Chapter Summaries

Bai Ze refused Su Qiaoqiao’s request to become his disciple outright, but offered her a chance to prove her talent. He left her seven days to reach the Lesser Accomplishment Realm in the difficult Dragon Like Wind Sword Technique, and Su Qiaoqiao accepted the challenge.

• Su Qiaoqiao questioned Bai Ze about his martial realm and then knelt, asking him to accept her as his disciple.
• Bai Ze refused to take her on immediately but offered to accept her if she reached the Lesser Accomplishment Realm in a sword technique within seven days.
• Bai Ze demonstrated the Dragon Like Wind Sword Technique and marked the ruined temple walls to help Su Qiaoqiao practice it.
• Su Qiaoqiao agreed to the challenge and secretly thought of a blood debt she intended to repay.
• Bai Ze confirmed that he would accept Su Qiaoqiao as his disciple if she succeeded within seven days.

Bai Ze tested Su Qiaoqiao’s sword talent, and she mastered the Dragon Like Wind Sword Technique to the Lesser Accomplishment Realm within six days. He accepted her as his second disciple, and she explained that her half-awakened special constitution limited her cultivation to gathering only a tenth of the spiritual energy she absorbed.

• Su Qiaoqiao practiced the Dragon Like Wind Sword Technique through the night and reached its basics, then told Bai Ze that she had mastered other sword techniques quickly but struggled to break through to the Profound Realm.
• Bai Ze and Su Qiaoqiao traveled east while she practiced without stopping, and after five days Bai Ze saw that she was nearing the Lesser Accomplishment Realm.
• After another night, Su Qiaoqiao reached the Lesser Accomplishment Realm on the sixth day and asked Bai Ze to accept her as his disciple.
• Bai Ze accepted Su Qiaoqiao as his second disciple and asked why she had advanced only to the Shattering Realm despite her talent and resources.
• Su Qiaoqiao told Bai Ze that an accident had left her special constitution half-awakened, causing only about one-tenth of her gathered spiritual energy to reach her dantian.

Bai Ze examined Su Qiaoqiao’s damaged, half-awakened physique and used his Sword Qi to fully awaken her Innate Sword Heart Physique. After she broke through to Shattering Realm Perfection, the two continued traveling east as Su Qiaoqiao eagerly questioned her new master about his strength.

• Su Qiaoqiao told Bai Ze that her physique had stopped awakening halfway and that fixing it required a powerful Saint Realm expert.
• Bai Ze accepted responsibility for resolving the problem, examined Su Qiaoqiao, and found blockages caused by damage during her physique’s awakening.
• Bai Ze sent Sword Qi through Su Qiaoqiao’s body, clearing the blockages and restarting her physique’s awakening.
• Su Qiaoqiao’s Innate Sword Heart Physique awakened completely, and she advanced to Shattering Realm Perfection.
• Bai Ze and Su Qiaoqiao resumed their journey east, while Su Qiaoqiao repeatedly asked about Bai Ze’s strength and cultivation.

Five years after taking Su Qiaoqiao as his disciple, Bai Ze continued traveling through the Central Domain and deepened his comprehension of the world's origin. As Ancestor Wan Qing prepared to risk a Divine Human Realm breakthrough to counter the demons, Su Qiaoqiao sensed an unprecedented power erupt from Bai Ze.

• Bai Ze guided Su Qiaoqiao's cultivation as they traveled east, killing every Acquired Demonic Being they encountered.
• With the Central Domain engulfed in war, Ancestor Wan Qing announced he would undergo a lightning tribulation in five years and asked the Demigod Realm ancestors to protect him.
• Ancestor Wan Qing entered seclusion at the Demon King's sealed location to prepare for his breakthrough.
• Bai Ze continued traveling as an ordinary person and drew close to comprehending Law Power, while Su Qiaoqiao advanced to the late stage of the Void Comprehension Realm.
• Su Qiaoqiao practiced the Thirteen Forms of the Bright Sword and sensed an immense, heaven-and-earth-like power erupt from Bai Ze.

Bai Ze fused the Sword Law and broke through to the initial Demigod Realm with 39.06% Sword Law. Su Qiaoqiao learned her master had reached the Demigod Realm and became excited about the guidance he could give her as she pursued revenge.

• Bai Ze fused the Sword Law into himself and broke through to the initial Demigod Realm.
• Bai Ze checked his system interface and realized his new strength far surpassed that of Heaven Saint Realm experts.
• Su Qiaoqiao congratulated Bai Ze, then reacted with disbelief when he revealed his realm.
• Bai Ze told Su Qiaoqiao she could reach the Demigod Realm through diligent cultivation, and she became eager to train under him.

After stabilizing his cultivation and completing the Dragon Subduing Prison Suppressing Art, Bai Ze encountered the Corpse Demon Ancestor and tested his new Demigod Realm strength. He killed the Corpse Demon Ancestor with one sword and left to rejoin Su Qiaoqiao.

• Bai Ze detected an early Demigod Realm Acquired Demonic Being approaching and told Su Qiaoqiao to continue while he went to intercept it.
• The Corpse Demon Ancestor revealed his corpse demons and threatened to refine Bai Ze into a corpse demon.
• Bai Ze destroyed the Corpse Demon Ancestor’s Saint Realm corpse demon army and fought him to assess his own strength.
• Bai Ze unleashed the Nine Heavens Sword Art: Nine Heavens and killed the Corpse Demon Ancestor with a single sword.
• Bai Ze tore through space and left.

After killing the Corpse Demon Ancestor, Bai Ze returned to the Sword Sect and was named a Supreme Elder for reaching the Demigod Realm. He learned that the Central Domain’s war with the Demon Race was worsening and that the Human Faction’s survival might depend on Ancestor Wan Qing’s attempt to reach the Divine Human Realm in five years.

• Bai Ze killed the Corpse Demon Ancestor with a single sword strike and returned to the Sword Sect with Su Qiaoqiao.
• Old Ancestor Xuanjian welcomed Bai Ze, made him a Supreme Elder, and announced his breakthrough to the sect.
• Bai Ze returned to Misty Peak, found Hong Yan, Lü Ruoxue, and Li Lüer absent, and arranged matters for Su Qiaoqiao.
• Bai Ze spoke with Old Ancestor Xuanjian about the worsening war, the deaths of human Demigod experts, and Ancestor Wan Qing’s planned breakthrough.
• Old Ancestor Xuanjian explained that reaching the Divine Human Realm required surviving a deadly lightning tribulation, which many powerful experts feared to attempt.

Bai Ze learned that Ancestor Wan Qing was risking his life to break through to the Divine Human Realm while the factions prepared for another war against the Demon Race. Lü Ruoxue and Li Lüer gave Bai Ze the Hidden Heaven Cross-Realm Technique, a costly way for Demigod Realm experts to secretly ascend to the Upper Realm.

• Old Ancestor Xuanjian told Bai Ze that Holy Heaven Pavilion had gathered Demigod Realm martial artists to buy time for Ancestor Wan Qing's breakthrough.
• Lü Ruoxue and Li Lüer arrived after breaking through to the Demigod Realm and recognized Su Qiaoqiao's Sword Heart Physique.
• Bai Ze told Lü Ruoxue and Li Lüer about the conflict with the Demon Race, and they warned him that Divine Human Realm experts posed a grave threat.
• Lü Ruoxue explained that she and Li Lüer could force their way to the Upper Realm at great cost if necessary.
• Lü Ruoxue gave Bai Ze an Inheritance Crystal Stone containing the Hidden Heaven Cross-Realm Technique and explained its requirements and drawbacks.

Bai Ze honed his strength on the battlefield for three years, becoming powerful enough to kill mid-Demigod Realm Innate Demonic Beings before returning to the Sword Sect to prepare for the coming war. Meanwhile, the Demon Race pressed its invasion of the Central Domain, and the Evil Spirit Holy Lord neared a breakthrough to the Divine Human Realm.

• Bai Ze left the Sword Sect for the battlefield and killed the demons before him with a single sword strike, drawing the attention of Demigod Realm fighters.
• Old Ancestor Mingfan blocked a mid-Demigod Realm demon while Bai Ze fought two early Demigod Realm Innate Demonic Beings and strengthened his sword techniques in battle.
• After three years, Bai Ze had perfected the Bright Yang Overturning Heaven Sword Art and Sky-Supporting Sword, killed early Demigod Realm foes, and forced mid-Demigod Realm enemies to retreat.
• Bai Ze returned to the Sword Sect to cultivate before the great war as the Demon Race continued overrunning the Central Domain and planned to discard the Sacred Alliance once the Demon King was born.
• The Evil Spirit Holy Lord used the Sky-Covering Blood Demon Great Array and a blood pool to evade the world's origin and approach a breakthrough to the Divine Human Realm.

The Human Faction gathered to protect Ancestor Wan Qing as he prepared to break through into the Divine Human Realm, while the Sacred Alliance and Demon Race planned to stop him. As Ancestor Wan Qing began his breakthrough, a fearsome lightning-and-fire tribulation formed overhead.

• The Evil Spirit Holy Lord ordered Ancestor Blood Fiend to join forces with the Demon Race and stop Ancestor Wan Qing's breakthrough at any cost.
• More than a year later, Bai Ze and other Demigod Realm experts received Old Ancestor Xuanjian's summons and gathered at Ancestor Wan Qing's chosen breakthrough site.
• Lü Ruoxue explained to Bai Ze that the Inner Demon Tribulation tested a martial artist's heart and could be fatal.
• The gathered experts prepared for attacks from the Demon Race and Sacred Alliance as Ancestor Wan Qing rose and began breaking through.
• A vast vortex of intertwined lightning and fire formed in the sky, leaving the watching Demigod Realm ancestors solemn and awed.

Ancestor Wan Qing endured the opening strikes of his God Realm tribulation while Bai Ze learned that his growing talent might make him a heaven-jealous person like Di Tian. As Wan Qing continued to face the lightning, the gathered Demigod Realm experts sensed the Demon Race approaching.

• Ancestor Wan Qing used the Divine Name Mirror to withstand several bolts of his Three-Nine Lightning Tribulation.
• Bai Ze learned from Lü Ruoxue and Li Lüer that heaven-jealous people faced deadly tribulations, and that Di Tian died to a Chaos Lightning Tribulation.
• Bai Ze resolved to keep improving his talent even if it made him a heaven-jealous person.
• The Demigod Realm experts sensed the Demon Race arriving while Ancestor Wan Qing remained beneath the tribulation.

The Demon Race and Sacred Alliance arrived to disrupt Ancestor Wan Qing's breakthrough and rescue the Demon King, triggering a battle with the Human Faction. Bai Ze overwhelmed a middle Demigod Realm demon, who escaped into a spatial fissure, and pursued him with a powerful sword technique.

• The Ten Great Demon Generals, Ancestor Blood Fiend, and other Sacred Alliance figures appeared, and Demon General Tu Tian directed them to disrupt Ancestor Wan Qing's breakthrough and free the Demon King.
• The Human Faction and the Demon Race clashed, with early Demigod Realm martial artists becoming targets as both sides sought openings.
• A middle Demigod Realm demon attacked Bai Ze, but Bai Ze countered with his sword techniques and unleashed the third form of the Yin Yang Overturning Heaven Sword.
• The demon used Blood Demon Self-Destruction to escape into a spatial fissure, suffering severe injuries and a sword wound that would not heal.
• Bai Ze pursued the demon through the Spatial Storms, froze the area, and formed a massive sword with Sky-Supporting Sword.

Bai Ze slew an Innate Demonic Being but was soon pinned down by a stronger demon, while Human Faction ancestors were thrown into chaos by long-hidden traitors. As Ancestor Wan Qing struggled through his tribulation and the Demon Race attacked the Demon King’s seal, the Human Faction faced an increasingly desperate battle.

• Bai Ze killed an Innate Demonic Being, then faced a siege by other Demigod Realm experts.
• Ancestor Tan Hai and several other Human Faction ancestors revealed that they had secretly served the Sacred Alliance for tens of thousands of years and attacked their former allies.
• Ancestor Zhen Shi unleashed Secret Art: Heaven-Suppressing against the traitors, while Demon General Tu Tian joined the fighting and the battle remained deadlocked.
• Ancestor Wan Qing endured the lightning strikes but was struck by the Inner Demon Tribulation, as Demon General Earth Devourer and other demon generals attacked the Demon King’s seal.
• Ancestor Mu Feng and the other defenders were suppressed beneath the demon generals’ assault, leaving the seal in danger.
• Bai Ze fought a late-Demigod Realm demon man and was overwhelmed despite using his full strength and powerful Sword Law.

Ancestor Zhen Shi sacrificed himself to severely wound Demon General Tu Tian while buying time for Ancestor Wan Qing’s breakthrough. With Zhen Shi dead and no one left to stop the demons, Wan Qing faced the final strike of his lightning tribulation.

• Ancestor Zhen Shi fought two peak Demigod Realm demon generals despite his grave wounds, sealing the surrounding space to keep them from reaching Ancestor Wan Qing.
• Demon General Tu Tian tore off Zhen Shi’s left arm, and Zhen Shi activated Secret Art: Fleeting Beauty to briefly restore his strength.
• Zhen Shi unleashed Divine Ability: Body Suppressing the World in a life-for-life attack, killing himself and heavily wounding Tu Tian.
• A Thunderfire Dragon formed as the lightning tribulation’s final strike and plunged toward Ancestor Wan Qing.

Ancestor Wan Qing broke through to the Divine Human Realm and fought the newly freed Demon King to a standstill, but the Demon King vowed to return after restoring his strength. The Human Faction remained in danger as the Demon King’s escape threatened to tip the battle in the demons’ favor.

• After surviving the lightning tribulation, Ancestor Wan Qing entered the Divine Human Realm and killed a late-stage Demigod Realm demon.
• The Demon King broke the seal, revealed that he had fallen to the early Divine Human Realm, and declared his intention to devour Ancestor Wan Qing.
• Bai Ze regrouped with Lü Ruoxue, Li Lüer, and the others as they feared the Demon Race would launch an all-out assault on the weakened Human Faction.
• Ancestor Wan Qing used the Divine Name Mirror to fight the Demon King for three days and three nights, and both suffered injuries without either winning.
• The Demon King threatened to return after devouring blood food and restoring his strength, while Ancestor Wan Qing remained his intended target.

After the Demon King escaped, Ancestor Wan Qing assessed the heavy losses and recovered from the injuries he had concealed while wondering what the Sacred Alliance truly intended. Bai Ze and the others returned to the Sword Sect to recuperate, and Su Qiaoqiao resolved to cultivate harder for the coming war.

• The Demon King and his forces escaped as the shattered secret realm left many Demigod Realm ancestors dead or wounded.
• Ancestor Wan Qing told the surviving ancestors that the Demon King had broken free but that his divine artifact could still restrain him.
• After the meeting, Ancestor Wan Qing collapsed in private from grave injuries and questioned the Sacred Alliance's reasons for helping the Demon Race.
• Bai Ze and the others returned to the Sword Sect, where Old Ancestor Xuanjian began closed-door cultivation after losing his left arm and the rest started recovering from their injuries.
• Su Qiaoqiao saw how badly her master Lü Ruoxue and the others were hurt and decided to cultivate more diligently to prepare for the war.

Bai Ze recovered from his injuries and learned that Wolong Valley might contain the flood dragon blood essence he needed to cultivate the Prison Suppressing Divine Dragon Body. After descending into the valley, he discovered it led to the Ancient Battlefield and began searching for the blood essence.

• Bai Ze fully recovered and found his physique beginning to transform into the Prison Suppressing Divine Dragon Body, but he needed flood dragon blood essence to advance it.
• Bai Ze asked Old Ancestor Xuanjian about flood dragons, and Old Ancestor Xuanjian directed him toward Wolong Valley as a possible source of their blood essence.
• Bai Ze traveled to Wolong Valley and descended into its dark abyss despite the suppression on his soul power.
• Bai Ze passed through a formation and emerged in the Ancient Battlefield, where he resolved to find the flood dragon blood essence and leave before the battlefield's forces affected his mind.

Bai Ze searched the ancient battlefield for dragon essence blood and met Skeleton, a new life-form born from the Ghost King's bones and remnant consciousness. Skeleton offered to take him to the blood, but warned that the Land of Death trapped its inhabitants and rapidly drained their lifespans.

• Bai Ze searched the battlefield for dragon bones and dragon essence blood, finding only shattered divine artifacts along the way.
• Skeleton appeared before Bai Ze and explained that the place was the Land of Death, where living people entered but could not leave.
• Skeleton told Bai Ze that he had once been the Ghost King, King Jun, and had given his new life-form the name Skeleton.
• Bai Ze asked Skeleton where to find dragon essence blood and how to escape, and Skeleton offered to lead him to the blood.
• Skeleton warned Bai Ze that the Land of Death's power drained lifespans several times faster than normal, and Bai Ze agreed to tell Skeleton about the outside world.

Bai Ze obtained the flood dragon blood essence and learned that escaping the Land of Death required becoming a God-tier Array Master capable of unraveling its Dragon Sealing Array. He refused to give up and began studying the resources left by previous prisoners, discovering that even powerful Demigod experts had died trapped there.

• Bai Ze shattered the blood-red boulder, defeated the flood dragon phantom, and stored the blood essence rather than absorbing it.
• Bai Gu told Bai Ze that countless attempts to escape had failed and that only a God-tier Array Master could unravel the array covering the Land of Death.
• Bai Ze insisted on trying to escape, and Bai Gu led him to a cave containing resources and records left by earlier trapped martial artists.
• Bai Ze set up an early-warning array and studied the records, learning that the Land of Death was covered by a lower God-tier Dragon Sealing Array and that previous Demigod experts had died there.

Bai Ze studied arrays in the Land of Death while the Demon King ravaged the Central Domain, a crisis secretly engineered by the Evil Spirit Holy Lord. Years later, Bai Ze had become a Saint-tier Array Master, and White Bone pledged to help him find a way out.

• Bai Ze studied the resources and damaged array diagrams in the Land of Death, using Talent Points to deduce missing parts as he worked toward becoming a God-tier Array Master.
• The Demon King devoured a late Demigod Realm expert to recover his strength, then led the Demon Race in a devastating invasion that drove the Human Faction into a shrinking refuge near the Holy Heaven Pavilion.
• Ancestor Blood Fiend reported the situation to the Evil Spirit Holy Lord, who revealed his Divine Human Realm breakthrough and promised to help Blood Fiend reach the same realm if the next stage of the plan succeeded.
• The Evil Spirit Holy Lord and Ancestor Blood Fiend went to meet the Demon King, whose rise and the Demon Race's invasion had been orchestrated by the Holy Lord.
• Several years later, Bai Ze completed and deployed the Saint Realm array Wrath of the Burning Heaven, impressing White Bone despite not yet being able to break the Dragon Sealing Array.
• White Bone offered Bai Ze his full support, hoping they could eventually escape the Land of Death together.