Arc 2The Defense of Heavenly Phoenix City

The Li Family and Dongyue Clan defended Heavenly Phoenix City through a succession of battles, while Li Yunming ascended to godhood and allied deities turned back the attackers. After the enemy gods and their armies were defeated, Li Xuansheng began helping rebuild the city and prepared for the Li Family’s rise.

  • Qiu Wanhe and the Five Poisons Valley forces advanced on Heavenly Phoenix City, and Li Yunming rallied the defenders as the siege began.
  • Li Yunming fought Qiu Qiansha, She Duyun, and Xie Qiyan, wounding all three before Dongyue reinforcements forced the allied army to retreat.
  • Qiu Qianchen and Xie Miaojiang attacked the city, but Li Yunming survived his tribulation and ascended to become the Level 101 Sky-Piercing Spear God.
  • Luo Wuya and Lin Jingshen intervened when Qiu Qianchen and Xie Miaojiang renewed their assault, compelling them to withdraw under the alliance pact.
  • Qiu Qianchen and Xie Miaojiang joined with Du Yunhe for another attack, but Luo Wuya and Lin Jingshen ambushed Qiu and helped Li Yunming and Dongyue Xian defeat the other two gods.
  • Luo Wuya, Li Yunming, Lin Jingshen, and Dongyue Xian killed Du Yunhe, Xie Miaojiang, and Qiu Qianchen, while Li Xuansheng’s system announced his mission was complete.
  • Li Xuansheng organized aid for civilians and the wounded, while Li Yunming and Dongyue Xian sent forces to eliminate the remaining Qiu Family and Five Poisons Valley.
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Ch. 26Battle Challenge Arrives, Dark Clouds Crush the City

The Li Family prepared for war as Li Yuanhui ordered surveillance of the Qiu Family and Five Poisons Valley, while Li Xuansheng uncovered Qiu informants in Heavenly Phoenix City. After scouts found Qiu and Five Poisons Valley forces meeting, both armies surrounded the city and issued a challenge, leaving Li Yunming to order the defenders to prepare for battle.

  • Li Yuanhui sent Night Owl teams to monitor the Qiu Family and the outskirts of Five Poisons Valley, while Dongyue Qing promised to investigate near Heavenly Heart City.
  • Li Xuansheng used the system's reconnaissance abilities to uncover low-level Soul Masters bribed by the Qiu Family to pass along information.
  • A Night Owl scout team reported that powerful forces from Five Poisons Valley and the Qiu Family had met at Fallen Soul Ravine, including multiple Titled Douluos.
  • Qiu Wanhe and the Qiu Family approached Heavenly Phoenix City from the east as two Level 99 Limit Douluos led Five Poisons Valley forces from the west.
  • Qiu Wancheng accused the Li Family of attacking the Qiu Family and demanded its surrender, while Li Yuanhui denounced the Qiu Family and warned Five Poisons Valley against joining the fight.
  • Li Yunming ordered the Li Family and its allies to prepare for battle.

Ch. 27Black Clouds Press upon the City, Standing Tall Against the Heavens

Qiu Family and Five Poisons Valley forces surrounded Heavenly Phoenix City with nearly twenty Titled Douluo, demanding the Li Family surrender. Li Yunming rallied the defenders and ordered the Nine Heavens Phoenix Flame Formation activated as the first attack drew near.

  • Qiu Qiansha, Qiu Miehun, She Duyun, Xie Qiyan, and Wu Xintong led the assembled forces against Heavenly Phoenix City.
  • She Duyun and Qiu Qiansha taunted the defenders and demanded Li Yunming surrender.
  • Li Yunming rejected their threats, displayed the Sky-Piercing Divine Spear and Purification Holy Light, and vowed the Li Family would defend the city.
  • Li Yuanhui and the other defenders answered Li Yunming’s call, raising the city’s morale.
  • Li Yunming told Li Yuanhui to activate the highest level of the Nine Heavens Phoenix Flame Formation, and Li Yuanhui crushed a communication jade talisman.
  • The city’s Soul Tools and formation patterns began gathering energy as dark clouds and lightning gathered overhead.

Ch. 28Sky-Piercing Standalone Battle, Young Phoenix's First Cry

The allied army launched its final assault, and Li Yunming and Dongyue Qing held off powerful groups of enemies while the Li Family fought across the sky and city walls. Li Xuansheng and Li Xuanbei slipped into the ground battle to aid their allies, as the war reached its fiercest stage.

  • Qiu Qiansha, She Duyun, and Xie Qiyan attacked Li Yunming together, but his Divine Spear Domain suppressed their attacks and trapped them in battle.
  • Dongyue Qing used the Heavenly Heart Domain to hold off Wu Xintong and Qiu Wancheng, while other Li Family fighters engaged the allied army’s Titled Douluo.
  • Li Xuansheng told the younger fighters to defend the walls, then joined Li Xuanbei in slipping through a gap in the formation to reach the ground battle.
  • Li Xuansheng wounded a Qiu Family Soul King with his Azure Luan Heaven-Burning Strike, while Li Xuanbei bound an enemy Soul Emperor with Nature Entanglement.
  • Li Xuansheng and Li Xuanbei attacked isolated enemies on the battlefield’s edges, helping Li Family fighters as the battle intensified.

Ch. 29Blood and Fire Tempering, Might Displayed Beneath the City

Li Xuansheng and Li Xuanbei turned the tide in parts of the ground battle, while the Li Family remained outmatched in the sky. Li Yunming faced the combined Ninth Soul Skills of three Limit Douluo with his own Voidbreaker attack, leaving the decisive clash unresolved.

  • Li Xuanbei restrained an injured Qiu Family Soul Emperor, allowing a Li Family Soul Sage to defeat him.
  • Li Xuansheng evaded the Five Poisons Valley Soul Emperor’s poison attacks with his Flame Wings and killed him with Azure Luan Heaven-Burning Strike.
  • Li Yunming struggled to withstand Qiu Qiansha, She Duyun, and Xie Qiyan as the other Li Family and Dongyue Family fighters were pushed into desperate battles.
  • Qiu Qiansha, She Duyun, and Xie Qiyan unleashed their Ninth Soul Skills together against Li Yunming’s domain.
  • Li Yunming answered with his Ninth Soul Skill, Voidbreaker, charging toward the Netherworld Ghost Hand and the Myriad-Poison Venom Dragon as Li Xuansheng watched anxiously below.

Ch. 30Sky-Piercing Might, Blood Staining the Heavens

Li Yunming’s Voidbreaker spear overwhelmed the three allied Limit Douluo, leaving Qiu Qiansha grievously wounded, She Duyun with a crippled arm, and Xie Qiyan seriously injured by the backlash from his soul attack. Though Li Yunming remained standing with only minor injuries, Li Xuansheng recognized that the battle was far from over.

  • Li Yunming’s Voidbreaker pierced Qiu Qiansha’s Netherworld Ghost Hand and blasted through his shoulder and chest, sending him falling from the sky.
  • Qiu Miehun caught Qiu Qiansha and tried to treat his wound, but the lingering platinum spear aura resisted his Soul Power.
  • She Duyun dodged the spear’s direct path, but its passing force shattered his left arm and left him badly injured.
  • Xie Qiyan’s soul spike struck Li Yunming’s sea of consciousness, but Li Yunming endured the blow and Xie Qiyan suffered a severe backlash.
  • Li Yunming stood against the two remaining opponents as the battlefield erupted in cheers and Li Xuansheng realized the fight was not over.

Ch. 31Sky-Piercing Might, Shocking the Entire Battlefield

Li Tianwu defeated the Qiu Family’s level-97 Black Tortoise Douluo with a feint and a precise sword strike. After Li Yunming emerged from his battle against three Limit Douluo still standing, the opposing forces halted, and he asked their leaders whether they would continue fighting.

  • Li Tianwu feigned exhaustion with Radiant Heavenly Might, then used Thread of Heaven to shatter the Black Tortoise Douluo’s Martial Soul and leave him near death.
  • The residual power from Li Yunming’s clash with three Limit Douluo swept across the battlefield and brought the fighting to a halt.
  • The battlefield saw Qiu Qiansha nearly half destroyed, She Duyun badly wounded, and Xie Qiyan seriously injured, while Li Yunming remained standing with only minor injuries.
  • Li Family and Dongyue Family fighters rallied behind Li Yunming as the Qiu Family and Five Poisons Valley forces retreated and regrouped.
  • Li Yunming faced Qiu Miehun and She Duyun and asked whether they would continue.

Ch. 32Desperate Straits? A Turning Point!

The Li Family and Dongyue Clan faced an overwhelming alliance of Five Poisons Valley and the Qiu Family, which planned to crush them and advance on Heavenly Heart City. Just as Li Yunming prepared to fight to the death, reinforcements from the Dongyue Clan arrived, giving the defenders a chance to turn the battle.

  • Four Five Poisons Valley patriarchs and more than fifteen Titled Douluo arrived with five Qiu Family Titled Douluo, bringing the allied force to nearly thirty-five Titled Douluo.
  • Qiu Miehun and the Chan Family patriarch threatened Li Yunming and Li Yuanhui with the destruction of the Li Family unless they surrendered.
  • Li Yunming realized the attackers intended to destroy the defenders before advancing on Heavenly Heart City, while Dongyue Qing urged him and Li Yuanhui to hold on.
  • Dongyue Clan reinforcements appeared from the opposite horizon, easing the enemy's pressure and prompting Dongyue Qing to welcome his Big Brother and Xiao Lan.

Ch. 33Dongyue Reinforcements, Evenly Matched

The Dongyue Clan arrived with three uninjured Limit Douluo and enough reinforcements to turn the battle against the Five Poisons Valley and Qiu Family alliance. Qiu Miehun ordered a retreat, but the victors feared that the God Rank beings behind their enemies would soon intervene.

  • Dongyue Qingxuan, Su Qingyin, and Dongyue Qing arrived with more than thirty Titled Douluo, breaking the allied army’s pressure on the Li Family.
  • Dongyue Qingxuan and Su Qingyin declared that the Dongyue Clan would stand with the Li Family, while Li Yunming thanked them for their support.
  • Li Xuansheng assessed that the two sides had similar numbers, but the Li-Dongyue alliance held the advantage in top combat strength because its Limit Douluo were mostly uninjured.
  • Dongyue Qingxuan offered the opposing leaders a chance to withdraw, and Qiu Miehun ordered the Five Poisons Valley and Qiu Family forces to retreat.
  • Dongyue Qingxuan warned Li Yunming and the others that the God Rank beings behind their enemies might intervene, leaving the alliance concerned about a larger conflict.

Ch. 34Alliance on the Verge of Breaking, Undercurrents Surge

After repelling the Qiu Family and Five Poisons Valley, the Li and Dongyue families assessed the threat posed by the God Rank experts Qiu Qianchen and Xie Miaojiang. They prepared to recover and fortify Heavenly Phoenix City while awaiting possible support from the Thunderstorm Sword Sect and the Astral Sect.

  • The Qiu Family and Five Poisons Valley forces retreated after the battle, leaving Heavenly Phoenix City damaged and its defenders exhausted.
  • Li Yuanhui thanked Dongyue Qingxuan and the Dongyue reinforcements for helping the Li Family survive the assault.
  • Li Yunming warned that Qiu Qianchen and Xie Miaojiang remained a greater threat than the wounded Rank 99 experts.
  • Dongyue Qingcang reported that the Dongyue ancestor could restrain only one God Rank attacker, while Dongyue Qingxuan said the ancestor had gone to seek support from the Thunderstorm Sword Sect and the Astral Sect.
  • Li Yunming asked Su Qingyin to treat the injured, and Li Yuanhui ordered the city's formations and defenses repaired and reinforced.

Ch. 35Purging Internal Traitors, Steadfast Family Resolve

Li Yunming secretly told Li Yuanhui something that shocked him, then left the council hall while the family continued planning its defenses. That night, Li Yuanhui confronted six captured traitors, condemned their betrayal, and ordered Li Tianwu and Chen Jianjun to deal with them as the family prepared for the coming battle.

  • Li Yunming whispered to Li Yuanhui, then claimed he needed to recover and left the council hall.
  • Li Yuanhui reassured the elders and continued the defense meeting, which produced a preliminary plan by nightfall.
  • Li Yuanhui, Li Tianwu, Chen Jianjun, and Li Xuansheng visited six bound family members accused of betraying the Li Family.
  • Li Tianhao and the other captives defended their actions as a means of survival, refusing to show remorse.
  • Li Yuanhui declared that traitors would face the family rules and ordered Li Tianwu and Chen Jianjun to deal with the captives discreetly.
  • Li Xuansheng confirmed the captives' crimson Hostile markers and resolved to grow stronger to help the family survive.

Ch. 36Ironclad Encirclement, Fresh Blood Joins the Ranks

Li Yuanhui and Dongyue Qingxuan strengthened Heavenly Phoenix City's defenses and organized Titled Douluo patrols to warn of an approaching enemy. Inside the city, Li Xuanchang formed a youth patrol, welcoming Ye Qi as the Li Family prepared for the coming storm.

  • Li Yuanhui and Dongyue Qingxuan reinforced the city's defenses and identified the need for stronger early warning against Titled Douluo enemies.
  • Dongyue Qingxuan and Li Yuanhui assigned the Li Family and Dongyue Family's available Titled Douluo to patrol in pairs within three hundred li of the city.
  • Dongyue Qingcang used the Moonlight Mirror to stay in contact with Heavenly Heart City and monitor possible threats from the Qiu Family and Five Poisons Valley.
  • Li Xuanchang organized the younger Li Family members into an inner-city patrol, and Ye Qi asked to join so he could help protect his new home.
  • Li Xuansheng watched the young patrol begin checking the streets, reassuring residents, and inspecting auxiliary formation nodes.

Ch. 37Divine Might Like Prison, One Tree Cannot Hold Up the Forest

Qiu Qianchen and Xie Miaojiang attacked Heavenly Phoenix City and demanded that the Li and Dongyue families surrender. Dongyue Hong arrived to defend the city, but the chapter left him facing both Divine Officials as battle loomed.

  • Qiu Qianchen and Xie Miaojiang used their divine pressure to crush the city's defenses and threatened to destroy everyone who resisted.
  • Dongyue Qingcang sent an urgent distress signal, while Li Yuanhui, Dongyue Qingxuan, Su Qingyin, and the other experts rose to oppose the attackers.
  • Dongyue Hong arrived and blocked much of the divine pressure, then accused Qiu Qianchen and Xie Miaojiang of breaking the eight-hundred-year pact.
  • Qiu Qianchen revealed his Level 104 cultivation, Xie Miaojiang his Level 107 cultivation, and Dongyue Hong his Level 109 cultivation.
  • Dongyue Hong realized he could restrain only one attacker and invoked the Thunderstorm Sword Sect and Astral Sect, but Qiu Qianchen dismissed the threat and prepared to fight.

Ch. 38Heaven-Piercer Appears, Drawing All Eyes

As Qiu Qianchen and Xie Miaojiang attacked the Li and Dongyue families, Li Yunming began his Mortal-Breaking Godhood Tribulation, forcing the Divine Officials to halt their assault. The chapter ended with the first lightning bolt poised to strike as everyone watched to see whether Li Yunming would survive.

  • Dongyue Hong fought Qiu Qianchen and Xie Miaojiang to buy time, but Qiu Qianchen broke through and attacked Li Yuanhui, Dongyue Qingxuan, and the others.
  • Qiu Qianchen summoned Myriad Souls Devour Heaven and sent a giant ghostly hand crashing toward the gathered families.
  • A dazzling radiance rose from the Li Family estate as storm clouds and lightning filled the sky, stopping Qiu Qianchen's attack.
  • Li Yunming rose into the sky, and Xie Miaojiang recognized that he had reached the final Mortal-Breaking Godhood Tribulation.
  • Qiu Qianchen and Xie Miaojiang withdrew, expecting Li Yunming to fail, while Dongyue Hong, Li Yuanhui, and Li Xuansheng watched anxiously.
  • The first bolt of the tribulation gathered above Li Yunming, ready to strike.

Ch. 39Sky-Piercing Spear Defies the Tribulation, Thunder Tempers the Divine Body (Part 1)

Li Yunming faced the heavenly tribulation and endured its first two lightning strikes, using the power of purification to temper his body and preserve his foundation. Gravely injured but still standing, he prepared for the enraged clouds’ final strike.

  • Dongyue Hong warned that Li Yunming’s heavenly tribulation had begun as a massive silver bolt descended upon him.
  • Li Yunming split the first bolt with the Sky-Piercing Divine Spear and refined some of its lightning, beginning to temper his body.
  • Dongyue Hong warned that the second strike contained destructive power, and Li Yunming gathered his Divine Spear Domain around his weapon.
  • Li Yunming charged the Destruction Thunder with Sky-Piercing—Voidbreaker, suffered severe injuries, and stopped it from destroying his foundation.
  • Qiu Qianchen and Xie Miaojiang recognized Li Yunming as a potential threat while the tribulation clouds gathered their final attack.

Ch. 40Sky-Piercing Godhood, Turmoil Across the Land (Part Two)

Li Yunming survived the Soul-Severing Annihilation Tribulation by confronting it with his will to protect his loved ones and allies, then ascended as the Level 101 Sky-Piercing Spear God. His birth as a new deity unsettled powers across the continent, while the confrontation in Heavenly Phoenix City remained unresolved.

  • The third tribulation targeted Li Yunming’s soul, and Qiu Qianchen and Xie Miaojiang expected him to die.
  • Li Yunming sacrificed his cultivation and opened his sea of consciousness, using the Sky-Piercing Will to resist the annihilating stream.
  • Li Yunming’s Immortal Will purified the tribulation, and heavenly golden rain restored and transformed him.
  • Li Yunming became the Level 101 Sky-Piercing Spear God, prompting joy among the Li Family and Dongyue Family and alarm from Qiu Qianchen and Xie Miaojiang.
  • Deities and dormant powers across the continent sensed Li Yunming’s ascension, and the chapter ended with the crisis in Heavenly Phoenix City still unsettled.

Ch. 41The First Divine Battle, Sky-Piercing Tempered to an Edge

Qiu Qianchen attacked newly ascended Li Yunming while Xie Miaojiang held Dongyue Hong back, hoping to kill him before he mastered his divine power. Li Yunming endured the assault, awakened his Sky-Piercing domain, and struck back, leaving the battle unresolved as Qiu Qianchen’s killing intent intensified.

  • Qiu Qianchen and Xie Miaojiang launched a coordinated attack, with Qiu targeting Li Yunming and Xie trapping Dongyue Hong in poisonous mist.
  • Li Yunming charged Qiu’s ghostly hand with the Sky-Piercing Divine Spear, but Qiu’s greater divine power sent him flying and left him wounded.
  • Qiu attacked with five black pythons, while Li Yunming gradually refined his control of divine power and grew more adept at defending himself.
  • Qiu unleashed Netherworld Descent, Night Parade of Ten Thousand Ghosts, but Li Yunming’s Divine Domain—Sky-Piercing resisted the ghostly assault.
  • Li Yunming counterattacked with Divine Spear—Sun-Piercing, tearing open Qiu’s demon god phantom and forcing Qiu to recognize his rapid growth.
  • Dongyue Hong praised Li Yunming as the battle intensified, while Qiu’s determination to kill him grew stronger.

Ch. 42Divine Might Like a Prison, Sophistry Smooth as a Reed Pipe

Luo Wuya and Lin Jingshen arrived at Heavenly Phoenix City and stopped Qiu Qianchen and Xie Miaojiang from pressing their attack on the Li and Dongyue families. The two ancestors rejected the attackers’ excuses and warned that they would enforce the alliance pact if they refused to withdraw.

  • Luo Wuya and Lin Jingshen arrived as Li Yunming and Dongyue Xian fought Qiu Qianchen and Xie Miaojiang.
  • Luo Wuya greeted Li Yunming, while Lin Jingshen accused Qiu Qianchen and Xie Miaojiang of violating the alliance pact.
  • Qiu Qianchen blamed the Li Family for killing Qiu elders, and Xie Miaojiang claimed he had come to uphold justice.
  • Dongyue Xian denounced their claims, and Luo Wuya and Lin Jingshen rejected their excuses as a cover for seizing territory.
  • Qiu Qianchen and Xie Miaojiang offered rewards and warned the two ancestors not to interfere, but Luo Wuya and Lin Jingshen stood by the pact.
  • Lin Jingshen demanded that Qiu Qianchen and Xie Miaojiang withdraw, threatening to use his God-Shocking Sword if they persisted.

Ch. 43Celebration Amid Undercurrents

Luo Wuya and Lin Jingshen forced Qiu Qianchen and Xie Miaojiang to retreat, and the Li Family celebrated Li Yunming’s emergence as a god. Li Xuansheng remained uneasy, suspecting the enemies’ retreat was temporary and that the unresolved system mission meant the conflict was not over.

  • Qiu Qianchen and Xie Miaojiang backed down after Luo Wuya and Lin Jingshen intervened, then withdrew with their forces.
  • The Li Family and Dongyue Clan celebrated their survival and thanked the four gods for protecting them.
  • At the banquet, Luo Wuya warned Li Yuanhui that Qiu Qianchen and Xie Miaojiang would not give up easily, while Lin Jingshen urged Li Yunming to stabilize his new realm.
  • Li Xuansheng celebrated with the younger members of the Li Family but privately questioned how easily Qiu Qianchen and Xie Miaojiang had retreated.
  • Li Xuansheng concealed his unease from Li Xuanmeng and looked toward the dark sky, convinced the danger had not passed.

Ch. 44Rebuilding and Dark Schemes

Li Xuansheng warned Li Yunming that Qiu Qianchen and Xie Miaojiang’s retreat was likely a deception, and the Li Family joined Heavenly Phoenix City’s recovery. Meanwhile, Qiu and Xie recruited Du Yunhe and finalized a plan to attack the Li and Dongyue families in two days.

  • Li Xuansheng told Li Yunming he suspected Qiu Qianchen and Xie Miaojiang were planning another attack, and Li Yunming agreed to strengthen the defenses.
  • Luo Wuya and Lin Jingshen left Heavenly Phoenix City as its residents and the Li Family began rebuilding the damage.
  • Li Xuansheng and the younger Li disciples helped clear rubble and carry materials while Li Xuanmeng and the other girls supplied food and water.
  • Qiu Qianchen and Xie Miaojiang met Du Yunhe, Supreme Elder of the Southern Sea Whale Gang, and offered him divine treasures in exchange for his help.
  • The three deities agreed to attack in two days, with Du Yunhe restraining Dongyue Xian, Qiu Qianchen targeting Li Yunming, and Xie Miaojiang poisoning Heavenly Phoenix City.
  • As he worked on the rebuilding, Li Xuansheng sensed that the danger had grown stronger.

Ch. 45Divine Descent, Three Gods at the Gates!

As Heavenly Phoenix City was being rebuilt, Qiu Qianchen broke his promise and attacked the Li Family and Dongyue Clan, joined by Xie Miaojiang and Du Yunhe. Li Yunming and Dongyue Xian faced three deities in a deadly encirclement, while Xie Miaojiang sensed something unsettling in their lack of fear.

  • Qiu Qianchen returned to Heavenly Phoenix City and declared that he intended to destroy the Li Family and Dongyue Clan despite his promise.
  • Li Yunming confronted Qiu Qianchen, and Dongyue Xian blocked Xie Miaojiang’s surprise attack on him.
  • Qiu Qianchen and Xie Miaojiang faced Li Yunming and Dongyue Xian as their divine powers shook the sky above the city.
  • Du Yunhe arrived and joined Qiu Qianchen and Xie Miaojiang, demanding that Li Yunming and Dongyue Xian surrender their divine artifacts.
  • The Li Family and Dongyue Clan feared the three deities would overwhelm them, but Li Yunming and Dongyue Xian showed no fear, making Xie Miaojiang uneasy.

Ch. 46God's Punishment! A Reversed Killing Blow!

Li Yunming and Dongyue Xian battled Du Yunhe and Xie Miaojiang while Qiu Qianchen attacked Heavenly Phoenix City, but Luo Wuya and Lin Jingshen revealed their ambush and severely wounded and captured him. The remaining attackers faced Li Yunming, Dongyue Xian, Luo Wuya, and Lin Jingshen as the hunters became the prey.

  • Xie Miaojiang attacked Dongyue Xian with poison, but Dongyue Xian blocked it with the Heavenly Heart Ward.
  • Li Yunming used the Sky-Piercing Divine Spear to fight Du Yunhe to a standstill.
  • Qiu Qianchen launched the Netherworld Annihilation Palm at Heavenly Phoenix City while Du Yunhe and Xie Miaojiang kept Li Yunming and Dongyue Xian occupied.
  • Luo Wuya and Lin Jingshen ambushed Qiu Qianchen, badly wounded him, and suppressed him before his palm could destroy the city.
  • Du Yunhe and Xie Miaojiang retreated in shock as Li Yunming and Dongyue Xian confronted them with Luo Wuya and Lin Jingshen at their side.

Ch. 47A Turtle in a Jar, Settling Old Scores

Luo Wuya and Lin Jingshen arrived with Dongyue Xian and Li Yunming, trapping Xie Miaojiang and Du Yunhe after Qiu Qianchen had been defeated. Du Yunhe revealed his old grudge with Luo Wuya and begged for his life, but Luo Wuya refused, leaving the four deities poised to fight the two cornered enemies above Heavenly Phoenix City.

  • Luo Wuya and Lin Jingshen appeared and condemned Xie Miaojiang for returning to attack and planning to slaughter a city.
  • Luo Wuya confronted Du Yunhe over his attempted assault on Luo Wuya's younger sister centuries earlier.
  • Du Yunhe blamed Qiu Qianchen and Xie Miaojiang for drawing him into the battle and offered his treasures in exchange for his life.
  • Luo Wuya rejected Du Yunhe's plea, while Lin Jingshen, Dongyue Xian, and Li Yunming prepared to kill both enemies.
  • The four deities surrounded Xie Miaojiang and Du Yunhe, who prepared to fight back rather than surrender.

Ch. 48Godfall Gambit

Luo Wuya and Li Yunming overwhelmed Du Yunhe while Dongyue Xian and Lin Jingshen crippled Xie Miaojiang, as the Li and Dongyue Families fought the Qiu Family and Five Poisons Valley below. The four deities prepared to deliver their final blows, leaving a deity’s death imminent.

  • Luo Wuya used his Stellar Secret Art to slow Du Yunhe and restrict his access to external power, allowing Li Yunming to break through his defenses and wound him.
  • Dongyue Xian purified Xie Miaojiang’s poisonous mist while Lin Jingshen severed both of his arms with a lightning-fast sword strike.
  • Xie Miaojiang begged for mercy, but Dongyue Xian refused and Lin Jingshen prepared to finish him.
  • Li Yuanhui, Dongyue Qing, Chen Jianjun, Li Tianwu, and the hall elders led the fight against the Qiu Family and Five Poisons Valley forces below, with Li Xuansheng and Li Xuanbei helping restrain them.
  • Du Yunhe and Xie Miaojiang continued to suffer under their attackers as Luo Wuya, Li Yunming, Dongyue Xian, and Lin Jingshen readied their final strikes.

Ch. 49Godfall, Dust Settles

Li Yunming, Luo Wuya, Lin Jingshen, and Dongyue Xian defeated and killed Du Yunhe, Xie Miaojiang, and Qiu Qianchen, ending the siege of Heavenly Phoenix City. The Li and Dongyue families celebrated their victory as Li Xuansheng received a system notification that the mission was complete.

  • Luo Wuya and Li Yunming restrained and wore down Du Yunhe while Lin Jingshen and Dongyue Xian weakened Xie Miaojiang through the night.
  • As the four families' forces watched from Heavenly Phoenix City's walls, Li Yunming and Luo Wuya killed Du Yunhe, while Lin Jingshen and Dongyue Xian destroyed Xie Miaojiang.
  • The four deities turned their combined power on Qiu Qianchen and reduced him to ash.
  • The people of Heavenly Phoenix City cheered as Li Yunming, Luo Wuya, Lin Jingshen, and Dongyue Xian descended to the city walls.
  • Li Xuansheng heard the system announce that his mission was complete and reflected that a new era was beginning.

Ch. 50Bountiful Harvest and the Family's Rebirth

After the Li Family and Dongyue Clan annihilated Qiu Qianchen and the invading deities, Li Xuansheng organized relief and recovery efforts while their allies prepared to destroy the remaining Qiu Family and Five Poisons Valley. He inspected the mission rewards and saw that the Li Family was poised for a major increase in strength and resources.

  • Li Xuansheng received the Family Defense Battle rewards notification, then ordered clan members to help civilians, treat the wounded, assess damage, and clear the battlefield safely.
  • Li Xuansheng helped clear rubble and encouraged the Li Family members as they worked to restore Heavenly Phoenix City.
  • Li Yunming, Li Yuanhui, and Dongyue Xian agreed to eliminate the remaining Qiu Family and Five Poisons Valley, and Chen Jianjun, Li Tianwu, Dongyue Qingxuan, and other elders led the two expeditions.
  • Luo Wuya and Lin Jingshen met with Li Yunming and Dongyue Xian in the main hall and agreed to stay until the extermination forces returned.
  • Li Xuansheng examined his rewards, including summoning cards, soul power, divine artifacts, immortal herbs, and a mineral vein, and anticipated the Li Family's rapid rise.
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