Chapter Summaries

Li Qiushui recounted how jealousy and manipulation destroyed her relationships with Wu Yazi, Wu Xingyun, and Li Canghai. She revealed that Wu Yazi eventually stayed with her and they had a daughter, but his grief over Li Canghai drove him away after Li Qiushui slept with Ding Chunqiu to provoke him.

• Li Qiushui recalled poisoning Wu Xingyun during her youth, permanently freezing Wu Xingyun's appearance at eight and driving her away from the Free and Unfettered Sect.
• Li Qiushui said she waited eighteen years for Wu Yazi, then put an aphrodisiac in his tea and later forced herself on him; Xu Kun and the little monk realized Wu Yazi may have fallen in love with Li Canghai during those three days.
• Li Qiushui realized her jealousy had driven both Wu Xingyun and Li Canghai away, while Wu Yazi had loved Li Canghai rather than her.
• Wu Yazi eventually stayed with Li Qiushui, and they lived together on Blue Star and had a daughter, Li Qingluo.
• Wu Yazi grew despondent and devoted himself to a jade statue that resembled Li Qiushui, so Li Qiushui flirted with Ding Chunqiu and then slept with him in front of Wu Yazi to provoke a reaction.
• Wu Yazi left without saying goodbye, leaving Li Qiushui unable to understand how her attempts to win him had only driven him away.

Li Qiushui learned the truth behind Wu Yazi’s disappearance and her decades-long feud with Wu Xingyun, then watched Wu Yazi’s final memories reveal how her choices had helped ruin the lives of all three siblings. After Wu Xingyun died and the memories ended, Li Qiushui blamed herself and declared that she deserved to die.

• Li Qiushui pursued power after Wu Yazi vanished, married Li Yuanhao for his authority, and became the true ruler of Western Xia.
• Wu Xingyun and Li Qiushui fought for decades after Wu Xingyun marked Li Qiushui’s face and each blamed the other for Wu Yazi’s departure.
• Li Qiushui learned that Wu Xingyun had hidden in the Western Xia palace during her rejuvenation, then watched her own body rapidly age as she grieved beside Wu Xingyun’s corpse.
• Wu Yazi’s burning painting showed that Ding Chunqiu had poisoned him after Wu Yazi forgave his betrayal, and that Li Canghai had tried to save him before leaving to seek Jade Exquisite.
• The painting revealed that Wu Yazi later found Li Canghai dead and was taken from Blue Star by the Haotian Pagoda, while the uncleared poison continued to threaten his life.
• Li Qiushui confessed that she had harmed Wu Yazi, Wu Xingyun, and Li Canghai, and said she deserved to die.

Li Qiushui reunited with Wu Yazi’s fading incarnation, appointed Xu Zhu as the Free and Unfettered Sect’s next sect master, and gave him a list of duties. After exposing how Xu Zhu had broken all Five Buddhist Precepts, she persuaded him to accept her orders and passed on her martial arts legacy.

• Wu Yazi’s incarnation appeared, forgave Li Qiushui, and asked Xu Zhu to become his disciple before fading away.
• Li Qiushui temporarily suppressed her failing body and ordered Xu Zhu to become the Free and Unfettered Sect’s third-generation sect master.
• Li Qiushui told Xu Zhu to protect the sect’s disciples, find her daughter Li Qingluo, and destroy Ding Chunqiu’s Star Constellation Sect.
• Xu Zhu refused to kill fellow humans, but Li Qiushui pointed out that he had already broken all Five Buddhist Precepts and used the promise of her granddaughter to win his agreement.
• Li Qiushui imparted her martial arts techniques to Xu Zhu, while Xu Kun noticed that Xu Zhu had the favored-by-fortune luck stat.

Xu Zhu received the inheritances of Wu Yazi, Wu Xingyun, and Li Qiushui as the two women died and entrusted him to Xu Kun. Before Xu Kun could learn more, Li Yanzong and Xixia First-Rank Hall surrounded them, leaving Xu Kun to pretend he was helpless.

• Xu Zhu gained a new, powerful status after receiving the three inheritances, while Li Qiushui gave him a command arrow and revealed that his aunt Li Qinglu was Xixia's Princess Yinchuan.
• Li Qiushui asked Xu Kun to protect Xu Zhu, then died beside Wu Xingyun, and both women's remnant souls were absorbed by the Spirit Coffin Lamp.
• A golden finger seal struck Xu Kun, and he was surrounded by War Kings from Xixia First-Rank Hall.
• Li Yanzong accused Xu Kun and Xu Zhu of violating Xixia's travel ban and used Bei Su Qing Feng to disable them.
• Xu Kun pretended to be powerless despite his poison immunity, then asked Li Yanzong to identify the woman lying on the ground.

After Li Qiushui and Wu Xingyun died, Xu Kun and Xu Zhu faced Xixia First-Rank Hall, whose members disputed the Imperial Concubine’s command and Li Yanzong’s authority. Li Yanzong tried to seize the command and have Xu Kun captured, but Xu Kun fought back until the Luantian Division arrived to rescue him.

• Li Jichong recognized the Imperial Concubine’s command in Xu Zhu’s hands, but Li Yanzong questioned how Xu Zhu obtained it and demanded an explanation for Li Qiushui’s death.
• Xu Zhu recounted the battle, and Li Yanzong ordered the group to escort the Imperial Concubine’s coffin to the capital while ordering his men to capture Xu Kun.
• Li Yanzong offered to spare Xu Kun and Xu Zhu if Xu Zhu surrendered the command, but Xu Kun warned Xu Zhu not to trust him.
• Li Yanzong’s Mirror Image reflected Xu Kun’s Trampling Strike, immobilizing him, and his Camp Assault then paralyzed Xu Kun as First-Rank Hall warriors attacked.
• Xu Kun escaped the encirclement, recovered with Wind’s Elegy, and struck back with Blade Storm before using Beacon Fire Barrage to pull Li Jichong from his domain and wound him.
• The sisters of the Luantian Division arrived and declared they had come to rescue their Holy Envoy.

Xu Kun fought Li Yanzong while the Luantian Division clashed with the Xixia First-Rank Hall. Li Yanzong overwhelmed Xu Kun with a series of powerful techniques, and the chapter ended as Xu Kun countered Li Yanzong’s final attack with Infernal Gale.

• Lu Shanshan and the Luantian Division engaged Li Jichong and the Xixia First-Rank Hall, leaving Xu Kun to face Li Yanzong.
• Li Yanzong strengthened his allies with a drumbeat, then battled Xu Kun with techniques that trapped and wounded him.
• Xu Kun used Storm of Plucked Feathers and Myriad Blades Return to Origin, but Li Yanzong absorbed the wind power and sent a barrage of light swords across the battlefield.
• Li Yanzong redirected Xu Kun’s Earth Shattering Slash and used Spirit Surpassing Style to strike him repeatedly.
• Li Yanzong immobilized Xu Kun with Sword-Locking Rivers and Mountains and unleashed Blazing Sun Devouring Forest, but Xu Kun answered with Infernal Gale.

Xu Kun faced Li Yanzong, whose displayed identity and extraordinary powers raised questions about his origins. After Xu Kun pierced through Li Yanzong’s defenses, Li Yanzong healed, escaped Xu Kun’s restraints, and turned Xu Kun’s own divine brush against him, leaving him badly wounded.

• Xu Kun examined Li Yanzong’s status and noticed that his ID was Murong Fu despite his Western Xia royal identity.
• Li Yanzong’s Blazing Sun Devouring Forest overwhelmed Xu Kun’s Infernal Gale, but Xu Kun countered with Mirage Dragon’s Breath and Spring Breeze and Rain, then struck Li Yanzong hard enough to send him flying.
• Li Yanzong healed himself with Heaven Increases Years and pills, escaped Xu Kun’s Dragon Binding Cord by turning into water, and blasted through Xu Kun’s defenses with Canhe Finger.
• Li Yanzong pressed Xu Kun with his sword techniques and invisible Heart Swords while Xu Kun struggled to defend himself.
• Xu Kun sent the Judge’s Soul-Reaping Brush at Li Yanzong, but Li Yanzong used Deflect Star Shift to redirect it and pierce Xu Kun’s shoulder, blasting him through dozens of rocks.

Xu Kun and Li Yanzong pushed their wounded bodies through a fierce duel, with Li Yanzong unleashing a forbidden spell that swallowed Xu Kun in an abyss. Xu Kun emerged unharmed and held Chengying to Li Yanzong’s neck, then used Moonlight Laurels to threaten his pride in front of his subordinates.

• Li Yanzong’s Borrowing Force to Return It amplified Xu Kun’s Judge’s Pen attack, but Xu Kun was too badly injured to capitalize before Li Yanzong broke free of Soul Fixation.
• Xu Kun resumed fighting with Resilient Grass in the Wind and Stormy Winds, but Li Yanzong grabbed his legs and used Star River Siphon to drain his blood.
• Xu Kun blasted Li Yanzong away with Wind Sweeps Away and Divine Wind Howl, and both fighters struggled back to their feet.
• Li Yanzong cast the forbidden art Chaos Min Canon Secret, using Shattered Boat Enters Abyss and Chaos Tide Falls to swallow and batter Xu Kun.
• Xu Kun emerged from beneath the ground, placed Chengying against Li Yanzong’s neck, and used Moonlight Laurels to threaten to strip him naked before his subordinates.

Xu Kun humiliated Li Yanzong by stripping away his equipment and challenged his claim to lead the Xixia First-Rank Hall, then exposed that Li Yanzong’s Haotian Pagoda ID was Murong Fu. As Li Jichong began to suspect his clan cousin’s identity, four powerful figures arrived to support Li Yanzong.

• Xu Kun immobilized Li Yanzong, stole his clothes and equipment, and mocked him until he crouched down in humiliation.
• Li Jichong tried to give Li Yanzong clothing and urged him to let the dispute go, but Li Yanzong refused to surrender control of the Xixia First-Rank Hall.
• Xu Kun defended Xu Zhu as the imperial consort’s chosen successor and challenged Li Yanzong’s claim that a human was unworthy to lead the hall.
• After Li Jichong denied that Li Yanzong had human blood, Xu Kun revealed that Li Yanzong’s Haotian Pagoda ID was Murong Fu.
• Li Jichong recalled Li Yanzong’s sudden rise and began to suspect that his cousin was actually Murong Fu.
• Four powerful figures arrived, and Li Yanzong welcomed them as timely reinforcements.

Four powerful allies arrived to support Murong Fu, who revealed that he had impersonated Li Yanzong and planned to seize Xixia for the Murong Xianbei. Their attack overwhelmed the battlefield as Xu Kun and the Luantian Division faced them.

• Four powerful experts descended, and Xu Kun recognized Yue Lao Ba among them, though Yue Lao Ba insisted he was now Yue Canglong, the South Sea Crocodile God.
• Li Yanzong revealed himself as Murong Fu, admitted he had killed the real Li Yanzong, and explained his plan to seize Xixia and obtain the Imperial Concubine Token.
• Murong Fu promised the leading evildoer he would lead an army south to capture the human race's Western Frontier Base City, and the leader ordered the attack to begin.
• The Four Evildoers attacked, and the Luantian Division formed a defensive circle around Xu Kun but suffered casualties against Yun Laosi's slippery movement technique.
• The red-robed woman killed the infant she carried, then ripped out and crushed Li Jichong's heart before striking him down as Xu Zhu chanted a Buddhist invocation.

Xu Kun remained passive while the Four Evildoers slaughtered the Xixia First-Rank Hall and attacked the Luantian Division. When Yue Lao Ba reached him, Xu Kun struck back and summoned a Vajra Avatar, turning the battle’s tide.

• Yue Lao Ba joined the attack on the Xixia First-Rank Hall, while Murong Fu wounded Xu Zhu and demanded the Imperial Concubine Token.
• Xu Zhu refused to surrender the token and kept chanting despite Murong Fu’s beating and threats against the others.
• Yue Lao Ba attacked the Luantian Division, while the youngest of the Four Evildoers trapped Lu Shanshan and poisoned her with an aphrodisiac.
• Yue Lao Ba reached Xu Kun and grabbed him, but Xu Kun hit him with Vajra Finger and sent him flying.
• Xu Kun rose and summoned a towering Vajra Avatar that absorbed the Luantian Division’s domains and crushed the youngest evildoer’s domain.

Xu Kun risked his failing soul to summon the Demi-Saint Kong Jian, who used a Vajra Avatar to defeat Duan Yanqing and drive off the Four Evildoers. The enemy withdrew, while Xu Zhu gained insight from Kong Jian’s words.

• Xu Kun refused to let Thor take over and summoned Kong Jian despite the danger to his soul.
• Kong Jian’s Vajra Avatar trapped the Four Evildoers in a Pseudo Saint Domain, struck down the fourth evildoer, and afflicted the red-robed woman.
• Kong Jian recognized Duan Yanqing’s Bodhi Avatar and briefly enlightened Xu Zhu about appearances and the Buddha.
• Duan Yanqing challenged Kong Jian to a contest of techniques, and Kong Jian countered his One Finger Zen with Shaolin finger arts until Duan admitted defeat.
• Duan Yanqing gathered the other evildoers and withdrew, while Xu Kun called after them not to leave.

Xu Kun and the Xixia First-Rank Hall confronted Murong Fu after his disguise was exposed, but he escaped when the reinforcements surrounded him. Xu Kun fainted after Kong Jian’s power vanished and later awoke in the Xixia imperial palace, where he learned Lu Shanshan had shut herself in her room.

• The First-Rank Hall members attacked Murong Fu, while Xu Kun spoke with Kong Jian and learned that the Four Evildoers’ karmic ties to him remained unresolved.
• Kong Jian wielded Xu Kun’s Chengying to strike Murong Fu, leaving him badly wounded before he escaped on his sword.
• Xixia First-Rank Hall reinforcements arrived, learned Murong Fu’s identity, and surrounded him, but he used a blood escape to flee.
• Yeli Yuqi ordered Xu Kun treated and the imperial concubine’s coffin escorted back to the palace, then brought the others with him.
• Xu Kun awoke after three hours in the Xixia imperial palace and learned that Kong Jian had used soul power to help protect him.
• Xu Kun asked about Xu Zhu and Lu Shanshan and learned that Xu Zhu had entered the palace while Lu Shanshan had locked herself in her room.

Xu Kun cured Lu Shanshan’s poison and learned that Xu Zhu and Li Qinglu planned to ally Western Xia with the Huaxia Human Race. He received their draft agreement and was asked to witness their wedding, but a messenger arrived with news that Lingjiu Palace was in danger.

• Xu Kun cured Lu Shanshan by having her drink his blood, then left while the Luantian Division women misunderstood what had happened.
• Xu Kun met Xu Zhu and Li Qinglu, who explained that Murong Fu had stolen Li Yanzong’s identity to seize control of Western Xia.
• Xu Zhu and Li Qinglu decided Western Xia would stay out of the Xianbei conflict and seek friendly relations and mutual assistance with the Huaxia Human Race.
• Xu Kun accepted Western Xia’s draft agreement and agreed to deliver it to Di Qing at Jade Gate Pass.
• Xu Zhu invited Xu Kun to stay as a witness at his wedding before returning to the Human Race with him.
• A messenger told Xu Kun that Lingjiu Palace was in danger and urged him to hurry there.

Xu Kun learned that Murong Fu had engineered the crisis at Lingjiu Palace to destroy its forces and seize control of Western Xia, while Burning Lamp Daoist had arranged for Xu Kun to intervene. As the Vulture Emperor attacked Misty Peak, Li Qinglu committed Western Xia to aiding Lingjiu Palace, and Xu Kun and Xu Zhu rushed ahead to help.

• Lu Shanshan reported that the Vulture Emperor and the Lingjiu Race were attacking Lingjiu Palace, which was struggling to hold Misty Peak.
• Yeli Yuqi revealed that Murong Fu had provoked the Lingjiu Race, exploited Wu Xingyun’s rejuvenation, and plotted to eliminate the forces in the Mount Lingjiu Realm and take over Western Xia.
• Xu Kun realized that Burning Lamp Daoist had anticipated the crisis and had placed him in the conflict to save Lingjiu Palace and reconcile Western Xia with Huaxia.
• Li Qinglu declared Western Xia and Lingjiu Palace allies and ordered Yeli Yuqi to lead First-Rank Hall reinforcements to Misty Peak.
• Xu Kun grabbed Xu Zhu, spread his phoenix wings, and flew with him from the Western Xia imperial palace toward Lingjiu Palace.

As Lingjiu Palace fought off the Lingjiu Race, Zhuo Bufan joined forces with its disciples to wound the Vulture Emperor. His sword manifestation finally shattered, leaving the defenders facing the enraged Demi-Saint and the encircling enemy.

• The Lingjiu Race launched suicidal attacks that weakened Lingjiu Palace's sword formation while its defenders mourned Wu Xingyun.
• The Vulture Emperor accused Old Wu and the Thirty-Six Caves and Seventy-Two Islands of slaughtering his people, then unleashed his Pseudo Saint Domain against the defenders.
• Zhuo Bufan asked Granny Yu and the Lingjiu Palace disciples to lend him their strength, and they merged their swords into his giant sword manifestation.
• Zhuo Bufan opened his Invincible Sword Domain and drove the giant sword through the Vulture Emperor's Pseudo Saint Domain, piercing one of his wings.
• The giant sword manifestation shattered after the Vulture Emperor's attacks, and he vowed to kill everyone.

Zhuo Bufan and the gathered experts failed to defeat the Vulture Emperor, but Xu Kun returned and sealed it briefly with Soul-Devouring Moon. He ordered the others to defend the battlefield while he lured the Vulture Emperor away, though he was badly outmatched as the chase began.

• Buping Daoren protected Zhuo Bufan from the Vulture Emperor, and Cui Lvhua rallied Old Wu and the other experts to attack.
• Ha Daba and the assembled Cave Lords and Island Lords helped shatter the Vulture Emperor's Pseudo Saint Domain, but the Vulture Emperor soon overwhelmed them and left them wounded.
• Xu Kun arrived and used Soul-Devouring Moon to seal the Vulture Emperor and send it falling off the cliff.
• Xu Kun told the Lingjiu Palace members and allied experts to defend against the Emperor-realm vultures while he dealt with the Vulture Emperor himself.
• Xu Kun used the Dragon Binding Cord and fled to draw the Vulture Emperor away, but its attacks struck him with enough force to make him bleed.

Burning Lamp Daoist saved Xu Kun from the Vulture Emperor and revealed that he had raised her, named her Xiao Jiu, and created the Vulture Race. He entrusted Xiao Jiu to Xu Kun as his new servant, leaving her to await his growth on Blue Star.

• The Lingjiu Token summoned Burning Lamp Daoist's avatar, which stopped the Vulture Emperor from attacking Xu Kun.
• Burning Lamp praised Xu Kun for what he had learned and offered him the Vulture Emperor as a mount.
• Burning Lamp explained that he had raised Xiao Jiu, created the Vulture Race, and wanted her to follow Xu Kun so she could develop her potential.
• Xiao Jiu accepted Burning Lamp's decision and signed a master-servant blood contract with Xu Kun.
• Xiao Jiu became Xu Kun's second servant, shrank into a small eagle, and perched on his shoulder.

Burning Lamp explained Wu Xingyun’s fate, gave Xu Kun the Lingjiu Token, and arranged for the Demon Sound Race to relocate under humanity’s protection. Xu Kun returned to Misty Peak with Xiao Jiu, where her submission of the spirit vultures ended the battle and left the opposing forces stunned.

• Burning Lamp told Xu Kun that Wu Xingyun had faced the hurdle of love and gave him the Lingjiu Token, which could store Xiao Jiu.
• Burning Lamp said the Demon Sound Race would relocate to the human heartland and instructed Xu Kun to conceal and organize its members until the Myriad Races Battlefield opened.
• Burning Lamp’s avatar vanished, and Xu Kun rode Xiao Jiu back to Misty Peak.
• Yeli Yuqi and the First-Rank Hall reinforcements arrived to help Lingjiu Palace defend against the spirit vultures.
• Xu Kun returned atop Xiao Jiu and told both sides that the war was over.
• Xiao Jiu made the spirit vultures submit to Xu Kun, who introduced her as his new partner.

Xu Kun left Lingjiu Palace with Xiao Jiu and traveled toward the Imperial Capital, stopping along the way to collect treasures. A Saint-realm turtle blocked their path, but a mysterious warrior drove it off; the warrior and his nephew then tried to seize Xiao Jiu as a betrothal gift.

• Xu Kun entrusted Lingjiu Palace to Xu Zhu, told the freed Thirty-Six Caves and Seventy-Two Islands they could join his camp, and departed with Xiao Jiu.
• Xiao Jiu repeatedly descended to eat treasures guarded by powerful beasts, using her Demi-Saint aura to make them yield.
• A Saint-realm turtle called the Mount Heng Mountain God attacked Xu Kun and Xiao Jiu, but a giant crossbow pierced its shell and forced it to retreat.
• Xu Kun thanked the newcomer, who arrived atop a giant snake with a young relative and identified himself as the one who had fired the crossbow.
• The young man coveted Xiao Jiu, and his uncle agreed to take her as a betrothal gift before releasing poisonous mist over Xu Kun and Xiao Jiu.