Chapter Summaries

Xiao Zhaohuang watched the trapped routed soldiers panic as the Azure Profound Immortal Venerable descended and slaughtered them. Seeing his immense Sha Qi mingled with immortal light, she realized the gulf between them was unbridgeable, while Zhang Qingyan celebrated his elder brother’s arrival.

• Xiao Zhaohuang ignored Chu Xiao’s pleas as he repeatedly failed to break through the Swordlight Barrier.
• The routed soldiers charged toward the mountain exits, but the Clear Sky Sword Domain sealed Jade Spring Mountain inside a vast curtain of light.
• The Azure Profound Immortal Venerable descended from the mountain and unleashed swordlight that killed the trapped soldiers.
• Xiao Zhaohuang’s admiration for the Immortal shattered as she saw him surrounded by both sacred immortal light and savage Sha Qi.
• Zhang Qingyan excitedly called out to his elder brother and boasted to Wang Yanan, who moved away from him.

Gao Yunyi slaughtered every rebel in the Sword Domain, then announced that Xiao Zhaohuang’s father was about to die and sent a colossal purple sword toward the Imperial City. As the Capital trembled beneath the sword’s approach, Xiao Zhaohuang watched in despair, unable to stop the Immortal from striking her father.

• Gao Yunyi killed every rebel in the Sword Domain, leaving none alive.
• Xiao Zhaohuang knelt before Gao Yunyi and cast aside her former romantic feelings, retaining only awe and fear.
• Zhang Qingyan thanked Gao Yunyi for protecting him, but Gao Yunyi ignored him and told Xiao Zhaohuang that her father was about to die.
• Gao Yunyi formed a massive Purple Qi Divine Sword and sent it flying toward the Imperial City.
• The Capital’s residents awoke to the tremors and watched the purple sword plunge toward the guarded Imperial City.

The Liang Emperor hid beneath Still Abyss Hall with Pei Jingxuan and loyal imperial guards, trusting the underground palace to protect him while his forces prepared to crush the Immortal and the Eldest Princess. A purple Immortal Sword pierced the supposedly impregnable shelter, and the dying emperor admitted defeat as it descended.

• The Liang Emperor planned to obtain the Immortal's golden core and rely on the Divine Pivot Battalion and Mu Jingyuan's fifty thousand troops to regain control of the realm.
• Pei Jingxuan assured the Liang Emperor that Still Abyss Hall's underground palace could withstand the Immortal Sword and promised that the Duke of Qian's army would arrive to defend the throne.
• The Liang Emperor told Pei Jingxuan and the imperial guards that he would honor his promises if their plan succeeded, and they knelt to pledge their loyalty.
• The underground palace began to tremble as its occupants waited to learn whether the Immortal had survived and whether the Eldest Princess's army would attack.
• A giant sword of purple light and lightning pierced the underground palace's granite and iron defenses, and the Liang Emperor calmly whispered, "I... lost..."

Gao Yunyi killed the emperor with his Immortal Sword, earning the title “Emperor Slayer” and reaching level 28. He flew back toward the Capital to wash away his red name, while Xiao Zhaohuang began securing the city and preparing to take power.

• The Immortal Sword struck the imperial palace, killing the emperor and shaking the Capital.
• Gao Yunyi received experience and items from the emperor’s death, reached level 28, and gained the title “Emperor Slayer.”
• Gao Yunyi rejected the idea of killing successive emperors for experience and decided to wash away his red name.
• Gao Yunyi flew toward the Capital on the Purple Firmament Sword, leaving Zhang Qingyan behind.
• Xiao Zhaohuang ordered the palace sealed, the Capital placed under martial law, officials summoned, and the Five Armies Battalion recalled.

Mao Gang watched the Immortal survive the destruction of Jade Spring Mountain and slaughter the Divine Pivot Battalion, then abandoned his plan to flee the Capital. Cao Zhengchun blocked his escape and killed Mao Gang’s twelve men before beheading him.

• Mao Gang watched the Immortal survive the explosion and cut down the charging Divine Pivot Battalion, realizing that mortals could not defeat him.
• Mao Gang decided to flee the Capital with his trusted subordinates, but Cao Zhengchun blocked their path.
• Cao Zhengchun told Mao Gang that the Immortal had given him his name and that he now owed loyalty only to the Immortal.
• Mao Gang ordered his twelve subordinates to attack Cao Zhengchun, who killed all of them with his Heavenly Gang Childlike Boy Skill.
• Mao Gang charged Cao Zhengchun, who soon disappeared into the woods carrying Mao Gang’s severed head.

Xiao Zhaohuang found Gao Yi unharmed by the Immortal’s Sha Qi and resolved to raise him as a worthy heir. After returning home, Zhang Qingyan asked Zhang Erhai to teach him martial arts so he could protect his big brother.

• Xiao Zhaohuang found Gao Yi standing unharmed outside the courtyard despite the deadly Sha Qi surrounding it.
• Xiao Zhaohuang declared the courtyard a forbidden zone and told Gao Yi to move to the sleeping palace and begin studying the next day.
• Xiao Zhaohuang urged Gao Yi to become strong and brave, and he vowed not to disappoint his big brother.
• Zhang Qingyan knelt outside Zhang Erhai’s study and asked to learn martial arts so he would not be helpless again.
• Zhang Erhai agreed to teach Zhang Qingyan, who resolved to enter the Dao through martial arts, study military strategy, and protect his big brother.

Xiao Chengchen planned to seize the Imperial City while the capital’s defenses were weakened, hoping to kill Xiao Zhaohuang and reclaim the throne. Wang Zitao gathered eight hundred death warriors and recruited two renowned jianghu fighters, but Xiao Chengchen questioned why they had not found the top-ranked expert.

• Xiao Chengchen decided to exploit the Duke of Qian’s siege and the weakened Imperial City to seize Xiao Zhaohuang and claim the throne.
• Wang Zitao told Xiao Chengchen that eight hundred death warriors were ready and that he had bribed the general guarding Xuanwu Gate.
• Xiao Chengchen doubted whether eight hundred men could capture Xiao Zhaohuang alive, so Wang Zitao reassured him that he had a plan.
• Wang Zitao introduced Qiu Qianyue and Ding Buxiu as the second- and third-ranked jianghu experts, both capable of challenging Xiao Zhaohuang.
• Xiao Chengchen asked why Wang Zitao had not recruited the top-ranked expert, and Wang Zitao admitted he did not know where Ximen Changhai was.

Xiao Chengchen launched a coup at Xuanwu Gate with eight hundred deathsworn, relying on Wang Zitao and two jianghu fighters. After the gate opened and his troops charged inside, they found themselves trapped by an enemy force, and Xiao Chengchen recognized the attack as a deadly ambush.

• Qiu Qianyue crushed a stone paperweight into powder, while Ding Buxiu split a desk with his miaodao, impressing Xiao Chengchen with their strength.
• Xiao Chengchen promised Qiu Qianyue and Ding Buxiu rewards for helping him seize the palace and capture the Eldest Princess alive.
• Xiao Chengchen led eight hundred deathsworn through the opened Xuanwu Gate, believing he would repeat his imperial grandfather’s coup.
• The troops found an armored formation inside the gate, and a wooden portcullis crashed down behind them, sealing their escape.
• Xiao Chengchen saw a familiar figure atop Xuanwu Gate, who greeted him as his dear nephew.

Xiao Zhaohuang offered to spare Xiao Chengchen if he surrendered, but he accused her of usurping the throne and demanded that she kill him. She ordered her forces to fire on the eight hundred men at Xuanwu Gate, while Ding Buxiu and Qiu Qianyue helped Xiao Chengchen escape through the gate passage.

• Xiao Zhaohuang urged Xiao Chengchen to surrender, hoping to avoid killing another member of the Xiao Household.
• Xiao Chengchen rejected her offer, accused her of murdering her father and nephew, and insisted that she kill him.
• Xiao Zhaohuang ordered the archers and crossbowmen to fire, inflicting heavy casualties on the eight hundred men trapped outside Xuanwu Gate.
• Ding Buxiu and Qiu Qianyue shielded Xiao Chengchen from the arrows and tried to force open the heavy gate.
• Wang Zitao told Xiao Chengchen that the Duke of Qian's army was outside the city, and Xiao Chengchen regained hope of turning the battle around.

Qiu Qianyue died after lifting the gate long enough for Xiao Chengchen and Ding Buxiu to escape, while Wang Zitao was left trapped inside. Outside Xuanwu Gate, Xiao Zhaohuang’s forces stopped the fugitives, captured Wang Zitao, and killed Ding Buxiu, as Xiao Chengchen slipped away under surveillance.

• Qiu Qianyue lifted the gate for Xiao Chengchen and Ding Buxiu, but Xiao Chengchen crawled out and left Wang Zitao behind; Qiu Qianyue died when the gate fell shut.
• Ding Buxiu and Xiao Chengchen found Pacification Investigation Guards blocking their escape, and Xiao Chengchen staggered away while the guards attacked Ding Buxiu.
• Xiao Zhaohuang ordered Wang Yanan to have Xiao Chengchen followed and commanded that Wang Zitao’s ten clans be exterminated.
• Jin Yichuan stabbed his wounded senior brother Ding Buxiu through the heart.

After losing everything, Xiao Chengchen sought out Gao Yunyi at Xiao Zhaohuang's residence to ask why the Immortal had not supported him as emperor. Gao Yunyi responded by asking whether Xiao Chengchen had ever asked for his support.

• Xiao Chengchen wandered through the rain, fell ill, and collapsed outside Xiao Zhaohuang's residence.
• Xiao Chengchen abandoned his plan to kill himself there and demanded an audience with the Immortal.
• Gao Yunyi secluded himself to refine artifacts after reaching level 28 and collecting loot from those he had killed.
• Xiao Chengchen shouted for the Immortal when the residence guards blocked his path to the courtyard.
• Gao Yunyi appeared, failed to recognize Xiao Chengchen, and asked whether he had ever requested support as emperor.

After Gao Yunyi rejected Xiao Chengchen, Xiao Zhaohuang ended the Xuanwu Gate incident and turned her attention to the approaching Duke of Qian's army. Gao Yunyi spent the night enhancing his Star-Pattern Sword to +6, won the [God of Gamblers] title, and emerged the next morning to find the courtyard withered.

• Gao Yunyi told Xiao Chengchen there would not be a next time and left him heartbroken in the rain.
• Xiao Zhaohuang spared Xiao Chengchen, arranged for him to live elsewhere under a different name, and pardoned the courtyard guards.
• Xiao Zhaohuang left to face the Duke of Qian's army, which had reached the Capital's walls.
• Gao Yunyi spent the night refining his Star-Pattern Sword and enhanced it to +6, earning the [God of Gamblers] title.
• Gao Yunyi equipped the title the next morning and wondered why the courtyard's plants had withered.

Gao Yunyi caught the little fatty visiting his courtyard and put him to work planting chives before learning that soldiers had come to kill the little fatty’s aunt, Xiao Zhaohuang. He accepted a quest to make the hundred-thousand-strong army outside the Capital retreat and flew off to act, leaving the little fatty to tend the chives.

• Gao Yunyi summoned the little fatty, confirmed he had not messed up the courtyard, and ordered him to plant chives instead of studying.
• After planting the chives, the little fatty asked Gao Yunyi to save his aunt, Xiao Zhaohuang, from the soldiers outside the city.
• Gao Yunyi received a quest to force the hundred-thousand-strong army outside the Capital to retreat and considered killing them instead.
• The little fatty explained that the soldiers were loyal border troops, not rebels, and killing them could throw Yunnan into chaos.
• Gao Yunyi accepted the quest, summoned a giant purple lightning sword, and flew away to confront the army.
• The little fatty picked up his hoe and resolved to fill the courtyard with chives for Gao Yunyi.

Duke of Qian Mu Jingyuan arrived at the Capital with an army of more than a hundred thousand and demanded that Xiao Zhaohuang surrender and execute the so-called Immortal. After Mu Jingyuan ordered an attack, a vast celestial phenomenon swept over the Capital and stopped the Royalist Army from moving.

• Mu Jingyuan mustered troops under the imperial command and reached the Capital with more than a hundred thousand soldiers.
• Xiao Zhaohuang considered the danger to Yunnan if she defeated Mu Jingyuan’s forces, but could not reveal that her imperial father had died or persuade Mu Jingyuan to withdraw.
• Mu Jingyuan denounced Xiao Zhaohuang and the Immortal before the city walls, calling the Immortal a charlatan and urging the Capital’s defenders to join his cause.
• Mu Jingyuan ordered the Royalist Army to prepare to attack the city.
• Purple clouds, lightning, thunder, and a terrifying pressure descended over the Capital, holding the army in place.

The Azure Profound Immortal Venerable appeared over the Capital and overwhelmed the hundred thousand Yunnan border troops with a celestial display of power. The Duke of Qian knelt and begged for his life after the Immortal confronted him about seeking him out.

• Xiao Zhaohuang feared the Immortal would annihilate the Yunnan border troops, but the Duke of Qian's curses had already drawn him to the battlefield.
• The Immortal Sword burst from the purple clouds and flattened a nearby hill, convincing the Duke of Qian that a true divine power had arrived.
• Celestial music sounded as the sun and moon appeared together, revealing an immortal figure descending through the clouds.
• The immortal presence forced the Capital's defenders and the border troops to kneel, including the Duke of Qian, who bitterly blamed His Majesty for sending him into battle without warning him.
• The Immortal arrived before the Duke of Qian and asked if he had been looking for him; the Duke confessed his disrespect and begged for mercy.

Gao Yunyi forced the Duke of Qian to withdraw his troops, then killed him with heavenly lightning after the commander insulted an Immortal. The Duke’s son, Mu Chengying, renounced their kinship and inherited his father’s title, while the frontier troops were ordered back to Yunnan.

• Gao Yunyi intimidated the Duke of Qian into abandoning revenge and promising to withdraw his army to Yunnan.
• Gao Yunyi completed his quest, received a blue-quality Heaven and Earth Ring, and replaced his old ring.
• Gao Yunyi struck the Duke of Qian with heavenly lightning, reducing him to ash.
• Mu Chengying cut his robe and publicly severed his ties with his father, declaring that the Duke had deserved his fate.
• Xiao Zhaohuang issued a decree allowing the frontier troops to return home and appointing Mu Chengying Duke of Qian and governor of the Dian Region.

Maybach Crane abandoned thoughts of returning to his master, Gao Yunyi, and resumed indulging in his harem until Gao Yunyi arrived with an Immortal Sword. As Gao Yunyi prepared to kill the frightened crane, an anxious voice called for him to spare the bird.

• Maybach Crane remembered his absent master and briefly considered returning home, but resented being neglected and chose to enjoy his harem instead.
• Maybach Crane's concubines recoiled in terror as Gao Yunyi appeared behind him.
• Gao Yunyi summoned an Immortal Sword, and Maybach Crane feared his master intended to kill him.
• Maybach Crane stood proudly and cried out as Gao Yunyi prepared to strike.
• An anxious voice called, "Immortal Venerable, spare the bird beneath your sword!"

Gao Yunyi spared the Maybach Crane by selling it to Xiao Zhaohuang in exchange for rare medicinal treasures, then severed their master-servant bond and set it free. As Xiao Zhaohuang mourned his departure, Gao Yunyi faced Phoenix Yi Lake and called for Bai Suzhen.

• Gao Yunyi prepared to kill the Maybach Crane, but Xiao Zhaohuang arrived and begged him to spare it, accepting responsibility for its disobedience.
• Gao Yunyi offered to sell the Maybach Crane to Xiao Zhaohuang for rare heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and she agreed to gather them from the Capital.
• Gao Yunyi released the Maybach Crane from its Spirit Pet Slot, severing their bond and leaving the Crane King confused and distressed despite being free.
• Xiao Zhaohuang claimed the Crane King as Liang Kingdom’s guardian Divine Beast and imperial totem, then watched Gao Yunyi depart with unspoken longing.
• Gao Yunyi stood by Phoenix Yi Lake, waved his hand, and called for Bai Suzhen.

Gao Yunyi gave Bai Suzhen a Spirit Beast Pill, and she endured a painful transformation to advance into a second-stage Jiaolong. Xiao Zhaohuang and the guards witnessed her birth as a dragon, while Maybach Crane was forced to kneel beneath her bloodline pressure.

• Gao Yunyi chose Bai Suzhen over Maybach Crane and fed her the Spirit Beast Pill.
• Bai Suzhen suffered as her scales cracked and blood filled the lake during her attempted breakthrough.
• Bai Suzhen shed her old scales, grew Jiaolong horns and a tail fin, and transformed into a second-stage Jiaolong.
• Bai Suzhen’s dragon roar made the White Cranes and Maybach Crane kneel, while Gao Yunyi remained standing.
• Xiao Zhaohuang and the guards watched in awe as Bai Suzhen hovered above Phoenix Yi Lake, and Maybach Crane felt bitter and grief-stricken.

Gao Yunyi rode Bai Suzhen through the skies above the Capital, then returned to his residence and discovered she could shrink to a tiny snake. He let her massage his back while Maybach Crane and Xiao Zhaohuang remained at Phoenix Yi Lake.

• Gao Yunyi rode Bai Suzhen over the Capital as the people cheered and Xiao Zhaohuang watched enviously from Phoenix Yi Lake.
• Xiao Zhaohuang tried to touch Maybach Crane, but the angry crane made her withdraw her hand.
• Gao Yunyi returned with Bai Suzhen to a secluded courtyard at the State-Guarding Eldest Princess's Residence instead of going to Phoenix Yi Lake.
• Bai Suzhen shrank to the size of a small snake, and Gao Yunyi held her in his palm.
• Gao Yunyi asked Bai Suzhen to massage his back, then scolded her when she tried something beyond the massage.