Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen realized that his apparent victory over the four Masked Men was a second-layer heart demon, and he woke while still enduring the Wind and Fire Grand Tribulation. He steadied his will, completed the tribulation, and faced the four men as he prepared for the final Soul Tribulation.

• Ye Chen used Mirror Flower Devastation to kill three Masked Men and cripple the fourth, but stopped pursuing them when he sensed something was wrong.
• Ye Chen recognized that his hazy memories of the tribulation pointed to a heart demon and roared himself awake.
• Ye Chen realized the apparent awakening and battle had been an illusion within a second heart demon, and he calmed his mind rather than letting doubt unsettle him.
• Ye Chen endured the remaining Heavenly Flame Flow and completed the Wind and Fire Grand Tribulation.
• The four Masked Men felt the pressure of Ye Chen's will as he opened his eyes and looked at them.

Ye Chen faced the Soul Tribulation while the Masked Man and the three kings waited for his soul to weaken so they could kill him. He secretly learned to unleash a Soul Storm and battered the soul warrior, while pretending to be badly weakened.

• The Masked Man, Bearded King, Gray Bird King, and Iron Arm King planned to attack Ye Chen when the Soul Tribulation weakened his soul.
• A Soul Whirlwind swept over Ye Chen, but his soul membrane remained unharmed.
• Ye Chen acted as if the Soul Storm had badly injured him, easing the kings’ fear and making them believe victory was certain.
• A soul warrior attacked Ye Chen with saber qi, and Ye Chen used his newly learned Soul Storm to blunt the blows.
• Ye Chen unleashed another Soul Storm at close range, leaving the soul warrior unsteady and its form growing thinner.

Ye Chen defeated the fourth wave of his Soul Tribulation by wearing down the Primordial Spirit Killing King with Destructive Soul Storms and finishing it with Destruction Sword Intent. After the tribulation, the black hole condensed Origin Energy, and Ye Chen’s Soul Force increased twentyfold, reaching ten times that of an ordinary person.

• Ye Chen destroyed the Soul War General with Soul Storm, while the Masked Man and the kings noticed the next wave approaching.
• A newly born Primordial Spirit Killing King emerged from the black hole and attacked Ye Chen with a tattered stone staff and secret soul arts.
• Ye Chen discovered that Destructive Soul Storm could weaken the creature, and he used Immortal Soul Storm to defend against its counterattacks.
• After reducing the Primordial Spirit Killing King’s soul aura below forty percent, Ye Chen struck it with Soul Light and finished it with Destruction Sword Intent.
• The Primordial Spirit Killing King’s destruction completed Ye Chen’s Soul Tribulation and caused the black hole to condense a vast ball of Origin Energy.
• Ye Chen’s Soul Sea turned pale gold, and his Soul Force increased twentyfold, becoming ten times stronger than an ordinary person’s.

Ye Chen survived the Life and Death Tribulation, absorbed the Origin Energy sphere, and fought off the four kings who attacked him. He left the battle having killed three opponents, crippled the Masked Man, and entered the Life and Death Realm with a hundred years of cultivation.

• The Masked Man, Bearded King, Gray Bird King, and Iron Arm King attacked Ye Chen as he emerged from the tribulation, but Ye Chen struck the Masked Man with Soul Light and endured the others’ blows.
• The Origin Energy sphere restored Ye Chen’s destroyed half-body and advanced his Undying Body to Flesh Regeneration as his Soul Force and True Essence surged.
• Ye Chen killed Gray Bird King with a finger strike, then killed Bearded King and Iron Arm King with sword attacks as they tried to flee.
• The Masked Man revealed that his lord had killed Senior Battle King and urged Ye Chen to submit, but Ye Chen refused and threatened the experts from another world.
• The Origin Energy sphere merged into Ye Chen, bringing his cultivation to one hundred years upon entering the Life and Death Realm.

Ye Chen broke through to the Life and Death Realm, killed the Masked Man, and discovered that his Sword Domain had advanced to its second level. After confirming his allies were safe, he planned to cultivate, while a hidden Blood Shadow faction ordered Demon Horn to assassinate him.

• Ye Chen used his new Space Profundity to seize and kill the Masked Man a hundred thousand miles away.
• Ye Chen retrieved the Storage Spirit Rings of Iron Arm King, Bearded King, and the Masked Man, then assessed how his Azure Lotus Swordplay and Sword Domain had improved.
• Ye Chen used his Soul Eye to check the Eternal Sky Sect, the Flowing Cloud Sect, and the Ye Family, found them safe, and decided to cultivate in seclusion.
• A black-skinned expert learned that Thunder Chasing King and the others had failed and suspected Ye Chen had entered the Life and Death Realm.
• The black-skinned expert summoned the curved-horned Blood Shadow, identified as Demon Horn, and ordered him to find and kill Ye Chen.

After Ye Chen entered the Life and Death Realm, seven-colored heavenly flowers appeared across the True Spirit Continent, drawing attention from allies and enemies alike. Half a month later, his profundities had advanced and his combat strength had reached the Four-Star level, so he began developing a new Space Profundity swordplay.

• Seven-colored heavenly flowers fell across the True Spirit Continent, and the dark-skinned expert ordered the horned Blood Shadow to work with Nine Abyss to find and eliminate Ye Chen.
• Ye Xuan and Ye Xiaoxiao sensed that the flowers were connected to Ye Chen, while Murong Qingcheng learned he had been targeted by experts from another world and resolved to reach the Life and Death Realm.
• Xu Jing rejoiced that Ye Chen had entered the Life and Death Realm, and Empress Xuan recognized him as a future protagonist who might help restore the True Spirit Continent.
• Ye Chen spent half a month cultivating, raising his Space Profundity to seventy percent and advancing his other profundities substantially, which brought his combat strength to the Four-Star level.
• Ye Chen decided to create a new Space Profundity sword move and named the swordplay Sky Splitting Swordplay.

Ye Chen replenished and greatly increased his cultivation before continuing to develop the second move of the Sky Splitting Swordplay. Meanwhile, Demon Horn sent Nine Abyss to track Ye Chen, and the pair reached his island as Ye Chen sensed their approach.

• Ye Chen spent Top-Grade Spirit Stones and True Essence Crystals to raise his cultivation from one hundred years to one hundred and eighty years.
• Demon Horn asked Nine Abyss to find Ye Chen, and Nine Abyss used Nine Abyss Soul Search to gather Ye Chen’s aura at the site of Gray Bird King’s remains.
• Nine Abyss sent a sphere carrying Ye Chen’s aura across the sky, and Demon Horn followed him toward Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen practiced sword swings along spatial fluctuations and made progress toward the destructive second move of the Sky Splitting Swordplay.
• Ye Chen detected the approaching sphere with his silver vertical eye, and Demon Horn and Nine Abyss arrived on his island.
• Ye Chen recognized that Demon Horn and Nine Abyss’s demonic power auras were incompatible with this world.

Ye Chen fought Demon Horn and a Devil Race youth after they came to kill him, revealing four-star combat power and using his second-level Sword Domain to contend with Demon Horn’s transformed four-star high-level strength. The battle remained unresolved, and Ye Chen recognized that his weakened Scorpio Sword needed replacing.

• Ye Chen identified the two attackers as Devil Race Demon Kings and challenged their confidence that they could kill him.
• Demon Horn attacked Ye Chen, and their first clash revealed that Ye Chen had four-star mid-level combat power.
• Ye Chen matched Demon Horn’s Demon Dragon attack with the Condensing Water Sword Technique, prompting Demon Horn to transform.
• Demon Horn’s transformation raised his combat power to four-star high-level, and his punch lightly injured Ye Chen despite the Scorpio Sword blocking it.
• Ye Chen used his second-level Sword Domain to slow Demon Horn, then wounded his chest with the vibrating Scorpio Sword before retreating from a counterattack.
• Ye Chen assessed that his Scorpio Sword had lost much of its crystallized power and planned to forge a replacement after creating a second Sky Splitting Swordplay move.

Ye Chen fought Demon Horn and Nine Abyss, using his incomplete Sky Splitting Swordplay, Second Form—Orbit Kill, to badly wound Demon Horn. When they joined forces to trap him, Ye Chen escaped by merging his movement with Space Profundity, leaving the two Devil Race warriors unable to follow.

• Demon Horn attacked Ye Chen with Demon Dragon Battles Heaven Secret Art and Tyrant Dragon Fist, but Ye Chen countered the first strike and escaped the second technique with Orbit Kill.
• Ye Chen's sword wounded Demon Horn deeply and severed his left arm, while Nine Abyss marveled at Ye Chen's progress in creating a new Space Profundity sword move.
• Demon Horn recovered and asked Nine Abyss to join forces with him to kill Ye Chen before the world's experts noticed their presence.
• Demon Horn and Nine Abyss attacked together with Tyrant Dragon Fist and Nine Abyss Locks Heaven, but Ye Chen merged into space and escaped their seal.
• Demon Horn and Nine Abyss pursued Ye Chen but lost his trace as his mastery of Space Profundity carried him farther into the void.

Ye Chen escaped Nine Abyss and the fierce-looking Devil Race expert, prompting them and Blackstone to abandon their active hunt and focus on unsealing the great lords. After reaching safety, Ye Chen assessed his strength and decided to develop the second move of Vibration Swordplay to improve his combat power.

• Ye Chen used a True Essence afterimage to fool Nine Abyss Soul Search, and Nine Abyss and the fierce-looking man failed to catch him.
• Nine Abyss decided to stop pursuing Ye Chen, while he and the fierce-looking man separated to pursue their own plans.
• The enchanting woman and the Azure Cloud Sword Emperor discussed the Devil Race’s return and the danger posed by sealed experts recovering their strength.
• Blackstone accepted the Horned Blood Shadow’s advice and gave up hunting Ye Chen in favor of unsealing the great lords.
• Ye Chen reflected on his combat power and chose to study the second move of Vibration Swordplay because Orbit Kill remained incomplete.

Ye Chen practiced the Big Dipper Sword Art to improve his control over his newfound Life and Death Realm power, then visited Monkey Island. He reunited with the Iron Monkey King and the Unconstant Spear King, who welcomed him with premium Monkey Brew and fruit.

• Ye Chen used the Sword Control Technique to grow familiar with his increased Soul Force and True Essence, mastering the Big Dipper Sword Art more proficiently over time.
• Ye Chen decided to visit Situ Hao and compensate him for their exchange of the Sword Control Technique, then headed toward Monkey Island.
• The Iron Monkey King and the Unconstant Spear King shared Monkey Brew and discussed their debt to Ye Chen as they waited for him to visit.
• Ye Chen arrived on Monkey Island, and the Unconstant Spear King recognized that he had advanced to the Life and Death Realm.
• The Iron Monkey King served Ye Chen premium Monkey Brew and nourishing fruit, and the three sat down to chat.

Ye Chen learned about King Conferral Hall and the possibility of earning the rare Sword King title, then returned to the Eternal Sky Sect to refine his Vibration Swordplay. After news of his breakthrough spread, Lan Shanmei and her master arrived to visit him.

• Unconstant Spear King and Iron Monkey King told Ye Chen about King Conferral Hall, where he would receive a title within a year, and suggested he might earn the Sword King title.
• Ye Chen left Monkey Island with three jars of monkey wine and returned to the Eternal Sky Sect to develop the second move of the Vibration Swordplay.
• Li Changfeng rejoiced when the sect learned Ye Chen had become a Life and Death Realm King.
• Ye Chen tested his sword technique and found that he had not yet coordinated Gold Essence with vibrational force.
• Lan Shanmei and her master arrived at the Eternal Sky Sect to visit Ye Chen.

The Demonic Blade King visited Ye Chen with Lan Shanmei and offered to exchange techniques in vibrational power. Their spar revealed the Demonic Blade King’s powerful Rampaging Demon Blade, which injured Ye Chen and left their contest unresolved.

• The Demonic Blade King told Lan Shanmei that Ye Chen’s connections and loyalty made him worth befriending, then traveled with her to the Eternal Sky Sect.
• Ye Chen welcomed the Demonic Blade King and Lan Shanmei at his pavilion, where the Demonic Blade King proposed exchanging pointers in vibrational power.
• Ye Chen and the Demonic Blade King sparred above the sea of clouds using only their sword and blade techniques, and their clashes carved through clouds and nearby peaks.
• The Demonic Blade King demonstrated his perfected Rampaging Demon Blade, and Ye Chen met it with a powerful sword strike.
• The Demonic Blade King’s slash blasted Ye Chen backward, tearing his right sleeve and drawing thin threads of blood.

Ye Chen sparred with the Demonic Blade King to master vibrational force and, after five days of rapid progress, met the Rampaging Demon Blade at full strength. He revealed a near-complete sword technique called the Heaven's Wounding Sword, which left the Demonic Blade King's right arm shaking so violently that he severed it.

• Ye Chen endured the Demonic Blade King's strikes at increasing strength, studying each clash to improve his control of vibrational force.
• Lan Shanmei watched the sparring, gained insights into the Demonic Blade Art, and practiced with her blade while Ye Chen reflected on the Demonic Blade King's attacks.
• After Ye Chen reached his limit, the Demonic Blade King agreed to stay with Lan Shanmei for several days, and Ye Chen shared premium Monkey Brew with them.
• Over the next five days, Ye Chen continued sparring and deepened his understanding of vibrational force until his sword art neared completion.
• The Demonic Blade King used the full strength of the Rampaging Demon Blade, and Ye Chen countered with a sword strike that left the Demonic Blade King's right arm violently shaking.
• The Demonic Blade King severed his right arm and asked the name of Ye Chen's strike, which Ye Chen called the Heaven's Wounding Sword.

Ye Chen demonstrated the Heaven's Wounding Sword, a technique that sent concentrated vibrations into a target and destroyed it from within. In the starry sky, he used it to annihilate a star with one strike, astonishing the Demonic Blade King and Lan Shanmei.

• Ye Chen and the Demonic Blade King discussed how the Heaven's Wounding Sword surpassed the Demonic Blade King's Rampaging Demon Blade, and Ye Chen agreed to demonstrate its full power.
• Ye Chen, the Demonic Blade King, and Lan Shanmei traveled to the Third Heaven, where Ye Chen experienced the starry sky for the first time and quickly adapted to its weightlessness.
• The Demonic Blade King chose a shattered star as a target, and Ye Chen drew the Scorpio Sword to test his Heaven's Wounding Sword.
• Ye Chen sent concentrated vibrations into the star, causing it to tremble, erupt into flames, and explode.
• The Demonic Blade King and Lan Shanmei witnessed the star's destruction, while Ye Chen explained that the sword had destroyed it from the inside out.

Ye Chen received the Demonic Blade Art from the Demonic Blade King, created a Spiritual Thought-form to guard the Eternal Sky Sect, and traveled to the Chaotic Demon Sea to meet the Human-Demon Emperor. His arrival drew out five Human-Demon Kings, and he demonstrated his strength by blasting them back with his Sword Domain.

• The Demonic Blade King gave Ye Chen the Demonic Blade Art's general outline and asked him not to pass it on.
• Ye Chen studied the art, then created a Spiritual Thought-form and gave it a Storage Ring and the Evil Cleaving Sword to protect the Eternal Sky Sect.
• Ye Chen left the Blood Sky Continent and headed for the Chaotic Demon Sea to speak with the Human-Demon Emperor about Murong.
• The Demon Flower Empress sensed Ye Chen's arrival and ordered Bone Demon to test his strength.
• Flash Demon and four other Human-Demon Kings confronted Ye Chen, and Ye Chen's Sword Domain sent all five flying backward.

Ye Chen demonstrated his four-star combat power to the Human-Demon Clan before meeting the Demon Flower Empress, who explained how the Heavenly Sword split the True Spirit Continent and brought foreign races into it. The chapter left Ye Chen learning that the continent’s sealed exit had become a deadly road and that leaving it could extend a human’s lifespan to a hundred thousand years.

• Ye Chen evaded attacks from five Human-Demon Kings, then crippled the Bone Demon King with a single sword strike and revealed his four-star combat power.
• The Demon Flower Empress summoned Ye Chen to Lotus Island, where he learned that Murong Qingcheng was secluded while comprehending the Dao of Life and Death.
• Ye Chen asked about the Devil Race, and the Demon Flower Empress recounted how the Heavenly Sword split the continent and allowed foreign-world races to invade.
• The Demon Flower Empress explained that the foreign races sealed the continent’s entrance and exit, turning it into a Death Road guarded by their experts.
• The Demon Flower Empress told Ye Chen that humans could live a hundred thousand years outside the True Spirit Continent, whose laws limited them to a thousand years.

Demon Flower Empress offered Ye Chen two million True Essence Crystals and the Human-Demon Clan’s support in exchange for his future help protecting the clan, and Ye Chen accepted. She then explained that sealed experts from other worlds posed the True Spirit Continent’s greatest threat, leaving Ye Chen wondering whether a terrifying Demonic Thought he had encountered had belonged to one of them.

• Ye Chen discussed the Death Road, ancient Kings, and the True Spirit Continent’s uncertain future with Demon Flower Empress.
• Demon Flower Empress offered Ye Chen the Human-Demon Clan’s support and two million True Essence Crystals in return for his future help, and Ye Chen agreed.
• Demon Flower Empress gave Ye Chen the True Essence Crystals and explained how foreign experts suffered suppression when entering the True Spirit Continent.
• Demon Flower Empress revealed that sealed foreign Kings from ancient eras could recover their strength and threaten the continent if they were released.
• Ye Chen recalled the terrifying Demonic Thought he had encountered in the Heavenly Martial Domain and wondered whether a foreign expert had been sealed there.

The Demon Flower Empress warned Ye Chen that sealed outworld experts threatened the True Spirit Continent, while a devil power tide revealed a mysterious treasure beneath the Chaotic Demon Sea. After refining two million True Essence Crystals and raising his cultivation, Ye Chen left Lotus Island for the True Spirit Continent.

• The Demon Flower Empress explained that outworld experts were searching for their sealed allies, and Ye Chen resolved to focus on strengthening himself before investigating them.
• A devil power tide began around the Lotus Islands, and the Demon Flower Empress explained that it boosted Human-Demon Clan cultivation and could make the Chaotic Demon Sea a future Devil Race stronghold.
• Ye Chen used his Soul Eye to see a vast black crystal beneath the seabed, and he and the Demon Flower Empress concluded that it was an Ancient Era strategic-class treasure that converted Heaven and Earth Origin Energy into devil power.
• The Demon Flower Empress invited Ye Chen to remain on Lotus Island to refine True Essence Crystals, and he accepted.
• Ye Chen refined two million True Essence Crystals over two days, gained fifty years of cultivation, and reached two hundred and thirty years of cultivation.
• Ye Chen bid farewell to the Demon Flower Empress and traveled through the void toward the True Spirit Continent.

Ye Chen returned to the True Spirit Continent and challenged the four powers occupying Dragon God Palace. After nearly killing Water Wave King with one sword, he faced the arrival of Whirlwind King, Black King, and Sky Eagle King.

• Ye Chen returned to the True Spirit Continent and saw that the four great powers had divided Dragon God Palace among themselves.
• Ye Chen ordered the occupying forces to leave the island and revealed himself to Water Wave King.
• Water Wave King attacked Ye Chen with Flood Great Hand Seal, but Ye Chen cut through it with Sky Severing Sword and gravely wounded him.
• Ye Chen spared Water Wave King and demanded that he leave with his people, threatening to kill him if he stayed.
• Whirlwind King, Black King, and Sky Eagle King arrived and threatened Ye Chen.