Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen defeated the Eagle Demon and joined Murong Qingcheng to stop Tianqin Sect Disciple from capturing the Dream-Eating Wolf. After a fierce pursuit and battle, Ye Chen killed Tianqin Sect Disciple.

• Murong Qingcheng and the Dream-Eating Wolf attacked Tianqin Sect Disciple, but he broke through her barrier and bound the wolf with golden thorns.
• Ye Chen shattered the Eagle Demon's Wind-Fire Core and killed it with Golden Ripples.
• Tianqin Sect Disciple sent three Level Ten Demonic Beasts to hold off Murong Qingcheng while he tightened his restraints on the wounded Dream-Eating Wolf.
• Ye Chen struck at Tianqin Sect Disciple, forcing him to abandon the wolf and flee as Murong Qingcheng intercepted him.
• Tianqin Sect Disciple split into duplicates and fought Ye Chen, but Ye Chen cut through his beasts and severed one of his arms.
• Ye Chen appeared behind Tianqin Sect Disciple and decapitated him with a Golden Sword strike.

Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng harvested the Phoenix Tail Tree, then searched barbarian poison mountains for a mature Skeleton Flower. After finding none old enough among the Iron Flower and Copper Tiger tribes, they headed toward a large barbarian tribe, despite the risk of encountering a Barbarian King.

• Ye Chen freed the injured Dream-Eating Wolf, and he and Murong Qingcheng found and uprooted the Phoenix Tail Tree beneath Myriad Bears Mountain.
• Ye Chen gave the Dream-Eating Wolf a Phoenix Tail Fruit, then stored the tree and the recovering wolf before setting out to find a Skeleton Flower.
• Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng searched Poison Mountain near the Iron Flower Tribe, collected several Skeleton Flowers over a thousand years old, but found none at least five thousand years old.
• At the Copper Tiger Tribe, Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng found no Skeleton Flowers older than two thousand eight hundred years.
• Ye Chen decided to search the territory of a large barbarian tribe, accepting the risk of encountering a Barbarian King.

Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng infiltrated Poison Mountain to gather Skeleton Flowers, but their theft alerted the barbarians and forced them into a desperate escape. Murong Qingcheng used the Demon King’s Essence of Demonic Power to carry them beyond pursuit, leaving her weakened five hundred li away.

• Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng waited until night to slip through Poison Mountain’s defenses and find a valley full of Skeleton Flowers.
• They picked several mature Skeleton Flowers, triggering a change that alerted a demon bird and exposed their presence to the barbarians.
• Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng fled, but a powerful Late Spirit Sea Realm Peak barbarian caught up and struck them with the Barbarian King Great Hand Seal and Barbarian King's Roar.
• As their escape faltered, Murong Qingcheng used the Demon King’s Essence of Demonic Power to propel them beyond the barbarian’s reach.
• Five hundred li away, Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng reappeared, and Murong Qingcheng was left pale from the strain of using the power.

Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng returned to the Murong Family with the materials needed to refine the antidote for Shadowless Poison, then visited Ye Chen’s family. While practicing swordsmanship at the Ye Family, Ye Chen gained insight from a collateral disciple’s flexible-sword technique and brought Golden Ripples to major completion.

• Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng returned to the Murong Family, where Murong Zhisui confirmed that he had Ant King Grass and took the gathered ingredients to refine the antidote for Shadowless Poison.
• Murong Qingcheng accompanied Ye Chen to the Ye Family, where Shen Yuqing welcomed her and gave her the family heirloom Innate Auspicious Cloud Jade.
• Ye Chen reunited with Ye Xuan and Ye Xiaoxiao, then practiced swordsmanship beside a lake while Murong Qingcheng watched with the children.
• Ye Chen noticed Ye Xiaoshui practicing with a flexible sword and realized that its softness and sharpness could guide his understanding of Golden Ripples.
• Ye Chen’s sword strike split the water without disturbing its smooth surface, and he announced that Golden Ripples had reached major completion.

Ye Chen rewarded Ye Xiaoshui with a powerful sword art before traveling with his siblings and Murong Qingcheng. The Grandmaster Ranking then reached the Southern Zhuo Region, where Ye Chen’s forty-eighth-place ranking stunned martial artists across the region.

• Ye Chen gave Ye Xiaoshui the Earth-grade High-tier Heavenly Unity True Water Sword Art, inspiring him to seek revenge on Li Zhao.
• Ye Chen took Ye Xuan, Ye Xiaoxiao, and Murong Qingcheng sightseeing across the Southern Zhuo Region before returning two days later.
• Zhi Mo Wen shops began selling copies of the Grandmaster Ranking throughout the Southern Zhuo Region, sparking a rush among martial artists.
• Readers discovered that Ye Chen ranked forty-eighth, making him the only person from the Southern Zhuo Region on the list and the youngest of the four listed from the Southern Domain Cluster.
• Li Daoxuan and former peers including Yan Chi Huo and Bing Ling bought the ranking and saw Ye Chen’s deeds, battle records, and evaluation.

Ye Chen read the Grandmaster Ranking and reflected on the powerful figures and rising talents across the continent. As the duel between Dugu Jue and Ye Chen drew closer, Dugu Jue defeated Luo Haisong in ten moves, while the continent’s growing host of geniuses made the coming age increasingly turbulent.

• Ye Chen studied the Grandmaster Ranking, saw his own entry at forty-eighth, and wondered whether Baghdad was the Barbarian who had once hunted him and Murong Qingcheng.
• Murong Zhisui refined an antidote that cured Su Ruhui’s Shadowless Poison, and the Murong and Ye families celebrated together.
• Chu Zhongtian entered the Spirit Sea Realm, defeated Lin Tian in the Heavenly Martial Domain, and drew attention as a rising monstrous talent.
• Beiming Hui fought Lan Xieqing and his companions, then pursued them for millions of li and drove them back to their sect.
• Dugu Jue fought Luo Haisong at the Northern Yan River before hundreds of thousands of spectators and defeated him in ten moves.

Beiming Hui decided to challenge Ye Chen before facing Dugu Jue, believing his chances of victory were better. As Beiming Hui traveled to the Murong Family to find Ye Chen, Chu Zhongtian recognized him and followed, hoping to gauge Ye Chen’s strength by watching their encounter.

• At Windward Tavern, Beiming Hui dismissed Lan Xieqing but acknowledged that Dugu Jue was a formidable opponent and said he would challenge him when the chance arose.
• Beiming Hui declared that he would challenge Ye Chen first, reasoning that Ye Chen might not have improved much and that Horizon at Hand could defeat him.
• Chu Zhongtian flew toward the Southern Zhuo Region to assess Ye Chen’s strength and spotted Beiming Hui’s group heading in the same direction.
• Chu Zhongtian realized Beiming Hui was likely going to challenge Ye Chen and followed the group toward the Murong Family.
• When one of his companions noticed Chu Zhongtian trailing them, Beiming Hui allowed him to come along as a spectator.

Ye Chen refined his sword technique by integrating the Essence of Speed into the Wood Profundity, while Beiming Hui arrived at the Murong Family to challenge him. After Beiming Hui demonstrated his spear’s overwhelming speed, Murong Qingcheng went to summon Ye Chen, who had just revealed a sword strike that made grass grow and flowers bloom.

• Ye Chen reflected on how the Essence of Speed could enhance Endless Cycle and the Wood Profundity as he cultivated in a secluded valley.
• Beiming Hui arrived at the Murong Family and demanded to challenge Ye Chen, but Murong Zhisui questioned whether the challenge was worthwhile.
• Beiming Hui offered to leave if Murong Zhisui could withstand one spear strike, then sent him flying with Horizon.
• Murong Qingcheng rushed to protect her father, and after confirming he was unharmed, she flew to summon Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen tested his sword and used the Essence of Speed within the Wood Profundity to make grass grow rapidly and flowers bloom.

Ye Chen accepted Beiming Hui’s challenge and overwhelmed him with his swordsmanship, though he held back to avoid killing him. Beiming Hui prepared to unleash his self-created Horizon at Hand, and Ye Chen answered by proposing a clash against his Spirit Heart Sword.

• Murong Qingcheng told Ye Chen that Beiming Hui had challenged him and had defeated her father with a single spear strike.
• Ye Chen accepted Beiming Hui’s challenge at the Murong Family grounds and exchanged blows with him.
• Ye Chen used Golden Ripples to shatter Beiming Hui’s Dragon Transformation Spear Art and injure him.
• Ye Chen told Beiming Hui to use his strongest spear move, revealing that he had held back.
• Beiming Hui announced Horizon at Hand, and Ye Chen proposed testing it against his Spirit Heart Sword.

Ye Chen defeated Beiming Hui by landing an unseen strike with Spirit Heart Sword, exposing the weakness in Horizon at Hand. After Beiming Hui and Chu Zhongtian departed, Murong Zhisui advised Ye Chen to seek a defensive treasure at the Multitreasury Pagoda, and Ye Chen agreed to go.

• Beiming Hui and Ye Chen exchanged killing moves, and their spectators could not tell who had been struck.
• Beiming Hui discovered blood on his brow, realizing Ye Chen's Spirit Heart Sword had hit him without his sensing it.
• Beiming Hui acknowledged his defeat, resolved to improve Horizon at Hand, and left; Chu Zhongtian also departed after promising to challenge Ye Chen another time.
• Ye Chen explained that Horizon at Hand's straight-line thrust had let him predict and evade the spear while striking Beiming Hui.
• Murong Zhisui told Ye Chen that the fourth level of the Multitreasury Pagoda was opening and could offer a Half Supreme-Grade Treasure, and Ye Chen said he would go.

Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng traveled to the Multitreasury Pagoda, where many of the Heavenly Martial Domain’s young geniuses gathered to seek treasures. After entering its flame and ice worlds, they encountered powerful demonic beasts and found a Superior-Grade Treasure; they continued exploring the pagoda.

• Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng set off for the Multitreasury Pagoda, and numerous young experts arrived at Severed Head Cliff to enter it.
• Yan Fengfeng and the Godshark Princess arrived, sized each other up, and entered the pagoda.
• Jing Aoxuan, Li Xiaoyun, and You Xin decided the third floor was the highest level they could safely attempt and went inside.
• Xiahou Zun arrived, ignored Ye Chen, and entered the pagoda before Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng followed.
• Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng crossed the first floor’s world of flames, where a fire-element demonic beast attacked them.
• On the icy second floor, Ye Chen killed an ice serpent and discovered a Superior-Grade Treasure in its body.

Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng crossed the treasure-aura world and entered the dangerous fourth layer, where Treasure Aura Lifeforms guarded the way and carried valuable treasures. After they encountered a powerful armored lifeform, Yan Fengfeng defeated it and Xiahou Zun intervened to claim its Half Supreme-Grade armor.

• Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng encountered a silent treasure-light attack in the third layer, adapted by flying close to the ground, and reached the fourth-layer gateway.
• Two Treasure Aura Lifeforms formed at the gateway; Ye Chen destroyed his opponent with Golden Ripples, while Murong Qingcheng annihilated hers with Sky Demon Finger after Ye Chen's sword failed to finish it.
• Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng entered the fourth layer, where Ye Chen killed a spear-wielding Treasure Aura Lifeform and claimed its top-tier Superior-Grade Treasure.
• Yan Fengfeng transformed into an azure Phoenix and defeated a Treasure Aura Lifeform wearing Half Supreme-Grade armor.
• Xiahou Zun knocked the armor away from Yan Fengfeng and claimed that treasure belonged to the strong.

Yan Fengfeng fought Xiahou Zun over an azure Half Supreme-Grade defensive treasure, then claimed it after the fourth-floor Treasure Hall appeared. Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng reached the hall, where numerous young experts gathered and began attacking its protective barrier.

• Xiahou Zun tried to seize the azure armor, but Yan Fengfeng countered his attacks and held her ground against his Star Core Finger.
• The fourth-floor Treasure Hall appeared, prompting Xiahou Zun to leave; Yan Fengfeng transformed back into human form, took the armor, and followed him toward the hall.
• After days of finding only two Superior-Grade Treasures, Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng spotted the jade-green glow and flew toward the Treasure Hall.
• Dugu Jue, Beiming Hui, Tantai Mingyue, Lin Tian, Lan Xieqing, and other young experts gathered outside the hall, blocked by a thick green barrier.
• Lu Shaoyou, Bai Wuxue, and the other experts attacked the barrier together, but its green threads absorbed much of their power.

Ye Chen and the other young experts joined forces to break the treasure hall’s barrier, then struggled through a barrage of crystalline energy blades to enter. Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng reached the hall, while several weaker experts remained outside.

• Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng joined more than twenty experts in attacking the green barrier, and Bai Wuxue coordinated their ultimate moves.
• The group unleashed their strongest attacks together, shattering the barrier around the treasure hall.
• Xiahou Zun rushed for the entrance but was driven back by six crystalline spheres’ energy blades before using Sky Drawing to force his way inside.
• Bai Wuxue, Lu Shaoyou, Xiao Chuhe, the Godshark Princess, Yan Fengfeng, and other experts entered the hall through the barrage.
• Ye Chen cut apart the incoming energy blades with his swordsmanship while Murong Qingcheng followed him through the entrance.
• Lin Tian watched Ye Chen enter and bitterly recognized that he could not catch up, while Lan Xieqing watched in silence.

Ye Chen navigated the maze-like treasure hall, defeated Situ Hao when they both found a room, and stopped the fleeing man’s Sword Control Technique. He claimed the Half Supreme-Grade armor inside and imprinted it with a soul mark.

• Ye Chen entered the treasure hall and found himself alone in a maze of winding passageways.
• Situ Hao discovered a room and tried to drive Ye Chen away, but Ye Chen refused to yield.
• Situ Hao attacked Ye Chen with Three Absolutes Sword, and Ye Chen countered with Golden Ripples, overpowering him.
• Situ Hao used Sword Control Technique to launch a flying sword, but Ye Chen broke it with Spirit Heart Sword, forcing Situ Hao to flee.
• Ye Chen entered the room, broke its protective light, and found a Half Supreme-Grade armor.
• Ye Chen imprinted the sky-blue armor with a soul mark, making it his own.

Ye Chen tested the balanced defenses of the Chaotic Sky Armor while Situ Hao vowed to defeat him after advancing his Sword Control Technique. Murong Qingcheng claimed a pair of Half Supreme-Grade gloves, but Xiahou Zun attacked her and trapped her with his Sky Drawing finger art.

• Ye Chen tried on the Chaotic Sky Armor and found that it reinforced his defense without leaving weak points.
• Situ Hao fled after losing to Ye Chen and promised to challenge him again after reaching the second stage of his Sword Control Technique.
• Murong Qingcheng destroyed Xiahou Zun's puppet snake, entered a room, and claimed its purple-black Half Supreme-Grade gloves.
• Xiahou Zun demanded the gloves and urged Murong Qingcheng to abandon Ye Chen, but she rejected him and questioned his strength and talent.
• Xiahou Zun attacked Murong Qingcheng; she used her Darkness Profundity to escape his Star Core Finger and Meteor Fingers briefly.
• Xiahou Zun used Sky Drawing to form a barrier of spatial waves around Murong Qingcheng.

Murong Qingcheng used the Essence of Demonic Power to evade Xiahou Zun through the treasure hall’s maze, then struck him with a powerful Sky Demon Finger. Ye Chen followed her Guidance Jade Token and arrived as Xiahou Zun prepared to retaliate, while violent Sword Intent began breaking through a nearby wall.

• Murong Qingcheng shattered Xiahou Zun’s spatial barrier and fled through the passageways using the Essence of Demonic Power.
• Xiahou Zun tracked Murong Qingcheng with Puppet Snakes and broke through walls to catch up with her.
• Murong Qingcheng used her Guidance Jade Token, and Ye Chen followed its signal through the maze.
• Murong Qingcheng stopped and blasted Xiahou Zun with a Sky Demon Finger empowered by the Essence of Demonic Power, injuring him and damaging his shield.
• Ye Chen arrived beside Murong Qingcheng as Xiahou Zun threatened her, and Sword Intent began cracking through the wall nearby.

Ye Chen confronted Xiahou Zun after breaking through the passage wall and fought him to a standstill, countering his powerful finger techniques with his swordsmanship. The chapter ended as Xiahou Zun launched a close-range Void Piercing Finger and Ye Chen answered with Spirit Heart Sword.

• Ye Chen rescued Murong Qingcheng and confronted Xiahou Zun, who had attacked her after her Sky Demon Finger failed to overcome his Void Piercing Finger.
• Ye Chen countered Xiahou Zun’s Void Emperor Finger, Meteor Finger, and Comet Finger with his sword and Lotus Heart Sword Qi.
• Ye Chen split Xiahou Zun’s spatial barrier with Golden Ripples and pierced the star core gravity of his Star Core Finger with condensed Sword Qi.
• Xiahou Zun charged Ye Chen, and the two entered a close-range fight while Murong Qingcheng watched, ready to intervene if Ye Chen faltered.
• Xiahou Zun struck Ye Chen’s Protective True Essence with Void Piercing Finger, and Ye Chen responded with Spirit Heart Sword.

Ye Chen and Xiahou Zun continued their fierce battle in the passage, with both using powerful attacks and secret arts. After Xiahou Zun took the Blood Emperor Battle-Spirit Pill and renewed his assault, Ye Chen countered his next Blood Emperor Extermination Finger with Thunder Devour.

• Ye Chen injured Xiahou Zun with repeated sword strikes, but Xiahou Zun used the Blood Emperor Extermination Finger to wound Ye Chen and force him back.
• Xiahou Zun accused Ye Chen of relying on his half-supreme armor, and Ye Chen rebuked him for making excuses and relying on his own armor and secret arts.
• Xiahou Zun swallowed the Blood Emperor Battle-Spirit Pill, which restored his injuries and formed blood-colored energy armor around him.
• Ye Chen and Xiahou Zun resumed their close-quarters fight, while Ye Chen relied on his Undying Body and targeted the same spot on Xiahou Zun's armor.
• Xiahou Zun used the Blood Emperor Extermination Finger again, and Ye Chen countered it with Thunder Devour.

Ye Chen weakened Xiahou Zun’s Blood Emperor Extermination Finger and broke through his blood-colored armor, forcing him to flee. Xiahou Zun vowed to grow stronger before the next Grandmaster Ranking in seven months.

• Ye Chen used Thunder Devour to weaken Xiahou Zun’s Blood Emperor Extermination Finger, then endured the remaining force with his defenses.
• Ye Chen and Xiahou Zun traded attacks until Ye Chen’s Spirit Heart Sword Triple Slash cracked Xiahou Zun’s blood-colored armor.
• Xiahou Zun fled, and Ye Chen ended his pursuit after a Void Piercing Finger blast pushed him back.
• Xiahou Zun stopped in a maze passage and resolved to obtain a quasi-top-grade defensive treasure and improve his Mystic Martial Arts before the next Grandmaster Ranking.