Chapter Summaries

At the Witch Clan’s Ancestor God Sacrifice, Xiang Zhou watched as others argued over his capture of Lu Feng, though he knew his father deserved the credit. Bound and unconscious, Lu Feng woke during the gathering and found himself facing the Pangu Statue.

• Witch Clan members gathered in Panshen Valley for the annual Ancestor God Sacrifice, where Lu Feng was bound to a pillar.
• Xiang Zhou admitted that Lu Feng had been stronger than him, while Liu Ying defended Xiang Zhou against Meng Jiu’s taunts and marriage proposal.
• Xiang Jiu stopped Liu Ying and Meng Jiu from fighting, challenged Meng Jiu to win the Warrior Badge, and urged Xiang Zhou to take part.
• Xiang Zhou silently accepted credit for capturing Lu Feng, knowing that his father had actually subdued him and reported the capture.
• Lu Feng woke, found himself sealed among the Witch Clan, and was shocked to see the Pangu Statue facing him.

Lu Feng was held in a Witch Clan valley, where he studied a Pangu statue, twelve strange energy-filled statues, and the mysterious Zixiao Palace while searching for a way out. The High Priest watched him and revealed that he could wield Lu Feng’s missing Rusty Sword, hinting at a chance to defy heaven and change fate.

• Lu Feng realized the Rusty Sword was missing and feared the Witch Clan had taken it while preparing him as a sacrifice.
• Lu Feng examined twelve immense statues and discovered that vital energy circulated inside them as if they were cultivating.
• Lu Feng studied Zixiao Palace and noticed that one half of its plaque and structure carried a far stronger Dao resonance than the restored half.
• The High Priest watched Lu Feng from inside Zixiao Palace and said he had never expected to meet him under these circumstances.
• The High Priest held Lu Feng’s Rusty Sword with ease and spoke of a chance to defy heaven and change fate.

The High Priest revealed the Rusty Sword’s origins to the Witch Clan, explaining that it was an incomplete Dao Evolution Sword forged from Pangu’s Dao patterns. He said only those with Pangu’s bloodline could lift it, leaving the clan without a way to wield it or find the missing patterns.

• The Witch Clan members failed to move the Rusty Sword, so they summoned the High Priest, who picked it up with ease.
• The High Priest made the sword shine with multicolored Dao resonances and identified it as a treasure from the previous epoch.
• He explained that Pangu had refined the Order Golden Needle into the Primordial Spirit Dao Sword and that the sword was born from the Dao patterns Pangu refined into himself.
• The High Priest said the sword lacked three thousand of the ten thousand Dao patterns needed to become complete, but no one could see or cultivate the missing patterns.
• The High Priest told the Witch Clan that only people with Pangu’s bloodline could lift the Rusty Sword.

The High Priest explained that Lu Feng shared a bloodline close to Pangu’s and refused to kill him, believing his presence would shape a coming war and the Witch Clan’s chance to claim the Primordial Continent. The others left to conduct the Ancestor God Sacrifice, while the High Priest stayed behind wondering what Chen Pan was plotting.

• Liuli, Xiang, and Meng Ru questioned how Lu Feng could wield the Dao Evolution Sword when the Witch Clan could not, and the High Priest explained that Lu Feng’s bloodline was nearly identical to Pangu’s.
• The High Priest said Lu Feng was not necessarily of the Immortal Race and revealed that his arrival heralded a great calamity that could create an opportunity for the Witch Clan to conquer the Primordial Continent.
• The High Priest refused to kill Lu Feng and told the Witch Clan members to wait for the right time before marching out.
• Liuli went to preside over the Ancestor God Sacrifice while Meng Ru and the others joked about marriage and training their younger warriors.
• After the others departed, the High Priest wondered what Chen Pan was scheming and whether killing Lu Feng would undo his plans.

During the Ancestor God Sacrifice, Lu Feng remained tied up as the Witch Clan held its rituals and warriors' contest, so he mocked and distracted the competitors. The High Priest appeared above the valley, confronting Lu Feng’s arrogance.

• The Witch Clan bowed before the Pangu Statue while Lu Feng, tied to a nearby pillar, worried that he would be sacrificed.
• Lu Feng shouted for water to disrupt the eulogies, and Xiang Jiu drenched him before Liuli silenced him with a fruit.
• After the sacrifice’s light gathered around the Pangu Statue overnight, the Witch Clan began its warriors' contest the next morning.
• Lu Feng mocked Xiang Jiu and then called out supposed weaknesses, prompting competitors to target vulnerable spots and spar in an unusual, evasive manner.
• When a Witch Clan member demanded that Lu Feng shut up, Lu Feng challenged him to beat him to death, while Liuli and the others held back because the High Priest had ordered them to let Lu Feng leave.
• The High Priest appeared above the valley and remarked on Lu Feng’s arrogance.

The High Priest took Lu Feng’s Rusty Sword and turned the Warrior Battle into a contest to kill Lu Feng. Lu Feng survived the Witch Clan disciples’ first assault with the Five Directional Banners, but the High Priest then reached out to take his treasures.

• The High Priest appeared holding the Rusty Sword, and Lu Feng could not connect to or control it.
• After Lu Feng taunted the Witch Clan, the High Priest freed him, named him Sun Yang of the Vast Righteous Qi Sword, and declared that whoever killed him would win the Warrior Title.
• The High Priest sealed the platform with barriers as Xiang Jiu, Meng Jiu, White Barbarian, and the other disciples prepared to attack Lu Feng.
• Lu Feng summoned the Five Directional Banners, whose defenses repelled the disciples’ assault and left many of them unable to fight.
• The High Priest praised Lu Feng’s treasures and extended an enormous hand to take them.

The High Priest confiscated Lu Feng’s Five Directional Banners and trapped him among the Witch Clan warriors, leaving him with no apparent way to escape. As the warriors closed in, the High Priest sensed an extraordinary visitor arriving on the island and left to meet them.

• The High Priest used a black vortex to seize all five of Lu Feng’s banners, despite the banners’ efforts to defend themselves.
• Lu Feng protested the unfair contest and tried to break the protective formation with his Spiritual Resonance Swords, but the swords failed.
• The High Priest told Lu Feng that the Witch Clan treated him as prey and that their warriors would compete to capture him.
• Liuli questioned whether the High Priest’s treatment of Lu Feng was wise, and he said that letting Lu Feng leave would make the Witch Clan seem weak.
• The High Priest sensed an extraordinary person approaching the island, told Liuli to watch over the situation, and vanished to meet the visitor.

The Scruffy Old Man confronted the High Priest over Lu Feng’s capture, but their clash revealed that the High Priest wielded techniques and treasures tied to ancient powers. The High Priest warned that a full battle would leave the Scruffy Old Man too weakened to keep another person in check, and the Scruffy Old Man’s resolve faltered.

• The Scruffy Old Man intercepted the High Priest near Witch Island and demanded that he release Lu Feng.
• The High Priest refused to release Lu Feng without teaching him a lesson, and the two clashed with their Spiritual Resonance Swords.
• The Scruffy Old Man and the High Priest summoned formations that commanded the seas on their respective sides of the chasm.
• The Scruffy Old Man produced the Taiji Diagram, while the High Priest defended himself with the Five Directional Banners and Lu Feng’s Rusty Sword.
• The Scruffy Old Man questioned the High Priest’s identity, and the High Priest said a fight would weaken him and prevent him from keeping another person in check.

The High Priest persuaded the Scruffy Old Man to stop protecting Lu Feng and sealed the Dao Evolution Sword so Lu Feng would have to grow through hardship. Lu Feng fought thousands of Witch Clan members without his usual treasures and was struck down, but Xiang Jiu intervened to challenge Meng Huai for the Warrior Title.

• The High Priest argued that the Scruffy Old Man's protection would keep Lu Feng from growing strong enough to win the wager, and the Scruffy Old Man recalled the Taiji Diagram to end their battle.
• The High Priest used the Star River Palm to seal the Dao Evolution Sword, leaving Lu Feng to undo the seal through his own strength.
• Without the Five Directional Banners, Lu Feng dodged thousands of Witch Clan fighters using the Greased-Soles Cultivation Technique and Yan'e Drunken Immortal Steps.
• A Witch Clan youth named Meng Huai struck Lu Feng with a powerful knife-hand blow, sending him flying but failing to cut him in half.
• Xiang Jiu appeared and declared that he would claim the Warrior Title, then punched toward Meng Huai.

Lu Feng fought off Xiang Jiu, White Barbarian, Xiang Zhou, and the other young Witch Clan members while being battered from every side. He discovered he could imitate witch power with Five Elements True Qi, but froze in surprise and was struck by White Barbarian as the others attacked.

• Lu Feng met Xiang Jiu’s fist with Five Elements True Qi, but was badly injured and sent flying.
• Lu Feng used a weaker Witch Clan member as a cushion to divert White Barbarian’s charge, then dodged Xiang Jiu and Meng Jiu before Xiang Zhou’s kick struck him.
• Lu Feng countered the surrounding young Witch Clan members with a punch and five Spiritual Resonance Swords, incapacitating two and sending another flying.
• White Barbarian charged Lu Feng again, and Lu Feng used the Mystic Origin Bright Dao Eye to imitate the circulation of witch power with his true qi.
• Lu Feng froze after realizing the imitation had worked, and White Barbarian struck him as Xiang Jiu, Meng Jiu, Xiang Zhou, and the others attacked from all directions.

Lu Feng narrowly survived White Barbarian and the other Witch Clan disciples’ attacks, then fought White Barbarian in a deadly contest of strength while the High Priest stopped the Scruffy Old Man from intervening. As Lu Feng and White Barbarian exhausted themselves in the stalemate, a demon howl sounded and something black enveloped Lu Feng.

• The High Priest prevented the Scruffy Old Man from rescuing Lu Feng, insisting that the perilous fight would test his limits.
• Lu Feng used the Yan'e Drunken Immortal Steps and reversed his true qi to slip through the attacks of White Barbarian, Xiang Jiu, Meng Jiu, Xiang Zhou, and the others.
• White Barbarian charged again, and Lu Feng met his punch with one of his own, locking them into a life-or-death contest of power.
• The other Witch Clan disciples stopped attacking and watched as Lu Feng and White Barbarian depleted their strength in the ongoing clash.
• Lu Feng drove his cultivation techniques harder in an effort to overcome White Barbarian, but their deadlock continued until a demon howl sounded and a mass of black material enveloped him.

A demonic aura made the Pangu Statue manifest, while the black mass covering Lu Feng gave him control of uncanny footwork and enough strength to turn the fight around. He defeated Xiang Zhou and several Witch Clan fighters, leaving the remaining attackers stunned as he escaped immediate danger.

• A demonic howl and the black mass covering Lu Feng caused the Pangu Statue to shine, prompting the Witch Clan to kneel and hail Pangu.
• A stream of true qi surged into Lu Feng's fist and broke his stalemate with White Barbarian, whose charge Lu Feng then evaded with unfamiliar footwork.
• Lu Feng dodged White Barbarian's next charge and struck him in the back, sending him flying.
• Xiang Zhou attacked Lu Feng, but Lu Feng evaded his kick, smashed him into the ground, and knocked him out of the fight.
• Xiang Jiu, Meng Jiu, and thousands of Witch Clan youths charged Lu Feng, but his swift footwork carried him behind them, where he struck several fighters down.
• Lu Feng realized that the black mass's speed made him safe, while Xiang Jiu and the others stared in shock.

Lu Feng adapted to the extraordinary speed granted by the black lump and overwhelmed the Witch Clan members, though Xiang Jiu remained a threat. The High Priest appeared and tried to take Lu Feng, while the Scruffy Old Man stayed behind after the High Priest promised to spare him for three years.

• Lu Feng learned to coordinate his body with his new footwork and began dodging the Witch Clan's attacks more effectively.
• Xiang Jiu urged the others to attack before Lu Feng mastered his speed, then launched a powerful flying kick that Lu Feng evaded.
• Lu Feng struck down Meng Jiu and several other Witch Clan members, while Xiang Jiu failed to keep him engaged.
• The High Priest asked the Scruffy Old Man to hand Lu Feng over, promising to let him leave in three years and assuring him Lu Feng would not die.
• The High Priest vanished, then appeared behind Lu Feng on the stone platform and reached out to seize him.

The High Priest subjected Lu Feng to crushing gravitational pressure as the first stage of Witch Clan body tempering, forcing him to rely on his regenerative technique to survive. The Scruffy Old Man threatened mutual destruction if Lu Feng died, but Lu Feng recovered enough to wake before three days had passed.

• The High Priest trapped Lu Feng under immense gravitational pressure and told him to endure the Witch Clan’s first body-tempering trial for ten days.
• Lu Feng’s body and bones were crushed despite his cultivation techniques, so he activated the Withered Wood Rejuvenation Cultivation Technique to heal.
• The Scruffy Old Man confronted the High Priest over the trial’s extreme intensity and threatened to destroy the Witch Clan if Lu Feng died.
• The High Priest explained that Lu Feng’s mission required him to become extraordinary and pointed out that his body was already recovering.
• Lu Feng woke before three days had passed.

Lu Feng recovered from the Withered Wood Rejuvenation Cultivation Technique’s adverse effects while enduring crushing pressure, then struggled for days to stand. When the High Priest arrived, Lu Feng finally stood upright, determined to face him on his feet.

• Lu Feng woke from the technique’s adverse effects, activated it again, and underwent a violent bodily transformation before fully recovering.
• Lu Feng decided to resist the High Priest’s pressure and attempted to stand, driven by his wish to return home as a hero.
• Lu Feng repeatedly broke and healed his arms while learning to lift his body, eventually propping up his upper half after two days.
• Lu Feng endured another two days of repeated injury and recovery until he could squat.
• When the High Priest approached, Lu Feng gathered his strength and finally stood upright.

Lu Feng completed the first trial, but the High Priest immediately subjected him to a far more brutal trial of fire. The Scruffy Old Man left Witch Island, resolved to let Lu Feng face the trials alone for three years while investigating the High Priest’s origins.

• The High Priest told Lu Feng that standing up had completed only the first level of training and began the second trial after Lu Feng challenged him to make it harder.
• Towering flames engulfed Lu Feng, and fire dragons sealed off his escape as he screamed in agony.
• The Scruffy Old Man decided that hardship and the threat of death could unlock Lu Feng’s potential, so he chose not to intervene.
• The Scruffy Old Man warned the High Priest that he would return in three years and destroy Witch Island if Lu Feng was killed.
• The Scruffy Old Man left for the Primordial Continent to investigate the High Priest’s origins.

Lu Feng endured a year of relentless attacks from the High Priest and used the Withered Wood Rejuvenation Cultivation Technique to grow more resilient. After Lu Feng adapted to the trials, the High Priest ended the assault and introduced a different game, bringing Meng Jiu into the scene.

• Lu Feng discovered that the Withered Wood Rejuvenation Cultivation Technique healed him while rebuilding his body to withstand attacks better.
• Lu Feng fought off waves of elemental energy, weapons, phantom fighters, and a falling mountain using the Five Elements Art and techniques he had devised himself.
• Lu Feng realized the High Priest's attacks had grown stronger over time, though he had begun to adapt to the endless trial space.
• The High Priest appeared, said Lu Feng had adapted to the Witch Clan's cultivation method, and proposed trying a different game.
• The High Priest summoned Meng Jiu beside him.

Lu Feng realized that the High Priest had secretly weakened him with poison, making him vulnerable to Meng Jiu's attacks. After Lu Feng cursed the High Priest and fought back, Meng Jiu landed a devastating blow that left him seriously injured and furious at the unfair setup.

• Lu Feng noticed Meng Jiu's speed had increased while his strength had not, and suspected the Witch Clan disciple was using a body-damaging Secret Art.
• Meng Jiu overwhelmed Lu Feng with relentless attacks, and after several days Lu Feng realized his mind could track the blows but his body could not react quickly enough.
• A kick left Lu Feng nauseated, leading him to suspect that the High Priest had poisoned him throughout the year and concealed the effects by making the trials seem easier.
• Lu Feng concluded that the High Priest had arranged for Meng Jiu to kill him while seeking to take his Rusty Sword and Five Directional Banners, then cursed the High Priest aloud.
• Meng Jiu struck Lu Feng in the face and attacked with a fiery Witch Power kick, breaking through his weakened defenses and seriously injuring him.

Lu Feng defeated Meng Jiu in a mutual knockout by using the Five Qi Dragon Soldiers with a sword formed from frozen blood. After recovering, Lu Feng worried that the High Priest had poisoned him, and the High Priest appeared with a Witch Clan woman Lu Feng had seen before.

• Meng Jiu battered Lu Feng and mocked him, while Lu Feng secretly used his blood and Five Elements True Qi to prepare an Iceblood Sword.
• Lu Feng accused Meng Jiu of benefiting from the High Priest's evil technique to stall for time, then met Meng Jiu's full-force punch with the Five Qi Dragon Soldiers.
• The Iceblood Sword shattered in their clash, and both Lu Feng and Meng Jiu were knocked unconscious; the High Priest sent Meng Jiu away shortly afterward.
• Lu Feng recovered through the Withered Wood Rejuvenation Cultivation Technique, but suspected he had been poisoned and worried that his body remained weaker than before.
• The High Priest appeared beside Lu Feng with a Witch Clan woman who had previously attacked him with Liu Yingyi at the Island King Whale.

Lu Feng fought Liu Ying after the High Priest left her to kill him, but her Witch Clan spells initially sealed his strength. He resisted her petrification, copied her spells to defeat her, and was left cursing the High Priest after Liu Ying vanished in a flash of light.

• Liu Ying recognized Lu Feng, and the High Priest told her to kill him before disappearing.
• Liu Ying used the Weakness Spell to seal Lu Feng's strength, then cast Petrification Spell, but his Withered Wood Rejuvenation Cultivation Technique overcame both effects.
• Lu Feng copied Liu Ying's Weakness Spell and left her unable to fight.
• Lu Feng cast Petrification Spell on Liu Ying, turned her to stone, and prepared to smash her with his knee.
• A flash of light made Liu Ying vanish before Lu Feng could strike, and he cursed the High Priest.