Arc 14Chapters 326–350
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Lu Changfeng, Li Lingyue, and Li Longji used the Heavenly Scripture and Imperial Seal to reveal the First Emperor’s Mausoleum and its nine levels of defenses. With Dragon-Slaying City closing in, they agreed to lure its fighters into the tomb using a map altered to trigger the Twelve Golden Giants, leaving them trapped if the Ancestral Dragon awakened.
Lu Changfeng absorbed the Eastern Sea Blood-Jade Coral and broke through to the mid fifth realm, then reassured Li Lingyue that he would stand by her as a comrade-in-arms. After Li Lingkui and Liu Jin collected the unconscious Hei Chijun, Li Lingyue ordered the Plum Blossom Guards to begin their plan.
Lu Changfeng and Li Lingyue staged a battle at the Princess's Residence to make it appear that the Azure Volume had been stolen. When Dragon-Slaying City heard the report, Liu Xuance ordered his forces to pursue it, while Xu Lou remained uneasy about the news.
Li Lingkui's group discovered that the Imperial Seal and all three volumes of the Heavenly Book had been planted on Hei Chijun to lure Dragon-Slaying City to them. Liu Xuance surrounded their cave and demanded the treasures, leaving both sides on the brink of battle.
Luo Qingge reported that the battle at Zhongnan Mountain had begun, and Lu Changfeng predicted that Prince of Lu would preserve the Heavenly Book and Imperial Seal to turn Dragon-Slaying City against their enemies. As the Princess's party waited to surround the Underground Palace only after Dragon-Slaying City entered, Li Lingkui unleashed his full power at the cave, prompting Liu Xuance to send Xu Lou forward with the Heaven's Punishment Sword.
Xu Lou and Li Lingkui fought to a devastating standstill before Li Lingkui used the Imperial Seal and Heavenly Book to force Liu Xuance to negotiate. Liu Xuance secretly struck Li Lingkui from underground, seized the treasures, and let the wounded Li escape into the forest with his companions.
Liu Xuance and Xu Lou led Dragon-Slaying City into the First Emperor's Mausoleum using the Imperial Seal and a map that accurately revealed its traps. They reached the seventh level and found twelve golden giants standing in the brightly lit chamber beyond its stone door.
Liu Xuance’s group triggered the Twelve Golden Giants while navigating the tomb, awakening the deadly puppet armor. At the entrance, Lu Changfeng killed the four Dragon-Slaying Guards, and Li Lingyue’s forces prepared to wait for Dragon-Slaying City’s people to emerge.
Liu Xuance led Dragon-Slaying City's forces through the seventh level, where twelve golden figures wielding pre-Qin martial arts slaughtered most of them before he broke through with the Black Armor of the Warrior Troops and its ge. He and six others reached the eighth level, while the Ancestral Dragon’s finger twitched in his tomb on the ninth.
Liu Xuance tried to claim the Black Dragon Banner, but it drained his vitality while trapping him in an illusion, leaving him aged after only three breaths. He swallowed the Barrier-Breaking Pill to gain Sixth Realm power and prepared to try again.
Liu Xuance pulled the Black Dragon Banner free as the Ancestral Dragon awakened beneath the Imperial Mausoleum and began drawing power from the dragon veins. Ye Fashan and Yuan Tiangang interrupted that flow, but the Ancestral Dragon still awoke and declared his return.
The Li Dragon and Qin Shi Huang emerged on the Eighth Level, where they confronted Liu Xuance, Xu Lou, and the Dragon-Slaying Guards. Liu Xuance used the Black Dragon Banner to command the Imperial Mausoleum’s formations and unleash its forces against them.
Lu Changfeng played and sang “Recalling Qin E” to reveal that Great Qin had fallen, shaking Qin Shi Huang’s thousand-year hope as Liu Xuance and Xu Lou prepared to strike. The chapter ended with the two men attacking while Qin Shi Huang was reeling from the truth.
Qin Shi Huang overcame Xu Lou and Liu Xuance’s ambush, but Dragon-Falling Dust began eroding his dragon essence. After Xu Lou died and Liu Xuance unleashed his puppets, Qin Shi Huang used the Abyss-Covering Palm to destroy their advance and struck Liu Xuance through several walls.
Lu Changfeng and the other experts attacked Qin Shi Huang together, but the Li Dragon took the brunt of their assault and Qin Shi Huang remained unharmed. Lu Changfeng began a forbidden Ghost Valley art while Ye Fashan and four others moved to hold Qin Shi Huang off.
Lu Changfeng and the others wounded Qin Shi Huang with a chaotic attack, but he countered and endured Lu Changfeng’s sword dragon. The chapter ended when Qin Shi Huang realized Lu Changfeng had used the Shennong Ruler to accelerate the Dragon-Falling Dust poison inside him.
Lu Changfeng and his allies used the Dragon-Falling Dust poison and a coordinated arrow attack to mortally wound Qin Shi Huang. As Qin Shi Huang accepted his end beside the dying Li Dragon, the battle in the tomb came to a close.
Lu Changfeng treated the wounded after the Ancestral Dragon departed, saving Li Lingyue and the others while receiving several rewards. He then destroyed Liu Xuance’s dantian, declaring that allowing him to live was merciful enough.
After Qin Shi Huang’s death, Lu Changfeng and the others secured his body and gathered the treasures from the mausoleum before leaving. Su Yanqiu foresaw a new disturbance in the Eastern Sea, where Dragon-Slaying City’s leaders discovered that most of their expedition had died.
Liu Xuanji and Liu Song planned to use the Xu Family to rescue their imprisoned clansmen and protect the Dragon-Ruling Clan’s prestige. After sealing the First Emperor’s Mausoleum, Lu Changfeng met Yuan Tiangang, learned his injury came from an ancient Ice Chi, and discovered that Guixu was real and contained the Immortal Mountain the First Emperor had sought.
Lu Changfeng learned about the Immortal Mountains and used the Shennong Ruler with his Shennong Qi to hold off the dark-mystery true qi tormenting Yuan Tiangang, giving Yuan hope of recovery. At the Princess's Residence, Li Lingyue oversaw the fair division of the mausoleum’s treasures, then dismissed everyone and embraced Lu Changfeng.
Lu Changfeng used three stalks of nine-jointed sweet flag to transform his Shennong Qi into vitality qi and break through to the late Fifth Realm. After leaving the Quiet Chamber, he learned that Elder Yuan was waiting for him in Chenghui Hall.
Lu Changfeng used his Shennong Qi to purge the cold poison that had tormented Yuan Tiangang for more than twenty years, restoring him to health. Yuan Tiangang then offered Lu Changfeng the manual containing the essence of his life’s learning.
Yuan Tiangang gave Lu Changfeng the True Explanation of Purple Tenuity Astrology before departing, and Lu learned that Xu Yuanzhi had arrived with an important request tied to Mount Shu and the All-Knowing Tower. Lu went to meet Xu to repay his debt, while Li Lingyue ordered her attendants to watch the Hundred-Knowledge Hall.
Lu Changfeng agreed to investigate why Shen Guannan had gone mad after returning alone from Soul Bewitching Valley, and prepared to travel to Mount Shu. While waiting to depart, he mastered the foundations of the Four Absolutes of the Cosmic Sphere and Purple Tenuity Astrology, then set out with Snow Robe and Lingbo.