Chapter Summaries

Three of the Divine Sword Sect’s top Heaven Ranking geniuses arrived in the Dragon Phoenix Heavenly Talent Ranking ruins. The chapter introduced Dugu Qingming, Yuwen Shengxin, and Lin Jiutian, leaving the three powerful newcomers poised to explore the dangerous ruins.

• The chapter explained that the ruins offered immense opportunities alongside the danger of being consumed by the remnants of Gods and Demons, and that superpowers sent their talents despite the risks.
• Dugu Qingming appeared, revealed as the Divine Sword Sect’s number one on the Heaven Ranking and the reincarnation of a Venerable Realm Expert and the Chaos Divine Axe Spirit.
• Yuwen Shengxin arrived beside Dugu Qingming, displaying her connection to Life, Time, and Space powers.
• Lin Jiutian appeared as the Divine Sword Sect’s Heaven Ranking monstrous genius, a reincarnation of the Chaos Soul-Slaying Sword spirit with a Chaos Indestructible God-Demon Sword Body.

Lin Jiutian led the Divine Sword Sect disciples into the Dragon Phoenix Heavenly Talent Ranking ruins and proposed claiming its strongest god and demon tombs. He left the group ready to announce their dominance and crush anyone who opposed them.

• Lin Jiutian compared the ruins to a novice village beside the Heavenly Tomb Garden where he had awakened and cultivated.
• Lin Jiutian assured Dugu Qingming, Yuwen Shengxin, and the other Divine Sword Sect disciples that their sect would decide the rankings.
• Lin Jiutian explained that his familiarity with god and demon auras would let him locate the tombs throughout the ruins.
• Lin Jiutian and Yuwen Shengxin persuaded the group to declare war on the other talents before searching for tombs.
• Lin Jiutian proposed reserving all tombs of Emperor Realm and stronger remains for the Divine Sword Sect and threatening to kill anyone who defied them.

Lin Jiutian proposed that the Divine Sword Sect claim every Emperor Realm and higher Gods and Demons Tomb in the relic, then searched for tombs and pushed the sect to the ranking’s top nine. The other geniuses learned of his declaration and the Divine Sword Sect’s overwhelming lead.

• Lin Jiutian proposed monopolizing all Gods and Demons Tombs above the Emperor Realm, leaving the lower-ranked tombs to the other geniuses, and Dugu Qingming approved the plan.
• Lin Jiutian announced across the relic that every tomb above the Emperor Realm belonged to the Divine Sword Sect and threatened anyone who searched for one.
• Lin Jiutian released his Spiritual Sense, absorbed lingering thoughts and aura from the Ancient Gods and Demons, and located nearly a hundred Emperor Realm and Venerable Realm tombs.
• Lin Jiutian took first place on the Dragon Phoenix Heavenly Talent Ranking, with Shi Qingxuan, Ye Jingyun, Ye Xuan, Li Shengnan, Tuoba Kun, Xiao Feng, Dugu Qingming, and Yuwen Shengxin filling the next eight spots.
• Geniuses across the relic reacted with shock to the Divine Sword Sect’s top-nine sweep and heard about Lin Jiutian’s declaration.

After Lin Jiutian’s declaration that the Divine Sword Sect would monopolize the high-level Gods and Demons Tombs, North City’s talents set out to confront them. As Lin Jiutian recovered with the other Divine Sword Sect talents, a powerful youth arrived in a golden war chariot, intending to seize their tombs and treasure.

• North City’s talents mocked Lin Jiutian’s declaration and began searching the ruin for the Divine Sword Sect.
• A domineering youth saw the ranking, ordered his Holy Sons and Saintesses to find Lin Jiutian’s group, and planned to take their tombs and treasure.
• Lin Jiutian recovered his Spiritual Sense while Gudu Qingming, Yuwen Shengxin, Shi Qingxuan, Ye Jingyun, Ye Xuan, Li Shengnan, Tuoba Kun, and Xiao Feng stood with him.
• Shi Qingxuan thought of Esteemed Sect Master and blushed as she focused on his image.
• A golden war chariot emerged from the void before Lin Jiutian’s group amid darkening skies and an overwhelming aura.

War God Hall’s Holy Son Lu Bu confronted Lin Jiutian and the Divine Sword Sect’s geniuses, demanding their treasure, tomb locations, and submission. Lin Jiutian rejected him and ordered Lu Bu to kowtow ten thousand times, leaving Lu Bu stunned.

• Lu Bu arrived in an ancient war chariot with War God Hall’s Holy Sons and Saintesses and introduced himself as its Holy Son.
• Lu Bu demanded that Lin Jiutian and the other Divine Sword Sect geniuses surrender their treasure, reveal the tombs they had found, and serve under him or face his force.
• Lin Jiutian and the others mocked Lu Bu’s demand and let their auras rise.
• Lin Jiutian told Lu Bu to kneel and kowtow ten thousand times, warning that one glance could turn him into a mist of blood.
• Lu Bu froze in astonishment at Lin Jiutian’s reply.

Lu Bu summoned the Peerless Divine Weapon War God Halberd and attacked Lin Jiutian and the others with a fire dragon. As Lin Jiutian prepared to retaliate, Ye Jingyun stepped forward and claimed the fight for himself, calling himself Ye Xuan.

• Lu Bu rejected an offer from another Holy Son and vowed to personally kill the Divine Sword Sect disciples.
• Lu Bu summoned the War God Halberd, a weapon ranked ninety-fourth on the Heaven and Earth Divine Weapon Ranking, and its power frightened his followers.
• Lu Bu swung the halberd and sent a blazing fire dragon diving toward Lin Jiutian and the others.
• The Holy Sons and Saintesses behind Lu Bu raised defensive divine arts against the fire dragon, while Dugu Qingming, Wenren Yin Mei, and the others remained composed.
• As Lin Jiutian prepared to act, Ye Jingyun stepped forward and declared that he would fight Lu Bu, introducing himself as Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan faced Lu Bu’s War God Halberd with the Flying Immortal Sword, while Lu Bu resolved to kill him and take the sword. As the halberd’s fire dragon attacked, Ye Xuan tried to seize it and turn it into a sword spirit.

• Ye Xuan revealed the Flying Immortal Sword and stood ready to meet the War God Halberd’s attack.
• Lu Bu recognized Ye Xuan’s sword, coveted it, and poured his energy into the War God Halberd to strengthen its fire dragon.
• Ye Xuan welcomed the approaching fire dragon and summoned the pale golden giant sword associated with his Heaven-Defying Sword Body Art.
• Ye Xuan formed a giant claw, seized the fire dragon, and forced it toward the giant sword to make it a sword spirit.
• Lu Bu was horrified when he realized Ye Xuan was trying to take the War God Halberd’s spirit for himself.

Ye Xuan fused the War God Halberd’s halberd spirit with the Flying Immortal Sword’s sword spirit, then killed Lu Bu and his accompanying prodigies with Nine Waves Through Eternity. He left the battle victorious with the fire dragon remnant spirit.

• Ye Xuan seized the War God Halberd’s fire dragon spirit and fused it with the Flying Immortal Sword’s sword spirit.
• Ye Xuan unleashed the fourth move of the Nine Heavens Sword Art, Nine Waves Through Eternity, against Lu Bu.
• The dragon-shaped Sword Qi destroyed Lu Bu, his Ancient War Chariot, and the Holy Sons and Saintesses accompanying him.
• Ye Xuan’s attack carved a thousand-zhang ravine through the earth.
• Lin Jiutian and the others congratulated Ye Xuan, who called the fire dragon remnant spirit an unexpected delight.

News that Ye Xuan had killed Lu Bu made the geniuses in the ruins fear the Divine Sword Sect and wonder how the War God Hall would retaliate. Meanwhile, Ouyang Ke of the hidden Demon God Sect began searching for an ancient Outer Realm Heavenly Demon to awaken, and he found a promising lead.

• Geniuses across the ruins learned that Ye Xuan had killed Lu Bu and grew wary of the Divine Sword Sect, recalling Lin Jiutian’s warning about claiming Ancient Gods and Demons Tombs Above Emperor Realm.
• Lin Jiutian continued searching for tombs and stayed first on the ranking, while Dugu Qingming defeated and captured Hu Wanwan, the Saintess of Goddess Island.
• Ouyang Ke, the Demon Son of the Demon God Sect, revealed that he had entered the ruins to find and awaken an ancient Outer Realm Heavenly Demon.
• Ouyang Ke dismissed the Divine Sword Sect’s nine leading geniuses and declared that he would claim first place on the ranking.
• Ouyang Ke sensed the ancient Outer Realm Heavenly Demon’s aura, fixed on its location, and vanished toward it as demonic energy distorted the surrounding void.

The Dragon Phoenix Heavenly Talent Ranking revealed that the Divine Sword Sect had swept the top nine places and that Ye Xuan had killed War God Hall Holy Son Lu Bu. As factions across the four cities feared a clash with the War God Hall, Hall Master Lu Buwei vowed to bathe the Divine Sword Sect in blood.

• The Dragon Phoenix Heavenly Talent Ranking placed Lin Jiutian first, Shi Qingxuan second, and other Divine Sword Sect members through ninth place.
• The ranking announced that Ye Xuan had killed Lu Bu, shocking the sects and factions gathered across the four great cities.
• Martial artists praised the Divine Sword Sect's dominance but predicted that the War God Hall Ancestor would destroy it in retaliation.
• Lu Buwei saw the ranking and learned that Lu Bu had been killed.
• Lu Buwei raged at the Divine Sword Sect and declared that it must be bathed in blood.

After Lu Bu was killed by a Divine Sword Sect disciple, Lu Buwei sought the War God Hall Ancestor’s help. The Ancestor emerged from seclusion as a Half-step Divine Being, ready to avenge the Holy Son.

• Lu Buwei considered the Divine Sword Sect’s strength but trusted that the War God Hall Ancestor could destroy it.
• Lu Buwei went to the forbidden ground, reported Lu Bu’s death and the Divine Sword Sect’s attacks, and begged the Ancestor to act.
• The Ancestor emerged amid overwhelming heavenly phenomena and condemned the Divine Sword Sect for killing the Holy Son.
• The gray-robed Ancestor transformed into a powerful figure radiating Divine Human aura, revealing himself as a Half-step Divine Being.
• Lu Buwei trembled beneath the Ancestor’s pressure and marveled at his terrifying strength.

Goddess Hu Jiuxian, the Divine Human Island Master of Goddess Island, learned that her disciple Hu Wanwan had been defeated and captured by Dugu Qingming of the Divine Sword Sect. Enraged, she set out for the Divine Sword Sect in North City.

• The War God Hall Ancestor headed toward the Divine Sword Sect in West City.
• Goddess Hu Jiuxian appeared above Goddess Island, revealing herself as a Divine Human at the initial stage of the Divine Human Realm.
• Hu Jiuxian saw the Dragon Phoenix Heavenly Talent Ranking report that Dugu Qingming had defeated and captured Hu Wanwan.
• Shocked and angered by her disciple’s capture, Hu Jiuxian vowed to confront the Divine Sword Sect.
• Hu Jiuxian stepped into the void and headed toward the Divine Sword Sect in North City.

Lin Feng watched the Divine Sword Sect's prodigies dominate the Dragon Phoenix Heavenly Talent Ranking ruins while the sect celebrated their success. Elsewhere in the ruins, Demon God Sect demon son Ouyang Ke appeared on a secret mission to find and awaken a slumbering Outer Realm Heavenly Demon.

• Lin Feng observed Dugu Qingming defeat Hu Wanwan, Ye Xuan kill Lu Bu, and Lin Jiutian and the others claim the top nine ranking positions.
• Lin Feng dismissed the War God Hall's potential retaliation and said his Yellow Springs Ghost Saber could deal with them.
• Divine Sword Sect elders and disciples celebrated their prodigies' dominance and anticipated the sect's growing fame.
• Lin Jiutian located hundreds of Ancient Gods and Demons Tombs above Emperor Realm, while his group intimidated challengers and monopolized access to them.
• Ouyang Ke entered the ruins under orders from the Demon God Sect Master to find and awaken a slumbering Outer Realm Heavenly Demon.

Ouyang Ke began using the Demon God Sect’s stolen blood essence to awaken the Outer Realm Heavenly Demon. Meanwhile, the War God Hall Ancestor arrived at the Divine Sword Sect and crushed its elders and disciples with his Half-step Divine Being pressure.

• Ouyang Ke found the place where an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon was buried and prepared to revive it.
• Ouyang Ke poured the blood essence of countless martial artists from the Demon Bottle onto the demonic land, causing its demonic qi to surge and a Demon God Phantom to form.
• The War God Hall Ancestor descended outside the Divine Sword Sect in a display of heavenly phenomena and declared that the sect would pay for killing the War God Hall Holy Son.
• The War God Hall Ancestor sent a crushing wave of pressure toward the Divine Sword Sect.
• The Divine Sword Sect’s Sect Protecting Grand Array weakened the pressure, but its elders and disciples still struggled to stand as they saw the War God Hall Ancestor overhead.

The War God Hall Ancestor arrived at the Divine Sword Sect to avenge Lu Bu, overwhelming the sect with his Half-step Divine Being aura. Wu Zhao and the Sky Devouring Goddess confronted him, while Lin Feng watched from the sect and let them take the lead.

• The War God Hall Ancestor appeared above the Sect Gate, and Jun Zhantian, Abbot Brahma, Nangong Mutian, and the others sensed his oppressive Half-step Divine Being aura.
• Wu Zhao and the Sky Devouring Goddess felt the intruder's arrival while comprehending the Heavenly God King inheritance, then decided to kill him to repay Lin Feng's kindness.
• Lin Feng recognized the visitor as likely the War God Hall Ancestor and chose to let Wu Zhao and the Sky Devouring Goddess handle him.
• Wu Zhao and the Sky Devouring Goddess emerged before the War God Hall Ancestor, who was surprised that two apparent God-Tier experts guarded the Divine Sword Sect.

The War God Hall Ancestor recognized Wu Zhao, the Female God, and the Sky Devouring Goddess, then learned they remembered him as a deserter from the God-Demon War. The two goddesses condemned him to execution, leaving him terrified by the Divine Sword Sect’s hidden strength.

• The War God Hall Ancestor dismissed the two women as mere suspected God-Tier Experts until he recognized them as Wu Zhao, the Female God, and the Sky Devouring Goddess.
• The War God Hall Ancestor flattered the goddesses and admitted he had lived through the God-Demon War.
• Wu Zhao, the Female God, recalled that the War God Hall Ancestor had deserted the war and called him a spy.
• The Sky Devouring Goddess condemned the War God Hall Ancestor to execution for deserting the war and violating the Divine Sword Sect’s authority.
• The War God Hall Ancestor denied being a spy and realized the Divine Sword Sect had a powerful Sect Master beyond the two goddesses.

The Sky Devouring Goddess condemned the War God Hall Ancestor for defying the Divine Sword Sect and revealed her full power as a Low-Tier Heavenly God. She summoned the Cold Moon Divine Sword and launched a devastating strike at him, leaving him terrified and with no way to escape.

• The War God Hall Ancestor pleaded that he was not a spy and said he had deserted because he wanted to survive.
• The Sky Devouring Goddess said that defying the Divine Sword Sect warranted death, while Wu Zhao, the Female God, mocked his Half-step Divine Being cultivation.
• The Sky Devouring Goddess summoned the Cold Moon Divine Sword, whose arrival filled the sky with sharp Sword Qi and golden light.
• The Sky Devouring Goddess revealed her Low-Tier Heavenly God aura and declared that she would use the War God Hall Ancestor's blood to christen her sword.
• The Sky Devouring Goddess sent a crescent-shaped Sword Qi at the War God Hall Ancestor, who recognized the attack had sealed the surrounding space and could not be evaded.

The Sky Devouring Goddess killed the War God Hall Ancestor with one strike, revealing her recovered Heavenly God strength. As she and Wu Zhao, the Female God prepared to return to their inheritance palace, a True God from Goddess Island appeared beyond the Divine Sword Sect.

• The Sky Devouring Goddess cut through the War God Hall Ancestor’s defenses and destroyed his body and soul with a single sword strike.
• The Sky Devouring Goddess refused the War God Hall Ancestor’s plea to submit, and Wu Zhao, the Female God praised her mastery of the Cold Moon Divine Sword.
• The Sky Devouring Goddess credited her progress to Lin Feng and the inheritance she obtained in the Heavenly Tomb Garden.
• Lin Feng sensed a True God approaching and suspected the newcomer was from Goddess Island, whose Saintess Hu Wanwan had been captured by Dugu Qingming.
• The Sky Devouring Goddess and Wu Zhao, the Female God noticed the arrival as auspicious clouds, golden light, and Dao charm filled the sky.

Goddess Hu Jiuxian appeared before the Divine Sword Sect and revealed that her supposed Divine Human Realm was an illusion masking her true Mid-Tier Heavenly God strength. She recognized the Sky Devouring Goddess and Wu Zhao, and her old rivalry with the Sky Devouring Goddess immediately reignited.

• Goddess Hu Jiuxian arrived in a spectacle of divine phenomena and turned her gaze toward the Divine Sword Sect.
• Hu Jiuxian and Wu Zhao recognized each other, while the Sky Devouring Goddess watched Hu Jiuxian with a cold, piercing stare.
• Hu Jiuxian raised her aura to the Mid-Tier Heavenly God Realm and clashed gazes with the Sky Devouring Goddess, revealing that her Divine Human Realm appearance was an illusion.
• Wu Zhao recalled that Hu Jiuxian and the Sky Devouring Goddess had been rivals and kindred spirits since ancient times.
• Hu Jiuxian mocked the Sky Devouring Goddess for surviving the Ancient Gods and Demons War, and the Sky Devouring Goddess replied that she had slept in the ruins until she recently awakened.

The Sky Devouring Goddess and Goddess Hu Jiuxian argued over their strength, with the Sky Devouring Goddess claiming she had gained a great opportunity by joining the Divine Sword Sect. Hu Jiuxian learned that Wu Zhao had joined too and was left wondering who the sect’s master was.

• The Sky Devouring Goddess mocked Goddess Hu Jiuxian for boasting about reaching the Mid-Tier Heavenly God Realm.
• Goddess Hu Jiuxian dismissed the Sky Devouring Goddess’s claims that she could soon reach the Heavenly God King Realm as an obvious lie.
• The Sky Devouring Goddess declared that she had joined the Divine Sword Sect as a peak head and its second Sect Protecting Elder.
• Goddess Hu Jiuxian discovered that Wu Zhao had also joined the Divine Sword Sect and brought the Sky Devouring Goddess into it.
• Goddess Hu Jiuxian sensed that Wu Zhao and the Sky Devouring Goddess revered the sect master and wondered who he was.