Arc 16The Nine Dragons Inheritance
Dongfang Yueming completed his cultivation, defeated pursuers and hostile sects, and mastered the trials of the Coiling Dragon Pillars. After claiming the Nine Dragons Immortal Seed and surviving attacks from powerful outsiders, he left to continue his path as Shi Qing became the Heavenly Dao’s avatar.
- Dongfang Yueming perfected his Primordial Spirits, entered the Crimson Dragon Heavenly Palace, defeated Long Aotian, and formed a supreme-grade Grotto-Heaven after deducing the Void Refinement chapter.
- Dongfang Yueming killed Lei Jue, then Venerable Lei and Venerable Fire Cloud, before destroying the Blood Refining Sect and gaining its Blood God Scripture.
- Dongfang Yueming reunited the halves of the Ancient Tribulation Lightning, killed Feng Wuya, rescued Su Wurao from the Ten Thousand Dragons' Nest, and destroyed Storm Mountain.
- Nine Coiling Dragon Pillars appeared, and Dongfang Yueming mastered their nine divine abilities while returning to save the Love Palace from Abbess Miejue.
- Ye Wudao and the black dragon battled the factions around the pillars, but Dongfang Yueming killed them with the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Art and claimed the Heaven-Measuring Ruler and immortal stones.
- Dongfang Yueming killed Barbaric Divine Venerable, entered the True Dragon inheritance, and subdued the Nine Dragons Immortal Seed as the nine pillars acknowledged him as their master.
- The Heavenly Dao chose Shi Qing as its avatar and stripped two others of Dao-Grade status, and Shi Qing merged with the Heavenly Dao after promising to watch over Dongfang Yueming.