Chapter Summaries

Five-Lustre Grand Ancestor and the others fled across the forty-first floor as Yellow Springs Storms pursued them. Cornered near a tower, Five-Lustre Grand Ancestor abandoned Ye Chen, who had secretly regained his consciousness and was swallowed by a storm.

• A Yellow Springs Storm pursued the five, and their seals delayed it only briefly before it broke free.
• Two more Yellow Springs Storms erupted from the desert, splitting the group and forcing them to flee in separate directions.
• Five-Lustre Grand Ancestor sent Stone Man Emperor toward a storm, but it ignored him and kept chasing its targets.
• As a storm closed in near a tower, Five-Lustre Grand Ancestor threw Ye Chen toward it and escaped into the tower.
• Ye Chen, who had secretly awakened after his clash with Great Strength Ancestor, was swallowed by the Yellow Springs Storm.

Ye Chen survived the Yellow Springs Storm by awakening his soul’s undying nature and absorbing Hell Will, evolving his Soul Eye into the Netherworld Sacred Eye. He left the storm able to perceive space-time and locate other storms, then absorbed ten of them to strengthen his new eyes.

• The Five-Lustre Grand Ancestor entered the tower, found warnings on each floor, and waited as he believed the Yellow Springs Storm had killed Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen’s soul endured the storm as its multicolored control runes broke, then returned to his body and ignited with undying power.
• Ye Chen absorbed Hell Will from the storm, causing his Soul Eye to evolve into golden eyes that could see through space-time and reveal recent events.
• Ye Chen’s Netherworld Sacred Eye destroyed the Yellow Springs Storm, and he realized it could absorb Hell Will from ghostly creatures.
• Ye Chen located and absorbed ten Yellow Springs Storms in an hour, building up enough Hell Will for his gaze to blast apart the final storm.

Ye Chen controlled three Yellow Springs Storms and pursued Five-Lustre Grand Ancestor, who summoned the Puppet True God's residual will as a last resort. The phantom demanded more life force, and Five-Lustre Grand Ancestor began to be drained into it.

• Ye Chen used the Hell Will to control three Yellow Springs Storms and chased Five-Lustre Grand Ancestor.
• Five-Lustre Grand Ancestor tried to escape, then fought the storms and protected himself with his five-element techniques.
• Ye Chen made the storms compress into spinning drills that cracked Five-Lustre Grand Ancestor's Five-Element Seal.
• Five-Lustre Grand Ancestor sacrificed ninety percent of his remaining lifespan to summon the Puppet True God's Will.
• The phantom said the sacrifice was insufficient, then drained Five-Lustre Grand Ancestor's body to grow more solid.

Ye Chen escaped the Yellow Springs Storms after the puppet True God will claimed them, then learned that the Supreme Sacred Land would open in eighty years. He returned to Ghost Cry Mountain and set out toward an exit from hell after forcing a skull to reveal its location.

• The puppet True God will returned Ye Chen’s four companions, warned that Five-Lustre Grand Ancestor’s will remained within their souls, and took the three Yellow Springs Storms before disappearing under black lightning.
• Ye Chen erased Five-Lustre Grand Ancestor’s soul imprint from the Five-Element Space, and Crimson Wind Emperor, Stone Man Emperor, Fire Finch Emperor, and Snow Void Empress discussed entering the Supreme Sacred Land when it opened in eighty years.
• Snow Void Empress explained that the Supreme Sacred Land held the preserved corpses and inheritances of deceased Supremes, and Ye Chen agreed to leave hell rather than search for treasure there.
• A week later, Ye Chen returned to Ghost Cry Mountain and asked the intelligent skull on the reception platform for an exit from hell.
• The skull demanded fifty ghost stones and pointed Ye Chen toward an exit five hundred billion li away, then attacked when Ye Chen refused to pay first.
• Ye Chen used the Netherworld Sacred Eye to scatter the skull’s storm and weaken it, then departed as the skull realized Netherworld Ghosts guarded the exits.

Ye Chen escaped hell with four companions, crossed the Heavenly River, and began comprehending the Five-Lustre Grand Ancestor’s power of the five elements. After fifty years, he created Doomsday Calamity but chose to keep strengthening his foundation before attempting a breakthrough.

• Ye Chen emerged from hell onto an island lake, released Crimson Wind Emperor, Snow Void Empress, Stone Man Emperor, and Fire Finch Emperor, and led them out of the Heavenly River.
• The five reached the starry cosmos after half a year, then traveled to the White Tiger Starfield, where Stone Man Emperor and the others parted ways with Ye Chen to cultivate.
• Yin-Yang Elder, Night Hag, Great Strength Ancestor, and Golden Radiance Ancestor died in hell beneath the endless Yellow Springs Storm.
• Fifty years later, Ye Chen created the Supreme Swordplay Doomsday Calamity, gaining the strength to battle a quasi-Supreme.
• Ye Chen judged his foundation almost ready but delayed breaking through to the Life and Death Realm Eighth Heaven until he had greater confidence.

Ye Chen gathered forty billion essence stones and began breaking through to the Life and Death Realm Eighth Heaven, drawing a vast cosmic heavenly tribulation. Three Quasi-Venerables and eight top-tier Emperors from the Demonic Alliance arrived to assassinate him, and the Ten-Thousand Snakes Devil Ancestor struck while Ye Chen was cultivating.

• Ye Chen sensed that his Sword Essence was ready for a breakthrough and spent three days gathering forty billion essence stones.
• Ye Chen secluded himself on a desolate planet and began breaking through to the Life and Death Realm Eighth Heaven, summoning a cosmic heavenly tribulation.
• The Demonic Alliance sent three Quasi-Venerables and eight top-tier Emperors to kill Ye Chen before he could grow stronger.
• The Ten-Thousand Snakes Devil Ancestor reached Ye Chen's planet and launched his Ten-Thousand Snakes Annihilation Palm at him.

Ye Chen fought off the Ten-Thousand Snakes Devil Ancestor, Hulk God Emperor, and their allies while enduring the heavenly tribulation of his breakthrough to Life and Death Realm Eighth Heaven. After his sword was knocked away, he reached the eighth order in both Undying Sword Intent and Destruction Sword Intent, leaving the battle at a turning point.

• Ye Chen used Doomsday Calamity to destroy the Ten-Thousand Snakes Devil Ancestor’s serpent phantoms as his breakthrough tribulation struck him.
• Ye Chen split Hulk God Emperor’s Vast Heaven Fist with a sword strike, prompting the Quasi-Venerables to decide to attack him together during the tribulation.
• The Ten-Thousand Snakes Devil Ancestor ordered eight top-tier Emperors to join the assault, and the enemies launched two combined attacks at Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen countered with Doomsday Calamity, sending the attackers flying, but the clash badly injured his hands and knocked the Soaring Sky Sword into the depths of the universe.
• The enemies attacked again while Ye Chen was empty-handed, and he struck with a sword formed by his will, breaking both Undying Sword Intent and Destruction Sword Intent through to the eighth order.

Ye Chen battled Ten-Thousand Snakes Devil Ancestor, Hulk God Emperor, and Tian Xie while enduring the cosmic heavenly tribulation. He absorbed the tribulation lightning into his body, growing brighter as Hulk God Emperor wondered whether he had gone mad.

• Ye Chen’s eighth-rank Destruction Sword Intent destroyed the Demon Dragons and killed eight top-tier Emperors, while Ten-Thousand Snakes Devil Ancestor and Hulk God Emperor were wounded.
• Ye Chen endured the heavenly tribulation’s lightning as it began to raise the level of his Spirit Body.
• Ten-Thousand Snakes Devil Ancestor sent his natal soul snake into Ye Chen’s Soul Sea, Hulk God Emperor struck him with a massive fist, and Tian Xie used Ye Chen’s blood to cast a curse-killing art.
• Ye Chen’s Hell Will destroyed the soul snake and caused Tian Xie’s curse to rebound, crippling both attackers, while Hulk God Emperor’s punch sent Ye Chen flying.
• Ye Chen halted in midair, drew in a vast storm of air and lightning, and absorbed the tribulation bolts until his body shone brighter than an ordinary sun.

Ye Chen swallowed the heavenly tribulation lightning and broke through to the Life and Death Realm Eighth Heaven, then killed Hulk God Emperor and Ten-Thousand Snakes Devil Ancestor as old monster Tian Xie died from backlash. With the Supreme Sacred Land opening in a year, Ye Chen used his resources to prepare Murong Qingcheng for her own breakthrough.

• Ye Chen refined the heavenly tribulation lightning, reached the Life and Death Realm Eighth Heaven, and advanced his Spirit Body to the early eighth rank.
• Ye Chen killed Hulk God Emperor and Ten-Thousand Snakes Devil Ancestor, while old monster Tian Xie died from the backlash of the Curse-Killing Art.
• Ye Chen learned how the people he knew had advanced during the eighty years and heard that Stone Man Emperor had reached the Eighth Heaven at the cost of damaging his foundation.
• As the Supreme Sacred Land's opening approached, the Dragon Clan prepared Xu Jing for a breakthrough, while Ye Chen spent his resources to nurture Murong Qingcheng.
• With one year left before the Supreme Sacred Land opened, Murong Qingcheng reached the peak of the Seventh Heaven, and Ye Chen prepared three Imperial Dao Divine Pills for her breakthrough attempts.

Murong Qingcheng survived her third heavenly tribulation and reached the Life and Death Realm Eighth Heaven with Ye Chen’s help. As the Supreme Sacred Land opened, Ye Chen and several other contenders set out for it, while Chu Zhongtian also headed there after reaching the Eighth Heaven.

• Ye Chen used Hell Will to weaken Murong Qingcheng’s tribulation, and she advanced to the Life and Death Realm Eighth Heaven before taking a Yin-Yang Life-and-Death Pill to stabilize her demonic power.
• A voice announced that the Supreme Sacred Land had opened, prompting discussion across the three great life starfields about who could enter and what they might gain.
• Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng traveled toward the Supreme Sacred Land, while Ye Chen explained that Dugu Jue and Tantai Mingyue had reached the Eighth Heaven with support from their new masters and factions.
• The Two Forms Blade Emperor sent Dugu Jue to seek a Blade Dao Supreme One’s inheritance, and Tantai Mingyue departed the Soaring Firmament Pavilion for the sacred land.
• Chu Zhongtian reached the Eighth Heaven under a mysterious old man’s guidance and set out for the Supreme Sacred Land, hoping to meet Ye Chen and Dugu Jue.

Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng entered the Human Race’s Supreme Sacred Land, where Supreme Corpse Qi spawned fighters wielding fragments of ancient Martial Arts. As Murong Qingcheng reached her limit, Ye Chen continued deeper, drawn by the land’s powerful atmosphere of Martial Arts.

• Grand Ancestor Cang Kong entered the Four Spirits Gate, and emperors from across the races followed into the Supreme Sacred Land.
• Violet Robe Emperor warned his two companions about the dangerous corpses within the sacred land and led them through the gate.
• Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng fought corpses in the outer region and gained insight into the Martial Arts they used.
• As they ventured deeper, the corpses began wielding stronger Martial Arts, and Murong Qingcheng said she had reached her limit.
• Ye Chen continued onward alone, seeking inspiration from the sacred land’s dense Martial Arts aura rather than Supreme inheritances.

Chu Zhongtian, Dugu Jue, and A'Jiu demonstrated their strength against quasi-Supreme opponents in the Supreme Sacred Land, while several other young experts also rose to prominence. Empress Xuan appeared after a hundred-year disappearance and used her Life-and-Death Eight Gates to let her opponent escape.

• Chu Zhongtian struck the Myriad Radiance Emperor, drove him off, and revealed strength on the level of a quasi-Supreme.
• Dugu Jue fought the Star-Splitting Saber Emperor for more than a hundred exchanges, and the emperor recognized the influence of the Two Forms Blade Emperor's Yin-Yang Saber Technique.
• A'Jiu used the Ten-Strong Martial Dao to overwhelm a quasi-Supreme, earning his clan's decision to make him its holy son.
• Leng Fanfei, Xu Jing, and Tantai Mingyue showed they could contend with older experts, while Murong Qingcheng remained unable to advance beyond the Life and Death Realm Eighth Heaven with Ye Chen's resources.
• Empress Xuan returned after a hundred years at the Life and Death Realm Eighth Heaven, then used her Life-and-Death Eight Gates to isolate a quasi-Supreme before opening the Gate of Life for his retreat.

Ye Chen and Wei Tian encountered the Supreme Martial Arts of Eight Desolations Supreme in the Supreme Sacred Land, then Ye Chen used what he learned to create his own Supreme Swordplay. The chapter left Ye Chen confident in his new Five Elements Swordplay.

• Ye Chen destroyed a corpse wielding Eight Desolations Hand with Doomsday Calamity, and Wei Tian defeated another using Heaven-Pervading Staff against Wishful Cosmos Claw.
• Wei Tian introduced himself to Ye Chen, and the two agreed to witness Eight Desolations Supreme's other Supreme Martial Arts together.
• Ye Chen and Wei Tian observed the Eight Desolations Six Directions Fist, Desolate Heaven Tyrant Leg, Cosmic Unity Finger, and Eight Desolations Six Directions Palm.
• As Wei Tian guarded him, Ye Chen fused the five elements with the Martial Arts insights he had gained and created the Supreme Martial Art Five Elements Swordplay.

Ye Chen and Golden Robe Emperor reached a gigantic peak where Old Man Heaven's Will's inheritance awaited, joining Violet Robe Emperor, Yan Qingxuan, Grand Ancestor Cang Kong, Divine Spear Emperor, and Dragon-Phoenix Granny. A corpse with a fragment of Old Man Heaven's Will's intelligence appeared and declared that anyone who could withstand one move could enter the mountain.

• Ye Chen and Golden Robe Emperor reflected on the supreme Martial Arts and dangerous corpses they had encountered while traveling toward the Supreme Sacred Land's core.
• Ye Chen and Golden Robe Emperor arrived at a gigantic peak and met Violet Robe Emperor and Yan Qingxuan, along with Grand Ancestor Cang Kong, Divine Spear Emperor, and Dragon-Phoenix Granny.
• Grand Ancestor Cang Kong tried to persuade the younger contenders to leave Old Man Heaven's Will's inheritance to him, but Golden Robe Emperor refused to give way.
• Dragon-Phoenix Granny urged the group to deal with the corpse emerging from the peak before discussing the inheritance.
• The corpse said the seven contenders could enter the mountain if they withstood one move, then explained that it was a fragment of intelligence retaining some of Old Man Heaven's Will's memories.

Ye Chen and six other experts faced Old Man Heaven's Will's corpse and its Heaven's Will Capturing Hand, which overwhelmed the group with millions of variations. As Yan Qingxuan was about to be caught, Ye Chen used a new Five Elements Swordplay technique to weaken the attack and save her.

• The corpse announced that the group had to endure its Heaven's Will Capturing Hand to qualify to climb the mountain, then attacked with countless hand shadows.
• Violet Robe Emperor, Divine Spear Emperor, Dragon-Phoenix Granny, Grand Ancestor Cang Kong, Yan Qingxuan, Golden Robe Emperor, and Ye Chen each defended themselves with their own Martial Arts.
• Divine Spear Emperor was struck and thrown away, then Grand Ancestor Cang Kong and Dragon-Phoenix Granny were overwhelmed as the hand's variations multiplied.
• Violet Robe Emperor and Golden Robe Emperor held out while Yan Qingxuan's Life-and-Death Eight Gates and Ye Chen's Five Elements Swordplay began to falter.
• Ye Chen used Five Elements Swordplay—Waxing and Waning to reduce the hand shadows' power and variations, letting Yan Qingxuan evade them.

Ye Chen helped Yan Qingxuan overcome Old Man Heaven's Will's trial before being teleported away, while Chu Zhongtian fought another corpse with Star River Spiral. Ye Chen entered the mist near the Legendary Supreme's graveyard and encountered the killing intent of the Three Realms Supreme.

• Ye Chen used the Five Elements Swordplay's waxing and waning to break the corpse's Heaven's Will Capturing Hand, then formed sword armor to protect Yan Qingxuan.
• A hand phantom seized Ye Chen, and he urged Yan Qingxuan to make the most of Old Man Heaven's Will's inheritance before vanishing.
• Chu Zhongtian fought a corpse using Star River Spiral against its Heavenly Secret Transformation and suspected his mysterious master was a Supreme.
• Ye Chen walked into the mist near the Legendary Supreme's graveyard, where the Three Realms Killing Fist shattered time and space around him.
• Ye Chen recognized the killing intent as belonging to the Three Realms Supreme, one of the Human Race's seven great Supremes.

Ye Chen braved the Three Realms Supreme’s killing intent and faced the Heaven Realm and Earth Realm checkpoints, breaking through his swordplay to create Five Elements Slash. He entered the Human Realm checkpoint, where he struggled against the Killing Fist’s unpredictable changes and began to understand their connection to the laws of heaven and earth.

• Ye Chen was drawn into a separate space, where a white-haired middle-aged man tested him with the Heaven Realm Killing Fist, and Ye Chen passed by countering with the power of his heart.
• At the Earth Realm checkpoint, Ye Chen endured the middle-aged man’s increasingly powerful punches and finally broke through, comprehending Five Elements Slash.
• The middle-aged man praised Ye Chen’s swordplay and sent him through a gate to the final, Human Realm checkpoint.
• The middle-aged man’s shifting Fist Force overwhelmed Ye Chen, who struggled to react before each attack landed.
• Ye Chen pondered the meaning of change and realized it was connected to the laws of heaven and earth.

Ye Chen passed the Human Realm Killing Fist trial after grasping its key and entered Three Realms Mountain to witness the Three Realms Supreme’s life and battles. He learned that Dark Demon Venerable became a Half-God, while the Three Realms Supreme died striking him down and left behind the mountain’s killing intent; the martial arts essence remained for Ye Chen to comprehend.

• Ye Chen’s Five Elements Swordplay collapsed when the Human Realm Killing Fist turned its Waxing and Waning effect back on him, and the middle-aged man declared that he had passed the trial.
• The middle-aged man guided Ye Chen across the Three Realms Stele and Three Realms Bridge to the path up Three Realms Mountain.
• Ye Chen witnessed the Three Realms Supreme’s rise from a wealthy businessman to a powerful martial artist who created and unified the Three Realms Killing Fist.
• Ye Chen saw the Three Realms Supreme defeat the Evil Venerable and later fight Dark Demon Venerable to a draw.
• Dark Demon Venerable became a Half-God during their final battle, but the dying Three Realms Supreme transformed himself and his soul into killing intent, gravely wounded Dark Demon Venerable, and became Three Realms Mountain.
• The Three Realms Supreme’s life faded from Ye Chen’s mind, leaving behind the martial arts essence for him to comprehend.

Ye Chen comprehended the power of the heart on Three Realms Mountain and entered the supreme Sword Dao realm of Heart Sword. After testing his newfound power, he turned his attention to comprehending the Earth Realm Killing Fist.

• Ye Chen studied Three Realms Supreme's Heaven Realm Killing Fist and realized that the heart's strength depended on the limits of one's aspirations and Mind Force.
• As his heart's power manifested in shifting refractions and sword arts, Ye Chen cleaved away a corner of Three Realms Mountain, which immediately recovered.
• Ye Chen rose with his cultivation unchanged but entered the Heart Sword realm, transcending the distinction between reality and illusion.
• Ye Chen used his Soaring Sky Sword to perform Five Elements Swordplay and Five Elements Slash, briefly distorting Three Realms Mountain's rules before his sword Momentum faded.
• The middle-aged man appeared and praised Ye Chen's rapid comprehension of the heart's power, while Ye Chen considered the dangers of the Three Realms Killing Fist.
• Ye Chen decided to begin studying the Earth Realm Killing Fist by comprehending Power Profoundity.

Ye Chen advanced his Power Profoundity to ninety percent and developed Fleeting Brilliance into the space-time sword art Death Severance. He then studied the Human Realm Killing Fist at Three Realms Mountain, where he completed his first two speed goals and began carving sword characters into a boulder.

• Ye Chen raised his Power Profoundity to ninety percent and his Time Profundity to twenty percent.
• Ye Chen combined his Space-Time Mystic Domain with Fleeting Brilliance to create Death Severance, a sword art that nearly sealed every escape route.
• Ye Chen began analyzing the Human Realm Killing Fist and set goals for thrusting out increasingly many sword holes in an instant.
• Ye Chen completed his first goal by striking one hundred thousand sword holes into a boulder, then arranged sword holes into intricate patterns.
• Ye Chen completed his second goal and carved the character "sword" into the boulder using sword holes, with each character containing profound sword insights.