Chapter Summaries

Lu Yun fought the Thunderclap Venom Xun Python, whose wounds healed after his initial sword strikes. As the battle continued, Lu Yun broke through to the Early Void Transformation Realm and severed the beast’s head, though it remained alive and thrashed blindly.

• Lu Yun attacked the Thunderclap Venom Xun Python with the Heavenly Sword Art, but its wounds healed almost instantly.
• Lu Yun dodged the beast’s attacks and kept fighting while his sword technique experience and spiritual power increased.
• Lu Yun checked his status panel and discovered he had reached the Early Void Transformation Realm.
• Lu Yun unleashed a giant violet-gold sword that split the Thunderclap Venom Xun Python’s head apart.
• The headless Thunderclap Venom Xun Python remained alive, cursed Lu Yun, and lashed wildly at its surroundings.

Lu Yun killed the sealed ninth-rank Thunderclap Venom Xun Python and returned to the Unfixed Pagoda’s third floor, where he reunited with Chu Lingxue and encountered Dugu Mingjun. He planned to report to Qing Yuanzi, his new master, and reminded Dugu Mingjun of their wager.

• Lu Yun used his longsword to finish off the Thunderclap Venom Xun Python, took its beast core, and saw his system advance to Phase Six with 3000x Critical Strike Amplification.
• Gu Yuanwei and the others found the slain demon beast underground and feared that a hidden expert had killed it, while Gu Yuanwei wondered whether Lu Yun was involved.
• Lu Yun returned to Bluestone Square and reflected that he had destroyed the beast’s body to fulfill his promise to Qing Yuanzi.
• Chu Lingxue and Dugu Mingjun arrived on the third floor; Chu Lingxue said she had passed the trial, and Lu Yun told her he had slain the strange beast and would report to his master.
• Lu Yun reminded Dugu Mingjun of their wager and looked forward to receiving the ten Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones.

Lu Yun emerged from the Unfixed Pagoda as the first person to reach its ninth floor, forcing Dugu Mingjun to pay their wager of ten Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones. After Lu Yun left, Baili Yuchen arrived to investigate a terrifying aura and learned that the sealed demonic beast appeared to have stopped breathing.

• Dugu Mingjun saw that Lu Yun had reached the ninth floor first and, despite his resentment, resolved to make Lu Yun his lifelong rival.
• Lu Yun asked Dugu Mingjun for the wager, and Dugu Mingjun handed him ten Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Lu Yun left Bluestone Square and returned to report to Qing Yuanzi.
• Baili Yuchen rushed to the Unfixed Pagoda after sensing a terrifying aura, but arrived after Lu Yun had departed.
• Gu Yuanwei, the Eastern King, and the others emerged from a rift, and Baili Yuchen asked Gu Yuanwei what had happened underground.

Lu Yun completed Qing Yuanzi’s task by defeating the Thunderclap Venom Xun Python and returned to the ninth floor of the Unfixed Pagoda, where his rapid rise to Void Transformation shocked his master. Qing Yuanzi urged him to keep cultivating as the return of stronger experts drew near, while Baili Yuchen resolved to enter seclusion beneath the tower.

• At Bluestone Square, Gu Yuanwei told Baili Yuchen that Lu Yun had reached the Unfixed Pagoda’s ninth floor and killed the demonic beast underground.
• Qing Yuanzi was stunned by Lu Yun’s strength and suspected he had reached the middle stage of the Void Transformation Realm.
• Qing Yuanzi warned Lu Yun that the return of Dao-Seeking and Space-Shattering experts might be near and told him to keep cultivating.
• Lu Yun left to recover and absorb his Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones while aiming to reach the Dao-Seeking Realm.
• After Qing Yuanzi recounted what happened, Baili Yuchen declared that he would remain in seclusion beneath the Unfixed Pagoda until he reached the Void Transformation Realm.

After half a year of cultivation at the Unfixed Pagoda, Lu Yun sensed a powerful silver eagle approaching Sky Net Star. The eagle evolved into the Dao-Seeking Realm and nearly killed Baili Yuchen before a golden shield appeared to protect him.

• Lu Yun sensed a late Dao-Seeking Realm silver eagle flying toward the Unfixed Pagoda and resolved to stop enemies of Sky Net Star.
• The silver eagle attacked martial artists on Bluestone Square, killing many before Baili Yuchen intervened.
• Baili Yuchen struck the silver eagle, but it evolved during their clash and advanced to the Dao-Seeking Realm.
• The silver eagle hurled Baili Yuchen back, then attacked him with needle-like feathers and its beak.
• A streak of golden light formed a shield around Baili Yuchen just as the silver eagle lunged for his throat.

Lu Yun battled the Silver Eagle and endured its Samadhi Heaven-Burning Flame while his Heavenly Sword Art grew stronger. He broke through to the Early Dao-Seeking Realm, unlocked the system’s 5000x critical strike amplification, and began wounding the Silver Eagle more seriously.

• Lu Yun confronted the Silver Eagle on the eighth floor of the Unfixed Pagoda and traded attacks with it using the Falling Leaf Azure Edge Sword.
• The Silver Eagle unleashed its Samadhi Heaven-Burning Flame, forcing Lu Yun to defend himself against its burning attack.
• Lu Yun advanced from the Void Transformation Realm Pinnacle to the Early Dao-Seeking Realm, and the system unlocked its seventh stage with 5000x critical strike amplification.
• Lu Yun’s strengthened Sword Qi shredded the Silver Eagle’s wings and left them covered in bloody marks.
• Lu Yun continued using the Heavenly Sword Art as the system granted him 50000 swordsmanship experience for each 5000x critical strike.

Lu Yun killed the silver giant eagle with a powerful sword strike, reaching peak Dao-Seeking Realm strength and becoming Sky Net Star’s strongest. After learning that Earthbound Immortals might soon arrive to seek Xiao Zhengqing’s hidden cave abode, he returned to the Unfixed Pagoda to cultivate.

• Lu Yun used the Heavenly Sword Art to slay the silver giant eagle and gained one million experience points.
• Lu Yun checked his status and saw that his Heavenly Sword Art had reached level 236 and his strength had reached peak Dao-Seeking Realm.
• Lu Yun recalled the legend of Xiao Zhengqing, an Earthbound Immortal who left Sky Net Star to seek a greater realm and hid his cave abode behind.
• Lu Yun concluded that Sky Net Star’s growing spiritual energy could soon attract powerful Earthbound Immortals, so he returned to the eighth floor of the Unfixed Pagoda to cultivate.
• The people in Bluestone Square praised Lu Yun for defeating the giant eagle and recognized him as humanity’s strongest.

Lu Yun sensed that a heavenly tribulation was near while cultivating in the Unfixed Pagoda, then learned that Dugu Yao and Zhou Xinghe were conspiring to summon powerful outsiders using Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones. Baili Yuchen prepared to confront the two after Qu Zihan revealed their betrayal and the capture of the South King and East King.

• Three years passed, Qing Yuanzi died, and Baili Yuchen became the fifty-fourth sect master of the Mirror Moon Sect.
• Lu Yun sensed a possible heavenly tribulation as he neared the Space-Shattering Realm and watched Lu Xingwen teach at the Heavenly Origin Martial Arts Hall and Chu Lingxue spend her birthday in Tong City.
• Qu Zihan arrived at the Unfixed Pagoda, bloodied and distressed, seeking Baili Yuchen after escaping a meeting called by Dugu Yao and Zhou Xinghe.
• Qu Zihan reported that Dugu Yao had attacked Zuo Wenxuan and Gu Yuanwei after they resisted a demand for three Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones from each attendee.
• Qu Zihan revealed that Dugu Yao planned to use the stones to summon powerful outsiders and that she had captured Dugu Mingjun while escaping.
• Baili Yuchen learned that the South King was imprisoned and the East King had been poisoned, then vowed to kill Dugu Yao and Zhou Xinghe.

The Western King Dugu Yao and Northern King Zhou Xinghe activated the Azure Light Demon-Summoning Formation, revealing that they belonged to the Devil Race. Baili Yuchen arrived too late to stop the formation, and the Blue Demon Race powerhouses descended through its expanding vortex.

• Dugu Yao and Zhou Xinghe prepared the formation with Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones, hoping to summon their race’s powerhouses and find Xiao Zhengqing’s cultivation technique.
• Baili Yuchen confronted the two kings, and Zhou Xinghe revealed that they were members of the Devil Race.
• Baili Yuchen attacked the kings, but Zhou Xinghe kept him from stopping Dugu Yao as he completed the formation.
• A vast spatial vortex appeared, and Baili Yuchen’s attacks failed to damage it.
• Blue Demon Race powerhouses emerged from the vortex as Dugu Yao and Zhou Xinghe watched fanatically.

Blue Demon Race experts descended on Sky Net Star, revealed their plan to use humanity as blood sacrifices, and nearly killed Baili Yuchen. Lu Yun arrived in time to block the killing blow, then found himself surrounded by Dugu Yao and Zhou Xinghe.

• Blue Demon Race experts arrived through the Azure Light Demon-Summoning Formation, and Zhou Xinghe and Dugu Yao greeted them as their agents.
• A Blue Demon Race expert attacked Baili Yuchen as he tried to flee and told him their plan was to sacrifice humanity as blood food.
• The Blue Demon Race expert pursued Baili Yuchen for a fatal blow, but a streak of golden light blocked the attack.
• Qu Zihan and Martial Dao Alliance reinforcements arrived and saw Lu Yun step forward to confront the Blue Demon Race experts.
• Dugu Yao identified himself to Lu Yun, then joined Zhou Xinghe in surrounding him while Lu Yun stood still.