Chapter Summaries

Sikong Sheng fought Lu Hun to a bloody finish, but Lu Hun’s Black Tortoise Suppression gave him the advantage and won him the spar. Later, Rakshasa Woman defeated Murong Qingcheng, whose briefly appearing black aura hinted at hidden power; the chapter ended with the afternoon rankings taking shape.

• Sikong Sheng and Lu Hun traded powerful techniques until their final clash injured them both, and Lu Hun explained that his Black Tortoise Suppression had reduced the backlash he endured.
• Thunder Princess judged Lu Hun the winner, while spectators praised Sikong Sheng’s performance and placed him among the leading fighters.
• By afternoon, observers placed Thunder Princess, Celestial Tome Prodigy, and Gang Lingzi at the top, with Mo Xiang, Tuo Ba Ku, Lu Hun, and Sikong Sheng next.
• Rakshasa Woman emerged as a quasi-True Dragon-level fighter and challenged Murong Qingcheng, who matched her through keen perception and skill.
• Murong Qingcheng’s black aura briefly drew black air over Thunder Capital, then vanished before Rakshasa Woman defeated her with a minor injury.

Jing Aoxuan defeated the Rakshasa Woman at the Martial Dao Tea Party, and Tuo Ba Ku beat Lu Hun in another duel. As Mo Xiang prepared to challenge Tuo Ba Ku, Ye Chen stepped forward to take the fight, leaving the crowd doubtful that he could match Mo Xiang.

• The Rakshasa Woman challenged Jing Aoxuan, but Jing Aoxuan overwhelmed her with her Imperial Supremacy Fist and won her concession.
• Tuo Ba Ku challenged Lu Hun and defeated him by using his powerful innate bloodline and giant lizard-dragon phantom.
• Mo Xiang prepared to challenge Tuo Ba Ku, while other fighters were injured or unsuitable opponents for him.
• Ye Chen stood up and offered to fight Mo Xiang in Tuo Ba Ku's place, surprising Mo Xiang and prompting spectators to question Ye Chen's chances.

Ye Chen fought Mo Xiang in the pavilion and revealed his intermediate Sword Soul-level Sword Intent and Dual Sword Style. He defeated Mo Xiang with two simultaneous sword techniques, leaving the spectators stunned.

• Mo Xiang opened with Wild Goose Assault, but Ye Chen drew his sword faster, blocked the attack, and cut Mo Xiang's clothing with Sword Qi.
• Ye Chen raised his Sword Intent and split Mo Xiang's Tiger Soul Palm with Heavenly Thunder Severance.
• Mo Xiang unleashed blue currents across his body and attacked with Tiger Soul Palm, Tiger Soul Hook, and Tiger Soul Cross Slash while Ye Chen countered with both swords.
• Ye Chen revealed intermediate Sword Soul-level Sword Intent, then continued matching Mo Xiang's strengthened attacks.
• Ye Chen combined Heavenly Thunder Severance with Reverse Form: Heavenly Thunder Severance, shattered Mo Xiang's attack, and wounded him across the chest.
• The spectators marveled at Ye Chen's Dual Sword Style, and Mo Xiang acknowledged Ye Chen's extraordinary combat skill.

Ye Chen reflected on his growing strength after defeating Mo Xiang, then watched the Martial Dao Tea Party’s second day begin. Sikong Sheng challenged Celestial Tome Prodigy Li Xiaoyun, who overwhelmed him even after Sikong Sheng revealed his Evil Dao Will.

• Ye Chen considered how far he still had to go with the Dual Sword Style after Mo Xiang accepted defeat.
• Ye Chen and Tuo Ba Ku discussed the Southern Zhuo Region’s weakness and watched the other young talents spar.
• At dawn, Sikong Sheng challenged Li Xiaoyun, and Li Xiaoyun accepted despite You Xin offering to take his place.
• Li Xiaoyun used his fan techniques to repeatedly knock Sikong Sheng back while the spectators marveled at his strength.
• Sikong Sheng unleashed his Evil Dao Will, but Li Xiaoyun answered with Seven-Star Slaughter and defeated him.

Ye Chen challenged Gang Lingzi Chu Zhongtian after Chu Zhongtian dismissed his abilities, and forced him to accept by attacking the pavilion with his sword. Their fierce battle shocked the spectators, and Ye Chen took the fight into the sky as the clash continued.

• Rakshasa Woman defeated Lu Hun, Tuo Ba Ku lost to Mo Xiang after exhausting his True Essence, and Murong Qingcheng drew with Lu Hun.
• Ye Chen challenged Chu Zhongtian, but Chu Zhongtian refused, saying Ye Chen was no match for him.
• Ye Chen attacked Chu Zhongtian’s pavilion with Heaven’s Thunder Severance, sending Rakshasa Woman flying before Chu Zhongtian shattered the Sword Light with a punch.
• Chu Zhongtian accepted the challenge, revealed that he had fought thirteen Spirit Origin-level great masters, and claimed sixty percent of his strength would suffice.
• Ye Chen and Chu Zhongtian traded a powerful strike and exchanged dozens of rapid attacks, shattering barriers and injuring spectators with the shockwaves.
• Ye Chen shot into the air and called for the battle to continue there.

Ye Chen and Chu Zhongtian clashed in the sky above Thunder Capital, testing each other with increasingly powerful attacks. Ye Chen revealed Quasi-Grandmaster Sword Intent and held his ground against Chu Zhongtian’s Dragon-Tyrant Slaying Mace, leaving Chu Zhongtian furious and ready to unleash more power.

• Ye Chen and Chu Zhongtian exchanged blows in the air, each insisting the other had yet to make him fight seriously.
• Chu Zhongtian struck with Micro-Shattering Mace, but Ye Chen countered with Heavenly Thunder Severance and broke the attack.
• Chu Zhongtian released an exceptionally pure True Essence and challenged Ye Chen to withstand another mace strike.
• Ye Chen revealed Quasi-Grandmaster Sword Intent, astonishing the onlookers and forcing Chu Zhongtian to take him seriously.
• Chu Zhongtian used Dragon-Tyrant Slaying Mace while Ye Chen answered with the Dual Sword Style, and their clash devastated buildings and streets around Embroidered Garden.
• Chu Zhongtian was driven backward with crossed marks on his chest, while Ye Chen stopped after only three steps and wondered at Chu Zhongtian’s resilience.

Chu Zhongtian revealed his Gang Spirit Body and unleashed Gang Essence, claiming one strike would defeat Ye Chen. Ye Chen responded by revealing Grandmaster Sword Intent, and the confrontation remained unresolved.

• Chu Zhongtian unleashed his full power, filling the surrounding sky with dark-red energy and violent weather.
• Jing Aoxuan and Li Xiaoyun recognized Chu Zhongtian’s physique as a Gang Spirit Body, and Chu Zhongtian explained that he wielded Gang Essence.
• Ye Chen realized Chu Zhongtian’s composite physique let him combine two types of True Essence and greatly increase his combat power.
• Chu Zhongtian raised his Treasure Mace and declared that one move would defeat Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen asserted that his naturally powerful soul was also a monstrous talent and released Sword Intent Radiance, revealing his Grandmaster Sword Intent.

Ye Chen used Grandmaster Sword Intent and increasingly powerful sword techniques to suppress Chu Zhongtian, whose Gang Spirit Body made him exceptionally durable and difficult to defeat. The chapter ended as Ye Chen’s ninth Azure Lotus Sword Style form, Endless Vitality, overwhelmed Chu Zhongtian’s defense.

• Li Xiaoyun and Jing Aoxuan agreed that the continent’s geniuses would have to compete to determine who stood at the peak.
• Ye Chen struck Chu Zhongtian with his Dual Sword Style, repeatedly sending him flying, but Chu Zhongtian used his Gang Essence to withstand the attacks and evade further blows.
• Ye Chen used his body like a sword and landed several strikes on Chu Zhongtian, then knocked aside his mace and forced him back again.
• Chu Zhongtian unleashed Dark Flame Annihilation Wave and followed it with Dragon-Tyrant Slaying Mace, but Ye Chen cut through the attack and drove him backward.
• Ye Chen drew the Azure Wood Sword and used the ninth form of the Azure Lotus Sword Style, Endless Vitality, whose power broke through Chu Zhongtian’s defense and drew blood from his hand.

Ye Chen defeated Chu Zhongtian at the Martial Dao Tea Party, but Jing Aoxuan stopped Chu Zhongtian from restarting their fight. Jing Aoxuan and Li Xiaoyun then battled to a draw, leaving the remaining matchups against Ye Chen and Chu Zhongtian for later.

• Ye Chen pierced Chu Zhongtian's defense and defeated him with a pair of crossing sword strikes.
• Chu Zhongtian tried to continue fighting, but Jing Aoxuan confronted him and made him accept the result.
• Ye Chen returned to his seat and told Tuo Ba Ku that Chu Zhongtian, Jing Aoxuan, and Li Xiaoyun could all rival him.
• Jing Aoxuan and Li Xiaoyun fought through more than a thousand moves without either gaining a decisive advantage.
• Jing Aoxuan and Li Xiaoyun called their match a draw because the Martial Dao Tea Party's remaining time had to accommodate their fights with Ye Chen and Chu Zhongtian.

Ye Chen and Li Xiaoyun began their match after Jing Aoxuan and Chu Zhongtian fought to a draw. Ye Chen countered Li Xiaoyun’s techniques and broke up his Seven-Star Traverse, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Jing Aoxuan and Chu Zhongtian exchanged powerful attacks and admitted that neither could defeat the other.
• Jing Aoxuan recognized Ye Chen’s exceptional adaptability, while Li Xiaoyun grew cautious after seeing how Ye Chen had beaten Chu Zhongtian.
• Li Xiaoyun opened his match against Ye Chen with wind-based Fan Dance attacks, but Ye Chen cut them apart and redirected their force.
• Ye Chen evaded Li Xiaoyun’s counterattacks and launched Endless Cycle, forcing Li Xiaoyun to use Wind Barrier and Seven-Star Traverse.
• Ye Chen shattered Li Xiaoyun’s forming star pearls before Seven-Star Traverse could complete, and the remaining force struck Li Xiaoyun’s Protective True Essence.

Ye Chen shattered Li Xiaoyun’s Seven-Star Traverse in their spar, then forced him to defend until the match ended in a draw by their own judgment. Jing Aoxuan named Ye Chen host of the next Martial Dao Tea Party, which he chose to hold at the Profound Gravity Mountain Range, and the chapter ended with the four strongest young fighters preparing to exchange insights.

• Li Xiaoyun unleashed Seven-Star Traverse, but Ye Chen used Undying Sword Intent and two sword techniques to destroy all seven stars.
• Ye Chen broke through Li Xiaoyun’s three Wind Barriers, then admitted he could not defeat him as Li Xiaoyun’s sealed wind power recovered; Li Xiaoyun said he had lost the sparring match.
• Jing Aoxuan chose Ye Chen to host the next Martial Dao Tea Party, and the gathered martial artists supported her decision.
• Ye Chen chose the Profound Gravity Mountain Range in the Black Dragon Empire’s Southern Zhuo Region as the next gathering’s venue.
• After the tea party concluded, Jing Aoxuan invited Ye Chen, Li Xiaoyun, and Chu Zhongtian to exchange insights, and Chu Zhongtian stayed to join them.

Ye Chen and three other leading young geniuses exchanged insights into their Daos at Landscape Garden, each demonstrating a powerful technique or understanding. Their gathering ended when a strange black rift appeared in the northwest and drew in Heaven and Earth Origin Energy.

• Ye Chen declined offers from several Fifth-Rank Sects, while rumors of his Grandmaster Sword Intent spread throughout Thunder Capital and beyond.
• Jing Aoxuan demonstrated her Thunder Intent to Ye Chen, Li Xiaoyun, and Chu Zhongtian at Landscape Garden.
• Li Xiaoyun demonstrated his Starlight Intent, and Ye Chen performed a slaughter sword art that revealed the source of his combat techniques.
• Chu Zhongtian showed the others how to transform Gang Essence into threadlike currents and unleash them in an attack.
• The four geniuses noticed a black spatial rift in the northwest as Heaven and Earth Origin Energy surged toward it.

Ye Chen and his companions investigated a vast spatial rift that had opened near Thunder Capital, where ancient Treasures began pouring into the world. After Spirit Sea Realm masters fought over several powerful Treasures, a Supreme-Grade axe emerged, and the gathered experts backed away as Life and Death Realm Kings laid claim to it.

• Ye Chen, Jing Aoxuan, Li Xiaoyun, and Chu Zhongtian approached the spatial rift and determined that it likely connected to a collapsing hidden plane.
• Spirit Sea Realm masters and other experts gathered around the rift, but its black aura blocked most attempts to investigate its depths.
• A crimson Superior-Grade ruler emerged, and Redwood True Person seized it after killing rivals and promised his former Treasure to his friends.
• An earthy yellow iron staff and other ancient Treasures emerged, drawing fierce battles among the Spirit Sea Realm masters.
• A mountain-sized Supreme-Grade axe burst from the rift and shattered mountains, but no one dared claim it as experts argued which Life and Death Realm King it belonged to.

Ye Chen entered the spatial gate and found himself on a vast battlefield filled with ancient corpses and deadly black gales, while Murong Qingcheng traveled toward an unknown destination and defeated a Spirit Sea Realm cultivator. Ye Chen destroyed a black aura that attacked him, but its remaining black light possessed a nearby corpse and turned it against him.

• The spatial rift became a gate, and Ye Chen followed Murong Qingcheng into its passageway after seeing her enter.
• Black aura along the passageway killed people who were pushed against its walls, and Ye Chen reached the membrane and crossed into another plane.
• Ye Chen appeared on a primordial battlefield, evaded a black gale, and found bones and corpses from several ancient races.
• Murong Qingcheng sped across the battlefield as black light enhanced her, drove back a gray-clothed Spirit Sea Realm cultivator, and escaped while black gales killed him.
• Ye Chen found a cracked supreme-grade spear, destroyed the black aura attacking him, and watched its remaining black light possess a human corpse that punched at him.

Ye Chen collected Spirit Energy Crystals and Demon Energy Crystals from ancient skeletons in the Dimensional Battlefield, then faced a Spirit Origin-level martial artist who tried to rob him. He defeated and killed the attacker, taking his Storage Spirit Ring before moving on.

• Ye Chen shattered a human Life and Death Realm King skeleton and found three Spirit Energy Crystals, then recovered five Demon Energy Crystals from a Devil Race skeleton.
• Ye Chen continued searching the Dimensional Battlefield and collected more crystals, including a thumb-sized Spirit Energy Crystal worth five ordinary ones and Demon Energy Crystals from a three-meter-tall human skeleton.
• A yellow-robed Spirit Origin-level master spotted Ye Chen and demanded his crystals, but Ye Chen refused.
• The yellow-robed man attacked with a Superior-Grade Treasure saber, and Ye Chen used True Essence Threading to drive him back.
• The yellow-robed man unleashed a Mystic Martial Art, but Ye Chen struck him with Endless Cycle, pierced his throat, and took his Storage Spirit Ring.

Ye Chen cultivated the fourteenth level of the Azure Lotus Swordplay, then defeated three Spirit Origin-level masters who tried to seize his sword art. He set off to find Murong Qingcheng, who was fighting two powerful Spirit Origin-level masters and remained in grave danger.

• Ye Chen absorbed eighteen Spirit Energy Crystals, strengthening his body to roughly one-third of a Spirit Body and making his True Essence more active.
• Ye Chen broke through to the fourteenth level of the Azure Lotus Swordplay, forming a Lotus Heart Sword Qi as three Spirit Origin-level masters approached his mountain.
• The green-robed swordsman attacked Ye Chen and was killed by one strike; Ye Chen then killed the black-robed elder and the bald middle-aged man.
• Ye Chen took a Storage Spirit Ring and headed toward Murong Qingcheng, judging that he could now face most Spirit Origin-level masters.
• Murong Qingcheng fought two powerful Spirit Origin-level masters despite her injuries and used a Mystic Martial Art with a soul attack to briefly daze them.
• The short elder recovered, warned Scar to help finish Murong Qingcheng, and the two prepared to attack her together.

Ye Chen rescued the badly injured Murong Qingcheng and fought two peak Spirit Origin-level attackers with her help, killing both. Afterward, Murong Qingcheng revealed that she belonged to the Human-Demon Clan and carried its bloodline, leaving Ye Chen to learn of her clan’s dangerous ties to the Devil Race.

• Ye Chen arrived as Murong Qingcheng fought the short old man and the scar-faced middle-aged man, then joined the battle while she recovered.
• Ye Chen used his dual swords and Mystic Martial Arts to hold off the two attackers, and Murong Qingcheng intervened with Soul Extinction Wave when the scar-faced man nearly struck him.
• Ye Chen killed the scar-faced middle-aged man with a sword sheath, while Murong Qingcheng slowed the fleeing short old man and Ye Chen pierced his heart with Lotus Heart Sword Qi.
• Ye Chen asked Murong Qingcheng whether she was from the Devil Race after noticing her Demon Energy Crystal.
• Murong Qingcheng explained that she was not from the Devil Race but belonged to the Human-Demon Clan, whose members carried Devil Race bloodline and faced opposition from some Life and Death Realm Kings.

Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng exchanged energy crystals and cultivated their physiques before leaving the Dimensional Battlefield. Outside, three Life and Death Realm Kings clashed over a supreme-grade axe, leaving the surrounding martial artists trapped in their wills.

• Murong Qingcheng explained her Perfect Human-Demon Bloodline to Ye Chen, and they exchanged Demon Energy Crystals and Spirit Energy Crystals.
• Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng cultivated in adjoining caves, developing their Spirit Body and Demonic Physique before consolidating their gains.
• Murong Qingcheng reflected that only three years remained of the time her family had given her, and Ye Chen split open the mountain so they could leave.
• On the seventh day after the Dimensional Battlefield opened, the Flash Spirit King claimed a supreme-grade axe, but the Beast Taming King challenged him for it.
• The Black Lightning King arrived and claimed the axe, while the Flash Spirit King and Beast Taming King refused to yield.
• The three Kings' wills engulfed the area, terrifying the martial artists gathered hundreds of li away.

Black Lightning King and Flash Spirit King fought over a top-grade axe after Beast Taming King withdrew in exchange for Earth Essence Crystals. Their battle entered the Dimensional Battlefield, where the gathering black qi formed a dark funnel and a gigantic scaled claw burst from the ground.

• Black Lightning King persuaded Beast Taming King to withdraw by giving him two Earth Essence Crystals, then challenged Flash Spirit King over the top-grade axe.
• Flash Spirit King and Black Lightning King fought fiercely over the axe, shattering the void and entering its depths as Beast Taming King followed them.
• Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng witnessed the two Kings burst into the Dimensional Battlefield and retreated from their overwhelming presence.
• Black Lightning King blasted Flash Spirit King away, but both Kings paused when the Battlefield's black qi gathered into a dark funnel.
• Beast Taming King arrived as a gigantic scaled claw erupted from the ground beneath the funnel.

A sealed Demon King emerged in the Dimensional Battlefield, and the Life and Death Realm Kings learned that the weakening seal and their battles had helped it escape. Black Lightning King, Flash Spirit King, and Beast Taming King attacked to stop it, but the Demon King fought back and continued crawling out through the Hexagram Sealing Array.

• Black Demon King and Murong Qingcheng recognized the enormous demonic claw as belonging to a Demon King sealed in the Dimensional Battlefield.
• Murong Qingcheng explained to Ye Chen that demons could survive the weakened effects of time under a seal because of their immense reserves of demonic power.
• Black Lightning King realized the Demon King had used a supreme-grade axe and a spatial gate to lure people in and replenish its vitality with their flesh and blood essence.
• Black Lightning King, Flash Spirit King, and Beast Taming King attacked the Demon King's arm, but it quickly regenerated and then injured Black Lightning King with a black beam.
• Beast Taming King struck the Demon King's skull, breaking a horn and exposing the Hexagram Sealing Array as the Demon King crawled through its gap.