Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen won the Top-Grade Spirit Tree Cultivation Fluid at the Pill King Assembly, while Void Emperor claimed the Dragon-Tiger Burst Essence Pill and emerged as the gathering’s biggest winner. After the assembly, Golden Turtle Ancestor drove Silent Extinction Demon Emperor away, but Silent Extinction Demon Emperor concealed the strength he had been suppressing.

• Ye Chen used the Eight-Extreme Fire Crystal, appraised at seven million Top-Grade Spirit Stones by the Spirit Pill King, to raise his bid and win the Top-Grade Spirit Tree Cultivation Fluid for twenty-six million.
• The Spirit Pill King presented the Dragon-Tiger Burst Essence Pill, and Void Emperor won it with a bid of fifty-eight million Top-Grade Spirit Stones.
• After the Pill King Assembly ended, Golden Turtle Ancestor blocked Silent Extinction Demon Emperor and fought him.
• Golden Turtle Ancestor wounded Silent Extinction Demon Emperor, who retreated and warned Golden Turtle Ancestor to remember the encounter.
• Several million miles away, Silent Extinction Demon Emperor reflected that he still could not reveal his full strength without arousing suspicion.

Ye Chen accepted Yan Jianhui as his first disciple after recognizing his talent, then returned to the Ye Family and advanced his cultivation and swordsmanship. A month later, Yan Jianhui continued sparring with Ye Xuan, showing progress under Ye Chen’s instruction but still losing to his more experienced opponent.

• The Spirit Pill King asked Ye Chen to assess his grandson Yan Jianhui’s sword talent, and Ye Chen agreed to take him as a disciple after watching him practice.
• Yan Jianhui became Ye Chen’s first disciple and was told to travel to the Ye Family on True Spirit Continent at the start of the next month.
• Ye Chen refined a Top-Grade Origin-Increasing Pill, raised his cultivation to one thousand one hundred and thirty years, and assigned Ye An to water the Fire Pear Tree.
• Ye Chen reached minor completion in Ruthless Water and Fire, creating a powerful jade-green flame Sword Light.
• Ye Chen instructed Yan Jianhui to understand transformation in the Spring Breeze and Drizzling Rain Sword Art, helping him counter Ye Xuan’s attacks before Ye Xuan disarmed him with an ultimate move.

Ye Chen entered Desolate Wilds Ridge to test his sword art and search for a Barren Stone, but a Savage Dragon attacked him after he encountered migrating beasts. A stern-faced middle-aged man killed the dragon and took its demon core, leaving Ye Chen in the forbidden ground.

• Ye Chen told Ye Xuan and Yan Jianhui to cultivate sincerely and compete in their understanding of the Thirteen Peaks Sword Style before he departed.
• Ye Chen crossed the Five Poison Miasma and entered Desolate Wilds Ridge, where he saw Snowflake Sword Emperor heading into the forbidden ground.
• Ye Chen flew deeper into the ridge and noticed animals fleeing from a powerful suction force.
• Ye Chen found a Savage Dragon swallowing nearby hills and beasts, then slowed it with his Sword Domain when it charged him.
• A stern-faced middle-aged man sliced the Savage Dragon into three pieces, took its demon core, and left without speaking to Ye Chen.

Ye Chen avoided the Bloodwing Dragon King while Kasyapa King killed an elite Bloodwing Dragon and was ambushed by the Black Mountain Queen, Sky Void King, and Steel Bone King. As they overwhelmed Kasyapa King, Ye Chen arrived and cut a passage through the spiderwebs to save her.

• Ye Chen recognized Jail King but let him leave, then fled when he heard the Bloodwing Dragon King approaching.
• Kasyapa King killed an elite Bloodwing Dragon, obtained a malformed demon core, and was trapped in the Black Mountain Queen's spiderwebs.
• The Black Mountain Queen, Sky Void King, and Steel Bone King confronted Kasyapa King and declared that she would not escape.
• Kasyapa King broke free and tried to flee, but Sky Void King slowed her and Steel Bone King struck her down.
• Ye Chen cut through the spiderwebs and entered, declaring that the three Kings could not stop him from saving Kasyapa King.

Ye Chen protected Kasyapa King from the Emperor-level Kings who sought to capture or kill her, defeating Steel Bone in close combat and challenging their plan to control the Human-Demon Clan. When Jail King attacked, Ye Chen countered his Prison-Breaking Slash and sent him flying in a spray of blood.

• Ye Chen shattered Black Mountain Queen's spiderwebs and assured Kasyapa King that the three Kings could not harm her.
• Steel Bone challenged Ye Chen, but Ye Chen evaded his punches and severed his head with a flurry of sword strikes, then let him live.
• Ye Chen rejected Black Mountain Queen and Sky Void King's demand that he abandon the Human-Demon Clan, vowing to protect them as long as they had not betrayed the True Spirit Continent.
• Jail King appeared above Kasyapa King and attacked her with three blade lights, but Ye Chen blocked them with the Scorpio Sword.
• Jail King used Prison-Breaking Slash against Ye Chen, and Ye Chen answered with Bonebreaker, blasting Jail King backward and making him spit blood.

Ye Chen protected Kasyapa King, then fought a Bloodwing Dragon King carrying Barren power and survived its dragon breath. Meanwhile, Void Emperor, Sky Rending Spear Emperor, and Five Poisons King ambushed Demon Flower Empress in the starry sky, leaving her poisoned and wounded.

• Ye Chen drove Jail King, Sky Void King, and Black Mountain Queen away, then escorted Kasyapa King to the Chaotic Demon Sea.
• After learning Demon Flower Empress was away, Ye Chen returned to Desolate Wilds Ridge and killed many Bloodwing Dragons while searching for Barren power.
• Ye Chen fought a Bloodwing Dragon King, tested Ruthless Water and Fire, and nearly severed its wing before its dragon breath pierced his armor and chest.
• Ye Chen healed, replaced his ruined Bronze Armor with Black Demon, and left before more Bloodwing Dragons could surround him.
• In the starry sky, Demon Flower Empress fought Void Emperor and Sky Rending Spear Emperor while Five Poisons King poisoned her, weakening her as the ambush continued.

Demon Flower Empress escaped Void Emperor, Sky Rending Spear Emperor, and Five Poisons King, but the Essence-Melting Venom forced her to seal away most of her cultivation. Meanwhile, Ye Chen used repeated battles with the Bloodwing Dragon King to advance Ruthless Water and Fire, drawing Golden Turtle Ancestor’s attention as he prepared to kill him.

• Demon Flower Empress trapped Void Emperor, Sky Rending Spear Emperor, and Five Poisons King in a blood flower before escaping, though Five Poisons King’s Essence-Melting Venom poisoned her.
• Demon Flower Empress hid beneath a barren star and decided to seal away most of her cultivation to suppress the poison.
• Ye Chen fought the Bloodwing Dragon King for the fourth time, lost his left arm, and wounded the beast while sensing that Ruthless Water and Fire was nearing a breakthrough.
• Golden Turtle Ancestor watched Ye Chen through a mountain turtle and waited until Ye Chen had exhausted most of his True Essence before attacking.
• Golden Turtle Ancestor resolved to kill Ye Chen and later make Empress Xuan pay.

Ye Chen fought the Bloodwing Dragon King for the seventh time and used the battle to complete Ruthless Water and Fire. When the Golden Turtle Ancestor attacked, Ye Chen revealed that he had lured him in and killed him with a jade-green sword strike.

• Ye Chen reflected on his dwindling True Essence and his goal of becoming strong enough to cross the Death Road without relying on luck.
• The Bloodwing Dragon King attacked Ye Chen, who broke through its dragon breath, severed its right claw, and seized its demon core before it escaped.
• Ye Chen completed Ruthless Water and Fire and admitted he had spared the Bloodwing Dragon King to lure the Golden Turtle Ancestor into attacking.
• The Golden Turtle Ancestor transformed into his true form and used a move designed to trap opponents who wielded Space Profundity.
• Ye Chen split the Golden Turtle Ancestor with a jade-green Heavenly Sword and burned his scattered remains away.

Ye Chen defeated Golden Turtle Ancestor, who fled using Primordial Spirit Blood Escape before Silent Extinction Demon Emperor captured him for his body. Meanwhile, a massive assembly of Kings surrounded the Human-Demon Clan in the Chaotic Demon Sea and demanded the location of the Human-Demon Enclave and the clan’s submission, as Empress Xuan arrived to urge discussion.

• Ye Chen recognized Golden Turtle Ancestor’s Primordial Spirit Blood Escape and returned to the Ye Family to restore his True Essence.
• Silent Extinction Demon Emperor confronted the injured Golden Turtle Ancestor, revealed he wanted Golden Turtle Ancestor’s body, and overwhelmed him.
• Kings from across the continents and overseas gathered around the Human-Demon Clan’s islands in the Chaotic Demon Sea.
• Kasyapa King represented the absent Clan Leader as Sky Void King demanded the Human-Demon Enclave’s location and the clan’s submission.
• Jail King, War Heaven Elephant Emperor, and Black Dragon Grand Ancestor threatened the Human-Demon Clan, while Kasyapa King denied knowing the enclave’s location.
• Empress Xuan arrived with human and Demon Kings and urged the gathered Kings to discuss the matter.

The Demon Flower Empress revealed that the Human-Demon Enclave was Devil Space, a sealed realm containing a Demon Ancestor Tree seed that threatened the True Spirit Continent. After she summoned it to prove the danger, its seals began breaking, and she sent it back into the void before its demonic power could spread further.

• Void Emperor, the Evil King, and other Kings demanded to see the Human-Demon Enclave, while Empress Xuan warned against provoking the Human-Demon Clan.
• The Demon Flower Empress explained that Devil Space contained a Demon Ancestor Tree seed and that summoning it could awaken the tree and break its seals ahead of time.
• The Demon Flower Empress summoned Devil Space from the void, revealing its hundreds of Emperor-level seals and a shadowy tree within.
• Several seals shattered, causing demonic power to distort the True Spirit Continent's laws, and the Demon Flower Empress sent Devil Space back into the void.
• More seals vanished as Devil Space disappeared, but its demonic fluctuations faded and the continent's laws returned to normal.

Void Emperor’s coalition moved to subdue or destroy the Human-Demon Clan, and Demon Flower Empress was badly injured after fighting War Heaven Elephant Emperor while weakened by poison. As the two Human-Demon branches prepared to face the much larger force, Ye Chen arrived just as the battle was about to begin.

• Demon Flower Empress refused Void Emperor’s demand that the Human-Demon Clan accept outside control, and War Heaven Elephant Emperor attacked her.
• Five Poisons King revealed that his Essence-Melting Venom had weakened Demon Flower Empress, allowing War Heaven Elephant Emperor to break her arms and send her flying.
• Void Emperor blocked Empress Xuan from intervening, and Sky Void King called the gathered Kings to attack the Human-Demon Clan.
• Empress Xuan and her allies chose to stand with the Human-Demon Clan, while Innate Demon Emperor arrived with the Blood Sky Continent branch’s Kings.
• Void Emperor ordered the attack after Empress Xuan refused to leave, but Ye Chen’s furious roar announced his arrival.

Ye Chen arrived at the Chaotic Demon Sea with more than thirty Life and Death Realm Kings to support Demon Flower Empress and Empress Xuan against Void Emperor’s forces. After defeating Evil King in their duel, Ye Chen challenged Void Emperor, setting the stage for a decisive battle over the True Spirit Continent.

• Ye Chen arrived with Empress Moon, the Patriarchs of the Bai and Dugu Families, the Demonic Blade King, the Spirit Pill King, and other Kings, bringing his side’s numbers to eighty or ninety.
• Evil King challenged Ye Chen on behalf of his disciple Sikong Sheng, but Ye Chen repelled his attacks and wounded him with a modified Ephemeral Severance.
• Void Emperor halted Evil King and said that eliminating the Human-Demon Clan mattered more than losses among Ye Chen’s allies.
• Ye Chen rejected Void Emperor’s accusation that his talent and actions had caused the conflict, then challenged him to fight and end the battle.

Ye Chen restored Demon Flower Empress with his perfected Poison Transformation Art, then faced Void Emperor as the battle between their forces began. He expanded his attack to challenge four Emperor-level Kings at once, leaving the battlefield poised for a massive clash.

• Ye Chen used the Poison Transformation Art to neutralize Demon Flower Empress’s Essence-Melting Venom and restore her to full strength.
• Demon Flower Empress challenged War Heaven Elephant Emperor, Empress Xuan faced Void Emperor, and Innate Demon Emperor volunteered to hold off Jail King and Evil King.
• Ye Chen confronted Void Emperor, claimed he would defeat him in ten moves, and met his first palm strike with the Iron Blood Silver Blue Sword.
• Black Dragon Grand Ancestor and Nine-Headed Serpent Emperor charged at Kasyapa King and the Human-Demon Kings as the forces joined battle.
• Ye Chen unleashed the Eight Trigrams Extinction Sword Art against Black Dragon Grand Ancestor and Nine-Headed Serpent Emperor, then extended his sword momentum to include Azure Cloud Sword Emperor and declared he would fight four Emperor-level Kings alone.

Ye Chen fought Void Emperor while using his Eight Trigrams Sword Formation against Black Dragon Grand Ancestor and Nine-Headed Serpent Emperor, as battles raged elsewhere. The chapter ended when Azure Cloud Sword Emperor unleashed a Sword Light toward Ye Chen.

• Ye Chen used the Eight Trigrams Extinction Sword Art to attack Black Dragon Grand Ancestor and Nine-Headed Serpent Emperor while dueling Void Emperor with the Iron Blood Silver Blue Sword.
• Ye Chen countered Void Emperor's Great Extinction Golden Flame Palm with Ephemeral Severance.
• Demon Flower Empress ensnared War Heaven Elephant Emperor with vines, but he tore through them and smashed through her layered Demon Flower defenses.
• Empress Xuan escaped Void Emperor's Void Realm by using Profound Mystery Way, Reverse Heaven and Earth, to restore normal space.
• Azure Cloud Sword Emperor sent a Sword Light hurtling toward Ye Chen with his Azure Cloud Sword Art.

Ye Chen countered Azure Cloud Sword Emperor’s Clear Heavens and Earth with his Sky Severance Sword, then faced Void Emperor after he revealed the Void Undefeated Battle Art. Ye Chen’s Ruthless Water and Fire clashed with Void Emperor’s strongest palm and sent Void Emperor flying.

• Azure Cloud Sword Emperor struck at Ye Chen with Clear Heavens and Earth, but Ye Chen revealed he had baited the opening and blocked the attack with Starlight Convergence.
• Ye Chen’s Sky Severance Sword used vibrating force infused with Gold Essence and Essence of Earth to send Azure Cloud Sword Emperor flying.
• Void Emperor retreated and revealed the Void Undefeated Battle Art, raising his essence, energy, and spirit by fifty percent.
• Void Emperor attacked Ye Chen with the Great Extinction Golden Flame Palm, alarming the Spirit Pill King and drawing the attention of the battlefield.
• Ye Chen unleashed Ruthless Water and Fire against Void Emperor’s palm, and their clash destabilized space and sent Void Emperor flying.

Ye Chen and Void Emperor faced off after their allies halted the wider battle, and Ye Chen used his top-tier sword art to gain the upper hand. The duel continued as Ye Chen’s attacks revealed Void Emperor’s sixth-rank Spirit Body, which absorbed damage.

• Ye Chen sent Void Emperor flying with Ruthless Water and Fire, advancing his Sword Domain to the mid-stage third layer.
• Spirit Pill King called for the other fighters to let Ye Chen and Void Emperor decide the battle, and both camps withdrew to watch.
• Ye Chen challenged Void Emperor to use the Dragon-Tiger Burst Essence Pill, but Void Emperor refused and countered Ye Chen’s Sword Domain with his Void Domain.
• Ye Chen broke through Void Emperor’s Void Great Hand Seal with his Scorpio Sword and battered his Indestructible Golden Bell with rapid strikes.
• Ye Chen’s Orbit Kill Secret Sword bypassed Void Emperor’s defensive energy, but Empress Xuan recognized that Void Emperor’s sixth-rank Spirit Body was absorbing the damage.

Ye Chen faced Void Emperor’s Sixth-Rank Spirit Body and resisted his powerful soul attack with Primordial Spirit Immortality. He countered with Soul Lock Kill, but Void Emperor dragged the golden ring out of his Soul Sea, leaving the contest unresolved.

• Ye Chen’s Orbit Kill only left faint marks on Void Emperor because his Sixth-Rank Spirit Body absorbed much of the damage.
• Void Emperor’s allies expected him to win, while Empress Xuan trusted Ye Chen to survive, and Ye Chen argued that Void Emperor’s defense did not make his attacks stronger.
• Void Emperor used Soul-Annihilating Threads against Ye Chen, but Ye Chen’s Primordial Spirit Immortality dissolved the threads without harming his Soul Sea.
• Ye Chen sent a Soul Lock Kill into Void Emperor’s Soul Sea, but Void Emperor used Soul-Annihilating Threads to drag the golden ring back out.

Ye Chen unveiled the Earthly Fiend Sword Art against Void Emperor, drawing Earthly Fiend Energy into his sword to break through Void Emperor’s attacks and challenge his Indestructible Golden Bell. The chapter ended as Ye Chen sent the fully charged black greatsword racing toward Void Emperor.

• Void Emperor attacked Ye Chen with four killing moves, but Ye Chen split them apart with three sword strikes.
• Void Emperor’s Void Undefeated Battle Art grew stronger as the fight continued, while Ye Chen’s True Essence dwindled.
• Ye Chen unleashed the seventy-two-sword Earthly Fiend Sword Art, and its first strike forced Void Emperor back despite his Indestructible Golden Bell.
• Ye Chen sent the purple greatsword into the void to absorb Earthly Fiend Energy while Void Emperor waited behind his defensive bell.
• Ye Chen’s sword returned transformed into a black greatsword, and he launched it at Void Emperor.

Ye Chen’s Earthly Fiend Sword Art struck Void Emperor with six-star lethality, but Void Emperor escaped its first blow and Sky Yin King died in the sword’s path. As their battle continued, Ye Chen accumulated Earthly Fiend Energy for another strike and stunned Void Emperor with Soul Light just as the greatsword attacked again.

• Void Emperor activated the Dragon-Tiger Burst Essence Pill and punched Ye Chen’s black greatsword, but it destroyed his arm and shattered his organs before he escaped with a Mirror Clone technique.
• The black greatsword continued past Void Emperor and killed the distracted Sky Yin King, then returned to Ye Chen as its Earthly Fiend Energy ran low.
• Void Emperor charged Ye Chen, whose Iron Blood Silver Blue Sword held against him only briefly before Void Emperor’s stronger attacks forced Ye Chen back.
• Ye Chen declared that the Earthly Fiend Sword Art had accumulated enough power and summoned the black greatsword again.
• Void Emperor tried to open the distance and prepare a Space Profundity movement technique, but Ye Chen’s Soul Light struck his Soul Sea and the black greatsword blasted into his chest.

Ye Chen defeated Void Emperor and ended the gathering battle above the Chaotic Demon Sea, while the surviving Kings discussed the approaching Alien Race Calamity. The Devil Race then revealed that it had learned the Human-Demon Enclave’s region and planned to accelerate the unsealing of its lords before Ye Chen grew stronger.

• Ye Chen shattered Void Emperor’s body with the black greatsword, forcing him to flee, and the other major figures withdrew from the Chaotic Demon Sea.
• After the opposing forces departed, Ye Chen thanked his allies, and the gathered Kings dispersed to prepare for the Alien Race Calamity.
• Demon Flower Empress and Empress Xuan suspected the battle had been engineered to expose the Human-Demon Enclave, while Ye Chen said Primal Emperor’s incarnation could sense attempts to unseal it.
• Demon Flower Empress told Ye Chen that Murong had reached the Life and Death Realm and was developing powerful abilities inherited from her Devil Race bloodline.
• The Devil Race leaders discussed locating the Human-Demon Enclave, identified Ye Chen as a serious obstacle, and resolved to speed up the unsealing of their lords and contact Lord Tian Xie.