Chapter Summaries

The Life and Death Secret Realm opened, drawing experts from the True Spirit Continent and the Blood Sky Continent to its ancient gates. Ye Chen arrived in the Blood Sky Continent, reunited with Lan Shanmei, and brushed off the Undying Devil Young Master before entering the realm.

• Luo Tiandu and other experts discussed the Life and Death Stones and the rivalries among the young geniuses as crowds gathered at the bronze gate.
• The Life and Death Gate opened, and the experts entered; Wang Taiyi arrived later and was knocked aside by a golden-blazed woman before following her inside.
• At the Blood Sky Continent’s gate, Tiger Shao boasted to Linghu Yi while Lan Shanmei hinted that Ye Chen might defeat him.
• Ye Chen arrived and greeted Lan Shanmei, drawing attention from the Eight Demon Youths and the Four Fiends.
• The Undying Devil Young Master approached Ye Chen with a pointed warning, but Ye Chen ignored him and focused on the gate as it opened.

Ye Chen entered the Life and Death Secret Realm, where he encountered deadly fiends and discovered rare treasures. After finding Death Qi Iron, he faced Wolf Shao, who tried to buy it cheaply by invoking his status as a member of the Eight Demon Youths.

• Ye Chen entered the Life and Death Gate just before it closed and arrived on a plain where life and death qi constantly transformed the landscape.
• Ye Chen killed a life and death fiend shaped like an eagle and learned that fiends could contain valuable Life and Death Stones.
• Ye Chen arrived as a brown-robed young man killed a yellow-robed opponent for his Life and Death Stone, then fled when Ye Chen approached.
• Ye Chen traveled deeper into the realm, collecting medicinal plants and discovering Death Qi Iron hidden inside a rock.
• Wolf Shao introduced himself as the chief disciple of the White Wolf Demon Sect and demanded that Ye Chen sell him the ore for five million High-Grade Spirit Stones.

Ye Chen defeated Wolf Shao over the Death Qi Iron and continued seeking a Life and Death Stone so he could advance in the Life and Death Secret Realm. At the Life and Death Bridge, Iron Mad Lord crossed into the inner region, but a newcomer blocked the bridge with a stabilized qi wall, leaving Ye Chen and the others unable to follow.

• Ye Chen rejected Wolf Shao's offer for the Death Qi Iron, outmaneuvered his attacks, and killed him with a sword strike that teleported him out of the secret realm.
• Wolf Shao raged in the Desolate Wilds Mountain Range and vowed that the White Wolf Demon Sect would avenge him.
• Ye Chen traveled to the Life and Death Bridge and met Iron Mad Lord, who warned him that Undying Devil Young Master was exceptionally powerful.
• A young genius attempting to cross the bridge was battered back by attacks from its stone carvings, while Iron Mad Lord crossed safely into the inner region.
• A newcomer crossed the bridge, erected a qi wall in its middle, and stabilized it with crystals, blocking the route for Ye Chen and the others.

Ye Chen broke Duan Lang’s barrier on the Life and Death Bridge and entered the inner region, where he hunted Life and Death Fiends for stones. After obtaining one and advancing to the first level of the Life and Death Threshold, he wondered how much better his chances were against a Life and Death Realm King.

• Ye Chen explained that the bridge’s statues would destroy Qi Force, then shattered Duan Lang’s barrier with one sword strike and crossed into the inner region.
• Ye Chen hunted Life and Death Fiends but found no Life and Death Stone among his first twenty-five kills.
• Dugu Jue and Chu Zhongtian each obtained a Life and Death Stone and considered how advancing would help them compete with other geniuses.
• Ye Chen killed two Life and Death Fiends and found a Life and Death Stone, which he fused into his body while realizing others could plunder it by killing him.
• Ye Chen’s Life and Death Stone was consumed, raising him to the first level of the Life and Death Threshold and doubling his True Essence; he considered whether he could now resist an ordinary Life and Death Realm King.

Ye Chen reached the inner region of the Life and Death Secret Realm and watched Beiming Hui defeat two Blood Sky Continent geniuses before Tiger Shao overpowered him. The chapter ended with Beiming Hui landing beside Ye Chen, whose name shocked the True Spirit Continent geniuses and was unknown to their Blood Sky Continent rivals.

• After stabilizing his cultivation for three days, Ye Chen continued toward the depths of the inner region and came upon a battle between geniuses from the True Spirit and Blood Sky Continents.
• Beiming Hui challenged the burly Blood Sky Continent spearman and defeated him with his Horizon at Hand techniques.
• Beiming Hui defeated a second Blood Sky Continent challenger, bringing the match score even, before Tiger Shao stepped forward to face him.
• Tiger Shao broke Beiming Hui's cage with his innate Sky-Tiger Roar and struck him hard enough to send him flying.
• Beiming Hui landed beside Ye Chen and called his name, startling the True Spirit Continent geniuses while the Blood Sky Continent fighters wondered who Ye Chen was.

Ye Chen confronted Tiger Shao and overwhelmed the Eight Demon Youth with his swordsmanship, even countering his Sky-Tiger Roar. After Ye Chen pierced Tiger Shao’s throat, the hook-nosed young man attacked, and the long-haired young man moved to intercept him.

• The long-haired young man and the brown-haired woman assessed Ye Chen as he arrived to face Tiger Shao and Beiming Hui.
• Ye Chen broke Tiger Shao’s tiger-claw attack and defeated him in clashes of momentum and swordsmanship.
• Tiger Shao transformed into a silver-white giant tiger and unleashed his Sky-Tiger Roar, but Ye Chen adjusted his sword’s trajectory and pierced Tiger Shao’s throat.
• The hook-nosed young man attacked Ye Chen with an eagle formed from demon power, and the long-haired young man rushed to stop him.

Ye Chen killed Tiger Shao and learned that the Sky Tiger Demon Sect might seek revenge, while Feng Piaoling, Ji Hairuo, and Beiming Hui allied themselves with him. Elsewhere in the Life and Death Secret Realm, Xu Jing reappeared and defeated Tyrant Sword Marquis, thinking of Ye Chen as she compared their swordsmanship.

• Feng Piaoling intercepted Eagle Shao's attack, and Ye Chen killed Tiger Shao with a sword strike.
• Eagle Shao withdrew after Feng Piaoling invoked Empress Xuan's protection, and the other Blood Sky Continent fighters left with him.
• Feng Piaoling and Ji Hairuo warned Ye Chen that the Sky Tiger Demon Sect might retaliate, and Ye Chen revealed that he had also killed Wolf Shao.
• Beiming Hui thanked Ye Chen for helping him, and the two began to regard each other as friends.
• Xu Jing fought Tyrant Sword Marquis, overpowered his dual swords, and defeated him with Star-Shattering Fist.
• Xu Jing thought of Ye Chen and said Tyrant Sword Marquis's swordsmanship was far inferior to one person's.

Ye Chen crossed into the core region, where high-tier fiends and Apex Fiends threatened even the strongest young geniuses. After claiming his third Life and Death Stone, he faced an Apex Fiend in the shape of a giant wolf as it charged at him.

• Ye Chen found a Life and Death Bridge and used his Sword Domain to cross it, while another young genius who tried to follow was blasted back by its sound waves.
• Young geniuses across the core region were killed or forced to flee as high-tier fiends and Apex Fiends overwhelmed them; Liu Wujian was slain by a horned fiend.
• Ye Chen killed two high-tier fiends and claimed his third Life and Death Stone, ignoring two second-level geniuses who demanded it.
• A giant wolf Apex Fiend burst from the ground and killed the two men as they tried to flee.
• The giant wolf turned on Ye Chen and sprang at him.

Ye Chen fought an Apex Fiend in the Life and Death Secret Realm and discovered it carried a Life and Death Token, but its regenerative power made it nearly impossible to defeat. After the fiend battered him into the ground, Ye Chen emerged having advanced to the second level of the Life and Death Threshold and faced it again.

• The giant wolf fiend’s space-rending attacks overwhelmed Ye Chen, who used his Sword Domain and Mirror Flower Devastation to wound it and reveal a Life and Death Token inside its body.
• Ye Chen learned that the Apex Fiend could rapidly restore itself with the realm’s life and death energy, while distant young experts sensed the battle but stayed away.
• After two hours of fighting, the giant wolf fiend struck Ye Chen with a beam of life and death energy and buried him beneath a barrage of attacks.
• Ye Chen’s vitality erupted underground, transforming the devastated land into an oasis, and he emerged having reached the second level of the Life and Death Threshold.
• The giant wolf fiend attacked again, and Ye Chen met it head-on with the Evil Cleaving Sword, tearing a thin fissure through space.

Ye Chen killed a giant wolf fiend with Mirror Flower Devastation and continued hunting for Life and Death Stones, while the demons whose heirs he had slain learned of his actions. After Sword Array Marquis killed Feng Piaoling, Ye Chen confronted him and declared that he would kill him.

• Ye Chen broke through the giant wolf fiend’s attacks, killed it with Mirror Flower Devastation, and took its Life and Death Token.
• Wolf Shao and Tiger Shao returned to their sects after Ye Chen killed them, prompting their elders to vow revenge and punish Tiger Shao.
• Feng Piaoling found a Life and Death Stone, but Sword Array Marquis confronted him and killed him with the Wind Sword Formation.
• Ye Chen saw Feng Piaoling die, approached Sword Array Marquis, and identified himself as Ye Chen, the man who would kill him.

Ye Chen challenged Sword Array Marquis and showed that his sword techniques could match and surpass the ranked swordsman’s formations. The Thunderbolt Sword Formation rushed toward Ye Chen as several observers watched, leaving their duel unresolved.

• Ye Chen pierced Sword Array Marquis’s protective essence with the Spirit Heart Sword, wounded his finger, and forced him to recognize Ye Chen’s strength.
• Sword Array Marquis attacked with the Wind Sword Formation, but Ye Chen’s twenty-seven sword shadows broke through it.
• Sword Array Marquis escalated to the Storm Sword Formation, and Ye Chen’s thirty-nine sword shadows clashed with it until both sides’ swords fell back.
• Sword Array Marquis summoned thirty-six lightning swords to form his strongest technique, the Thunderbolt Sword Formation.
• Greatsword Marquis and Shortsword Marquis arrived, while three True Spirit Continent warriors recognized Ye Chen and worried about his chances.
• Sword Array Marquis launched the Thunderbolt Sword Formation at Ye Chen, turning the sky inky blue with lightning.

Ye Chen defeated Sword Array Marquis’s Thunderbolt Sword Formation, then joined Qin Tianxiong and two companions on the way to the Life and Death Hall. After fiends killed the companions, Ye Chen and Qin Tianxiong reached the Hall, where many powerful young experts had gathered and Xu Jing arrived in golden flames.

• Sword Array Marquis’s Thunderbolt Sword Formation broke through Ye Chen’s two Sword Serpents, but Ye Chen cleaved it apart with the Evil Cleaving Sword, chipping thirteen of its swords.
• Sword Array Marquis escaped on his Flying Sword Formation, while Giant Sword Marquis and Shortsword Marquis fled and Ye Chen agreed to search for the Life and Death Hall with Qin Tianxiong and two other True Spirit Seven Heroes.
• Two high-level ghost fiends and three self-detonating fiends attacked the group, killing Qin Tianxiong’s two companions before Ye Chen could save them.
• Ye Chen and Qin Tianxiong reached the Life and Death Hall, where numerous experts from the three continents and overseas had gathered.
• Xu Jing arrived in golden flames, and when Snake Shao attacked her with his Nine-Headed Serpent phantom, she shattered its horn and blew apart its head and half its body.

Xu Jing defeated Snake Shao, and the four groups gathered Life and Death Tokens to enter the Life and Death Hall. The True Spirit Continent’s last token was claimed just before Ye Chen and Qin Tianxiong arrived, but Ye Chen revealed that he had a token of his own.

• Xu Jing overwhelmed Snake Shao with her strength and a powerful punch, then joined the True Spirit Continent group.
• Star Sword Marquis proposed that the four groups take turns fighting Apex Fiends for Life and Death Tokens, and the groups agreed.
• The True Spirit Continent, overseas group, Blood Sky Continent, and Sky Sword Continent each killed Apex Fiends and obtained tokens.
• The True Spirit Continent killed another Apex Fiend, and the Life and Death Hall opened before Ye Chen arrived; Xu Jing entered with the others.
• Ye Chen and Qin Tianxiong arrived too late to claim the True Spirit Continent’s token, but Ye Chen revealed that he had a Life and Death Token.

Ye Chen entered the Life and Death Hall, reunited with Xu Jing, and learned that she was a Golden Dragon of the Dragon Clan. The Life and Death Stone Tablet began ranking the contestants by life aura, with Ye Chen holding first place as Snake Shao prepared to test his rank.

• Ye Chen entered the Life and Death Hall with Qin Tianxiong, drawing the attention of the young powerhouses gathered there.
• Ye Chen reunited with Xu Jing and embraced her, then learned she was a Golden Dragon who cultivated Golden Dragon Force.
• A previous candidate ranking appeared, followed by the blank Life and Death Stone Tablet, which contestants used to register their names and compare life auras.
• Ye Chen’s name rose to first place on the tablet, and Star Sword Marquis ranked second despite his high cultivation.
• Chu Zhongtian nearly displaced Ye Chen with his powerful life aura, but Ye Chen held first place as Snake Shao stepped forward to leave his name.

The Life and Death Stone Tablet rankings placed Xu Jing first, Elephant Shao second, and Ye Chen among the strongest, before the gathering began its points battles. Ye Chen defeated Shortsword Marquis in a single strike, while the tournament continued to reveal the contestants’ abilities.

• Snake Shao failed to surpass Ye Chen’s life aura, but Undying Devil Young Master took first place until Elephant Shao’s test pushed him down.
• Xu Jing’s life aura ranked first, and the blurry figure announced that contestants would battle everyone once for points and Life and Death Stones.
• Lan Shanmei defeated Greatsword Marquis in two slashes, and Dugu Jue overcame Eagle Shao with his deadly blade technique.
• Star Sword Marquis defeated Ji Hairuo with a single sword strike as the points battles continued.
• Ye Chen faced Shortsword Marquis and defeated him with one sword strike.

Ye Chen and the other contenders fought through the points battles, revealing the strength of the leading geniuses. After Undying Devil Young Master defeated Chu Zhongtian, he faced Ye Chen, whom most spectators expected him to beat.

• Ye Chen defeated Shortsword Marquis with one sword strike, and Snow Sword Marquis defeated Lu Shaoyou with a single unseen draw.
• Chu Zhongtian defeated Wang Taiyi in three moves, while Tantai Mingyue, Elephant Shao, Undying Devil Young Master, and Luo Tiandu also won their opening battles.
• After six rounds, Ye Chen defeated Wang Taiyi, while Undying Devil Young Master beat Yan Fengfeng and Sword Array Marquis lost to Jiang Tian.
• Undying Devil Young Master overcame Chu Zhongtian in a fierce fight, relying on his Undying Body to endure Chu Zhongtian's attacks.
• Undying Devil Young Master faced Ye Chen in the tenth round, and Qin Tianxiong declared that Ye Chen could defeat him.

Ye Chen defeated the Undying Devil Young Master in their secret-chamber duel, first breaking through his powerful palm techniques and then using his Sword Domain to overcome his Undying Body. The spectators were left shaken by Ye Chen’s strength as he entered the small secret chamber.

• The Undying Devil Young Master attacked Ye Chen with Turbid World Devil Palm, but Ye Chen traced the gaps in its force and wounded him with Sword Qi.
• The Undying Devil Young Master compressed his palm force into Turbid World Calamity, but Ye Chen split the attack with Crescent Moon and sent him crashing into the chamber wall.
• The Undying Devil Young Master restored his injuries and launched a close-range counterattack after Ye Chen pierced his throat with Sword Step.
• Ye Chen used his Sword Domain to immobilize the Undying Devil Young Master and cut off his head, winning the duel.
• Ye Chen entered the small secret chamber while Chu Zhongtian and the other spectators watched in shock.

Ye Chen and the other contenders watched a series of fierce Life and Death Hall battles before he faced Tantai Mingyue, whose Space Blink made her difficult to hit. The chapter ended with both fighters using deceptive clones and appearing behind one another, leaving their duel unresolved.

• Iron Mad Lord completely demonized, but Tantai Mingyue used her Space Profundity movement art to defeat him.
• Lan Shanmei defeated Sword Array Marquis with a powerful slash, while Dugu Jue killed Snake Shao after overcoming his Heavenly Demon secret art.
• Luo Tiandu defeated Sha Ruoqing, and Ye Chen learned that Jiang Tian had obtained a defensive technique based on Space Profundity.
• Ye Chen and Tantai Mingyue began their match, and she challenged him to break her Space Blink.
• Ye Chen tricked Tantai Mingyue with a shadow clone, but she also left a moonlight clone and reappeared behind him, leaving the spectators unsure which fighter had the advantage.

Ye Chen defeated Tantai Mingyue by exploiting the movement track of her Space Blink, and Lan Shanmei beat Dugu Jue through her higher cultivation. Snow Sword Marquis then defeated Tantai Mingyue with dazzling swordsmanship, leaving the spectators questioning whether Ye Chen was truly stronger.

• Ye Chen blocked Tantai Mingyue's Space Blink attacks, pierced her through space, and explained that he had intercepted the movement track her technique followed.
• Lan Shanmei overcame Dugu Jue in their blade duel, using her higher cultivation to numb his arm and strike off his head.
• Snow Sword Marquis anticipated Tantai Mingyue's feints and held his own against her for more than ten exchanges.
• Snow Sword Marquis used Snow Dance Across the Heavens to slash Tantai Mingyue's throat and win their match.
• Spectators praised Snow Sword Marquis and began doubting whether Ye Chen was stronger.

Xu Jing crushed the Undying Devil Young Master, then Snow Sword Marquis defeated Lan Shanmei in a brutal duel that cost him an arm. The twenty-fourth round ended with Ye Chen matched against Star Sword Marquis, setting up another peak swordsman showdown.

• Xu Jing overwhelmed the Undying Devil Young Master's regeneration with her Golden Dragon Force and killed him with Poison Dragon Fist.
• Snow Sword Marquis and Lan Shanmei exchanged powerful sword and blade techniques, with Lan Shanmei's Demon Slash blocked by his rotational sword technique.
• Lan Shanmei unleashed Annihilation Slash, but Snow Sword Marquis deflected it with Pinnacle Ice Thrust and shattered nearly half her body while losing his left arm.
• Ye Chen studied the duel and compared Lan Shanmei's vibrating force with Snow Sword Marquis's compressive sword technique.
• The Life and Death Stone Tablet matched Ye Chen against Star Sword Marquis for the final battle of the twenty-fourth round.