Chapter Summaries

The Dragon Lord learned that the Little Dragon Lord had been frostbitten near the iceberg in the Sunshine Sea Region and led a group of dragons to investigate. While Li Xiaoya practiced swordplay beneath the iceberg, the Dragon Lord attacked it, alerting him to another dragon’s arrival.

• The Dragon Lord beat two blue giant dragons, then questioned them about the Little Dragon Lord’s injuries and learned they had occurred in the Sunshine Sea Region.
• The Dragon Lord led dozens of giant dragons to the Sunshine Sea Region, where they discovered an enormous iceberg and struggled against its extraordinary cold.
• The Dragon Lord recognized that the iceberg’s cold carried the power of water law and ordered the other dragons to retreat while he investigated alone.
• Li Xiaoya practiced Sword Intent Swordplay beneath the iceberg with the Dragon-Horned Bone Dragon Slash and protective armor.
• The Dragon Lord struck the iceberg repeatedly, smashing away more than half of it, and Li Xiaoya sensed the attack and prepared to fight him.

Li Xiaoya escaped the law-formed iceberg with a mighty sword strike and emerged after absorbing the Elder Demon Beast's essence blood. He faced the old dragon lord, who recognized the Dragon-Horned Bone Dragon Slash and challenged Li Xiaoya's right to possess it.

• Li Xiaoya absorbed the Elder Demon Beast's remaining essence blood and recovered much of his strength while trapped beneath the iceberg.
• Li Xiaoya unleashed Mountain Break with the Dragon-Horned Bone Dragon Slash, cleaving through the iceberg and splitting the sea as the old dragon lord dodged the attack.
• Li Xiaoya burst out of the sea and confronted the old dragon lord, who recognized his sword as a supreme-grade Heaven-Opening Treasure of the Dragon Race.
• Li Xiaoya warned the wary, greedy dragon lord not to question his possession of the sword and invited him to test it.

Li Xiaoya fought the Old Dragon Master, breaking his metal claw and forcing him to flee after a protected reverse scale stopped a killing strike. The Old Dragon Master drew a swarm of giant dragons into Li Xiaoya’s path as he continued his escape.

• The Old Dragon Master attacked Li Xiaoya with his metal claws, but Li Xiaoya shattered their blades and struck at his reverse scale.
• A blue shield protected the Old Dragon Master’s reverse scale, and he answered with a storm of blue blades that Li Xiaoya destroyed with Sword Rain.
• The Old Dragon Master fled, and Li Xiaoya chased him while refusing to let him go.
• Li Xiaoya’s sword rays cut the Old Dragon Master’s tail, though the dragon’s powerful defenses let him keep escaping.
• The Old Dragon Master led Li Xiaoya toward the giant dragons accompanying him, and they surged to block Li Xiaoya’s way.

Li Xiaoya cut through the Water Dragon Race’s blockade and wounded the fleeing Old Dragon Master as he tried to escape underwater. The chapter ended with Li Xiaoya realizing the blood trail was a trick, while the Old Dragon Master’s whereabouts remained unknown.

• Li Xiaoya killed or wounded most of the dozens of giant dragons that charged to block his pursuit of the Old Dragon Master.
• Li Xiaoya recognized the two dragons who had ambushed the Tianyuan Gate’s Flying Divine Bird and struck them down as they fled.
• The Old Dragon Master dove into the sea, and Li Xiaoya severed his tail with a sword slash before pursuing him underwater.
• Li Xiaoya followed the Old Dragon Master’s blood trail through the murky water, then realized the trail had been used to deceive him.

Li Xiaoya failed to catch the fleeing Old Dragon Master and continued searching the ocean for Tianyuan Gate. He found the island and was escorted toward its leaders after its martial artists mistook him for another hostile visitor.

• The Old Dragon Master escaped by shrinking his body and swimming away, then decided to seek help from other powerful figures interested in the Dragon-Horned Bone Dragon Slash.
• Li Xiaoya searched the seabed for hours, gave up on finding the Old Dragon Master, and set off to locate Tianyuan Gate.
• After two or three days of searching, Li Xiaoya found Tianyuan Gate’s island and saw a fresh, enormous gash that he suspected had been made by the mysterious young man.
• Li Xiaoya called out to ask whether the island was Tianyuan Gate, alarming its martial artists, who feared another attack like the one that had nearly split their island.
• The female martial artist who had met Li Xiaoya in Golden Sun City recognized him, greeted him, and agreed to lead him to Tianyuan Gate’s elders and Sect Master.

Li Xiaoya met the white-haired Heavenly Origin Immortal, who welcomed him into the Tianyuan Gate’s hidden stronghold in the Fallen Immortal Grounds. At a feast with the other cultivators, Li Xiaoya asked how they could escape, and the Heavenly Origin Immortal said the way out was simple.

• The female warrior thanked Li Xiaoya for rescuing her, and he noticed a group of powerful cultivators approaching.
• The white-haired cultivator greeted Li Xiaoya as a fellow Daoist and invited him to speak privately, leaving the female warrior behind.
• The cultivators led Li Xiaoya through a defensive formation into the secluded Tianyuan Gate grounds.
• The white-haired cultivator hosted Li Xiaoya at a feast and introduced him to the other cultivators as a fellow Daoist who had survived being drawn into the Fallen Immortal Grounds.
• Li Xiaoya asked whether anyone could leave the Fallen Immortal Grounds, and the white-haired cultivator replied that the way out was simple.

Li Xiaoya learned that the Fallen Immortal Grounds could be left through the space vortex, and Tianyuan agreed to show him the way after testing his strength. Their first sword clash sent Li Xiaoya flying, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Li Xiaoya rejected the immortality offered by the Fallen Immortal Grounds and insisted that he wanted to leave.
• Tianyuan warned Li Xiaoya that escaping carried nine chances of death and one chance of survival, then led him to a mountain marked by powerful sword intent.
• Tianyuan revealed that Li Xiaoya would have to exchange moves with him before learning how to leave, and formed a sword from condensed sword intent.
• Tianyuan and the other cultivators discussed the newcomers Tianyuan had tested, while Li Xiaoya drew the Dragon-Horned Bone Dragon Slash.
• Tianyuan attacked Li Xiaoya with a massive sword ray, and Li Xiaoya countered with the Dragon-Horned Bone Dragon Slash before their collision blasted him backward.

Li Xiaoya fought Tianyuan and demonstrated that he could combine Earth Law with his sword intent, but Tianyuan’s sword formation gradually drove him back. After Tianyuan ended the test, he warned Li Xiaoya that escaping through the Immemorial Heaven-and-Earth Spiritual Qi Formation would be extremely difficult and revealed that a True Immortal had created it.

• Li Xiaoya blended Earth Law into his sword rays and charged Tianyuan with the Dragon-Horned Bone Dragon Slash.
• Tianyuan formed a vast sword formation and sent countless sword rays at Li Xiaoya, who defended himself with a sphere of violet flames.
• Li Xiaoya’s defense gradually weakened under Tianyuan’s attacks, though he managed to shorten the distance he was driven backward.
• Tianyuan ended the fight, and Li Xiaoya acknowledged that he had been shown mercy.
• Tianyuan warned Li Xiaoya against trying to escape through the Immemorial Heaven-and-Earth Spiritual Qi Formation and explained that it had drained the Fallen Immortal Grounds of spiritual qi.
• Tianyuan revealed that a True Immortal had laid down the formation.

Li Xiaoya learned that the Immemorial Heaven-and-Earth Spiritual Qi Formation was a dangerous route out of the Fallen Immortal Grounds, and Tianyuan offered to join him if he helped with a task. The chapter ended with Tianyuan asking Li Xiaoya to wipe out the Dragon Cultivators and Demon Race cultivators.

• After Li Xiaoya demonstrated his swordsmanship, the cultivators welcomed him warmly during a banquet that lasted two or three days.
• Tianyuan told Li Xiaoya that the formation lay at the ocean’s center and that many cultivators had attempted to pass through it without returning.
• Tianyuan explained that the formation’s outskirts held numerous Mighty One Stage Elder Demon Beasts, while cultivators’ cultivation remained sealed until they entered the formation itself.
• Li Xiaoya asked why Tianyuan had not tried to leave, and Tianyuan said he had reasons to wait.
• Tianyuan offered to brave the formation with Li Xiaoya if Li Xiaoya helped him wipe out the Dragon Cultivators and Demon Race cultivators in the Fallen Immortal Grounds.

Li Xiaoya learned why Tianyuan wanted to eliminate the Dragon Race and Demon Race, then discovered they both came from the Human Realm’s Origin Continent. Tianyuan gave Li Xiaoya books on his Blood Power Cultivation Method and Sword Dao so Li Xiaoya could grow strong enough to help him.

• Tianyuan explained that the Demon Race had betrayed the Human Race by allying with the Dragon Race, and that he had led humanity through years of struggle to secure a territory in the Fallen Immortal Grounds.
• Li Xiaoya agreed to help Tianyuan eliminate the Dragon Race and Demon Race, and Tianyuan said the Demon Race still maintained ties with the Dragon Race while pretending to be neutral.
• Li Xiaoya discovered that Tianyuan had ascended from the Human Realm’s Origin Continent, just as he had, and the two spoke warmly about their shared homeland.
• Tianyuan explained that Insect Race cultivators rarely reached the Fallen Immortal Grounds because they could sense Space Vortexes and flee from them.
• Tianyuan gave Li Xiaoya books containing his insights into the Blood Power Cultivation Method and Sword Dao, telling him to use them to become strong enough to help defeat the two races.

Ao Zhu told the Black Dragon Marshal that Li Xiaoya possessed the Dragon-Horned Bone Dragon Slash, prompting the Marshal to leave for the Demon Race and plan to eliminate the human cultivator. Meanwhile, Li Xiaoya continued training on the sea until he unleashed a tremendous burst of sword intent.

• The Black Dragon Marshal summoned the injured Ao Zhu and asked why he had left Water Dragon Island.
• Ao Zhu blamed Li Xiaoya for his severed tail and falsely claimed the human cultivator had attacked Water Dragon Island.
• Ao Zhu revealed that Li Xiaoya wielded the Dragon-Horned Bone Dragon Slash, and the Black Dragon Marshal demanded a full account of their encounter.
• The Black Dragon Marshal decided to act quickly against Li Xiaoya and flew off to visit the Demon Race.
• Li Xiaoya stood motionless on the sea for days, cultivating without using his blood force.
• Li Xiaoya opened his eyes during a storm and unleashed a surge of purple-red sword intent that carved through the sea.

Li Xiaoya spent over a year mastering the fifth level of the Tianyuan Sword Formula and learned more about Tianyuan’s methods and the mysterious young cultivator. Tianyuan then challenged him to test his swordsmanship, and the two clashed in the sky.

• Li Xiaoya broke through to the fifth level of the Tianyuan Sword Formula, greatly increasing the power of his swordsmanship.
• Tianyuan’s Tianyuan Formula gave Li Xiaoya a method for developing spiritual meridians that could improve his Blood-Boiling Cultivation Method, though he did not cultivate the formula itself.
• Tianyuan told Li Xiaoya that the mysterious young man had struck at Tianyuan Island and then gone to force his way through the Immemorial Heaven-and-Earth Spiritual Qi Formation.
• Li Xiaoya realized that his swordsmanship, blood-force cultivation, and Dragon-Horned Bone Dragon Slash could let him rival a Great Cultivator at the mighty one stage.
• Tianyuan formed a sword from sword intent and attacked Li Xiaoya, who answered with the Dragon-Horned Bone Dragon Slash and charged into the sword rays.

Li Xiaoya trained under Tianyuan, who feared he would not survive his next heavenly tribulation and wanted his swordsmanship to live on. Meanwhile, Black Dragon Marshal visited the Demon Race to seek an alliance against a powerful new human cultivator, and the Nine-Tailed Three-Eyed Demon Fox announced preparations for a Holy War.

• Tianyuan taught Li Xiaoya the Tianyuan Sword Formula and explained that he was passing it on because he might not survive his next heavenly tribulation.
• Li Xiaoya advanced his swordsmanship and refined his Boiling Blood method as his injuries healed.
• Black Dragon Marshal arrived at the Demon Race's city, where the Nine-Tailed Three-Eyed Demon Fox appeared to meet him.
• Black Dragon Marshal urged the Nine-Tailed Three-Eyed Demon Fox to ally with him against a formidable new human cultivator, exaggerating some details of the threat.
• After Black Dragon Marshal left, the Nine-Tailed Three-Eyed Demon Fox warned his subjects of a crisis and ordered them to prepare for a Holy War.

Li Xiaoya trained under Tianyuan and learned why Tianyuan was passing on his swordsmanship, while the Black Dragon Marshal sought an alliance with the demon race against the human cultivator. The Nine-Tailed Three Demon Fox announced preparations for a Holy War after the Marshal departed.

• Tianyuan instructed Li Xiaoya in the Tianyuan Sword Formula and revealed that he feared he would not survive the heavenly tribulation awaiting him outside the Fallen Immortal Grounds.
• Li Xiaoya advanced his swordsmanship and Boiling Blood cultivation while his injuries healed with Tianyuan’s help.
• The Black Dragon Marshal arrived at the demon Holy City, where the Nine-Tailed Three Demon Fox appeared to meet him.
• The Black Dragon Marshal warned that a powerful new human sword cultivator had arrived and urged the demon race to ally with the Dragon Race against the humans.
• After hearing the Marshal’s account, the Nine-Tailed Three Demon Fox suspected the Dragon Race wanted to use his people and declared that the demon race must prepare for a Holy War.

Li Xiaoya fought the Nine-Tailed Three-Eyed Demon Fox with the Dragon-Horned Bone Dragon Slash while Tianyuan blocked the fox from escaping. After Tianyuan urged him to stop holding back, Li Xiaoya revealed a Blood Sword, and the fox split into two.

• The Nine-Tailed Three-Eyed Demon Fox unleashed gray cyclones, but Li Xiaoya shattered them with sword qi from the Dragon-Horned Bone Dragon Slash.
• Li Xiaoya used Sword-Light Afterimages to attack the fox, who countered with his nine tails and claws and began to gain the upper hand.
• Tianyuan crossed the battlefield and blocked the fox's escape, insisting that Li Xiaoya could defeat him alone.
• At Tianyuan's command, Li Xiaoya released purple-gold mist and formed a Blood Sword from his severed arm.
• The fox turned blood-red, unleashed his blood force, and split into two foxes before Li Xiaoya's astonished eyes.

Li Xiaoya fought the Nine-Tailed Three-Eyed Fox after the demon used a cloning technique to create two equally powerful bodies. Li Xiaoya overwhelmed both foxes with his swords, and the chapter ended as he thrust at one fox after rejecting its plea for mercy.

• The Nine-Tailed Three-Eyed Fox split into two identical, powerful bodies and taunted Li Xiaoya to surrender or let Tianyuan fight.
• Li Xiaoya declared that he would kill both foxes and launched a sword attack with the Solitary Leopard Sword.
• The other Nine-Tailed Three-Eyed Fox attacked Li Xiaoya from behind, but Li Xiaoya countered with the Dragon-Horned Bone Dragon Slash and drove it back with a tremendous strike.
• Li Xiaoya relentlessly battered the fox he was pursuing, while Tianyuan realized Li Xiaoya had reached the threshold of the sixth level of the Tianyuan Sword Formula.
• The wounded Nine-Tailed Three-Eyed Fox begged Li Xiaoya to stop and admitted defeat, but Li Xiaoya refused and thrust the Dragon-Horned Bone Dragon Slash toward its lower jaw.

Li Xiaoya killed one Nine-Tailed Three-Eyed Fox, then fought the other while Tianyuan blocked its escape. Li Xiaoya beheaded the second fox, but the fight left him exhausted.

• Li Xiaoya cut down one Nine-Tailed Three-Eyed Fox with a swift purple-gold sword strike.
• The surviving Nine-Tailed Three-Eyed Fox fled, but Tianyuan repeatedly appeared to block its escape.
• The fox turned to fight Li Xiaoya, whose sword rays wounded it as its strength dwindled.
• Li Xiaoya vanished from the fox’s sight and struck from above, cutting off its head.
• Li Xiaoya stopped in midair, gasping and visibly drained from the battle.

Li Xiaoya killed the Nine-Tailed Three-Eyed Fox and learned from Tianyuan that the fox had been an ancient demon beast whose schemes had once threatened both the Human Race and the Demon Race. After Tianyuan concealed the fox’s vast mass of essence blood from the arriving cultivators, he and Li Xiaoya returned that night to retrieve it.

• Li Xiaoya recovered from the strain of using the Boiling Blood Cultivation Method and told Tianyuan he intended to keep cultivating it.
• Tianyuan and Li Xiaoya discovered the Nine-Tailed Three-Eyed Fox’s second body had become a huge mass of essence blood, and Tianyuan recognized it as the result of blood force and sacrifice.
• Tianyuan explained that the fox was an ancient demon beast who had manipulated the Human Race and Demon Race and directed the Dragon Race to hunt the Human Race.
• When Tianyuan Gate cultivators arrived, Tianyuan hid the essence blood beneath the sea while they examined the fox’s corpse and argued over how to divide it.
• That night, Tianyuan brought Li Xiaoya back to the sea and assured him he had a way to take away the hidden essence blood.

Tianyuan gave the Nine-Tailed Three-Eyed Fox’s essence blood to Li Xiaoya, who entered the sea to absorb it while Tianyuan reflected on the human race’s future. The dragons and demons prepared for war but delayed their attack after the fox’s death left the demons without a leader; more than a year later, clues began linking his disappearance to the humans.

• Tianyuan told Li Xiaoya to absorb the Nine-Tailed Three-Eyed Fox’s essence blood because Tianyuan’s cultivation had reached its limit, and Li Xiaoya agreed before diving into the sea.
• Tianyuan watched Li Xiaoya disappear beneath the water and said he believed the human race would grow strong because of him.
• The dragons and demons mobilized for war, and the humans prepared to defend themselves after learning of their plans and the fox’s death.
• The demons delayed action without the Nine-Tailed Three-Eyed Fox’s orders, while the Black Dragon Marshal suspected the fox was waiting to profit from a conflict between the dragons and humans.
• More than a year later, the dragons and demons searched for the missing fox, and Ao Zhu’s discovery that Water Dragon Island was unharmed helped connect the fox’s disappearance to the humans’ waters.

After the Nine-Tailed Three-Eyed Fox’s death, the Dragon Race tried to draw the Demon Race into an alliance, but suspicion pushed the demons toward the humans. While Tianyuan maneuvered between the two races, Li Xiaoya remained unaware of the political turmoil as he continued absorbing the fox’s essence blood beneath the sea.

• A water dragon reported seeing Li Xiaoya battle the Nine-Tailed Three-Eyed Fox, prompting Ao Zhu to warn the Black Dragon Marshal that the fox had died.
• The Black Dragon Marshal confirmed the fox’s death and realized that Li Xiaoya and Tianyuan had shifted the balance of power toward the Human Race.
• The Black Dragon Marshal urged the Demon Race to avenge the fox and join the dragons, but the demon cultivators distrusted his motives and secretly contacted the humans.
• Tianyuan denied that Li Xiaoya had killed the fox and accused the Black Dragon of causing its death, deepening the divide between the Dragon Race and Demon Race.
• Deep beneath the sea, Li Xiaoya continued absorbing the Nine-Tailed Three-Eyed Fox’s essence blood, which had shrunk to a hundred zhang across.