Arc 11The Martial Extremity Golden Core
Dongfang Yueming defeated the threats to Dragon Firmament Academy, then joined the Martial Sect and uncovered his past connection to Hong Ling. There he formed a Dao-Grade Golden Core and survived a devastating heavenly tribulation, while two other cultivators also claimed the contest’s place for a Dao-Grade Golden Core.
- Dongfang Yueming killed the Foundation Establishment elders who attacked Dragon Firmament Academy, then protected Ma Yuanhong and Ma Qianqian from the Song Clan and accepted spirit stones as payment.
- Dongfang Yueming killed Li Qingtian, then Hua Qianzui and Shangguan Wan'er, while learning that an upper-realm envoy planned to take Su Wurao away.
- Qin Rushuang reunited with Dongfang Yueming and brought him to the Martial Sect, where Hong Ling welcomed him and the Martial Dao Stele revealed their shared past.
- Dongfang Yueming comprehended the Martial Extremity Golden Body Art and formed a supreme-grade, nine-transformation Golden Core before failing to create a Law Domain.
- Dongfang Yueming perfected and fused his martial arts into the War God Illustrated Manual, then gained the divine ability My Dao Is the Only One and transformed into a Martial Dao True Body.
- Dongfang Yueming shattered the heavenly lightning with My Dao Is the Only One and survived the tribulation, leaving the Martial Sect's divine mountain in ruins.
- Hong Ling explained that two cultivators had won the place for a Dao-Grade Golden Core, and Dongfang Yueming checked his status before asking where they came from.