Chapter Summaries

Dong Buwei paid the Killing God Sect's sect master five more True Sources to kill Yang Chen, while the Mystic Heaven Sect agreed to contribute five. The sect master then met Azure Dragon, revealing that the deal was a deception and agreeing to send Yang Chen more True Origins as the great calamity seemed to be approaching.

• The Killing God Sect's sect master told Dong Buwei that Azure Dragon had offered him more and demanded five True Sources as a deposit, with fifteen more due after the job.
• Dong Buwei handed over five True Sources, and the sect master vanished without leaving a trace for Dong Buwei or the Mystic Heaven Sect's Half-Saint to detect.
• The Mystic Heaven Sect's Half-Saint said he had put the Killing God Sect's stronghold under surveillance and gave Dong Buwei five True Origins toward the payment.
• Tens of thousands of miles from the Holy Temple, the Killing God Sect's sect master appeared beside Azure Dragon and confirmed that the Holy Temple had accepted his terms.
• Azure Dragon asked the sect master to send Yang Chen more True Origins so he could grow stronger, warning that the great calamity from the past seemed to be returning.

Wine Sword Immortal told Yang Chen that the black creatures were evil demons from another Level One universe that had invaded the Immortal Realm centuries earlier. As the three discussed the past catastrophe, a Killing God Sect expert returned with three more True Sources to deliver.

• Yang Chen asked Wine Sword Immortal what the black creatures were, and Wine Sword Immortal explained that they were evil demons from another universe.
• Wine Sword Immortal described how the evil demons had invaded the Immortal Realm, killed many Saint Realm experts, and been driven back at great cost.
• The Stele Spirit grew sorrowful as he remembered his master's death in the earlier catastrophe.
• A peak Immortal Venerable from the Killing God Sect appeared and awkwardly offered three more True Sources.
• Yang Chen, Wine Sword Immortal, and the Stele Spirit stared in disbelief at the three new True Sources, bringing the total delivered to four.

A Killing God Sect expert delivered three True Origins to Yang Chen on the Azure Dragon Military Lord’s behalf, leaving the Wine Sword Immortal skeptical of the claimed alliance. After the Saint-Slaying Sword consumed the origins, it granted Yang Chen the martial skill Blood Battle in All Directions, and Yang Chen noticed that Wang Chi’s invitation date was approaching.

• The Wine Sword Immortal stopped the Killing God Sect expert from leaving until he explained that the Sect Master sent the three True Origins as the Azure Dragon Military Lord’s intention, citing an alliance between the sect and the Azure Dragon Army.
• Yang Chen returned to his room and let the Saint-Slaying Sword consume the three True Origins.
• Yang Chen received the martial skill Blood Battle in All Directions and witnessed its devastating power in a vision.
• The Saint-Slaying Sword said it wanted more true essence and that its recovering memories would reveal more martial skills.
• Yang Chen checked Wang Chi’s invitation and realized its date was near.

After a month at the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect, Yang Chen traveled with Wang Chi to Luo City in the War Domain for the World Tournament. At the World Restaurant, Yang Chen cut off the hands of Young Master Bai after he tried to take their table, and the restaurant manager confronted him.

• Yang Chen told the Wine Sword Immortal he was heading to the War Domain, and the Wine Sword Immortal hinted that a surprise awaited him at the World Commerce Association's headquarters.
• Yang Chen brought Wang Chi to Luo City, where Wang Chi explained that the World Tournament's top ten could enter a secret realm controlled by the World Commerce Association.
• Yang Chen wondered whether the secret realm was connected to the formation Liu Feng had left behind as he and Wang Chi ate at the World Restaurant.
• Young Master Bai tried to buy Yang Chen and Wang Chi's table with a thousand Great Dao Pills, but Yang Chen ignored him.
• When Young Master Bai struck the table again, Yang Chen severed both his hands with a streak of sword light.
• The restaurant manager confronted Yang Chen for fighting inside the World Restaurant.

Yang Chen and Wang Chi fought off the World Restaurant’s Immortal Venerable enforcers after the manager ordered them attacked. Yang Chen demanded that Luo Qin come see him, but before the manager returned, Young Master Bai’s Immortal Emperor father arrived and confronted him.

• The World Restaurant manager ordered his men to cripple and kill Yang Chen and Wang Chi, but Yang Chen and Wang Chi defeated the Immortal Venerable attackers.
• Yang Chen crushed the fist of an Immortal Venerable peak expert and demanded that the manager bring Luo Qin to see him.
• The manager hurried off to find Luo Qin, while Young Master Bai threatened Yang Chen and waited for his father.
• Young Master Bai’s father entered the restaurant with Immortal Emperor pressure and asked Yang Chen if he had severed his son’s hands.

Bai Yunfei confronted Yang Chen and Wang Chi over his son’s injuries, but backed down after learning they belonged to the Azure Dragon Army. Luo Qin then arrived at the restaurant and greeted Yang Chen.

• Bai Yunfei arrived after Young Master Bai complained that Yang Chen had cut off both his hands, but held back from attacking in the World Restaurant.
• Yang Chen and Wang Chi identified themselves as members of the Azure Dragon Army, and Bai Yunfei realized they were the top two on the Monster Prodigy Rankings.
• Yang Chen challenged Bai Yunfei, while Wang Chi warned that the Azure Dragon Army could destroy the Bai Family.
• Bai Yunfei apologized by offering to pay for the meal and giving them fifty thousand Great Dao Pills, which Wang Chi accepted.
• Luo Qin entered the restaurant and smiled as she greeted Yang Chen.

Yang Chen reunited with Luo Qin after a World Restaurant official mistreated him, and she dismissed the official from the restaurant. Luo Qin took Yang Chen and Wang Chi to the World Commerce Association headquarters, where a young man questioned why she had brought an Azure Dragon Army member there.

• Bai Yunfei recognized Luo Qin's connection to Yang Chen and hurriedly left with his son, who had said he wanted to marry her.
• Luo Qin confronted Yang Chen for taking so long to visit her, then asked why he had called her over.
• The World Restaurant official knelt and confessed that he had mistreated Yang Chen to curry favor with others.
• Luo Qin ordered the official to resign and leave World Restaurant, and Yang Chen accepted her decision.
• Luo Qin led Yang Chen and Wang Chi to the World Commerce Association headquarters and explained the Saint realm essence on its plaque.
• A young man with a wooden fan greeted Luo Qin and challenged her for bringing Wang Chi, a member of the Azure Dragon Army.

Yang Chen, Wang Chi, and Luo Qin confronted Zhan Yun at the World Commerce Association headquarters after he insulted the Azure Dragon Army and challenged their presence. When a Zhan Family Immortal Emperor attacked Yang Chen, Yang Chen drove him back and sent Zhan Yun flying, leaving the conflict with the association openly escalated.

• Wang Chi explained that Zhan Yun belonged to a World Commerce Association faction hostile to the Azure Dragon Army, and Luo Qin rebuked Zhan Yun for questioning her guests.
• Zhan Yun insulted Yang Chen and Wang Chi, prompting Wang Chi to attack him with his late Immortal Venerable cultivation.
• A World Commerce Association Immortal Emperor suppressed Wang Chi, and Zhan Yun moved to slap him.
• Yang Chen caught Zhan Yun's hand and warned him, but the Immortal Emperor attacked Yang Chen after Zhan Yun demanded intervention.
• Yang Chen used his Saint-Slaying Sword to drive back the Immortal Emperor, punched Zhan Yun into the air, and condemned the World Commerce Association.

Yang Chen fought off an Immortal Emperor Realm expert at the World Commerce Association, injuring him with Blood Rebuke before Dragon One intervened. Zhan Wushuang arrived and punished the attacker, ending the confrontation with Dragon One and the Zhan Family.

• The Immortal Emperor Realm expert attacked Yang Chen after Zhan Yun ordered him to kill Yang Chen.
• Yang Chen used Blood Rebuke to blast open the expert's chest, but the Immortal Emperor healed and prepared a killing blow.
• Dragon One stepped between them, stopped the attack, and rebuked Wang Chi for failing to defend the Azure Dragon Army's honor.
• Dragon One warned that he would kill the expert unless someone intervened, and Zhan Wushuang emerged from the twisted space.
• Zhan Wushuang ordered the Immortal Emperor Realm expert to confine himself for three years, and the expert left.

After Dragon One drove off the Zhan Family, he warned Yang Chen that other Zhan Family members might still target him and promised to protect him before the World Tournament. Yang Chen then visited the World Commerce Association to sell items he had collected, where Luo Kuang recognized his Sword Dao cultivation and agreed to appraise them.

• Dragon One confronted Zhan Wushuang over Zhan Yun's attack, and Zhan Wushuang slapped Zhan Yun before taking him away.
• Dragon One praised Yang Chen's strength, warned him about further trouble from the Zhan Family, and said he would guard him for the next few days.
• Luo Qin led Yang Chen and Wang Chi into the World Commerce Association, where Yang Chen said he wanted to sell some items.
• Luo Kuang told Yang Chen that he had recognized his Sword Dao cultivation as the Wine Sword Immortal's Sword Spirit Realm and asked to see his goods.
• Yang Chen presented the King-rank martial skill Great Stele Hand and a Fire Phoenix Herb for appraisal.

Yang Chen traded for True Source and used it to strengthen the Saint-Slaying Sword before cultivating to the mid-stage Immortal Venerable Realm. He then arrived with Wang Chi at the Luo Family for the World Tournament, where Luo Qin greeted him warmly.

• Yang Chen sold two items to Luo Kuang and agreed to owe Luo Qin a second favor in exchange for a piece of True Source.
• Yang Chen let the Saint-Slaying Sword devour the True Source, then cultivated and signed in to gain one hundred years of cultivation.
• Yang Chen advanced to the mid-stage Immortal Venerable Realm, while the Dao Protector advanced to the mid-stage Immortal Emperor Realm.
• Yang Chen and Wang Chi set out for the World Tournament at the Luo Family and found Luo Qin waiting at the entrance.
• Luo Qin welcomed Yang Chen and complained that he had finally arrived, but Yang Chen awkwardly asked whether they were that close.

Yang Chen arrived at the Luo Family’s World Tournament venue with Wang Chi and learned that the contest’s top twenty would gain access to a secret realm containing insight into breaking through to the Saint Realm. The tournament began with numbered draws, and Wang Chi was scheduled to compete third while Yang Chen drew tenth.

• Yang Chen entered the Luo Family’s hidden world with Luo Qin and Wang Chi, and Wang Chi told him that Luo Qin was interested in him.
• Luo Qin brought Yang Chen and Wang Chi to a viewing room where Dragon One was waiting, then left after Yang Chen’s awkward question upset her.
• Zhan Wushuang opened the World Tournament and explained that the top twenty contestants would enter the World Commerce Association’s secret realm.
• Yang Chen drew number ten, while Wang Chi drew number three and prepared to compete early.
• Dragon One warned Wang Chi that the field included many Immortal Emperor experts, deflating his confidence about setting an example for Yang Chen.

Wang Chi fought Ghost Slayer Elder in the third match of the plaza competition, using the Soul Devourer Spear to defeat him. The victory showed that Wang Chi remained a formidable Immortal Venerable despite being overshadowed by Yang Chen.

• Wang Chi entered the plaza for the third match and faced Ghost Slayer Elder, a veteran late-stage Immortal Venerable.
• Ghost Slayer Elder summoned a black giant and sent it to attack Wang Chi, who dodged and revealed the Soul Devourer Spear.
• Wang Chi unleashed Soul Devourer, and the black dragon formed from his spear made Ghost Slayer Elder and the giant falter.
• Ghost Slayer Elder used Ghost Slayer Palm, but a yin spirit from Wang Chi's spear devoured the giant's palm.
• Wang Chi pierced the black giant and sent Ghost Slayer Elder crashing into a deep pit.

Wang Chi defeated Ghost Slayer Elder in the World Tournament, drawing attention to the rising younger generation. The fourth match brought Holy Light Emperor out of seclusion, and he openly challenged Yang Chen as the conflict between the Holy Temple and Azure Dragon Army threatened to escalate.

• Zhan Wushuang declared Wang Chi the winner after he defeated Ghost Slayer Elder, and Wang Chi returned to his room to boast to Yang Chen.
• Dragon One dismissed Wang Chi’s victory as a minor achievement and reflected on Yang Chen’s mysterious strength.
• Holy Light Emperor appeared for the fourth match, and Dragon One recognized him as a dangerous mid-stage Immortal Emperor and a threat to Yang Chen.
• Holy Light Emperor’s early-stage Immortal Emperor opponent conceded, prompting spectators to predict that Holy Light Emperor could win the tournament and seek the Saint realm.
• Holy Light Emperor gestured toward Yang Chen’s room as if challenging him to come out and die, and Zhan Wushuang watched with concern.

Yang Chen entered his World Tournament match against a fighter from the Mystic Spirit Sect, drawing attention as the current number one on the Monster Prodigy Rankings. He easily destroyed the man's first wave of phantoms, but the opponent summoned a half-step Immortal Emperor phantom, and Yang Chen drew the Saint-Slaying Sword to face it.

• Zhan Wushuang told Luo Qin that the Holy Light Emperor had once ranked first on the Monster Prodigy Rankings, but said Yang Chen had hidden trump cards.
• Yang Chen's tenth match began, and he introduced himself as a member of the Azure Dragon Army before revealing his mid-stage Immortal Venerable cultivation.
• Yang Chen's opponent summoned mid-stage Immortal Venerable phantoms with the Mystic Spirit Sect's Undead Art.
• Yang Chen's Sword Qi shattered the phantoms without him moving, prompting his opponent to offer blood to the formation.
• The opponent summoned a half-step Immortal Emperor phantom, and Yang Chen brought out the Saint-Slaying Sword.

Yang Chen defeated a Half-Step Immortal Emperor summoned by a Mystic Spirit Sect fighter with a single strike, then learned more about the extraordinary strength of his master, Saint Liu. The first round ended with half the participants eliminated, and the tournament moved on to the second round.

• Yang Chen struck down the middle-aged Mystic Spirit Sect fighter's Half-Step Immortal Emperor ghost with Blood Rebuke, leaving the man gravely injured.
• Yang Chen called the opponent too weak, while the Holy Light Emperor grew alarmed by Yang Chen's talent and decided he must die.
• Dragon One praised Yang Chen and said Saint Liu had once challenged the entire Holy Temple with the strength of an Immortal Emperor.
• Yang Chen watched the remaining battles with little interest as the first round ended, eliminating half the participants, and the second round began.

Wang Chi faced Zhan Yun in the World Tournament’s second round and decisively defeated him with the Soul Devourer Spear. Zhan Wushuang stopped Wang Chi before he could press his advantage, and Wang Chi advanced.

• Wang Chi and Yang Chen compared their drawn numbers and found they would not face each other.
• Wang Chi was matched against Zhan Yun, who was at the mid-stage Immortal Venerable Realm.
• Zhan Yun attacked with an ink dragon, but Wang Chi shattered it with the Soul Devourer Spear and closed in.
• Zhan Wushuang told Luo Qin that Wang Chi’s laws and close-range advantage made Zhan Yun’s defeat likely.
• Wang Chi pierced Zhan Yun’s chest with the Soul Devourer Spear and threw him to the ground.
• Zhan Wushuang declared Wang Chi the winner and asked him to spare Zhan Yun, so Wang Chi halted his attack.

Yang Chen faced the Wind-Riding Emperor, an early-stage Immortal Emperor sent by the Holy Temple to kill him. As the Emperor unleashed his power in the plaza, Dragon One and Zhan Wushuang prepared to intervene if Yang Chen was endangered.

• Wang Chi returned to his room after Zhan Wushuang stopped him from attacking Zhan Yun, and Dragon One warned him not to damage relations with the World Commerce Association.
• Yang Chen entered the plaza and confronted an early-stage Immortal Emperor while spectators doubted he could win.
• Yang Chen recognized the stranger as an agent of the Holy Temple by sensing his killing intent, but refused to surrender and drew the Saint-Slaying Sword.
• The Immortal Emperor introduced himself as the Wind-Riding Emperor and unleashed a violent energy storm around Yang Chen.
• Zhan Wushuang and Dragon One readied themselves to act if Yang Chen was harmed, while Dragon One warned Holy Light not to expect to leave if anything happened to him.

Yang Chen fought Wind-Riding Emperor and revealed a Devouring Great Dao extending over a hundred thousand li and his Sword Spirit, giving him battle power capable of rivaling an Immortal Emperor. Wind-Riding Emperor and the gathered experts were shocked, while Holy Light recognized Yang Chen as a growing threat.

• Yang Chen used Blood Rebuke to break through Wind-Riding Emperor's hurricanes and escape their assault.
• Wind-Riding Emperor seized control of the gale rules, but Yang Chen invoked his Devouring Great Dao, astonishing Wind-Riding Emperor, Holy Light, Zhan Wushuang, and Dragon One.
• Yang Chen manifested his Sword Spirit, transforming the surrounding hurricanes into Sword Qi and revealing his Sword Spirit Realm to the plaza.
• Wind-Riding Emperor realized Yang Chen possessed Immortal Emperor-level battle power, while Dragon One, Wang Chi, and Zhan Wushuang relaxed as Yang Chen faced him.
• Holy Light watched Yang Chen with a gloomy expression and called his name.

Yang Chen used the sword spirit and Blood Rebuke to defeat the Wind-Riding Emperor, then killed him with a final sword strike. The system rewarded Yang Chen with 10,000 Slaughter Points.

• Wind-Riding Emperor summoned a dragon formed from gale rules, and Zhan Wushuang contained the fight’s aftershocks with barriers.
• Yang Chen empowered Blood Rebuke with the sword spirit and Blood God Rule, cleaving through the gale dragon.
• Wind-Riding Emperor counterattacked with Wind God Break, but Yang Chen defeated him and left him kneeling with sword wounds.
• Yang Chen declared that he would show no mercy and struck the Wind-Riding Emperor down with the sword spirit’s attack.
• The system announced that Yang Chen had slain an Immortal Emperor and awarded him 10,000 Slaughter Points.