Chapter Summaries

Ye Buqu accepted Wang Teng’s deadly wager and added a demand that Wang Teng kneel and kowtow if he won first place. With the exits blocked, Ye Buqu reassured Li Xian'er that he could handle the danger and prepared to fight.

• Ye Buqu wagered the Black Iron Heavy Sword and the essence of vegetation against Wang Teng, demanding three kowtows if he took first place.
• Wang Teng accepted and promised to kowtow even a hundred times if Ye Buqu won.
• Ye Buqu warned Wang Teng not to break his promise, then returned to Li Xian'er as Ten Thousand Swords Holy Mountain disciples blocked every exit.
• Li Xian'er worried that Ye Buqu had put himself in danger, but he told her to watch patiently.
• Toutian asked whether they would fight seriously, and Ye Buqu said no one short of an Immortal Realm expert could keep him there.

Wang Teng ordered the Arena to admit only Nascent Soul Realm cultivators so Ye Buqu would face stronger opponents and die sooner. As the battles intensified, a sinister young man with a white bone fan approached Wang Teng and challenged him about the Arena.

• Wang Teng ordered Li Qitian to bar anyone below the Nascent Soul Realm from entering the Arena and speed up the fights.
• Li Xian'er worried that Ye Buqu could not withstand the stronger cultivators, but Ye Buqu reassured her and warned that they would both be in danger if he lost.
• Wang Teng sneered at Ye Buqu and Li Xian'er as they spoke together.
• A young man carrying a white bone fan sat beside Wang Teng, claimed to be standing up for the pair, and asked why Wang Teng would not fight in his own Arena.
• Wang Teng insulted the young man but remained wary of his powerful background and cruel reputation.

Wu Yi offered to help Li Yun escape Wang Teng’s control and bring the Li Family under his protection, but Li Yun questioned what he expected in return. The sisters remained trapped at the gathering as Wu Yi’s intentions were left uncertain.

• Wang Teng rejected the young man’s request for both sisters, claiming Li Yun for him and warning that anyone who touched Li Xian'er would die.
• The young man approached Li Yun and offered to keep her company, introducing himself as Wu Yi.
• Wu Yi secretly told Li Yun he could take her away and provide the item required by the Purple-Armored Divine Generals, but said rescuing Li Xian'er too would be difficult.
• Wu Yi proposed that Li Yun and Li Xian'er find an excuse to leave so he could secretly take Li Yun away and later help the Li Family join his force.
• Li Yun asked Wu Yi what he wanted in return for his help.

Wu Yi tempted Li Yun with an offer to help the Li family restore its corpse-refining art, and Li Yun asked her sister Li Xian'er to consider leaving with him. Li Xian'er rejected the offer, but Li Yun insisted it was their only chance to escape the Abyss.

• Wu Yi offered Li Yun resources and support in exchange for the Li family helping refine powerful divine generals, including the legendary Heavenly Soldiers and Generals.
• Wu Yi invited Li Yun to visit the blooming heavenly orchid at Ten Thousand Swords Holy Mountain, and Li Yun said she would ask her sister first.
• After Wu Yi left, Li Yun told Li Xian'er about his offer through voice transmission.
• Li Xian'er warned Li Yun that Wu Yi had ulterior motives and ordered her to stay by her side.
• Li Yun argued that Wu Yi's offer was the Li family's only chance to escape the Abyss.

Ye Buqu entered the mountain-opening assembly and instantly knocked the Blood-Drinking Mad Blade off the island with one punch. A mysterious fighter called Masked True Person then stepped forward to challenge him.

• Toutian urged Ye Buqu to reassure Li Xian'er and Li Yun, and Ye Buqu agreed to join the contest.
• Ye Buqu leapt onto the island, impressing the watching great powers and unsettling Wang Teng.
• Ye Buqu punched the Blood-Drinking Mad Blade off the cliff before he could finish introducing himself.
• Masked True Person stepped onto the island, and the spectators discussed his powerful clone technique and hidden identity.

Ye Buqu revealed his overwhelming strength at the arena, defeating challengers with single punches and warning that anyone below Dao Integration should stay away. His display left the crowd and Wang Teng wary of the young Dao Integration cultivator.

• The masked True Person invited Ye Buqu to strike first, and Ye Buqu punched him out of sight.
• Ye Buqu declared that challengers below Dao Integration should not enter the arena and warned that he would no longer hold back.
• A silver-spear-wielding young man challenged Ye Buqu, who killed him with one punch and shattered his spear.
• The crowd realized Ye Buqu was a Dao Integration cultivator under a thousand years old, and Wang Teng recognized the threat he posed.

After revealing that he was a Dao Integration cultivator, Ye Buqu went unchallenged at Ten Thousand Swords Holy Mountain’s assembly and claimed the Black Iron Heavy Sword. The elders summoned their secluded successor as their only possible challenger, while Ye Buqu tested his new sword with a slash that split the clouds.

• The elders and Li Xian'er realized Ye Buqu's Dao Integration cultivation made him too powerful to challenge or punish.
• After more than ten minutes without a challenger, Ye Buqu declared himself first place and walked toward the Black Iron Heavy Sword.
• The elders in a hidden room ordered someone to summon the successor, despite his being in seclusion, as their only chance to contest Ye Buqu.
• Ye Buqu took the Black Iron Heavy Sword and cut through the sea of clouds with a brilliant slash.

Ye Buqu faced Longevity, a renowned peak Dao Integration cultivator, in a battle at the arena. The chapter ended as Ye Buqu charged at Longevity again with his Black Iron Heavy Sword.

• Longevity arrived at the arena and challenged Ye Buqu to a battle.
• Spectators identified Longevity as a legendary prodigy who had pursued the supreme Yin Yang Sword Dao.
• Ye Buqu introduced himself and released an aura that forced spectators ten thousand meters away to stagger back.
• Longevity invited Ye Buqu to strike first, and Ye Buqu brought his heavy sword down on him.
• Longevity used the Yin Yang Sword Dao to disperse the force, though Ye Buqu's strike left him with numb arms and collapsed the ground around him.
• Ye Buqu charged at Longevity again, dragging the Black Iron Heavy Sword along the ground.

Ye Buqu and Longevity fought with their Sword Dao, and Longevity used Yin Yang Reversal to counter Ye Buqu’s overwhelming strength. As Ye Buqu unleashed a full-power strike, an old man appeared and shielded the onlookers, while Longevity answered with his ultimate Yin Yang Sword Dao.

• Longevity summoned a wall of Sword Intent and used Yin Yang Reversal to absorb Ye Buqu’s force and strengthen himself.
• Ye Buqu praised Longevity’s technique, then leaped high into the sky and prepared to strike with all his strength.
• Ye Buqu’s falling attack sent shockwaves through the crowd, injuring cultivators and prompting them to flee.
• An old man appeared and raised a protective barrier around the area.
• Longevity summoned black and white Divine Dragons and a river of swords to meet Ye Buqu’s attack, engulfing him in black and white qi.

Ye Buqu survived Longevity’s ultimate Yin Yang Sword Dao attack and defeated him, leaving Longevity dispirited. A newcomer named Xu Daozi appeared, introduced himself as the inheritor of the Ten Thousand Swords Holy Mountain, and declined to challenge Ye Buqu.

• Longevity believed his final black-and-white sword strike had killed Ye Buqu, while Wang Teng hoped Ye Buqu would die and Li Xian'er prayed for his survival.
• Ye Buqu tore apart Longevity’s black-and-white dragons with a sword beam and stood unharmed.
• Longevity admitted defeat and turned completely white-haired after exhausting his strength.
• Ye Buqu noticed a man in coarse hemp robes emerge from the void and asked if he had come to fight.
• Xu Daozi introduced himself as the inheritor of the Ten Thousand Swords Holy Mountain and said he would not challenge Ye Buqu.

After surviving Longevity’s killing move, Ye Buqu was invited by Xu Daozi to share drinks, but he first confronted Wang Teng over a promised punishment. Wang Teng refused to pay or kowtow and tried to use his father’s status to bargain.

• Xu Daozi invited Ye Buqu and Longevity to share drinks after witnessing their clash.
• Ye Buqu said he needed to settle a personal grudge before drinking and set his sights on Wang Teng.
• Longevity followed Ye Buqu, while Xu Daozi questioned a Ten Thousand Swords Holy Mountain disciple and then joined them.
• Ye Buqu demanded that Wang Teng fulfill his promise of one hundred kowtows and a portion of vegetation essence.
• Wang Teng refused, invoked his father’s status as a Tribulation Transcendence Heavenly Lord, and offered Ye Buqu the two Li Family women in exchange for ending their grudge.

Xu Daozi forced Wang Teng to honor his lost wager, then Ye Buqu invited Li Xian'er and Toutian to leave with him. Meanwhile, Li Yun sensed she had forgotten something, and a young man wondered why the Li Family women had not appeared.

• Wang Teng refused to kneel, but Xu Daozi used his authority and pressure to make him kowtow a hundred times.
• Xu Daozi told Ye Buqu that the essence of flora was on its way.
• Ye Buqu invited Li Xian'er and Toutian to join him, and both accepted.
• Li Yun left arm in arm with Li Xian'er while wondering what she had forgotten.
• A young man in a garden wondered why the two women of the Li Family had not arrived.

Ye Lin awakened after more than a hundred years in a coma, despite Zhuge Yun and even the Holy Lord being unable to find what kept him unconscious. He remembered being attacked by a True Immortal Great Demon and reunited with his worried master.

• Zhuge Yun wondered why Ye Lin had not awakened after he repaired Ye Lin's divine soul and healed his injuries.
• The platform shook, then Ye Lin's body released blood-red light and he slowly descended.
• Ye Lin recognized Zhuge Yun and recalled that a True Immortal Great Demon had attacked him before he fell unconscious.
• Ye Lin bowed to Zhuge Yun, who told him he had been unconscious for more than a hundred years and asked how he felt.

Ye Lin woke after more than a century and gave Zhuge Yun the Flower of the Other Shore, leaving Zhuge Yun overwhelmed with joy. Ye Lin then went outside with Little Purple, assessed his cultivation, and discovered Liu Bai had reached the Heavenly Immortal realm.

• Ye Lin told Zhuge Yun he felt refreshed and handed him the Flower of the Other Shore.
• Zhuge Yun excitedly took the flower and left to attend to his Mistress.
• Ye Lin reunited with Little Purple, placed a restriction around the jade coffin, and went outside.
• Ye Lin sensed his cultivation and found he was only in the late Earth Immortal realm.
• Liu Bai appeared beside Ye Lin, who realized Liu Bai had reached the Heavenly Immortal realm.

Ye Lin woke after being unconscious for over a hundred years and learned that Liu Bai had reached the mid-stage Heavenly Immortal realm. He reflected on Zhuge Yun’s devotion and learned that the Holy Lord had suppressed the Demon-Sealing Land, leaving its Great Demons quiet for a thousand years.

• Ye Lin saw Liu Bai’s cultivation panel and was startled that he had reached the mid-stage Heavenly Immortal realm.
• Liu Bai told Ye Lin he had been unconscious for over a hundred years and that Zhuge Yun had stayed by his side, using immortal-grade medicines to save him.
• Ye Lin felt grateful to Zhuge Yun for protecting him and respecting his Spatial Ring.
• Ye Lin explained that a True Immortal Great Demon had attacked in the Demon-Sealing Land and that he survived through luck and perhaps the great formation.
• Liu Bai said the Holy Lord had suppressed the Demon-Sealing Land, preventing its Great Demons from causing trouble for the next thousand years.

Ye Lin learned from Liu Bai that the Three-Eyed Star System was preparing to attack while rebellions spread across worlds under the three Sacred Lands. He questioned why anyone would rebel against the Firmament Sacred Land, leaving their motives unresolved.

• Ye Lin learned that Demon-Sealing Land had stayed quiet after Demon Subduer’s warning.
• Liu Bai told Ye Lin that the Three-Eyed Star System was preparing for war and had stirred rebellions within the Purple Cloud Star System.
• Liu Bai explained that resources were scarce, great cultivators were gathering, and conflicts between the star systems had begun on a small scale.
• Liu Bai said Firmament Sacred Land’s Heavenly Immortals were suppressing enemy forces and rebellions across the worlds.
• Ye Lin wondered why the rebels acted against the three Sacred Lands when their uprising seemed doomed.

Ye Lin and Liu Bai discussed making factions defect and agreed to visit Heavenly Chief Star in three years. Zhuge Yun brought the pill meant to revive Yun'er and began administering it, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Liu Bai invited Ye Lin to visit Heavenly Chief Star with him in three years, and Ye Lin agreed.
• Ye Lin remembered Little Red, while Liu Bai asked about his sudden change in mood.
• Ye Lin and Liu Bai talked for three days and nights before Zhuge Yun arrived with the newly refined pill.
• Zhuge Yun entered the cave, placed the pill in Yun'er's mouth, and channeled immortal power into her.
• Zhuge Yun invoked the Edict of Heaven and Earth, commanding Yun'er's three souls and seven spirits to return.

Liu Bai used the Soul-Suppressing Bell and Ye Lin’s immortal power to strengthen Zhuge Yun’s soul-summoning art, which reached a woman in a distant place within the Star River Cosmos. A mysterious bound expert recognized the aged voice behind the summons as an old friend.

• Liu Bai used the Nine-Turn Soul-Returning Pill and soul-summoning art as he enlisted Ye Lin to help strengthen the summoning.
• Liu Bai rang the Soul-Suppressing Bell, briefly leaving Ye Lin dazed before warning him to guard his mind.
• Ye Lin endured the bell’s effects while pouring his immortal power into Liu Bai, and Zhuge Yun continued reciting his incantation in the cave.
• The soul-summoning voice reached a woman reclining among flowers beside a white unicorn and called for Yun'er to return.
• A giant figure bound by golden chains recognized the voice’s source and said it had been a long time since he had seen his old friend.

Zhuge Yun called for a woman lost in a sea of flowers while Liu Bai and Ye Lin strained to activate a Supreme Artifact and reach her. Little Blue urged the woman onto a golden bridge, and she finally agreed to go.

• A mysterious powerhouse stopped divining, and other powerhouses abandoned their attempts to investigate.
• A golden bridge appeared beside the sea of flowers as Zhuge Yun's voice called for the confused woman to return.
• The woman felt pain and wept as she struggled to remember what she had forgotten, while Little Blue urged her toward the bridge.
• Liu Bai kept activating the Supreme Artifact as Ye Lin poured immortal power into him, despite their exhaustion.
• The woman trusted Little Blue and agreed to step onto the golden bridge.

The woman recovered her memories on the golden bridge and recognized Little Blue, but the bridge began collapsing as Liu Bai and Ye Lin ran out of strength. Ye Lin called on the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar to power the golden bell, while Little Blue carried the woman across the crumbling bridge.

• The woman endured a surge of memories on the golden bridge, then thanked Little Blue after her eyes cleared.
• The sea of flowers and Little Blue began fading as the golden bridge collapsed, and Little Blue carried the woman forward on its back.
• Liu Bai and Ye Lin struggled to keep the golden bell powered, and Ye Lin realized the woman was Zhuge Yun’s wife.
• Ye Lin called on the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar, which sent scarlet aura into the bell and made it shine brightly.
• Little Blue galloped across the collapsing bridge as its own body grew increasingly insubstantial.