Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen defeated every challenger in Blue Water City’s Star Extremity Realm arena and earned a hundred consecutive victories. With his rewards secured, he prepared to explore the Ancient Ruins with Feng Yanrou and search beneath Star Domain Lake for a Puppet Sect branch.

• Ye Chen defeated the seductive young matron and then won the seventh, eighth, and ninth matches in fewer than ten moves each.
• Ye Chen defeated the old man surnamed Wu in the tenth match, bringing his consecutive victories to seventy.
• Ye Chen won eighty and then ninety consecutive matches over the next two days.
• On the third day, Ye Chen achieved a hundred consecutive victories, earning public acclaim and a golden statue in Blue Water City.
• Ye Chen received three thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones and a total of six hundred and thirty-five thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones from his arena victories.
• After the arena competition ended, Ye Chen prepared to explore the Ancient Ruins with Feng Yanrou and search Star Domain Lake for the remains of a Puppet Sect branch.

After earning a hundred consecutive victories, Ye Chen joined Feng Yanrou and Qing Zhu in searching Star Domain Lake for the Puppet Sect branch ruins. On the eighteenth day, he discovered a fissure emitting Bone-Annihilating Astral Energy and cautiously entered its deadly currents.

• Blue Mountain Island celebrated Ye Chen’s hundred victories, and Feng Yanrou and Qing Zhu discussed his strength and age.
• Ye Chen, Feng Yanrou, and Qing Zhu divided the lake into search areas and began looking for the Puppet Sect branch ruins.
• After days of searching, Feng Yanrou found a small ruin and Ye Chen collected rare metal ores, but they failed to locate the branch ruins.
• Ye Chen sensed a destructive fluctuation at the lake bottom and found a fissure releasing platinum-colored currents that annihilated a Low-Grade Treasure.
• Ye Chen recognized the currents as Bone-Annihilating Astral Energy, strengthened his protective True Essence, and entered them to explore.

Ye Chen led Feng Yanrou and Qing Zhu to the Puppet Sect Branch Hall Ruins and helped them breach its silver barrier. Inside, they encountered Puppet Armored Soldiers, and the chapter ended with Feng Yanrou fighting a second soldier while Ye Chen watched.

• Ye Chen discovered the Puppet Sect Branch Hall Ruins and returned to inform Feng Yanrou and Qing Zhu.
• The three descended through Bone-Annihilating Astral Energy, tested its danger, and reached the silver barrier surrounding the ruins.
• Feng Yanrou weakened a fluctuating weak point in the barrier with Sword Domain Slash, and Ye Chen cut an opening for them to enter.
• A Puppet Armored Soldier attacked inside the grand hall, and Ye Chen severed its head with the Destruction Sword.
• A second Puppet Armored Soldier attacked Feng Yanrou, and Ye Chen disarmed it with Azure Lotus Sword Qi while she fought it in a war of attrition.

Feng Yanrou, Qing Zhu, and Ye Chen explored the Puppet Sect Branch Hall Ruins, claimed several Puppet Armored Soldiers, and collected numerous other puppet creations. They found the warehouse, but a thousand-meter passage guarded by a devastating purple beam blocked their way.

• Feng Yanrou subdued and spiritually branded a Puppet Armored Soldier, then tested it with newly inserted High-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Two more Puppet Armored Soldiers attacked the group; Ye Chen and Qing Zhu defeated them, branded them, and each later collected two additional soldiers.
• Ye Chen demonstrated his superior combat technique and spiritual control, while Qing Zhu lost a playful contest between their puppets.
• The three searched the branch hall and gathered puppet soldiers, weapons, cannons, and a collapsible Puppet House.
• At the core area, the group found the warehouse but discovered that a purple beam destroyed a Low-Grade Treasure thrown into the passage before it.

Ye Chen discovered how to pass through the Death Passage by predicting the beams and using Puppet Armored Soldiers as shields, then led Feng Yanrou and Qing Zhu to safety. The passage proved to be a test, and the three found five high-grade flying puppets in the warehouse, with Ye Chen taking two.

• Ye Chen tested the Death Passage and deduced that beams came from whichever wall a moving object approached.
• Qing Zhu confirmed Ye Chen's pattern, and a final test showed that one object could shield another from a beam.
• Ye Chen crossed the passage at six times the speed of sound, using a Puppet Axe-Wielder to block a beam, and Feng Yanrou and Qing Zhu followed.
• Feng Yanrou read a sign revealing that the passage tested whether someone could devise a way through within the time it took to burn one incense stick.
• Ye Chen, Feng Yanrou, and Qing Zhu found five high-grade flying puppets in a corner room and divided them, with Ye Chen taking a Flying Bird Puppet and a beast-shaped puppet.

Ye Chen left Blue Mountain Island after collecting treasures and began training on a deserted island, using the Thunder Beast Transformation to prepare to merge the eighth move of the Surging Cloud Swordplay into Heaven Shattering Clouds. He perfected the Thunder Lion Transformation and gained insight into the Thunder Bird Transformation, then turned to the sword-move merger while working to separate Cloud Intent from Thunder Intent.

• Ye Chen and Feng Yanrou agreed to keep the branch hall ruins and their treasures secret, then returned through the Death Passage and emerged from the lakebed fissure.
• Ye Chen trained in the Thunder Beast Transformation and Heaven Shattering Clouds while exploring nearby ruins, and he considered leaving Blue Mountain Island.
• Ye Chen departed Blue Mountain Island aboard a leopard-shaped Flying Puppet, found that Mid-Grade Spirit Stones could power it at five times the speed of sound, and settled on a deserted island.
• After three days, Ye Chen perfected the Thunder Lion Transformation and gained insight into the Thunder Bird Transformation, then blasted apart a mountain with a thunderous sword strike.
• Ye Chen began studying Heaven Shattering Clouds, aiming to merge in the eighth move of the Surging Cloud Swordplay while stripping away its Cloud Intent.

Ye Chen completed Heavenly Thunder Severance, a powerful sword move that severed his Thunder Intent from Cloud Intent and brought him close to comprehending Thunder Profundity. After testing the move, he set out for the dangerous Land of Extreme Yin to seek rare treasures.

• Ye Chen studied the lightning and rain during a storm, then created Heavenly Thunder Severance, a sword move on the verge of Thunder Profundity.
• Ye Chen practiced the move and used it to damage and then shatter a Mid-Grade Treasure.
• Ye Chen decided to leave the deserted island and travel to the Land of Extreme Yin between the Cloud Ripple Region and the Misty Snow Region.
• Ye Chen headed toward the lawless Land of Extreme Yin, where rare treasures unavailable through ordinary markets could be found.

Ye Chen was caught in the path of three Spirit Sea Realm experts pursuing Six-Finger True Person and was badly wounded by a casual strike. After the pursuers reclaimed the Mystic Armor Shield, two Dragon God Palace seniors recognized Ye Chen and revealed themselves as his senior brothers.

• Ye Chen encountered three Spirit Sea Realm great powers racing through the sky and put away his leopard-shaped puppet before they noticed it.
• The leading pursuer's casual attack struck Ye Chen, who countered with Heavenly Thunder Severance but was thrown back and severely wounded.
• Wang Shi and Yan Kui forced Six-Finger True Person to surrender the Mystic Armor Shield, a treasure taken from their slain junior brother.
• Wang Shi stopped Six-Finger True Person from harming Ye Chen, then chased after Ye Chen with Yan Kui.
• Wang Shi and Yan Kui introduced themselves to Ye Chen as former disciples of the Dragon King and explained that Dragon God Palace members recognized Ye Chen from his portrait.

Ye Chen entered the dangerous Land of Extreme Yin and joined a battered caravan bound for Blackwater City. When three level-seven Earth Dragons attacked, the caravan fought back while Ye Chen waited to see whether his help was needed.

• Wang Shi and Yan Kui warned Ye Chen about rising geniuses, described Xu Jing's rare potential, and cautioned him about the Land of Extreme Yin before departing.
• Ye Chen reached the Land of Extreme Yin, sensed how its impure earth energy could affect the mind, and flew low across the wasteland.
• A young woman invited Ye Chen to travel with her caravan to Blackwater City, and he accepted and rested in an empty carriage.
• Three level-seven Earth Dragons burst from beneath the caravan, and the steward and the other fighters attacked them.
• The steward severed one Earth Dragon's head with Space-Breaking Slash, but the beast kept fighting, while Ye Chen stayed back, judging that the caravan could handle the battle for now.

Ye Chen remained focused on cultivating while the Mo Clan convoy faced growing danger in the Land of Extreme Yin. When the Black Wind Bandits surrounded them and threatened a massacre, Ye Chen emerged and ordered them to leave within three blinks.

• After the convoy killed one Level Seven earth dragon and another escaped, its guards complained that Ye Chen had not helped, but Steward Liu said he would discuss it with Miss Mo.
• Ye Chen continued cultivating the Azure Lotus Swordplay, seeking a breakthrough to its fourteenth level and the Lotus Heart Sword Qi it promised.
• The Black Wind Bandits spotted the convoy, recognized Miss Mo, and surrounded it as it tried to flee.
• The bandits demanded one million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, and Miss Mo realized they meant to kill the convoy regardless of whether she could pay.
• As the bandit leader prepared to attack, Ye Chen stepped out of his carriage and gave the bandits three blinks to get lost.

Ye Chen slaughtered the Black Wind Bandits who attacked the Mo Clan convoy, then continued traveling with the grateful Mo Li. As they rode on, Mo Li explained that powerful black forces dominated the Land of Extreme Yin, leaving Ye Chen with a clearer picture of the region.

• Ye Chen killed more than a third of the Black Wind Bandits with nine sword strikes, stunning both sides and reassuring the Mo Clan convoy.
• The Black Wind Bandits' leader charged Ye Chen with a fiery spear, but Ye Chen killed him with one sword strike.
• Ye Chen pursued and exterminated the fleeing bandits, then collected their Storage Spirit Rings.
• Ye Chen returned to the carriage, and Mo Li apologized for the convoy's earlier doubts before introducing herself as the Mo Clan's daughter.
• Mo Li told Ye Chen that five major black forces operated near Blackwater City and that the city paid protection fees to the first-rate forces.

Ye Chen traveled through the violent Land of Extreme Yin, improved his Azure Lotus Swordplay, and headed toward Three Yin City. On the way, he spotted Murong Qingcheng fighting beside a silver-crowned young man, and recognized that her cultivation had surpassed his.

• Ye Chen refused Mo Li’s invitation and stayed at an inn in Blackwater City, where he silenced the rowdy guests with his aura.
• Ye Chen broke through the first of three bottlenecks on the way to the fourteenth layer of Azure Lotus Swordplay and bought a detailed map of the Land of Extreme Yin.
• Ye Chen left Blackwater City for Three Yin City and defeated a powerful bandit faction on the road, killing three of its five leaders.
• Ye Chen crossed the Blackstone Mountains and saw Murong Qingcheng and a silver-crowned young man fighting off a large group of attackers.
• Ye Chen recognized Murong Qingcheng’s greatly improved strength and saw that she had reached Peak Late Star Extremity Realm cultivation.

Ye Chen reunited with Murong Qingcheng after she and Duan Lingyun drove off a bandit attack, then traveled with them to Three Yin City. After Murong left to meet her sect’s Supreme Elder, Duan Lingyun confronted Ye Chen and unleashed his Soul-Splitting Divine Eye.

• Duan Lingyun used his Soul-Splitting Divine Eye and Azure Dragon Qi Force to slaughter the bandits, and Murong Qingcheng told him not to pursue the survivors.
• Ye Chen arrived, and Duan Lingyun grew hostile when Murong introduced him as her friend and Ye Chen refused to explain which sect he belonged to.
• Murong Qingcheng invited Ye Chen to travel with them, and Ye Chen sharply rebuked Duan Lingyun when he questioned his destination.
• A powerful Spirit Sea Realm figure emerged from the Blackstone Plains, noticed the travelers, and left to take items to an auction house rather than kill them.
• Two days later, the three arrived at Three Yin City, where Murong Qingcheng went to speak with her Supreme Elder.
• Duan Lingyun blocked Ye Chen and demanded that he leave, then unleashed the Soul-Splitting Divine Eye when Ye Chen refused.

Ye Chen defeated Duan Lingyun with his Slaughter Sword Will, then explored Three Yin City with Murong Qingcheng. Meanwhile, Yin Demon Sect arranged to auction three hundred copies of an ancient map said to reveal the secret of the Undying Body, hoping buyers would solve its mystery.

• Ye Chen wounded Duan Lingyun's eyes and cowed him into backing down, then refused to kill him.
• Murong Qingcheng and a Supreme Elder of the Soaring Demon Sect recognized Ye Chen's strength, and Murong later toured Three Yin City with him.
• Yin Demon Sect offered the auction house an ancient map connected to the Undying Body and proposed a low starting price because he had made three hundred copies.
• The auction house president accepted the copies and paid Yin Demon Sect a deposit of one hundred fifty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Yin Demon Sect revealed that he had studied the map for fifty years without success and hoped three hundred buyers would help uncover its secret.

Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng attended Three Yin City's major auction, where Ye Chen spotted Duan Lingyun with Ghost Moon Adept of the Soul-Splitting Sect. The bidding reached the Fiendstones, which both Ye Chen and Murong wanted to temper their will, and Duan Lingyun entered the competition.

• Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng arrived at the crowded auction house and rented a fourth-floor private room.
• Ye Chen saw Duan Lingyun with Ghost Moon Adept and assessed the threat posed by the Spirit Sea Realm expert.
• Gao Hua opened the auction, and a Star Extremity Realm expert bought the Azure Wolf Armor for forty-eight thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Murong Qingcheng told Ye Chen that she wanted an item to temper the will, which they both needed for their soul cultivation.
• The auctioneer presented three Fiendstones, and Murong Qingcheng bid seventy-five thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Duan Lingyun joined the bidding and raised the price to eighty thousand, while Ye Chen held back.

Ye Chen outbid Duan Lingyun for three Fiendstones, while Murong Qingcheng won a pair of Gold Silk Gloves and a Bodhi Pearl. The auction then revealed a human-head-sized Fiendstone, and Ye Chen appeared ready to compete for it.

• Ye Chen raised the bid for three Fiendstones to two hundred thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, and Duan Lingyun stopped bidding after Ghost Moon Adept warned him against wasting his fortune.
• Ye Chen examined the Fiendstones and found their effect weaker than Bloodfiend Stones, while Murong Qingcheng bought Gold Silk Gloves for forty-five thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Murong Qingcheng outbid the other competitors and won the Bodhi Pearl for two hundred eighty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones after Ye Chen said he did not need it.
• The auctioneer presented a Fiendstone the size of a human head, and Duan Lingyun prepared to bid while Murong Qingcheng, short of funds, glanced at Ye Chen's faint smile.

Ye Chen won the large Fiendstone for one million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, then gave Murong Qingcheng the three smaller Fiendstones. As the auction moved on to rarer treasures, an item said to be connected to the secret of the Undying Body captured everyone’s attention.

• Star Extremity Realm experts joined forces to bid for the large Fiendstone, but the price climbed beyond their pooled fortunes.
• Duan Lingyun bid up to nine hundred fifty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, then stopped after Ghost Moon Adept refused to lend him more and hinted that the Supreme Elder had a plan.
• Ye Chen bid one million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and won the large Fiendstone.
• Ye Chen gave Murong Qingcheng the three small Fiendstones, and she paid him the one hundred thirty-five thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones she had on hand.
• Skyhawk Elder bought the Three-Flower Hook-Sickle Spear for forty-two thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones, and a Spirit Sea Realm grandmaster bought a Fiendstone Crystal for eighty-three thousand.
• The auctioneer introduced an item allegedly related to the secret of possessing an Undying Body before reaching the Life and Death Realm, drawing the crowd’s attention.

At the Three Yin City auction, Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng bought maps said to reveal the secret of the Undying Body, though their strange markings left the maps’ authenticity uncertain. The maps sold for increasingly high prices, and the chapter ended as the auction moved on to its final item while buyers began connecting the maps to the Land of Extreme Yin.

• Elder Gao announced that the auction house had three hundred identical maps allegedly leading to the secret of the Undying Body, with each starting at one thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Ye Chen bought the first map for two thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, and Murong Qingcheng bought the second for three thousand.
• Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng found that the maps showed puzzling symbols instead of ordinary routes and decided to watch how others interpreted them.
• As buyers grew concerned that the maps would sell out, bids climbed from a few thousand to tens of thousands of Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• A bidder from the Yin Demon Sect paid twenty thousand for a map, leading Elder Gao to suspect the sect believed it was genuine.
• Spirit Sea Realm mighty figures bought the last three maps for increasingly high prices, and some buyers recognized clues linking the maps to the Land of Extreme Yin as the auction moved to its finale item.

After the auction, Ye Chen refined a Fiendstone’s Killing Intent until his Nascent Sword Soul reached its critical point, leaving him close to forming a true Sword Soul. Murong Qingcheng also advanced her martial will into a Martial Soul Embryo, and the two began studying the map together over breakfast.

• A Star Extremity Realm expert identified the Sunrise Mountains as the likeliest location connected to the rooster symbol, prompting others to recruit or force knowledgeable people into their groups.
• Murong Qingcheng warned Ye Chen to be wary of Ghost Moon Adept Duan Lingyun and the Soul-Splitting Sect.
• Ye Chen refined eighty percent of a Fiendstone’s Killing Intent, growing his Nascent Sword Soul to five fingers long and bringing it to the critical point before becoming a true Sword Soul.
• Ye Chen tested his stronger Sword Intent on a potted plant and found that it destroyed the plant’s life and the nutrients in its soil.
• Murong Qingcheng condensed a Martial Soul Embryo after cultivating with three small Fiendstones, greatly increasing her combat power.
• Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng went to breakfast together and studied the map.

Ye Chen reached the peak of the Late Star Extremity Realm and traveled east with Murong Qingcheng and Elder Wang to investigate the rooster symbols. Duan Lingyun and Ghost Moon Adept intercepted them, and after Ye Chen defeated Duan Lingyun, Ghost Moon Adept confronted him and demanded that he cripple himself.

• Murong Qingcheng identified a ruined temple in the Golden Desert as the location of the twelfth sun symbol and agreed to find a historian while Ye Chen cultivated.
• Ye Chen spent three days cultivating and reached the peak of the Late Star Extremity Realm.
• Murong Qingcheng hired Elder Wang to guide Ye Chen and her to the Sunrise Mountains and the Rooster-Crest Tree, paying him with manuals, a Lightness Skill secret art, and Spirit Stones.
• Duan Lingyun and Ghost Moon Adept intercepted Ye Chen, Murong Qingcheng, and Elder Wang on their journey east.
• Ye Chen sent Elder Wang away and fought Duan Lingyun, overcoming his attacks and Soul-Chaos Eye until Duan Lingyun was badly injured.
• Ghost Moon Adept stepped in and offered to spare Ye Chen if he broke his arms and legs and cut out his tongue.