Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen fought Ghost Bear and Elder Zhu over the treasures, overwhelming their attacks with his sword. He revealed his mastery of Slow and Quick Sword Intent and left both opponents injured.

• Ghost Bear attacked Ye Chen with his axe, but Ye Chen knocked him back and wounded him with a sword strike.
• Elder Zhu joined the fight with Heart-Rending Claw, and Ye Chen used Azure Lotus Qi Transformation to fend off both men’s attacks.
• Elder Zhu burned his True Essence and trapped Ye Chen with Black Demon Suppression, but Ye Chen shattered the chains and stone platform with forty-nine precise sword strikes.
• Ghost Bear attacked while Ye Chen broke free, but Ye Chen used Slow Sword Intent to evade the killing blow and cut Ghost Bear’s arm.
• Ye Chen switched from Slow to Quick Sword Intent, attacked at extreme speed, and injured both Elder Zhu and Ghost Bear.

Ye Chen drove Ghost Bear and Elder Zhu away from the treasure trove, then searched the Graveyard of the Fallen for a Mid-Grade treasure sword. He found an extraordinary sword embedded in rock and came face-to-face with Corpse-Ghoul Taoist and Bloodfiend True Man.

• Ye Chen forced Ghost Bear and Elder Zhu to flee after they seized part of the buried treasures, then salvaged the remaining cache and found only two usable Mid-Grade Treasures.
• Ghost Bear and Elder Zhu recognized Ye Chen as the young prodigy and agreed to strengthen themselves before seeking revenge; Blood Swordsman encountered them and then departed.
• Ye Chen sensed a powerful Mid-Grade Treasure underground and found several Late Star Extremity Realm experts fighting over a sword embedded in blood-red rock.
• Corpse-Ghoul Taoist appeared with Bloodfiend True Man and a High-Rank Blood Demon, and Bloodfiend True Man challenged Ye Chen after recognizing him.

Ye Chen seized the blood-red rock and killed Corpse-Ghoul Taoist while Bloodfiend True Man pursued him. The chapter left Ye Chen facing Bloodfiend True Man, who drew a blood-red staff and vowed to make him suffer.

• Bloodfiend True Man learned that Ye Chen used the Lesser Bloodfiend Disintegration Art and threatened to feed him to his Blood Demon Clone.
• The Blood Demon Clone devoured a fleeing expert, and Zhang Xuan challenged Bloodfiend True Man over the treasure sword in the blood-red rock.
• Ye Chen snatched the rock during Bloodfiend True Man's fight with Zhang Xuan, then charged at Corpse-Ghoul Taoist.
• Ye Chen overwhelmed Corpse-Ghoul Taoist with his Azure Lotus sword techniques and killed him as Bloodfiend True Man chased after them.
• Ye Chen blocked Bloodfiend True Man's attack, and Bloodfiend True Man drew a blood-red staff and threatened him.

Ye Chen fought Bloodfiend True Man, whose crushing staff attacks shattered the Star Scar Sword and forced Ye Chen to draw a mysterious weapon. The weapon proved to contain three swords, and Ye Chen used its lightning-element blade to unleash a powerful strike as the battle continued.

• Bloodfiend True Man attacked Ye Chen with his blood-red staff and Ghost Roar Art, while Zhang Xuan fled after the soundwaves shook him.
• Ye Chen and Bloodfiend True Man exchanged powerful attacks, and the repeated staff blows shattered Ye Chen’s Star Scar Sword.
• Ye Chen unleashed Azure Lotus Sword Qi from his body and wounded Bloodfiend True Man’s left hand.
• Ye Chen drew the sword hidden inside the blood-red rock, revealing a scabbard that held three swords and a lightning-element Mid-Grade Treasure blade.
• Ye Chen struck with Heaven Shattering Clouds and Thundercloud Intent, forcing Bloodfiend True Man to meet the lightning Sword Light with his staff.

Ye Chen battled Bloodfiend True Man using his newly acquired treasure swords, but their fight was interrupted when a terrifying Bloodfiend Beast emerged underground. The beast wounded Ye Chen, Bloodfiend True Man, and the Blood Swordsman, then began slaughtering people throughout the Graveyard of the Fallen.

• Ye Chen used his lightning-element sword to badly injure Bloodfiend True Man, while a Blood Demon Clone caught in their clash was annihilated.
• Bloodfiend True Man summoned a weaker Blood Demon Clone, and Ye Chen drew a wood-element sword whose resonance strengthened his Azure Lotus Sword Style.
• Ye Chen’s Azure Lotus Mountain Split clashed with Bloodfiend True Man’s Greater Bloodfiend Disintegration Art, collapsing the hollow and attracting the attention of experts nearby.
• A slender Bloodfiend Beast attacked Zhang Xuan, the Blood Swordsman, and other experts underground, draining their essence.
• The Blood Swordsman fled into Ye Chen and Bloodfiend True Man’s battlefield, and Ye Chen and Bloodfiend True Man recognized the pursuing creature and ran.
• The Bloodfiend Beast wounded all three men and continued attacking the other people in the Graveyard of the Fallen, whose screams filled the tunnels.

Ye Chen, the Blood Swordsman, and the Bloodfiend True Man were trapped by the Bloodfiend Beast and fought together while looking for a chance to escape. They used a fleeing man as a distraction and fled in separate directions, leaving the Beast to devour him.

• Ye Chen and the Blood Swordsman fled the slender Blood Shadow’s ambushes, while the Bloodfiend True Man barely escaped an attack that weakened his Blood Demon Clone.
• The Bloodfiend True Man threw a Blood Demon Pearl at Ye Chen, and the Blood Swordsman attacked him with Blood Sword Art; Ye Chen countered both with Azure Lotus Sprout and Azure Lotus Reaches Sky.
• The slender Blood Shadow blocked their escape, and Ye Chen warned the Blood Swordsman that he would die; the Blood Swordsman and Bloodfiend True Man agreed to join forces against Ye Chen after escaping the Beast.
• The Bloodfiend Beast attacked, and Ye Chen used his newly named Destruction Sword with Fast Intent while the Blood Swordsman and Bloodfiend True Man defended themselves with their secret techniques.
• A man fleeing underground burst between the three fighters, and Ye Chen, the Blood Swordsman, and the Bloodfiend True Man retreated in separate directions as the Beast seized the man and pierced his body with its tendrils.

Ye Chen escaped the Bloodfiend Battlefield after Bloodfiend Beasts emerged, then killed a Star Extremity Realm pursuer waiting outside the Bloodstone Archipelago. He entered Sky of Astonishment to study pure Wood Origin Energy and seek the limits of his Intent.

• Ye Chen warned the Fiend-Resisting Fortress that Bloodfiend Beasts had emerged, and he and the others evacuated through a Teleportation Stone Gate.
• Ye Chen killed a Star Extremity Realm expert who tried to release a Soul-Chasing Bird to track him.
• Ye Chen left the Bloodstone Archipelago and flew through the boundary into Sky of Astonishment.
• Ye Chen found pure Wood Origin Energy and began studying its arrangement to deepen his Wood Intent.

Ultimate experts gathered at Bloodstone Archipelago to enter the Bloodfiend Battlefield in search of Bloodfiend Stones, while Ye Chen advanced his Wood Intent in Sky of Astonishment and turned to comprehending Water Intent. Shen Tu Jue entered the battlefield intending to kill Ye Chen and destroy the Flowing Cloud Sect, as a fifth unknown ultimate Star Extremity Realm expert arrived.

• The White-Robed Bladesman arrived at Bloodstone Archipelago and entered the Bloodfiend Battlefield, hoping to obtain Bloodfiend Stones.
• Blood Swordsman and Bloodfiend True Man agreed to seek Bloodfiend Companion Stones together, and Blood Swordsman vowed to punish Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen mastered the Azure Lotus Sword Style moves Azure Lotus Sprout and Azure Lotus Reaches Sky, named his sword Azure Wood, and began comprehending Water Intent.
• Pei You Dao, Chi Jin Yan, and Shen Tu Jue arrived at Bloodstone Archipelago and entered the Bloodfiend Battlefield.
• Shen Tu Jue told Chi Jin Yan that he planned to kill Ye Chen and destroy the Flowing Cloud Sect.
• A fifth, previously unknown ultimate Star Extremity Realm expert arrived at Bloodstone Archipelago.

Ye Chen reached the limit of Water Intent and advanced his Sword Intent to major achievement, discovering a misty longsword in his Soul Sea. At the Graveyard of the Fallen, Shen Tu Jue revealed a Martial Soul Embryo while obtaining a Bloodfiend Stone.

• Ye Chen comprehended Water Intent to its limit and combined it with Wood Intent in the Azure Lotus Sword Style.
• Ye Chen’s Sword Intent reached major achievement, and he discovered an illusory longsword in his Soul Sea.
• The White-Robed Saber Wielder extracted a Bloodfiend Stone from a Bloodfiend Beast at the Graveyard of the Fallen.
• Shen Tu Jue tore open another Bloodfiend Beast and revealed a Martial Soul Embryo, astonishing Chi Jin Yan, Pei You Dao, and White Bone Ghost General.
• Shen Tu Jue said the Bloodfiend Stone could strengthen his martial will and help him temper it into a Martial Soul.

Pei You Dao, Chi Jin Yan, and the White Bone Ghost General battled a Bloodfiend Beast as Ye Chen left the Sky of Astonishment and headed for the Bloodstone Archipelago. The major sects gathered to seek Bloodfiend Companion Stones, and Ye Chen entered the archipelago after learning that far fewer experts remained on the island.

• Pei You Dao sliced the Bloodfiend Beast apart and exposed its Bloodfiend Stone, while Chi Jin Yan and the White Bone Ghost General unleashed their strongest attacks.
• Ye Chen emerged from the Sky of Astonishment, decided to investigate the Bloodstone Archipelago, and sped toward it.
• Fire Spirit Hall arrived to pursue Bloodfiend Companion Stones, and Yan Chi Huo claimed that no one below Late Star Extremity Realm could threaten him.
• Li Daoxuan encountered Bing Ling at the archipelago, while the Soaring Demon Sect arrived with Murong Qingcheng at Mid Star Extremity Realm and Mo Yan trailing behind her.
• Murong Qingcheng told the Second Core Elder that she had less than a ten percent chance of defeating Ye Chen, though Mo Yan dismissed her assessment.
• Ye Chen landed on an island, noticed that most of the experts had left, and entered the blood-red vortex.

Ye Chen discovered that he had condensed a Nascent Sword Soul and used it to defeat Blood Swordsman and Bloodfiend True Man near Graveyard of the Fallen. White Bone Ghost General intervened to save them too late, then fought Ye Chen, whose attack forced him to retreat in bone armor.

• Ye Chen sensed Shen Tu Jue and other Star Extremity Realm limit experts near Graveyard of the Fallen, then spotted Blood Swordsman and Bloodfiend True Man approaching.
• Blood Swordsman and Bloodfiend True Man attacked Ye Chen, but his Thunder Marsh Sword revealed the overwhelming strength of his Nascent Sword Soul and drove them to flee toward White Bone Ghost General.
• Ye Chen pursued the pair with his Azure Lotus sword moves, wounding Blood Swordsman and Bloodfiend True Man as they tried to escape.
• White Bone Ghost General arrived and offered Ye Chen a chance to live, but Ye Chen ignored him and killed Blood Swordsman and Bloodfiend True Man with Shadow Burst.
• White Bone Ghost General attacked Ye Chen, who shattered his claw lights and slashed through his bone armor, forcing him to retreat.

Ye Chen overwhelmed the White Bone Ghost General with four swift sword strikes, shocking the gathered experts and revealing a gulf between him and the other younger-generation geniuses. The White Bone Ghost General then trapped Ye Chen inside a massive Bone Cage.

• Ye Chen struck the White Bone Ghost General with four successive sword attacks, blasting him through a mountain and leaving him badly wounded.
• Onlookers recognized Ye Chen and reacted to his power, while Yan Chi Huo, Li Daoxuan, Bing Ling, Mo Yan, and Murong Qingcheng each confronted his overwhelming strength in their own way.
• The White Bone Ghost General charged out of the destroyed mountain and vowed to make Ye Chen pay.
• Ye Chen dismissed the threat and explained that his four linked sword strikes had reached their peak through their precise sequence.
• The White Bone Ghost General formed a massive Bone Cage infused with Gold Intent and Bone Intent, trapping Ye Chen inside.

Ye Chen broke White Bone Ghost General’s Bone Cage and killed him, then defeated a Bloodfiend Beast and claimed its Bloodfiend Stone. Shen Tu Jue seized the stone before Ye Chen could take it.

• Shen Tu Jue decided to postpone attacking White Bone Ghost General but vowed to kill Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen broke White Bone Ghost General’s Bone Cage and wounded him with the Azure Lotus Sword Style.
• A Bloodfiend Beast killed the injured White Bone Ghost General, leaving Ye Chen to finish the beast and make it drop a Bloodfiend Stone.
• Shen Tu Jue snatched the Bloodfiend Stone from Ye Chen and pulled it toward himself.

Ye Chen defied Shen Tu Jue over the Bloodfiend Stone and fought off Shen Tu Jue’s Dragon-Elephant Strength Art, while their clash revealed a half-beast-form Bloodfiend Beast. As Pei You Dao and the other experts attacked the beast for its powerful stone, Ye Chen prepared to seize it for himself.

• Ye Chen reclaimed the Bloodfiend Stone from Shen Tu Jue’s True Essence hand, then met Shen Tu Jue’s punch with his Azure Lotus Sword Qi.
• Shen Tu Jue unleashed the Dragon-Elephant Strength Art and hurled a mountain at Ye Chen, who split it with Heaven Shattering Clouds.
• Shen Tu Jue hurled two more mountains at Ye Chen, who shattered one and deflected the other with Azure Lotus Bloom.
• A half-beast-form Bloodfiend Beast emerged from the shattered mountain and broke through Shen Tu Jue’s Dragon-Elephant Dharma Shield, sending him flying.
• Pei You Dao and three other ultimate Star Extremity Realm experts attacked the Bloodfiend Beast, while Ye Chen planned to snatch its Bloodfiend Stone.

Ye Chen seized the half-beast Bloodfiend Beast’s Bloodfiend Stone while Shen Tu Jue, Pei You Dao, Chi Jin Yan, and Wang Pao fought over it. Badly injured and pursued by three powerful experts, Ye Chen began using a newly created sword technique to escape.

• Shen Tu Jue abandoned his pursuit of Ye Chen to compete with Wang Pao, Pei You Dao, and Chi Jin Yan for the half-beast Bloodfiend Beast’s Bloodfiend Stone.
• Wang Pao blasted the Bloodfiend Stone out of the beast, and Ye Chen used Shadow Splitter to snatch it amid the ensuing melee.
• Ye Chen fled with the Bloodfiend Stone as Pei You Dao, Wang Pao, Shen Tu Jue, and Chi Jin Yan attacked him; Wang Pao eventually stopped pursuing him.
• Ye Chen refused Pei You Dao’s offer to surrender the stone, then took severe injuries from Shen Tu Jue and Chi Jin Yan’s attacks.
• Ye Chen collapsed his Protective True Essence into sheets of Sword Light and directed the unfinished technique forward in a bid to escape.

Ye Chen fled Shen Tu Jue, Pei You Dao, and Chi Jin Yan across the Star Domain Lake after taking the Bloodfiend Stone, using his speed and endurance to stay ahead. With his True Essence nearly depleted, he entered the Mist Forbidden Zone, and Shen Tu Jue stopped at its edge after realizing it was deadly to Star Extremity Realm experts.

• Ye Chen used his unstable Sword Light Flight Technique to escape Shen Tu Jue and teleported to a subsidiary island, then fled across the lake rather than risk an ambush.
• Shen Tu Jue forced a Star Extremity Realm expert to point out Ye Chen’s direction, and Pei You Dao and Chi Jin Yan joined the pursuit.
• Ye Chen maintained his lead for hours, but Shen Tu Jue gradually closed the distance and struck him with repeated attacks as both grew exhausted.
• With his True Essence running dry and six of his remaining Azure Lotus Sword Qi strands spent, Ye Chen plunged into a vast bank of fog.
• Shen Tu Jue followed briefly, then recoiled after recognizing the thirty-thousand-li Mist Forbidden Zone; Pei You Dao and Chi Jin Yan arrived and realized their spiritual power was heavily suppressed.

Ye Chen was trapped in the Mist Forbidden Zone after entering it to escape Shen Tu Jue and the other experts, while the outside world presumed he would never return. Stranded on a tiny island with severe injuries and no True Essence, he began repairing his meridians and preparing to temper his will.

• Shen Tu Jue, Chi Jin Yan, and Pei You Dao left the Mist Forbidden Zone after Ye Chen disappeared into its fog, and Shen Tu Jue lamented losing the Bloodfiend Stones.
• Pei You Dao told the gathered experts that Ye Chen had entered the Mist Forbidden Zone, prompting Murong Qingcheng to believe he could still escape while Mo Yan secretly rejoiced.
• Shen Tu Jue challenged Wang Pao, and the two began fighting fiercely.
• Ye Chen awoke in the icy lake with damaged meridians, depleted True Essence, and severe injuries, then used a Sky Demon Flower petal to recover enough to move.
• After swimming for a week, Ye Chen found a tiny island, assessed his predicament, and used a Miracle Spirit Pill to begin repairing his meridians.
• Ye Chen took out a blood-red stone and spread his Sword Intent over it.

Ye Chen tempered his will with four Bloodfiend Stones while recovering from his injuries, then left the flooded island and navigated the Mist Forbidden Zone. He encountered a ship gathering Demonic Beast Cores, where an old man and a young woman spotted him.

• Ye Chen absorbed the Killing Intent from three Bloodfiend Stones, increasing the silver mist in his Soul Sea and strengthening his will.
• Ye Chen suppressed the unusually powerful Killing Intent from the fourth Bloodfiend Stone and raised his total will to ninety times its original amount.
• Ye Chen noticed his meridians beginning to recover and continued healing with the Sky Demon Flower and a Seven Star Pill.
• As rising lake water submerged the island, Ye Chen left the fissure and traveled across the lake through the Mist Forbidden Zone's shifting gravity.
• Ye Chen heard activity on the water and found a ship whose crew were gathering Demonic Beasts; the old man and young woman aboard noticed him.

Ye Chen boarded Zhao Heng’s boat and learned about life and the rules in the Mist Forbidden Zone from Zhao Yushuang. The boat returned to Mist Island, where Ye Chen learned he would need an identity token and a large payment to remain there.

• Ye Chen paid Zhao Heng three thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones to board the boat and learned that Zhao Yushuang’s family hunted demonic beasts for cultivation resources.
• Zhao Heng warned his son not to attack Ye Chen, then used a Sensing Orb to guide the boat back toward Mist Island.
• Ye Chen learned that the Sensing Tower guided travelers through the mist and saw Mist Island’s nine levels and towering central tower.
• Zhao Heng explained Mist Island’s rulers and identity-token laws, including the fees newcomers had to pay or the requirement to join a faction.
• Ye Chen thanked Zhao Heng and acknowledged that his weakened strength left him unable to challenge Mist Island’s Star Extremity Realm authorities.

Ye Chen arrived on Mist Island and learned that many outsiders had come seeking the Nine-Bend Spirit Reversing Grass, which could extend life and strengthen the soul. When he tried to register as an Early Star Extremity Realm cultivator, a corrupt official extorted him for Spirit Stones, and the chapter ended with Ye Chen refusing to hand over everything he demanded.

• Zhao Yushuang told Ye Chen that Mist Island's Elder Council was searching for the Nine-Bend Spirit Reversing Grass, drawing powerful outsiders into the Mist Forbidden Zone.
• Zhao Heng paid the city gate fee for his group, and Ye Chen was sent to the Hall of Affairs to obtain an identity token because he was a first-time visitor.
• Ye Chen claimed to be at the Early Star Extremity Realm, but the horse-faced official accused him of being stronger and demanded an inflated registration fee.
• Ye Chen paid four thousand five hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, but the official demanded another three thousand to issue his identity token.
• Ye Chen refused the full additional demand and offered only one thousand five hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.