Chapter Summaries

Xu Kun endured Bao Xu’s Myriad Ghosts Devour the Forest by using the Book of Life and Death and Judge’s Soul-Reaping Brush to subdue the ghosts and turn them into performers while he stalled for time. After eighty minutes, he announced the show was over, and a gray flame rose from the mist as the ghosts wailed.

• Bao Xu unleashed Myriad Ghosts Devour the Forest, surrounding Xu Kun with vicious ghosts and illusions.
• Xu Kun shattered the illusion with his Illusion-Shattering Divine Eyes, then used the Human Book fragment and Judge’s Soul-Reaping Brush to keep the ghosts at bay.
• Xu Kun subdued the four Heavenly King-level ghosts and made the ghost horde perform for him while he waited out his Silence countdown.
• Bao Xu grew increasingly confused as Xu Kun remained inside the mist for more than an hour without cries of pain or pleas for mercy.
• Xu Kun thanked Bao Xu for the performance and told him to take back the ghosts, as a gray flame rose amid their wails.

Xu Kun recovered from his silence state, defeated Bao Xu’s ultimate attack with a flaming punch, and rose to eighth place on the Dragon-Tiger Rankings. A new challenger entered Hundred Battles Mountain, threatening him for provoking Sima Dai, and launched an attack.

• Xu Kun emerged from Bao Xu’s ghost attack unharmed and challenged him to use the second stage of his ultimate move.
• Bao Xu unleashed Total Extermination: The World in Mourning, but the ghosts fled from Xu Kun’s Netherworld Ghost Fire, and Xu Kun’s Explosive Flame Fist defeated Bao Xu.
• Xu Kun apologized to Bao Xu and gave him a Ghost Flame Sub-Fire pill, which Bao Xu accepted as a sign of friendship.
• Xu Shao announced that Xu Kun had risen to eighth place on the Dragon-Tiger Rankings.
• The challenger from seventh place accused Xu Kun of provoking Sima Dai, and Xu Kun mocked her devotion before she used Haze Formation and stabbed toward his neck.

Xu Kun fought Akali after she launched a surprise attack, countering her shadow techniques and trading blows with her divine weapons. Akali landed several cuts and passed through Xu Kun with Five Point Strike, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Xu Kun blocked Akali's Kunai strike with Chengying, knocked her back, and froze her legs with Icy Sever.
• Akali grew furious when Xu Kun snatched her mask away and launched the three stages of Perfect Execution.
• Xu Kun matched Akali's attacks with Thunderfire Triple Cleave, then deflected her five Kunai with Flame Divide.
• Xu Kun caught Akali's Phantom Dance with his poison-infused dragon claw, but Akali used Falcon Dance and Secret Art: Scatter to wound him.
• Akali activated Five Point Strike and passed through Xu Kun as a blade of shadow.

Xu Kun and Akali fought through her powerful assassination combo and his defenses, but neither could finish the other. Akali expanded her Twilight Shroud across Hundred Battles Mountain, and Xu Kun exposed her with Fourfold Demise before preparing another attack.

• Akali's combo dealt Xu Kun nearly five hundred thousand damage, but he survived and recognized the threat of her delayed Ionian Fervor strike.
• Akali caught Xu Kun's Arcane Shift landing point with Shadow Dance, wounding him while his Arcane Shot struck her; Xu Kun survived her follow-up and praised her combat experience.
• Akali refused to surrender because Xu Kun had seen her face, and she expanded her Twilight Shroud across Hundred Battles Mountain with Perfect Execution.
• Xu Kun used Fourfold Demise to trap Akali and disperse her shroud, forcing her to sacrifice a protective necklace to survive the light pillar.
• Xu Kun gathered the light pillar into his palm and began Extreme Death Blade as Akali tried to escape.

Xu Kun tried to recruit Akali after overpowering her, offering her a place at his side instead of serving Sima Dai. Akali agreed to follow Xu Kun if he defeated Sima Dai and identified her real body among her shadow clones, leaving Xu Kun to face her challenge.

• Xu Kun stopped his Four-Colored Extreme Demise Blade before Akali’s neck and urged her to surrender, but she refused and attacked him.
• Xu Kun repeatedly found Akali in her Xia formation, caught her, and teased her while proposing that she follow him instead of Sima Dai.
• Akali agreed to follow Xu Kun if he defeated Sima Dai in the Academy Tournament and found her real body.
• Akali created more than a dozen identical shadow clones and challenged Xu Kun to identify her real body in one try.
• Akali and her clones ran toward the edge of the Xia formation as Xu Kun gathered frost to use Extreme Ice Imprisonment.

Xu Kun defeated Akali, exposed her identity, and advanced to a battle with Kuzan above Cloudy Marsh. As Kuzan approached, Xu Kun inspected his abilities and discovered his ice talent had awakened into an unusual form.

• Xu Kun trapped Akali in ice, revealed her face to the crowd, and made her flee in tears after she mocked him.
• Xu Shao declared Xu Kun the victor, moving him up the Dragon-Tiger Rankings to face Kuzan.
• Kuzan asked to fight above Cloudy Marsh, and Xu Kun gained the Azure Dragon Saint’s permission to use the waters as their arena.
• Dugu Yun and Xiang Longtu discussed Kuzan’s strength as he approached Xu Kun on a path of ice.
• Xu Kun examined Kuzan’s information and discovered that his Green Pheasant talent was listed as an awakened Ice-Ice Fruit ability, with three additional talent entries.

Xu Kun faced Green Pheasant Kuzan in his thirteenth Dragon-Tiger Rankings match, while Murong Fu returned to the academy and recognized the man who had once defeated him. The battle began with both fighters countering each other’s ice and fire attacks, and Kuzan prepared a pair of ice spears as Xu Kun closed in.

• Xu Kun examined Kuzan’s three SS-tier talent traits and wondered whether he could strengthen his own lightning abilities by plundering a lightning boss’s talent.
• Xu Kun and Kuzan exchanged respectful words before the thirteenth Dragon-Tiger Rankings challenge match began above Cloudy Marsh.
• Shangguan Yuanwei, Chu Weiwei, and other defeated contestants watched the fight, while Sikong Ting insisted Xu Kun could defeat all the rankings prodigies at once.
• Murong Fu returned to the academy, dismissed Duan Yu from the Water Institute grounds, and recognized Xu Kun as the person who had crushed him before.
• Xu Kun unleashed Ice Dragon Burst, but Kuzan froze the storm, countered Xu Kun’s fire and steam attacks, and formed twin ice spears as Xu Kun charged.

Xu Kun and Kuzan fought an escalating battle on Hundred Battles Mountain, with Xu Kun revealing powerful flames and Kuzan transforming into ice to withstand them. They ended in a draw after their Fire Phoenix and Ice Phoenix attacks split the mountain into a landscape of fire and ice.

• Kuzan froze Xu Kun and suppressed him with his icy spear until Xu Kun unleashed Samadhi True Fire, melted the frost, and burned Kuzan back.
• Xu Kun shattered Kuzan's spear and struck him with Explosive Flame Fist, but Kuzan transformed into Extreme Ice Body and fought him to a standstill.
• Kuzan summoned an Ice Phoenix with Ice Block: Pheasant Beak, covering Hundred Battles Mountain in snow and overwhelming Xu Kun's flames with cold.
• Xu Kun answered with Phoenix Song of the Four Seas, summoning a Fire Phoenix that pushed back Kuzan's Ice Phoenix.
• Xu Kun's Exploding Cloud Piercing Strike and Kuzan's Extreme Ice Pheasant Beak collided, and their powers canceled each other out, dividing Hundred Battles Mountain into regions of fire and ice.

Xu Kun faced Kuzan in a Dragon-Tiger Rankings challenge, endured Kuzan’s Ice Age, and broke free with the Six Ding Divine Fire. After Xu Kun was declared the victor, he stopped Xu Shao before the next match could begin.

• Xu Kun and Kuzan clashed evenly, then Kuzan announced he would use his strongest move if Xu Kun could withstand it.
• Kuzan unleashed Ice Age, freezing the Cloudy Marsh, Xu Kun, Chengying, and the Samadhi True Fire inside a massive iceberg.
• Kuzan recovered enough to approach the frozen Xu Kun with a Two-pronged Spear, but crimson flames burst from Xu Kun and shattered the ice.
• Xu Kun emerged with the Six Ding Divine Fire, melted the iceberg, and offered Kuzan the honor of winning; Kuzan accepted the match’s end and returned to the rankings steps.
• Xu Shao announced Xu Kun as the victor, and Xu Kun stopped him as he turned to introduce the next match.

Xu Kun provoked Xiang Longtu and Dugu Yun, then challenged them to fight him together. Lord Dong explained that Xu Kun hoped to defeat both prodigies at once and win their wholehearted respect.

• Xu Kun asked Xiang Longtu and Dugu Yun which of them was stronger, drawing out their rivalry.
• Xiang Longtu said he had never lost to Dugu Yun, while Dugu Yun insisted he could surpass Xiang Longtu given the chance.
• Lord Dong told Li Guang and Li Kui that Xu Kun had been deliberately letting previous opponents show their strength before defeating them decisively.
• Lord Dong reasoned that Xu Kun wanted to defeat Xiang Longtu and Dugu Yun together so they would be convinced of his superiority.
• Xu Kun stopped the two seniors from arguing and challenged them to come at him together.

Xu Kun challenged Xiang Longtu and Dugu Yun to fight him together, aiming to prove his strength and make the Dragon-Tiger Rankings prodigies submit. As Dugu Yun drew Eternal Life, Xu Kun revealed the broken Nine Heavens Blazing Sun, whose artifact spirit reacted to the sword.

• Xu Kun insisted that Xiang Longtu and Dugu Yun face him at the same time, provoking the rivals to join forces.
• Lord Dong approved the match, and Xu Shao announced that Xu Kun would fight the fourth- and fifth-ranked prodigies alone.
• Xu Kun planned to defeat the rankings prodigies decisively and had studied their abilities and weaknesses.
• Dugu Yun drew Eternal Life and challenged Xu Kun to test his swordsmanship.
• Xu Kun produced the broken Nine Heavens Blazing Sun, and Dugu Yun said Eternal Life recognized it as her friend and was angry that Xu Kun had destroyed it.

Xu Kun prepared to face Xiang Longtu and Dugu Yun, arguing with Dugu Yun over whether divine weapons were companions or tools and revealing his status as Ou Yezi’s final disciple. As Xiang Longtu charged, Xu Kun used Soul Fixation to incapacitate Dugu Yun and set up a one-on-one fight.

• Xu Kun promised to have his master repair Nine Heavens Blazing Sun, while Dugu Yun argued that his inherited sword was his companion.
• Xiang Longtu explained that Xu Kun was Ou Yezi’s final disciple, leaving Dugu Yun embarrassed about criticizing his attitude toward weapons.
• Xu Kun summoned the Iron Gauntlets Járngreipr and prepared to fight both opponents, while Thor assessed Xiang Longtu’s lightning abilities and formidable skills.
• Xu Kun wondered whether Xiang Longtu’s Xiang Clan and Hao Jian’s Overlord class were connected, then accepted the challenge from Xiang Longtu and Dugu Yun.
• Xiang Longtu charged Xu Kun with Formation Breaker, and Xu Kun struck Dugu Yun with Soul Fixation before he could join the fight.

Xu Kun outmaneuvered Dugu Yun and Xiang Longtu with the Heavenly Frost Fist, then revealed his immunity to lightning control and used lightning against them. The chapter left Dugu Yun paralyzed in Xu Kun’s lightning lash while the battle continued atop an iceberg.

• Xu Kun tricked Xiang Longtu with a lightning net, bound Dugu Yun with Dragon Binding, and struck him while he was trapped.
• Dugu Yun escaped the cord with the Rope Breaking Form, but Xu Kun froze him and launched a series of Heavenly Frost Fist attacks.
• Xu Kun slowed Dugu Yun with spreading frost and nearly struck him down before Xiang Longtu intervened with a lightning spear.
• Xiang Longtu’s lightning failed to restrain Xu Kun, revealing Xu Kun’s immunity to lightning control.
• Xu Kun raised an iceberg that hurled both opponents into the air, then caught Dugu Yun with a lightning lash and paralyzed him.

Xu Kun fought Dugu Yun inside the Frosty Ice Mountain, where Dugu Yun gained the upper hand with his superior swordsmanship. Xu Kun then abandoned the swordsmanship contest and unleashed a gigantic flaming blade, shattering Dugu Yun’s attacks and preparing to show his true strength.

• Dugu Yun broke free of Xu Kun’s lightning lash, trapped Xu Kun in the ice mountain, and used two Qi Breaking Forms to drain his stamina.
• Dugu Yun countered Xu Kun’s earth and sword attacks, then outmatched him in ordinary sword exchanges with his greater attack speed.
• Xu Kun activated Day Concealment and attacked at triple speed, but Dugu Yun calmly defended and answered with the first three forms of Holy Spirit Swordplay.
• Dugu Yun’s Sword One, Sword Two, and Sword Three wounded Xu Kun and forced him to one knee.
• Xu Kun admitted Dugu Yun was the better swordsman, retreated under Sword Four and Sword Five, then used All Things are Fire and Blazing God's Blade to shatter the sword energy.

Xu Kun and Dugu Yun fought through their strongest sword techniques, ending with Xu Kun breaking Dugu Yun’s Man-Sword Unification. Dugu Yun fell wounded as Xiang Longtu reached the battlefield, and the fight remained unfinished.

• Xu Kun restored his stamina and used Blazing God's Blade to counter Dugu Yun’s increasingly powerful Holy Spirit Swordplay.
• Xu Kun stopped Dugu Yun’s Sword Twenty-One with Fire Wielding and scattered Sword Twenty-Two with Spring Breeze and Rain, disarming him.
• Dugu Yun unleashed Man-Sword Unification—Sword Twenty-Three, freezing the battlefield as his sword qi incarnation advanced on Xu Kun.
• Xu Kun used Delusion Breaker and the third move of Sword Arises, Wind and Fire to meet Dugu Yun’s ultimate technique; the incarnation shattered, and Dugu Yun collapsed after spitting blood.
• Xiang Longtu broke through the ice and reached the battlefield, and Dugu Yun told him to take over the fight.

Xu Kun overwhelmed Xiang Longtu in their two-on-one fight with Dugu Yun, revealing that his dragon claw and Járngreipr could withstand Xiang Longtu’s lightning attacks. Xiang Longtu survived the final blow and activated his Raging Lightning Engine.

• Xiang Longtu warned Dugu Yun that Xu Kun seemed immune to lightning control and promised to force out Xu Kun’s remaining trump cards.
• Xu Kun broke through Xiang Longtu’s Thunder Pool defense with his Blazing God’s Blade, forcing Xiang Longtu to heal and flee.
• Xiang Longtu transformed his Awakening of Insects into a massive lightning whip and used it to draw Xu Kun within range of his locking skill.
• Xiang Longtu charged Xu Kun with Sky Tyrant’s Raging Strike, but Xu Kun met the attack with Azure Sand Coiling Dragon Claw and shattered Xiang Longtu’s arm.
• Xu Kun struck Xiang Longtu with Bone-Melting Palm, sending him flying, and Xiang Longtu then activated Raging Lightning Engine.

Xiang Longtu activated Raging Lightning Engine and unleashed his strongest lightning techniques against Xu Kun, but Xu Kun’s lightning immunity and calamity fire overwhelmed him. Dugu Yun joined Xiang Longtu, and the two chose to fight Xu Kun together rather than wait for his state to end; all three began their final attacks.

• Xiang Longtu activated Raging Lightning Engine and transformed into a giant lightning body to attack Xu Kun.
• Xu Kun resisted Xiang Longtu’s lightning attacks with Absolute Lightning Immunity, then burned him with Calamity Fire Annihilation and Six Ding Divine Fire.
• Xiang Longtu used Ninefold Calamity Spear and unleashed eight increasingly powerful attacks, but Xu Kun blocked them with the Blazing God's Blade.
• Dugu Yun arrived beside Xiang Longtu, and the two considered waiting for Xu Kun’s state to end before attacking.
• Xiang Longtu and Dugu Yun rejected that plan and stood together to fight Xu Kun, who accepted their challenge.
• Xiang Longtu launched Ninefold Calamity Spear: Shattering the Firmament as Dugu Yun unleashed Forbidden · Sentient World · Sword Twenty-Three.

Xu Kun unleashed Blazing God's Unrivaled Slash and broke through Xiang Longtu and Dugu Yun's combined spear-and-sword attack, leaving Xiang Longtu gravely injured. As Xiang Longtu sacrificed himself to save Dugu Yun, he launched one more forbidden attack at Xu Kun.

• Xu Kun's Blazing God's Unrivaled Slash shattered the combined force of Xiang Longtu's spear and Dugu Yun's sword, then sent its remaining power into Hundred Battles Mountain's boundary wall.
• Sima Dai, Sima Ziyuan, Li Taibai, Murong Fu, and Lady Wang reacted to the slash's overwhelming power, while Murong Fu hoped Xu Kun would be weakened before their fight.
• Xiang Longtu pushed Dugu Yun out of the slash's path, losing his right arm and suffering severe damage to his Glazed Lightning Body.
• Xiang Longtu urged Dugu Yun to carry on and defeat Xu Kun, then seized Jingzhe and hurled it skyward with Forbidden-Starfall Cascade.

Xu Kun endured Dugu Yun’s three-hundred-and-sixty-sword formation and used it to refine his swordsmanship, eventually defeating him after Xiang Longtu fell. The battle ended with Dugu Yun conceding to Xu Kun.

• Xu Kun froze Xiang Longtu and shattered his Starfall Waterfall with Frosty River Reflection, killing him.
• Dugu Yun unleashed his Dugu Nine Swords General Formula, trapping Xu Kun in a formation of three hundred and sixty sword shadows.
• Xu Kun used Thunderous Bagua to destroy the weaker sword shadows, then studied the remaining attacks and practiced against them.
• Xu Kun combined what he learned with Ou Yezi’s Willow Sweeps the Clothes method and began forming a sword style of his own.
• After Thunderous Bagua ended, Xu Kun used Flame Dragon’s Breath to destroy the remaining sword shadows, disarmed Dugu Yun, and held Chengying to his neck.
• Dugu Yun conceded to Xu Kun.

Xu Kun defeated Dugu Yun after adapting his swordsmanship during their fight, then heard Dugu's advice about learning from other sword masters. He continued his challenge toward Sima Dai, with Li Taibai offering him ten minutes to recover before their match.

• Xu Kun defeated Dugu Yun, who realized Xu Kun had been studying his swordsmanship and could have broken his final technique sooner.
• Dugu Yun questioned Xu Kun's motives, and Xu Kun said he intended to defeat Sima Dai and asked whether Dugu would then follow his lead.
• Dugu Yun told Xu Kun that he must first defeat Li Taibai and Murong Fu, and advised him to learn from their swordsmanship.
• Xu Kun decided to continue challenging opponents and was assigned Li Taibai as his next opponent.
• Li Taibai offered Xu Kun ten minutes to recover before their fight, and Xu Kun accepted.