Arc 18The Star Chart and the Hunt

Dongfang Yueming swept through rival families and the Ao Family, gathered lightning and sword inheritances, then built a vast constellation of Immortal Seeds and advanced through the immortal realms. After uncovering the “Hunt the Light” operation and surviving its ambush, he reached the Late-stage Golden Immortal realm and considered seeking immortal metal for his next breakthrough.

  • Dongfang Yueming wiped out the Zhao Family, Qian Family, city lord Wang Batian, and the resisting Sun Family elders, then entered the True Immortal’s cave abode.
  • Dongfang Yueming killed Yun Zhongzi and Ao Wushuang, gained their inheritances, and advanced to Perfected Heavenly Immortal.
  • Dongfang Yueming entered the Supreme Mystery Immortal Domain, acquired lightning and sword arts, and destroyed the Ao Family before forcing the Soaring Cloud Pavilion to surrender treasures and techniques.
  • The Azure Cloud Immortal Dynasty conscripted Dongfang Yueming into the war against the Purple Flame Immortal Dynasty and assigned him to a high-casualty scout camp.
  • Dongfang Yueming hunted Purple Flame cultivators, gathered hundreds of Immortal Seeds, and cultivated them into a starry array that formed his Innate Supreme Dao Seed.
  • Dongfang Yueming killed Old Ghost Yinfeng and discovered that Golden Immortal officials had arranged the covert “Hunt the Light” operation to sacrifice low-level cultivators.
  • Yan Hao sent Dongfang Yueming to scout Fallen Soul Valley and secretly arranged for Zhao Fen to kill him, while Tie Shan's evidence of the operation was suppressed.
  • Dongfang Yueming killed Zhao Fen, uncovered the operation’s higher-level backers, fused his lightning arts, and advanced to the Late-stage Golden Immortal realm.
Chapters 426–450 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 426Killing in the Street, the Immortal City Shaken

Dongfang Yueming killed the Zhao Family ancestor and the brocade-clad young master after they confronted him over the Supreme-Grade Immortal Bone. After looting their belongings and learning about the Zhao Family treasury, he decided to strike the family before it could retaliate.

  • The brocade-clad young master recognized Dongfang Yueming in the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and called on the Zhao Family ancestor to reclaim the Supreme-Grade Immortal Bone.
  • Dongfang Yueming shattered the ancestor’s Earth-Splitting Palm with a punch, then killed him and searched his soul.
  • Dongfang Yueming killed the brocade-clad young master and collected their spoils before leaving the pavilion.
  • Dongfang Yueming counted 568 low-grade immortal stones, recycled them for Immortal Points, and gained insights into the Thick Earth Art.
  • Dongfang Yueming learned from the ancestor’s memories that the Zhao Family had a treasury and decided to attack before the family could join forces with the city lord’s residence against him.

Ch. 427Strike First, Exterminate the Family and Plunder Its Treasures

Dongfang Yueming stormed the Zhao Family residence, killed its patriarch and elders, and plundered its treasury before discovering a lightning Dao art fragment in Wuhe Immortal City's black market. After killing the young city lord Wang Teng, he recycled his spoils and gained enough immortal points to begin pursuing the lightning Dao.

  • Dongfang Yueming broke into the Zhao Family residence and killed more than a dozen elders before using lightning to destroy patriarch Zhao Tianxiong.
  • Dongfang Yueming looted the Zhao Family treasury and scripture repository, increasing the derivation progress of his Earth Immortal and Heavenly Immortal chapters.
  • Dongfang Yueming sold looted goods in the underground black market and bought a scorched jade slip after sensing its lightning Dao resonance.
  • Wang Teng tried to take the jade slip, so Dongfang Yueming killed him and his guards with a single lightning attack.
  • Dongfang Yueming examined the jade slip and learned it contained the core inheritance of the incomplete Nine Heavens Lightning Punishment Dao Scripture.
  • Dongfang Yueming recycled Wang Teng's possessions and raised his immortal points to 10,987.

Ch. 428Lightning Punishment Perfected, One Hand Veils the Heavens

Dongfang Yueming perfected several lightning arts, then took advantage of the city’s search for him to plunder the Qian Family treasury and head for the city lord’s residence. Wang Batian guessed his next target and led his forces there, while the Sun family head hurried home to protect his own family.

  • Dongfang Yueming perfected World-Destroying Lightning Punishment, Palm Lightning, Lightning Summoning Art, and Thunderclap Roar.
  • Wang Batian sealed Wuhe Immortal City and ordered a search for the killer of his son as the Qian and Sun family leaders joined him.
  • After learning the Zhao Family had been wiped out, Wang Batian ordered his forces to retreat and defend their bases.
  • Dongfang Yueming broke into the Qian Family treasury, took its immortal stones and lightning arts, perfected the arts, and left for the city lord’s residence.
  • Wang Batian found the Qian treasury empty and led his forces toward the city lord’s residence, while the Sun family head secretly rushed home with his elites.

Ch. 429Chaos Dao Body, Slaying an Immortal with One Finger

Dongfang Yueming forged a Chaos Dao Body, reached perfected earth immortal, and killed Wang Batian with one finger before taking control of the city lord's manor and the Sun Family. A message about a true immortal cave abode led him to set out for it.

  • Dongfang Yueming completed the Earth Immortal Chapter, forged his Chaos Dao Body with the World-Suppressing Coiling Dragon Pillar, and advanced to perfected earth immortal.
  • Wang Batian attacked Dongfang Yueming with Heavenly Net and Earthly Web, but his laws could not harm him; Dongfang Yueming killed Wang Batian with World-Destroying Lightning Punishment.
  • Dongfang Yueming claimed the city lord's manor's treasures, recycled immortal stones, perfected three lightning arts, and found that his Dao art puzzle needed one more middle-grade and one more low-grade art.
  • The Sun Family head offered the family's allegiance, and Dongfang Yueming forced the Sun Family to hand over immortal stones and cultivation arts, killing the elders who resisted.
  • A communication jade slip revealed that the restrictions on a true immortal cave abode had loosened, so Dongfang Yueming decided to go there.

Ch. 430Treasure Hunting at the Immortal Market, Completing the Dao of Lightning

Dongfang Yueming completed his collection of lightning-type immortal arts by buying the Nine Heavens Falling Lightning Art and then traded the Heaven-Shaking Hammer for eighteen Heaven Immortal cultivation techniques. Yun Zhongzi accepted the deal while plotting to kill him in the grotto-heaven, but Dongfang Yueming left apparently unconcerned.

  • Dongfang Yueming bought the Thunder Sound Quake and found the Nine Heavens Falling Lightning Art, the final art he needed.
  • Dongfang Yueming revealed his Heaven Immortal-level aura to force the stall owner to lower the price of the Nine Heavens Falling Lightning Art from one hundred immortal stones to thirty.
  • Dongfang Yueming offered a high-grade Heaven-Shaking Hammer at the public barter gathering in exchange for Heaven Immortal cultivation techniques.
  • Yun Zhongzi traded eighteen Heaven Immortal cultivation techniques from the Flowing Clouds Sect for the Heaven-Shaking Hammer.
  • Yun Zhongzi secretly planned to kill Dongfang Yueming and take his treasures after entering the grotto-heaven, while Dongfang Yueming walked away with a knowing smile.

Ch. 431Immortal Art Perfected, Dao Art Shakes the World

Dongfang Yueming completed the Nine Heavens Lightning Punishment Dao Scripture and gained a Dao art powerful enough to threaten a True Immortal. At the True Immortal’s cave abode, Ao Wushuang of the Ao Family forced the gathered cultivators aside, and Dongfang Yueming followed him inside.

  • Dongfang Yueming recorded eighteen Heaven Immortal cultivation techniques, bringing his Origin Immortal Art deduction to 98%.
  • Dongfang Yueming perfected the remaining lightning arts and synthesized the low-grade Dao art Nine Heavens Lightning Punishment Dao Scripture.
  • Li Kuang heard that the Heaven-Shaking Hammer had been traded at the marketplace and feared that his friend Wang Batian had been killed.
  • The True Immortal’s cave abode opened, but Ao Wushuang arrived, killed the cultivators at the entrance, and ordered everyone else to leave.
  • Ao Wushuang entered the cave abode with his puppet, and Dongfang Yueming followed the crowd inside.

Ch. 432Lightning Purgatory, Advancement to Heavenly Immortal

Dongfang Yueming crossed a lightning-filled purgatory, devoured its tribulation lightning, and killed Yun Zhongzi and the Flowing Clouds Sect disciples who tried to rob him. After completing his cultivation method, he advanced to Perfected Heavenly Immortal and left the chapter confident he could fight a True Immortal.

  • Dongfang Yueming swallowed the lightning striking him and charged into the densest storm to awaken his Ancient Tribulation Lightning.
  • Li Kuang recognized Dongfang Yueming as the monster he suspected had killed Old Wang and vowed to flee the Desolate Ancient Immortal Domain.
  • Dongfang Yueming entered a scripture repository, where Yun Zhongzi threatened him and ordered him to surrender his treasures and cultivation methods.
  • Dongfang Yueming used the Nine Heavens Lightning Punishment Dao Scripture to erase Yun Zhongzi and the Flowing Clouds Sect disciples, recovering the Heaven-Shaking Hammer and looting their inheritance.
  • Dongfang Yueming completed the Heavenly Immortal Chapter of his Origin Immortal Art and advanced through the Heaven Immortal realms to Perfected Heavenly Immortal.

Ch. 433The Inheritance Hall, the Pride of a Heaven's Chosen

Dongfang Yueming entered the inheritance hall and claimed the Azure Thunder Seed, confronting Ao Wushuang, who guarded it with a True Immortal-level puppet. He crushed the puppet and left Ao Wushuang stunned by his strength.

  • Dongfang Yueming found the inheritance jade slip and the mystic-grade Azure Thunder Seed in the hall, where Ao Wushuang had killed more than a dozen cultivators who tried to claim them.
  • Ao Wushuang demanded that Dongfang Yueming kneel and kill himself, but Dongfang Yueming said he would take the seed and told Ao Wushuang to leave.
  • Ao Wushuang ordered his puppet to clear the hall, and the True Immortal-level puppet attacked Dongfang Yueming.
  • Dongfang Yueming caught the puppet's punch, crushed its arm, and smashed it into the wall with a palm strike.
  • Ao Wushuang stared at the wrecked puppet and wondered how an immortal from a lower immortal domain could be so powerful.

Ch. 434Another Dao Technique, on to a Middle-Tier Immortal Domain

Dongfang Yueming defeated Ao Wushuang, seized his inheritance, and learned about the hierarchy of the Immortal Domains. After synthesizing a new lightning Dao technique, he set out for a middle-tier Immortal Domain to seek a stronger Immortal Seed and more techniques.

  • Ao Wushuang unleashed a Dao talisman, but Dongfang Yueming countered it with the Nine Heavens Lightning Punishment Dao Scripture and killed him.
  • Dongfang Yueming searched Ao Wushuang’s soul, gained cultivation knowledge and inheritance, and escaped the collapsing True Immortal grotto with his spoils.
  • Dongfang Yueming learned the True Immortal chapter and an incomplete Mystic Immortal chapter from the inheritance jade slip.
  • Dongfang Yueming perfected the required lightning immortal techniques and synthesized the low-grade Dao technique Lightning Prison God-Locking Canon.
  • Dongfang Yueming realized he needed a third lightning Dao technique to form a middle-grade Dao technique and decided to seek a higher-grade Immortal Seed in a middle-tier Immortal Domain.

Ch. 435The Ao Family's Fury, the Third Low-Grade Lightning Dao Art

Dongfang Yueming entered the Supreme Mystery Immortal Domain, bought his third low-grade lightning Dao art, and learned of a chance to obtain a public mid-grade Dao art. Meanwhile, the Ao Family discovered Ao Wushuang’s death and began hunting for his killer.

  • Ao Zhentian found Ao Wushuang’s shattered soul lamp and ordered the Ao Family to track down the killer.
  • Dongfang Yueming crossed into the Supreme Mystery Immortal Domain and saw how common powerful cultivators were there.
  • Dongfang Yueming bought the Tianlei Fallen Star Exposition from the Ten Thousand Dharmas Pavilion, completing his collection of three low-grade lightning Dao arts.
  • The manager told Dongfang Yueming that even yellow-grade immortal seeds cost at least ten thousand low-grade immortal stones.
  • Dongfang Yueming overheard that the Holy Sword Sect had made the true intent diagram of the Great Five Elements Extermination Sword Qi public, and resolved to seek it out.

Ch. 436Mid-grade Dao Art

Dongfang Yueming fused three lightning Dao arts into the mid-grade Ancient Chaos Ten Thousand Lightning Scripture, then sold Ao Family treasures to fund his next goal. When Ao Tianxiong confronted him, Dongfang Yueming killed the True Immortal with Chaos Divine Lightning and continued toward Dao Comprehension Square seeking the Great Five Elements Extermination Sword Qi.

  • Dongfang Yueming perfected the Tianlei Fallen Star Exposition and fused it with two other lightning Dao arts to create the Ancient Chaos Ten Thousand Lightning Scripture.
  • Dongfang Yueming sold treasures looted from Ao Wushuang at Soaring Cloud Pavilion, while the steward alerted the Ao Family to his location.
  • Ao Tianxiong learned that Dongfang Yueming was heading toward Dao Comprehension Square and went to kill him himself.
  • Dongfang Yueming used Chaos Divine Lightning to destroy Ao Tianxiong and his Azure Nether Sword in a single attack.
  • Dongfang Yueming collected Ao Tianxiong's storage ring, Dao artifact, Purple Ultimate Lightning Prison Scripture, and Purple Lightning Seed, then continued toward the Great Five Elements Extermination Sword Qi.

Ch. 437Killing with a Borrowed Knife, Before the Dao Comprehension Stele

After the Ao Family lost a True Immortal elder to Dongfang Yueming, it arranged for Holy Sword Sect disciple Li Qingyun to confront him. At Dao Comprehension Square, Dongfang Yueming learned the Great Five Elements Extermination Sword Qi from the Five Elements Sword Stele just as Li Qingyun arrived.

  • The Soaring Cloud Pavilion steward celebrated the conflict between Dongfang Yueming and the Ao Family, expecting to profit by watching them fight.
  • Ao Zhentian learned Elder Tianxiong had fallen and ordered his family to provoke Li Qingyun by claiming Dongfang Yueming had insulted the Holy Sword Sect and its inheritance.
  • Li Qingyun heard the Ao Family's message and set out to confront Dongfang Yueming.
  • Dongfang Yueming went to Dao Comprehension Square, where the Five Elements Sword Stele contained the Holy Sword Sect's inheritance.
  • Dongfang Yueming used his spiritual sense to learn the Great Five Elements Extermination Sword Qi from the stele.
  • A commotion announced Li Qingyun's arrival at the square as Dongfang Yueming turned to leave.

Ch. 438The Ao Family's Destruction, Further Progress in the Dao of Lightning (Part 1)

Dongfang Yueming mastered the Great Five Elements Extermination Sword Qi in an instant, then attacked the Ao Family and destroyed its defenses. He left the Ao Family’s elders dead and confronted Ao Zhentian.

  • Dongfang Yueming perfected the Great Five Elements Extermination Sword Qi and stunned Li Qingyun and the crowd with a single demonstration.
  • Ao Zhentian ordered the Ao Family to strengthen its defenses while the elders assured him that Li Qingyun would handle Dongfang Yueming.
  • Dongfang Yueming broke the Ao Family’s protection formation and appeared before Ao Zhentian and the elders.
  • Ao Tianfeng led the elders in forming the Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Sect Formation, but Dongfang Yueming shattered it with Chaos Divine Lightning and killed them.
  • Dongfang Yueming turned to Ao Zhentian and demanded to know who else would challenge him.

Ch. 439The Ao Family's Annihilation, Further Progress in the Lightning Dao (Part Two)

Dongfang Yueming annihilated the Ao Family, including its Mystic Immortal ancestor, and gained new techniques and cultivation insights from the spoils. He then headed to the Soaring Cloud Pavilion to confront the steward who had betrayed his whereabouts, and entered its headquarters demanding to see the pavilion master.

  • The Ao Family ancestor emerged from seclusion and attacked Dongfang Yueming with Mystic Immortal laws, but Dongfang Yueming destroyed him using two perfected mid-grade Dao techniques.
  • Dongfang Yueming collected the Ao Family's treasures, advanced his Primordial Immortal Method deductions, and found the Nine Heavens Divine Lightning Invocation and Shrink the Earth to an Inch.
  • Soaring Cloud Pavilion elders learned that Dongfang Yueming had wiped out the Ao Family and was approaching their headquarters.
  • Dongfang Yueming kicked down the Soaring Cloud Pavilion's doors and demanded that its pavilion master come out to see him.

Ch. 440High-Grade Dao Techniques, Sword Pointed at the Higher Domain

Dongfang Yueming forced the Soaring Cloud Pavilion to compensate him, then used his Immortal Points to perfect several Dao techniques. With new healing, movement, and lightning techniques in hand, he set off for the higher immortal domain to seek sword inheritances and better Immortal Seeds.

  • Dongfang Yueming threatened to destroy the Soaring Cloud Pavilion until its patriarch agreed to pay two hundred thousand low-grade immortal stones and give him the Spring Rain Heaven-Restoring Technique; the pavilion executed the steward who had informed on him.
  • After leaving Supreme Mystery Immortal City, Dongfang Yueming reviewed his resources and decided that his earth-grade Immortal Seed was not good enough for his cultivation.
  • Dongfang Yueming spent Immortal Points to perfect the Spring Rain Heaven-Restoring Technique, gaining a powerful healing ability with an undying-body trait.
  • Dongfang Yueming also obtained the Shrink the Earth to an Inch movement technique and the Nine Heavens Divine Lightning Invocation, completing his second mid-grade lightning Dao technique.
  • Dongfang Yueming resolved to seek more lightning techniques and sword inheritances, then headed for the higher immortal domain and the Holy Sword Sect.

Ch. 441Conscripted by the Immortal Dynasty, No Master of Their Own Fate

Dongfang Yueming and other cultivators entering a higher Immortal Domain were forcibly conscripted by the Azure Cloud Immortal Dynasty to fight the Purple Flame Immortal Dynasty. As their vessel sped toward the battlefield, Dongfang Yueming secretly welcomed the prospect of collecting Immortal Seeds, while Hou San approached him.

  • Dongfang Yueming and the other passengers found their vessel trapped by the Heaven-Sealing Earth-Locking Great Formation.
  • A silver-armored general of the Azure Cloud Immortal Dynasty announced that everyone aboard had been conscripted.
  • When a Mystic Immortal expert objected, the general killed him instantly with a spear strike.
  • The Golden Immortal patriarch submitted, and the general assigned the cultivators to military roles, sending most into the suicide corps for the war against the Purple Flame Immortal Dynasty.
  • As the vessel sped toward the battlefield, Dongfang Yueming secretly looked forward to the fallen experts and their Immortal Seeds.
  • Hou San, a profit-seeking rogue cultivator, approached Dongfang Yueming and remarked on their bad luck.

Ch. 442The Road of Cannon Fodder, the Might of an Immortal Soldier

Dongfang Yueming learned about the Immortal Dynasty’s ranks and military merit system before arriving at Dragon-Slaying Pass, where he was assigned to the dangerous scout camp. He traded two Dao artifacts for advanced Dao arts and prepared to master them as Hou San doubted he would survive the battlefield.

  • Hou San told Dongfang Yueming that Immortal Soldiers had mastered a law and an Immortal Immortal Body, and explained that military merit could buy rare immortal arts and artifacts.
  • Dongfang Yueming revealed that he was a Perfected Heavenly Immortal, causing Hou San to dismiss him as cannon fodder and walk away.
  • The conscripted immortals arrived at Dragon-Slaying Pass, and Dongfang Yueming was assigned to the high-casualty scout camp and given a military merit bracelet.
  • Dongfang Yueming exchanged two low-grade Dao artifacts for the high-grade Dao arts Great Five Elements Annihilation Divine Sword and The Horizon Within Reach.
  • Hou San mocked Dongfang Yueming for trading away useful artifacts, while Dongfang Yueming entered a tent and called on the System to allocate points.

Ch. 443Another High-Grade Dao Technique Obtained, the Hunting Ground Opens

Dongfang Yueming perfected the high-grade Dao techniques Great Five Elements Annihilation Divine Sword and The Horizon Within Reach, then hunted True Immortals on the Scarlet Blood Wasteland to gather resources and immortal seeds. After a month of killing, he returned to Dragon-Slaying Pass unharmed, stunning the exhausted cultivators there.

  • Dongfang Yueming spent immortal points to perfect Great Five Elements Annihilation Divine Sword and The Horizon Within Reach, strengthening his combat and movement abilities.
  • At the Scarlet Blood Wasteland, Dongfang Yueming killed five Purple Flame True Immortals with one sword strike and searched their remnant souls for cultivation methods.
  • Dongfang Yueming hunted on the battlefield for a month, gathering resources and immortal seeds while advancing his deductions of the True Immortal, Mystic Immortal, and Golden Immortal chapters.
  • Dongfang Yueming returned to Dragon-Slaying Pass without a mark on his robes, and Hou San and the other cultivators stared in disbelief.

Ch. 444Dao Artifacts Piled Like a Mountain, a Mystic Immortal Lurking in Wait

Dongfang Yueming exchanged Dao artifacts and military merit for hundreds of Immortal Seeds, then secretly planted them in his Chaos Immortal Abode. As a Mystic Immortal stalked him and the camp’s commander dismissed his significance, Dongfang Yueming formed a starry realm within himself and unleashed a terrifying fluctuation.

  • Dongfang Yueming exchanged 162 Dao artifacts for Yellow-Grade Immortal Seeds and used more artifacts and military merit to obtain 18 Mystic-Grade Immortal Seeds.
  • Old Ghost Yinfeng followed Dongfang Yueming toward the barren mountains, intending to rob him, while nearby cultivators expected him to die.
  • Tie Shan refused to intervene because he thought Dongfang Yueming’s choice of low-grade Immortal Seeds proved he had a limited foundation.
  • Dongfang Yueming concealed himself in a limestone cave and planted 360 Yellow-Grade and 36 Mystic-Grade Immortal Seeds in his Chaos Immortal Abode.
  • Dongfang Yueming planted the Nine Dragons Immortal Seed at the center of the abode, forming a starry arrangement and releasing a tremendous fluctuation from his body.

Ch. 445True Immortal Perfection, a Brilliant Galaxy

Dongfang Yueming broke through to True Immortal Perfection and spent his Immortal Points strengthening his inner Chaos Immortal Abode. He began awakening all 360 Yellow-Grade Immortal Seeds, whose starlight started to illuminate the Abode.

  • Dongfang Yueming advanced from Heavenly Immortal Perfection to the first layer of the True Immortal Realm, rooting his Immortal Seeds in his Chaos Immortal Abode.
  • Dongfang Yueming recycled a million low-grade immortal stones, raising his balance to 1,018,899 Immortal Points.
  • Dongfang Yueming used Immortal Points to advance through the True Immortal layers and reach True Immortal Perfection.
  • Dongfang Yueming initiated all 360 Yellow-Grade Immortal Seeds, lighting their fundamental-law stars.
  • Dongfang Yueming raised all 360 Yellow-Grade Immortal Seeds to Minor Accomplishment, and their light formed star charts across his Immortal Abode.

Ch. 446The Sun and Moon Shone Together, the Great Dao Took Form

Dongfang Yueming perfected his Immortal Seeds and formed the Innate Supreme Dao Seed as his stars, moons, and Nine Dragons Divine Fire Great Sun united into a Circulatory Heavenly Star Chart. He glimpsed the mysteries beyond True Immortal and began to understand the path ahead.

  • Dongfang Yueming perfected his 360 Yellow-Grade Immortal Seeds, turning them into law stars that formed a starry array within his immortal abode.
  • He awakened and perfected his 36 Mystic-Grade Immortal Seeds, which became bright moons and drew the surrounding stars into small galaxies.
  • Dongfang Yueming perfected the Nine Dragons Immortal Seed, forming the Nine Dragons Divine Fire Great Sun at the center of his immortal abode.
  • The stars, moons, and sun connected through threads of law to form the Circulatory Heavenly Star Chart, and Dongfang Yueming condensed the Innate Supreme Dao Seed.
  • Dongfang Yueming opened his eyes with a starry river in place of his pupils, sensed truths beyond True Immortal, and reflected that an immortal soldier had only begun to condense an immortal body and grasp the laws.

Ch. 447Yinfeng Falls, Sword Pointed at the Law

Dongfang Yueming killed Old Ghost Yinfeng and uncovered a secret scheme in which officials from the Azure Cloud Immortal Dynasty and the Purple Flame Immortal Dynasty traded scout routes to farm military merits. He advanced to Perfected Mystic Immortal and began comprehending the Law of the Sword, drawing the attention of a distant patrol.

  • Old Ghost Yinfeng ambushed Dongfang Yueming for the cave treasure, but Dongfang Yueming's Dao Seed shattered his attack and let him kill the ghost with a soul search.
  • Dongfang Yueming discovered that Golden Immortal officials had arranged the covert "Hunt the Light" operation to sacrifice low-level cultivators for political and cultivation gains.
  • Dongfang Yueming completed the Mystic Immortal Chapter of his Primordial Immortal Method and spent Immortal Points to reach Perfected Mystic Immortal.
  • Dongfang Yueming sensed the ocean of laws and immersed himself in the Law of the Sword.
  • A distant immortal dynasty patrol sensed Dongfang Yueming's sword-law fluctuations, and its commander suspected a prodigy had comprehended a law before reaching the Golden Immortal Realm.

Ch. 448The Sword Dao Law, the Curtain Rises on a Dark Secret

Dongfang Yueming manifested and perfected the Sword Law, then returned to Dragon-Slaying Pass after defeating Old Ghost Yinfeng. His safe return alarmed Liu Shu, who hurried to report the suspected death of Yinfeng and the danger of the secret “Hunt the Light” plan.

  • Dongfang Yueming manifested the Sword Law in his sea of consciousness and spent Immortal Points to perfect it.
  • Dongfang Yueming looted Old Ghost Yinfeng’s storage ring, recycled the Soul-Gathering Banner, and flew back to Dragon-Slaying Pass.
  • Dongfang Yueming returned to camp unharmed, leaving the other cultivators shocked that Old Ghost Yinfeng was nowhere to be seen.
  • Liu Shu recognized Dongfang Yueming’s return as a sign that Old Ghost Yinfeng might be dead and feared that evidence of the “Hunt the Light” plan could surface.
  • Liu Shu hurried under cover of night to report to the Golden Immortal battalion commander.

Ch. 449A Golden Immortal's Probe, a Cover-Up Reaching the Heavens

Dongfang Yueming accepted Yan Hao’s mission to scout Fallen Soul Valley in exchange for ten Golden Immortal methods, unaware that both armies’ commanders planned to kill him and conceal their military-merit scheme. Tie Shan discovered the deaths of Yan Hao’s scouts and tried to report him, but the military supervisor ordered him to stay out of it.

  • Yan Hao summoned Dongfang Yueming, probed him about Old Ghost Yinfeng, and offered a mission after Dongfang Yueming demanded fifty Golden Immortal methods.
  • Dongfang Yueming agreed to scout Fallen Soul Valley for ten methods and secured the jade slips in advance.
  • Yan Hao secretly alerted a Purple Flame Immortal Dynasty Golden Immortal, who agreed to kill Dongfang Yueming under orders from an Immortal Soldier.
  • Dongfang Yueming traveled toward Fallen Soul Valley as his system’s deduction of the Golden Immortal Chapter reached 84%, and he anticipated an ambush.
  • Tie Shan found that most of Yan Hao’s scout squads had died and accused him of treason to the military supervisor.
  • The military supervisor burned Tie Shan’s evidence and warned him that Yan Hao’s actions were sanctioned by those above.

Ch. 450Golden Flower Crowning the Head, Law of Space

Dongfang Yueming killed Zhao Fen, obtained a high-grade lightning Dao art, and advanced to the Late-stage Golden Immortal realm while mastering the Law of Space. He paused before reaching Golden Immortal perfection and considered seeking immortal metal to prepare for the Immortal Soldier Realm.

  • Dongfang Yueming appeared inside Zhao Fen’s killing formations, overcame his Purple Fire Domain, and killed him with sword qi.
  • Dongfang Yueming searched Zhao Fen’s soul and discovered that he had been targeted by the “Hunt the Light” operation involving Immortal General-level figures.
  • Dongfang Yueming collected Zhao Fen’s treasures, learned the Wrath of the Nine Heavens Thunder God, and fused his lightning arts into the same high-grade Dao art.
  • Dongfang Yueming recycled immortal stones and used Immortal Points to break through to the Golden Immortal realm.
  • Dongfang Yueming comprehended the Law of Space through The Horizon Within Reach, then raised it to perfection and advanced to the Late-stage Golden Immortal realm.
  • Dongfang Yueming stopped short of Golden Immortal perfection and considered searching immortal metal veins for the material needed to enter the Immortal Soldier Realm.
Arc 18 of 34
Arc 18 of 34