Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen and his companions traveled to Emperor Canyon to see the Emperor's Imprint Monument, whose Emperor Aura challenged even Grandmaster-level fighters. As Ye Chen stood closer than the others, he examined the monument’s ancient marks and learned the history of the Ancient Sword King.

• Ye Chen and the gathered geniuses left Lotus City and traveled through the Meteorite Mountain Range toward Emperor Canyon.
• Yan Fengfeng explained that Emperor Canyon held an ancient monument marked by Emperor-level Kings and that its lingering aura was called Emperor Aura.
• The group descended into the canyon and stopped a hundred miles from the monument, where its aura made their True Essence, blood, and heartbeats surge.
• Hai Wuyai stopped at seventy-five miles, and Murong Qingcheng and Yan Fengfeng halted at sixty miles while Ye Chen remained composed.
• Yan Fengfeng identified the monument’s first fist mark as Ancient Emperor’s and its second claw mark as Forsaken Heaven Emperor’s.
• Yan Fengfeng explained that the eighth sword mark belonged to the Ancient Sword King, who had marked the monument despite not being an Emperor-level King.

Ye Chen learned that the Void Piercing Finger came from the Four Extreme Emperor and that his White Key was tied to the Aries King’s tomb, while Yan Fengfeng recounted the Emperor’s history. Elsewhere, Liu Wujian overwhelmed Heaven Sword Sect and struck him down with his Sea-Shifting Sword Qi.

• Yan Fengfeng explained that the Four Extreme Emperor had mastered Space Profundity and created the Void Piercing Finger, which Ye Chen recognized as the source of the technique he had learned.
• Yan Fengfeng described how the Four Extreme Emperor entrusted one form of Void Piercing Finger to each of his four beast subordinates, including the Aries King, and how their tombs surrounded his hidden tomb.
• Ye Chen realized his White Key marked Aries and might open the Aries King’s tomb, which was linked to the Four Extreme Emperor’s tomb.
• Yan Fengfeng continued recounting the Emperor-level Kings, including the final Primal Emperor, as Ye Chen considered the vast distance between his own strength and theirs.
• Liu Wujian countered Heaven Sword Sect’s attacks and shattered his Sword Formation with his own Sea-Shifting Sword Qi.
• Liu Wujian’s attack struck Heaven Sword Sect, who spat blood and flew backward.

Liu Wujian defeated the Heaven Sword Sect Master with A Thousand Li in One Line, prompting fears that he could overpower every Spirit Sea Realm grandmaster on True Spirit Continent. As news spread and Nine Dragon Lake’s September eighteenth gathering loomed, a young man was sent toward the Heavenly Martial Domain to pursue the Four Supreme Emperors' Tomb.

• Liu Wujian shattered the Heaven Sword Sect Master's Heartstrike Sword, severely wounded him, and left with his companions.
• The Heaven Sword Sect Master warned Xu Yuan of the Earth Sword Sect and the Origin Sword Sect Master that Liu Wujian had not revealed his full strength and might defeat every Spirit Sea Realm grandmaster.
• A middle-aged man sent his disciple Tian'er to the Heavenly Martial Domain with the Scorpio King's key and the first style of the Void Piercing Finger to seek the Four Supreme Emperors' Tomb.
• Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng remained in the Heavenly Martial Domain, while news of Liu Wujian's challenge at Nine Dragon Lake spread across the continent.
• The coming September eighteenth gathering at Nine Dragon Lake became a test of True Spirit Continent's standing against the West Sea.

As September 18 arrived, Liu Wujian came to Nine Dragon Lake with his two companions, drawing the attention of the gathered geniuses. His follower Nalan defeated Beiming Hui, demonstrating the formidable strength of Liu Wujian’s entourage as Ye Chen remained absent.

• Dugu Jue read about Liu Wujian’s victories, decided to test him as a potential rival, and left the Evil Demon Cave after concluding it no longer helped him.
• Top geniuses gathered at Nine Dragon Lake, where Lu Shaoyou called Liu Wujian very strong and Situ Hao looked forward to testing his improved Sword Control Technique.
• Liu Wujian arrived with Nalan and a burly young man, noticed Ye Chen was absent, and said there were others present who interested him.
• Beiming Hui challenged Liu Wujian, but Liu sent Nalan to fight him instead.
• Nalan countered Beiming Hui’s first two spear moves and broke his third move, Horizon Forever Apart, with her Subduing Dragon Rupture Kill.
• Nalan struck Beiming Hui with her whip and sent him flying, shocking the crowd with the strength of Liu Wujian’s follower.

Chu Zhongtian challenged Liu Wujian’s group and used his Astral Spirit Body to suppress Nalan, but Gu Lie defeated him in three strikes. Ye Chen observed the fight from several hundred miles away as the gathered geniuses realized how dangerous their opponents were.

• Chu Zhongtian challenged Nalan, who recognized his Astral Spirit Body but still fought him.
• Chu Zhongtian used successive mace techniques to suppress Nalan and break through her defenses, but she eventually bound and crushed his protective Gang Essence.
• Chu Zhongtian broke Nalan’s whip restraint, but Gu Lie stepped in and announced he would defeat him in three strikes.
• Gu Lie’s three blade strikes pierced Chu Zhongtian’s defenses and sent him flying, defeating him.
• The spectators feared few present could match Gu Lie, while Liu Wujian remarked that even he would need to fight carefully against Gu Lie.
• Ye Chen watched the battle from several hundred miles away and noted Gu Lie’s overbearing blade art.

Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng arrived at Nine Dragon Lake as tensions rose between True Spirit Continent and the West Sea. Dugu Jue defeated Gu Lie decisively, leaving Liu Wujian wary and eager to test himself against Dugu Jue.

• Ye Chen arrived at Nine Dragon Lake, where the crowd welcomed him and Liu Wujian challenged him to defeat Gu Lie first.
• Yan Fengfeng offered to fight Gu Lie, but Dugu Jue arrived and took her place.
• Dugu Jue and Gu Lie exchanged blade techniques, with Dugu Jue gradually gaining the advantage.
• Dugu Jue unleashed his Despair Fox attack, shattered Gu Lie's Protective True Essence, and defeated him.
• The woman in colorful robes dismissed the Sword Sect Master, while Liu Wujian recognized Dugu Jue as a formidable opponent and looked forward to fighting him.

Lu Shaoyou challenged Liu Wujian and, despite showing major improvement, was defeated after a fierce exchange. Ye Chen then stepped forward, unleashing a Sword Intent that stunned everyone and left Dugu Jue trembling with anticipation.

• Li Xiaoyun and the other spectators assessed Dugu Jue’s strength, while Situ Hao resolved to work harder rather than be left behind.
• Lu Shaoyou challenged Liu Wujian, and the woman in colorful robes tested his improved strength before Liu Wujian took up the fight.
• Liu Wujian countered Lu Shaoyou’s sword techniques and overwhelmed him, though Lu Shaoyou’s Golden Wind forced Liu Wujian back for the first time.
• Ye Chen told Murong Qingcheng he would take the field and released a Sword Intent that covered Nine Dragon Mountain and Nine Dragon Lake.
• Bai Wuxue was shocked by Ye Chen’s Sword Intent, while Dugu Jue felt excited and uneasy as he anticipated facing him.

Ye Chen and Liu Wujian fought a fierce sword duel at Nine Dragon Mountain, with Ye Chen’s Destruction Sword Intent and attacks gradually suppressing Liu Wujian. Liu Wujian unleashed his killing move and claimed his true strength still exceeded Ye Chen’s, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Ye Chen’s fifth-rank Destruction Sword Intent clashed with Liu Wujian’s Cloudsoaring Sword Intent, forcing nearby spectators to retreat from the will storm.
• Liu Wujian attacked with Wave Severing and a rapid barrage of sword strikes, but Ye Chen blocked and countered him blow for blow.
• Liu Wujian expanded Sea-Shifting Sword Qi into an ocean, but Ye Chen broke through it and drove him back with repeated Thunder Devour attacks.
• Liu Wujian used A Thousand Li in One Line to sever Ye Chen’s thunderballs, but Ye Chen compressed Thunder Devour into a beam that struck Liu Wujian and made his Blood and Qi churn.
• Liu Wujian acknowledged Ye Chen as the first opponent to match him, then declared that his greater strength would bring Ye Chen’s defeat.

Ye Chen and Liu Wujian unleashed their strongest sword techniques, turning the sky above Nine Dragon Lake into a battlefield of blood-red and black energy. Their clash continued as a test of endurance, with neither fighter yet defeated.

• Liu Wujian attacked with Whale Breaches Water, Wild Slaughter, but Ye Chen detonated a lightning sphere inside the sword-qi whale and shattered it.
• The explosion blasted Ye Chen and Liu Wujian miles apart, while the spectators retreated from the shockwave.
• Liu Wujian raised his Cloudsoaring Sword Intent and unleashed Blood Sea Pagoda, filling the sky with a sea of blood and sword shadows.
• Ye Chen countered with Golden Tempest, and the two traded attacks until their energies formed a massive tornado storm.
• Ye Chen activated his Dragon Bone Defense Layer and Chaotic Sky Armor, while Liu Wujian relied on his armor and Nethersea Necklace to withstand the continuing assault.

Ye Chen and Liu Wujian traded blows in a battle of endurance, with Liu Wujian’s Half-Supreme accessory giving him strong defenses and greater reserves of True Essence. Ye Chen’s Blood Severing Ghost Finger weakened Liu Wujian, and as their close-quarters clash continued, Liu Wujian began to falter while Ye Chen remained fierce.

• Yan Fengfeng and the spectators realized Liu Wujian’s Half-Supreme accessory gave him a major defensive advantage over Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen used the Blood Severing Ghost Finger twice, severing some of Liu Wujian’s Blood and Qi, though Liu Wujian’s Cloudsoaring Sword Intent weakened the second attack.
• Liu Wujian unleashed a powerful secret fist art, but Ye Chen’s perfected One Finger Breaks Void absorbed enough of its force to cancel it out.
• The two fighters closed in and exchanged increasingly powerful attacks, each taking repeated hits as the battle continued.
• Liu Wujian began to tire and was shocked that Ye Chen remained fierce, apparently recovering from minor shock injuries as they fought.

Ye Chen and Liu Wujian exhausted their strength in a fierce battle before both revealed their hidden techniques. Ye Chen’s Three Swords Fired Simultaneously overwhelmed Liu Wujian’s Secret Sword and left him bleeding from a severed carotid artery.

• Chu Zhongtian recognized that Ye Chen’s endurance and recovery surpassed Liu Wujian’s, while Liu Wujian realized he could not win by outlasting him.
• Liu Wujian retreated from close combat and announced that Ye Chen had forced him to reveal his strongest hidden card.
• Ye Chen and Liu Wujian revealed their techniques: Liu Wujian unleashed Three-Heaven Sword Qi, while Ye Chen used Three Swords Fired Simultaneously.
• Ye Chen’s golden swords shattered Liu Wujian’s Sword Qi and pierced both layers of his defense.
• Liu Wujian narrowly dodged the Golden Sword, but its Sword Qi severed his carotid artery and caused blood to gush from his neck.

Ye Chen defeated Liu Wujian with Three Swords Fired Simultaneously, forcing him to retreat and vow revenge. As a mysterious plane approached the Heavenly Martial Domain, a young man arrived at the True Spirit Continent and wiped out the Black Slaughter Bandits.

• Ye Chen's Three Swords Fired Simultaneously wounded Liu Wujian, and Liu Wujian stopped the bleeding by dispelling the lingering Destruction Sword Intent.
• Liu Wujian refused to continue fighting, vowed to challenge Ye Chen again after reaching the Half-Step King realm, and left with Gu Lie and the colorfully dressed woman.
• Ye Chen reviewed the battle and considered how advancing to the Late Spirit Sea Realm might let him comprehend Limb Regeneration.
• A miniature plane crossed the void toward the Heavenly Martial Domain, and its approach caused the Emperor's Imprint Monument in Emperor Canyon to flicker.
• A young man arrived at the True Spirit Continent and killed hundreds of Black Slaughter Bandits, including their leader, who had tried to flee.

Ye Chen cultivated the Sword Control Technique until he mastered Five Swords Unleashed, while a violent spatial disturbance revealed that a moving forbidden land had emerged in the Desolate Wilds Mountain Range. Powerful figures across the Heavenly Martial Domain recognized the event and began preparing to investigate, and Ye Chen wondered what news Murong Qingcheng had gathered.

• A mysterious young man defeated the Black Slaughter Bandits, then left for the True Spirit Continent as two Spirit Sea Realm masters praised his strength.
• Ye Chen’s reputation spread after the battle at Nine Dragon Lake, and Zhi Mo Wen officially named him the Grandmaster Ranking’s number one.
• Ye Chen practiced the Sword Control Technique at a courtyard with Murong Qingcheng and came close to mastering Five Swords Unleashed.
• A spatial disturbance shook the Heavenly Martial Domain, and powerful figures recognized that a moving forbidden land had appeared in the Desolate Wilds Mountain Range.
• The young woman at Profound Sect planned to send Feng'er to investigate, the crowned man at Void Sect identified the Four Extreme Emperor’s aura, and a young man at Evil King's Tower prepared to fight again.
• Ye Chen mastered Five Swords Unleashed, tested the five swords on a shield, and wondered what news Murong Qingcheng had brought back.

The emergence of the Four Supreme Emperors' Tomb drew powerful sects and masters to a breach in the Desolate Wilds Mountain Range, where deadly void energy guarded the entrance. After many groups died trying to enter, two more figures set out for the tomb, leaving its treasures and dangers unresolved.

• Scarlet Firmament Adept led his experts toward the breach, but its void energy killed his followers and burned him to ashes.
• Xiahou Zun and the Void Sect's Supreme Elder entered the breach with two other survivors, while another arriving group was killed outside.
• Ghostwood King and Earth Rat King discussed reaching the Four Supreme Emperors' Tomb early to claim treasures before stronger kings arrived.
• Tian'er told Old Feng that his master had sent him to accompany him to the tomb, and the two flew toward the Desolate Wilds Mountain Range.

Qin Liu and Yan Fengfeng recruited Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng to investigate the Four Supreme Emperors' Tomb, and their group reached the spatial gap leading into the forbidden ground. They entered despite its violent spatial energy, while Evil King's Tower and Nethergate Sect followed with their own groups.

• Qin Liu agreed to invite Ye Chen after Yan Fengfeng reported his strength, and she and Yan Fengfeng went to meet him.
• Ye Chen accepted the invitation to explore the Four Supreme Emperors' Tomb, and Murong Qingcheng chose to join them.
• Qin Liu, Yan Fengfeng, Ye Chen, Murong Qingcheng, and Lin Gaoming traveled to the Desolate Wilds Mountain Range and encountered King Golden-Extinction and Sikong Sheng.
• Qin Liu led her group through the spatial gap, where they endured repeated attacks and entered without anyone dying.
• Punishment King brought Nethergate Sect through the gap, and King Golden-Extinction then led Evil King's Tower inside.

Ye Chen and his companions fought their way through the Azure Wolf Formation, where Ye Chen’s Sword Control Technique helped them defeat a vast pack of wolves. They continued toward the next region, while a gaunt old man and a young man battled firebirds beyond the plains.

• Qin Liu identified the plains as the Azure Wolf Formation and warned the group that its simulated beasts could be dangerous.
• Qin Liu and the others fought hundreds of Azure Wolves, and Ye Chen used his sword-control technique to kill them in great numbers.
• After the wolves were defeated, Qin Liu praised Ye Chen’s strength, and the five continued onward.
• Beyond the plains, a gaunt old man and a young man with glazed-glass runes fought off powerful firebirds over a land of lava.

Ye Chen, Qin Liu, Murong Qingcheng, and their companions crossed the Firebird Formation and escaped an illusion formation before entering the Heavenly Scorpion Formation. They encountered a Half-Step Scorpio King, which withstood Qin Liu’s attacks and struck her as the group tried to retreat.

• Qin Liu led Ye Chen and the others through the Firebird Formation, defeating three powerful Firebirds that blocked their escape.
• Murong Qingcheng used her Devil Eyes to guide the group through Aries King’s illusion formation.
• Ye Chen’s group entered Scorpio King’s Heavenly Scorpion Formation and encountered a Half-Step Scorpio King battling a gaunt old man and a young man elsewhere in the formation.
• After fighting several batches of scorpion demons, Ye Chen’s group faced a massive Half-Step Scorpio King.
• Qin Liu struck the Half-Step Scorpio King with her Groundfall Seal, but its tail hook hit her Half-step True Essence and forced her back.

Ye Chen and his companions defeated a Half-Step Scorpion King and entered a realm rich in spirit plants. As they gathered rare herbs and trees, Ye Chen sensed a powerful spirit tree deeper in the forest, and the group flew toward it.

• Yan Fengfeng, Murong Qingcheng, Ye Chen, and Lin Gaoming held off the Half-Step Scorpion King while Qin Liu prepared her killing move.
• Qin Liu struck the Half-Step Scorpion King with her armillary-sphere attack, destroying its head and killing it.
• Ye Chen and his companions passed through a warped membrane into a realm filled with spirit herbs, spirit trees, lakes, and dense Heaven and Earth Origin Energy.
• Qin Liu gave Ye Chen a Flora Ring, and the group gathered rare spirit herbs and transplanted spirit trees as they traveled.
• Ye Chen sensed an exceptionally powerful spirit tree hundreds of li away, and the group flew toward it to investigate.

Qin Liu claimed a High-Grade Water Element Fruit Tree, and Ye Chen found and stored a High-Grade Fire Pear Tree before two Half-Step Demon Kings attacked them. Qin Liu fought the dwarf demon while Ye Chen faced Ghostwood King, who promised to kill him in three moves.

• Qin Liu uprooted the Water Element Fruit Tree, shared its fruits with the group, and promised Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng more when they visited the Profound Sect.
• Ye Chen found a High-Grade Fire Pear Tree and stored it in his Flora Ring after Qin Liu explained its benefits.
• A dwarf Half-Step Demon King and Ghostwood King arrived and demanded that Ye Chen's group surrender the Fire Pear Tree.
• Qin Liu refused, and the dwarf demon attacked her while assigning Ghostwood King to fight the others.
• Ye Chen challenged Ghostwood King, evaded his life-draining punch, and heard him declare that he would finish Ye Chen in three moves.

Ye Chen tested himself against Ghostwood King, surviving the Half-Step Demon King’s three powerful attacks through his Destruction Sword Intent and Undying Sword Intent. Murong Qingcheng, Yan Fengfeng, and Lin Gaoming joined the fight, but Ghostwood King remained largely unharmed as Ye Chen recovered and prepared to continue.

• Ye Chen used Thunder Devour and Golden Ripples to probe Ghostwood King’s strength, but Ghostwood King absorbed the lightning’s vitality and trapped him with black vines.
• Ghostwood King struck Ye Chen with Soul-Scattering Fist, and Ye Chen used Golden Tempest and Destruction Sword Intent to counter its vitality-extinguishing force.
• Ghostwood King unleashed Soul-Scattering Spirit-Destroying Technique, but Ye Chen’s sword attack and Undying Sword Intent let him survive, while his flying swords struck Ghostwood King.
• Murong Qingcheng attacked with Sky Demon Finger, Yan Fengfeng burned Ghostwood King’s vines with Nirvana Fire, and Lin Gaoming’s strike was easily repelled.
• Ghostwood King admitted he had underestimated Ye Chen, who healed with his Undying Body and emerged with more condensed Momentum.