Chapter Summaries

As Dao Rhymes erased the geniuses one by one, Gu Tianyi and Gu Xinghe reunited the upper and lower halves of the Xiaoyao Sword Art. Their newly formed Sword Qi challenged Ye Lin, who answered with a devastating lightning sword.

• The geniuses succumbed to the Dao Rhymes and vanished until only Gu Tianyi and Gu Xinghe remained.
• Gu Xinghe asked Gu Tianyi to join him in restoring the complete Xiaoyao Sword Art, and she agreed.
• Gu Tianyi and Gu Xinghe combined their Sword Qi and brought the true Xiaoyao Sword Art back into the world.
• Ye Lin sensed their Sword Qi wearing away his Dao Rhymes and summoned the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Sword Art.
• Gu Tianyi and Gu Xingchen called out that they would measure heaven and earth with their swords.

Ye Lin defeated Gu Tianyi and Gu Xinghe, then returned to find himself first on the rankings with thirty-eight points. With seven days left in the second stage, he left to continue hunting while another woman confronted a black-robed woman at a cliff.

• Ye Lin overwhelmed Gu Tianyi and Gu Xinghe with his supreme thunderbolt sword, shattering their Sword Qi.
• Gu Tianyi and Gu Xinghe shared a calm smile before lightning swallowed them, and Ye Lin bid them farewell.
• Ye Lin returned from his domain and saw that he ranked first with thirty-eight points after three days of the second stage.
• Ye Lin reflected on the prodigies who had died and the stronger contestants still remaining, then left.
• A woman standing above a cliff told the black-robed woman below that she would send her back to heaven and earth.

Su Qingyu confronted Mei Jiaojiao and attacked her with her Mystic Spirit True Body. Mei Jiaojiao blocked the saber and prepared to fight back, leaving their battle underway.

• Mei Jiaojiao taunted Su Qingyu about taking her Qinglang, but Su Qingyu declared she would sacrifice the demoness to Heaven.
• Su Qingyu unleashed golden light and sent a sacred lotus toward Mei Jiaojiao, who evaded the attack.
• Su Qingyu summoned her Mystic Spirit True Body, which swung a golden saber at Mei Jiaojiao.
• Mei Jiaojiao blocked the saber with a river of pink petals, changed into a purple gown, and challenged Su Qingyu to continue fighting.

Mei Jiaojiao used a rain technique to destroy Su Qingyu’s Mystic Spirit True Body, then taunted her about the technique’s origins. Su Qingyu drew a sword imbued with the Dao of Light and demanded an explanation.

• Mei Jiaojiao and Su Qingyu fought in the void, and Su Qingyu accused Mei Jiaojiao of betraying their bond by seducing her husband.
• Mei Jiaojiao said their bond was already broken and claimed she would defeat Su Qingyu’s Mystic Spirit True Body herself.
• Mei Jiaojiao summoned corrosive rain that pierced Su Qingyu’s shield and riddled the Mystic Spirit True Body with holes until it collapsed.
• Mei Jiaojiao mocked Su Qingyu for not understanding how the rain technique had come to be.
• Su Qingyu summoned a golden sword radiating the Dao of Light and demanded that Mei Jiaojiao explain.

Mei Jiaojiao confronted Su Qingyu, revealing that she had studied her father's bones to learn a technique and resented the favoritism Su Qingyu had received. Mei Jiaojiao unleashed a sinister illusion that preyed on Su Qingyu's longing for her husband, while Su Qingyu faced her with the Holy Light Meteor Sword.

• Mei Jiaojiao recognized the Holy Light Meteor Sword and accused Su Qingyu's father of favoring her.
• Mei Jiaojiao said she had skinned her father and studied his bones to comprehend a technique, and she lamented that he had given Su Qingyu the sword and other gifts.
• Su Qingyu condemned Mei Jiaojiao for betraying her master, stealing another's husband, and killing fellow disciples.
• Mei Jiaojiao summoned a black lotus and cast Flowers Fall, Three Thousand Mortal Realms, plunging the surrounding world into darkness.
• Su Qingyu drove back the darkness with golden light as Mei Jiaojiao used drifting petals and visions of Su Qingyu's husband to tempt her to close her eyes.

Mei Jiaojiao used a river of pink petals to disorient Su Qingyu, but Su Qingyu broke free and attacked with her light-aligned sword. Mei Jiaojiao outpaced her, slammed her into the earth, and began forming a black lotus technique.

• Mei Jiaojiao surrounded Su Qingyu with pink petals that nearly left her helpless.
• Su Qingyu regained her senses, shattered the petal river with her sword, and charged Mei Jiaojiao with golden wings.
• Mei Jiaojiao sent black threads at Su Qingyu, but Su Qingyu's golden Sword Qi destroyed them and surged toward her.
• Mei Jiaojiao shattered the Sword Qi, evaded Su Qingyu's close-range strike, and hit her from behind, driving her into a crater.
• Mei Jiaojiao formed hand seals and summoned an enormous black lotus.

Mei Jiaojiao overwhelmed Su Qingyu’s golden Sword Qi with the black lotus and devastated the surrounding land. Ye Lin arrived after the battle and sensed an aura suggesting someone might still be alive.

• Mei Jiaojiao sent the black lotus into the crater as Su Qingyu’s golden Sword Qi descended upon it.
• Mei Jiaojiao poured immortal power into the black lotus until cracks spread across the golden Sword Qi and it shattered.
• The black lotus plunged into the crater, and its aftershock reduced the surrounding region to ruins.
• Mei Jiaojiao declared that Su Qingyu could never defeat her, then left the battlefield.
• Ye Lin arrived and found the vast battlefield destroyed, then sensed a trace of aura and moved toward it.

Ye Lin unearthed the grievously wounded Su Qingyu and prepared to kill her, but she recognized him as her husband. Her certainty and his strange sense of familiarity left Ye Lin questioning how she could know someone with his face and aura.

• Ye Lin raised the earth around the ruins and uncovered a barely living woman.
• Ye Lin gathered golden light to kill the woman, but she opened her eyes and called him her husband.
• The woman identified herself as Su Qingyu and asked why Ye Lin would not acknowledge her or choose her over Mei Jiaojiao.
• Ye Lin asked his clones whether they knew Su Qingyu, but they all denied knowing her.
• Ye Lin questioned Su Qingyu and wondered whether someone had altered his memories or whether another person shared his appearance and aura.

Ye Lin struggled to understand why Su Qingyu called him her husband and felt familiar to him despite his belief that they had never met. He accepted the Samsara Disk she had found and decided to keep her alive while investigating their connection.

• Su Qingyu insisted that Ye Lin was her husband and recalled him rescuing her in the Ten Thousand Demon Cavern and promising to show her the world's finest scenery.
• Su Qingyu gave Ye Lin the Samsara Disk, which contained a trace of a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal's insight into the Dao of Samsara.
• Ye Lin briefly became immersed in the disk's aura, then accepted it and stored it in his Spatial Ring.
• Su Qingyu embraced Ye Lin after he agreed not to leave her, and Ye Lin decided to investigate why she seemed familiar to him.

After examining Su Qingyu’s fate and learning she would find a Fusang Fruit, Ye Lin watched her take an eight-pattern pill to treat the injuries she had suffered fighting the demoness. The chapter ended with Su Qingyu recovering beside him as dense vitality surged through her body.

• Ye Lin read Su Qingyu’s panel and learned that she would discover the Fusang Divine Tree and obtain a Fusang Fruit three days later.
• Ye Lin was surprised by Su Qingyu’s Husband-Prospering Divine Body and its unusual effects on her husband.
• Su Qingyu told Ye Lin that the demoness had badly injured her and opened a jade box to take out a pill.
• Ye Lin recognized the pill as an exceptionally valuable eight-pattern pill.
• Su Qingyu swallowed the pill and sat beside Ye Lin to treat her injuries, releasing dense vitality within her body.

Ye Lin and Su Qingyu traveled north toward the Fusang Divine Tree, while Ye Lin remained wary of the man who looked exactly like him. They reached a cliff overlooking the tree, where Su Qingyu reacted to its familiar aura and began radiating light.

• Su Qingyu recovered to her peak after Ye Lin gave her a powerful pill and called him her husband, though she admitted she did not know his name.
• Su Qingyu explained that she had met the man who looked like Ye Lin in Heaven Beyond Heaven and had searched for the Wheel of Reincarnation to find him again.
• Ye Lin gave Su Qingyu his name and headed north, keeping his distance while considering the possible connection between himself and his double.
• After three days of travel, Ye Lin spotted the Fusang Divine Tree's radiant phantom on the horizon.
• Su Qingyu sensed the tree's familiar, warm aura, and light and Dao rhythm began to surround her.

Ye Lin and Su Qingyu traveled toward the Fusang Divine Tree, where Ye Lin spotted a mysterious purple light and saw the top-ranked cultivators gathered. After reaching the tree, Ye Lin found three Fusang Fruits and heard a golden-robed man claim one for himself.

• Ye Lin raced ahead toward the Fusang Divine Tree, and Su Qingyu followed him in a streak of golden light.
• Ye Lin noticed a flash of purple light heading toward the tree and checked the rankings, where he held first place and Mei Jiaojiao was second.
• Ye Lin traveled for another half hour before seeing the towering Fusang Divine Tree and the three golden fruits near its summit.
• A golden-robed man appeared on the clouds and declared that one of the Fusang Fruits was destined to be his.

Several powerful figures gathered at the Fusang Divine Tree and claimed its three fruits, but Ye Tian challenged Xuanyuan Tufeng’s authority and provoked him into a confrontation. Mei Jiaojiao appeared to mock Xuanyuan Tufeng, and Ye Tian then challenged her as well.

• A powerful man in the Ninth Heavens claimed one Fusang Fruit, while a bald man and a saber-carrying man each claimed another.
• The Ninth Heavens man declared that the three fruits had owners and ordered the other Daoists to leave.
• Ye Tian approached and disputed the claim, then insulted Xuanyuan Tufeng and challenged him to fight.
• Mei Jiaojiao appeared from the clouds and mocked Xuanyuan Tufeng for being cursed by Ye Tian.
• Ye Tian called Mei Jiaojiao unimpressive and challenged her to withstand his punches.

Ye Lin watched several top-ranked figures gather beneath the Fusang Divine Tree and met Lou Tianyi, who urged him to wait until they started fighting before trying to seize treasure. The powerful figures remained poised for a possible clash, while Lou Tianyi remarked on the grudge between Xuanyuan Tufeng and Ye Tian.

• Mei Jiaojiao teased Martial Fool, who avoided her, while Yang Tiangang agreed to fight him later.
• Ye Lin identified Mei Jiaojiao, Martial Fool, Xuanyuan Tufeng, Yang Tiangang, and Ye Tian among the top-ranked figures gathered above the Fusang Divine Tree.
• Lou Tianyi introduced himself to Ye Lin as the Sect Master of the Fortune Sect and warned him not to approach the heavens yet.
• Lou Tianyi proposed waiting for the top-ranked figures to begin fighting so they could take treasure amid the chaos.
• Lou Tianyi noted that Xuanyuan Tufeng and Ye Tian appeared to have a grudge against each other.

Ye Lin approached a tense gathering over three Fusang Fruits and announced that he would take two. He introduced himself as the Golden Rankings’ first place, while Su Qingyu followed him and Mei Jiaojiao recognized her.

• Lou Tianyi met Su Qingyu and learned that she was Ye Lin’s wife.
• Ye Lin walked toward the group preparing to fight over the Fusang Fruits, and Su Qingyu followed him.
• Ye Lin demanded two of the three Fusang Fruits and introduced himself as first place on the Golden Rankings.
• Mei Jiaojiao recognized Su Qingyu and expressed surprise that she was still alive.

Ye Lin arrived at the Fusang Tree with Su Qingyu, but Xuanyuan Tufeng and the others doubted his identity. When Ye Tian attacked him, Ye Lin used Time Reversal to return Ye Tian to his starting position, leaving the gathered cultivators stunned by his power.

• Xuanyuan Tufeng and the bald Martial Fool doubted that the ordinary-looking man was Ye Lin, while Mei Jiaojiao mocked Su Qingyu for surviving and returning.
• Ye Tian challenged Ye Lin to fight, but Ye Lin ignored him and continued toward the Fusang Tree.
• Ye Tian attacked Ye Lin with the Great Void Fist after Ye Lin dismissed his challenge.
• Ye Lin snapped his fingers and used Time Reversal to suppress Ye Tian's Dao rhythms and send him back to where he had started.
• Xuanyuan Tufeng and the others recognized Ye Lin's overwhelming strength, while Ye Tian struggled to understand what had happened.

Ye Lin took all three Fusang Fruits after the Fusang Tree vanished, refusing to hand any over when Xuanyuan Tufeng and Yang Tiangang demanded them. The other powerful cultivators prepared to attack him, and the chapter ended as Martial Fool challenged him to fight.

• Ye Lin collected all three Fusang Fruits and wondered whether he could take the Fusang Tree as well.
• The Fusang Tree vanished into the ground, leaving a vast pit behind.
• Xuanyuan Tufeng and Yang Tiangang demanded that Ye Lin leave two Fusang Fruits, but he denied having any.
• Xuanyuan Tufeng, Ye Tian, Yang Tiangang, Mei Jiaojiao, and Martial Fool displayed their powers and prepared to fight Ye Lin.

Ye Lin faced five of the Golden Ranking’s top ten, who demanded he surrender the Fusang Fruit, and he began defeating their attacks with ease. After Ye Tian struck him with the Great Void Fist, Ye Lin vanished from sight.

• Lou Tianyi watched in shock as five Golden Ranking experts confronted Ye Lin, the ranking’s number one.
• Xuanyuan Tufeng demanded that Ye Lin leave behind the Fusang Fruit and withdraw, but Ye Lin refused and challenged them to attack.
• Martial Fool charged Ye Lin, but Ye Lin evaded his punch with an afterimage and crushed Martial Fool’s shoulder.
• Xuanyuan Tufeng trapped Ye Lin with the Heaven and Earth Ultimate Formation, but Ye Lin shattered it with one step.
• An attacker used Draw the blade... Slash to engulf Ye Lin in blade radiance, and Ye Tian followed with the Great Void Fist, making Ye Lin vanish from sight.

Ye Lin revealed his full strength and challenged the five peak True Immortals after they failed to track him. He vanished and appeared before Martial Fool, beginning his attack.

• Ye Tian and the others searched the empty void for Ye Lin but could not sense his presence.
• Ye Lin appeared on distant clouds and declared that their game was beginning.
• Ye Lin shattered the cloth around the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor, revealed its Blood Baleful aura, and gathered three blazing sun phantoms around himself.
• Ye Lin unleashed his full power, nearly doubling his aura, and vanished in a burst of lightning.
• Yang Tiangang gripped his saber and declared his eagerness to face a stronger opponent.
• Ye Lin appeared before Martial Fool and brought the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor down in a slash.

Ye Lin overwhelmed Martial Fool, Xuanyuan Tufeng, and Ye Tian with his speed and power. After Ye Lin shattered Xuanyuan Tufeng’s formation, Martial Fool charged him for another fight.

• Ye Lin blasted Martial Fool away with lightning-fast sword strikes, leaving him unable to see or counterattack.
• Xuanyuan Tufeng formed the Heaven and Earth Ultimate Formation, but Ye Lin’s Thunderfall quickly riddled it with holes.
• Ye Lin appeared beside Ye Tian and struck him with a blazing sun, suppressing him onto the earth.
• Ye Lin broke Xuanyuan Tufeng’s golden formation barrier with a sword strike and sent him flying.
• Martial Fool charged at Ye Lin, who praised his fighting spirit and rushed forward with the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor.