Chapter Summaries

Li Zhixian discovered that destroying the undead intensified the decay eroding his sword and began using that power to comprehend sword intent. As the corruption overwhelmed his body and mind, Qian Renxue stayed beside him while he tried to comprehend the sword.

• Chen Xin, Feng Bailong, and the others emerged from the secret realm, and Ning Fengzhi persuaded Bibi Dong to let Li Zhixian remain there for the full seven days.
• Li Zhixian realized that annihilating the undead increased the decay clinging to the Azure Lotus Sword, so he continued hunting them throughout Desolate City.
• Qian Renxue condemned Spirit Hall for disturbing the dead, while Li Zhixian and she hid in a house so he could focus on comprehending the sword.
• The accumulated decay twisted Li Zhixian's sword, body, and temperament, and he urged Qian Renxue to leave before she chose to stay beside him.
• Li Zhixian laid the darkening Azure Lotus Sword across his knees and reached for its spine as the decay surged up his arm and erupted through the house.

Li Zhixian repeatedly exposed himself to the aura of decay in Desolate City, hoping to find a new sword intent while searching for Deity's Blood. After four days without success, he remained determined to keep pushing himself toward comprehension.

• Li Zhixian endured the decay of Rakshasa Divine Power, reasoning through the cycle of destruction and regeneration as he searched for a new sword intent.
• When Li Zhixian's first attempt left him exhausted and unconscious, Qian Renxue caught him, tended to him, and promised to stay by his side.
• After two hours of rest, Li Zhixian returned to the undead-filled houses to seek Deity's Blood and gather more aura of decay.
• Outside the secret realm, Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, Chen Xin, Feng Bailong, and Bibi Dong observed Li Zhixian's repeated incursions and worried over his condition and sword-comprehension effort.
• Four days later, Li Zhixian entered another sinister house, convinced that killing a Titled Undead would finally help him comprehend the sword.

Li Zhixian continued risking his life to comprehend the eighth sword of the Azure Lotus Sword Song, while Qian Renxue protected him. After entering a new courtyard, he found a strangely gentle Bibi Dong tending flowers and recognized her.

• Li Zhixian endured the decaying aura again and again, but failed to comprehend a new Sword Intent as his body grew stronger.
• Li Zhixian discovered that stubborn black matter from the death aura had corroded the Azure Lotus Sword, then went out to fight more undead.
• Chen Xin, Feng Bailong, and Dugu Bo discussed Li Zhixian's difficulty, while Bibi Dong watched and awaited the completion of her Rakshasa Eight Trials.
• Li Zhixian entered another courtyard, and its gate slammed shut behind him, leaving Qian Renxue unable to follow.
• The courtyard transformed into a lively garden, where Li Zhixian found Bibi Dong watering flowers and heard her ask him to wait.

Li Zhixian met Bibi Dong's benevolent will in the Rakshasa Secret Realm and refused to accept the Deity's Blood or kill her. She used the power of decay to guide his cultivation, leaving him on the verge of comprehending a pure new intent.

• Bibi Dong's benevolent will explained that she was a remnant of the Bibi Dong who died and that killing her would advance the Rakshasa Eighth Trial.
• She revealed that she was also a drop of Deity's Blood and that Bibi Dong planned to erase her benevolent will either way.
• Li Zhixian refused the Deity's Blood and asked to reassure Qian Renxue, whose voice briefly reached him through the door.
• Bibi Dong's benevolent will bound Li Zhixian and forced the aura of decay through his body as his vital energy and blood restored him.
• Bibi Dong's benevolent will sensed a power of purity forming within Li Zhixian and helped him temper it through cycles of decay and rebirth.

With Bibi Dong’s guidance, Li Zhixian discovered the meaning of purity within the Azure Lotus Sword’s decay-and-rebirth cycle. He perfected his body, broke through the black clouds, and achieved the Azure Lotus Sword Song’s eighth style, leaving his next steps in the Rakshasa Secret Realm unresolved.

• Bibi Dong told Li Zhixian that purity could emerge from filth, helping him understand the deeper purpose of his cycles of decay and rebirth.
• Li Zhixian drew in the decaying aura, and Bibi Dong gathered the aura of the entire Desolate City to drive him through eighty-one more cycles of body tempering.
• Li Zhixian’s body became flawless and translucent, and the Azure Lotus Sword’s twelve lotuses shed their decay and shone with pristine radiance.
• Li Zhixian transformed decaying aura into colorless sword qi that purified the courtyard, then sent a Glazed Sword Light through the black clouds above the Rakshasa Secret Realm.
• Li Zhixian named the Azure Lotus Sword Song’s eighth style “Washing the Glaze” and declared it achieved.

Li Zhixian helped Kind-Intent Bibi Dong enter his wine gourd as the main ingredient for Merciful Boat Pitying Life Dew, preserving her from complete annihilation and gaining a drop of Deity's Blood. After the secret realm collapsed and Qian Renxue found him, the Bibi Dong outside emerged with a frightening aura, completing her Rakshasa Eighth Trial.

• Bibi Dong praised Li Zhixian for comprehending the sword of purification and reaching a flawless Leakless Body.
• Li Zhixian explained that his Clear Spring Wine Gourd could preserve Bibi Dong as an imprint and invited her to become the main ingredient in Merciful Boat Pitying Life Dew.
• Bibi Dong gave Li Zhixian a ring containing birthday gifts for Xue'er and entered the wine gourd as he brewed the wine.
• The gourd formed Bibi Dong's image on its surface and released a drop of Deity's Blood as the secret realm's last pure land collapsed.
• Qian Renxue found Li Zhixian, while the Bibi Dong outside the secret realm declared her Rakshasa Eighth Trial perfect and radiated a terrifying aura.

Li Zhixian comforted Qian Renxue as she recalled her lonely childhood and used the Merciful Boat Pitying Life Dew to stir memories of her mother. When scythe-wielding demon shadows attacked, he purified one with his sword and crushed the secret key to escape, striking at several powerful figures as he left.

• Li Zhixian shared the Merciful Boat Pitying Life Dew with Qian Renxue, who tearfully described becoming Xue Qinghe at age nine and growing up without anyone to guide her home.
• Outside the secret realm, Bibi Dong watched the light screen while Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Feng Bailong, Yue Guan, and Ghost Douluo waited tensely for Li Zhixian to emerge.
• As the waning moon faded, a scythe-wielding demon shadow reached for Li Zhixian inside the courtyard.
• Li Zhixian used the Azure Lotus Sword Song's Eighth Form, Purifying Glaze, to dissolve the demon shadow's reaching arm.
• When three demon shadows attacked, Li Zhixian crushed the secret key, saw powerful figures atop the buildings, and struck at them with Glazed Sword Light as he departed.

Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue emerged from the secret realm, while the Clear Sky Sect elders injured Tang San and ordered him to leave the sect to train. Bibi Dong announced the formation of the Spirit Hall Empire and demanded that the Upper Three Sects congratulate her, leaving Li Zhixian and the others facing her challenge.

• Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue emerged from the secret realm and were welcomed by Chen Xin, Feng Bailong, and other allies.
• Tang Yue attacked Tang San with Soul Power-wreathed stones, breaking his right arm and calling him inferior to Li Zhixian.
• Tang Yue ordered Tang San to leave the Clear Sky Sect and told the elders to report that the Worship Hall seemed ready to emerge.
• Bibi Dong announced the newly selected Upper Three Sects and declared that Spirit Hall would become the Spirit Hall Empire under the era name Spirit Beginning.
• Bibi Dong lifted the assembled sect experts to their feet and demanded that Li Zhixian and the other Upper Three Sects congratulate her.

After Bibi Dong announced her planned enthronement and restrained her attack on the Upper Three Sects, Li Zhixian went to the Angel Temple at Qian Daoliu’s invitation. Qian Daoliu praised Li Zhixian’s extraordinary gifts, setting the stage for their conversation.

• Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa aura threatened the assembled sects, but Li Zhixian shielded them and Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, and Feng Bailong warned her against starting a war.
• Bibi Dong stopped her attack and announced an enthronement ceremony in Spirit City half a month later.
• Li Zhixian told the others that Qian Daoliu wanted to see him, then flew with Qian Renxue to the sacred mountain.
• Guang Ling welcomed Li Zhixian and happily accepted the novelties he brought before sending him into the Angel Temple.
• Qian Renxue left Li Zhixian alone with Qian Daoliu, who praised his sword dao, flawless body, and rare Soul Rings.

Li Zhixian told Qian Daoliu he had refused the Asura God’s trial because he would not abandon his sword and declared that he would forge his own path to godhood. After saying farewell to Qian Renxue, he left Spirit City with the group but chose to visit Star Dou before returning to Heaven Dou.

• Li Zhixian explained to Qian Daoliu that he had refused the Asura God’s trial rather than sever his emotions and give up his sword.
• Ji Dong and Lie Yan watched Li Zhixian’s conversation, while the Asura God also observed him from his divine hall.
• Li Zhixian declared that he would create a godhood of his own if the God Realm offered him none.
• Qian Renxue brought tea, then escorted Li Zhixian down the sacred mountain and tearfully asked him to send her regards to Zhuqing.
• Li Zhixian met Chen Xin, Dugu Bo, and the others in Spirit City, then declined to return to Heaven Dou with them and set out for Star Dou.

Li Zhixian revealed that he had obtained Deity's Blood and set out for the Star Dou Forest to save Zhu Zhuqing, with Ning Rongrong and a recorder accompanying him. As he reunited with Da Ming and Er Ming, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed his arrival and decided to make him a vessel for its soul ring and soul bone.

• Li Zhixian told Chen Xin, Feng Bailong, and the others that he had obtained Deity's Blood in the Rakshasa Secret Realm, making it possible to save Zhu Zhuqing.
• The group agreed to guard the Star Dou Forest while Li Zhixian prepared to refine medicine, and a Soul Master asked to record the conclusion of the Five-Year Agreement.
• Li Zhixian entered the forest with Ning Rongrong and the Soul Master, then met Da Ming and Er Ming, who showed off their makeshift outfits and asked him for help getting a cape.
• Deep underground, Divine Butterfly and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion sensed Li Zhixian, while Di Tian noticed his extraordinary physical realm.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm realized Li Zhixian had returned and resolved to use him as a vessel for its soul ring and soul bone.

Li Zhixian spent nine days brewing the Heart Blood Tear · Life Replenishing Elixir from Yellow Springs Dew, Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow, and Deity's Blood to save Zhu Zhuqing. With help from the woman depicted on his wine gourd and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, he completed the elixir and brought it to Zhu Zhuqing's lips.

• Li Zhixian reunited Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong at the Lake of Life and revealed that he had obtained Deity's Blood.
• Li Zhixian began brewing the elixir, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm secretly watched and noticed that his spiritual power was insufficient.
• After two and a half days, the wine gourd's depicted woman helped Li Zhixian merge the Deity's Blood with the other ingredients.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm lent Li Zhixian a surge of spiritual power near the end of the nine-day brewing process, allowing him to purify and finish the elixir.
• The elixir's fragrance drew soul beasts toward the lake, and Chen Xin, Feng Bailong, Dugu Bo, Da Ming, and Er Ming guarded the area.
• Li Zhixian lifted the completed elixir and brought it to Zhu Zhuqing's lips.

Li Zhixian revived Zhu Zhuqing with divine wine, and the two reunited after six years apart. After celebrating her awakening with their companions, Li Zhixian agreed to hold a banquet as Bibi Dong’s new empire threatened to bring turmoil to the continent.

• Li Zhixian poured the divine wine into Zhu Zhuqing’s mouth while recalling their past and pleading for her to awaken.
• Zhu Zhuqing’s heartbeat returned, and she embraced and kissed Li Zhixian as she awoke.
• Dugu Bo and the others left the reunited couple alone, and Zhu Zhuqing later told Li Zhixian she had heard everything during her six years asleep.
• At dawn, Zhu Zhuqing reunited with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong while Li Zhixian thanked Chen Xin and the other guardians.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed a banquet to celebrate Li Zhixian and Feng Bailong’s Titled Douluo strength amid the unrest caused by Bibi Dong’s new empire, and Li Zhixian agreed.

Li Zhixian thanked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm for helping brew the life-replenishing elixir, then left Star Dou Forest with his companions and arranged a title banquet in Heaven Dou City. As the group prepared to part ways and reorganize their sects, Yu Yuanzhen asked Li Zhixian to let Yu Xiaogang apologize at the banquet.

• Li Zhixian thanked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm for its help, and Sky Dream promised him a great fortune when he reached rank seventy before Di Tian threatened it in the underground palace.
• Da Ming and Er Ming saw Li Zhixian and his companions off, and Xiao Wu reluctantly returned to the human world with them.
• Li Zhixian and his allies agreed with Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi to hold a title banquet in ten days and spread news of it across the continent ahead of Bibi Dong's coronation.
• Ning Fengzhi, Feng Bailong, Chen Xin, and Dugu Bo discussed returning to their sects to make arrangements and consider relocating them to Heaven Dou.
• Yu Yuanzhen asked Li Zhixian to allow Yu Xiaogang to apologize to him in person at the banquet.

Li Zhixian celebrated with friends and returned to a courtyard beside Zhu Zhuqing, while his thoughts revealed that he still loved both her and Qian Renxue. As his title conferment feast approached, Yu Xiaogang learned that his father had ordered him and Liu Erlong to apologize to Li Zhixian.

• Yu Yuanzhen asked Li Zhixian not to call Yu Xiaogang “Master,” and Li Zhixian agreed to accommodate the elder’s wish for an apology.
• Li Zhixian hosted Zhu Zhuqing, Yu Tianheng, Yufeng, and others at Shanxiang Restaurant, then returned home with Zhu Zhuqing, who revealed that she, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong had bought the neighboring courtyard.
• Li Zhixian reflected on his feelings for Zhu Zhuqing and Qian Renxue, while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling each prepared for his upcoming title conferment feast in their own way.
• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang forced his students to continue punishing training, and Liu Erlong defended his methods as he grew harsher after the Spirit Master Competition defeat.
• Liu Erlong told Yu Xiaogang that Yu Yuanzhen had ordered both of them to attend Li Zhixian’s feast in nine days and apologize to him.

Yu Xiaogang decided to attend Li Zhixian’s title ceremony, hoping to bargain for Zhao Wuji’s treatment, as the ceremony became a test of allegiance amid the coming war. Meanwhile, Oscar prepared to travel to Heaven Dou City, and Tang Xiao vowed to attend on behalf of the Clear Sky Sect.

• Liu Erlong told Yu Xiaogang that Li Zhixian had become a Titled Douluo-level combatant, killed Clear Sky Sect’s Lieyang Douluo, and helped the Wind Sword Sect enter the Upper Three Sects.
• Yu Xiaogang refused to apologize unless Li Zhixian healed Zhao Wuji, and he planned to accept Heaven Dou’s war-advisor position in exchange for Zhao Wuji’s treatment.
• Spirit Hall announced Bibi Dong’s impending ascension as empress, while Heaven Dou announced a title ceremony for Li Zhixian and Feng Bailong ten days later.
• Oscar revealed his handsome face to his mercenaries and said he would attend his brother Li Zhixian’s title ceremony, inviting his men to come along.
• Tang Xiao learned of the ceremony and declared that he would attend, then mourned the Clear Sky Sect’s decline and wished Grandfather and Brother Hao were there.

Heaven Dou City celebrated Li Zhixian and Feng Bailong’s Title Feast, where allied sects and academies publicly offered congratulations. After the allies took their seats, no other faction appeared, leaving the crowd to wonder who would dare support Heaven Dou against Spirit Hall.

• Heaven Dou City held a lavish public feast, filling its streets and a newly built banquet district with citizens and guests.
• Li Zhixian and Feng Bailong appeared above the clouds and invited everyone to eat and drink their fill.
• Li Zhixian’s friends celebrated with one another as Shui Yue'er teased Zhu Zhuqing by reading from Legend of Sword Wine.
• Feng Xiaohong, Shui Panqing, Ning Fengzhi, and Yu Yuanzhen arrived to congratulate Li Zhixian and Feng Bailong.
• After the allied leaders were seated, no other faction arrived, and the festive crowd grew quiet.

Li Zhixian and Feng Bailong's Titled Douluo celebration drew few sects, but the Star Dou Great Forest and the Extreme North sent astonishing congratulations. As the feast continued, Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender prepared to approach Li Zhixian.

• Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, Xue Ye, and the other hosts worried that few major forces had come to honor Li Zhixian and Feng Bailong.
• Flying soul beasts showered Heaven Dou City with herbs and spirit fruits, then formed messages congratulating Li Zhixian and Feng Bailong on reaching the Titled Douluo rank.
• Dugu Bo and the other Titled Douluo prepared to defend Li Zhixian when snow filled the sky, but the Snow Empress arrived peacefully with little Ya Zi and congratulated him on behalf of the Extreme North.
• The Snow Empress joined the feast after Li Zhixian invited her, leaving the guests amazed by his connections.
• Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender agreed that the important figures had arrived and that Li Zhixian would now be less likely to refuse them.

During the celebration, Yu Xiaogang confronted Li Zhixian and asked him to heal Zhao Wuji, prompting the guests to condemn the request and Yu Yuanzhen to strike his son. Yu Yuanzhen apologized to the crowd, leaving the family’s confrontation unresolved.

• Li Zhixian and his friends celebrated at the banquet, while Yu Yuanzhen, Feng Bailong, and Dugu Bo toasted the lively gathering.
• Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender approached Li Zhixian, and Yu Xiaogang asked him to heal Zhao Wuji while apologizing for past unpleasantness.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling explained that Zhao Wuji had once tried to assassinate Li Zhixian, and the guests mocked Yu Xiaogang for glossing over the past.
• Liu Erlong attacked after hearing the guests’ accusations, but Li Zhixian’s friends struck her down with their soul skills.
• Yu Yuanzhen ordered Yu Xiaogang to stop, but Yu Xiaogang repeated his plea, and Yu Yuanzhen slapped him before apologizing to the guests.

Li Zhixian ascended Douluo Tower to inscribe his title and recount his past, then challenged Zhao Wuji and the Golden Iron Triangle to settle their old debts. Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender accepted, transforming Luoshanpao into a giant golden dragon to face him.

• Li Zhixian began ascending Douluo Tower after asking Snow Empress to look after little Ya Zi.
• He inscribed his name and past achievements on the tower, including his awakening, training, and battles.
• Li Zhixian revealed that Zhao Wuji had ambushed him when he was a Soul Grandmaster and declared that he would settle their past grievances.
• He offered to heal Zhao Wuji and erase the grievances if Zhao Wuji could endure one punch, then challenged the Golden Iron Triangle to take one sword strike.
• Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender formed the Golden Iron Triangle and poured their sixteen soul rings into Luoshanpao, transforming it into a massive golden dragon.