Chapter Summaries

As the Blood Race assault threatened Crimson Blood Sacred Land, Yue Ji drew a Sacred Seed away from her island, but its hidden attack caused the island to sink and destroyed its defensive support. Lu Ye and the surviving Human Race cultivators gathered above the ruins to hold the breached line as Blood Race forces surged toward them.

• Lu Ye fought alongside his Dao Soldiers while the Human Race and Blood Race battled in a contest of endurance, until Star-Moon Sacred Venerate targeted him and Jian Guhong intercepted the Sacred Venerate.
• Yue Ji told Lu Ye to retreat and take her place, then fought a Sacred Seed beneath the sea of blood and lured it away from the island.
• A senior predecessor found that the island could not be saved as the Sacred Seed's hidden means made it sink, destroying its defenses and cutting off their support.
• The Human Race retreated from the sinking island and formed a new defense line in the air, while Lu Ye's forces lost more than twenty Dao Soldiers.
• A senior predecessor charged into the Blood Race ranks as the enemy swarmed the Human Race's exposed position, and Lu Ye ordered his surviving Dao Soldiers to merge into a huge Blood River.

Lu Ye and the Human Race used a vast blood sea formed by his Blood Race Dao Soldiers to repel the Blood Race army and defend the Crimson Blood Sacred Land. The Dao Soldiers’ blood sea fused permanently with the true blood sea, Lu Ye collapsed from exhaustion, and Feng Wujiang worried that the damaged defenses would not withstand another attack.

• Lu Ye and the Dao Soldiers fought inside their blood sea, suppressing the Blood Race army while Human Race cultivators joined the battle.
• The Blood Race retreated, and Lu Ye emerged to find the surviving Human Race had suffered heavy casualties.
• Lu Ye ordered the Dao Soldiers to dissolve their unstable blood sea, but it merged with the true blood sea and could not be separated.
• Lu Ye collapsed from exhaustion, and Yue Ji arranged for him to be taken back for treatment.
• Feng Wujiang recognized that the Human Race had repelled the attack but lost one of the island groups defending the Sacred Land.

Lu Ye recovered from the battle and discovered that his Divine Pool had expanded, then asked Feng Wujiang how to prepare for the Divine Sea Realm. Feng Wujiang explained that Lu Ye had formed Divine Sense early because his Mind Power was unusually strong, but he still needed to build his physical strength before he could attempt the breakthrough.

• A young Medical Cultivator treated Lu Ye's battle injuries, and Lu Ye learned he had slept for one day.
• Lu Ye examined himself and found that his Divine Pool and Divine Sense had grown, though he could not determine why.
• Lu Ye reflected on the lessons and gains he had acquired from fighting the Blood Race.
• After several days, Lu Ye found Feng Wujiang and asked about his early Divine Sense and preparations for advancing.
• Feng Wujiang explained that Lu Ye's powerful Mind Power and external stimuli had brought about Divine Sense, but his physical strength still had to reach the required standard for a chance to enter the Divine Sea Realm.

Feng Wujiang told Lu Ye to temper his Divine Sense and advance to the Divine Sea Realm within a year, when the Heaven's Mystery Pillar would activate and might let him return to Nine Provinces. After recovering, Lu Ye explored Sacred Island, met Yue Ji selling tofu, and was recruited to call out to customers.

• Feng Wujiang explained that Lu Ye should strengthen his body and temper his Divine Sense by exhausting and restoring it, without using recovery items.
• Feng Wujiang said the Heaven's Mystery Pillar would activate in a year and that Lu Ye had a strong chance of returning to Nine Provinces, though he and the senior elders could not.
• Lu Ye brought Dao Thirteen down from Sacred Mountain and wandered through Sacred Island while recovering from his injuries.
• Lu Ye found he had no money to buy sugar-coated hawthorns, so Yue Ji paid for two strings and revealed she was selling tofu.
• Yue Ji pointed out a senior elder amusing himself as a fortune-teller, then ordered Lu Ye to help attract customers at her tofu stall.

Lu Ye cultivated on Sacred Mountain, using Blood Crystals to strengthen his physical foundation and Soul Taming Divine Patterns to temper his mind as he prepared for the Divine Sea Realm. After more than half a year, he learned that Eldest Senior Brother had gone out to sea with others to find more Blood Crystals for him.

• Lu Ye returned to Sacred Mountain and began absorbing the Blood Crystals Eldest Senior Brother had delivered.
• Lu Ye balanced strengthening his body with the Talent Tree and consuming his Divine Sense by constructing Soul Taming Divine Patterns, resting between bouts to recover naturally.
• Lu Ye spent more than half a year cultivating and visiting the old seniors on Sacred Island, gradually becoming familiar with them.
• Lu Ye noticed that several old seniors, including Eldest Senior Brother, had disappeared from their usual places.
• Lu Ye asked Yue Ji where Eldest Senior Brother had gone, and she told him he had taken a group out to sea to search for more Blood Crystals.

Lu Ye entered the Blood Sea to draw on its energy and force his difficult breakthrough to the Divine Sea Realm. As his body neared its limits, a mass of golden light spun toward him through the bloodwater.

• Lu Ye continued cultivating with Blood Crystals until his accumulated Spiritual Power brought him close to a breakthrough, while Feng Wujiang supplied dwindling resources.
• Lu Ye told Feng Wujiang he had another place to cultivate, then used up the resources he had received and headed for the Blood Sea.
• Lu Ye plunged into the Blood Sea and sank to its seabed, where the immense pressure helped clarify his breakthrough opportunity.
• Lu Ye activated the Talent Tree to devour the bloodwater's energy, but struggled to take the final step as his body swelled and cracks appeared in his skin.
• As Lu Ye approached his limits, he sensed light and opened his eyes to see a mass of golden light spinning toward him.

Lu Ye absorbed a golden Spiritual Radiance Mass beneath the Blood Sea, enduring its dangerous inheritance and impurities as he advanced to the Divine Sea Realm. He escaped the sea and reunited with Feng Wujiang, who immediately challenged him to a fight.

• Lu Ye recognized the golden light as a source of the Blood Race's Sacred Seeds and grabbed it, allowing it to enter his body.
• The Talent Tree burned away harmful impurities while the golden light flooded Lu Ye with the Blood Race's inheritance, severely battering his body and soul.
• Lu Ye's Twin Dragons Guarding the Sea shattered, but he survived the ordeal and advanced to the Divine Sea Realm.
• Lu Ye recovered enough to move, swallowed Soul Cleansing Water, and flew out of the Blood Sea to conserve the Talent Tree's fuel.
• Feng Wujiang congratulated Lu Ye, then lunged at him, prompting Lu Ye to plead that they talk first.

After advancing to the Divine Sea Realm, Lu Ye was repeatedly battered by Sacred Island seniors, which helped him consolidate his cultivation and learn to use his power. He also gained the Blood Race’s bloodline inheritance and refined three drops of Essence Blood, leaving him with new techniques and a possible way to strengthen his trump cards.

• Lu Ye returned to his residence after Eldest Senior Brother beat him to help him master his new Divine Sea Realm strength.
• Meng Jie tested Lu Ye for an hour, then made him transplant rice seedlings after Lu Ye failed to move him.
• Lu Ye spent the following days being tested by Sacred Island seniors, broadening his combat experience and quickly consolidating his cultivation.
• Lu Ye learned he had retained the Blood Race’s bloodline inheritance, including the Blood River Art, Blood Escape Art, and Blood Refining Technique.
• Lu Ye refined three drops of Essence Blood and considered using them to activate Blood Dye and Beast Transformation more quickly.

After months of training, Lu Ye prepared to leave the Blood Refining World through the Heaven's Mystery Pillar, and the senior experts gave him tokens and farewells. As Lu Ye and Dao Thirteen activated the pillar, the Blood Refining World’s World Will struck with scarlet lightning, leaving their fate unclear.

• Lu Ye tested burning Essence Blood and confirmed it let him activate the Blood Dye Spirit Pattern instantly, then grew stronger through daily sparring with the old seniors.
• Feng Wujiang led the seniors to Heaven's Mystery Hall, where they gave Lu Ye sect tokens and said their farewells.
• Lu Ye and Dao Thirteen pressed their hands to the Heaven's Mystery Pillar, and Lu Ye realized he could return to Nine Provinces.
• The Blood Refining World’s World Will summoned a massive bolt of scarlet lightning and aimed it at the Heaven's Mystery Pillar.
• Feng Wujiang and the other seniors fought the lightning while Yue Ji and the spell cultivators raised defenses, but the strike broke through and hit the pillar.

Lu Ye survived the weakened Blood Refining World's Heaven's Wrath during teleportation and returned to the Nine Provinces. He spotted signs of the Insect Race on a nearby Floating Land before Heaven's Mystery's protection vanished and he plunged toward the world below.

• Feng Wujiang watched Lu Ye disappear with the blood-colored lightning and realized Dao Thirteen had been left behind.
• Lu Ye used Essence Blood to cast Blood Escape and kept fleeing until the blood-colored lightning weakened and vanished.
• Lu Ye emerged from the teleportation passage and saw the Nine Provinces, along with the surrounding Floating Lands and the battlefields connected to them.
• Lu Ye used the Insight Spirit Pattern to glimpse what appeared to be Insect Race on one Floating Land.
• Lu Ye descended through the clouds toward the Nine Provinces, but when Heaven's Mystery's protection vanished, he began falling too fast to steady himself.

Lu Ye returned to the Nine Provinces after two years in the Blood Refining World, bringing a million Battle Merit and plans to help the Crimson Blood Sacred Land again. After Yiyi warned him that the Nine Provinces were full of the Insect Race, he encountered a vast swarm and fled.

• Lu Ye reached the Nine Provinces at Liyuan and learned from his Battlefield Mark that he had earned one million Battle Merit.
• Lu Ye received Yiyi's message and learned that the Insect Race had overrun the Nine Provinces.
• Lu Ye summoned a Fire Phoenix to attack a swarm of mosquito-like Insect Race, but they devoured its Spiritual Power and weakened it.
• Lu Ye saw more Insect Race converging from below and fled until he shook off the pursuing swarm.
• Lu Ye found a concealed spot, descended, and hid his aura.

Lu Ye returned to the Nine Provinces and learned that a devastating Bug Disaster had erupted while he was away, forcing cultivators across the rival camps to unite against the Insect Race. After updating himself on the crisis and disguising his identity, he traveled across Liyuan and chose to help Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators fleeing an insect.

• Lu Ye saw that the once-green Liyuan had become desolate and learned from Yiyi that the Insect Race had emerged from underground after an earthquake two years earlier.
• Lu Ye learned that the Bug Disaster had swept across the Nine Provinces, driven cultivators to abandon the Cloud River Battlefield, and made insect hunting a major source of Battle Merit.
• Lu Ye discovered that Xiao Xinghe led Team Ding Nine, which was defending Red River City, and told Yiyi he would return to Vast Sky City before meeting them.
• Yiyi relayed Lu Ye's return to Team Ding Nine, and Xiao Xinghe led the team out of the city to fight insects.
• Lu Ye disguised himself as a Sword Cultivator and traveled across Liyuan, killing insects and gaining Battle Merit.
• Lu Ye encountered Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators fleeing a mantis-like insect and decided to help them, reflecting on how his experiences in the Blood Refining World had changed his view of the rival camp.

Lu Ye, still using Li Taibai’s identity, saved Ying Wuji’s squad from a Divine Sea Realm Mantis Insect Race creature. Ying Wuji and the surviving cultivators recognized Li Taibai, who revealed that he had returned and reached the Divine Sea Realm.

• Ying Wuji and his companions struggled against a Divine Sea Realm Mantis Insect Race creature after their Body Cultivator was killed and another squad member was badly wounded.
• Ying Wuji refused to abandon his companions and charged the Mantis Insect Race, calling for the others to run as it prepared to kill him.
• Lu Ye intervened, killed the Mantis Insect Race with a single sword strike, and saved Ying Wuji.
• Ying Wuji thanked the stranger, while the Spell Cultivator recognized him as Li Taibai, whom he had believed dead.
• Ying Wuji was astonished to meet Li Taibai and learn that he had reached the Divine Sea Realm; Lu Ye confirmed his identity.

Lu Ye, disguised as Li Taibai, reunited with Lin Yue after rescuing Ying Wuji's squad and learned that insect disasters had left Nine Provinces short of Divine Sea Realm cultivators. Lin Yue requisitioned him as Dark Moon Forest Pass's new Junior Pass Master, and he traveled back with her while she explained the crisis.

• Ying Wuji's surviving squad members thanked Li Taibai for rescuing them, and Lin Yue arrived after receiving their distress message.
• Lin Yue recognized Li Taibai and was shocked that he had reached the Divine Sea Realm; Lu Ye attributed his advancement to a fortunate opportunity.
• Lin Yue warned Lu Ye that insect disasters had ravaged Nine Provinces and asked him to accompany her to Dark Moon Forest Pass.
• Lin Yue used her Guard Token to requisition Li Taibai, and he accepted rather than start a conflict.
• Lin Yue appointed Li Taibai Junior Pass Master, explaining that Zhang Kun had been transferred and the pass needed another Divine Sea Realm cultivator.
• Lu Ye, Lin Yue, Ying Wuji, and the others flew toward Dark Moon Forest Pass as Lin Yue explained the situation in Nine Provinces.

Lu Ye returned to the Nine Provinces amid a two-year Bug Disaster and was recruited by Lin Yue to serve at Dark Moon Forest Pass under his Li Taibai identity. After Yu Daiwei discovered his return, she informed the Venerable Lord and set out to capture him.

• Lin Yue told Lu Ye that the Insect Race had forced the Vast Sky Alliance and Myriad Demon Ridge to suspend their conflict while cultivators struggled to defend the Nine Provinces.
• Lin Yue brought Lu Ye to Dark Moon Forest Pass and offered him Zhang Kun's vacant residence while arranging his appointment as Junior Pass Master.
• Lu Ye decided to use his Li Taibai identity to join Myriad Demon Ridge, then went to the Heaven's Mystery Hall and encountered Ying Wuji.
• In Lei Province, Yu Daiwei noticed that Lu Yiye's Battlefield Mark had become contactable and told the Venerable Lord that he had returned.
• The Venerable Lord ordered Yu Daiwei to bring Lu Ye to him, and Yu Daiwei began working out how to locate and capture Lu Ye.

Yu Daiwei tracked Lu Yiye toward Soldier Province while Taishan planned to use Lu Ye to establish Chaos and end the Bug Disaster. At the Battle Merit Pavilion, Lu Ye discovered a new treasure that constantly changed into different sabers.

• Yu Daiwei used a Tracking Compass to locate Lu Yiye and headed toward Soldier Province.
• Taishan planned to bring Lu Ye to establish Chaos, resolve the Bug Disaster, and create a third faction in the Nine Provinces.
• Lu Ye spent most of his Merit on cultivation supplies and artifacts, then visited the Battle Merit Pavilion and greeted the Gold and Silver Two Dragons.
• Lu Ye replenished the God Extinguishing Sword and noticed several new Stone Platforms in the Battle Merit Pavilion.
• Lu Ye saw a plain-looking saber transform into black fluid and repeatedly change into different sabers, prompting him to inspect its information.

Lu Ye exchanged five hundred thousand battle merits for the Soul Severing Saber and merged it with the Crag Mountain Saber, only for the Soul Artifact to dissolve the saber’s restrictions. As he discovered that he could control the strange substance now infused in the blade, a bold idea came to him.

• Lu Ye inspected the newly appeared Soul Artifacts and chose the Soul Severing Saber because it could merge with the Crag Mountain Saber and let it wound an enemy’s divine soul.
• Lu Ye reluctantly spent five hundred thousand battle merits on the Soul Severing Saber and exchanged for ten Golden Spirit Signs before leaving the Battle Merit Pavilion.
• Lu Ye merged the Soul Severing Saber into the Crag Mountain Saber, where it formed a matching black outer layer.
• The Soul Severing Saber dissolved every restriction in the Crag Mountain Saber, reducing it from a Dharma Artifact to a blade with no restrictions.
• Lu Ye sensed the Soul Severing Saber’s substance inside the blade, found he could control it freely, and began to consider a bold idea.

Lu Ye discovered that he could control the black fluid from the Soul Severing Saber to build restrictions inside the Crag Mountain Saber, letting him customize its quality. He raised it to a Peak-Grade Magic Artifact and left its further advancement until he could reinforce its material.

• Lu Ye used his Divine Sense to test whether the black fluid could form restrictions within the Crag Mountain Saber and confirmed that it could.
• Lu Ye chose to prioritize Foundation Strengthening and Sharpness restrictions, supplemented by Heavy Pressure and two Proud Thorn restrictions.
• Lu Ye constructed the restrictions until the Crag Mountain Saber contained 180 of them and reached Peak-Grade Magic Artifact quality.
• Lu Ye decided not to advance the saber into a Spiritual Treasure yet because he needed time to adjust and its material might not withstand the change.
• Lu Ye channeled Spiritual Power into the saber, sensed its increased power and consumption, and examined its newly sharpened edge.

Lu Ye, serving as Li Taibai, became Junior Pass Master of Dark Moon Forest Pass and went to rescue cultivators besieged by Insect Race creatures. After killing the giant spider and clearing the swarm, he continued toward an Earth Rift where the creatures had emerged.

• Lin Yue brought Li Taibai his appointment order and sent him to aid cultivators facing Divine Sea Realm Insect Race creatures east of the pass.
• Lu Ye flew east and cut through the Insect Race creatures in his path with Sword Qi from his Sword Gourd.
• Lu Ye freed a surrounded group of cultivators by burning away the spider silk and killing the giant spider with Book Sword Art.
• Lu Ye helped the cultivators wipe out the remaining spiders, then the Vast Sky Alliance and Myriad Demon Ridge groups departed separately.
• Lu Ye continued onward and descended into an Earth Rift.

Lu Ye sent a clone toward Dark Moon Forest Pass while heading for Vast Sky City, where he was ambushed by Zhang Song of the fabricated Clear Moon Sect. Lu Ye overwhelmed the higher-ranked Body Cultivator and left him covered in living blood, though the source of Lu Ye’s uneasy sense of being watched remained unknown.

• Lu Ye created a Shadow Clone, equipped it with his Red Dragon Battle Robe, Sword Gourd, and supplies, and sent it toward Dark Moon Forest Pass while he traveled toward Vast Sky City.
• Lu Ye continued to feel watched as he flew, then encountered Zhang Song, who claimed to belong to the Clear Moon Sect and recognized him.
• Zhang Song used a false alliance signal to distract Lu Ye and launched a surprise punch, but Lu Ye blocked it with the Crag Mountain Saber.
• Lu Ye’s powerful saber strikes broke through Zhang Song’s defenses and repeatedly injured his body and soul, preventing him from counterattacking effectively.
• Zhang Song tried to flee, but Lu Ye intercepted him and filled him with saber wounds before covering his body with blood that moved like living creatures.