Chapter Summaries

Yang Chen remained in seclusion after awakening the Heavenly Evolution Stele while the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect prepared for its Sword Edge Grand Competition. Hidden Sword Peak faced the threat of losing its status if it placed last again, and Yang Chen had not appeared as the competition began.

• Inside the stele, the stele spirit shielded Yang Chen from spreading black spots and rejected a voice that mocked its hopes for him.
• Chen Xin and the Prison Sword Peak Master discussed Yang Chen’s month-long meditation and the looming competition, which held an important opportunity and could decide Hidden Sword Peak’s fate.
• The Prison Sword Peak Master left to prepare for the grand competition, while Chen Xin stayed behind to watch Yang Chen.
• At the competition platform, Wei Xiang warned Hidden Sword Peak’s disciples that another last-place finish would cost them their Sword Edge status.
• Wei Xiang confirmed Yang Chen was still meditating and saw that Alchemy Sword Peak had several formidable Heavenly Immortal disciples, making Hidden Sword Peak’s prospects look bleak.

The Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect’s Sword Peak Grand Competition began with Hidden Sword Peak facing Alchemy Sword Peak, and Wei Xiang won their opening duel despite being badly injured. The match left Hidden Sword Peak with a narrow advantage as the next challenger stepped forward.

• The masters of the nine Sword Peaks and Ye Huatian appeared, and the master of Prison Sword Peak announced the competition’s start.
• Disciples from other peaks mocked Hidden Sword Peak’s decline before Prison Sword Peak drew the first matchup: Hidden Sword Peak versus Alchemy Sword Peak.
• Wei Xiang volunteered to fight first and faced Alchemy Sword Peak’s Li Mu, who revealed Celestial Immortal strength.
• Wei Xiang and Li Mu exchanged attacks, with Wei Xiang gaining the upper hand despite Li Mu’s comparable cultivation.
• Wei Xiang struck Li Mu off the arena, then called for the next opponent while bearing sword wounds and a weakened aura.

Wei Xiang won Hidden Sword Peak its first battle, but Alchemy Sword Peak’s mid-stage Heavenly Immortal Shan Jin threatened to overwhelm him. As the match turned bleak, Yang Chen emerged from seclusion after comprehending the Heavenly Evolution Sword Art and appeared before Sect Master Chen Xin.

• Wei Xiang defeated Li Mu, earning Hidden Sword Peak its first victory and boosting its disciples’ morale.
• Shan Jin entered the arena and revealed that his Great Dao extended three hundred li, placing him at the mid-stage Heavenly Immortal realm.
• Ye Huatian told Alchemy Sword Peak’s Peak Master that Hidden Sword Peak would endure as long as Yang Chen remained its disciple.
• Yang Chen’s Devour Great Dao expanded to two hundred li as he completed his breakthrough atop the mountain.
• Yang Chen revealed a gray sword gleam that Chen Xin recognized as the Heavenly Evolution Sword Art, then appeared before him and paid his respects.

Yang Chen comprehended the Heavenly Evolution Sword Art and rushed to the Sword Peak Grand Competition, where Hidden Sword Peak was being humiliated by Shan Jin. He arrived just as Shan Jin mocked the prospect of Yang Chen saving the peak, and calmly disagreed.

• Yang Chen told Chen Xin that he had comprehended the Heavenly Evolution Sword Art, and Chen Xin urged him to hurry to the competition.
• Chen Xin grew solemn when Yang Chen asked about Li Xiaoyao, saying Yang Chen would learn the truth when the time came.
• Shan Jin defeated Wei Xiang and then badly wounded Chu Xiong during the Sword Peak Grand Competition.
• Shan Jin challenged the Hidden Sword Peak disciples to attack him together, while the Alchemy Sword Peak master refused to intervene.
• Wei Xiang said Yang Chen would have stopped Shan Jin, and Shan Jin mocked Yang Chen for being absent to comprehend the Heavenly Evolution Sword Art.
• Yang Chen appeared in the air above the arena and told Shan Jin, "I don't think so."

Yang Chen emerged from seclusion and faced Shan Jin after Shan Jin had badly injured Hidden Sword Peak's disciples. Yang Chen swiftly defeated him and challenged the rest of Alchemy Sword Peak.

• Yang Chen appeared above the platform, and the Hidden Sword Peak disciples believed he could save their peak.
• Ye Huatian recognized Yang Chen's advancement to the Heavenly Immortal realm, while disciples from other peaks watched him with interest.
• Yang Chen saw Wei Xiang and Chu Xiong's injuries, descended onto the arena, and challenged Shan Jin.
• Yang Chen vanished from Shan Jin's sight, then struck him with a powerful attack that sent him crashing to the ground.
• Shan Jin trembled and called Yang Chen a demon ghost, and Yang Chen challenged Alchemy Sword Peak to attack him together.

Yang Chen defeated Alchemy Sword Peak’s challengers and secured Hidden Sword Peak’s victory. With the option to challenge another Sword Peak for its ranking, he chose to continue.

• Yang Chen invited Alchemy Sword Peak’s disciples to face him together, and the Hidden Sword Peak disciples cheered him on.
• Zuo Xiao rushed at Yang Chen, but Yang Chen shattered his sword with one punch and struck him off the arena with another.
• Yang Chen rebuked an Alchemy Sword Peak disciple who accused him of using excessive force, pointing out that the disciple had laughed while Hidden Sword Peak’s disciples were beaten.
• Alchemy Sword Peak’s remaining Celestial Immortal disciples admitted defeat, and Prison Sword Peak’s Peak Master declared Hidden Sword Peak the winner.
• After the Peak Master offered Hidden Sword Peak the chance to challenge for a higher ranking, Yang Chen chose to continue.

Yang Chen defeated Artifact Sword Peak’s champion with a single punch, and Soul Sword Peak conceded without fighting. Hidden Sword Peak continued its challenge against Spirit Sword Peak as a powerful aura rose from the platform.

• The Prison Sword Peak Master named Artifact Sword Peak as Hidden Sword Peak’s next opponent.
• An Artifact Sword Peak disciple challenged Yang Chen to withstand his full-power Cauldron Sword Art strike, and Yang Chen shattered the bronze cauldron with his Third Revolution punch.
• The Artifact Sword Peak disciple thanked Yang Chen for showing mercy and conceded.
• A Soul Sword Peak disciple declared that his peak conceded, and the Prison Sword Peak Master announced Hidden Sword Peak’s victory.
• The Prison Sword Peak Master named Spirit Sword Peak as Hidden Sword Peak’s next opponent, and a powerful aura erupted from the platform.

Yang Chen fought Lin Xiao, the chief disciple of Spirit Sword Peak, after Lin Xiao demanded to see the Heavenly Evolution Sword Art. When Lin Xiao unleashed the Spirit Sword Art, its sword phantom engulfed Yang Chen, leaving the fight's outcome uncertain.

• Lin Xiao introduced himself and asked Yang Chen to demonstrate the Heavenly Evolution Sword Art, but Yang Chen refused and said Lin Xiao was not worthy.
• Lin Xiao revealed his late-stage Sword Heart and 320-li Great Dao, then clashed with Yang Chen, whose Devour Great Dao was only 200 li long but nearly matched Lin Xiao's power.
• Wei Xiang woke up and learned that Yang Chen had already challenged Spirit Sword Peak, then saw him fighting Lin Xiao to a standstill.
• Lin Xiao used the Heaven-tier Spirit Sword Art to force Yang Chen to reveal the Heavenly Evolution Sword Art.
• Yang Chen remained still as Lin Xiao sent the enormous sword phantom at him, and it engulfed him in a burst of power.

Yang Chen used Black Tortoise Body to withstand Lin Xiao's Heaven-tier sword attack, then revealed his Sword Soul and defeated him with the Four Seasons Sword Art. Hidden Sword Peak won the match, while the Sword Peak Masters recognized Yang Chen's talent and Immortal Sword True Lord argued with Ye Huatian over having lost him to Hidden Sword Peak.

• Yang Chen used Black Tortoise Body to repel Lin Xiao's phantom sword, leaving Lin Xiao unable to break through his defense.
• Yang Chen revealed his Sword Soul, shocking the sword cultivators and Sword Peak Masters watching the match.
• Ye Huatian and Immortal Sword True Lord argued over Yang Chen's choice of Hidden Sword Peak until the Sword-Washing Peak Master calmed them down.
• Yang Chen used the Four Seasons Sword Art to overwhelm Lin Xiao with white lotus flowers and sword qi.
• The master of Prison Sword Peak rescued the wounded, unconscious Lin Xiao, and announced Hidden Sword Peak as the winner.

After defeating Lin Xiao, Yang Chen accepted a system mission to challenge every peak’s chief disciple and become the sect’s top chief. He defeated Heavenly Sword Peak’s Mo Fan in the first match, leaving the remaining challenges ahead.

• Spirit Sword Peak conceded after Lin Xiao’s defeat, and its Peak Master invited Yang Chen to visit.
• The system assigned Yang Chen a mission to challenge every peak’s chief disciple, so he asked to begin the battles immediately in his own name.
• The chief disciples of Prison Sword Peak, Immortal Sword Peak, Heavenly Sword Peak, Divine Sword Peak, and Washing Sword Peak agreed to fight.
• Mo Fan of Heavenly Sword Peak opened the challenges and attacked Yang Chen with Flame Dao and the Heavenly Sword Formula.
• Yang Chen countered with Yin-Yang and Azure Dragon Fist, shattered Mo Fan’s Flame Dao, and knocked him from the arena; Mo Fan admitted defeat.

Yang Chen defeated Divine Sword Peak’s Wu Ming and forced Washing Sword Peak’s chief to concede. He then challenged Immortal Sword Peak’s flat-haired young man, who revealed a four-hundred-li Great Dao, and charged at him barehanded.

• Yang Chen used the Gale Great Dao and Four Seasons Sword Art to defeat Wu Ming of Divine Sword Peak.
• Washing Sword Peak’s chief conceded without fighting, and the peak master praised his judgment.
• Yang Chen challenged Immortal Sword Peak’s flat-haired young man, who accepted and revealed a four-hundred-li Great Dao.
• The young man said Heavenly Evolution Sword Art might not be enough to defeat him, but Yang Chen charged straight at him with his bare hands.

Yang Chen battled a flat-top young man from the Rending Heaven Sword Sect, trading powerful blows with him on the platform. After revealing his Sword Soul-enhanced swordsmanship, Yang Chen prepared to demonstrate the Heavenly Evolution Sword Art.

• Yang Chen charged the flat-top young man and struck him with the demonic dragon’s power, but their clash sent both fighters stumbling back.
• The flat-top young man detonated his wooden sword, and Yang Chen answered with the Azure Dragon Five Tiger Sword and the Sword Soul-enhanced Blizzard technique.
• Yang Chen and the flat-top young man fought through a cloud of dust, leaving the young man exhausted and complaining about Yang Chen’s physical strength.
• Yang Chen announced that he would show the Heavenly Evolution Sword Art, then released Sword Qi and summoned a hazy gray sword radiance.

Yang Chen used the Heavenly Evolution Sword against Zhao Yu, but the sword acted on its own when Zhao Yu’s jade sword appeared and devoured it. It then struck Zhao Yu and knocked him off the arena.

• Yang Chen’s Heavenly Evolution Sword pierced through the shields formed by Zhao Yu’s Great Dao power, alarming the spectators and revealing the sword to be the legendary weapon of the Heavenly Evolution Sword Art.
• Zhao Yu invoked the Immortal Sword Art and summoned a jade sword, but Yang Chen realized he could no longer control the Heavenly Evolution Sword.
• The Heavenly Evolution Sword restrained the jade sword and devoured it because the Immortal Sword Art had been created from the Heavenly Evolution Sword Art.
• Zhao Yu charged at the Heavenly Evolution Sword to reclaim his weapon, and the sword struck him and sent him flying off the arena.

Yang Chen defeated Zhao Yu and faced Xue Yuan, the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect’s strongest disciple, in the final match. He used a Battle Card to increase his Great Dao power, then revealed that he could wield the Thunder Great Dao as their duel began.

• Yang Chen apologized to Zhao Yu after the little gray sword defeated him, then awaited his final opponent.
• The Prison Sword Peak Master declared Yang Chen the winner, and Xue Yuan appeared with a five-hundred-and-fifty-li Great Dao River.
• Chu Xiong and Nalan Xue discussed Yang Chen’s chances against Xue Yuan and Dragon Ancestor Hall’s potential Immortal King candidate.
• Xue Yuan estimated that Yang Chen’s strength reached a four-hundred-li Great Dao level and said he might surpass him with more time.
• Yang Chen used the Battle Card, expanding his Devour Great Dao from two hundred to four hundred miles.
• Xue Yuan drew his sword and unleashed the Thunder Great Dao, and Yang Chen transformed his own Great Dao into Thunder before preparing to fight.

Yang Chen fought Xue Yuan, whose Shadow Dao and speed left him badly wounded, until Yang Chen used the Heavenly Evolution Sword Art’s Mountain River Form to trap him. Their strongest techniques collided and left both fighters injured on the arena floor.

• Xue Yuan used the Shadow Dao to vanish and repeatedly wounded Yang Chen with his blue sword light.
• Yang Chen struggled to track Xue Yuan and chose not to use the Human Emperor Palace.
• Yang Chen spread the Heavenly Evolution Sword Art’s Mountain River Form across the arena, trapping Xue Yuan in its gray currents.
• Xue Yuan answered with the Prison Sword Art, and the two techniques collided in a blast that engulfed the arena.
• The Prison Sword Peak Master dispersed the energy, revealing Yang Chen and Xue Yuan lying wounded on the ground.

After recovering from his battle with Xue Yuan, Yang Chen used a Primordial Gold Pill and the system to raise his cultivation to the late-stage Heavenly Immortal realm. He learned the Horizon Sect was challenging Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect and went to see the exchange after hearing its genius had defeated Senior Brother Chu.

• Yang Chen healed his wounds with the Nine-Turn Demonic Dragon Body and won a Primordial Gold Pill from the system lottery.
• Yang Chen swallowed the pill, increasing his Great Dao length to three hundred li and breaking through to the mid-stage Heavenly Immortal realm.
• Yang Chen signed in for a Battle Card and spent his Kill Points on cultivation, raising his Great Dao length to six hundred li and reaching the late-stage Heavenly Immortal realm.
• Yang Chen learned that the Horizon Sect had come to exchange with Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect and that its genius had defeated Senior Brother Chu.
• Yang Chen heard that the other chief disciples were in seclusion after losing to him, then flew off to watch the exchange.

Horizon Sect disciples challenged the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect, and Liu Hong stepped forward to defend his sect. Qingxuan Zi overpowered Liu Hong and revealed a Great Dao spanning four hundred and twenty li.

• Shi Jian defeated a Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect disciple and insulted the sect until the Prison Sword Peak Master warned Tianya Zi to rein in Horizon Sect's disciples.
• Liu Hong entered the arena to challenge Shi Jian, but Qingxuan Zi stepped in and took his place.
• Qingxuan Zi evaded Liu Hong's arena-wide Sword Qi and struck him with Horizon Palm, forcing him to the edge of the arena.
• Qingxuan Zi revealed a four-hundred-and-twenty-li Great Dao, surpassing Liu Hong's three-hundred-and-eighty-li Great Dao.

Qingxuan Zi defeated Liu Hong and taunted the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect, provoking the Immortal Sword True Lord and Tianya Zi to intervene. Yang Chen arrived as Qingxuan Zi challenged the sect to prove it still had anyone capable of fighting.

• Qingxuan Zi used his 420-li wood-attributed Great Dao to overpower Liu Hong and leave him badly wounded.
• Qingxuan Zi declared the Horizon Sect victorious and mocked the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect for having no one left to fight.
• The Immortal Sword True Lord threatened Qingxuan Zi, but Tianya Zi intervened and reminded him that elders should not disrupt a contest between disciples.
• Qingxuan Zi accused the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect of refusing to accept defeat and asked whether the sect had anyone left.
• Yang Chen arrived, saw Liu Hong's injuries, and confronted Qingxuan Zi.

Yang Chen stepped forward to defend the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect against Qingxuan Zi and quickly overwhelmed him with his strength. The chapter left Qingxuan Zi badly wounded after Yang Chen struck him with a powerful punch.

• Yang Chen introduced himself as a disciple of Hidden Sword Peak and rebuked Qingxuan Zi for insulting the sect.
• Qingxuan Zi attacked Yang Chen with Horizon Palm, but Yang Chen caught his hand and flung him across the arena.
• Qingxuan Zi unleashed his wood-attributed Great Dao, but Yang Chen activated the Nine-Turn Demonic Dragon Body and vanished from sight.
• Yang Chen's demonic dragon pressure disoriented Qingxuan Zi, and Yang Chen struck him with a powerful punch that tore open his abdomen.

Yang Chen overwhelmed Qingxuan Zi in the arena and refused to let the Horizon Sect concede, exposing suspicions that Qingxuan Zi had come prepared to exploit the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect’s weakened disciples. Tianya Zi attacked Yang Chen, but Yang Chen survived and vowed to destroy the Horizon Sect.

• Yang Chen questioned Qingxuan Zi after learning he knew the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect’s disciples’ strength, prompting Immortal Sword True Lord to demand an explanation from Tianya Zi.
• Yang Chen battered Qingxuan Zi and ignored Tianya Zi’s and Shi Jian’s attempts to concede on the Horizon Sect’s behalf.
• Tianya Zi launched an azure attack at Yang Chen, and Immortal Sword True Lord and Ye Huatian threatened to exterminate the Horizon Sect if Yang Chen was harmed.
• Yang Chen survived the attack by activating the Black Tortoise Body, then stopped Immortal Sword True Lord from immediately retaliating.
• Yang Chen swore to wipe out the Horizon Sect if he did not destroy it in his lifetime.