Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen and Gu Qingxue tested each other’s speed and reactions before their duel escalated into a stalemate between her Electric Field Domain and his sword. Gu Qingxue activated the Selfless Eye of Heaven to find Ye Chen’s future flaws, but he made them disappear and revealed that he could see flaws in her as well.

• Gu Qingxue used her electric-field-enhanced speed to circle Ye Chen, but he identified her real position and dispelled her illusions.
• Zhou Jian overwhelmed the Golden Whip King with repeated punches and killed him with a final blow.
• Gu Qingxue spread her fourth-level Electric Field Domain across Arena One and attacked Ye Chen with Waterdrop Thunder, but he countered with Sky Severance Sword.
• Ye Chen and Gu Qingxue traded attacks without either gaining an advantage, as her domain prevented him from landing a hit and his sword kept her at bay.
• Gu Qingxue entered the Selfless Eye of Heaven and saw flaws that would soon appear in Ye Chen, but they vanished as he adjusted his posture.
• Ye Chen told Gu Qingxue that he could see thirteen lines and twenty-seven points on her body, including one point that flickered with her state of mind.

Ye Chen defeated Gu Qingxue after reading her attacks and forcing her to concede, while the dark-skinned youth crushed the Black Feather Leopard King. After passing the fourth trial, Ye Chen’s group reached a plaza and encountered the Azure Dragon Swordsman and Baili Hun.

• Ye Chen analyzed Gu Qingxue’s movements, wounded her repeatedly, and shattered her heart through her armor, but she countered with Electric Current Explosion and Double Water-Stinging Thunder before he cut apart her attacks.
• Gu Qingxue conceded to Ye Chen, then challenged the combatant on Arena Ten and defeated the White Tiger Starfield fighter.
• The dark-skinned youth appeared on Arena Eight and overwhelmed the Black Feather Leopard King with his Wave Fist techniques, killing him with a final blast.
• After the fourth trial, Ye Chen’s group was teleported to a plaza, where they met ten people, including Baili Hun and the Azure Dragon Swordsman.
• Du Sha identified the black-robed swordsman as the Azure Dragon Swordsman, ranked fifth on the Celestial King Rankings, and more people continued arriving at the plaza.

The remaining elite geniuses gathered for the fifth trial, which tested speed, defense, strength, and reaction, leaving twenty contestants for a final ranking battle. The battle began with Lifeless Saber Leng Fanfei defeating Soul-Severing Spear Jiang Hao in three strikes.

• Du Sha identified the leading geniuses, including Tyrant Dragon Yang Ting, Unrivaled King A'Jiu, and Lifeless Saber Leng Fanfei, as the groups arrived.
• The contestants crossed the stone bridge and entered the fifth trial, where the speed test let forty-eight people pass and the defense test reduced them to forty-four.
• The strength test eliminated thirteen people, including Du Sha, and the reaction test left only twenty contestants.
• The remaining contestants learned that the top ten in the ranking battle would qualify for the Garden of the Gods, while eliminated participants watched through a projection.
• Lifeless Saber Leng Fanfei defeated Soul-Severing Spear Jiang Hao in three saber strikes.

Qi Hongyan, Tyrant Dragon Yang Ting, Yan Feihua, and Azure Dragon Swordsman Xiao Xiyu won their matches, with Yang Ting defeating Baili Hun in eleven moves. Ye Chen was paired against Ghost Genius Lu Wenxiu, but Gu Qingxue and Qi Hongyan warned that Ye Chen was far stronger than he appeared, and Leng Fanfei declared him one of his opponents.

• Qi Hongyan defeated the Strange Speed Wolf King with her Heavenly Star-Seizing Hand and Three Thousand Platinum Threads.
• Yang Ting endured Baili Hun's three powerful saber strikes, then defeated him with a punch and a succession of attacks on the eleventh move.
• Yan Feihua defeated the Azure King, and Xiao Xiyu cleanly defeated Ghost Hand Luo Ming.
• Ye Chen was matched against Ghost Genius Lu Wenxiu, one of the Three Great Geniuses recognized across the Four Great Life Starfields.
• Gu Qingxue said Ye Chen had defeated her, and Qi Hongyan said she had less than a ten percent chance of beating him.
• Leng Fanfei identified Ye Chen as one of his opponents.

Ye Chen fought Lu Wenxiu in the ranking battle and overcame his strongest techniques, revealing a decisive advantage. Lu Wenxiu awakened his fighting spirit and prepared to continue the fight.

• Lu Wenxiu entered the Selfless Eye of Heaven State and attacked Ye Chen with Wind Shadow Strike.
• Ye Chen countered Lu Wenxiu’s growing afterimages with Autumn Water Profundity—A Thousand Autumns Shattered.
• Lu Wenxiu used Copper Wall, Iron Fortress to defend himself, but Ye Chen’s Ruthless Water and Fire shattered the barrier and wounded him.
• Lu Wenxiu refused to accept defeat, remembered his goal of reaching the Garden of the Gods, and awakened his fighting spirit.

Ye Chen fought Lu Wenxiu, whose speed, four supreme skills, and light-speed flaw-targeting attack pushed him to reveal his own sword techniques. Ye Chen broke through Lu Wenxiu’s defenses and killed him, ending the duel.

• Ji Chengyue watched Lu Wenxiu’s transformed fighting style as Lu attacked Ye Chen at tremendous speed, but Ye Chen blocked every strike.
• Lu Wenxiu trapped Ye Chen with Flame God's Hand and Star-Trapping Hand, but Ye Chen shattered the attacks with a sword strike that severed Lu Wenxiu’s arm.
• Lu Wenxiu used Wind Shadow Strike to expose a flaw in Ye Chen and launched Nine-Star Alignment at light speed, but Ye Chen froze space and split the star pearl with his sword.
• Ye Chen advanced under his Sword Domain, evaded Lu Wenxiu’s Star-Trapping Hand, and forced him back with a powerful attack.
• Ye Chen used Sword Step to appear behind Lu Wenxiu and beheaded him; Lu Wenxiu admitted defeat.

Ye Chen extended his winning streak to eleven by defeating several opponents, including Azure Dragon Swordsman Xiao Xiyu, while many other contestants forfeited. He remained unbeaten as the tournament continued, with the strongest favorites still ahead.

• Xia Xiaoshan defeated Black Annihilation King Zhou Jian with his fifth-form Intent Wave Fist, and Gu Qingxue, Li Yifeng, and A'Jiu won their first-round battles.
• Ye Chen defeated Baili Hun and Zhao Wuque, while Leng Fanfei defeated Xiao Xiyu; several of Ye Chen's later opponents forfeited.
• Ye Chen defeated Xiao Xiyu in the ninth round by exploiting the numbness caused by his Vibrating Sword Technique and striking when a flaw appeared.
• Ouyang Tieying and Yan Feihua forfeited against Ye Chen, bringing his record to eleven consecutive victories.
• Spectators debated Ye Chen's prospects and noted that he had yet to face favorites A'Jiu, Leng Fanfei, or Yang Ting.

Ye Chen continued his winning streak, defeating Zhou Jian and then overcoming the illusionist Li Yifeng. The chapter ended with Ye Chen securing fourteen consecutive victories.

• Ye Chen saw through Li Yifeng’s illusions as Li Yifeng defeated Xiao Xiyu in the twelfth round.
• Li Yifeng defeated Lu Wenxiu, and Ye Chen defeated Zhou Jian with two sword strikes in the thirteenth round.
• In the fourteenth round, Ye Chen recognized Li Yifeng’s opening illusion and remained unfazed by his attack.
• Ye Chen used Autumn Water Essence—A Thousand Autumns Shattered to defeat Li Yifeng and claim his fourteenth consecutive victory.

Ye Chen watched Yang Ting defeat Zhou Jian after Zhou Jian broke through during their fight, then saw the later battles conclude before facing Xia Xiaoshan. Ye Chen shattered Xia’s fourth-form Wave Fist with his Sword Control Technique, and the chapter left their highly anticipated duel underway.

• Ye Chen recognized that Li Yifeng’s illusions could not deceive him, and he defeated Li without using the Soul Eye.
• Yang Ting overpowered Zhou Jian’s dragon-strength defense, but Zhou Jian broke through to the high level of the Selfless Body and forced Yang Ting back before Yang Ting seized his wrist and killed him.
• Xia Xiaoshan defeated Gu Qingxue, and Leng Fanfei defeated Yan Feihua as the tournament rounds continued.
• Xia Xiaoshan faced Ye Chen and attacked with the third form of the Wave Fist, but Ye Chen shattered the barrage of light spheres with a cross-shaped sword strike.
• Xia Xiaoshan launched the fourth form of the Wave Fist, and Ye Chen hurled his Demon Slayer Sword with the Sword Control Technique, Hundred Swords Unleashed, breaking Xia’s attack and blasting him backward.

Ye Chen defeated Xia Xiaoshan and continued his winning streak, while the tournament’s leading contenders became clearer. Leng Fanfei then revealed the Lifeless Asura Strike, killing Xia Xiaoshan with one saber blow and displaying his true strength.

• Ye Chen struck Xia Xiaoshan with Hundred Swords Unleashed, then defeated his Intent Wave Fist with Ruthless Water and Fire and won his fifteenth consecutive match.
• Tyrant Dragon Yang Ting suppressed Gu Qingxue with Dragon Might and defeated her, while the remaining tournament results clarified the likely top five.
• Leng Fanfei fought Xia Xiaoshan in the sixteenth round as both contenders battled for a higher place in the rankings.
• Xia Xiaoshan used the Intent Wave Fist, but Leng Fanfei answered with the Lifeless Asura Strike and killed him with a single saber blow.
• Ye Chen recognized from Leng Fanfei’s strike that he had endured countless battles and had likely fought a thousand times.

A' Jiu defeated Xiao Xiyu with his Star River Divine Palm, and Yan Feihua beat Li Yifeng using a soul secret art that reflected illusions. The eighth battle began with Ye Chen facing Tyrant Dragon Yang Ting, who transformed into his iron-armored dragon form as the crowd debated Ye Chen’s chances.

• A' Jiu overwhelmed Xiao Xiyu’s Myriad Swords Heavenly Conquest and defeated him with a second Star River Divine Palm.
• Yan Feihua used a rare soul secret art to reflect Li Yifeng’s illusions and won their battle, tying Lu Wenxiu in points and rank.
• Ye Chen and Tyrant Dragon Yang Ting began their eighth battle after Ye Chen had defeated several prominent fighters.
• Yang Ting transformed into a dragon-man covered in iron-black armor, revealing his claws and tail as he prepared to fight seriously.

Ye Chen overpowered Yang Ting with his sword and Quadruple Force, then revealed a late fourth-level Sword Domain that neutralized Yang Ting’s Dragon Might. The battle continued as Ye Chen cut apart Yang Ting’s Fourth-tier Sacred Dragon Fist.

• Yang Ting attacked Ye Chen with a punch and a piercing tail strike, but Ye Chen caught the tail and swung him into the arena like a Meteor Hammer.
• Ye Chen sent the Demon Slayer Sword into Yang Ting’s skull, but it pierced only half an inch before Yang Ting blasted it away and healed his wound.
• Yang Ting unleashed Dragon Might across a vast area, and Ye Chen countered it by expanding his late fourth-level Sword Domain.
• Yang Ting launched his Fourth-tier Sacred Dragon Fist, and Ye Chen’s emerald-green sword-light curtain cleaved its Dragon-Shaped Qi Force into several segments.

Ye Chen defeated Yang Ting with Ruthless Water and Fire, then Leng Fanfei revealed the True Asura Strike and killed Yang Ting in their match. Ye Chen watched Leng Fanfei’s hidden strength emerge as the tournament continued toward its top-three contenders.

• Ye Chen pierced Yang Ting’s dragon armor with Ruthless Water and Fire, trapping him in a sphere of Sword Qi that tore through his body.
• Yang Ting unleashed Dragon Breath to disrupt the sphere, but Ye Chen recognized that Destruction Sword Intent still corrupted Yang Ting’s body.
• Ye Chen split Yang Ting in two with another Ruthless Water and Fire strike and won their battle.
• In the seventeenth round, Leng Fanfei fought Yang Ting and initially struck him with the Lifeless Asura Strike, which Yang Ting survived.
• Leng Fanfei summoned an Asura shadow and used the True Asura Strike to reduce Yang Ting to a pool of blood and sever his life force.
• Ye Chen recognized that Leng Fanfei, like himself, had been concealing his full strength.

Leng Fanfei defeated Yang Ting with True Asura Strike, and Ye Chen fought Unrivaled King A'Jiu in a fierce match. A'Jiu's three martial arts failed to stop Ye Chen's Ruthless Water and Fire until three equally powerful A'Jius appeared and broke the attack.

• Leng Fanfei defeated Yang Ting with True Asura Strike, while Unrivaled King A'Jiu noted that Leng Fanfei had touched the third stage of the Selfless State.
• Unrivaled King A'Jiu and Ye Chen met in the ninth match of the seventeenth round and released their domains before attacking.
• A'Jiu used Star River Divine Palm and Wind-Water Severance, but Ye Chen countered with his sword and pushed him back.
• A'Jiu unleashed Red Giant Fist, then his strongest art, Dragon-Subduing Divine Leg, but Ye Chen's full-power Ruthless Water and Fire broke through both.
• As Ye Chen prepared another Ruthless Water and Fire strike, three A'Jius appeared and combined Star River Divine Palm, Wind-Water Severance, and Red Giant Fist to shatter it.

Ye Chen fought A'Jiu, who summoned three Martial Dao Phantoms with combat power equal to his own. Ye Chen’s Fleeting Sword Domain slowed A'Jiu’s attacks, and his powerful defense let him counterattack the original A'Jiu, leaving the battle heavily in his favor.

• A'Jiu summoned three full-strength Martial Dao Phantoms and attacked Ye Chen with four killing moves at once.
• Ye Chen used Fleeting Sword Domain to slow the attacks, then shattered them with Ruthless Water and Fire.
• A'Jiu’s four copies attacked from different directions, and Dragon-Subduing Divine Leg broke the bones in Ye Chen’s left arm.
• Ye Chen recovered quickly and targeted A'Jiu’s original body, whose Dragon-Subduing Divine Leg lost to Ruthless Water and Fire.
• A'Jiu was badly slashed by Ye Chen’s Destruction Sword Intent, while the other three copies’ attacks left Ye Chen with only minor injuries.

Ye Chen battled A'Jiu, who unleashed the Selfless Berserk State and overwhelmed him with a powerful attack. Ye Chen answered with Fleeting Brilliance and his newly completed Dragon Spring Sword, defeating A'Jiu and securing his seventeenth consecutive victory.

• Ye Chen continued striking A'Jiu with Ruthless Water and Fire, while accumulating Destruction Sword Intent forced A'Jiu to enter the Selfless Berserk State.
• A'Jiu's aura surged, and he merged his three Martial Dao Phantoms into his body before launching a combined attack against Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen charged into A'Jiu's attack and used Fleeting Brilliance, a Space Profundity sword move, to shatter the killing moves and wound A'Jiu.
• Ye Chen pursued the retreating A'Jiu and used the Demon Slayer Sword's Ninety-Nine Unification Sword Art to halt him briefly.
• Ye Chen struck with the Dragon Spring Sword, slicing A'Jiu apart and sending him outside the tournament platform, whereupon Ye Chen won his seventeenth consecutive battle.

The Trials of the Gods ended with Ye Chen taking first place after nineteen victories, followed by A'Jiu and Leng Fanfei. Ye Chen and the other top-ranked participants boarded the God Ship to enter the mysterious and dangerous Garden of the Gods.

• Jiang Hao conceded to Ye Chen, and A'Jiu defeated Leng Fanfei after their fierce battle.
• Ye Chen defeated Leng Fanfei in the nineteenth round, finishing first as the Trials of the Gods ended and the rankings were announced.
• The eliminated participants boarded a God Ship for the God Star while the crowd discussed Ye Chen's victory.
• A'Jiu congratulated Ye Chen, and Lu Wenxiu explained that the Garden of the Gods gathered geniuses and required God Coins for later entry or departure.
• Ye Chen, A'Jiu, Lu Wenxiu, and the other top participants boarded the arriving God Ship, which departed for the Garden of the Gods.

The eleven newcomers arrived at the Garden of the Gods and learned how its towers, garden badges, and God Coins worked. After the administrator warned them to avoid conflicts with veteran members, they were left to choose their residences.

• Yan Feihua, Gu Qingxue, and Zhou Jian explained the Profoundity Pagoda, God Coins, and the challenge of joining the Garden of the Gods.
• The eleven descended from the God Ship into the Garden of the Gods and saw its towers and Thunderbolt Ball players.
• A deity welcomed them, explained that Trial Tokens served as garden badges, and described the Hunting Pagoda’s compulsory hunts for members who reached certain tower floors.
• Gu Qingxue and Xiao Xiyu asked about the Hunting Pagoda’s ranks and ways to earn God Coins, and the deity explained the badge requirements, costs, and uses of God Coins.
• The deity said the newcomers could choose among vacant residences but advised them not to provoke veteran members while they were still weak.

Ye Chen and the other newcomers reached the Garden of the Gods’ center and faced challenges from its seniors, who demonstrated their overwhelming skill in the arena. After Leng Fanfei drew with Yang Zhan, A'Jiu fought Lu Hu and was defeated, leaving Ye Chen as the last newcomer yet to fight.

• Ye Chen chose a bamboo house by a stream and practiced his sword before boarding the noon God Car with the other ten newcomers.
• At the Garden’s gates, Lu Wenxiu and A'Jiu reacted to the seniors, and the newcomers accepted the required challenges.
• Zhou Jian lost to Wan Donglei and paid one hundred thousand yuan stones, then Xiao Xiyu lost to Liao Qing; Lu Wenxiu, Yan Feihua, Li Yifeng, Gu Qingxue, Xia Xiaoshan, and Yang Ting also suffered defeats.
• Leng Fanfei fought Yang Zhan, lost his head but struck back with an illusory saber, and forced a draw that revealed his third-floor War God Pagoda combat strength.
• A'Jiu fought Lu Hu, who used the Yin Profundity to create hundreds of figures, and defeated him.

Ye Chen defeated Lu Hu and challenged Tie He, who had already reached the fourth floor of the War God Pagoda. After Tie He resisted Ye Chen’s speed and spatial techniques, Ye Chen used Three Flowers Borrowing Passage to double his combat power and pierced Tie He’s brow.

• Ye Chen used his Essence of Speed and Dragon Spring Sword to defeat Lu Hu, who acknowledged his strength and paid him one hundred thousand primal stones.
• Tie He arrived, criticized Lu Hu for losing, and accepted Ye Chen’s challenge despite warnings from his companions.
• Tie He blocked Ye Chen’s first sword strike, then resisted Fleeting Brilliance with his Selfless State and struck Ye Chen with Cold Moon Slashes Heaven.
• Ye Chen asked Tie He to wager one hundred thousand primal stones, then activated Three Flowers Borrowing Passage to multiply his combat power.
• Ye Chen’s strengthened Fleeting Brilliance overwhelmed Tie He’s defenses, and Ye Chen pierced Tie He’s brow.