Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen and the others reached a palace containing a colossal stone stele, whose patterns led them into deep enlightenment. Ye Chen perfected Solar Essence Incineration, advanced his Space Profundity, and instinctively killed Blue Demon King when he attacked, while the others remained absorbed in their own insights.

• Snow Void Empress led Ye Chen and the four Purple Gold Commanders through the stone sculptures and into the palace, where they found four Devil Race members, six Human Race and Demon Race members, and two Greenlings gathered before a giant stele.
• Ye Chen studied the stele’s dots and lines, perfected Solar Essence Incineration into a Three Revolution Limit Sword Art, and raised his Space Profundity to ninety percent mastery.
• Ye Chen continued comprehending a sword art combining Wood Profundity, Thunder Profundity, and Fire Essence while the other eleven also pursued enlightenment.
• Blue Demon King awakened first, judged Ye Chen to be a weak target, and attacked him with Blue Demon Fist.
• Ye Chen instinctively drew the Dragon Spring Sword and killed Blue Demon King with Heavenly Flame Sword, but remained immersed in enlightenment as the others continued studying the stele.

Ye Chen learned to form Soul Sword Qi from the stone stele while the other commanders awakened and broke into battle. He used the new technique to protect Snow Void Empress and injure Demon Fist Emperor, forcing him to retreat.

• Ye Chen recognized the stone stele's illusory Sword Qi as Soul Sword Qi and practiced forming it while Tyrant Blade awakened.
• Green Shadow King blamed Tyrant Blade for Blue Demon King's death and attacked him, prompting Ghost Claw Lion King and Tiger Demon King to join the fight.
• Flying Dagger King attacked Demon Fist Emperor, but the general turned the daggers back and killed him before Snow Void Empress froze the attack.
• Demon Fist Emperor fought Snow Void Empress while the enchantress struck her soul with Sacred Soul Arrows.
• Ye Chen awakened and used Soul Sword Qi to stop the enchantress's next attack and pierce Demon Fist Emperor's soul defense.
• Demon Fist Emperor shook Snow Void Empress away and retreated after Ye Chen's Soul Sword Qi threatened him.

After Demon Fist Emperor’s group withdrew, Ye Chen and the others entered separate chambers in the divine ruins and tested their attacks against Crystal Amplitude Pillars. Ye Chen scored far higher than the others and discovered an Essence Stone Pool filled with a vast river of essence stones.

• Demon Fist Emperor called off the fight with Snow Void Empress and Ye Chen, and both groups continued exploring the divine ruins.
• Snow Void Empress and her companions entered the right-hand passage and found 108 doors, while Demon Fist Emperor’s group had taken the left-hand passage.
• Ye Chen entered a chamber alone and struck its Crystal Amplitude Pillar with his strongest sword art, scoring 10,000 as the others scored much less.
• Ye Chen’s chamber rose and opened into a larger room filled with dense Heaven and Earth Origin Energy, where he found an object labeled Essence Stone Pool.
• Ye Chen probed the Essence Stone Pool and discovered an inner space containing a river made of countless essence stones, then drew tens of thousands of them out.

Ye Chen discovered that the Essence Stone Pool contained ten billion essence stones and continually produced more before joining Snow Void Empress and the others in a desperate fight through beast sculptures to reach the second safe zone. After the Divine Relic expelled them, Ye Chen planned to use his new wealth to buy an Emperor-Class Warship and return to the True Spirit Continent next year.

• Ye Chen learned that the Essence Stone River held ten billion essence stones and produced nearly one hundred million more each year, then took ten million for himself.
• Ye Chen found a hidden passage that led to a plaza surrounded by thousands of powerful beast sculptures, where he reunited with Snow Void Empress and the other Purple Gold Commanders.
• Snow Void Empress led the group toward the plaza while Ye Chen and the others fought off the beast sculptures; one Dark Commander died before Demon Fist Emperor's group arrived.
• After three days on the plaza, Ye Chen and the other eight were teleported to the temple complex entrance as the Divine Relic disappeared.
• Ye Chen resolved to buy a large Emperor-Class Warship and return to the True Spirit Continent next year.

Ye Chen earned a Three-Star Purple Gold Commander rank after testing his strength at the Emperor’s Imprint Monument. In Golden Armor City, he chose to buy the best large Emperor-Class Warship and said he would pay in full.

• Ye Chen’s record showed 2,430 enemy kills and qualified him for promotion to Commander, though his unit had suffered heavy losses under Snow Void Empress’s command.
• In Golden Armor City, Ye Chen learned that only generals and Purple Gold Commanders could purchase Emperor-Class Warships and that his rank depended on his mark on the Emperor’s Imprint Monument.
• Ye Chen’s first strike earned him a Two-Star Purple Gold Commander result, and his second strike using Three Flowers Borrowing Passage earned him a Three-Star rank.
• Ye Chen received a three-star Purple Gold Commander insignia, becoming one of only five Three-Star Purple Gold Commanders.
• At the warship purchasing area, Ye Chen requested the best large Emperor-Class Warship and said he would pay the full price upfront.

Ye Chen bought two Emperor-Class Warships and learned that his Three-Star Purple Gold Commander status allowed him to claim a city. He chose Spark City on Flamefire Star, establishing a base for the Fallen Dust Sword Sect in the Four Great Life Starfields.

• Ye Chen inspected four top-tier large Emperor-Class Warships and chose the Dijiang, priced at 600 million yuan stones.
• Ye Chen bought the small Emperor-Class Warship Shadow Charm for 70 million yuan stones.
• Ye Chen learned that a Three-Star Purple Gold Commander could claim a main city on a Level Three life planet by paying 300 million yuan stones, with thirty percent of its annual tax revenue going to the higher-ups.
• Ye Chen chose the Vermilion Bird Starfield and selected Spark City on Flamefire Star from the list of ten main cities.
• Ye Chen claimed Spark City, whose annual tax revenue averaged 5 million yuan stones, as a foundation for himself and the Fallen Dust Sword Sect.

Ye Chen arrived in Spark City to take office as its new City Lord, while acting City Lord Ironwater King plotted to force Rose Queen into becoming his woman. After Ye Chen entered the City Lord’s Mansion and showed his token, the Ironwater King Family acknowledged his appointment but tried to delay his meeting with Ironwater King.

• Ye Chen paid three hundred million origin stones, received the City Lord’s Token, and officially became Spark City’s City Lord.
• Ironwater King held Rose Queen captive and threatened her, claiming his family’s influence would protect them when the new City Lord arrived.
• Ye Chen reached Spark City and reflected on his authority over the city and its territory, as well as the Fallen Dust Sword Sect’s future there.
• The City Lord’s Mansion guards challenged Ye Chen, but he showed his City Lord’s Token and walked past them.
• Members of the Ironwater King Family recognized Ye Chen’s token, then suggested he return in a few months instead of meeting the acting City Lord.

Ye Chen took control of Spark City, rejected Ironwater King's bribe and offer to manage the city, and killed him when he tried to take Rose Queen. Ye Chen freed Rose Queen and invited her to manage Spark City until his family arrived, leaving her eager to serve him.

• Ye Chen ordered Ironwater King's subordinates to leave the City Lord's Mansion and struck down one who resisted.
• Ye Chen showed Ironwater King the City Lord's token and refused his offer of essence stones or help managing Spark City.
• Rose Queen told Ye Chen that Ironwater King and his family had colluded with the nine major forces to exploit Spark City's people.
• Ironwater King tried to take Rose Queen, so Ye Chen killed him with his sword.
• Ye Chen broke Rose Queen's True Essence Lock, learned her name was Zhu Zimei, and asked her to manage Spark City until his family arrived.

Ye Chen dismissed Rose Queen’s warning about the Zhao Family and prepared to take charge of Spark City’s armies. Meanwhile, the Zhao Family debated how to preserve its influence until Zhao Yang arrived after breaking through to the Life and Death Realm Seventh Heaven.

• Rose Queen warned Ye Chen that the Zhao Family had powerful allies, but Ye Chen said the family posed no serious threat to him.
• Rose Queen suggested gathering the City Guard Army and Spark Army’s officers, and Ye Chen agreed.
• Iron Leg King convened the Zhao Family’s senior members to discuss protecting the family’s position after Ironwater King’s death.
• Zhao Fu urged the family to avoid confronting Ye Chen and consider building its power elsewhere, while Iron Leg King weighed how to preserve its interests in Spark City.
• Zhao Yang entered the council hall, confirmed he had reached the Life and Death Realm Seventh Heaven, and declared that Spark City would remain under the Zhao Family’s control.

Zhao Yang and the Zhao Family discussed paying Ye Chen to regain Spark City, while officers gathered to meet their new City Lord. Ye Chen appointed Rose Queen as Deputy City Lord and began purging the city’s military leadership.

• Zhao Yang insisted that Spark City must return to the Zhao Family, while Zhao Fu warned that money might not persuade Ye Chen to give it up.
• Spark Army and City Guard Army officers gathered at the City Lord’s Mansion and anticipated a purge of Zhao Family appointees.
• Ye Chen entered the council hall with Rose Queen and ordered that absent officers lose their positions.
• Ye Chen named Rose Queen Deputy City Lord and warned the officers to obey her as they would obey him.
• Rose Queen dismissed two Spark Army legion commanders and numerous subordinate officers, including members of gangs allied with the Zhao Family.

Ye Chen purged officers tied to rival gangs and the Zhao Family, then rejected Zhao Yang’s offer to buy Spark City. Zhao Yang challenged him to a one-move test, and Ye Chen agreed to give up the city if Zhao Yang could withstand his move without falling behind.

• Ye Chen refused to restore the posts of Copper Hammer King and Flying Feather King, warning their gangs not to oppose him.
• Rose Queen stripped more than four hundred officers with ties to the Zhao Family of their posts.
• Zhao Yang, the Zhao Family’s new clan leader, offered Ye Chen one billion origin stones to relinquish Spark City, but Ye Chen said the city was worth one hundred billion to him.
• Zhao Yang revealed that he had reached the Life and Death Realm Seventh Heaven and challenged Ye Chen to a one-move contest.
• Ye Chen agreed to hand over Spark City if Zhao Yang could withstand one move without falling into a disadvantage, and Zhao Yang began gathering his True Essence.

Ye Chen defeated Zhao Yang in a clash of martial arts, then returned to the Garden of the Gods to train in the Hidden Dragon Art. He began mastering its sixth posture, Hidden Dragon Emerges from the Abyss, as his potential surged.

• Zhao Yang attacked Ye Chen with Rending Sun Hand, but Ye Chen shattered the palm force and challenged him to withstand a sword strike.
• Ye Chen struck Zhao Yang with Solar Essence Incineration and blasted him into the sky, forcing Zhao Yang to retreat.
• Ye Chen recognized that his cultivation level limited his advantage and decided to improve his Selfless State or raise his cultivation.
• The Rose Queen filled key Spark Army and City Guard Army posts, and Ye Chen left Flamefire Star for the Garden of the Gods.
• Ye Chen practiced the fourth and fifth postures of the Hidden Dragon Art in the Time Pagoda before beginning the sixth posture, Hidden Dragon Emerges from the Abyss.

Ye Chen advanced to the Selfless Body and learned the seventh posture of the Hidden Dragon Art while continuing to study its eighth. As the Hunting Pagoda challenge approached, the Garden of the Gods learned he had become a Three-Star Purple Gold Commander and saw him as a leader-level fighter who could protect their standing.

• Silver light radiated from Ye Chen as he reached the Selfless Body, boosting his combat power to roughly twice its previous level.
• Ye Chen spent a hundred months in the Time Pagoda and learned the seventh Hidden Dragon Art posture, Flying Dragon in the Sky.
• Ye Chen continued comprehending the eighth posture, Stormy Winds, aiming to unleash his potential to the utmost.
• At the Garden of the Gods Hotel, Zhang Yinyin told the advanced members that Ye Chen had killed Moller and become a Three-Star Purple Gold Commander.
• The gathered members recognized Ye Chen as a high-level War Emperor and a leader-level figure who could keep the Garden of the Gods from growing weaker.

Sky Martial King discussed advancing to the Life and Death Realm Seventh Heaven as Ye Chen and the Demon Hunt Team entered the Hunting Pagoda and hunted Divine Insects. After the team pursued the Blood Sea Team, Blood Spear King arrived to confront them, recognizing Ye Chen as a threat.

• Sky Martial King, Vermillion Bird King, and God Blade King praised Ye Chen and discussed Sky Martial King's plans to leave the Garden of the Gods.
• Ye Chen joined the Demon Hunt Team in the Hunting Pagoda, where Zhang Yinyin rescued Yuan Hong from Death God Vines.
• The Demon Hunt Team killed Divine Insects for six days, and Ye Chen destroyed a commander-level insect with his Heavenly Flame Sword.
• Ye Chen led the team in pursuing the Blood Sea Team and killed several of its members.
• Blood Spear King arrived to aid the surviving Blood Sea Team members, and Myriad Arrows King warned Ye Chen who he was.

Ye Chen defeated Blood Spear King with powerful sword and soul attacks, forcing him to flee and killing most of the Blood Sea Team. The survivors escaped, while Ye Chen’s group collected a huge reward that gave him eight hundred thousand God Coins.

• Blood Spear King challenged Ye Chen and attacked with Hundred Snake Barrage, but Ye Chen’s Heavenly Flame Sword sent him flying.
• Blood Spear King attacked with Snake-Dragon Flash, and Ye Chen’s Solar Essence Incineration overwhelmed him and forced his Mid-Tier Heavenly King Set to emerge.
• Blood Spear King used Blood God Awl against Ye Chen, but Ye Chen’s Soul Sword Qi broke through his defenses and heavily wounded his soul.
• Blood Spear King fled, and Ye Chen killed two Blood Sea Team members while Blood Sea King escaped with the others.
• Ye Chen’s group gained nine hundred thousand God Coins from the six fallen Blood Sea Team members, bringing the total haul to one million one hundred and twenty thousand; Ye Chen received eight hundred thousand.

After earning a fortune from the hunt, Ye Chen exchanged his Silver Set for the stronger Ironblood Deep Blue Set and set off for his sealed life world with the Demon Hunt Team. During the journey, he mastered Stormy Winds, the eighth posture of the Hidden Dragon Art, and entered the Selfless Emperor State.

• The Demon Hunt Team earned 1.815 million God Coins, and Ye Chen exchanged his Silver Set for the Mid-Tier Heavenly King Ironblood Deep Blue Set.
• Ye Chen told the Demon Hunt Team he was returning to his life world, and Zhang Yinyin and Yuan Hong persuaded the others to accompany him.
• The team traveled aboard Ye Chen's Emperor-Class warship, Shadow Charm, while Ye Chen continued cultivating Stormy Winds.
• Over three months, Ye Chen's cultivation caused the Shadow Charm to shake and briefly appear in the starry sky.
• Ye Chen fully comprehended Stormy Winds and entered the Selfless Emperor State, gaining complete control over his potential and heightened awareness of his surroundings.

Ye Chen returned to the True Spirit Continent with the Demon Hunt Team and launched a surprise attack on a Devil Race fortress, demonstrating his newly attained top-tier War Emperor strength. After destroying the fortress and killing Scorpion Demon Emperor, the team pressed its assault toward the continent.

• Ye Chen told his companions that he had reached the Selfless Emperor State, and they praised his rapid progress and comprehension.
• Ye Chen brought the Shadow Charm to the chaotic vortex leading to the True Spirit Continent, where he discovered roughly forty thousand Demon Kings and Evil Kings guarding the entrance.
• Ye Chen and the other six Demon Hunt Team members approached a hidden Devil Race fortress aboard fourteen Puppet Warships and opened fire with their ships and personal attacks.
• Their combined assault shattered the fortress planet and killed at least eighteen thousand Demon Kings, though only enemies personally killed by the team counted toward their battle merits.
• Ye Chen attacked Scorpion Demon Emperor with the Dragon Spring Sword, destroying him and several hundred nearby Demon Kings.

Ye Chen and his allies fought off the Evil Spirit Clan army with their warships, then crossed the chaotic vortex back to the True Spirit Continent. Ye Chen's true body sensed his return as his counterpart rose in the Fallen Dust Sword Sect.

• Ye Chen and six allies entered their warships and bombarded the Evil Kings, while Ye Chen endured three waves of soul attacks from Evil Claw Emperor.
• Ye Chen struck Evil Claw Emperor with Soul Sword Qi, forcing him into his small Emperor-Class Warship as the group continued destroying the Evil Kings.
• Evil Claw Emperor ordered a retreat after his forces suffered heavy losses, and Myriad Arrows King and the others regrouped with Ye Chen.
• The seven flew through the chaotic vortex and arrived back in the True Spirit Continent.
• Inside a secret chamber in the Fallen Dust Sword Sect, Ye Chen's counterpart sensed his true body and stood up with a smile.

Ye Chen’s Spiritual Thought-form gathered the Fallen Dust Sword Sect and its allies to await his return, while Empress Xuan and the others recalled their devastating failures on the Death Road. A powerful warship arrived, and after six formidable outsiders emerged, Ye Chen appeared before them.

• Ye Chen summoned the Fallen Dust Sword Sect’s elders and core members, along with representatives from the Murong Family, Dragon God Palace, and Profound Sect.
• Ye Chen told his family and disciples that he was back, and the gathered groups joined Empress Xuan and the others on the plaza to await him.
• Empress Xuan recalled that a recent expedition of more than one hundred peak Kings had suffered heavy losses on the Death Road.
• A warship tore through space above the sect, and Yuan Hong emerged, followed by Zhang Yinyin, Sima Fei, Lu Wenjie, Liu Di, and the Myriad Arrows King.
• The six outsiders’ aura alarmed Kings across the True Spirit Continent and made the Fallen Dust Sword Sect’s grand formation stop operating.
• Ye Chen stepped out of the warship and naturally suppressed the six, becoming the center of heaven and earth.

Ye Chen returned to the True Spirit Continent after ten years and reunited with his family, companions, and disciples. He began describing the wider world and invited everyone to leave with him, while his return stirred the continent’s Life and Death Realm Kings, including Chu Zhongtian and Dugu Jue.

• Ye Chen arrived at the Fallen Dust Sword Sect, reunited with Murong Qingcheng, Xu Jing, his parents, and his siblings, and promised to take Ye Xuan and Ye Xiaoxiao with him when he left again.
• Ye Chen praised his four disciples for reaching the Life and Death Realm but warned that he would test their combat strength the next day.
• Ye Chen greeted Luo Hanshan and Empress Xuan, then explained the Four Great Life Starfields, the Garden of the Gods, and the power of True Gods to the gathered guests.
• Ye Chen led everyone into the Council Hall to describe the outside world and let them decide whether to leave the True Spirit Continent with him.
• News of Ye Chen’s return spread among the continent’s Life and Death Realm Kings, drawing Chu Zhongtian’s attention and prompting Dugu Jue to tear through space toward the Fallen Dust Sword Sect.