Chapter Summaries

After destroying the Black Tiger Gang, Lu Chen visited the Wang Family’s Sword Tablet and absorbed its ancient Sword Intent, gaining Six Extinction Swordplay and breaking through to Ninth Rank. He promised to help the Wang Family if it faced danger, then left to hunt bandits for more Merit Points.

• News spread through Yunlan City that Lu Chen had destroyed the Black Tiger Gang, and Wang Tianlei brought him to see the Sword Tablet.
• The Sword Tablet’s Sword Intent clashed with Lu Chen’s, and he captured its Ancient Sword Intent and Six Extinction Swordplay.
• Lu Chen’s Sword Intent rose to Level Two, his Imperial Sword Physique developed further, and his cultivation reached Ninth Rank (3%).
• Lu Chen promised Wang Tianlei that he would help the Wang Family if it faced danger, then said farewell to Yang Yun'er and left.
• Lu Chen checked his remaining Merit Points and headed for a nearby bandit den to earn more.

Lu Chen fought the invisible assassin Phantom Nighttrace while Han Wu-bing and the others faced the arriving Blood Offering Sect forces. After breaking through Phantom Nighttrace’s assault and strengthening his cultivation and movement technique, Lu Chen unleashed a storm of lightning that forced the assassin to reveal himself and sent the sect fighters into terror.

• Lu Chen killed four Blood Offering Sect experts with his blade technique, then sensed an invisible opponent attacking him.
• Han Wu-bing identified the attacker as Phantom Nighttrace, a Shadow Pavilion assassin ranked sixteenth on the Qilin Rankings.
• Lu Chen spent 4500 Merit Points to complete the Nine Heavens Art and reach the peak of Ninth Rank, then used his remaining points to complete the Eight Desolations Dragon-Soaring Steps.
• The Blood Offering Sect cavalry caught up, and Han Wu-bing, Shangguan Xue'er, and the Jianghu folk fought them while Lu Chen battled Phantom Nighttrace.
• Lu Chen activated Nine Heavens Thunder Annihilation, drawing lightning across the battlefield and forcing Phantom Nighttrace to become visible and flee.

After learning that the Ye Family had targeted King Cui and Cui Hu in Lonely Cloud Town, Lu Chen resolved to go there and confront the threat. He set out with the Breeze Swordmaster’s promise to intervene if hidden Grandmasters appeared.

• Lu Chen paid the Wind Listening Pavilion for news and learned the Ye Family had surrounded King Cui and Cui Hu, poisoned King Cui, and left Cui Hu unable to use martial arts after Dai Tian’s sneak attack.
• Lu Chen learned Dai Tian and Liu Sandao were harassing Cui Hu, while a Golden Light Monk and two Ye Family elders were among the powerful threats in town.
• Lu Chen left the Pavilion and told the Breeze Swordmaster he was going to protect King Cui and Cui Hu from the Ye Family.
• The Breeze Swordmaster agreed to accompany Lu Chen and said a secret treasure could protect him from an ordinary Grandmaster.

Lu Chen fought Elder Blood Sacrifice and killed him with Han Wu-bing’s help, then met Han and his junior sister, Shangguan Xue’er. Lu Chen searched the corpse while Han wondered at the gap between their Qilin Rankings, and the group learned that Lu Chen had encountered the Blood Offering Sect elder by chance.

• Elder Blood Sacrifice struck Lu Chen, who countered with Heart Shatter and was driven back, then tried to pursue him as Lu Chen attempted to flee from approaching experts.
• Han Wu-bing and Shangguan Xue’er emerged from the forest, and Han joined Lu Chen’s fight while Shangguan watched the surroundings.
• Han used Thousand Mile Ice Seal to slow Elder Blood Sacrifice, and Lu Chen struck with Heart Shatter and Six Extinction Swordplay, killing him.
• Lu Chen received 700 Merit Points and searched Elder Blood Sacrifice’s corpse as Han and Shangguan reacted to his strength.
• Han introduced himself as Ice Sword Han Wu-bing and his junior sister as Shangguan Xue’er, then asked Lu Chen whether he had come for the Blood Offering Sect’s stronghold; Lu Chen said he had met the elder by chance.

Lu Chen fought the Blood Offering Elder after killing eight of the sect’s followers, using his sword arts and talents to wound the Hidden Realm expert. The chapter left the Blood Offering Elder with Lu Chen’s Crimson Softsword lodged in his right eye as he struck back.

• The Blood Offering Elder pursued Lu Chen at great speed, while a young man and woman headed toward the same area to investigate the Blood Offering Sect.
• The Blood Offering Elder used Blood Escape to catch Lu Chen and attacked him with a blood-red palm strike.
• Lu Chen disrupted the Blood Offering Elder with the Seven Styles of Divine Extinction and nearly cut his neck before escaping the elder’s counterattack.
• Lu Chen refused the Blood Offering Elder’s demand to join the sect and spent 2500 Merit Points to perfect the first form of Six Extinction Swordplay.
• Lu Chen feinted with Blade Intent and struck with Six Extinction Swordplay, piercing the Blood Offering Elder’s right eye with the Crimson Softsword.
• The Blood Offering Elder grabbed the sword and slammed his other palm toward Lu Chen.

After devouring seven Divine Mountains, Lu Chen expanded the Myriad Sword Dao Seed into a small world and broke through to Spirit God Sixth Layer. He and Qiqi reached the sealed Myriad Laws Heavenly Mountain, where a scarlet-furred Demon King emerged and a sentient Precious Blade appeared, destroying Lu Chen’s Black Saber as he sensed its terrifying nature.

• Netherworld forces discovered that the Divine Mountains had been drained of their essence qi and began searching for Lu Chen and the young True Dragon.
• Lu Chen found that the Myriad Sword Dao Seed had grown into a thousand-meter-wide space with its own laws, then used 5.5 million Merit Points to reach Spirit God Sixth Layer.
• Lu Chen and Qiqi arrived at the former Eighteenth Level of Hell, where six Divine Kings guarded a region after a coffin was excavated.
• A scarlet-furred Demon King burst from underground and attacked a Divine King, prompting the others to join the battle.
• A Precious Blade erupted from the ground and destroyed approaching fighters, Forbidden Treasures, and nearby weapons; Lu Chen restrained the Golden Soft Sword, but his Black Saber shattered.
• Lu Chen activated the Karma Secret Art and was shocked by what he saw about the Precious Blade.

Lu Chen learned that Divine Kings were preparing to break the Star Chain and returned to the Netherworld to strengthen the Myriad Sword Dao Seed while avoiding attention. He devoured Divine Mountains, rescued Qiqi from pursuing Descenders, and began absorbing another mountain with Qiqi at his side.

• A messenger told Lu Chen that the Starry Sky Arena would send an invitation token once the world was unsealed, and revealed that Divine Kings planned to tear apart the Star Chain.
• Lu Chen heard that Sword Marquis's slain body had been an incarnation and that golden lotuses were appearing where the Eighteenth Level of Hell once stood, drawing powerful figures away.
• Lu Chen used the Myriad Sword Dao Seed to devour a Divine Mountain and absorbed 56 Descenders who tried to stop him, expanding the seed's inner space.
• Lu Chen found Qiqi being chased by Descenders and killed her pursuers before bringing her along to search for Divine Mountains.
• Lu Chen began devouring another Divine Mountain while Qiqi watched and asked him to leave her some of its essence.

Lu Chen pursued the injured Blood Offering Sect Holy Maiden into a hidden ancient hall, where she tried to trap and refine him. He destroyed her Bloodlight Bell with the Six Extinction Swordplay and killed her, earning 600 Merit Points.

• The Blood Offering Sect Holy Maiden fled through the mountain forest after draining the vital essence of several righteous martial artists, then left tracks to lure Lu Chen into pursuit.
• Lu Chen followed her to a hidden ancient hall and found her waiting alone inside.
• The Blood Offering Sect Holy Maiden mocked Lu Chen and attacked him, but his blade strike wounded her and sent her flying.
• The Blood Offering Sect Holy Maiden trapped Lu Chen beneath her Bloodlight Bell and tried to refine his essence and blood.
• Lu Chen used the Six Extinction Swordplay to expose the bell's flaws, shattered it with Sword Qi, and killed the Blood Offering Sect Holy Maiden.
• Lu Chen recognized her identity and received 600 Merit Points.

Breeze Swordmaster told a friend that Lu Chen had mastered the Supreme Sword Classic at a glance, then reacted with shock when he learned Lu Chen had challenged Ye Gubai. Meanwhile, Lu Chen continued hunting bandits and defeated Huangfu Yun in one strike, leaving Huangfu eager to befriend him and help him face Ye Gubai.

• Breeze Swordmaster refused to accept Yusheng as a disciple and told Yusheng's father that Lu Chen had mastered the Supreme Sword Classic at a glance.
• Breeze Swordmaster learned that Lu Chen had challenged Ye Gubai, the number one on the Qilin Rankings.
• Outside Boulderstone City, Cui Hu urged Lu Chen to reconsider his challenge, but Lu Chen insisted he would kill Ye Gubai within ten days and said he was cultivating while hunting bandits.
• Huangfu Yun introduced himself as fourteenth on the Qilin Rankings and challenged Lu Chen after claiming he had come to befriend him.
• Lu Chen broke through Huangfu Yun's gravity talent and defeated him with one strike, earning 80 Merit Points.
• Huangfu Yun called after Lu Chen and offered to help him deal with Ye Gubai, but Lu Chen left him behind.

Lu Chen killed a Blood Offering Sect elder who ambushed him, then challenged Ye Gubai to a fight in ten days. The challenge was set for Boulderstone City, and the Wind Listening Pavilion agreed to spread the news throughout the Jianghu.

• Lu Chen detected a Blood Offering Sect elder’s ambush and wounded him with his sword techniques.
• Lu Chen used Sky Imprisonment and killed the elder as he tried to escape, earning 800 Merit Points.
• After the Ye Family elder fled his fight with Cui Hu, Lu Chen challenged Ye Gubai to a battle in ten days.
• Cui Hu and the Wind Listening Pavilion were shocked that Lu Chen had challenged the Qilin Rankings’ top fighter.
• Lu Chen gave Wu Yulan banknotes and asked her to publicize the challenge; she promised the news would spread throughout the Jianghu.

Lu Chen defeated seven Qilin Rankings experts, maimed Yan Guixue and Luo Jinghong, and pressed the Wind Listening Pavilion to force Ye Gubai to answer his challenge. Ye Gubai accepted, declaring that he would kill Lu Chen at noon the next day in Boulderstone City.

• Lu Chen defeated the seven Qilin Rankings experts, including Liu Qianqiu, while Wu Yulan and Huangfu Yun watched in shock.
• Lu Chen severed thighs from Yan Guixue and Luo Jinghong after their Dao Protectors intervened, while Wind Listening Pavilion members protected him.
• Lu Chen demanded that Wu Yulan arrange a deadline for Ye Gubai to respond, and she promised the challenge would be settled within a day.
• News of Lu Chen’s victory spread through Qinghe Prefecture, forcing the Ye Family to reconsider ignoring his challenge.
• Ye Gubai accepted the duel and announced he would face Lu Chen at noon the next day in Boulderstone City.

Lu Chen proved to Breeze Swordmaster that he had perfected the Supreme Sword Classic and received a Sky Sword Sect token. After a letter from the Wind Listening Pavilion revealed an urgent plea for help, Lu Chen set out to return to Boulderstone City.

• Lu Chen demonstrated his mastery of the Supreme Sword Classic, shocking Breeze Swordmaster and the others.
• Breeze Swordmaster accepted Lu Chen and gave him a sword token that could withstand a Grandmaster's strike and contact the Sky Sword Sect.
• Cui Hu, Shangguan Xue'er, and Han Wu-bing rushed off to collect their gambling winnings, while Lu Chen checked that he had 1440 Merit Points.
• Hou San of the Wind Listening Pavilion delivered Lu Chen a letter that had been sent three days earlier, and Lu Chen erupted with killing intent after reading it.
• Hou San told Lu Chen the sending branch was verifying the letter's contents, and Lu Chen resolved to return to Boulderstone City.

Lu Chen used the Heavenly Sun Swordplay to slaughter dozens of attackers and force the rest to retreat, revealing that he had reached Eighth Rank. Luo Fengyun and his daughter Luo Qiuyu arrived as He Qianxing and the Pacification Guard caught up, leaving Lu Chen facing new hostile newcomers.

• The attackers ignored Liu Jinglan’s plea and charged Lu Chen and his companions, while Luo Fengyun, He Qianxing, and other groups hurried toward the battle.
• Lu Chen drew his flexible sword and unleashed the Heavenly Sun Swordplay, killing dozens with a storm of Sword Qi.
• The surviving attackers recognized Lu Chen as an Eighth Rank expert and fled as Lu Chen warned them to leave within ten breaths.
• Luo Fengyun and Luo Qiuyu arrived and saw the corpses, while He Qianxing confirmed Lu Chen’s breakthrough and noticed the Luo Family’s presence.
• Luo Fengyun moved in front of Lu Chen, and Luo Qiuyu followed with open hostility as Lu Chen wondered who they were.

Lu Chen learned that Senior Brother Zhang and Senior Sister Mei belonged to the Blood Offering Sect, then used Merit Points to perfect his Layered Wave Saber Technique and unlock Lone Boat Moon Slash. As Zhang attacked him with gang members, Lu Chen’s new saber strike killed them, and the confrontation continued.

• Su Yingxue explained that the Blood Offering Sect was an outlawed cult, and Chen Baisha tried to flee after recognizing its members.
• Senior Brother Zhang intercepted Chen Baisha, drained his blood, and killed him, frightening the remaining Great Shark Gang members into surrendering.
• Lu Chen borrowed Su Yingxue’s saber and spent 140 Merit Points to perfect the Layered Wave Saber Technique, gaining the secret skill Lone Boat Moon Slash.
• Senior Sister Mei and Senior Brother Zhang noticed Lu Chen’s transformed aura and demanded to know his secret, while Lu Chen challenged them to take a slash from him.
• Senior Brother Zhang hurled several Great Shark Gang core members at Lu Chen, who drew his saber and blasted them apart.

Lu Chen broke through to the Third Heaven of the Divine King, bonded with the Blessed Land of Sacred Prosperity, and discovered an Ancestral Dragon's corpse that still held a remnant soul. After returning, he shared divine herbs with his companions to help them advance, leaving them poised to cultivate.

• Lu Chen refined the Divine King Indestructible Pill, broke through three realms to reach the Third Heaven of the Divine King, and imprinted his soul mark into the Blessed Land of Sacred Prosperity.
• Lu Chen found Qiqi beside an enormous Ancestral Dragon's corpse, and Qiqi learned that its clan still existed and that the ancestor's remnant soul might one day return.
• The Ancestral Dragon bestowed a hereditary supreme treasure, a Golden Small Bowl, on Qiqi, which absorbed Primordial Violet Qi and turned deep violet.
• Lu Chen searched the sacred land for herbs and treasures before Miao Shi Yi guided him and Qiqi back to the original world.
• Lu Chen gave divine herbs to Dugu Wudi, Li Wangshu, Miao Xuanji, Yue Qingtian, Zhao Qiankun, Breeze Swordmaster, and Qing Lian to aid their cultivation, while telling Zhao Xuantian he needed to reach the Dharma Aspect Realm first.

Lu Chen killed the Beggar Chief, destroyed the Carefree Powder, and rescued three children before claiming the Crimson Sand Palm manual and treasure from a hidden compartment. After mastering the martial art and reaching First Rank, he left to settle his grudge against the porcelain shop.

• Lu Chen tortured the Beggar Chief until he revealed the hidden compartment, then killed him and earned Merit Points.
• Lu Chen poured the Carefree Powder into a cesspit, destroying it and earning more Merit Points.
• Zhang Rong thanked Lu Chen for rescuing three children and led them away.
• Lu Chen opened the statue’s hidden compartment, took the Crimson Sand Palm manual and treasure, and mastered the martial art using Merit Points.
• Lu Chen reached First Rank, took the treasure, and left to seek revenge on the porcelain shop.
• Passersby discovered the bodies in the ruined temple and raised the alarm.

After Lu Chen killed Ye Gubai, news spread across the Jianghu and the Qilin Rankings named him first. At Azure Wave Martial Hall, Lu Chen perfected the third style of the Seven Styles of Divine Extinction and began advancing his Blade Intent to Level Two as the Breeze Swordmaster and his companions watched.

• Heaven's Secret Pavilion updated the Qilin Rankings with Lu Chen in first place after he killed Ye Gubai, and the news shocked the Jianghu.
• Cui Zhengxuan decided to remain in Lonely Cloud Town, while Liu Feng released Liu Jinglan from house arrest and urged him to strengthen his relationship with Lu Chen.
• Several Sword Sect elders vowed to kill Lu Chen but hesitated because he had joined the Sky Sword Sect and had Dugu Wudi's protection.
• Lu Chen buried Ye Gubai at Azure Wave Martial Hall, then spent 3,400 Merit Points to perfect the third style of the Seven Styles of Divine Extinction, No Life.
• Lu Chen's Blade Intent began evolving toward Level Two, astonishing the Breeze Swordmaster, the purple-robed man, and the Huangfu family members; Huangfu Yun became eager to become sworn brothers with him.

Lu Chen rescued Qiqi from the Descenders, fought off attacks from a Divine King and the Sword Marquis, and seized the demonic saber before escaping back to the Yang Realm. The Divine Kings planned to break through the Star Chain and send Sword Marquis and Yun Potian after him, while Lu Chen found he had enough Merit Points for another breakthrough.

• Lu Chen killed a Descender who called on the Divine King Old Ancestor and shielded Qiqi from the crowd seeking to take her.
• Lu Chen blocked a Divine King's attack and countered the Sword Marquis's Six Paths Reincarnation Slash before attacking the fleeing Descenders for Merit Points.
• The demonic saber flew into Lu Chen's hand, and he used it to drive back the nine Divine Kings while charging away with Qiqi.
• The demonic saber rejected Lu Chen and escaped, but he severed his connection to the Netherworld and returned to the Yang Realm with Qiqi.
• Leng Wuji, Xuanyuan Tiangang, Li Xuanji, Yun Potian, and Sword Marquis discussed the demonic saber and agreed that Sword Marquis and Yun Potian would enter the Yang Realm to kill Lu Chen.
• Lu Chen checked his Merit Points and saw that he had enough to reach the Spirit God Seventh Layer.

Lu Chen traveled through the starry sky as the Righteous Path Alliance and Evil Path Alliance waged war, then was forced to confront a Righteous Path Alliance Quasi Divine King who tried to conscript passing travelers. Lu Chen killed the swordsman with a single strike, leaving a true Divine King nearby and the wider battle unresolved.

• Lu Chen learned that the starry sky was divided among the Righteous Path Alliance, the Evil Path Alliance, and Rogue Cultivators, and that the two alliances were at war.
• Lu Chen and Qiqi encountered a massive battle involving several Divine Kings, including members of the Space-Time Divine Clan using the Space-Time River and Space-Time Sacrifice.
• A white-robed Quasi Divine King of the Righteous Path Alliance blocked the star route and ordered passing travelers to join the battle against the Evil Path Alliance.
• Lu Chen challenged the swordsman for forcibly conscripting the travelers and effortlessly dispelled his first sword attack.
• The swordsman drew his treasured sword and attacked Lu Chen, but Lu Chen killed him with a flick of his finger as a true Divine King called from the distance.

After killing the seven Divine Kings, Lu Chen perfected Wan Jianyi’s Nirvana Sword Canon and raised his Sword Heart to Level 2. He went to the Netherworld to reforge his Golden Softsword with resentment and souls, but the disturbance awakened an evil cultivator Divine King, who attacked him.

• Lu Chen killed Xuan Zhenzi, bringing the number of Divine Kings he had slain to seven, then returned to the Sky Sword Sect with Qiqi.
• Wan Jianyi told Lu Chen about Sword Dao masters and Divine King duels in the Starry Sky Arena, then taught him the Nirvana Sword Canon.
• Lu Chen spent 100,000 Merit Points to perfect the Nirvana Sword Canon, advancing his Sword Heart to Level 2.
• Lu Chen left Wan Jianyi to guard the Sky Sword Sect and sent his soul to the Netherworld to reforge the Golden Softsword by absorbing resentment and souls.
• The Golden Softsword’s absorption drew in nearby evil cultivators and awakened a hidden Divine King, who confronted Lu Chen and attacked him with beams of red light.