Chapter Summaries

Li Zhixian confronted the Fire Leopard Sect’s Young Sect Master and the White Tiger Sect’s young man after they challenged and slandered him, forcing Hu Liena to confirm the truth about his past victory over the Pope. Bibi Dong and several Titled Douluo arrived, but Li Zhixian killed both sect heirs in front of their fathers and challenged Fire Flame Leopard to respond.

• Ning Rongrong, Yu Tianheng, Yu Tianxin, and Feng Buyu killed a diner who insulted Li Zhixian.
• Li Zhixian challenged the Fire Leopard Sect’s Young Sect Master and the White Tiger Sect’s young man, then overwhelmed Hu Liena with his aura and made her admit that the rumors about his victory over the Pope were true.
• Bibi Dong arrived at the tavern with the Fire Leopard Sect’s Sect Master and the White Tiger Sect’s grandfather, while Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, Feng Bailong, Dugu Bo, and Yu Yuanzhen appeared beside Li Zhixian.
• Fire Flame Leopard warned Li Zhixian not to harm his son, but Li Zhixian killed the Young Sect Master of the Fire Leopard Sect and the White Tiger Sect’s young man with a single sword strike.
• Li Zhixian asked Fire Flame Leopard what he would do about the two deaths.

Li Zhixian killed the Fire Leopard and White Tiger Sects’ young disciples, then prepared to attend the Seven Sects Re-selection Assembly. At the assembly, the Clear Sky Sect reemerged with five Titled Douluo, and Li Zhixian arrived beside Feng Bailong as the Wind Sword Sect’s Chief Sword Elder.

• Li Zhixian beheaded the Fire Leopard Sect’s Young Sect Master and a White Tiger Sect youth, while Bibi Dong’s spiders shielded Hu Liena.
• Feng Bailong dispersed the Fire Leopard and White Tiger Sect Masters’ Soul Power, and Bibi Dong ordered them to settle their grievances at the assembly.
• Bibi Dong opened the Seven Sects Re-selection Assembly in Spirit City as spectators gathered to watch the continent’s great sects.
• Five Clear Sky Sect elders arrived with a young man, displaying their power and announcing the sect’s return.
• Li Zhixian entered with the Wind Sword Sect beside Feng Bailong, and Ning Fengzhi identified him as Chief Sword Elder; Bibi Dong watched him arrive with killing intent.

Li Zhixian faced an attack by the Fire Leopard, White Tiger, and Elephant Armor Sects during his first appearance as Chief Sword Elder. He revealed a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring and defeated all three sect masters with one sword, securing recognition of his position.

• The Fire Leopard Sect master, Dai Yuncong, and Huyan Zhen joined forces to attack Li Zhixian and the Wind Sword Sect.
• Li Zhixian revealed six soul rings, including a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring, shocking the crowd and the observers at the Summit of the Sacred Mountain.
• Bibi Dong realized Li Zhixian had gained the ring after his abduction to the Extreme North and wondered about his connection to the Snow Woman.
• Li Zhixian summoned his Azure Lotus Sword and Clear Spring Wine Gourd, then used one blood-red sword strike to shatter the three sect masters' Martial Soul Avatars and wound them.
• Li Zhixian walked through the remaining energy and took his seat beside the Titled Douluo, ending doubts about his position as Chief Sword Elder.

At the Seven Great Sects reselection, Bibi Dong announced that the contest would take place in a resource-rich secret realm, prompting Li Zhixian to suspect the realm was a dangerous plane like the City of Slaughter. The chapter ended with Tang San asking Tang Yue to seek rare ores for his hidden weapons, while Tang Yue criticized him for relying on others instead of earning his place.

• Li Zhixian and Feng Bailong sensed a sinister death aura from two hooded figures among the Holy Dragon Sect and warned Chen Xin and Gu Rong to be cautious.
• Tang Yue interrupted Bibi Dong and demanded that she explain how the Seven Great Sects would be chosen.
• Bibi Dong announced that the sects would compete inside a secret realm and could keep anything they found there.
• Bibi Dong revealed a view of the realm, showing abundant spirit grass and mineral veins that stirred the sect experts’ interest.
• Li Zhixian recognized the realm’s strange nature and suspected it was an independent plane like the City of Slaughter.
• Tang San asked Tang Yue to look for ores needed for Tang Sect hidden weapons, but Tang Yue rebuked him for not fighting his own way into the assembly.

Bibi Dong announced that the Seven Sects reselection would take place in a Secret Realm where sects competed to seize Marshal Banners, and she reassured the contestants by providing escape keys and displaying the realm to the public. Li Zhixian entered the Secret Realm with the other sect experts, and the opening scenes showed him encountering Tuoba Xi, the Holy Dragon Sect Master.

• Bibi Dong explained the seven-day Marshal Banner contest, including its elimination rules and the rankings that would determine the Upper Three Sects and the new Seven Great Sects.
• Bibi Dong offered Secret Realm Keys for contestants to escape danger and expanded the light screen so the public could watch the competition.
• The sects agreed to enter, and Li Zhixian and Feng Bailong exchanged keys and banners with Fire Flame Leopard to feel more secure.
• Bibi Dong opened the Secret Realm with her two Spider Emperor spirits, and the sects entered after selecting their contestants and banner bearers.
• Li Zhixian entered with the Upper Three Sects, and the light screen showed that he had encountered Tuoba Xi, the Holy Dragon Sect Master.

Li Zhixian encountered Tuoba Xi in a secret realm and pursued him until the Holy Dragon Sect Master finally fought back. Li Zhixian broke the White Armored Earth Dragon’s defense and readied his skills as Tuoba Xi tried to escape.

• Li Zhixian found himself in a small, eerie secret realm and sensed Tuoba Xi nearby.
• Li Zhixian attacked Tuoba Xi, who fled through the forest while the spectators outside the realm watched in shock.
• Tuoba Xi turned to fight, summoning his White Armored Earth Dragon and striking with his sixth spirit skill, Earthshattering Dragon Hammer.
• Li Zhixian countered with the fifth style of the Azure Lotus Sword Song, then sliced through the dragon’s tail with his Azure Lotus Sword and spread death qi through its body.
• Li Zhixian used his fifth and sixth spirit skills to anticipate Tuoba Xi’s movements, appeared in his path, and declared that Tuoba Xi would die that day.

Li Zhixian defeated and killed Tuoba Xi inside the divine inheritance secret realm, proving his strength rivaled or surpassed that of a Titled Douluo. Outside the realm, Bibi Dong and the worshippers watched in shock as Li Zhixian departed after his victory.

• Tuoba Xi fought Li Zhixian with the White Armored Earth Dragon, but Li Zhixian evaded his attacks and wounded him severely.
• Li Zhixian used Mirage Slash Delusion to make Tuoba Xi hesitate before he could crush the secret key, then decapitated him with a sword strike.
• The White Armored Earth Dragon shattered and vanished, and Tuoba Xi's corpse fell without dropping a Marshal Banner.
• Li Zhixian left the secret realm as Spirit City’s spectators marveled at his victory and Titled Douluo-level strength.
• Bibi Dong watched Li Zhixian with killing intent and greed, while Qian Renxue and the worshippers discussed his extraordinary power.

Li Zhixian traveled toward the abandoned city and encountered Tang Lie, the Clear Sky Sect’s Seventh Elder, after three other sect members were eliminated and left behind their Marshal Banner. Li Zhixian challenged Tang Lie over the Clear Sky Sect’s banner, and the two prepared to fight.

• Bibi Dong and the worshippers recognized the danger of Li Zhixian’s soul skill and warned that he would be a formidable enemy.
• Li Zhixian decided to head for the abandoned city to find the other seniors or seize Marshal Banners, while sect members were eliminated across the secret realm.
• Spectators learned that the Clear Sky Sect’s elders had taken eight Marshal Banners, and Tang Cang told Tang San to study the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Li Zhixian reached the city and found Tang Lie with three trapped sect members, who crushed their secret keys and left their Marshal Banner behind.
• Tang Lie moved to take the banner, but Li Zhixian struck with sword qi and challenged him over the Clear Sky Sect’s Marshal Banner.

Li Zhixian taunted Tang Lie and the Clear Sky Sect over their past retreat and silence, then fought Tang Lie in the secret realm. The battle ended with both attacks dispersing, leaving the two combatants facing each other with their killing intent unabated.

• Li Zhixian accused Tang Lie and the Clear Sky Sect of hypocrisy and mocked their claim to be the number one sect.
• Tang Lie attacked Li Zhixian with his Clear Sky Hammer, but Li Zhixian evaded the strike using an ability Tang Lie suspected was foresight.
• Tang Lie unleashed his seventh spirit skill, Haotian True Body, and pursued Li Zhixian with his enlarged, fire-covered hammer.
• Li Zhixian used Azure Lotus Twelve Calamities and Vengeance of the Ya Zi, then countered with Three Sword Splendor and Blood Purgatory.
• The two attacks finally dispersed, and Tang Lie and Li Zhixian stood facing each other a hundred paces apart.

Li Zhixian fought Tang Lie, a level 92 Titled Douluo, and endured his devastating fire-based spirit skill while absorbing its energy to heal and grow stronger. As powerful figures rushed toward the lone city, Li Zhixian kept charging into the falling fireballs, leaving the onlookers stunned by his resilience.

• Li Zhixian struck Tang Lie with mental Sword Qi, and Tang Lie realized the young swordsman had developed formidable mental power alongside his other abilities.
• Tang Lie unleashed his Titled Douluo aura, drawing the attention of experts across the region and prompting an elderly blind man, Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi, and the Second and Fifth Elders of the Clear Sky Sect to head toward the lone city.
• Tang Lie used his fifth spirit skill, Thousand Suns Incineration, to rain blazing fireballs down on Li Zhixian.
• Li Zhixian drank from the Clear Spring Wine Gourd and used his Four Phases Spirit Vein Body to absorb the fire energy as he split the falling fireballs with his sword and fists.
• Li Zhixian repeatedly suffered injuries and healed by absorbing the fire, while Tang Lie and the observers watched in shock and Yu Tianheng, Yu Tianxin, and Feng Buyu accepted that they could not compete with him.

Li Zhixian broke through two levels during his battle with Tang Lie and survived the Clear Sky Sect elder’s devastating ninth spirit ability. As reinforcements raced toward the secret realm, Li Zhixian unleashed Vengeance of the Ya Zi on Tang Lie, declaring that the elder had lost.

• Li Zhixian shattered Tang Lie’s spirit ability and broke through to levels 66 and 67 as their clash intensified.
• Tang Lie unleashed his ninth spirit ability, Nine Suns Return to Void · Haotian Strike, and Li Zhixian countered with Seven Swords Emerge Together.
• The two attacks collided, tearing apart the surrounding landscape, and the energy eventually cleared to reveal both fighters exhausted.
• Tang Lie claimed they were evenly matched, but the Sword-bearing Ya Zi appeared behind Li Zhixian.
• Seeing figures approach from every direction, Li Zhixian told Tang Lie he had lost and activated Vengeance of the Ya Zi.
• The Sword-bearing Ya Zi charged at Tang Lie as he shouted in horror.

Li Zhixian killed Clear Sky Sect Elder Tang Lie, but Tang Yue and Tang Gang immediately attacked him and were stopped by Chen Xin, Feng Bailong, and Ning Fengzhi. When the abandoned city began revealing countless treasures, Chen Xin rushed toward it, haunted by memories of a woman who had died in his arms.

• Ya Zi pierced Tang Lie’s magma barrier, and Li Zhixian’s lingering injuries erupted inside Tang Lie, killing him and shattering the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Cang and Tang Yuan tried to confront Li Zhixian outside the secret realm, but Bibi Dong suppressed them and ordered them to wait until they left Spirit City.
• Li Zhixian collected the Blood and Iron battle banners, then Tang Yue and Tang Gang attacked him with their Clear Sky Hammers.
• Chen Xin and Feng Bailong blocked the elders, while Ning Fengzhi amplified their power and other powerful figures arrived to protect Li Zhixian.
• The abandoned city revealed a sky full of treasures, drawing the soul masters toward it, and Chen Xin rushed after a vision of the woman who had died in his arms.

Li Zhixian and several powerful experts were drawn into the ominous abandoned city within the secret realm, where an illusion of divine blood gave him hope of saving Zhuqing. As Dugu Bo demanded answers from Bibi Dong outside, Li Zhixian crossed the city gate and saw a stone statue begin to move.

• Chen Xin, Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, Feng Bailong, and Yu Yuanzhen were lured toward the abandoned city by visions of their deepest hopes.
• Li Zhixian suspected the secret realm was the Rakshasa God's inheritance site and saw three drops of divine blood among the treasures above the city.
• Believing the blood might save Zhuqing, Li Zhixian charged into the city, while other experts also rushed toward it.
• Dugu Bo confronted Bibi Dong outside the secret realm and demanded to know why the experts had entered the ghost city; Bibi Dong assured the crowd they could escape using their secret keys.
• Qian Renxue flew toward the Angel Temple, suspecting Bibi Dong intended to harm Li Zhixian.
• Li Zhixian entered through the decayed city gate and watched a scythe-wielding stone statue slowly bend its body.

Li Zhixian led the experts in Desolate City and forced rival sects to surrender Marshal Banners while they explored its unsettling streets. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue prepared to use the Angel God Sword to break open the divine secret realm and find him.

• After the experts entered Desolate City, its gate restored itself and the doors of the surrounding houses began pounding from within.
• Though some experts fled using their secret keys, most stayed to search the city for treasures.
• Li Zhixian demanded that the other sects surrender the Marshal Banners they had taken from eliminated sects, and many complied.
• Li Zhixian forced Tang Yue and Tang Gang to surrender a Marshal Banner, then divided the banners among his allies.
• Qian Renxue gathered Bright Soul Power beneath the Angel God Statue and prepared to cleave open the divine secret realm to find Li Zhixian.

Li Zhixian and the other experts explored the eerily abandoned city in the Rakshasa Secret Realm, then battled a towering scythe-wielding shadow. Li Zhixian severed its head, while Bibi Dong watched from outside the realm with a sinister smile.

• Li Zhixian concluded that the treasures in the city might be real and reasoned that Bibi Dong had not fully mastered the Rakshasa Secret Realm.
• Li Zhixian noticed the two black-robed men from the Holy Dragon Sect were missing and realized the Marshal Banner had not been recovered from Tuoba Xi.
• The moon vanished, a scream sounded from a nearby alley, and a giant scythe-wielding shadow appeared and fixed its purple gaze on Li Zhixian and his companions.
• Chen Xin, Feng Bailong, Yu Yuanzhen, and Li Zhixian attacked the shadow while Ning Fengzhi supported them and Gu Rong guarded him.
• Li Zhixian detonated the wound on the shadow’s neck with his fifth spirit skill, Ya Zi's Life Judgment, and cut off its head.
• Outside the secret realm, Bibi Dong touched the healed wound on her neck and smiled sinisterly.

Li Zhixian and his allies discovered that the scythe-wielding demonic shadow had Bibi Dong’s face and revived in greater numbers after being slain. Fleeing into a courtyard through a sealed house door did not stop the pursuers, who reached inside for them.

• Li Zhixian and the others saw Bibi Dong’s face on the slain demonic shadow, then watched its blood return and the corpse revive alongside another shadow.
• A third demonic shadow approached as the creatures hunted experts throughout the city, forcing Li Zhixian’s group to retreat while fighting.
• Li Zhixian opened a tightly shut house door and led Chen Xin, Feng Bailong, Yu Yuanzhen, Gu Rong, and Ning Fengzhi into its courtyard.
• The demonic shadows stopped at the courtyard gate but then reached toward the group, revealing that the houses were not safe.

Li Zhixian and the others discovered that each house in Desolate City sheltered two people, then encountered the returning dead from Spirit Hall. Outside the realm, Qian Renxue followed the Angel God Sword through a crack in the light screen to enter the city.

• Li Zhixian realized each house could shelter only two people, and he and Chen Xin held off the demonic shadows while Ning Fengzhi and the others escaped into neighboring courtyards.
• After the demonic shadows left, Sha Xianhou and Lü Buyang emerged from a house, and Chen Xin cut them down with one stroke of his sword.
• The group recognized the dead as former Spirit Hall members and feared Bibi Dong could one day command an army of the dead.
• Outside the secret realm, Dugu Bo threatened to poison Spirit City unless Bibi Dong ensured Li Zhixian's safety.
• Qian Daoliu sent the Angel God Sword against the light screen, and Qian Renxue followed it through the crack into the secret realm.

Li Zhixian reunited with Qian Renxue after she entered the Rakshasa Secret Realm using the Angel God Sword, and they planned to gather the Marshal Banners and Deity’s Blood before escaping. Qian Renxue discovered that the realm’s evil aura was corrupting them, and Li Zhixian found a trace of black qi wrapped around the Azure Lotus Sword.

• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo to act while Dugu Bo threatened to make Spirit City pay if Li Zhixian was harmed.
• Qian Daoliu split open the secret realm with the Angel God Sword, and Qian Renxue fell into Desolate City as Li Zhixian rushed to catch her.
• Chen Xin, Gu Rong, Feng Bailong, and Yu Yuanzhen held off three scythe-wielding demonic shadows while Li Zhixian brought Qian Renxue to shelter.
• Li Zhixian killed three decayed Soul Sage figures and learned that Qian Renxue had entered the realm with Qian Daoliu’s help.
• Li Zhixian told Qian Renxue about their discoveries and planned to gather the Marshal Banners and Deity’s Blood when the waning moon reappeared.
• Qian Renxue detected the realm’s corrupting black qi, and Li Zhixian discovered a faint strand of it coiled around the Azure Lotus Sword.

Li Zhixian discovered that decaying black qi on the Azure Lotus Sword could help him pursue a new sword intent, and he resolved to remain in the Rakshasa Secret Realm to seek it and obtain Deity's Blood. After warning the seniors about the realm's corruption, he agreed they would collect Marshal Banners and leave while he stayed behind.

• Li Zhixian drew black qi from the Azure Lotus Sword and found that its decay and his body's ability to regenerate might let him temper a new sword intent.
• Li Zhixian vowed to pursue his Myriad Manifestations Sword Dao, and Qian Renxue promised to stay with him.
• After the crescent moon appeared, Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue checked on the seniors, and Ning Fengzhi proposed collecting Marshal Banners before leaving the city.
• Li Zhixian told Chen Xin, Feng Bailong, and the others that Qian Renxue had discovered the black qi's danger, and they expelled the corruption from their Soul Power and martial souls.
• Li Zhixian said he would remain to seek Deity's Blood and comprehend the sword, while the seniors agreed to leave after collecting the banners and keep watch on Bibi Dong.
• The group left the house beneath the crescent moon and prepared to sweep through the Desolate City without being pursued by the demonic shadows.

Li Zhixian’s group swept through Desolate City, killing rival sect experts and securing their place among the Upper Three Sects while the Clear Sky Sect was forced out. After his allies escaped the Rakshasa Secret Realm, Li Zhixian chose to remain, aware that Bibi Dong had sent him there with another purpose and intending to use her schemes to strengthen himself.

• Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue seized Marshal Banners across Desolate City and killed Que Xianzhi when she tried to bargain for her life.
• Li Zhixian killed Huo Yanbao, Dai Congyun, and other sect experts, while Tang Yue and Tang Gang escaped after crushing their secret keys.
• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, and Wind Sword Sect secured the Upper Three Sects positions, expelling the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Cang suspected Qian Daoliu had intervened, and Tang Yue led the Clear Sky Sect elders away from the plaza with Tang San following.
• Bibi Dong considered whether Li Zhixian had noticed the decay in his body and revealed that she needed him to complete the Rakshasa Eighth Trial.
• Li Zhixian told Chen Xin, Feng Bailong, and the others to leave, then declared that he would remain in the realm to borrow Bibi Dong’s strength and seek divine blood.