Chapter Summaries

Gu Qing'san arrived to protect Su Qianqian and nearly killed hundreds of trial-takers with his sword aura. When a trial officer stopped him and a new rule barred Throne-level contestants from using power above Master level, Gu Qing'san attacked the officer, prompting a force of black-clad enforcers to surround him.

• Gu Qing'san arrived and identified Su Qianqian as his junior sister, while Duo'er encouraged the trial-takers to keep fighting for the Space Source Stone.
• Gu Qing'san unleashed Sword Explosion on Jiang Xian, Duo'er, Tang Zheng, and hundreds of other Masters, but a black-clad trial officer stopped him before he could finish them.
• The trial officer warned Gu Qing'san that his attack had exceeded the trial's permitted level, and a new rule restricting Throne-level abilities appeared on the Trial Jade Pendants.
• Gu Qing'san pretended he could not see the officer, then pierced his chest and declared that no one could stop him.
• More than a dozen black-clad enforcers arrived, including four Dao Severing experts, while Xiao Wanfeng warned Su Qianqian about the consequences of her senior brother's attack.

Gu Qing'san drew the trial officials away after an unknown Senior Brother Xu promised to protect Su Qianqian, leaving Jiang Xian and his allies to attack her and Xiao Wanfeng. Mu Zixi revealed more than a thousand hidden Xu Gang members, who hailed her as their leader before preparing to fight.

• Tang Zheng and the other trial participants expected the officials to take Gu Qing'san away and leave Su Qianqian vulnerable.
• An unknown Senior Brother Xu told Gu Qing'san to draw the trial officials away and leave Su Qianqian to him, and Gu Qing'san fled to lure them off.
• Jiang Xian ordered his subordinates to charge Su Qianqian and Xiao Wanfeng for the Space Source Stone.
• Mu Zixi called out, and more than a thousand Xu Gang members emerged from tunnels beneath the surrounding terrain and greeted her as their leader.
• Mu Zixi asked whether anyone belonged to First Pavilion Under Heaven, Xu Gang, or knew Young Master Xu, then ordered the Xu Gang members to attack.

Mu Zixi’s Xu Gang used a coordinated ambush and her ability to drain life force to defeat hundreds of Grandmaster trial participants. Xu Xiaoshou arrived to capture the escapees, recognized that Mu Zixi’s true constitution was not the Life-Swallowing Wood Body, and led the Little Xu Gang away before anyone could investigate.

• Mu Zixi ordered the Xu Gang to swarm the trial participants, planting seeds on them before retreating to the battlefield’s edge.
• At Mu Zixi’s command, the seeds grew into a vast forest that trapped the participants and drained their life force.
• Jiang Xian realized that Mu Zixi was draining life force rather than spiritual essence, while Rong Dahao marveled at her power.
• Several participants fled the wood domain but ran into Xu Xiaoshou’s invisible barrier, where the Little Xu Gang knocked them out and carried them away.
• Xu Xiaoshou concluded that the Life-Swallowing Wood Body was a protective cover for Mu Zixi’s more dangerous constitution, then led the Little Xu Gang away.

Duo'er unleashed her Blackheart Parasites against Mu Zixi and the others, but Xu Xiaoshou arrived in time to halt the attack. After reuniting with the Xu Gang, he confronted Duo'er and demanded to know whether she had asked his permission before targeting First Pavilion Under Heaven.

• Duo'er sent her Blackheart Parasites through Mu Zixi’s trees and seeds, leaving Mu Zixi to prepare to defend the others with the world origin of White Cavern.
• As the Gu insect army descended, Mu Zixi, Xiao Wanfeng, Su Qianqian, and the Xu Gang prepared to resist until Xu Xiaoshou’s Black Sword flew in and stopped between Mu Zixi and Duo'er.
• Xu Xiaoshou descended, suppressed the insect swarm with his aura, and kicked Hidden Pain back into the ground before standing on it.
• Xu Xiaoshou questioned Mu Zixi about the missing trial participants, thanked Su Qianqian for saving people, and watched the Xu Gang greet him as its leader.
• Duo'er identified Xu Xiaoshou as Young Master Xu of First Pavilion Under Heaven, and he confronted her for attacking his people without asking his permission.

Xu Xiaoshou shattered space with a bare-handed punch, overwhelming Duo'er and driving her into madness with his pressure. When her Blackheart Parasites swarmed the arena, he devoured the entire army with Great Feast, leaving Duo'er defeated and the threat suddenly gone.

• Xu Xiaoshou put away Hidden Pain and used one punch to fracture space, carving through Duo'er's Blackheart Parasite army and forcing her back.
• Duo'er hesitated to attack again, while Xu Xiaoshou taunted her and demanded that she respond.
• Xu Xiaoshou's Swallowing Mountains and Rivers magnified Duo'er's fear until she collapsed and went mad, sending her remaining Blackheart Parasites scattering.
• Xu Xiaoshou stopped himself from punching the parasites and used Great Feast to swallow the entire swarm, then burped as the energy filled him.

Rao Yaoyao and Night Owl suspected Mu Xiaogong might possess the Supreme Life Demon Body, then Rao Yaoyao linked that possibility to Jiang Xian’s reaction and a chain of events involving Ba Zunan, Void Island, and White Cavern. She ended the chapter praying her deductions were wrong while ordering Yi to investigate Mu Xiaogong.

• Rao Yaoyao and Night Owl reviewed Xu Xiaoshou’s abilities and Mu Xiaogong’s life-force-devouring power, and Night Owl identified Mu Xiaogong as having a Saint Body.
• Yi named the Supreme Life Demon Body as one possible constitution, prompting Rao Yaoyao to recall the Lei family tragedy and question whether Mu Xiaogong could possess it.
• Rao Yaoyao ordered Yi to investigate Mu Xiaogong discreetly, then reviewed Jiang Xian’s reaction to Mu Xiaogong’s technique and noticed that he had withdrawn from the battle before Xu Xiaoshou appeared.
• Rao Yaoyao connected Mu Xiaogong, the Lei family, and Jiang Xian to a broader chain involving Xu Xiaoshou, Ba Zunan, White Cavern, and Void Island.
• Rao Yaoyao concluded that Ba Zunan may have gained something unseen in White Cavern and prayed that Mu Xiaogong was not the Supreme Life Demon Body.

Xu Xiaoshou battled the Blackheart Mother Parasite that erupted from Duo'er, then used Soul Reading and drew the wrath of Half-Saint Zang Ren. As Zang Ren threatened his soul, the Canon of Sword Observation manifested Ba Zunan, who confronted the Half-Saint.

• Xu Xiaoshou approached the unconscious Duo'er for her Trial Jade Pendant, but a gigantic Blackheart Mother Parasite burst from her body.
• Jiang Xian and his surviving companions tried to flee, but Xu Xiaoshou's spiritual array trapped them, and Xiao Jing's Little Xu Gang forced them to stay.
• The Blackheart Mother Parasite ambushed Xu Xiaoshou, wounded his forearms, and evaded his sword aura, but he endured its attacks and countered with Soul Reading.
• Xu Xiaoshou's Soul Reading revealed Duo'er's history and brought him face-to-face with Half-Saint Zang Ren, who attacked his will and soul.
• The uncle's Sword Thought, Elder Sang's saintly image, and other divine objects within Xu Xiaoshou responded, while the Canon of Sword Observation manifested Ba Zunan.
• Ba Zunan faced Zang Ren and declared that those who tested his sword would find death, not life.

Half-Saint Zang Ren discovered that several powerful figures had left contingencies protecting the youth his successor Duo'er had provoked, forcing him to consider joining the schemes surrounding the boy. The chapter then introduced Half-Moon Residence and its leaders, Hei Yezi and Bai Yezi, who received a message from Storyteller Xin.

• Zang Ren sensed that his attempt to erase the youth's will had alarmed the contingencies of numerous Half-Saints and other powerful figures.
• Zang Ren recognized the auras of Emberlight Half-Saint, Ancestor Jinzhao, and Ba Zunan, and realized how dangerous the youth was to touch.
• Zang Ren decided he could not avoid the karmic ties and weighed whether to align with the Holy Spirit Hall or Saint Slave.
• The chapter described the Southern Domain's Half-Moon Bay, where Half-Moon Residence sheltered wanted criminals in exchange for intelligence.
• Hei Yezi and Bai Yezi reclined among the beauties of the Flower-Grass Pavilion until Bai Yezi's jade bracelet stirred with a message from Storyteller Xin.

Storyteller contacted Hei Yezi and Bai Yezi with a message from Ba Zunan, who tasked them with helping Xu Xiaoshou confront a Demisaint from the Blackheart Fruit Clan. The sisters accepted the mission and decided to study Xu Xiaoshou’s intelligence before acting.

• Hei Yezi cleared the Thirteen Beauties from Flower-Grass Pavilion, and Bai Yezi activated its protective spiritual array before contacting Storyteller.
• Storyteller gave the sisters Ba Zunan’s old farewell words, and they replied with emotion after decades of separation from their fellow Saint Slave members.
• Hei Yezi confirmed Storyteller’s identity, and Storyteller explained that Xu Xiaoshou had been designated Ba Zunan’s successor despite also being the strange old man’s disciple.
• Storyteller revealed that Xu Xiaoshou had provoked a Demisaint in the Yunlun Mountain Range and that Ba Zunan wanted the sisters to recruit or kill the man from the Blackheart Fruit Clan.
• Storyteller instructed the sisters to use the Eight-Character Order to intimidate the Demisaint, possibly by pretending a Saint Emperor stood behind them.
• After Storyteller ended the call, Hei Yezi and Bai Yezi agreed to obtain Xu Xiaoshou’s intelligence and study his past successes before deciding what to do.

Xu Xiaoshou used Soul Reading on the Blackheart Mother Parasite, then killed it with his reshaped Inch-Realm Force Field despite his mental weakness. After eliminating Duo'er and receiving the Space Source Stone, he sensed a hidden watcher depart and turned to face Jiang Xian.

• Xu Xiaoshou ended Soul Reading as the Blackheart Mother Parasite lunged at him, then used Inch-Realm Force Field to hold it back while he recovered.
• The Blackheart Mother Parasite regained consciousness and raised a leg blade charged with Saint Power, but Xu Xiaoshou compressed his domain into an invisible sword and severed the monster.
• Xu Xiaoshou expanded the domain and cut the Blackheart Mother Parasite into powder, then reassured his companions that he was fine.
• Xu Xiaoshou took Duo'er's Trial Jade Pendant and eliminated her, then accepted the Space Source Stone from Xiao Wanfeng and thanked Su Qianqian.
• Xu Xiaoshou sensed a hidden observer leave a distant mountain and, after dismissing the others, greeted Jiang Xian.

Xu Xiaoshou confronted Jiang Xian over the assassins sent against him, forcing Jiang Xian to choose between admitting guilt and abandoning his clansmen. After undermining Jiang Xian and recovering the Lightning Source Stone from Nangong Jiner, Xu Xiaoshou promised to protect her for the rest of the Royal City Trial.

• Xu Xiaoshou told Jiang Xian that captured assassins had identified themselves as members of the Jiang Clan and offered him a chance to retrieve the surviving captive.
• Jiang Xian refused to acknowledge the assassins, and Xu Xiaoshou warned that Jiang Tai and Jiang Yu could become obstacles to Jiang Xian’s future cultivation.
• Xu Xiaoshou’s followers taunted Jiang Xian as Xu Xiaoshou revealed that the trial map placed the Lightning Source Stone at their location.
• Nangong Jiner stepped forward with the Lightning Source Stone, explaining that she had found it in a crack between rocks.
• Xu Xiaoshou took the Lightning Source Stone and brought Nangong Jiner behind him, promising to protect her for the rest of the Royal City Trial.

Rao Yaoyao questioned Wang Big Hammer about a disguised space expert and Mu Xiaogong’s physique. The chapter ended with Wang Big Hammer confirming that Mu Xiaogong could be the Supreme Life Demon Body in disguise, with the possibility ranging from zero to one hundred percent.

• Rao Yaoyao showed Wang Big Hammer the disguised space expert’s image, and they discussed how Young Master Xu had taken the Space Source Stone.
• Wang Big Hammer identified Mu Xiaogong as having a mutated Life-Swallowing Wood Body that could evolve into several dangerous physiques.
• Wang Big Hammer revealed details about the Lei family’s Supreme Life Demon Body, prompting Rao Yaoyao to stop him and the others to bargain for favors in exchange for their silence.
• Rao Yaoyao asked about Mu Xiaogong’s mutation, and Wang Big Hammer said it could rarely lead to the Supreme Life Demon Body before joking that this outcome was nearly impossible.
• Night Owl proposed that Mu Xiaogong might actually be the Supreme Life Demon Body sealed into a spirit body and disguised as a Life-Swallowing Wood Body.
• Wang Big Hammer confirmed that Night Owl’s theory was possible and said its probability could be zero or one hundred percent.

Rao Yaoyao shifted her attention from the juniors to the Void Island Rift and chose Yu Zhiwen to preside over the Royal City Trial while she prepared to move into the shadows. At Xu Xiaoshou’s camp, Mu Zixi argued over leadership of the Xu Gang, and his violently twitching right eyelid warned of trouble as a blind man and a girl in purple arrived.

• Rao Yaoyao dismissed Yi, Night Owl, and Wang Big Hammer, then ordered Teng Shanhai to watch for Xu Xiaoshou and intercept anything emerging from the Void Island Rift.
• Rao Yaoyao arranged for Yu Zhiwen to take charge of the main battlefield and sent Lan Ling to the Royal City Branch of the Holy Spirit Hall.
• Xu Xiaoshou reflected on his recovered companions, his decision to release Jiang Xian, and his plans to avoid the central conflict around the Void Island Rift.
• Mu Zixi demanded that Xu Xiaoshou give her the Xu Gang leader’s position, but he refused because he feared her abilities would draw dangerous attention.
• Liu Changqing told Xu Xiaoshou that a blind man and a girl in purple wanted to see him, and Xu Xiaoshou’s right eyelid began twitching violently.

Xu Xiaoshou met with Lei Shuangxing and Luo Leilei, who came to deliver a ring and seek his help in the Royal City Trial. He staged an angry confrontation over a supposed past grievance, took the ring, and let them leave, while Mu Zixi ran off and Lei Shuangxing smiled at the sound of her footsteps.

• Xu Xiaoshou sent Liu Changqing to secretly protect Mu Zixi and bring Lei Shuangxing and Luo Leilei into his tent.
• Lei Shuangxing smiled after hearing Mu Zixi run off, and Luo Leilei offered to keep the girl there for him, but he declined.
• Luo Leilei introduced herself and Lei Shuangxing as Zhang Xingxing and Zhang Xingchen, then offered Xu Xiaoshou a ring and asked for help earning trial points.
• Xu Xiaoshou accused Zhang Xingchen of beating up his cousin Xu Xinxiong and demanded an apology, prompting Lei Shuangxing to leave without agreeing.
• Xu Xiaoshou took the ring and let Lei Shuangxing and Luo Leilei pass through the Xu Gang's encirclement.

Xu Xiaoshou discovered that Lei Shuangxing and Luo Leilei had delivered two talismans from Storyteller, then grew alarmed when Liu Changqing and Mu Zixi failed to respond to his signals. As the Nine Dragon Veins opened and the Xu Gang demanded to march, Xu Xiaoshou ordered everyone to rest until dawn.

• Xu Xiaoshou examined the Communication and Death talismans Storyteller had sent and decided to keep them hidden unless necessary.
• Xu Xiaoshou tried to contact Liu Changqing and Mu Zixi with their Heavenly Secret Stones, but neither responded within ten breaths.
• Xiao Wanfeng offered Xu Xiaoshou tea and asked whether he could help; Xu Xiaoshou reassured him and told him not to belittle himself.
• The Trial Jade Pendant announced the opening of the Nine Dragon Veins and the rewards for Dragon Lords, Dragon Guards, and the Lord of Nine Dragons.
• The Xu Gang rushed to Xu Xiaoshou's tent to request a march, but Xu Xiaoshou ordered everyone to keep resting and set out at dawn.

Xu Xiaoshou prepared Xu Xiaoji to impersonate Young Master Xu while he dealt with his junior sister’s situation, then discovered Greed God had mutated after entering the Broken Tower and devouring the Three Aversions Eye. He rushed to check whether the cat had also eaten the Bodhi Tree Root and Blood Tree Yin Branch.

• Xu Xiaoshou possessed his painted body in the Origin Mansion and instructed Xu Xiaoji to impersonate Young Master Xu, follow Xin Gugu’s guidance, and contact him through a painted body stored in a ring if needed.
• Xu Xiaoji warned Xu Xiaoshou that Greed God had grown enormously, entered the Broken Tower, and even swallowed chaotic mist before recovering.
• Xu Xiaoshou summoned Greed God and discovered that one of its eyes had become the Three Aversions Eye, which the cat had swallowed from the Broken Tower.
• Xu Xiaoshou searched the Broken Tower and found that its spiritual medicines were mostly gone, then hurried to check whether Greed God had eaten the Bodhi Tree Root and Blood Tree Yin Branch.

Xu Xiaoshou prepared Greed God to help him, then searched for his missing Little Junior Sister and deduced that a powerful enemy had lured her into a nearby domain. He found the hidden domain above the Xu Gang camp and drew the Yousi Sword, ready to attack whoever had taken her.

• Xu Xiaoshou scolded Greed God for damaging the ancestral trees, then decided he might take it outside and ordered it to drain enemies and lock them down when needed.
• Xu Xiaoji swapped into Xu Xiaoshou's form at the Xu Gang camp, then retreated into the tent after the drunken men outside frightened him.
• Xu Xiaoshou left the camp and reasoned that the trial officers had likely taken Mu Zixi to investigate her unusual abilities.
• Xu Xiaoshou ruled out other suspects and concluded that a powerful enemy had used an illusion, trap, or soul technique to bypass Liu Changqing and conceal Mu Zixi nearby.
• Xu Xiaoshou used the Space Source Stone to spot a hidden domain above the Xu Gang camp, then drew the Yousi Sword and vowed to kill whoever had taken his Little Junior Sister.

Mu Zixi encountered Aberrant, who used mental techniques and Xu Xiaoshou’s appearance to question her, but she repeatedly resisted his control. When Aberrant changed into Sang Qiye’s appearance, Mu Zixi recognized him, and he seized her shoulders and demanded to know how.

• Mu Zixi noticed two unfamiliar people near the Xu Gang camp, then spotted a figure on a hill who looked and sounded like Xu Xiaoshou.
• Aberrant revealed that he had used Phantom Transformation and mental manipulation to question Mu Zixi, but she broke free of his control.
• Mu Zixi tried to stall and asked Aberrant to stop using Xu Xiaoshou’s voice, then learned that he was a Void-realm trial officer.
• Aberrant changed into Sang Qiye’s appearance, and Mu Zixi reacted with recognition.
• Aberrant grabbed Mu Zixi’s shoulders and demanded to know whether she recognized him.

Aberrant interrogated Mu Zixi about her encounter with the Saint Slave, but her confused answers and accidental absorption of his spiritual energy left him with no useful information. He abandoned the questioning and told her to report the encounter honestly to Young Master Xu.

• Aberrant impersonated Elder Sang and pressured Mu Zixi to explain where she had met him.
• Mu Zixi said Elder Sang had tried to take her as a disciple in a forest, but she could not explain how he had left or how she had escaped.
• Mu Zixi recalled that Young Master Xu had protected her and repeated his words, “Good grief! You dared lay hands on my people?”
• Aberrant lost his temper at Mu Zixi’s confused idioms, then probed her with spiritual energy, which she absorbed and burped out.
• Aberrant gave up and started to leave, but when Mu Zixi offered to invent an excuse for him, he ordered her to tell Young Master Xu everything honestly.

Yi recognized Mu Zixi as Sang Qiye’s disciple and nearly killed her, but Ancestor Wuji emerged through Liu Changqing’s body to confront him. As Mu Zixi slipped toward death, she saw Xu Xiaoshou arrive too late and remembered their first meeting.

• Yi connected Mu Zixi’s Life-Swallowing Wood Body to Sang Qiye’s dossier and attacked her after realizing she had concealed her identity.
• Yi smashed Mu Zixi into the ground, leaving her gravely injured as a seductive voice urged her to sleep.
• Mu Zixi cried out for Xu Xiaoshou, and Ancestor Wuji revealed himself through Liu Changqing’s body and challenged Yi.
• Yi recognized Xuan Wuji and pieced together that Xu Xiaoshou, Mu Zixi, and the escaped Ghost Beast were connected.
• Mu Zixi collapsed and saw Xu Xiaoshou in the sky before darkness overtook her and her memories ended with their first exchange: “Hello! Goodbye!”