Chapter Summaries

Lu Ye fought Dong Shuye in the cavern, adapting to his newly reached Tier Five cultivation as he dodged volleys of spells and landed a powerful saber strike. Dong Shuye countered with hidden attacks and took to the air, but Lu Ye interrupted his large-scale spell with a Fire Bird, leaving Dong Shuye falling and his Spiritual Power in chaos.

• Dong Shuye bombarded Lu Ye with fire spells while Lu Ye dodged and adapted to his new strength during the fight.
• Lu Ye closed in and broke Dong Shuye's Golden Body Talisman with a saber strike, but Dong Shuye hit him with two Golden Arc Slashes.
• Lu Ye blocked the slashes with his Defense Spirit Pattern and recovered enough to charge again, while Dong Shuye's wounded arms slowed his spellcasting.
• Dong Shuye used Flight Technique to rise above Lu Ye and began forming a large-scale destructive spell.
• Lu Ye cast a Fire Bird that exploded against Dong Shuye, interrupting the spell and sending him falling with his Spiritual Power in disarray.

Lu Ye killed Dong Shuye after exploiting his mistakes and draining his Spiritual Power, then gathered the spoils and prepared to leave the lava cave with Yiyi and Amber. Dong Shuye had sent a message to many people before dying, and Lu Ye left without knowing who might respond.

• Lu Ye pressed his attack, and Dong Shuye exhausted his Spiritual Power before crashing to the ground.
• Lu Ye drove his blade into Dong Shuye's heart and killed him, earning twenty-nine Merit overall from the recent kills.
• Yiyi emerged after the battle, and Lu Ye told her to feed Amber, recover, and leave quickly in case reinforcements came.
• Yiyi searched Dong Shuye's Storage Bag and returned with it, while Lu Ye counted his Merit and recovered with Spiritual Pills.
• Lu Ye, Yiyi, and Amber moved the stones blocking the exit and left the cave.

Wang Yang learned that Dong Shuye had sent a final warning identifying Lu Ye as a rapidly advancing Crimson Blood Sect disciple, then spread the news as it swept across the Spirit Stream Battlefield and the Nine Provinces. Lu Ye’s true origins and survival became widely known, leaving many sects wary of the Crimson Blood Sect’s returning influence.

• Wang Yang received a message from Dong Shuye identifying Lu Yiye, also known as Lu Ye, as a Crimson Blood Sect disciple at Spirit Stream Tier Five, and realized Dong Shuye had died.
• Wang Yang told Xiao Zhu that Dong Shuye had sent the message to every imprint before his death, then set out to spread the news.
• The message spread throughout the Spirit Stream Battlefield, drawing attention to Lu Ye’s rapid cultivation and suspected presence at Abundant Cloud Mountain.
• Reports from the Nine Provinces revealed that Lu Ye had entered the Crimson Blood Sect with One Leaf aptitude and only one opened aperture less than half a year earlier.
• News exposed that Lu Ye had survived the ambush on the Return Path and that Tang Yifeng’s reported death and injuries might have been a cover, prompting sects to take the Crimson Blood Sect seriously.

Li Baxian learned that Lu Yiye was heading to the Crimson Blood Sect and rushed to find him, while Feng Yuechan also left Pill Heart Sect. The chapter left Feng Yuechan attacking the Hundred Refinements Valley camp as its cultivators hid behind their Protective Grand Array.

• Feng Yuechan brought Li Baxian wine and told him that Old Man Tang had taken in Lu Yiye, who was heading toward the Crimson Blood Sect after reaching Tier Five.
• Li Baxian rushed away to find Lu Yiye, ignoring a sect member who tried to stop him.
• Feng Yuechan chose to go to Hundred Refinements Valley and flew there on her handkerchief, knocking aside another sect member who questioned her.
• Pill Heart Sect's remaining members activated their Protective Grand Array and sent word to the Main Sect after both Li Baxian and Feng Yuechan left.
• Feng Yuechan attacked the Hundred Refinements Valley camp with a house-sized Fireball while its Garrison Envoy and cultivators stayed inside the array.

Lu Ye discovered that his Talent Tree had stopped burning Pill Toxin, while repeated attacks by Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators slowed his journey to the Crimson Blood Sect. As factions mobilized around him, a group sent by a sect that owed the Crimson Blood Sect a favor tracked him down to protect him.

• Feng Yuechan threatened to slaughter Hundred Refinements Valley cultivators unless they recalled their people, and the Garrison Envoy hurried to comply.
• Vast Sky Alliance and Myriad Demon Ridge sects clashed in a wave of declarations of war as both sides sought to determine Lu Ye's fate.
• Lu Ye killed another group of Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators and realized impurities had entered his Spiritual Power because his Talent Tree no longer burned Pill Toxin.
• Lu Ye suspected the Talent Tree had run out of fuel and decided he needed to find more heat or Fire Attribute energy to restore it.
• A group of cultivators used a miniature Shadow Moon Plate to observe Lu Ye and confirmed he was the Tier Five youth they had been ordered to protect.

Lu Ye discovered that the woman repeatedly asking him for help was Lan Yudie, a disguised Tier Seven Cultivator sent to approach and protect him. After she broke free of his drug and attacked, he proved able to track her movements, leaving their fight unresolved.

• The squad chose to have Senior Sister Lan approach Lu Ye while the others followed secretly, but her daytime cries for help failed to draw him in.
• That night, Lan Yudie staged another plea for help, and Lu Ye let her stay by his campfire while realizing she was the woman from earlier.
• Lu Ye drugged Lan Yudie's roasted meat and confronted her about repeatedly seeking him out, so she admitted she had been assigned to approach him.
• Lan Yudie concealed her Tier Seven cultivation, resisted the drug, dodged Lu Ye's saber, and launched an attack.
• Lu Ye tracked Lan Yudie's swift movements with his saber, startling her as their fight continued.

Lu Ye fought Lan Yudie before Qi Xin and other Purple Cloud Mountain cultivators intervened and swore they meant him no harm. In a cave, Qi Xin revealed that Lu Ye’s Crimson Blood Sect identity had been exposed and that sects across the Spirit Stream Battlefield were moving to kill or protect him, while Lan Yudie explained that the sect was close to being erased.

• Lu Ye and Lan Yudie fought until Qi Xin arrived with six other cultivators and called for them to stop.
• Qi Xin swore a Heaven’s Mystery Oath that his group had no ill intent, and Lu Ye agreed to accompany them to a secluded place.
• Lan Yudie revealed that Lu Ye had poisoned her and made him let Amber carry her as the group traveled to a cave.
• Qi Xin told Lu Ye that his identity as a disciple of the Crimson Blood Sect had become known across the Spirit Stream Battlefield.
• Lan Yudie said the Crimson Blood Sect had fallen from First Rank to Ninth Rank and faced erasure in the sect rank assessment two months later.

Lu Ye learned that his survival was tied to the Crimson Blood Sect’s continued existence, and Lan Yudie and the others escorted him through the Spirit Stream Battlefield. As they encountered Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators, Lan Yudie attacked to clear their path.

• Lan Yudie and Qi Xin told Lu Ye that factions were trying to kill him because his death would lead to the Crimson Blood Sect’s dissolution, while allies were working to protect him.
• Lu Ye chose to travel with Amber, and Lan Yudie split the group so she could guard him while Qi Xin and the others handled threats.
• Xie Jin of Green Feather Mountain warned Lu Ye that Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators were searching for him, and Lu Ye thanked him.
• Lan Yudie and Lu Ye rode Amber onward, avoiding a nearby battle and traveling for a day.
• Lan Yudie told Lu Ye to occupy a woman in red ahead, then charged the Myriad Demon Ridge group and killed a Tier Six cultivator in an instant.

Lu Ye and Lan Yudie fought through Myriad Demon Ridge forces as stronger enemies closed in. Lan Yudie split from Lu Ye to hold back a group of attackers, but Lu Ye returned to the battle and helped her turn the tide before a Tier Seven cultivator unleashed a sword-control technique at him.

• Lu Ye and Lan Yudie quickly killed a five-person Myriad Demon Ridge group, including a Tier Six Spell Cultivator, and continued onward.
• Lan Yudie learned that Qi Xin and the others could not catch up, then sent Lu Ye ahead while she stayed behind to block enemies.
• Lan Yudie fought a Tier Seven, a Tier Six, and a Tier Five cultivator while Amber drew their attention and Lu Ye ambushed their Tier Six Spell Cultivator.
• Lu Ye and Amber killed the Tier Five cultivator, leaving Lan Yudie and Lu Ye facing the Tier Seven Weapon Cultivator.
• The Tier Seven spat blood and launched his longsword at Lu Ye with Sword Control, alarming Lan Yudie.

Lu Ye and Lan Yudie escaped after she killed the Tier Seven Weapon Cultivator, but Lan Yudie collapsed from her injuries and a costly Secret Technique. After she urged him to leave her behind, Lu Ye insisted they would travel together and vowed to survive the struggle between the factions.

• Lan Yudie killed the Tier Seven Weapon Cultivator, and Lu Ye helped her escape on Amber as nearby cultivators approached.
• Lu Ye brought the unconscious Lan Yudie to a cave, where Yiyi treated her wounds while Lu Ye replenished his Spiritual Power.
• After waking, Lan Yudie told Lu Ye that two of her junior disciples had died and urged him to leave her behind.
• Lu Ye explained that he would remember the sacrifices made for him, vowed to live, and promised to make the Myriad Demon Ridge forces pay if he survived.
• Lan Yudie realized her clothes had been changed and accused Lu Ye, who denied doing it; Amber looked displeased when she suggested he had helped.

Lu Ye fled toward the Inner Circle with help from Lan Yudie and the Big Dipper Sect, then drew Myriad Demon Ridge pursuers away from their surrounded allies. When Han Zheyue caught up to him, Tang Wu intervened and began fighting her.

• Lan Yudie led Lu Ye to the Big Dipper Sect cultivators and explained that they would hold off his pursuers while he continued alone.
• The bearded Big Dipper Sect cultivator urged Lu Ye to survive for the Crimson Blood Sect, and Lu Ye rode off as the group fought the pursuing Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators.
• Lu Ye shouted his name from a mountain peak to draw enemies away from Lan Yudie and the others, then escaped on Amber as the pursuers rushed toward him.
• Han Zheyue pursued Lu Ye in an Escape Light, but Tang Wu leaped up and knocked her from the air before she could attack him.
• Tang Wu and Han Zheyue began a fierce fight, and Han Zheyue realized Tang Wu had come after her rather than for the Crimson Blood Sect.

Lu Ye fought his way through Myriad Demon Ridge forces while Vast Sky Alliance cultivators battled to protect his escape. At the Crimson Blood Sect, Shui Yuan demanded that Tang Yifeng help Lu Ye reach safety through Azure Sea Mountain, and Tang Yifeng finally agreed to go there himself.

• Lu Ye continued toward the Cangming Mountain Outpost, fighting weaker groups and fleeing Tier Seven enemies as he and Amber grew exhausted.
• Shui Yuan pleaded with Tang Yifeng to restore the Crimson Blood Sect’s alliance pact with Azure Sea Mountain so Lu Ye could escape through its Heaven’s Mystery Pillar.
• Tang Yifeng refused at first, fearing that helping Lu Ye would put Azure Sea Mountain in danger from Myriad Demon Ridge.
• Shui Yuan threatened to force her way into the Spirit Stream Battlefield and save Lu Ye herself, reminding Tang Yifeng of the disciples he had cast out.
• Tang Yifeng relented and decided to go to Azure Sea Mountain himself.

Lu Ye raced toward Azure Sea Mountain after the Crimson Blood Sect and Azure Sea Mountain formed an alliance, while Myriad Demon Ridge forces tried to stop him and besieged the camp. As Azure Sea Mountain prepared to defend itself, a powerful intruder appeared outside its protective array and began slaughtering the attackers.

• Meng Dancheng and the Crimson Blood Sect Sect Master formed a Sect Alliance Pact, and news of it spread across the Spirit Stream Battlefield.
• A Vast Sky Alliance cultivator carried Lu Ye toward Azure Sea Mountain, then turned back to intercept his pursuers and sent him onward with a warning about the dangers ahead.
• Myriad Demon Ridge forces and Sacred Fire Sect cultivators converged on Azure Sea Mountain, besieging its camp and setting defenses along Lu Ye's route.
• Shui Yuan activated her Battlefield Mark in Nine Provinces and vanished from the main hall.
• As the Protective Grand Array neared collapse, the Garrison Envoy ordered Azure Sea Mountain's disciples to prepare to fight to the death.
• A mysterious Black Streak killed more than ten powerful Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators outside the array, and the Garrison Envoy realized that a cultivator from beyond the Spirit Stream Realm had forcibly entered the battlefield.

Lu Ye fled toward the Azure Sea Mountain Outpost as Vast Sky Alliance cultivators fought to protect him, but Myriad Demon Ridge forces trapped him and his defenders at Golden Light Peak. As the defenders faced defeat, a Black Streak arrived to save Lu Ye.

• A mysterious Black Streak helped Azure Sea Mountain and nearby Vast Sky Alliance cultivators defeat the Myriad Demon Ridge assault, and the Garrison Envoy learned the rescuer was a renowned Medical Cultivator.
• A Myriad Demon Ridge pursuer nearly crushed Lu Ye with a Spiritual Power attack, but a green-robed Northern Profound Sword Sect cultivator intervened and let him escape.
• Lu Ye reached Golden Light Peak, where more than a dozen Vast Sky Alliance cultivators surrounded him as Myriad Demon Ridge forces gathered to trap them.
• The defenders tried to break through, but overwhelming enemies forced them back and badly injured the burly Body Cultivator leading them.
• As Spell Cultivators sent Fire Dragons toward the wounded Body Cultivator, the Black Streak arrived and charged at them while demanding to know what they intended to do to Lu Ye.

Wei Yang arrived to rescue Lu Ye from the Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators, revealing herself as his Senior Sister and driving back the attackers. As she prepared to take him away, Li Baxian appeared to confront the Sacred Fire Sect disciples.

• A black streak shattered the Fire Dragon and killed a Spell Cultivator, and Lu Ye sensed the newcomer shared the Crimson Blood Sect’s origin.
• Wei Yang identified herself as Lu Ye’s Senior Sister, shielded him from spells, and killed the Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators who attacked her group.
• Wei Yang drove the remaining attackers away and killed a Sacred Fire Sect cultivator and a Golden Cloud Tower cultivator who tried to provoke the crowd.
• Wei Yang announced she was taking Lu Ye away, and a sword beam killed a Sacred Fire Sect disciple who challenged her.
• Li Baxian arrived on his sword, and the Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators recognized the Spirit Stream Rankings’ tenth-ranked expert.

Li Baxian arrived to protect Lu Ye, introduced himself as his Fourth Senior Brother, and slaughtered Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators to relieve pressure on the Vast Sky Alliance. He then revealed that Yan Xing, his longtime rival from the Mad Blade Sect, had been waiting to confront him.

• The chapter explained Li Baxian’s ties to the Northern Profound Sword Sect and his fearsome swordsmanship despite his shattered Spiritual Apertures.
• Li Baxian greeted Lu Ye as his Little Junior Brother and unleashed his swords, killing more than twenty Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators.
• A Myriad Demon Ridge Sword Cultivator attacked Li Baxian, but Li Baxian killed him with a tiny sword radiance and then recalled both swords.
• Wei Yang urged Li Baxian to stop killing to preserve his Merit, while Lu Ye realized that Li Baxian was the person Lan Yudie had said was coming to save him.
• Li Baxian sensed an enemy waiting nearby and struck toward him, revealing Yan Xing of the Mad Blade Sect as his old rival and the man who had helped shatter his Spiritual Apertures.

Lu Ye stopped the battle at Golden Light Peak and addressed the Vast Sky Alliance and Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators who had been fighting over him. He refused to die to end the conflict and instead challenged Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators of his own cultivation level.

• Yan Xing ambushed Li Baxian, while Wei Yang tried to carry Lu Ye away but was driven back by attacks from hidden Spirit Stream Rankings powerhouses.
• The fighting at Golden Light Peak continued through day and night as more than a thousand cultivators joined the battle and casualties mounted.
• Li Baxian returned wounded from his fight with Yan Xing, but Lu Ye stopped him from charging back into battle.
• Lu Ye shouted for everyone to stop fighting, and the combatants gradually ceased their attacks.
• Lu Ye told both camps how he had become the center of the conflict and argued that the deaths would continue if they kept fighting.
• Lu Ye drew his saber and challenged Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators of the same cultivation level to fight him.

Lu Ye proposed settling the standoff by fighting one opponent from each Myriad Demon Ridge sect, with each losing sect withdrawing. After Han Zheyue exposed his combat abilities, the rules shifted to allow opponents up to Tier Six, and Lu Ye secretly told Li Baxian he had killed Tier Six cultivators before as the challenge became unavoidable.

• Lu Ye challenged the Myriad Demon Ridge sects to send one opponent at a time, promising that any sect whose fighter lost would withdraw.
• Li Baxian questioned whether Lu Ye could represent the Crimson Blood Sect or the Vast Sky Alliance, and Lu Ye clarified that he spoke only for himself.
• Han Zheyue revealed that Lu Ye had killed Tier Five cultivators while at Tier Four and could use defensive Spiritual Patterns in battle.
• A Myriad Demon Ridge expert proposed allowing opponents up to Tier Six, and Lu Ye accepted after being provoked despite Li Baxian and Wei Yang's objections.
• Lu Ye privately told Li Baxian that he had killed several Tier Six cultivators and might be able to defeat a Tier Seven cultivator if he risked his life.
• Li Baxian recognized that the growing conflict and pressure from both sides made Lu Ye's challenge difficult to refuse.

Li Baxian negotiated a Heaven's Mystery Contract with Myriad Demon Ridge to settle the conflict through Lu Ye fighting their cultivators under strict rules. Though Wei Yang urged him to escape, Lu Ye accepted the battle and stepped into the arena, determined to defend his family and sect.

• Li Baxian arranged for a Northern Profound Sword Sect expert to guard Lu Ye while he negotiated with Myriad Demon Ridge's leaders.
• The leaders signed a Heaven's Mystery Contract that limited Lu Ye's opponents and barred outside assistance, while allowing battles to continue for up to three days.
• Li Baxian secured Lu Ye a short rest after each fight and a guarantee that Myriad Demon Ridge would withdraw if Lu Ye survived three days.
• Wei Yang urged Lu Ye to let her and Li Baxian risk their lives to send him away, but Lu Ye insisted the conflict should end with him.
• Lu Ye entered the arena and challenged Myriad Demon Ridge to send its first fighter.

Lu Ye began the Myriad Demon Ridge wheel battle at Golden Light Peak, killing two challengers and forcing another to concede. He continued into the fourth battle, while Vast Sky Alliance experts worried that his fierce, unstructured fighting style would wear him down and expose him to skilled opponents.

• Shi Lei challenged Lu Ye, but Lu Ye killed him with a single saber strike and returned Shi Lei's spoils to Wei Yang.
• Chuxue attacked Lu Ye with a combined wind-and-fire spell, but Lu Ye survived with Guard and killed her at close range.
• Lu Ye faced a Tier Six challenger and drove him to concede with his saber at his throat.
• Lu Ye demanded another opponent, and the fourth battle began.
• Vast Sky Alliance experts told Li Baxian that Lu Ye's aggressive attacks consumed too much energy and left openings for skilled opponents.