Arc 19Five Traditions Fall

Chu Kuangren rescued the White-Robed General, completed his Supreme Saint Foundation, and destroyed the five Daoist Traditions that had threatened him and the Mystic Heaven Sect. After claiming the Yellow Springs Stele, he went to Desolate Origin Palace and rescued Shang Qingxue, while a mysterious pillar of light appeared after his departure.

  • Chu Kuangren destroyed Mountain-Sea Tower, rescued the White-Robed General from the Ancient Battlefield, and helped him rebuild his foundation with the Heavenly Baleful Qi Altar.
  • After the Baleful Daoist Seed threatened the Mystic Heaven Sect and killed former disciples, Chu Kuangren broke the Heavenly Punishment Seal, became a Supreme Saint, and killed the Baleful Daoist Seed with a palm strike.
  • Chu Kuangren returned the White-Robed General to the Mystic Heaven Sect, then rejected Wuyue Quasi-Emperor’s attempt to mediate for the five hostile Daoist Traditions.
  • Chu Kuangren destroyed Yellow Springs Manor, the Death Sacred Hall, Piaomiao Heaven, and Guixu before killing Wuyue Quasi-Emperor, Changqin Saint King, and the remaining forces at Xuanhuang Divine Palace.
  • Chu Kuangren claimed the Yellow Springs Stele after Zhan Hongying explained that it sealed the passage to the Demon Realm, then searched for the missing Shang Qingxue.
  • At Desolate Origin Palace, Chu Kuangren found Shang Qingxue imprisoned in the Secluded Pavilion and learned Zhang Xuan had poisoned and starved her for two months.
  • Chu Kuangren ordered Shang Qingxue to deal with Zhang Xuan, and she killed him before fainting from exhaustion, and Chu Kuangren then demanded and received compensation from Desolate Origin Palace.
  • After Chu Kuangren and his companions left Desolate Origin Palace, a pillar of light appeared, and the White-Robed General asked to join the Mystic Heaven Sect.
Chapters 451–475 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 451A Sky Full of Runes Swords; I Am Chu Kuangren, Here to Wipe You Out

Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu arrived at the Mountain-Sea Tower, where Chu Kuangren effortlessly broke through its Mountain-Sea Formation. He reached the summit surrounded by countless Runes Swords and declared that he had come to wipe out the sect.

  • Changqin Saint King ordered the Xuanhuang Divine Palace to monitor Chu Kuangren as he headed for the Mountain-Sea Tower.
  • Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu arrived at the Mountain-Sea Tower, where its disciples and elders prepared to face them.
  • Chu Kuangren’s Kunwu Sword and a golden greatsword destroyed the Mountain-Sea Origin Souls, clearing a path through the Mountain-Sea Formation.
  • Chu Kuangren climbed toward the summit as Mountain-Sea Tower disciples watched, and a new Runes Sword formed with every step.
  • Chu Kuangren reached the summit surrounded by countless Runes Swords and announced that he had come to wipe out the Mountain-Sea Tower.

Ch. 452What Could the World Do to Me? One Man Suppressed Them All

Chu Kuangren attacked the Mountain-Sea Tower with a sky full of Runes Swords and overwhelmed its disciples, Saints, and Tower Master. He remained protected by Lan Yu’s Quasi-Emperor Weapon and stood ready to finish the battle, defying the world to oppose him.

  • Chu Kuangren unleashed his Runes Swords and slaughtered the Mountain-Sea Tower’s disciples and a Saint.
  • The Mountain-Sea Tower’s Saints and Tower Master surrounded Chu Kuangren, empowering their Mountain-Sea Origin Souls with secret medicine.
  • Chu Kuangren combined his Runes Swords into a Nature Sword and shattered the empowered Soul Spirits.
  • Lan Yu used a Quasi-Emperor Weapon to block the Saints’ attacks while Chu Kuangren clashed with the Tower Master’s Four Fiends.
  • Chu Kuangren repelled the Tower Master and declared that he would not tolerate a world that refused to tolerate him, leaving the watching cultivators silent.

Ch. 453What Would It Matter If I Burned Incense and Kowtowed to You? The Ferocious Beast Soul Spirit Zheng

The Mountain-Sea Tower Master summoned Zheng, a genuine ancient ferocious beast Soul Spirit, to kill Chu Kuangren. Their battle remained at a stalemate after Zheng’s soul-seizing roar opened a gap in Lan Yu’s defenses, but Chu Kuangren’s runic barrier held, and Zheng did not roar again.

  • The Mountain-Sea Tower Master praised Chu Kuangren’s talent, then declared that they were fated to fight and awakened a hidden power within the tower.
  • Zheng emerged as a genuine ferocious beast Soul Spirit, and Chu Kuangren identified it as a Saint King-level beast with power rivaling a fifth-step Saint King.
  • The Mountain-Sea Tower Master sent Zheng against Chu Kuangren, while Zheng’s flames and the Master’s attacks struck the black gauze barrier and Chu Kuangren countered with Runes Swords.
  • Zheng’s soul-seizing roar briefly affected Lan Yu, allowing the Mountain-Sea Tower Master and the Saints to break through the barrier and attack Chu Kuangren.
  • Chu Kuangren blocked their attacks with a runic barrier, unaffected by Zheng’s roar, while Lan Yu restored the black gauze barrier and guarded against another roar.

Ch. 454The destruction of Mountain-Sea Tower, five more to go, a chest of Origin Soul Seeds

Chu Kuangren used Space Runes to devastate Mountain-Sea Tower, killed its Master, and declared that five more Daoist Traditions remained. Afterward, he looted the treasury and found a chest of Origin Soul Seeds.

  • Chu Kuangren trapped Mountain-Sea Tower’s forces with Space Runes and unleashed a storm of Runes Swords across the grounds.
  • The bombardment killed nearly all of Mountain-Sea Tower’s Saints and destroyed the Zheng Beast, leaving the wounded Mountain-Sea Tower Master facing Chu Kuangren.
  • Chu Kuangren rejected the Master’s curses, blamed Mountain-Sea Tower for its own destruction, and killed him with two Runes Swords.
  • Chu Kuangren murmured that five more Daoist Traditions remained, alarming the watching factions.
  • Chu Kuangren looted Mountain-Sea Tower’s treasury and discovered a chest of Origin Soul Seeds, which he planned to bring back for Nangong Huang and the others.

Ch. 455The Seven-Colored Heavenly Tribulation, Xiao Jingchen Became a Saint, and the Reactions of the Heavenly Prides

After Chu Kuangren destroyed Mountain-Sea Tower, he disappeared with Lan Yu, while Xiao Jingchen emerged from seclusion in the Xuanhuang Divine Palace and survived a seven-colored heavenly tribulation to become a Saint. His ascension stirred other Heavenly Prides across Firmament Star to prepare to catch up.

  • Chu Kuangren annihilated Mountain-Sea Tower, then vanished with Lan Yu instead of immediately seeking revenge against another Daoist Tradition.
  • Changqin Saint King worried about Chu Kuangren’s strength as a powerful aura spread from the Xuanhuang Divine Palace.
  • Xiao Jingchen emerged from seclusion and faced a seven-colored heavenly tribulation, using an Emperor Weapon to survive its final bolt.
  • Xiao Jingchen became a Saint outright, prompting disciples and cultivators to compare his power with Chu Kuangren’s.
  • A burly young man, a woman wearing a Metal Mask, and a young man in Black Armor each reacted to Xiao Jingchen’s ascension and resolved to advance or become Saints themselves.

Ch. 456The White-Robed General's Disappearance, Returning to the Ancient Battlefield's Core Region

After becoming a Saint, Xiao Jingchen learned that Chu Kuangren had killed Xiao Lintian and resolved to challenge him after consolidating his cultivation. Meanwhile, Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu entered the Ancient Battlefield's Core Region to find the missing White-Robed General, where a blood-robed man sensed their arrival.

  • Changqin Saint King told Xiao Jingchen that Xiao Lintian had died after challenging Chu Kuangren, and Xiao Jingchen became intent on defeating Chu Kuangren.
  • Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu crossed the desert toward the Ancient Battlefield, and Chu Kuangren tried unsuccessfully to contact the White-Robed General.
  • Chu Kuangren searched the Ancient Battlefield's Core Region, found a palace that blocked his Spirit Thought, and entered it with Lan Yu.
  • A powerful baleful spirit mentioned another living person before Chu Kuangren killed him and collected the heavenly baleful qi he left behind.
  • A blood-robed man inside the palace sensed Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu approaching and questioned who they were.

Ch. 457Slaying the Blood Baleful Saint King, Taking What Was There for the Taking

Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu entered the Blood Baleful Hall to find the White-Robed General, and Chu Kuangren killed the Blood Baleful Saint King. After taking a mysterious altar filled with Heavenly Baleful Qi, Chu Kuangren found the White-Robed General imprisoned underground and having his Heavenly Baleful Qi drained.

  • Chu Kuangren demanded that the Blood Baleful Saint King reveal where the White-Robed General was, and the Saint King said he was imprisoned in the palace.
  • Chu Kuangren used Runes Swords, a Quasi-Emperor Weapon, and a Space Condensing Character Talisman to defeat and kill the Blood Baleful Saint King.
  • Chu Kuangren found a black altar bearing four pillars filled with Heavenly Baleful Qi and placed the entire altar into his Heaven and Earth Ring.
  • Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu went to the palace’s other restricted area and found the White-Robed General bound in an underground cell as black Heavenly Baleful Qi was drained from his body.

Ch. 458Rescuing the White-Robed General, the Baleful Daoist Seed's Fury

Chu Kuangren broke into the Blood Baleful Palace dungeon, killed its guards, and rescued the weakened White-Robed General after defeating the Blood Baleful Saint King. The Baleful Daoist Seed returned to find his Heavenly Baleful Qi Altar missing and ordered the Ancient Battlefield sealed off to search for it.

  • The Baleful Spirits taunted the imprisoned White-Robed General as they slowly extracted his heavenly baleful qi.
  • Chu Kuangren entered the dungeon, killed the Baleful Spirits, freed the White-Robed General, and removed the iron spike from his back.
  • Chu Kuangren took the bottle of heavenly baleful qi and led the White-Robed General out of the dungeon.
  • The Baleful Daoist Seed and the Giant Baleful Saint King returned to the Blood Baleful Palace and discovered that the Heavenly Baleful Qi Altar was gone, the White-Robed General had escaped, and the Blood Baleful Saint King was missing.
  • The Baleful Daoist Seed ordered the Ancient Battlefield sealed off and sent the Baleful Spirits to search for the altar and Chu Kuangren.

Ch. 459The Extinguishing Talisman, the Baleful Spirits' Encirclement, the Daoist Seed of an Ancient Daoist Tradition

Chu Kuangren used an Extinguishing Talisman to weaken the Ancient Battlefield's restriction on the White-Robed General and learned how the Baleful Daoist Seed had taken control of the Core Region. The group left the cave to face the Baleful Daoist Seed and his army, with Chu Kuangren cutting a path through the baleful spirits.

  • Chu Kuangren brought the White-Robed General into a cave and used Extinguishing Talismans to weaken the Ancient Battlefield's restraints on him.
  • The White-Robed General told Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu that the Baleful Daoist Seed had conquered the Core Region, subdued the Giant Baleful Saint King and Blood Baleful Saint King, and built a Heavenly Baleful Qi Altar.
  • Chu Kuangren gave the White-Robed General the Blood Baleful Saint King's spear and told Lan Yu to watch over the gravely wounded general.
  • Chu Kuangren, Lan Yu, and the White-Robed General left the cave and confronted the Baleful Daoist Seed and his gathered army of baleful spirits.
  • Chu Kuangren unleashed thousands of Runes Swords, tore through the baleful spirit army, and advanced with Lan Yu and the White-Robed General behind him.

Ch. 460The Ruthless Baleful Daoist Seed, One More Made No Difference

Chu Kuangren rescued the White-Robed General from the Baleful Daoist Seed using runes and escaped with Lan Yu aboard the Mirage Tower. The Baleful Daoist Seed slaughtered his own baleful spirit army to gather heavenly baleful qi, while Chu Kuangren turned to treating the White-Robed General and confronting his own weakening seal.

  • Chu Kuangren used a Space Rune to restrain the baleful spirits, then escaped with Lan Yu and the White-Robed General while Runes Swords delayed the Baleful Daoist Seed.
  • The Baleful Daoist Seed’s pursuit was disrupted by Chu Kuangren’s runic traps, so he gave up chasing them.
  • The Baleful Daoist Seed used the Heavenly Baleful Bell to kill the Giant Baleful Saint King and the other baleful spirits, absorbing their heavenly baleful qi.
  • Chu Kuangren’s spirit thought returned to him aboard the Mirage Tower as he departed the Ancient Battlefield with Lan Yu and the White-Robed General.
  • Chu Kuangren dismissed the Baleful Daoist Seed’s threat and resolved to treat the White-Robed General’s injuries as the seal within him neared breaking.

Ch. 461Heavenly Prides Attained Sainthood One After Another, Xiao Jingchen's Challenge

Chu Kuangren used the Heavenly Baleful Qi Altar to help the dying White-Robed General begin repairing his foundation, then entered closed-door cultivation to break his seal. As Heavenly Prides attained sainthood across Firmament Star, Xiao Jingchen and the Baleful Daoist Seed both challenged Chu Kuangren.

  • Chu Kuangren found that the White-Robed General had seven days to live and offered the Heavenly Baleful Qi Altar as a chance to restore his damaged foundation.
  • The White-Robed General endured the altar’s violent Heavenly Baleful Qi as it began rebuilding his foundation, and Chu Kuangren concealed the Mirage Tower before starting his own cultivation.
  • Wang Tianteng, Zhan Hongying, the Baleful Daoist Seed, and other Heavenly Prides attained sainthood, drawing major attention across Firmament Star.
  • Xiao Jingchen challenged Chu Kuangren to meet him at Sky-Pillar Mountain in three days, prompting speculation about whether he could overcome Chu Kuangren’s Heavenly Punishment Seal.
  • The Baleful Daoist Seed also challenged Chu Kuangren, blaming him for stealing the altar and preventing him from forging a seventh-grade Saint foundation.

Ch. 462Slandering Chu Kuangren, the Baleful Daoist Seed Challenges the Formation, No Ties Whatsoever

While Chu Kuangren remained missing, his enemies branded him a coward, and the Baleful Daoist Seed failed to break the Mystic Heaven Sect’s formation before resorting to killing former disciples to force him out. The Mystic Heaven Sect’s elders chose to wait for Chu Kuangren rather than risk the sect for people who no longer had ties to it.

  • After Chu Kuangren missed Xiao Jingchen’s challenge, the Xuanhuang Divine Palace and other hostile Daoist Traditions spread claims that he was afraid, damaging his reputation.
  • The Baleful Daoist Seed threatened to destroy the Mystic Heaven Sect and then attacked its Cloud Sea Wonder Formation, but emerged a day and a night later without breaking it.
  • The Baleful Daoist Seed subdued nearby Daoist Traditions and ordered them to capture former Mystic Heaven Sect disciples, threatening to kill a thousand people for every day Chu Kuangren stayed away.
  • When Chu Kuangren did not appear, the Baleful Daoist Seed killed a thousand captives on the first day and burned another thousand on the second.
  • At Longevity Hall, Elder Ruyan told the elders to wait for the Sect Leader, noting that the former disciples no longer had ties to the Mystic Heaven Sect.

Ch. 463The Baleful Daoist Seed Battles Murong Xuan and Nangong Huang, Purple Qi Comes from the East for Thirty Thousand Miles

Murong Xuan and Nangong Huang confronted the Baleful Daoist Seed to defend the Mystic Heaven Sect's dignity, but he overwhelmed them. A thirty-thousand-mile expanse of purple qi then appeared, leading cultivators across Firmament Star to suspect Chu Kuangren had broken the Heavenly Punishment Seal.

  • The Baleful Daoist Seed continued killing former Mystic Heaven Sect disciples while grudges against Chu Kuangren fueled public slander of him and his sect.
  • Murong Xuan and Nangong Huang arrived to challenge the Baleful Daoist Seed, who recognized them as Hidden Dragon List talents and overpowered their combined sword attacks.
  • Nangong Huang summoned the Mountain-Sea Scroll, but the Baleful Daoist Seed's Heavenly Baleful Manifestation destroyed its beast Soul Spirits and left the two Saints outmatched.
  • Nangong Huang and Murong Xuan prepared Great Teleportation Talismans to escape, but a sudden celestial fluctuation interrupted the confrontation.
  • Purple qi stretched thirty thousand miles across the horizon, and Saints speculated that Chu Kuangren had broken the Heavenly Punishment Seal.

Ch. 464A Frenzied Rise, the Limits of a Saint, a Heavenly Dao Saint

Chu Kuangren completed his transformation into a being with a Supreme Saint body, foundation, and soul after absorbing the purple qi, then learned of events in the Ancient Battlefield. He arrived there as the Baleful Daoist Seed and the Saints reacted to the Supreme Saint phenomenon, and a terrifying pressure descended.

  • Purple qi surged into Chu Kuangren, completing his Supreme Saint Foundation and transforming his body and soul.
  • Chu Kuangren’s enhanced psychic power let him survey Firmament Star, where he learned that Heavenly Prides had become Saints and that he had been challenged in the Ancient Battlefield.
  • Chu Kuangren channeled the remaining purple qi into the Kunwu Sword, strengthening its Sword Soul and potential.
  • Chu Kuangren recognized that the Baleful Daoist Seed would be his first target and crossed a million kilometers to the Ancient Battlefield.
  • The Baleful Daoist Seed and the Saints discussed the appearance of a Supreme Saint, and a terrifying pressure descended upon the battlefield.

Ch. 465Take a Palm Strike from Me-A Palm Strike Blasts the Ancient Battlefield. Who Could Withstand It?

Chu Kuangren revealed that he had become a Supreme Saint and challenged the Baleful Daoist Seed to withstand one palm strike. His strike destroyed the Ancient Battlefield and purified its Baleful Spirits and Killing Intent, leaving everyone stunned.

  • Chu Kuangren’s face appeared in the sky above the Ancient Battlefield, and he warned everyone to leave while the captured cultivators escaped.
  • Chu Kuangren told the Baleful Daoist Seed that he could live if he withstood one palm strike, and the Baleful Daoist Seed summoned a Heavenly Baleful Manifestation.
  • Chu Kuangren unleashed the Tathagata Rebirth Mantra, and the golden palm purified Baleful Spirits as it descended.
  • The Baleful Daoist Seed and the Ancient Battlefield’s Baleful Spirits attacked the palm, but the Heavenly Baleful Manifestation collapsed and the Baleful Daoist Seed fell wounded.
  • Chu Kuangren’s palm struck the Core Region, wiping out the Ancient Battlefield’s Baleful Spirits and Killing Intent and leaving a vast palm-shaped crater.

Ch. 466Heavenly Punishment Daoist Rhyme, the White-Robed General Awakens, the Power of the Space Transport Technique

News of Chu Kuangren’s devastating strike against the Baleful Daoist Seed spread across Firmament Star as he demonstrated his newly mastered Heavenly Punishment Daoist Rhyme and Space Transport Technique. He restored the White-Robed General to full strength and brought him and Lan Yu to the Mystic Heaven Sect, where they arrived outside its space-sealing formation.

  • Across Firmament Star, witnesses and rival forces reacted with fear and awe to Chu Kuangren’s palm strike that destroyed the Ancient Battlefield and killed the Baleful Daoist Seed.
  • Aboard the Mirage Tower, Chu Kuangren reflected on using the Space Transport Technique to send his Tathagata Rebirth Mantra attack across a million kilometers and on the power of his Heavenly Punishment Daoist Rhyme.
  • Chu Kuangren checked the White-Robed General and saw that his physique transformation had reached completion; the General awoke with formidable Killing Intent and Saint King strength.
  • The White-Robed General pledged his life to Chu Kuangren, who invited him to return to the Mystic Heaven Sect and meet his descendants.
  • Chu Kuangren used the Space Transport Technique to take Lan Yu and the White-Robed General a million kilometers to the area outside the Cloud Sea Wonder Formation.

Ch. 467The Five Daoist Traditions' Panic, Those Seniors

Chu Kuangren returned to the Mystic Heaven Sect, ended its seclusion, and announced that he would attack five Daoist Traditions in three days. The terrified leaders sought help from powerful seniors in Netherworld Valley while Chu Kuangren remained at the sect.

  • Chu Kuangren told Elder Ruyan to deactivate the Cloud Sea Wonder Formation and asked her to summon Shang Qingxue to meet the White-Robed General.
  • The Mystic Heaven Sect reappeared in the world, and news of Chu Kuangren's return frightened the forces that had attacked it.
  • The leaders of several Daoist Traditions gathered at the Xuanhuang Divine Palace and agreed to seek help from seniors in Netherworld Valley.
  • Changqin Saint King prepared to visit Netherworld Valley as the five Daoist Traditions sent precious offerings to the Xuanhuang Divine Palace.
  • The Mystic Heaven Sect announced Chu Kuangren would attack the Xuanhuang Divine Palace, Piaomiao Heaven, Yellow Springs Manor, the Death Sacred Hall, and Guixu in three days, but he stayed at the sect.

Ch. 468Netherworld Valley, Quasi-Emperor Wuyue, Wuyue Meets Chu Kuangren

Changqin Saint King persuaded Quasi-Emperor Wuyue to help the Xuanhuang Divine Palace oppose Chu Kuangren. Wuyue entered the Mystic Heaven Sect and met Chu Kuangren, who called her a thief.

  • Changqin Saint King endured Netherworld Valley's illusions and found the cabin where Wuyue stayed.
  • Wuyue learned that Changguang had died and heard Changqin's account of Chu Kuangren becoming a Supreme Saint.
  • Changqin offered Wuyue gifts and an Emperor-grade Spirit Medicine, and she agreed to make a trip on the Xuanhuang Divine Palace's behalf.
  • After nearly three days, Chu Kuangren remained in the Mystic Heaven Sect as his announced attack on five Daoist Traditions approached.
  • Wuyue entered the Mystic Heaven Sect undetected, and Chu Kuangren approached her and called her a thief.

Ch. 469Dawn Has Broken, No One I Want to Keep Can Leave, Flipping Plaques

Chu Kuangren rejected Wuyue Quasi-Emperor’s attempt to protect the Xuanhuang Divine Palace and the other Daoist Traditions, then destroyed her Spirit Thought avatar when she tried to flee. He began his planned attack on the five great Daoist Traditions by letting Lan Yu choose a wooden plaque, and the chapter ended as he prepared to strike the Yellow Springs Manor.

  • Chu Kuangren used his Eye of Insight to identify Wuyue Quasi-Emperor as a Spirit Thought avatar of a Blood-Eyed Crow and dismissed her attempt to mediate for the Xuanhuang Divine Palace and the other Daoist Traditions.
  • Wuyue Quasi-Emperor declared that she would protect the Daoist Traditions, while Chu Kuangren vowed to destroy them and overwhelmed her aura with his Sword Dao Rhythm.
  • Wuyue Quasi-Emperor split her avatar into hundreds of crows to escape, but Chu Kuangren imprisoned and destroyed them with his Psychic Power.
  • Wuyue Quasi-Emperor’s true body, in Netherworld Valley, vowed to fight Chu Kuangren herself, as observers’ Spirit Thoughts arrived at the Mystic Heaven Sect on the day of his attack.
  • Lan Yu brought Chu Kuangren five wooden plaques and flipped over Yellow Springs Manor, which Chu Kuangren chose as his first target.
  • Chu Kuangren summoned a thirty-thousand-meter Ancient Buddha with the Tathagata Rebirth Mantra and sent its palm strike into the void.

Ch. 470One Palm, One Punch, One Finger, One Sword-Four Daoist Traditions Annihilated

Chu Kuangren used attacks that crossed millions of miles to annihilate four supreme Daoist traditions while Lan Yu selected their names from wooden plaques. After Guixu fell to his sword, the surviving mighty cultivators were left speechless.

  • Chu Kuangren struck Yellow Springs Manor with a distant palm, destroying its formation and annihilating the manor.
  • Lan Yu selected the Death Sacred Hall, and Chu Kuangren’s punch shattered its protective shield and stone coffin, destroying the hall.
  • Lan Yu chose Piaomiao Heaven, and Chu Kuangren’s Finger Force swept through its Secret Realm and annihilated it.
  • Lan Yu selected Guixu, and Chu Kuangren sent the Kunwu Sword across the sea, destroying Deep Sea Guixu with a storm of Sword Qi.
  • The mighty cultivators who witnessed the destruction of all four traditions were shaken speechless.

Ch. 471A strange stone stele, back in a moment, three moves to kill you

Chu Kuangren discovered a mysterious stone stele in the ruins of Yellow Springs Manor, then attacked the Xuanhuang Divine Palace. Quasi-Emperor Wuyue intervened, and after Chu Kuangren declared he would kill her in three moves, their first clash left her wounded while he remained unharmed.

  • Chu Kuangren found a black stone stele in Yellow Springs Manor that his Space Transport Technique could not move.
  • Chu Kuangren sent tens of thousands of Runes Swords against the Xuanhuang Divine Palace, shattering its Defensive Formation and devastating its grounds.
  • Quasi-Emperor Wuyue arrived and destroyed the Runes Swords with a storm of Spiritual Power and Daoist Rhyme.
  • Chu Kuangren appeared before Wuyue and said he would kill her in three moves; she attacked him with a streak of black light.
  • Chu Kuangren countered with the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Art, wounding Wuyue while emerging from their clash unscathed.

Ch. 472I Punish on Heaven's Behalf, I'll Come Slay You, the World's Number One

Chu Kuangren defeated and killed Quasi-Emperor Wuyue with his Emperor-Grade Thunder Talisman, then annihilated the remaining people of the Xuanhuang Divine Palace. He left as witnesses recognized him as the world's number one.

  • Chu Kuangren endured Quasi-Emperor Wuyue's attack and wounded her with his second sword strike, resisting her Blood Crow's Delusion.
  • Chu Kuangren summoned an Emperor-Grade Thunder Talisman infused with Heavenly Punishment Daoist Rhyme and destroyed Quasi-Emperor Wuyue despite an elder's plea to stop.
  • Chu Kuangren challenged the unseen elder to reveal his location so he could slay him, but the elder withdrew after warning him about his violence.
  • Chu Kuangren killed Changqin Saint King and everyone else remaining in the Xuanhuang Divine Palace.
  • Witnesses reflected that five top Daoist Traditions had fallen in one night and hailed Chu Kuangren as the world's number one.

Ch. 473Secrets of the Yellow Springs Stele, Shang Qingxue's Whereabouts Unknown

After taking the Yellow Springs Stele from Zhan Hongying, Chu Kuangren returned to Mystic Heaven Sect and learned that Shang Qingxue had gone missing. Unable to find her with his Spirit Thought, he prepared to visit Desolate Origin Palace, where she was last known to be.

  • Zhan Hongying found the Yellow Springs Stele in Yellow Springs Manor’s ruins, but Chu Kuangren claimed it as his spoils and refused to return it until he had studied it.
  • Zhan Hongying explained that the stele was the Yellow Springs Formation Core, which helped seal the passage to the Demon Realm, and warned that the Demon Realm could invade again soon.
  • Chu Kuangren took the stele to Mystic Heaven Sect, where Elder Ruyan and the White-Robed General told him Shang Qingxue had stopped responding to them.
  • Chu Kuangren searched Firmament Star with his Spirit Thought but found no trace of Shang Qingxue.
  • Elder Ruyan said Shang Qingxue was last contacted in Nebula Dao Province, and Chu Kuangren decided to visit Desolate Origin Palace, the place Liu Yiqing came from.

Ch. 474Shang Qingxue's whereabouts, look how badly they were frightened

The Desolate Origin Palace's Palace Lord learned that Zhang Xuan had imprisoned a Mystic Heaven Sect disciple and feared Chu Kuangren's retaliation. When Chu Kuangren arrived, he asked the palace to help find his missing disciple, leaving the Palace Lord and Zhang Xuan terrified.

  • The Palace Lord berated Zhang Xuan for capturing a Mystic Heaven Sect disciple and warned that he might sacrifice his grandson to appease Chu Kuangren.
  • Zhang Xuan said he had kept the woman locked in the Secluded Pavilion and had not harmed her.
  • Liu Yiqing returned with two guests, and Zhang Xuan mocked him for treating them with such deference.
  • The Palace Lord recognized Chu Kuangren as one of Liu Yiqing's guests and reacted in shock.
  • Chu Kuangren asked the Desolate Origin Palace to help find his missing disciple, and the hall fell silent.

Ch. 475Where was she? Demanding compensation after killing someone

Chu Kuangren found Shang Qingxue imprisoned in the Desolate Origin Palace, where Zhang Xuan had abused and starved her, and she killed Zhang Xuan after being rescued. Chu Kuangren forced the palace to pay compensation and a ransom, then set out with his companions as a new opportunity appeared and the White-Robed General asked to join the Mystic Heaven Sect.

  • Chu Kuangren confronted the Desolate Origin Palace Master and Zhang Xuan, who revealed that Shang Qingxue was being held in the Secluded Pavilion.
  • Chu Kuangren and the White-Robed General found Shang Qingxue, who lowered her sword and wept when she recognized Chu Kuangren.
  • Shang Qingxue told Chu Kuangren that Zhang Xuan had poisoned and imprisoned her for two months, leaving her without food or water as she resisted him.
  • Chu Kuangren ordered Shang Qingxue to deal with Zhang Xuan, and she killed him before fainting from exhaustion; the White-Robed General caught her and thought she resembled Ayu.
  • Chu Kuangren demanded ransom for Liu Yiqing and compensation for Shang Qingxue, and the Desolate Origin Palace paid a vast sum of resources.
  • After Chu Kuangren and the others left, a pillar of light appeared, and the White-Robed General asked to join the Mystic Heaven Sect.
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