Chapter Summaries

Feng Di’s devastating strike turned the battle against the Baiye Emperor and left Ye Xuan determined to become stronger. As Ye Xuan amassed resources and earned a fearsome reputation, he arrived at the Great Sword Sect, where its sword cultivators prepared to face him.

• Feng Di’s palm strike killed thousands of cultivators, frightening the Emperor Realm experts and forcing the fighting to resume with greater fury.
• Ye Xuan escaped the strike’s aftermath, then hunted Divine Kings and gathered resources throughout the imperial city.
• Ye Xuan killed Wu Qi, Su Yun, Ye Jiu, and other powerful Divine Kings, becoming known as invincible beneath the Divine Emperor Realm.
• Feng Di watched Ye Xuan and considered recruiting him to Caesar Palace, while the Great Sword Sect Master grew furious at Ye Xuan’s approach.
• Ye Xuan reached the foot of Sword Mountain, where Great Sword Sect cultivators gathered to stop him.

Ye Xuan confronted the Great Sword Sect beneath Sword Mountain, where Jun Caixue and Yin Huan watched and found him strangely familiar. After he killed Yuan Shen with one saber strike, Ye Xuan charged at the remaining disciples to clear a path into the sect.

• Jun Caixue and Yin Huan watched Ye Xuan and discussed how familiar he seemed, though neither could remember meeting him.
• A Great Sword Sect disciple challenged Ye Xuan, and Ye Xuan mocked the sect’s thirty-five divine kings for blocking him.
• Yuan Shen attacked Ye Xuan with his purple-gold sword, but Ye Xuan knocked it away and beheaded him with a single saber strike.
• The Great Sword Sect disciples vowed to avenge Yuan Shen, and Ye Xuan charged into their crowd to kill them and seize the sect’s resources.

Ye Xuan, posing as Yang Tian, slaughtered Great Sword Sect disciples until Sword King arrived to challenge him. Ye Xuan overwhelmed Sword King with rapid saber strikes and killed him with his fifth slash.

• Ye Xuan charged into the Great Sword Sect disciples and killed several while taunting them.
• Sword King appeared and ordered Ye Xuan to withdraw, promising to spare his life.
• Ye Xuan mocked Sword King and attacked him with a saber slash that Sword King dodged.
• Ye Xuan continued striking, and Sword King dodged the first three slashes and blocked the fourth.
• Ye Xuan's fifth slash struck Sword King's skull and exploded his head.

Ye Xuan killed the Sword King and slaughtered the Great Sword Sect’s Divine Kings as they tried to stop him. After defeating the Nine Swords God-Slaying Formation, he charged into the sect to seize its resources and escape before stronger enemies could arrive.

• Jun Caixue and Yin Huan marveled at Ye Xuan’s saber skill after he killed the Sword King.
• Ye Xuan attacked the remaining Great Sword Sect Divine Kings while the survivors assembled the Nine Swords God-Slaying Formation.
• Ye Xuan cut down the disciples rushing him before the nine cultivators finished gathering the formation’s power.
• The three formation leaders attacked Ye Xuan, but he broke their sword light with the Invincible Overlord Saber and pretended to be injured.
• Ye Xuan killed the three leaders and the six drained cultivators, then charged into the Great Sword Sect.

Yang Tian fought his way into the Great Sword Sect and began searching for its spirit veins while the holy war’s remaining Emperor Realm battles neared catastrophe. Feng Di prepared to end the war to prevent Half-Emperor Qianye and Gai Wudi from self-detonating, but an abrupt change occurred just as he was about to announce it.

• Yang Tian entered the Great Sword Sect, astonishing onlookers with his unmatched strength among Divine Kings.
• Gai Wudi and Half-Emperor Qianye suffered severe injuries as the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association was routed on every other front.
• Feng Di hesitated to end the holy war because Yang Tian had not yet seized the Great Sword Sect’s resources, though Qianye and Gai Wudi risked self-detonating.
• Yang Tian found the spirit veins and prepared to seize them before escaping.
• The Great Sword Sect Master demanded that Feng Di announce the war’s end, and Feng Di decided to do so to prevent the two cultivators from self-detonating.
• An abrupt change occurred just as Feng Di rose to announce the end.

Ye Xuan kept destroying the Great Sword Sect grounds as the holy war spiraled into disaster, with Gai Wudi and Half-Emperor Qianye self-detonating and causing massive casualties. The system rewarded Ye Xuan with the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association’s resources and five years of cultivation, and the blasts exposed the Great Sword Sect’s spirit veins.

• Ye Xuan frantically bombarded the Great Sword Sect grounds while Feng Di prepared to announce the holy war’s end.
• Gai Wudi abandoned his defense and self-detonated, killing tens of thousands and grievously injuring the Emperor Realm cultivators around him.
• Half-Emperor Qianye charged Half-Emperor Baiye and self-detonated, grievously injuring Baiye and destroying much of Sword Mountain and the Great Sword Sect.
• The system rewarded Ye Xuan with the Thousand Leaves Merchant Association’s resources and five years of cultivation, raising him from Divine King Realm Ninth Level to Divine Emperor Realm Fifth Layer.
• Ye Xuan secretly seized the stored resources of several Peak Saint Realm cultivators, and the explosions opened the ground to reveal the Great Sword Sect’s spirit veins.

Ye Xuan stole the Great Sword Sect’s spirit veins and fled as the black-robed woman began killing Emperor Realm cultivators amid the chaos of the holy war. The chapter ended with Feng Di, the Great Sword Sect Master, and the Hundred Flowers Alliance Leader attacking her together.

• Ye Xuan used Absolute Domain Teleportation to collect the Great Sword Sect’s spirit veins, then concealed his presence and fled.
• The Great Sword Sect Master found the spirit veins gone and rampaged through the sect searching for Ye Xuan, while Feng Di tried to contain the chaos.
• The black-robed woman left Ye Xuan’s divine palace and killed the Baiye Emperor, draining his Dao resonance.
• The black-robed woman killed another gravely wounded Emperor Realm cultivator and then decided to target the remaining cultivators.
• The black-robed woman struck at two Emperor Realm cultivators who had gathered near Feng Di, prompting Feng Di, the Great Sword Sect Master, and the Hundred Flowers Alliance Leader to attack her.

Feng Di and the other Emperor Realm cultivators failed to stop the mysterious woman in black, and the battle devastated the Great Sword Sect. After Feng Di searched for Yang Tian, a Saint Realm cultivator revealed that the real Yang Tian had died long ago and the Yang Tian seen during the holy war was an impostor.

• Feng Di, the Great Sword Sect Master, and the Hundred Flowers Alliance Leader attacked the woman in black while Ye Xuan fled from the battle.
• The woman in black used Conceal to vanish, and Feng Di's attack struck the Great Sword Sect, killing many and destroying its grounds.
• Feng Di and the others surveyed the holy war's devastation, including the loss of the Great Sword Sect's spirit vein and the deaths of several Emperor Realm cultivators.
• The Great Sword Sect Master asked whether Yang Tian was dead, and Feng Di searched the surrounding territory but could not sense him.
• A Saint Realm cultivator brought Yang Tian's corpse and revealed that the real Yang Tian had died long ago and the Yang Tian outside had been an impostor.

Feng Di and the faction leaders discovered that their resources had vanished and suspected the false Yang Tian was connected to Xuan Ye. Feng Di left to report the breach, while Ye Wushen arrived outside Caesar Palace's realm and met an ancient old man.

• The Hundred Flowers Alliance leader questioned Ling Yue and discovered that the seized resources were missing from her storage ring.
• The Great Sword Sect master found that the resources his expert had confiscated had also disappeared and demanded an explanation from Feng Di.
• The Hundred Flowers Alliance leader connected the false Yang Tian to Xuan Ye and the earlier events at Beast Gorge Ridge.
• Feng Di promised to report the unknown Emperor Realm cultivator's infiltration and left to investigate.
• Ye Wushen greeted an ancient old man outside Caesar Palace's realm, and the old man recognized him as Emperor Ye.

Ye Wushen entered Caesar Palace’s territory to capture Ye Xuan for the Mountain and Sea Sect after learning that Ye Xuan possessed the Chaos Sacred Body. Unaware of the pursuit, Ye Xuan bought a ticket to the Great Saint Sect, but a sense of danger stirred when another traveler offered the ticket seller a reward to obtain a second seat.

• Ye Wushen told Caesar Palace’s border guard that he had come to capture Ye Xuan, then entered its territory.
• Ye Xuan headed to Divine Spear City to find passage to the Great Saint Sect, avoiding cities controlled by the Hundred Flowers Alliance and Great Sword Sect.
• Ye Xuan paid ten million high-grade spirit stones for the last lower-class ticket, which was set to depart in four hours.
• Ye Xuan sensed danger as a young man arrived with a beautiful woman and asked for two tickets to the Great Saint Sect.
• The ticket seller said only one lower-class ticket remained, and the young man offered her spirit stones to obtain another, prompting her to look toward Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan refused to surrender his ship ticket to an arrogant Venerable Realm cultivator, then drew the Divine Merchant steward’s attention by accusing the man of attacking him. After the Great Saint Sect disciples were taken away, Ye Xuan continued toward his destination, while Ye Wushen tracked him toward Divine Spear City, intending to devour his Chaos Sacred Body.

• A Venerable Realm young man demanded that Ye Xuan give him his ship ticket, but Ye Xuan ignored him and tried to walk past.
• The young man attacked Ye Xuan with his domain, and Ye Xuan shouted that the Divine Merchant had failed to protect its customer.
• A Half-Saint steward seized the young man despite his and his companion’s Great Saint Sect status, then left with him as the companion glared at Ye Xuan and departed.
• Ye Xuan worried that he had made enemies before reaching the Great Saint Sect, then left the trading house.
• Ye Wushen used an eight-trigram disk to track Ye Xuan toward Divine Spear City and resolved to devour Ye Xuan’s Chaos Sacred Body.

Ye Xuan boarded a Divine Tower merchant ship and discovered that a Saint Realm elder was probing his storage ring and spying on him. As danger gathered around him, the woman in black sensed Ye Xuan’s Devil-Devouring Divine Physique and considered killing him to regain strength.

• A female cultivator checked Ye Xuan’s ticket and escorted him to the ship bound for a sect city of Great Saint City.
• Ye Xuan detected a Saint Realm domain scanning his storage ring and found a concealed surveillance formation in his cabin.
• While Ye Xuan cultivated, Old Liu and Senior Brother Yue discussed robbing wealthy passengers, and Old Liu resumed spying on Ye Xuan.
• The woman in black sensed Ye Xuan’s Devil-Devouring Divine Physique and considered killing him to recover a fraction of her strength.
• Thousands of li outside Divine Spear City, Ye Wushen stopped while running at full speed.

Ye Xuan traveled by airship toward Great Saint City while hoping to reunite with Han Bingning, who had reached the Saint Realm in the Sacred Frost Palace and planned to find him after reaching the Emperor Realm. The airship suddenly stopped when Ye Wushen appeared in its path.

• Ye Wushen sensed a powerful danger ahead but decided to continue toward Ye Xuan, believing he could escape if necessary.
• Ye Xuan boarded the airship for Great Saint City, planned to lie low in the Great Saint Sect before seeking the Mystic Heaven Immortal Domain, and wondered whether Han Bingning was all right.
• Han Bingning broke through to the Saint Realm, resolved to reach the Emperor Realm before returning to the lower realm, and could not see Ye Xuan through the void.
• Ye Xuan sensed a connection to Han Bingning and began cultivating, but the airship abruptly stopped when Ye Wushen appeared ahead and blocked it.

Ye Wushen intercepted a Caesar Palace flying ship and demanded that its passengers hand over someone he was pursuing. Ye Xuan recognized the danger and fled to hide, but Ye Wushen lost track of him and returned empty-handed.

• Ye Xuan sensed that Ye Wushen was the source of the danger and grew wary as three Emperor Realm experts emerged from the flying ship to confront him.
• Ye Wushen identified himself as an Emperor of the Mountain and Sea Sect and demanded that the ship hand over one person, frightening the three experts and astonishing the passengers.
• Ye Xuan connected Ye Wushen to the Mountain and Sea Sect and hurried out of his room to conceal himself.
• Ye Wushen entered the flying ship but could no longer sense Ye Xuan or the traces that had guided him there.
• Ye Wushen returned to the three experts with a dark expression and examined the Eight Trigrams disc.

Ye Wushen boarded an airship bound for the Great Saint Sect while secretly searching for Ye Xuan, who tried to avoid detection by destroying surveillance formations. The airship’s guests erupted in anger, and the three Emperor Realm experts confronted Ye Wushen as several screens went dark.

• Ye Wushen failed to use his eight-trigram compass or his physique to locate the Chaos Sacred Body, then asked to board the airship and promised not to harm its passengers.
• The three Emperor Realm experts agreed to take Ye Wushen aboard and secretly notified Caesar Palace, while Ye Xuan decided to stay despite suspecting Ye Wushen was looking for him.
• Ye Xuan used his Absolute Domain to inspect nearby rooms, discovered an indecent scene, and then destroyed the surveillance formations without damaging the ones in his own area.
• The affected guests stormed out and angrily accused the airship’s stewards of spying on them.
• Ye Wushen searched the airship with his domain while watching the surveillance screens, but several screens went black, prompting the three Emperor Realm experts to demand an explanation.

Ye Xuan secretly destroyed the ship’s surveillance restrictions, provoking the guests and making them suspect Ye Wushen. As Ye Wushen searched for a hidden expert, Ye Xuan concealed himself in a neighboring cabin, and the headcount revealed that one person was missing.

• Surveillance restrictions across the flying ship were destroyed, enraging the guests and prompting Cang Yu to accuse Ye Wushen of provoking Caesar Palace.
• Ye Wushen swore the destruction was not his doing, and he and the three Emperor Realm cultivators suspected the mysterious expert from the recent holy war had boarded the ship.
• Ye Xuan used Teleportation to hide behind a female cultivator in the neighboring cabin, evading Ye Wushen’s repeated domain scans.
• Ye Wushen counted 2,819 people aboard, but Cang Yu said there should be 2,820, leaving Ye Wushen to realize one person was missing.

Ye Xuan evaded a shipwide search by using Teleportation and his Absolute Domain to move around the ship undetected. The experts found no trace of him, while the passengers on deck began confronting Elder Cang over the Divine Tower’s treatment of them.

• After the experts discovered a passenger was missing, Cang Yu ordered everyone to assemble on deck and directed stewards to search the ship.
• Ye Xuan suspected the search was aimed at finding him and recalled that Yue Mei, Qing Shang, and Qian Xunyi knew he could conceal his presence.
• As the search party approached his location, Ye Xuan teleported away, then returned after they had searched and left.
• The experts searched Ye Xuan’s empty room and found its surveillance array destroyed, prompting one Emperor Realm expert to curse in anger.
• Passengers on deck protested to Elder Cang about the surveillance arrays and being forced to gather, saying the Divine Tower was treating them like prisoners.

Ye Xuan evaded Ye Wushen’s search aboard the ship, but Ye Wushen then occupied his cabin and kept watch. Hiding in Chu Yu’s room, Ye Xuan learned of her grudge against the Jing Family while the mysterious woman in his divine palace welcomed Ye Wushen’s presence as a chance to devour his Devil-Devouring Divine Physique.

• Ye Wushen struck a protesting peak Saint Realm passenger, then searched the ship for Ye Xuan while ordering everyone to wait.
• Ye Xuan teleported away just before Ye Wushen entered his cabin, and Cang Yu eventually persuaded Ye Wushen to let the passengers return to their rooms.
• Ye Xuan resumed cultivating, but fled to Chu Yu’s room when Ye Wushen appeared in his cabin and began cultivating there.
• Ye Xuan recognized Chu Yu as Chu Xue’s older sister and learned she planned to destroy the Jing Family after reaching the Great Saint Sect’s territory.
• Ye Wushen stayed in Ye Xuan’s cabin for several days, while the mysterious woman in Ye Xuan’s divine palace looked forward to devouring his Devil-Devouring Divine Physique.

Ye Xuan advanced to the ninth layer of the Divine Emperor Realm while staying hidden from Ye Wushen aboard the airship. When two cultivators came to rob Chu Yu, Ye Xuan faced the risk of being exposed as she opened her door.

• The woman in black began digesting the Emperor Realm Dao resonance and considered devouring the cultivators aboard the airship.
• Over several months, Ye Xuan advanced from the seventh to the ninth layer of the Divine Emperor Realm, while avoiding Ye Wushen's searches.
• Two peak Divine King Realm cultivators planned to rob Chu Yu of tens of millions of high-grade spirit stones, and Ye Xuan debated whether to intervene.
• The middle-aged cultivator claimed to be a deacon conducting a routine inspection, and Chu Yu hid her storage ring before approaching the door.
• Chu Yu opened the door while Ye Xuan stood behind her, risking exposure to the nearby Ye Wushen.

Chu Yu was attacked aboard the airship by two Divine Kings who wanted the fortuitous opportunity she had obtained. As they prepared to kill her, an unidentified person appeared behind her, giving Chu Yu an opening to strike back.

• Ye Xuan slipped into the two Divine Kings’ empty room as Ye Wushen appeared outside Chu Yu’s room and briefly inspected it.
• The two Divine Kings entered Chu Yu’s room under false pretenses, sealed it with a defensive formation disc, and demanded her ring and fortuitous opportunity.
• Chu Yu fought back but was overpowered, wounded, and driven to despair as she recalled losing her place at Caesar Palace and learning that her Lineage in Kunyu City had been slaughtered.
• As the middle-aged Divine King prepared to kill Chu Yu, both attackers noticed an unidentified person appear silently behind her.
• Chu Yu seized the attackers’ distraction and lunged at them with a fierce shout.