Chapter Summaries

Xia Wuji and his allies fought through formations and Demon Beasts toward the Profound Water Lotus Seeds, then clashed with Dugu Ming’s forces. The chapter ended with Xia Wuji killing Hong Cheng after Pengfei rescued Mo Xinlan from a fatal blow.

• Xia Wuji and his group broke through the formations and defeated the winged giant wolves on their way toward the central mountain.
• Dugu Ming’s group triggered a flight-restricting formation, fell from the air, and suffered heavy casualties to the Demon Beasts below.
• Dugu Ming sent Hong Cheng to kill Xia Wuji’s group while he and Qin Tao climbed the mountain to destroy the Profound Water Lotus Seeds.
• Hong Cheng confronted Mo Xinlan and her allies, and Mo Xinlan fought him despite being weakened by her injuries.
• Pengfei rescued Mo Xinlan from Hong Cheng’s killing strike, and Xia Wuji disrupted Hong Cheng with Ghostly Sound Howl before decapitating him.

Xia Wuji killed Hong Cheng and his men, then joined Mo Xinlan's group as they continued toward the Profound Water Lotus Seeds. Dugu Ming's party fought upward from halfway up the mountain, unaware that the Profound Water Palace's Young Master was waiting at the summit to kill them.

• Xia Wuji beheaded Hong Cheng and used his flying swords to wipe out the rest of Dugu Ming's men.
• Zhang Jun caught up with Mo Xinlan's group, apologized to Xia Wuji, and was allowed to join after Mo Xinlan warned him not to repeat his earlier behavior.
• Mo Xinlan's group set off toward the summit, where the formation and demon beasts made extra manpower necessary.
• Dugu Ming spotted Xia Wuji and Mo Xinlan at the foot of the mountain and wrongly assumed Zhang Jun had killed Hong Cheng.
• Qin Tao urged Dugu Ming to reach the summit first, and they continued fighting through the demon beasts.
• The Profound Water Palace's Young Master watched both groups climb and vowed to kill them in revenge for the Asura Hell's destruction of his palace.

Xia Wuji and the others fought their way up the mountain through Profound Water Palace’s Demon Beasts while Xia Wuji studied the air-restricting formation. After Zhang Jun engineered a dangerous encounter to put Xia Wuji in harm’s way, Xia Wuji used the chaos to pursue a nearby formation core and told the others to continue upward without him.

• Zhang Jun led the group’s charge up the mountain, killing Demon Beasts and claiming he would risk his life to obtain Profound Water Lotus Seeds for Mo Xinlan’s master.
• As Zhang Jun fought at the front and won the group’s respect, Xia Wuji silently investigated how the air-restricting formation worked.
• Xia Wuji discovered a formation core just as a Seventh Grade Middle Rank giant wolf attacked, and Zhang Jun trapped it in a spirit-artifact net before calling on Xia Wuji to kill it.
• When Xia Wuji charged the wolf, Zhang Jun screamed and released it from the net, sending it after Xia Wuji with a cyan wind blade.
• Xia Wuji appeared to fall among the Demon Beasts, then secretly told Pengfei, Mo Xinlan, and Xu Qi that he was safe and instructed them to follow Zhang Jun while he handled something else.

Xia Wuji entered the Demon Beast horde, discovered that someone at the mountaintop was controlling the air-sealing formation, and secretly sabotaged five formation cores before heading back to Mo Xinlan’s group. He found Zhang Jun abandoning the others and attacking him, and the chapter ended as Xia Wuji and Zhang Jun clashed.

• Zhang Jun killed a seventh-tier mid-grade giant Demon Beast wolf, then convinced the group he was too injured to keep leading the charge.
• Xia Wuji used his Dragon Qi and flying swords to clear a path through the Demon Beasts and found a cave containing the air-sealing formation’s core.
• Xia Wuji deduced that someone from Profound Water Palace was controlling the formation and secretly planted talisman marks in five formation cores.
• A seventh-tier high-grade Green Scaled Giant Python attacked Mo Xinlan’s group, and Zhang Jun revealed his treachery, admitted scheming against Xia Wuji, and fled while using two people as bait.
• Xia Wuji appeared in Zhang Jun’s path, and both men unleashed their attacks against each other.

Xia Wuji killed Zhang Jun, led Mo Xinlan’s group toward the mountaintop, and secretly flew ahead after Dugu Ming and Qin Tao arrived. As the Profound Water Palace prepared to manipulate the groups against each other, Xia Wuji began setting up his own formation.

• Xia Wuji shattered Zhang Jun’s Ink Jade Palm and killed him with his flying sword, then drove off the Green Scaled Giant Python.
• Xia Wuji warned Mo Xinlan that the Profound Water Palace might be guarding or have destroyed the Profound Water Lotus Seeds, and continued leading the group upward.
• Dugu Ming and Qin Tao reached the mountaintop with their exhausted followers and planned to destroy the lotus seeds before dealing with Mo Xinlan’s group.
• Xia Wuji infused Pengfei with Dragon Qi, then flew through the forbidden-air formation toward the summit while Mo Xinlan’s group continued climbing below.
• The Profound Water Palace’s young master and elder blocked Dugu Ming’s group and dispersed most of the Demon Beasts to let Mo Xinlan’s group advance.
• Xia Wuji extracted soul power from the Universe Pagoda and began placing his Seventh Grade Peak Rank Formation Flags on the mountaintop.

Xia Wuji prepared a hidden Annihilation Yuan Formation while Mo Xinlan's group reached the Profound Water Lake and clashed with Dugu Ming's forces. As Dugu Ming's attack threatened Xu Qi, Xia Wuji arrived and vowed to kill him.

• Xia Wuji activated and concealed a Seventh Grade Peak Rank Annihilation Yuan Formation capable of unleashing a devastating strike against Heavenly Gate Realm experts.
• Mo Xinlan led her group to the Profound Water Lake and asked Dugu Ming to join forces against the formation, but he mocked her and ordered Qin Tao to attack.
• Mo Xinlan used a strength-boosting pill to fight Qin Tao, while Xu Qi and her White Tiger confronted Dugu Ming with help from Pengfei.
• Dugu Ming restored his Alligator Dragon phantom, wounded Pengfei and the White Tiger, and launched a killing attack at Xu Qi.
• Xia Wuji arrived with seven Flying Swords, cut apart Dugu Ming's attack, and declared that Dugu Ming would die that day.

Xia Wuji rescued Xu Qi, killed Dugu Ming, and helped Mo Xinlan defeat Qin Tao and Dugu Ming’s warriors. The group found Profound Water Lake stripped of its lotus seeds, where Zhang Yang and a Heavenly Gate Realm elder appeared to confront them.

• Xia Wuji saved Xu Qi and sent Pengfei to fight Dugu Ming’s warriors while he faced Dugu Ming himself.
• Dugu Ming trapped Xia Wuji’s Seven Flying Swords, but Xia Wuji shattered his Alligator Dragon phantom and beheaded him with the Ghostly Sword Art.
• Xia Wuji joined Mo Xinlan to kill Qin Tao, and they then killed the rest of Dugu Ming’s group.
• The Profound Water Palace’s Young Palace Master planned to use Mo Xinlan to control her mother, Mo Ying, and further his revenge plan.
• Xu Qi’s group found that Profound Water Lake held no Profound Water Lotus Seeds, and Zhang Yang appeared with an elder whose Heavenly Gate Realm power overwhelmed them.

Xia Wuji pretended to submit to Zhang Yang by swallowing the Three Corpse Rotting God Pill, then seized him and secured the Profound Water Lotus Seed so Mo Xinlan and the others could escape. After they left, Xia Wuji killed Zhang Yang inside the Annihilation Yuan Formation, provoking the Heaven's Gate Realm elder's fury.

• Zhang Yang offered Xia Wuji the Three Corpse Rotting God Pill as a means of controlling him, and Xia Wuji swallowed it while secretly burning away its poison.
• Zhang Yang threatened Mo Xinlan with the last Profound Water Lotus Seed and demanded that she kill Xu Qi, but Mo Xinlan refused.
• Xia Wuji ambushed Zhang Yang, cut off his arm, and made the elder let Mo Xinlan, Xu Qi, Pengfei, and Little White leave with the lotus seed.
• Xia Wuji escorted Zhang Yang into the Annihilation Yuan Formation and killed him, destroying his soul as well.
• The elder caught Zhang Yang's head and swore to make Xia Wuji die a dog's death.

Xia Wuji killed the Profound Water Palace elder with the Annihilation Yuan Formation and emerged unharmed after securing the final Profound Water Lotus Seed. Mo Xinlan reunited with him, overwhelmed by gratitude, while Xu Qi and the others watched.

• Xia Wuji activated the Annihilation Yuan Formation after disrupting the mountain formation and used the Universe Pagoda and Seven Flying Swords to protect himself.
• The formation destroyed the Profound Water Palace elder, and Xia Wuji collected his weapons and emerged from the mountaintop.
• Mo Xinlan tried to return to Xia Wuji, while Xu Qi urged her to live and carry the Profound Water Lotus Seed to her mother.
• When the others saw the mountain flash and heard an explosion, Mo Xinlan and Pengfei rushed back toward Xia Wuji.
• Xia Wuji reunited with Mo Xinlan and told her Zhang Yang and the elder were dead and that he had obtained the final lotus seed.
• Mo Xinlan embraced Xia Wuji, and Xu Qi suggested she repay him by offering herself, prompting the Little White Tiger to tell her to show restraint.

Xia Wuji explained how he had turned the Profound Water Palace’s scheme against Zhang Yang and its Heavenly Gate Realm elder, while Mo Xinlan protected him by making the survivors forget the truth. After the group collected the secret realm’s resources and departed, Mo Xinlan invited Xia Wuji to Purgatory Island to meet her mother, the Yellow Springs Emissary.

• Xia Wuji told Mo Xinlan and the others how he had sabotaged the formation, killed Zhang Yang, and caused the Profound Water Palace elder to die from its backlash.
• Mo Xinlan gave the survivors their promised rewards and Seven Day Forget River Pills, then implanted a false account that Zhang Yang had caused the deaths and Xia Wuji had defeated him.
• The group collected the secret realm’s resources, and Mo Xinlan gave Xia Wuji three million Spirit Crystals and seventh-grade pills while he claimed the Profound Water Palace’s Spirit Medicine seeds.
• After the group boarded the Spirit Ship and left the secret realm, Mo Xinlan invited Xia Wuji to Purgatory Island to meet her mother once she recovered.
• Xia Wuji accepted the invitation, saying it would be his honor to visit the Yellow Springs Emissary.

Mo Xinlan returned the Profound Water Lotus Seed to Ghost Sword Island, where Sword Rakshasa arranged rewards for Xia Wuji. Back at his residence, Xia Wuji learned Zhao Qingyue had accused Jiang Zhiyuan of theft and threatened to execute him and Huang Ming, so he rushed to the eighth floor to intervene.

• Mo Xinlan told Sword Rakshasa about Xia Wuji's actions in the secret realm but kept the Profound Water Palace elder's death secret.
• Sword Rakshasa ordered an escort for Mo Xinlan and directed her to appear distressed on the journey back to Purgatory Island.
• Sword Rakshasa decided to teach Xia Wuji the third move of Ghostly Sword Art and promote him to Third-Class Asura.
• Li Hai told Xia Wuji that Zhao Qingyue had accused Jiang Zhiyuan of stealing spirit pills, injured Huang Ming, and threatened to execute them both.
• Xia Wuji set off for the eighth floor of Ghost Sword Island to help Jiang Zhiyuan and Huang Ming.

Xia Wuji arrived at Jiang Zhiyuan’s residence and defeated Zhao Qingyue after she accused Jiang Zhiyuan and Huang Ming of stealing spiritual pills. He left Zhao Qingyue at his mercy, with his sword against her brow.

• Zhao Qingyue accused the wounded Jiang Zhiyuan and Huang Ming of stealing spiritual pills and ordered Ding He to step aside.
• Ding He refused, fought Zhao Qingyue, and tried to protect Jiang Zhiyuan and Huang Ming as her followers moved to kill them.
• Xia Wuji arrived, severed the sword arms of seven attackers, and assured Jiang Zhiyuan that he believed him.
• Zhao Qingyue attacked Xia Wuji with Ghostly Sound Howl, but he used the same technique to overpower her and send her crashing to the ground.
• Xia Wuji pressed his sword to Zhao Qingyue’s brow and condemned her for disgracing Sword Rakshasa’s reputation.

Xia Wuji exposed Zhao Qingyue’s framing of Jiang Zhiyuan and faced down Luo Wang and Yin Mei as the dispute escalated. Yin Mei launched nine sword attacks at Xia Wuji, but Ding Lu intervened, leaving the conflict among Sword Rakshasa’s disciples unresolved.

• Xia Wuji used Ghostly Sound Howl to overpower Zhao Qingyue’s technique and held her at swordpoint when Luo Wang demanded that he put his sword away.
• Lian Tianye arrived with the Disciplinary Hall, heard Huang Ming’s account, and ordered Luo Wang and Xia Wuji to sheathe their swords.
• Yin Mei arrived, slapped Zhao Qingyue twice, and threw Lian Tianye aside when he refused to say whether the punishment satisfied him.
• Xia Wuji’s flying swords saved Lian Tianye, so Yin Mei demanded that Xia Wuji strike himself with nine swords or face her attack.
• Xia Wuji challenged Yin Mei, who sent nine streams of Profound Yin Sword Qi at him, but Ding Lu appeared and blocked them.

Ding Lu stopped Yin Mei from attacking Xia Wuji, and the island master’s approval promoted him to Third-Class Asura. After reaching the tenth level of the Life and Death Realm, Xia Wuji began unlocking the Universe Pagoda’s second level, then left for Purgatory Island at Mo Xinlan’s invitation.

• Yin Mei stabbed herself to apologize to Ding Lu, then left after Ding Lu ordered her to go back.
• Ding Lu sent Zhao Qingyue to the Disciplinary Hall for investigation and announced Xia Wuji’s promotion to Third-Class Asura for killing Zhang Yang.
• The Disciplinary Hall executed Zhao Qingyue’s subordinate for framing Jiang Zhiyuan and confined Zhao Qingyue for three days.
• Xia Wuji broke through to the tenth level of the Life and Death Realm in the Sword Prison Space, then resumed working to unlock the Universe Pagoda’s second level.
• Mo Xinlan invited Xia Wuji to Purgatory Island on behalf of her recovered mother, the Yellow Springs Emissary, and he agreed to go.

Xia Wuji accompanied Mo Xinlan to Purgatory Island, where he met her mother, Mo Ying, the Yellow Springs Emissary. Mo Ying gave Xia Wuji her painting, which contained the complete inheritance of the Heaven Grade Top Rank Mountain River Sword Technique.

• Mo Xinlan told Xia Wuji that her mother had recovered nearly eighty percent and that Dugu Ding Tian had found no evidence linking them to Dugu Ming’s death.
• Mo Xinlan warned Xia Wuji about Yin Mei and explained that Sword Rakshasa used her disciples to test and temper one another.
• The Spirit Ship reached Purgatory Island, and Mo Xinlan brought Xia Wuji to her home at Yellow Springs Manor, Mo Garden.
• Xia Wuji recognized that Mo Ying’s landscape painting concealed the moves and intent of the Mountain River Sword Technique.
• Mo Ying thanked Xia Wuji for saving Mo Xinlan and giving her the Profound Water Lotus Seed, then gifted him the painting containing the complete sword-technique inheritance.

Xia Wuji visited Mo Garden, where Mo Ying gave him a painting concealing a Heavenly Grade Top Rank sword technique and hosted a meal. He discovered that Mo Ying was disguising her grave condition and likely had less than two months to live, while Dugu Ding Tian ordered Dugu Xiu to watch for a chance to attack him.

• Mo Ying gave Xia Wuji a landscape painting that contained the Mountain Water Sword Technique, and Xia Wuji praised it as pretty.
• Mo Ying cooked a feast for Xia Wuji and Mo Xinlan, and Xia Wuji ate everything while Mo Ying said she would arrange for food to be sent to Mo Xinlan.
• Dugu Xiu urged Dugu Ding Tian to use Xia Wuji's visit to probe Mo Ying, and Dugu Ding Tian ordered her to watch for Xia Wuji to leave Mo Garden before striking.
• Xia Wuji used the Spiritual Eye Technique on Mo Ying and saw that her death aura was so dense that she likely had less than two months to live.

Xia Wuji was caught in an ambush on Purgatory Island, and Mo Ying intervened to protect him. When Dugu Ding Tian attacked Mo Ying, Sword Rakshasa Liu Qi arrived and drove him back, leaving the conflict unresolved.

• Mo Xinlan escorted Xia Wuji toward the edge of Purgatory Island and told him she would soon study swordsmanship under Sword Rakshasa.
• A prepared group of attackers ambushed them and targeted Xia Wuji, but Mo Ying killed the assailants with her landscape-painting sword technique.
• Dugu Ding Tian appeared with a Taolong manifestation, wounded Mo Ying, and claimed he had Liao Kai's approval to take Xia Wuji for questioning.
• Mo Ying refused to hand Xia Wuji over, and Dugu Ding Tian attacked her again.
• Sword Rakshasa Liu Qi arrived, shattered Dugu Ding Tian's Taolong manifestation, and struck him back before another old man intervened.

Xia Wuji faced an accusation that he was involved in Dugu Ming’s death as Sword Rakshasa and Mo Ying clashed with Dugu Ding Tian and Liao Kai over his interrogation. To settle the dispute, Xia Wuji accepted Liao Kai’s proposal to prove his formation skill by deciphering a formation set by Dugu Xiu.

• Xia Wuji respectfully greeted Sword Rakshasa after she arrived and stopped Dugu Ding Tian’s attack.
• Dugu Ding Tian appealed to Liao Kai, claiming Xia Wuji was responsible for Dugu Ming’s death and asking for justice.
• Sword Rakshasa challenged Dugu Ding Tian’s account, while Mo Ying argued that the attack on Xia Wuji had been unjustified.
• Liao Kai proposed that Dugu Xiu set up a formation and that Xia Wuji be handed over for interrogation if he failed to decipher it.
• Mo Ying and Sword Rakshasa objected that the test was unfair, but Xia Wuji accepted the challenge.

Xia Wuji accepted Dugu Xiu’s challenge to break a formation under test, hoping to end the accusations over her brother’s death. While Dugu Xiu prepared it, Mo Ying revealed that she had only two months to live, and the chapter ended with Xia Wuji being summoned to the test.

• Xia Wuji agreed to the trial, and Dugu Xiu demanded that he not watch her set up the formation.
• Mo Ying took Xia Wuji and Mo Xinlan back to Mo Garden, where she privately promised to risk her life to protect him if he failed.
• Xia Wuji refused to promise that he would protect Mo Xinlan in Mo Ying’s place, then deduced that Mo Ying was gravely ill.
• Mo Ying revealed that her injuries were incurable and that she expected to live for at most two more months.
• Xia Wuji promised to keep Mo Ying’s condition secret and said he would try to cure her after reaching the Nirvana Realm.
• Mo Ying shared formation-breaking advice with Xia Wuji, then a messenger summoned him to break Dugu Xiu’s completed formation.

Xia Wuji entered Dugu Xiu’s Nine Heavens Net Kill Formation and calmly studied its attacks while evading them. After revealing his Seven Flying Swords and facing Dugu Xiu’s combined Alligator Dragon strike, he used the Spirit Reversal Seal as the formation’s attack closed in.

• Mo Ying told Xia Wuji that Dugu Xiu’s seventh-grade mid-tier Nine Heavens Net Kill Formation grew more dangerous over time and had to be broken quickly.
• Dugu Xiu activated the formation, and Xia Wuji entered it to prove he could break it within fifteen minutes.
• Xia Wuji used his mental power and Spiritual Eye Technique to track the formation’s attacks and evade them while onlookers debated his ability.
• As Dugu Xiu filled the formation with killing intent, Xia Wuji stopped dodging and used his Seven Flying Swords to shield himself while he completed his analysis.
• Dugu Xiu combined the formation with the Alligator Dragon Great Law and sent an illusory Alligator Dragon at Xia Wuji.
• Xia Wuji raised his hand and cast the Spirit Reversal Seal, sending sigils away from his seven flying swords.