Chapter Summaries

Lu Chen fought Yu Tianli after learning that Yu Tianli had slaughtered his village and targeted everyone connected to Azure Wave Martial Hall. When Yu Tianli overwhelmed him, Lu Chen drew down a sea of lightning and engulfed the mid-Sixth-Rank expert.

• Yu Tianli revealed that he had slaughtered Lu Chen's village and ordered the arrest and extermination of Azure Wave Martial Hall's former students and their families.
• Yu Tianli attacked Lu Chen while Zhang Qian and Yin Jiuzhu struck down the Jianghu wanderers trying to flee the inn.
• Lu Chen struggled against Yu Tianli's stronger inner force and was driven through the inn wall into the torrential rain.
• Yu Tianli taunted Lu Chen as he pressed the attack, but Lu Chen gathered lightning around himself and raised his saber.
• Lu Chen unleashed a lightning strike that overwhelmed Yu Tianli's defenses and engulfed him.

The Blood Offering Sect used Sacred Fruits to force selected youths from Eighth Rank to Ninth Rank, leaving them driven by murderous urges. After Lu Chen advanced to mid Ninth Rank and mastered the Eight Desolations Dragon-Soaring Steps, two of the transformed youths confronted him, and he recognized their Blood Offering Sect aura.

• A blood-sacrificing elder gave fifteen Sacred Fruits to young cultivators, six of whom exploded after eating them while the remaining nine broke through to Ninth Rank.
• The elder sent the nine survivors out to vent their murderous urges and revealed that thousands had been sacrificed to produce the fruits.
• Zhou Yuan celebrated his new Ninth Rank strength and set out with another survivor to find people to kill.
• Lu Chen spent Merit Points to raise the Nine Heavens Art to its eighth level and the Eight Desolations Dragon-Soaring Steps to mastery.
• Zhou Yuan and another Blood Offering Sect youth recognized Lu Chen and attacked him, but he dodged Zhou Yuan's blood-energy palm and identified their sect.

Lu Chen defeated Golden Light Monk by exploiting the monk’s obsession and killing him with a sword strike. As the remaining onlookers fled, Lu Chen pursued them, leaving Cui Hu stunned by how their roles had reversed.

• Golden Light Monk challenged Lu Chen to strike him while his Golden Light Imperishable Body was active, wagering that Lu Chen would enter monastic life if he could not hurt him.
• Lu Chen used thunder and Heart Shatter to force Golden Light Monk to relive the trauma that had driven him from Golden Light Temple, breaking his mental defenses and divine art.
• Lu Chen killed Golden Light Monk with No-Self, earning 200 Merit Points as the monk died in remorse.
• The witnesses panicked and fled, and Lu Chen chased after them while Cui Hu stood stunned at the reversal of their roles.

Lu Chen used Dugu Wudi’s Sword Talisman to slaughter the attackers pursuing the Dao Fruit, then spent his Merit Points to perfect his spirit and break through to the Grandmaster realm. As he headed back to the Sky Sword Sect, he killed a second-level Grandmaster who tried to ambush him.

• Lu Chen unleashed Dugu Wudi’s Sword Talisman, killing everyone within seven or eight li and earning a vast number of Merit Points.
• Lu Chen used Merit Points to reach the ninth level of Myriad Swords Contemplate the World, perfect his spirit, and fuse his three hidden realms to become a Grandmaster.
• Zhao Xuantian and the Breeze Swordmaster sensed the Sword Talisman and rushed toward Lu Chen.
• As Lu Chen left for the Sky Sword Sect, a second-level Grandmaster blocked his path and challenged him over the Dao Fruit.
• Lu Chen activated Tenfold Combat Power, overwhelmed the attacker, and beheaded him when he tried to flee.

Lu Chen defeated the White-Robed Young Mistress with his lightning and blade intent, shattering her Dao heart before the Yellow-Robed Elder could intervene. After Cui Hu protected him from the elder, Lu Chen returned to Cui Zhengxuan's residence and declared that he would not submit to the Sword Sect.

• Lu Chen broke through the White-Robed Young Mistress's defenses and struck her with Heart Shatter, but the Yellow-Robed Elder cut off his lightning and awakened her.
• The Yellow-Robed Elder attacked Lu Chen, who was blasted away by the elder's overwhelming force.
• Cui Hu blocked the Yellow-Robed Elder from attacking Lu Chen and warned him that the crowd was watching the Sword Sect's conduct.
• The Yellow-Robed Elder recognized Lu Chen's control of lightning, then carried off the terrified White-Robed Young Mistress.
• Cui Zhengxuan warned Lu Chen that the Sword Sect would seek revenge for the shattered Dao heart, but Lu Chen refused to regret winning and vowed to challenge the Sword Sect.

Lu Chen slaughtered the demonic beasts drawn by the Red Orb and used the Merit Points he gained to advance Myriad Swords Contemplate the World to its sixth level. He left the Azure Void Ancient Land with the orb, whose radiance and fragrance drew the attention of Ashina Luo and the other experts.

• Demonic beasts converged on the Red Orb’s fragrance, and Lu Chen fought them off with his blade until the survivors fled.
• Lu Chen saw that he had gained at least five thousand Merit Points and spent 85,000 to open the fifth and sixth gates of the Spirit Hidden Realm.
• Lu Chen left the Azure Void Ancient Land, but the Red Orb burst with scarlet radiance and released its fragrance despite his efforts to conceal it.
• Ashina Luo recognized the object in Lu Chen’s hand and wondered in alarm whether it was something that had appeared in the world again.

Lu Chen perfected the first style of the Seven Styles of Divine Extinction, drawing King Cui’s attention to the terrifying blade aura he released. After leaving his courtyard, Lu Chen defeated a succession of challengers in the street without drawing his blade, earning Merit Points as the onlookers watched.

• Mad Blade Guo Jing berated He Qianxing, Eagle Seven, and Tiger Cloud for not confronting Lu Chen, then ordered them to take him to Lonely Cloud Town.
• Lu Chen studied the Seven Styles of Divine Extinction and spent Merit Points to perfect its first style, releasing an aura that startled King Cui.
• Lu Chen left the courtyard and defeated Lightning Blade Lei Wanjun when Lei Wanjun attacked him, gaining 120 Merit Points.
• Lu Chen repelled Chu Tianyun with invisible Blade Qi, breaking his saber and sending him fleeing.
• Lu Chen defeated Lin Yuntian, Yue Longtian, Young Master Kongxu, Xu Jianghe, and other challengers without drawing his blade, gaining more Merit Points.

Lu Chen killed Protector Li and Lin Mingyuan by exploiting their fear of his Blood Shadow Swordplay and overpowering Lin with lightning-infused saber strikes. After searching the bodies without finding manuals, he heard pursuers approaching and fled.

• Lu Chen killed Protector Li with the Blood Shadow Swordplay, leaving Lin Mingyuan shocked by the technique and the Crimson Softsword.
• Lu Chen claimed the sect leader had ordered Lin Mingyuan's death, making Lin panic until he demanded written proof.
• Lin Mingyuan activated the Bloodfiend Divine Art and charged Lu Chen, but Lu Chen's lightning-infused Layered Wave Saber Technique battered his defenses.
• Lu Chen used the Crimson Softsword to draw Lin Mingyuan into an illusion and beheaded him.
• Lu Chen searched the corpses for martial arts manuals, then fled after hearing people approaching.

Lu Chen left Boulderstone City with Su Yingxue’s Precious Blade and set an ambush for Magistrate Lin Mingyuan, whose son and allies had been killed. In a thunderstorm, Lin Mingyuan’s carriage arrived, and Lu Chen killed more than a dozen riders with one swift strike.

• Lu Chen told Su Yingxue he would intercept Magistrate Lin Mingyuan, took her Precious Blade, and promised they would meet again in the Jianghu.
• Lu Chen left Boulderstone City as its soldiers pretended not to see him escape.
• At Red Leaf Temple, Protector Li told Lin Mingyuan that his son had been killed and his identity exposed, while a servant arrived with more bad news.
• Lu Chen hid in the forest between Boulderstone City and Red Leaf Temple, using the thunderstorm to strengthen his Thunderbolt King talent.
• Lin Mingyuan hurried toward the city in a carriage with Protector Li and guards, determined to kill Lu Chen and salvage the situation.
• Lu Chen appeared on the road and killed more than a dozen riders with a single blade strike, earning Merit Points.

Dugu Wudi withdrew after Master Yun Kong intervened to stop him, while the hidden families plotted against Lu Chen. Lu Chen advanced his Spirit Hidden Realm cultivation and reached Level Three Blade Intent, drawing the attention of those nearby.

• Master Yun Kong appeared before Dugu Wudi and urged him to end his conflict with the hidden families, so Dugu Wudi agreed to stop and discuss the Dao with him.
• Zhao Xuantian left to order the Imperial Family to withdraw its troops and suspected the hidden families had used an unknown means to win Master Yun Kong over.
• The Ye Family head, the Sword Sect Master, and Zhao Jiuxiao agreed to scheme against Lu Chen and said they would deal with Master Yun Long after their plans were complete.
• Lu Chen used Merit Points to raise Myriad Swords Contemplate the World to the second level of the Spirit Hidden Realm, transforming his spiritual power and strengthening his control of Blade Intent and Sword Intent.
• Lu Chen perfected the Thunderclap Blade Technique and Heartless Blade Technique, advancing to Level Three Blade Intent.
• The Third Prince, the Fourth Prince, and Zhao Xuantian sensed Lu Chen’s terrifying Blade Intent and recognized that it had reached Level Three.

Lu Chen killed the Blood Offering Sect Holy Maiden’s second soul and learned why she had escaped Breeze Swordmaster before. After Breeze Swordmaster recited the Mixed Origin Qi Art, Lu Chen’s system offered to transform his internal force into True Qi using Merit Points.

• Lu Chen killed the Blood Offering Sect Holy Maiden’s second soul and gained 500 Merit Points.
• Lu Chen brought her head to Breeze Swordmaster, who explained that she had used a god-inviting art and confirmed she was the Blood Offering Sect Holy Maiden.
• Breeze Swordmaster destroyed the Holy Maiden’s head with Sword Qi to ensure she was dead.
• Lu Chen asked Breeze Swordmaster for a True Qi cultivation method, and Breeze Swordmaster recited the Mixed Origin Qi Art.
• As Lu Chen and Breeze Swordmaster descended the mountain, Lu Chen’s system offered to spend Merit Points to transform his internal force into True Qi.

Lu Chen, Han Wu-bing, and Shangguan Xue'er caught up with a refugee convoy and helped repel a Blood Offering Sect attack. As a storm gathered, Lu Chen hoped more fiends would come, and Han Wu-bing realized the thunder might strengthen Lu Chen's lightning technique.

• Zhao Wen-yuan urged the Pacification Guards and Jianghu fighters to protect the refugees while they waited for Han Wu-bing.
• Several dozen Blood Offering Sect elites attacked the convoy, and Lu Chen killed an Eighth Rank fiend before joining Han Wu-bing in slaughtering the attackers.
• Zhao Wen-yuan recognized Lu Chen and welcomed Han Wu-bing, while Han Wu-bing and Shangguan Xue'er said Lu Chen had destroyed a nearby Blood Offering Sect stronghold.
• Han Wu-bing assigned Zhao Wen-yuan's people to lead the convoy, Lu Chen and Shangguan Xue'er to guard its middle, and himself to cover the rear.
• As lightning split the storm clouds, Lu Chen hoped more fiends would appear, and Han Wu-bing realized the weather could aid Lu Chen's lightning technique.

Lu Chen attacked the Evergreen Sect, killing an elder and all 108 disciples who formed the Zhou Tian Star Formation. As he continued toward the sect’s remaining members, the Evergreen Sect Master, Ouyang Feiying, appeared and clashed with him.

• Lu Chen killed an Evergreen Sect elder with blade intent and Blade Qi after the elder ordered him to retreat.
• An elder ordered the 108 elite disciples to trap Lu Chen in the Zhou Tian Star Formation, but Lu Chen used sword intent to turn their swords against them and kill them all.
• Supreme Elder Zhuo Wushuang accused Lu Chen of acting like a demon and called on the gathered guests for help, while Lu Chen threatened to leave no one in the Evergreen Sect alive.
• Lu Chen injured a Long River Gang man who challenged him, and the onlookers fled rather than intervene.
• Ouyang Feiying, the Evergreen Sect Master known as Dragon Swordmaster, attacked Lu Chen with a sword, but Lu Chen met the strike without being moved.

Lu Chen killed Ye Lingyun, the Ye Family Patriarch, after he came to test Lu Chen at the Pacification Bureau, then erased the karmic traces linking them. As Ancient Clan experts gathered in the capital ahead of the secret realm’s opening, Zhao Xuantian brought Lu Chen a list of eight Golden Body Realm experts, and Lu Chen prepared to face them.

• Lu Chen killed Ye Lingyun with a Golden Sword Qi strike and used the Black Blade to sever the karma connecting them.
• The Blood Offering Sect Leader and Green Bamboo Elder examined Ye Lingyun’s death, but the severed karma prevented them from identifying the killer.
• Lu Chen returned to the Pacification Bureau and told Shen Lian to keep the incident secret, then informed Dugu Wudi that he had killed Ye Lingyun and erased the karma.
• The Blood Offering Sect Leader reported Ye Lingyun’s death to Yue Wuxia, who suspected Lu Chen had done it and said she wanted to keep him alive for her purposes.
• As Ancient Clan experts arrived in the capital, Zhao Xuantian gave Lu Chen a list of eight Golden Body Realm experts ahead of the secret realm’s opening.

Lu Chen tested Li Cangjian’s swordsmanship, then began executing the Heavenly Prison’s death-row prisoners to collect Merit Points. After clearing the first six levels, he passed two unusually comfortable prisoners on the seventh level and stopped to question why Li Cangjian was leading him onward.

• Li Cangjian drew his sword at Lu Chen’s order, but Lu Chen caught it between two fingers with Level Three Sword Intent and forced him to apologize and guide the group through the prison.
• Lu Chen learned that the prisoners on the first five levels had been sentenced to death, then killed them level by level for Merit Points.
• Lu Chen reached the sixth level and killed Young Master Chu, a rapist and murderer who had boasted that the court would not dare punish him, along with the other prisoners gathered there.
• Li Cangjian led Lu Chen past two well-kept elders playing chess on the seventh level, and Lu Chen stopped to ask why they were not being dealt with.

Lu Chen destroyed the Ye Family, used the resulting Merit Points to advance to the Fifth Level Grandmaster realm, and discovered demons emerging from the family’s rear mountain. He killed an eagle demon as the others confronted him over the Golden Divine Sword.

• Lu Chen received Dugu Wudi’s warning that the Ye Family head and other Heaven Rankings experts were returning, then unleashed Sword Burial Returns to Emptiness and wiped out the Ye Family.
• Lu Chen told Dugu Wudi that the Ye Family was gone and spent Merit Points to reach the Fourth and then Fifth Level Grandmaster realm.
• Lu Chen assessed that his strength could let him kill a Ninth Level Grandmaster and hurried to search for more hidden families.
• Lu Chen sensed Demonic Qi in the Ye Family’s rear mountain and found seven or eight demons rushing out to seize his Golden Divine Sword.
• An eagle demon attacked Lu Chen, who destroyed it with one sword strike and gained 2000 Merit Points.

Lu Chen spent Merit Points to advance his spiritual power to the fourth level of the Spirit Hidden Realm, then went to Heroes' Hall to face Purple Cloud Fairy before leaving for the Azure Void Ancient Land. He overwhelmed the gathered Human Rankings experts with a single slash and departed, leaving them shocked by his strength.

• Lu Chen used 65,000 Merit Points to raise Myriad Swords Contemplate the World to the fourth level and advance his spiritual power to the fourth level of the Spirit Hidden Realm.
• Zhou Yun told Lu Chen that Purple Cloud Fairy had challenged him to a sword discussion at Heroes' Hall in three days, and Lu Chen decided to confront her immediately.
• At Heroes' Hall, Purple Cloud Fairy and other Human Rankings experts discussed Lu Chen's strength while waiting for him.
• Lu Chen arrived and challenged everyone to attack together before unleashing a slash that stunned the gathered experts and sent one figure flying.
• Lu Chen left Heroes' Hall and gained 600 Merit Points, while Wang Tianming reacted in horror to his Spirit Hidden Realm cultivation.

Lu Chen defeated Black Nether, reclaimed Qing Lian, and received resources from the Sect Leader of the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Sect, while learning that they came from beyond this realm. After sending Dugu Wudi and the others away, Lu Chen stayed in the Pure Land, advanced to the sixth level of the Dharma Manifestation Realm, and prepared to settle debts with the Ancient Clans.

• Lu Chen defeated Black Nether, and the Sect Leader returned Qing Lian to him and gave him a ring of resources as compensation.
• Black Nether told Lu Chen he was not from this world, and the Sect Leader later revealed that Qing Lian's father, Liu Qingtian, had been killed by a powerful enemy after provoking a taboo.
• Lu Chen reunited with Dugu Wudi and the others, then learned from Po Jun that ancient gods and powerful figures had left this world across the sea of stars.
• Lu Chen sent Dugu Wudi away with Qing Lian and Qingfeng, choosing to stay behind and meet the Ancient Clans.
• Lu Chen spent Merit Points and broke through to the sixth level of the Dharma Manifestation Realm.

Lu Chen comprehended the Scar of Heaven from the Sword Tablet and announced that he would remain in the Starry Sky Arena to spar with Divine Kings. As the heavens feared he might be seeking to become a Divine Emperor, Xuan Hu arrived in Heavenly Machine Imperial Armor to kill him, and Lu Chen prepared to face him.

• Lu Chen comprehended the Scar of Heaven, causing the Sword Tablet to crumble, then asked Wu Lie to arrange more Divine King opponents.
• Wu Lie spread Lu Chen’s challenge, and factions across the heavens feared that he intended to attain the Divine Emperor realm and vowed to stop him.
• Xuan Hu of the Heavenly Machine Divine Race arrived wearing Heavenly Machine Imperial Armor and demanded a fight to the death over Lu Chen’s killing of a junior of his race.
• Lu Chen killed a watching Space-Time Divine Clan Divine King and took his Godhead before entering the martial arena.
• Lu Chen faced Xuan Hu, heard Wu Lie’s warning about the armor’s emperor-level power, and told Xuan Hu he would grant his wish to die.

Lu Chen escorted Zhao Xuantian and his talented descendants toward the Sky Sword Sect, where he captured the Heaven Swallowing Hound and forced it to become his mount and guard dog. He then defeated the Death Sword Venerable with one strike, leaving the watching visitors terrified of him.

• Lu Chen reassured Zhao Xuantian, then carried him toward the Sky Sword Sect as gods fled after recognizing Lu Chen.
• The Heaven Swallowing Hound attacked Lu Chen, but Lu Chen crushed its demonic light, bound it with a Vajra Ring, and made it carry him toward the sect.
• The visitors who witnessed the capture were shocked, while the Heaven Swallowing Hound stopped before the approaching Death Sword Venerable.
• The Death Sword Venerable challenged Lu Chen, but Lu Chen shattered his body with one palm strike and badly wounded his soul, though a jade tablet helped him escape.
• The visitors recognized Lu Chen as a terrifying demon king, and Lu Chen gained merit points from both encounters.