Chapter Summaries

Sikong Sheng defeated Murong Qingcheng with overwhelming speed and strength as the Hidden Dragon Rankings competition advanced to its final round. Ye Chen then faced Yan Chi Huo, whose Fire Dragon Slash he countered before gaining the upper hand with a sword attack that left Yan Chi Huo unable to respond.

• Li Daoxuan defeated Tuo Ba Ku, Lin Yun defeated Mo Yan, and Sikong Sheng defeated Murong Qingcheng in the sixty-ninth round.
• Sikong Sheng’s Dragon-Shaped Phantom grew to eight zhang and eight after he absorbed Murong Qingcheng’s Dragon Vein Qi.
• Ye Chen defeated Gu Youyun, and Yan Chi Huo defeated Bing Ling as the sixty-ninth round concluded.
• In the seventieth round, Mo Yan defeated Bing Ling, Lin Yun defeated Gu Youyun, and Murong Qingcheng defeated Tuo Ba Ku.
• The Chief Referee announced Ye Chen versus Yan Chi Huo as the twenty-third match, and the two fighters took the stage.
• Yan Chi Huo attacked with Fire Dragon Slash, but Ye Chen countered it and followed with a sword strike that put Yan Chi Huo at a disadvantage.

Ye Chen fought Yan Chi Huo in the tournament and repeatedly countered his fire attacks by using his superior Thundercloud Intent. The chapter ended with Ye Chen disarming Yan Chi Huo, leaving the outcome of their duel unresolved.

• Yan Chi Huo exploded his True Qi to stop Ye Chen’s sword, but Ye Chen wounded his left fist.
• Yan Chi Huo unleashed his seventh-revolution power and attacked with the Instant Kill Golden Flame Slash, but Ye Chen split the blade radiance with an evolved Heaven Shattering Clouds sword move.
• Yan Chi Huo advanced to the Crimson Flame Battle Body and struck with Fire Cloud Earth-Splitting Slash, but Ye Chen turned its Cloud Intent against him.
• Yan Chi Huo tried a concentrated Fire Cloud Golden Flame Slash, and Ye Chen shattered it with Thundercloud Intent, making Yan Chi Huo stagger back injured.
• Yan Chi Huo switched to pure fire intent and attacked again, but Ye Chen cut through his fire waves and knocked the crimson long saber from his hand.

Ye Chen defeated Yan Chi Huo, who then lost to Sikong Sheng and secured third place on the Hidden Dragon Rankings. As Ye Chen faced Sikong Sheng in the final Young Titans battle, Sikong Sheng revealed Half-step True Essence, and Ye Chen answered by unleashing seven-tenths Sword Intent containing Undying Intent.

• Ye Chen disarmed Yan Chi Huo with a sword strike and absorbed enough Dragon Vein Qi to raise his Dragon-Shaped Phantom to eighty-eight feet.
• Sikong Sheng defeated Yan Chi Huo with two punches, revealing strength that led Luo Xinglie to suspect he had begun refining True Essence.
• Li Daoxuan defeated Lin Yun, and the seventy-first round began with Murong Qingcheng, Tuo Ba Ku, and Li Daoxuan winning their respective matches.
• Ye Chen and Sikong Sheng entered the arena for the final battle between Young Titans.
• Sikong Sheng revealed his Half-step True Essence, and Ye Chen unleashed seven-tenths Sword Intent containing Undying Intent.

Ye Chen revealed seventy percent Sword Intent, proving he could contend with Sikong Sheng, while the Purple Sun Sect plotted to kill him after the competition. Sikong Sheng and Ye Chen traded powerful attacks that shattered the Arena Barrier, and both declared the exchange had only been a test.

• Ye Chen unleashed seventy percent Sword Intent, stunning the spectators and suppressing Sikong Sheng’s Momentum.
• Tu Chongshan and the Purple Sun Sect’s Grand Elder agreed that Ye Chen must be killed after the Hidden Dragon Rankings competition.
• Sikong Sheng acknowledged Ye Chen’s strength and warned that his Half-step True Essence empowered Azure Sky Overlord Fist was about to reach its peak.
• Sikong Sheng attacked with Fist Settling the Rivers and Mountains, and Ye Chen countered with Heaven Shattering Clouds using the Star Scar Sword.
• Their clash pierced the Arena Barrier, sending dangerous Qi Force and Sword Qi toward the younger generation and forcing them to defend themselves.
• Ye Chen and Sikong Sheng retreated after the test exchange, each warning that their next attacks would be more powerful.

Ye Chen and Sikong Sheng unleashed their full strength in a battle that left both lightly injured, as Ye Chen’s Undying Intent-infused Sword Qi proved difficult to destroy. Sikong Sheng pressed his attack and shattered the Arena Barrier with a single punch, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Ye Chen fused five forms of Surging Cloud Swordplay while Sikong Sheng answered with Fist Overlord of Rivers, and their collision sent Ye Chen flying farther than Sikong Sheng.
• Ye Chen used Immortal Heaven Shattering Clouds infused with Undying Intent, and lingering Sword Qi grazed Sikong Sheng’s left arm even as the clash drove Ye Chen into the Arena Barrier.
• The spectators and judges realized Ye Chen could contend with Sikong Sheng, while Tu Chongshan and the Purple Sun Sect’s Core Elders grew alarmed and hostile.
• Sikong Sheng resumed his assault as Ye Chen evaded him with Shadow Splitter Lightness Skill, and Sikong Sheng’s missed punch pierced the Arena Barrier.

Ye Chen and Sikong Sheng traded devastating attacks in the Hidden Dragon Rankings competition, until both revealed their trump cards. Ye Chen’s Heart Slayer broke through Sikong Sheng’s ultimate punch and half-step Protective True Essence, leaving Sikong Sheng wounded and flying backward.

• Ye Chen and Sikong Sheng continued their fierce duel, repeatedly tearing through the Arena Barrier until the Chief Referee intercepted their combined attacks and ordered the spectators farther away.
• Ye Chen anticipated Sikong Sheng’s teleportation and attacked, but Sikong Sheng evaded and countered with Fist Stirs Mountains and Seas; Ye Chen broke through its force with a diagonal sword strike.
• Sikong Sheng warned Ye Chen that Fist Shatters the Heavens was his ultimate trump card, and Ye Chen answered that he had one of his own.
• Sikong Sheng unleashed Fist Shatters the Heavens as Ye Chen completed his buildup and struck with Heart Slayer.
• Ye Chen’s sword pierced Sikong Sheng’s Fist Force and shattered his half-step Protective True Essence, making Sikong Sheng spit blood and fly backward.

Ye Chen defeated Sikong Sheng in the Hidden Dragon Rankings’ final battle, shocking the gathered sects and raising hopes that he might become a Life and Death Realm King. His Dragon-Shaped Phantom reached nine zhang, awakening the Hidden Dragon Secret Realm, which opened before the competitors.

• Ye Chen struck Sikong Sheng with the Heart Slayer Sword Qi, and Sikong Sheng barely blocked it before collapsing from his injuries.
• The crowd and sect leaders reacted to Ye Chen’s victory, while the Flowing Cloud Sect’s Grand Elder argued that Ye Chen had the potential to become a Life and Death Realm King.
• Long Biyun and the Southern Luo Sect’s Grand Elder discussed the region’s dwindling fortune and the consequences of Sikong Sheng’s defeat.
• Ye Chen’s Dragon-Shaped Phantom grew to nine zhang, and the Hidden Dragon Ancient City responded with an enormous dragon current that broke through the Arena Barrier.
• A knowledgeable spectator identified the dragon current’s vortex as the Hidden Dragon Secret Realm, which opened after a Dragon-Shaped Phantom reached nine zhang.

Ye Chen and the other Hidden Dragon Rankings contestants entered the Hidden Dragon Secret Realm, where elemental trials tested their martial arts and rewarded those who could endure them. Yan Chi Huo and Lin Qi strengthened their Intents, while the first contestants who could not withstand the trials were sent out.

• Ye Chen entered the Hidden Dragon Secret Realm first, followed by Sikong Sheng, Yan Chi Huo, Murong Qingcheng, Tuo Ba Ku, and the other contestants.
• The Hidden Dragon Secret Realm transported the contestants to a vast world and warned that they had seven days to face its trials.
• Yan Chi Huo fought a magma trial, doubled his Fire Intent, comprehended Earth Intent, and challenged Ye Chen.
• Lin Qi entered a blizzard trial and strengthened his saber momentum and Intent.
• Floods and violent currents swept over the contestants, and those unable to resist were transported out of the Hidden Dragon Secret Realm.
• The remaining contestants realized that the trials would grow harder and that enduring them was necessary to gain benefits.

Ye Chen advanced through the Hidden Dragon Secret Realm, improving his Cloud Intent and Thundercloud Intent as the trials eliminated many young talents. On the third level, he entered a lake where blue lotus leaves became Sword Qi and confronted a powerful sword move forming above the water.

• Ye Chen descended to the second level, where intensified Wind, Thunder, and Cloud Intents tested the young talents and cast several of them out.
• Ye Chen absorbed genuine Thunder Intent, strengthened his Thundercloud Intent, and raised his Cloud Intent enough to prepare for fusing the six forms of Surging Cloud Swordplay.
• Yan Chi Huo attacked Ye Chen with a combination of Earth Intent and Fire Intent, but Ye Chen extinguished the blaze and drove him back with Thundercloud Intent.
• The remaining young talents moved to the quiet third level, where violent winds expelled many of them and Ye Chen found a lake covered in blue lotuses.
• The lotus leaves transformed into lethal Sword Qi and attacked Ye Chen, who realized that the gigantic leaf rising from the lake was forming a sword move.

Ye Chen fought through the Azure Lotus lake’s deadly sword attacks and discovered that the secret manual it concealed was the Earth-grade Top-tier Azure Lotus Swordplay. He left the encounter with a swordplay set that could potentially advance to Heaven-grade.

• Ye Chen destroyed the lake’s first waves of azure lotuses with Heaven Shattering Clouds and Fast Sword.
• Ye Chen used seventy percent Sword Intent to break the lotus petals, then pierced the flowerless lotus with the Void Piercing Finger.
• Ye Chen prepared the Lesser Bloodfiend Disintegration Art and his stored True Essence as the lake’s lotuses merged into a giant formation.
• The enormous azure lotus transformed into a secret manual, which Ye Chen pulled from the air.
• Ye Chen read that Azure Lotus Swordplay included a cultivation art and a sword technique, and could advance to Heaven-grade.

Ye Chen studied the Earth-grade Top-tier Azure Lotus Swordplay manual and mastered its three foundational sword moves while waiting to leave the Hidden Dragon Secret Realm. After the tournament participants emerged, the Chief Referee announced the Hidden Dragon Rankings, with Ye Chen taking first place and the tournament concluding.

• Ye Chen examined the Azure Lotus Swordplay manual, learned how its sword qi developed, and decided to postpone cultivating its cultivation method while he studied Azure Lotus Sword Style.
• Ye Chen comprehended and practiced the Azure Lotus Three Forms, then achieved great completion in their moves and intent after seven days.
• Ye Chen left the secret realm and encountered Sikong Sheng, who challenged him to settle their score in half a year; the other surviving participants, including Xu Jing, gathered soon afterward.
• Ye Chen told the others that the path to the fourth-layer secret realm ended in nothingness, and the remaining participants were teleported out when time ran out.
• The Chief Referee announced the Hidden Dragon Rankings: Ye Chen ranked first, Xu Jing nineteenth, and Lin Qi fifty-fourth, while the tournament concluded.

After the Hidden Dragon Rankings, Ye Chen prepared to return to the Heavenly Wind Kingdom with the Flowing Cloud Sect, but two masked Star Extremity Realm experts ambushed them on the journey. With Thunderclap Hermit arriving to protect the group, Ye Chen activated his secret art and took a medicinal pill as the confrontation began.

• Luo Xinglie celebrated Ye Chen and Xu Jing’s success, and Long Biyun praised Ye Chen while warning him about the dangers ahead.
• Ye Chen decided to return to the Heavenly Wind Kingdom, and Luo Xinglie hinted that an important matter awaited discussion there.
• After leaving Hidden Dragon Ancient City, Ye Chen heard that his younger siblings were well and naturally fused the sixth move of Heaven Shattering Clouds during the journey.
• Ten days into the trip, Ye Chen sensed an ambush, and a masked peak early Star Extremity Realm expert demanded that the Flowing Cloud Sect leave him behind.
• Thunderclap Hermit arrived to protect the group, but a second masked early Star Extremity Realm expert appeared, prompting Ye Chen to activate the Lesser Bloodfiend Disintegration Art and consume two Blood Yang Flowers.

Ye Chen fought a masked Early Star Extremity Realm expert while Thunderclap Hermit battled the other attacker. After suppressing his opponent despite the man burning his True Essence, Ye Chen killed him with one sword strike, leaving the remaining fight unresolved.

• The masked middle-aged man engaged Thunderclap Hermit while the other masked attacker charged Ye Chen with an iron staff.
• Ye Chen revealed his blood-red power and wounded the masked attacker, then continued overpowering him as the Flowing Cloud Sect members watched in shock.
• The masked attacker burned his True Essence, and Thunderclap Hermit and the masked middle-aged man also began burning theirs as their battle intensified.
• Ye Chen struck the masked attacker again, forcing him to flee, then pierced his chest with Heart Slayer and killed him.
• The witnesses were stunned that Ye Chen had slain an Early Star Extremity Realm expert, while Thunderclap Hermit and the masked middle-aged man were still fighting.

Ye Chen and Thunderclap Hermit joined forces against the masked middle-aged man, whose burning True Essence and Three-Colored Fire Fist made him a formidable opponent. Thunderclap Hermit’s Heavenly Thunder Strike weakened him enough for Ye Chen to land the killing blow, leaving both allies exhausted.

• Ye Chen used the Lesser Bloodfiend Disintegration Art and clashed with the masked middle-aged man, but was driven back by the man’s fiery punch.
• Ye Chen and Thunderclap Hermit agreed to fight together as the masked middle-aged man unleashed the Three-Colored Fire Fist.
• Thunderclap Hermit formed his Heavenly Thunder Battle Armor and intercepted the man as he charged at Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen pierced the man’s shoulder with Heart Slayer while Thunderclap Hermit prepared a lightning attack.
• Thunderclap Hermit struck the masked middle-aged man repeatedly with lightning and used Heavenly Thunder Strike to pierce his chest.
• The wounded man lunged at Ye Chen in a final attempt to take someone down, but Ye Chen dodged and killed him with Heart Slayer.

After returning to the Flowing Cloud Sect, Ye Chen was revealed to have won first place on the Hidden Dragon Rankings and broken its thousand-year record. The sect celebrated his achievement, and Luo Xinglie prepared to take him to the place where the sect’s foundations lay.

• Thunderclap Hermit praised Ye Chen’s strength and warned him that the Lesser Bloodfiend Disintegration Art could attract Bloodfiend True Man’s attention.
• After two months of travel, Luo Xinglie, Ye Chen, and the others returned to the Flowing Cloud Sect.
• Luo Xinglie announced that Xu Jing ranked nineteenth and Ye Chen ranked first on the Hidden Dragon Rankings, having defeated the previous Young Titans and broken a thousand-year record.
• The sect’s disciples and elders congratulated Ye Chen, while he affirmed that he would always remain a disciple of the Flowing Cloud Sect.
• News of Ye Chen’s achievement spread throughout the sect, and Luo Xinglie offered to take him to the place where the sect’s foundations lay.

Ye Chen and Xu Jing strengthened the Flowing Cloud Sect’s dragon vein, then accepted new positions as Supreme Elder and Core Elder. Ye Chen returned to the Ye Family, where Ye Batian attacked him after he ignored his demand to dismount.

• Ye Chen and Xu Jing’s Dragon Vein Qi revitalized Clear Wind Mountain’s dragon vein and improved the surrounding cultivation environment.
• Xian Yunzi and Thunderclap Hermit agreed that Ye Chen should become a Supreme Elder, while Xu Jing should become a Core Elder.
• Xian Yunzi offered Xu Jing and Ye Chen their respective positions, and both accepted the sect’s tokens.
• Ye Chen left for the Ye Family in Luocheng City aboard a Heavenly Wind Vulture.
• Ye Batian tried to pull Ye Chen from the vulture, but Ye Chen severed the force and flew into the Ye Family square.
• Ye Batian struck at Ye Chen with a palm after Ye Chen ignored his demand to dismount.

Ye Chen returned to the Ye Family, defeated Ye Batian, and reunited with his parents and infant siblings. After revealing that he had ranked first on the Hidden Dragon Rankings, he was celebrated by the family while Ye Batian and Ye Feng stood apart, facing the consequences of their past actions.

• Ye Chen shattered Ye Batian’s attack with a punch, destroyed the courtyard, and warned his uncle that he would not tolerate further disrespect.
• Ye Tianhao and Shen Yuqing welcomed Ye Chen, who assured his father that Ye Batian was alive and held his younger siblings, Ye Xuan and Ye Xiaoxiao.
• Ye Chen told the Ye Family that he had claimed first place on the Hidden Dragon Rankings, leaving the family astonished and proud.
• Ye Tianhao praised Ye Chen, while Ye Batian and Ye Feng stood outside the hall, excluded from the family’s joy.
• Ye Chen gave Ye Batian and Ye Feng a chance to repent and resolved to crush anything that threatened unity within the Ye Family.

Ye Chen gave his parents martial arts manuals and pills before returning to the Flowing Cloud Sect to cultivate Azure Lotus Swordplay on Surging Cloud Peak. As he converted his old True Qi, his precious drop of True Essence survived by merging into his new Azure Lotus True Qi.

• Ye Chen gave Ye Tianhao and Shen Yuqing secret manuals and pills, and told them he would soon return to the Flowing Cloud Sect for secluded cultivation.
• Ye Chen spent several days with his family, then returned to the Flowing Cloud Sect and named his mountain Surging Cloud Peak.
• Ye Chen chose to cultivate Azure Lotus Swordplay despite expecting to lose the powerful True Essence preserved by the Grand Dark Art.
• Ye Chen advanced through the layers of Azure Lotus Swordplay, converting his Grand Xuan True Qi into Azure Lotus True Qi.
• After the old True Qi was converted, Ye Chen's drop of True Essence entered the Azure Lotus True Qi instead of disappearing.

Ye Chen cultivated the Azure Lotus Swordplay in seclusion while Sikong Sheng trained to reclaim the Dragon Vein Qi. Sikong Sheng arrived at the Flowing Cloud Sect to challenge Ye Chen, but Ye Chen's voice answered from Surging Cloud Peak.

• Ye Chen transformed Profound True Essence into Azure Lotus True Essence and discovered that Mid-Grade Spirit Stones suited his pure Azure Lotus True Qi better than Low-Grade ones.
• Ye Chen spent more than seven months in seclusion, reaching the eighth level of the Azure Lotus Swordplay after two months of cultivation.
• Sikong Sheng returned from nine months of seclusion on the Radiant Thunder Beast, telling a Suspended Mountain elder that he had advanced his cultivation method and mastered the first killing move of the Azure Sky Overlord Fist.
• Sikong Sheng and the elder arrived at the Flowing Cloud Sect, where Luo Xinglie and the Grand Elder questioned their demand to summon Ye Chen.
• Sikong Sheng insisted on fighting Ye Chen, and Ye Chen's voice called out from Surging Cloud Peak, saying Sikong Sheng had arrived too late.

Ye Chen faced Sikong Sheng in a duel after both emerged much stronger since the Hidden Dragon Rankings competition. Ye Chen wounded Sikong Sheng with Finger-Emitted Sword Qi, but Sikong Sheng prepared to reveal a secret art that amplified combat strength.

• Ye Chen arrived at the Flowing Cloud Sect's main peak and accepted Sikong Sheng's challenge, then led him to a mountain range for their duel.
• Sikong Sheng attacked with the Azure Sky Overlord Fist, and Ye Chen blocked him with the Star Scar Sword as their clash split and shattered the low mountain.
• Ye Chen unleashed Immortal Heaven Shattering Clouds, but Sikong Sheng countered with Fist Shatters the Heavens and closed in with his footwork.
• Ye Chen fired Finger-Emitted Sword Qi from his left hand, broke through Sikong Sheng's Fist Force, and cut his thigh.
• The old man on the Radiant Thunder Beast urged Sikong Sheng to use his combat-strength-amplifying secret art, and Sikong Sheng warned Ye Chen that he had come with more than increased strength.