briefly blocking his sword.
  • Spectators across the Nine Provinces celebrated as the commentators revealed that Lu Zhen had comprehended Subtle Intent and might advance to the third round.
  • Jiang Li watched Lu Zhen’s victory with astonishment and recognized his familiar ability to create miracles.
  • Lu Zhen told Liu Jingshu and Liu Jingyi to move toward the wasteland’s edge, and nearby squads identified the Nine Provinces team and scattered to avoid them.

Ch. 440A Fierce Battle

Lu Zhen and his teammates were targeted by the Mad Lion Realm’s ace team, which sought revenge for their fallen leader. Lu Zhen fought both Subtle Intent experts at once and eliminated their Profound Extremity teammate, leaving the clash ongoing.

  • The Mad Lion Realm’s ace team spotted Lu Zhen, Liu Jingshu, and Liu Jingyi, and its leader vowed revenge for his younger brother.
  • Commentators and Nine Provinces viewers feared Lu Zhen would be overwhelmed by the two Subtle Intent experts, while Liu Jingshu and Liu Jingyi urged him to retreat.
  • Lu Zhen refused to flee and met the blond giant’s axe with his flying sword, then attacked both Subtle Intent experts with a storm of sword shadows.
  • A peak Profound Extremity fighter tried to sneak up on Lu Zhen, but Lu Zhen redirected a sword shadow and pierced his throat, eliminating him.

Ch. 441Making a Name

Lu Zhen helped his team survive the second round by suppressing two Subtle Intent experts from the Mad Lion Realm, earning the attention of powerful teams and the admiration of Nine Provinces. As the story left off, the Fang Family was capitalizing on its claimed connection to Lu Zhen to expand its influence, while deciding to keep that supposed favor unclaimed.

  • Lu Zhen drove back the two Mad Lion Realm fighters as Liu Jingshu and Liu Jingyi stayed close beside him, and the second round ended with the survivors advancing.
  • Leading teams from Mang Mountain Realm and Sacred Blood Realm recognized Lu Zhen as a major threat after witnessing his fight and learning he came from the Nine Provinces Small World.
  • Old Zhang and Teacher Zhou celebrated Nine Provinces reaching the third round through Lu Zhen's strength, while viewers in Three Sects City marveled at his performance.
  • Xiao Zhengyan declared that Lu Zhen had the makings of a Great Emperor and believed Nine Provinces was destined to rise.
  • Fang Zhenhai told Fang Daoming that their family had gained status by spreading the claim that Lu Zhen owed them a favor, and urged him to preserve the supposed favor by never invoking it.

Ch. 442Benchmarking

After Lu Zhen and the Liu sisters advanced to the third round, Nine Provinces Academy praised them and promised access to its best cultivation resources. Lu Zhen witnessed Wu Tian display second-level True Intent, then drew peak Subtle Intent prodigy Qian Jue as his next opponent and left the Void Realm, intent on using Enlightenment.

  • Wei Cang ordered the Heavenly Ark Commerce Guild's publicity department to promote Lu Zhen's feat of comprehending Subtle Intent.
  • Vice Principal Li Zonghan congratulated Lu Zhen, Liu Jingshu, and Liu Jingyi, opening the academy's highest-grade cultivation rooms and resources to them for seven days.
  • Lu Zhen and the others watched later second-round battles, where top-ranked worlds' fighters demonstrated peak Subtle Intent and Wu Tian of the Great Hao Realm revealed second-level True Intent.
  • The third-round draw matched the Lu Zhen Squad against Qian Jue of the Myriad Stars Minor World, a peak Subtle Intent prodigy.
  • After witnessing Wu Tian's power and feeling the gap in his own cultivation, Lu Zhen exited the Void Realm to use Enlightenment.

Ch. 443A Clever Plan

Lu Zhen used an enlightenment opportunity to break through from Subtle Intent to True Intent. Meanwhile, Myriad Stars Tower plotted to exploit his upcoming match against Qian Jue to turn his popularity against him, leaving the proposed promotional scheme awaiting headquarters' approval.

  • Wei Cang congratulated Lu Zhen on reaching the Hundred Realms League's third round and said headquarters was reviewing an upgraded wager contract.
  • Lu Zhen left sleeping Gugu Gaga safely in his bedroom, used his enlightenment opportunity, and comprehended True Intent after reflecting on Wu Tian and the laws of heaven and earth.
  • Qian Tong learned that Myriad Stars Tower's sales had fallen thirty percent as customers flocked to Heavenly Ark Commerce Guild to support Lu Zhen.
  • A steward proposed that Myriad Stars Tower promote Qian Jue, Lu Zhen's third-round opponent, under the theme “A sparrow will never become a phoenix.”
  • Qian Tong warmed to the plan to have Qian Jue publicly defeat Lu Zhen and use the attention to boost Myriad Stars Tower, though the proposal still needed headquarters' approval.

Ch. 444A Contemptuous Humiliation

Myriad Stars Tower broadcast Qian Jue's humiliating portrayal of Lu Zhen across the Azure Wind Domain, provoking outrage in Nine Provinces while strengthening sales elsewhere. As Wei Cang feared the fallout for Heavenly Ark Commerce Guild, Manager Yan decided to meet Lu Zhen in the Void Realm before choosing whether to terminate his contract.

  • Myriad Stars Tower aired Qian Jue's promotional film, which compared Lu Zhen and the people of Nine Provinces to a scrub chicken and called lower-realm natives inferior.
  • Nine Provinces martial artists erupted in anger and boycotted Myriad Stars Commerce Guild, causing its local sales to plunge.
  • Wei Cang learned the film was playing across dozens of small worlds and worried Lu Zhen's defeat would ruin his plans and cost him his position.
  • At Heavenly Ark Commerce Guild headquarters, a gray-robed elder urged the guild to terminate Lu Zhen's contract, but Manager Yan argued against deciding before seeing Lu Zhen for himself.
  • Wei Cang rushed to headquarters, and Manager Yan ordered a meeting with Lu Zhen in the Void Realm.

Ch. 445A Daring Gamble

Lu Zhen met Supervisor Yan in the Void Realm and revealed that he had advanced to True Intent, prompting the Heavenly Ark Commerce Guild to offer him its highest Seventh-grade Contract. After Lu Zhen signed, Wei Cang proposed using Myriad Stars Tower’s mockery to build attention before Lu Zhen faced Qian Jue in the third-round arena.

  • Wei Cang told Lu Zhen that Supervisor Yan wanted to meet him about the high-grade contract, and Lu Zhen joined them in the Void Realm.
  • Wei Cang showed Lu Zhen Qian Jue’s promotional Afterimage mocking him as a grass chicken, but Lu Zhen remained calm and said rules could be changed.
  • Lu Zhen demonstrated True Intent by slicing through the pavilion’s cloud sea and barrier, then credited his breakthrough to the Pure Spirit Cloudfruit and his battle experience.
  • Supervisor Yan offered Lu Zhen a lifelong Seventh-grade Contract with generous resources and guild authority, and Lu Zhen accepted and signed.
  • Wei Cang proposed publicizing the contract to provoke Myriad Stars Tower and build momentum for Lu Zhen to defeat Qian Jue in the third-round arena.
  • Supervisor Yan praised Wei Cang’s plan and promised to reserve him a headquarters position if it succeeded.

Ch. 446Star Sword

Lu Zhen bought the Star River Sword Art and used his True Intent to advance it rapidly, then headed to the Primordial Pressure Chamber to prepare for the upcoming third round of the Hundred Realms League. He left with Liu Jingshu and Liu Jingyi at his side while Chen Yuan privately looked forward to Qian Jue defeating him.

  • Lu Zhen unlocked his Heavenly Ark Commerce Guild spokesperson privileges, bought the Star River Sword Art, and received instruction from the guild retainer Old Qi.
  • Lu Zhen used his sword True Intent to advance the Star River Sword Art to Profound Penetration, then decided to train in the Primordial Pressure Chamber to speed up his progress.
  • Lu Zhen met Liu Jingshu and Liu Jingyi on the way to the academy, and Liu Jingyi complained about Qian Jue's promotional video while Liu Jingshu encouraged him.
  • Lu Zhen entered Nine Provinces Academy with the Liu sisters as students watched them, and Chen Yuan resented Lu Zhen and expected Qian Jue to crush him in the third round.

Ch. 447Official Announcement

Lu Zhen’s training in the Primordial Pressure Chamber accelerated his progress, and the Heavenly Ark Commerce Guild publicly named him its lifelong spokesperson across fifty small worlds. After Lu Zhen revealed he had reached True Intent and was confident about facing Qian Jue, the Myriad Stars Commerce Guild’s supervisors reacted with alarm to the announcement.

  • Lu Zhen practiced the Star River Sword Art under crushing pressure and estimated he would reach True Intent within three days.
  • Lu Zhen, Liu Jingshu, and Liu Jingyi left the academy and saw the Heavenly Ark Commerce Guild’s Afterimage featuring Lu Zhen as its lifelong spokesperson.
  • The crowd celebrated the guild’s support for Lu Zhen, interpreting it as a sign he could defeat Qian Jue in the third-round battle.
  • Lu Zhen told Liu Jingshu and Liu Jingyi that he had broken through to True Intent two days earlier and was confident about the upcoming battle.
  • At the Myriad Stars Commerce Guild headquarters, the supervisors questioned the Heavenly Ark Commerce Guild’s decision to give Lu Zhen a seventh-rank lifelong contract.

Ch. 448Boiling Heavens

Myriad Stars Tower prepared to boost Qian Jue before the third-round Arena match against Lu Zhen, while Lu Zhen mastered True Intent in the Star River Sword Art. The chapter ended as spectators from across the Great Wilderness flocked to watch the highly publicized match.

  • The chief supervisor ordered Myriad Stars Tower to give Qian Jue three upper eighth-grade Void Barrier-Breaking Pills in hopes that he would reach True Intent before the match.
  • Lu Zhen achieved True Intent in the lower eighth-grade Star River Sword Art after three days of practice in the Primordial Pressure Chamber.
  • Lu Zhen tested the sword art in a seventh-grade Void Realm Training Ground and obliterated a line of giant meteorites with his sword intent.
  • Lu Zhen decided to save his remaining ten million Mystic Coins until shortly before the Monthly Settlement.
  • The third round began, and Myriad Stars Tower and the Heavenly Ark Commerce Guild’s promotion drew spectators across the Great Wilderness to watch Lu Zhen face Qian Jue.

Ch. 449Supreme Unity

Qian Jue broke through to True Intent and planned to humiliate Lu Zhen in their arena match, while the Azure-Scale Manor Lord offered Lu Zhen a chance to earn a nomination for the Supreme Unity Mystic Sect’s pre-exam training. Lu Zhen returned to the waiting area as the third round continued, and his match against Qian Jue was announced.

  • Qian Jue broke through to True Intent and resolved to slowly strip Lu Zhen of his ability to resist before humiliating him.
  • Wei Cang told Lu Zhen that the Azure-Scale Manor Lord wanted to meet him, and Lu Zhen joined them in the Void Realm.
  • The Azure-Scale Manor Lord offered Lu Zhen a nomination slot for the Supreme Unity Mystic Sect’s pre-exam training if he performed well in the third round.
  • Lu Zhen returned to Super Battlefield No. 7 and watched the elite arena battles underway.
  • The central arena announced the match between Qian Jue of the Myriad Stars Minor World and Lu Zhen of the Nine Provinces Small World.

Ch. 450Showing his mettle

Lu Zhen faced Qian Jue in a broadcast arena match watched across the Great Wilderness, where the Nine Provinces hoped he could defy the odds. After Qian Jue’s teammates attacked, Lu Zhen revealed that he had comprehended true intent, shocking the audience.

  • Commentators and viewers debated Lu Zhen’s chances against Qian Jue, while the Nine Provinces Academy and Council watched anxiously.
  • Chen Zonghan admitted he hoped Liu Bowen had been right to support Lu Zhen and said he wanted him to win.
  • Qian Jue taunted Lu Zhen in the arena, but Liu Jingyi mocked him and defended her senior brother.
  • Qian Jue’s teammates launched two ninth-grade fire spells at Lu Zhen’s group, and Liu Jingyi and Liu Jingshu raised their shields.
  • Lu Zhen drew his flying sword and cut through both fireballs with a strike infused with true intent, stunning Qian Jue and viewers across the Void Realm.
Arc 18 of 26
Arc 18 of 26