Chapter Summaries

Su Yu revealed his strength by wiping out the Black Shark Hunting Team and killing a mid-grade level-four sea beast. He and Xu Yan's squad continued their mission at sea, hunting more beasts as their teamwork improved.

• Su Yu killed Zhou Kui with one sword strike, then used the Cold Abyss Sword to annihilate the remaining Black Shark Hunting Team members.
• Xu Yan thanked Su Yu, and Su Yu took the Beast Cores and some Spirit Stones while leaving the rest of the Black Shark team's spoils to be divided by the squad's rules.
• Su Yu killed a mid-grade level-four sea beast that attacked the flying boat and collected its Beast Core.
• Su Yu agreed to continue the mission, and Xu Yan's squad adjusted their roles and worked more closely with him.
• Over the next several hours, Su Yu killed more sea beasts, refined his swordsmanship, and shared the spoils according to the team's agreed rules.

Su Yu hunted sea beasts with Xu Yan's team for nine days, refining his Thunderbolt Sword Art and learning the nearshore routes and sea-beast habits. As the team prepared to return, a powerful Black-Scaled Sea-Splitting Python appeared, and Su Yu began a battle to claim its Level 4 High-Grade Beast Core.

• Su Yu killed low-tier Level 4 sea beasts with single strikes while refining his control of the Cold Abyss Sword, chill, Thunder Intent, and Sword Intent.
• On the fifth day, Su Yu tested the three forms of the Thunderbolt Sword Art in sequence and killed a middle-tier Red-Scaled Sea Lizard.
• Xu Yan realized Su Yu had joined the hunting team to learn the nearshore routes, hunting rules, and sea-beast habits.
• On the ninth day, the Detection Array Disk revealed a powerful Level 4 High-Grade sea beast, and Xu Yan ordered the team to retreat.
• Su Yu confronted the Black-Scaled Sea-Splitting Python, dodged its water attack, and struck its scales with the Cold Abyss Sword.
• Su Yu used Thunderbolt Strike to briefly halt the python, sensed a vulnerable gap beneath its neck, and aimed Thunderbolt Piercing at it.

Su Yu returned to Tianhai City after slaying the Black-Scaled Sea-Splitting Python and collecting a rich haul from the ten-day hunt. He repaid Yan Qingxuan most of his debt, restored the Dao Severing Sword to its pre-Wind-Splitting Gorge state, and prepared for the Canghai Ranking small gathering in two days.

• Su Yu killed the Black-Scaled Sea-Splitting Python with his Thunderbolt Sword Art and took its Beast Core.
• Su Yu and Xu Yan's hunting team returned to Tianhai City, where the Wanhai Chamber of Commerce valued Su Yu's sea-beast materials at thirty-six thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones.
• Song Yuan warned Su Yu that people connected to the Black Shark Team might cause trouble, while Xu Yan's group said their farewells.
• Su Yu repaid Yan Qingxuan forty thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones, leaving a debt of around ten thousand-plus.
• Su Yu fed his newly obtained Beast Cores to the Dao Severing Sword, restoring it to roughly forty-one percent recovery and confirming he could slay a Level 4 High-Grade Sea Beast without using his full strength.
• Su Yu noted that only two days remained until the Canghai Ranking small gathering.

Tianhai City filled with martial artists awaiting the Canghai Ranking small gathering, as rumors spread about Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan and prominent competitors prepared for the event. Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan voiced their ambitions, and the gathering began when the Wanhai Chamber of Commerce’s bell rang at dawn.

• Martial artists arrived in Tianhai City, where people debated Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan’s feats and speculated about top-ranking competitors attending.
• Gu Hanzhou, Han Junyue, Qin Xuance, and Xie Wuya each continued training after their recent battles.
• Su Yu practiced the Thunderbolt Sword Art while Yan Qingxuan asked what rank he hoped to achieve; he said he wanted to reach the highest point, and she vowed not to fall far behind.
• Elder Zhou and Situ Hai visited Su Yu, and Elder Zhou decided he did not need to warn him about the Eastern Domain’s geniuses.
• At dawn, the Wanhai Chamber of Commerce rang a bell and raised a pillar of Formation Pattern light, signaling the start of the Canghai Ranking small gathering.

Su Yu and his companions attended the Canghai Ranking small gathering in Tianhai City, where powerful young martial artists and faction leaders had assembled. As the rewards and special prize were announced, several top-ranked competitors appeared, leaving the gathering poised to begin.

• Su Yu, Yan Qingxuan, Elder Zhou, and Situ Hai arrived at Canghai Platform with Ye Chen and the others.
• Jiang Yao, Xu Yan, Yan Chong, and He Zhou greeted Su Yu, while Zhao Yuanheng and Zhao Yan recognized him as connected to the destruction of the Black Shark Hunting Team.
• The City Lord and the Wanhai Chamber of Commerce's Vice President announced rewards for ranking entrants and hinted at an additional special prize.
• Su Yu saw ranked competitors Qin Xuance and Xie Wuya among the gathered young geniuses.
• The crowd identified Yue Qianshan, Wei Qianlan, and Lu Qingmei as top-ten finishers from the previous Canghai Ranking.

The Canghai Ranking gathering began as the Wanhai Chamber of Commerce revealed the rankings and challengers fought to change their positions. After several matches, He Yue challenged Su Yu to test the rumors about his strength, leaving Su Yu to step onto the platform.

• The Vice President explained the ranking rules and raised the stele, revealing Xiao Chenzhou in first place and Xie Wuya in nineteenth.
• A saber-wielding outsider defeated a ranked spear cultivator, and another foreign challenger quickly beat a ranked martial artist with his saber.
• A challenger ranked in the seventies lost to an opponent in the sixties, showing that higher-ranked positions were harder to take.
• A woman in a dark-green dress briefly watched Yan Qingxuan from the ranked seats.
• He Yue, ranked sixty-second, challenged Su Yu over the claims that Su Yu had top-fifty strength, and Su Yu rose to accept the challenge.

Su Yu defeated He Yue at Canghai Platform with one sword, stopping the fast saber before He Yue could unleash a second strike. The spectators realized Su Yu’s Realm of No Obstruction had grown stronger after his breakthrough to the Sea Breaking Realm.

• He Yue challenged Su Yu and said his fast saber would make Su Yu lose quickly.
• When the match began, He Yue unleashed Seven Percent Blade Intent and tried to overwhelm Su Yu with successive saber strikes.
• Su Yu used the Cold Abyss Sword and the Realm of No Obstruction to cut through He Yue’s blade momentum and stop his sword at He Yue’s throat.
• The Elder Referee declared Su Yu the winner, shocking the spectators and making Gu Hanzhou recognize that Su Yu’s strength was not merely due to his weapon.
• Ye Chen recognized Su Yu’s sword technique, while Situ Hai and Elder Zhou noted that Su Yu’s understanding had advanced since the Southern Domain Grand Competition.

Su Yu defeated He Yue and Zhou Ting with a single sword strike each at Canghai Platform, drawing the attention of ranked warriors and the Wanhai Chamber of Commerce's Vice President. He chose to continue fighting, leaving the crowd to wonder how far his strength extended.

• Su Yu defeated He Yue with one sword, and He Yue admitted defeat.
• Su Yu accepted the elder referee's offer to continue, and Zhou Ting challenged him from the ranked seats.
• Zhou Ting used spear shadows to defend against Su Yu's fast sword, but Su Yu pierced through them and stopped his blade before Zhou Ting's brow.
• Zhou Ting admitted defeat, and Lu Mingchuan and Gu Hanzhou recognized how far Su Yu's skill surpassed their expectations.
• The Vice President asked Song Yuan about Su Yu's earlier victories and learned that the Chamber of Commerce had verified his feat against the Black-Scaled Sea-Splitting Python.

Su Yu defeated Qi Yue and Qiu Lie with a single sword each, rising to thirty-eighth place on the Canghai Ranking. With no one below the top twenty willing to challenge him, he chose to continue toward the highest-ranked fighters.

• Su Yu defeated Qi Yue, ranked forty-ninth, by cutting through his Wave-Shattering Palm and stopping his sword at Qi Yue’s forehead.
• Su Yu defeated Qiu Lie, ranked thirty-eighth, by intercepting his saber strike and stopping the Cold Abyss Sword at his throat.
• The crowd and ranked fighters recognized that Su Yu had defeated four challengers in succession without stepping down, while Zhao Yan felt fortunate he had not challenged him.
• The elder referee offered Su Yu the choice to hold thirty-eighth place or continue challenging higher ranks.
• Su Yu looked toward Qin Xuance, Xie Wuya, Lu Qingmei, Wei Qianlan, and Yue Qianshan, then chose to continue.

Su Yu challenged Qin Xuance, the twentieth-ranked fighter on the Canghai Ranking, after swiftly defeating four opponents. Qin Xuance blocked Su Yu’s Fast Sword and pressed him with Gold-Splitting Spear Momentum, while Su Yu revealed a faint trace of Gold Intent in his sword as the fight continued.

• Su Yu chose to challenge Qin Xuance, drawing a shocked reaction from the spectators.
• Qin Xuance stepped onto the platform, and the referee elder started the fight.
• Qin Xuance’s first spear strike met Su Yu’s Cold Abyss Sword, blocking the Fast Sword move.
• Qin Xuance drove his Gold-Splitting strike forward and forced Su Yu’s Sword Light to bend.
• Su Yu revealed a faint golden sharpness in the Cold Abyss Sword, and Qin Xuance and the Vice President of the Wanhai Chamber of Commerce noticed the Gold Intent.

Su Yu revealed five-tenths Gold Intent and defeated Qin Xuance in a fierce battle on Canghai Platform, earning a place among the top twenty. After witnessing the loss, Zhao Yuanheng decided the Zhao Family would drop its dispute with Su Yu over the Black Shark Hunting Team.

• Su Yu used Gold Intent to turn aside Qin Xuance's spear attacks and forced him back with a sharp slash.
• Qin Xuance gathered his strength and launched a concentrated spear strike, while Su Yu's Gold Intent rose to five-tenths.
• Su Yu's sword pierced and shattered Qin Xuance's Spear Light, then drove him to the edge of the platform and left a mark on his spear.
• Qin Xuance admitted defeat, and the referee elder declared Su Yu the winner.
• Zhao Yuanheng ordered Zhao Yan to end the Zhao Family's dispute with Su Yu, and Zhao Yan agreed.

Su Yu fought Xie Wuya at Canghai Platform and broke through his Tide-Breaking saber move with fifty percent Gold Intent. Xie Wuya realized his blade art’s flaw and broke through to eighty percent blade intent during the match, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Xie Wuya challenged Su Yu after Qin Xuance’s loss, and the two began trading saber and sword strikes.
• Su Yu found an opening in Xie Wuya’s saber radiance and stopped the Cold Abyss Sword three inches from his chest.
• Xie Wuya unleashed Tide-Breaking, but Su Yu’s fifty percent Gold Intent split the black tide and injured Xie Wuya.
• Xie Wuya refused to let the referee end the fight and realized his blade art needed to sever an opponent’s momentum before they acted.
• Xie Wuya’s blade intent surged to eighty percent, shocking the spectators and leaving the match’s outcome uncertain.

Su Yu defeated Xie Wuya after Xie Wuya broke through to Eighty Percent Blade Intent, revealing that Su Yu also possessed Eighty Percent Sword Intent. Xie Wuya left the platform having lost but reached a new level of Blade Intent.

• Xie Wuya broke through to Eighty Percent Blade Intent and challenged Su Yu with a stronger slash.
• Su Yu revealed Eighty Percent Sword Intent, shocking the spectators and officials.
• Su Yu repeatedly countered Xie Wuya's attacks with precise sword strikes and broke apart his Tide Breaking technique.
• Su Yu knocked Xie Wuya back, and Xie Wuya conceded defeat as the Elder Referee declared Su Yu the winner.
• Xie Wuya thanked Su Yu for the fight, and Su Yu told him he had crossed the threshold himself.

Su Yu defeated Xie Wuya and remained ready to continue challenging the Canghai Ranking, but the Wanhai Chamber of Commerce gave him half an hour to recover after no one else stepped forward. As other matches continued, Shen Qingluo challenged Yan Qingxuan, leaving the outcome of their fight unresolved.

• Su Yu chose to continue challenging after defeating Xie Wuya, but none of the ranked geniuses dared to face him.
• The Vice President of the Wanhai Chamber of Commerce ordered Su Yu to rest for half an hour before continuing, and Su Yu returned to the challengers' seats to reflect on his battles.
• Several other martial artists fought on the platform, and Gu Hanzhou, Han Junyue, and Liu Tingchao each won their challenges.
• Shen Qingluo stepped onto the platform and challenged Yan Qingxuan, saying she wanted to test Yan Qingxuan's strength after she comprehended Martial Dao True Intent.

Yan Qingxuan defeated Shen Qingluo with her Ziwei Intent, drawing attention to the Southern Domain pair alongside Su Yu. Qin Xuance then challenged Xie Wuya to receive his powerful slash again, and their duel was about to begin.

• Yan Qingxuan used her Ziwei Intent to break Shen Qingluo’s Wood Intent attacks and won the match.
• Spectators and prominent figures noted the strength of Yan Qingxuan’s Special True Intent, while Su Yu judged that it already rivaled roughly fifty-percent ordinary True Intent.
• Several other Canghai Ranking matches took place, and the Ranking Stele shifted as fighters won and lost.
• Qin Xuance rose and challenged Xie Wuya, saying he wanted to receive Xie Wuya’s previous slash again.
• Xie Wuya accepted and faced Qin Xuance on the battle platform as the Elder Referee began their match.

Qin Xuance challenged Xie Wuya, unveiled Gold Splitting Unity, and lost after Xie Wuya broke through his attack with eighty percent blade intent. As the gathering discussed their gains, Yan Qingxuan challenged Lu Qingmei.

• Xie Wuya blocked Qin Xuance's attacks with his newly strengthened eighty percent blade intent and drove him back.
• Qin Xuance condensed his Gold-Splitting Spear Momentum into Gold Splitting Unity, briefly piercing Xie Wuya's saber light before Xie Wuya cleaved through the thrust and won.
• Qin Xuance accepted his defeat without regret, and the City Lord of Tianhai and the Vice President of the Wanhai Chamber of Commerce praised his resolve and spear momentum.
• Su Yu reflected on the battles as Qin Xuance and Xie Wuya returned to their seats, both having benefited from the fight.
• Yan Qingxuan rose and challenged Lu Qingmei to a fight.

Yan Qingxuan faced Lu Qingmei, an eighth-ranked Canghai genius, and revealed strength far beyond what she had shown against Shen Qingluo. Lu Qingmei unleashed Wind Trace Thousand Blades, and Yan Qingxuan began to counter with Thousand Illusions Cloud Hand.

• Yan Qingxuan challenged Lu Qingmei, who accepted and began their duel on the battle platform.
• Yan Qingxuan calmly shattered Lu Qingmei's successive Wind Blades, displaying powerful palm intent and refined True Essence despite their cultivation gap.
• Shen Qingluo and Shen Ruowei realized Yan Qingxuan had concealed much of her strength, while the City Lord of Tianhai reconsidered how formidable she and Su Yu might be.
• Lu Qingmei sped around Yan Qingxuan and attacked with more than ten Wind Blades, but Yan Qingxuan used Shift Form Change Shadow to evade and strike back.
• Lu Qingmei unleashed Wind Trace Thousand Blades, surrounding Yan Qingxuan with countless Wind Blades, and Yan Qingxuan answered with Thousand Illusions Cloud Hand.

Yan Qingxuan fought Lu Qingmei to a draw in a fierce battle at Canghai Platform, earning the crowd’s attention and respect. Afterward, Wei Qianlan challenged Yue Qianshan to take the stage.

• Yan Qingxuan used Thousand Illusions Cloud Hand and Ziwei Intent to withstand Lu Qingmei’s Wind Trace Thousand Blades and counter her attack.
• Lu Qingmei unleashed a refined Wind Intent strike, but Yan Qingxuan answered with Biluo Crape Myrtle and Crescent Moon Startling Swan.
• Yan Qingxuan and Lu Qingmei exchanged their final attacks, both retreated with injuries, and the Elder Referee declared the battle a draw.
• Lu Qingmei told Yan Qingxuan that the result might have changed if her cultivation or Martial Dao True Intent had advanced further, and Yan Qingxuan promised to do better next time.
• Wei Qianlan suggested that he and Yue Qianshan fight, and Yue Qianshan opened his eyes as the heavy sword on his back trembled.

Yue Qianshan defeated Wei Qianlan with his peak Eighty Percent Sword Intent and Strength Intent, revealing the immense gap between him and the other Canghai Ranking fighters. After Yue Qianshan said he planned to go to the Central Domain, Su Yu rose to challenge him.

• Wei Qianlan opened with a succession of water-infused sword waves, but Yue Qianshan blocked them with his Heavy Sword and broke through his attacks.
• Wei Qianlan unleashed Qianlan Ten Thousand Waves, and Yue Qianshan revealed his peak Eighty Percent Sword Intent and Strength Intent to smash the sword waves apart.
• Wei Qianlan was driven to the edge of the platform, bloodied, and admitted defeat as the Elder Referee declared Yue Qianshan the winner.
• Yue Qianshan told Wei Qianlan he intended to go to the Central Domain to catch up with Xu Guanhai and Xiao Chenzhou.
• Su Yu rose from the challengers' seats as the Elder Referee looked toward them.

Su Yu revealed Nine Percent Sword Intent and defeated Wei Qianlan with one sword after Wei challenged him to prove he could face Yue Qianshan. Yue Qianshan accepted Su Yu as a worthy opponent, and their battle was about to begin.

• Su Yu set his sights on Yue Qianshan, but Wei Qianlan challenged him to fight first.
• Wei Qianlan unleashed Qianlan Ten Thousand Waves and vowed to defeat Su Yu with one sword.
• Su Yu revealed Nine Percent Sword Intent, cut through Wei Qianlan's sword waves, and stopped Cold Abyss Sword at his throat.
• The Elder Referee declared Su Yu the winner, and the spectators realized he had hidden his true strength.
• Yue Qianshan acknowledged Su Yu's strength, took up his heavy sword, and prepared to fight him.