Chapter Summaries

After the Three Great Dynasties’ battle left them badly wounded, the Qingyue Sect feared the Golden Sun Dynasty would target it next while Cang Yun remained in seclusion. Bai Ze explained the limits of pseudo-Heavenly Human experts, then went to the mountaintop to sense heaven and earth through sword intent.

• Song Tiancheng sought Cang Yun, but Black Wolf told him Cang Yun was still in seclusion and urged the sect to stall any Golden Sun Dynasty attack.
• Black Wolf said the Dynasty’s pseudo-Heavenly Human expert was likely injured and promised to buy Cang Yun time if Half-step Heavenly Human experts came.
• Bai Ze, Song Nan, and Wan Yanyun discussed the battle and learned that pseudo-Heavenly Human experts gained power through costly methods that shortened their lives and ended their prospects for further breakthroughs.
• Bai Ze teased Wan Yanyun for considering a shortcut, and she left with Song Nan to cultivate.
• Bai Ze flew to the Qingyue Sect’s highest peak, sat on a boulder, and used faint sword intent to sense his surroundings and merge with heaven and earth.

Bai Ze continued advancing his Sword Intent while Cang Yun emerged from seclusion just short of the Heavenly Human Realm, believing a fierce battle could provide the opportunity he needed. Bai Ze offered to fight him, and the two faced off above the back mountain as the Qingyue Sect elders watched.

• Bai Ze spent more than a month deepening his Sword Intent as he sensed the world around him.
• Song Shilan told Song Tiancheng and Bai Ze that Cang Yun had emerged from seclusion, and they went to see him.
• Cang Yun said he had not reached the Heavenly Human Realm and needed a fierce battle to find the opportunity for Unity of Heaven and Man.
• Bai Ze offered to fight Cang Yun and revealed that he had reached Great Grandmaster Perfection, Great Accomplishment in Sword Intent, and the Heavenly Human Realm in soul cultivation.
• Song Tiancheng and the Supreme Elders were shocked by Bai Ze's progress, then followed him and Cang Yun to the mountaintop as their battle began.

Bai Ze and Cang Yun sparred with powerful sword and sea techniques, and Cang Yun judged Bai Ze unmatched beneath the Heavenly Human Realm. Bai Ze then unleashed his Bright Sword—Myriad Sword Art, sending more than ten golden swords at Cang Yun, who answered with Wrath of the Sea.

• Bai Ze and Cang Yun exchanged powerful attacks as Song Tiancheng and the others watched in awe.
• Cang Yun ended their sparring and said Bai Ze could defeat anyone below the Heavenly Human Realm, though his Sword Intent still needed to reach Perfection Realm.
• Bai Ze offered to show Cang Yun a dangerous sword strike comparable to an attack from the Heavenly Human Realm, and Cang Yun agreed.
• Bai Ze unleashed Bright Sword—Myriad Sword Art, sending more than ten golden swords at Cang Yun.
• Cang Yun met the incoming swords with Wrath of the Sea.

Cang Yun broke through to the Heavenly Human Realm, securing Qingyue Sect’s position and alarming the Golden Sun Dynasty. King Tan ordered preparations for the Heavenly Human Banquet while secretly accelerating his plan to obtain the second half of the Blood Sucking Demonic Art and surpass Cang Yun.

• Cang Yun reached the Heavenly Human Realm by drawing on the soul-cultivation technique Bai Ze had provided, and Bai Ze and the Qingyue Sect elders congratulated him.
• Song Tiancheng proposed a banquet to display Qingyue Sect’s strength, and Cang Yun agreed to announce his breakthrough before holding a Heavenly Human Banquet half a year later.
• Qingyue Sect spread news of Cang Yun’s breakthrough, and the Biyao Sect’s ancestor visited to confirm it.
• King Tan reacted furiously to the news, then ordered Eunuch Li and Crown Prince Tan Tong to offer Jizhou and recognize Qingyue Sect as the dynasty’s state-protecting sect if the breakthrough was confirmed.
• King Tan demanded that his hidden plan be accelerated and revealed that he intended to obtain the second half of the Blood Sucking Demonic Art, break through to the Heavenly Human Realm, and make Cang Yun his nourishment.

King Tan used the Blood Sucking Demonic Art to advance toward the Heavenly Human Realm while Bai Ze cultivated sword intent and prepared for the Heavenly Human Banquet. As powerful factions gathered in Mingyue City, Bai Ze continued training and guided Wan Yanyun in the Xuantian Sword Art.

• King Tan relied on the Blood Sucking Demonic Art to reach the Half-step Heavenly Human Realm and used martial artists’ lives to pursue its missing portion.
• Bai Ze reflected on his progress with the Myriad Sword Art and decided to perfect his first level of sword intent before advancing to the Heavenly Human Realm.
• Bai Ze spent the next half year cultivating sword arts and increasing his Talent Points as the Heavenly Human Banquet approached.
• Representatives from top factions gathered in Mingyue City and speculated about Qingyue Sect’s Heavenly Human Realm expert and its complete cultivation technique.
• Bai Ze practiced the Shadow Splitting Sword Art and explained to Wan Yanyun why his experience made mastering ordinary sword arts easier.
• Bai Ze guided Wan Yanyun as she practiced the Xuantian Sword Art, which she had advanced rapidly despite her Inner Qi Realm cultivation.

As Qingyue Sect prepared for the Heavenly Human Banquet, Bai Ze decided to seek sword battles across the Northern Continent to perfect his Sword Intent. At the banquet, the Golden Sun Dynasty offered Qingyue Sect control of Jizhou, while the other dynasties quietly united against the possibility that Qingyue Sect and the dynasty might join forces.

• Song Nan visited Bai Ze and Wan Yanyun, then left with Wan Yanyun after discussing the preparations for the banquet.
• Bai Ze assessed his Sword Intent at 97.3 percent and resolved to temper it through battles after the banquet.
• More than twenty top-tier forces arrived at Qingyue Sect for the Heavenly Human Banquet.
• Eunuch Li presented the Golden Sun Dynasty's gift, including Jizhou, while Zhou Zidao read the gifts from the visiting forces.
• The other two dynasties secretly joined forces in case Qingyue Sect allied with the Golden Sun Dynasty.

Song Tiancheng welcomed the gathered forces to the Heavenly Human Banquet and introduced Cang Yun, whose arrival confirmed the Qingyue Sect had a Heavenly Human Realm expert. As the banquet began with martial experiences shared among the guests, Bai Ze explained their value to Wan Yanyun while finding little there that could advance his own understanding.

• Song Tiancheng greeted the assembled forces and invited the Qingyue Sect's Supreme Ancestor to appear.
• Cang Yun descended before the guests, who recognized him as a Heavenly Human Realm expert and respectfully greeted him.
• Cang Yun welcomed the guests and announced three days of martial exchanges and that he would share his insights into the Heavenly Human Realm.
• Bai Ze sat with Wan Yanyun, Song Nan, and the others as representatives shared their cultivation experiences.
• Wan Yanyun asked how experience could apply across different techniques, and Bai Ze explained that broad cultivation lessons could be adapted to one's own martial path.

After Cang Yun shared soul-improvement methods and insights at the Heavenly Human Banquet, Bai Ze left to temper his sword intent. Meanwhile, black-clad agents abducted powerful martial artists across the Golden Sun Dynasty, prompting King Tan to order an investigation while concealing his own strange reaction.

• Cang Yun explained the Heavenly Human Realm and shared several soul-improvement techniques and insights into Unity of Heaven and Man.
• Bai Ze told Song Tiancheng his intentions, then left the Qingyue Sect in disguise to search for his true heart and temper his sword intent.
• A black-robed man ordered Hei Yi and Hei Er to lead raids and told Hei San and Hei Si to use captives in a blood sacrifice to break the underground ruins' restrictions.
• Black-clad agents abducted Grandmaster and Great Grandmaster martial artists throughout the Golden Sun Dynasty, avoiding Jizhou and spreading panic.
• King Tan ordered Marquis Zhenwu to investigate, called for the army and the Attendants of Yanwu Hall to eliminate the culprits, and directed secret surveillance of the Mingyue Dynasty and the Sanjing Dynasty.

Bai Ze heard that mysterious figures were capturing Grandmaster Realm martial artists, then continued traveling while tempering his sword intent. A month later, the captors used a bleeding Grandmaster to break a restriction in the underground ruins of Black Gorge.

• Bai Ze asked Uncle Li about reports of martial artists disappearing, and the caravan guards reassured him that no Innate Realm martial artists had gone missing.
• Bai Ze reflected on the life he might have lived without the Martial God System, strengthening his resolve and slightly improving his sword intent.
• Bai Ze saw that his sword intent had reached Level One, Great Accomplishment at 98.9%, and continued traveling to temper it.
• In the underground ruins of Black Gorge, mysterious figures bled a captured Hongchen Gang leader and infused him with blood-red energy.
• The captured man’s blood struck the restriction, causing him to explode and shatter it.

The black-robed man’s group found the latter half of the Blood Sucking Demonic Art in the underground ruins, and King Tan ordered them to capture Great Grandmaster Realm martial artists. King Tan entered the ruins in secret and used the complete demonic art to drain a captive, aiming to refine flesh, blood, energy, and souls to strengthen himself and advance toward the Heavenly Human Realm.

• The black-robed man’s group explored the underground ruins, sacrificing Grandmaster Realm martial artists to break restrictions and searching for supplies.
• After finding a secret manual, the black-robed man ordered his followers to stop searching and focus on capturing Great Grandmaster Realm martial artists.
• Shadow brought King Tan the latter half of the Blood Sucking Demonic Art, and King Tan ordered him to capture and imprison more Great Grandmaster Realm martial artists.
• King Tan announced that he would enter secluded cultivation and left Crown Prince Tan Tong in charge of the dynasty.
• King Tan secretly went to the ruins, entered the cell holding the captured martial artists, and began cultivating.
• King Tan drained a Grandmaster Realm captive until the man became a dried corpse, revealing that the complete art could absorb souls as well as flesh, blood, and energy.

King Tan continued refining martial artists to increase his strength while Bai Ze perfected his sword intent during a three-month journey. After returning to Qingyue Sect, Bai Ze told Song Shilan, Song Nan, and Wan Yanyun that he could soon break through to the Heavenly Human Realm.

• King Tan grew stronger by refining Grandmaster Realm martial artists, then began using Great Grandmaster Realm martial artists for cultivation.
• Bai Ze encountered a wounded martial artist and his pursuers, a group of mysterious captors, and killed everyone except their injured leader.
• Bai Ze questioned the surviving captor, but the man exploded and died before revealing who had ordered the abductions or why.
• Bai Ze continued traveling and cultivating until his first layer of sword intent reached the Perfection Realm, then returned to Qingyue Sect after three months.
• Song Shilan, Song Nan, and Wan Yanyun welcomed Bai Ze, who said he had not yet reached the Heavenly Human Realm but could break through at any time.
• Wan Yanyun let slip that she wanted to swagger across the Northern Continent, and Song Nan teased Bai Ze that he owed her for teaching his disciple.

Bai Ze entered seclusion to achieve Unity of Heaven and Man and broke through to the Early Heavenly Human Realm after more than a month. He discovered that his sword intent had advanced and that the system now showed a Physique section, though he had no Special Physique.

• Bai Ze told Song Shilan and the others that he was preparing to break through, then went to the back mountain.
• Cang Yun and the Supreme Elders welcomed Bai Ze and promised to guard his seclusion as he pursued the Heavenly Human Realm.
• After more than a month, Cang Yun sensed Bai Ze nearing his breakthrough as sword intent filled the sky around the secluded building.
• A faint breeze merged into Bai Ze, helping him achieve the Heavenly Human Realm and sense the power of heaven and earth.
• Bai Ze checked his system and found his sword intent had reached the second level, his lifespan had increased, and the new Physique section listed none.
• Bai Ze considered cultivating an Acquired Physique in the future using techniques from the Bright Sword Sect's inheritance.

Bai Ze consolidated his early Heavenly Human Realm cultivation while King Tan sought stronger martial artists to fuel his own breakthrough. King Tan lured powerful experts to Southern Continent, massacred them, and even drained his Shadow Guards, leaving him closer to the Heavenly Human Realm.

• Bai Ze continued consolidating his early Heavenly Human Realm cultivation while planning to gather resources for a Special Physique in the Central Continent.
• King Tan absorbed Li Chang Gong of the Myriad Monster Gate and decided he needed stronger martial artists as nourishment.
• King Tan ordered Shadow to send the Shadow Guards to Southern Continent to provoke a major disturbance, prompting powerful factions to dispatch more than thirty Great Grandmasters.
• King Tan secretly traveled to Southern Continent after draining late-stage Great Grandmasters and prepared to catch the gathered experts in a trap.
• King Tan ambushed the experts and slaughtered them, then drained every Shadow Guard subordinate to fuel his cultivation.

King Tan used the Blood Sucking Demonic Art to reach the Heavenly Human Realm, then drained an entire city to strengthen himself. After learning of the massacre, Qingyue Sect’s leaders suspected he belonged to the group that had captured Grandmaster Realm martial artists and feared their Supreme Elder had fallen in the Southern Continent.

• King Tan celebrated reaching the Heavenly Human Realm and flew over a city, where he unleashed the Boundless Blood Sea and drained its residents.
• King Tan spread the blood sea across the city, killed nearly everyone, and flew away as the survivors realized a Heavenly Human Realm devil had attacked.
• News of the massacre spread across the Golden Sun Dynasty and neighboring dynasties, and forces sought help from Qingyue Sect.
• Song Tiancheng told Bai Ze and Cang Yun about the massacre, and they feared the devil might be connected to the mysterious group that had captured Grandmaster Realm martial artists.
• Bai Ze, Cang Yun, and Song Tiancheng feared that the Supreme Elder who had gone to the Southern Continent had met with disaster.

Bai Ze and the other factions joined forces to search for the demon threatening the Northern Continent, while King Tan secretly plotted to devour powerful martial artists and seize control of the continent. The chapter ended with King Tan planning to eliminate the two visiting pseudo-Heavenly Human Realm experts and Tan Yongheng, then rule as the Northern Continent’s god.

• Bai Ze, Cang Yun, Song Tiancheng, and the other Qingyue Sect members agreed to warn the factions and search for the demon.
• The factions and several great dynasties joined the search, but they found no trace of the demon.
• King Tan returned to the Imperial City, resumed his original appearance, and ordered a search across the Golden Sun Dynasty.
• King Tan met Tan Yongheng, who summoned the ancestors of the Mingyue Dynasty and the Sanjing Dynasty to help deal with the demon.
• Tan Yongheng proposed that the Golden Sun Dynasty lure the demon into another dynasty to weaken its rivals, and King Tan pretended to admire the plan.
• King Tan revealed that he was the demon and intended to devour the two visiting ancestors and Tan Yongheng before taking over the Northern Continent.

Tan Hai led a Golden Sun Dynasty delegation to secure Mingyue Dynasty’s help against a demon, and King Ming agreed to send Ming Changtian and three Half-step Heavenly Human Realm experts. Near the Golden Sun Dynasty, Tan Hai revealed his true strength by ambushing Ming Changtian, while the two delegations began fighting.

• Tan Hai reached the Mingyue Dynasty and told King Ming that a Heavenly Human Realm demon had blood-refined an entire city, offering pills and territory in exchange for help.
• King Ming agreed to send Ming Changtian and three Half-step Heavenly Human Realm experts to join the campaign.
• As the party rested near the Golden Sun Dynasty, Tan Hai handed Ming Changtian an empty box and then attacked him, revealing that he possessed Heavenly Human Realm strength.
• Ming Changtian was badly injured as Tan Hai pressed his attack, while the three Half-step experts ordered the Mingyue delegation killed.
• The delegations clashed, and the Golden Sun Dynasty envoys were soon killed, leaving Tan Hai and Ming Changtian to continue their battle.

Tan Hai, revealed as King Tan, devoured Ming Changtian and Tan Yongheng, absorbing three pseudo-Heavenly Human Realm experts and breaking through to the middle stage of the Heavenly Human Realm. As King Tan prepared to grow stronger by blood-refining a city, Bai Ze remained at Qingyue Sect and continued cultivating to face the threat.

• Tan Hai defeated Ming Changtian, killed three Half-step Heavenly Human martial artists who tried to intervene, and devoured Ming Changtian before flying toward the Sanjing Dynasty.
• More than a month later, Tan Hai defeated Tan Yongheng and revealed that he was King Tan beneath his human-skin mask.
• King Tan devoured Tan Yongheng and, after absorbing three pseudo-Heavenly Human Realm experts and many other martial artists, broke through to the middle stage of the Heavenly Human Realm.
• King Tan declared his intention to become the god of the Northern Continent and planned to blood-refine a city to consolidate his cultivation.
• At Qingyue Sect, Bai Ze stayed to repay the sect's guidance and practiced swordsmanship while Cang Yun and Black Wolf remarked on his strength.

Bai Ze discussed his plans to reach the Central Continent after dealing with the demon, then learned that King Tan of the Golden Sun Dynasty was the demon and had grown stronger by devouring powerful martial artists. Bai Ze and Cang Yun planned to lure King Tan into a public battle at Qingyue Sect and kill him there.

• Bai Ze displayed his Bright Sword Myriad Sword Style, whose golden swords had grown to nearly a hundred and threatened even late-stage Heavenly Human Realm martial artists.
• Bai Ze told Cang Yun that he planned to travel to the Central Continent after dealing with the demon, and Cang Yun asked how to reach it.
• Song Tiancheng reported that King Tan of the Golden Sun Dynasty was the great demon and had likely devoured the ancestors of several dynasties.
• Cang Yun ordered Song Tiancheng to expose King Tan's crimes and notify the Northern Continent's forces to campaign against the Golden Sun Dynasty.
• Bai Ze warned that King Tan would soon come to Qingyue Sect and proposed that Cang Yun challenge him publicly so the group could kill him when he arrived.
• Cang Yun agreed to Bai Ze's plan, determined to face King Tan at Qingyue Sect.

King Tan flew to Qingyue Sect and confronted Cang Yun, whose sect had evacuated its disciples ahead of the battle. The two Heavenly Human Realm experts began fighting as factions across the Northern Continent watched, leaving the outcome undecided.

• Other factions withheld support for Qingyue Sect and sent people to monitor the conflict.
• King Tan learned that Qingyue Sect had exposed him and set out to make it his first sacrifice.
• Cang Yun and the Great Elder confirmed Qingyue Sect’s disciples had been evacuated, while Bai Ze secretly followed to await a chance to strike.
• Cang Yun met King Tan beyond the sect, and they clashed over King Tan’s ambition to dominate the Northern Continent.
• Cang Yun attacked with Wave Palm, and King Tan countered with Blood Demon Palm, shaking the land as onlookers retreated and watched.

Bai Ze joined Cang Yun’s battle against King Tan, turning the fight into a two-on-one clash. He recognized King Tan’s Blood Sucking Demonic Art and refused his offer to join him, knowing the technique drove its users toward madness.

• King Tan revealed his full strength and overwhelmed Cang Yun with a blood dragon attack.
• Bai Ze intervened with Bright Sword, Dragon-Breaking Slash, cutting the blood dragon apart and giving Cang Yun a chance to counterattack.
• King Tan recognized Bai Ze and learned that he had also reached the Heavenly Human Realm.
• Bai Ze identified King Tan’s Blood Sucking Demonic Art and recalled its ties to the destroyed Blood Demon Sect.
• King Tan offered to spare Bai Ze and teach him the demonic art, but Bai Ze refused, aware that the technique consumed its users’ reason and made them bloodthirsty.