Chapter Summaries

Li Wangxian traveled by teleportation array toward the Ziwei Imperial Capital while envoys from the Ziwei Divine Dynasty visited the Sun God Sect to invite him to Princess Yueshi’s Coming-of-Age gathering. The chapter ended with Li Wangxian arriving at the magnificent imperial capital, unaware of the invitation and the envoys’ assumptions about his absence.

• Li Wangxian paid for a place on the Domain Gate journey, spent the night at an inn, and traveled toward the Ziwei Imperial Capital.
• Two Ziwei Divine Dynasty envoys discussed Li Wangxian’s rumored talent as they arrived at the Sun God Sect and were astonished by its decline.
• Father Li told the envoys that Li Wangxian had left to gain experience, and they left an invitation to Princess Yueshi’s gathering.
• After departing, the envoys speculated that Father Li was protecting Li Wangxian from danger and criticized the Sun God Sect’s response.
• Li Wangxian emerged from the teleportation array and marveled at the Ziwei Imperial Capital.

Li Wangxian arrived in the Ziwei Imperial Capital with other cultivators and learned that the dynasty had opened the city to recruit exceptional talents. After hearing that victory in one hundred Battle Arena matches could earn access to the inner city, he became eager to compete.

• Li Wangxian and the arriving cultivators marveled at the imperial capital's abundant spiritual energy and learned that the Ziwei Divine Dynasty had opened it for Princess Yueshi's Coming-of-Age Ceremony.
• Cultivators discussed a rumor that the Imperial Mother had been inspired to recruit heroes after encountering Li Shenzhou and a mysterious youth in Tianyuan City; Li Wangxian suspected she had met him.
• Divine generals escorted the visitors to communal lodgings and warned them not to wander or attempt to enter the inner city without permission.
• A divine general explained that anyone who won one hundred consecutive battles in the Battle Arena could cultivate in the inner city and receive the Imperial Mother's favor.
• Li Wangxian grew excited at the prospect of fighting in the Battle Arena and making the name Li Eight Prohibitions resound across Ziwei.

Li Wangxian learned how cultivators could earn entry to the Ziwei Divine Dynasty’s inner city and draw the dynasty’s attention. After confidently accepting the challenge, he arrived at the crowded Battle Arena.

• Li Wangxian attracted attention from cultivators and Divine Generals because of his extraordinary bearing, but he remained unconcerned as long as his Sun God Sect identity stayed hidden.
• Li Wangxian asked the leading Divine General about the hundred-victory requirement and learned that advancing through ten-match rounds could also qualify a cultivator.
• The leading Divine General rebuked the cultivators for questioning the requirement, and they voiced gratitude to the Imperial Mother.
• Li Wangxian declared that earning a hundred victories would not be difficult, prompting the leading Divine General to look forward to his battles.
• The Divine General told the cultivators that strong performances at the Battle Arena could earn them a place in the Ziwei Divine Dynasty, and Li Wangxian looked toward the arena.

Li Wangxian entered the arena trials and effortlessly defeated a white-clad cultivator who had won eight bouts in a row. As he waited for another challenger, no one dared face him, and he asked whether his ten victories had to be won in the same arena.

• Li Wangxian learned from the Divine General that he could enter an arena without registering.
• Li Wangxian stepped into the arena of a white-clad cultivator seeking his ninth consecutive victory, and the man sensed the vast gap between them but chose to stand his ground.
• Li Wangxian summoned a Dao Bell and pressed it down on the white-clad cultivator, who was injured before Li Wangxian sent him flying out of the arena with a flick of his finger.
• The spectators and Divine Generals were stunned by Li Wangxian's strength, while no one came forward to challenge him.
• Li Wangxian asked whether he had to win all ten bouts in the same arena.

Li Wangxian challenged the cultivators gathered below the platform and repeatedly defeated the great sects’ successors with manifestations of the Great Dao. As he began summoning immortal creatures, a powerful elder and the Ziwei Divine Dynasty’s supreme Great Ability watched in awe.

• Li Wangxian asked whether anyone below would fight him, provoking the gathered cultivators into outrage.
• Bai Jin of the Beasts Palace attacked with his Azure Dragon and White Tiger Seals, but Li Wangxian’s Dao sword destroyed his techniques and nearly killed him.
• Successors of several great sects challenged Li Wangxian in turn, and he drove them from the platform with a Dao Tower, halberd, cauldron, tree, and taiji diagram.
• Li Wangxian manifested a Heavenly Phoenix and a true dragon, prompting the Ziwei Divine Dynasty’s elder and supreme Great Ability to marvel at his power.

Li Wangxian defeated his final opponent and established the direction of his Divine Form as a union of yin and yang that could manifest the many aspects of the Great Dao. He reached the central arena and noticed a black-clad Taiyin God Sect disciple had won the next duel.

• The Ziwei Divine Dynasty elder examined Li Wangxian and suspected he was approaching a unique Divine Form, though he could not see through the aura blocking his heavenly eye.
• Li Wangxian unleashed the Qilin Roar, shattered his opponent’s Spirit Treasures, and secured his tenth victory.
• Li Wangxian walked toward the central arena, and his shifting aura terrified the crowd, including a renowned elder in the Dragon Transformation Realm.
• Li Wangxian realized his Divine Form should unite yin and yang to give rise to the many paths of the Great Dao, while contrasting it with the Ruthless Great Emperor’s Myriad Transformations Sacred Art.
• Li Wangxian considered his reliance on arts derived from the Sun Divine Laws and felt fortunate that his trip to Tianyuan City had strengthened his secret arts.
• Li Wangxian noticed that a black-clad young man wielding Lunar Saint Power had won a duel for the Taiyin God Sect.