Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen entered Blood Radiance Sea to find Blood Crystal Flowers that could strengthen his Spirit Body and help him resist the Astral Starfire Poison. There, he witnessed Unconstant Spear King and Iron Monkey King battling an aberrant Bloodfiend King, whose danger remained unclear.

• Ye Chen cultivated the Poison Transformation Art to minor accomplishment and learned it could temporarily suppress the Astral Starfire Poison.
• Unconstant Spear King and Iron Monkey King entered Blood Radiance Sea to search for a Blood Crystal Flower, determined to survive where their brother Black Horn King had died.
• Ye Chen entered Blood Radiance Sea, fought off a Blood Demon, and learned how its scarlet currents concealed threats.
• After hearing a battle nearby, Ye Chen watched through his Soul Eye as Unconstant Spear King and Iron Monkey King fought an aberrant Bloodfiend King.

Ye Chen ventured through the Blood Radiance Sea, avoided powerful enemies, and searched a mountain range for Blood Crystal Flowers. After killing an early-stage Bloodfiend King and collecting its Bloodfiend Crystal, he began refining it to strengthen his Spirit Body.

• Ye Chen watched a human spear wielder and a monkey demon king defeat an aberrant Bloodfiend King before leaving the area.
• Over three days in the Blood Radiance Sea, Ye Chen survived an encirclement by Bloodfiend Generals and fled from an aberrant Bloodfiend King.
• Ye Chen found a mountain range and entered its dark canyon in search of Blood Crystal Flowers.
• Ye Chen fought and killed an early-stage Bloodfiend King using his Evil Cleaving Sword and Condensing Water Sword Technique.
• Ye Chen collected the Bloodfiend Crystal and began refining it in a safe location to strengthen his Spirit Body.

Ye Chen refined a Bloodfiend Crystal, then gained another by killing a low-grade Bloodfiend King before facing a powerful Mantis Demon King. As the battle turned against him, a high-level King attacked Ye Chen with a secret soul technique, but Ye Chen survived and identified the attacker.

• Ye Chen reflected that his stronger Spirit Body reduced the Astral Starfire Poison’s harm and set out to search the mountain range for Blood Crystal Flowers and Bloodfiend Kings.
• After finding only a fragment of a Blood Crystal Flower, Ye Chen killed a low-grade Bloodfiend King that had defeated a canine Demon King and collected its Bloodfiend Crystal.
• An aberrant Mantis Demon King ambushed Ye Chen, forcing him to fight after its speed made escape impossible.
• Ye Chen damaged the Mantis Demon King with his Sword Domain and sword techniques, but it severed his left arm with a blood-red thread before he regrew it.
• A high-level King’s Spiritual Thought-form fired a secret soul attack at Ye Chen, leaving him vulnerable to a blow from the Mantis Demon King.
• Ye Chen survived the soul attack and looked toward the figure, wondering why a human King was attacking him.

Ye Chen refused to summon the Primal Emperor Image and fought the Masked Man, who overpowered him with lightning and fire. As the Masked Man launched a second attack, Ye Chen broke through to Sixth-Order Destruction Sword Intent and struck back.

• Ye Chen chose to face the Masked Man using his own strength rather than summon the Primal Emperor Image.
• The Masked Man crippled the Mantis Demon King with a lightning-and-fire palm, then attacked Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen used both Sword Intents to defend himself, but the Masked Man’s attack shattered his arms and severely injured him.
• Ye Chen recovered with the Undying Body and retrieved his swords before the Masked Man launched a second palm strike.
• Ye Chen’s Destruction Sword Intent advanced to the sixth order and collided with the Masked Man’s lightning-fire force, startling him.

Ye Chen advanced his Destruction Sword Soul to the sixth order and fought the Masked Man, a powerful Spiritual Thought-form, through a devastating battle. He survived the Masked Man’s Thunderfire Fourfold Heaven by overdriving the Scorpio Sword’s crystallizing power, then fled with his True Essence nearly depleted.

• Ye Chen used his sixth-order Destruction Sword Intent to sever the Astral Starfire Poison’s vitality and drive the venom from his body.
• Ye Chen and the Masked Man exchanged attacks, and Ye Chen used Soul Light and Mirror Flower Devastation to weaken the Spiritual Thought-form.
• The Masked Man unleashed Thunderlight Firestorm to drain Ye Chen’s True Essence, while Ye Chen struck back with a second Soul Light and learned his opponent was a Spiritual Thought-form.
• The Masked Man used Thunderfire Fourfold Heaven and shattered Ye Chen’s swords, but Ye Chen overdrived the Scorpio Sword’s Purple Crystal Iron to block the attack.
• The Masked Man’s Spiritual Thought-form dispersed, and Ye Chen survived with severe injuries and less than five percent of his True Essence.
• Ye Chen healed himself as much as he could, then fled the area to find a place to restore his True Essence.

The dark-skinned expert ordered Blood Shadow to verify whether Ye Chen had survived their clash, while Sky Yin King planned another attempt to kill him for his treasures. Demon Bull King secretly directed Bronze Sword Emperor toward Ye Chen’s Top-Grade Treasure Sword, despite Dragon King’s warning against troubling him.

• Blood Shadow reported that Ye Chen had reached Sixth-Order Destruction Sword Intent and was blasted away by Thunderfire Fourfold Heaven, so the dark-skinned expert ordered him to return and confirm Ye Chen’s death.
• Wang Taiyi told Sky Yin King that Blood Hand King had died and Poison Fire King had suffered severe injuries and lost much of his cultivation in their failed operation against Ye Chen.
• Sky Yin King concluded that a King with soul-attack defenses could kill Ye Chen, then sent Wang Taiyi away to focus on comprehending the Paths of Life and Death.
• Sky Yin King resolved to pursue Ye Chen’s Top-Grade Treasure Sword and True Essence Crystals to strengthen himself.
• Demon Bull King told Bronze Sword Emperor that Ye Chen owned a Top-Grade Treasure Sword, and Bronze Sword Emperor agreed to pursue it while Demon Bull King secretly relied on Dragon King’s warning being unknown to him.

Ye Chen restored his True Essence, continued hunting Bloodfiend Kings in the Blood Radiance Sea, and sought crystals to strengthen his Spirit Body. He rescued Unconstant Spear King and Iron Monkey King by killing a Mid-Grade Bloodfiend King, gaining a crystal that could nearly carry his Spirit Body to the fifth tier.

• Ye Chen used seventy thousand True Essence Crystals to recover most of his True Essence and decided to remain in the Blood Radiance Sea in search of a Blood Crystal Flower or more Bloodfiend Crystals.
• Ye Chen killed Low-Grade Bloodfiend Kings and collected four Low-Grade Bloodfiend Crystals.
• Unconstant Spear King and Iron Monkey King fought a Mid-Grade Bloodfiend King, whose regeneration left them near defeat.
• Unconstant Spear King unleashed Wind-and-Cloud Lightning Spear and wounded the Mid-Grade Bloodfiend King, but the demon prepared to attack him again.
• Ye Chen struck the Mid-Grade Bloodfiend King twice with Mirror Flower Devastation and killed it, then took its crystal as Unconstant Spear King and Iron Monkey King stared in disbelief.

Ye Chen accepted the mid-tier Bloodfiend Crystal after killing the Bloodfiend King, then refined it in a cave and advanced his Spirit Body to the fifth order. He emerged with a manifested Life Magnetic Field, greater durability and recovery, and improved sustained combat ability.

• Ye Chen took the mid-tier Bloodfiend Crystal, and Chang Chifeng and Iron Monkey King thanked him for saving their lives and invited him to visit their islands.
• After Chang Chifeng and Iron Monkey King departed, Ye Chen returned to an underground cave to refine the crystal.
• Ye Chen endured the crystal's painful refinement as it purged black matter from his body and greatly increased his life force.
• After several days, Ye Chen's Life Magnetic Field stabilized and his Spirit Body reached the fifth order.
• Ye Chen recognized that his stronger Spirit Body improved his defense, recovery, and endurance, while noting that Body Refinement Kings still had superior close-combat strength.

Ye Chen escaped the Blood Radiance Sea after a powerful aberrant Golden Lion King forced him to retreat, then headed back toward the Eternal Sky Sect. On the way, Bronze Sword Emperor challenged him to withstand three ordinary sword strikes in exchange for borrowing his Top-Grade Treasure Sword, and Ye Chen faced the first strike with his Sword Domain.

• Ye Chen decided to search farther into the Blood Radiance Sea but fled when an aberrant Golden Lion King overwhelmed him.
• After escaping, Ye Chen concluded that his strength would not improve significantly without breakthroughs in his mysteries and left the Blood Radiance Sea.
• Bronze Sword Emperor traveled toward the Eternal Sky Sect, hoping to judge Ye Chen's sword talent and obtain a chance to borrow his Top-Grade Treasure Sword.
• Bronze Sword Emperor encountered Ye Chen and offered to leave if Ye Chen endured three sword strikes, or borrow the sword for three months if he failed.
• Ye Chen accepted the challenge and used his Sword Domain to deflect Bronze Sword Emperor's first strike, earning praise for reaching the peak of the first layer.

Ye Chen and Bronze Sword Emperor tested their sword skills, with neither gaining the upper hand after three exchanges. Bronze Sword Emperor then detected the hidden Masked Man and destroyed his Spiritual Thought-form, leaving the threat behind Ye Chen’s survival exposed.

• Bronze Sword Emperor drove Ye Chen back with his Sword Essence, and Ye Chen recognized that his opponent possessed a sword body.
• Bronze Sword Emperor attacked with spiraling sword flowers, but Ye Chen used his Sword Domain and Vibration Swordplay to withstand them.
• Ye Chen answered Bronze Sword Emperor’s third sword with the Spiral Flying Flower Sword and Sky Severing Sword, and their attacks ended in a draw.
• The Masked Man secretly watched Ye Chen and wondered how he had survived the Thunderfire Fourfold Heaven.
• Bronze Sword Emperor sensed the Masked Man, pierced his head with a sword strike, and identified him as a Spiritual Thought-form.

Ye Chen survived Bronze Sword Emperor’s test and learned more about the danger posed by the Masked Man, then discussed his progress and Dragon King’s impending journey down a Death Road. While investigating a hidden formation beneath Eternal Sky Sect, Dragon King broke it open and revealed a seated figure inside a purple sphere.

• Bronze Sword Emperor let Ye Chen go after he endured three sword strikes, explained the Sword Domain’s levels, and advised him to visit the Sword Dimension after reaching the Life and Death Realm.
• Ye Chen returned to Eternal Sky Sect and resolved to comprehend the Path of Life so he could better defend himself against the Masked Man.
• Dragon King visited Ye Chen, urged him not to rush his comprehension of the Path of Life, and asked him to look after Xu Jing before departing on a dangerous journey.
• Dragon King sensed a concealed formation beneath the mountains behind Eternal Sky Sect and took Ye Chen underground to investigate it.
• Dragon King identified the formation as Fire King’s Spirit-Penetrating Formation and broke it, revealing a cross-legged figure inside a purple sphere.

Ye Chen and the Dragon King discovered the dead Fire Emperor’s recordings and learned about star-rated combat power and the deadly Death Road. The Dragon King left to attempt the Death Road, entrusting Ye Chen with the Fire Emperor’s inheritance and the Dragon God Palace’s secret realm locator.

• The Dragon King and Ye Chen entered the purple sphere and found the Fire Emperor’s corpse and three Jade Slips.
• The Fire Emperor’s recording revealed that he had six-star combat power, left Ye Chen materials and two supreme Mystic Martial Arts, and hoped someone would free the True Spirit Continent from other worlds.
• The Dragon King explained the combat-power rankings and the dangers of the Death Road, then gave Ye Chen the Fire Emperor’s Storage Spirit Ring and martial arts Jade Slips.
• The Dragon King concealed the Fire Emperor’s corpse again and warned Ye Chen to keep his death secret.
• The Dragon King told Ye Chen that the Dragon God Palace’s elites and Xu Jing were hidden in a secret realm, gave him its locating Dragon Pearl, and departed for the starry sky to attempt the Death Road.

Ye Chen left the Eternal Sky Sect to comprehend the Path of Life, witnessing nature’s cruelty and gentleness as he traveled. After protecting an island from pirates and teaching a young genius, the story shifted to a mysterious place in the starry chaos, where powerful guardians discussed preventing anyone from the True Spirit Continent from escaping.

• Ye Chen gave Gao Zhiyuan the Hundred Lifetimes Sword and entrusted him and Elder Lu with protecting the Eternal Sky Sect during his absence.
• Ye Chen left the sect to travel and comprehend the Path of Life, observing a violent ocean storm and a deadly battle between a giant whale and a sea serpent.
• Ye Chen spent time living among islanders and killed the pirates who threatened one island, then taught its young Primal Origin Realm genius and left him resources.
• In the starry chaos, a person with Five-Star combat power was killed after trying to force a way through, and the guardians vowed to keep people from the True Spirit Continent from escaping.

Ye Chen comprehended the Path of Life while living in seclusion on a snow-covered island, bringing him close to the Life and Death Realm. Meanwhile, the Masked Man searched the sea for him with four Life and Death Realm Kings and thousands of Blood-Clad Guards.

• A figure emerged from a mound of blood on a nearby star and wondered why the Dragon King’s blood held no vitality after the Dragon King died on Death Road.
• Ye Chen slaughtered pirates across the sea and reflected on life as a force of constant change.
• Ye Chen watched spring return to the island and comprehended the Path of Life, balancing his aura of life and death and strengthening his combat power.
• Ye Chen planned to let the Paths of Life and Death verify one another before entering the Life and Death Realm.
• The Masked Man searched for Ye Chen with four Life and Death Realm Kings and over a thousand Blood-Clad Guards, learning that Ye Chen had headed north.

Ye Chen discovered the subtle fluctuation that linked life and death while training, and his progress also strengthened the Dream-Eating Wolf. When Blood Blade King intercepted him, Ye Chen killed him and fled, prompting the Masked Man to intensify the hunt.

• Ye Chen identified a fluctuation that connected life and death, while the Dream-Eating Wolf advanced to the first level of the Life and Death Threshold by observing him.
• Ye Chen sensed approaching enemies as the Spirit-Seeking Method let the Blood-Clad Guards locate him from more than nine thousand li away.
• The Masked Man sent Blood Blade King to intercept Ye Chen and ordered him to stall until reinforcements arrived.
• Ye Chen overpowered Blood Blade King with Mirror Flower Devastation and the Condensing Water Sword Technique, then killed him and took his blood blade and Storage Spirit Ring.
• After learning of Blood Blade King's death, the Masked Man ordered the Blood-Clad Guards to search faster for Ye Chen.

Ye Chen ambushed Gray Bird King and badly wounded him, but Bearded King arrived and joined the fight. With both kings attacking together, Ye Chen faced a dangerous battle.

• Iron Arm King and Bearded King discussed Ye Chen's strength and agreed he had to be eliminated before he grew stronger.
• Gray Bird King tracked Ye Chen across the ocean and intercepted him, but Ye Chen's surprise attacks and Soul Light left him heavily wounded.
• Gray Bird King fled into the void, where Bearded King struck Ye Chen with a hammer and knocked him backward.
• Bearded King attacked again while Gray Bird King turned back and unleashed Demonic Feather Slaughter at Ye Chen.

Ye Chen used the Dragon Pearl to escape the Bearded King and Gray Bird King, then secluded himself to comprehend the connection between life and death and approach the Life and Death Realm. After three days, the Masked Man found him just as a Life and Death Tribulation descended.

• Ye Chen summoned the Dragon Pearl's golden dragon phantom, repelled the Bearded King and Gray Bird King's attacks, and fled through the void at tremendous speed.
• The Bearded King pursued Ye Chen while the Gray Bird King stayed behind to recover and wait for the Thunder Chasing King; the Masked Man later joined the hunt.
• Ye Chen stopped on a remote island and used the entwining of life qi and death qi to recognize their connection as taiji, bringing him close to entering the Life and Death Realm.
• Over three days, Ye Chen's life-and-death aura intensified as the Dream-Eating Wolf advanced to the second level of the Life and Death Threshold.
• The Masked Man found Ye Chen on the island, broke through the Dream-Eating Wolf's dream ability, and reached to seize him as the Life and Death Tribulation began.

Ye Chen began crossing the Life and Death Tribulation while the Masked Man tried to kill him, but heaven’s will struck the attacker and forced him to wait. Ye Chen destroyed the unprecedented Apocalypse Dragon Palace Tribulation, only for a second lightning city to descend.

• Ye Chen stored the Dream-Eating Wolf and endured a black storm that pulverized the island beneath him.
• The Masked Man attacked Ye Chen, but heavenly lightning destroyed his strike and burned him when he targeted the tribulation crosser.
• Ye Chen fought off the Heavenly Lightning Tribulation’s thunderballs as a vast Apocalypse Dragon Palace descended, astonishing the Masked Man.
• Ye Chen unleashed repeated lethal sword techniques and blasted the lightning city apart.
• A dragon roared, and another lightning city descended, leaving the Masked Man stunned.

Ye Chen fought the Apocalypse Dragon, the final and most powerful challenge of his Heavenly Lightning Tribulation, and defeated it after a grueling battle. With almost no True Essence left, he had passed the first stage of the Life and Death Tribulation, while the kings planned to kill him during the Soul Tribulation.

• Ye Chen endured the lightning dragons and rammed the lightning city back toward the black hole until an Apocalypse Dragon emerged and blasted him into the sea.
• Ye Chen severed the Apocalypse Dragon's claws and attacked its body, but its tail sent him flying and shattered his right arm.
• Ye Chen realized he had to wear down the Apocalypse Dragon, and the Masked Man, Bearded King, Iron Arm King, and Gray Bird King agreed to attack him after the Soul Tribulation.
• Ye Chen's True Essence dwindled as his attacks weakened the Apocalypse Dragon, reducing its combat strength from two-star high-level to one-star low-level.
• Ye Chen split the weakened Apocalypse Dragon apart and survived the Heavenly Lightning Tribulation with only a trace of True Essence remaining.

Ye Chen endured the Wind and Fire Grand Tribulation, resisted a heart-demon illusion, and began the Soul Tribulation as Heaven and Earth Origin Energy poured into him. Seeing that Ye Chen’s soul remained strong, the Masked Man fled before Ye Chen could complete his breakthrough.

• Ye Chen quickly restored his True Essence, then endured the first wave of gale winds and heavenly fire.
• Ye Chen survived the Venomous Heavenly Wind and Heavenly Flame Flow while the Gray Bird King, Bearded King, Iron Arm King, and Masked Man watched.
• Ye Chen recognized the valley and its visions of Xu Jing and Murong Qingcheng as a heart demon, then shattered the illusion with his sword Momentum.
• Ye Chen passed the Wind and Fire Grand Tribulation and entered the Soul Tribulation, drawing condensed Heaven and Earth Origin Energy into his body.
• The Masked Man realized Ye Chen’s soul was not weakened and fled into the void.