Chapter Summaries

After the Blood Race invaded through the Heavenly Chasm, Longteng rallied its forces to prepare for another attack while Lu Ye strengthened Medicine Valley’s defenses. Lu Ye reunited with Ye Liuli and secured a copy of Vast Righteousness Academy’s Book Sword Art for his Fourth Senior Brother.

• The Three Great Overlord Sects announced the Blood Race invasion and called cultivators across Longteng to march north and resist.
• Lu Ye taught Formation Cultivators how to control sections of Medicine Valley’s Grand Array so they could help defend it if the Blood Race returned.
• Ye Liuli came out to see Lu Ye, praised him as a hero, and said their deceased family would be proud of him.
• Huang Liang, Yuan Changcun, and Master Guangjing thanked Lu Ye and offered to help rebuild Overlord Saber Manor, but Lu Ye declined.
• Lu Ye asked Yuan Changcun about his swordsmanship, and Yuan Changcun offered to send him a copy of the Book Sword Art.

Lu Ye and the three seniors tried to interrogate the captured Blood Race for intelligence, but the prisoners endured Huang Liang’s Thunder Method without revealing anything. Little Medical Immortal offered to take over, and Lu Ye grew wary as her gentle smile reminded him of an old acquaintance.

• Lu Ye agreed to let Huang Liang and the others question the captured Blood Race and asked to observe.
• Huang Liang tortured one defiant prisoner with Thunder Method, but the Blood Race member died without giving his name or any information.
• Huang Liang and the others repeated the interrogation on four more prisoners, who also refused to speak.
• Huang Liang hesitated over how to proceed and asked Yuan Changcun whether the Vast Righteousness Academy had anyone skilled in interrogation.
• Little Medical Immortal arrived, offered to question the prisoners, and Huang Liang gave the guards permission to bring them all out.

Little Medical Immortal used fine needles to torment the captured Blood Race members until one revealed the Blood World’s history and invasion plan. Huang Liang and the others learned that the Blood World was draining Dragon Ascent World’s foundation and that the Blood Race was preparing an altar to bring it down fully.

• Little Medical Immortal secretly planted fine needles in the captured Blood Race members and triggered unbearable pain, forcing two of them to offer information.
• Little Medical Immortal removed the needles from the first volunteer and ordered him to explain the Blood Race and the Blood World.
• The Blood Race member explained that the drifting Blood World attached itself to other realms and drained their foundations, weakening Dragon Ascent World for more than eight hundred years.
• He revealed that the Heavenly Chasm Sect’s Sect Master, Heavenly Saint, had helped the Blood Race invade by providing a connection and the Blood River Great Array.
• The Blood Race was building a Sacrificial Altar to bring the Blood World down completely and accelerate the plundering of Dragon Ascent World.

Lu Ye learned that the Blood Race planned to drag the Blood World into Longteng and destroy the realm, while reinforcements arrived through the Heavenly Chasm. After Ye Liuli’s illness flared with the disturbance, Lu Ye concluded that saving her meant driving back the Blood Race and mending the sky.

• A captured Blood Race member revealed that the Blood Race was building a Traction Altar to draw down the Blood World and bring in more clansmen, so Yuan Changcun, Huang Liang, and Master Guangjing decided to spread the warning and hasten Longteng’s forces.
• Blood Light surged through the Heavenly Chasm as Blood Race reinforcements arrived, and Huang Liang and the others hurried away to warn cultivators and speed their advance.
• The Little Medical Immortal promised the Blood Race member who spoke first a quick death, and Lu Ye killed him and the other prisoners before discovering that his Battle Merit had risen to 29,718.
• A message reported that Ye Liuli’s illness had flared again, and Lu Ye rushed with the Little Medical Immortal to the Thatched Cottage, where she stabilized Ye Liuli’s condition.
• Lu Ye reasoned that the Heavenly Chasm would heal only if the Blood World detached from Longteng, which required driving back the Blood Race, and began forming a plan to mend the sky.

Dragon Ascent learned that the Blood World had caused its decline and was preparing to devour the world, prompting its cultivators to mobilize against the Blood Race. As the Dragon Ascent fleet arrived, Heavenly Saint betrayed Xing Mo and Cheng Henfeng, and the Blood Race slaughtered the surviving Heavenly Chasm Sect cultivators.

• Dragon Ascent cultivators learned that the Blood World had drained their world for centuries and resolved to destroy the invading Blood Race.
• Xing Mo and Cheng Henfeng watched Blood Race members exploit and kill the Blood Slave Seal-bound Heavenly Chasm Sect survivors beneath the completed Sacrificial Altar.
• Dragon Ascent's fleet arrived in force, and the Blood Race formed defensive lines to protect the altar and its connection to the Blood World.
• Heavenly Saint told Xing Mo and Cheng Henfeng to leave, then struck them and revealed his loyalty to the Blood Race.
• Cheng Henfeng killed several Blood Race members with a final sword strike, but the Blood Slave Seals immobilized him and Xing Mo as the Blood Race swarmed them.
• The Blood Race killed the surviving Heavenly Chasm Sect cultivators and grew more battle-ready amid the slaughter.

Lu Ye joined Dragon Ascent World’s full-force assault on the Blood Race at the Heavenly Chasm, where the world’s warships failed to break the shield protecting the Traction Altar. Huang Liang then ordered the cultivators to charge, beginning the decisive battle.

• Lu Ye accompanied Huang Liang, Yuan Changcun, and Guangjing with Dragon Ascent’s allied army as it advanced toward the Heavenly Chasm.
• Huang Liang warned Lu Ye to protect himself and not use the Dragon Seat lightly, while Lu Ye recalled that he had fully refined it and could call on its power.
• Nine Spirit Ships fired coordinated beams at the Traction Altar, but the Blood Race’s Protective Spirit Array absorbed the attacks.
• Huang Liang ordered two more assaults, but Yuan Changcun stopped him when the Spirit Ships could not endure another round.
• Huang Liang ordered the charge, and cultivators from the Three Great Overlord Sects and other forces surged toward the Blood Race defensive line.

Lu Ye fought among the Dragon Ascent cultivators, searching for a chance to reach and destroy the Blood Race’s Traction Altar as their side gained the upper hand. The Blood Race unleashed a blood-mist Formation that strengthened its warriors and disrupted Dragon Ascent cultivators’ minds, but the Three Great Overlord Sects countered its effects.

• Lu Ye conserved his strength while killing Blood Race members and watched for an opening to reach the Traction Altar and break its Protective Spirit Array.
• Dragon Ascent’s cultivators began gaining the advantage, buoyed by their numbers, their determination to defend their world, and the Blood Race’s losses at Medicine Valley.
• Blood Fiend dismissed the Dragon Ascent cultivators and activated a Formation that drew blood from corpses, covering the battlefield in blood mist.
• The blood mist empowered the Blood Race and filled Dragon Ascent cultivators’ minds with illusions, rapidly turning the tide against them.
• The Three Great Overlord Sects used Buddhist Chant, Haoran Righteous Qi, and Imperial Heaven Sect secret arts to clear the cultivators’ minds and counter the mist’s effects.

Blood Fiend attacked the Vajra Temple monks, but Yuan Changcun and Vast Righteousness Academy trapped him in a Sword Formation. Meanwhile, Lu Ye used the opening created by the battle to weaken the Protective Grand Array around the Traction Altar, and the Spirit Ships shattered it, leaving the altar exposed.

• Blood Fiend charged into the Vajra Temple ranks and slaughtered the monks who were dispelling the Blood Race Mystic Arts.
• Yuan Changcun led Vast Righteousness Academy cultivators in a Sword Formation that restrained Blood Fiend, though their attacks barely wounded him.
• As Blood Race forces left the Traction Altar to join the battle, Lu Ye moved toward it with help from Huang Liang and Imperial Heaven Sect cultivators.
• Lu Ye used the Insight Spirit Pattern to find flaws in the Protective Grand Array and placed more than a hundred Formation Flags into its blood-red light screen.
• Lu Ye and the Imperial Heaven Sect cultivators fled as the Spirit Ships fired, and their successive attacks shattered the Protective Grand Array around the Traction Altar.

Lu Ye summoned the Dragon Seat after the Spirit Ships failed to destroy the Traction Altar and Longteng faced imminent destruction. The Dragon Seat appeared as a dragon-forged Artificer Armor, leaving Lu Ye to confront the crisis with its power.

• The Spirit Ships bombarded the Traction Altar repeatedly, but their formations collapsed and the ships exploded before they could destroy it.
• Blood Fiend attacked the Vast Righteousness Academy cultivators, killed several, and prepared to face the wounded Yuan Changcun.
• A savage aura erupted near the altar, and a thirty-foot scarlet Artificer Armor appeared, causing Blood Fiend to recognize the breath of a True Dragon.
• Huang Liang realized Lu Ye had been forced to use the Dragon Seat, while Lu Ye weighed its dangers against Longteng's impending destruction.
• Lu Ye took out the Dragon Seat and poured Spiritual Power into it.

Lu Ye donned the Dragon Seat and unleashed its overwhelming power, then summoned a mysterious weapon from Vajra Temple. After easily killing a powerful Blood Race cultivator, he conserved his dwindling strength and waited for a chance to destroy the Sacrificial Altar.

• Lu Ye fused with the Dragon Seat, gaining extraordinary perception and strength as it rapidly drained his Spiritual Power, physical strength, and Divine Soul Power.
• Lu Ye called toward Ganzhou, and a pillar of blood light burst from beneath Vajra Temple’s ancient pagoda and flew north, leaving a novice monk unconscious among the ruins.
• Lu Ye seized a powerful Blood Race cultivator with ease and crushed his bones, terrifying the Blood Race and giving the Longteng cultivators hope.
• Huang Liang repeatedly urged Lu Ye to destroy the Sacrificial Altar, but Lu Ye stayed still to conserve strength and wait for a chance to strike once.

Lu Ye used the Dragon Seat to hold back the Blood Race while awaiting the crimson light summoned from Vajra Temple, as reinforcements poured through the Heavenly Chasm. The arriving Blood Race tried to stop the light, but a scream from within the Blood Sea left its fate uncertain.

• Blood Fiend ordered the Blood Race to kill Lu Ye, but Lu Ye used the Dragon Seat to slaughter attackers with simple, economical movements.
• Huang Liang led Dragon Ascent cultivators in defending Lu Ye as the two sides fought around him and the Blood World’s aura spread through the Heavenly Chasm.
• Lu Ye told Huang Liang that the crimson light from Vajra Temple was nearly there, and Huang Liang realized Lu Ye had been conserving strength while waiting for it.
• Blood Race reinforcements descended through the Heavenly Chasm, and an elderly Blood Race cultivator ordered Lu Ye killed as their charge broke through the defenders’ line.
• Lu Ye raised a hand beneath darkening skies as the crimson light raced toward the battlefield; the elderly Blood Race cultivator trapped it in a corrosive Blood Sea, then heard a scream from within.

Lu Ye wielded the Dragon Spine Blade to destroy the Blood Race’s Traction Altar and weaken the Blood World’s hold on the Dragon Ascent World. Drained by the strike, he realized the world’s will had lent him its strength as the battle continued.

• The elderly Blood Race member intercepted the Dragon Spine Blade and was severely wounded, then recognized it as the other half of the Dragon Seat.
• Lu Ye waited for the Dragon Spine Blade to arrive, then raised it and drew strength from the Dragon Ascent World’s will.
• Lu Ye struck the Traction Altar, cutting it in two and vaporizing the Blood River and countless Blood Race reinforcements before his saber light reached into the Blood World.
• Huang Liang rallied the Longteng cultivators to attack as the Blood Race fell into disarray and its connection to the Blood World weakened.
• Lu Ye stood drained before the ruined altar, realized the world’s will had helped deliver his strike, and looked toward the battle that was still underway.

Lu Ye used the Dragon Seat to kill Blood Fiend and the aged Blood Race expert, then collapsed from exhaustion and the armor’s cost. Yiyi rushed him to Medicine Valley, where Ye Liuli collapsed after a surge of mysterious memories, while the Longteng cultivators ultimately won a devastating battle.

• Lu Ye rescued Yuan Changcun by killing Blood Fiend, then raced across the battlefield and slew the aged Blood Race member with the Dragon Spine Blade.
• After the Dragon King Armor withdrew, Lu Ye released Amber and lost consciousness, so Yiyi carried him and the Dragon Seat toward Medicine Valley.
• The Little Medical Immortal prepared to treat Lu Ye, while Ye Liuli collapsed after inexplicable information flooded her mind.
• The battle beneath Heavenly Chasm ended in a tragic victory for Longteng, with fewer than two in ten of its fighters surviving.

After using the Dragon Seat to save Longteng, Lu Ye learned that the attack had left his vitality nearly exhausted and that Little Medical Immortal could not save him. Longteng remained threatened by the Blood World, and Lu Ye could not return to the Nine Provinces until the world’s crisis was resolved.

• Little Medical Immortal told Yiyi and Huang Liang that Lu Ye’s life was temporarily preserved, but his depleted vitality could not be restored with ordinary remedies.
• Huang Liang explained that the Blood Race had been wiped out and the Traction Altar destroyed, but the Blood World still clung to Longteng and continued draining its origin.
• Lu Ye gave Huang Liang a Jade Slip containing Formation materials to help Longteng’s cultivators prepare a Grand Array beneath the Heavenly Chasm.
• Yiyi suggested returning to the Nine Provinces so Divine Sea Realm cultivators could treat Lu Ye, but Lu Ye said no passage home would appear until Longteng’s crisis was resolved.

Ye Liuli decided to leave Medicine Valley with Lu Ye, Yiyi, and Amber so they could travel through Longteng while Lu Ye’s health worsened. Their journey ended at Saber Lake, where Xiong Tieshan ambushed them and demanded the Dragon Seat.

• Ye Liuli thanked the Little Medical Immortal and said she believed Lu Ye would succeed, then bade her farewell.
• Ye Liuli persuaded Lu Ye to leave Medicine Valley and travel, and Yiyi and Amber went with them in a wheelchair built for him.
• The group toured cities and scenic places at an unhurried pace while Lu Ye’s body steadily weakened and he grew increasingly drowsy.
• In Feng Province, Ye Liuli recalled a childhood story with Lu Ye at Overlord Saber Manor before warning that the wind was rising.
• Xiong Tieshan and his men surrounded the group on the island at Saber Lake, and Xiong Tieshan demanded that Lu Ye hand over the Dragon Seat.

Lu Ye left Medicine Valley and faced Xiong Tieshan, whose attempt to seize the Dragon Spine Blade was stopped by Yuan Changcun and the forces guarding him. At Hua Yan Mountain, as Lu Ye prepared to die, Ye Liuli awakened a mysterious power that restored his depleted origin and transformed his body.

• Lu Ye tossed the Dragon Spine Blade before Xiong Tieshan, but Xiong Tieshan hesitated to take it, and Lu Ye retrieved it himself.
• Yuan Changcun and his followers surrounded Xiong Tieshan's group, then attacked them while Lu Ye departed with Ye Liuli and the others.
• Lu Ye's group reached Wangyang Peak on Hua Yan Mountain and watched the sun rise as Lu Ye prepared to part from Ye Liuli.
• Ye Liuli confessed that she had waited for Lu Ye for many years, then began glowing with warm flames that enveloped him.
• Ye Liuli's power replenished Lu Ye's depleted origin, reversing his aging and prompting him to ask what she was doing.

Ye Liuli revealed herself as the vessel of the Dragon Ascent World's will and sacrificed herself to restore Lu Ye’s depleted source. Lu Ye returned to Medicine Valley fully recovered, where Huang Liang and Yuan Changcun were stunned to see him alive.

• Ye Liuli transferred the world’s remaining source into Lu Ye, then dissolved into light after urging him to continue his journey.
• Lu Ye realized Ye Liuli had been the vessel of the Dragon Ascent World's will, and he explained her identity and sacrifice to Yiyi as they traveled back to Medicine Valley.
• Huang Liang and Yuan Changcun discussed the attack on Lu Ye at Overlord Saber Manor and assumed he had died from his injuries.
• Lu Ye and Yiyi arrived at Medicine Valley, where Huang Liang and Yuan Changcun recognized the recovered Lu Ye and stared at him in disbelief.

Lu Ye returned to Medicine Valley and proposed using a formation spanning Dragon Ascent World to break its attachment to the Blood World. He left the assembled cultivators with the task of building sixty-four platforms for the formation, which he named the Sky-Mending Platform.

• Lu Ye returned to Medicine Valley in good health and told Huang Liang and Yuan Changcun he might be able to resolve Longteng's crisis.
• After studying the patterns Ye Liuli left on her birthmark, Lu Ye concluded that he needed the power of all Dragon Ascent World to mend the sky.
• Lu Ye explained to the gathered sect leaders and Formation Cultivators that Longteng must break free from the Blood World's attachment by using a formation to mobilize Heaven and Earth Momentum.
• Lu Ye displayed a map marking sixty-four formation platforms across Dragon Ascent World and asked the sects to build them at designated locations.
• Guangjing, Yuan Changcun, and representatives of other sects claimed responsibility for all sixty-four platforms.
• Lu Ye named the formation platforms the Sky-Mending Platform.

Lu Ye activated the sixty-four Sky-Mending Platforms to form a Grand Array and use the Dragon Ascent World’s power against the Blood World’s attachment. As the world shook under the strain, he continued directing the array at the Heavenly Chasm, knowing Longteng could be devastated if he failed to finish quickly.

• Lu Ye kept the Formation Cultivators in Medicine Valley to explain the Sky-Mending Platforms’ difficult points, then sent them out to build the platforms across Longteng.
• Lu Ye, Yiyi, and Amber traveled to the Heavenly Chasm, where Lu Ye oversaw construction of the central Sky-Mending Platform.
• After the other platforms were completed, Lu Ye and Cloud River Tier Nine cultivators across Longteng activated them, causing their force fields to resonate into a world-spanning Grand Array.
• Lu Ye used the origin Ye Liuli had bestowed upon him to wield the Dragon Ascent World’s power and commanded the Blood World to get lost.
• The Grand Array struck the Heavenly Chasm repeatedly, shaking Longteng and triggering eruptions, floods, and tsunamis as Lu Ye continued channeling its power.

Lu Ye and the people of Dragon Ascent World shook off the Blood World and began mending the Heavenly Chasm, but Little Medical Immortal revealed that their struggle unfolded within a projection of a world already destroyed. Using Ye Liuli’s Heaven and Earth Origin, Lu Ye began seeing Dragon Ascent World’s true past.

• Lu Ye drove the Heaven and Earth Momentum nine times, weakening the Blood World’s aura until the Blood World was shaken free from Dragon Ascent World.
• Lu Ye and the sixty-four Sky-Mending Platforms formed the Heaven-Mending Array around the Heavenly Chasm, but time froze before he could see whether it worked.
• Little Medical Immortal appeared and told Lu Ye that the outcome was only one possibility, then explained that Dragon Ascent World had already been destroyed and its events were a Time-Space Projection.
• Little Medical Immortal tapped Lu Ye’s forehead, allowing him to use Ye Liuli’s Heaven and Earth Origin to see Dragon Ascent World’s past.
• Lu Ye witnessed the Heavenly Chasm Sect’s massacre, an old man fleeing toward Medicine Valley, and a young man with his younger sister arriving there for treatment.