Chapter Summaries

Su Ye stunned the crowd by overwhelming six prodigies with one sword strike, then appeared to reach the legendary ninth Extreme Bone and an invincible sword heart. He severed both breakthroughs and asked the defeated prodigies whether that was their limit.

• Su Ye crushed the six prodigies' combined martial techniques with one sword strike, shocking the crowd and leaving Su Ling, Xiao Yuliang, and the others stunned.
• Zhang Yuan and students at Shenyun First High School celebrated Su Ye, while Sun Taiqing, Su Li, and Lin Qingyue were shaken by his strength.
• As the crowd's martial momentum gathered around him, Su Ye revealed flawless Bone Tempering with Eight Extreme Bones and began approaching a ninth Extreme Bone and an invincible sword heart.
• Su Ye withdrew his aura and severed his own invincible sword heart and ninth Extreme Bone, leaving the spectators and six prodigies horrified.
• Su Ye calmly asked the six prodigies whether their combined strength was their limit, and his disappointment sent the crowd into an uproar.

As Su Ye’s battle with Xiao Yuliang and the other five left him disappointed, Xiao Yuliang’s Domain Void Stone was activated to summon Xiao Yuan, Kyoto’s strongest prodigy. The announcement drew tens of millions of viewers, who waited for the coming showdown between Xiao Yuan and Su Ye.

• Su Ye’s ninth Nine Extremes Bone and Invincible Sword Heart left him disappointed, prompting a vice principal to say he intended to undergo Ultimate Ascension.
• A Domain Void Stone emerged from Xiao Yuliang and shone, surprising the spectators and Tong Ruoxian.
• Tong Ruoxian explained that the stone was a rare teleportation artifact created by Jingkong Supreme.
• A True Bone instructor told Xiao Yuliang that Xiao Yuan had ordered him to activate the stone with Martial God Blood and said he was coming.
• News of Xiao Yuan’s arrival spread, and online viewership surged as people anticipated his battle with Su Ye.

Xiao Yuan arrived through the Domain Void Stone after Xiao Yuliang summoned him, drawing Zhang Wudao into the gathering as well. Xiao Yuan effortlessly defeated Zhang Wudao, then faced Su Ye, and the two prepared to begin their long-awaited fight.

• Xiao Yuliang used Martial God Blood and the Domain Void Stone to summon Xiao Yuan.
• Zhang Wudao emerged from the spatial ripples and challenged Xiao Yuan, revealing his Nine Extremes Bones and Sword Spirit Sacred Body.
• Xiao Yuan stopped Zhang Wudao's sword with a word and knocked him back, exposing the power of his flawless Eight Extreme Bones.
• Xiao Yuan asked Su Ye if his display was enough to qualify for a fight, and Su Ye agreed.
• Xiao Yuan and Su Ye faced each other as the online audience surged past eighty million.

Xiao Yuan and Su Ye fought in the arena, revealing that both possessed spiritual power beyond God-Opening and strength far beyond their Bone Tempering realm. Their battle drove them to attempt condensing their ninth Flawless Extreme Bone, while viewership surpassed one hundred million.

• Xiao Yuliang, Zhang Wudao, and the other heavenly prides withdrew as Xiao Yuan's aura made clear that he had surpassed them.
• Xiao Yuan used his Six Paths Body to unleash overwhelming spiritual power against Su Ye, who answered with his own near-Supreme-level spiritual power.
• Xiao Yuan invoked the Asura Path and clashed with Su Ye's released Six Limits, and the two exchanged more than a hundred moves.
• Su Ye and Xiao Yuan recognized that they had both been waiting for Ultimate Ascension and intensified their battle as the online viewership neared one hundred million.
• Su Ye and Xiao Yuan simultaneously began condensing their ninth Flawless Extreme Bones in battle, and viewership surpassed one hundred million.

Su Ye and Xiao Yuan condensed flawless ninth Extreme Bones and Dao Hearts while fighting, then clashed with heaven-sent lightning and Xiao Yuan’s borrowed endowments. After Su Ye fell half a step behind, he activated Derivative Law Breaking Limits and prepared to take another step as dark clouds gathered again.

• Su Ye and Xiao Yuan completed their ninth Extreme Bones and condensed Dao Hearts, provoking dark clouds and astonishment across Long Hua.
• Xiao Yuan dispersed the divine lightning with his Heavenly Path, while Su Ye shattered his bolt with Sword Two, Lightning Flicker.
• Xiao Yuan borrowed Zhang Wudao, Xiao Yuliang, Chen Kuangdao, and Su Ling’s endowments, then attacked Su Ye with their techniques and secret weapons.
• Su Ye used Sword Five, Yin-Yang to withstand Xiao Yuan’s attacks but retreated half a step, leaving Xiao Yuan convinced he had the advantage.
• Su Ye activated Derivative Law Breaking Limits and declared he would take another step as dark clouds gathered overhead.

Su Ye broke past the Nine Extreme Bones limit and opened a new path in martial cultivation by forming a Tenth Extreme Bone, the Qi Bone. His God-Connecting sword strike forced Xiao Yuan back, leaving the crowd and martial world stunned.

• Su Ye took a step beyond the Nine Extreme Bones and formed the Tenth Extreme Bone, while Senior Brother Luo recognized it as the method his master had failed to perfect.
• Heaven and Earth transformed the divine lightning into a blessing, and Su Ye condensed a sword-shaped Qi Bone that resonated with his other bones.
• Gui Shi broke through into the ranks of Spirit Artifacts as Su Ye prepared to test his sword against Xiao Yuan.
• Su Ye used Sword Nine, God-Connecting, and Xiao Yuan answered with the Martial God Skill Six Paths Heavenly Halberd.
• Su Ye's sword forced Xiao Yuan back three steps, making him the first peer of the same age and realm to do so.

Su Ye’s battle with Xiao Yuan made him a celebrated martial dao pioneer, but the Domain Void Stone broke before they could decide a victor. Xiao Yuan departed after inviting Su Ye to meet him in three months, while the Five Great Top Universities rushed to recruit Su Ye.

• Su Ye’s feat of opening a path for humanity’s martial dao stunned the spectators and left the other prodigies despairing at the gap between them.
• Xiao Yuan began fully opening his Six Paths so he could fight Su Ye at full strength, despite the risk of damaging his cultivation foundation.
• The Domain Void Stone cracked, and Xiao Yuan invited Su Ye to drink and discuss the Dao at Kyoto’s Dao Discussion Restaurant in three months.
• Su Ye accepted Xiao Yuan’s invitation, and the spatial power pulled Xiao Yuan away before the battle could reach a victor.
• The Five Great Top Universities ordered urgent recruitment efforts and authorized offers that could exceed Xiao Yuan’s conditions.

After Su Ye stunned the nation by pioneering a path in the Bone Tempering Realm, Qin Hanxing and Zhang Tan revealed that they owed their breakthroughs to a benefactor. They invited Su Ye to attend Qin Hanxing’s Supreme Banquet five days later.

• Tong Ruoxian interviewed Su Ye, who called Xiao Yuan a decent opponent and said he would attend their drinking appointment in three months.
• Su Ye dismissed his achievement of surpassing the Tenth Extreme Bone as nothing.
• Qin Hanxing manifested his Supreme Dharma Body and announced that he had reached the Supreme Realm after meeting his benefactor.
• Zhang Tan revealed that his benefactor’s new method had let him open a path for alchemists and that he had broken through into the God-Opening Realm.
• Qin Hanxing and Zhang Tan invited Su Ye to Qin Hanxing’s Supreme Banquet five days later.

Su Ye was revealed as the benefactor behind Qin Hanxing’s breakthrough and Zhang Tan’s new alchemy method, and Qin Hanxing announced that Su Ye would attend his Supreme Banquet in five days. The announcement drew attention away from Su Ling and Lin Qingyue’s engagement banquet, leaving Lin Qingyue overwhelmed with regret over breaking off her engagement with Su Ye.

• Su Ye credited Zhang Tan and Qin Hanxing for their own achievements, then agreed to attend Qin Hanxing’s Supreme Banquet in five days.
• Qin Hanxing protected Su Ye from visitors by announcing that he would enter seclusion before the banquet.
• Tong Ruoxian promised to livestream Su Ye’s story and the upcoming Supreme Banquet, drawing viewers’ attention to the event.
• Su Li, Lin Yue, and Lin Qingyue realized that the Supreme Banquet would overshadow their planned engagement banquet for Su Ling and Lin Qingyue.
• Lin Qingyue collapsed and wondered whether breaking off her engagement with Su Ye had been a mistake.

Su Ye showed Zhang Tan and Qin Hanxing his Tenth Extreme Bone and explained the conditions needed to form it, then chose to publicly reveal the method despite the risk of strengthening his rivals. He agreed to lecture on the Tenth Extreme Bone and two simplified techniques at the Supreme Banquet in five days, while Xiao Yuan wondered why shattered stones stood in the way of battle.

• Su Ye met Zhang Tan and Qin Hanxing after they advanced to Martial Dao Supreme and showed them his Qi-Form Sword Bone.
• Su Ye explained that forming the Tenth Extreme Bone required nine tempered Extreme Bones, a Spiritual Seed, and an invincible state of mind.
• Zhang Tan warned that revealing the method before Su Ye's Drinking and Dao Discussion with Xiao Yuan could help his rivals catch up, but Su Ye decided to announce it.
• Zhang Tan and Qin Hanxing told Su Ye that he would be the main attraction at the Supreme Banquet in five days and would lecture on three paths; Su Ye agreed.
• In Kyoto, Xiao Yuan looked ahead and asked why shattered stones barred his path to battle.

Jingkong Supreme revealed that Longhua would launch a nationwide Dragon Phoenix Ascending God Ranking in three months, delaying Xiao Yuan’s contest with Su Ye until then. As Su Ye’s fame spread through Shenyun City, Tong Ruoxian interviewed his parents and Zhang Jing before arriving at his school, where banners celebrated his achievements.

• Jingkong Supreme told Xiao Yuan that the cabinet and Martial Gods had approved a nationwide ranking for people under twenty-two, to begin in three months.
• Xiao Yuan said he would forge his own path and declared that he would not lose to Su Ye when they met to discuss the Dao.
• Tong Ruoxian interviewed Su Su and Wang Yuerong, who said they would not interfere with Su Ye’s choice of university.
• Tong Ruoxian interviewed Zhang Jing, who called meeting Su Ye the greatest fortune and best investment of his life.
• Tong Ruoxian arrived at Shenyun First High School and saw banners praising Su Ye’s martial achievements, championship, and first-place ranking.

Tong Ruoxian interviewed students at Shenyun First High School about Su Ye, and Lin Qingyue fainted when asked about him. Meanwhile, Xu Yong delivered the Lin Family a personal invitation from a Martial Dao Supreme to attend a banquet celebrating Su Ye.

• Tong Ruoxian and a God-Opening Martial Artist entered Shenyun First High School to interview students about Su Ye's fame and achievements.
• Zhang Yuan praised Su Ye, while Ye Xingli described him as charming and recalled his past victories.
• Tong Ruoxian asked Lin Qingyue what she thought of Su Ye, and the exhausted girl fainted after hearing his name.
• Xu Yong entered the Lin Family and delivered a personal Supreme Banquet invitation to Lin Yue and his daughter.
• Lin Yue accepted the invitation, and Xu Yong left to deliver another invitation to the Su Family.

The Shenyun Supreme Banquet drew an enormous crowd as people debated Su Ye’s battle with Xiao Yuan and anticipated the Five Great Academies’ bids for his enrollment. The chapter ended with five Great Supremes arriving together, including the vice principals of all five academies.

• People across the internet argued over whether Su Ye or Xiao Yuan would have won their battle, while official and Xiao Family forces kept the discussion trending.
• Xu Yong and Deputy Battalion Commander Wang coordinated a packed banquet attended by more than a thousand True Bone Martial Artists and over a hundred God-Opening Martial Artists.
• Ye Tianlin observed that many of Shenyun City’s recent major events had been connected to Su Ye, and predicted that the city would produce someone extraordinary.
• Tong Ruoxian livestreamed the banquet to more than sixty million viewers as Qin Hanxing and Zhang Tan arrived.
• Five auras stronger than Qin Hanxing’s swept into the banquet, and Tong Ruoxian announced that the Five Great Academies had sent their vice principals, all Supreme figures.

Five Vice Principals from the top universities arrived at Qin Hanxing’s Supreme Banquet to recruit Su Ye, and were stunned by his Tenth Extreme Bone. Just as they began competing to announce their offers, Zhang Tan revealed that Su Ye intended to impart three methods, setting the stage for a different negotiation.

• Five Martial Dao Supreme Vice Principals arrived at Qin Hanxing’s banquet, drawing attention to Su Ye and prompting speculation that the universities were making a public recruitment pitch.
• Qin Hanxing welcomed the Vice Principals, and one praised his breakthrough and Su Ye’s potential.
• Su Ye emerged, and the five Vice Principals recognized his Tenth Extreme Bone and praised his extraordinary Bone Tempering foundation.
• Vice Principal Lei began to recruit Su Ye, but the other four Vice Principals interrupted and prepared to announce their own special admission offers.
• Qin Hanxing urged the Vice Principals to sit, and Zhang Tan said Su Ye wanted to impart three methods for them to hear and assess.

Master Zhang Tan revealed three methods at the gathering, crediting Su Ye with perfecting Heavenly Fire Transformation and improving the Thousand Forge Divine Art. Su Ye announced that he would widely spread a method for tempering the Tenth Extreme Bone throughout Longhua, and the five Vice Principals bowed to him in respect.

• Master Zhang Tan demonstrated Heavenly Fire Transformation and revealed that Su Ye had perfected the method after it had once been a dead end.
• Master Zhang Tan announced the Thousand Forge Divine Art as his second method and said Su Ye had improved its Spiritual Power tempering effect by thirty percent.
• Qin Hanxing revealed that Su Ye had chosen to widely spread the method for tempering the Tenth Extreme Bone throughout Longhua.
• The five Vice Principals stood and bowed to Su Ye on behalf of Longhua Martial Artists.

Su Ye lectured the gathered alchemists and Martial Artists on Heavenly Fire Transformation, the Thousand Forge Divine Art, and the Tenth Extreme Bone Method, revealing the value of his techniques to the five academy vice principals. After his lecture, the Five Great Academies competed to recruit him with extraordinary offers.

• Su Ye bowed to the five vice principal Supremes, then began his lecture by explaining Heavenly Fire Transformation and promised to circulate a handwritten Jade Slip.
• Su Ye explained the Thousand Forge Divine Art, and the audience recognized its improved Spiritual Power training and broad usefulness to alchemists.
• Su Ye taught the Tenth Extreme Bone Method and described the demanding conditions required to temper the tenth extreme bone.
• After two and a half hours, Su Ye finished his lecture, and the audience rose to thank him as Master Su.
• The five vice principal Supremes each tried to recruit Su Ye with prestigious rewards and access to rare resources and techniques.

The Five Great Top Universities offered Su Ye extraordinary admission terms, including a Martial God’s personal discipleship, a Supreme Pill, and access to Martial God Skills. As the crowd wondered which academy he would choose, Lin Qingyue was overwhelmed with regret over breaking off their engagement.

• The Five Great Top Universities announced lavish special admission terms for Su Ye, each offering a different path to power.
• Su Li and Su Ling fell silent as the Su Family’s offer and claims about Su Ling were eclipsed by the academies’ terms.
• Lin Qingyue trembled and regretted ending her engagement to Su Ye, imagining the future she might have shared with him.
• The crowd speculated that the academies had raised their offers after learning about Su Ye’s three methods and wondered what he would choose.

Su Ye postponed choosing among the Five Great Top Universities, then received the newly created Shenyun Military Camp position of Supreme Guest Official from Qin Hanxing. The chapter ended with news that Acting President Deng of the Longhua Alchemist Association would project his image to speak with Su Ye.

• Zhang Tan asked the Five Great Top Universities to wait while Su Ye considered their offers, and the vice principals agreed.
• Qin Hanxing praised Su Ye's deeds and announced that the Shenyun Military Camp had created the Supreme Guest Official position for him, with authority equal to a deputy battalion commander.
• Qin Hanxing gave Su Ye a jade token containing some of his domain power, and Su Ye accepted it.
• Vice President Xu announced that Acting President Deng of the Longhua Alchemist Association would project his image to speak with Su Ye.

At a private gathering after the banquet, Su Ye said he planned to manifest an aura that had never existed before as he entered the Blood Nourishing Realm. Meanwhile, Ye Tianlin prepared to reveal the secret behind the Ye Family’s rise more than three hundred years earlier.

• Acting President Deng Shengxin invited Su Ye to visit the Alchemist Association headquarters and study its texts.
• Qin Hanxing, Zhang Tan, and Xu Yong discussed the Five Great Academies with Su Ye after the banquet.
• Zhang Tan urged Su Ye to focus on the Blood Nourishing Realm and consider taking each realm beyond its limits.
• Su Ye declared that he wanted to manifest an aura that had never existed before.
• Ye Tianlin told Ye Xingli to stop thinking about Su Ye and began revealing the secret behind the Ye Family’s rise.

Ye Tianlin revealed the Ye Family’s origins and the danger of fusing its remaining Divine Sparrow Essence Blood to Ye Xingli. After learning that her exceptional bloodline made her a rare candidate, Xingli resolved to attempt the fusion.

• Ye Tianlin told Ye Xingli that the Ye Family’s ancestor founded the family after obtaining and fusing less than one percent of a Divine Sparrow’s Essence Blood.
• Ye Tianlin explained that the remaining Essence Blood was kept in the family treasury and that past fusion attempts had caused deaths, demonization, or crippled gifts.
• Ye Tianlin weighed Xingli’s extraordinary bloodline and talent against the severe risks, while thinking of Su Ye and her desire to keep pace with him.
• Ye Xingli declared that she wanted to fuse the Divine Sparrow Essence Blood and asked when they would begin.