Chapter Summaries

Cang Wenyu and Xu Kun visited Lu Changzhi to ask about the eggs, while Fang Ling emerged from seclusion and rushed to find Luo Zhen after learning the secret realm had ended early. Luo Zhen remained imprisoned in the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty, where Zhou Mu ordered his brutal treatment to continue as his body grew stronger for Zhou Mu’s father.

• Cang Wenyu and Xu Kun came to Lu Changzhi’s home to ask about the eggs, but Mu Fan said Lu Changzhi was in seclusion.
• Luo Ling’er worried that the eggs had gone bad or tasted unpleasant, while Cang Wenyu and Xu Kun avoided explaining their effects.
• Fang Ling broke through during seclusion and learned that the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty’s secret realm had ended early and Luo Zhen was missing.
• Fang Ling discovered Luo Zhen’s soul jade was intact and flew straight to Heaven’s Chosen City to look for him.
• Luo Zhen endured repeated beatings and restorative baths while held captive in the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty.
• Zhou Mu observed that Luo Zhen was growing stronger and ordered his captors to keep up the intensity so his body would be ready for Zhou Mu’s father.

Qin Han traveled toward the Buddhist Order in the Western Region, hoping to wake Elder Hua, while news of the secret realm’s rankings spread. The Buddhist Order’s divination warned of an approaching calamity, and Lu Changzhi finished refining the Seed of Chaos and prepared to seek a place to break through.

• Qin Han flew toward the Buddhist Order, postponing his plans to enter the Extreme Arms Holy Land until he could wake Elder Hua.
• People discussed the secret realm rankings, noting the Northern Region’s dominance and the Buddhist Order’s sole top-ten entrant.
• The abbot told the old Buddha Lord that the secret realm entrance and exit had sealed shut, and the old Buddha Lord’s prayer bead shattered during a divination.
• The old Buddha Lord warned that a calamity was approaching the Buddhist Order, and the abbot declared that it would not come from the Buddhist path alone.
• Lu Changzhi woke after refining for nine days, sensed the world differently through the Seed of Chaos, and decided to find a place to break through.

Lu Changzhi sought a remote place in the Heaven-Reaching Mountain Range to break through to the Saint Realm, while Qin Han arrived nearby and began exploring alone. Lu Changzhi’s Qi triggered an immense lightning tribulation, drawing Qin Han’s attention and alarming the Buddhist Order’s abbot as the clouds spread across thousands of li.

• Qin Li and Gu Chen left the secret realm and headed back to the Five Symbols Sect.
• Lu Changzhi traveled to the Heaven-Reaching Mountain Range and prepared to undergo his breakthrough away from the sect.
• Qin Han spotted the mountain range, reflected on his reliance on Elder Hua, and steered his flying boat down to explore.
• Lu Changzhi’s presence connected with heaven and earth, and his Qi drew dark tribulation clouds over the mountain range.
• Qin Han recognized the clouds as a Saint Lightning Tribulation and decided to watch, while the clouds expanded beyond a hundred li.
• The abbot of the Buddhist Order saw the tribulation clouds spread across three thousand li and wondered how far they would grow.

A vast Lightning Tribulation spread across the Land of the Four Directions, leaving observers unable to believe anyone could provoke such a phenomenon. When the clouds reached a hundred thousand li, Qin Li recognized that the tribulation exceeded anything in history and urgently told Gu Chen to return to Hidden Origin Peak.

• Countless people, including Dongfang Jun, mistook the expanding clouds for a Saint Tribulation and wondered who could endure it.
• Qin Li and Gu Chen watched the clouds surpass ten thousand li, and Qin Li suspected someone had strengthened the tribulation.
• Qin Han first tried to flee the Heaven-Reaching Mountain Range, then stayed because he refused to feel inferior to whoever faced the tribulation.
• The clouds spread to thirty thousand li, prompting people across the land to fear an omen, while Zhou Mu and the old man suspected the Struggle for Longevity was approaching and ordered Luo Zhen's training accelerated.
• Qin Li saw the clouds reach a hundred thousand li, declared that scale unprecedented, and urgently told Gu Chen to return to Hidden Origin Peak.

As Lu Changzhi prepared to face a world-destroying lightning tribulation, the seven-colored light that would form it descended from the heavens. A gigantic hand emerged from a rift in the sky and destroyed the light before the tribulation could take shape.

• Qin Li recognized the seven-colored light as a sign of world-destroying lightning punishment and decided to return to Hidden Origin Peak to find her master.
• In the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range, Qin Han struggled against the heavenly pressure, collapsed unconscious, and entered Sudden Enlightenment.
• Lu Changzhi learned from the system that the Heavenly Dao had sent world-destroying lightning punishment against him and raised his Dao-Severing Sword to face it.
• A rift opened in the sky, and a gigantic palm swatted the seven-colored light into the void.

Lu Changzhi began using Sudden Enlightenment while enduring the remaining Saint lightning tribulation, after a mysterious palm destroyed the World-Destroying Lightning Tribulation. Across the Land of the Four Directions, witnesses struggled to understand the spectacle, and Xu Kun noticed that Lu Changzhi's tribulation had produced more than nine bolts.

• Lu Changzhi asked the system about the giant hand, learned that someone seemed to be protecting him, and set aside his questions to face the remaining Saint lightning tribulation.
• The system told Lu Changzhi he had gained a Sudden Enlightenment chance from Qin Han's opportunity, so he used it to comprehend the Chaos Law as tribulation lightning struck him.
• People throughout the Land of the Four Directions panicked over the seven-colored light, the rift in the heavens, and the palm that had destroyed the World-Destroying Lightning Tribulation.
• At the Buddhist Order, the old abbot wondered whether the spectacle was the great calamity foretold by the old Buddha Lord and watched Lu Changzhi's tribulation with alarm.
• Aboard the flying boat, Qin Li suspected that her master had made the palm strike and wondered again how such a powerful master could have such weak disciples.
• At the Five Symbols Sect, Cang Wenyu and Xu Kun doubted Lu Changzhi could have reached the Saint Realm so quickly, but Xu Kun saw that more than nine bolts of tribulation lightning were falling.

Lu Changzhi endured an extraordinary Lightning Tribulation over the Heaven-Reaching Mountain Range, using the Chaos Law, the Seed of Chaos, and Life Spirit Spring Essence to heal and temper his body. After more than eighty bolts, he prepared to test his new understanding against a golden bolt forming in the clouds.

• Cang Wenyu and other observers realized that the Lightning Tribulation had exceeded the recorded limit, and factions sent people to investigate the commotion.
• Lu Changzhi remained immersed in Sudden Enlightenment as the lightning battered him and the summit of the Heaven-Reaching Mountain Peak collapsed beneath him.
• The Buddhist Order's abbot spotted a figure surviving the lightning and wondered how anyone could attract so many bolts.
• As the tribulation turned purple, Lu Changzhi stood and endured its strikes with his physical body, then drank Life Spirit Spring Essence and healed within three breaths.
• Lu Changzhi used the repeated lightning strikes to temper his body as the tribulation grew golden and passed more than eighty bolts.
• Lu Changzhi opened his eyes and prepared to apply what he had learned to the golden bolt forming in the clouds.

Lu Changzhi survived an unprecedented golden tribulation lightning bolt, entered the Saint Realm, and returned toward the Five Symbols Sect to rest. Meanwhile, observers at a great barrier saw that it had been badly damaged and worried that Lu Changzhi’s actions had accelerated its collapse.

• Lu Changzhi used the Seed of Chaos to study tribulation lightning as the golden bolt formed, frightening observers across the Land of the Four Directions.
• The golden lightning struck Lu Changzhi and devastated the Heaven-Reaching Mountain Range, then shot back into the sky and caused the tribulation cloud to dissipate.
• Lu Changzhi emerged injured, underwent the transformation into the Saint Realm, and healed with the aid of the Life Spirit Spring.
• Lu Changzhi cleaned away traces of his presence, boarded the Void Shuttle, and headed back to the Five Symbols Sect to rest.
• Several figures near the barrier saw a vast rift that exposed the Land of the Four Directions and discussed how Lu Changzhi’s actions might hasten the barrier’s collapse.

Lu Changzhi returned to the Five Symbols Sect after reaching the Saint Realm and revealed his breakthrough to Cang Wenyu, who realized the earlier Lightning Tribulation had been his. Jiang Yuanyin later visited to discuss the sect’s preparations and an additional matter he had come to raise.

• Qin Han awoke amid the ruined Heaven-Reaching Mountain Range, then fled when he sensed someone probing him, drawing several flying boats in pursuit.
• Lu Changzhi asked the system about upgrading the shop and learned Jin Fugui was the only disciple who still needed a system, but another Disciple Trial could not be purchased for more than half a month.
• Lu Changzhi returned to the Five Symbols Sect and revealed to Cang Wenyu that he had reached the Saint Realm and caused the Lightning Tribulation; Cang Wenyu said he would inform the ancestor.
• Qin Li confirmed that Lu Changzhi had been responsible for the earlier Lightning Tribulation, and Xiao Ye announced he would return to the Xiao Clan to handle its coming crises.
• Jiang Yuanyin visited Lu Changzhi, reported that the Nine-Story Tower remained linked to the secret realm, and said he had come mainly about another matter.

Mu Fan agreed to study forging at the Extreme Arms Holy Land, while Gu Chen set out to temper himself in Linhai City. Two days after a strange sky-wide upheaval, rumors drew people toward the Eastern Region, and Qin Jiuxiao decided to investigate.

• Jiang Yuanyin convinced Mu Fan to study at the Extreme Arms Holy Land, and he left with her after stocking up on food from Luo Ling'er.
• Gu Chen told Lu Changzhi he would travel to Linhai City to temper himself, and Lu Changzhi attached a wisp of his will to protect him.
• Lu Changzhi reflected that several of his disciples had left and considered how to make better use of Pull Up the Seedlings to Grow Together.
• Rumors about a heaven-defying treasure or an ancient tomb beneath the Heaven-Reaching Mountain Range drew flying boats and investigators to the Eastern Region.
• Qin Jiuxiao decided to lead preparations to travel to the Eastern Region, believing the trip could improve his fortunes.

Lu Changzhi visited the hidden retreat of the Five Symbols Sect’s ancestors and discovered how powerful they were and how the sect was organized. Liang Si introduced the worldly and secluded divisions, then brought Lu Changzhi to a glassy hall.

• Cang Wenyu brought Lu Changzhi to a disguised formation, where an illusion concealed his entry into the ancestors’ retreat.
• Lu Changzhi met more than thirty ancestors, learned they were Saint Kings, and discovered Liang Si had reached the Saint Venerable Realm.
• Liang Si introduced himself as the twenty-eighth sect master and explained that he led the Five Symbols Sect’s worldly division.
• Liang Si explained that the Dao-protecting ancestors searched for lost inheritances so the paths of deceased cultivators would not vanish.
• Liang Si told Lu Changzhi that the secluded division was elsewhere and led him to a blue-green glass hall.

Lu Changzhi entered a palace his parents had left for him and watched a recording from his father explain why they had been absent. He learned that his Lu clan bloodline had been removed when he was young and that the palace could help restore it now that he had reached the Saint Realm.

• Liang Si told Lu Changzhi that his parents had left the palace for him to open after entering the Saint Realm.
• Lu Changzhi opened the palace and found a deep pool, a central platform, and statues of a man and a woman.
• A recording of Lu Changzhi’s father explained that the Lu clan’s ninth generation faced a crucial bloodline change and that his parents had stayed away because of tangled karmic ties.
• Lu Changzhi’s father revealed that the Lu clan bloodline had been removed from Lu Changzhi when he was young because he could not withstand its power.
• Lu Changzhi’s father said the palace could help return the bloodline now that Lu Changzhi had reached the Saint Realm and pointed out a book about it.

Lu Changzhi learned that the Lu Clan Bloodline could summon ancestral incarnations and use their accumulated cultivation knowledge, though activating it carried great costs and drew hostility from powerful forces. He returned the bloodline to his body, while in the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty, Luo Zhen sensed an unseen power growing inside him through repeated beatings.

• Lu Changzhi read that the Summoning People Bloodline came from a Five Symbols Sect principle and let descendants draw on ancestral skills and summon ancestral incarnations.
• Lu Changzhi learned that the bloodline consumed enormous strength, had to be removed before it harmed those below the Saint Realm, and could attract hostility from Heavenly Daos and stronger beings.
• Lu Changzhi asked the system about improving the bloodline, and the system said it might be possible but not yet.
• Lu Changzhi lay on the platform as medicinal liquid and a formation began restoring the bloodline to his body.
• Luo Zhen endured another round of beatings and sensed an invisible power gathering and growing within him, inspiring him to welcome the torment.

Gu Chen traveled to Linhai City and learned that it had suddenly become a cultivation paradise, with Origin Spiritual Power spreading through the area. As a huge wave approached the crowded city, he frowned and retreated.

• Gu Chen asked a traveler why so many people were heading to Linhai City and learned that its cultivation environment had changed over the past two days.
• Gu Chen sensed Origin Spiritual Power in the air, recognized its rarity, and took out a communication stone to report it to the Five Symbols Sect.
• Gu Chen arrived above Linhai City and spotted the crowded city lord's manor amid the many visitors and flying boats.
• People noticed a rapidly rising wave offshore, but most stayed to watch or headed toward the sea, treating it as an exciting spectacle.
• As the wave grew to nearly four people's height, Gu Chen frowned and immediately retreated.

Gu Chen returned to Linhai City as a colossal wave threatened to destroy it, then used a formation to shield the city and save its residents. After receiving a Saint Artifact and other rewards for checking in, he heard reports of monsters in the sea.

• The seawater rushed backward and swept people toward a towering wave as residents fled Linhai City.
• Gu Chen returned against the flow and scattered objects around the city to raise a protective formation and wall.
• The wave crashed over Linhai City, but the formation held and the city remained standing as the water receded.
• The city lord and residents thanked Gu Chen, who explained that he could not stand by while they faced certain death.
• Gu Chen checked in and received a Low-Grade Saint Artifact Sky-Rending Spear, a Saint Rank Peak Grade Deep-Water Traveling Boat, and three random enhancement-strength rewards.
• People aboard flying boats spotted monsters in the sea and cried out in alarm.

A horde of powerful sea creatures attacked Linhai City and the flying boats around it, while Gu Chen suspected that a hidden force was behind the disaster. Five Symbols Sect elders contained the attack, but a group of formidable scaled beings led by Sha Ao emerged from the sea, leaving Gu Chen facing a far greater threat.

• Gu Chen saw huge crabs, lobsters, and sea urchins charge toward shore, and the city lord said he had never seen such creatures before.
• The sea creatures attacked the flying boats and battered Linhai City's formation, causing deaths and panic.
• The city lord begged Gu Chen to save everyone, while Gu Chen suspected that someone was controlling the waves and creatures.
• Around a hundred Five Symbols Sect elders arrived, blasted apart the creatures, and formed a barrier to control the situation.
• Several water columns rose from the sea, revealing Sha Ao and fourteen other scaled beings, including figures at the Dao Comprehension Realm and one at the Transcendent Realm Seventh Level.
• A Five Symbols Sect elder urgently told Gu Chen to leave.

Gu Chen attacked Sha Ao and the other sea beings with a talisman and weapons, then gathered cooked crabs and lobsters to take back to his Master. At the Five Symbols Sect, Lu Changzhi woke after his bloodline returned and learned about the Unsealing Keys and the Longevity Battlefield.

• Sha Ao pointed at Gu Chen, and the sea beings prepared to attack the elders and disciples.
• Gu Chen stayed to protect Linhai City and tricked the sea beings into letting down their guard.
• Gu Chen used Lu Changzhi’s Heaven-Burning Flame Domain talisman and Mu Fan’s weapons to defeat the sea beings.
• Gu Chen gathered the roasted crabs and lobsters, thinking his Master might enjoy them.
• Lu Changzhi woke at the Five Symbols Sect, received advice about cultivating his bloodline, and heard about the Unsealing Keys and the Longevity Battlefield.

Lu Changzhi learned that the Unsealing Keys were linked to the seal around the Land of the Four Directions and that the Endless Sea would soon cease to isolate it from the outside world. After Cang Wenyu reported that Gu Chen had encountered an unusual incident near Linhai City, Lu Changzhi was interrupted by a new system mission.

• Lu Changzhi asked Liang Si about the Unsealing Key and learned that the Saint Battlefield and Longevity Battlefield were names for the sealed place connected to it.
• Liang Si explained that the Land of the Four Directions was one of two locations tied to the Unsealing Keys, and that the keys would open the seal surrounding it rather than reveal the true Longevity Battlefield.
• Liang Si told Lu Changzhi that the Endless Sea seal was weakening and would soon disappear, exposing the Land of the Four Directions to the outside world, then gave him a jade talisman with information about it.
• Cang Wenyu asked about Lu Changzhi's parents, and Lu Changzhi said he had only seen an image left by his father and did not know their current realms.
• Cang Wenyu reported that Gu Chen had faced trouble near Linhai City after something unusual happened in the Endless Sea, but had handled the danger and was returning.
• Lu Changzhi sat in the Observing Chair to read the jade talisman, but a system notification announced a special mission.

Lu Changzhi received a special mission to explore the Longevity Battlefield and learned that completing it would upgrade the system. After the trial mission changed to reward cultivation for killing Devil Race members, he checked on Luo Zhen and froze at what he saw.

• Lu Changzhi viewed a special mission requiring him to enter and explore the Longevity Battlefield with the Unsealing Key, with a system version upgrade as the reward.
• Lu Changzhi read about the Saint Realm, the wider world beyond the Land of the Four Directions, and the abilities required to travel through space.
• The system updated Lu Changzhi’s trial mission so that slain Devil Race members would yield cultivation, experience points, and a random Saint Rank gift pack.
• The system explained that Devil Race members’ human-consuming abilities inspired the change, and Lu Changzhi considered how to expand his Blood Demon Clan plans.
• Lu Changzhi checked Luo Zhen’s information and froze at what he saw.

Lu Changzhi learned that Luo Zhen had rapidly advanced in the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty after being beaten until he developed a Rapid Healing Spirit Physique. As Origin Spiritual Power spread across the Land of the Four Directions, Huang Yunya organized a search for its source and chose to investigate Linhai City.

• Lu Changzhi discovered that Luo Zhen had reached the Seventh Level of the Void Transformation Realm and gained Saint Rank aptitude, then learned Zhou Xun's people had beaten him until he developed the Rapid Healing Spirit Physique.
• Lu Changzhi considered how the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty's old emperor might react as the Land of the Four Directions neared reconnection with the outside world.
• Reports spread that Origin Spiritual Power was appearing across the Land of the Four Directions, prompting major forces to seal off affected areas.
• Huang Yunya told the Cloud Heaven Holy Land elders that Origin Spiritual Power was spreading from the Endless Sea and tasked them with finding its source.
• Huang Yunya decided to explore the area around Linhai City with the ancestor while the elders searched the rest of the sea.