Chapter Summaries

After defeating Tie He, Ye Chen entered the War God Pagoda and cleared four floors, earning God Coins and drawing the interest of other residents. He joined his companions and Lin Chun and Cui Yi on their way to challenge the Survival Pagoda.

• Ye Chen defeated Tie He, who paid him one hundred thousand yuan stones and warned him to choose his Hunting Battlefield team carefully.
• Ye Chen entered the War God Pagoda and cleared its first floor by destroying a Lava Giant's Lava Heart, earning ten God Coins.
• Yan Feihua, Lu Wenxiu, Xiao Xiyu, Li Yifeng, and Gu Qingxue failed the first floor, while Zhou Jian reached the second and Leng Fanfei and A'Jiu reached the third.
• Lin Chun and Cui Yi explained the Survival Pagoda's difficulty and rewards, and advised the newcomers to be cautious about choosing teams.
• Ye Chen emerged after clearing the fourth floor, where he had fought a demon king at the sixth level of the Life and Death Realm.
• Lin Chun invited Ye Chen and the others to challenge the Survival Pagoda together, and they headed there.

Ye Chen and the other newcomers challenged the Survival Pagoda, where Ye Chen reached the third floor but deliberately failed to avoid being forced into the Hunting Pagoda. He then spent his God Coins to enter the Earth Profundity Pagoda, while the Garden of the Gods began taking notice of his and A'Jiu's potential.

• Lin Chun led the newcomers into the Survival Pagoda, where most were eliminated on the first floor and A'Jiu and Ye Chen cleared the second floor.
• A'Jiu reached the third floor but was overwhelmed by its powerful enemies, while Ye Chen fought through the White Dwarf Star and deliberately let the last Demon King kill him.
• Ye Chen counted his 219 God Coins and entered the Earth Profundity Pagoda to work toward completing the Essence of Earth.
• The other newcomers trained in the Martial Arts Pagoda, aiming to improve their skills and earn more God Coins from the War God Pagoda.
• Word spread through the Garden of the Gods about Ye Chen, A'Jiu, and Leng Fanfei, and teams discussed befriending or recruiting them.

Ye Chen perfected his Essence of Earth and deepened the fusion of gold and earth in the Sky Severance Sword at the Martial Arts Pagoda. He then watched A'Jiu play Thunderbolt Ball and took on Huang Hengfei, ending the chapter with Ye Chen returning an unexpected spinning shot.

• Ye Chen spent nine days in the Martial Arts Pagoda and further fused the Gold Essence and Essence of Earth, making the Sky Severance Sword more powerful.
• Ye Chen went to the Thunderbolt Ball court, where A'Jiu played Huang Hengfei and lost after Huang Hengfei used a spin ball.
• Huang Hengfei invited Ye Chen to play, and Ye Chen accepted, serving first.
• After a dozen exchanges, Huang Hengfei sent a powerful spin ball at Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen struck the ball back with a curved, unpredictable trajectory, shocking the spectators.

Ye Chen honed his innate qualities by playing Thunderbolt Ball and carefully cultivated for nearly a year before breaking through to the Life and Death Realm Fourth Heaven. The chapter ended with him leaving his hut after the breakthrough, amazed at the vast quantity of Origin Stones it had consumed.

• Ye Chen matched Huang Hengfei’s Thunderbolt Ball techniques but lost when Huang Hengfei overwhelmed him with his greater cultivation, and Huang Hengfei invited him to consider joining the Flying Spirit Squad.
• Ye Chen played Thunderbolt Ball regularly and cultivated cautiously, while his companions advanced through the War God Pagoda over the following six months.
• Ye Chen faced A'Jiu in their fifth match and used an Instant-Speed Ball with one layer of overt force and three layers of latent force.
• In his eleventh month at the Garden of the Gods, Ye Chen began breaking through to the Life and Death Realm Fourth Heaven by absorbing energy from Origin Stones.
• After his breakthrough, Ye Chen emerged from the bamboo hut and noted that reaching the Fourth Heaven had cost tens of thousands of Origin Stones.

After reaching Life and Death Realm Fourth Heaven and advancing his Sword Domain, Ye Chen cleared the fourth and fifth floors of the War God Pagoda but failed to defeat the Evil King on the sixth. He cleared the fourth floor of the Survival Pagoda and finished with eight hundred God Coins, while a mandatory Hunting Pagoda mission loomed within three months.

• Ye Chen broke through to Life and Death Realm Fourth Heaven, raised his Sword Domain to the fifth layer, and used his remaining God Coins to improve Wood Profundity.
• Ye Chen cleared the fourth and fifth floors of the War God Pagoda, defeating a one-horned Demon King and a Yaksha King and upgrading his Garden Badge to a Basic Badge.
• Ye Chen fought the Evil King on the sixth floor, but the Evil King's Life Transfer Art and many substitutes prevented Ye Chen from defeating him.
• Ye Chen entered the Survival Pagoda, cleared its third floor, and earned one hundred God Coins.
• Ye Chen infiltrated a Yaksha Clan territory on the fourth floor of the Survival Pagoda, assassinated a Yaksha King, escaped the encirclement, and earned three hundred God Coins, bringing his total to eight hundred.

Ye Chen survived the fifth level of the Survival Pagoda, collected all twelve Star Meteorites, and earned an intermediate badge. He failed to clear the sixth level, but his Hunting Pagoda ranking rose to first, prompting other squads to seek his recruitment.

• Ye Chen evaded enemies and deadly planetary hazards while gathering the first eleven Star Meteorites over a month of relentless pursuit.
• Ye Chen lured eighteen pursuers toward the final Star Meteorite, letting a concealed Emperor Flower Seedling devour them before he claimed it and escaped its long-range attacks.
• Ye Chen cleared the fifth level of the Survival Pagoda and received six hundred God Coins and an intermediate badge, though he still needed to complete three hunts on the first or second Hunting Pagoda level.
• Ye Chen lasted only three days on the sixth Survival Pagoda level before being eliminated.
• Ye Chen's Hunting Pagoda ranking rose to first, ahead of Huang Hengfei, and other members discussed recruiting him into their squads.

Ye Chen joined Huang Hengfei’s Flying Spirit Squad after reaching the sixth floor of the War God Pagoda and Survival Pagoda. The squad explained the Hunting Pagoda’s team-hunt rewards as Ye Chen prepared to enter the second-floor battlefield.

• Huang Hengfei decided to recruit Ye Chen, while Huangfu Yu’s team also discussed inviting him after his remaining junior hunts.
• Ye Chen celebrated his promotion with Lu Wenxiu, Xiao Xiyu, Zhou Jian, A'Jiu, and Leng Fanfei, who talked about their progress and ambitions.
• Huang Hengfei introduced Ye Chen to Flying Spirit Squad members Lin Xiaofeng, Wei Dong, and Li Wei.
• Ye Chen accepted Huang Hengfei’s offer to join the Flying Spirit Squad without hesitation.
• Lin Xiaofeng and Huang Hengfei explained that second-floor team hunts paid more God Coins than individual hunts and divided rewards according to each member’s contribution.

Ye Chen joined Huang Hengfei's Flying Spirit Squad and prepared for his first hunt while developing his strength. After mastering several more essences and creating the sword art White Dragon Obliteration, he arrived at the Hunting Pagoda and entered with his teammates.

• Ye Chen joined the Flying Spirit Squad, and Huangfu Yu invited him to join the Frost Squad after he completed three beginner hunts.
• Huangfu Yu gave Ye Chen ten bottles of Icefire Heavens, and Ye Chen shared them with Huang Hengfei and the other squad members.
• Ye Chen completed his comprehension of Wood Profundity, Thunder Profundity, and Essence of Shadow before the planned hunt.
• Ye Chen practiced at the third floor of the Martial Arts Pagoda and created White Dragon Obliteration, an evolved water-and-fire sword art based on Destruction Sword Intent.
• Ye Chen met Huang Hengfei and the other Flying Spirit Squad members at the Hunting Pagoda, and the five entered together.

Ye Chen and his teammates entered the Hunting Battlefield, where a swarm of Divine Insects ambushed them. Ye Chen used his Fleeting Sword Domain to slow the insects, giving the team a chance to kill them.

• Ye Chen entered the Hunting Battlefield with Huang Hengfei, Lin Xiaofeng, Li Wei, and Wei Dong, and learned about its dangers and the powerful Divine Insects.
• Huang Hengfei checked the team display and discovered that the Demon Spear Squad was also in the battlefield.
• More than a dozen Divine Insects emerged from exploding meteors and attacked the five; Huang Hengfei ordered a retreat, but insects blocked their escape.
• Huang Hengfei and the others fought back as the Divine Insects' speed and defenses put them under pressure.
• Ye Chen unleashed his Fleeting Sword Domain, using spatial stasis to slow the Divine Insects and let his teammates attack.
• The five began killing the slowed Divine Insects, with Huang Hengfei and the others celebrating their first kills.

Ye Chen’s Flying Spirit Squad tracked the newly reinforced Demon Spear Squad and planned to join another squad to avenge their fallen member. Before they could attack, the Demon Spear Squad found a Barbarian squad fighting divine insects and moved in to ambush them.

• The Flying Spirit Squad earned 540 God Coins from hunting divine insects, then received a Garden Badge warning that the Demon Spear Squad was nearby.
• Ye Chen used his Soul Eye to locate the five-member Demon Spear Squad, and Huang Hengfei, Lin Xiaofeng, Wei Dong, and Li Wei agreed to seek revenge by joining forces with another squad.
• Ye Chen and his companions followed the Demon Spear Squad, while Huang Hengfei identified its members and Ye Chen said he would face their captain, Stone Statue Heavenly King.
• Eagle Eye Demon King found a Barbarian squad battling three divine insects, and Stone Statue Heavenly King ordered his team to wait and ambush them afterward.
• The Barbarian squad’s Liu Tie learned that the approaching enemy was the Demon Spear Squad.

The Demon Spear Squad attacked the Iron Hammer Squad, but the Flying Spirit Squad arrived and joined forces with them. Ye Chen confronted the Stone Statue Heavenly King, breaking through his petrification and striking back with White Dragon Obliteration as the battle continued.

• The Stone Statue Heavenly King gave Liu Tie the choice of fighting or surrendering two members, and Liu Tie refused, starting a battle between the Demon Spear Squad and the Iron Hammer Squad.
• Ye Chen led the Flying Spirit Squad toward the battlefield, where Huang Hengfei proposed joining forces with Liu Tie to defeat the Demon Spear Squad.
• The Stone Statue Heavenly King tried to stop Huang Hengfei, but Ye Chen intercepted him and sent the other members to aid the Iron Hammer Squad.
• The Silver-Horned Troll King fought Liu Tie and Huang Hengfei, while Ye Chen and the Stone Statue Heavenly King began their duel.
• Ye Chen wounded the Stone Statue Heavenly King with Sky Severance Sword, resisted his petrification with Protective Sword Intent, and struck him with White Dragon Obliteration.

Ye Chen killed Stone Statue Heavenly King and Silver-Horned Troll King, helping the Flying Spirit Squad and Iron Hammer Squad wipe out the Demon Spear Squad. The surviving squads parted ways, and Ye Chen learned his contribution would earn him about thirteen thousand God Coins.

• Ye Chen used White Dragon Obliteration and Three Flowers Borrowing Passage to kill Stone Statue Heavenly King after rejecting his offer of five hundred thousand Origin Stones.
• Silver-Horned Troll King fled, but Ye Chen caught and killed him with Sky Severance Sword and White Dragon Obliteration.
• The Flying Spirit Squad and Iron Hammer Squad defeated the remaining Demon Spear Squad members, and Devouring-Heaven Demon King self-destructed before the last nine survivors.
• Liu Tie led the Iron Hammer Squad away, wary of Ye Chen’s strength, while the Flying Spirit Squad counted its rewards.
• Ye Chen checked the badge screen and saw that his contribution of thirty-five out of fifty would earn him about thirteen thousand God Coins.

Ye Chen used his Hunting Battlefield earnings to cultivate and create several powerful second-turn sword techniques, then entered the Time Pagoda to strengthen Fleeting Brilliance. He left after fifteen days with its range expanded to one thousand li, deciding further training would waste resources.

• Ye Chen's group earned 22,000 God Coins in the Hunting Battlefield, and Ye Chen received 15,840 before celebrating with his companions.
• Lu Wenxiu told Ye Chen that A'Jiu had reached the fifth floor of the War God Pagoda and joined the Gale Squad.
• Ye Chen perfected White Dragon Obliteration and created Autumn's Slaughter, Blazing Flames Consume Spring, Heavenly Thunder, Earthly Fire, and Myriad Splendors Claim Life.
• Ye Chen entered the second floor of the Time Pagoda and trained Fleeting Brilliance, raising his Space Profundity to eighty percent and expanding its range to one hundred thousand zhang.
• Ye Chen extended Fleeting Brilliance's range to one hundred and fifty thousand zhang, then stopped training after spending more than five thousand God Coins.

Ye Chen left the Flying Spirit Squad for the intermediate hunting grounds and joined Huangfu Yu’s Frost Squad, hoping its hunts would fund his costly Time Pagoda cultivation. In the Frost Squad’s first hunt with him, they killed three members of the Magic Beast Squad and earned 72,600 God Coins, with Ye Chen receiving the largest share.

• Ye Chen used the Time Pagoda to cultivate True Essence while his Flying Spirit Squad hunts earned him nearly 40,000 God Coins, which he spent on the pagoda.
• Ye Chen thanked the Flying Spirit Squad and praised Leng Fanfei’s potential before joining Huangfu Yu’s Frost Squad in the intermediate hunting grounds.
• Huangfu Yu’s squad welcomed Ye Chen and explained that the Magic Beast Squad had killed two of their members in an earlier hunt.
• Ye Chen entered the Hunting Pagoda with the Frost Squad, using his Space Stasis and Fleeting Sword Domain to help them kill three Magic Beast Squad members and 150 Divine Insects.
• The Frost Squad returned unharmed with 72,600 God Coins, and Ye Chen received 24,200 based on his contribution.

Ye Chen improved his chances of breaking through to Life and Death Realm Fifth Heaven and displayed his Thunderbolt Ball skills, while Huangfu Yu was praised as a potential War Emperor. During Frost Squad’s second hunt, Huangfu Yu revealed the Emperor of Selflessness state against Evil Wind King, and Ye Chen killed Illusory Yin King before moving to help Xu Xiao.

• Ye Chen assessed that he had more than a ninety percent chance of breaking through to Life and Death Realm Fifth Heaven after training in the Time Pagoda.
• Ye Chen defeated Huangfu Yu in Thunderbolt Ball with his Giant Spin Ball, and Huangfu Yu and the spectators said he could become a War Emperor.
• Frost Squad encountered Evil Wind Squad in the Intermediate Hunting Battlefield, where Huangfu Yu used Emperor of Selflessness against Evil Wind King.
• Ye Chen broke through Illusory Yin King’s illusions with Soul Lock Kill and killed him with the Dragon Spring Sword.
• Ye Chen went to help Xu Xiao, who was struggling against her opponent.

Ye Chen helped the Frost Squad defeat the Evil Wind Squad, then earned a large reward from their hunt before cultivating to the Life and Death Realm Fifth Heaven. He watched the White Tiger King defeat the Purple Lightning Spear King at the Thunderbolt Ball Arena.

• Ye Chen and Xu Xiao killed the Evil Fist King, forcing the Evil Wind King and his squad to retreat.
• The Frost Squad later wiped out a swarm of divine insects, bringing their hunt earnings to nearly one hundred thousand God Coins.
• Ye Chen spent a month cultivating in the Time Pagoda, strengthened his Azure Lotus Swordplay, and prepared to break through to the Life and Death Realm Fifth Heaven.
• Ye Chen emerged from the Time Pagoda with his strength greatly increased after spending two hundred thousand origin stones.
• At the Thunderbolt Ball Arena, Huangfu Yu introduced the White Tiger King and the Purple Lightning Spear King as the White Tiger King won their match.

Ye Chen watched Myriad Arrows King defeat White Tiger King in a Thunderbolt Ball match, then went to challenge the War God Pagoda. After swiftly defeating the seventh-floor barbarian, Ye Chen reached the eighth floor.

• Purple Lightning Spear King left the court, and Myriad Arrows King challenged White Tiger King.
• Myriad Arrows King used Archery Path—Myriad Transformations to win the match, while Star River King declined to face him.
• Huangfu Yu suggested Ye Chen could trade moves with Myriad Arrows King, but Ye Chen judged his chances low and noted he had not yet challenged the eighth floor.
• Ye Chen defeated the seventh-floor barbarian with his improved True Essence and swordsmanship.
• Ye Chen arrived on the eighth floor of the War God Pagoda.

Ye Chen reached the eighth floor of the War God Pagoda but was defeated by its powerful Yaksha King gatekeeper, and he chose not to advance into the Survival Pagoda’s dangerous Advanced Hunting Grounds. At a hotel, Void-Rending King introduced him to advanced-member wines and described the relative strength of the major paradises.

• Ye Chen fought the eighth-floor Yaksha King, used several profound sword moves, and was ultimately burned away by the gatekeeper’s spear attack.
• Ye Chen decided not to challenge the Survival Pagoda because he was not ready for the Advanced Hunting Grounds, and he considered the God Coins needed for higher-level equipment.
• Ye Chen met Void-Rending King at a hotel, where he tried Lava Wine and Ice Sea Wine and learned that they tempered the Spirit Body and mind.
• Void-Rending King explained that Battle Emperors held sway in the paradises and estimated that the Garden of the Gods had three Battle Emperors and more than thirty Quasi-Emperors.
• Void-Rending King named Demon God Paradise as the strongest, with nearly ten Battle Emperors, and compared the forces of several other major paradises.

The Void-Rending King told Ye Chen about the Devil Race and sensed that Ye Chen had extraordinary potential. Ye Chen and others watched the Vermillion Bird King and God Blade King spar, and the chapter ended with A'Jiu and Leng Fanfei newly inspired by the War Emperors’ strength.

• The Void-Rending King explained the rival alliances in the Hunting Battlefield and warned Ye Chen about the Devil Race’s power, including its Dark Goddess.
• The Void-Rending King said his premonition made him believe Ye Chen would become a leading figure, then introduced him to the Rainbow King.
• The Vermillion Bird King and God Blade King began sparring outside the inn, and the Vermillion Bird King struck God Blade King with his Starfire Divine Fist.
• God Blade King retaliated with his three-turn Martial Arts technique, Yin-Thunder Sky-Splitting Slash, and the Vermillion Bird King endured a barrage of blade auras.
• A'Jiu renewed his resolve to reach the pinnacle, while Leng Fanfei thanked God Blade King for inspiring him and left.

The Garden of the Gods’ Battle Emperors discussed losses in the Advanced Hunting Grounds while Ye Chen spent three years cultivating and became the dreaded Grim Reaper of the Intermediate Hunting Battlefield. The chapter ended with Ye Chen effortlessly destroying four Yaksha Kings with his second-turn peak Martial Arts as Huangfu Yu arrived.

• The Vermillion Bird King and the God Blade King fought to a draw before the Sky Martial King arrived and invited them to drink ahead of their hunt.
• Eight days later, the Garden of the Gods mourned the Purple Mountain King and other losses from the Advanced Hunting Grounds, including a Battle Emperor killed by the Dark Goddess.
• Ye Chen spent three years cultivating, and he and the Frost Squad became feared throughout the Intermediate Hunting Battlefield.
• When a Yaksha squad fled from the Frost Squad, Ye Chen caught four Yaksha Kings and killed them with Blazing Flames Consume Spring.
• Ye Chen collected the four Yaksha Kings’ belongings and waited for Huangfu Yu and the others, while Huangfu Yu suspected he had reached Quasi-Emperor strength.