Chapter Summaries

Lu Changsheng emerged to save his disciples from the divine envoy’s attack and confronted the envoy over his demand for Xiao Hei’s divine soul. After deciding to kill the envoy, Lu Changsheng sealed off the Mortal Realm’s communications and began planning to make the Divine Realm blame the Chaos Realm.

• The divine envoy’s attack on the three Immortal Ancestors and the Devil God was dissolved by a hand reaching through a spatial rift.
• Lu Changsheng emerged from the rift, and Ye Qiubai and the others called him Master.
• Lu Changsheng joked with his disciples before telling the divine envoy that he was not from the Mortal Realm and demanding that he leave.
• The divine envoy insisted that the one with the holy devil bloodline must die or surrender his divine soul, and Lu Changsheng said he intended to kill him.
• Lu Changsheng decided to pin the blame on the Chaos Realm and had the Willow Tree seal off information from the Mortal Realm.

Lu Changsheng fought the divine envoy after ensuring the Divine Realm could not monitor the Mortal Realm, and easily defeated him with his sword and God-Slaying Sword Array. He destroyed the envoy’s escape attempt, then sent the envoy’s remaining soul trace toward the Divine Realm with a false message blaming the Chaos Realm.

• Lu Changsheng confirmed that Willow Tree’s barrier blocked the Divine Realm’s probing, then let the divine envoy attack him.
• The divine envoy unleashed his Demigod Realm pressure and struck Lu Changsheng with a golden spear, but Lu Changsheng split the spear with a casual sword slash.
• The divine envoy tried to retreat and threatened Lu Changsheng, then empowered himself with golden holy flames and charged again.
• Lu Changsheng used the God-Slaying Sword Array to destroy the divine envoy’s body, while the envoy’s split soul fled inside his golden spear.
• Willow Tree’s branches crushed the spear, and Lu Changsheng placed the remaining soul trace in the severed spear with a false message before sending it toward the Divine Realm.

Lu Changsheng killed a Divine Realm envoy and prepared to use Soul Search on the Evil Lord. When the Evil Realm army tried to protect its leader, Lu Changsheng annihilated it with his God-Slaying Sword Array, then placed his hand on the Evil Lord’s head.

• Tan Zongzhao and the others marveled at Lu Changsheng’s strength, while Xiao Hei said that no one had ever seen his master use his full power.
• The teacher told the Immortal Emperor that the Human Ancestors had once met someone who might have been connected to the Divine Realm’s hostility toward the Mortal Realm.
• Lu Changsheng saw through the Evil Lord’s attempt to stall and restrain him before detonating his soul, then sealed the Evil Lord’s power and movement.
• The Evil Realm army charged to protect the Evil Lord, and Lu Changsheng formed the God-Slaying Sword Array to destroy the army, including the Purgatory Imperial Guard’s God Emperor experts.
• Lu Changsheng placed his hand on the immobilized Evil Lord’s head and began to examine what he knew.

Lu Changsheng learned from the Evil Lord that the Divine Realm had ordered the attack on the Mortal Realm to eliminate a person secretly protected by the four Human Ancestors. After the battle, he sealed off the Mortal Realm, and the Teacher suggested that he teach the Dao to help it recover.

• Lu Changsheng searched the Evil Lord’s memories and learned that the Divine Realm had promised him a Half-Step Saint Weapon and entry into the Divine Realm for attacking the Mortal Realm.
• Lu Changsheng discovered that the Divine Realm feared a rapidly growing person hidden and nurtured by the four Human Ancestors, then destroyed the Evil Lord and his divine soul.
• Lu Changsheng placed Divine Soul Restrictions on the witnesses, and the Teacher confirmed that the four Human Ancestors had once met a mysterious person.
• The Immortal Emperor criticized Lu Changsheng for waiting until the Mortal Realm was devastated before intervening, and the survivors departed to rebuild.
• Lu Changsheng told the Teacher that he had sealed the Mortal Realm against entry, and the Teacher proposed that he teach the Dao to help it recover.

Hong Ying and Ning Chenxin planned to rebuild Azure Firmament Academy, while Lu Changsheng's disciples prepared to cultivate and explore the Chaos Realm. Lu Changsheng rejected Ji Qianyao and traveled with Liu Ziru to the Dark Domain, where the Dark Lord said he had leads on the person Lu Changsheng had mentioned.

• Hong Ying and Ning Chenxin said they would rebuild Azure Firmament Academy after inheriting Imperial Heaven Court and Heaven-Shaking Court.
• Tan Zongzhao invited Lu Changsheng's disciples to Chaotic Spirit Academy, while the Devil God encouraged them to venture into the Chaos Realm; Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, and Shi Sheng agreed they wanted to go.
• Fang Qiong said he planned to avenge his lineage and would head to the Immortal Realm after consolidating his strength in the Fusheng Diagram.
• Mortal Village began rebuilding Azure Firmament Academy under the teacher, and Ye Qiubai and the others entered the Fusheng Diagram to cultivate.
• Lu Changsheng rejected Ji Qianyao's request for guidance and hurried off with Liu Ziru to the Dark Domain.
• The Dark Lord told Lu Changsheng that the Dark Domain might have leads on the person he had mentioned.

Lu Changsheng learned that the mysterious first name on the Dark Ranking was the character “Chu,” but the lead remained unconfirmed. After the war’s survivors advanced their cultivation, Fang Qiong returned to Lindong City and confronted the City Lord’s Manor over its role in destroying his family, ending by demanding that its members come to his tavern.

• The Dark Lord revealed that the Dark Ranking’s first-place name was hidden behind mist and showed Lu Changsheng the character “Chu,” a possible clue to the person targeting the Mortal Realm.
• Reconstruction continued in the Mortal Realm while Ye Qiubai and the others cultivated in the Fusheng Diagram and strengthened their abilities.
• Fang Qiong entered Lindong City and went to a tavern built on the former Fang Lineage site.
• Fang Qiong criticized the City Lord’s Manor’s imitation of the Fang Lineage’s famous wine, prompting the tavern’s owner to recognize him.
• Fang Qiong restrained the owner with an invisible force and ordered him to summon everyone from the City Lord’s Manor.

Fang Qiong returned to the Fang Lineage's former estate and confronted the City Lord's Manor and the Far East Sect, who had helped destroy his family. He killed their captured men and revealed power enough to slaughter two Immortal Sovereigns, leaving the city lord and sect master stunned.

• Fang Qiong seized Lin Hai and three Far East Sect disciples, then sent them to summon their forces while he waited calmly in the restaurant.
• The city lord of Lindong and the sect master of the Far East Sect arrived with their senior figures, and Fang Qiong killed Lin Hai and the three disciples.
• The city lord failed to recognize Fang Qiong, who said he would have no chance to remember him again.
• A spear-wielding man from the City Lord's Manor and an elder from the Far East Sect attacked Fang Qiong, but he formed an Annihilation Array and pinned both early Immortal Sovereigns to the ground with world-destroying spears.
• The city lord of Lindong and the sect master of the Far East Sect realized Fang Qiong had become powerful enough to kill two early Immortal Sovereigns instantly.

Fang Qiong revealed that he had the Immortal Emperor’s favor and used the Immortal Emperor Token to make Lindong City’s leaders kneel before him. Rather than kill them, he trapped the City Lord’s Manor and Far East Sect in an illusion array to suffer for eternity.

• The Cheng Lineage head arrived and declared that he would remain neutral and watch the confrontation.
• Fang Qiong told the Lindong City Lord and Far East Sect Master that he had an inheritance and had once sought to join the Immortal Palace.
• Fang Qiong revealed his Immortal Emperor Token, prompting the Cheng Lineage head and the gathered onlookers to kneel and pay homage.
• The Lindong City Lord begged Fang Qiong for forgiveness and offered to return what had been taken, but Fang Qiong refused to spare those involved in the Fang Lineage’s slaughter.
• The Far East Sect Master attacked Fang Qiong, but an array barrier stopped his strike.
• Fang Qiong activated the Immortal Affinity Illusion Array and trapped everyone from the City Lord’s Manor and Far East Sect inside it.

Fang Qiong destroyed the Far East Sect and City Lord's Manor, avenged the Fang Lineage, and advanced to the God Emperor Realm before returning to the Mortal Realm. Three months later, Azure Firmament Academy reopened, while Lu Changsheng encountered a vast creature beneath the Ancient Battlefield that seemed to be a Kunpeng.

• Fang Qiong trapped the City Lord's Manor and Far East Sect members in the Immortal Affinity Illusion Array and forced them to witness their powers' destruction.
• Fang Qiong annihilated the Far East Sect with the Annihilation Illusion Killing Formation and Lesser God-Slaying Sword Array, then destroyed the City Lord's Manor.
• Fang Qiong restored the Fang Lineage's former grounds as a memorial, executed the captives, and protected the site with a barrier.
• With his vengeance settled, Fang Qiong's cultivation broke through into the God Emperor Realm, and he left Lindong City for the Mortal Realm.
• Ninety-two years passed inside the Fusheng Diagram as Azure Firmament Academy reopened, with Ning Chenxin and Hong Ying serving as court deans and Sir as honorary dean.
• Beneath the Ancient Battlefield, Lu Changsheng saw a colossal beast that appeared to be a Kunpeng.

Lu Changsheng met Kunpeng in the Ancient Battlefield, learned that a mysterious man in white had guided it, and invited it to follow him. Back at Azure Firmament Academy, he began offering cultivation guidance to its new students and elders, starting with Ji Qianyao.

• Kunpeng thanked Lu Changsheng for saving the Mortal Realm and explained that it had guarded the Ancient Battlefield willingly until its task was complete.
• Kunpeng revealed that a man in white had guided it hundreds of thousands of years earlier, and it agreed to follow Lu Changsheng.
• Lu Changsheng brought Kunpeng, disguised as an old man, toward Azure Firmament Academy and warned it to keep its identity secret and avoid causing trouble.
• More than two hundred cultivators had passed Azure Firmament Academy's entrance test, and Hong Ying and Ning Chenxin persuaded Lu Changsheng to preach to them.
• Lu Changsheng offered to examine the students' cultivation problems and provide individual guidance, then called on Ji Qianyao to go first.

Lu Changsheng guided Ji Qianyao and the students and elders of Azure Firmament Academy, while Hong Ying’s promise that he would return often left him dreading an exhausting schedule. As the Mortal Realm’s reconstruction ended, Ye Qiubai and the other disciples traveled toward the Chaos Realm, where Tan Zongzhao urged them to join Chaotic Spirit Academy; they agreed to consider it while pledging to represent Azure Firmament Academy in the grand competition.

• Ji Qianyao let Lu Changsheng examine her, and he used Immortal Qi to strengthen her body and help her break through to the mid-stage God Lord Realm.
• Lu Changsheng spent three days guiding Azure Firmament Academy’s students and elders, and Hong Ying announced that he would return often to lecture on the Dao.
• With the Mortal Realm’s reconstruction complete, Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, Xiao Hei, Fang Qiong, and Shi Sheng traveled toward the Chaos Realm under Tan Zongzhao’s lead.
• Tan Zongzhao warned the disciples that survival in the Chaos Realm required joining a faction and recommended Chaotic Spirit Academy.
• Ye Qiubai and the others accepted Tan Zongzhao’s invitation in principle but insisted they would represent Azure Firmament Academy in the Six Realms Academy Grand Competition three years later.

Tan Zongzhao brought Ye Qiubai and the others to Chaotic Spirit Academy, where the grand elder welcomed their special admission but questioned what they would contribute. The group received Heaven No. 3 Courtyard, though Tan Zongzhao warned they would lose it if challengers defeated them.

• Tan Zongzhao agreed to discuss with his master whether Ye Qiubai and the others could represent Azure Firmament Academy at the academy grand competition.
• During the journey to the Chaos Realm, Tan Zongzhao answered Mu Fusheng's questions about the realm and Chaotic Spirit Academy, then brought the group to the academy.
• Tan Zongzhao introduced the academy's vast grounds and rich Immortal Qi, but Xiao Hei and the others were unimpressed.
• The grand elder met the group and asked what value they would bring to Chaotic Spirit Academy; Xiao Hei said both sides would benefit from their arrangement.
• Tan Zongzhao assigned the group Heaven No. 3 Courtyard and warned them they would have to exchange residences if someone challenged and defeated them.

Ye Qiubai and the others faced pressure from veteran students after moving into Heaven No. 3 Courtyard, but they refused to fight during the month the rules allowed. They headed for the Heaven Refining Tower, hoping to break its records and silence the rumors.

• Ye Qiubai and the others reviewed the cultivation secret realms and learned their contribution points would not go far.
• Fang Qiong reported that onlookers and hidden experts had gathered outside their courtyard, but Ye Qiubai said they should focus on cultivation while they could refuse challenges.
• Liang Qing and He Chao blocked the group and tried to provoke a fight, but Ye Qiubai reminded them of the rules and led everyone away.
• Rumors spread that the specially recruited students were weak or enjoying special privileges, and Xiao Hei wanted to fight the challengers.
• Mu Fusheng and Ye Qiubai persuaded Xiao Hei not to escalate matters, and Ye Qiubai suggested breaking the Heaven Refining Tower's records instead.

The Cottage disciples entered cultivation secret realms suited to their strengths, while Xiao Hei headed into the Heaven Refining Tower. After easily passing its outer area and first floor, he continued downward as the gatekeeper recognized his extraordinary bloodline and wondered what his arrival meant for the academy.

• Xiao Hei stayed at the Heaven Refining Tower while Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and Fang Qiong went to their respective cultivation sites.
• Liang Qing and other inner court disciples expected the newcomers to fail because they had skipped the outermost areas, while the grand elder wondered how long they would last.
• Xiao Hei recalled Lu Changsheng's teaching to treat gatekeepers politely and bowed to the old man at the tower entrance.
• The old man gave Xiao Hei a token and warned him to leave if the tower's fiery Qi became too much for him.
• The old man sensed Xiao Hei's demonic Qi and supreme bloodline, then wondered whether his arrival would bring the academy a blessing or a calamity.
• Xiao Hei found the first floor too easy and continued to the next floor, startling the other cultivators.

Xiao Hei descended through the Heaven Refining Tower with almost no reaction to its flames, while academy disciples spread rumors meant to damage the Grand Elder during the contest for vice dean. Tan Zongzhao dismissed the smear campaign, but a message about Xiao Hei’s progress immediately made him regret comparing Xiao Hei to his own record.

• Xiao Hei passed through the Tower’s floors with little difficulty, astonishing cultivators who saw him on the twentieth floor.
• Disciples gathered outside the Tower questioned whether the special recruits could reach the ranking stele’s top thirty and spread rumors that the Grand Elder was showing favoritism.
• Tan Zongzhao and a woman linked the rumors to He Xiangwang’s follower Liang Qing and suspected the Second Elder approved of the scheme.
• Tan Zongzhao argued that Xiao Hei and the others would prove their strength, saying they would not fall far behind his record of reaching the thirty-first floor.
• Tan Zongzhao and the woman received a message about Xiao Hei’s progress, and Tan Zongzhao admitted the gap was far greater than he had expected.

Mu Fusheng found a way to cultivate in the Raging Lightning Sea without attracting attention, while Xiao Hei, Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Fang Qiong shocked Chaotic Spirit Academy by placing on their secret realms’ rankings. Their achievements backfired on those who had spread rumors against the Grand Elder, and Tan Zongzhao suggested the newcomers might rise beyond the Chaos Realm.

• Mu Fusheng drew concentrated lightning power from the depths of the Raging Lightning Sea to cultivate near the outskirts without qualifying for the rankings.
• Tan Zongzhao admitted that Mu Fusheng was difficult to understand, then left after being teased about the gap between him and the newcomers.
• Xiao Hei reached the forty-second floor of the Heaven Refining Tower and took twenty-ninth place, silencing students who had mocked him.
• Ye Qiubai took thirtieth place in the Puppet Sword Hall, Shi Sheng took twenty-fourth at Star Stone Mountain, and Fang Qiong took twenty-seventh in the Formation Hall.
• News of the four newcomers’ rankings spread through the inner court and reached the elders, turning students against those who had smeared the Grand Elder.
• The Grand Elder praised Tan Zongzhao’s judgment, and Tan Zongzhao said the newcomers might achieve more than making a place for themselves in the Chaos Realm.

He Xiangwang and Liang Qing were punished after their scheme against Xiao Hei and the others was exposed, but they planned to challenge the newcomers anyway. After Xiao Hei climbed the Heaven Refining Tower rankings and received an offer of help from its gatekeeper, Liang Qing arrived at Heaven-grade Courtyard Three to request a battle.

• The Second Elder sent He Xiangwang to Hundred Snake Valley for half a month and Liang Qing for half a day, then publicly condemned unfair competition.
• He Xiangwang told Liang Qing to recover after his punishment and challenge Heaven-grade Courtyard Three to seize the courtyard.
• Three days later, Xiao Hei had reached twenty-third place in the Heaven Refining Tower rankings, while Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Fang Qiong also advanced in their trials.
• The Heaven Refining Tower gatekeeper offered Xiao Hei advice if he ran into trouble, and Xiao Hei accepted his goodwill before returning to the courtyard.
• A woman invited Xiao Hei to spar, but Liang Qing arrived to request a battle, so Xiao Hei asked where they would fight.

Xiao Hei challenged Liang Qing for ownership of Heavenly Courtyard Five on the Crown Prince Platform, where a single punch left Liang Qing badly injured. The crowd watched in shock as Xiao Hei stood over his opponent and questioned whether that was all he had.

• Liang Qing underestimated Xiao Hei and agreed to fight him for their courtyards on the Crown Prince Platform.
• Hao Qiang and Yu Cheng arrived to watch, and Feng Ye announced that she had arranged to spar with Xiao Hei afterward.
• Feng Ye criticized the Law Enforcement Hall elder overseeing the match, noting that the hall favored the Second Elder’s faction.
• Liang Qing charged Xiao Hei, who struck him with one punch and sent him flying as the crowd fell silent.
• Xiao Hei stepped toward the injured Liang Qing and asked, “Is that all you’ve got?”

Xiao Hei effortlessly defeated Liang Qing, even after Liang Qing secretly took a pill that pushed his cultivation into the early God Emperor Realm. The chapter ended with Xiao Hei slamming Liang Qing into the ground and asking whether he had made enough of a scene.

• Xiao Hei sent Liang Qing flying with a casual punch, shocking the spectators who had expected Liang Qing to win.
• Liang Qing used a pill to raise his cultivation, while the Law Enforcement Hall elder dismissed Mu Fusheng's objection by claiming it was a secret art.
• Liang Qing attacked Xiao Hei with punches and a kick, but Xiao Hei stopped his strikes and remained unharmed.
• Liang Qing furiously kicked Xiao Hei repeatedly, unable to escape his grip.
• Xiao Hei released Liang Qing's hand, struck his back with an elbow, and smashed him into the ground before asking if he had made enough of a scene.

After defeating Liang Qing, Xiao Hei challenged the crowd at the Crown Prince Platform, drawing the attention of Feng Ye, a famed personal disciple. Feng Ye suppressed her cultivation to his realm and attacked him, beginning their fight.

• He Xiangwang left after Tan Zongzhao confronted him over his failed scheme against the special recruits.
• Xiao Hei defeated Liang Qing, challenged He Chao, and then invited anyone else dissatisfied to fight him.
• Mu Fusheng worried that Xiao Hei was drawing too much attention, while Ye Qiubai and the others argued that Xiao Hei had already shown restraint by waiting several days.
• Feng Ye appeared to challenge Xiao Hei, suppressed her cultivation to his mid God Emperor Realm, and charged at him.