Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen fought the Giant Demon Emperor while following the Primal Emperor’s guidance to raise his essence, qi, and spirit toward the major accomplishment of Three Flowers Borrowing Passage. Meanwhile, the Sky Sword Continent suffered devastating losses against the Evil Spirit Clan, and the chapter ended as Ye Chen broke through his limit and manifested three illusory flowers.

• The Primal Emperor urged Ye Chen to build up his essence, qi, and spirit during his battle with the Giant Demon Emperor so he could reach the major accomplishment of Three Flowers Borrowing Passage.
• Ye Chen and the Giant Demon Emperor fought across the starry sky, destroying multiple stars while Ye Chen’s essence, qi, and spirit steadily increased.
• The Evil Spirit Clan’s million-strong army battered the Sky Sword Continent, where the Yin Erosion Evil Emperor overwhelmed the defenders and the Heavenly Sword Ancestor struggled to hold him back.
• The Snow Sword Emperor and Star Sword King stood out among the Sky Sword Continent’s defenders, while the Nine-Headed Serpent Emperor died and Huang Mei, Yue Bingxin, and Yue Lingshuang fought amid the slaughter.
• The Giant Demon Emperor struck Ye Chen and blasted him away, but the impact shattered Ye Chen’s limit and brought forth three illusory flowers that communicated with the Great Dao of Three Flowers.

Ye Chen used Three Flowers Borrowing Passage to overpower the Giant Demon Emperor, then attacked his Soul Sea with repeated Soul Lights and Soul Lock Kills. As the Giant Demon Emperor's Soul Sea neared collapse, he awakened a Parasitic Demon within himself, which left to seek its own life beyond the True Spirit Continent.

• Ye Chen activated Three Flowers Borrowing Passage, doubling his power, and blasted the Giant Demon Emperor into a small star with a sword strike.
• Ye Chen cleaved the star apart and repeatedly struck the Giant Demon Emperor's Soul Sea with Soul Light and Soul Lock Kill.
• With his Soul Sea on the verge of collapse, the Giant Demon Emperor used Demon Corroding the Heart and split open to reveal a Parasitic Demon.
• The Parasitic Demon explained that the Giant Demon Emperor had awakened its consciousness and that it planned to leave the True Spirit Continent.
• The Parasitic Demon flew toward the Death Road and vanished into the starry sky as Ye Chen watched.

After killing the Giant Demon Emperor, Ye Chen returned to the battlefield and routed the Devil Race forces, then captured their fleeing Puppet Warships. He recovered the Curse Demon Sword and agreed to let Murong Qingcheng take the Curse Demon Emperor’s Demon Energy Crystal despite its possible curse.

• Ye Chen seized the black battle armor from the Demon Ancestor Tree and flew back to the True Spirit Continent.
• Ye Chen killed the remaining Devil Race Demon Kings, then joined Xu Jing and Murong Qingcheng in stopping and clearing the Puppet Warships.
• Ye Chen confirmed that the people of the Fallen Dust Sword Sect had survived and retrieved the Curse Demon Sword from the forbidden zone.
• Murong Qingcheng asked to take the Demon Energy Crystal from the Curse Demon Emperor’s bones, and Ye Chen agreed after warning that it might be cursed.

After defeating the Devil Race, Ye Chen and the surviving Kings traveled to Sky Sword Continent, where the Evil Spirit Clan had nearly overwhelmed its defenders. Ye Chen and the others defeated the Evil Spirit Clan army and rescued the continent, while the battle between the Undying Tree and Demon Ancestor Tree remained unresolved.

• Murong Qingcheng destroyed the Curse Demon Emperor’s body, and the survivors mourned their dead and agreed to build a Kings’ Cemetery.
• Ye Chen led seventy or eighty experts through the transmission array to Sky Sword Continent to aid its besieged defenders.
• Ye Chen arrived just as four Evil Kings attacked the Star Sword King and killed them with a single Sword Light.
• Ye Chen killed the Yin Erosion Evil Emperor with one sword as his companions rapidly cut down the Evil Kings.
• The Evil Spirit Clan’s remaining forces collapsed, and the people of Sky Sword Continent celebrated their victory.

After the Alien Race Calamity ended, Ye Chen recovered and deepened his mastery of sword techniques during three months of cultivation. As the New Year passed, the Life and Death Realm Kings learned that he would soon venture onto the Death Road, likely after visiting the Emperor's Imprint Monument.

• Ye Chen and the others returned to True Spirit Continent after defeating the Evil Spirit Clan, and the Undying Tree killed the Demon Ancestor Tree after seven days and nights of battle.
• The Human-Demon Clan settled in Seaview Domain, while Xu Jing, Murong Qingcheng, and others returned home to manage the aftermath of the war.
• Ye Chen began closed-door cultivation to restore his depleted Soul Force and digest the insights he had gained in battle.
• After three months, Ye Chen emerged with stronger Sword Momentum and Sword Domain, and he froze an avalanche long enough to rescue small animals.
• The True Spirit Continent celebrated New Year, and its Life and Death Realm Kings learned that Ye Chen would soon venture onto the Death Road, likely visiting the Emperor's Imprint Monument first.

Ye Chen left a sword-flower mark on the Emperor's Imprint Monument, then entered the Death Road to reach the outside world. He emerged into a clash with two powerful Devil Race Kings and killed them with a single sword technique.

• Ye Chen carved the mark of his Fleeting Brilliance sword move beneath the Primal Emperor's mark on the Emperor's Imprint Monument.
• Ye Chen said farewell to Xu Jing, Murong Qingcheng, and the gathered Kings before entering the Death Road alone.
• Dugu Jue vowed to break through the Death Road himself and follow Ye Chen, while Chu Zhongtian accepted that Ye Chen was ahead of him.
• Ye Chen traveled through the Death Road's void and spotted a ray of starlight marking the way out.
• Two Demon Kings of the Devil Race, each at the Life and Death Realm Fifth Heaven, attacked Ye Chen, and he cut them into blood mist with a cross-shaped sword screen.

Ye Chen crossed the Death Road and fought the Alien Race guards in the outer starry sky, where his lifespan increased to a hundred thousand years. After overwhelming seven Life and Death Realm Fifth Heaven experts, he encountered a hidden Life and Death Realm Sixth Heaven giant demon and fled when he realized he could not defeat him.

• Ye Chen emerged from the Death Road into the true starry sky, gaining a hundred-thousand-year lifespan and facing seven Alien Race experts.
• Ye Chen killed a one-horned Demon King with a precise strike, then fought the guards as they joined forces against him.
• Ye Chen used his Sword Domain to kill five more guards, but an axe-wielding giant demon shattered the domain and forced him to counter with Fleeting Brilliance.
• Ye Chen recognized the giant demon as a Life and Death Realm Sixth Heaven expert with eight-star combat power and fled into the starry sky.
• The giant demon ordered the remaining guards to stay behind and pursued Ye Chen.

After leaving the True Spirit Continent, Ye Chen escaped the One-Horned Demon King and set out through the starry sky aboard a Puppet Warship. He traveled three hundred thousand light-years toward Firebird Star before encountering Devil Race Demon Kings and fleeing with their warship still in pursuit.

• Xu Jing received Ye Chen’s message that he had crossed the Death Road and escaped a Demon King, while Empress Xuan and the others resolved to protect the weakened True Spirit Continent and search for Barren Stone.
• Ye Chen used his fourth-level Sword Domain to outrun the One-Horned Demon King, who gave up the chase and returned.
• Ye Chen boarded a Puppet Warship and set a course for Firebird Star, using spatial traversal to travel three hundred thousand light-years in one year.
• Ye Chen encountered eight Devil Race Demon Kings traveling to the True Spirit Continent and realized his warship would expose him as an outsider.
• Ye Chen put away the Devil Race Puppet Warship and fled, while the Demon Kings recognized him as an enemy but could not catch him with their own ship.

Lan Xin'er and Uncle Lin traveled aboard a Lan Ye Family warship with the Soul-Returning Fruit needed to save her injured elder sister. After Ye Chen asked for passage to Firebird Star, Lan Xin'er persuaded Uncle Lin to take him aboard, and Ye Chen paid the requested fare.

• Lan Xin'er and Uncle Lin discussed the five-year journey to retrieve a Soul-Returning Fruit for her elder sister, who had nearly died.
• The Firebird Young Master invited Lan Xin'er for a drink, but she declined, and Uncle Lin warned her not to let the young man push her around.
• Lan Xin'er spotted Ye Chen approaching the warship, and Uncle Lin ordered the crew to charge the Puppet Cannons.
• Ye Chen asked for a ride to Firebird Star, and Lan Xin'er persuaded Uncle Lin to let him board.
• Uncle Lin demanded six hundred Origin Stones for the journey, and Ye Chen paid without hesitation.

Ye Chen traveled aboard the Azure Leaf toward Firebird Star and spent the journey strengthening his sword techniques without advancing his cultivation realm. After completing Autumn Water and further developing Fleeting Brilliance, he visited the ship’s hall and heard passengers praise Firebird Young Master’s strength.

• Ye Chen paid Uncle Lin for passage aboard the Azure Leaf, and Lan Xin'er confirmed that the ship was headed to Firebird Star.
• Ye Chen decided not to attempt the Fourth Heaven because his Dao Gate had developed cracks, and he focused on improving his sword techniques instead.
• After the Azure Leaf began spatial traversal, Ye Chen fused Gold Essence and Water Profundity to complete Autumn Water, then continued studying Fleeting Brilliance.
• Three months later, Ye Chen went to the hall, ordered Starlight Wine, and overheard passengers praising Firebird Young Master for killing a powerful Cosmic Beast with one punch.
• A middle-aged King told Ye Chen that Firebird Young Master was one of Firebird Star’s ten outstanding young geniuses, and Ye Chen modestly brushed off the suggestion that he was one too.

Ye Chen discussed swordsmanship with Lan Xin'er, telling her that her hesitation kept her from advancing and that she was not suited to be a swordsman. Firebird Young Master and Yue Chen challenged him over his words, and Yue Chen prepared to test him in a swordsmanship-only match aboard the Azure Leaf.

• Ye Chen learned about Firebird Star and watched Lan Xin'er arrive aboard the Azure Leaf.
• Lan Xin'er left Firebird Young Master's table and joined Ye Chen, asking why her Sword Intent had not advanced beyond the peak of the sixth rank.
• Ye Chen told Lan Xin'er that she hesitated and did not enjoy fighting, while she explained that she viewed the sword differently from him.
• Firebird Young Master accused Ye Chen of arrogance, and Ye Chen calmly rejected the accusation.
• Yue Chen challenged Ye Chen to a match, and Uncle Lin allowed it as a contest of swordsmanship without True Essence or will.

Ye Chen accepted Yue Chen’s challenge aboard the Azure Leaf and defeated him with one sword, badly injuring his arm and chest. Ye Chen left the practice ground, while Lan Xin’er and Uncle Lin recognized his swordsmanship as extraordinary and considered approaching him.

• Ye Chen agreed to spar with Yue Chen after Lan Xin’er secretly warned him about Yue Chen’s swordsmanship and body refinement.
• Yue Chen declared that one sword would defeat Ye Chen, then attacked with the Rising Sun Sword Technique’s Rising Sun Ascends.
• Ye Chen met Yue Chen’s strike with one sword, disarmed him, sent him flying, and left his right arm limp.
• The onlookers were stunned as Ye Chen left, and Yue Chen’s right arm and chest burst apart when he tried to stand.
• Lan Xin’er asked Uncle Lin about Ye Chen’s sword, and Uncle Lin admitted he could only detect its vibration power before suggesting Lan Xin’er learn from him.

Ye Chen helped Lan Xin'er refine her Illusory Dream Sword Technique during their voyage aboard the Azure Leaf. After the ship arrived at Firebird Star, Ye Chen learned how costly warships were and considered buying one of his own.

• Lan Xin'er asked Ye Chen to guide her swordsmanship, and he identified flaws in her Illusory Dream Sword Technique.
• Ye Chen demonstrated how Lan Xin'er could use successive variations in Illusory Heart to build Momentum for Illusory Dream.
• Lan Xin'er practiced the altered first move, producing three successive variations before Ye Chen countered her Illusory Dream.
• The Azure Leaf arrived at Firebird Star after eight months of travel.
• Lan Xin'er explained the prices and capabilities of King-Class, Heavenly King-Class, and Emperor-Class Warships, and Ye Chen was astonished by their cost.

Ye Chen arrived at Firebird Star with Lan Xin'er, learned about its metal mines and thriving weapon-forging industry, and parted ways with her in Lan Ye City. After exploring the city’s weapon shops, he tested the market by offering a Pseudo-Supreme Treasure sword and learned it could fetch sixty Origin Stones.

• Lan Xin'er explained Firebird Star’s three continents, abundant metal mines, and ranks of weapon forgers as the Azure Leaf descended toward her family’s city.
• Lan Xin'er reunited with Butler Liu, learned her elder sister remained unconscious, and said the Soul-Returning Fruit would cure her; Ye Chen declined her invitation and went to explore alone.
• Firebird Young Master chose not to pursue Ye Chen after their earlier setback, saying he would wait until he advanced to the fourth level of the Life and Death Realm.
• In Lan Ye City, Ye Chen examined the weapon shop’s treasures and compared their prices with those on the True Spirit Continent.
• Ye Chen asked the shopkeeper to value his Pseudo-Supreme Treasure sword, and the shopkeeper offered sixty Origin Stones for it.

Ye Chen studied top-grade sword-forging knowledge and bought large quantities of metal materials on Firebird Star to improve his craft. With his Origin Stones running low, he decided to sell his ten Devil Race Puppet Warships and considered asking Lan Xin'er to handle the sale.

• Ye Chen showed his Demon Slayer Sword to a weapon-shop owner, who appraised it at about two thousand five hundred Origin Stones but noted flaws in its forging.
• Ye Chen bought a Stellar Miniaturization Instrument and all twenty-four top-grade Sword-Forging Art Jade Slips available at a general store, receiving books on top-grade metal materials as a gift.
• Ye Chen spent a week studying the sword-forging and metal-material knowledge in his inn at Lan Ye City.
• Ye Chen bought enough top-grade metal materials to forge several hundred treasure swords, spending more than half of his Origin Stones.
• Ye Chen decided to sell his ten Devil Race Puppet Warships and thought of asking Lan Xin'er to sell them for him.

Lan Xin'er told Lan Xian'er how Ye Chen had improved her sword techniques, then Ye Chen visited the Lan family to sell ten Devil Race warships and ask about buying a Heavenly King-Class Warship. The chapter ended as Lan Xian'er challenged Ye Chen to a spar.

• Lan Xin'er defeated Lan Xian'er in their sword-skill exchange and explained that Ye Chen had guided her and helped revise Illusory Heart.
• Lan Xin'er introduced Ye Chen to Lan Xian'er after he arrived at the estate, and Lan Xian'er expressed interest in testing his swordsmanship.
• Ye Chen asked Lan Xin'er to sell ten Devil Race warships, and she agreed to pay him three hundred thousand yuan stones in advance.
• Lan Xian'er told Ye Chen that Blazing Fire City would auction a Heavenly King-Class Warship in three months.
• Lan Xian'er invited Ye Chen to spar, and the two took their places on the martial arts grounds.

Ye Chen defeated Lan Xian'er, agreed to guide her and Lan Xin'er, and spent months forging top-grade treasure swords at the Lan Ye Family’s Earthfire Courtyard. After training the sisters, he completed Star Severer and Vast Sea, though his forging success rate remained low.

• Ye Chen disarmed Lan Xian'er in a spar, explained how she could improve her swordsmanship, and agreed to guide her and Lan Xin'er when he had time.
• Lan Xin'er arranged for Ye Chen to use Earthfire Courtyard, where he forged metal- and water-attributed top-grade treasure swords for over three months.
• Ye Chen modified Lan Xin'er's Illusory Dream over three days, then taught Lan Xian'er basic sword arts and helped her strengthen her foundation.
• Ye Chen completed two swords: the low top-grade metal-attributed Star Severer and the mid top-grade water-attributed Vast Sea.

Ye Chen left Lan Xian'er and Lan Xin'er to continue their sword training and headed for Blazing Fire City, where he encountered the Celestial King Rankings’ seventh-ranked Lifeless Saber, Leng Fanfei. Their opposing wills and weapon auras clashed, leaving the crowd stunned before both men continued into the city.

• Ye Chen praised Lan Xian'er and Lan Xin'er’s progress, then departed for Blazing Fire City and urged them to rely on their own efforts.
• Luo Yinkong and Yuan Qing flew toward Blazing Fire City for its ranking meet and discussed the mysterious swordsman who had defeated Yue Chen.
• Ye Chen pushed his speed to about fifteen hundred times the speed of sound, limiting his pace to conserve True Essence against Firebird Star’s atmospheric resistance.
• Leng Fanfei arrived at Blazing Fire City’s eastern gate, and his saber aura immobilized nearby people while his glance left Luo Yinkong dazed.
• Ye Chen landed beside Leng Fanfei, and their gazes and weapon auras clashed before they entered the city separately.
• After Ye Chen and Leng Fanfei left, saber marks and sword marks split and scarred the ground where they had stood.

At the Blazing Fire City auction, Ye Chen watched the bidding as rare treasures drew fierce competition, including the Time Blade, which Leng Fanfei won after outbidding the Azure Moon Young Master. When the final item, a small Heavenly King-Class Warship, came up for auction, Ye Chen entered the bidding and drew the attention of Leng Fanfei, Luo Yinkong, and Yuan Qing.

• Ye Chen reflected on Leng Fanfei's reputation and potential before the Blazing Fire City auction began.
• The auction sold several treasures, and a gray-haired old man bought the Dao-Pattern Pill for five thousand five hundred Origin Stones.
• Leng Fanfei bid thirty thousand Origin Stones for the Time Blade, and the Azure Moon Young Master withdrew while challenging him to a fight after the auction.
• The auction began bidding on a small Heavenly King-Class Warship, and Ye Chen offered one hundred and sixty thousand Origin Stones.
• Luo Yinkong, Yuan Qing, and Leng Fanfei noticed Ye Chen's bid.

Ye Chen won a small Heavenly King-Class Warship at auction despite provoking the Silent Terror King, then watched the Azure Moon Young Master challenge Leng Fanfei. Leng Fanfei effortlessly overcame the Azure Moon Young Master’s Doomblade Aura and killed him with a single saber palm.

• Ye Chen bid two hundred thousand yuan stones and won the warship after the Silent Terror King stopped bidding.
• Ye Chen left the auction and joined the crowd watching Leng Fanfei face the Azure Moon Young Master outside Blazing Fire City.
• The Azure Moon Young Master revealed his Doomblade Aura, a secret art he had cultivated during his nine-year absence, and attacked Leng Fanfei.
• Leng Fanfei caught and restrained the Doomblade Aura, preventing the Azure Moon Young Master from scattering it again.
• Leng Fanfei struck the Azure Moon Young Master with a saber palm, and the saber auras inside the young master's divided body destroyed him.