Arc 11Heavenly Court Tribulation

Yu Tunzhou entered the Heavenly Court, where he and An Ruyu sought a way through its ruins as rival forces fought over its treasures. After drawing a crowd of pursuers into his Dao Calamity, Yu Tunzhou survived the ninth bolt and rebuilt his body, just as a red-gold hand descended and accused the Dao Lineage of crossing the line.

  • Yu Tunzhou destroyed the Xie Household’s forces at Antarctic Mountain, became a Tribulation Fruit, and ascended with Lu Di into the Heavenly Court, where Lu Daolin and Ji Tianfang confronted the Immortals and Gods.
  • After returning to Luofu Grotto-Heaven, Yu Tunzhou entrusted Lu Di to Xuanzang and Xuanyin, then learned the Xie Household planned to attack the Jin Household and intervened to kill Xuanyangzi.
  • The Heavenly Court appeared over the Central Plains, and Yu Tunzhou entered with An Ruyu as Xue Wuya and other experts fought across its gates.
  • Yu Tunzhou and An Ruyu escaped their pursuers through the Guidance Hall and reached the Immortal-Slaying Platform, where the Demon-Summoning Banner and Immortal-Slaying Flying Blade drew demons and cultivators into a struggle.
  • Yu Tunzhou and An Ruyu explored the High Heaven Treasure Hall and Peach of Immortality Garden, then headed for the Jade Pool as Lu Daolin killed the young man in the hall.
  • Yu Tunzhou drew Xie Lihuo, Qingyuanzi, and other pursuers after him, then triggered a heavenly tribulation that killed or injured many of them as he absorbed its lightning.
  • Yu Tunzhou endured the ninth bolt, destroyed his body, and rebuilt himself from the Great Pervasion in his Inner View, while a red-gold hand descended after the seven great suns reappeared.
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Ch. 253Heavenly Emperor Bloodline

Yu Tunzhou found Lu Di, the young man Master Lu had left behind, and discovered that the world had been overrun by Outer Dao cultivators. After Yu Tunzhou defeated the invaders, he learned that the Northern Plains Xie Household was seeking the Heavenly Emperor’s bloodline.

  • Yu Tunzhou met Lu Di, who explained that Master Lu had rescued him and predicted the Martial Ancestor would come to teach him martial arts.
  • Yu Tunzhou and Lu Di realized that Outer Dao cultivators had come to the mountain after Yu Tunzhou disrupted Master Lu’s concealing array.
  • Yu Tunzhou stopped the blizzard with his Fist Intent and killed the invading cultivators, then extracted information from the last survivor and heard of the Northern Plains Xie Household.
  • Xie Xiaoran told Lü Xiao about the ancient Ascension Platform at Antarctic Mountain and revealed that the Xie Household was missing only the Heavenly Emperor’s bloodline.

Ch. 254The Final Tribulation of Heaven and Earth!

Xie Xiaoran learned that a powerful figure had arrived at Antarctic Mountain and sought the Founding Ancestor’s order to kill him, while Yu Tunzhou uncovered the Xie Household’s exploitation of the realm and resolved to wipe out its forces. After Yu Tunzhou killed Xiao Cheng with a single blow, the slaughtered world’s grief and fury gathered within him, forming the nascent Final Tribulation of heaven and earth.

  • Xie Xiaoran offered to help Lü Xiao escape the immortal behind him in exchange for information, then reported the events at Antarctic Mountain to the Founding Ancestor and received a jade ruyi with the command to kill.
  • Yu Tunzhou learned that the Xie Household and other outsiders had been extracting Immortal and God bloodlines through mass slaughter, and he discovered that Master Lu’s formation had partially restored Antarctic Mountain’s Ascension Grand Formation.
  • Yu Tunzhou decided to destroy the Xie Household’s forces, told Lu Di to return to the wooden cabin, and prepared to meet the cultivators approaching Antarctic Mountain.
  • Xie Xiaoran led a crowd of cultivators toward Antarctic Mountain, where Xiao Cheng charged ahead and was instantly pulverized by Yu Tunzhou’s unseen attack.
  • Yu Tunzhou witnessed the devastation inflicted on the realm and resonated with its suppressed grief and fury, giving birth to the nascent Final Tribulation of heaven and earth and stirring his Dao Sprout Immortal Embryo.

Ch. 255Every Stir of the Heart, Every Thought Is a Tribulation

Yu Tunzhou absorbed the Final Tribulation’s presence and used Heaven and Earth’s fury to annihilate the invading cultivators at Antarctic Mountain. After discovering the Xie Household’s schemes in Xie Xiaoran’s memories, he left to hunt other invaders, while Huntian recognized what Yu Tunzhou was becoming.

  • Yu Tunzhou united with Heaven and Earth, drawing the Final Tribulation into his Inner Scenery and empowering his Limitless Gang Qi.
  • Yu Tunzhou appeared before the cultivators at Antarctic Mountain and killed the front ranks with a single punch.
  • Yu Tunzhou used the Three Calamities and other tribulations to slaughter the invaders, while Xie Xiaoran unleashed a jade ruyi that he destroyed.
  • Yu Tunzhou overwhelmed Xie Xiaoran, extracted her memories of the Xie Household’s plans, and killed the remaining cultivators as the Final Tribulation peaked.
  • A being beyond the heavens called Yu Tunzhou a Tribulation Fruit, and Yu Tunzhou left to pursue other invaders; Huntian recognized the signs of a Heaven and Earth Tribulation Fruit.

Ch. 256The Tribulation Fruit Is Born, Heavenly Emperor!

Yu Tunzhou led the Final Tribulation through Southern Extreme Heaven, destroying the invaders and ascending with Lu Di as a Tribulation Fruit began to form within him. In Heaven Beyond Heaven, an ancient figure recognized Lu Di as the Heavenly Emperor and tried to stop their escape, while Huntian realized the Ascension Platform connected to the Primeval Heavenly Court.

  • Huntian remembered the rarity and danger of Tribulation Fruits and realized Yu Tunzhou had become one as the Final Tribulation consumed the world.
  • Yu Tunzhou swept through the invaders’ strongholds, killing those burdened with karma until Winter's Arrival City became the last stronghold and fell.
  • A golden-scaled hand reached through a crack in the realm to seize Yu Tunzhou, but the Final Tribulation swallowed it and forced its owner to withdraw.
  • Huntian warned Yu Tunzhou that he was becoming the vessel of the Final Tribulation, and Yu Tunzhou returned to Antarctic Mountain with Lu Di to complete the Ascension Grand Formation.
  • The Ascension Grand Formation carried Yu Tunzhou and Lu Di through Heaven Beyond Heaven, where a vast figure recognized Lu Di as the Heavenly Emperor and tried to crush their path.
  • The divine light escaped the figure’s grasp, and Huntian identified the attacker as a living Great Emperor-level existence from the Heavenly Court before warning that the Primeval Ascension Platform connected to the Primeval Heavenly Court.

Ch. 257The Secrets of the Heavenly Court and the Four Great Heavenly Gates

Yu Tunzhou and Lu Di arrived at the Eastern Heavenly Gate ruins, where Yu Tunzhou learned more about the Heavenly Court’s past and the King Father of the East. As a pursuer shouted that the Heavenly Emperor could not escape, Yu Tunzhou entered the Eastern Ultimate Wondrous Majesty Palace, while Lu Daolin and Ji Tianfang watched from beneath the gate.

  • Yu Tunzhou questioned Huntian about Haotian, the Five Emperors, and the Heavenly Court’s power struggles, learning that the King Father of the East and Queen Mother of the West had held corresponding offices but were not a couple.
  • Yu Tunzhou’s ascension platform carried him and Lu Di into the vast ruins through the Eastern Heavenly Gate, which Huntian identified as the destination for male immortals ascending to the King Father of the East’s sanctuary.
  • A great being pursued them through the mist, and Yu Tunzhou steadied himself by confirming that the Buddhist beads could provide an escape route.
  • The pair landed before the Eastern Ultimate Wondrous Majesty Palace, where Yu Tunzhou’s Qi of Dao and Virtue began growing stronger from a source below.
  • After a furious voice called for the Heavenly Emperor, Yu Tunzhou carried Lu Di into the palace through doors that opened on their own.
  • Beneath the Eastern Heavenly Gate, Lu Daolin and Ji Tianfang watched the breach in the mist widen, and Lu Daolin remarked that enemies were bound to cross paths.

Ch. 258The Azure Emperor Holds Dominion over All Spirits

Feng Xu was sent away from the Heavenly Court as Lu Daolin and Ji Tianfang prepared to confront a powerful divine being, while Lu Daolin unleashed the Martial Dao’s might in a strike called [Opening the Dao]. In the Azure Emperor’s palace, Lu Di received a golden light from the True Spirit Pool, and Yu Tunzhou used the pool to discover Grand Dharma Master Xuandu’s Dao body inside the Eight Trigrams Furnace.

  • Feng Xu recalled Lu Daolin’s past and learned that he had vanished after entering the Divine Capital, before later creating the Martial Dao.
  • Ji Tianfang sent Feng Xu back through the portal, and Feng Xu ordered the Gold-Wielding Guards to watch the Tantai Household, the Xiao Household, and the imperial palace.
  • Lu Daolin confronted the divine being forcing its way into the Heavenly Court and struck it with his [Opening the Dao] punch.
  • Yu Tunzhou and Lu Di entered the Eastern Ultimate Wondrous Majesty Palace and found a pool that Huntian identified as the True Spirit Pool.
  • A golden light shot from the pool into Lu Di, leaving him unconscious, and Yu Tunzhou used Huntian’s method to see Grand Dharma Master Xuandu’s Dao body in the Eight Trigrams Furnace.

Ch. 259Past and Present Lives, Huang Tian and Lu Di!

Yu Tunzhou used the True Spirit Pool to uncover fragments of his and Lu Di’s True Spirits, discovering that one of his fragments was his former self on Earth and that Lu Di’s was Huang Tian. After the pool revealed a mysterious figure who could interfere with it, Yu Tunzhou planned to hide Lu Di in the Luofu Grotto-Heaven, but striking the pool cast them out and exposed a clash between a heavenly deity and a figure wielding the strongest Martial Intention.

  • The True Spirit Pool showed Xuandu’s Dao body and then Yu Tunzhou’s former life on Earth, leaving him shaken by the sight of his mentor and mentor’s wife caring for him after his accident.
  • Lu Di’s presence stirred the pool, which revealed Huang Tian on one side and a powerful, indistinct figure in chaos on the other; the figure sensed their probing and concealed the image.
  • Yu Tunzhou concluded that Lu Di’s True Spirit fragments included Huang Tian and the mysterious figure, and decided to keep Lu Di in the Luofu Grotto-Heaven to prevent a conflict with Huang Tian.
  • Yu Tunzhou tried to pry up the True Spirit Pool with the Vajra Bracelet, but the palace expelled him and Lu Di as its world vanished.
  • A golden deity formed a halberd and attacked a barefoot figure whose overwhelming Martial Intention met the blow with a punch.

Ch. 260The Peak of Immortals and Gods, the Dao of Self Alone

Lu Daolin fought a Heavenly Court deity whose power came from the Gouchen Divine Pantheon, while Ji Tianfang explained to Yu Tunzhou why he and Lu Daolin planned to leave the mortal world and let Great Yan fall. As Lu Daolin revealed the Dao of Self Alone and struck down the deity, the Eastern Emperor Bell rang and alarmed Huntian.

  • Lu Daolin overcame the deity’s halberd and Heavenly Bureau Armament Realm, then erased the stars the deity hurled at him.
  • Ji Tianfang told Yu Tunzhou that he and Lu Daolin expected the Immortals and Gods to return, and hoped an age of chaos would give the Human Race a chance to produce a Primordial Unity Dao Lord.
  • Ji Tianfang said the Heavenly Court Fragments would resonate in two months and urged Yu Tunzhou to grow stronger, while he and other Dharma Aspects prepared to enter a higher battlefield.
  • At the Divine Capital, Ji Yaoyang noticed that the Tantai Household was restless and became concerned when he saw something amiss in the imperial palace, asking Feng Xu when he had last seen Ji Jingde.
  • Lu Daolin cracked the towering deity with a punch, and the deity identified his path as the Dao of Self Alone; then the Eastern Emperor Bell rang, shaking Yu Tunzhou and Huntian.

Ch. 261The Eastern Emperor Bell, Return to Luofu

Yu Tunzhou escaped the Heavenly Court after the Eastern Emperor Bell appeared, then returned to Luofu Grotto-Heaven and began piecing together a possible connection between Lu Daolin and Haotian. The chapter ended as the Tribulation Fruit fell from his Dao Sprout Immortal Embryo.

  • The Eastern Emperor Bell appeared and froze the Eastern Ultimate Wondrous Majesty Palace, while a golden eye behind it tried to probe Yu Tunzhou until Lu Daolin intervened and told him to return in two months.
  • Lu Daolin opened paths through the Void toward Lingxiao and the Jade Pool, and Ji Tianfang chose the path to the High Heaven Treasure Hall before Yu Tunzhou escaped with the Heavenly Court Fragment.
  • In the Divine Capital, Ji Yaoyang told Feng Xu that Great Yan was doomed and invited him to join his plan to establish a new dynasty.
  • In the Western Desert, the distant bell awakened the Golden Crow Divine Intent inside Huang Tian, which raged about someone stealing the Eastern Emperor Bell before Huang Tian suppressed it and continued his journey.
  • Back in Luofu Grotto-Heaven, Yu Tunzhou ordered Lu Di to stay and learn martial arts, then learned that Master Lu had instructed Lu Di either to follow Lu Daolin or to avoid him, depending on who came to retrieve him.
  • Yu Tunzhou suspected a hidden connection between Lu Daolin and Haotian, but the Tribulation Fruit suddenly fell from his Dao Sprout Immortal Embryo.

Ch. 262The three realms of Immortals and Gods, and the five paths of Heaven, Earth, Human, Ghost and God

Yu Tunzhou studied how the Final Tribulation had completed his Dao, taught Lu Di a new fist art, and left Luofu Grotto-Heaven with its remaining Martial Fortune. After discovering the Xie Household’s plans against him and the Northern Dark Sea Faction, he set out toward the Western Desert, confident in his strength.

  • Yu Tunzhou examined the Tribulation Fruit as Huntian explained the Immortal Dao’s five paths and the realms of Half-Immortal, True Immortal, and Golden Immortal.
  • Yu Tunzhou taught Lu Di a fist art embodying birth, growth, decline, and extinction, then shared the Human Emperor lineage’s Spark Instruction with him.
  • Yu Tunzhou entrusted Lu Di to Dharma Master Xuanzang and Daoist Xuanyin, left him a portion of Martial Fortune, and departed Luofu Grotto-Heaven with the rest.
  • Yu Tunzhou learned from Xie Xiaoran’s memories that the Xie Household had sent Underworld experts to hunt him and planned to attack the Northern Dark Sea Faction’s supply route in the Western Desert.
  • Yu Tunzhou decided to interfere with the Xie Household’s Western Desert plans and entered the Coming Dragon River, where passengers recognized him as he launched into the sky.

Ch. 263My Fist Intent Presses Down on the Entire City

Jin Moyuan and his family faced a coordinated assault by the Xie Household and its allies, while Jin Qingshui reunited with her exiled brother Jin Qingwu in the desert. As Xuanyangzi attacked the Jin Household in West Xuan Commandery, Yu Tunzhou stepped in and spread his Fist Intent over the entire city.

  • Jin Moyuan learned that the Xie Household was targeting his clan and ordered the Jin Household to consolidate its forces and defend West Xuan Commandery.
  • Jin Qingshui and her companions were ambushed in the desert, but Jin Qingwu and his allies rescued her and warned that the Xie Household had sent powerful forces against the Jin Household.
  • Jin Moyuan met Xie Xiao and Xie Hezhou in the desert and fought them while they tried to keep him from returning to the commandery.
  • Xuanyangzi entered West Xuan Commandery, shattered the Jin Household's protective formation, and attacked the clan while Jin Moyuan was away.
  • Yu Tunzhou left the restaurant to confront Xuanyangzi and unleashed his Fist Intent across West Xuan Commandery.

Ch. 264Heaven's Collapse and Earth's Collapse, Xuanyang Slain by Fists!

Yu Tunzhou defeated and killed Xuanyangzi in West Xuan Commandery, then learned that the Xie Household planned to target him in the Heavenly Court. He returned to his lodging with Xuanyangzi’s imprisoned Primordial Spirit to investigate how the elder had survived his previous death.

  • Yu Tunzhou arrived at the Jin Household, crushed Xuanyangzi with a kick, and drove him out of the city with a punch.
  • Yu Tunzhou used Heaven’s Collapse and Earth’s Collapse to shatter Xuanyangzi’s Dharma Domain and suppress the destruction of his Inner Heaven and Earth, killing him without letting the blast harm West Xuan Commandery.
  • Yu Tunzhou returned to the restaurant, asked Yuan Mengzhou, Fang Zhengchu, and Jiang Cheng to find Yuyang and the others, and learned Jin Moyuan had returned safely.
  • Xie Xiao and Xie Hezhou learned that Yu Tunzhou had killed Xuanyangzi and discussed the Immortal Ancestor’s order to have Yu Tunzhou die inside the approaching Heavenly Court.
  • Yu Tunzhou returned to his lodging with Xuanyangzi’s head and prepared to investigate the imprisoned Primordial Spirit with the Great Sage.

Ch. 265Returning to the Western Desert, the Core Ranks of the Daode Lineage

Yu Tunzhou questioned Xuanyangzi, learned of the Xie Household’s links to the Blood River Dao and Supreme Origin Sect, and heard warnings of an approaching Life-and-Death Tribulation. After returning to the Western Desert to investigate those tracing his past, he met Long Jifeng, who urged him to reject the Daode Lineage and claimed he could never become one of its core descendants.

  • Huntian searched Xuanyangzi’s Primordial Spirit and learned that the Xie Household had hired him to attack the Jin Household, while the Supreme Origin Sect was based in Fengdu City.
  • Jin Moyuan told Yu Tunzhou that the Xie Household was plotting against the Jin Household and warned him that the Star Palace had predicted a Life-and-Death Tribulation.
  • Jin Moyuan told Jin Qingwu that Lu Huaiqing’s Cosmic Heaven Grand Array had foretold Tianshun’s fall and the eventual destruction of the Central Plains Human Race, and said the Jin Household’s coming war was not Yu Tunzhou’s responsibility.
  • Yu Tunzhou returned to Donghe County and Twin Rivers Commandery, where Liu An and Old Master Wang told him that people, including a likely Peak External Scenery Grandmaster, had been investigating his past movements.
  • Yu Tunzhou visited the Five Thunder Temple and learned from Chen Xuanjing that its disciples’ Thunder Method cultivation had become unusually clear, possibly because their founding patriarch was about to return.
  • At Falling Star Gorge, Yu Tunzhou failed to open the secret realm’s gate and confronted Long Jifeng, who urged him to join the Taicang Long Clan and declared that the Daode Lineage would never accept him among its core direct descendants.

Ch. 266The Human Emperor Severed Reincarnation

Yu Tunzhou learned from Long Jifeng that the Human Emperor had severed reincarnation and that powerful factions suspected him of being a Dao and Virtue decoy, putting him in danger. He refused to join the Taicang Long Clan without accepting the Six Souls Banner, while Deng Canglan opened a passage to a strange world and heard someone call out from within.

  • Long Jifeng told Yu Tunzhou that the Human Emperor had severed reincarnation to prevent ancient Immortals and Gods from being reborn, and that the Taicang Long Clan had opposed him over the decision.
  • Long Jifeng claimed that Yu Tunzhou was being used as a decoy by the Daode Lineage to conceal its true reincarnated Divine Ability wielder, and warned that various factions might target him.
  • Yu Tunzhou questioned Long Jifeng about reincarnated powers and Lu Huaiqing, learning that Lu Huaiqing was suspected of being a great Divine Ability wielder and had been offered a path to become a Future Buddha.
  • Long Jifeng invited Yu Tunzhou to join the Taicang Long Clan, but Yu Tunzhou refused to accept the Six Souls Banner; Long Jifeng warned that the clan would not help him through his coming Life-and-Death Tribulation and then vanished.
  • Deng Canglan opened a tiny passage to a second world, and before he could send in his Primordial Spirit clone, someone on the other side greeted him and asked where he was from.

Ch. 267Entering the Heavenly Court!

Yu Tunzhou learned that the conflict over redefining Dao and Virtue would make the Daode Lineage a target, then prepared to enter the Heavenly Court as powerful factions converged on the Divine Capital. When the Heavenly Court opened, he arrived at its restored Southern Heavenly Gate and encountered An Ruyu fleeing from Blood God Xue Wuya.

  • Daoist Shouzheng sent Daoist Zhenyan to the Heavenly Court to protect the Daode Lineage and Yu Tunzhou from a possible attack.
  • Daoist Yunsong intercepted Lingxuan and urged her to take the Immortal-Slaying Sword to the Divine Capital to support Youwei.
  • Xie Tao ordered the Xie Household’s Grandmasters to advance its plans, including securing the Immortal-Slaying Flying Blade and expanding into the Western Desert and Northern Plains.
  • Yu Tunzhou visited Daoist Wolong, learned why the Daode Lineage’s enemies opposed him, received a broken tortoise shell for protection, and was told the Heavenly Court offered his only hope of survival.
  • Yu Tunzhou reached Divine Ability Perfection, and seven days later the Heavenly Court appeared across the Central Plains and drew him inside.
  • At the restored Southern Heavenly Gate, An Ruyu pulled Yu Tunzhou along as Blood God Xue Wuya confronted them.

Ch. 268Experts as Numerous as Clouds, Survival in Desperate Straits

Yu Tunzhou escaped Xue Wuya at the Southern Heavenly Gate and allied with An Ruyu to search the Heavenly Court, where experts from across the realms gathered and clashed. An Ruyu divined that Yu Tunzhou faced a death tribulation and terrible luck, and the chapter ended with someone pursuing them toward the Guidance Hall and the Immortal-Slaying Platform.

  • Yu Tunzhou broke Xue Wuya’s suppression, escaped through the Southern Heavenly Gate with An Ruyu, and used the Vajra Bracelet to pacify the heavenly soldier statues.
  • Xue Wuya fought the Heavenly King of Growth, Mo Liqing, then encountered Liaowu, Zhao Jiangxue, Liaokong, Tantai Yinglong, and Daoist Lingxuan as more experts entered the Heavenly Court.
  • At the Western Heavenly Gate, Old Gang Leader Su fought the Golden-Winged Great Peng, while a white ape intervened and Su Mang fled; other experts arrived at the Eastern and Northern Heavenly Gates.
  • Yu Tunzhou told An Ruyu he was going to the Jade Pool, then changed course toward the Imperial Horse Bureau after Huntian mentioned a secret passage to the Peach of Immortality Garden.
  • Yu Tunzhou and An Ruyu agreed to cooperate, and An Ruyu used the Luo River Diagram to divine that Yu Tunzhou faced a death tribulation and had been affected by beings above Immortals and Gods.
  • When someone caught up with them, Yu Tunzhou fled with An Ruyu toward the Guidance Hall and the Immortal-Slaying Platform, where she said a secret passage could help them escape.

Ch. 269Surrounded and Hunted, the Immortal-Slaying Flying Blade

Yu Tunzhou and An Ruyu escaped the Guidance Hall’s rear hall after Zhang Xuan, Ning Li, and a tiger demon attacked them, then reached the Immortal-Slaying Platform. When Zhang Xuan pursued Yu Tunzhou onto the platform, the broken saber appeared to strike him down instantly, leaving Yu Tunzhou and the others facing its lethal power.

  • An Ruyu guided Yu Tunzhou around the Guidance Hall’s deadly front hall and through a side hall, where they found Immortal-Devouring Miasma and a hidden passage.
  • Zhang Xuan and Ning Li attacked Yu Tunzhou in the rear hall, and a tiger demon joined them to demand the Demon-Summoning Banner.
  • Yu Tunzhou fought off all three long enough for An Ruyu to locate the passage, then escaped with her into it despite his injuries.
  • Yu Tunzhou and An Ruyu reached the Immortal-Slaying Platform, where An Ruyu warned him not to attack or act rashly.
  • Zhang Xuan pursued Yu Tunzhou onto the platform and thrust at his back, but the broken saber vanished and Zhang Xuan’s head was severed.

Ch. 270A Desperate Plight! The Demon-Summoning Banner!

Yu Tunzhou and An Ruyu struggled across the Immortal-Slaying Platform as Liaowu and Xie Lihuo fought over the Immortal-Slaying Flying Blade. With Xie Lihuo closing in on victory and the platform turning deadly, Yu Tunzhou released the Demon-Summoning Banner, provoking the blade and drawing demons from across the Heavenly Court.

  • Zhang Xuan, the tiger demon, and Ning Li were killed by the Immortal-Slaying Saber after Liaowu used their blood to feed the broken blade.
  • Liaowu advanced toward the blade with a sarira, but Xie Lihuo arrived with a crimson fire gourd and trapped Yu Tunzhou and An Ruyu in the flames.
  • Xie Lihuo overcame Liaowu's Buddha light and used the fire gourd to drag the Immortal-Slaying Flying Blade away from its place on the platform.
  • Yu Tunzhou decided to release the Demon-Summoning Banner, and Huntian agreed to try to control it.
  • The Demon-Summoning Banner unfurled and shattered Xie Lihuo's fire clouds, while the Immortal-Slaying Flying Blade broke free and flew toward it.
  • The Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird and other demons across the Heavenly Court sensed the banner and rushed toward its source.

Ch. 271Impervious to Water and Fire, the Heavenly Emperor's Legacy

Yu Tunzhou and An Ruyu escaped the Immortal-Slaying Platform as the Demon-Summoning Banner and Immortal-Slaying Saber awakened and drew powerful experts into conflict. Following the Luo River Diagram toward the Imperial Horse Bureau, they learned the High Heaven Treasure Hall might contain the Heavenly Emperor's inheritance.

  • Huang Tian ignored the Demon-Summoning Banner's presence and headed with a Demon Race expert toward the Sun Palace, while Deng Canglan avoided the Heavenly Court and searched for Old Mo's coordinates near the Northern Heavenly Gate.
  • The Immortal-Slaying Flying Blade awakened, broke Xie Lihuo's control, and collided with the Demon-Summoning Banner; Yu Tunzhou used the Vajra Bracelet to block Xie Lihuo's attacks and escaped with An Ruyu.
  • Demon Race and Human Race experts converged on the Immortal-Slaying Platform, where Golden Firmament, Niu Kui, and other powerful figures gathered to contest the sacred banner and broken blade.
  • Yu Tunzhou chose to leave the Demon-Summoning Banner behind as bait and departed with An Ruyu, while the Immortal-Slaying Saber unleashed a devastating strike that forced the Dharma Aspect experts back and clashed with the banner's ancient power.
  • An Ruyu used the Luo River Diagram to guide Yu Tunzhou south toward the High Heaven Treasure Hall and explained that it might hold the Heavenly Emperor's inheritance, having been sealed by the Heavenly Emperor himself.

Ch. 272Four of the Five Emperors Dead, Peaches of Immortality in Hand

Yu Tunzhou and An Ruyu discovered dead Heavenly Court rulers and a hostile claimant to Haotian's inheritance before reaching the ruined Peach of Immortality Garden. Yu Tunzhou obtained six unripe Peaches of Immortality and agreed to rescue its surviving peach tree, while their investigation raised further suspicions about the Heavenly Court's collapse and Great Yan's hidden patron.

  • Yu Tunzhou and An Ruyu entered the High Heaven Treasure Hall and found the corpses of Great Emperor Ziwei, the Great Emperor of Longevity of the South Pole, the Queen Mother of the West, and other Heavenly Court figures surrounding a living young man.
  • Yu Tunzhou rejected the young man's demand for submission, and he and An Ruyu retreated when the High Heaven Treasure Hall began expelling them.
  • An Ruyu warned that control of the Zhou Heaven Star Battle Grand Formation could decide ownership of the Heavenly Court and proposed escaping through the Jade Pool's Ascension Platform.
  • Yu Tunzhou used Huntian's instructions to open a secret passage from the Imperial Horse Bureau to the ruined Peach of Immortality Garden, where he obtained six unripe peaches after showing the surviving tree his Vajra Bracelet.
  • The old peach tree recalled a female deity stealing peaches and trees during the Heavenly Court's collapse, and An Ruyu linked that theft to the Peach of Immortality used by the Great Yan Imperial Family to advance Ji Yaoyang to Dharma Aspect.
  • Yu Tunzhou agreed to take the old peach tree away in the Vajra Bracelet until his Inner View could accommodate it.

Ch. 273Zhou Heaven Star Battle Grand Formation

Yu Tunzhou and An Ruyu reached the Jade Pool as powerful forces began hunting within the Heavenly Court. Huang Tian encountered the Sun Divine Lord, while Lu Daolin invaded the High Heaven Treasure Hall and beheaded its young occupant.

  • Yu Tunzhou stored the miniature peach tree and considered using his Dao Calamity against Xie Lihuo after Huntian warned that a Heavenly Court tribulation would be stronger.
  • An Ruyu noticed the Zhou Heaven Star Battle Grand Formation activating and led Yu Tunzhou toward the Jade Pool, while two Asuras failed to trace their hidden passage.
  • An Ruyu explained that the formation once regulated the Dao across myriad worlds and assured Yu Tunzhou that the beings stirring it could not gain complete control.
  • Yu Tunzhou and An Ruyu reached the Jade Pool, where he discovered a shattered Ascension Platform before a distant clash shook the Heavenly Court.
  • An Ruyu described the Heavenly Court as a hunting ground, and Huang Tian encountered the Sun Divine Lord beneath the Ancient Fusang Tree.
  • Lu Daolin burst into the High Heaven Treasure Hall and removed the young man's head before he could invoke the hall's authority.

Ch. 274Brothers in Perfect Harmony

Lu Daolin took the High Heaven Treasure Hall and claimed the seat of Haotian’s successor, while Li Jingxuan fled pursuers after a sudden change shook the Heavenly Court. At the Jade Pool, Yu Tunzhou learned that the expedition might be a trap to expose hidden Immortals and Gods, then deliberately announced the Daode Lineage inheritance to draw the hunters after him.

  • Lu Daolin suppressed the shaking High Heaven Treasure Hall, mocked the Immortals and Gods, and sat among their remains after taking an unknown man’s head.
  • Li Jingxuan escaped a group of pursuers when a golden pillar and overwhelming pressure arose from the Heavenly Court, then charged toward their source with the Asura and others after him.
  • An Ruyu told Yu Tunzhou that the expedition might have been designed to lure hidden Immortals and Gods into seeking mortal hosts, and she went into the depths of the Jade Pool while Yu stayed behind.
  • Yu Tunzhou discovered the Ascension Platform was sealed and saw Li Jingxuan flee past with dozens of pursuers; then Lei Chi, the Corpse Daoist, and other hunters surrounded him, demanding the Daode Lineage inheritance.
  • Yu Tunzhou broke through the encirclement and loudly advertised the inheritance, drawing pursuers including Xie Lihuo, Qingyuanzi, and many other experts toward him as Li Jingxuan looked on in astonishment.

Ch. 275Heaven Cherishes Life; I Don't

Li Jingxuan escaped his pursuers while Yu Tunzhou drew more than a hundred experts toward a platform in the Heavenly Court. When they tried to take his Vajra Bracelet, Yu Tunzhou summoned a devastating heavenly tribulation that continued beyond the expected three strikes as he absorbed its power.

  • Li Jingxuan used his formation diagram to outrun his pursuers, while Xue Xiuluo redirected the group to hunt Yu Tunzhou.
  • Yu Tunzhou led the growing crowd through the palace formations, where Xie Lihuo attacked him and Qingyuanzi tried to seize the Vajra Bracelet.
  • Yu Tunzhou reached a raised platform and warned the gathered experts that he could bring forth heavenly tribulation, then blackness spread across the sky and lightning locked onto them.
  • The first waves of lightning killed or injured many pursuers, and Xue Xiuluo failed to reach Yu Tunzhou as the tribulation struck him.
  • A fourth bolt killed the Corpse Daoist and badly wounded Lei Chi, while Qingyuanzi demanded that Yu Tunzhou stop the tribulation.
  • Yu Tunzhou absorbed the lightning through the Eight-Nine Mysterious Art and silently insulted Qingyuanzi as the storm continued.

Ch. 276All Dead!

Yu Tunzhou endured the seventh and eighth bolts of the heavenly tribulation as the gathered experts died around him, while the lightning strengthened his Eight-Nine Mysterious Art. He prepared to face the ninth bolt, which was still forming above the Heavenly Court.

  • The sixth bolt nearly immobilized everyone, but Xie Lihuo awakened his Golden Crow bloodline and used its divine phantom to withstand it.
  • Huang Tian sensed the tribulation from the ruined Sun Palace while his old companion weakened and the great demon lay nailed to a pillar.
  • Yu Tunzhou revealed that he was absorbing the lightning; the seventh bolt killed Xie Lihuo, Demonic Monk Liaowu, and Qingyuanzi.
  • Yu Tunzhou survived the eighth bolt, and the lightning pushed his Eight-Nine Mysterious Art beyond its former limits as his body began forging a supreme Dao body.
  • Huntian warned Yu Tunzhou that he had no hope against the ninth bolt, but Yu Tunzhou stepped forward as it gathered in the sky.

Ch. 277Nirvana and Contemplation of the Dao, the Great Battle Erupts!

Yu Tunzhou survived the ninth bolt of his Dao Calamity by realizing the profundity of his Inner View and rebuilding his body through nirvana. As the seven great suns returned above the Heavenly Court, a Primordial Unity Dao Lord attacked him, and the chapter ended with another voice protesting that the Dao Lineage had crossed the line.

  • Huang Tian learned from the Golden Crow Divine Intent that a Primordial Unity Dao Lord was undergoing a Dao Calamity, then reached for the Ancient Fusang Tree to take it into his Inner View.
  • Lu Daolin watched the seven great suns invade the Heavenly Court and considered whether Yu Tunzhou's exposure might make their enemies allies.
  • The Immortal-Slaying Flying Blade broke free from the Demon-Summoning Banner, and both divine weapons flew toward the whirlpool despite Niu Kui and the other demon gods trying to summon the banner back.
  • Daoist Wolong saw Yu Tunzhou's fate repeatedly shift between certain death and survival as new chances appeared.
  • Yu Tunzhou's ninth lightning tribulation destroyed his body, but he grasped that the chaos of his Inner View was the Great Pervasion and rebuilt himself into a complete form.
  • The seven great suns reappeared after Yu Tunzhou survived, and a red-gold hand descended as a voice declared that the Dao Lineage had crossed the line.
Arc 11 of 14
Arc 11 of 14