Chapter Summaries

Su Ye mastered the basics of the Three Thousand Spirit Transformation Sword in seconds, impressing Zhou Wujing and demonstrating his exceptional comprehension. Zhou explained how Su Ye could strengthen his Way of True Self by learning from many martial arts, then planned to take him across Longhua Kingdom for three months of training.

• Su Ye quickly grasped the basics of the Three Thousand Spirit Transformation Sword, and his Manifestation Talisman fused its ideals into the Nine Swords as Mirror.
• Zhou Wujing explained that Su Ye needed both to understand his True Self and enrich its foundation by studying other martial arts and their creators’ ideals.
• Zhou gave Su Ye more than a hundred Jade Slips of notes and promised to gather martial arts and techniques suited to Su Ye’s cultivation.
• Su Ye asked about Act Self and Forget Self, but Zhou told him to focus on the first two stages for now.
• Zhou sent Su Ye back to Shenyun City for two days before beginning a three-month training journey across Longhua Kingdom, and Qin Hanxing escorted him out.

Su Ye returned to Shenyun First High School to inform the principal that he would leave for three months, then rejected the Su Family elders’ request to come back. He arrived home to find his family surrounded by relatives and acquaintances eager to curry favor with his father.

• Shenyun First High School hung banners celebrating Su Ye, and Qin Hanxing called him Senior Brother before leaving him at school.
• Students crowded around Su Ye for autographs and contact information until Teacher Luo brought security guards to clear a path.
• Su Ye told Principal Sun Rui that he would be away for three months, and Sun Rui asked him to give a filmed speech for the school's enrollment video.
• Su Family elders urged Su Ye to return and promised to support his claim as heir, but he declined and went home.
• Su Ye noticed three Peak Essence Fusion Martial Artists guarding his home and found more than a hundred people praising him and flattering his father.

Su Ye prepared to leave Shenyun for Myriad Laws Academy as major breakthroughs transformed Ye Xingli and Su Ling. The chapter ended with Su Ling declaring he would attend Su Ye’s gathering in three months and prove himself to the nation.

• Li Hai asked Xu Yong to arrange for Ao Xue to train at the Eastern Territory border, and Xu Yong agreed before taking Su Ye to meet the General Commander.
• Ye Xingli emerged from the Ye Family’s underground Secret Land after absorbing all the Divine Sparrow Blood, shattered the ancestral formations, and rapidly forged ninety-nine Martial Bones.
• Ye Xingli manifested a Vermilion Bird imprint and told Ye Tianlin that the blood had chosen her, then said she would attend Su Ye’s gathering in three months.
• Su Ling completed nine bone-breaking cycles under Heavenly Light Supreme and manifested a Dragon Soaring the Star Sea imprint and a King imprint.
• Su Ling vowed to attend Su Ye’s gathering in three months and surpass the expectations of his fiancée Lin Qingyue, his father, and the Su Family.
• The Xiao Family released a bombshell announcement that shook the entire nation.

News that the Xiao family had brewed ten jars of Dao Discussion Wine stirred Longhua Kingdom’s prodigies and factions into fierce competition. Su Ye began his three-month cultivation under Zhou Wujing, who promised to train him through a grueling regimen.

• The Xiao family’s creation of ten jars of Dao Discussion Wine, infused with the Dao Charm of ninety-nine Martial Dao Supremes and seven Martial God-level experts, caused a nationwide sensation.
• Prodigies and factions speculated about the wine’s significance and poured resources into preparing their candidates for the competition.
• Zhou Wujing warned Su Ye that training with him for three months would be grueling and life-threatening, and Su Ye confirmed he was ready.
• Zhou Wujing gave Su Ye a custom black-and-white Daoist robe and said he expected Su Ye to restore his reputation among those who doubted Su Ye’s self-created imagery.
• Zhou Wujing laid out Su Ye’s training: climbing mountains, gazing at the sea, observing the heavens, gathering the moon, reading books, cultivating techniques, and killing demons.

Su Ye climbed Taiheng Mountain with Zhou Wujing and gained insight into how his True Self Image could draw nourishment from all things. He then perfected the Three Thousand Spirit Transformation Sword and comprehended Splitting True Intent, leaving Zhou Wujing stunned by his progress.

• Zhou Wujing asked Su Ye what he had learned while hiking Taiheng Mountain, and Su Ye explained that a True Self Image should embrace an entire ecosystem and grow from it.
• Zhou Wujing taught Su Ye about the Vastness, Depth, and Quality of the Sea, and Su Ye reached an epiphany that strengthened his Nine Swords True Self Image.
• Su Ye reflected that his Black-White Spirit Figure and experiences from his previous life helped him perceive the essence of things.
• Su Ye demonstrated the Three Thousand Spirit Transformation Sword with a branch, sending three strikes through ten giant trees.
• Su Ye declared that he had perfected the sword art and comprehended Splitting True Intent, while Zhou Wujing trembled at his achievement.

Su Ye trained on Taiheng Mountain under Zhou Wujing, mastering new techniques at a startling pace. While Su Ye remained out of sight, prodigies across Long Hua made major breakthroughs, and Xiao Yuan’s declaration about a wine called Yuan Ye stirred the country.

• Zhou Wujing gave Su Ye a Jade Slip of his Blood Nourishing imprint research, and Su Ye gained further insight into the Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Momentum Imprinting Method.
• Zhou Wujing taught Su Ye the movement technique Heaven Moves Vigorously, which Su Ye began learning immediately.
• Over two months, He Xinghai, Zeng Luantian, Tan Yiyang, and Su Ling each made striking advances and drew national attention.
• Xiao Yuan reached True Force and defeated an Initial Stage of Essence Fusion Martial Artist within thirty moves, overshadowing the other prodigies.
• In an interview with Tong Ruoxian, Xiao Yuan said the Dao Discussion Wine depended on ability, then revealed he had reserved a cup called Yuan Ye for one person.

After Xiao Yuan’s tribute to Su Ye provoked the other Prodigies to train harder, Su Ye reached a breakthrough in his True Self Image under the moon. Zhou Wujing realized that Su Ye had formed a Domain Prototype while still in the Blood Nourishing Realm.

• Xiao Yuan’s offer of Longhua wine was understood as a tribute to Su Ye, leaving the other Prodigies jealous and challenging them to surpass him.
• The Prodigies began training more intensely, determined to test themselves against Xiao Yuan at the Drinking and Dao Discussion.
• Su Ye walked beneath the moon, then realized he did not need to chase it because its reflected light was already beside him.
• Su Ye’s True Self Image resonated with the moon and grassland, uniting everything within a thousand meters around him.
• Zhou Wujing watched in shock as Su Ye comprehended a Domain Prototype in the Blood Nourishing Realm.

After two months of training, Su Ye manifested a Domain Prototype and impressed Zhou Wujing with his extraordinary progress, prompting his master to begin a final stage focused on alchemy and demon slaying. In the Eastern Territory, Mo Wuling ordered Mo Tiexue to form a Secret Demon Slaying Army against a dangerous spider-worm threat, just as Su Ye and another figure arrived.

• Zhou Wujing realized Su Ye had formed a Domain Prototype and marveled at his mastery of forty-three combat techniques over two months.
• Zhou Wujing gave Su Ye advanced alchemy materials and treatises, assigning him to advance his alchemy within a month as part of Four Selves Cultivation.
• Zhou Wujing declared demon slaying the final stage of Su Ye's training and took him to meet a comrade-in-arms.
• Mo Wuling explained that a Heavenly Silk Spider Mother Worm in Uneven Forest had gained a Divine Ability that let it coordinate Demon Beasts and increase army casualties.
• Mo Wuling ordered Mo Tiexue to lead a Secret Demon Slaying Army, requiring Jun Wuxie and Jun Qingwu to join and offering other volunteers thirty times the usual military contribution points.
• Two figures in Black and White Dao Robes arrived at the general camp, and Mo Wuling said one of them would join the mission.

Mo Wuling questioned whether Zhou Wujing was certain about letting Su Ye join the most dangerous Demon Slaying operations, given Su Ye’s extraordinary potential. Su Ye answered that he was sure, leaving the others to face his firm decision.

• Mo Tiexue recognized Zhou Wujing and was surprised when Zhou introduced Su Ye as his disciple.
• Mo Tiexue recognized Su Ye as the Bone Tempering pioneer and celebrated Heavenly Chosen, and Su Ye respectfully greeted Mo Wuling.
• Mo Wuling warned Zhou Wujing that Su Ye could influence Longhua’s Martial Dao and asked repeatedly whether he was sure about exposing him to extreme danger.
• Mo Tiexue objected to Su Ye’s participation, but Mo Wuling waited for Zhou Wujing’s answer.
• Su Ye calmly declared that he was sure.

Mo Wuling and Mo Tiexue questioned whether Su Ye was qualified to join the dangerous Demon Slaying Operation, so Zhou Wujing revealed a Secret Technique that would erase Su Ye’s memories and force him to discover his true self. Su Ye accepted the risk, and Zhou Wujing and Mo Wuling prepared to cast the technique using Gui Shi as an anchor.

• Su Ye calmly affirmed his resolve to join the Demon Slaying Operation, but Mo Tiexue insisted he prove he could keep up with the experienced team.
• Mo Wuling agreed that Su Ye needed to demonstrate his abilities before he could participate.
• Zhou Wujing showed Su Ye and Mo Wuling the Forget Self Seek Truth Technique and explained that it would erase Su Ye’s memories until he clarified his true self.
• Mo Wuling angrily opposed the plan, warning that Su Ye could remain without his memories for decades, but Su Ye thanked Zhou Wujing and asked Mo Wuling to help.
• Zhou Wujing asked Su Ye to use Gui Shi as an anchor and explained that he and Mo Wuling would seal Su Ye’s outward self after his supreme sword strike.
• Mo Tiexue offered to block Su Ye’s sword, but Zhou Wujing said he could not.

Su Ye unleashed the pinnacle of his sword technique against Mo Wuling, revealing power that shocked the Mo Family and the Sixteenth Army. The chapter ended as Mo Wuling and Zhou Wujing prepared to meet the strike while sixteen Supreme commanders rushed toward them.

• Zhou Wujing warned Mo Wuling that Su Ye's sword could not be taken lightly, then told Su Ye to use all his power.
• Su Ye took four steps, revealing Supreme-level Spiritual Power, a vast Foundation, the manifestation of his true self, and the Ninth Limit.
• On his fifth step, Su Ye unleashed Sword Nine, Divine Connection, whose combined power reached the level of a Martial God Skill and formed a Supreme domain.
• Mo Wuling and Mo Tiexue stared in shock as Zhou Wujing urged Mo Wuling to use a secret art.
• Su Ye's sword moved, and sixteen Supreme commanders from the joint encampment sensed it, unfolded their domains, and raced toward the Ninth Army and Demon Suppressing Army.

Zhou Wujing persuaded Mo Wuling to let Su Ye join a secret mission after witnessing his astonishing sword strike, then disguised him as the amnesiac alchemist Su Qiu. Mo Wuling learned Zhou Wujing had given Su Ye one year to recover his True Self and would sacrifice his own outward self to restore it if he failed.

• The sixteen Eastern Territory army commanders sensed an unfamiliar Domain fluctuation, but Zhou Wujing explained that it came from a device he had sent to Mo Wuling.
• Mo Tiexue and Mo Wuling were shaken by Su Ye’s sword strike, and Mo Wuling approved his participation in the mission to kill the Heavenly Silk Spider Mother Worm.
• Zhou Wujing changed Su Ye’s appearance and identity, naming him Su Qiu, an alchemist, and Mo Tiexue led him out to join the secret mission.
• Mo Wuling confronted Zhou Wujing for risking Su Ye’s future, but Zhou Wujing insisted he understood his disciple’s ambition and would give him one year to find his True Self.
• Zhou Wujing told Mo Wuling that if Su Ye failed, he would trade his own outward self for his disciple’s return; the Eastern Territory Ninth Army then received an alchemist named Su Qiu.

Mo Tiexue briefed the six recruits on their roles in the Demon Slaying Operation and the devastating Blood Origin Combined Army Technique. As Su Qiu struggled with his uncertainty by the campfire, Li Aoxue approached and told him he reminded her of a friend.

• Mo Tiexue assigned Jun Qingwu and himself to strike down the Heavenly Silk Spider Mother Worm while Jun Wuxie, Li Aoxue, Luo Li, and Zhang Yongheng handled emergencies.
• Mo Tiexue assigned Su Qiu to observe the surroundings and provide logistical support, though the others questioned his suitability.
• Mo Tiexue reminded the squad that the Blood Origin Combined Army Technique could deliver three lethal strikes but would consume their foundations and leave them crippled.
• Mo Tiexue dismissed the squad to train while the army prepared a major counteroffensive and awaited orders to launch the operation.
• Su Qiu worried that he lacked the ability and understanding to take part in such a grave mission.
• Li Aoxue joined Su Qiu by the campfire and told him he was very much like a friend of hers.

Li Aoxue hinted that Su Qiu reminded her of someone she loved, then resolved to let him go. As the Demon Slaying Operation approached, Jun Wuxie challenged Su Qiu to prove his combat strength before the squad entered Uneven Forest.

• Li Aoxue described her exceptional friend and confessed that she loved her, while watching Su Qiu for signs of recognition.
• Su Qiu nervously left, and Li Aoxue wondered whether he was the person she remembered before deciding to let him go.
• Mo Tiexue told the six squad members that six hundred thousand soldiers would attack the demon border in three hours to cover their entry into Uneven Forest.
• Jun Wuxie argued that the squad needed to know Su Qiu's strength and questioned whether he qualified for the operation.
• Jun Wuxie drew his sword, pointed it at Su Qiu, and demanded that he draw his own sword for a test.

Su Qiu proved he could defend himself against Jun Wuxie but admitted he did not know how to attack with his sword, leaving him questioning why he wielded it. Meanwhile, the Demon Slaying Plan began amid a massive battle at Uneven Forest, as a seven-man squad advanced toward the Heavenly Silk Spider Mother Worm and a young man watched them from a hidden tree.

• Mo Tiexue ordered Su Qiu to draw his sword, and Su Qiu blocked Jun Wuxie's attacks despite having no visible fighting technique.
• Jun Wuxie stopped when Mo Tiexue ordered him to sheathe his sword, then challenged Su Qiu for not attacking.
• Su Qiu confessed that he did not know how to attack or even thrust his sword, and Jun Wuxie angrily questioned whether he was a sword cultivator.
• Mo Tiexue ordered the soldiers to prepare to execute the Demon Slaying Plan in three hours, while Su Qiu wondered why he wielded his sword.
• Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and Martial Artists attacked millions of Demon Beasts at Uneven Forest as the seven-man squad penetrated deeper toward the Heavenly Silk Spider Mother Worm.
• A young man in a Black and White Dao Robe watched the seven-man squad disappear into Uneven Forest from an ancient tree near the boundary.

As Drinking and Dao Discussion approached, the nation’s prodigies gathered attention and Su Ye was ranked tenth despite his long absence. Lin Wudi challenged Xiao Yuan at the Xiao Family, but Xiao Yuan said Su Ye would come and dismissed Lin Wudi, who left to cultivate in seclusion after their brief clash.

• As news of prodigies spread, people debated who would earn a place at Drinking and Dao Discussion, and a popular ranking placed Xiao Yuan first and Su Ye tenth.
• Critics argued that Su Ye’s humble background and two-month absence meant he had lost his talent or would not attend.
• Tan Yiyang and Lin Wudi arrived in Kyoto and went to the Xiao Family, where Lin Wudi challenged Xiao Yuan to share his wine.
• Xiao Yuan said Su Ye had promised to come and asked Lin Wudi who he was, enraging him.
• Lin Wudi attacked Xiao Yuan, but after one exchange he left in silence and began secluded cultivation.

Xiao Yuan refined a pill into wine infused with his conceptual-image insights for Su Ye, believing Su Ye was nearing a major breakthrough. Meanwhile, Su Qiu’s spiritual perception helped a battered squad survive their advance, prompting Jun Wuxie to apologize for insulting her.

• Xiao Yuan’s clash with Lin Wudi fueled rumors that Xiao Yuan had become the strongest of his generation, while Su Ye rose on several rankings because of Xiao Yuan’s confidence in him.
• Jingkong Supreme questioned why Xiao Yuan had spent ten days mastering alchemy just to make wine for Su Ye, but Xiao Yuan said he did not want Su Ye to be disappointed.
• Xiao Yuan sensed that Su Ye was opening a battlefield and approaching a qualitative transformation.
• Su Qiu guided the seven-person squad around dangerous Demon Beasts and helped them avoid further casualties as they advanced through the battlefield.
• Jun Wuxie acknowledged that Su Qiu’s spiritual perception had saved the squad and many soldiers, then bowed deeply and apologized for his earlier rude words.

Su Qiu began to understand his duty as a soldier and the meaning of his sword, Gui Shi. Deep in Uneven Forest, Mo Tiexue’s Demon Locking Mirror sensed the Heavenly Silk Spider Mother Worm, and the squad prepared for the final stage of their operation.

• Jun Wuxie bowed to Su Qiu, condemning himself for saving fewer people despite calling himself Wanfa University’s top sword cultivator.
• Mo Tiexue reminded Su Qiu that he was a soldier and asked him to focus on what he should do now.
• Su Qiu accepted Mo Tiexue’s words, gripped his sword, and realized its name was Gui Shi.
• Mo Tiexue worried that the squad’s repeated encounters with Essence Fusion Great Demons meant the Heavenly Silk Spider Mother Worm was being protected.
• The Demon Locking Mirror grew hot and revealed the Heavenly Silk Spider Mother Worm’s location, so Mo Tiexue ordered the squad to prepare for the operation’s final stage.

Mo Tiexue’s squad entered the cave to kill the Heavenly Silk Spider Mother Worm, only to discover it had grown far stronger than their intelligence indicated and had trapped them between itself and approaching Demon Beasts. Mo Tiexue ordered the others to fight while Su Qiu escaped, leaving the squad’s fate uncertain.

• At the battlefield, Mo Wuling learned the squad’s Life Lamps were still lit and heard that low-intelligence Essence Fusion Demon Beasts might be coordinating their combat.
• Mo Tiexue led the seven-person squad into the cave, where their perception was suppressed except for Su Qiu’s ability to sense roughly a hundred meters.
• The squad found the Heavenly Silk Spider Mother Worm in a web-filled chamber and discovered it had reached power comparable to Peak Essence Fusion and could speak.
• Mo Tiexue ordered the squad to retreat, but Su Qiu sensed eighteen Initial Stage of Essence Fusion Demon Beasts approaching behind them.
• Jun Wuxie forced his cultivation into Initial Stage of Essence Fusion and urged the squad to use the Blood Origin Combined Army Technique against the spider.
• Mo Tiexue ordered everyone except Su Qiu to attack the Heavenly Silk Spider Mother Worm and make a passage, choosing to sacrifice their lives so Su Qiu could escape.

Su Ye’s identity began to return as Li Aoxue and the other Heavenly Pride Prodigies burned their lives to open a path for him toward the Heavenly Silk Spider Mother Worm. Just as Mo Tiexue was about to join them, Su Ye stopped him and declared that he would take over.

• Mo Tiexue ordered the team to open a path for Su Ye, revealing that he believed Su Qiu was the future Humanity’s Pioneer.
• Su Qiu struggled with the name Su Ye and the memories and identity it seemed to awaken.
• Li Aoxue kissed Su Qiu, confessed that she still liked him, and unleashed the Blood Origin Combined Army Technique.
• Jun Wuxie, Jun Qingwu, Zhang Yongheng, and Luo Li joined Li Aoxue, burning their potential to form a combined army against the Heavenly Silk Spider Mother Worm.
• Mo Tiexue prepared to add himself to the formation, but Su Ye stopped him, raised the Sword of Returning World, and said he had returned.