Chapter Summaries

After surviving a battle with a Corrosive Heart Sword Sect steward, Su Han reflected on his newly awakened Compassionate Sword Intent and recovered for the Hundred Sects Tournament. Elder Li then announced new arena rules and warned that more Corrosive Heart Sword Sect members might be nearby.

• Yuheng told Su Han that Compassionate Sword Intent was meant to protect and tolerate, and then fell silent to recover and suppress the sword’s Evil Thought.
• Su Han meditated on the meaning of Compassionate Sword Intent, recovered much of his star power, and edged closer to the late stage of the Star Palace Realm.
• Ye Wuhen thanked Su Han for saving his life, while Mu Qingxue and Ye Wuhen warned him that his strength had drawn attention.
• Elder Li announced that the tournament’s arena battle would become a free-for-all defense contest, with ten group arenas and ten rounds determining the top ten.
• Elder Li gave Su Han, Ye Wuhen, and Mu Qingxue teleportation talismans and warned them that the Corrosive Heart Sword Sect might have sent more people, so Qingyun Sect disciples had to travel together.

Su Han fought Ghost Shadow of the Corrosive Heart Sword Sect in the Hundred Sects Tournament, struggling against his speed and corrosive sword intent. Su Han used Compassionate Sword Intent to see through Ghost Shadow’s concealment and pierced his left shoulder, leaving the duel unresolved.

• True Person Ziyang announced the tournament rules, and the hundred disciples drew lots to determine their groups.
• Su Han drew Group Seven, Number Three, and took his place on Arena Seven.
• Ghost Shadow challenged Su Han, seeking revenge for the Qingyun Sect disciple who had crippled his junior brother.
• Ghost Shadow’s speed and Corrosive Heart Swordplay put Su Han on the defensive and wounded him.
• Su Han closed his eyes and used Compassionate Sword Intent to sense Ghost Shadow through the evil qi concealing him.
• Su Han pierced Ghost Shadow’s left shoulder with the Tian Ya Sword, shocking him by exposing his movement technique.

Su Han defeated Ghost Shadow after he used the Blood Burning Secret Method, with Yuheng lending her sword intent through the Tian Ya Sword. After the tournament’s top ten were decided, three black-robed figures from the Corrosive Heart Sword Sect surrounded Su Han at night.

• Ghost Shadow burned his essence blood to reach the Star Realm, but Yuheng helped Su Han strike him down and destroy his cultivation foundation.
• Ye Wuhen and Mu Qingxue guarded Su Han as he recovered, and no one else challenged him on Arena Seven.
• Su Han watched Zhao Wuji, a mysterious white-robed woman, and Xuankong win their matches as the tournament’s top ten were decided.
• True Person Ziyang announced that the battle for the top five would begin the next day, and Su Han’s victory became the focus of discussion.
• Three black-robed figures from the Corrosive Heart Sword Sect appeared in Su Han’s courtyard and surrounded him.

Su Han was ambushed by the Corrosive Heart Sword Sect during the Hundred Sects Tournament but was rescued by the veiled woman in white. The sect master ordered his men to capture Su Han after the tournament to uncover Yuheng’s whereabouts, while the woman revealed that Su Han had once saved her three years earlier.

• Three black-robed Corrosive Heart Sword Sect members attacked Su Han, who struggled against them while weakened.
• The woman in white arrived, fought two attackers, and helped Su Han defeat the third before warning him that the sect would seek revenge.
• The woman in white said she had helped Su Han because he resembled someone, then left without explaining further.
• The Corrosive Heart Sword Sect’s master learned that the Ghost Fiends had failed and ordered his men to watch Su Han and capture him alive after the tournament.
• Su Han sensed danger, resolved to leave the Eastern Region after the tournament, and vowed to save Yuheng.
• The woman in white removed her veil and remembered that Su Han had saved her at the foot of Qingyun Mountain three years earlier.

On the first day of the Hundred Sects Tournament arena matches, Su Han arrived at the Central Plaza after recovering from the Corrosive Heart Sword Sect’s attack. Gui Qi defeated Li Qing with Corrosive Heart Sword Qi, and Su Han watched as he prepared to challenge the arena.

• Su Han recovered from his injuries, and Liu Ruyan warned him that the Corrosive Heart Sword Sect might target him during the tournament.
• Su Han and Liu Ruyan arrived at the Central Plaza, where Gui Qi confronted Su Han over his injury to Ghost Fiends and threatened him with revenge in the arena.
• Qingyun City Lord Yun Tianhe opened the arena matches and warned contestants against deliberately killing their opponents.
• Li Qing defeated Wang Meng and several other challengers to hold the Star Palace Realm Arena.
• Gui Qi challenged Li Qing, struck him with Corrosive Heart Sword Qi, and drove him off the arena.
• Su Han recognized Gui Qi as a formidable opponent and prepared to enter the contest.

Su Han defeated Gui Qi with his Starfall technique, then fought Yue Hua to a draw and secured the fifth arena for the day. After Liu Ruyan treated his injuries, Ye Lingxiao of the Heavenly Sword Sect approached him to make friends.

• Su Han overcame Gui Qi’s Corrosive Heart Sword Qi with Starfall, knocking him off the arena and leaving him badly wounded.
• Yue Hua challenged Su Han and exchanged fifty moves with him before they agreed to a draw and she disappeared into the crowd.
• After no one else answered the referee’s challenge, Su Han became one of the day’s arena defenders.
• Liu Ruyan gave Su Han a pill and warned him that using Starfall had damaged his meridians.
• Ye Lingxiao introduced himself to Su Han as a disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect, and Liu Ruyan recognized him as its Sword Son.

Su Han recovered from his battle with Gui Qi and learned that Youmingzi, a peak Star Realm deputy sect master, planned to target him after the Hundred Sects Tournament. Yue Hua revealed that Su Han had saved her years earlier and gave him a protective pendant, but Youmingzi then confronted Su Han and demanded the Tian Ya Sword and Yuheng’s whereabouts.

• Ye Lingxiao befriended Su Han and gave him a communication Jade Slip so they could discuss swordsmanship later.
• Su Han entered seclusion to heal his injuries and reflected that Starfall strained his body and that he needed to reach the Star Palace Realm.
• Yue Hua warned Su Han that Youmingzi would pursue him after the tournament, revealed that Su Han had saved her three years earlier, and offered to help him escape.
• Su Han refused to leave the Eastern Region, and Yue Hua gave him the Moon God Pendant, which could block three full-force strikes from a peak Star Realm expert.
• Youmingzi appeared in Su Han’s courtyard, demanded the Tian Ya Sword and Yuheng’s whereabouts, and crushed Su Han with his overwhelming pressure when Su Han refused.

Su Han was nearly captured by Youmingzi, but True Person Ziyang and Ye Gucheng intervened and drove him away. After receiving a protective sword talisman, Su Han cultivated through the night and successfully formed his Star Palace.

• Youmingzi subdued Su Han and demanded the Tian Ya Sword and Yuheng's whereabouts, but the Moon God Pendant shielded him.
• True Person Ziyang arrived to protect Su Han, yet Youmingzi overpowered him in their clash.
• Ye Gucheng confronted Youmingzi, who withdrew after claiming he had only come to visit Su Han.
• Ye Gucheng offered Su Han refuge and gave him a sword talisman that could block a Star Realm expert's full-force attack, but Su Han declined the refuge.
• Su Han absorbed his Star Stones and condensed his Star Sea into a complete Star Palace.

Su Han consolidated his new Star Palace Realm cultivation and entered the first round of the Hundred Sects Tournament, where contestants competed for Battle Talismans in a secret realm. After ambushing two Blazing Sun Sect disciples, he faced their furious leader.

• Su Han examined his unusual Star Palace, stabilized his Early Star Palace Realm cultivation, and prepared for the tournament.
• True Person Ziyang warned the Ziyang Sect disciples to compete fiercely but preserve their lives, and the host explained the tournament’s three rounds.
• Su Han entered Hundred Battles Mountain, concealed himself in a forest, and waited for a suitable opportunity to gather Battle Talismans.
• Su Han ambushed a three-person group from the Blazing Sun Sect, knocked two disciples unconscious, and took their Battle Talismans.
• The leading Blazing Sun Sect disciple sensed Su Han and attacked him with a flaming punch.

Su Han hunted cultivators across Hundred Battles Mountain, gathering Battle Talismans with his Star Palace Realm strength and swordsmanship. On the third day, he faced a four-person alliance and unleashed Star Incineration as they tried to retreat.

• Su Han defeated three Star Sea Realm cultivators, took their Battle Talismans, and let them escape using their transmission talismans.
• Su Han hunted through the mountain over the next few days, targeting lone cultivators and small groups while avoiding large teams.
• Su Han severed a Vajra Gate body cultivator's hand with Void Slash and took his five Battle Talismans.
• By the third day, Su Han had collected sixty-eight Battle Talismans before four allied cultivators surrounded him near a solitary peak.
• Su Han wounded three attackers with Seven Stars Kill, then cast Star Incineration to engulf all four as they attempted to flee.

Su Han returned from the secret realm ranked eighty-seventh and was matched against Li Kui of the Corrosive Heart Sword Sect in the second-round arena battles. He weathered Li Kui’s vicious attacks, then launched a precise counter as Li Kui unleashed his strongest strike.

• Su Han defeated the black-clad youth and three Star Sea Realm cultivators, collected their Battle Talismans, and finished the secret-realm trial with 113.
• Su Han returned to Qingyun City ranked eighty-seventh, while Ye Lingxiao also advanced; Li Wuhen of the Corrosive Heart Sword Sect threatened Su Han.
• The arena draw matched Su Han against Li Kui, prompting True Person Ziyang to warn him about the sect’s sinister swordplay.
• Li Kui attacked with illusory sword strikes and corrosive sword qi, but Su Han read his techniques and held a flawless defense.
• Li Kui sacrificed Essence Blood to unleash Soul Erosion Soul Seizure, and Su Han answered with a precise thrust of the Starfire Sword.

Su Han defeated Li Kui with a single sword strike, drawing attention from the tournament’s sect leaders and prodigies. As he considered the power of his Primordial Star Power, the next matchups were announced, setting up his fight against Meng Qingsi of the Divine Dream Pavilion.

• Su Han shattered Li Kui’s sword and severely wounded him, winning their Arena Thirty-Seven match.
• True Person Ziyang warned Su Han that his display of strength had drawn attention, while sect leaders assessed his sword intent and Li Wuhen vowed to crush him.
• Su Han returned to the Ziyang Sect disciples and reflected on how his Primordial Star Power had suppressed Li Kui’s Corrosive Heart Sword Qi.
• Ye Lingxiao warned Su Han about Yin Kui, a mysterious Corrosive Heart Sword Sect disciple whose first-round ranking concealed his true ability.
• The tournament draw paired Su Han against Meng Qingsi, a late-stage Star Sea Realm disciple of the Divine Dream Pavilion known for her illusion techniques.

Su Han defeated Meng Qingsi by resisting her Divine Soul illusions and breaking through her defenses with Sword Intent, then won two more matches to advance into the top one hundred and twenty-five. His growing success drew attention from the gathered sects, while True Person Ziyang worried that the Corrosive Heart Sword Sect would target him.

• Su Han resisted Meng Qingsi's Illusionary Flower Realm and Divine Soul attacks, then struck her shield with Sword Qi until she conceded.
• The elders praised Su Han's Divine Soul defense and his Sword Intent, while Shui Yue and Daoist Jade Clear recognized his unusual talent.
• Su Han returned to his seat after his second victory as Ye Lingxiao recovered from his own hard-fought win and True Person Ziyang worried about the threat to Su Han.
• Su Han defeated Yan Lie after thirty exchanges by breaking through his blade attacks with Starfire Prairie Blaze.
• Su Han studied Zhou Ruoshui's sword technique, increased his sword speed with Primordial Star Power, and defeated her with a thrust at her throat.
• With four consecutive victories, Su Han advanced into the top one hundred and twenty-five and attracted attention from the gathered spectators and sects.

Su Han fought Mo Wen, a Heavenly Machine Pavilion disciple who trapped him in a formation during the fifth round. Su Han discovered the formation’s spiritual energy patterns and began targeting its cores, while Mo Wen escalated the attack.

• Ye Lingxiao lost his fourth-round match after a hard-fought battle, and True Person Ziyang encouraged him.
• Su Han faced Mo Wen, who scattered abacus beads across the arena and activated the Minor Zhou Tian Maze Array.
• The formation slowed Su Han, disrupted his Spiritual Sense, and attacked him with chains and illusions.
• Su Han sensed the formation’s spiritual energy currents and identified its concealed cores.
• Mo Wen shifted the formation’s cores and unleashed its full power, but Su Han continued striking key nodes to disrupt it.

Su Han defeated Mo Wen by dismantling his formation and shattering his three mountain phantoms with a sword strike. After advancing to the sixth round, he learned that his next opponent, Yin Kui, was a Sword Puppet intended to infect and cripple him, but Su Han resolved to fight.

• Mo Wen summoned three mountain phantoms with his talisman beads, but Su Han broke them with Star Moon Confluence, Sword Breaks All Laws, then destroyed the formation and won.
• The crowd praised Su Han's insight and swordsmanship, while Li Wuhen's killing intent grew and Youmingzi signaled a command.
• After resting for an hour, Su Han saw that his sixth-round opponent was Yin Kui of the Corrosive Heart Sword Sect, ranked twenty-first.
• Ye Lingxiao warned that Yin Kui was a Sword Puppet carrying a Corrosive Heart Demonic Seed, which could invade Su Han's body and corrode his mind.
• True Person Ziyang challenged Youmingzi over entering a Sword Puppet in the tournament, but Youmingzi defended Yin Kui's eligibility under the rules.
• Su Han refused to back down, reassured True Person Ziyang, and prepared to face Yin Kui.

Su Han faced Yin Kui, a Sword Puppet from the Corrosive Heart Sword Sect, in the sixth round of the Hundred Sects Tournament. He resisted Yin Kui’s corrosive Sword Intent, but the battle continued as Yin Kui pressed him with relentless attacks.

• True Person Ziyang warned Su Han that Yin Kui’s Corrosive Heart Demonic Seed could ruin his cultivation and urged him to concede if necessary.
• Su Han refused to retreat and climbed onto Arena Three to face Yin Kui.
• The referee started the match, and Yin Kui immediately thrust his sword toward Su Han’s throat.
• Su Han blocked the attack, while Primordial Star Power and his Sword Intent dispelled the corrosive force entering his mind.
• Yin Kui followed with relentless, lethal strikes, and Su Han used the Star Moon Steps and Starfire Sword to evade and parry while searching for an opening.

Su Han discovered the Sword Puppet Yin Kui’s chest core and cracked it during a desperate exchange, but suffered corrosive wounds in the process. He launched his strongest sword strike at the exposed core as Li Wuhen and Youmingzi reacted.

• Su Han used Star Tribulation Finger to expose metal reinforcement beneath Yin Kui’s ribs, then drove the Sword Puppet back with a fierce sword barrage.
• Su Han noticed a dark-red glow at the center of Yin Kui’s chest and recognized it as the likely control core.
• Yin Kui traded a shoulder wound for an attack on Su Han’s heart, but Su Han dodged the vital blow and struck the chest core with five streams of Star Tribulation Finger force.
• Su Han cracked Yin Kui’s core, recalled the Starfire Sword, and unleashed Star Moon Piercing Rainbow at it.
• Li Wuhen rose in alarm, and Youmingzi opened his eyes as Su Han’s strike raced toward Yin Kui’s chest.

Su Han defeated Yin Kui’s Sword Puppet by shattering the Corrosive Heart Demonic Seed core, but the seed’s power invaded his body. True Person Ziyang took him away for treatment after Youmingzi challenged them and the sect elders intervened.

• Su Han struck the dark-red core in Yin Kui’s chest with the Starfire Sword, destroying the Sword Puppet and winning the match.
• Su Han revealed that the Demonic Seed’s power had entered his left ribs, though his Primordial Star Power temporarily curbed its spread.
• The referee declared Su Han the winner, and True Person Ziyang examined his wound and urged him to return for treatment.
• Youmingzi blocked their way and demanded an explanation for the destruction of the Corrosive Heart Sword Sect’s Sword Puppet.
• A Tianyan Sect elder ruled that the match followed the tournament rules and urged the Qingyun Sect to treat Su Han; Youmingzi then withdrew with Yin Kui’s remains.
• True Person Ziyang led Su Han and the Qingyun Sect group back to their courtyard as spectators watched him with amazement, wariness, sympathy, and malice.

True Person Ziyang helped Su Han suppress most of the Corrosive Heart Demonic Seed, leaving him to gradually remove its hidden remnants. Su Han chose to continue competing and learned he would face Zhao Jinglei in the seventh round the next morning.

• True Person Ziyang used his fire alongside Su Han’s star power to refine away more than eighty percent of the Demonic Seed, but warned that its dormant roots could revive if Su Han neglected them or gave in to negative emotions.
• Su Han emerged from the quiet room with his mind clear and insisted he could compete, despite the remaining danger.
• Ye Lingxiao read the next-round matchup: Su Han would face Zhao Jinglei of the Xuantian Sect, a late Star Sea Realm cultivator with a Thunder Dao Body.
• Su Han welcomed the prospect of a full-strength battle, hoping it would help him break through to the late Star Sea Realm.
• That night, Su Han meditated, scoured the Demonic Seed’s remnants with star power, reviewed his fight with Yin Kui, and received pills from True Person Ziyang.

Su Han faced Zhao Jinglei of Xuantian Sect in the tournament arena, meeting his powerful lightning techniques with the Star Moon Sword Dao despite his recent injuries. After Zhao Jinglei drew his sword, both fighters launched their next attacks, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Su Han and Zhao Jinglei exchanged introductions, and Zhao Jinglei promised not to hold back despite Su Han's injuries.
• Zhao Jinglei struck with Jing Lei Fist, but Su Han met the thunder dragon head-on with Star Moon Confluence, Pierce the Firmament.
• Zhao Jinglei unleashed eight lightning bolts with Thunder Shakes the Eight Desolates, and Su Han countered each one with Split Light, Transform Shadows.
• Impressed by Su Han's swordsmanship, Zhao Jinglei drew his Thunderclap Sword and warned Su Han to be careful.
• Zhao Jinglei and Su Han simultaneously launched Thunder Serpent Dances Wildly and Star River Inverts, filling the arena with lightning and star-moon radiance.