Chapter Summaries

Ji Juechen and the Sword Pavilion used the Absolute Silence Core and a costly distraction to escape the Star Luo Empire’s core warehouse after devastating its production lines and supplies. They completed the Sever Flow mission, but Jing Yu and Ji Juechen were gravely injured, and the Empire began pursuing them.

• The three Titled Douluo attacked the Sword Pavilion, and Ji Juechen activated the Absolute Silence Core to create a barrier.
• Jing Yu blocked the Shadow Douluo long enough for Ji Juechen to form the Void Bastion, then was knocked unconscious with grievous injuries.
• Xiao Hongchen fired three Disintegration Storm shells at the production lines and Rare Metals, forcing the Titled Douluo to defend the warehouse and rescue its staff.
• Jing Ziyan ordered the six Rank 8 Soul Tool Aircraft to flee while Ji Juechen’s barrier held, and the aircraft escaped as he collapsed unconscious.
• The Yan Gang Douluo pursued the aircraft and ordered an interception, while the Sword Pavilion escaped after completing the Sever Flow mission.

After escaping the Titled Douluo, Sword Pavilion’s team hid in an abandoned mine, where Ji Juechen remained unconscious from a law-level backlash and their supplies and equipment were badly depleted. Huo Yuhao detected their faint signal near the Black Ore Mountains, and the Seven Monsters of Shrek prepared to continue the pursuit.

• Jing Ziyan led the damaged aircraft through a risky detour while Ye Guyi stabilized Jing Yu and gave Ji Juechen pills to preserve his life.
• The team landed in an abandoned mine in the western borderlands of the Star Luo Empire, where Jing Yu reinforced their concealment.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen found the aircraft overloaded and damaged, while Jing Ziyan reported dwindling supplies and communications blocked by interference.
• The group confronted the crisis of Ji Juechen’s unconsciousness and their isolation deep in enemy territory.
• Huo Yuhao sensed the team near the Black Ore Mountains and detected Ji Juechen’s nearly vanished aura, replaced by a concealed Sense of Absolute Silence.

In the abandoned mine, Ji Juechen's mutated system used Annihilation energy to stabilize his failing condition and shared a precise attack plan with the team as a search party closed in. The team killed the enemy captain and the soldiers carrying Revealing Dust, but the remaining soldiers launched a counterattack at the mine entrance.

• Ye Guyi and the others struggled to keep Ji Juechen alive while Nana warned that the search forces were closing in.
• Ji Juechen's system fed him Annihilation energy, slowing his decline despite causing him severe pain.
• Nana detected a search party less than five li away, and Jing Ziyan organized the team to defend the mine.
• As the soldiers prepared to use Revealing Dust, Ji Juechen's system sent the team targeting and timing information through the Team Command Link.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen killed the search captain and the two soldiers carrying the launchers in a surprise attack.
• The remaining soldiers took cover and fired Soul Guidance Rays and soul skills into the mine, and Jing Ziyan ordered the team to suppress them.

While Ji Juechen lay unconscious, he burned his life force to send fierce sword intent through the Team Command Link, turning the Sword Pavilion members’ desperate defense into a counterattack. With reinforcements closing in and Ji Juechen near death, Jing Ziyan led the group into an abandoned mine tunnel deeper in the Black Ore Mountains.

• The Star Luo soldiers pinned down the Sword Pavilion members with heavy Soul Guidance Ray fire as Ji Juechen’s condition worsened.
• Ji Juechen activated the forced Echo protocol and sent combat guidance through the Team Command Link, directing each ally’s attacks and defense.
• Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Jing Yu, Nana, Jing Ziyan, and Ye Guyi used Ji Juechen’s guidance to break the enemy formation and drive the surviving soldiers back.
• Jing Ziyan decided the group had to flee on foot, and Nana found a faint energy reaction leading to an abandoned mine tunnel.
• Jing Ziyan carried Ji Juechen into the tunnel as the others helped Jing Yu and covered the group, while more Star Luo soldiers arrived behind them.

The Sword Pavilion group navigated abandoned mine tunnels while carrying the unconscious Ji Juechen, whose fading life force became even more precarious after his lingering Sword Intent Echo killed a Cave Spider Queen. They followed Nana toward a faint Soul Power gathering point, hoping to find shelter before Ji Juechen died.

• Nana led Jing Ziyan, Ji Juechen, Ye Guyi, Jing Yu, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen through the mine using her limited Spiritual Power.
• The group fought off a swarm of Cave Spiders, with Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Jing Yu, Ye Guyi, and Nana attacking while Jing Ziyan protected Ji Juechen.
• A Cave Spider Queen ambushed Jing Ziyan and Ji Juechen with corrosive venom, but Ji Juechen's Sword Intent Echo erased its soul and killed it instantly.
• Ye Guyi realized Ji Juechen's life aura had weakened further, and Jing Ziyan urged the group to prevent him from using that power again.
• Nana sensed a faint Soul Power gathering point along a left-hand passage, and the exhausted group headed toward it in search of a place to rest.

The group found a glowing underground karst cave where Ye Guyi used the Origin Light Moss to slow Ji Juechen’s decline. As Ji Juechen remained unconscious and his battle-guiding ability disappeared, Jing Ziyan chose a westward escape route across the desert.

• Nana led the group into a karst cave lit by Moonlight Stone Stalactites and Origin Light Moss.
• Ye Guyi guided energy from the moss into Ji Juechen, temporarily restraining the loss of his life force.
• Jing Yu, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Nana, and Ye Guyi recovered while Ji Juechen remained in a deathlike slumber.
• Jing Ziyan observed that Ji Juechen’s precise battle guidance had vanished, though his breathing had stabilized.
• Jing Ziyan chose to lead the group west across the Star Luo Empire’s desert after two more hours of rest.

Jing Ziyan led the group out of the mountain refuge and into the Western Frontier Desert, carrying the unconscious Ji Juechen. As they began their perilous crossing, Ji Juechen showed a faint sign of recovery, though the group still faced the desert and possible pursuers.

• Jing Ziyan ordered the group to leave the cave, and Jing Yu carried the unconscious Ji Juechen as they followed Nana through the passage west.
• Nana guided them through the dark passage despite the chaotic energy interfering with her senses.
• The group emerged at the edge of the Western Frontier Desert, where Jing Ziyan warned that crossing it would take at least seven days and ordered everyone to conserve supplies.
• Ji Juechen's finger twitched, and Ye Guyi noticed that the cold Sense of Absolute Silence around him was drawing inward and resisting her energy less strongly.
• Jing Ziyan led the group into the desert, determined to find a way forward while Ji Juechen remained unconscious.

The Sword Pavilion group struggled through the Western Frontier Desert while carrying the unconscious Ji Juechen, facing dangerous creatures and rapidly dwindling supplies. They camped for the night with Ji Juechen’s condition seemingly stabilized by the desert’s extremes, and prepared to continue onward.

• The group endured intense heat, draining Soul Power, and difficult travel as Jing Ziyan and Nana guided them without Ji Juechen’s route planning.
• Nana detected a sandworm, and Meng Hongchen and Jing Yu killed it before the group hurried away to avoid attracting more creatures.
• The group survived further desert hazards, including poisonous scorpions, attacking Soul Beasts, and quicksand, while their energy and supplies dwindled.
• At night, Ye Guyi sensed that Ji Juechen’s condition had stabilized somewhat and that his heartbeat might be stronger.
• Jing Ziyan ordered the group to take turns keeping watch and rest before continuing their journey the next day.

Sword Pavilion struggled through the desert and was ambushed by powerful Sand Bandits, only for the Seven Monsters of Shrek to defeat the bandits and surround them. Huo Yuhao sensed that Ji Juechen was still alive and stopped Xu Sanshi, offering Jing Ziyan a chance to talk.

• Jing Ziyan found Star Luo Empire Soul Tool wreckage and led the exhausted Sword Pavilion members onward along the safest route west.
• Sand Bandits triggered quicksand beneath Sword Pavilion and demanded their valuables and two women.
• Huo Yuhao, Beibei, Xu Sanshi, He Caitou, Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Donger launched a surprise attack that defeated the seven Sand Bandits.
• The Seven Monsters of Shrek surrounded Sword Pavilion, whose members were exhausted and whose Ji Juechen remained unconscious.
• Huo Yuhao sensed a faint flame of life in Ji Juechen, stopped Xu Sanshi from capturing Sword Pavilion, and told Jing Ziyan they could talk.

The Seven Monsters of Shrek offered to spare Sword Pavilion if they left Ji Juechen behind, arguing that only Shrek might be able to save him. Jing Ziyan refused to abandon her companion, so Huo Yuhao agreed to let them continue while Shrek followed and monitored Ji Juechen’s unstable power.

• Huo Yuhao and the others declared that Shrek would not slaughter wounded opponents and offered to let Sword Pavilion go if they left Ji Juechen behind.
• Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Jing Yu, Nana, Ye Guyi, and Jing Ziyan refused to abandon Ji Juechen and prepared to fight.
• Jing Ziyan declared Sword Pavilion’s creed and challenged Huo Yuhao to take Ji Juechen over their corpses.
• Huo Yuhao said Shrek would not attack but would follow Sword Pavilion until they left the desert or fell, keeping watch on Ji Juechen’s power.
• Jing Ziyan gathered supplies and ordered everyone to recover and treat their injuries before continuing west in fifteen minutes.

Sword Pavilion struggled across the desert while the Seven Monsters of Shrek followed without helping, testing the group's endurance as Ji Juechen remained unconscious. After a Sand Wolf attack left Jing Yu badly wounded, Jing Ziyan rallied her companions to keep heading west.

• Nana spotted dried cacti, and Xiao Hongchen cut them open so Sword Pavilion could extract their last traces of moisture.
• Sword Pavilion sheltered from the night cold while Jing Ziyan suspected Shrek was waiting for them to break, and Ye Guyi sensed a change in Ji Juechen's power.
• A pack of Sand Wolves attacked Sword Pavilion, and Jing Yu suffered a deep wound while protecting Ji Juechen.
• Jing Ziyan bandaged Jing Yu and urged the exhausted group to continue west, while the Seven Monsters of Shrek followed behind.

On the fourth day in the desert, Sword Pavilion found an oasis and risked approaching it despite suspecting a trap. The Seven Monsters of Shrek saved them from a hidden soul beast, but continued to watch from a distance as Sword Pavilion purified the water and pressed on.

• With their supplies and strength nearly exhausted, Jing Ziyan spotted an oasis and ordered Sword Pavilion to approach cautiously.
• A ten-thousand-year Sandland Demon Tentacle erupted from beneath the puddle and attacked Jing Ziyan, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen.
• Wang Donger and the other Seven Monsters of Shrek swiftly destroyed the demon tentacle and rescued Sword Pavilion from the attack.
• Huo Yuhao warned that the water contained a mild toxin, then the Seven Monsters of Shrek returned to their previous distance without demanding anything.
• Jing Ziyan had Ye Guyi purify the water and led Sword Pavilion onward, aware that the Seven Monsters of Shrek were still watching.

Jing Ziyan led the Sword Pavilion onward through the desert after they recovered at an oasis, while the Seven Monsters of Shrek continued watching them. That night, Ye Guyi discovered Ji Juechen’s life force was slowly returning, giving the group new hope as they prepared to move faster toward the desert’s edge.

• Ye Guyi treated Jing Yu’s wound as the Sword Pavilion shared purified water and debated why the Seven Monsters of Shrek had saved them.
• Jing Ziyan ended their rest and led the group onward, and they found jujube fruits before making camp in a sheltered hollow.
• Jing Ziyan estimated they could reach the desert’s edge in two or three days and said they needed to reach the Sun Moon Empire’s territory to contact the rescue party.
• Ye Guyi sensed that Ji Juechen’s Life Origin was slowly gathering again, and the group took heart from his improving vitality.
• Jing Ziyan ordered the others to take turns keeping watch and rest before moving faster the next day, while Huo Yuhao sensed a faint chance of new life from afar.

On the fifth day in the desert, Jing Ziyan led the Sword Pavilion group toward shelter from a massive sandstorm. As the storm battered their ravine refuge, Ji Juechen’s Sword Heart awakened and began taming the Annihilation backlash, leaving his survival uncertain.

• Jing Ziyan spotted a ravine and led the group toward it as the sandstorm approached.
• Nana warned the group of the storm, while Huo Yuhao directed the Seven Monsters of Shrek toward a nearby rock for shelter.
• Jing Yu carried Ji Juechen into the ravine as the group fought through the wind and sand.
• Jing Ziyan and the others sheltered against the ravine walls while Ye Guyi used Sacred Light to filter the air.
• Ji Juechen’s Sword Heart began circulating Absolute Silence Sword Intent, drawing out and taming the Annihilation backlash as his body convulsed in pain.
• The sandstorm swallowed both groups’ shelters, leaving the Sword Pavilion group protecting Ji Juechen as his life and transformation hung in the balance.

On the fifth day in the desert, the Sword Pavilion took shelter from a massive sandstorm while Ji Juechen’s sword intent guided the Power of Absolute Silence within him. The Seven Monsters of Shrek watched safely from a distance, unsure whether the storm would help him recover or destroy him.

• A massive sandstorm swept toward the Sword Pavilion, and Jing Ziyan led the group to shelter in a ravine.
• Jing Yu carried Ji Juechen as the Sword Pavilion members ran for the ravine, then endured the storm beneath its rock walls.
• Huo Yuhao protected the Seven Monsters of Shrek with a Spiritual Power barrier while they observed the storm.
• Huo Yuhao sensed that Ji Juechen was using the storm’s pressure to guide and consolidate the Power of Absolute Silence within him.
• Beibei admired Ji Juechen’s resolve, while Huo Yuhao said the outcome was uncertain and chose to observe and wait.

After the sandstorm, Jing Ziyan’s group found that Ji Juechen had survived by containing the backlash within his sword heart, and they discovered a new oasis to recover at. Jing Ziyan planned to travel west through the night, while the Seven Monsters of Shrek remained missing and an uncertain threat.

• The sandstorm ended, and the Sword Pavilion survivors dug themselves out of the ravine.
• Ye Guyi sensed that Ji Juechen had survived and was repairing himself after his sword heart restrained and integrated the backlash.
• Jing Ziyan realized the Seven Monsters of Shrek had disappeared and led the group out of the ravine to search for a way forward.
• Jing Ziyan’s group found a small oasis, where they drank, ate, rested, and tended to Ji Juechen.
• Jing Ziyan spotted a faint color on the western horizon and ordered everyone to rest until evening before traveling through the night.

While unconscious, Ji Juechen used his sword heart to conquer and absorb the Annihilation backlash, forging it into controlled Origin Absolute Silence. He remained asleep, but his meridians began to heal and his Sword Embryo was reforged without the system's help.

• Ji Juechen's consciousness endured the Annihilation backlash while the silent system offered no assistance.
• The sandstorm's destructive energy jolted Ji Juechen's sword heart into action, and he chose to master the backlash rather than resist it.
• Ji Juechen's sword heart devoured the deathly silence and transformed it into controlled Origin Absolute Silence.
• The storm subsided, leaving Ji Juechen with a crystal-like sword heart that could perceive energy and guide his will without the system.
• As Ji Juechen remained unconscious, Origin Absolute Silence began repairing his meridians and his Sword Embryo completed its reforging.

Jing Ziyan’s group escaped the Western Frontier Desert only to be blocked by the Seven Monsters of Shrek, who demanded they leave Ji Juechen behind. As both sides prepared to fight, a distant horn blast broke the standoff.

• Jing Ziyan led the exhausted Sword Pavilion group out of the desert and confronted figures hiding in a stone forest.
• The Seven Monsters of Shrek emerged and Huo Yuhao sensed that Ji Juechen’s condition had stabilized and advanced further.
• Beibei demanded that the group leave Ji Juechen behind, saying the power within him threatened the continent’s future.
• Xiao Hongchen, Jing Yu, Meng Hongchen, Ye Guyi, and Nana prepared to fight rather than abandon Ji Juechen.
• Huo Yuhao raised his hand as the standoff neared violence, but a powerful horn sounded from the horizon.

The Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Corps arrived and forced Huo Yuhao and the Seven Monsters of Shrek to abandon their confrontation with the Sword Pavilion. Yuwen Shang escorted the exhausted Sword Pavilion members back toward the Empire, where honors and political undercurrents awaited them, while Ji Juechen remained unconscious.

• Yuwen Shang arrived with the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Corps and aimed its Soul Tool Cannons at the Seven Monsters of Shrek.
• Huo Yuhao judged that a battle would jeopardize their mission, reframed their confrontation as a visit, and led his companions away.
• Jing Ziyan and Xiao Hongchen collapsed with exhaustion after the threat passed.
• Yuwen Shang told the Sword Pavilion members that the Emperor and Marshal had ordered their escort and were waiting to honor them.
• The Sword Pavilion members followed the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Corps toward the rear camp while Ji Juechen remained unconscious.

Sword Pavilion received lavish rewards from the Sun Moon Empire for its mission in Star Luo territory, while the unconscious Ji Juechen began fusing his soul bone through his newly awakened Sword Heart. The celebration gave way to unease when Jing Hongchen arrived at their guarded courtyard.

• Ju Zi publicly praised Sword Pavilion’s accomplishments and awarded each member a high-level soul bone.
• Jing Ziyan accepted the soul bones on behalf of the team, and Xu Tianran urged them to serve the Empire.
• The exhausted Sword Pavilion members settled into a guarded courtyard, where Ye Guyi prepared to help Ji Juechen fuse his soul bone.
• Ji Juechen’s Sword Heart drew the ninety-thousand-year soul bone into his left arm and fused it smoothly while he remained unconscious.
• Jing Hongchen announced his arrival at the courtyard, prompting Jing Ziyan and the others to brace themselves.