Recaps

Lu Qingshan finished mining Flame Heart Stones but was confronted by Qu Guang, who sought revenge for Zhong Shan. Lu Qingshan defeated Qu Guang and punished Zhong Shan’s group, then left the gathering site planning to ask Fire Saint about possible trouble from the sect.

• Lu Qingshan left the abandoned mine after collecting more than two hundred Flame Heart Stones, hoping not to draw attention.
• Qu Guang confronted Lu Qingshan on Zhong Shan’s behalf and demanded the stones as an apology, but Lu Qingshan refused.
• Qu Guang’s swordsmanship overwhelmed Lu Qingshan’s techniques, but Lu Qingshan endured the attacks with his powerful divine body and trapped Qu Guang’s sword.
• Lu Qingshan used the Wings of Time and Space to strike Qu Guang and crush the mountain beneath him, forcing Qu Guang to flee and abandon his weapon.
• Lu Qingshan slapped Zhong Shan and the Void True Gods, destroyed half of their divine bodies, and took their valuables before sending them away.
• Lu Qingshan ended the gathering mission and decided to ask Fire Saint whether the sect might punish him.

Lu Qingshan turned in his Flame Heart Stone mission, repaid Fire Saint, and sought a way to strengthen his will. He used a drop of the Wu Kingdom’s Nine Nether Soul-Cleansing Dew, leaving his will about thirty percent stronger but in need of rest.

• Lu Qingshan turned in 179 Flame Heart Stones for 153,000 grains of Cosmic Sand in contribution points, and Pei Qian decided to return to the Flame Heart Treasure Land.
• Lu Qingshan told Fire Saint he had defeated Qu Guang and robbed Zhong Shan, then repaid Fire Saint 100,000 contribution points.
• Lu Qingshan found that the Flame Ruins Sect’s treasury offered no affordable, effective way to strengthen his will, so he visited the Universe Boat in his Small Universe.
• Boat Spirit Xiao Jiu gave Lu Qingshan a drop of Nine Nether Soul-Cleansing Dew, which tempered his will and increased its strength by about thirty percent.
• Lu Qingshan returned to his cave abode to rest and noticed a message from his disciple Wu Huan.

Lu Qingshan guided Wu Huan through artifact refining, rewarded his first successful weapon with cosmic sand, and arranged an apprenticeship for him at Flame Mountain. Before Wu Huan could begin, he learned that his eldest uncle had died bringing him materials, leaving him determined to grow stronger and avenge him.

• Lu Qingshan identified the flaws in Wu Huan's failed artifacts and coached him until he successfully forged a Master of Laws short blade.
• Lu Qingshan gave Wu Huan a hundred grains of cosmic sand and received one million grains through cashback.
• Lu Qingshan arranged for Wu Huan to apprentice at Flame Mountain through Fire Saint's connection to Pei Tie.
• Wu Huan learned from the tribe leader that an Eternal True God beast had killed his eldest uncle while he was carrying artifact-refining materials to the sect.
• Wu Huan received the materials his eldest uncle had protected and vowed to become an inner sect disciple and an Eternal True God so he could take revenge.

Lu Qingshan spent his newly acquired Cosmic Sand on body-refining materials and an ancient blade fragment, then took Chi You and Yan Shuo out to celebrate in Lanhuang City. The three enjoyed a meal at Drunken Dream Pavilion, where Yan Shuo fell unconscious after tasting Drunken Life and Dreaming Death.

• Lu Qingshan gave Chi You a hundred grains of Cosmic Sand and warned him to spend it discreetly while their identities remained those of Void True Gods.
• Lu Qingshan disguised himself as an Eternal True God, bought all the body-refining materials at the Tianmu Chamber of Commerce, and purchased a rust-covered blade fragment and an unknown spherical object.
• Lu Qingshan returned to the cave abode, where Chi You explained that he had exchanged some Cosmic Sand for Chaos Crystals, and the two called Yan Shuo to join them.
• Lu Qingshan, Chi You, and Yan Shuo ate at Drunken Dream Pavilion and tried its famous Drunken Life and Dreaming Death wine.
• Yan Shuo lost consciousness after one sip, while Lu Qingshan and Chi You continued dining and drinking as night fell over Lanhuang City.

Lu Qingshan refined his divine body, unlocked a blade fragment with his blood, and discovered that it contained part of Ghost Annihilation Eighteen Blades, a secret technique created by the long-dead Ghost Blade Emperor. After studying its first strike and observing Chi You’s Great Dao of Destruction, he imitated the technique and began perfecting a powerful new move.

• Lu Qingshan completed his body refinement and grew his divine body to nine billion kilometers, then resolved to improve his secret techniques.
• Lu Qingshan used his blood on the rust-covered blade fragment, revealing an incomplete inheritance of Ghost Annihilation Eighteen Blades.
• Lu Qingshan asked Xiao Jiu about the technique and learned that Ghost Blade Emperor had died after losing control while attempting to fuse with a Hunyuan bloodline.
• Xiao Jiu advised Lu Qingshan to use Chi You’s origin to observe the Great Dao of Destruction, and Lu Qingshan followed the suggestion.
• Lu Qingshan imitated the first strike of Ghost Annihilation Eighteen Blades and pierced a sturdy cave wall with a gray-white blade gleam.

While Lu Qingshan completed his new secret technique, Slash Annihilation, a mysterious Eternal True God massacred the Tianmu Chamber of Commerce while searching for a blade fragment’s buyer. The resulting citywide investigation reached Lu Qingshan’s cave residence, but a sudden attack elsewhere in Lanhuang City diverted the Giant Whale Legion and left Lu Qingshan and his companions watching to see what would happen.

• A short, powerful Eternal True God went to the Tianmu Chamber of Commerce to reclaim a pledged blade fragment, killed the manager after learning it had been sold, and murdered everyone else inside.
• Lu Qingshan completed Slash Annihilation, a powerful blade technique derived from Ghost Annihilation Eighteen Blades and his understanding of destruction.
• Chi You told Lu Qingshan that Lanhuang City’s factions were searching residents after the Tianmu Chamber of Commerce massacre, and Lu Qingshan suspected they were looking for him because he had bought the blade fragment.
• The Giant Whale Legion demanded that Lu Qingshan, Chi You, and Yan Shuo reveal their identities and leave divine power records, but Lu Qingshan objected.
• A huge blue mechanical whale crashed into the city, prompting the general and soldiers to rush toward the attack while Lu Qingshan and Chi You stayed to watch.

Lu Qingshan and Chi You watched Swordsman Wuming battle Baili Rentu, then ambushed and killed Baili Rentu after Wuming escaped. Back at their cave residence, they discovered Baili Rentu had possessed another corroded blade fragment, and Lu Qingshan sent Chi You to call Yan Shuo.

• Swordsman Wuming defeated Lanhuang City's forces, then fought Baili Rentu in the wilderness over a blade fragment.
• Baili Rentu used a blue jade pendant to wound Wuming, who escaped using the Space Origin.
• Lu Qingshan recognized another blade fragment's aura on Baili Rentu, and Chi You ambushed him while Lu Qingshan delivered the killing blow.
• Chi You took Baili Rentu's storage jade pendant and swallowed his corpse, then Lu Qingshan and Chi You returned to their cave residence.
• Lu Qingshan and Chi You found another corroded blade fragment, along with treasures worth roughly three hundred thousand cosmic sand, and Lu Qingshan told Chi You to call Yan Shuo.

Lu Qingshan prepared to leave Lanhuang City with Chi You and Yan Shuo, while Chi You struck the Blood Drop Society and took its leader’s spoils. In the Universe Ocean, Luo Feng learned that the Primal Universe would be destroyed in three years and discussed his future journey to the Origin Continent with Lu Qingshan.

• Lu Qingshan told Yan Shuo that Lanhuang City was becoming dangerous, and Yan Shuo chose to leave with him and Chi You.
• Lu Qingshan decided to travel to Nanyun City and sent Chi You to raid the Blood Drop Society for its leader’s corpses and treasures.
• Chi You killed the Blood Drop Society’s leader with one axe stroke and recovered the spoils from his storage space.
• Lu Qingshan, Chi You, and Yan Shuo left Lanhuang City aboard a mechanical flow flying boat bound for southern Litian Chaos Prefecture.
• Luo Feng told Lu Qingshan that the Primal Universe would be destroyed in three years and that he would visit its Origin Land then.
• Lu Qingshan declined Luo Feng’s offer to seek him a chance to experience the destruction, and Luo Feng said he would head to the Origin Continent after the Reincarnation Era ended.

As the Primal Universe reached its final destruction, the Lord of Sky Wolf rescued Lu Jiuyuan and received a powerful palace treasure from Lu Qingshan. Witnessing the universe’s end, Luo Feng comprehended the Source of Life and Destruction, became an Eternal True God, and expanded his Holy Land Universe to a hundred billion light-years.

• As the Primal Universe faced destruction, the Lord of Sky Wolf rescued Lu Jiuyuan from a sealed palace on a Primal Star and escaped with him into the Universe Ocean.
• Lu Qingshan rewarded the Lord of Sky Wolf with the Howling Moon Sky Wolf Palace, a special Peak Palace Supreme Treasure, for saving Lu Jiuyuan.
• In the Primal Universe Origin Land, Luo Feng witnessed the universe’s destruction and comprehended the Source of Life and Destruction.
• Luo Feng broke through to Eternal True God and expanded his Small Universe into a hundred-billion-light-year Holy Land Universe.
• The Universe Ocean’s experts witnessed Luo Feng’s transformation and recognized the Human Race’s overwhelming power.

After breaking through to Eternal True God, Luo Feng learned he had to brave reincarnation within a year, received warnings and intelligence from Lu Qingshan, and learned Sitting Mountain Guest’s identity and the enemies behind Jin Kingdom’s destruction. He entered the Origin Continent and emerged in the wilderness, while the story also followed Lu Qingshan as he arrived at Nanyun City seeking promising disciples.

• Luo Feng visited Lu Qingshan, who warned him to keep Morosa’s World Beast identity hidden and gave him current intelligence about the Origin Continent.
• Luo Feng visited Sitting Mountain Guest, then said goodbye to his family and friends before entering the Reincarnation Passage with Morosa.
• Sitting Mountain Guest revealed that he was the God King of Jin, explained the Star Tower’s origins, and named the three Shi Kingdom country lords Luo Feng would need to avenge him against.
• Luo Feng emerged on the Origin Continent, released Morosa, and traveled to Nanyun City with him and Lu Qingshan.
• Lu Qingshan entered Nanyun City as an Eternal True God, while Chi You posed as a Void True God and Yan Shuo as a servant.

Lu Qingshan settled into a Grade A cave residence in Nanyun City and bought intelligence on the city’s factions and the chaos in Lanhuang City. After the major powers learned he planned to stay, several began considering how to approach him, while the Xia Family prepared to invite him to support its branch.

• Lu Qingshan assigned Chi You and Yan Shuo to prepare his new residence, then went to the Yanfeng Guild Hall to buy Grade A intelligence.
• Lu Qingshan learned that Swordsman Wuming was wanted across Litian Chaos Prefecture and that Nanyun City was controlled by several powerful factions.
• Gu Yong assessed Lu Qingshan as lower B based on the body-refining materials he bought, and the Yanfeng Guild Hall attendant discussed the rating with him.
• After Lu Qingshan settled in, the City Lord's Manor considered inviting him, while the Shadow Alliance decided to approach him cautiously.
• Mingyue urged her father to invite Lu Qingshan to join their Xia Family branch in the Divine Weapon Pavilion and set out to meet him with a substantial gift.

Lu Qingshan refused to join the Shadow Alliance but accepted Xia Mingyue as his disciple after she sought his help protecting the Xia Family’s branch of the Divine Weapon Pavilion. After giving her a greeting gift, he received a ten-thousandfold return: a precious Purple Empyrean Hornless Dragon Pearl Flower.

• Yan Shuo told Shadow Alliance Deputy Alliance Leader Li Qi that Lu Qingshan had no plans to join another faction, and Li Qi left after confirming the refusal.
• Xia Mingyue visited Lu Qingshan and offered gifts and part of her family’s artifact-refining inheritance to persuade him to become a guest elder.
• Lu Qingshan proposed taking Xia Mingyue as his disciple and joining the Xia Family’s branch, and she accepted to secure his protection for her family.
• Lu Qingshan gave Xia Mingyue a stalk of Star Samsara Grass and promised to visit the Xia Family after she returned home.
• Lu Qingshan received a ten-thousandfold return and obtained a Purple Empyrean Hornless Dragon Pearl Flower.

Lu Qingshan used the Purple Empyrean Hornless Dragon Pearl Flower to understand and create his own version of the Lesser World-Breaking Teleportation Technique, then visited Xia Mingyue’s family. The chapter ended with Yao Qi informing the Xia Family that a six-branch competition would begin in three epochs, while Xia Yeheng remained missing.

• Lu Qingshan used the Purple Empyrean Hornless Dragon Pearl Flower to analyze the Lesser World-Breaking Teleportation Technique and, after half an epoch, created the World-Breaking Teleportation Technique-Qingshan Version.
• Lu Qingshan learned that the Xia Family had been trying to contact Xia Yeheng, then went with Chi You to visit Xia Mingyue and her family.
• Xia Yuanshan gave Lu Qingshan a brocade box containing Cosmic Sand and artifact-refining materials as thanks for protecting the Xia Family.
• Yao Qi visited the Xia Family, confirmed that Lu Qingshan was Xia Mingyue’s teacher and a guest elder, and questioned his artifact-refining skills.
• Yao Qi announced that the Divine Weapon Pavilion’s six-branch competition would begin in three epochs and warned that the Xia Family would fare poorly if Xia Yeheng remained absent.

Xia Mingyue and Xia Yuanshan faced the Xia Family’s disadvantage in the coming Six Lineages Grand Competition, while Lu Qingshan promised that three epochs would be enough to improve her chances. Later, he gave Luo Feng his Lesser World-Breaking Teleportation Technique, received the full World-Breaking Teleportation Technique in return, and resolved to master it eventually.

• Xia Mingyue explained that the Yao Family had pushed the Six Lineages Grand Competition forward, leaving the Xia Family without an Eternal True God master artifact refiner.
• Lu Qingshan told Xia Mingyue to polish her artifact-refining skills over the next three epochs and said she could still help restore the Xia Family’s reputation.
• Lu Qingshan met Luo Feng at the Myriad Laws Holy Land, heard about his life in Huyang City, and gave him the Lesser World-Breaking Teleportation Technique.
• Luo Feng studied the technique, thanked Lu Qingshan, and left with people who were relocating to the Galaxy Holy Land Universe.
• Lu Qingshan received the World-Breaking Teleportation Technique as a millionfold return and recognized that he needed to reach the threshold of a Great Dao before cultivating it.

After completing his body refinement, Luo Feng studied the teleportation technique his teacher had given him, then visited a restaurant in Huyang City with Morosa and discovered that its owner was his old acquaintance, Black Butcher. Luo Feng’s promise to return protected Black Butcher’s restaurant from a local underworld group, while Black Butcher continued hoping to grow strong enough to rely on himself.

• Luo Feng examined the Lesser World-Breaking Teleportation Technique-Qingshan Edition and resolved to keep focusing on his Life and Destruction Origin path.
• Morosa suggested that Luo Feng take him to the Fire Realm Restaurant, where they learned its owner, Black Butcher, had come from the Universe Ocean through reincarnation.
• Luo Feng recognized Black Butcher as his teacher’s old friend, ordered the Fire Realm Banquet, and promised to return while leaving him a grain of Cosmic Sand.
• Black Butcher told his disciple Qiongguang to conceal how he had passed through reincarnation and reflected on the treasure and inheritance Master Xue You had given him.
• Hall Master Duan informed Black Butcher that the Blood Python Society was taking over the street but exempted the restaurant, and Black Butcher resolved to master his inheritance and become an Eternal True God.

After Xia Mingyue’s artifact-forging progress gave Lu Qingshan a ten-thousandfold rebate, he became able to forge eternal divine weapons and demonstrated a way for her to make one with his help. The chapter ended with Xia Mingyue stunned as Lu Qingshan offered to teach her his method.

• Xia Mingyue’s progress in artifact forging triggered a rebate that raised Lu Qingshan’s skills enough to forge eternal divine weapons.
• Lu Qingshan stopped a brutal arena fight at the Wondrous Sound Pavilion, sparing both True Gods, then returned to his cave abode and forged a high-grade saber named Qingshan.
• Xia Mingyue visited Lu Qingshan with forging materials and showed him armor she had made for a Void True God.
• Lu Qingshan asked Xia Mingyue to forge an eternal divine weapon blank, then inscribed origin secret patterns into a crystal and merged them into her bone spike to complete an eternal divine weapon.
• Xia Mingyue realized Lu Qingshan was a master artifact forger, and he asked whether she wanted to learn his method.

Xia Mingyue learned Lu Qingshan’s secret-pattern inheritance and planned to use it to give the Xia Family an advantage at the Six Lineages Grand Competition. Lu Qingshan then met the Flame Ruins God King, who offered him a mission that could earn him personal-disciple status in the Flame Ruins Sect.

• Lu Qingshan taught Xia Mingyue how to transfer Supreme Treasure secret patterns from a crystal onto a weapon embryo, and she succeeded on her first attempt.
• Xia Mingyue told Xia Yuanshan about the inheritance and her plan to forge an eternal divine weapon for the Six Lineages Grand Competition; Xia Yuanshan asked her to invite Lu Qingshan to compete for the Xia Family.
• Lu Qingshan used the last of his Nine Nether Soul-Cleansing Dew but found that his will still had not reached the Chaos Great Sage level.
• Divine Lord Fire Saint summoned Lu Qingshan to Flame Mountain, where the Flame Ruins God King recognized his Infinite Divine Body and offered him a mission as an entrance trial for personal-disciple status.

Lu Qingshan and Fire Saint accepted a mission to reinforce Lihuo City in Scarlet Fire Chaos Prefecture, where the Netherworld Sect’s forces had driven the defenders behind the city’s formations. After learning that an infiltrator had killed the city’s greatest formation master, Lu Qingshan began investigating how to find the killer.

• Fire Saint told Lu Qingshan that the Netherworld Sect had captured border cities and was threatening Lihuo City, while Lu Qingshan said they should proceed without delay.
• Lu Qingshan and Fire Saint traveled to Lihuo City, where Qin Chuan welcomed them after confirming their identities and explained that the powerful Demonic Hand Divine Lord had injured him.
• Qin Chuan revealed that Netherworld Sect infiltrators had been harassing the city and targeting its formation masters after failing to obtain the formation’s node diagram.
• Lu Qingshan examined Master Yu’s body and found that the killer had struck his True God Heart in a single blow.
• Lu Qingshan asked Qin Chuan to keep their arrival secret and disable the concealment formations in every cave residence so he could search the city for the infiltrator.

Lu Qingshan identified Zhou Heng as the mole who had killed Master Yu, and Fire Saint confronted him at a gathering of Lihuo City's Eternal True Gods. When Zhou Heng revealed his hidden strength and resisted, Lu Qingshan killed him with a single slash, leaving the city without its spy.

• Lu Qingshan used the Eye of Wisdom to survey Lihuo City and, after comparing Eternal True Gods' strength with Qin Chuan's records, singled out Zhou Heng.
• Qin Chuan summoned the city's Eternal True Gods to a meeting and introduced Lu Qingshan and Fire Saint as Flame Ruins Sect personal disciples.
• Lu Qingshan announced that they would root out the mole, while Zhou Heng panicked inwardly and revealed his guilt to the Eye of Wisdom.
• Fire Saint pressured Zhou Heng, accused him of being the mole, and attacked him; Zhou Heng revealed his hidden strength and fought back.
• Lu Qingshan's gray blade ray broke Zhou Heng's bone spike and killed him, annihilating his True God Heart with one slash.

Lu Qingshan killed Zhou Heng, uncovered the powerful Spectral Spear Canon among his spoils, and gave Fire Saint a copy. As Lihuo City prepared to counterattack the Netherworld Sect, Divine Lord Demon Hand led an army of warships to the city.

• Lu Qingshan killed Zhou Heng with a single blade strike, and City Lord Qin Chuan and the Eternal True Gods of Lihuo City thanked him and Fire Saint for eliminating the mole.
• Divine Lord Heart Demon learned of Zhou Heng’s death and warned Divine Lord Demon Hand not to underestimate the Flame Ruins Sect newcomers, but Demon Hand set out to test their strength.
• Lu Qingshan inspected Zhou Heng’s spoils, found the Spectral Spear Canon, and gave Fire Saint a copy while planning to bestow the original upon Wu Huan.
• City Lord Qin Chuan lifted Lihuo City’s lockdown and prepared to counterattack the Netherworld Sect, but Divine Lord Demon Hand arrived outside the city with a fleet of black warships.

Lu Qingshan defeated Demonic Hand Divine Lord and seized his powerful gem-studded glove, though an unseen Netherworld Sect direct disciple rescued the wounded enemy. The Netherworld Sect's forces fled, leaving the Flame Ruins Sect with a sweeping victory at Lihuo City.

• Lu Qingshan assigned Fire Saint to fight the other enemies while he confronted Demonic Hand Divine Lord outside Lihuo City.
• Demonic Hand Divine Lord's opening attack barely injured Lu Qingshan, who then shattered his barrier and wounded him with a blade strike.
• Demonic Hand Divine Lord unleashed six combined attacks through his glove, but Lu Qingshan used Nine Stars and the Eye of Wisdom to find an opening and sever his arm, taking the glove.
• A black mist rescued Demonic Hand Divine Lord before Lu Qingshan could kill him, while his severed arm and glove remained behind for Lu Qingshan to claim.
• The Netherworld Sect's mechanical legions fled, and Fire Saint and Lihuo City's Eternal True Gods pursued them, destroying eighty percent of the force.

Lu Qingshan tested Demonic Hand Divine Lord’s six-gem gauntlet, named it the Infinity Gauntlet, and learned its immense power. After Qin Chuan delivered the battle spoils worth 3.8 million cosmic sand, Lu Qingshan ordered Lihuo City to keep investigating Netherworld Sect’s encampments so he could attack their lair.

• Divine Lord Heart Demon persuaded the wounded Demonic Hand Divine Lord to seek the Ghostly Ghost Seal from Great Sage Ghost, promising to help recover the gauntlet and defeat Xue You.
• Lu Qingshan removed Demonic Hand Divine Lord’s imprint from the gauntlet and tested the attacks and defenses of all six gems.
• Lu Qingshan concluded the gauntlet had been forged by a Chaos Great Sage or God King, concealed it within his divine body, and named it the Infinity Gauntlet.
• Qin Chuan brought Lu Qingshan the spoils from the battle, including cosmic sand and Mechanical Flow Treasure wreckage worth about 3.8 million cosmic sand.
• Lu Qingshan told Qin Chuan to continue searching Netherworld Sect’s encampments and promised to attack personally if they found the sect’s lair.

Xia Mingyue prepared for the Six Lineages Grand Competition by forging an eternal divine weapon with an origin secret pattern supplied by her teacher, Divine Lord Fang Yuan. At the competition, after the Xia Family placed third in the True God contest, she stunned the spectators by making an eternal divine weapon during the Void True God contest.

• After two eras of waiting in Lihuo City, Lu Qingshan and Fire Saint still had no trace of the Netherworld Sect.
• Xia Mingyue forged an eternal divine weapon by fusing her blade embryo with a sealed origin secret pattern prepared by her teacher.
• Xia Yuanshan told Xia Mingyue that the Six Lineages Grand Competition had been moved forward, and she confirmed Divine Lord Fang Yuan would attend.
• At Divine Weapon Mountain, the Xia Family took third place in the True God contest, while the Yao Family took first.
• Xia Mingyue selected star-patterned black crystal and forged an eternal divine weapon embryo during the Void True God contest.
• Xia Mingyue fused the transparent crystal into the saber, causing it to radiate the pressure of an eternal divine weapon and leaving the square silent.

Xia Mingyue won the Void True God round by forging an eternal divine weapon with a sealed origin secret pattern, and Lu Qingshan entered the Eternal True God round for the Xia Family. His sword earned a five-and-a-half-star rating on the testing stele, putting him well ahead of the other competitors.

• Xia Mingyue’s eternal divine weapon impressed the spectators, and the Divine Weapon Pavilion Master confirmed that the Xia Family had taken first place in the Void True God round.
• Lu Qingshan agreed to represent the Xia Family in the Eternal True God round, surprising the spectators and the Yao Family.
• Lu Qingshan forged a black longsword using a gem in its hilt to hold its origin secret patterns, while Yao Bing and the other artificers completed their weapons.
• The Divine Weapon Pavilion Master introduced the testing stele, and the handsome young man began testing the six weapons.
• Yao Bing’s weapon earned a four-and-a-half-star rating, the best result before Lu Qingshan’s sword was tested.
• Lu Qingshan’s sword damaged the testing stele and received six stars for power, five stars for hardness, and a five-and-a-half-star overall rating.

Lu Qingshan’s five-and-a-half-star sword won the Six Lineages Grand Competition for the Xia Family, and its auction drew a record bid from Li Chen. Li Chen arranged a major military equipment order for the Xia Family and befriended Lu Qingshan, who chose to remain in Nanyun City while leaving the family to manage its newfound success.

• The Pavilion Master announced that Lu Qingshan’s five-and-a-half-star weapon had won the Eternal True God round, making the Xia Family the overall champion and granting it thirty percent of the Divine Weapon Pavilion’s resources for the next hundred eras.
• A handsome young man tested Xia Mingyue’s weapon, rated it two stars, and arranged for it to be auctioned alongside the other competition entries.
• The Nanyun City Lord bought Xia Mingyue’s weapon for twelve thousand grains of cosmic sand, while Li Chen won Lu Qingshan’s sword with a bid of two hundred thousand.
• After the competition, Li Chen introduced himself as the son of Great Sage Litian and offered the Xia Family a military order for ten thousand Void True God equipment sets and a hundred million True God sets.
• Li Chen exchanged contact information with Lu Qingshan and invited him to Litian City, while Lu Qingshan agreed to stay in Nanyun City and told the Xia Family to handle matters themselves unless something major arose.