Chapter Summaries

Ji Beifeng confronted Li Jing about the Heavenly Court’s lack of reinforcements, then left believing it would abandon the Eastern Continent, while Li Jing and the other gods secretly smiled. The next day, Ye Jing and Qiuyue pretended to seek the return of their stolen purse outside the government office as two hidden watchers laughed at them.

• Ji Beifeng searched the Heavenly Court’s training grounds and found only the usual guards, despite doubting that it had truly run out of soldiers.
• Li Jing told Ji Beifeng that the Heavenly Court had no troops to spare and that its strongest fighters were intercepting powerful members of the Devil Race.
• Ji Beifeng accused the Heavenly Court of abandoning the Eastern Continent, cursed Li Jing, and left; Li Jing and the other gods watched him go with secret smiles.
• Ye Jing and Qiuyue went to the government office to ask about the purse Captain Gao had taken, and the guard said Gao had been dismissed and threatened to jail them if they kept complaining.
• Ye Jing and Qiuyue pretended to despair outside the office while two hidden figures watched and mocked them.

Ye Jing and Qiuyue staged a public dispute with Li Donglin over a stolen money pouch to fool the guards watching them. Li Donglin let them into his home, where Ye Jing secretly placed a formation disc before the guards realized something was wrong.

• Ye Jing confronted Li Donglin outside the government office and accused him of taking his money pouch, while Qiuyue helped him act like a stranded traveler.
• Li Donglin pretended to flee from Ye Jing as they argued and chased each other all the way to his house, keeping the hidden guards entertained.
• Ye Jing and Qiuyue sat outside Li Donglin's gate and wailed until nearby women spread rumors about Li Donglin, prompting him to open the door and let them in.
• After Ye Jing and Qiuyue entered, Ye Jing dropped a top-grade formation disc that covered Li Donglin's room.
• The hidden guards grew suspicious when Ye Jing and Qiuyue stayed inside too long, then flew toward Li Donglin's house.

Ye Lan covered up the disappearance of Li Donglin’s family by killing witnesses and planting bodies to support a fabricated story. Ye Jing brought Li Donglin, his wife, and their child to his island, where Li Donglin began settling into a teaching role among Ye Jing’s people.

• Ye Lan learned that Li Donglin’s family had vanished and feared the Ye and Li families would discover his failure.
• Ye Lan killed Widow Zhang and the two guards responsible for watching Li Donglin, then ordered his subordinates to plant three lookalike bodies.
• Ye Lan invented a story blaming Widow Zhang and the guards for the deaths, and his men altered the bodies and cleaned up the scene.
• Ye Jing and Qiuyue arrived on a distant island with Li Donglin’s family and returned to their original appearances.
• Ye Jing introduced Li Donglin and his family to the island and to Gongsun Lige and the others.
• Li Donglin accepted the responsibility of teaching Ye Jing’s people, hoping to help Ye Jing and repay his debt to Ye Jing’s father.

Ye Jing and Qiuyue entered the Immortal Burial Ground, where Ye Jing discovered that the ancient tomb was a vast Magic Treasure. They passed the first eight Prohibitions, then escaped a pit in the ninth that devoured spiritual energy, and Ye Jing flew back down to inspect the swords inside.

• Ye Jing took Qiuyue to the hidden Immortal Burial Ground and used his Eye of Clarity for Artifacts to discover that the ancient tomb was assembled from countless bronze cauldrons.
• Ye Jing and Qiuyue passed the first eight Prohibitions, then fell into a pitch-black pit in the ninth where a mysterious force devoured their spiritual energy.
• Ye Jing slowed their fall with his Time Domain and used strips of his clothes as a rope to climb out with Qiuyue through physical strength alone.
• Ye Jing spotted the extraordinary swords at the bottom of the pit and flew down on the Xuanyuan Sword to examine them.

Ye Jing and Qiuyue left a chamber containing forty-nine swords, and Ye Jing gave Qiuyue the swords and the Myriad Sword Art. In the tenth Prohibition, they found an endless field of sword grass that resisted Ye Jing’s Sword Qi, leaving them to investigate how to harvest it.

• Ye Jing pulled forty-nine swords from the cave and gave them, along with the Myriad Sword Art, to Qiuyue.
• Ye Jing and Qiuyue entered a vast grassland within the tenth Prohibition and cautiously flew forward.
• Ye Jing struck the grass with the Xuanyuan Sword, but it turned steel-hard and resisted his Sword Qi.
• Ye Jing recognized the plants as Sword Grass and explained their properties to Qiuyue.
• Qiuyue asked how they could cut the grass, and Ye Jing warned that the Prohibition’s unnatural quiet might conceal danger.

Ye Jing and Qiuyue uncovered a vast mass grave beneath the Sword Grass and followed the growing concentration of skeletons to its center. After Ye Jing cleared away the bones, they found lifeless Sword Flowers, and Qiuyue suddenly cried out that the skeletons were moving.

• Ye Jing cut through the Sword Grass and discovered skeletons beneath it, then continued clearing the field while Qiuyue collected the valuable grass.
• Ye Jing realized the skeletons formed a pattern and followed their increasing density with Qiuyue to find the center.
• At the center, Ye Jing found the bones piled densely over red soil and destroyed them with Radiant Spring.
• Ye Jing discovered lifeless Sword Flowers beneath the skeletons and wondered why they had lost their vitality.
• Qiuyue screamed that the skeletons were moving.

Ye Jing and Qiuyue fought reassembling skeletons on a sword-grass plain and discovered that the Sword Flowers were creating them. Ye Jing used the Great Sun Golden Flame to burn the Sword Flowers, but the mystery of the tomb’s sword grass and skeletons remained.

• Ye Jing and Qiuyue fought the skeletons until Qiuyue discovered that chopping them into pieces kept them from reassembling.
• Ye Jing noticed a red glow at the Sword Flowers’ roots and realized the flowers were tied to the skeletons and attacking sword grass.
• Ye Jing and Qiuyue struck the Sword Flowers with Sword Qi, but their roots hardened like steel and resisted every blow.
• Ye Jing summoned the Great Sun Golden Flame, which burned the skeletons and sword grass and drove the intelligent Sword Flowers to flee.
• Ye Jing directed the flames at the Sword Flowers and burned most of them, then wondered whether the tomb’s skeletons had been used as fertilizer.

Ye Jing burned the corrupted Sword Flowers and skeletons, found valuable sword crystals, and comprehended the fourth form of the Grass Character Sword Art. He left the Sword Grass field unharvested for now and prepared to continue to the next Prohibition.

• Ye Jing used the Great Sun Golden Flame to burn the Sword Flowers and skeletons, restoring the Sword Grass to normal.
• Qiuyue cleared away the ashes and revealed about a hundred swordlight crystals, which Ye Jing collected to improve spirit swords.
• Ye Jing observed the Sword Grass and comprehended the third form, Endless Life, and the fourth form of the Grass Character Sword Art.
• Ye Jing named the fourth form Spring Wind Proud after its power erased the Sword Qi from Endless Life.
• Ye Jing decided not to harvest the vast Sword Grass field himself and turned his attention to reaching the next Prohibition.

Ye Jing and Qiuyue entered the twelfth Prohibition, a vast white-fog-filled space where deadly Sword Qi attacked them. The Great Evolution Dao Talisman diverted the Sword Qi, and they continued deeper into the fog, sensing something waiting ahead.

• Ye Jing and Qiuyue entered the twelfth Prohibition and found themselves in a chaotic space shrouded in white fog.
• Ye Jing used All Things Understood to evade repeated Sword Qi strikes emerging from the fog.
• Ye Jing drew the Xuanyuan Sword and used Endless Life to deflect Sword Qi before pulling Qiuyue into the fog.
• The Great Evolution Dao Talisman flew out and caused the Sword Qi to turn toward the depths of the fog.
• Ye Jing and Qiuyue moved deeper into the seemingly endless fog, hearing beastly roars and sensing an unseen presence ahead.

Ye Jing and Qiuyue found the Immortal Trapping Sword at the source of the white mist, but Ye Jing could not yet control its killing power. As they left the sword behind, an unseen figure revealed that it knew Ye Jing carried the Great Evolution Dao Talisman.

• Ye Jing and Qiuyue followed a faint light through the mist and discovered a sword embedded in a stone platform at the center of a Sword Qi vortex.
• Ye Jing approached the sword with the Great Evolution Dao Talisman’s help and grasped its hilt, but its killing intent nearly overwhelmed him.
• Ye Jing identified the sword as the Immortal Trapping Sword and decided to return for it when he was strong enough to control it.
• Ye Jing told Qiuyue that the sword could not be taken without the Great Evolution Dao Talisman unless someone was a Saint.
• As Ye Jing and Qiuyue left the vortex, an unseen figure laughed and said Ye Jing was carrying the Great Evolution Dao Talisman.

Ye Jing and Qiuyue encountered a Devil Race powerhouse inside the Immortal Grave who wanted the Immortal Trapping Sword and Xuanyuan Sword. Ye Jing used the Sword Qi vortex and his sword techniques to resist him, but the chapter ended with Ye Jing injured by the devil’s attack.

• A hidden voice claimed the Immortal Trapping Sword belonged to him, and Ye Jing and Qiuyue realized he was from the Devil Race.
• The Devil Race powerhouse emerged from the red mist and revealed an aura at least as strong as the Eighth Heaven of God Realm.
• The devil attacked Ye Jing, but Ye Jing slowed his punch with three Dao Principles and escaped with Qiuyue toward the Sword Qi vortex.
• A vortex slash cut the devil’s blood-red armor, and he recognized the Great Evolution Dao Talisman as the reason Ye Jing and Qiuyue had entered.
• Ye Jing blocked another punch with the Xuanyuan Sword and tried to flee with Qiuyue, but the devil blocked them and struck with a black palm, making Ye Jing spit blood.

Ye Jing and Qiuyue struggled to survive against an Eighth Heaven of God Realm Devil Race powerhouse, using teleportation arrays and the Sword Qi vortex to wound and distract him. The powerhouse unleashed the Demon Heaven Desires Prison Palm, trapping them beneath an attack they could not evade.

• Qiuyue tried to defend Ye Jing, but the Devil Race powerhouse shattered her Sword Qi and attacked them again.
• Ye Jing activated the Xuanyuan Sword and used the Sword Qi vortex to wound the powerhouse when he mistook its strike for Ye Jing’s attack.
• The powerhouse blocked Ye Jing’s follow-up Sword Qi with a black shield, then struck Ye Jing and Qiuyue with a Demonic Claw, sending them crashing to the ground.
• Ye Jing used their teleportation array to reunite with Qiuyue while the Sword Qi vortex and Qiuyue’s attacks forced the powerhouse to dodge and take a hit.
• The enraged powerhouse cast the Demon Heaven Desires Prison Palm, and Ye Jing discovered he could not move as the enormous palm descended.

Ye Jing and Qiuyue survived an attack from an Eighth Heaven of the God Realm Devil Race powerhouse with help from the Immortal Trapping Sword and Ye Jing’s prepared Imprisonment Formation. After the enemy fled, Ye Jing entered the Sword Qi vortex with Qiuyue and began preparing a way to contain the sword safely.

• The Immortal Trapping Sword struck the Devil Race powerhouse, wounding him and driving him back as he attacked Ye Jing and Qiuyue.
• Ye Jing activated his prepared Imprisonment Formation, binding the Devil Race powerhouse long enough for the vortex’s Sword Qi to sever both his arms and wound his neck.
• The badly injured Devil Race powerhouse broke free of the formation and escaped as a wisp of black smoke.
• Ye Jing confirmed the Chaos space was free of Devil Race presence, awakened the Great Evolution Dao Talisman, and led Qiuyue into the Sword Qi vortex.
• Ye Jing told Qiuyue to stand guard while he prepared materials for a transfer formation and a way to contain the Immortal Trapping Sword.

A Demon Saint used a formation to project himself into the Immortal Grave, then returned to the Devil Race’s camp and ordered his followers to prepare another attempt. Meanwhile, Ye Jing and Qiuyue suppressed the Immortal Trapping Sword and escaped the Immortal Burial Ground.

• A Demon Saint healed from injuries sustained during his projection by devouring the three Devil Race powerhouses who had powered the formation.
• The Demon Saint learned that Ye Jing and Qiuyue were inside the Immortal Grave and ordered his followers to set up the formation again.
• Ye Jing finished carving a transfer formation and asked Qiuyue to help him withstand the Immortal Trapping Sword’s killing intent.
• Ye Jing and Qiuyue drew the Immortal Trapping Sword together, and Ye Jing transferred it into his scabbard and covered it with suppressive talismans.
• Ye Jing and Qiuyue left the Immortal Burial Ground, deciding to return to its next layer of Prohibition when they were stronger.

Ye Jing and Qiuyue escaped the Immortal Burial Ground with the Immortal Trapping Sword and a haul of Sword Grass, while the Devil Race powerhouse arrived too late and discovered what they had taken. Back on the island, Ye Jing secured the sword, then tested Gongsun Yan after she asked to accompany him outside.

• The Devil Race powerhouse entered the Immortal Grave through his projection formation, but Ye Jing and Qiuyue had already left for the island.
• Ye Jing and Qiuyue delivered the Sword Flower crystals and Sword Grass to the island’s weapons department, and Ye Jing set up a stronger formation to suppress and nourish the Immortal Trapping Sword.
• The Devil Race powerhouse found the sword missing and the eleventh layer’s Sword Flowers burned, then vowed to hunt down Ye Jing and Qiuyue.
• Ye Jing returned to the Jing organization’s base to check everyone’s training, where Gongsun Yan announced she had reached the Peak of Humanity Realm and asked to go outside.
• Ye Jing challenged Gongsun Yan with a question about putting an elephant in a wardrobe, and she earnestly answered that it was impossible.

Ye Jing tested Gongsun Yan’s and the others’ readiness to face the outside world, then inspected the Gongsun Tribe warriors’ drills before leaving with Qiuyue for a hidden realm. Meanwhile, the Eastern Continent’s border forces braced for a final battle against the Devil Race, and war refugees had reached the central region.

• Ye Jing asked Gongsun Yan riddles about fitting an elephant and a long-necked beast into a wardrobe, then told her to keep learning before going outside.
• Ye Jing watched the Gongsun Tribe warriors drill in formation and approved of their coordination.
• After two days on the island, Ye Jing and Qiuyue left for a hidden realm to improve their cultivation.
• At the Eastern Continent border, the red-haired old Marshal ordered his depleted army to prepare for one final attack by the Devil Race.
• Ye Jing and Qiuyue saw refugees crowding an inn in the central region, and Ye Jing wondered why the Heavenly Court had not intervened.

Ye Jing and Qiuyue arrived at Zhuli Blessed Land, where the Qingye Sect tried to keep other cultivators out. After the Red-robed Woman entered the Blessed Land, a powerful Qingye Sect Deputy Sect Master revealed that he had let her in deliberately and refused to let anyone else enter.

• Ye Jing and Qiuyue reached the Blessed Land and found cultivators gathered outside its entrance.
• A young man from the Qingye Sect claimed the Blessed Land and sealed its entrance after it opened.
• The Red-robed Woman defeated the young man and entered the Blessed Land ahead of the crowd.
• The Deputy Sect Master appeared, crushed the young man with his pressure, and used a red-gold gourd to pull the Red-robed Woman back out.
• The Deputy Sect Master revealed that he had allowed the Red-robed Woman to enter deliberately and refused to let the crowd enter the Blessed Land.

Ye Jing and Qiuyue watched the Black Robe man try to monopolize the grotto-heaven, until the Rogue Cultivators rushed past the Qingye Sect disciples and Ye Jing became his target. Ye Jing defeated the Black Robe man with a single strike, leaving him bloodied and helpless.

• Ye Jing declined Qiuyue’s suggestion to intervene as the Black Robe man ordered the Rogue Cultivators to surrender their opportunities.
• A young man in white tried to enter the grotto-heaven but was struck down, prompting the crowd to charge the entrance and overwhelm the Qingye Sect disciples.
• The Black Robe man attacked Ye Jing and Qiuyue as they followed the crowd, but Ye Jing caught and dispersed his black-energy serpent.
• Ye Jing struck the Black Robe man with the Nine Emperor Brahma Seal, defeating him in one blow and leaving the Qingye Sect members too afraid to approach.

Ye Jing and Qiuyue entered Zhuli Blessed Land, where Ye Jing uncovered Green Bamboo’s fear that outside forces were helping Pear Blossom win their contest for control. He told Green Bamboo that he had driven those forces away, leaving the contest fair, though its outcome remained unresolved.

• Ye Jing forced the Qingye Sect members to leave the blessed land and secretly caused the black-robed man’s cultivation to decline.
• Ye Jing and Qiuyue explored the blessed land, discovering a deep bamboo grove and a clear stream surrounded by dense spiritual energy.
• They encountered Green Bamboo, a guardian of the blessed land, singing and playing a bamboo flute by the stream.
• Ye Jing revealed that Green Bamboo had appeared earlier than expected, alarming her with his knowledge of the blessed land’s secrets.
• Green Bamboo begged Ye Jing for help, explaining that Pear Blossom had contacted outside forces to gain an unfair advantage.
• Ye Jing assured Green Bamboo that he had driven those forces away and that she and Pear Blossom could compete fairly.

Ye Jing drove away Qingye Sect’s people and told Green Bamboo and Luo that they would not support either side in Zhuli Blessed Land’s contest. As the blessed land’s opening neared its end, he prepared to stay for the nutrients released when the rivalry was settled and planned to teleport away afterward.

• Ye Jing reassured Green Bamboo that her opponents had been driven away, and she left to return to her side.
• Luo searched Pear Blossom Mansion’s surroundings for Qingye Sect’s people and encountered Ye Jing and Qiuyue in a bamboo grove.
• Ye Jing told Luo that Qingye Sect’s people were not coming because he had driven them away, then explained they had offended him and said he would not interfere in the contest.
• Luo left to reconsider her plans after learning she had lost the allies she expected.
• Ye Jing recalled that the rival sides’ leaders had only reached God Realm First Heaven and anticipated breaking through to the fifth heaven after absorbing the contest’s released nutrients.
• As the blessed land’s opening neared its end, Ye Jing chose to remain and relied on his formation to teleport away after the contest ended.