Chapter Summaries

Su Yu found Spirit Intelligence Pills, learned that a Jade Slip contained the Azure Profound Divine Art, and obtained a Rage Yuan Pill from Li Wuhen's Storage Bag. Elsewhere, Li Yunxiao confronted Ye Chen over the Heavenly Spirit Fruits, and Ye Chen escalated the fight with his third sword form.

• Su Yu found three Spirit Intelligence Pills and examined a Jade Slip that revealed the Azure Profound Divine Art, a powerful twenty-one-level cultivation method.
• Sword Elder praised the Azure Profound Divine Art, and Su Yu decided to save the Jade Slip for later rather than switch cultivation methods inside the secret realm.
• Su Yu identified a Rage Yuan Pill in Li Wuhen's Storage Bag and then quietly left the cave.
• Li Yunxiao found a forest with Heavenly Spirit Fruits and prepared to pick three ripe fruits.
• Ye Chen took two fruits from a nearby tree, prompting Li Yunxiao to attack him with Mountain River Fist.
• Ye Chen was wounded by Li Yunxiao's stronger attack, then invoked the third form of the Astonishing Cloud Sword Art.

Ye Chen clashed evenly with Li Yunxiao before fleeing as three powerful demonic birds descended on the group. Deep within the Tianqi Secret Realm, its master sealed the borders with red mist and announced that the secret realm was closing and the hunt was beginning, leaving Su Yu wary of the change.

• Ye Chen and Li Yunxiao exchanged powerful attacks, and their clash destroyed nearby Heavenly Spirit Fruit trees before both men staggered back.
• Chu Changge and Shi Qianhan arrived, but Ye Chen fled toward them rather than risk continuing his fight with Li Yunxiao.
• Chu Changge grabbed a ripe Heavenly Spirit Fruit as he and Shi Qianhan fled from Ye Chen, while three low-grade Level 4 three-headed birds swooped down and drove everyone away.
• The towering phantom in an ancient palace spread strange energy across the Tianqi Secret Realm, sealed its borders with red mist, and declared that the secret realm was closing and the hunt was beginning.
• Su Yu sensed an unexplained dread, and Sword Elder warned him that the secret realm's master was making a major move.

Su Yu learned that dying in the Tianqi Secret Realm might be permanent and began cultivating as a Blood Moon transformed the sky. Elsewhere, Qin Hongshang and three Nine Nether Cult members encountered a Bloody Monster that killed Zhang Qing and drained his corpse, leaving the others facing it in terror.

• Sword Elder warned Su Yu that the secret realm’s death rule might no longer work, and a Blood Moon appeared in the sky.
• Su Yu swallowed a Spirit Intelligence Pill and secluded himself to comprehend Wind Intent and Cloud Intent.
• Scarlet mist spread across the secret realm and gathered into blood rivers, terrifying everyone beneath the crimson sky.
• Qin Hongshang and three Nine Nether Cult members watched the anomaly in a swamp as a Bloody Monster emerged from a pool of blood.
• Zhang Qing attacked the monster, but it pierced his chest with one claw and killed him.
• Zhang Qing’s body did not disappear; the monster drained his blood and turned its gaze toward Qin Hongshang and the two surviving men.

Crimson mist spread through the secret realm, spawning Bloody Monsters that devoured people and recovered from injuries within the mist. Qin Hongshang, Shi Qianhan, Chu Changge, Li Yunxiao, and Ye Chen retreated toward the untainted central region, while Yan Qingxuan entered the mist and destroyed a Bloody Monster outright.

• Qin Hongshang fled as a Bloody Monster killed and devoured the yellow-clad woman and the black-clad man, then turned toward martial artists hiding in the swamp.
• Crimson mist swallowed Shi Qianhan, whose attacks weakened a Bloody Monster before the mist healed it, forcing him to escape.
• Shi Qianhan, Chu Changge, Li Yunxiao, and Ye Chen encountered Bloody Monsters, and they retreated toward the secret realm's central region.
• Yan Qingxuan entered the crimson mist, struck a Bloody Monster twice, and destroyed it with her second palm.

Yan Qingxuan searched the blood-red mists, killed a powerful monster that had slaughtered Biluo Sect members, and then encountered a young woman being hunted beside a stream. The woman, Xia Yun Huang, survived after the monster disappeared, and she wondered whether someone had intervened.

• Yan Qingxuan saw a blood-red monster kill a sword-wielding man and noticed several shriveled corpses, including one dressed in Biluo Sect robes.
• Yan Qingxuan crushed the unusually large monster with repeated palm strikes and continued searching the mists without finding their source.
• Yan Qingxuan stopped beside a stream and prepared to leave when she sensed a young woman fleeing from a familiar blood-red monster.
• The young woman attacked the monster with Sword Qi, but failed to harm it and dropped her sword in despair.
• Xia Yun Huang braced for the monster to kill her, but it vanished before it could strike, leaving her to wonder if someone had been there.

Su Yu emerged from meditation when the secret realm filled with blood mist and Blood Rivers, then broke through to Lesser Accomplishment in both Wind Intent and Cloud Intent. The resulting tornado destroyed nearby Bloody Monsters, drawing Yan Qingxuan and Xia Yun Huang toward him.

• Yan Qingxuan rescued Xia Yun Huang from danger and told her to stay close.
• Su Yu reached the peak of the three-tenths level in Wind Intent and Cloud Intent but could not break through while meditating in the cave.
• Su Yu left the cave and killed four attacking Bloody Monsters with a single sword strike, frightening off the others.
• Su Yu realized that wind had no fixed form and clouds had no constant shape, breaking through to the four-tenths level in both intents.
• Su Yu's wind-and-cloud tornado swept nearby Bloody Monsters into blood mist.
• Yan Qingxuan recognized the tornado's familiar intent and led Xia Yun Huang toward it.

Su Yu completed simultaneous breakthroughs in Wind Intent and Cloud Intent, then joined Xia Yun Huang and Yan Qingxuan as they raced to escape the secret realm before its spreading Blood Rivers engulfed it. The chapter ended with the three pressing onward through thicker mist and increasingly powerful Bloody Monsters.

• Su Yu advanced Wind Intent and Cloud Intent to Lesser Accomplishment, unleashing a tornado that sent nearby Bloody Monsters fleeing.
• Su Yu sensed Xia Yun Huang and Yan Qingxuan approaching, revealed that he had caused the tornado, and confirmed that he had comprehended Martial Dao True Intent.
• Su Yu led Xia Yun Huang and Yan Qingxuan toward the center of the secret realm as Blood Rivers spread and merged around them.
• Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan fought off Bloody Monsters while the trio traveled through worsening mist and stronger enemies.
• Su Yu checked on Xia Yun Huang, who insisted she could continue despite her pale face and disordered energy.

Yan Qingxuan gave Xia Yun Huang an Essence Restoration Pill, and the three hurried toward the secret realm’s center as blood mist spread. The survivors gathered at the newly appeared Myriad Blood Palace, where Su Yu, Yan Qingxuan, Xia Yun Huang, and Li Wuhen were notably absent.

• Yan Qingxuan gave Xia Yun Huang an Essence Restoration Pill, restoring her true essence, and warned that the blood mist was spreading inward.
• Su Yu led Yan Qingxuan and Xia Yun Huang toward the central region as the blood mist advanced and other contestants fled toward safety.
• A seven-colored beam appeared in the secret realm’s center, drawing the fleeing contestants toward a magnificent palace named Myriad Blood Palace.
• Li Yunxiao, Ye Chen, Chu Changge, and other top-ranked prodigies reached the palace gates with the remaining contestants.
• The crowd noticed that Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan were missing, while Xia Li worried about Xia Yun Huang and Qin Hongshang realized that only three other Nine Nether Cult members remained and Li Wuhen was absent.

At the Myriad Blood Palace, Li Yunxiao was injured when the gates repelled him, while Su Yu, Yan Qingxuan, and Xia Yun Huang faced blood rivers closing in around them. Su Yu split the river before them with a sword strike, creating a possible escape route.

• Shi Qianhan and Li Yunxiao hoped to claim the palace’s inheritance, believing Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan were absent.
• Li Yunxiao tried to open the Myriad Blood Palace gates, but an invisible force struck him and made him spit blood.
• Yan Qingxuan led Su Yu and Xia Yun Huang toward the secret realm’s center, where they found a blood river blocking their way.
• Su Yu sensed another blood river approaching from behind and warned that it would reach them within the time it took to burn a stick of incense.
• Su Yu used the Heaven Slaying Sword Drawing Art to cleave the blood river in two.

Su Yu used the Heaven Slaying Sword Drawing Art to cut a path through the Blood River, allowing him, Yan Qingxuan, and Xia Yun Huang to cross safely. They reached a palace where Xia Li and the others had gathered, and Xia Yun Huang explained that they had escaped the blood mist and countless Bloody Monsters.

• Su Yu split the Blood River with his sword, and Sword Elder praised him while noting that Time True Intent could extend the technique's brief duration.
• Su Yu warned Yan Qingxuan and Xia Yun Huang to cross quickly, then struck again and led them through the opening as Yan Qingxuan carried Xia Yun Huang.
• The three reached the far bank and flew deeper into the secret realm before the Blood River swallowed the place they had left.
• Su Yu sensed a crowd near a towering palace and led the others there, where Xia Li hurried to greet Xia Yun Huang.
• Xia Yun Huang told Xia Li and the gathered cultivators that they had escaped the blood mist, countless Bloody Monsters, and the Blood River, startling everyone.

Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan reached the Myriad Blood Palace, where Su Yu opened the doors despite Sword Elder’s warning. After defeating Li Yunxiao’s challenge with a single sword strike, Su Yu entered the palace, and the others followed or chose to remain outside.

• Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan arrived, and Ye Chen explained that the palace doors had repelled Li Yunxiao’s earlier attempt to open them.
• Sword Elder warned Su Yu that the secret realm’s owner might try to take over his body, but Su Yu opened the doors with his sword intent.
• Li Yunxiao attacked Su Yu with his Mountain River Fist, but Su Yu shattered the attack with one sword strike.
• Su Yu entered the palace, followed by Ye Chen and most of the crowd.
• Xia Li persuaded Xia Yun Huang to stay outside, while Qin Hongshang entered after reconsidering her plan to wait for Li Wuhen.

Su Yu entered the palace, claimed a damaged Mysterious-tier Lower Grade Black Scale Armor, and discovered that stone beasts guarded the hall. The Stone Wolf and Stone Tiger awakened and attacked the prodigies, blocking their path to the staircase.

• Yang Tian chose to remain outside the hall, and Luo Yunshang, Xia Li, and Xia Yun Huang stayed with him.
• Su Yu and the other prodigies entered the palace, where Heaven and Earth Laws restricted flight and divine senses.
• Su Yu found the Black Scale Armor in a crystal pillar and took it after Sword Elder identified it as damaged but unusually powerful.
• A prodigy spotted a hidden staircase, and the crowd rushed toward it to reach the second floor.
• The Stone Wolf awakened and killed several prodigies before the Stone Tiger also came to life and blocked the staircase.

Stone Wolf slaughtered the crowd inside the hall, proving that death there was real, and overwhelmed Li Yunxiao after he briefly drove it back. As Stone Wolf turned on the survivors, Ye Chen and Yan Qingxuan attacked while Su Yu watched for an opening.

• Stone Wolf killed several people, and the survivors realized they could not escape death by being transported to Tianqi City.
• Li Yunxiao struck Stone Wolf with two powerful punches and sent it into a wall, but Stone Wolf quickly rose and severely wounded him with a faster attack.
• Stone Wolf killed three more people as the crowd fled, while the sealed entrance left those who reached it trapped.
• Su Yu prepared to intervene, but Ye Chen charged Stone Wolf with a sword strike that halted it briefly.
• Yan Qingxuan followed with an attack as Su Yu gained insight from Ye Chen's fused sword forms.

Yan Qingxuan destroyed Stone Wolf but was wounded when Stone Tiger attacked and devastated the survivors. Su Yu then unleashed his sword techniques and shattered Stone Tiger, leaving everyone stunned.

• Yan Qingxuan blasted Stone Wolf away, dodged its attacks, and destroyed it with Crescent Moon Startling Swan.
• Stone Tiger ambushed Yan Qingxuan, wounded her with a black orb, then charged into the crowd and killed ten people, including Si Konghan.
• Stone Tiger severely wounded Chu Changge, Shi Qianhan, Lin Yue, Luoting, and Xue Yi, leaving only ten survivors, most of them injured.
• Stone Tiger targeted Su Yu, who countered with Cloud Weave and knocked it to the ground.
• Su Yu followed with Return to Void and shattered Stone Tiger, leaving the survivors stunned.

After defeating Stone Tiger, Su Yu led Ye Chen and the others to the palace’s second floor, where dense spiritual energy helped them rapidly improve their cultivation. The chapter ended with Su Yu’s true essence surging as he reached the Half Step Sea Breaking Realm.

• Su Yu defeated Stone Tiger, then gathered Ye Chen and the others to head to the second floor.
• The group found the second floor filled with exceptionally dense spiritual energy and began cultivating.
• Lin Yue, Luoting, Shi Qianhan, Xue Yi, Ye Chen, Chu Changge, and Qin Hongshang advanced to the Peak Ninth Level of Essence Transformation Realm.
• Li Yunxiao completed the third compression of his true essence and saw that Yan Qingxuan’s strength still far exceeded his own.
• Su Yu’s aura reached the limit of the Essence Transformation Realm, and a surge of true essence marked his breakthrough to the Half Step Sea Breaking Realm.

Su Yu continued cultivating until he reached the Half Step Sea Breaking Realm, while the others searched the second level and found no treasure. When the space divided into sections, Li Yunxiao attacked Su Yu, but Su Yu killed him and then cut down Shi Qianhan, Xue Yi, and Qin Hongshang.

• Su Yu completed his first compression of true essence and continued absorbing Spiritual Qi at an astonishing rate; Yan Qingxuan finished cultivating and was amazed to learn he had reached the Half Step Sea Breaking Realm.
• The group searched the second level for half an hour but found only dense Spiritual Qi, while Su Yu continued cultivating for more than two hours.
• Li Yunxiao decided to kill Su Yu, and stone walls suddenly divided the space, trapping him with Su Yu, Ye Chen, Shi Qianhan, Xue Yi, and Qin Hongshang.
• Ye Chen stood between Li Yunxiao and Su Yu, but Li Yunxiao injured him and prepared another attack.
• Su Yu ended his cultivation, drew the Dustless Sword, and killed Li Yunxiao with a flash of Sword Qi.
• Su Yu killed Shi Qianhan, Xue Yi, and Qin Hongshang after they watched Li Yunxiao's death.

After killing their rivals, Su Yu and Ye Chen cultivated in the labyrinth before Su Yu used his far-reaching spiritual sense to guide them through it. They reached the exit, where the sight beyond left them grave.

• Su Yu took the four dead men’s Storage Bags and told Ye Chen they had to grow stronger to face the forces behind their victims.
• Su Yu cultivated for nearly three hours, completing his first compression of true essence and nearing a second before stopping to protect his meridians.
• Su Yu tested his sword against the stone wall, but its attack vanished when it touched the wall.
• Su Yu and Ye Chen entered the maze, and Su Yu chose their route at each fork using his spiritual sense.
• Ye Chen learned that Su Yu’s spiritual sense reached about twenty zhang, and the two found the maze’s exit.
• Su Yu and Ye Chen stepped out of the maze and became grave at what they saw.

Su Yu and Ye Chen confronted a powerful apparition in a grand hall, but Su Yu entered a sudden enlightenment and overwhelmed it with the Star Cloud Sword Art. He ended the chapter preparing to fuse all five techniques.

• Su Yu and Ye Chen sensed a dangerous apparition in the hall and fled as it attacked them.
• Su Yu destroyed the apparition’s copies with his sword, then challenged the tall apparition and attacked it with Cloud Weave and other skills.
• Su Yu fused insight from the Realm of No Obstruction into his sword techniques and suppressed the apparition with rapid strikes.
• Yan Qingxuan, Chu Changge, Lin Yue, and Luoting arrived and watched Su Yu’s sudden enlightenment.
• Su Yu’s sword slowed as he declared the Star Cloud Sword Art’s Fusion of All Five Techniques.

Su Yu used a Fusion Sword Skill and rejected Blood Venerable Wuji’s offer of an inheritance, provoking the ancient Venerable to attack. As Blood Venerable Wuji unleashed black flames, Su Yu gathered a pale-blue tornado around himself.

• Su Yu’s sword struck a hall pillar after Blood Venerable Wuji vanished, and the onlookers recognized the attack as a Fusion Sword Skill.
• Yan Qingxuan noticed that Su Yu had entered a state of enlightenment, while Ye Chen and Chu Changge marveled at his swordsmanship.
• Blood Venerable Wuji offered Su Yu his inheritance, but Su Yu consulted Elder Sword and chose to attack him instead.
• Blood Venerable Wuji became furious and unleashed frigid black flames that left the others trembling.
• Su Yu calmly gathered a green air current and white mist into a pale-blue tornado around himself.

Su Yu fought Blood Venerable Wuji inside the palace, using his sword and Wind and Cloud Intent to withstand the powerful spirit’s attacks. Their final clash brought the palace down, and both combatants flew into the air as Xia Li, Yang Tian, and the others watched in shock.

• Blood Venerable Wuji recognized Su Yu’s talent and resolved to possess his body.
• Su Yu and Blood Venerable Wuji exchanged fierce attacks that tore apart the palace while the others watched.
• Blood Venerable Wuji enlarged his spectral form and sent spectral figures and a flaming skull against Su Yu.
• Su Yu used the five-form fusion of the Star Cloud Sword Art, infused with Wind and Cloud Intent, to meet Blood Venerable Wuji’s attack.
• Lin Yue fled as the two forces collided, shaking the palace until it collapsed.
• Xia Li, Yang Tian, and the others watched as Su Yu and Blood Venerable Wuji flew out of the ruins and into the air.