Chapter Summaries

After the Xu Clan and Xuanyuan Clan departed, the First Elder and Fourth Elder relinquished their positions and were imprisoned in Cangxuan Academy’s dungeon. The Black Lord warned Xu Yeming that the two clans had confirmed his identity, then entrusted his inheritance to him.

• Dean Cangxuan stopped the Fourth Elder from leaving, and he and the First Elder returned with the academy group.
• The First Elder and Fourth Elder resigned from their posts and were taken to the academy’s dungeon.
• The Black Lord summoned Xu Yeming and explained that he had let him face the life-or-death battle to gain experience.
• The Black Lord warned Xu Yeming that the Xu Clan and Xuanyuan Clan were powerful across the Chaos Realm and that he must rely on himself.
• The Black Lord told Xu Yeming he was entrusting his entire inheritance to him.

The Black Lord offered Xu Yeming his legacy, and Xu Yeming accepted after learning he would not have to become Cangxuan's guardian. Meanwhile, Lu Changsheng finished crafting hand cannons from the World Tree and prepared to test them.

• The Black Lord asked Xu Yeming to inherit his legacy, but Xu Yeming refused because he did not want the responsibility of guarding Cangxuan.
• Xu Yeming explained that his master was powerful enough that he did not need the Black Lord's abilities.
• The Black Lord said he would remain responsible for guarding Cangxuan now that his lifespan had been extended, and Xu Yeming agreed to inherit the legacy.
• Lu Changsheng spent several days refining hand cannons with the World Tree as their core while Huang Qian and Willow Tree discussed their unusual materials.
• Lu Changsheng emerged from his cabin with the finished hand cannons and said he would test their power.

Lu Changsheng tested his newly refined hand cannons, which gathered the powers of three thousand rules and unleashed devastating blasts against Willow Tree’s defenses. Willow Tree survived the test but realized the weapons’ power could astonish the Great Thousand World.

• Huang Qian refused to help Lu Changsheng test his weapons, so Willow Tree agreed to face them instead.
• Lu Changsheng assured Willow Tree that he had reinforced the Changsheng Realm’s defenses and helped protect Huang Qian behind a barrier.
• Lu Changsheng aimed both hand cannons at Willow Tree, and their chambers rapidly gathered the powers of rules into gray primordial energy.
• Lu Changsheng fired two rule cannonballs that swallowed light, space, and surrounding rules before exploding silently against Willow Tree’s layered nets.
• The blasts shattered more than half of Willow Tree’s defenses and left space around the mountain in darkness, while Willow Tree recovered and recognized the weapons’ extraordinary power.

Lu Changsheng tested the hand cannon’s second mode against Willow Tree, unleashing a devastating blast that shook the Changsheng Realm. Willow Tree survived and asked what the attack was called, and Lu Changsheng named it the Compressed Quantum Cannon.

• After the first hand cannon test, Lu Changsheng offered to try a stronger mode, while Huang Qian urged them to stop.
• Willow Tree agreed to test the second mode after Lu Changsheng explained that the third was too dangerous to use casually.
• Lu Changsheng joined the hand cannons into a heavy cannon and gathered the Three Thousand Great Daos’ powers of rules with the Grand Primordium Cultivation Technique.
• Willow Tree reinforced his defenses, while Huang Qian retreated and took her Divine Phoenix True Form to protect herself.
• Lu Changsheng fired a compressed vortex of rules that destroyed Willow Tree’s nets and shook the Changsheng Realm, but Willow Tree remained unharmed.
• When Willow Tree asked for the attack’s name, Lu Changsheng called it the Compressed Quantum Cannon.

Lu Changsheng finished testing a devastating hand cannon and went to rest, while Xu Yeming received the Black Lord’s inheritance and advanced to the Fourth-Level Lightning Tribulation. After returning to Cangxuan Peak, Xu Yeming received a token to enter the dungeon as Dean Cangxuan warned him that the Xu Clan and Xuanyuan Clan would soon retaliate.

• Lu Changsheng put away the hand cannon after its power shook the Changsheng Realm, and Huang Qian and Willow Tree warned him to use it carefully.
• Lu Changsheng told Huang Qian and Willow Tree not to wake him while he slept for a day and night.
• Xu Yeming received the Black Lord’s inheritance, including the Eight Wastelands Return to the Ruins cultivation method, which suited his multiple bloodlines.
• Xu Yeming absorbed the Black Lord’s essence blood, advanced to the Fourth-Level Lightning Tribulation, and successfully passed it.
• The Black Lord sent Xu Yeming, Ye Qiubai, and Dean Cangxuan back to Cangxuan Peak, where Dean Cangxuan gave Xu Yeming a token for the dungeon and warned him of likely retaliation from the Xu Clan and Xuanyuan Clan.

Xu Yeming questioned the imprisoned first elder, who agreed to reveal what he knew in exchange for being allowed to remain in the dungeon. The first elder explained that Xu Canghai had joined Cangxuan Academy to pursue the Azure Spirit Sea Soul and offered advice on how Xu Yeming could exploit the third elder’s weakness.

• Xu Yeming entered the first elder’s cell alone while Ye Qiubai waited outside.
• The first elder said he would answer Xu Yeming’s questions in hopes of surviving by remaining imprisoned.
• The first elder explained that Xu Canghai had been a Xu Clan prodigy and had joined Cangxuan Academy to seek the Azure Spirit Sea Soul.
• Xu Yeming learned that the first elder had tried to capture him to force Xu Canghai to reveal the treasure’s location clue.
• The first elder said he knew nothing about the third elder’s affairs but offered to tell Xu Yeming how to seize his weak spot.

Ye Qiubai learned that Xuanyuan Che would stand with the Xuanyuan Clan against Xu Yeming, though Che believed in Ye Qiubai’s strength. Meanwhile, Xu Yeming began torturing the Fourth Elder by injecting exotic beast bloodlines into his heart, threatening to use even rarer bloodlines next.

• Xuanyuan Che told Ye Qiubai that the Xuanyuan Clan would join the Xu Clan in attacking Xu Yeming, and Ye Qiubai said they would show no mercy.
• After Xuanyuan Che left, Ye Qiubai contacted Mu Fusheng and Liu Ziru through the Dark Domain’s intelligence network.
• Xu Yeming confronted the Fourth Elder in his cell and said he would interrogate him using his own methods rather than exploit his weakness.
• Xu Yeming injected exotic beast bloodlines into the Fourth Elder’s heart, causing him excruciating pain.
• Xu Yeming told the terrified Fourth Elder that he planned to inject qilin, Dragon Clan, and divine phoenix bloodlines next.

Xu Yeming tortured the Fourth Elder until he revealed how he had helped the Xu Clan and Xuanyuan Clan pursue Xu Canghai and Bai Qingxin to Heavenly Heart Valley. A letter suggested Xu Canghai sought the Azure Spirit Sea Soul to reconstruct a soul, leaving Xu Yeming to wonder if he meant to save the Xuanyuan Clan’s eldest young lady before a terrifying pressure descended over Cangxuan Academy.

• Xu Yeming injected Torch Dragon Essence Blood into the Fourth Elder, destroying his Dantian and torturing him for three days until Ye Qiubai urged him to stop.
• After Ye Qiubai revived him, the terrified Fourth Elder confessed that he had worked for the Xu Clan and Xuanyuan Clan, revealing Xu Canghai’s movements and his meeting with Bai Qingxin.
• The Fourth Elder said Xu Canghai and Bai Qingxin had gone to Heavenly Heart Valley, where they sought clues to the Azure Spirit Sea Soul and where he overheard suspicious information about the Xuanyuan Clan’s eldest young lady.
• Xu Yeming and Ye Qiubai reviewed the First Elder’s and Fourth Elder’s accounts and focused on the unresolved mystery surrounding the eldest young lady.
• The Third Elder gave them a letter stating that Xu Canghai wanted the Azure Spirit Sea Soul to reconstruct a soul, leading Xu Yeming to suspect his father meant to save the eldest young lady.
• Terrifying pressure blanketed Cangxuan Academy.

The Xu Clan and Xuanyuan Clan surrounded Cangxuan Academy and demanded that it hand over Xu Yeming, threatening to destroy the academy if he did not appear within one incense stick’s time. While Dean Cangxuan faced their ultimatum, Xu Yeming chose to carry out Mu’s dangerous plan to uncover who had framed his father.

• The Xu Clan and Xuanyuan Clan arrived at Cangxuan Academy and demanded that its leaders produce Xu Yeming.
• Dean Cangxuan explained that Xu Yeming was a guest who had already left, but the clans’ leaders refused to believe him.
• Xu Tianguang threatened to raze Cangxuan Academy unless Xu Yeming appeared within one incense stick’s time, and Xuanyuan Wuji lit the incense.
• The Second Elder questioned whether the academy could protect Xu Yeming, while Dean Cangxuan considered asking the Black Lord for help.
• Inside an isolation formation, Xu Yeming told Ye Qiubai he would follow Mu’s dangerous plan to find the culprit who framed his father.

Ye Qiubai and Xu Yeming planned to infiltrate the Xu Clan using Xu Yeming’s bloodline and disguise abilities. As the Xu and Xuanyuan clans pressed Cangxuan Academy for a decision, the two escaped through a spatial node, prompting the supreme elders to pursue them.

• Mu Fusheng suggested pressuring the Xu Clan and Xuanyuan Clan or sending Xu Yeming undercover in the Xu Clan, and Xu Yeming chose the dangerous infiltration plan.
• Ye Qiubai made Xu Yeming promise to contact Lu Changsheng if he faced danger, and Xu Yeming agreed.
• Xuanyuan Wuji and Xu Tianguang threatened Cangxuan Academy as their deadline approached, while Dean Cangxuan hesitated over calling on the Black Lord.
• Ye Qiubai and Xu Yeming fled, but Xu Tianguang suppressed the surrounding Dao Laws and prevented them from using their Heavenly Lightning Escape Talismans.
• Ye Qiubai and Xu Yeming activated a spatial node with their jade pendants and vanished, surprising Xu Tianguang and the others.
• Xuanyuan Wuji and Xu Tianguang followed the spatial traces in pursuit, while Xuanyuan Che stayed behind to monitor the academy and wondered why the two had exposed themselves.

Xu Yeming and Ye Qiubai escaped Xu Tianguang and Xuanyuan Wuji by splitting their presence among puppets, while the pursuers searched across a vast area. The two returned to Cangxuan Academy disguised in black robes, leaving their pursuers baffled.

• Dean Cangxuan told the Black Lord that Xu Yeming and Ye Qiubai had their own plan, and the Black Lord decided to follow them and intervene if they were in danger.
• Xu Luo mocked Xuanyuan Che for praising Ye Qiubai, while Xuanyuan Che suspected the pair’s escape was part of a plan.
• Xu Tianguang and Xuanyuan Wuji pursued Xu Yeming and Ye Qiubai, arguing over the past losses suffered by their clans.
• Xu Yeming and Ye Qiubai split their presences among several strands, and Xuanyuan Wuji sent swords while Xu Tianguang sent Immortal Qi figures to chase them.
• Xu Tianguang and Xuanyuan Wuji discovered that every trail led to a puppet and realized the pair had tricked them.
• Xu Yeming and Ye Qiubai returned to Cangxuan Academy wearing black robes made by Lu Changsheng to conceal their presences and figures.

Xu Yeming and Ye Qiubai returned to Cangxuan Academy to replace Xu Luo and use his identity. Xu Yeming killed Xu Luo, copied his appearance and bloodline presence, and emerged just as Xu Tianguang and Xuanyuan Wuji demanded Xu Yeming’s surrender.

• Xu Yeming and Ye Qiubai used a spatial node to escape pursuit, then returned to Cangxuan Academy in black robes to carry out their plan.
• Dean Cangxuan lured Xu Luo to Xu Yeming and Ye Qiubai’s courtyard, while Xuanyuan Che stayed behind, uneasy about Xu Luo leaving.
• Xu Yeming killed Xu Luo inside Lu Changsheng’s isolation formation, and Ye Qiubai confirmed the formation would hide the death and prevent the Xu Clan from detecting it through Xu Luo’s soul tablet.
• Xu Yeming used Lu Changsheng’s disguise technique and refined Xu Luo’s essence blood into the Great Wilderness Beast Heart, making his appearance and presence identical to Xu Luo’s.
• Xu Tianguang demanded that Cangxuan Academy hand over Xu Yeming, and Xuanyuan Wuji asked Xuanyuan Che if Xu Yeming had returned; Xu Yeming, disguised as Xu Luo, pretended to be surprised by the news.

Xuanyuan Che persuaded Xuanyuan Wuji and Xu Tianguang to spare Cangxuan Academy and use it as bait to catch Xu Yeming. The clans left elders to watch the academy, while Dean Cangxuan and Ye Qiubai worried that Xu Yeming’s escape plan had little chance of success.

• Xu Tianguang and Xuanyuan Wuji searched Cangxuan Academy with their Divine Sense but found no trace of Xu Yeming.
• Xu Tianguang threatened to destroy Cangxuan Academy, and Xuanyuan Wuji summoned thousands of swords above it.
• Xuanyuan Che endured the pressure of both half-step Realm God Realm experts and argued that Xu Yeming might return to the academy.
• Xuanyuan Wuji and Xu Tianguang agreed to spare Cangxuan Academy for now and stationed a First Elder from each clan there.
• Xu Tianguang and Xuanyuan Wuji left with Xu Luo and Xuanyuan Che, while Dean Cangxuan and Ye Qiubai worried about Xu Yeming.

Ye Qiubai left Cangxuan Academy to join Liu Ziru’s group while Xu Yeming entered the Xu Clan disguised as Xu Luo. Xu Yeming began navigating the clan’s rivalries and prepared to cultivate the Lunar Eclipse Nether Record before his disguise was exposed.

• Ye Qiubai agreed with Liu Ziru that Xu Yeming’s infiltration would grow more dangerous, then left Cangxuan Academy to join Liu Ziru’s group.
• Xu Yeming followed Xu Tianguang and a cane-bearing elder through the Xu Clan’s guarded mountain passes and formations.
• The cane-bearing elder urged Xu Yeming, posing as Xu Luo, to cultivate faster and reach the fourth level of the Lunar Eclipse Nether Record.
• Xu Yeming responded confidently to the elder’s comparison with Xu Yuan, then headed for Xu Luo’s room to study the cultivation method.
• Xu Qing and Xu Han taunted Xu Yeming about being surpassed, but he ignored them and continued toward his room to begin cultivating.

Xu Yeming discovered that his bloodline made him ideally suited to cultivate the Lunar Eclipse Nether Record, but he needed Nether Qi to progress quickly. He asked Lu Changsheng to bring Xiao Hei and the Fusheng Diagram to the Xu Clan, leaving Lu Changsheng wondering if he could return his new disciple.

• Xu Yeming read the first volume of the Lunar Eclipse Nether Record and learned that his Xu Clan and Torch Dragon bloodlines made him exceptionally suited to cultivate it.
• Xu Yeming realized that Xiao Hei's Nether Qi could help him overcome the shortage of Nether Qi at the Xu Clan.
• Xu Yeming contacted Lu Changsheng and Xiao Hei, waking Lu Changsheng from his afternoon nap.
• Lu Changsheng scolded Xu Yeming for asking him to bring Xiao Hei, but agreed to help.
• Xu Yeming also asked Lu Changsheng to bring the Fusheng Diagram, prompting Lu Changsheng to wonder if he could return his disciple within seven days.

Xu Yeming prepared for an undercover operation in the Xu Clan, with Lu Changsheng, Hong Ying, and Xiao Hei supporting him. After disguising themselves as a maid and a guard, they helped Xu Yeming advance his Lunar Eclipse Nether Record before the assessment, where he encountered Xu Qing and Xu Han.

• Lu Changsheng warned Xu Yeming to be careful during his undercover operation and promised to stay nearby if he needed help.
• Hong Ying arrived with the Fusheng Diagram, and she and Xiao Hei took the identities of a maid and a guard to accompany Xu Yeming.
• With the Fusheng Diagram and Xiao Hei's Nine Nether Underworld Qi, Xu Yeming advanced to the fourth level of the Lunar Eclipse Nether Record before his assessment.
• The three headed to the cultivation grounds, where Xu Yeming ignored the other descendants' insults about Xu Luo and met Xu Qing and Xu Han.

Xu Yeming attended the Xu Clan’s cultivation method assessment disguised as Xu Luo, whose privileges were at risk if another descendant surpassed him. After Xu Chen demonstrated that he had reached the third level of the Lunar Eclipse Nether Record, Xu Qing challenged Xu Luo to go last, and the assessment remained unresolved.

• Xu Yeming arrived with Hong Ying and Xiao Hei and ignored the hostile gazes of the Xu Clan’s direct descendants.
• Xu Qing and Xu Han questioned Xu Luo about his cultivation, but Xu Yeming mocked their lack of confidence and went to his assigned place.
• The Sixth Elder announced that descendants who made breakthroughs would earn resources and that anyone who surpassed Xu Luo would take his privileges.
• Xu Chen demonstrated the third level of the Lunar Eclipse Nether Record, while Xu Han and the other descendants showed lesser progress.
• After the other descendants finished, Xu Qing offered to demonstrate before Xu Luo and claimed he was stronger than Xu Chen.

Xu Yeming demonstrated Xu Luo’s cultivation to the fourth level of the Lunar Eclipse Nether Record, shocking the Xu Clan’s younger generation and securing Xu Luo’s preferential resources. He left Xu Qing and Xu Han speechless after challenging their mockery.

• Xu Chen noticed that Xu Luo seemed more confident, while Xu Qing demonstrated a stronger third-level attainment than Xu Chen and drew the elders’ praise.
• Xu Han mocked Xu Luo, and Xu Yeming challenged her to follow him if his talent proved superior.
• Xu Yeming controlled Xu Luo’s bloodline presence and displayed a complete black moon, demonstrating mastery of the fourth level of the Lunar Eclipse Nether Record.
• The elders restored Xu Luo’s privileges, promised him more resources, and told him to collect the record’s second half from the library.
• Xu Yeming asked Xu Qing where his confidence had come from after Xu Qing had threatened to take Xu Luo’s privileges.

Xu Yeming established himself as Xu Luo by defeating Xu Qing in the cultivation method assessment, then cultivated the Lunar Eclipse Nether Record while searching for clues about the Xuanyuan Clan's eldest young lady's death. To draw the Xu Clan head's attention, he challenged Xu Qing, and revealed that he had reached the fifth-level lightning tribulation stage.

• Xu Qing left in humiliation after Xu Luo's breakthrough, while the other direct descendants and Xu Han tried to ingratiate themselves with him.
• Xu Chen concluded that Xu Luo's earlier lack of progress had come from low confidence, and Xu Yeming avoided being exposed as an impostor.
• Xu Yeming obtained the latter half of the Lunar Eclipse Nether Record, searched for clues about the Xuanyuan Clan's eldest young lady, and cultivated until he reached its fifth level.
• Xu Yeming decided to challenge Xu Qing to attract the Xu Clan higher-ups' attention, and the two met at the cultivation grounds with Xu Han present.
• Xu Qing argued that he could still win despite Xu Luo's higher cultivation technique, and Xu Yeming revealed his fifth-level lightning tribulation realm.

Xu Yeming challenged Xu Qing to demonstrate his renewed strength and revealed that he had reached the fifth level of the Lunar Eclipse Nether Record. After easily shattering Xu Qing’s attack, he left the Xu Clan’s onlookers astonished, while a white-robed man secretly watched from above.

• Xu Yeming’s fifth-level lightning tribulation cultivation delighted the cane elder and impressed the watching Xu Clan members.
• Xu Yeming mocked Xu Qing for threatening to take his privileges, and Xu Qing attacked his Dantian with an incomplete black crescent.
• Xu Yeming summoned a full black moon, caught Xu Qing’s crescent, and shattered it with two fingers.
• Xu Qing recognized that Xu Yeming had reached the fifth level of the Lunar Eclipse Nether Record, shocking the disciples and filling Xu Han with regret.
• The cane elder praised Xu Yeming, while Xu Chen wondered how he had advanced so quickly and a white-robed man watched from above the Xu Clan.