Chapter Summaries

Xia Wuji destroyed the Nine Heavens Net Kill Formation, proving his ability and ending the dispute over the Profound Water Palace secret realm. After Sword Rakshasa wounded Dugu Ding Tian and they returned to Mo Garden, Xia Wuji helped Mo Xinlan remain with her gravely ill mother; on the way back to Ghost Sword Island, Sword Rakshasa began teaching him Hundred Ghosts Night Parade.

• Xia Wuji used his Seven Flying Swords to destroy the formation cores, then cleaved apart Dugu Xiu’s phantom toad dragon and defeated her.
• Sword Rakshasa and Mo Ying confronted Liao Kai over Dugu Ding Tian’s promised apology, and Sword Rakshasa stabbed Dugu Ding Tian when he refused.
• At Mo Garden, Mo Xinlan feared that Mo Ying was dying, while Xia Wuji knew he could cure her after reaching the Nirvana Realm.
• Sword Rakshasa gave Mo Ying her life essence, and Mo Ying told Mo Xinlan to go to Ghost Sword Island; Mo Xinlan threatened to kill herself rather than leave, and Mo Ying agreed to let her stay.
• Sword Rakshasa took Xia Wuji back toward Ghost Sword Island and began teaching him the third move of the Ghostly Sword Art, Hundred Ghosts Night Parade.

Xia Wuji learned Hundred Ghosts Night Parade from Sword Rakshasa and learned of a Purgatory competition that could grant him free access to Purgatory Island. Sword Rakshasa then assigned him to a mission protecting Lin Ling and the Mystic Alliance from the Kun Gate, with the chance to earn a promotion by killing Cai Qing.

• Xia Wuji demonstrated his rapid mastery of Hundred Ghosts Night Parade, and Sword Rakshasa corrected his understanding of the move’s evil-ghost artistic conception.
• Sword Rakshasa explained that the Purgatory grand competition would be held in three months and that Xia Wuji needed fifth-level Asura status to compete for a Hell Envoy position.
• Xia Wuji learned that the Mystic Alliance had sought Purgatory’s protection because the Kun Gate demanded Lin Ling, whose Pale Eyes Cai Qing wanted to gouge out.
• Sword Rakshasa offered to promote Xia Wuji to fourth-level Asura if he killed Cai Qing during the mission against the Kun Gate.
• Sword Rakshasa said Ghost Sword Island’s team would depart the next day, and that Xi'er would also head to the Mystic Alliance’s waters.

Xia Wuji joined Ghost Sword Island’s Mystic Alliance mission while continuing to unlock the Universe Pagoda’s second level. After the expedition set sail, he finally removed the last rune and entered a vast space that could strengthen bloodlines and rapidly grow Spirit Medicine.

• Xia Wuji agreed to take Jiang Zhiyuan and Pengfei on the Mystic Alliance mission, then reunited with Yao Xi, who had advanced to the Myriad Manifestation Realm and planned to travel with them.
• Feng Xuan led Ghost Sword Island’s forces aboard a Spirit Ship, and Yao Xi confronted Zhao Qingyue when she acted hostilely toward Xia Wuji.
• Yao Xi gave Xia Wuji pills and a private cabin, where he spent the three-day journey unraveling the second-level runes while Jiang Zhiyuan and Pengfei stood guard.
• Xia Wuji unraveled the final rune, entered the Universe Pagoda’s second level, and discovered its bloodline-strengthening aura and extraordinary capacity for growing Spirit Medicine.
• Xia Wuji scattered Spirit Medicine seeds across the second level, where they immediately began sprouting.

Xia Wuji cultivated Spirit Medicine and refined Profound Sea Pills before joining Ghost Sword Island’s battle against the Kun Gate at the Mystic Alliance headquarters. After helping Huang Ming and killing a Myriad Manifestation Realm opponent, Xia Wuji faced a concealed attacker wielding a halberd.

• Xia Wuji used two hundred thousand Spirit Crystals to mature Spirit Medicine, refined ten Profound Sea Pills, and swallowed one to increase his Sword Essence.
• Yao Xi told Xia Wuji that the Kun Gate had attacked the Mystic Alliance headquarters, and Ghost Sword Island’s force arrived to join the battle.
• Feng Xuan led the Ghost Sword Island cultivators into the fight, while Xia Wuji and Pengfei killed Kun Gate cultivators together.
• Xia Wuji and Pengfei killed a first-layer Myriad Manifestation Realm Kun Gate martial artist, and Xia Wuji used his flying swords to rescue Huang Ming.
• A concealed second-layer Myriad Manifestation Realm Kun Gate martial artist attacked Xia Wuji with a halberd, and Xia Wuji drew the Jinghong Sword to meet the strike.

Xia Wuji and Purgatory’s fighters rushed to rescue Lin Ling from Cai Qing, who wanted to seize her Pale Eyes. As Lin Ling and her badly wounded father faced Cai Qing, Xia Wuji arrived and launched a powerful sword attack against her.

• Xia Wuji killed a Kun Gate martial artist, then sent Pengfei to help Huang Ming while Yao Xi and a Level Seven Rakshasa fought off the attackers.
• Xia Wuji urged Yao Xi to find Lin Ling, and she learned Lin Ling’s location from an injured Mystic Alliance cultivator.
• Cai Qing cornered Lin Ling and her father, Lin Qun, whose desperate defense let Lin Ling break Cai Qing’s attack with Azure Pupil Profound Light at the cost of bleeding from her eyes.
• A Level Seven Rakshasa and other Purgatory fighters arrived as Cai Qing tried to seize Lin Ling’s Pale Eyes, and the Rakshasa engaged Cai Qing’s Heavenly Gate Realm guard.
• Xia Wuji appeared before Cai Qing and attacked her with the Jinghong Sword, sending ghostly figures surging from the blade.

Xia Wuji drove Cai Qing into retreat with help from Lu Feixia, but Lin Qun died after the battle. Lin Ling suffered a dangerous backlash from her Pale Eyes, and Xia Wuji took her to treat her himself.

• Xia Wuji fought Cai Qing while carrying Lin Ling and Lin Qun away on Pengfei, and Cai Qing cut down a Ghost Sword Island Asura who tried to stop her.
• Xia Wuji attacked Cai Qing with his seven flying swords, and Lu Feixia secretly added a sword strike that nearly pierced Cai Qing before her spirit-artifact dress blocked it.
• Cai Qing ordered the Kun Gate cultivators to retreat, and Xia Wuji stayed behind to tend to Lin Qun and Lin Ling.
• Lin Qun's life force faded, and Lin Ling collapsed in grief as her Pale Eyes began to bleed again.
• Xia Wuji put Lin Ling to sleep, refused Yao Xi's offer to send her to Ghost Sword Island, and carried her into a room to treat the Pale Eyes' backlash.

Xia Wuji treated Lin Ling’s Pale Eyes backlash and protected her while she slept. Bai Ziliu arrived to take Lin Ling as bait for a trap against Cai Qing, and Xia Wuji confronted him but was suppressed by a powerful Asura.

• Lin Ling grabbed Xia Wuji’s wrist while unconscious, pleading for her father, and Xia Wuji soothed her soul and forced Spirit Medicine to grow in the Universe Pagoda.
• Cai Qing learned that Xia Wuji had interfered with her attempt to seize Lin Ling’s Pale Eyes and agreed to gather Kun Gate forces and wait for Elder Huang Yan before attacking again.
• Xia Wuji treated Lin Ling with seventh-grade soul-nourishing pills and left her asleep behind an array.
• Bai Ziliu arrived with Dark Island cultivators and demanded Lin Ling, explaining that he planned to use her as bait to lure Cai Qing into a trap.
• Xia Wuji refused to surrender Lin Ling and warned that anyone who touched her would face his wrath.
• A sixth-level Asura with first-level Heavenly Gate Realm strength suppressed Xia Wuji, Pengfei, and Jiang Zhiyuan, while Bai Ziliu approached Xia Wuji and raised his hand to slap him.

Xia Wuji severed Bai Ziliu’s hand, pierced him with his flying swords, and forced him to kneel after Bai Ziliu tried to seize Lin Ling. Lin Sanniang ruled that Bai Ziliu had provoked Xia Wuji, postponed punishment until after the mission, and ordered the group to plan their hunt for Cai Qing; then Lin Ling awoke, pale and despairing.

• Xia Wuji cut off Bai Ziliu’s hand, pierced him with his Seven Emotions Flying Swords, and forced him to kneel while Dark Island’s cultivators retreated.
• Yao Xi, Feng Xuan, and Zhao Qingyue arrived, but Bai Chi soon charged in and fought Feng Xuan until Lin Sanniang intervened.
• Yao Xi and Xia Wuji explained what had happened, and Lin Sanniang ruled that Bai Ziliu had provoked Xia Wuji and ordered Bai Chi to leave with his son.
• Lin Sanniang took Feng Xuan to discuss a plan to hunt Cai Qing, while Yao Xi reassured Xia Wuji and asked about Lin Ling.
• Lin Ling awoke and appeared in the doorway, pale, confused, and despairing.

Xia Wuji arranged for Lin Ling to be secretly transferred to Ghost Sword Island after she suffered backlash from the Pale Eyes. Zhao Qingyue and Bai Ziliu separately left the Mystic Alliance headquarters, setting plans in motion that threatened the transfer.

• Lin Ling wept in Xia Wuji's arms, and Yao Xi comforted her before Xia Wuji soothed her fragile soul and put her to sleep.
• Yao Xi recounted how her family had been killed when she was young and explained that Lin Ling would be safer on Ghost Sword Island.
• Yao Xi secured the Yellow Springs Emissary's approval for a secret transfer, and Xia Wuji boarded a mission ship with Lin Ling, Pengfei, Jiang Zhiyuan, Huang Ming, and an Asura escort.
• Yue Ping told Zhao Qingyue that Xia Wuji was taking Lin Ling away and suggested they use Bai Ziliu to kill Xia Wuji, then seize Lin Ling as bait for Cai Qing.
• Zhao Qingyue rewarded Yue Ping and left the headquarters with a group under the pretext of a mission, while Bai Ziliu also departed with Dark Island's elites after receiving the news.

Cai Qing planned to seize Lin Ling’s Pale Eyes and eliminate Xia Wuji by exploiting a clash between Purgatory’s disciples. As Xia Wuji escorted Lin Ling toward Ghost Sword Island, he gained new protections, but Bai Ziliu’s ship blocked their path.

• Cai Qing told Huang Yan that Xia Wuji was escorting Lin Ling away from the Mystic Alliance and urged him to help intercept them; Huang Yan agreed to set out at once.
• Xia Wuji mastered the Mountain River Sword Technique from Mo Ying’s landscape painting, gaining access to the spirit artifact’s stored power.
• Xia Wuji met the Azure Sky Dragon Python, which had evolved from the sea python he once gave Dragon Qi, and ordered it to ambush near his Spirit Ship with its clan.
• Xia Wuji arranged a Seventh Grade Peak Rank killing formation on the Spirit Ship and prepared for danger while Lin Ling remained asleep.
• Bai Ziliu appeared on a Spirit Ship blocking their route and glared at Xia Wuji with murderous intent.

Xia Wuji used Mo Ying’s Mountain River sword aura to kill Bai Ziliu’s two seventh-level Asura guards and pursued the fleeing Bai Ziliu. Lu Feixia joined the attack, avenged her junior sister by killing Bai Ziliu, and then told Xia Wuji it was time to discuss their own matter.

• Bai Ziliu ordered his forces to attack Xia Wuji’s Spirit Ship, while Hu Jiao warned Xia Wuji and tried to hold off the two seventh-level Asuras.
• Xia Wuji unleashed two Mountain River sword auras from Mo Ying’s landscape scroll, killing both Asuras, then chased Bai Ziliu on Pengfei’s back.
• Lu Feixia ambushed Bai Ziliu’s Spirit Ship, killed most of his warriors, and fought alongside Xia Wuji as he finished off the fleeing men.
• Lu Feixia tortured and killed Bai Ziliu, saying she had avenged her junior sister, then told Xia Wuji they needed to discuss their own matter.

Xia Wuji verified that Lu Feixia belonged to the Nine Yang Sword Sect, gave her Sword Obsessed’s secret letter, and agreed to let Lin Ling leave with her after avenging herself on Cai Qing. Lu Feixia then revealed Zhao Qingyue’s location, and Xia Wuji flew off to kill someone.

• Xia Wuji questioned Lu Feixia about her identity and learned that she was a Sword Holder competing to become the Nine Yang Sword Sect’s heir.
• Lu Feixia proved her connection to the Seven Emotions Flying Swords through her essence blood and revealed that Sword Obsessed was her great-grandfather.
• Xia Wuji gave Lu Feixia the secret letter, and she invited him and Lin Ling to leave the Chaos Sea with her.
• Xia Wuji agreed to let Lin Ling go with Lu Feixia after Lin Ling killed Cai Qing herself, and Lu Feixia agreed to wait half a month.
• Lu Feixia told Xia Wuji that Zhao Qingyue was nearby, and Xia Wuji rode Pengfei toward her, declaring that he was going to kill someone.

Xia Wuji used the Azure Sky Sea Pythons to wipe out Zhao Qingyue’s group and learned that the Kun Gate had surrounded the sea. He suspected Yellow Springs Emissary Lin Sanniang had orchestrated the trap, then unleashed the pythons against the Kun Gate’s ships as they attacked.

• Zhao Qingyue sent her Spirit Ship toward Xia Wuji, but Azure Sky Sea Pythons ambushed her group and captured her.
• Yue Ping revealed that he was a Kun Gate member and had overheard information from one of Lin Sanniang’s disciples; Xia Wuji killed him and Zhao Qingyue.
• Lu Feixia warned Xia Wuji that the Kun Gate had surrounded the area, and he returned to his Spirit Ship to hurry toward Ghost Sword Island.
• Xia Wuji questioned Hu Jiao about Lin Sanniang and concluded that she had used Yue Ping and the others as bait.
• Several Kun Gate Spirit Ships attacked Xia Wuji’s ship, and more than a thousand Azure Sky Sea Pythons destroyed them.

Xia Wuji used the Azure Sky Sea Pythons to stall Kun Gate until Lin Sanniang revealed herself and fought Huang Yan. As Kun Gate retreated and Yao Xi apologized for unknowingly helping set the trap, Xia Wuji pursued Cai Qing so Lin Ling could decide her fate.

• Xia Wuji kept the Azure Sky Sea Pythons attacking both Kun Gate and Ghost Sword Island’s Spirit Ship to stall the fighting until Lin Sanniang appeared.
• Huang Yan confronted Lin Sanniang, and the Azure Sky Sea Pythons withdrew as the two Void Shattering Realm experts fought.
• Feng Xuan and Bai Chi joined forces against Zhou Feng, who injured himself with a desperate secret art to cover Cai Qing’s retreat.
• Yao Xi apologized to Xia Wuji for unknowingly helping Lin Sanniang use them as bait, and Xia Wuji told her he believed her.
• Gong Yue pursued Cai Qing, and Xia Wuji left with Pengfei to capture Cai Qing for Lin Ling.

Gong Yue nearly killed Cai Qing, but Xia Wuji intervened and destroyed Cai Qing's dantian to claim her as his captive. Gong Yue demanded that Xia Wuji surrender Cai Qing and kneel, and he answered by pointing his swords at her.

• Cai Qing's Spirit Ship was destroyed, and Gong Yue separated her from the other Kun Gate fighters to claim the battle merit of killing her.
• Gong Yue overwhelmed Cai Qing with the Blood Rainbow Sutra, but Cai Qing fought back with a talisman, Ghostly Eyes, and the Kun Devours Heaven and Earth technique.
• Xia Wuji arrived on Pengfei, struck Cai Qing, and destroyed her dantian; Pengfei seized her before Gong Yue could finish her off.
• Gong Yue confronted Xia Wuji over stealing her battle merit, and Xia Wuji said they had been used as bait to lure Cai Qing.
• Gong Yue sent Lian Tianye flying when he tried to intervene, then ordered Xia Wuji to hand Cai Qing over and kneel; Xia Wuji pointed his swords at Gong Yue instead.

Xia Wuji defeated Gong Yue and escaped the battlefield while Lin Sanniang remained occupied with Huang Yan. He helped Lin Ling avenge her father, entrusted her to Lu Feixia for protection, and returned to Ghost Sword Island alone.

• Xia Wuji used the Mountain River Sword Technique and his Seven Emotions Flying Swords to gravely wound Gong Yue, then defied Lin Sanniang's pressure as she continued fighting Huang Yan.
• Xia Wuji ordered Yao Xi to take the Spirit Ship back to Ghost Sword Island and flew away with Lin Ling and the barely living Cai Qing.
• Xia Wuji woke Lin Ling on a desolate island and left her alone with Cai Qing, allowing her to avenge her father herself.
• Xia Wuji arranged for Lu Feixia to take Lin Ling to the Nine Yang Sword Sect, placed a sword-path edge in Lu Feixia's soul, and gave Lin Ling a secret technique to control it if needed.
• Xia Wuji secretly ordered the Azure Sky Dragon Python and its army to escort Lu Feixia and Lin Ling, then returned to Ghost Sword Island with Pengfei.

Xia Wuji reported Cai Qing’s death to Sword Rakshasa and learned she would not pursue the mission’s complications. After Lin Sanniang visited Ghost Sword Island and warned Liu Qi about Xia Wuji, Sword Rakshasa promoted him to fourth-level Asura and sent him to cultivate in the fourth layer of Sword Prison Space.

• Xia Wuji returned to Ghost Sword Island without Lin Ling, and Yao Xi escorted him to meet Sword Rakshasa.
• Xia Wuji presented Cai Qing’s head and reported that he had killed the Kun Gate leader; Sword Rakshasa accepted his account and approved his decision to send Lin Ling somewhere safe.
• Lin Sanniang arrived with her injured disciple Gong Yue, who angrily confronted Xia Wuji before Lin Sanniang struck her and made her kneel.
• Lin Sanniang praised Xia Wuji while warning Sword Rakshasa to protect him, and Xia Wuji credited Lin Sanniang and Gong Yue with helping him kill Cai Qing.
• After Lin Sanniang and Gong Yue departed, Sword Rakshasa promoted Xia Wuji to fourth-level Asura and awarded him a month of cultivation in the fourth layer of Sword Prison Space.
• The next day, Xia Wuji entered the fourth layer of Sword Prison Space to begin his month-long cultivation.

Xia Wuji advanced to the Nirvana Realm, cultivated rapidly in the Sword Prison Space, and refined pills while building Pengfei’s strength in the Universe Pagoda. After a month, he reached the third layer of Nirvana and planned to heal Auntie Mo, pursue a fifth-grade Rakshasa assessment, and enter the Purgatory Grand Competition to investigate Little Aunt’s connection to Purgatory Island.

• Xia Wuji broke through from the tenth layer of the Life and Death Realm to the Nirvana Realm after three days of cultivation, then checked Pengfei’s progress in the Universe Pagoda.
• Xia Wuji used Spirit Crystals to grow and harvest Spirit Medicine, then refined seventh-grade mid-rank Vast Essence Pills in the Sword Prison Space.
• Sword Rakshasa and Feng Xuan discussed their suspicions about Xia Wuji, and Sword Rakshasa ordered Feng Xuan to arrange a mission involving the Thousand Islands Sect for his fifth-grade Rakshasa assessment.
• After a month, Pengfei became a seventh-grade low-rank Demon Beast and Xia Wuji reached the third layer of the Nirvana Realm.
• Xia Wuji planned to heal Auntie Mo on Purgatory Island, qualify as a fifth-grade Rakshasa, and enter the Purgatory Grand Competition to investigate Little Aunt’s connection to the island.

Xia Wuji reunited with Mo Xinlan and promised to save her gravely ill mother, Mo Ying, then traveled with her to Purgatory Island. Mo Ying resisted treatment to preserve her dignity, while Xin Lan insisted that Xia Wuji was family.

• Yao Xi congratulated Xia Wuji on reaching the Nirvana Realm and showed him the residence Mo Xinlan had prepared.
• Mo Xinlan told Xia Wuji that Mo Ying was rapidly worsening and that Liao Kai, Dugu Ding Tian, and Lin Sanniang were pressing to replace her as Yellow Springs Emissary.
• Xia Wuji promised to save Mo Ying, and he and Mo Xinlan traveled together to Purgatory Island.
• Mo Xinlan explained that Mo Ying had considered resigning in exchange for Lin Sanniang promising not to retaliate against Xia Wuji.
• At Mo Garden, Mo Ying refused Xia Wuji's offer to treat her, but Mo Xinlan urged her to accept, saying Xia Wuji was her son-in-law.

Xia Wuji convinced Mo Ying to cultivate the Life and Death Celestial Art and helped her turn her fatal condition around. After Mo Ying accepted him as her son-in-law, Xia Wuji and Mo Xinlan left together, but their intimate moment was interrupted by Mo Xinlan urgently needing to pee.

• Mo Ying asked Xia Wuji to promise he would protect Mo Xinlan, and he pledged to care for her as her son-in-law.
• Xia Wuji revealed the Life and Death Celestial Art and explained that he could help Mo Ying cultivate it.
• After studying the art, Mo Ying agreed to try, and Xia Wuji guided her through its life-and-death circulation until her vitality began to recover.
• Mo Ying told Mo Xinlan that Xia Wuji had saved her and asked the couple to leave while she recovered.
• Mo Xinlan pulled Xia Wuji into her room to thank him, and their passionate kissing and caressing left her desperate to pee.