Chapter Summaries

King Tan unleashed his Blood Demon Body during his battle against Bai Ze and Cang Yun, gaining overwhelming strength as the Blood Sucking Demonic Art drove him toward madness. He battered Cang Yun and forced Bai Ze into a fierce fight, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Cang Yun warned Bai Ze that King Tan had reached the middle stage of the Heavenly Human Realm, and they joined forces to attack him.
• Bai Ze overwhelmed King Tan with powerful sword techniques while Cang Yun supported him, forcing King Tan back and wounding him.
• King Tan activated the Blood Demon Body, sending Bai Ze and Cang Yun flying as his strength and bloodlust surged.
• King Tan used Blood Demon Descends to smash Cang Yun into the ground and crush Bai Ze's Sword Qi.
• Bai Ze unleashed his full power and continued fighting King Tan, whose Blood Demon Body made him stronger than ordinary late-stage Heavenly Human Realm martial artists.

Bai Ze and Cang Yun fought King Tan after he fell into demonic corruption and unleashed his Blood Demon Body. Cang Yun was badly wounded, but Bai Ze killed King Tan with a final sword attack, and the sea of blood dispersed.

• Cang Yun unleashed Crashing Waves, Boundless Sea and joined Bai Ze in attacking King Tan, but King Tan shattered their defenses with his blood sea.
• Bai Ze and Cang Yun realized King Tan had fallen to demonic corruption and agreed they had to kill him before he could devour anyone else.
• Cang Yun entered the blood sea to draw out King Tan while Bai Ze attacked from outside, but King Tan ambushed Cang Yun and drained his strength.
• Bai Ze tore through the blood sea and attacked King Tan with Bright Sword, Ten Thousand Sword Style, while Cang Yun was seized and devoured.
• Bai Ze used Bright Sword—Sword Union Style to pierce through the blood sea and kill King Tan, causing the sea of blood to disperse.

After Bai Ze and Cang Yun defeated King Tan, Qingyue Sect became the Northern Continent’s foremost power. Half a year later, Bai Ze emerged from seclusion stronger and prepared to travel to the Central Continent, but first watched Qingyue Sect’s crowded disciple recruitment.

• Song Tiancheng and the Grand Elder celebrated King Tan’s death, planned to recall Qingyue Sect’s disciples, and demanded an explanation from the Golden Sun Dynasty.
• Bai Ze and Cang Yun returned to Qingyue Sect to recover from their severe injuries, while news of King Tan’s defeat spread across the Northern Continent.
• Faction leaders and the Golden Sun Dynasty visited Qingyue Sect with gifts, and Song Tiancheng received their congratulations.
• After half a year in seclusion, Bai Ze recovered and advanced to the middle stage of the Heavenly Human Realm, then resolved to head to the Central Continent.
• Bai Ze learned that Qingyue Sect was recruiting disciples and watched countless young martial artists, including princes, gather for its assessment.

Bai Ze came out of seclusion and reunited with Wan Yanyun, Song Nan, and Song Shilan while Qingyue Sect held its disciple assessment. After guiding Wan Yanyun and explaining his plans to seek greater cultivation in the Central Continent, Bai Ze left the sect a little over a month later.

• Song Tiancheng announced the Qingyue Sect's assessment rules, and tens of thousands of martial artists rushed into the mountain forest to compete for a place among the first three thousand.
• Bai Ze told Wan Yanyun he had come out of seclusion, prompting her, Song Nan, and Song Shilan to return to see him.
• Bai Ze congratulated Song Shilan on reaching the Great Grandmaster Realm and told her he planned to travel to the Central Continent in one month.
• Bai Ze checked Wan Yanyun's cultivation and told her she could accompany him only after reaching the Heavenly Human Realm.
• A little over a month later, Bai Ze bade farewell to Song Tiancheng, the elders, and his disciples as he departed for the Central Continent.

Bai Ze left the Northern Continent through an abandoned Teleportation Array, using his own power to activate it and arriving at an unknown location. He reached Dongguang City and entered after paying the gate fee, leaving his next destination undecided.

• Bai Ze found the Teleportation Array in Wofeng Valley and passed through its formation, which admitted only warriors who had achieved Unity of Heaven and Man.
• Bai Ze poured his power into the abandoned array and was randomly transported away from the Northern Continent.
• Bai Ze explored the unfamiliar area and asked a young man on horseback for directions to the nearest city.
• Bai Ze reached Dongguang City and paid a guard ten taels of silver to enter without a residence permit.

Bai Ze learned that he had arrived in the northern region of Man Continent and set out to reach the Central Continent. After discovering that the Shunfeng Merchant Association required one hundred low-grade Spirit Stones for passage, he headed toward its regional headquarters while considering how to earn them.

• Bai Ze asked an inn waiter about the region and learned that Dongguang City lay in Pingyang Sect territory, with routes to the Central Continent available through the Shunfeng Merchant Association or powerful sects.
• Bai Ze decided to seek passage through the Shunfeng Merchant Association rather than join another sect, and he learned that the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion sold information.
• Bai Ze visited a Shunfeng Merchant Association branch and learned that passage required one hundred low-grade Spirit Stones and that he would need to travel to its regional headquarters.
• Bai Ze left Dongguang City for Shuntian City and learned that Tongtian Pavilions offered missions that could earn Spirit Stones.
• Bai Ze stopped in Manshui City to rest during his journey to the regional headquarters.

Bai Ze traveled to Shuntian City to find a way to earn spirit stones for his journey to the Central Continent, then accepted a Tongtian Pavilion mission to escort Ji Feng to Qingcheng. After agreeing on the dangers and terms, the two left the city on Green Scale Horses.

• Bai Ze reached Shuntian City, confirmed that the Shunfeng Merchant Association had a Teleportation Array to the Central Continent, and went to Tongtian Pavilion to seek missions.
• Bai Ze chose a mission to protect someone traveling to Qingcheng and received instructions to meet the client at Dongfu Inn.
• Bai Ze met Ji Feng, and the two matched their mission tokens to confirm the assignment.
• Ji Feng warned Bai Ze that assassins, possibly up to mid-stage Heavenly Human Realm, might attack them on the way to Qingcheng.
• Bai Ze agreed to continue unless they encountered a Shattering Realm martial artist, and Ji Feng promised extra spirit stones if a stronger opponent appeared.
• Bai Ze and Ji Feng bought two Green Scale Horses and left Shuntian City for Qingcheng.

The Mouse King led four of the Five Rats to intercept Bai Ze and Ji Feng, hoping to recruit Bai Ze into the Rat Gang. Bai Ze refused and killed Flying Rat with one sword strike, leaving the Mouse King and the other Rats facing him.

• A subordinate reported Bai Ze and Ji Feng’s departure, and the Mouse King summoned the Five Rats to pursue them.
• Wise Rat stayed behind to guard the Rat Gang while the Mouse King and the other four Rats set out after Bai Ze and Ji Feng.
• The Mouse King’s group caught up with Bai Ze and Ji Feng on the road to Qingcheng, and the Mouse King demanded that Bai Ze hand over Ji Feng and become his foster son.
• Bai Ze refused the Mouse King’s offer and warned him to leave or die.
• Flying Rat attacked Bai Ze with his black iron staff, but Bai Ze pierced his throat with a streak of sword light and killed him in one strike.

Bai Ze killed the Mouse King and his men while protecting Ji Feng, then continued toward Qingcheng with him. Ji Feng revealed that he had come from the Central Continent and offered to travel there with Bai Ze.

• The Mouse King attacked Bai Ze after Flying Rat died and ordered three others to deal with Ji Feng.
• Bai Ze protected Ji Feng while holding off the Mouse King, then unleashed his Ten Thousand Sword Style and killed him.
• Bai Ze dealt with the three fleeing men, searched the bodies, and continued toward Qingcheng with Ji Feng.
• Ji Feng questioned Bai Ze about his age and strength, and Bai Ze explained that he wanted to reach the Central Continent.
• Ji Feng said he had come from the Central Continent and offered to travel with Bai Ze, then began explaining why he was being hunted.

Bai Ze agreed to travel to the Central Continent with Ji Feng, learned about its major factions, and planned to seek out the Sword Sect. After reaching Qingcheng, he discovered that Ji Feng was a woman named Ji Xue, and the two waited for her Lineage’s members.

• Ji Feng explained that the Rat Gang had targeted her for her spirit stones, and Bai Ze agreed to travel to the Central Continent with her.
• Ji Feng described the Central Continent’s regions and major factions, including the Sword Sect and its upcoming disciple assessment.
• Bai Ze and Ji Feng arrived in Qingcheng and settled at an inn to wait for members of Ji Feng’s Lineage.
• Ji Feng appeared as a woman in an azure dress and revealed that her real name was Ji Xue.
• Ji Xue tried to surprise Bai Ze with her revelation, but he remained unbothered and ate with her.

Bai Ze traveled with Ji Xue and Ji Changtian to the Central Continent, where the Ji Family welcomed him and arranged a place for him to stay. He began cultivating while waiting to meet Ji Xue’s elder sister and eventually go to the Sword Sect.

• Ji Xue introduced Bai Ze to Ji Changtian, who welcomed him to travel with the Ji Family after hearing he had saved Ji Xue.
• Bai Ze and the Ji Family group traveled through their Teleportation Array to a Ji Family stronghold in the Central Continent.
• Ji Changtian arranged for Ji Xue to show Bai Ze to a room and said they would wait for her elder sister before going to the Sword Sect.
• Bai Ze sensed the Central Continent’s rich spiritual energy and began cultivating while waiting for the Ji Family competition and his visit to the Sword Sect.
• Ji Changtian told Ji Changbo about Bai Ze’s exceptional cultivation and combat strength, and Ji Changbo discussed the family’s arrangements in the Southern Continent.

Bai Ze cultivated in the Ji Family and saw how much stronger the Central Continent’s resources and young disciples were than those of the Northern Continent. At the Lineage Grand Competition, the Ji Family announced that the winner would become a candidate for Young Family Head and revealed the prizes before the disciples drew lots.

• Ji Changbo agreed with Ji Changtian’s suggestion to show Bai Ze goodwill without investing in him.
• Bai Ze cultivated for several days, practiced his sword techniques, and noted his progress toward the second layer of Sword Intent.
• Ji Xue visited Bai Ze, told him her older sister had returned from the Sword Sect, and showed him around the Ji Family.
• After seeing the Ji Family’s young disciples, Bai Ze resolved to improve his talent and cultivate the Bright Sword Physique as soon as possible.
• Bai Ze arrived at the Lineage Grand Competition, where the Ji Family announced the rewards and named first place as a candidate for Young Family Head.

Bai Ze watched the Ji Family grand competition and met Ji Xinlan, Ji Xue’s sister and a future Inner Disciple of the sword sect. After seeing Ji Xinlan’s strength, he learned more about the sword sect’s assessment and its age and cultivation requirements.

• Bai Ze learned that the Ji Family grand competition offered generous rewards to its top ten contestants.
• Ji Xue introduced Bai Ze to Ji Xinlan, who welcomed him as a future fellow disciple and offered to help him at the sword sect.
• Ji Xinlan defeated Ji Jie with her sword fingers, and Bai Ze judged that her cultivation and sword Intent far surpassed his own.
• Ji Xue teased Bai Ze about being interested in Ji Xinlan, while Bai Ze said he had been thinking about the sword sect assessment.
• Ji Xinlan explained that candidates generally had to be under twenty-five and at the Heavenly Human Realm, while older candidates could take a special assessment or begin as Servant Disciples.

Bai Ze watched the Ji Family Lineage Grand Competition as Ji Long and Ji Dao, both early Shattering Realm geniuses with Special Physiques, fought for the candidate young patriarch position. Their powerful attacks shook the arena, and an elder raised a barrier while preparing to intervene.

• The first day of the competition established the top ten descendants, while Ji Long and Ji Dao emerged as the leading contenders for first place.
• Ji Xinlan ranked third, and the Ji Family elders discussed whether Ji Long or Ji Dao would win the final match.
• Ji Long and Ji Dao exchanged greetings, then unleashed their sword and blade intents in a fierce duel.
• Bai Ze noticed that Ji Long and Ji Dao possessed Special Physiques as they traded attacks and sustained light injuries.
• Ji Long unleashed Meteor Sword Rain, and Ji Dao answered with Overlord Blade, Heaven Slaying Style, prompting an elder to protect the arena with an energy barrier.

After Ji Long defeated Ji Dao in the Ji Family competition, Bai Ze cultivated until his Sword Intent reached the second level’s Perfection Realm and he broke through to the late stage of the Heavenly Human Realm. He then departed with Ji Xinlan and the others for the Sword Sect, learning about its benefits, ranks, and peaks along the way.

• Ji Long narrowly defeated Ji Dao, and Ji Changbo named him the reserve young family head.
• Bai Ze trained for more than half a month, reaching the Perfection Realm in second-level Sword Intent and breaking through to the late stage of the Heavenly Human Realm.
• Ji Xinlan arranged for Bai Ze to leave for the Sword Sect with her group, and Ji Xue saw them off.
• While resting at an inn in Fanyun City, Bai Ze heard about the Sword Sect’s disciple benefits, annual assessments, ranks, and ten peaks.

Bai Ze and his companions traveled to the Sword Sect, where he learned more about the sect’s rivals and the realms beyond the Void Realm. After reaching Sacred Sword City and raising his Sword Intent to the third level, Bai Ze began the Sword Sect’s disciple recruitment assessment.

• Ji Xinlan told Bai Ze that the Saint Realm followed the Void Realm and that the Ten Great Sword Scions were the Sword Sect’s strongest True Disciples.
• Bai Ze and the others encountered Ten Thousand Demon Sect disciples in Fanyun City, then met them again half a month later in Ten Thousand Dragon Valley as they absorbed a corpse and discussed their mission targets.
• Bai Ze and his companions reached Sacred Sword City, where Ji Xinlan told him the Sword Sect recruitment assessment would begin on July 8 before she and the others returned to the sect.
• Bai Ze raised his Sword Intent to the third level and joined the recruitment assessment, which required participants under twenty-five who had reached the Heavenly Human Realm to cross a forest and reach the mountain within three hours.

Bai Ze entered the Sword Sect’s first assessment and fought through a forest filled with Heavenly Human Realm Fierce Beasts. After killing a participant who used Beast Luring Powder to make him bait, Bai Ze forced his way onward, drawing the beasts’ attention and making the assessment harder for nearby participants.

• Bai Ze passed the assessment barrier and discovered that an Anti-Air Formation and Fierce Beasts made the forest route dangerous.
• Bai Ze dodged an attack from a young martial artist, then pursued him as Beast Luring Powder attracted Fierce Beasts to them.
• Bai Ze killed the martial artist after overpowering him, despite his threat that his father from the Li Family of Nine Provinces City would retaliate.
• Bai Ze used Bright Sword, Ten Thousand Sword Style to break through the gathered Fierce Beasts and hurry toward the designated location.
• Other participants watched Bai Ze’s attack, while the commotion drove the Fierce Beasts into a frenzy and made their assessment more difficult.

Bai Ze reached the Sword Sect after surviving the first assessment and began climbing the Path of Questioning Heart. As the peak masters discussed the candidates, Hong Yan learned of Bai Ze’s talent and turned her attention to him.

• The assessment elder watched Bai Ze use Misty Peak’s Bright Sword Art and guessed he had inherited it from the Bright Sword Sect in the Northern Continent.
• Bai Ze used Sword Flight Steps to escape the Fierce Beasts and reached the Sword Sect before the first assessment ended.
• The assessment elder introduced the 999-step Path of Questioning Heart, where climbing farther earned candidates higher disciple status.
• Bai Ze began climbing, passed 300 steps, and continued past other martial artists as the path’s pressure increased.
• Hong Yan asked Elder Li about promising candidates, and he described Bai Ze’s cultivation, sword intent, and use of the Ten Thousand Sword Style.
• Hong Yan spotted Bai Ze on the path and examined him with her Saint Realm perception.

Bai Ze continued climbing the Bright Sword Sect’s steps, drawing Hong Yan’s attention as she considered taking him in and teaching him the King Ming Sword Heart Art. After breaking past a jealous disciple who tried to block him, Bai Ze reached the 901st step with only three martial artists ahead.

• Hong Yan and Shangguan Fengyun watched Bai Ze climb, and Hong Yan said she wanted to see whether he could reach the summit before deciding to take him as a disciple.
• Bai Ze climbed to the 784th step, enduring the pressure with the Bright Sword Art and his sword intent.
• A jealous young man tried twice to stop Bai Ze from advancing and claimed his elder brother was an Inner Disciple.
• Bai Ze broke the young man’s left foot, stepped onto the same stair, and told him that was as far as he would ever go.
• Bai Ze continued climbing and reached the 901st step, with only three martial artists still ahead of him.

Bai Ze struggled up the Path of Questioning Heart without a Special Physique, drawing Hong Yan and the Sword Sect’s peak masters’ attention. He reached the 996th step and was still fighting toward the summit when Shangguan Fengyun withdrew his offer to take him as a disciple, leaving Hong Yan’s interest clear.

• Bai Ze pushed his third-level Sword Intent to its limit as the Path’s pressure made each step increasingly difficult.
• A disciple with the Innate Flood Dragon Physique, ranked 358th on the Physique List, became the first to reach the summit, and the peak masters competed to take him as a Registered Disciple.
• Hong Yan focused on Bai Ze because he had reached beyond nine hundred steps without a Special Physique, while a second disciple with the Clear Wind Sword Physique also reached the summit.
• Bai Ze climbed to the 996th step, fell to one knee under the pressure, then forced himself upright and continued.
• Shangguan Fengyun offered Hong Yan extra resources in exchange for Bai Ze, but she refused to give him up, and Shangguan Fengyun quickly backed down.