Chapter Summaries

Su Yu and Li Xinglan faced off in the ninth round, with the match drawing contestants from other groups to watch. Li Xinglan opened with a powerful punch, but Su Yu’s sword strike shattered its force and sent him staggering backward.

• Su Yu reviewed Group Eight’s standings and assessed the records of Ye Chen, Xia Li, Xia Yun Huang, Zhao Fusheng, and Chu Qingyao.
• Xiao Tianheng and Yun Yi discussed how Great Xia’s contestants were faring with leaders from the other sects.
• The referee announced Su Yu versus Li Xinglan as the first match of the ninth round, drawing Ye Chen, Chu Changge, and other spectators to the arena.
• Li Xinglan attacked Su Yu with Fist Overwhelms the World, combining Lesser Accomplishment Fist Intent with the power of his Heaven's Dipper Hegemonic Body.
• Su Yu countered with a sword strike from the Realm of No Thickness, scattering Li Xinglan’s punch and forcing him to stagger backward.

Su Yu defeated Li Xinglan by repeatedly neutralizing his attacks with the Realm of No Obstruction and knocking him into the stage barrier. After the referee declared Su Yu the winner, Li Wuhen remained confident he could beat him.

• Ye Chen recognized Su Yu’s sword strike as resembling the legendary Realm of No Thickness, while Chu Changge wondered how Su Yu had performed it without sword intent.
• Li Xinglan raised his Heavenly Dipper Hegemonic Body to eighty percent and attacked Su Yu again, but Su Yu’s One Sword of No Obstruction unraveled the punch.
• Su Yu struck Li Xinglan with a lightning-fast sword attack and sent him crashing into the stage barrier.
• The Group Six referee announced Su Yu as the winner, and the contestants speculated about whether Su Yu had comprehended sword intent or was hiding his strength.
• Qin Hongshang asked Li Wuhen how he would fare against Su Yu, and Li Wuhen claimed he would win even if Su Yu had held back.

The elimination rounds neared their end as Su Yu and several other prodigies secured perfect fifteen-win records, while Xia Yun Huang and Xia Li narrowly qualified. The chapter leaves the crowd awaiting the final Group Eight bout between Shi Qianhan and Ye Chen.

• Zhao Fusheng and Chu Qingyao were eliminated, while Su Yu’s ten-win record impressed Chu Qingyao and Xia Li.
• Xia Li reached seven wins and three losses, and Xia Yun Huang’s six wins and four losses left both needing more victories to qualify.
• Li Yunxiao, Li Wuhen, Yan Qingxuan, Qin Hongshang, and Chu Changge completed the elimination round undefeated before Su Yu earned his fifteenth win by forfeit.
• Xia Yun Huang broke through during her match against Tian Feng, won with Crimson Rainbow Piercing the Sun, and qualified in tenth place; Xia Li also advanced with nine wins.
• The final Group Eight match was announced: Shi Qianhan versus Ye Chen.

Ye Chen fought Shi Qianhan in the eighth group’s arena, revealing Fifty Percent Sword Intent and forcing a fierce exchange. Su Yu judged that Ye Chen still lacked enough to win, and Shi Qianhan had yet to show his full strength.

• Contestants and senior figures gathered to watch Ye Chen face Shi Qianhan, while Su Yu sensed that Ye Chen had hidden strengths.
• Shi Qianhan dismissed Ye Chen, then repelled his opening sword strike with Thousand Mile Demonic Pressure.
• Ye Chen revealed Fifty Percent Sword Intent and resumed the fight, exchanging dozens of blows with Shi Qianhan.
• Su Yu told Xia Yun Huang that Ye Chen’s sword intent was not enough to secure victory and that Shi Qianhan probably had not used his full strength.

Ye Chen revealed Sixty Percent Sword Intent and fought Shi Qianhan to a standstill, drawing the attention of the sect leaders and fellow contestants. Shi Qianhan unleashed Sky Demon World Destruction, and Ye Chen countered with Heaven Shatters Astonishing Clouds, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Shi Qianhan overwhelmed Ye Chen with demonic qi, but Ye Chen unleashed Sixty Percent Sword Intent and cleaved the attack apart.
• The sect leaders and spectators were astonished by Ye Chen’s Sword Intent, while Chu Changge revealed that he had also comprehended Sixty Percent Sword Intent.
• Ye Chen’s sword techniques pushed Shi Qianhan to use most of his strength, and Ye Chen wounded him with Heart Refining Sword at the cost of much of his mental energy.
• Enraged, Shi Qianhan cast Sky Demon World Destruction, and Ye Chen answered with Heaven Shatters Astonishing Clouds.

Ye Chen defeated Shi Qianhan with his secret sword technique, shocking the spectators and warning the other competitors not to underestimate their opponents. After the elimination rounds ended, Su Yu trained in seclusion, and Sword Elder sensed that he might be nearing Seventy Percent Sword Intent.

• Ye Chen cleaved apart Shi Qianhan's demonic palm strike and defeated him, though the secret move left Ye Chen temporarily unable to fight.
• The judge declared Ye Chen the winner, and leaders and spectators reacted with shock at Shi Qianhan's defeat.
• Yun Yi and Mu Bai praised Ye Chen and wondered whether Su Yu might be just as strong, while other competitors considered the threat posed by both prodigies.
• Su Yu confirmed that he had reached Six-Tenths Sword Intent when Xia Yun Huang asked him about it.
• Elder Zhou announced the top hundred competitors advancing to the ranking matches, which would begin after three days of rest.
• Sword Elder appeared in Su Yu's Sea of Consciousness and sensed that Su Yu might be close to breaking through to Seventy Percent Sword Intent.

Su Yu used his duel with Ye Chen in an illusory realm to break through from peak Sixty Percent Sword Intent to Seventy Percent Sword Intent, releasing an aura that briefly swept across Tianqi City. After testing his new strength, he found that his sword techniques and manifested sword intent had improved dramatically.

• Su Yu fought Ye Chen’s sword techniques in an illusory duel and broke Ye Chen’s final attack with Return to Void.
• Su Yu’s sword intent surged to Seventy Percent, shattering the training room’s Defensive Formation and briefly alarming martial artists across Tianqi City.
• The Qingyun Sect’s Sect Master suspected a Sea Breaking Realm expert had broken through, while Sword Elder wondered whether Su Yu had a special Sword Dao constitution.
• Su Yu reined in his sword intent, and the Defensive Formation restored itself; he decided to test his increased strength.
• After a day of testing, Su Yu found that his sword techniques had more than tripled in power, his manifested sword had reached Mid-grade Yellow-tier sharpness, and his sword-intent shield had gained comparable defensive strength.

The ranking tournament began as Elder Zhou announced its round-robin format and named ten standout competitors who would fight in the final nine rounds. Li Wuhen was excluded from the selection and vowed to prove himself against Su Yu and Xue Yi.

• Yunxi predicted that Senior Brother Su would take the top spot in the Heavenly Pride Ranking.
• Su Yu, Ye Chen, Xia Yun Huang, and Xia Li arrived at the arena, while Ye Chen wondered why he could no longer sense Su Yu’s sword intent.
• Shi Qianhan vowed to defeat Ye Chen after losing to him in the elimination round.
• Elder Zhou announced that every competitor would fight all ninety-nine opponents across ninety-nine rounds.
• Elder Zhou named Li Yunxiao, Yan Qingxuan, Chu Changge, Luo Ting, Lin Yue, Ye Chen, Su Yu, Qin Hongshang, Xue Yi, and Shi Qianhan as the ten competitors scheduled for the final nine rounds.
• Li Wuhen grew furious at being left out and vowed to teach Su Yu and Xue Yi a lesson as Elder Zhou began the tournament.

The ranking tournament began with rapid-fire matches, and Su Yu and Ye Chen stayed undefeated through twenty-two rounds. Yang Tian defeated Si Konghan with Lesser Accomplishment Sword Intent, while the chapter ended as Li Wuhen and Xue Yi prepared to fight.

• Zhou Yang defeated Zhuang Yan in the tournament's opening match, and Wang Lin forfeited against Ye Chen.
• Su Yu defeated Sun Qing with one sword strike, while Xia Li lost to his first opponent and Li Yunxiao advanced after his opponent forfeited.
• After ten rounds, Su Yu and Ye Chen had won all their matches; Xia Li had three wins, and Xia Yun Huang had none.
• Yang Tian defeated Si Konghan with a single move, revealing that his cultivation and Sword Intent had advanced beyond Si Konghan's.
• By the end of the first day, Su Yu and Ye Chen had each won twenty-two matches, while Xia Li had eight wins and Xia Yun Huang had one.
• On the following day, Li Wuhen and Xue Yi faced each other, and Li Wuhen urged Xue Yi to attack.

Li Wuhen defeated Xue Yi after releasing his concealed cultivation, revealing that he had reached the peak ninth level of Essence Transformation Realm. On the third day, Su Yu faced Li Wuhen and defeated him with one sword strike after revealing sixty percent sword intent.

• Xue Yi increased his power with fifty percent spear intent and drove Li Wuhen to release the seal concealing his cultivation.
• Li Wuhen's cultivation rose to the peak ninth level of Essence Transformation Realm, and his fireball barrage shattered Xue Yi's defenses and won the match.
• Qin Hongshang warned Li Wuhen that he had been too rash, and Li Wuhen said he would finish his remaining matches quickly to conceal anything else.
• On the third day, Li Wuhen dismissed Su Yu's chances and claimed he would defeat him within three moves.
• Su Yu revealed sixty percent sword intent and defeated Li Wuhen with one sword strike.

Su Yu defeated Li Wuhen with a single sword strike, shocking the tournament spectators and revealing strength that could place him among the top Heavenly Prides. Li Wuhen then lost in quick succession to Li Yunxiao and Yan Qingxuan, before facing Ye Chen.

• Su Yu struck down Li Wuhen with one sword, stopping short of killing him and leaving Li Wuhen terrified by the gulf between their strength.
• Lin Yue and Luoting acknowledged Su Yu's power, while Yan Qingxuan, Li Yunxiao, Chu Changge, and Ye Chen reacted to his display of sword intent.
• The Qingyun Sect Master and the Great Gan Emperor discussed Su Yu's prospects, but agreed that Li Yunxiao or Yan Qingxuan would take the tournament's top spot because they had reached Half Step Sea Breaking Realm.
• Li Yunxiao defeated Li Wuhen with one punch after challenging him to last that long.
• Yan Qingxuan defeated Li Wuhen with a single palm strike.
• Ye Chen faced Li Wuhen and raised his sword, beginning the next match with his technique, “Heaven Shatters Astonishing Clouds.”

Su Yu defeated Yang Tian effortlessly as the competition reached its ninetieth round, while Li Wuhen conceded a match to avoid exposing the Nine Nether Cult. After the day’s matches, Su Yu’s cultivation broke through to the eighth layer of the Nine Revolutions Spirit Condensation Art, leaving him eager for the final day.

• Qin Hongshang warned Li Wuhen to concede against the remaining strong contestants so he would not expose the Nine Nether Cult’s cultivation method, and Li Wuhen conceded to Shi Qianhan.
• On the fourth day, Yang Tian challenged Su Yu and lost after Su Yu erased his sword intent with the Realm of No Obstruction.
• The competition ended its ninetieth round with only Li Yunxiao, Yan Qingxuan, Chu Changge, Ye Chen, Su Yu, Lin Yue, Luoting, Qin Hongshang, and Shi Qianhan undefeated.
• Xia Yun Huang wished Su Yu and Ye Chen luck, while she and Xia Li reflected on their standings.
• Su Yu used Stone Dripping Fluid to advance the Nine Revolutions Spirit Condensation Art to its eighth layer, reaching the Peak Eighth Level of Essence Transformation Realm and gaining about thirty percent more strength.

On the final day of the competition, the seeded contestants began facing one another, and Luoting defeated Lin Yue after a fierce exchange of punches. The chapter left Ye Chen preparing to face Shi Qianhan, who was determined to avenge his earlier loss.

• Su Yu left with Ye Chen, Xia Li, and Xia Yun Huang for the arena.
• Luoting and Lin Yue fought in a hard-hitting match, with Su Yu estimating Lin Yue's fist force at around two hundred thousand jin and noting Luoting's powerful constitution.
• Luoting overpowered Lin Yue in their final clash, and Lin Yue admitted defeat.
• Shi Qianhan faced Ye Chen and vowed not to lose again, while Ye Chen said Shi Qianhan would lose even faster this time.

Ye Chen defeated Shi Qianhan after forcing him to use Sky Demon True Body, while spectators marveled that Ye Chen and Su Yu came from a Second-rank Sect. The tournament then advanced to the eagerly anticipated duel between Su Yu and Chu Changge.

• Ye Chen overwhelmed Shi Qianhan with stronger Sword Intent, forcing him to reveal Sky Demon True Body.
• Shi Qianhan unleashed Sky Demon World Destruction, but Ye Chen countered with Heaven Shatters Astonishing Clouds and sent him flying.
• Li Yunxiao and Yan Qingxuan each won their next matches with a single move.
• The tournament announced Su Yu versus Chu Changge, drawing an excited response from the crowd.

Su Yu dominated his sword duel with Chu Changge, whose faith in the sword faltered under the pressure. Chu Changge then experienced an epiphany and raised his Sword Intent to sixty-six percent, but Su Yu revealed that his own Sword Intent had reached Peak Sixty Percent as the match continued.

• Chu Changge attacked Su Yu with Cloud Mist Thousand Layers, but Su Yu calmly dodged the afterimages and blocked his follow-up strikes.
• Su Yu used Formless to evade Chu Changge's Sword Qi and cut his left arm, then overwhelmed him with Starfall and sent him crashing into the barrier.
• As Chu Changge despaired over his defeat, he resolved to keep fighting, and his Sword Intent surged to sixty-six percent.
• The spectators and Qingyun Sect's Sect Master reacted to Chu Changge's breakthrough, while Li Wuhen hoped Su Yu would lose.
• Su Yu acknowledged Chu Changge's breakthrough but said he could not win, then revealed his Sword Intent had risen to Peak Sixty Percent.

Su Yu defeated Chu Changge after revealing sixty-percent peak sword intent, then defeated Luoting with one strike in the ninety-second round. The chapter left Ye Chen and Lin Yue beginning their match.

• Su Yu defeated Chu Changge with Return to Void, and Chu Changge thanked him for helping him find his path of the sword.
• Su Yu reflected on his swordsmanship and the Heaven Slaying Sword Drawing Art as the crowd marveled at his strength and Li Yunxiao, Yan Qingxuan, and Ye Chen reacted.
• The ninety-first round ended, and the ninety-second round began after a half-hour rest.
• Su Yu defeated Luoting with a single strike after Luoting opened with Thunderstorm.
• Ye Chen and Lin Yue began their match, with Ye Chen attacking with Astonishing Cloud Limitless and Lin Yue meeting it with Tiger Roar Dragon Cry.

Ye Chen, Li Yunxiao, and Yan Qingxuan demonstrated their overwhelming strength in the tournament. Yan Qingxuan broke through Chu Changge’s defenses, leaving their match unresolved.

• Ye Chen defeated Lin Yue by exploiting his slower speed, and Lin Yue admitted defeat.
• Xue Yi suppressed Qin Hongshang’s blade attacks with his Spear Intent and defeated her before fifty moves had passed.
• Li Yunxiao defeated Shi Qianhan with a single display of Fist Overwhelms the World, and Shi Qianhan admitted defeat.
• Yan Qingxuan nullified Chu Changge’s attacks and shattered his Protective True Essence with her Thousand Illusions Cloud Hand.

Yan Qingxuan defeated Chu Changge, and the ninety-third round narrowed the spotlight to the remaining top geniuses. Ye Chen and Chu Changge began a fierce sword fight, leaving their match unresolved.

• Chu Changge admitted defeat to Yan Qingxuan, whose final palm strike had carried Sixty Percent Peak Palm Intent.
• Su Yu suspected Yan Qingxuan had reached Half Step Sea Breaking Realm, while spectators debated her strength and Su Yu’s chances in the rankings.
• Su Yu defeated Xue Yi, Yan Qingxuan killed Shi Qianhan, Lin Yue defeated Qin Hongshang, and Li Yunxiao crushed Luoting with his Heavenly Dipper Hegemonic Body.
• Ye Chen and Chu Changge faced off, each releasing Sixty Percent Sword Intent as they prepared to test their strength against each other.
• Chu Changge and Ye Chen exchanged sword techniques, then rushed together and clashed blades across the platform.

Ye Chen defeated Chu Changge after growing stronger throughout their duel, while the tournament continued through its ninety-fourth round. The ninety-fifth round ended with Su Yu and Ye Chen scheduled to face each other.

• Ye Chen pressed Chu Changge with relentless sword techniques, injured his arm, and won when Chu Changge admitted defeat.
• Spectators discussed Ye Chen’s strength and anticipated a future match between him and Su Yu.
• In the ninety-fourth round, Shi Qianhan, Qin Hongshang, and Xue Yi forfeited, while Li Yunxiao and Yan Qingxuan defeated Chu Changge and Lin Yue.
• In the ninety-fifth round, Li Yunxiao defeated Lin Yue and Yan Qingxuan defeated Luoting.
• Elder Zhou announced that Su Yu and Ye Chen would meet in the round’s nineteenth match.

Yunlan Sect’s two prodigies, Ye Chen and Su Yu, faced off in the Southern Domain Grand Competition, astonishing the gathered sect leaders and spectators with their swordsmanship. After exchanging powerful attacks, they left the arena crowd stunned, and the duel remained unresolved.

• Sect Masters revealed that Ye Chen and Su Yu both came from the Second-rank Yunlan Sect, while Mu Bai and Yun Yi reflected on how far the two had risen.
• Ye Chen and Su Yu expressed their eagerness to test their swordsmanship against each other.
• Ye Chen raised his Sword Intent to Peak Sixty Percent and struck with Astonishing Cloud Limitless, but Su Yu cut the sword beam apart with one strike.
• Su Yu unleashed Cloud Weave, and Ye Chen countered with Uncertain Cloud Strike before dodging the sword beams that broke through.
• Su Yu’s attack sent visible ripples across the arena’s defensive barrier, leaving Ye Chen shaken and the spectators astonished.