Chapter Summaries

Lei Jun destroyed Vajra Temple by himself, broke its defenses, killed its monks, and sealed its route to Sumeru while preparing to claim the Azure Sky Descends to Yellow Springs Treasure. The Yun Province battle ended in Empress Zhang Wantong’s overwhelming victory, and Lei Jun left Zhang Ying and Xiao Hang stunned when he revealed that he alone had razed the Buddhist sacred land.

• Tang Xiaotang slew the Four-Eyed Python Emperor with the Celestial Master Sword and trapped Jialuotu, the Vajra Division Master, inside her Pure Yang Dharma Realm.
• Lei Jun received Sign Fortunes pointing him toward Vajra Temple, briefly visited North Apricot Mountain to inform Tang Xiaotang, and continued west.
• Empress Zhang Wantong defeated the Lone Eagle Khanate forces in Yun Province, killing Hariguer, Longjia Shangren, Bo Muge, the Azure Sky Divine Eagle, and the Snow Country Bear King.
• Lei Jun used the silver awl to shatter Vajra Temple’s Land of Bliss, then descended with the Celestial Master Seal and True One Altar to block the temple’s gateway to Sumeru.
• Lei Jun killed Gongbu Shangren and Gelo Shangren, devastated Vajra Temple, and used his Yuan Magnetic Sword Realm to cut off communications and kill the remaining defenders.
• Zhang Ying and Xiao Hang arrived to find Vajra Temple already destroyed, and Lei Jun told them that Tang Xiaotang was fighting Jialuotu in Longdong while he had come to cut off the Vajra Division Master’s return route.

Lei Jun destroyed Vajra Temple, exposed Sumeru’s Vajra Division’s use of demonic Buddhist protectors, and remained behind to guard the unstable gate while Tang Xiaotang fought Jialuotu. As reinforcements converged on the ruins, Lei Jun revealed five Dharma Forms and used two Dragon-Tiger Combination Strikes to devastate the attackers.

• Lei Jun showed Zhang Ying, Xiao Hang, and the others two Dharma Bells from Vajra Temple, explained that the Four-Eyed Python Emperor had become a Vajra Division Buddhist protector, and destroyed the bells as they witnessed.
• Lei Jun proposed that the group share credit for breaching Vajra Temple so they could lure the scattered Vajra Division monks into returning; he stayed to guard the Sumeru gate while the others blockaded the area.
• Tang Xiaotang used her Heavenly Heart Insight Dharma Talisman, the Celestial Master Sword, and the Celestial Master Robe to fight Jialuotu, then wounded him as he broke out of her Pure Yang Dharma Realm and fled toward the Sumeru gate.
• After the Great Tang forces routed the Lone Eagle Khanate’s retreating armies, Xuri Gan, Yangjin Mingfei, Wanglang Shangren, and other enemies advanced on Vajra Temple, where Lei Jun confronted them.
• Lei Jun summoned five Dharma Forms and unleashed two different Dragon-Tiger Combination Strikes, killing Xuri Gan, Wanglang Shangren, and many other attackers while Yangjin Mingfei and Jiang Cheng were struck down.

Lei Jun defeated Zhao Youan and trapped the returning Vajra Division Master Jialuotu and Cisong Shangren in the Great Two Forms Reversal End Law Immortal Array. The array poured into Sumeru and devastated the Vajra monks, while Tang Xiaotang and Lei Jun continued fighting the two masters; Tang Xiaotang cut the Five-Pronged Vajra Pestle in half as Jialuotu launched a desperate counterattack.

• Lei Jun captured Zhao Youan in his Profound Yellow Universe and killed him with repeated Seven Stars Sword strikes and the Dragon-Tiger Combination Strike.
• Jialuotu returned to the Vajra Temple Ruins with Cisong Shangren, but Lei Jun unfolded the Great Two Forms Reversal End Law Immortal Array and sealed the Sumeru gate again.
• Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang battled Jialuotu and Cisong Shangren inside the array, using its black lotuses, thunder, fire, and Black Bodhi Seeds to weaken them.
• Jialuotu reopened the gate to Sumeru, but Lei Jun sent the collapsing array through it, devastating the Vajra Division forces and gravely injuring Jialuotu and Cisong Shangren.
• Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang unleashed a combined Dragon-Tiger strike that destroyed Cisong Shangren, while Tang Xiaotang cut Jialuotu's Five-Pronged Vajra Pestle in half.
• Jialuotu counterattacked fiercely, prepared to risk mutual destruction.

Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang entered Sumeru, killed the Vajra Division Master, and destroyed the Sumeru Vajra Division’s stronghold and treasures. They escaped as the Ganges River and Mount Sumeru erupted into chaos, sealed the gate to Great Tang, and learned that the Empress’s condition might be worsening.

• Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang overwhelmed the Vajra Division’s defenders, while Tang Xiaotang killed its master and Luo Chi Shangren and destroyed the Akshobhya Elephant Seat and Division Mother Diagram.
• Lei Jun planted Black Bodhi Seeds in the Ganges River and around the Vajra Division’s Land of Bliss, using them to sabotage the Buddhist pure land and trigger a vast upheaval across Sumeru.
• Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang escaped Sumeru through the Void Gate with Xiao Hang’s help, then sealed the passage to Great Tang.
• Tang Xiaotang and Lei Jun concluded that Great Tang’s declining national fortunes might indicate that the Empress’s condition was not right.
• Chu Kun reported Great Tang’s casualties and told Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang that Shen Qubing’s expedition had captured trained strange beasts from the foreign tribes.

After the Tang forces defeated the Sumeru Vajra Division, Lei Jun returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain to recover and investigate new treasures while Tang Xiaotang took on the Empress’s duties of inspecting the realm. As Great Tang’s victories exposed political uncertainty at home and upheaval among foreign powers, the chapter ended with Lei Jun examining an imperial reward suited to a Two Forms Immortal Body.

• Lei Jun explained the defeat of the Sumeru Vajra Division, and he and Tang Xiaotang returned to Chang'an, where Empress Zhang Wantong asked Tang Xiaotang to stabilize the realm while she recuperated.
• Lei Jun and Chu Kun discussed the rise of powerful demons, then Lei Jun returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain and found that the Azure Falling Pearls and Nine Springs Ascending Spirit Jade could help raise Wang Guiyuan’s comprehension.
• Lei Jun learned that Crown Prince Zhang Hui had advanced to the Eighth Heaven Second Layer in less than two years, raising the possibility that he possessed exceptional innate talent and had only now begun to reveal it.
• Shen Qubing led the Great Tang Divine Strategy Army through the Boyan Mountain Void Gate, ravaged the Lone Eagle Khanate’s lands, killed Chao Luomen, captured the Khan’s youngest son, and returned with strange beasts and Riding and Controlling practitioners.
• Ye Moquan and Ye Wei considered Prince Zhao Zhang Teng’s move into the Imperial Capital and the Celestial Master Mansion’s growing power, while Tianlong Temple’s leaders discussed the scale of the Western Regions victory.
• The court delivered generous rewards to the Celestial Master Mansion, including Heaven and Earth Against the Current, and Lei Jun recognized that it suited a Two Forms Immortal Body.

Lei Jun distributed the Tang court’s rewards and learned that Chu Kun sought the Earth Surge Heavenly Star to advance his Constellation Saint Body toward a Heavenly River Immortal Body. As the Sumeru Vajra Division struggled to recover and the Great Tang’s rival factions watched the Empress’s growing strength, unstable Void Gates and active Great Demons threatened to plunge the realms into wider turmoil.

• Lei Jun sealed away Heaven and Earth Against the Current, while Chu Kun sent the Nine Revolutions Star Radiance to the Treasure Pavilion and explained that he sought the Earth Surge Heavenly Star to pursue a Heavenly River Immortal Body.
• The Buddha Division Master, Fandatuo, and the Karma Division Master assessed the Vajra Division’s destruction and began reorganizing it while prioritizing Mount Sumeru.
• Azure Wolf Khan and White Deer Khan ordered their followers to gather intelligence on the Great Tang Human Realm as the Golden Khanate neared its conquest of Great Song.
• Ji Yao warned Inner Mount Shu’s elders not to underestimate the Golden Khanate, while Li Linxue reported that the Great Tang Void Realm seemed to be loosening.
• Fang Hezhou, Fang Huansheng, Chu Lin, Ye Zhuo, and Zhang Qiong Rong discussed supporting the Crown Prince against the Empress, fearing that Lei Jun and the Celestial Master Mansion could tip the balance of power.
• Reports to Lei Jun described turmoil at several Void Gates, the rise of the Great Demon Black Mountain Lord, and increasing activity by demons and Great Demons across the Southern Wilderness, East Sea, and other regions.

Lei Jun monitored rising threats and developments across the Human Realms while proposing a new approach to crafting magical artifacts. As winter ended, he oversaw repairs and considered promoting Hua Wei, while the Celestial Master Mansion prepared for dangerous tribulations.

• Lei Jun reviewed reports of Great Demons stirring and discussed Xu Yuanzhen's journey through Penglai into the Great Ming Human Realm with Tang Xiaotang, Yuan Mobai, and Ji Chuan.
• Ji Chuan explained that Mount Shu had assigned Xie Yiying to temporarily wield the Ziwei Sword and would have her discuss Lei Jun's modular artifact-refining proposal with Mysterious Machine Temple.
• Yuan Mobai warned that large-scale modular artifact production would require abundant materials, while Lei Jun continued repairing treasures, cultivating, and monitoring events.
• Luo Haoran reported that workers were reinforcing waterworks damaged by changes to the Mountains and Rivers Earth Veins, and Lei Jun suggested Hua Wei might become an elder after consulting her wishes.
• Lei Jun told Luo Haoran that Yao, Liu, and Ke were preparing for secluded cultivation or a tribulation as the Celestial Master Mansion faced the risks of advancement.

Lei Jun prepared Azure Falling Pearl and Nine Springs Ascending Spirit Jade for a future ritual while Chu Kun represented Celestial Master Mansion at Wen Xi’s succession ceremony at Ge Po Mountain. As unrest spread across the realm and the Tang emperor’s injury became evident, the two treasures began merging within the Myriad Laws Altar.

• Lei Jun refined Heavenly River Star Sand and Ganges River Sand with his Great Zhou Heavenly Dharma Mirror but decided he still lacked materials.
• Chu Kun traveled to Ge Po Mountain for Wen Xi’s succession ceremony, while Li Tianqing secretly met Wen Xi at the abandoned ancestral grounds and mentioned clues about Yuan Shanjii.
• Black Mountain Lord reached the Nine Heavens and attacked the Northern Frontier pastures, where Prince Zhao Zhang Teng confronted it before Tang Xiaotang could arrive.
• Lei Jun told Yuan Mobai that the East Sea Overlord, the Great Demon Sea King Chrysanthemum, had reappeared, and Yuan Mobai concluded the emperor was seriously injured.
• Lei Jun continued balancing Azure Falling Pearl and Nine Springs Ascending Spirit Jade until they began intertwining and merging.

Lei Jun reached Natural Level enlightenment, refined his cultivation, and prepared to attempt the Ninth Heaven Realm within the year. As Great Tang faced unrest across its borders, he learned of a Celestial Master Mansion in the Great Han Human Realm, while Inner Mount Shu opened a Yellow Springs Gate and launched a plan to seize the Pure Azure Mansion.

• Lei Jun used the Nine Springs Ascending Spirit Jade and Azure Falling Pearl to reach Natural Level enlightenment, then refined his talismans and supernatural methods until his Eighth Heaven cultivation approached completion.
• Lei Jun planned to attempt the Ninth Heaven Realm within the year, ideally using the Great Void Twin Lotus, and exchanged Past Life Frost Dew and Kirin Saliva for Space Fixing Cloud Gauze and Miro Ten-Pattern Jade.
• Lei Jun and Yuan Mobai discussed the Great Tang's unstable situation, news of a powerful Celestial Master Mansion in the Great Han Human Realm, and Mount Shu elder Ye Dongming's search for the Pure Azure Mansion.
• Inner Mount Shu opened the Yellow Springs Gate at Red Tea Ridge, and Ji Yao ordered his forces to pursue the Pure Azure Mansion, gather people, and target powerful Great Demons rather than attack Dragon Tiger Mountain or Shu Mountain.

Li Linxue led Inner Mount Shu forces into Great Tang, where Zhang Taigang and the allied Great Tang cultivators used Pure Yang artifacts to hold them at Qianzhou. Lu Changpeng attacked Xiao Ding but was repelled by its combined defenses, then learned Yellow Springs was under attack; after Ji Yao seized the Pure Azure Mansion and Inner Mount Shu withdrew, Tang Xiaotang prepared to pursue them into Yellow Springs.

• Li Linxue assigned Lu Changpeng the White Bone Divine Boat to hunt Great Demons while she advanced toward Great Tang and drew attention away from Ji Yao.
• Fang Jingsheng, Zhang Taigang, and other Great Tang leaders mobilized, and Mount Shu cultivators used newly refined Pure Yang artifacts to suppress Inner Mount Shu at Qianzhou.
• Zhang Taigang's formation of Pure Yang artifacts helped pin down Li Linxue, while Ji Chuan and Xie Yiying fought Daoist Fei Mo with the Purple Azure Twin Swords and their own Pure Yang weapons.
• Lu Changpeng attacked Xiao Ding with the White Bone Divine Boat, but Xu Duan's Southern Bright Fire Cauldron and the mountain's Nine Heavens Divine Lightning formation drove him back; a message then reported that Yellow Springs was under attack.
• Lei Jun secretly left Dragon Tiger Mountain to join Tang Xiaotang after she pursued Ji Yao, who had taken the Pure Azure Mansion from Ye Dongming.
• Inner Mount Shu withdrew into Yellow Springs, and Tang Xiaotang urged the others to pursue; Chen Donglou appeared and agreed to go despite the possibility of a trap.

Lei Jun, disguised as Chen Donglou, joined Tang Xiaotang’s assault on Yellow Springs and defeated Li Linxue, while the fighting ended with Ji Yao flooding Yellow Springs to stop the invasion. The Great Tang cultivators escaped with the Pure Azure Mansion, but the Yellow Springs gate was sealed and Inner Mount Shu suffered catastrophic losses.

• Chen Donglou and Tang Xiaotang reopened the Yellow Springs gate, while Fang Jingsheng and Xiao Hang stayed behind to guard it.
• Lei Jun followed the Upper Middle Auspicious Sign to the Abyss of Still Water, disrupted Yellow Springs, and brought Ji Yao’s forces into battle with Tang Xiaotang and the Mount Shu cultivators.
• Lei Jun used the Two Forms Heavenly Yuan Sword Formation to defeat Li Linxue, revealed his true identity, destroyed the Yellow Springs Sword, and killed her within his Divine Court Universe.
• Ji Yao unleashed a flood of Lethe River Water, forcing Tang Xiaotang and the others to retreat with the Pure Azure Mansion as the White Bone Divine Boat sank and sealed the Yellow Springs gates.
• Ji Yao surveyed the devastation in Yellow Springs and collapsed under the losses of Li Linxue, the White Bone Divine Boat, the Yellow Springs Sword, and Fengdu’s defenses.

After Lei Jun helped destroy the Yellow Springs Sword and White Bone Divine Boat, he returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain as crises erupted across the Great Tang Human Realm. Xu Yuanzhen reopened the gate between the Great Ming Human Realm and Tianli, diverting the Heavenly Principle Cultivators, while Tang Xiaotang raced from one frontier emergency to another; the chapter ended with her reporting that she had found Lei Jun’s desired Great Void Twin Lotus, though it was not yet ready to harvest.

• Disguised as Chen Donglou, Lei Jun told the gathered cultivators that he had destroyed the Yellow Springs Sword and killed Li Linxue, while the Great Tang forces arranged to shelter the people rescued from Yellow Springs.
• Lei Jun returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain, where Yuan Mobai reported that Heavenly Principle Cultivators had destroyed the Southern Sect Lin Clan and that the Snowy Plateau Sky Eagle was leading demons eastward.
• Xu Yuanzhen reopened the Void Gate between the Great Ming Human Realm and Tianli, prompting the legitimate Great Ming court to send troops into Tianli and the Heavenly Principle Cultivators to withdraw from Great Tang.
• Lei Jun began repairing and planning to reforge the Seven Stars Sword, while Tang Xiaotang left Tianli for the Southern Wilderness after the Earth Sea gate reopened and Black Mist poured through.
• Tang Xiaotang halted a ritual array in the Earth Sea that was draining spiritual energy from Great Tang, then told Lei Jun she had found the Great Void Twin Lotus but needed to wait for it to mature.

Lei Jun headed south to confront the Nine-Winged Golden Centipede, only to learn that Li Tianqing had already driven it away. Before entering the Earth Sea to join Tang Xiaotang, Lei Jun followed a Sign Fortune’s lead toward Azure Wave Rock, where a Black Lotus had appeared in the Human Realm.

• Lei Jun learned that the Earth Sea’s civil war was draining spiritual energy from the Great Tang, while Void Gates reopened and foreign forces began scouting the borders.
• After the Nine-Winged Golden Centipede appeared in the Southern Wilderness, Lei Jun left Dragon Tiger Mountain with Zhang Mu to deal with the threat.
• Xiao Xueting fought Nether Abyss demons at the reopened gate, while the Nether Abyss Demon King ordered its forces to search for two cultivators and said they would not invade through that gate.
• Ye Yan received word that Lei Jun had gone south and ordered the Qingzhou Ye Clan to investigate developments while preparing for possible conflict centered on Chang’an.
• Lei Jun learned that Li Tianqing had reached the Ninth Heaven and forced the Nine-Winged Golden Centipede to flee; he then established arrays to restrain the Earth Sea gate’s drain on the Human Realm.
• Before entering the Earth Sea, Lei Jun received a Sign Fortune pointing him toward Azure Wave Rock and diverted there after realizing that a Black Lotus had appeared in the Human Realm.

Lei Jun killed Yuan Mie beneath Azure Wave Rock, sealed the strange connection at the center of the Black Lotus, and found the Void Breaking Return Origin Stone Tang Xiaotang needed. In the Earth Sea, he repurposed Yuan Mie’s ritual array to link with arrays in the Great Tang Human Realm, then helped repel a Nine Li attack while concealing his weakened condition.

• Lei Jun found Yuan Mie and other Great Sky Temple monks hiding beneath Azure Wave Rock and killed them in a battle of Thunder and Fire Dharma Images.
• Lei Jun sealed the white light connecting the Black Lotus to another world, then kept the lotus dormant and discovered the Void Breaking Return Origin Stone among Yuan Mie’s possessions.
• Lei Jun destroyed Yuan Mie’s black alms bowl and entered the Earth Sea, where he rebuilt Yuan Mie’s ritual array to link the Earth Sea with the Great Tang Human Realm.
• Lei Jun’s linked arrays stopped the backward flow of spiritual qi, and he directed Chu Kun, Zhang Mu, and others as the arrays began to affect the Earth Sea’s Black Mist.
• Tian Cheng and Shen Guangjie fought Nine Li People near Jia Zuo Mountain while Lei Jun presided over the array; Lei Jun killed a Nine Li Great Witch who tried to ambush him.
• Lei Jun sent Tian Cheng and Shen Guangjie to establish two more ritual arrays, further thinning the Black Mist, while Shen Guangjie quietly ordered a subordinate to report Lei Jun’s condition to the human realm.

In the Earth Sea, Lei Jun maintained the ritual array as Sun Li sought his help refining Morning Sun Treasure Wood into a spiritual treasure. When Sun Li drove off Li Bin, Lei Jun used another piece of the wood with Heaven and Earth Against the Current to trigger Earth Surge Heavenly Star and gathered the rising stars, while unrest and political maneuvering continued elsewhere.

• Shangguan Xiu received Shen Guangjie's message and sent Shangguan Zhengqing to the Eastern Palace, where Crown Prince Zhang Hui discussed Northern Frontier unrest and the White Lotus Heretic Monk with his officials.
• Future Maitreya revealed that Monk Jingshan had died while Monk Jingsi and Monk Huizhen remained captured, and Monk Jingsi accused him of colluding with people outside the White Lotus Sect.
• Tang Xiaotang challenged Li Zhongding and prevented the Five-Clan Alliance from continuing its assault, while Lei Jun maintained the ritual array and learned that Yuan Shanjii had entered the Earth Sea.
• Sun Li arrived with Morning Sun Treasure Wood and began a ritual intended to help him reach the Ninth Heaven Descent Realm.
• Li Bin attacked Lei Jun's ritual array, but Sun Li used the Morning Sun Treasure Wood to resist his Nether Sea Descent and drove him away with the Reincarnation Curse.
• Lei Jun borrowed another piece of Morning Sun Treasure Wood from Sun Li, combined it with Heaven and Earth Against the Current to create Earth Surge Heavenly Star, and sealed the rising stars in the Yin Yang Taiji Diagram.

Lei Jun stabilized his Earth Sea ritual array while Sun Li completed the refinement of the Morning Sun Treasure Wood, and Xing Feng drove Yuan Shanjii away with a formidable new blade technique. After Sun Li returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain, Lei Jun sought out Tang Xiaotang’s discovery and contacted Wang Guiyuan, while a mysterious Black Chess Piece began to shake near Zhongzhou.

• Sun Li used a Thousand Mile Curse to disrupt Li Jin’s Sacrificial Array, allowing Lei Jun’s ritual array to remain stable as Sun completed refining the Morning Sun Treasure Wood.
• Xing Feng attacked Yuan Shanjii and overcame his Ghost God Sacrifice Arrays with Blood Battle Nether Style and Blood Battle Mountain and River Style, forcing him to flee.
• Feng Gui visited Lei Jun and Sun Li, then departed; Sun Li agreed to return to the Great Tang Human Realm and settled in a secluded cave near Dragon Tiger Mountain.
• Lei Jun headed toward the place where Tang Xiaotang had found the Great Void Twin Lotus and contacted Wang Guiyuan, who reported reaching Azure Wave Rock.
• Near Zhongzhou, Ye Yao and other Ye Clan disciples offered Literary Talent Qi to an enormous Black Chess Piece, causing it to tremble and send vibrations through the earth veins.

The Four Clans and Five Prominent Families prepared for a possible struggle against Dragon Tiger Mountain while Monk Faqing helped Lei Jun secure the Great Void Twin Lotus and conceal his cultivation. As Lei Jun began advancing toward the Ninth Heaven, a Second Nether Abyss Gate opened near Chang'an, unleashing a demon invasion aimed at the old capital.

• Ye Moquan told Lin Huan that Prince Zhao would decide when to act and urged the Youzhou Lin Clan to prepare for a decisive struggle against Dragon Tiger Mountain.
• Monk Faqing killed and contained Great Sky Temple monks at Azure Wave Rock, then entered Earth Sea to meet Lei Jun at the Great Void Twin Lotus.
• Lei Jun collected the ripe Great Void Twin Lotus, while Wang Guiyuan transformed to impersonate him and Lei Jun returned to the Black Lotus to pursue a breakthrough in seclusion.
• Prince Zhao Zhang Teng fought Black Mountain Lord in the Northern Frontier as a Second Nether Abyss Gate opened near Chang'an and released a host of demons.
• Luoyang sent aid west to protect the sovereign, and representatives hurried to Dragon Tiger Mountain to summon Lei Jun, Tang Xiaotang, or Xu Yuanzhen back to the Human Realm.

As Great Tang’s factions fought over the throne after the Empress vanished into the Nether Abyss, Lei Jun crossed the Eighth-to-Ninth Heaven tribulation and reached the Mahayana Realm. He headed toward Luoyang to observe the succession battle, where an unexpected disturbance appeared before him.

• Zhang Ziye told Yuan Mobai and Shangguan Ning that the Empress was in grave danger, Xiao Chunhui had died, and Great Tang’s forces were fighting threats across the realm.
• Ye Yan, Chu Xiuyuan, and Ye Moquan secretly helped seal the Penglai, Tianli, and Earth Sea gates, temporarily blocking routes home for Xu Yuanzhen, Tang Xiaotang, and Lei Jun.
• Lei Jun overcame the Heavenly Chasm Tribulation, entered the Ninth Heaven Mahayana Realm, and gained Profound Dark Dust and Nine Heavens Heart Thunder.
• Prince Zhao Zhang Teng drove back Nether Yama Mountain Lord, but the Empress vanished into the Nether Abyss with Xiao Xueting, and Zhang Teng claimed the throne while Crown Prince Zhang Hui opposed him.
• The prominent clans backed opposing sides in the Luoyang succession struggle, and Crown Prince Zhang Hui damaged Zhang Teng’s support by exposing his past dealings with foreign invaders.
• Lei Jun neared Luoyang, viewed the Illusory Imperial Capital through the Great Zhou Heavenly Dharma Mirror, and saw several black blotches appear in the projected radiance.

Lei Jun returned to Luoyang as a Ninth Heaven Realm Taoist and overwhelmed Prince Zhao Zhang Teng, while Crown Prince Zhang Hui revealed his long-standing opposition to the aristocratic clans. The chapter ended with Lei Jun breaking free of the Fang Clan’s sacrificial seal and killing Fang Jingsheng.

• Ye Moquan learned that the attempt to open a route to Great Unity had failed, so he ordered the Cangzhou Ye Clan to withdraw and prepare its Worldly Exquisite Treasure.
• Lei Jun arrived above Luoyang and used his Great Vehicle Dao Scene to seize Prince Zhao Zhang Teng, revealing that he had reached the Ninth Heaven Realm.
• Lei Jun defeated Zhang Teng, disarmed him, and beat him down after using Nine Heavens Heart Thunder to leave him briefly stunned.
• Zhang Hui revealed that he had never wanted the throne but had opposed the aristocratic clans’ disregard for ordinary people, then used the Illusory Imperial Capital to trap those present.
• Fang Jingsheng sealed Lei Jun’s Great Vehicle Dao Scene inside a sacrificial rite, but Lei Jun appeared outside the intact seal and struck him down.
• Lei Jun’s paired Dragon-Tiger Combination Strikes severed the Spring and Autumn Brush and killed Fang Jingsheng.

Lei Jun killed Zhang Teng, Fang Jingsheng, Chu Xiuyuan, and Ye Yan, then devastated the Illusory Imperial Capital and slaughtered its defenders. Zhang Hui revealed that he had acted with Zhang Wantong to disperse the National Fortune dragon qi and end the Son of Heaven Emperor Technique, leaving Lei Jun to learn that the Crown Prince and Prince Zhao were both destined to die.

• Lei Jun killed Fang Jingsheng and defeated Chu Xiuyuan inside his Great Vehicle Dao Scene, using the World Suppressing Saber and Celestial Master Seal before piercing Chu's chest.
• Zhang Hui's scheme destroyed the ancestral lands of the Qingzhou Ye, Suzhou Chu, and Jingxiang Fang clans, while Lei Jun defeated and killed Ye Yan.
• Zhang Hui's enemies attacked the Illusory Imperial Capital, but he used paintings of Ye Yan and Zhang Teng to resist them as Lei Jun returned and killed more challengers, including Lin Huan's allies and Zhang Yang.
• Lei Jun swept through the Illusory Imperial Capital with thunder and fire, killing its defenders and reducing the city to ruins while Zhang Hui regained control of the State Altar Cauldron.
• Zhang Hui severed the State Altar Cauldron's link to the National Fortune Dragon Vein, dispersing the dragon qi throughout the realm and ending the Son of Heaven Emperor Technique.
• Zhang Hui told Lei Jun that Zhang Wantong had planned the change and that both the Crown Prince and Prince Zhao would die in the battle.