Arc 40Conquest and Recruitment

Ye Chen’s forces destroyed the Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect and brought the Void Kun Realm under Kunlun’s rule. After Kunlun opened recruitment, young candidates began the Illusion Steps, where the first trial tested their Dao hearts.

  • Ye Chen’s lightning wiped out nearly all the Void Kun Realm’s experts, and he ordered the Master of the Blood Jade Palace and other women to consolidate the realm’s forces.
  • The Master of the Blood Jade Palace led Kunlun loyalists in destroying the Fortune Origin Sect and other anti-Kunlun forces.
  • Kunlun’s fighters faced the remaining Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect forces, and Ye Shuang’er killed God King Zigang while Mu Yan, Shi Hao, and Luo Feng defeated their opponents.
  • Luo Feng survived an enemy’s self-destruction and helped Kunlun wipe out the Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect, after which Kunlun subdued the rest of the Void Kun Realm.
  • The Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect’s master learned of the defeat, and the Formless Saint Emperor sent the Abyss-Suppressing Great General and an elite force to fetch the Lord of Kunlun.
  • As Kunlun’s members advanced in cultivation, Ling Kong announced recruitment, drawing candidates from across the Void Kun Realm to the Holy Land.
  • Ling Kong introduced the Illusion Steps, and a boy from the Shi Household raced ahead before an illusion tested his resolve.
  • The Shi Household boy agreed in the illusion to sacrifice his imagined family for power, failed the trial, and was swept from the staircase as other candidates faced similar tests.
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Ch. 976Taking Over the Void Kun Realm

Ye Chen’s lightning wiped out nearly all the experts gathered in the Void Kun Realm, leaving the Kunlun Holy Land as the uncontested victor. He ordered the Master of the Blood Jade Palace and the other women to consolidate the realm’s remaining forces under Kunlun’s rule.

  • The Ten Thousand Heroes Sect and Spirit Refining Mountain Manor formed defensive arrays, but Ye Chen’s lightning shattered them and killed everyone in both groups.
  • After half an incense stick, the lightning faded, and ninety-nine percent of the Void Kun Realm’s experts had been wiped out.
  • The Master of the Blood Jade Palace and the others realized that staying in the Kunlun Holy Land had saved them from the massacre and that the Kunlun Holy Land had won.
  • Ye Chen returned and ordered the Master of the Blood Jade Palace and the other women to consolidate the Void Kun Realm’s forces and prevent chaos.
  • The women accepted the order and set out with their sects’ experts to consolidate forces throughout the Void Kun Realm.

Ch. 977The consolidation began

The Blood Jade Palace’s Master and ten patriarchs arrived at the Fortune Origin Sect after learning that most of the Void Kun Realm’s top experts had been wiped out. The Fortune Origin Sect remained unaware of its patriarchs’ fate and was still celebrating its imagined rise under the Formless Divine Kingdom, while its executive elder cautiously spoke to the visitors from behind the sect’s protective formation.

  • The Fortune Origin Sect’s elders and disciples celebrated their patriarchs’ plan to ally with the Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect and eventually serve the Formless Divine Kingdom.
  • The Master of the Blood Jade Palace told her patriarchs to seal their gates and stay hidden, and they obeyed her instructions.
  • After learning that the Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect’s people had been suppressed and most of the Void Kun Realm’s top experts had been wiped out, the Master of the Blood Jade Palace took her ten patriarchs to the Fortune Origin Sect.
  • A Fortune Origin Sect executive elder flew out to ask the visitors why they had come, keeping the sect-protecting formation in place.

Ch. 978Submit or Be Wiped Out

The Master of the Blood Jade Palace tested the Fortune Origin Sect’s loyalty to Kunlun, then led eleven God Emperors in destroying it when the sect celebrated Kunlun’s supposed fall. Kunlun’s allied forces began purging the Void Kun Realm, leaving its anti-Kunlun sects in panic while Ye Chen focused on consolidating the realm.

  • The Master of the Blood Jade Palace asked the Fortune Origin Sect what it would do after hearing that the Kunlun Holy Land had been destroyed, and the deacon elder celebrated Kunlun’s defeat and vowed the sect would rise.
  • The Master of the Blood Jade Palace revealed that she served Kunlun and ordered the Fortune Origin Sect destroyed.
  • The deacon elder ordered the sect onto full alert, but eleven God Emperors shattered its protective formation and stormed inside.
  • The Master of the Blood Jade Palace told the sect that Kunlun had killed everyone who opposed it, and her forces razed the Fortune Origin Sect without leaving survivors.
  • The Master of the Blood Jade Palace and other sects loyal to Kunlun continued eliminating anti-Kunlun forces, spreading panic throughout the Void Kun Realm.
  • Ye Chen paid no attention to the purge and continued with his plan to consolidate the Void Kun Realm.

Ch. 979The battle officially began

Kunlun’s forces confronted the surviving members of the Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect in the Immortal Bell’s final space, where Ye Shuang'er declared that the sect’s God Emperor seniors were dead. After Kunlun’s disciples revealed their new breakthroughs, the Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect’s peak God King ordered the final battle to begin.

  • The remaining Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect members gathered in the final space to face Kunlun’s assembled forces, with fewer than one in ten of their people still alive.
  • Ye Shuang'er told the Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect that its God Emperor seniors were dead, and Ling Kong and Kunlun’s people mocked the sect members’ angry denials.
  • Mu Yan stepped forward to challenge the Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect after advancing to the early stage Hunyuan Divine Lord.
  • Chen Xuanbei revealed that he had advanced to the early God King stage, while Su Jian said he had reached mid Divine Lord.
  • The Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect’s peak God King erupted with rage and ordered his people to kill everyone, officially beginning the final battle.

Ch. 980Flying Immortal Slash

Ye Shuang'er battled God King Zigang inside Ye Chen's immortal bell, holding him back until he unleashed his full strength. The chapter ended as she answered his purple sword attack with the Flying Immortal Slash.

  • Ye Shuang'er and God King Zigang exchanged fierce blows while nearby fighters avoided their battle.
  • God King Zigang drew a purple heavy sword and gathered its power as Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect members celebrated his impending attack.
  • God King Zigang unleashed Purple Qi surges skyward, a heaven-shaking sword strike at Ye Shuang'er.
  • Ye Shuang'er formed a complex seal of light and began her Flying Immortal Slash.

Ch. 981Turning the Miraculous into the Mundane

Ye Shuang'er and God King Zigang fought fiercely, with her strange Great Dao Principle weakening his techniques and giving her the advantage. Zigang, badly wounded and fearing death, risked everything on Purple Sun Illuminates the World as Ye Shuang'er answered with Myriad Transformations Heavenly Palm.

  • Ye Shuang'er’s light seal clashed with God King Zigang’s purple Sword Qi, and its released slashes damaged his greatsword and left him at a disadvantage.
  • Ye Shuang'er summoned a white lotus-like weapon and exchanged killing moves with God King Zigang before the two fought at close range.
  • God King Zigang unleashed Five Elements Annihilation, Six Directions Soul Suppression, but Ye Shuang'er’s translucent power turned his attack ordinary.
  • Ye Shuang'er used Myriad Transformations Heavenly Instruction to weaken God King Zigang’s techniques, strike him repeatedly, and make him spit blood.
  • God King Zigang wagered his life on Purple Sun Illuminates the World, and Ye Shuang'er met it with Myriad Transformations Heavenly Palm.

Ch. 982Slaying with the Myriad Transformations Heavenly Palm

Ye Shuang'er fought God King Zigang with her Myriad Transformations Immortal Instruction and Heavenly Palm, weakening him despite suffering heavy injuries. She left him dead after striking him with her peculiar weapon and destroying his body and divine soul.

  • Ye Shuang'er countered God King Zigang's "Purple Sun Illuminates the World" with her Myriad Transformations Heavenly Palm, and their powers collided.
  • God King Zigang battered Ye Shuang'er, but she forced her way close and struck his chest, then repeatedly used her palms to strip away his divine power until he was reduced to a mortal state.
  • Ye Shuang'er thrust her peculiar weapon into God King Zigang's chest, where its power ravaged his body and divine soul.
  • Ye Shuang'er unleashed countless blades of white light that destroyed God King Zigang's body and divine soul, and his life signs vanished completely.

Ch. 983Comparing Flames with Me?

After Ye Shuang'er killed God King Zigang, Kunlun’s morale surged while the Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect’s forces began to falter. Mu Yan defeated a Mid Divine Lord expert in a clash of flames, leaving the battle in Kunlun’s favor.

  • Ye Shuang'er killed God King Zigang, proving her strength could rival a peak God King.
  • Kunlun’s fighters charged with renewed confidence as the Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect’s troops panicked and began to lose ground.
  • Mu Yan burned through the Heavenly Emperor experts fighting him with his Heavenly Emperor Divine Flame.
  • A Mid Divine Lord expert challenged Mu Yan with his black flames, summoning a giant ghost face to attack him.
  • Mu Yan’s Three-Legged Golden Crow destroyed the ghost face, and his golden flame wheel burned away its remnants.
  • The Mid Divine Lord expert’s black flame dragon was sliced apart by Mu Yan’s golden wheel, leaving him bloodied and pale.

Ch. 984Outside the Current Spacetime

Mu Yan defeated a Mid Divine Lord of the Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect by devouring his black flames and crushing him with the Emperor Flame Demon-Burning Seal. Meanwhile, Shi Hao evaded a Late God King’s attack by slipping outside the current spacetime, leaving his pursuer shocked by his mastery of spacetime.

  • Mu Yan unleashed the Emperor Flame Demon-Burning Seal and overpowered the Mid Divine Lord’s black flames.
  • Mu Yan’s divine flame devoured the black flames, and he blasted a hole through his opponent’s chest with a punch.
  • Mu Yan struck the weakened Mid Divine Lord again and crushed him beneath the Emperor Flame Demon-Burning Seal.
  • Shi Hao taunted a Late God King of the Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect as he chased him across the battlefield.
  • The Late God King hurled a sky-blue pagoda and sent seventy-two streams of power toward Shi Hao.
  • Shi Hao turned intangible as the attack passed through him, and the Late God King realized Shi Hao had slipped outside the current spacetime.

Ch. 985A teenage Late God King?

A Late God King wondered whether Shi Hao was truly a teenager before attacking him with a giant hand of Immortal Power. Shi Hao, now also a Late God King, overpowered him and left him gravely wounded.

  • The Late God King was shaken by Shi Hao’s youthful appearance but convinced himself that Shi Hao was an old cultivator pretending to be young.
  • Shi Hao mocked the Late God King for spacing out, and the enraged man attacked him with a giant hand of Immortal Power.
  • Shi Hao met the attack with a punch, and their blows collided in a devastating shock wave.
  • Shi Hao’s successive punches broke the Late God King’s hands and bones, forcing him into a desperate defense.
  • Shi Hao struck the Late God King in the abdomen, nearly punching through him and leaving half his body drenched in blood.

Ch. 986Dark-gold scales

Shi Hao crushed a Late God King expert and pursued his fleeing divine soul inside the Immortal Bell. Meanwhile, Luo Feng rampaged across the battlefield as a Golden Horned Beast, killing God Lord experts and attacking a Middle Stage God King whose saber could not pierce his scales.

  • Shi Hao shattered the Late God King expert’s ice wall and pulverized his body with a punch.
  • The expert’s divine soul fled, and Shi Hao followed it using the time and space principles.
  • Luo Feng’s passage tore apart two peak God Lord experts with its gales, then he smashed three more who blocked his path.
  • Luo Feng reached a Middle Stage God King and struck his saber with a powerful wing, driving him back.
  • The Middle Stage God King’s saber lights bounced off Luo Feng’s scales, and Luo Feng answered with dark-gold wind blades.

Ch. 987The Golden Horned Beast's Beastly Nature

Luo Feng fought a Middle Stage God King expert, overwhelming him despite his lower cultivation and suffering a serious claw wound from the expert’s Yin-Yang Twin Extremes. The battle continued with both combatants trading brutal injuries, as Luo Feng unleashed his Golden Horned Beast’s savage nature.

  • Luo Feng charged the Middle Stage God King expert and battered his saber with a powerful claw strike, sending him flying.
  • The expert unleashed Yin-Yang Twin Extremes, and Luo Feng shattered the attack with his claw but suffered a deep wound.
  • Luo Feng praised the expert for managing to injure him, enraging the humiliated fighter.
  • Luo Feng shrank to a hundred zhang as the two exchanged rapid, powerful attacks.
  • The expert struck Luo Feng’s shoulder, but Luo Feng tore away more than half of his opponent’s shoulder with a claw.

Ch. 988Mutual destruction?

A Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect expert sacrificed his battle saber and then himself in an attempt to kill Luo Feng. As the destruction faded, Luo Feng’s enormous Golden Horned Beast body emerged badly wounded, leaving his survival uncertain.

  • Luo Feng maintained the advantage as his opponent weakened and realized he would die unless he tried to take Luo Feng with him.
  • The Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect expert hurled his cracked battle saber at Luo Feng, and it self-destructed, engulfing him in destructive power.
  • The expert charged into the blast, clung to Luo Feng’s body, and self-destructed as fighters from both sides watched in alarm.
  • The blast faded, revealing Luo Feng’s thousand-foot Golden Horned Beast body covered in severe wounds.

Ch. 989Kill Him While He's Down

Luo Feng survived a Middle Stage God King's self-destruction, shocking both sides as his wounds rapidly healed. The Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect's cultivators charged to kill him before he could recover.

  • The Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect's cultivators celebrated when they believed the motionless, bloodied Luo Feng had died.
  • Luo Feng's claw twitched, revealing that he was still alive.
  • Luo Feng rose, assessed his injuries, and used his cultivation method to rapidly heal his wounds.
  • An Early God King Stage cultivator urged the Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect to attack while Luo Feng was still injured, then charged at him.

Ch. 990The End

Luo Feng helped Kunlun defeat and eliminate the Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect inside the Immortal Bell's space. After the survivors returned, Kunlun consolidated the Void Kun Realm and became its supreme power.

  • Luo Feng charged into the attackers, killed the cultivators surrounding him, and then slaughtered the remaining Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect fighters.
  • Kunlun's forces overwhelmed the weakened Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect and wiped out its remaining members.
  • The sect master sent everyone out of the Immortal Bell's space, where the fallen cultivators and their power became nourishment for the Immortal Bell.
  • Ling Kong sent Kunlun's forces throughout the Void Kun Realm to consolidate its other powers instead of letting them enter seclusion.
  • Kunlun eliminated the forces that resisted, bringing the entire Void Kun Realm under its rule.

Ch. 991The Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect's dire straits

After Kunlun Holy Land united the Void Kun Realm, its members entered secluded cultivation while the Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect reeled from the loss of its army. When word of the defeat began spreading, the sect master decided to suppress the factions watching for weakness by acting personally.

  • Kunlun Holy Land consolidated the Void Kun Realm, and its members entered secluded cultivation.
  • The sect master of the Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect learned that every life tablet belonging to the army sent to the Void Kun Realm had shattered.
  • The sect master wondered what made Kunlun Holy Land special and why the Formless Divine Kingdom was searching for it.
  • An elder reported that outside factions had begun hearing of the Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect's defeat and were considering their next moves.
  • The sect master ordered the troublemaking factions eliminated, then declared that he would take action himself when the elder pointed out how few people remained.

Ch. 992The Formless Divine Kingdom, a Principal Third Rank Official

The Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect waited for the Formless Divine Kingdom to respond to its discovery of the Kunlun Holy Land while its sect master moved to deter potential enemies. In the Formless Divine Kingdom, three sect elders met a high-ranking Minister of Imperial Ceremonies and prepared to explain their matter.

  • The Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect’s master asked whether news had come from the Formless Divine Kingdom, and an elder expected its dignitaries to send troops after learning about the Kunlun Holy Land.
  • The sect master decided to personally intimidate those considering attacking the Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect while the sect waited for a response.
  • Three elders sent by the Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect reached the Formless Divine Kingdom and used their connections to arrange a meeting with an official.
  • The three mid Hunyuan Divine Emperors met the peak Hunyuan Divine Emperor who served as the principal third rank Minister of Imperial Ceremonies.
  • The Minister of Imperial Ceremonies asked the elders what they wanted.

Ch. 993Brought into the Formless Divine Hall

Lord Situ questioned the Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect elders about the Kunlun Holy Land, then the Formless Saint Emperor summoned all four men to the Formless Divine Hall. The chapter ended with Lord Situ bowing to the Saint Emperor as the elders realized whose presence they were in.

  • An elder of the Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect told Lord Situ that the sect had found the Kunlun Holy Land and sent troops to fight it.
  • Lord Situ demanded their intelligence, and the elders recounted how they had discovered the land and their conflict with it.
  • The elders asked whether the Kunlun Holy Land was connected to the Formless Divine Kingdom, and Lord Situ used the power of his official robe to silence their speculation.
  • Lord Situ told the elders to submit their intelligence and said he would report the matter to His Majesty.
  • The Formless Saint Emperor summoned Lord Situ and the three elders to the Formless Divine Hall, where Lord Situ bowed before the throne.

Ch. 994Abyss-Suppressing Great General

The Formless Saint Emperor ordered the Abyss-Suppressing Great General to bring the Lord of Kunlun to him, while Kunlun Holy Land grew stronger after its victory over the Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect. The chapter ended with Deputy Sect Master Ling Kong announcing that Kunlun Holy Land would soon recruit disciples.

  • The Formless Saint Emperor heard the Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect elders’ report and sent the Abyss-Suppressing Great General with an elite force to the Void Kun Realm to fetch the Lord of Kunlun.
  • The three Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect elders accompanied the force, while Kunlun Holy Land remained peaceful after its battle.
  • Su Lingyun broke through to the early hunyuan divine lord realm, thrilling the inner disciples who witnessed her advancement.
  • Other Kunlun disciples and elders made successive breakthroughs, and the Qilin Clan’s ancestor and the Purple-Gold Divine Dragon Clan’s ancestor advanced to the hunyuan divine king realm.
  • Deputy Sect Master Ling Kong announced that Kunlun Holy Land would soon open its gates to recruit disciples.

Ch. 995The Disciple Recruitment Assembly Opens Again!

The Kunlun Holy Land announced another disciple recruitment, drawing hopefuls from across the Void Kun Realm, including the Li Household’s patriarch and younger generation. As the crowds gathered nearby, Ye Fan, Han Li, and Chen Xuanbei looked on, and Ye Fan remembered his own first recruitment assembly.

  • Deputy Sect Master Ling Kong announced that the Kunlun Holy Land would open its gates to recruit disciples.
  • The Li Household’s patriarch gathered his family and declared that he and the younger generation would go to Kunlun for the recruitment; after learning he was too old to qualify as a disciple, he said he would take any job, even cleaning toilets.
  • People across the Void Kun Realm left their Lineages and traveled toward the Kunlun Holy Land, staying in nearby cities because they could not reside near it without permission.
  • Ye Fan appeared above the crowds with Han Li and Chen Xuanbei and recalled attending the Kunlun recruitment assembly as a child.

Ch. 996The Reflections of Three Disciples

Chen Xuanbei and Han Li reflected on their pasts as Kunlun Holy Land disciples and discussed whether any of the gathered youths could become direct disciples. As Kunlun Holy Land’s recruitment day arrived, Ling Kong led the elders outside the gates to begin receiving applicants.

  • Chen Xuanbei recalled joining Kunlun Holy Land as a reborn Immortal Emperor and realized Ye Chen’s cultivation method had taken him beyond his former limits.
  • Han Li reflected on his ordinary aptitude and felt grateful that his fellow disciples had always treated him as family.
  • Han Li asked whether any of the youths seeking a master might become direct disciples, while Ye Fan and Chen Xuanbei discussed their chances.
  • More people gathered near Kunlun Holy Land as anticipation grew for the recruitment opening.
  • On the appointed day, Ling Kong led numerous elders outside the mountain gates, his strength having risen to the Peak God Lord Stage.

Ch. 997The First Trial

Ling Kong announced that the Kunlun Holy Land’s disciple recruitment assembly would begin with a trial called the Illusion Steps. The gathered juniors wondered why the Kunlun elders seemed less powerful than their own ancestors, but their ancestors warned them not to offend the Holy Land; the candidates were left anticipating the first test.

  • Ling Kong and other Kunlun Holy Land experts appeared, and the waiting candidates and their elders gathered for the recruitment assembly.
  • Several juniors questioned whether the Kunlun elders were truly formidable, and their ancestors quickly scolded them for speaking disrespectfully.
  • The ancestors warned their juniors that the Kunlun Holy Land had destroyed powerful forces and could not be judged by appearances.
  • Ling Kong explained that the assembly had three trials and announced that the first was called the Illusion Steps.
  • The candidates wondered what the Illusion Steps would test and anticipated the start of the trial.

Ch. 998A Terrifying Illusion

Kunlun Holy Land began its disciple recruitment trial on a white jade staircase that tested entrants with illusions and concealed spatial principles. The Shi Household’s young illusion genius raced ahead but slowed by the fiftieth step as observers debated whether he could keep his lead.

  • At Ling Kong’s command, the young candidates rushed onto the white jade staircase, where a terrifying pressure and mental rumble immediately slowed them.
  • The older experts realized that the staircase contained profound Space Principle and could extend sideways without limit.
  • A young boy in green from the Shi Household surged ahead, reaching the thirtieth step while most candidates remained near the third.
  • The Shi Household’s ancestor proudly praised the boy’s exceptional illusion talent as spectators discussed whether his early lead would last.
  • The boy reached the fiftieth step, where his pace slowed considerably.

Ch. 999Sacrificing His Family?

A child of the Shi Household climbed the endless white jade steps and became trapped in an illusion where an old Daoist offered him a path to the Golden Core Realm in exchange for his family’s lives. As the Daoist tempted him with power and pleasure, the child began to succumb to madness while an elder of the Shi Household watched anxiously.

  • The child of the Shi Household climbed the steps under crushing pressure until illusions engulfed him at the hundredth step.
  • In the illusion, he lived as an ordinary cultivator who grew old beside his childhood sweetheart and their son and daughter without reaching the Golden Core Realm.
  • An old Daoist offered to help him reach the Golden Core Realm if he provided his family’s bloodlines as a medicinal catalyst.
  • The old man refused at first, declaring that his family’s lives mattered more than his own.
  • The old Daoist tempted him with power, connections, and beautiful female cultivators until the old man began to lose himself in the fantasy.
  • An elder of the Shi Household watched the child experience the illusion and grew extremely nervous.

Ch. 1000True Cruelty

A Shi Household child failed the Illusion Steps after an illusion tempted him to sacrifice his imagined family for power. His elimination revealed that the trial tested the strength of one’s Dao heart, and the remaining participants drew everyone’s attention.

  • Inside the illusion, the Shi Household child agreed to let an old Taoist use his imagined wife and children to refine pills in exchange for power.
  • The illusion vanished, and the child realized he had failed after choosing to sacrifice his family.
  • The Illusion Steps swept the child from the white jade steps, shocking the Shi Household's ancestor and alarming the other experts.
  • The experts concluded that the trial tested resilience of the Dao heart, and many other young people were eliminated by similar illusions.
  • The remaining participants continued their trials as the older-generation experts watched to see who would pass.
Arc 40 of 64
Arc 40 of 64