Chapter Summaries

Chu Huai Xu deliberately provoked the Moon Kingdom and began a public scheme aimed at driving Qin Xuanxiao into a trap. He defeated Lou Mingdong with a devastating sword strike, leaving the entire venue shocked and his plan to stir national outrage underway.

• Chu Huai Xu challenged Lou Mingdong to face his full strength, and Lou accepted despite his fear.
• Before the match, Chu Huai Xu’s behavior drew attention from the Grand Cultivators, while Cheng Yuyan suspected he had a deeper purpose.
• Chu Huai Xu revealed that his provocation was intended to enrage the Moon Kingdom and push Qin Xuanxiao toward a fatal trap.
• Chu Huai Xu unleashed a Great Perfection [Six Severances] sword strike, badly injuring Lou Mingdong and forcing Ming Xuanji to protect his life.
• Chu Huai Xu taunted Leng Wuya after the match, while Qin Xuanxiao stayed silent and Cheng Yuyan recognized that the incident would spread across the Moon Kingdom.

After the sixteen-to-eight round, Chu Huai Xu examined the rewards he had earned for reaching the quarterfinals and opened his treasure chests. He looked ahead to the upcoming matches and the attributes and rewards he hoped to gain.

• Ji Sikong, Chu Huai Xu, his Family of Three, and Geng Tianhe advanced to the quarterfinals, while Kui Muquan and Zhao Xinghan were eliminated by Qin Xuanxiao and Lin Zixuan.
• People in the Moon Kingdom grew furious at Chu Huai Xu’s arrogance and hoped Qin Xuanxiao would defeat him.
• Chu Huai Xu collected four million free Experience Points and opened six Yellow Grade Treasure Chests, which yielded items he considered useless.
• Chu Huai Xu opened a Profound Grade Treasure Chest and received three Profound Grade Sorcery Upgrade Tickets, then received a High-level Spirit Cleansing Talisman from another.
• Chu Huai Xu considered using the Spirit Cleansing Talisman to help Zhong Ming and planned to prioritize Physique among future attribute rewards.

The quarterfinal draw set up Chu Huai Xu against Leng Wuya as rumors and pressure mounted over the Moon Kingdom’s poor showing. Geng Tianhe narrowly defeated Lin Zixuan, and Chu Huai Xu stepped onto the arena to face Leng Wuya.

• Rumors spread that the Moon Emperor was angry with Chu Huai Xu, while Qin Xuanxiao learned that his grandfather was indeed in a bad mood.
• The quarterfinal draw paired Lin Zixuan with Geng Tianhe, Ji Sikong with Xu Ziqing, and Chu Huai Xu with Leng Wuya.
• Lin Zixuan used paper dolls, shadow puppets, and her own refined shadow to ambush Geng Tianhe, but he adapted with a pain-suppressing talisman and area attacks.
• Geng Tianhe narrowly defeated Lin Zixuan, though both fighters collapsed after the match.
• Chu Huai Xu entered the arena, reminded Leng Wuya that he had called him someone who regarded human lives as weeds, and challenged him to receive his sword.

Chu Huai Xu defeated Leng Wuya with another lethal Sword that Ming Xuanji had to intercept, while Han Shuangjiang faced Qin Xuanxiao in the next Match. Their battle remained evenly matched until Qin Xuanxiao called on Lin Zixuan to lend him Spiritual Power.

• Leng Wuya charged Chu Huai Xu before the Match formally began, but Chu Huai Xu defeated him with one Sword and Ming Xuanji again protected his vital points.
• Chu Huai Xu muttered that the Moon Kingdom could not afford to lose, then warned Han Shuangjiang that the Emperor's Divine Sense could do more than enhance Artistic Conception.
• Han Shuangjiang and Qin Xuanxiao began their Match, entering the Heavenly Man State and Divine Manifestation respectively as their Sword Intent and Spear Intent clashed.
• Qin Xuanxiao urged the Spirit Seed within the injured Lin Zixuan to lend him Spiritual Power, causing his power to surge.

Qin Xuanxiao defeated Han Shuangjiang in the quarterfinals, and Xu Ziqing defeated Ji Sikong, setting the four semifinalists for the East-West Continent Grand Competition. Chu Huai Xu considered the danger posed by the Ancestor Emperor and the Bronze Sword, then claimed his reward and gained a point in Physique.

• Lin Zixuan shared her Spiritual Power, vision, and some Spiritual Sense Power with Qin Xuanxiao, letting him overpower Han Shuangjiang.
• Qin Xuanxiao repeatedly drove Han Shuangjiang to the arena’s edge before exhausting her Spiritual Power and winning the match.
• Xu Ziqing defeated Ji Sikong with the Bronze Sword, completing the list of four semifinalists.
• Chu Huai Xu warned Xu Ziqing that the Ancestor Emperor could intervene if they faced Qin Xuanxiao, but told him to fight with all his strength if they drew each other.
• Chu Huai Xu claimed his competition rewards, received an Earth Grade treasure chest and a Random Special Attribute Point, and added the point to Physique.

Chu Huai Xu strengthened his Physique while the quarter-finalists prepared for the East-West Continent Grand Competition. As the drawing of lots began, the Female Imperial Advisor Lin Qingci arrived and fixed her gaze on Chu Huai Xu.

• Chu Huai Xu raised his Physique to 8 points and felt his strength and defense increase substantially.
• The Ancestor Emperor helped Qin Xuanxiao form a pseudo-spear heart and planned to use a Spirit Pill and his own power to secure Qin Xuanxiao’s next Match.
• Xu Ziqing failed to break through during two days of secluded cultivation, and the quarter-finals began at the Monastery’s Training ground.
• The Protector of the Nation Xiahou Yue arrived and took his seat beside the cultivation giants on the elevated platform.
• Zhuge Boyue and Cheng Yuyan joined the gathered leaders, followed by the Female Imperial Advisor Lin Qingci.
• Lin Qingci sat beside Ming Xuanji, stared directly at Chu Huai Xu, and the drawing of lots began.

Chu Huai Xu faced Geng Tianhe in the first match of the lot draw and agreed to fight him purely as a Sword Cultivator. As Chu Huai Xu mirrored Geng Tianhe’s Sword Arts with uncanny precision, Geng Tianhe mistook it for a sign of their kindred bond, until Chu Huai Xu countered his final technique with a Major Accomplishment version.

• At the Lot Drawing Area, Chu Huai Xu drew Geng Tianhe, while Xu Ziqing drew Qin Xuanxiao.
• Before their match, Chu Huai Xu promised Geng Tianhe a pure Sword Cultivator battle, and Geng Tianhe attacked with the Nine Heavens Soaring Dragon Sword.
• Chu Huai Xu matched Geng Tianhe’s Nine Heavens Soaring Dragon Sword and Heavenly Dipper Roaring Dragon Sword Technique, leaving Situ Cheng and the Sword Sect’s Sword Venerable astonished.
• Geng Tianhe believed Chu Huai Xu had learned his signature technique out of admiration and fought with renewed excitement.
• Geng Tianhe used Bìluò Sùhuǒ, and Chu Huai Xu countered with the same Sword Art at the Major Accomplishment realm.

Chu Huai Xu defeated Geng Tianhe with the final sword of the Bìluò Sùhuǒ, earning a place in the Contest for the Champion and a system reward. Jiang Zhi revealed that Chu Huai Xu had learned all Three Thousand Sword Scrolls in the Dao Ancestor’s inheritance, leaving the gathered sect leaders astonished.

• Chu Huai Xu used the Bìluò Sùhuǒ’s escalating swords against Geng Tianhe, who endured them to seek insight into his swordsmanship.
• Chu Huai Xu unleashed the ninth sword without using his Heart Sword, severely injuring Geng Tianhe and winning the match.
• Geng Tianhe declared that he had been enlightened, and Chu Huai Xu claimed 200,000 Experience Points, an Earth Grade Treasure Chest, and a free Special Attribute Point.
• Qin Xuanxiao anticipated another battle with Chu Huai Xu and believed he would face the Moon Kingdom’s Old Ancestor.
• Jiang Zhi explained that the Dao Ancestor had comprehended all Three Thousand Sword Scrolls and that Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang had entered his inheritance realm.
• Jiang Zhi revealed that Chu Huai Xu had learned all Three Thousand Sword Scrolls, shocking the assembled leaders.

Chu Huai Xu watched Xu Ziqing face Qin Qinxiao and wondered how they would withstand the Bronze Sword’s Malevolent Aura. After Xu Ziqing unleashed the sword’s power and took it in his right hand, the Evil Sword awakened and seemed to transform him, leaving him confronting the Emperor’s Divine Sense within Qin Qinxiao.

• Jiang Zhi refused to explain how Chu Huai Xu had learned the Sword Pavilion’s three thousand sword scrolls so quickly, frustrating the gathered cultivators.
• Chu Huai Xu considered whether the Corruption Pill could devour the Bronze Sword’s Malevolent Aura and decided to test the idea later.
• Xu Ziqing activated his Body Refining Divine Ability, while Qin Qinxiao used Divine Manifestation and drew the Bronze Sword from his Sword Case.
• Xu Ziqing swung the Bronze Sword twice with his left hand, shattering and severely damaging his arm as Qin Qinxiao struggled to resist the blows.
• Xu Ziqing gripped the sword with his right hand, awakening its Spiritual Pressure and causing black and blue-black energy to surround him.
• The transformed Xu Ziqing floated above Qin Qinxiao and stared with contempt at the Emperor’s Divine Sense inside him.

The Evil Sword possessed Xu Ziqing and clashed with the Ancestor Emperor, who possessed Qin Xuanxiao, during the Grand Competition. As the Ancestor Emperor unleashed his famous spear art, the Evil Sword’s casual strike began breaking apart its attack.

• The Ancestor Emperor took control of Qin Xuanxiao while leaving him conscious, and the Evil Sword possessed Xu Ziqing.
• The Ancestor Emperor and the Evil Sword rose into the air and began fighting as spectators watched the stand-ins battle.
• The Ancestor Emperor absorbed the capital’s National Destiny to strengthen himself and [Imperial Moon], while the Evil Sword initially devoured the same power.
• The Ancestor Emperor used the Heaven Grade Spear Art [Azure Moon Crossing the River], and the Evil Sword directed its Malevolent Aura at him instead of continuing to consume National Destiny.
• The Evil Sword casually swung its sword and walked across the air, causing the Ancestor Emperor’s blazing spear-aura bridge to collapse with each step.

The quarter-final ended with Qin Xuanxiao narrowly defeating Xu Ziqing after Ancestor Emperor used Supreme Saint Water to weaken the Evil Sword’s Malevolent Aura. As the Mirror Kingdom’s cultivators debated whether Qin could bring National Destiny into the Origin Spirit Realm, Chu Huai Xu raised his Physique to 9 and decided to spend Experience Points on learning Myriad Swords Returning to the Origin.

• Ancestor Emperor used a drop of Supreme Saint Water to disperse some of the Malevolent Aura as he fought Xu Ziqing, and both fighters fell from the sky after their weapons struck the arena.
• Jiang Zhi caught the unconscious Xu Ziqing, while Qin Xuanxiao remained standing before falling moments later; Qin advanced to the Contest for the Champion by a narrow margin.
• Situ Cheng and the other Mirror Kingdom cultivators questioned Qin Xuanxiao’s victory and whether Ancestor Emperor could bring National Destiny into the Origin Spirit Realm, and Xiahou Yue said someone claimed it was possible.
• Jiang Zhi told the gathered cultivators that the kingdoms could discuss who would enter the Origin Spirit Realm after the Grand Competition, and he predicted Chu Huai Xu would win.
• Chu Huai Xu spent his remaining Special Attribute Point to raise his Physique to 9, then opened an Earth Grade treasure chest and gained 6.66 million Experience Points.
• After seeing that his total had reached 11.8 million Experience Points, Chu Huai Xu remembered his agreement to spend one million for a pull every time he accumulated ten million and chose Myriad Swords Returning to the Origin.

Chu Huai Xu failed to learn Myriad Swords Returning to the Origin but discovered the attempt advanced his Sword Heart, while Xu Ziqing woke and learned that Chu intended to kill Qin Xuanxiao at the Contest for the Champion. As the Dao Sect disciples celebrated their success, Mo Qingmei remembered Niu Yuanshan and the confession she had written for him in the snow before his death.

• Chu Huai Xu failed to learn Myriad Swords Returning to the Origin, but noticed that the attempt advanced his Sword Heart.
• Xu Ziqing woke and learned that he had lost to Qin Xuanxiao by a narrow margin, then asked whether Chu Huai Xu planned to kill Qin at the Contest for the Champion.
• Chu Huai Xu confirmed that he intended to kill Qin Xuanxiao before a crowd of ten thousand at the Contest for the Champion.
• The Dao Sect disciples celebrated their results in the snow while Mo Qingmei continued waiting for an explanation about Niu Yuanshan's death.
• Mo Qingmei remembered writing that she liked Niu Yuanshan in the snow and sending him a message to meet her before the words melted.

Chu Huai Xu prepared for the East-West Continent finals after discovering that the Corruption Pill could absorb some of the Evil Sword’s Malevolent Aura, while rumors in Moon Kingdom cast Qin Xuanxiao as the Ancestor Emperor’s reincarnation. Before the Dao Sect group departed for the contest, Chu Huai Xu stopped Mo Qingmei and began explaining why he had kept her waiting over Niu Yuanshan’s death.

• Chu Huai Xu used the Sword Nurturing Technique to awaken the Bronze Sword and successfully strengthened the Corruption Pill by having it absorb a limited amount of Malevolent Aura.
• News of Chu Huai Xu’s conduct spread through Moon Kingdom, where public anger grew and Qin Xuanxiao’s quarter-final victory fueled rumors that he was the Ancestor Emperor’s reincarnation.
• Moon Kingdom’s people pinned their hopes on Qin Xuanxiao winning the East-West Continent title and defeating Chu Huai Xu in the finals.
• The Dao Sect disciples gathered before the finals and cheered for Chu Huai Xu as Mo Qingmei organized their departure.
• Chu Huai Xu told Mo Qingmei that he knew she had sought answers from Master Nangong and apologized for making her wait, promising to give her an explanation.

Chu Huai Xu confronted Qin Xuanxiao at the Contest for the Champion, publicly accusing him of causing Niu Yuanshan’s death. He challenged the Prince to a deathmatch before the Moon Emperor and the gathered crowd, leaving Qin Xuanxiao to answer.

• Mo Qingmei worried that Chu Huai Xu might endanger himself, but he reassured her before the Dao Sect party arrived at the Training ground.
• Great cultivators and nobles gathered for the Contest for the Champion, and the Moon Emperor arrived with Xiahou Yue as Qin Xuanxiao received cheers from the crowd.
• Chu Huai Xu climbed onto the Arena and silenced the crowd by ordering them to shut their mouths.
• Chu Huai Xu accused Qin Xuanxiao of framing Niu Yuanshan as a spy and forcing him to kill himself, then cut his palm to invoke a blood feud.
• Chu Huai Xu challenged Qin Xuanxiao to settle their dispute through a deathmatch and demanded to know whether he had the courage to accept.

Chu Huai Xu forced Qin Xuanxiao into a Deathmatch before the Moon Kingdom crowd, then used the East Continent Token to secure the Four Great Sects’ promise that no one would interfere. The match was set to continue until one of them died.

• Chu Huai Xu publicly accused Qin Xuanxiao and challenged him to a Deathmatch, provoking the Moon Kingdom crowd to demand that Qin accept.
• Qin Xuanxiao cut his palm and accepted the challenge after receiving an order through Divine Sense, drawing cheers from the crowd.
• Chu Huai Xu raised the East Continent Token and asked the Four Great Sects to prevent outside interference until the Deathmatch ended.
• Tian Luo confirmed that the Four Great Sects accepted Chu Huai Xu’s request.

Chu Huai Xu used the East Continent Token to secure the Four Great Sects’ backing for his deathmatch with Qin Xuanxiao, while the Moon Kingdom’s Great Cultivators threatened to intervene. As the duel began, Qin Xuanxiao invoked the Moon Kingdom’s founding emperor, and Chu Huai Xu revealed his full-power Body Becoming Saint Divine Ability; the two faced off as the emperor rose into the air.

• Chu Huai Xu presented the East Continent Token, and Tian Luo declared that the Four Great Sects accepted the deathmatch without outside interference.
• Xiahou Yue challenged the Four Great Sects’ position, but the Sword Venerable accepted the token and promised Chu Huai Xu he would let the duel proceed, even if he had to enter the Ninth Realm.
• Ming Xuanji announced the start of the match, and Qin Xuanxiao took a pill that let the Moon Kingdom’s founding emperor’s Divine Sense fight in his place.
• Qin Xuanxiao transformed under the emperor’s influence as Chu Huai Xu activated his Body Becoming Saint Divine Ability, astonishing the Great Cultivators watching.
• The founding emperor rose into the air, and Chu Huai Xu prepared to punch him back down.

Chu Huai Xu fought the Ancestor Emperor, using a Corruption Pill to absorb the National Destiny empowering his enemy. After the pill filled, he advanced his Sword Heart and connected with the National Suppressing Sword, leaving the Ancestor Emperor facing the approaching blade.

• Chu Huai Xu attacked Qin Xuanxiao with stored Sword Qi, [Six Severances], and his two Sword Hearts, but the Ancestor Emperor blocked his strike with [Imperial Moon].
• The Ancestor Emperor summoned National Destiny and hurled [Imperial Moon] at Chu Huai Xu, who used a Corruption Pill to absorb the spear’s power and the purple moonlight.
• The Ancestor Emperor recalled his spear and continued fighting Chu Huai Xu, while Chu Huai Xu endured his injuries and recovered as they clashed.
• The Corruption Pill filled with National Destiny, and Chu Huai Xu spent more than eight million Experience Points to raise [Myriad Swords Becoming One] to Major Accomplishment.
• Chu Huai Xu used the Sword Heart breakthrough to connect with the National Suppressing Sword, then called for it to come to him.
• A long sword burst from the ground somewhere in the imperial capital and flew toward the Training ground.

During his life-and-death battle with the Ancestor Emperor, Chu Huai Xu used his breakthrough to Sword Heart Major Accomplishment to summon the National Suppressing Sword from the Imperial Capital Grand Array. The Heaven and Earth Anomaly soon ended, but the sword stayed in his grasp because his Heart Sword had entered it.

• The National Suppressing Sword tore out of the Imperial Capital Grand Array and flew toward the Training ground, alarming the Old National Preceptor and the Moon Emperor.
• Chu Huai Xu broke through to Sword Heart Major Accomplishment, and the National Suppressing Sword landed in his hand instead of returning to the Ancestor Emperor.
• Chu Huai Xu realized the breakthrough's Anomaly had let him sense and borrow the sword, which carried a great amount of Moon Kingdom's Destiny.
• The Ancestor Emperor angrily challenged Chu Huai Xu and waited for the Anomaly to end, expecting the sword to return to its former master.
• After the Anomaly subsided, the Ancestor Emperor summoned the National Suppressing Sword, but it remained still in Chu Huai Xu's hand because Chu Huai Xu's Heart Sword had entered it.

Chu Huai Xu seized control of the National Suppressing Sword and used its gathered destiny to overpower Ancestor Emperor, who was fighting through Qin Xuanxiao's body. The duel continued with both combatants trading severe injuries, and Chu Huai Xu left Ancestor Emperor badly wounded.

• Chu Huai Xu used his Heart Sword to prevent Ancestor Emperor from summoning the National Suppressing Sword, revealing its identity to the crowd.
• Chu Huai Xu drew the destiny gathered on the sword into himself and unleashed a powerful strike that knocked Ancestor Emperor from the sky.
• Chu Huai Xu pressed his attack, trading injuries without hesitation while Ancestor Emperor struggled with pain in Qin Xuanxiao's body.
• Chu Huai Xu kicked Ancestor Emperor into the air and struck him down onto the Arena again.
• Ancestor Emperor impaled Chu Huai Xu's lower abdomen, but Chu Huai Xu severed Qin Xuanxiao's left arm and slashed open his chest.

Chu Huai Xu defeated the Ancestor Emperor’s possessed vessel despite the Moon Kingdom’s intervention, then destroyed the Emperor’s main soul and killed Qin Xuanxiao. The chapter ended with Qin Xuanxiao pinned to the arena by the National Suppressing Sword as the deathmatch agreement concluded.

• Qin Xuanxiao drew on the Ancestor Emperor’s blood essence and Mountain Suppressing Manual, but Chu Huai Xu repeatedly struck him and blocked his mountain-like attack with Dao Gives Birth to One.
• The Moon Emperor ordered the Moon Kingdom’s Nine-Realm powerhouses to intervene, while Jiang Zhi and Tian Luo helped hold them back.
• The middle-aged scholar used Chu Huai Xu’s East Continent Token to enter the Ninth Realm and summon the Imperial Capital’s Spirit Swords in Myriad Swords Returning to the Origin, protecting Chu Huai Xu and overwhelming the Moon Kingdom’s cultivators.
• Chu Huai Xu defeated the Ancestor Emperor’s attack, destroyed the four strands of the Emperor’s Divine Sense with the Heart Sword, and annihilated the main soul.
• Chu Huai Xu ignored Qin Xuanxiao’s pleas, drove the National Suppressing Sword into his heart, and pinned him to the arena.