Chapter Summaries

Canglan Domain experts learned that the Longevity Battlefield would appear in the Five Continents Domain, and the Divine Hall ordered a war to erase that domain. In the Mystic Origin Domain, Qin Zhen consulted Qin Changqing on whether the One Brush Saint Hall should join the campaign.

• Cang Chen confirmed that the Five Elements Sacred Physique had died in the Five Continents Domain and said its Will of Heaven and Earth had destroyed the Cang Clan’s teleportation array.
• Six Divine Hall servants delivered a Heavenly Dao Divine Decree ordering Canglan Domain powers to assemble their Saint Realm forces and wipe out the Five Continents Domain.
• The gathered experts recalled how two divine servants had once destroyed the Qin Clan and began returning to gather their forces.
• In the One Brush Saint Hall, Qin Zhen decided that Qin Changqing should determine the Hall’s response and sent him a voice transmission asking what to do.

Jiang Changqing urged Qin Zhen to focus on the founding master's legacy rather than risk the Saint Hall pursuing the rumored opportunity for longevity. In the Mystic Origin Domain, powerful factions agreed to exploit the Five Continents Domain's coming chaos by secretly helping the Blood Demon Clan invade and then profiting as the two sides fought.

• Jiang Changqing warned Qin Zhen that the Saint Hall lacked the strength to contend for an opportunity for longevity and reminded him to handle the founding master's matter.
• Qin Zhen accepted Jiang Changqing's advice and resolved to pursue the founding master's legacy instead.
• Leaders from the Mystic Origin Domain gathered in the giant sword at Devil Defense Pass to discuss the rumored opportunity and the Five Continents Domain.
• One expert proposed secretly helping the Blood Demon Clan enter the Five Continents Domain, then keeping the Blood Devils and humans fighting until the Mystic Origin Domain could profit.
• Shi Wuleng objected that the plan would cause countless deaths and refused to participate, but the others continued and ultimately favored the scheme.

A little old man foresaw a severe calamity as domains began connecting, while the Black Dragon Clan prepared to welcome Xiao Ming and hoped to win the Sacred Clan member’s support. Hei Biao recognized the red bird who had terrified him in the Heavenly Azure Secret Realm and fled, but Xiao Ming asked who had dared to injure him.

• The little old man sensed that neighboring domains were connecting and concluded that a domain war seemed unavoidable before stepping through a rift in the void.
• Hei Biao learned that a Sacred Clan member was coming to the Black Dragon Clan and hoped the visitor would help him avenge his lost egg.
• Hei Ao gathered the clan to welcome the visitor, aiming to win the Sacred Clan member’s support as other powerful beasts arrived.
• Hei Biao felt the familiar fear of the red bird from the Heavenly Azure Secret Realm and saw her arrive carrying a familiar figure on her back.
• Hei Biao tried to flee, and a clan expert explained that humans had cut off his egg; Xiao Ming asked who had dared to hurt him.

Xiao Ming used his Sacred Clan status to pressure the Black Dragon Clan into offering more treasures, while Lu Changzhi received the Huang Clan’s Unsealing Key and considered his next move. The chapter left Lu Changzhi with a new opportunity from his Xiang Li padded jacket.

• Xiao Ming pretended to be mistreated so Hei Ao agreed to bring out more Black Dragon Clan treasures and ordered Hei Biao to help Xiao Ming hunt.
• Huang Zhan gave Lu Changzhi the Huang Clan’s Unsealing Key and warned that the Longevity Battlefield might bring calamity.
• Lu Changzhi accepted the key, bringing his total to three, and planned to reward the Huang Clan with resources.
• Lu Changzhi received a system notification that his thoughtful Xiang Li padded jacket had refreshed with a new opportunity.

Lu Changzhi learned that Xiang Li would soon be taken under Du Sheng’s wing and decided to focus on the Unsealing Key and the Void Dao Manor relics instead. Meanwhile, the Xiang Clan prepared for a possible threat from the Canglan Domain, but an immensely powerful stranger appeared and headed straight for Xiang Li.

• Lu Changzhi reviewed Xiang Li’s opportunity to receive Du Sheng’s guidance and enter the Misty Clear Realm, then set it aside.
• Xiang Qingcang and Xiang Ge learned that the Cang Clan and other Canglan Domain factions were gathering their experts, possibly to pursue the Five Continents Domain’s longevity opportunity and Unsealing Keys.
• Xiang Qingcang asked Xiang Ge to spread rumors about who possessed Unsealing Keys, so the Xiang Clan would not bear the factions’ attention alone.
• A powerful middle-aged man tore open space inside the Xiang Clan and entered its cultivation grounds.
• The stranger ignored Xiang Qingcang and Xiang Ge, vanished with a step, and headed toward Xiang Li.

A mysterious figure from the Misty Clear Realm offered Xiang Li a chance to become his follower and boosted his Five Elements Sacred Physique. After Xiang Li accepted and received a talisman to reach the Upper Realm, the figure went to find Luo Zhen and called him a rare calamity.

• The figure entered Xiang Li’s secret chamber, repelled Xiang Qingcang with a single touch, and interrupted Xiang Li’s cultivation.
• The figure offered to take Xiang Li to the Misty Clear Realm, which Xiang Qingcang recognized as the Upper Realm described in ancient texts.
• The figure transformed the remains before Xiang Li into a stream of light that rapidly strengthened Xiang Li’s Five Elements Sacred Physique.
• Xiang Li accepted the figure’s offer, received a talisman to guide him to the Misty Clear Realm, and was given seven days to say farewell.
• The figure traveled to Luo Zhen’s cultivation chamber, called him a calamity and a rare treasure, and said the Xiang Clan’s land could use his remaining value.

A mysterious Xiang Clan senior secretly improved Luo Zhen’s cultivation and aptitude, prompting Xiang Qingcang to grant him core clan treatment. Five days later, the clan’s strongest forces departed to escort Xiang Li, leaving Zhong Ming to seize the chance to explore the clan’s ancestral tombs.

• A mysterious figure tempered Luo Zhen’s body, purified his spiritual power, strengthened his meridians, and gave him medicine before vanishing.
• Xiang Qingcang discovered that Luo Zhen’s aptitude had reached the Human Dao Rank and decided he was worth nurturing.
• Xiang Qingcang told Luo Zhen he would receive core clan member treatment, and Luo Zhen pledged to serve the Xiang Clan.
• Five days later, Xiang Qingcang led the Xiang Clan’s strongest forces away to escort Xiang Li toward the Misty Clear Realm.
• Zhong Ming learned from the system that the key event was not at home, found the Xiang Clan’s top experts had departed, and decided to dig up its ancestors’ tombs.

Zhong Ming infiltrated the Xiang Clan mausoleum and used his system to resurrect figures from several tombs before discovering Xiang Zhen, a living Saint Venerable hidden in one. He lured Xiang Zhen away with one resurrected figure, but Xiang Zhen caught up and recognized it as his grandpa.

• Several Saint Kings attacked the Xiang Clan while its members argued over rumors that the clan's strongest experts had fled.
• Zhong Ming bypassed the mausoleum's formations and entered the Xiang Clan cemetery.
• Zhong Ming resurrected figures from seven tombs, then found that the eighth tomb contained the living Xiang Zhen.
• Xiang Zhen sensed the disturbed graves and emerged from his tomb, so Zhong Ming sent one resurrected figure fleeing to draw him away.
• Xiang Zhen struck down the fleeing figure, caught it, and realized it was his grandpa.

Zhong Ming used a method to resurrect the Xiang Clan’s ancestors and set them against Xiang Zhen, then escaped as the clan’s experts converged. Xiang Qingcang learned the mausoleum was under attack but stayed focused on another mission, while Zhong Ming headed for the Five Symbols Sect and the Xiang party arrived in the Land of the Four Directions.

• Xiang Zhen recognized his grandfather but realized he had been deceived and rushed back to the Xiang Clan mausoleums.
• Zhong Ming summoned the resurrected ancestors, who fought Xiang Zhen while Xiang Clan members watched in confusion.
• Zhong Ming stopped the resurrection and escaped after sensing Xiang Clan experts approaching.
• Xiang Qingcang learned Xiang Zhen was fighting the clan’s deceased ancestors but chose to continue his mission, leaving the clan in the care of Li’s maternal grandmother.
• Zhong Ming decided to visit Hidden Origin Peak at the Five Symbols Sect, while Xiang Qingcang and the elders arrived in the Land of the Four Directions.

Xiang Li used a talisman to enter the Misty Clear Realm, leaving Xiang Qingcang hopeful but uncertain about his return. A day later, Zhong Ming visited Lu Changzhi at Hidden Origin Peak and described nearly being caught while protecting the Dao at the Xiang Clan cemetery; the system then announced it would leave to fetch a sword for Lu Changzhi.

• Xiang Qingcang helped Xiang Li activate a talisman and sent him toward the gate to the Misty Clear Realm.
• A voice at the gate asked Xiang Li if he was willing, and he agreed before vanishing into the realm.
• The little old man watched the gate and remarked that the Xiang Clan's land still had value despite its beneficial insects.
• Cang Wenyu brought Zhong Ming to Hidden Origin Peak, where Lu Changzhi welcomed him as a disciple.
• Zhong Ming told Lu Changzhi he had nearly been caught protecting the Dao at the Xiang Clan cemetery.
• The system told Lu Changzhi it would take Zhong Ming's system to fetch a sword for him.

A Mystic Origin Domain envoy persuaded the Blood Demon King to attack the Five Continents Domain when Canglan Domain made its move, while warning that Mystic Origin might oppose the Blood Devils. Elsewhere, the system sent a mysterious woman to fight a sword-wielding youth, whose defenses began to adapt to her attacks.

• A Mystic Origin Domain youth offered the Blood Demon King Saint Emperor essence blood and passage through Mystic Origin in exchange for the Blood Devils staying out of Mystic Origin for three thousand years.
• The Blood Demon King agreed to wait until Canglan Domain attacked the Five Continents Domain, then ordered the Blood Devils to prepare for war.
• A system voice appeared before a sword-wielding youth at a mountain waterfall and told him it needed him to do something.
• The system sent a mysterious woman to subdue the youth, and she repeatedly struck him while his sword attacks failed to reach her.
• The youth timed a sword strike with one of her palms, briefly making her hand lose its effect, but the system urged her to continue.

The system subdued the Dao-Severing Sword and persuaded it to serve Lu Changzhi, hinting that Lu Changzhi might be able to bring its former master back. Meanwhile, Zhong Ming used the cultivation returned from the Xiang Clan event as Lu Changzhi noticed how quickly it was advancing his own realm.

• The system overwhelmed the Dao-Severing Sword with a summoned palm and told it to work for Lu Changzhi, promising it could regain its freedom later.
• The system suggested Lu Changzhi might restore the sword's former master, and the Dao-Severing Sword agreed to serve after questioning whether the promise was real.
• The Dao-Severing Sword signed the Deed of Indenture by sending a wisp of sword intent into the scroll.
• The system privately admitted it had spent its accumulated strength to make a convincing show, then asked Zhong Ming's system whether its boss had seemed impressive.
• Zhong Ming checked his notifications, found no reward for the Xiang Clan key event, and began absorbing the returned cultivation.
• Lu Changzhi noticed Zhong Ming's cultivation rapidly rising and worried that grave-digging rewards would soon push him beyond the Saint Venerable Realm.

Lu Changzhi summoned the Dao-Severing Sword Spirit, learned that it had lost its master and could now wield only thirty percent of its former strength, and promised its master could someday return. After discovering the spirit could still defeat several Saint Emperors, Lu Changzhi turned his attention back to the Longevity Battlefield and Unsealing Key.

• Lu Changzhi summoned the Dao-Severing Sword Spirit and learned it had signed an indenture contract after a friendly discussion with the system.
• The Dao-Severing Sword Spirit said its master, Lu Jun, had died fighting the Heavenly Dao and that it could use only thirty percent of its peak strength without a sword body.
• Lu Changzhi assured the spirit that Lu Jun could return someday, and the spirit said it believed him.
• The Dao-Severing Sword Spirit explained that it could no longer enter its old Dao-Severing Sword and would destroy it if it tried.
• The Dao-Severing Sword Spirit said it could still handle three or four Saint Emperors, and Lu Changzhi dismissed it to rest.
• Lu Changzhi looked at the information about the Longevity Battlefield and the Unsealing Key and decided to adjust his strategy.

Lu Changzhi used the system to track one of the remaining Unsealing Keys and set off toward its likely location with Lu Yuan. On the way, Lu Yuan told him that Xiao Ming had become a leading sacred beast in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains and that more sacred beasts might be arriving.

• Lu Changzhi learned that the system could track only one Unsealing Key at a time, then chose a direction toward one of the two keys whose locations were unknown.
• The Xiang Clan’s Unsealing Key displayed the message “Hehe, not coming out,” while a group elsewhere traced the signal’s direction to the lower realm and confirmed the Longevity Battlefield would appear in the Five Continents Domain.
• Lu Changzhi traveled to the Myriad Laws Academy and met Lu Yuan, then pointed him toward the chosen location of the key.
• Lu Yuan told Lu Changzhi that Xiao Ming had arrived in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains and risen above a Saint Emperor Realm Beast Race expert, and that more sacred beasts might be coming through the opening there.

Lu Changzhi and Lu Yuan visited Lu Tianmu, a reclusive Saint Emperor, and Lu Changzhi offered a Life Spirit Spring Primal Liquid in exchange for Lu Tianmu’s Unsealing Key. Lu Tianmu denied having a key but was deeply shaken by the life-extending treasure, leaving the exchange unresolved.

• Lu Changzhi examined Lu Tianmu’s mountain residence and learned that Lu Tianmu had reached the fifth layer of the Saint Emperor Realm.
• Lu Yuan greeted Lu Tianmu, who recognized his growth since their last meeting and welcomed him and Lu Changzhi into his hall.
• Lu Changzhi offered to exchange something for an Unsealing Key, and Lu Tianmu denied possessing one.
• Lu Changzhi presented a storage ring and offered Lu Tianmu a place in the Longevity Battlefield if he agreed to the exchange.
• Lu Tianmu sensed a drop of Life Spirit Spring Primal Liquid inside the ring and realized it could greatly extend his lifespan.

Lu Changzhi offered Lu Tianmu an Unsealing Key in exchange for a drop of green liquid and early entry, but Lu Tianmu attacked to seize more. The Dao-Severing Sword Spirit killed Lu Tianmu, and Lu Changzhi began digging a pit to bury him.

• Lu Tianmu decided to take the green liquid, Sword Dao opportunities, and another Unsealing Key from Lu Changzhi rather than accept the offered exchange.
• Lu Tianmu showed Lu Changzhi an Unsealing Key, then launched a sudden sword attack while it flew toward him.
• Lu Changzhi summoned the Dao-Severing Sword Spirit, which shattered Lu Tianmu's sword and killed him.
• Lu Changzhi accepted the Unsealing Key and lamented that the Dao-Severing Sword Spirit had killed Lu Tianmu before he could finish him off himself.
• Lu Yuan gaped at Lu Changzhi, who started digging a pit to bury Lu Tianmu.

Lu Changzhi killed Lu Tianmu after the latter attacked him, then arranged for Lu Tianmu to be preserved and redirected his plans toward helping the One Brush Saint Hall. The chapter ended with Qin Zhen struggling to recreate an old formation while Lu Changzhi returned to Hidden Origin Peak.

• Lu Changzhi gave Lu Yuan the storage rings he found, then left Lu Tianmu’s grave; afterward, his External Avatar dug Lu Tianmu up and took him away.
• Aboard the flying boat, Lu Yuan wondered why Lu Tianmu had attacked, but found Lu Changzhi had already left.
• Lu Changzhi visited Mu Fan, collected the Void Raw Stone, and departed while Mu Fan guessed that something big was happening.
• Lu Changzhi arranged with Jiang Muqing to put Chen Yibi to work helping the One Brush Saint Hall, then returned to Hidden Origin Peak.
• Qin Zhen struggled to recreate Chen Yibi’s formation without materials and decided to rest.

Chen Yibi appeared before Qin Zhen and imposed a ten-day deadline to personally train him to fulfill his task, threatening to take him down if he failed. Meanwhile, Lu Changzhi prepared to explore the Void Dao Manor ruins and located the entrance by evening.

• Chen Yibi revealed himself to Qin Zhen as the One Brush Saint Hall's founder and ordered him to fulfill his task under ten days of personal instruction.
• Jiang Muqing intervened when Qin Zhen seemed ready to attack Chen Yibi, then urged Qin Zhen to do his best before departing.
• Chen Yibi produced the Void Raw Stone and began training Qin Zhen, warning that they would both be finished if Qin Zhen failed after ten days.
• Lu Changzhi considered the Unsealing Keys he had found and decided to explore the Void Dao Manor ruins with an External Avatar and the Dao-Severing Sword Spirit.
• Lu Changzhi used the Void Dao Manor relic to search for the ruins and found them toward evening.

Lu Changzhi entered the ruins of the Void Dao Manor using its one-use relic and met Xu Xuanwei, who explained how a sentient Space Origin destroyed the manor. Xu Xuanwei revealed that the manor had sealed the dangerous being and suggested Lu Changzhi’s sword could cut it down.

• Lu Changzhi activated the Void Dao Manor relic, which shattered after opening a passage, and sent his External Avatar through it.
• Lu Changzhi arrived in the ruined palace and met Xu Xuanwei, whose presence seemed merged with heaven and earth.
• Xu Xuanwei identified a sentient Space Origin outside the ruins and said Lu Changzhi’s Dao-Severing Sword Spirit might be able to cut it down.
• Xu Xuanwei explained that the Void Dao Manor had opened a mysterious box containing the sentient Space Origin, which hated humans and learned as it killed them.
• Xu Xuanwei said the Void Dao Manor sacrificed itself to seal the Space Origin, and Lu Changzhi guessed that Xu Xuanwei had been the genius who opened the box.

Xu Xuanwei explained the sealing of the space origin and gave Lu Changzhi armor before opening a path into the unstable space. Lu Changzhi entered with the Dao-Severing Sword Spirit and prepared to use the Dao Simplification Brush to locate the space origin’s consciousness.

• Xu Xuanwei told Lu Changzhi that sealing the space origin had cost his master, martial uncle, the master of Void Dao Manor, and its guardian elder their lives.
• Xu Xuanwei explained that the seal was weakening and that earlier visitors had been allowed to enter in hopes that they would destroy the space origin’s consciousness.
• Lu Changzhi learned that Saint Emperor Li had failed to destroy the consciousness and had later died from a sword strike.
• Xu Xuanwei gave Lu Changzhi low-grade Dao artifact soft armor and opened an exit in the formation.
• Lu Changzhi entered the shifting space, dodged a void storm, and used the Dao-Severing Sword Spirit to form a protective Sword Domain.
• The Dao-Severing Sword Spirit said it could not locate the consciousness, so Lu Changzhi brought out the Dao Simplification Brush and planned to create an opening for the spirit to attack.