Chapter Summaries

Ye Qiubai survived Commander Yang’s attack through his mastery of the fire origin, then crippled Commander Yang and departed with Commander Ren. Commander Huang recognized that Ye Qiubai had spared them to avoid jeopardizing his chance at the Divine Mystic Fire Tree’s opportunity, and decided to warn the other branches.

• Ye Qiubai approached Commander Yang unharmed, while Commander Ren and Commander Lin realized he had mastered the power of fire origin.
• Ye Qiubai shattered Commander Yang’s limbs and severed his meridians, then learned Commander Lin had escaped.
• Ye Qiubai asked whether they had enough divine fire stones, and he and Commander Ren returned to the Black Fire Branch’s volcano.
• Commander Huang arrived, heard Commander Yang recount the battle, and warned that Ye Qiubai’s presence could cause trouble during the Divine Mystic Fire Tree’s ascent.
• Commander Huang explained that Ye Qiubai had spared Commander Yang to protect his chance at the tree’s opportunity, then took the injured away and resolved to inform the other eight branches.

As the climb up the Divine Mystic Fire Tree began, Ye Qiubai stayed behind while the Black Fire Branch and the other branches raced upward. With the other branches watching him closely, he chose to wait until they started fighting among themselves before climbing.

• Ye Qiubai confirmed that the Divine Fire Pills had been refined, and the Black Fire General explained the rules for the climb.
• The Black Fire Branch set out for the Divine Mystic Fire Tree, where representatives of all nine branches had gathered.
• Ye Qiubai noticed that the other branches were focusing on him and told the Black Fire General and commanders to climb ahead without him.
• As the climb began, the other branches slowed to watch Ye Qiubai, allowing Commander Ren and the others to pull ahead.
• Ye Qiubai remained at the foot of the tree, planning to climb once the others grew impatient and began fighting.

Ye Qiubai waited below the Divine Mystic Fire Tree while the other branches fought, then surged upward through the disciples’ encirclement. He reached the commanders’ level as Commander Ren and Commander Wei moved to protect his route.

• Ye Qiubai used the rival branches’ urgency to climb the tree as they fought, while the Black Fire General shielded him from the other generals.
• The other branches eliminated most of the Black Fire Branch’s disciples as their commanders raced upward.
• Commander Yuan, Commander Huang, and Commander Pang attacked the Black Fire Branch’s commanders, knocking two down and forcing the others to retreat or defend themselves.
• As the commanders’ melee began, Ye Qiubai launched upward and broke through the disciples’ encirclement with his Sword Qi.
• Ye Qiubai spiraled up the Divine Mystic Fire Tree and reached the commanders, while Commander Ren and Commander Wei moved to safeguard his passage.

Ye Qiubai used his Origin of Fire to climb the Divine Mystic Fire Tree despite its fire poison, drawing attacks from rival commanders. As he neared the leaders of three branches, they joined forces to block his path.

• Ye Qiubai's Origin of Fire let him climb rapidly without resisting the tree's fire poison, shocking the generals and commanders watching below.
• Five commanders from the Purple Fire and Nether Fire Branches attacked Ye Qiubai, but he used their strikes to propel himself higher instead of fighting them.
• Ye Qiubai passed more commanders, enduring internal injuries that he healed with a pill from Lu Changsheng and the Primordial Sword Scripture's Intent of Unending Life.
• Commander Huang, Commander Pang, and Commander Yuan agreed to cooperate against Ye Qiubai and spread out to block his route up the tree.
• The Divine Fire General praised Ye Qiubai for forcing three branches to join forces, while the Black Fire General insisted the outcome remained undecided.

Ye Qiubai fought Commander Yuan, Commander Huang, and Commander Pang after they joined forces to stop his ascent of the Divine Mystic Fire Tree. He broke Commander Pang’s attack with Heavenly Slaughter, but Commander Yuan and Commander Pang charged him as the chapter ended.

• Commander Yuan, Commander Huang, and Commander Pang blocked Ye Qiubai’s path and offered him a chance to surrender or join the Divine Fire Branch.
• Ye Qiubai refused to betray the Black Fire Branch and declared that he would not abandon his word.
• Commander Yuan, Commander Huang, and Commander Pang launched simultaneous attacks from different directions.
• Ye Qiubai drew the Cloud Azure Sword, gathered ashen fire and the intent of unending life, and unleashed the fifth sword of the Primordial Sword Scripture, Heavenly Slaughter.
• Ye Qiubai’s slash split Commander Pang’s flaming meteor and clashed with the attacks of Commander Yuan and Commander Huang, sending destructive flames across the tree.
• Commander Yuan and Commander Pang charged Ye Qiubai, and Ye Qiubai used the Geng Metal Sword Case to send flying swords at Commander Pang with Pohong Sword Art, Long Rainbow Piercing the Sun.

Ye Qiubai used the Divine Mystic Fire Tree’s power and his ashen fire to fight three commanders, then unleashed the Primordial Sword Scripture’s Sixth Sword to defeat Commander Yuan’s strongest attack. The clash left Ye Qiubai injured and Commander Yuan falling, while the watching commanders stared in shock.

• Ye Qiubai used his flame origin, Sword Domain, and Geng Metal Sword Case to hold off Commander Huang and Commander Pang while facing Commander Yuan.
• Commander Yuan infused his spear with Flame Dao Law and transformed its fire serpent into a fire dragon to attack Ye Qiubai from a distance.
• Ye Qiubai combined the intent of unending life and ashen fire in the Cloud Azure Sword and unleashed the Primordial Sword Scripture’s Sixth Sword, Three Origins Transforming into Purity Sword.
• Commander Yuan summoned his strongest attack as the enormous fire dragon charged Ye Qiubai, who was unable to evade it.
• Ye Qiubai merged his three slashes into one, split the fire dragon, and sent Commander Yuan plummeting from the backlash as the watching commanders stared in disbelief.

Ye Qiubai defeated Commander Yuan and drove Commander Pang, Commander Huang, and most of the other climbers off the Divine Mystic Fire Tree. With no one left able to challenge him, he continued climbing and secured the Black Fire Branch’s victory.

• Ye Qiubai defeated Commander Yuan, shocking the other commanders and generals.
• Commander Pang and Commander Huang considered attacking Ye Qiubai while he recovered, but he used pills to restore his strength and took control of the Geng Metal Sword Case and Sword Domain.
• Ye Qiubai unleashed Pohong Sword Art: Ashen Fire Pierces the Sun, forcing Commander Pang to leap off the tree.
• Ye Qiubai turned the giant sword on Commander Huang and drove her and many other commanders and disciples off the tree without killing anyone.
• Ye Qiubai continued climbing as Commander Ren and Commander Wei realized they had not helped him, and the Black Fire Branch’s victory was effectively secured.

Ye Qiubai climbed to the top of the Divine Mystic Fire Tree, obtained the Divine Mystic Fire Soul with the help of his ashen fire, and cultivated there for three days. As the sect master addressed the branch generals, a presence announced that someone had broken through to the late-stage ancestor realm.

• While the other commanders cultivated at heights they could withstand, Ye Qiubai continued climbing toward the tree’s summit.
• Ye Qiubai reached the top, grasped the Divine Mystic Fire Soul, and used his ashen fire to subdue it before putting it away.
• Ye Qiubai began cultivating amid the power of the flame origin, feeling that his breakthrough was near.
• Three days after Ye Qiubai took the soul, the sect master emerged from seclusion and summoned the branch generals.
• The Divine Fire General and the Black Fire General argued over the branches’ results, and the sect master backed the Black Fire General before a presence of someone entering the late-stage ancestor realm swept through the sect.

Ye Qiubai obtained the Divine Mystic Fire Soul and the Core of the Heavenly Spirit Heart as he prepared to return to his junior brothers and sisters for the Six Realms' academy exchange. The Divine Mystic Fire Sect's master let him keep the treasure, betting that Ye Qiubai might someday protect the sect, and Ye Qiubai returned to Jade Qilin City with the materials Mo Xun had been seeking.

• Ye Qiubai met the Divine Mystic Fire Sect's master, who let him keep the Divine Mystic Fire Soul despite objections from the Divine Fire General and Azure Fire General.
• The sect master explained that he accepted Ye Qiubai's goodwill and hoped the young cultivator would become the Divine Mystic Fire Sect's future after the master risked his life on another lightning tribulation.
• Ye Qiubai defeated Commander Ren in a spar, learned the location of the Core of the Heavenly Spirit Heart, and obtained it after helping a faction kill its demigod-level guardian beast.
• Ye Qiubai escaped the faction pursuing him with a Heavenly Lightning Escape Talisman and returned to Jade Qilin City, where he saw that the Dai Clan had helped the Ai Clan prosper.
• Ye Qiubai gave Mo Xun the items he had been searching for, leaving Mo Xun stunned by how quickly he had gathered them.

Ye Qiubai collected the remaining shipbuilding materials from the Ai Clan and visited Ai Zhi, whose sword practice had advanced to the Sword God Realm. After showing her how sharpness and softness could work together, he left her pondering his guidance.

• Mo Xun inspected the four rare materials Ye Qiubai had gathered and angrily asked for the remaining materials, which Ye Qiubai said were at the Ai Clan.
• Ye Qiubai arrived at the Ai Clan, where Ai Shouxian confirmed the basic materials were ready and said Ai Zhi was still practicing the sword technique Ye Qiubai had taught her.
• Ye Qiubai sensed that Ai Zhi had reached the Sword God Realm and followed Ai Shouxian to her courtyard.
• Ye Qiubai pointed out that Ai Zhi's Sword Intent wavered between sharpness and softness, then demonstrated how a soft sword could shift between the two.
• Ai Zhi contemplated Ye Qiubai's advice as he left the courtyard, accepted the materials from Ai Shouxian, and departed.

After Mo Xun completed Ye Qiubai’s powerful ship, Ye Qiubai sailed into the depths of the Qingming Sea to follow the Azure Cloud Token toward its destination. He neared the location as a destructive presence grew stronger, leaving him to wonder whether the inheritance lay beside the Qingming Beast.

• Mo Xun completed a ship equipped with powerful materials, weapons, and propulsion, then entrusted it to Ye Qiubai.
• Ye Qiubai said farewell to Ai Shouxian, Ai Zhi, and the Dai Clan’s patriarch before sailing into the Qingming Sea.
• Ye Qiubai followed the Azure Cloud Token toward the depths, wary of the Divine Realm-level Qingming Beast that ruled the sea.
• After three days, Ye Qiubai reached the storm-lashed depths and found the token’s destination only a thousand li away.
• As Ye Qiubai approached, he sensed a destructive presence and wondered whether the inheritance was near the Qingming Beast.

Ye Qiubai tracked the inheritance to the Qingming Beast in the depths of the Qingming Sea and arrived as two Divine Realm members of the Xuanyuan Clan confronted it. The Qingming Beast refused to surrender the inheritance, and the two men prepared to fight as it rose from the sea.

• Ye Qiubai sailed deeper into the Qingming Sea, following the Azure Cloud Token’s fluctuating presence toward the Qingming Beast.
• As waves and overwhelming pressure surrounded him, Ye Qiubai reached the battle and used his master’s jade pendant to withstand the force.
• Ye Qiubai saw two Divine Realm old men, a beautiful woman, and an enormous ship facing the Qingming Beast, whose dragon-like head rose from the water.
• One of the old men demanded that the Qingming Beast hand over the inheritance in exchange for the Xuanyuan Clan’s friendship and compensation.
• The Qingming Beast refused, and the balding old man drew his sword and threatened to kill it for its devil core and horns; the second old man also drew his sword.
• The Qingming Beast roared as its enormous body began rising from the sea.

The Xuanyuan Clan and the Ringing Sword Li Clan fought the Qingming Beast over the sea, while Ye Qiubai watched from his ship. The beast swallowed Ye Qiubai, Xuanyuan Suxian, and Li Che, then fled to the seabed as the four Divine Realm experts hesitated to pursue it.

• The Qingming Beast clashed with two Xuanyuan Clan elders, and their attacks sent tsunamis crashing into Jade Qilin City.
• Ai Shouxian ordered the Ai Clan to move its shop materials, while Ai Zhi and Mo Xun worried over the disturbance.
• Ye Qiubai powered the ship’s central mechanism and watched the battle, relying partly on Lu Changsheng’s jade pendant to withstand the shock waves.
• Two Divine Realm experts of the Ringing Sword Li Clan arrived with Li Che, who exchanged words with Xuanyuan Suxian.
• The Qingming Beast swallowed Ye Qiubai, Xuanyuan Suxian, and Li Che before diving to the seabed, leaving the four clan elders anxious and reluctant to follow.

Ye Qiubai, Li Che, and Xuanyuan Suxian found the Azure Cloud Sword Master's inheritance inside the Qingming Beast. As Li Che and Xuanyuan Suxian faltered under a trial that weighed on their sword hearts, Ye Qiubai walked forward unhindered.

• Ye Qiubai told Li Che that he came from the Azure Cloud Sword Sect, and Li Che dismissed the gap between their backgrounds and talents as unbridgeable.
• The three crossed the strange, flesh-like island inside the Qingming Beast and spotted a sword at its center, which Xuanyuan Suxian recognized as the Azure Cloud Sword Master's inheritance.
• Ye Qiubai sensed that the Azure Cloud Token pointed toward the sword and resolved to keep his sword bone hidden from Li Che and Xuanyuan Suxian.
• Li Che and Xuanyuan Suxian raced toward the sword but stopped a hundred meters away when an unseen presence weighed on their sword hearts.
• Ye Qiubai continued walking toward the sword without hesitation because his clear sword heart left him unaffected by the trial.

Ye Qiubai absorbed the Azure Cloud Sword Master's inheritance, strengthening his Sword Domain and reaching the peak ancestor realm. When Li Che challenged him for the inheritance, Ye Qiubai's enhanced Sword Domain suppressed both Li Che and Xuanyuan Suxian, and the battle began.

• Ye Qiubai used his Clear Sword Heart to grasp the rusted sword and receive the Azure Cloud Sword Master's Sword Dao insights and power of origin.
• Xuanyuan Suxian and Li Che waited without attacking while Ye Qiubai spent two days absorbing the inheritance, which transformed half his Sword Dao Law into power of origin and raised his Sword Domain to divine level.
• On the third day, Ye Qiubai broke through to the peak ancestor realm, drew the Azure Azure Sword, and agreed to fight for the inheritance.
• Li Che attacked Ye Qiubai with the Ringing Sword Li Clan's lightning-infused Sword Dao, while Xuanyuan Suxian watched.
• Ye Qiubai unleashed his enhanced Sword Domain, suppressing Li Che's and Xuanyuan Suxian's Sword Dao as he rose into the air to face Li Che.

Ye Qiubai used his Sword Domain, flame origin, and the intent of unending life to overwhelm Li Che and Xuanyuan Suxian. After Li Che was badly burned and Xuanyuan Suxian’s attack failed, she conceded.

• Ye Qiubai raised his Sword Domain, filling it with sword origin, flame origin, and a willow tree shaped by the intent of unending life.
• Li Che attacked with Ten-Thousand-Jun Resounding Slash, but Ye Qiubai swept it aside with a torrent of Sword Qi.
• Li Che followed with Ten Thousand Thunders Surge, and Ye Qiubai countered with a giant flaming sword that consumed Li Che’s lightning Sword Dao and left him badly burned.
• Ye Qiubai challenged Xuanyuan Suxian, then sent willow branches formed from the Sword Domain’s intent of unending life slashing toward her.
• Xuanyuan Suxian’s trembling sword strike failed to stop the branches, and she conceded when they halted a finger’s breadth from her brow.

Ye Qiubai inherited part of the Azure Cloud Sword Master’s legacy, and the Qingming Beast warned him that powerful clans were already pursuing the next inheritance. After escaping the Qingming Beast, Ye Qiubai faced Divine Realm experts from the Xuanyuan Clan and Ringing Sword Li Clan, who demanded the inheritance or offered to recruit him.

• Li Che admitted that he and Xuanyuan Suxian had lost to Ye Qiubai, but the two prepared to attack him together rather than surrender the inheritance.
• The Qingming Beast told Ye Qiubai that he was the most suitable heir, warned him to conceal his Sword Bone, and sent him out while thousands of clan forces waited nearby.
• Xuanyuan Suxian and Li Che told their clans’ Divine Realm experts that Ye Qiubai had taken the inheritance and defeated them, and both clans decided to seize it.
• Ye Qiubai emerged from the sea aboard a ship, and Divine Realm experts from both clans pursued him.
• The Xuanyuan Clan and Ringing Sword Li Clan offered to recruit Ye Qiubai or let him leave if he surrendered the inheritance, but Ye Qiubai refused to hand it over.

Ye Qiubai refused to surrender the inheritance or join either clan, then used his ship and sword techniques to escape the four Divine Realm experts. With the pursuers closing in and his ship nearly exhausted, he finally called on his master to intervene.

• Ye Qiubai rejected the Xuanyuan Clan and the Ringing Sword Li Clan, despite the four Divine Realm experts threatening him.
• The Xuanyuan Clan expert attacked, and Ye Qiubai poured power from his jade pendant and the Heavenly Spirit Heart into his ship to accelerate away.
• Ye Qiubai launched a barrage of sword attacks and used the shock waves from the muscular man's lightning dragon to propel the ship farther from the divine-grade ships.
• The four Divine Realm experts caught up and offered Ye Qiubai one last chance to join their clans, but he refused and warned them about his trump card.
• Ye Qiubai took out the jade pendant and asked his master to step in.

Lu Changsheng appeared to rescue Ye Qiubai from the Xuanyuan Clan and the Ringing Sword Li Clan, then confronted their Divine Realm experts. He offered them two choices: become Ye Qiubai’s bodyguards or die.

• The Qingming Beast hesitated over whether to save Ye Qiubai, but a burst of chaotic golden light and a barrier made the battlefield impossible to sense.
• Lu Changsheng appeared before Ye Qiubai, scolded him for getting into trouble, and ordered him to sweep the entire Changsheng Realm when they returned.
• The Xuanyuan Clan and Ringing Sword Li Clan experts questioned Lu Changsheng about his origins, but he said he had never heard of their clans.
• Lu Changsheng accused the experts of bullying Ye Qiubai and seeking his inheritance, and the balding elder admitted their intent.
• Lu Changsheng gave the experts two choices: become Ye Qiubai’s bodyguards and receive his Sword Dao guidance, or court death.

Lu Changsheng defeated the Divine Realm experts from the Ringing Sword Li Clan and Xuanyuan Clan after they rejected his conditions. He killed them all, then agreed to take Ye Qiubai back through his spatial node and made him erase the traces.

• A Ringing Sword Li Clan expert attacked Lu Changsheng, but Lu Changsheng shattered his strike and killed him.
• The remaining three Divine Realm experts tried to escape, but Lu Changsheng’s barrier trapped them.
• Lu Changsheng killed a muscular Xuanyuan Clan expert after the man agreed to become Ye Qiubai’s guard.
• Lu Changsheng killed another Xuanyuan Clan expert after he offered to guard Ye Qiubai for three years, then burned the balding old man to nothing despite his offer to serve forever.
• Lu Changsheng explained to Ye Qiubai that he would not leave a resentful guard beside him and said he would take Ye Qiubai back through his spatial node.
• Lu Changsheng told Ye Qiubai to erase the traces while he stayed to watch him.