Chapter Summaries

As the Red Robes pursued the fleeing factions, Xu Xiaoshou ended his Half-Saint Dao Interpretation and split up First Pavilion Under Heaven to evade investigation. He stayed behind with Xiao Wanfeng to welcome Shouye, ordering the boy to set the table and brew tea.

• Trading fair attendees fled after the Red Robes and White Robes left to handle the explosions, and Shouye led his inspection squad after suspected dark factions, including First Pavilion Under Heaven.
• As they raced toward the pavilion, Xiao Wanfeng questioned Xin Gugu and Mu Zixi about whether they were Ghost Beast Hosts or belonged to a dark faction, while the group remained tense.
• Xu Xiaoshou ended his Half-Saint Dao Interpretation, resumed control after switching with Xu Xiaoji, and told Mo Mo, Mu Zixi, and Xin Gugu to split up and flee before regrouping at First Pavilion Under Heaven.
• Xu Xiaoshou urged Liu Changqing to rely on Xuan Wuji and the Heavenly Secrets Art to survive the coming pressure; Liu Changqing agreed to return to First Pavilion Under Heaven afterward.
• As Shouye approached, Xu Xiaoshou stayed with Xiao Wanfeng and told him to set the table and brew tea.

Xu Xiaoshou, disguised as Young Master Xu, faced Shouye and the Red Robes as they questioned him over suspected ties between First Pavilion Under Heaven, Ghost Beasts, and dark factions. Shouye’s attempts to expose his identity escalated when he tried to probe Xu Xiaoshou’s Sea of Qi, and Xu Xiaoshou refused on the grounds that his body held Demi-Saint Xu Clan secrets.

• Shouye led the Red Robes to confront Young Master Xu, accused First Pavilion Under Heaven of colluding with Ghost Beasts and dark factions, and demanded an explanation.
• Xu Xiaoshou challenged Shouye to produce evidence and insisted that the Red Robes could not force an accusation on a Demi-Saint’s heir.
• Shouye questioned Young Master Xu about his surname and similarities to Xu Xiaoshou, including their Sword Sect origins, alchemy, and conduct.
• Shouye proposed probing Young Master Xu’s Sea of Qi to verify his cultivation, but Xu Xiaoshou evaded his reach and refused to let him touch him.
• Xu Xiaoshou invoked the privacy of his Demi-Saint-bestowed body and the secrets of the Demi-Saint Xu Clan as the confrontation neared a breaking point.

Shouye concluded that Young Master Xu was actually Xu Xiaoshou and prepared to act, but a tremendous blast shattered his domain and revealed Sky City above East Heavenly King City. Xu Xiaoshou realized Ba Zunan had summoned the enormous city from the Yunlun Mountain Range.

• Shouye questioned Young Master Xu about his missing companions and guards, then recognized the familiar, overly flawless way Xu Xiaoshou answered questions.
• Shouye laughed and declared that Young Master Xu reminded him of the only peerless talent he had ever seen, making Xu Xiaoshou realize that Shouye suspected his identity.
• A thunderous blast shattered Shouye's domain, and an immense pressure forced everyone in East Heavenly King City to look up.
• The sky darkened as part of a vast city emerged from a black hole above the city.
• Xu Xiaoshou recognized the apparition as Sky City and realized Ba Zunan had summoned it from the Yunlun Mountain Range.

Sky City appeared above East Heavenly King City, prompting the Red Robes and White Robes to rush toward the Yunlun Mountain Range. Xu Xiaoshou returned toward First Pavilion Under Heaven, but Shouye turned back to test whether he was Xu Xiaoshou, and the chapter ended as an unknown figure stopped Shouye’s sword strike.

• Sky City appeared over East Heavenly King City, and Rao Yaoyao ordered the Red Robes and White Robes to assemble and support the Yunlun Mountain Range.
• Shouye postponed judging Young Master Xu and ordered the Red Robes to head north while Xu Xiaoshou and Xiao Wanfeng returned toward First Pavilion Under Heaven.
• Shouye suspected he had missed his chance to verify Young Master Xu’s identity, dismissed his companions, and disguised himself to pursue Xu Xiaoshou.
• Xu Xiaoshou upgraded Perception to the Throne tier and detected Shouye hiding in the void as he attacked with a sword.
• Xiao Wanfeng warned Xu Xiaoshou of the assassin, but Xu Xiaoshou stopped his weapons from appearing to conceal his identity.
• A figure descended and caught Shouye’s sword strike between two fingers.

Mei Suren stopped Shouye from probing Xu Xiaoshou and helped reinforce Xu Xiaoshou’s claim that he was a Demi-Saint’s heir. After Shouye left, Cen Qiaofu emerged from hiding, revealing that Saint Slave had been protecting Xu Xiaoshou and urging him to return to First Pavilion Under Heaven.

• Shouye attacked Xu Xiaoshou, but Mei Suren appeared and caught his sword before it could land.
• Mei Suren told Shouye that the Xu Clan was real and that another person protected Xu Xiaoshou, persuading Shouye to withdraw rather than risk a conflict.
• Xu Xiaoshou asked Mei Suren if Shouye had truly left, and Mei Suren revealed that someone else was still hiding nearby.
• Cen Qiaofu emerged from the void, confirmed that he had been protecting Xu Xiaoshou since he returned to the trading fair, and explained that Ba Zunan had sent Void Island after Xu Xiaoshou struggled with the Red Robes.
• Cen Qiaofu told Xu Xiaoshou to return to First Pavilion Under Heaven because he could not hold off Rao Yaoyao and the others if they came back.

At First Pavilion Under Heaven, Cen Qiaofu revealed that Rao Yaoyao had deliberately forced Xu Xiaoshou to break through to the Master stage so he could not safely enter the Royal City Trial or Holy Palace Trial as an Innate. He explained that Ba Zunan still intended for Xu Xiaoshou to pursue the trials, leaving Xu Xiaoshou to wonder whether the Chief planned to groom him into a Holy Emperor.

• Xu Xiaoshou returned to First Pavilion Under Heaven with his companions and considered the risks of the Holy Spirit Hall investigating him.
• Cen Qiaofu told Xu Xiaoshou that Ba Zunan had sent him to explain the purpose behind bringing him to the Royal City.
• Cen Qiaofu revealed that Rao Yaoyao had deliberately used the Red Dust Sword to push Xu Xiaoshou into the Master stage, preventing him from entering the trials as an Innate.
• Xu Xiaoshou realized that Ba Zunan still expected him to take part in the Royal City Trial and Holy Palace Trial despite his breakthrough.
• Cen Qiaofu asked whether Ba Zunan intended to cultivate Xu Xiaoshou into a Holy Emperor, leaving Xu Xiaoshou stunned.

Cen Qiaofu told Xu Xiaoshou that many powerful figures and factions were searching for a hidden answer, and that the Royal City Trial and Four Symbols Secret Realm would lead him toward it. After Cen departed, Xu Xiaoshou considered the looming Void Island crisis and the dangers surrounding the trial, then received a visit request from Xiao Lian.

• Cen Qiaofu explained that people across the continent were seeking an answer and said Xu Xiaoshou might find part of it in the Four Symbols Secret Realm.
• Cen Qiaofu relayed Ba Zunan’s instructions for Xu Xiaoshou to enter the Royal City Trial, place in the top three, and proceed to the Four Symbols Secret Realm.
• Cen Qiaofu told Xu Xiaoshou that the Holy Spirit Hall’s operation in the Yunlun Mountain Range had failed and that Rao Yaoyao was in worse shape than Gou Wuyue had been.
• After Cen Qiaofu left, Xu Xiaoshou realized that Void Island’s arrival could draw dark factions toward the Saint-Sealing Dao Foundation and create an apparent opportunity for the Holy Spirit Hall to trap them.
• Xiao Wanfeng arrived exhausted and told Xu Xiaoshou that Xiao Lian of Gold-Rich Trading Company had requested an audience.

Xu Xiaoshou delivered a huge supply of Red-Gold Elixir to Xiao Lian and considered entering the Alchemy Trial to obtain a trial jade pendant. Learning that the trial had no cultivation restrictions, he realized he might have suppressed his cultivation for no reason.

• Xu Xiaoshou gave Xiao Wanfeng two days off, and Xiao Lian remarked that Gold-Rich Trading Company would have kept him working with pills.
• Xu Xiaoshou handed Xiao Lian one hundred thousand portions of genuine Red-Gold Elixir, and she urged him to enter the Alchemy Trial.
• Xiao Lian told Xu Xiaoshou that the Alchemy Trial would take place in three days and had only an age restriction, with no cultivation limit.
• Xu Xiaoshou realized that his Grandmaster cultivation would not disqualify him from the Alchemy Trial and questioned why he had been suppressing his cultivation.

Xu Xiaoshou entered the Origin Mansion to spend his accumulated Passive Value upgrading his skills, transforming his body into a Throne body and his Sword Mastery into a Sword Dao Throne. After causing a sword phenomenon that shook the Origin Mansion, he asked Xu Xiaoji whether he had become more handsome.

• Xu Xiaoshou entered the Origin Mansion and decided to use his Passive Value to widen the gap between his power and that of other Masters.
• Xu Xiaoshou upgraded Sturdiness from Master Lv.1 to Throne Lv.1, enduring intense pain as his body shed impurities and transformed.
• Xu Xiaoshou admired his newly transformed Throne body, then spent another one hundred thousand Passive Value to raise Sword Mastery to Throne Lv.1.
• Xu Xiaoshou's sword enlightenment shook the Origin Mansion and manifested a supreme Sword King's Dao, with swords returning to the sect in a heavenly phenomenon.
• Xu Xiaoji mistook Xu Xiaoshou's transformed appearance for a different person, and Xu Xiaoshou flew down to ask whether he had become more handsome.

Xu Xiaoshou reached Sword Path Sovereign and upgraded several passive skills, gaining profound insight into the Way. After reflecting on his new abilities, he continued spending Passive Value to strengthen his vitality and spiritual essence.

• Xu Xiaoshou confirmed his Sovereign breakthrough to Xu Xiaoji, then fled when Xu Xiaoji admired him too intensely.
• Hidden Pain evolved into a Subordinate Sixth Rank spirit sword, while Yanmang and Yousi Sword also grew more closely attuned to Xu Xiaoshou.
• Xu Xiaoshou weighed saving Passive Value for draws against investing in the Evolution Tree and chose to upgrade Mastery of Culinary Arts and Textile Mastery.
• Xu Xiaoshou gained deep insights into the Way through his upgraded mastery skills, including the ability to interpret the world's patterns as threads and alter their outcomes.
• Xu Xiaoshou upgraded Endless Vitality and Full of Vitality to Throne Lv.1, while deciding that his current Breathing Method was sufficient.

Xu Xiaoshou spent Passive Value upgrading Swallowing Mountains and Rivers, then won the extended passive skill Conversion after a costly lottery spree. He discovered that Conversion replenished depleted powers and absorbed much of an opponent’s attack, leaving him effectively unharmed by Xu Xiaoji’s punch.

• Xu Xiaoshou raised Swallowing Mountains and Rivers to Throne level and decided to spend no more than five hundred thousand Passive Value on lotteries.
• After dozens of failed draws, Xu Xiaoshou won the extended passive skill Conversion and upgraded it to Innate, Grandmaster, and then Throne level.
• Xu Xiaoshou tested Conversion and found it converted his vital energy, blood, spiritual essence, and mental power to replenish whichever resource he had depleted.
• Xu Xiaoshou asked Xu Xiaoji to punch him, and Xu Xiaoji struck him with a Throne-level attack.
• Xu Xiaoshou remained unharmed as Conversion absorbed nearly half the force and the converted power offset the remaining damage.

Xu Xiaoshou spent his last free roulette key and obtained the Sovereign-level mastery skill Painting Mastery. He discovered that his thoughts could create living creatures from spiritual energy, then tested the power by painting a chicken to attack Xu Xiaoji.

• Xu Xiaoshou used his remaining roulette keys, and the final draw revealed the illusion of a primordial world being painted into existence.
• Xu Xiaoshou obtained Painting Mastery and upgraded it to Sovereign level using his Passive Value.
• Xu Xiaoshou used thought as an invisible brush and manifested a chicken from spiritual energy, which fell and shattered after hitting the ground.
• Xu Xiaoshou painted a stronger chicken and ordered it to peck Xu Xiaoji, whose retreat let it blast a hole in the void.
• Xu Xiaoshou realized he could create formidable creatures through Painting Mastery and gleefully imagined defeating enemies with a flock of chickens.

Xu Xiaoshou discovered that his Painting Mastery could create lifelike figures with convincing auras and spiritual techniques, then practiced visualizing famous experts in the Origin Mansion. He left exhausted but eager to unleash the deceptive creations on the outside world.

• Xu Xiaoshou painted a counterfeit Shouye and gave him a Cutting Path aura, frightening Xu Xiaoji with the result.
• Xu Xiaoshou split his consciousness to control the counterfeit Shouye, who performed Great Dark Heaven and produced a convincing Nightfall Descent.
• Xu Xiaoshou tested other visualized effects by creating a towering golden Great Buddha whose sword passed harmlessly through Xu Xiaoji.
• Xu Xiaoshou visualized counterfeit versions of Elder Sang, Storyteller, Ba Zunan, Gou Wuyue, Ai Cangsheng, and Rao Yaoyao, staging a chaotic battle that shattered Xu Xiaoji's composure.
• Xu Xiaoshou realized that sustained spiritual power could keep his creations present and that he could amplify their displayed effects, then collapsed from exhaustion and vowed to make the world tremble when he left seclusion.

Xu Xiaoshou awakened Conversion as Great Feast and discovered that its Taotie Beast Head could devour attacks and other matter, converting them into energy for him. After testing the ability on Xu Xiaoji, he found he could activate it in brief bursts to replenish himself while swallowing incoming attacks, leaving his combat options stronger than before.

• Xu Xiaoshou spent Passive Value awakening Conversion after several failed attempts and gained the ability Great Feast.
• Xu Xiaoshou summoned a crimson Taotie Beast Head and learned that it consumed enormous amounts of spiritual essence while active.
• Xu Xiaoshou tested Great Feast on pills and found that the beast head automatically swallowed them and converted them into spiritual essence.
• Xu Xiaoshou asked Xu Xiaoji to attack him with energy, and Great Feast swallowed the strike, replenishing Xu Xiaoshou's spiritual essence without harming him.
• Xu Xiaoshou discovered he could activate Great Feast for an instant to swallow an attack while avoiding its continuous energy cost, frightening Xu Xiaoji into fleeing.

After exhausting his Passive Value in the Origin Mansion, Xu Xiaoshou emerged with several Throne-level skills, including Agility and Sharpness. Outside, the Five Domains gathered in East Heavenly King City for the Saint-Sealing Dao Foundation, where a tavern keeper’s tale of Xu Xiaoshou caught the attention of blue-robed swordsmen.

• Xu Xiaoshou raised Agility and Sharpness to Throne level, discovering he could move nearly instantaneously and cut through space with his fingers.
• Xu Xiaoshou failed his final awakening attempt and four Passive Key draws, then left the Origin Mansion after spending nearly all his Passive Value.
• Visitors from across the Five Domains crowded into East Heavenly King City, drawn by the Sky City and the Saint-Sealing Dao Foundation.
• Red Robes and White Robes led by Seven Sword Immortal Rao Yaoyao arrived at the Holy Spirit Hall as locals discussed the recent battle in the Yunlun Mountain Range.
• A tavern keeper began recounting Xu Xiaoshou’s exploits to a crowd, and passing blue-robed swordsmen recognized his name.

The three brothers of Burial Sword Tomb traveled to the Royal City to secure places in the Royal City Trial and prepare for the greater contest over Void Island. At Holy Spirit Hall, Rao Yaoyao gave orders for the Yunlun Mountain Range defenses and surveillance, then Chu Lisheng reported that the rumored Northern Region Taixiang Xu Clan did not exist.

• Gu Qingyi, Gu Qing'er, and Gu Qing'san discussed the rumors about Saint Slave Xu Xiaoshou and set out to visit Heavenly Net Arena, Rao Yaoyao, and Mr. Siren.
• The three brothers focused on qualifying for the Royal City Trial and recognized that the Saint-Sealing Dao Foundation on Void Island would draw powerful competitors.
• Rao Yaoyao ordered Holy Spirit Hall to keep the Yunlun Mountain Range defenses in place through the Royal City Trial and to track the major factions exposed in the Royal City Night Battle.
• Rao Yaoyao reminded Cheng Ji to handle the factions drawn to the Royal City by Sky City, then asked about the investigation into First Pavilion Under Heaven.
• Chu Lisheng reported that Taixiang, Tairang, and the Taixiang Plains were separate places and that no Northern Region Semi-Saint faction called the Xu Clan existed.

Rao Yaoyao ordered a sweeping investigation into First Pavilion Under Heaven after Chu Lisheng’s claims about Young Master Xu fell apart and Shouye revealed its possible ties to Saint Slave Xu Xiaoshou. Weighing the danger posed by Mei Suren and the wider turmoil ahead, Rao Yaoyao set out to investigate First Pavilion Under Heaven herself.

• Chu Lisheng accused First Pavilion Under Heaven of falsely claiming to be a demi-saint faction, but Rao Yaoyao challenged his report with evidence of Young Master Xu’s Void-level guards and Mei Suren’s connection to him.
• Shouye accepted that he could no longer pursue Young Master Xu’s identity and handed the matter over to Rao Yaoyao, while Chu Lisheng realized his investigation had been inadequate.
• Rao Yaoyao ordered Holy Spirit Hall to question every demi-saint faction in the Northern Region and expand the search across the Five Domains if necessary.
• Rao Yaoyao considered whether Mei Suren’s unusual concern for Xu Xiaoshou and his role as a guest elder at First Pavilion Under Heaven signaled a deeper connection to Saint Slave.
• Rao Yaoyao recalled Gou Wuyue’s past punishment and reflected on the looming arrival of Void Island before leaving to investigate First Pavilion Under Heaven.

Xu Xiaoshou emerged from seclusion stronger than before, and his newly enhanced body made him dangerously sharp to the touch. He tested his strength by punching Xin Gugu through several floors of the tower, leaving Xiao Wanfeng to mistake the destruction for an enemy attack and call for Mr. Siren.

• Xu Xiaoshou learned that the Alchemy Trial was the next day, Xiao Lian wanted more Red-Gold Elixirs, and Rao Yaoyao's search of the Yunlun Mountain Range had found no results after Sky City appeared.
• Mu Zixi and Xin Gugu cut their fingers when they touched Xu Xiaoshou, revealing that his upgraded Sharpness had made his body like a sword.
• Xu Xiaoshou warned Xin Gugu to use his full strength, then sent him crashing through several floors with a punch he claimed used only thirty percent of his strength.
• Xiao Wanfeng heard the crash, raised the alarm about an enemy attack, and told Mo Mo and Mu Zixi to summon Mr. Siren before recognizing Xu Xiaoshou.

Xu Xiaoshou sensed Rao Yaoyao arriving at First Pavilion Under Heaven and hid Mo Mo and Xin Gugu while preparing for her visit to Mei Suren. As Rao Yaoyao spoke with Mei Suren, the Xuancang Sword Spirit approached Xiao Wanfeng with an offer that left him stunned.

• Xu Xiaoshou sensed a Demi-Saint fluctuation from Rao Yaoyao, sent Mo Mo and Xin Gugu into the Origin Mansion, and told Xiao Wanfeng and Mu Zixi to stay out of the way.
• Xu Xiaoshou suspected Rao Yaoyao had come to investigate Mei Suren and worried that their brief exchange during the Royal City Night Battle had exposed him.
• Rao Yaoyao met Mei Suren beneath Sky City and respectfully recalled first meeting him at Gui-Zhe Holy Mountain.
• Xiao Wanfeng saw Rao Yaoyao and Mei Suren speaking, and the Xuancang Sword Spirit revealed itself to him.
• The Xuancang Sword Spirit offered Xiao Wanfeng the chance to become its wielder and asked him to go to Gui-Zhe Holy Mountain and slay Yousi Sword's wielder.

Xiao Wanfeng learned that the Xuancang Sword Spirit had chosen him and resolved to meet it at the Holy Mountain. Meanwhile, Mei Suren rejected Rao Yaoyao’s challenge over his connection to Xu Xiaoshou, revealed he had touched the Saint Dao, and announced that he would visit Gui-Zhe Holy Mountain himself.

• The Xuancang Sword Spirit told Xiao Wanfeng that he was one of only three people in this era it had invited, and Xiao accepted its recognition while promising to wait for it.
• Rao Yaoyao asked Mei Suren whether he had helped Saint Slave’s Xu Xiaoshou and accused him of overstepping by approaching him.
• Mei Suren recounted how the Holy Spirit Hall had repeatedly restricted his relationships with You Tu and Feng Tingchen, then challenged its authority to control his actions.
• Mei Suren called out Hua Changdeng and blasted apart the Saint tribulation with a strike of mixed Saint and Heavenly Dao power.
• Rao Yaoyao accepted Mei Suren’s rebuke and departed after he told her to have Gui-Zhe Holy Mountain’s elders receive him on his future visit.