Chapter Summaries

Su Yun warned Xiao Yi Xian to hold the Poison Sect back and prepared to leave the Black Corner Region, then traveled to the Jia Ma Empire to explore the Small World beyond the Gate of Life and Death. At the Misty Cloud Sect, he discovered Yun Shan’s lingering Nether Poison Flame affliction had worsened into daily bouts of madness.

• Su Yun told Xiao Yi Xian to rein in the Poison Sect because major changes might come to the Black Corner Region, and said they would eventually leave for the Central Plains.
• Su Yun warned the Amethyst Winged Lion King to advance to the Seventh Tier within two years and told Xiao Yi Xian to guard the Poison Sect while he was away.
• Su Yun crossed a Spatial Rift to the Jia Ma Empire and headed toward the Misty Cloud Sect to visit the Small World beyond the Gate of Life and Death.
• Yun Shan suffered a violent episode, and Yun Yun bound him and fed him medicine until he calmed and fell asleep.
• Gu He told Yun Yun that he could not cure Yun Shan, whose Nether Poison Flame poisoning and worsening mental state had progressed to daily episodes.

Su Yun entered the ruined small world behind the Gate of Life and Death, discovered its spiritual-liquid altar and followed a bloodline summons to an ancient hall. He passed through a barrier that opened for him, while an author’s note clarified that the small world’s connection to the Xiao Clan was a fanfiction setting, not canon.

• Yun Yun told Gu He that the Soul Hall Protector had forced her to serve the Soul Hall, and Gu He explained that Yun Shan’s soul had been damaged by the secret technique used to help him break through.
• Su Yun overheard their conversation and concluded that Yun Shan’s condition had made him lose interest in killing him.
• Su Yun tore open the Gate of Life and Death’s spatial barrier and entered the ruined small world beyond it.
• Su Yun found Nalan Yanran collecting spiritual liquid at an ancient altar, then continued toward a stirring he sensed in his bloodline.
• After ten days of travel, Su Yun reached an ancient hall, where a spatial barrier opened for him and he entered.
• The author clarified that the small world’s connection to the Xiao Clan was a fan-created setting and would not be used in the novel.

Su Yun entered the Xiao Clan's Scripture Pavilion, seized its collection of cultivation techniques and Dou Techniques, and collected the Ancient Ruins into a Bronze Palace. Nalan Yanran confronted him over the Misty Cloud Sect's supposed inherited treasure, but Su Yun dismissed her claim and vanished.

• Su Yun entered the Xiao Clan's Scripture Pavilion and discovered its jade slips contained Earth-tier and higher techniques, along with the Hun Tian Shi Ling Formation.
• Su Yun stored the Pavilion's jade slips in his Storage Ring and found the other two chambers had already been emptied.
• Su Yun returned to the Ancient Ruins and used the formation's method to shrink them into a Bronze Palace.
• Nalan Yanran awoke to find the ruins gone and called on the white-clad Su Yun to return the Misty Cloud Sect's inherited treasure.
• Su Yun mocked Nalan Yanran's claim and flew away, leaving her helpless.

Su Yun killed Protector Wu to settle his grudge, while Han Feng reported a newly discovered Dou Di Ruins to Hun Miesheng in the Heaven Hall. Hun Miesheng confirmed Han Feng’s account by killing him, leaving the ruins’ significance in the Soul Hall’s hands.

• Su Yun sensed Protector Wu returning to the Misty Cloud Sect and killed him with a strike of Sword Light.
• Two months later, Han Feng was escorted into the Soul Hall’s Heaven Hall to meet Hun Miesheng.
• Han Feng told Hun Miesheng that he had entered a Dou Di Ruins on the Northwest Continent and described what he had found there.
• Hun Miesheng killed Han Feng after determining that his report was true, leaving the Sea Heart Flame burning in the hall.

Su Yun waited in the Black Corner Region as Xiao Yi Xian reported that the Poison Sect had withdrawn from its expanded territory, while he concealed his plans for the ancient ruins. A Saint named Hun Miesheng arrived and sensed the ruins’ Spatial Barrier, but another, even more imposing Saint appeared before he could investigate.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Su Yun that the Poison Sect had recalled its disciples and finished contracting its territory.
• Xiao Yi Xian questioned why Xiao Yan had not returned from the ruins, and Su Yun pretended to contact him with the Soul Guiding Jade without receiving a response.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Su Yun that Medusa had sent word that the Snake-People Tribe would join them in a few days.
• Hun Miesheng emerged from the void and unleashed his Saint’s might, alarming the Black Corner Region and reaching Jia Nan Academy with his pressure.
• Su Yun reassured Xiao Yi Xian and concealed his aura while Hun Miesheng sensed the Venerable-level Spatial Barrier and turned toward it.
• A Linen-Clad Elder stepped out of the void with an aura even heavier than Hun Miesheng’s.

Hun Miesheng and Gu Dao investigated the supposed Dou Di Ruins, doubting their authenticity as they passed through its crude traps and empty chambers. They reached the Tomb Inscription Chamber and found a colossal statue radiating Seven-Colored Dao Charm.

• Hun Miesheng met Gu Dao, who proposed that they investigate the ruins together.
• Gu Dao and Hun Miesheng crossed the Spatial Barrier and entered the ruins.
• Hun Miesheng led the way through the corridor’s traps while Gu Dao judged the ruins crude and unimpressive.
• The two explored the Pill Pavilion and Academy but found nothing, and suspected the ruins were a prank.
• Hun Miesheng and Gu Dao entered the Tomb Inscription Chamber and saw a towering statue holding a massive sword.

Gu Dao and Hun Miesheng discovered that the Sword Emperor ruins were genuine when Hun Miesheng attacked the statue and it unleashed overwhelming Imperial Might. The statue condemned Hun Miesheng, declaring that those who offended Imperial Might forfeited their allotted lives and had their names placed on the Reincarnation Tablet.

• Gu Dao read the statue's epitaph and concluded that the Sword Emperor lived at least one hundred thousand years ago, in an era that also saw a Dragon Phoenix Dou Di.
• Gu Dao honored the Sword Emperor, but Hun Miesheng dismissed him as a fraud and prepared to destroy the statue.
• Gu Dao warned Hun Miesheng that his attack could devastate the surrounding land and disgrace the Eight Ancient Races, but Hun Miesheng unleashed a demonic ray at the statue.
• The statue blazed with golden Imperial Might, dissolved Hun Miesheng's attack, and restored the shattered space, proving the ruins were real.
• A pillar of light and auspicious phenomena spread across the continent as the statue's voice condemned those who offended Imperial Might and declared Hun Miesheng's name on the Reincarnation Tablet.

Hun Miesheng accepted the Sword Emperor’s punishment, while Su Yun prepared to leave the Black Corner Region as the Sword Emperor Inheritance drew attention across the continent. In the Gu Realm, the Gu Clan elders discussed how to find the missing successor and proposed using Xiao Yan to lure him out.

• Hun Miesheng kowtowed before the Sword Emperor’s Stone Statue and willingly accepted punishment on the Path of Rebirth.
• Su Yun told Xiao Yi Xian to disband the Poison Sect and leave the Black Corner Region for the Jia Ma Empire.
• Gu Dao returned to the Gu Realm and told the clan elders that Hun Miesheng had triggered the Emperor’s Aura and remained at the ruins repenting.
• The Gu Clan elders learned that the Sword Emperor’s Inheritance depended on the missing successor, Xiao Ji Bai.
• An elder proposed inviting Xiao Yan from Jia Nan Academy to the Gu Clan to make Xiao Ji Bai reveal himself.

The Gu Clan elders debated using Xiao Yan to draw out Xiao Ji Bai, while Xun'er argued against endangering the Xiao Clan's ties with the Gu Clan. Gu Yuan returned from investigating the Sword Emperor Ruins and ordered Xun'er to withdraw from clan affairs and enter seclusion, leaving Xiao Yan's fate in his hands.

• Gu Dao questioned whether Xiao Ji Bai valued Xiao Yan enough to risk revealing himself, but Ling Quan argued that Xiao Ji Bai had killed a Soul Hall Venerable to protect Xiao Yan in the Sword Emperor Ruins.
• Xun'er confirmed Ling Quan's account, and the elders grew interested in inviting Xiao Yan to the Gu Realm to draw out Xiao Ji Bai.
• Gu Yang blamed Xun'er for failing to capture Xiao Ji Bai earlier, and Xun'er defended her past actions before Gu Dao intervened.
• Gu Yuan returned and agreed that bringing Xiao Yan to the Gu Realm might draw out Xiao Ji Bai.
• Xun'er warned Gu Yuan that coercing Xiao Ji Bai could damage the Gu Clan's longstanding relationship with the Xiao Clan, but Gu Yuan ordered her to enter seclusion and leave the matter to him.

Gu Yuan and the other clan leaders gathered to discuss the Sword Emperor Inheritance while Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame inspected the Ancient Ruins and sought Xiao Ji Bai. The assembly ended with Hun Tu proposing that the clans seize the remaining Xiao Clan members, as the leaders quietly maneuvered to make the Soul Clan bear the task.

• Gu Yuan sent Xun'er away and agreed to attend an assembly after the other clans requested a meeting about the Ancient Ruins.
• Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame inspected the ruins, recognized the Sword Emperor's Imperial Might, and set out to find Xiao Ji Bai before the other clans could reach him.
• At the Eight Clans Assembly, Hun Tu said Hun Tiandi was cultivating in seclusion, and Yan Jin suggested he was still recovering from his injuries.
• Gu Yuan asked how the clans should find Xiao Ji Bai, and Hun Tu proposed capturing the remaining Xiao Clan members, including the Xiao Family in Wutan City.
• Hun Xuzi urged all the clans to contribute to the plan, leaving the hall in an uneasy silence.

The leaders of the ancient clans debated how to find Xiao Ji Bai, but his unknown Sword Emperor contingency made them abandon a plan to use Xiao Yan as bait. The Soul Clan was excluded from the search, while Gu Yuan revealed that he sought Xiao Ji Bai because the successor knew how to obtain the Origin Qi needed to reach the Dou Emperor realm.

• Hun Xuzi proposed luring Xiao Ji Bai out with Xiao Yan, but the clan leaders rejected the plan because they feared his unknown Sword Emperor contingency.
• Gu Yuan urged the clans to choose another method out of respect for his promise to Xiao Xuan, and the leaders agreed to search the Northwest Continent and inspect the Sword Emperor Ruins.
• Gu Dao argued that the Soul Clan should be barred from the search because Hun Tiandi had caused the Xiao Clan's downfall, and Gu Yu agreed that the Soul Clan should stay out while Hun Tiandi recovered.
• After the assembly ended, Gu Yuan told Gu Dao that Xun'er's mention of Origin Qi had convinced him the Sword Emperor Ruins were real and that Origin Qi was required to break through to the Dou Emperor realm.
• Gu Yuan said Xiao Ji Bai knew how to obtain Origin Qi and ordered Gu Dao to investigate the sword intent Xiao Ji Bai had left in Ling Quan.

Hun Tiandi punished Hun Tu for mishandling the Gu Clan and withholding news of the Sword Emperor Ruins, then ordered him to infiltrate the Northwest Continent and capture Xiao Ji Bai to seize Origin Qi. In the Gu Realm, Gu Yuan began trying to remove the Sword Emperor’s sword intent from Ling Quan, who screamed as the attempt started.

• Hun Tiandi crushed Hun Tu for losing the chance to capture Xiao Ji Bai and rejecting Hun Miesheng’s intelligence about the Sword Emperor Ruins.
• Nihility Devouring Flame revealed that Xiao Ji Bai knew how to obtain Origin Qi, and Hun Tiandi blamed Hun Tu for losing the initiative.
• Hun Tiandi gave Hun Tu one last chance and ordered him to infiltrate the Northwest Continent in disguise and capture Xiao Ji Bai before the other Imperial Clans.
• Gu Yuan instructed Ling Quan to awaken the sword intent inside his body so he could remove it.
• Gu Yuan poured Dou Qi into Ling Quan to crush the sword intent, and Ling Quan screamed in pain.

Gu Yuan discovered that Xiao Ji Bai’s sword intent was eroding Ling Quan’s Dou Di Bloodline, revealing the first clash between Xiao Ji Bai and the Gu Clan. In the Northwest Continent, Su Yun saw the Sword Emperor Inheritance progress surge, sent Medusa back to lead the Snake-People Tribe, and awaited the changes ahead as saintly might descended on the Black Corner Region.

• Gu Yuan found that destroying the sword intent in Ling Quan’s body also damaged Ling Quan, because the intent had become entangled with him.
• Gu Yuan tested Ling Quan’s bloodline and found it had fallen from Five Stars to Four and a Half Stars, confirming that the sword intent was slowly eroding it.
• Gu Yuan ordered Gu Dao to keep the incident secret and to watch the Six Clans’ joint exploration of the Northwest Continent for a chance to find Xiao Ji Bai.
• Su Yun saw the Sword Emperor Inheritance manifestation progress surge and told Medusa to return to the Snake-People Tribe to take charge.
• Seven days later, resplendent saintly might descended on the Black Corner Region again.

The Six Ancient Clans arrived in the Black Corner Region and ordered everyone to evacuate so they could claim the area and investigate the Ancient Ruins. After Mo Ya was killed for defying them, the clans gathered at the Sword Emperor Ruins and prepared to send young disciples inside.

• Mo Tianxing worried that the Black Emperor Sect had missed its chance to flee as the Six Ancient Clans tore open the sky and descended on the Black Corner Region.
• Gu Dao ordered the region's inhabitants to leave within an hour, and Mo Ya was instantly killed when he challenged the order.
• Lei Ying transported the civilians who had not escaped far away, while Mang Tianchi departed to handle Jia Nan Academy.
• Lei Ying led the clans to the Ancient Ruins, where Gu Dao explained that his Soul Power had revealed no treasures inside.
• Yao Wan Gui ordered Yao Clan Dou Zong disciples into the Sword Emperor Ruins, and Gu Dao called for Gu Clan disciples with bloodlines below the fifth grade to step forward.

Hun Miesheng slaughtered the clans’ advance force at the Sword Emperor Ruins, forcing the Six Clans to abandon exploring the ruins and search for Xiao Ji Bai instead. Su Yun watched from the Jia Ma Empire and planned to leave for the Central Plains once the commotion settled, but two years later he was still waiting.

• Yan Jin and Lei Ying declined to send their clans into the ruins, while the Gu Clan, Yao Clan, Stone Clan, and Spirit Clan each sent five hundred men.
• Yao Wan Gui threatened the Yao Clan members, and the two thousand-man advance force entered the ruins.
• Hun Miesheng unleashed dark-violet demonic light and annihilated the entire advance force, then taunted Gu Dao from inside the ruins.
• Gu Dao proposed building a base and searching the northwest for Xiao Ji Bai, the Sword Emperor's Successor, while Gu Nan Hai returned to the Gu Realm to open a space passage.
• Hun Miesheng knelt before the Sword Emperor's statue as Su Yun observed the events from the Jia Ma Empire and decided to wait before heading to the Central Plains.
• Two years later, Su Yun wondered when the uproar would finally die down.

Su Yun discussed the Six Ancient Clans’ occupation of the Northwest Continent and the harm their search for Xiao Ji Bai had caused, while his Sword Emperor Inheritance manifested faster and his cultivation remained constrained by the lack of Eighth-tier poisons. At Jia Nan Academy, the elders debated confronting Xiao Yan as he refined the Fallen Heart Flame, and Yao Wan Gui hinted at plans to torture him and Yao Chen.

• Su Yun reviewed the Six Clans’ blockade of the Northwest Continent and noted that his Sword Emperor Inheritance had reached 1.02% while he had advanced to Five-star Dou Venerate.
• Su Yun met with Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and Hai Bodong, who reported that the Imperial Clan searches had become less frequent and discussed the harm the clans had caused across the region.
• Su Yun told his companions not to blame Xiao Ji Bai for the Six Clans’ actions and said the clans might soon abandon their search.
• Su Yun looked toward the Black Corner Region and expected Xiao Yan to emerge from seclusion soon.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Yao Wan Gui and Gu Yang discussed whether to confront Xiao Yan while he refined the Fallen Heart Flame, and Yao Wan Gui mocked Yao Chen and hinted they would be tortured.

After two years in seclusion, Xiao Yan emerged from the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda with Fallen Heart Flame refined and his cultivation at the peak of the Dou Wang realm. He was confronted by Gu Yang and elders from the Eight Ancient Races, who demanded information about Xiao Ji Bai, and Yao Wan Gui seized Xiao Yan and Yao Chen when Xiao Yan refused to answer.

• Xiao Yan emerged from the magma after refining Fallen Heart Flame, advancing the Flame Mantra and reaching the peak of the Dou Wang realm.
• Xiao Yan flew out of the pagoda and found six powerful figures waiting for him, including Gu Yang and elders from five other Ancient Races.
• Yao Wan Gui recognized Yao Chen, who revealed to Xiao Yan that the visitors came from the Eight Ancient Races.
• Gu Yang questioned Xiao Yan about Xiao Ji Bai, the Sword Emperor Inheritance, and contacting his ancestor, but Xiao Yan said he knew nothing.
• Yao Wan Gui offered to interrogate Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan and Yao Chen refused to cooperate.
• Yao Wan Gui unleashed his Saintly might and trapped Xiao Yan and Yao Chen in an enormous invisible hand.

Yao Wan Gui and the others discovered that Xiao Yan's Soul Guiding Jades could contact Xiao Ji Bai, but they could not use them and Xiao Yan refused to help. After receiving an order to leave the Northwest, they released Xiao Yan, who vowed to repay the Yao Clan.

• Yao Wan Gui identified the Soul Guiding Jades as Ancient Era communication artifacts capable of contacting anyone across the Dou Qi Continent, and the group tried unsuccessfully to activate them.
• Gu Yang offered to release Xiao Yan and Yao Chen and help rescue Xiao Yan's father if Xiao Yan used a Soul Guiding Jade, but Xiao Yan refused.
• Xiao Yan cursed the Yao Clan and vowed to surpass them and exact revenge, while Yao Wan Gui threatened him for defying them.
• Gu Yang ordered Xiao Yan's release after learning the clans had failed to find Xiao Ji Bai in two years and were leaving the Northwest.
• Three months later, Yao Wan Gui threw Xiao Yan out of the underground prison and departed, and Xiao Yan watched him go while holding onto his hatred.

Recovering from his injuries at Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Yan decided to use the Dou Di Inheritance as leverage against the Six Clans rather than contact his ancestor. The Six Clans overheard his plan, but an unexpected voice from the Soul Guiding Jade reached them as Su Yun prepared to respond.

• Mang Tianchi and Su Qian visited Xiao Yan, who thanked the academy for treating him and learned that the Six Clans had withdrawn from the Black Corner Region but still had a Space Passage there.
• Su Qian told Xiao Yan that he had withheld information from the Six Clans, and Xiao Yan thanked him before asking whether they had left the Northwest Continent.
• Xiao Yan admitted to Old Yao that he feared the Six Clans were using him as bait, then decided not to contact his ancestor and instead use the Dou Di Inheritance to counter them.
• Gu Yang, Yao Wan Gui, Huo Yao, and the other Dou Shengs listened to Xiao Yan's conversations through the Netherworld Eavesdropping Pearl.
• As Xiao Yan said he would reveal the inheritance's location through the Soul Guiding Jade, an unfamiliar voice addressed him, while Su Yun placed a Soul Guiding Jade on a table in the Jia Ma Empire.

Su Yun told Xiao Yan how he discovered the Son of the Dragon Phoenix beneath the Ancient Poison Marsh and learned of its father’s plan for it to consume a newly appearing Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan asking what happened next.

• Su Yun refused to reveal the origins of his secret techniques until Xiao Yan explained that he sought clues about the Son of the Dragon Phoenix.
• Xiao Yan recounted the Sword Emperor’s warning that his successor must defeat the Son of the Dragon Phoenix and thwart the Demon Race’s plot against humanity.
• Su Yun revealed that he found and refined the Nether Poison Flame in the Beast Domain, then discovered a hidden world beneath the drained Ancient Poison Marsh.
• Su Yun described finding a newly hatched Ancient Sky Phoenix carrying a Brilliant Swan Feather and learning that it was the child of the Dragon Phoenix Dou Di.
• Su Yun said the hatchling’s bloodlines had been ruined and that its father had arranged for it to be born in this era to consume another Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Xiao Yan asked Su Yun what happened afterward.