Chapter Summaries

Xiao Chen discovered a Dao Tree in Hidden Dragon Mountain, but before he could decide what to do with it, Xiao Zhentian arrived and demanded a fruit and Xiao Chen’s submission. Their confrontation drew a crowd that believed the rumors smearing Xiao Chen, leaving him furious as he prepared to face his father.

• Xiao Chen found a low-grade Dao Tree bearing three Dao Fire Fruits beside a Spirit River and learned from Qiongqi that he could not move it.
• Xiao Zhentian arrived, saw the Dao Tree, and claimed that he and Xiao Chen should each take a fruit.
• Xiao Chen refused to share the Dao Tree, and Xiao Zhentian demanded that he apologize, kneel, and return to Soaring Sky Manor to help Xiao Lingtian.
• Xiao Zhentian’s aura pressured Xiao Chen, who considered using his trump cards despite the cost to his Source Energy.
• Nearby people gathered and repeated rumors that Xiao Chen had harmed Xiao Lingtian out of jealousy, making Xiao Chen furious.

Xiao Chen confronted Xiao Zhentian and fought him over their deep-seated enmity, revealing that his strength and Starlight Sword could withstand the Zhenbei King's attacks. The battle ended without a victor, and Xiao Zhentian offered to forgive Xiao Chen if he handed over the Dao Tree and returned to Soaring Sky Manor.

• Xiao Chen drew the Dragon Slayer Sword and attacked Xiao Zhentian after refusing to kneel.
• Xiao Zhentian shattered Xiao Chen's first sword strike with a punch, but Xiao Chen survived and forced him to take the fight seriously.
• Xiao Chen summoned hundreds of beams of starlight with Starlight Sword, and Xiao Zhentian blocked them with Overlord Fist.
• Their clash sent nearly a hundred Grandmaster Realm onlookers flying and left both fighters shaken by the other's strength.
• Xiao Zhentian offered to let bygones be bygones if Xiao Chen handed over the Dao Tree and returned to Soaring Sky Manor to reconcile with Xiao Lingtian.

Xiao Chen refused to surrender the Dao Tree to Xiao Zhentian, and the two prepared to fight as Wen Haishan watched from nearby. With Qiongqi promising to protect him, Xiao Chen unleashed the Heaven-Slaying Immortal-Extinguishing Art, shattering Xiao Zhentian’s spear defense and leaving him facing a lethal strike.

• Xiao Chen accused Xiao Zhentian of trying to take the Dao Tree he had found, and Xiao Zhentian raised his golden spear against him.
• Wen Haishan and a black-robed elder watched from a distance, but Wen Haishan chose to wait and observe Xiao Chen’s strength.
• Qiongqi promised to cover Xiao Chen’s back despite the risk of worsening its injuries, giving Xiao Chen the confidence to fight without restraint.
• Xiao Chen used the Heaven-Slaying Immortal-Extinguishing Art and sent a black slay character toward Xiao Zhentian.
• The slay character shattered Xiao Zhentian’s golden spear net and rushed toward his glabella, forcing him to use the Godly Tiger Descends Mountain Spear.

Xiao Chen fought Xiao Zhentian with a succession of powerful sword characters, astonishing the onlookers and prompting Wen Haishan to suspect that Xiao Chen possessed a Dual Core. Xiao Zhentian ultimately destroyed Xiao Chen’s attacks at the cost of severe wounds, while Xiao Chen was left nearly out of Source Energy and unable to unleash the Ancient True Devil.

• Xiao Zhentian shattered Xiao Chen’s “Slay” character with a golden tiger spear attack, and Wen Haishan concluded that Xiao Chen’s strength suggested he had a Dual Core.
• Xiao Chen unleashed the “Heaven” character, which battled Xiao Zhentian’s golden tiger before both attacks vanished.
• Xiao Chen summoned the “Extinguish” and “Immortal” characters, forcing Xiao Zhentian to counter with Black Dragon Descends to the Sea and the Black Dragon Spear Soul.
• The onlookers reconsidered the rumors about Xiao Chen and Xiao Lingtian, while Wen Haishan realized Xiao Lingtian’s earlier claims were likely deceptive.
• Xiao Zhentian destroyed Xiao Chen’s final characters but suffered deep wounds from their Sword Qi, and Xiao Chen was left pale with nearly depleted Source Energy.

Xiao Zhentian tried to cripple Xiao Chen after losing to him, but Wen Haishan intervened and revealed himself as Xiao Chen’s maternal grandfather. Xiao Chen rejected Wen Haishan’s offer to return to Soaring Sky Manor, leaving Wen Haishan regretful and furious as Xiao Zhentian continued to slander him.

• Xiao Zhentian attacked Xiao Chen’s dantian, but Wen Haishan appeared and struck Xiao Zhentian away.
• Wen Haishan told Xiao Chen he was his maternal grandfather and tried to examine him, but Xiao Chen backed away.
• Wen Haishan ordered everyone nearby to withdraw before asking Xiao Chen to return to Soaring Sky Manor and talk.
• Xiao Chen said he had severed ties with Xiao Zhentian and Wen Wanrong, declared he had no maternal grandfather, and left.
• Wen Haishan refused to have his servant forcibly bring Xiao Chen back, while Xiao Zhentian called Xiao Chen a beast who defied his parents.

Wen Haishan rebuked Xiao Zhentian for betraying Xiao Chen, while Qiongqi secretly ruined the Dao Tree Xiao Zhentian wanted. As Xiao Chen headed back to the mundane world, Qiongqi warned him that the coming Great Nirvana era would bring catastrophe on an unimaginable scale.

• Wen Haishan slapped Xiao Zhentian and left, promising to settle accounts with him later.
• Xiao Zhentian searched for the Dao Tree, then found it drained and stripped of its Dao Fire Fruit.
• Xiao Chen left Hidden Dragon Mountain with spirit stones and Demon Cores, and Qiongqi revealed that he had drained the Dao Tree before departing.
• Xiao Chen reflected on his gains and the limits of his True Demon state as he descended the mountain toward the mundane world.
• Qiongqi told Xiao Chen that Nirvana Day began a thousand-year Great Nirvana era and recalled how the previous one nearly killed him.

Xiao Chen left Hidden Dragon Mountain and traveled toward Linxian City, where he encountered discarded disciples being returned to the secular world. At the city gate, he met Xu Dong again and stunned him by revealing that he had reached the fourth level of the Grandmaster Realm and obtained an Immortal Register.

• Qiongqi warned Xiao Chen that the Great Nirvana era would be catastrophic and urged him to grow stronger and find a powerful backer.
• Xiao Chen descended Hidden Dragon Mountain without trouble and boarded a Flying Demon Ship bound for Linxian City.
• Xiao Chen watched discarded disciples lament their failure to remain in the Outer Realm as the ship traveled to Linxian City.
• Xu Dong received the discarded disciples at the city gate and recognized Xiao Chen, whom he had once guided into the Outer Realm.
• Xu Dong demanded his spirit stones and pills back, then realized Xiao Chen had reached the fourth level of the Grandmaster Realm.
• Xiao Chen showed Xu Dong his Immortal Register, leaving Xu Dong stunned.

Xiao Chen returned from the Outer Realm to Sword Immortal Academy, only to find the academy under attack and Dong Wenjian mortally wounded. Lin Qingxian revealed that the attackers had come because an influential Martial Hall figure had discovered her whereabouts.

• Xu Dong learned that Chen Xiao was the famous Sword Demon Xiao Chen after Xiao Chen left Linxian City for the secular world.
• Xiao Chen chose to return to Sword Immortal Academy rather than risk a confrontation with Huang Yelang at Tai Xu Sect.
• Xiao Chen found the academy’s damaged mountain-protecting formation active and received Lin Qingxian’s warning that powerful King Realm enemies had attacked.
• Lin Qingxian let Xiao Chen into the academy, where he found Dong Wenjian gravely wounded and near death.
• Dong Wenjian told Xiao Chen to take Lin Qingxian away, then fainted from exhaustion.
• Lin Qingxian explained that a powerful figure from Martial Hall had discovered her after killing her father and her mother’s disappearance years earlier.

Xiao Chen learned that the Huang Family-backed Martial Hall had attacked Sword Immortal Academy and left Dong Wenjian mortally wounded. After Dong Wenjian died, Xiao Chen went with Lin Qingxian to confront the guards and demanded that the survivor summon everyone involved.

• Lin Qingxian told Xiao Chen that Martial Hall forces led by a subordinate of a powerful figure from the Huang Family had attacked the academy, and Qiongqi said Dong Wenjian’s injuries could not be healed.
• Dong Wenjian woke briefly, asked Xiao Chen to protect Lin Qingxian and preserve Sword Immortal Academy, then died peacefully.
• Xiao Chen promised to protect the academy and Lin Qingxian, then went with her to confront the Martial Hall guards at the foot of the mountain.
• After Lin Qingxian identified the men who had wounded Dong Wenjian, Xiao Chen killed a half-step General Realm guard and a first-level General Realm guard with one punch each.
• The last guard knelt and begged for his life, and Xiao Chen ordered him to summon everyone who had attacked Sword Immortal Academy.

Xiao Chen forced a Martial Hall survivor to summon reinforcements and effortlessly killed two Grandmaster Realm experts. A King Realm elder then arrived, and Lin Qingxian identified him as the man who had tortured Dong Wenjian, leaving Xiao Chen facing the man responsible.

• Xiao Chen maimed the clean-shaven, middle-aged Martial Hall man and ordered him to call all the attackers to Sword Immortal Academy.
• Two Grandmaster Realm elders arrived, but Xiao Chen killed them with one punch and ordered the survivor to summon the rest.
• The survivor sent another message, and Elder Huang descended at Sword Immortal Mountain as onlookers feared for Sword Immortal Academy.
• Elder Huang recognized Xiao Chen as the abandoned son of Zhenbei King Manor, while Xiao Chen asked Lin Qingxian whether he had tortured Dong Wenjian.
• Lin Qingxian confirmed that Elder Huang had cut off Dong Wenjian's arm and legs, and Elder Huang admitted killing him while the Martial Hall survivor boasted of his King Realm strength.

Xiao Chen confronted the Huang Family elder who had tortured his senior brother and revealed that his strength far surpassed the elder’s expectations. He killed the King Realm elder, and the Martial Hall learned that Xiao Chen was responsible.

• Xiao Chen challenged the purple-robed Huang Family elder to fight in the sky, while Lin Qingxian and the one-armed middle-aged man watched from below.
• The elder taunted Xiao Chen about torturing his senior brother, so Xiao Chen tore off the elder’s left arm and identified himself as Sword Immortal Academy’s Xiao Chen.
• Xiao Chen returned to the ground with the wounded elder, severed his right arm, and beheaded him despite the elder invoking the Huang Family and the Martial Hall.
• Onlookers recognized the slain elder as a King of the Martial Hall, and a distant Martial Hall old King demanded to know who had killed him.
• A voice declared that Xiao Chen of Sword Immortal Academy was the killer and warned that anyone who offended the academy would be slain without mercy.

Xiao Chen confronted Huang Wuming after killing a Martial Hall King Realm expert, but the supreme powerhouse arrived to punish him. Huang Wuming crushed Xiao Chen with his pressure as a hidden red-haired old man watched and debated whether to intervene.

• A golden dragon arrived at Sword Immortal Mountain and transformed into Huang Wuming, the Saintly Wasteland Old Man.
• Xiao Chen urged Lin Qingxian to flee, but she refused to abandon him.
• Huang Wuming revealed that Xiao Chen had to die because his rise exposed Huang Wuming’s failed prophecy.
• Xiao Chen argued that the Martial Hall had attacked his mountain gate and violated its own rules, but Huang Wuming claimed the weak had no right to resist.
• Xiao Chen called Huang Wuming shameless, and Huang Wuming’s pressure forced him toward his knees.
• A red-haired old man watched from above the clouds, furious at Xiao Chen’s oppression but unsure whether to intervene.

Xiao Chen was on the verge of being killed by Huang Wuming when Wen Haishan’s black-robed servant appeared and saved him. Huang Wuming recognized the servant’s connection to a powerful figure from the Outer Realm Upper Domain and withdrew, but still sought to take Lin Qingxian away.

• Huang Wuming’s golden dragon shattered Xiao Chen’s sword strike, while Lin Qingxian knelt and begged him to spare Xiao Chen.
• Wen Haishan’s black-robed servant appeared and destroyed the golden dragon with one palm, saving Xiao Chen.
• The servant revealed that he came from Dao Peak Mountain in the Outer Realm Upper Domain, startling Huang Wuming.
• Huang Wuming apologized and chose to withdraw, but asked to take Lin Qingxian with him.
• The black-robed servant did not intervene for Lin Qingxian, and Huang Wuming began walking toward her as she despaired.

Xiao Chen protected Lin Qingxian from Huang Wuming with help from Wen Haishan’s black-robed old servant, then learned that the servant wanted to uncover the truth behind his expulsion from Zhenbei King Manor. As Huang Wuming departed, a figure named Hong Ye appeared to block his path.

• Xiao Chen stood between Lin Qingxian and Huang Wuming, and the black-robed old man threatened to destroy the Martial Hall if Huang Wuming harmed him.
• Huang Wuming left, and Xiao Chen killed the one-armed middle-aged man who had gloated over his misfortune.
• Xiao Chen told the black-robed old man how Xiao Lingtian and Wen Wanrong had betrayed him, prompting the old man to return and report the truth to Wen Haishan.
• Lin Qingxian thanked Xiao Chen, and Qiongqi remarked that Hong Ye had been slow to act.
• A blaze of fire appeared before Huang Wuming and ordered him to halt.

Hong Chidao killed Huang Wuming’s Creation Divine Dragon clone after Huang Wuming threatened Xiao Chen. Huang Wuming learned of the clone’s death and, blaming Dao Peak Mountain and Xiao Chen, sent Zhang Qitian to investigate.

• Hong Chidao confronted Huang Wuming in the sky and declared that Xiao Chen was his Young Master.
• Hong Chidao subdued Huang Wuming with one finger and burned his dragon form to ashes with Solar Truefire.
• Hong Chidao discovered that he had killed only Huang Wuming’s clone and departed.
• Huang Wuming’s true body sensed the clone’s death and summoned Zhang Qitian to investigate.
• Zhang Qitian reported that Xiao Chen and Dao Peak Mountain were connected to the incident, and Huang Wuming blamed Dao Peak Mountain for the clone’s destruction.
• Zhang Qitian began to tell Huang Wuming something he was unsure he should say.

Huang Wuming decided to target Xiao Chen and Lin Qingxian despite Zhang Qitian’s warning, while Xiao Chen rushed to Tai Xu Mountain to face Huang Yelang and obtain the Dao Heaven Holy Elixir before his curse erupted. After learning that Huang Yelang’s servant had blocked Fire Phoenix’s admirers at the mountain, Xiao Chen demanded to be taken there.

• Zhang Qitian urged Huang Wuming to stop making an enemy of Xiao Chen, but Huang Wuming insisted they should kill him and planned to seize Lin Qingxian when the Huang Family patriarch left seclusion.
• Xiao Chen brought Lin Qingxian toward Tai Xu Mountain, hoping to defeat Huang Yelang and obtain the Dao Heaven Holy Elixir before his Ten Thousand Calamities Curse erupted.
• Lin Qingxian asked whether Xiao Chen was confident against Huang Yelang, and Xiao Chen admitted that he was not and had little time left.
• The Demon Master recognized Xiao Chen and explained that Huang Yelang had stationed people at Tai Xu Mountain to keep Fire Phoenix from leaving, while his young servant had defeated the Holy Maiden’s admirers.
• Xiao Chen grew furious at being mocked as a turtle man and ordered the Demon Master to take him to the foot of Tai Xu Mountain.

At Tai Xu Mountain, Huang San defeated the Young Grandmasters guarding the way to Fire Phoenix, while Xiao Chen raced toward the mountain. Xu Potian arrived to defend his old friend and challenged Huang San, but their fight ended with Huang San blocking Xu Potian’s saber with his golden-lit fist.

• The Demon Master worried that Xiao Chen was underprepared to face Huang San, but Xiao Chen insisted he could handle him and hurried toward Tai Xu Mountain.
• At the mountain’s foot, Huang San taunted the defeated Young Grandmasters and dismissed calls for Xiao Chen to rescue Fire Phoenix.
• Xu Potian appeared, declared his loyalty to Xiao Chen, and attacked Huang San with his purple greatsaber.
• Huang San dodged Xu Potian’s slash as an afterimage and counterattacked with a punch.
• Xu Potian used a Secret Art to turn and meet Huang San’s punch with his saber, and the two weapons collided with sparks.

Huang San easily defeated Xu Potian twice and mocked Blade and Sword Brothers and the Fire Phoenix Fanclub. As Xu Potian tried to stand and challenge him again, a person wrapped in sword light descended from the sky.

• Huang San blocked Xu Potian's blade with his bare fist, punched him into a crater, and mocked his strength.
• Xu Potian unleashed Ten Slashes to Shatter the Heavens, but Huang San cut apart all ten blades with an azure sword of light and sent him flying.
• Huang San insulted Blade and Sword Brothers and dismissed warnings that Xiao Chen would avenge Xu Potian.
• Xu Potian, badly injured and unable to keep fighting, tried to confront Huang San again as the crowd mocked him.
• A figure wreathed in sword light fell from the clouds toward the gathered crowd.

Xiao Chen arrived to save Xu Potian and faced Huang San, who had defeated the other Young Grandmasters. After Huang San's sword attack failed to harm him, Xiao Chen revealed that he had reached the Grandmaster Realm.

• Xiao Chen crashed down before the injured Xu Potian and learned that Xu Potian had come to rescue his sister-in-law.
• Xiao Chen confronted Huang San, who mocked him and offered him the chance to attack first.
• Huang San unleashed nearly a thousand sword lights, engulfing Xiao Chen in a devastating attack.
• Xu Potian believed Xiao Chen had died and prepared to fight Huang San in revenge.
• Xiao Chen emerged unharmed, rose into the air, and revealed his Grandmaster Realm cultivation.

Xiao Chen killed Huang San with a single punch and then challenged Huang Meng, a King Realm cultivator, despite the crowd’s doubts. As Huang Meng attacked with the Golden Crow Sky-Burning Scripture, Xiao Chen used the Power of Pestilence to test his new technique, and their powers clashed.

• Xiao Chen shattered Huang San’s sword and killed him with a punch despite Uncle Meng’s warning to stop.
• Huang Meng confronted Xiao Chen, but Xiao Chen’s punch shattered Huang Meng’s golden Source Energy and stunned the crowd.
• Huang Meng unleashed his King Realm pressure and prepared to attack Xiao Chen.
• Xiao Chen told Xu Potian to watch him slay a king, then launched the Power of Pestilence at Huang Meng.
• Huang Meng summoned a Golden Crow with the Golden Crow Sky-Burning Scripture, which flew toward Xiao Chen’s ghost-face attack.