One Man, One Sword, Battles the Heavens

Ling Chen, an outer disciple of the Qinglan Sect, was originally an orphaned youth. However, due to the secret of possessing the Chaos Pearl, he became a thorn in the side of Xu Gang, the sect's Supreme Elder, and Zhao Wuji, a henchman of the Punishment Hall. He was also coveted and hunted by Yan Jin and Jin Lie, the prodigies of the Burning Flame Valley and the Golden Sun Palace. After being falsely accused of stealing the Earth Core Flame Marrow, he became a "traitor" wanted by all nine sects. The sect abandoned him like trash, and his former fellow disciples turned against him. Only Ye Qingmei, the illegitimate daughter of the Ye family in Medicine King City, used the business world as her weapon to secretly pave a path for him to survive in the cracks of family infighting, becoming the only warmth he had in his desperate situation.

In a desperate situation, Ling Chen accidentally fell into the Black Annihilation Swamp, but awakened the Chaos Sword Body within the ancient cultivator's tomb, obtaining the ancient inheritance "Chaos Devouring Heaven Technique"—this technique can devour the spiritual power of the five elements to strengthen itself. Combined with the "Nine Strikes of Sky Rift" and "Flowing Cloud Illusionary Step" that he comprehended, he can sever stars and create afterimages, and his sword energy can shatter the void. The Chaos Pearl he carries with him holds even more mysteries. Not only can it conceal his aura, but it also awakened the ancient "Ten Thousand Paths Sword Diagram" fragment when he was on the verge of death, triggering the secrets of the heavens and allowing him to glimpse the supreme sword intent of "pursuing cause and effect" and "the rise and fall of ten thousand worlds in a single thought."

After escaping the swamp's desolation, Ling Chen embarked on a path of "one man, one sword, battling the heavens": In the Xuanwu Valley secret realm, he used a remnant formation to conceal himself, seized five elemental spiritual treasures, and turned the tables on the Foundation Establishment peak prodigies who were besieging him; to protect Ye Qingmei, he pointed his sword at the Medicine King City families, using the ultimate sword intent that could shatter all laws to break the "bloodline determinism," intimidating all forces. As his cultivation improved, he gradually discovered that the pursuit by the Nine Sects was merely the tip of the iceberg—beyond the Qingli Territory, alien races had already laid a conspiracy, and ancient grudges and a cosmic-level calamity were quietly approaching.