Chapter Summaries

After Xiao Han’s actions in Broken Sword City prompted the Blood Transformation Sect, the Yao Sect, and the Sky Feather Empire to threaten the Demon Sect, the Demon Sect refused to surrender him. With the Medical Saint and Jian Buyu joining Leng Hanshuang in protecting Xiao Han, the three forces withdrew their armies, leaving his name famous throughout the Southern Wasteland.

• News spread that Xiao Han had inherited the Sword Saint’s Legacy, killed a Dou Zun, and slain a Half-Saint, prompting three major forces to demand that the Demon Sect surrender him.
• Leng Hanshuang put the Demon Sect on alert, while a woman from Broken Sword Manor asked Xiao Han why the Sword Saint died, charged him with restoring the Sword Saint’s glory, and promised he would not die.
• When the three-day deadline passed, Leng Hanshuang refused to surrender Xiao Han, and the armies of the Blood Transformation Sect, the Yao Sect, and the Sky Feather Empire gathered beneath Demon Mountain.
• Xiao Yi Xian arrived with the Medical Saint, who declared that the Medical Saint Sect would protect Xiao Han and defended him against Jun Zhantian’s accusations.
• Jian Buyu appeared and warned Jun Zhantian and the other two leaders that killing Xiao Han would make them enemies of Broken Sword Manor.
• Outnumbered in peak combat power, Jun Zhantian and the other leaders ordered their armies to withdraw, and the Demon Sect was spared a war.

After the Broken Sword City turmoil, Xiao Han received the Sword Child token and spent a year cultivating in the Demon Valley Gravity Tower, reaching peak Dou Zong and the Buddha Body realm. He returned to Broken Sword City on the winter solstice and reflected on the Sword Saint's tragic fate.

• Xiao Han thanked Jian Buyu and the Medical Saint, and the Medical Saint departed with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Jian Buyu gave Xiao Han a Sword Token and named him the Sword Child of Broken Sword Manor, its successor in line to become the next Sword Saint.
• Over the next year, Xiao Han trained on the Gravity Tower's eighteenth floor, advanced to the Buddha Body realm, and reached peak Dou Zong after refining and taking a Dou Zong Pill.
• Xiao Han arrived above Broken Sword Plaza on a crystal sword and lamented the Sword Saint's fate as he gazed at the statue.

Xiao Han traveled to Broken Sword Manor to visit the Sword Wall, where the Sword Saint had once comprehended a powerful sword realm. After learning it might be the Profound Truth of Sword, Xiao Han hurried to see whether he could understand it himself.

• Xiao Han arrived at Broken Sword Manor and showed its guards the Sword Token, which they recognized as proof that he was the Sword Child.
• Xiao Han entered the manor and walked toward the Sword Wall, where he reunited with Jian Ling'er and thanked her for helping him in Broken Sword City.
• Xiao Han and Jian Ling'er traded teasing remarks as they made their way to the Sword Wall together.
• Jian Ling'er told Xiao Han that the Sword Saint may have comprehended the Profound Truth of Sword at the wall, a realm only he and the Manor Lord were believed to have reached.
• Xiao Han hurried toward the Sword Wall, and Jian Ling'er followed, curious to see whether he could comprehend the same truth.

Xiao Han visited the Sword Wall with Jian Ling'er, where Jian Xun challenged his reputation and swordsmanship. Xiao Han disarmed and wounded Jian Xun with a single swift strike, then continued toward the Sword Wall.

• Jian Ling'er introduced Xiao Han as Broken Sword Manor's Sword Child to the juniors gathered at the Sword Wall.
• Jian Xun questioned whether Xiao Han deserved his reputation, arguing that he had defeated powerful enemies by borrowing the Saint Sword's might.
• Xiao Han defended his worth as the Saint Sword's chosen successor and accepted Jian Xun's challenge to demonstrate his swordsmanship.
• Xiao Han struck so quickly that Jian Xun could not react, knocking away his sword and cutting his wrist.
• Xiao Han walked toward the Sword Wall while Jian Xun reflected on his defeat and Jian Ling'er followed.

Xiao Han comprehended the Profound Truth of Sword from both sword walls at Broken Sword Manor and completed the missing parts of the Sword Saint’s One-Step Fatal Kill Technique. His swift success left the manor’s experts convinced that its lost glory might return through him.

• Xiao Han studied the Flowing Water Sword Wall and recognized its sword marks as a continuous, flowing sword technique.
• After a day of contemplation, Xiao Han drew the wall’s flowing water into countless swords and comprehended the truth that his sword could be endless and unbroken.
• Xiao Han identified the Flowing Water Sword Wall’s teaching as the missing part of the One-Step Fatal Kill Technique, then moved to the Gale Wind Sword Wall.
• Xiao Han quickly comprehended the wind sword’s formless, shifting nature and completed the One-Step Fatal Kill Technique.
• Jian Ling'er and Broken Sword Manor’s experts watched in astonishment as Xiao Han mastered both sword walls, and the experts saw hope for the manor’s future.

Xiao Han enjoyed a leisurely stay at Broken Sword Manor, guiding Jian Ling'er in sword comprehension, until the Poison Sect arrived and humiliated the manor's young disciples. He confronted the envoys and challenged them to face him, leaving the conflict poised to begin.

• Jian Buyu invited Xiao Han to stay at Broken Sword Manor, and Jian Ling'er took him around the manor while he guided her in the Profound Truth of Sword.
• Jian Ling'er woke Xiao Han and told him that the Poison Sect had proposed marriage to her, then challenged Broken Sword Manor's young disciples and defeated them all through Yan Mocheng.
• Yan Mocheng defeated Jian Ziyu and shattered his sword as the Poison Sect mocked Broken Sword Manor and renewed its marriage proposal.
• Xiao Han arrived with Jian Ling'er, traded insults with the Poison Sect's envoys, and drew the Heavenly Emperor Sword.
• Xiao Han asked which of the Poison Sect's people wanted to fight him first.

Xiao Han defeated Yan Mocheng and drove the Poison Sect from Broken Sword Manor. Jian Buyu then revealed that the sect had used its marriage proposal as a pretense to seek an alliance for invading the Southern Wasteland Central Region.

• Xiao Han taunted the Poison Sect until Yan Mocheng stepped forward to challenge him.
• Yan Mocheng attacked Xiao Han with a flexible sword, but Xiao Han caught it between two fingers and snapped it.
• Xiao Han unleashed the Profound Truth of Sword, blasted Yan Mocheng unconscious, and drove the Poison Sect away.
• Jian Buyu told Xiao Han that the Poison Sect had secretly sought an alliance to invade the Southern Wasteland Central Region.

Xiao Han warned Leng Hanshuang that the Poison Sect planned to invade the Central Region, and the Demon Sect prepared its defenses. After a long winter without an attack, the Poison Sect launched a surprise million-strong assault, captured the Demon Sect’s border cities, and advanced toward its headquarters.

• Xiao Han returned from Broken Sword Manor and told Leng Hanshuang that the Poison Sect intended to invade the Central Region.
• Leng Hanshuang ordered the Demon Sect to prepare for war and placed Xiao Han in charge of Sound Hall while Mo Yin was away with her clan in the Western Region.
• The Demon Sect sent its forces and the Three Saints to guard its border cities as Xiao Han took command of Sound Hall.
• The Demon Sect remained on alert through the winter, but no attack came before spring.
• The Poison Sect launched a million-strong assault along the ten-thousand-li border, captured every border city, and drove its army toward the Demon Sect headquarters.

After the Poison Sect captured thirty-seven Demon Sect cities in a surprise attack, Leng Hanshuang mobilized the sect’s forces to reinforce the threatened front. At Dragon City, Yan Mocheng threatened to slaughter the city, and the chapter ended with an unseen speaker mocking him as a defeated foe.

• The Poison Sect’s million-strong army launched a lightning raid, captured thirty-seven cities, and drove the Demon Sect into crisis.
• Leng Hanshuang gathered the Demon Sect’s armies and experts, divided them among four routes, and assigned Feng Sheng to protect Xiao Han.
• Long Danni held Dragon City against a Poison Sect force led by a Four-star Dou Zun while awaiting reinforcements.
• Yan Mocheng demanded Dragon City surrender and threatened to kill everyone inside if his army breached the walls.
• An icy voice rang across the sky, mocking Yan Mocheng as a defeated foe.

Xiao Han arrived at Dragon City with the Divine Sound Army and Feng Sheng just as Yan Mocheng was preparing to withdraw. He killed Yan Mocheng and ordered the army to retaliate against the Poison Sect, whose forces broke and fled.

• Xiao Han and his reinforcements emerged above Dragon City, restoring hope among the defenders.
• Yan Mocheng recognized Xiao Han, became too afraid to fight, and tried to retreat with the Poison Sect army.
• Xiao Han trapped Yan Mocheng in a Sword Qi storm and snapped his neck.
• Xiao Han rallied the Divine Sound Army by recalling the Poison Sect's attack and deaths among the Demon Sect soldiers.
• Xiao Han ordered the army to answer blood with blood, and the Divine Sound Army charged as the Poison Sect forces scattered.

Xiao Han led the Demon Sect to defeat the Poison Sect at Dragon City and retake five cities, but a poisonous Mandala Flower pollen attack forced his army to retreat. With Dragon City protected by its defensive barrier, Xiao Han left to seek Xiao Yi Xian’s help in dealing with the poison.

• Xiao Han rallied Long Danni and the Dragon City generals, then led them and the Divine Sound Army into a counterattack that routed the Poison Sect troops.
• Xiao Han’s Sword Qi slaughtered Poison Sect soldiers, and the surviving tens of thousands surrendered after he offered them mercy.
• Xiao Han led the army to retake five cities, but halted before Feng City because its Poison Sect Half-Saint defender wielded dangerous poison arts.
• Mandala Flower pollen spread from Feng City and caused confusion in the Demon Sect camp, so Xiao Han ordered the army to abandon its gains and retreat to Dragon City.
• Xiao Han had Long Danni activate Dragon City’s defensive barrier, gave Feng Sheng and the others Poison-Repelling Pills, and entered a Spatial Tunnel to seek Xiao Yi Xian’s help.

Xiao Han visited Medical Saint Sect to ask Xiao Yi Xian for an antidote to Poison Sect’s Mandala Poison. After she prepared it, he hurried back toward Demon Sect, while Xiao Yi Xian considered asking her teacher to help him.

• Xiao Han arrived at Medicine Valley and told Xiao Yi Xian that Poison Sect had attacked Demon Sect and that Dragon City was threatened by Mandala Poison.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to prepare an antidote and gathered herbs while Xiao Han waited beside her.
• Medical Saint Sect disciples recognized Xiao Han and abandoned their plan to confront him.
• Xiao Yi Xian finished the antidote, and Xiao Han hurried away without thanking her.
• Xiao Yi Xian decided to tell her teacher about the crisis and consider helping Xiao Han.

Xiao Han used Xiao Yi Xian’s antidote to protect Dragon City from the Mandala Poison, then lured the Poison Sect army inside and routed it. After Elder Feng killed Elder Ku, Xiao Han’s Divine Sound Army reclaimed its lost cities and territory, making his name famous across the Demon Sect’s borderlands.

• Xiao Han returned to Dragon City with the antidote, but the Mandala Poison seeped up through the ground and began poisoning the city.
• Xiao Han spread the antidote throughout Dragon City with Fighting Qi Rain, then ordered the soldiers and civilians to pretend they were poisoned.
• Elder Ku believed Dragon City had fallen into chaos, shattered its energy barrier, and led the Poison Sect army into the city.
• Xiao Han’s soldiers sprang their ambush and routed the Poison Sect forces while Elder Feng fought and killed Elder Ku.
• Xiao Han led the Divine Sound Army to reclaim the five lost cities and the border cities under Sound Hall, becoming renowned across the borderlands.

After reclaiming Sound Hall’s territory, Xiao Han worried that the Poison Sect would force a decisive battle and sought support from the Medical Saint Sect and Broken Sword Manor. He left Broken Sword Manor with Xiao Yi Xian to stroll around, while Jian Ling'er watched them leave in irritation.

• Xiao Yi Xian arrived at the frontier, and Xiao Han told her he feared the Poison Sect would soon launch a decisive battle.
• Xiao Yi Xian said the Medical Saint had already agreed to personally help if the decisive battle began.
• Xiao Han took Xiao Yi Xian through a Spatial Tunnel to Broken Sword Manor, where its members greeted him as the Sword Child.
• Jian Ling'er told Xiao Han that Jian Buyu would support the Demon Sect if it faced trouble.
• Xiao Han agreed to take Xiao Yi Xian strolling around Broken Sword Manor, and Jian Ling'er left in irritation as they departed together.

The Poison Sect's Poison Young Master brought the captured Mo Yin to Xiao Han and threatened to kill him unless he surrendered. Mo Yin died by shattering her heart meridians after seeing Xiao Han one last time, leaving him swearing revenge as the decisive battle at Sword Demon Pass approached.

• Xiao Han and Xiao Yi Xian returned to Dragon City as the Demon Sect and Poison Sect prepared for a decisive battle at Sword Demon Pass.
• The Poison Young Master arrived with his army and challenged Xiao Han, declaring that Xiao Han would lose and die.
• The Poison Young Master revealed the battered Mo Yin and used her as leverage to force Xiao Han to surrender.
• Mo Yin told Xiao Han farewell and shattered her heart meridians, dying after fulfilling her wish to see him once more.
• Xiao Han held Mo Yin's body and vowed to slaughter the Poison Sect and make the Poison Young Master pay in blood.

As the Demon Sect gathered at Sword Demon Pass for its decisive battle against the Poison Sect, Xiao Han mourned Mo Yin and vowed revenge. Du Jin arrived with six Dou Shengs, leaving the Demon Sect in despair until Xiao Han called on Senior Medical Saint and Senior Sword.

• The Demon Sect’s armies gathered at Sword Demon Pass as the final battle with the Poison Sect approached.
• Xiao Han grieved for Mo Yin, rejected Leng Hanshuang’s offer to kill the Poison Young Master, and vowed to make the Poison Sect pay; Xiao Yi Xian bandaged his injured hand and kept him company.
• At dawn, Du Jin led the Poison Sect army to Sword Demon Pass and revealed that his forces included six Dou Shengs.
• As the Demon Sect’s soldiers panicked at the enemy’s strength, Xiao Han called for Senior Medical Saint and Senior Sword to appear.

Jian Buyu and the Medical Saint arrived with reinforcements, forcing Du Jin to call off the Poison Sect’s attack on the Demon Sect. Xiao Han then challenged Poison Young Master to a life-and-death battle and faced him inside an energy barrier.

• Jian Buyu, the Medical Saint, and two other Dou Sheng experts arrived at Sword Demon Pass, balancing the six Dou Sheng experts on each side.
• Jian Buyu and the Medical Saint declared that they would protect the Demon Sect, and Du Jin ordered the Poison Sect to withdraw rather than risk a costly war.
• Xiao Han stopped the retreat and challenged Poison Young Master to a life-and-death battle over their grudge.
• Du Jin formed an energy barrier around Xiao Han and Poison Young Master and promised that no one would interfere.
• Poison Young Master taunted Xiao Han about the woman they both cared about, and Xiao Han vowed to make him die miserably.

Xiao Han faced Poison Young Master in a life-and-death battle, surviving his poison and counterattacking with sword qi. Poison Young Master blocked the attack and remained confident as the fight continued.

• Poison Young Master revealed his Four-star Dou Zun strength and filled the energy battle ring with corrosive black poison mist.
• Jian Buyu moved to break the ring, but Leng Hanshuang stopped her, confident Xiao Han could resist the poison.
• Xiao Han emerged unharmed as his purifying power kept the poison mist away from him.
• Xiao Han unleashed countless sword strikes at Poison Young Master, who formed a black poisonous shield that withstood the assault.
• Poison Young Master acknowledged Xiao Han's swordsmanship and taunted him about facing Yan Mocheng's killer.

Xiao Han overwhelmed Poison Young Master with his Buddhist techniques, then broke through from peak Dou Zong to Three-star Dou Zun during their battle. His sudden rise stunned everyone watching, while Poison Young Master faced a newly strengthened opponent.

• Xiao Han shattered Poison Young Master's poison halberd and broke his defensive shield with the Buddha-Demon Suppressing Heaven Seal and Profound Truth of Sword, injuring him.
• Poison Young Master mocked Xiao Han's Four-star Dou Zun strength, and Xiao Han vowed to crush his pride.
• Xiao Han released the power of the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill and broke through to Dou Zun.
• Xiao Han continued advancing until his strength reached Three-star Dou Zun, astonishing Poison Young Master and everyone watching.

After advancing to Three-star Dou Zun, Xiao Han brutally defeated Poison Young Master in the Sky Battle Circle and killed him. He then threatened Du Jin that the entire Poison Sect would be buried with Poison Young Master.

• Xiao Han advanced to Three-star Dou Zun and immediately caught Poison Young Master as he tried to flee.
• Xiao Han tortured Poison Young Master with Purple Lightning and ice, while Jian Buyu stopped Du Jin from interfering.
• Xiao Han repeatedly smashed Poison Young Master against the battle circle's barrier until he was covered in blood and begged for mercy.
• Xiao Han crippled Poison Young Master with the Heavenly Emperor Sword and then killed him.
• Du Jin furiously condemned Xiao Han, who threatened to kill every member of the Poison Sect.