Chapter Summaries

Xu Xiaoshou killed Bi Kong after the assassin’s escape and counterattack failed, then announced a bounty on anyone who could injure him. Xiao Wanfeng escaped the fighting and brought Xu Xiaoshou tea, only for Xu Xiaoshou to put the same bounty on him.

• Bi Kong tried to escape Xu Xiaoshou’s grasp and used Golden Wheel Dance, but the force of Countershock broke his neck and killed him.
• Xu Xiaoshou reflected on the danger of showing mercy, then offered ten thousand Spirit Crystals for making him bleed and one million for severing his arm.
• Xu Xiaoshou’s Swallowing Mountains and Rivers aura slowed many fighters in the North District until he relaxed his presence.
• Xiao Wanfeng fled the battle using his unusual Sword Dao movement and arrived with tea for Xu Xiaoshou.
• Xu Xiaoshou announced the same bounty for anyone who could draw Xiao Wanfeng’s blood or sever his arm, leaving Xiao Wanfeng aghast.

Xu Xiaoshou made Xiao Wanfeng evade a crowd of bounty hunters, then blasted the contestants when they failed to catch him within seventeen seconds. He restarted the hunt and left Xiao Wanfeng fleeing again, still unsure what Xu Xiaoshou wanted him to learn.

• Xu Xiaoshou told the contestants to kill Xiao Wanfeng for a reward, and Xiao Wanfeng dodged their attacks while carrying Xu Xiaoshou’s tea tray.
• When an Innate contestant caught Xiao Wanfeng, Xu Xiaoshou blasted the pursuers with golden orbs and declared that Xiao Wanfeng had lasted seventeen seconds.
• Xu Xiaoshou attacked the contestants who had failed to capture Xiao Wanfeng, clearing dozens from the arena and shocking the crowd.
• Xiao Wanfeng asked Xu Xiaoshou what he wanted, but Xu Xiaoshou restarted the pursuit and ordered everyone to kill him again.
• Xiao Wanfeng ran from the renewed attack while Xu Xiaoshou watched and gained Passive Value from the crowd’s reactions.

Xu Xiaoshou dominated the Northern District and reached the final circle with Xiao Wanfeng, whose repeated brushes with death helped him begin to understand how to make pursuers stop. When Mu Zixi charged at Xu Xiaoshou, Xiao Wanfeng shouted for her to stop and unleashed a powerful sword aura, leaving her frozen and swords ringing throughout the arena.

• Demon Moon and Xiao Lian watched Xu Xiaoshou defeat or deter the Northern District contestants with his golden orbs while Xin Gugu defended his conduct.
• The host ended the recovery period and began the final-circle battles as the contestants gathered in the central district.
• Xu Xiaoshou encouraged Xiao Wanfeng, who reflected on his repeated near-death ordeals and began to grasp how he might make opponents wait.
• Mu Zixi rushed toward Xu Xiaoshou, who grabbed Xiao Wanfeng and told him to stop her.
• Xiao Wanfeng shouted at Mu Zixi to stop, and a white sword aura pierced through her and froze her as swords rang across the arena.

Xiao Wanfeng comprehended powerful Sword Intent during the Heavenly Net Battles, astonishing the arena, while Xu Xiaoshou pulled him and Mu Zixi away from the brawl. Mu Zixi confronted Luo Yin, who blocked her path, and Xiao Wanfeng finally asked him who he was.

• Xiao Wanfeng released Sword Intent that stirred swords across the arena, and Xu Xiaoshou realized it might be a suppressed Myriad Swords Return to the Sect.
• The host reminded the contestants to fight for the championship and Royal City Trial qualification, and the arena erupted into another chaotic brawl.
• Xu Xiaoshou carried Xiao Wanfeng into the air and dispelled the sword aura pinning Mu Zixi down.
• Mu Zixi recognized Luo Yin and attacked him with an exploding forest of trees, but he emerged unharmed and continued blocking her.
• Xiao Wanfeng gathered his courage and asked Luo Yin who he was on Xu Xiaoshou's behalf.

Xu Xiaoshou sent Xiao Wanfeng on a chaotic mission to provoke the arena, then reclaimed the Slaying Buddha Blade from Mu Zixi after she attacked him with it. As Xu Xiaoshou restrained his junior sister, Luo Yin demanded that he let her go, setting up a confrontation.

• Xiao Wanfeng provoked Luo Yin, then fled to Mu Zixi and summoned an explosive tea tree before running to Xu Xiaoshou for help.
• Xiao Wanfeng returned to Mu Zixi, claimed Xiao Xin had told him to seek her protection, and won her sympathy.
• Mu Zixi drew the Slaying Buddha Blade and attacked Xu Xiaoshou, but Luo Yin tried to block the strike and was sent flying.
• Xu Xiaoshou talked Mu Zixi into lowering the blade, reclaimed it, and restrained her when she tried to fight him.
• Luo Yin told Xu Xiaoshou to let Mu Zixi go, and Xu Xiaoshou dismissed him with a hostile retort.

Xu Xiaoshou and Luo Yin traded provocations in the Heaven Net Arena as their extraordinary physical power drew the crowd’s attention. Luo Yin revealed his Saha Sacred Body and smashed the arena floor, but Xu Xiaoshou laughed at him for competing over the size of their craters.

• Mu Zixi rejected Luo Yin’s attempted defense, and Xu Xiaoshou stepped forward to confront him.
• Xu Xiaoshou shattered the arena floor with a stomp, matching Luo Yin’s display of physical strength.
• Mu Zixi sheltered Xiao Wanfeng in ancient trees and watched from above as Xu Xiaoshou and Luo Yin argued.
• Xu Xiaoshou mocked Luo Yin’s Saha Sacred Body and enlisted Mu Zixi and Xiao Wanfeng in ridiculing its supposed fame.
• Luo Yin stomped out a crater larger than Xu Xiaoshou’s, and Xu Xiaoshou laughed at him for competing over the size of the pits.

Xu Xiaoshou fought Luo Yin in the Heavenly Net Battles, evading his Saha Battle Fist and revealing his swordsmanship with Hidden Pain. After his first sword strike failed to pierce Luo Yin’s Saint Physique, Xu Xiaoshou used Hidden Pain Sword Thought to cut through its defenses and wound Luo Yin’s neck.

• Luo Yin unleashed his Saha Sacred Body and struck at Xu Xiaoshou, but Xu Xiaoshou vanished and reappeared behind him.
• Xu Xiaoshou evaded Luo Yin’s counterattack and landed a physical blow that staggered him.
• Xu Xiaoshou drew Hidden Pain, whose appearance stirred the swords across the field.
• Xu Xiaoshou used West Wind Withers Snow to slash Luo Yin’s neck, but Luo Yin’s Saint Physique endured the first strike.
• Xu Xiaoshou repeated the attack with Hidden Pain Sword Thought, breaking through Luo Yin’s defenses and making blood spray from his neck.

Xu Xiaoshou overwhelmed Luo Yin with repeated sword attacks, leaving him covered in wounds and unable to fight back. When a Void phantom began to form around the unconscious Luo Yin, Xu Xiaoshou disrupted it, after which the other contestants yielded and Mu Zixi refused the championship he offered her.

• Xu Xiaoshou repeatedly struck Luo Yin with West Wind Withers Snow and other attacks, while Sword Thought and icy power prevented Luo Yin from healing or resisting.
• Xu Xiaoshou continued testing attacks on Luo Yin until the injured Sacred Body collapsed and seemed close to death.
• A Void phantom began forming around Luo Yin, but Xu Xiaoshou swallowed a small amount of his power and caused the manifestation to collapse.
• The remaining contestants abandoned the arena, leaving Xu Xiaoshou, Mu Zixi, and Xiao Wanfeng, and Xu Xiaoshou offered Mu Zixi the championship.
• Mu Zixi refused the offer, and Xiao Wanfeng approached with tea as Xu Xiaoshou and Mu Zixi turned their attention toward him.

Xiao Wanfeng unexpectedly became the Heavenly Net Battle champion after Xu Xiaoshou and Mu Zixi gave up the title, provoking furious gamblers and scrutiny from the Holy Spirit Hall. As the group left the arena, Xu Xiaoshou learned new ways to obtain Royal City Trial qualifications through the Alchemist Association or Spirit Array Masters Association.

• The host announced Xiao Wanfeng as champion, and the audience erupted in anger over the result.
• Demon Moon warned Xu Xiaoshou that the Holy Spirit Hall could strip him of his competition qualification, but she could not resolve the controversy herself.
• Xu Xiaoshou decided to leave and asked Demon Moon to notify First Pavilion Under Heaven when the Holy Spirit Hall reached a verdict.
• Xiao Wanfeng entered with a trial jade pendant and worried that people would hunt him for his new qualification.
• Mo Mo and Xiao Lian told Xu Xiaoshou that the Alchemist Association and Spirit Array Masters Association could also provide trial qualifications.

Xu Xiaoshou celebrated earning over two million Passive Value from the Heavenly Net Battles and spent some of it upgrading his passive skills. After awakening Sharpness failed seven times, the eighth attempt finally changed the situation.

• On the way back to First Pavilion Under Heaven, Xu Xiaoshou learned that alchemists could bring two hired fighters into the Royal City Trial, though only ten alchemist slots were available.
• Xu Xiaoshou sent Xiao Wanfeng to guard the entrance and replace the couplet, warning him to ring the wooden bell and retreat if anything happened.
• Xu Xiaoshou checked his system and discovered that his Heavenly Net Battles match had earned him more than two million Passive Value.
• Xu Xiaoshou spent Passive Value to raise Resilience and Sharpness to Master level, then found that his body could nick a Connate spirit sword and cut the floor with ease.
• Xu Xiaoshou used Awakening Stones on Sharpness, and after seven failed attempts, the eighth attempt brought a change.

Xu Xiaoshou awakened Inch-Realm Force Field, discovering it could cut through objects and form a controllable one-zhang domain. After Xin Gugu arrived to report on the captured attackers, Xu Xiaoshou tested the force field on him, and Xin Gugu’s scream rang through the First Pavilion Under Heaven.

• Xu Xiaoshou awakened Inch-Realm Force Field and found its Light of Sharpness shredded the mattress and a seventh-grade spiritual sword.
• Xu Xiaoshou tested the force field’s precision, range, and shape, learning it could cut through obstacles, extend one zhang, and form around his hand.
• Xu Xiaoshou discovered the force field also shredded his clothes unless he carefully controlled its position.
• Xin Gugu told Xu Xiaoshou that the two captured nighttime attackers had revealed nothing, though one was Jiang Tai of the Jiang Clan.
• Xu Xiaoshou asked Xin Gugu for a handshake, activated the force field, and made him scream in pain.

Xu Xiaoshou interrogated the captured Jiang Tai in the First Pavilion Under Heaven cultivation room, using painful methods and forcing him to answer every question with “No.” His answers revealed that Jiang Xian’s group had come to capture Mu Zixi, and the chapter ended with Xu Xiaoshou pressing Jiang Tai for confirmation that Jiang Xian possessed the Three Aversions Eye.

• Xu Xiaoshou brought Xiao Wanfeng into the cultivation room and told him to witness the pavilion’s darker methods.
• Xu Xiaoshou tortured Jiang Tai and trained him to answer every question with “No.”
• Jiang Tai’s denials confirmed that Jiang Xian had sent the attackers and that they had come for Xu Xiaoshou’s woman.
• Xu Xiaoshou grew furious at the threat to Mu Zixi and asked whether Jiang Xian had the Three Aversions Eye.
• Before Jiang Tai could respond, Xu Xiaoshou stabbed through his chest, healed the wound, and ordered him to answer only with “No.”

Xu Xiaoshou learned that Jiang Xian’s Three Aversions Eye could manipulate wills and that Jiang Tai’s final outburst carried the curse power of a Demi-Saint family. After the danger passed, he confronted Mu Zixi about the Heaven-Knowing Eye and her secrets, but she still did not explain herself.

• Xu Xiaoshou questioned Jiang Tai about the Three Aversions Eye and learned that its Mind-Turning Pupil could control people, even stronger opponents at the cost of lifespan.
• Jiang Tai self-destructed after warning Xu Xiaoshou about the Heaven-Knowing Eye, and a blood-red curse beam struck Xu Xiaoshou before vanishing harmlessly.
• Xin Gugu mistook Xu Xiaoshou’s condition for a fatal curse and tried to bite him, while Xiao Wanfeng witnessed the chaos and later had to clean up the ruined cultivation room.
• Mu Zixi returned to First Pavilion Under Heaven, and Xu Xiaoshou told her that Jiang Xian had likely targeted her God-Devil Pupils.
• Xu Xiaoshou pressed Mu Zixi to explain the Heaven-Knowing Eye, then struck her and shouted for a fiend to come out when she began trembling without answering.

Xu Xiaoshou met with Yuan Haisheng of Night Cats and offered to pay for spreading news that Void Island was about to open, claiming he wanted East Heavenly King City to prepare. Yuan Haisheng recognized that Xu Xiaoshou intended to throw the city into chaos, and Xu Xiaoshou pressed him to name a price and say whether Night Cats could do it.

• Xiao Wanfeng watched as Mu Zixi turned the upper floors of First Pavilion Under Heaven into a forest while chasing Xu Xiaoshou.
• Mei Suren came out of his cultivation room, and Xu Xiaoshou warned Mu Zixi that he was a Seven Sword Immortal before Mei Suren said someone had arrived.
• Yuan Haisheng and Liu Lu came to First Pavilion Under Heaven, and Xu Xiaoshou met them at the entrance.
• Xu Xiaoshou had Mu Zixi tell the others to stand down, then invited Yuan Haisheng and Liu Lu inside despite the damaged hall and trees overhead.
• Xu Xiaoshou told Yuan Haisheng that Void Island was about to open and asked Night Cats to spread the news across East Heavenly King City.
• Yuan Haisheng said Xu Xiaoshou wanted to throw the royal city into chaos, and Xu Xiaoshou asked how much it would cost and whether Night Cats could do it.

Xu Xiaoshou negotiated with Night Cats to spread information about Void Island, then used a sudden sword strike to reveal the hidden Sword Elder and secure the deal. Yuan Haisheng left First Pavilion Under Heaven believing an even more powerful figure was watching over Xu Xiaoshou.

• Xu Xiaoshou pressed Yuan Haisheng to accept the risky job of spreading information about Void Island, and Yuan agreed to discuss the price.
• Yuan Haisheng demanded three billion Spirit Crystals, and Xu Xiaoshou challenged him by asking how much his head was worth.
• Xu Xiaoshou struck at Yuan Haisheng, but Sword Elder appeared from hiding and shattered the sword aura.
• Xu Xiaoshou agreed to pay three billion after warning Yuan Haisheng against betraying him, and Night Cats accepted the deal.
• After leaving First Pavilion Under Heaven, Yuan Haisheng asked Sword Elder about the hidden presence, and Sword Elder said a great Buddha there could annihilate him with one sword.

After the Night Cats negotiation, Xu Xiaoshou sent Liu Lu to investigate Jiang Xian’s guards and possible vulnerabilities, then went to sleep in the Origin Mansion. He woke to find Greed God using Ash-Illuminating White Flame to refine pills, revealing that the cat had secretly learned his pill-making technique.

• Xu Xiaoshou thanked Mei Suren for intervening and returned to his damaged cultivation room to rest.
• Xu Xiaoshou gave Liu Lu three bottles of Yuan Ting Pills and ordered him to investigate Jiang Xian’s guards, including Thrones, Cutting Path experts, and Void Higher Realm experts.
• Liu Lu left to report to his superior and contact Yuan Haisheng about the investigation.
• Xu Xiaoshou discovered that he had sleepwalked into the Origin Mansion and laid out thirty thousand pill cauldrons and medicinal herbs.
• Xu Xiaoshou observed Greed God refining and storing Red-Gold Elixir with Ash-Illuminating White Flame, using the pill-making method he had taught it.

Xu Xiaoshou caught Greed God stealing finished Red-Gold Elixirs, then persuaded it to refine pills openly in exchange for a reward if it reached a perfect success rate. He recruited Xu Xiaoji to monitor Greed God and sort its pills, promising him chances to leave the Origin Mansion.

• Xu Xiaoshou observed Greed God secretly swallowing successful Red-Gold Elixirs and calculated that its pill refining would still leave him a profit.
• Xu Xiaoshou caught Greed God stealing pills, scolded it, and warned it against eating the finished medicinal liquid.
• Xu Xiaoshou allowed Greed God to refine pills openly and promised it one pill for every hundred batches once it reached a perfect success rate.
• Xu Xiaoji witnessed Xu Xiaoshou's deal with Greed God and feared him.
• Xu Xiaoshou offered Xu Xiaoji opportunities to leave the Origin Mansion if he watched Greed God and sorted its pills, and Xu Xiaoji accepted.

Xu Xiaoshou tried to recruit a gatekeeper for First Pavilion Under Heaven, but Fang Zheng repeatedly intervened to stop him from disrupting public order. After Liu Lu sent a message, Xu Xiaoshou called off the recruitment, while Fang Zheng ordered his guards to watch him closely.

• Xu Xiaoshou returned to First Pavilion Under Heaven, found Xiao Wanfeng had been standing guard, and told Xin Gugu to handle repairs while Xiao Wanfeng rested.
• Xu Xiaoshou announced a gatekeeper recruitment outside the pavilion, drawing a crowd and attracting attention that increased his Passive Value.
• Fang Zheng confronted Xu Xiaoshou and forbade him from recruiting in Pilgrimage Plaza, even after Xu Xiaoshou offered to buy the plaza.
• Xu Xiaoshou proposed continuing recruitment while enduring law enforcement, but Xin Gugu brought him a communication bead with a message from Liu Lu, so Xu Xiaoshou dismissed the crowd.
• Fang Zheng left after Xu Xiaoshou teased him, then ordered his guards not to sleep and to arrest Xu Xiaoshou immediately if he broke any rules.

Xu Xiaoshou received Night Cats’ intelligence about Jiang Xian’s guards, his connection to the Three Aversions Eye, and the protections that made Demi-Saint descendants difficult to kill. He decided to take the initiative against Jiang Xian, and Mu Zixi and Mo Mo immediately volunteered to join him, leaving Xiao Wanfeng stunned by the group’s strength.

• Liu Lu told Xu Xiaoshou that Jiang Xian had five Throne guards and one Cutting Path guard remaining, and warned that a Demi-Saint family’s bloodline imprint could protect its descendant and curse the attacker.
• Liu Lu reported that Jiang Xian’s target in East Heavenly King City seemed connected to the Three Aversions Eye, and Xu Xiaoshou inferred that Jiang Xian was after the God-Devil Pupils.
• Xu Xiaoshou praised Liu Lu’s work, learned Yuan Si had already promoted him, and asked him to tell Yuan Si to prepare for a visit.
• Xu Xiaoshou told Xin Gugu that he intended to act against Jiang Xian, while Xiao Wanfeng overheard and became alarmed.
• Mu Zixi joined the tea table and eagerly asked when they would attack Jiang Xian, then Mo Mo offered to handle the Cutting Path guard.
• Xiao Wanfeng stared at the group and wondered what kind of monsters were sitting at the table.

Xu Xiaoshou planned to investigate Jiang Xian by sending out a disguised Xu Xiaoji while he prepared a separate disguise of his own. At the pavilion, Mei Suren recognized Xiao Wanfeng’s unusual swordsmanship and took him aside to teach him, while Jiang Xian dismissed the idea that Xu Xiaoshou had powerful backing.

• Xu Xiaoshou gathered everyone at First Pavilion Under Heaven and said he would send his own people to test the situation before acting against Jiang Xian.
• Mei Suren served osmanthus cakes that nearly pushed Xu Xiaoshou into a breakthrough, then noticed Xiao Wanfeng’s growth and learned that he had broken through into the Sword Sect and unleashed sword aura.
• Mei Suren took Xiao Wanfeng to the rear courtyard to question him about his ability to draw a sword while using Hidden Sword Art, and Xu Xiaoshou asked him to find out how long it took to become a saint by sealing one’s sword.
• Xu Xiaoshou revealed that Mei Suren was a Seven Sword Immortal, then summoned Xu Xiaoji and ordered him to impersonate Xu Xiaoshou on an outing with Mu Zixi and the others.
• Xu Xiaoshou put on a black robe, mask, and gloves as he prepared his own disguise and headed to investigate Jiang Xian.
• Jiang Si and Jiang Qi reported that an ominous pressure had kept them from entering First Pavilion Under Heaven, but Jiang Xian rejected their suspicion that Xu Xiaoshou had a Higher Void or Saint Emperor backing him.