Chapter Summaries

Yue Wen unveiled his newly manifested Three-Eyed Divine Dragon Dharma Form and effortlessly killed a Hu Family Death Warrior who broke into the Agency. The two remaining attackers came downstairs to find Yue Wen waiting amid the blood mist.

• Three Hu Family Death Warriors entered the Agency under cover of Phantom Mist Pills, intending to abduct Yue Wen and deal with his companions.
• Yue Wen revealed his Three-Eyed Divine Dragon Dharma Form and crushed the first Death Warrior with a single attack.
• Little Black Snake absorbed blood essence from the dead Death Warrior while Yue Wen explained that his Dharma Form possessed the Heaven-Supporting, Mountain-Lifting, and Wind-Slashing abilities.
• The two Death Warriors upstairs came downstairs, found Yue Wen alone amid the blood mist, and froze in confusion.
• Yue Wen smiled at the two remaining Death Warriors.

Yue Wen defeated the three Hu Family death warriors in his first battle after entering the Appearance Realm, then pretended to be a helpless victim when Supernatural Affairs Bureau investigators arrived. At the airport, Hu Hanyi went to meet a Dao Realm mercenary and was drawn into a strange green space, where a mysterious woman greeted him.

• Yue Wen used his Three-Eyed True Dragon Dharma Form and Mountain-Lifting ability to kill one death warrior with a punch.
• Shousui restrained another death warrior, allowing Yue Wen to destroy his shield and kill him with sword qi.
• Supernatural Affairs Bureau investigators arrived after the fight, and Yue Wen claimed the three men had attacked him.
• At the airport, Hu Hanyi learned that the death warriors were dead and went to meet the mercenary, while Hu Yunting questioned his father’s actions.
• Hu Hanyi found an unconscious person bearing Yue Wen’s face in a women’s restroom stall, but the mercenary Zhang Biyue left him there.
• Hu Hanyi entered a strange green space, where the unconscious Yue Wen had disappeared and a mysterious woman greeted him as Family Head Hu.

Hu Hanyi vanished from the airport as the Supernatural Affairs Bureau moved to arrest him, while Yue Wen fought off three attackers and revealed a rare Supreme Dharma Form. Perfected One Nagiko learned Yue Wen had comprehended Yang Wood Dao Resonance, and he explained it away by crediting the patch of soil she had given him.

• Perfected One Nagiko arrived at the airport to arrest Hu Hanyi, but Hu Yunting said his father might target Yue Wen.
• After hearing that attackers had stormed the Agency, Perfected One Nagiko rushed there and learned Yue Wen had killed three Appearance Realm opponents without injury.
• Yue Wen summoned his Three-Eyed Divine Dragon Dharma Form, and Perfected One Nagiko identified it as a Supreme Dharma Form blessed by three Great Daos.
• Perfected One Nagiko asked where Yue Wen had gained Yang Wood Dao Resonance, and Yue Wen claimed he had sensed it while lying in the soil she gave him.

Yue Wen concealed his role in Hu Hanyi’s death while the Supernatural Affairs Bureau dismantled the Hu Family. Hu Jiuyi then met his master, who told him to warn Yue Wen that a fatal tribulation awaited him.

• Perfected One Nagiko told Yue Wen that Hu Hanyi had died by suicide, and Yue Wen asked her to make the Hu Family pay to repair his Agency if it was responsible for the attack.
• Yue Wen reflected that he had arranged for the Fox Demon Lady to kill Hu Hanyi, silencing a potential witness to his connection with the Azure Dragon Society.
• The Supernatural Affairs Bureau arrested Hu Family members and shut down its River City businesses, while the public reported the family’s alleged crimes.
• Hu Jiuyi met his blue-robed master on a hidden island and reported Hu Hanyi’s death and the Bureau’s crackdown.
• Hu Jiuyi’s master said the Hu Family’s evil karma had been settled and asked him to warn Yue Wen that he faced a fatal tribulation that the master could resolve.

Yue Wen learned that a cursed painting in his storage artifact had brought a Death Tribulation, and Ye Changsheng sent word on how to avoid it. Ye Changsheng then fought Qu Lan Fei in the Wasteland Zone, resolving Yue Wen’s danger but leaving himself badly injured.

• Yue Wen found that all five of his fortune checks failed and watched his accumulated Fortune Beasts sacrifice themselves to shield him from a Death Tribulation.
• Hu Jiuyi told Yue Wen that Ye Changsheng had identified the painting in his storage artifact as the source of the tribulation and instructed him to bury the artifact in his Inner Realm beneath lightning-struck wood.
• Ye Changsheng met Zhang Biyue and Su Yun, then led them to the Wasteland Zone to confront a Death Tribulation threatening the Seventh Satellite City.
• Ye Changsheng identified the approaching beast as Qu Lan Fei and warned that it was a vanguard for the Great Nightmare Wraith of the Desolate Village.
• A great earthquake shook the Wasteland Zone, and the injured Ye Changsheng sent Yue Wen a message that his Death Tribulation had been resolved.

After surviving a mysterious death calamity, Yue Wen decided to bury Immortal Lord Biyue’s storage artifact in Immortal Dew Valley and joined the other City Heroes for training. Perfected One Nagiko brought them to the Spell-Derivation Secret Realm, where Yue Wen began using the Myriad Laws Tree to improve his cultivation method.

• Yue Wen learned more about Daoist Ye from Hu Jiuyi and speculated that Daoist Ye had helped him enter the Azure Dragon Burial Ground.
• Yue Wen resolved to follow Daoist Ye’s instructions and bury Immortal Lord Biyue’s storage artifact in Immortal Dew Valley.
• Perfected One Nagiko summoned the four City Heroes and announced that she would take them to the Spell-Derivation Secret Realm for intensive training.
• Perfected One Nagiko used a World-Passing Pearl to bring the four City Heroes into the secret realm and explained how touching a leaf would derive their cultivation methods.
• Yue Wen found himself alone on a branch of the Myriad Laws Tree and touched a leaf to begin deriving the True Dragon Daoist Art.

Yue Wen used the Myriad Laws Tree to refine supernatural powers and arcane arts that still had room to improve, gaining several stronger techniques. As he prepared to leave, he wondered whether the tree could help him create a combination supernatural power.

• Yue Wen discovered that the True Dragon Method and the techniques he had learned from Da Long were already perfectly efficient, while several arts learned elsewhere could still be refined.
• The Myriad Laws Tree upgraded the Xun Sword True Formula into the Xun Thunder Sword Art, combining wind and thunder to greatly increase the flying sword's speed and damage.
• Yue Wen refined Thunder Tiger Shakes the Heavens Fist into Heavenly Thunder Startles the Tiger Fist, and upgraded the Thunderclap Art and Flash Technique into the Thunder-Attracting Art and Divine Light Art.
• The tree slightly improved the Path of the Soul to Veneration and developed Yue Wen's crude Divine Sense attack into the Spirit-Striking Fist.
• Yue Wen decided against recording Lady Demon Fox's transformation art and began wondering whether the Myriad Laws Tree could develop a combination supernatural power.

Yue Wen, Xing'er, and Qi Dian used the Myriad Laws Tree to turn their awkward Blood-Boiling Combo Technique into the custom Heavenly Thunder Mine-Fire Jet, greatly improving their speed, offense, and defense. The chapter ended with Perfected One Nagiko and Perfected One Tongguang watching the trio rocket across the Arts Derivation Secret Realm and questioning Nagiko’s tutelage.

• Yue Wen reunited with Xing'er and Qi Dian, and they agreed to have the Myriad Laws Tree derive an upgraded version of their Blood-Boiling Combo Technique.
• The tree struggled to process their combination, then spent three days deriving the Heavenly Thunder Mine-Fire Jet and shed a cluster of leaves after completing it.
• Yue Wen, Xing'er, and Qi Dian activated the new technique, combining Qi Dian’s lightning-powered acceleration and shield, Xing'er’s attacks, and Yue Wen’s piloting into a fast, coordinated formation.
• Liu Yuanjun spotted the fiery, winged formation streaking across the Secret Realm and wondered whether the strange figures were his teammates.
• Perfected One Nagiko showed Perfected One Tongguang the Secret Realm, and both watched the trio fly past before Nagiko denied that their spectacle reflected her tutelage.

The River City Team arrived in Xinghai City for the Four Seas Ascendant Dragon Assembly and settled into their accommodations before meeting the Xiao brothers for dinner. Yue Wen discovered that the Sea-Viewing Tower’s staff were puppets, then joined the Xiao brothers and two young women in a private room.

• Xing'er and Qi Dian admired the team’s villa while Wang Shoucai and Lan Zhi inspected it for eavesdropping artifacts.
• The team discussed the Assembly’s rounds and Xing'er declared that they would fight their way up Boundary-Suppressing Mountain, while Yue Wen privately set his sights on the East Sea Dragon Hall.
• Yue Wen, Xing'er, Qi Dian, and Liu Yuanjun went to the Sea-Viewing Tower to meet Xiao Chuxi, Xiao Chubei, Xiao Chudong, and Xiao Zuo.
• Yue Wen noticed that the restaurant’s staff lacked the vitality of living people, and Xiao Chuxi explained that they were puppets made by the restaurant’s owner, an expert from the Puppet Sect.
• The Xiao brothers introduced Yue Wen and his teammates to two young women in a private room, and one woman complimented the group’s looks.

Yue Wen’s River City team met Jade Tiger City and Sanyang City’s competitors at a banquet, where they discussed their chances at the Ascendant Dragon Assembly. As the others dismissed River City’s goal of climbing Realmguard Mountain, Xiao Zuo hinted at a way to gain an advantage and began explaining the competition format.

• Xiao Chuxi introduced the Jade Tiger City competitors and explained how the Xiao brothers had fared in their separate cities.
• Xiao Chuxi and Xiao Zuo welcomed Sanyang City’s team, whose members described their city’s past success and modest ambitions.
• Yue Wen recognized the banquet as a gathering of underdog teams, while Xing'er and Qi Dian eagerly prepared to eat.
• Xiao Zuo asked River City about its goal, and Xing'er said they planned to climb Realmguard Mountain, prompting the others to laugh.
• Xiao Zuo claimed he knew a way to give the teams an advantage and began asking whether they knew this year’s competition format.

Xiao Zuo offered the teams a chance to pay for unlimited early testing of the competition puppets, but Yue Wen refused on behalf of River City. After Liu Yuanjun praised his integrity, Yue Wen admitted he had refused because he was too poor.

• Xiao Zuo explained that teams would score points by defeating puppets and offered unlimited early testing for five million per person through the Xiao Family’s connections.
• Yue Wen rejected the offer for River City, saying his team could not take part, while the others tried to persuade him that the arrangement was acceptable.
• The River City Team left Sea View Tower, and Xing'er declared they would make it to Realmguard Mountain.
• The remaining teams agreed to pay for early testing, and Xiao Chubei praised Yue Wen for keeping the secret.
• Liu Yuanjun apologized for misjudging Yue Wen and praised his character, but Yue Wen said poverty had made him refuse.

Yue Wen and his team attended the Ascendant Dragon Assembly draw, where the Li Family and Longdu City emerged as the strongest teams in the northern region. Jiangcheng City drew Group Eighteen, and its opponents welcomed the team with confidence that the Northern Sky teams would be easy to beat.

• Yue Wen and his teammates set aside the Xiao brothers' offer and traveled to Xinghai City's arena for the group draw.
• The contestants watched Li Guantang and Li Luoci arrive with the Central Plains Li Family team, while Longdu City's powerful team also drew attention.
• Yu Xiaobao drew Group Eight for Longdu City, and Li Guantang drew Group Twelve for the Li Family.
• Yue Wen drew Group Eighteen for Jiangcheng City, and Lan Zhi recorded that their group included five other Northern Sky teams, Ancient Flame City, and Copper Well City.
• Yue Wen's team entered Room Eighteen, where the other teams smiled at the prospect of facing supposedly weak Northern Sky opponents, and Xing'er remarked on how much they smiled.

Lan Zhi briefed the team on their strongest rivals before Qi Dian tested an eighty-point puppet and defeated it with a combination of heavenly thunder and a water sword. Yue Wen replenished Qi Dian’s power, and the staff member mistakenly interpreted their training routine as physical punishment.

• Lan Zhi explained the strengths of Ancient Flame City and Copper Well City, and the team discussed which rival to target in the competition.
• Qi Dian entered the training ground and faced an eighty-point puppet with thirty points each in soul and physique and twenty in supernatural powers.
• Qi Dian’s heavenly thunder failed to paralyze the puppet, but his Water Sword Concealing Thunder smashed its armor and won the challenge.
• Yue Wen used the Divine Sword Thunder-Controlling Art to restore Qi Dian’s energy, and Qi Dian prepared to attempt a ninety-point puppet.
• The staff member misunderstood their teamwork and concluded that people from River City were terrifying.

Qi Dian, Liu Yuanjun, and Xing'er tested their limits against increasingly powerful Puppet Sect training puppets, while Yue Wen analyzed their fighting styles. Yue Wen then challenged a two-hundred-point puppet and smashed through its body with a single empowered blow.

• Qi Dian defeated a ninety-point puppet with his rain-and-thunder technique but stopped his hundred-point challenge when his shield broke.
• Liu Yuanjun beat a balanced ninety-point puppet and an unbalanced hundred-point puppet, then narrowly defeated a hundred-and-ten-point puppet before declaring it his limit.
• Xing'er defeated puppets rated at 120, 140, and 160 points, overpowering the last with her Silver Staff despite its exceptional physique.
• Yue Wen entered the arena and challenged a two-hundred-point puppet with ninety points in divine soul, fifty in supernatural powers, and sixty in physique.
• Yue Wen blocked the puppet's Divine Soul Attack, stunned it with a Spirit-Striking Fist, and shattered its body with a strike empowered by his Three-Eyed Divine Dragon Dharma Form.

Yue Wen tested increasingly powerful puppets, studying their spiritual power cores and combat patterns as he pushed through a difficult fight against a 260-point puppet. After the River City Team left, Master Chen learned they were from Northern Sky and remarked on the region’s unexpected strength this year.

• Master Chen inspected the damaged puppet and assured Yue Wen that the Puppet Sect would cover the repairs, while Yue Wen asked about its spiritual power core.
• Yue Wen fought a 240-point puppet with overwhelming supernatural attacks, stunned it with Spirit-Striking Fist, and broke its chest armor with his Dharma Form.
• Yue Wen tested himself against a 260-point puppet with strong divine soul and physique, enduring a prolonged battle before breaking its outer armor.
• The River City Team finished its tests and left through the passage reserved for teams not scheduled for interviews.
• At the interview platform, Wu Liegang and Meng Lan politely agreed that Ancient Flame City would take second place behind Copper Well City.
• Master Chen learned that the team was from Jiangcheng City and noted that Northern Sky had several unexpectedly strong teams.

The River City Team waited for its Group Eighteen matches while Yue Wen assessed the Ascendant Dragon Assembly’s scoring format and their chances of qualifying. The group stage continued, and the team remained optimistic about reaching the next round despite being treated dismissively.

• Host Chen Munniu introduced commentators Nangong Han and Chen Liuma, who discussed the puppet battle points system and concerns about fairness.
• Qi Dian grew nervous in the River City Team’s leaking lounge, and Wang Shoucai obtained a bucket after staff refused to move them to another room.
• Yue Wen observed that early contestants favored safe challenges, while later contestants took greater risks to catch up on points.
• Liu Yuanjun noted that the teams qualifying in the first three groups had scored around six hundred and fifty points.
• Yue Wen calculated that the River City Team could earn about six hundred and twenty points safely, or roughly six hundred and sixty with manageable risks, giving them a good chance to qualify.

The River City Team entered the group stage, and Yue Wen sent Zhao Xing'er out first to challenge a powerful puppet and pressure their rivals. As she stepped into the match, the Puppet Sect's Elder Chen dismissed her chances of defeating it.

• The Dragon Capital Team scored 820 points, demonstrating the strength of the championship contenders and shaking Qi Dian and Liu Yuanjun.
• The Central Plains Li Family team scored over 700 points, while the long competition left the venue nearly empty by the eighteenth group.
• Yue Wen drew third place for the River City Team, and Xing'er declared that she would not let Ancient Flame City and Copper Well City avoid pushing themselves.
• The Guyán Team's first contestant defeated a 120-point puppet using black sky netherfire to consume its soulflame and control its body.
• Yue Wen sent Zhao Xing'er out first to challenge a 180-point puppet, hoping to pressure the other teams into taking risks.
• Elder Chen doubted that Zhao Xing'er could defeat the 180-point puppet, while Nangong Han expressed confidence in her.

Zhao Xing'er won River City Team's opening match with 180 points, overwhelming her puppet opponent even after a Divine Soul Attack left her dazed. As the group matches continued, Liu Yuanjun chose a cautious 110-point challenge, leading other teams to suspect Xing'er's high score had been a bluff.

• Zhao Xing'er opened with a gunshot and a flurry of staff strikes, then counterattacked after a Divine Soul Attack and defeated the puppet; the Puppet Sect elder stopped her from continuing to beat it.
• Nangong Han revealed he recognized Xing'er because of his ties to the Heavenly Capital Zhao Family, correcting Elder Chen about his surname.
• After Xing'er's 180 points put pressure on the field, a Team Four contestant took a risky challenge, was knocked unconscious, and scored zero; Three Suns Team and Copper Well City secured steady scores.
• Meijiang Team, the Northern Sky team, Copper Well City, Three Suns Team, and Team Four continued their matches, with Copper Well City building a 290-point total and Team Four recovering to 140.
• Liu Yuanjun chose a 110-point challenge for River City Team, prompting snickers from the crowd and relief from Meng Lan, who called Xing'er a petty punk.

Liu Yuanjun and Qi Dian helped the River City Team stay in contention while the Guyán and Copper Well Teams climbed into the lead. The fourth round began with Zhang Xiaofan of the Meijiang Team astonishing the arena by challenging a 310-point puppet.

• Liu Yuanjun defeated a 110-point puppet, bringing the River City Team to 290 points alongside the Copper Well Team.
• Wu Liegang revealed his Netherfire Dharma Form and defeated a 200-point puppet, putting the Guyán Team in first place with 460 points.
• Qi Dian narrowly defeated a 90-point puppet, and the River City Team reached 380 points.
• The Three Suns Team reached 400 points, while the Copper Well Team took second place with 450 points after choosing a safe 160-point challenge.
• Zhang Xiaofan stepped forward as the Meijiang Team's final contestant and declared that he wanted to fight a 310-point puppet.

Zhang Xiaofan revealed his middle-stage Appearance Realm cultivation and scored 310 points by destroying his own Dharma Form to defeat a powerful puppet, raising Meijiang Team to 700 points and making them the group’s leading dark horse. His victory left Copper Well City’s captain Meng Lan under pressure to score at least 250 points to catch up.

• Zhang Xiaofan recalled how his strange blood-devouring short staff had helped him rise from an overlooked disciple to Meijiang City's strongest contender.
• Zhang Xiaofan challenged a 310-point puppet, entered his berserk state, and was trapped by its Vast Thunder Pool supernatural power.
• Zhang Xiaofan detonated his Demonic Pearl Dharma Form, destroyed the puppet’s armor, and secured the 310 points despite being badly injured.
• Elder Chen and Nangong Han praised Zhang Xiaofan’s talent and discussed the possibility of major sects recruiting him.
• Meijiang Team reached 700 points, while Team Seven finished with 500 and accepted that it would not qualify.
• Meng Lan realized Copper Well Team needed him to score at least 250 points to match Meijiang Team and doubted he could do it.