Chapter Summaries

Su Ye reflected Zeng Tianyao’s Illusory Law and asked the people trapped in the Eighteen Illusory Mirrors to help him kill their World Lord. Hundreds of billions of souls chose Su Ye’s side, allowing him to seize control of the mirrors and begin refining Zeng Tianyao.

• Zeng Tianyao tried to flee after realizing he could not defeat Su Ye, who had halted the True Self Sword at the cost of coughing up blood.
• Su Ye used Gui Shi to reflect Zeng Tianyao’s Illusory Law and asked the souls trapped in the Eighteen Illusory Mirrors to help him kill their World Lord.
• A Heavenly Chosen condemned Zeng Tianyao for using their souls as fuel, and countless others raised their hands to support Su Ye.
• Su Ye thanked them, sealed the Eighteen Illusory Mirrors, and took control of the array from Zeng Tianyao.
• Su Ye used the Illusory World as a furnace and his true self as a flame to begin refining Zeng Tianyao into a World Lord.

Su Ye used the Eighteen Illusory Mirrors and the souls of the Star Domain’s cultivators to trap Zeng Tianyao and begin refining him. Zeng Tianyao exhausted his defenses and, facing Su Ye’s resolve, felt fear for the first time.

• Su Ye seized control of the Eighteen Illusory Mirrors, and Zeng Tianyao raged as the cultivators’ souls strengthened Su Ye’s authority.
• He Xiao condemned Zeng Tianyao for betraying the Star Domain’s living beings and led the He Family in supporting Su Ye.
• Despite Zeng Tianyao’s threats, cultivators across the Eighteen Illusory Realms added their soul power to the scales and helped restrain him.
• Su Ye used Nine Swords to form a furnace from the Illusory World and began refining Zeng Tianyao.
• Zeng Tianyao used a Quasi-World Artifact, a protective talisman, and a rare Dao Pill to resist, but the cultivators’ growing soul power dragged him back.
• Zeng Tianyao met Su Ye’s unwavering gaze, realized Su Ye intended to kill him, and felt fear before cursing Qin Batian.

Su Ye forced Zeng Tianyao to sacrifice his Great Dao to escape being refined, then used the resulting Semi-Dao Pill to heal and transform the souls of the hundreds of billions of trapped cultivators. Su Ye flew away, still intent on keeping his promise to kill Zeng Tianyao.

• Zeng Tianyao sacrificed his Illusory Law, severed his connection to the Great Dao, and escaped Su Ye's furnace.
• Su Ye condensed the Dao Rhyme left behind into a Semi-Dao Pill and shattered the Eighteen Illusory Mirrors, freeing the cultivators.
• The freed cultivators realized their souls had been damaged by Zeng Tianyao's Formation Array and feared their injuries would prevent further cultivation.
• Su Ye offered the Semi-Dao Pill to the cultivators, whose souls healed and transformed in its starlight.
• Su Ye flew away without taking credit, determined to fulfill his promise to kill Zeng Tianyao.

After Su Ye saved the cultivators of Heavenly Illusion Star and repaired their damaged souls with Dao Light, they thanked him and condemned Zeng Tianyao for treating them as expendable. Zeng Tianyao fled toward the Central Star Domain to seek Qin Batian’s help, while Su Ye followed and noticed his destination on the Boundary Sea Map.

• He Xiao thanked Su Ye on behalf of the He Family and Heavenly Illusion Star, and hundreds of billions of cultivators bowed in gratitude.
• Su Ye replied that he was the one who should thank them, leaving the cultivators uncertain how to repay him because they did not know his appearance or origins.
• Cultivators condemned Zeng Tianyao and considered leaving Heavenly Illusion Star or Qinglie Star Domain, while He Xiao resolved to investigate Su Ye’s identity.
• Zeng Tianyao feared that his Dao Sacrifice would soon fade and that Su Ye could kill him, so he decided to seek Qin Batian at Supreme Academy in the Central Star Domain.
• Su Ye checked the Boundary Sea Map and recognized the direction Zeng Tianyao had taken.

Dongfang Shengyao and Ning Meier won the Heavenly Star Domain’s two external recruitment places for the Supreme Academy. An emissary, Yang Gui, warned them how formidable the Seven Core Star Domains’ recruits were, but assured them that Su Ye would still be welcomed by the Academy even if he failed the special recruitment, then invited the pair to depart.

• Dongfang Shengyao defeated Liu Baiyi in the arena and secured an external recruitment place alongside Ning Meier.
• Dongfang Shengyao and Ning Meier discussed how Mo Haoran, Gu Chensha, and Su Ye might have changed the contest if they had been present.
• Yang Gui congratulated the pair and revealed that all one hundred internally recruited students were at Chaos Star Great Perfection.
• Yang Gui said Zheng Kuang had lost in one move to an internally recruited student ranked ninety-second, and warned that even Su Ye might not pass the special recruitment.
• Yang Gui assured them the Supreme Academy would recognize Su Ye’s talent through a special channel if necessary, then asked whether they were ready to leave with him.

Yang Gui brought Ning Meier and Dongfang Shengyao from the Heavenly Star Domain to the Southern World Sea’s central Star Domain, where they joined the assembled candidates for Supreme Academy. Their arrival drew attention because of Su Ye, and a sword-carrying young man asked whether Su Ye was from their Star Domain.

• Yang Gui explained that Ning Meier and Dongfang Shengyao would meet candidates from across the Southern World Sea before traveling to Supreme Academy.
• Yang Gui used a teleportation talisman to bring Ning Meier and Dongfang Shengyao to the central Star Domain.
• Elder Yu Yin and the other acting elders at Nine Saints Sect worried about the pair’s journey and hoped to see them shine at the opening ceremony.
• World Lord Xu Quanjian recorded Ning Meier and Dongfang Shengyao’s names as representatives of the Heavenly Star Domain.
• A young man with three swords asked Ning Meier and Dongfang Shengyao whether Su Ye was from their Star Domain.

Chen Wuxin introduced himself to Ning Meier and Dongfang Shengyao, revealed the power of his Three Fires Sword, and asked whether his sword or Su Ye’s was stronger. Ning Meier declared Su Ye’s sword superior, setting up a future confrontation at the Supreme Academy.

• Chen Wuxin learned from Dongfang Shengyao that Su Ye was from the Heavenly Star Domain and had taken the Special Recruitment Path.
• Chen Wuxin introduced himself as a sword cultivator from the Divine Transcendence Star Domain who had spent two years in life-or-death seclusion.
• Chen Wuxin revealed that he had defeated the third-ranked Star-Melting Dao Stone contender in three strikes and demonstrated his Three Fires Sword, destroying dozens of barren stars.
• Chen Wuxin asked Ning Meier and Dongfang Shengyao whether his sword or Su Ye’s was stronger, then said he would find out at the Supreme Academy.
• Ning Meier told Chen Wuxin that Su Ye and his sword were stronger.

Ning Meier and Dongfang Shengyao defended Su Ye’s sword against Chen Wuxin as the Southern World Sea’s recruited students prepared to depart for the Supreme Academy. Their teleportation was disrupted by a nearby battle in which a World Lord resorted to Dao Sacrifice, leaving Xu Quanjian and the students stunned.

• Ning Meier told Chen Wuxin that Su Ye’s sword was stronger, and Chen Wuxin said he did not believe her but would wait for Su Ye’s sword.
• Dongfang Shengyao explained that he defended Su Ye because Su Ye belonged to their Heavenly Star Domain and Nine Saints Sect.
• Xu Quanjian prepared to teleport the three thousand star domains’ recruited students to the Supreme Academy using a formation disk bearing the auras of the Seven Great Dao Venerables.
• A battle between World Lords disrupted the teleportation, and Xu Quanjian strengthened the star ring’s barrier to protect everyone from the fighting’s residual force.
• Xu Quanjian realized the battle involved Dao Sacrifice after hearing the pursuer answer the fleeing World Lord with “True Self.”

After a clash between World Lords shook the Star Ring, Chen Wuxin endured the lingering Sword Qi and comprehended the beginnings of Xu Quanjian’s Undying Sword Dao Art. He vowed to surpass his peers at the Supreme Academy, while Xu Quanjian believed he could become a World Lord within a thousand years.

• The Heavenly Chosen learned that one World Lord had resorted to Dao Sacrifice while being pursued, and they realized how dangerous the battle had been.
• Xun Haoran declared that he would become a World Lord and fight opponents powerful enough to force one to use Dao Sacrifice.
• Chen Wuxin peered at the battle’s lingering Sword Qi, suffered bloody tears, and entered an epiphany after Xu Quanjian cut away its essence.
• Yang Gui revealed that Supreme Academy World Lord mentors had taken an interest in Chen Wuxin, and Xu Quanjian recognized that he had grasped the basics of the Undying Sword Dao Art.
• Xu Quanjian predicted Chen Wuxin might match the pursuing Sword Cultivator in a thousand years, but Chen Wuxin said he would become a World Lord within five hundred years and challenge Su Ye, Chen Xuan, Long Nianxin, and Chen Ping'an.

Su Ye nearly killed Zeng Tianyao after pursuing him for over a year, but an unexpected arrival disrupted the fight and let Zeng Tianyao escape. Su Ye recognized the newcomer as Lin Qingyue and sensed a shadow warping space behind her.

• Qin Batian failed to reach Zeng Tianyao and reasoned that Su Ye had probably been killed, then turned his attention to Source Dao Venerable's plan.
• Zeng Tianyao struggled to escape Su Ye, whose strength had grown while pursuing him for over a year.
• Su Ye's sword strike severed Zeng Tianyao's left hand and destroyed a third of his remaining law power, while the Nine Swords trapped him.
• Zeng Tianyao gathered his remaining power to strike back, but a mysterious voice and ripple disrupted the sword blockade.
• Zeng Tianyao used half his remaining law power to flee, and Su Ye recognized the newcomer as Lin Qingyue and noticed a shadow warping space behind her.

Zeng Tianyao fled while Su Ye confronted Lin Qingyue, whose power was amplified by the eerie shadow behind her. As Lin Qingyue attacked Su Ye, a Void Shadow appeared and declared that it would not let her kill him.

• Zeng Tianyao chose to flee toward the Seven Core Star Domains rather than spend his remaining Law Power erasing Su Ye's sword mark.
• Lin Qingyue told Su Ye that she regretted breaking their engagement but no longer cared about regret and wanted him dead.
• Lin Qingyue attacked Su Ye with power resonating with more than a hundred kinds of Law Power, while Su Ye countered with Sword One, Timely Rain and formed a True Self Domain.
• Su Ye suspected that the shadow behind Lin Qingyue had destroyed the Sacred Star, and Lin Qingyue continued striking as he dodged.
• A Void Shadow appeared between them and said it would not let Lin Qingyue kill the only fellow Daoist it had acknowledged.

Su Ye received Xiao Yuan’s Six Paths Orb and left to seek the Nine Extremes Saint Venerable, while Xiao Yuan stayed behind to restrain Lin Qingyue and the shadow. Xiao Yuan’s soul projection vanished after trapping them, and Su Ye vowed to bring him back as he continued toward Zeng Tianyao.

• Xiao Yuan’s projection appeared through the Six Paths Orb, told Su Ye to seek the Nine Extremes Saint Venerable, and gave him the orb to carry on.
• Xiao Yuan warned Su Ye that the world beyond the gate was beautiful but more dangerous than he imagined, and Su Ye promised to find him.
• Lin Qingyue attacked Xiao Yuan for stopping her from killing Su Ye, while the shadow condemned the Six Paths as a forbidden variable.
• Xiao Yuan used Six Paths Return to Heaven to trap Lin Qingyue and the shadow inside a Six Paths Domain, burning away his soul projection in the process.
• Cultivators across the Star Domain sensed the Great Dao and experienced breakthroughs as Xiao Yuan’s projection vanished.
• Su Ye vowed to bring Xiao Yuan back and sped toward Zeng Tianyao.

Su Ye sensed a mysterious resonance toward the Supreme Academy and continued pursuing Zeng Tianyao, intent on reaching the academy to uncover secrets connected to his teacher and return home. At the Supreme Academy, an ancient Mystic Realm opened unexpectedly, and the Dao Venerables sent the Internally Recruited Students inside while the academy’s sword-breaking prodigy Long Nianxin awaited the incoming recruits.

• Su Ye sensed a change resonating from the direction of the Seven Core Star Domains and resolved to kill Zeng Tianyao and enter the Supreme Academy.
• The God Fate Dao Stone released a yellow radiance, and the Supreme Academy’s Mystic Realm opened earlier than expected.
• Divine Mandate Dao Venerable and Dao Venerable Hao Tian persuaded Order Dao Venerable to let the Internally Recruited Students enter the Mystic Realm early.
• Long Nianxin discussed breaking Sword Cultivators’ sword hearts and said he looked forward to facing the new recruits.
• Divine Mandate Dao Venerable ordered the one hundred Internally Recruited Students to enter the Mystic Realm for three months.

The internally recruited Heavenly Chosen entered the Mystic Realm early, drawing attention from powerful figures across the Seven Core Star Domains. As the externally recruited students from the four Boundary Seas arrived, a sudden bell raised the question of who was attempting special recruitment.

• The internally recruited Heavenly Chosen entered the Mystic Realm, and observers debated how their early opportunity would affect the other students and special recruitment.
• Several onlookers noted that at least twenty Heavenly Chosen, including Zheng Xuan, had already failed special recruitment.
• Zhong Haiqing arrived from the Northern World Sea with the selected Heavenly Chosen, and representatives of the Eastern, Western, and Central Boundary Seas arrived soon after.
• The crowd wondered why the selected Heavenly Chosen from the Southern World Sea had not arrived with the others.
• A bell suddenly rang, and the crowd realized someone might be challenging special recruitment.

Jin Shenghuang arrived at the Supreme Academy and rang the Supreme Bell to pursue Special Recruitment, but the Order Dao Venerable announced that challengers would have to wait three months. Chen Xuan then confronted Jin Shenghuang before calling out Su Ye, leaving a clash poised to begin.

• Jin Shenghuang rang the Supreme Bell, drawing attention from the gathered cultivators and the arriving Heavenly Chosen.
• Su Ling, Gu Chensha, Ning Jian, Zhou Wujing, and the Hundred-Knowing Scholar arrived with Zhang Ruiyi, who explained that he had escorted them and felt responsible for Su Ye's absence.
• The Order Dao Venerable announced that internally recruited students were training in a Mystic Realm and that Special Recruitment challengers would face them after three months.
• Jin Shenghuang turned to leave when he learned the internal students were unavailable, but Chen Xuan approached and challenged him over their past words on the Ten Thousand Domains Star Network.
• Chen Xuan looked toward the Southern World Sea's Star Ring and called for Su Ye to come out.

Chen Wuxin and Zheng Kuang challenged the gathered Heavenly Chosen, turning Chen Xuan’s search for Su Ye into a tense four-way confrontation. The four prepared to fight as spectators and reporters watched.

• Chen Xuan demanded to know whether Chen Wuxin was there to fight for Su Ye, and Chen Wuxin said he wanted to test his sword against his peers and stand above every Sword Cultivator of his generation.
• Chen Xuan dismissed Chen Wuxin’s ambition and recognized him as another opponent he would have to crush.
• Zheng Kuang entered the gathering and challenged Chen Xuan, Jin Shenghuang, and Chen Wuxin, revealing that Chen Xuan wanted to use the gathering to cultivate his Overlord’s Sword by crushing the outside-world Heavenly Chosen.
• Chen Xuan and Zheng Kuang drew their weapons and faced off while Chen Wuxin challenged Jin Shenghuang to test their swords.
• The four Heavenly Chosen took positions for battle as spectators and media representatives eagerly watched.

Chen Xuan challenged Chen Wuxin, Jin Shenghuang, and Zheng Kuang to prove himself the strongest, but Jin Shenghuang refused to join the contest. Chen Wuxin realized Jin Shenghuang was waiting for someone stronger and identified Su Ye as the person he meant.

• Order Dao Venerable, Dao Venerable Hao Tian, and Divine Mandate Dao Venerable watched as Chen Wuxin, Jin Shenghuang, Chen Xuan, and Zheng Kuang faced off outside Supreme Academy.
• Chen Xuan declared he would defeat the others and prove himself the strongest Sword Cultivator and the greatest Combat Strength of their generation.
• Jin Shenghuang withdrew, saying he would fight Chen Xuan another time but had no interest in competing for those titles.
• Chen Wuxin asked whether Jin Shenghuang had seen a stronger sword, and Jin Shenghuang told him to wait for someone.
• Chen Wuxin guessed Tang Yan, Long Nianxin, and Chen Ping'an before concluding that Jin Shenghuang meant Su Ye, leaving Chen Xuan ashen-faced.

Chen Xuan declared that he would fight Su Ye and spend three months challenging the Five Great World Seas' recruits to hone his swordsmanship. As the three months passed, Gu Chensha and Ning Jian resolved to pursue their chances of special recruitment, each carrying a personal reason to do so.

• Chen Wuxin rejected the doubts surrounding Su Ye's strength, said he would wait, and left the arena.
• Chen Xuan declared that he would wait for Su Ye and fight him to mend the fissure in his heart.
• Chen Xuan announced that for ninety days he would challenge one person from the Five Great World Seas each day, offering one thousand Contribution Points to anyone who defeated him.
• Jin Shenghuang judged that challenging the external recruits was pointless, while Gu Chensha and Ning Jian decided to try for special recruitment anyway.
• Gu Chensha hoped to resolve his karmic entanglement, and Ning Jian decided to cultivate a dangerous secret technique using Su Ye as his ideal sword opponent.
• Three months passed as the universe's attention gathered around the Supreme Academy.

Jin Shenghuang drew Chen Ping'an for his Supreme Academy challenge and lost after five sword strikes, but earned entry through external recruitment. Another challenge began when Ning Jian struck the Dao Bell.

• Qin Batian reviewed the rising talents across the World Seas and noted that Su Ye had still not arrived before the Supreme Academy's opening.
• Jin Shenghuang drew Chen Ping'an as his opponent and entered the sealed arena with him.
• Chen Ping'an defeated Jin Shenghuang with five sword strikes without removing the cloth from his sword.
• A Supreme Academy World Lord instructor offered Jin Shenghuang entry through external recruitment, and Jin Shenghuang said that having seen the mountains, he did not fear the steps.
• Ning Jian of the Moon-Treading Star Domain struck the Dao Bell and asked for guidance.

Ning Jian faced Long Nianxin in the special recruitment battle and revealed the resolve behind his Great Freedom Heart-Guided Sword. When Long Nianxin tried to break Ning Jian’s sword through an attack on his Sea of Consciousness, a mysterious figure appeared and stopped the Evil Sword.

• Ning Jian struck the bell and was revealed to have reached Chaos Star Great Perfection, surprising Jin Shenghuang, Gu Chensha, and the watching crowd.
• Ning Jian introduced himself and declared that he had risked everything for the special recruitment battle before attacking Long Nianxin with the Great Freedom Heart-Guided Sword.
• Long Nianxin trapped Ning Jian’s sword technique and blasted him into the arena barrier, but Ning Jian’s strike left a sword scar on Long Nianxin’s sleeve.
• Long Nianxin drew the Evil Sword and attacked Ning Jian’s Sea of Consciousness as Ning Jian seemed ready to concede, while Chen Ping’an tried to intervene but could not enter the barrier.
• Ning Jian revealed that he had honed his sword by meditating on a mysterious person, and a figure in his Sea of Consciousness pinched the Evil Sword and challenged Long Nianxin.