Chapter Summaries

Wang Yue began recovering in the Sword Sect after the Drunkard returned with Reincarnation Grass, while Hong Yan returned to Misty Pavilion and met Bai Ze’s Dao companion, Lü Ruoxue. Hong Yan welcomed Lü Ruoxue into the sect and urged Bai Ze to prepare for the Sacred Spirit Secret Realm, where the Five Great Sects’ exchange gathering would take place in seven months.

• The Sword Sect’s Supreme Ancestors stabilized Wang Yue’s injuries, removed the special power from her body, and sent her into seclusion to continue healing.
• Hong Yan returned to Misty Pavilion, read Bai Ze’s letter about his Dao companion, and went to find him.
• Hong Yan gave Lü Ruoxue the Phoenix Luan Bright Moon Sword and made her a Personal Disciple of Misty Peak and a True Disciple of the Sword Sect.
• Hong Yan advised Bai Ze to keep improving his strength before the Five Great Sects’ gathering in seven months, which would be held inside the Sacred Spirit Secret Realm.

Bai Ze and Lü Ruoxue prepared for the Sacred Spirit Secret Realm, and Bai Ze broke through to the Void Refining Realm Middle Stage before beginning to strengthen his King Ming Sword Body. Hong Yan watched him cultivate with the power of the sun and moon and noted that fully transforming his physique that way could take centuries.

• Bai Ze chose to participate in the exchange gathering despite the dangers, and Hong Yan gave Lü Ruoxue one of Misty Peak's remaining slots.
• Bai Ze and Lü Ruoxue spent several months cultivating, with Bai Ze entering seclusion to pursue a breakthrough.
• Bai Ze advanced to the Void Refining Realm Middle Stage and tested his stronger sword techniques and contained Sword Intent.
• Bai Ze found Lü Ruoxue's letter saying she had entered seclusion, then suspected she was concealing her true strength.
• With a few months remaining, Bai Ze used the Yin Yang Spirit Gathering Technique to absorb sunlight and moonlight and strengthen his King Ming Sword Body.
• Hong Yan observed Bai Ze's cultivation and remarked that his physique could take hundreds or thousands of years to transform fully through that method alone.

Bai Ze cultivated for more than two months and advanced his King Ming Sword Body to Great Accomplishment, while Qin Fu planned to avenge Qin Shou by targeting Bai Ze and Lü Ruoxue. The chapter ended with Bai Ze questioning Lü Ruoxue’s true cultivation level after she effortlessly recognized his breakthrough.

• Hong Yan observed Bai Ze absorbing lunar yin and solar yang before leaving, unaware of the technique’s unusual effects.
• Qin Fu vowed to avenge Qin Shou, and Qin Shiyue warned him to act carefully against Bai Ze and Lü Ruoxue.
• Qin Fu considered killing Bai Ze and the others in the Sacred Heart Secret Realm during the upcoming sect exchange gathering.
• After more than two months of cultivation, Bai Ze advanced his King Ming Sword Body to Great Accomplishment and expanded his King Ming Domain to ten meters.
• Bai Ze returned to find Lü Ruoxue out of seclusion, and she recognized his breakthrough before he questioned her mysterious abilities and true cultivation level.

Bai Ze trained at Myriad Sword Mountain for over a month, bringing his Sword Intent close to the ninth level before returning to prepare for the Sacred Heart Secret Realm. Hong Yan briefed the five Misty Peak entrants on the dangers and the Spirits of the Saint they would seek, leaving Bai Ze aware that the strongest ones might be near the Half-step Saint Realm.

• Bai Ze trusted his instinct that Lü Ruoxue was hiding her true strength, but stopped questioning her and focused on preparing for the Sacred Heart Secret Realm.
• Bai Ze trained at Myriad Sword Mountain for more than a month, using the surrounding Sword Intents to improve his own, but fell just short of reaching the ninth level.
• Bai Ze returned to find Lü Ruoxue, Hong Yan, Liu Nianxin, Li Ling'er, and Li Mengnan gathered; Hong Yan confirmed the five would represent Misty Peak in the Sacred Heart Secret Realm.
• Hong Yan explained that fifty martial artists from the Sword Sect and four other sects would enter, that there would be no rankings, and that each entrant had to prioritize survival.
• Hong Yan described the four grades of Spirits of the Saint and their power, then told Bai Ze that the strongest Heaven-grade Spirits might have reached the Half-step Saint Realm.

Hong Yan warned Bai Ze and the others to avoid the forbidden depths of the Sacred Heart Secret Realm, where the Saint Spirit King lived. Three days later, the Sword Sect set out for the realm, and Bai Ze learned that Sword Son Shangguan Jian was the sect’s strongest young disciple and a ranked contender on the Central Continent’s Latent Dragon List.

• Hong Yan explained that the Sword Sect had agreed with the Saint Spirit King to leave him undisturbed in exchange for his continued production of Spirits of the Saint.
• After Hong Yan and the others left, Liu Nianxin teased Bai Ze about Lü Ruoxue being his Dao companion, and Lü Ruoxue privately told her how their arrangement came about.
• Three days later, Shangguan Fengyun led fifty True Disciples aboard a flying vessel bound for the Sacred Heart Secret Realm.
• Liu Nianxin and Li Ling'er discussed the flying vessel, while Li Mengnan introduced the Sword Sect’s ten Sword Sons to Bai Ze and the others.
• Li Mengnan said Shangguan Jian was the strongest of the Sword Sect’s younger generation, had killed an early-stage Entering Saint Realm expert from the Void Realm, and ranked on the Latent Dragon List.
• Liu Nianxin admired Shangguan Jian’s achievement, while Bai Ze and Lü Ruoxue quietly considered their own chances of fighting an Entering Saint Realm expert across realms.

The Five Great Sects opened the Sacred Heart Secret Realm and sent their disciples inside under a one-year limit. Bai Ze entered and immediately killed a Yellow-grade Spirit of the Saint, realizing he had arrived in the outer region.

• The five sect masters agreed that no experts would interfere with the disciples inside the secret realm.
• The sect masters combined their power to open the entrance, and Shangguan Fengyun warned the disciples to leave when the realm began rejecting them after about a year.
• Lü Ruoxue told Bai Ze they would meet inside, and Bai Ze entered the vortex.
• Bai Ze was attacked as soon as he arrived and killed a translucent creature with his Instant Sword Drawing Technique.
• Bai Ze identified the creature’s crystal as a Yellow-grade Spirit of the Saint and concluded that he was in the secret realm’s outer region.

Bai Ze hunted Spirits of the Saint across the Sacred Heart Secret Realm, eventually reaching the Inner Area after more than two months. There, after killing a Profound-grade Spirit, he was attacked by a mysterious swordsman seeking to steal his spoils.

• Lü Ruoxue crushed a Profound-grade Spirit of the Saint and headed toward the Core Area, while the Sacred Heart King watched the hunters from the forbidden grounds.
• Bai Ze fought and killed a Profound-grade Spirit in the Outer Area, then paused to sort through his gains.
• After more than two months of hunting, Bai Ze reached the Inner Area, where even the weakest Spirits of the Saint were Profound-grade.
• Bai Ze killed a Profound-grade Spirit, but an attacker suddenly launched a powerful Sword Qi at him to seize the spoils.
• Bai Ze dodged the attack and countered with his Reverse Heart Sword.

Bai Ze fought a True Disciple of the Ten Thousand Demon Sect who tried to seize the Essence of the Saint. After Bai Ze broke the disciple’s black dragon attack, the man fled, and Bai Ze pursued him.

• A Ten Thousand Demon Sect disciple attacked Bai Ze with a black banner and summoned skulls after demanding he surrender the Essence of the Saint.
• Bai Ze used his King Ming Domain and Ten Thousand Sword Style to fight the disciple’s demonic attacks, and both were injured in the clash.
• The disciple mounted a black dragon formed from the skulls and unleashed Black Dragon Swallowing the Heavens as Bai Ze’s Sword Intent reached the ninth level.
• Bai Ze’s Heaven-Defying Three Forms: Questioning Heaven shattered the black dragon, but the disciple detonated it and blasted Bai Ze away.
• The disciple used Blood Burst Technique to flee, and Bai Ze pursued him relentlessly.

Bai Ze killed a martial artist who tried to escape, then spent months collecting Spirits of the Saint and fighting off other robbers in the Inner Area. As he chose to stop hunting and wait for the secret realm to close, Liu Nianxin recovered from an attack and Lü Ruoxue battled Zhao Wensheng, who demanded her Storage Bag and asked her to become his Dao companion.

• Bai Ze trapped his opponent in the Ten Thousand Sword Formation, killed him, and took his Storage Bag, which contained over a hundred Spirits of the Saint.
• Bai Ze spent several months hunting Spirits of the Saint and killing or driving off martial artists who tried to rob him.
• Bai Ze counted more than six hundred Yellow-grade and over a hundred Profound-grade Spirits of the Saint, then decided to cultivate in safety rather than enter the Core Area.
• Liu Nianxin escaped pursuing disciples, treated her injuries, and hoped Bai Ze and Lü Ruoxue were safe.
• Lü Ruoxue fought Zhao Wensheng evenly at first, but began to fall behind; Zhao demanded her Storage Bag and proposed that she become his Dao companion, and she rejected him.

Lü Ruoxue used her Nine Nether secret arts to defeat and kill Zhao Wensheng, one of the Profound Sect’s Dao Children. Meanwhile, Bai Ze discovered he could refine the Essence of the Saint before reaching the Void Return Realm and began absorbing it as he waited to leave the Sacred Heart Secret Realm.

• Lü Ruoxue raised her cultivation to match Zhao Wensheng’s and wounded him with her Nine Nether Bright Phoenix Sword.
• After Zhao Wensheng fought back and was repeatedly overwhelmed, Lü Ruoxue burned him to ashes with a massive Nine Nether Phoenix and took his Storage Bag.
• Bai Ze reflected that most Spirits of the Saint had been hunted and decided not to enter the dangerous Core Area before the Sacred Heart Secret Realm reopened.
• Bai Ze tested a yellow-grade Essence of the Saint and found he could refine its power, which could transform his body toward the Saint Realm.
• Bai Ze began slowly absorbing the Essence of the Saint.

Bai Ze refined the Yellow-grade Essence of the Saint and grew stronger as the Sacred Heart Secret Realm neared its closing. Qin Fu finally found him and pursued him, while Bai Ze mistakenly believed Qin Fu had been sent by Elder Zhang.

• Bai Ze spent more than half a month refining one portion of Yellow-grade Essence of the Saint, then continued refining more to strengthen his body and power.
• After refining his third portion, Bai Ze gained a trace of special energy and a faint aura of the Saint Realm.
• Lin Xuan sensed the Sacred Heart Secret Realm was about to close and prepared to leave, while Qin Fu gave up searching for Bai Ze after months of failure.
• Qin Fu spotted Bai Ze by chance and attacked him, but Bai Ze dodged the strike and fled.
• Qin Fu chased Bai Ze using Blood Demon Steps as Bai Ze guessed that Elder Zhang had sent him to take revenge for Zhang Kuang.

Bai Ze fled through the Sacred Heart Secret Realm while Qin Fu relentlessly pursued him to avenge his younger brother. After days of fighting, Bai Ze unleashed his strongest sword techniques, but Qin Fu remained the stronger opponent as the battle continued.

• Qin Fu caught up to Bai Ze repeatedly and attacked him while Bai Ze fought back and fled.
• After several days of pursuit, Bai Ze was injured and hoped the Sacred Heart Secret Realm would soon teleport him out.
• Qin Fu continued attacking, and Bai Ze used Slay Heaven and Earth to split Qin Fu’s black dragon attacks and wound him.
• Qin Fu unleashed Black Demon Sky-Opening Hand, and Bai Ze answered with Slay Heaven and Earth.
• The two men were both sent flying by their clash, but Bai Ze was driven back farther and nearly spat blood.

Bai Ze endured Qin Fu’s relentless pursuit through the Sacred Heart Secret Realm and escaped through its opening exit, badly injured but alive. Three days later, aboard the Sword Sect’s flying ship, he recovered enough to wake and faced Lü Ruoxue’s teasing questions about the feud.

• Qin Fu broke Bai Ze’s Ten Thousand Sword Formation, but Bai Ze concealed his aura and escaped amid the resulting energy storm.
• Liu Nianxin learned that Qin Fu was hunting Bai Ze but could not help him, while Bai Ze focused on surviving until the secret realm expelled them.
• Qin Fu repeatedly injured Bai Ze but failed to kill him before the secret realm’s exit opened.
• Bai Ze countered Qin Fu’s final attack and entered the exit vortex, then returned to the Sword Sect’s flying ship to treat his injuries.
• Qin Fu emerged afterward and returned to the Ten Thousand Demon Sect’s camp as the gathering ended.
• Three days later, Bai Ze woke aboard the Sword Sect’s flying ship, and Lü Ruoxue teased him about the reason for Qin Fu’s pursuit.

Bai Ze explained that Qin Fu was pursuing him to avenge his younger brother, Qin Shou, despite rumors claiming Bai Ze had stolen someone’s wife. After returning to the sect, Bai Ze received Hong Yan’s protection against powerful Qin family elders and began cultivating in seclusion.

• Bai Ze told Lü Ruoxue that he had killed Qin Shou, and she agreed to accompany him when he went after Qin Fu.
• Liu Nianxin repeated the rumors about Bai Ze, and he explained the truth about Qin Fu’s pursuit and his escape from the Sacred Heart Secret Realm.
• Bai Ze, Lü Ruoxue, and Liu Nianxin returned to the sect, where Hong Yan asked about their gains and the events in the secret realm.
• Hong Yan said Bai Ze must handle Qin Fu himself but promised to destroy the Qin family if an elder intervened.
• Hong Yan gave Bai Ze a token containing three attacks that would activate against Saint Realm power, and Bai Ze entered seclusion.

After recovering from his injuries, Bai Ze assessed his Saint Power and began cultivating toward the Void Refining Realm Late Stage. He broke through after nearly a month, then decided to prioritize improving his realm over refining his remaining Yellow-grade Essences of the Saint.

• Bai Ze recovered from his Sacred Heart Secret Realm injuries and estimated that refining his Yellow-grade Essences of the Saint would convert only a small portion of his power into Saint Power.
• Bai Ze entered an Earth-grade Cultivation Room, swallowed a Void Spirit Pill, and cultivated for nearly a month.
• Bai Ze broke through to the Void Refining Realm Late Stage and credited the pressure Qin Fu had put him under with speeding up his progress.
• Bai Ze began refining a Yellow-grade Essence of the Saint, which took around ten days, and decided to focus on raising his realm before refining the rest.

The Sword Sect’s ancient bell rang to summon its disciples after the Sacred Alliance’s demonic beings began spreading across the continents. Sect Master Shangguan Fengyun ordered the disciples to join the extermination effort for points redeemable at the Holy Heaven Pavilion, and Bai Ze and the others set out to collect missions.

• The Sword Sect’s great bell rang for the first time in thousands of years, and Bai Ze, Lü Ruoxue, the peak masters, and thousands of disciples gathered at the martial arena.
• Shangguan Fengyun told the peak masters that the Sacred Alliance had appeared and that demonic beings were overrunning cities across the continents.
• Shangguan Fengyun announced that the Holy Heaven Pavilion would lead the extermination effort with help from the Five Sects Ten Gates, and ordered every disciple to participate.
• Lü Ruoxue recognized the so-called Acquired Demonic Beings as poison people and considered them inferior to the creations of the Myriad Poison Divine Demon Sect.
• The disciples collected gold mission tokens and learned that killing Acquired Demonic Beings earned points they could exchange for treasures, including Saint Cores.

Bai Ze returned to the Northern Continent to deal with demonic beings and head back to the Golden Sun Dynasty, while the Sacred Alliance advanced its plan to revive the Evil God. At the chapter’s end, Qingyue Sect’s leaders prepared to contain and eradicate the demonic beings despite knowing little about their origin.

• Bai Ze told Lü Ruoxue he would hunt demonic beings in the Northern Continent, then set off alone while she pursued resources elsewhere.
• In the Central Domain, the Sacred Alliance’s leaders announced that their plan had begun and ordered their members to retrieve assigned items before the Holy Emperor emerged from seclusion.
• After traveling for more than a month, Bai Ze used a ruined Teleportation Array to reach the southernmost part of the Northern Continent.
• Bai Ze found a city whose people knew nothing of the demonic beings, then left for the Golden Sun Dynasty.
• Supreme Elder Cang Yun told Qingyue Sect’s leaders that demonic beings could infect people and urged them to contain and eradicate the threat.

The Qingyue Sect rallied the Northern Continent’s factions to resist demonic beings after learning that a dynasty had fallen. Cang Yun led the sect’s forces to the front, where the combined army faced a vast demonic horde and suffered heavy casualties.

• Song Tiancheng told the Qingyue Sect leaders that he had called the major dynasties and sects to unite against the demonic beings, and they learned that another dynasty had already fallen.
• Cang Yun ordered Song Shilan to remain behind and guard the sect while he led its elders and disciples to the Golden Sun Dynasty’s border.
• Song Shilan and Song Nan watched the sect’s forces depart, while Wan Yanyun worried about her family and wondered whether she would see her master again.
• The factions of the Two Great Dynasties gathered under the Qingyue Sect’s leadership and formed a defensive line thousands of kilometers long.
• The demonic beings charged the line, and a fierce battle began as the defenders faced overwhelming numbers and powerful enemies, including beings in the Heavenly Human Realm.

The Northern Continent’s forces suffered heavy losses against the seemingly endless Acquired Demonic Beings, and their leaders feared the growing number of powerful enemies. Lin Tian and other Central Continent disciples arrived, demanded command, and helped turn the tide by killing Heavenly Human Realm demonic beings with ease.

• Cang Yun confronted a powerful Acquired Demonic Being while Song Tiancheng and the defenders fought the advancing horde.
• After a day of bloody fighting and territorial losses, the leaders of the Two Great Dynasties gathered and agreed they needed to eliminate the demonic beings at the Heavenly Human Realm and above.
• Lin Tian introduced himself as an Inner Disciple of the Profound Sect and ordered the Northern Continent’s leaders to obey his commands, using his overwhelming aura to compel their agreement.
• Lin Tian and his companions joined the battle and killed Heavenly Human Realm demonic beings, relieving pressure on the defenders.
• Hundreds and then thousands of Heavenly Human Realm and Shattering Realm disciples from the Five Sects Ten Gates arrived from the Central Continent.

Bai Ze returned to Qingyue Sect, reunited with Song Shilan, Song Nan, and Wan Yanyun, and learned that the Northern Continent was battling an invasion of demonic beings. He left to join the fight and find his master, Song Tiancheng, while the battlefield remained brutal.

• Central Continent disciples fought Shattering Realm Acquired Demonic Beings while Northern Continent martial artists used them to scout the enemy and intervened against stronger foes.
• Bai Ze returned to Qingyue Sect and reunited with Song Shilan, Song Nan, and Wan Yanyun.
• Bai Ze told them he had reached the Void Refining Realm Late Stage and explained the higher martial realms.
• Song Shilan told Bai Ze that Qingyue Sect and the powers of the Two Great Dynasties had joined forces against the demonic beings.
• Bai Ze refused to take Wan Yanyun and the others with him, then left at full speed to confront the demonic beings and reach Song Tiancheng.