Chapter Summaries

Lu Chen and Li Wangshu learned about Hell's Third Layer and negotiated with its lecherous gatekeepers to borrow its imprisoned gods for a future battle. After leaving Yun Luoying with them, Lu Chen hurried back toward Divine Mountain, where new movement had begun.

• Lu Chen and Li Wangshu paid the Second Layer's gatekeeper for information about the gods, the ancient figure in the Sword Realm's Dragon Vein, and Hell's remaining layers.
• The Second Layer's gatekeeper revealed that only three hell layers remained and gave Lu Chen the coordinates to the Third Layer.
• Lu Chen and Li Wangshu found the Third Layer's gatekeepers, an old man riding a pig, and attracted their attention by summoning Yun Luoying.
• Lu Chen arranged to borrow the Third Layer's imprisoned people for a distant strike and received a token that could summon their aid.
• The gatekeepers departed with Yun Luoying, while Lu Chen told Li Wangshu to cultivate and rushed back to Divine Mountain after sensing movement there.

Lu Chen absorbed three layers of the Star Tear’s power, reaching the fifth level of the Golden Body Realm, then headed toward the Fountain of Life while openly attracting attention with the treasure. He arrived amid a battle for the Fountain and challenged everyone to take the Star Tear, immediately knocking away an ancient-clan expert who attacked him.

• Lu Chen defeated Han Qingyue and left, while Han Qingyue struggled with the strange pleasure she felt about him.
• Lu Chen used the Star Tear to break through three levels and reached the fifth level of the Golden Body Realm.
• Han Qingyue attacked Yan Qingyu when she asked about the Star Tear, then silently let Lu Chen pass; Yan Qingyu wondered whether Han Qingyue had fallen for him.
• Lu Chen kept the Star Tear’s aura conspicuous as he traveled toward the Fountain of Life, drawing the attention of Grandmasters and the Huangfu siblings.
• Lu Chen arrived at the Fountain of Life, raised the Star Tear, and invited the gathered experts to take it.
• An ancient-clan expert attacked Lu Chen for the Star Tear, but Lu Chen struck him away with Sword Qi and gained Merit Points.

Lu Chen was nearly overwhelmed by the Three-Faced Being until Sky-Splitting Sword Venerable’s coffin, the demonic blade, and King Chu joined the fight. Lu Chen struck the weakened enemy down with one sword, earned 50,000,000 Merit Points, and left the chaotic space intending to return to the Wasteland.

• The Three-Faced Being chased Lu Chen through the chaotic space, healing rapidly from his Sky-Splitting Sword Qi attacks.
• Sky-Splitting Sword Venerable’s bronze coffin and the demonic blade appeared and attacked the Three-Faced Being.
• King Chu joined the battle, and the three mysterious beings overwhelmed the Three-Faced Being as Lu Chen waited for an opening.
• Lu Chen seized his chance and cut the Three-Faced Being with his Golden Divine Sword, after which the others destroyed its body.
• Lu Chen received 50,000,000 Merit Points, wondered whether the mysterious beings were still alive, and decided to return to the Wasteland.

Lu Chen returned to the Wasteland after three hundred years and reunited with the Sky Sword Sect and his old friends, telling them that their starry sky was a prison created by the Three-Faced Beings. After celebrating with them, he left again at dawn to seek the being hidden deep within the Dragon Vein.

• Lu Chen found the Wasteland transformed into a thriving sacred land, with the Sky Sword Sect now the planet’s leading sect and Zhao Xuantian’s dynasty replaced by the Great Heng Dynasty.
• Lu Chen returned to the Sky Sword Sect and reunited with Dugu Wudi, Li Wangshu, and Breeze Swordmaster, who told him how the sect and planet had changed.
• Lu Chen revealed that the starry sky was a prison built by the Three-Faced Beings and explained the danger of the Death Zone, leaving his friends deeply shaken.
• Lu Chen declined Dugu Wudi and Li Wangshu’s offers to accompany him and arranged a private gathering with his old friends, including Miao Wu Fa, Miao Xuanji, Yue Qingtian, Leng Feng, Zhao Xuantian, and Qiqi.
• Lu Chen drank with his friends through the night, then left the Sky Sword Sect at dawn to seek the being hidden deep within the Dragon Vein.

Yue Wuxia sent Green Slave, empowered by the Divine Heart Mirror, to kill Lu Chen, but Lu Chen destroyed the Yimu Spirit with a single Karma Blade strike and exposed Yue Wuxia’s involvement. Yue Wuxia revealed her intent to subdue him, and Lu Chen launched the third style of the Seven Styles of Divine Extinction against her.

• Yue Wuxia told Green Slave that Lu Chen had killed the Blade Emperor, gave him the Divine Heart Mirror, and ordered him to create an opening for her.
• Lu Chen gave Huangfu Wang two bottles of Fountain of Life, asking him to keep one and deliver the other to King Cui at the Great Yu border in secret.
• Green Slave attacked Lu Chen with the Divine Heart Mirror, but Lu Chen’s Karma Blade severed its karma and destroyed the Yimu Spirit.
• Lu Chen sensed a mental attack and confronted Yue Wuxia, who appeared and admitted she intended to tame him.
• Yue Wuxia declared that she would force Lu Chen to submit, and Lu Chen attacked her with the third style of the Seven Styles of Divine Extinction, No Life.

Lu Chen used the Martial Intent Heavenly Principles he gained from the Nameless Divine Stele to defeat Tyrant Blade with a single sword move. Leng Qianqiu then tested whether Lu Chen could find flaws in his blade stances, and conceded after Lu Chen saw through every one.

• Lu Chen said he had finished observing the stele and agreed to fight for the Sword Realm.
• Lu Chen used the Blade Breaking Stance to shatter Tyrant Blade's full-power strike and send him flying.
• The Third Generation Ancestor declared the Sword Realm had won the first round, and Blade Venerable sent Leng Qianqiu to fight next.
• Leng Qianqiu repeatedly changed his blade stance while Lu Chen continued to identify its flaws.
• Leng Qianqiu ran out of stances to try, sighed, and admitted defeat.

Lu Chen approached the divine stele while Sword Realm and Blade World experts gathered, then revealed his terrifying swordsmanship when Sword Realm fighters attacked him. Xiao Zhanyue recognized him as Lu Chen, and Li Wangshu was pleased that he had entered the Sword Realm.

• Blade Venerable Li Wuji appeared as a figure formed from Blade Qi, while Lu Chen learned that the Blade Emperor's Master had once been killed by him.
• Lu Chen left Xiao Zhanyue, Yan Shisan, and Su Ci'er and headed for a slope that offered a better view of the divine stele.
• A swordsmanship expert attacked Lu Chen, but Lu Chen split the attacker's Dharma body and obtained the perfected martial art Falling Star: Sword Extinction.
• Lu Chen swept through the other Sword Realm fighters on the slope, destroying their Dharma bodies with his Golden Softsword.
• Xiao Zhanyue recognized Lu Chen as the famous Master of Both Blade and Sword, while Daoist Qingyuan and Li Wangshu also noticed him.

Lu Chen learned how the Sword Realm and its Dharma bodies worked, then followed Xiao Zhanyue, Yan Shisan, and Su Ci'er to the Nameless Divine Stele, where the Sword Realm and Blade World were gathering for battle. As the confrontation began, Lu Chen recognized the Sword Realm’s ancient champion as Li Wangshu, the Third Generation Ancestor.

• Xiao Zhanyue explained that Sword Realm residents used refined Dharma bodies for protection and that most sword experts had gone to war over the Nameless Divine Stele.
• Yan Shisan and Su Ci'er joined Xiao Zhanyue, and the group explained that the stele could grant martial arts insights and that powerful Dharma Aspect Realm experts could enter the Sword Realm without a Sword World Key.
• Lu Chen agreed to follow them to the stele and confirmed that his talents and Karma Secret Art still worked in the Sword Realm.
• The group reached the stele as Sword Realm and Blade World experts gathered, and Lu Chen saw Sword Demon Gu Du Jin among the Sword Realm’s forces.
• A giant hand of Blade Qi tried to seize the stele, but an ancient Sword Realm expert struck it down; Lu Chen recognized the expert as Li Wangshu, the Third Generation Ancestor.

The Moon Clan mourned Wuxia and searched for clues to her killer, while four powerful outsiders arrived at the Sky Sword Sect claiming to be Qing Lian’s family. Lu Chen exposed their attempt to seize her and defeated their combined attack in one move.

• The Moon Clan ancestor said Wuxia’s killer had erased the traces of karma and went to question the Sword Realm and Blade World, while clan members vowed to retaliate.
• Four Symbols Venerables discussed Lu Chen’s victories and planned to trap him with a secret treasure and take Qing Lian away.
• Zhao Xuantian told Lu Chen that a powerful black bull demon was massacring towns in the northern territory, and Lu Chen agreed to head there after Dugu Wudi emerged.
• The four outsiders entered the Sky Sword Sect and told Lu Chen they were Qing Lian’s family, but he said she was in seclusion and ordered them to wait outside.
• The Palace Attire Woman attacked Lu Chen with the Hundred Beasts Heaven Swallowing Veil, and Lu Chen destroyed it with one sword strike.
• The four outsiders attacked Lu Chen together, and he crushed their weapons and sent them flying with a single move.

Lu Chen left the Sword Realm after winning the divine stele and learned of the Netherworld’s secrets and a rumored path to godhood. Back in the Sky Sword Sect, he shared pills with Breeze Swordmaster and Qing Lian, while Dugu Wudi entered the Sword Realm using Lu Chen’s token.

• Leng Qianqiu admitted defeat, and Lu Chen claimed the divine stele for the Sword Realm before leaving with the Third Generation Ancestor.
• The Third Generation Ancestor told Lu Chen about the demonic sword, the Netherworld, and the Sword Graveyard, then gave him a bottle of pills before rushing toward a distant battle.
• Lu Chen returned to the real world with the Heavenly Principles of Martial Dao and twenty green pills, while Dugu Wudi listened to his account and entered the Sword Realm with the token.
• Lu Chen gave Breeze Swordmaster a Marrow Cleansing Pill and Qing Lian a Life Creation Pill, which Qing Lian recognized as a rare pill that could reshape her cultivation foundation.

Lu Chen returned with the spoils from the Red Fox Clan, then drove Han Qingyue and the Profound Ice Clan members out of the Pacification Bureau after they tried to force him into marriage. When the Third Generation Ancestor questioned whether Lu Chen could face a Demon King, Lu Chen revealed an aura that left the ancestor horrified.

• Lu Chen divided the Longevity Fruits and manuals with Zhao Xuantian, then headed to the Pacification Bureau without making his earlier achievements public.
• Han Guiji and Han Qingyue confronted Lu Chen at the Pacification Bureau and urged him to marry into the Profound Ice Clan for protection.
• When Lu Chen refused, a burly Profound Ice Clan expert attacked him, but Lu Chen struck him down with Blade Intent and forced the clan members outside.
• Han Qingyue insisted she would marry Lu Chen, even if she had to marry into his family, while Han Guiji warned her that something was wrong with him.
• The Third Generation Ancestor questioned Lu Chen about his chances against a Demon King, and Lu Chen claimed ordinary Demon Kings were no harder to defeat than cabbages.
• Lu Chen unleashed his aura, and the Third Generation Ancestor froze in horror.

Lu Chen revealed that he had reached the Dharma Aspect Realm and killed a Red Fox Clan Demon King with one strike, then defeated three foxes and searched their mountain with Zhao Xuantian. The chapter ended with Lu Chen and Zhao Xuantian collecting treasures while the outside factions remained unaware of his breakthrough and victory.

• The purple-robed Daoist revealed himself as a Demon King, and Lu Chen broke through the Demon King's laws by unleashing his own Dharma Aspect.
• Lu Chen used ten times his strength and the seventh style of the Seven Styles of Divine Extinction to kill the Red Fox Clan Demon King with one strike.
• Lu Chen killed the three fleeing foxes, earning Merit Points, while Zhao Xuantian realized Lu Chen had reached the Dharma Aspect Realm.
• Lu Chen collected the Demon King's durable fly-whisk, which he identified as a Spiritual Secret Treasure, then joined Zhao Xuantian in searching the mountain.
• Lu Chen and Zhao Xuantian found Longevity Fruits, ancient human martial arts books, and other treasures in a cave.
• The factions outside debated Lu Chen's conflict with the Demon Race without knowing that he had already killed a Demon King.

Lu Chen survived the Great Peng’s self-destruction and pretended to be gravely injured so he could lure out enemies seeking to kill him. As Dharma Aspect Realm experts began tracking him, Lu Chen prepared to ambush them with help from his allies.

• The Great Peng tried to destroy a city, but Lu Chen pursued it and forced it to self-destruct; Lu Chen survived by sheltering underground and earned Merit Points for saving people and killing it.
• Lu Chen detected hidden attackers, then feigned severe injuries and fled to lure out hostile Ancient Clan members, demons, and devils.
• The Peacock King learned the Great Peng had failed to kill Lu Chen and planned to send Demon Race members after him, expecting the Ancient Clan to join in.
• Lu Chen told Li Wangshu, Miao Wu Fa, Yue Qingtian, and the others that he was safe and asked them to prepare to assist his ambush; he told Dugu Wudi to keep guarding the Sky Sword Sect.
• News of Lu Chen’s battle and apparent injuries spread, and at least seven or eight Dharma Aspect Realm experts began secretly following him as more joined their ranks.

Lu Chen rescued Zhao Xuantian from two demons, only to find himself surrounded by seven powerful demons who had set a trap for him. He blinded them all with one sword strike and began killing them one by one.

• Lu Chen left Dugu Wudi and Qing Lian, then hurried to aid Zhao Xuantian in Northern Great Yu.
• A purple-haired demon caught Zhao Xuantian fleeing and destroyed two of his substitute bodies.
• Lu Chen arrived and wounded the purple-haired demon with a burst of Blade Qi.
• The purple-haired demon summoned six other demons, surrounding Lu Chen and Zhao Xuantian.
• Lu Chen used Arrow-Piercing Stance to gouge out the eyes of all seven demons, then drew his demonic blade and began killing them.

Lu Chen defeated and killed the Four Symbols Venerables after they threatened Qing Lian, who revealed that she was Liu Qinglian, daughter of the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Sect’s sect master. Her account left her father’s fate uncertain and her eldest brother missing, while the sect’s new power holder, Yun Luoying, remained a threat.

• Lu Chen crippled the Four Symbols Venerables, captured them, and ordered them to wait for Qing Lian.
• Dugu Wudi and Qing Lian emerged from cleansing, and Dugu Wudi praised his gains in the Sword Realm before Lu Chen told him demons had appeared in northern Great Yu.
• Qing Lian recognized the kneeling Four Symbols Venerables and accused them of killing her servants and injuring her eldest brother.
• When the Venerables threatened the Sky Sword Sect, Qing Lian hesitated, but Lu Chen killed all four with his demonic saber.
• After Lu Chen rebuked her for crying, Qing Lian revealed that her father, Liu Qingtian, had married Yun Luoying, who took control of the sect and drove Qing Lian into hiding.

Lu Chen used the Lord of the Netherworld to create Yin Virtue Coins and persuaded the gatekeeper to let the trapped souls strike once during the coming war. After the Demon Race threatened humanity over the Peacock King's death, Lu Chen killed thousands who blamed him, then joined his allies as they headed toward Blood Cloud Mountain.

• Lu Chen condensed a flood of Yin Virtue Coins, astonishing Li Wangshu and the little old man.
• Lu Chen bribed the gatekeeper with thousands of Yin Virtue Coins and received a token that would let the town's souls strike once.
• Li Wangshu told Lu Chen that the town might be the core of the shattered Netherworld, and they escaped the Sword Realm with the token.
• The Demon Race threatened to exterminate humanity unless Lu Chen was handed over, while people across the Imperial City blamed him for provoking the war.
• Lu Chen killed more than a thousand people who condemned him, warning that he would not tolerate moral coercion.
• Yue Qingtian, Leng Feng, Ye Qiankun, Zhao Shanhe, Dugu Wudi, Li Wangshu, Miao Wu Fa, and Dongfang Xu joined Lu Chen's group as they flew toward Blood Cloud Mountain, while other factions watched from the shadows.

Ye Lingyun attacked Lu Chen at the Pacification Bureau headquarters, but Lu Chen ambushed him and pursued him after he escaped. When Ye Lingyun used a secret art to become impervious to attacks, Lu Chen’s second sword form cut through his intangible body and killed him.

• Ye Lingyun entered the Pacification Bureau headquarters, where Lu Chen struck him with Sword Draw Slay Heavens Art and split his body apart.
• Ye Lingyun fled using an Escape Light Talisman, and Lu Chen pursued him with the art of karma and wounded him again.
• Ye Lingyun recognized Lu Chen, healed himself with heaven and earth essence, and used lightning to become impervious to attacks.
• Ye Lingyun struck Lu Chen while Lu Chen’s blade passed through him, then claimed his secret art made him impossible to kill.
• Lu Chen used Sword Draw Slay Heavens Art’s second form to cut through Ye Lingyun’s intangible body and kill him.

Black Nether revealed that he and the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Sect's Sect Leader came from Creation Divine City and proposed an alliance, while denying responsibility for Qing Lian's father's death. After Lu Chen returned from killing the enemy beyond this realm, he headed with Li Wangshu and Dugu Wudi to see the Patriarch again, as the Netherworld feared the forces gathering overhead.

• Black Nether met Lu Chen, explained that he and the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Sect's Sect Leader were outsiders from Creation Divine City, and offered him a black jade token to contact him about an alliance.
• Black Nether said they had not killed Qing Lian's father and claimed the being who struck him from afar could not act again for one or two years.
• Lu Chen set off for the Sword Realm with Dugu Wudi, while Miao Wu Fa stayed behind to watch for movements beyond this realm.
• People across the realms learned that Lu Chen had slain the powerful enemy beyond this realm, and ancient souls in the Netherworld marveled at his sword attainments.
• Lu Chen, Li Wangshu, and Dugu Wudi reached the forbidden town, where the gatekeeper warned that great beings circling overhead threatened everyone.
• Lu Chen and his companions entered the town to seek the Patriarch and found Wang Chongyang and others gathered anxiously in his courtyard.

After transmigrating into the gravely injured Lu Chen, he awakened a Merit System and killed his brother Lu Dahu to survive, earning a reward that healed him and gave him a powerful physique. He spent his Merit Points advancing his forgotten Galloping Horse Fist and was left stronger and ready to face what came next.

• Lu Chen recalled how his brother Lu Dahu, his sister-in-law, and the porcelain shopkeeper had abused him and left him near death in a pigsty.
• Lu Chen heard Lu Dahu and his wife plan to kill him and extort the porcelain shop, so he hid a sharp branch and pretended to be helpless.
• When Lu Dahu tried to smother him, Lu Chen stabbed him in the neck, killing him and earning three Merit Points for resolving a family dispute.
• The Merit System rewarded Lu Chen with a beginner's gift pack and the Might Makes Right talent, which healed his injuries and gave him Heavenly Strength.
• Lu Chen inspected his status, remembered his old Galloping Horse Fist training, and spent his Merit Points to raise the martial art to Minor Accomplishment.

Dugu Wudi agreed to halt his feud after the Ancient Clan intervened, then learned they were investigating the Sky Sword Sect’s Third Generation Ancestor. Meanwhile, Lu Chen destroyed the Ye Family’s Mountain Suppression Talisman and killed Mr. Hu as his Crimson Softsword transformed into a divine weapon.

• A golden figure ordered Dugu Wudi and the Heaven Rankings experts to stop pursuing their conflict and said youths from the Ancient Clan would soon enter the mortal world.
• The golden figure asked Dugu Wudi whether the Sky Sword Sect’s Third Generation Ancestor was still alive, but Dugu Wudi said he had never seen him.
• Dugu Wudi mocked Ye Lingyun by revealing that Lu Chen was attacking the Ye Family, and a message reported that Lu Chen had killed its ten great elders and many disciples.
• At the Ye Family headquarters, Lu Chen used Sword Draw Slay Heavens Art to shatter the Mountain Suppression Talisman and unleash a devastating sword strike.
• Mr. Hu fled, but Lu Chen caught him with the Eight Desolations Dragon-Soaring Steps and killed him with Slay Heavens as the Crimson Softsword transformed into a divine weapon.