Chapter Summaries

Lu Ye learned Dragon Ascent World’s true history: the Blood Race had destroyed it despite generations of resistance, and its remaining Origin had created the possibility he experienced in the Time-Space Projection. Little Medical Immortal revealed that the world now belonged to him and might recover, then vanished, leaving Lu Ye stranded on a barren peak with Yiyi and Amber.

• Lu Ye saw Dragon Ascent World as a lifeless ruin and discovered that the Dragon Seat and Dragon Spine Blade had been badly damaged in the true history.
• Little Medical Immortal explained that Ye Liuli was the world’s last remaining Origin and lingering obsession, hoping a savior might have changed Dragon Ascent World’s fate.
• Lu Ye realized that repairing the Teleportation Array and completing the Heaven Patching Formation had fulfilled the world’s remaining Origin’s expectations.
• Little Medical Immortal told Lu Ye the world was his because its last Origin rested with him, but said its recovery was uncertain.
• Little Medical Immortal disappeared before Lu Ye could ask how to leave, and Yiyi and Amber reappeared beside him on the barren peak.

Lu Ye comprehended the last Origin of Dragon Ascent World and discovered it let him enter and leave the realm at will. While recovering, he explored a point of light within the Origin and found himself observing the birth of a child from within the infant’s perspective.

• Lu Ye explained Longteng’s history and Ye Liuli’s sacrifice to Yiyi, who finally came to terms with Liuli’s fate.
• Lu Ye realized the way out of Dragon Ascent World was hidden in the Origin Ye Liuli had passed to him.
• Lu Ye discovered that the Origin made him Dragon Ascent World’s master and allowed him to enter and leave the realm at will.
• Lu Ye stayed behind to recover and continued exploring the Origin, which contained countless points of starlight.
• Lu Ye entered the brightest nearby point of starlight and found himself experiencing a newborn baby’s senses without being able to control the infant.

Lu Ye entered a brilliant star within the Heaven and Earth Origin and experienced the life of Qin Zhao, a powerful cultivator whose memories revealed that the stars held the imprints and cultivation knowledge of the Dragon Ascent World's past inhabitants. He realized he could explore these imprints for techniques and insights, but the experience depleted his Mind Power, so he returned to his body and began recovering.

• Yiyi and Amber noticed that Lu Ye's soul had vanished from his body again and waited for him to return.
• Lu Ye witnessed Qin Zhao's life, from his birth and departure for the Refinement Pavilion to the sect's destruction, his revenge, and his death.
• Lu Ye realized that Qin Zhao's life was an imprint in the Heaven and Earth Origin, and that he could gain the cultivator's insights and techniques by experiencing them.
• Lu Ye recognized the Origin as a vast storehouse of the Dragon Ascent World's history and considered seeking out the imprints of powerful blade cultivators.
• Lu Ye's Mind Power became depleted, so he left the starry expanse and returned to his body after nearly two days.
• Lu Ye told Yiyi he would explain later and prepared to recover his Mind Power with Soul Water.

Lu Ye discovered that Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators had surrounded the Dragon Ascent World’s exit, while Hua Ci had deliberately been captured among them. As Li Baxian and his companions waited nearby, Hua Ci prepared to help Lu Ye if he emerged.

• Lu Ye inspected the exit from the Dragon Ascent World and saw Xia Liang, Tan Sheng, Chu Yun, Zhou Pei, and hundreds of Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators guarding it.
• Lu Ye spotted Hua Ci treating injured Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators and realized a battle had occurred near the Sacrificial Altar.
• Xia Liang and Tan Sheng discussed the dwindling crowd as Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators continued waiting for Lu Ye and trying to repair the Teleportation Array.
• Li Baxian, Feng Yuechan, and Jujia hid fifty miles away, and Li Baxian told Feng Yuechan that Hua Ci had urged them not to act rashly and would help Lu Ye if he appeared.

Lu Ye used the reflection of the Dragon Ascent World to return to the Cloud River Battlefield, where Hua Ci poisoned the Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators waiting for him. Reunited, Lu Ye carried Hua Ci through their encirclement and began cutting down the cultivators blocking their escape.

• Lu Ye saw Hua Ci through the reflection and activated the passage out of the Dragon Ascent World.
• Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators attacked Lu Ye's reflection, while Hua Ci released poisonous fog and spore powder across the area.
• Xia Liang and Tan Sheng retreated from the poison, and Lu Ye stepped out of the Dragon Ascent World.
• Lu Ye sensed Hua Ci nearby, reached her, and carried her away on fiery wings.
• Lu Ye charged into a group of Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators and cut down those who blocked his path.

Lu Ye fled toward Heaven's Mystery City with Hua Ci while Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators pursued him, poisoned and unable to match his speed. As the pursuers tried to block his way outside the city, Lu Ye unleashed Myriad Stars against them.

• Xia Liang and the other pursuers realized Lu Ye was flying too fast to catch, even though his cultivation had barely advanced and he was carrying Hua Ci.
• Hua Ci told Lu Ye that Li Baxian and the others had tried to rescue him, and Lu Ye asked them to return to Return Heaven Valley.
• Li Baxian received Hua Ci's message that Lu Ye had escaped, then led Feng Yuechan and the others back toward Return Heaven Valley.
• Lu Ye continued toward Heaven's Mystery City as poisoned pursuers fell behind, while groups of Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators tried to intercept him.
• Outside Heaven's Mystery City, Lu Ye charged through a barrage of spells and Controlled Artifacts and struck back with Myriad Stars, overwhelming the defenders with an illusion of falling stars.

Lu Ye broke through the Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators guarding Heaven's Mystery City with the Myriad Stars saber technique, then confronted Hua Ci for risking herself to help him escape. After leaving her at the Heaven's Mystery Merchant Guild, he checked his Battlefield Mark and considered using his plentiful Battle Merit to improve his cultivation.

• Lu Ye used Myriad Stars to break through the Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators, whose survivors realized his saber technique had touched Saber Intent.
• Lu Ye and Hua Ci entered the Heaven's Mystery Merchant Guild, where he booked a guest room and the guild's experts let them pass.
• Lu Ye scolded Hua Ci for endangering herself to help him, then slapped her and warned her not to do it again.
• Lu Ye left the room, replied to Fourth Senior Brother that he was safe, and checked his Battlefield Mark.
• Lu Ye reviewed how his Dragon Ascent World actions had earned him 283,672 Battle Merit and considered exchanging it for Golden Spirit Signs.

After earning more than 280,000 Battle Merit in the Dragon Ascent World, Lu Ye tried to exchange it for Golden Spirit Signs and unexpectedly gained access to the secretive Battle Merit Pavilion. He entered and began examining its protected treasures, fascinated by the pavilion’s intricate formations.

• Lu Ye reviewed how his role in the Dragon Ascent World’s events had earned him over 280,000 Battle Merit, enough to exchange for seventeen Golden Spirit Signs.
• Lu Ye encountered Xia Liang, Tan Sheng, and other Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators at the Heaven's Mystery Merchant Guild, but they sought medical help for their poison rather than confronting him there.
• Lu Ye used the Heaven's Mystery Pillar to buy supplies and then discovered he had qualified to enter the Battle Merit Pavilion when he requested Golden Spirit Signs.
• Lu Ye summoned the Battle Merit Pavilion and met two ancient Flood Dragons guarding its entrance, who warned him not to reveal the pavilion or share its items with others.
• Lu Ye entered the pavilion and found hundreds of Stone Platforms holding treasures behind protective formations.
• Lu Ye examined a Golden Spirit Sign’s compact Protective Spirit Array and became eager to understand its formation techniques.

Lu Ye explored the Battle Merit Pavilion and found rare treasures, including discounted Golden Spirit Signs and costly Golden Body Tokens. He exchanged 18,000 Battle Merit for a Myriad Demon Ridge Battlefield Mark, which appeared on the back of his hand.

• Lu Ye discovered that Golden Spirit Signs cost ten percent less in the Battle Merit Pavilion than in the Heaven's Mystery Vault.
• Lu Ye inspected an Aperture Mending Pill and Soul Water, noting their value and recalling how cheaply he had obtained Soul Water in Immortal Yuan City.
• Lu Ye found a Golden Body Token priced at 200,000 Battle Merit and decided not to buy one, then continued surveying the pavilion's treasures.
• Lu Ye saw red and blue Battlefield Marks and learned that the red mark could not change his faction allegiance.
• Lu Ye exchanged 18,000 Battle Merit for a Myriad Demon Ridge Battlefield Mark, which struck his forehead and appeared beneath the skin on the back of his hand.

After exchanging most of his battle merit for eighteen Golden Spirit Signs, Lu Ye returned to Hua Ci and Yiyi and began cultivating. He discovered that the Heaven and Earth Origin of Dragon Ascent World had changed his aptitude, allowing him to absorb Spiritual Energy of heaven and earth directly for the first time.

• Lu Ye exchanged eighteen Golden Spirit Signs in succession, spending more than two hundred and eighty thousand battle merit before reaching the exchange limit.
• The Flood Dragon guarding the Battle Merit Pavilion praised Lu Ye for resisting the temptation to exchange for other treasures, and Lu Ye returned to his guest room.
• Hua Ci asked whether they would return to the Nine Provinces, but Lu Ye said they would not; he gave Amber Demonic Cores and Hua Ci poisonous Demonic Cores as a joke token of love.
• After teasing Hua Ci, Lu Ye sat down to cultivate and fed the Mystic Fires and Pill Fires to his Talent Tree.
• Lu Ye circulated the Great Sun Glazed Art and found that Spiritual Energy of heaven and earth flowed into him without Spirit Gathering Funnels.
• Lu Ye realized that the Heaven and Earth Origin of Dragon Ascent World had changed his cultivation aptitude.

Lu Ye confirmed that his cultivation aptitude had improved after his time in the Dragon Ascent World, then discovered that flames had awakened more than twenty Talent Tree leaves carrying an unknown spirit pattern. He set aside the search for more flames and began using Golden Spirit Signs to cultivate with Yiyi and Amber, while Hua Ci watched.

• Lu Ye confirmed that his ability to absorb Spiritual Energy had improved far beyond his former one-leaf aptitude.
• Lu Ye inspected the Talent Tree and found more than twenty leaves glowing with an unknown spirit pattern, but he decided not to use his emergency Core Fire or buy costly Mystic Fires to ignite them.
• Lu Ye called Yiyi and Hua Ci to cultivate and revealed that he had eighteen Golden Spirit Signs.
• Hua Ci declined to join because spirit signs would shorten Lu Ye's cultivation time and her own cultivation relied more on poisons.
• Lu Ye remembered that the Golden Spirit Signs were for his use alone and crushed one, enveloping himself, Yiyi, and Amber in dense Spiritual Energy while Hua Ci watched.

Lu Ye, Yiyi, and Amber spent a month cultivating, while Hua Ci refined her stored Myriad Poison Pills and rose rapidly in cultivation. After Lu Ye reached Cloud River Tier Eight and Hua Ci reached Tier Six, Lu Ye prepared to settle his lingering conflict with the cultivators who had pursued him in the Hunting Ground.

• Hua Ci swallowed Myriad Poison Pills to restore the cultivation she had stored while remaining on the Spirit Stream Battlefield, where she had dominated the Spirit Stream Ranking as a Medical Cultivator.
• Lu Ye used his Golden Spirit Signs in measured cycles, resting to consolidate his gains while studying the Overlord Saber Technique and training in the Mirage Scene.
• After a month, Lu Ye reached Cloud River Tier Eight, and Yiyi and Amber kept pace with his cultivation.
• Hua Ci refined her Myriad Poison Pills and advanced from Cloud River Tier One to Tier Six in a month.
• Lu Ye announced that he was leaving to settle matters with the people who had pursued him in the Hunting Ground, and Yiyi sensed that his rise resembled his past dominance on the Spirit Stream Battlefield.

After emerging from Heaven's Mystery Merchant Guild, Lu Ye drew Xia Liang, Tan Sheng, and a host of Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators into pursuit. He stopped in an open area and called them a rabble, leaving them wary that he might have an ambush prepared.

• Xia Liang and Tan Sheng debated whether to keep waiting for Lu Ye, with Xia Liang insisting this was their last chance to kill him.
• Lu Ye walked out of Heaven's Mystery Merchant Guild, and Xia Liang, Tan Sheng, Chu Yun, Zhou Pei, and other Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators followed him into the sky.
• As they pursued Lu Ye, Xia Liang and Tan Sheng concluded that he had reached Cloud River Tier Seven, though Lu Ye concealed his true cultivation with the Breath Concealment Spirit Pattern.
• When Xia Liang urged the pursuers to close the distance, Lu Ye descended and turned to face them in an open area.
• The Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators suspected Lu Ye had prepared an ambush, and Lu Ye looked up at them and called them a rabble.

Lu Ye charged alone into roughly two hundred Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators and fought through their attacks, using his formidable body and saber to cut down enemies and target the Sacred Fire Sect Spell Cultivators. He reached Zhou Pei just as she unleashed Prairie Fire Burial Explosion, leaving both of them caught in the deadly technique’s spread.

• Lu Ye taunted the hesitant Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators, then launched himself at them and endured their spells and Controlled Artifacts as he advanced.
• Chu Yun and Zhou Pei’s Fire Dragon spells engulfed Lu Ye, but he emerged unharmed and carved a bloody path through the crowd.
• Lu Ye reached Chu Yun and Zhou Pei, forcing them to retreat with their repulsive spell; Xia Liang, Tan Sheng, and others struck Lu Ye from behind.
• Lu Ye used the attacks’ force to surge toward Zhou Pei, who activated Prairie Fire Burial Explosion despite knowing she would also be caught in it.

Lu Ye killed Zhou Pei and Chu Yun with a powerful spell and saber, then revealed that he had reached Cloud River Tier Eight. The surviving Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators realized he had lured them away from the Heaven's Mystery Merchant Guild to prevent their escape.

• Zhou Pei detonated her Prairie Fire Burial Explosion, but Lu Ye survived and killed her with a saber strike.
• Lu Ye used the God-Striking Whip to bind Chu Yun, dragged him close, and killed him with a saber.
• Lu Ye explained that the God-Striking Whip came from Qin Zhao's spellcraft, which he had experienced through the Dragon Ascent World's source power.
• Xia Liang and Tan Sheng recognized that Lu Ye was at Cloud River Tier Eight after he killed two Tier Nine Spell Cultivators and more than a dozen other cultivators in ten breaths.
• Tan Sheng realized Lu Ye had deliberately led them away from the Heaven's Mystery Merchant Guild so they could not flee.

Lu Ye fought off roughly two hundred Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators, killing dozens while Tan Sheng and Xia Liang struggled to challenge him. Though the pursuers believed his wounds had left him near collapse, Lu Ye continued charging into their ranks.

• After Tan Sheng ordered an attack, Lu Ye charged through the Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators, cutting down several with the Crag Mountain Saber.
• Lu Ye used the God-Striking Whip to bind and kill fleeing cultivators, claiming another dozen or so victims.
• A hidden Cloud River Tier Nine Body Cultivator attacked Lu Ye, but Lu Ye blocked his mace and sent him flying with a powerful strike.
• Tan Sheng and Xia Liang seized a brief opening to attack, but Lu Ye blasted Tan Sheng away and struck Xia Liang into a crater.
• Xia Liang and Tan Sheng rose to pursue Lu Ye again as he charged into the densest groups, reducing the pursuers from two hundred to a little over a hundred.
• The remaining Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators urged one another to hold on, believing Lu Ye's many wounds meant he was nearly finished.

Lu Ye’s immense life force and rapid healing were revealed to the Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators, prompting most of them to flee. He killed Tan Sheng after Tan Sheng’s desperate spear thrust briefly reached the level of Intent, and Xia Liang remained the last of his four intended targets.

• Lu Ye tore off his blood-soaked garment, revealing that his many wounds were superficial and already healing.
• Terrified by Lu Ye’s resilience, the Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators broke their encirclement and fled.
• Lu Ye pursued Tan Sheng, while Tan Sheng urged Xia Liang to escape and burned his vital blood to buy him time.
• Tan Sheng turned to attack with a spear thrust that touched upon Spear Intent, but Lu Ye countered with Myriad Stars.
• Tan Sheng’s spear pierced Lu Ye only three inches deep, and Lu Ye killed him before the wound stopped bleeding.

Lu Ye defeated the Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators who had hunted him, then pursued and killed Xia Liang outside Heaven's Mystery City. He entered the city unchallenged as news of his overwhelming victory spread.

• Lu Ye gathered the spoils from the defeated Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators and pursued Xia Liang, who was fleeing toward Heaven's Mystery City.
• Lu Ye overtook Xia Liang and forced him to turn and fight just outside the city.
• Lu Ye overwhelmed Xia Liang in their clash, then killed him after Xia Liang launched one final charge.
• The cultivators watching the fight did not dare stop Lu Ye as he entered Heaven's Mystery City.
• News spread that Lu Ye had killed Tan Sheng and Xia Liang and slaughtered most of the more than two hundred cultivators who had hunted him.

Lu Ye returned to Return Heaven Valley with Hua Ci, Yiyi, and Amber after defeating more than two hundred opponents, and reunited with Li Baxian, Feng Yuechan, and Jujia. The group settled back into the Spirit Land, where Li Baxian prepared to welcome them with a feast.

• News spread across the Cloud River Battlefield that Lu Ye had defeated more than two hundred opponents, and cultivators began to recognize him as one of the strongest in the Cloud River Realm.
• Lu Ye brought Hua Ci, Yiyi, and Amber to Return Heaven Valley, where Li Baxian, Feng Yuechan, and Jujia welcomed them.
• Li Baxian greeted Lu Ye and Hua Ci, while Amber reunited with Jujia.
• The group entered the Spirit Land and saw that the wolf pack had grown and continued guarding the valley.
• Li Baxian showed Hua Ci the hut he and Feng Yuechan had built for her, then began preparing a welcome feast.

After reuniting with his companions in Return Heaven Valley, Lu Ye rested, shared the techniques he had obtained in Dragon Ascent World, and learned about the upcoming Cloud River Hegemony. He was left surprised to discover that he needed to register before the deadline.

• Lu Ye and his companions celebrated their reunion over a meal and wine while Jujia and the wolves cultivated beneath the moon.
• Lu Ye slept until evening, woke refreshed, and joined Li Baxian, Feng Yuechan, Hua Ci, and Yiyi for dinner.
• Lu Ye gave Li Baxian a copy of the Book Sword Art and Feng Yuechan a Jade Slip of Imperial Heaven Sect's Secret Techniques, and both eagerly studied their gifts.
• Li Baxian reminded Lu Ye to register for the Cloud River Hegemony, and Hua Ci explained that the top hundred participants would receive rewards from the Heavenly Mechanism.
• Lu Ye learned that first place awarded twenty Golden Spirit Signs and wondered why he had to register.