Chapter Summaries

Su Yu defeated Ye Chen in their sword duel after countering Ye Chen’s strongest fused Astonishing Cloud Sword Art with Return to Void. Ye Chen conceded the match, while Su Yu remained unharmed.

• Su Yu and Ye Chen traded powerful sword attacks that shattered the fighting platform, with Su Yu emerging from their first major clash in better condition.
• Ye Chen revealed another move and fused two forms of the Astonishing Cloud Sword Art into a final strike.
• Su Yu answered with Return to Void, and their attacks shook the arena and its barrier with force likened to the Sea Breaking Realm.
• The clash hurled Ye Chen backward and left him spitting blood, while Su Yu stood unharmed.
• Ye Chen acknowledged Su Yu's victory and conceded the match.

Li Yunxiao and Yan Qingxuan faced off in the final match of the ninety-sixth round after several other tournament bouts. Li Yunxiao revealed Half Step Sea Breaking Realm cultivation, but Yan Qingxuan answered with an equally terrifying aura, leaving the match unresolved.

• Shi Qianhan defeated Xue Yi, then lost to Chu Changge in fewer than ten moves after fighting aggressively with Sky Demon True Body.
• Qin Hongshang forfeited against Su Yu, and Ye Chen defeated Luoting with one sword strike.
• Xue Yi broke through to Peak Fifty Percent Spear Intent during his long fight with Lin Yue, but Lin Yue ultimately won.
• Elder Zhou announced the final match of the ninety-sixth round, Li Yunxiao versus Yan Qingxuan.
• Li Yunxiao claimed he would top the Heavenly Pride Ranking again and revealed Half Step Sea Breaking Realm cultivation, but Yan Qingxuan declared he would not and released an equally terrifying aura.

Li Yunxiao and Yan Qingxuan revealed their Half Step Sea Breaking Realm cultivation before beginning their duel, while the spectators reconsidered how far the other prodigies lagged behind. Yan Qingxuan effortlessly dispersed Li Yunxiao’s powerful opening punch, and the Great Gan Emperor realized that Li Yunxiao might be in danger.

• Mu Bai and Yun Yi praised Su Yu’s third-place finish and his potential to claim the Heavenly Pride Ranking in the future.
• Ye Chen asked Su Yu how much strength he had used in their fight, and Su Yu said he had used eighty percent.
• Li Yunxiao claimed Yan Qingxuan had less than a thirty percent chance of winning, while Yan Qingxuan said his chance was below ten percent.
• Li Yunxiao unleashed Fist Overwhelms the World, but Yan Qingxuan calmly dissolved its Sea Breaking Realm-level force with a pale violet glow.
• The Biluo Sect Master revealed that Yan Qingxuan had cultivated the Purple Heaven Biluo Art to its twelfth layer, leaving the Great Gan Emperor concerned for Li Yunxiao.

Yan Qingxuan decisively defeated Li Yunxiao in their Grand Tournament match, overcoming his strongest attacks and leaving him to concede. She appeared poised to claim the top spot on the Heavenly Pride Ranking.

• Li Yunxiao unleashed half the power of his Heavenly Dipper Hegemonic Body with Mountain River Fist, but Yan Qingxuan dispersed the attack with a palm strike.
• Yan Qingxuan overwhelmed Li Yunxiao with Thousand Illusions Cloud Hand, sending him flying despite his desperate attempts to close the distance.
• Yan Qingxuan stopped Li Yunxiao a zhang away with her purple aura and struck him with Azure Sea Tide, shattering his Protective True Essence and knocking him into a crater.
• The spectators and the Great Gan Emperor praised Yan Qingxuan's strength, while the Sect Master of Biluo Sect accepted their congratulations.
• Li Yunxiao asked whether Yan Qingxuan had compressed her true essence for the second time; after she nodded, he admitted defeat and yielded the tournament's top spot to her.

Elder Zhou assessed the combat potential of the Southern Domain prodigies and recognized several candidates with rare star-level strength. After the ninety-seventh round began, Li Yunxiao overwhelmed Ye Chen and ended their match with a single punch.

• Elder Zhou judged Li Yunxiao a two-star combat power-level prodigy, Yan Qingxuan among the strongest three-star prodigies, and identified strong potential in Ye Chen, Su Yu, Chu Changge, Luoting, and Xue Yi.
• After an hour of recovery, Shi Qianhan narrowly defeated Luoting, Su Yu defeated Lin Yue, and Chu Changge defeated Xue Yi.
• Qin Hongshang forfeited her match against Yan Qingxuan.
• Li Yunxiao pressed Ye Chen to use his strongest move, and Ye Chen unleashed the second form of the Astonishing Cloud Sword Art.
• Li Yunxiao activated eighty percent of his Heavenly Dipper Hegemonic Body's power and knocked Ye Chen from the arena with Fist Overwhelms the World.

Su Yu faced Li Yunxiao in the ninety-eighth round after reflecting on how difficult it would be to fuse two moves of the Star Cloud Sword Art. He provoked Li Yunxiao by warning that he would lose in three moves unless he fought seriously, then revealed his Seventy Percent Sword Intent as their match began.

• Xia Yun Huang mistook Su Yu's dazed expression for worry over Ye Chen's defeat and encouraged him, while Su Yu continued thinking about fusing the Star Cloud Sword Art's first two moves.
• The audience discussed the likely final rankings as the tournament's last two rounds approached.
• In the ninety-eighth round, Chu Changge defeated Lin Yue, Shi Qianhan defeated Qin Hongshang, Yan Qingxuan defeated Ye Chen, and Luoting narrowly defeated Xue Yi.
• Su Yu and Li Yunxiao took the arena for their match, and Su Yu said Li Yunxiao would lose in three moves if he did not give it his all.
• Li Yunxiao erupted with the aura of a Half Step Sea Breaking Realm cultivator, and Su Yu answered by unleashing Seventy Percent Sword Intent.

Su Yu revealed Seventy Percent Sword Intent and battled Li Yunxiao, overcoming the stronger warrior’s techniques with his sword. The chapter ended with Li Yunxiao crashing into the arena barrier after Su Yu’s Starfall broke through his defenses.

• Su Yu’s Seventy Percent Sword Intent stunned the spectators, judges, and gathered prodigies.
• Li Yunxiao recovered from his shock and unleashed the full power of his Half Step Sea Breaking Realm cultivation and Heavenly Dipper Hegemonic Body.
• Su Yu’s sword met Li Yunxiao’s Fist Overwhelms the World, and Su Yu stood unscathed after the collision.
• Li Yunxiao used Mountain River Fist, and Su Yu answered with Starfall.
• Su Yu’s sword beam shattered Li Yunxiao’s fist force and Protective True Essence, sending him crashing into the barrier.

Su Yu revealed overwhelming sword strength and prepared to face Yan Qingxuan in the final match of the ranking tournament. After the other results settled the Heavenly Pride Ranking, Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan stepped onto the stage, both determined to fight at full strength.

• Su Yu told Ye Chen that Seventy Percent Sword Intent was his limit, while Ye Chen warned him that Yan Qingxuan was exceptionally strong.
• The final round of the ranking tournament began, and the contestants fought for points that determined their overall rankings.
• Xia Yun Huang placed ninety-sixth, Xia Li placed eighty-second, Yang Tian placed fifty-third, and Si Konghan placed sixtieth.
• Qin Hongshang finished tenth, Xue Yi ninth, Lin Yue eighth, Luoting seventh, Shi Qianhan sixth, Chu Changge fifth, Ye Chen fourth, and Li Yunxiao third.
• Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan faced each other in the final match and agreed to give their all.

Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan unleashed increasingly powerful attacks in their Southern Domain Grand Competition battle, damaging the arena and threatening its barrier. After dozens of clashes, they landed amid the ruins, and Yan Qingxuan announced she had one more move as Su Yu prepared to face it.

• Yan Qingxuan attacked Su Yu with her Thousand Illusions Cloud Hand, and he countered with sword techniques powered by Seventy Percent Sword Intent.
• The two recognized that their opening exchange had only tested each other's strength before Yan Qingxuan unleashed Azure Sea Tide and Su Yu answered with Return to Void.
• Their clash shattered sections of the arena and repeatedly strained the barrier, prompting Elder Zhou to order the spectators back and ready the judges to contain any escaping force.
• Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan traded dozens of high-speed blows before landing on the ruined platform, while Li Yunxiao realized how far below them he was.
• Yan Qingxuan said she had one more move, and Su Yu readied his sword intent to meet it.

Su Yu used Wind Intent and Cloud Intent to match Yan Qingxuan’s Mysterious-tier Martial Skill, but the exchange injured him and shattered the arena’s defensive formation. After Yan Qingxuan turned to leave, Su Yu challenged her to one final strike and revealed a sword technique that cleaved her attack apart and destroyed the remaining barrier.

• Yan Qingxuan attacked Su Yu with Crescent Moon Startling Swan, a Mysterious-tier Martial Skill.
• Su Yu strengthened Return to Void with Wind Intent and Cloud Intent, and their clash shattered the arena’s defensive formation.
• Su Yu was injured by the shock waves while Yan Qingxuan remained unharmed, and the spectators assumed he was conceding.
• Yan Qingxuan offered to fight Su Yu another day, but he refused and challenged her to take one more sword strike.
• Su Yu used Heaven Slaying Sword Drawing Art to split Yan Qingxuan’s crescent blade of light and shatter the curtain of light behind her.

Su Yu defeated Yan Qingxuan with a sword powerful enough to shatter the arena’s protective screen and claimed first place on the Heavenly Pride Ranking. As Yunlan Sect celebrated his achievement, two Nine Nether Cult agents plotted to kill him and the others on their journey home.

• Su Yu sheathed the Dustless Sword after Yan Qingxuan admitted she could not withstand his final strike and conceded defeat.
• Spectators recognized Su Yu’s victory, while Yun Yi and Mu Bai marveled that a Yunlan Sect disciple had taken the ranking’s top spot.
• Yun Yi declared that Su Yu would become a Heaven Piercing Realm Venerable, and Xiao Tianheng worried that Yunlan Sect’s rise could overturn the balance among Great Xia Kingdom’s five great sects.
• A black-clad Nine Nether Cult agent told his Gray-robed companion that Su Yu must die, and the Gray-robed old man agreed to ambush the group on their way back.

After the Southern Domain Grand Competition, the Tianqi Secret Realm opened, and the leaders prepared the top-ranked prodigies to enter. Su Yu accepted a Spirit Replenishing Pill from Yan Qingxuan, while Li Yunxiao received secret instructions about the legacy; four prodigies entered first.

• The six leaders discussed the Tianqi Secret Realm and the rumored legacy of the powerhouse who created Tianqi City.
• The arena sank away, and a pale blue portal appeared as the Tianqi Secret Realm opened.
• The Great Gan Emperor explained the secret realm's entry and time limits, and the prodigies returned to their groups to prepare.
• Yan Qingxuan gave Su Yu a Spirit Replenishing Pill, and Li Yunxiao received his father's instructions about the legacy.
• Qin Hongshang tasked Li Wuhen with finding the Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Grass.
• Su Yu, Yan Qingxuan, Li Yunxiao, and Ye Chen entered the portal first.

Su Yu explored the Tianqi Secret Realm, learned that its creator might still be inside, and used a Scarlet Flower to lure Demon Beasts for their Beast Cores. Deep within the realm, a mysterious figure took shape in an ancient palace and spoke of a thousand years.

• Su Yu arrived in the Tianqi Secret Realm, found himself separated from Ye Chen and the others, and discovered that the dense Spiritual Qi came with a restriction on spiritual sense.
• Su Yu followed a strange fragrance to a Scarlet Flower, and Elder Sword explained that it attracted Demon Beasts and warned that the realm’s creator might remain inside.
• Elder Sword told Su Yu that powerful Heaven Piercing Realm Venerables could refine worlds to extend their existence and might seek successors or bodies to possess.
• Su Yu waited by the Scarlet Flower, killed a high-grade Level 3 centipede-like Demon Beast, took its Beast Core, and resumed cultivating for more prey.
• A towering figure appeared in an ancient palace deep within the Tianqi Secret Realm and murmured, “A thousand years.”

Su Yu exhausted the value of the Scarlet Flower’s High-grade Level 3 Demon Beasts, then discovered that Liu Feng and Zhang Lei were Nine Nether Cult members searching for the Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Grass. He seized a cache of Mysterious-tier spiritual plants from them and left them too frightened to object.

• Su Yu slew a thirtieth High-grade Level 3 Demon Beast and used its Beast Core with the others to restore the Dao Severing Sword to roughly forty percent, then decided to seek Level 4 Beast Cores.
• Su Yu left the grassland with the Scarlet Flower and several Demon Beast carcasses, then entered a forest and overheard Liu Feng and Zhang Lei discussing the Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Grass and their Nine Nether Cult mission.
• Su Yu realized that Qin Hongshang and Li Wuhen were also likely Nine Nether Cult infiltrators, and that the cult was searching for the herb needed to revive Sword Elder.
• Liu Feng and Zhang Lei found several Mysterious-tier spiritual plants, including Sword Intent Grass, but Su Yu appeared first and swept them all into his Storage Bag.
• Liu Feng and Zhang Lei recognized Su Yu and nervously agreed when he said the spiritual plants were his, then Su Yu vanished.

After Liu Feng and Zhang Lei were killed by a Level 4 Demonic Beast, Su Yu used the spirit plants he had taken from them and Stone Dripping Fluid to cultivate. He reached the Peak Ninth Level of Essence Transformation Realm, but a Low-grade Level 4 Demonic Beast approached before he could test the Sword Intent Grass.

• A Level 4 Demonic Beast killed Liu Feng and Zhang Lei, then pursued Su Yu, angry that they had stolen its spirit herbs.
• Su Yu inspected the five spirit plants and learned from Sword Elder about their uses and the value of the Spirit Nurturing Pill ingredients.
• Su Yu consumed Stone Dripping Fluid, Meridian Connecting Grass, and Heavenly Spirit Fruit while cultivating with the Nine Revolutions Spirit Condensation Art.
• Su Yu broke through to the Ninth Level of Essence Transformation Realm, then continued cultivating until he reached the Peak Ninth Level.
• Su Yu tested the Star Cloud Sword Art and judged his strength before sensing a Low-grade Level 4 Demonic Beast approaching and gripping Dustless Sword.

Su Yu fought and killed a Low-grade Level 4 Rampaging Demonic Bear, testing his strength against a Sea Breaking Realm opponent. He collected its Beast Core and stored its corpse, wondering how well the core would repair the Dao Severing Sword.

• Sword Elder warned Su Yu that the Rampaging Demonic Bear was comparable in strength to an ordinary second-level Sea Breaking Realm Martial Artist.
• Su Yu struck the Rampaging Demonic Bear with Starfall, sending it into a cliff without seriously injuring it.
• Su Yu followed with Cloud Weave, cutting the bear and provoking its furious roar, which disrupted his blood and true essence.
• The Rampaging Demonic Bear charged, and Su Yu killed it with Return to Void, piercing its head with a powerful Sword Light.
• Su Yu retrieved the bear's Beast Core, wondered whether it could repair the Dao Severing Sword, and stored the corpse in his Storage Bag.

Su Yu used the Sword Intent Grass to temper his sword intent and absorbed a Low-grade Level 4 Beast Core to restore the Dao Severing Sword. He planned to search for the Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Grass and hunt more Level 4 Demonic Beasts, while Sword Elder warned him to be cautious.

• The sect masters and the Great Gan Emperor discussed the unusually high number of disciples eliminated from the Tianqi Secret Realm and the appearance of Low-grade Level 4 Demonic Beasts.
• Su Yu reached a valley, endured the Sword Intent Grass's powerful sword intent, and strengthened his own Sword Intent from nearly seventy-one percent to around seventy-three percent.
• Sword Elder explained the rare origins of Sword Intent Grass, and Su Yu accepted that finding another would be unlikely.
• Su Yu absorbed the Rampaging Demonic Bear's Low-grade Level 4 Beast Core, raising the Dao Severing Sword's restoration from forty percent to around forty-one percent.
• Su Yu resolved to seek the Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Grass and hunt more Level 4 Demonic Beasts, while Sword Elder cautioned him against taking reckless risks.

Yan Qingxuan completed her third compression of true essence after cultivating in the Tianqi Secret Realm and wondered whether she could now defeat someone. In a cave, Li Wuhen killed Lin Chen and drove Yang Tian away, and Su Yu followed Yang Tian back to the stone door.

• Yan Qingxuan advanced the Purple Heaven Biluo Art to its thirteenth level and completed her third true essence compression.
• Yang Tian found a cave with a carved stone door and met Lin Chen inside.
• Li Wuhen entered the hall, killed Lin Chen with his crimson true essence, and let Yang Tian escape.
• Yang Tian told Su Yu what had happened, and Su Yu asked him to lead the way to the cave.
• Su Yu entered the cave first, and Yang Tian followed after a brief hesitation.

Su Yu took Li Wuhen’s Storage Bag and killed him in the Tianqi Secret Realm after discovering it held no Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Grass. He learned from Sword Elder how to identify people who had touched the herb, while Li Wuhen’s return to the Grand Tournament grounds revealed that Su Yu had defeated him.

• Su Yu ambushed Li Wuhen at a sealed stone door, took his Storage Bag, and found no Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Grass inside.
• Su Yu refused to let Li Wuhen go and killed him with a single sword strike despite Li Wuhen threatening his sect.
• Yang Tian watched Li Wuhen vanish, thought of avenging Lin Chen, and left the stone door behind.
• Sword Elder told Su Yu that anyone who touched the Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Grass retained its aura for ten days.
• At the Grand Tournament grounds, Li Wuhen appeared and told the Dragon Elephant Sect Master that he had encountered Su Yu.

Su Yu entered a sealed chamber in the secret realm, broke through its barrier, and discovered a fortune of Mid-grade Spirit Stones. The chapter left him examining a pill bottle and a Jade Slip on a nearby stone platform.

• The Dragon Elephant Sect's Sect Master said Li Wuhen had encountered Su Yu in the secret realm, while Li Wuhen's elders suspected Su Yu had wounded him and plotted to kill him.
• Li Yunxiao drove Shi Qianhan away from a secluded valley, and Ye Chen and Chu Changge entered it soon after.
• Su Yu broke the stone gate's outer restriction, entered the chamber, and shattered its stronger inner barrier with the Heaven Slaying Sword Drawing Art.
• Su Yu found nearly eighty thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones and stored them in his Level 2 Storage Bag.
• Su Yu examined the chamber and noticed a pill bottle and a plain Jade Slip resting on a stone platform.