Chapter Summaries

Su Ye visited the Ye Family with Xu Yong to demonstrate his progress in the Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Breathing Technique and seek Ye Tianlin’s help. After discovering that Su Ye had reached its second level, Ye Tianlin learned he had gotten started within an hour.

• The Ye Family’s head steward welcomed Xu Yong and Su Ye and led them to the private Martial Arts Arena.
• Su Ye met Ye Tianlin and Ye Xingli, and Ye Tianlin questioned whether Su Ye was suitable to cultivate with his daughter.
• Ye Tianlin noticed Su Ye had tempered twenty-nine Martial Bones and asked him to circulate the Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Breathing Technique.
• Su Ye demonstrated the technique’s second level, astonishing Ye Tianlin and Xu Yong.
• Xu Yong told Ye Tianlin that Su Ye had gotten started with the technique within an hour.

Su Ye impressed Ye Tianlin by grasping the Breathing Meditation Method quickly, earning a custom Origin Power Weapon and jade pendant. When Ye Tianlin arranged a sparring match to assess Su Ye, Xu Yong insisted the chosen opponent would not be strong enough to reveal Su Ye’s true strength.

• Su Ye impressed Ye Tianlin with his grasp of the Breathing Meditation Method, and Ye Tianlin agreed to make him a custom Origin Power Weapon before the Four School Grand Competition.
• Ye Tianlin gave Su Ye and Ye Xingli jade pendants that concealed their auras and helped them maintain their training speed during Dual Cultivation.
• Ye Jingfeng arrived and challenged Su Ye’s standing, prompting Ye Tianlin to choose him as Su Ye’s sparring partner.
• Xu Yong warned Ye Tianlin that Ye Jingfeng could not draw out Su Ye’s full strength, so the chief steward offered to spar with Su Ye while suppressing his cultivation.
• Su Ye agreed to use everything he had as the others cleared space, while Ye Jingfeng and Ye Tianlin doubted Xu Yong’s confidence.

Su Ye impressed the Ye Family by revealing a perfect Martial Bone Foundation and combining the Tiger Form Bone Forging Method with Extreme Shadow Swordplay. As the Ye Family head steward escalated the duel with the Star Pointing Sword, Su Ye answered with a move that summoned a soaring sea against his hundred stars.

• Ye Jingfeng dismissed Su Ye as a rival while Ye Tianlin questioned Xu Yong’s confidence in him.
• Su Ye attacked the head steward with Extreme Shadow Swordplay and used a tiger-like burst to slice his sleeve.
• Ye Tianlin recognized Su Ye’s perfect foundation, flawless Azure Cloud Breathing Technique, Sword Intent, and powerful Spiritual Power.
• The head steward took up a sword and exchanged rapid blows with Su Ye before unleashing the Star Pointing Sword’s hundred-star technique.
• Ye Jingfeng predicted Su Ye would lose, but Su Ye countered with a vast sea surging toward the hundred stars.

Su Ye fought the Ye Family's chief steward in a swordsmanship contest, matching and then surpassing his Star Pointing Sword with his own Vast Sea techniques and self-comprehended Solitary Intent. The chief steward used Sword Momentum to turn the tide, but Su Ye answered by summoning a Blood Sea behind his sword.

• Su Ye matched the chief steward’s Star Pointing Sword with the four forms of Vast Sea Swordplay, then countered Star Enclosure with Heavy Sea.
• Xu Yong revealed that Su Ye’s Vast Sea Solitary Intent was his own comprehension, astonishing Ye Tianlin and deepening Ye Jingfeng’s doubts.
• Su Ye struck the chief steward with Mustard Seed Sword Intent and then combined it with Heavy Sea in a Dual Sword Intent that forced the steward to use thirty Martial Bones.
• The chief steward unleashed Sword Momentum, exceeding the contest’s limits and driving Su Ye back with the Hundred-Star Sword.
• Su Ye recalled seeing a Blood Sea after mastering Vast Sea Swordplay and raised his sword, declaring that the chief steward should receive another strike as a Blood Sea appeared behind him.

Su Ye’s blood-sea vision overwhelmed the Ye Family chief steward in a duel, though Ye Tianlin clarified that it was a fragment of intent rather than true Sword Momentum. The match ended with Su Ye approved for dual cultivation with Ye Xingli and promised an Origin Power Weapon; Ye Tianlin then reassured Ye Jingfeng and hinted that Su Ye’s missing father had been a devoted madman.

• Su Ye unleashed a blood-sea vision through his sword, shaking the Ye Family chief steward and forcing him to use Yuan Power before Su Ye’s sword broke.
• Ye Tianlin explained that Su Ye had projected a fragment of intent glimpsed through Vast Sea Swordplay, and Xu Yong and Ye Tianlin connected the vision to a place Li Hai had seen.
• Xu Yong ended the match because his Heavenly Blade Heart Array could no longer keep Su Ye’s Yin Yang balanced, while Su Ye resolved to advance the Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Breathing Technique.
• Ye Tianlin agreed that Su Ye could dual cultivate with Ye Xingli and promised to have his Origin Power Weapon forged before the Four School Grand Competition.
• Ye Tianlin encouraged Ye Jingfeng not to lose confidence over Su Ye’s talent and reminded him that stronger prodigies awaited at the Heavenly Pride Soaring Cloud Ranking.
• Ye Tianlin warned Ye Xingli to tell him if Su Ye tried anything during dual cultivation, then described Su Ye’s missing father as a madman devoted to the one he loved.

Ye Tianlin explained how Su Ye’s father’s love for a woman cost him a major opportunity, while Xu Yong praised Su Ye’s prospects and then had to leave for an official meeting. After training without Xu Yong, Su Ye went to the school library to study sword mastery and unexpectedly met Yao Hong.

• Ye Tianlin told Ye Xingli that Su Ye’s father had missed a major opportunity by leaving for Kyoto to seek medicine for a woman, then praised the Nine Yin Cold Moon Breathing Meditation Method as a way to control her demon blood.
• Xu Yong praised Su Ye’s performance at the Ye Family and said his cultivation, techniques, weapon, and combat talent gave him a chance to place in the top three at the Four School Grand Competition.
• A Deputy Commander informed Xu Yong that he had to attend a ten-day meeting of officials from the four provinces, so Xu Yong left Su Ye with a strand of Divine Ability power from the Heavenly Blade Heart Array for protection.
• Xu Yong told Su Ye to train with the three Deputy Commanders and the old soldiers while he was away, promising to return before the Four School Grand Competition.
• After training at the military camp, Su Ye went to Shenyun First High School’s library to research Sword Qi, Sword Momentum, Sword Soul, and Sword Heart, where he unexpectedly encountered Yao Hong.

Su Ye studied the Four Realms of Swordsmanship and used the pressure of his Sea of Blood Scenery to pursue a breakthrough in the training room. He left having comprehended Sword Qi, whose mark cut three fen into a training dummy.

• Su Ye met Yao Hong at the library, where she bought him a coffee before heading to the history section to search for information about the origins of the spiritual energy revival.
• Su Ye read about the Four Realms of Swordsmanship and learned that Sword Qi required exceptional Spiritual Power, a Perfect Foundation, and deep understanding of the sword.
• Su Ye went to his private training room and used his incomplete Sea of Blood Scenery to force himself to balance its power while studying the wooden sword in his hand.
• Su Ye combined his cultivation, Spiritual Power, and sword understanding to comprehend Sword Qi, then made a precise slash that left a mark three fen deep in the training dummy.

After leaving the library, Su Ye considered whether advancing his Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Breathing Technique could help him condense a Spiritual Seed. He learned the Monthly Exam would select students for the Four School Grand Competition and decided to train with Li Aoxue again.

• Su Ye reflected on the Four Realms of Swordsmanship and suspected that breaking through the seventh layer of his Breathing Technique might let him condense a Spiritual Seed.
• Yao Hong left Shenyun First High School and revealed that Su Ye had nearly detected her Thousand Gods, though she believed the overall situation was already decided.
• Zhang Yuan told Su Ye that the Monthly Exam would begin in ten days, with the top thirty advancing to the Four School Grand Competition and combat making up most of the score.
• Su Ye saw that Li Aoxue and four representatives of the Four Great Families would assess students, and considered the challenge posed by family resources.
• Su Ye arranged to meet Li Aoxue at the Vast Sea Sword Hall to cultivate the Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Breathing Technique further.

Lin Yue ordered Lin Feiting to target Su Ye before the Four School Grand Competition, while Su Ye learned that the Ye Family had obtained a rare Soul Sculpting Stone for his Origin Power Weapon. The chapter ended with Ye Xingli inviting Su Ye to leave a spiritual imprint on the stone.

• Lin Yue told Lin Feiting to draw Su Ye as an evaluation subject and damage his foundation, fearing Su Ye might threaten Lin Qingyue's chances in the competition.
• Lin Feiting agreed to cripple Su Ye and said he would use his Visualization Force to harm Su Ye's spirit if necessary.
• After completing their Dual Cultivation, Su Ye prepared to leave, but Ye Xingli asked him to wait.
• Ye Xingli told Su Ye that her cousin had brought back a Soul Sculpting Stone from Tianhun Academy and that her father wanted Su Ye to imprint it with his Spiritual Power for his Origin Power Weapon.

Ye Xingli explained the Soul Sculpting Stone’s six Spiritual Power grades, then brought Su Ye to Ye Tianlin’s underground artifact-refining room to imprint a stone for his weapon. Su Ye began the test, and the stone’s sudden brilliant light left Ye Xingli, Ye Tianlin, and Ye Wentian stunned, with its color still unrevealed.

• Ye Xingli explained that the Soul Sculpting Stone tested Spiritual Power and that red light met the standard for condensing a Spiritual Seed.
• Ye Xingli led Su Ye underground to Ye Tianlin’s artifact-refining room, where Ye Wentian introduced himself and presented the Soul Sculpting Stone.
• Ye Wentian explained how Su Ye could imprint the stone, while Ye Tianlin removed Su Ye’s jade pendant and revealed that he had mastered the Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Breathing Technique.
• Su Ye focused his senses on the Soul Sculpting Stone, which erupted in brilliant light and made all three onlookers freeze in astonishment.

Su Ye tested his Spiritual Power with the Soul Sculpting Stone and astonished Ye Wentian, Ye Tianlin, and Ye Xingli with its quality and strength. After the light reached the stone’s nine-meter limit, Su Ye finished the test unaware of their shock, and Ye Tianlin called his results “just barely good enough.”

• Su Ye produced orange light on the Soul Sculpting Stone, and Ye Wentian learned he had mastered the basics of the Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Breathing Technique in one hour.
• Ye Xingli spotted red light mixed with the orange, and Ye Wentian said Su Ye had a chance to form a Spiritual Seed.
• The orange-red light spread to the Soul Sculpting Stone’s nine-meter limit, indicating Spiritual Power comparable in quantity to that of a True Bone Martial Artist.
• Su Ye opened his eyes, returned the stone to Ye Tianlin, and asked what color light he had produced.
• Ye Tianlin told Su Ye his result was “just barely good enough,” leaving Ye Wentian struggling to hide his disbelief.

Ye Tianlin used the Soul Sculpting Stone to forge Su Ye a growth-capable Origin Power sword with unusually strong spirituality and the potential to become a Spirit Weapon. Su Ye felt the sword bond with him and named it Gui Shi.

• Ye Tianlin told Su Ye the Soul Sculpting Stone's light was orange, concealing that it had also shown red and reached nine meters.
• Ye Tianlin used Samadhi True Fire and the Hundred Heavenly Crafts to refine the Soul Sculpting Stone into a sword rough blank.
• Ye Tianlin explained that the level-six sword could grow as Su Ye tempered it and might eventually become a Spirit Weapon.
• Su Ye took the sword and felt it respond to him like an extension of his body.
• Ye Xingli asked Su Ye to name the sword, and Su Ye named it Gui Shi.

Su Ye named his new Origin Power Weapon Return to the World and unexpectedly demonstrated sword qi, shocking the Ye Family. After he left, Ye Tianlin and the others discussed threats to Shenyun City and wondered whether Su Ye had mastered the Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Breathing Meditation Technique to an extraordinary degree.

• Su Ye named the sword Return to the World, then instinctively slashed the special soil and carved a deep mark with sword qi.
• Ye Wentian, Ye Tianlin, and Ye Xingli were astonished that Su Ye had comprehended sword qi while still at Bone Tempering Realm.
• Su Ye apologized for the sudden strike, shrank Return to the World to pendant size, and bid the Ye Family members farewell.
• Ye Wentian and Ye Tianlin discussed Blood Butcher gathering a Monster Tide near Shenyun City and the mysterious high priest Po Jun.
• Ye Wentian asked whether the military had invited Su Ye to its Special Training Camp, and Ye Tianlin said Su Ye had likely missed its opportunity.
• The Ye Family realized Ye Tianlin could not sense Su Ye's cultivation and suspected his Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Breathing Meditation Technique had advanced beyond the ordinary stages.

After demonstrating the power of Returning World, Su Ye steadied his cultivation, resolved to reach the peak and seek a way back to his past life, and made further progress in alchemy. Zhang Yuan arrived with news that Fang Yaoxian had become the first Second-grade Alchemist in their year, only to discover Su Ye had already produced twenty pills from thirty-nine batches.

• Ye Wentian and Ye Tianlin examined Su Ye's Sword Qi scar and discussed his chances of contending with Lin Qingyue and Wang Junran at the Four School Grand Competition.
• Su Ye realized his sword strike had nearly unbalanced Yin and Yang, but his fourth-level Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Breathing Meditation Technique and the Heavenly Blade Heart Array's Divine Ability power had stabilized it.
• Su Ye reflected on Returning World's meaning, vowed to reach the martial path's peak and seek the Path Home to his past life, then went to the Heavenly Pill Pavilion to practice alchemy.
• Su Ye refined second-grade pills and advanced his Level 2 Alchemy progress, choosing not to spend time taking the Second-grade Alchemist examination before the competition.
• Zhang Yuan told Su Ye that Fang Yaoxian had earned a Second-grade Alchemist certificate, then noticed Su Ye had made twenty pills and reacted with shock.

Su Ye revealed that he could refine three kinds of Second-grade Pills, but chose not to pursue certification before the Four School Grand Competition. As he was about to discuss his cultivation with Zhang Yuan, the Lin Family’s head steward arrived and demanded the use of Su Ye’s alchemy room for ten days.

• Zhang Yuan inspected Su Ye’s Beauty Pills, Spirit Cleansing Pills, and Qi Augmentation Pills and realized Su Ye could meet the Second-grade Alchemist assessment requirements.
• Su Ye explained that he used most of his Second-grade Pills himself and would postpone certification because the exam would take a day and the Four School Grand Competition was ten days away.
• Zhang Yuan decided not to reveal Su Ye’s alchemy ability, hoping he might surprise Fang Yaoxian at the Grand Competition of Alchemy.
• Su Ye discerned that Zhang Yuan had tempered twenty-six Martial Bones, and Zhang Yuan asked about Su Ye’s cultivation.
• A female assistant notified Su Ye that the Lin Family’s head steward had arrived to see him.
• Head Steward Lin demanded that Su Ye let the Lin Family’s young miss use his alchemy room for ten days.

Head Steward Lin pressured Zhang Jing to lend the Heavenly Pill Pavilion’s alchemy room to the Lin family’s Young Miss, fearing Su Ye would threaten her in the Four School Grand Competition. After the steward attacked Zhang Yuan and tried to intimidate Su Ye, Zhang Jing refused him, and Su Ye rejected his demand.

• Head Steward Lin demanded that Zhang Jing lend the Heavenly Pill Pavilion’s alchemy room to the Lin family’s Young Miss for ten days, despite Zhang Jing offering other top-tier facilities.
• Zhang Yuan accused Head Steward Lin of targeting Su Ye, and the steward struck at him with Yuan Power.
• Su Ye caught and dispersed the attack before it could hit Zhang Yuan.
• Zhang Jing condemned the attack, refused to lend the alchemy room, and ordered Head Steward Lin to leave the Heavenly Pill Pavilion.
• Head Steward Lin pressured Su Ye to give up his alchemy room, but Su Ye calmly refused.

Su Ye stood firm against the Lin Family chief steward and impressed Zhang Jing with his exceptional alchemy results. He revealed a powerful aura in the alchemy room, leaving Zhang Jing and Zhang Yuan stunned about his cultivation.

• Su Ye rejected the Lin Family chief steward's warning, and Zhang Jing sent the steward away after he tried to intimidate Su Ye and Zhang Yuan.
• Zhang Yuan urged Su Ye to defeat Lin Qingyue in the upcoming alchemy competition, while Zhang Jing warned that the Lin Family's resources and Lin Qingyue's talent made her a serious opponent.
• Zhang Yuan showed Zhang Jing the pills Su Ye had made, and Su Ye said he had refined thirty-nine batches that day.
• Zhang Jing examined the twenty Second-grade Pills, including two fine-quality pills, and was astonished by Su Ye's skill.
• Zhang Yuan asked Su Ye how many Martial Bones he had tempered, and Su Ye released a trace of his aura, silencing the alchemy room.

Lin Qingyue and Lin Yue discussed the Heavenly Pride Soaring Cloud Ranking and the Lin Family’s attempt to take Su Ye’s alchemy room, while dismissing his abilities. Su Ye’s companions then discovered he had tempered thirty-seven Martial Bones, leaving Zhang Yuan and Zhang Jing stunned.

• Lin Yue praised Lin Qingyue for tempering thirty-five Martial Bones and explained that the Heavenly Pride Soaring Cloud Ranking offered both resources and a chance to build martial momentum.
• Lin Qingyue questioned her father about sending the head steward to borrow Su Ye’s alchemy room, insisting she could defeat Su Ye without resorting to such measures.
• The head steward reported that the Heavenly Pill Pavilion manager had protected Su Ye and that Su Ye refused to give up the alchemy room.
• Lin Yue dismissed Su Ye and considered using marriage to bind the Lin and Su Families together, while the head steward kept quiet about Su Ye catching his Yuan Power.
• Zhang Yuan and Zhang Jing reacted in shock when they learned Su Ye had tempered thirty-seven Martial Bones.

Su Ye impressed Zhang Jing and Zhang Yuan by revealing he had tempered thirty-seven Martial Bones, then continued training at home and reached thirty-eight. Three days later, with seven days left before the Four School Grand Competition, Shenyun First High School prepared for five university graduates to evaluate students and select the competition roster.

• Zhang Yuan and Zhang Jing were shocked to learn Su Ye had tempered thirty-seven Martial Bones, and Zhang Jing decided his promised extra million was not enough.
• Su Ye returned home, trained with the Tiger Form Bone Forging Method, and reflected on pushing his Martial Bones to their limit before entering Blood Nourishing.
• Su Ye switched to the Dragon Phoenix Bone Forging Method and completed his thirty-eighth Martial Bone.
• Three days passed, leaving seven days until the Four School Grand Competition, as Shenyun First High School welcomed five graduates from the Five Great Top Universities to evaluate students.
• Students eagerly anticipated the selection of the thirty-person competition roster and the return of senior Li Aoxue.

Shenyun First High School held a selection sparring event for the Four School Joint Event, and Lin Qingyue drew her relative Lin Feiting. Lin Qingyue revealed an Origin Power Weapon and Thirty-nine Martial Bones, while Zhang Yuan privately believed Su Ye had already surpassed her.

• Principal Sun Rui and the host explained the selection rules for the Four School Joint Event.
• Lin Qingyue volunteered for the selection, and the public draw matched her with Lin Feiting.
• The Lin Family's arrangement became apparent as Lin Feiting showed no surprise at the draw.
• Lin Qingyue revealed an Origin Power Weapon and displayed Thirty-nine Martial Bones, stunning the crowd.
• Students compared Lin Qingyue's progress with Su Ye's, while Zhang Yuan kept quiet because he believed Su Ye had Thirty-seven Martial Bones three days earlier.