Chapter Summaries

Lu Ye was nearly killed by Jiao’s Gold Silver Scissors, but used lingering Liao Power to escape the strike. Yuan Xi then intervened by physically moving him to an empty Chess Grid, where he spotted a huge die.

• Jiao overwhelmed Lu Ye and unleashed the Gold Silver Scissors to kill him and seize his Star Abyss Blessing.
• Lu Ye triggered lingering Liao Power on Jiao’s wounds, creating a brief opening that let him escape the scissors’ strike at the cost of a grievous wound.
• Yuan Xi moved Lu Ye toward Jiao, then revealed her ability to pick up and carry a Chess Piece herself.
• Jiao attacked Lu Ye as Yuan Xi moved him, and Yuan Xi flicked Jiao away, shattering his attack and leaving him badly battered.
• Yuan Xi carried Lu Ye to an empty Chess Grid, where he noticed a huge die as nearby Black Pieces stared at him.

Lu Ye arrived in a Chess Grid containing a die after Yuan Xi moved him there, then fought off Black Blood’s pieces while recovering from his battle with Jiao. He swore to spare the enemy Fusion Dao cultivators who helped him break the die’s protection, leaving them to decide whether to aid him.

• Yuan Xi moved Lu Ye to a Chess Grid with a die, apparently sacrificing the white side’s offense and defense for the round.
• Lu Ye found the die protected by a tough barrier and began healing as Black Blood prepared to send pieces against him.
• Black Blood sent two Blood Race Harmonized Dao cultivators and a group of Fusion Dao cultivators to stop Lu Ye, unaware that Jiao had revealed Lu Ye possessed powerful Sacred Nature.
• Lu Ye killed both Harmonized Dao cultivators within moments, terrifying the remaining Black Pieces.
• Lu Ye swore to spare any enemy who helped him break the die’s protection, then killed one Fusion Dao cultivator to compel the others to choose.

Lu Ye helped the Black Piece cultivators break the dice’s protection and seized the dice for Yuan Xi, gaining a lasting speed enhancement among the rewards from his recent kills. Yuan Xi then dispatched him across seventeen Chess Grids to aid White Pieces, where he killed two enemies and joined the others in attacking another dice’s protection.

• Lu Ye joined the Black Piece cultivators in breaking the dice’s protection, and the dice flew to Yuan Xi, giving the White side possession of it.
• Lu Ye collected two rewards: one increased his Dao Power by two hundred, and the other boosted his speed by roughly twenty percent for the rest of the Chess Game.
• After recovering most of his injuries, Lu Ye was dispatched by Yuan Xi across seventeen Chess Grids to support White Pieces fighting a larger Black force.
• Lu Ye killed one Black Piece in a single slash, forcing the remaining enemies to scatter, then pursued them and killed another with help from a White Piece.
• Lu Ye led the White Pieces to attack the protection around the dice, which had already been damaged.

Lu Ye fought through the Black Pieces while Yuan Xi’s forces assembled to assault Black Blood City. As the siege began, Black Blood sent Jiao to intercept Lu Ye, and the city’s defenders prepared to withstand the attack.

• Lu Ye killed a Black Piece Uniting Dao cultivator and massacred the Fusion Dao cultivators around him before the surviving Black Pieces were transferred away.
• Yuan Xi told Lu Ye that her forces would reach Black Blood City on their next turn and that they had to break it in one turn because Black Blood’s Vice City Lord had returned.
• Lu Ye assured Yuan Xi that the city would fall and told her about a new surprise he had obtained, which excited her.
• Black Blood ordered Jiao to intercept Lu Ye, and Jiao promised that he would kill him within two turns.
• Yuan Xi’s White Pieces charged Black Blood City as Lu Ye arrived, while Black Blood relied on the city’s defenses to withstand the siege.

Lu Ye led the White Pieces in a direct assault on Black Blood City, cutting through its counterattack beams and using the Lotus Seedling’s poison against its protective array. Black Blood realized Yuan Xi had planned around the Lotus Seedling, but he claimed his Vice City Lords could still move the city; Yuan Xi appeared genuinely unaware that they had returned inside.

• Lu Ye dismissed Thunderclap’s request for a siege strategy and ordered the White Pieces to charge Black Blood City.
• Lu Ye used his saber to destroy the city’s counterattack beams as the White Pieces advanced behind him.
• Lu Ye squeezed the Lotus Seedling, spreading emerald poison that made Black Blood City’s protective array flicker.
• Black Blood recognized the Lotus Seedling and realized it could help Yuan Xi’s forces breach the city.
• Black Blood claimed his Vice City Lords could take control of the city and move it, and Yuan Xi reacted with surprise at the news.

Lu Ye used the Lotus Seedling to poison Black Blood City's Protective Grand Array, then sealed the Chess Grid to prevent the city from escaping. As Lu Ye resumed attacking the weakened barrier, Black Blood City remained trapped and its defenders struggled to respond.

• Lu Ye used the Lotus Seedling to weaken Black Blood City's Protective light screen, while Thunderclap and other cultivators shielded him from the city's counterattacks.
• After the Lotus Seedling's poison dissipated, Lu Ye sent it back to Yuan Xi City and attacked the poisoned area alongside more than a thousand Fusion Dao cultivators.
• Yun Ke and Luo Molie chose not to repair the weakened barrier, expecting Black Blood City to leave the Chess Grid on Black's turn.
• Lu Ye cast Seal Heaven, Lock Earth, and Black Blood City crashed into the sealed edge of the Chess Grid as it tried to escape.
• Yuan Xi laughed at Black Blood for being trapped, while Lu Ye battered the city's weakened barrier and Black Blood ordered Yun Ke and Luo Molie to stop trying to flee.

Lu Ye and the White Pieces breached Black Blood City's Protective Grand Array and stormed into the city while Yuan Xi stalled Black Blood's turn. Lu Ye killed Yun Ke, entered the Central Great Hall, and shattered Black Blood City's Cosmos-tier Uniting Dao Pearl.

• Yuan Xi deliberately delayed placing her piece while Black Blood hoped Jiao could reach the battlefield on the next turn.
• Lu Ye and the White Pieces broke through the weakened Protective Grand Array and charged into Black Blood City.
• Lu Ye cut down the fleeing Black Piece cultivators and killed Vice City Lord Yun Ke after three slashes.
• Lu Ye entered the Central Great Hall while the other cultivators fought outside.
• Lu Ye punched and shattered Black Blood City's Uniting Dao Pearl, scattering its fragments.

Lu Ye gathered the fragments of Black Blood City's Uniting Dao Pearl as Black Blood learned his city had fallen and sent Jiao into the battle. Jiao used the Heaven-Earth Reversal Mirror to draw Lu Ye to him, then activated another treasure that stretched the space between them.

• Lu Ye collected the Uniting Dao Pearl fragments and sent them back to Yuan Xi City.
• Black Blood told Jiao that Black Blood City had been breached, then moved him toward the enemy despite warning that he would face overwhelming numbers.
• Lu Ye joined Thunderclap and three other cultivators to kill an enemy, but received no surprise reward for the shared kill.
• Jiao entered the battlefield alone, and Lu Ye called the surrounding cultivators to help him fight.
• Jiao used the Heaven-Earth Reversal Mirror to exchange positions with Lu Ye, then activated another treasure that made the distance between them expand.

Lu Ye and Jiao were trapped together inside a Sub-Treasure Combat Platform, where Jiao expected to kill him without interference. Their clash revealed that Lu Ye had grown strong enough to nearly match Jiao, and Fang recognized an opportunity to devour the Combat Platform’s mysterious essence.

• Jiao used the Heaven-Earth Reversal Mirror and the Combat Platform to separate Lu Ye from his allies and seal their battle from outside interference.
• Soul Bodies of cultivators who had died in Combat Platforms filled the arena’s seats and stirred into a hostile frenzy as Jiao charged Lu Ye.
• Lu Ye activated his Sacred Nature and met Jiao’s attacks, surprising them both when his saber strikes forced Jiao to retreat.
• Lu Ye realized that his strength had improved faster than Jiao’s because killing Harmony Dao cultivators had greatly strengthened him, and his kills of Blood Race cultivators had also increased his Sacred Nature.
• Fang urged Lu Ye to seize the opportunity to absorb essence from Jiao’s Sub-Treasure, and Lu Ye charged with a piercing strike.
• Jiao blocked Lu Ye’s attack with his golden blade and countered with his silver blade aimed at Lu Ye’s abdomen.

Lu Ye and Jiao continued their deadly fight inside the Combat Platform while Lu Ye repeatedly struck Jiao’s Sub-Treasure, and the battle outside shifted in the White Pieces’ favor. When Jiao activated the Divine Lament Borrowing Technique, the Soul Bodies surged into him and greatly increased his power, leaving Lu Ye badly wounded as Jiao struggled to control the force.

• Lu Ye exchanged rapid blows with Jiao, wounding him while repeatedly attacking his golden short blades and allowing Fang to devour their mystery.
• Thunderclap took custody of Jiao’s Heaven-Earth Reversal Mirror, while Yuan Xi redeployed the White Pieces and Black Blood suspected she expected Lu Ye to win.
• Jiao realized Lu Ye was targeting his Sub-Treasure and struggled to avoid the saber, but both fighters continued to suffer wounds.
• Jiao activated the Divine Lament Borrowing Technique, drawing the Soul Bodies from the Combat Platform’s seats into his body.
• Jiao’s borrowed power sent Lu Ye flying and badly injured him, but Jiao could not pursue because he was struggling to control the immense force and warned that he would need a century of seclusion afterward.

Jiao used the Divine Lament Borrowing Technique to overwhelm Lu Ye, who struggled to survive while Fang absorbed the mysteries of Jiao’s paired Sub-Treasures. Lu Ye activated the Chaos Scale to weigh their strength, then began unloading his spoils onto his side before the scale’s brief duration ran out.

• Jiao’s borrowed power let him repeatedly wound and overpower Lu Ye, while the marks left by the Soul Bodies threatened Jiao’s future cultivation.
• Lu Ye asked Fang how much longer it would take to absorb the mysteries of Jiao’s paired short blades, and Fang told him to hold on a little longer.
• Facing defeat, Lu Ye revealed the Chaos Scale, which transported him and Jiao to opposite sides and summoned the will of a Supreme Treasure.
• Yuan Xi and Black Blood recognized that the clash had drawn upon the power of three great Supreme Treasures.
• Lu Ye saw that Jiao’s side of the scale hung lower, then dumped his collected spoils onto his own side as the scale’s twenty breaths began to run out.

Lu Ye used the Chaos Scale to strip away much of Jiao’s strength, then fought him until Fang shattered Jiao’s bonded Dao Soldiers. With Jiao weakened, weaponless, and trapped on the Combat Platform, Lu Ye charged in to finish the fight.

• Lu Ye and Jiao threw their treasures onto the Chaos Scale, and Lu Ye exchanged a Sub-Treasure to outweigh Jiao before the hourglass ran out.
• The Chaos Scale broke and transferred power to Lu Ye while weakening Jiao, after which Lu Ye charged into a second round of combat.
• Fang shattered Jiao’s golden and silver Dao Soldiers, then fell asleep as it prepared to overcome its second hurdle.
• Jiao recognized the Crag Mountain Saber as a Weapon Race and realized he was trapped on the Combat Platform with Lu Ye.
• Lu Ye charged at the now-weaponless Jiao, who had no confidence left in facing him.

Lu Ye killed Jiao, but Jiao launched a final assault with the mass of Soul Bodies gathered by the Divine Lament Borrowing Technique. Lu Ye’s Talent Tree appeared within his Divine Sea and burned away the attackers, leaving him with unexplained Soul Crystals.

• Lu Ye pursued Jiao through the Blood Sea and repeatedly wounded him as the Chaos Scale weakened Jiao’s strength and speed.
• Jiao turned to attack Lu Ye, but Lu Ye beheaded him; Jiao’s Soul Body then led the mass of gathered Soul Bodies into Lu Ye’s Divine Sea.
• Lu Ye manifested the Ghost Ship to defend his Soul Sea against Jiao and the invading shadow.
• Lu Ye’s Talent Tree appeared behind him and sent Fire Dragons into the shadow, refining the Soul Bodies and killing Jiao’s Soul Body.
• Lu Ye realized the Talent Tree’s manifestation resembled Fu Wei’s earlier vision and found crystal-clear crystals left behind by the burned Soul Bodies.

After killing Jiao, Lu Ye discovered the Soul Crystals left by the Talent Tree and gained Jiao’s Star Abyss Blessing, then resumed fighting in the Chess Game. As the White side gained the upper hand, Lu Ye reached a strength bottleneck and revealed that he was far faster than Black Blood had claimed.

• Lu Ye dismissed his Soul Secret Technique after finding several thousand Soul Crystals in his Divine Sea, and he emerged from the Combat Platform with Jiao dead.
• Yuan Xi celebrated Lu Ye’s survival while Black Blood realized Jiao had died and weighed whether to attack the badly injured Lu Ye.
• Lu Ye absorbed Jiao’s Star Abyss Blessing and refined his Blood Sea, strengthening his connection to Dao Power and his Sacred Nature.
• Yuan Xi deployed Lu Ye to attack, and he swept through Black Pieces while his strength rose to around five thousand Dao before reaching a bottleneck.
• An Insect Race He Dao cultivator fled after Black Blood warned that Lu Ye was slow, but Lu Ye caught up and killed him with a single slash.

Lu Ye seized the Legion Banner, strengthening the white pieces and pushing Black Blood’s side toward defeat. Just as Blood Calamity’s arrival seemed to offer Black Blood a chance to turn the game around, Yuan Xi sensed a terrifying killing intent pursuing him.

• Lu Ye took the Legion Banner and spread its strength-enhancing effect across the nearby white pieces.
• Black Blood reinforced his defenses while Yuan Xi planned to eliminate the black pieces before defeating him.
• Black Blood recalled Blood Calamity’s orders and waited for his ancestor to arrive with a possible backup plan.
• Blood Calamity, reduced to a flying head, approached the chessboard, and Yuan Xi recognized his aura.
• Yuan Xi sensed a terrifying killing intent close behind Blood Calamity’s head.

Blood Calamity’s Split Soul entered the chess game with a Supreme Treasure-wielding Sword Slave, disrupting the battle and revealing a plan to refine the Starry Sky Chessboard. Lu Ye learned the Sword Slave might be someone he knew and rushed to find him despite Yuan Xi’s warning.

• Yuan Xi and Black Blood were wounded when they sensed the Supreme Treasure pursuing Blood Calamity’s Split Soul.
• Blood Calamity’s Sword Slave entered the chess game and ignored its Rules, killing White and Black Pieces alike.
• Blood Calamity learned that Jiao had died and that Lu Ye possessed powerful Sacred Nature, then ordered Black Blood to take him to Lu Ye.
• Yuan Xi suspected Blood Calamity planned to use the Sword Slave to refine the Starry Sky Chessboard and warned Lu Ye against approaching him.
• Lu Ye asked Yuan Xi to move him near the Sword Slave, then rushed across the Chess Grids when she refused.

Lu Ye reached the Supreme Treasure sword’s Sword Slave and discovered that he was Yun Shiwang, now controlled by the Heavenly Pivot Sword. The sword attacked Lu Ye relentlessly, and he struggled to hold Yun Shiwang back while trying to awaken him.

• Lu Ye broke free of the Starry Sky Chessboard’s restraints, gained a view across the board, and saw the Supreme Treasure’s will directing the surviving Black Pieces toward him.
• Lu Ye fought through the Black Pieces, whose deaths strengthened him, and learned from a severed head that he was the Human Race Weapon Cultivator.
• Lu Ye recognized the Sword Slave as Yun Shiwang and identified his weapon as the Heavenly Pivot Sword, recalling Yun’s blood sacrifice to protect the Starry Sky.
• Yun Shiwang sensed Lu Ye and attacked him across the Chess Grids, overwhelming him with sword strikes and nearly piercing his head.
• Lu Ye used Edict, Impregnable as a Golden Fortress to survive a fatal thrust, then continued trying to reach Yun Shiwang through Divine Sense Transmission without success.

Lu Ye discovered that Blood Calamity had secretly invaded his Divine Sea and wanted to use Lu Ye’s body to seize the Heavenly Pivot Sword. Blood Calamity overpowered Lu Ye’s Soul Body and forced him to agree to lend his body, leaving Lu Ye’s fate uncertain.

• While Yun Shiwang’s assault wounded Lu Ye, Blood Calamity revealed himself as a Split Soul inside Lu Ye’s Divine Sea.
• Lu Ye realized Blood Calamity had lured out the Starry Sky Chessboard to use it to seize the Heavenly Pivot Sword.
• Blood Calamity explained that Lu Ye was the Starry Sky Chessboard’s chosen Chess Piece and offered to help him wield his full strength in exchange for control of his body.
• Lu Ye refused, but Blood Calamity used hidden methods to restrain him and threatened to destroy his Divine Soul.
• Lu Ye agreed to surrender control temporarily, and Blood Calamity explained that he had not come in person because the Top Ten City Lords were constantly watched.

Blood Calamity took control of Lu Ye’s body and fought Yun Shiwang, while Lu Ye watched and learned from his Blood Dao and Saber Dao techniques. Elsewhere, a mysterious Uniting Dao City crossed a field of spatial rifts and arrived at the Phoenix Nest, where its ruler saw the Primordial Parasol Tree.

• Blood Calamity severed Lu Ye’s control of his body, then discovered that Lu Ye was a Uniting Dao cultivator with an exceptional foundation.
• Blood Calamity used Lu Ye’s body and the Blood Sea to battle Yun Shiwang, gradually gaining the advantage as Lu Ye studied his techniques.
• Lu Ye resolved to wait for an opportunity to frustrate Blood Calamity’s plan to seize the Heavenly Pivot Sword while hoping Yun Shiwang could find release.
• A dilapidated Uniting Dao City crossed a dangerous region of spatial rifts, its giant sword clearing a path through the Void.
• The city arrived at the Phoenix Nest, where the figure on its skeletal throne opened his eyes and saw the colossal Primordial Parasol Tree and the phoenixes hiding in its canopy.

Ba Qiu sought Huang Shiniang’s help reaching the Snow Plain, where Blood Calamity was pursuing a newly emerged Supreme Treasure. Huang Shiniang opened an Insect Path for One Man City and joined Ba Qiu, while Qin Feng warned that Ba Qiu’s enemies might seize the chance to attack.

• Ba Qiu asked Huang Shiniang to open an Insect Path to the Snow Plain, but she initially refused.
• Ba Qiu mentioned Blood Calamity, prompting Huang Shiniang to demand an explanation and Qin Feng to arrive at One Man City.
• Ba Qiu revealed that Blood Calamity had drawn out the Starry Sky Chessboard and was trying to seize a new Supreme Treasure, so Huang Shiniang agreed to help.
• Qin Feng warned Ba Qiu that leaving would expose him to enemies, but Ba Qiu insisted on going to the Snow Plain.
• Huang Shiniang opened a stable Insect Path with a root of the Primordial Parasol Tree, and Ba Qiu sent One Man City through it.
• Huang Shiniang appeared beside Ba Qiu and declared that she would go with him to kill Blood Calamity.