Chapter Summaries

Ouyang Qing watched the Sacred Extremity Sect’s forces face defeat as Blood Wolf Linghu Feng overwhelmed their remaining Grandmasters. Xie Qingtian arrived and killed Linghu Feng, then reflected that he might finally have caught up to the person who had defeated him two years earlier.

• Ouyang Qing killed an ambusher but realized the Sacred Extremity Sect’s remaining Grandmasters had lost to Linghu Feng and considered escaping.
• Linghu Feng ordered his forces to kill the Sacred Extremity Sect disciples, then sent a blood-colored sword attack toward their largest gathering.
• Xie Qingtian appeared and blocked Linghu Feng’s attack before challenging him to a duel.
• After half an hour of fighting above Hengshui, Xie Qingtian killed Linghu Feng without injury.
• Xie Qingtian returned his sword to its sheath and thought he might have caught up to the person who had defeated him two years earlier.

After two years of setbacks and solitary sword training, Xie Qingtian reached the Great Grandmaster Realm and unleashed his perfected Sword Dao against the Profound Spirit Sect. He won the battle at Hengshui and continued advancing alone, driving the sect’s front back three hundred miles.

• Xie Qingtian recalled losing to Yang Qingyun, failing True Master Fang’s trial, and surviving the Profound Spirit Sect’s ambush after his companions were killed.
• Remembering Yang Qingyun’s advice to train earnestly each day, Xie Qingtian spent two years honing his sword and advanced to the Great Grandmaster Realm.
• Xie Qingtian attacked more than a hundred Profound Spirit Sect fighters with a storm of sword shadows, allowing the Sacred Extremity Sect to counterattack and win at Hengshui.
• Xie Qingtian rode his sword onward, overcame the Profound Spirit Sect’s obstacles, and pushed its battlefront back three hundred miles.

The Sacred Extremity Sect’s great experts decided to mobilize to protect Xie Qingtian from the Profound Spirit Sect, fearing a repeat of the tragedy a century earlier. Meanwhile, Yang Qingyun mourned Shen Yanzhao and Li Anming after saving their battlefield unit from defeat.

• The Sacred Extremity Sect’s great experts praised Xie Qingtian’s progress and agreed that the Profound Spirit Sect would likely target him.
• The sect’s Void Realm Great Experts decided to set out, leaving only one behind to guard the Sect Gate.
• Yang Qingyun arrived at a battlefield where the Sacred Extremity Sect’s fighters had been overwhelmed by a larger Profound Spirit Sect force.
• Yang Qingyun killed the enemy Grandmaster Realm martial artists and saved the surviving Sacred Extremity Sect disciples.
• Yang Qingyun looked over the battlefield and grieved for the dead Shen Yanzhao and Li Anming.

Yang Qingyun found Shen Yanzhao and other members of the Longevity Society dead on the battlefield and mourned how ordinary disciples had been swept up in the war. He left with a new resolve to end the conflict between the Sacred Extremity Sect and the Profound Spirit Sect.

• Yang Qingyun recalled how he had joined the Longevity Society as a newcomer and gradually drifted apart from its members as his status and cultivation rose.
• Yang Qingyun found Shen Yanzhao and the other members of the Longevity Society dead, and remembered Shen Yanzhao’s hard work and his parents’ hopes for him.
• Yang Qingyun surveyed the battlefield and realized that many familiar fellow disciples had died in the war.
• Yang Qingyun’s grief turned to anger as he considered the sect’s repeated defeats and the many casualties among his fellow disciples.
• Yang Qingyun vanished into the distant void, determined to end the war.

Xie Qingtian led the Sacred Extremity Sect’s gathered forces to confront Shi Wushuang and fought him with a sword tempered through two years of hardship. He held his ground against the stronger opponent, leaving their decisive battle underway.

• Xie Qingtian’s advance through Hengshui drew the Sacred Extremity Sect’s scattered forces together until Shi Wushuang blocked their path with the Profound Spirit Sect’s main force.
• Shi Wushuang mocked Xie Qingtian for fleeing during the ambush two years earlier, but Xie Qingtian’s restored Sword Heart remained unshaken.
• Xie Qingtian drew his sword to seek justice for the fellow disciples and Dao Protector who had died in his place.
• Shi Wushuang recognized Xie Qingtian’s Heavenly Sword as a threat and attacked with overwhelming power.
• Xie Qingtian exchanged blows with Shi Wushuang without falling behind, revealing that his improved strength let him contend with Shi Wushuang for a short time.

Xie Qingtian overwhelmed the spectators by holding off Shi Wushuang, but his strength began to fail as Shi unleashed his strongest attack. Facing a killing blow, Xie used a sword infused with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, bringing forth the authority of the Void Realm.

• Spectators from third-party forces marveled at Xie Qingtian's ability to fight Shi Wushuang and considered killing him before he could grow stronger, but they held back because of his renowned physique.
• Sacred Extremity Sect disciples celebrated Xie Qingtian's performance, while Lin Fan felt overshadowed and resolved to work harder.
• Shi Wushuang unleashed his strongest killing move, shattered Xie Qingtian's Sword Dao Will, and drove him into a disadvantage.
• As Shi Wushuang prepared to kill him, Xie Qingtian thrust his sword and unleashed the power of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, pressing down on Shi Wushuang with the authority of the Void Realm.

Xie Qingtian killed Shi Wushuang with a sword strike, shocking the gathered martial artists and shifting attention toward the sect’s possible victory. Yang Qingyun watched from the crowd and sensed that the opposing sects’ Void Realm experts were confronting each other in a hidden space above the battlefield.

• Xie Qingtian used his Sword Spirit Bone to unleash a divine sword strike that overwhelmed Shi Wushuang’s fist intent and killed him.
• The spectators gaped at Shi Wushuang’s death and celebrated Xie Qingtian as a prodigy of the Southern Heaven Domain.
• Yang Qingyun revealed that he had arrived unnoticed and reflected on Xie Qingtian’s progress, while deciding to use the attention on him to investigate matters in secret.
• Yang Qingyun considered whether Xie Qingtian’s rise differed from his previous life and noted that the war’s outcome still depended on negotiations between the sects.
• Yang Qingyun sensed that the Void Realm Great Experts of both sects were confronting each other in another layer of space above the battlefield.

After Xie Qingtian killed Shi Wushuang, the Sacred Extremity Sect prepared to press its advantage, but Yang Qingyun sensed that something was wrong with the absence of any Void Realm Ancestors. A terrifying pressure darkened the sky, and Ancestor Sikong emerged from a rift in the heavens, leaving the conflict poised to escalate.

• Xie Qingtian recovered his strength after killing Shi Wushuang as the Sacred Extremity Sect disciples cheered and urged an assault on the Profound Spirit Sect.
• Yang Qingyun questioned why neither sect's Void Realm Ancestors had appeared and suspected a battle was underway in another layer of space.
• A vast pressure swept across the battlefield, silencing the gathered disciples and forcing Xie Qingtian down from the sky.
• Lightning tore open the heavens, and Ancestor Sikong descended through the rift amid scarlet Killing Intent.
• Ancestor Sikong saw Shi Wushuang's corpse and rebuked the Profound Spirit Sect's leading disciples for failing to protect him.

Ancestor Sikong arrived and began attacking the Sacred Extremity Sect, sparing Xie Qingtian to capture him while ordering the Profound Spirit Sect to kill everyone else. As the sect battle erupted, the Sacred Extremity Sect Master confronted unfamiliar fighters in the void and demanded to know who they were.

• Ancestor Sikong ignored Shi Wushuang's corpse and tested Xie Qingtian with his overwhelming aura, but Xie Qingtian stood firm.
• Ancestor Sikong invited Xie Qingtian to join the Profound Spirit Sect, but Xie Qingtian refused through his hostile sword intent.
• Ancestor Sikong struck at Xie Qingtian with a restrained giant palm, intending to capture him alive.
• Ancestor Sikong ordered the Profound Spirit Sect to kill every enemy, and the two sects' forces began a major battle across the mountain range.
• The Sacred Extremity Sect Master fought several unfamiliar powerful figures in the void and demanded to know their identities.

The Sacred Extremity Sect's Void Realm experts were lured into a Profound Spirit Sect ambush and overwhelmed by superior numbers, including two Cave-Heaven experts. As Ancestor Gao realized the attackers knew the Sacred Extremity Sect's hidden origins, he suspected they had come from the Central Continent as enemies of the ancient Reincarnation Sect.

• The Sacred Extremity Sect Master was driven back by the Profound Spirit Sect's ambush, which included three unfamiliar Void Realm experts and an additional Cave-Heaven expert.
• Ancestor Gao broke free from his opponents to block their attack on the Sacred Extremity Sect Master, but an enemy spear pierced his shoulder.
• Ancestor Gao accused the unfamiliar Cave-Heaven expert of drawing the Sacred Extremity Sect out through a calculated series of events, including Xie Qingtian's earlier ambush.
• The unfamiliar expert and the Profound Spirit Sect's Cave-Heaven Ancestor revealed that they knew the Sacred Extremity Sect had once been the Reincarnation Sect, one of the Thirty-Three Upper Sects.
• Ancestor Gao realized the attackers were likely from the Central Continent and might be enemies of the Reincarnation Sect from its former glory.

Xie Qingtian was defeated by Ancestor Sikong, but Yang Qingyun ambushed the Void Realm expert and rescued him. Yang Qingyun held off Ancestor Sikong while Xie Qingtian withdrew to aid their fellow disciples.

• Ancestor Sikong overwhelmed Xie Qingtian after their brief exchange and prepared to seize him.
• Yang Qingyun struck Ancestor Sikong from hiding, wounding him and dispersing the giant palm before it could capture Xie Qingtian.
• Yang Qingyun appeared beside Xie Qingtian and told him to help the fellow disciples while he faced Ancestor Sikong.
• Yang Qingyun blocked Ancestor Sikong's enraged attack with a powerful saber strike.
• Xie Qingtian withdrew from the battlefield to assist the sect's fellow disciples.

Yang Qingyun’s sudden appearance and clash with Ancestor Sikong stunned the battlefield, while Xie Qingtian realized Yang Qingyun had learned his self-developed Sword Dao Will technique from a single display. The chapter left the sect’s disciples and prodigies confronting how far Yang Qingyun and Xie Qingtian had outpaced them.

• Xie Qingtian withdrew from the fight after recognizing that he would hinder Yang Qingyun, and he realized Yang Qingyun had learned his technique for wielding Dao Will from their encounter two years earlier.
• Xie Qingtian reflected that his own rapid progress had not been enough to catch up with Yang Qingyun as he flew back toward the battlefield.
• The Sacred Extremity Sect disciples watched Yang Qingyun wound Ancestor Sikong and withstand his attacks, then learned that the mysterious fighter was Yang Qingyun, a fellow junior prodigy of Xie Qingtian.
• Lin Fan watched Yang Qingyun’s battle and wondered at how far he had advanced.
• Murong Lanying compared her peak Grandmaster Realm with Yang Qingyun and Xie Qingtian’s ability to face Void Realm opponents, and felt unwilling at the growing gap.

Yang Qingyun fought Ancestor Sikong in the Void Realm, discovering that the faint Flood Dragon aura in his bones negated Ancestor Sikong’s aura suppression and let him evade a devastating punch. Ancestor Sikong then locked onto him with his soul and pressed the attack, leaving Yang Qingyun to meet the next blow head-on.

• Ancestor Sikong’s full-powered punch failed to suppress Yang Qingyun, who dodged it with his wind divine ability.
• Ancestor Sikong’s missed strike devastated the surrounding terrain and forced the Sacred Extremity Sect and their opponents to retreat from the battlefield.
• Yang Qingyun realized the Dragon Blood Fruit and Dragon Blood Grass had strengthened his bones and given him a trace of Flood Dragon aura that resisted Void Realm suppression.
• Ancestor Sikong regained his composure, locked onto Yang Qingyun with his soul, and attacked him with a palm.
• Yang Qingyun evaded the first palm, then raised his golden-hardened body and swung a fist to confront Ancestor Sikong’s next attack.

Yang Qingyun met Ancestor Sikong’s attack head-on and blocked it with his qi essence and physical strength, shocking the Void Realm expert. Ancestor Sikong unleashed unprecedented killing intent, but Yang Qingyun resisted its oppressive force thanks to the Dragon Blood Fruit and Dragon Blood Grass he had consumed two years earlier.

• Yang Qingyun gathered his power and punched Ancestor Sikong’s attack, triggering a collision that devastated the surrounding area and forced the sect disciples to retreat.
• A Great Grandmaster ordered everyone below the Grandmaster Realm to withdraw thirty miles and rescued disciples swept into the air.
• Ancestor Sikong realized Yang Qingyun had blocked his attack through sheer strength and became astonished by his opponent’s power.
• Ancestor Sikong released killing intent that blanketed the sky and crushed the martial artists below with its pressure.
• Yang Qingyun briefly felt the killing intent’s chill, then broke free of its oppression as the effects of the Dragon Blood Fruit and Dragon Blood Grass took hold.

Yang Qingyun struggled to survive Ancestor Sikong’s relentless assault in a battle that devastated the Coiled Serpent Mountain Range. He broke the attack’s rhythm with a burst of blade-light, but Ancestor Sikong prepared a powerful killing move.

• The battle between Yang Qingyun and Ancestor Sikong shattered the sky and flattened the Coiled Serpent Mountain Range, forcing the sect disciples to retreat.
• Ancestor Sikong overwhelmed Yang Qingyun with a storm of Void Realm attacks, injuring him despite his heightened perception and formidable defenses.
• Yang Qingyun used his unity with the blade to flash several miles away, interrupting Ancestor Sikong’s attack rhythm.
• Ancestor Sikong resolved to kill Yang Qingyun before he could grow stronger and began gathering power for a decisive move.

Yang Qingyun faced Ancestor Sikong’s overwhelming Heaven-Extinguishing Seal, but a power from his wound disrupted Ancestor Sikong’s vision and let Yang Qingyun kill him with a decisive blade strike. The resulting explosion shook the battlefield, and the sect disciples saw the celestial sign of a Void Realm Great Expert’s death.

• Ancestor Sikong burned most of his magical power to form the Heaven-Extinguishing Seal and prepare a killing strike against Yang Qingyun.
• Yang Qingyun appeared unable to withstand Ancestor Sikong’s attack, then said, “It’s over,” as a strange power spread from Ancestor Sikong’s wound.
• Ancestor Sikong briefly saw the peaceful Profound Spirit Sect mountain gate instead of the battlefield, and Yang Qingyun struck him with a blade that destroyed his divine soul.
• Ancestor Sikong died, and his uncontrolled Heaven-Extinguishing Seal erupted in a devastating energy storm.
• The Sacred Extremity Sect and Profound Spirit Sect disciples feared Yang Qingyun had died, then saw red clouds and heard faint sobbing that marked a Void Realm Great Expert’s fall.

Yang Qingyun killed Ancestor Sikong by exploiting the dream power he had hidden in the wound and finishing him with Mind Slash. As the battle in the separate space continued, the Void Realm fighters learned of Ancestor Sikong’s death, and Mu Xiangzi renewed his resolve to fight to the death.

• Yang Qingyun recovered after the battle and explained how his hidden dream power let him catch Ancestor Sikong off guard and cleave his soul with Mind Slash.
• Yang Qingyun collected the spoils and Ancestor Sikong’s corpse, then worried that he was too depleted to affect the Void Realm battle above.
• The fall of Ancestor Sikong sent shockwaves through the battlefield, drawing the attention of the Void Realm experts to Yang Qingyun and his opponent’s corpse.
• Mu Xiangzi laughed as he fought two Cave-Heaven Realm experts and declared that Yang Qingyun’s presence promised the sect a bright future.
• Mu Xiangzi’s eyes blazed as he resolved to fight to the death.

Mu Xiangzi recalled how his own struggles had led him to take Yang Qingyun as a disciple, then reversed his aging and unleashed the Reincarnation Sect’s Life and Death Reincarnation technique. He annihilated the Profound Spirit Sect’s attackers and pursued the fleeing Central Province experts through space, leaving Yang Qingyun to witness the terrifying power.

• Mu Xiangzi remembered his youth as a struggling Reincarnation Sect disciple and recognized his own resilience in Yang Qingyun, whom he had chosen as his disciple.
• Mu Xiangzi lamented that he had no time left, then reversed his aging and returned to his youthful form.
• Ancestor Gao recognized Mu Xiangzi’s transformation, while the Central Province experts and most of the Profound Spirit Sect’s Void Realm experts fled in fear.
• Mu Xiangzi used Life and Death Reincarnation, turning the eleven Void Realm experts of the Profound Spirit Sect and their Cave-Heaven Realm elder to ashes.
• Mu Xiangzi’s gray radiance pursued the fleeing Central Province experts through space and killed one before Yang Qingyun, who watched in shock.

Mu Xiangzi’s final technique ended the war by destroying the invading forces, but it cost him his life and left the Sacred Extremity Sect facing renewed threats from the Central Continent. Yang Qingyun’s victory over Ancestor Sikong spread throughout the Southern Heaven Domain, where the news stunned martial artists and established him as a peerless prodigy.

• Yang Qingyun watched the sky after a gray radiance destroyed a terrifying figure, then sensed that something was wrong.
• Mu Xiangzi unleashed Life and Death Reincarnation, wiped out the invading enemies, and turned to ashes himself.
• The Profound Spirit Sect lost its Void Realm experts, while the Sacred Extremity Sect feared the Central Continent forces would return in greater numbers.
• The Sacred Extremity Sect resumed its postwar affairs, and its disciples learned that the sect had won both battles.
• Yang Qingyun’s killing of Ancestor Sikong became the focus of discussion among the sect’s members and spread across the Southern Heaven Domain.
• Martial artists who had doubted the reports fell silent as other major sects tacitly confirmed Yang Qingyun’s victory.

News that Yang Qingyun had slain the Void Realm Ancestor Sikong Chen while in the Grandmaster Realm shook the Southern Heaven Domain and established the Sacred Extremity Sect as a force to be reckoned with. The chapter ends with a Void Realm Ancestor reflecting that youthful spirit could let prodigies surpass limits, while the future belonged to the younger generation.

• Reports that the Sacred Extremity Sect had wiped out the Profound Spirit Sect's higher-ups and Yang Qingyun had killed Sikong Chen spread across the Southern Heaven Domain.
• Martial artists and faction leaders marveled that Yang Qingyun had crossed the gulf between the Grandmaster and Void Realms to kill a Void Realm expert.
• People recalled Yang Qingyun's earlier exploits and learned that he had entered the Martial Path only ten years before, prompting many to doubt the news.
• Doubters asked an unaffiliated Void Realm Great Expert whether anyone could advance so quickly, and he named Xie Qingtian as another example.
• The Void Realm Ancestor explained that youthful spirit could drive rapid progress, then sighed over his own stagnation and said the future belonged to young prodigies.