Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen searched Four Square City for a Heart Protecting Flower to help him break through to the Half-Step King realm, but found other heart-nourishing herbs instead. After spending three days strengthening his heart with Heart Nourishing Grass, he and Murong Qingcheng visited a teahouse where experts gathered to form teams for exploring ruins.

• After watching Lion Shaobao kill Hong Aokun, Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng traveled to Four Square Island and bought a map of Four Square City.
• Ye Chen searched materials shops for a Heart Protecting Flower and bought three stalks of Heart Nourishing Grass, two stalks of Spirit-Fusing Grass, and an Ice Spirit Flower for 1.28 million High-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Ye Chen learned that a Heart Protecting Flower had sold at auction for five million High-Grade Spirit Stones, while Murong Qingcheng bought inexpensive spiritual herbs with demonic properties.
• Ye Chen consumed the youngest Heart Nourishing Grass and spent three days allowing its medicinal power to strengthen his heart.
• Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng went to a central-square teahouse where powerful experts sought companions for exploring ruins.

Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng joined a group of powerful cultivators planning to explore the True Water Palace Ruins. After learning the ruins were dangerous and held the legacy of an ancient sect, they agreed to depart with the group.

• Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng observed several formidable cultivators in the teahouse, including a mysterious woman in yellow and an old man in a raincoat.
• A teahouse attendant invited Murong Qingcheng and Ye Chen into a Secret Pavilion, where several experts questioned Ye Chen’s presence and one man challenged him with Soul Force.
• Ye Chen’s Soul Force counterattack made the sallow-faced burly man suffer, prompting the group to treat Ye Chen with greater respect.
• The bronze-skinned burly man explained that he had gathered the group to explore the True Water Palace Ruins, once home to thirteen Life and Death Realm Kings and the True Water Great Emperor.
• Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng agreed to join the expedition, and the group set out after sharing tea and pastries.

Jin Wanshuang led Ye Chen and the others to submerged ruins beneath the Treasure Radiance Sea, where they entered a corridor filled with Bronze Armored Soldiers. The soldiers awakened and attacked, forcing the group to fight its way forward.

• After enduring repeated attacks on their journey, Jin Wanshuang guided the group through a damaged water formation to the ruins’ entrance.
• The twin brothers broke the archway’s restriction, and the group entered the ruins, where Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng sensed sinister danger.
• The group reached a corridor lined with Bronze Armored Soldier carvings, and one soldier awakened and attacked the middle-aged woman.
• The middle-aged woman decapitated the first soldier, but hundreds more revived and blocked the corridor.
• Jin Wanshuang ordered everyone to flee through the soldiers, revealing their different fighting styles as they forced a path forward.

Jin Wanshuang led the group through a forest filled with ancient Self-Detonating Flame Insects, whose explosions forced them to choose between advancing and retreating. They charged forward under a barrage of blasts, but powerful blue-tailed insects shattered their formation.

• Ye Chen impressed the middle-aged woman by striking the Bronze Armor soldiers with precise timing as the group crossed the corridor.
• The group entered Flamefire Forest, where a Self-Detonating Flame Insect exploded in the younger twin's hand and charred his arm without seriously injuring him.
• The old man identified the insects and warned that their explosions would attract more, while the group saw swarms blocking the path ahead and sides.
• Jin Wanshuang called for a vote, and nine members chose to advance; the old man and middle-aged woman eventually agreed to follow.
• The group charged through the insects with shields and armor, quickly losing dozens of shields to the blasts.
• A much stronger explosion from the blue-tailed, fist-sized insects shattered the group's formation.

Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng led their group through a deadly passage of Self-Detonating Flame Insects using Murong Qingcheng’s Darkness Force Field. They reached a palace and discovered a vast hoard of Spirit Stones and Energy Gems.

• Murong Qingcheng used her Darkness Force Field to repel the Self-Detonating Flame Insects and protect herself and Ye Chen.
• Jin Wanshuang negotiated with Murong Qingcheng, offering her first pick of the treasure and an extra ten percent so the others could shelter within her force field.
• Murong Qingcheng let the group enter the force field, and she carried them through the long passage until they reached its end.
• The group noticed the woman in yellow seemed unusually able to avoid the insects, then Jin Wanshuang opened the palace doors.
• A burst of spiritual energy from the palace refreshed the group, who entered and found at least five hundred million High-Grade Spirit Stones and seven chests of Energy Gems.

Jin Wanshuang upheld the agreement to give Murong Qingcheng ten percent of the High-Grade Spirit Stones, but Lion Shaobao’s group arrived before anyone could count them. Both teams chose to fight over the treasure, and the battle began with Lion Shaobao charging Jin Wanshuang.

• Jin Wanshuang set aside ten percent of the High-Grade Spirit Stones for Murong Qingcheng, and the others agreed to honor their earlier promise.
• Lion Shaobao and his powerful group appeared at the far teleportation array and claimed the treasure for themselves.
• Jin Wanshuang’s team prepared to fight, with Lin Yuxuan challenging Lion Shaobao and the two middle-aged women facing off.
• Lion Shaobao sent Zhao Shiwen to fight Lin Yuxuan, while Jin Wanshuang stepped forward to meet Lion Shaobao.
• Lion Shaobao ordered his group to kill everyone, and both sides launched into battle.

Ten pairs of powerful fighters battled across the palace while Ye Chen saw through a clone-based ambush and fought the frail middle-aged man. Jin Wanshuang and Lion Shaobao’s fierce clash remained unresolved as the yellow-faced man began to fall behind against the bald fat man.

• Ye Chen recognized that the frail middle-aged man he struck was a clone, countered the hidden true body’s ambush, and began fighting him in earnest.
• Ten battles spread across the palace, while its restrictions protected the structure and the array shielded the High-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Lion Shaobao and Jin Wanshuang traded powerful blows until Lion Shaobao transformed into a golden lion, but Jin Wanshuang cracked one of his teeth.
• The indifferent young man and the middle-aged scholar exchanged hundreds of sword strikes without either gaining a decisive advantage.
• The yellow-faced man was increasingly suppressed by the bald fat man’s slippery True Essence and suffered more bloody wounds.

Ye Chen defeated the lean middle-aged man by using his own Essence of Shadow against the man’s clone and false-body techniques. Battles continued across the palace, with several combatants wounded and the remaining fights unresolved.

• The bald fat man stopped Daerxiong from attacking the masked man, then sent Daerxiong flying and took him on while Daerba continued fighting the masked man.
• The middle-aged woman joined the bearded man against the yellow-clad woman, who prepared to show her real skill against their combined forces.
• Lin Yuxuan and the pale-faced young man wounded each other in a single exchange.
• Murong Qingcheng used her Darkness Force Field and black wings to wound the young woman during their evenly matched battle.
• Ye Chen countered the lean middle-aged man's clones and false body with Martial Arts of the Essence of Shadow, then killed his true body with a sword thrust.

Ye Chen watched the battles over the Spirit-Locking Formation’s vast store of High-Grade Spirit Stones, then saved a gravely wounded swordsman from Lion Shaobao. Lion Shaobao’s group retreated after suffering heavy losses, leaving Ye Chen’s side victorious but depleted.

• Ye Chen studied the unstable Spirit-Locking Formation and left the High-Grade Spirit Stones untouched rather than risk destroying them.
• The cold young man killed the middle-aged scholar in a deadly sword duel but collapsed from severe wounds.
• Ye Chen blocked Lion Shaobao’s attack on the cold young man, and Jin Wanshuang struck Lion Shaobao hard enough to turn the fight against him.
• Lion Shaobao ordered a retreat; a bald fat man accidentally killed the pale-faced young man, while the woman in yellow crushed every bone in the bearded man’s body.
• Lion Shaobao’s group escaped through the teleportation formation, and the cold young man promised to repay Ye Chen for saving his life.
• Jin Wanshuang counted four dead among his ten invited experts and recognized that their victory had come at a heavy cost.

After dividing the treasures and recovering from their injuries, Ye Chen and the others traveled deeper into the True Water Palace Ruins. They reached the ominous Profound Yin Pagoda and decided to enter it in search of its rumored wealth.

• Jin Wanshuang broke the Spirit-Locking Formation, and the group divided 648 million High-Grade Spirit Stones and 70,000 energy crystals among the survivors.
• The group rested until the cold young man had mostly recovered, then followed the road on the right toward the heart of the ruins.
• Murong Qingcheng told Ye Chen she had seen the blurry shadow again, and Ye Chen kept their discovery from the others.
• The group reached the Profound Yin Pagoda, where Jin Wanshuang, Lin Yuxuan, and the twin brothers argued that they should enter despite the heavy yin aura.
• Jin Wanshuang declared that the group would enter the tower, leaving anyone who disagreed to wait outside or explore alone.

Ye Chen and eight companions entered the Profound Yin Pagoda and climbed through its empty, ghostly floors. On the thirty-second floor, they found four treasure artifacts and a painting, and Ye Chen urged the group not to fight before learning what the items were.

• Ye Chen and the others entered the Profound Yin Pagoda, where blue-green flames burned from skeletal skulls set into the walls.
• Lion Shaobao and his group arrived at the pagoda later and entered after him.
• Ye Chen’s group climbed the empty floors, while the weathered old man and Daerxiong argued about the dangers they might face.
• On the thirty-second floor, the group found a treasured sword, a demon-subduing vajra, an Amethyst-Gold Bowl, a jade ruler, and a partly unrolled painting.
• As the group eyed the four artifacts and grew hostile over how to divide them, Ye Chen urged them to identify the items before fighting.

After the four treasures on the thirty-second floor of the Profound Yin Pagoda were revealed as Pseudo-Supreme Treasures, the cultivators fought over them. Ye Chen joined the melee, and the chapter ended with five opponents ganging up on him as he prepared to use a hidden move.

• Jin Wanshuang struck the stone platform, causing the four treasures to unleash their power and the ink painting to unfold as a High Mountain Vista Painting.
• Lin Yuxuan, the twins, Jin Wanshuang, and the weathered old man rushed to seize the treasures, while the yellow-robed woman and the injured indifferent young man stayed back.
• Ye Chen overtook the others and tried to claim the treasure sword and High Mountain Vista Painting, but Daerba and the weathered old man attacked him as the treasures were knocked apart.
• The yellow-robed woman and Murong Qingcheng discussed their demonic and Human-Demon bloodlines while the melee continued around them.
• Jin Wanshuang, Lin Yuxuan, the twins, and the weathered old man joined forces against Ye Chen, who decided he had to use a hidden move.

Ye Chen unveiled Mirror Flower Devastation, injuring five rivals and securing the High Mountain Vista Painting and Evil Cleaving Sword. After the others divided the remaining treasures, the group prepared to ascend to the thirty-third floor.

• Ye Chen used Mirror Flower Devastation to trap five opponents in a distorted mirror and injure them, though all five eventually escaped.
• Ye Chen took the High Mountain Vista Painting and Evil Cleaving Sword, leaving the Demon-Subduing Pestle, Amethyst-Gold Bowl, and Jade Ruler for the others.
• Jin Wanshuang apologized to Ye Chen, then won the Demon-Subduing Pestle; the weathered old man obtained the Amethyst-Gold Bowl, and the twin brothers claimed the Jade Ruler.
• Ye Chen tested the Evil Cleaving Sword and discussed its power with Murong Qingcheng as the group considered what awaited them above.
• The woman in yellow urged everyone to proceed to the thirty-third floor, and the group prepared to ascend.

Ye Chen and the others opened the Five Elements-sealed door to the thirty-third floor, triggering a pillar of light that drew the Human-Demon King toward them. Inside, Lin Yuxuan seized a halberd and was killed by a revived corpse as three more figures rose from their coffins.

• Jin Wanshuang gathered the group’s Five Elements energy crystals and used them to open the stone door.
• A five-colored pillar of light shot from the Profound Yin Pagoda, and the Human-Demon King sensed the disturbance and headed toward it.
• Ye Chen and the others entered the thirty-third floor and found five coffins bearing treasure artifacts.
• Lin Yuxuan ignored warnings, took a battle halberd, and was killed by the pale man who rose from a coffin.
• The pale man absorbed Lin Yuxuan’s blood and awakened three more figures from the other coffins.

Ye Chen and his companions fought four ancient Yin Qi beings on the Profound Yin Pagoda’s thirty-third floor, discovering that evil-cleaving treasures could weaken them but the pagoda continually replenished their Yin Qi. Daerba died, the group remained trapped behind the coffin lids, and the central coffin began to open as a black-robed old man entered the pagoda.

• Ye Chen and the others learned that the four figures were ancient lifeforms sustained by Yin Qi, and the middle-aged man healed Daerba’s attack before killing him with a halberd thrust.
• Daerxiong wounded the middle-aged man with his jade ruler, while Murong Qingcheng revealed that coffin lids had sealed the exit and the group could not escape.
• The four evil-cleaving treasures weakened the ancient beings, so the group abandoned their attempt to break the seal and fought back against them.
• Ye Chen used the Evil Cleaving Sword and Spirit Heart Sword to split the gaunt young man in two, while the others also gained the upper hand against their opponents.
• As the fight continued, the central coffin lid began to shift, while Lion Shaobao and five others failed to escape through the blocked entrance and were driven back to the thirty-second floor.
• A black-robed old man failed to enter the upper floor by tearing through space, then entered the Profound Yin Pagoda from its first floor.

Ye Chen and the others defeated the four evil lifeforms on the thirty-third floor, but the Profound Yin King emerged from the central coffin and nearly killed them with a Soul Sound Wave attack. As they faced certain death, the sealed exit was suddenly blasted inward.

• Ye Chen killed the skinny young man with Mirror Flower Devastation, then helped Jin Wanshuang defeat the burly woman with Thunder Devour.
• The group destroyed the two remaining evil lifeforms, and their cracked evil treasures sent yin energy into the central coffin as its lid shifted open.
• The yellow-clad woman revealed a Pseudo-Supreme Treasure and helped the others attack the exit, but the Profound Yin King emerged from the coffin and seized its treasure.
• The Profound Yin King struck the group with three Soul Sound Wave attacks, killing Jin Wanshuang, the weathered old man, and the cold youth; Murong Qingcheng lost consciousness, and Ye Chen barely endured.
• The coffin lid sealing the entrance and exit was suddenly blasted inward.

Ye Chen escaped the thirty-third floor with Murong Qingcheng as the Profound Yin King and the Human-Demon King fought, unleashing destruction storms throughout the Profound Yin Pagoda. After surviving the storms with help from the woman in yellow, Ye Chen left the pagoda, while the badly injured Human-Demon King escaped afterward.

• The Human-Demon King recognized the woman’s Perfect Human-Demon Bloodline and trapped Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng, but the Profound Yin King attacked him and forced him to release them.
• Ye Chen fled on the Evil Cleaving Sword with Murong Qingcheng as the woman in yellow transformed into a yellow crystal snake and followed him out of the thirty-third floor.
• Destruction storms swept down through the pagoda, and the woman in yellow used her innate ability to shield Ye Chen and help him survive the overlapping waves.
• The storms killed most of Lion Shaobao’s group, while Lion Shaobao, the strange elder, the woman in yellow, and Ye Chen escaped from the first floor.
• The Human-Demon King emerged later, wounded and weakened, blamed the Profound Yin King for growing stronger after death, and tore open space to leave.

After escaping the Profound Yin King’s domain, Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng recovered on an island while Ye Chen refined three Heart Nourishing Grasses and strengthened his heart. With the third grass refined, Ye Chen prepared to make another attempt at the Half-Step King realm, believing his chances had greatly improved.

• The Profound Yin King tried to leave the Profound Yin Pagoda but was struck by golden lightning, while the black-clad old man abandoned his pursuit of Murong Qingcheng to purge yin energy and restore his cultivation.
• Ye Chen hid Murong Qingcheng in a secluded building and attempted to break through to the Half-Step King realm while she remained unconscious.
• Murong Qingcheng awoke on the fifth day, and Ye Chen woke three days later without breaking through; the two then escaped the ruins and traveled hundreds of thousands of li away from them.
• On a safe island, Ye Chen refined his second Heart Nourishing Grass and studied Mirror Flower Devastation, bringing his mastery of the sword art to roughly eighty or ninety percent.
• Murong Qingcheng’s cultivation rose as Ye Chen refined the third Heart Nourishing Grass, which strengthened his heart enough to give him at least a seventy percent chance of breaking through to the Half-Step King realm.

Ye Chen attempted to break through to the Half-Step King realm while Murong Qingcheng guarded the island and fought off a Four-Eyed Thunder Whale. Ye Chen succeeded, and the Sword Qi released by his breakthrough suggested that his Azure Lotus Swordplay had advanced toward a Heaven-grade cultivation method.

• Ye Chen entered seclusion and used Spirit-Fusing Grass to help circulate his True Essence through his arteries as he attempted to reach the Half-Step King realm.
• A Half-Step Demon King Four-Eyed Thunder Whale attacked Murong Qingcheng, but she blocked its strikes and drove it away with Dark Devour and her force field.
• Ye Chen swallowed his final Spirit-Fusing Grass and pushed his blood circulation beyond its limit, damaging his heart and rupturing capillaries.
• Ye Chen broke through to the Half-Step King realm, unleashing a tremendous Sword Qi that made Murong Qingcheng suspect his Azure Lotus Swordplay had risen to Heaven-grade.

Ye Chen discovered that the Azure Lotus Swordplay had become a Heaven-grade Cultivation Method and could form an embryonic Sword Domain. When Murong Qingcheng was confronted by four sea demons, Ye Chen joined her and used the Sword Domain to kill them.

• Ye Chen spread azure currents around himself and realized they formed the embryonic shape of a Sword Domain.
• The Four-Eyed Giant Whale, Two-Headed Monster Python, Flame Giant Bird, and hook-nosed man arrived to capture Murong Qingcheng.
• Murong Qingcheng fought the Two-Headed Monster Python, wounding it with her blade strikes and soul attack before the Flame Giant Bird blocked her Sky Demon Finger.
• Ye Chen emerged from the cave dwelling and unleashed his Sword Domain, filling it with tens of thousands of azure swords that killed the Four-Eyed Giant Whale and Two-Headed Monster Python.
• The Flame Giant Bird fled with the hook-nosed man, but Ye Chen cut them both apart with a Crescent Moon Slash.