Chapter Summaries

Gu Qingyi and several others sensed the emergence of Yanmang and headed toward it, while Xu Xiaoshou discovered that the famed sword seemed to be compelling him to claim it. After resisting the urge twice, Xu Xiaoshou remained wary but still stood before Yanmang, unsure whether anyone was manipulating him.

• Gu Qingyi sensed Yanmang's swordwave, considered why it had appeared in the White Cavern, and chose to continue toward Yousi Sword.
• Gu Qing'er persuaded Gu Qing'san to abandon their Specter Crystal mining and go after the newly emerged famed sword.
• Zhong Qu turned back toward the famed sword after the voice inside his chest demanded it, and Xin left Shouye in charge while he went to find Lu Ke.
• Xu Xiaoshou and Yu Zhiwen reached Yanmang, and Yu Zhiwen explained how famed swords concealed their power after emerging.
• Xu Xiaoshou sensed Yanmang's fiery sword world and felt compelled to take it, but the information bar's “Driven” message alerted him that something was wrong.
• Xu Xiaoshou resisted the compulsion a second time, then looked around for whoever might be manipulating him and found no one.

Xu Xiaoshou hid from the approaching Zhong Qu, a Ghost Beast host, while waiting to see who would take the famed sword Yanmang. After Zhong Qu failed to claim the sword and lost control under Xu Xiaoshou’s relentless teasing, Xu Xiaoshou beat him down and called the Red Robes to ask about the merits for capturing a Ghost Beast.

• Xu Xiaoshou and Yu Zhiwen concealed themselves near Yanmang, and Xu Xiaoshou explained that he wanted to let someone else take the sword first.
• Zhong Qu arrived, detected the hidden pair, and approached Yanmang while Xu Xiaoshou emerged and tried to sell him Exquisite Stones and pills.
• Zhong Qu failed to pull Yanmang free, grew furious at Xu Xiaoshou’s taunts, and began transforming into a Ghost Beast.
• Xu Xiaoshou broke Zhong Qu’s arm and battered him with a series of powerful attacks, sending him crashing into rubble.
• Xu Xiaoshou contacted the Red Robes and asked whether discovering, reporting, and capturing a Ghost Beast earned different merit ranks.

Xu Xiaoshou fought Zhong Qu after he transformed into the Ghost Beast Corrosion Man, surviving through tricks and a powerful sword strike before Black Nether trapped him in its domain. Shouye arrived and gave Black Nether ten breaths to flee, prompting it to escape immediately.

• Xu Xiaoshou told Yu Zhiwen to run, then drew Zhong Qu’s pursuit away from her as Zhong Qu transformed into the Corrosion Man.
• Xu Xiaoshou used fireballs and One Step to Heaven to evade the Corrosion Man’s attacks, then cut Zhong Qu in two with the Sword Thought hidden in his body.
• Xu Xiaoshou realized the apparent victory was a trick when another Zhong Qu appeared, and he fooled the Corrosion Man into wasting Shadow-Scribing Heaven’s Remnant before escaping.
• The Corrosion Man expanded the Black Nether Domain, trapped Xu Xiaoshou, and overwhelmed him with corrosive force while taunting him and threatening Yu Zhiwen.
• Shouye appeared as Xu Xiaoshou called for Red Robes, and Black Nether fled with its four bodies when Shouye began counting down from ten.

After Shouye drove off the Ghost Beast, he questioned Xu Xiaoshou about his ability to recognize Ghost Beasts and whether he was a host. Shouye decided to secure the famous sword Yanmang for Xu Xiaoshou, but neither Shouye nor Xu Xiaoshou could pull it free before a crowd arrived.

• Shouye frightened the Corroder into fleeing, then questioned Xu Xiaoshou about how he recognized it as a Ghost Beast.
• Xu Xiaoshou and Shouye argued over whether Ghost Beasts could be guided and whether they were inherently evil, while Xu Xiaoshou refused to give Shouye a clear answer about being a host.
• Shouye promised to secure Yanmang for Xu Xiaoshou alone, but his attempts to pull the famous sword free failed.
• A distant explosion suggested the other Red Robes were fighting the fleeing Ghost Beast, while Xu Xiaoshou and Shouye continued discussing Yanmang.
• A crowd arrived to claim the famous sword, and Shouye declared that Yanmang already belonged to Xu Xiaoshou and ordered everyone to disperse.

Xu Xiaoshou stopped Shouye and the Gu brothers from fighting by revealing that the famous sword belonged to him. He offered the crowd a chance to claim it by drawing it for a fee, with each additional attempt costing ten times more.

• Shouye threatened to kill anyone who remained after his countdown, and Gu Qing'er and Gu Qing'san challenged him with powerful sword techniques.
• Xu Xiaoshou interrupted the fight and declared that the famous sword was his, which Shouye confirmed.
• Gu Qing'er demanded proof, but Xu Xiaoshou mocked him and refused to turn ownership into a contest.
• Xu Xiaoshou proposed that anyone could try drawing the sword for one million Spirit Crystals, with each extra attempt costing ten times as much.

Xu Xiaoshou turned the famous sword Yanmang into a paid contest, taking Spirit Crystals from people who tried and failed to draw it while enforcing a strict three-breath limit. After Bi Kong paid one hundred million for another chance, he kicked at the sword hilt instead of trying to pull it, leaving Xu Xiaoshou alarmed as the kick began.

• Xu Xiaoshou offered the chance to draw Yanmang for one million, and the first challenger failed to pull it out within three breaths.
• As the crowd rushed to pay for their turns, Xu Xiaoshou organized them into a line and revealed that each repeat attempt cost ten times more.
• Bi Kong paid ten million for a second attempt, used his Great Dragon Sumeru Claw, and still failed; Xu Xiaoshou disrupted his spiritual energy and kicked him away for exceeding the time limit.
• Bi Kong returned and paid one hundred million for another chance, then activated his Golden Dragon Bloodline and struck the sword hilt with a powerful kick instead of pulling it.

Xu Xiaoshou charged people to try pulling Yanmang, and Gu Qing'er overcame its restriction by bringing his higher-ranked famous sword, the Enchantress of Absolute Beauty, to bear. Just as Yanmang seemed ready to go with Gu Qing'er, a faint blaze restored its seal, leaving everyone stunned and Shouye sensing Holy power.

• Bi Kong failed to move Yanmang, accused Xu Xiaoshou of cheating, and left after Xu Xiaoshou argued that the sword’s ownership required no proof.
• Xu Xiaoshou continued charging people for attempts to pull Yanmang, while Yu Zhiwen and Shouye watched the crowd pay and fail.
• Gu Qing'er borrowed money from Gu Qing'san and paid Xu Xiaoshou to try pulling the sword.
• Gu Qing'er summoned Myriad Swords Return to the Sect, challenged Yanmang with the Enchantress of Absolute Beauty, and caused Yanmang’s Heavenly Dao chains to break.
• Gu Qing'er summoned Yanmang toward himself, but a faint blaze flashed from the blade and restored its petrified seal.
• Shouye sensed Holy power in the flash and reacted with alarm.

Xu Xiaoshou defended his ownership of Yanmang after Gu Qing'er failed to take the famous sword, then faced the crowd’s accusations over the sword-drawing wager. Shouye revealed that the Red Robes had awarded Xu the sword for killing a Ghost Beast, leaving everyone convinced of Xu’s strength even after he denied it.

• Yanmang returned to its original position after Gu Qing'er pulled it free, so Xu Xiaoshou ruled that Gu Qing'er had failed and demanded ten times the price for another attempt.
• Gu Qing'san proposed borrowing Gu Qing'er's famous sword to exploit the restriction, but Xu Xiaoshou offered Gu Qing'er another try for the original price; Gu Qing'er declined and said even the sword’s original owner could not draw it.
• The crowd accused Xu Xiaoshou of swindling them, but he argued that they had willingly paid, accepted the rules, and had no say over his sword; Shouye backed his ownership as a Red Robes decision.
• When Gu Qing'er challenged Shouye’s authority, Shouye revealed that the Red Robes had awarded Yanmang to Xu Xiaoshou for killing a Ghost Beast.
• The crowd and Gu Qing'er believed Xu Xiaoshou had killed the Ghost Beast at the City Lord's Manor, but Xu denied it; Shouye interpreted his denial as humility.

Xu Xiaoshou pulled the Famous Sword Yanmang with ease, then followed Gu Qing'san's advice and used his blood to bond with it. The sword seized control of him and transported him to a scorching white world, where an ancient voice asked if he had finally come.

• Xu Xiaoshou gave in to the crowd's demands and effortlessly lifted Yanmang, stunning the onlookers and Shouye.
• Gu Qing'er and Gu Qing'san concluded that the famous sword had chosen Xu Xiaoshou and explained that he could bond with it using his blood.
• Xu Xiaoshou dripped blood onto Yanmang's blade, and the python around its hilt swallowed it.
• Xu Xiaoshou became unable to move as the sword controlled him and transported him to a vast, scorching white world.
• After a long wait, an ancient voice asked Xu Xiaoshou, "You... have finally come?"

Xu Xiaoshou was pulled into a white inner world, where he outtalked an ancient stranger and deduced that the man had sent him the famed sword Yanmang because he needed his help. As the stranger approached to reveal himself, sword intent from the Holy Spirit Hall shattered the world, and the man fled after giving Xu Xiaoshou a surge of energy.

• Xu Xiaoshou feigned confidence and used the stranger’s replies and his information panel to unsettle him.
• The stranger revealed that he had buried the famed sword more than a hundred years earlier and had arranged for a suitable person to claim it.
• Xu Xiaoshou deduced that the fire-attribute sword had been sent to him because the stranger needed his help, and the stranger’s reaction confirmed his guess.
• Xu Xiaoshou asked the stranger to meet him, and the man’s distant figure approached with power Xu Xiaoshou suspected belonged to a Saint.
• Sword intent tore through the small world, the stranger cried out about the Holy Spirit Hall and fled after sending energy into Xu Xiaoshou’s forehead.

Gou Wuyue sensed that Void Island might become involved in the events surrounding White Cavern and prepared reinforcements. Xu Xiaoshou returned from a mysterious encounter with a possible Demi-Saint, bonded with Yanmang, and learned about the Red Robes and the Holy Palace Trial.

• Gou Wuyue detected Void Island’s dimensional fluctuations and ordered messages sent to Ai Cangsheng and Yu Lingdi in case they needed to intervene.
• Xu Xiaoshou returned to reality with a scorching white orb in his Origin Mansion and realized only a few breaths had passed during his encounter with the bedraggled Saint.
• Xu Xiaoshou tested his bond with Yanmang, while the gathered cultivators dispersed and Gu Qing'san followed his Second Senior Brother away.
• Shouye identified Lu Ke as a young Red Robe trainee and invited Xu Xiaoshou to join the Red Robes, giving him six months to consider.
• Shouye and Yu Zhiwen explained that the Holy Palace Trial offered a path to the Holy Palace, which nurtured Demi-Saints and Saint Emperors.

Xu Xiaoshou learned about the Holy Palace Trial and Shouye warned him that Saint Slave might target his famous sword. While resting in a cave with Yu Zhiwen, Xu Xiaoshou investigated the white fire seed and discovered it contained a map of the White Cavern, which revealed the location of an Emberlight Grand Fire Seed.

• Shouye told Xu Xiaoshou that candidates below the Master stage could compete for a place in the Holy Palace Trial, and Yu Zhiwen hinted that she might have another way into the Holy Palace.
• Shouye warned Xu Xiaoshou that Saint Slave hunted famous swords and urged him to seek the Red Robes if the organization targeted him, then left.
• Xu Xiaoshou and Yu Zhiwen traveled together and rested in a cave, where Yu Zhiwen roasted meat while Xu Xiaoshou cultivated.
• Xu Xiaoshou touched the white seed in his Yuan Ting and endured repeated burns to his spiritual sense until he recognized its visions as a map of the White Cavern showing a dimensional rift.
• Xu Xiaoshou used the map to locate their current position and spotted a familiar crimson point that he identified as an Emberlight Grand Fire Seed.

Xu Xiaoshou discovered a map in the Yuan Ting White Pearl and promised Yu Zhiwen a treasure hunt, while she revealed she had a seventy-percent chance of obtaining Yousi Sword. They found thirty-six Master-level White Skeletons, and Xu Xiaoshou united with Yanmang to cut them all down with a single unseen sword strike.

• Xu Xiaoshou woke excitedly after discovering a map and told Yu Zhiwen they would hunt for treasure, avoiding Yousi Sword.
• Yu Zhiwen admitted she was pursuing Yousi Sword and had a seventy-percent chance of obtaining it; Xu Xiaoshou considered lending her the Blackfall Sword Scabbard.
• After Yu Zhiwen returned to the cave to practice swordsmanship during the night, Xu Xiaoshou and she set out again.
• Xu Xiaoshou spotted thirty-six Master-level White Skeletons and decided to take their Emberlight Fire Seeds.
• Xu Xiaoshou achieved unity with Yanmang, unleashed a powerful sword intent, and secretly decapitated all thirty-six White Skeletons with one strike.

Xu Xiaoshou used Yanmang to destroy thirty-six Master-level White Skeletons, consumed Emberlight Fire Seeds, and broke through to the Ju Wu Realm. As he and Yu Zhiwen set off to find the Emberlight Grand Fire Seed, Zhang Zhongmou and Zhang Duoyu entered the White Cavern and planned to ambush him.

• Xu Xiaoshou used Yanmang to kill thirty-six White Skeletons and collected their Emberlight Fire Seeds and weapons with Yu Zhiwen.
• Xu Xiaoshou swallowed an Emberlight Fire Seed, found that his Master body could withstand its power, and broke through from Yuan Ting to Ju Wu.
• Xu Xiaoshou demonstrated that he could now use One Step to Heaven with less spiritual essence, teased Yu Zhiwen, and set off with her to seek the Emberlight Grand Fire Seed.
• Zhang Zhongmou and Zhang Duoyu entered the White Cavern, blamed Xu Xiaoshou for the Zhang Clan's downfall, and planned to cripple him in a surprise attack.

Xu Xiaoshou and Yu Zhiwen reached a grove of High Flame Maples and hid as a temporary team arrived. Xu Xiaoshou’s unseen antics caused a confrontation with the group, which ended with him blasting Luo Yupo away for interrupting his conversation with Yu Zhiwen.

• Xu Xiaoshou and Yu Zhiwen identified the High Flame Maples as signs of a valuable fire-element treasure nearby and hid when a five-person team approached.
• Luo Yupo’s group stopped beneath the tree after fleeing a dangerous spirit formation, and Qu Qing'er prepared to change her burned clothes.
• Yu Zhiwen fell from the canopy after Xu Xiaoshou knocked her down, and she exposed his presence by accusing him of peeping at Qu Qing'er.
• Xu Xiaoshou and Yu Zhiwen argued with the group while Xu Xiaoshou remained concealed in a spirit formation, and Qu Qing'er joined Yu Zhiwen against him.
• Luo Yupo tried to attack Xu Xiaoshou, who fired a golden blast through his spiritual-essence palm and sent him flying.

Xu Xiaoshou attacked Luo Yupo from hiding, then sold six Exquisite Stones to Qu Qing'er while refusing to let her join his team. Qu Qing'er offered intelligence about Spirit-Melting Marsh, but Xu Xiaoshou turned it down.

• Xu Xiaoshou blasted Luo Yupo twice from the treetop, leaving him badly injured before revealing himself and flying off with Yu Zhiwen.
• Qu Qing'er called after Xu Xiaoshou and offered to buy his Exquisite Stones; he returned and displayed six stones for sale.
• Qu Qing'er offered three hundred million for the stones and asked to join Xu Xiaoshou's team, but he refused and mocked her attempts to bargain.
• Qu Qing'er bought all six Exquisite Stones for three hundred million, while Luo Yupo considered using Spirit-Melting Marsh to get revenge on Xu Xiaoshou.
• Qu Qing'er offered Xu Xiaoshou information about Spirit-Melting Marsh, but he declined it.

Xu Xiaoshou agreed to ally with Qu Qing'er’s team and followed her to the Heavenly Secrets Formation guarding Spirit-Melting Marsh. While Yu Zhiwen studied the formation, Xu Xiaoshou discovered a colossal White Skeleton carrying the Emberlight Grand Fire Seed, and its sudden attack erupted from the mist.

• Qu Qing'er offered Spirit-Melting Marsh intelligence and proposed an alliance, and Xu Xiaoshou agreed after Yu Zhiwen mentioned the Three-Day Frost Calamity.
• Xu Xiaoshou insisted that he lead the alliance and ordered Luo Yupo to guard the rear as Qu Qing'er guided everyone to the formation.
• Yu Zhiwen used her Star Pupils to reveal the Heavenly Secrets patterns in the orange-red mist, while Xu Xiaoshou secretly explored ahead with Perception.
• Xu Xiaoshou saw a giant White Skeleton bearing the Emberlight Grand Fire Seed and realized its flames could burn away his Perception.
• Xu Xiaoshou sensed a gaze and a sneak attack, then warned Yu Zhiwen, but a White Skeleton battle horn blasted the mist apart and sent the group flying.

Xu Xiaoshou returned to save Qu Qing'er from a colossal White Skeleton, severed its foot with the famed sword Yanmang, and protected her long enough to escape. He then deflected the giant’s White Flame attack with the Sword-Drawing Form and fled with Yu Zhiwen as the skeleton recovered.

• Xu Xiaoshou carried the unconscious Yu Zhiwen away while the White Skeleton’s roar incapacitated the others, and Luo Yupo fled without helping them.
• Qu Qing'er used three Exquisite Stones to teleport the unconscious Chen Chen, Xu Jing, and Du Cheng away, then nearly died when the White Skeleton appeared and its foot came down on her.
• Xu Xiaoshou returned and severed the White Skeleton’s foot with Yanmang, then urged Qu Qing'er to escape as the giant healed and launched a White Flame attack.
• The White Skeleton unleashed a torrent of White Flame, and Xu Xiaoshou used the Myriad Swords Form to delay it before the Sword-Drawing Form reflected the attack back at the giant.
• Xu Xiaoshou fled with Yu Zhiwen while the White Skeleton was scorched, ignoring Yanmang’s demand that he charge and repeatedly flicking the protesting sword.

Zhang Zhongmou and Zhang Duoyu followed the Fallen Sacrificial Carving Fragment’s aura into the White Cavern while Xu Xiaoshou fled the White Skeleton with the injured Yu Zhiwen. Yu Zhiwen concealed them with Heavenly Veil, but the White Skeleton spotted the two Zhang elders and turned toward them.

• Zhang Duoyu suggested seeking a treasure near the distant battle, but Zhang Zhongmou insisted that capturing Xu Xiaoshou was their priority and warned her to flee if they met the Red Robes.
• Xu Xiaoshou evaded the White Skeleton while carrying the unconscious Yu Zhiwen, then gave her the medicine from her ring when she woke and said his elixir could not heal her injuries.
• Yu Zhiwen used a spatial swap to divert the White Skeleton’s attack, then formed a Heavenly Veil that concealed her and Xu Xiaoshou from the giant.
• Xu Xiaoshou sensed Zhang Zhongmou and Zhang Duoyu approaching as the White Skeleton rampaged beneath their hiding place.
• Zhang Zhongmou and Zhang Duoyu tried to flee the White Skeleton, but it noticed them and roared as it faced the two elders.

Xu Xiaoshou watched Zhang Zhongmou battle White Skeleton and realized its White Flame could burn away a Throne’s cultivation, then planned to use the fight to kill the Zhang Residence elder and seize the Emberlight Grand Fire Seed. He asked Yu Zhiwen to prepare a concealed Heavenly Secrets Formation, and the chapter ended with her casting it while perched over his shoulder.

• Xu Xiaoshou recognized Zhang Zhongmou and Zhang Duoyu as Thrones from the Zhang Residence and suspected they had secretly entered White Cavern to hunt him.
• Zhang Zhongmou used Heavenly Shadow Veil to evade White Skeleton’s attacks, but its White Flame ignited his spiritual essence and sea of qi.
• Xu Xiaoshou recognized White Skeleton’s flame as Emberglow and decided to kill Zhang Zhongmou and pursue the Emberlight Grand Fire Seed.
• Zhang Zhongmou unleashed his Throne aura and struck White Skeleton with the Jue Ming Whip, briefly extinguishing its flames before both were sent flying.
• Xu Xiaoshou asked Yu Zhiwen to set up a concealed Heavenly Secrets Formation, and she explained that she needed more room to cast it.
• Xu Xiaoshou lifted Yu Zhiwen onto his shoulder so she could begin casting the formation.