Chapter Summaries

Lu Changsheng arrived just as the Demon King Domain’s rebels tried to kill Xiao Hei and stopped their attack with ease. He sealed the Mid-Latitude Realm against messages, leaving the nine God King rebels terrified and unable to summon help.

• Lu Changsheng appeared before Xiao Hei and caught the golden shuttle with his bare hand, startling the onlookers with his unfathomable strength.
• Ye Qiubai and the others realized Lu Changsheng’s anger was directed at them, while Ye Qiubai worried about taking the blame later.
• The leader of the nine rebels asked Lu Changsheng to hand over Xiao Hei in exchange for a reward and a favor from the Demon King Domain, but Lu Changsheng refused.
• Lu Changsheng crushed the golden shuttle and released killing intent that suppressed the rebels and Xiao Hei’s unleashed power.
• Lu Changsheng revealed that he had sealed the Mid-Latitude Realm with an isolation array, and the leader failed to send a message and demanded to know who Lu Changsheng was.

Lu Changsheng confronted nine God King Realm rebels from the Demon King Domain and unveiled his overwhelming Sword Dao and power. He killed them with his newly named God-Slaying Sword Array, leaving the Demon King Domain unaware of who had intervened.

• The rebels warned Lu Changsheng that the Demon King Domain and two Divine Lords wanted the person behind him, while Zi Shan cautioned him against provoking those forces.
• Lu Changsheng decided to prevent the rebels from sending word and summoned nine swords, whose Sword Dao gave Huo Zhengheng, Zeng Jiyuan, and Lai Qingyun new insights.
• The rebel leader ordered the others to escape with news, and all nine transformed into powerful Devil Beasts.
• Lu Changsheng combined the Daos of Yin, Yang, Life, and Destruction with the nine swords and named the resulting formation the God-Slaying Sword Array.
• Lu Changsheng struck with the array, killing all nine rebels and destroying their bodies and souls.

Lu Changsheng annihilated nine God King Realm rebels with the God-Slaying Sword Array, then restored the shattered space and warned the witnesses to keep quiet. One cultivator who challenged him vanished at Lu Changsheng’s gesture.

• In the High-Latitude Realm, two Supervisory Sacred Hall elders found an area of the Endless Sea their divine senses could not probe and decided to leave it alone.
• In the Demon King Domain, Mo Ge failed to contact the nine God King Realm cultivators, and Mo Ji ordered him to inform the two Divine Lords of their disappearance.
• The witnesses saw that Lu Changsheng’s God-Slaying Sword Array had killed the nine rebels and erased the Dao Laws from the surrounding space.
• Lu Changsheng restored the space, concealed the traces of his actions, and asked everyone present not to reveal what they had seen.
• When a Heaven Immortal Realm cultivator questioned how Lu Changsheng could stop the story from spreading, Lu Changsheng pointed at him and made him vanish completely.

Lu Changsheng killed a Heaven Immortal expert and used the name Liu Ziru while facing the gathered factions of the Mid-Latitude Realm. Distrusting their promises to keep quiet, he placed a Divine Soul Restriction on everyone present, threatening to annihilate their souls if they broke it or tried to remove it.

• Lu Changsheng erased a Heaven Immortal cultivator's body and soul with a single finger, leaving the gathered experts terrified.
• Lu Changsheng claimed that none of those present could match him, while Liu Ziru sneezed in Mortal Village and wondered why he felt cold.
• Zi Shan recognized the name Liu Ziru as belonging to a Five-Star Deacon of the Dark Domain and asked whether Lu Changsheng was from that organization.
• The Holy Talisman Sect, Heavenly Sword Peak, the Su Clan, the Spirit Immortal Palace, and the other factions promised not to reveal what had happened.
• Lu Changsheng said he did not trust verbal promises and scattered divine soul power across the Endless Sea, imprinting a restriction on everyone present.
• Lu Changsheng warned that attempting to undo the Divine Soul Restriction or reveal what they had witnessed would annihilate their divine souls.

Lu Changsheng imposed lethal soul restrictions on the spared factions, then killed Qi Shadao, Qiu Genyin, the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce executives, and Avici Purgatory’s forces. After destroying Avici Purgatory’s base in the Endless Sea, he faced an enormous figure formed from the souls of Qingchuan Yeyao, Gu Xiao, and Mo Qixun.

• Lu Changsheng planted soul restrictions that would kill the spared leaders if they tried to break the restrictions or reveal them to outsiders.
• Qi Shadao asked why Lu Changsheng had not restricted his group, and Lu Changsheng said they were about to die; Qiu Genyin tried and failed to escape.
• Qi Shadao offered Avici Purgatory’s belongings in exchange for mercy, while Qiu Genyin began invoking Blue Heaven and Yellow Springs before Lu Changsheng killed him with a sword strike.
• Zi Shan refused the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce executives’ request to plead for them, and Lu Changsheng killed them and Avici Purgatory’s gathered members with a single sword slash.
• Lu Changsheng pointed toward the Endless Sea and destroyed Avici Purgatory’s stronghold.
• The souls of Qingchuan Yeyao, Gu Xiao, and Mo Qixun merged into an enormous figure that appeared and challenged Lu Changsheng.

Lu Changsheng destroyed the soul entity controlling Qingchuan Yeyao, Mo Qixun, and Gu Xiao, then announced he would visit the High-Latitude Realm. He left his disciples to keep cultivating and warned Ye Qiubai that he would deal with him when he returned.

• After Qingchuan Yeyao, Mo Qixun, and Gu Xiao died, the person behind Severed Soul City emerged as a soul silhouette and accused Lu Changsheng of ruining his plans.
• Lu Changsheng claimed to be Liu Ziru, then destroyed the soul entity with the Sword Dao Law after it attacked him.
• Lu Changsheng tried to trace the enemy through a soul fragment but found it could not lead him to the original body, so he stored it in a jade pendant and resolved to wipe out the enemy's faction in the High-Latitude Realm.
• Huo Zhengheng and the other leaders thanked Lu Changsheng, but he dismissed them and told his disciples to keep cultivating until they reached the Earth Immortal Realm.
• Lu Changsheng left for the High-Latitude Realm after warning Ye Qiubai that he would deal with him when he returned, and the Mid-Latitude Realm's balance of power changed.

After Lu Changsheng left, the factions tried to befriend Ye Qiubai and the others, but they declined their offers. Zi Shan gave Shi Sheng three Heavenly Gold Tokens before leaving, and Mu Fusheng teased him about using them to get closer to her.

• Lu Changsheng's gentle breeze erased the traces of his presence and attacks, leaving the onlookers in awe of Ye Qiubai and the others.
• Leaders from several factions offered Ye Qiubai and the others tokens, treasures, and assistance, but they refused the offers.
• Shi Sheng warned Zi Shan that higher-ups in the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce might have helped Avici Purgatory, and Zi Shan said she already had a suspect.
• Zi Shan gave Shi Sheng three Heavenly Gold Tokens, which allowed access to auctions and other services from the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce.
• After Zi Shan left, Mu Fusheng explained that accepting the tokens gave Shi Sheng a reason to meet her again, and Hong Ying called that behavior scummy.

After the Cottage disciples headed to Severed Soul City to pursue their master's instructions, Lu Changsheng stayed in Mortal Village and attended the teacher's lesson. The teacher asked Lu Changsheng to weigh a life of safeguarding one city against striving for power and longevity, and Lu Changsheng challenged the choice's premise.

• After Avici Purgatory was annihilated, the Cottage disciples went to Severed Soul City, where Shi Sheng could absorb the power of a river of stars.
• While Lu Changsheng rested in Mortal Village, Huang Qian asked whether the disciples had provoked another faction, and Lu Changsheng said they had provoked the entire Mid-Latitude Realm.
• The teacher invited Lu Changsheng to attend his lesson for Mortal Village's children, and Lu Changsheng followed him to the bamboo house with Huang Qian and Liu Ziru.
• The children described mortal tasks they had completed, such as chopping wood, catching fish, working fields, and helping at forges, while the teacher taught them about mortal affairs.
• The teacher asked whether they would choose to remain apart from worldly strife and safeguard one city or fight for power and longevity; Lu Changsheng replied that neither path needed to be chosen as framed, since both depended on cultivation.

Lu Changsheng advised the teacher that hiding his abilities was better than defending Mortal Village or venturing into the world, then began secret preparations after learning that powerful forces were mobilizing for the Heart of Space. After fourteen days in an isolated cave, he fused several opposing Dao Laws into a presence that devoured the surrounding rules of heaven and earth.

• Lu Changsheng rejected the teacher’s choices and said he would conceal his abilities rather than defend Mortal Village or go out into the world.
• Liu Ziru reported that High-Latitude Realm forces were gathering for the Heart of Space, including signs of two Divine Lord-level forces, and mentioned that even stronger forces might exist.
• Lu Changsheng asked the teacher for a secluded place, then entered a hidden cave beneath a waterfall and told Huang Qian to wait outside while Liu Ziru gathered intelligence.
• Lu Changsheng spent the first day laying isolation formations around the cave, which Huang Qian found she could not penetrate even at full strength.
• Over the next fourteen days, Lu Changsheng fused the Sword Dao Law, Space Dao Law, Dao of Life and Death, and Great Dao of Yin and Yang into a presence that made the waterfall and forest vanish as it devoured their rules.

Lu Changsheng learned that the Heart of Space might be connected to strange spatial disturbances in the Hao Tian Divine Domain, where Divine Lord Hao Tian planned to test visitors at a banquet. He set off with Huang Qian and Liu Ziru, intending to keep himself out of the competition, and reached their destination in less than half a day.

• Liu Ziru reported that the Heart of Space had not appeared, but bizarre spatial fluctuations had been detected throughout the Hao Tian Divine Domain.
• Liu Ziru explained that entrants seeking clues about the Heart of Space had to gain Divine Lord Hao Tian's approval at the Hao Tian Banquet.
• Lu Changsheng brought Huang Qian and Liu Ziru along so they could fight at the banquet while he stayed behind the scenes.
• Lu Changsheng urged Liu Ziru and then Huang Qian to travel faster before taking over and reaching their destination in less than half a day.

Lu Changsheng, Liu Ziru, and Huang Qian attended the Hao Tian Banquet in disguise, where a Heaven-Examining Realm exposed disguised guests. After they revealed themselves, Ji Qianyao searched the crowd for Lu Changsheng while rival factions sized one another up, and the Hao Tian Divine Sect began explaining the banquet rules.

• Lu Changsheng, Liu Ziru, and Huang Qian entered Hao Tian Hall in disguise, where Liu Ziru pointed out several powerful competing factions.
• A burly man from the Hao Tian Divine Sect used the Heaven-Examining Realm to expose disguised guests, forcing Lu Changsheng and his companions to reveal themselves and making more than a dozen God Lord-level faction agents leave.
• Ji Qianyao searched the crowd for Lu Changsheng, who concealed his presence, while her elder urged her to focus on the competitors.
• Deng Qiu told He Lian to demonstrate the strength of the Primordial Divine Thunder Hall, but He Lian remained focused on the Jade Lake Immortal Palace.
• Jin Wujin said the Golden-Winged Peng Clan could secure a seat but identified He Lian and the Necromancer Palace's fighter as troublesome rivals.
• The burly man announced that it was time to explain the Hao Tian Banquet rules.

At the Hao Tian Banquet, Ding Wei announced that factions could claim ten seats to gain entry to the Hao Tian Divine Domain and investigate spatial disturbances. Lu Changsheng arranged for Huang Qian and Liu Ziru to compete while keeping himself out of sight, as challengers began stepping onto the arenas.

• Ding Wei explained that the Hao Tian Divine Sect would not compete and that five seats were for juniors at the God King Realm or below, while the other five were open to God Emperor Realm experts and above.
• Ding Wei raised ten arenas outside Hao Tian Hall and announced that anyone standing on one when the sun rose would claim a banquet seat.
• Lu Changsheng told Huang Qian and Liu Ziru to claim arenas, and Liu Ziru agreed to represent the Cottage after Lu Changsheng reminded him of his progress.
• Jin Wujin took the first lower arena, then He Lian, Gu Jing, and Ji Qianyao each stepped onto an arena.
• Ji Qianyao looked toward the empty upper arenas, hoping Lu Changsheng would appear, while he stayed back to avoid being discovered.

Huang Qian entered an upper arena at the Hao Tian Banquet, drawing attention with her powerful flame. She defeated Deng Qiu, a peak God Emperor Realm elder of the Primordial Divine Thunder Hall, with ease.

• Huang Qian teleported onto an upper arena after Lu Changsheng left the decision to her.
• Experts recognized Huang Qian's flame as Nirvana Fire, while Divine Lord Hao Tian sensed that it was even stronger than Nirvana Fire.
• Deng Qiu challenged Huang Qian and attacked with lightning and his spear, believing her late God Emperor Realm strength would limit her.
• Huang Qian swept Deng Qiu off the arena with a vortex of flame before he could fight back.

Huang Qian overwhelmed Deng Qiu with Divine Phoenix Fire, while Lu Changsheng discouraged Liu Ziru from encouraging her to establish her own faction. As the Hao Tian Banquet challenges continued, Liu Ziru entered an arena and trapped his opponent in a Dark Domain cage.

• Huang Qian blasted Deng Qiu from the arena with Divine Phoenix Fire and recalled the flames after he asked who she was.
• Liu Ziru praised Huang Qian's strength, and Lu Changsheng ordered him to challenge someone before he could give her ideas about forming a faction.
• As the night wore on, He Lian, Gu Jing, Jin Wujin, and Ji Qianyao held their lower arenas, while nobody challenged Huang Qian.
• Liu Ziru asked Lu Changsheng's permission to enter the competition and leaped onto an arena to face an elder of the Primordial Divine Thunder Hall.
• Liu Ziru engulfed the arena and his opponent in a dark cage, revealing the Dark Domain's methods.

Liu Ziru defeated a middle God Emperor Realm opponent, but the Primordial Divine Thunder Hall then targeted him with a late God Emperor Realm elder. Trapped in a cage of lightning, Liu Ziru hinted that he had hidden another technique.

• Liu Ziru used darkness and a silver dagger to defeat his middle God Emperor Realm opponent.
• Deng Qiu urged the Primordial Divine Thunder Hall elders to retaliate against Liu Ziru, and they gathered beside his arena.
• A late God Emperor Realm elder challenged Liu Ziru and demanded that he leave the stage.
• The elder summoned lightning and trapped Liu Ziru in a cage, restricting his assassination techniques.
• Liu Ziru said that he had kept a few tricks hidden.

Liu Ziru wounded a Primordial Divine Thunder Hall elder with a pair of sneak attacks, then faced the elder’s Acala divine art. He used Dark Spirit Replacement to pierce the elder’s chest and cripple his cultivation.

• Liu Ziru escaped the elder’s lightning cage and used two successive sneak attacks to cut a deep wound in the elder’s back.
• Huang Qian and Ding Wei praised Liu Ziru’s ability, while Lu Changsheng privately resolved to keep using him.
• The elder summoned Acala and attacked Liu Ziru with a giant lightning palm and a storm of lightning.
• Liu Ziru charged into the palm, concealed himself in darkness, and invoked Dark Spirit Replacement.
• A dark-shrouded dagger carrying both darkness and lightning pierced the elder’s chest and dantian, crippling his cultivation.

Liu Ziru used Dark Spirit Replacement to defeat an elder from the Primordial Divine Thunder Hall, but he was too injured to continue fighting. Lu Changsheng took his place and revealed a sky full of swords formed from Sword Dao Law, leaving his opponents and the spectators stunned.

• Liu Ziru used Dark Spirit Replacement to return an elder's attack and defeat him, then challenged the remaining elders despite his injuries.
• A late God Emperor Realm elder doubted Liu Ziru could use Dark Spirit Replacement again, and another elder entered the arena to fight him.
• Lu Changsheng appeared beside Liu Ziru and ordered him to rest while he took over the fight.
• Lu Changsheng faced the remaining Primordial Divine Thunder Hall elders and summoned millions of solid swords formed from Sword Dao Law.
• Ji Qianyao smiled at Lu Changsheng's arrival, while the elder opposite him froze at the sight of his swords.

Lu Changsheng crushed an elder of the Primordial Divine Thunder Hall with his sword Dao, leaving the arena in stunned silence. He challenged the hall to send another opponent, while the spectators wondered at the extent of his power.

• Lu Changsheng summoned millions of swords, suppressing every sword cultivator present and startling the Primordial Divine Thunder Hall elder.
• The elder attacked Lu Changsheng with a lightning spear, but Lu Changsheng's swords blocked the strike and forced him to retreat.
• Lu Changsheng's swords overwhelmed the elder's Acala manifestation and engulfed him in a sea of blades.
• Ding Wei questioned whether Lu Changsheng had hidden his true cultivation, while Jin Wujin, Ji Qianyao, and He Lian watched from another arena.
• Lu Changsheng told the Primordial Divine Thunder Hall to send up another challenger.

Lu Changsheng killed a Primordial Divine Thunder Hall elder and secured a seat at the Hao Tian Banquet, where Ji Qianyao openly showed her affection for him. The banquet ended with the victors gathered in Hao Tian Hall, while Lu Changsheng faced jealous looks from He Lian and the Jade Lake Immortal Palace elders.

• Lu Changsheng annihilated the Primordial Divine Thunder Hall elder who had attacked Liu Ziru, and Deng Qiu vowed to deal with him inside the Hao Tian Divine Domain.
• The ten arena victors were decided, including Lu Changsheng, Huang Qian, Ji Qianyao, and Shen Wuchang, and Ding Wei invited them into Hao Tian Hall.
• Ding Wei congratulated the victors and said he would explain the spatial disturbances after the banquet.
• Ji Qianyao watched Lu Changsheng, prompting Huang Qian to ask when they had become involved and to express surprise that a woman liked him.
• Ji Qianyao told Lu Changsheng she had missed him and hoped to cultivate enough to travel with him, while he inwardly lamented the trouble her affection caused.

Lu Changsheng set out to investigate spatial disturbances in the Hao Tian Divine Domain after rejecting Ji Qianyao’s offer to work with him. Divine Lord Hao Tian chose to watch the visitors search for the Heart of Space, while Lu Changsheng used his mastery of spatial Dao to begin sweeping the domain with his concealed divine sense.

• Ding Wei explained that visitors had three days to investigate the spatial disturbances, could fight to the death, and could not enter the Hao Tian Divine Sect without permission.
• Ji Qianyao rejected He Lian’s proposal to join forces and said she would give Lu Changsheng the Heart of Space if he agreed to work with her; Lu Changsheng chose to act alone.
• The other forces departed, while Huang Qian teased Lu Changsheng about Ji Qianyao and Lu Changsheng urged Liu Ziru to begin the investigation.
• Ding Wei reported to Divine Lord Hao Tian that the visitors had set out, and Divine Lord Hao Tian decided to let them search for clues while he monitored them.
• Lu Changsheng concealed his divine sense and began searching the Hao Tian Divine Domain for the shifting spatial disturbances.