Arc 23The Dragon Gate Tournament

Yue Wen led River City to a stunning victory over the Taiji Eight Desolations Sect, then joined the East Sea Dragon Hall to investigate his parents’ disappearance. As the Dragon Gate Tournament began, his team uncovered Rock Dragon City’s history and learned that demons had destroyed the Rock Dragon Clan.

  • Venerable Yuezun named Yue Wen her Final Disciple, and Venerable Chongwu gave him Yang Earth Dao Marrow that let him seal an enemy’s ability.
  • Yue Wen led the River City Team to defeat the Taiji Eight Desolations Sect, sealing the victory by overpowering Wu Jiguang in the final bout.
  • Ao Weilian told Yue Wen that his parents and an ancient text had vanished in a coordinated operation, and Yue Wen joined the East Sea Dragon Hall to help find the mole behind it.
  • Zhao Shizhe gave the River City Team Black Gold Treasure Fruits, and Yue Wen’s fruit strengthened his heart while his creditors forgave his debts.
  • Yue Wen bought spirit plant seeds and spirit liquid for Immortal Dew Valley, trained in dragon combat techniques, and prepared his team for the Dragon Gate Tournament.
  • Da Long revealed that Rock Dragon City’s landmarks had served everyday purposes for ancient dragons, and Yue Wen’s team headed for its dragon-qi-rich battle banners.
  • Yue Wen’s team found the ruined Dragon King Palace, where Ao Hui’s final words revealed that Yang Bailao had led demons in destroying the Rock Dragon Clan and stealing its corpses.
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Ch. 558When immortals clash

Venerable Xuanting offered to take Yue Wen as his Personal Disciple, but Venerable Yuezun intervened to claim him for the Taiyin lineage. Yue Wen accepted Yuezun’s decision and prepared for the competition, while the two Dao Lords’ clash left him under her watchful protection.

  • Venerable Xuanting asked Yue Wen to become his Personal Disciple, but Yue Wen said he had promised to become Perfected One Nagiko’s disciple and wanted her approval.
  • Venerable Xuanting and Venerable Yuezun argued over which Great Dao suited Yue Wen, then clashed their Small Worlds.
  • Venerable Yuezun announced that Yue Wen would become her personally taught Final Disciple after the Ascendant Dragon Assembly, and Yue Wen agreed.
  • Yue Wen guessed that the Dao Lords were competing for talented disciples to advance their Great Daos and protect their legacies.
  • Yue Wen noticed Venerable Yuezun’s lingering gaze, then celebrated his match victory by donating to children in the mountains.

Ch. 559Venerable Chongwu

After Yue Wen’s arena victory won him nearly ten million followers, Perfected One Nagiko took him to meet Venerable Chongwu, who rewarded his supposed role in the Fox Demon Lady incident with a thread of pure Yang Earth Dao Marrow. As Venerable Chongwu pressed it to Yue Wen’s brow, the Green Mountain Qi in his Consciousness Sea stirred and an ancient vow rang out.

  • Yue Wen found that his arena victory had brought him nearly ten million followers and mostly positive comments, though viewers still called him immoral.
  • Perfected One Nagiko told Yue Wen she had arranged for him to receive a reward from Venerable Chongwu and admitted she had exaggerated his contribution to the Fox Demon Amusement Park incident.
  • Perfected One Nagiko explained that the Sect Leader could hear Yue Wen’s thoughts through his profound attainments in the Yin Metal Great Dao.
  • Yue Wen met Venerable Chongwu, who gave him a thread of pure Yang Earth Dao Marrow because he had comprehended Yang Earth Dao Rhythm in the Fourth Realm.
  • Venerable Chongwu pressed a finger to Yue Wen’s brow, causing the Green Mountain Qi in his Consciousness Sea to surge as an ancient vow rang out.

Ch. 560Primordial Dao-Inheriting Demon-Subduing Immortal Venerable

Yue Wen absorbed Venerable Chongwu’s Dao Marrow and resonated with the Yang Earth Great Dao, gaining the ability to seal an enemy’s ability. Meanwhile, Venerable Xuanting visited the Azurefall Profound Gate’s eccentric patriarch, who heard that the sect’s team had reached the final eight of the Ascendant Dragon Assembly.

  • Yue Wen learned that Venerable Chongwu’s grand vow had been to connect the mortal world’s green mountains into a formation protecting the Human Realm, but he had not completed it.
  • Yue Wen absorbed the Dao Marrow, resonated with the Yang Earth Great Dao, and gained the ability to seal one of an enemy’s abilities.
  • Venerable Chongwu and Perfected One Nagiko watched Yue Wen enter an epiphany, and Perfected One Nagiko claimed credit for recognizing him as a promising disciple.
  • Venerable Xuanting visited the Azurefall Profound Gate’s patriarch at Green Yang Mountain and waited while the youth finished playing a computer game.
  • Venerable Xuanting reported that the sect had placed first in the Secret Realm Tournament and reached the final eight, with a quarterfinal against the Cicada-Chiming Ancient Temple ahead.
  • The patriarch said he might attend the match and mock an old monk, while Venerable Xuanting reminded him of past incidents caused by his public appearances.

Ch. 561An overt stratagem

Yue Wen proposed a stratagem to improve the River City Team’s chances against the Taiji Eight Desolations Sect by publicly challenging their strongest fighter. The post sowed discord among the rival team, whose members ended the chapter preparing to compete over who was strongest.

  • Lan Zhi explained that the Taiji Eight Desolations Sect had four formidable contestants, with Wu Jiguang and Xue Hanyang stronger than Li Shouzhong and Xu Xiuer.
  • Yue Wen said the River City Team’s best chance was to reach a fifth-round tiebreaker, with Zhao Xing'er matched against one of the opponents’ weaker fighters.
  • Yue Wen announced online that he hoped to face the Taiji Eight Desolations Sect’s strongest contestant in the first arena.
  • The post drew widespread attention, and the Taiji Eight Desolations Sect’s team began arguing over who should face Yue Wen.
  • Wu Jiguang and Xue Hanyang both claimed that the strongest contestant should go first, then raised their auras as they challenged each other to prove it.

Ch. 562Winning it all back in one go!

Yue Wen exchanged messages with Li Luoci, Zhan Ying, and Dongfang Jianqi, who tried to recruit him for Famous Sword Middle School, but Yue Wen expected to join Perfected One Nagiko’s lineage. As the elimination tournament began, Perfected One Nagiko and Perfected One Qinghua wagered valuable treasures on River City’s match against the Taiji Eight Desolations Sect, while the Azurefall Profound Gate faced the Cicada-Chiming Ancient Temple.

  • Yue Wen followed Li Luoci back, and she told him she wanted to join a different Dragon Hall so she could challenge him in the Dao Source Contest.
  • Yue Wen followed Zhan Ying back and exchanged messages with him, then spoke with Dongfang Jianqi about his sword technique.
  • Dongfang Jianqi offered Yue Wen chief-disciple-level treatment at Famous Sword Middle School, but Yue Wen thought he would soon become Perfected One Nagiko’s junior fellow disciple.
  • Perfected One Nagiko and Perfected One Qinghua agreed to wager treasures on whether River City or the Taiji Eight Desolations Sect would win, with Qinghua staking his Ancient Times Mountain God Statue.
  • The Azurefall Profound Gate’s Shen Yaoguang began the match against the Cicada-Chiming Ancient Temple by facing an ordinary bald opponent.

Ch. 563The pinnacle of the Immortal Sects

Meng Yuheng won his match against a Cicada-Chiming Ancient Temple monk through a clever combination of the Body-Fixing Technique and magical artifacts. Shi Miaozhen then turned the decisive battle against Liang Baitong by sending her doppelganger into his dharma form, leaving him facing two opponents as his dharma form was destroyed.

  • Shen Yaoguang won his match, but Lin Youqing lost to a monk whose recent breakthrough and golden-body arts countered her techniques.
  • Meng Yuheng immobilized his opponent with the Body-Fixing Technique, bound his hands with the Locking Gold Ring, and defeated him with sword qi.
  • Shi Miaozhen opened her match against Liang Baitong by attacking with her great moon dharma form, while their clash drew comments from Venerable Xuanting, Venerable Yuezun, and Venerable Chongwu about spiritual power tides.
  • Liang Baitong swallowed Shi Miaozhen's great moon, but she kicked it back; he then fought with a golden pig dharma form and a Nine-Toothed Rake.
  • Shi Miaozhen's doppelganger fought its way out from inside Liang Baitong's dharma form and destroyed it with a sword strike, leaving two Shi Miaozhens facing him.
  • Shen Yaoguang guessed Meng Yuheng had devised the plan, and Meng Yuheng said Liang Baitong's habit of eating things had made him an easy target.

Ch. 564Yue Shouxin

Yue Wen led the River City Team into its match against the Taiji Eight Desolations Sect and immediately used a sealing Dao rhythm to suppress Xue Hanyang’s fire arts. He pinned Xue Hanyang down and began beating him, while Wu Jiguang secretly recorded the fight.

  • Shi Miaozhen defeated Liang Baitong, giving the Azurefall Profound Gate a 3–1 victory over the Cicada-Chiming Ancient Temple.
  • The spectators debated whether Yue Wen would really fight first, and the Taiji Eight Desolations Sect settled on Xue Hanyang as its opening fighter.
  • Yue Wen walked into the arena first, and Xue Hanyang joined him after winning the sect’s contest over who would lead.
  • Yue Wen sealed all flames across the stage, preventing Xue Hanyang from using his fire arts.
  • Yue Wen used a Shadow Talisman, the Giant Gate Sword Art, and a hidden punch to knock Xue Hanyang down and batter him.
  • Wu Jiguang lamented Xue Hanyang’s beating while secretly recording it, and Li Shouzhong warned him to hide his smile.

Ch. 565Xing'er took the stage

Yue Wen defeated Xue Hanyang after suppressing his fire and supernatural arts, giving River City an early lead. Xing'er then entered the Arena to face Xu Xiuer, revealing a powerful dragon-scaled tyrannosaur Dharma Form that shocked the spectators and alarmed Perfected One Qinghua.

  • Yue Wen suppressed Xue Hanyang's arts and beat him until the Arena declared him the winner.
  • Zhao Xing'er cheered Yue Wen while Wu Jiguang secretly filmed Xue Hanyang's defeat and mocked him.
  • Li Shouzhong fought Liu Yuanjun, who quickly conceded after blocking one attack.
  • Xu Xiuer entered the Arena, and Xing'er took her place, promising to bring River City a fifth match.
  • Xu Xiuer summoned her Seven-Treasure Luo Umbrella, and Xing'er revealed a dragon-scaled tyrannosaur Dharma Form that made Perfected One Qinghua suspect a trap.

Ch. 566Female Yue Wen

Zhao Xing'er faced Xu Xiuer in the fifth match and turned the battle around with her Dragon Armor and Divine Fire. She caught Xu Xiuer and began beating her, leaving the match’s outcome apparently in her hands.

  • Perfected One Qinghua criticized Perfected One Nagiko for relying on Zhao Xing'er, while Nagiko trusted Yue Wen’s prediction that Xing'er had a good chance of winning.
  • Zhao Xing'er opened the fight by provoking Xu Xiuer, then used her Silver Wings and Sword-Thunder Spike to land a powerful blow.
  • Xu Xiuer concealed herself with her Heavenly Rain Unrestrained Art, water silk, and Seven-Treasure Luo Umbrella, while Xing'er took repeated hits to build up her Martial Spirit Red Light.
  • Xing'er activated her Dragon Armor and unleashed Divine Fire, destroying Xu Xiuer’s Dharma Form and rain while forcing her out of hiding.
  • Xing'er found Xu Xiuer, shattered her re-formed Dharma Form, grabbed her ankle, and slammed her onto the Arena before pummeling her.

Ch. 567What if I won too?

Zhao Xing'er defeated Xu Xiuer, tying the tournament score and setting up a possible fifth match between Yue Wen and Wu Jiguang. Qi Dian then surprised everyone by trapping Wu Jiguang inside the Earth King Pill and attacking him with water and heavenly thunder.

  • Zhao Xing'er overwhelmed Xu Xiuer with a barrage of punches and won her match, tying the score at two to two.
  • Yue Wen healed Zhao Xing'er and declared that River City could still create a miracle, while Qi Dian joked that he might win the next match too.
  • Perfected One Qinghua suspected the match had been fixed, but Perfected One Nagiko dismissed his theory as the rambling of a gambling addict.
  • Qi Dian faced Wu Jiguang and used the Bluffing Sword to draw his attention before trapping him inside the Earth King Pill.
  • Qi Dian flooded the Earth King Pill with water and unleashed heavenly thunder on Wu Jiguang, who realized he had been tricked.

Ch. 568You're the challenger

Qi Dian nearly defeated Wu Jiguang with a lightning trap before conceding, leaving the River City Team and Taiji Eight Desolations Sect tied two bouts apiece. Yue Wen then faced Wu Jiguang in the deciding match, where Wu vowed to defend his sect’s glory and Yue reminded him that he was the challenger.

  • Qi Dian trapped Wu Jiguang inside the Earth King Pill and flooded it with Heavenly Thunder, badly burning him before Wu broke free.
  • Qi Dian conceded as Wu prepared to strike, then returned to his teammates pleased that his attack had worked and been recorded.
  • The spectators and elders discussed Qi Dian’s diligence and potential, while the first four bouts were confirmed to have ended in a two-two tie.
  • Yue Wen entered the arena for the final bout, disappointing Perfected One Qinghua’s hope that the River City Team had chosen someone else as captain.
  • Wu Jiguang returned after treatment and challenged Yue Wen, who said he would win and reminded Wu that he was now the challenger.

Ch. 569Where exactly was the plot?

Yue Wen unsettled Wu Jiguang by fighting without his usual tricks, then broke Wu Jiguang’s Dharma Form and forced him to use the Unfixed Golden Light. As the golden light nearly struck Yue Wen, he turned to counter it with the Void Kun Bracelet.

  • Yue Wen and Wu Jiguang began their match with a fierce clash between their Dharma Forms, and Yue Wen damaged Wu Jiguang’s Giant Spirit Dharma Form with a tail strike.
  • Wu Jiguang grew distracted by expecting Yue Wen’s tricks, allowing Yue Wen to pierce his defenses with a Flying Sword and then shatter his Dharma Form in another collision.
  • Perfected One Qinghua suspected Wu Jiguang was throwing the match, while Perfected One Feiguang and Perfected One Nagiko recognized that Yue Wen’s straightforward attacks were unsettling him.
  • Yue Wen’s psychological tactic worked as planned, but Wu Jiguang regained his focus and unleashed his Unfixed Golden Light at Yue Wen.
  • Yue Wen dodged the pursuing golden light with Shadow Talismans, then turned and brought out the Void Kun Bracelet.

Ch. 570The miracle was named Yue Wen

Yue Wen defeated Wu Jiguang in the captain’s match by countering his artifacts and supernatural powers before overwhelming him in close combat. His victory secured the River City Team’s upset, and the chapter ended with two powerful observers discussing Yue Wen’s future and his place at Azurefall Profound Gate.

  • Yue Wen used the Void Kun Bracelet to strip Wu Jiguang’s Unfixed Golden Light of its divine-sense connection and confiscated it.
  • Yue Wen sealed Wu Jiguang’s Golden Light Supernatural Powers, then used the Xun Thunder Sword to close in and engage him in a fistfight.
  • Yue Wen’s stronger physique let him overpower Wu Jiguang, and he struck Wu’s qi sea and Dantian before suppressing his supernatural arts again.
  • Yue Wen knocked Wu Jiguang unconscious, while Xue Hanyang filmed the fight from below the arena.
  • Perfected One Nagiko called Yue Wen the miracle behind the River City Team’s victory, and Venerable Yuezun received congratulations on taking him as her final disciple.
  • A youth from Azurefall Profound Gate and a monk from Cicada-Chiming Ancient Temple discussed Yue Wen’s potential, while the youth warned the monk not to try to recruit him.

Ch. 571Leaping through the Dragon Gate

Yue Wen led the River City Team to defeat the Taiji Eight Desolations Sect, while the other quarterfinals determined the remaining semifinalists. The four teams received the right to enter the Four Seas Dragon Palace, and the Dragonkin woman gave each contestant a scale that could block a fatal attack and teleport them to safety.

  • Yue Wen defeated Wu Jiguang, eliminating the Taiji Eight Desolations Sect and leaving Li Shouzhong and Xu Xiuer devastated while Xue Hanyang mocked Wu.
  • Perfected One Nagiko claimed the Ancient Times Mountain God Statue from Perfected One Qinghua after their bet, and Qinghua vowed to abandon gambling.
  • Dongfang Jianqi defeated Yu Xiaobao in the captains’ bout, advancing Famous Sword Middle School over the Dragon Capital Team.
  • The Heavenly Nether Earth Mother Cult defeated the Five Suns Team three to one and secured the last semifinal spot.
  • The four semifinalist teams gathered for an award ceremony, where a Dragonkin woman explained the Ancient Dragon Ruins selection process and gave each contestant a golden scale that could prevent a fatal blow and teleport them away.

Ch. 572Visitors from the East Sea

After the competition, the Azurefall Profound Gate founder and the Red Ape discussed the danger of the Great Nightmare Wasteland Village, where the Red Ape’s true body stood guard. Back at the Sky Island, Yue Wen met Ao Weilian of the East Sea Dragon Hall, who hinted that Yue Wen’s desire to find his parents would shape his choice of Dragon Hall.

  • The Azurefall Profound Gate founder and the Red Ape discussed the destruction of the Buddha Flame Grand Formation and the awakened Nightmare Wraith Creature in the Great Nightmare Wasteland Village.
  • The Red Ape said he would avoid a campaign into the village for now and search for whoever had destroyed the formation, while the founder agreed to help if needed.
  • The River City Team read the praise for their victory, including acclaim for Yue Wen and Qi Dian’s upset win over Wu Jiguang.
  • Perfected One Nagiko brought Yue Wen to meet Ao Weilian, the East Sea Hall Master’s son, who had arrived after watching Yue Wen compete.
  • Ao Weilian asked whether Yue Wen had promised to join another Dragon Hall and suggested that Yue Wen’s wish to find his parents was the reason he had waited to approach him.

Ch. 573Striving for first place

Ao Weilian explained that Yue Wen’s parents had been abducted while recruited to translate an ancient text, and that a high-ranking mole in the East Sea Dragon Hall had helped steal the text. Yue Wen agreed to join the East Sea and help expose the mole, securing a chance to bring his teammates if they rank well—or all three if he wins the Dragon Gate Tournament.

  • Ao Weilian told Yue Wen that the East Sea Dragon Hall had secretly recruited Yue Teng and Xu Qingwen to translate an ancient text written partly in the Nine Li script.
  • Ao Weilian revealed that Yue Wen’s parents and the text had vanished in a coordinated operation, and the Dragon Hall suspected a high-ranking mole with Demon Race ties.
  • Yue Wen agreed to join the East Sea Dragon Hall and help uncover the mole, asking for competitive cultivation terms and the chance to bring his teammates.
  • Ao Weilian promised to prioritize Yue Wen’s teammates if they ranked highly, and to accept all three unconditionally if Yue Wen took first place in the Dragon Gate Tournament.

Ch. 574Black Gold Treasure Fruit

After the River City Team celebrated their Top Four Dragon Gate Tournament finish and received substantial rewards, Zhao Xing'er reunited with her father and accepted an apology from her Third Uncle. Zhao Shizhe then offered the team four Black Gold Treasure Fruits as a reward, each of which could strengthen a random part of the body to sixth-realm dharma-body toughness.

  • Perfected One Nagiko told Yue Wen that the team had received cash rewards and lifetime access cards to the Jiangcheng City and Northern Sky Treasure Vaults.
  • Yue Wen and his teammates celebrated their victory with River City, then declined an invitation to a banquet hosted by Lin Youqing.
  • Xing'er invited the River City Team to dine with her father, Zhao Shizhe, in the City of Ten Thousand Immortals.
  • Zhao Shitao apologized to Xing'er for his past prejudice, and she agreed to forgive him as long as he and her Eldest Uncle left her alone.
  • Zhao Shizhe presented the team with four Black Gold Treasure Fruits, which could each randomly strengthen a body part to sixth-realm dharma-body toughness.

Ch. 575Black Heart [Single update]

Yue Wen and his companions ate Black Gold Treasure Fruits, and Yue Wen received the rare heart enhancement that greatly increased his strength. After Zhao's Family and Qi Dian's family forgave his debts, he visited Immortal Dew Valley and persuaded the Little Wood Demons to help cultivate the newly cleared land.

  • Zhao's Father gave four Black Gold Treasure Fruits to Xing'er, Yue Wen, Liu Yuanjun, and Qi Dian, who each ate one and discovered which part of their bodies had been strengthened.
  • Yue Wen found that the fruit had strengthened his heart, an exceptionally rare enhancement that amplified his qi, blood, and physical strength.
  • Zhao's Father and Qi Dian told Yue Wen their families would forgive the money he had borrowed, lifting his debt burden.
  • Yue Wen visited Immortal Dew Valley, saw the cleared planting area, and planned to buy spirit plant seeds for it.
  • Yue Wen told the Little Wood Demons that expanded planting could help him afford spirit liquid, and they eagerly agreed to tend the spirit plants.

Ch. 576Ancestral Dragon Bumping Fists

Yue Wen bought two True Dragon martial arts techniques from Da Long and prepared to shop for seeds at the Hundred Realms Hall. The chapter left him meeting a shopping guide and stating what he wanted.

  • Yue Wen asked Da Long for close-combat techniques and watched demonstrations of Ancestral Dragon Bumping Fists, Dragon God Sword-Wielding Technique, and Lone Dragon Whirlwind Tail.
  • Yue Wen tried growing a tail with his growth Dao rhythm, and Da Long explained that it could grow stronger if he nourished it over time.
  • Yue Wen pressured Da Long into praising his character, then bought Ancestral Dragon Bumping Fists and Dragon God Sword-Wielding Technique for 1,298 Evil-Suppressing Money.
  • After receiving prize money from Jiangcheng City the next day, Yue Wen concealed his identity and visited the Hundred Realms Hall in the City of Ten Thousand Immortals.
  • A shopping guide approached Yue Wen, and he told her that he wanted seeds.

Ch. 577Begging for Seeds

Yue Wen visited Hundred Realms Hall to buy spirit plant seeds and learned about several valuable varieties that Immortal Dew Valley could grow quickly. He decided to buy every type the saleswoman had shown him, including seeds for making Dao-Enlightening Heavenly Fragrance.

  • Yue Wen asked to see spirit plant seeds that matured within a hundred years and set a budget of about two hundred thousand talisman currency.
  • The saleswoman showed him century hollow lotus seeds, which Yue Wen considered profitable but planned to grow mostly for his own use to avoid exposing Immortal Dew Valley.
  • Yue Wen learned that seven-heart dragon-returning eye seeds needed dragon qi, a resource Immortal Dew Valley had in abundance.
  • The saleswoman introduced sword-leaf frostcloud grass, nine-leaf heavenly fragrance grass, and illuminating Dao flowers, explaining their uses and cultivation benefits.
  • Yue Wen decided to buy every seed variety the saleswoman had shown him.

Ch. 578The bonds between everyone on the River City Team

Yue Wen invested his tournament prize money in spirit plant seeds and organized the Wood Demons Squad to cultivate them while he studied powerful True Dragon techniques. Liu Yuanjun successfully condensed a Dharma Form with a domain ability, and Yue Wen ended by confidently asserting that the River City Team’s bonds would help them win the Dragon Gate Tournament.

  • Yue Wen bought large quantities of spirit plant seeds and spirit liquid, then assigned the Wood Demons Squad to plant and tend them in Immortal Dew Valley.
  • Yue Wen spent his days studying Ancestral Dragon Bumping Fists and the Dragon God Sword-Wielding Technique while supervising the plantation.
  • Liu Yuanjun condensed a golden lamp Dharma Form whose light let him cast arts instantly within its domain.
  • Liu Yuanjun named his Dharma Form the Six Ding Six Jia Nine Palaces Stellar Radiance Mystic Gold Unrivaled Lotus Jade Firmament Celestial Pavilion Lamp.
  • Perfected One Nagiko asked whether Yue Wen was confident about winning the Dragon Gate Tournament, and Yue Wen said the River City Team’s bonds would carry them through.

Ch. 579Rock Dragon City

The competitors entered Rock Dragon City for a three-day contest to retrieve objects carrying Dragon Qi, while Yue Wen asked Da Long for help identifying the ancient ruins. Da Long recognized the city as Ao Hui’s, but was shaken by what he saw, as Perfected One Nagiko invited Perfected One Qinghua to wager on the competition.

  • The competitors read the rules for retrieving Dragon Qi-bearing objects from Rock Dragon City while evading the Void Realm Dao Lord’s Remnant Thought.
  • The four teams arrived outside the ancient city, discussed possible tactics, and began entering to explore.
  • Yue Wen stayed behind to consult Da Long, who explained the limits of his ability to observe the city through Dao Rhythm.
  • Yue Wen offered Da Long five hundred Evil-Suppressing Money to help him win, and Da Long used a Shadow Talisman to view the scene around him.
  • Da Long recognized Rock Dragon City as the city Ao Hui had built and reacted with surprise and sorrow.
  • Perfected One Nagiko asked the silent Perfected One Qinghua to make a wager.

Ch. 580Inheritance?

Perfected One Nagiko proposed wagering the right to inherit the Yang Earth Great Dao on Yue Wen's Dragon Gate Tournament result, leaving Perfected One Qinghua to consider the gamble. Meanwhile, the River City Team explored Rock Dragon City, and Da Long revealed that the map's supposed residences and execution grounds had been a beast pen and a young-dragon playground.

  • Perfected One Nagiko challenged Perfected One Qinghua to withdraw from the Great Dao succession contest if Yue Wen failed to take first place, while Qinghua hesitated and the venerables allowed them to decide.
  • The River City Team entered Rock Dragon City and found a huge, ancient settlement filled with rocky structures and glowing stone spheres.
  • Da Long told Yue Wen that the supposed residential district had housed mutant beasts and that its glowing spheres were aged beast dung, so Yue Wen led the team deeper into the city.
  • The team reached stone pillars marked with scales and blood, which Liu Yuanjun identified as an ancient execution ground according to the map.
  • Da Long corrected the map, explaining that the pillars had been a playground where young dragons climbed, played, and shed their scales.

Ch. 581Everything hinged on this

Yue Wen and the River City Team explored Rock Dragon City while Da Long corrected the Dragonkin scholars’ mistaken ideas about the ruins. The team found ancient battle banners infused with dragon qi, while Perfected One Qinghua accepted Perfected One Nagiko’s wager, believing Yue Wen’s cautious strategy would fail.

  • Yue Wen’s team passed the Execution Grounds and Seclusion Grounds, where Da Long revealed that the supposed cultivation area had been a toilet drained by an ancient river.
  • Da Long explained that the supposed planting grounds had been a place where adult dragons gathered to enjoy Dragon Catnip, and that the tattered battle banners had been used to intensify their qi and blood.
  • Yue Wen chose the battle banners as the team’s first target because they contained the most concentrated dragon qi.
  • Perfected One Feiguang questioned why the River City Team kept advancing without searching, while Perfected One Nagiko trusted Yue Wen’s confidence.
  • Perfected One Qinghua decided Yue Wen’s team was playing too safely and accepted Nagiko’s wager, convinced he could win the Yang Earth Great Dao.

Ch. 582Secrets hidden in Dragon Script

Yue Wen and the River City Team explored Rock Dragon City and found Ao Hui’s final message hidden in Dragon Script, revealing how a fallen immortal destroyed the Rock Dragon Clan. Yue Wen connected the account to the Dragon-Elephant Kingdom and the Whale-Swallowing Demon Sea, then asked Da Long where the Dragon Clan had gone; Da Long said they had left to take care of a few things.

  • Xing'er touched the tattered cloth on the flagpole, triggering Rock Dragon City’s Remnant Thought, and quickly let go to stop its attack.
  • The River City Team searched farther into the city and discovered the ruined Dragon King Palace, where they found signs of a fierce battle and dried blood on the throne.
  • Yue Wen read Ao Hui’s final words in Dragon Script, learning that Yang Bailao, the Lord of the Dragon-Elephant Kingdom, had led demons to destroy the Rock Dragon Clan and steal their corpses.
  • Yue Wen memorized the Rock Dragon Seal and connected Ao Hui’s fate to Ao Ye’s death and the dragon corpse found in the Whale-Swallowing Demon Sea.
  • Yue Wen asked Da Long where the Dragon Clan had gone after leaving the Human Realm, and Da Long replied that they had gone out to take care of a few things.
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