Chapter Summaries

Lu Changzhi killed the Blood Lord with the Dao Simplification Brush, while the Dao-Severing Sword Spirit began weakening and routing Blood Devils through a teleportation array for Lu Changzhi to finish off. The experts at the eight great gates finally entered, only to find another gate and a message saying they had won but another gate awaited; in the Mystic Origin Domain, the gathered experts prepared to go in next.

• Lu Changzhi used the character "slay" to kill the Blood Lord in the Blood Devil Throne, then collected the Blood Devils’ light orbs.
• The Dao-Severing Sword Spirit tested its strength on incoming Blood Devils, then began sending them alive through a teleportation array toward Lu Changzhi.
• The experts at the eight great gates saw the Blood Lord disappear and assumed he had escaped, then watched their gate open by falling backward.
• The experts rushed through and found a larger gate bearing the message, "Congratulations, you won! Another gate awaits," prompting cries of dismay.
• In the Mystic Origin Domain, an expert noted that more than half of the Blood Demon Clan’s main force had entered and asked if it was their turn.

A Misty Clear Realm official learned that Mystic Origin powerhouses had allied with a Blood Devil and ordered them punished and barred from entering the Five Continents Lower Realm. Meanwhile, Canglan Domain declared war across the Five Continents Domain, and Lu Changzhi expected the Longevity Battlefield to open soon.

• A young man told his master that a Blood Devil’s body had been destroyed in the Five Continents Lower Realm and its soul in the Mystic Origin Lower Realm, after Mystic Origin powerhouses had arranged for it to enter first.
• The middle-aged man condemned cooperation between humans and devils, ordered the Mystic Origin powerhouses stopped, and sentenced those who discussed the alliance to nine tribulation lightning strikes each, followed by a three-month realm seal.
• Six divine attendants of the Canglan Domain appeared in the Five Continents Domain and used an object to display a gigantic blood-red war character across the sky.
• The Heavenly Treasure Pavilion prepared countermeasures, while factions across the domain speculated that Canglan had declared war on the Azure Billows Continent.
• Lu Changzhi saw the war announcement and judged that the Canglan forces had arrived early, with less than half a day remaining before the Unsealing Key opened the Longevity Battlefield.

Du Sheng refused to intervene as the Azure Billows Lower Realm entered the Five Continents Lower Realm, but arranged for someone to find and aid a person after the crisis. As Azure Billows Continent forces threatened the Xiang Clan, Xiang Tianlai revealed that the clan’s ancestors had secretly remained in its cemetery as a hidden reserve.

• Du Sheng dismissed concerns about the invasion, then gave a visitor an object and a pill to use after events in the Five Continents Lower Realm had settled.
• Experts gathered outside the Xiang Clan worried that they might be caught between the clan and the approaching Azure Billows Continent forces.
• The Xiang Clan’s experts learned that the invading force was larger than expected and feared their protective formation would not hold until their absent clan head returned.
• Xiang Tianlai arrived at the Xiang Clan hall and announced that the clan must face the impending battle with all its strength.
• Xiang Tianlai revealed that the Xiang Clan’s ancestors had secretly guarded the clan from the cemetery and declared that they would awaken as its Backup Hidden Energy.

Xiang Yuntian entered the Xiang Clan cemetery to summon the clan’s hidden ancestors while the Xiang Clan prepared for the approaching Azure Billows invasion. As Luo Zhen waited with the younger generation, one divine attendant diverted forces toward the Huang Clan, worried the invasion would not go smoothly.

• Xiang Tianlai led the Xiang Clan experts to the cemetery, where Xiang Zhen tried to stop them from disturbing the ancestors.
• Xiang Tianlai explained that the ancestors had left to avoid making Xiang Zhen dependent on them and would emerge when the clan was in danger.
• The Xiang Clan experts agreed to let Xiang Yuntian enter the cemetery, and he vowed to keep the clan safe or be unworthy of it.
• The Xiang Clan prepared for battle, protected its younger generation, and struggled to see what was happening inside the cemetery.
• Luo Zhen worried about the Xiang Clan as two Azure Billows divine attendants discussed their plans, and one left with a group for the Huang Clan.

As Canglan Domain experts arrived to attack the Xiang Clan, Zhong Ming tried to escape the clan-protecting formation but found its spatial defenses prevented him from leaving. The Xiang Clan’s ancestors emerged from the cemetery to reassure their descendants, leaving the clan ready to face the approaching enemy.

• Xiang Zhen mocked the elders’ belief in a hidden reserve power source as the Xiang Clan waited for the enemy.
• The Canglan Domain force approached, and Zhong Ming used a spatial talisman to escape but remained trapped inside the Xiang Clan’s formation.
• Zhong Ming returned toward the cemetery, deciding he would leave in broad daylight because he could not break through the formation in time.
• Cang Chen demanded that the Xiang Clan hand over its Five Elements Sacred Physique, while the divine attendant declined to intervene unless necessary.
• Xiang Yuntian reassured the Xiang Clan, and the old ancestors stood in formation in the cemetery as the descendants welcomed them.

Xiang Yuntian led the Xiang Clan ancestors out to face the Azure Billows Continent’s experts, claiming they would protect the clan. Instead, the ancestors abruptly renounced the Xiang Clan and fled, leaving both sides stunned before the attackers pursued them.

• Xiang Yuntian ordered the Xiang Clan experts to stay behind and protect the ancestors still sleeping in the burial grounds, then led the ancestors through the opened formation.
• The Xiang Clan displayed the battle outside to its clansmen and younger generation, while the Azure Billows Continent’s experts and the divine attendant failed to judge the ancestors’ strength.
• Xiang Yuntian agreed that the ancestors could not protect the clan, declared they were breaking ties with the Xiang Clan, and announced, “We’re leaving, sorry to disturb you!”
• The ancestors scattered and fled, shocking the Xiang Clan experts, the younger generation, and the Azure Billows Continent’s attackers.
• The Azure Billows Continent’s experts ordered a pursuit, fearing the fleeing ancestors might take the Xiang Clan’s resources.

Zhong Ming's ploy to draw the Azure Billows Continent experts away from the Xiang Clan partly worked, but the divine attendant tracked him down. As Zhong Ming waited for his system's mysterious spirit to act, the spirit said Lu Changzhi should be the one to show off, and Lu Changzhi received a choice to save his disciple.

• Zhong Ming's illusion-like escape caused the pursuing experts to lose sight of the Xiang Clan ancestors, but the divine attendant saw through the diversion and pursued him.
• A mysterious woman's voice from Zhong Ming's system warned him to flee, and he narrowly escaped as the divine attendant froze the space where he had been.
• The system spirit told Zhong Ming to stay put and revealed that Lu Changzhi should handle the danger as his master's chance to show off.
• Lu Changzhi received a system choice to let Zhong Ming face the trial, temper him before rescuing him, or cut down the divine attendant, with a powerful defensive trump card as the third reward.

Lu Changzhi used Descent to rescue Zhong Ming from the divine attendant, then killed the attacker with the Dao-Severing Sword. He collected the divine attendant and the light orbs he dropped and checked on Zhong Ming.

• Lu Changzhi learned that the Xiang Clan had attacked Zhong Ming and chose Descent as the gap in their strength left Zhong Ming in danger.
• The divine attendant immobilized Zhong Ming, failed to probe him, and demanded that he reveal his technique.
• Lu Changzhi appeared and stopped the divine attendant's spatial attack, then summoned Xiao Dao.
• Xiao Dao shattered the divine attendant's defenses and trapped his soul, allowing Lu Changzhi to finish him with a cleaver.
• Lu Changzhi collected the divine attendant and his dropped light orbs, then asked Zhong Ming if he was all right.

Lu Changzhi watched the experts leave the Longevity Battlefield to fight the Azure Billows Continent’s invasion, while he secured a reward tied to Lin Xuan. As he examined the powerful defensive measure, the system urgently asked him to upgrade it.

• Lu Changzhi revived the divine servant’s corpse through the system and sensed that the Xiang Clan was struggling against the invading experts.
• The voice in the Longevity Battlefield ordered the Five Continents Domain experts to return and drive back the Azure Billows Continent’s forces before the gate would open.
• Xiang Qingcang learned the Xiang Clan was under attack and asked the gathered factions, including Yu Chang, to help defend it.
• Lu Changzhi received the strongest trump card of the chosen one Lin Xuan and concluded Xiang Qingcang’s response could limit the Xiang Clan’s losses.
• As Lu Changzhi inspected the Emperor-Realm-level defensive measure, the system told him it needed to upgrade as soon as possible.

Lu Changzhi used the Unsealing Key to sense where its power might lead and set out with Xiao Ming. As the Xiang Clan faced a siege, its younger generation tried to escape through a teleportation formation, but chaotic void currents struck them, and Xiang Qingcang sensed that disaster had occurred.

• Lu Changzhi asked the system about the danger behind Lin Xuan, then used the Unsealing Key to pinpoint a direction and flew from Hidden Origin Peak with Xiao Ming.
• The Xiang Clan's defenders, unable to reach their clan leader and facing a failing protective formation, ordered the younger generation to flee.
• Xiang Clan youths prepared for teleportation as one warned them that spatial accidents could occur, though another doubted their luck could be so bad.
• The teleportation formation triggered chaotic void currents, terrifying the Xiang Clan juniors, and Luo Zhen made wishes in a desperate attempt to survive.
• Xiang Qingcang sensed that something had gone wrong, urged his companions to hurry back, and swallowed a pill to speed himself up.

Lu Changzhi learned that Luo Zhen had put his system repayment on credit, then changed course to help the Huang Clan after a system choice offered Du Sheng's Domain Control Token. As the Huang Clan faced a divine servant demanding Huang Jiuzhao, Lu Changzhi arrived with a taunting remark.

• Lu Changzhi learned that Luo Zhen had only 48.715% of his body remaining and that future opportunities would repay the items he owed the system.
• Lu Changzhi chose to aid the Huang Clan, drawn by its plight and the chance to obtain Du Sheng's Domain Control Token.
• Huang Zhan prepared the Huang Clan's powerhouses to resist the approaching Azure Billows Continent force.
• The divine servant used a vertical eye to probe the Huang Clan and singled out Huang Jiuzhao.
• Huang Zhan and the Huang Clan's powerhouses disrupted the divine servant's scrutiny, but the divine servant demanded that they hand Huang Jiuzhao over within three breaths.
• Lu Changzhi arrived and told the divine servant that his forfeit drink had come.

An unseen expert killed the Divine Hall attendant who threatened the Huang Clan and declared the surrounding eight hundred li forbidden ground. After the Azure Billows Continent forces fled, Huang Zhan suspected that Lu Changzhi had intervened.

• An unseen voice challenged the divine attendant, then struck him with a red light that pierced his dantian and killed him.
• The unseen expert declared the surrounding eight hundred li forbidden ground, and the Azure Billows Continent experts agreed to leave.
• The Huang Clan watched the invaders flee and thanked the unseen senior for saving them.
• After the voice disappeared, Huang Zhan wondered whether Lu Changzhi was the one who had intervened.

Lu Changzhi obtained Du Sheng's Domain Control Token and discovered that the sect's ancestors had blocked its functions. After he told Liang Si about it, the ancestors decided to investigate Du Sheng and possibly restore Lu Changzhi's access to the Five Continents Domain.

• Lu Changzhi inspected the Domain Control Token and found that its view showed “Nothing to disclose,” while its control function displayed “Get lost.”
• The system explained that the token was blocked because the sect's ancestors had intervened, and that Lu Changzhi needed to inform them to use it.
• Lu Changzhi told Liang Si he had picked up a broken Domain Control Token, prompting Liang Si to report the matter to his superiors.
• The ancestors discussed the token, decided to question Du Sheng before changing the sect's measures, and sent someone to inspect his token.
• Du Sheng claimed he always kept his Domain Control Token with him, but his smile stiffened as he tried to take it out.

Du Sheng discovered that his Domain Control Token had vanished just as a visitor began inspecting domain controllers, leaving him exposed to suspicion and punishment. After the visitor agreed to return in a day, Du Sheng blamed the Domain Control Hall and prepared to retaliate against the woman he believed was behind the scheme.

• Du Sheng searched his storage pendant for his Domain Control Token and found that he could neither locate nor summon it.
• The visitor demanded to see the token, warned Du Sheng about a domain controller accused of colluding with the Devil Race, and suspected Du Sheng had lost his own token.
• Du Sheng offered the visitor storage rings, and the visitor agreed to return in a day.
• Du Sheng searched for the token, then learned from other domain controllers that they knew of no strict investigation.
• Du Sheng suspected the Domain Control Hall had taken his token on behalf of the woman he blamed and decided to retaliate using an object that let his people enter an enemy domain.

Du Sheng discovered the Azure Billows Continent experts’ plan to destroy the Land of the Four Directions and raised a defensive formation before heading for the Xiang Clan. There, the Azure Billows forces learned that a mighty being had killed a divine attendant, just as that being’s warning reached them.

• Du Sheng spotted the Azure Billows Continent experts approaching the Land of the Four Directions and recognized their plan to destroy its formation and foundation artifacts.
• Du Sheng deployed a vast defensive formation over the area, drawing the attention of the Five Symbols Sect and the Azure Billows forces.
• The Azure Billows experts decided to concentrate their strength against the formation, while Du Sheng headed straight for the Xiang Clan.
• Lu Changzhi set up illusion formations, took out a reclining chair, and waited for the Unsealing Key pieces to become easier to sense.
• At the Xiang Clan, the arriving experts from the Huang Clan revealed that a mighty being had killed a divine attendant in a single breath.
• A terrifying presence accompanied by piercing Spear Intent ordered the Azure Billows Continent experts to withdraw or be killed.

Yu Chang’s arrival drove the Azure Billows Continent invaders away from the Xiang Clan, but Xiang Qingcang learned that the clan’s ancestors had publicly cut ties with them. When he asked whether the younger generation had been protected, the survivors fell silent.

• Yu Chang’s presence caused the Azure Billows Continent experts to flee, and Yu Yue praised his grandfather’s strength.
• The retreating invaders decided to avoid a direct confrontation and send word to the divine servants in the Land of the Four Directions.
• Xiang Qingcang returned to the Xiang Clan and asked about the battle’s casualties and the younger generation’s safety.
• Xiang Zhen showed Xiang Qingcang and Xiang Ge an image of the ancestors declaring they had severed ties with the Xiang Clan.
• Xiang Qingcang asked whether the younger generation had been moved to safety, and the gathered experts fell silent.

Xiang Qingcang learned that the Xiang Clan’s younger generation had vanished in a spatial disaster, while Luo Zhen’s survival raised his suspicions. Du Sheng arrived and confronted Yu Chang about secretly entering the Longevity Battlefield, then asked him to undertake a secret task, leaving Yu Chang wondering what Du Sheng wanted.

• A Xiang Clan elder reported that the younger generation had disappeared during teleportation and that most of their soul jades had shattered.
• Xiang Qingcang suspected Luo Zhen of using the disaster as cover and ordered the clan to find him.
• Xiang Qingcang recognized the approaching Du Sheng as the senior who had taken Lisun to the Upper Realm and went out to greet him.
• Du Sheng identified Yu Chang as someone from the Misty Clear Realm who had come to seek benefits in the Longevity Battlefield and warned that his rule-breaking could be exposed.
• Yu Chang offered to provide Du Sheng with something, but Du Sheng instead demanded a secret favor, making Yu Chang suspect an embarrassing motive.

Du Sheng recruited Yu Chang to lead a strike into the Canglan Lower Realm and gave him a Saint Emperor Artifact spear as support. After learning that the Longevity Battlefield had opened long ago and its Unsealing Keys had vanished, Du Sheng suspected a hidden scheme and left to investigate.

• Du Sheng asked Yu Chang to exploit the Canglan Lower Realm's weakened defenses, and Yu Chang agreed to lead a strike there.
• Du Sheng gave Yu Chang a Saint Emperor Artifact spear, which Yu Chang tested and accepted despite its mismatch with his familiar weapon.
• Yu Chang told the group they would strike the Azure Billows Continent, but someone raised concerns about the Longevity Battlefield's requirements.
• Du Sheng learned that the Longevity Battlefield had been open for some time and that its Unsealing Keys had vanished when its entrance appeared.
• Du Sheng suspected someone had concealed the truth and possibly sabotaged the Five Continents Lower Realm's talent, then left to investigate.

Lu Changzhi waited as the Longevity Battlefield neared its opening, while Xiao Qian reported to the Withering and Flourishing Sect’s master about an expert who had interfered with an Unsealing Key in the Five Continents Lower Domain. The master suspected the expert might be the missing imperial scion and ordered Revival Qi prepared for him.

• Lu Changzhi watched the void’s fluctuations intensify as all eight Unsealing Keys pointed toward the approaching Longevity Battlefield.
• Xiao Qian told the sect master that someone in the Five Continents Lower Domain had altered an Unsealing Key’s message and warned him not to meddle too deeply.
• The sect master considered whether the youth Xiao Qian encountered was the imperial scion whose birth had shaken an entire region, though Xiao Qian doubted it.
• The sect master revealed that he had investigated the Five Continents Lower Domain phenomenon and suggested it might be connected to his injuries.
• The sect master told Xiao Qian to prepare a basin of Revival Qi for the expert, allowing him to take it if he needed it.

Lu Changzhi opened a passage into the Longevity Battlefield, where the system directed him to complete a special mission. After earning a system feature upgrade, he refused to begin it because it might disable Descent and prevent him from returning.

• The old man told Xiao Qian to let people seeking resources from the lower domains go, and Xiao Qian arranged for them to set out.
• Lu Changzhi opened a passage with the eight Unsealing Keys, but Xiao Qian pulled Du Sheng away before he could confront him.
• Du Sheng recognized the power of Lu Changzhi’s Dao-Severing Sword Spirit, and Xiao Qian described Lu Changzhi as a youngster with an extraordinary background.
• Lu Changzhi entered the Longevity Battlefield and walked across its barren landscape toward a distant beam of light.
• The system directed Lu Changzhi seven steps forward, where he completed the Longevity Battlefield mission and received an offer to upgrade the system.
• Lu Changzhi declined the upgrade because it could temporarily disable Descent and leave him unable to return.