Chapter Summaries

Xu Xiaoshou entered the First Hall of Sin and was trapped in a temporal distortion until its master stopped time and freed him. The master introduced himself as Kong Yuhen, and Xu Xiaoshou gave his name as Wen Ming.

• Xu Xiaoshou entered the First Hall of Sin and found a tiny, furnished loft unlike the vast labyrinth Xiao Kongtong had described.
• When Xu Xiaoshou touched the door, the room's temporal power slowed his thoughts and movements while he noticed familiar auras among the wooden figurines and signs that someone had recently used the tea table.
• A young man descended the stairs, stopped the gears, clock, and scepter, and freed Xu Xiaoshou from the time distortion.
• The young man introduced himself as Kong Yuhen and called Xu Xiaoshou a visitor from another world.
• Xu Xiaoshou recognized the name Kong Yuhen and introduced himself as Wen Ming.

Xu Xiaoshou met Kong Yuhen in the Ancient Past Forget-Worry Pavilion, where Kong exposed his many aliases and identified him as a visitor from another world. Xu Xiaoshou left with the Time Ancestor Shadow Staff, still wary of Kong Yuhen’s motives.

• Kong Yuhen drew out Xu Xiaoshou’s past self-introductions from different points in time, prompting Xu Xiaoshou to admit his real name.
• Kong Yuhen explained that the pavilion occupied another spacetime and that strong inspiration let Xu Xiaoshou enter it from the First Hall of Sin.
• Kong Yuhen called Xu Xiaoshou a visitor from another world, and Xu Xiaoshou concealed his alarm while questioning what Kong knew.
• Xu Xiaoshou asked to leave, and Kong Yuhen said he could go at any time.
• As Xu Xiaoshou approached the door, Kong Yuhen gave him the Time Ancestor Shadow Staff as a farewell gift.
• Kong Yuhen opened the door and invited Xu Xiaoshou to leave through the fog-filled passage.

Xu Xiaoshou told Mei Suren and Xiao Kongtong about meeting Kong Yuhen, who had given him the Time Ancestor Shadow Staff, and worried over Kong Yuhen’s identity and motives. The group entered the First Hall of Sin to explore, where Xu Xiaoshou spotted a mysterious figure resembling Kong Yuhen before it vanished.

• Xu Xiaoshou emerged from a strange time-and-space passage with the Time Ancestor Shadow Staff, which could not be handed off or thrown away.
• Mei Suren recognized the staff and connected it to Kong Yuhen, while Xiao Kongtong recalled that the former Ten Seat Holder had wielded space and time abilities.
• Xu Xiaoshou recounted his meeting with Kong Yuhen, and the group considered whether he might be connected to Huangquan of Yama.
• Mei Suren and Xiao Kongtong reassured Xu Xiaoshou and urged him to focus on exploring the First Hall of Sin.
• Xu Xiaoshou spotted a splendidly dressed figure seated at a tea table in the distant maze; it greeted him and then vanished like bubbles of light.

After seeing Kong Yuhen, Xu Xiaoshou vented his anxiety by fighting a Void Attendant and discovered that Dragon Apricot, his passive skills, and his giant transformation let him overpower it. He left the Void Attendant embedded in a maze wall after a decisive punch.

• Xu Xiaoshou saw Kong Yuhen vanish and told Mei Suren, Xiao Kongtong, and Mu Zixi that Kong Yuhen had been watching them unseen.
• A Void Attendant appeared, and Xu Xiaoshou charged it to test his strength while Mei Suren let him fight.
• Xu Xiaoshou recovered rapidly from the Void Attendant’s first punch, then used Dragon Apricot’s Dragon Ancestor Scale Pattern and Explosive Stance to trade stronger blows.
• Xu Xiaoshou transformed into a hundred-zhang golden Berserk Giant and fought the Void Attendant on equal terms.
• Xu Xiaoshou used Immovable Wisdom King to disrupt the Void Attendant’s balance and punched it into the maze wall.

Xu Xiaoshou and his companions questioned a Void Attendant about the Death-Exemption Token and the maze of the First Hall of Sin, learning that the Spirit of the Heavenly Ancestor guided travelers to its main hall. Unable to find another route, Xiao Kongtong began searching the maze by sending countless void swords through its paths.

• Xu Xiaoshou transformed back from his Berserk Giant form and called on Mei Suren and Xiao Kongtong to deal with the still-standing Void Attendant.
• Mei Suren used his Illusion Sword Technique to make the Void Attendant kneel, and Xu Xiaoshou questioned it about the Death-Exemption Token and the main hall.
• The Void Attendant said the Spirit of the Heavenly Ancestor guided travelers to the main hall, claimed it knew no other route, and handed Xu Xiaoshou its thirty-four Void Crystals in exchange for its life.
• Xu Xiaoshou and the others discussed whether the Spirit of the Heavenly Ancestor was the Spirit of Void Island, then divided their Void Crystals among the group.
• After the group failed to learn how to navigate the maze, Xiao Kongtong used Myriad Sword Technique: Immortal Guides the Way to send void swords through its paths.

True Person Huang Yang was saved from a Void Attendant by Five Declines of Heaven and Man, who killed the giant and claimed Huang Yang’s Bloodworld Pearl. As Jiang Buyi weighed Five Declines’ growing strength, the two discovered ancient sword cultivators searching the maze, and Five Declines offered to lead him to Xu Xiaoshou.

• True Person Huang Yang failed to stop a Void Attendant with the Bloodworld Pearl and his Threefold Thunder Mirror, but Five Declines of Heaven and Man caught the giant’s foot and made it kneel with a word.
• Five Declines killed the Void Attendant with his Decaying Body, while a Saint’s gaze left Huang Yang gravely injured and the Saint took the Bloodworld Pearl.
• Jiang Buyi reflected that Five Declines had grown powerful by devouring seven Void Attendants and admitted his own goal was the Exile Immunity Order.
• Tiny void swords searched the maze, and Jiang Buyi recognized their movements as an ancient sword cultivator’s use of the Myriad Sword Technique.
• Five Declines told Jiang Buyi that he knew Xu Xiaoshou’s location and suggested the ancient sword cultivators had gathered with him in the First Hall of Sin.

Xu Xiaoshou and his companions searched the First Hall of Sin maze as their vitality drained, but a spatial upheaval separated him from them and brought him to the Unforgiven Hall with a mysterious woman. After Xu Xiaoshou fought off her ghosts, she introduced herself as Night Owl.

• Xiao Kongtong reported that the maze was vast, their vitality was draining faster over time, and Jiang Buyi and Five Declines of Heaven and Man were approaching.
• The maze shook and rearranged itself, separating Xu Xiaoshou from Mu Zixi, Mei Suren, and Xiao Kongtong.
• Xu Xiaoshou found himself in the Unforgiven Hall beside a hooded woman in a black feathered robe, and introduced himself as Chen Tan.
• The woman in black feathers questioned Xu Xiaoshou, then attacked him with the Soil of the Dark Night and a swarm of ghosts.
• Xu Xiaoshou evaded the ghosts and used Sui Yin's Eye to drive them back, after which the woman revealed her name was Night Owl.

Xu Xiaoshou disguised himself as Chen Tan and explored Unforgiven Hall with Night Owl, the Darkness Division's head, while hiding his suspicion that she had issued the bounty on his life. He found an ancient token marked “Godslayer!” just as Night Owl reached for it.

• Xu Xiaoshou recognized Night Owl from fragmentary memories, concealed his identity as Chen Tan, and tried to persuade her to work with him.
• Xu Xiaoshou followed Night Owl into Unforgiven Hall, considered killing her, and decided to wait for a better opportunity.
• Xu Xiaoshou accidentally revealed his knowledge of Void Attendants, but deflected Night Owl's questions by offering an exchange of intelligence.
• Xu Xiaoshou examined the torture devices and followed Night Owl into the prison-cell area, where he noticed a powerful object atop a giant table.
• Xu Xiaoshou picked up an ancient token marked “Edict” and “Godslayer!” before Night Owl reached for it and demanded that he hand it over.

Xu Xiaoshou refused to give Night Owl the Godslayer Edict, and their clash escalated as she unleashed the Death God's Owl Eye. Just as he considered surrendering, a voice from the Heaven Three cell warned that their fight would destroy the hall and begged them for help.

• Xu Xiaoshou dodged Night Owl’s attempts to seize the Godslayer Edict and teased her, prompting her to summon the Soil of the Dark Night and a host of undead creatures.
• Night Owl used three-legged black owls to influence Xu Xiaoshou’s will, but he resisted with Immovable Wisdom King and smashed her with Sui Yin’s Eye, forcing her to re-form from the owls.
• Night Owl demanded the Godslayer Edict again, and Xu Xiaoshou refused, leading her to open the Death God's Owl Eye and rapidly drain his life force.
• As Xu Xiaoshou considered handing over the edict, a voice from the Heaven Three cell warned them to stop before the hall exploded and pleaded for rescue.

Xu Xiaoshou repaired the damaged seal on the Heaven Three cell and used Frost Lord’s escape as leverage while Night Owl turned against him. When she unleashed a deadly attack, Xu Xiaoshou opened the seal again, and Frost Lord intervened to protect him.

• Night Owl’s power of death damaged the Heaven Three cell’s seal, and her attack worsened the breach as frost-white cold air began to escape.
• Xu Xiaoshou recognized Frost Lord’s attempt to trick them, then used spiritual threads to repair the Unforgiven Hall’s sealing array.
• Frost Lord pleaded with Xu Xiaoshou to release him, but Xu Xiaoshou resealed the cell after warning that he could keep Frost Lord imprisoned for years.
• Night Owl attacked Xu Xiaoshou after he asked about the Godslayer Edict, sending thirty-six beams of soul-annihilating light at him.
• Xu Xiaoshou broke the cell’s seal again, and Frost Lord formed a Half-Saint ice wing that deflected the attack and declared, “Who dares touch my people?”

Xu Xiaoshou kept Frost Lord sealed while Night Owl tried to obtain the Godslayer Edict and recruit him to Holy Spirit Hall. Frost Lord revealed that the Edicts belonged to the ancient Godslayer Officer Ran Ming and that the Ran Ming Ruins lay in the Four Symbols Secret Realm.

• Frost Lord revealed his Demi-Saint strength, but Xu Xiaoshou resealed his cell and refused to release him while Night Owl destroyed the fallen ice wings.
• Night Owl offered to let Xu Xiaoshou keep the Godslayer Edict if he joined Holy Spirit Hall, but he refused and claimed he had destroyed Pure and Quiet Sect.
• Xu Xiaoshou asked Frost Lord about the Godslayer Edict, and Frost Lord explained that Ran Ming could sever Ancestral Source Power and that gathering all three Edicts could reveal the Ran Ming Ruins.
• Frost Lord said the other two Godslayer Edicts were in Holy Spirit Hall, while Night Owl attacked Xu Xiaoshou behind the ice wings.
• Frost Lord revealed that the Ran Ming Ruins were in the Four Symbols Secret Realm.

Xu Xiaoshou, disguised as Chen Tan, deduced that Frost Lord was manipulating him and negotiated a truce with Night Owl while searching Unforgiven Hall for an exit. After a spatial rift opened a passage back to First Hall of Sin, he rushed toward it as footsteps approached.

• Xu Xiaoshou connected Frost Lord’s interest in the Four Symbols Secret Realm to Ba Zunan’s plans and concluded that Frost Lord was not human and was at odds with the Holy Spirit Hall.
• Frost Lord admitted Xu Xiaoshou was right and offered him three favors in exchange for release, but Xu Xiaoshou sealed the cell and refused.
• Xu Xiaoshou told Night Owl he would not hand over the Godslayer Edict, join her conflict with Frost Lord, or let her interfere with his search for an exit, and she agreed to leave him alone.
• Xu Xiaoshou searched Unforgiven Hall for a day but found no exit, while Night Owl watched and her black owl cried out.
• A spatial rift opened a passage into the hall, and Xu Xiaoshou charged toward it as footsteps sounded from within.

Xu Xiaoshou, disguised as Chen Tan, faced Rao Yaoyao’s arrival in Unforgiven Hall and tried to deflect suspicion onto Frost Lord. Rao Yaoyao subdued Frost Lord’s attack and approached the cell, resolved to act directly despite her doubts.

• Rao Yaoyao emerged from a vanished spatial passageway, and Xu Xiaoshou retreated to the entrance of the Heaven Three cell.
• Rao Yaoyao questioned Chen Tan about his swordsmanship and demanded the Godslayer Edict, while he claimed to be a cultivator of the Way of Arts.
• Xu Xiaoshou opened the cell seal, and Frost Lord tried to enlist him and then implicated him in a mission involving Xu Xiaoshou and the Three Ancestors of the White Lineage.
• Xu Xiaoshou told Rao Yaoyao that Frost Lord had given him the mission, prompting Frost Lord to accuse him of slander and break out with an ice-wing attack.
• Rao Yaoyao stopped Frost Lord’s attack with Red Dust Heart-Refining, then ordered Xu Xiaoshou to fall back as she advanced toward the cell.

Rao Yaoyao broke Frost Lord out of Unforgiven Hall, suspecting that he was a weakened Ghost Beast, but Frost Lord revealed his power and attacked Xu Xiaoshou. The chapter left Xu Xiaoshou realizing Frost Lord had targeted him as a potential Ghost Beast Host.

• Rao Yaoyao shattered the seals on Frost Lord's cell, unleashing his immense cold pressure throughout Unforgiven Hall.
• Frost Lord emerged as a small, tailed creature, celebrated his freedom, and shouted threats against Yan Wuse and Yu Kunpeng before asking Chen Tan for clothes.
• Rao Yaoyao questioned Frost Lord about his true form and recovery, and Frost Lord insisted he was not a Ghost Beast but promised to answer how soon he would regain his strength.
• Frost Lord unleashed the Frost Sky Cold Realm, freezing and shattering the hall while Rao Yaoyao, Night Owl, and Xu Xiaoshou struggled against his power.
• Frost Lord transformed into a black current and charged toward Chen Tan, prompting Xu Xiaoshou to realize Frost Lord was treating him as a possible Ghost Beast Host.

Frost Lord tried to possess Chen Tan, but Xu Xiaoshou resisted and embedded Sui Yin's Eye in the Ghost Beast. After Frost Lord revealed his Frostsky Weasel form and Rao Yaoyao explained his history, Xu Xiaoshou suspected Frost Lord had escaped from the Inner Island of Void Island and might be connected to Ba Zunan.

• Frost Lord chose Chen Tan as his host and attacked, but Xu Xiaoshou released Immovable Wisdom King and struck him with Sui Yin's Eye using Great Compassionate Palm.
• Frost Lord was blasted into the Heaven Three cell with Sui Yin's Eye embedded in his chest, while Rao Yaoyao and Night Owl recovered from his control.
• Xu Xiaoshou pretended to be exhausted and warned Rao Yaoyao that Frost Lord could not be allowed to possess anyone.
• Frost Lord suppressed the Evil God's Power with frost, released his true body, and transformed into a Frostsky Weasel.
• Rao Yaoyao explained that the Frostsky Weasel had been sealed in several places and could escape the Inner Island of Void Island through spatial and other rifts.
• Xu Xiaoshou reasoned that Frost Lord might have escaped the Inner Island and wondered whether he was one of Ba Zunan's people.

Frost Lord unleashed his full Ghost Beast form and froze the Unforgiven Hall with the Ganges, seemingly killing Rao Yaoyao and shattering Xu Xiaoshou’s body. As Xu Xiaoshou recovered and hid among the ruins, a strange vision appeared and the frozen river cracked, hinting that Rao Yaoyao had unleashed the Red Dust Sword’s Myriad Visages of Living Beings.

• Frost Lord transformed into his full Ghost Beast form and concentrated his Demi-Saint pressure on Rao Yaoyao, who held her ground with the Fortune Golden Dragon.
• Frost Lord unleashed the Ganges and Sever, freezing Rao Yaoyao and shattering Xu Xiaoshou’s body; Xu Xiaoshou transferred the pain to his Second True Body and recovered with a pill.
• Xu Xiaoshou returned to the ruins, found Night Owl missing and the undead archmage partly frozen, then concealed himself while Frost Lord called for Chen Tan.
• Illusory figures representing the mortal world appeared over the ruins, and the frozen Ganges cracked as Frost Lord realized the sword technique was not an illusion.
• Xu Xiaoshou recognized the Red Dust Sword’s Myriad Visages of Living Beings as calamities gathered over Void Island, while Yan Wuse and Number Two departed and Ai Cangsheng sensed a mysterious change.

Xu Xiaoshou realized Rao Yaoyao had cultivated the All Beings Aspect and was undergoing saint tribulation to attain demi-sainthood. As the calamity devastated the First Hall of Sin, he recognized Dao Qiongchang’s hidden hand behind her rise and fled through a disrupted passage.

• Xu Xiaoshou recalled Mei Suren’s explanation that Gou Wuyue’s hesitation and Rao Yaoyao’s retreat reflected their sword paths and circumstances, and learned that Rao had nearly completed the All Beings Aspect.
• Rao Yaoyao broke free of the Ganges River’s seal, protected by the All Beings Aspect, and began her saint tribulation above the ruins of the Unforgiven Hall.
• The tribulation bolt pierced the First Hall of Sin, injuring Xu Xiaoshou, blasting Frost Lord away, and exposing the badly wounded Night Owl.
• The chaos of the tribulation disrupted the maze and opened a passage near the ruins while Rao Yaoyao continued her ascent.
• Xu Xiaoshou concluded that Dao Qiongchang had orchestrated Rao Yaoyao’s setbacks and growth, then escaped through the unstable spatial passage.

Mu Zixi stayed close to Jiang Buyi in the First Hall of Sin by pretending to be a mysterious puppet, while he used her spiritual essence to open the fourth hall. A Saint Tribulation and a Demi-Saint chase erupted nearby, and Jiang Buyi led Mu Zixi into True Radiance Hall.

• Jiang Buyi brought Mu Zixi to the fourth hall and handed her his Formation-Breaking Key to open its sealed formation.
• Mu Zixi silently followed Xu Xiaoshou’s advice to let Jiang Buyi overthink her behavior, convincing him to treat her as a dangerous forbidden puppet and keep her close.
• Mu Zixi opened the formation of True Radiance Hall and was hurled away by a blast from a distant Saint Tribulation.
• Jiang Buyi sensed sword-will tribulation and a Demi-Saint chase, and suspected that Mei Suren was becoming a Sword Path Demi-Saint.
• Jiang Buyi found Mu Zixi injured but alive, avoided touching her, and led her through the opened doorway into True Radiance Hall.

Xu Xiaoshou suspected that Night Owl was secretly tracking him, so he staged Chen Tan’s injuries and transformed his face to lure her into revealing herself. The information panel registered a horrified stare even though no one appeared nearby, leaving him unsure whether Night Owl was watching after all.

• Xu Xiaoshou reviewed the Unforgiven Hall battle and concluded that Night Owl might have been assigned to watch Chen Tan, whose Evil God's Power made him a target of the Holy Spirit Hall.
• Xu Xiaoshou used the Saint Emperor Dragon Scale to guard against outside influence and decided to test whether Night Owl could track him while he was vanished.
• Xu Xiaoshou ran deep into the maze, restored his bloodied appearance, released the Vanishing Art, and acted as an injured Chen Tan.
• Xu Xiaoshou pretended to recover, then washed his face and used Transformation to reveal a featureless face while checking the information panel.
• The information panel reported that Xu Xiaoshou had received a horrified stare, though his Perception detected no one nearby.

Xu Xiaoshou realized Night Owl was secretly tracking him, disguised himself as Chen Ruyi, and encountered Gu Qing'er under the control of Five Declines of Heaven and Man. After defeating Gu Qing'er with a glance, Xu Xiaoshou faced Five Declines of Heaven and Man’s Three Aversions Eye, which failed to affect him.

• Xu Xiaoshou detected Night Owl watching him, changed his appearance to resemble Kong Yuhen, and adopted the name Chen Ruyi.
• Five Declines of Heaven and Man urged the weakened Gu Qing'er onward through the maze and told him to challenge anyone they encountered.
• Xu Xiaoshou recognized Gu Qing'er and suspected Five Declines of Heaven and Man was using a Three Aversions Eye to control him.
• Gu Qing'er attacked Chen Ruyi, but Xu Xiaoshou subdued him with the Heart Sword Technique, Gods and Buddhas Under Eyes.
• Five Declines of Heaven and Man revealed his name and tried to enslave Chen Ruyi with the Three Aversions Eye, but Chen Ruyi remained unaffected.