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In this paper, we apply our previous estimates in Chen and Cheng [ On the constant scalar curvature Kähler metrics (I): a priori estimates , Preprint] to study the existence of cscK metrics on compact Kähler manifolds. First we prove that the properness of K-energy in terms of L1 geodesic distance d1 in the space of Kähler potentials implies the existence of cscK metrics. We also show that the weak minimizers of the K-energy in (E1, d1) are smooth cscK potentials. Finally we show that the non-existence of cscK metric implies the existence of a destabilized L1 geodesic ray where the K-energy is non-increasing, which is a weak version of a conjecture by Donaldson. The continuity path proposed by Xiuxiong Chen [Ann. Math. Qué. 42 (2018), pp. 69–189] is instrumental in the above proofs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]