Chapter Summaries

Lu Changzhi found a Dao Artifact containing World Source Qi that could nourish the Seed of Chaos, then collected intact remains from the battlefield before returning. Outside the space, Xiao Qian wondered why someone had taken the bones and prepared to investigate Lu Changzhi’s identity.

• Lu Changzhi learned from the system that the space was man-made and that a vessel ahead held resources useful as fertilizer for the Seed of Chaos.
• Lu Changzhi reached the emerald-green Dao Artifact vessel and had the system take its World Source Qi and other contents.
• Lu Changzhi searched the battlefield and rescued one hundred and seven intact sets of remains: seventy-eight from the Saint Venerable Realm and twenty-nine from the Saint Emperor Realm.
• Lu Changzhi used Descent to leave the space and return.
• Xiao Qian wondered whether Lu Changzhi had come from the Bone Demon's side, then prepared to make small probes to confirm his identity.

Upper Realm youths entered the Longevity Battlefield to siphon Qi from a vessel, only to find it empty and discover that Hall Master Xiao Qian had caught them breaking the rules. Xiao ordered the Domain Administration Hall to take them away for investigation.

• Upper Realm youths entered the Longevity Battlefield and discussed how they had been taking Qi while violating the rules.
• The youths found the vessel beside the pillar of light completely empty and argued over whether the Domain Administration Hall had failed to refill it.
• Xiao Qian appeared and accused the youths of taking all the Qi from a vessel that had been filled to the brim.
• Xiao Qian warned the youths that only designated halls and people could enter on matters involving the lower realms.
• Xiao Qian ordered Domain Administration Hall officials to take the youths away and investigate the missing Qi thoroughly.

Lu Changzhi returned to Hidden Origin Peak and learned that the ancestors wanted him to face the Canglan Domain experts gathered outside the Five Symbols Sect. He chose to show his abilities, while the ancestors prepared to activate the Five Continents Domain’s formation foundation and watch his fight.

• Lu Changzhi returned to Hidden Origin Peak and noticed that the Dao Grade formation above the Five Symbols Sect was under attack.
• Liang Si told Lu Changzhi that the Canglan Domain forces were concentrated nearby while the ancestors handled their other operations.
• A system choice revealed that Liang Si and the other ancestors wanted Lu Changzhi to demonstrate his skills, and Lu Changzhi decided to show them what he could do.
• Lu Changzhi declared that he would meet the attackers head-on and rose into the air, surprising Liang Si.
• The ancestors decided to activate the Five Continents Domain’s formation foundation and seal off a thousand li so they could watch Lu Changzhi fight.

Lu Changzhi entered the Land of the Four Directions and found the repaired Domain Control Token let him draw on the Five Continents Lower Domain’s power, though it could not directly affect the Canglan Domain invaders. Meanwhile, Xiao Qian sent Du Sheng to approach Lu Changzhi and ask him a question, and the chapter ended as the divine attendants ordered their forces to kill Lu Changzhi.

• As Lu Changzhi climbed, power surged toward him, and he discovered that the Domain Control Token had been repaired and could show him what was happening in the domain.
• Xiao Qian sensed the power fluctuation and realized someone with a Domain Control Token had stirred the Five Continents Lower Domain’s power.
• Xiao Qian confronted Du Sheng about his missing Domain Control Token, then gave him a chance to make amends by approaching Lu Changzhi and asking a question.
• Xiao Qian opened a spatial rift and sent Du Sheng toward the Land of the Four Directions, hoping to learn whether Lu Changzhi matched his suspicions.
• Lu Changzhi emerged above the Five Symbols Sect and found that the Domain Control Token could not affect the protected Canglan Domain experts.
• The four divine attendants confronted Lu Changzhi, and one ordered the Canglan Domain experts to attack and kill him.

Lu Changzhi faced a vast force of Canglan Domain experts and planned to use their deaths to gain cultivation returns. After evading a divine attendant with spatial power, he watched the experts charge as a mysterious gate burst open.

• The experts’ combined pressure failed to affect Lu Changzhi, whose hidden realm they guessed was near the Saint King Realm.
• Lu Changzhi told Xiao Ming to dig a large pit in the secret realm so Zhong Ming could revive the fallen enemies and provide cultivation returns.
• A divine attendant attacked Lu Changzhi, but Lu Changzhi vanished and reappeared a thousand meters away using spatial power.
• Hundreds of Canglan Domain experts charged Lu Changzhi, who threw out a miniature gate that expanded and was forced open.

Lu Changzhi revealed a force of resurrected experts who overwhelmed the Canglan Domain forces by burning their blood Qi and charging into battle. As the ancestors discussed his unusual methods, they noticed the former owner of the Domain Control Token approaching.

• More than twenty Saint Emperors and over seventy Saint Venerables emerged from the gate and formed a standoff with the Canglan Domain forces.
• Lu Changzhi ordered the resurrected experts to fight, and they burned their blood Qi to greatly increase their strength.
• The Canglan Domain forces lost their momentum, while the four divine attendants decided to summon reinforcements.
• Lu Changzhi recognized that his resurrected experts could fight recklessly because they would disappear after an hour.
• The ancestors discussed the experts' origins and agreed not to restrict Lu Changzhi's growth.
• An ancestor spotted the former owner of the Domain Control Token approaching from the Five Continents Continent.

Du Sheng entered the Land of the Four Directions and witnessed a desperate battle between Canglan Domain fighters and nearly a hundred experts willing to fight to the death. After seeing Lu Changzhi kill a Saint Venerable with his fiery red blade, Du Sheng resolved to apologize to him, then recognized the supposedly dead Wu Qingyun among the attackers.

• Du Sheng sensed that the Land of the Four Directions concealed its power and requested an audience before being pulled through a rift.
• Du Sheng arrived amid a fierce battle and was shocked by Lu Changzhi’s speed and the experts burning their blood essence.
• Lu Changzhi stabbed a Canglan Clan Saint Venerable from behind and killed him as he tried to flee with his soul.
• Du Sheng feared Lu Changzhi’s speed and sword, deciding to apologize when he got the chance.
• Du Sheng watched a Saint Venerable trade injuries with a Canglan Domain Saint Emperor, then recognized Wu Qingyun, whom he believed was dead.

Du Sheng realized Wu Qingyun may have died and been restored by Lu Changzhi, while the battlefield turned increasingly chaotic. As a Canglan Domain Saint Emperor tried to escape, Lu Changzhi attacked him with a Dao Artifact spear and prepared to disrupt his use of spatial power.

• Du Sheng recognized Wu Qingyun and suspected Lu Changzhi had brought the dead Saint Emperor back, which could explain the fighters’ reckless attacks.
• Wu Qingyun overwhelmed two Canglan Domain Saint Emperors, wounded one, and drove him to flee behind powerful defensive treasures.
• Lu Changzhi pursued the fleeing Saint Emperor, hoping to claim him as a cultivation resource for Zhong Ming.
• Lu Changzhi struck with a Dao Artifact spear, gaining the advantage as the Saint Emperor strengthened his defenses.
• Lu Changzhi sensed the Saint Emperor preparing to escape through spatial means and timed his attack, while the Saint Emperor resolved to abandon the fight.

Lu Changzhi used a feint and a surprise spear thrust to gravely wound a Canglan Domain Saint Emperor, then killed him with the Dao-Severing Sword Spirit and a soul-absorbing broadsword. As the patriarchs discussed the Dao-Severing Sword Spirit’s tempering, Du Sheng recognized Yu Chang’s borrowed spear and noticed two divine attendants.

• Lu Changzhi exploited the Canglan Domain Saint Emperor’s mistaken belief that his technique was fake and drove a spear into his old wound, severely injuring him.
• The Canglan Domain Saint Emperor began to prepare to self-destruct, but Xiao Dao suppressed his mind and sealed his dantian.
• Lu Changzhi stabbed the wounded Saint Emperor with a fiery red broadsword and drained his soul, killing him.
• The patriarchs debated Lu Changzhi’s risky tactics and concluded that the Dao-Severing Sword Spirit’s tempering alongside him was more like a fortuitous opportunity.
• Du Sheng recognized the spear as the one Yu Chang had lent out, then spotted two divine attendants and wondered when they had appeared.

Lu Changzhi and his allies turned the battle against the Canglan Domain, killing several Divine Attendants and forcing its remaining experts toward retreat. At the Withering and Flourishing Sect, the woman learned that four Divine Attendants had died, blamed Du Sheng, and confronted a Vice Hall Master.

• A Divine Attendant from the Canglan Domain ambushed a fellow Divine Attendant, while another Divine Attendant stabbed a Saint Emperor from the Azure Billows Continent.
• The Canglan Domain experts lost momentum and began looking for a way to retreat as Lu Changzhi continued attacking them.
• Lu Changzhi and two Divine Attendants killed another Divine Attendant, leaving two Divine Attendants and a little over ten Saint Emperors alive after half an hour of fighting.
• At the Withering and Flourishing Sect, the woman learned from Xiaoqing that the domain war had begun nearly three days earlier and that four Divine Attendants had fallen.
• The woman blamed Du Sheng for breaking the rules, then appeared beside a Vice Hall Master and said Du Sheng had broken them.

Lu Changzhi joined the battle in the Land of the Four Directions and helped turn the tide against the Canglan Domain experts. After redirecting a divine attendant’s life-forfeiting attack into three Saint Emperors, he challenged the attendant to unleash it again.

• A woman accused Lu Changzhi of breaking the rules of the domain war and planned to seek evidence in the lower domain, but the Vice Hall Master told her to send a clone and then let her go.
• The Canglan Domain experts began fighting desperately as their numbers dwindled, while Du Sheng observed that they had waited too long to flee or risk everything.
• Lu Changzhi joined the fight between the two pairs of divine attendants, immediately breaking their balance in his side’s favor.
• One divine attendant used Divine Sacrifice: Annihilation, expending nearly all their Qi, blood, and lifespan to launch a devastating attack at Lu Changzhi.
• Lu Changzhi used the Space Origin to deflect the attack into three Canglan Domain Saint Emperors, killing one and seriously injuring two.
• Lu Changzhi told the divine attendant that the strike was powerful and invited them to use it again against another group.

Lu Changzhi killed another divine servant while fighting off the Canglan Domain experts, prompting their god to announce her arrival. As the surviving enemies celebrated, Lu Changzhi accepted their challenge to face the god’s avatar while the ancestors watched.

• Lu Changzhi used spatial power to blunt a divine servant’s spear, then appeared behind the wounded servant and killed him with the Dao-Severing Sword Spirit and his cleaver.
• The surviving Canglan Domain experts despaired at the divine servants’ deaths and feared they had been abandoned by their god.
• A woman’s voice threatened Lu Changzhi, and the Canglan Domain experts and the last divine servant rejoiced that their god would save them.
• Lu Changzhi remarked that the Canglan Domain experts seemed eager for him to slay their god, then told the ancestors he would face her.
• The ancestors discussed the god’s Dao Realm avatar and speculated about how long Lu Changzhi would take to defeat it.

Jiang Yao arrived to avenge her divine attendant and attacked Lu Changzhi, while Lu Changzhi used Super Simplification to greatly improve his mastery of Grasp of Return to the Void. He restrained Jiang Yao’s avatar with spatial power and clenched his hand, leaving her in danger.

• Jiang Yao appeared on the field and threatened Lu Changzhi, while Du Sheng warned her and offered to drive her away.
• Lu Changzhi asked the system to simplify his mastery of Grasp of Return to the Void and gained mastery at great perfection, one step from the realm of transformation.
• Du Sheng warned Lu Changzhi that Jiang Yao was a Dao Realm expert’s avatar, then withdrew his power and let them face each other.
• Jiang Yao summoned a Dao Artifact whip whose flames harmed the Canglan Domain experts around her and attacked Lu Changzhi.
• Lu Changzhi used Grasp of Return to the Void to restrain Jiang Yao with spatial power, then clenched his hand as danger rose around her.

Lu Changzhi erased Jiang Yao’s clone with the Grasp of Return to the Void, then sent the Saint Venerables back into battle against the Canglan Domain. In the Misty Clear Realm, Jiang Yao told the Domain Administration Hall’s deputy hall master that Du Sheng’s dog had destroyed her clone, and he decided to confront Du Sheng.

• Lu Changzhi erased Jiang Yao and the space around her, leaving Du Sheng and the Canglan Domain experts stunned.
• Du Sheng recognized Lu Changzhi’s technique as the Grasp of Return to the Void and realized that the younger generation of the great clans were powerful.
• After taking spirit herbs to recover, Lu Changzhi ordered the Saint Venerables to attack the remaining Canglan Domain Saint Emperors, who faced their self-destruction.
• The patriarchs discussed Lu Changzhi’s mastery of the technique and decided not to suppress the news about him.
• In the Misty Clear Realm, Jiang Yao told the deputy hall master that her Saint Realm clone had been destroyed by Du Sheng’s dog, and he offered to help her vent her anger by dealing with Du Sheng.

Luo Tianyou arrived after Jiang Yao’s clone was destroyed and tried to use Domain Administration Hall rules to force Du Sheng to surrender Lu Changzhi and the Dao-Severing Sword Spirit. Du Sheng challenged Luo’s authority, and an unseen figure rebuked him as the confrontation escalated.

• Xiao Qian hurried toward the Land of the Four Directions after learning Jiang Yao had attacked a junior who might belong to an ancient emperor clan.
• Luo Tianyou arrived with Jiang Yao, and Lu Changzhi pulled back while the Dao-Severing Sword Spirit appeared beside him.
• Luo Tianyou rebuked Du Sheng for failing to bow, then accused him of violating domain-war rules and causing Canglan Domain heavy losses.
• Jiang Yao demanded that Du Sheng surrender Lu Changzhi and the sharp sword to Luo Tianyou for disposal.
• Du Sheng challenged Luo Tianyou to dare take Lu Changzhi, and an unseen voice angrily called Luo a coward.

Xiao Qian arrived and treated Lu Changzhi with deference, warning Luo Tianyou that offending him could destroy the Withering and Flourishing Sect. After Luo Tianyou apologized and kowtowed, Jiang Yao pleaded with him to save her.

• Xiao Qian arrived, apologized to Lu Changzhi, and promised to give him an explanation.
• Xiao Qian began to reveal Lu Changzhi's identity, but a voice transmission warned him that Lu Changzhi did not know his own background, so Xiao Qian told Luo Tianyou to guess instead.
• Xiao Qian secretly warned Luo Tianyou that Lu Changzhi's displeasure could mean his death and the destruction of the Withering and Flourishing Sect.
• Luo Tianyou knelt and kowtowed to Lu Changzhi, apologized, and was told the matter was trivial.
• Luo Tianyou turned toward Jiang Yao, who urgently pleaded with him to save her.

Luo Tianyou killed Jiang Yao to appease Lu Changzhi, who took her corpse to feed his bird, while Xiao Qian later suspended Luo from his duties. Lu Changzhi asked the Withering and Flourishing Sect to let Xiang Li roam freely, and Du Sheng was left to verify Lu Changzhi’s identity.

• Jiang Yao apologized to Lu Changzhi, but Luo Tianyou suddenly beheaded her and condemned her for offending him.
• Du Sheng accepted Jiang Yao’s death as deserved, and Lu Changzhi took her corpse to feed his bird.
• Xiao Qian reported Luo Tianyou for killing Jiang Yao, suspended his authority, and confined him to the Withering and Flourishing Sect pending a decision.
• Lu Changzhi asked whether Xiang Li belonged to the Withering and Flourishing Sect and said Xiang Li should be nurtured but allowed to roam freely.
• Xiao Qian promised to arrange training for Xiang Li, then reminded Du Sheng to verify whether Lu Changzhi was the person they suspected.

Du Sheng and Xiao Qian concluded that Lu Changzhi was the Liu Clan junior with the Aptitude of a Great Emperor after seeing him use the Liu Clan’s Return to the Void Hand. Xiao Qian ordered Du Sheng to keep the secret and cultivate ties with Lu Changzhi, while Lu Changzhi went to his secret realm to rest.

• Du Sheng asked Lu Changzhi whether he had the Aptitude of a Great Emperor, and Lu Changzhi cautioned him against making such claims before leaving.
• Xiao Qian and Du Sheng compared Lu Changzhi’s behavior with clues about the Liu Clan junior and discussed his destruction of Jiang Yao’s clone.
• Du Sheng projected Lu Changzhi’s use of the Return to the Void Hand, and Xiao Qian recognized it as a Liu Clan emperor technique and concluded that Lu Changzhi was the person they suspected.
• Du Sheng swore to keep the matter secret, and Xiao Qian told him to watch over the situation, build a closer relationship with Lu Changzhi, and prepare for a possible promotion.
• Lu Changzhi told Liang Si he planned to nap, then entered his secret realm, while Liang Si assumed he had gone there to cultivate.

Lu Changzhi buried the Azure Billows Continent experts, set the system to upgrade for three days, and rested while the ancestors discussed his rapid progress and the Emperor Road. Meanwhile, Yu Chang confronted the Qiu Clan and learned that its formation, resources, treasures, and guarding ancestor had vanished.

• Lu Changzhi buried the Azure Billows Continent experts, marked their grave, and told Zhong Ming to dig them up later.
• Lu Changzhi began a three-day system upgrade and went to sleep, leaving the ancestors to cover for him.
• The ancestors praised Lu Changzhi’s strength and debated how quickly he should approach the Emperor Road, while planning to exploit the turmoil his appearance could cause.
• Yu Chang arrived with Five Continents Domain experts at the Qiu Clan and ordered its leaders to check whether their resources were gone.
• The Qiu Clan discovered that its grand array, resources, treasures, guarding ancestor, and even the gate and its frame had disappeared.

Yu Chang realized the missing resources might have been a ploy to draw him away and returned to the Five Continents Domain, where he found the Longevity Battle Battlefield. In the Misty Clear Realm, the Withering and Flourishing Sect’s leader decided to visit Lu Changzhi and address Deputy Hall Master Luo’s misconduct, while Lu Changzhi woke at Hidden Origin Peak and summoned Zhong Ming.

• Yu Chang suspected that Domain Master Du had lured him away and rushed back to the Five Continents Domain with Yu Yue and the other experts.
• Yu Chang found the Longevity Battle Battlefield in an unexpected location, then left to seek some quiet.
• Xiao Qian reported to the Withering and Flourishing Sect’s leader about Lu Changzhi, whose age, martial technique, background, and character they discussed.
• The sect leader decided to visit Lu Changzhi and told Xiao Qian to ensure Luo Tianyou’s conduct was investigated and punished according to the rules.
• Lu Changzhi woke at Hidden Origin Peak, decided to sleep again later, and summoned Zhong Ming with his divine sense.