Chapter Summaries

Ye Liang offered to help the Rainbow Bridge Guards by using his weapon-based teleportation technique, but Captain Guo Xiaosi dismissed him and drove him away. As Void Creatures breached the bridge and caused heavy casualties, the guard who had brought Ye Liang decided to retrieve him.

• Ye Liang explained that he needed the guards' curse-sealed weapons to teleport, but Guo Xiaosi mocked his claim and refused his help.
• Ye Liang left the Rainbow Bridge after Guo Xiaosi insulted him and ordered him away.
• Void Creatures broke onto the Rainbow Bridge, slipped past the guards, and killed cultivators as Guo Xiaosi realized the crisis was worsening.
• A Rainbow Bridge Guard left his post to find Ye Liang at the teleportation formation, while Guo Xiaosi insisted Ye Liang had been bluffing.

Ye Liang returned to the Rainbow Bridge and found that Guo Xiaosi had killed a guard for trying to leave during a Void Creature attack. Ye Liang took up the dead guard’s sword, fought the creatures below, and teleported the other guards down to help, leaving Guo Xiaosi isolated and accused by his own subordinates.

• Guo Xiaosi killed the Rainbow Bridge Guard as he tried to leave the bridge, and Ye Liang returned in time to hear the dying guard explain that the Rainbow Bridge was his home.
• Ye Liang picked up the guard’s sword, condemned Guo Xiaosi for killing a comrade, and declared that he would protect the Rainbow Bridge in the dead guard’s place.
• Several guards blocked Guo Xiaosi from attacking Ye Liang, who went to the bridge’s edge and teleported below with the sword.
• Ye Liang used the dead guard’s sword to cut through the Void Creatures and carved a passage through the Sea of Corpses.
• Ye Liang marked the sword with Flying Thunder God Cursed Seals and teleported the guards who reached for it down from the bridge.
• The guards turned against Guo Xiaosi, blaming him for the dead guard’s death and accusing him of negligence.

Ye Liang fought the Rainbow Bridge Captain and helped the Rainbow Bridge Guards repel the Void Creatures. The captain destroyed the Rainbow Bridge, trapping everyone beneath it as they continued fighting.

• The Rainbow Bridge Captain tried to remove Ye Liang’s Flying Thunder God Kunai, but Ye Liang attacked him and marked him with four Cursed Seals.
• Ye Liang returned beneath the bridge and joined the Rainbow Bridge Guards in fighting the Void Creatures while a guard prepared a Corrosive Potion and secret art.
• The Rainbow Bridge Captain triggered the Rainbow Bridge’s Self-Destruct System, causing the bridge to collapse and cutting off the group’s escape.
• The Rainbow Bridge Guards accepted their fate and fought harder, while the Rainbow Bridge Captain fled as the bridge crumbled.
• Ye Liang summoned multiple flying swords and attacked the Void Creatures, helping the group bring the battle to a stalemate.

Ye Liang and the Rainbow Bridge Guards survived an attack by two Void Overlords, but the deputy captain sacrificed himself to shield them. With the creatures gone, Ye Liang was left searching for a way out after the Rainbow Bridge’s partial destruction failed to bring down the barrier.

• Ye Liang and the guards watched two enormous Void Overlords emerge from the Sea of Corpses as a guard’s secret art dissolved the corpse mountains into corrosive mist.
• One Void Overlord unleashed a vibration attack that trapped and began destroying Ye Liang and the guards, so Ye Liang activated the Armor Law to protect himself.
• The bald deputy captain used the Blood Demon Great Art, sacrificing his body to form a shield that blocked the attack and saved the survivors.
• The vibration attack ended, and the two Void Overlords vanished after exhausting their strength.
• Ye Liang learned that Guo Xiaosi’s self-destruct device had destroyed only part of the Rainbow Bridge, leaving the barrier mostly intact, and wondered how they could escape.

After the Rainbow Bridge Guards left their collapsed defensive line with Ye Liang, they discovered a neighboring bridge overrun by the Demon Race. When the demons suddenly changed their plans, Leek No. 1 suspected they intended to infiltrate human society, leaving the group to assess the shifting invasion.

• Leek No. 1 decided that he, Leek #3, and Ye Liang should leave the collapsed defensive line and seek help elsewhere.
• While flying west along the barrier, the group spotted a nearby Rainbow Bridge occupied by Demon Race creatures.
• Leek No. 1 explained that the intelligent and organized Demon Race was more dangerous than the Void Race and suspected the bridge had fallen through a scheme rather than a direct assault.
• Ye Liang noticed the demon army retreating and scattering around the bridge, and Leek No. 1 concluded that they planned to infiltrate human society.
• Ye Liang wondered whether the Void Overlords had also retreated, but Leek No. 1 warned that the unintelligent Void Race would not abandon its attack.

Ye Liang and the Rainbow Bridge Guards were ambushed by an invisible Demon Race fighter with spatial powers. As Ye Liang tried to save Leek #3, the demon killed hundreds of his sage-powered clones, revealing strength that suggested it was in the Sage Realm.

• Leek No. 1 decided the group should wait for the danger to pass rather than retreat from the Rainbow Bridge.
• When the guards approached the bridgehead, Ye Liang saw a humanoid phantom, and the demon ambushed them, killing Leek No. 2 and wounding Leek No. 1.
• Ye Liang fled toward Leek #3 and tried to distract the phantom, but the demon used a Spatial Anomaly Technique to strike him and then attack Leek #3.
• After the demon twisted Leek #3's arm and he cried for help, Ye Liang stopped escaping and sent clones to fight while he hid beneath the bridge.
• The demon destroyed five hundred of Ye Liang's sage-powered clones in under ten minutes, leading Ye Liang to conclude that it was in the Sage Realm.

Ye Liang escaped the Demon Sage’s trap on Rainbow Bridge and reached the teleportation gate, but the Seven Great Commanders halted his departure after the Demon Sage identified him as an enemy from the Demon Realm. They found Ye Liang in the crowd and sent a red cloud toward him.

• The Demon Sage used Leek #3’s hatred to locate Ye Liang, but Ye Liang evaded his grasp with a decoy and escaped with the injured Leek #3.
• Ye Liang healed Leek #3, stored him away, and hurried to the number collection station to obtain a departure token.
• The Demon Sage approached the teleportation gate, and Ye Liang tried to flee before the Rainbow Bridge Guard confronted him.
• Wan Tiansheng asked the Seven Great Commanders to hand over Ye Liang, and they stopped the teleportation gate while checking his identity.
• The Demon Sage formed an image of Ye Liang in the clouds, someone in the crowd revealed his location, and the Seven Great Commanders sent a red cloud toward him.

Ye Liang was exposed to Wan Tiansheng’s hidden Demonic Qi, but a Sky Fox commander sealed it and recognized him through his connection to Zi Ling. Wan Tiansheng rejected Ye Liang’s explanation and attacked, leaving the commanders to combine their powers against him.

• Ye Liang denied knowing Wan Tiansheng, but the commanders brought him before the Demon Sage to judge their connection.
• Wan Tiansheng revealed that his Demonic Qi had entered Ye Liang’s body and began to break through Ye Liang’s resistance.
• A fox-eared Sky Fox commander sealed the Demonic Qi with her ice energy and recognized Ye Liang as someone who had met Zi Ling.
• The Sky Fox commander warned Ye Liang not to reveal himself, but Wan Tiansheng accused him and the commanders of lying and prepared to attack.
• Wan Tiansheng summoned a giant palm to crush Ye Liang, and the commanders formed their Nine-in-One Fusion Technique to oppose him.

Ye Liang tried to escape through the Rainbow Bridge’s spatial gate while the Rainbow Bridge Commanders held Wan Tiansheng back, but Guo Xiaosi accused him of killing his squad and turned the guards against him. Surrounded and cut off from every escape route, Ye Liang drew Leek #3’s sword.

• The Profound Ice Saint and the other Rainbow Bridge Commanders froze Wan Tiansheng’s giant palm long enough for Ye Liang to reach the spatial gate.
• The Rainbow Bridge Guards began opening the gate, but Guo Xiaosi seized Ye Liang and persuaded them to close it, accusing him of killing a teammate and leading his squad to its deaths.
• Ye Liang accused Guo Xiaosi of killing his own subordinates and blowing up the Rainbow Bridge, but Guo Xiaosi dismissed his claim about the Void Overlord and urged the guards to capture him.
• A Rainbow Bridge Captain attacked Ye Liang, who used the Body Flicker Technique to escape the crowd and flee.
• The veteran guards pursued and encircled Ye Liang against a wall, so he drew the sword Leek #3 had stored in his spatial storage.

Ye Liang fought the Rainbow Bridge Guards while Guo Xiaosi tried to escape, but infiltrating demons killed Guo Xiaosi and fled through a teleportation gate. Ye Liang convinced the surviving guards that demons had infiltrated their defenses, and they discovered nonhuman fingerprints on the gate controls.

• Ye Liang used his sword to fight the guards while Guo Xiaosi activated the teleportation gate and searched for an escape route.
• Demons disguised as Rainbow Bridge Guards confronted Guo Xiaosi, revealed their demonic traits, and killed him by piercing his heart and crushing his soul.
• The demons changed the teleportation gate destination and fled, while Ye Liang continued fighting the guards.
• Ye Liang noticed Guo Xiaosi's corpse and told the guards to stop, but they suspected Ye Liang had killed their captain.
• Ye Liang explained that demons had infiltrated the Rainbow Bridge, and the guards found nonhuman fingerprints on the teleportation gate controls.

Ye Liang stayed behind with the Rainbow Bridge Commanders and helped them counter the Demon Sage by identifying weaknesses in his techniques. The chapter ended with Ye Liang slashing through the Demon Sage’s Great Desolate Sky Imprisoning Fist at its meridians.

• The Demon Sage shattered the Rainbow Bridge Commanders’ Profound Ice Saint and pursued them as they opened a teleportation gate for the civilians.
• Ye Liang refused to flee and stood with the nine commanders to face the Demon Sage.
• Ye Liang identified the weakness in the Great Desolate Sky Imprisoning Hand, and the commanders struck its palm to weaken the attack.
• Ye Liang warned that the Great Desolate Sky Imprisoning Finger could be broken by forcing its fingers apart, prompting the Demon Sage to change his attack into a fist.
• Ye Liang flew into the clouds and slashed through the Great Desolate Sky Imprisoning Fist at its meridians.

Ye Liang watched Le Wujian arrive to stop Wan Tiansheng from killing the Rainbow Bridge commanders. As Le Wujian battled the Demon Sage, Ye Liang reunited with the wounded Leek No. 1 and began treating him and Leek #3.

• The Seven Great Commanders destroyed one of Wan Tiansheng’s attacks, but Wan Tiansheng struck nine commanders down with another blow.
• Le Wujian emerged from the spatial gate and pierced Wan Tiansheng’s palm with ethereal swords, halting his attack on the fallen commanders.
• Leek No. 1 arrived with Le Wujian, and Ye Liang learned that a hidden Rainbow Bridge mechanism had brought him to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s territory after a demon soldier attacked him.
• Leek No. 1 explained that Le Wujian had killed the demon soldier and brought him back; Ye Liang guessed that Le Wujian was Le Sisi’s father.
• Ye Liang laid Leek No. 1 down and took Leek #3 from his spatial storage so he could treat both of their injuries.

Le Wujian defeated Wan Tiansheng but failed to kill him, then refused to recruit Ye Liang into the Ten Thousand Swords Sect because he was jealous of his daughter’s feelings. A Celestial Fox commander recognized Ye Liang’s Violet Spirit Pearl as Zi Ling’s token of love, and Ye Liang pretended that he and Zi Ling were lovers.

• Le Wujian fought Wan Tiansheng and, after using two fingers, severed his arm and thigh before striking him down, but Ye Liang realized Wan Tiansheng had escaped with a special technique.
• Le Wujian told Ye Liang that his daughter had sent him seven letters about recruiting him, then joked that he would not let Ye Liang steal her heart.
• A Celestial Fox commander asked to see Ye Liang’s Violet Spirit Pearl and explained that Celestial Fox women gave such pearls to their husbands or beloveds.
• Ye Liang concealed that he had obtained the pearl from Zi Ling’s guide and swore that he and Zi Ling loved each other.

Ye Liang received a map to the Red-Eared Sky Fox Clan and traveled with Le Wujian back to the Slaughter Gate to collect a reward. The Rainbow Bridge Commander revealed that Ye Liang carried a trace of Demon Race aura, while Le Wujian arrived at the Slaughter Gate and sought out its elders because its sect master was in seclusion.

• The woman gave Ye Liang a map to the Red-Eared Sky Fox Clan and warned him to keep its location secret.
• Le Wujian took Ye Liang to collect a reward from the Slaughter Gate and warned him not to tell his daughter that he had refused Ye Liang admission to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.
• The Rainbow Bridge Commander told the other commanders that Ye Liang bore a trace of Demon Race aura and might face great danger.
• Le Wujian flew Ye Liang back to the Slaughter Gate, where guards recognized him as an Honorary Elder.
• Tian Nanqi explained that the Sect Master of Primordial Beginning was in seclusion, then led Le Wujian away to discuss important matters.

Ye Liang went with Tian Nanqi to the Slaughter Gate's Treasure Pavilion to claim a reward for his service. Tian Nanqi let him enter the fourth floor to seek a Saint-grade treasure, where Ye Liang inspected several powerful weapons but continued deeper into the collection.

• Tian Nanqi told Ye Liang that Le Wujian had left the Slaughter Gate and offered him a reward for his merits.
• Tian Nanqi led Ye Liang through the Treasure Pavilion and explained that he could choose from Saint-grade treasures despite being only a Holy Spirit.
• Ye Liang insisted on going to the fourth floor, and Tian Nanqi warned him that Saint-grade weapons could harm him if their Artifact Spirits rejected him.
• Tian Nanqi opened the fourth-floor restriction and explained that its sentient treasures might accept Ye Liang or need to be sealed until he grew stronger.
• Ye Liang examined the Slaughter Fire Halberd and Frost Cold Snow Bell Spear, decided their heavy weapon styles did not suit him, and followed Tian Nanqi to inspect law-based weapons.

Ye Liang persuaded Tian Nanqi to take him to the restricted fifth floor of Slaughter Gate’s treasure vault, hoping to find a suitable weapon. Inside, they found a dark, empty cave where the air and Spiritual Energy were absent, and Tian Nanqi warned Ye Liang that unseen things might be lurking there.

• Ye Liang rejected the unusual weapons on the lower floor and asked for a sword, prompting Tian Nanqi to suggest other rewards.
• Ye Liang proposed looking on the fifth floor, and Tian Nanqi agreed after deciding to use the chance to explore it himself.
• Tian Nanqi warned Ye Liang to keep quiet, touch nothing, and conceal which floor they had entered.
• Tian Nanqi opened the fifth-floor door and led Ye Liang into a pitch-black cave without shelves or treasures.
• Tian Nanqi sensed that the cave lacked Spiritual Energy and air, then warned Ye Liang that unseen things might notice them.

Ye Liang and Tian Nanqi explored the Slaughter Gate’s fifth-floor forbidden zone, where sealed Sage-level treasures and Artifact Spirits filled caves along a long passage. Tian Nanqi revealed that the Nine Dragon Secret Seeking Ruler was a spatial Sacred Artifact that could travel anywhere, leaving Ye Liang wondering why a Demon Realm dragon had sent him to find a treasure he could not safely approach.

• Tian Nanqi explained that the Slaughter Gate stored treasures and spirit pets taken from powerful Outer Domain enemies in the fifth-floor forbidden zone.
• Ye Liang and Tian Nanqi walked through caves holding powerful Magic Tools, and a hammer-shaped weapon nearly killed Ye Liang before they escaped.
• The treasures stirred when Tian Nanqi spoke, but he said Master’s seals would keep them trapped unless someone undid the seals.
• Tian Nanqi told Ye Liang that the Nine Dragon Secret Seeking Ruler was one of seven Sacred Artifacts forged from primordial chaos qi to suppress the Outer Domain.
• Tian Nanqi explained that the ruler could let its user travel freely to any place, but warned that Ye Liang could die just by approaching it.
• Ye Liang wondered why the Demon Realm dragon had tasked him with finding the ruler if he could not safely get near it.

Ye Liang and Tian Nanqi entered the forbidden ground’s fifth level, where trapped divine artifacts tried to lure them into breaking their prison. Tian Nanqi was tempted by the Shinigami Scythe and knocked himself unconscious against the barrier, while Ye Liang hurried toward him as the poison inside him stirred.

• Ye Liang tried to stop Tian Nanqi from going deeper, but Tian Nanqi pushed him aside and continued toward the final cave.
• The trapped Haotian Hammer and Shinigami Scythe revealed themselves, and the Shinigami Scythe said it had lured Tian Nanqi toward the cave.
• As Ye Liang approached, the poison inside him became active, while Tian Nanqi charged ahead in a frenzied state.
• Tian Nanqi mistook the Shinigami Scythe for the Nine Dragon Secret Seeking Ruler and believed its promise that he could claim a Sacred Artifact by breaking the barrier.
• Tian Nanqi slammed into the sect master’s barrier, suffered severe injuries, and passed out; Ye Liang hurried after him.

The Shinigami Scythe and Haotian Hammer used their power to save Ye Liang, who was on the verge of dying from a curse and a dragon surging inside him. Ye Liang woke with his wounds healed and strange thunder and dark powers filling his body.

• The Shinigami Scythe and Haotian Hammer realized Ye Liang was approaching, but the Hammer sensed a powerful curse was draining his life.
• The Hammer said it could save Ye Liang only if the Scythe gave up half its power, and warned that Ye Liang had only three breaths left.
• The Shinigami Scythe transferred its power through the earth, while the Haotian Hammer channeled the combined force toward Ye Liang.
• The blue-and-black power entered Ye Liang just as a blood-colored dragon phantom burst from his abdomen, sealing the dragon inside and healing his wounds.
• Ye Liang regained consciousness and sensed violent Thunder Force and mysterious dark power within his body.

Ye Liang reached the Saint realm after absorbing power, then entered the cave and found Tian Nanqi and a talking treasure imprisoned behind a barrier. The cave guardian asked Ye Liang to help remove the barrier.

• Ye Liang discovered a giant dragon phantom consuming the power in his dantian and guessed it was the fiery toxin left by the giant Dragon Demon.
• The Shinigami Scythe revealed that Hammer had lost his rank after pouring his Thunder Force into Ye Liang.
• Ye Liang resisted a Charm Spell and entered the cave, where he found a glowing brocade box he recognized as a Sacred Artifact.
• Ye Liang healed Tian Nanqi and put him into his spatial storage.
• A black, misty figure revealed that he was the cave's guardian and asked Ye Liang to remove the barrier imprisoning him.