Chapter Summaries

Ye Jing comprehended Grass Character Sword Art, earned an identity as Qi Lin, and left Lu Zhi’s home. As he traveled through Taixu Profound Realm, the Dragon Tiger Jade Ruyi urged him to absorb Starlight Force, arguing that Heaven was unlikely to notice.

• Ye Jing showed Lu Zhi that he had comprehended Grass Character Sword Art, and Lu Zhi gave him a Tooth Token registered under the name Qi Lin.
• Lu Zhi asked Ye Jing how he had grasped the sword art’s Origin Qi, then proposed a spar after Ye Jing returned and promised to suppress his cultivation.
• Ye Jing left Lu Zhi’s wooden house and used the Tooth Token to reveal his registered identity and residence.
• As Ye Jing flew through the night sky, the Dragon Tiger Jade Ruyi asked him to absorb Starlight Force and said it was unlikely to attract Heaven’s attention.

Ye Jing refused to cultivate more Starlight Force until the Jade Ruyi answered his questions, while she waited for him to grow strong enough to learn the truth. Meanwhile, Ye Shitian’s clan viewed Ye Ling’s recovered memories and learned that the youth who defeated him carried the Dragon Tiger Jade Ruyi, leaving Ye Shitian wary of the Heavenly Court.

• Ye Jing declined to absorb more Starlight Force because he feared attracting the Heavenly Court’s attention and said he would rely on other cultivation methods.
• The Jade Ruyi refused to explain why she had sought Ye Jing, promising to tell him once he reached the Saint Realm’s third stage.
• The Jade Ruyi considered Ye Jing’s exceptional talent and wondered whether he had the Chaos Primordial Dao Body.
• Ye Shitian and the Ye Family elders used a pearl to view Ye Ling’s memories of the battle at the Sword Sect’s Great Array.
• The elders recognized the youth’s Dragon Tiger Jade Ruyi as a treasure of Golden Spirit Holy Mother and accused the Heavenly Court of interfering in their affairs.
• Ye Shitian silenced the angry elders and warned that the Heavenly Court’s recent behavior suggested it was plotting something major.

Ye Jing arrived at Ascension God Mountain as powerful factions gathered for the opening of the God Reincarnation Secret Realm. When the Ye Family arrived, he saw Ye Ling alive and realized the Ye Family might know his identity.

• Ye Shitian ordered Ye Ling and Ye Dao to prepare to enter the Pool of Reincarnation, while Ye Ling brooded over his humiliation.
• Li Tianchen sent the Li Family’s Dao Children to the Pool of Reincarnation and suspected Ye Jing had killed Li Changye.
• A woman of the Liu Family vowed that the Sword Cultivator would pay for the Sacred Tomb, while three cloaked figures plotted to cripple the Human Race’s young talents.
• Ye Jing reached Ascension God Mountain, where factions gathered ahead of the God Reincarnation Secret Realm’s opening, and settled in a tree to prepare for the contest.
• The Ye Family arrived with Ye Ling and Ye Dao, and Ye Jing recognized Ye Ling, whom he had believed he killed.
• Ye Jing worried that the Ye Family might know his identity, then saw Ye Ling’s gaze snap toward him.

Ye Jing worried that Ye Ling’s return might expose his identity, then watched the major Lineages gather before entering the God Reincarnation Pool’s Secret Realm. He entered determined to seize the core position, while three cloaked figures secretly slipped into the realm through a separate vortex.

• Ye Jing saw Ye Ling looking at him and feared her Double Pupils might reveal his disguise, but Ye Ling told Ye Dao she had only mistaken someone for another person.
• The Jiang Family arrived with Jiang Ruyue, and Ji Futian declared his love for her and promised to suppress her rivals.
• The Ji Family, Zhao Ku, the Li Clan, and other Lineages arrived, and Ye Jing identified Ye Ling, Ye Dao, Ji Futian, Jiang Ruyue, and Zhao Ku as his likely opponents.
• A vortex opened at Ascension God Mountain, and Ye Jing and the other Dao Children rushed into the Secret Realm.
• Three cloaked figures used a mysterious Magic Treasure to create a small vortex and secretly entered the realm.

Ye Jing raced to the summit of the God Reincarnation mountain and tried to seize its core pool while Ye Dao confronted the other contenders. The chapter ended with Ye Jing surrounded by the geniuses, claiming he was a Rogue Cultivator as Ye Ling watched with a faint smile.

• Ye Jing flew toward the summit, overtaking cultivators who doubted he could challenge the five leaders.
• Ye Dao reached the summit first and headed for the core pool, while Ye Ling settled for the next-best pool.
• Jiang Ruyue, Ji Futian, and Zhao Ku blocked Ye Dao, but he easily stopped Ji Futian's punch and pushed him back.
• Ye Jing suddenly charged toward the core pool, but Ye Dao's barrier and the others' attacks stopped him.
• Jiang Ruyue asked Ye Jing about his name and Lineage, and he said he was a Rogue Cultivator as Ye Ling watched silently.

Ye Jing, Ye Dao, Ji Futian, Zhao Ku, and Jiang Ruyue fought over the Core Reincarnation Pool, but Ye Dao defeated Ji Futian and Zhao Ku lost to Ye Jing. The chapter ended with Ye Jing stepping forward to challenge Ye Dao.

• Ji Futian challenged the others for the Core Reincarnation Pool, and Ye Ling stopped Jiang Ruyue from joining the fight against Ye Dao.
• Zhao Ku attacked Ye Jing with Divine Fire, suspecting Ye Jing possessed an opportunity his Solar Sacred Body craved, while Ye Jing countered with Sky-Shaking Sword Qi.
• Ye Dao used the Dao Principles of Strength and Destruction to defeat Ji Futian, impressing the Dao Children gathered at the mountaintop.
• Ji Futian conceded the sparring match and promised to fight Ye Dao again after they became Gods.
• Zhao Ku emerged from his fight with Ye Jing and admitted defeat, and Ye Jing then stepped forward to challenge Ye Dao.

Ye Jing fought Ye Dao, the Dao Body Holy Embryo, and revealed that his sword art and Dao Principles could match Ye Dao’s. He exposed Ye Dao’s inability to wield multiple Dao Principles at once and sent him flying, leaving the fight’s outcome unresolved.

• Ye Jing wounded Ye Dao with a Grass Character Sword Art strike that bypassed the Time Dao Principle.
• Ye Dao attacked with several Dao Principles, while Ye Jing countered with sword techniques and matched his power.
• Ye Dao questioned Ye Jing’s identity after realizing his command of Dao Principles rivaled his own.
• Ye Jing deduced that Ye Dao could use only one Dao Principle at a time and slowed him with the Time Domain.
• Ye Jing struck Ye Dao with Sky-Shaking Sword Qi and sent him flying.

Ye Jing defeated Ye Dao and claimed the central God Reincarnation Pool, while the others entered pools of their own. As the cultivators fell asleep inside the pools, three cloaked men arrived and began killing those still on the mountaintop.

• Ye Jing sent Ye Dao flying twice, declared victory, and persuaded him to postpone their rematch until after soaking in the Pool of Reincarnation.
• Jiang Ruyue declined to fight Ye Jing, then headed to another pool, while Ji Futian was left behind and Zhao Ku and the others followed.
• Ye Jing entered the central pool, fell asleep beneath its protective golden barrier, and Ye Dao and the others also began soaking.
• Three black-cloaked men reached the mountaintop and ordered one another to kill everyone they found.
• The cloaked men killed two cultivators who were still fighting over the remaining pools.

Ye Jing lived through many reincarnations, from a lion seeking revenge to an ordinary man who died peacefully, before the Dao Children emerged from the God Reincarnation Pool. At Ascension God Mountain, the Ye Family’s Dao Children set new records, and an unknown face appeared with ripples filling the entire sky.

• Ye Jing recalled lives as a lion, a human who married into the Cao Family, a bird killed by children, and an ordinary man who died surrounded by family.
• The protectors at Ascension God Mountain watched as the Dao Children awakened and their reincarnation totals appeared as colored ripples.
• Dao Children from the Ji, Zhao, and Jiang Families produced eighty-eight, ninety, and ninety-four ripples, respectively.
• Ye Ling emerged with ninety-five ripples, and Ye Dao followed with ninety-nine, the recorded limit of the God Reincarnation Pool.
• Ascension God Mountain shook, and an unfamiliar face appeared as ripples spread so densely that they filled the entire sky.

Ye Jing completed his ninety-ninth reincarnation, reached the peak of God Realm First Heaven, and produced countless ripples outside Ascension God Mountain. Inside the God Reincarnation Secret Realm, Devil Race attackers slaughtered the Dao Children and declared war on the Human Race, leaving Ye Ling, Ye Dao, Ji Futian, Jiang Ruyue, and Zhao Ku facing them.

• Ye Jing awoke from countless reincarnations after reaching the peak of God Realm First Heaven, while the golden water around him turned clear.
• The elders outside Ascension God Mountain saw endless ripples and waited for the Dao Children to emerge from the Secret Realm.
• Ji Futian, Jiang Ruyue, and Zhao Ku fought three cloaked attackers, but Zhao Ku lost an arm and bodies of Dao Children filled the ground.
• Ye Ling and Ye Dao arrived and joined Ji Futian, Jiang Ruyue, and Zhao Ku against the stronger attackers.
• The cloaked leader revealed the slaughter to the people outside through a Magic Treasure and declared that the Devil Race would wage war on the Human Race.

Three demons attacked Ye Dao, Ye Ling, Zhao Ku, Jiang Ruyue, and another cultivator inside the God Reincarnation Secret Realm, overwhelming them while the outside Elders sought help. Ye Jing emerged from the Golden Shield after reaching Divine Realm Layer Two and forced one demon back with a single sword technique.

• The leading demon declared that the Demon Race had arrived to destroy the world, then attacked the five young cultivators as the other demons blocked their escape routes.
• Ye Dao assigned the strongest demon to himself and divided the other two between his companions, but the demons broke through their defenses and badly injured them.
• Outside Ascension God Mountain, the Guardian Elders watched the fight and urgently called for their Ancestors to come.
• Ye Jing woke, broke through to Divine Realm Layer Two, and stepped out of the Golden Shield to find the mountain covered in bodies and Zhao Ku near death.
• Jiang Ruyue called for Ye Jing's help, and when a demon attacked him, Ye Jing countered with Wither and Flourish, forcing the demon back a step.

Ye Jing intervened when three Devil Race cultivators attacked the human geniuses in the God Reincarnation Secret Realm. He fought their leader Luo Kuan with his third Grass Character Sword Art form, Untamed, and left Luo Kuan badly wounded.

• Ye Jing struck back at a Devil Race cultivator, prompting the Ye, Zhao, Jiang, and Ji Family Elders to ask him to protect their Dao Children.
• Ye Jing fought the wounded cultivator with Wither and Flourish and Radiant Spring, but the Devil Race leader Luo Kuan stepped in and sent two attackers after Jiang Ruyue and the others.
• Luo Kuan revealed that the Devil Race had sacrificed a Demon Saint to enter the secret realm and kill the human geniuses.
• Ye Jing used Untamed to crack Luo Kuan's black scales, then stopped his claws with his Time Divine Domain.
• Ye Jing struck Luo Kuan again with Untamed, blasting him backward and leaving him riddled with wounds while Ye Dao watched in disbelief.

Ye Jing fought Luo Kuan while Ye Dao and the others struggled to defend against two Devil Race fighters. Luo Kuan transformed and devoured his companions, breaking through to God Realm Sixth Heaven and leaving Ye Jing facing a stronger opponent.

• Ye Dao lost focus while watching Ye Jing, leaving Ye Ling to take a blow, then charged recklessly at the Devil Race and was injured when his Triple Divine Domain shattered.
• Ye Ling and Ji Futian taunted Ye Dao as Jiang Ruyue urged them to focus on defending against the two Devil Race fighters.
• The Elders watching the secret realm recognized Ye Jing's Grass Character Sword Art and speculated that he was Sword Saint Lu's disciple.
• Ye Jing adapted to his new strength and suppressed Luo Kuan with the Grass Character Sword Art and other Divine Abilities.
• Luo Kuan used Demons Descend Upon All Beings, transformed into a horned, scaled creature, and devoured his two companions to advance to God Realm Sixth Heaven.

Luo Kuan devoured his companion and forcibly advanced to God Realm Sixth Heaven, leaving Ye Jing and the others to face him without their strongest treasures. Their combined formation and Ye Jing’s Grass Character Sword Art wounded the demonic beast, but the Divine Stone cracked during its next attack, releasing a blinding light.

• Luo Kuan completed his transformation into a mindless demonic beast, and Jiang Ruyue and the others joined Ye Jing as he prepared a formation to combine their strength.
• Ye Jing used the formation to amplify his power and borrowed Jiang Ruyue’s decorative short sword to unleash Endless Life, cracking one of Luo Kuan’s claws before the sword shattered.
• Luo Kuan destroyed the formation and battered all five of them, while Ye Jing used the broken scabbard to strike back and they waited in vain for reinforcements.
• The group retreated to the Divine Stone spring and dodged Luo Kuan’s powerful claw attack, which struck the Divine Stone and cracked it.
• A dazzling Divine Light burst from inside the cracked Divine Stone and blinded everyone.

Ye Jing pulled the Divine Sword from the divine stone after comprehending the Supreme Sword Control Art, then used it with his companions to slay the Demonic Beast. After the battle, he tried to leave with the sword, but Ye Ling stopped him.

• The Divine Sword repelled Ye Jing until Ji Futian distracted the Demonic Beast, and Ye Jing comprehended the Supreme Sword Control Art and freed the blade.
• The Demonic Beast seized Ji Futian, but Jiang Ruyue reunited his head and body while Ye Jing wounded the beast with the Divine Sword.
• Ye Jing, Jiang Ruyue, Ji Futian, Ye Ling, and Ye Dao reformed their formation, and Ye Jing used the Divine Sword to destroy the Demonic Beast's claws and sever its head.
• Ye Jing tried to leave with the Divine Sword, but Ye Ling called for him to wait.

Ye Jing learned that the Xuanyuan Sword had been the formation’s heart, and its removal caused the God Reincarnation Secret Realm to collapse. After Ye Ling exposed him and the Ye Family Elder attacked, Ye Jing killed Ye Ling and escaped through a fissure into the Profound Yellow Great World.

• Ye Jing learned from the Xuanyuan Sword that it had held together the secret realm’s formation, which the Yellow Emperor had created to protect and strengthen the Human Race.
• The secret realm shattered, and Ye Ling exposed Ye Jing as his killer and the one who had hidden the Innate Dao Body.
• The Ye Family Elder demanded that Ye Jing surrender the Divine Sword and Innate Dao Body and cripple his cultivation, but Ye Jing attacked and beheaded Ye Ling.
• The Ye Family Elder struck Ye Jing and sent him flying, but Ye Jing used the momentum to reach the divine stone and slash open a fissure between worlds.
• Ye Jing escaped through the fissure into the Profound Yellow Great World as the Ye Family Elder watched.

Ye Jing escaped the collapsing God Reincarnation Secret Realm and found himself in a world where plants, stones, and animals were enormous. Back in the Taixu Profound Realm, the Ye Family blamed him for Ye Ling’s death and began rallying the clans for war against the Demon Race, which prepared to send out its troops.

• Ye Family's Elder failed to enter the repaired space, confirmed that Ye Jing had taken the Divine Spring, and vowed revenge after the other families departed.
• Ye Family's Elder called for a Taixu Profound Realm assembly in Ye City to organize a joint campaign against the Demon Race, and several clans pledged support.
• A Saint Realm Ancestor arrived, heard Ye Family's Elder recount what happened, and angrily repeated Ye Jing's name.
• Several Demonic Energy-wreathed figures left the Taixu Profound Realm and crushed a token, prompting the eyeless young man in the Northern Desert to order the troops sent out.
• Ye Jing emerged from the crack injured in a world of enormous plants and creatures, fled a giant elephant, and caught a stone thrown at him.

Ye Jing encountered four children in the Land of Spiritual Abandonment and learned that its inhabitants could not leave. After discovering they were descendants of the Yellow Emperor, he met a young man who recognized the Xuanyuan Sword and demanded to know how Ye Jing could wield it.

• Ye Jing greeted four curious children, and his Heaven-Defying Comprehension allowed him to understand their ancient barbarian tongue.
• Gongsun Yan told Ye Jing that he was in the Land of Spiritual Abandonment, an abandoned world cut off from the outside.
• The Xuanyuan Sword's spirit explained that the Yellow Emperor had moved one branch of his clan into the world, where mysterious laws prevented cultivation.
• A young man arrived, recognized the Xuanyuan Sword, and excitedly asked Ye Jing about his identity and connection to the Yellow Emperor.
• Ye Jing said he had pulled the sword from a stone and admired the Yellow Emperor, prompting the young man to question how he could wield it without being related by blood.

Ye Jing followed Gongsun Lue to the Changyi tribe after the Xuanyuan Sword recognized him, and learned that the isolated people saw him as their hope of escape. The tribe’s Clan Leader revealed that their ancestors had ordered them to treat anyone bearing the sword as their Clan Leader.

• Gongsun Lue invited Ye Jing to visit his tribe, and Ye Jing agreed so he could learn about the world and recover from his injuries.
• Gongsun Lue carried four misbehaving children through the forest while Ye Jing followed them to the tribe.
• The tribe’s guards and residents were astonished to learn Ye Jing came from the outside world, and Gongsun Lue escorted him to the council hall.
• Gongsun Lige introduced himself as Clan Leader of the Changyi line and welcomed Ye Jing as the bearer of the Xuanyuan Sword.
• Gongsun Lige told Ye Jing that their ancestors had ordered them to regard anyone bearing the Xuanyuan Sword as their Clan Leader.

Ye Jing warned Gongsun Lige that he might not be able to escape the ancient formation, then began healing while the people inside still placed their hopes in him. In the Taixu Profound Realm, Ye Jing was hailed as the strongest of the younger generation as Ye Shitian demanded compensation from the Heavenly Court for its failure to stop the Devils.

• Ye Jing explained his situation to Gongsun Lige and the others, admitted he might not be able to escape, and asked for a room to heal his injuries.
• Ye Jing found that the spiritual energy could heal him but could not be stored through cultivation.
• Families across the Taixu Profound Realm discussed the Devils’ attack and Ye Jing’s feats, with many calling him the strongest of the younger generation.
• Ye Shitian and other clan leaders confronted Taibai Jinxing and demanded that the Heavenly Court compensate them for its failure to guard against the Devils.
• Taibai Jinxing said the Heavenly Court would provide supplies to support the clans’ campaign against the Devils.