Chapter Summaries

Li Yuanba detected an ambush on the ocean route, allowing the Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion cultivators to repel Great Cultivator Yan Gao and Great Cultivator Wang He before they could kill the injured Great Cultivator Teng. The boats continued their voyage on alert, while news of Great Cultivator Shi Dong’s death spread across the Western Yan Continent.

• Great Cultivator Yan Gao and Great Cultivator Wang He prepared to ambush the injured Great Cultivator Teng to restore White Emperor Sect’s reputation.
• Li Yuanba spotted an abnormality in the ocean’s Water Element Spiritual Qi and warned Great Cultivator Lou.
• Great Cultivator Lou’s probing Sword Light exposed the ambush, and Great Cultivator Yan Gao and Great Cultivator Wang He charged toward Great Cultivator Teng’s Far Sailing Boat.
• Great Cultivator Teng and the Nascent Soul Sword Cultivators unleashed a Combined Attack Technique that blocked the attackers, who then retreated.
• Great Cultivator Teng thanked Li Yuanba for his warning, and the four Far Sailing Boats stayed close together and on guard.
• News of Great Cultivator Shi Dong’s death spread as other cultivators began dividing up his interests.

Great Cultivator Lou learned that White Emperor Sect blamed Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion for Great Cultivator Shi Dong’s death, while Li Shiming completed and successfully tribulation-tested the upgraded Traceless Illusion Sword. The story left Great Cultivator Luo Pei receiving Li Yuanba’s spoils of war, including Shi Dong’s corpse, for future corpse refining.

• Great Cultivator Lou learned that an unknown cultivator had killed Great Cultivator Shi Dong, but White Emperor Sect blamed Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion, which accepted the resulting increase in its reputation.
• Li Shiming finished engraving the Traceless Illusion Sword with four hundred million Fortification Runes and one billion Sharpness Runes, then sent it out to face its Artifact Tribulation.
• Great Cultivator Luo Pei let the Traceless Illusion Sword endure a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Thunder Tribulation, which it passed before absorbing the Heaven and Earth Reward.
• Li Shiming used the Spirit Control Nurturing Treasure Secret Technique to pass sword-fighting knowledge to the Traceless Illusion Sword’s strengthened Artifact Spirit.
• Great Cultivator Luo Pei traveled to meet Li Yuanba, who handed over the trip’s treasures, treatment-pill materials, and corpses, including Great Cultivator Shi Dong and twelve White Emperor Sect Nascent Soul Middle Stage Core Disciples.

Li Shiming replaced the Precious Lotus Great Hall’s polluted spiritual water, then used the Heavenly Ghost to erase Great Power Xuan Yi’s ownership mark from the Aurora Shadow Shuttle and claimed the craft for himself. Great Power Xuan Yi learned his shuttle was stolen and ordered an investigation, while Li Shiming studied its advanced refining and speed-rule techniques.

• Li Shiming opened the Precious Lotus Great Hall to the Heavenly Human Path hall’s Spiritual Qi and replaced the water polluted by Great Cultivator Shi Dong.
• Li Shiming sent the Heavenly Ghost to consume the Aurora Shadow Shuttle’s Spirit Mark, and the Heavenly Ghost swallowed the powerless projection triggered by its attack.
• Li Shiming made the Aurora Shadow Shuttle recognize him as its master and learned it could reduce travel between Western Yan and the Central Continent to five days with Great Cultivator Luo Pei supplying Spiritual Power.
• Great Power Xuan Yi sensed that his Spirit Mark had vanished, learned Great Cultivator Shi Dong had fallen, and ordered the White Emperor Sect Intelligence Department to find the Aurora Shadow Shuttle.
• Li Shiming examined the shuttle’s Great Power-level refining and Speed Rule Mark but could not replicate the rule technique.

Li Shiming integrated the Spiritual Jade Spring and Fire Jade Furnace into the Half-Life Blessed Land, developing its water and fire elements and witnessing the birth of a Thunder and Lightning Rule. After gaining new insight and power, he began preparing to switch his cultivation method to the Heavenly Human Art.

• Li Shiming placed the Spiritual Jade Spring beside the Divine Tree, and it fused into the Half-Life Blessed Land, producing spiritual water and strengthening its vitality.
• Li Shiming suspended the Fire Jade Furnace overhead, and its flames created clouds, lightning, and rain that completed four of the blessed land’s five elements.
• Li Shiming comprehended a sliver of the Thunder and Lightning Rule as it formed, raising his Jade Purity Thunder Canon to Nascent Soul Middle Stage Peak and greatly increasing his lightning’s power.
• Li Shiming realized the Half-Life Blessed Land could help cultivators comprehend exposed rules, though he could not yet clearly perceive its earth, wood, water, or fire rules.
• Li Shiming decided to prepare for switching from the Five Rhymes Qi Refining Art to the Heavenly Human Art, arranging supplies and spirit pets in case his realm fell during the process.

Li Shiming began recultivating the Heavenly Human Art with his five fused Nascent Souls, risking the collapse of his cultivation as the technique consumed his spiritual power, spirit, and physical strength. Just as he prepared to abandon it, the art produced Chaos Spiritual Power, Spirit Energy, and Body Refinement Energy that stabilized him and revealed its extraordinary potential.

• Li Shiming prepared spirit pills and cultivation aids before entering the Precious Lotus Great Hall to recultivate the Heavenly Human Art.
• Li Shiming fused his five Nascent Souls and circulated the Heavenly Human Art through the energies of his Five Elements Divine Powers.
• The Heavenly Human Art's patterns consumed Li Shiming's spiritual power and began draining his body and spirit, forcing him to draw Spirit Energy from his other brains.
• As Li Shiming neared his limit and prepared to stop, the Heavenly Human Art produced a thread of energy that transformed into Chaos Spiritual Power and stabilized his Nascent Soul.
• The Heavenly Human Art generated Spirit Energy and Body Refinement Energy, replenishing Li Shiming and demonstrating its ability to cultivate his spiritual power, spirit, and body together.

Li Shiming cultivated the Heavenly Human Art, recovering his strength and discovering that its influence had strengthened his body, spiritual power, and attacks with traces of Rule Power. After taking control of the Heavenly Human Blessed Land through the Heavenly Human Seal, he explored its paths and found that its automated Hell Dao could help raise his Heavenly Ghost to Fourth Grade Late Stage.

• Li Shiming completed his first cultivation session with the Heavenly Human Art and found that his five Nascent Souls could cultivate it separately, multiplying his cultivation gains.
• Li Shiming tested his enhanced strength and speed, which had reached the level of a Body Refining Great Cultivator, and decided to remain in seclusion until he could advance further.
• Li Shiming sat on the throne in the Heavenly Human Path great hall and resonated with the Heavenly Human Seal, becoming master of the seal and the entire Heavenly Human Blessed Land.
• Li Shiming inspected the blessed land’s six paths and learned that its Golden Corpses, nether ghosts, and Asuras remained under his control only while they stayed inside.
• Li Shiming explored the Hell Dao, discovered its formation automatically replenished and raised nether ghosts, and considered using it to advance his Heavenly Ghost after reaching the great cultivator level.

Li Shiming toured the Heavenly Human Blessed Land, recovered to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, and began semi-seclusion while arranging for Great Cultivator Luo Pei to assist Li Yuanba. Meanwhile, Great Cultivator Teng rewarded Li Yuanba with three powerful flying swords, and the guests discussed the White Emperor Sect’s mysterious losses.

• Li Shiming toured the Evil Ghost Dao, Animal Dao, Asura Dao, Human Dao great hall, and Heavenly Human Path great hall, then promised the souls in the Human Dao that he would free them when he was strong enough.
• Li Shiming cultivated for three months, reached the Nascent Soul Middle Stage without a heavenly tribulation, and fully recovered his cultivation.
• Li Shiming released his contracted creatures, sent Great Cultivator Luo Pei to assist Clone Li Yuanba, and prepared to begin semi-seclusion while Golden Corpse Nan Ming refined pills.
• Great Cultivator Teng and Great Cultivator Lou visited Li Yuanba, and Great Cultivator Teng presented three Fourth Grade High Level flying swords as Li Shiming’s alchemy reward.
• Great Cultivator Lou revealed that the White Emperor Sect had contacted Sword Elder about a loss on the Northern Yan Continent, while Li Yuanba privately concluded that the sect could not trace the Aurora Shadow Shuttle or investigate Shi Dong’s death.

Li Yuanba was captured by Great Cultivator Duan Zhang, who had been hired by White Emperor Sect, but Li Shiming caught up as Duan Zhang carried him away. Li Shiming lured Duan Zhang away from nearby cultivators and markets, and the chapter ended with the two racing across the sky in Thunder Escape.

• Li Yuanba traveled from Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion toward Li Shiming, but Great Cultivator Duan Zhang trapped him in a Lightning Cage and sealed him with thunder runes and an imprisoning chain.
• Great Cultivator Duan Zhang carried the bound Li Yuanba away, while Great Cultivator Luo Pei arrived too late to stop him.
• Li Shiming sensed Li Yuanba's location, left Heavenly Human Blessed Land, and used Close In An Instant to pursue Great Cultivator Duan Zhang.
• Li Shiming caught sight of Great Cultivator Duan Zhang and deliberately revealed himself, prompting Duan Zhang to place Li Yuanba in a Spirit Pet Pouch before pursuing Li Shiming.
• Li Shiming fled to draw Great Cultivator Duan Zhang away from nearby cultivators, and Duan Zhang chased him as the gap between them slowly narrowed.

Li Shiming rescued Li Yuanba from Great Cultivator Duan Zhang and stayed to fight him over the ocean. Li Shiming broke through Duan Zhang’s defenses, forcing him to abandon his body and flee as a Nascent Soul.

• Li Shiming led Great Cultivator Duan Zhang out over the ocean, where the two prepared to fight.
• Li Shiming used Divine Foot Passage to steal the Spirit Pet Pouch containing Li Yuanba, then sent Li Yuanba into Heavenly Human Blessed Land for Great Cultivator Luo Pei to remove his restrictions.
• Li Shiming revealed the Sky Strike Thunder Hammer and attacked Duan Zhang with Falling Thunder Art, but Duan Zhang’s Thunder Shield blocked the strike.
• Li Shiming evaded Duan Zhang’s counterattack, appeared behind him, and used Shattering Void Sword Intent to break through the damaged Thunder Shield.
• Li Shiming struck Duan Zhang with another Falling Thunder Art, then cut into his body with the Fourth Grade Sword Foundation, forcing Duan Zhang to abandon his physical body and escape as a Nascent Soul.

Li Shiming killed Great Cultivator Duan Zhang after the White Emperor Sect hired him to capture Li Yuanba, then reunited with Li Yuanba and sent him back to Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion. The chapter left Li Yuanba facing questions from Sword Elder, who detected traces of Jade Purity Sect's Spirit Locking Restriction Spell on him.

• Great Cultivator Duan Zhang fled in his Nascent Soul using a life-preserving jade talisman, but Li Shiming caught him and trapped him in a Lightning Cage.
• Great Cultivator Duan Zhang revealed that the White Emperor Sect had hired him to capture Li Yuanba, and the Heavenly Ghost devoured his Nascent Soul.
• Li Shiming collected Great Cultivator Duan Zhang's Sky Strike Thunder Hammer and Soul Crystal Ring, then fled while considering his strengths and defensive weaknesses.
• Li Shiming reunited with Clone Li Yuanba, accepted jade boxes of Great Cultivator Spiritual Pills, and watched Li Yuanba return toward Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion.
• Sword Elder noticed traces of Jade Purity Sect's Spirit Locking Restriction Spell on Li Yuanba and asked what had happened.

Li Yuanba told Sword Elder that a friend had rescued him after Great Cultivator Duan Zhang captured him, prompting Sword Elder to confront Great Power Luo Yuan. After the two Great Powers agreed to contain the conflict between their sects, Li Shiming inspected Duan Zhang’s corpse and discovered ten Great Cultivator Spirit Herbs among his possessions.

• Li Yuanba told Sword Elder that a friend had saved him from Great Cultivator Duan Zhang, and Sword Elder angrily contacted Great Power Luo Yuan.
• Great Power Luo Yuan learned Duan Zhang had accepted a White Emperor Sect capture mission and that Duan Zhang’s Life Lamp had gone out; Sword Elder said he had not killed him and agreed with Luo Yuan to keep their sects in check.
• Sword Elder assured Li Yuanba that the Jade Purity Sect would not send another Great Cultivator after him, and Li Yuanba returned to his Cave Dwelling to cultivate.
• Li Shiming returned to the Heavenly Human Blessed Land, considered the risks of killing Duan Zhang, and inspected the Great Cultivator’s corpse and possessions in the Server Room Space.
• Li Shiming found ten Great Cultivator Spirit Herbs in Duan Zhang’s Soul Crystal Ring, including five that the White Emperor Sect had paid him to capture Li Yuanba.

Li Shiming searched Great Cultivator Duan Zhang’s Soul Crystal Ring, uncovered Jade Purity Sect inheritance records, and began refining three batches of Great Cultivator Spiritual Pills while cultivating. He left Great Cultivator Luo Pei to grow stronger and considered how his growing power and control of the Heavenly Human Blessed Land could support further progress.

• Li Shiming found a Myriad Miles Spiritual Sense Plate attuned to his aura and realized Jade Purity Sect could use it to track him.
• Li Shiming discovered Jade Slips containing Great Cultivator insights into the Jade Purity Thunder Canon and had IBMz15 analyze them.
• Li Shiming arranged three Fourth Grade Pill Furnaces in the Server Room Space and began refining three batches of Great Cultivator Spiritual Pills with his flames and Golden Corpse Nan Ming.
• Li Shiming discovered his Server Room Space control had improved to 0.1 nanometers, enabling more precise alchemy and higher-quality pills.
• The Heavenly Ghost woke with its Fourth Grade Mid-Rank realm more stable, and Great Cultivator Luo Pei began cultivating with a Great Cultivator Spiritual Pill.
• Li Shiming and Great Cultivator Luo Pei cultivated in the Precious Lotus Great Hall, drawing on the Heavenly Human Blessed Land’s Spiritual Qi.

Li Yuanba reunited with his recovered Master, Jian Wuwei, who gave him a rare chance to study the Jian Clan’s Sword Intent Monument. He used IBMz15 to record the monument’s complete sword intent, leaving him with a detailed virtual copy to study later.

• Li Yuanba left cultivation to greet Jian Wuwei, who had recovered and mastered Shattering Void Sword Intent.
• Li Yuanba gave Jian Wuwei two hundred Fourth Grade High Level Spiritual Pills, and Jian Wuwei passed on his chance to view the Jian Clan Core Inheritance.
• Sword Elder brought Li Yuanba to the Sword Intent Monument and explained that it contained the Jian Clan’s core inheritance.
• Li Yuanba connected to IBMz15 and used his six hours with the monument to record its sword intent instead of focusing on deep comprehension.
• When the six hours ended, IBMz15 held a thirty-nanometer virtual copy of the monument and extensive data about its sword intent.

Li Yuanba recovered from his encounter with the Sword Intent Monument and accepted Wu Qi’s invitation to compete for a newly discovered Cave Heaven. He prepared to join the mission for Lang Cai Great Power’s blessed land, whose core could help another faction produce a Great Power if the Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion failed to secure it.

• Li Yuanba recovered from the Sword Intent Monument’s influence, while Li Shiming used IBMz15 and one hundred and fifty brains to study its recorded sword intent.
• Li Yuanba returned from delivering Spiritual Pills and accepted more refining commissions, which he planned to pass to Li Shiming.
• Wu Qi visited Li Yuanba with alchemy materials and two Fourth Grade Flying Swords, then invited him to join a mission to seize an emerging Cave Heaven.
• Wu Qi explained that Lang Cai Great Power’s blessed land could help a cultivator advance to the Mahayana Stage, and that the Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion would destroy its core rather than let another faction claim it.
• Li Yuanba agreed to prepare for the mission, and Wu Qi said they would set out the next day.

Li Yuanba collected five Golden Corpse Middle Stage corpses before joining Wu Qi and Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion’s cultivators at the site of a soon-to-open Blessed Land. Surrounded by more than a thousand Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators, he became the focus of attention when the superpowers debated how to clear the outer cultivators, leaving his reputation and possible role in the dispute hanging over the gathering.

• Li Yuanba took the Refined Corpse bracelet containing five Golden Corpse Middle Stage corpses from Great Cultivator Luo Pei and left the Heavenly Human Blessed Land.
• Li Yuanba joined Wu Qi on a Flying Boat bound for the Blessed Land’s opening site, where they found more than a thousand Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators gathered.
• Tang Xue Ning warned Li Yuanba about the danger, while Che Lian and Chang Qing argued over who should organize the cultivators.
• Grandmaster Ming Kong proposed that cultivators who could withstand three moves from a chosen fighter should be allowed to stay, and Wu Qi asked Li Yuanba what he thought.
• Yin Chang mistook Wu Qi’s question as a suggestion to put Li Yuanba forward, but a Luan Phoenix Palace cultivator revealed his identity and reminded everyone of his fame for killing Xue Huan.
• Li Yuanba told Yin Chang that they should become better acquainted, suspecting that Yin Chang had deliberately stirred suspicion against him.

Li Yuanba watched Honored One Ming Xin drive the outer cultivators away with Great Thunderclap Temple’s Thunderclap Sound Divine Power, then declined to demonstrate his own strength when the other superpowers pressed him to fight. He offered his Golden Corpse Middle Stage Refined Corpse in his place, and the chapter ended as it waited for an opponent.

• Li Yuanba warned Yin Chang against provoking him, while Grandmaster Ming Kong sent Ming Xin to clear out the weaker outer cultivators.
• Honored One Ming Xin used the Thunderclap Sound Divine Power to knock down approaching cultivators, prompting most of the outer Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators to withdraw.
• Grandmaster Ming Kong challenged Yin Chang over the Central Continent Merchant Guild’s large contingent, while Wu Qi asked Li Yuanba whether he would explore the Cave Heaven alone; Li Yuanba said he would.
• Che Lian and Chang Qing proposed that Li Yuanba fight to determine which cultivators could remain, and the other superpower Core Disciples agreed.
• Li Yuanba refused to demonstrate his own abilities and summoned a Golden Corpse Middle Stage to fight in his place, then asked who would go first.

Li Yuanba intimidated the other superpowers with his Golden Corpse Middle Stage, prompting them to plot against Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion inside Lang Cai Great Power’s unknown blessed land. As the Space Gate prepared to open, the factions argued over who would enter first, and Wu Qi volunteered to represent Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion.

• A Boundless Sect Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator challenged Li Yuanba’s Golden Corpse Middle Stage, which broke through his defenses and defeated him with one strike.
• Wu Qi mocked the other cultivators’ reluctance, while the factions’ Core Disciples agreed that Li Yuanba should not be expected to test their battle strength.
• Chang Qing and Che Lian secretly proposed driving out Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion, and the superpowers agreed to target the Sword Cultivators after entering the blessed land.
• Wu Qi warned Li Yuanba about the other factions and the unknown dangers of Lang Cai Great Power’s blessed land, while Li Yuanba strengthened his companions with Innate Yi Wood divine power.
• As the Space Gate neared opening, Che Lian objected to Li Yuanba entering first, and Wu Qi volunteered to enter for Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion.

Li Yuanba entered the Blessed Land and helped Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion hold off its powerful guardians with five Golden Corpses. As the guardians’ deadly poison killed cultivators across the other factions, Li Yuanba sent one Golden Corpse to reinforce Luan Phoenix Palace, stabilizing its defensive line.

• Li Yuanba entered the Blessed Land and found the eight superpowers fighting black, sword-wielding guardians that rapidly healed from injuries.
• Li Yuanba released five Golden Corpses at the Middle Stage, easing pressure on Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion and startling Wu Qi and the other Core Disciples.
• Wu Qi explained that the guardians could only be stopped by finding and destroying the Blessed Land Core, while the Space Gate could not admit great cultivators.
• A Boundless Sect cultivator was poisoned by a guardian’s sword, and the poison spread to his Nascent Soul before killing him; cultivators from all seven factions besides Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion suffered poison casualties.
• Yao Feng asked Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion for help, and Wu Qi warned Li Yuanba that the other defensive lines were close to collapsing.
• Li Yuanba sent one Golden Corpse to reinforce Luan Phoenix Palace, where it knocked guardians aside and helped the faction stabilize its defense.

After the Space Gate failed, the trapped cultivators agreed that someone had to reach the Blessed Land Core, and Li Yuanba volunteered to push through the Blessed Land Guardians. He vanished into the darkness with Ten Thousand Swords Peak slowing the guardians, leaving Wu Qi and the others waiting for a way out.

• Grandmaster Ming Kong asked Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion for help, and Wu Qi agreed, sending a Golden Corpse Middle Stage to stabilize Great Thunderclap Temple's defense.
• Returning Origin Sect and Flying Feather Sect also requested aid, and Wu Qi assigned them two more Golden Corpse Middle Stage, while Boundless Sect, Northern Dipper Sect, and Central Continent Merchant Guild joined forces to defend.
• Wu Qi and the others learned that the Space Gate could not be used, and Yin Chang proposed sending powerful cultivators deeper into the blessed land to find and destroy the Blessed Land Core.
• After the other Core Disciples admitted they could not get through the guardians, Li Yuanba volunteered to advance, gave Wu Qi a Spirit Mark to control the golden corpses, and set off with Ten Thousand Swords Peak.
• Li Yuanba slipped past the Blessed Land Guardians as their attacks slowed near him, then disappeared into the darkness while the others wondered whether his mountain treasure came from White Emperor Sect.

Li Yuanba escaped the Blessed Land Guardians and crossed a lethal sea of golden flowers while traveling toward the Blessed Land Core. He entered a golden avenue where statues came alive as sword cultivators wielding great cultivator-level Sword Intent.

• Li Yuanba used Sword Escape to outrun the Blessed Land Guardians, collected a piece of Fourth Grade Top-Tier Metal Element Material, and followed the Spiritual Qi toward the Blessed Land Core.
• Li Yuanba crossed a spatial membrane into a golden sea of flowers whose petals became sharp, rule-empowered weapons.
• Li Yuanba controlled the petals with Invisible Yuan Magnetism and safely traveled through the sea of flowers until it reset behind him.
• Li Yuanba passed through another spatial membrane and found himself on a Golden Brick Avenue where Space Restriction prevented him from using Sword Escape.
• A pair of golden statues awakened as sword cultivators and revealed great cultivator-level Sword Intent, leaving Li Yuanba wary of the statues lining the road.