Chapter Summaries

Wang Big Hammer, Teng Shanhai, Night Owl, and Yi arrived through the spatial passageway, while the group discussed the absent Spirit Division and the deaths of Yu Mo and Yu Lingdi. Rao Yaoyao appeared with Divine Sword Xuancang and revealed that she had sensed multiple targets at the trade fair; she planned to wait and see who came to save them.

• Wang Big Hammer and Teng Shanhai traded insults and recalled their past struggles over the Ten Seat Holders.
• Night Owl and Yi emerged, and Yi revealed himself as a little girl after Night Owl identified him.
• Situ Yongen explained that the Dao Department's representatives were present, while Teng Shanhai told Wang Big Hammer that Yu Mo and Yu Lingdi had died.
• Rao Yaoyao arrived with Divine Sword Xuancang, and Wang Big Hammer stopped approaching Yu Zhiwen after learning that Dao Xuanji was her master.
• Lan Ling reported that the trade fair screenings were progressing, and Rao Yaoyao said she had sensed multiple targets but wanted to wait without exposing their presence.
• Wang Big Hammer mocked Situ Yongen for failing to see that Rao Yaoyao was waiting to learn who would come to save the targets.

Situ Yongen learned of Night Owl’s grudge with Dao Qiongchang and was repeatedly unnerved by Wang Big Hammer’s gossip about the Six Divisions heads. After Rao Yaoyao drove Wang Big Hammer away, a beast roared from the Spirit Palace Trading Fair.

• Wang Big Hammer insulted Situ Yongen until Rao Yaoyao warned him that Situ was Dao Qiongchang’s disciple, then Night Owl’s pressure nearly overwhelmed Situ before Rao Yaoyao intervened.
• Wang Big Hammer told Situ that Night Owl had once seized three Golden Seats before Dao Qiongchang thwarted him, and Rao Yaoyao clarified that the two had since made peace.
• Yi offered candied hawthorn to the group, and Night Owl accepted and ate one.
• Wang Big Hammer claimed that Yi was a man and Night Owl was a woman, shocking Situ Yongen, Yu Zhiwen, and the commanders.
• Rao Yaoyao kicked Wang Big Hammer away and drew the Xuancang Divine Sword, and a savage beast roared from the Spirit Palace Trading Fair.

Rao Yaoyao assigned the Red Robes and their allies to watch for Ba Zunan, Yama, and the Jiang Clan’s descendant while she supervised the trade fair. A Ghost Beast outbreak at the venue triggered panic, and the chapter ended with Mo Qing reporting that Returning Sound Pavilion’s Pavilion Master had apparently been taken hostage.

• Rao Yaoyao sent Teng Shanhai to investigate the Yao Residence without confronting Ba Zunan, assigned Wang Big Hammer to watch for Yama’s Huangquan, and ordered Night Owl and Yi to monitor separate battles.
• Rao Yaoyao told Situ Yongen and Little Fish to observe and learn, then sent Lan Ling and the others into action.
• At the trade fair, Huangquan shielded private room No. 122’s heavenly secrets as he and Other Shore Flower waited for the moment to escape.
• A woman in a cat mask transformed into a scorpion-tailed Ghost Beast in private room No. 6, while a man in a lion-head mask vanished in black mist.
• Shouye, Xin, Black Nether, Cheng Ji, Nangong Yin, and Taixu arrived and suppressed the scorpion-tailed Ghost Beast as the crowd panicked.
• Mo Qing called out from private room No. 7 that Returning Sound Pavilion’s Pavilion Master seemed to have been taken hostage.

Red Robes confronted two Ghost Beasts after the black shadow seized Xiu Mingyue as a hostage. The shadow subdued Shouye and Xin, then bargained with Lan Ling to free everyone and let his scorpion-tailed companion go, leaving the exchange unresolved.

• Xu Xiaoji opened his eyes at the Ghost Beast's roar, but shut them again when Liu Changqing tried to ask for his help.
• Mo Mo noticed Xin Gugu recognized the scorpion-tailed Ghost Beast, though he hesitated to confirm its identity.
• The black shadow revealed that he had captured Xiu Mingyue and offered to surrender himself if Red Robes released her.
• Shouye attacked the black shadow with Xin, but the shadow's chains pierced them and severed their connections to the Heavenly Dao.
• Lan Ling agreed to release everyone in exchange for letting the scorpion-tailed Ghost Beast leave, and the shadow asked if he could trust Red Robes.

Lan Ling agreed to give the Scorpion-Tail Ghost Beast one incense stick to escape in exchange for the black shadow’s surrender, while Rao Yaoyao appeared to await him. In Private Room No. 209, Xin Gugu recognized the black-haired man as Wuxia and explained his history with the Grey Palace of the Xu Moon.

• The black shadow shattered the trade fair’s formations and threatened to bury everyone unless Lan Ling allowed the Scorpion-Tail Ghost Beast one hour to flee.
• As the black shadow counted down, Lan Ling offered one incense stick’s time and said she would bear the consequences herself.
• The black shadow sent up an octopus signal that stirred unrest among major factions across East Heavenly King City, then the Scorpion-Tail Ghost Beast escaped through shattered space.
• The black shadow revealed himself as Wuxia and promised to surrender after the incense stick burned; Rao Yaoyao appeared and agreed to wait.
• Xin Gugu recognized Wuxia in Private Room No. 209 and told Mo Mo that Wuxia and Yue Xie had left the Grey Palace of the Xu Moon after its militant faction took control.

Xin Gugu sought a way to contact Xu Xiaoshou because he wanted him to save Senior Wuxia, while Xu Xiaoshou traveled toward Yama’s boss with the mysterious scruffy uncle and the Storyteller. After Xuan Wuji relayed Xin Gugu’s urgent plea, Wang Big Hammer confronted the group, and the uncle sent Xu Xiaoshou and the Storyteller away while staying behind.

• Xin Gugu asked Mo Mo how to contact Xu Xiaoshou so he could explain that Senior Wuxia needed saving.
• Mo Mo used Xuan Wuji’s Heavenly Secrets Art to reach Xu Xiaoshou, who was flying with the Storyteller and the scruffy uncle.
• Xu Xiaoshou questioned the uncle’s identity and learned that the uncle claimed to be Ba Zunan and had given him the Canon of Sword Observation.
• Xuan Wuji told Xu Xiaoshou that Xin Gugu urgently wanted him to save a Higher Void-level Ghost Beast, but the uncle shattered the Heavenly Secrets Formation.
• The group spotted Wang Big Hammer below them, and the uncle told Xu Xiaoshou and the Storyteller to leave while he stayed behind.

Storyteller tried to get Xu Xiaoshou to safety as Holy Spirit Hall forces converged, while Xu Xiaoshou struggled to decide where he was needed. After an encounter with a crying little girl revealed her bewitchment, Xu Xiaoshou became entranced and set off with her toward the trade fair to find Rao Yaoyao.

• Storyteller identified Wang Big Hammer and Teng Shanhai as Holy Spirit Hall Division heads and urged Xu Xiaoshou to flee to a hidden teleportation array.
• Teng Shanhai revealed that four Six Division members had come, including Night Owl and Yi, and Storyteller shattered his Ancient Books World to call Xu Xiaoshou back.
• Xu Xiaoshou considered returning to the trade fair to help his junior sister or seeking Mei Suren, but became confused and turned back after hearing a little girl cry.
• Xu Xiaoshou saw the girl choking on a candied hawthorn, dispelled his Vanishing Art long enough to remove it, and let her grasp his finger.
• The girl’s bewitchment made Xu Xiaoshou promise to buy her another candied hawthorn, and he blankly led her toward the trade fair to find a big sister surnamed Rao.

Mei Suren decided to enter the struggle after witnessing Xu Xiaoshou’s kindness and recognizing his connection to Ba Zunan. Meanwhile, Xu Xiaoshou was ensnared by a disguised Higher Void until Elder Sang’s Straw Hat brought him into a Taixu World, where they began a final meeting.

• Mei Suren reflected on Ba Zunan, You Tu, and Xu Xiaoshou, then leaped into the rainy night to join the game.
• Xu Xiaoshou carried a crying little girl through the storm while an enchantment kept him focused on buying her candied hawthorns.
• A battered Straw Hat appeared on Xu Xiaoshou’s head, and he lunged toward a figure he recognized as his master.
• Xu Xiaoshou awoke in the Taixu World and realized Elder Sang’s Straw Hat had brought him there as a safeguard.
• Elder Sang deduced that Xu Xiaoshou had encountered a Higher Void, and Xu Xiaoshou recognized that the little girl had been one.
• Elder Sang offered Xu Xiaoshou three items, and Xu Xiaoshou tried to claim all of them before retreating and choosing none.

Elder Sang gave Xu Xiaoshou three powerful gifts—a Blackflame Deity illusory image, his grandmaster’s Nine-Dragon Ancestral Burn Saint Image, and refined Saint Blood—then urged him to protect Mu Zixi and trust in his own strength. As the Void World collapsed and Elder Sang vanished, Xu Xiaoshou swore to reach the Throne, climb the Holy Mountain, and save him.

• Elder Sang explained that the first bottle contained the unnamed illusory image he named the Blackflame Deity, and Xu Xiaoshou accepted it.
• Elder Sang revealed that the second bottle held his grandmaster’s Nine-Dragon Ancestral Burn Saint Image and the third held a bottle of refined Saint Blood that could protect or heal Xu Xiaoshou.
• Elder Sang warned Xu Xiaoshou not to overestimate his ability to understand the powerful figures’ schemes and urged him to look beyond his peers if he wanted to catch up with past generations.
• Elder Sang told Xu Xiaoshou to protect Mu Zixi, trust himself, keep practicing alchemy, and rely on Long Rongzhi if trouble arose.
• As the Void World shattered, Xu Xiaoshou raised Hidden Pain and vowed to ascend the Throne, climb the Holy Mountain, save Elder Sang, and overturn the chessboard; Elder Sang smiled and said, “Good.”

After breaking free of Yi’s bewitchment, Xu Xiaoshou used Elder Sang’s Saint Blood to unleash Half-Saint power and overpower Yi’s domain. The chapter ended as Xu Xiaoshou appeared behind Yi and drove a Passive Fist toward the face of Elder Sang that Yi had taken on.

• The little girl pierced Xu Xiaoshou’s chest, but he broke free of the bewitchment and expanded his Inch-Realm Force Field, forcing Yi to flee and hide.
• Elder Sang’s Saint Blood took effect, and Xu Xiaoshou rose into the air with White Flame and overwhelming Saint power.
• Xu Xiaoshou revealed Yi as the Chief of the Aberrant Division, then invoked the Nine-Dragon Ancestral Burn and filled ten miles with his White Flame Dragon-Fusion Realm.
• Yi swallowed a drop of Saint Blood and transformed into Elder Sang, but Xu Xiaoshou burned away Yi’s domain with Emberlight Skyburn.
• Yi formed Cloud and Rain Oblivion to counter the flames, but Xu Xiaoshou used the Vanishing Art and One Step to Heaven to appear behind him.
• Xu Xiaoshou struck at Yi’s Elder Sang form with Passive Fist.

Xu Xiaoshou used his Saint Avatar to strike Yi, the head of the Aberrant Division, and believed he had destroyed him, but Mei Suren revealed that Yi had escaped. After learning his Saint Image was powerful, Xu Xiaoshou turned his attention to Teng Shanhai and announced he would fight another Taixu.

• Xu Xiaoshou tracked Yi's evasive movements with One Step to Heaven and landed a Passive Fist that blasted off Yi's head and shattered his body.
• Xu Xiaoshou stabbed Yi's remains with the Yousi Sword and cremated the fragments with Ash-Illuminating White Flame, then used spiritual sense to survey the battlefield and saw the destruction and casualties around East Heavenly King City.
• Mei Suren told Xu Xiaoshou that Yi had escaped and explained that a Taixu could survive unless his spiritual intelligence was completely erased.
• Xu Xiaoshou realized Yi might have escaped through the candied hawthorn skewer he had left behind, and Mei Suren described how difficult Taixu were to kill.
• Mei Suren recognized Xu Xiaoshou's Saint Image as Nine-Dragon Ancestral Burn, passed down by Emberlight Half-Saint, and confirmed that it was powerful.
• Xu Xiaoshou told Mei Suren to wait while he went to slay another Taixu, then fixed his gaze on Teng Shanhai.

Xu Xiaoshou confronted Teng Shanhai with a saintly image, stole his saint blood, and survived the Higher Void’s devastating spear strike with a newly awakened sacred technique. He seized the Xiao Divine Spear and left Teng Shanhai kneeling, offering to spare his life in exchange for another divine artifact.

• Xu Xiaoshou used the pressure of Nine-Dragon Ancestral Burn to overwhelm Teng Shanhai and snatched the saint blood with the Breathing Method, sealing it in his Origin Mansion.
• Teng Shanhai activated his Azure God Armor and attacked Xu Xiaoshou with the Xiao Divine Spear’s Divine Severing of the Azure Sea.
• Xu Xiaoshou spoke sacred words that slowed time, then used Wuxiu's Scarlet-Scorching Hand to meet the spear strike.
• Teng Shanhai’s attack blasted Xu Xiaoshou’s body apart, but his charred left arm held the spear until sacred power restored him.
• Xu Xiaoshou took the Xiao Divine Spear, forced Teng Shanhai to his knees, and offered to spare him for another divine artifact.

Xu Xiaoshou confronted Rao Yaoyao and used Yousi Sword’s rivalry with the Xuancang Divine Sword to provoke a contest over who could fly higher. The chapter ended with the crowd watching Rao Yaoyao and Xu Xiaoshou repeatedly rise into the air instead of fighting.

• Teng Shanhai tried to summon the Xiao Divine Spear, but Xu Xiaoshou suppressed it and nearly struck him with Yousi Sword before Rao Yaoyao interrupted.
• Rao Yaoyao arrived and challenged Xu Xiaoshou, who identified himself as Saint Slave Xu Xiaoshou and boasted about his master and grandmaster.
• Rao Yaoyao drew the Xuancang Divine Sword, and Xu Xiaoshou realized Yousi Sword was reacting to it as a rival divine artifact.
• Xu Xiaoshou provoked the Xuancang Divine Sword by raising Yousi Sword higher and stroking it with Sword Observation Technique, making Rao Yaoyao rise to satisfy her sword.
• Xu Xiaoshou kept flying higher, and Rao Yaoyao followed with the Xuancang Divine Sword as the crowd watched their contest instead of a battle.

Hua Xiang discovered that Young Master Xu in private room 209 was not Xu Xiaoshou, while Shouye and Lan Ling decided to investigate him cautiously. At the same time, Yu Zhiwen secretly watched Xu Xiaoshou fight, and Situ Yongen realized she had feelings for him, leaving him jealous and confused.

• Hua Xiang saw Xu Xiaoshou fighting Rao Yaoyao and went to private room 209 to check whether Young Master Xu was the same person.
• Xu Xiaoji emerged from private room 209, mistook Hua Xiang's questions for a romantic confrontation, and rejected her before returning inside.
• Shouye concluded that Young Master Xu was not Xu Xiaoshou, but ordered an investigation while Lan Ling urged him to proceed carefully.
• Yu Zhiwen restrained her urge to visit Xu Xiaoshou, then used her Pearl Star Pupil to confirm his identity from afar.
• Situ Yongen noticed Yu Zhiwen's reaction to Xu Xiaoshou and silently grew jealous, wondering who Xu Xiaoshou was to her.

Rao Yaoyao used the Red Dust Sword to trap Xu Xiaoshou in visions of mortal life, aging, and loneliness, while Yu Zhiwen rushed to intervene. As Xu Xiaoshou faced mortal danger, the scruffy uncle unleashed Great Buddha Slash to save him.

• Yu Zhiwen refused Situ Yongen's suggestion to approach Xu Xiaoshou, but agreed to cooperate with his preparations against Saint Slave.
• Rao Yaoyao put away the Xuancang Divine Sword, drew Star-Moon Songstress, and used its spiritual control to affect Xu Xiaoshou's mind.
• Xu Xiaoshou's sacred power briefly awakened him, but Rao Yaoyao's Red Dust Sword drew him back into visions of life's futility, and his body rapidly aged.
• Yu Zhiwen rushed toward the battlefield despite Situ Yongen's alarm, while Mei Suren recognized the Emotion Sword Art and prepared to act.
• Wang Big Hammer struck at the air as the scruffy uncle abandoned his trapped opponent, summoned a colossal golden Buddha, and unleashed Great Buddha Slash.

Xu Xiaoshou overcame Rao Yaoyao’s Red Dust Sword by recognizing its illusion as the loneliness of his past life and reclaiming his spiritual world. He broke free in East Heavenly King City and comprehended the Master Stage’s Heavenly Phenomena, leaving the Seven Sword Immortals stunned.

• Xu Xiaoshou woke in a white room after Rao Yaoyao’s Red Dust Sword carried him to the end of its heart-questioning trial.
• Hidden Pain told Xu Xiaoshou that the room was home, helping him recognize the illusion as his spiritual world and the solitude he had already endured in his previous life.
• Xu Xiaoshou accepted that he had nothing left to lose, filled his spiritual world with cherished people and objects, and shattered the illusion himself.
• Xu Xiaoshou returned to East Heavenly King City with black hair and overwhelming bearing, while Mei Suren, Rao Yaoyao, and the scruffy uncle realized he had escaped without being saved by the Great Buddha Slash.
• Xu Xiaoshou declared that life needed no answer beyond living, then comprehended the true meaning of the Master Stage’s Heavenly Phenomena as the Great Dao returned to its source.

After breaking through to the Grandmaster Celestial Phenomenon Realm, Xu Xiaoshou discovered that the Passive System had consumed a million Passive Value to upgrade and unlocked an Evolution Tree and the Illusion Annihilation Finger skill. As his anger at the system showed on his face, Yu Zhiwen defended him against Situ Yongen, who believed Xu Xiaoshou had ruined his future by breaking through.

• Xu Xiaoshou's breakthrough aura vanished as the Passive System upgraded, spending a million Passive Value and unlocking the Evolution Tree and Illusion Annihilation Finger.
• Xu Xiaoshou learned that special Passive Skills could evolve, but each Evolution Water cost a million Passive Value, while other shop items had also become more expensive.
• Onlookers watched Xu Xiaoshou's expression darken and mistook his fury at the system for a desire to kill.
• Yu Zhiwen arrived near the battlefield and wondered why Xu Xiaoshou was showing such an unusual side of himself.
• Situ Yongen claimed Xu Xiaoshou had lost his ability to touch the Heavenly Dao and had no future, but Yu Zhiwen told him to shut up and warned him not to underestimate Xu Xiaoshou.

Xu Xiaoshou faked a flawed breakthrough to Master while concealing his real plans, then unleashed ten Icefire Saint Seeds to trigger a Saint Explosion over East Heavenly King City. As Rao Yaoyao confronted the Scruffy Uncle over whether he was Ba Zunan, Xu Xiaoshou vanished after announcing a final fireworks display for the city.

• Xu Xiaoshou told the Scruffy Uncle that his breakthrough had gone smoothly, encouraging onlookers to suspect his claim while he withdrew from the fight.
• Rao Yaoyao recognized the Scruffy Uncle’s Great Buddha Slash and questioned whether he was Ba Zunan, then declared that he was an impostor after receiving secret intelligence.
• Xu Xiaoshou sensed an unseen player behind the battle but set aside his suspicions to focus on rescuing the people of First Pavilion Under Heaven.
• Xu Xiaoshou drained the holy statue’s remaining power and prepared a Saint Explosion, prompting Yu Zhiwen to warn the others and the Red Robes and White Robes to rush toward him.
• Xu Xiaoshou threw ten Icefire Saint Seeds into the sky, declared that the Royal City would receive a final cleansing through fireworks, and vanished into the void.

Xu Xiaoshou’s Saint Explosions threatened East Heavenly King City, forcing the Holy Spirit Hall to protect its people while the dark faction escaped. After Rao Yaoyao redirected the remaining blast, she learned the enemies’ likely routes, but Xu Xiaoshou remained missing.

• Xu Xiaoshou’s Icefire Saint Seeds erupted over East Heavenly King City, and Shouye concluded that Xu Xiaoshou had turned fully against the Holy Spirit Hall.
• Rao Yaoyao ordered the Red Robes and White Robes to secure landing points and protect the city, while Situ Yongen and Yu Zhiwen deployed the Heavenly Venerable Tower to reinforce the failing city barrier.
• The city barrier and Heavenly Venerable Tower shattered, but Rao Yaoyao swept the destructive shockwave into the sky with her forbidden technique, Call Clouds and Knead Dreams.
• After dawn, a voice in the void told Rao Yaoyao that Ghost Beast Wuxia, Storyteller, the scruffy swordsman, and Huangquan had fled in different directions, while Xu Xiaoshou had vanished.
• The unseen voice admitted that even after attaining the Cutting Path Stage, it could not understand Xu Xiaoshou’s Vanishing Art.

After the battle, Xu Xiaoshou met Mei Suren in secret and tested whether his upgraded Concealment could make a Grandmaster appear Innate to a Supreme Void. Once Mei Suren confirmed the disguise worked, Xu Xiaoshou insisted that he was Innate Xu Deyi, unrelated to Saint Slave’s Xu Xiaoshou, and left Mei Suren bewildered.

• Rao Yaoyao ordered the Red Robes and White Robes to pursue their targets while Shouye’s group headed for the Southern District trading fair.
• Xu Xiaoshou used falling stones and a broken candied-hawthorn skewer to signal Mei Suren, who sealed off the alley and invited him to appear.
• Xu Xiaoshou disguised himself as Zhou Tianshen and asked Mei Suren to assess his cultivation, confirming that Mei Suren saw him as a half-step Grandmaster before his skill upgrade.
• Xu Xiaoshou spent passive value to raise Concealment to Throne level, then returned to his own appearance and confirmed that Mei Suren now saw him as Innate.
• Xu Xiaoshou denied being Saint Slave’s Xu Xiaoshou and claimed to be unrelated Innate Xu Deyi, even suggesting Mei Suren call him Xu Fuji.