Chapter Summaries

Shi Yan prepared for the Heavenly Pride Battle by upgrading his saber techniques and learning about Purgatory’s Zhuo Xi and Sen Bei. After the tournament began, he won his first elimination match, watched Zhuo Xi defeat a World King with her Sword Domain, and faced a World King in his second match.

• Shi Yan learned that Zhuo Xi was an undefeated sword expert who had defeated a World King, while Sen Bei was Sen Liu’s older brother and had recently advanced to World King.
• Over five days, Shi Yan earned Martial Virtue Points and spent them upgrading his saber techniques to the Spirit-Class Earth Flame Storm Saber Technique and Spirit-Class Six-Layered Saber Vibration.
• The Heavenly Pride Battle began, bringing together powerful contestants, many of whom had survived the Nether God Mountain Trial; Lan Heng gave Shi Yan information about the competitors and tournament format.
• Sen Liu visited Shi Yan and told him to watch out for her brother, and Shi Yan suspected she had come to make contact for another reason.
• Shi Yan won his first elimination match by defeating a Peak Lord Realm contestant from Divine Bamboo Gladiator Arena.
• Zhuo Xi defeated a World King with her Sword Domain, and Shi Yan later took the stage for his second match against another World King.

Shi Yan, fighting as Mie, battled Aisha in the Elimination Match and revealed a powerful Saber Realm that overcame her defenses. As the fight resumed, Zhuo Xi entered an Epiphany, while the spectators realized Mie might have an even stronger layer of his technique in reserve.

• Shi Yan and Aisha traded blows evenly, matching each other's Twelfth Realm bodies and returning their weapons after injuring one another.
• Aisha unleashed Sky Full of Lightning, but Shi Yan's Saber Realm shredded the attack, and his next strike broke through her Ten Directions Lightning Shield and snapped her whip.
• Zhuo Xi recognized Mie's Saber Realm and entered an Epiphany as Sen Bei watched over her.
• Sen Bei realized Mie's strikes had formed a Triple Blade World, while Lian Qi concluded that Mie had saved him a fortune by beating him gently the previous day.
• Aisha recovered, drew a backup whip, and vowed to go all out as she and Shi Yan resumed their clash.
• You Suo praised Mie's blade technique, while Long Lu suggested it was only a Triple Blade World and You Suo suspected Mie had a fourth layer.

Shi Yan defeated Aisha in the Heavenly Saber Gladiator Arena, revealing his Fourth Layer Saber Realm, then left to reflect on the battle. After his ship detected a disturbance in space, he found Sen Liu captured and encountered the red-eyed Cang Bo, who had been fighting three Saints.

• Zhuo Xi entered an Epiphany and began condensing a Sword Realm as Long Lu and You Suo watched over their promising disciples.
• Aisha overwhelmed Shi Yan with her lightning whip, but he tore it from his body and defeated her with a powerful saber strike.
• Shi Yan received his full Martial Virtue Points, left the Virtual God Realm, and meditated on what he had learned from fighting Aisha.
• Xin Na detected a chaotic energy disturbance, and Shi Yan chose to investigate instead of detouring around it.
• Shi Yan found Cang Bo fighting three Saints, with one already dead, and spotted Sen Liu chained among captured young people nearby.
• Cang Bo and Shi Yan exchanged words after the battle paused, and Cang Bo introduced himself before saying they would meet again.

Shi Yan learned about Cang Bo, the Blood Sea Demonic Eye, and the Primal Secret Realm, then returned to the Virtual God Realm to investigate Sen Bei. The third round of the Heavenly Saber tournament began, with Zhuo Xi and Mu Feng winning before Sen Bei stepped onto the stage.

• Shi Yan learned that Cang Bo hunted geniuses and their relatives, and that Sen Liu believed he would meet Cang Bo in the Primal Secret Realm.
• Shi Yan reviewed information about the Primal Secret Realm with Xin Na and learned about the Blood Sea Demonic Eye’s abilities from her.
• Shi Yan instructed Xin Na to stop at ownerless Metal Attribute planets, entered the Virtual God Realm, and asked Long Lu about Sen Bei’s enemy from the Nether God Mountain Trial.
• Long Lu confirmed that Sen Bei had encountered Cang Bo after advancing to World King and explained that a greater same-level opponent could challenge a genius.
• The third round of elimination matches began, and Zhuo Xi defeated her opponent with the second level of Sword Realm before Mu Feng crushed his opponent.
• Sen Bei took the stage for the third match, and Shi Yan focused his attention on him.

Shi Yan, competing as Mie, defeated Jin Wu by dismantling his techniques and advanced through the Heavenly Pride Battle. In the top-eight matches, Sen Bei vanished before his fight, Shi Yan edged past Zhuo Xi by freezing time with Great Yin True Fire, and the tournament continued without revealing what happened to Sen Bei.

• Sen Bei crushed his World King opponent, and Bing Wuchen narrowly defeated Gu Qianyang after a prolonged battle.
• Shi Yan used his knowledge of the Flowing Gold Race to counter Jin Wu's techniques, prompting Jin Wu to concede.
• The top eight were set, and Sen Bei disappeared just before facing Bing Wuchen, who was declared the winner.
• Mu Feng defeated Rodney, and Chen Zhong used his Purple Bell to outlast Gavin.
• Shi Yan and Zhuo Xi fought evenly with their Saber Realm and Sword Domain before their stronger realms gave Shi Yan the advantage.
• Zhuo Xi unleashed Sword Rain that carried the passage of time, but Shi Yan froze time with Great Yin True Fire and won.

Sen Liu asked Mie to defeat her brother Sen Bei so he would abandon Nether God Mountain’s next trial, while revealing her admiration for Shi Yan. Zhuo Xi then invited Mie to train for the trial with her, but he refused because he had entered another faction’s tournament.

• Sen Liu explained that Sen Bei had logged off after worrying about her and asked Mie to defeat him so he would give up the next Nether God Mountain trial.
• Sen Liu said she believed Shi Yan could deal with Cang Bo and praised Shi Yan for making Cang Bo retreat, without realizing Mie was Shi Yan.
• Sen Liu promised Mie a reward if he defeated Sen Bei, then left after a long conversation.
• Lan Heng brought Zhuo Xi to meet Mie, and Zhuo Xi invited him to join her for Nether God Mountain’s trial training to escape Cang Bo together.
• Mie refused Zhuo Xi’s invitation because he had entered another faction’s tournament, and Zhuo Xi asked to add his Virtual God account so they could fight later.

The tournament’s elimination matches narrowed the field, and Mie faced championship favorite Mu Feng in the winners’ bracket. Mie revealed an uncanny understanding of Mu Feng’s wind, using its currents to spread his fire as Mu Feng retreated beneath the flames.

• Zhuo Xi defeated Rodney, while Sen Bei defeated Gavin, eliminating both after their second losses.
• Mu Feng defeated Chen Zhong, and Mie used the Great Yin True Fire to defeat Bing Wuchen, sending both losers to the lower bracket.
• Zhuo Xi defeated Chen Zhong with Sword Rain, while Sen Bei defeated Bing Wuchen, leaving them sixth and fifth respectively.
• Mie and Mu Feng began their match by watching each other as Mu Feng’s wind grew stronger and Mie sensed its currents.
• Shi Yan used the wind to fuel the Great Sun True Fire, spreading flames across the arena and forcing Mu Feng to retreat behind wind shields.

Shi Yan defeated Mu Feng with the Earth Flame Storm Saber Technique, and Mu Feng withdrew from the remaining matches. After Sen Bei defeated Zhuo Xi, Shi Yan faced Sen Bei in the championship final as outside powers began taking notice of the tournament.

• Shi Yan trapped Mu Feng in the Fire Saber Storm, and Mu Feng stopped resisting but was overcome by the Great Sun True Fire; the referee declared Shi Yan the winner.
• Shaking Star announced that Mu Feng would withdraw from the following matches, leaving him ranked fourth.
• Sen Bei defeated Zhuo Xi in the final battle of the losers' bracket, placing her third and setting up the championship final.
• News spread that Cang Bo had put Zhuo Xi on his kill list, while spectators speculated that powerful outsiders had come to watch and recruit the tournament's top fighters.
• Sen Bei thanked Shi Yan for treating his sister Sen Liu kindly, then summoned his black stone stele as Shi Yan drew his saber and the final began.

Shi Yan and Sen Bei battled evenly in the Heavenly Pride Battle, trading devastating attacks and testing each other’s strength, speed, and endurance. After their third exchange, both prepared to stake everything on their ultimate moves.

• Shi Yan opened with Fivefold Blade Realm, breaking Sen Bei’s runes and leaving him badly injured, then struck again and drove him into the barrier.
• Sen Bei revealed Fivefold Inscription Shadow, blasting through Shi Yan’s layered blade nets and hurling him into the barrier.
• Shi Yan and Sen Bei recovered and resumed fighting at high speed, using the ruined arena and every available trick against each other.
• Zhuo Xi explained to Sen Liu that the battle had become a dangerous test of endurance, while Sen Liu worried that Mie would tire first.
• After their third exchange ended in another draw, Shi Yan and Sen Bei paused, readying their ultimate moves.

Shi Yan and Sen Bei unleashed their final trump cards in the Heavenly Saber Gladiator Arena, and Shi Yan won after his fused flames produced a destructive force that erased Sen Bei and much of the battlefield. Shi Yan then dispersed from exhaustion, leaving Mie as the champion of the Heavenly Pride Battle.

• Sen Bei used Sixth Layer stele shadows to attack from the Void Realm, while Shi Yan revealed the Sixth Layer Saber Realm infused with Great Sun True Fire.
• Their attacks collided, and the blast shattered Sen Bei's ultimate move while tearing Shi Yan's body apart and leaving both fighters seemingly exhausted.
• Shi Yan revealed that Sen Bei had reached his limit, then fused an icy blue flame with a golden flame to unleash a destructive gray force.
• The gray force erased the battlefield and Sen Bei before stopping at the reinforced barrier, and the referee announced Mie as the winner.
• Shi Yan's figure dispersed, and the audience was left murmuring about destruction.

Shi Yan fused the Great Sun True Fire and Great Yin True Fire into a Saint-Class saber, named it Mie Heavenly Saber, and discovered the system could upgrade it. After returning to the Heavenly Saber Gladiator Arena, he weathered the poaching crisis and resumed his winning streak, which continued for a year.

• Shi Yan forged the Mie Heavenly Saber by imprinting it with the fused Great Sun True Fire and Great Yin True Fire, producing Destructive Force.
• Shi Yan learned that Xin Na had forged three other top-grade Spirit-Class sabers and promised to help her reach the Saint Soul Stage.
• Shi Yan entered the Virtual God Realm, where Lan Heng told him major powers had poached more than two-thirds of the Heavenly Pride Battle participants and pressured Heavenly Saber to recruit him.
• Shi Yan received his champion's reward from Long Lu, and Heavenly Saber announced that he would stay and that he belonged to the Virtual God Tower.
• Zhuo Xi, Aisha, Bing Wuchen, Lian Qi, and others celebrated Shi Yan's return, while Shi Yan learned that Sen Bei had begun secluded death cultivation and Mu Feng had joined a major power.
• Shi Yan resumed fighting in the Gladiator Arena, defeating challengers and maintaining his winning streak for a year.

A year later, Shi Yan and Xin Na reached the Molong Star Field, where she registered for a Virtual God account and he sold stolen goods before upgrading his Jade Armor Art. The upgrade revealed the Jade Bone Immaculate Body, a rare physique with extraordinary energy-sensing and absorption abilities, and Shi Yan decided to keep allocating points to it.

• Shi Yan and Xin Na traveled discreetly to the Molong Star Field, where Xin Na registered at the Virtual God Tower.
• Outside the tower, Shi Yan unexpectedly met Sen Liu, who had come with her Lineage elders to discuss business with the Lian Family.
• Shi Yan and Xin Na changed their appearances, sold stolen goods for over four hundred billion, and spent about half the money on materials for his saber.
• Shi Yan rented a cultivation room and used Martial Virtue Points to perfect the Jade Armor Art, then upgraded it into the Jade Bone Immaculate Body.
• Xin Na warned Shi Yan to keep the Jade Bone Immaculate Body secret and explained its extraordinary ability to sense and absorb many kinds of energy.
• After learning the physique was comparable to the universe's top-tier physiques, Shi Yan used the system to allocate more points.

Shi Yan perfected his Jade Bone Immaculate Body, reached the peak of the Twelfth Realm, and absorbed the Essence, Qi, and Spirit Fire to form Mortal Spirit Fire. He left Molong Star with Xin Na, unaware that Saint Lord Mo Shan had concealed the manifestation and negotiated a reward with Chi Guang.

• Shi Yan spent 300 million Martial Virtue Points to perfect his Jade Bone Immaculate Body and advance to Twelfth Realm Peak.
• Shi Yan discovered three flames emerging from his mouth, nose, and eyes, and Xin Na identified them as Essence, Qi, and Spirit Fire.
• Shi Yan used Ninefold Collapse to absorb the flames, forming Mortal Spirit Fire and completing his collection of nine flames.
• Shi Yan and Xin Na left the Mo Long Virtual God Tower and departed Molong Star after noticing fleets gathered at the spaceport.
• Saint Lord Mo Shan revealed that he had concealed Shi Yan's manifestation and secured a spot in the Green Lotus Secret Realm from Chi Guang.
• Shi Yan waited until the spaceship had traveled far from Molong Star, then prepared to upgrade Mortal Spirit Fire.

Shi Yan upgraded his Mortal Spirit Fire into the Samadhi True Fire and entered the Virtual God Realm for his scheduled duel with Zhuo Xi. After defeating her with newly sharpened insight, he followed her to meet someone and was surprised by who he saw.

• Shi Yan spent Martial Virtue Points to evolve his flames into the Three-Part Saint Flame and then the Samadhi True Fire.
• The Samadhi True Fire’s manifestation overwhelmed Xin Na and Little Gold, but Shi Yan shielded them with his Nether Ghost Fire and Nine Heavens Profound Fire.
• Shi Yan returned to the Virtual God Realm and defeated Zhuo Xi by precisely breaking her sword techniques.
• Zhuo Xi took Shi Yan to a tavern to meet someone, and Shi Yan was startled to recognize the person.

Shi Yan learned that Sen Liu had fallen in love with him after meeting him once, though she did not know he was the person she admired. Zhuo Xi asked him to protect Sen Liu in the Green Lotus Secret Realm, which would open in at least five years, and Shi Yan found that the timing might fit his plans.

• Shi Yan discovered that Sen Liu was drinking because she had been rejected after seeing him with another girl, and Zhuo Xi explained that Sen Liu had mistaken him for the genius Shi Yan.
• Zhuo Xi sobered Sen Liu by striking her with her sword, then urged her to focus on business.
• Sen Liu asked Shi Yan to protect her in the Green Lotus Secret Realm, where entry was limited and treasures could require personal comprehension.
• Zhuo Xi explained that the realm was dangerous because entrants fought over treasures, and Sen Liu said the Phantom Forest Tribe chose her for her aptitude and youth.
• Shi Yan said he would be occupied for three or four years, but Sen Liu told him the realm would not open for at least five years and would not conflict with the five great powers' competition.

Shi Yan agreed to meet Sen Liu on Molong Star in five years and spent the next year cultivating while Zhuo Xi prepared for Nether God Mountain’s competition. Back on Blue Star, Meng Xuan guarded the Solar System against an invading force until Xin Na’s signal appeared, suggesting Shi Yan had returned.

• Shi Yan accepted Sen Liu’s offer to enter the Green Lotus Secret Realm and arranged to meet him on Molong Star in five years.
• Shi Yan continued training, nourished the Dragon-Phoenix Green Stone, and studied the unresponsive Five Elements Ring fragment.
• Shi Yan said goodbye to Zhuo Xi and the others as they prepared for Nether God Mountain’s competition, then left the Virtual God Realm.
• Xin Na stopped the spacecraft near the Solar System after detecting that someone had disrupted subspace travel and located an optical computer signal.
• Meng Xuan told Shi Niangui to look after her brothers, then flew outside when her Bracelet activated by itself.
• Xin Na’s blue light screen displayed her familiar face and voice as she greeted Meng Xuan with “Senior Sister.”

Shi Yan returned to the Solar System after learning that Yin Ci, a Saint from the Silver Hand Tribe, had brought danger to Blue Star and Qi Ziyue. He confronted Yin Ci and broke his Space Prison, beginning their battle.

• Meng Xuan warned Shi Yan about the Saint outside the Solar System and sent him the scenes of what had happened while he was away.
• Shi Yan saw Qi Ziyue's white hair and, after telling Xin Na to capture Azure Crane King Realm, headed for the Solar System.
• Shi Yan and Xin Na reached the Solar System, where Yin Ci had set up a Space Prison around it.
• Xin Na's spaceship passed through Yin Ci's Space Prison, and Shi Yan confronted him.
• Yin Ci attacked Shi Yan with another Space Prison, but Shi Yan collapsed it and launched the Blazing Flame Divine Needle.

Shi Yan fought Yin Ci, a Saint who wielded spatial laws, and overcame him with his powerful body, Collapse, and Samadhi True Fire. After killing Yin Ci with Heavenly Punishment Divine Fire, Shi Yan collected his Storage Ring and hurried after Xin Na.

• Yin Ci used Shattered Mirror Space to attack Shi Yan, but Shi Yan broke through it with his peak Twelfth Realm body and Demon Abyss Instant Burst Fist.
• Shi Yan used Seventh Layer Collapse to stop Yin Ci from escaping through space, forcing Yin Ci to spend his Law Origin to endure it.
• Shi Yan claimed to be Cang Bo, distracting Yin Ci long enough for Samadhi True Fire to ignite inside him.
• Yin Ci tried to resist the Heart Fire by calming his mind, and Shi Yan observed that a stronger state of mind only weakened its burning.
• Shi Yan used Heavenly Punishment Divine Fire to intensify the flames, and Yin Ci died, leaving only a Storage Ring.
• Shi Yan concluded that Samadhi True Fire grew stronger with his own strength, collected the ring, and rushed after Xin Na.

Xin Na confronted Qing He, who tried to capture her but was overwhelmed by her Magnetic Lock and Saint-Class weapons. Shi Yan arrived, stripped Qing He of his treasures, and left him badly injured.

• Qing He recognized Xin Na and attacked her, but she shattered his giant hand and bound him with magnetic chains.
• Qing He activated his King Family Inner Armor and Golden Bowl to break the chains and threatened Xin Na with his clan’s reinforcements.
• Xin Na revealed her Dragon-style Set and raised her arms’ Cannon Muzzles, forcing Qing He to seek a truce.
• Shi Yan appeared behind Qing He, slapped him, took the Golden Bowl, and ripped off his inner armor.
• Shi Yan severed Qing He’s connection to his remaining treasures and seized his storage equipment.

Shi Yan killed Qing He and erased every trace of him, then lifted the Solar System’s spatial restrictions and raced toward Blue Star with Xin Na. The enemy spacecraft arrived above Baiyun City first, leaving the gathered defenders believing that all was lost.

• Shi Yan trapped Qing He in his evolved domain, mutilated him, and burned him away with the Great Yin True Fire and Samadhi True Fire when Qing He tried to self-detonate.
• Xin Na found no mark left by Qing He, and Shi Yan shattered the remaining ice shell before asking her to lift the Solar System’s spatial restrictions.
• Xin Na restored the Solar System’s space, and the sword-shaped spacecraft carrying Qing He’s forces turned and fled toward Blue Star.
• Shi Yan and Xin Na pursued the spacecraft while martial artists from across the world gathered above Baiyun City under Meng Xuan, Tu Mu, Alloy Emperor Ed, Cheng Batian, and Situ Yaoyang.
• The sword-shaped spacecraft emerged above Baiyun City, and the assembled defenders recognized it and feared defeat.