Chapter Summaries

Ye Qiubai discovered that the nine sword peaks formed the outline of the Cloud Azure Sword, revealing the key to the Azure Cloud Sword Master's inheritance. When the sword flew from his hand and exposed him to Xuanyuan Tianzhao and Dugu Jue, Dugu Jue immediately attacked.

• Xuanyuan Tianzhe suggested that Xuanyuan Tianzhao unlock the inheritance to draw Ye Qiubai out, while Dugu Jue mocked him.
• Xuanyuan Tianzhao and Dugu Jue agreed to kill Ye Qiubai and take his Sword Soul, Sword Bone, and Cloud Azure Sword before settling their rivalry.
• Ye Qiubai realized that the nine sword peaks formed the shape of the Cloud Azure Sword.
• Ye Qiubai infused the Cloud Azure Sword with Sword Intent, and it flew above the peaks, revealing his hiding place.
• Dugu Jue attacked Ye Qiubai with a finger-sword, and Ye Qiubai drew the Azure Cloud Sword to meet him.

Ye Qiubai confronted Xuanyuan Tianzhao, Dugu Jue, and Xuanyuan Tianzhe over the Azure Cloud Sword Master’s inheritance. After his Azure Cloud Sword’s power shattered Dugu Jue’s attack, Xuanyuan Tianzhe charged, and Ye Qiubai met him with the Three Origins Transforming into Purity Sword.

• Ye Qiubai proposed settling the division of the inheritance, but Xuanyuan Tianzhao and Dugu Jue challenged his ability to compete against their greater cultivation and Sword Dao experience.
• Xuanyuan Tianzhe praised Ye Qiubai’s sword talent and acknowledged that the Xuanyuan Clan’s juniors had no cause to resent losing to him.
• Dugu Jue sent a vast formation of flying swords at Ye Qiubai, who unsheathed the Azure Cloud Sword and raised a Sword Domain that shattered them.
• Xuanyuan Tianzhe launched a full-strength attack at Ye Qiubai, and Ye Qiubai channeled the Sword Domain’s intent into his blade before striking with the Three Origins Transforming into Purity Sword.

Ye Qiubai endured attacks from Xuanyuan Tianzhe and Xuanyuan Tianzhao by drawing on the Azure Cloud Sword, though the sword’s backlash weakened him and his Sword Domain began to fail. Xuanyuan Tianzhao launched a full-power strike to claim the sword and protect his clan’s inheritance, leaving Ye Qiubai facing his Imperial Dao sword technique.

• Ye Qiubai blocked Xuanyuan Tianzhe’s attack with three azure sword lights, but the move shattered and sent him flying as the Azure Cloud Sword’s backlash injured him.
• The Azure Cloud Sword protected Ye Qiubai from Xuanyuan Tianzhe’s lethal strike, impressing Xuanyuan Tianzhe, Xuanyuan Tianzhao, and Dugu Jue with its power.
• Xuanyuan Tianzhao challenged Ye Qiubai for the Azure Cloud Sword, but Ye Qiubai declared that neither Xuanyuan Tianzhao nor anyone else could decide whether he deserved to wield it.
• Xuanyuan Tianzhao’s golden sun disc invaded Ye Qiubai’s Sword Domain, and Ye Qiubai struggled to hold it together with the Azure Cloud Sword’s Sword Intent.
• Xuanyuan Tianzhao lamented that Ye Qiubai was not a Xuanyuan, then raised the Xuanyuan Sword and began his Imperial Dao strike for the clan’s inheritance.

Ye Qiubai used the Azure Cloud Sword to unleash the seventh strike of the Primordial Sword Scripture against Xuanyuan Tianzhao’s Human Emperor Sword. Their slashes clashed evenly at first, but Ye Qiubai’s Sword Intent surged and began splitting Xuanyuan Tianzhao’s strike.

• Xuanyuan Tianzhao’s Human Emperor Sword Intent nearly shattered Ye Qiubai’s Sword Domain as he prepared a powerful strike with the Xuanyuan Sword.
• Ye Qiubai coated the Azure Cloud Sword in his blood and summoned the blood-red Sword Intent of the seventh sword, stabilizing the domain and expanding it over all nine Sword Peaks.
• Xuanyuan Tianzhao slashed at Ye Qiubai with the Xuanyuan Sword, and Ye Qiubai answered with the Blood Fiend God-Slaying Sword.
• The two enormous slashes clashed, and Xuanyuan Tianzhao sensed his Human Emperor Sword Intent being suppressed by Ye Qiubai’s Sword Intent.
• Ye Qiubai roared and unleashed another surge of Sword Intent, causing a fissure to appear in Xuanyuan Tianzhao’s slash.

Ye Qiubai grievously wounded Xuanyuan Tianzhao with the Blood Fiend God-Slaying Sword, but the attack left him nearly unable to fight. He refused Xuanyuan Tianzhao’s offer to join the Xuanyuan Clan, and as a golden sword strike descended, the nine Sword Peaks erupted with azure light.

• Ye Qiubai shattered Xuanyuan Tianzhao’s Human Emperor sword strike and inflicted a grievous wound on him with the Blood Fiend God-Slaying Sword.
• The sword’s backlash and the clash left Ye Qiubai bleeding, exhausted, and unable to wield the Azure Cloud Sword.
• Xuanyuan Tianzhao praised Ye Qiubai’s talent and offered him the Xuanyuan Clan’s support and the Azure Cloud Sword Master’s inheritance.
• Ye Qiubai refused to join the Xuanyuan Clan, and Xuanyuan Tianzhao resolved to kill him and bury him in the clan’s Sword Tomb.
• As Xuanyuan Tianzhao’s golden slash flew toward Ye Qiubai, nine sword cries sounded and azure sword lights rose from the Sword Peaks.

The nine Sword Peaks intervened to protect Ye Qiubai, healing him and confirming that the Azure Cloud Sword Master had chosen him as his successor. As the peaks transformed into colossal swords, the Azure Cloud Sword Master appeared before Ye Qiubai and his opponents.

• The nine Sword Peaks released pillars of azure sword intent that destroyed Xuanyuan Tianzhao's attack and shattered the strikes of Dugu Jue and Xuanyuan Tianzhe before they could reach Ye Qiubai.
• One pillar enveloped Ye Qiubai, healed his injuries, and restored his strength as the Cloud Azure Sword descended into his grasp.
• The nine pillars formed a Sword Domain around Ye Qiubai, suppressing Xuanyuan Tianzhao, Dugu Jue, Xuanyuan Tianzhe, and Xuanyuan Che.
• Xuanyuan Tianzhao realized the Azure Cloud Sword Master had chosen Ye Qiubai long ago, and Ye Qiubai recalled clues that the inheritance had guided him toward this role.
• The nine Sword Peaks uprooted and transformed into colossal swords circling Ye Qiubai as an azure-robed man appeared behind him.
• Xuanyuan Tianzhe and Xuanyuan Che recognized the man as the Azure Cloud Sword Master.

The Azure Cloud Sword Master drove Xuanyuan Tianzhao and Dugu Jue away, then revealed to Ye Qiubai that he was one half of the Sword Master's divided soul. He summoned the other half, whose face Ye Qiubai recognized as the Primordial Sword Master, a former Mortal Realm sect master who had joined the Divine Realm.

• The Azure Cloud Sword Master wounded Xuanyuan Tianzhao and Dugu Jue with effortless Sword Intent, proving that his divine soul remained exceptionally powerful.
• Xuanyuan Tianzhao and Dugu Jue accepted that they could not claim the inheritance and left with Xuanyuan Tianzhe and Xuanyuan Che.
• The Azure Cloud Sword Master praised Ye Qiubai and told him, "you were me to begin with," explaining that he had split his divine soul in two before the Divine Realm attacked.
• The Azure Cloud Sword Master summoned the black-robed figure from the clouds, and Ye Qiubai recognized him as the Primordial Sword Master, who had joined the Divine Realm.

The Azure Cloud Sword Master revealed that Ye Qiubai and the Primordial Sword Master each held half of his divine soul, and that his inheritance required them to merge. Since only one could retain autonomy, the two fought for survival, leaving both badly wounded after their swords collided.

• The Azure Cloud Sword Master explained that Ye Qiubai and the Primordial Sword Master were halves of his divine soul and confirmed that the inheritance had been waiting for them.
• The Primordial Sword Master dismissed Ye Qiubai's concerns about his allegiance to the Divine Realm and said they could only claim the inheritance by merging their souls.
• The Primordial Sword Master attacked Ye Qiubai, wounding his chest, shoulder, and arm as their blades clashed.
• Ye Qiubai and the Primordial Sword Master exchanged attacks above the clouds, unleashing destructive and life-bearing Sword Qi that tore open space.
• Ye Qiubai's left shoulder was slashed to the bone, while the Primordial Sword Master was pierced through the chest after they drove their swords into each other.

Ye Qiubai and the Primordial Sword Master fought to the death as their shared divine soul caused Ye Qiubai’s Sword Dao to grow stronger during battle. The Primordial Sword Master drew the Divine Realm’s Blood Sword and unleashed a vast attack, leaving Ye Qiubai to answer with his Sword Domain.

• Ye Qiubai and the Primordial Sword Master clashed, and the Azure Cloud Sword Master explained that their shared divine souls made them grow stronger as they fought.
• The Primordial Sword Master realized Ye Qiubai’s Sword Dao was improving and struck his Dantian with a knee, sending him hurtling backward.
• The Primordial Sword Master summoned the Divine Realm’s Blood Sword, turning the sky blood-red as he prepared a lethal attack.
• The Primordial Sword Master lengthened the Blood Sword to a hundred zhang and struck Ye Qiubai, while tens of thousands of blood-colored swords formed behind him.
• Ye Qiubai shouted, “Sword Domain, rise!” to counter the blood-colored swords.

Ye Qiubai revived his Azure Cloud Sword Domain and fought the Primordial Sword Master while his long-suppressed breakthrough triggered a lightning tribulation. He used the tribulation’s lightning within his circling Sword Intent to attempt a counterattack, leaving the result uncertain.

• Ye Qiubai restored his Azure Cloud Sword Domain, whose nine pillars of light weakened the Primordial Sword Master’s blood swords.
• Ye Qiubai refused to rely on the Azure Cloud Sword and clashed with the Primordial Sword Master, sending azure and blood-colored Sword Intent against each other.
• A tribulation cloud formed as Ye Qiubai’s suppressed cultivation reached its limit, and he and the Primordial Sword Master separated with serious injuries.
• The Primordial Sword Master attacked Ye Qiubai during the tribulation, bringing down both his colossal blood sword and the lightning.
• Ye Qiubai raised the Cloud Azure Sword and let the lightning tribulation flow into the Sword Intent circling him, drawing surprise from the Azure Cloud Sword Master.

Ye Qiubai used the lightning tribulation’s power to strengthen his Azure Cloud Sword Intent and overpower the Primordial Sword Master. After badly wounding his opponent, Ye Qiubai turned to the Azure Cloud Sword Master and questioned his intervention.

• The Azure Cloud Sword Master realized Ye Qiubai’s Sword Dao was suppressing the Heavenly Dao and found he could not calculate the fate of his soul’s other half.
• The Primordial Sword Master swung the Divine Realm Blood Sword at Ye Qiubai, but Ye Qiubai’s lightning-infused river of Sword Qi seized and eroded it.
• Ye Qiubai charged the Primordial Sword Master and struck him with the Cloud Azure Sword, piercing his abdomen.
• The Primordial Sword Master tried to contain Ye Qiubai’s Sword Qi with Blood Sword Sword Intent, but the lightning-infused Azure Cloud Sword Intent damaged his internal organs.
• Ye Qiubai noticed that his Dantian had been protected by azure light and asked the Azure Cloud Sword Master what he meant by intervening.

The Azure Cloud Sword Master revealed that he had split his divine soul and guided Ye Qiubai and the Primordial Sword Master for millions of years so he could merge with them and reach a legendary realm. After Ye Qiubai healed the Primordial Sword Master and they turned against him, the Azure Cloud Sword Master began pulling at their divine souls.

• The Azure Cloud Sword Master stopped Ye Qiubai from killing the Primordial Sword Master and announced his plan to be reborn in a stronger form.
• The Azure Cloud Sword Master revealed that Ye Qiubai alone had inherited the Primordial Sword Physique and recounted his seventeen failed attempts to break through his limits.
• The Azure Cloud Sword Master explained that he had split his divine soul and arranged for Ye Qiubai and the Primordial Sword Master to gather talent, providence, and fortuitous opportunities for him.
• Ye Qiubai asked whether merging would erase their individual identities, then healed the Primordial Sword Master with a pill from Lu Changsheng.
• Ye Qiubai returned the Cloud Azure Sword to the Azure Cloud Sword Master, and he and the Primordial Sword Master challenged him.
• The Azure Cloud Sword Master dismissed their resistance and used a powerful suction to begin pulling their divine souls from their bodies.

The Azure Cloud Sword Master drew the Primordial Sword Master's soul out and merged it with his own, reaching the early stage of the Realm God Realm. He then attacked Ye Qiubai to break through the protections around his sea of consciousness, but a familiar sigh sounded as golden light blazed between Ye Qiubai's brows.

• The Azure Cloud Sword Master's pull failed to draw Ye Qiubai's soul out, but the Primordial Sword Master struggled to resist it.
• The Primordial Sword Master summoned the Blood Sword, whose Blood Sword Heavenly God avatar appeared and challenged the Azure Cloud Sword Master.
• The Azure Cloud Sword Master used the power of the nine Sword Peaks to destroy the Blood Sword Heavenly God avatar, and the Blood Sword vanished through space.
• With the Blood Sword gone, the Azure Cloud Sword Master pulled out and absorbed the Primordial Sword Master's soul, restoring his strength to the early stage of the Realm God Realm.
• The Azure Cloud Sword Master pinned Ye Qiubai down and thrust the Cloud Azure Sword at his head, but golden light flashed between Ye Qiubai's brows as a familiar sigh sounded.

Lu Changsheng appeared from the restriction in Ye Qiubai’s soul and scolded him for challenging the Azure Cloud Sword Master, who had tried to extract his soul. When the Azure Cloud Sword Master attacked, Lu Changsheng effortlessly destroyed his giant sword, leaving the Azure Cloud Sword Master stunned by his strength.

• Lu Changsheng’s figure emerged from Ye Qiubai’s brow after the Azure Cloud Sword Master tried to forcibly open Ye Qiubai’s sea of consciousness and extract his soul.
• Lu Changsheng scolded Ye Qiubai for fighting an opponent he could not defeat and threatened to keep him by his side for three years.
• The Azure Cloud Sword Master grew frustrated with being ignored and attacked Lu Changsheng with a giant sword formed from the Sword Qi of the nine Sword Peaks.
• Lu Changsheng blocked the sword with his Gang Qi, pinched off its tip, and shattered it into scattered Sword Qi.
• The Azure Cloud Sword Master wondered whether Lu Changsheng had reached the peak of the Creation Realm.

Lu Changsheng fought the Azure Cloud Sword Master, who tried to reclaim Ye Qiubai and merge with him. After Lu Changsheng nearly destroyed him, the Azure Cloud Sword Master unleashed the power of his Law Treasure, and Lu Changsheng aimed his hand cannon at him.

• The Azure Cloud Sword Master attacked Lu Changsheng with a sword formed from the storming clouds and the space’s Power of Rules.
• The Azure Cloud Sword Master urged Ye Qiubai to merge with him and travel to Heaven Beyond Heaven, but Lu Changsheng defended his disciple and crushed the cloud sword.
• Lu Changsheng blocked the Azure Cloud Sword Master’s blades with a barrier of green leaves, then struck him with a palm that sent him crashing into a deep pit.
• The Azure Cloud Sword Master survived and gathered the space’s Power of Rules into a sword made with the might of his Law Treasure.
• Lu Changsheng aimed his hand cannon at the Azure Cloud Sword Master as the enemy unleashed his world-shaking slash, and streams of Power of Rules surged into the cannon.

Lu Changsheng overwhelmed the Azure Cloud Sword Master with his hand cannons, forcing him to abandon his attack and ask to merge with Ye Qiubai’s soul. Lu Changsheng accepted after Ye Qiubai agreed, but placed a restriction on the Azure Cloud Sword Master before allowing the merger.

• Lu Changsheng gathered countless powers of rules in his hand cannons, threatening to destroy the Azure Cloud Sword Master's natal world.
• The Azure Cloud Sword Master gave up his attack and said he wanted to survive long enough to reach Heaven Beyond Heaven.
• The Azure Cloud Sword Master proposed merging with Ye Qiubai’s soul while leaving Ye Qiubai in control.
• Ye Qiubai agreed, trusting that Lu Changsheng would protect him, though Lu Changsheng warned him about the risks.
• Lu Changsheng lowered his hand cannons, then placed a restriction between the Azure Cloud Sword Master's brows.

The Azure Cloud Sword Master agreed to merge souls with Ye Qiubai and become his sword spirit, while Lu Changsheng placed a restriction on him. After the Azure Cloud Sword rejected him, he settled on inhabiting the Cloud Azure Sword and began the merger with Ye Qiubai.

• Lu Changsheng implanted a powerful Divine Soul Restriction in the Azure Cloud Sword Master, and Ye Qiubai asked how the elder would retain his consciousness after merging souls.
• The Azure Cloud Sword Master proposed merging a wisp of his soul with his independent consciousness to become Ye Qiubai's sword spirit, then praised the benefits he could offer Ye Qiubai's Sword Dao.
• The Azure Cloud Sword Master tried to connect with the Azure Cloud Sword, but its hidden power frightened him into letting go.
• Ye Qiubai teased the Azure Cloud Sword Master about trying again until he admitted the sword spirit inside would not allow him to enter.
• At Lu Changsheng's urging, the Azure Cloud Sword Master placed a wisp of his divided soul in the Cloud Azure Sword and sent his main soul toward the space between Ye Qiubai's brows.

The Azure Cloud Sword Master fused his divine soul with Ye Qiubai’s, passing on his memories and sword insights and raising Ye Qiubai’s cultivation to the peak of the Lord Divine Realm. As Ye Qiubai promised to take the Azure Cloud Sword Master to a wider world, Lu Changsheng sensed trouble outside and hurried away.

• The Azure Cloud Sword Master found Lu Changsheng’s golden chains blocking Ye Qiubai’s sea of consciousness and asked Lu Changsheng to open the way.
• Lu Changsheng parted the chains and warned the Azure Cloud Sword Master that he could kill him easily; the Azure Cloud Sword Master acknowledged the power gap and entered Ye Qiubai’s sea of consciousness.
• The Azure Cloud Sword Master and Ye Qiubai’s divine souls fused smoothly, bringing Ye Qiubai a wealth of sword knowledge and memories.
• Ye Qiubai’s Sword Dao advanced, his divine soul reached its peak, and his cultivation rose from the early stage to the peak stage of the Lord Divine Realm.
• Ye Qiubai thanked the Azure Cloud Sword Master and promised to take him to a wider world.
• Lu Changsheng sensed that something had happened outside and vanished, telling Ye Qiubai not to call him over for every small matter.

The ninth level’s Azure Cloud Sword Master inheritance was claimed, and Ye Qiubai returned to the altar as the gathered factions learned that Azure Cloud had completed his soul fusion. Xuanyuan Tianzhe and Dugu Jue recognized that the returning figure was Azure Cloud, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Xu Youming taunted Xuanyuan Tianzhao and Dugu Jue over their failure to claim the ninth-level inheritance, while Dugu Jue recalled Ye Qiubai holding back the three sword cultivators.
• Bitter Zen Devil Buddha mocked Xuanyuan Tianzhao, and Xuanyuan Tianzhe and Bitter Zen Devil Buddha nearly clashed before Mo Lin stopped them.
• Blood-colored patterns climbed the ninth pillar, signaling that someone had claimed the Azure Cloud Sword Master’s inheritance.
• Ye Qiubai rode onto the altar, drawing relief from Hong Ying and the others and grave attention from Xuanyuan Tianzhe and Dugu Jue.
• Xuanyuan Tianzhe and Dugu Jue said the fusion had gone well and identified the returning figure as Azure Cloud, stunning everyone.

Ye Qiubai revealed that he had inherited the Azure Cloud Sword Master's legacy, then faced Xuanyuan Tianzhao and Dugu Jue as they moved to take it from him. When Dugu Jue struck, Ye Qiubai's outside help blocked the attack, leaving the identity of his ally about to be revealed.

• Xuanyuan Tianzhao and Dugu Jue suspected Ye Qiubai had inherited the Azure Cloud Sword Master's legacy, but Ye Qiubai refused to explain how he obtained it.
• Dugu Jue declared that Ye Qiubai could not keep the inheritance, and Ye Qiubai's companions gathered at his side.
• Ye Qiubai asked his companions to stand back and said he would call in outside help against the two seniors.
• Dugu Jue launched a full-strength sword strike at Ye Qiubai while Mo Lin decided there was no need to intervene.
• Ye Qiubai raised the Cloud Azure Sword, and azure light blocked Dugu Jue's attack as an unseen ally asked whether Dugu Jue was pretending not to notice them.