Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen advanced to the Star Extremity Realm and immediately used his True Essence to overpower Blazing Inferno Wanderer and the Nine Nether Sect remnants. After killing two opponents, he left Lin Shuihan’s battle and returned to face Blazing Inferno Wanderer, whom he planned to take as a gift for the Purple Sun Sect.

• Ye Chen’s Pseudo True Essence fused into a cyan core as he advanced to the Star Extremity Realm, awakening nine powerful strands of Azure Lotus Sword Qi.
• Ye Chen burned his True Essence and doubled his combat power, then sent Mountain Guest flying with a single strike.
• Blazing Inferno Wanderer and two other Nine Nether Sect remnants burned their True Essence and attacked Ye Chen together, but he wounded Blazing Inferno Wanderer and killed one of the peak Mid Star Extremity Realm experts.
• Ye Chen evaded their attacks and killed Mountain Guest with two strands of Azure Lotus Sword Qi, leaving Blazing Inferno Wanderer and the last remnant afraid.
• Ye Chen passed through the Bronze-Armored Corpses without helping the Jade Valley Supreme Elder, then returned to his battlefield and told Blazing Inferno Wanderer he would take him as a gift to the Purple Sun Sect.

Ye Chen killed Blazing Inferno Wanderer and the other conspirators, then challenged Corpse-Ghoul Taoist as the battle in the underground lair intensified. Though Corpse-Ghoul Taoist proved stronger in their first clash, Ye Chen unleashed a powerful azure-red force, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Ye Chen killed Blazing Inferno Wanderer with his sword and pursued the fleeing expert, killing him as well.
• Ye Chen found Pang Nie and Zhuang Qinghe battling Corpse-Ghoul Taoist's forces; Corpse-Ghoul Taoist took Pang Nie's arm and killed Zhuang Qinghe.
• Ye Chen intercepted Corpse-Ghoul Taoist as he attacked Lin Shuihan, while Xiao Hen and his wife arrived to help Pang Nie and Azure Lake Master joined Corpse-Ghoul Taoist.
• Ye Chen identified Corpse-Ghoul Taoist as Withered Wood Daoist, and the two exchanged blows, with Ye Chen driven back ten steps.
• Ye Chen's blood-red airflow merged with his burning True Essence and turned azure-red, blasting away the approaching Bronze-Armored Corpses.

Ye Chen fought Corpse-Ghoul Taoist in the underground world while Xiao Hen and Long Yue battled Azure Lake Master and his allies. Corpse-Ghoul Taoist and Azure Lake Master’s group retreated after taking heavy losses, leaving Ye Chen confident he could defeat them once his cultivation stabilized.

• Ye Chen used the Lesser Bloodfiend Disintegration Art alongside burning True Essence to fight Corpse-Ghoul Taoist, who attacked with Corpse Fire and Dark Corpse Drill.
• Corpse-Ghoul Taoist unleashed the Ghost Roar Art, injuring Ye Chen and the others, but Ye Chen countered with Heart Slayer Sword and wounded Corpse-Ghoul Taoist’s shoulder.
• Xiao Hen and Long Yue joined forces to unleash Great Water-Wave Dragon Break Art, overpowering Azure Lake Master and sending a level-eight Gold-Armored Corpse flying.
• Corpse-Ghoul Taoist intervened and forced the water dragon to disperse, then ordered everyone to retreat as Azure Lake Master and the robed men fled.
• Ye Chen cut off Corpse-Ghoul Taoist’s left arm through the smoke of Ghost Smoke, but did not pursue him as Corpse-Ghoul Taoist escaped.

After the battle with Corpse-Ghoul Taoist, Ye Chen returned to the Flowing Cloud Sect and later traveled to Sky-Trench Gorge to study the Battle King's Sword Intent. He reached a place only swordsmen with eighty percent Sword Intent could approach and began comprehending there.

• Ye Chen, Xiao Hen, Long Yue, and Lin Shuihan joined forces to destroy the Bronze-Armored Corpses left behind after Corpse-Ghoul Taoist retreated.
• A month later, Ye Chen passed the Purple Sun Sect and learned that Jade Valley's Supreme Grand Elder had killed its Sect Master and Core Elders in revenge for Blazing Inferno Wanderer's betrayal.
• Ye Chen traveled along the Falling Goose River to Sky-Trench Gorge, where a torrent of Sword Intent forced him to retreat from the gorge's three-li boundary.
• At a fissure in the left half of Sky-Trench Gorge, a female swordswoman explained how Sword Intent strength determined how close martial artists could approach.
• Ye Chen advanced to within two li of the fissure, astonishing the gathered swordsmen with his eighty percent Sword Intent, and began comprehending the Sword Intent there.

Ye Chen comprehended the Sword Intent at Sky-Trench Gorge and gained several stalks of Sword-Shaped Grass when a gale blew from the fissure. After swordsmen threatened a female swordsman for her grass, Ye Chen intervened, and their leader attacked him.

• Ye Chen reflected on how Sword-Shaped Grass organized the chaotic Sword Intent from the fissure, then spent three days contemplating it.
• When a gale sent Sword-Shaped Grass shooting from the fissure, Ye Chen detected a hidden stalk and collected it while three other swordsmen fought over another.
• A stronger burst of wind launched nine stalks, and Ye Chen collected three while the other swordsmen claimed several more.
• Six swordsmen surrounded the female swordsman and demanded the Sword-Shaped Grass she had obtained, so Ye Chen stepped in and ordered them to leave.
• Ye Chen drew the Star Scar Sword and warned the six again, but their Mid Star Extremity Realm leader attacked him.

Ye Chen left the Sword Intent fissure with ten stalks of Sword-Shaped Grass and evaded the Suspended Mountain pursuers searching for him. At a waterfall, he used the grass and the Battle King's Sword to complete his breakthrough to ninety percent Sword Intent, then continued trying to strengthen it.

• Ye Chen defeated a swordsman who attacked him, drove off the man's companions, and continued collecting Sword-Shaped Grass while comprehending the fissure's Sword Intent.
• Ye Chen gathered ten stalks of Sword-Shaped Grass and left the fissure, while the other swordsmen anticipated their chance to collect grass.
• Three days later, Elder Liu and other Suspended Mountain followers learned that Ye Chen had left and continued their pursuit on Golden Radiance Daoist's orders.
• At a waterfall, Ye Chen used Sword-Shaped Grass to intensify the Sword Intent around his sword marks and completed his breakthrough to ninety percent Sword Intent.
• Ye Chen noted that the breakthrough had greatly increased the Undying Intent within his Sword Intent, then used another stalk of Sword-Shaped Grass to continue advancing.

Ye Chen exhausted his Sword-Shaped Grass and raised his Sword Intent to around ninety-three percent before returning to Sky-Trench Gorge when a new fissure released more grass. As swordsmen rushed to claim it, the Great Sects sent hundreds of experts to blockade the gorge and drive everyone away.

• Ye Chen used his remaining Sword-Shaped Grass to improve his Sword Intent, gained a first understanding of Undying Intent, and planned to keep comprehending until his insights faded.
• Song Yan and Sword Elder arrived within one li of the fissure and discussed the fading Battle King's Sword Intent and the approaching collapse of Sky-Trench Gorge.
• A new fissure split open the gorge and sent dozens of Sword-Shaped Grasses flying, prompting Song Yan, Sword Elder, and other swordsmen to seize them.
• Ye Chen arrived and joined the struggle for Sword-Shaped Grass, while Song Yan recognized his rise to ninety-percent Sword Intent and explained that the gorge's fissures signaled its collapse.
• The Great Sects' experts descended from the peak, declared Sky-Trench Gorge sealed, and began forcing the swordsmen to leave; the swordsmen protested the blockade.

Ye Chen resisted a group of sect experts who tried to take his Sword-Shaped Grass, but Sword Elder and Song Yan intervened and forced them to back down. After leaving Sky-Trench Gorge, Ye Chen traveled to Martial City to seek cultivation pills and use his thirteen grasses to improve his Sword Intent.

• Ye Chen blocked the attacks of seven or eight Star Extremity Realm experts who demanded his Sword-Shaped Grass.
• Sword Elder and Song Yan backed Ye Chen, and the experts apologized and agreed to stop driving swordsmen away from Sky-Trench Gorge.
• Ye Chen discussed the sword path with Sword Elder and Song Yan, then bid them farewell and set out for Martial City.
• Ye Chen traveled to Martial City seeking pills to raise his cultivation and a quiet place to comprehend Sword Intent with his thirteen Sword-Shaped Grasses.
• Ye Chen arrived in Martial City and went straight to the Grand Exchange Hall in the inner city.

Ye Chen bought pills and spent a month in a top-tier cultivation chamber, reaching the peak of the early Star Extremity Realm and raising his Sword Intent to ninety-seven percent. After exhausting his Sword-Shaped Grasses, he left for the Star Domain Lake Bloodfiend Battlefield to seek a Mid-Grade Treasure Sword.

• Ye Chen decided to visit the Bloodfiend Battlefield after seeing a Mid-Grade Treasure for sale at the Grand Exchange Hall.
• Ye Chen bought five Earth Star Pills and two bottles each of three other types of pills from Pill Elder.
• Ye Chen rented a top-tier cultivation chamber and used an Earth Star Pill to reach the peak of the early Star Extremity Realm.
• Ye Chen spent the following weeks practicing Sword Intent, but after consuming all his Sword-Shaped Grasses, he reached only ninety-seven percent.
• Ye Chen rested, finished his month-long stay in the chamber, and set out for the Star Domain Lake Bloodfiend Battlefield.

Golden Radiance Daoist sent a Soul-Chasing Bird after Ye Chen, who detected and killed it while traveling toward the Bloodfiend Battlefield. Ye Chen arrived at the Bloodstone Archipelago and entered the gathering place for those heading into the battlefield.

• At Listening Wind Tower, Golden Radiance Daoist learned that Ye Chen had been gone from Martial City for three days and trusted the Soul-Chasing Bird to keep tracking him.
• Ye Chen decided against visiting Wang She on Coiling Serpent Island and flew toward the Bloodfiend Battlefield instead.
• Sensing that he was being followed, Ye Chen turned back, spotted the Soul-Chasing Bird with his Soul Force, and killed it with his Star Scar Sword.
• The Soul-Chasing Bird's keeper sensed its death and returned toward Martial City to notify Elder Golden Radiance.
• Ye Chen concluded that Golden Radiance Daoist was behind the pursuit and continued toward the Bloodfiend Battlefield.
• Ye Chen reached the third island of the Bloodstone Archipelago, where martial artists were entering the blood-red vortexes.

Ye Chen entered the second layer of the Bloodfiend Battlefield, where the environment suppressed True Essence and Blood Demons lurked among the rocks. After killing a High-Rank Blood Demon that attacked him, he startled a husband-and-wife pair who had been fighting it over a Mid-Grade Treasure, and they fled.

• Golden Radiance Daoist learned that Ye Chen had entered the Bloodfiend Battlefield and set out with Elder Yan to hunt him.
• Ye Chen arrived in the second layer, noticed his True Essence was being suppressed, and killed a Mid-Rank Blood Demon with one punch.
• Ye Chen sensed a treasure and found a man and woman fighting a High-Rank Blood Demon beside a Mid-Grade Treasure.
• The High-Rank Blood Demon turned on Ye Chen, who split it apart with his sword and destroyed it with a storm of Sword Lights.
• The man and woman fled after realizing Ye Chen was far stronger than they were.

After finding two Mid-Grade Treasures in Rubble Ridge, Ye Chen defeated the powerful High-Rank Blood Demon guarding them and claimed an axe and an inner armor. Meanwhile, Corpse-Ghoul Taoist arrived in the Bloodfiend Battlefield and began feeding on Blood Demons.

• Ye Chen searched Rubble Ridge for Mid-Grade Treasures after killing numerous Blood Demons, while Corpse-Ghoul Taoist emerged from a Teleportation Stone Gate and devoured a Mid-Rank Blood Demon.
• Ye Chen sensed treasure fluctuations from over a hundred miles away and found a Mid-Grade axe and inner armor in a depression.
• A powerful High-Rank Blood Demon emerged and attacked Ye Chen, hoping to devour his abundant Blood and Qi.
• Ye Chen countered the Blood Demon's attacks with his Azure Lotus Sword Style and wounded it with Azure Lotus Mountain Split.
• The Blood Demon fled underground, but Ye Chen tracked and destroyed it with another Azure Lotus Mountain Split.
• Ye Chen drew in the two Mid-Grade Treasures and examined the axe and inner armor.

Ye Chen cleared the former owner's True Essence from the Flowing Light Armor and gained a major boost to his defense. On his fourth day in the Bloodfiend Battlefield, he reached the Fiend-Resisting Fortress, where a stranded woman explained that Blood Demons made leaving perilous.

• Ye Chen purified the Flowing Light Armor, put it on, and found that it raised his defense by roughly thirty-seven percent.
• Golden Radiance Daoist arrived at the Bloodstone Archipelago with his men and entered the Bloodfiend Battlefield alongside Elder Yan to hunt Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen fought off attacking Blood Demons near Rubble Ridge and passed through the barrier protecting the Fiend-Resisting Fortress.
• A mature woman told Ye Chen she had been trapped in the fortress for two years and had run out of food.
• Ye Chen gave the woman rice and dried meat, then asked her to tell him about the Fiend-Resisting Fortress.

Su Lan explained the Fiend-Resisting Fortress and its history to Ye Chen, who challenged the third-floor residents despite appearing to be at the peak of the Early Star Extremity Realm. After demonstrating his formidable Sword Intent and earning a room, Ye Chen decided to cultivate in the Bloodfiend Battlefield until he reached the Mid Star Extremity Realm.

• Su Lan told Ye Chen that the Bloodfiend Battlefield was a piece of space torn away in the Ancient Era and explained the fortress's shield, room levels, and cultivation benefits.
• Ye Chen ignored Su Lan's offer of a first-floor room and climbed past the second floor toward the third, drawing the attention of the fortress's residents.
• The bearded middle-aged man challenged Ye Chen outside room twelve, but Ye Chen's Azure Lotus True Essence and near-major-completion Sword Intent forced him to concede.
• Ye Chen entered the vacant third-floor room, while Su Lan and the other onlookers reacted with surprise at his strength.
• Ye Chen surveyed the Bloodfiend Battlefield from his balcony and resolved to cultivate there until he reached the Mid Star Extremity Realm.

Ye Chen forced the blood poison from his wound, then ventured out from the Fiend-Resisting Fortress to fight Blood Demons and test his strength. After Golden Radiance Daoist and Elder Yan arrived seeking revenge, Golden Radiance Daoist challenged Ye Chen, who went out to meet him.

• Ye Chen recovered from his Bloodfiend Battlefield wound and decided that bloody battles were necessary to pursue a breakthrough.
• Golden Radiance Daoist and Elder Yan headed for the third Fiend-Resisting Fortress, planning to cripple Ye Chen and leave him to the Blood Demons.
• Ye Chen left the fortress and slew swathes of Blood Demons with his Azure Lotus sword techniques, then agreed to lead a group of fighters.
• An elite High-Rank Blood Demon called the Frenzied Battle Blood Demon attacked the group, but Ye Chen's sword ignited its spear and forced it to retreat.
• Golden Radiance Daoist and Elder Yan arrived at the fortress, where Golden Radiance Daoist challenged Ye Chen to come out and die.
• Ye Chen took up the Star Scar Sword and went to face Golden Radiance Daoist.

Ye Chen fought the Golden Radiance Daoist and Elder Yan in the Fiend-Resisting Fortress, killing Elder Yan and nearly defeating the Golden Radiance Daoist before Frost Ice Blade intervened. As Frost Ice Blade shielded the Golden Radiance Daoist, Ye Chen unleashed his full strength and began a powerful attack against them both.

• Ye Chen heavily injured Elder Yan with one sword strike, then killed him when the Golden Radiance Daoist used him as a shield against Ye Chen's Sword Qi.
• The Golden Radiance Daoist called on the fortress's fighters to attack Ye Chen, but the Red North Twin Heroes, Su Lan, and other Star Extremity Realm experts stood with Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen activated the Lesser Bloodfiend Disintegration Art and shattered the Golden Radiance Daoist's shield and left arm, but Frost Ice Blade stopped his next strike.
• Frost Ice Blade repeatedly blocked Ye Chen's attacks while the Golden Radiance Daoist launched golden blasts, injuring Ye Chen and leaving his Protective True Essence shattered.
• Ye Chen activated the Blood Burst Art and unleashed Azure Lotus Skyfall, enveloping the Golden Radiance Daoist and Frost Ice Blade in a field of azure lotuses.

Ye Chen fought Han Kong, the Frost Ice Blade, inside the Fiend-Resisting Fortress after killing Golden Radiance Daoist. Their strongest techniques collided, and Ye Chen’s Azure Lotus Sprout began to break through Han Kong’s ice as the battle continued.

• Ye Chen’s Azure Lotus Sword Qi severed Golden Radiance Daoist’s remaining arm and then killed him, dispelling Ye Chen’s inner demon.
• Han Kong attacked Ye Chen with a powerful saber strike, and their clash sent destructive shockwaves through the Fiend-Resisting Fortress.
• Han Kong pressed Ye Chen with Ice and Snow Intent, while Ye Chen countered with Thundercloud Intent and the Azure Lotus Sword Style.
• Ye Chen’s body neared its limit as Han Kong recognized his Bloodfiend secret technique and prepared to finish the fight.
• Ye Chen used Azure Lotus Sprout against Han Kong’s Glacier Presses the Border, and his Sword Light weakened before surging back with renewed strength.

Ye Chen defeated Frost Ice Blade Han Kong, recovered in the Fiend-Resisting Fortress, and resolved to dominate the Star Extremity Realm. He escorted the trapped Star Extremity Realm experts out in groups, then prepared to grow stronger before Suspended Mountain sent more opponents.

• Ye Chen shattered Han Kong’s defenses with Azure Lotus Reaches Sky, wounded him, and drove him from the Fiend-Resisting Fortress.
• Ye Chen killed the fighters who had attacked him, then recovered in the fortress’s healing chamber and studied what it would take to reach the Star Extremity Realm’s limit.
• Ye Chen resolved to make dominating the Star Extremity Realm his goal and strengthened his body by absorbing the Sky Demon Flower’s medicinal power.
• Three days later, Ye Chen shared wine with the fortress’s residents and offered to lead those who wanted to leave the Bloodfiend Battlefield to safety.
• Over the following week, Ye Chen escorted the departing groups through the battlefield, then resolved to reach the Mid Star Extremity Realm before Suspended Mountain sent more enemies.

Ye Chen used four Earth Star Pills to force a breakthrough into the Mid Star Extremity Realm. After learning where the Graveyard of the Fallen was, he set out to search for Mid-Grade Treasures.

• Ye Chen learned from the Red North Twin Heroes that the Graveyard of the Fallen held many treasures but was exceptionally dangerous.
• Ye Chen decided to delay visiting the Graveyard until he had broken through, then swallowed Earth Star Pills to force his True Essence past its limit.
• After four days of suppressing his rampaging True Essence, Ye Chen successfully reached the Mid Star Extremity Realm.
• Ye Chen asked the Red North Twin Heroes for the Graveyard's location and flew toward it at top speed.

Ye Chen entered the Graveyard of the Fallen in search of a Mid-Grade Treasure sword, where he encountered ambushes and Blood Demons. After a mudslide revealed a clod full of treasures, Ghost Bear and a short old man attacked him for taking them.

• Bloodfiend True Man, Corpse-Ghoul Taoist, the Blood Swordsman, and Ghost Bear entered the Graveyard’s underground passages after the Blood Demon Sha Qi eruption ended.
• Ye Chen killed a disguised Star Extremity Realm expert who ambushed him on the surface and took his Storage Spirit Ring.
• Ye Chen descended through the tunnels, killed a High-Rank Blood Demon, and sensed a fight causing mudslides above him.
• A falling mud clod split open to reveal several Mid-Grade Treasures, and Ye Chen drew them toward himself.
• Ghost Bear and a short old man attacked Ye Chen, accusing him of stealing their treasures.