Chapter Summaries

Xu Xiaoshou, disguised as Huangquan, tried to trade the captured Shouye for the Xuancang Divine Sword, then attempted to escape with Lei Xier and Ye Xiaotian. Situ Yongen arrived with a horde of Cloud Beasts and altered the battlefield, leaving Xu Xiaoshou trapped as Rao Yaoyao charged him and Situ Yongen moved to rescue Shouye.

• Xu Xiaoshou offered Rao Yaoyao the Xuancang Divine Sword in exchange for Shouye, hinting that Shouye held important secrets.
• After Rao Yaoyao received a voice transmission and regained her confidence, Xu Xiaoshou ended the deal and used Time Slow to open a disguised passage to the Origin Mansion World for Lei Xier.
• Thirty-six Cloud Beasts appeared and unleashed a spiritual attack that disrupted Xu Xiaoshou's Time Slow and shattered the passage.
• Lei Xier used the God-Devil Pupils to dispel the spiritual daze affecting Xu Xiaoshou and Ye Xiaotian.
• Situ Yongen arrived with extensive protective gear and a bronze mirror that had summoned the Cloud Beasts, while Rao Yaoyao ordered him to save Shouye and charged Xu Xiaoshou.
• Situ Yongen's arrival changed the spatial environment and blocked Huangquan's escape, leaving Xu Xiaoshou facing Rao Yaoyao's attack while fearing that his disguise would be exposed.

Double Fool and his fellow bounty hunters found Solitary Sound Cliff empty and concluded that the people had been drawn into the inner world of the Heavenly Secrets World. Mu Lin and Bai Lian arrived, followed by a sack-carrying man Bai Lian identified as Ba Zunan, and the two groups ended up hiding together in the Heavenly Dao.

• Double Fool led four bounty hunters to Solitary Sound Cliff, where they found traces of a battle but no people and suspected a passage to Sky City.
• Mu Lin and Bai Lian arrived and identified the disappearance as the work of the inner world of the Heavenly Secrets World.
• Bai Lian revealed his Ash-Illuminating White Flame, prompting the hidden bounty hunters to recognize him as a Holy Palace authority and Mu Lin as Holy Palace No-Brows.
• Mu Lin stopped Bai Lian from interfering and told him to wait for an opportunity, then proposed that they hide as more people arrived.
• Ba Zunan appeared carrying a sack, and Bai Lian and the bounty hunters recognized him as the Eighth Sword Immortal.
• Mu Lin and Bai Lian entered the Heavenly Dao, where they discovered the five bounty hunters hiding and received their tentative greeting.

Bai Lian and Mu Lin concealed themselves in the Heavenly Dao while the scruffy uncle fled into the turbulent spatial currents and came face-to-face with Night Owl. At Solitary Sound Cliff, Gu Qingyi descended into the clouds to investigate, leaving Gu Qing'er alone to boast and practice as nine hidden observers watched.

• Bai Lian agreed to keep out of the way of the stowaways, while the scruffy uncle wondered why the Holy Palace envoys had ignored him and hid in the turbulent spatial currents.
• The scruffy uncle encountered Night Owl in the spatial currents, and they watched each other warily without speaking or moving.
• Gu Qingyi and Gu Qing'er reached Solitary Sound Cliff, where Gu Qingyi recognized traces of the Eighth Sword Immortal's Great Buddha Slash and decided to descend into the clouds.
• Gu Qingyi leaped from the cliff and told Gu Qing'er to wait for him, while the hidden groups watched in astonishment.
• Gu Qing'er searched for watchers, formed an Evil-Exorcising Sword Formation, and practiced alone as his senior brother failed to return.
• Gu Qing'er boasted to the clouds about his Myriad Sword Technique and threatened to make Gu Qingyi copy the Sword Scripture three hundred times, unaware that nine hidden observers watched him.

Gu Qing'er broke through while reveling in his imagined superiority, filling Solitary Sound Cliff with golden swords and beginning to affect the Heavenly Secrets World. As Teng Shanhai moved to stop him, Bai Lian identified Gu Qing'er as a legitimate trial participant and tried to protect his breakthrough.

• Gu Qing'er erupted in laughter and awakened golden sword intent, which let him perceive the Sword Dao and turn the Evil-Exorcising Sword Formation into nine golden swords.
• Gu Qing'er's swords multiplied to 129,600, drawing the Great Dao and surrounding Solitary Sound Cliff with a suppressive golden sea of swords.
• The Gold Medallion Bounty Hunters and Night Owl withdrew, while Mu Lin and Bai Lian worried that Gu Qing'er's breakthrough might affect the Heavenly Secrets World.
• The scruffy uncle realized Gu Qing'er might be breaking through the first realm of the Myriad Sword Technique, as his sword intent spread across hundreds of miles and pinned distant trial participants down.
• Teng Shanhai brought thirteen Void Higher Ones to Solitary Sound Cliff and ordered them to drag out the figure within the golden sea of swords.
• Bai Lian stopped the group and confirmed Gu Qing'er was a legitimate trial participant, but Teng Shanhai suspected the breakthrough was disrupting Rao Yaoyao's battle and charged toward Gu Qing'er.

Bai Lian stopped Teng Shanhai from interfering with Gu Qing'er’s breakthrough, and Mu Lin arrived to ensure the battle’s powers would not disrupt it. Gu Qing'er completed his breakthrough, then mistook the assembled experts for bad people and prepared to attack them.

• Bai Lian trapped Teng Shanhai with World Within the Cauldron and Ash-Illuminating White Flame, then accused him of three crimes against the Holy Palace.
• Teng Shanhai resumed his rush toward the golden sea of swords, but Bai Lian blocked him with Emberglow Gateless and blasted him back with a failed pill condensation.
• Mu Lin appeared with his Nine-Dragon Ancestral Burn Sacred Image and God-Extinguishing Flame, overpowering the gathered Sovereigns and telling Teng Shanhai he could isolate the opposing powers if necessary.
• Gu Qing'er completed his breakthrough, recalled his nine spirit swords, and opened his eyes to find the experts gathered nearby.
• Gu Qing'er mistook the assembled experts for smugglers and drew his swords, while Mu Lin told him they were not bad people.

Xu Xiaoshou, disguised as Huangquan, used Time Dilation and Lei Xier’s God-Devil Pupils to turn the Enforcers’ assault against Rao Yaoyao and Wang Big Hammer, then dismissed the portrait avatars and rescued Shouye. As his power ran out, he ended Time Dilation and challenged the Enforcers to keep fighting.

• Gu Qing'er used Absolute Imperial Rule to pin Teng Shanhai down and shatter the laws of the Heavenly Secrets World’s inner world.
• Xu Xiaoshou used Time Dilation to slow Rao Yaoyao, Wang Big Hammer, Situ Yongen, and the other Enforcers as they moved to rescue Shouye.
• Xu Xiaoshou struck Situ Yongen with Swallowing Mountains and Rivers, shattering his jade pendant but failing to knock him out.
• Lei Xier used Demonic Extremity and Divine Fall to restrain Rao Yaoyao and Wang Big Hammer with the God-Devil Pupils.
• Xu Xiaoshou found a weakness in the Seventy-Two Section Dragon Essence Formation, contacted the portrait avatars, and dismissed Visitor from the Underworld, Hundred Ghosts' Night Parade, and Shouye.
• Xu Xiaoshou ended Time Dilation as his spiritual essence ran low and asked the Enforcers if they still wanted to fight.

Golden sword intent shattered the Heavenly Secrets World and exposed the hidden fighters atop Solitary Sound Cliff, while Xu Xiaoshou hid after Huangquan was crushed by the attack. The swordsman Gu Qing'er mistook the stunned crowd’s attention for ridicule, broke down in shame, and leaped from the cliff.

• Rao Yaoyao and Wang Big Hammer recovered their senses and prepared to attack Xu Xiaoshou, but golden sword intent flooded Solitary Sound Cliff and halted them.
• Absolute Imperial Rule shattered the Heavenly Secrets World, suppressed the fighters, and exposed the people hidden inside; Xu Xiaoshou vanished to conceal his fall as Huangquan.
• Rao Yaoyao recognized the attack as Absolute Imperial Rule and called out Feng Tingchen, but the attacker was Gu Qing'er, who realized the crowd had witnessed his earlier outburst.
• Gu Qing'er panicked and screamed while Rao Yaoyao ordered the Enforcers to capture him, and Wang Big Hammer told him to shut up.
• Gu Qing'er apologized to his master and jumped from Solitary Sound Cliff, disappearing into the clouds below.

Xu Xiaoshou tried to protect Ye Xiaotian as Rao Yaoyao and the trial officers turned on him, while Mu Lin and Bai Lian recognized Ye as a Holy Palace senior. Just as Ye chose to resist Rao Yaoyao’s Red Dust Sword, a powerful girl with a massive cauldron intervened and identified him as her Martial Granduncle.

• Xu Xiaoshou stored the exhausted Lei Xier in the Origin Mansion World and urged Ye Xiaotian to flee.
• Rao Yaoyao stopped Ye Xiaotian’s escape and led the trial officers in pursuit, so Ye trapped them with Near at Hand, Ends of the Earth.
• Mu Lin recognized Ye Xiaotian and prepared to have Bai Lian intervene, but Ye silently refused their help.
• Ye Xiaotian considered surrendering, but Rao Yaoyao attacked with Red Dust Sword, prompting him to prepare to fight.
• A girl carrying a massive cauldron descended between Rao Yaoyao and Ye Xiaotian, declaring that Ye was a Holy Palace senior and her Martial Granduncle.

Xu Xiaoshou disguised himself as Hua Xiang and interrupted Rao Yaoyao’s attack on Ye Xiaotian, while Bai Lian and Mu Lin helped cover the disguise. Ye Xiaotian denied his identity and, when Rao Yaoyao prepared to capture him again, used spatial powers to create chaos and escape.

• Xu Xiaoshou appeared as Hua Xiang and stopped Rao Yaoyao’s Red Dust Sword from striking Ye Xiaotian.
• Mu Lin recognized Dragon-Phoenix Auspiciousness and concluded that Hua Xiang was Xu Xiaoshou, then told Bai Lian to cooperate with him.
• Bai Lian took responsibility for Hua Xiang’s intervention, but Ye Xiaotian insisted that his name was Zhou Shen.
• Xu Xiaoshou apologized to Rao Yaoyao and withdrew, giving Ye Xiaotian time to recover from the Red Dust Heart-Refining.
• Ye Xiaotian used spatial powers to pull five Hunter’s Order assassins, the scruffy uncle, and Night Owl into the open, then teleported six of them onto Solitary Sound Cliff as shields.

Ye Xiaotian shattered the trial officers’ domains and the stowaways scattered, leaving Xu Xiaoshou with Bai Lian and Mu Lin. As a strange water power spread across the area, Golden Foot plunged into Solitary Sound Cliff and Heavenly Spirit Granny was dragged toward its depths.

• Ye Xiaotian used Lord of Myriad Worlds to break over a hundred domains, allowing the stowaways to flee in different directions.
• Teng Shanhai sent the thirteen Demi-Saints after the fleeing assassins while he pursued Ye Xiaotian, and Xu Xiaoshou realized that his disguise had fooled Rao Yaoyao.
• Xu Xiaoshou noticed that he, Bai Lian, and Mu Lin were sweating despite not knowing why, and Mu Lin’s attempt to teleport them failed as the array disk rusted.
• Xu Xiaoshou sensed that water vapor had spread throughout the area, while Golden Foot fled her pursuers toward the sea of clouds at Solitary Sound Cliff.
• The Forbidden Law Barrier struck Golden Foot and swallowed her into the abyss, frightening Heavenly Spirit Granny and the officers pursuing her.
• Heavenly Spirit Granny discovered that ghostly hands had trapped her feet, then a hand of bloody water seized her and dragged her toward the bottom of Solitary Sound Cliff.

A mysterious water-type power trapped Xu Xiaoshou, Mu Lin, Rao Yaoyao, and the others at Solitary Sound Cliff, while several cultivators were dragged into the abyss. Rao Yaoyao briefly broke the restraint with wind, but the hidden force unleashed a colossal tsunami over the Yunlun Mountain Range.

• Heavenly Spirit Granny was dragged into the abyss beneath Solitary Sound Cliff, and Mu Lin recognized that a Forbidden Law Barrier had sealed the area.
• Xu Xiaoshou and the other cultivators found themselves unable to move as an unknown water-type power restrained them and pulled some trial officers toward the cliff.
• Mu Lin told Xu Xiaoshou to call upon the holy name for backup when the crisis became dire.
• Rao Yaoyao drew on the Xuancang Divine Sword to break the restraint briefly with wind, but the water power immobilized everyone again.
• Rao Yaoyao identified the force as water-type profundity power as waves surged from the abyss and formed a towering tsunami above the Yunlun Mountain Range.

A masked wave-rider wielding the Sea-Taming Divine Trident shattered a Demi-Saint’s arrow and used a second wave to sweep everyone at Solitary Sound Cliff into its depths. Xu Xiaoshou waited until the powerful observers were gone, then prepared to escape with Vanishing Art.

• Xu Xiaoji and the Xu Gang watched a colossal tsunami approach the Yunlun Mountain Range, then saw a masked figure on its crest confront Ai Cangsheng’s arrow.
• The wave-rider used the Sea-Taming Divine Trident to shatter the arrow and disperse the tsunami, revealing strength that led Rao Yaoyao to identify the weapon and suspect he was a Saint Slave.
• Xu Xiaoshou recognized that the wave-rider had used the great tsunami as bait before sending a smaller wave to sweep Solitary Sound Cliff.
• The wave-rider’s attacks dragged Teng Shanhai, Ye Xiaotian, Bai Lian, Mu Lin, Rao Yaoyao, and others toward the bottom of Solitary Sound Cliff.
• Xu Xiaoshou held out until the observers were gone, then invoked Vanishing Art.

Xu Xiaoshou survived the destruction of Solitary Sound Cliff but was discovered by the masked man who caused it. The man identified himself as Water Ghost, Saint Slave’s fifth seat, and warned Xu Xiaoshou that a massive bounty had made him a target for powerful assassins.

• Xu Xiaoshou watched the wave devastate Solitary Sound Cliff and spotted the golden-masked man emerging from a puddle with the Saint Emperor Dragon Scale of the Demon Emperor Black Dragon.
• The masked man used the scale and Exile to locate and trap Xu Xiaoshou, then identified himself with a Saint Slave Nine Seats Order and references to Storyteller and Cen Qiaofu.
• Xu Xiaoshou revealed himself after the man threatened to cast the Exiled Land into the depths of Solitary Sound Cliff, and learned that the man was Water Ghost, Saint Slave’s fifth seat.
• Water Ghost showed Xu Xiaoshou a wanted poster and warned that Cutting Path and Cutting Void assassins would pursue him for a bounty that included three chances to seal sainthood and access to the Saint-Washing Pool.

Water Ghost warned Xu Xiaoshou that Night Owl’s enormous bounty made him vulnerable, rejected Xu’s request to kill Night Owl, and relayed Ba Zunan’s apology and offer of a risky stroke of fortune. After Xu refused the offer, Water Ghost feigned a distraction and kicked him toward the sea of clouds below Solitary Sound Cliff.

• Water Ghost warned Xu Xiaoshou that the bounty could turn allies against him and revealed that Night Owl had issued it.
• Xu Xiaoshou asked Water Ghost to kill Night Owl, but Water Ghost refused because doing so would cost him valuable connections and favors.
• Water Ghost explained that Ba Zunan had used Xu Xiaoshou to draw people to Solitary Sound Cliff, apologized on Ba Zunan’s behalf, and said Xu no longer owed Ba Zunan a favor.
• Xu Xiaoshou mocked Water Ghost and displayed Ba Zunan’s Eight-Character Order, provoking Water Ghost before he moved on to Ba Zunan’s offer of a risky stroke of fortune.
• Xu Xiaoshou rejected the offer, and Water Ghost tricked him into looking away before kicking him toward the sea of clouds.

Water Ghost forced Xu Xiaoshou toward Solitary Sound Cliff, but Xu Xiaoshou resisted and was blasted over the edge as the Forbidden Law Barrier activated. At Temple River, Ba Zunan and Storyteller waited for an arrival, and Ba Zunan greeted the newcomer as Mr. Siren.

• Water Ghost used his control over Xu Xiaoshou’s body and the Saint Emperor Dragon Scale to try to make him descend into Solitary Sound Cliff.
• Xu Xiaoshou recognized the Dragon Scale’s influence and kicked Water Ghost, injuring his water body.
• Water Ghost pierced Xu Xiaoshou with Deep Blue and used it to trigger the Forbidden Law Barrier, sending Xu Xiaoshou falling into the clouds below.
• At Temple River, Ba Zunan and Storyteller discussed Xu Xiaoshou’s ordeal while Ba Zunan struggled to fish.
• An elderly man in white arrived, and Ba Zunan greeted him as Mr. Siren.

Ba Zunan persuaded Mei Suren to teach Xu Xiaoshou by using the Sword Dao to provoke him into learning. Mei Suren agreed in exchange for a favor and realized the deal would draw him into Saint Slave’s conflict when he met Xu Xiaoshou on Void Island.

• Mei Suren refused Ba Zunan’s request to teach an unnamed student, then reconsidered when Ba Zunan revealed the student was Xu Xiaoshou.
• Ba Zunan proposed that Mei Suren hit, insult, and humiliate Xu Xiaoshou with the Sword Dao so Xu Xiaoshou would learn it to take revenge.
• Mei Suren questioned why he should help, and Ba Zunan offered to send him into Sky City to find the Saint-Sealing Dao Foundation.
• Mei Suren agreed to help with Xu Xiaoshou in exchange for Ba Zunan owing him a favor.
• Mei Suren learned he would encounter Xu Xiaoshou on Void Island and recognized that the arrangement would place him on Saint Slave’s side.
• Mei Suren declared that his student would not be inferior to You Tu’s disciple and revealed the “Deal!” side of his fan.

Xu Xiaoshou sank into Water Ghost’s deep sea, where enclosing water spheres drained the spiritual essence of those trapped inside. He encountered the dead Mu Rong Ying and the dying Shouye, and the chapter ended with Shouye accepting that he might die there.

• Xu Xiaoshou fell into the deep sea beneath Solitary Sound Cliff, where the Forbidden Law Barrier left him unable to control his descent.
• A water sphere formed around Xu Xiaoshou, shielding him from the pressure while siphoning his spiritual essence downward.
• Xu Xiaoshou discovered Mu Rong Ying’s corpse inside a water sphere and realized the siphoning could drain cultivators to death.
• Xu Xiaoshou found Shouye alive but near death, and the two spoke as their water spheres descended together.
• Shouye told Xu Xiaoshou that their opposing positions no longer mattered and accepted that the deep sea might be where he died.

Xu Xiaoshou tried to keep the dying Shouye alive by using spatial powers to send him pills through their water spheres. He then revealed that Lu Ke was a Ghost Beast Host and that the Moonless Sword Immortal was imprisoned, leaving Shouye’s faith shattered as Xu Xiaoshou plunged onward.

• Xu Xiaoshou offered Shouye low-grade pills and struggled to teleport them through the moving water spheres without breaking them.
• Xu Xiaoshou accidentally swapped one of Shouye’s fingers into his own hand, then successfully sent Shouye many jars of pills despite injuring another finger.
• Shouye tried to return the pills and give up, but Xu Xiaoshou urged him to keep eating and challenged his faith in the Holy Spirit Hall.
• Xu Xiaoshou told Shouye that Lu Ke was a Ghost Beast Host and that the Moonless Sword Immortal was imprisoned in Sacred Mountain Prison.
• Shouye’s faith collapsed, and Xu Xiaoshou left the pills with him before driving his own water sphere rapidly downward.

Gu Qingyi opened a mysterious gate beneath Solitary Sound Cliff and was swallowed by the light inside. Meanwhile, Xu Xiaoshou encountered Golden Foot, who tried to seduce him with a Springheart Pill, but he confidently offered to cure her with herbs.

• Gu Qingyi sensed the force guiding him to a massive gate beneath the sea and suspected it was connected to Sky City.
• Gu Qingyi struck the gate with Yuelian, was pulled into its crack, and vanished in a flash before the gate shut.
• Golden Foot, trapped in a water sphere, spotted Xu Xiaoshou and pretended to be helpless after taking a Springheart Pill.
• Xu Xiaoshou was tempted by Golden Foot but resisted the warnings and offered her herbs to counteract the pill.
• Xu Xiaoshou declared that he was a Sovereign-level alchemist and could cure Golden Foot's pill poison.

Jinzu lured Xu Xiaoshou close and attacked him with the Marrow-Sucking Technique, but he resisted her bewitchment and turned her draining assault against her with the Breathing Method. Jinzu then activated the Marrow-Sucking Heart, whose suction overwhelmed Xu Xiaoshou’s and began draining him instead.

• Jinzu used the Heavenless Book to bewitch Xu Xiaoshou and coax him closer under the pretense of needing help with her pill poison.
• Jinzu moved her water sphere within range and launched the Marrow-Sucking Technique, draining Xu Xiaoshou’s spiritual essence and blood essence as his vitality skills replenished him.
• After realizing Xu Xiaoshou was still in control, Jinzu tried to retreat, but Xu Xiaoshou unleashed the Breathing Method and began draining her life force and energy.
• Jinzu spat blood essence onto a heart-shaped object and activated the Marrow-Sucking Heart, whose suction overpowered Xu Xiaoshou’s Breathing Method and began draining him.