Chapter Summaries

Lu Ye and Su Yun reached the Moon Wheel Sub-Treasure amid a sea of jellyfish that suppressed the cultivators’ fighting spirit. After the Sub-Treasure emerged and began a trial to select its own master, darkness engulfed Lu Ye.

• Lu Ye and Su Yun entered the jellyfish sea and found that its strange aura dampened their fighting spirit.
• They reached the gathering of more than a hundred cultivators, where Xue Huang explained that the Sub-Treasure would choose its own master.
• Su Yun warned Lu Ye that their small numbers put them at a disadvantage if the selection involved trials.
• After several days, the fluorescent light brightened and the Moon Wheel Sub-Treasure emerged as a crescent moon.
• Su Yun announced that the trial had begun, and Lu Ye was suddenly plunged into darkness.

Lu Ye learned that Moon Wheel had rejected him and Su Yun’s sister as possible masters for her Sub-Treasure, then asked him to avenge her against Ba Qiu. When Lu Ye returned to his body, another cultivator was reaching for the Sub-Treasure just as a distant disturbance signaled that Moon Wheel and Ba Qiu had begun fighting.

• Lu Ye waited in darkness before Moon Wheel revealed that his trial had never begun because he was unsuitable to become her child’s master.
• Lu Ye argued that Su Yun’s elder sister, a Phoenix Race member and Son of the Star Abyss, should receive the Sub-Treasure, but Moon Wheel rejected the suggestion.
• Moon Wheel asked Lu Ye to avenge her, but Lu Ye refused, and she held him in the trial ground until its obstruction weakened.
• Lu Ye returned to his body and saw an unremarkable Dao Fusion cultivator approach Moon Wheel’s Sub-Treasure.
• A tremendous disturbance swept across the wonder, and Lu Ye realized that Moon Wheel and Ba Qiu had begun their battle.

Lu Ye seized the intelligent Moon Wheel Sub-Treasure after killing its chosen master, then killed Xue Huang and Lian Yun Ya when they tried to take it. Surrounded by more than a hundred Dao Fusion cultivators seeking revenge, he faced a battle with no clear way out.

• Lu Ye killed the Dao Fusion cultivator carrying the Sub-Treasure and captured it after overcoming its resistance.
• The Sub-Treasure struggled until Lu Ye threatened it with the Crag Mountain Saber, then it went still.
• Xue Huang attacked Lu Ye for the Sub-Treasure, and Lu Ye killed him in front of the awakened cultivators.
• Su Yun warned Lu Ye that killing Xue Huang would bring trouble, but Lu Ye attacked and killed Lian Yun Ya with one saber strike.
• The cultivators from Blood Drinking City, Senluo City, and their affiliated cities surrounded Lu Ye to avenge their leaders.

Lu Ye turned the hundred-plus Dao Fusion cultivators against the jellyfish ocean and used his true body and Talent Tree Clone to ambush and divide them. As the scattered groups succumbed to the jellyfish poison, Lu Ye prepared to finish them off.

• Lu Ye struck the surrounding jellyfish with Saber Lights, enraging the creatures and causing them to swarm toward the cultivators.
• Lu Ye cut down a Dao Fusion cultivator, then darted through the crowd, shattering Dao Soldiers and killing enemies while Su Yun watched.
• Lu Ye escaped into the jellyfish ocean, and the pursuing cultivators followed; Su Yun trailed behind them.
• Lu Ye ambushed the pursuers with Saber Lights and Sword Qi, splitting their force into smaller groups and killing more cultivators.
• The jellyfish poison slowed the remaining cultivators, while Su Yun was also struck; Lu Ye moved unharmed through the jellyfish with his Clone and prepared to reap the harvest.

Lu Ye rescued Su Yun after killing the other trapped Uniting Dao cultivators, but a spreading crimson force from Ba Qiu’s clash with the Supreme Treasure threatened to destroy them. Su Yun used his exceptional mastery of space to teleport them beyond danger, and Lu Ye continued carrying him as they discussed the strength and resources of powerful Uniting Dao cultivators.

• Lu Ye and his Clone killed trapped Uniting Dao cultivators, then found Su Yun and demanded that he call him brother-in-law before rescuing him.
• Lu Ye told Su Yun that he had killed Lian Yun Ya and Xue Huang, then fled with him as a destructive crimson light swept through the jellyfish sea.
• When the Blood Escape Art could not outrun the crimson light, Lu Ye urged Su Yun to escape alone, but Su Yun grabbed him and teleported them both away.
• After several long-distance teleports carried them beyond the danger, Su Yun suffered from the strain and Lu Ye wrapped him in the Blood Escape Art to continue their escape.
• Su Yun explained that Sub-Treasures were rare even for members of the Top Ten Uniting Dao Cities and described Secret Techniques that let the Blood Race and other powerful cultivators surpass ordinary limits.

Lu Ye left the wonder after giving the Moon Wheel Sub-Treasure to Su Yun for Su Yan and reuniting with Kun Li. He learned that Fu Wei had been detained outside, leaving him to decide how to help his newly valued diviner.

• Su Yun warned Lu Ye that he would be suspected in the deaths of three Holy Sons, so they split up, and Lu Ye gave him the Moon Wheel Sub-Treasure to take to Su Yan.
• Lu Ye told Su Yun to tell Su Yan that he would visit her once he reached Uniting Dao Peak, then fled the wonder at full speed.
• Lu Ye emerged from the wonder and joined Kun Li, who introduced him to several Uniting Dao cultivators as his little brother.
• Lu Ye described the crimson light and the clash between powerful experts, and Kun Li concluded that Ba Qiu had challenged the Supreme Treasure.
• Lu Ye asked Kun Li about Fu Wei and learned that someone had taken him away for questioning and detained him.

Lu Ye rescued Fu Wei and confirmed that he would keep Perrin’s death secret, then assessed the spoils from the wonder and considered how to increase his Dao Power. Kun Li and the other Uniting Dao cultivators realized Fu Wei’s Divination Tribe ties marked Lu Ye as his fate, leaving them eager to see what his future would bring.

• Kun Li brought Fu Wei back to Lu Ye, and the Uniting Dao cultivators gave Lu Ye tokens granting access to their cities.
• Fu Wei swore by the Star Abyss Will that he would not reveal Lu Ye’s role in Perrin’s death and said he would follow Lu Ye.
• Lu Ye inspected and refined the spoils he had collected, replenishing his Dao Power while Fu Wei watched in shock.
• Kun Li told the other Uniting Dao cultivators to keep Fu Wei’s Divination Tribe identity secret, and they discussed the significance of his choice to follow Lu Ye.
• Lu Ye worried that his Dao Power needs would soon outstrip his Battle Arena gains and considered raising Yuan Xi City’s grade or triggering another Talent Tree transformation.

Lu Ye asked Fu Wei to divine a direction that might help him solve a problem with the Talent Tree’s next transformation, then left to replenish its fuel. When Lu Ye returned, the wonder’s clash had ended, and Ba Qiu emerged alive but gravely wounded in the ruined One Man City.

• Lu Ye asked Fu Wei to divine a direction related to his future cultivation, and Fu Wei promised to provide an answer within half a year.
• Lu Ye replenished the Talent Tree’s fuel by devouring a Great Sun over five days.
• The crimson light covering the wonder vanished, and Lu Ye and the other cultivators entered to find its space shattered by Void cracks.
• Kun Li and other cultivators discussed Ba Qiu’s strength as they surveyed the devastation.
• One Man City drifted out of the wonder with Ba Qiu seated on its skeletal throne, alive but pierced by crimson light and covered in severe wounds.

Lu Ye returned from the wonder with Kun Li and learned that Ba Qiu’s survival could plunge the Inner Realm into turmoil. At the Battle Arena, Qin Feng arranged Lu Ye’s next death match against Yun Qianliu for three days later and offered him twenty percent of the proceeds.

• Kun Li explained that Ba Qiu’s severe injuries and many enemies could draw powerful Uniting Dao Cities into conflict and bring calamity to the Inner Realm.
• Kun Li advised Lu Ye to stay in the Uniting Dao City and focus on reaching Uniting Dao, then sent him to meet Qin Feng at the Battle Arena.
• Lu Ye saw the Battle Arena’s publicity for his upcoming match against Yun Qianliu and gave Fu Wei Dao Fish to explore the Hehe Realm.
• Qin Feng offered Lu Ye twenty percent of the next death match’s proceeds and confirmed that the Battle Arena had concealed Yun Qianliu’s Sub-Treasure.
• Qin Feng scheduled Lu Ye’s death match against Yun Qianliu for three days later.

Lu Ye visited One Man City to have Shang seal his strength before his death match against Yun Qianliu, then entered the Battle Arena. The spectators favored Yun Qianliu, who faced Lu Ye believing his Sub-Treasure guaranteed victory.

• Lu Ye traveled to One Man City, where Shang wounded him with Sealing Power to limit his strength for the death match.
• Ba Qiu warned Lu Ye not to rely too heavily on his Dao Soldier and to focus on his own foundation.
• Gong Mao escorted the injured Lu Ye to the arena, where crowds gathered to watch and place bets on his match against Yun Qianliu.
• Spectators learned Lu Ye had advanced to the Merging Dao Seventh Layer and debated whether he could defeat Yun Qianliu, a long-time Merging Dao Peak cultivator.
• Lu Ye entered a small battlefield and faced Yun Qianliu, who trusted that his Primordial Chaos Spear would ensure Lu Ye's death.

Lu Ye fought Yun Qianliu while weakened by a severe wound and Shang’s stronger seal, relying on the Pounce Technique to evade his opponent’s attacks. After Yun Qianliu’s spear pierced Lu Ye’s shoulder, Lu Ye’s light saber strike shattered the spear, leaving Yun Qianliu stunned at the same turn that had preceded Missing Moon’s death.

• Yun Qianliu launched a surprise spear attack, but Lu Ye blocked it and exchanged dozens of blows with him before Yun Qianliu noticed Lu Ye’s chest wound.
• Yun Qianliu’s remark about the injury shifted the arena spectators’ bets heavily toward him, and he blasted Lu Ye away before pressing his attack.
• Lu Ye used the Pounce Technique to dodge Yun Qianliu’s strongest attacks, but Yun Qianliu eventually struck his abdomen and pierced his shoulder with a spear.
• Yun Qianliu’s spinning spear tore the flesh from Lu Ye’s arm, revealing golden Dao Bones that made him hesitate.
• Lu Ye seized the spear and struck it with his saber, causing Yun Qianliu’s Dao Soldier to crumble into fragments.

Lu Ye defeated Yun Qianliu after the Primordial Chaos Spear shattered, provoking accusations that the Death Match had been rigged. Back in his private chamber, Qin Feng and Bobo examined Lu Ye’s injury and unusual Dao Bones.

• Yun Qianliu froze when the Primordial Chaos Spear shattered, then Lu Ye broke through his defenses and cleaved him apart.
• Lu Ye collected the spoils and left the arena as angry spectators accused the Battle Arena of rigging the match.
• Qin Feng met Lu Ye in his private chamber and scolded him for entering the Death Match while injured.
• Bobo treated Lu Ye’s wound while Qin Feng noticed the unusually large number of Dao Bones in his exposed shoulder.

After recovering from Ba Qiu’s sealing power, Lu Ye received his share of the deathmatch profits and used the Dao Fish to advance his cultivation. He broke through to the Merging Dao Eighth Layer, leaving only one step before the Ninth Layer.

• Bobo examined Lu Ye’s wounds, recognized the sealing power from Ba Qiu’s Dao Soldier, and learned that Lu Ye had willingly visited One Man City to have his strength sealed.
• Bobo treated Lu Ye in the secret chamber, dissolving the sealing power and healing his injuries in about ten days with help from the Talent Tree.
• Gong Mao delivered Lu Ye’s deathmatch profits and explained that Yun Qianliu’s comment about Lu Ye’s injuries had encouraged spectators to bet on him.
• Lu Ye sealed the chamber, absorbed Dao Fish until the Talent Tree’s Dao Power reserves reached one million, and then began inscribing another Divine Edge Dao Pattern.
• Lu Ye endured the painful inscription, spent most of his stored Dao Power, and advanced to the Merging Dao Eighth Layer.

After reaching the Merging Dao Eighth Layer and sharpening the Crag Mountain Saber, Lu Ye prepared to return to Yuan Xi City but discovered that Fu Wei had been detained at Golden Stamen Tower. He found Fu Wei unharmed, though the bill for his stay was unexpectedly high.

• Lu Ye tested his stronger Dao Power and Crag Mountain Saber, then refined some Dao Fish and decided to return to Yuan Xi City.
• Lu Ye learned that Qin Feng was absent from the Hehe Realm and received Qin Feng’s message offering help if trouble arose.
• Lu Ye realized he had forgotten Fu Wei, contacted him, and learned he was being held at Golden Stamen Tower.
• Third Mistress led Lu Ye to Fu Wei, who had been confined without injury after entering the establishment.
• Third Mistress named the amount Fu Wei owed, and Fu Wei admitted he had drunk too much wine.

Lu Ye tried to leave Golden Stamen Tower with Fu Wei, but Fu Wei insisted that Huan Qing was connected to Lu Ye by fate and asked him to redeem her. After learning that Huan Qing was a Hedao cultivator and hearing her steep price, Lu Ye left with Fu Wei, who vowed to return for her.

• Lu Ye paid Third Mistress for Fu Wei's flower wine and tried to take him away from Golden Stamen Tower.
• Fu Wei begged Lu Ye to redeem Huan Qing, claiming fate had led him there because she was important to Lu Ye.
• Third Mistress brought Huan Qing to meet them, and Huan Qing said Third Mistress could decide whether she stayed or left.
• Lu Ye offered to pay for Huan Qing's freedom, but learned she was Hedao and could not afford the price.
• Lu Ye ordered Fu Wei to leave with him, and Fu Wei promised Huan Qing that he would return to redeem her.

Lu Ye left the Golden Stamen Tower with Fu Wei and Huan Qing after Lian forced him to accept Huan Qing’s redemption and agree to contact her on future visits. Lian revealed that she suspected Lu Ye was Nameless Guest and planned to use the knowledge to profit from his next death match against Qin Feng.

• Lu Ye met Lian, the Golden Stamen Tower Master, who offered to let him redeem Huan Qing for a small number of Dao Fish.
• When Lu Ye tried to refuse Lian’s offer, she used her authority to compel him to accept and asked him to contact her on his next visit.
• Lu Ye left with Fu Wei and Huan Qing, carrying a Jade Token that let him control Huan Qing’s life and death.
• Lian told Third Mistress that she recognized Bobo’s aura on Lu Ye and suspected he was Nameless Guest.
• Lian planned to bet heavily on Nameless Guest in his next death match, hoping to profit and provoke Qin Feng.

Lu Ye returned to Yuan Xi City with Fu Wei and Huan Qing, then spent two months cultivating before Yuan Xi discovered that a Mirage Spirit Pattern beast had trapped the city in its Divine Ability Domain. The city’s cultivators gathered to discuss their predicament, and Fan Wu revealed that the beast was already in a bad mood because someone had cursed at it.

• Lu Ye introduced Fu Wei and Huan Qing to Yuan Xi, who accepted them into Yuan Xi City and told Lu Ye to arrange their lodging.
• Lu Ye returned to his Great Commander's Mansion and resumed cultivating, making progress with the aid of Perrin's blessing.
• Two months later, Yuan Xi realized Yuan Xi City had been circling the same area of Void and announced that the Mirage Spirit Pattern beast had trapped them in its Divine Ability Domain.
• Yuan Xi ordered Lu Ye to help You Die guard the city while she searched for the beast, and the city's cultivators gathered as Lu Ye explained what had happened.
• Fan Wu explained that the beast was elusive and could trap cities for decades or millennia, then said it was in a bad mood because someone had cursed at it.

Lu Ye discovered that the Mirage Spirit Pattern beast was using flawless phantoms to deceive Yuan Xi City's residents, and found the real Fan Wu safe in his residence. Fu Wei had vanished without anyone noticing, so Lu Ye sent the others to gather while he searched the city, but found no trace of him.

• Lu Ye slashed apart a phantom Fan Wu, which vanished while accusing him of cruelty.
• Lu Ye and You Die realized the Mirage Spirit Pattern beast had created the phantom and hurried to Fan Wu's residence, where they found the real Fan Wu cultivating in seclusion.
• You Die noticed Fu Wei was missing, and Lu Ye spotted another phantom disguised as an unfamiliar person before it disappeared.
• Lu Ye sent You Die and the others to the Central Great Hall and began searching for Fu Wei with Treasure Blood Clones.
• Lu Ye searched every building in the city but found no trace of Fu Wei.

Lu Ye learned that the mirage beast’s Divine Ability Domain could only be endured by following its rules and keeping it entertained. When the mirage beast came to settle a score with him, Lu Ye agreed to play its game, and it pulled everyone in Yuan Xi City into an illusion.

• Lu Ye found Fu Wei naked on a Floating Land after the mirage beast’s illusion made him believe he was restrained, then escorted him back to Yuan Xi City.
• Lu Ye tested Yuan Xi with a blade to confirm she was real, and she told him that they had to keep the mirage beast company without angering it.
• Lu Ye hid in his Great Commander’s Mansion while the mirage beast’s phantoms mingled with the city’s cultivators.
• The mirage beast appeared as Yuan Xi and confronted Lu Ye about his earlier attacks, then asked him to play a game.
• The mirage beast snapped its fingers and transported Lu Ye, Yuan Xi, and the other members of Yuan Xi City into a vast Void.

Yuan Xi divided Lu Ye and the others into teams for a game of chance, wagering that victory would let them leave while defeat would extend their imprisonment by a hundred years. After learning that players transformed into objects that battled according to their incantations, Lu Ye’s team won one round and lost the next.

• Yuan Xi split the sixteen people into two teams and explained that each duel would be decided by one of three incantations rather than the fighters’ strength.
• Lu Ye accepted Yuan Xi’s wager: his team could leave if it won, but losing would add a hundred years to their imprisonment.
• A slave from Lu Ye’s team transformed into the Gold Silver Scissors and defeated an opponent who had become the Sky Covering Net.
• Lu Ye’s victorious slave volunteered for another duel and used the Gold Silver Scissors incantation again.
• Yuan Xi’s slave transformed into a giant hammer, crushed the Gold Silver Scissors, and won the round for her team.