Chapter Summaries

Huangquan found Five Declines of Heaven and Man alive in the deep sea after he survived the Nine-Death Lightning Tribulation, and the two prepared to face Jiang Buyi. Jiang Buyi recognized the Three Aversions Eye behind Five Declines of Heaven and Man’s new mask, while Huangquan hesitated as he tried to lead the attack.

• Huangquan entered the tribulation zone, cut through the lightning with Profound Wound Sword, and found Five Declines of Heaven and Man alive after the tribulation ended.
• Five Declines of Heaven and Man recalled that Sealing-Heaven had defeated him and Meng Po, but he could not remember how he had awakened in the deep sea with his strength restored.
• Five Declines of Heaven and Man washed the blood from his face, put on a new orange mask, and chose to stay and help Huangquan fight Jiang Buyi.
• Five Declines of Heaven and Man spotted Jiang Buyi approaching, and Huangquan drew Profound Wound Sword and Soul Severing to confront him.
• Jiang Buyi recognized the Three Aversions Eye beneath Five Declines of Heaven and Man’s mask and realized it had opened; when Five Declines of Heaven and Man offered to strike first, Huangquan faltered and said he would charge while the other held the line.

Xu Xiaoshou led Jiang Buyi to the Void Gate and used Situ Yongen to expose the Demi-Saint’s pursuit as a plot to seize the Saint Emperor’s position. The chapter ended with Jiang Buyi arriving before Rao Yaoyao and the others just after Situ accused him of planning to silence him.

• Xu Xiaoshou repeatedly teleported away from Jiang Buyi with Situ Yongen, while Jiang Buyi pursued them and planted Half-Saint thought incarnations across the deep sea.
• Situ Yongen warned Xu Xiaoshou that Jiang Buyi could trap them with those incarnations, so Xu Xiaoshou decided to lead the pursuit to the Void Gate.
• Xu Xiaoshou arrived at the Void Gate, where Rao Yaoyao and others were gathered with Taixus trapped by the Forbidden Law Barrier, and offered Situ Yongen in exchange for the Xuancang Divine Sword.
• Rao Yaoyao recognized Situ Yongen, but he stopped her from revealing his identity and agreed to report an important matter.
• Situ Yongen accused Jiang Buyi of plotting to claim the Saint Emperor’s position and pursuing him to silence him, just as Jiang Buyi arrived before the group.

Water Ghost watched Xu Xiaoshou’s schemes trap Jiang Buyi and the other deep-sea participants while Ba Zunan arrived at Solitary Sound Cliff with a Saint Emperor’s Golden Edict. As Ba Zunan began writing on it to open the Void Gate, Xiuyuan Ke mistook him for Xiao Kongtong and accused Cen Qiaofu of replacing him.

• Water Ghost praised Xu Xiaoshou for implicating Jiang Buyi in plotting to seize the Saint Emperor’s seat and drawing Rao Yaoyao and the Rao Clan into the conflict.
• Ba Zunan arrived with Cen Qiaofu and discussed the chaos beneath Solitary Sound Cliff and the approaching opening of the Void Gate.
• Ba Zunan took a pill, used his blood to write on the Saint Emperor’s Golden Edict, and unleashed enough power to injure Water Ghost and Cen Qiaofu when they tried to read it.
• Xiuyuan Ke arrived searching for Xiao Kongtong, mistook Ba Zunan for his eldest senior brother, and crashed into Water Ghost’s barrier.
• Water Ghost trapped Xiuyuan Ke in a water sphere, where Xiuyuan Ke transformed into Cen Qiaofu and claimed he was the real one.

Ba Zunan completed the Saint Emperor's Golden Edict and used it to summon divine light and call Void Island down from the heavens. The island began falling toward Solitary Sound Cliff, where the people gathered around the Void Gate faced the approaching catastrophe.

• Cen Qiaofu and Water Ghost laughed at Xiuyuan Ke for impersonating Cen Qiaofu, and Water Ghost sealed Xiuyuan Ke inside a water sphere.
• Ba Zunan finished writing the Saint Emperor's Golden Edict, whose power freed him from gravity and raised him into the Ninth Heaven.
• The Golden Edict spread across the world, forcing people to their knees as its Dao tone revealed Sky City's past and stirred the ancient city to life.
• Ba Zunan declared that a hundred generations belonged to him and summoned divine light, directing it toward Solitary Sound Cliff.
• Ba Zunan ordered Void Island to descend, and the island broke free of the Heavenly Dao chains and began falling toward Solitary Sound Cliff.

Wen Ting tormented Qingju in the Burial Sword Tomb while Cao Erzhu asked his father, Cao Yihan, for permission to leave the blacksmith shop and enter the dangerous Spirit Refining world. Ba Zunan’s Golden Edict announced his return across the Five Domains, and after he fell back to earth, he prepared to close the net as Sky City descended and Xiuyuan Ke excitedly tried to speak to him.

• Wen Ting taunted the broken sword Qingju and collected its sword tears in a jade vial.
• Cao Erzhu asked Cao Yihan to let him leave home, but Cao Yihan warned him about the dangers outside and sent him to fetch wine instead.
• Cao Yihan revealed that Martial-Sealing Talismans bound him and cursed Dao Qiongchang for failing to suppress him.
• Ba Zunan’s Saint Emperor’s Golden Edict made the Five Domains realize that he had returned.
• Water Ghost caught Ba Zunan after he fell from Solitary Sound Cliff, and Ba Zunan drank medicinal wine before ordering him to close the net.
• As Sky City descended, Xiuyuan Ke stammered excitedly at Ba Zunan, who asked Cen Qiaofu and Water Ghost who the old man was.

Ba Zunan and Water Ghost completed their plan at Solitary Sound Cliff, opening the Void Gate and drawing the trapped Void Highers inside. Rao Yaoyao and Jiang Buyi both realized they had been manipulated as the gate pulled them in.

• Xiuyuan Ke recognized Ba Zunan as his Teacher and revealed that Xiao Kongtong had sent him to seek approval to cultivate Sword Thought.
• Water Ghost activated the Deep Sea World, revealing that it contained the major factions and Void Highers trapped around Solitary Sound Cliff and the Void Gate.
• Water Ghost poured the Deep Sea World's power into the Void Gate and opened it, while Rao Yaoyao struggled to understand how Ba Zunan and the other players fit into the scheme.
• The Void Gate began sucking in the trapped Void Highers, and Jiang Buyi realized that Water Ghost and Huangquan had manipulated him.
• Rao Yaoyao refused Jiang Buyi's plea to resist the gate, mocked him, and was pulled inside with the others.

Dao Qiongchang convened the Ten-Person Council to discuss the Saint Emperor’s Golden Edict and Void Island. He argued that Ba Zunan had orchestrated events to draw the world’s attention to Void Island, and the council was left considering his plan.

• Dao Qiongchang and Ai Cangsheng prepared the council hall as the other members of the Ten-Person Council arrived.
• Yan Wuse and Wei Feng exchanged barbs, while Fish Elder demanded to know where his great-granddaughter was.
• The Nine-Sacrifice Divine Envoy objected to Gou Wuyue’s punishment in the Dead Sea, and Dao Qiongchang explained that Rao Yaoyao was away on a mission.
• Dao Qiongchang said the meeting concerned both the Saint Emperor’s Golden Edict and Void Island, then claimed Ba Zunan had been guiding events to draw attention to Void Island.

Dao Qiongchang used the Heavenly Secrets Compass to explain the Solitary Sound Cliff trap and Rao Yaoyao’s role in the operation. He concluded that Ba Zunan planned to open the Void Gate, free the sealed powers within Void Island’s inner island, and lead them against the five sacred lands.

• Dao Qiongchang told the Ten-Person Council that a suspected Northern Region demi-saint had joined the water-element Upanishad controller’s trap at Solitary Sound Cliff.
• Dao Qiongchang used the Heavenly Secrets Compass to read an ominous hexagram and said Rao Yaoyao was leading the operation with the Xuancang Divine Sword’s protection.
• Nine-Sacrifice Osmanthus worried about Rao Yaoyao, while Old Fish learned that his great-granddaughter was also part of the operation and demanded that Dao Qiongchang confirm she was alive.
• Dao Qiongchang explained that the trap was likely a sacrifice to gather energy from Taixu cultivators and a demi-saint to open the Void Gate.
• Dao Qiongchang concluded that Ba Zunan intended to break the seal on Void Island’s inner island, release the Demi-Saints and Saint Emperors, and lead them to Gui-Zhe Holy Mountain for a decisive battle against the five sacred lands.

Dao Qiongchang proposed restoring Void Island's Inner Island seal to thwart Ba Zunan’s scheme and sent Yan Wuse with No. 2 to oversee the operation. He identified Xu Xiaoshou as a possible variable, while Sky City continued descending toward the Yunlun Mountain Range and Xiuyuan Ke urged Ba Zunan and the others to protect the people below.

• Dao Qiongchang persuaded the council to restore the Seven Severance Prohibitions and assigned Yan Wuse to lead the Void Island operation with No. 2 as a safeguard.
• After the council dispersed, Dao Qiongchang and Ai Cangsheng discussed an unknown variable and identified Xu Xiaoshou as the only candidate Dao Qiongchang had calculated.
• Dao Qiongchang wondered whether Xu Xiaoshou could become an ally or an enemy as he watched a Fire Star flash in the east.
• Sky City descended toward Solitary Sound Cliff, terrifying spirit cultivators throughout the Yunlun Mountain Range, who feared the city would crush them.
• Xiuyuan Ke trembled before Ba Zunan, Water Ghost, and Cen Qiaofu, then appealed to them to save the innocent people below.

As Sky City threatened to crash into the Yunlun Mountain Range, Ba Zunan passed his sword insights to Xiuyuan Ke, who awakened the Illusion Sword Technique’s Second World and halted the city. Xiuyuan Ke unleashed a magnificent sword strike, then fell with fatal wounds, satisfied that he had achieved his lifelong dream.

• Ba Zunan asked Xiuyuan Ke whether he would risk death or injury to learn a sword, and Xiuyuan Ke eagerly accepted.
• Ba Zunan used Xiuyuan Ke’s peachwood sword, Immortal Peach, to teach him the Illusion Sword Technique while time and space around them stopped.
• Xiuyuan Ke comprehended the Second World, transformed into a peak ancient sword cultivator, and halted the falling Sky City.
• At Ba Zunan’s urging, Xiuyuan Ke swung Immortal Peach and unleashed a vast sword strike that lit the heavens.
• Immortal Peach cracked, and Xiuyuan Ke collapsed bloodied, rejoicing that he had achieved his dream before his thoughts faded.

Xiuyuan Ke’s sword strike sent the trial-takers into their own visions of the Second World, where Su Qianqian confronted her grief and Gu Qing'san dreamed about humiliating his rivals. Xiuyuan Ke survived but fell into a near-comatose state, while Ba Zunan and Cen Qiaofu carried him away; Void Island had been fixed inside the Second World, making it the next battlefield.

• Xiuyuan Ke’s sword strike overwhelmed the Yunlun Mountain Range’s trial-takers with visions of their deepest desires.
• Su Qianqian relived her grandfather’s advice about pursuing beauty instead of hatred, then woke and found Gu Qing'san still trapped in his vision.
• Gu Qing'san woke after being slapped in his dream, and Su Qianqian teased him about his sleep-talk.
• Water Ghost discovered that Xiuyuan Ke was barely alive after his sword strike, while Ba Zunan insisted he might awaken from the Second World.
• Cen Qiaofu carried Ba Zunan and Xiuyuan Ke away as Water Ghost explained that Void Island had been embedded in the Second World and declared it the next battlefield.
• Yan Wuse arrived at Solitary Sound Cliff with War Machine Number Two, deduced who had fought there, and learned that Dao Qiongchang had anticipated his need for a Void Token.

Gu Qingyi realized the Sacred Punishment Pillar was siphoning Yu Lingdi’s energy to support the Void Gate, then abandoned his mission to return home and went after his junior brother. Xu Xiaoshou arrived on Void Island alone after the deep-sea survivors were drawn through the Void Gate, with Situ Yongen missing.

• Gu Qingyi failed to free Yu Lingdi from the Sacred Punishment Pillar, and Yu Lingdi gave him a Void Token and urged him to carry intelligence back to Rao Yaoyao.
• Yu Lingdi explained that Ba Zunan had bound him to the pillar, and Gu Qingyi inferred that the pillar was draining him to help open the Void Gate.
• As Yu Lingdi’s energy and life force were siphoned away, Gu Qingyi noticed disturbances on the horizon and concluded that many people were entering Void Island.
• Gu Qingyi returned the Void Token and followed the sword intent leading toward his second junior brother instead of searching for a way home.
• Xu Xiaoshou was transported from the deep sea to Void Island, found himself alone, and realized Situ Yongen had disappeared.

A White Lineage ancestor awakened and accepted the Black Dragon’s challenge, demanding Dragon Heart Blood for his inheritor, Xu Xiaoshou. On Void Island, Xu Xiaoshou brought Lei Xier out of his Origin Mansion, learned the Jiang Clan had helped destroy her family, and discovered Yanmang wanted to lead him treasure hunting.

• The White Lineage ancestor awakened in a volcano and agreed to fight the Black Dragon, demanding three drops of its Dragon Heart Blood, including one for Xu Xiaoshou.
• Xu Xiaoshou assessed Void Island’s rules and summoned Lei Xier from his Origin Mansion to accompany him.
• Xu Xiaoshou told Lei Xier that Jiang Buyi and the Jiang Clan were on Void Island, and Lei Xier revealed the Jiang Clan had helped destroy her family.
• Lei Xier warned Xu Xiaoshou that Void Island’s perilous zones could kill even Demi-Saints, so he armed himself with Yanmang and Yousi Sword.
• Yanmang urged Xu Xiaoshou to go treasure hunting, and Xu Xiaoshou recalled that a Holy Emperor had bestowed the sword upon him.

Xu Xiaoshou and Lei Xier discussed the Saint Emperor who had bestowed Yanmang, and Xu Xiaoshou guessed he was Ancestor Jinzhao of Void Island’s inner island. They uncovered the names and a voice on a moss-covered Void-Sealing Stele, which asked them to leave their names before Xu Xiaoshou tried to provoke it into responding.

• Xu Xiaoshou told Lei Xier that a Saint Emperor had bestowed Yanmang and identified the figure as Ancestor Jinzhao, one of the Three Ancestors of the White Lineage.
• Xu Xiaoshou called out to Ancestor Jinzhao, then showed Lei Xier Ba Zunan’s Eight-Character Order and explained his hope of gaining another powerful bodyguard.
• Lei Xier examined a moss-covered stone stele, and Xu Xiaoshou scraped it clean to reveal names including Ba Zunan, Dao Qiongchang, and Sang Qiye.
• The stele trembled and told Xu Xiaoshou and Lei Xier to leave their names, but it fell silent when Xu Xiaoshou demanded a reward and threatened it with Yousi Sword.

Xu Xiaoshou and Lei Xier discovered that the Void-Sealing Stele recorded criminals, and Xu Xiaoshou made it malfunction by carving his name across it. He then lifted the stele and set off with Lei Xier, eager to use it as a weapon against demi-saints and Supreme Voids.

• Lei Xier used Yanmang to carve her name into the Void-Sealing Stele, which identified her as criminal number 152384 and warned her to obey Void Island's order.
• Enraged by the stele's warning, Xu Xiaoshou struck it repeatedly with Yousi Sword, but the stele remained unmarked and its countershock injured him.
• Xu Xiaoshou carved “God of Suffering” into the stele 999 times, causing its mechanical voice to stutter and malfunction.
• Xu Xiaoshou decided the stele was a valuable weapon, lifted it onto his shoulder with Explosive Stance, and invited Lei Xier to leave with him.

Double Fool discovered the Shennong Medicine Garden in the Forest of Miracles and stole a Sacred Trace Fruit, only to be chased by a colossal Void Attendant. After eating the fruit and surviving its explosive power, he gained holy power and turned to face his pursuer.

• Double Fool entered the Forest of Miracles, found the Shennong Medicine Garden, and used his Division attribute to slip past its barriers.
• Double Fool plucked a Sacred Trace Fruit, awakening a giant Void Attendant that crushed him repeatedly as he fled.
• Double Fool ate the fruit while escaping, and its power blew his body apart as nearby plants and stones consumed most of its medicinal energy.
• Double Fool reformed with a wisp of holy power in his sea of qi, while the Void Attendant stopped pursuing him to watch.
• Double Fool recognized that his holy power was growing and prepared to fight the Void Attendant.

Xu Xiaoshou discovered that the Void-Sealing Stele suppressed spiritual cultivation and refused to enter his Origin Mansion World, so he summoned A Huo and A Bing to carry it. After A Huo finally lifted the stele, Xu Xiaoshou assigned it the job and set off with Lei Xier to search for treasure.

• Xu Xiaoshou realized that carrying the Void-Sealing Stele sealed his spiritual abilities, and Lei Xier said she did not know how many such steles existed on Void Island.
• Xu Xiaoshou failed to store the Void-Sealing Stele in his Origin Mansion World and summoned A Huo and A Bing to help carry it.
• A Huo failed to move the stele with a flick, then struggled to lift it while Xu Xiaoshou demonstrated his own strength by hoisting it.
• A Huo eventually shouldered the Void-Sealing Stele, and Xu Xiaoshou declared that it would carry the stele as they searched for treasure.
• Xu Xiaoshou climbed onto A Huo, Lei Xier mounted A Bing, and the group set off.

Double Fool barely escaped a Void Attendant after it stopped pursuing him, while Xu Xiaoshou and Lei Xier rode A Bing and A Huo into the forest toward a sensed opportunity. There, a colossal Void Attendant appeared and assigned them a mission to eliminate Void Island’s invaders in exchange for a Void Crystal.

• Double Fool’s attacks failed against the Void Attendant, which absorbed his spiritual and holy power and repeatedly crushed him.
• The Void Attendant stopped before delivering a final blow, allowing Double Fool to recover and flee, but he heard another giant approaching ahead.
• Xu Xiaoshou and Lei Xier followed the Saint Emperor Dragon Scale’s guidance through the forest on A Bing and A Huo.
• A gigantic Void Attendant appeared before them, and Xu Xiaoshou learned it had identified him and Lei Xier as criminals.
• The Void Attendant ordered Xu Xiaoshou and Lei Xier to atone through meritorious service by eliminating Void Island’s invaders, offering a Void Crystal as the reward.

Xu Xiaoshou and Lei Xier received a Void Attendant mission to eliminate the weakened invader Double Fool, and Xu Xiaoshou recognized him as an old enemy. The Void Attendant allowed Double Fool to claim Xu Xiaoshou’s criminal number if he killed him, so Xu Xiaoshou launched an attack with his allies.

• The Void Attendant issued Xu Xiaoshou and Lei Xier a mission to erase a weakened Void Realm invader in exchange for two Void Crystals.
• Xu Xiaoshou learned that the invader had stolen Sacred Trace Fruit from the Shennong Medicine Garden and tried to bargain with the Void Attendant for more information and better mission rewards.
• The Void Attendant revealed Double Fool, who recognized Xu Xiaoshou and realized that the mission had stopped the giant from attacking him.
• Double Fool asked whether killing a Void Island criminal could let him take that criminal’s place, and the Void Attendant said he could claim Xu Xiaoshou’s number if he killed him.
• Xu Xiaoshou ordered A Bing, A Huo, Lei Xier, and Greed God to help subdue Double Fool, then attacked first with the Yousi Sword.

Xu Xiaoshou and Lei Xier fought Double Fool, who used clones and his recovered sacred power to try to defeat them. With help from Lei Xier, A Bing, and A Huo, Xu Xiaoshou overcame him, leaving Double Fool pulverized by A Huo’s punch.

• Double Fool split into two energy clones and attacked Xu Xiaoshou with Spirit-Severing Pierce and the Golden Buddha Body.
• Xu Xiaoshou defended with Inch-Realm Force Field, while Lei Xier used her God-Devil Pupils to disrupt the clones and clear Xu Xiaoshou’s mind.
• Xu Xiaoshou cut down the two clones with the Yousi Sword, then discovered that Great Feast had swallowed them because they were made of energy.
• Double Fool revealed his true body and released sacred power, but Xu Xiaoshou summoned A Bing and unleashed the Three-Day Frost Calamity.
• A Bing froze Double Fool with Ice Age, and A Huo shattered the ice and pulverized him with a punch.