Chapter Summaries

Ye Wushuang crossed the Ten Thousand Swords River by facing all ten thousand swords at once and forged his Unrivaled Sword Dao. After the swords withdrew and the Heavenly Book of All Things recorded their legacies, he returned to his companions and teased Nie Qingcheng and his maidservants.

• Ye Wushuang charged across the Ten Thousand Swords River and challenged all ten thousand swords at once.
• At the thousand-step mark, Ye Wushuang comprehended the myriad Sword Daos and declared his Unrivaled Sword Dao, then used a Human Emperor Qi sword to repel the encircling swords.
• The ten thousand swords recognized Ye Wushuang's strength but withdrew, deeming themselves unworthy of following him.
• The Heavenly Book of All Things recorded the swords' intents and legacies in a Ten Thousand Swords Pay Homage Diagram, and its book spirit told Ye Wushuang he could comprehend them.
• The old tomb keeper marveled at Ye Wushuang's bearing as he descended from the sky and returned to the Ye Lineage's group.
• Ye Wushuang teased Nie Qingcheng, who unwittingly admitted she had fallen for him, then pinched Ye Kongling's cheek while Xie Qianli worried about Nie Qingcheng's anger.

Ye Wushuang and the other chosen ones entered the Heavenly Sword Secret Realm’s final trial, where they were drawn into an illusion. The illusion began recounting the life of Ye Muxi, a village boy who chose the sword and left home to pursue cultivation, and ended as he was about to meet Yun Chenxi.

• Ye Wushuang, Situ Xue, Ming Ye, Jin Zhan, the masked sword cultivator, and other ambitious geniuses entered the ring of light to reach the final trial ground.
• The old tomb keeper hoped Ye Wushuang would draw the All Under Heaven Sword, which no one had claimed in ten thousand years.
• Ye Wushuang used the Immortal-Slaying Sword to guard his sea of consciousness and chose to experience the illusion that had overtaken the other geniuses.
• Ten thousand years earlier, young Ye Muxi chose a sword despite the other village children mocking him, and the old man encouraged him to follow his chosen path.
• Ye Muxi trained until he became the foremost youth in his village, then left to make his way through the martial world.
• Yun Chenxi, the Heavenly Radiance Dynasty’s eldest princess, secretly left the palace to escape a forced marriage and arrived alone in a forest of demonic beasts.

Ye Muxi rescued Yun Chenxi, the eldest princess of the Heavenly Radiance Dynasty, and the two fell in love as they traveled together. After the sovereign forced Yun Chenxi into an arranged marriage, Ye Muxi devoted himself to the sword and eventually became the Emperor Eternal Night.

• Ye Muxi slew a demon beast threatening the wounded Yun Chenxi, then agreed to protect her in exchange for ten thousand spirit stones a month.
• Ye Muxi and Yun Chenxi traveled together, grew close, and Ye Muxi gave her a necklace made from an exotic beast’s bloodline essence.
• Imperial shadow guards found Yun Chenxi, who revealed her identity as the eldest princess and left without telling Ye Muxi that she had fled an arranged marriage.
• The sovereign of Heavenly Radiance forced Yun Chenxi to marry, and Ye Muxi learned of it through a public marriage announcement.
• Ye Muxi rejected offers from powerful factions, guarded the Heavenly Radiance Dynasty, and pursued the sword Dao until he became the Emperor Eternal Night.

After ten thousand years of fighting demons, Ye Muxi reunited with Yun Chenxi and faced the Netherdark Dragon Venerable in a final battle. He called on sword cultivators across past, present, and future to lend their power, defeated his foe at the cost of his life, and left Yun Chenxi with the All Under Heaven Sword.

• Ye Muxi visited Yun Chenxi at the imperial palace, and they admitted they had never resented each other for the choices that separated them.
• Ye Muxi underwent ultimate sublimation, took up the All Under Heaven Sword, and went alone to fight the Netherdark Dragon Venerable.
• Wounded and near the end of his strength, Ye Muxi called on sword cultivators throughout the world to lend him a sword strike.
• Young Ye Muxi and Ye Wushuang answered from the past and future, while Ye Muxi joined their Sword Qi in the present to overwhelm the Netherdark Dragon Venerable.
• Ye Muxi dissipated into the All Under Heaven Sword, and Yun Chenxi held the lone sword as snow fell across the palace.

Years after Ye Muxi’s story became village legend, Ye Wushuang and the other geniuses emerged from the Sword Heart Tomb’s illusion and learned they could claim its eight sage swords. Ye Wushuang guarded the water and fire swords as the others gathered around their chosen weapons, ending with his warning that he alone had them surrounded.

• Years later, the village children teased their old teacher about his weak cultivation, and he retold how a great emperor had come from their village.
• Ye Wushuang and the other geniuses awakened outside the tomb, where they realized the repeated illusion had shown the past of the Great Emperor of Eternal Night.
• Nie Qingcheng lamented that Ye Muxi had not sought out Yun Chenxi, and Ye Wushuang explained how Ye Muxi’s insecurity had kept him from pursuing her.
• The tomb keeper revealed himself as the secret realm’s spirit and offered eight sage swords to the geniuses who could claim them.
• Nie Qingcheng, Jin Zhan, Ming Ye, the masked sword cultivator, Situ Xue, Xie Qianli, Ye Kongling, and Ye Yanling chose swords that suited their interests.
• Ye Wushuang released Human Emperor Qi beside the water and fire swords, intimidating their rivals before telling them they were surrounded by him alone.

Ye Wushuang let Ye Kongling and Ye Yanling compete for the eight sage swords while he watched over them. Xie Qianli fought off challengers and claimed the frost sage sword, which he intended to give to his elder brother.

• Ye Kongling and Ye Yanling asked Ye Wushuang to let them fight for the sage swords themselves, and he agreed while telling Ye Jinghong to protect them if needed.
• The prodigies began battling around the eight swords, while Nie Qingcheng remained unchallenged beside the Demon Saint’s sword.
• Xie Qianli revealed his fiery strength, defeated the cultivators trying to take the frost sage sword, and warned them not to cross his boundary.
• The frost sage sword resisted Xie Qianli, but it sensed his Xie Family bloodline and ultimately accepted him.
• Ye Wushuang scolded Xie Qianli for acting impulsively, and Xie Qianli returned with the sword for his elder brother.

Ye Kongling and Ye Yanling defeated the challengers for the Water and Fire Holy Swords and won the swords’ recognition. At the Holy Sword of Radiance, the masked sword cultivator revealed overwhelming power, drove off the challengers, and claimed the sword.

• Ye Kongling and Ye Yanling fought together, using water and fire techniques to overwhelm the challengers gathered around the Water and Fire Holy Swords.
• The two holy swords flew to Ye Kongling and Ye Yanling, who accepted them and reported their success to Ye Wushuang.
• Xie Qianli complained that Ye Wushuang had not welcomed him back, and Ye Wushuang threatened him with the Human Emperor Seal.
• At the Holy Sword of Radiance, the masked sword cultivator revealed his Sword Domain and used its pressure and sword-shaped Righteous Qi to drive away the challengers.
• The masked sword cultivator took the Holy Sword of Radiance and declared it his.

Situ Xue used her Immortal Sound Illusory Realm and spirit communion power to claim the Immortal Spirit Holy Sword and defeat the cultivators challenging her. Meanwhile, Ming Ye drove opponents from the Dark Spirit Holy Sword and began devouring its Sword Qi.

• Immortal Feather Mountain’s disciples asked Situ Xue for help as other factions overwhelmed them, and she caught the falling disciples with her True Qi.
• Situ Xue’s Immortal Sound Illusory Realm made nearby cultivators hesitate, while Ye Wushuang explained the mental illusion to Xie Qianli.
• Situ Xue called to Ye Wushuang for help, but he ignored her, and she summoned the Immortal Spirit Holy Sword into her hand through her spirit communion power.
• Situ Xue used the holy sword to suppress the cultivators around her, then asked Ye Wushuang whether she was impressive.
• Ming Ye and the Nine Nether Imperial Dynasty slaughtered and devoured cultivators near the Dark Spirit Holy Sword, driving the survivors away.
• Ming Ye approached the Dark Spirit Holy Sword and began devouring its Sword Qi.

Ming Ye failed to absorb more of the Holy Sword of Darkness's power, while Nie Qingcheng claimed the final two demon saint swords after defeating the cultivators who challenged her. The chapter ended with Nie Qingcheng holding both swords, her Sun-Shining Saint Phoenix bloodline revealed as the force that subdued them.

• Ming Ye tried to devour more Sword Qi from the Holy Sword of Darkness, but the Gravekeeper Elder stopped him before his body could be overwhelmed.
• Jin Zhan urged Nie Qingcheng to join forces, but she rejected him and he ordered the Heavenly Demon Mountain disciples to hold back unless she was in danger.
• Nie Qingcheng challenged the gathered cultivators, used her True Phoenix Dao Body to form the Phoenix Flame Blazing Prairie Array, and trapped them in its flames.
• Nie Qingcheng summoned a quasi-emperor bow and fired phoenix-flame arrows, forcing the surviving attackers to flee.
• Nie Qingcheng revealed her mutated Sun-Shining Saint Phoenix bloodline, subdued the two demon saint swords, and summoned them into her hands.

After the eight sage swords found their owners, the old tomb keeper opened the Sword Heart Tomb and tested the cultivators with three streaks of Sword Qi. The strongest geniuses entered and beheld the sheathed All Under Heaven Sword, while its recognition and whether it could be drawn remained unknown.

• Nie Qingcheng claimed both demon sages' swords, leaving Jin Zhan furious after he failed to obtain a sage weapon.
• The old tomb keeper announced that anyone who withstood three streaks of Sword Qi could enter the Sword Heart Tomb and attempt to stir the All Under Heaven Sword.
• Several cultivators failed the entrance trial, but Xie Qianli endured the Sword Qi and entered, followed by Nie Qingcheng, Ming Ye, Jin Zhan, Ye Jinghong, Ye Kongling, Ye Yanling, Situ Xue, and the masked sword cultivator.
• When Ye Wushuang approached the gate, the Sword Qi did not strike him and instead transported him inside; only six other cultivators besides the leading geniuses passed.
• Inside the Sword Heart Tomb, the entrants saw the golden, sheathed All Under Heaven Sword, which appeared to embody the Dao of the Sword.

As the All Under Heaven Sword captivated the gathered sword cultivators, Ming Ye tried to ambush Ye Kongling, but Ye Wushuang stopped and gravely wounded him. The other factions then joined forces to challenge Ye Wushuang, while his allies stepped forward to hold them off and clear his path to the sword.

• Ming Ye felt drawn toward a suppressed presence in the Sword Heart Tomb and attacked Ye Kongling with the power of the Nine Netherworlds.
• Ye Wushuang used the Mountain and River Seal to destroy Ming Ye's attack and wound him, then mocked him as a bigger ant.
• Ming Ye urged the other heaven's chosen to join forces against Ye Wushuang, and Jin Zhan and Xie Qianli stepped forward to challenge him.
• Situ Xue teased Ye Wushuang while Nie Qingcheng confronted her, and six more opponents advanced against him.
• Ye Kongling and Ye Yanling offered to hold back the six opponents, while Ye Jinghong released his Sword Qi and moved to Ye Wushuang's side.

Ye Wushuang’s allies fought Ming Ye’s and Jin Zhan’s companions while he approached the All Under Heaven Sword with a masked sword cultivator. The sword enveloped both men in golden light, and the masked cultivator challenged Ye Wushuang to a duel to decide who would take it.

• Xie Qianli set Jin Zhan’s feathers ablaze with fire hidden in his saber Qi, then promised Ye Wushuang a barbecue.
• Situ Xue and Nie Qingcheng clashed with their immortal and phoenix powers, but neither gained the advantage.
• Ye Jinghong dismantled Ming Ye’s attacks even after Ming Ye burned his blood essence with a forbidden art.
• Ming Ye urged the masked sword cultivator to stop Ye Wushuang, but the All Under Heaven Sword enveloped both men in golden light, signaling that they had passed its trial.
• The masked sword cultivator saluted Ye Wushuang, proposed a duel for the sword, and opened his Vast Righteous Sword Domain.

Ye Wushuang defeated the masked sword cultivator in a fierce contest of domains and swordsmanship. Meanwhile, a wisp of dragon essence possessed Ming Ye and unleashed a sealed dragon-shaped demonic skeleton beneath the Sword Heart Tomb.

• Ye Wushuang unfolded his Infinite Myriad Phenomena Domain and overwhelmed the masked sword cultivator's Vast Righteous Sword Domain.
• The masked sword cultivator drew the Holy Sword of Light, and he and Ye Wushuang exchanged powerful sword strikes.
• Ye Wushuang won their final clash, and the masked sword cultivator praised him and invited him to draw his sword.
• A wisp of dusky dragon essence entered Ming Ye and sent him to the center of the Sword Heart Tomb.
• Netherworld Qi erupted from the central altar as the Old Gravekeeper recognized the escape of the dragon essence his master had sealed.
• A dragon-shaped demonic skeleton broke free beneath the Sword Heart Tomb.

Ye Wushuang and the other prodigies faced the resurrected Netherdark Dragon Venerable, choosing to fight rather than flee while the old tomb keeper tried to hold him back. The Emperor Clan heirs and their allies rallied behind Ye Wushuang and charged into battle.

• The Netherdark Dragon Venerable revived from the dragon-shaped skeleton and began slaughtering prodigies to absorb their blood Qi.
• The old tomb keeper urged the youngsters to escape, but Ye Wushuang left the All Under Heaven Sword's protection to face the Dragon Venerable, and the masked sword cultivator followed him.
• Ye Wushuang declared that his family and friends would not be stakes in a gamble for an imperial weapon, and he called on the Emperor Clans to stand their ground.
• Jin Zhan, Ye Jinghong, Ye Kongling, Ye Yanling, Xie Qianli, Situ Xue, Nie Qingcheng, and the masked sword cultivator joined Ye Wushuang in the sky.
• The prodigies charged the Netherdark Dragon Venerable together, shouting, "As an Emperor Clan, fight to the death and never retreat!"

The imperial clan youths charged the Netherdark Dragon Venerable to buy time for the others to escape, while Ye Wushuang stayed to fight and awakened the Supreme Bone’s first divine ability, Heavenly Tribulation Light. After his attack wounded the weakened dragon, the Netherdark Dragon Venerable retaliated with a powerful claw strike.

• The imperial clan youths charged the Netherdark Dragon Venerable, and fleeing cultivators condemned a Nine Nether Imperial Dynasty cultivator for mocking their sacrifice.
• Ye Wushuang received the Seven-Star Mysterious Sword Shadow from a successful check-in and continued toward the Netherdark Dragon Venerable.
• The dragon’s nether Qi knocked the other youths down, but their attacks thinned it slightly, and the Netherdark Dragon Venerable revealed his desire to devour them.
• The Netherdark Dragon Venerable tried to shake Ye Wushuang’s Dao heart, but pressure from the dragon awakened the Supreme Bone within Ye Wushuang.
• Ye Wushuang unleashed Heavenly Tribulation Light and wounded the Netherdark Dragon Venerable, whose injury could not immediately heal.
• The Netherdark Dragon Venerable formed a phantom dragon claw with dragon essence and nether Qi and struck toward Ye Wushuang.

Ye Wushuang blocked the Netherdark Dragon Venerable’s attack to protect his companions, despite being badly outmatched. As the dragon launched an even stronger assault, the All Under Heaven Sword awakened and flew toward Ye Wushuang in response to his call.

• Ye Wushuang used heavenly tribulation lightning and the faith of the Myriad Spirits Realm to reinforce his Human Emperor Dharma Manifestation and block the Netherdark Dragon Venerable’s claw.
• The claw sent Ye Wushuang flying and left him bleeding, but he told the Netherdark Dragon Venerable that protecting his friends and loved ones mattered more than his own safety.
• The Netherdark Dragon Venerable mocked Ye Wushuang’s loyalty and attacked again, summoning nine destructive dragon souls.
• Ye Wushuang declared that he wanted to protect those around him and all living beings, awakening the All Under Heaven Sword in the Sword Heart Tomb.
• The All Under Heaven Sword broke free of its seal and flew toward Ye Wushuang as he shouted, “Sword, come!”

Ye Wushuang awakened the All Under Heaven Sword, the Great Emperor of Eternal Night’s imperial weapon, and used it to fight the Netherdark Dragon Venerable. After wounding the dragon at the cost of being struck and bloodied, Ye Wushuang hinted that he had another source of help.

• The All Under Heaven Sword flew to Ye Wushuang and destroyed the nine netherdark dragon souls, revealing that it had recognized him as its master.
• Ye Wushuang explained that he had foreseen obtaining the Great Emperor of Eternal Night’s inheritance, while the onlookers reacted with astonishment.
• The Netherdark Dragon Venerable charged Ye Wushuang directly, and the sword formed protective Sword Qi around him.
• Ye Wushuang fought the dragon with the All Under Heaven Sword, but his attacks could not penetrate its scales and he was knocked back.
• Ye Wushuang traded an injury for a strike at the dragon’s vulnerable neck, wounding it and leaving imperial might in the wound.
• The enraged Netherdark Dragon Venerable declared that Ye Wushuang could not escape if he relied on himself alone, and Ye Wushuang replied that he was not fighting alone.

Ye Muxi returned as a wisp of divine sense and fought the Netherdark Dragon Venerable, teaching Ye Wushuang the All Under Heaven Sword’s divine abilities. As the dragon burned his remaining strength for a final attack, Ye Muxi joined with Ye Wushuang and a strand of Sword Qi sent across time by Yun Chenxi to unleash one last strike.

• The All Under Heaven Sword awakened Ye Muxi’s wisp of divine sense, and the people in the Heavenly Sword Secret Realm recognized him as the Great Emperor of Eternal Night.
• Ye Muxi named Ye Wushuang his inheritor and demonstrated the All Under Heaven Sword’s divine abilities while battling the Netherdark Dragon Venerable.
• Ye Wushuang learned from Ye Muxi’s sword techniques as the Netherdark Dragon Venerable’s scales, blood, and Dao foundation were battered apart.
• The Netherdark Dragon Venerable burned his body and soul to unleash a peak-strength attack, while Ye Muxi gave Ye Wushuang the All Under Heaven Sword.
• Yun Chenxi sent a strand of Sword Qi across time, and Ye Muxi and Ye Wushuang joined their strength to strike the Netherdark Dragon Venerable.

Ye Wushuang and Ye Muxi killed the Netherdark Dragon Venerable, and Ye Muxi passed the All Under Heaven Sword and his final guidance to Ye Wushuang before fading away. Ye Wushuang led the survivors out of the Heavenly Sword Secret Realm with the sword, drawing everyone’s attention to the imperial armament.

• Ye Wushuang destroyed the Netherdark Dragon Venerable’s body and soul, while the Heavenly Book of All Things absorbed his dragon skeleton and recorded his abilities.
• Ye Muxi praised Ye Wushuang, entrusted him with the All Under Heaven Sword, and dissipated after delivering his final lesson.
• The survivors celebrated Ye Wushuang’s victory, while Xie Qianli boasted about him and Situ Xue teased him before he dodged her embrace.
• The Gravekeeper Elder told Ye Wushuang he would guard the Heavenly Sword Secret Realm, which would open only through Ye Wushuang’s All Under Heaven Sword Intent.
• The survivors thanked Ye Wushuang, and their faith strengthened his Human Emperor Dharma Manifestation.
• Ye Wushuang opened the realm’s exit and led everyone out holding the All Under Heaven Sword, prompting the factions outside to recognize the imperial armament.

Ye Wushuang returned from the secret realm with the All Under Heaven Sword, and the Ye Lineage's grand elder defeated and killed the factions that challenged them. Back at the clan, Ye Wushuang cultivated his gains and planned for his future grotto-heavens before being prompted to sign in at the Heavenly Star Imperial Dynasty.

• Ye Wushuang reunited with the Ye Lineage, invited the masked sword cultivator and Xie Qianli to visit, and received thanks from the factions whose disciples he had saved.
• The Nine Nether Imperial Dynasty's leader challenged the Ye Lineage's share, and the Ye Lineage's grand elder fought off the assembled elders, killing them with the Holy Light Art.
• Ye Wushuang thanked Nie Qingcheng, then departed for the Ye Lineage with Xie Qianli and the grand elder.
• Back in his palace, Ye Wushuang studied the All Under Heaven Sword, reflected on his gains from the secret realm, and considered treasures for his future grotto-heavens.
• A voice told Ye Wushuang to sign in at the Heavenly Star Imperial Dynasty.