Recaps

Lu Zhen obtained a huge stash of Ancient Jade from the White Lotus Sect, pushing his ranking to 412th among the Special Training Camp trainees. His sudden rise drew attention at the Supreme Unity Mystic Sect and changed how Liu Jingshu and Liu Jingyi’s Azure Scale Academy teammates regarded the sisters.

• The White Lotus Sect offered Lu Zhen its support and Bai Zhi, but he demanded their hidden Ancient Jade instead, and the sect delivered several chests.
• Lu Zhen scanned and stored the jade, raising his count to 9,850 and his overall ranking to 412th.
• At Starry Sky Base, Leng Qiu and the instructors noticed Lu Zhen’s ranking but attributed his sudden rise to luck before returning to their discussion of the team’s leading students.
• Liu Jingshu and Liu Jingyi’s team obtained Ancient Jade while training, and Liu Jingyi discovered Lu Zhen’s high ranking on the leaderboard.
• The sisters’ teammates reacted in astonishment to Lu Zhen’s position and began treating Liu Jingshu and Liu Jingyi with greater respect.

Lu Zhen hit a cultivation bottleneck after opening 128 acupoints, but converted 55 into Star Vortices and surpassed the First-Rate Expert threshold in strength. As Nine Provinces celebrated his rising rank, Wang Teng persuaded Wang Meng that Lu Zhen threatened the Mandate Army, leaving Wang Meng to weigh his son’s accusation.

• Lu Zhen reached a limit at 128 opened acupoints, then converted 55 into Star Vortices, bringing his strength to over 12,000 Ancient Force.
• Liu Bowen and the people of Nine Provinces celebrated Lu Zhen’s rise to rank 412 in the Supreme Unity Mystic Sect’s Special Training Camp rankings.
• Wang Teng grew furious after Su Mei rebuffed him and his adviser claimed that Lu Zhen had secret ties to the White Lotus Sect.
• Wang Teng urged Wang Meng to eliminate Lu Zhen, accusing him of winning the people’s loyalty, courting outside support, and growing powerful enough to threaten the Mandate Army.

Su Mei warned Lu Zhen that Wang Meng planned to attack, but Lu Zhen stayed to face the army surrounding his residence. Lu Zhen revealed himself as a First-Rate Expert and gained the upper hand against Wang Meng, though Wang Meng's desperate strike cut into Lu Zhen's abdomen as Lu Zhen's sword struck faster.

• Su Mei killed Wang Teng's adviser after he offered her wealth and marriage in exchange for pledging herself to the Young General, then rushed to warn Lu Zhen and summon Feng Wuji, Chen Fei, and Shi Yan.
• The White Lotus Sect's senior sister warned Lu Zhen that Wang Meng's army was closing in, while his companions urged him to retreat.
• Wang Meng's soldiers stormed Lu Zhen's residence, and Wang Teng accused Lu Zhen of spying, murder, and plotting against the Mandate Army.
• Lu Zhen revealed an aura matching Wang Meng's and fought him, using his twelve thousand Ancient Force to drive the older First-Rate Expert backward.
• Feng Wuji, Shi Yan, Su Mei, and the others fought off the soldiers as Wang Meng tried to strike Lu Zhen down with a suicidal saber blow.
• Wang Meng's saber cut Lu Zhen's waist, but Lu Zhen's sword struck faster, leaving Wang Meng terrified.

Lu Zhen killed Wang Meng, took command of the Mandate Army, and discovered more than twenty thousand pieces of Blood-Colored Ancient Jade in Qin Xiao’s pavilion. Meanwhile, Spacetime Islet assassins learned that Lu Zhen had defeated Wang Meng and set out for Feng City to kill him.

• Lu Zhen killed Wang Meng and Wang Teng, forced their soldiers to surrender, and declared himself commanding general of the Mandate Army, appointing Feng Wuji, Chen Fei, Shi Yan, and Su Mei as deputy generals.
• Lu Zhen ordered the estate’s women distributed among meritorious squad leaders and learned from Sun Changming that Qin Xiao held Wang Meng’s Ancient Jade.
• Lu Zhen followed Qin Xiao to a hidden compartment containing more than twenty thousand pieces of Blood-Colored Ancient Jade, and Qin Xiao tried to seduce him.
• In Cloud City, Spacetime Islet assassins received word that Lu Zhen had killed Wang Meng in a head-on fight.
• The assassins’ leader ordered his team to ride to Feng City and kill Lu Zhen despite his victory over Wang Meng.

Lu Zhen discovered that tens of thousands of Ancient Jade could fuse into Ancient Crystal, then bonded one to his Star Vortex and awakened a powerful Gravity Domain. As Spacetime Islet assassins came to kill him in Feng City, he ambushed them and confronted the remaining assassins.

• Lu Zhen gathered more than thirty thousand Ancient Jade, which fused into a blood-red Ancient Crystal inside his Space Ring.
• Lu Zhen found a legend explaining that Ancient Crystal could strengthen a Star Vortex and create an Ancient Martial Artist, though fusion could destroy the body.
• Lu Zhen fused the Ancient Crystal with his first Star Vortex, surviving the damage through Blood Drop Rebirth and gaining a Gravity Domain that weakened nearby opponents.
• Lu Zhen realized he needed more Ancient Jade but found that the area around Feng City had been picked clean and the training camp would soon withdraw.
• Lu Zhen detected powerful hidden figures near the city lord's residence and discovered that they were elite assassins from Spacetime Islet sent to kill him.
• Lu Zhen used his Gravity Domain to overpower Third, killed him, and faced the remaining assassins in the alley.

Lu Zhen revealed his Ancient Martial Artist power, killed the Spacetime Islet assassins, and left Feng City in Qin Xiao's care before returning to the Starry Sky Base with his team. There, the first Ancient Star rankings drew attention, and the Black-Yellow Pagoda opened for the final five days of the month's training.

• Lu Zhen's Gravity Domain suppressed the Spacetime Islet assassins, and he killed them after the black-robed man refused to reveal who they were.
• Lu Zhen put Qin Xiao in charge of Feng City, with the White Lotus Sect women assisting her, then left with Feng Wuji, Chen Fei, Shi Yan, and Su Mei to assess neighboring cities.
• The five returned to the Starry Sky Base, where others noticed Lu Zhen had climbed into the top three hundred and his teammates' rankings had also risen.
• Wu Tian and Ji Wushuang took notice of Lu Zhen's rankings but believed they could surpass him through the Black-Yellow Pagoda.
• The announcement reported that 1,087 of the 1,200 participants had returned and declared the Black-Yellow Pagoda open for five days before the first month's overall rankings were finalized.

After earning a Grade-A dormitory for placing in the top three hundred, Lu Zhen turned down Dantai Yu and Helian Tie’s invitation to join their squad, choosing to stay loyal to his team. He discovered that his new cultivation chamber could greatly accelerate his training and planned to spend three days there before climbing the Black-Yellow Pagoda.

• Lu Zhen’s teammates thanked him for their improved rankings, and he credited their teamwork before they parted for their new dormitories.
• Lu Zhen reached Grade-A courtyard Number 212 and met his neighbors, Dantai Yu and Helian Tie, who invited him to join their squad.
• Lu Zhen declined the invitation because he would not abandon his teammates, and Dantai Yu and Helian Tie privately dismissed him before seeking another recruit.
• Lu Zhen activated the courtyard’s Star-Gathering Formation and put the dormant Guga on the bed.
• Lu Zhen entered his cultivation chamber, found its spiritual energy and vitality-enhancing effects extraordinary, and decided to cultivate there for seventy-two hours before climbing the Black-Yellow Pagoda.

Lu Zhen used powerful pills and the Grade-A Cultivation Room to rapidly increase his Star Vortices, while geniuses across the Hundred Realms entered the Black-Yellow Pagoda trials. The rankings revealed a staggering gap between the Azure Scale Grand Academy trainees and the leading competitors as Lu Zhen began cultivating with another pill.

• Lu Zhen swallowed a seventh-rank Purple Cloud Acupoint-Breaking Pill and spent twenty-four hours cultivating, increasing his Star Vortices from fifty-five to eighty-five.
• Arthur Rothschild, Taishi Kong, Wu Tian, and Ji Wushuang entered the Black-Yellow Pagoda, where warriors could use their full True Intent.
• Liu Jingshu and Liu Jingyi were ejected after failing the first trial, and the Azure Scale Grand Academy's entire team failed to pass it.
• The rankings showed Arthur Rothschild in first place at the seventh trial of the third floor and Xuanyuan Po in second at the sixth trial of the third floor.
• Lu Zhen swallowed a sixth-rank Supreme Unity Golden Elixir and immediately formed three more Star Vortices as he continued cultivating.

After three days of converting Star Vortices in a Grade-A Cultivation Room, Lu Zhen entered the Black-Yellow Pagoda and quickly cleared the first six trials. He reached the seventh trial of the first floor as the instructors lamented their team’s poor overall results.

• Dantai Yu and Helian Tie mocked Lu Zhen for showing no progress in the Black-Yellow Pagoda rankings.
• Lu Zhen left the cultivation room with 118 Star Vortices and assessed the other trainees’ progress and his own advantages and weaknesses.
• Lu Zhen entered the Black-Yellow Pagoda and cleared the first trial in three breaths by destroying one hundred berserk beasts with his Star River Sword Art.
• Lu Zhen swiftly passed the next trials and reached the seventh trial of the first floor.
• Leng Qiu and the Outer Sect stewards discussed their team’s weak rankings and noted that no one had reached the third floor.

Lu Zhen began climbing the Black-Yellow Pagoda on the third day and stunned the instructors by killing the first floor’s 1,500-stream guardian in one strike. He reached the second floor, where the instructors wondered whether his progress could put him ahead of Taishi Kong, but doubted he could pass its first stage.

• Gu Changfeng defended the trainees’ early rankings, and Leng Qiu ordered the stewards to focus on training them.
• Lu Zhen began climbing the pagoda, drawing attention from trainees and forum users who doubted he could reach the second floor.
• Lu Zhen faced the Yin Tiger Demon King at the seventh stage of the first floor, where the guardian had combat strength of 1,500 streams.
• Lu Zhen killed the Yin Tiger Demon King with one strike, revealing that he had converted at least fifty Star Vortices.
• Lu Zhen reached the second floor, and Leng Qiu said he could challenge Taishi Kong for the team lead if he advanced to the Second Layer of True Intent.
• The instructors doubted Lu Zhen could clear the second floor’s first stage, where the guardian’s combat strength began at 3,000 streams.

Lu Zhen cleared the first three stages of the Black-Yellow Pagoda’s second floor, revealing a vast Inner Landscape and an unprecedented number of transformed Star Vortices. Facing the fourth stage’s stronger guardian, he prepared to use the Ancient Star divine ability he had kept hidden.

• Lu Zhen used his flying sword to kill all one hundred feral wolves in the second floor’s first stage, then advanced through the second stage.
• The instructors watched Lu Zhen battle the Golden-Scaled Demon Ape, and Leng Qiu estimated that he had transformed about 115 Star Vortices because his Inner Landscape was unusually vast.
• Lu Zhen killed the demon ape after a grueling fight, while the instructors predicted that the fourth stage’s 6,000-stream guardian would be beyond his conventional combat power.
• Lu Zhen faced the Sea-Covering Flood Dragon and decided to unleash the Ancient Star divine ability fused into his body.

Lu Zhen cleared the second floor’s earlier trials with his Gravity Field Divine Ability, then faced the Prison-Suppressing Wisdom King and struggled against its overwhelming strength. He wounded the guardian by concentrating his power into precise strikes, but the fight left him badly injured and the instructors expected him to lose.

• Lu Zhen used his Gravity Field and Star River to defeat the Sea-Covering Flood Dragon and clear the fourth trial.
• Leng Qiu explained that Lu Zhen’s Ancient Crystal had awakened an innate Divine Ability, allowing him to fight opponents above his level.
• Lu Zhen defeated the Heaven-Swallowing Python and cleared the fifth and sixth trials before reaching the Prison-Suppressing Wisdom King.
• The Wisdom King resisted most of Lu Zhen’s Gravity Field and repeatedly knocked away his flying sword, while its attacks wounded Lu Zhen.
• Lu Zhen concentrated his power into a precise Star River Sword Art strike that pierced the Wisdom King’s chest but caused only minor damage.
• Lu Zhen traded wounds with the Wisdom King, injuring its arm and abdomen as the instructors feared he would soon be defeated.

Lu Zhen cleared the second floor’s seventh stage by sharpening his Star River Sword Art during battle, then failed at the first stage of the third floor. His ranking soared to twenty-eighth overall and eleventh in the Mystic Tower, astonishing the geniuses of the Seven Ancient Clans and inspiring the people of the 108 small worlds.

• Lu Zhen pierced the Prison-Suppressing Wisdom King’s chest wound with a faster, newly refined sword strike and cleared the second floor’s seventh stage.
• Lu Zhen attempted the third floor’s first stage but was overwhelmed by a pack of giant wolves.
• The rankings showed Lu Zhen at twenty-eighth overall and eleventh in the Mystic Tower, prompting Wu Tian and Ji Wushuang to train harder.
• Dantai Yu and Helian Tie reacted with shock after Lu Zhen’s ranking contradicted their earlier mockery of him.
• Liu Jingshu and Liu Jingyi saw Lu Zhen’s ranking and marveled that he still stood out among the academy’s elite.
• People across the 108 small worlds celebrated Lu Zhen’s achievement as an unprecedented result for their worlds.

Taishi Kong learned that Lu Zhen had overtaken him by reaching the Mystic Tower’s third floor, while the Nine Provinces celebrated rising above the civilization kill line. The Sacred Blood Realm fell below it, but Yun Cang urged its leaders to trust that the Spacetime Islet would make two more attempts to assassinate Lu Zhen.

• Taishi Kong saw that Lu Zhen had taken first place in their squad and smashed a jade table in anger, losing ten hours of cultivation time as punishment.
• Lu Zhen’s progress raised the Nine Provinces Small World to 87th place, above the kill line, and Liu Bowen and the people of the Nine Provinces celebrated with tears and cheers.
• The Sacred Blood Realm fell to 88th place after the failed assassination, leaving its council panicked and its leader speechless.
• Yun Cang sent the Sacred Blood Realm council an encrypted message, insisting that the Spacetime Islet would make three assassination attempts and that Lu Zhen’s death would return the Nine Provinces below the kill line.

After ranking first on his team and twenty-eighth overall, Lu Zhen met Leng Qiu in the Mystic Icefire Vein training ground, where she planned to help him advance his True Intent. He went to the Treasure Pavilion to obtain a Clear-Mind Pill, while Xuanyuan Po dismissed him as a threat and focused on securing a top-three ranking for the final examination.

• Lu Zhen replied to congratulatory messages, including a letter from his younger sister, before receiving notice that he had ranked first in his team.
• Lu Zhen went to the underground Mystic Icefire Vein training ground, where Leng Qiu reprimanded him for refining an Ancient Crystal into his body and assessed his martial strengths and weaknesses.
• Leng Qiu explained that the Yin-Yang Tidal Force could sharpen Lu Zhen's perception and promised to spar with him for five days to help him reach the second level of True Intent.
• Leng Qiu told Lu Zhen to exchange his ranking points for a top-grade seventh-rank Clear-Mind Pill, and he headed to the Treasure Pavilion.
• Xuanyuan Po watched Lu Zhen at the pavilion and decided he was not a serious threat, focusing instead on winning a top-three place and entering an elite Dao academy.

Lu Zhen redeemed a Supreme Clear-Mind Pill and trained with Leng Qiu, learning the stages of True Intent and witnessing the power of Law. After three days of sparring, he still had not reached Manifestation, and Leng Qiu realized his distraction was holding him back.

• Lu Zhen saw that Innate Taiyi True Water cost two hundred thousand points and resolved to reach the top three in next month’s Special Training rankings, then redeemed a Seventh-Grade Supreme Clear-Mind Pill for Leng Qiu’s training.
• Leng Qiu demonstrated the Initial Glimpse, Manifestation, and Self-Contained Realm stages of True Intent, then showed Lu Zhen how Law could tear open space.
• Lu Zhen trained against Leng Qiu in the Ice-Fire Tide as she used a purple bamboo twig to expose weaknesses in his sword momentum.
• Lu Zhen’s sword control and ability to move his True Intent through the tide improved, but he failed to break through to Manifestation over three days.
• Leng Qiu noticed Lu Zhen’s sword momentum faltered when he looked at her and confronted him about what had been occupying his thoughts.

Lu Zhen’s team returned to Feng City, where he proposed using it as a starting point to fight their way toward Tianshui City. The chapter ended with Qin Xiao managing Feng City’s affairs as its powerful new ruler.

• Lu Zhen declined to explain his cultivation plans to Leng Qiu, who grew disappointed and made her guidance colder before the five-day training period ended.
• Feng Wuji, Chen Fei, Shi Yan, and Su Mei deferred to Lu Zhen as their captain and suggested heading to prosperous Tianshui City.
• Lu Zhen chose to return to Feng City and proposed fighting their way toward Tianshui City from there, despite his companions’ concerns about powerful defenders.
• Lu Zhen and his four companions arrived near Feng City under cover of night and headed for the City Lord’s Manor.
• Qin Xiao disciplined a granary steward and ordered stricter checks on Ancient Jade from the White Lotus Sect as she managed Feng City’s affairs.

Lu Zhen received the rewards from his monthly settlement, chose Inner Landscape Nourishment, and strengthened his cultivation and physique. He advanced two cultivation arts and ended with a valuable Supreme Pure-Heart Dao Pill.

• Lu Zhen met Qin Xiao in the study, and they spent the night together.
• Lu Zhen's monthly settlement rated his accumulated foundation lower seventh grade and awarded him massive experience, an enlightenment opportunity, and a fifth-grade mid-tier Supreme Pure-Heart Dao Pill.
• Lu Zhen chose Inner Landscape Nourishment as his permanent trait, then raised Acupoint Star Transformation to Lv.20 and gained the Deep Reserves trait.
• Lu Zhen spent General Experience to raise Taiyi Star-Inducing Art and Taiyi Star-Congealing Record to Lv.6, saving the remainder for later.
• Lu Zhen examined the Supreme Pure-Heart Dao Pill and recognized its exceptional value.

Lu Zhen advanced his sword intent and physique, then planned to build his forces before attacking Tianshui City. Meanwhile, Chu Rong disguised herself and entered Tianshui City, where she decided to sneak into Feng City and kill Lu Zhen.

• Lu Zhen used the Supreme Pure-Heart Dao Pill to reach the Second Layer of True Intent, then spent General Experience to enter the Third Layer and the Self-Contained Realm.
• Lu Zhen strengthened his physique and planned to capture nearby towns, grow his army, and convert his remaining Star Vortices before marching on Tianshui City.
• Chu Rong, disguised as a young gentleman, entered Tianshui City with Uncle Li and a caravan of elite guards.
• Chu Rong learned that Lu Zhen led the Mandate Army and resolved to sneak into Feng City the next day to kill him.

Lu Zhen broke through to the Middle Converging Stream Realm, discovered that his power could project attacks beyond his body, and strengthened his Gravity Field before the Mandate Army reached Tianshui City. With the city surrounded, he left alone to kill its Upper Extremity Realm defender and avoid a costly assault.

• Lu Zhen expanded all 128 Star Vortexes and broke through to the Middle Converging Stream Realm, then used star power to create fist and sword projections beyond his body.
• Qin Xiao reported that the army had assembled a hundred thousand troops, more than four hundred Second-Rate Experts, and sixty thousand pieces of Ancient Jade; Lu Zhen refined the jade into two Ancient Crystals and fused them.
• Lu Zhen tested his strengthened Gravity Field, which now included three Ancient God figures capable of striking independently.
• Two days later, Feng Wuji, Chen Fei, and Shi Yan warned Lu Zhen that storming Tianshui City would cause heavy casualties because a Super-First-Rate Expert defended it.
• Lu Zhen ordered the Mandate Army to surround Tianshui City without attacking, then slipped away alone to confront its defender.

Lu Zhen learned that Wei Cangyuan was coming to reinforce Tianshui City, but pressed ahead and attacked the City Lord’s Manor. After killing Xue Wanshan, Lu Zhen faced Wei Cangyuan’s sudden arrival and attack.

• The White Lotus Sect’s senior sister warned Feng Wuji and the others that Wei Cangyuan was secretly reinforcing Tianshui City, and Feng Wuji sent Lu Zhen an urgent message.
• After receiving the warning, Lu Zhen decided to seize Tianshui City before Wei Cangyuan arrived and headed for the City Lord’s Manor.
• Xue Wanshan told his generals that Wei Cangyuan would soon arrive, then Lu Zhen burst into the council hall and killed three First-Rate Experts.
• Lu Zhen overpowered Xue Wanshan in a clash of sword and axe phantoms, destroyed the council hall, and killed him.
• As Lu Zhen looted Xue Wanshan’s corpse, Wei Cangyuan arrived and attacked him with a massive phantom blade.

Lu Zhen drew Wei Cangyuan out of Tianshui City and killed him after revealing the power of his Gravity Field. Chu Rong followed the fight and saw that the Mandate Army’s leader differed from the rebels described by the court; Lu Zhen ended the chapter with a pouch of fused Ancient Crystals.

• Lu Zhen fought Wei Cangyuan through Tianshui City, then fled beyond the walls to avoid unleashing his full strength among the people.
• Feng Wuji, Chen Fei, Shi Yan, Su Mei, and the White Lotus Sect’s white-robed senior sister watched the battle and realized Lu Zhen had reached the Upper Extremity Realm.
• Chu Rong, accompanied by Uncle Li, followed the fighters after witnessing the Mandate Army’s care for civilians in its territories.
• Wei Cangyuan used a secret art to strengthen his attack and shattered Lu Zhen’s sword, but Lu Zhen activated his Gravity Field and crushed the incoming blade radiance with the Ancient God’s phantom.
• Lu Zhen overwhelmed Wei Cangyuan under the Gravity Field and beat him to death with his fists.
• Lu Zhen searched Wei Cangyuan’s corpse and found a pouch containing more than a dozen fully fused Ancient Crystals.

Lu Zhen defeated Wei Cangyuan, captured Tianshui City, and seized its Ancient Jade, spreading fear and news of his strength across the region. As powerful factions learned of his rise, Arthur Rothschild dismissed reports that Lu Zhen had become a Super-First-Rate Expert.

• Lu Zhen spared Uncle Li and Chu Rong, then returned to the Mandate Army camp and announced that Wei Cangyuan was dead.
• Lu Zhen ordered the Mandate Army to attack Tianshui City, where the defenders lost heart after learning that Xue Wanshan and Wei Cangyuan had died.
• The Mandate Army occupied Tianshui City, and Lu Zhen's troops carried Blood-Colored Ancient Jade from the city lord's manor and wealthy households.
• A Spacetime Islet assassin in Cloud City learned that Wei Cangyuan had been killed and sent word to headquarters to dispatch stronger experts for a second attempt.
• The Great Abyss Dynasty's court and the Seven Ancient Clans learned of Lu Zhen's rise, but Xuanyuan Po and the other young clan members doubted he had reached the Super-First-Rate realm.
• Arthur Rothschild heard reports about Lu Zhen and insisted that no one else in the Special Training Camp could be as powerful as he was.

Lu Zhen fused ten Ancient Crystals before his spirit could endure no more, then tested the greatly strengthened Gravity Field and Ancient God phantom. In the imperial capital, the White Lotus Sect Leader reported Wei Cangyuan’s death to Chu Long, who revealed his Heavenly Extremity Realm strength and his ambition to seize the throne.

• Lu Zhen fused Ancient Crystals until the tenth pushed his spirit to its limit, so he stopped and stored the rest.
• Lu Zhen tested his enhanced Gravity Field and found that it could immobilize enemies while his Ancient God phantom struck with immense force.
• The White Lotus Sect Leader received intelligence confirming that Lu Zhen had killed Wei Cangyuan and was an Upper Extremity Realm master.
• The White Lotus Sect Leader reported the news to Chu Long, who welcomed the prospect of unrest drawing Prince Zhen'nan away from the capital.
• Chu Long revealed that he was a Heavenly Extremity Realm master and raged over being denied imperial favor because of his short stature.
• Chu Long accused the White Lotus Sect Leader of secretly laughing at him, and she prostrated herself in fear.

After more than ten days of cultivation, Lu Zhen greatly increased his strength and received a visit from Princess Zhaoyang Chu Rong, who offered to recruit him for her brother’s bid for the throne. When Lu Zhen demanded one million Ancient Jade, Chu Rong accepted and left to raise it, while an assassin named Ying Jiu arrived at the manor to kill him.

• Lu Zhen opened more than two hundred and twenty acupoints and transformed over one hundred and fifty Star Vortices, raising his Ancient Force to nearly ninety thousand.
• Chu Rong and Uncle Li visited Lu Zhen, and Chu Rong identified herself as Princess Zhaoyang and proposed that he support Prince Duan Chu Wuji in the struggle for the throne.
• Lu Zhen dismissed Chu Rong’s proposal but said he would help for one million Ancient Jade, and Chu Rong agreed to raise the payment.
• Ying Jiu, an Upper Extremity Realm assassin and Ancient Martial Artist, entered the City Lord’s Manor and crushed the guards with his Gravity Field.
• Lu Zhen met Ying Jiu outside the main hall and asked whether someone had hired assassins to kill him.