Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen studied a beginner-level Sword Dao Divine Inscription Chart and, after twenty-five thousand years, comprehended his first divine skill. He named it Drifting Blood, leaving him with a new, sustainable source of peak combat power that he could continue to perfect.

• Sweet Dew Sword Saint gave Ye Chen a beginner-level Sword Dao Divine Inscription Chart and explained how divine skills could be comprehended from it.
• Ye Chen divided his time between observing the character for sword and studying the chart, but made little progress over fifteen thousand years.
• Sweet Dew Sword Saint and Shadowless Sword Saint discussed how long Ye Chen might take to comprehend a skill and compared other rising talents in the Chaos Battlefield.
• In his sixty-fifth thousandth year in the Chaos Battlefield, Ye Chen sensed the chart's desolate, cruel essence and began to understand its meaning.
• By his seventieth thousandth year, Ye Chen used drops of blood to unleash his first divine skill, which he named Drifting Blood.

Ye Chen spent thousands of years gathering Godstones in the Crimson Mountain Range and forging Earth Sacred Artifact swords. When a Godstone pit containing at least ten thousand stones was discovered, he joined the Light Continent’s battle against the Dark Continent and overwhelmed Black Blood Battle Saint.

• Ye Chen searched the Crimson Mountain Range and collected more than one thousand Godstones over five thousand years, using them to forge seventy Nine-Star Earth Sacred Artifact swords.
• Ye Chen spent another fifteen thousand years increasing his collection to one hundred and eighty Nine-Star Earth Sacred Artifact swords while preserving the Azure Sky Sword.
• At the ninety-five-thousand-year mark, a surge of Godstone Radiance revealed a pit, and Ye Chen hurried to the ensuing battle between the Light and Dark Continents.
• Ye Chen joined Divine Dance Arrow Saint and the other Light Continent fighters, shifting the battle in their favor.
• Revolving Wheel Battle Saint called for a change of opponents, and Black Blood Battle Saint blocked Ye Chen’s path.
• Ye Chen’s Drifting Blood divine skill struck Black Blood Battle Saint and sent him flying.

Ye Chen defeated Black Blood Battle Saint and helped drive Emperor Heart Battle Saint’s group away, then used his share of the Godstones to strengthen his swords. After one hundred thousand years, the Crimson Continent ascended into the Heavenly Realm, where the factions tested its residents and Ye Chen arrived with Sword God Palace.

• Ye Chen used Five Elements Law Power with Drifting Blood to pierce Black Blood Battle Saint, then helped Divine Dance Arrow Saint’s side defeat Emperor Heart Battle Saint’s group.
• Divine Dance Arrow Saint divided sixteen thousand four hundred Godstones among the eight victors, giving Ye Chen two thousand and fifty.
• Ye Chen upgraded several swords and successfully advanced the Azure Sky Sword into a four-star Heaven Sacred Artifact.
• After one hundred thousand years, the Crimson Continent rose from the water and carried its residents upward through space and time.
• The True God envoys tested everyone; Sword God Palace had only Ye Chen, while the Immortal Divine Palace and Life Divine Palace each had two people.
• The Crimson Continent passed through a membrane into the Heavenly Realm, and Sweet Dew Sword Saint and Shadowless Sword Saint celebrated while Ye Chen looked confused.

Ye Chen entered the Heavenly Realm and joined Sword God Palace, where he received the rank and equipment of an initial Sword Saint. He chose an island in the initial Sword Saint region and began his new life in the vast palace.

• Sweet Dew Sword Saint and Shadowless Sword Saint explained the seven main gods, the stars representing True Gods, and the dangers of divine wars to Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen parted from Xu Jing and Murong Qingcheng, then traveled with Sweet Dew Sword Saint and Shadowless Sword Saint to Sword God Palace.
• Tiger-Subduing Sword Saint welcomed Ye Chen as a new member of Sword God Palace.
• Shadowless Sword Saint gave Ye Chen an initial Sword Saint token and attire, explaining their uses and the palace's four regions.
• Ye Chen chose an island in the initial Sword Saint region, while Sweet Dew Sword Saint and Shadowless Sword Saint returned to the advanced region.

After twenty thousand years on Azure Lotus Island, Ye Chen left to seek the pressure he needed to advance and explored the beginner Sword Saint region with Sword Saint Dan Yun. He learned how Sword Saints earned contribution points and encountered the formidable Ultimate Sword Saint Snow Heart Sword Saint, whose demonstration revealed the heights he would need to reach.

• Ye Chen left Azure Lotus Island after failing to advance and headed for the center of the beginner Sword Saint island region.
• Sword Saint Dan Yun introduced himself, and Ye Chen used the title Azure Lotus while accepting Dan Yun's offer to guide him.
• Dan Yun showed Ye Chen the Sacred Sword Tower and explained that Sword Saints earned contribution points by hunting demigods, exchanging treasures, or challenging the Sword God Tower.
• Dan Yun described the Sacred Artifact Tower, Mission Tower, and Sword Debate Platform as he guided Ye Chen around the region over several months.
• Snow Heart Sword Saint demonstrated the beginner divine skill Tear of Ice and Snow, and Ye Chen sensed the immense power of her swordsmanship.
• Dan Yun explained that Snow Heart Sword Saint was an Ultimate Sword Saint, a rank requiring cultivation and mastery of sword arts and complementary Laws to reach perfection.

Snow Heart Sword Saint demonstrated her elementary divine skills, inspiring Ye Chen as he continued to refine Drifting Blood and grow stronger. After perfecting it, Ye Chen challenged the Sword God Tower, reached the thirteenth floor, and used his contribution points to obtain the first elementary Sword Dao Divine Inscription Chart.

• Snow Heart Sword Saint demonstrated 272 elementary divine skills over ten days, and Sword Saint Dan Yun perfected Sword Qi Danxia after watching her.
• Ye Chen returned to Azure Lotus Island and perfected Drifting Blood after another five thousand years.
• Ye Chen challenged the first Sword God Tower and cleared all nine floors before gaining permission to enter the intermediate Sword Saint island region.
• Ye Chen passed through the first twelve floors of the second Sword God Tower but was defeated by the puppet Sword Saint on the thirteenth floor.
• Ye Chen earned 409,500 contribution points and exchanged 100,000 of them for the first elementary Sword Dao Divine Inscription Chart.

Ye Chen spent tens of thousands of years comprehending four Primary Sword Dao Divine Inscription Charts, advancing to Intermediate Sword Saint and gaining several Divine Skills. After failing to pass the fifteenth floor of the Sword God Tower, he spent most of his new contribution points on more charts and continued visiting Sword Heart Island with Sword Saint Dan Yun.

• Sword Saint Dan Yun advanced to Intermediate Sword Saint and moved to the Intermediate Sword Saint island region after bidding farewell to Ye Chen.
• After comprehending Soaring Clouds from the first chart, Ye Chen advanced to Intermediate Sword Saint and reunited with Sword Saint Dan Yun.
• Ye Chen challenged the Sword God Tower, passed the thirteenth and fourteenth floors, but failed to defeat the puppet on the fifteenth floor and earned more than 1.2 million contribution points.
• Ye Chen exchanged nine hundred thousand contribution points for the second, third, and fourth Primary Sword Dao Divine Inscription Charts, then spent decades comprehending their Divine Skills.
• Sword Saint Dan Yun continued inviting Ye Chen to Sword Heart Island, where they endured the power of the Sword God's sword character for limited periods.

Ye Chen pushed his limits while studying the Sword God’s sword character on Sword Heart Island, then accepted a mission to capture Spirit Radiance for contribution points. He reached the Spirit Radiance Mountains and captured a strand using Five Elements Law Power.

• Ye Chen sat ahead of Sword Saint Dan Yun to study the sword character, and after a hundred years he saw Nothingness Sword Saint arrive.
• Ye Chen stayed for fifty more years, exceeded his limit, and left Sword Heart Island with more condensed Mind Force.
• Ye Chen accepted the repeatable mission to capture Spirit Radiance for ten thousand contribution points per strand.
• Ye Chen flew for ten years to reach the Spirit Radiance Mountains, where he spotted Spirit Radiance chasing an intermediate Sword Saint.
• Ye Chen enveloped the Spirit Radiance with Five Elements Law Power and captured it, feeling his Blood and Qi churn as it resisted.

Ye Chen captured Spirit Radiance for tens of thousands of years, earned millions of contribution points, and used them to comprehend new Sword Dao divine skills. After learning Soul Severance from the hundredth chart, he planned to perfect it before challenging the Sword God Tower again.

• Sword Saint Mang Xing explained how Spirit Radiance worked and warned Ye Chen about Spirit Glow Beasts, then shared his experience after Ye Chen returned the strand he had captured.
• Ye Chen spent five thousand years in the Spirit Radiance Mountains capturing three hundred strands and submitted them for three million contribution points.
• Ye Chen repeated the mission ten times, earning thirty million contribution points before Spirit Radiance Sword Saint canceled it.
• Ye Chen exchanged contribution points for more Sword Dao Divine Inscription Charts and spent two hundred thousand years comprehending five divine skills, including Blade Heart.
• Ye Chen exchanged for the hundredth chart and, after another one hundred and twenty thousand years, comprehended Soul Severance on Azure Lotus Island.
• Ye Chen resolved to perfect Soul Severance before challenging the Sword God Tower again.

Ye Chen perfected Soul Severance, advanced through the Sword God Tower, and exchanged contribution points for a higher Sword Dao Divine Inscription Chart. After gaining strength from a new divine skill, he traveled with Sword Saint Dan Yun and Sword Saint Mang Xing to the Twilight Plains, where they prepared to hunt enemy demigods and search for Godstones.

• Sword Saint Dan Yun sparred seriously with Ye Chen and knocked him back, while their battles helped Ye Chen refine Soul Severance.
• After two thousand years, Ye Chen perfected Soul Severance, passed the fifteenth and sixteenth floors of the Sword God Tower, and exchanged twenty million contribution points for the two-hundredth elementary Sword Dao Divine Inscription Chart.
• Ye Chen comprehended Sword Blossoms in Full Bloom, passed the seventeenth floor of the Sword God Tower, and reached the strength of Sword Saint Dan Yun and Sword Saint Mang Xing.
• Ye Chen, Sword Saint Dan Yun, and Sword Saint Mang Xing traveled to the Twilight Plains to seek Godstones and earn contribution points by hunting enemy demigods.
• Sword Saint Mang Xing warned Ye Chen and Sword Saint Dan Yun to beware of Dusk Fiends, which Sword Saint Dan Yun said were formed from the plains' resentment.

Ye Chen, Sword Saint Mang Xing, and Sword Saint Dan Yun hunted Demigods across the dangerous Twilight Plains, then faced a high-level Battle Saint from the Destruction Divine Palace. Snow Heart Sword Saint rescued them and ordered them to retreat as a hunting operation was about to begin.

• Sword Saint Mang Xing explained the dangers posed by the many forms of Dusk Fiends, and Ye Chen and his companions cautiously crossed the Twilight Plains.
• Ye Chen spotted a Demigod from the Dark God Alliance, and the three worked together to kill him and earn contribution points.
• After killing three middle-level Battle Saints, Ye Chen, Sword Saint Mang Xing, and Sword Saint Dan Yun were attacked by Battle Saint Laide, who severely injured all three.
• Battle Saint Laide unleashed Fierce Tiger Slash, but Snow Heart Sword Saint killed him with Tear of Ice and Snow.
• Snow Heart Sword Saint warned Ye Chen and the others to retreat from the area ahead of a coming hunting operation, and they left.

After 1.5 million years in the Heavenly Realm, Ye Chen awakened the Sword of the Soul while observing the Sword Character on Sword Heart Island. He discovered that his Sword of the Soul was blue, and the chapter left him preparing to explore its power and eventually refine Divine Strength.

• Ye Chen and Sword Saint Dan Yun recognized that Sword Saint Mang Xing had grown far stronger after condensing the Sword of the Soul and reaching the twenty-fifth floor of the Sword God Tower.
• Sword Saint Mang Xing visited Azure Lotus Island, announced that he had converted all his power into Divine Strength, and said he planned to return to the Twilight Plains for Godstones.
• Ye Chen continued studying the Sword Character on Sword Heart Island until sharp Mind Force ripples spread from him and the Sword Character revealed the Sword God's phantom.
• Ye Chen realized he had given birth to the Sword of the Soul, which gave him absolute control over his inner powers and could help him refine Divine Strength.
• Ye Chen stabilized his Sword of the Soul and found that its Light of the Soul was blue.

Ye Chen refined his powers into Divine Strength, grew vastly stronger, and advanced through the Sword God Tower while building his foundation over millions of years. After reaching the twenty-eighth floor and finding his contribution points insufficient for the Sword Dao Divine Inscription Chart, he planned to return to the Twilight Plains to seek Godstones and hunt hostile Battle Saints.

• Ye Chen secluded himself after leaving Sword Heart Island and began refining his powers into Divine Strength, with his Three Supreme Sword Intents merging into it.
• After a hundred years, Ye Chen tested his newly formed Divine Strength and found that a mere finger flick surpassed the force of his previous full-strength sword attack.
• Sword Saint Dan Yun visited Ye Chen, congratulated him on condensing the Sword of the Soul, and judged him stronger than Sword Saint Mang Xing.
• Over the next hundred thousand years, Ye Chen converted one-third of his power into Divine Strength, advanced his law realm, and passed the Sword God Tower's twenty-seventh floor.
• Ye Chen spent millions of years completing his conversion to Divine Strength and comprehending hundreds of elementary divine skills, while Sword Saint Dan Yun also condensed the Sword of the Soul.
• Ye Chen passed the Sword God Tower's twenty-eighth floor, recognized that his contribution points could not buy the Sword Dao Divine Inscription Chart, and planned to return to the Twilight Plains to hunt for resources and hostile Battle Saints.

Ye Chen fought the Sky-Reaching Demon Saint to a stalemate on the Twilight Plains, then spent ten thousand years defeating enemies and collecting Godstones. After losing the Azure Sky Sword while trying to enhance it, he discovered a sword containing the Five Elements Law and raised it to seven stars, leaving him with a powerful new weapon.

• Ye Chen battled the Sky-Reaching Demon Saint for a day and night, then escaped because neither could defeat the other.
• Over ten thousand years, Ye Chen killed more than a hundred mid-level War Saints and seven high-level War Saints, earning over ten billion contribution points.
• Ye Chen found a Godstone pit containing eleven thousand Godstones and used them to upgrade his Heaven Sacred Artifact swords.
• The Azure Sky Sword and another four-star sword exploded during Ye Chen's attempts to fuse Godstones into them.
• Ye Chen discovered that a third four-star sword contained fragments of the five laws and named it the Five Elements Sword.
• Ye Chen raised the Five Elements Sword to seven stars and tested its power, judging it comparable to an eight- or nine-star Heaven Sacred Artifact.

Ye Chen advanced his divine skills and swordsmanship, then joined the Beast God faction’s divine war to protect Xu Jing. On the Myriad Beasts Battlefield, he faced an Ultimate Battle Saint for the first time and stepped forward to block its attack.

• Ye Chen comprehended Sword Heart, advanced the Five Elements Sword to eight-star, and later learned his first intermediate divine skill, Thousand Eyes.
• Ye Chen’s Sword Domain reached the perfected ninth layer, allowing him to pass the thirtieth floor of the Sword God Tower.
• A divine war erupted between the Beast God faction and the Magic Beast God faction, and Ye Chen joined the fighting to protect Xu Jing.
• Ye Chen used Thousand Eyes and Splendor to kill more than a hundred enemy Battle Saints on the Myriad Beasts Battlefield.
• An Ultimate Battle Saint attacked with a massive hammer, and Ye Chen told the others to retreat before stepping forward to block it.

During the divine war, Ye Chen grew stronger and fought off Ultimate Battle Saints. After his three Supreme Sword Souls broke through, his Divine Strength reached the level of an ordinary Ultimate Battle Saint, while perfected Divine Strength remained just one step away.

• Giant Hammer Battle Saint struck Ye Chen with a hammer, but Cold Star Battle Saint intervened and took him on as an opponent.
• As the divine war spread to the Demon Sword Battlefield and more factions joined, Ye Chen advanced to an advanced Sword Saint, raised his Five Elements Law to major accomplishment, and made his Five Elements Sword a nine-star Heaven Sacred Artifact.
• Ye Chen challenged the Sword God Tower and reached its thirty-first floor, one floor short of becoming an Ultimate Sword Saint.
• Night Harmony Battle Saint trapped Ye Chen with Earth Tyrant Heavenly Star, but Ye Chen's three Supreme Sword Souls broke through to the peak of the ninth rank and he split the earth apart with one slash.
• Night Harmony Battle Saint repeatedly attacked Ye Chen, but they proved evenly matched, and Ye Chen realized his Divine Strength was comparable to that of an ordinary Ultimate Sword Saint.

Ye Chen learned that the Demon God Palace’s Battle Saints could combine through a bloodline divine skill, giving them a powerful advantage over the Sword God Palace on the Twilight Plains. After Spirit Radiance Sword Saint was wounded by a fused opponent, Nothingness Sword Saint stepped in and destroyed it with one finger.

• Ye Chen comprehended his eighth intermediate divine skill, Sword Marrow, bringing his total to twenty-one intermediate divine skills.
• Shadowless Sword Saint and the others told Ye Chen that Demon God Palace Battle Saints could combine, with as many as six forming a much stronger Bloodline Battle Saint.
• A fused Bloodline Battle Saint pierced Spirit Radiance Sword Saint and killed three Sword Saints while rampaging across the battlefield.
• Nothingness Sword Saint took over the fight and destroyed the Bloodline Battle Saint with a single finger.

Nothingness Sword Saint and Ye Chen fought for Sword God Palace during the divine war, defeating powerful Demon God Palace opponents. The True Gods then ordered both sides to stop fighting, and Sweet Dew Sword Saint warned Ye Chen that an ultimate war might be approaching.

• Nothingness Sword Saint effortlessly killed several Bloodline Battle Saints and fought Dragon Scale Demon Saint, whose clash sent warriors flying and some to their deaths.
• Sweet Dew Sword Saint told Ye Chen that Nothingness Sword Saint had mastered the advanced divine skill Swordheart Unfettered.
• Sky-Reaching Demon Saint attacked Ye Chen, but Ye Chen overwhelmed him and killed him with Sword Marrow.
• After a few hundred years, both sides received divine decrees from the True Gods ordering the divine war to stop.
• On Azure Lotus Island, Sweet Dew Sword Saint explained that the halt likely signaled an approaching ultimate war in which even True Gods might die.

Over 160 million years, Ye Chen perfected his Five Elements Laws, comprehended every basic and intermediate divine skill, and rose to become a powerful Ultimate Sword Saint. When an all-out God War erupted, he cut through the battlefield with Crisscross and rescued Snow Heart Sword Saint from a Bloodline Battle Saint.

• Ye Chen perfected his Five Elements Laws, passed the thirty-second floor of the Sword God Tower, and later comprehended all basic divine skills and forty-nine intermediate divine skills.
• Ye Chen comprehended the fiftieth intermediate divine skill, Crisscross, and used it to pass the thirty-fourth floor of the Sword God Tower.
• An all-out God War erupted, and Ye Chen slaughtered Demon God Pantheon Battle Saints with Crisscross, killing Night Harmony Battle Saint and Giant Hammer Battle Saint.
• Ye Chen saw Snow Heart Sword Saint and Sword Saint Liancheng in danger, chose to save Snow Heart Sword Saint, and killed the Bloodline Battle Saint attacking her.
• Snow Heart Sword Saint thanked Ye Chen, who said he was repaying her for saving his life and for another life he still owed her.

Ye Chen fought a fused Bloodline Battle Saint for a year after the Blackrock Sword Saint withdrew, and the prolonged battle pushed his Three Supreme Sword Intents to perfection. With his Divine Strength and Five Elements Law perfected, Ye Chen finally became a true Ultimate Sword Saint.

• Xu Jing and Murong Qingcheng fought at the rear of the Twilight Plains as intermediate Half-Gods, protected by powerful equipment and Ye Chen's bloodline.
• Ye Chen and the Blackrock Sword Saint teamed up against a Bloodline Battle Saint, but their coordinated attacks could not match the fused enemy's strength.
• The Bloodline Battle Saint drove back both Sword Saints, and Ye Chen told the injured Blackrock Sword Saint to withdraw so he could continue alone.
• Ye Chen fought the Bloodline Battle Saint for a year, enduring relentless attacks as his Martial Dao Avatar began to suffer injuries.
• The three Supreme Sword Intents in Ye Chen's body resonated and broke through to perfection, strengthening his Divine Strength and making him a true Ultimate Sword Saint.