Chapter Summaries

Qin Batian prepared to curse Su Ye with Qin Yanyu’s source blood and killed Qin Gui to conceal the secret. At the Supreme Academy, Order Dao Venerable reassured Chen Ping'an that the Dao Venerables would keep Su Ye alive, while speculation about his coming fight with Qin Batian spread; Su Ye then returned to Blue Star.

• Qin Batian revealed that Li Qianhuang had secretly given Qin Yanyu’s source blood to the Qin Clan and planned to use it to curse Su Ye during a breakthrough.
• Qin Batian killed Qin Gui after confirming that he had eliminated everyone else who knew about the source blood.
• Order Dao Venerable praised Chen Ping'an’s rapid cultivation progress, then discussed Su Ye’s uncertain path and the coming fight with Qin Batian.
• Order Dao Venerable told Chen Ping'an that he, Hao Tian, and Divine Mandate would keep Su Ye alive, and urged him not to measure cultivation by speed.
• Supreme Academy disciples and World Lords speculated that Su Ye would lose or die against Qin Batian and that the Dao Venerables would intervene.
• Su Ye and a group of figures arrived on Blue Star, the homeworld of the Heavenly Star Domain.

Su Kuangtian returned to Blue Star and learned from Su Li how Su Ye had endured years of hardship and protected the planet. Meanwhile, Su Ye went to Sacred Star’s Core Layer to speak with Senior Brother Luo, leaving his request unstated.

• Su Kuangtian was shocked by Blue Star’s expanded size and powerful inhabitants, while Su Ye left to handle something.
• Su Ling reunited with Su Li, who knelt and apologized to Su Kuangtian and Su Wuying for how he had treated Su Ye.
• Su Li recounted Su Ye’s struggles and achievements, moving Su Kuangtian and Su Wuying and prompting Su Kuangtian to resolve to visit Su Ye’s adoptive parents.
• Su Ye reached Sacred Star’s Core Layer, found Senior Brother Luo on the throne, and said he had something to ask.

Su Ye learned from Senior Brother Luo about the Sacred Star’s history, the nature of Six Paths, and the immense power of the ancient Nine Extremes Sect. After revealing that the strange entity had appeared near Lin Qingyue and that the Nine Extremes Master might be trapped, Su Ye asked how Senior Brother Luo had used the Nine Extremes God-Connecting Sword to cultivate.

• Su Ye asked Senior Brother Luo to explain the Sacred Star’s past, the strange entity, and the Nine Extremes God-Connecting Sword.
• Senior Brother Luo recounted how the Nine Extremes Saint Venerable founded the Nine Extremes Sect and described Six Paths as the one that escaped, whose human form the Master had helped survive.
• Senior Brother Luo revealed that Six Paths, the Seven Stars, the Eight Fiends, and he had each controlled at least a thousand laws, while the lineage masters had controlled roughly a hundred.
• Su Ye proposed three possible origins for the strange entity, and Senior Brother Luo said his own suspicions were much the same.
• Su Ye told Senior Brother Luo that he had glimpsed the entity through Lin Qingyue and that the Nine Extremes Master might be trapped in the Supreme Academy’s Mystic Realm.
• Senior Brother Luo explained that he had used the Nine Extremes God-Connecting Sword to cut through the Three Thousand Laws, mastering each law as he went.

Su Ye returned to the Myriad Laws Academy and spent three weeks cultivating before his approaching battle, while people from across the Star Domain gathered to watch over him. As the appointed fight neared, the Heavenly Message Tower announced that thousands of World Lords and possibly all Seven Great Dao Venerables would attend.

• God King Luo Wu watched Su Ye leave the Sacred Star's Core Layer and worried about the danger of his chosen path.
• Su Ye sat before the Myriad Laws Academy's Dao Discussion Stone and drew forth the Nine Swords and all 2,999 strands of law power to nurture his sword, momentum, and heart.
• Zhou Wujing recognized that Su Ye was preparing himself for the battle in three weeks, and Jiang Dingxu and the King Who Suppresses Kyoto arranged to protect his cultivation.
• Ye Xingli, Li Aoxue, Su Ye's family, and many former allies and rivals gathered near the Dao Stone, while Li Aoxue entered secluded cultivation.
• Three weeks passed, and the Heavenly Message Tower reported that at least 3,000 World Lords would watch the battle and all Seven Great Dao Venerables might attend.

Cultivators from across the universe gathered to watch Su Ye face Qin Batian, with He Jiuwen commentating on the early live broadcast. Qin Batian arrived armed and prepared to fight, and the chapter ended as all seven Dao Venerables appeared.

• Cultivators across the star domains reacted to the battle’s immense audience and watched the live broadcast begin early.
• He Jiuwen introduced himself as commentator while the broadcast showed Chen Ping'an, Chen Wuxin, Long Nianxin, and other Supreme Academy students arriving.
• Ning Meier and Dongfang Shengyao worried about Su Ye and hoped he would win or at least survive.
• Thousands of World Lords and countless other powerful figures gathered at the venue to watch the fight.
• Qin Batian entered the arena with his awakened Soul-Calming World Blade, signaling that he was taking the battle seriously.
• All seven Dao Venerables appeared, drawing the crowd’s attention.

Su Ye arrived early to face Qin Batian after building overwhelming momentum in his Nine Swords, while the Seven Great Dao Venerables watched. He rejected relying on Reflecting Three Thousand Laws, shattered his first sword and its accumulated Law Power, and declared that he would seek his true self without being bound by the laws.

• The Seven Great Dao Venerables gathered as Qin Batian prepared to kill Su Ye and unleash chaos under Source Dao Venerable's plan.
• Su Ye arrived half a day early, his aura strengthened by accumulated power from the Three Thousand Laws, and the Heavenly Heart Tower master explained that he was charging his Nine Swords.
• Source Dao Venerable dismissed Su Ye's path as impossible, while Dao Venerable Hao Tian questioned his connection to Qin Batian and criticized his methods.
• Su Ye sat down as the Nine Swords and their reflected Law Power grew unstable, then declared that peak-treading required seeking within rather than relying on a battle or outside power.
• Su Ye rejected Reflecting Three Thousand Laws, shattered Sword One and its three hundred strands of Law Power against himself, and declared that he would follow Heart Without Restraint and Sword Without Limit.

Su Ye shattered his intent god star and erased his cultivation with the first seven swords of the Nine Swords, causing the three thousand laws and the universe to react. As Qin Batian sensed danger and prepared to interrupt him, the other cultivators turned their attention to Qin Batian's emerging curse law.

• Su Ye endured the first three swords, shattering his intent god star and forgetting the laws he had accumulated.
• Su Ye's shattered intent god star revealed the extraordinary foundations he had built in every cultivation realm, stunning the spectators.
• Su Ye's remaining three swords broke apart his Dao manifestations and erased his cultivation until he fell below everyone present.
• The three thousand laws and the universe stirred in response to Su Ye, while Lin Qingyue sensed the change from within her cage but could not escape.
• Qin Batian grew alarmed by Su Ye's actions and began to unleash curse law, drawing the attention of the Half-Step World Lords.

As Su Ye endured the eighth sword of his breakthrough, Qin Batian tried to curse him through Qin Yanyu’s source blood, but the Hundred-Knowing Scholar exposed his interference. Su Ye survived Sword Eight, and Qin Batian watched as the ninth sword began to descend.

• Qin Batian sensed that Su Ye’s breakthrough was affecting the entire universe and secretly invoked the Curse Law using Qin Yanyu’s source blood.
• The Hundred-Knowing Scholar exposed Qin Batian’s attempt to interfere before the appointed battle, and Qin Batian claimed he was handling his own clan’s affairs.
• Qin Batian found that Su Ye had destroyed both the Heavenly Origin Divine Eye and the foundation of his source blood, leaving the curse unable to reach him.
• Su Ye endured Sword Eight, Spirit Devouring, and was left on the brink of death as the ninth sword began to descend.
• Qin Batian stepped forward with his Soul-Slaying World Blade, and Su Ye asked him, “What? Are you scared?”

Qin Batian attacked Su Ye before their agreed battle, but Li Taiyi and the Heirs of the 108 Lineages arrived to protect Su Ye. Su Ye accepted their support as they formed ranks to hold Qin Batian back for ten breaths.

• Qin Batian drew the Soul-Slaying World Blade and charged Su Ye, while Dao Venerable Hao Tian, the Order Dao Venerable, and the Divine Mandate Dao Venerable tried to stop him.
• The Source Dao Venerable blocked the three Dao Venerables, leaving Qin Batian free to strike at Su Ye.
• Li Taiyi arrived with Sacred Star's Seven Stars, Eight Fiends, and the Heirs of the 108 Lineages, whose formation barely stopped Qin Batian's blade.
• Li Taiyi asked Su Ye to let them share in his true self, and Li Aoxue urged him to accept their help.
• Su Ye said he was Su Ye of the Nine Extremes and counted on them, as Li Taiyi ordered the group to form ranks and hold Qin Batian back for ten breaths.

Li Taiyi led the gathered heirs of Sacred Star in a formation to protect Su Ye, shocking the universe with their strength. They stopped Qin Batian’s attack with a Sacred Slash, though Li Taiyi and the front line were badly injured.

• A formation of 123 light pillars appeared around Li Taiyi, revealing more than a hundred young heirs, including fifteen at the destroy star initial stage.
• Cultivators across the universe recognized the gathered heirs as Su Ye’s force, and people on Blue Star celebrated as Inner World and Outer World divisions began to fade.
• Qin Batian unleashed Heavenly Dipper Heavy Blade at Su Ye, forcing the Seven Great Dao Venerables to reinforce the arena barrier.
• Li Taiyi and the heirs combined their powers to unleash Sacred Slash against Qin Batian’s attack.
• The Sacred Slash forced Qin Batian to stagger backward, while Li Taiyi and the front-line heirs coughed up blood but held their ground.

Su Ye appeared to fail after his ninth sword dissipated all his cultivation, but he realized he had never truly committed to a path with no retreat. He struck down the Return to the World Sword, shattered his remaining way out, and the Dao Stones across the universe began to glow.

• Li Taiyi and the other Heirs of Sacred Star repeatedly attacked Qin Batian, buying Su Ye time while the Dao Venerables prevented Source Dao Venerable from interfering.
• Su Ye's ninth sword struck the Intent God Star and exhausted his law power and cultivation, making the onlookers believe his path had failed.
• Su Ye realized that keeping a way out meant he had not sought his true self with a resolve to die, then rose and grasped the Return to the World Sword.
• Su Ye declared that he would shatter the path himself and brought the sword down, leaving himself no retreat.
• Dense yellow light emerged from Dao Stones on Blue Star, in the Nine Saints Sect, and within the supreme bloodline, while God King Senior Brother Luo rose and the six-path cage around Lin Qingyue and the shadow began to tremble.

Su Ye severed the path of the Three Thousand Laws and used the Nine Extremes Dao Stones to forge his True Self. He left Qin Batian’s Dao Sacrifice strike powerless and snapped the Soul-Slaying World Blade with two fingers.

• Su Ye declared that the Nine Swords were not enough and severed the path, triggering an anomaly that repelled the power of the Three Thousand Laws.
• As Su Ye moved toward a vortex passage, Qin Batian sensed an overwhelming warning and unleashed his Tyrant Fusion strike.
• The Nine Extremes Dao Stones sent dense yellow light toward Su Ye, but he caught Qin Batian’s strike with two fingers and announced that he had attained his True Self.
• Qin Batian sacrificed his Great Dao and attacked Su Ye with the Soul-Slaying World Blade.
• Su Ye snapped Qin Batian’s World Blade with two fingers, stunning the witnesses.

Su Ye revealed a budding True Self Source and killed Qin Batian despite the Source Dao Venerable standing between them. He then asked the Dao Venerable whether he accepted that Qin Batian was dead.

• Su Ye's True Self Source appeared after Qin Batian's Life-Bound Realm Blade snapped, shocking the spectators and the Seven Great Dao Venerables.
• Qin Batian fled toward the Source Dao Venerable and begged him to save his life.
• The Source Dao Venerable blocked Su Ye and asked him to spare Qin Batian, but Su Ye said that nothing could stop him from killing Qin Batian.
• Su Ye drew the Return to the World Sword and used True Self, prompting the Source Dao Venerable to step aside.
• Su Ye's sword severed Qin Batian's seven laws and killed him, causing a blood rain of the Great Dao.
• Su Ye asked the Source Dao Venerable, "I killed him. Do you accept that, Dao Venerable?"

After Su Ye killed Qin Batian with a single sword strike, the Source Dao Venerable declined to interfere and left, prompting shock across the universe. The Divine Mandate Dao Venerable then appointed Su Ye a Supreme Mentor of the Supreme Academy, and no one objected.

• Su Ye asked the Source Dao Venerable whether he yielded after killing Qin Batian with one strike.
• The Source Dao Venerable said Su Ye and Qin Batian had settled their personal feud, collected Qin Batian’s Space Ring, and returned to the Dao Venerables’ seats.
• Cultivators across the universe speculated that the Source Dao Venerable had backed down because Su Ye’s sword posed a threat.
• Qin Batian’s death brought a rain of blood and scattered spiritual essence that benefited cultivators throughout his Enlightenment Star Domain.
• The Divine Mandate Dao Venerable presented Su Ye with a Supreme Academy Identity Jade Token and appointed him a Supreme Mentor, asking whether anyone objected.