Arc 51The Battle for Destiny

Li Qing helped Li Qinglian defeat Xuanyuan Changlong, then navigated the Immortals’ contest to appoint a Ninth Immortal while planning an escape from the sealed world. Sun Tzu won the contest, but warned the Immortals that Li Qing might escape through his treasures as New Tang consolidated its rule.

  • Li Qing warned Li Qinglian that Xuanyuan Changlong had seen through the Human Path Forbidden Law, and the armies clashed as Li Qing studied their formations.
  • Li Qing confronted Xuanyuan Changlong and used a determined spear attack to force a stalemate, then joined his future self to kill Xuanyuan Changlong at the cost of both incarnations.
  • Yuan Zhihui seized Xuanyuan Changlong’s corpse but failed to claim his treasure, escaped through a rebirth, and fled beyond the world.
  • Li Qing raided the Dao Lineages’ treasuries and began destroying their headquarters to gather power for an escape, while the Immortals sealed the Underlying Logic Relic.
  • Xuanyuan Changlong emerged diminished from a Stone Womb and escaped beyond the world with two companions as the Immortals began the contest for Ninth Immortal.
  • Lü Chunqiu won several matches, but the Radiant Emperor recognized him as the possessed body of the Underworld Devil Lord, prompting the Immortals to target him.
  • Li Qing exposed the Underworld Devil Lord’s hidden exit and the Three Great Devil Kings’ escape routes, while Haoran Sage secretly prepared to use the ensuing battle for his own ends.
  • Sun Tzu defeated the Underworld Devil Lord with Li Qinglian’s Dao Soldiers, won recognition as the Ninth Immortal, and warned the Immortals to seal Li Qing’s treasures as New Tang demanded declarations of allegiance.
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Ch. 1251Xuanyuan Saw Through It, the Radiant Emperor's Goal

Xuanyuan Changlong and the Radiant Emperor considered how Li Qing might survive the blockade, while Yuan Zhihui planned to ambush and kill him. The Radiant Emperor secretly altered the Formation Banners, and the three schemers prepared for the coming fight over the place of Ninth Immortal.

  • Xuanyuan Changlong concluded that Li Qing might break the blockade by destroying the Seal of Heaven or relying on his Immortal Realm companion, and prepared his other incarnations to pass on his supreme treasure if he lost.
  • The Radiant Emperor took control of the Hundred Desires Demon King and reasoned that Li Qing’s treasure could reveal information from the past and help him find the path to the Final Logic.
  • The Radiant Emperor planned to fight for the place of Ninth Immortal, prepared to feign death if Li Qing exposed him, and secretly planted backdoors in the Formation Banners.
  • Yuan Zhihui hid his true body inside a soldier under Li Qinglian’s command while leaving his incarnation to hold a Formation Banner.
  • Yuan Zhihui planned to use Karmic Transposition Art to escape, kill Li Qing, devour his possessions, and reincarnate.

Ch. 1252Sun Tzu's Killing Intent, Xuanyuan's Countermove

As the final battle approached, Li Qing learned that Sun Tzu suspected the Myriad Treasure Tower held an escape method and planned to seize or destroy it. Li Qing also discovered that Xuanyuan Changlong had seen through Li Qinglian’s Human Path Forbidden Law and warned Sun Tzu, leaving the decisive contest looming.

  • Sun Tzu suspected Li Qing had hidden an escape method in the Myriad Treasure Tower and planned to find it when he forged Heavenly Dao Reincarnation.
  • Li Qing used the Jade Tablet to calculate his enemies’ intentions, but learned little about the Three Great Devil Kings or the Five Immortals.
  • The Jade Tablet revealed that Xuanyuan Changlong had discovered Li Qinglian’s Human Path Forbidden Law and prepared his Dao Soldiers to fight like a mortal army.
  • Li Qing sent a duplicate to warn Sun Tzu that Xuanyuan Changlong had seen the future and intended to lure Li Qinglian into a trap.
  • Sun Tzu agreed to warn Li Qinglian and remain alert as the decisive battle approached.

Ch. 1253Two Armies Take the Field, Destiny Is About to Emerge

Li Qinglian’s army advanced to meet Xuanyuan Changlong’s forces, despite warnings that Xuanyuan had foreseen and countered the Human Path Forbidden Law. Their formations clashed with Immortal Realm-level force while Li Qing gathered battlefield data and the two commanders waited for an opening.

  • An unseen voice warned Li Qinglian that Xuanyuan Changlong had seen through the Human Path Forbidden Law and prepared his army to resist it, but Li Qinglian resolved to fight.
  • Li Qing gathered battlefield information and used the Way of Changes to track the armies and calculate possible developments.
  • The two armies advanced beneath gathering storm clouds, forming a black fierce tiger and a black divine general that collided.
  • Dozens of Tribulation Realm cultivators maintained a seal to contain the Immortal Realm-level shockwaves from the formations’ impact.
  • The armies met in brutal close combat while Li Qing observed and recorded data, and the Military School’s Longevity Realm experts adjusted their formation as Li Qinglian and Xuanyuan Changlong waited for an opportunity.

Ch. 1254The Art of War's Precise Control and the Cause of Defeat

Li Qing analyzed the battle between Xuanyuan Changlong’s army and the Military School’s forces, concluding that immortal formations excelled at precise control while mortal armies relied on strategy. He decided that Li Qinglian would lose to Xuanyuan Changlong and resolved to intervene himself, even if doing so cost one of his true bodies.

  • Xuanyuan Changlong used his Spirit Awareness to stabilize his army’s line and restore the stalemate against the Military School’s precisely controlled formation.
  • As the battle claimed tens of thousands of lives, Li Qing observed how the formations directed Dao Soldiers and considered the contrast with mortal military command.
  • Li Qing concluded that the Human Dao Dynasty had fallen after its enemies learned its strategies and destroyed the foundation of the Human Path Forbidden Law.
  • Li Qing reasoned that Xuanyuan Changlong could defeat Li Qinglian in the Battle of Heavenly Fate and resolved to fight Xuanyuan Changlong himself if they were reduced to mortal bodies.

Ch. 1255Three Breaths, a Deadly Problem

As Li Qing and Xuanyuan Changlong’s armies fought inside the sealing formation, Li Qing learned that Xuanyuan Changlong’s treasure let him lock onto the future three breaths ahead. Realizing the treasure could fall into dangerous hands after Xuanyuan’s defeat, Li Qing searched for someone who could escape the seal with it.

  • Li Qinglian sensed the battle formations clash and recognized Xuanyuan Changlong’s exceptional skill at commanding his army.
  • Xuanyuan Changlong used his strange treasure to glimpse the next three breaths and adjust his commands against the Military School’s formations.
  • Li Qing read on the Jade Tablet that Xuanyuan Changlong’s treasure repeatedly locked onto the near future.
  • Li Qing concluded the treasure must not fall to Immortal Realm experts or the two higher-dimensional beings after Xuanyuan Changlong lost.
  • Li Qing began searching for someone able to escape the seal and evade the immortals’ pursuit.

Ch. 1256The Right Candidate, Wisdom Shocked

Li Qing sought Yuan Zhihui's help in retrieving Xuanyuan Changlong's future-seeing treasure after Xuanyuan's death, arguing it would be safer with Yuan than with immortals or high-dimensional beings. Yuan understood Li Qing's proposal but still had to decide whether he could take the opportunity and escape.

  • Li Qing used Way of Changes to identify Yuan Zhihui as the best candidate to retrieve Xuanyuan Changlong's treasure.
  • Li Qing's Divine Body replica approached Yuan Zhihui's formation flag and revealed his identity.
  • Li Qing told Yuan Zhihui that Xuanyuan Changlong was the other Fate-less One and planned to preside over the Investiture of Gods.
  • Li Qing explained that Xuanyuan Changlong's treasure could lock onto the future and would fall after Li Qing killed him.
  • Li Qing revealed that two high-dimensional beings had descended and asked whether Yuan could seize the treasure and escape.

Ch. 1257No Choice but to Stay True to Himself

Yuan Zhihui agreed to Li Qing’s plan to seize Xuanyuan Changlong’s corpse, while resolving to serve only himself and escape the forces controlling him. As their secret bargain awaited Xuanyuan Changlong’s death, the battlefield continued to consume thousands of soldiers and Li Qing’s three true bodies carefully avoided danger.

  • Yuan Zhihui told Li Qing he would escape and later come for him, and Li Qing laid out how Yuan Zhihui should seize Xuanyuan Changlong’s corpse after Li Qinglian reclaimed the Way of Forbidden Laws.
  • Yuan Zhihui accepted the plan, then vowed that he was loyal only to himself and resented Namo Nirvana Light-Dark Buddha for treating him as a future meal.
  • The battle below raged for two hours, leaving more than a hundred thousand soldiers dead as cultivators were swept along by the armies’ formations.
  • Li Qing’s three true bodies used precise control and deductions from the Way of Changes to evade danger near the front lines.

Ch. 1258The Hidden Pawn's Betrayal, Human Path Forbidden Law

Li Qing ordered his hidden pawns to rebel inside Xuanyuan Changlong's army, throwing its vanguard into chaos before the Way of Forbidden Laws suppressed the battlefield. Xuanyuan Changlong led his intact central forces toward Li Qinglian, while Li Qing's true bodies moved into position for the decisive confrontation.

  • Li Qing ordered the hidden pawns within Xuanyuan Changlong's army to begin their rebellion, and former gang recruits joined the fighting.
  • Xuanyuan Changlong warned his forces and sent Longevity Realm cultivators to purge rebels, killing many and limiting the rebellion's effect mostly to the vanguard.
  • Li Qinglian ordered his army to switch to banner-command mode, and the Way of Forbidden Laws suppressed supernatural powers and reduced cultivators to near-mortal strength.
  • Xuanyuan Changlong led his central army in a charge toward Li Qinglian, while Li Qinglian held back and let the enemy expend its strength.
  • Li Qing moved his three true bodies closer to Li Qinglian and Xuanyuan Changlong, but his present self could not advance past the central army's elite guards.

Ch. 1259Blades Clash, King vs. King

As the guard armies clashed, Li Qing secretly maneuvered toward the two Children of Destiny while Xuanyuan Changlong and Li Qinglian began their duel. Xuanyuan Changlong gained the upper hand with a precisely timed halberd strike, leaving Li Qinglian’s strength briefly out of control.

  • The golden and silver guard armies collided, while Xuanyuan Changlong and Li Qinglian faced each other across the battlefield.
  • Li Qing fought inconspicuously among the soldiers, using the Way of Changes to read the battlefield and conceal his movements.
  • Li Qing sent his future body into the fighting and stealthily advanced toward the commanders with his present body.
  • Li Qinglian charged Xuanyuan Changlong on his White Tiger, and Xuanyuan Changlong dodged while sweeping at him with his halberd.
  • Xuanyuan Changlong redirected his halberd along Li Qinglian’s spear, evaded Li Qinglian’s counterforce, and disrupted his control of his strength.

Ch. 1260Defeated in One Blow, Li Qing Makes His Move

Li Qing appeared and challenged Xuanyuan Changlong after Xuanyuan defeated Li Qinglian in one blow. As the immortals and Wisdom Logic Anomalies watched and prepared to act, Sun Tzu realized Li Qing had used Li Qinglian and him as pieces to unleash the Way of Forbidden Laws and confront his destined tribulation himself.

  • Xuanyuan Changlong knocked Li Qinglian's spear away and nearly killed him, but Li Qing intercepted the next strike and revealed himself.
  • Li Qing and Xuanyuan Changlong exchanged threats, while Li Qinglian recognized the gap between them and retreated without attacking.
  • The Five Immortals and three Wisdom Logic Anomalies watched Li Qing's appearance and considered how to respond once the Way of Forbidden Laws ended.
  • The Radiant Emperor and Underworld Devil Lord noticed Xuanyuan Changlong's ability to lock onto the future and suspected he wielded a mysterious treasure.
  • Sun Tzu deduced that Li Qing had used him and Li Qinglian to activate the Way of Forbidden Laws before making his own move against his destined tribulation.
  • Countless threads of cause and effect converged on the battlefield, gathering immense Qi Fate as the war continued.

Ch. 1261Battle for the Future, Identity Revealed

Li Qing and Xuanyuan Changlong fought while each used a way to perceive and alter the immediate future. The Five Immortals realized Xuanyuan Changlong carried a mysterious treasure and planned to act once the battle decided the Child of Destiny.

  • Li Qing and Xuanyuan Changlong exchanged attacks, each changing course after seeing how the next moments would unfold.
  • Li Qinglian and the spectators realized Li Qing could also lock onto the future, while the Five Immortals suspected Xuanyuan Changlong had become a Child of Destiny through a method linked to the imperial preceptor.
  • The Five Immortals concluded Xuanyuan Changlong sought to become the Ninth Immortal and intended to claim the power to command the world's destiny.
  • Chaos Yin-Yang Dao Lord and the other Immortals agreed to wait for the fight's outcome, then seize Xuanyuan Changlong's treasure if he died or prepare to welcome him if he won.

Ch. 1262Xuanyuan Exposed, Change Shattered

Li Qing and Xuanyuan Changlong fought through countless shifting futures, while the watching factions weighed whether to intervene. Li Qing forced every prediction toward one lethal exchange, and Xuanyuan Changlong realized his mortal body left him no way to escape it.

  • The Underworld Devil Lord, the Radiant Emperor, Yuan Zhihui, and the Wisdom Logic Anomalies each decided to wait or pursue the treasures rather than intervene immediately.
  • Li Qing and Xuanyuan Changlong clashed across more than a thousand possible futures, with Li Qing calculating several breaths ahead.
  • Li Qing realized that predicting every variation was futile and decided to make every future lead to the same outcome.
  • Li Qing stopped attacking and spent three breaths driving his spear toward Xuanyuan Changlong's brow, regardless of the consequences.
  • Xuanyuan Changlong saw that Li Qing was willing to trade his life for a strike at his vital point and understood that, in his mortal body, he could not evade it.

Ch. 1263The Only One in the Future, Disadvantage Difficult to Salvage

Li Qing trapped Xuanyuan Changlong in a deadly duel by using a spear thrust that Xuanyuan’s visions of the future could not counter. Xuanyuan stopped trying to escape and forced a stalemate, hoping to wear Li Qing down while the armies continued to fight at a disadvantage for his side.

  • Li Qing attacked Xuanyuan Changlong with a spear thrust aimed at his brow, and Xuanyuan used his halberd to keep the strike at bay after seeing that every other response led to his death.
  • Li Qinglian retreated into his own formation as he realized he might interfere, while Chaos Yin-Yang Dao Lord and the other immortals recognized Li Qing’s strategy.
  • As both fighters exhausted their vital essence and slowed, Xuanyuan offered Li Qing a deal, but Li Qing refused and said their conflict allowed only one survivor.
  • Xuanyuan changed his approach, stopped moving, and used repeated halberd strikes to halt Li Qing’s spear, creating a deadlock neither could break.
  • Li Qing realized Xuanyuan intended to exhaust them both and buy time to return to his army, while Xuanyuan’s forces continued losing ground to the better-commanded Military School troops.

Ch. 1264Two True Bodies, Heaven's Mandate is Set

Li Qing defeated and killed Xuanyuan Changlong with the help of two incarnations, claiming the title of Lord of Destiny as fate and Qi Fate gathered around him. Yuan Zhihui seized Xuanyuan Changlong’s corpse before the other cultivators arrived and fought off Yinyangzi’s attack with Wisdom King Fury.

  • Li Qing used his present self to join his future self in attacking Xuanyuan Changlong, forcing him to dodge while onlookers recognized the two attackers as True Method Realm incarnations meant to conceal Li Qing’s true body.
  • Xuanyuan Changlong charged Li Qing’s future self, but two spears pierced his head and heart as his halberd cut through both Li Qing incarnations; all three died nearly simultaneously.
  • Li Qinglian’s destiny vortex devoured Xuanyuan Changlong’s, and the battlefield’s causal Calamity Qi transformed into Qi Fate that gathered within Li Qing’s Primordial Spirit.
  • Li Qinglian announced that Xuanyuan Changlong was dead and declared himself the Lord of Destiny as the Human Path Forbidden Law vanished.
  • Yuan Zhihui seized Xuanyuan Changlong’s corpse before more than a dozen cultivators reached the battlefield, then used Wisdom King Fury to destroy Yinyangzi’s incoming sword light.

Ch. 1265Snatching the Corpse, Failure Despite Effort

Yuan Zhihui failed to seize the extraordinary treasure from Xuanyuan Changlong and escaped by abandoning his identity and rebirthing through a Wrathful Vajra body. The powerful cultivators concluded that Xuanyuan Changlong had sent the treasure elsewhere and turned their attention to establishing Li Qinglian’s New Tang regime.

  • Yuan Zhihui used an avatar and spatial transposition to escape the attacks, but the golden treasure vanished before he could claim it, and he turned to ashes.
  • Namo Nirvana Light-Dark Buddha tracked Yuan Zhihui and sensed that he had broken free of the Buddhist Sect’s restraints.
  • Yuan Zhihui transferred his bloodline into the Vajra in an ancient coffin, rebirthed as a smaller Wrathful Vajra, and fled toward the world’s boundary.
  • Namo Nirvana Light-Dark Buddha said Xuanyuan Changlong had likely transferred the treasure away before it could fall into Yuan Zhihui’s hands.
  • Eternal Night Lifeless Dao Lord urged the cultivators to focus on Li Qinglian’s victory and establish the New Tang regime so the mandate of fate could descend.

Ch. 1266Control the Primordial Spirits, a Chance at Life

After the Mandate of Heaven was settled, the Immortals ordered the Primordial Spirit cultivators seized in hopes of finding Li Qing, who prepared his first chance to escape. His copies raided and destroyed the major Dao Lineages’ headquarters, drawing the Immortals’ attention while the Tribulation Realm forces were ordered not to leave their posts.

  • The Chaos Yin-Yang Dao Lord ordered the Tribulation Realm cultivators to seize every Primordial Spirit cultivator, suspecting Li Qing’s true body was among them.
  • Li Qing learned of the roundup inside the Myriad Treasure Tower and decided to begin his escape plan, noting Yuan Zhihui had left without damaging the formation.
  • Li Qing sent copies of his Divine Body to raid the Buddhist Sect’s treasury and the headquarters of the Hundred Schools of Thought and six Dao Lineages.
  • Li Qing’s copies absorbed the Essence Stones and took the remaining treasures, gathering enough essence in the Tribulation-Avoiding Grotto-Heaven to unleash Immortal-level combat power once.
  • Li Qing’s copies unleashed Formless Sword Qi and began destroying the Dao Lineages’ headquarters, alarming the Five Immortals and the Tribulation Realm cultivators.
  • The Cave Yin-Yang Dao Lord ordered Yinyangzi and the other forces to hold their positions and not return to help, warning that the attacks were bait.

Ch. 1267Truth Exposed, Wrong Direction

Namo Nirvana Light-Dark Buddha and the other Immortals misread Li Qing’s plan and sealed the Underlying Logic Relic, while Li Qing recognized their mistake and saw an opening. Xuanyuan Changlong escaped beyond the world with two companions as the Immortals prepared to establish the Heavenly Dao Reincarnation and begin the Tribulation Realm battle.

  • Namo Nirvana Light-Dark Buddha reasoned that Li Qing’s attacks on the Dao Lineages were meant to gather their resources and power the Myriad Treasure Tower, while the Haoran Sage suspected Li Qing planned to activate the Underlying Logic Relic they possessed.
  • The Chaos Yin-Yang Dao Lord and the other Immortals sealed the Underlying Logic Relic, believing this would thwart Li Qing’s escape plan, and Li Qing used the Way of Changes and Jade Tablet to discover their intentions.
  • A righteous-looking man placed a golden swastika-wheel symbol into a Stone Womb, and Xuanyuan Changlong emerged in a diminished form before announcing that they had lost and must wait for another chance.
  • Xuanyuan Changlong and his two companions fled beyond the world in a black divine shuttle, which the Immortals noticed but chose not to pursue.
  • The Chaos Yin-Yang Dao Lord ordered the Immortals to prepare for the Tribulation Realm battle and establish New Tang’s system, while the Sky Ghost and Dao Thief discussed Li Qing’s victory and the escaped treasure.

Ch. 1268Tribulation Realm Battle, Chunqiu's Crushing Victory

The Wisdom Logic Anomalies joined the contest for the Ninth Immortal as the Tribulation Realm battle began above the Sealing Formation. Lü Chunqiu defeated Ming Zi with his overwhelming derivative logic, leaving the other contenders to fight for the remaining places.

  • Sky Ghost, Dao Thief, and Myriad Spirits gathered their followers and demanded a chance to compete for the Ninth Immortal position.
  • The Five Immortals agreed to include the Wisdom Logic Anomalies’ people, and the contestants were ordered to battle inside the Sealing Formation.
  • The Immortals declared Li Qinglian the winner of the Battle of Heavenly Fate and announced the Ninth Immortal contest’s rules.
  • Haoran Sage named Lü Chunqiu of the Miscellaneous School and Ming Zi of the School of Names as the first pair to fight.
  • Ming Zi’s Dao was crushed by Lü Chunqiu’s multicolored Radiance, and Ming Zi conceded defeat.

Ch. 1269White Bone Defeated, Leader of the Foundation

Lü Chunqiu defeated his first opponent, while Karma Fire Daoist defeated Bone Bodhisattva in a clash of their Daos. In the next round, Lü Chunqiu faced the leader of the Memorial Organization, whose corpse powers he countered before the leader transformed and launched a powerful attack.

  • Lü Chunqiu quickly recognized that he could not defeat his first opponent and won when the opponent conceded.
  • Bone Bodhisattva and Karma Fire Daoist transformed into demon gods and fought with flames, summoned creatures, and a bone formation.
  • Karma Fire Daoist gained the upper hand and defeated Bone Bodhisattva, while Li Qing recorded their combat abilities for analysis.
  • After more than twenty matches, the second round began with Lü Chunqiu facing the leader of the Memorial Organization.
  • Lü Chunqiu used death logic and a multicolored Mist to counter the leader's corpse qi and death rays.
  • The leader transformed into a towering desiccated corpse, formed armor and a spear from corpse qi, and charged Lü Chunqiu, who enlarged his own body.

Ch. 1270The Radiant Emperor Saw Through It and Went with the Flow

Lü Chunqiu, possessed by the Reincarnation Netherworld Devil Lord, defeated his opponents and revealed an ability to dismantle logic that drew the Radiant Emperor’s suspicion. The Radiant Emperor recognized the Devil Lord and conceded, while Li Qing realized he would need to prepare for the Emperor as well as Sun Tzu.

  • Lü Chunqiu used his paths and strange wind to overwhelm a giant desiccated corpse and win their battle.
  • Li Qing watched the Tribulation Realm matches and considered how paths and logic determined which fighters could counter one another.
  • The Radiant Emperor, controlling the Hundred Desires Demon King, tested Lü Chunqiu with radiance that could assimilate other forces.
  • Lü Chunqiu dismantled the assimilating radiance, leading the Radiant Emperor to identify him as the reincarnated Underworld Devil Lord.
  • The Radiant Emperor conceded the match, and Li Qing concluded that he was pursuing Li Qing’s treasure and would need to be dealt with.

Ch. 1271Radiant Emperor Locks On, Devil Lord Reveals His Hand

The Five Immortals and three Wisdom Logic Anomalies realized that Lü Chunqiu had been possessed by the Underworld Devil Lord and planned to trap and kill him before he could become the Ninth Immortal. They also devised a scheme to lure Li Qing into revealing himself, while Radiant Emperor prepared to project his power into the Nine Provinces Four Regions.

  • Radiant Emperor sent his will through fate and spacetime to connect with the mark he had left in the Nine Provinces Four Regions.
  • Haoran Sage argued that Sun Tzu had long been in contact with Li Qing, citing Li Qinglian's rise and Sun Tzu's failure to report Li Qing's influence.
  • Lü Chunqiu defeated the other Tribulation Realm cultivators, and Eternal Night Lifeless Dao Lord and Haoran Sage concluded that someone had seized his body.
  • Chaos Yin-Yang Dao Lord identified the possessor as the Underworld Devil Lord, and the Five Immortals decided to gather the Tribulation Realm cultivators to attack him.
  • Haoran Sage proposed isolating the battlefield and channeling the formation's power into it while disturbing the sealing formation to draw Li Qing out.

Ch. 1272Farewell, Haoran; the Price of Deterrence

Li Qing uncovered the Underworld Devil Lord’s and Radiant Emperor’s escape routes and warned the Haoran Sage, reshaping the plan to eliminate both threats. The Haoran Sage prepared to destroy their hidden exits before Heavenly Dao Reincarnation was established.

  • The Haoran Sage told Li Qing that the Immortals and Wisdom Logic Anomalies planned to lure Lü Chunqiu and Sun Tzu into a temporary battlefield and use the battle to help Li Qing escape.
  • Li Qing used the Way of Changes and Jade Tablet to discover that the Underworld Devil Lord planned to fake his death and seize Li Qing’s treasures if he tried to break out.
  • Li Qing realized that threatening the Immortals with The Indescribable could prompt them to destroy the Nine Provinces Four Regions, so he chose to expose the hidden dangers instead.
  • Li Qing told the Haoran Sage that the Underworld Devil Lord had a hidden exit in the Formation Banners and that the Radiant Emperor controlled the Three Great Devil Kings, who had hidden exits of their own.
  • Li Qing urged the Haoran Sage to destroy the Underworld Devil Lord’s exit, then kill the Three Great Devil Kings and eliminate their exits before the two high-dimensional beings could escape.

Ch. 1273Haoran's Scheme, Sun Tzu's Challenge

Haoran Sage planned to use the final Sealing Formation battle to eliminate the Underworld Devil Lord while pursuing his own rise to power. Sun Tzu agreed to help, then exposed Lü Chunqiu as the disguised devil and called for the gathered forces to empower him.

  • Haoran Sage secretly decided to leave the Radiant Emperor undiscovered and wait until Heavenly Dao Reincarnation was established before seizing Li Qing and his treasures.
  • Haoran Sage created a War Time-Space for Lü Chunqiu, Sun Tzu, Ghost Valley Master, and Bian Que to fight for the position of Ninth Immortal.
  • Haoran Sage found the Underworld Devil Lord's backdoor mark in the Formation Banner and told Sun Tzu to kill Lü Chunqiu, promising to destroy the escape route.
  • Sun Tzu accepted Haoran Sage's plan, then announced that Lü Chunqiu was the Reincarnation Netherworld Devil Lord and asked the Dao Soldiers to lend him their power.

Ch. 1274Sun Tzu's Ferocious Assault, a Step into the Trap

Sun Tzu and the Underworld Devil Lord clashed in War Time-Space while Haoran Sage destroyed the enemy’s hidden connection point. Haoran Sage captured a fragment of the Devil Lord’s Concept Logic, and Sun Tzu turned to Bian Que and Ghost Valley Master to ask whether they still wanted to fight.

  • Li Qinglian empowered Sun Tzu with two million Dao Soldiers, and Sun Tzu attacked the Underworld Devil Lord with the Sword of Destruction and the Myriad Treasure Tower.
  • The Underworld Devil Lord transformed into a demon god and used gray radiance and black whirlpools to dismantle and redirect Sun Tzu’s attacks.
  • Sun Tzu unleashed the full power of his weapons, breaking through the whirlpools and forcing the Underworld Devil Lord to collapse his power into a black point.
  • Haoran Sage shattered the mysterious runes in the Formation Banner, severing the Underworld Devil Lord’s hidden connection and causing his power to collapse.
  • Haoran Sage seized a fragment of the Underworld Devil Lord’s Concept Logic, and the Devil Lord’s consciousness fell dormant.
  • Sun Tzu asked Bian Que and Ghost Valley Master whether they still wanted to fight.

Ch. 1275Strength Forces Their Hand, a New Allegiance

Sun Tzu defeated every opponent and declared himself the sole candidate for the Ninth Immortal, forcing the Five Immortals and the Wisdom Logic Anomalies to recognize the rules. He and Haoran Sage agreed to guard against Li Qing’s escape during the creation of Heavenly Dao Reincarnation, while cities across the Nine Provinces Four Regions began pledging allegiance to New Tang and Li Qinglian.

  • Ghost Valley Master and Bian Que admitted defeat after witnessing Sun Tzu’s power.
  • Sun Tzu declared himself the sole candidate for the Ninth Immortal and threatened to kill anyone who challenged his victory.
  • Haoran Sage and the other Immortals and Wisdom Logic Anomalies agreed to recognize Sun Tzu as the Ninth Immortal.
  • Sun Tzu told Haoran Sage that Li Qing had likely hidden a means of escape inside the treasures, including the Myriad Treasure Tower, and urged them to seal every treasure during Heavenly Dao Reincarnation.
  • Haoran Sage ordered every city to submit declarations of allegiance to New Tang and name Li Qinglian as its ruler.
Arc 51 of 127
Arc 51 of 127