Chapter Summaries

After Zhou Chen killed Li Su’s attendants at the Thunder Sword Sect, he used the Righteous Qi Sect’s quantum satellite to locate her fleeing across Qing Province. Zhou Chen pursued her as Li Su reached Qingdong City, where the city defense army let her pass, leaving her flight toward Fuliu Country unresolved.

• Zhou Chen slaughtered Li Su’s attendants and asked Yun Xinyue and Shang Buyu where Li Su might have fled.
• Shang Buyu proposed tracking Li Su with a quantum satellite, and Zhang Zhengdao contacted Wen Fengxiang to deploy the Righteous Qi Sect’s satellite.
• Xiao Zheng located Li Su near the eastern coast of Qing Province, and Zhou Chen set off at supersonic speed to pursue her.
• Li Su fled toward Fuliu Country to seek refuge with Hojo Hikaru, abandoning the Li Family to its fate.
• Li Su bribed the Qingdong City Defense Army’s deputy commander with an Essence Crystal, and he let her pass despite Wen Fengxiang’s request to delay her.

Zhou Chen pursued Li Su to Qingyun Mountain and struck her down with the Mountain Splitting Seal, but she escaped using a phantom clone and fled beneath the Eastern Sea. Zhou Chen recovered the Sword of Light and Victory, then set the sea ablaze with Samadhi True Fire to force Li Su out, leaving her struggling to survive.

• Zhou Chen questioned the Qingdong City Defense Army about Li Su and hurried after her when the deputy commander revealed her route.
• Li Su tried to cross Qingyun Mountain, but Zhou Chen intercepted her and defeated her Sword of Light and Victory with the Mountain Splitting Seal.
• Li Su escaped Zhou Chen’s follow-up attack by sacrificing a phantom clone with the divine sword while her true body fled through the gap in the mountains.
• Zhou Chen took the Sword of Light and Victory and pursued Li Su across the Eastern Sea, where he deduced she was hiding underwater.
• Zhou Chen used the Sea Overturning Seal to expose the sea, then unleashed Samadhi True Fire to burn the water and deprive Li Su of oxygen.

Wen Fengxiang and the Righteous Qi Sect destroyed the Cangxuan Li Family after Zhou Chen killed Li Su, prompting allied aristocratic families to form against them. As Zhou Chen prepared to leave the Eastern Sea, Mu Qinghuan, the Azurewood Venerable, appeared before him.

• Shang Buyu identified only one high-energy reaction beneath the storm clouds, and Wen Fengxiang mobilized the Righteous Qi Sect against the Cangxuan Li Family.
• The Righteous Qi Sect and Shang Buyu’s forces attacked the Li clan grounds, while Yun Xinyue activated aerial robots to pursue the family’s fleeing descendants.
• Zhang Zhengdao’s disciples intercepted escaping Li Family members, and the massacre nearly wiped out the clan.
• Cangxuan Prefecture City’s aristocratic families formed an alliance against the Righteous Qi Sect and the Shang Family after the Li Family’s destruction.
• Zhou Chen beheaded Li Su and burned his body and soul with Samadhi True Fire.
• Mu Qinghuan appeared above the Eastern Sea and introduced himself as the Azurewood Venerable.

Zhou Chen agreed with Azurewood Venerable on a cover story for Li Su’s death and the destruction of the Cangxuan Li Family, while refusing to let the Martial Dao Guild interfere with any further reprisals. As the Righteous Qi Sect and Longshen Merchant Family occupied the Li compound, a surviving Li family member attacked them from a secret Cosmic Battleship, and Zhou Chen launched a counterattack.

• Azurewood Venerable collected Li Su’s corpse and proposed that the Martial Dao Guild conceal her death by blaming a Demon Beast, then claimed the destroyed Cangxuan Li Family had colluded with the Demon Race.
• Zhou Chen agreed to the Guild’s revised cover story and warned Azurewood Venerable not to interfere if other powerful families retaliated against the Righteous Qi Sect and Longshen Merchant Family.
• Wen Fengxiang and Shang Daoming oversaw the seizure of the Li family compound’s resources while Shang Buyu divined danger and urged them to retreat.
• A secret Cangxuan Li Family Cosmic Battleship fired on the compound, killing Wen Fengxiang and badly injuring Shang Daoming before the crew prepared to fire again.
• Zhou Chen struck the Cosmic Battleship with the Ancient Emperor Seal, destroying one of its Warp Drive Engines, then unleashed another attack.

Zhou Chen destroyed the Cangxuan Li Family’s Cosmic Battleship, prompting the Great Xuan Kingdom’s powerful factions to recognize him as a figure to avoid or befriend. After visiting Wen Fengxiang, he left the Righteous Qi Sect’s master questioning the origins of his cultivation verses, while Azurewood Venerable briefed the Great Xuan King on Zhou Chen’s power.

• Zhou Chen used the Ancient Emperor Seal to destroy the Cangxuan Li Family’s Cosmic Battleship after its weapons and shields failed to stop him.
• The major forces analyzed Zhou Chen’s strength and agreed to avoid provoking him and seek his friendship where possible.
• Wen Fengxiang revealed that the laser cannon had destroyed his avatar, then told Zhou Chen the verses he had recited were part of the Righteous Qi Technique’s cultivation chant.
• Azurewood Venerable entered the royal palace and exchanged tense greetings with King Song Ming and Cold Venerable Song Ye.
• Azurewood Venerable told Song Ming that Zhou Chen had killed Li Su and possessed enough power to destroy mountains, seas, and Cosmic Battleships.

Zhou Chen and the Azurewood Venerable agreed to conceal the truth about Li Su’s death by blaming the Cangxuan Li Family’s supposed collusion with the Demon Race. The chapter ended with the Righteous Qi Sect and the Longshen Merchant Family occupying the Li estate as Zhou Chen returned to Azure Xuan Province.

• The Azurewood Venerable told Zhou Chen that the Cangxuan Li Family had been destroyed by the Righteous Qi Sect and the Longshen Merchant Family, though Zhou Chen had not ordered the attack.
• The Azurewood Venerable warned that other noble houses might retaliate, and Zhou Chen threatened to show them no mercy if they interfered.
• The Azurewood Venerable proposed claiming the Li Family had colluded with the Demon Race and that the Martial Dao Guild had arranged both Li Su’s execution and the family’s destruction; Zhou Chen agreed.
• Zhou Chen departed for Azure Xuan Province on his Five-Colored Auspicious Cloud while the Azurewood Venerable flew toward Qing Province’s capital.
• In Azure Xuan Province’s capital, the Righteous Qi Sect and Longshen Merchant Family looted the Cangxuan Li Family compound as Wen Fengxiang patrolled beside an old man in archaic robes.

Xia Zhen praised Song Ye to Xia Yan, who expressed her approval of him. The Azurewood Venerable challenged Song Ye to a duel, but Song Ye remained calm as the chapter ended.

• Xia Zhen told Xia Yan that Song Ye was a promising young Martial Venerable and surpassed the Light Saint Son of Taixi Continent.
• Xia Zhen explained that he had taken notice of Song Ye after unrest in the martial world followed the destruction of the Cangxuan Li Family.
• Xia Yan told her father she would leave the decision to him, signaling her approval of Song Ye.
• The Azurewood Venerable greeted King Song Ming and challenged Song Ye to exchange moves when he had time.
• Song Ye calmly acknowledged the challenge, while the Azurewood Venerable privately grumbled that Song Ye had shown off again.

Illusion Venerable attacked the Luling Zhao Family’s ancestral grounds, where Zhao Ju had left an antimatter trap behind. The chapter then shifted to a Cosmic Battleship firing on Wen Fengxiang, leaving its crew astonished by the weapon’s power.

• Illusion Venerable found the Zhao Family’s main force gone and realized Zhao Ju might have prepared a trap.
• An antimatter bomb detonated beneath the Zhao Family’s ancestral grounds, forcing Illusion Venerable to confront the expanding blast.
• Illusion Venerable used a space fissure to try to survive the explosion.
• The Cosmic Battleship’s laser cannon blasted Wen Fengxiang apart, shocking its crew and onlookers.
• A surviving member of the Cangxuan Li Family watched from the battleship, seeking vengeance for his family.

Mountain Martial Saint Song Quan departed, and Azurewood Venerable and Song Ye headed toward Azure Xuan Province. Xia Zhen urged Xia Yan to support the young Venerable there, though her retainers seemed too weak to join a battle between Martial Venerables.

• Song Quan vanished from the great hall after saying he would await good news.
• Azurewood Venerable and Song Ye flew toward Azure Xuan Province.
• The chapter described the Luling Zhao Family as the province's leading noble clan, backed by two Martial Grandmasters and a powerful licensed Interstellar Fleet.
• Xia Zhen told Xia Yan to help the young Venerable and uphold the Mystic Xia Clan's imperial bearing.
• Xia Yan worried that her strongest retainer was only a Martial Grandmaster, then acknowledged her father's advice.

Azurewood Venerable and Song Ye headed to Azure Xuan Province after Song Quan agreed to await their news. The chapter introduced the Luling Zhao Family and its role as leader of the Noble Clan Alliance, supported by its powerful Interstellar Fleet.

• Mountain Martial Saint Song Quan vanished from the great hall after agreeing to await good news.
• Azurewood Venerable and Song Ye flew toward Azure Xuan Province.
• The chapter described the Luling Zhao Family's ancestral grounds in the prefectural capital.
• The Luling Zhao Family was identified as the leader of the provincial Noble Clan Alliance and a family related by marriage to the destroyed Cangxuan Li Family.
• The Luling Zhao Family's three large interstellar warships and supporting spacecraft were presented as the basis of its alliance leadership.

The Righteous Qi Sect activated the Grand Righteous Ancestral Array, and Muk Bulu’s attacks failed to break it. He enlisted the Ancient Sword Venerable and the Azure West Lin Family’s Martial Venerable to attack together, while Zhao Ju’s elders urged him to fire every high-powered laser cannon at the injured Illusion Venerable.

• Wen Fengxiang ordered the Righteous Qi Sect’s disciples to pour their vital energy into the Grand Righteous Ancestral Array, awakening the power of the Righteous Qi Venerable’s remnant soul.
• Zhao Ju asked Muk Bulu to break the array, and Muk Bulu struck it with a mountain-sized sword of light that left only a shallow, healing gash.
• Muk Bulu unleashed Holy Light Annihilation Slash, but the array endured the attack with only its light slightly dimmed.
• Muk Bulu asked the Ancient Sword Venerable and the Azure West Lin Family’s Martial Venerable to join him, and both agreed to attack together.
• Zhao Yi and the other Zhao Family elders urged Zhao Ju to fire every high-powered laser cannon at the injured Illusion Venerable.

The Righteous Qi Sect’s disciples empowered the ancestral formation, allowing the Righteous Qi Martial Venerable to turn its righteous-qi mountain into the Righteous Qi Sword and confront the three attackers. Elsewhere, the Illusion Venerable unleashed a Space Storm against an antimatter shock wave.

• Muk Bulu, the Ancient Sword Venerable, and the Azure West Lin Family’s Martial Venerable repeatedly battered the righteous-qi mountain, weakening the Righteous Qi Martial Venerable’s remnant soul.
• Wen Fengxiang ordered the Righteous Qi Sect’s disciples and elders to pour their battle qi into the ancestral formation.
• The strengthened formation compressed the mountain into a radiant sword, which the Righteous Qi Martial Venerable seized and swung as the Righteous Qi Sword.
• The Illusion Venerable used Space Fissure to release a Space Storm because the antimatter shock wave made escape through a Space Wormhole too dangerous.

Zhou Chen arrived at the Righteous Qi Sect and fought the three Martial Venerables attacking it, killing Ancient Sword Venerable with his Five Emperors Seal. After Lin Yan proposed a truce and Zhou Chen refused, Lin Yan launched a Space Shattering Slash at him.

• The Azure West Lin Family's Martial Venerable, Ancient Sword Venerable, and Muk Bulu prepared to slaughter the Righteous Qi Sect's fighters, but Zhou Chen intervened and revealed himself.
• Muk Bulu, Ancient Sword Venerable, and Lin Yan attacked Zhou Chen together while the Noble Clan Alliance battled the Righteous Qi Sect across Luling Mountain Range.
• Zhou Chen unleashed the Five Emperors Seal, killing Ancient Sword Venerable and badly injuring Muk Bulu, while Lin Yan emerged largely unharmed.
• Lin Yan offered to withdraw the Noble Clan Alliance, but Zhou Chen refused to let the battle end without consequence for the casualties.
• Lin Yan grew furious and attacked Zhou Chen with his Space Shattering Slash.

Lin Hua was killed when the black halo of the Great Heaven Creation Palm annihilated his body and God Soul, leaving the onlookers convinced that his young opponent was a Martial Saint. The chapter ends with a repeated description of the palm technique shattering an illusory space.

• Lin Hua's body turned to ashes, and the black halo sucked in and annihilated his fleeing God Soul.
• The crowd reacted in shock to Lin Hua's death and concluded that his opponent was a Martial Saint.
• A middle-aged Martial Grandmaster rebuked a gaunt old man for comparing himself to the young expert.
• An illusory figure repeatedly struck the void with the Great Heaven Creation Palm, forming black halos that shattered the illusory space.

A blue-robed Martial Saint from the Sacred Azure Blue Family confronted Mu Qinghuan and Song Ye, while Muk Bulu and other Martial Venerables attacked the Righteous Qi Sect’s Grand Righteous Array. The array withstood Muk Bulu’s strongest strike, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Muk Bulu greeted the blue-robed young man as his grandfather, and the young man lifted him to his feet.
• The blue-robed young man accused Mu Qinghuan and Song Ye of trying to kill a member of the Sacred Azure Blue Family and formed sharp swords from the rain.
• Azurewood Venerable and Song Ye prepared to fight the Martial Saint, while Song Ye considered using a Jade Talisman to summon Mountain Martial Saint.
• Muk Bulu asked Ancient Sword Venerable and the Azure West Lin Family’s Martial Venerable to join him in attacking the Grand Righteous Array, and both agreed.
• Muk Bulu unleashed his Holy Light Annihilation Slash, but the Grand Righteous Array remained intact, only slightly dimmer.

Zhou Chen attacked the Sea Suppressing Saint after learning that he cultivated by slaughtering and sacrificing humans, and overwhelmed him with his Imperial Undying Body and other divine abilities. Trapped in a blazing explosion and close to destruction, the Sea Suppressing Saint drew the Sea Suppressing Spear, a divine artifact that began draining his power, flesh, and soul.

• Azure Wood Martial Venerable told Zhou Chen that the Sea Suppressing Saint and many others on Taixi Continent cultivated by slaughtering and devouring humans.
• Zhou Chen asked the Sea Suppressing Saint to destroy the Silver Radiance Saint Kingdom and give its civilians to him as sacrifices, then attacked when the Sea Suppressing Saint became enraged.
• Zhou Chen activated the Imperial Undying Body, broke through the Sea Suppressing Saint's defenses, and battered him with punches and the Emperor's Dragon Fist.
• Zhou Chen absorbed the Sea Suppressing Saint's Ocean Piercing Cloud Wave with the Mountains, Rivers, Sun, and Moon Cauldron and sent the overloaded cauldron back at him, causing a massive explosion.
• The Sea Suppressing Saint became trapped inside the blazing fireball, then pulled out the Sea Suppressing Spear, which began draining his power, flesh, and soul.

Zhou Chen killed Sea Suppressing Saint and his grandson Muk Bulu, earning the title Creation Martial Saint and drawing the attention of the Azure Blue World. The Mystic Xia Imperial Family announced a marriage alliance between Xia Yan and Zhou Chen, then Xia Zhen ordered his family to stop expanding their gains.

• Sea Suppressing Saint’s divine spear failed to harm Zhou Chen, who killed him with the Gouchen Sword and Ancient Emperor Seal before destroying his soul.
• Zhou Chen killed Muk Bulu as rain fell across the Eastern Luo Continent to mark Sea Suppressing Saint’s death.
• The martial world learned that Zhou Chen, a teenage Martial Saint of the Thunder Sword Sect, had killed Sea Suppressing Saint, while the Sacred Azure Blue Family stayed quiet.
• The Martial Dao Guild bestowed the title Creation Martial Saint on Zhou Chen, and the Mystic Xia Imperial Family announced Xia Yan’s marriage alliance with him.
• The Mystic Xia Imperial Family used Zhou Chen’s reputation to gain influence, but Xia Zhen ordered his subordinates to lie low, prompting Xia Yan to question his decision.

Xia Yan returned to Zhou Chen’s side, while Wind Saint Meng Yunjie discovered the Thunder Emperor Relic and the Void Thunder Palace appeared in the Far North, drawing forces from across the Azure Blue World. Zhou Chen prepared Xia Yan and Yun Xinyue to join an expedition there with Illusion Venerable’s protection.

• Xia Zhen told Xia Yan to stop exploiting her engagement to Zhou Chen and go to Azure Xuan Province to nurture their relationship, so she set out for him.
• Meng Yunjie used the Wind Viewing Mirror to locate the Thunder Emperor Relic in the Ancient Thunder Abyss.
• A vast small world opened amid auroras at the North Pole, and experts identified it as the Void Thunder Palace before forces across the world mobilized to explore it.
• Zhou Chen woke Xia Yan and Yun Xinyue and told them to travel to the relic with Illusion Venerable, using their Big Dipper Tokens to call for his help if needed.
• The Mystic Xia Imperial Family, Righteous Qi Sect, and Longshen Merchant Family assembled at the Thunder Sword Sect to depart for the Far North, while Shang Buyu hinted that Xia Yan and Yun Xinyue had kept Zhou Chen waiting.

Xia Yan, Yun Xinyue, and their allies traveled to the Far North Land to investigate the Thunder Emperor Relic and arrived in Pearl City, where powerful factions and martial artists had gathered. In a teahouse, Zhang Yi threatened the crowd over the relic’s treasures, but the Ice Venerable Liu Bingzun confronted him.

• Xia Yan told the gathered leaders that Zhou Chen was sleeping after a tiring night, and the allied fleet departed for the Thunder Emperor Relic.
• After reaching Xuanfu City, Xia Yan learned that explorers had already entered the relic’s dangerous outer region and decided to seek information and treasures in Pearl City.
• Xia Yan’s group arrived in Pearl City, where the Illusion Venerable sensed numerous powerful Martial Venerables among the gathered forces.
• In a teahouse, patrons discussed rumors that the relic held the Thunder Emperor Sword and the Void Mystic Thunder Sutra.
• Zhang Yi of the Northern Di Zhang Family threatened the teahouse patrons, but Liu Bingzun revealed himself as the Ice Venerable and challenged him.

Liu Bingzun threatened Zhang Yi at the tea pavilion, while a golden-robed youth clashed evenly with the Azure Family’s Third Saint Ancestor. The Azure Saint asked who the youth was, and Muk Bulu began to explain that he presided over the Thunder Sword Sect and might have come from ancient times.

• Guests recognized Liu Bingzun as the Ice Venerable and turned against Zhang Yi.
• Liu Bingzun demanded that Zhang Yi kneel and beg for mercy or die, while provoking him to attack.
• The Azure Family’s Third Saint Ancestor confronted the golden-robed youth and asked who he was.
• The youth’s Ancient Emperor Seal destroyed the Third Saint Ancestor’s palm attack, but the Saint Ancestor blocked it with a water-element barrier.
• Muk Bulu identified the youth as the Saint presiding over the Thunder Sword Sect and suggested he might have come from ancient times.