Chapter Summaries

Bai Ze returned to the Qingyue Sect after the contest and received praise for reaching the Grandmaster Realm and placing among the best. He exchanged his Intent Comprehension Pills for Momentum Comprehension Pills and chose the Feathered Ascension Art, learning that it was part of the Feather Ascension Immortal Cultivation Technique.

• Bai Ze and the others returned to the Qingyue Sect, where Song Tiancheng praised their performance and singled out Bai Ze's breakthrough and high ranking.
• Song Nan congratulated Bai Ze for reaching the Grandmaster Realm and killing Lei Ming and Buddha Son Fulong.
• Bai Ze exchanged two Intent Comprehension Pills for one hundred and twenty Momentum Comprehension Pills, and Song Tiancheng directed him to choose a Grandmaster Realm cultivation technique.
• Bai Ze collected the pills and selected the Feathered Ascension Art, along with several Innate-level martial skills.
• The Cultivation Technique Pavilion elder told Bai Ze that the Feathered Ascension Art was difficult to cultivate and formed part of the Feather Ascension Immortal Cultivation Technique, which an ancestor had obtained from True Lord Yuhua's secret realm.

Bai Ze combined the two halves of the Feather Ascension Immortal Cultivation Technique and realized it could reach the Heavenly Human Realm when cultivated together. Meanwhile, King Fu arranged a competition to distribute the Golden Sun Dynasty’s ten secret-realm slots, leaving the contest set for three months later.

• The Technique Pavilion elder gave Bai Ze the Immortality Ascension Art and encouraged him to test whether the technique could reach the Heavenly Human Realm.
• Bai Ze cultivated both halves together and saw that the Feather Ascension Immortal Cultivation Technique was a Heavenly Human Realm High-grade technique.
• Bai Ze concluded that earlier practitioners had failed because they cultivated the two arts separately, and he planned to share his discovery with the elder.
• King Fu asked his ministers how to distribute the ten secret-realm slots remaining after the Imperial Family claimed its share.
• Chancellor Chen proposed a competition, and King Fu decreed that martial artists under thirty from across the Central Continent could compete for the slots in three months.

Bai Ze visited Song Tiancheng after converting to the Feather Ascension Immortal Cultivation Technique and discussed what he had discovered about it. Song Tiancheng revealed that the Qingyue Sect had four places in a Heavenly Human Realm secret realm opening in half a year, and Bai Ze would receive one if he reached the Mid-stage Grandmaster Realm in time.

• King Fu planned to distribute slots while using the opportunity to identify and suppress supporters of King Nanshan.
• Bai Ze practiced swordsmanship after converting to the Feather Ascension Immortal Cultivation Technique, which had increased his strength by nearly twenty percent.
• Song Nan visited Bai Ze, listened to his account of the slaughter Contention Battle, and then remembered that Song Tiancheng had summoned him.
• Bai Ze told Song Tiancheng about his discoveries regarding the cultivation technique, while concealing its rank.
• Song Tiancheng told Bai Ze that the Qingyue Sect had four slots in a secret realm opening in half a year and that Bai Ze needed to reach the Mid-stage Grandmaster Realm to claim one.

Bai Ze accepted a slot in the contest for the Heavenly Human Secret Realm and spent more than four months improving his Sword Momentum and swordsmanship. He used the system to deduce his Sword Drawing Technique into the Grandmaster-grade high-tier Instant Sword Drawing Technique, which could unleash multiple sword strikes in a brief burst as his proficiency increased.

• Song Tiancheng explained that martial artists under thirty could enter the Heavenly Human Secret Realm contest and offered Bai Ze one of the three slots.
• Bai Ze agreed to participate, and Song Tiancheng supplied him with resources for cultivation.
• Song Nan told Bai Ze that the other two slots went to Zhou Zidao and Wang Guang, both Mid-stage Grandmasters.
• Bai Ze cultivated for more than four months, raising his Sword Momentum to Great Accomplishment and mastering the Heaven Slaying Sword Art and its six moves to Perfection.
• Bai Ze spent system points to deduce his Sword Drawing Technique into the Grandmaster-grade high-tier Instant Sword Drawing Technique, which could gain additional strikes as its proficiency rose.

Bai Ze left Qingyue Sect for the Imperial City of Central Continent to gain experience before entering the Heavenly Human Secret Realm. After Song Nan was called back to the sect, Song Shilan announced she would travel with him.

• Bai Ze improved the Instant Sword Drawing Technique, reached the Mid-stage Grandmaster Realm, and decided to travel to the Imperial City of Central Continent.
• Song Tiancheng approved Bai Ze's journey, reminded him to arrive within a month and a half, and sent him to collect travel resources.
• Bai Ze left Qingyue Sect with gold, pills, and cultivation supplies, then met Song Nan and Li Qingwei at the mountain's foot.
• Song Nan asked to accompany Bai Ze, but he refused, and Li Qingwei warned her against sneaking away.
• Song Shilan arrived and brought Song Nan and Li Qingwei back after saying their mother was looking for Song Nan.
• Song Shilan told Bai Ze she would accompany him to the Imperial City of Central Continent, and he agreed.

Bai Ze and Song Shilan traveled to the Central Continent, where Song Shilan planned to challenge one of the ten martial artists selected for the Heavenly Human Secret Realm. After arriving in Xue City, they heard about the fierce challenges underway in the Imperial City and recognized a group of Biyao Sect disciples at their inn.

• Song Shilan explained that she intended to challenge a selected martial artist for a place in the Heavenly Human Secret Realm, and Bai Ze said he would challenge as well.
• Bai Ze and Song Shilan rode for more than half a month before reaching the Central Continent and stopping in Xue City.
• At an inn, Bai Ze tested their food for poison while they heard guests discuss the Little Sword God, Wang Gang, and Chen Beixuan's challenge records.
• Song Shilan said Qingyue Sect disciples besides her, including Eldest Senior Brother, would also challenge for spots.
• Several veiled women carrying emerald-green longswords entered the inn, and Song Shilan identified them as disciples of Qingzhou's Biyao Sect.

Bai Ze and Song Shilan witnessed the Biyao Sect disciples confront Wang Lei over his murder of their junior sisters. The fight spilled out of the inn, where the City Lord of Xue City arrived but hesitated to intervene.

• A scarred middle-aged man entered the inn, and the Biyao Sect disciples recognized him as Wang Lei.
• Hou Ying accused Wang Lei of murdering their junior sisters and ordered the disciples to attack him.
• Wang Lei fought Hou Ying and the three other disciples, using his Yin-Yang Demonic Slash against their Biyong Swordplay.
• Bai Ze and Song Shilan watched as the battle moved outside and drew a crowd.
• The City Lord of Xue City arrived but, seeing the martial artists' strength, did not dare to stop the fight.

Bai Ze intervened when Wang Lei tried to leave after fighting Hou Ying and her fellow Biyao Sect disciples. Bai Ze’s swordsmanship proved powerful enough to suppress Wang Lei’s Yin-Yang Momentum, and their battle continued.

• Wang Lei injured Hou Ying but backed away from fighting the four Biyao Sect martial artists after they threatened mutual destruction.
• Song Shilan asked Bai Ze if he could defeat Wang Lei, and Bai Ze said he could because Wang Lei was injured.
• Song Shilan told Bai Ze to kill Wang Lei because she had ties to the Biyao Sect.
• Bai Ze launched a sword strike at Wang Lei as he was about to leave, then charged him after Wang Lei insulted him.
• Bai Ze and Wang Lei exchanged several attacks, and Wang Lei struggled against Bai Ze’s powerful Sword Momentum.

Bai Ze, Song Shilan, and the Biyao Sect disciples joined forces to kill Wang Lei, then agreed to travel together to the Imperial City. Afterward, Song Shilan broke through to the Mid-stage Grandmaster Realm and reflected on her secret connection to the Biyao Sect.

• The lord of Xue City left rather than interfere as Bai Ze fought Wang Lei, and Hou Ying and the other Biyao Sect disciples joined the battle with Song Shilan.
• Bai Ze, Song Shilan, Hou Ying, and the other disciples overwhelmed Wang Lei and killed him.
• Hou Ying thanked Bai Ze and Song Shilan, and the group recognized their reputations and agreed to travel to the Imperial City together the next day.
• Song Shilan cultivated after returning to her room and advanced to the Mid-stage Grandmaster Realm.
• Song Shilan thought of her grandmother, whose two-hundredth birthday was next year, and recalled her little-known special relationship with the Biyao Sect.

Bai Ze, Song Shilan, and their companions traveled toward the Imperial City to challenge for entry to the Heavenly Human Secret Realm. After reaching Nantian City, they discussed the upcoming challenges and their chances of securing a spot.

• Song Shilan had broken through to the Mid-stage Grandmaster Realm, and Hou Ying told the group they would soon depart for the Imperial City.
• Bai Ze's group left Xue City and traveled toward the Imperial City, while the Lord of Xue City felt relieved to see them go.
• At Southeast Road and Zhalong Valley, the group ignored a young master of the Xiaolong Merchant Guild's plea for help and rode past the battle.
• Bai Ze's group arrived in Nantian City, where Hou Ying said the challenges for secret-realm entry would begin after they reached the Imperial City.
• Bai Ze urged the group to try for a spot, and Hou Ying said he and Song Shilan still had a chance to secure one.

After Long Huaxin blamed Bai Ze and his companions for not helping him during an attack, Long Bu ordered his Third Uncle to target them when they left Nantian City. Bai Ze ignored the threat and cultivated until his Sword Momentum reached the perfected realm.

• Long Huaxin rode past Bai Ze and the others with one arm missing and glared at them resentfully for not helping him.
• Long Bu learned that the attackers had not been identified and promised revenge for Long Huaxin.
• Long Huaxin asked to kill the people who had passed him during the attack, and Long Bu ordered his Third Uncle to watch them and attack when they left the city.
• Bai Ze returned to the inn and cultivated with a Momentum Comprehension Pill.
• Bai Ze broke through to perfected Sword Momentum, reaching 0.3%.

Bai Ze perfected his Sword Momentum and set out from Nantian City with Song Shilan and the others, but the Xiaolong Merchant Guild pursued them over their role in Long Huaxin’s death. After Bai Ze killed their scout, Long Tianqi caught up with the group near the Imperial City, forcing a confrontation.

• Bai Ze realized his perfected Sword Momentum could progress toward Sword Intent, then found that another Momentum Comprehension Pill had no effect.
• Song Shilan noticed Bai Ze’s increased strength as he and the others left Nantian City, and the group identified a Xiaolong Merchant Guild martial artist following them.
• Bai Ze’s group split into three pairs to confuse the pursuer, then reunited after Bai Ze appeared from the side and killed him with a sword strike.
• Long Tianqi found the scout’s corpse and ordered his men to pursue Bai Ze’s group toward the Imperial City.
• Two days later, Long Tianqi and his group caught up with Bai Ze and the others on Changnan Road, less than a thousand kilometers from the Imperial City.

Bai Ze and his companions reached the Imperial City after Long Tianqi questioned them about his nephew, then joined the Qingyue Sect disciples preparing for the challenge tournament. The sect’s confirmed competitors and the rules were laid out, while Song Shilan and other disciples could fight for the remaining spots.

• Bai Ze revealed that he was a Personal Disciple of the Qingyue Sect, and Long Tianqi abandoned his attempt to press them for information about his nephew.
• Hou Ying warned Bai Ze and the others that Long Tianqi would likely have attacked them if they had not been near the Imperial City and protected by the Qingyue Sect’s reputation.
• Bai Ze, Song Shilan, and their companions reached the Imperial City the next day, where Hou Ying and the others parted ways to find their sect elders.
• Bai Ze and Song Shilan met Supreme Elder Su Xuan, who explained that the Qingyue Sect had three confirmed tournament spots and that younger disciples could challenge for more.
• Zhou Zidao and Wang Guang praised Bai Ze’s rapid cultivation and joked that he might soon surpass Zhou Zidao.

Bai Ze and his companions learned how the ten arena spots were being contested and went to observe the fighters before choosing a challenge. At Arena Seven, Tang He defeated Wang Ze, who had tried to challenge Tang Shan.

• Zhou Zidao and Wang Guang explained that the ten spots were held by powerful young martial artists and that challengers had to defeat arena guards before facing the Ring Masters.
• Song Shilan and Bai Ze decided to challenge for spots after observing their opponents, and the group went to the Imperial City’s ten arenas.
• Zhou Zidao explained that arena guards filtered out challengers before they could face the Ring Masters.
• Wang Ze challenged Tang Shan, but Tang He took the arena to face him first.
• Tang He overwhelmed Wang Ze in just over ten exchanges and knocked him off the arena with his spear technique.

Bai Ze and his companions watched Jianxin challenge Wang Gang for the Ring Five title, where the Sword God’s disciple revealed his Sharp Sword Momentum. Their fierce battle continued as Wang Gang grew more excited after being wounded.

• The crowd mocked Wang Ze’s weak foundation and combat skills, while Bai Ze judged that he could have defeated him even at the Half-step Grandmaster Realm.
• Bai Ze and his companions went to Ring Five after hearing that Jianxin had earned the chance to challenge its Ring Master.
• Jianxin and Wang Gang exchanged taunts before their Heaviness and Sharp Sword momentums clashed.
• Jianxin drew one sword and fought Wang Gang, whose spiked mace and Barbarian Bull Art drove the battle into a series of violent exchanges.
• Wang Gang’s Mad Demon Great Strength Hammer smashed the ring, but Jianxin dodged and wounded him with Sword Qi; Wang Gang charged back, eager to continue fighting.

Jian Xin defeated Wang Gang in the arena without revealing his full strength. Afterwards, Bai Ze explained how his own Sword Momentum differed from Jian Xin’s, while the group speculated about Jian Xin’s second sword.

• Jian Xin used his Sharp Sword Momentum and Heart’s Flying Sword to break through Wang Gang’s defense and wound him.
• Wang Gang conceded, and Jian Xin left the arena while another fighter took his place as its defender.
• The disciples discussed Jian Xin’s strength and wondered whether anyone could force him to reveal his full abilities.
• Bai Ze explained that his Sword Momentum applied broadly to different sword arts, whereas Jian Xin’s Sharp Sword Momentum focused on a particular direction.
• Wang Guang speculated that Jian Xin might use a dual-sword style, but the group could only guess at his true strength.

King Tan gained Tan Yongheng’s support for his plan to restore the Golden Sun Dynasty’s control over the six continents. He then met secretly with King Nanshan, who was disguised as Clear Wind Sword God, and set their plan in motion.

• King Tan and Tan Yongheng discussed how to use the dynasty’s forces as pieces in a larger political game, and Tan Yongheng warned that strength would decide the outcome.
• King Tan explained that he intended to change the dynasty’s declining position, and Tan Yongheng agreed to support him and suppress opposition within the clan.
• King Tan thanked Tan Yongheng and left with permission to pursue his plans.
• King Nanshan secretly met King Tan and confirmed that the forces they intended to use had begun acting.
• King Tan ordered King Nanshan to continue provoking conflicts between rival forces, and King Nanshan departed through a secret passage disguised as Clear Wind Sword God.

King Tan and King Nanshan’s scheme had weakened the major factions by turning them against one another as the Heavenly Human Secret Realm approached. At the Imperial City arenas, Bai Ze’s group tried to secure entry spots, and Song Shilan began a challenge against Li Yuexia.

• King Tan and King Nanshan’s plot to use the Contention Battle and Heavenly Human Secret Realm to weaken rival factions came to light, while the factions continued fighting for entry spots.
• Bai Ze, Zhou Zidao, Wang Guang, and Song Shilan discussed which arenas to challenge, and Bai Ze urged the group to test their opponents without risking serious injuries.
• Wang Guang and Zhou Zidao challenged arena holders but failed to claim their spots, suffering only minor injuries.
• Song Shilan challenged Li Yuexia of the Snow Sect at Arena Number Nine and defeated the arena’s assistant defender.
• Li Yuexia flirted with Song Shilan before she attacked, and the two began fighting with a sword and a Nine-Section Flood Dragon Whip.

Song Shilan revealed that her Momentum of Fire had transformed into the stronger Momentum of the Fire Phoenix, turning her duel with Li Yuexia into an increasingly fierce battle. Both fighters suffered injuries, and the chapter ended as Song Shilan’s enormous crimson sword strike collided with Li Yuexia’s Snow Dragon.

• Li Yuexia warned Song Shilan to concede, but she attacked with Blazing Heaven-Burning Sword, Phoenix Dances in Nine Heavens.
• Li Yuexia’s Nine-Section Flood Dragon Whip bound Song Shilan’s sword and sent her flying, leaving her injured.
• Song Shilan unveiled Momentum of the Fire Phoenix, surprising the spectators and increasing her chances of victory.
• Li Yuexia and Song Shilan exchanged dozens of attacks, both fighting at full strength and sustaining injuries.
• Song Shilan’s gigantic crimson Sword Qi clashed with Li Yuexia’s Snow Dragon, producing a violent impact.

Song Shilan conceded her challenge against Li Yuexia after her temporary Fire Phoenix Momentum failed to give her a decisive advantage. Bai Ze prepared to challenge Chen Wanchen the next day, determined to repay the Qingyue Sect’s support and pursue a slot in the Heavenly Human Secret Realm.

• Song Shilan conceded to Li Yuexia and returned to Bai Ze, where Zhou Zidao and Wang Guang comforted her.
• Bai Ze announced that he would challenge Chen Wanchen of the Southern Demon Sect on the sixth arena the following day.
• Bai Ze prepared for the fight in his room, then met Zhou Zidao, Song Shilan, and Wang Guang the next morning.
• Song Shilan suggested that Bai Ze did not need to challenge anyone, but he insisted the fight was important for testing his strength and seeking a secret-realm slot.
• Song Shilan reflected on how the Qingyue Sect had nurtured Bai Ze and given him access to cultivation methods and techniques across multiple realms.