Chapter Summaries

The Mo Clan won the Ancestral Dragon's skeleton at auction, while Lu Changsheng chose not to bid because the prize would draw danger and offered little benefit to his disciples. As the Mo Clan left the city under the watch of hostile factions, Lu Changsheng followed with Mo Yu and prepared to intervene if necessary.

• The factions weighed the Ancestral Dragon's skeleton's value, but Lu Changsheng decided it was not worth bidding for and would not suit his disciples.
• The Mo Clan raised the price to one million flawless primordial stones, outbidding Holy Light Academy and Chaotic Spirit Academy before winning the skeleton.
• The auctioneer warned Mo Ling that others might seize the skeleton despite the Mo Clan's power, and Mo Ling said his clan had prepared for that risk.
• Mo Ling and Mo Xing left the auction house on enormous puppets as countless presences followed them out of the city.
• Mo Yu asked Lu Changsheng to help the Mo Clan, so Lu Changsheng cloaked him and followed, telling him not to act rashly and promising to step in if needed.

Mo Xing and Mo Ling were ambushed outside Heaven-Reaching City by rogue cultivators seeking the Ancestral Dragon's bones, while an isolation array cut them off from reinforcements. Lu Changsheng intervened and killed the attackers, and the chapter ended with Mo Yu running to him as Mo Clan elders arrived.

• Mo Xing and Mo Ling were intercepted by rogue cultivators and other factions outside Heaven-Reaching City as they transported the Ancestral Dragon's bones.
• The attackers trapped the pair inside a Demigod-level isolation array created by Divine Array Master Wutian and destroyed most of their puppets.
• Lu Changsheng left Mo Yu hidden in a spatial rift, entered the battle, and killed the attackers with Sword Qi, palm strikes, and a spatial fragment.
• Array Master Wutian fled when the array dissipated, and three Mo Clan elders arrived to find the attackers dead.
• Mo Yu ran to Lu Changsheng, prompting him to ask why she was there.

Lu Changsheng agreed to accompany Mo Yu back to the Mo Clan after rescuing her and her companions. Elsewhere, the factions blamed the Mo Clan for the deaths outside Heaven-Reaching City, while Jiu Bailu gave Mu Fusheng a treasured gift and left him conflicted about her affection.

• Mo Ling and Mo Xing learned that Lu Changsheng was Mo Yu's master, and Mo Xing was silenced when he questioned the arrangement.
• The Mo Clan elders apologized to Lu Changsheng and invited him to meet the clan head, and Lu Changsheng agreed to go with them and Mo Yu.
• Holy Light Academy and the other factions suspected the Mo Clan had killed the people found outside the city, leaving Lu Changsheng's involvement undiscovered.
• Jiu Bailu gave Mu Fusheng the Nine-Cord Thunderclap Chain and told him she valued the shawl he had given her just as much.
• Jiu Bailu teased Mu Fusheng about visiting the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty, then left him wrestling with her affection and the favors he owed her.

Lu Changsheng accompanied Mo Yu to the Mo Clan, where the elders cautiously treated him as a powerful expert despite learning he knew nothing about puppetry. After Mo Yu introduced him to her father, the patriarch asked whether Lu Changsheng was accomplished in the Dao of puppetry.

• Mo Xing apologized to Lu Changsheng after the elders warned him to hide the Mo Clan's pride and respect the powerful guest.
• Lu Changsheng said he had never studied puppetry, while Mo Yu offered him access to her family's library.
• The group reached the Mo Clan, where the first elder led them through its towers to meet the patriarch.
• Mo Hanlin asked Lu Changsheng about his origins and purpose, and Mo Yu defended her master.
• Lu Changsheng explained that Mo Yu had talent and a fated connection with him, and Mo Hanlin asked if he was accomplished in puppetry.

Mo Hanlin challenged Lu Changsheng’s ability in the Dao of Puppetry and agreed to let him study the Mo Clan’s basic books. Lu Changsheng entered the library and used his soul power to rapidly absorb the fundamentals, while the elders waited to see what he could accomplish.

• Mo Yu defended Lu Changsheng, but Mo Hanlin insisted that her master must have solid skills in the Dao of Puppetry.
• Lu Changsheng admitted he had never studied puppetry and asked to read the Mo Clan’s basic books as his only condition.
• Lu Changsheng said Mo Yu could continue cultivating under him if he successfully learned the Dao of Puppetry, and Mo Hanlin took him to the library.
• Lu Changsheng entered the library’s first floor, where Mo Hanlin permitted him to read but forbade him from taking books or going upstairs.
• Lu Changsheng set up an isolation formation and used his soul power to open and rapidly read every book on the first floor.

Lu Changsheng left the library after one day, claiming he had learned all its puppetry books, and began crafting a puppet at the grand elder’s pavilion. He finished an elaborate puppet in half a day, leaving the Mo Clan observers stunned.

• Mo Hanlin and the elders doubted Lu Changsheng could master puppetry quickly, but Mo Yu said her master would surprise them.
• Lu Changsheng emerged from the library and said he had learned everything on the first floor, then asked for materials and a workspace to make a puppet.
• At the grand elder’s pavilion, Lu Changsheng selected Heaven-reaching Purple Sandalwood and completed the puppet’s outer body in the time it took an incense stick to burn.
• Lu Changsheng added three kinds of Power of Rules and an array, then made the puppet a sword and a saber from the remaining wood.
• After half a day, Lu Changsheng finished the puppet and asked the speechless Mo Hanlin, the grand elder, and the others whether their jaws had come unhinged.

Lu Changsheng impressed the Mo Clan by revealing the intricate design and life intent inside his puppet, prompting the Grand Elder to ask to become his apprentice. Lu Changsheng departed with the Grand Elder and Mo Yu, leaving his first puppet with the Mo Clan.

• The Grand Elder examined Lu Changsheng’s puppet and learned that its widespread meridians circulated the intent of unending life through its body.
• The Grand Elder apologized to Lu Changsheng for doubting him, while Mo Hanlin agreed that Mo Yu could continue following her master.
• The Grand Elder asked to cultivate under Lu Changsheng, and Mo Hanlin granted permission for him to leave the Mo Clan.
• Lu Changsheng gave the puppet to Mo Hanlin and left the Mo Clan with the Grand Elder and Mo Yu.
• Mo Hanlin ordered the puppet placed in the inner pavilion and reserved for a crisis, seeing it as both a valuable gift and a way to strengthen the Mo Clan’s ties to Lu Changsheng.

Mo Hanlin decided the Mo Clan would yield its qualifier spot to Mo Yu’s senior brothers if they faced them, while the academy qualifier began in Heaven-Reaching City. Xiao Hei defeated Holy Light Academy’s first fighter, Lan Qing, and challenged the academy to send another opponent.

• Mo Ling recognized some of Mo Yu’s senior brothers in the portraits, and Mo Hanlin told the clan to give them the spot if they met in the qualifier.
• The four academies drew lots, pairing Chaotic Spirit Academy against Holy Light Academy and Mechanism Academy against Shuozhou Academy.
• Xiao Hei volunteered as Chaotic Spirit Academy’s first fighter, while Holy Light Academy sent out the sword cultivator Lan Qing.
• Xiao Hei shattered Lan Qing’s sword and broke his breastbone with a punch, knocking him out of the arena.
• Xiao Hei taunted Holy Light Academy to send another fighter as Mo Yu praised him and Lu Changsheng told her not to imitate his showboating.

Xiao Hei faced Yi Che of Holy Light Academy, whose Dao Law of Light could purify Devil Qi, but Xiao Hei’s Holy Devil Bloodline let him resist it. After their first clash, Yi Che summoned golden butterflies and prepared to continue the fight.

• Miao Youzhi sent Yi Che to defeat Xiao Hei and help wear Gu Sheng down for later bouts.
• Yi Che unleashed holy light that dispersed Xiao Hei’s Devil Qi and obscured his senses.
• Xiao Hei’s black-and-red blood Qi spread through the holy light, allowing him to find Yi Che and strike him with a powerful punch.
• Yi Che countered with a golden spear, but Xiao Hei’s punch forced him to retreat, and Xiao Hei’s wound quickly healed.
• Yi Che acknowledged Xiao Hei’s strength and raised golden butterflies around himself as the battle continued.

Xiao Hei fought Yi Che, whose golden butterflies let him shift his form and unleash devastating explosions. As Yi Che overwhelmed him with successive blasts, Xiao Hei used the Nine Heavens Devil Halberd to strike at him and kept pursuing him through the air.

• Yi Che warned Xiao Hei that he would use his full strength, while Xiao Hei summoned his Devil God phantom and faced him without surrendering.
• Yi Che detonated a golden butterfly, but Xiao Hei survived the blast and attacked him; Yi Che transformed into a butterfly and reappeared elsewhere, then detonated another butterfly beside Xiao Hei.
• Lu Changsheng explained that the butterflies were Yi Che’s interchangeable forms rather than evidence that he had used the Space Dao Law.
• Yi Che pointed out that thirty-two butterflies remained and set off five around Xiao Hei, engulfing the arena in an even greater explosion.
• Xiao Hei sheltered himself with the Devil God phantom and Demon God Armor, launched the Nine Heavens Devil Halberd at Yi Che, then pursued him with a kick after Yi Che evaded by switching places with a butterfly.

Xiao Hei defeated Yi Che despite being badly weakened by Golden Light Gathering and Shattering, then Gu Sheng stepped forward to face Gu Lin. Gu Lin revealed that he had fused the Dao Law of Light with the Sword Dao Law, and Gu Sheng prepared to answer with strength of his own.

• Xiao Hei used the Nine Heavens Devil Halberd to withstand Yi Che’s Golden Light Gathering and Shattering, then struck Yi Che and forced him to concede.
• Xiao Hei returned to Chaotic Spirit Academy to recover after the attack drained much of his bloodline power.
• Gu Lin challenged Gu Sheng, and Gu Sheng stopped Qin Chi from taking the fight.
• Gu Sheng entered the platform and taunted Gu Lin about losing to him two and a half years earlier.
• Gu Lin unleashed over a thousand golden swords and fused the Dao Law of Light with the Sword Dao Law to attack Gu Sheng’s astral wind.

Gu Sheng defeated Gu Lin and another peak ancestor realm cultivator from Holy Light Academy, but exhausted most of his strength in the process. As Miao Youzhi entered the arena, Gu Sheng stopped Qin Chi and assigned Mu Fusheng to face him.

• Gu Sheng used a relaxed, evasive style against Gu Lin before switching to fierce wind attacks and forcing him to the edge of the arena.
• Gu Sheng kept Gu Lin suppressed through a day-long battle and eventually defeated him.
• A second peak ancestor realm cultivator from Holy Light Academy took the stage and tried to wear down Gu Sheng by avoiding direct combat.
• Gu Sheng defeated his next opponent but left the arena with less than twenty percent of his strength remaining.
• Gu Sheng stopped Qin Chi from facing Miao Youzhi and told him that Mu Fusheng would take the match.

Mu Fusheng revealed his lightning mastery in his match against Miao Youzhi, matching him in speed and forcing him to summon his heavenly-god form. The chapter left them facing off as Mu Fusheng’s six kinds of lightning began to suppress Miao Youzhi’s holy light.

• Mu Fusheng entered the arena and told Miao Youzhi he had no need to wear him down before defeating him.
• Mu Fusheng and Miao Youzhi clashed at great speed, matching each other with lightning and holy light.
• Miao Youzhi recognized Mu Fusheng as a rival to Gu Sheng, while Gu Sheng noted that Mu Fusheng had not yet used his talismans or other known trump cards.
• Miao Youzhi summoned golden wings, a crown, and a scepter, claiming his Supreme Dao Law would overwhelm Mu Fusheng’s lightning.
• Mu Fusheng released six kinds of lightning, which resisted and began suppressing Miao Youzhi’s holy light.

Mu Fusheng used the six kinds of ancient divine lightning and the Nine-Cord Thunderclap Chain to overwhelm Miao Youzhi in their arena fight. After Miao Youzhi conceded, a vice dean rescued him before Mu Fusheng could land another blow, and Mu Fusheng defended his actions by citing his rule that only death or leaving the arena counted as defeat.

• Mu Fusheng’s thunder imbued with light, vitality, and destruction suppressed Miao Youzhi’s holy light, while Miao Youzhi tried to bind him with a shrinking ring of light.
• Miao Youzhi sent a storm of golden feathers at Mu Fusheng, who used the Nine-Cord Thunderclap Chain and Thunder Control Divine Talismans to repel them and crack Miao Youzhi’s holy light barrier.
• Mu Fusheng struck Miao Youzhi’s protective wings with the chain, shattering the barrier and sending Miao Youzhi crashing onto the arena floor, badly injured.
• Miao Youzhi demanded to know how Mu Fusheng had mastered Dao law so close to its origin, but Mu Fusheng pressed his attack instead of answering.
• Miao Youzhi conceded, but Mu Fusheng continued to lash at him until a vice dean of Holy Light Academy intervened and carried him off the arena.
• Mu Fusheng told the vice dean that his rules counted only death or leaving the arena as a loss, not conceding.

Mechanism Academy crushed Shuozhou Academy, leaving the other academies convinced it would win the qualifying spot. But when Chaotic Spirit Academy faced Mechanism Academy, Fang Qiong defeated Mo Le in under two minutes after Mo Le’s puppets appeared to hold back.

• Mechanism Academy defeated Shuozhou Academy with its puppets, alarming the other academies and making them doubt they could challenge the Mo Clan.
• Mo Yu considered drugging Mo Xing and the other Mo Clan disciples so Chaotic Spirit Academy could win, but Lu Changsheng called her plan dirty.
• Vice Dean Ming told Chaotic Spirit Academy’s competitors to stay calm and accept the result, while Mo Xing explained that the clan head had ordered the Mo Clan disciples to go easy on them.
• Chaotic Spirit Academy sent Fang Qiong to face Mo Le, who controlled nine late-stage Ancestor Realm puppets that seemed to deliberately miss their attacks.
• Fang Qiong formed the Annihilation Illusion Killing Formation, trapped Mo Le in its illusion, and knocked him out of the arena in less than two minutes.

Fang Qiong unexpectedly defeated Mo Le, and Mu Fusheng deduced that the Mo Clan was throwing the match at Mo Yu’s request. Mo Ling then deliberately botched his own fight against Fang Qiong, leaving the Chaotic Spirit Academy’s advance within reach.

• Fang Qiong’s Annihilation Illusion Killing Formation sent Mo Le out of the arena, leaving the spectators and competitors confused.
• Mu Fusheng concluded that Mo Yu had asked the Mo Clan to throw the match, and his companions agreed that it was the likeliest explanation.
• Mo Ling entered the arena with seventeen late-stage Ancestor Realm puppets, and spectators expected him to defeat Fang Qiong.
• Fang Qiong activated the Annihilation Illusion Killing Formation and prepared to withstand the puppets’ attack while Lian Zhi completed Nightfall.
• Mo Ling made his puppets collide with one another, destroying several of them and giving Fang Qiong room to escape.
• Mo Ling claimed he could not control his puppets well, conceded, and left the arena.

The Chaotic Spirit Academy secured the qualifier after the Mechanism Academy’s contestants openly conceded, ending the match in under two hours. As the academies departed, Mu Fusheng and his companions prepared to return to the Mortal Realm while Lu Changsheng took Mo Yu and the Mo Clan elder back with him.

• Lu Changsheng questioned Mo Yu about Mo Ling’s apparent incompetence, while Mo Ling denied deliberately throwing his match and Mo Xing told the Mechanism Academy students to follow the clan head’s wishes.
• Mo Xing conceded immediately, and the remaining Mechanism Academy contestants followed suit, giving the Chaotic Spirit Academy the qualifier victory in record time.
• The lord of Heaven-Reaching City handed Vice Dean Ming the qualification token, while the Moon Gazing Academy and Tranquil Mountain Academy abandoned plans to steal it.
• Jiu Bailu and Jiu Xuan traveled back with the Chaotic Spirit Academy, but Mu Fusheng declined to join its competition roster because the Azure Firmament Academy needed rebuilding.
• Lu Changsheng returned to the Mortal Realm with Mo Yu and the Mo Clan elder, intending to discuss the Chaos Realm academies’ strength with Hong Ying and the others.

After Chaotic Spirit Academy celebrated its victory, Mu Fusheng and the others planned to finish exploring its inheritances before returning to the Mortal Realm. Ye Qiubai, guided by the Azure Cloud Token, continued searching the Qingming Sea and joined a fishing crew, where he prepared to haul in demonic fish.

• The students and elders welcomed Chaotic Spirit Academy's victorious team, and the dean announced free access to inheritance secret realms for thirty days and rewards in seven days.
• Mu Fusheng and the others decided to stay at Chaotic Spirit Academy longer to explore its secret realms and formations before returning to Azure Firmament Academy.
• Fang Qiong contacted Ye Qiubai, who said he was on the Qingming Sea and would return before the Six Realms Academy Grand Competition.
• Ye Qiubai explained to the young woman aboard the ship that he was following the Azure Cloud Token's guidance across the sea.
• A burly crewman called Ye Qiubai to the fishing spot, where the crew prepared to haul in and process demonic fish.

Ye Qiubai and the crew hunted five Divine Lord Realm devil fish, but a far larger sea devil beast chased their ship as they headed back toward Jade Qilin City. Ai Song feared the pursuer was in the God Emperor Realm, leaving the crew facing near-certain death.

• Ai Song led ten God Lord Realm experts in killing five devil fish while the boatman maneuvered the ship around their attacks.
• Ye Qiubai and the others hauled the devil fish aboard and butchered them to preserve their valuable parts and cores.
• Ai Song ordered the crew to abandon the remaining carcasses and flee after Ye Qiubai noticed a huge shadow approaching behind the ship.
• Ai Song identified the approaching sea devil beast as likely being in the God Emperor Realm, and the crew despaired because their ship could not outrun it.

Ye Qiubai killed the pursuing God Emperor-grade Flood Dragon with one swing of his wooden sword, shocking Ai Zhi, Ai Song, and the ship’s crew. He ignored Ai Song’s apology and returned to his work before checking the Azure Cloud Token, which had moved farther into deeper waters.

• The God Emperor-grade Flood Dragon caught up with the ship, and Ai Zhi told Ye Qiubai she feared they would all die before she could fall for him.
• Ye Qiubai approached the Flood Dragon with a wooden sword, and Ai Zhi ran to warn him to retreat.
• Ye Qiubai split the Flood Dragon in two with a single sword swing, leaving everyone aboard astonished.
• Ai Song apologized and knelt before Ye Qiubai, who ignored him and returned to dissecting a devil fish.
• Ai Song took over the work and ordered the crew to retrieve the Flood Dragon’s carcass and prepare its materials for Ye Qiubai.
• Ye Qiubai saw that the Azure Cloud Token had moved into deeper waters, then heard someone outside ask to come in.