Chapter Summaries

Lu Ye visited the Battle Arena, learned how its matches and betting worked, and decided to fight there himself to earn Dao Fish. After registering his details, he waited for the arena to arrange his first battle.

• Lu Ye paid one Dao Fish to enter the Battle Arena and received a Battle Token from Xiao Ning.
• Xiao Ning explained the arena's services and its Fusion Dao and He Dao battles, including death matches and betting.
• Lu Ye watched several Fusion Dao death matches and examined the fighters' records and changing betting odds through his Battle Token.
• Lu Ye asked to participate in a battle and followed a maid to register with a young man.
• Lu Ye gave his name and cultivation, then waited for the Battle Arena to arrange his match.

Lu Ye entered the Battle Arena’s Life Matches and rapidly defeated nine opponents as he worked toward qualifying for Death Matches. In the General Control Hall, Cuican noticed his unusually fast winning streak and grew curious about him.

• Lu Ye won his first Life Match in seconds, forcing his opponent to withdraw before he could be killed.
• Lu Ye discovered that each Life Match victory earned him fifty Dao Jade and chose to continue battling without leaving the Starry Sky Fragment.
• Lu Ye defeated a female cultivator in his second match after she tried to flee and then challenged him.
• Lu Ye continued winning each match within three breaths, completing nine Life Match victories without a defeat.
• Cuican checked Lu Ye’s battle record in the General Control Hall and noticed how quickly he had advanced, including defeating a Merging Dao Sixth Layer opponent.

Lu Ye entered the Death Match Arena and rapidly defeated a succession of stronger opponents, earning far more Dao Jade than he had in the Life Match Arena. Cuican continued arranging Merging Dao Seventh Layer opponents for him and worried about his exhaustion as he insisted on fighting.

• Cuican marked Lu Ye’s Battle Token and arranged his tenth Life Match opponent, then received his request to enter the Death Match Arena.
• Lu Ye entered his first death match as the first Merging Dao Sixth Layer cultivator in Battle Arena history to participate, and killed his Merging Dao Seventh Layer opponent within ten breaths.
• Lu Ye collected his opponent’s corpse and saw that his Battle Token now held one thousand Dao Jade after his victory.
• Cuican assigned Lu Ye more Merging Dao Seventh Layer opponents, and he defeated them one after another across changing Starry Sky Fragments.
• When Lu Ye requested another match, Cuican asked through his Battle Token whether he needed to rest; he refused and thanked her for her help.
• Cuican continued watching Lu Ye and worried that his repeated victories would exhaust his Dao power.

Lu Ye defeated two Merging Dao Eighth Layer opponents, drawing the Battle Arena’s attention and prompting Gong Mao to propose a public fight against a Merging Dao Ninth Level. Lu Ye rejected fame and vague promises, and Gong Mao’s offer of fifty thousand Dao Jade failed to impress him.

• Cuican’s superior ordered her to arrange a Merging Dao Eighth Layer opponent for Lu Ye, and Lu Ye quickly killed the seasoned fighter.
• The superior asked Cuican to select an Eighth Layer opponent with more than twenty victories, then watched Lu Ye defeat him in under ten breaths.
• Gong Mao summoned Lu Ye to discuss arranging a public battle against a Merging Dao Ninth Level, hoping to profit from Lu Ye’s victories.
• Lu Ye said he wanted a tangible benefit and declined Gong Mao’s promises of fame and opportunities to join a Uniting Dao City.
• Gong Mao offered Lu Ye fifty thousand Dao Jade, but Lu Ye showed no interest in the amount.

Lu Ye negotiated with Battle Arena steward Gong Mao to arrange a fight against a Merging Dao Ninth Level cultivator, securing ten percent of the proceeds, concealed identity, and a Sub-Treasure Measuring Heaven Ruler for his opponent to refine and use. The battle was set for at least three months later, and Lu Ye agreed to stop competing until then.

• Lu Ye demanded twenty percent of the proceeds from his next battle and said the Battle Arena could profit from him if it offered sufficient benefits.
• Lu Ye asked to conceal his identity and appearance and insisted that his opponent refine and fight with the Sub-Treasure Measuring Heaven Ruler.
• Gong Mao consulted his superiors, who approved Lu Ye's requests but limited his share of the proceeds to ten percent.
• Gong Mao said the battle against a suitable Merging Dao Ninth Level opponent would take place in at least three months while the opponent refined the treasure.
• Lu Ye agreed not to participate in more battles before the arranged fight and declined Gong Mao's offer to prepare a Contract.

After leaving the Battle Arena, Lu Ye encountered a mysterious voice and a mass of fluorescent light while returning to Yuan Xi City, but found no changes in himself afterward. Yuan Xi then announced that Yuan Xi City would attack Flowing Light Uniting Dao City, leaving Lu Ye to face its many Dao Fusion cultivators while she handled its Uniting Dao cultivators.

• Lu Ye left the Battle Arena and attempted to return to Yuan Xi City, but arrived in a blank-white world where a hazy voice said it had waited for him for a long time.
• A mass of fluorescent light struck Lu Ye's brow, and he reappeared in Yuan Xi City's Central Great Hall without finding anything unusual in his body.
• Yuan Xi returned and told Lu Ye that Yuan Xi City was about to begin its first siege battle by attacking Flowing Light Uniting Dao City.
• Yuan Xi explained that Flowing Light had two remaining Uniting Dao cultivators and more than fifty Dao Fusion cultivators, promising to handle the Uniting Dao opponents herself.

Lu Ye and Yuan Xi led Yuan Xi City to attack Flowing Light, where Yuan Xi engaged its two Uniting Dao cultivators while Lu Ye faced the enemy’s Merging Dao cultivators. Lu Ye charged at a Flowing Light fighter with measured strength, hoping to discover whether his opponent possessed a Treasure of Attribute.

• Yuan Xi told Lu Ye to cultivate during the journey and promised to handle Flowing Light’s two Uniting Dao cultivators herself.
• After two months, Yuan Xi City reached Flowing Light, and Yuan Xi ordered Lu Ye to focus on protecting himself.
• Yuan Xi City rammed Flowing Light’s protective barrier, and Yuan Xi struck the barrier before battling the Flowing Light City Lord and his ally.
• Lu Ye stopped Yuan Xi City from drifting away while more than a dozen Flowing Light Merging Dao cultivators advanced to attack it.
• Lu Ye charged the group, met a Merging Dao Ninth Level Body Cultivator, and struck with roughly three hundred Dao of power to test for a Treasure of Attribute.

Lu Ye cut through the enemy Merging Dao cultivators with the Crag Mountain Saber, while Ba Sa’s attempt to trap and kill him failed. Ba Sa then tried to destroy Yuan Xi City’s Uniting Dao Pearl, but Lu Ye’s Clone killed him, revealing that Yuan Xi had already planned to abandon the pearl.

• Lu Ye killed two Merging Dao Ninth Level cultivators with the Crag Mountain Saber, then fought off the encircling force and killed a third and fourth opponent.
• The Merging Dao cultivators lured Lu Ye into Ba Sa’s You Ming Net, but Lu Ye tore free and struck down the attackers who rushed him.
• Ba Sa fled to Yuan Xi City’s Central Great Hall to destroy the Uniting Dao Pearl while Lu Ye fought outside.
• Ba Sa attacked the pearl, but Lu Ye’s Clone released a sword from its gourd and mortally wounded him.
• Lu Ye’s Clone remained to guard the platform, following Yuan Xi’s instruction to protect itself while the city’s Uniting Dao Pearl was abandoned.

Lu Ye defended Yuan Xi City while Yuan Xi defeated Flowing Light City Lord and his Vice City Lord. Yuan Xi returned to find Lu Ye and his Clone fighting Flowing Light’s forces, and Lu Ye finished off the helpless survivors.

• Lu Ye’s Clone killed Ba Sa as reinforcements from Flowing Light City arrived and split between attacking Lu Ye and charging the Central Great Hall.
• Yuan Xi revealed her full strength against Flowing Light City Lord and his Vice City Lord, who fled in opposite directions.
• Yuan Xi pursued and killed the Vice City Lord, then caught up with Flowing Light City Lord and killed him beyond the range of his city’s enhancement.
• Yuan Xi returned to find Lu Ye’s Clone holding off enemies at the Central Great Hall while Lu Ye fought within a vast Blood Sea.
• With Yuan Xi’s pressure immobilizing Flowing Light’s Fusion Dao cultivators, Lu Ye killed the remaining enemies.

After Yuan Xi City defeated Flowing Light City, Yuan Xi shattered its Earth-tier Uniting Dao Pearl and Lu Ye unexpectedly stopped most of its fragments from disappearing. Yuan Xi and Lu Ye then upgraded their own city to Earth-tier and prepared to test Lu Ye’s unexplained ability again.

• Yuan Xi broke Flowing Light City’s protective array and entered its Central Great Hall to seize its Uniting Dao Pearl.
• Yuan Xi shattered the Earth-tier Uniting Dao Pearl, and Lu Ye unexpectedly stopped the fragments that were about to vanish.
• Yuan Xi gathered the recovered Uniting Dao Pearls and searched Flowing Light City’s treasure vault while Lu Ye found nothing valuable.
• Yuan Xi and Lu Ye agreed to attack another Uniting Dao City to test Lu Ye’s ability.
• Yuan Xi merged the seized Uniting Dao Pearls in Yuan Xi City, raising it from Yellow-tier to Earth-tier.

Lu Ye returned to the Hehe Realm for his Battle Arena match against Missing Moon, a Merging Dao Ninth Level cultivator, while Yuan Xi reminded him to return soon. The fight was widely advertised, and Gong Mao arranged for it to take place in two days, leaving Lu Ye waiting in a private room with an uneasy attendant.

• Lu Ye refined the spoils from the battle at Flowing Light City and resumed cultivation in Earth-tier Yuan Xi City, where his gains in Dao power increased.
• A month later, Yuan Xi accompanied Lu Ye into the Hehe Realm and reminded him to return early because they still needed to attack another Uniting Dao City.
• Lu Ye saw advertisements identifying him as the Nameless Guest and announcing his Battle Arena match against Missing Moon, who wielded the Sub-Treasure Measuring Heaven Ruler.
• Fang eagerly anticipated advancing into a Sub-Treasure through the coming battle, while Lu Ye kept his expectations in check.
• At the Battle Arena, Gong Mao greeted Lu Ye warmly and agreed to hold the match in two days.
• After Gong Mao left Lu Ye in a private room, the attendant remained behind looking uneasy.

Lu Ye prepared to fight Missing Moon in the Emperor Battle Arena, where the Battle Arena concealed his identity and withheld information about Missing Moon’s treasure. As the battle was about to begin, Yuan Xi and Lian watched from a private room, and Lian recognized the mysterious setup as connected to Old Dog Qin.

• Lu Ye dismissed Cuican and spent two days waiting in his room before Gong Mao came to escort him to the battle.
• Gong Mao told Lu Ye that he would face Missing Moon in the Emperor Battle Arena, promised to conceal his identity, and proposed leaving Missing Moon’s Sky Measuring Ruler out of the fighters’ public information.
• Gong Mao privately warned Lu Ye that Missing Moon had raised the Sky Measuring Ruler to around fifty-five Dao, then led him through a vortex into the Emperor Battle Arena.
• Yuan Xi asked Lian for money and declared that she planned to build her own Uniting Dao City, but Lian refused to help her and pointed her toward Lu Ye’s appearance in the arena.
• Yuan Xi felt that Lu Ye looked familiar, while Lian read the Battle Arena’s information identifying him as Nameless Guest and questioned what Old Dog Qin was doing.

Lu Ye, fighting as the Nameless Guest, faced Missing Moon in a Battle Arena death match despite the apparent gap between their cultivation levels. After Lu Ye’s opening strike shattered Missing Moon’s ruler shadow, Yuan Xi recognized him and urged Lian to bet more on him.

• Yuan Xi grew suspicious that the Nameless Guest was someone she knew and wagered her remaining Dao Fish on him after Lian suggested it.
• Missing Moon, confident in his strength after receiving an Attribute Treasure, grew angry at being matched against a Merging Dao Sixth Layer and rushed to end the fight.
• Missing Moon attacked Lu Ye with the Sky Measuring Ruler, but Lu Ye’s saber light destroyed the ruler shadow and passed close by him.
• Missing Moon recognized Lu Ye as a serious opponent, and betting odds shifted as more spectators wagered on the Nameless Guest.
• Yuan Xi recognized Lu Ye’s black saber and told Lian to increase her bet, while Lian revealed she had already raised her wager.

Lu Ye fought Missing Moon in the Starry Sky Fragment while trying to help Fang find the conditions it needed to break through. After Lu Ye weakened himself to make the fight truly even, Fang recognized what was missing, and the battle grew more dangerous as it focused on Missing Moon's Sky Measuring Ruler.

• Lu Ye clashed with Missing Moon, and his stronger-than-expected power made Missing Moon suspect his saber was an exceptional treasure.
• Fang told Lu Ye that something still seemed missing, and Lu Ye accidentally sent Missing Moon flying with a powerful slash.
• Lu Ye realized he might need to suppress his strength further, then fought Missing Moon at a disadvantage until Fang declared that it had found the right conditions.
• Fang urged Lu Ye to target Missing Moon's Sky Measuring Ruler, while the increasingly wounded fighters continued their close battle.
• Lian asked Yuan Xi why she was nervous, and Yuan Xi admitted that Nameless Guest had first seemed familiar but did not appear to be someone she knew.

Lu Ye defeated Missing Moon after Fang’s shouted commands shattered the Sky Measuring Ruler, which Lu Ye had believed was a Sub-Treasure. The arena’s young owner recognized Lu Ye’s Crag Mountain Saber as belonging to the Weapon Race and realized Lu Ye had been testing a way to advance it.

• Yuan Xi worried that the Nameless Guest might not be Lu Ye, while Lian watched the battle with interest.
• Missing Moon unleashed a powerful Secret Technique with the Sky Measuring Ruler, and Fang shouted for Lu Ye to meet the strike instead of dodging.
• Fang ordered Lu Ye to break the ruler, and Lu Ye’s Crag Mountain Saber shattered it before splitting Missing Moon’s head.
• Yuan Xi celebrated her winnings, while Lian noted that Lu Ye’s victory would draw the attention of Uniting Dao Cities.
• The young arena owner confirmed the Sky Measuring Ruler had been a real Sub-Treasure and identified Lu Ye’s Crag Mountain Saber as a Weapon Race Dao Soldier.

After defeating Missing Moon, Lu Ye met Qin Feng, the Battle Arena’s master, to collect his share of the match’s earnings. Qin Feng deducted half in exchange for concealing Lu Ye’s ability to shatter Attribute Treasures and then demanded further compensation for the Battle Arena’s losses.

• Lu Ye returned from the Starry Sky Fragment and asked Gong Mao when he could receive his earnings.
• Gong Mao brought Lu Ye to Qin Feng, who revealed that he owned the Battle Arena and named Lu Ye’s earnings from the battle.
• Qin Feng said the Battle Arena would deduct half of Lu Ye’s earnings, and Lu Ye initially accepted without asking why.
• Qin Feng explained that the Battle Arena’s concealment of Missing Moon’s Attribute Treasure had protected Lu Ye from drawing dangerous attention.
• Qin Feng revealed that the Battle Arena expected Lu Ye to compensate it for the loss of elite talents who knew Missing Moon had possessed the Attribute Treasure.

Lu Ye agreed to join the Battle Arena after Qin Feng offered him intelligence on how the Weapon Race could advance into Supreme Treasures. He secured conditions for his freedom and Cuican’s survival, then left with his earnings intact and a new reason to work with the Battle Arena.

• Lu Ye refused Qin Feng’s invitation to join the Battle Arena until Qin Feng gave him a Jade Slip describing the Weapon Race’s advancement into Supreme Treasures.
• Lu Ye returned to Qin Feng and agreed to join under conditions: the Battle Arena could not force him to act, it had to contact him through his Battle Token, Cuican had to live, and Qin Feng had to provide complete intelligence.
• Qin Feng accepted Lu Ye’s conditions and handed over detailed information about the Weapon Race’s advancement, which Lu Ye recognized as important to Fang’s future.
• Qin Feng told Lu Ye that Supreme Treasures were not for sale and dismissed him after confirming his earnings had been deposited into his Battle Token.
• Qin Feng discussed the old monster who had supplied the intelligence with the little pink octopus, while Gong Mao explained that Lu Ye’s earnings had not been cut because he had joined the Battle Arena.

Lu Ye accepted Cuican after learning Qin Feng had given her to him, then encountered You Die, the Insect Mother, in the Hehe Realm. You Die revealed that Insect Mothers were highly sought after by Uniting Dao Cities because of their Soul attainments.

• Lu Ye collected his share of the Battle Arena’s profits from Gong Mao and learned Cuican had been given to him by Qin Feng.
• Gong Mao warned Lu Ye that Cuican would not survive if he left her in the Hehe Realm, so Lu Ye told her to follow him.
• You Die recognized Lu Ye outside the Battle Arena and joined him and Cuican in a teahouse.
• Lu Ye learned You Die belonged to an Earth-tier Uniting Dao City, while she asked to join his city.
• You Die explained that Insect Mothers were prized by Uniting Dao City Lords for their powerful Soul attainments.

Lu Ye brought Cuican back to Yuan Xi City and told Yuan Xi about You Die’s plan to join their Uniting Dao City. Yuan Xi recognized Lu Ye as the Battle Arena’s Nameless Guest and approved of Qin Feng’s gift of Cuican, while Lu Ye prepared to report more about You Die.

• You Die decided to leave and seek out Lu Ye’s Uniting Dao City, and Lu Ye marked its location on her Star Map.
• Lu Ye returned to Yuan Xi City with Cuican and introduced her to Yuan Xi.
• Yuan Xi recognized Lu Ye as the Nameless Guest and said Qin Feng’s gift of Cuican was trustworthy.
• Lu Ye asked whether joining the Battle Arena would cause trouble with Yuan Xi, and she told him to join if he wished.
• Lu Ye began telling Yuan Xi about You Die and her intention to join their city.

Lu Ye and Yuan Xi agreed to welcome You Die into Yuan Xi City, and Yuan Xi assigned Cuican to herself and gave Lu Ye several enslaved Fusion Dao cultivators to help defend the city. After returning to his mansion, Lu Ye discovered that Fang had begun advancing.

• Yuan Xi eagerly agreed to accept You Die’s allegiance, and Lu Ye offered Cuican to serve at Yuan Xi’s side.
• Yuan Xi introduced five Fusion Dao cultivators she had bought in the Hehe Realm and assigned them to help Lu Ye defend Yuan Xi City.
• Yuan Xi asked Lu Ye to tell her when Nameless Guest’s next Battle Arena match was arranged so she could wager on him.
• Lu Ye returned to the Great Commander’s Mansion, cleaned himself up, and found that Fang had entered its advancement state.