Chapter Summaries

After Feng Qi’s soul search failed to prove Chen Yong’s guilt, Silkworm King Annihilator gave Chen Yong six months to return and explain himself, while Zhou Mingren killed Qian Jun and was sent to the Vanguard Camp. The trial ended with Hong Tan refusing to share his unfinished splitting-method research, and Wan Tiansheng concluded that war would not begin yet because Su Yu had not reached Cloudbreach.

• Zhu Tiandao told Niu Baidao that Great Ming Prefecture’s position depended on seeing more hope, and he would support Su Yu if he gained Sunmoon-level combat strength within three years.
• Silkworm King Annihilator searched Feng Qi’s memories, discovered how Chen Yong had smuggled him out of the Battlefields of the Heavens, and was blocked from investigating the Star Mansion’s past.
• Silkworm King Annihilator found no proof that Chen Yong committed the murders, ordered him to return within six months, and confined Feng Qi to Great Xia Prefecture for three years.
• Zhou Mingren killed Qian Jun, admitted to shielding him, and was sentenced to serve in the Vanguard Camp until he killed a Sunmoon.
• Hong Tan refused King Han’s request to share the unfinished splitting-method materials, saying he needed more time to refine the technique.
• Wan Tiansheng learned that Su Yu had not reached Cloudbreach and concluded that a great war would not erupt yet.

After the vote spared Chen Yong, Su Yu learned that Great Xia Prefecture was nearing chaos and that several Invincibles had noticed his hidden identity. Marquis Xia urged him to leave but also tried to recruit him into a plan involving Southern Origin; Su Yu agreed to stay in Great Xia Prefecture briefly, while Hong Tan and Bai Feng sensed that he carried something familiar and important.

• Silkworm King Annihilator warned Marquis Xia that Xia Longwu was absent from Great Xia Prefecture, then privately cautioned Su Yu to leave before the prefecture descended into chaos.
• Silkworm King Annihilator told King Han and King Song that he favored limited fighting and revealed that support for war among the Invincibles was thin; the three also suspected Cui Lang was Su Yu.
• Marquis Xia ordered Zhou Pochong and the other outsiders to leave, then told Su Yu that he had accelerated events and urged him to depart, while hinting that Southern Origin could contain a Heavenly Origin Sacred Land.
• Marquis Xia tried to persuade Su Yu to provide Heavenly Origin Qi for a major plan, but Su Yu left without agreeing and remembered Marquis Xia’s advice to visit Great Jin Prefecture’s Quiet Heart Spring.
• Xia Huyu invited Su Yu to stay in Great Xia Prefecture until arriving experts dealt with trouble connected to the deaths in Southern Origin, and Su Yu accepted a temporary stay at the academy.
• Hong Tan and Bai Feng sensed something familiar about Su Yu and suspected he might possess the Divine Script Combat Skill Stele.

Su Yu met with Xia Huyu, who sought cultivation methods and resources to build a private army, while warning Su Yu about the dangers of his plans and the people watching his family. After several days of training, Su Yu attended the arrival of the myriad-race students at Daxia Civilization Academy and watched Xia Huyu welcome them, while the visitors’ leaders privately revealed their hostile intentions.

• Xia Huyu asked Su Yu for methods to rapidly strengthen recruits, combine their power, and shield them from Willpower, explaining that he wanted a private army to protect the Xia family and Great Xia Prefecture.
• Su Yu agreed to trade resources for large quantities of blood essence, and Xia Huyu offered advice about Su Yu’s disguise, his plans for the Battlefields of the Heavens, and the danger of contacting his father.
• After Xia Huyu left, Su Yu continued cultivating, then spent several days touring Great Xia Prefecture and training before heading to Daxia Civilization Academy for the arrival of the myriad-race students.
• Liu Hong tried to persuade Su Yu to forge a cultural weapon for him, but Su Yu refused and joined the crowd watching the students arrive.
• Xia Huyu welcomed the myriad-race students and led them toward the Myriad Races Academy despite their provocative remarks and the students’ resentment.
• Su Yu mocked the arriving gods and devils as unattractive, while the powerful visitors privately discussed their hostile intentions toward Great Xia Prefecture.

Su Yu met Liu Hong, who offered to sell him a version of the Splitting Method and revealed that he possessed a Multi Divine Script combat technique. Liu Hong secretly sold the method to buyers while planning to flee, and Su Yu left Great Xia Prefecture for the Battlefields of the Heavens, leaving resources for his allies.

• Liu Hong showed Su Yu a Multi Divine Script combat technique and offered to sell him the Splitting Method, but Su Yu doubted his claims and postponed the deal.
• Liu Hong sold his own version of the Splitting Method to a buyer from the Zhang Family and planned to make a fortune from students at the Myriad Races Academy before escaping to the Battlefields of the Heavens.
• Liu Hong paid Bai Feng two thousand Merit Points to meet him, intending to use Bai Feng as evidence of his ties to the Multi Divine Script Faction.
• Su Yu sold Xia Huyu five hundred portions of Heavenly Origin Qi for one million Merit Points and left cultivation resources and Merit Points for his allies.
• On the night of June 8, Su Yu left Great Xia Prefecture alone, heading toward Great Jin Prefecture and then the Battlefields of the Heavens.
• After receiving Su Yu's provisions, Bai Feng told Xia Huyu that he regretted taking Su Yu as his disciple.

Su Yu rode north toward the Battlefields of the Heavens, using Cui Lang’s identity to enter Quiet Heart Spring and cleanse the blood qi that clung to him. As he forged weapons there, he neared a breakthrough, but General Zhang’s intrusion threatened to disrupt it and left the Armament Master faction furious.

• Su Yu traveled through Great Wu Prefecture, killed five Soaring Realm cultivators who attacked or pursued him, and examined the Ten Thousand Races Cult’s bounty list, which ranked Su Yu first on the Soaring Must-Kill List.
• Su Yu reached Quiet Heart City and persuaded Master Chen Qizhong and the City Lord to seal Quiet Heart Spring so he could forge weapons and refine himself in private.
• Su Yu entered the spring, washed away his accumulated blood qi, refined essence blood, and nurtured his Blood Divine Script while forging weapons; after two days, he felt close to entering the Lingyun Realm.
• General Zhang arrived, accused Cui Lang of being connected to his son’s death, and forced his way into Quiet Heart Spring while Su Yu was forging.
• Su Yu’s Willpower surged as his cultural weapon neared seventy Gold Inscriptions, and he angrily warned Zhang He that the intrusion could ruin his advancement; Zhang withdrew, while the Armament Masters threatened consequences if the forging failed.

Su Yu, disguised as Cui Lang, forged a seventy-two-inscription half-earth weapon after Zhang He disrupted his attempt to advance, then turned Zhang’s guilt into compensation and an escort to the Battlefields of the Heavens. News of Cui Lang’s imminent Earth Tier advancement reached Great Tang Prefecture, prompting Cheng Mo to leave seclusion and pursue him as his granddaughter’s husband.

• Su Yu broke through to Lingyun while forging, formed seventy-two Gold Inscriptions, and claimed Zhang He’s interference had ruined his chance to forge an Earth Tier weapon.
• Su Yu demanded Earth Tier forging materials, twenty thousand merit points, and Zhang He’s protection on the journey to the Battlefields of the Heavens; Zhang He agreed.
• Su Yu told Zhang He about the Essence Cultivation Art, gave weapons to City Lord Liu, and discussed the Weapon Forging Dao with the Armament Masters before planning to leave the next morning.
• Word spread that Cui Lang had nearly become an Earth Tier Armament Master, while Niu Baidao told the real Cui Lang that his reputation had grown and kept him in seclusion.
• The Lord of Great Tang Prefecture informed Cheng Mo that Cui Lang was about to become an Earth Tier Armament Master, and Cheng Mo rushed out to find and avenge his granddaughter’s husband.

Su Yu, traveling as Cui Lang, left Quiet Heart City with Zhang He as his escort and crossed into Great Zhou Prefecture while probing Zhang He about the Southern Yuan ruins. After Cheng Mo pursued them, they fled toward Heavens Prefecture, while Zhou Polong considered Dan Xiong’s decision to travel to the Battlefields of the Heavens.

• Su Yu said farewell to the Armament Masters, accepted Zhang He’s compensation, and departed on a flying eagle with Zhang He accompanying him.
• Zhang He described the rising geniuses on the Battlefields of the Heavens, then told Su Yu that Southern Yuan might contain a ruin connected to sites where Invincibles attained the Dao.
• Su Yu taught Zhang He the Essence Cultivation Art while continuing to calm his suspicions and nourish his Divine Characters during their journey through Great Jin Prefecture.
• After entering Great Zhou Prefecture, Su Yu argued with a guard who blamed him for trouble caused by Su Yu, then left with Zhang He before Cheng Mo arrived.
• Cheng Mo pursued Su Yu and Zhang He, so Su Yu abandoned the flying eagle and asked Zhang He to carry him at greater speed.
• Zhou Polong heard about Cui Lang and Zhao Li’s Expansion God Art, then allowed Dan Xiong to go to the Battlefields of the Heavens and warned him not to let Su Yu disturb his state of mind.

Su Yu, disguised as Cui Lang, fled with Zhang He from Cheng Mo but was intercepted near the passage to the Battlefields of the Heavens. He was allowed to enter after two Sun Moon experts recognized his connection to Niu Baidao and the Fifth Generation, and he learned that he would have to return within three months to face Cheng You and that high-level experts could detect his disguise by touching him.

• Su Yu and Zhang He tried to escape Cheng Mo, who pursued them over Cui Lang’s alleged relationship with Cheng You and threatened Zhang He for supposedly holding Su Yu hostage.
• As they reached Heavens Prefecture, the War God Army commander joined Cheng Mo, and Zhang He fled after the two Sun Moon Ninth Layer experts confronted them.
• A black-robed woman named Hong Yan stopped Cheng Mo from taking Su Yu away, revealed she was Niu Baidao’s estranged wife and the Fifth Generation’s aunt, and brought Su Yu to her residence.
• Hong Yan agreed to let Su Yu enter the Battlefields of the Heavens before returning, while Cheng Mo required him to come back within three months and gave him a Great Tang token.
• Hong Yan warned Su Yu that high-level Sunmoon experts could detect something unusual if they touched him, and arranged for him to enter after King of Great Qin’s rewards ceremony.

Su Yu studied the Battlefields of the Heavens, advanced several Divine Scripts, and prepared to enter the war zone. After Ye Hongyan warned him about the dangers and the fates of Ye Batian and Liu Wenyan, Su Yu traveled through the passage and arrived at the Battlefields of the Heavens.

• Su Yu read materials about the Battlefields of the Heavens and learned about its factions, dangers, resources, and rewards for killing stronger opponents.
• Su Yu advanced three Divine Scripts to the fourth tier and several others to the third tier while Ye Hongyan watched and reflected on Ye Batian’s legacy.
• Su Yu continued cultivating and forging his body, aiming to grow stronger before entering the battlefield.
• Ye Hongyan told Su Yu that Chen Yong had killed a Great Xia Prefecture deputy commander and might have been aided by Lantian, then challenged Su Yu to consider where his loyalties lay.
• Ye Hongyan warned Su Yu to rely on himself, and on June 21 she escorted him to the passage and arranged for Cui Lang to enter the Battlefields of the Heavens.
• Su Yu joined a group of travelers, was teleported through the pillar of light, and became one of the many who had left the Human Realm for the battlefield.

Su Yu arrived at the Battlefields of the Heavens disguised as Cui Lang and was sent toward East Departure City, where he hoped to find his father in the Demon Suppression Army. King of Great Qin recognized Su Yu and noticed the Divine Script Combat Skill Stele and the God Devouring Ancient Clan creature he carried, while Chen Long set out to recruit him.

• Su Yu arrived at the human rear base, received the battlefield rules, and declined an offer to enlist in the garrison.
• King of Great Qin saw through Su Yu's disguise and recognized the Divine Script Combat Skill Stele and the God Devouring Ancient Clan creature accompanying him.
• King of Great Qin sent Chen Long to recruit the prospective Earth Tier Armament Master for the Demon Suppression Army.
• Su Yu and the other newcomers reached East Departure City, where legions and groups called out for recruits.
• Chen Long tried to summon Cui Lang to the Demon Suppression Army, but Su Yu declined and entered the city to settle in.
• Su Yu realized Chen Long might lead him to his father, Su Long, and wondered how he could meet him.

Su Yu arrived at the Great Ming Prefecture embassy in East Departure City, where he reunited with its master and prepared to pursue Earth Tier armament forging. When Su Long and Chen Long visited him, Su Yu recognized his father but hid his identity, while Su Long began to suspect who Cui Lang really was.

• Su Yu reached the lavish Great Ming Prefecture embassy and reunited with Embassy Master Liu, who arranged a luxurious courtyard for him.
• Su Yu told Embassy Master Liu he hoped to advance to Earth Tier Armament Master, forge his cultural weapon, and seek the Heavenly Forging King.
• At the Great Xia Prefecture embassy, Chen Long told Su Long about Cui Lang, and the brothers studied his background before deciding to visit him.
• Chen Long and Su Long arrived at Su Yu's courtyard after a Great Shang Prefecture general tried to recruit Cui Lang, and Su Yu recognized his father without acknowledging him.
• Su Yu ordered the Sun Moon Realm watchers to leave the embassy, while Su Long stared at him and grew suspicious that Cui Lang was his son.

Su Yu reunited with Su Long in Cui Lang’s disguise, and Su Long recognized him through his habits and private memories. They discussed Su Yu’s dangers and family, and Su Yu equipped his father with treasures before leaving their reunion’s future uncertain.

• Su Long tested Cui Lang by recalling Su Yu’s childhood, then complained about Su Yu’s choices while Su Yu answered as though speaking about someone else.
• Su Yu and Su Long discussed the risks of staying in the Xia Family’s territory, and Su Long confirmed that Chen Long was a trusted former comrade rather than a Xia Family spy.
• Su Long ordered Su Yu to squat and slapped him as they argued about his troubles, his relationships, and his decision to enter danger.
• Su Yu gave Su Long cultivation resources, weapons, talismans, and a merit-points card, while warning him not to use them under surveillance.
• Chen Long realized that Cui Lang was Su Yu and revealed that King of Great Qin had sent him to recruit a quasi-Earth Tier Armament Master.
• Su Yu showed Su Long his water transformation, then father and son concealed their joy and sorrow as they accepted that Su Yu would soon leave again.

Su Yu said goodbye to Su Long, learned about the Hunter Pavilion and its rankings, and prepared to leave East Departure City to explore the Battlefields of the Heavens. As Su Yu rode away, Su Long exhausted himself practicing the same saber strike in the Great Xia embassy.

• Su Long cooked braised pork for Su Yu, warned him to avoid helping Chen Long, and left after saying goodbye to his son.
• Su Yu told Hall Master Liu he might travel and asked to be warned if Cheng You came looking for him.
• Su Yu learned that the Hunter Pavilion targeted geniuses and studied the Hunter Heaven Ranking, where Modona ranked first on the Heaven Ranking.
• Su Yu spent several days reading information about the Battlefields of the Heavens and completed his twelfth body forging.
• On June 26, Su Yu left the Great Ming Prefecture embassy on an Earth Dragon Beast, heading out from East Departure City.
• Su Long practiced one military saber strike repeatedly until he collapsed, cursing in the courtyard of the Great Xia embassy.

Su Yu traveled toward the Vanguard Camp, learning about the Battlefields of the Heavens and the Liu family's history from a vulture squad. After killing an infiltrating Shadow Race member with ease, he continued toward the front lines and noticed someone investigating him.

• Su Yu rode toward the Vanguard Camp and learned that a demon attack had started fighting at the camp.
• Su Yu questioned a vulture squad and heard about the Liu family's past, including Liu Wenyan's connection to Ye Batian and the family's decline.
• Su Yu killed an infiltrating first-level Lingyun Shadow Race member, took its blood, and let the vultures collect the corpse.
• The vulture leader warned Su Yu that killing and consuming essence blood could attract powerful experts, then his squad left.
• A stranger investigated the scene and suggested adding Cui Lang to the Hunter Pavilion's Yellow Ranking; Su Yu returned and wondered who had sent him.

Su Yu entered the eastern war zone, survived an encounter with Yuan Shihao, and finally spotted Liu Wenyan at the Vanguard Camp. Before he could cross the East Rift Valley, the camp’s soldiers seized him to repair their battle weapons, and he agreed only on the condition that they release him within three days.

• A Hunter Pavilion elder put Cui Lang on the Yellow Ranking at number 360, while the Evil-Cleansing Army pursued Hunter Pavilion members; Su Yu fled and discovered that someone had stolen one leg from his Earth Dragon Beast.
• Su Yu met Yuan Shihao, lured him away from other people, and defeated him with layered hammer strikes, flames, and a punch before continuing toward the front lines.
• At the Vanguard Camp, Liu Wenyan fought demons alongside his uncle, survived an attack by Soul Devouring Insects, and withdrew with the camp after a fierce skirmish.
• Su Yu reached the East Rift Valley and recognized Liu Wenyan, but a Sun-Moon general ordered soldiers to capture him so he could repair their damaged weapons.
• Su Yu surrendered and agreed to repair weapons for three days after the general promised to let him leave, while the camp’s soldiers celebrated their unexpected armament master.

Su Yu was detained by the Vanguard Army and brought to its garrison to repair weapons, where he demonstrated his exceptional forging skill by making a 71-Gold-Inscription peak Mysterious Tier weapon. He refused to stay beyond a few days, and the chapter ended with the Vanguard’s Armament Masters marveling at his abilities and joking about how he had advanced.

• Hong Du identified himself as deputy general of the Shanhai Camp and explained that the Vanguard Army needed Su Yu to repair weapons after days of fierce fighting.
• Hong Du told Su Yu that General Cao was the Vanguard Army’s deputy commander and that its commander, Qin Guang, was away; he also described how Zhang had died in battle and why the Invincibles could not intervene without escalating the war.
• Su Yu entered the Armament Forging Hall and forged a weapon with 71 Gold Inscriptions, impressing the resident Armament Masters and proving his skill.
• General Cao invited Su Yu to join the Vanguard Army, but Su Yu refused and agreed only to repair weapons for three more days, focusing on peak Mysterious Tier and low Earth Tier weapons.
• A young Armament Master apologized to Su Yu and asked for guidance, while he and his teacher speculated that women might help with weapon forging.

Su Yu lived at the Vanguard Camp, repaired weapons, and learned more about the strained human armies and the camp’s hardened soldiers. After recognizing Zheng Yuming’s suspicious Divine Script, he reunited with Liu Wenyan, revealed his identity, and insisted he would cross East Rift Valley to fight powerful enemies.

• Su Yu shared roast chicken with a veteran Soaring Realm soldier, who described the Vanguard Camp’s prisoners and argued that humanity’s scattered armies and unequal resources weakened its war effort.
• Su Yu repaired weapons for Vanguard Camp fighters and traded for cultivation methods, essence blood, and other materials while considering how to improve his speed.
• Zheng Yuming brought Su Yu an Earth-tier cultural weapon to repair, and Su Yu noticed that Zheng’s fourth-tier Suppress Divine Script seemed force-ripened and possibly part of a set.
• Su Yu secretly embedded sharpness and fire power into Zheng Yuming’s repaired weapon, creating a hidden means to make it explode later.
• Liu Wenyan arrived with his uncle to have an injured Earth-tier weapon repaired, and Su Yu revealed himself as Liu Wenyan’s former student.
• Su Yu gave Liu Wenyan items that might help his uncle recover and declared that he would cross East Rift Valley to hunt powerful enemies, while Liu Wenyan accepted that his student had grown stronger.

Su Yu repaired weapons for the Vanguard Camp, forged himself speed-enhancing boots, and left East Rift Valley for the chaotic Desire Sea Plain. After clashing with Red Armor, a powerful armored warrior who attacked him, Su Yu tracked him down, determined to take revenge.

• Su Yu restored Uncle Liu's Earth-tier weapon to peak beginner Earth-tier and secured a promise that Liu Wenyan and Uncle Liu would help him when needed.
• General Cao discussed the Vanguard Army's losses and the dangers gathering on the Desire Sea Plain, then instructed Hong Du to give Su Yu maps, rescue-point locations, and information about enemy geniuses.
• Su Yu spent three days repairing weapons, then forged boots with seventy-two Gold Inscriptions that increased his speed by thirty percent.
• Su Yu left East Rift Valley despite Hong Du's warnings and learned from Song Yi that Huang Teng and Wu Qi were being hunted on the Desire Sea Plain.
• Red Armor tried to capture Su Yu, but Su Yu fought back, disrupted his illusions, and forced him to flee; after Little Fur Ball picked up his scent, Su Yu pursued him to settle the score.
• Red Armor returned to his companions and focused on capturing a young Golden Dragon, unaware that Su Yu was coming after him.

Su Yu entered the Desire Sea Plain, survived a close encounter with a disguised Golden Dragon, and killed Green Armor during the dragon’s fight with the Mystic Armor Race. After gaining new abilities and destroying Green Armor’s Hunter Heaven Ranking, Su Yu unknowingly rose to third on the Yellow Ranking, while General Cao learned of his feat.

• Su Yu concealed himself in a river and narrowly avoided detection by a Golden Dragon and the Mystic Armor Race warriors.
• The Golden Dragon attacked the Mystic Armor Race, then returned to fight them again while Su Yu used the distraction to ambush and kill Green Armor.
• Su Yu escaped underground with Green Armor’s armor and Stabilizing Yuan Ruler, absorbed the heaven-and-earth reward, and acquired the Mystic Armor Race’s Armor Transformation skill.
• Su Yu burned Green Armor’s Hunter Heaven Ranking after it revealed itself as a Hunter Pavilion communication item.
• The Hunter Heaven Ranking updated Su Yu to third on the Yellow Ranking for killing a Lingyun Seventh Level expert, and General Cao was surprised by the news.

Su Yu pursued the Mystic Armor Race, learned that the Hunter Heaven Ranking could expose disguised identities, and changed his appearance into a Water Person before heading toward Heavenly Rift Valley. There, Huang Teng and Wu Qi prepared to face the Devils and other pursuers, while Su Yu approached to watch and possibly help Wu Qi.

• Cui Lang’s kill of Green Armor raised him to third place on the Yellow Ranking, while Huang Teng doubted that the ranking’s Cui Lang was the libertine he had once met.
• Su Yu ambushed Red Armor’s group, killed another armored warrior, and fled as the golden dragon Long Wuyou fought them in the air.
• An Mintian arrived, drove off Long Wuyou, and led Red Armor’s remaining warriors toward the Devil Race’s hunt for Huang Teng and Wu Qi.
• Su Yu discovered that the Hunter Heaven Ranking recorded battle achievements under registered identities, then transformed himself into a Water Person to conceal his appearance.
• After learning that Huang Teng and Wu Qi were trapped in Heavenly Rift Valley, Su Yu headed there, while Huang Teng used King Daxia’s saber scars to prepare for the coming fight.