Chapter Summaries

Su Ye awakened a domain and unleashed the True Self Sword, stopping his teammates’ Blood Origin Combined Army Technique and killing the Heavenly Silk Spider Mother Worm. The spider mother’s death left the cave battle’s outcome in Su Ye’s hands.

• Su Ye reflected on his experiences and declared that his true self was defined by who he was and what his heart told him to do.
• Su Ye swept his sword toward Jun Qingwu, Jun Wuxie, Li Aoxue, Luo Li, and Zhang Yongheng, halting their Blood Origin Combined Army Technique.
• Su Ye faced the Heavenly Silk Spider Mother Worm, which sensed his sudden transformation but resolved to defend its nest.
• Su Ye merged the Nine Extremes God-Connecting Sword’s nine forms into the True Self Sword and unfolded a domain.
• Su Ye killed the Heavenly Silk Spider Mother Worm with one strike, sending its head flying.

Su Ye killed the Heavenly Silk Spider Mother Worm with one sword, then led the other six Heavenly Chosen toward an escape route as eighteen Essence Fusion Demon Beasts arrived. He stayed behind to cover their retreat and forced the beasts back with a single slash.

• The Heavenly Chosen realized Su Ye had used his domain to sever the Spider Mother Worm's links to its offspring before killing it with one sword.
• The dying Heavenly Silk Spider Mother Worm cursed Su Ye with a tracking technique using the residual blood of a Sky Demon.
• Su Ye sensed that eighteen Essence Fusion Demon Beasts were approaching and told the other six to leave through the cave.
• Mo Tiexue ordered the group to retreat while Su Ye stayed behind to cover them.
• Su Ye slashed at the eighteen beasts and forced them back, declaring that he had never given them permission to pass.

Su Ye held off eighteen powerful Essence Fusion Demon Beasts as the rest of his team retreated, while the border commanders learned that the Heavenly Silk Spider Mother Worm had died. The human army abandoned its planned withdrawal and launched an all-out assault, though the commanders still wondered how the team had managed it.

• Mo Wuling ordered the six exhausted team members to retreat, and they left Su Ye to hold the rear against the Demon Beasts and the hatching spiders.
• Su Ye unleashed Sword Six: Heaven and Earth, forming a sword barrier at the cave entrance to stop the eighteen Demon Beasts from pursuing the others.
• A data analyst told the Sixteenth Army Commander that the Heavenly Silk Spider Mother Worm had likely reached Peak Essence Fusion, leading the commanders to conclude that the Demon Slaying Operation had nearly no chance of success.
• Mo Wuling urged the commanders to withdraw the troops, and the First Army Commander began preparing the retreat.
• The analyst reported that the Demon Beast formation had collapsed and the Heavenly Silk Spider Mother Worm's Life Lamp had shattered, confirming that it was dead.
• The First Army Commander ordered every force to attack and doubled Contribution Points, while Mo Wuling revealed how deeply he had feared for his team.

Mo Tiexue and the Wuling Squad returned to the battlefield and realized Su Ye was still being hunted by Demon Beasts. As the Supreme giant bird attacked Su Ye near the human border, the Black and White Daoist appeared to save him and faced the Demon Beast forces to take his disciple home.

• Mo Tiexue and his five teammates reached the human battlefield after fleeing the Uneven Forest and warned that Su Ye might be under pursuit.
• Su Ye, exhausted after two days of fighting and fleeing the curse's pursuers, unleashed his Domain Prototype as a signal while Supreme Great Demons cornered him near the border.
• The Wuling Squad recognized Su Ye's signal, and Mo Wuling urged the Supreme commanders to rescue humanity's hero, but they could not reach him in time.
• A Supreme giant bird attacked Su Ye with a storm of energy blades as he prepared to swing his sword despite the overwhelming danger.
• The Black and White Daoist appeared, shattered the attack, and welcomed Su Ye home before challenging the Supreme Demon Beasts and a Martial God-level assault.

Su Ye collapsed after reaching his limit, and Zhou Wujing faced the Demon Beasts’ overwhelming assault alone. Zhou Wujing abandoned his attack to protect his unconscious disciple as Martial God power rained down.

• A human Martial God intercepted the Demon God above while Zhou Wujing blocked a combined Martial God-level strike from the Demon Beasts’ altar and giant eagle.
• Zhou Wujing’s Domain Sword destroyed the attacking Demon Beasts and Great Demons, leaving him slightly injured but standing.
• The Demon Beasts sent more Spirit Splitting Realm fighters after Zhou Wujing and Su Ye while the two Martial Gods continued battling overhead.
• Su Ye praised Zhou Wujing’s sword, then collapsed after exhausting himself in his escape from Uneven Forest and his final burst of Domain power.
• Zhou Wujing planted his sword and shifted to defense, declaring that he would protect Su Ye as he withstood the Demon Beasts’ attacks.

Zhou Wujing held back the demon beasts long enough for Mo Wuling and the army commanders to begin a counterattack, and the Demon Slaying Squad’s victory became a nationwide sensation. After authorities named six squad members, they revealed that Shenyun First High School’s Su Ye had received Special-Class Merit, leaving the nation stunned.

• Zhou Wujing endured the demon beasts’ assault for thirty breaths until Mo Wuling and more than a dozen Martial Dao Supreme army commanders joined forces to hold them back.
• Zhou Wujing escaped with Su Ye, and Mo Wuling’s forces launched a counterattack; Zhou Wujing later returned to the battlefield.
• News of the Eastern Territory victory spread nationwide, and people celebrated the Demon Slaying Squad’s mission and questioned how its seven members had succeeded without casualties.
• The authorities awarded merits to Mo Tiexue, Li Aoxue, Jun Wuxie, Jun Qingwu, Luo Li, and Zhang Yongheng, while the squad’s seventh member remained unidentified.
• Three hours later, the authorities announced that Su Ye of Shenyun First High School had received Special-Class Merit, stunning Sun Rui and people across the nation.

News that Su Ye had received the Demon-Slaying Operation’s sole Special-Class Merit shocked the nation and revealed the scale of his contribution to the Eastern Territory victory. The Su and Lin families confronted the consequences of underestimating him, while Lin Qingyue wondered if she had been wrong to break off their engagement.

• News of Su Ye’s Special-Class Merit spread across Longhua Kingdom, and people speculated that he had played the decisive role in the Demon-Slaying Operation.
• Su Li grew furious when a Su Family elder urged him to apologize to Su Ye, but the merit announcement left him silent and helpless.
• Lin Qingyue listened as the Lin Family chief steward reported Su Ye’s achievement and compared it with her plans to marry Su Ling.
• A trending topic praised Su Ye for clearing a path for the human race’s martial dao, and Lin Qingyue wondered whether breaking off the engagement had been a mistake.

Su Ye became a feared contender for the upcoming Drinking and Dao Discussion, while Zeng Luantian dismissed his reputation and learned he had run into trouble. After a brutal journey left Su Ye with severe injuries, he woke in the Eastern Territory military camp and insisted on attending the event to win wine for his five teammates.

• Rumors of Su Ye's feats in the Eastern Territory Battle spread, and rankings placed him near Xiao Yuan as a favorite for the Drinking and Dao Discussion.
• Zeng Luantian trained by suppressing thirty-six Blood Nourishing Martial Artists and declared he would test Su Ye and Xiao Yuan in ten days.
• A week later, Eastern Territory commanders learned that Su Ye had manifested a Domain Prototype and fought his way back from the Uneven Forest with dozens of wounds.
• The military physician said Su Ye's source and Foundation were injured and that he needed a month to recover, warning that fighting at full strength could cause lasting damage.
• Su Ye woke despite his injuries, promised he would attend the Dao Discussion, and told his five teammates he would win five jars of wine for them.

Su Ye asked to compete for five jars of Dao Discussion Wine to heal the Dao Injuries suffered by his comrades, despite his own severe injuries. Zhou Wujing urged him to follow his path, and the Demon Slaying Squad prepared to accompany him to Kyoto.

• The army commanders and squad members reacted with shock and emotion as Su Ye requested five jars of wine for the five comrades injured by the Blood Origin Combined Army Technique.
• Mo Wuling condemned Su Ye’s plan, while the First Army Commander promised the Eastern Territory would help the injured cultivators recover; Zhou Wujing warned that delayed treatment could leave their manifestation injuries permanent.
• Zhou Wujing told Su Ye to seek his True Self and challenged him to return safely with five jars of wine.
• Su Ye asked the squad whether they would go with him to Kyoto, and they agreed to follow him.
• Mo Tiexue requested one day of leave for the Demon Slaying Squad to travel to Kyoto, and Mo Wuling approved it.

News that the Dragon Phoenix Ascending God Ranking would be announced after the Drinking and Dao Discussion reignited nationwide excitement and drew Prodigies and experts to Kyoto. Lin Qingyue arrived with Lin Yue, doubted that the injured Su Ye would attend, and reached the Dao Discussion Restaurant as the event was about to begin.

• The authorities announced that the Dragon Phoenix Ascending God Ranking would list 365 top Prodigies under twenty-two, sending the Longhua Kingdom into a frenzy.
• Producers and martial arts experts from across the country traveled to Kyoto for the Drinking and Dao Discussion.
• Lin Qingyue returned to Kyoto with Lin Yue and recalled her childhood ambition to rise above others.
• Lin Qingyue heard speculation that Su Ye would miss the event because of severe injuries and felt relieved that he might not draw attention again.
• Lin Qingyue and Lin Yue arrived at the Dao Discussion Restaurant, where Tong Ruoxian stood before the crowd and the ten jars of Dao Discussion Wine awaited the gathered Prodigies.

Jingkong Supreme, Liu Haifeng, and Lan Yao arrived to secure the [Drinking and Dao Discussion], followed by Martial Dao Supremes representing major forces and academies. Tong Ruoxian began Longhua Daily’s livestream, which surpassed fifty million viewers within seconds.

• Jingkong Supreme, Liu Haifeng, and Lan Yao ordered the crowd to retreat fifty meters and established order around the venue.
• The crowd recognized the three Great Perfection Supremes’ arrival as a sign of the highest authorities’ support for the event.
• Qin Hanxing and Zhang Tan arrived, followed by Liu Gan and the vice principals of Nine Heavens Academy, Holy Sea Academy, Divine Martial Academy, and Tianhun Academy.
• Spectators realized that the five top universities had sent representatives to recruit the country’s strongest young prodigies and demonstrate their support.
• Tong Ruoxian started Longhua Daily’s [Drinking and Dao Discussion] livestream, and its viewer count passed fifty million in three seconds.

A vast crowd gathered outside the Dao Discussion Restaurant, where only ten prodigies would be able to drink Dao Discussion Wine. When the doors opened, eight of Longhua’s top prodigies arrived, leaving the onlookers wondering whether the two missing contenders would appear.

• Tong Ruoxian livestreamed the gathering as fourteen Martial Dao Supremes and thousands of other martial artists assembled around the restaurant.
• Chen Kuangdao recalled his defeat by Xiao Yuliang and wondered whether the injured trailblazer of Bone Tempering would come.
• Su Li anticipated that his son Su Ling would win the highest honor and bring fame to the Deep Cloud Su Family.
• A bell rang, and the Dao Discussion Restaurant’s doors opened as an unseen force made the crowd give way.
• Eight top prodigies arrived: Huhai’s Top Prodigy, Su Ling, He Xinghai, Tan Yiyang, Lin Wudi, Ji Ruyu, Luo Tianhen, and Guo Qingyun.

Eight top prodigies revealed Blood Nourishing Extreme Momentum, shocking Longhua and setting the stage for a contest over who would become the generation’s strongest. As the Drinking and Dao Discussion began, Xiao Yuan appeared alone before the eight.

• The eight prodigies arrived at the Dao Discussion Restaurant and displayed Blood Nourishing Extreme Momentum, stunning spectators and livestream viewers.
• Tong Ruoxian explained the three measures of an Imprint: height, depth, and breadth, while viewers debated the eight prodigies’ Imprints.
• Lin Qingyue felt proud of her fiancé Su Ling, while Chen Kuangdao recognized the vast gap between himself and the eight.
• The restaurant doors opened to reveal a wine table, ten chairs, and ten jars of Dao Discussion wine.
• Xiao Yuan stood on the steps and calmly looked down at the Eight Great Prodigies, drawing every eye.

Xiao Yuan arrived at the Dao Discussion Restaurant and revealed that the wine had been prepared for one person alone. He left the Eight Great Prodigies facing his challenge: if that person did not come, the wine would remain unopened.

• Xiao Yuan appeared above the Eight Great Prodigies, and the crowd and prodigies felt his overwhelming presence.
• Feng Tianya tried to enter the restaurant for a jar of Dao Discussion Wine but could not take a step across the threshold and fell back.
• Lin Wudi stepped forward and demanded to know whether Xiao Yuan intended to stop him.
• Xiao Yuan said the wine depended on individual ability but had been prepared for one person, and it would not be opened if that person did not come.
• The Eight Great Prodigies erupted with their imagery and Extreme Momentum, and Xiao Yuan invited all eight to challenge him together.

Xiao Yuan faced the Eight Great Prodigies alone and challenged them to attack, refusing to begin the banquet without its sole invited guest. When that guest arrived in a wheelchair, Xiao Yuan greeted him with a promise that he would wait as long as necessary.

• Xiao Yuan stood calmly against the Eight Great Prodigies’ combined pressure while the crowd watched in shock.
• Lin Wudi challenged Xiao Yuan, but Xiao Yuan dismissed him and said he had never taken any of the Eight Great Prodigies seriously.
• Zeng Luantian joined Lin Wudi, and Xiao Yuan told them to make their move if they refused to accept that they were not qualified to begin the banquet.
• A scarred man in military uniform arrived pushing a wheelchair, with five people following behind him.
• Xiao Yuan saw the youth in the wheelchair and said, “No matter how long, I'll wait for you.”

Su Ye arrived in Kyoto for the Drinking and Dao Discussion, shocking the crowd that had assumed his injuries and the True Self Path would keep him from competing. An official profile recounted his achievements, leaving his arrival under the gaze of the entire venue and the nation.

• Su Ye appeared in a wheelchair at the Kyoto venue, where Xiao Yuan and the crowd had gathered for the appointment they made at Shenyun First High School.
• The audience reacted with disbelief as Su Ye’s arrival contradicted expectations that he was too injured to attend and could not challenge Longhua’s top prodigies.
• Longhua Daily posted Su Ye’s personal profile, which rapidly climbed the trending list and was marked as an official notice.
• The profile listed Su Ye’s achievements in the Four School Grand Competition, Spring Outing, Sea of Thorns Secret Realm, Shenyun Battle, Myriad Laws Inscription Dao, and Eastern Territory Battle.

Su Ye arrived at the God-Opening stage in his wheelchair, drawing the crowd’s attention, and Xiao Yuan left the Dao Discussion Restaurant to push him inside. The Eight Great Prodigies watched in silence as the two youths proceeded toward the restaurant.

• Su Ye’s arrival thrilled Xu Yong, Zhang Yuan, and Ye Xingli, while Su Li and Lin Qingyue grew furious at the attention he drew.
• Chen Kuangdao and the Chen Family Patriarch compared Su Ye and Xiao Yuan with the Eight Great Prodigies and found the two youths surpassed them in presence.
• Xiao Yuan descended from the Dao Discussion Restaurant and asked Mo Tiexue for permission to approach Su Ye.
• Mo Tiexue stepped aside, and Xiao Yuan grasped Su Ye’s wheelchair and pushed him toward the restaurant.
• The crowd, the Martial Dao Supremes, and the online viewers fell silent as the two youths entered together.

Xiao Yuan pushed the injured Su Ye to the table holding the ten jars of Dao Discussion Wine, ignoring the Eight Great Prodigies and the watching crowd. Su Ye demanded five jars, and Xiao Yuan agreed, leaving their claim against the other five jars unresolved.

• Xiao Yuan pushed Su Ye’s wheelchair up to the table of ten jars of Dao Discussion Wine.
• Tong Ruoxian explained the wine’s rarity and effects as spectators, Martial Dao Supremes, and the Eight Great Prodigies watched.
• Su Ye calmly told Xiao Yuan, “I want five jars.”
• Xiao Yuan agreed, shattered nine chairs, and asked whether the other five jars were his.
• Su Ye answered, “Okay.”

Su Ye drank a jar of Dao Discussion Wine, refined the Dao Essence of a hundred supreme experts, and used it to repair Jun Wuxie's damaged manifestation. He then revealed his True Self manifestation and used the wine to demonstrate the Dao for martial artists across Long Hua.

• Xiao Yuan and Su Ye claimed all ten jars of Dao Discussion Wine, and Jingkong Supreme let them proceed despite the Eight Great Prodigies' outrage.
• Su Ye invited Jun Wuxie into the inner zone, then drank a full jar of Dao Discussion Wine as Xiao Yuan watched.
• Su Ye used his Yin-Yang Profound Strange Fire to refine the Dao Essence of a hundred supreme experts into a pill.
• The pill restored Jun Wuxie's shattered sword manifestation, revealing that Su Ye had come to help his wounded comrade as well as keep his promise to Xiao Yuan.
• Su Ye continued tempering the Dao Essence, revealed his True Self manifestation, and demonstrated the Dao to martial artists across Long Hua.

Despite his severe injuries, Su Ye used Dao Discussion Wine and the Yin-Yang Profound Strange Fire to demonstrate the True Self Path before a vast audience. He began explaining how to use all things as mirrors, leaving the crowd and even the Martial Dao Supremes in contemplation as the Blood Nourishing system faced a new path.

• Su Ye demonstrated the Dao Rhymes of a hundred supreme powerhouses and declared that all things could serve as mirrors on the True Self Path.
• Su Ye announced that he would discuss the True Self Path, which he had opened after two months of cultivation, and invited Li Aoxue forward.
• Su Ye explained how mountain imagery could be deconstructed and used as a mirror to reach four stages of understanding.
• Guo Qingyun attained enlightenment from Su Ye's explanation and advanced his Mountain Sea Imagery by a small measure.
• Su Ye invited Zhang Tan forward and continued explaining that seeking one's true self did not mean abandoning external imagery.