Chapter Summaries

Xu Xiaoshou endured the black-purple sea’s mental attacks to build Illusion Annihilation Finger’s charge and discovered Evil Elder at its source. Pulled into Evil Elder’s spiritual world, Xu Xiaoshou unleashed his Heart Sword Technique as the Sword Tower rose around him.

• Xu Xiaoshou used Mental Awakening to resist the sea’s evil thoughts and deliberately searched for their source while charging Illusion Annihilation Finger.
• Xiao Kongtong worried when Xu Xiaoshou sank beneath the sea, but Mei Suren trusted his unusual resistance to madness and told Xiao Kongtong not to pry into his secrets.
• Xu Xiaoshou endured the sea until Illusion Annihilation Finger reached 48.2% charge, then found a grotesque eyeball and pierced it with Yousi Sword.
• The eyeball resisted Yousi Sword’s Fiendish Demon Aura, grew larger, and dragged Xu Xiaoshou into Evil Elder’s spiritual world.
• Evil Elder attacked Xu Xiaoshou with waves of black-purple sea, and Xu Xiaoshou answered with his sword will as Yousi Sword transformed his spiritual form.
• A ninety-nine-story Sword Tower shattered Evil Elder’s attack, and Xu Xiaoshou invoked the Heart Sword Technique: beneath his gaze, all were demons.

Xu Xiaoshou used the Heart Sword Technique to crush Evil Elder’s spiritual will, then briefly restored his clarity to read fragments of his memories about the Uncanny Gate Evil Art and Evil God’s Power. After killing Evil Elder, Xu Xiaoshou considered the need to grow stronger before facing the true power behind the enemy’s borrowed aura.

• Xiao Kongtong and Mei Suren watched as Xu Xiaoshou’s Gods and Buddhas Under Eyes overwhelmed Evil Elder inside his spiritual world.
• Evil Elder’s spiritual world collapsed, and his body exploded, but Xu Xiaoshou found that scraps of flesh still held traces of vitality.
• Xu Xiaoshou reassembled Evil Elder’s body and used the Heart Sword Technique in his own spiritual world to draw demonic energy from Evil Elder’s shattered will.
• Xu Xiaoshou used Soul Reading to learn that Evil Elder had found the incomplete Uncanny Gate Evil Art in a ruin and had wielded only the aura of Evil God’s Power.
• Xu Xiaoshou killed Evil Elder with Ash-Illuminating White Flame and told Xiao Kongtong and Mei Suren that the fight was over.
• Xu Xiaoshou reflected that he needed to understand the bizarre power and strengthen himself because no one could protect him forever.

Xu Xiaoshou discussed his use of Heart Sword Technique with Mei Suren and Xiao Kongtong, then learned that the Uncanny Gate Evil Art and Sui Yin’s Eye could bring trouble. After Mei Suren warned him about the coming Seven Sword Immortals contest, he began teaching Xu Xiaoshou Ghost Sword Technique, pleased when Xu Xiaoshou declined to pursue Xiao Kongtong’s Sword Thought Avatar for now.

• Xu Xiaoshou told Xiao Kongtong and Mei Suren that the assassin had obtained a Blood Tree Yin Branch in the Blood Realm, but the assassin’s death had destroyed his spatial ring.
• Xiao Kongtong questioned how Xu Xiaoshou could remain energetic after using Heart Sword Technique, and Xu Xiaoshou explained that his constitution and cultivation method helped him recover from its mental costs.
• Xu Xiaoshou explained that the assassin had used Sui Yin’s Eye to borrow Ancestral Source Power, and Mei Suren warned him to be careful and offered to seek Feng Tingchen’s knowledge of the Uncanny Gate Evil Art.
• Mei Suren told Xu Xiaoshou that the new-generation Seven Sword Immortals contest would be fiercely competitive, while Xiao Kongtong estimated his chances at thirty to fifty percent.
• After Ghost Granny became an empty shell, Xiao Kongtong sent a Sword Thought Avatar to capture her, and Mei Suren began teaching Xu Xiaoshou Ghost Sword Technique.
• Xu Xiaoshou chose to focus on Ghost Sword Technique rather than Xiao Kongtong’s Sword Thought Avatar, and Mei Suren praised him as a teachable child.

Xiao Kongtong stopped Ghost Granny from escaping and handed her over to Xu Xiaoshou for a fight under Mei Suren’s rules. Xu Xiaoshou had to use only Ghost Sword Technique, and he stepped forward, confident he could master it quickly and kill her.

• Ghost Granny used Flesh-Feasting Soul Escape to abandon her body, but Xiao Kongtong intercepted her and suppressed her soul attack.
• Xiao Kongtong offered Ghost Granny a chance to live if she could survive a fight with his opponent, then introduced Xu Xiaoshou and Mei Suren.
• Ghost Granny recognized Mei Suren as a Seven Sword Immortal and panicked, but Mei Suren clarified that Xu Xiaoshou would be her opponent.
• Mei Suren ordered Xu Xiaoshou to use only Ghost Sword Technique, promising Ghost Granny she could leave if Xu Xiaoshou used any other ability.
• Ghost Granny welcomed the restriction and mocked Xu Xiaoshou for being a beginner, while Xu Xiaoshou resolved to defeat her with Ghost Sword Technique.

Mei Suren taught Xu Xiaoshou the first threshold of Ghost Sword Technique, and Xu summoned countless spirits with ease, stunning Mei Suren, Xiao Kongtong, and Ghost Granny. Mei Suren began explaining the second threshold, forming Ghost Seals, as Xu Xiaoshou grasped the idea and started to demonstrate it.

• Mei Suren explained that the first threshold of Ghost Sword Technique was sensing the spirits within all things.
• Xu Xiaoshou raised his hand and summoned countless spirits, showing that his mastery of All Things Are Swords made the step effortless.
• Ghost Granny tried to summon spirits by copying Mei Suren’s words and movement, but failed and embarrassed herself in front of everyone.
• Mei Suren explained that the second threshold was gathering sword intent in the eyes to form Ghost Seals and command spirits.
• Xu Xiaoshou understood the principle while Mei Suren was still explaining and began forming a Ghost Seal.

Xu Xiaoshou mastered the basic steps of Ghost Sword Technique with astonishing speed, then condensed a Red-Character Ghost Talisman before Mei Suren could finish explaining it. As he discussed whether Ghost Sword Technique could command a person, Xu Xiaoshou spotted something behind Ghost Granny that no one else could see.

• Xu Xiaoshou instantly condensed a Ghost Seal and used it to command millions of spirits into a giant display, shocking Mei Suren, Xiao Kongtong, and Ghost Granny.
• Mei Suren explained the three preliminary steps of Ghost Sword Technique and began teaching Xu Xiaoshou about the Red-Character Ghost Talisman.
• Xu Xiaoshou condensed a Red-Character Ghost Talisman while Mei Suren was still explaining it, leaving everyone speechless.
• Mei Suren described powerful soul spirits and warned that Red-Character Ghost Talismans were precious and costly to use.
• Xu Xiaoshou asked whether Ghost Sword Technique could command a person, then pointed out something behind Ghost Granny that she, Mei Suren, and Xiao Kongtong could not see.

Xu Xiaoshou alone saw the giant remains and the ancient Void General hidden in Xiao Kongtong’s illusion, then learned the figure was one of the legendary commanders of the giant race. Despite Mei Suren’s warnings, Xu Xiaoshou approached the still-mysterious general and invited it to come with him.

• Xu Xiaoshou revealed that he could see enormous ghostly remains on the long street, though Mei Suren, Xiao Kongtong, and Ghost Granny could not.
• Xu Xiaoshou painted the desolate street and a half-kneeling giant in blood-red armor, whose aura Mei Suren recognized as that of a Void General.
• Mei Suren explained that the three legendary Void Generals had commanded the giants on Void Island, and that the surviving giants became Void Attendants.
• Xu Xiaoshou saw the Void General move, and the others watched his painting tremble as he recorded the motion.
• Mei Suren urged everyone to leave and warned Xu Xiaoshou not to contract the dangerous spirit, but Xu Xiaoshou checked the Saint Emperor Dragon Scale and decided the risk was worth taking.
• Xu Xiaoshou approached the Void General and told it to stop kneeling and come with him.

Xu Xiaoshou entered Void General Red’s obsession world and experienced fragments of its final battle before returning to the long street. He calmed Mei Suren, bonded with Red using the Red-Character Ghost Talisman, and stored the spirit in his soul space.

• Void General Red drew Xu Xiaoshou into its memories, where he witnessed Red and Fly march to battle and saw Fly die beneath a Demon God Spear.
• Xu Xiaoshou experienced Red’s death at the hands of a demonic enemy, then was thrown back into the present with his mind and soul badly injured.
• Mei Suren shielded Xu Xiaoshou and unleashed his Heart Sword Technique, Second Realm, threatening to erase the surrounding world and its spirits.
• Xu Xiaoshou stopped Mei Suren, explained that Red had only shown him its memories, and approached the spirit again.
• Xu Xiaoshou shouted Red’s battle cry in the giant language, then placed the Red-Character Ghost Talisman into Red’s soul and stored it in his soul space.

Xu Xiaoshou contracted Void General Red with the Red-Character Ghost Talisman, gaining a major boost to his soul and cultivation. As he prepared to face Ghost Granny, Mei Suren revealed that Xu Xiaoshou had already learned the Soul-Controlling Arcane Art.

• Xu Xiaoshou spoke with Void General Red in his soul space and persuaded it to help him fight Ghost Granny, calling it Little Red.
• Xu Xiaoshou returned to his senses as the successful contract strengthened his soul, spiritual power, physical strength, and cultivation.
• Mei Suren protected Xu Xiaoshou while Ghost Granny feared the contract would fail, then watched in dismay as Xu Xiaoshou recovered.
• Xu Xiaoshou told Mei Suren he felt ready to fight Ghost Granny and did not need to learn the Soul-Controlling Arcane Art first.
• Mei Suren explained that condensing a Red-Character Ghost Talisman meant Xu Xiaoshou had already learned the Soul-Controlling Arcane Art, stunning both Xu Xiaoshou and Ghost Granny.

Xu Xiaoshou began his life-and-death battle with Ghost Granny after completing his initial Ghost Sword Technique training. He summoned Void General Red, whose overwhelming power immobilized Ghost Granny as it began drawing the sword through its chest.

• Xu Xiaoshou told Ghost Granny he was ready to fight, and Mei Suren declared the battle begun.
• Ghost Granny launched a surprise soul attack, but Xu Xiaoshou’s Presence stunned her and disrupted her strike.
• Xu Xiaoshou summoned Void General Red, which fixed its attention on Ghost Granny and roared with immense battle intent.
• Void General Red gathered surrounding spirits into its soul body and reached for the greatsword piercing its chest.
• As Red began drawing the sword, its holy power forced Ghost Granny’s strength back and left her unable to move.

Xu Xiaoshou’s contracted soul, Void General Red, overwhelmed Ghost Granny and devoured her spirit after she tried to escape. As dawn returned to Void Island, Xu Xiaoshou promised Little Red he would continue growing and told Mei Suren and Xiao Kongtong that the fight was over.

• Mei Suren and Xiao Kongtong realized Void General Red possessed power beyond their expectations, while Xu Xiaoshou could only cheer it on because he did not know the Ghost Sword Technique’s combat methods.
• Void General Red unleashed a giant illusory sword that split Ghost Granny’s soul body, but she escaped as a streak of spiritual light.
• Xu Xiaoshou ordered Little Red to chase Ghost Granny, and it grew to giant size while absorbing spirit from across the area.
• Little Red dragged Ghost Granny’s spirit back and devoured her along with her soul-defense treasures, ignoring her pleas and curse.
• Little Red told Xu Xiaoshou it had grown a little and urged him to do the same; Xu Xiaoshou promised he would, recalled it to his soul space, and told Mei Suren and Xiao Kongtong he was finished.

True Person Huang Yang used the Blood Pearl to glimpse people approaching the First Hall of Sin and learned of a plot involving Xu Xiaoshou and an Exile Immunity Order. He entered the hall, and the Jade-Faced Scholar arrived soon after, overlaying it with the Ancient Past Forget-Worry Pavilion.

• Yan Wuse and Number Two sensed Demi-Saint power and realized someone had stolen the Bloodworld Pearl.
• True Person Huang Yang discovered the Blood Pearl was behind his strange journey and used it to view events at the First Hall of Sin.
• Through the Blood Pearl, True Person Huang Yang saw Yu Lingdi enter the hall with a mysterious figure in black feathered robes.
• True Person Huang Yang watched an orange-masked man bargain with a Demi-Saint over Xu Xiaoshou and the Exile Immunity Order, then both entered the hall.
• The Blood Pearl stirred True Person Huang Yang’s excitement, and he entered the First Hall of Sin despite the dangers he had witnessed.
• The Jade-Faced Scholar arrived, transformed the hall’s appearance into the Ancient Past Forget-Worry Pavilion, and stepped inside.

Xu Xiaoshou returned to the Origin Mansion World to use the Shennong Medicine Garden and encountered the Dragon Apricot Spirit guarding Long Xing. After learning the garden had been moved from Void Island, the spirit accepted its new home and allowed Xu Xiaoshou to pick a Dragon Apricot.

• Xu Xiaoshou told Lei Xier he had failed to kill a Demi-Saint from the Jiang Clan of the Northern Region, and she warned him not to take on such a foe again.
• Xu Xiaoshou noticed sacred medicines were missing, and Lei Xier hurried away after warning him that Long Xing was acting strangely.
• Xu Xiaoshou tried to pluck a Dragon Apricot, triggering the appearance of the Dragon Apricot Spirit, which demanded the Saint Emperor Dragon Scale in exchange for the garden.
• Xu Xiaoshou explained that the Shennong Medicine Garden had been moved into his Origin Mansion World, and the Dragon Apricot Spirit approved of the tranquil new surroundings.
• The Dragon Apricot Spirit accepted Xu Xiaoshou's argument that it could remain in the Origin Mansion World and allowed him to pick one Dragon Apricot before it went back to sleep.

Xu Xiaoshou traded dragon blood with the Dragon Apricot Spirit for four Dragon Apricots, then began consuming them to break through to the Sovereign Dao Realm. His uncontrolled reaction to the first fruit left Lei Xier secretly recording him.

• Xu Xiaoshou offered the Dragon Apricot Spirit a cauldron of Gold-Swallowing Dragon blood, and it agreed to let him pick three Dragon Apricots.
• Xu Xiaoshou reminded the Dragon Apricot Spirit of its earlier promise, picked four fruits, and narrowly avoided taking a fifth.
• Xu Xiaoshou offered Lei Xier a Dragon Apricot, and she took one after suddenly crying out and turning red.
• Little White begged Xu Xiaoshou for a Dragon Apricot and happily ate it while he prepared to consume his own.
• Xu Xiaoshou used the Breathing Method to absorb a Dragon Apricot and bounced around uncontrollably as Lei Xier secretly approached with a recording pearl.

Xu Xiaoshou recovered from eating a Dragon Apricot and discovered that it had greatly enhanced his physical abilities, while its excess power pushed him closer to breaking through to the Throne Dao Realm. Before advancing, he awakened Resilience as Immovable Wisdom King and found that it could protect him from an enormous explosion, leaving him excited and Lei Xier confused.

• Xu Xiaoshou found that the Dragon Apricot sharpened his eyesight, let him fly by controlling wind, and multiplied his physical strength with faint scale patterns.
• Xu Xiaoshou sensed that the Dragon Apricot’s excess power had made a breakthrough to the Throne Dao Realm imminent, but decided to awaken his remaining extended passive skills before advancing.
• Xu Xiaoshou awakened Resilience as Immovable Wisdom King, which froze him in place and slowed his thoughts when activated.
• Xu Xiaoshou tested the skill by detonating five compressed fire seeds beneath himself and emerged completely unharmed.
• Lei Xier rushed over to stop Xu Xiaoshou from damaging the Origin Mansion World, but he celebrated the skill’s protection and tossed her into the air.

Xu Xiaoshou tested his new Immovable Wisdom King skill against Lei Xier’s God-Devil Pupils, but their spar escalated until she collapsed from the backlash. After he caught and treated her, he noticed that Lei Xier seemed to be getting smaller.

• Xu Xiaoshou asked Lei Xier to use Divine Fall on him and activated Immovable Wisdom King to immunize the mental attack, then flashed behind her and pressed Hidden Pain to her throat.
• Lei Xier used her full strength with Divine Fall, but Xu Xiaoshou endured the attack and countered; when she followed with Demonic Extremity, he used Heart Sword Technique, Gods and Buddhas Under Eyes, to overwhelm her.
• Enraged, Lei Xier fused the powers of her God-Devil Pupils with holy power and unleashed Heaven's Punishment: Heart-Shattering Dao, filling Xu Xiaoshou's mind with heart-tribulation lightning.
• Xu Xiaoshou defended against the heart tribulation with Immovable Wisdom King and the Heart Sword Technique, but Lei Xier suffered the backlash, lost consciousness, and fell from the sky.
• Xu Xiaoshou caught Lei Xier, fed her the holy medicine Flower of Life, and realized Immovable Wisdom King could transfer damage beyond its limits to its caster.
• As Lei Xier recovered in his arms, Xu Xiaoshou noticed that she seemed to be getting smaller.

After Lei Xier’s defeat, Mu Zixi awakened in her familiar body and began adjusting to it. Xu Xiaoshou then awakened Transformation as “Second True Body,” creating an independent copy of himself that introduced itself.

• Xu Xiaoshou realized the Flower of Life had restored Mu Zixi’s body and speculated that her Supreme Life Demon Body allowed her two wills to alternate.
• Mu Zixi woke up, confirmed that Lei Xier had fallen asleep, and struggled to summon her God-Devil Pupils before successfully bringing them forth.
• Mu Zixi left to get used to her body while Xu Xiaoshou reflected on her return and resolved to focus on improving his own abilities.
• Xu Xiaoshou used an Awakening Stone on Transformation and unlocked the awakening skill “Second True Body.”
• Xu Xiaoshou activated the skill and endured a painful transformation that produced an independent copy of himself.
• The new Second True Body greeted Xu Xiaoshou in his own voice and introduced itself as Xu Xiaoshou.

Xu Xiaoshou tested his newly awakened Second True Body, learning it could replicate his abilities and thoughts but had to obey him, though its death caused him severe pain. After summoning a more manageable version, he used it to prank Mu Zixi, who discovered the duplicate and attacked both Xu Xiaoshous.

• Xu Xiaoshou ordered his first Second True Body to die, confirmed it could not disobey him, and suffered intense pain when it exploded.
• Xu Xiaoshou revived the Second True Body and learned he could summon it again without repeating the initial split, but the duplicate's sarcastic remarks led him to explode it too.
• Xu Xiaoshou asked Mu Zixi whether his way of speaking was irritating, then offended her and was blasted into the sky by her ancient tree.
• Xu Xiaoshou summoned a third Second True Body, realized the duplicates shared his blunt inner thoughts, and brought it to apologize to Mu Zixi.
• Xu Xiaoshou and his Second True Body revealed themselves together, startling Mu Zixi, who grabbed her weapons and charged at them.

After bringing Mu Zixi to Void Island, Xu Xiaoshou reunited with Mei Suren and Xiao Kongtong, who helped protect her and discussed how Xu Xiaoshou should cultivate his Throne Dao Realm. The chapter ended with Mu Zixi nervously asking Xiao Kongtong to explain the third kind of special Throne Domain.

• Xu Xiaoshou brought Mu Zixi out of the Origin Mansion World with three drops of Holy Blood prepared for her, then met Mei Suren and Xiao Kongtong on Void Island.
• Mu Zixi peppered Xiao Kongtong with questions about Moon-Joining Immortal City, and he placed a strand of Sword Thought in her brow so she could call for his help.
• Xu Xiaoshou said his cultivation had stabilized and that he was nearing the Throne Dao Realm, prompting Mei Suren to advise him to choose a primary Dao.
• Xiao Kongtong explained that special Throne Domains could form through Upanishad comprehension or by incorporating special treasures, and warned that combining mismatched powers could damage a domain's foundation.
• Xu Xiaoshou became intrigued by the explosive possibilities of combining domain powers, while Mu Zixi grew alarmed and asked Xiao Kongtong about the third method.

Xu Xiaoshou and his companions discussed Ghost Beast power, Grey Palace of the Xu Moon, and the Art Ancestor before setting out for the First Hall of Sin. They entered the hall together, and its plaque changed to read “Ancient Past Forget-Worry Pavilion.”

• Xiao Kongtong warned Xu Xiaoshou that Grey Palace of the Xu Moon was a dangerous Southern Domain faction that studied Ghost Beast power and survived because the region was chaotic.
• Xiao Kongtong explained that the Southern Domain revered the Evil God, whom Mei Suren identified as the Art Ancestor, the source of arts and techniques such as Heavenly Secrets Art and Golden Gate Arts.
• Xu Xiaoshou, Xiao Kongtong, and Mei Suren compared their remaining countdowns and agreed to head for the First Hall of Sin rather than delay for Xu Xiaoshou’s breakthrough.
• Xiao Kongtong led Xu Xiaoshou, Mu Zixi, and Mei Suren to the First Hall of Sin, where he entered first and the others followed.
• As Xu Xiaoshou crossed the hall’s entrance, its plaque changed from “First Hall of Sin” to “Ancient Past Forget-Worry Pavilion.”