Chapter Summaries

Ye Qiubai defeated Zhan Tianxing on the Dao Discussion Platform with his all-or-nothing Demon Breaking strike, then collapsed from exhaustion. As Ye Qiubai was carried away, Chu Lan and the others prepared to face the Heavenly Mandate Sect’s remaining disciples.

• Ye Qiubai and Zhan Tianxing clashed in a prolonged battle as Huo Zhengheng stopped the Heavenly Mandate Sect’s sect master from interfering and warned him not to harm Ye Qiubai.
• Ye Qiubai’s Demon Breaking strike shattered Zhan Tianxing’s full-moon saber light and left him defeated and badly wounded.
• Zhan Tianxing acknowledged his loss and praised Ye Qiubai, while Ye Qiubai said Zhan Tianxing’s later actions had spared his life.
• The old man announced that Ye Qiubai had won, and Ye Qiubai collapsed after taking a pill to recover.
• After Ye Qiubai was carried away, Chu Lan told him the biggest threat was gone and vowed that the remaining Heavenly Mandate Sect disciples would not leave the Dao Discussion Platform alive.

Chu Lan defeated one Heavenly Mandate Sect disciple, forcing the sect to concede its match against Heavenly Sword Peak. After the Heavenly Mandate Sect Master withdrew, Ye Qiubai warned that he would not wait passively if the sect tried to kill him.

• Chu Lan used supreme sword intent to kill a Heavenly Mandate Sect disciple instantly.
• The Heavenly Mandate Sect Master challenged Chu Lan, but Huo Zhengheng repelled his pressure and Elder Lin ordered both sides to let the competition proceed.
• Chu Lan called for the remaining Heavenly Mandate Sect disciples to fight, and the Heavenly Mandate Sect Master conceded the match.
• The Heavenly Mandate Sect Master left with his disciples after glaring at Ye Qiubai and Chu Lan.
• Huo Zhengheng warned Ye Qiubai that the sect master was dangerous, and Ye Qiubai decided to keep the initiative if the Heavenly Mandate Sect made a move.

Mu Fusheng faced the Boundless Sect in the selection competition, seeking revenge for its role in slaughtering people from his former dynasty. He killed its first fighter with a lightning attack and pretended he had simply lost control of his strength.

• Mu Fusheng told Leng Yinqiu that the Boundless Sect had killed people from his former dynasty and insisted on fighting them himself.
• The Boundless Sect defeated its opponent and advanced to face the Holy Talisman Sect after a day's rest.
• Mu Fusheng stepped onto the platform as the Boundless Sect's fighters worried about facing a top faction.
• A Boundless Sect disciple unleashed a palm strike at the peak of the Blood Transformation Realm, reaching half-step Turbid Immortal power.
• Mu Fusheng crushed the attack with lightning dragons, killed the disciple, and claimed he had been nervous and could not hold back.

Mu Fusheng challenged the Boundless Sect’s three remaining disciples to fight him together, offering them an outright victory if they defeated him. The Boundless Sect accepted, and its disciples began forming their secret Boundless Sea of Clouds Formation as the match started.

• A Boundless Sect disciple stepped forward to challenge Mu Fusheng, but Mu Fusheng asked the Dao Discussion Platform’s middle-aged judge to let the remaining three disciples fight him together.
• Mu Fusheng promised that if he lost, the Holy Talisman Sect would be declared defeated outright, and the Holy Talisman Sect elder agreed to his proposal.
• The Boundless Sect’s sect master accepted Mu Fusheng’s terms after weighing the chance to secure victory and advance in the competition.
• The Boundless Sect’s sect master told his three disciples to use their linked-body formation immediately, and they leaped onto the Dao Discussion Platform.
• When the match began, the three Boundless Sect disciples formed seals and called out the Boundless Sea of Clouds Formation.

Mu Fusheng broke the Boundless Sect disciples’ linked formation with a concealed soul attack and killed all three before the Boundless Sect could stop him. The chapter ended with their souls destroyed on the Dao Discussion Platform.

• A senior disciple explained how the Boundless Sect’s cloud formation had helped it defeat two rival factions and become a second-rate faction.
• Mu Fusheng assessed the formation and planned to disrupt the disciples’ coordination without revealing his other abilities.
• Mu Fusheng pretended to struggle against the cloud attacks, then used the clouds as cover to strike all three disciples with a soul attack.
• The soul attack shattered the formation’s connection and left the three Boundless Sect disciples clutching their heads in pain.
• The Boundless Sect’s sect master tried to stop Mu Fusheng, but the Holy Talisman Sect elder blocked his pressure with a Heavenly Immortal defensive talisman.
• Mu Fusheng struck all three disciples and destroyed their souls.

Mu Fusheng defeated the Boundless Sect by breaking its formation and killing four disciples, while Xiao Hei crushed Blazing Sun Valley’s fighters in a separate match. After both victories, the Heavenly Mandate Sect invited the two defeated forces to discuss important matters.

• Mu Fusheng disrupted the Boundless Cloud Sea Grand Formation with soul attacks and killed four Boundless Sect disciples, then deflected the sect master’s accusations by claiming he had used his full strength by accident.
• The middle-aged man declared the Holy Talisman Sect the winner of the second round, and Mu Fusheng left to prepare for the third round.
• Xiao Hei recognized Blazing Sun Valley as a force that had invaded the Boundless Dynasty and volunteered to fight them.
• Xiao Hei killed all four Blazing Sun Valley disciples with a single punch and called himself a debt collector.
• The Heavenly Mandate Sect invited Blazing Sun Valley and the Boundless Sect to discuss important matters.

The sect masters of the Heavenly Mandate Sect and Boundless Sect and the valley master of Blazing Sun Valley discussed the lower-realm disciples they had wronged and the powerful factions protecting them. They decided to capture the body cultivator Xiao Hei and use him to lure the others into a trap.

• The three leaders recognized Mu Fusheng as the Boundless Dynasty prince and realized the lower-realm disciples had become powerful members of the Holy Talisman Sect and Heavenly Sword Peak.
• Blazing Sun Valley's valley master erupted in anger, destroying their residence, while the other two leaders warned that attacking the disciples directly carried serious risks.
• The Heavenly Mandate Sect's sect master proposed targeting the body cultivator first because they could not safely strike Mu Fusheng or Ye Qiubai.
• The three leaders agreed to capture Xiao Hei together and threaten his safety to make the remaining disciples come alone.

Ye Qiubai and Huo Zhengheng anticipated that the Boundless Sect and its allies would target Xiao Hei, so they hurried to his residence. Three sect leaders attacked Xiao Hei, but Immortal Ape Village’s village chief intervened, and their clash drew the attention of other Heaven Immortal Realm experts.

• Ye Qiubai and Huo Zhengheng concluded that the enemy would likely attack Xiao Hei and went to his residence to prepare.
• While Xiao Hei tempered his body in a blood pool, he sensed three attackers and used Demon God Descent to delay them.
• The Heavenly Mandate Sect's sect master ordered the three attackers to retreat after Xiao Hei’s resistance caused a commotion.
• Immortal Ape Village's village chief appeared behind the attackers and met their combined assault with a powerful punch.
• The clash between the Heaven Immortal Realm experts shook the Myriad Domains Wilderness, prompting other experts to head toward the battle.

The village chief of Immortal Ape Village effortlessly dispelled the three sect leaders’ attacks, revealing power that stunned them and the hidden Heaven Immortal Realm experts. When the sect leaders tried to leave and then attacked again, the chief charged to meet them, and a colossal Ape Devil appeared behind him as their attacks collided.

• The village chief destroyed the Heavenly Mandate Sect, Boundless Sect, and Blazing Sun Valley leaders’ combined attacks with a single punch.
• The Heavenly Mandate Sect’s sect master asked whether the village chief was a late-stage Heaven Immortal Realm expert, then claimed the three leaders meant no offense and offered an apology visit.
• The village chief refused their offer and told them to leave their lives behind, while hidden Heaven Immortal Realm experts watched.
• The three sect leaders threatened to fight to the death and cited the Ten Thousand Domains Grand Competition, but the village chief dismissed them as unworthy.
• The three sect leaders attacked again, and the village chief charged forward with his cane as a colossal black Ape Devil appeared behind him and swung a towering staff.
• Their attacks collided, shattering space and spreading cracks across the earth of the Myriad Domains Wilderness.

The Immortal Ape Village chief defeated and killed three early-stage Heaven Immortal Realm experts who had attacked Xiao Hei. Ye Qiubai arrived afterward, and he and Xiao Hei agreed to divide the three spots for entering Severed Soul City among their fellow disciples as the day before the finals arrived.

• The Immortal Ape Village chief shattered the attacks of the Heavenly Mandate Sect sect master, the Boundless Sect sect master, and the Blazing Sun Valley valley master, then killed all three.
• The village chief asked the hidden Heaven Immortal Realm experts to leave, then checked on Xiao Hei and warned that using his Demon God Bloodline might reveal him to the rebels.
• Xiao Hei said he could no longer delay obtaining the next memory fragment, despite the risk of drawing attention.
• Huo Zhengheng brought Ye Qiubai to Xiao Hei, and Ye Qiubai thanked the village chief for saving his junior brother.
• Ye Qiubai and Xiao Hei agreed to divide the three spots for entering Severed Soul City among their fellow disciples, and the day before the finals arrived.

As the ten finalists gathered intelligence before the finals, the Holy Talisman Sect and Heavenly Sword Peak learned that several hidden factions had emerged. The chapter left Mu Fusheng’s group wary of Avici Purgatory and Ye Qiubai’s group prepared to face formidable rivals.

• The Holy Talisman Sect elder told Mu Fusheng, Leng Yinqiu, Ning Xi, and Shen Ziyu that only the Four Symbols Sect had joined them among the top-tier factions in the finals, while the Xuanyuan Radiance Sect had been eliminated.
• The elder revealed that Avici Purgatory had slaughtered all four Xuanyuan Radiance Sect disciples and extracted their souls, and he urged the Holy Talisman Sect disciples to concede if they encountered the faction.
• The elder warned that the hidden Blue Heaven and Yellow Springs Hall, Spirit Immortal Palace, and Su Clan were also powerful, noting that the Su Clan had defeated a top-tier faction.
• At Heavenly Sword Peak’s lodgings, Huo Zhengheng warned Ye Qiubai and the others about Su Muyou, Lin Zhinan, and the limited number of fighters fielded by the hidden factions.
• Ye Qiubai said they would not know whether they could win until they fought.

Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and Xiao Hei gathered with the other forces for the Ten Thousand Domains Grand Competition finals, where Xiao Hei met a mysterious Blue Heaven and Yellow Springs Hall cultivator who called him an unworthy successor. Avici Purgatory arrived late and threatened the contestants, leaving the other forces furious as they boasted about the Xuanyuan Radiance Sect’s defeat.

• Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and Xiao Hei discussed the danger posed by Avici Purgatory before four gaunt men in blue robes arrived and their leader challenged Xiao Hei as the chosen successor.
• Xiao Hei denied having a prior run-in with the Blue Heaven and Yellow Springs Hall, and he bantered with Ye Qiubai and Mu Fusheng.
• Ye Qiubai observed Su Muyou and heard Lin Zhinan flirt with her by promising she would take interest after he defeated her.
• The supervisor noticed that only nine forces had arrived and threatened to disqualify the missing force, but Avici Purgatory swept in with evil killing intent.
• Avici Purgatory’s leader told the contestants they should surrender or die, and Feng Yu angrily called them evil cultivators.
• Avici Purgatory mocked Feng Yu and warned that the Xuanyuan Radiance Sect, a force stronger than the Four Symbols Sect, had already been defeated.

Avici Purgatory drew the Howling Sea Sect as its first opponent in the Ten Thousand Domains Grand Competition finals. Jiang Chen killed the first Howling Sea Sect disciple by extracting his soul, and the Howling Sea Sect withdrew from the competition.

• Pan Xie taunted the other forces before the finals format and rules were announced.
• The forces drew lots, matching Avici Purgatory against the Howling Sea Sect in the first round.
• The Howling Sea Sect chose individual matches, and Pan Xie sent Jiang Chen out first.
• Jiang Chen blocked the Howling Sea disciple's attack, destroyed his dantian, and extracted his soul.
• The Howling Sea Sect Master withdrew his force after seeing the disciple die.

The Su Clan defeated the Raging Thunder Hall, while Ye Qiubai’s Heavenly Sword Peak prepared to face Lin Zhinan’s Spirit Immortal Palace in a team battle. The match began with Ye Qiubai deploying his Sword Domain, but the Spirit Immortal Palace’s fighters stood still as their opponents charged.

• Lin Zhinan questioned Su Muyou about Avici Purgatory’s bloodlines, and she explained how they intimidated and restricted others.
• Su Lindu defeated three Raging Thunder Hall fighters, and Su Muyou beat the last one to secure the Su Clan’s victory.
• Mu Fusheng and Ye Qiubai noted the Su Clan’s concealed strength and identified the Blue Heaven and Yellow Springs Hall as especially dangerous.
• Lin Zhinan chose a team battle against Ye Qiubai’s Heavenly Sword Peak, and Su Muyou recognized his exceptional strategic intelligence.
• Ye Qiubai assigned his teammates opponents and told Chi Bing to wait for his signal before using a particular move.
• Ye Qiubai opened his Sword Domain as Chu Lan and the others charged, while the Spirit Immortal Palace team remained motionless.

Ye Qiubai and his companions fought the Spirit Immortal Palace on the Dao Discussion Platform, but Lin Zhinan anticipated their opening assault and arranged for Gu Xi to eliminate Zhuang Zidong. With Heavenly Sword Peak’s formation broken and Ye Qiubai facing Gu Xi, the match appeared to be turning into a dead end.

• Ye Qiubai used his Sword Domain to cover a swift assault by Chu Lan, Zhuang Zidong, and Chi Bing while Lin Zhinan’s team stayed on the defensive.
• Lin Zhinan trapped Ye Qiubai amid four perception-blocking whirlwinds, and Ye Qiubai cut through them with the Primordial Immortal Sword’s first strike.
• Gu Xi revealed his strength, knocked aside Zhuang Zidong’s sword, and sent him off the platform.
• Mu Fusheng recognized that Lin Zhinan had anticipated Heavenly Sword Peak’s plan and used Gu Xi to remove one of their fighters before they could seize the tempo.
• Gu Xi charged toward Ye Qiubai as the spectators expected the Spirit Immortal Palace to use its numbers to overwhelm Chu Lan and Chi Bing.

Ye Qiubai’s Sword Domain suppressed Gu Xi and let him hold his own against the stronger sword cultivator, while Chi Bing revealed his soul flames and defeated Chen Haoxian. With the deadlock broken, Ye Qiubai prepared to withstand Gu Xi’s strongest sword strike until Chi Bing and Chu Lan could defeat their opponents and join him.

• Ye Qiubai used his Transcendent Sword Domain to suppress Gu Xi’s half-step Transcendent Sword Intent and met his attacks with the Primordial Immortal Sword.
• Lin Zhinan’s plan to overwhelm Heavenly Sword Peak faltered when Chi Bing revealed his soul flames and early Turbid Immortal cultivation.
• Chi Bing defeated Chen Haoxian and rushed to help Chu Lan, breaking Heavenly Sword Peak out of its numerical disadvantage.
• Ye Qiubai continued fighting Gu Xi under the Sword Domain’s suppression, while Gu Xi grew anxious about the other battles.
• Gu Xi retreated and gathered his strongest sword strike, and Ye Qiubai condensed his Sword Domain and prepared to block it.

Ye Qiubai used his Sword Domain to withstand Gu Xi’s powerful strike while attempting to break through under pressure. As his Spiritual Qi surged, Huo Zhengheng prepared to intervene if anything went wrong.

• Su Muyou considered recruiting Ye Qiubai into the Su Clan, while Jiang Chen and Pan Xie discussed extracting the souls of Heavenly Sword Peak’s sword cultivators.
• Chu Lan and Chi Bing pressed Lin Zhinan and Yao Jiuhua harder as Gu Xi gathered his Sword Dao for a full-powered attack on Ye Qiubai.
• Ye Qiubai contained the clash within a smaller Sword Domain and barely held back Gu Xi’s surging Sword Intent.
• Gu Xi spun and intensified his attack, while the watching faction leaders doubted Ye Qiubai could endure it.
• Ye Qiubai’s Spiritual Qi surged as he attempted a breakthrough during the battle, and Huo Zhengheng stood ready to save him if necessary.

Ye Qiubai broke through to the middle blood transformation realm during his battle with Gu Xi, then joined Chu Lan and Chi Bing to defeat the Spirit Immortal Palace. After the victory, Lin Zhinan praised Ye Qiubai and invited him to visit the palace.

• Ye Qiubai maintained his breakthrough as Gu Xi's Sword Intent battered his defensive wall, and his cultivation reached the middle blood transformation realm.
• Chu Lan and Chi Bing joined Ye Qiubai in attacking Gu Xi after Lin Zhinan and Yao Jiuhua fell from the platform.
• Ye Qiubai's Demon Breaking strike shattered Gu Xi's Sword Intent and sent him off the Dao Discussion Platform.
• The inspector announced Heavenly Sword Peak's victory over the Spirit Immortal Palace, prompting the factions to reconsider Heavenly Sword Peak's strength.
• Lin Zhinan congratulated Ye Qiubai, acknowledged his own defeat, and invited him to visit the Spirit Immortal Palace.

Mu Fusheng and the Holy Talisman Sect faced the Four Symbols Sect in a team battle, where the Four Symbols Sect tried to overwhelm their defenses before they could inscribe talismans. The match turned as Mu Fusheng rapidly inscribed talismans that formed layer upon layer of lightning shields, leaving the Four Symbols Sect stunned.

• The overseer called the Holy Talisman Sect and Four Symbols Sect to the Dao Discussion Platform for their third-round team battle.
• The Four Symbols Sect's four disciples charged together, using the power of the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise to crack the Holy Talisman Sect's Spiritual Qi barrier.
• Ning Xi and Shen Ziyu staggered back as the Four Symbols Sect prepared another punch to break through the barrier.
• Mu Fusheng's talismans formed lightning shields in front of the cracked barrier, and the Four Symbols Sect's punches shattered only a few layers.
• Mu Fusheng continued inscribing talismans as more lightning shields formed around the Holy Talisman Sect, stunning the Four Symbols Sect disciples.

Mu Fusheng overwhelmed the Four Symbols Sect with layers of lightning shield talismans, securing a win for the Holy Talisman Sect. The sect reached ninety points, while Ye Qiubai felt offended by Mu Fusheng’s teasing remark about following their master’s instructions.

• Mu Fusheng rapidly inscribed lightning shield talismans, astonishing the watching factions and prompting Su Muyou to consider recruiting Ye Qiubai if he and Mu Fusheng were close.
• Mu Fusheng kept producing shields until they covered a quarter of the platform, leaving the Four Symbols Sect disciples unable to break through them.
• Mu Fusheng urged the Four Symbols Sect to concede, explaining that breaking through the shields would exhaust their Spiritual Qi.
• The Four Symbols Sect elder conceded, and the overseer awarded the Holy Talisman Sect forty points, bringing its total to ninety.
• Ye Qiubai and Xiao Hei called Mu Fusheng overly cautious, and Mu Fusheng joked that he followed their master’s instructions unlike Ye Qiubai.