Chapter Summaries

A black-robed swordsman entered Lonely Cloud Town, where the Black Mountain Duo Fiends and their men had terrorized the residents, and began searching for Liu Sandao. He killed Hu Hansan and one of the Black Mountain Duo Fiends with single strikes, leaving the tavern’s remaining villains shocked and enraged.

• Jianghu men terrorized Lonely Cloud Town’s residents while waiting for Lu Chen to respond to their blockade of Cui Manor.
• A black-robed man entered town and silently killed several toughs who tried to surround him.
• The black-robed man asked the tavern patrons who Liu Sandao was, and Hu Hansan challenged him to take a punch.
• The black-robed man killed Hu Hansan with one strike and asked again for Liu Sandao.
• A man identifying himself as one of the Black Mountain Duo Fiends began to answer, but the black-robed man killed him before he finished.
• The surviving men reacted with shock and anger as the black-robed man demanded to know who Liu Sandao was.

The Blood Offering Sect sacrificed three Grandmasters to let its Saintess invoke the Blood God and break through the encirclement, while its frenzied followers charged the valley. Just as the defenders began to fall, Lu Chen unleashed the third style of the Seven Styles of Divine Extinction and slaughtered the attacking remnants.

• The Blood Offering Sect Saintess completed her ritual, draining the three Grandmasters behind her and announcing the Blood God's descent.
• Breeze Swordmaster and Taoist Xuanzhen confronted the Saintess, and the gathered experts attacked her as the Blood God's power took hold.
• Blood Offering Sect followers charged toward the valley, shrugging off arrows and overwhelming the defenders led by Zhou Song.
• Lu Chen unleashed No Life, exploding the charging Blood Offering Sect remnants in groups and earning Merit Points.

After the Blood Offering Sect Holy Maiden was killed, a second soul awakened in her body and attacked Lu Chen. Lu Chen unleashed his full strength and overwhelmed her, leaving her battered and pinned against a wall as he questioned whether she could revive again.

• Breeze Swordmaster warned Taoist Xuanzhen and the others that the Blood Offering Sect Holy Maiden seemed to contain another soul, and they set out to contact Zhou Song.
• Lu Chen discovered that the Holy Maiden had regenerated, but a different soul had taken control of her body and claimed they were one body with two souls.
• The mysterious woman explained that she had the Blood God's blessing and could heal fatal wounds, then revealed she had been removing the Sword Qi from her body while speaking with Lu Chen.
• Lu Chen raised his cultivation to the ninth layer of the Physical Body Hidden Realm and activated the Undying Overlord Body with Tenfold Combat Power.
• Lu Chen shattered the woman's clones and overwhelmed her attacks, then pinned her against a wall and asked whether she could revive after he killed her again.

Lu Chen broke through the Ye Family’s mountain-protecting formation and launched a devastating attack inside the family grounds. After revealing Mr. Hu as a late-stage Grandmaster Otherworlder, Lu Chen prepared to face him.

• Breeze Swordmaster’s Sword Qi tore apart the Ye Family’s mountain-protecting formation, allowing Lu Chen to enter.
• Lu Chen killed 73 Ye Family members with a single slash and used Tenfold Combat Power to suppress the survivors.
• Ye Lingxiao ordered Mr. Hu to kill Lu Chen, and Mr. Hu attacked with Demonic Moon Eyes.
• Lu Chen’s Soul Reflection talent resisted Mr. Hu’s soul attack and briefly stunned him.
• Lu Chen struck Mr. Hu and exposed his true form as a weasel with a human head and a weasel’s body.

Lu Chen fought through waves of Great Yu pursuers while racing away with the Dao Fruit, then killed a Sword Sect Grandmaster who tried to stop him. As Northern Barbarian experts joined the chase, Lu Chen headed for a mountain range and planned to use the Sword Talisman’s final activation to wipe out his pursuers.

• Lu Chen cut down pursuing experts but hurried onward as Grandmasters closed in and he feared attracting Earth Rankings figures.
• A black-robed sword expert ambushed Lu Chen, revealing Level Three Sword Intent and trapping him in a deadly clash.
• Lu Chen recognized the attacker’s Sword Sect technique, struck him with the fifth style of the Seven Styles of Divine Extinction, and killed him with his sword.
• Experts from the Northern Barbarians joined the pursuit as the Dao Fruit’s fragrance dwindled, and Lu Chen raced toward a mountain range.
• Lu Chen decided to draw his pursuers into the mountains and use the Sword Talisman’s last chance to destroy them.

Lu Chen spent 550 million Merit Points to reach Ruler Sixth Level, then briefly unleashed an aura that alarmed the Chaos Kings at the stronghold. He demonstrated his strength to them and left them recognizing that his swordsmanship and power surpassed ordinary Chaos Kings.

• Lu Chen used 550 million Merit Points to break through to Ruler Sixth Level and felt the power of his cultivation and Tenfold Combat Power.
• Demon Wind and four other Chaos Kings sensed Lu Chen's aura and went to his courtyard to meet him.
• Lu Chen told the visitors he was at Ruler Sixth Level and could rival Ruler Ninth Level with a bloodline divine ability.
• When Blade Venerable asked about the ability, Lu Chen's sword intent clashed with his blade intent and left him injured.
• Lu Chen withdrew the Sword Qi from Blade Venerable and told the group they were on the same side.

Lu Chen learned that Qing Lian had been taken to the Ancient Clan Pure Land and that Breeze Swordmaster had followed her, so he entered the Pure Land with Dugu Wudi to find them. After arriving, Lu Chen reunited with the badly wounded Breeze Swordmaster and gave him the Fountain of Life.

• Lu Chen used the Karma Secret Art to trace Qing Lian's kidnappers to the Ancient Clan Pure Land and learned that Breeze Swordmaster had pursued them.
• Lu Chen and Dugu Wudi set out for the Pure Land, while reports spread that Lu Chen had killed members of several factions and the Great Yu Dynasty had cut ties with the Upper Three Clans and Middle Six Clans.
• Lu Chen shattered the holy bell and the gate at the Pure Land entrance, then entered with Dugu Wudi as the War God Hall and No. 2 Saber Gate prepared to intercept them.
• Lu Chen sensed Breeze Swordmaster's location and found him severely wounded in a cave.
• Lu Chen caught Breeze Swordmaster as he staggered forward and gave him the Fountain of Life.

After surviving an ambush by a Sword Sect impostor, Lu Chen returned toward the Sky Sword Sect with the Breeze Swordmaster and learned that he had reached the Grandmaster realm. He planned to give the Dao Fruit to Dugu Wudi so his Master could grow stronger and confront the old monk blocking the sect.

• Han Wu-bing and Shangguan Xue'er witnessed the aftermath of Lu Chen's battle, while the Heaven's Secret Pavilion's mirror ranked him first on the Human Rankings after recording his astonishing feats.
• Lu Chen hurried toward a call for his Senior Brother but was ambushed by a masked swordsman whose techniques resembled the Breeze Swordmaster's.
• Zhao Xuantian interrupted the attack, and the masked man fled; the Breeze Swordmaster arrived and identified the attacker as someone from the Sword Sect, which had stolen many of the Sky Sword Sect's arts.
• The Breeze Swordmaster carried Lu Chen toward the Sky Sword Sect, and Zhao Xuantian discovered that Lu Chen had reached the Grandmaster realm.
• Lu Chen learned that an old monk was still preventing Dugu Wudi from leaving the sect, and he resolved to give Dugu Wudi the Dao Fruit so he could defeat the monk and help Lu Chen pursue more Merit Points.

After Lu Chen learned that the world was nearing its unsealing and that gods were imprisoned in Hell’s Second Layer, he used Yin Virtue Coins to recruit help and bargain with the gatekeeper. The gatekeeper revealed directions to Myriad Buddha Cave, where an ancient killing weapon was hidden, and Lu Chen was about to ask him about the Second Layer.

• Li Wangshu brought Lu Chen and Dugu Wudi to Founding Ancestor Wang Chongyang and warned that Lu Chen’s defeat of a foreign enemy would draw more enemies from above.
• Founding Ancestor Wang Chongyang said the world was close to being unsealed and that the gatekeeper knew about buried treasures, while the souls agreed to help Lu Chen in exchange for Yin Virtue Coins.
• Lu Chen created and distributed a vast number of Yin Virtue Coins, then left with Li Wangshu and Dugu Wudi to meet the gatekeeper.
• Lu Chen offered the gatekeeper Yin Virtue Coins for information about the unsealing and buried opportunities, and the gatekeeper finally revealed that Myriad Buddha Cave held an ancient killing weapon.
• The gatekeeper sent Lu Chen directions to Myriad Buddha Cave, and Lu Chen began asking about Hell’s Second Layer.

After learning that stronger enemies were crossing realms, Lu Chen hurried to Hell’s Second Layer and paid its gatekeeper to let imprisoned gods aid him from afar once the world was unsealed. The chapter left Lu Chen confident with a new token in hand as the Netherworld panicked over Xuanji’s descent and the threat of revenge.

• The gatekeeper of Hell’s First Layer warned Lu Chen that the Second Layer was dangerous, then gave him information about it after he paid.
• Xuanji volunteered to descend and suppress Lu Chen, while giant shadows began forcing their way into the Axe Realm and other realms.
• Miao Wu Fa and Yue Qingtian informed Lu Chen that another powerful enemy had crossed realms, and Lu Chen hurried toward Hell’s Second Layer.
• Lu Chen offered the Second Layer’s gatekeeper two heaps of Yin Virtue Coins, persuading him to provide a token that could summon imprisoned gods to strike from afar after the world was unsealed.
• Lu Chen left with the token, while people across the realms warned him to hide from the approaching enemy.

Lu Chen returned to the Sky Sword Sect at the perfected third level of the True Qi Hidden Realm, astonishing Dugu Wudi, Breeze Swordmaster, and Qing Lian. As the Heaven Gate Baptism approached, Dugu Wudi gave him a powerful Sword Talisman and warned that other participants might try to force him out.

• Lu Chen finished digesting the True Essence Pill, reached the third level of the True Qi Hidden Realm, and headed back to the Sky Sword Sect.
• Breeze Swordmaster contacted Lu Chen, and Lu Chen reassured him that he had returned safely.
• Dugu Wudi, Breeze Swordmaster, and Qing Lian met Lu Chen at the sect gate, where Dugu Wudi and Breeze Swordmaster were shocked by his cultivation.
• Qing Lian grew terrified of Lu Chen after realizing how far he had surpassed her.
• Dugu Wudi gave Lu Chen a Sword Talisman that could unleash three full-strength attacks and explained the Heaven Gate Baptism's benefits and participants.
• Dugu Wudi warned that other participants might try to force Lu Chen out of the Heavenly Gate, but Lu Chen said he could handle them.

Lu Chen persuaded Qiqi, a young Five-Clawed Divine Dragon, to leave its hiding place and join him, then led his companions on a sweep for seabed treasures. Meanwhile, Yun Luoying activated a formation to summon a prince from the Supreme Imperial Dynasty, and a gate of light opened before his forces.

• Lu Chen swore that he would not harm Qiqi, and Qiqi agreed to leave with him.
• Qiqi emerged from its Dragon Egg, struck Li Wangshu and Dugu Wudi with Five-Colored Divine Lightning, and burned Li Wangshu with golden flames before Lu Chen calmed it.
• Lu Chen had Li Wangshu and Dugu Wudi return most of the Dragon Soul Fruits to Qiqi, then convinced Qiqi to guide them to other opportunities.
• Lu Chen, Li Wangshu, and Dugu Wudi followed Qiqi through the seabed, collecting treasures and searching ancient caves.
• Yun Luoying and Black Nether activated the altar at the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Sect to summon a prince from the Supreme Imperial Dynasty.
• A light gate formed beyond the Star Chain, and the prince’s knight announced that Yun Luoying’s summons had arrived.

Lu Chen learned that Yun Luoying had used an array to bring powerful forces from the Supreme Ancient Dynasty into the realm, and he hurried back to confront the threat. After descending, the Prince treated Yun Luoying as a concubine and ordered knights to capture Lu Chen, while imprisoning her and demanding that she serve him.

• Miao Wu Fa saw the Supreme Ancient Dynasty's forces approaching the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Sect through the Heaven's Secret Mirror and warned Lu Chen with a token.
• Lu Chen and his companions finished plundering the seabed treasures, then learned that Yun Luoying was drawing powerful enemies into the realm and rushed back.
• Yun Luoying welcomed the Prince and his thirty-two knights as they descended at the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Sect.
• The Prince declared that Yun Luoying would be his concubine, seized her, and ordered Xiong Yan and Lang Feng to capture Lu Chen and demand his submission.
• A knight blasted Black Nether away when he tried to intervene, and the Prince imprisoned Yun Luoying and told her she would serve him that night.

Lu Chen killed Lord Qianye, exposed and wiped out the Lin Family’s remaining forces, and earned enough Merit Points to prepare for a breakthrough to the Spirit Hidden Realm. He left the mountain and ordered the princes and deputy lords to search the Lin Family estate and send him its treasures and records.

• Lu Chen defeated Lord Qianye’s poison bubbles and mental attack, then killed the Otherworlder and gained 800 Merit Points.
• Lu Chen caught Lin Fang and his sister as they fled, killed the sister after she threatened his family, and killed Lin Fang after learning that the Lin Family’s five Grandmaster-level elders handled its dealings with Otherworlders.
• Lu Chen saw that his Merit Points were full and resolved to use them to break through to the Spirit Hidden Realm.
• The Third Prince, Fourth Prince, and deputy lords waited below the mountain, then welcomed Lu Chen when he emerged.
• Lu Chen ordered the group to search the Lin Family estate and bring him its manuals, pills, spiritual medicines, letters, and other records.

Lu Chen stormed the beggars’ hall to rescue the children and punish Beggar Chief and his men. After defeating Beggar Chief, he discovered the gang was storing Carefree Powder for the Great Shark Gang.

• Beggar Chief ordered his men to kill a child’s mother and turn two boys into jar men, but Lu Chen arrived and smashed his way into the hall.
• Lu Chen stopped a beggar from attacking the mother, then fought Beggar Chief and killed the gang members who attacked him.
• Lu Chen crushed Beggar Chief’s palms and chased him into the backyard, where he found jars filled with white powder.
• Beggar Chief begged for mercy and revealed that the powder was Carefree Powder stored for the Great Shark Gang.

After Lu Chen destroyed the Evergreen Sect, news spread that he had challenged Ye Gubai, the top-ranked Qilin expert, to a battle in ten days. The Heaven's Secret Pavilion withheld its updated ranking, while King Cui worried over Lu Chen's challenge.

• Gongsun Ming learned that Lu Chen had destroyed the Evergreen Sect and ordered the news reported to headquarters.
• He Qianxing told Gongsun Ming that Lu Chen had challenged Ye Gubai through the Wind Listening Pavilion.
• Jianghu people reacted to the challenge and learned that Lu Chen had entered eighth place on the Black List with a bounty of one hundred thousand taels.
• The Heaven's Secret Pavilion discovered that Lu Chen had risen to sixth on the Qilin Rankings and decided to delay announcing the result until after his battle with Ye Gubai.
• King Cui heard about the challenge and worried that Lu Chen was acting too impulsively.

Lu Chen accepted the Director of the Pacification Bureau position on the condition that he would not obey the emperor, then ordered an immediate assault on the hidden Lin and Xu Families. The Imperial Family mobilized thousands of troops, and the chapter ended with the Lin Family surrounded and unable to send messages for help.

• Lu Chen negotiated with Zhao Xuantian, agreeing to serve as Director of the Pacification Bureau while refusing to obey imperial orders and promising to protect the Zhao Family's lineage.
• Zhao Xuantian gave Lu Chen the Director's seal, and Lu Chen immediately ordered the Pacification Bureau and Six Doors to seize the Lin Family's and Xu Family's estates.
• Dugu Wudi backed Lu Chen's plan, and Zhao Xuantian returned to the Imperial City to mobilize forces against both families.
• More than four thousand experts surrounded the Lin Family and Xu Family, spreading alarm throughout the realm and prompting other hidden Lineages to seek their ancestors' intervention.
• The Lin Family panicked as its patriarch could not be reached and its spiritual pigeons were shot down, leaving it cut off from help.

Lu Chen fought Chu Yunxiao, an otherworldly prince who demanded his submission and tried to claim Yun Luoying as a reward. Lu Chen turned Chu Yunxiao’s attacks against him and struck him with a hidden golden sword, leaving the prince defeated as Yun Luoying and Black Nether watched in shock.

• Chu Yunxiao arrived in his war chariot and demanded that Lu Chen submit, while Li Wangshu challenged him and was struck by a soul attack that Lu Chen broke.
• Chu Yunxiao offered Yun Luoying to Lu Chen, but Lu Chen dismissed her and challenged Chu Yunxiao to submit instead.
• Chu Yunxiao attacked Lu Chen with a golden great halberd, and the two clashed with their powerful weapons and abilities.
• Chu Yunxiao unleashed a soul attack, but Lu Chen reflected it and used the Returning Light Flowing Sword to strike Chu Yunxiao through time, driving him toward madness.
• Lu Chen exploited Chu Yunxiao’s exposed flaws, killed the chariot’s four beasts, and struck the prince with a hidden golden sword.
• Chu Yunxiao flew backward in defeat as Yun Luoying stared in disbelief and Black Nether lamented that Lu Chen had been underestimated.

Lu Chen fled toward the Sky Sword Sect with the newly obtained Dao Fruit, while news of the treasure threw Great Yu and the Northern Barbarians into chaos. Dugu Wudi and other allies moved to help him, but Lu Chen was intercepted on the way and killed four Spirit Hidden Realm experts.

• Lu Chen used spiritual power to kill Northern Barbarian soldiers, then fled toward Great Yu after earning few Merit Points from them.
• Shen Lian contacted Zhao Xuantian, who learned Lu Chen had the Dao Fruit and rushed to protect him.
• Dugu Wudi received Lu Chen's message about the Dao Fruit and sent the Breeze Swordmaster to find Lu Chen while he remained blocked by Monk Yunkong.
• Lu Chen raced toward the Sky Sword Sect as the Dao Fruit's fragrance weakened and news of it spread throughout Great Yu and the Northern Barbarians.
• Four masked Spirit Hidden Realm experts intercepted Lu Chen over a vast river, and he killed them with Heart Shatter.

Lu Chen defeated and beheaded the Northern Barbarian Grandmaster Tuoba Wuye, then cut down the Northern Barbarian experts who charged to stop him. The Northern Barbarian army broke and fled, while news of the Dao Fruit’s emergence continued to draw more experts to the battlefield.

• Lu Chen repeatedly struck Tuoba Wuye, cutting away his cultivation and forcing him out of the Grandmaster realm.
• Tuoba Wuye used his Ghost Slayer Blade and Heavenly Ghost Blade Technique, but Lu Chen overwhelmed him and beheaded him with one stroke.
• With their Grandmaster dead, the Northern Barbarian soldiers panicked and fled toward their territory.
• Dozens of Northern Barbarian experts charged Lu Chen, and he killed them as some resorted to self-destruction.
• News of the Dao Fruit’s emergence spread, and more Northern Barbarian experts continued arriving.