Chapter Summaries

After receiving Chen Xin’s warning that the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect was in peril, Yang Chen set out to help, with Azure Dragon and Wang Chi supporting him. In Soaring Cloud City, Yang Chen and Wang Chi found dozens of Immortal Venerable experts waiting, and Yang Chen killed their leader in a sudden attack.

• Chen Hao told Yang Chen that he had become famous across Central Continent after ranking first on the Monster Prodigy Rankings.
• Yang Chen received a message from Chen Xin warning that the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect was in peril and rushed toward the teleportation gate.
• Azure Dragon cautioned Yang Chen that the warning might be a trap, then agreed to help and brought Wang Chi along.
• Yang Chen and Wang Chi arrived in the desolate Soaring Cloud City and found several dozen Immortal Venerable experts waiting for them.
• Yang Chen appeared before the enemy leader and cut off his head before he could say more.

Yang Chen and Wang Chi fought the Holy Temple and Mystic Heaven Sect’s ambush in Soaring Cloud City, using sword techniques and assassination to kill several Immortal Venerables. After restoring his strength, Yang Chen unleashed the Darkness Law and enveloped the city in darkness.

• Yang Chen and Wang Chi attacked the dozens of Immortal Venerables, and Yang Chen’s Blizzard and Four Seasons Sword Art killed several of them.
• The Immortal Venerables tried to wear Yang Chen down, but he spent 500 Slaughter Points to restore his strength.
• Wang Chi assassinated an early-stage Immortal Venerable, but another opponent used Space Lock to expose him and disrupt his attacks.
• Yang Chen declared that the ambushers had underestimated him and spread darkness across Soaring Cloud City with the Darkness Law.

Yang Chen and Wang Chi slaughtered the Immortal Venerable experts trapped in the darkness covering Soaring Cloud City. Yang Chen killed the last survivors with Blood Rebuke, while Wang Chi faced a group of indifferent experts outside the city.

• The darkness around Soaring Cloud City suppressed Divine Soul Power and instincts as a demonic voice announced the start of the slaughter.
• Yang Chen ambushed and killed an Immortal Venerable late-stage expert, earning slaughter points from the system.
• Wang Chi killed several experts with his Soul Devourer Spear until Yang Chen told him to wait outside and took over the slaughter.
• Wang Chi left the darkness and found cold, indifferent experts waiting beyond Soaring Cloud City.
• Yang Chen killed the remaining Immortal Venerables with Blood Rebuke and received five system notifications for slaughter points.

Yang Chen restored the Guardian and sent him to fight the ten late-stage Immortal Venerables surrounding Soaring Cloud City. After Yang Chen advanced and the Guardian grew stronger, they defeated the attackers, leaving Yang Chen with enough Slaughter Points to consider reaching the Immortal Venerable Realm.

• Wang Chi returned to Yang Chen after killing two of the twelve Immortal Venerables, but Yang Chen told him to heal because someone else would fight.
• Yang Chen spent Slaughter Points to restore the Guardian and ordered him to kill the ten remaining late-stage Immortal Venerables.
• The Guardian attacked the ten experts with Yang Chen's techniques and killed several of them, astonishing Wang Chi.
• Yang Chen exchanged Slaughter Points for rule power and broke through to the mid-stage Immortal King Realm, while the Guardian advanced to the late-stage Immortal Venerable Realm.
• The Guardian killed the remaining Immortal Venerables and returned to protect Yang Chen, who saw that he might now have enough Slaughter Points to advance to the Immortal Venerable Realm.

Yang Chen spent 15,000 Slaughter Points to advance to Immortal Venerable, causing his Guardian to become an Immortal Emperor as well. As Yang Chen and Wang Chi headed for the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect, the Holy Temple and Mystic Heaven Sect agreed to activate their backup plan, and a figure from the Blood Soul Sect set out toward the Eastern Continent.

• Yang Chen used 15,000 Slaughter Points to advance to early Immortal Venerable, and his Guardian advanced to Immortal Emperor.
• Yang Chen concealed the Guardian by returning him to his tattoo, then continued toward the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect with Wang Chi.
• The Holy Temple Half-Saint and Mystic Heaven Sect Half-Saint compared their losses and agreed to activate the backup plan against Yang Chen.
• A towering figure in the Blood Soul Sect looked toward the Eastern Continent, entered the void, and vanished.

Yang Chen hurried toward the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect after displaying his power, while its defenders were overwhelmed by Frost Chill and the Mystic Heaven Sect. As the attackers prepared to destroy the sect, Yang Chen arrived and struck Dragon Ancestor Immortal King.

• Yang Chen killed more than a dozen Immortal Venerable experts with Blizzard, then used Slaughter Points to strengthen his body and sword cultivation before heading for the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect with Wang Chi.
• The World Commerce Association expert struggled to maintain the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect's barrier against Frost Chill and the Mystic Heaven Sect's Immortal Venerables.
• Chen Xin thanked the expert and urged him to escape when the barrier fell, but the attackers stopped him from self-destructing by tearing out and crushing his dantian.
• Frost Chill ordered Dragon Ancestor Immortal King to destroy the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect, but an unseen force shattered half of Dragon Ancestor Immortal King's face.
• Yang Chen appeared before the attackers and challenged them for trying to destroy the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect.

Yang Chen returned to the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect and helped turn back its attackers, but learned that Zhang Shaotian had been killed. He ordered Wang Chi to bring Frost Chill to him and killed the Immortal Venerable in a rage.

• Yang Chen arrived at the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect, reassuring Chen Xin, Qi Buhui, and the disciples that their enemies would not escape.
• Wang Chi appeared and fought Frost Chill and the other two Immortal Venerables while Yang Chen greeted Chen Xin and thanked the World Commerce Association's expert.
• Yang Chen learned from Ye Huatian that Zhang Shaotian was dead and demanded that Wang Chi bring Frost Chill to him.
• Wang Chi killed two Immortal Venerables, pierced Frost Chill with the Soul Devourer Spear, and threw him toward Yang Chen.
• Yang Chen struck Frost Chill's head, turning his body to dust.

Yang Chen avenged Frost Chill by ordering Wang Chi to destroy the Dragon Ancestor Hall army, then returned to the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect as its crisis ended. After gaining the Chaos Heaven-Devouring Art and using it to cultivate, Yang Chen went to Hidden Sword Peak to fulfill his promise.

• Yang Chen ordered Wang Chi to kill the Dragon Ancestor Hall forces, and Wang Chi routed their army with the Soul Devourer Spear.
• Chen Xin thanked Li Hao and the World Commerce Association for helping the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect, and Yang Chen asked Li Hao to thank Senior Zhan for him.
• The Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect held a banquet to celebrate surviving the attack and wiping out Dragon Ancestor Hall's elites.
• Yang Chen worried that the Holy Temple and Mystic Heaven Sect might return with Immortal Emperor experts, then signed in and obtained the Chaos Heaven-Devouring Art.
• Yang Chen cultivated with the new technique and went to Hidden Sword Peak, where he announced that he had come to fulfill his promise.

Yang Chen returned to the Heavenly Evolution Stele as an Immortal Venerable to deal with the black creature beneath it. With the Protector’s help, he killed the half-step Immortal Emperor creature and returned to the surface.

• Yang Chen entered the Heavenly Evolution Stele’s white world and reunited with its spirit, who welcomed him back to honor their agreement.
• The black creature revealed itself as a half-step Immortal Emperor, and the stele spirit lent Yang Chen Heavenly Evolution Sword Qi to help weaken it.
• Yang Chen summoned the Protector, whose Immortal Emperor cultivation overwhelmed the black creature.
• Yang Chen used Blood Rebuke with the Bloodthirsty Sword to kill the creature and received 5,000 Slaughter Points.
• Yang Chen put away the Protector and headed back to the surface.

Yang Chen killed the half-step Immortal Emperor beneath the earth, and the monument spirit chose to remain at the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect. Wang Chi then gave Yang Chen an invitation tied to his master's formation, but before Yang Chen could leave for the World Commerce Association, the Blood Soul Great Emperor arrived at the sect.

• Yang Chen told the monument spirit he had killed the black creature, whose corpse the spirit confirmed below.
• The monument spirit decided to stay at the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect and help nurture its promising disciples.
• Yang Chen returned to Hidden Sword Peak, where Wang Chi delivered an invitation from the World Commerce Association that would grant access to the formation linked to Yang Chen's master.
• Yang Chen learned the invitation was for an event two months away and planned to settle matters at the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect first.
• The Blood Soul Great Emperor appeared outside the sect, and his overwhelming presence sent Chen Xin and Qi Buhui flying backward.

Yang Chen summoned the Dao Protector to fight the Blood Soul Emperor, whose attack on the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect threatened to overwhelm the sect. As the Dao Protector gained the upper hand, Yang Chen unleashed Blood Rebuke and declared he would challenge the Immortal Emperor himself.

• The Blood Soul Emperor arrived at the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect to avenge the Blood Soul Sect’s Holy Son, and his presence shook the sect.
• The Prison Sword Peak Master killed several panicked disciples to silence them and then wondered whether the sect was doomed.
• Yang Chen summoned the Dao Protector, who fought the Blood Soul Emperor with four sword arts and drove him onto the defensive.
• Yang Chen told Wang Chi that the Blood Soul Emperor would not leave alive, then advanced with the Saint-Slaying Sword as the Dao Protector kept attacking.
• Yang Chen swung the Saint-Slaying Sword and unleashed Blood Rebuke at the Blood Soul Emperor.

Yang Chen and the Dao Protector defeated Blood Soul Great Emperor, who destroyed his own body in a final attack. Yang Chen received 10,000 Slaughter Points and learned that repairing the damaged Dao Protector would take three days.

• The Dao Protector broke through Blood Soul Great Emperor’s defenses while Yang Chen’s Blood Rebuke struck him and the Dao Protector pierced the blood sea sustaining him.
• Blood Soul Great Emperor’s body shattered, but his translucent soul escaped, so Yang Chen ordered the Dao Protector to pursue him.
• Blood Soul Great Emperor threatened to take Yang Chen down with him and self-destructed, blasting away half the Dao Protector and sending Yang Chen into Wang Chi’s barrier.
• The system rewarded Yang Chen with 10,000 Slaughter Points for killing an Immortal Emperor-realm expert.
• Yang Chen asked the system to repair the Dao Protector and learned the repair would take three days.

After the system repaired Yang Chen and his Dao Protector at the cost of slaughter points, Yang Chen reflected on the danger posed by the Blood Soul Sect’s attack and spent his remaining points to advance his Sword Dao. He broke through to the Sword Spirit Realm, startling the monument spirit at Hidden Sword Peak.

• Yang Chen accepted the loss of slaughter points used to repair his Dao Protector, then reassured Chen Xin, Qi Buhui, and Wang Chi after healing his own injuries instantly.
• Yang Chen considered how an Immortal Emperor from the Blood Soul Sect had slipped past Azure Dragon’s watch and concluded that his cultivation was still too weak.
• Yang Chen checked his remaining 5,500 slaughter points and used them to improve his Sword Dao cultivation.
• Yang Chen broke through from the late Sword Soul Realm to the Sword Spirit Realm, unleashing a storm of Sword Qi across the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect.
• The monument spirit appeared at Hidden Sword Peak and cried out in shock at Yang Chen’s Sword Spirit breakthrough.

Yang Chen reached the Sword Spirit Realm, and his sword qi stirred the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect before he brought it under control. In the Central Continent, the Wine Sword Immortal sensed the breakthrough, while the Holy Temple and Mystic Heaven Sect Half-Saints argued over their losses and prepared to deploy the Killing God Sect.

• The Stele Spirit realized Yang Chen had entered the Sword Spirit Realm and struggled to contain the violent sword qi threatening the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect.
• Yang Chen appeared above the sect and calmed the sword qi, drawing flying swords back to their owners as the disciples congratulated him.
• The Wine Sword Immortal sensed a Sword Spirit Realm presence in the Eastern Continent and vanished from his mountaintop to investigate.
• The Mystic Heaven Sect Half-Saint told the Holy Temple Half-Saint that Blood Soul's life plaque had shattered, and the Holy Temple Half-Saint's outburst destroyed the hall.
• The Holy Temple Half-Saint blamed Yang Chen for the deaths of Mo Wuhen and more than thirty Immortal Venerable experts, while the Mystic Heaven Sect Half-Saint replied that his own sect had lost an Immortal Emperor and ordered him to deploy the Killing God Sect.

The Holy Temple and Mystic Heaven Sect agreed to jointly hire the Killing God Sect to assassinate Yang Chen. The Killing God Sect showed interest in the job despite its rule against targeting the Azure Dragon Army, leaving the Holy Temple Immortal Emperor awaiting its decision.

• The Mystic Heaven Sect Half-Saint persuaded the Holy Temple Half-Saint to target Yang Chen through outside assassins, and they agreed to share the cost.
• A Holy Temple Immortal Emperor traveled to the Killing God Sect’s territory and delivered a request for its services.
• The Killing God Sect warned the envoy that it could kill an Immortal Emperor and only accepted assassination contracts, not requests for help.
• The envoy asked the Killing God Sect to kill Yang Chen, the Azure Dragon Army member ranked first on the Monster Prodigy Rankings.
• The Killing God Sect objected that it never accepted contracts involving the Azure Dragon Army, but the envoy urged it to return to prominence now that Saint Liu had departed.
• The Killing God Sect expert admitted that the proposal tempted him, and the Holy Temple Immortal Emperor smiled.

The Azure Dragon learned that Dong Buwei had hired the Killing God Sect Master to kill Yang Chen, then recruited him into a plan against the Holy Temple and Mystic Heaven Sect. Unbeknownst to them, Dong Buwei and Xuan Lingzi planned to kill the sect master and keep the payment for themselves.

• The Killing God Sect Master visited the Azure Dragon and revealed that Dong Buwei had offered him twenty True Sources to assassinate Yang Chen.
• The Azure Dragon explained that Yang Chen had killed the former top-ranked prodigy while at the mid-stage Immortal King realm and was Saint Liu's disciple.
• The Killing God Sect Master revealed he had reached the Invincible Immortal Emperor realm, and the Azure Dragon invited him to target the Holy Temple and Mystic Heaven Sect instead.
• The Killing God Sect Master agreed to the Azure Dragon's proposal, and they laughed together.
• Dong Buwei and Xuan Lingzi plotted to kill the Killing God Sect Master when he arrived at the Holy Temple and keep the twenty True Origins.

Yang Chen met the Wine Sword Immortal, who recognized that Yang Chen had reached the Sword Spirit Realm and challenged him to a spar. Their battle began with Yang Chen matching the Wine Sword Immortal’s attack, and the Wine Sword Immortal announced he would use his full strength.

• Yang Chen and Wang Chi watched the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect disciples grow stronger after the Central Continent experts’ attacks.
• The Wine Sword Immortal appeared and confirmed that Yang Chen had reached the Sword Spirit Realm.
• The Wine Sword Immortal invited Yang Chen to spar, while Wang Chi was blocked from following them into the void and was struck by Sword Qi.
• Yang Chen drew the Saint-Slaying Sword, and the Wine Sword Immortal praised it before warning Yang Chen not to underestimate his own sword.
• The Wine Sword Immortal attacked with his Sword Spirit Realm power, and Yang Chen countered with Yin-Yang.
• The Wine Sword Immortal smiled and said he would use his full strength.

Yang Chen fought the Wine Sword Immortal in a destructive swordsmanship sparring match. After their attacks tore apart the space around them, Yang Chen admitted defeat, and the Wine Sword Immortal wondered whether his praise was actually an insult.

• The Wine Sword Immortal vanished from Yang Chen's sight and struck him from behind, sending him flying through the void.
• Yang Chen summoned the Primordial Demon Dragon and used Blood Rebuke, unleashing a crimson sword beam that collapsed the surrounding space.
• The Wine Sword Immortal countered with silver rays from his rusty iron sword, and their clashing powers formed a storm that consumed the void.
• Wang Chi told Chen Xin and Qi Buhui that Yang Chen was sparring with the Immortal Realm's number one sword immortal.
• Yang Chen and the Wine Sword Immortal emerged from the storm, with Yang Chen's robes blackened and the Wine Sword Immortal's wine gourd missing.
• Yang Chen admitted defeat, and the Wine Sword Immortal asked whether Yang Chen was praising or insulting him.

Wine Sword Immortal discovered the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect’s connection to his old friend Heavenly Evolution and offered to oversee the sect. The chapter ended with a messenger from the Killing God Sect delivering a sphere of white radiance to Yang Chen.

• Wine Sword Immortal noticed that the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect’s experts had unusually advanced Sword Soul attainments.
• The Stele Spirit revealed that Heavenly Evolution had founded the sect while suppressing a black creature, explaining why he had missed his appointment with Wine Sword Immortal.
• Wine Sword Immortal realized he had misunderstood his old friend and announced that he would oversee the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect.
• Yang Chen asked whether the World Commerce Association would punish Wine Sword Immortal, who explained that he was only a guest elder.
• Wine Sword Immortal spotted someone hiding nearby, and the stranger identified himself as a messenger from the Killing God Sect before giving Yang Chen a sphere of white radiance.

Yang Chen received a True Source from the mysterious Killing God Sect leader, and the Saint-Slaying Sword devoured it, saying it could recover memories of the black creatures by consuming true essence. The Killing God Sect leader then told Dong Buwei that the sect could not kill Yang Chen, leaving Dong Buwei enraged.

• The mysterious man escaped Wine Sword Immortal and gave Yang Chen a True Source, then Wine Sword Immortal warned that the revived Killing God Sect might target him.
• Wine Sword Immortal explained that Saint Liu had once survived a Killing God Sect assassination attempt and later nearly wiped out the sect.
• Yang Chen placed the True Source on the Saint-Slaying Sword, which devoured it and said consuming true essence would help it remember the black creatures.
• The Killing God Sect leader entered the Holy Temple and told Dong Buwei that the sect could not kill Yang Chen, despite having accepted a deposit.
• Dong Buwei erupted with killing intent and threatened the Killing God Sect leader, who remained seated and refused to demand the remaining payment.