Chapter Summaries

Su Yi’s Samsara Realm and Daoist ground were shattered by the seven Heavenly Venerates and their Dao Severing Bone Spear. Luo Xuanji rescued him at the last moment, and as the Heavenly Venerates closed in, Su Yi stepped forward and told her he would handle them himself.

• Su Yi unleashed the Samsara Realm, but Burning Wind Heavenly Venerable summoned the Dao Severing Bone Spear and the seven Heavenly Venerates joined forces against it.
• The seven Heavenly Venerates overwhelmed Su Yi’s defenses until the Samsara Realm and the Daoist ground beneath him shattered.
• As the Heavenly Venerates charged, Luo Xuanji appeared and shielded Su Yi from their combined strike, suffering severe injuries in the process.
• The Heavenly Venerates recognized Luo Xuanji and urged her to join them, but she refused and declared she would take Su Yi away even if she died.
• Su Yi pulled Luo Xuanji behind him and calmly told her to watch, saying the Heavenly Venerates were not worth her risking her life for.

Su Yi summoned an old man from Lin Jinghong's secret talisman, discovering that he was Lin Mo Shen's master and Lin Jinghong's grandmaster. The old man effortlessly suppressed Tyrant Cloud Heavenly Venerable's sword and began facing all seven Heavenly Venerables, whose united assault met his rising Dao light.

• Su Yi shattered Lin Jinghong's secret talisman, and an old man appeared from its clear qi.
• The old man told Su Yi that he was Lin Jinghong's grandmaster and recognized him as a longtime Fellow Daoist.
• Tyrant Cloud Heavenly Venerable attacked with the Geng Metal God-Slaying Sword, but the old man stopped it without moving.
• The old man took the sword, severed its connection to Tyrant Cloud Heavenly Venerable, and criticized the Heavenly Venerables for misusing their swords.
• All seven Heavenly Venerables attacked with their swords and the Dao Severing Bone Spear as the old man swept out a streak of Clear Dao Light.

An old man’s Willpower Dharma Body effortlessly suppressed the seven Heavenly Venerables and revealed that they had been used to probe Su Yi as part of a larger killing game. The old man identified the hidden game’s final stage, but Lingyu Daojun appeared and warned that the old man had broken the rules and risked bringing calamity upon his main body.

• The old man soothed the battlefield’s destructive forces, reclaimed the three Forbidden Divine Swords, sealed Profound Frost Heavenly Venerate, and imprisoned the other six Heavenly Venerables on blood-colored Bronze Pillars.
• Su Yi noticed that the old man combined Buddhist, Daoist, Confucian, and demonic inheritances, while Luo Xuanji and the Heavenly Venerates suspected he was an Ancient Ancestral God.
• The old man explained that the Heavenly Venerates were pieces sent to test Su Yi and said that multiple figures stood behind the killing game.
• The old man said the game had reached its decisive moment and admitted that his intervention had overstepped the rules.
• Lingyu Daojun emerged from the darkness, shattered the seals on the seven Heavenly Venerates, and ordered them to withdraw.
• Lingyu Daojun warned the old man that his strand of willpower could not prevail and that his intervention might expose his main body to a great calamity.

The old man defeated Lingyu Daojun and nearly killed him, but a mysterious bell-like voice intervened and called for mercy. The voice ordered Lingyu Daojun and the Heavenly Venerables to withdraw, leaving Su Yi and Luo Xuanji behind with the conflict unresolved.

• Luo Xuanji told Su Yi that Lingyu Daojun was an ancient figure and Burning Wind Heavenly Venerable's master.
• Lingyu Daojun attacked the old man with darkness and the Dao Severing Bone Spear, but the old man shattered his attacks, seized the spear, and severely injured him.
• As the old man prepared to strike Lingyu Daojun again, a mysterious bell-like voice asked him to show mercy and revealed that its dispute was with Su Yi.
• The old man criticized the voice for using others to set a killing trap, and the voice agreed to end the confrontation for the day.
• The voice ordered Lingyu Daojun to leave with the seven Heavenly Venerables, and Lingyu Daojun departed despite Burning Wind Heavenly Venerable's protest about the Forbidden Divine Swords.

Su Yi's confrontation ended when a mysterious voice called off the killing scheme and challenged him to settle their differences at the Trial Heavenly Pass. The voice belonged to the Gravekeeper of the Abyss Ruins, who revealed to Lingyu Daojun that he and Su Yi were both reincarnated bodies of the Swordsman.

• The mysterious voice ended the attack on Su Yi and proposed that they decide victory and defeat on the Path to Godhood at the Trial Heavenly Pass.
• The old man led Su Yi away, while Luo Xuanji and the departing gods reflected on the battle and their inability to influence it.
• In the Abyss Ruins, the Gravekeeper read a scroll describing an eternal figure and wondered why someone who should not have appeared had emerged.
• Lingyu Daojun returned to the Gravekeeper and questioned why he had stopped the attack on Su Yi.
• The Gravekeeper told Lingyu Daojun that he and Su Yi were both reincarnated bodies of the Swordsman.

Su Yi learned that the mysterious mastermind behind the killing scheme was a past life from a vanished Epoch Civilization, who had awakened beings trapped in the Abyss Ruins. The past life sent nine gifted fighters to the Trial Heavenly Pass to challenge Su Yi, while insisting he had already secured an invincible position.

• The man revealed to Lingyu Daojun and the beings in the Abyss Ruins that he was the Swordsman's reincarnation, but said he had become different from that life.
• The man reaffirmed his vow to lead the beings out of the Ancient God Domain, then gave Lingyu Daojun nine gifted fighters to take to the Trial Heavenly Pass.
• The man explained that his nine fighters came from buried Epoch Civilizations and said he would remain invincible even if they lost.
• At the God Annihilation Wasteland, Bodhi Grandmaster told Su Yi that reincarnation's disappearance had thrown spacetime into disorder and let ancient beings awaken.
• Bodhi Grandmaster revealed that the mysterious mastermind was Su Yi's past life, from an Epoch Civilization that had already perished.
• Su Yi realized the past life had survived because reincarnation vanished and understood how he had anticipated Su Yi's plans.

Su Yi learned that his Third Lifetime had arranged a life-or-death trial for him, while Bodhi Grandmaster helped him reach the Trial Nine Heavenly Passes. There, Su Yi faced nine extraordinary opponents chosen from more than a hundred Epoch Civilizations, and he prepared to enter the trials.

• Su Yi's Third Lifetime agreed that Su Yi could enter the Trial Nine Heavenly Passes and promised not to hinder him if he survived, while refusing to reveal his name until then.
• Bodhi Grandmaster told Su Yi that He Bo would have intervened in his absence, and Su Yi resolved to enter the trial.
• Su Yi asked Luo Xuanji to wait in the Ancient God Domain while he departed with Bodhi Grandmaster for the Trial Heavenly Pass.
• Lingyu Daojun introduced nine opponents, including Jian Xingyun, who warned Su Yi that he would fight with his life on the line.
• Lingyu Daojun revealed that the nine opponents were children of fortune selected from more than a hundred Epoch Civilizations, and Bodhi Grandmaster asked whether Su Yi considered them worthy enemies.

Su Yi entered the Trial Heavenly Pass and learned that Jian Xingyun was making a record-breaking run on the Ascension Road. Intrigued by a hidden trial tied to the First God Tower’s Trial Dao Stele, Su Yi inscribed his name and began the challenge, easily advancing through its first floor.

• Bodhi Grandmaster left after telling Su Yi they would meet again when Su Yi rose above the River of Destiny.
• Su Yi arrived at the Trial Heavenly Pass and saw that Jian Xingyun had advanced to the eighth floor of the First God Tower’s Ascension Road.
• Su Yi entered the First God Tower, sensed a hidden trial connected to the Trial Dao Stele, and inscribed his name.
• The tower transported Su Yi to the Ascension Road’s first floor and sealed his soul, cultivation, and Great Dao power, leaving only his Dao body strength.
• Su Yi strolled toward the first floor’s Dao Platform as the tower’s violent restrictive force broke against him.

Su Yi easily overcame the Ascension Road’s restrictive formations, silenced challengers who criticized his actions, and raced through the tower’s nine floors. He reached the summit alongside Jian Xingyun, but his astonishing speed made clear that Jian Xingyun had been surpassed.

• Su Yi caught a Blue Shirt Man who tried to use him for support, then slapped him off the stone steps after the man thanked him.
• When a woman in yellow criticized Su Yi, he threw a black-robed old man toward her; she struck the old man away instead of saving him, and Su Yi called out her hypocrisy.
• Su Yi effortlessly crossed the first and second tiers of the stone steps and vanished toward the higher floors, leaving the Trial Takers stunned.
• Outside the tower, spectators watched Su Yi’s name shoot from the first floor to the eighth floor in moments while Jian Xingyun reached the Ninth Floor.
• Su Yi and Jian Xingyun nearly simultaneously cleared the Ninth Floor and reached the summit, but spectators realized Su Yi had completed the challenge faster.

Su Yi defeated Jian Xingyun and broke the First God Tower’s record, unlocking a trial against nine legendary body refiners from past Epoch Civilizations. After defeating the first opponent, Zhu Mu, he prepared to face the second as onlookers and a mysterious observer watched.

• Su Yi overwhelmed Jian Xingyun in a physical clash, spared him out of respect for his talent, and accepted his surrender.
• The First God Tower’s Trial Dao Stele revealed that Su Yi’s record-breaking feat had unlocked a challenge against nine peak Supreme Mystery Grade body refiners from past Epoch Civilizations.
• Su Yi defeated Zhu Mu, the first challenger, then decided to use his full Ultimate Realm power against the remaining opponents.
• The Trial Dao Stele summoned Di Leng, the second challenger, as Su Yi prepared to fight him.
• Outside the tower, the crowd learned that Jian Xingyun had lost and discussed whether Su Yi could survive the unprecedented trial.
• In the Abyss Ruins, a lean man watched the battle through an Animal Skin Scroll and wondered whether Su Yi’s reincarnation would be enough to pass the First Lifetime’s test.

Su Yi defeated all nine opponents in the First God Tower, broke the historical record, and absorbed nine divine blood origins that brought his body to Great Perfection in the Ultimate Realm. He then entered the Second Divine Tower to test his soul power, where his strike drew down a rain of stars and left the other Trial Takers stunned.

• Su Yi used the Ultimate Realm’s physical power to defeat the First God Tower’s nine opponents and set a record as the strongest Supreme Mystery Grade body cultivator in history.
• The First God Tower awarded Su Yi nine divine blood origins, which he fused to advance his body to Great Perfection in the Ultimate Realm.
• Su Yi emerged to congratulations from the crowd, then headed for the Second Divine Tower to attempt its soul-power trial.
• The Second Divine Tower sealed Su Yi’s Dao body and cultivation, leaving only his soul power available for the Star Drawing test.
• Su Yi sent a strand of soul power through the sky, drawing down countless stars, then stepped onto them and vanished toward the next floor.

Su Yi overwhelmed the Trial Takers competing for the moon on the Second Floor and reached the tower’s summit after shattering all nine suns on the Third Floor with one sword strike. At the summit, he suppressed Li Mu with his soul power and eliminated him.

• Su Yi charged into the battle for the moon, defeated the competing factions, and took it to ascend to the Third Floor.
• Li Mu shattered the final sun after waiting for Su Yi, then left for the summit and warned him not to linger.
• Su Yi shattered all nine newly appeared suns with a single sword strike and ascended to the summit.
• Li Mu wondered about Su Yi’s soul power, but Su Yi suppressed him and declared him eliminated.

Su Yi conquered the Second and Third Divine Towers, bringing his body, soul, and Great Dao cultivation to Great Perfection in the Ultimate Realm. He realized that only a life-and-death battle could unite those powers and unleash his full potential, and prepared to seize the next opportunity on his Path to Godhood.

• After watching Li Mu’s defeat, the Third Lifetime realized Su Yi’s power exceeded his expectations and grew interested in him.
• Su Yi defeated the Second Divine Tower’s nine soul-power opponents, absorbed their Soul Origin Power, and advanced his soul to Great Perfection in the Ultimate Realm.
• Su Yi concluded that the first three stages of the Trial Heavenly Pass had been prepared by the First Lifetime to perfect his body, soul, and cultivation.
• Su Yi entered the Third Divine Tower and defeated Lu Kong with one strike, then overcame the remaining nine experts in Great Dao attainment.
• Su Yi absorbed the third tower’s nine supreme Great Dao powers, bringing his cultivation to Great Perfection in the Ultimate Realm.
• Su Yi realized he needed a true life-and-death battle to forge his body, soul, and Great Dao cultivation together, and resolved to seize the day.

After breaking the records of the first three God Towers, Su Yi entered the Fourth God Tower to face Yu Jiu, a Lower God who had just set its new record. Su Yi sought a life-or-death battle to seize the chance to attain godhood, and Yu Jiu promised to stake his life in the fight as his aura surged at the tower’s peak.

• Su Yi emerged from the Third God Tower and learned that Yu Jiu had broken the Fourth God Tower’s record and Bai Xiu had broken the Fifth’s.
• Jian Xingyun told Su Yi that Yu Jiu and Bai Xiu were among the powerful experts sent to contend with him.
• Su Yi entered the Fourth God Tower, passed its trials, and arrived at the peak to meet Yu Jiu.
• Yu Jiu offered Su Yi the nine Great Dao Sources he had earned, but Su Yi said he wanted only a worthy fight.
• Yu Jiu put away the Great Dao Sources, vowed to stake his life on the battle, and unleashed his full aura.

Su Yi defeated Yu Jiu in the Fourth God Tower and continued to the Fifth God Tower to challenge Bai Xiu. The chapter ended as Bai Xiu prepared to fight him, hoping his answer to her question about the importance of realm would resolve her confusion.

• Su Yi fought Yu Jiu and defeated him despite Yu Jiu unleashing his full strength.
• Yu Jiu conceded defeat, and Su Yi told him he bore no grudge before leaving for the Fifth God Tower.
• The onlookers learned Yu Jiu had lost when he emerged bloodied, then followed him toward the Fifth God Tower to watch Su Yi challenge Bai Xiu.
• Su Yi entered the Fifth God Tower to fight Bai Xiu rather than attempt its trials.
• Bai Xiu asked whether the level of one's realm mattered, and Su Yi invited her to fight so he could give her his answer.

Su Yi fought Bai Xiu, whose mastery of the Hundred Schools let her contend with him despite their cultivation gap. After Su Yi defeated her, Bai Xiu accepted him as a teacher and asked him to answer her question about whether cultivation realms mattered.

• Bai Xiu attacked Su Yi with Dao scripture that combined Confucian principles and the strengths of the Hundred Schools, but Su Yi shattered it with his sword.
• Su Yi and Bai Xiu fought at full strength, and his swordsmanship gradually overwhelmed her despite her awakening greater potential in battle.
• Su Yi broke Bai Xiu's Great Dao Chapters with a decisive sword strike, then withdrew the attack before it could hit her.
• Bai Xiu praised Su Yi's Sword Dao, bowed to him as a disciple, and said the battle had given her profound insight.
• Su Yi called Bai Xiu a Daoist friend, and she asked him to resolve her question about the difference between cultivation realms.

Su Yi explained his views on cultivation to Bai Xiu, then entered the Sixth God Tower to face an opponent whose Great Dao mastery threatened his life. As the Gravekeeper watched from the Abyss Ruins, Su Yi welcomed the perilous battle as a chance to prove his Dao.

• Su Yi told Bai Xiu that cultivators should build each realm carefully and find their own answers about the Great Dao, and she resolved to keep seeking her own understanding.
• Su Yi emerged from the Fifth God Tower, and Yu Jiu declared that he had defeated Bai Xiu and become invincible among the Creation Realm’s Lower Gods.
• Lu Shuo told Su Yi that he had lost to one of the three strongest Middle Gods of the Apex Realm, and Su Yi entered the Sixth God Tower to face its trial.
• Bai Xiu and the others gathered outside the tower and compared Su Yi’s unfathomable strength to the mysterious Gravekeeper, who watched from the Abyss Ruins.
• Su Yi reached the summit of the Sixth God Tower and was blasted back by a middle-aged monk’s Great Dao Law, but he welcomed the dangerous fight as an opportunity to prove his Dao.

Su Yi defeated the middle-aged monk and the purple-robed swordsman in the Sixth God Tower, enduring near-fatal battles that brought his inner powers closer to fusion and opened a path toward godhood. After recovering, he faced the final opponent: the Third Lifetime, who warned that defeat would prove Su Yi’s chosen path to godhood could not be traversed.

• Su Yi fought the middle-aged monk to the death and shattered him, sensing that his Dao body, soul, and cultivation were beginning to fuse.
• Su Yi swallowed a Nine Profound Heaven-Seizing Pill and quickly recovered before facing the purple-robed swordsman.
• Outside the tower, Lu Shuo told Bai Xiu that he hoped Su Yi would win, and Bai Xiu agreed.
• Su Yi fought the purple-robed swordsman for a quarter-hour and defeated him, then took another pill and sensed that he was close to a breakthrough.
• The Third Lifetime appeared as the final opponent, confirmed his identity, and told Su Yi that victory might let him prove his Dao while defeat would invalidate his path to godhood.

Su Yi fought the Third Lifetime at the Sixth God Tower’s final trial, testing his sword dao against the terrifying skill of his past self. As their duel continued, the Third Lifetime recognized Su Yi’s grand ambition to make reincarnation part of his sword dao rather than its foundation.

• The Third Lifetime explained that the First Lifetime had left the trial and challenged Su Yi to a sword duel, promising to meet him outside if he won.
• The Third Lifetime unleashed ten thousand strands of Sword Qi, shattered Su Yi’s abyss of reincarnation, and wounded him with a swift counterattack.
• The Third Lifetime criticized Su Yi’s sword dao for lacking a distinct bearing, but Su Yi resisted the intimidating pressure and broke through his descending Sword Qi.
• Su Yi counterattacked with his own sword dao, and the two fought fiercely across the chaotic clouds, wounding each other as their contrasting styles clashed.
• The Third Lifetime realized Su Yi intended to merge reincarnation into his sword dao instead of using it as the foundation for all his other paths, and he admired Su Yi’s ambition.

Su Yi fought Third Lifetime at the Summit of the Sixth God Tower and, despite being grievously wounded, awakened a mysterious sword strike that revealed the path to godhood. The chapter ended as a Godhood Tribulation began to gather around Su Yi, leaving Third Lifetime stunned by the possibility that Su Yi had truly set foot on that path.

• Third Lifetime unleashed his full Apex Realm swordsmanship and drove Su Yi back, while Su Yi’s fighting spirit and power grew amid his injuries.
• Su Yi entered a state of self-forgetfulness and comprehended the dao in battle as Third Lifetime intensified his attacks.
• Third Lifetime’s strongest strike clashed with Su Yi’s natural counterstroke, whose divine charm seemed to transcend the boundary between life and death.
• Su Yi fell broken into the chaotic clouds, but told Third Lifetime that he had already embarked upon the Path to Godhood by comprehending life and death amid destruction.
• Third Lifetime sensed an invisible power of tribulation gathering in the heavens and realized Su Yi might be facing a Godhood Tribulation.