Chapter Summaries

Xia Wuji pursued the wounded Blade Fiend Evil Lord after Bai Ye drove him from the valley, then used Tu Xin’s ambush to kill him. The chapter ended with Xia Wuji crushing Blade Fiend Evil Lord and rejecting his plan to capture him for the Soul Venerable.

• Blade Fiend Evil Lord attacked Xia Wuji, but Bai Ye and the Golden Corpse Sword Puppet fought together to hold him off.
• Bai Ye burned his life force with a pill and wounded Blade Fiend Evil Lord, who escaped by trapping Bai Ye in a gray bead’s sinister aura.
• Xia Wuji pursued Blade Fiend Evil Lord on Pengfei with the Golden Corpse Sword Puppet, while Bai Ye and Li Jun failed to catch up.
• Blade Fiend Evil Lord turned to fight Xia Wuji after confirming Bai Ye had not followed, and Tu Xin stabbed him in the throat with a poisoned short blade.
• Xia Wuji crushed Blade Fiend Evil Lord’s ribs and organs beneath his foot and mocked his plan to capture him alive.

After killing the Blade Fiend Evil Lord, Xia Wuji discovered three Life Source Stones and learned that more might be found in a secret realm in Heaven Heavenly Wood Valley. He sent Tu Xin to scout the valley while returning to the Blazing Origin Sect, where his victory over three Nirvana Realm enemies stunned the gathered cultivators.

• Xia Wuji extracted the Blade Fiend Evil Lord's soul, and Tu Xin tortured it into cooperating before Xia Wuji questioned it.
• Xia Wuji found three Life Source Stones in the Blade Fiend Evil Lord's Storage Ring and learned that Qin Sheng was cultivating to break through to the Nirvana Realm.
• The Blade Fiend Evil Lord revealed that a secret realm in Heaven Heavenly Wood Valley contained Life Source Stones and that Poison Fiend remained there.
• Xia Wuji ordered Tu Xin to take men to Heaven Heavenly Wood Valley and wait for him, then destroyed the Blade Fiend Evil Lord's soul.
• Xia Wuji returned to the Blazing Origin Sect on Pengfei with the Blade Fiend Evil Lord's corpse, and the cultivators celebrated his victory over three Nirvana Realm enemies.

Xia Wuji returned to Azure City after killing the Blade Fiend Evil Lord and learned that the dying fiend had revealed the Twelve Fiends’ plans. When the Sky Eagle Sect and Myriad Law Sect accused the Sun Moon Sect of desertion, Xia Wuji answered by casting the severed heads of their enemies before the crowd.

• Xia Wuji returned to the Blazing Origin Sect with the Blade Fiend Evil Lord’s corpse and ordered people to search for Bai Ye.
• Bai Ye returned, and Xia Wuji told him the Blade Fiend Evil Lord had revealed important plans before his death, so they hurried back to Azure City.
• Xia Wuji gave Bai Ye the Restoration Origin Technique, and Bai Ye began recovering his life origin by cultivating it.
• At Azure City, the Sky Eagle Sect and Myriad Law Sect accused the Sun Moon Sect of abandoning the battle and demanded that its members be punished as deserters.
• Xia Wuji declared that the Sun Moon Sect had no cowards or deserters, then flung severed heads from his Storage Ring before the gathered crowd.

Xia Wuji’s return to Qing City was vindicated when the Sun Moon Sect revealed evidence that he had killed Evil Spirit Son, Heart Devouring Madman, and Blade Fiend Evil Lord. He entered the city with his allies to act on the clues he had obtained, while the Sky Eagle Sect and Myriad Law Sect elders were left humiliated after trying to block him.

• The Sun Moon Sect displayed the three fiends’ heads and an image-recording crystal showing Xia Wuji’s battles, proving he had completed the mission.
• Bai Ye explained that the sect master had arranged to record Xia Wuji’s actions to counter rumors against him.
• The crowd praised Xia Wuji and apologized for doubting him, while the True Dragon Hall and Pill Tower elders congratulated him.
• Xia Wuji told the elders he had returned to Qing City with important clues and urged the Fiend Extermination Alliance to act quickly.
• When the Sky Eagle Sect and Myriad Law Sect elders blocked his way, Xia Wuji warned them and forced them aside with his Sword Intent.
• Xia Wuji led the Sun Moon Sect into Qing City, and the Myriad Law Sect elder collapsed after the humiliating confrontation.

After reporting Blade Fiend Evil Lord’s intelligence, Xia Wuji prepared to counter Poison Fiend Evil Lord and gathered seven spirit flames at the Pill Pagoda. He began refining them with his Heavenly Fire, which swallowed all seven flames.

• Xia Wuji reported Blade Fiend Evil Lord’s intelligence to Li Miaozhen and the other powerhouses, and Li Miaozhen assigned the Sun Moon Sect to lead the response against the Twelve Fiends.
• Huang Bo and Lin Bin objected but promised not to obstruct the Fiend Extermination Alliance’s plans before leaving True Dragon Hall.
• Xia Wuji told Ren Tianxing he would stay at the Pill Pagoda, then asked Luo Chuan for help preparing against Poison Fiend Evil Lord’s deadly poisons.
• Luo Chuan offered Xia Wuji antidotes and poison records, while Xia Wuji also requested spirit flames and medicinal ingredients for making pills.
• Mu Lan brought Xia Wuji seven fifth-grade spirit flames, and he entered an Alchemy Room to refine them.
• Xia Wuji unleashed his Heavenly Fire, which swallowed the seven spirit flames one after another.

Xia Wuji refined a batch of low-grade Grade Six Detoxification Pills, advanced to the sixth level of the Yin Yang Realm, and prepared to seek the Life Source Stone in Heavenly Wood Valley. After gaining Ren Tianxing’s reluctant support and making further preparations, he headed to the True Dragon Hall to collect his newly forged peak-grade Grade Six Spirit Sword.

• Xia Wuji fused seven fifth-grade spirit flames into his Heaven Heavenly Fire, reached peak Grade Five, and broke through to the sixth level of the Yin Yang Realm.
• Mu Lan delivered the ingredients for Detoxification Pills, and Xia Wuji refined three pills before giving her ten pill formulas and asking her to thank Luo Chuan.
• Xia Wuji ignored Hu Hai’s challenge on his way back to the Sun Moon Spirit Market.
• Ren Tianxing warned Xia Wuji against entering Heavenly Wood Valley, but Xia Wuji revealed that the Seven Kill Hall was at his disposal and received Ren Tianxing’s Yin Yang Twin Blades.
• Xia Wuji spent two days making peak-grade Grade Five Formation Flags, then left for the True Dragon Hall to collect Ouyang Shan’s peak-grade Grade Six Spirit Sword.

Xia Wuji completed the Grade Six Peak Spirit Sword’s final honing, used its sharpness to reach the Sword Heart realm, and secretly left Azure City for Heavenly Wood Valley. There, he met with Seven Kill Hall assassins and entered a secret realm where the Ice Cave Master had already gone to collect Life Source Stones.

• Ouyang Shan completed preparations for the spirit sword’s final honing and welcomed Xia Wuji to his forging room.
• Xia Wuji released his Sword Seed, polished the spirit sword with Sword Essence, and finished it with a drop of blood essence, while Li Miaozhen and the Dragon Carving sensed its sharpness.
• The finished sword nourished Ouyang Shan, and Xia Wuji reminded him to supply spiritual artifacts to the Sun Moon Sect first and keep them from the Myriad Law Sect and Sky Eagle Sect.
• Xia Wuji left Azure City under the pretense of entering seclusion and absorbed the sword’s sharpness during his journey, reaching the Sword Heart realm after three days.
• Xia Wuji arrived at Heavenly Wood Valley, where Tu Xin reported that the Ice Cave Master had entered the secret realm three days earlier, and Xia Wuji led the assassins inside.

Xia Wuji led the Seven Kill Hall assassins into the secret realm, defeated its guards, and planned to lure Blade Fiend Evil Lord and Ice Cave Master into a fight. Meanwhile, Blade Fiend Evil Lord prepared to attack Xia Wuji, while Jiang Fan and Jiang Wuming schemed to use the Sky Eagle Sect against him and his adoptive father.

• Xia Wuji ordered Tu Xin and the Seven Kill Hall assassins to attack the fiendish-camp guards at the secret-realm entrance, and Pengfei joined the battle in Roc form.
• Tu Xin interrogated the lone surviving captive, learned where Blade Fiend Evil Lord and Ice Cave Master were, and warned Xia Wuji that they might have been alerted.
• Xia Wuji gave Tu Xin a poison-warding pill and decided to wait for Blade Fiend Evil Lord and Ice Cave Master to come to them.
• Blade Fiend Evil Lord dismissed Ice Cave Master's concerns and said her Seven Breaths Death Scatter could kill anyone below the Nirvana Realm Fifth Layer within seven breaths.
• Jiang Fan and Jiang Wuming entered Giant Eagle City and agreed to let the Sky Eagle Sect fight Xia Wuji, hoping to exploit the ensuing conflict against Jiang Fan's adoptive father.

Xia Wuji and the Seven Kill Hall assassins laid a trap for the Blade Fiend Evil Lord, but the Ice Cave Master attacked first and the Blade Fiend Evil Lord revealed her deadly poison. As the enemies moved to capture Xia Wuji and kill Tu Xin, Xia Wuji prepared to spring his hidden counterattack.

• Xia Wuji set up a concealed Profound Light Heart Punishing Formation and waited with the Seven Kill Hall assassins and his Golden Corpse Sword Puppet.
• The Ice Cave Master attacked with a storm of icy blades, but Xia Wuji and the Golden Corpse Sword Puppet fought back while Tu Xin nearly killed her from behind.
• The Ice Cave Master called in her forces and summoned the Blade Fiend Evil Lord, who surrounded Xia Wuji's group with cultivators and martial artists.
• The Blade Fiend Evil Lord struck Xia Wuji and Tu Xin with Seven Breaths Death Scatter, corroding the Golden Corpse Sword Puppet but failing to poison Tu Xin.
• The Ice Cave Master attacked Tu Xin while the Blade Fiend Evil Lord advanced on Xia Wuji, who prepared to close the net.

Xia Wuji killed the Blade Fiend Evil Lord, while Tu Xin killed the Ice Cave Master, and their forces eliminated the remaining enemies. After gathering Life Source Stones and repairing the Golden Corpse Sword Puppet, Xia Wuji learned that people from the Sky Eagle Sect and the Myriad Law Sect were approaching the secret realm.

• Xia Wuji used the Profound Light Heart Punishing Formation and his Sword Heart Realm to behead the Blade Fiend Evil Lord, while Tu Xin seized the Ice Cave Master's opening and killed her.
• Xia Wuji led the Seven Kill Hall assassins in defeating the remaining enemies and took the Life Source Stones from the two leaders' rings; Tu Xin found twelve more among the spoils.
• Xia Wuji sealed the leaders' soul remnants for Tu Xin to interrogate and repaired the Golden Corpse Sword Puppet with Heavenly Fire and refining materials.
• Tu Xin reported the Blade Fiend Evil Lord's confessions and said the secret realm's northwest region contained more Life Source Stones, so Xia Wuji ordered him to search there.
• Xia Wuji sensed people approaching the secret realm and identified them as members of the Sky Eagle Sect and the Myriad Law Sect.

Xia Wuji discovered that the Sky Eagle Sect and Myriad Law Sect had been lured to the secret realm to kill him, and he killed Hu Hai before interrogating Hu Zong. He traced the plot to Jiang Fan and decided to strike back at the Seven Kill Hall leader.

• Xia Wuji sent his companions to collect Life Source Stones and went to investigate the forces gathered at the secret realm.
• The Crimson Eyebrow Eagle King and Feng Bao led their sects into the secret realm to search for Xia Wuji, while Hu Hai demanded the chance to kill him himself.
• Jiang Fan told Jiang Wuming that Xia Wuji and Tu Xin would die, then returned to the Seven Kill Hall with his son.
• Xia Wuji ambushed and killed Hu Hai, wounded Hu Zong, and ordered Tu Xin to interrogate the elder.
• Hu Zong revealed that an anonymous note had told the Sky Eagle Sect Xia Wuji was in Heavenly Wood Valley, and Xia Wuji concluded that Jiang Fan had used the two sects against him.
• Xia Wuji realized Jiang Fan was acting behind the scenes and vowed to kill him first.

Xia Wuji lured the Sky Eagle Sect and Myriad Law Sect away from his allies while killing another Nirvana Realm elder and striking down their forces. He fled southeast with Crimson Eyebrow Eagle King in pursuit, leaving Tu Xin to help gather Life Source Stones in the northwest.

• Xia Wuji and Tu Xin used the Golden Corpse Sword Puppet and a surprise attack to kill a Sky Eagle Sect elder at the second layer of the Nirvana Realm.
• Xia Wuji sent Tu Xin to join the Seven Kill Hall members gathering Life Source Stones while he rode Pengfei southeast to draw the enemy away.
• Crimson Eyebrow Eagle King and Feng Bao found the dead elders’ remains and pursued a signal toward the southeast.
• Xia Wuji, Pengfei, and the Golden Corpse Sword Puppet killed several Sky Eagle Sect and Myriad Law Sect fighters, including two powerhouses at the perfected Life and Death Realm.
• Xia Wuji used two talismans to boost Pengfei’s speed and escaped with Crimson Eyebrow Eagle King chasing him.

Xia Wuji gathered enough Life Source Stones and completed the Golden Corpse Sword Puppet’s upgrade just as Crimson Eyebrow Eagle King and Feng Bao found him. Tu Xin and the Seven Kill Hall assassins fought to delay the attackers, while Crimson Eyebrow Eagle King broke through Xia Wuji’s formation and launched a killing move.

• Xia Wuji shook off Crimson Eyebrow Eagle King, erased his trail, and returned to the Seven Kill Hall assassins with ninety Life Source Stones.
• Xia Wuji and Tu Xin gathered eleven more Life Source Stones, bringing the total to one hundred and one, and Xia Wuji began upgrading the Golden Corpse Sword Puppet.
• When Tu Xin warned that the Sky Eagle Sect and Myriad Law Sect had arrived, Xia Wuji drove the final three Life Source Stones into the puppet and completed its transformation.
• Tu Xin used poison and the Seven Kill Hall assassins to hold off Feng Bao and the enemy cultivators while Crimson Eyebrow Eagle King attacked Xia Wuji.
• Crimson Eyebrow Eagle King shattered Xia Wuji’s formation and unleashed the Sky Eagle Great Law against him.

Xia Wuji fought Crimson Eyebrow Eagle King while finishing the Golden Corpse Sword Puppet's upgrade, then used it to defeat the fleeing Eagle King and kill Feng Bao. The Eagle King fell after Xia Wuji's Seven Breaths Death Scatter took effect, and Xia Wuji turned his attention toward the person behind the turmoil.

• Xia Wuji broke Crimson Eyebrow Eagle King's eagle-talon attack with his Jinghong Sword and Earth Foot, then struck him with the Sun Moon Twin Blades.
• Crimson Eyebrow Eagle King survived by using Eagle Blood Incarnation, while Tu Xin tried to help Xia Wuji and Feng Bao held him back.
• Xia Wuji released the fully upgraded Golden Corpse Sword Puppet, which clashed with Crimson Eyebrow Eagle King and forced him to sever his arm and flee.
• The Golden Corpse Sword Puppet killed Feng Bao as the Sky Eagle Sect and Myriad Law Sect panicked and the Seven Kill Hall cheered.
• Xia Wuji revealed that he had poisoned Crimson Eyebrow Eagle King with Seven Breaths Death Scatter, and the Eagle King fell from the sky as the poison took effect.

Xia Wuji learned that Jiang Fan had arranged the ambush against him and took control of Jiang Fan’s captured confidant, Bloodbane. After the secret realm collapsed and the fleeing enemies were killed, Xia Wuji decided to attack the Seven Kill Hall’s main hall and kill Jiang Fan despite warnings about his strength.

• Xia Wuji ordered his allies to leave the collapsing secret realm, while Tu Xin’s assassins guarded the exit and killed the escaping cultivators from the Myriad Law Sect and Sky Eagle Sect.
• The Golden Corpse Sword Puppet killed the Gold Killers fleeing nearby and captured Bloodbane, who revealed that Jiang Fan had lured the sects into attacking Xia Wuji.
• Bloodbane confessed that Jiang Fan had taught his confidants the sixth layer of the Mysterious Killing Dao and was close to completing the seventh layer.
• After the secret realm collapsed, Xia Wuji destroyed Jiang Fan’s control over Bloodbane and replaced it with his own, then ordered Bloodbane to lead him to the Seven Kill Hall’s main hall.
• Bloodbane and Tu Xin warned Xia Wuji that Jiang Fan had seventh-layer Nirvana Realm cultivation and was nearing mastery of the seventh layer, but Xia Wuji insisted that Jiang Fan must die and resolved to surpass the technique’s limits.

Xia Wuji led his followers to the Seven Kill Hall’s hidden main hall after advancing the Mysterious Killing Dao to its ninth level. Jiang Fan trapped them in linked slaughtering formations, but Xia Wuji began breaking through with five sword attacks as the chapter ended.

• Xia Wuji reflected on the failed ambush by the Sky Eagle Sect and Myriad Law Sect, then advanced the Mysterious Killing Dao to its eighth and ninth levels during the journey.
• Li Xue led Xia Wuji and the killers to the secret-realm entrance of the Seven Kill Hall and opened it with a talisman.
• Tu Xin killed a Silver Killer who confronted them, and Xia Wuji ordered his followers to kill anyone who blocked their path.
• Jiang Fan opened a route through the slaughtering formation and challenged Xia Wuji, while explaining to Jiang Wuming that he planned to test Xia Wuji’s trump card before attacking personally.
• Jiang Fan’s linked formations suppressed Xia Wuji’s Golden Corpse Sword Puppet and threatened the group, but Xia Wuji unleashed the Spirit Reversal Seal and sent five flying swords in different directions.

Xia Wuji and his allies broke through the Seven Kill Hall’s chained formations, but Jiang Fan countered with a Blood Fiend Spirit Bowl, a pack of empowered Demon Wolves, and a hidden assassin. As the Nirvana Realm assassin attacked, Xia Wuji drew the Jinghong Sword and charged to meet him.

• Xia Wuji used his Spirit Reversal Seal-imbued flying swords and the Golden Corpse Sword Puppet to destroy the Seven Kill Hall’s chained killing formations.
• Jiang Wuming urged Jiang Fan to attack, but Jiang Fan ordered another probe before committing.
• Jiang Fan’s Blood Fiend Spirit Bowl suppressed the Golden Corpse Sword Puppet, while drug-empowered Demon Wolves attacked Xia Wuji’s group.
• Pengfei killed one Demon Wolf, and Tu Xin fought another as several Seven Kill Hall assassins died in the wolves’ assault.
• Jiang Fan taunted Xia Wuji while a hidden Nirvana Realm First Layer assassin struck, but Xia Wuji evaded and turned to face him.
• Xia Wuji drew the Jinghong Sword, gathered power through the Dragon’s Wandering Step and Sword Heart Realm, and charged the assassin.

Xia Wuji overwhelmed the Seven Kill Hall’s defenses, destroyed Jiang Fan’s Blood Fiend Spirit Bowl, and reached the main hall to face him. Jiang Fan revealed his Nirvana Realm Seventh Layer cultivation and mastery of the Mysterious Killing Dao as their confrontation began.

• Xia Wuji killed a Nirvana Realm First Layer assassin and helped Tu Xin and Li Xue defeat the Demon Wolves.
• Xia Wuji freed the Golden Corpse Sword Puppet and burned Jiang Fan’s Blood Fiend Spirit Bowl with Heavenly Fire, causing Jiang Fan to suffer backlash.
• Jiang Fan stopped the remaining killing formations, and Xia Wuji led his people toward the Seven Kill Hall’s main hall.
• Jiang Fan proposed a personal fight to determine control of the hall, and Xia Wuji entered the main hall with the Golden Corpse Sword Puppet despite Tu Xin’s warning.
• Jiang Fan confronted Xia Wuji, unleashed his Nirvana Realm Seventh Layer cultivation and nearly perfected Mysterious Killing Dao, and boasted that he could deduce its seven layers himself.

Xia Wuji defeated Jiang Fan with the ninth layer of the Mysterious Killing Dao, killed him and Jiang Wuming, and reclaimed control of the Seven Kill Hall. He left Tu Xin in charge of gathering its assassins for a future offensive against the Twelve Fiends.

• Jiang Wuming attacked Xia Wuji, but the Golden Corpse Sword Puppet severed his arm and seized him.
• Xia Wuji killed Jiang Wuming despite Jiang Fan demanding his release.
• Xia Wuji unleashed the ninth-layer Mysterious Killing Dao, suppressed Jiang Fan, and destroyed his dantian before dragging him from the main hall.
• Xia Wuji beheaded Jiang Fan before the Seven Kill Hall assassins, who recognized him as their Hall Master.
• Xia Wuji taught Tu Xin the seventh layer of the Mysterious Killing Dao, placed control seals on three Gold Killers, and ordered Tu Xin to recall the scattered assassins.
• Xia Wuji left the Seven Kill Hall's secret-realm headquarters after instructing Tu Xin to prepare the force for a future attack on the Twelve Fiends.

Xia Wuji returned to Qingcheng and told Ren Tianxing that he had killed several powerful enemies in Heavenly Wood Valley and taken control of Seven Kill Hall. After revealing the truth to Luo Chuan as well, he planned to train Lin Piaoxue to lead the Sun Moon Sect in Qingzhou and Wen Shanshan to command Seven Kill Hall.

• Xia Wuji told Ren Tianxing that he had killed the Blade Fiend Evil Lord, the Ice Cave Master, Crimson Eyebrow Eagle King, Feng Bao, and Jiang Fan in Heavenly Wood Valley.
• Ren Tianxing agreed to conceal Xia Wuji's role in the deaths and asked him to notify the sect before using Seven Kill Hall's forces again.
• Ren Tianxing told Xia Wuji that Li Yaozu had reached the fifth layer of the Life and Death Realm and killed the Ice Fiend Evil Lord, while Heart Fiend had also been killed.
• Xia Wuji visited Luo Chuan and disclosed his actions in Heavenly Wood Valley, and Luo Chuan offered the Pill Tower's full support.
• Xia Wuji decided Lin Piaoxue would lead the Sun Moon Sect in Qingzhou and planned to teach Wen Shanshan the nine layers of the Mysterious Killing Dao so she could control Seven Kill Hall.