Chapter Summaries

Ye Yu entered the erupting Nine Nether Blood Spring after confirming no foreign beings lurked beneath it, while Si Kong tried to hold back the blood qi. The spring fell silent after Ye Yu leaped inside, but Si Kong died, and Wang Lie arrived with Wang Family experts to find the sect engulfed.

• The Seven Suspended Sect's Great Elder agreed to abandon the sect, and its disciples fled as the Nine Nether Blood Spring grew more unstable.
• Ye Yu met Si Kong, who revealed that he had intended for Si Mo to escape and preserve an heir to the Si family.
• Ye Yu confirmed no strange races were beneath the spring, shattered its barrier with the Void Sky Cauldron, and absorbed the released Nine Nether Blood Qi.
• Ye Yu leaped into the Nine Nether Blood Spring, which fell silent and appeared to have been subdued, while Si Kong was corroded to dust.
• Wang Lie arrived above the Seven Suspended Sect with Wang Family experts and took out a Memory Stone after seeing the spreading blood qi.

Wang Lie exploited the calm Nine Nether Blood Spring to stage a heroic rescue, while Ye Yu tried to understand how past Defiers of Fate had forged their own paths. The Cauldron Spirit angrily called those three former allies traitors, leaving Ye Yu to suspect a painful history between them.

• Wang Yue crushed Wang Lie’s Memory Stone, but Wang Lie struck him and threatened to destroy his spiritual roots before Wang Yue reluctantly took out another stone.
• Wang Lie’s group found the Nine Nether Blood Spring calm and separated from the erupted Nine Nether Blood Qi, so Wang Lie and an old man staged a recorded exchange crediting him with saving the Seven Suspended Sect.
• Wang Lie left Wang Yue and two Void Refinement Stage Wang Family members to guard the spring and took the Memory Stone with him.
• Ye Yu absorbed Nine Nether Blood Qi through the Void Sky Cauldron while practicing Karma Power, but could not find the insight needed to create his own cultivation technique.
• Ye Yu asked the Cauldron Spirit how three past Defiers of Fate had forged their paths, and the Cauldron Spirit angrily called them heretical traitors and refused to explain.
• Ye Yu recalled that the Cauldron Spirit had sealed or suppressed those three and realized that something had happened between them.

Ye Yu completed the golden body of his Nascent Soul after cultivating in the Nine Nether Blood Spring for eight months and began searching for the source of its endless blood qi. Meanwhile, Feng Qiwen rescued Wang Xiong, who regretted his choices, and Ye Yu left the spring’s depths unexplored as he pursued a possible source of its power.

• Ye Yu cultivated for a month until golden light covered one-third of his Nascent Soul, while the Wang Family’s Memory Stone led Central Province to believe Wang Lie had severed the Nine Nether Blood Spring.
• Wang Xiong traveled toward the Seven Suspended Sect to find someone, but a rogue cultivator attacked him to seize his Ring of Holding.
• Feng Qiwen recognized Wang Xiong as a Wang Family member, killed the rogue cultivator, and took Wang Xiong to an inn, where Wang Xiong wept and regretted his past choices.
• Seven months later, Ye Yu completed his Nascent Soul’s golden body and prepared to leave the Nine Nether Blood Spring to seek a place to break through.
• Ye Yu realized the spring’s blood qi had not diminished despite the Void Sky Cauldron absorbing it, and he sank deeper to search for what was producing it.

Ye Yu discovered that the golden chains beneath the Nine Nether Blood Spring encircled and lifted the Divine Continent, then used a puppet to test the spring’s exit. Wang Xiong reunited with Wang Yue, but she rejected him and revealed that their mother was dead, blaming him for her death.

• Ye Yu saw a yellow-eyed creature through a broken golden chain before the Nine Nether Blood Qi consumed it, then rose toward the spring’s exit.
• Wang Yue guarded the churning Nine Nether Blood Spring while Feng Qiwen brought Wang Xiong to the Seven Suspended Sect.
• Ye Yu sent a puppet out of the spring, but it vanished as Wang Yue and the Wang Family members tried to stop it.
• Wang Xiong recognized Wang Yue, and Feng Qiwen lowered him in front of her; Wang Yue blasted him away when he tried to touch her head.
• Wang Yue demanded to know why Wang Xiong had returned and told him their mother was dead, leaving him stunned.

Ye Yu triggered an eruption in the Nine Nether Blood Spring to break the Wang Family's barrier, then learned from Murong Xue that Ye Chengjun had entered the Body Integration Realm and the Ancient Royal Clan was appearing across the Divine Continent. As Ye Yu prepared to return to Heavenly Saint Academy, he came face to face with Wang Yue, who remembered him severing her hand.

• Wang Xiong collapsed in remorse after Wang Yue blamed him for their mother's death.
• Ye Yu hid inside the Void Sky Cauldron and made his second puppet self-destruct in the Nine Nether Blood Spring, causing its qi to erupt and destroy the Wang Family's barrier.
• The Wang Family suppressed the eruption while Wang Yue rebuffed Wang Xiong's attempt to help her.
• Ye Yu left with Feng Qiwen, returned to the city to retrieve his spiritual root, and contacted Murong Xue about events in the Central Region.
• Murong Xue told Ye Yu that Ye Chengjun had reached the Body Integration Realm and that the Ancient Royal Clan's traces were growing more frequent.
• Wang Yue confronted Ye Yu about the hand he had severed on Dry Moon Island, and Wang Xiong reacted with shock.

Ye Yu agreed to help Wang Yue eliminate the Wang Family cultivators who had seen Wang Xiong, while ensuring Wang Xiong stayed alive. After negotiating for Wang Yue’s help, Ye Yu broke the Seven Suspended Sect’s barrier and prepared to attack as the Nine Nether Blood Qi spread.

• Wang Yue asked Ye Yu to kill the Wang Family members who had seen Wang Xiong and take Wang Xiong away, and Ye Yu agreed.
• Wang Yue argued with Wang Xiong about his moral lectures, and Ye Yu knocked Wang Xiong unconscious and stored him in the Void Sky Cauldron.
• Ye Yu met Wang Yue at the barrier and demanded her help drawing out the Nine Nether Blood Qi, then broke the barrier with the Void Sky Cauldron.
• The Wang Family cultivators rushed from the main hall to reinforce the shattered barrier without noticing Ye Yu, who concealed his aura and appeared behind them.

Ye Yu helped Wang Yue eliminate seven Wang Family cultivators by exposing them to the Nine Nether Blood Qi, then left for the Heavenly Saint Academy with Feng Qiwen. Wang Yue later concealed his role from Wang Lie, but the Blood Qi's corruption left his story vulnerable to a soul search.

• Ye Yu fought the seven Wang Family cultivators and used Haotian Mirror fragments to break their shields as Wang Yue unleashed the Nine Nether Blood Qi, killing them.
• Wang Yue absorbed a wisp of Nine Nether Blood Qi to make his deception of Wang Lie convincing, and Ye Yu noticed his Bloodline Power growing stronger.
• The Cauldron Spirit reflected on whether fear, curses, and desire were the essence of the world as Ye Yu departed with Feng Qiwen for the Heavenly Saint Academy.
• The next day, Wang Lie and the Wang Family Clan Elders found the Nine Nether Blood Spring spreading across ten li and summoned Wang Yue.
• Wang Yue claimed the barrier had suddenly shattered, but Wang Lie demanded to search his soul to learn what had happened.

Ye Yu returned to Heavenly Saint Academy and learned that he could enter the Newcomer Competition, where Ye Chengjun was expected to dominate. Li Daoyi discovered that Feng Qiwen had returned and ordered the Dark Hall to find him, hoping to learn Xu Yunxi’s whereabouts.

• Wang Lie stopped his soul search of Wang Yue after learning that Wang Xiong’s soul lamp was still lit, and a Clan Elder sent her back to recuperate.
• Ye Yu returned to Heavenly Saint Academy, met Lei Dong and Li Daoyi at Hidden Sword Peak, and learned that he had condensed a golden body.
• Li Daoyi told Ye Yu that he qualified for the Newcomer Competition and warned him that Ye Chengjun had nearly defeated Jiang Taibai.
• Jiang Taibai told Li Daoyi that Feng Qiwen had returned, and Li Daoyi ordered the Dark Hall to find him and uncover Xu Yunxi’s whereabouts.
• Jiang Taibai suggested Ye Yu resembled Xu Yunxi, but Li Daoyi said he cared only about Xu Yunxi and would not involve Ye Yu.

Jiang Taibai told Li Daoyi he intended to target the Xu family in the future, while Li Daoyi warned him to remember that Ye Yu was his junior brother. Ye Yu then entered the Inner Court with the Outer Court representatives and saw how its resources favored powerful families; the Inner Court elders ignored his group when handing out recovery pills.

• Jiang Taibai told Li Daoyi that he would not give the Xu family a chance to seek revenge and would move against them when he was strong enough.
• Jiang Taibai warned Li Daoyi that Ye Yu might choose Xu Yunxi over him if Ye Yu was her child, then left.
• After several days of seclusion, Ye Yu joined Li Daoyi and the other Outer Court representatives on their journey to the Inner Court.
• Chang Qingzi used a single-use token to open the barrier and led the group inside, where Ye Yu saw the Inner Court's abundant spiritual energy and earthfire resources.
• Chang Qingzi explained that Heavenly Saint Academy favored major powers to maintain their support, and Li Daoyi called the Inner Court a Noble Academy.
• At the mountaintop platform, Inner Court elders distributed recovery pills to their new disciples but passed over Ye Yu's group despite having pills left.

Ye Yu learned from the Cauldron Spirit how the Immortal Path, Imperial Path, Heaven’s Mandate Holders, and Fate Defiers came to be, then rejected both paths in favor of looking after himself. As the Newcomer Competition’s guests arrived, he noticed Qin Ruoxian of Yaochi among them.

• Ye Yu spotted an ancient bronze fragment on the central platform and suspected it was connected to the Imperial Path rather than the Void Sky Cauldron.
• The Cauldron Spirit recounted how the Immortal Path and Imperial Path arose, how Fate and Heaven’s Mandate Holders came about, and how Fate Defiers were created.
• Ye Yu refused to choose the Immortal Path or the Imperial Path, saying he wanted only to protect himself and flee responsibility.
• Ye Yu wondered whether he could claim the bronze fragment, which seemed intended for Ye Chengjun, just as he had gained control of the Void Sky Cauldron.
• Stone islands rose as invited factions arrived for the Newcomer Competition, and the Yaochi Saintess Qin Ruoxian appeared among the guests.

Qin Ruoxian returned as Yaochi’s Saintess and publicly ended her relationship with Ye Yu, though he understood she had her reasons and promised to keep the Autumn Water Sword for her. As the ceremony’s visitors gathered, the Newcomer Competition began.

• Qin Ruoxian arrived as Yaochi’s Saintess, and Ye Qingqing recognized how far Qin Ruoxian had risen.
• Kong Yue urged Qin Ruoxian to make a clean break with Ye Yu, and Qin Ruoxian went to return the Autumn Water Sword.
• Qin Ruoxian told Ye Yu that they would part ways and handed him the sword case, while Ye Yu silently accepted it.
• Ye Yu secretly told Qin Ruoxian he would keep the sword for her, and she smiled before returning to the stone island.
• Ye Qingqing cursed Qin Ruoxian, while Li Daoyi rebuked Zheng Xiang for joking about the breakup.
• After the remaining guests arrived, an inner court elder announced the start of the Newcomer Competition.

Ye Yu won his first Newcomer Competition match by defeating a three-colored savage bull before it could transform. Ye Chengjun dominated his opponents and reached the top ten, leaving Lin Qingyue shaken by the gap between their cultivation.

• Li Daoyi gave Ye Yu an A-three token, and Ye Yu entered the barrier to face a three-colored savage bull.
• Ye Yu struck the bull out of the barrier before it could complete its transformation and won his first match.
• Ye Chengjun faced a Dragonbone Peak representative in C-one and defeated him with overwhelming spiritual power.
• Lin Qingyue watched Ye Chengjun's victory and realized she lacked confidence to fight him after he had reached the Body Integration Realm.
• Ye Chengjun swept through his matches without drawing a weapon and became the first competitor to reach the top ten.
• Kong Yue urged Ruoxian to befriend Ye Chengjun for Jade Pool's sake.

Ye Yu emerged as a top-ten finisher in the Newcomer Competition, shocking the crowd and drawing attention from powerful figures. As the finalists received numbered tokens, Ye Yu’s token was linked to Ye Chengjun’s, setting up their next encounter.

• Qin Ruoxian spoke of how difficult it would be to kill Ye Chengjun, and Kong Yue warned her against provoking a war with the Ye family.
• Ye Yu appeared on the top-ten pillar as a Hidden Sword Peak disciple, stunning the crowd and especially Lin Qingyue, who had seen him swallowed by Absolute Qi.
• Ye Qingqing felt proud of Ye Yu, while Qin Ruoxian remained confident in him and Lin Qingyue began considering cooperation with the Ye family.
• Li Daoyi and Jiang Taibai suspected Ye Yu was hiding a secret, while Kong Yue worried other forces might target him after the competition.
• The ten finalists received numbered tokens, and Ye Yu’s token connected by spiritual light to Ye Chengjun’s.

Ye Yu faced Ye Chengjun in the Newcomer Competition, where Ye Chengjun revealed overwhelming speed and power and attacked with lethal intent. After Ye Yu’s Purple Firmament Sword cracked and a massive fist seal struck, Spiritual Seals rose both inside and outside the barrier, leaving the battle unresolved.

• The matchup list paired Ye Yu with Ye Chengjun, and spectators expected Ye Yu’s run to end against the Body Integration Realm cultivator.
• Lei Dong warned Ye Chengjun not to take Ye Yu’s life, prompting Ye Chengjun to suspect that Ye Yu was an unforeseen threat and resolve to kill him.
• Ye Yu released black-and-white spiritual power that dispelled Ye Chengjun’s pressure, and Qin Ruoxian ordered preparations to use the Jade Pond Token while Lin Qingyue insisted Ye Yu must survive.
• Ye Chengjun vanished with tremendous speed, but Ye Yu intercepted him with the Purple Firmament Sword, which cracked when Ye Chengjun caught it.
• Ye Chengjun struck Ye Yu with a massive fist seal, nearly shattering the barrier, and Spiritual Seals then rose from the ground inside and outside it.

Ye Yu used linked formations and Haotian Mirror fragments to withstand Ye Chengjun, who offered him a place at the Ye family's side. Ye Yu rejected the offer, and Ye Chengjun prepared to unleash the fiery sword’s power.

• Ye Yu’s linked formations shielded him from Ye Chengjun’s attack, but Ye Chengjun shattered the formations with his superior mastery of formations.
• Ye Yu fought Ye Chengjun with the Purple Firmament Sword and three Haotian Mirror fragments, which resisted Imperial Power and helped him keep pace.
• Ye Chengjun knocked Ye Yu back with golden light and offered him a contract promising access to the Ye family’s resources and a status second only to his own.
• Ye Yu cleaved apart the contract, and Ye Chengjun declared that he had made a foolish decision.
• Ye Chengjun summoned a fiery red longsword as the spiritual energy of heaven and earth gathered around him like an army.

Ye Yu and Ye Chengjun unleashed their strongest sword techniques in a clash that shattered the barrier, leaving the outcome unclear as the dust settled around them.

• Ye Yu used his blood to activate the Purple Firmament Sword and secretly drew on the Void Sky Cauldron’s power, while Jiang Taibai prepared to summon the Dark Hall.
• Ye Chengjun revealed that he had also reached unity between man and sword, freezing the swords summoned by Ye Yu’s display.
• A bronze fragment on a stone pillar reacted to both Ye Chengjun and Ye Yu, puzzling Lei Dong.
• Ye Chengjun attacked with Imperial Decree, Nine Heavens Destruction Slash, summoning a giant phantom and a wave of spiritual warriors.
• Ye Yu struck back with the Purple Firmament Sword and three fragments of the Haotian Mirror, and their collision shattered the barrier despite Lei Dong’s intervention.
• As the spiritual radiance faded, the crowd saw Ye Yu and Ye Chengjun standing amid the settling dust.

Ye Yu and Ye Chengjun’s battle was interrupted by Yu Xinghe of the Jade Spirit Clan, who arrived with other Ancient Royal Clan members and challenged the human factions’ control of the Divine Continent. The royal clans declared their intentions and demanded the bronze fragment on the stone platform, leaving Ye Yu startled by what he saw.

• Ye Yu and Ye Chengjun were both badly injured, and Ye Yu prepared a trap with Haotian Mirror fragments and the Void Sky Cauldron as Ye Chengjun approached.
• A golden broadsword smashed through the Heavenly Saint Inner Court’s barrier, forcing Ye Yu and Ye Chengjun to retreat before they could resume their fight.
• Yu Xinghe introduced himself as a member of the Jade Spirit Clan, and five other royal clan figures arrived with Mahayana Stage pressure.
• Ye Yongxiu and the Xu Family’s Ninth Elder joined Lei Dong and Li Daoyi, forming a nine-cultivator standoff against the royal clans.
• The royal clans announced that the Divine Continent would no longer belong solely to the human race and said they had come to take the bronze fragment on the stone platform.
• Ye Yu used his azure-lit eyes to inspect the royal clan members, then reacted with shock.

The royal clans took the bronze fragment after the Ye family and Xu family refused to risk a confrontation, and the Newcomer Competition ended in disarray. Afterward, Li Daoyi told Lei Dong that the human race’s division and hesitation weakened it, leaving the need for a united leader unresolved.

• Ye Yu considered revealing Ye Chengjun’s identity to the royal clans but decided the risk was too great.
• A Jade Spirit Clan cultivator challenged Ye Yongxiu and the Xu family’s old woman to oppose the royal clans, but both remained silent.
• The royal clan members took the bronze fragment while Ye Chengjun watched without intervening.
• Ye Yongxiu led Ye Chengjun away, and the other visitors left as the Newcomer Competition ended abruptly.
• Lei Dong angrily condemned Ye Yongxiu and the Xu family’s old woman, while Li Daoyi said Lei Dong had also lacked the courage to act first.
• Li Daoyi argued that the human race needed unity and a leader willing to guide it with iron-fisted methods.

Ye Yu began fusing the Autumn Water Sword with its embryo while Li Daoyi shielded his cave from intrusion. On Hidden Sword Peak, Guan Yunlan appeared and was driven away by Li Daoyi over her treatment of Xinru.

• Li Daoyi dismissed Lei Dong’s justification for his actions and told him to notify him when he went to the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion.
• Jiang Taibai escorted Ye Yu back to his cave, where Ye Yu questioned the Cauldron Spirit about the royal clans and humanity’s resistance to fate’s ruler.
• Ye Yu placed the broken Purple Firmament Sword in the Void Sky Cauldron to restore it, then began fusing the Autumn Water Sword with the sword embryo.
• The fusion sent sword intent through Hidden Sword Peak, and Li Daoyi stopped Jiang Taibai from investigating before sealing Ye Yu’s cave against entry.
• Guan Yunlan came to Hidden Sword Peak after sensing the surge, but Li Daoyi rebuked her over Xinru’s fate and ordered her to leave.
• After Guan Yunlan departed, the broken sword calmed, and Li Daoyi promised Xinru that he would help her take revenge.

Ye Yu completed the fusion of the Autumn Water Sword but chose not to bond with it, wary of hidden risks and uncertain of his mother's intentions. After leaving Heavenly Saint Academy, he learned that royal clans were spreading across the Divine Continent and set out with Feng Qiwen toward the Wang Family's Teleportation Array.

• Gai You sensed longing rather than hatred from Li Daoyi's broken sword, but Li Daoyi insisted Xinru wanted revenge on Xu Yunxi.
• Ye Yu examined the transformed Autumn Water Sword and decided to carry it without fusing with it, telling the Cauldron Spirit he would judge his mother's love for himself.
• Ye Yu told Li Daoyi he was leaving Heavenly Saint Academy, and Li Daoyi welcomed him back to Hidden Sword Peak while warning him about trouble in Central Province.
• Ye Yu met Feng Qiwen in Heavenly Saint City and learned from Murong Xue that eight royal clans had established footholds outside Central Province.
• Ye Yu asked Murong Xue to find a master artifact refiner to repair and strengthen Zi Xiao, then altered his and Feng Qiwen's appearances.
• The next morning, Ye Yu took Feng Qiwen to the Wang Family's Teleportation Array.