Chapter Summaries

A Yin-Yang School cultivator breached the Mystic Firmament Heavenly Wall with the Libationer’s artifact, setting off upheaval in the Endless Sea as Ao Qing’s Jiao Journey continued. Ao Qing remained short of the sins and grievances needed to become a dragon, but suspected the sea was the Central Continent’s intended aid.

• The Libationer decided not to awaken his contingency and sent a subordinate to stir up trouble at sea while Ao Qing undertook his Jiao Journey.
• The subordinate reached the Mystic Firmament Heavenly Wall and used the Libationer’s life-bound Spirit Artifact to penetrate it, causing waves to churn across the Endless Sea.
• Millions of cultivators fled the Western Continent as demons pursued them and Ao Qing’s blood cloud gathered their sins and grievances.
• Ao Qing lamented that the suffering was insufficient to transform him into a dragon and wondered which Central Continent faction might help him.
• Ao Qing heard the sea and suspected the Central Continent’s schools intended for him to undertake his Jiao Journey there.

Zongzheng Lie discovered that a vast sea-race invasion was advancing toward the migrating humans of Pacify the West, trapping them between the sea creatures and the demon horde. Meanwhile, Dongfang Jiangxue was taken to slay Ao Qing as he approached dragonhood, while others headed toward the Demon Manor.

• Zongzheng Lie and the other Void Return cultivators reached the Endless Sea, where Zongzheng Lie sensed an unprecedented mass of sea creatures approaching shore.
• Zongzheng Lie realized the Central Continent had sent the sea races to hinder the migration and help Ao Qing become a dragon, while Jingfeng and Canyue warned that the humans would meet the invaders within ten days.
• Zongzheng Lie weighed the approaching sea races against the blood-cloud beast horde and wondered whether he could slay Ao Qing.
• Dongfang Jiangxue asked whether she could see the blue-robed figure again and bring him to the Central Continent, but the ethereal voice did not answer.
• A black-robed figure took Dongfang Jiangxue toward the beast horde and the gathered humans, while several other figures headed toward the heart of the Demon Manor.

Zongzheng Lie persuaded Jingfeng and Canyue to return with him to the Demon Manor in search of Lu, the cultivator who might possess a treasure capable of defeating Ao Qing. As the humans and sea race converged and Ao Qing neared the coast, Zou Heng assured the Hundred Schools’ watching figures that he would suppress the mysterious kingly Dao dragon Qi.

• Zongzheng Lie revealed that finding the cultivator surnamed Lu was the humans’ only chance against Ao Qing, and Jingfeng and Canyue agreed to follow him back to the Demon Manor.
• Zongzheng Lie, Jingfeng, and Canyue sped toward the Demon Manor while Dongfang Jiangxue pursued Ao Qing with an unknown being and the opposing forces drew closer.
• Zou Heng told the watching figures from the Hundred Schools that he would take Ao Qing and extinguish the kingly Dao dragon Qi.
• The Hundred Schools’ figures questioned where the dragon Qi had come from, and Zou Heng agreed to investigate after completing his plan.
• Over ten days, the humans and sea race converged, Dongfang Jiangxue reached the coast, and Ao Qing advanced to the Western Continent’s maritime frontier as Zongzheng Lie forced his way into the Demon Manor again.

As the beast tide closed in, powerful human cultivators and the princely household fled, abandoning millions of cultivators trapped on the coast. Above the Western Continent, the Zong Household’s fortune vanished while a blood-colored fortune advanced toward becoming a true dragon, as the demon horde reached the shore.

• A Spirit Transformation sea clansman told the human Void Return cultivators that calamity had made the sea folk attack one another and driven them toward Pacify the West.
• Several Void Return cultivators tore through space and abandoned the people of Pacify the West to escape.
• Ling Shuangyu took Zong Qing away aboard the princely household’s flying boat, and other great clans and sects followed, leaving millions stranded.
• As the princely household departed, the Zong Household’s strand of fortune dissipated, while a bright blood-colored fortune remained above the Western Continent.
• The blood clouds of the beast horde reached the coast, where a tiger-lion-like great demon led millions of Demon Beasts as the humans and sea folk watched.

Ao Qing's dragon roar alerted Nether Toad, Heavenly Wolf, and Golden Ape, who rushed to report to Lu Li but were barred from disturbing his high-level seclusion. Meanwhile, Lu Li learned from Li Qingshan that Great Xia's analysis suggested he carried the nation's fortune, and he asked what “founding a nation through dragon fortune” meant.

• Ao Qing's dragon roar spread across the Western Continent, alarming Nether Toad, Heavenly Wolf, and Golden Ape.
• The three demons reached the Dao Academy's warship anchorage, where Primordial Beginning verified their identities but warned them not to disturb Lu Li's seclusion.
• Nether Toad, Heavenly Wolf, and Golden Ape waited outside Lu Li's flagship as its security systems kept watch over them.
• Lu Li listened as Li Qingshan explained that Great Xia's researchers suspected his fortune was the blessing of Great Xia's national fortune.
• Lu Li read the analysis report and asked Li Qingshan what “founding a nation through dragon fortune” meant.

Lu Li discussed Great Xia’s plans to strengthen his Kingly Dao Dragon Qi and learned that Ao Qing had begun transforming into a dragon. With the Dao Academy under pressure from five supervising Yao Lords, Lu Li ordered preparations to remove the obstacles in its path.

• Li Qingshan explained Great Xia’s experiments to reveal Lu Li to the public and expand its influence, hoping to strengthen his Kingly Dao Dragon Qi.
• Lu Li and Great Xia considered whether flourishing Dragon Qi could connect to the Heavenly Dao, though neither knew its true effects.
• After ending the jade pendant call, Lu Li received Nether Toad, Golden Ape, and Heavenly Wolf, who reported that Ao Qing had begun transforming into a dragon.
• Lu Li ordered the three yao to accelerate the collection of Dongting, the blessed land, and dismissed them.
• Lu Li decided to deal with the five supervising Yao Lords and ordered Primordial Beginning to prepare a squad of fifth-tier Spirit Command puppets.

Lu Li prepared a covert operation to draw out the five overseer demon lords and sent Ye Chenfeng and the other banner masters east aboard a concealed transport vessel. The demons spotted the vessel and, suspecting a trap, waited until a larger fleet of disciples appeared.

• Lu Li decided the academy would take the initiative against the five demon lords after its Spirit Machinery and combat strength had improved.
• Lu Li gathered seven banner masters, gave Ye Chenfeng a transport vessel and battle puppets, and ordered them to sail east under concealment.
• Ye Chenfeng and the other banner masters quietly took the vessel out of the academy fleet at night using a Heaven-Veiling Instrument.
• The five demon lords spotted the vessel but suspected it carried fifth-tier puppets and chose to wait for the academy's next move.
• After an hour, the demon lords saw a fleet carrying Spirit Machinery puppets and several thousand disciples approaching.

Sun Yang Demon Lord and four other demons ambushed what they believed were Beyond Heaven Dao Academy disciples, only to discover the warships carried puppets. Lu Li emerged from concealment, wounded Silver-Eyed, and summoned two enormous battle puppets to face the five Spirit Transformation demons.

• Sun Yang and the other demons secretly followed the academy’s warships, confirmed they detected no Nascent Soul cultivators, and decided to attack.
• The five demons revealed their true forms and destroyed the warships, but Silver-Eyed found that the apparent disciples were metal-framed puppets with dull souls.
• Lu Li emerged and slashed Silver-Eyed’s right wing, revealing that he had concealed himself from the demons with the Heaven-Veiling Instrument’s help.
• Lu Li summoned two tier-five Spirit Command Giant Puppets and prepared to fight the five demons for their blood Qi.

Lu Li fought five Spirit Transformation demons and revealed the power of his fifth-tier combat armor. He killed Xuanxiong with a single saber strike and turned toward Riyang and Yintong.

• Chiyang rallied the five demons to attack Lu Li together, while the two combat puppets shielded him and engaged the stone python and bone monkey.
• Lu Li used his cultivation method and five-spirit Law Power to repel Riyang, Yintong, and another demon, but he doubted he could defeat them unaided.
• Lu Li donned his fifth-tier Spirit Command Grade combat armor, which amplified and compressed his Spiritual Power.
• Lu Li formed a colossal five-colored Gang saber and split Xuanxiong in two with one strike.
• Lu Li looked at Riyang and Yintong and told them they were next.

Lu Li defeated two Spirit Transformation demons and fought two more while the Seven Sons of the Dao Academy witnessed his overwhelming strength. Yintong fled and was captured by three Void Return cultivators, who learned that Lu Li was battling Spirit Transformation opponents in the Demon Manor.

• Lu Li killed Xuanxiong and Riyang with saber strikes, then took over from the puppets to fight the two remaining demons.
• Ye Chenfeng and the Seven Sons returned from their mission and watched Lu Li suppress the demons, leaving them awed by his strength.
• Yintong fled in terror, convinced Lu Li was a demon in human form, and encountered Zongzheng Lie, Jingfeng, and Canyue emerging from the void.
• Canyue seized Yintong and searched its Divine Soul, discovering that Lu Li was fighting Spirit Transformation demons in the Demon Manor.
• Canyue told Zongzheng Lie and Jingfeng that Lu Li was battling five opponents, astonishing them with the report.

Zongzheng Lie tracked Lu Li to the Dao Academy’s fleet, eager to claim the treasure he believed could help him deal with Ao Qing. As Lu Li began the Spirit Descent Plan with Lu Yao, Zongzheng Lie saw something on the ship that made him cry out that the Western Continent had seven heavenly mandates.

• Canyue confirmed that the cultivator in Yintong’s memories was Lu Li, and Zongzheng Lie ordered him and Jingfeng to lead the way.
• Canyue reflected on Lu Li’s resistance against the demons and the strength of the Beyond Heaven Dao Academy as the three Void Return cultivators hurried toward him.
• After defeating five Spirit Transformation demons, Lu Li stored four demon bodies and prepared to test a lifelike puppet with Lu Yao.
• Lu Li awakened a puppet modeled on Lu Yao and began the Spirit Descent Plan while the Seven Sons of the Dao Academy gathered on the magic ship’s deck.
• Zongzheng Lie, Jingfeng, and Canyue appeared above the ship, and Zongzheng Lie stared at it in horror, exclaiming that the Western Continent had seven heavenly mandates.

Zongzheng Lie discovered seven Heavenly Mandates surrounding Lu Li, then attacked the Dao Academy fleet to seize Ao Qing. The assault was interrupted by realm-spanning heavenly phenomena, and Zongzheng Lie recognized Lu Li's Fate Pattern as Kingly Dao Dragon Qi.

• Zongzheng Lie saw seven strands of Heavenly Mandate Karmic Luck around Lu Li and followed him to the Dao Academy fleet.
• Zongzheng Lie ordered Jingfeng and Canyue to capture Lu Li, then used his Void Return power to restrain the fleet and strike.
• Seven people defended Lu Li with their Divine Abilities, and Zongzheng Lie hesitated before pressing his attack.
• A vast presence spread from Lu Li's dharma warship across the Imprisoned Dragon Realm, dispersing Zongzheng Lie's attack and bringing forth heavenly phenomena.
• Zongzheng Lie sensed Kingly Dao Dragon Qi rising from Lu Li's warship and realized Lu Li's Fate Pattern possessed it.

Lu Li's successful spirit descent brought forth fully manifested Kingly Dao Dragon Qi, and Li Qingshan concluded that the Imprisoned Dragon Heavenly Dao had joined Lu Li's karmic luck with Great Xia's. After Lu Yao confirmed she felt well in her new body, Lu Li said he should be able to face a Void Return cultivator.

• Lu Li's Kingly Dao Dragon Qi manifested, and dragon and phoenix visions gathered around him, shocking the Dao Academy disciples and Seven Sons.
• Inside the Dharma vessel, Lu Li found Lu Yao's soul successfully inhabiting the bionic puppet and described an emotionless heavenly gaze that had scrutinized him.
• Lu Li told Li Qingshan that his karmic luck had become unusually strong and that he could summon it at will.
• Li Qingshan inferred that the spirit descent had linked Great Xia's collective karmic luck to Lu Li's and that the Imprisoned Dragon Heavenly Dao had recognized them.
• Lu Yao said she felt no discomfort, and Lu Li cautiously answered that he should be able to withstand a Void Return cultivator.

Lu Li’s Kingly Dao Dragon Qi fully manifested as a dragon aspect, leaving Zongzheng Lie torn over whether to oppose him. As Ao Qing prepared to become a dragon, the Heavenly Dao revealed that the Dragon Position Fate Pattern had already been bestowed elsewhere.

• Lu Li discovered that his enhanced vision let him perceive threads of Qi and fate, then left the Law Ship to greet the Dao Academy encampment.
• Zongzheng Lie saw Lu Li’s fully revealed dragon aspect and hesitated over whether to fight him or stand aside.
• Zou Heng and the other Dharma Aspects realized that Lu Li’s Dragon Qi threatened the fate intended for Ao Qing, and Zou Heng cried out over losing his dragon seed.
• Ao Qing gathered the blood cloud and flood dragon pearl, preparing to receive dragon fate after millions of humans and sea creatures died in the battle.
• The heavenly gaze turned away from Ao Qing, and a warning announced that the Dragon Position Fate Pattern had already been bestowed.

Ao Qing’s dragon transformation failed when an unknown claimant received the dragon position fate pattern through powerful Kingly Dao Dragon Qi. As Dongfang Jiangxue followed Ao Qing toward the source, Ao Qing sealed its remaining flood dragon soul inside a mountain, leaving the new claimant’s identity unknown.

• Ao Qing realized it had not received the dragon position fate pattern and thrashed in fury as resentment began consuming it.
• Dongfang Jiangxue sensed that Ao Qing’s transformation had failed and wondered who had taken its qualification to become a dragon.
• Dongfang Jiangxue and Ao Qing spotted a golden dragon manifestation rising from the heartland of the Demon Manor, and Ao Qing flew toward it, accusing someone of stealing its fate pattern.
• Dongfang Jiangxue recognized the immense Kingly Dao Dragon Qi and followed Ao Qing to discover who had claimed the fate pattern.
• Ao Qing’s body disintegrated under its sin and resentment, and its remaining flood dragon soul sealed itself inside a rocky mountain.
• Dongfang Jiangxue decided to subdue the Dragon Qi and planned to return for Ao Qing’s dragon pearl.

Lu Li received the dragon position fate pattern after Ao Qing’s fall, while Zongzheng Lie chose to attack him despite Canyue and Jingfeng’s protests. The Seven Sons of the Dao Academy failed to stop Zongzheng Lie’s strike, and an august pressure rose from Lu Li as a voice declared Zongzheng Lie dead.

• Golden fate-pattern threads descended into Lu Li, granting him a dragon position fate pattern and transforming his Qi, blood, law power, and nascent soul.
• Zongzheng Lie realized Ao Qing had fallen and decided to kill Lu Li, hoping to claim his fate and restore the Zong Household’s prospects.
• Canyue stopped Jingfeng from obeying Zongzheng Lie and urged their prince to return and protect their people, while Jingfeng remained silent in agreement.
• Zongzheng Lie attacked Lu Li, and Elder Jian and the Seven Sons of the Dao Academy joined forces to shield him.
• Zongzheng Lie shattered the Seven Sons’ defenses and struck Lu Li, but an august pressure surged from Lu Li as a voice declared, “You’re dead. I said so.”

Lu Li used his Dragon Position Fate Pattern and a nuclear strike to break Zongzheng Lie’s control over the void, then rallied Great Xia’s forces for another assault. Though badly wounded, he kept fighting as Zongzheng Lie sought help from Jingfeng and Canyue.

• Lu Li fought Zongzheng Lie with Dragon Qi and his Dragon Position Fate Pattern, but Zongzheng Lie froze the void and immobilized him.
• Lu Li released his life-bound jade pendant, which deployed dozens of nuclear warheads that exploded and wounded Zongzheng Lie while devastating nearby forces.
• Lu Li learned from Li Qingshan that the nearest nuclear stockpile would arrive in fifteen minutes and vowed to keep Zongzheng Lie occupied until then.
• Lu Li called on Primordial Beginning and ordered Great Xia’s fleets, puppets, mechas, and space-based cannons to attack Zongzheng Lie.
• As Lu Li and the surviving forces pressed their attack, Zongzheng Lie asked Jingfeng and Canyue to help him.

Lu Li used the Western Continent’s fortune and Great Xia’s advanced weapons to defeat Zongzheng Lie in a brutal battle. As Zongzheng Lie died, Lu Li revealed himself as Lu Li of Great Xia.

• Canyue and Jingfeng abandoned Zongzheng Lie, ending their bond with him and leaving to protect the young lady.
• Lu Li trapped Zongzheng Lie in the Pagoda Domain and unleashed the Dao Academy’s fifth-tier weapons and spellship guns.
• Lu Li donned enchanted armor and a mecha, then joined the puppets in attacking Zongzheng Lie with weapons and nuclear reserves.
• After thousands of exchanges left both fighters exhausted, Lu Li’s fish-shaped jade pendant pierced Zongzheng Lie’s skull and shattered his Primordial Spirit.
• Lu Li identified himself to the dying Zongzheng Lie as the king-slayer, Lu Li of Great Xia.

After Lu Li killed Zongzheng Lie, he claimed the Western Continent’s dragon fate and ordered the Dao Academy to recover while planning to consolidate the continent. He worried that a hidden Central Continent threat might be a Venerable, just as a woman in white robes appeared and Lu Changming recognized her as Xue'er.

• Lu Li beheaded Zongzheng Lie, confirmed his Primordial Spirit was gone, and collected the damaged Pacify the West Prince's Seal.
• Lu Li realized that the Sin Dragon had vanished and that the Western Continent’s dragon fate now belonged to him.
• The Seven Sons of the Dao Academy approached Lu Li, while Elder Jian fell silent after saying his Divine Soul needed years to recover.
• Lu Li ordered Ye Chenfeng and the others to treat their injuries and have Primordial Beginning organize the surviving puppets and disciples.
• Lu Li considered the unknown Central Continent contingency and feared that the one coming might be a Venerable.
• A woman in white robes appeared in the void, and Lu Changming recognized her as Xue'er.

Dongfang Jiangxue reunited with Lu Changming while a powerful, icy will struggled to control her body. After she temporarily gained control, she declared herself Lu Changming’s wife and paid her respects to Lu Li, who silently vowed to help her.

• Lu Changming recognized Dongfang Jiangxue, but her icy presence blasted him away when he approached.
• Lu Li sensed an uncanny force within Dongfang Jiangxue and suspected it could rival a Venerable.
• Dongfang Jiangxue fought the icy will for control and threatened to destroy her Divine Soul if it harmed Lu Changming again.
• After an hour, Dongfang Jiangxue regained control long enough to reunite with Lu Changming and explain that he could not help her.
• Dongfang Jiangxue introduced herself to Lu Li as Lu Changming’s wife and bowed to him, while Lu Li vowed to help her.