Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen battled Murong Wang after exposing his collusion with the Yuwen Family and declaring that Murong Wang had to die. When Murong Wang’s demonization and strongest attacks failed to defeat him, Ye Chen drew the Thunder Calamity Sword and beheaded him.

• Ye Chen wounded Murong Wang with rapid sword strikes and a lightning-infused attack, leaving Murong Wang badly injured.
• Murong Wang questioned why Ye Chen was attacking him, and Ye Chen revealed that he knew of Murong Wang’s collusion with the Yuwen Family’s Grand Elder.
• Murong Wang demonized and fought back with a tower shield and powerful attacks, but Ye Chen countered him with Lotus Heart Sword Qi and Dragon Force.
• Ye Chen drew the Thunder Calamity Sword and used Sword Light Flight to strike Murong Wang before he could react.
• Ye Chen’s sword sent Murong Wang’s saber flying and severed his head, and Murong Wang recognized the weapon as a Half-Supreme Treasure Sword before he died.

After killing Murong Wang, Ye Chen took his treasures and returned to Gu Feng City, where he and Murong Zhisui planned how to approach the Yuwen Family’s wedding. Ye Chen went to the Yellow Dragon Hall branch to meet Deputy Hall Master Yao Yifeng and was greeted by his senior brothers Wang Shi and Yan Kui.

• Ye Chen examined Murong Wang’s Storage Spirit Ring, finding Spirit Stones, pills, and seven precious Top-Grade Spirit Stones, then destroyed the corpse and returned to Gu Feng City.
• At breakfast, Murong Zhisui and Murong Wu discussed visiting the Yuwen Family during the wedding, with Ye Chen expected to defeat its younger generation and earn the right to speak.
• Murong Zhisui suggested that he and Ye Chen visit Deputy Hall Master Yao Yifeng of the Yellow Dragon Hall branch before the wedding.
• On their way to the branch, Ye Chen met his senior brothers Wang Shi and Yan Kui, who were surprised by his cultivation and offered to escort him to Yao Yifeng.

Ye Chen and Murong Zhisui sought Deputy Hall Master Yao Yifeng’s help against the Yuwen Family’s plan to force Murong Qingcheng into marriage, but Yao denounced Ye Chen and ordered him to obey a mission. When Ye Chen refused, Yao attacked him and mobilized the Yellow Dragon Hall branch, but Ye Chen and Murong Zhisui left, vowing to challenge Yao’s conduct.

• Ye Chen and Murong Zhisui met Yao Yifeng to warn him that the Yuwen Family was forcing Murong Qingcheng to marry Yuwen Ye.
• Yao accused Ye Chen of neglecting cultivation for romantic jealousy and warned him not to interfere with the Yuwen Family.
• Yao ordered Ye Chen to stay and carry out a mission, but Ye Chen refused to obey him without an order from the Dragon King or Long Biyun.
• Yao attacked Ye Chen, and Murong Zhisui blocked the strike as people gathered at the Yellow Dragon Hall branch.
• Ye Chen and Murong Zhisui departed after challenging Yao to answer for his actions, while Wang Shi and Yan Kui suspected Yao had accepted benefits.

Ye Chen learned that Yao Yifeng had been bought off by the Yuwen Family, but gained the support of Senior Brothers Wang Shi and Yan Kui. As the wedding drew near, he broke through to fifty percent mastery of the Void Piercing Finger and became confident about facing Yuwen Ye.

• Murong Zhisui told Ye Chen that Yao Yifeng had sided with the Yuwen Family, and Ye Chen decided to seek help from Wang Shi and Yan Kui.
• Yuwen Jin revealed that he had paid off Yao Yifeng, while Yuwen Ye said his intended bride continued to avoid him.
• Wang Shi and Yan Kui promised to support Ye Chen at the wedding and said they had reported the matter to their superiors.
• Ye Chen spent the days before the wedding cultivating, then studied spatial ripples until he found how they merged.
• Ye Chen reached fifty percent mastery of the Void Piercing Finger and demonstrated its devouring power by destroying an artificial mountain.

Ye Chen joined Murong Zhisui and Murong Wu at Yuwen Ye’s wedding, where the Yuwen Family tried to keep him out and later arranged a covert attack. Ye Chen resisted an assassin’s sleep-inducing technique and struck the attacker, exposing a strange gray monkey before the wedding guests.

• Ye Chen traveled with Murong Zhisui, Murong Wu, and Murong Family experts to Yuwen Ye’s wedding, while Yao Yifeng warned him to leave and Wang Shi and Yan Kui offered their support.
• Yuwen Hao tried to bar Ye Chen from entering the Yuwen Family, but Yan Kui invoked Dragon God Palace’s authority and brought Ye Chen inside.
• Yuwen Jin arranged to drug Ye Chen and the Murong men and sent the assassin Mo Luo to attack them from the shadows.
• Mo Luo’s technique made Murong Wu and Murong Zhisui drowsy, but Ye Chen stayed alert and pierced the gray shadow with Lotus Heart Sword Qi.
• The wounded attacker flew into the plaza and was revealed to be a strange gray monkey with blue blood.

Ye Chen exposed the Yuwen Family’s Mo Luo and challenged its claim that it had no connection to the beast. As Yuwen Jin pressed ahead with Yuwen Ye’s wedding to Murong Qingcheng, Ye Chen revealed that the bride was being controlled and faced Yuwen Hao in a duel.

• Ye Chen killed Yuwen Jin’s Mo Luo, prompting the Ancient Orchid Sect to accuse the Yuwen Family of assassinating its Spirit Sea Realm master, Uncle Han.
• Yuwen Jin denied that his family had raised Mo Luo, and the Ancient Orchid Sect held back because it lacked conclusive evidence.
• Ye Chen tried to claim Mo Luo’s corpse for the Dream-Eating Wolf, but Yuwen Jin had a family expert carry it away.
• The wedding began, and Ye Chen objected just before Murong Qingcheng and Yuwen Ye could perform the three bows.
• Ye Chen said Murong Qingcheng was being controlled, then accepted Yuwen Hao’s spear challenge; Yuwen Jin secretly ordered his son to cripple him.

Ye Chen dominated his fight with Yuwen Hao, disarming and injuring him before Yuwen Hao transformed and unleashed the Devil Race Martial Art Demonic Golden Flash. The chapter ended as the attack raced toward Ye Chen and Murong Zhisui realized the danger.

• Yuwen Hao ambushed Ye Chen, but Ye Chen blocked his spear and split apart his Demonic Stele Fist with Sword Qi.
• Ye Chen outmaneuvered Yuwen Hao, pierced his shoulder with Endless Cycle, knocked away his spear, and kicked him into the distance.
• Yuwen Hao transformed both arms and part of his chest, but Ye Chen struck before he could finish and blasted him through a mountain peak.
• Wang Shi and Yan Kui challenged Yao Yifeng after he forbade them from defending Ye Chen, while Yuwen Hao recovered behind his defensive treasures.
• Yuwen Hao formed and fired Demonic Golden Flash, and Murong Zhisui recognized the Devil Race Martial Art as a threat to Ye Chen.

Ye Chen defeated Yuwen Hao and demanded that the Yuwen Family remove the restriction on Murong Qingcheng, but Yuwen Jin refused and the dispute escalated. With Dragon God Palace members backing Ye Chen, Yuwen Ye offered to fight him and claimed he was certain to win.

• Ye Chen blocked Yuwen Hao’s Demonic Golden Flash with the Golden Sword and emerged unharmed while Yuwen Hao was badly injured.
• Ye Chen demanded that Yuwen Jin remove the secret art restriction on Murong Qingcheng, but Yuwen Jin denied that the Yuwen Family had forced her into the marriage.
• Murong Zhisui confronted Yuwen Jin, who admitted the family had restricted Murong Qingcheng to keep her from being influenced by her father.
• Ye Chen called Yuwen Ye a dog bastard and repeated his demand, while Wang Shi and Yan Kui threatened to support him against anyone who tried to stop him.
• After the injured Yuwen Hao was brought back, Yuwen Jin refused to remove the restriction, and Yuwen Ye volunteered to fight Ye Chen, claiming he was certain to win.

Ye Chen fought Yuwen Ye in a duel after Yuwen Jin agreed to lift the restriction on Murong Qingcheng if Ye Chen won. Yuwen Ye revealed his Defense Enhancement innate ability and pressed the attack, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Yuwen Ye challenged Ye Chen, and Yuwen Jin agreed to release Murong Qingcheng from the secret art restriction if Ye Chen won.
• Ye Chen and Yuwen Ye clashed their Momentum, and Ye Chen recognized Yuwen Ye’s fourth-tier Martial Soul while Yuwen Ye noted Ye Chen’s peak fourth-tier Sword Soul.
• Yuwen Ye trapped Ye Chen in the Water Beast Cage, but Ye Chen broke it and endured Yuwen Ye’s Water-Slaying Fist with Slaughter Sword Intent.
• Ye Chen countered Yuwen Ye’s repeated attacks with Lotus Heart Sword Qi and shattered his Hexagram Shield with a powerful sword strike.
• Yuwen Ye activated Defense Enhancement, strengthened his defense and attacks, and clashed with Ye Chen before charging at him again.
• Ye Chen unleashed his Slaughter Sword Intent as Yuwen Ye pressed his assault.

Ye Chen used his Dual Sword Style to drive Yuwen Ye back, then faced Yuwen Ye’s powerful Demonic Golden Flash. As the attack closed in, Ye Chen unleashed Slaughter Sword Intent so immense that everyone recognized it as King’s Sword Intent.

• Ye Chen’s Dual Sword Style struck Yuwen Ye with overlapping upright and reversed sword forces, knocking him backward and destroying the red flower on his chest.
• Ye Chen followed with a swift sword strike to Yuwen Ye’s arm, but Yuwen Ye’s enhanced defense prevented serious injury.
• Yuwen Ye retreated and launched Demonic Golden Flash, a stronger version than the one Yuwen Hao had used.
• Ye Chen released Slaughter Sword Intent beyond his ability to conceal or control it, and the onlookers identified it as King’s Sword Intent.

Ye Chen’s King Sword Intent and Golden Radiance Annihilation Sword failed to overcome Yuwen Ye’s complete set of water-element Superior-Grade Treasures, leaving the two evenly matched. After deciding not to reveal the Thunder Calamity Sword, Ye Chen prepared to use his Void Piercing Finger against Yuwen Ye’s defenses.

• Ye Chen split Yuwen Ye’s dark golden attack with the Golden Radiance Annihilation Sword and struck his Protective True Essence, but Yuwen Ye’s treasures absorbed the blow.
• Ye Chen discovered that Yuwen Ye wore a complete set of water-element Superior-Grade Treasures from the Multitreasury Pagoda, whose combined defense rivaled a Half Supreme-Grade Treasure.
• Yuwen Ye’s treasure set strengthened his attacks as well as his defense, and he and Ye Chen fought hundreds of exchanges without either gaining the advantage.
• Yuwen Ye urged Ye Chen to leave the Yuwen Family, but Ye Chen refused and considered using either the Thunder Calamity Sword or his Void Piercing Finger.
• Ye Chen sheathed the Golden Sword and charged his right index finger with True Essence, producing spatial ripples as Yuwen Ye prepared to face the technique.

Ye Chen overwhelmed Yuwen Ye with the Void Piercing Finger and defeated him with a sword, refusing Yuwen Jin’s demand to throw the match. Yuwen Jin then attacked Ye Chen, while Murong Zhisui, Wang Shi, and Yan Kui rushed to intervene, leaving the Yuwen Family plaza in chaos.

• Ye Chen shattered Yuwen Ye’s defenses with the Void Piercing Finger, leaving him injured and shaken.
• Yuwen Ye insisted he could endure Ye Chen’s attacks, but Ye Chen struck again and broke through his reformed Protective True Essence.
• Ye Chen warned Yuwen Ye, then drew his Golden Sword and stabbed him through the chest instead of using another potentially fatal finger strike.
• Yuwen Jin secretly urged Ye Chen to lose and promised a reward, but Ye Chen ignored him and defeated Yuwen Ye.
• Yuwen Jin attacked Ye Chen, while Murong Zhisui pursued him and Yuwen Family experts blocked Murong Zhisui.
• Wang Shi and Yan Kui fought the Yuwen Family experts as the plaza erupted into chaos.

Ye Chen fought off Yuwen Jin’s attacks until Murong Zhisui arrived and shielded him. After Yuwen Jin released Murong Qingcheng from the secret art restriction, Yan Xin’er appeared, leaving Murong Zhisui stunned by the arrival of the woman he had once loved.

• Yuwen Jin attacked Ye Chen with powerful palm and finger techniques, but Ye Chen countered and evaded him.
• Yuwen Jin unleashed the Flowing Gold Divine Fist, and Murong Zhisui intervened to block its golden blades.
• Yuwen Jin threatened to imprison Murong Zhisui, while Ye Chen demanded that he honor their agreement and release Murong Qingcheng.
• Yuwen Jin removed Murong Qingcheng’s restriction, and she reunited with Ye Chen and her father.
• Yan Xin’er arrived with another woman, and Murong Zhisui recognized his former beloved.

Murong Zhisui rejected the Yuwen Family’s attempt to force Murong Qingcheng into marrying Yuwen Ye, insisting that his daughter should choose for herself. As Murong Qingcheng prepared to refuse, Yuwen Jin secretly threatened her with the antidote to Su Ruhui’s poison, leaving her torn and Ye Chen furious.

• Ye Chen observed Murong Zhisui reunite with Yan Xin'er, Murong Qingcheng’s mother, and noticed Yan Xin'er’s displeasure when Murong Zhisui spoke warmly of Su Ruhui.
• Yan Xin'er argued that Murong Qingcheng and Yuwen Ye should marry because of their Perfect Human-Demon Bloodlines, while Ye Chen challenged her reasoning and defended the couple’s right to choose.
• Murong Zhisui told Yan Xin'er he had moved on from their past and refused to let the Yuwen Family force his daughter into marriage; Su Ruhui felt reassured by his words.
• Yan Xin'er urged Murong Zhisui to approve the marriage, but he refused and declared that Murong Qingcheng’s happiness was her own decision.
• When Murong Zhisui asked Murong Qingcheng whether she would marry Yuwen Ye, Yuwen Jin secretly revealed that Su Ruhui had been poisoned and threatened to destroy the only antidote if Murong Qingcheng refused.
• Murong Qingcheng looked between her poisoned mother and Ye Chen in shock and anguish, while Ye Chen’s expression turned furious.

Yuwen Jin threatened Murong Qingcheng with Su Ruhui’s life to force her into marriage, but she refused and he destroyed the antidote. When the Yuwen Family tried to seize Murong Zhisui’s group, Ye Chen drew the Thunder Calamity Sword and carved a path for them to break out.

• Ye Chen revealed that the Yuwen Family had poisoned Su Ruhui with Shadowless Poison to coerce Murong Qingcheng, prompting Murong Zhisui to attack Yuwen Jin.
• Yuwen Jin offered the antidote in exchange for Murong Qingcheng agreeing to the marriage, but she refused, and he shattered the bottle.
• Murong Zhisui decided to leave with his family, but Yuwen Jin ordered the Yuwen Family experts to surround and capture them.
• Ye Chen, Wang Shi, and Yan Kui resisted the Yuwen Family, and Ye Chen drew the Thunder Calamity Sword when the fighting turned against their group.
• Ye Chen wounded several opponents and unleashed the Golden Radiance Annihilation Sword, opening a gap for the others to break out.

Ye Chen fought Yuwen Lie while Murong Zhisui was overwhelmed by Yuwen Jin and another Spirit Sea Realm expert at the Yuwen Family. Zhang Zhengguang, the Palace Master of Yellow Dragon Hall, arrived and halted both battles, then demanded to know what had happened.

• Yuwen Jin and another Spirit Sea Realm expert attacked Murong Zhisui as Yuwen Family reinforcements kept the Murong Family surrounded.
• Ye Chen used the Thunder Calamity Sword to drive back five Yuwen Family elders, then fought Yuwen Lie with both swords.
• Ye Chen broke through to major completion in Golden Radiance Annihilation and split Yuwen Lie’s crimson vortex, escalating their battle.
• Yuwen Jin pressed Murong Zhisui while Ye Chen and Yuwen Lie’s clash devastated the battlefield; the Yuwen Family’s Human-Demon King shielded nearby buildings without intervening.
• Zhang Zhengguang arrived with two others and forced Ye Chen, Yuwen Lie, Yuwen Jin, and Murong Zhisui to stop fighting.
• Yuwen Jin identified himself to Zhang Zhengguang, who asked what was happening at the Yuwen Family.

Zhang Zhengguang intervened on Ye Chen’s behalf, forced the Yuwen Family to let Ye Chen and the Murong Family leave, and brought them to the Yellow Dragon Hall Branch. There, he removed Yao Yifeng from his post and sealed his strength with the Yellow Dragon Sealing Art.

• Zhang Zhengguang rebuked Yao Yifeng and Yuwen Jin for their treatment of Ye Chen and refused to let the Yuwen Family detain Murong Zhisui.
• Ye Chen insisted that the Murong Family leave with him, and Zhang Zhengguang pressured Yuwen Jin until a Yuwen Family ancestor ordered him to let them go.
• Murong Zhisui learned from Yuwen Jin that the only antidote for his wife’s Shadowless Poison had supposedly been destroyed, then departed with Ye Chen and Zhang Zhengguang.
• At the Yellow Dragon Hall Branch, Zhang Zhengguang assigned Wang Shi to oversee the branch with Yan Kui’s help and announced that Yao Yifeng would be replaced as Deputy Palace Master.
• Zhang Zhengguang used the Yellow Dragon Sealing Art to seal Yao Yifeng’s meridians and prevent him from using his True Essence.

Ye Chen learned that Su Ruhui had been poisoned by Shadowless Poison and had only a month to live, so he planned to seek help from Empress Xuan at Phoenix Cry Mountain. The Dragon King was in life-or-death seclusion, and Ye Chen left Murong Zhisui and Murong Qingcheng with hope that Empress Xuan could save Su Ruhui or delay the poison.

• Zhang Zhengguang had Yao Yifeng taken away and said he would be sent to the Blood War Sea to atone for his crimes.
• Ye Chen learned that Shadowless Poison would become fatal for Su Ruhui within a month and that the Dragon King was in life-or-death seclusion.
• Zhang Zhengguang gave Ye Chen a map to Phoenix Cry Mountain and advised him to seek help from Empress Xuan.
• Ye Chen told Murong Zhisui, Murong Qingcheng, and Su Ruhui that he would travel to Phoenix Cry Mountain to ask Empress Xuan to treat her.
• Murong Zhisui offered to accompany Ye Chen, but Ye Chen told him to stay with Su Ruhui and set out alone the next morning.

Ye Chen traveled toward Phoenix Cry Mountain while cultivating, then was ambushed by Hegemon Fist Master. He used the Yellow Dragon Sealing Art and killed his attacker, but the Dragon Pearl was left drained after a single use.

• Ye Chen flew toward Phoenix Cry Mountain and decided to focus on improving Heavenly Thunder Severance and the Reverse Form.
• Hegemon Fist Master caught up with Ye Chen and attacked him in the sky.
• Ye Chen countered Hegemon Fist Master's punch with the Void Piercing Finger, then sealed his True Essence with the Yellow Dragon Sealing Art.
• Hegemon Fist Master begged Ye Chen to spare him, but Ye Chen killed him with the Golden Sword and took his Storage Spirit Ring.
• Ye Chen examined the drained Dragon Pearl and recalled the conditions and limitations of using the Yellow Dragon Sealing Art.

Ye Chen traveled to the Profound Sect to ask Yan Qingxuan for help treating Su Ruhui’s Shadowless Poison. Yan Qingxuan extended Su Ruhui’s life by three years, leaving Ye Chen and the others to find the antidote ingredients before time ran out.

• Ye Chen reached the Profound Sect and met its Sect Master, Yan Qingxuan, after traveling through the Heavenly Martial Domain.
• Ye Chen told Yan Qingxuan that Su Ruhui had been poisoned by the Yuwen Family’s Shadowless Poison and asked her to save her.
• Yan Qingxuan took Ye Chen through a gateway to the Yellow Dragon Hall branch, where Murong Zhisui and Murong Qingcheng were watching over Su Ruhui.
• Yan Qingxuan used her Profound Marvel Sealing Art to suppress the poison and extend Su Ruhui’s life by three years, but warned that she still needed the antidote.
• Ye Chen showed Yan Qingxuan several spirit herbs he had obtained and said he would help find the remaining ingredients.
• Yan Qingxuan told Ye Chen he could travel and gain experience in the Heavenly Martial Domain while searching for the antidote materials.