Chapter Summaries

Ji Zining prepared to enter the Heavenly Pride Battlefield in three days, while Li Changsheng and Hua Qianyan arranged protection for her family and encouraged her to cultivate first. She entered the Nine Heavens Tower and set out for its ninth floor to strengthen herself.

• Hua Qianyan agreed to announce Ji Zining’s entry into the Heavenly Pride Battlefield in three days and offered to have Ziwei Holy Land disciples support her there.
• Ji Zining asked Hua Qianyan to protect her parents and the Flowing Moon Dynasty, and Li Changsheng revealed that his Quasi-Emperor disciple Yu Shu had gone to guard them.
• Li Changsheng urged Ji Zining to cultivate in the Nine Heavens Tower, and Hua Qianyan gave her a storage ring of treasures and pills.
• Li Changsheng sent Ji Zining to the Nine Heavens Tower, then reassured Hua Qianyan that her blessing of half the True Martial Dao Domain’s providence would help keep her safe.
• Ji Zining used her divine child token to enter the Nine Heavens Tower and headed for the ninth floor to cultivate.

Ji Zining climbed to the ninth floor of the Nine Heavens Tower and cultivated there, breaking through to the Spirit Transformation Realm Fourth Stage Peak. She signed in at midnight and obtained the Divine Rank Upper Grade movement ability, Exquisite Flying Immortal Steps.

• Ji Zining entered the Nine Heavens Tower and continued past the crowded lower floors despite their spiritual pressure.
• Ji Zining used the Seven Orifices Exquisite Immortal Art and Nine-Orifice Exquisite Body to reach the eighth and then the previously unreached ninth floor.
• Ji Zining cultivated on the ninth floor and broke through to the Spirit Transformation Realm Second Stage after two hours.
• Ji Zining continued cultivating and raised her cultivation to the Spirit Transformation Realm Fourth Stage Peak by midnight.
• Ji Zining signed in and received the Divine Rank Upper Grade movement divine ability, Exquisite Flying Immortal Steps.

Ji Zining received the Divine Rank Upper Grade movement ability Exquisite Flying Immortal Steps and cultivated in the Nine Heavens Tower while news of her planned entry into the Heavenly Pride Battlefield shook the True Martial Dao Domain. As the domain debated whether the Ziwei Holy Land was sacrificing her or confidently backing her, her sign-in cooldown ended and she prepared to claim another reward.

• Ji Zining received and mastered the Exquisite Flying Immortal Steps, which made her more than ten times faster than with the Divine Expansion Step.
• Ji Zining cultivated on the ninth floor of the Nine Heavens Tower and advanced to the Spirit Transformation Realm Fourth Stage Peak within hours.
• News spread that Ji Zining would enter the Heavenly Pride Battlefield to face heavenly prides from major factions, despite being far below its Saint Realm minimum.
• Beings across the True Martial Dao Domain debated whether the Ziwei Holy Land had compromised under pressure or was expressing confidence in Ji Zining.
• The sign-in cooldown ended, and Ji Zining told the system to sign in.

Ji Zining received an Unimpeded Realm-Breaking Pill and cultivated to the peak of the Spirit Transformation Realm before her scheduled entry into the Heavenly Pride Battlefield. A system check-in then raised her divine soul cultivation to the peak of the Saint Manifestation Realm, and she planned to challenge the Ziwei Soul Sea records before using the pill.

• Ji Zining checked in and received an Unimpeded Realm-Breaking Pill that could let her break through without impediment once she reached the peak of a realm below the Saint Realm.
• Ji Zining spent three days cultivating in the Nine Heavens Tower and reached the peak of the Spirit Transformation Realm as her entry into the Heavenly Pride Battlefield approached.
• Ji Zining checked in again and received an infusion of divine soul cultivation, which she refined with the Primordial Spirit Refining Art.
• Ji Zining's divine soul cultivation rose to the peak of the Saint Manifestation Realm, nearly reaching the Saint Realm.
• Ji Zining decided to visit the Ziwei Soul Sea to break the Spirit Transformation Realm record and the Saint Manifestation Realm rankings record before taking the pill.

Ji Zining secretly traveled through the void to the Ziwei Soul Sea to test how deep she could descend with her improved soul cultivation. After entering, she found the Saint Manifestation Realm record was 7,600 meters and set out to surpass it.

• Ji Zining concealed herself as she left the Nine Heavens Tower, then tore open space and traveled through the void toward the Ziwei Soul Sea.
• Ji Zining arrived at the black spatial passage but could not use it to locate the Ziwei Soul Sea, so she entered it and reached the crowded blue-black hall.
• Mo Xuan opened the entrance after Ji Zining asked the disciples to clear a path, and he later told them to keep the hall orderly.
• Ji Zining saw that Wang Haotian held the Saint Manifestation Realm record at 7,600 meters, crossed the beach, and entered the Ziwei Soul Sea.

Ji Zining pushed deeper into the Ziwei Soul Sea, surpassing the Saint Manifestation Realm record and reaching ten thousand meters. As she struggled against the immense pressure there, she realized her divine soul might break through to the Saint Realm before her spiritual power did.

• Ji Zining passed the empty three-thousand-eight-hundred-meter mark and continued beyond her previous limit of four thousand six hundred meters.
• She reached seven thousand six hundred meters, surpassing Wang Haotian’s Saint Manifestation Realm record, and continued toward the Saint Realm rankings.
• A core disciple saw Ji Zining’s Spirit Transformation Realm ranking climb past nine thousand meters and was stunned to learn she had risen from the First Layer to the peak in three days.
• At ten thousand meters, Ji Zining circulated the Primordial Spirit Refining Art to withstand the crushing divine soul pressure.
• Ji Zining sensed that the pressure might push her divine soul cultivation into the Saint Realm without a spiritual power breakthrough.

Ji Zining pushed to the limit of her soul cultivation in the Ziwei Soul Sea and broke through to Saint Realm soul cultivation while still at Peak Spirit Transformation Realm. She then used her new strength to stride farther into the sea, determined to discover her limit.

• Ji Zining pressed deeper into the Ziwei Soul Sea, absorbing and compressing its pure soul energy while surpassing distances on the Saint Realm leaderboard.
• At the shore, Mo Xuan and the Ziwei Holy Land disciples watched in shock as Ji Zining's record reached 13,470 meters, then stopped.
• Ji Zining sat down at that depth and repeatedly struck the Saint Realm barrier with her compressed soul power, replenishing it from the sea.
• Ji Zining shattered the barrier and gained a Saint's soul despite having Peak Spirit Transformation Realm cultivation.
• Ji Zining stood and used her new strength to move a thousand meters deeper, resolving to find out how far she could go.

Ji Zining reached twenty-four thousand meters into the Ziwei Soul Sea before the soul pressure forced her to turn back. Her achievement stunned the Ziwei Holy Land disciples, who welcomed her on the beach and listened as she urged them to cultivate diligently.

• Ji Zining pushed past twenty thousand meters into the Ziwei Soul Sea, using the Primordial Spirit Refining Art to withstand the increasing pressure.
• Ji Zining reached her limit at twenty-four thousand meters, a distance that placed her among the top ten in the Saint Realm rankings, and turned back.
• Mo Xuan and the Ziwei Holy Land disciples watched the ranking stele as Ji Zining's distance repeatedly jumped by a thousand meters, then stopped at twenty-four thousand.
• The disciples recognized Ji Zining's feat as proof of her confidence before entering the Heavenly Pride Battlefield.
• Ji Zining returned to the beach, where the disciples paid their respects, and told them to cultivate diligently.

After leaving the Ziwei Soul Sea, Ji Zining took the Unimpeded Realm-Breaking Pill and broke through to the First Level of the Saint Manifestation Realm. Her breakthrough summoned a vast Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, and she prepared to use its lightning to strengthen her body.

• Ji Zining and Mo Xuan left the Ziwei Soul Sea as the disciples returned to cultivate there.
• Ji Zining escaped the enthusiastic disciples, went to the Divine Mountain, and swallowed the Unimpeded Realm-Breaking Pill.
• The pill propelled Ji Zining directly to the First Level of the Saint Manifestation Realm, leaving her confident she could slay a Great Saint Realm expert.
• Ji Zining summoned the Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, whose clouds spread across the Ziwei Holy Land and surrounding regions.
• As the first bolt struck, Ji Zining began circulating the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Body technique to refine the tribulation lightning.

Ji Zining’s Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation transformed into the Heaven-Jealousy Tribulation after she sought stronger lightning to refine her body. She absorbed the black tribulation lightning and broke through to the Saint Manifestation Realm, while the lightning continued to fall.

• Ji Zining absorbed the purplish-black tribulation lightning as it dispersed its might near her.
• Li Changsheng recognized the black lightning as the Heaven-Jealousy Tribulation, and he and Hua Qianyan realized Ji Zining had apparently caused the tribulation to grow stronger.
• Ji Zining refined the black lightning power and became confident she could advance her physical cultivation to the Saint Manifestation Realm.
• Black tribulation lightning shattered space as it struck around Ji Zining.
• Ji Zining’s physical cultivation surpassed the Spirit Transformation Realm and reached the Saint Manifestation Realm, but the tribulation lightning kept falling.

Ji Zining finished her Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, which raised her physique cultivation from Spirit Transformation Realm First Layer to Saint Manifestation Realm Fifth Layer. Li Changsheng summoned her to test her combat strength before discussing her entry into the Heavenly Pride Battlefield, and her first strike startled him.

• Ji Zining refined the black tribulation lightning as the remaining bolts fell, while the tribulation clouds covered the Eastern Domain.
• After the final bolt, Ji Zining reached Saint Manifestation Realm Fifth Layer in physique cultivation and realized she had grown far stronger.
• Li Changsheng opened a spatial passage and summoned Ji Zining to an immortal mountain, where Hua Qianyan was also present.
• Li Changsheng asked Ji Zining to attack him with all her strength so he could judge her combat limits before advising her about the Heavenly Pride Battlefield.
• Ji Zining drew the Void-Soaring Sword and unleashed the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Technique with seventy percent Sword Intent, making Li Changsheng's smile disappear.

After Ji Zining demonstrated a sword strike with Peak Great Saint Realm power, Li Changsheng reassured her that she could dominate the Heavenly Pride Battlefield below the Saint King Realm. He urged her to act without restraint and prepared to take her to the battlefield after daybreak.

• Ji Zining's Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Technique vanished when Li Changsheng casually brushed it away, and he praised the power of her attack.
• Li Changsheng explained that Ji Zining's strike could slay even a Late Great Saint Realm powerhouse and said the Innate Dao Sect and Wuji Divine Sect had underestimated her.
• Ji Zining learned that some Heavenly Pride Battlefield competitors under two thousand had reached the Saint King Realm, while Hua Qianyan explained that historical Great Emperors had reached that realm before age five hundred.
• Li Changsheng told Ji Zining her talent surpassed that of young Great Emperors and promised to support her as she followed her true heart on the battlefield.
• Ji Zining vowed to kill anyone who offended her, and Li Changsheng sent her away to prepare for the Heavenly Pride Battlefield after daybreak.

Ji Zining prepared to enter the Heavenly Pride Battlefield, and Li Changsheng brought her to its hidden entrance in the depths of the void. He explained the battlefield’s mysterious origins and structure before they entered.

• Ji Zining cultivated until dawn, acclimating to her Saint Manifestation Realm strength and assessing her combat abilities.
• Ji Zining contacted Li Changsheng, then joined him in the Peach Blossom Forest Small World and said she was eager to enter the battlefield.
• Li Changsheng transported Ji Zining to an ancient cave hidden deep in the void, which served as the Heavenly Pride Battlefield’s entrance.
• Li Changsheng explained that the battlefield had been created by Great Emperors, but its opportunities multiplied after they mysteriously disappeared and did not come from their inheritances.
• Li Changsheng described the battlefield’s seventy-two grotto-heaven cities and its explored and unexplored secret realms, and Ji Zining concluded that strength decided who controlled them.

Li Changsheng sent Ji Zining into the Heavenly Pride Battlefield, where she endured its immense gravity and followed her divine child token through a wasteland and swamp. She reached a grotto-heaven city and found a group of Ziwei Holy Land disciples approaching, while no rival sects had tried to intercept her.

• Li Changsheng told Ji Zining about the Heavenly Pride Ranking and opened the ancient cave leading to the Heavenly Pride Battlefield.
• Ji Zining entered the cave, and news of her arrival spread throughout the True Martial Dao Domain as factions reacted.
• Ji Zining arrived in the Heavenly Pride Battlefield, withstood its crushing gravity, and found herself alone in a wasteland.
• Ji Zining followed her divine child token across a plain and through a swamp, where she defeated several Saint Realm ferocious beasts.
• Ji Zining reached an ancient city and saw more than ten Ziwei Holy Land core disciples heading toward her.

Ji Zining entered Qingming City, one of the Ziwei Holy Land’s twelve cities in the Heavenly Pride Battlefield, and learned how powerful its stationed disciples were. Her arrival placed her at rank 665 on the Heavenly Pride Ranking as a Saint Manifestation Realm First Layer cultivator rated a Half-Step Saint King, leaving the battlefield’s heavenly prides stunned.

• Ji Zining greeted the Ziwei Holy Land disciples who had come to meet her and asked them to help her learn about the Heavenly Pride Battlefield.
• Xiao Jing introduced himself as one of the Holy Land’s four holy sons and led Ji Zining toward Qingming City with the disciples; she sensed three Saint King Realm experts among them.
• The Heavenly Pride Ranking stele updated with Ji Zining’s entry, ranking her 665th and describing her combat power as surpassing the peak Great Saint Realm.
• Heavenly prides across the seventy-two cities reacted with shock to Ji Zining’s ranking and her apparent rise to the Saint Manifestation Realm First Layer.
• Xiao Jing and the Ziwei Holy Land disciples escorted Ji Zining through Qingming City’s gate as its heavenly prides recognized her and watched her arrival.

Ji Zining entered a grotto-heaven city and discovered its exceptionally dense spiritual energy and the combat advantage granted to its occupying faction. At the Heavenly Pride Ranking Stele, she found herself ranked 665th despite being only at the first layer of the Saint Manifestation Realm, and wondered how few Saint King Realm heavenly prides were present.

• Ji Zining entered the grotto-heaven city and felt its spiritual energy raising her cultivation, while Xiao Jing explained its benefits and the thirty-percent combat-strength boost for the occupying faction.
• Ji Zining reached the Ziwei Holy Land's base and learned from Xiao Jing that the golden stele ranked the battlefield's top thousand heavenly prides by combat strength.
• Ji Zining read the top rankings: Ao Xue was first, Huang Xi second, and Mo Shang of the Ziwei Holy Land third, all with peak Saint King Realm combat strength.
• Ji Zining found Xiao Jing ranked twelfth, with combat strength at the eighth level of the Saint King Realm, and praised him.
• A Ziwei Holy Land disciple spotted Ji Zining in 665th place, leaving the group astonished and Ji Zining wondering whether only around six hundred Saint King Realm heavenly prides were in the battlefield.

Ji Zining arrived at Qingming City and proved her strength by placing six hundred and sixty-fifth on the Heavenly Pride Ranking despite being in the Saint Manifestation Realm. Xiao Jing told her that the Martial Emperor Secret Realm, which held a Great Emperor’s inheritance, would open the next day.

• Xiao Jing became convinced of Ji Zining’s strength, and she told him and the other Ziwei Holy Land prodigies to get along as fellow disciples.
• Xiao Jing led Ji Zining to the base while gathered prodigies recognized her and spread news of her arrival throughout the Heavenly Pride Battlefield.
• Proddigies from more than a dozen cities left for Qingming City after hearing that Ji Zining had arrived.
• Ji Zining asked Xiao Jing about nearby secret realms, and he told her that the Martial Emperor Secret Realm would open a thousand li away the next day.
• Xiao Jing explained that the secret realm contained a Great Emperor’s inheritance and rare treasures, and Ji Zining was surprised to encounter such an opportunity so soon.

Ji Zining learned how secret-realm grades revealed the inheritances within them and why the Ziwei Holy Land’s heavenly prides had to compete for entry while others guarded Qingming City. She went with Xiao Jing to watch the selection for the Martial Emperor Secret Realm, where the gathered disciples greeted her.

• Xiao Jing explained that secret realms were graded by their opening phenomena and that empty realms had already had their inheritances claimed.
• Ji Zining learned that at least five Heavenly Pride Ranking experts had to remain in Qingming City, and she thanked Xiao Jing and the others for protecting it.
• Ji Zining chose to watch the heavenly prides compete for places in the Martial Emperor Secret Realm and left the hall with Xiao Jing.
• In the plaza, the disciples predicted that Tiancang, Hua Wuxiao, and Qing Tan would win three spots among the thirteen competitors.
• When Ji Zining arrived, the gathered heavenly prides greeted her, and she told them to continue without minding her.

Ji Zining watched Xiao Jing organize a free-for-all to decide which of the Ziwei Holy Land's thirteen Heavenly Pride Ranking members would enter the Martial Emperor Secret Realm. As the contest erupted into chaotic battles, she recognized the exceptional strength of two Saint King Realm fighters.

• Ji Zining agreed to assess the thirteen ranked heavenly prides before the Martial Emperor Secret Realm opened.
• Xiao Jing set up a spatial arena and announced a free-for-all, with fighters able to withdraw and no alliances allowed.
• The contestants hesitated until one young man launched a saber attack, prompting the others to begin fighting.
• Hua Wuxiao challenged Tiancang, and the two began a fierce sword-and-saber duel that tore through the arena's space.
• Xiao Jing asked Ji Zining what she thought of the contestants, and she said they were extremely strong and that she was no match for either duelist.

Ji Zining and Xiao Jing watched the free-for-all determine which heavenly prides would enter the Martial Emperor Secret Realm. The contest ended with eight victors, who prepared to set out the next morning with Ji Zining, while Xiao Jing said Mo Shang might not join them.

• Xiao Jing told Ji Zining that Tiancang and Hua Wuxiao were Saint King Realm fighters ranked among the top four hundred on the Heavenly Pride Ranking.
• As the arena battle intensified, five heavenly prides were eliminated, and Ji Zining resisted the urge to join the contest.
• Xiao Jing ended the free-for-all, gave healing pills to the five eliminated heavenly prides, and assigned them to guard Qingming City.
• Tiancang and Hua Wuxiao agreed to compete for cultivation resources in the Martial Emperor Secret Realm, and Xiao Jing told the eight victors to prepare to leave in the morning.
• Xiao Jing said other Ziwei Holy Land heavenly prides would meet them at the secret realm and that Mo Shang might not come, prompting Ji Zining to tease the group and ask them to rely on her.