Chapter Summaries

Lu Chen and Venerable Chiyan escaped a swarm of blade-men and tentacle-men, and Lu Chen broke through to the Ninth Level of Divine King Realm. After defeating a powerful black Blade Person, they received a reply from Li Wangxu and set off to meet him.

• Lu Chen and Venerable Chiyan were surrounded by transparent blade-men and tentacle-men, fought their way through, and escaped using Venerable Chiyan's spatial scroll.
• Lu Chen discovered that the battle had earned him enough Merit Points to break through to the Ninth Level of Divine King Realm, while his next breakthrough would require 100 million points.
• Lu Chen and Venerable Chiyan recovered and tried to contact Li Wangxu, but their messages initially received no response.
• A black Blade Person ambushed Venerable Chiyan, but Lu Chen blocked its attacks and killed it with his sword.
• Venerable Chiyan received Li Wangxu's reply saying he was southwest of them, and Lu Chen and Venerable Chiyan hurried there.

Lu Chen discovered the demonic blade’s ancient history as nine Divine Kings, including Sword Marquis, fought to claim it. He killed the rampaging red-haired demon with Qiqi’s dragon blood and gained one million Merit Points, but the crowd then recognized Qiqi and moved to seize her.

• Lu Chen used the Karma Secret Art to see the demonic blade’s past and learned it belonged to the powerful being he had seen in the Dragon Vein.
• Six Divine Kings suppressed the red-haired demon and fought over the blade; two more Divine Kings and Sword Marquis joined the struggle.
• The red-haired demon broke free and attacked the crowd, so Lu Chen and Qiqi fled; Qiqi’s True Dragon Flame burned and injured it.
• Lu Chen coated the Golden Softsword with Qiqi’s dragon blood and used the Years Sword Song to kill the demon, earning 1,000,000 Merit Points.
• Sword Marquis recognized Lu Chen but stayed in the fight for the blade, while the crowd recognized Qiqi as a young True Dragon and rushed toward her.

Lu Chen and Li Wangshu fought a powerful Spirit Grudge in the Sword Graveyard, wounded it, and escaped its sealed hall with the Yin-Yang Fish Jade Pendant. After recovering some strength, they continued toward the true Sword Dao Inheritance.

• Lu Chen defied the Spirit Grudge’s claim to be a True God, then countered its ambush with a saber-and-sword strike that injured it.
• The Third Generation Ancestor joined the fight and severely wounded the Spirit Grudge with his Returning Light Flowing Sword, but was also badly hurt.
• Lu Chen attacked the Spirit Grudge again, took its fallen Yin-Yang Fish Jade Pendant, and fled with the Third Generation Ancestor when a restriction trapped them in the hall.
• Lu Chen and the Third Generation Ancestor deduced the restriction’s location and broke through it, escaping as the Spirit Grudge vowed revenge.
• Lu Chen told Li Wangshu that the Time-Space Dao Master had entered the Sword Graveyard five thousand years earlier, and the two took pills before setting out for the true Sword Dao Inheritance.

Lu Chen reached the ninth level of True God, then discovered that the Sky Sword Sect concealed the Blessed Land of Sacred Prosperity, a legendary source of the continent’s fortunes. He entered its alternate space-time and began refining a Divine King Indestructible Pill to break through, while news of his impending rise alarmed the starry sky’s Divine Kings.

• Lu Chen spent 7 million Merit Points to reach the ninth level of True God and sensed a tremendous eruption of light and energy from the Sky Sword Sect.
• Lu Chen used the Karma Secret Art to discover a hidden Blessed Land of Sacred Prosperity beneath the Sky Sword Sect, and Miao Shi Yi explained its significance.
• Lu Chen and Miao Shi Yi concealed the eruption with formations, then followed Miao Shi Yi through a space-time tunnel into the hidden sacred land with Qiqi.
• Miao Shi Yi urged Lu Chen to break through to the Divine King realm there, and Lu Chen used 1 million Merit Points to create and swallow a Divine King Indestructible Pill.
• Lu Chen began refining the pill as Qiqi searched the sacred land, while reports that a Divine King had appeared in the Wasteland spread through the starry sky and drew the attention of powerful Divine Kings.

Breeze Swordmaster recovered with the Fountain of Life and told Lu Chen and Dugu Wudi that Qing Lian had been captured, so they set out for the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Sect. An ambush by the War God Hall and No. 2 Saber Gate turned into a one-sided battle, and Lu Chen pursued the fleeing survivors after destroying their formation.

• Breeze Swordmaster recovered and reported that Qing Lian had been captured by black-robed figures.
• Lu Chen, Dugu Wudi, and Breeze Swordmaster left the cave to find Qing Lian, but Lu Chen killed four Golden Body experts who confronted them.
• The War God Hall and No. 2 Saber Gate trapped Lu Chen and Dugu Wudi in a Five Elements Grand Formation.
• Lu Chen shattered the formation with Divine Extinction, killing six experts from the two factions.
• The surviving Hall Masters, Gate Masters, and Supreme Elders fled, and Lu Chen chased after them as one begged him to talk.

Lu Chen killed Li Wan Hun with help from Dongfang Xu, then met a gathering of powerful martial experts who invited him to discuss how to confront the demons. He agreed to join them and learned that the group was headed to meet the Time-Space Dao Master, Miao Wu Fa.

• Li Wan Hun fled as Lu Chen pursued him, and Dongfang Xu’s spear strike left him badly wounded before Lu Chen killed him with a final blade strike.
• Dongfang Xu introduced himself as the Spear Demon, and he and Lu Chen recognized each other’s Level Five Spear Intent and Blade Intent.
• Several powerful experts gathered around Dongfang Xu, learned that Lu Chen had killed Li Wan Hun, and marveled at Lu Chen’s Dharma Aspect Realm cultivation and Level Five Blade Intent.
• Dongfang Xu invited Lu Chen to join their discussion about resisting the demons as the Pure Land neared collapse, and Lu Chen agreed because he favored radical action.
• Dongfang Xu introduced the gathered experts, including Axe Emperor Yue Qingtian, who offered to spar with Lu Chen, and Lu Chen learned they were going to meet Miao Wu Fa, the Time-Space Dao Master.

Lu Chen entered the Sword Graveyard with Li Wangshu and used a token to locate the remnant of the Sword God’s resentment, which carried the Yin Yang Jade Pendant. They reached a palace and heard an unseen voice demand that they kneel before its throne.

• Lu Chen told Dugu Wudi that demons had allied with Ancient Clan figures, then decided to enter the Sword Graveyard while Dugu Wudi stayed to guard Sky Sword Sect.
• After receiving the Third Generation Ancestor’s message, Lu Chen entered the Sword Realm, where Li Wangshu gave him a Space Ring and a skeletal Dharma body.
• Lu Chen said he knew how to reach the Sword God’s Divinity and Inheritance, then led Li Wangshu toward the Sword God’s resentment and its Yin Yang Jade Pendant.
• Lu Chen and Li Wangshu entered the Sword Graveyard while Blade Venerable Li Wuji waited outside, expecting them to spend months exploring.
• Lu Chen led Li Wangshu to a palace with an empty throne, where an unseen voice demanded that they kneel.

Lu Chen waited for the Netherworld’s first Divine Mountain to unseal, then entered and used his Merit Points to rise to the Spirit God Fifth Layer. After harvesting strange treasures, he was surrounded by seven descending demigods, whom he began to overpower with ease.

• Lu Chen and Li Wangshu took the Ancient War Chariot toward the Netherworld, while the Imperial Lord carried Chu Yunxiao beyond the Star Chain and revealed that a Divine Mountain was about to unseal.
• Lu Chen refused to retreat as the Divine Mountain emerged, and he entered it alone when its restrictions vanished.
• Lu Chen spent Merit Points to advance to the Spirit God Fifth Layer and learned from Xiong Yan that Chu Yunxiao was at the Spirit God Third Layer.
• Lu Chen collected several dozen strange fruits and searched the Divine Mountain for more treasures, including a living Flat Peach that escaped him.
• Seven descending demigods found Lu Chen and demanded that he kneel, but Lu Chen killed one with a single blow and trapped the others in his Sword Qi.

Lu Chen reached Main God Peak, where descenders had gathered around a mysterious treasure hall, and confronted Chu Yunxiao and the other forces. He revealed overwhelming strength, permanently crippled Chu Yunxiao with one strike, then unleashed a devastating attack on the crowd.

• Lu Chen killed the remaining members of the Outer Domain Chen Clan and learned that the descenders had gathered at Main God Peak, where a mysterious treasure hall had appeared.
• Lu Chen arrived at Main God Peak and ignored the descenders' attacks as they insulted and challenged him.
• Chu Yunxiao claimed the right to take revenge on Lu Chen and attacked him with Burning Heaven Boiling Sea.
• Lu Chen's blade overwhelmed Chu Yunxiao, severely damaging his soul and reducing his cultivation below the divine realm.
• Lu Chen revealed late stage Divine Spirit strength and struck the gathered descenders with Tenfold Combat Power, killing many and destroying Chu Yunxiao's remaining soul.

Lu Chen explored the Chaos Battlefield, found a ruined Three-Faced Being, and earned merit by ending its lingering resentment. He ambushed and killed two more Three-Faced Beings, then fled from a terrifying roar while spending his Merit Points to increase his cultivation.

• Lu Chen found a ruined Three-Faced Being and used his Golden Divine Sword to end its lingering resentment, earning 4,000,000 Merit Points.
• Lu Chen concealed himself and observed two ruler-level Three-Faced Beings discussing the people of sinful blood and the coming Nine Nether Heavenly Venerate.
• Lu Chen ambushed the pair with the Sky-Splitting Sword Technique, killing one outright and then destroying the other after resisting its attacks.
• Lu Chen earned 100,000,000 Merit Points for killing the two Three-Faced Beings and escaped as a terrifying roar shook the Chaos Battlefield.
• Lu Chen silently used his Merit Points to increase his cultivation while fleeing.

Lu Chen broke through to the ninth level of the Divine Emperor realm and reached the Chaos Battlefield, where the myriad heavens’ experts were ambushed by Three-Faced Beings. He killed several attackers with the Sky-Splitting Sword Scripture and left a human sovereign wondering who he was.

• Lu Chen broke through to the ninth level of the Divine Emperor realm as two overwhelming auras clashed in the depths of chaos.
• He saw Venerable Chiyan and a Three-Faced Being head into the chaos to fight, then discovered a battlefield where Three-Faced Beings ambushed experts from the myriad heavens.
• A Three-Faced Being attacked Lu Chen, but he killed it with his Golden Divine Sword and gained 40 million Merit Points.
• Lu Chen joined a fight and killed the two Three-Faced Beings who were overwhelming a human sovereign, gaining 80 million Merit Points.
• The human sovereign recognized Lu Chen’s technique as the Sky-Splitting Sword Scripture and wondered whether Sky-Splitting Sword Venerable had a living successor.