Chapter Summaries

Lu Ye and his Clone killed a Body Cultivator and a Demon Race cultivator inside a Blood Sea, using an Illusion Array to trap the demon. Lu Ye returned to the Spirit Jade Vein and sensed intense Spiritual Power fluctuations from the neighboring Mine Tunnel, so he went to investigate.

• Lu Ye and his Clone enclosed the Body Cultivator and Demon Race cultivator in a Blood Sea and attacked them together.
• Lu Ye used a Formation within the Blood Sea to confuse the Demon Race cultivator while the Body Cultivator was killed.
• The Demon Race cultivator saw through the Formation but failed to escape before Lu Ye and his Clone killed him.
• Li Taibai left to continue wandering, while Lu Ye returned to the Spirit Jade Vein through his Teleportation Spirit Array.
• Lu Ye sensed fierce Spiritual Power fluctuations in the neighboring Mine Tunnel and went to investigate.

Lu Ye helped Du Lang capture a rare Spiritual Radiance Mass while they mined Lingyu in the Primordial Realm. As the realm prepared to shrink for the third time, Lu Ye departed toward the Divine Sea Conflict, while Du Lang stayed behind, regretful that he had chosen his realm’s needs over his own chance to compete.

• Lu Ye repaired Du Lang’s flawed Formation, allowing Du Lang to capture the Spiritual Radiance Mass that could help slow his realm’s decline.
• Lu Ye and Du Lang mined Lingyu for several days as Lu Ye’s Clone searched outside with little success.
• Du Lang told Lu Ye that the Crimson Sky Continent was losing its foundation and needed Lingyu and Spiritual Radiance to slow its decline.
• Du Lang explained that he would not join the Divine Sea Conflict because the risks threatened the harvest he had gathered for his realm.
• As the Primordial Realm’s third shrinkage approached, Lu Ye collected his Jade-Eating Ants and mined Lingyu, then left to follow the repulsion force.
• Du Lang remained alone in the mine, grieving that his choice to serve his realm had cost him his once-in-a-lifetime chance to compete.

Du Lang withdrew from the Primordial Realm to serve his realm, then discovered that Lu Yiye of the Nine Heavens Realm had risen to eleventh place on the temporary ranking. As powerful figures outside debated Lu Yiye’s gains and the Blood Race’s coordinated advance, the first month of the Divine Sea Conflict ended.

• Du Lang withdrew from the Primordial Realm, choosing his realm’s future over his own opportunity, and reunited with the old man from Crimson Sky Continent.
• Du Lang spotted Lu Yiye’s name in eleventh place on the temporary top hundred and was astonished because he had spent the last twenty-odd days with him in the Spirit Jade Vein.
• Powerful figures on the platform reacted to Lu Yiye’s ranking and wondered how many gains he had secured in the first month.
• Powerful figures from Top-tier Realms discussed how the Blood Race used its bloodline communication to gather and intercept cultivators, giving it an early advantage.

Lu Ye killed two cultivators who ambushed him, then was attacked by a stealthy fighter from a race Yang Qing had warned him about. He trapped the attacker in his Blood Sea and defeated him, ending the chapter with the enemy caught and fighting desperately.

• Lu Ye used Void Spirit Patterns to appear beside the Spell Cultivator and killed him while his Clone held off the Body Cultivator.
• Lu Ye and his Clone cornered and killed the Body Cultivator after he tried to flee and then begged for mercy.
• An unseen attacker struck Lu Ye's Clone from behind as the battle ended, punching through its chest before retreating.
• Lu Ye spread his Blood Sea to trap the attacker, then used ripples across it to locate the enemy's concealed position.
• Lu Ye caught the attacker, recognized the race Yang Qing had warned him about, and defeated him after the enemy fought desperately.

Lu Ye killed a Ghost Race cultivator who had ambushed his Clone, then sensed a shifting connection drawing him toward something in the Primordial Realm. Meanwhile, his rapid rise to seventh place on the Top 100 Ranking drew the attention of Du Lang and powerful cultivators from other realms.

• Lu Ye examined the dead Ghost Race cultivator, took his sharp short blade, and realized how dangerous the ambush would have been if it had targeted his main body.
• Lu Ye sent his injured Clone onward in replacement clothes and pondered the strange sensation he had felt around his Blood Sea.
• Lu Ye sensed an intermittent connection pointing ahead to his left and hurried in that direction, suspecting it might lead him to Blood Race cultivators.
• Du Lang and a white-haired elder watched Lu Ye rise to seventh place and discussed his strength and potential.
• Cultivators from other realms recognized that Lu Ye's climb could not be explained by luck and recalled Yang Qing's confidence in him.

Ding You, Zhao Yunliu, and Yu Yaorao watched a Blood Race defense line while searching for a way forward, then attacked a lone Blood Race member who approached from the side. The Blood Race member was Lu Ye, whose unusually resilient blood cloud withstood their assault as he tried to escape.

• Ding You, Zhao Yunliu, and Yu Yaorao discussed how to get past the Blood Race defenses and decided to wait for another group to act first.
• Yu Yaorao sensed an approaching aura and spotted a lone Blood Race member drifting toward them in a compact blood cloud.
• Zhao Yunliu charged the Blood Race member without consulting his companions, and Ding You and Yu Yaorao joined the attack.
• Lu Ye recognized Yu Yaorao and tried to flee rather than kill the three cultivators, while they kept their distance and attacked his blood cloud.
• Lu Ye forced his way toward Ding You, but the trio's attacks revealed that his blood cloud was remarkably tough.

Lu Ye used the name Li Taibai and his overwhelming Sacred Nature to infiltrate a Blood Race team after the other cultivators withdrew. The Blood Race accepted him as a powerful Sacred Seed from the Blood Fiend World, though one member questioned why he had taken Zhou Sifang’s place.

• Zhao Yunliu, Ding You, and Yu Yaorao attacked Lu Ye’s blood cloud, but his Formations kept their strikes from significantly weakening it.
• A Blood Race team approached, forcing Ding You and Yu Yaorao to retreat; Zhao Yunliu stayed to deliver one final attack before fleeing.
• Lu Ye sensed the approaching Blood Sea’s resonance, disguised his cultivation as Divine Sea Tier Nine, and joined the Blood Race team.
• Lu Ye’s intense Sacred Nature shocked the Blood Race cultivators and stopped them from pursuing the fleeing Humans.
• Lu Ye introduced himself as Li Taibai of the Blood Fiend World and claimed he had taken Zhou Sifang’s place after emerging from seclusion.

Lu Ye learned the Blood Resonance Art and the Sacred Convergence Art from five Blood Race members, using his powerful Sacred Nature to take command of them. After hiding his Sacred Nature and taking control of their Blood Sea, he moved in to attack the nearest member.

• Lu Ye asked the Blood Race members about the Blood Resonance Art, learned it quickly, and demanded that they put him in charge.
• The Sacred Seed explained the Sacred Convergence Art, and Lu Ye spent half a day learning it while the group waited in the Blood Sea.
• Lu Ye suppressed his Sacred Nature until it vanished, then ordered the Blood Race members to remain still as he fused the Blood Sea with his own Blood Qi.
• Lu Ye took control of the Blood Sea and darted toward the nearest Blood Race member, who began to suspect his approach.

Lu Ye and his Clone killed five Blood Race cultivators inside their merged Blood Sea, then Lu Ye left as the sea shrank. On the White Jade Platform, the rankings revealed the five deaths and Lu Ye’s leap from eighth to third, shocking the gathered experts and delighting those who opposed the Blood Race.

• Lu Ye suppressed the Blood Race cultivators with his Sacred Convergence Art and, with his Clone, killed four of them in quick succession.
• The Sacred Seed realized Lu Ye was Human Race and tried to flee, but Lu Ye and his Clone trapped and killed him.
• Lu Ye gathered the spoils, disposed of the bodies, and departed on a small blood cloud as the Blood Sea shrank.
• The White Jade Platform erupted when Lu Ye’s ranking jumped from eighth to third and five Blood Race names disappeared.
• The gathered cultivators celebrated the Blood Race deaths, while some experts speculated that Lu Ye had relied on allies to defeat the group.

Lu Ye used Sacred Nature and the Blood Resonance Art to eliminate more Blood Race members, rising to first place in the Primordial Realm rankings. The other realms celebrated the Blood Race’s losses while Du Lang worried that Lu Ye’s sudden prominence would make him a target.

• Yang Qing wondered how Lu Ye had killed five Blood Race members without anyone else gaining credit.
• Lu Ye used the Blood Resonance Art to find another Blood Race team, revealed Sacred Nature, and absorbed their Blood Seas.
• Lu Ye eliminated five more Blood Race members and rose to first place on the Top 100 Ranking.
• The cultivators on the White Jade Platform realized Lu Ye was deliberately targeting the Blood Race, while Du Lang feared the other top-ranked contenders would attack him.
• Several more Blood Race names vanished from the ranking, leaving nearly all of the Blood Race participants in the Primordial Realm eliminated.

Blood Race powerhouses planned to let other realms deal with Lu Yiye, while cultivators across the Primordial Realm resumed advancing after the Blood Race withdrew. Lu Ye’s ranking fell as he gathered rare herbs, and his Clone noticed something about the Sword Gourd.

• Blood Race powerhouses decided to wait for other cultivators to attack Lu Yiye rather than risk angering the Cycle Tree.
• Zhao Yunliu explained that the Blood Race had likely withdrawn after securing enough gains, and Ding You led his companions onward.
• Cultivators from many realms advanced and fought as the Primordial Realm shrank, while Lu Yiye remained atop the rankings for several days before Gu Yulou overtook him.
• Lu Ye gathered rare medicinal herbs in the Inner Circle, using his Storage Space to collect them with the surrounding soil.
• Lu Ye explained that he had defeated a Blood Race cultivator and killed a Human Race Weapon Cultivator who ambushed him.
• Lu Ye’s Clone stopped wandering and looked down at the Sword Gourd hanging from his waist.

Lu Ye discovered that the Sword Gourd resonated with an Ancient Vine bearing three gourds, and he joined the crowd gathered to claim the nearly ripe treasure. There, he reunited with Yu Yaorao and asked her to explain the gourd’s significance.

• The Sword Gourd reacted to something in the Primordial Realm, so the Clone followed its resonance while Lu Ye’s main body stayed close behind.
• When the Clone sensed a spectacular treasure phenomenon, Lu Ye switched places with him so the Sword Gourd would not draw attention.
• Lu Ye found more than two hundred cultivators gathered around an Ancient Vine bearing two small gourds and one nearly ripe, shining gourd.
• Lu Ye recognized the vine gourds as the likely source of his Sword Gourd and inferred that an expert from the Sword Artifact Sect had brought it away ten thousand years earlier.
• Yu Yaorao called Lu Ye over and introduced Ding You and Zhao Yunliu, then began explaining the gourd after Lu Ye asked about it.

Lu Ye learned that the Creation Vine was a Starry Sky Supreme Treasure whose Treasure Gourds gained power according to their wielder’s cultivation, and realized his Clone’s Sword Gourd had come from it. After Zhao Yunliu rejected Yu Yaorao’s attempt to recruit him, Lu Ye left while the cultivators waited for the new Treasure Gourd to mature.

• Yu Yaorao explained that the Creation Vine produced unique Treasure Gourds, including legendary Wind and Sword Gourds, and that the vine’s current appearance was only a projection.
• Ding You explained that Treasure Gourds adapted to their wielder’s cultivation, leading Lu Ye to identify his Clone’s Sword Gourd as one of the vine’s treasures.
• Zhao Yunliu rebuked Lu Ye for asking questions, and Lu Ye thanked Yu Yaorao before leaving the group.
• Yu Yaorao told Zhao Yunliu that Lu Ye was formidable and could strengthen their team, but Zhao Yunliu argued that his low cultivation and the team’s interests made recruiting him unwise.
• Yu Yaorao accepted Zhao Yunliu’s criticism, and Zhao Yunliu reaffirmed his control over decisions in their three-person team.

As the Treasure Gourd emerged, hundreds of cultivators descended into a chaotic battle to seize it. Lu Ye killed a Ghost Cultivator who had planned to ambush him, leaving two would-be attackers stunned as the fight for the treasure spread elsewhere.

• Cultivators gathered between the two peaks and waited for the Treasure Gourd to ripen, while Yu Yaorao urged Lu Ye to leave and he chose to stay.
• The sky’s phenomenon vanished, and the Treasure Gourd fell from the Creation Vine into a cultivator’s arms before the crowd’s attacks killed him.
• Cultivators rushed after the fleeing Treasure Gourd, turning the area into a battle where allies and strangers alike became enemies.
• Lu Ye remained between the peaks after killing a concealed Ghost Cultivator who had joined two others to ambush him.
• The surviving female cultivator and serpent-scaled man realized Lu Ye had known about the Ghost Cultivator’s concealment and had waited to strike.

Lu Ye killed the Ghost Cultivator, then defeated Zhu Kou after Zhu Kou's Black Sand weighed down Crag Mountain Saber. He left the saber behind and beat Zhu Kou to death with two Short Pestles.

• Lu Ye killed the Ghost Cultivator with a precisely timed slash, and the female cultivator fled rather than fight him.
• Zhu Kou attacked Lu Ye with three masses of Black Sand that clung to Crag Mountain Saber and made it too heavy to wield.
• Lu Ye countered Zhu Kou's punch and kicked him away, then dropped Crag Mountain Saber and charged with two Short Pestles.
• Lu Ye battered Zhu Kou until his defensive Spiritual Treasure shattered and his arms broke.
• Lu Ye struck Zhu Kou's head with a Short Pestle, killing him.

Lu Ye killed Zhu Kou, recovered the Crag Mountain Saber, and discovered that the Treasure Gourd resonated with his clone’s Sword Gourd. Seeing the Treasure Gourd trapped among hundreds of cultivators, he devised a plan to break it free and began making preparations before the Primordial Realm’s area shrank.

• Lu Ye watched Zhu Kou’s surviving female companion flee and chose not to pursue her so he could retrieve the Crag Mountain Saber.
• Lu Ye removed Zhu Kou’s Black Sand from the saber, collected it, and flew after the Treasure Gourd.
• Lu Ye sensed that the Sword Gourd with his concealed clone was resonating with the newly born Treasure Gourd and suspected it might be drawn toward the clone.
• Lu Ye found hundreds of cultivators intercepting the Treasure Gourd while avoiding touching it, since earlier grabbers had been killed by attacks from the crowd.
• Lu Ye decided to break the cultivators’ defensive circle so the Treasure Gourd could escape toward his clone, then left to prepare while the clone began making its own preparations.

Lu Ye built momentum over a hundred li and transformed himself into a massive crimson egg before charging at the cultivators surrounding the Treasure Gourd. The egg shattered under their attacks, revealing a giant Fire Phoenix that swept toward them and left them stunned.

• Lu Ye judged that he needed a powerful strike to break the cultivators’ formation and began building momentum from a hundred li away.
• The gathered cultivators spotted the approaching crimson egg, and Nan Xiong of Yao Tian led more than thirty Spell Cultivators and Sword Cultivators to intercept it.
• The cultivators’ attacks cracked the egg as it continued toward them, and many assumed their barrage had stopped Lu Ye’s technique.
• The crimson egg shattered, and a giant flaming bird appeared, prompting the cultivators to cry out that it was a Fire Phoenix.
• Nan Xiong recognized the bird as a Secret Technique, while Lu Ye’s vast Spiritual Power had enabled him to create the enormous manifestation.

Lu Ye used a Fire Phoenix and simulated Star Constellation Realm pressure to break the cultivators’ encirclement around the Treasure Gourd, then revealed himself in the Dragon Seat Artificer Armor. He killed a pursuer with one slash, while the Treasure Gourd escaped and the Dragon Seat rapidly drained his power.

• Lu Ye sent a massive Fire Phoenix toward the encirclement, using simulated Star Constellation Realm pressure to scatter many cultivators.
• Nan Xiong exposed the pressure as a deceptive trick and led others in attacking the Fire Phoenix, but they could not stop it from crashing into the crowd.
• The Fire Phoenix exploded, disrupting the encirclement as the Treasure Gourd fled and several cultivators rushed after it.
• Lu Ye emerged from the flames in the Dragon Seat Artificer Armor and intercepted a cultivator pursuing the Treasure Gourd.
• Lu Ye cleaved the pursuer in two with one slash, then felt the Dragon Seat rapidly draining his Divine Sea Tier Eight foundation.

Lu Ye used the Dragon Seat to hold off the pursuing cultivators while his Clone intercepted the fleeing Treasure Gourd. The Clone reached the treasure, but it evaded his grasp and circled him as he flew away with it following under a gentle Spiritual Power restraint.

• Lu Ye blocked the cultivators and endured their attacks, focusing his counterattacks on Nan Xiong as most of the pursuers broke past him.
• Nan Xiong and fewer than ten allies remained to fight Lu Ye, while the rest chased the Treasure Gourd.
• Lu Ye's Clone met the Treasure Gourd and found that it had flown toward him because it resonated with the Sword Gourd at his waist.
• The Treasure Gourd evaded the Clone's attempts to grab it, and the Clone flew back toward Lu Ye while gently wrapping it in Spiritual Power.

The Clone seized the Treasure Gourd and fled through the Inner Circle of the Primordial Realm while cultivators pursued him. He slowed to lure the pursuers into a trap, and a Winged Race cultivator attacked the apparent Sword Cultivator as the chapter ended.

• The Clone activated his Spiritual Power to force the Treasure Gourd into his grasp, and it stopped resisting and let him catch it.
• Nan Xiong survived the Artificer Armor’s assault, then rested while the other cultivators dispersed to pursue the Treasure Gourd.
• The Clone slowed his flight so the pursuers would believe he was running out of Spiritual Power, while planning to conceal his eventual teleportation.
• A Winged Race cultivator asked two Human Race cultivators to help restrict the apparent Sword Cultivator, then unleashed a swarm of lethal black feathers that seemed to kill him.
• The Winged Race cultivator rushed into the feather-covered area to claim the Treasure Gourd, and the two Human Race cultivators attacked him in anger.