Chapter Summaries

Lu Changsheng brought the disciples to a training ground in the Changsheng Realm and assigned Ye Qiubai a trial to master the Azure Cloud Sword without Immortal Qi. Ye Qiubai had to level an immense rock forest using only his Primordial Sword Physique and Sword Dao, with the training set to last far longer inside than outside.

• Lu Changsheng gathered the disciples and explained that he would give them group training because major events were heralding a great era.
• Lu Changsheng led the disciples to a realm of shifting landscapes filled with the power of rules, which he had created as a training ground.
• Lu Changsheng took Ye Qiubai into an immense rock forest and told him to develop his Primordial Sword Physique and Azure Cloud Sword skills.
• Lu Changsheng forbade Ye Qiubai from using Immortal Qi and required him to level the rocks with the Azure Cloud Sword, relying on his physique and Sword Dao.
• Lu Changsheng told Ye Qiubai that restorative pills and arrays were prepared and that one day outside could equal ten years inside.

Lu Changsheng arranged special training for Ye Qiubai, Hong Ying, and Ning Chenxin, using a time-accelerating space, the Reincarnation Heavenly Art, and books filled with lessons and virtual scenarios. After he left Ning Chenxin to study, Willow Tree struck at Lu Changsheng for showing off too much.

• Lu Changsheng set up a cultivation space where Ye Qiubai could spend ten years inside for every year outside, and left a clone to guide him.
• Lu Changsheng brought Hong Ying to a dead city and told her to master the Reincarnation Necklace and use the Reincarnation Heavenly Art to revive its inhabitants.
• Lu Changsheng annotated the Reincarnation Heavenly Art for Hong Ying, then left a clone to supervise her cultivation without Immortal Qi.
• Lu Changsheng gave Ning Chenxin over a thousand books of Confucian, Daoist, and Buddhist sayings, each linked to a virtual space designed to help him gain insight.
• After Lu Changsheng left, Willow Tree whipped a branch at him and said she could not help it because he had been showing off too much.

Lu Changsheng arranged brutal special training for Xiao Hei, Shi Sheng, and Mu Fusheng, tailoring each exercise to their abilities. He left Mu Fusheng to refine tribulation lightning amid screams, confident that his preparations would keep him safe.

• Lu Changsheng brought Xiao Hei to a harsh plain where he had to endure spatial astral winds and fight rows of puppets while healing through his bloodline ability.
• Lu Changsheng taught Shi Sheng to derive light and other powers from the stars, and Shi Sheng agreed to try the approach.
• Lu Changsheng created clones that refined pills and summoned a dozen bolts of tribulation lightning for Mu Fusheng to refine with his Tribulation Lightning Pearl.
• Lu Changsheng left pills, formations, and clones to protect Mu Fusheng, then departed after calling him his favorite disciple as Mu Fusheng screamed.

Lu Changsheng put his disciples through specialized training while resting at the Cottage, where Liu Ziru arrived seeking Ye Qiubai and the others’ help with a scheme against the Clear Breeze Pavilion. Lu Changsheng agreed in exchange for Liu Ziru testing hundreds of pills, and Liu Ziru carried them off to the cultivation room.

• Lu Changsheng assigned Mu Wan'er, Mo Yu, and Fang Qiong difficult practical exercises, confined Xiao Shitou to train his spatial power, and set Xu Yeming to summon exotic beasts and absorb their essence blood.
• Lu Changsheng rested at the Cottage while Huang Qian questioned his lack of concern for his disciples, and he explained that his clone was watching them.
• Liu Ziru arrived looking for Ye Qiubai and the others, and Lu Changsheng punched him after misunderstanding his remarks about the training.
• Liu Ziru explained that the Dark Domain wanted Ye Qiubai and the others to feed false information to the Clear Breeze Pavilion, undermining its credibility with the Xuanyuan Clan.
• Lu Changsheng demanded payment for the favor and gave Liu Ziru several hundred bottles of pills to test, which Liu Ziru carried into the cultivation room.

After forty years of special training, Ye Qiubai and the others made major cultivation gains, while Shi Sheng struggled to derive the power of life. The chapter ended with Shi Sheng gaining insight from Willow Tree’s branch.

• Lu Changsheng monitored the disciples’ painful training and kept Liu Ziru nearby to test pills, helping him approach his first lightning tribulation.
• Ye Qiubai learned to draw the Azure Cloud Sword without Immortal Qi and transformed ninety percent of his Sword Dao Law into Sword Dao Rules.
• Shi Sheng derived the power of light from the power of the stars, greatly improving his speed and cultivation, but could not derive the power of life.
• Shi Sheng sensed the intent of unending life around Willow Tree’s branch and began to understand how to proceed.
• Willow Tree told Huang Qian that Shi Sheng would have to comprehend the released power himself.

Xu Yeming entered the blood pool to absorb the fused Essence Blood of seventy-five exotic beasts and faced its deadly pain alongside a lightning tribulation. As he endured, major political shifts swept across the Chaos Realm, including a marriage proposal to Jiu Bailu and an offensive against the Dark Domain.

• Xu Yeming completed Lu Changsheng's first requirement, then entered the blood pool to absorb the fused Essence Blood despite its destructive force.
• The Great Wilderness Beast Heart devoured the Blood Qi as Xu Yeming's body began to rupture, and Lu Changsheng and Willow Tree kept him alive while a lightning tribulation descended.
• Lu Changsheng and Willow Tree decided to watch Xu Yeming closely and intervene if he reached his limit.
• News spread that the Four Great Beast Clans of the Devil Beast Continent had submitted to a human, prompting powerful factions to investigate.
• The Seven Treasures Holy Sect proposed a marriage between its Holy Son and Jiu Bailu, while the Clear Breeze Pavilion and Xuanyuan Clan launched an offensive against the Dark Domain.
• Young prodigies entered the God Ascension Platform as power shifts and unrest spread through the Chaos Realm.

After three hundred years of special training, Ye Qiubai and the others emerged with greatly increased strength and new breakthroughs. Lu Changsheng then sent them to hear Liu Ziru’s report on the Xu Clan and recent developments.

• Liu Ziru gave Lu Changsheng intelligence about the Xu Clan, including its growing closeness to the Xuanyuan Clan and Cangxuan Academy, and reported that Xu Canghai and Bai Qingxin had returned to the Cangxuan Continent.
• Lu Changsheng told Liu Ziru to keep investigating the Xu Clan and its connection to Cangxuan Academy.
• Ye Qiubai and the others finished their three hundred years of special training and advanced along their individual paths, with several surviving lightning tribulations or other trials.
• Ye Qiubai entered the Divine Realm after surviving two lightning tribulations, while Hong Ying, Xiao Hei, Shi Sheng, Mo Yu, Fang Qiong, Xiao Shitou, and Xu Yeming also made major breakthroughs.
• Lu Changsheng welcomed the group back to the Cottage and told them to hear Liu Ziru’s report because much had happened during their training.

After learning that the Seven Treasures Holy Sect was forcing the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty into a marriage alliance, Mu Fusheng hurried toward Jiu Bailu, while the group split up to pursue their separate goals. Mu Fusheng and Xiao Hei left the Chaotic Spirit Academy with Gu Sheng and information about the Seven Treasures Holy Sect, heading for the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty.

• Liu Ziru recounted the recent conflicts, and Mu Fusheng grew worried about Jiu Bailu while Xu Yeming reacted to news about the Xu Clan and Xuanyuan Clan.
• Lu Changsheng and the others divided their plans: Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Xu Yeming would travel with Liu Ziru, while Mu Fusheng and Xiao Hei would go to the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty.
• Lu Changsheng warned Liu Ziru to keep the disciples out of trouble, and Liu Ziru promised to watch over them.
• Mu Fusheng and Xiao Hei stopped at the Chaotic Spirit Academy, where Tan Zongzhao recognized that they knew about the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty's situation.
• Xiao Hei invited Gu Sheng to join them, and Vice Dean Lin gave Mu Fusheng a scroll of information about the Seven Treasures Holy Sect before the three set off.

The Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty debated whether Jiu Bailu should marry Ji Yang of the Seven Treasures Holy Sect, while Jiu Bailu waited for Mu Fusheng to help. Mu Fusheng arrived at the court hall, leaving the confrontation with Ji Yang about to begin.

• The Nine Dragons Sovereign hesitated over the marriage alliance as ministers argued over its benefits and the threat posed by the Seven Treasures Holy Sect.
• Ji Yang pressed the Nine Dragons Sovereign for a decision and questioned whether Mu Fusheng could challenge him.
• Jiu Bailu told Jiu Xuan she was waiting for Mu Fusheng and remained confident he would come.
• Mu Fusheng arrived at the hall with two companions and asked to see Jiu Bailu.
• Jiu Bailu greeted Mu Fusheng with a relieved smile.

Mu Fusheng arrived at the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty and challenged Ji Yang to stop him from forcing Jiu Bailu into a marriage alliance. Jiu Bailu revealed she was more worried about Ji Yang getting hurt, and the confrontation was about to begin.

• Jiu Bailu welcomed Mu Fusheng warmly, while Ji Yang grew jealous and claimed she could not leave with him.
• Ji Yang threatened that the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty would be destroyed if it rejected the Seven Treasures Holy Sect's marriage alliance.
• Mu Fusheng stood beside Jiu Bailu and challenged Ji Yang to a fight, saying victory would remove Ji Yang's right to force the marriage.
• Jiu Bailu took Mu Fusheng's hand and warned him not to cause too much trouble because she feared Ji Yang would be seriously injured.
• Jiu Yang mistook Jiu Bailu's concern as worry for Mu Fusheng, but she clarified that she was worried about Ji Yang and the Seven Treasures Holy Sect's retaliation.

Jiu Bailu urged Mu Fusheng to openly defeat Ji Yang and end the pressure behind their marriage alliance. Backed by the Mo Clan head and Chaotic Spirit Academy’s headmaster, Mu Fusheng stepped forward to challenge Ji Yang for his third-place position on the Cangxuan Ranking.

• Jiu Bailu explained that Mu Fusheng needed to defeat powerful suitors publicly so other factions would abandon their marriage-alliance plans.
• The Seven Treasures Holy Sect’s elders appeared beside Ji Yang, but the Mo Clan head and Chaotic Spirit Academy’s headmaster arrived and stood with Mu Fusheng.
• Ji Yang insisted that even losing a spar would not make the Seven Treasures Holy Sect cancel its marriage alliance with Jiu Bailu.
• Mu Fusheng declined Xiao Hei’s offer to fight and stepped up to face Ji Yang himself.
• Mu Fusheng summoned lightning and declared that he would try to take Ji Yang’s third-place seat on the Cangxuan Ranking.

Mu Fusheng challenged Ji Yang to prove himself worthy of third place on the Cangxuan Ranking and revealed eight kinds of Ancient Divine Lightning, raising his presence to Ji Yang’s fifth-tribulation level. After Ji Yang attacked with the Seven Treasures Sacred Art, Mu Fusheng destroyed his pill-furnace seal and invited him to use his remaining moves.

• Mu Fusheng declared that he would defeat Ji Yang at full strength, then followed him outside to fight.
• Mu Fusheng revealed eight kinds of Ancient Divine Lightning, including All-Heaven Divine Lightning, and raised his presence to match Ji Yang’s fifth lightning tribulation.
• The elders recognized that Mu Fusheng’s lightning carried the power of Tribulation Lightning, while Xiao Hei and Gu Sheng suspected he had not shown his full strength.
• Mu Fusheng let Ji Yang strike first, and Ji Yang attacked with the Seven Treasures Sacred Art’s Void Refining Seal.
• Mu Fusheng used talismans to hold back the flames and sent his Profound Yin Purple Lightning dragon to smash the pill furnace.
• Mu Fusheng told Ji Yang to use whatever moves he had left while he still had patience.

Mu Fusheng used tribulation lightning to break Ji Yang’s increasingly powerful Seven Treasure Seals. Ji Yang had two seals left, and Mu Fusheng waited to see what they could do.

• Ji Yang unleashed the Seven Slaughter Seal, but Mu Fusheng’s Heavenly Punishment Divine Lightning shattered it.
• Ji Yang followed with the Sea Overturning Seal and Greedy Wolf Pojun, combining them into a stronger attack.
• Mu Fusheng summoned two lightning dragons with the Six-Nine Heavenly Lightning and Taiji Yin-Yang Righteous Qi Divine Lightning, while tribulation lightning gathered in the clouds.
• Ji Yang combined three treasure seals with the Everlasting Ancient Seal, but Mu Fusheng’s lightning dragons shattered all three.
• Mu Fusheng pointed out that Ji Yang had used five of the Seven Treasure Seals and challenged him to unleash the remaining two.

Mu Fusheng faced Ji Yang’s strongest attack, the Seven Treasure Seals, and destroyed it with his eight lightning dragons. As Ji Yang suffered the backlash, an elder of the Seven Treasures Holy Sect attacked Mu Fusheng with a powerful Void Refining Seal.

• Mu Fusheng resolved to act boldly to protect his woman and challenged Ji Yang to use his remaining seals.
• Ji Yang merged all seven treasure seals into the Seven Treasures seal, drawing on his Immortal Qi to create a strike that covered the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty.
• The Nine Dragons sovereign ordered the dynasty’s forces to brace for the attack, while the dean of the Chaotic Spirit Academy raised a barrier and the Mo Clan head deployed puppets.
• Ji Yang brought the Seven Treasures seal down on Mu Fusheng, who sent his eight lightning dragons to strike it.
• The lightning dragons cracked and shattered the Seven Treasures seal, causing Ji Yang to spit blood.
• A Seven Treasures Holy Sect elder attacked Mu Fusheng with a powerful Void Refining Seal.

Mu Fusheng defeated Ji Yang and thwarted a Seven Treasures Holy Sect elder’s surprise attack, revealing that he had prepared for it in advance. After Ji Yang threatened the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty over the marriage alliance, Jiu Bailu declared that Mu Fusheng was the only person she would choose.

• A Seven Treasures Holy Sect elder attacked Mu Fusheng, so Xiao Hei struck Ji Yang and blasted him through the grand hall.
• Mu Fusheng gathered Tribulation Lightning he had secretly accumulated in the clouds and shattered the elder’s Void Refining Seal.
• Mu Fusheng rebuked the elders for attacking him by surprise, while the Mo Clan head and the dean prevented them from striking again.
• Ji Yang declared that the Seven Treasures Holy Sect would not cancel its marriage alliance and threatened the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty with retaliation.
• After ministers urged the Nine Dragons Sovereign to accept the alliance, Jiu Bailu took Mu Fusheng’s hand and declared that only he could stand by her side.

Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu acknowledged their feelings, and the Nine Dragons sovereign rejected a marriage alliance with the Seven Treasures Holy Sect despite ministers’ warnings. Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu planned to leave for the Cangxuan Continent to protect the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty, but he insisted on waiting four hours so his senior brother would not tease him.

• Jiu Bailu and Mu Fusheng held hands and teased each other about their relationship.
• The Nine Dragons sovereign rejected the Seven Treasures Holy Sect’s marriage proposal, and ordered an attendant to secretly kill the ministers who left in protest.
• The Nine Dragons sovereign wished Mu Fusheng would protect Jiu Bailu and agreed to postpone their marriage until the conflict was over.
• Mu Fusheng suggested going to the Cangxuan Continent to draw the Seven Treasures Holy Sect’s attention away from the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty.
• Mu Fusheng proposed helping the Dark Domain establish itself, then joked that they should wait four hours before leaving so Senior Brother would not laugh at him.

Xuanyuan Junru and the elders followed the Listening Wind Pavilion’s intelligence to Sword Showcase City, believing Ye Qiubai would compete in the Sword Showcase Tournament. After seizing the wrong masked swordsman, they found no sign of Ye Qiubai and concluded the intelligence was false, so they decided to confront the Listening Wind Pavilion.

• Xuanyuan Junru received news from the Listening Wind Pavilion and brought the First Elder, the Second Elder, and their people to Sword Showcase City to find Ye Qiubai.
• The First Elder and the Second Elder watched the tournament semifinals with Xuanyuan Junru, waiting for the masked contestant they suspected was Ye Qiubai.
• The First Elder and the Second Elder seized the masked swordsman, and Xuanyuan Junru removed his mask, revealing that he was not Ye Qiubai.
• The Second Elder searched Sword Showcase City with his presence but could not find Ye Qiubai, while the organizer confirmed he had not seen him.
• Xuanyuan Junru and the elders suspected the Listening Wind Pavilion had provided false information and decided to visit it.

Liu Ziru and the others prepared to exploit the Listening Wind Pavilion’s false intelligence and draw the Xuanyuan Clan into a trap involving Ye Qiubai. At the Listening Wind Pavilion’s headquarters, the Xuanyuan Clan demanded compensation, and the pavilion master realized the Dark Domain had outmaneuvered them.

• Liu Ziru explained that the group would let news of the Listening Wind Pavilion’s false intelligence spread before making their next move.
• Xiao Hei, Gu Sheng, Mu Fusheng, and Jiu Bailu arrived, and the group teased Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu about their relationship and Xiao Hei’s cooking.
• Liu Ziru outlined a plan to give the Xuanyuan Clan genuine intelligence about Ye Qiubai’s whereabouts, requiring Ye Qiubai to face the clan’s high-level fighters in person.
• The Xuanyuan Clan’s first and second elders demanded a refund and the death of the person who provided the false intelligence to the Listening Wind Pavilion.
• The Listening Wind Pavilion’s pavilion master appeared and admitted that he had underestimated the Dark Domain.

The Listening Wind Pavilion faced a growing crisis after its intelligence about Ye Qiubai was exposed as false, while the Dark Domain prepared to use the scandal to establish itself. As the Pavilion lost much of its high-level business, its master sent informants to watch the Xuanyuan Clan, which grew active on the fourth day.

• The Listening Wind Pavilion's reputation suffered as forces withdrew from buying its intelligence, while its search for the Dark Domain found no traces.
• The black-robed pavilion master rejected lowering prices or issuing an explanation and said the Pavilion needed to catch the mastermind behind the false intelligence.
• The pavilion master ordered informants sent to the Xuanyuan Clan, predicting the Dark Domain would soon provide it with accurate intelligence about Ye Qiubai.
• The two deputy pavilion masters went to watch the Xuanyuan Clan, while the pavilion master vowed to stop the Dark Domain from swallowing the Listening Wind Pavilion.
• Over the next three days, the Listening Wind Pavilion lost forty percent of its customers and most first-rate and top-tier forces ended their cooperation.
• On the fourth day, the Xuanyuan Clan began bustling with activity.

Liu Ziru entered the Xuanyuan Clan to offer intelligence that could help it suppress the Listening Wind Pavilion. After negotiating with Xuanyuan Shun, he was invited to the clan’s main hall, an honor rarely granted to outsiders.

• Liu Ziru presented a bamboo scroll at the Xuanyuan Clan gates and was admitted, while the Listening Wind Pavilion’s deputy pavilion masters arranged to capture him alive when he left.
• Liu Ziru waited in a side hall as Xuanyuan Shun and the clan elders assessed him, but the clan head’s pressure did not affect him.
• Xuanyuan Shun asked whether Liu Ziru was the lord of the Dark Domain, and Liu Ziru explained that he was only in charge of its operations in the Chaos Realm.
• Liu Ziru hinted that the Dark Domain could provide authentic intelligence the Xuanyuan Clan needed, and Xuanyuan Shun agreed to discuss its value.
• Xuanyuan Shun invited Liu Ziru to the main hall, surprising the elders because so few outsiders had ever been admitted there.