Arc 17Heirs of the Firmament

Lin Yu sent the Primordial Hall disciples to claim Heaven-Mending Fragment inheritances across the Immortal Realms while investigating the Dark Rift. Feng Shenlang and Baili Luoxing gained inheritances in the Weapon Immortal Realm, Lin Wuming became the Lord of the Firmament of the Luosha Immortal Realm, and Murong Liu began his trial in the Star Immortal Realm.

  • Lin Yu sealed the dark figure and the three statues on Hongmeng Mountain, learned they were connected to the Dark Rift, and sent the Primordial Sequence Disciples to seek inheritances.
  • Feng Shenlang fought through the Weapon Immortal Realm’s forge, claimed the Heaven-Opening Sword and Earth-Splitting Saber, and became its Lord of the Firmament before the weapons took control of him.
  • Yu Liuli and Lin Yu restrained Feng Shenlang, after which Lin Yu kept the Heaven-Opening Sword and sent Feng Shenlang to find Baili Luoxing in the Dark Demon Cave.
  • Feng Shenlang found Baili Luoxing and helped him form a contract with the Fallen God Spear, granting Baili Luoxing the position of Lord of Weapons.
  • Lin Wuming infiltrated the Rakshasa Yaksha Gate’s forbidden grounds, killed the regenerating serpent by destroying its gallbladder, and claimed the Heaven-Mending Fragment.
  • Lin Wuming endured the Luosha Stone’s inheritance trial and became the Lord of the Firmament of the Luosha Immortal Realm.
  • Lin Yu sent Murong Liu to the Star Immortal Realm, where the Star Heavenly Palace’s palace master had him thrown from the highest layer.
  • Murong Liu landed safely, defeated the bottom layer’s soldiers, and advanced through the middle layer with a poison that weakened his opponents.
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Ch. 401Sworn to Follow Until Death

An unseen force tore apart the shadow and carried it to Hongmeng Mountain, allowing Little Purple to escape and return to the Supreme Dragon Race. The Dragon Race learned that Lin Yu was Little Purple’s master and pledged itself to Hongmeng Mountain, while Lin Yu sealed the shadow in a cave.

  • An invisible force restrained and tore the shadow apart, and Little Purple broke free from inside it.
  • Lin Yu’s voice told the cultivators that he had taken the shadow to Hongmeng Mountain, and Little Purple called him master.
  • The Supreme Dragon Race and the White Tiger Princess realized that Lin Yu was the Hall Master of the Primordial Hall and that Little Purple served him.
  • The Supreme Dragon Race decided to follow Little Purple’s lead and devote itself to Hongmeng Mountain.
  • Lin Yu placed the shadow in a cave on Hongmeng Mountain’s back mountain, sealed it with a powerful spell, and recognized its origins.

Ch. 402Lord of the Firmament

Lin Yu learned that the Dark Rift held surviving primordial clans and ordered the three statues connected to it sealed. Eight Heaven-Mending Fragments appeared in the Clear Void Immortal Domain, where Foodie and Chen Honghu were summoned to begin the inheritance of the firmament's power.

  • Lin Yu connected his spiritual power to the sealed dark figure and learned that the Supreme Qilin, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, Phoenix, and Dragon clans had survived beyond the Dark Rift's barriers.
  • Lin Yu ordered the Primordial Guards to find the three statues in the Clear Void Immortal Domain, seal them, and bring them back.
  • Eight lights appeared across the Clear Void Immortal Domain, increasing its spatial and Great Dao power as the Heaven-Mending Fragments emerged.
  • Lin Yu sensed the upheaval and discovered that Foodie and Chen Honghu had vanished.
  • Foodie and Chen Honghu awoke in the Clear Void Immortal Domain as the first heirs to the Lord of the Firmament and were crushed by the cyan light's pressure.

Ch. 403A Gentle Breeze Swept Past

Chen Honghu and the little boy Foodie found themselves separated by an impossible distance and unable to use their spiritual power, while Lin Yu began gathering information for a new Nine Heavens ranking. A Primordial Guard captured one of three moving statues before a mysterious breeze knocked him unconscious and left him stranded in Chaos Space.

  • Chen Honghu and the little boy Foodie discovered that their spiritual power was sealed and that an impossible distance now separated them.
  • Lin Yu decided to create a new ranking covering every race in the Nine Heavens and sent the Primordial Guards to gather information, while contacting Baili Xuelian to enlist the Primordial Merchant Guild.
  • A Primordial Guard found that three statues kept moving farther away whenever he approached, so he trapped them with clear Qi and captured one in his sleeve.
  • The other two statues broke through the Primordial Guard's barrier and moved apart, forcing him to stop pursuing them and reconsider his approach.
  • As the statues moved back toward their original positions, a gentle breeze struck the Primordial Guard and knocked him unconscious.
  • The Primordial Guard awoke in spiritual form in Chaos Space, where time and space seemed not to exist.

Ch. 404Subduing the Statues

The Primordial Guard defeated the two statues in a spiritual space and sealed them with the third. At Hongmeng Mountain, Lin Yu learned the statues connected to the Dark Rift and discovered it held dangerous remnants from the Dao Awakening era, so he decided to investigate with allies.

  • The Primordial Guard was pulled into a spiritual space where his power was sealed, and he fought the two statues using only his spiritual power.
  • The Primordial Guard seized one statue’s sword, smashed both statues, then woke back in the real world and sealed all three statues.
  • Lin Yu stored the black shadow and the three statues separately in a cave on Hongmeng Mountain, then forced his spiritual power into the statues to investigate them.
  • Lin Yu learned that the Dark Rift contained impure combined powers and remnants from the Dao Awakening era, while the statues served as gateways and dumping grounds.
  • Lin Yu decided to visit the Dark Rift with others because his strength might be diminished there and an enemy was waiting inside.

Ch. 405Disciples Assemble

Lin Yu sent his twelve Primordial Sequence Disciples to claim the Heaven-Mending Fragment inheritances and grow strong enough to enter the Dark Rift. Feng Shenlang went to the Weapon Immortal Realm to pursue its inheritance, but the Divine Sword Race barred his way.

  • Lin Yu summoned the Primordial Sequence Disciples and ordered them to seek the Heaven-Mending Fragment inheritances in other Immortal Realms.
  • The disciples set out, and Feng Shenlang traveled to the Weapon Immortal Realm to enter its forge and obtain the Lord of the Firmament's inheritance.
  • Two Divine Sword Race disciples stopped Feng Shenlang at their territory and asked why he had come.
  • Feng Shenlang introduced himself as a Primordial Hall disciple and explained that he wanted to enter the forge.
  • The Divine Sword Race disciples recognized Feng Shenlang as a saber spirit, refused him entry, and drew a sword.
  • Feng Shenlang remarked that the Primordial Hall's influence remained centered in the Clear Void Immortal Domain.

Ch. 406Chaotic Battle

Feng Shenlang fought his way through the Weapon Immortal Realm, killing Divine Sword Race disciples and pressing on toward the forge. After crossing a sea of fiery forges littered with Divine Sword Race and Demonic Saber Race corpses, she heard another fierce battle near the forge.

  • Feng Shenlang took his true form as a saber, defeated two Divine Sword Race disciples, and killed them to prevent them from raising an alarm.
  • Feng Shenlang changed course to avoid wasting time against more disciples and sensed a divine weapon being fought over by two sides.
  • Feng Shenlang waited until both sides were weakened, then appeared as a giant curved saber and killed them.
  • Feng Shenlang discovered a fiery sea filled with forges and divine weapons, which she judged to be a created scene rather than the true forge.
  • Feng Shenlang crossed the fiery region, saw corpses from both the Divine Sword Race and the Demonic Saber Race, and heard another fierce battle near the forge.

Ch. 407A Saber and a Sword

Feng Shenlang investigated the battle between the Divine Sword Race and the Demonic Saber Race and traced the strange energy from their dead to the forge. There he found a blood-soaked hall and a crazed cultivator wielding a sword and saber, who charged at him under the weapons’ influence.

  • Feng Shenlang saw the Divine Sword Race and the Demonic Saber Race fighting as though controlled, unable to distinguish friend from foe.
  • He followed wisps of gas rising from the dead toward the forge, suspecting that the battle centered on a powerful weapon born there.
  • Feng Shenlang entered the forge and found many more dead and wounded near it, then reached its great hall, strewn with corpses.
  • He discovered a male cultivator standing amid the bodies with a sword and saber, while the divine weapon from the forge was missing.
  • The sword and saber shook as if urging the cultivator to attack, and he charged Feng Shenlang, driving him into a corner.

Ch. 408Removing the Weapons

Feng Shenlang fought a strange male cultivator to take the saber and sword from his hands and study them. After discovering the weapons had wills of their own, Feng Shenlang made them vanish from sight, leaving the cultivator staring at his empty-looking palms.

  • Feng Shenlang dodged the male cultivator's attacks by transforming into a blade and later an intangible cloud of gas.
  • The male cultivator enveloped Feng Shenlang in scarlet vapor and weakened him with black gas, but Feng Shenlang resumed their face-to-face fight.
  • Feng Shenlang repeatedly targeted the cultivator's arms, trying to take his saber and sword, while the cultivator guarded the weapons and kept his distance.
  • Feng Shenlang sensed that the saber and sword had their own wills and realized they were treasures he could not easily control.
  • When the male cultivator's sword touched Feng Shenlang, it vanished into green smoke, and the saber also disappeared from view.

Ch. 409A Faint Presence

Feng Shenlang suppressed the Heaven-Opening Sword and Earth-Splitting Saber long enough to free a male cultivator from their influence, then received their inheritance and became the Lord of the Firmament of the Weapon Immortal Realm. Lin Yu sensed Feng Shenlang’s success, but was alarmed when Feng Shenlang’s presence became faint.

  • Feng Shenlang forcibly restrained the two weapons and warned the male cultivator to discard them, but the man’s greed kept him from listening.
  • As Feng Shenlang neared his limit, the scene around him turned to chaos and the Heaven-Opening Sword and Earth-Splitting Saber appeared before him.
  • Feng Shenlang took up the weapons and endured their pressure until he realized they were conducting an inheritance ceremony and recognized him.
  • Feng Shenlang completed Lin Yu’s task and became the Lord of the Firmament of the Weapon Immortal Realm.
  • Lin Yu sensed Feng Shenlang’s inheritance but found his presence had become nearly impossible to detect.

Ch. 410Reverse Control

Feng Shenlang was possessed by the saber and sword after receiving their inheritances, and Yu Liuli arrived to stop him. She froze and encased him in ice, but the weapons’ power continued to surge within him.

  • Lin Yu sensed that Feng Shenlang’s power had weakened and sent Yu Liuli to investigate in the Weapon Immortal Realm.
  • Feng Shenlang discovered that the saber and sword were invading his mind with murderous voices and draining his life force.
  • The weapons seized control of Feng Shenlang, turning his eyes red and filling him with a desire to kill.
  • Yu Liuli confronted Feng Shenlang, but he charged at her with the saber and sword.
  • Yu Liuli froze Feng Shenlang, retreated when the weapons’ power surged, and then enclosed him completely in a mass of ice.

Ch. 411Taking Away the Earth-Splitting Saber

Yu Liuli fought the weapon-possessed Feng Shenlang and managed to seize his Heaven-Opening Sword, but his power overwhelmed her until Lin Yu immobilized him. She then encased Feng Shenlang in ice, leaving his hands exposed.

  • Yu Liuli trapped Feng Shenlang in reinforced ice, but his crimson-lit saber and sword corroded their way free.
  • Yu Liuli froze Feng Shenlang's left hand and pulled the Heaven-Opening Sword away with ice, distracting him while she chilled the surrounding air.
  • Feng Shenlang's heat melted Yu Liuli's ice, and he reclaimed the sword after she retreated from a powerful presence.
  • Lin Yu pinned Feng Shenlang in place, and Yu Liuli covered his body in ice shards, leaving only his hands uncovered.

Ch. 412The Dark Demon Cave

Yu Liuli stopped Feng Shenlang from being controlled by the sinister weapons, and Lin Yu entrusted him with the Earth-Splitting Saber while keeping the Heaven-Opening Sword on Hongmeng Mountain. Feng Shenlang returned to the Weapon Immortal Realm to find Baili Luoxing and followed his faint traces into the Dark Demon Cave.

  • Yu Liuli froze Feng Shenlang, took the saber and sword from him, and freed him after he regained control of himself.
  • Yu Liuli sealed the weapons in her Primordial Token and returned with Feng Shenlang to Hongmeng Mountain.
  • Lin Yu gave Feng Shenlang the Earth-Splitting Saber and kept the Heaven-Opening Sword on Hongmeng Mountain.
  • After Feng Shenlang reported that Baili Luoxing was missing from the forge furnace, Lin Yu ordered him to find and bring Baili Luoxing back.
  • Feng Shenlang entered the Dark Demon Cave, where he sensed faint traces of Baili Luoxing's passage.

Ch. 413Finding Baili Luoxing

Feng Shenlang found Baili Luoxing deep in the Dark Demon Cave, where Baili had discovered a mysterious spear that emitted the power of chaos. As the two fled from the creatures breaking into the cave, Feng Shenlang stopped at a fork in the passage.

  • Feng Shenlang followed Baili Luoxing's faint presence through the Dark Demon Cave and drove back a horde of creatures with his Lord of the Firmament power.
  • Feng Shenlang reached Baili Luoxing, who lowered his spear when he recognized his good brother.
  • Baili Luoxing explained that he had found the spear in the cave and that pulling it free had drawn monsters to the area.
  • Feng Shenlang sensed that the spear's power came from chaos, while creatures began breaking through the restriction at the cave entrance.
  • Feng Shenlang and Baili Luoxing hurried toward the exit, but Feng Shenlang stopped when they reached a fork.

Ch. 414The Secret of the Spear

Feng Shenlang searched for an escape route through the Dark Demon Cave while Baili Luoxing held off the pursuing creatures. After they escaped, purple flames erupted from Baili Luoxing’s spear, and Feng Shenlang realized the cave had been feeding it power.

  • Feng Shenlang discovered that an unknown force had sealed the passage they had used and searched the Dark Demon Cave for another way out.
  • Baili Luoxing guarded a cave entrance and fought off waves of creatures while Feng Shenlang concentrated on finding a route.
  • Feng Shenlang found a path, and he and Baili Luoxing fled through the passages as the creatures pursued them.
  • Feng Shenlang and Baili Luoxing escaped the Dark Demon Cave and prepared to return to the hall master.
  • Purple flames erupted from Baili Luoxing’s spear, and Feng Shenlang realized the Dark Demon Cave had been nourishing it with power.

Ch. 415Fallen God Spear

After leaving the Dark Demon Cave, Baili Luoxing subdued the spear’s will and formed a contract with it. The Fallen God Spear’s arrival earned him the position of Lord of Weapons in the Weapon Immortal Realm and greatly increased his strength.

  • Feng Shenlang sensed that the spear had its own will, and Baili Luoxing suppressed it with the Law of Weapons.
  • Feng Shenlang taught Baili Luoxing how to communicate with the spear’s will while he protected him with a barrier.
  • The spear’s released presence attracted weapons throughout the Weapon Immortal Realm, which rushed toward Baili Luoxing.
  • After two hours, Baili Luoxing formed a contract with the spear and named it the Fallen God Spear.
  • A beam of white light granted Baili Luoxing the position of Lord of Weapons, and his strength increased.

Ch. 416Rakshasa Yaksha Gate

Lin Wuming traveled to the Luosha Immortal Realm to find a Heaven-Mending Fragment near Eternal Valley, where the Rakshasa Yaksha Gate held power. After reaching the gate's guarded entrance, she spotted a fleeing cultivator and devised a way to use the situation to get inside.

  • Baili Luoxing and Feng Shenlang teased each other about their ragged clothes.
  • Lin Yu received a message about the Lord of Weapons and decided the Dark Rift could wait while the Primordial Hall expanded its influence.
  • Lin Yu sent Lin Wuming to the Luosha Immortal Realm and gave her information about the region.
  • Lin Wuming learned that the Heaven-Mending Fragment was likely near Eternal Valley and approached the Rakshasa Yaksha Gate to search for it.
  • Lin Wuming saw a male cultivator rush out of the gate as a crowd pursued him, and she came up with an idea.

Ch. 417A Chance Encounter With an Unlucky Fellow

Lin Wuming helped a Rakshasa Yaksha Gate cultivator evade his pursuers, then trapped him so he could not leave while she infiltrated the sect. She learned that the Heaven-Mending Fragment was in the forbidden grounds, which required Rakshasa Yaksha Gate bloodline power to enter.

  • Lin Wuming ran into a Rakshasa Yaksha Gate cultivator who was being chased by members of his sect.
  • Lin Wuming conjured a duplicate of the cultivator, drawing the pursuers away while the two hid.
  • The cultivator offered to help Lin Wuming leave Eternal Valley, but she instead bound him in an invisible cage and blocked him from contacting anyone.
  • Lin Wuming infiltrated the Rakshasa Yaksha Gate and learned that the Heaven-Mending Fragment was kept in its deepest forbidden grounds.
  • Lin Wuming learned that entering the forbidden grounds required Rakshasa Yaksha Gate bloodline power and considered using the captured cultivator.

Ch. 418Breaking into the Forbidden Grounds

Lin Wuming returned to the Rakshasa Yaksha Gate, captured the male cultivator in a shrinking cage, and used his bloodline to enter the forbidden grounds in search of the Heaven-Mending Fragment. After encountering a pungent, mind-affecting smell, she continued deeper but found no sign of the spirit beasts said to guard the valley.

  • Lin Wuming shrank the cage and the male cultivator inside it, then carried him back into the Rakshasa Yaksha Gate.
  • Lin Wuming fooled the gate guard and headed toward the forbidden grounds while the captive warned her not to enter.
  • Lin Wuming said the Heaven-Mending Fragment was likely in the forbidden grounds and used the male cultivator's bloodline to get inside.
  • Lin Wuming covered her mouth and nose with Heavenly Silkworm Silk to resist the strange smell and its effects on her sea of consciousness.
  • Lin Wuming walked deeper into the hidden valley for an incense stick's worth of time without hearing any people or spirit beasts.

Ch. 419The Giant Serpent of the Forbidden Ground

Lin Wuming reached the Heaven-Mending Fragment’s presence in the valley but was attacked and swallowed by a giant serpent. She escaped its mouth and stabbed its head, leaving the serpent thrashing as she dodged flying rocks.

  • Lin Wuming endured the valley’s growing pressure and heat while the captive male cultivator watched her with surprise.
  • Lin Wuming sensed the Heaven-Mending Fragment nearby, but two white snakes coiled around her legs and body.
  • Lin Wuming escaped the snakes’ coils and cut them into pieces, then sensed a far more powerful presence behind her.
  • A giant serpent swallowed Lin Wuming, who struggled through its slick mouth and forced her way out.
  • Lin Wuming landed before the serpent, climbed onto its head, and stabbed it, provoking it to thrash and hurl rocks through the valley.

Ch. 420The Reborn Giant Serpent

Lin Wuming killed the giant serpent, but it regenerated and trapped everyone in the forbidden grounds. As the beast began slaughtering the Rakshasa Yaksha Gate members, the captured male cultivator said he could save them.

  • Lin Wuming severed the giant serpent's head, and its blood soaked into the valley floor.
  • An elder and the Rakshasa Yaksha Gate members arrived, and the elder ordered the Inner Sect Disciples to attack Lin Wuming for killing their spirit beast.
  • The serpent regenerated its head and swallowed the original one, terrifying Lin Wuming and the sect members.
  • The serpent smashed the valley entrance gate, blocking everyone's escape.
  • The captured male cultivator begged Lin Wuming to release him, explaining that the serpent killed everyone who entered the forbidden grounds and that the sect had not known about its regeneration.
  • The serpent began slaughtering the Rakshasa Yaksha Gate members.

Ch. 421Entering the Serpent's Body

Lin Wuming learned that the giant serpent could only be killed by smashing every snake gall inside its body, then entered the beast to find them. Inside, she encountered swarms of smaller snakes that kept multiplying.

  • Lin Wuming kept killing the regenerating giant serpent while the male cultivator searched his ancient book for a way to defeat it.
  • The male cultivator discovered that every snake gall inside the beast had to be smashed, and said Lin Wuming might need to enter its body to do so.
  • Lin Wuming accepted the danger, waited for the serpent to finish regenerating, and charged through its open mouth while shielding herself with spiritual power.
  • Lin Wuming followed her mental power through the serpent's dark, venomous body and cut down a group of smaller snakes flying toward her.
  • More snakes appeared in growing numbers, and Lin Wuming realized she could not remain where she was.

Ch. 422Inheritance of the Luosha Immortal Realm

Lin Wuming destroyed the giant serpent in the Rakshasa Yaksha Gate’s forbidden grounds and obtained the Heaven-Mending Fragment. Using it, she reached the Luosha Stone and became trapped in an endless fall as she faced the inheritance trial of the Lord of the Firmament.

  • Lin Wuming found the serpent’s gallbladder, destroyed it, and watched the giant serpent explode without regenerating.
  • Lin Wuming found the Heaven-Mending Fragment in a box, then cleared the blocked entrance with one sword strike and left the forbidden grounds.
  • Lin Wuming fused the fragment’s power with her spiritual power and appeared on a cloud before the Luosha Stone.
  • Lin Wuming touched the Luosha Stone, became stuck to it, and then fell through an endless void without reaching the ground.
  • Lin Wuming realized she was undergoing the inheritance trial and closed her eyes to focus on escaping the endless fall.

Ch. 423A City Taken

Lin Wuming endured the Luosha Immortal Realm’s endless-fall trial and freed herself from the Luosha Stone, becoming the realm’s Lord of the Firmament. Lin Yu acknowledged her success but summoned Murong Liu, signaling that he expected more from Lin Wuming.

  • Lin Wuming realized the endless fall might be an illusion and focused on steadying her body and senses.
  • Lin Wuming endured the pain of cracking bones and pulled her hands free from the Luosha Stone.
  • The Luosha Stone entered Lin Wuming’s sea of consciousness, filling her mind with information as she became the Lord of the Firmament of the Luosha Immortal Realm.
  • Every living being in the Luosha Immortal Realm sensed Lin Wuming’s ascension, and the realm trembled.
  • Lin Yu sensed the change at Hongmeng Mountain, approved of Lin Wuming’s achievement, and summoned Murong Liu.

Ch. 424Her Highness the Princess

Murong Liu traveled to the Star Immortal Realm to challenge the Star Heavenly Palace’s control and seek the realm’s inheritance. After the palace master ordered his execution, Murong Liu unleashed the power hidden in his body, transforming as the warriors prepared to strike.

  • Lin Yu sent Murong Liu to the Star Immortal Realm to become its Lord of the Firmament and obtain its inheritance.
  • The Star Heavenly Palace’s palace master ordered soldiers to intercept Murong Liu, and they captured him as soon as he arrived.
  • Murong Liu cooperated as the soldiers escorted him to the palace, where he met the childlike palace master.
  • Murong Liu criticized the palace master’s behavior, prompting the palace master to order the warriors to kill him.
  • Murong Liu unleashed his inner power, causing his body to heat up and spikes to grow from his back.

Ch. 425Worn Down Layer by Layer

Murong Liu was defeated by the palace master of the Star Heavenly Palace and cast from the highest layer of the Star Immortal Realm to its bottom. Determined to reach the palace master and reclaim the Heaven-Mending Fragment, he fought his way upward and used poison against the guards and spirit beasts on the middle layer.

  • The palace master of the Star Heavenly Palace struck Murong Liu with exploding starlight, then had his warriors cast him from the highest layer.
  • Murong Liu recovered while falling and landed safely on the bottom layer of the Star Immortal Realm.
  • Murong Liu charged through the bottom layer, defeated its soldiers, and entered the middle layer.
  • Murong Liu fought the middle layer’s warriors and spirit beasts, then spread bluish-purple poison that weakened them when they moved or used spiritual power.
Arc 17 of 48
Arc 17 of 48