Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen faced Whirlwind King, Water Wave King, Sky Eagle King, and Black King, using his spatial movement and vibration swordsmanship to overpower them. After disabling Water Wave King and Black King, he froze Sky Eagle King with a terrifying gaze while Whirlwind King’s attack remained in play.

• Water Wave King warned Whirlwind King, Sky Eagle King, and Black King that Ye Chen had Top-tier King strength, and Whirlwind King ordered them to attack together.
• Ye Chen evaded the four Kings’ combined assault by following spatial ripples, then shattered Water Wave King’s arm and rendered him unable to fight.
• Black King transformed into a giant octopus and attacked Ye Chen, but Ye Chen severed a tentacle and then smashed Black King into the island with a sword strike.
• Whirlwind King trapped the battlefield in his Golden Wind Killing Formation while Sky Eagle King sent a flood of savage eagles toward Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen appeared above Black King and crippled him, then fixed Sky Eagle King with a gaze that left him stiff with fear.

Ye Chen defeated Whirlwind King and learned that the four major forces were backed by the Red-Eyed Black Dragon Clan. He refused to back down, choosing to defend the Dragon God Palace despite the threat of the Black Dragon Grand Ancestor.

• Whirlwind King attacked Ye Chen with Golden Wind Wild Slashes, but Ye Chen’s Mirror Flower Devastation shattered the spatial force around him and left him gravely wounded.
• Sky Eagle King, unnerved by Ye Chen’s willpower, warned him that the four major forces cooperated with the Red-Eyed Black Dragon Clan.
• Sky Eagle King urged Ye Chen to treat the clash as a misunderstanding and leave, but Ye Chen told the Black Dragon Grand Ancestor to come speak to him instead.
• Empress Xuan watched from the distant void and felt relieved that Ye Chen was willing to stand up for the Dragon God Palace out of loyalty to the Dragon King.

Ye Chen forced the four great factions to abandon Dragon God Palace’s island and discovered its powerful Nine-Nine Convergence Formation. As news of his rise spread across the world, Black Dragon Grand Ancestor refused Sky Eagle King’s request for immediate revenge but vowed to settle the score with Ye Chen later.

• Ye Chen gave the four great factions three days to evacuate the island, and their forces withdrew while leaving the imprisoned Dragon God Palace personnel behind.
• Ye Chen examined the island’s formations and found that its Nine-Nine Convergence Formation was powered by eighty-one Spirit Veins and provided energy, faster cultivation, and defense.
• Empress Xuan judged Ye Chen’s combat strength to be around four-star peak and advised him to avoid provoking Black Dragon Grand Ancestor.
• News of Ye Chen’s victory spread throughout the True Spirit Continent and beyond, and Void Emperor acknowledged that Ye Chen could not be underestimated.
• Sky Eagle King asked Black Dragon Grand Ancestor to intervene, but Black Dragon Grand Ancestor ordered him to wait and threatened him for trying to provoke his anger.
• Black Dragon Grand Ancestor let Sky Eagle King leave but privately vowed to settle his account with Ye Chen another day.

Ye Chen gathered Dragon God Palace’s freed members after reclaiming their home, then faced a warning from Black Dragon Grand Ancestor. The Grand Ancestor tore away part of the island but failed to catch Ye Chen, who escaped with Space Profundity.

• Ye Chen gathered the released Dragon God Palace members and said he did not know whether the Dragon King had survived the Death Road.
• Black Dragon Grand Ancestor descended with overwhelming Dragon Might and warned Ye Chen for reclaiming Dragon God Palace.
• Black Dragon Grand Ancestor attacked by tearing away a section of the island nearly a thousand miles wide.
• Ye Chen evaded the attack with a Space Profundity movement technique, and Black Dragon Grand Ancestor withdrew after warning him not to provoke him again.
• After the black clouds dispersed, Ye Chen sensed a vast claw print beneath the seawater that had replaced the torn-away land.

Ye Chen traveled toward a secret realm while five-colored heavenly flowers announced a new Life and Death Realm King. Star Sword Marquis had entered the Life and Death Realm, and Ye Chen suspected he was the one who had triggered the phenomenon.

• Ye Chen used the golden Dragon Pearl to locate a distant secret realm and crossed a spatial tunnel toward it.
• Five-colored heavenly flowers appeared, signaling that someone had entered the Life and Death Realm.
• Star Sword Marquis rose from his tribulation site, learned from the Azure Cloud Sword Emperor that Ye Chen had reached four-star combat power, and resolved to pursue the Sword Domain and the remaining strikes of his swordplay.
• Snow Sword Marquis recognized the phenomenon as likely Star Sword Marquis’s breakthrough and returned to comprehending the Path of Life.
• People across the True Spirit Continent speculated about the new King, while Ye Chen concluded that Star Sword Marquis was probably the one who had advanced.

Ye Chen entered Dragon God Palace’s secret realm and revealed that he had reclaimed the palace from the four major forces, reassuring its people. He then went to the Dragon Transformation Pool, where he found Xu Jing transformed into a golden dragon as she made her breakthrough.

• Ye Chen used the Dragon Pearl to enter Dragon God Palace’s secret realm, where the gathered members recognized him as a Life and Death Realm King.
• Ye Chen told the Grand Elder that he had driven the four major forces out of Dragon God Palace and that the Black Dragon Grand Ancestor had been unable to stop him.
• Ye Chen greeted Lin Canghai and Li Feng, then asked where Xu Jing was and learned that she was in the Dragon Transformation Pool.
• Elder Yu led Ye Chen to the great hall, where Chen Yuxin and Xing Meilian welcomed him before he entered alone.
• Ye Chen found Xu Jing’s human form absent from the golden pool and saw her as a small, five-clawed golden dragon surrounded by powerful Dragon Might.

Ye Chen returned from reclaiming Dragon God Palace and visited his younger siblings, Ye Xuan and Ye Xiaoxiao, in the Southern Zhuo Region. His return made the Ye Family a Fifth-Rank King family, while he recognized Ye Xuan's potential and urged both siblings to keep improving.

• Ye Chen found Xu Jing in her Golden Dragon form in the Dragon Transformation Pool and learned she needed to sleep through her breakthrough before she could transform into a human again.
• Ye Chen left Chen Yuxin and Xing Meilian to guard Xu Jing, gave them herbs to help them reach the Half-Step King realm, and brought the others out of the secret realm.
• Ye Chen returned to the Southern Zhuo Region and reunited with Ye Xuan and Ye Xiaoxiao, who had reached the early Primal Origin Realm.
• Ye Chen assessed his siblings' sword skills, urged Ye Xiaoxiao to gain more combat experience, and saw that Ye Xuan had sharp swordsmanship and the beginnings of Sword Intent.
• Ye Chen returned to the Ye Family estate, and news of his arrival spread across the Southern Zhuo Region.
• The Ye Family's rise culminated in its becoming a Fifth-Rank King family after Ye Chen's return and achievements inspired the region.

The Ye Family hosted a crowded celebration for Ye Chen after he reached the Life and Death Realm, as sects and powerful figures arrived to congratulate him. The gathering left Ye Chen with fourteen High-Grade Spirit Veins and the prospect of moving the growing Ye Family to a larger home.

• Murong Zhisui and leaders from six Southern Zhuo Region sects arrived with gifts, and Ye Chen warmly welcomed them and their young disciples.
• Sun Tai arrived with Sun Xiaojin, Wang She, and Wang Mei, then gave Ye Chen a High-Grade Spirit Vein.
• The Black Lightning King, Rakshasa Gate's Sect Leader, and Seven Star Pavilion's Pavilion Master arrived with High-Grade Spirit Veins, and the Black Lightning King apologized to Ye Chen for his past actions.
• Ye Chen arranged private accommodations for the arriving Kings and recognized that their gifts had resolved his need for Spirit Veins.
• Ye Tianhao and Shen Yuqing worried that the Ye Family could not hold all the guests, while Ye Tianhao said they would eventually move somewhere better.
• Heavensea Gate's Sect Leader and the Tantai, Dugu, and Bai Family Clan Leaders arrived and each presented a High-Grade Spirit Vein, bringing Ye Chen's total to fourteen.

Ye Chen celebrated entering the Life and Death Realm as powerful Kings gathered to congratulate him and Empress Xuan brought nine High-Grade Spirit Veins. After the banquet, he chose a site for the Ye Family and began moving mountain peaks to prepare the Nine-Nine Convergence Formation.

• Empress Moon and many other Kings attended Ye Chen’s banquet, while Empress Xuan and Yan Fengfeng arrived with nine borrowed High-Grade Spirit Veins.
• Ye Chen greeted the assembled Kings and thanked the leaders of the Tantai, Dugu, and Bai families for attending.
• After the guests departed, Empress Xuan told Ye Chen that the banquet had strengthened his standing, and they spoke through the night about power and his future.
• Ye Chen’s gifts from the banquet brought the Ye Family enough Spirit Veins to barely assemble the Nine-Nine Convergence Formation.
• Ye Chen used his Soul Eye to choose a site in the Southern Zhuo Region, then moved twenty-seven mountain peaks from the Northern Domain Cluster and buried Spirit Veins beneath them.

Ye Chen established four grand formations to protect the Ye Family, though his Nine-Nine Convergence Formation fell short of Dragon God Palace’s. He finished by building the family’s mountain gate and restricting flight around its entrance.

• Ye Chen used the Spirit Veins beneath twenty-seven peaks to set up the Nine-Nine Convergence Formation, raising the area’s Heaven and Earth Origin Energy to seven times the outside concentration.
• Ye Chen set up the Water-Earth Linked Formation for defense and the Fire Dragon Heaven-Burning Formation for offense.
• Ye Chen completed the Immortal Sword Qi Formation near the central peaks, leaving the Ye Family protected by four grand formations.
• Ye Chen built a white-jade mountain gate bearing the words Ye Family and set up a flight-restriction formation around it.

Ye Chen established the Ye Family’s mountain home, demonstrated its defenses, and continued cultivating while the clan began construction. At the Eternal Sky Sect, four Life and Death Realm Kings demanded the Mandarin Duck Stone, claiming it was the Barren Stone, and Ye Chen’s Spiritual Thought-form confronted them.

• Ye Chen planted the Fire Pear Tree on Spirit Cloud Peak and planned to make the peak a reward-based holy land for the Ye Family.
• Ye Tianhao, Shen Yuqing, and the other family leaders witnessed the mountain gate’s air-restriction formation and the Ye Family’s defensive and offensive formations.
• Ye Chen continued studying the Four Extreme Emperor’s Space Profundity Foundation to develop Orbit Kill as the Ye Family began a massive construction project.
• Four Life and Death Realm Kings arrived at the Eternal Sky Sect and demanded that Li Changfeng surrender the Mandarin Duck Stone, which they identified as the Barren Stone.
• Ye Chen’s Spiritual Thought-form appeared to defend the Eternal Sky Sect, but the white-haired Top-tier King dismissed it as powerless against the four Kings.

Ye Chen’s Spiritual Thought-form fought the Blood Sky Continent’s demon kings, defeating the Silver Leopard King with his oscillating sword force. The Demonic Annihilation King then confronted him over the Barren Stone, and Ye Chen’s attack proved ineffective against the Heavenly Demon Annihilation Hand as he waited for his true body to arrive.

• The Silver Leopard King transformed into a leopard-man and attacked Ye Chen, but Ye Chen blocked his strike and broke through his Sky-Rending Cloud-Dispersing Claw.
• Ye Chen struck the Silver Leopard King with his Sky Severing Sword, shattering his Protective True Essence and leaving him badly injured.
• The Mantis Queen wanted to challenge Ye Chen, but the Demonic Annihilation King warned her that Ye Chen’s true body was heading toward the Blood Sky Continent.
• Ye Chen and the Demonic Annihilation King said they did not wish to become mortal enemies, though both remained intent on the Barren Stone.
• The Demonic Annihilation King unleashed the Heavenly Demon Annihilation Hand, and its palm force dissolved Ye Chen’s oscillating sword force.

Ye Chen's Spiritual Thought-form struggled against Demonic Annihilation King's Heavenly Demon Annihilation Hand until his true body arrived and turned the fight around. Ye Chen then overwhelmed Demonic Annihilation King with Destruction Sword Intent and the Heaven's Wounding Sword, leaving their battle near its conclusion.

• Demonic Annihilation King attacked Ye Chen's Spiritual Thought-form with the Heavenly Demon Annihilation Hand, and Ye Chen narrowly survived Demonic Annihilation Void by retreating with his Sword Domain.
• Demonic Annihilation King pressed his attack, but Ye Chen's true body arrived and split the palm force with the Scorpio Sword.
• Ye Chen struck Demonic Annihilation King with the Sky Severing Sword, and Destruction Sword Intent sent him flying and made him spit blood.
• Demonic Annihilation King used Extinction Void Lock to restrain Ye Chen, but Ye Chen tore through the restraint with a weakened Heaven's Wounding Sword.
• Ye Chen's Heaven's Wounding Sword blasted Demonic Annihilation King's body apart, spraying blood and bones.

Ye Chen repelled the Demonic Annihilation King and refused to abandon the Eternal Sky Sect’s Barren Stone, but the Silent Extinction Demon Emperor arrived and attacked him with the King-Slaying Hand. With his escape uncertain, Ye Chen summoned the Primal Emperor Image, who confronted the descending palm with a powerful punch.

• Ye Chen severely wounded the Demonic Annihilation King and learned that the four Kings had come both to test him and to probe whether the Fire Emperor still protected the Eternal Sky Sect.
• Ye Chen refused to leave the Barren Stone affair, and the Silent Extinction Demon Emperor, Ancient Camel Matriarch, and Blood Shark King arrived with the other Kings.
• The Silent Extinction Demon Emperor’s Extinction Domain clashed with Ye Chen’s Sword Domain, and the pressure pushed Ye Chen’s Sword Domain to peak second-layer.
• The Silent Extinction Demon Emperor struck with the King-Slaying Hand, forcing Ye Chen to teleport away as the Emperor and the other Kings pursued him.
• Ye Chen summoned the Primal Emperor Image from the High Mountain Vista Painting, and the Primal Emperor answered the King-Slaying Hand with an imperial punch.

The Primal Emperor fought the Silent Extinction Demon Emperor to protect Ye Chen, but his limited strength left him on the defensive. In the starry sky, the Primal Emperor prepared to reveal an ancient Emperor-level technique while Ye Chen watched from a distance.

• The Primal Emperor and Silent Extinction Demon Emperor exchanged ultimate techniques, and the Primal Emperor revealed that he was an avatar of the Primal Emperor.
• Silent Extinction Demon Emperor challenged the Primal Emperor to a fight, and their battle injured Ancient Camel Matriarch and forced her and the others to retreat.
• Silent Extinction Demon Emperor overwhelmed the Primal Emperor, who led the fight into the starry sky; Ancient Camel Matriarch, Blood Shark King, the other followers, and Ye Chen pursued them.
• The Primal Emperor told Ye Chen to leave the matter to him and said he would survive even if he lost his remaining power.
• The Primal Emperor invoked Three Flowers Borrowing Passage, summoning red, yellow, and blue flowers above his head.

Primal Emperor used Three Flowers Borrowing Passage to overwhelm Silent Extinction Demon Emperor, then injured his Soul Sea with Soul Lock Kill and forced him to flee. After the technique's backlash, Primal Emperor lost all combat power and could no longer help Ye Chen fight.

• Primal Emperor activated Three Flowers Borrowing Passage and blasted Silent Extinction Demon Emperor away with his punches.
• Silent Extinction Demon Emperor used King-Slaying Dominion and the Profound Origin Pagoda, but Primal Emperor continued to suppress him.
• Primal Emperor used Soul Lock Kill to pierce the Profound Origin Pagoda's protection and severely damage Silent Extinction Demon Emperor's Soul Sea.
• Silent Extinction Demon Emperor fled with Demonic Annihilation King, Ancient Camel Matriarch, Blood Shark King, and the others following him.
• Primal Emperor's three flowers shattered, and he told Ye Chen that he had lost all combat power.

Ye Chen learned that the Mandarin Duck Stone was an empty Barren Stone and heard how dangerous Barren Star was, then returned to the True Spirit Continent. While the Silent Extinction Demon Emperor planned to seize the stone from the Eternal Sky Sect, Demon Flower Empress and Empress Xuan attacked the Silent Extinction Demon Sect’s formation.

• A beautiful Emperor-level King watched Ye Chen and the Silent Extinction Demon Emperor’s battle from afar, then left without intervening.
• Ye Chen borrowed the Mandarin Duck Stone from Li Changfeng and learned from Primal Emperor that it was a Barren Stone with no Barren power left.
• Primal Emperor explained that Barren Stones could lead to Barren Star, warned Ye Chen about its dangers, and said the Barren Ancient Land might still contain stones.
• Ye Chen returned the stone to Li Changfeng, left a Spiritual Thought-form behind, and traveled to the True Spirit Continent.
• The injured Silent Extinction Demon Emperor ordered Demonic Annihilation King to summon Ancient Camel Matriarch and Blood Shark King to help seize the stone from Ye Chen.
• Demon Flower Empress and Empress Xuan struck the Silent Extinction Demon Sect’s grand formation, enraging the Silent Extinction Demon Emperor.

Demon Flower Empress and Empress Xuan attacked the Silent Extinction Demon Sect to punish Silent Extinction Demon Emperor for targeting Ye Chen. After they destroyed the sect’s formations, War Heaven Elephant Emperor arrived to aid him.

• Silent Extinction Demon Emperor ordered Demonic Annihilation King to activate the Heaven-Weeping Demon Formation against Demon Flower Empress and Empress Xuan.
• Silent Extinction Demon Emperor sent soul insects to call for help, but Empress Xuan and Demon Flower Empress intercepted most of them.
• Demon Flower Empress used Demon Absorption while Empress Xuan blocked the formation’s power, draining and destroying the Silent Extinction Demon Sect’s defenses.
• Demon Flower Empress and Empress Xuan told Silent Extinction Demon Emperor they had come for him, but he retreated into the Profound Origin Pagoda and announced that War Heaven Elephant Emperor was coming.
• War Heaven Elephant Emperor’s elephant cry shook the world as he charged toward the sect.

Demon Flower Empress and Empress Xuan attacked the Silent Extinction Demon Emperor, but War Heaven Elephant Emperor and the Nine-Headed Serpent Emperor arrived with other Kings to defend him. After wounding the Silent Extinction Demon Emperor again, the two women escaped, leaving the defenders unable to stop them.

• Demon Flower Empress tried to swallow the Silent Extinction Demon Emperor's Profound Origin Pagoda, while Empress Xuan used Spatial Transposition to bring it within reach of the Demon Flower.
• Empress Xuan struck the Silent Extinction Demon Emperor's Soul Sea with her Triangular Prism Mark, branding it there despite his soul defenses.
• War Heaven Elephant Emperor arrived and attacked Empress Xuan, then shattered the Demon Flower as she tried to seize the Profound Origin Pagoda.
• The Nine-Headed Serpent Emperor and several Life and Death Realm Kings joined War Heaven Elephant Emperor to confront the two women.
• Demon Flower Empress and Empress Xuan decided to leave after wounding the Silent Extinction Demon Emperor again, and both escaped despite the defenders' threats.

Ye Chen completed Orbit Kill, a sword technique that followed spatial fluctuations and bypassed energy defenses, then traveled to Sky Sword Continent to improve his Sword Domain. His arrival drew the attention of powerful swordsmen, who gathered at the Heavenly Sword.

• The Nine-Headed Serpent Emperor revealed that the Barren Stone could only be used once, while King Tu Jiao secretly planned to lure the weakened Silent Extinction Demon Emperor into an underground demon den.
• Ye Chen practiced swordsmanship on Spirit Cloud Peak as Ye Xuan and Ye Xiaoxiao watched and recognized that his seemingly ordinary movements were impossible to evade.
• Ye Chen completed Orbit Kill, the second move of the Sky Splitting Swordplay, and decided to visit Sky Sword Continent to advance his Sword Domain.
• Ye Chen crossed the stormy North Sea and reached Sky Sword Continent, where he sensed the continent's immense Sword Qi and observed its swordsmen.
• Swordsmen recognized Ye Chen and spread news of his arrival, prompting them to converge on the Heavenly Sword at the continent's center.