Chapter Summaries

Prison Devils attacked the Hall of Law Enforcement after Xiao Qian and the Xiao Clan lured them there and trapped Shen Xintang with a forbidden spell. Shen Xintang was stabbed by a Yang Devil as Qi Lin and Tang Biao fled into the storm, though a trace of mockery remained on her face.

• The young empress tried to attack the devils, but the women in black and white removed her from the hall under Divine Grace's order.
• Xiao Qian revealed her involvement in bringing the Boundless Flag, while ten Xiao Clan elders raised a lightning wall that trapped Shen Xintang on the platform.
• Shen Xintang faced the Yang Devils as Xiao Qian mocked her and the Xiao Clan kept the forbidden spell in place.
• The tallest Yang Devil stabbed Shen Xintang through the abdomen, and she collapsed after it pulled out its blade.
• Tang Biao wept over Shen Xintang's apparent death, while Qi Lin left the hall as thunder and rain engulfed the world outside.

Qi Lin and Tang Biao were cornered by thirty-five Xiao Clan geniuses in the rain, and the Xiao Clan members brutally beat Tang Biao while taunting Qi Lin. Qi Lin struck back by killing Xiao Yao'er with one sword thrust and challenged the remaining thirty-four to attack him together.

• A grieving man found only Xiao Tang's hairpin and broken floral ornaments at the deserted Hall of Law Enforcement, then left in despair.
• Tang Biao hurried Qi Lin toward Cloud-Watching Tower, but thirty-five Xiao Clan geniuses surrounded them on Cloud-Watching Street.
• Xiao Xuanxing, Xiao Yao'er, Xiao Chen, Xiao Su'e, Xiao Yunyi, Xiao Ningdie, and the others slapped and taunted Tang Biao while ignoring Qi Lin.
• Xiao Yao'er insulted Qi Lin and struck Tang Biao as the Xiao Clan geniuses threatened to tear Qi Lin apart.
• Qi Lin lunged at Xiao Yao'er during a flash of lightning and pierced her head with the Azure Soul Sword.
• Qi Lin withdrew his sword, declared that thirty-four Xiao Clan geniuses remained, and challenged them to attack together.

Qi Lin killed Xiao Yao'er and faced the furious Xiao Clan disciples and elders, who restrained him and ordered the youths to torture him. As Xiao Xuanxing rushed to slash Qi Lin's hand, a figure appeared above him on the red wall.

• Qi Lin killed Xiao Yao'er with a sudden sword strike, enraging the thirty-four Xiao Clan disciples and shocking Tang Biao.
• Xiao Mo arrived, found his daughter dead, and used his Earth Yang Realm power to bind Qi Lin against a wall with a lightning restrictive art.
• Qi Lin mocked the Xiao Clan and laughed despite being tortured, while Tang Biao recognized his courage.
• Xiao Mo ordered the disciples to cut pieces from Qi Lin without killing him, and Xiao Qian ordered Xiao Xuanxing to lead the attack.
• Xiao Xuanxing charged and slashed at Qi Lin's left hand as a figure appeared atop the red wall above him.

Fu Yun revealed his Heavenly Dominion Realm strength and attacked the Xiao Clan after Xiao Mo killed Shen Xintang and Xiao Qian confessed to arranging her death. He left the Xiao Clan experts in a desperate fight as he slaughtered them at the Cloud-Watching Tower.

• Fu Yun stopped Xiao Xuanxing from attacking Qi Lin and demanded that Xiao Mo let him go.
• Fu Yun killed Xiao Mo with a single strike, revealing that he had reached the Heavenly Dominion Realm.
• Xiao Qian admitted that she had placed the Boundless Flag and trapped Shen Xintang, then taunted Fu Yun.
• Fu Yun drew his Twin-Blade Judgment Demon-Slaying Blades and charged the nine Xiao Clan experts.
• Fu Yun killed the experts with overwhelming speed, while Xiao Qian panicked and called for Zhao Jianchen.

Master Fu slaughtered the Xiao Clan martial masters and faced Xiao Qian’s husband, Zhao Jianchen, after severing Xiao Qian’s legs. As their battle destroyed the Cloud-Watching Tower, Xiao Xuanxing led the Xiao Clan geniuses back to attack Qi Lin.

• Xiao Qian was the sole survivor of Master Fu’s attack on the ten Xiao Clan masters and tried to bargain with him until Zhao Jianchen arrived.
• Zhao Jianchen confronted Master Fu, who taunted him over his son’s surname, and then strode forward to fight.
• Master Fu’s hidden forbidden art cut off Xiao Qian’s legs, leaving her to watch as Zhao Jianchen charged him in a rage.
• Zhao Jianchen and Master Fu began a fierce battle atop the Cloud-Watching Tower, which started collapsing under their attacks.
• Xiao Xuanxing turned back toward Qi Lin to kill him, and Xiao Ningdie and the other thirty-three Xiao Clan geniuses joined him.

Qi Lin faced thirty-four Xiao Clan geniuses alone, using a forbidden flame to escape their first attack before Xiao Xuanxing’s armor broke his sword. As the Xiao Clan overwhelmed him with wealth and numbers, Qi Lin unleashed a blood-red vision across Divine Strategy Manor, killed Xiao Ningdie, and confronted the remaining thirty-three as Xiao Yunyi rallied them to attack.

• Qi Lin sent Tang Biao away and charged alone toward the thirty-four Xiao Clan geniuses seeking revenge.
• Qi Lin used a crimson forbidden flame to evade the attackers and strike at Xiao Xuanxing, but Xiao Xuanxing’s Shimmering Star Armor stopped his Azure Soul Sword and broke it.
• Qi Lin drew the Rosy Flame Sword, while Xiao Chen used the Golden Stove Seal to pin him down and the Xiao Clan geniuses rushed in to attack.
• Qi Lin unleashed Blood-Shining Hell, turning the sky, rain, and thunder blood-red, then killed Xiao Ningdie and declared that thirty-three remained.
• Xiao Yunyi claimed the blood-red scene was an illusion, cast his Flame Star forbidden art, and urged the Xiao Clan geniuses to attack Qi Lin together.

Qi Lin used Blood-Shining Hell and the newly awakened Blood Hell Azure Dragon to kill all thirty-five Xiao Clan geniuses after they had nearly worn him down. Once the massacre ended, he realized his grandfather had sent him into danger without any secret expert to protect him.

• Qi Lin killed Xiao Yunyi, then used the rain, Blood-Shining Hell, and his sword to fight the Xiao Clan geniuses as their numbers dwindled.
• Xiao Xuanxing urged the survivors to keep fighting, and Qi Lin drew the black wooden sword made from ten ancestral spirit tablets.
• Qi Lin awakened Blood Hell Azure Dragon, trapping the remaining Xiao Clan geniuses in terror and preventing them from fighting or fleeing.
• Qi Lin killed Xiao Xuanxing and the other survivors, including Xiao Mingxi, who died of fright.
• Qi Lin vowed to serve as a sword of the Qitian Clan, then shouted toward Mystic City that his grandfather had nearly gotten him killed by claiming a secret expert was there.

Xiao Qian watched Xiao Xuanxing and the other Xiao Clan geniuses die, while Zhao Jianchen fought Master Fu above them. Master Fu unleashed his forbidden technique, Mortal World Crane, and cut Zhao Jianchen in half, leaving him alive but gravely wounded.

• Xiao Qian saw Qi Lin kill Xiao Xuanxing and mourned the deaths of all thirty-five Xiao Clan geniuses.
• Zhao Jianchen erupted in rage and attacked the badly wounded Master Fu, blaming him for keeping Zhao from rescuing his son.
• Master Fu mocked Zhao Jianchen and summoned the pages of the Great Cang Kingdom Law to perform the forbidden technique Mortal World Crane.
• The immortal cranes shattered Zhao Jianchen’s defenses, and Master Fu’s Demon-Slaying Blades cut him in half at the waist.
• Xiao Qian screamed as Zhao Jianchen’s upper body fell beside her and he reached in terror for his missing lower body.

Fu Yun killed Zhao Jianchen and mourned Shen Xintang, believing he had lost her, until Shen Xintang appeared alive and revealed that she had faked her death with a puppet. As the storm cleared, she asked Fu Yun to marry her.

• Fu Yun rejected Zhao Jianchen’s excuses and beheaded him, then mourned his past failures as he prepared to kill Xiao Qian.
• Shen Xintang appeared behind Fu Yun alive, carrying an Evening Breeze Begonia, and stopped him from killing Xiao Qian.
• Shen Xintang explained that her uncle had created a human puppet for her to control during the lecture, fooling the Xiao Clan’s assassins.
• Xiao Qian died after Shen Xintang mocked the loss of her family and happiness.
• Shen Xintang turned to Fu Yun and asked him to marry her.

Jiang Xinghai arrived to find Qi Lin atop the bodies of thirty-five Xiao Clan disciples, whom Qi Lin claimed he had killed in self-defense. Jiang Xinghai prevented Lan Hai from taking Qi Lin because the emperor had summoned him, then left with the exhausted youth as the officials discovered the Xiao Clan disciples’ belongings were gone.

• Jiang Xinghai found Qi Lin sitting on a pile of thirty-five mutilated Xiao Clan disciples and heard him claim he had acted in self-defense.
• Lan Hai arrived with penal officers, accused Qi Lin of murder, and ordered him taken to the Kingdom Law Pavilion.
• Tang Biao testified that the Xiao Clan disciples had attacked Qi Lin in a no-fighting zone, but Lan Hai dismissed his account.
• Jiang Xinghai told Lan Hai that the emperor had summoned Qi Lin and warned him not to interfere, then mocked him over collecting the bodies.
• Qi Lin collapsed from exhaustion and blood loss, so Tang Biao carried him away with Jiang Xinghai.
• A penal officer reported that all the Xiao Clan disciples’ belongings had been taken before Qi Lin ran out of strength.