Chapter Summaries

Xu Xiaoshou used Mimicry to impersonate a Void Attendants and trick the rescued giant into blaming Jiang Buyi for the stolen spiritual medicine. The Void Attendants accepted his story and vowed to find a way to destroy or exile the Demi-Saint.

• Xu Xiaoshou transformed into a Void Attendants, rescued the wounded giant, and reassured it that they were kin.
• When the giant asked about the medicine garden scent, Xu Xiaoshou claimed he had caught a human thief who returned only one spiritual medicine before being killed.
• Xu Xiaoshou blamed Jiang Buyi for taking the rest of the garden's medicine and convinced the giant that Jiang Buyi had deceived and used it.
• The Void Attendants raged and wept over its loss, while Mei Suren and the others watched without understanding their conversation.
• After the giant questioned why Jiang Buyi's medicine scent had disappeared, Xu Xiaoshou explained that a full Demi-Saint could conceal it, and the giant accepted the answer.

Xu Xiaoshou pretended to share childhood memories with the Void Attendant and persuaded it to give him sixty Void Crystals, which he needed to obtain a Death-Exemption Token. As Xu Xiaoshou and the Void Attendant parted as sworn brothers, Mei Suren, Xiao Kongtong, and Ye watched in disbelief, mistaking their bond for something romantic.

• Xu Xiaoshou reminisced about a fabricated childhood friendship until the Void Attendant accepted the story rather than question him.
• The Void Attendant said it would go to the First Hall of Sin to answer for the Shennong Medicine Garden's disappearance, while Xu Xiaoshou claimed he had a mission with the three humans.
• Believing Xu Xiaoshou needed supplies for his mission, the Void Attendant gave him sixty Void Crystals.
• Xu Xiaoshou accepted the crystals and exchanged a solemn fist bump with the Void Attendant.
• Mei Suren, Xiao Kongtong, and Ye watched the scene and wondered if Xu Xiaoshou and the Void Attendant had become a couple.

Yu Lingdi encountered the apparent spirit of his dead father in a dreamlike water world, then awoke freed from the Sacred Punishment Pillar and learned that Night Owl had witnessed his reaction. Night Owl showed him evidence connecting Jin Hui to the figure from his vision, leaving Yu Lingdi confronted with the possibility that his father was alive.

• Yu Lingdi awoke in a water world as a child and struggled against a mysterious figure who resembled his father.
• Yu Lingdi broke free of a water sphere, but the figure vanished as the world collapsed after telling him, "Long time no see, my child."
• Yu Lingdi awoke at Sacred Punishment Square with his seal lifted and learned from Night Owl that others had entered Void Island.
• Yu Lingdi reasoned that opening the Void Gate required an outside counterpart, but rejected the idea that his dead father could be involved.
• Night Owl revealed that she had entered by saying "Father," then showed Yu Lingdi images of a masked man named Jin Hui who matched the figure in his vision.

Jiang Buyi discovered that Void Island had marked him for exile and restricted his attacks, then faced Five Declines of Heaven and Man, whose Decaying Body ability triggered a renewed Saint Tribulation. With his Saintly power unusable and Five Declines pressing his advantage, Jiang Buyi tried to negotiate for his life.

• Jiang Buyi received Void Island’s notice that he had ten days to atone and that further attacks would shorten his countdown.
• Five Declines of Heaven and Man approached Jiang Buyi, who tested his restrictions and found that he could still use his aura and physical strength.
• Five Declines provoked Jiang Buyi and revealed that his Decaying Body had transformed Jiang Buyi’s body and brought down a Saint Tribulation.
• Five Declines declared himself the Calamity-Star Lone Wolf and attacked while Jiang Buyi realized he could not safely use Saintly power.
• Jiang Buyi abandoned his attempt to flee and calmly asked Five Declines to stop so they could talk.

Five Declines of Heaven and Man persuaded Jiang Buyi to cooperate by offering him a way to survive Void Island’s Exile List and a chance to pursue Xu Xiaoshou. Jiang Buyi followed him toward the First Hall of Sin, but the curse surrounding Five Declines of Heaven and Man nearly triggered Jiang Buyi’s Saint Tribulation.

• Five Declines of Heaven and Man withdrew his Decaying Body’s curse from Jiang Buyi and offered him a choice between cooperation and death.
• Five Declines of Heaven and Man revealed that Jiang Buyi faced exile to Void Island’s Inner Island and could seek an Exile Immunity Order through the First Hall of Sin.
• Five Declines of Heaven and Man said Xu Xiaoshou would appear at the First Hall of Sin and explained that he wanted Xu Xiaoshou’s Three Aversions Eye.
• Jiang Buyi agreed to follow Five Declines of Heaven and Man, who warned him that Xu Xiaoshou might still be alive and that a god was beside him.
• Five Declines of Heaven and Man’s curse spread over Jiang Buyi again, nearly bringing down his Saint Tribulation, so Jiang Buyi retreated a mile away.
• Five Declines of Heaven and Man continued toward Giant City and called for Jiang Buyi to keep up while watching his safety.

After escaping the Forest of Miracles, Xu Xiaoshou explained how he had triggered the battle there and learned that Teng Shanhai’s death involved Ancestral Source Power. He realized Rao Yaoyao might recognize the same power in Lei Xier’s God-Devil Pupils, then thanked his companions with Sacred Trace Fruits.

• Xu Xiaoshou returned to his true appearance and summarized how he had stolen spiritual medicines, impersonated a Jiang Clan member, and drawn Teng Shanhai into a fight with the Void Attendants.
• Ye Xiaotian questioned Xu Xiaoshou about the medicines and Teng Shanhai, while Xu Xiaoshou explained that the Jiang Demi-Saint seemed to have another reason for killing him.
• Mei Suren identified Teng Shanhai’s power as Ancestral Source Power, which high-level Holy Emperors wielded as divine or demonic power and which could be inherited or circulate between wielders.
• Xu Xiaoshou realized that Rao Yaoyao had witnessed Lei Xier display the God-Devil Pupils and might recognize their Ancestral Source Power, but he concluded he could not safely kill her.
• Xu Xiaoshou thanked Ye Xiaotian, Mei Suren, and Xiao Kongtong, offering each a freshly picked Sacred Trace Fruit.

Xu Xiaoshou offered Sacred Trace Fruits to Mei Suren, Xiao Kongtong, and Ye Xiaotian, but only Ye Xiaotian accepted one. Ye Xiaotian then tried to give Xu Xiaoshou a Half-Saint Godhood, but Mei Suren explained its dangers, leaving Ye Xiaotian to keep it and give Xu Xiaoshou a jade talisman instead.

• Xu Xiaoshou offered Sacred Trace Fruits to Mei Suren, Xiao Kongtong, and Ye Xiaotian; Mei Suren and Xiao Kongtong refused them because they did not want to rely on external resources.
• Mei Suren and Xiao Kongtong encouraged Ye Xiaotian to accept a Sacred Trace Fruit, and Xu Xiaoshou placed one in Ye Xiaotian's hand.
• Ye Xiaotian revealed a Half-Saint Godhood he had obtained after stone giants attacked Xiao Kongtong, then offered it to Xu Xiaoshou, who refused.
• Mei Suren warned that a Half-Saint Godhood would attract powerful people and endanger Xu Xiaoshou, explaining that Ye Xiaotian was better suited to guard it because of his spatial Upanishad.
• Ye Xiaotian kept the Half-Saint Godhood and gave Xu Xiaoshou a jade talisman that would let him locate Xu Xiaoshou anywhere in the same world.

Ye Xiaotian left Void Island by attempting to cross the spatial debris current, while Xu Xiaoshou learned that he, Xiao Kongtong, and Mei Suren all had death countdowns. The three agreed to travel to the First Hall of Sin together, where Mei Suren offered Xu Xiaoshou a stone sword and asked if he wanted to learn the sword.

• Ye Xiaotian announced he would return to Tiansang Spirit Palace by forcibly crossing the spatial debris current, then departed after warning Xu Xiaoshou not to cause trouble.
• Xu Xiaoshou said he planned to visit the First Hall of Sin to remove the death countdown he had received after taking herbs from Shennong Medicine Garden.
• Xiao Kongtong revealed he had an eight-day countdown, and Mei Suren said he had a ten-day countdown for their destruction in the Forest of Miracles.
• Xu Xiaoshou explained that Void Crystals could be exchanged for Death-Exemption Tokens at the First Hall of Sin, and the three agreed to go there together.
• Mei Suren drew out his stone swords, handed one to Xu Xiaoshou, and asked whether he wanted to learn the sword.

After escaping the Blood Realm with Blood Tree Yin Branches, Evil Elder, Ghost Granny, and True Person Huang Yang encountered two Half-Saints, then went their separate ways. As Evil Elder and Ghost Granny continued through the Giant Kingdom, Ghost Granny’s Soul-Face Banner revealed Xu Xiaoshou among three soul auras, and the pair saw a chance to act.

• Evil Elder, Ghost Granny, and True Person Huang Yang escaped the Blood Realm with two Blood Tree Yin Branches and a mysterious blood pearl.
• Evil Elder proposed that the three travel together, but True Person Huang Yang planned to seek the First Hall of Sin to remove his death countdown.
• Yan Wuse and Number Two flew overhead, and the three Sovereigns were injured when they sensed the two Half-Saints.
• After Yan Wuse and Number Two left for the Blood Realm, True Person Huang Yang refused to travel with the assassins and departed alone.
• Evil Elder and Ghost Granny continued through the Giant Kingdom and used the Soul-Face Banner to identify Xu Xiaoshou among three soul auras.

Xu Xiaoshou accepted Mei Suren’s offer to teach him the sword and immediately grasped the Sword Dao of Transmission through his Sharpness. The chapter ended with Xu Xiaoshou formally greeting Mei Suren as his teacher.

• Mei Suren offered Xu Xiaoshou a stone sword and asked whether he wanted to learn the sword.
• After weighing his doubts, Xu Xiaoshou accepted the sword and admitted he had once spent three years learning the first stance of the White Cloud Sword Technique.
• Mei Suren demonstrated how Xu Xiaoshou’s Sharpness could transmit sword qi and taught him the Sword Dao of Transmission.
• Xu Xiaoshou understood Transmission at once, impressing Mei Suren and leaving Xiao Kongtong stunned.
• Mei Suren said that the teacher’s way and the student’s rites together constituted Transmission, and Xu Xiaoshou raised the stone sword to formally greet Mr. Siren.

Mei Suren began teaching Xu Xiaoshou the Heart Sword Technique by demonstrating the first realm, Gods and Buddhas Under Eyes. After showing Xu Xiaoshou the technique’s terrifying spiritual power and restoring him from a near-fatal strike, Mei Suren challenged him to manifest his own true self.

• Mei Suren helped Xu Xiaoshou up and began teaching him the Heart Sword Technique, explaining how intent could become a visible spiritual attack.
• Mei Suren manifested Gods and Buddhas Under Eyes, and Xiao Kongtong recognized it as a complete form encompassing all Nine Great Sword Techniques.
• Mei Suren suppressed Xu Xiaoshou with his Sword Manifestation and struck him with a cross slash that split his spiritual body.
• Mei Suren reversed time to restore Xu Xiaoshou, then explained that the strike had used less than ten percent of its power.
• Mei Suren told Xu Xiaoshou to contemplate and manifest his truest self, promising a reward if he reached the initial stage of Gods and Buddhas Under Eyes.

Mei Suren taught Xu Xiaoshou to cultivate the Heart Sword Technique through unrestricted visualization, and Xu Xiaoshou began forming a powerful vision of his own. Just as he neared a breakthrough, he noticed the assassins Evil Elder and Ghost Granny, and their presence disrupted his meditation as demonic energy surged through his spiritual body.

• Xiao Kongtong explained that Mei Suren’s Heart Sword Technique evolved from an initial state of chaos, while his own school awakened through a different method.
• Mei Suren told Xu Xiaoshou to meditate and imagine without letting knowledge or reality restrain him, and Xu Xiaoshou began cultivating under the Sword Manifestation’s pressure.
• Xu Xiaoshou’s vision placed Ba Zunan’s Gods and Buddhas Under Eyes and Mei Suren’s Sword Manifestation before him as mountains, then used Swallowing Mountains and Rivers’ momentum to force them to kneel.
• Xu Xiaoshou advanced toward the backlit giant in his spiritual world, seeking to overcome every limit and form the strongest possible Gods and Buddhas Under Eyes.
• The information panel’s alert drew Xu Xiaoshou’s attention to Evil Elder and Ghost Granny, whom he recognized as Central Region assassins, and their appearance disrupted his cultivation as demonic energy invaded his spiritual body.

Xu Xiaoshou began cultivating the Heart Sword Technique under Mei Suren’s guidance, and his meditation unleashed a violent surge of sword intent. As Xu Xiaoshou fell into qi deviation after an outside interference, Mei Suren turned toward the unseen intruder and demanded to know who was seeking death.

• Xiao Kongtong and Mei Suren discussed Xu Xiaoshou’s talent and compared their own progress in the Heart Sword Technique.
• Mei Suren suggested Ba Zunan had placed too much pressure on Xu Xiaoshou, and Xiao Kongtong agreed that Xu Xiaoshou had been forced into conflicts beyond his age.
• Xu Xiaoshou’s meditation released a fierce aura that damaged the ancient street, so Mei Suren used the Illusion Sword Technique to contain the destruction.
• Xu Xiaoshou’s aura surged out of control, and black qi, blood, and demonic energy appeared as he fell into complete qi deviation.
• Mei Suren and Xiao Kongtong sensed an outside force had interfered with Xu Xiaoshou’s cultivation, and Mei Suren angrily demanded to know who had done it.

Mei Suren stayed to guard Xu Xiaoshou while Xiao Kongtong went to confront the apparent attackers. Ghost Granny and Evil Elder launched an ambush on Xu Xiaoshou, only to realize their targets were illusions and that they had entered a formation.

• Mei Suren calmed down after Xiao Kongtong warned that leaving Xu Xiaoshou could be a trap, and agreed to protect him while Xiao Kongtong went after the attackers.
• Ghost Granny identified Xu Xiaoshou through the Soul-Face Banner, persuaded the wary Evil Elder to attack, and assigned him to strike Xu Xiaoshou while she distracted his protectors.
• Ghost Granny and Evil Elder stealthily advanced through Giant Kingdom toward Xu Xiaoshou, who appeared to be meditating under the protection of two men.
• Evil Elder attacked Xu Xiaoshou with Sui Yin's Eye: Evil Transformation as Ghost Granny used her ghostly artifacts against the two protectors, but every attack passed through its target.
• Ghost Granny realized that Xu Xiaoshou and the others were illusions and warned Evil Elder to find the formation eye.

Evil Elder and Ghost Granny were trapped in Xiao Kongtong’s Illusion Sword Technique and discovered that he was its array core. As Xu Xiaoshou spiraled into a dangerous deviation into madness while cultivating the Heart Sword Technique, Mei Suren held back from intervening and hoped he could overcome it himself.

• Evil Elder and Ghost Granny searched in vain for the core of an enormous illusion array, then saw Xiao Kongtong beneath a silver moon and learned that he was the array core.
• Xu Xiaoshou realized that his fear of being watched had affected his cultivation and caused him to deviate into madness.
• Xu Xiaoshou’s fears became demons in his spiritual world, and his berserk will attacked the manifestations of the Gods and Buddhas Under Eyes and Sword Manifestation.
• Xu Xiaoshou’s sane will yielded to the evil will, and he lost consciousness within his spiritual world.
• Mei Suren watched Xu Xiaoshou struggle, delayed invading his spiritual world, and hoped Xu Xiaoshou could suppress the madness and strengthen his Heart Sword Technique.

Xu Xiaoshou regained control of his berserk spiritual body and used its power to devour the ancient giant, advancing his Heart Sword Technique. He then visualized the Sword God Gu Louying and tried to replace him, transforming the image into a figure atop the First Pavilion Under Heaven before his spiritual world collapsed.

• Xu Xiaoshou awakened while his berserk self had devoured every evil spirit in his spiritual world, and he realized Mental Awakening let him retain control.
• Xu Xiaoshou's Two-Winged Black Demon Berserk Giant attacked and devoured the ancient giant, allowing him to become it and master its power.
• Xu Xiaoshou returned to human form, named his demonic sword Hidden Pain, and unleashed a black sword strike with his Heart Sword Technique.
• Xu Xiaoshou visualized the Sword God Gu Louying atop an ancient tower and resolved to replace him.
• Xu Xiaoshou named the tower First Pavilion Under Heaven, manifested a black-robed figure at its summit, and watched the spiritual world collapse beneath its power.

Xu Xiaoshou broke through his deviation while cultivating the Heart Sword Technique, creating a spiritual world where he manifested the Sword God Gu Louying. Mei Suren was caught in the world and struck by Xu Xiaoshou’s deviation, leaving him to confront a demonic vision of his lifelong enemy.

• Xu Xiaoshou’s surging Intent crushed the ancient street as the demonic energy around him disappeared into his body.
• Xu Xiaoshou drew Mei Suren into a chaotic spiritual world beneath a silver moon, where a ninety-nine-story pavilion appeared.
• Xu Xiaoshou’s figure replaced Gu Louying’s image atop the pavilion, and his gaze struck Mei Suren’s spiritual body with a powerful attack.
• Mei Suren absorbed demonic energy and entered deviation, manifesting a Sword Manifestation monster in the ruined world.
• Mei Suren saw a vision of his lifelong enemy and, despite his inner warning, charged forward, shouting, “You Tu, take my sword!”

Xu Xiaoshou teased Mei Suren about what he had said while lost to demonic energy, prompting the old Sword Immortal to chase and beat him before the two reconciled. Mei Suren called himself Xu Xiaoshou’s teacher, then led him onward to test his newly mastered Heart Sword Technique while Big Mouth held back two Void Supremes.

• Mei Suren woke from his daze and nearly struck Xu Xiaoshou with his Sword Manifestation, then hit him with the stone sword after realizing he was safe.
• Xu Xiaoshou reenacted Mei Suren’s embarrassing battle with You Tu, and Mei Suren chased him through the ruined land before demonstrating the Path of Tremors.
• After laughing together, Xu Xiaoshou remembered Elder Sang and grew melancholy, so Mei Suren comforted him and asked him to call him Teacher.
• Mei Suren told Xu Xiaoshou that Big Mouth was holding back two Void Supremes and confirmed that Xu Xiaoshou had mastered the Heart Sword Technique and Gods and Buddhas Under Eyes.
• Mei Suren led Xu Xiaoshou onward to test his sword against the ongoing battle.

Evil Elder and Ghost Granny tried to escape Xiao Kongtong’s Illusion Sword Technique, but Evil Elder used the Sui Yin’s Eye to break the illusion and found that Xiao Kongtong had been beside him all along. Xiao Kongtong stabbed the eye, leaving Evil Elder consumed by a spreading tide of evil aura.

• Evil Elder and Ghost Granny realized their attempts to escape the illusion had failed, and Evil Elder concluded Xiao Kongtong was waiting for reinforcements.
• Evil Elder swallowed a golden pill and invoked the Sui Yin’s Eye, enduring its pain and the madness of Evil God possession.
• Evil Elder used the eye to see through the illusion and dragged Ghost Granny toward what he believed was an exit.
• Evil Elder discovered that the person holding his hand was Xiao Kongtong, who had concealed himself in the illusion.
• Xiao Kongtong stabbed Evil Elder’s Sui Yin’s Eye with his sword of space and retreated as evil aura spread around Evil Elder.

Xu Xiaoshou mastered the Heart Sword Technique and an uncertain form of Gods and Buddhas Under Eyes in less than an hour, astonishing Xiao Kongtong and Mei Suren. He descended into Xiao Kongtong’s illusory world to test his sword against a Great Void cultivator’s sea of evil power, but contact drove him into cultivation deviation.

• Xu Xiaoshou called Xiao Kongtong Eldest Senior Brother, and Xiao Kongtong discovered that Xu had mastered the Heart Sword Technique and formed Gods and Buddhas Under Eyes during his brief meditation.
• Mei Suren admitted he could not tell whether Xu Xiaoshou’s visualization was chaotic or complete, and Xiao Kongtong sent Xu to test his sword against the two battered Great Void cultivators.
• Xu Xiaoshou chose the blackish-purple sea containing the bobbing Sui Yin’s Eye as his target and drew Yousi Sword and Yanmang before descending.
• Mei Suren urged Xu Xiaoshou to experience the Illusion Sword Technique world, while Xiao Kongtong offered to teach him its deeper principles.
• Xu Xiaoshou landed on the sea and let its fluid touch his ankles, triggering a violent spiritual assault that turned his eyes scarlet and covered him in evil energy.
• Xiao Kongtong worried that Xu Xiaoshou had entered cultivation deviation, but Mei Suren remained calm and said Xu’s Heart Sword Technique might be better called the Demon Sword Technique.