Chapter Summaries

The demonic sword Myriad Weapons Devil Lord destroyed Ai Cangsheng’s arrow after weakening it through repeated clashes, but Rao Yaoyao revealed that Holy Mountain had another move prepared. Dao Qiongchang used the arrow’s remnants to raise the Ten Epoch Holy Spirit Formation across the Yunlun Mountain Range and East Heavenly King City, leaving the onlookers overwhelmed and enlightened.

• Myriad Weapons Devil Lord clashed with the Evil Sin Bow’s arrow, growing stronger each time until it split the arrow apart before it could hit the Saint Emperor Dragon Scale.
• Rao Yaoyao explained the demonic sword’s ability to devour a weapon’s essence, qi, and spirit, then argued that Holy Mountain had not yet lost because Dao Qiongchang could calculate Heavenly Secrets.
• A One-Character Rune emerged from the shattered arrow, and Yu Zhiwen, Situ Yongen, and Xu Xiaoshou sensed its appearance from afar.
• Xu Xiaoshou recognized that Textile Mastery had given him a foundational understanding of the Great Dao, allowing him to see the laws stirred by the rune.
• Dao Qiongchang expanded the rune into the Ten Epoch Holy Spirit Formation in three breaths, sealing the area around the Yunlun Mountain Range and East Heavenly King City and drawing the cultivators there into enlightenment.
• Rao Yaoyao recognized the completed formation and realized that Dao Qiongchang had become terrifyingly powerful.

Dao Qiongchang used the Ten Epoch Holy Spirit Formation to bind Myriad Weapons Devil Lord, whose call drove countless swordsmen to rush toward it. Xu Xiaoshou resisted the demon sword’s temptation with help from his swords, while the formation punished Myriad Weapons Devil Lord and left it dimmed.

• Dao Qiongchang activated the Ten Epoch Holy Spirit Formation, shielding nearby cultivators while attacking the Saint Emperor Dragon Scale and Myriad Weapons Devil Lord.
• Myriad Weapons Devil Lord clashed with the formation’s sealing chains but was eventually bound, then called to swordsmen to become its wielder.
• Yousi Sword, Yanmang, and Hidden Pain spoke through Xu Xiaoshou’s soul and rejected the demon sword’s summons.
• Xu Xiaoshou realized Hidden Pain’s intelligence might have grown through fame nourishment, like Ba Zunan’s sword Qingju.
• Countless swordsmen flew toward Myriad Weapons Devil Lord, and Dao Qiongchang struck it with the formation, leaving the demon sword dull and dim.

Rao Yaoyao used the fortune power of the Xuancang Divine Sword to destroy the Demon Emperor Black Dragon’s influence over the Spirit Refiners, but the Fortune Golden Dragon did not return to the sword afterward. She realized that nearly one-tenth of Holy Spirit Hall’s fortune power had vanished.

• Dao Qiongchang subdued the Eastern Region sword cultivators and sealed the Demon Sword Myriad Weapons Devil Lord, but the Saint Emperor Dragon Scale’s heartbeat stopped and black demonic qi erupted.
• The black dragon power contaminated the Ten Epoch Holy Spirit Formation and plunged the surrounding hundred thousand li into a Dark World that demonized people and nature.
• Rao Yaoyao tried to counter the demonic influence with her Red Dust Sword, but the Saint Emperor-level power overwhelmed her and wounded her.
• Rao Yaoyao summoned the Xuancang Divine Sword’s Fortune Golden Dragon and used the Emotionless Sword to purge the Spirit Refiners’ souls and restore the formation’s light.
• Rao Yaoyao’s success strengthened her Dao Heart and broke her bottleneck, but she and Dao Qiongchang discovered that the Fortune Golden Dragon had not returned to Xuancang.

The Demon Emperor Black Dragon devoured Holy Spirit Hall’s Fortune Golden Dragon and manifested from its Saint Emperor remnant thought, while Dao Qiongchang revealed how the elaborate scheme had unfolded. Their confrontation began when the Black Dragon raised Myriad Weapons Devil Lord to strike, but Dao Qiongchang wagered it would not dare bring the sword down.

• The Demon Emperor Black Dragon emerged from the Saint Emperor Dragon Scale and revealed that it had devoured the Fortune Golden Dragon, leaving Rao Yaoyao furious and Dao Qiongchang wary.
• Rao Yaoyao nearly attacked the Black Dragon’s illusory image of the struggling Fortune Golden Dragon, but Dao Qiongchang stopped her and explained that the dragon had already been consumed.
• The Black Dragon manifested as a black-armored man, and Dao Qiongchang deduced how it and its allies had manipulated the Red Robes, Ai Cangsheng, and Rao Yaoyao to hatch the remnant thought.
• Dao Qiongchang taunted the Black Dragon and called for Ba Zunan, provoking it to break Myriad Weapons Devil Lord free and prepare to strike.
• Dao Qiongchang produced a bear’s heart and a leopard’s gallbladder, then wagered that the Black Dragon would not bring its sword down.

Dao Qiongchang destroyed the Demon Emperor Black Dragon’s remnant body and the Saint Emperor Dragon Scale with Saint-Slaying Light, but the remnant will survived inside the demonic sword and unleashed a colossal Black Dragon phantom. As the dragon threatened the Eastern Heaven Realm, Dao Qiongchang realized Ba Zunan had anticipated his moves, while Huangquan and his companions waited for an opportunity connected to the Saint-Sealing Dao Foundation.

• Dao Qiongchang deduced that the Demon Emperor Black Dragon was stalling and used Saint-Slaying Light to annihilate its body and the Saint Emperor Dragon Scale.
• The Demon Emperor Black Dragon’s remnant will revealed that it had survived inside Myriad Weapons Devil Lord, following Ba Zunan’s warning about Dao Qiongchang’s attack.
• The remnant will forced the demonic sword through the Ten Epoch Holy Spirit Formation and manifested a colossal Black Dragon phantom over the Eastern Heaven Realm.
• Qiao Qianzhi saw the dragon looming over the sky and feared that Ye Xiaotian would also be caught in the unfolding disaster.
• Huangquan told Other Shore Flower and Nine Nether Ghost Infant that they were waiting for an opportunity to claim the Saint-Sealing Dao Foundation, then advised them to wait like fishermen.
• Dao Qiongchang realized he had fallen into Ba Zunan’s calculations as the Black Dragon phantom began to release a blazing black pearl from its mouth.

Dao Qiongchang tried to destroy Demon Emperor Black Dragon’s Dragon Pearl while stopping its remnant will from escaping, but Ba Zunan’s hidden ritual consumed the remnant and used the pearl to broadcast his claim that the Saint-Sealing Dao Foundation existed. Ba Zunan announced that he was in Sky City and invited spirit refiners seeking sainthood to find him.

• Demon Emperor Black Dragon spat out a Dragon Pearl containing its Holy Emperor power, then shrank and fled, hoping to escape Void Island’s restrictions.
• Dao Qiongchang sent nine Evil Sin Bow arrows after Black Dragon’s remnant will and flew toward the Dragon Pearl, intending to sacrifice his holy will incarnation to destroy it.
• The arrows struck Black Dragon, but Ba Zunan’s contract ritual in the Dragon Pearl summoned and consumed its remnant will before the arrows could finish it.
• The Dragon Pearl cracked as Dao Qiongchang approached, and Ba Zunan’s voice announced across the Five Domains that the Saint-Sealing Dao Foundation existed and that he was in Sky City.
• Ba Zunan offered the Myriad Weapons Devil Lord, Saint Source Crystal, and other treasures, then called spirit refiners seeking to become saints to find him.

Ba Zunan announced across the Five Domains that the Saint-Sealing Dao Foundation existed and invited spirit refiners to Sky City, confirming that the Eighth Sword Immortal had returned. In Moon-Joining Immortal City, Xiuyuan Ke urged Xiao Kongtong to teach him Sword Thought, but Xiao Kongtong said he still needed Ba Zunan’s permission.

• Ba Zunan’s voice reached the Five Domains, revealing the Saint-Sealing Dao Foundation and declaring that he was in Sky City.
• Dao Qiongchang realized Ba Zunan’s scheme had succeeded and reflected on the choices that had led to the message spreading.
• Sword cultivators across the Eastern Region argued over Ba Zunan’s return and the rival reputations of the Sword Immortals.
• Xiuyuan Ke hurried into Moon-Joining Immortal City’s Hidden Sword City courtyard and announced that their Teacher had returned, while the others stayed composed.
• Xiao Kongtong arrived and confirmed that Ba Zunan had never fallen, then told Xiuyuan Ke that he could teach him Sword Thought only with their Teacher’s permission.

Xiao Kongtong explained why he had not challenged the Seven Sword Immortal and sent Xiuyuan Ke to East Heavenly King City to aid Ba Zunan. At the Burial Sword Tomb, a broken sword mourned Ba Zunan’s return while remaining trapped in the Sword-Washing Pool.

• Xiao Kongtong’s companions urged him to challenge the Seven Sword Immortal, but he said a premature victory could endanger ancient sword cultivation by drawing young cultivators into hopeless challenges.
• Xiao Kongtong gave Xiuyuan Ke a small axe and ordered him to go to East Heavenly King City in disguise, promising he might meet Ba Zunan and learn from him.
• Ba Zunan’s voice stirred the Burial Sword Tomb, where a broken sword in the Sword-Washing Pool began to tremble and cry.
• A white-robed man mocked the broken sword for waiting for Dugu and warned that it might never leave the pool or return to its master.
• The broken sword unleashed brilliant sword light that pierced the Tomb’s barrier, but it remained trapped as its mournful cries filled the darkness.

Aunt Xiang urged Shen Yi to remain in Crossroads Corner, but he planned to find the Inverted Buddha Pagoda, become a Saint, and escape with her. Meanwhile, Ba Zunan’s announcement drew forces across the Five Domains toward the Yunlun Mountain Range, where he unleashed a vast storm of treasures and left the cultivators scrambling as his mocking chant echoed over them.

• Aunt Xiang visited Shen Yi in the East Street Coliseum and worried that Ba Zunan’s voice meant Shen Yi would have to leave Crossroads Corner.
• Shen Yi told Aunt Xiang he had clues to the Inverted Buddha Pagoda and intended to become a Saint there before escaping with her.
• The Holy Palace and secret organizations mobilized after Ba Zunan’s announcement drew attention to East Heavenly King City and the Yunlun Mountain Range.
• Ba Zunan and Storyteller left the spatial rift, and Ba Zunan caused the sky over the Yunlun Mountain Range to fracture and release countless treasures imbued with Holy Emperor power.
• Rao Yaoyao watched the Red Robes’ formation break as cultivators rushed to seize the treasures, then heard Ba Zunan’s ethereal chant mocking the gathering.

After the battle among the Saints, Xu Xiaoshou sent the Xu Gang to search for treasures under the Red Robes’ new trial task. Ye Xiaotian connected Ba Zunan’s mention of the Saint Source Crystal to Elder Sang’s letter, and a glowing crystal flew toward him as other trial participants chased it.

• Xu Xiaoshou listened as Li Yan explained his devotion to the Eighth Sword Immortal, then encouraged him to keep believing.
• The Trial Jade Pendant assigned participants to find treasures containing holy power, offering one hundred million points for the Saint Source Crystal or Demon Sword: Myriad Weapons Devil Lord.
• Xu Xiaoshou ordered the Xu Gang to search for treasures and bring their finds to him before the law enforcers could intervene.
• Ye Xiaotian realized Elder Sang’s letter had named the Saint Source Crystal and resolved to fulfill his final request despite having no clues to its location.
• A hexagonal crystal glowing with holy light flew toward Ye Xiaotian as pursuing participants shouted for him to stop it.

Ye Xiaotian, posing as Zhou Shen, revealed the Saint Source Crystal’s power to Lei Zhou’s group and defeated their attack with Spatial Slicing. After the survivors fled, a golden-robed masked man appeared and questioned why Ye Xiaotian had spared them, claiming he had preserved all their lives.

• Ye Xiaotian caught a hexagonal crystal and introduced himself to Lei Zhou’s group as Zhou Shen.
• Ye Xiaotian identified the crystal as a Saint Source Crystal and demonstrated its holy radiance, which helped Wu Guan break through to the Yin-Yang realm.
• Lei Zhou led his brothers in an attack to seize the crystal, but Ye Xiaotian evaded their techniques and used Spatial Slicing to kill Lei Zhou.
• Ye Xiaotian gave the others ten breaths to flee, then called for the hidden faceless man to reveal himself.
• A golden-robed man wearing a Yama Mask emerged with two guards, slowed time, and made the fleeing group vanish before telling Ye Xiaotian he had spared them all, including Lei Zhou.

Xu Xiaoshou secured a fourth Sacred Power treasure as Mu Xiaogong and realized the treasures were guiding him toward the Ninth Dragon Vein. After sending the Xu Gang back to defend the Fourth Dragon Vein, he considered letting Lei Xier leave the Origin Mansion and proposed a condition for her safety.

• Mu Xiaogong seized the fourth Sacred Power treasure, and Xu Xiaoshou suspected Ba Zunan was guiding him toward the Ninth Dragon Vein.
• Xu Xiaoshou gave Li Yan the Dragon Lord Banner and ordered the Xu Gang to return to defend the Fourth Dragon Vein.
• Xu Xiaoshou entered the Origin Mansion and found Lei Xier tending its spiritual plants.
• Lei Xier insisted that Xu Xiaoshou let her leave the Origin Mansion, and he recognized that keeping her there denied her freedom.
• Xu Xiaoshou devised a plan for Lei Xier to join him outside and agreed to let her leave if she accepted one condition.

Xu Xiaoshou prepared to leave the Origin Mansion with Lei Xier and Greed God, while Lei Xier confronted the history of the Lei Clan Eyes and resolved to pursue Yama. The chapter ended with Xu Xiaoshou heading toward the Ninth Dragon Vein and Lei Xier following him out of the Origin Mansion.

• Xu Xiaoshou told Lei Xier that he would lead their actions during the Royal City Trial, and Lei Xier said she might leave First Pavilion Under Heaven afterward to handle her own affairs.
• Xu Xiaoshou agreed to take Greed God outside and discovered that the cat could control the Three Aversions Eye it had swallowed.
• Xu Xiaoshou explained how he had obtained the Heaven-Knowing Eye and the Three Aversions Eye, and Lei Xier asked him to return the Heaven-Knowing Eye.
• Lei Xier accepted the Heaven-Knowing Eye and mourned her Uncle Tian before resolving to leave the Origin Mansion and act against Yama.
• Xu Xiaoshou exchanged places with his portrait incarnation, returned to his real appearance, and headed toward the Ninth Dragon Vein with Greed God.
• Lei Xier briefly lost her composure after Xu Xiaoshou left, then entered the spatial passage when he called for her.

Xu Xiaoshou and Lei Xier traveled openly toward the Ninth Dragon Vein and intercepted a second-grade spirit tower, then discovered that its pursuer, enforcer Wang Chao, recognized Xu Xiaoshou as Saint Slave Xu. After Lei Xier and Greed God subdued Wang Chao, Xu Xiaoshou began using Soul Reading to question him about the enforcers nearby.

• Xu Xiaoshou explained that he and Lei Xier did not need Trial Jade Pendants and flew openly toward the Ninth Dragon Vein to test his theory that going without them would not attract enforcers.
• A black nine-story spirit tower burst from the ground, and Xu Xiaoshou caught it before Wang Chao emerged and identified himself as an enforcer.
• Wang Chao demanded to see their Trial Jade Pendants, but he recognized Xu Xiaoshou as Saint Slave Xu before he could activate his combat communicator.
• Lei Xier used her God-Devil Pupils to control Wang Chao, and Xu Xiaoshou directed Greed God to control him with the Mind-Turning Pupil.
• Greed God revealed that Wang Chao carried a one-way combat communicator and that enforcers, including Cutting Path experts and Sovereigns, were nearby; Xu Xiaoshou then used Soul Reading.

Xu Xiaoshou used Greed God's Three Aversions Eye to read Wang Chao’s memories, erase his memory of their encounter, and steal his Red Robes communicator. After learning that a suspected stowaway had been spotted near the Ninth Dragon Vein, Xu Xiaoshou disguised himself as Wang Chao and headed to the assembly point, where he greeted Captain Mu Rong Ying.

• Lei Xier and Greed God subdued Wang Chao, allowing Xu Xiaoshou to read his memories and learn about the Cloud Realm array, Trial Jade Pendants, and the Red Robes squad near the Ninth Dragon Vein.
• Greed God erased Wang Chao’s memory of them, and Xu Xiaoshou took his communicator rather than killing him.
• Xu Xiaoshou told Lei Xier what he had learned and explained that he was using Soul Reading; she agreed to accompany him on the journey.
• The communicator announced suspected stowaway activity near the Ninth Dragon Vein, so Xu Xiaoshou disguised himself as Wang Chao and sent Lei Xier ahead on foot.
• Xu Xiaoshou prepared portrait-clone backups of Ba Zunan and Shouye, then reached the assembly point and greeted Captain Mu Rong Ying while disguised as Wang Chao.

Xu Xiaoshou infiltrated Mu Rong Ying’s team and used Perception to look inside a powerful domain, where he discovered Ye Xiaotian fighting Huangquan. As Huangquan overpowered Ye Xiaotian and prepared to recruit him into Yama, Xu Xiaoshou tried to spur Mu Rong Ying into action by shouting that Ba Zunan had appeared.

• Xu Xiaoshou disguised himself as Wang Chao and learned from Mu Rong Ying that two powerful stowaways were trapped inside a domain while the team waited for reinforcements.
• Xu Xiaoshou compressed his Perception until it pierced the domain, revealing Ye Xiaotian battling Huangquan alongside Nine Nether Ghost Infant and Other Shore Flower.
• Ye Xiaotian used spatial profundity and Heaven-Bending Hand against Huangquan, but Huangquan’s time-space power turned Ye Xiaotian’s attack back on him and left him near death.
• Huangquan invited Ye Xiaotian to join Yama and lectured Nine Nether Ghost Infant and Other Shore Flower about the need to master profundity through combat.
• Xu Xiaoshou urged Mu Rong Ying to act, then pointed into the distance and yelled that Ba Zunan was there.

Xu Xiaoshou used Ba Zunan’s portrait incarnation to bluff Huangquan while Mu Rong Ying raised the highest alert. Huangquan released Ye Xiaotian and withdrew with Yama, leaving Ba Zunan owing him a favor.

• Xu Xiaoshou controlled Ba Zunan’s portrait incarnation to startle Mu Rong Ying and convince Huangquan that Ba Zunan had seen through Ye Xiaotian’s Domain.
• Huangquan recognized the portrait as a consciousness incarnation, while Mu Rong Ying activated the highest danger alert and summoned nearby law enforcers.
• Ye Xiaotian dismissed his Domain and tried to escape, but Huangquan froze him in place and asked Ba Zunan whether he wanted Ye Xiaotian.
• Xu Xiaoshou threatened Huangquan through the portrait, warning that Yama’s members would be in danger if Huangquan refused to give Ba Zunan face.
• Huangquan sent Nine Nether Ghost Infant and Other Shore Flower away through spacetime vortices, then withdrew and told Ba Zunan that he owed him a favor.

Xu Xiaoshou concealed the departures of Ba Zunan, Huangquan, and Ye Xiaotian while Mu Rong Ying’s squad investigated the spatial traces they left behind. When the traces revealed hundreds of possible exits for Ye Xiaotian, Mu Rong Ying proposed pursuing him, and Xu Xiaoshou questioned how they could choose a route.

• Xu Xiaoshou pretended to chase Huangquan, then secretly dispelled Ba Zunan’s portrait incarnation as Ye Xiaotian escaped through a spatial passage.
• Mu Rong Ying assembled the Black Shadow Squad and ordered Zhu Mi'er to record the spatial traces of the three groups’ departures.
• Zhu Mi'er found no trace of Huangquan or Ba Zunan’s departure, and she discovered that Ye Xiaotian’s passage had one entrance and more than three hundred exits.
• Xu Xiaoshou suggested Ye Xiaotian might possess spatial profundity at Great Completion, but Mu Rong Ying dismissed the possibility.
• Mu Rong Ying declared that the squad should wait for reinforcements before pursuing Yama or the Eighth Sword Immortal, but insisted they could not let Ye Xiaotian escape.
• Xu Xiaoshou pointed out that the Chrono-Space Disk showed 362 possible routes and asked Mu Rong Ying how he planned to chase Ye Xiaotian.

Xu Xiaoshou, disguised as Wang Chao, helped Mu Rong Ying trace Ye Xiaotian’s escape route, then was ordered to accompany the captain into spatial turbulence. The chapter ended with Xu Xiaoshou on guard as Mu Rong Ying prepared to reveal a secret.

• Xu Xiaoshou used Wang Chao’s memories and Perception to understand the Chrono-Space Disk’s coordinates and trace Ye Xiaotian’s passage, while realizing the dean might have planted misleading clues.
• Mu Rong Ying found the trail through his own search and ordered Zhu Mi'er and the other law enforcers to stay behind and investigate the area.
• Mu Rong Ying unexpectedly told Wang Chao to come with him, then took him into spatial turbulence using a teleportation array disk.
• Xu Xiaoshou found that spatial turbulence sharpened his understanding of the Way of Space, but a spatial storm showed him how dangerous it was.
• Xu Xiaoshou prepared to defend himself and asked Mu Rong Ying what secret he needed to discuss in the dangerous place.

Xu Xiaoshou persuaded Mu Rong Ying to coordinate their account of the delayed alarm, then arranged with Lei Xier to shadow him while searching for Ye Xiaotian. At Area 42, Shouye investigated the escape and suspected the spatial-attribute smuggler was Ye Xiaotian.

• Xu Xiaoshou realized Mu Rong Ying wanted to conceal their delayed report from Rao Yaoyao, and the two agreed to say they had both been immobilized by spiritual power.
• Xu Xiaoshou left with Mu Rong Ying through a teleportation array disk while his Shouye portrait incarnation told Lei Xier where they were headed and asked her to follow discreetly.
• Lei Xier agreed to help Xu Xiaoshou watch Mu Rong Ying and search for Principal Ye Xiaotian.
• Shouye arrived at Area 42 and questioned Zhu Mi'er about Huangquan, the Eighth Sword Immortal, and the spatial-attribute smuggler who had escaped.
• After studying Zhu Mi'er's description and considering Xu Xiaoshou's possible disguises, Shouye identified Ye Xiaotian as the likely spatial-attribute smuggler.