Arc 14The Exchange Assembly

Chen Beiwu founded the Beast Taming Lineage, helped Iron Egg evolve, and led the Jade Purity Immortal Sect through the exchange assembly. After defeating Wang Chan in a battle that pushed both fighters to Nascent Soul True Lord, Chen Beiwu turned toward the upcoming match against the Upper Purity Immortal Sect, which he gave only a twenty percent chance of winning.

  • Chen Beiwu established the Beast Taming Lineage, named Gu Chun, Wang Hao, and Bai Zhi as his disciples, and began refining its fortune.
  • At the Mirror Moon Sect ceremony, Chen Beiwu and Golden Egg defeated Ning Wujiu, forcing Ning Xuanji to retreat after Zhu Wuya threatened to destroy the Southern Yan Territory.
  • Chen Beiwu helped Iron Egg evolve at Meltheart Lake, where Iron Egg gained new powers and reached the late Golden Core stage.
  • Chen Beiwu obtained the Soul-Calming Fire from Yu Zhaohua and joined the Jade Purity delegation at the Heavenly Blaze Immortal Sect exchange assembly.
  • Chen Beiwu’s team advanced past the Great Luo and Azure Firmament Immortal Sects, but Wang Chan led the Great Purity Immortal Sect to a three-to-zero semifinal victory over Jade Purity.
  • Chen Beiwu challenged Wang Chan and his disciples in the Battle of Only I Reign Supreme, then broke Wang Chan’s Supreme Return Limitless Disc and reached Nascent Soul True Lord with his Companion Beasts.
  • Chen Beiwu defeated Wang Chan after Venerable Feng intervened, then reassured his teammates and estimated they had a twenty percent chance against the Upper Purity Immortal Sect.
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Ch. 326The Eight Desolations Dao Child

At the Mirror Moon Sect’s Core Formation ceremony, Eight Desolations Sect Dao Child Ning Wujiu challenged the Five Great Sects’ Golden Core cultivators and routed Zhao Wuyan with a single strike. Chen Beiwu remained confident he could defeat Ning Wujiu, while Zhu Wuya prepared the sect’s defenses before letting him fight.

  • Zhu Wuya confronted Ning Xuanji and insisted the Eight Desolations Sect could not interfere in the Five Great Sects’ affairs.
  • Ning Xuanji declared that Ning Wujiu could face all the Five Great Sects’ Golden Core cultivators alone, and Ning Wujiu accepted the challenge.
  • Zhao Wuyan of the Flameburn Sect stepped forward and attacked Ning Wujiu with his full strength.
  • Ning Wujiu split Zhao Wuyan’s attack and grievously wounded him with one finger strike, leaving the other Golden Core cultivators wary.
  • Chen Beiwu told Zhu Wuya through Divine Sense that he still had a ninety percent chance of winning and had made progress with the Taiyi Five-Seal Arcane Power.
  • Zhu Wuya began connecting to the Heavenly One Northern Nether Mirror to protect Chen Beiwu before allowing him to face Ning Wujiu.

Ch. 327Sweeping Through the Golden Core Ranks

Ning Wujiu defeated the Golden Core champions of the Heavy Gold Sect and Greenwood Sect, then survived Gu Wuji’s devastating sword strike and emerged stronger. With the Five Great Sects’ hopes resting on Chen Beiwu, Ning Wujiu turned to face the Mirror Moon Dao Child.

  • Li Feijue revealed his fourth-level myriad tribulations golden body, but Ning Wujiu shattered it and gravely wounded him with annihilation true qi.
  • Wu Shijie healed Li Feijue, while Ning Wujiu challenged Zhao Muyü and defeated her despite her Ten Thousand Marvels Azure Lotus.
  • Gu Wuji unleashed his Myriad Profound Sword Domain and used Heavenly Sword Slays Fate to sever Ning Wujiu’s left arm.
  • Ning Wujiu restored his arm with Nirvana Core Rotation and grew stronger, while the exhausted Gu Wuji admitted defeat.
  • Ning Wujiu looked toward Chen Beiwu as the Mirror Moon Sect’s cultivators waited to see whether their Dao Child could defeat him.

Ch. 328The Venerable backed down

Chen Beiwu fought Ning Wujiu, whose annihilation dharma body and Heaven-Piercing Profound Treasure were overcome by Chen Beiwu’s Five Tribulation seal. Ning Xuanji intervened, but Zhu Wuya threatened to awaken the Mirror Moon Sect’s Dao Artifact, forcing Ning Xuanji to concede the match.

  • Chen Beiwu declined Zhu Shaoyuan’s offer to fight in his place and faced Ning Wujiu.
  • Ning Wujiu attacked with the Annihilation Universe Profound Battle-Axe, while Chen Beiwu countered and deliberately exposed an opening.
  • Golden Egg appeared, revealed his strength, and joined Chen Beiwu against Ning Wujiu.
  • Ning Wujiu manifested his annihilation dharma body and prepared to awaken the axe’s full power, but Chen Beiwu’s Primordial Origin Five Tribulation Seals destroyed the dharma body and wounded him.
  • Ning Xuanji suppressed Chen Beiwu and his companions, but Zhu Wuya awakened the Heavenly One Northern Nether Mirror and threatened to destroy the Southern Yan Territory.
  • Ning Xuanji retreated with Ning Wujiu and acknowledged his defeat.

Ch. 329Secret schemes and the founding of a lineage

Ning Xuanji punished Ning Wujiu after his defeat and agreed to the Blood Demon Venerable’s plan to undermine the Earth Evolution Realm’s Five Great Sects. At the Mirror Moon Sect, Chen Beiwu founded the Beast Taming Lineage, while Yu Pan was pardoned and learned that Chen Zi'ang had become the Dao Child; Chen Beiwu then began refining the lineage’s fortune.

  • Ning Xuanji ordered Ning Wujiu to cultivate in seclusion for three years, until he became a True Lord, and considered the political advantages of his defeat.
  • The Blood Demon Venerable proposed secretly stirring conflict among the Five Great Sects, and Ning Xuanji agreed to provide resources while staying behind the scenes.
  • Chen Beiwu presided over the Beast Taming Lineage’s founding ceremony in Myriad Beasts Valley and named Gu Chun, Wang Hao, and Bai Zhi as his disciples, with Shu You serving as Deputy Lineage Master.
  • Yu Pan was released early from the Marrow-Eroding Abyss under a sect amnesty and discovered that Chen Zi'ang was the Mirror Moon Dao Child and the Beast Taming Lineage Master.
  • As the ceremony ended, Chen Beiwu turned his attention to Chaos Heaven and Earth to refine the lineage’s fortune and forge his own fortune status.

Ch. 330Heavenly Fortune Purple Dragon

Chen Beiwu gained the Heavenly Fortune Purple Dragon, entered Dao enlightenment, and broke through to the Golden Core peak stage. After recruiting disciples and instructing his Beast Taming Lineage, he offered Shu You a Golden Tower Elixir to help her form her core and strengthen his new lineage.

  • The Heavenly Fortune Purple Dragon appeared in Chen Beiwu’s awareness, helping him comprehend the Myriad Forms Chapter and break through to the Golden Core peak stage.
  • Chen Beiwu’s breakthrough aura stunned the cultivators in Myriad Beasts Valley, and he gave Yun Yishu three sets of Golden Core Formation Insights before declining to take charge of the Justice Hall.
  • Chen Beiwu’s group finished recruiting for the Beast Taming Lineage, and Chen Beiwu gave Shu You, Gu Chun, Wang Hao, and Bai Zhi the Companion Beast Spirit Bond Sense Chapter.
  • Chen Beiwu advised Shu You on her sluggish cultivation, identified Gu Chun’s Cloudwater Pill toxin, and explained how Bai Zhi could use a wood-attribute companion beast to forge an Everlasting Spring Golden Core.
  • Chen Beiwu offered Shu You a Golden Tower Elixir after she said she had a sixty percent chance of forming her core, then refused her offer to arrange an intimate meeting.

Ch. 331The Demon Ape's Challenge

Chen Beiwu brought the Five-Qi Vine to the Heavenly Evolution True Realm, where it agreed to cultivate the Myriad Forms Mystic Grass. There, the Battle-Devouring Demon Ape challenged Chen Beiwu, who prepared to fight after the beast suppressed its strength to Golden Core Perfection.

  • Yu Pan offered Chen Beiwu her Heaven-Eyed Black Kite, but he refused to take the bird from her.
  • Chen Beiwu used the Nine-Breath Qi Ingestion Divine Ability to combine his accumulated fortune into a strand of great fortune and chose to save it for Iron Egg’s future bloodline evolution.
  • Chen Beiwu took the Five-Qi Vine to the Jade Medicine Plot, where it agreed to raise the Myriad Forms Mystic Grass’s medicinal potency by twenty percent in one year.
  • The Battle-Devouring Demon Ape challenged Chen Beiwu to knock it down, and Chen Beiwu accepted despite realizing the creature’s strength far exceeded his own.
  • Iron Egg attacked the Battle-Devouring Demon Ape but was struck into the sand and emerged unharmed; the demon ape then used the Demon-Sealing Chains to suppress itself to Golden Core Perfection for the battle.

Ch. 332Flawless

Chen Beiwu and Golden Egg sparred with the Battle-Devouring Demon Ape, whose World-Taming Heavenly Eye and flawless combat abilities overwhelmed them even after Golden Egg transformed into his Three-Realm Mystic Flood Dragon form. Chen Beiwu then fused Golden Egg into a Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Saber and struck the demon ape with a slash that split its head and severed its wrists, leaving its fate unresolved.

  • Chen Beiwu summoned Golden Egg, but the Battle-Devouring Demon Ape countered their attacks with precise movement, overpowering both of them.
  • Chen Beiwu unveiled Three Realms Reaching Heaven, allowing Golden Egg to transform into his Three-Realm Mystic Flood Dragon form and fight the demon ape on more even terms.
  • The demon ape's damage-reflecting defense and World-Taming Heavenly Eye wore Golden Egg down, while it evaded Chen Beiwu's attacks.
  • Chen Beiwu proposed deciding the spar with one move, then transformed Golden Egg into a Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Saber and wielded it himself.
  • Chen Beiwu's slash shattered the demon ape's Four Symbols barrier, severed its crossed wrists, and split its head, though the demon ape remained standing.

Ch. 333Everything was ready

Chen Beiwu fought the Battle-Devouring Demon Ape, who survived his strongest strike and promised to reveal Heavenly Evolution True Lord’s legacy and a secret if Chen Beiwu could defeat him. Back at Jade Purity Immortal Sect, Chen Beiwu received the resources needed for Iron Egg’s evolution, while news of a newly discovered world left him fearing for the Southern Wild Region.

  • Chen Beiwu’s strike split the Battle-Devouring Demon Ape’s head, but the ape restored himself and declared that Chen Beiwu had lost the duel.
  • The Battle-Devouring Demon Ape revealed that he could not leave the Heavenly Evolution True Realm until he became a Fifth-Tier Demon Venerable, and offered his legacy and a secret if Chen Beiwu defeated him.
  • Chen Beiwu returned to Jade Purity Immortal Sect and learned from Su Muyu that the Immortal Alliance had discovered a new world and that Other Shore Flowers could grant great power at the risk of a devastating heart-demon calamity.
  • At the sect gates, Ying Yanyan delivered the resources promised by the Sect Master, and Chen Beiwu found that they included everything needed for Iron Egg’s evolution.

Ch. 334Breaking Through to Demon General

Chen Beiwu brought Iron Egg to Meltheart Lake on Mingyi Peak, where Iron Egg used a Five-Phase Fire-Binding Pill to attempt his breakthrough to Third-Realm Demon General. Iron Egg survived the extraordinary Yin-Yang Nirvana Fire Calamity and emerged with a powerful inner core.

  • Jiang Chuan told Chen Beiwu that Meltheart Lake would soon enter its eruption period and helped him secure access to the site for Iron Egg.
  • Chen Beiwu arrived at Meltheart Lake with Iron Egg and met Yu Zhaohua, Yu Mingyun, and Yu Mingqing as the Pure Marrow Spirit Eye began gathering spiritual liquid.
  • Chen Beiwu gave Iron Egg a Five-Phase Fire-Binding Pill, and Iron Egg entered the lake to begin his breakthrough while Chen Beiwu guided his cultivation with Divine Sense.
  • Iron Egg formed an inner core in three days, triggering the Yin-Yang Nirvana Fire Calamity despite his seemingly modest bloodline grade.
  • Iron Egg endured the calamity, reached Third-Realm Demon General, and returned to Chen Beiwu with an inner core comparable to a second-grade Golden Core.

Ch. 335Drawing Attention

Chen Beiwu guided Iron Egg through a dangerous dual bloodline evolution using the Karmic-Cleansing Burning Dragon and Candlelight Radiant Lord legacies, then spent most of his Golden Core’s origin to awaken Iron Egg’s hidden potential. Iron Egg transformed into a formidable new form, and an ancient being at Forbidden Peak noticed him and judged him worthy of inheriting something.

  • Iron Egg refused Chen Beiwu’s attempt to dissuade him from pursuing both evolution routes, and the Pure Marrow Spirit Eye erupted early at Meltheart Lake.
  • After Iron Egg familiarized himself with his new power, Chen Beiwu formed a companion beast contract with him and sent him into the lava to begin the evolution.
  • Chen Beiwu used fourth-tier resources, his scenery, and the Pure Yang Fire Mirror to help Iron Egg fuse the opposing bloodlines, but Iron Egg’s forehead eye began to split and his aura collapsed.
  • Chen Beiwu fed Iron Egg a Blood-Crossing Treasure Pill and used the Primordial Origin profound ability to elevate the source of his bloodline, sacrificing two-thirds of his Golden Core’s origin.
  • Iron Egg transformed into a ten-foot-tall black-furred beast with black-and-gold flames and a powerful vertical eye, while his Heaven-Sweeping Cloak began to dissolve.
  • An ancient being at Forbidden Peak sensed Iron Egg, recognized his potential, and considered him qualified to inherit its legacy.

Ch. 336Inner Sect Grand Competition

Chen Beiwu rejected Zhao Wuchen’s offer from the Azure Firmament Immortal Sect and focused on preparing for the Immortal Alliance Final Test. When the Inner Sect Grand Competition made Contribution Points scarce, he abandoned plans to buy or earn them and used his Orange Fortune in hopes of gaining admission to one of the Five Great Grotto-Heavens.

  • Zhao Wuchen offered Chen Beiwu a Calamity-Breaking Golden Elixir for joining the Azure Firmament Immortal Sect, but Chen Beiwu decided to wait for the Immortal Alliance Final Test.
  • Chen Beiwu asked Zhao Heng to sell him fifteen thousand Contribution Points, but Zhao Heng explained that the upcoming Inner Sect Grand Competition had driven up their value.
  • Chen Beiwu learned the competition would begin in three months and considered entering to test his strength and Golden Egg’s.
  • Chen Beiwu found that sect missions could not quickly earn him the Contribution Points he needed, so he returned to cultivating at the Water Moon Secluded Abode.
  • As the Immortal Alliance Final Test approached, Chen Beiwu used his Orange Fortune with the Nine-Breath Qi Ingestion Divine Ability and wished to enter one of the Five Great Grotto-Heavens.

Ch. 337Contention in the Final Test

Chen Beiwu and the other candidates began the Final Test, a series of battles against recorded cultivator phantoms in the Strife Realm. Chen Beiwu entered the arena for his first challenge against Li Yuanba, intending to fight alongside Golden Egg.

  • True Lord Jiang Chuan explained that clearing one to four stages earned increasingly prestigious evaluations, and that each phantom would match the candidate's cultivation realm.
  • Shen Qiong aimed to clear two stages and join the Azure Firmament Immortal Sect, while Chen Beiwu questioned the fairness of allowing candidates to bring external aids.
  • True Lord Jiang Chuan clarified that phantoms would match candidates' use of spiritual artifacts and talismans, making excessive or poorly coordinated aids a disadvantage.
  • True Lord Jiang Chuan announced the start of the Final Test, and the Strife Realm transported Chen Beiwu into an Azure-Gold Arena.
  • The Strife Realm matched Chen Beiwu with Li Yuanba, a candidate from Year 24013, and Chen Beiwu prepared to defeat him with Golden Egg.

Ch. 338Great Heaven Pure Hell Aspect

Iron Egg underwent a bloodline transformation at Core-Melting Lake, awakening three powerful fire profound abilities while absorbing pure marrow fluid and advancing to the late Golden Core stage. Its Great Heaven Pure Hell Aspect promised tremendous growth, but Iron Egg would need to consume numerous exotic fires or powerful beastfires before it could use it.

  • Iron Egg entered a mysterious inheritance vision and absorbed the Sun-Devouring Divine Lord’s golden flames, though it could not comprehend the Crimson Radiance Nine Luminaries Sun-Devouring Nirvana Sutra.
  • Back at Core-Melting Lake, Iron Egg drew in a great flow of pure marrow fluid, and Chen Beiwu stopped Yu Mingyun from claiming it; Yu Zhaohua backed Chen Beiwu’s position.
  • The pure marrow fluid propelled Iron Egg through two cultivation barriers to the late Golden Core stage, and Chen Beiwu refined the resulting contract feedback without reaching Golden Core perfection.
  • Iron Egg awakened Karmic Fire Heeding Sin, which sensed sin and karma and unleashed Karma-Cutting True Fire, and Candlelight Nine Prohibitions, which created a sunlit domain of nine restrictions against evil demons.
  • Chen Beiwu and Golden Egg learned that Iron Egg’s Great Heaven Pure Hell Aspect was a growth-type ability requiring at least nine Heaven and Earth Exotic Fires or ninety-nine powerful Life-Bound Beastfires before Iron Egg could use it.

Ch. 339Purchasing Exotic Flames

Chen Beiwu discovered that Iron Egg’s evolution had granted him powerful abilities and an incomplete Jade Purity Immortal Art, then sought a Heaven and Earth Exotic Flame to help Iron Egg master Great Heaven Pure Hell Aspect. Yu Zhaohua revealed she had an exotic flame available, leaving its price or terms unresolved.

  • Chen Beiwu learned that Iron Egg needed a Heaven and Earth Exotic Flame to master Great Heaven Pure Hell Aspect and promised to seek one.
  • Chen Beiwu sensed Iron Egg’s hidden abilities, learned of the incomplete Crimson Radiance Nine Luminaries Sun-Devouring Nirvana Sutra, and concluded it might activate Iron Egg’s vertical eye.
  • Chen Beiwu accepted Iron Egg’s choice to name his evolved race Iron Egg and found that his bloodline potential rivaled a titled Heavenly Gang Mysterious Beast.
  • Chen Beiwu and Golden Egg collected eighteen jade bottles of pure marrow pulp after the Pure Marrow Spirit Eye’s gushing period ended.
  • Yu Zhaohua told Chen Beiwu that a Desolate-Tier Strange Fire typically cost about twelve million Spirit Origin, and Chen Beiwu considered asking the Sect Master for one.
  • Yu Zhaohua produced a Heaven and Earth Exotic Flame and told Chen Beiwu she had one available.

Ch. 340Heavenly Blaze Immortal Sect

Chen Beiwu negotiated for two Heaven and Earth Exotic Flames, then led the Jade Purity Immortal Sect delegation to Heavenly Blaze City for the Immortal Sect Exchange Meet. There, Zhou Gaochang welcomed him and judged him to be no ordinary cultivator.

  • Yu Zhaohua traded the depleted Soul-Calming Fire for 30,000 spirit origin and an agreement to spar with Chen Beiwu five times a year, and Chen Beiwu gave her his annotated cultivation method.
  • Chen Beiwu put off having Iron Egg refine the Soul-Calming Fire until Iron Egg had better prepared, then Yu Zhaohua delivered the sealed Disintegration Azure Fire before his departure.
  • Chen Beiwu joined Yu Zhaohua, Mo Qingshuang, Ye Xinya, and Xue Tianyi to lead the Jade Purity delegation to Heavenly Blaze Prefecture.
  • At Heavenly Blaze City's airport, Zhou Gaochang welcomed the Jade Purity cultivators and was struck by Chen Beiwu's bearing.

Ch. 341Prodigies of the Immortal Sects

Chen Beiwu and his teammates arrived at the Heavenly Blaze Immortal Sect for the Immortal Sect Exchange Meet, where local leaders assessed his strength and he reunited with Xu Lingling. As Chen Beiwu toured the sect, he noticed three Upper Purity Immortal Sect prodigies with extraordinary fortune, while Wang Chan looked forward to testing himself against him.

  • Zhou Gaochang welcomed Chen Beiwu and his companions to Sunset Glow Retreat, where they chose cave abodes and received a map of Setting Sun Peak.
  • Chen Beiwu left with Xu Lingling, and Feng Binhan questioned Zhou Gaochang about Chen Beiwu’s strength compared with Zhao Wushuang before recognizing the promise of Chen Beiwu’s primordial origin golden core.
  • Xu Lingling showed Chen Beiwu the Heavenly Blaze Immortal Sect’s Thousand Refinements Plaza, where he spotted three Upper Purity Immortal Sect cultivators surrounded by Fortune Crimson Dragon fortune.
  • Zhao Qing called Chen Beiwu a scumbag for commenting on the trio’s beauty, but Zhao Yue identified him as the Jade Purity Immortal Sect’s top prodigy and led her companions away.
  • Wang Chan watched the encounter and resolved to use his cultivation advantage to suppress Chen Beiwu at the exchange meet.

Ch. 342Only I Reign Supreme

Chen Beiwu and Xu Lingling toured the Heavenly Blaze Immortal Sect, while rival sect leaders plotted to gang up on the Jade Purity Immortal Sect at the Heroes Gathering. The chapter ended with Chen Beiwu assigning himself the final slot in the Dao Discussion Battles and preparing to invoke the hidden rule Only I Reign Supreme.

  • Chen Beiwu sampled Heavenly Blaze Immortal Sect barbecue with Xu Lingling as other sect First Seats discussed joining forces against the Three Upper Immortal Sects.
  • Lei Hao proposed that four sects target the Jade Purity Immortal Sect early at the Heroes Gathering, and Mu Nanyan agreed to try.
  • Meng Chengxian told Han Liangcai that the championship divinations were clouded, and Han Liangcai chose to back Chen Beiwu.
  • Iron Egg, Golden Egg, and Five-Qi Vine asked Chen Beiwu for the Disintegration Azure Fire, but he cautioned them about competing for scarce resources.
  • Yu Zhaohua, Mo Qingshuang, Xue Tianyi, and Ye Xinya met Chen Beiwu to arrange the Jade Purity team’s Dao Discussion order.
  • Chen Beiwu placed Ye Xinya first, Yu Zhaohua second, Xue Tianyi third, Mo Qingshuang fourth, and himself last, intending to use Only I Reign Supreme if needed.

Ch. 343Law-Heaven Realm

Chen Beiwu led the Jade Purity Immortal Sect into the Dao Discussion Battle, where his chosen lineup produced mixed results before he effortlessly defeated the Great Luo Immortal Sect’s anchor. The chapter ended with the spectators stunned by the overwhelming display of his strength.

  • Chen Beiwu claimed one hundred percent confidence in his lineup, and Xue Tianyi and the others agreed to his plan after learning that winning glory could earn access to the Law-Heaven Realm.
  • At the Immortal Sect Exchange Assembly, Chen Beiwu drew the Great Luo Immortal Sect and the Mystic Yellow Immortal Sect into Group A.
  • Ye Xinya, Yu Zhaohua, and Xue Tianyi swept the Mystic Yellow Immortal Sect three to zero, but the Great Luo Immortal Sect took two points from Jade Purity after Ye Xinya and Xue Tianyi lost.
  • Mo Qingshuang defeated her opponent, tying the match at two to two and leaving Chen Beiwu to face Great Luo’s anchor, Fan Ran.
  • Chen Beiwu glanced at Fan Ran and sent him and his Companion Beast crashing unconscious to the ground in a single breath, ending the duel and silencing the spectators.

Ch. 344Advancing to the Final Four

Chen Beiwu defeated Fan Ran with a single illusion, then advanced through the Jade Purity Immortal Sect’s quarterfinal match against the Azure Firmament Immortal Sect. His final strike shattered the opponent’s Thousandfold Azure Waves, alarming the chief disciples Wang Chan and Zhao Yue.

  • Chen Beiwu’s illusion knocked Fan Ran unconscious, and Feng Binhan declared Chen Beiwu the winner before Fan Ran realized the duel had ended.
  • Chen Beiwu reunited with Xu Lingling, learned that her fortune had improved, and discovered that Iron Egg had challenged her to an alchemy contest and surpassed her success rate.
  • Feng Binhan drew the quarterfinal matchups, pairing the Jade Purity Immortal Sect with the Azure Firmament Immortal Sect.
  • Ye Xinya and Xue Tianyi lost their bouts, while Yu Zhaohua and Shuang Qingmo won theirs, tying the match at two to two.
  • Chen Beiwu used the Five-Qi Vine to unleash the Cavern Truth Calamity-Heaven Finger, shattering the Azure Firmament chief disciple’s Thousandfold Azure Waves and defeating him.

Ch. 345Three to zero

Chen Beiwu led the Jade Purity Immortal Sect into the Dao Discussion Battle semifinals after crushing the Azure Firmament chief disciple, then chose to remain their anchor against the Great Purity Immortal Sect. The Great Purity team defeated Jade Purity three to zero, leaving Wang Chan and Chen Beiwu facing each other across the platform.

  • Chen Beiwu defeated the Azure Firmament Immortal Sect's chief disciple with his Cavern Truth Calamity-Heaven Finger, then watched the quarterfinals as the Great Purity and Upper Purity Immortal Sects advanced.
  • Chen Beiwu proposed an order for Jade Purity's semifinal fighters that left him as the anchor, and Yu Zhaohua, Ye Xinya, Mo Qingshuang, and Xue Tianyi agreed.
  • The semifinal draw matched the Jade Purity Immortal Sect against the Great Purity Immortal Sect, and Mo Qingshuang defeated Zhuang Fu's Windswept Azure Luan with a sword strike before conceding the match.
  • Ye Xinya lost quickly to Lu Yuan, putting Jade Purity behind two to zero.
  • Wang Chan overwhelmed Yu Zhaohua and her Flintrock Coiling Dragon with the Great Purity Venerable Deity's palm, giving the Great Purity Immortal Sect a three-to-zero victory.
  • Wang Chan looked toward Chen Beiwu after the match, and Chen Beiwu met his gaze.

Ch. 346The outcome was decided

Chen Beiwu initiated the Battle of Only I Reign Supreme after the Jade Purity Immortal Sect fell behind, then faced all five Great Purity Immortal Sect prodigies. Though Sun Mo and Zhuang Fu appeared to cripple him with their combined attacks, Chen Beiwu revealed that he had secretly wounded both opponents, leaving the battle unresolved but its momentum turned.

  • Chen Beiwu confirmed that he intended to initiate the Battle of Only I Reign Supreme, and the Upper Purity Immortal Sect defeated the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect three to zero while he waited.
  • True Lord Zhao called the Jade Purity and Taiqing prodigies onto the Duel Platform, where Chen Beiwu faced Wang Chan and his four fellow disciples.
  • Sun Mo attacked Chen Beiwu with Slay Delusion and the Ultimate Jade Soul Sword, while Zhuang Fu used his grand void azure luan dharma body to strike Chen Beiwu through the chest.
  • Sun Mo's sword severed Chen Beiwu's arm, and Zhuang Fu urged him to concede, believing the battle was decided.
  • Chen Beiwu calmly declared that the outcome was decided, and Sun Mo collapsed with a chest wound as Zhuang Fu discovered his arm and dharma body had vanished.

Ch. 347The might of Great Purity

Chen Beiwu defeated four Great Purity Immortal Sect disciples by turning their senses against one another, then faced Wang Chan, who overwhelmed his and the Five-Qi Vine’s combined attack. The chapter left Chen Beiwu wary but eager to continue fighting Wang Chan.

  • Chen Beiwu’s illusion made Zhuang Fu, Qian Ruo'an, and their Companion Beasts attack one another, while Feng Binhan rescued Li Yu from Qian Ruo'an’s Yang-Transforming Burning Silence.
  • Feng Binhan declared Zhuang Fu, Sun Mo, Qian Ruo'an, and Li Yu defeated and sent them to the Great Purity Immortal Sect’s rest area.
  • Chen Beiwu asked why Wang Chan had not joined the earlier fight, and Wang Chan said he had wanted his disciples to gain experience before facing Chen Beiwu himself.
  • Wang Chan unleashed the Supreme Virtue Great Hand Seal, dissolving Chen Beiwu’s Primordial Origin True Qi and crushing the Cavern Truth Calamity-Heaven Finger that Chen Beiwu formed with the Five-Qi Vine.
  • Golden Egg took Wang Chan’s descending hand seal head-on and was badly knocked back, while Chen Beiwu recognized Wang Chan as a far more formidable opponent than Shen Lingxing.

Ch. 348Fourth-Realm Demon King

Chen Beiwu faced Wang Chan and his Heavenly Azure Ox, which revealed itself as a Fourth-Realm Demon King and overwhelmed Golden Egg and Five-Qi Vine. Chen Beiwu then helped Golden Egg break into the Fourth-Realm Demon King realm, while Five-Qi Vine began unleashing a new Profound Ability.

  • Wang Chan summoned the Heavenly Azure Ox, and it used its Azure Dipper Domain to suppress Chen Beiwu, Golden Egg, and Five-Qi Vine.
  • Chen Beiwu and Five-Qi Vine combined their powers to attack Wang Chan, but the Heavenly Azure Ox broke the attack and sent Golden Egg and Five-Qi Vine flying.
  • Chen Beiwu recognized the Heavenly Azure Ox as a Fourth-Realm Demon King, and Wang Chan revealed that it had used less than a tenth of its strength.
  • Chen Beiwu urged Golden Egg to show his full power, and Golden Egg used Three-Aspect Manifestation and Three Realms Reaching Heaven to transform into a Three-Realm Mystic Flood Dragon.
  • Golden Egg's aura surged as he crossed into the Fourth-Realm Demon King realm, and Five-Qi Vine began using a Profound Ability it had comprehended through enlightenment.

Ch. 349Myriad Spirits Calamity Transformation (Revised)

The Five-Qi Vine wounded the Heavenly Azure Ox, but Wang Chan’s combined power with his Companion Beast overwhelmed Chen Beiwu and sealed the battlefield with the Supreme Return Limitless Disc. Chen Beiwu unleashed Myriad Spirits Calamity Transformation and broke through to the Nascent Soul True Lord realm, then revealed a strange vertical eye as the battle continued.

  • The Five-Qi Vine used the Five-Qi Heaven-Stealing Hand to steal most of the Heavenly Azure Ox’s horn, then tossed it to Chen Beiwu.
  • Golden Egg and the Heavenly Azure Ox clashed, with Golden Egg taking heavy damage as Wang Chan prepared a counter to the Five-Qi Vine’s ability.
  • Wang Chan used Devour Heaven and Consume Earth to raise the Heavenly Azure Ox’s Dao practice, then transformed it into the Supreme Return Limitless Disc and broke through to the Nascent Soul True Lord realm.
  • Wang Chan’s Limitless Disc sealed the battlefield and struck Chen Beiwu, knocking him down and injuring Golden Egg, Iron Egg, and the Five-Qi Vine.
  • Chen Beiwu activated Myriad Spirits Calamity Transformation with his three Companion Beasts and broke through to the Nascent Soul True Lord realm.
  • Chen Beiwu invoked Myriad Spirits Calamity Transformation again, and Iron Egg entered his forehead as a purple Dao-pattern eye appeared.

Ch. 350Advancing to the Finals

Chen Beiwu defeated Wang Chan in the semifinals, overcoming the Supreme Return Limitless Disc and forcing Venerable Feng to stop his final strike. After celebrating the Jade Purity Immortal Sect’s victory, Chen Beiwu assessed the team’s chances against the Upper Purity Immortal Sect and left them facing a difficult final.

  • Chen Beiwu combined Golden Egg, the Five-Qi Vine, and his calamity power to shatter Wang Chan’s Supreme Return Limitless Disc and severely injure the Heavenly Azure Ox.
  • Wang Chan began forming the Wuji Heaven-Bearing Dharma Form, but Chen Beiwu’s saber strike wounded Venerable Feng as he intervened, and Venerable Feng declared Chen Beiwu the victor.
  • Chen Beiwu returned to his teammates, who worried over their losses, and reassured Mo Qingshuang and the others that they had represented the Jade Purity Immortal Sect well.
  • Yu Zhaohua asked about their upcoming match against the Upper Purity Immortal Sect, and Chen Beiwu estimated the team had only a twenty percent chance of winning.
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