Chapter Summaries

Su Yu battled the Blood Venerable Wuji above the palace ruins while the survivors learned what had happened inside. As Wuji transformed his Fire Intent to blood-red and prepared to finish the fight, Su Yu completed the second compression of his true essence.

• Xia Yun Huang spotted Su Yu fighting a terrifying, unidentified opponent above the collapsed palace, and the group recoiled from the battle’s aura.
• Lin Yue, Yan Qingxuan, and the others escaped the ruins, and Ye Chen recounted what had happened inside while omitting Su Yu’s killings.
• Su Yu drove the Blood Venerable Wuji back with the Five Forms Fused Star Cloud Sword Art, while Wuji realized his black Fire Intent was being depleted.
• Blood Venerable Wuji turned his black Fire Intent blood-red and declared that he would end the battle, alarming the people watching below.
• Su Yu released a surge of true essence and completed its second compression, causing his sword intent to soar.

As the Tianqi Secret Realm passed its fourth day without releasing anyone, the sect leaders worried that the disciples inside had met with disaster. Five Heaven Piercing Realm Venerables gathered above Tianqi City, where they discussed Su Yu’s exceptional talent and the Great Gan Emperor’s possible breakthrough as they waited for news.

• The Dragon Elephant Sect Master and the Great Gan Emperor agreed to wait for the secret realm to release someone, while the Biluo Sect Master asked what they would do if no one emerged after five days.
• Yun Yi and Mu Bai worried that Su Yu and Ye Chen might be in danger inside the secret realm.
• Qingyun Venerable told Biluo Venerable that Su Yu had won first place with Seventy Percent Sword Intent, a trace of True Meaning of Wind and Cloud, and a Mysterious-tier Martial Skill.
• Dragon Elephant Venerable and Sky Thunder Venerable joined Qingyun Venerable and Biluo Venerable above Tianqi City.
• The Venerables discussed whether the Great Gan Emperor would break through to the Middle Stage Heaven Piercing Realm and agreed that his advancement would help protect the Southern Domain.

Qingyun Venerable and the other leaders prepared to enter the secret realm and destroy Blood Venerable Wuji when its power weakened. Inside, Su Yu comprehended one percent gold intent and pierced Wuji’s defenses, but his dwindling true essence left him injured and under pressure.

• Qingyun Venerable told the assembled leaders they would enter the secret realm in a few hours to eradicate Blood Venerable Wuji, while Biluo Venerable worried about the disciples in Tianqi City.
• Blood Venerable Wuji repeatedly charged Su Yu, but Su Yu used Thousand Illusory Shadows to evade him.
• Su Yu attacked with the Dustless Sword, and his newly comprehended one percent gold intent let his sword qi pierce Wuji’s blood-red flames.
• Blood Venerable Wuji summoned countless blood-red skulls, forcing Su Yu to defend until his true essence ran low and he was injured.
• Blood Venerable Wuji renewed his assault, sending another wave of skulls toward the weakened Su Yu.

Su Yu struggled against Blood Venerable Wuji’s Domain Power until Yan Qingxuan and Ye Chen intervened to buy him time to recover. As Blood Venerable Wuji formed a giant blood skeleton to swallow them, an unidentified swordsman arrived and offered to take over the fight.

• Blood Venerable Wuji unleashed Blood Sea Buries Heaven, weakening Su Yu’s mind and letting blood-red skeletons wound him.
• Yan Qingxuan rushed to Su Yu’s side, gave him the last Essence Restoration Pill, and fought to protect him while he recovered.
• Ye Chen awakened seventy percent Sword Intent and joined Yan Qingxuan in battling the skeletons.
• Blood Venerable Wuji gathered the skeletons into a giant blood skeleton and prepared to swallow Su Yu, Yan Qingxuan, and Ye Chen.
• A swordsman split the bloody sky with a sword ray, appeared before them, and said he would handle the rest of the fight.

Su Yu’s Sword Intent continued to grow inside Blood Venerable Wuji’s domain, allowing him to overwhelm Wuji and ultimately destroy his soul. The chapter left Su Yu victorious, while Sword Elder’s proposed plan to merge his soul with the Dao Severing Sword remained unused.

• Su Yu shattered Blood Venerable Wuji’s skull with a sword strike, and Ye Chen and Yan Qingxuan withdrew after his true essence recovered.
• Sword Elder offered to merge his soul with the Dao Severing Sword for one powerful strike, but Su Yu refused to risk Sword Elder’s life on uncertain odds.
• Su Yu’s Sword Intent kept strengthening inside the blood-colored domain, and he struck Blood Venerable Wuji repeatedly, causing severe pain to his soul.
• Blood Venerable Wuji recognized that Su Yu’s Sword Intent had reached seventy percent, then watched in terror as Su Yu unleashed eighty percent Sword Intent.
• Su Yu fused all five forms of the Star Cloud Sword Art into one strike and erased Blood Venerable Wuji’s soul.

After Su Yu defeated Blood Venerable Wuji, he obtained the Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Grass and revealed that his sword intent had reached eighty percent. Outside the secret realm, the Venerables gathered in Tianqi City to respond to the upheaval as everyone waited for the young prodigies to return.

• Qingyun Venerable, Dragon Elephant Venerable, and two other Venerables arrived at the Grand Tournament venue in Tianqi City, where the sect leaders and Great Gan Emperor reported to them.
• Spectators and the gathered leaders worried about the secret realm and whether Su Yu, Ye Chen, and the other young prodigies would return safely.
• Su Yu's victory over Blood Venerable Wuji stunned Lin Yue, Luoting, Chu Changge, Ye Chen, and Yan Qingxuan, while Ye Chen recognized Su Yu's eighty percent sword intent.
• Blood Venerable Wuji's defeat caused the bloody mist and river to vanish, revealing the Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Grass, which Su Yu took.
• Sword Elder learned that Su Yu had killed Blood Venerable Wuji and broken through to eighty percent sword intent, then explained that the herb could nourish Soul Power as it floated in Su Yu's Sea of Consciousness.

Su Yu discovered a faint purple glow inside the Soul Light Orb and reunited with the survivors after defeating Blood Venerable Wuji. As the secret realm began to collapse, Su Yu led the group toward an exit while Dragon Elephant Venerable sensed the danger outside.

• Su Yu noticed a faint purple glow inside the Soul Light Orb and suspected it had improved his comprehension.
• Sword Elder warned Su Yu that the thousand-year-old secret realm could collapse now that Blood Venerable Wuji was dead.
• Su Yu returned to the others, reassured Xia Yun Huang, and received thanks from Luoting, Lin Yue, and the survivors.
• Su Yu told Lin Yue that Blood Venerable Wuji had devoured Li Yunxiao, Shi Qianhan, and several others.
• The secret realm shook and cracked, so Su Yu led the group toward a newly formed light gate.
• Dragon Elephant Venerable sensed that the secret realm's power was weakening and realized it was about to collapse.

The four Venerables waited outside the collapsing secret realm, suspecting Blood Venerable Wuji had possessed a disciple. Ten people emerged, including Su Yu and Ye Chen, but Biluo Venerable confirmed Wuji was not among them.

• Qingyun Venerable reasoned that Blood Venerable Wuji had either been killed or possessed a disciple, and the Venerables concluded possession was more likely.
• Dragon Elephant Venerable unleashed his aura in fury, while Biluo Venerable said Wuji would soon emerge and be detectable with her Soul Power.
• Ten people left the secret realm, and Yun Yi and Mu Bai were relieved to see Su Yu and Ye Chen among them.
• Biluo Venerable examined the newcomers and found that Su Yu had exceptionally strong Soul Power, though he was not Blood Venerable Wuji.
• Biluo Venerable told the other Venerables that Blood Venerable Wuji was not among the people who had emerged.

The secret realm collapsed, and the survivors revealed that Blood Venerable Wuji had killed Li Yunxiao, Shi Qianhan, and many others. Su Yu said he had killed Wuji, shocking the gathered venerables.

• Qingyun Venerable announced that the secret realm had disappeared and no one else would emerge.
• Li Wuhen, the Great Gan Emperor, and the Sky Demon Sect Master learned that many entrants, including Li Yunxiao and Shi Qianhan, had died.
• Lin Yue said Li Yunxiao and Shi Qianhan had died inside the secret realm.
• Su Yu identified Blood Venerable Wuji as the killer and told the venerables that he had killed Wuji.

Su Yu faced Dragon Elephant Venerable and Sky Thunder Venerable’s disbelief over his claim that he had killed Blood Venerable Wuji. When Yan Qingxuan and the others confirmed his account, Su Yu revealed his Eighty Percent Sword Intent, shocking the assembled venerables and audience.

• Dragon Elephant Venerable pressured Su Yu and demanded proof that he had killed Blood Venerable Wuji.
• Biluo Venerable and Qingyun Venerable discussed whether Su Yu might be Blood Venerable Wuji in disguise.
• Yan Qingxuan, Lin Yue, Luoting, and Chu Changge confirmed they had witnessed Su Yu kill Blood Venerable Wuji.
• Su Yu unleashed his sword intent, revealing that it had reached Eighty Percent Sword Intent.
• Dragon Elephant Venerable, Sky Thunder Venerable, and the audience were shocked by Su Yu’s sword comprehension.

The Great Gan Ancestor broke through to the fourth level of the Heaven Piercing Realm, then discovered that the divine soul he had placed in Li Yunxiao had been extinguished and vowed revenge. At the Grand Tournament, Su Yu proved his strength by revealing eighty percent sword intent, convincing the Venerables that he could have slain Blood Venerable Wuji.

• The Great Gan Ancestor broke through to the fourth level of the Heaven Piercing Realm and gained five hundred years of lifespan.
• The Great Gan Ancestor realized he could no longer sense the divine soul he had placed in Li Yunxiao and feared Li Yunxiao had been killed.
• The Great Gan Ancestor vowed to kill whoever had caused Li Yunxiao's death.
• Su Yu displayed eighty percent sword intent before Dragon Elephant Venerable and Sky Thunder Venerable at the Grand Tournament.
• Qingyun Venerable accepted Su Yu's sword intent as sufficient proof, while Elder Zhou marveled at Su Yu's combat potential.

At the Grand Tournament, the newly ascended Great Gan Ancestor demanded to know how Li Yunxiao died and tried to search Su Yu’s memories. An ancient voice with immense Sword Intent drove the Ancestor’s soul out of Su Yu, ending with a command to leave.

• The crowd discussed Su Yu and the other survivors’ improved cultivation, while Qingyun Venerable invited Su Yu to visit Qingyun Sect and Biluo Venerable encouraged Yan Qingxuan to pursue the wider world.
• The Great Gan Ancestor appeared at the venue, and the Great Gan Emperor and imperial family bowed to him.
• The Great Gan Ancestor demanded an explanation for Li Yunxiao’s death, and Qingyun Venerable said Blood Venerable Wuji had killed him in the secret realm.
• Su Yu identified himself as an eyewitness, but the Great Gan Ancestor sensed a trace of his soul on Su Yu and accused him of concealing the truth.
• The Great Gan Ancestor began searching Su Yu’s memories despite Qingyun Venerable’s plea, but an ancient voice in Su Yu’s Sea of Consciousness blasted the Ancestor’s soul out and told him, “Get lost!”

Su Yu escaped Tianqi City after resisting the Great Gan Ancestor’s soul-searching, prompting the Great Gan Ancestor and the Great Gan Imperial Family to pursue him. The Venerables recognized that the Great Gan Ancestor’s breakthrough would disrupt the Southern Domain’s balance and began considering an alliance.

• Su Yu’s powerful hidden soul startled the Great Gan Ancestor, then Su Yu fled Tianqi City with the Great Gan Ancestor in pursuit.
• Biluo Venerable, Dragon Elephant Venerable, and Qingyun Venerable recognized Su Yu’s extraordinary strength and feared he could not survive the chase.
• The four Venerables left to prepare for the political upheaval caused by the Great Gan Ancestor’s breakthrough and privately considered forming an alliance.
• The Great Gan Emperor sent the Great Gan Imperial Family after Su Yu, while the Sky Demon Sect Master also pursued him to investigate the deaths of Li Yunxiao and Shi Qianhan.
• The Qingyun Sect and Biluo Sect left the venue, and Yun Yi ordered the Yunlan Sect to return home and report what had happened to the Grand Elder.

After the Great Gan Ancestor pursued Su Yu for killing Li Yunxiao, the Yunlan Sect party learned what had happened and worried about the sect’s fate. Su Yu fled at extraordinary speed with the Sword Elder’s help, but the Sword Elder could sustain it for only one more hour before the Great Gan Ancestor locked onto him.

• Ye Chen told Yun Yi and Mu Bai that Su Yu had killed Li Yunxiao in self-defense after Li Yunxiao ambushed him during cultivation.
• Yun Yi ordered Zhao Fusheng, Bai Yingxue, Lei Ming, and Yunxi to keep Su Yu’s killing of Li Yunxiao secret, while he and Mu Bai worried about Su Yu and the Yunlan Sect.
• Elder Zhou postponed recruitment plans and added the four final survivors of the secret realm and Li Wuhen to the list of candidates for sect recruitment.
• Su Yu fled at five times the speed of sound with the Sword Elder’s Soul Power, which the Sword Elder said he could sustain for at most one hour.
• The Great Gan Ancestor locked onto Su Yu and challenged him to escape.

Su Yu fled from the Great Gan Ancestor at extreme speed with Sword Elder’s help, but the Ancestor eventually caught him in range and immobilized him. Sword Elder appeared to face the threat and sent Su Yu flying away, leaving him to escape on his own.

• Su Yu asked Sword Elder to accelerate him, and Sword Elder pushed his speed to nearly ten times the speed of sound.
• The Great Gan Ancestor accelerated in pursuit, while Su Yu endured the strain with his True Essence and Sword Intent shielding him.
• After half an hour, Su Yu fled more than forty-six thousand miles from the Ancestor’s true body, nearing the limit of the Ancestor’s soul’s range.
• The Great Gan Ancestor closed to within ten miles and used his cultivation pressure to immobilize Su Yu.
• Sword Elder emerged from Su Yu, told him he had to continue alone, and sent him flying dozens of miles away.

Sword Elder stayed behind to confront the Great Gan Ancestor while the Dao Severing Sword dragged Su Yu away. Su Yu stopped the sword with threats, then swallowed the Rage Yuan Pill from Li Wuhen's Storage Bag.

• Su Yu tried to rush back, but the Dao Severing Sword forcibly pulled him away as Sword Elder prepared to face the Great Gan Ancestor.
• Sword Elder revealed that he was not the Blood Venerable Wuji and declared that he would stop the Great Gan Ancestor from killing Su Yu.
• Sword Elder unleashed a Third-Order Sword Domain, and the Great Gan Ancestor charged at him with his Soul Power.
• Su Yu threatened to smash the Dao Severing Sword until it finally stopped pulling him away.
• Su Yu took the Rage Yuan Pill from Li Wuhen's Storage Bag and swallowed it.

Su Yu swallowed a Rage Yuan Pill to boost his combat power and returned to help Sword Elder, despite the pill’s dangerous side effects. He killed two Great Gan Imperial Clan experts and stood firm against Sword Elder’s attempt to send him away.

• Su Yu used the Soul Light Orb to steady his mind against the Rage Yuan Pill’s violent power and flew toward Sword Elder and the Great Gan Ancestor.
• The Great Gan Ancestor remained trapped in Sword Elder’s Third-Order Sword Domain while their Soul Power dwindled.
• The Great Gan Emperor and two Sixth Layer Sea Breaking Realm experts arrived, and the Great Gan Ancestor ordered them into the domain to block the sword attacks.
• Su Yu charged into the battlefield and used his empowered Star Cloud Sword Art to kill the two Sixth Layer experts and knock the Great Gan Emperor back.
• Sword Elder tried to drive Su Yu away, but Su Yu resisted and said he would regret leaving for the rest of his life.

Su Yu refused to flee while Sword Elder held off the Great Gan forces, and the Great Gan Ancestor launched a powerful soul attack against him. A white-robed elder appeared, saved Su Yu, and drove the Great Gan Ancestor and Li Yuanhao away; Su Yu then recognized the elder.

• The Great Gan Ancestor ordered Li Yuanhao to hold off Sword Elder while he prepared to kill Su Yu.
• Su Yu revealed his wind and cloud intents and refused to escape at the cost of Sword Elder's sacrifice.
• The Great Gan Ancestor attacked Su Yu with a powerful soul-light sphere, and Su Yu prepared to face it with his sword.
• A white-haired elder appeared, stopped the attack, and burned the Great Gan Ancestor's soul with blue flames until he begged for mercy and fled.
• The elder let Li Yuanhao escape and turned to Su Yu, who recognized him from a previous encounter.

A mysterious old man rescued Su Yu and warned that Sword Elder had to sleep for three years to heal the damage to his divine soul. After the old man departed, Su Yu headed toward the Great Xia Kingdom, but the Rage Yuan Pill’s backlash left him powerless and falling until Little Red caught him.

• The old man explained that he had stayed in the Yunlan Sect for a hundred years and praised Su Yu for refusing to sacrifice others to save himself.
• The old man said Sword Elder’s third-stage Sword Domain had damaged his divine soul and that he needed to sleep for three years to recover.
• Sword Elder returned to the Dao Severing Sword, and Su Yu promised to stay alive until he awoke.
• The old man vanished, and Su Yu flew toward the Great Xia Kingdom.
• The Rage Yuan Pill’s backlash drained Su Yu’s strength, but Little Red caught him and carried him to safety.
• Su Yu lost consciousness on Little Red’s feathers.

After surviving the Great Gan Ancestor’s attack, Su Yu slowly recovered while traveling with Little Red. When eight bandits ambushed him on the road, he killed them all with one sword strike and continued onward.

• The Great Gan Ancestor vowed to kill Su Yu, and Li Yuanhao suggested blaming him for Shi Qianhan’s death to turn the Sky Demon Sect against him.
• Su Yu woke on Little Red’s back with severe meridian damage and spent three days recovering, restoring only twenty or thirty percent of his true essence.
• Su Yu hunted a Great Strength Savage Bull and shared its roasted meat with Little Red.
• The Eight Blood Hand Absolutes surrounded Su Yu and ordered their men to attack him.
• Su Yu killed all eight bandits with a single slash, took their Storage Bags, and flew away with Little Red.