Chapter Summaries

Lu Chen and Zhao Xuantian discovered that the Salvation Society was a demon organization manipulating humans into offering themselves as food. Lu Chen exposed and destroyed its members in a city, then headed for the society’s headquarters on a towering mountain.

• Shen Lian killed two brainwashed men after Lu Chen told him to handle them as he saw fit.
• Lu Chen and Zhao Xuantian found four demons from the Salvation Society bewitching a city and killed them, then Lu Chen severed the karmic threads controlling the crowd.
• Lu Chen crippled the demon posing as the society’s speaker and left it to the furious crowd before setting out to find the headquarters.
• Lu Chen arrived at a towering mountain and identified it as the Salvation Society’s headquarters.

Lu Chen destroyed the Red Fox Clan’s stronghold on Lingyun Peak with a single devastating strike, then confronted the clan’s mysterious Ancestor. The Ancestor challenged Lu Chen to kill him with one slash, leaving their fight about to begin.

• The Red Fox Clan Chief praised two subordinates for building the Salvation Society and warned them to beware of Lu Chen.
• Lu Chen attacked Lingyun Peak with Severing Calamity, shattered the formation, and killed many demons while Zhao Xuantian witnessed the strike.
• The injured Clan Chief and the man and woman escaped the ruins, but Lu Chen’s attempt to strike them was stopped by a scarlet light.
• The Red Fox Ancestor emerged from the mist and defended the demons’ practice of eating humans, while Lu Chen rejected his argument and struck back at a sneak attack.
• The Ancestor identified Lu Chen as the newly appointed Blade Emperor and challenged him to kill the old man with one slash.

After Lu Chen’s sword strike killed two Divine Kings and drove the starry fleet into retreat, he traded the abandoned warships and entrusted the Godheads to Wang Fubao of the Starry Sky Merchant Guild. Learning that Sword Cliff lay in the Eternal Star Domain, Lu Chen returned to deal with Xuan Zhenzi and trapped him in a sword formation.

• Lu Chen warned the gathered cultivators that anyone who harbored ill intent would die, then watched the Divine Kings and their followers flee, leaving tens of thousands of warships behind.
• Lu Chen collected the two dead Divine Kings’ Godheads and received one million Merit Points for intimidating the starry races.
• Wang Fubao offered Lu Chen one hundred million spirit crystals for the warships and agreed to auction the Godheads for a ten-percent commission.
• Wang Fubao told Lu Chen that Sword Cliff was in the Eternal Star Domain and gave him a Supreme Divine Card and a transmission token.
• Lu Chen returned to the continent, where Wan Jianyi and Yin Shengyun had trapped Xuan Zhenzi and Qiqi was attacking him with the little bowl.
• Lu Chen rejected Xuan Zhenzi’s plea to be spared and enclosed him in a colossal sword formation.

Lu Chen and the Third Generation Ancestor reached the Sword Graveyard’s four divine steles, where Lu Chen captured four supreme Sword Dao abilities and discovered a Godhead containing an undispersed divine remnant. He warned the Third Generation Ancestor that the Godhead could be a possession trap and urged him to finish recording the abilities so they could leave.

• Lu Chen used the Yin-Yang Fish Jade Pendant to shield himself and the Third Generation Ancestor from the pressure as they approached the divine steles and passed five puppet-like figures without being attacked.
• The Third Generation Ancestor recognized the Heavenly Will Sword on the first stele, while Lu Chen used Merit Points to capture four Sword Dao abilities and learned that three required cultivation beyond his current strength.
• Lu Chen noticed an empty depression beside the fourth stele, suspected it was where the Nameless Divine Stele had stood, and entered the temple behind the steles.
• Lu Chen found a Godhead and a sheathed divine sword in the temple, but his system could not analyze the Godhead because an ancient divine consciousness remained inside it.
• Lu Chen concluded that the divine remnant had lured sword masters to the temple to possess whoever claimed the Godhead, then warned the Third Generation Ancestor and told him to finish recording the abilities before they left.

Lu Chen offered to kill Zhao Hu in exchange for Su Yingxue’s cultivation method, then joined her Azure Wave Martial Hall as a disciple to receive it. After learning the Azure Wave Art, he used merit points to advance it to Basic Mastery, astonishing Su Yingxue as he prepared to confront Zhao Hu.

• Lu Chen demonstrated his strength by shattering a granite pillar and convinced Su Yingxue that he could fight Zhao Hu.
• Su Yingxue agreed to teach Lu Chen the Azure Wave Art on the condition that he acknowledge her father as his master, and he completed the disciple ritual.
• Su Yingxue explained that the Azure Wave Art was a Superior Grade cultivation method, and Lu Chen remembered it after one lesson.
• Lu Chen spent 200 Merit Points to raise the Azure Wave Art to Basic Mastery, consolidating and greatly strengthening his internal force.
• Su Yingxue realized Lu Chen had advanced the art to Basic Mastery, while Lu Chen again declared himself a genius.

Lu Chen fused six perfected martial arts into the Third-Rate Four Absolute Skills, advancing to Third Rank, then learned the yamen had framed him as a blood-drinking demon. He arrived at Azure Wave Martial Hall and offered to help Su Yingxue deal with Zhao Hu, leaving her disciples shocked to recognize him.

• Lu Chen spent 200 Merit Points to fuse six martial arts into the perfected Four Absolute Skills and advanced to Third Rank.
• Lu Chen heard that the yamen had arrested over a thousand people and threatened to execute them unless he surrendered, while spreading claims that he drained people’s blood.
• Su Yingxue worried that Pride Sun Martial Hall would seize Azure Wave Martial Hall’s Mental Cultivation Method as disciples continued to leave.
• Lu Chen appeared silently in Azure Wave Martial Hall’s courtyard and offered to help Su Yingxue deal with Zhao Hu.
• Su Yingxue and the disciples recognized Lu Chen from the city’s wanted posters and recoiled at the accusations against him.

Lu Chen gave silver to impoverished civilians, learned that the Iron Scale Gang and the yamen oppressed them, and planned to destroy the gang and let the poor seize its wealth. As constables tracked him into the slums, Lin Yun learned of Lu Chen’s sudden rise to power and ordered that he be captured alive.

• Lu Chen learned from Zhao Dezhu and Zhang Rong that the Iron Scale Gang controlled South City, exploited its workers, and had ties to Magistrate Lin Mingyuan, who was away from the city.
• Lu Chen gave the civilians silver and earned 20 Merit Points for helping them.
• Lu Chen told the poor to gather and raid the Iron Scale Gang headquarters after he wiped out the gang, and they agreed to wait for his signal.
• Lu Chen left the slums, while constables and Great Shark Gang members pursued him and tracked his trail toward the area.
• Lin Yun heard that Lu Chen had become a Martial Artist in a single day and ordered Guo Feng to capture him alive.

Lu Chen arrived at Boundless City as Ye Yuncheng demanded the Nine Dragon Pill Formula and threatened the court. Lu Chen killed Ye Yuncheng’s two maids and struck down Ye Yuncheng, leaving the Ye Family confrontation underway.

• Ye Yuncheng accused the court of cooperating with Lu Chen and demanded the Nine Dragon Pill Formula in exchange for the Ye Family not pursuing the matter.
• A maid blasted General Guo through a wall, and Ye Yuncheng injured Wang Yue when he tried to stop him from leaving.
• Lu Chen arrived, and Zhou Yun ordered the Pacification Bureau experts to surround Ye Yuncheng and his two maids.
• Lu Chen’s spiritual power stripped the two maids down to skeletons, earning him 500 Merit Points.
• Ye Yuncheng tried to flee, but Lu Chen cut him down and sent him crashing thousands of meters away.

Lu Chen’s killing of the Peacock King and several Demon Kings shook the human world, while the Ancient Clans’ leaders blamed him and refused to oppose the Demon Race. Lu Chen brought four old monsters to join the Pacification Bureau and shared Blood Spirit Crystals with Zhao Xuantian and Dugu Wudi before an urgent messenger arrived at the Sky Sword Sect.

• News of the Demon Kings’ deaths spread, and most humans praised Lu Chen while former rivals Lie Wujin and Ye Wushe despaired at how far he had surpassed them.
• The Upper Three Clans, Middle Six Clans, War God Hall, Ageless Palace, and No. 2 Saber Gate discussed the crisis and chose to leave Lu Chen and Li Wangshu to face the Demon Race alone.
• Lu Chen arrived at the Pacification Bureau with Yue Qingtian, Zhao Shanhe, Ye Qiankun, and another old monster, and Zhao Xuantian agreed to arrange their positions.
• Lu Chen gave Zhao Xuantian five Blood Spirit Crystals, explaining that they could extend life and help break through realms.
• Lu Chen returned to the Sky Sword Sect, gave Blood Spirit Crystals to Dugu Wudi, and asked him to share some with Qingfeng.
• Huangfu Wang arrived at the Sky Sword Sect with news of an urgent development.

After learning that powerful human factions planned to abandon him to the Demon Race, Lu Chen gathered allies and decided to seek the Sky Sword Sect’s First Generation Ancestor for help. Li Wangshu led him into the Sword Realm’s forbidden Netherworld, where the chapter ended with them pushing through its monstrous dangers.

• Huangfu Wang told Lu Chen and Dugu Wudi that the Upper Three Clans, Middle Six Clans, and other factions intended to let the Demon Race kill Lu Chen rather than intervene.
• Lu Chen received the Lord of the Netherworld talent, which let him command the souls of experts he killed, and then returned to the Pacification Bureau to consult his allies.
• Li Wangshu revealed that the Sky Sword Sect’s First Generation Ancestor was half-dead but still powerful, and said he would seek the ancestor’s help against the Demon Race.
• Lu Chen and Li Wangshu entered the Sword Realm and traveled to the Netherworld’s number one forbidden land, where the First Generation Ancestor’s soul was trapped.
• Lu Chen and Li Wangshu fought off blood-soaked specters and other horrors as they advanced through the forbidden land.

Lu Chen and Li Wangshu entered a ghostly town where the souls of dead supreme experts were imprisoned, and met the Sky Sword Sect’s First Generation Ancestor. The ancestor said he could help Lu Chen fight the Demon Race only if they secured the Gatekeeper’s permission, which would cost a thousand Yin Virtue Coins.

• Lu Chen and Li Wangshu paid the Gatekeeper Yin Virtue Coins to enter the prison town, where the souls of powerful experts were trapped.
• Li Wangshu led Lu Chen past Ox-Head and Horse-Face and into a hut, where the First Generation Ancestor beat him for turning his physical body into a puppet and bringing too little money.
• The First Generation Ancestor welcomed Lu Chen after learning of his fame and his killing of the Peacock King and several Demon Race demon kings.
• Li Wangshu asked the First Generation Ancestor to help protect Lu Chen, and the ancestor said the Gatekeeper would need a thousand Yin Virtue Coins to permit his intervention.
• Lu Chen said he might be able to try to secure the required coins.

Lu Chen gained the Myriad Dao Returns to Origin talent, then joined the rescue mission for Venerable Chiyan at the Endless Purple Mist Sea. He arrived during the battle and killed an elite Three-Faced Being with one sword strike.

• Demon Wind and Blade Venerable warned the others not to provoke Lu Chen after witnessing his power.
• Lu Chen earned the Myriad Dao Returns to Origin talent and began using it to comprehend a new Sword Dao.
• Lu Yun reported that Venerable Chiyan was trapped in the Endless Purple Mist Sea, prompting the group to ask Reincarnation Heavenly Venerate to lead a rescue.
• Demon Wind sent Zhao Qianliu to notify Lu Chen, and she persuaded him to join the mission.
• Lu Chen and Zhao Qianliu reached the battle, where Lu Chen swiftly killed an elite Three-Faced Being and gained 80 million Merit Points.

Lu Chen used Merit Points to reach the Supreme Realm and overwhelmed the Three-Faced Beings after their ambush trapped the experts of the heavens. He destroyed their lair and defeated their final shadow, then looked toward a distant new world and questioned whether Rulers should exist.

• Lu Chen slaughtered Three-Faced Beings and Chaos Beasts, then shattered a Chaos King's attack as more Chaos Kings and an overwhelming horde ambushed the experts of the heavens.
• Lu Chen spent Merit Points to break through the Heaven-Confining Lock and reach the Supreme Realm, then annihilated the surrounding enemies with a single sword strike.
• Lu Chen rose to the Ruler Ninth Level, killed two Three-Faced Being Supremes, and drove the remaining foes from the battlefield.
• Lu Chen opened a spacetime tunnel to the Three-Faced Beings' lair and destroyed their world, then struck down their giant shadow after it re-formed.
• Lu Chen declared the Three-Faced Beings exterminated and looked toward a distant new world, wondering whether Rulers should exist.

Lu Chen and Dugu Wudi defended the Sky Sword Sect from Li Wanhun and the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Sect, revealing that both were Dharma Aspect experts. After Lu Chen and Dugu Wudi struck Li Wanhun down, he fled, and Lu Chen pursued him.

• Lu Chen sensed karmic threads linking the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Sect to him, then watched them vanish when Li Wanhun concealed his karma.
• Li Wanhun and Yun Gang arrived at the Sky Sword Sect, destroyed its mountain gate, and demanded Dugu Wudi come out to die.
• Dugu Wudi appeared as a Dharma Aspect expert, and Lu Chen revealed himself as a second one, forcing Yun Gang and the other Golden Body experts to the ground with his aura.
• Li Wanhun attacked Lu Chen, but Lu Chen slashed him away; Li Wanhun then attacked Dugu Wudi and was struck down again.
• Li Wanhun used Blood Escape Art to flee, while Lu Chen killed Yun Gang and the other two experts with a sweep of Blade Qi and chased after Li Wanhun.

Lu Chen joined Miao Wu Fa and several powerful allies to discuss plans against the demons and devils, whose leaders had agreed to let them enter the human world. After the group settled on an alliance and an ambush strategy, Yue Qingtian challenged Lu Chen to a duel and found his axe attacks repeatedly countered.

• Lu Chen entered Miao Wu Fa’s pocket space with Yue Qingtian, Dongfang Xu, and the others, then learned that powerful Pure Land factions had signed agreements allowing demons and devils to enter the human world.
• Dongfang Xu explained that the factions wanted Blood Spirit Crystals to extend their lives, and Yue Qingtian, Zhao Shanhe, Ye Qiankun, and Leng Feng offered to join Lu Chen’s Pacification Bureau.
• Miao Wu Fa proposed dividing the group between the Pacification Bureau and a hidden alliance, then planning targeted ambushes against heavyweight Demon Kings when the demons and devils appeared.
• The group spent more than half a day finalizing its plans before Yue Qingtian challenged Lu Chen to test their weapons.
• Yue Qingtian unleashed his Level Five Axe Intent, but Lu Chen used Martial Intent Heavenly Principles to find flaws and intercept his attacks, then asked whether Yue Qingtian wanted to continue.

Lu Chen learned that the Sword Graveyard, said to hold a dead Sword God's insights, was nearing a breach and agreed to investigate after dealing with threats to the Sky Sword Sect. Meanwhile, the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Sect ordered Li Wanhun to destroy the sect and bring Qing Lian back unharmed.

• Lu Chen revealed that he had broken through to the Dharma Aspect Realm, astonishing Third Generation Ancestor, who came to discuss the Sword Graveyard.
• Li Wangshu explained that the Nameless Divine Stele had come from the Sword Graveyard and that its weakening barrier might soon open; Lu Chen agreed to go once he settled matters outside.
• Li Wangshu gave Lu Chen a jade slip containing a fragment of the Heavenly Will Sword divine ability, which Lu Chen's system could not capture because it was too incomplete.
• Third Generation Ancestor gave Lu Chen a token for communication and promised to find him a Space Ring.
• The Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Sect's Protector ordered Yun Gang to summon Li Wanhun to destroy the Sky Sword Sect and bring Qing Lian back intact.

Lu Chen, Li Wangshu, and Dugu Wudi found the ruined Ancient True Dragon's Lair and harvested its treasures after Lu Chen broke its restrictions. Lu Chen discovered a nearly hatched Dragon Egg protected by its dead mother, and the hatchling spoke to him from inside.

• Lu Chen, Li Wangshu, and Dugu Wudi followed the gatekeeper's information to a hidden space beneath the Eastern Sea, where they found the destroyed True Dragon's Lair.
• The three discovered a radiant sealed area containing dense Spiritual Energy Matter, Dragon Blood Grass, and what Li Wangshu identified as Dragon Soul Fruits.
• After a restriction burned Li Wangshu, Lu Chen used the Karma Secret Art and Chaos Returns to Origin Sword Array to break through the defenses.
• Lu Chen, Li Wangshu, and Dugu Wudi gathered Dragon Blood Grass, Dragon Soul Fruits, Yin Yang Flowers, and Purple Yin Fruits.
• Lu Chen saw through the light to a cracked Dragon Egg cradled by its long-dead mother, a Dragon Corpse.
• The hatchling spoke to Lu Chen, said it was afraid to leave the egg, and asked whether he was human and what his name was.

Lu Chen lured Demon Kings and human traitors into attacking by pretending to be gravely injured, then revealed his strength and killed two Demon Kings. Surrounded by the remaining attackers, he challenged them to come closer as he claimed they would need to kill at least three more to bring him down.

• Lu Chen sensed a hidden demon spying on him and killed it with a single slash, then reflected a Demon King’s spiritual attack back at its source.
• A silver Demon King ambushed Lu Chen, but Lu Chen killed it with Severing Calamity while continuing to feign weakness.
• Four Demon Kings and several human monsters attacked Lu Chen together, but he repelled their strikes with the Sword Draw Slay Heavens Art.
• As the attackers pursued him, Lu Chen killed Qingluan with the Seven Styles of Divine Extinction, making the remaining Demon Kings and human monsters hesitate.
• Lu Chen stood amid the encirclement and warned the attackers that they would need to take down at least three more before they could kill him.

After the Netherworld learned that its realm would be breached within a month, Lu Chen prepared for the coming danger by helping Li Wangshu advance and searching for more opportunities. The gatekeeper revealed the location of an Ancient True Dragon's Lair, while the Sect Leader arranged to guide a prince of the Ancient Dynasty into the realm.

• Two enormous eyes warned that the Netherworld would be breached within one month, and Lu Chen told Miao Xuanji he would face any attackers rather than hide.
• Lu Chen gave Li Wangshu a Soul Pill, and three days later Li Wangshu broke through to near demigod status.
• Lu Chen decided to seek the gatekeeper for more opportunities and used Yin Virtue Coins to persuade him to reveal an Ancient True Dragon's Lair in the depths of the Eastern Sea.
• The Sect Leader told Black Nether she had agreed to marry the Prince of the Ancient Dynasty and planned to guide him to the realm once the final energy tower was built.

Lu Chen mastered the first half of Sorrow of the Great Dao and joined the other Divine Kings as powerful old monsters gathered at the Death Zone. The Heavenly Walkers opened a passage into the Death Zone and ordered everyone to enter.

• Lu Chen used 800,000 Merit Points to perfect the first half of Sorrow of the Great Dao, then declined Qin Tian’s request to join his party.
• Su Xiao introduced Lu Chen’s group to Old Man Ku, Xue Wuya, and Venerable Hundred Eyes, while Shi Yue revealed that Venerable Hundred Eyes had killed an old friend of his.
• Venerable Jiuyun arrived atop a mass of skulls, alarming the Divine Kings, and Venerable Chiyan described him as the strongest figure among them.
• Dozens of white-masked Heavenly Walkers appeared, opened a huge rift into the Death Zone, and ordered the Divine Kings to enter.