Chapter Summaries

Gu Yuan backed down from confronting Su Yun over the Sword Emperor Jade Slip and ordered the Gu Clan to release the Xiao Clan members. After Xiao Yan reunited with his father and Old Yao, Su Yun halted the clans as they began withdrawing, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Gu Yuan abandoned Gu Dao's plan to seize the Sword Emperor Inheritance and offered to let the Xiao Clan leave if Su Yun did not use the jade slip.
• Su Yun challenged Gu Yuan's promises and demanded that the Gu Clan release the captives.
• Gu Yuan ordered Gu Dao to release the Xiao Clan members, and the Xiao Family's Great Elder caught the badly injured Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Zhan and greeted Old Yao's remnant soul.
• Lei Ying and the other clan leaders recalled their Dou Shengs as the tension eased, but Su Yun demanded to know who had allowed them to leave.

Su Yun used the Sword Emperor Jade Slip to force the Ancient Emperor Clans to accept responsibility for sealing off the Northwest Continent and demand the deaths of their Dou Shengs. The clan leaders killed their own people, and Su Yun called Xiao Yan over before Yao Dan could kill Yao Wan Gui.

• Su Yun spread the jade slip's Imperial Might across the clan platforms and threatened the Ancient Emperor Clans over their role in sealing off the Northwest Continent.
• Lei Ying agreed to hand over Lei Ming, and the other clan leaders agreed to surrender their own Dou Shengs to avoid Su Yun using the jade slip against them.
• Su Yun demanded that the clan leaders kill the surrendered Dou Shengs themselves, and Lei Ying killed Lei Ming while Yan Jin and the other leaders killed their clansmen.
• Yao Dan prepared to kill Yao Wan Gui, but Su Yun stopped him and summoned Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan confronted Yao Wan Gui over the torture he had endured and the suffering Yao Wan Gui had inflicted on others. After Yao Dan stopped Yao Wan Gui from self-destructing and handed him over, Xiao Yan beat him to death on the Gu Realm plaza.

• Yao Chen and Xiao Zhan urged Xiao Yan to settle his grudge, and Xiao Yan accepted Su Yun's offer to kill Yao Wan Gui himself.
• Yao Wan Gui tried to self-destruct, but Yao Dan sealed his Dou Qi and threw him off the Yao Clan platform before abandoning him to Xiao Yan.
• Yao Wan Gui pleaded with Old Yao for mercy, but Old Yao refused and said Yao Wan Gui had brought his fate upon himself.
• Yao Wan Gui threatened Xiao Yan with the Yao Clan, and Xiao Yan answered by striking him with his five-colored Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan beat Yao Wan Gui for two hours until his final punch reduced him to a cloud of blood mist.

Xiao Yan captured Yao Wan Gui’s remnant soul in the Human Emperor Banner and subjected it to torment, finally finding relief from his years of hatred. Su Yun then confronted Gu Yuan over his treatment of the guests and demanded entry to the Heavenly Tomb.

• Yao Wan Gui’s remnant soul attacked Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan trapped it in the Human Emperor Banner.
• Xiao Yan used the banner’s soul chains and ghosts to torment Yao Wan Gui, refusing his plea for death.
• Xiao Yan thanked Su Yun for helping him settle his long-held resentment.
• Gu Yuan told Su Yun to leave the Gu Realm with the Xiao Clan Descendants, saying everything had been settled.
• Su Yun reminded Gu Yuan that the Gu Clan had invited him and demanded entry to the Heavenly Tomb.

Su Yun forced the Imperial Clans to withdraw from the Heavenly Tomb and entered it with Xiao Yan after securing the Pill Tower Ancestor’s protection for the Xiao Clan. As they traveled through the gate, Su Yun gained a vast number of Truth Points, and the Sword Emperor Jade Slip and inheritance continued materializing.

• Su Yun insisted that the other Imperial Clans give up their Heavenly Tomb slots, and the Lightning, Yan, and other clans withdrew before Gu Yuan also pulled out the Gu Clan.
• Su Yun chose Xiao Yan to accompany him and asked the Pill Tower Ancestor to protect the Xiao Clan members while they were gone.
• Xiao Yan bid farewell to Xiao Zhan and Old Yao, then followed Su Yun and Gu Dao to the Heavenly Tomb gate.
• Gu Dao opened the spatial gate, and Su Yun and Xiao Yan inspected it before entering the passage.
• Su Yun’s system awarded him 100,000,000 Truth Points for Heavenly Lies, while the Sword Emperor Jade Slip reached 82.25% materialization and the Sword Emperor Inheritance reached 35.89%.

After the Gu Clan repaired the damage caused by the Sword Emperor Jade Slip, Hun Xuzi announced that a powerful Soul Clan figure was coming and urged the other clans to wait. Outside Ancient Saint City, Sword Venerable sent Tang Ying away to establish the Sword Emperor Pavilion and spread Star Annihilation, then spotted a mysterious figure heading toward the Gu Realm.

• Gu Yuan restored the Gu Realm’s spatial barrier and ordered the guests to leave, while Pill Tower’s Old Ancestor evacuated the Xiao Clan members in his pagoda.
• Hun Xuzi asked the clan leaders and experts to remain for the arrival of an important Soul Clan figure, and Gu Yuan and Yao Dan reacted with surprise at the prospect.
• Sword Venerable decided to stay in Ancient Saint City, while Tang Ying offered to stay with him and recounted how his master had rescued and trained him.
• Sword Venerable instructed Tang Ying to rename the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion as the Sword Emperor Pavilion, honor Xiao Ji Bai as its founding master, and spread Star Annihilation across the continent.
• Tang Ying reluctantly left to carry out his master’s mission, and Sword Venerable noticed a mysterious figure moving toward the spatial gate to the Gu Realm.

Sword Venerable briefly sensed a mysterious figure before being erased, while Hun Tiandi arrived in the Gu Realm and revealed that his true target was the Heavenly Tomb.

• Sword Venerable sensed the mysterious figure across realms, but the figure's presence caused him to dissolve into particles.
• The figure recognized Sword Venerable's brief connection to heaven and earth and vanished through the spatial gate.
• Hun Tiandi emerged into the Gu Realm, where Hun Xuzi and the Soul Clan Saints welcomed him.
• Hun Tiandi insulted Gu Yuan and dismissed his concerns about entering the Gu Realm without warning.
• Hun Tiandi fixed his gaze on the Heavenly Tomb and declared that it was his true target.

Su Yun and Xiao Yan traveled through the Heavenly Tomb toward its third level, where Xiao Xuan’s tomb lay. Xiao Xuan sensed them, recognized Su Yun’s Xiao Clan emblem, and rejoiced at what he believed was a Xiao Clan genius with a Ninth-grade Bloodline.

• Su Yun explained the Heavenly Tomb’s ancient origin and led Xiao Yan toward its third level to find Xiao Xuan.
• Su Yun used his sword intent to destroy attacking energy bodies as he and Xiao Yan raced through the mist.
• Xiao Xuan reflected on his failed attempt to reach Dou Di and hoped the Gu Clan’s incoming youths would ease his loneliness.
• Xiao Xuan sensed Su Yun and Xiao Yan, then saw Su Yun’s Seven-colored Clan Emblem and celebrated the apparent return of a Xiao Clan descendant with a Ninth-grade Bloodline.

Su Yun and Xiao Yan met Xiao Xuan in the Heavenly Tomb and revealed how far the Xiao Clan had fallen. Xiao Xuan erupted in fury and demanded to know why Gu Yuan and the Gu Clan had abandoned their promise to care for the clan.

• Su Yun and Xiao Yan reached the ancient gate at the end of the Heavenly Tomb, and Xiao Xuan opened it for them.
• Xiao Yan recognized Xiao Xuan as his ancestor, and Xiao Xuan welcomed the Xiao Clan descendants he had waited a thousand years to meet.
• Xiao Xuan asked about the Xiao Clan's current condition, while Su Yun and Xiao Yan reluctantly explained its decline.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xuan that the clan had retreated to the Northwest Continent, disguised itself as the Xiao Family, and once had only a Da Dou Shi as its strongest member.
• Xiao Xuan realized how low the clan had fallen, unleashed his Emperor Realm Soul, and demanded to know where Gu Yuan was and why the Gu Clan had failed to care for the Xiao Clan.

Su Yun and Xiao Yan convinced Xiao Xuan that Gu Yuan had betrayed the Xiao Clan and that Su Yun’s Ninth-grade Bloodline came from his ancestry and a thousand-year inheritance. Xiao Xuan asked how he could verify the truth, and Su Yun offered to take him out of the Heavenly Tomb.

• Xiao Yan and Su Yun told Xiao Xuan that Gu Yuan had misled him and helped bring about the Xiao Clan’s decline.
• Xiao Xuan struggled to accept their claims and questioned how Su Yun could possess a Ninth-grade Bloodline.
• Su Yun claimed he was a Xiao Clan descendant from a thousand years ago who had awakened his bloodline and spent a thousand years inheriting a Sword Emperor’s legacy.
• Xiao Xuan sensed Su Yun’s Xiao Clan bloodline and accepted his explanation, while Xiao Yan grieved over his ancestor’s trust in Gu Yuan.
• Su Yun offered to let Xiao Xuan witness the Xiao Clan’s condition firsthand, then said they would leave the Heavenly Tomb.

Su Yun and Xiao Yan used the Human Emperor Banner to pull Xiao Xuan out of the Heavenly Tomb. Xiao Xuan found himself free of the tomb’s rules and prepared to confront Gu Yuan over the Xiao Clan.

• Xiao Xuan explained that the Heavenly Tomb’s rules prevented remnant souls from leaving.
• Su Yun revealed that the Human Emperor Banner could oppose the Heavenly Tomb’s rules, and Xiao Xuan agreed to try it.
• Xiao Yan poured his Dou Qi and Soul Power into the Human Emperor Banner while Xiao Xuan completely lowered his defenses.
• The banner overcame the Heavenly Tomb’s pull and drew Xiao Xuan inside.
• Xiao Xuan realized he had escaped the Heavenly Tomb and vowed to confront Gu Yuan about the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Xuan regained his freedom through the Human Emperor Banner and learned that Xiao Ji Bai carried a ninth-grade bloodline. When Xiao Xuan offered the Xiao Clan’s preserved bloodline origin to create a Divine Bloodline, Xiao Ji Bai chose Xiao Yan to inherit it, insisting he could reach the pinnacle without one.

• Xiao Xuan recognized a tortured captive in the Human Emperor Banner as a likely Yao Clan member but decided not to interfere.
• Xiao Yan granted Xiao Xuan permission to enter and leave the banner, and Xiao Xuan returned to the Heavenly Tomb courtyard.
• Xiao Xuan learned Su Yun’s identity as Xiao Ji Bai and lamented having ignored Xiao Kong’s warnings about Gu Yuan.
• Xiao Xuan revealed the sealed bloodline origin and asked whether Xiao Yan or Xiao Ji Bai would inherit its power.
• Xiao Ji Bai gave the Divine Bloodline opportunity to Xiao Yan and declared he could reach the pinnacle without one.

Su Yun gave the Divine Bloodline to Xiao Yan and secluded himself, while Xiao Xuan believed Ji Bai was sacrificing his life for the Xiao Clan and vowed to train Xiao Yan. Alone in the stone chamber, Su Yun revealed his false identity and prepared to act, but the Sword Emperor Jade Slip began releasing a growing Imperial Might.

• Su Yun declined the Divine Bloodline and urged Xiao Xuan to give it to Xiao Yan, then entered seclusion in a stone chamber.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xuan that Ji Bai had used a life-consuming secret art and had less than a hundred years to live, explaining the conflict involving the Sword Emperor and the Son of the Dragon Phoenix.
• Xiao Xuan sensed sword intent and silver strands in Su Yun’s hair, concluded Ji Bai was sacrificing himself for the clan, and ordered Xiao Yan to fuse with the Divine Bloodline and undergo harsh training.
• Su Yun secretly connected his Soul Power to the Human Emperor Banner and admitted that Xiao Ji Bai was a false identity he had created.
• Su Yun gathered the Nether Poison Flame to activate a secret art, but the Sword Emperor Jade Slip began emitting increasingly powerful Imperial Might.

Su Yun saw Hun Tiandi arrive in the Gu Realm and rushed to activate his secret technique. Hun Tiandi proposed using the Emperor Slaying Formation with the Imperial Clans’ sacrifices to seize Xiao Ji Bai’s Sword Emperor Inheritance, then exposed the Lightning Clan’s and Yan Clan’s crimes as he tried to win Lei Ying and Yan Jin over.

• Su Yun connected to the Soul Guiding Jade, saw Hun Tiandi’s arrival, and activated the secret technique to raise his power.
• Hun Tiandi asked the Imperial Clan Leaders to provide Descendant People for the Emperor Slaying Formation, offering to share the Sword Emperor Inheritance in return.
• Yao Dan, the Stone Clan Leader, and the Spirit Clan Leader agreed, while Lei Ying and Yan Jin refused to sacrifice ten million people from their clans.
• Hun Tiandi revealed that Lei Ying had conducted human experiments and that Yan Jin had persecuted the Xiao Clan and plundered Fen Yan Valley’s techniques.
• Hun Tiandi urged Lei Ying and Yan Jin to accept that they were no different from him.

Hun Tiandi forced Lei Ying and Yan Jin to commit to a plan to kill Xiao Ji Bai and slaughter the Central Plains, while Gu Yuan resisted spending his clan’s Dou Emperor reserves. Hun Tiandi exposed Gu Yuan’s past betrayals and accused him of planning to seize the Sword Emperor Inheritance, leaving Gu Yuan’s ruthless nature revealed before the gathered clans.

• Hun Tiandi threatened Lei Ying with the Lightning Clan’s destruction and argued that the clans had to kill Xiao Ji Bai and eliminate everyone who knew the Star Annihilation Sword Art.
• Yan Jin agreed to follow Hun Tiandi, and Lei Ying reluctantly submitted, saying he would take the dark path for the Lightning Clan.
• Gu Yuan argued that the Emperor Slaying Formation was enough and that his clan should not use its Dou Emperor reserves, prompting Yao Dan and the other Clan Leaders to challenge him.
• Gu Yuan claimed that using his clan’s reserves would destroy the Gu Realm and require his daughter Xun'er’s Divine Bloodline and cultivation as kindling.
• Hun Tiandi accused Gu Yuan of feigning concern for Xun'er and revealed that Gu Yuan had betrayed Xiao Xuan and shared the timing of Xiao Xuan’s attempted breakthrough.
• Gu Yuan told Hun Tiandi to stop speaking as his gentle facade fell away and his vicious aura emerged before the hall.

Gu Yuan admitted that he had betrayed Xiao Xuan and agreed to join Hun Tiandi in pursuing the Sword Emperor Inheritance. After Xun'er refused to help and tried to kill herself, Gu Yuan stopped her and had her taken away, leaving Hun Tiandi to order the clans to prepare sacrifices for their plan.

• Gu Yuan agreed to use the Gu Clan's reserves and confessed that he had exposed Xiao Xuan's plan to seize the Tou She Ancient God Jade out of jealousy and fear.
• Gu Yuan explained that he had also revealed Xiao Xuan's breakthrough to Hun Tiandi because he feared Xiao Xuan would discover his betrayal and take revenge.
• Gu Yuan ordered Xun'er to sacrifice her bloodline and cultivation for the clan's plan, but she refused and tried to kill herself with the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• Gu Yuan sealed Xun'er's power, struck her, and ordered Gu Dao to confine her.
• Hun Tiandi told the clan leaders to capture their clans' Descendant People as sacrifices and bring them into the Gu Realm.

The Imperial Clans sacrificed fifty million Descendant People to fuel the Soul Clan’s Emperor Slaying Formation, while Xun’er remained imprisoned at its center. As the formation’s power grew, the victims’ hatred and unwillingness flowed secretly toward the Heavenly Tomb.

• The Clan Leaders gathered in the Gu Realm as Gu Yuan revealed Xun’er bound inside a golden formation.
• Hun Tiandi summoned the Soul Clan’s Saints and began preparing the Emperor Slaying Formation to deliver a decisive strike against an Emperor.
• Yao Wanhuo trapped the Yao Clan’s ten million Descendant People in a spatial barrier and fed them into the formation, where their bloodline power was consumed.
• The other Imperial Clans followed, sacrificing a total of fifty million Descendant People despite their pleas and curses.
• The Emperor Slaying Formation’s scarlet power intensified as the victims’ hatred and unwillingness flowed unnoticed toward the Heavenly Tomb.

Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi used Xun'er’s bloodline to restore the Ancient Emperor Array and prepare to open the Heavenly Tomb, while Ling Quan secretly rejoiced at her suffering. Inside the tomb, Xiao Yan completed three years of cultivation and reached Peak Nine-turn Dou Zun before a sudden roar interrupted him.

• Gu Yuan activated the Emperor Slaying Formation, draining Xun'er’s bloodline and cultivation to release the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• Gu Yao watched Xun'er suffer, while Gu Qingyang urged him not to intervene; Ling Quan gloated over her pain and vowed that Xiao Ji Bai and Xiao Yan would also meet miserable ends.
• Xun'er pleaded with Gu Yuan to stop, but he dismissed her; Hun Tiandi then dispersed the mist and revealed the Heavenly Tomb.
• After three years inside the Heavenly Tomb, Xiao Yan formed a Seven-Colored Mark, reached Peak Nine-turn Dou Zun, and greatly strengthened the Human Emperor Banner.
• A deafening roar suddenly sounded above Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan discovered that Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan had joined forces to attack the Heavenly Tomb and seize Xiao Ji Bai. Hun Tiandi destroyed the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb and shattered the tomb, leaving Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yan face-to-face with the two leaders and their army.

• Xiao Xuan sensed Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan attacking the Heavenly Tomb together, and Xiao Yan realized they were targeting Xiao Ji Bai.
• Hun Tiandi demanded that the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb open the tomb and hand over Xiao Ji Bai, but it roared and resisted.
• Hun Tiandi struck down the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb and shattered much of the tomb, causing countless remnant souls to perish.
• Xiao Xuan protected Xiao Yan from the saber's aftershock and explained that nearly all the tomb's Soul Bodies had been destroyed.
• Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan appeared with the Seven Ancient Clans' army, and Gu Yuan demanded that Xiao Xuan hand over Xiao Ji Bai.
• Xiao Xuan refused and told Gu Yuan he had questions to ask him.

Xiao Xuan learned that Gu Yuan had betrayed him and the Xiao Clan out of jealousy, then prepared to protect Xiao Yan and Xiao Ji Bai from Hun Tiandi. As Hun Tiandi attacked, Su Yun emerged from the stone door and told him to let the others go and face him instead.

• Gu Yuan admitted that he had abandoned the Xiao Clan and seized its remaining resources because he resented Xiao Xuan’s superior talent.
• Gu Yuan revealed that he had betrayed Xiao Xuan’s plan to seize the Tou She Ancient God Jade and informed Hun Tiandi of Xiao Xuan’s breakthrough attempt.
• Xiao Xuan resolved to protect Xiao Yan and Xiao Ji Bai despite his grief and his weakened remnant-soul state.
• Hun Tiandi threatened Xiao Xuan and unleashed black energy against him.
• Su Yun emerged from the stone door, and his Sword Emperor aura halted Hun Tiandi’s energy as he offered himself in their place.