Chapter Summaries

Su Ye discovered that his perfected Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Breathing Meditation Technique revealed the locations of nine Extreme Bones, which he expected to temper before entering the Blood Nourishing Realm. He entered the Sea of Thorns Secret Realm with the other Heavenly Chosen, intending to seek the Blood Sea, while the gathered True Bone experts began betting on who would succeed.

• Su Ye used the nine lights in the Black-White Spirit Figure to locate his Extreme Bones and calculated that he could temper all nine in just over a month.
• Six True Bone experts gathered with thirty-six Heavenly Chosen and warned them that the Sea of Thorns Secret Realm would stay open for no more than three days.
• The Heavenly Chosen focused on finding Spirit Splitting Grass, while many regarded Huang He and Su Ling as serious rivals and mocked Su Ye.
• Su Ye sensed killing intent and malice from Huang He, then entered the Sea of Thorns Secret Realm with the other thirty-five Heavenly Chosen.
• As the True Bone experts discussed their bets, one person staked a True Bone Pill and three Origin Power Weapons on Su Ye.

Xu Yong backed Su Ye in the contest, while the Heavenly Chosen entered the Sea of Thorns Secret Realm to search for the Spirit Splitting Grass. After discovering a connection to the Boundary Sea, Su Ye was ambushed by Huang He, but swiftly severed his arm and demanded an explanation.

• Xu Yong confidently wagered a True Bone Pill and three Origin Power Weapons on Su Ye.
• The thirty-six Heavenly Chosen emerged on an island in the Sea of Thorns Secret Realm and set off separately.
• Su Ye sensed the Blood Sea and a mysterious call to enter the Boundary Sea, then continued searching for the Spirit Splitting Grass.
• Su Ye killed an ancient-bloodline Demon Beast and revealed that he had sensed Huang He following him.
• Huang He drew his sword and threatened to kill Su Ye, while Luo Ting arrived and tried to protect him.
• Su Ye crossed the distance between them and severed Huang He's arm with a single slash, then asked why Huang He had targeted him.

Su Ye defeated Huang He’s two Secret Martial Arts with effortless swordsmanship and killed him after learning the Chen Family had ordered the attack. Luo Ting realized Su Ye had reached Ninety-nine Martial Bones and far surpassed her, while Su Ye thanked her for trying to help.

• Su Ye severed Huang He’s arm, then caught and broke Huang He’s Moon Gazing sword strike between two fingers.
• Huang He used Myriad Phenomena Chaotic Heaven Palm, but Su Ye cut off his other arm and demanded to know who had sent him.
• Huang He blamed the Chen Family and begged Su Ye to spare him, but Su Ye killed him with a stroke of Gui Shi.
• Luo Ting questioned Su Ye for killing Huang He, and Su Ye said it was normal to kill someone who had tried to kill him.
• Su Ye thanked Luo Ting for helping him, leaving her embarrassed as she realized he had defeated Huang He with two sword strikes.

Su Ling discovered Huang He’s beheading and suspected Luo Ting’s involvement but left without learning the killer’s identity, while four intelligent Blood Nourishing Demon Beasts plotted to lure and kill the Heavenly Chosen. Outside the Mystic Realm, Sun Siyuan claimed Zhang Tan had only a month or two to live, recruited Chen Kai, and spread the news across Tiandong Province.

• Su Ling found Huang He’s severed head, recognized traces of Luo Ting’s throwing knives and Sword Qi, briefly suspected Su Ye, then left wary of the unknown killer.
• The Black Fierce Tiger and three other Blood Nourishing Demon Beasts discussed their plan to use the ripening Spirit Splitting Grass to draw in the Heavenly Chosen and sacrifice them to escape the Mystic Realm.
• The Spirit Splitting Grass’s fragrance spread across the island, and the Heavenly Chosen rushed toward its source.
• Sun Siyuan told the Chen Family Patriarch that Zhang Tan had only a month or two to live and asked the family to help him become Tiandong Province’s foremost Spirit-grade Alchemist.
• Sun Siyuan agreed to take Chen Kai as his disciple, and news of Zhang Tan’s imminent death spread across Tiandong Province.

News that Zhang Tan had only two months to live spread, prompting the Lin and Su Families to reconsider their ties to Su Ye and fear that his inheritance would attract powerful enemies. In the Sea of Thorns Secret Realm, Heavenly Chosen gathered around four Spirit Splitting Grass plants and debated eliminating two cities before Su Ye arrived with a girl chasing after him.

• Rumors about Zhang Tan's impending death spread across the forums, and a Spirit-grade Alchemist left a visit with Zhang Tan looking grim.
• Lin Yue told Lin Qingyue the news, while the Lin Family's chief steward expected Su Ye to lose protection and become a target for his inheritance.
• Su Li refused the Su Family elders' request to bring Su Ye back, arguing that his legacy would draw dangerous enemies to the family.
• Nearly thirty Heavenly Chosen gathered around four Spirit Splitting Grass plants in the Sea of Thorns Secret Realm and hesitated to make a move.
• A fan-wielding young man proposed eliminating Shenyun City and Haihuang City so the remaining four cities could claim one plant each, and the gathered Heavenly Chosen agreed.
• Su Ye arrived as a twin-ponytailed girl hurried after him and called for him to wait.

Su Ye walked toward the Spirit Splitting Grass despite the gathered Heavenly Chosen and defeated six attackers with his Sword Qi and Sword Momentum. He claimed the grass while the others stood in stunned silence.

• Su Ling challenged Qin Cai for excluding Shenyun City and Haihuang City from the Spirit Splitting Grass distribution.
• Su Ling suspected Su Ye might be connected to Huang He's death but dismissed the possibility that Su Ye could be strong enough.
• Su Ye calmly approached the Spirit Splitting Grass, prompting six Heavenly Chosen to attack him at once.
• Su Ye unleashed Sword Qi imbued with Sword Momentum, forcing all six attackers back and cutting them.
• Su Ye announced that he would take the Spirit Splitting Grass, and none of the Heavenly Chosen dared respond.

Su Ye stunned the gathered Heavenly Chosen by revealing his overwhelming swordsmanship and claiming a Spirit Splitting Grass. When Qin Cai rallied the others to challenge him for the remaining grass, Su Ye invited them to attack.

• Su Ye's sword strike drove back six Heavenly Chosen and revealed that he had tempered ninety-nine Martial Bones and mastered Sword Momentum.
• The gathered Heavenly Chosen realized they had underestimated Su Ye, while Su Ling was shaken by the knowledge that Su Ye had killed Huang He.
• Su Ye put away a Spirit Splitting Grass, and Qin Cai accused him of trying to claim all four.
• Su Ye wounded Qin Cai with one sword strike, breaking through his Tai Chi Round Sword and revealing Qin Cai's ninety-nine Martial Bones.
• Qin Cai rallied the gathered Heavenly Chosen to attack Su Ye together and demand the Spirit Splitting Grass, and Su Ye told them to make their move.

Su Ye saved Qin Cai from a Three-Eyed Blood Horse, but four Blood Nourishing Demon Beasts and nearly a hundred Bone Tempering beasts surrounded the human Heavenly Chosen. As the demons gathered more forces, Su Ye charged the Black Fierce Tiger and promised to clear a path for the others.

• Ye Xingli and Luo Ting joined Su Ye, while Su Ling stayed silent.
• Su Ye stopped the Three-Eyed Blood Horse from crushing the wounded Qin Cai, then told the Heavenly Chosen to fall back.
• Four Blood Nourishing Demon Beasts and nearly a hundred Bone Tempering Demon Beasts surrounded the humans, revealing an ambush tied to the Spirit Splitting Grass.
• Su Ye warned that more Demon Beasts were gathering and told Ye Xingli and Luo Ting to follow him.
• Su Ye charged the Black Fierce Tiger with Vast Sea to clear a way out.

Su Ye led the Heavenly Chosen’s escape by cutting through the Demon Beasts and then held back the combined attacks of four Blood Nourishing beasts. The others were left stunned by his strength, and Qin Cai realized he might be powerful enough to kill them all.

• Su Ye attacked the Black Fierce Tiger and severed part of its tooth with his sword.
• Su Ye released Three Limits and carved a path through the Bone Tempering Demon Beasts, while Su Ling used his True Bone Divine Ability to stop a python.
• The Heavenly Chosen joined Su Ye’s advance and began breaking out through the path he had opened.
• The four Blood Nourishing Demon Beasts unleashed their strongest attacks to stop the escape.
• Su Ye used Six Limits and Blood Sea, Rise and Fall to block all four attacks, staggering back with blood at his mouth.
• Qin Cai realized Su Ye might be strong enough to kill every one of them.

Su Ye held off four Blood Nourishing Demon Beasts so the Heavenly Chosen could flee, then used the life-or-death battle to seek a breakthrough to Sword Soul. He was forced toward the original cave, where he found the others unable to pass through a strange red shield around the Space Tunnel.

• Su Ye fought the four Blood Nourishing Demon Beasts and opened a path for the Heavenly Chosen to escape toward the original cave.
• Su Ye activated the Sixth Limit and sensed an opportunity to break through to Sword Soul as he fought with his eyes closed.
• The Demon Beasts recognized that Su Ye was exploiting flaws in their teamwork and deliberately drove him toward the cave.
• After half an hour, Su Ye heard the Heavenly Chosen shouting that they could not break through a strange red shield around the Space Tunnel.
• Su Ye opened his eyes and saw Ye Xingli, Luo Ting, and the other Heavenly Chosen attacking the shield in desperation.

Thirty-four Heavenly Chosen failed to break the Fortune Seizing Blood Suppressing Ritual until Su Ye combined their attacks with his sword, reaching the Sword Soul Realm. His strike shattered the barrier and thwarted the four Blood Nourishing demons’ plan, saving the prodigies of six cities.

• The Heavenly Chosen learned that the altar barrier required a single strike comparable to a Blood Nourishing Peak attack, and despair spread among them.
• Su Ye urged everyone to unleash their strongest attacks, and the Heavenly Chosen poured their power into the barrier.
• Su Ye used his Spiritual Seed’s balance trait to draw the attacks together and merge them into one strike.
• Su Ye comprehended the Sword Soul Realm and directed the combined attack at the altar’s weakest point.
• Su Ye’s sword shattered the blood-red barrier, ruining the demons’ decade-long plan and saving the Heavenly Chosen.

Su Ye broke through to the Sword Soul Realm, destroyed the Ritual Altar’s barrier, and held off the Demon Beasts so the Heavenly Chosen could escape. As they returned through the Space Tunnel, the city fighters outside saw someone emerge much earlier than expected.

• Su Ye’s Sword Soul strike stopped the four Blood Nourishing Demon Beasts, and Qin Cai and more than thirty Heavenly Chosen promised to repay their life debts to him.
• Su Ye stayed behind to fight while the others entered the cave and returned through the Space Tunnel, entrusting the Spirit Splitting Grass to Ye Xingli.
• Su Ye unleashed his sword techniques against the four Blood Nourishing Demon Beasts and more than a hundred Bone Tempering Demon Beasts, wounding them with each strike.
• Outside, the True Bone fighters from the six cities noticed the Space Tunnel fluctuating and wondered which city’s Heavenly Chosen had returned so soon.

The Heavenly Chosen emerged from the Mystic Realm battered, with Ye Xingli carrying the Spirit Splitting Grass and claiming it belonged to Su Ye. The Space Tunnel collapsed before Su Ye appeared, and Chen Huan mocked his apparent death, provoking all thirty-four Heavenly Chosen to attack him.

• The Chen Family's chief steward and Chen Huan arrived to seek the Spirit Splitting Grass, while Qin Cai and the other wounded Heavenly Chosen began emerging from the Space Tunnel.
• Ye Xingli came out holding four stalks of Spirit Splitting Grass, and Chen Huan tried to arrange an exchange with her.
• Ye Xingli said the Spirit Splitting Grass belonged to Su Ye and refused to trade it.
• The Space Tunnel began collapsing three days early, and Xu Yong and the others realized Su Ye had not come out.
• The tunnel vanished, and Chen Huan mocked Su Ye for apparently not returning.
• All thirty-four Heavenly Chosen turned on Chen Huan and unleashed their attacks.

After the Sea of Thorns Secret Realm collapsed, the surviving prodigies revealed that Su Ye had fought four Blood Nourishing Realm Demon Beasts and destroyed the ritual that threatened them. Su Ye had stayed behind alone, and Xu Yong could only hope he would survive as the prodigies’ account spread across Shenyun City and Tiandong Province.

• Chief Steward Chen attacked the prodigies who had struck Chen Huan, but Xu Yong and five other True Bone Martial Artists intervened and stopped him.
• Luo Ting explained that a Heavenly Demon Cult follower had helped a Demon Beast reach the Blood Nourishing Realm and established a Fortune Seizing Blood Suppressing Ritual.
• Qin Cai said Su Ye had tempered ninety-nine martial bones, fought four Blood Nourishing Realm Demon Beasts, and destroyed the ritual after comprehending the Sword Soul Realm and gathering the prodigies’ strength.
• Luo Ting revealed that Su Ye had stayed behind alone to hold off the Demon Beasts, leaving the prodigies guilt-ridden and Xu Yong hoping he could return.
• Chief Steward Chen decided not to take the Spirit Splitting Grass from Ye Xingli, and news of Su Ye’s feat surged online across Shenyun City and Tiandong Province.

News of Su Ye’s astonishing martial performance spread across Tiandong Province, though people believed he had died in the Mystic Realm. At the Chen Family estate, Chen Kuangdao revealed his formidable abilities and vowed he could kill Su Ye in ten strikes if he returned.

• Evidence and responses from the factions confirmed that Su Ye had fought above his realm and saved the Prodigies of Six Cities from a hundred Demon Beasts, including four at the Blood Nourishing Initial Stage.
• People across Tiandong Province celebrated Su Ye’s talent but mourned him, believing he had died in the Mystic Realm.
• The Chen Family Patriarch decided not to pursue the Spirit Splitting Grass because confronting Master Zhang Tan could be dangerous.
• Chen Kuangdao revealed that he had comprehended Blade Soul intent, tempered three Extreme Bones, possessed the Mad Saber Battle Body, and fully resonated with the Spirit Artifact Flowing Water.
• Chen Kuangdao declared that he could cut Su Ye down in ten strikes if he returned, then set his sights on challenging the Xiao Family’s young master from Kyoto.

After Su Ye’s achievements shook both families, Su Ling awakened a Supreme Bone and gained the chance to train at Nine Heavens University, while Lin Qingyue reaffirmed her choice of him. In the Sea of Thorns Secret Realm, Su Ye invoked the Blood Sea’s power and appeared in an astonishing new place as his Manifestation Talisman began to change.

• Lin Yue tried to turn Lin Qingyue’s thoughts from Su Ye toward the visiting Kyoto prodigy Xiao Yuliang, whose talent included five tempered Extreme Bones.
• Su Ling revealed that his True Bone had transformed into a Supreme Bone, and Su Li decided to send him to Nine Heavens University using an ancestor’s jade token.
• Lin Yue agreed to make the Lin Family’s resources available to Su Ling, and Lin Qingyue became convinced she had chosen the right fiancé.
• Su Ye, exhausted after fighting four Blood Nourishing Demon Beasts, activated the Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Breathing Meditation Technique and drew down a beam of blood-red light.
• The Demon Beasts sensed an ancient guardian legend as Su Ye vanished into a new place, where his Manifestation Talisman began glowing purple and changing.

Su Ye was drawn into a mysterious blood-sea realm, where a remnant called Senior Brother Luo recognized him as a Nine Extremes Inheritor. Senior Brother Luo began passing on the Nine Extremes inheritance, and Su Ye received the unranked Nine Extremes God-Connecting Sword.

• Su Ye sensed that the Manifestation Talisman was absorbing a substance from the Sea of Blood Water and would develop a third trait in about a month.
• Su Ye found himself on a purple jade passage above an endless blood sea, where a throne emerged from the churning waters.
• A hazy man on the throne called Su Ye the Nine Extremes Inheritor and assessed his cultivation and abilities.
• The man identified himself as Senior Brother Luo, a remnant image accepting disciples on his master's behalf, and explained that the Nine Extremes inheritance was one art, one sword, and one heart.
• Senior Brother Luo touched Su Ye's forehead and passed information into his Sea of Consciousness, revealing the sword technique's name as Nine Extremes God-Connecting Sword.
• Su Ye was shocked to discover that Nine Extremes God-Connecting Sword was an unranked martial technique.

Su Ye learned that the Nine Extremes God-Connecting Sword could grow without limit and recognized it as a perfect fit for his Manifestation Talisman. He used a Law Reflection point to master it instantly, shocking Senior Brother Luo and transforming Gui Shi.

• Su Ye realized the Nine Extremes God-Connecting Sword’s nine forms could grow in power without limit, compensating for his disadvantage in secret martial arts.
• Senior Brother Luo told Su Ye to master the sword within the Boundary Array Land, warning that leaving before aligning the Nine Extremes would mean death.
• Su Ye spent one Law Reflection point to grasp the basics of the Nine Extremes God-Connecting Sword.
• Su Ye performed all nine sword forms, from Timely Rain to God-Connecting, as Senior Brother Luo watched in shock.
• Gui Shi transformed as Su Ye completed the Nine Extremes God-Connecting Sword and the Level Eight Return to the World Sword.

Su Ye mastered the basics of the Nine Extremes God-Connecting Sword and learned that Senior Brother Luo was withholding answers about the Nine Extremes Master and the Blood Sea. While Su Ye stayed in the Blood Sea to train, Xu Yong told Zhang Tan that Su Ye was trapped in the Mystic Realm, and both men feared he would not return.

• Su Ye grasped the basics of the Nine Extremes God-Connecting Sword almost instantly, shocking Senior Brother Luo.
• Senior Brother Luo identified their teacher as the Nine Extremes Master, called himself a Sinner, and said he could not reveal more until Su Ye's cultivation improved.
• Su Ye agreed to practice the sword art with Senior Brother Luo for a month while tempering his Extreme Bone and allowing the Manifestation Talisman to transform.
• Xu Yong returned to Shenyun City and told Master Zhang Tan that Su Ye was trapped in the Mystic Realm and might have reached the Blood Sea.
• Zhang Tan, believing Su Ye unlikely to escape, decided to leave his inheritance in Jade Slips rather than seek another Disciple of Inheritance.
• Xu Yong concealed Su Ye's situation from his parents by claiming he was on a confidential official mission, but Su Ye still did not return as the days passed.

As the Heavenly Pride Soaring Cloud Ranking drew near, prodigies from across the Eastern Four Provinces surfaced, and Chen Kuangdao became a leading favorite for the championship. In Shenyun City, Sun Taiqing challenged Tiandong Province’s heavenly prides and invited Su Ye to face him if he returned from the secret realm.

• Heavenly Pride Prodigies from nearly two hundred cities across the Eastern Four Provinces gained attention as competition for the ranking intensified.
• People in a Shenyun City teahouse discussed top contenders, praising Chen Kuangdao’s Blade Intent, Mad Saber Battle Body, and rumored five Extreme Bones.
• A patron dismissed reports of Su Ye’s accomplishments, angering the teahouse patrons.
• Sun Taiqing demonstrated Blade Intent and four Extreme Bones, identifying himself as the second-ranked prodigy of Hanlan Province’s provincial capital.
• Sun Taiqing criticized Su Ling for avoiding a fight and challenged Tiandong Province’s heavenly prides to come face him in Shenyun City.
• Sun Taiqing taunted Su Ye, saying he should come test how many of Sun Taiqing’s slashes he could withstand if he returned from the secret realm.