Chapter Summaries

The sect masters argued over Kunlun disciples using Law Treasures in the Genius Battle, but the Blood Jade Palace Master forced Zheng Yong to apologize and the others could not justify targeting Kunlun alone. The Heart Refining Sect Master proposed dropping treasures for the remaining contestants, and the leaders agreed, setting up a scramble that would intensify the first round.

• The Vast Sea Sect Master and the Blood Jade Palace Master dismissed the complaints about Kunlun disciples using Law Treasures as normal competition conduct.
• Zheng Yong demanded an explanation for his son's death, and the Blood Jade Palace Master sent him flying before he begged her forgiveness.
• The Heart Refining Sect Master challenged Kunlun's use of treasures, but the master of Spirit Refining Mountain Manor pointed out that every sect would have to reclaim the treasures it had bestowed.
• The Heart Refining Sect Master proposed dropping treasures for the contestants still competing, and the Mystic Star Sect Master and other leaders enthusiastically supported the idea.
• The Vast Sea Sect Master and the other leaders agreed that the supply drops would provoke fights and speed up the first round.

The Heart Refining Sect Master changed the arena rules to allow supply drops, accusing Kunlun Holy Land of breaking the rules first. Ling Kong held back his anger as the sect masters and contestants prepared for the resulting clashes, leaving the battle royale poised to grow more violent.

• The Heart Refining Sect Master announced that every sect could send pills, cultivation methods, and heavenly materials and earthly treasures to its disciples, but no Law Treasures.
• Ling Kong resented the accusation that Kunlun Holy Land had used underhanded tricks, but decided not to confront the hostile sect masters.
• The sect masters condemned Kunlun Holy Land and began preparing supplies to strengthen their disciples, including pills that could forcefully unleash their potential.
• The contestants welcomed the chance to receive supplies and mocked Kunlun Holy Land, while anticipating fights over incoming deliveries.

Su Jian became enraged by accusations that Kunlun had broken the rules and set out to show the other contestants Kunlun’s strength. As supply drops arrived across the floating immortal island, three disciples received two True Yang Hundred Revolutions Pills and a Crimson Sky Jade Tree, then divided the treasures without conflict.

• Gu Xinghui, Xue Yuexin, Yu Yang, and Wan Tianhua dismissed the supply drops as unimportant to their own strength.
• Kunlun’s disciples reacted angrily to the Heart Refining Sect sect master’s accusations but resolved to answer them with their strength.
• Su Jian destroyed a stand of trees with his sword light, denounced the slander against Kunlun, and vanished to confront the others.
• The sects sent supplies to their disciples, and treasure light filled the floating immortal island as battles erupted.
• Three young men opened their supply box and found two True Yang Hundred Revolutions Pills and a Crimson Sky Jade Tree.
• The three disciples divided the pills between two of them and gave the Crimson Sky Jade Tree to the fire cultivator.

Su Jian confronted three Immortal King fourth stage disciples who had just collected supply-drop treasures and asked what they thought of the Kunlun Holy Land. After they insulted Kunlun, he prepared to kill them without drawing his sword.

• Three disciples collected their assigned treasures and prepared to leave so they could cultivate before seeking more supplies.
• Su Jian appeared in their path, and his Sword Qi terrified the three into abandoning thoughts of resistance.
• The disciples pleaded for mercy and warned that a fight would attract attention, but Su Jian asked them what they thought of the Kunlun Holy Land.
• The three criticized Kunlun's disciples and blamed them for the supply drop's dirty tricks, then realized Su Jian belonged to Kunlun.
• Su Jian pointed two fingers at them, and the three tried to defend themselves against his swordsmanship.

Su Jian defeated three contestants who had attacked him, destroying their defenses and crippling them so they could spread the warning that Kunlun Holy Land disciples were not to be underestimated. He left them alive, and two contestants chasing the supply drop arrived to find the wreckage and the three ruined men.

• The three contestants raised their strongest defensive techniques against Su Jian, believing their barriers could withstand even supreme prodigies.
• Su Jian pierced all three defenses with sword light from his gaze and crippled the contestants by destroying their meridians and Dantians.
• The three contestants begged Su Jian to kill them, but he left them alive so they could tell others a Kunlun disciple had crippled them.
• Two contestants arrived searching for the supply drop and found the shattered remains of the battle.
• The two contestants followed faint groans and discovered the three crippled men lying on the ground.

Two contestants discovered three men crippled by a terrifying sword attack and learned that a powerful sword cultivator from Kunlun had defeated them, making them wary of Kunlun's disciples. Meanwhile, Su Jian headed toward a supply-drop melee, where the Immortal King Fifth Layer leaders Song Guangqi and Qin Cang argued over supplies.

• Two contestants examined the three crippled men and found their meridians and Dantians destroyed, then recoiled when the remaining Sword Qi attacked their Immortal Power.
• One crippled man identified the attacker as a powerful sword cultivator from Kunlun and said the rumors about Kunlun's weakness were false.
• The three men passed out, and the two contestants took their supplies while deciding to avoid Kunlun's disciples.
• Su Jian sensed a battle over a supply drop and walked toward the melee involving more than a dozen contestants.
• Song Guangqi demanded half of Qin Cang's supplies, but Qin Cang refused and warned that his earlier breakthrough gave him deeper cultivation.

Qin Cang fought Song Guangqi after Song demanded half of his supplies, and Qin's Earth Vein Golden Dragon saber soul gave him a powerful advantage. Song refused to retreat despite being driven back and declared that the battle was not over as he began unleashing his full strength.

• Song Guangqi demanded half of Qin Cang's supplies and attacked when Qin refused.
• Qin Cang evaded Song Guangqi's spear thrust and summoned his saber, which contained the soul of an Immortal Emperor-level Earth Vein Golden Dragon.
• Song Guangqi used Heavenly Wolf Swallows the Moon Form, but the dragon soul destroyed his wolf and pressured him into a desperate defense.
• Qin Cang struck Song Guangqi hard with his saber and mocked him for relying on no Half-Emperor Weapon of his own.
• Song Guangqi rejected Qin Cang's taunts, insisted he had not used his full strength, and erupted with surging Immortal Power.

Song Guangqi unleashed the Prairie Fire Hundred-Rending Spear against Qin Cang, but Qin Cang’s Dragon Soul War Saber overwhelmed him and left him gravely wounded. Song Guangqi survived the clash but admitted defeat, recognizing that he could not contend with Qin Cang’s Half-Emperor Weapon without one of his own.

• Song Guangqi poured his Immortal Power into his black iron spear and attacked Qin Cang with the Prairie Fire Hundred-Rending Spear.
• Qin Cang answered with a powerful saber slash infused with an earth-vein golden dragon’s soul, and their attacks collided in a destructive blast that forced both sides’ teammates to flee.
• Qin Cang pressed his advantage with another slash, cracking Song Guangqi’s spear and striking him so hard that he crashed into a mountain beneath a mound of rubble.
• Song Guangqi burst out of the rubble alive but severely wounded and unable to fight, then admitted that Qin Cang had decisively defeated him.
• Song Guangqi concluded that he could not match Qin Cang’s Half-Emperor Weapon unless he obtained one of his own.

Qin Cang defeated Song Guangqi and demanded his group’s supplies, but Su Jian arrived and ignored Qin Cang’s threats. As Song Guangqi tried to recruit Su Jian to help him escape, Su Jian instead asked what he thought of the Kunlun Holy Land.

• Song Guangqi admitted defeat and ordered his injured teammates to retreat.
• Qin Cang stopped Song Guangqi’s group and demanded all their supplies in exchange for letting them go.
• Su Jian appeared, and Qin Cang warned him not to interfere, but Su Jian remained unmoved.
• Song Guangqi asked Su Jian to help him and promised a generous reward, but Su Jian did not respond to the offer.
• Su Jian asked Song Guangqi what he thought of the Kunlun Holy Land.

Su Jian confronted Qin Cang after Qin Cang insulted Kunlun and Su Jian’s master, and threatened to kill him. Qin Cang attacked with a powerful saber strike, but it shattered against an unseen barrier around Su Jian, leaving everyone stunned.

• Qin Cang mocked Kunlun and insulted Su Jian’s master, provoking Su Jian’s killing intent.
• Su Jian declared that Qin Cang would die, while Qin Cang and his companions ridiculed him.
• Song Guangqi waited for Su Jian and Qin Cang to fight, hoping to escape in the confusion.
• Qin Cang charged Su Jian and unleashed a powerful slash with his battle saber.
• Su Jian stood motionless as the saber light shattered against an invisible barrier, shocking Qin Cang.

Su Jian effortlessly shattered Qin Cang’s saber attacks, leaving the onlookers to suspect he possessed a powerful weapon. When Qin Cang’s insults against Su Jian’s master prompted him to unleash a terrifying Sword Intent, everyone realized Su Jian was a peerless sword cultivator, while Qin Cang faced an apparent threat to his life.

• Qin Cang’s first saber strike failed against Su Jian, who appeared not to move.
• Qin Cang attacked again, and Su Jian shattered the saber light with a flick of his finger.
• Song Guangqi, Qin Cang, and the crowd wondered whether Su Jian possessed a Half-Emperor Weapon.
• Su Jian declared that anyone who insulted his master would be killed, then filled the air with overwhelming Sword Intent.
• Qin Cang was gripped by fear, and the onlookers recognized Su Jian’s extraordinary Sword Dao and strength.

Qin Cang unleashed the Earth Vein Golden Dragon from his battle saber, but Su Jian’s Sword Intent shattered the dragon soul and destroyed the Half-Emperor Weapon. Qin Cang was pierced by the flying fragments and fell from the arena.

• Terrified by Su Jian’s Sword Intent, Qin Cang poured all his Immortal Power into his battle saber and revived its dragon soul.
• The Earth Vein Golden Dragon emerged with Immortal Emperor pressure, alarming contestants across the floating immortal island.
• Qin Cang sent the Earth Vein Golden Dragon charging at Su Jian, but Su Jian’s Sword Intent cut through and shattered it.
• The impact cracked and then destroyed Qin Cang’s battle saber, sending fragments flying.
• The fragments pierced Qin Cang’s body, and he fell with despair and resentment in his eyes.

Su Jian destroyed Qin Cang’s Half-Emperor Weapon, killed Qin Cang, and crippled the other contestants who had insulted Kunlun. As the first round ended on his floating immortal island, the remaining thousand contestants advanced to the second round.

• Su Jian shattered Qin Cang’s battle saber with a single blow, and the resulting energy blast wounded Song Guangqi and the other nearby contestants.
• Su Jian appeared before the contestants, declared that Kunlun’s name must not be insulted, and destroyed their meridians and Dantians with Sword Qi.
• Qin Cang lay dead as Su Jian left the battlefield, while the surviving contestants watched in shock and fear.
• Contestants across the floating immortal islands grew stronger, and geniuses such as Gu Xinghui advanced to the immortal king sixth layer.
• The red-nosed old referee noticed that only a thousand contestants remained on Su Jian’s island and announced that they had advanced to the second round.

The contestants on the floating immortal island learned that the competition had ended and celebrated making it into the final thousand, while recalling their terror of the Kunlun Sword Demon. The sect masters watched the successful contestants descend, and the Flying Snow Sect master confidently expected Qin Cang to be among them.

• The surviving contestants celebrated advancing and praised Kunlun’s strength after describing how the Kunlun Sword Demon had killed or crippled rivals.
• Sect masters wondered why the floating immortal island’s competition had ended first.
• The Flying Snow Sect master claimed Qin Cang had swept through the arena, trusting in his strength and Half-Emperor Weapon.
• The thousand successful contestants descended from the island as sect masters searched for their disciples.
• The Flying Snow Sect master grew more certain that Qin Cang had advanced when he saw ordinary disciples from other sects among the survivors.

Sect Master Flying Snow waited for Qin Cang to emerge from the martial arena, but every contestant came out without him. The referee said Qin Cang had either died inside or been eliminated earlier, leaving Sect Master Flying Snow shocked and desperate for answers.

• Sect Master Flying Snow confidently expected Qin Cang to pass the test with his Half-Emperor Weapon, but Qin Cang did not appear with the returning contestants.
• Sect Master Flying Snow grew increasingly anxious as nearly all the contestants, and then the final disciple, exited without Qin Cang.
• Several sect masters gathered around Sect Master Flying Snow and speculated that Qin Cang might have died, while others argued that his weapon should have protected him.
• Sect Master Flying Snow rushed to the referee and demanded to know why Qin Cang had not come out.
• The red-nosed old referee told Sect Master Flying Snow that Qin Cang was either dead inside or had been eliminated earlier.

Sect Master Flying Snow learned from contestants that Qin Cang had been killed by Kunlun Sword Demon, and that Song Guangqi and many others had also died or been crippled. Unable to believe the reports, he read the contestants’ memories and saw the gruesome battlefield for himself.

• The red-nosed old man refused Sect Master Flying Snow’s request to investigate Qin Cang and left without helping him.
• A contestant told his sect master that Qin Cang might have died, and Sect Master Flying Snow overheard him.
• Sect Master Flying Snow questioned several contestants, who said Kunlun Sword Demon had killed Qin Cang and described the deaths and crippled cultivators at the scene.
• Sect Master Flying Snow seized a contestant and read the memories of the witnesses to verify their accounts.
• After viewing their memories, Sect Master Flying Snow saw the battlefield where Qin Cang and Song Guangqi had fallen.

Sect Master Flying Snow learned that a Kunlun disciple called the Kunlun Sword Demon had killed Qin Cang and shattered his Half-Emperor Weapon. Furious at the humiliation, he led other sect masters to confront Ling Kong, while Ling Kong saw Su Jian return after passing the first round.

• Sect Master Flying Snow searched contestants' memories and discovered that a Kunlun disciple had killed Qin Cang.
• Sect Master Flying Snow told the other sect masters that Kunlun's disciples were stronger than they had believed, and that the Kunlun Sword Demon had shattered Qin Cang's Half-Emperor Weapon.
• A sect master suggested that Sect Master Flying Snow go to the Kunlun Holy Land to learn the truth, and he set off with the others to find Ling Kong.
• Sect Master Flying Snow's anger stemmed from losing face after boasting about Qin Cang, and he vowed to settle the score with the killer.
• Ling Kong saw Su Jian return to the Kunlun Holy Land and was unsurprised that Su Jian had passed the first round.

Su Jian rejoined Ling Kong after swiftly defeating his opponents, and the two faced Sect Master Flying Snow and a group of sect masters. Ling Kong’s jade pendant, bestowed by the sect master, shielded them from Flying Snow’s overwhelming power and remained intact as he attacked it.

• Ling Kong noticed Su Jian’s blood baleful Qi, and Su Jian explained that he had punished people who slandered Kunlun Holy Land.
• Ling Kong praised Su Jian, then sensed hostile experts approaching.
• Sect Master Flying Snow arrived with several sect masters and tried to overwhelm Ling Kong and Su Jian with his pressure.
• Ling Kong’s jade pendant rose and formed a shield that neutralized Flying Snow’s attack.
• Ling Kong recognized the pendant as a gift from the sect master, while Su Jian privately trusted his master’s preparations.
• Sect Master Flying Snow furiously struck the pendant’s glow, but it remained unchanged and kept Ling Kong and Su Jian safe.

Ling Kong and Su Jian mocked Sect Master Flying Snow, who attacked their protective jade pendant with his full strength. The pendant withstood the blow, leading the onlookers to suspect Kunlun Holy Land had a Hunyuan Divine Emperor behind it, and Sect Master Flying Snow grew cautious.

• Su Jian and Ling Kong ridiculed Sect Master Flying Snow and joked that he should clean Kunlun's toilets.
• Enraged by their mockery, Sect Master Flying Snow unleashed his full strength against the jade pendant protecting them.
• The jade pendant shook under the attack but recovered and remained intact, shielding Su Jian and Ling Kong.
• The crowd concluded that the pendant might have been refined by a Hunyuan Divine Emperor and suspected Kunlun Holy Land had such an expert.
• Sect Master Flying Snow's anger gave way to fear as he considered the danger of provoking Kunlun Holy Land.

After Su Jian admitted killing Qin Cang and shattering his Half-Emperor Weapon, Ling Kong rebuked Sect Master Flying Snow for challenging the outcome of the competition. The first round ended with Kunlun’s disciples advancing, while four supreme geniuses drew attention by reaching Seventh-Level Immortal King.

• Sect Master Flying Snow demanded to know whether Su Jian had killed Qin Cang, and Su Jian said he had slain him and broken his Half-Emperor saber with one sword thrust.
• The gathered experts tried and failed to discern Su Jian’s cultivation, sensing only his Sword Intent and suspecting the Lord of Kunlun had concealed his strength.
• Ling Kong told Sect Master Flying Snow that Qin Cang had died because his skills were inferior and mocked him for demanding an accounting.
• Sect Master Flying Snow threatened Su Jian and Kunlun’s disciples before leaving, and other sect masters departed or stayed to speak with Ling Kong and Su Jian.
• Kunlun’s disciples returned after passing the first round, and the four supreme geniuses were revealed to have advanced from Immortal King Fifth Layer to Seventh-Level Immortal King.