Chapter Summaries

Lu Chen used the Hengyu plaque to move through the chaos force field, killed the eight Purple Mansion disciples, and captured the Purple Mansion Saintess. After Duan De seized the Beast-Skin Scroll, Lu Chen collected the Chaos Stone Platform, freeing everyone and triggering a battle; Lu Chen and Ye Fan escaped through the void on Ye Fan’s Profound Jade Platform.

• Lu Chen entered the chaos force field with Emperor Hengyu’s plaque and killed the eight Purple Mansion disciples by trapping them in the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, then captured the Purple Mansion Saintess.
• Ye Fan imprisoned the Yaoguang Holy Son and Golden-Winged Little Peng King in the Lihuo Divine Furnace, while Lu Chen found he could not move the Chaos Stone Platform by force.
• Duan De appeared, stole the Beast-Skin Scroll from Ye Fan, and failed to take the Cauldron of All-Things Mother Qi after a black dog bit him.
• Yan Ruyu emerged from the shattered Transparent Ancient Tower and blocked Duan De as Lu Chen and Ye Fan secretly planned their escape.
• Lu Chen enclosed the Chaos Stone Platform in the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, freeing everyone from the force field and provoking a fight over the scroll, the chaos stone, and Ye Fan’s cauldron.
• Ye Fan threw down the Profound Jade Platform, and he and Lu Chen vanished from the hall through the void.

Lu Chen and Ye Fan escaped the pursuit after the underground palace incident, while the Holy Lands turned their attention to Purple Mountain. Lu Chen traded Azure Emperor's Essence Blood to Black Emperor for his Dao pattern codex, leaving the trio brawling after Black Emperor bit him again.

• The Holy Lands discovered that Duan De's beast-hide scroll marked Purple Mountain, then gathered to discuss the treasures hidden there.
• Black Emperor urged Ye Fan to exchange his captives for Lu Chen's captive, Fairy Zixia, so someone with an innate sacred body Dao embryo could enter Purple Mountain.
• Ye Fan worried that Stone Village was no longer safe, but Lu Chen chose not to travel with him and revealed a crystal containing Azure Emperor's Essence Blood.
• Lu Chen offered Black Emperor the essence blood in exchange for his knowledge of Dao patterns, and after days of failed bargaining, Black Emperor accepted a single drop for his secret codex.
• Black Emperor bit Lu Chen over the Human Origin Fruit, and Ye Fan joined the ensuing fight between the two men and the dog.

Lu Chen tested his self-made void-travel formations and became trapped in the Divine Desert, where he learned the secret art Fish Leaps and Becomes a True Dragon from Jiang Ziya’s lingering traces. He escaped by using Emperor Hengyu’s Plaque, leaving the God-Striking Whip unfound.

• Lu Chen inscribed and tested increasingly powerful void-travel formations, but a long-distance jump stranded him in a seemingly endless desert.
• After a month of failed attempts to escape, Lu Chen discovered an illusory figure wearing Qin Dynasty clothing and followed its movements.
• Lu Chen used the Divine Mark Purple Gold Pagoda to capture the figure’s extreme-speed technique, Fish Leaps and Becomes a True Dragon.
• Lu Chen recognized the desert as the Divine Desert and guessed that the figure’s traces belonged to Jiang Ziya.
• After failing to locate Jiang Ziya’s Daoist Temple or the God-Striking Whip, Lu Chen used Emperor Hengyu’s Plaque to leave the Divine Desert.

After returning to the Holy City, Lu Chen openly drew the Purple Mansion Holy Land and the Ji Family into pursuit. He headed for the Dragon Transformation Pool and faced their gathered experts, preparing to give them a grand gift.

• Lu Chen learned that the Holy Lords had fled Purple Mountain through the Desolate Antiquity Dao Platform as the Wushi Bell's chimes killed many elders.
• Lu Chen returned to the Holy City openly and learned that Ye Fan, disguised as Gu Feng, had cut treasures from the Dao Yi Holy Land's stone garden.
• The Holy City's residents recognized Lu Chen, whose crimes against the Purple Mansion Holy Land and the Ji Family had made him a wanted prodigy.
• The Purple Mansion Holy Land mobilized Supreme Elders and other experts to rescue its Saintess, while the Ji Family sent Dragon Transformation elders to hunt Lu Chen.
• Lu Chen used a True Dragon secret art to fly to the Dragon Transformation Pool, where he calmly faced the surrounding pursuers and spectators.

Lu Chen broke through into the Four Extremes Secret Realm while surrounded by the Purple Mansion Holy Land and the Ji Family, triggering a heavenly tribulation that destroyed his attackers. As he endured the lightning with his Divine Mark Purple Gold Pagoda, powerful observers coveted the artifact and resolved to kill him once the tribulation ended.

• The Purple Mansion experts demanded that Lu Chen surrender the Holy Maiden, while Lu Chen mocked them by claiming Fairy Zixia was doing well.
• A Purple Mansion Supreme Elder attacked Lu Chen, but a golden bolt of divine lightning shattered the elder’s massive hand and struck Lu Chen as he broke through into the Four Extremes Secret Realm.
• A heavenly tribulation engulfed Lu Chen, the Purple Mansion Holy Land, and the Ji Family, annihilating their elders and Supreme Elders while Lu Chen endured the lightning.
• Lu Chen’s Nine-Turn Immortal Pill and Azure Emperor’s Essence Blood helped repair his body and merge into his origin as the tribulation tempered him.
• Observers saw Lu Chen’s Divine Mark Purple Gold Pagoda undergo the tribulation with him and coveted the future Dao-proving artifact.
• The Holy Lands’ important figures decided to kill Lu Chen and seize his fortune as soon as the heavenly tribulation ended.

Lu Chen survived the heavenly tribulation, entered the Four Extremes Secret Realm, and revealed the ancient phenomenon immortal king descends upon the nine heavens. When several Holy Lands’ elders tried to kill him and seize his pagoda, the Divine Silkworm Princess intervened, defeated their attackers, and warned the gathered powers not to target him through their elders.

• Lu Chen emerged alive from the golden lightning, shed his charred skin, and displayed a newly tempered immortal body.
• After entering the Four Extremes Secret Realm, Lu Chen manifested the immortal king descends upon the nine heavens phenomenon, startling the Holy Lands’ prodigies and leaders.
• Supreme Elders from several powers attacked Lu Chen and reached for the Divine Mark Purple Gold Pagoda.
• The Divine Silkworm Princess appeared beside Lu Chen and erased the attacking elders with a wave of her hand.
• The Divine Silkworm Princess injured seven or eight Holy Lords, warned the older generation against bullying Lu Chen, and then departed.

After the Divine Silkworm Princess intimidated the Holy Lands, Lu Chen released the Purple Mansion Saintess and invited his peers to challenge him for his Divine Mark Purple Gold Pagoda. He killed his first challenger instantly, and Ji Haoyue stepped forward to fight despite pleas to hold back.

• The Divine Silkworm Princess drove back the Holy Lords, discouraging them from openly attacking Lu Chen.
• Lu Chen released the Purple Mansion Saintess from the Mountain River Diagram and challenged his peers to fight him for the pagoda.
• A crowd of young elites advanced, eager to test or kill Lu Chen before he could stabilize his new Four Extremes Realm.
• A blue-robed man used a forbidden artifact against Lu Chen, but Lu Chen dodged its attack and killed him with one palm strike.
• Ji Haoyue stepped forward to challenge Lu Chen, ignoring Ji Ziyue and the Ji Family elders’ pleas.

Lu Chen and Ji Haoyue began a fierce duel in the Holy City, matching their ancient manifestations and secret arts. Their battle remained unresolved as Lu Chen’s Earth Seal pressed Ji Haoyue’s Heaven-Cutting Finger.

• Ji Haoyue stepped forward to accept Lu Chen’s challenge despite his sister’s and clan elders’ objections.
• Lu Chen and Ji Haoyue unleashed their manifestations, Immortal King Descends upon the Nine Heavens and Bright Moon Rising over the Sea, and clashed with devastating force.
• The shock waves injured nearby Four Extremes and Dragon Transformation cultivators as the crowd watched the prodigies’ battle.
• Ji Haoyue attacked with the Ji Family’s Heaven-Cutting Finger, sending two silver dragons toward Lu Chen.
• Lu Chen countered with the Earth Seal, manifesting Purple Mountain; it shattered the silver dragons and bore down on Ji Haoyue, but their duel continued.

Lu Chen fought Ji Haoyue above the Dragon Transformation Pool and defeated the Eastern Wasteland Divine King Body at the same realm. Ji Haoyue vowed to challenge him again, while Lu Chen declared that he would leave him far behind.

• Lu Chen countered Ji Haoyue's Heaven-Cutting Finger and Void Great Hand Seal with his own powerful techniques, including the Star-Scrambling Finger and Divine Phoenix Slash.
• Lu Chen and Ji Haoyue fought through many exchanges, and Lu Chen wounded Ji Haoyue after tracking him as he moved through the void.
• Lu Chen triggered the "All" Secret, increasing his strength tenfold, then struck Ji Haoyue with an overwhelming punch.
• Lu Chen pursued Ji Haoyue and smashed his Divine Mark Purple Gold Pagoda against Ji Haoyue's ancient mirror, injuring him and leaving him unable to continue.
• The Ji Family Holy Lord pulled Ji Haoyue away, and Ji Haoyue admitted defeat but promised to defeat Lu Chen next time.
• Lu Chen told Ji Haoyue that he would give him time to catch up before leaving him too far behind to see.

After defeating Ji Haoyue, Lu Chen faced the hostility of the Holy Lands, then revealed that he was Zhou Feng, a gifted Source Arts practitioner. At the Heavenly Demon Treasure Pavilion, he accepted a stone-gambling challenge from the eight madmen for two million jin of Source, to take place in ten days.

• Lu Chen's defeat of Ji Haoyue drew killing intent from the Holy Lands, but no one dared attack him while the mysterious woman might be watching.
• Lu Chen told the assembled successors that none of them wished to fight, and his victory became the talk of the younger generation.
• At the Heavenly Demon Pavilion, Yao Yuekong revealed Lu Chen's identity as Zhou Feng, the Source Arts genius who had cut out the Primordial Goddess.
• Yao Yuekong told Lu Chen that his Ancient Insect Divine Source and Gu Feng's incomplete Primordial Divine Medicine would be auctioned at the Holy Lord-level event.
• The eight madmen challenged Lu Chen to a stone-gambling contest and agreed to wager two million jin of Source at a Holy Land stone workshop in ten days.

Lu Chen and Yao Yuekong attended the Heavenly Demon Pavilion auction, where Lu Chen added a ripe Human Origin Fruit to the lots and sought an incomplete divine medicine. The auction began amid a crowd of powerful figures, and Ye Fan secretly won a piece of Wushi Emperor Jade before the chapter left the bidding underway.

• Lu Chen agreed to wager two million jin of Source against eight disciples of the Source King Lineage, then followed Yao Yuekong to a VIP room overlooking the packed auction hall.
• Lu Chen gave Yao Yuekong a ripe Human Origin Fruit to auction, and Yao Yuekong added it as a new centerpiece.
• Yao Yuekong introduced Lu Chen to notable attendees, including the Red Dragon Daoist, Central Plains clans, Western Desert monks, and an Imperial Uncle of the Great Xia Imperial Clan.
• The auction began, and Gu Feng, who was actually Ye Fan, bought a piece of precious jade that Lu Chen recognized as Wushi Emperor Jade for six thousand jin of Source.
• The auction heated up as valuable items, including an incomplete King's Divine Bell, sold for prices approaching a hundred thousand jin of Source.

The Heavenly Demon Pavilion auctioned the Humanoid Divine Medicine, an incomplete Primordial Divine Medicine once owned by Emperor Zun, and the great powers drove its price far beyond the starting bid. Lu Chen joined the bidding at four hundred and twenty thousand jin of source, and the Ancient Hua Dynasty answered with a higher bid.

• The auctioneer revealed that Gu Feng’s Primordial Divine Medicine was the third finale treasure and displayed the sealed Humanoid Divine Medicine.
• Yao Yuekong told Lu Chen that reviving the medicine would likely require Divine Spring water, while Lu Chen recognized a way to obtain it.
• The Ancient Hua Dynasty, Western Desert Divine Monk, Yaoguang Holy Land, and Jiang Family competed for the medicine as the price climbed past three hundred thousand jin of source.
• Lu Chen bid four hundred and twenty thousand jin, drawing attention from the auction hall.
• A prominent figure from the Ancient Hua Dynasty raised the bid to four hundred and thirty thousand jin.

Lu Chen won Emperor Zun’s incomplete Humanoid Divine Medicine for 550,000 jin of Source, while the Yaoguang Holy Land bought the Human Origin Fruit and the Ancient Hua Dynasty secured the Ancient Insect Divine Source. He left the auction as its greatest winner, intending to revive the immortal medicine and advance along the Immortal Path.

• Lu Chen outbid the Ancient Hua Dynasty and won the incomplete Humanoid Divine Medicine for 550,000 jin of Source.
• The auctioneer presented a Human Origin Fruit, and the Yaoguang Holy Land won it for 400,000 jin of Source.
• The auctioneer put Lu Chen’s Ancient Insect Divine Source up for bidding, revealing forty-nine Ancient Insect Kings sealed inside.
• The Ancient Hua Dynasty won the Ancient Insect Divine Source for 1,250,000 jin of Source.

After earning a fortune at the auction, Lu Chen attended a banquet and became the focus of the Divine City's growing anticipation for his Source Arts duel with the eight madmen. The Holy Lands' second assault on Purple Mountain failed disastrously, and Lu Chen discussed the Wushi Bell's power with the Divine Silkworm Princess.

• Lu Chen collected 1,185,000 jin of Source from the auction and joined Ye Fan and other young elites at a celebratory banquet.
• Lu Chen deflected questions about his Source Arts, while An Miaoyi danced and the guests toasted and conversed.
• News spread that Lu Chen would wager two million jin of Source against the eight madmen, successors of the Source King Lineage, in a Source Arts duel.
• The Wushi Bell rang through the Holy City, signaling the failure of the Holy Lands' second assault on Purple Mountain.
• Reports revealed that the Wushi Bell had killed many elders and severely injured several Holy Lords, while the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar had helped the survivors escape.
• Lu Chen and the Divine Silkworm Princess discussed the Wushi Bell and the danger of seeking Great Emperor Wushi's legacy.

Lu Chen examined the Divine Silkworm Princess’s ancient Source Stones and found a golden stone gall that could help him cultivate the Source Heaven Divine Eye. After refining it overnight, he gained extraordinary sight just as his high-stakes stone-gambling match against the eight disciples of the Source King Lineage was about to begin.

• The Divine Silkworm Princess asked Lu Chen to examine the Source Stones she had collected, and he cut open several that contained Divine Source and variant Source.
• Lu Chen found a golden stone gall, learned it could advance his Source Heaven Divine Sense into a heavenly eye, and accepted it from the Divine Silkworm Princess.
• Lu Chen also uncovered a Nine Heavens Blue Jade King, which the Divine Silkworm Princess put away.
• After the Wushi Bell rang from Purple Mountain, the Eastern Wasteland’s Holy Lands joined forces with the Central Plains powers and prepared a third assault.
• Lu Chen refined the golden stone gall liquid into his eyes overnight and gained the Source Heaven Divine Eye, with the wager against the eight outstanding disciples about to begin.

Lu Chen and the eight madmen gathered at the Wang Family Stone Workshop for their high-stakes Source Arts showdown, drawing the Holy City’s most powerful figures and crowds. Lu Chen entered the Heaven-Class Stone Garden, where the contest was set to begin.

• Yao Yuekong and the Great Xia Imperial Prince visited Lu Chen, who promised to give them first consideration if he found treasures to sell.
• The Wang Family Stone Workshop was chosen as the venue, and the news brought a massive crowd and powerful spectators to its gates.
• Saints, prodigies, elders, and experts—including Ye Fan, the Ji Family Divine King Body, and the Red Dragon Daoist—arrived to watch the showdown.
• The eight madmen arrived first, followed by Lu Chen with Yao Yuekong and the Great Xia Imperial Prince.
• Lu Chen went toward the Heaven-Class Stone Garden as the Wang Family’s people watched the contestants with displeasure.

Lu Chen faced Chu Xiong and the Eight Madmen in a high-stakes stone-gambling duel at the Wang Family Stone Workshop. After surviving their hidden attack, he used a killing Source Art to injure one of Chu Xiong’s disciples, leaving the duel poised to turn into a fight for their lives.

• Lu Chen and Chu Xiong agreed to a three-round stone-gambling contest with two million jin of source at stake.
• Lu Chen inspected the Heaven-Class Stone Garden with his Source Heaven Divine Eye and examined a mysterious pagoda-shaped stone.
• A stone secretly rigged by Chu Xiong and the Eight Madmen exploded toward Lu Chen, but he extinguished its attack and agreed to pay for the damaged stone.
• Lu Chen stamped his foot and used a Source Qi Killing Art to make a nearby source stone injure one of Chu Xiong’s fellow disciples.
• Lu Chen warned Chu Xiong and the others that he could use even deadlier killing Source Arts as the wager continued.

Lu Chen and Chu Xiong’s group each chose three extremely expensive stones for a contest, drawing a huge crowd eager to see what they contained. When Chu Xiong’s group used their Source Arts to reveal the Coiled Dragon’s interior, they found what appeared to be a living Primordial True Dragon.

• Lu Chen chose the Crouching Ox, the Treasure Pagoda, and the Divine Moon for a total of four hundred and ninety thousand jin of source.
• Chu Xiong and the other seven disciples of the Source King Lineage chose the Millstone, the Fierce Tiger, and the Coiled Dragon for a total of five hundred and twenty thousand jin of source.
• The crowd reacted in shock to the two groups spending more than a million jin of source and urged them to cut open the stones.
• Chu Xiong offered to reveal the Coiled Dragon first and joined his junior brothers in forming an Eight Trigrams Divine Wheel over it.
• The light revealed a living creature inside the Coiled Dragon, which the crowd identified as a Primordial True Dragon, leaving Lu Chen doubtful.

Chu Xiong and Lu Chen each uncovered divine source in their first stones, then Chu Xiong opened the Fierce Tiger Stone and revealed a valuable Phoenix Stone. The contest continued as the crowd waited to see what lay inside the Coiling Dragon and Divine Moon stones.

• Chu Xiong cut open the millstone-shaped strange stone and revealed a fist-sized piece of divine source worth about 120,000 jin of pure source.
• Lu Chen split the Crouching Ox Stone and uncovered a human-head-sized piece of divine source valued at 500,000 jin of pure source.
• Lu Chen calmed the holy lands’ eager offers to buy the divine source until after the contest, while Chu Xiong’s disciples boasted that their Coiling Dragon Stone would secure their victory.
• Chu Xiong cut open the Fierce Tiger Stone, and its crimson gemstone initially appeared to be phoenix blood red gold before the Ji Family’s mighty expert identified it as a Phoenix Stone.
• The crowd learned that the Phoenix Stone increased cultivation speed by twenty percent, and the Wang Family’s mighty expert estimated its value at about 800,000 jin of pure source.

Lu Chen uncovered a weapon soul in the Wang Family Stone Workshop, and its emergence briefly drew the attention of a terrifying presence in the Primordial Ancient Mine. The Holy Lands’ experts surrounded Lu Chen to claim the priceless treasure, leaving a tense standoff.

• Lu Chen opened the Treasure Pagoda stone, releasing immortal light and a roaring figure that made cultivators fear a Primordial Creature had emerged.
• Lu Chen recognized the figure as a weapon soul, while a humanoid presence in the Primordial Ancient Mine looked toward the workshop and overwhelmed nearby experts with its aura.
• The light faded to reveal a purple copper fragment, which crumbled in Lu Chen’s hand and left a humanoid divine spirit behind.
• An old veteran identified the spirit as a weapon soul capable of repairing a damaged Saint Weapon, and the Holy Lands’ experts realized its immense value.
• The Red Dragon Daoist, the Wang Family and Ji Family experts, and several veterans surrounded Lu Chen, while the Ji Family’s mighty expert and the Wang Family’s mighty expert questioned him about the treasure.