Chapter Summaries

Su Yu continued his winning streak at the Martial Arena, impressing the crowd with his skill as well as his strength. At his thirtieth match, the arena sent out the formidable third-level Sea Breaking Realm fighter Zhao Gang to stop him.

• Su Yu defeated Zhang Yuan of the Qinghe Sect by finding a gap in his sword technique and disarming him with one punch.
• Su Yu kept winning match after match, reaching twenty-nine consecutive victories and drawing an ecstatic response from the crowd.
• Xu Bin warned Lu Zhiyao that the Martial Arena would likely arrange a powerful opponent to stop Su Yu’s streak.
• Li Wenchao and Manager Jin watched Su Yu’s victories, while Li Yuntao dismissed his skill and predicted he would lose the thirtieth match.
• The Martial Arena sent Iron Butcher Zhao Gang, a third-level Sea Breaking Realm powerhouse, to face Su Yu in his thirtieth match.

Su Yu defeated Zhao Gang with one punch after his Fist Intent surged from ten percent to Lesser Accomplishment during their clash. He reached thirty consecutive victories, while Li Yuntao and the others watched and waited to see whether he could win again.

• Zhao Gang attacked Su Yu with Peak Thirty Percent Fist Intent, confident that his strength surpassed Su Yu's.
• Su Yu drew on his understanding of Sword Intent and raised his Fist Intent to Lesser Accomplishment as he counterattacked.
• Su Yu's punch shattered Zhao Gang's right arm and sent him crashing into the arena barrier, knocking him unconscious.
• Li Yuntao, Li Wenchao, and Manager Jin reacted with shock, and Li Wenchao concluded that Su Yu likely possessed strong Sword Intent as well.
• Li Yuntao wanted to challenge Su Yu, but Li Wenchao told him to wait and watch how Su Yu fared in the match for forty consecutive victories.
• The referee declared Ghost Mask the winner, and Su Yu withdrew his Fist Intent.

Su Yu, disguised as Ghost Mask, extended his winning streak in the Martial Arena, defeating challengers with single punches and frightening the crowd. At the fortieth match, the arena sent out gatekeeper Wu Liang, drawing an uproar from the audience.

• After Zhao Gang was carried away, no one accepted Ghost Mask’s thirty-first challenge, and he won by default.
• Two young spectators discussed Ghost Mask’s strength and compared him with Su Yu, while neither volunteered to fight him.
• Ghost Mask won several more matches by default until Tyrant Blade Zhang Kuang challenged him and was knocked unconscious with one punch.
• Ghost Mask continued winning effortlessly until gatekeeper Wu Liang stepped onto the arena for the fortieth match.

Su Yu defeated Wu Liang with two fingers in his fortieth consecutive victory match, exposing the gap between Wu Liang’s sword art and his own combat skill. He claimed the Three-Leaf Origin Returning Grass and chose to continue challenging the arena.

• Wu Liang faced Su Yu with his unpredictable soft sword, while Li Yuntao and Manager Jin expected the match to end Su Yu’s winning streak.
• Su Yu saw through Wu Liang’s sword technique, caught the blade between two fingers, and sent Wu Liang flying off the arena.
• Li Yuntao, Manager Jin, and Li Wenchao were shocked by Su Yu’s strength, while Qin Jun and Situ Hao sensed his Gold Intent and Sword Intent.
• Su Yu asked for the reward for his fortieth consecutive win, and Elder Liu gave him a Storage Bag containing the Three-Leaf Origin Returning Grass.
• Elder Liu asked whether Su Yu would continue the challenge, and Su Yu agreed.

Su Yu continued his winning streak at the Martial Arena while the City Lord’s men searched for him. After the voluptuous attendant recognized him as Ghost Mask, Li Wenchao ordered every exit sealed and prepared to capture him.

• At the Myriad Treasures Tower, the voluptuous attendant exposed Xiao Qing’s lie, and guards took both women to Li Wenchao.
• Su Yu defeated Wu Liang with a single finger, then won match after match as no one dared challenge him.
• Li Wenchao pressured Xiao Qing to reveal Su Yu’s whereabouts, but she refused, so he killed her.
• The voluptuous attendant spotted Su Yu in the Martial Arena and identified him as Ghost Mask.
• Li Wenchao ordered Zhao Hong to seal every exit, and Manager Jin agreed to let him use the Martial Arena to capture Su Yu.

Su Yu was exposed as Ghost Mask when Li Wenchao sealed the Martial Arena and confronted him over the deaths of imperial-clan talents and Dark Guards. Su Yu slaughtered all thirty-six Black Armor Guards, leaving the arena stunned as he faced Li Wenchao’s forces.

• Li Wenchao sealed the Martial Arena, appeared with Li Yuntao and Manager Jin, and identified Ghost Mask as Su Yu.
• Su Yu removed his mask, shocking the spectators and the fighters Qin Jun and Situ Hao in the waiting area.
• Li Wenchao accused Su Yu of killing imperial-clan talents and City Lord’s Mansion Dark Guards, then ordered the Black Armor Guards to attack.
• Su Yu drew the Dustless Sword and killed the charging guards with swift strikes.
• Su Yu killed all thirty-six Black Armor Guards, leaving the Martial Arena silent amid the bodies.

Su Yu fought and wounded Li Wenchao after killing all thirty-six Black Armor Guards, revealing the strength of his Eighty Percent Sword Intent. Situ Hao and Qin Jun then arrived at the Martial Arena and announced that they wanted to fight Su Yu.

• Su Yu killed all thirty-six Black Armor Guards, enraging Li Wenchao, who landed on the arena and attacked him.
• Su Yu released his Eighty Percent Sword Intent and clashed with Li Wenchao’s golden fist using the Heaven Slaying Sword Drawing Art, shattering the stage’s Defensive Formation and wounding Li Wenchao.
• Situ Hao and Qin Jun emerged from the ruined waiting area and revealed themselves as renowned prodigies of the Youth generation.
• Li Wenchao asked Situ Hao and Qin Jun not to interfere in his private grudge with Su Yu.
• Qin Jun said that he and Situ Hao wanted to fight Su Yu, leaving Li Wenchao facing the prospect of their involvement.

Su Yu recovered from his battle with Li Wenchao and faced Situ Hao, who suppressed his cultivation to fight him on equal terms. Their fierce duel began with matching eighty-percent weapon intents, and Su Yu revealed his Thunder Intent as the fight escalated.

• Li Wenchao suppressed his anger and stepped aside, intending to let Qin Jun and Situ Hao exhaust Su Yu before he attacked.
• Situ Hao volunteered to fight Su Yu and waited while Su Yu recovered and the arena staff restored the defensive formation.
• Situ Hao suppressed his cultivation to Half Step Sea Breaking Realm and displayed eighty-percent Blade Intent; Su Yu answered with eighty-percent Sword Intent.
• Su Yu and Situ Hao exchanged a rapid series of attacks, then separated after their probing moves.
• Su Yu brought out his Thunder Intent, and Situ Hao judged it weaker than Su Yu's Gold Intent before Su Yu suddenly blurred forward.

Su Yu fought Situ Hao, who dominated him with Fire Intent while Su Yu used the pressure to cultivate his weak Thunder Intent. After switching between Gold Intent and Thunder Intent and unveiling an unusual movement, Su Yu launched a sudden counterattack that struck Situ Hao in the ribs.

• Su Yu's Thousand Illusory Shadows were swept away by Situ Hao's Fire Intent, and their saber-and-sword clash sent Su Yu flying.
• Situ Hao pressed his advantage with a relentless barrage, while Su Yu defended and used the pressure to strengthen his Thunder Intent.
• Su Yu used Gold Intent to withstand Situ Hao's powerful slash, then switched back to Thunder Intent and continued fighting under pressure.
• Su Yu evaded a sweeping slash with an unusual, drifting movement, countered with Gold Intent, and struck toward Situ Hao's ribs with Thunder Intent.
• Su Yu's sudden counterattack shocked Qin Jun and the spectators.

Su Yu revealed that he had comprehended four kinds of Martial Dao True Intent during his duel with Situ Hao. He used Wind and Cloud Intent to counter Situ Hao’s strongest saber techniques, leaving the fight unresolved as Situ Hao was driven backward.

• Su Yu revealed Lesser Accomplishment Wind Intent, astonishing Li Wenchao and the spectators with his mastery of three Intents.
• Situ Hao unleashed Burning Sky, but Su Yu’s Thunderbolt Flash was too shallow in practice to overcome the stronger strike.
• Su Yu displayed Lesser Accomplishment Cloud Intent, shocking the crowd with his fourth Martial Dao True Intent.
• Situ Hao charged with Sun Slash, and Su Yu used Cloud Weave to absorb and disperse the saber’s force.
• Su Yu followed with Reverse Wave, rebounding Situ Hao’s saber force and driving him back.

Su Yu defeated Situ Hao in a duel, while Situ Hao admitted that Su Yu was superior at the same cultivation realm. As Li Wenchao prepared to act, Qin Jun and Situ Hao claimed they wanted to celebrate with Su Yu and asked whether the city lord objected.

• Su Yu used Formless to wound Situ Hao, who responded with his strongest technique, Burn Heaven Destroy Earth.
• Su Yu countered with the five-form fusion of the Star Cloud Sword Art, and Situ Hao broke his seal to restore his middle sea breaking realm cultivation and shatter the sword light.
• Situ Hao conceded defeat and said Su Yu was superior in a fight at the same realm.
• Li Wenchao hoped Qin Jun would exhaust Su Yu, but Qin Jun declined to fight him.
• Qin Jun and Situ Hao said they wanted to share a drink with Su Yu, then Qin Jun asked Li Wenchao whether he objected.

Qin Jun and Situ Hao forced Li Wenchao to let Su Yu leave the Martial Arena, with Qin Jun warning that opposing them could provoke the Qin and Situ Families. Su Yu claimed the reward for his fiftieth consecutive victory before leaving with them, while Li Wenchao vowed to confront them again when His Majesty arrived the next day.

• Li Wenchao threatened Qin Jun and Situ Hao with the Great Gan Imperial Clan, but Qin Jun challenged him to make their dispute a war against the Qin and Situ Families.
• Qin Jun revealed his high-level Sea Breaking Realm cultivation and ordered Li Wenchao to let them go, and Li Wenchao relented.
• Su Yu asked Manager Jin to count his fight with Situ Hao toward his winning streak and pay the reward for fifty consecutive victories.
• Manager Jin gave Su Yu a Spirit Nurturing Pill, and Su Yu left the Martial Arena with Qin Jun and Situ Hao.
• Li Wenchao watched them go and said he would see how they protected Su Yu after His Majesty arrived the next day.

After Su Yu dominated the Martial Arena, he met Qin Jun and Situ Hao for a meal and learned that his repeated escapes from danger might be tied to martial luck. The chapter ended with Qin Jun telling him about the Central Domain’s Hundred Sects Luck War.

• Li Wenchao left the Martial Arena in anger, and Manager Jin closed the arena and canceled its matches.
• Lu Zhiyao and Xu Bin decided to return to their sect so they would not miss their mission delivery deadline.
• Su Yu thanked Qin Jun and Situ Hao at Drunken Immortal Tower, then confirmed that the Great Gan Ancestor had once pursued him.
• Su Yu explained that a peerless expert had saved him, and Qin Jun and Situ Hao suggested that luck had helped him survive.
• Qin Jun explained that the Central Domain’s sects and noble clans valued luck and revealed that they contested it in the Hundred Sects Luck War.

Qin Jun told Su Yu about the once-in-a-thousand-years Hundred Sects Luck War and agreed to meet him in the Central Domain. After Su Yu left, Qin Jun explained to Situ Hao that he wanted to befriend Su Yu because their families faced danger from the Great Gan Imperial Family—and because he could not see through Su Yu.

• Qin Jun explained that the Hundred Sects Luck War would open in five years, admit only martial artists under forty, and shape the Central Domain’s power balance.
• Su Yu agreed with Qin Jun and Situ Hao to meet for a drink in the Central Domain, then left to prepare for a breakthrough to the Sea Breaking Realm.
• Situ Hao questioned Qin Jun’s unusually warm treatment of Su Yu after Su Yu departed.
• Qin Jun warned that the Qin and Situ families’ Heaven Piercing Realm ancestors were nearing the ends of their lives, leaving their lineages vulnerable to the Great Gan Imperial Family.
• Qin Jun said Su Yu’s grudge against the Great Gan Imperial Family could make him a valuable ally, and admitted that Su Yu’s strength gave him an inexplicable sense of unease.

After learning that Xiao Qing had been killed for refusing to reveal his whereabouts, Su Yu blamed himself and set out to confront the City Lord. Ruyan, who had informed on him, was forced to lead the way to the City Lord's Mansion.

• Su Yu noticed Myriad Treasures Tower was closed and learned that guards from the City Lord's Mansion had taken Xiao Qing and Ruyan.
• Ruyan returned alone and told the shopkeeper that Xiao Qing was dead.
• Ruyan recognized Su Yu and panicked, and Su Yu used Sword Intent to make her reveal that the city lord killed Xiao Qing for refusing to disclose Su Yu's whereabouts.
• Su Yu felt responsible for Xiao Qing's death and ordered Ruyan to lead him to the City Lord's Mansion.

Su Yu attacked the City Lord's Mansion and demanded to know where Li Wenchao was. After defeating the mansion's guards, he killed Li Yuntao and left Zhao Hong terrified.

• Su Yu followed Ruyan to the City Lord's Mansion, cut down its guards, and broke through the gates.
• Zhao Hong ordered the mansion's elites to attack, but Su Yu incapacitated them and seized the commander.
• Su Yu forced Zhao Hong to reveal that Li Wenchao was in a secret chamber in the rear courtyard, then made him lead the way.
• Li Yuntao confronted Su Yu and launched a full-force attack, but Su Yu killed him with a single Sword Qi strike.
• Zhao Hong collapsed to his knees in terror after witnessing Li Yuntao's death.

Su Yu stormed the City Lord's Mansion, killed Li Yuntao, and challenged Li Wenchao. He overwhelmed Li Wenchao in battle and interrupted his attempt to activate a bloodline secret art, leaving him badly wounded.

• Su Yu called Li Wenchao out of his secret chamber after killing Li Yuntao.
• Li Wenchao emerged, saw his son's corpse, and attacked Su Yu with Flowing Gold Fist.
• Su Yu used the Heaven Slaying Sword Drawing Art to break Li Wenchao's punch and send him crashing into the ruins.
• Li Wenchao prepared to burn his lifespan and essence blood to activate the Heavenly Dipper Hegemonic Body.
• Su Yu struck before Li Wenchao could finish speaking, blasting him through three walls and leaving a deep wound across his chest.

Su Yu faced Li Wenchao’s awakened Heavenly Dipper Hegemonic Body and used his fused Wind and Cloud Intent to defend against the stronger foe. Their battle continued as Li Wenchao’s punches battered Su Yu’s tornado of Sword Qi, while Su Yu’s aura kept rising.

• Su Yu calculated that a third full-strength sword strike could leave him defenseless, so he swallowed a pill and chose to use another trump card.
• Li Wenchao ignited his Great Gan Imperial Clan bloodline and activated the Heavenly Dipper Hegemonic Body, gaining golden armor, healing, and a surge of power.
• Su Yu gathered Wind Intent and Cloud Intent, fusing them as dark clouds covered the City Lord's Mansion.
• Li Wenchao charged Su Yu with a golden fist, but Su Yu formed an azure-white wind-and-cloud tornado that blocked the blow.
• Li Wenchao’s repeated punches battered the tornado as its Sword Qi cracked his golden armor, and Su Yu’s aura continued to climb.

Su Yu pierced Li Wenchao’s Heavenly Dipper Hegemonic Body with fused Wind-Cloud Martial Dao True Intent, but Li Wenchao burned his remaining power and launched a desperate assault. The chapter left Su Yu injured and crashing into the ruins as Li Wenchao pressed his attack.

• Su Yu collapsed the Wind-Cloud Tornado and used Starfall to pierce a crack in Li Wenchao’s armor, sending sword qi into his body.
• Li Wenchao recognized that Su Yu had fused two Martial Dao True Intents and resolved to kill him for the Great Gan Imperial Family.
• Li Wenchao burned his bloodline power and True Essence, darkened his armor, and attacked Su Yu with Flowing Gold Burst Fist.
• Su Yu dodged the fist barrage and used Thousand Illusory Shadows to confuse Li Wenchao.
• Li Wenchao rampaged through the illusions and struck Su Yu’s shoulder, smashing him into the ruins.

Su Yu used the Rage Yuan Pill to overcome his near-fatal injuries and unleash a final attack against Li Wenchao. He killed Li Wenchao with the Five Forms Fusion sword technique.

• Li Wenchao bombarded the ruins with his fists, but Su Yu escaped the collapsing battlefield by cutting through the attack with Cloud Weave.
• Li Wenchao sensed Su Yu's weakened state and prepared a final full-force blow, believing he had secured victory.
• Su Yu swallowed the Rage Yuan Pill and controlled its surging power with his strengthened body.
• Su Yu unleashed Star Cloud Sword Art, Five Forms Fusion, pierced Li Wenchao's defenses, and killed him.