Chapter Summaries

Shi Yan agreed to help Heavenly Saber find its Saint Lord in the Green Lotus Secret Realm after Long Lu revealed she had severed her cultivation to enter. He returned to the gladiator arena to earn Martial Virtue Points, where a huge crowd gathered and two women arrived seeking him discreetly.

• Long Lu explained that the Heavenly Saber Saint Lord had severed her cultivation to enter the Green Lotus Secret Realm, a perilous choice that could cost her life.
• Shi Yan accepted Heavenly Saber's request to search for the Saint Lord, prioritizing Sen Liu's safety if trouble arose.
• Long Lu gave Shi Yan fifty million Source Crystals in advance and information about the Saint Lord and Heavenly Saber’s intelligence.
• Shi Yan left to prepare for the Green Lotus Secret Realm and earn Martial Virtue Points at the gladiator arena.
• News of Mie's return drew a massive crowd to the Heavenly Saber Gladiator Arena, and Lan Heng told Shi Yan that two women wanted to meet him without attracting attention.

Shi Yan met Sen Liu and Zhuo Xi, who urged him to avoid drawing attention before the secret realm expedition, but he persuaded them to show enough strength to deter challengers. Sen Liu then challenged Zhuo Xi to confront her fear of Cang Bo, prompting Zhuo Xi to awaken her swordsmanship during a clash with Shi Yan; the chapter ended with Zhuo Xi reaching the Ninth-Fold Sword Realm and offering to pay for the wrecked cultivation chamber.

• Sen Liu and Zhuo Xi visited Shi Yan to persuade him not to take part in the Gladiator Arena matches before entering the secret realm.
• Shi Yan argued that they should reveal enough of their abilities to frighten off challengers, and Sen Liu agreed to join the matches with him and Zhuo Xi.
• Sen Liu asked Zhuo Xi whether she had been afraid when Cang Bo hunted her, provoking Zhuo Xi's Sword Qi to erupt.
• Shi Yan sent Sen Liu out and served as Zhuo Xi's target as she unleashed her sword; their attacks collided and destroyed the cultivation chamber.
• Shi Yan discovered that Zhuo Xi had reached the Ninth-Fold Sword Realm, and Zhuo Xi thanked him for helping her break through and offered to pay for the damage.

Shi Yan secured Long Lu’s approval for Zhuo Xi and Sen Liu to join the Heavenly Saber Gladiator Arena, while Zhuo Xi’s feelings for Shi Yan surfaced during a private conversation with Sen Liu. Shi Yan then met Sen Bei, who had advanced from the King Realm to the Domain Source Realm in five years.

• Shi Yan claimed that he and Zhuo Xi had been sparring, then asked Long Lu to accept Zhuo Xi and Sen Liu as Heavenly Saber fighters.
• Long Lu welcomed Zhuo Xi and Sen Liu, agreed to pay them the same as Shi Yan, and sent Lan Heng to arrange their reception.
• Sen Liu teased Zhuo Xi about falling for Mie, and Zhuo Xi denied it before Sen Liu began explaining the Green Lotus Secret Realm.
• Shi Yan left the arena alone and met Sen Bei, who had reached a level near the second stage of the Domain Source Realm after five years of seclusion and advancement.

Sen Bei sought out Shi Yan to ask him to help his sister Sen Liu in the Green Lotus Secret Realm, giving him a map marked with traces of special blade rhyme. Shi Yan returned to the Heavenly Saber Gladiator Arena to prepare for his first match since coming back, where a provocative prodigy challenged his reputation.

• Sen Bei told Shi Yan that he had joined the Phantom Forest Tribe's defensive force after his setbacks and asked him to help Sen Liu during her final assessment in the Green Lotus Secret Realm.
• Sen Bei gave Shi Yan a map of the secret realm marked with locations where special blade rhyme remained, advising him that his saber style relied too much on raw power.
• Shi Yan returned to the Heavenly Saber Gladiator Arena, where Lan Heng welcomed him and Long Lu urged him to stay focused for his upcoming fights.
• Shi Yan found Sen Liu, Zhuo Xi, Aisha, Bing Wuchen, Lian Qi, and other prodigies gathered backstage at the arena.
• An unidentified young man questioned whether Shi Yan was the Mie said to be invincible in the Gladiator Arena.

Shi Yan confronted Lao Chen after Lao Chen insulted Sen Liu and challenged him over his secret-realm quota, but Long Lu stopped their fight with Heavenly Saber's Blood Saber. After Lao Chen invoked the challenger clause and Shi Yan accepted the provocation, Long Lu summoned Shi Yan and revealed that the Windchaser Tribe was using Lao Chen to build momentum.

• Lao Chen mocked Sen Liu and accused Shi Yan of taking a Phantom Forest Tribe secret-realm quota through underhanded means.
• Shi Yan provoked Lao Chen by revealing that Lao Family experts had died during their attack on Sky Demon Pavilion, and Lao Chen attacked him.
• Long Lu intervened with the Blood Saber, stopping Lao Chen before he could strike Shi Yan.
• Lao Chen invoked Heavenly Saber's challenger clause, and Shi Yan challenged him to earn fifty consecutive victories before facing him.
• Shi Yan defeated his arena opponent and met Long Lu, who explained that the Windchaser Tribe had enlisted the Lao Family to build momentum.

Shi Yan arrived at Sky Demon Pavilion with Lan Heng and discovered that the pavilion’s power had begun to show through its Saint attendants. After reuniting with Liya, he learned that a true supreme treasure was about to appear in the secret realm and resolved that he had to obtain it.

• As Shi Yan and Lan Heng arrived, Sky Demon Pavilion opened its gates, and Hu Yun'er welcomed them on the Pavilion Master’s behalf.
• Hu Yun'er led Shi Yan toward the main pavilion while Xue Ji escorted Lan Heng to the reception hall, where Deputy Pavilion Master Meng Xuan received him.
• Shi Yan reunited with Liya and spent half a day with her before asking Hu Yun'er to help her rest.
• Shi Yan learned from Liya that the secret-realm journey would be difficult and that a true supreme treasure was about to emerge.
• Shi Yan decided he had to obtain the treasure, even if that meant offending another large group of people.

Shi Yan learned that the Green Lotus Secret Realm contained the Nine-Turn Divine Cicada and decided to compete for its cast-off shells, despite expecting to make enemies of the other factions. As Lao Chen prepared to challenge him in the arena, You Feng ordered him to kill Mie and warned the Lao Family not to misuse the Windchaser Tribe’s name.

• Shi Yan returned to the Gladiator Arena with Lan Heng and told him that he and Shi Yan had discussed saber techniques and that Lan Heng need not fear the Lao Family.
• Lao Chen won the final challenge slot after Zhuo Xi conceded, then publicly vowed to tear Shi Yan into ten thousand pieces.
• Shi Yan told Long Lu that he would make Lao Chen pay, while privately resolving to compete for the Nine-Turn Divine Cicada’s cast-off shells for Liya.
• Lao Chen reported to You Feng that Mie had visited the Sky Demon Pavilion, and You Feng ordered him to follow the plan and kill Mie.
• You Feng warned Lao Chen that the Lao Family would be exterminated if it used the Windchaser Tribe’s name for its secret schemes, then wondered how many divine cicada cast-off shells Shi Yan had obtained.

Shi Yan faced Lao Chen in a no-rules arena duel as spectators and his companions watched. Shi Yan destroyed Lao Chen’s spear with his fused flames and launched a decisive saber strike, leaving Lao Chen’s survival uncertain.

• Liya and Meng Xuan discussed Shi Yan’s influence and how to keep others from holding back his growth in the Secret Realm.
• Zhuo Xi worried that Shi Yan might be targeted during or after the Secret Realm, while Sen Liu trusted his strength and noted that an Illusory Forest Clan ancestor would await them.
• Lao Chen opened the duel with a spear attack that covered the arena and aimed to kill Shi Yan immediately.
• Shi Yan’s fused yin and yang flames erased the spear shadows and shattered Lao Chen’s top-grade Spirit-Class spear, injuring him with the backlash.
• Shi Yan appeared before Lao Chen with a flame-shaped taiji symbol on his saber and challenged him to survive one strike.

After Mie killed Lao Chen with an eighth-layer Blade Domain, Shi Yan spent three days with his family before setting out for the Green Lotus Secret Realm. He boarded the Green Lotus Ship with Sen Liu, while his friends stayed behind on Molong Star.

• Mie unleashed an eighth-layer Blade Domain and destroyed Lao Chen along with his defensive treasures, drawing cheers from the arena and damaging the Windchaser Tribe's momentum.
• Shi Yan spent three days with his family and friends, then said farewell to Meng Xuan, Xin Na, and Little Gold before leaving for the secret realm.
• Shi Yan met Lan Heng, Long Lu, Sen Liu, and the others at the Heavenly Saber Gladiator Arena, where Sen Liu learned that Shi Yan was not going to the secret realm.
• Shi Yan and Sen Liu boarded the Saint-grade Green Lotus Ship, and Sen Liu warned him to be careful around Nether God Mountain, which controlled the ship.

Shi Yan and Sen Liu completed their verification and joined Zhuo Xi, Bing Wuchen, Aisha, and the shy array prodigy Shang Faqiong before the expedition launched. As the flying ship vanished into space, an Azure Scale Tribe agent and his followers prepared to pursue their scheme.

• Shi Yan and Sen Liu passed verification amid rumors about Shi Yan's victory over Lao Chen and the threat posed by You Yu's gathered experts.
• Zhuo Xi introduced Shang Faqiong, a socially anxious Shang Family array formation prodigy whom she was escorting into the secret realm.
• Shi Yan, Sen Liu, and their companions agreed on a rendezvous point before returning to their protective formations.
• A Saint Lord of Nether God Mountain ordered the flying ship to set sail, and it vanished into space.
• An Azure Scale Tribe agent and his followers watched the ship depart and set out to put their plan into action.

Shi Yan and the others endured repeated interstellar jumps aboard the Green Lotus Ship, which came under attack just before reaching the Green Lotus Secret Realm. The ship’s three Saint Lords were drawn into battle, leaving Shi Yan to warn that other enemies might still be aboard.

• Shi Yan noticed Shang Faqiong using a void array to cancel the teleportation force around her, and she blushed when she caught him watching.
• The Green Lotus Ship completed five jumps and stopped for a sixth time, leaving one final jump to the Green Lotus Secret Realm.
• A Space-Eating Branch shattered the ship’s protective barrier, and elder Jian Xun blocked it with a sinister mountain.
• Jian Xun and two other Saint Lords launched into the starry sky to fight the attackers, whom the passengers suspected were from Virtual God Tower.
• Shi Yan sensed that the three Saint Lords were occupied and warned everyone to watch out for more enemies.

Shi Yan and Shang Faqiong entered the Green Lotus Ship to find an enemy who had infiltrated it during an attack on the gathered geniuses. Shang Faqiong used the ship’s interlocking formations to locate the intruder, whom Shi Yan recognized as a member of the Azure Scale Tribe.

• Saints ambushed the geniuses aboard the Green Lotus Ship, killing over a hundred before the Saints of Nether God Mountain drove the attackers away from the ship.
• Shi Yan noticed another expert had secretly entered the ship and asked Shang Faqiong to help him get inside without being detected.
• Shang Faqiong agreed to help, and Zhuo Xi allowed her to accompany Shi Yan while she protected Sen Liu.
• Shi Yan and Shang Faqiong entered the ship, where Shi Yan used his Fire Eyes to examine its interlocking, beehive-like formation system.
• Shang Faqiong sensed the intruder through the formations and led Shi Yan to a stranger beside one of them.
• Shi Yan recognized the scales on the stranger’s hands as belonging to the Azure Scale Tribe.

Shi Yan uncovered the Azure Scale Tribe’s ambush aboard the flying ship and killed Qing Qisheng before the attack could trigger an explosion. After Shang Faqiong repaired the formation, Nether God Mountain drove back the remaining attackers and the ship set off again without casualties.

• Shi Yan recognized Qing Qisheng as an Azure Scale Tribe Saint and realized the ambush was meant to frame someone else.
• Qing Qisheng attacked Shi Yan, but Shi Yan broke his hand, took the Illusory Sky Shuttle, and revealed his thirteenth-realm body.
• Shi Yan froze Qing Qisheng from within and killed him, then took his Space Ring.
• Shang Faqiong inspected the formation and repaired the patterns the attackers had altered to trigger an energy-core explosion.
• Shi Yan and Shang Faqiong returned to the deck as Nether God Mountain’s experts drove back the attackers; the ship departed immediately with no one dead.

Shi Yan entered the Green Lotus Secret Realm after the Lotus Shardstone Formation opened its entrance, while Nether God Mountain’s elders discussed his role in killing the intruder and the Shang Family’s hidden genius. He arrived at Demon Rat Plain and prepared to test the Great Sun True Fire against the approaching beast tide.

• The Green Lotus Ship reached the rubble belt, and Sen Liu warned Shi Yan that its formation could attack even Saint Kings.
• Nether God Mountain’s three Saint Lords activated the lotus pedestal, forming an entrance that drew the token-holding geniuses into the secret realm.
• Afterward, the Saint Lords identified the Shang Family girl and Mie as likely allies in killing the intruder, and decided to recruit them and seek the Illusory Sky Shuttle.
• Shi Yan landed in the Azure Lotus True God’s still-vibrant Divine Kingdom and headed southwest toward the Mist Sea Stone Forest, where he had agreed to meet the others.
• Shi Yan recognized that he was in Demon Rat Plain and faced a huge tide of demonic rats, preparing to unleash the Great Sun True Fire.

Yang Tianzhao and Yang Tianyao found Demon Rat Plain transformed into a vast sea of lava, drawing powerful visitors who debated its cause. Liya drove You Yu away and stopped the Yang brothers to ask whether they had seen anyone before arriving.

• Yang Tianzhao and Yang Tianyao discovered that Demon Rat Plain had become a sea of lava and admitted they did not know how it happened.
• You Yu questioned the Yang brothers, then Xi Du arrived and challenged him to fight before Lin Qiaojing interrupted them.
• More geniuses gathered to investigate the lava, but none could determine who had created it.
• Liya arrived with a team from the Virtual God Towers and ordered You Yu to leave over his connection to Mie.
• You Yu fled, the other geniuses departed, and Liya stopped the Yang brothers to ask whether they had seen anyone there.

Shi Yan waited at the Mist Sea Stone Forest, where Sen Liu, Zhuo Xi, and Shang Faqiong eventually gathered with the Yang brothers. After the Yang brothers revealed that Shi Yan had destroyed the Demon Rat Plain’s demonic beasts and crossed several perilous regions, Sen Liu realized he had not merely survived the journey—he had slaughtered the beasts along the way.

• Shi Yan arrived at the Mist Sea Stone Forest, checked his Martial Virtue Points, and waited for the others.
• Sen Liu arrived and told Shi Yan that Nine-Cave Demon Bats had chased her before she escaped by using her mastery of the Path of Water.
• Shi Yan revealed he had traveled straight from the Demon Rat Plain, astonishing Sen Liu with his account of encountering and defeating demonic beasts along the route.
• Zhuo Xi brought Yang Tianzhao and Yang Tianyao to the group after catching them sneaking toward the stone forest.
• Sen Liu asked Shi Yan whether he could kill the Yang brothers without leaving a trace, and the brothers panicked when they recognized the flames associated with the Demon Rat Plain.
• Yang Tianzhao explained what they knew about Shi Yan, prompting Sen Liu to realize that Shi Yan had made the demonic beasts unable to escape with their lives.

Shi Yan led his six-person team through the Green Lotus Secret Realm, helping Shang Faqiong and the Yang brothers complete their missions before heading north with Sen Liu. There, they encountered the Heavenly Demon Tower’s massive team, whose demon beasts reacted fearfully to Shi Yan’s killing intent, and a furious man confronted him.

• Yang Tianzhao and Yang Tianyao joined Shi Yan’s team as partners, and Shi Yan retrieved and shared over a hundred Sand-Devouring Demon Insect eggs.
• Shi Yan led the team to complete Shang Faqiong’s mission, then agreed to help the Yang brothers before traveling north toward Azure Moon Lake and later south to the Whispering Forest.
• After a month of travel and conflicts with other teams, the Yang brothers completed their mission and thanked Shi Yan for helping them avoid injury and finish early.
• A huge flying ship carrying the Heavenly Demon Tower’s team and tens of thousands of demon beasts emerged from the ice and snow, and the beasts roared at Shi Yan’s group.
• Shi Yan stopped Zhuo Xi and Shang Faqiong from rushing into a fight, then faced a burly man and a woman who appeared before him; the man demanded to know why Shi Yan had disturbed their demon beasts.

Shi Yan, still using Mie's identity, met Tao Yaoyao and Xiong Bao while traveling through the secret realm and learned that the major forces sought the Nine-Turn Divine Cicada's cast-off shell. After three days of travel, his group reached their destination, where Shi Yan suspected someone had arrived before them.

• Tao Yaoyao apologized for Xiong Bao's accusation, while Shi Yan used burning demonic-beast fur to signal that he would not be intimidated.
• Tao Yaoyao explained to Xiong Bao that she had approached Mie to seek an ally for the struggle over the Nine-Turn Divine Cicada.
• Shi Yan reassured Zhuo Xi and told his companions that the major forces were interested in the Divine Cicada's cast-off shell.
• Sen Liu explained that the shell's danger would require the groups to join forces, and Shi Yan urged everyone to focus on their task.
• After three days of travel, Shi Yan's group reached their destination, and Shi Yan wondered whether someone had arrived first.

Shi Yan’s team arrived at Azure Moon Lake and interrupted a standoff between the Divine Forest Clan and the Demon Rhino Clan over a treasure. After Xi Du and Lin Qiaojing ignored him, Shi Yan attacked Xi Du, beat him into the lake, and turned to face Lin Qiaojing.

• Shi Yan led his team between the Divine Forest Clan and the Demon Rhino Clan as Lin Qiaojing and Xi Du argued over the treasure in Azure Moon Lake.
• Xi Du mistook Shi Yan’s group for hired helpers, and Lin Qiaojing mocked the idea that they could threaten her.
• After both leaders ignored him, Shi Yan suddenly attacked Xi Du and overpowered him in close combat.
• Shi Yan repeatedly smashed Xi Du into the ice before hurling him into Azure Moon Lake.
• Shi Yan appeared before Lin Qiaojing and told her it was her turn.

Shi Yan defeated Xi Du and Lin Qiaojing, then entered Azure Moon Lake and froze the Blackwater Demon Crocodiles. Xi Du and Lin Qiaojing returned to the shore and agreed to try to buy the treasure Shi Yan found beneath the lake.

• Shi Yan used the Ninefold Blade Domain to defeat Lin Qiaojing after throwing Xi Du into Azure Moon Lake.
• Xi Du and Lin Qiaojing emerged from the lake, warned their followers to flee, and escaped as the Blackwater Demon Crocodiles stirred beneath the water.
• Shi Yan told the Yang brothers to wait on shore, then froze a giant crocodile and spread ice across Azure Moon Lake, killing the crocodiles within it.
• Lin Qiaojing and Xi Du noticed the frozen lake and returned to ask where Shi Yan had gone.
• Xi Du and Lin Qiaojing waited on shore and agreed to join their resources to buy the treasure Shi Yan had found at the bottom of the lake.