Chapter Summaries

Sword God struggled to explain how Ye Lin had unleashed a flawless sword technique far beyond his cultivation, while the other powerhouses and contestants recognized Ye Lin’s overwhelming strength. The contestants feared being matched against him and hoped to avoid him.

• Sword God wondered how Ye Lin could perform such a perfect sword strike, then dismissed the idea that Ye Lin had comprehended it himself.
• Sword God concluded that Ye Lin’s cultivation might be deeper than he could perceive.
• The powerhouses marveled that a Third Heaven Quasi-Saint like Ye Lin had shown such strength and saw hope for the Origin Continent.
• The Chaos Ancient Clan’s contestants acknowledged that they could not withstand Ye Lin’s sword strike, even if they used every trump card.
• The contestants checked their numbers and silently hoped they would not be matched against Ye Lin.

Silver Dragon and Flowing Wind, old rivals from the Origin Continent and Chaos Ancient Clan, faced each other in the next arena match. Silver Dragon launched a powerful series of spear attacks, but Flowing Wind deftly evaded and deflected them, leaving Silver Dragon struggling to keep up.

• The draw paired Flowing Wind of the Chaos Ancient Clan against Silver Dragon of the Origin Continent.
• Silver Dragon and Flowing Wind recognized each other as old rivals and prepared to fight.
• Silver Dragon opened with a spear thrust that Flowing Wind evaded by keeping just out of reach.
• Silver Dragon swept his spear across the Arena, but Flowing Wind folded low and slid beneath the attack to strike at his ankles.
• Silver Dragon unleashed twelve intricate spear thrusts, while Flowing Wind dodged and deflected each attack with his twin golden sabers.
• Silver Dragon grew short of breath as Flowing Wind continued to evade his forceful attacks with ease.

Flowing Wind wounded Silver Dragon while evading his spear attacks, then overwhelmed him with seven coordinated afterimages. As Silver Dragon grew exhausted and covered in cuts, he gathered his remaining strength into his spear, forcing Flowing Wind to recall his afterimages and retreat.

• Flowing Wind slipped past Silver Dragon's spear and cut his arm, ribs, and thigh.
• Silver Dragon unleashed Silver Dragon... Pierces the Sun, wounding Flowing Wind's left shoulder but spending much of his strength.
• Flowing Wind summoned seven afterimages that attacked Silver Dragon from all sides and covered him with more than a hundred cuts.
• Silver Dragon continued defending while secretly gathering the force of Flowing Wind's attacks into his spear.
• Flowing Wind sensed the spear's dangerous change, merged his afterimages, and retreated with his blades raised.

Silver Dragon unleashed his ultimate spear strike and killed Flowing Wind, but collapsed from his wounds immediately afterward. He lay bleeding on the Arena as the stunned audience realized he had won.

• Silver Dragon gathered his life force and spear insights into Dragonfall: Star Extinction and fired it at the retreating Flowing Wind.
• Flowing Wind's golden shield and twin blades shattered, and Silver Dragon's strike pierced his chest and pinned him to the Arena barrier.
• Flowing Wind's golden eyes dimmed, and he died against the barrier wall.
• Silver Dragon staggered to one knee, said Flowing Wind was finally dead, and collapsed beside his spear.
• The venue fell silent until a cultivator confirmed that Silver Dragon had won.

After Silver Dragon defeated Flowing Wind, Origin Continent celebrated its second victory and regained confidence. The next Arena match was drawn, with Number One selected.

• Origin Continent cultivators celebrated Silver Dragon's victory and carried him away for urgent treatment.
• The Chaos Ancient Clan discussed Flowing Wind's defeat and resolved to risk their lives in future battles.
• A deep voice from the darkness expressed eagerness to fight next, frightening the surrounding Chaos Ancient Clan experts.
• A silver-haired middle-aged man watched the Arena from the Boundary Sea, then vanished amid thunder.
• The next match was drawn, and Number One was selected.

Chaisang emerged from the darkness and headed for the Arena, frightening the Chaos Ancient Clan experts who watched him. Wang Xiuyuan of the Taiji Dao Sect stepped forward to face him, and the chapter ended as the two exchanged threats.

• Chaisang appeared before the Chaos Ancient Clan experts, who retreated in fear.
• The clan's prodigies said that anyone from the Origin Continent except Ye Lin would die facing Chaisang.
• Wang Xiuyuan volunteered to fight Chaisang despite a warning that his opponent was unusual.
• A woman told Ye Lin that Wang Xiuyuan was the senior disciple of the Taiji Dao Sect in the Central Region.
• Chaisang and Wang Xiuyuan traded threats as they prepared to fight.

Chaisang attacked Wang Xiuyuan, who used Tai Chi to redirect the blows and avoid being hit. Wang Xiuyuan remained trapped on the defensive as Chaisang warned that breaking his balance would shatter his defenses.

• Chaisang launched a claw strike at Wang Xiuyuan, who turned and redirected its force into the arena floor.
• Chaisang tested Wang Xiuyuan's Tai Chi by unleashing a frenzied barrage of attacks from every angle.
• Wang Xiuyuan deflected the blows and evaded their edges, but steadily retreated without finding an opening to counterattack.
• Chaisang told Wang Xiuyuan that if his circle-like defense lost its center, it would shatter.

Wang Xiuyuan exploited Chaisang’s pause to wound him with Taiji Return to Origin, but Chaisang endured the attack and delighted in the pain. Chaisang’s cracked body leaked dark mist as he complained that Wang Xiuyuan was cruel.

• Chaisang abruptly stopped his assault, letting Wang Xiuyuan’s balance shift, then stabbed him beneath the ribs and drank his blood.
• Wang Xiuyuan steadied himself and unleashed Taiji Return to Origin, smoothing Chaisang’s spatial distortions as the attack struck his chest.
• Chaisang was driven backward, and the blow shattered much of the stardust-like pattern covering his body and cracked his skin.
• Chaisang traced a crack, tasted the dark mist leaking from it, and complained that the injury hurt and Wang Xiuyuan was cruel.

Chaisang overwhelmed Wang Xiuyuan after exploiting the pain and damage from Wang's old wound. Wang fell to his knees, badly injured, as Chaisang praised his Taiji.

• Wang Xiuyuan realized his Taiji Return to Origin strike had not slowed Chaisang, who welcomed the pain.
• Chaisang attacked at more than twice his previous speed, sending afterimages at Wang from every direction.
• Wang Xiuyuan struggled to defend himself as his old wound disrupted his Taiji Body Stance and Chaisang's claws inflicted spreading injuries.
• Chaisang repeatedly struck the weaknesses in Wang's defense, severing his knee tendons and breaking his left forearm.
• Wang Xiuyuan fell to his knees, and Chaisang crouched beside him and called him the finest Taiji practitioner he had encountered.

Chaisang slowly tortured Wang Xiuyuan, crushing his ribs and heart while Wang endured in silence. After Wang died, Chaisang caught his Primordial Spirit, returned it to his body, and declared that he had not crushed Wang’s Dao.

• Chaisang pierced Wang Xiuyuan’s collarbone and slowly withered the flesh around the wound.
• Chaisang broke Wang’s ribs one by one as Wang endured the pain without screaming.
• Chaisang shattered Wang’s heart, and Wang’s breathing stopped.
• Chaisang caught Wang’s departing Primordial Spirit and returned it to his body.
• Chaisang rose and said that he had not crushed Wang’s Dao.

After Chaisang threatened Ye Lin and left the Arena, the cultivators condemned the Chaos Ancient Clan for letting him go. They mourned Wang Xiuyuan, whose Primordial Spirit had been destroyed, and learned that the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion had no information on Chaisang.

• Chaisang praised Ye Lin’s sword strike, promised to find and kill him, and left the Arena.
• Members of the Chaos Ancient Clan condemned Chaisang for murdering his parents, clansmen, and loved ones, but fell silent when he approached.
• Chaisang said he had heard their curses, patted several members on the shoulders, and vanished into the darkness.
• The cultivators mourned Wang Xiuyuan after his Primordial Spirit was crushed, leaving him unable to reincarnate or take another body.
• A Heavenly Secrets Pavilion cultivator revealed that its records contained no information on Chaisang, and others suspected the Chaos Ancient Clan had come prepared.
• Ye Lin joined the cultivators in bowing in respect for Wang Xiuyuan.

After Wang Xiuyuan died, the next battle began as the Chaos Ancient Clan sent the notorious Wu Yan to face a woman from the Origin Continent. Wu Yan offered to spare her if she surrendered, but her disgust made clear that she would not accept his courtesy.

• The Taiji Dao Sect's ancestor declared that Wang Xiuyuan's death had been destined, and the other powerhouses stayed silent.
• As the next battle approached, the Chaos Ancient Clan's cultivators reacted with alarm to the return of a monster once banished to the Netherworld.
• The announcer called Number Seventeen, and a woman carrying a white jade fan stepped onto the Arena.
• The Chaos Ancient Clan contestants urged Wu Yan to show mercy or kill his enemy outright, and he promised to spare her if she surrendered.
• Wu Yan introduced himself politely, but the woman called him disgusting, so he said he would no longer be courteous.

Qingran challenged Wu Yan with the laws manifested in her white jade fan, but he neutralized her attack using his primordial law body. The two ended their exchange with Wu Yan asserting that his strength, not a law priority order, had stopped her.

• Qingran opened her white jade fan, causing the laws across ten thousand miles to resonate.
• Wu Yan recognized the fan’s formations and asked whether Qingran cultivated the Order lineage.
• Qingran gathered the laws around the arena and fired a black-and-white ray that devoured law structures in its path.
• Wu Yan used primordial law runes to rewrite the ray’s nature and disperse it into harmless particles.
• Qingran identified Wu Yan’s ability as a higher law priority, but Wu Yan said he had simply been stronger.

Liu Qingran and Wu Yan traded close-range attacks, each leaving a mark on the other as their Laws clashed. Liu Qingran then unleashed the power stored in all 3,600 formations of her fan, sending two enormous yin-yang fish toward Wu Yan.

• Liu Qingran concentrated her Law power into her fan and thrust at Wu Yan, who deflected the strike with his palm.
• Their Laws clashed, damaging Liu Qingran’s fan and leaving a scorch mark on Wu Yan’s primordial Law body.
• Wu Yan mocked Liu Qingran’s strength, and she answered by raising her fan and activating all 3,600 formations.
• Liu Qingran released a torrent of Taiji Laws that formed two hundred-zhang yin-yang fish and aimed them at Wu Yan.

Liu Qingran and Wu Yan’s opposing Taiji and primordial-law attacks clashed inside the Arena, destroying each other after a fierce struggle. Liu Qingran pressed forward and began a stronger Taiji technique, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Wu Yan formed a primordial-law sphere and sent Return to the Void against Liu Qingran’s two yin-yang fish.
• The Taiji and primordial laws eroded each other, twisting and snapping nearby chains of law while the Arena barrier contained the damage.
• The two attacks shattered, scattering black-and-white and multicolored fragments across the Arena floor.
• Liu Qingran bled from the mouth but stepped forward as Taiji patterns spread across her body and her Saintly Breath surged.
• Liu Qingran invoked Taiji · Return of the Two Principles.

Liu Qingran used her Taiji Mirror to counter Wu Yan’s attempt to dismantle her laws, and Wu Yan unleashed his strongest primordial attack. The mirror survived the collision, but Liu Qingran was left badly injured as the chapter ended.

• Liu Qingran created a Taiji Mirror that analyzed and began dismantling Wu Yan’s Primordial Law Body.
• Wu Yan struck the mirror with an ancient rune attack, but the mirror absorbed it and reflected its power.
• Wu Yan compressed his laws into a spinning core and launched his technique, “Primordial: Myriad Forms Return to Silence.”
• Liu Qingran poured her remaining Saintly Breath into the mirror and met Wu Yan’s descending beam with its chaotic Taiji power.
• After the clash, Liu Qingran knelt with her fan cracked and its arrays extinguished, bleeding golden blood while Taiji light remained in her eyes.

Liu Qingran reforged her cracked white jade fan into a sword carrying three laws and prepared to stake her life on one final strike against Wu Yan. The chapter ended as her sword collided with Wu Yan’s rune-covered shield.

• Wu Yan asked whether Liu Qingran could still stand as his injuries left him near collapse.
• Liu Qingran crushed and reforged her white jade fan into a three-colored short sword, binding it to the last core of her Saintly Breath.
• Wu Yan recognized that Liu Qingran had forged the foundation of her own laws into the sword and warned that striking with it would kill her.
• Liu Qingran acknowledged the cost and charged Wu Yan with a direct, overwhelming sword strike.
• Wu Yan formed a shield from his remaining ancient law power, and Liu Qingran’s sword struck its center.

Liu Qingran pierced Wu Yan with her three-colored sword, but the effort cost both fighters their lives. The arena was left empty, marked only by the contrasting traces of their laws.

• Wu Yan's shield of laws shattered, and Liu Qingran's sword pierced his chest.
• Wu Yan recognized that Liu Qingran's sword came closest to the source before his body disintegrated into law particles.
• Liu Qingran began to fade as the cost of forging her foundation of law into a sword consumed her.
• Liu Qingran released the sword, which dissolved into streams of law, and then she vanished in fragments that formed a Taiji Diagram.
• Both fighters died in the arena, leaving black-and-white and iridescent traces on the stone floor.

Origin Continent won after both fighters died in the Arena, giving its cultivators renewed hope. A day later, Mu Yunyao, the Peach Blossom Sword Immortal, faced Phantom Shadow in the next match, and the two exchanged courteous greetings before preparing to fight.

• Both Arena fighters died, but the referee awarded the match to Origin Continent because its fighter died second.
• Origin Continent's cultivators took hope from the alternating wins and losses as a day passed.
• The referees drew lots for the next match and announced number thirty-three.
• Mu Yunyao identified himself as the Peach Blossom Sword Immortal and asked his fellow cultivators to bury him with wine if he lost.
• Phantom Shadow and Mu Yunyao introduced themselves politely and told each other to be careful before making their moves.

Mu Yunyao revealed that the Chaos Ancient Clan had killed his master before fighting Phantom Shadow with his peachwood sword. The battle continued as Phantom Shadow emerged from the shadows wounded by his Sword Intent.

• Mu Yunyao drew his peachwood sword and told Phantom Shadow that his master had been killed by the Chaos Ancient Clan.
• Phantom Shadow apologized but warned that she was not like the Chaos Ancient Clan, then withdrew into the shadow beneath her.
• Mu Yunyao sent three streams of peach-blossom Sword Intent toward Phantom Shadow, but she vanished into the ground before they struck.
• Phantom Shadow attacked Mu Yunyao from beneath his shadow, but he rose into the air and covered the area with a rain of Sword Intent petals.
• Phantom Shadow re-formed at a distance with a shallow cut on her scaled arm, while the dark ball of light at her tail had grown to fist size.