Chapter Summaries

Cheng Jing Ting used the Heavenly Talisman Sect’s life-consuming Secret Method to fight His Highness Thirty-Nine, but his talisman power ran out before he could win. As his life faded, he drew out an old Spirit Gathering Talisman and whispered, “My master...”

• Cheng Jing Ting sacrificed his soul to empower himself and opened a relentless assault that initially suppressed His Highness Thirty-Nine.
• His Highness Thirty-Nine struck back, but Cheng Jing Ting continued fighting recklessly and drove talisman patterns into him.
• The two fought across the collapsing arena until Cheng Jing Ting’s talisman patterns went dark and his life began to drain away.
• Cheng Jing Ting drew a crude, ancient Spirit Gathering Talisman from his robes and whispered, “My master...”

Cheng Jing Ting sacrificed his life by activating the talisman he had carried since his first days in the sect, bringing down Nine Heavens Divine Lightning on His Thirty-Ninth Highness and the arena. As the onlookers mourned his apparent death, the Demon Emperor secretly captured a wisp of Cheng Jing Ting’s soul, leaving him a chance to survive.

• His Thirty-Ninth Highness mocked Cheng Jing Ting’s nearly powerless Spirit Gathering Talisman as Cheng Jing Ting recalled how his master had first taught him to draw it.
• Cheng Jing Ting declared that his cultivation intent would sacrifice the talisman to heaven and earth, then crushed it as he died.
• The talisman unleashed a vast formation and Nine Heavens Divine Lightning, destroying the arena and engulfing His Thirty-Ninth Highness and Cheng Jing Ting’s corpse.
• The Silver Frost Sect elder and the Sword Pavilion group mourned Cheng Jing Ting, while Su Lianxin praised his courage and potential.
• The Demon Emperor secretly drew a wisp of Cheng Jing Ting’s soul from the sky, preserving a thread of hope for his survival.

After surviving Cheng Jing Ting’s Nine Heavens Divine Lightning, His Highness Thirty-Nine taunted the Profound Domain’s prodigies. Taishu Ru, the Profound Domain’s acknowledged number-one prodigy, entered the arena, and the chapter ended as he appeared directly before his opponent.

• His Highness Thirty-Nine crawled from the rubble alive after Cheng Jing Ting’s lightning strike and challenged the others to fight him.
• The Profound Domain’s prodigies grew furious, but Ji Linyuan stayed silent and looked toward Taishu Ru.
• Taishu Ru volunteered to fight, recalling the upheaval in the Profound Domain and Cheng Jing Ting’s sacrifice.
• Taishu Ru walked into the arena, where the crowd recognized him as the Profound Domain’s foremost prodigy.
• His Highness Thirty-Nine mocked Taishu Ru, then sensed danger as Taishu Ru suddenly appeared before him.

Taishu Ru overwhelmingly defeated His Highness Thirty-Nine, tearing off his hooked tail and breaking his purple-gold horn as he avenged Cheng Jing Ting. Just as Taishu Ru prepared to kill him, an unidentified speaker offered to fight in his place.

• Taishu Ru battered His Highness Thirty-Nine with a relentless series of attacks, leaving him unable to fight back.
• Other members of the God Clan mocked His Highness Thirty-Nine, while the Profound Alliance and human spectators watched Taishu Ru’s dominance with satisfaction.
• Taishu Ru pinned His Highness Thirty-Nine down, tore off his hooked tail, and declared, “I'll avenge him.”
• Taishu Ru broke His Highness Thirty-Nine’s purple-gold horn and prepared to finish him off.
• A voice noted that humans who had comprehended six Great Daos were rare, told Taishu Ru to let His Highness Thirty-Nine go, and offered to be his opponent.

Taishu Ru rejected His Highness Thirty-Four’s offer to spare the remaining human fighters and killed His Highness Thirty-Nine, provoking Thirty-Four to enter the arena. As Taishu Ru prepared to face him, Lin Xuan recognized that Thirty-Four was vastly stronger than Thirty-Nine.

• His Highness Thirty-Four claimed he ranked thirty-fourth in the God Clan and offered to spare the remaining human fighters if Taishu Ru let Thirty-Nine live.
• Taishu Ru crushed Thirty-Nine’s head and said the wind had been too loud for him to hear the offer.
• Enraged, His Highness Thirty-Four entered the arena, burned Thirty-Nine’s corpse away, and threatened Taishu Ru.
• Lin Xuan recognized His Highness Thirty-Four as an imperial-blooded royal whose strength far exceeded Thirty-Nine’s.
• Taishu Ru drew his broadsword, gathered his strength, and prepared to fight without retreating.

His Highness Thirty-Four brutally defeated Taishu Ru, leaving the Profound Alliance with no apparent challenger. As Ji Linyuan prepared to fight, Tian Shenyue stopped him and entered the arena herself, driven by a reason she had no choice but to face.

• His Highness Thirty-Four shattered Taishu Ru’s greatsword with his speed and overwhelmed him with a barrage of attacks.
• His Highness Thirty-Four knocked Taishu Ru out of the arena, leaving him gravely injured, and mocked the Profound Domain’s strongest cultivator.
• Su Lianxin told Heavenly Venerable Yunli that she could defeat His Highness Thirty-Four with one sword, while Lin Xuan felt eager to see her cultivation results.
• The Ancient Alliance rallied around Ji Linyuan as their remaining hope, and Ji Linyuan rose to accept His Highness Thirty-Four’s challenge.
• Tian Shenyue stopped Ji Linyuan, insisted that she had to fight, and declared that she accepted His Highness Thirty-Four’s challenge.

Tian Shenyue revealed that her Merfolk bloodline had undergone atavism and challenged His Highness Thirty-Four, hoping to avenge her sister Tian Shenyi and recover her ring. He defeated her and devoured her Merfolk bloodline, leaving her crippled, but she reclaimed the ring before losing consciousness.

• Wu Liang explained that Tian Shenyue was a mixed-blood Merfolk whose bloodline had undergone atavism, and the cultivators saw her transformed form wield moonlight that pierced the arena.
• His Highness Thirty-Four displayed Tian Shenyi's pinky ring and taunted Tian Shenyue, revealing that he had taken it from her sister.
• His Highness Thirty-Four invoked his Kunpeng and God Clan bloodlines and attacked Tian Shenyue with a Divine Ability that shattered her moonlight and swallowed her in a Kunpeng phantom.
• Tian Shenyue was thrown back alive, but the Tian Household's head discovered that her Merfolk bloodline had been devoured, leaving her crippled.
• Tian Shenyue showed the recovered pinky ring to the Tian Household's head and said that she had gotten Yi'er's ring back.

After Tian Shenyue lost to His Highness Thirty-Four, Ji Linyuan stepped forward to fight for the Human Race, despite admitting that he might die. He revealed that he had mastered the Azure Lotus Great Emperor's Thearch Technique, giving the humans renewed hope.

• His Highness Thirty-Four defeated Tian Shenyue, leaving the Human Race's prodigies and powerhouses alarmed about losing the Profound Domain.
• Ji Linyuan stopped Bai Linglong and Di Xi from entering the arena and said neither of them could defeat His Highness Thirty-Four.
• Ji Linyuan told Di Xi he would reveal his trump card and that the others need not fight if he died.
• Ji Linyuan ascended the platform and declared that he and the Ji Household would not flee or surrender because their ancestors were buried throughout the Profound Domain.
• Ji Linyuan formed hand seals and summoned sword-bearing phantoms, prompting the Tuoba Household's ancestor to recognize the Azure Lotus Great Emperor's Thearch Technique.

Ji Linyuan used powerful thearch arts to break the Thirty-fourth Highness's Divine Ability and suppress him, but the strain left Ji Linyuan bleeding as the fight continued. He remained determined to win at any cost.

• Ji Linyuan strengthened his presence with the Ji Household's thearch art, while Lin Xuan and Wu Liang recognized the strain of wielding it at his cultivation level.
• Heavenly Venerable Yunli explained the Ji Household's history and doubted Ji Linyuan could defeat all the remaining enemies alone, while Su Lianxin considered how her strength compared with his.
• The Thirty-fourth Highness recognized Ji Linyuan as a member of the Ji Household, whose people the God Clan was bound to kill, and attacked him with a punch.
• Ji Linyuan caught the punch with his sword sheath and reflected most of its force, then cut apart the Thirty-fourth Highness's waves and Kunpeng phantom with a sword strike.
• Ji Linyuan invoked “Suppress!” and forced the Thirty-fourth Highness partly into the platform, but blood seeped from Ji Linyuan's mouth as the strain of his thearch arts took hold.

His Highness Thirty-Four ignited his imperial blood and defeated Ji Linyuan, shattering his sword immortal phantom and overpowering his Thearch Technique. Ji Linyuan survived a lethal attack only after falling outside the arena and being protected by a Ji Household woman, leaving the Human Race stunned by the loss.

• His Highness Thirty-Four ignited his imperial blood, broke Ji Linyuan’s restraint, and charged at him.
• Ji Linyuan fought back with his sword and Thearch Technique, but His Highness Thirty-Four battered him until the sword immortal phantom shattered.
• His Highness Thirty-Four struck Ji Linyuan out of the arena and pursued him with a bone spike, intent on killing him.
• Ji Linyuan destabilized his foundation to defend himself, but the bone spike still wounded him and sent him crashing outside the arena.
• A beautiful middle-aged Ji Household woman shielded Ji Linyuan, treated him with pills, and knocked His Highness Thirty-Four’s bone spike away.
• His Highness Thirty-Four withdrew, while the Human Race fell silent over Ji Linyuan’s defeat.

After Ji Linyuan’s defeat, the humans despaired as His Twenty-Seventh Highness ordered them to leave the Profound Domain within three days. Just as the human race seemed to have no one left to fight, a white-robed girl appeared in the ring with a sword.

• His Thirty-Fourth Highness mocked the humans after defeating Ji Linyuan, and the human prodigies lost hope of winning.
• Ji Linyuan’s mother tried to save him as a strange presence from the bone spike drained his vitality; Di Xi realized his Dao heart had broken.
• His Twenty-Seventh Highness declared that all humans had to leave the Profound Domain within three days or be slaughtered.
• The traitorous imperial clans felt relieved, while the human powerhouses remained silent and despondent.
• A white-robed girl appeared in the ring with a sword, drawing the Su Household’s ancestor’s attention.

Su Lianxin of the Sword Pavilion entered the arena after the other human geniuses had fought, and His Highness Thirty-Four expected to kill her despite his still-active Secret Method. She killed him with a single sword strike, ending the arena battle.

• Su Lianxin appeared on the platform, and the Su Household ancestor recognized her as Lianxin.
• Bai Linglong joyfully called out to Su Lianxin, while Di Xi realized she was the girl who had once saved his life.
• Su Lianxin identified herself as Lianxin of the Sword Pavilion and requested a fight against His Highness Thirty-Four.
• His Highness Thirty-Four revealed that his strength had not weakened and lunged at Su Lianxin, intending to kill her in one blow.
• Su Lianxin drew her sword and severed His Highness Thirty-Four's neck with a single strike.

Su Lianxin killed His Thirty-Fourth Highness and You Ji with a single sword strike each, revealing overwhelming strength in the arena. After burning You Ji’s corpse to ash, she declared that she was the second one, while the human crowd watched in grave silence.

• Su Lianxin beheaded His Thirty-Fourth Highness with one sword strike, stunning the other races and igniting the humans’ cheers.
• His Twenty-Seventh Highness sent You Ji to fight Su Lianxin, and You Ji threatened to take her skin.
• Su Lianxin cut through You Ji’s silver threads and the skeletal demon general, then killed You Ji with a single sword strike.
• Su Lianxin summoned heavenly lightning and fire to destroy You Ji’s corpse, then said, “This is the second one.”
• The human crowd fell silent, while Taishu Ru laughed through his pain and thought of Jing Ting, seeing that humanity’s Dao was not alone.

Su Lianxin’s victory over Thirty-Four and Lady You Ji terrified the nonhumans and renewed the humans’ hope. His Highness Thirty entered the arena and unleashed a secret technique, leaving the fight poised to begin against a foe whose strength approached His Highness Twenty-Nine’s.

• Su Lianxin dismissed the nonhumans as easy to kill, prompting the humans to cheer and the nonhumans who recognized her battlefield record to fear her.
• His Highness Twenty-Seven sent His Highness Thirty to kill Su Lianxin, expecting her Spiritual Qi to run out if the fight dragged on.
• His Highness Thirty leapt onto the platform, alarming the humans who knew his fearsome reputation and learned he was under thirty.
• His Highness Thirty decided to kill Su Lianxin before she could raise her sword, then activated his secret technique and transformed, bringing his strength close to His Highness Twenty-Nine’s.

Su Lianxin shattered His Highness Thirty’s mind-corrupting attack, but he transformed into a Qiongqi beast and tried to swallow her. She answered with her second sword strike, and when the darkness cleared, His Highness Thirty lay dead beside her.

• His Highness Thirty overwhelmed the arena with bloody eyes and dense fist shadows, leaving the onlookers convinced Su Lianxin could not evade his attack.
• Su Lianxin’s sword strike pierced His Highness Thirty’s Divine Ability and destroyed his eyes, dispersing the shadows.
• His Highness Thirty gouged out his ruined eyes, transformed into a winged beast, and revealed his Qiongqi bloodline as Wu Liang identified it.
• His Highness Thirty lunged to swallow Su Lianxin, but she stayed in place and raised her sword for a second strike.
• The light from Su Lianxin’s strike dispelled the darkness and revealed His Highness Thirty’s corpse beside her.

Su Lianxin killed His Highness Thirty with two sword strikes and challenged His Highness Twenty-Seven, leaving the other races facing defeat in the Profound Domain. As Twenty-Seven struggled to respond to the human victory, two figures appeared with a presence that the Su Household's ancestor identified as the Thearch Realm.

• Su Lianxin killed His Highness Thirty with a single strike after defeating him with two sword strikes, stunning the human cultivators and the other races.
• Su Lianxin demanded that the other races honor their agreement to leave the Profound Domain and challenged His Highness Twenty-Seven to take a strike from her sword.
• His Highness Twenty-Seven hesitated, afraid to fight Su Lianxin and unable to decide whether he could order the God Clan to withdraw.
• Tian Shenyue and the human cultivators celebrated their victory, while the Su Household's ancestor gave the other races a three-day deadline to leave.
• As His Highness Twenty-Seven began to speak, the sky darkened and two figures appeared at the arena; the Su Household's ancestor sensed a presence from the Thearch Realm.

Wu Liang stepped in when two Half-Step Thearch experts from the other races broke their agreement and threatened to kill the humans. He revealed his Thearch Realm strength and declared himself Chongming, deputy pavilion master of the Sword Pavilion, before challenging the two experts.

• Two Half-Step Thearch experts arrived, rebuked His Highness Twenty-Seven, and declared that his agreement with the humans was unauthorized.
• One expert invited Su Lianxin to join the God Clan, but she refused by silently raising her sword.
• The two Half-Step Thearch experts began gathering power to annihilate the humans, whose cultivation and spiritual power were suppressed by their pressure.
• Wu Liang appeared before the humans and forced both experts back with a single palm strike.
• The two experts recognized Wu Liang as the Demon Thearch who had ravaged the Great Yu Empire and tried to persuade him to leave.
• Wu Liang rejected their appeal and identified himself as Chongming, deputy pavilion master of the Sword Pavilion.

Wu Liang killed the two alien Half-Emperors, and humanity routed the invading army while taking revenge on the human traitors. Back at the Sword Pavilion, Su Lianxin asked Lin Xuan to accompany her to Chiyao Heavenly Palace, and Lin Xuan received a letter signed by Li Fufeng.

• Wu Liang pursued the fleeing alien Half-Emperors, trapped them with his spatial Divine Ability, and crushed them to death.
• His Highness Twenty-Seven urged the alien army to flee, and human cultivators counterattacked, with Qu Youmeng, Heavenly Venerable Yunli, Yunyi, and the imperial clan prodigies joining the battle.
• The human cultivators hunted down the fleeing aliens and punished the clans that had betrayed humanity, while Di Xi pursued Ling Yushu.
• After the battle, Su Lianxin remained troubled by her memories of Nangong Yaoyue and asked Lin Xuan to let her visit Chiyao Heavenly Palace; he agreed and offered to send Wu Liang with her.
• Youying brought Lin Xuan a letter delivered to the Sword Pavilion, and Lin Xuan saw that it was signed by Li Fufeng.

Lin Xuan received a farewell letter and life-saving pill from Li Fufeng, who had left for the Eastern Continent, and recalled that it was his former homeland. Meanwhile, Lianxin challenged Nangong Yaoyue, leaving the Chiyao Heavenly Palace and the Profound Domain bewildered.

• Lin Xuan learned that Li Fufeng had sent him a pill and letter from the Many Treasures Trading Company.
• Lin Xuan read that Li Fufeng had left the Profound Domain for the Eastern Continent and hoped they might meet again.
• Lin Xuan remembered that the Eastern Continent was where he had grown up, though he had never revealed his past.
• An elder brought Fairy Yaoguang news that Lianxin had challenged Nangong Yaoyue.
• Fairy Yaoguang told Nangong Yaoyue about the challenge, and Nangong Yaoyue wondered why Lianxin had singled her out.

Nangong Yaoyue and Yaoguang accepted Su Lianxin’s challenge, knowing they could not refuse without disgracing Chiyao Heavenly Palace. Three days later, Su Lianxin arrived at the crowded sect, and Nangong Yaoyue waited to face her.

• Nangong Yaoyue panicked over Su Lianxin’s written challenge, while Yaoguang concluded they had to accept it to protect Chiyao Heavenly Palace’s reputation.
• Nangong Yaoyue agreed to face Su Lianxin and spent the next three days anxiously awaiting the appointed day.
• Su Lianxin arrived alone at Chiyao Heavenly Palace, unaware that the deputy pavilion master was secretly protecting her nearby.
• Crowds gathered to watch Su Lianxin climb toward the sect, marveling at her presence and wondering why she had challenged Nangong Yaoyue.
• Nangong Yaoyue waited inside Chiyao Heavenly Palace with her sword drawn and recognized the approaching white-robed girl as Su Lianxin.