Chapter Summaries

Lan Ling and Xin prepared a White Cavern operation while tracking suspected Ghost Beast hosts, and Lu Ke arrived to challenge their plan. After learning Red Robes intended to use the Great Dragon Netherblood Altar in a Heavenly Sacrifice that would endanger innocent people, Lu Ke protested, but Xin expelled him and accepted the necessity of the sacrifice.

• Lan Ling explained that Red Robes had made the bait obvious to mislead the great clan factions, while Xin reported seventeen suspects and identified four likely Ghost Beast hosts by intuition.
• Lan Ling and Xin discussed a suspected sealing-power user and three other suspicious figures, then identified a fifth woman as a likely Ghost Beast host.
• Lu Ke arrived and speculated that his master, the Moonless Sword Immortal, might come to White Cavern because of the Yousi Sword or Saint Slave; Xin and Lan Ling checked that he was not possessed.
• Lu Ke confronted Lan Ling about the Great Dragon Netherblood Altar beneath the Thirty-Six Heavens Sealing Void Formation and accused Red Robes of planning a Heavenly Sacrifice that would kill innocent people.
• Xin realized the plan required extreme measures to defeat the sealed Ghost Beast and Gray Mist Man, then threw Lu Ke out into the rain and told him he was too young to understand.

After the banquet, Xu Xiaoshou spent his huge stockpile of Passive Value to advance his skills and discovered that Master-level Perception could reach far beyond the inn. The chapter left him accidentally spying on President Shi Ti at the Pill Tower, where Shi Ti sensed the intrusion.

• Xu Xiaoshou counted more than 300,000 Passive Value and upgraded Textile Mastery to Master level.
• Xu Xiaoshou used Puppet Thread Control to swing through the air on spiritual threads, then demonstrated it to Mu Zixi, who begged to learn it.
• Xu Xiaoshou upgraded Full of Vitality to Master level and rapidly replenished his spiritual energy.
• Xu Xiaoshou upgraded Perception to Master level, expanding its range and letting him reshape its field of view.
• Xu Xiaoshou extended Perception toward the Pill Tower and saw President Shi Ti bathing; Shi Ti sensed the intrusion and demanded to know who was there.

Xu Xiaoshou spent most of his Passive Value on gacha draws, obtained the Concealment skill, and successfully awakened Agility as One Step to Heaven. He discovered that it enabled teleportation between spatial nodes within his Perception range, but depleted his spiritual essence and left him crashing to the ground in front of a woman and child.

• Xu Xiaoshou used repeated gacha draws and obtained Concealment, then raised it to Innate Lv.1 and found that it completely concealed his aura.
• Xu Xiaoshou chose to awaken Agility and failed four times before the fifth Awakening Stone succeeded, granting him One Step to Heaven.
• Xu Xiaoshou tested One Step to Heaven and discovered that he could teleport to spatial nodes within his Perception range.
• Xu Xiaoshou depleted his spiritual essence while teleporting, lost control in midair, and crashed near a woman and her child, who called him a flying sheep.

Xu Xiaoshou tested his Concealment skill, investigated the transformed Origin Mansion, and questioned Xu Xiaoji about his origins. He concluded that Xu Xiaoji might be a sword spirit connected to the Yousi Sword, but Xu Xiaoji began trembling violently when he saw a bronze carving fragment.

• Xu Xiaoshou entered the Origin Mansion and found its poisonous plants and spirit fish mutating as the space expanded.
• Xu Xiaoshou confirmed that Xin Gugu and Xu Xiaoji could no longer see through his cultivation, then noticed A-Jie studying the Heavenly Pivot Mechanism Plate and sensed Heavenly Secrets Spirit Markings on its body.
• Xu Xiaoshou questioned Xu Xiaoji and learned that he had emerged from a small space, traveled through a dangerous larger space with red-robed people and white-flamed skeletons, and eventually reached the human world.
• Xu Xiaoshou deduced that Xu Xiaoji might be a sword spirit connected to the Yousi Sword, though neither Xu Xiaoji nor the Blackfall Sword Scabbard recognized each other.
• Xu Xiaoshou showed Xu Xiaoji a bronze carving fragment, and Xu Xiaoji began trembling so violently that his body blurred.

Xu Xiaoshou investigated Xu Xiaoji’s strange connection to the Bronze Carved Fragment and persuaded Xin Gugu to stay in the Origin Mansion. He then transformed into the Berserk Giant to train his control by fighting Xin Gugu, who was battered but resisted transforming into a Ghost Beast.

• Xu Xiaoji grabbed the Bronze Carved Fragment, became demonized, and attacked Xu Xiaoshou, but A-Jie caught his sword and punched him into the chaotic mist.
• Xu Xiaoshou rescued the badly injured Xu Xiaoji, learned that he did not recognize the fragment, and decided to keep him because he might be connected to Yousi Sword.
• Xu Xiaoshou offered Xin Gugu a White Cavern slot and convinced him to stay nearby rather than return to Jiao Tangtang, whose movements the Red Robes might watch.
• Xu Xiaoshou asked Xin Gugu to help him train his control of the golden giant form, warning him not to transform into a Ghost Beast if the fight went out of control.
• Xu Xiaoshou became the Berserk Giant and repeatedly struck Xin Gugu, who endured the blows and chaotic mist rather than risk losing control.

Tiansang Spirit Palace prepared to send two teams into the White Cavern as the dimensional rift threatened to open, while Ye Xiaotian and Qiao Qianzhi debated Elder Sang’s cryptic warning. Xu Xiaoshou returned with Mu Zixi and headed back to the Spirit Palace, leaving her furious after teasing her about a spiritual technique.

• Ye Xiaotian learned Xu Xiaoshou had secured eighteen White Cavern slots and killed Zhang Xinxiong, while Tan Ji questioned why Xu remained an Outer Academy disciple.
• Ye Xiaotian appointed Rao Yinyin and Tan Ji to lead two teams into the White Cavern immediately, with Tan Ji required to defer to Xu Xiaoshou if he returned.
• Ye Xiaotian and Qiao Qianzhi discussed the dangerous opening, Gou Wuyue, and Elder Sang’s letter, then replaced its warning, “White Cavern has no rules,” with “Take it easy.”
• Mu Zixi used her God-Devil Pupils to check Xu Xiaoshou’s room, then discovered she had reached the Upper Spirit Realm when he arrived.
• Xu Xiaoshou told Mu Zixi he had beaten people and practiced a spiritual technique, then teased her that she lacked the foundation to learn it as they headed for the Spirit Palace.

Xu Xiaoshou returned to Tiansang Spirit Palace, read Elder Sang’s cryptic letter about the White Cavern and Yousi Sword, and was appointed a squad leader for the expedition. He asked Qiao Qianzhi about A-Jie and learned that the puppet had been created by Dao Qiongchang, the Holy Spirit Hall’s Half-Saint Hall Master, but was defective.

• Xu Xiaoshou found Elder Sang’s letter, which told him to enter the White Cavern, seek the Emberlight Grand Fire Seed, and keep Yousi Sword from the White Robes if he could obtain it.
• Mu Zixi grew upset that Elder Sang had left no message for her, so Xu Xiaoshou gave her Little Bathtub and took Elder Sang’s large bathtub for himself.
• Ye Xiaotian and Qiao Qianzhi delivered another letter and ordered Xu Xiaoshou to serve as the second squad leader in the White Cavern, with Tan Ji under his command.
• Xu Xiaoshou showed Qiao Qianzhi A-Jie and asked about the Heavenly Secrets Art, prompting Qiao Qianzhi to reveal that A-Jie was a defective Heavenly Mechanism Puppet created by Dao Qiongchang.

Qiao Qianzhi explained A-Jie's origins, the Holy Spirit Hall's War Machines, and the danger of A-Jie losing control, then warned Xu Xiaoshou about Gou Wuyue in the White Cavern. Xu Xiaoshou learned that Elder Sang had a grudge against the Seven Sword Immortal and wondered how powerful his master was.

• Qiao Qianzhi told Xu Xiaoshou that A-Jie was a first-generation Heavenly Mechanism Puppet that had been destroyed, mutated, and brought to Tiansang Spirit Palace by Elder Sang.
• Qiao Qianzhi explained that later War Machines could instantly kill Throne-level Ghost Beasts, but any puppet that might develop intelligence had to be destroyed; he warned Xu Xiaoshou to flee if A-Jie lost control and keep it hidden from Holy Spirit Hall members.
• Qiao Qianzhi warned Xu Xiaoshou to watch out for Gou Wuyue, the Moonless Sword Immortal, who might enter the White Cavern because of Yousi Sword.
• Qiao Qianzhi told Xu Xiaoshou that the White Cavern was only medium difficulty by the wider world's standards and advised him to focus on resources and finding his Emberlight Grand Fire Seed.
• Qiao Qianzhi revealed that Xu Xiaoshou should avoid Gou Wuyue because Elder Sang had a grudge against him, leaving Xu Xiaoshou wondering whether Elder Sang was powerful enough to rival a Seven Sword Immortal.

Xu Xiaoshou assessed his abilities and headed for Eight Palaces Town to prepare for the White Cavern. At the town entrance, Luo Qinglang challenged the gathered outlaws, but a masked group calling itself Straw Hat interrupted to sell three Exquisite Stones.

• Xu Xiaoshou reviewed his trump cards, considered learning White Flame and Dragon-Fusion Realm, and set out for Eight Palaces Town.
• Luo Qinglang led Yu Zhiwen, Cheng Xingchu, and their group into Eight Palaces Town, where outlaws eyed them as prey.
• Luo Qinglang drew his Three-Form Sword and revealed his Yin-Yang realm cultivation, alarming the people at the entrance.
• After hearing the outlaws discuss Tan Ji's attack on Cui Wei, Luo Qinglang offered an Exquisite Stone and declared a deadly challenge arena.
• A masked four-person group arrived, unfurled a Straw Hat banner, and put three Exquisite Stones on a table to advertise their sale.

Xu Xiaoshou used his overwhelming Sword Sect realm and strength to turn a sales pitch for Exquisite Stones into a confrontation with Luo Qinglang and Old Du’s gang. After Old Du’s men attacked, Xu Xiaoshou escaped their barrage and struck Old Du down, leaving the rest of the crowd stunned.

• Xu Xiaoshou stopped Luo Qinglang’s Tide Reversal with a command and shattered the attack using his Sword Sect realm.
• Xu Xiaoshou held Luo Qinglang’s wrist and tried to sell him an Exquisite Stone while Old Du arrived and attempted to seize the goods.
• Xu Xiaoshou swung Luo Qinglang into Old Du’s face, then provoked Old Du after denying responsibility for the blow.
• Old Du ordered his men to attack, and Xu Xiaoshou used Luo Qinglang as a weapon to knock away the first attackers.
• Xu Xiaoshou escaped the crowd’s combined spiritual techniques, appeared behind Old Du, and slammed him headfirst into the ground.

Xu Xiaoshou beat Old Du into submission after Old Du and his men tried to stop him from selling Exquisite Stones, then exposed Old Du’s attempt to cheat him on the price. He left Old Du pinned by sword aura and demanded that he publicly confirm the twenty-million offer he had made in a private voice transmission.

• Xu Xiaoshou struck Old Du into the ground with a palm, then repeatedly blasted him with compressed fire seeds whenever he tried to climb out.
• Yu Zhiwen and Cheng Xingchu recognized Xu Xiaoshou after his fire technique exposed his identity.
• Old Du surrendered and agreed to buy an Exquisite Stone, but Xu Xiaoshou grew suspicious when Old Du offered only one million, then one and a half million Spirit Crystals.
• Xu Xiaoshou struck Old Du back into the ground and threatened him with a nested fireseed after the onlookers’ reactions revealed that Old Du was still trying to cheat him.
• Old Du offered twenty million Spirit Crystals for all Xu Xiaoshou’s Exquisite Stones, but Xu Xiaoshou held back his attack and demanded that Old Du repeat the offer aloud.

Xu Xiaoshou forced Old Du to pay seventy million Spirit Crystals for three Exquisite Stones, then tried to buy stones from the Azure Astral Spirit Palace disciples. As Xu Xiaoshou and his companions left Eight Palaces Town, the White Cavern opened and its spatial pull swept people into the sky.

• Xu Xiaoshou made Old Du agree to buy six Exquisite Stones for twenty million each, then swiped all seventy million from Old Du's card and gave him three stones as a deposit.
• Xu Xiaoshou offered to buy Exquisite Stones from Luo Qinglang and the Azure Astral Spirit Palace disciples for eleven million each, but they refused.
• Xu Xiaoshou recognized Yu Zhiwen's eyes, praised them, and left before she could speak.
• Xu Xiaoshou counted his sixteen Exquisite Stones and planned to sell them for Spirit Crystals to develop his Origin Mansion.
• A spatial fissure opened above Eight Palaces Town, and Xu Xiaoshou pulled Mu Zixi back after she was flung into the sky.
• Xin Gugu confirmed that the White Cavern had opened and said the people caught in the pull might die unless the Red Robes saved them.

The White Cavern opened as Xin used Dao resonance to seal a catastrophic rift and Lan Ling warned entrants about the dangers before directing those with Exquisite Stones to the teleportation array. Xu Xiaoshou stayed concealed while watching the teams gather, spotting several Ghost Beast hosts and Mo Mo, then caught the Three Swordsmen detecting his presence.

• A void rift opened above the Eight Palaces, and Xin sealed a breach in a Red Robe’s Domain with his Dao-severing power.
• Lan Ling announced that the White Cavern was open, warned unprepared people not to enter, and directed Exquisite Stone holders to the teleportation array.
• Xu Xiaoshou waited for the Tiansang Spirit Palace team to enter and noticed three suspicious men he identified as Ghost Beast hosts, along with Mo Mo and Jiao Tangtang.
• Jiao Tangtang sensed Xu Xiaoshou watching her, while Xu Xiaoshou wondered whether she would seek him out inside the White Cavern.
• Gu Qingyi detected Xu Xiaoshou’s concealment, guided Gu Qing'er and Gu Qing'san in sensing it, and spoke of the conviction needed to see through hidden sword intent.

Xu Xiaoshou staged an auction for Exquisite Stones outside the White Cavern, turning the crowd’s desperation to enter into a fortune in Spirit Crystals. As the transmission array neared closing, he offered two stones for one hundred million, and a bidder finally spoke up.

• Xu Xiaoshou revealed three Exquisite Stones and announced that the Straw Hat organization was selling them, drawing a crowd and attracting the attention of the Red Robes.
• After Lan Ling said the transmission array would close in about half a quarter-hour, Xu Xiaoshou auctioned one Exquisite Stone; the bidding rose from twenty million to forty million Spirit Crystals.
• A masked man in green robes paid forty million for the stone and entered the White Cavern, while Xu Xiaoshou counted his growing earnings and Passive Value.
• With little time left, Xu Xiaoshou offered two Exquisite Stones together for a fixed price of one hundred million Spirit Crystals.
• Just as Xu Xiaoshou was about to leave without a buyer, someone shouted, "I'll pay one hundred million!"

Xu Xiaoshou sold Exquisite Stones to secure entry into White Cavern and drew the Red Robes’ attention to Lei Shuangxing’s famed sword. Elsewhere, the Masked Man, Cen Qiaofu, and Storyteller headed toward White Cavern, where the Masked Man hoped to arrive in time to meet their companions.

• Lei Shuangxing gave Xu Xiaoshou a gold card worth one hundred million and exchanged two Exquisite Stones for entry, while Xu Xiaoshou recognized his disguised cane as a famed sword and alerted the Red Robes to it.
• Xu Xiaoshou revealed more Exquisite Stones, but Lan Ling ordered everyone to enter the teleportation array before it closed.
• Xu Xiaoshou spent four more Exquisite Stones to bring the entire Straw Hat organization into White Cavern, leaving the crowd stunned by how many slots he had secured.
• The Masked Man, Cen Qiaofu, and Storyteller emerged from an abandoned city after finding the Mad Condor Sword, and Storyteller bickered with Cen Qiaofu while clinging to the Masked Man.
• The injured Masked Man refused Storyteller’s offer to carry him and continued walking toward White Cavern, saying they should arrive in time to meet their companions.

Gou Wuyue led Holy Spirit Guards and White Robes toward White Cavern, suspecting it might be connected to the forbidden land Emberlight Nethersea. Inside the cavern, Xu Xiaoshou was separated from his companions and teamed up with Yu Zhiwen after treating her exposure to the cavern’s fire energy, though his teasing left her frightened and flustered.

• Gou Wuyue traveled toward Eastern Heaven Realm with the Holy Spirit Guards and White Robes while his forces tracked Saint Slave’s storyteller.
• Gou Wuyue told Little Yi that White Cavern had once been the forbidden land Emberlight Nethersea and worried that its danger had returned.
• Xu Xiaoshou entered White Cavern and discovered that he had been separated from Mu Zixi, A-Jie, and Xin Gugu; his communication jade slip did not work.
• Xu Xiaoshou examined Yu Zhiwen and removed the fire-energy particles she had absorbed, then pressured her into agreeing to team up with him.
• Xu Xiaoshou removed his face covering and teased Yu Zhiwen about removing her veil, frightening her until she fled and screamed.

Xu Xiaoshou and Yu Zhiwen entered the White Cavern’s protective array and emerged near a battle between two groups of White Skeletons. Xu Xiaoshou charged into the fight alone, revealing overwhelming physical strength as he sent the giants flying and shattered one’s skull while Yu Zhiwen watched in shock.

• Xu Xiaoshou questioned Yu Zhiwen about her Star Pupils and deduced that she practiced the Heavenly Secrets Art and had ties to Dao Qiongchang, though she denied his guesses.
• Yu Zhiwen explained that the Red Robes’ protective arrays sheltered entrants carrying an Exquisite Stone, then led Xu Xiaoshou into one and teleported them outside it.
• Xu Xiaoshou and Yu Zhiwen found nearly fifty White Skeletons fighting in groups, and Yu Zhiwen explained that stronger creatures could attack at range.
• Xu Xiaoshou charged into the White Skeletons’ battle, stopped their heavy weapons with his bare hands, and punched one giant into the air.
• Xu Xiaoshou leapt onto a White Skeleton’s head and shattered its skull with one punch, leaving Yu Zhiwen stunned by his strength.

Xu Xiaoshou defeated a horde of bone giants, harvested their Emberlight Energy Liquid and weapons, and impressed Yu Zhiwen with his strength and sword intent. As he and Yu Zhiwen argued over the spoils, a massive bone giant beast tide emerged from the dust.

• Xu Xiaoshou discovered that the bone giants' energy cores contained Emberlight Energy Liquid and absorbed some of it to strengthen his spiritual essence.
• Xu Xiaoshou killed nearly fifty bone giants with his physical strength and Ten-Stage Sword Finger, while Yu Zhiwen watched in astonishment.
• Xu Xiaoshou collected the energy liquid and bone weapons, offered Yu Zhiwen a hammer, and teased her when she refused it.
• Yu Zhiwen revealed that her Star Pupils could freeze space-time when she avoided Xu Xiaoshou's thrown bone hammer.
• Xu Xiaoshou spotted an approaching mass of bone giants, and Yu Zhiwen realized a beast tide was sweeping toward them.

Xu Xiaoshou and Yu Zhiwen hid beneath the White Bone Beast Tide, where Xu Xiaoshou glimpsed the Heavenly Dao and Yu Zhiwen invited him to join the Holy Spirit Hall. As the tide stopped directly overhead, Xu Xiaoshou realized the White Skeletons were gathered around a treasure hidden nearby.

• Xu Xiaoshou and Yu Zhiwen escaped the approaching White Skeletons by diving into a pit he blasted into the ground, then Yu Zhiwen used the Heavenly Secrets Art to seal the entrance.
• While they sheltered beneath the tide, Xu Xiaoshou reasoned that Perception might eventually let him see the Heavenly Dao and use the Heavenly Secrets Art.
• Xu Xiaoshou held back the weight of the passing bone giants while Yu Zhiwen wiped the sweat from his face and asked him to go with her to the Holy Spirit Hall after they left the White Cavern.
• Xu Xiaoshou rejected Yu Zhiwen's invitation, and the two realized the White Skeletons had stopped directly above them.
• Xu Xiaoshou inferred that a supreme fire-element treasure had drawn the bone giants into battle and brought the tide there, then began searching for its location.

Xu Xiaoshou and Yu Zhiwen survived a catastrophic eruption that revealed the famed sword Yanmang beneath them. After learning that Yu Zhiwen was not a sword cultivator, Xu Xiaoshou claimed the sword and promised to grant her whatever she wanted.

• Xu Xiaoshou and Yu Zhiwen realized the White Skeleton Giants had gathered around a cleared space directly above them, then a molten pillar erupted from underground and blasted them away.
• Xu Xiaoshou transformed into a golden giant to protect Yu Zhiwen from the heavenly phenomenon, then collapsed as the blast devastated the surrounding area.
• Yu Zhiwen caught Xu Xiaoshou as he fell, and he began recovering while the two exchanged teasing remarks and discovered that her veil had come off.
• Xu Xiaoshou and Yu Zhiwen spotted a sword inside the fading molten pillar, and Yu Zhiwen identified it as Yanmang, the third-ranked famed sword.
• Xu Xiaoshou asked whether Yu Zhiwen was a sword cultivator, learned through his notification panel that she had lied, and claimed Yanmang while promising to grant her whatever she wanted.