Chapter Summaries

Jiang Buyi reached True Radiance Hall and bargained with Yu Lingdi for the last Exile Immunity Order, swearing to obey Yu Lingdi’s commands. Huangquan and Mei Suren then trapped Jiang Buyi in a divided spacetime and confronted him, while Night Owl attempted to break through to the Half-Saint realm using the Bloodworld Pearl.

• Jiang Buyi entered True Radiance Hall and found Yu Lingdi and Night Owl grievously injured, trading intelligence about Mu Zixi, Xu Xiaoshou, and other threats.
• Yu Lingdi revealed that the Exile Immunity Orders were gone, then offered the final order to Jiang Buyi in exchange for a Half-Saint Profound Decree oath of obedience.
• Jiang Buyi accepted Yu Lingdi’s terms, but Huangquan’s spacetime power left him unable to reach the order and separated him from Yu Lingdi.
• Huangquan and Mei Suren confronted Jiang Buyi, while Huangquan revealed his knowledge of Jiang Buyi’s involvement with the Lei Clan Eyes and threatened to use Void Island’s exile power against him.
• Night Owl proposed using the Bloodworld Pearl to force a breakthrough into the Half-Saint realm, and a new Saint Tribulation began inside True Radiance Hall.

Xu Xiaoshou reunited with Mu Zixi, learned that a Half-Saint had approached the First Hall of Sin, and decided to seek a Sovereign breakthrough. After he contacted Ba Zunan and vanished, Xu Xiaoshou found himself drawn into a strange place that appeared to be the Ancient Past Forget-Worry Pavilion.

• Five Declines of Heaven and Man invited Mu Zixi to join him in Netherworld Ghost City before departing, while Lei Xier argued that she and Mu Zixi had to use every means to survive.
• Xu Xiaoshou reunited his two bodies, revealed his identities to Frost Lord, and left the First Hall of Sin with Mu Zixi and the Ghost Beast.
• Xu Xiaoshou decided to leave the area and pursue a Sovereign breakthrough, but he wanted a powerful guardian because Void Island was dangerous.
• Xu Xiaoshou contacted Ba Zunan, who told him to come in, and Xu Xiaoshou disappeared from Mu Zixi and Frost Lord's view.
• Xu Xiaoshou followed the Time Ancestor Shadow Staff through distorted space and realized he had returned to the First Hall of Sin, whose plaque changed in his sight to Ancient Past Forget-Worry Pavilion.
• Xu Xiaoshou briefly forgot where the Time Ancestor Shadow Staff came from, threw it aside, then picked it up and used it to open the pavilion doors.

Huangquan used time manipulation and the Exile Immunity Order to corner Jiang Buyi while Mei Suren and Night Owl faced the Saint Tribulation. Yu Lingdi turned the fight by parasitizing Huangquan and removing Jiang Buyi’s exile countdown, but Huangquan escaped his control and killed Jiang Buyi with Soul Severing.

• Night Owl used the Bloodworld Pearl to trigger a Saint Tribulation and crack Huangquan’s spacetime confinement around Jiang Buyi, while Mei Suren drew the tribulation’s attention away from the others.
• Huangquan cut off Yu Lingdi’s right arm to seize the Exile Immunity Order, but Yu Lingdi had secretly transferred it to a blood-water hand that later parasitized Huangquan and used the order to erase Jiang Buyi’s exile countdown.
• Huangquan reversed time after Jiang Buyi unleashed his Saint Physique, then crushed the Exile Immunity Order and forced Jiang Buyi’s countdown down to one day.
• Yu Lingdi escaped Huangquan’s body and warned Jiang Buyi to flee, but Huangquan used the River of Time to cancel Mei Suren’s Saint Tribulation and bring another version of himself into the present.
• Huangquan accelerated his own time and slowed Jiang Buyi’s, then drew Soul Severing and cut through Jiang Buyi’s soul, killing the Half-Saint.

Xu Xiaoshou met Ba Zunan and Kong Yuhen in the Ancient Past Forget-Worry Pavilion, where Ba Zunan recounted Kong Yuhen’s forgotten battles with the Ten Seat Holders and urged Xu Xiaoshou to stop holding himself back. As Xu Xiaoshou prepared to pursue his own path toward the Throne Dao Realm, Ba Zunan secretly triggered his breakthrough with a cup of wine.

• Xu Xiaoshou entered the pavilion, joined Ba Zunan and Kong Yuhen at the table, and learned that Kong Yuhen had forgotten much of his past.
• Ba Zunan recalled how Kong Yuhen had fought Wen Ting, Kui Leihan, and Shen Yi during the Ten Seat Holders era, revealing that Shen Yi defeated Kong Yuhen and Kui Leihan later developed God-Punishing Execution Tribulation.
• Ba Zunan told Xu Xiaoshou that he had become too cautious and urged him to charge forward, surpass the era’s greatest geniuses, and forge a path combining spirit refining, swordsmanship, and body tempering.
• Xu Xiaoshou agreed to break through while Ba Zunan stood guard, but Ba Zunan’s wine unleashed spiritual energy that shattered Xu Xiaoshou’s bottleneck before he was ready.
• Ba Zunan slapped Xu Xiaoshou to disrupt his surging spiritual essence and ordered him to break through, eager to see what kind of monster he would become.

Huangquan and Mei Suren defeated Yu Lingdi after Huangquan killed Jiang Buyi’s apparent incarnation, but Jiang Buyi returned in a frenzy and trapped them in True Radiance Hall. He revealed the Three-Calamity Eyes, triggering ten layers of lightning tribulation across Void Island and leaving everyone in danger.

• Huangquan killed Jiang Buyi with Soul Severing and deduced that another Half-Saint incarnation might come to retrieve Yu Lingdi.
• Yu Lingdi attacked Huangquan and Mei Suren with his water-elemental Upanishad, but Mei Suren trapped and defeated him with Illusion Sword Technique and Void swords.
• Jiang Buyi arrived and unleashed Saint-Slaying Cloud Light throughout True Radiance Hall, then used Yu Lingdi’s contract-bound order to keep Yu Lingdi alive and ensnare Huangquan and Mei Suren.
• Jiang Buyi tore open the Half-Saint Profound Decree and revealed the Three-Calamity Eyes, making Huangquan, Mei Suren, and Yu Lingdi meet their gaze.
• The Three-Calamity Eyes triggered ten layers of lightning tribulation, filling the sky over Void Island and drawing spirit cultivators toward the First Hall of Sin.

Rao Yaoyao arrived at True Radiance Hall as Jiang Buyi’s Saint Tribulation erupted, then used her newly attained Saint power to cut Huangquan down and pursue him. Meanwhile, Xu Xiaoshou passed through a chaotic breakthrough in the Ancient Past Forget-Worry Pavilion, reached the Throne Dao Realm, and unlocked new Passive System abilities.

• Ba Zunan and Kong Yuhen watched the Three-Calamity Eyes and overlapping Saint Tribulations appear above the First Hall of Sin while Ba Zunan stayed to guard Xu Xiaoshou.
• Rao Yaoyao reached the ruined True Radiance Hall seeking an Exile Immunity Order and found Jiang Buyi, Huangquan, Mei Suren, and Yu Lingdi caught in the tribulation crisis.
• Yu Lingdi used the Subdimensional Door to suppress three layers of tribulation, but Huangquan turned back for it and Rao Yaoyao struck him with her Red Dust Sword.
• Rao Yaoyao pursued Huangquan into the Saint Tribulation after splitting the lightning with Xuancang, while Jiang Buyi carried Yu Lingdi away.
• Xu Xiaoshou’s Sword Thought triggered a chaotic breakthrough, and he gathered and refined many Great Daos as Ba Zunan and Kong Yuhen watched over him.
• Xu Xiaoshou reached the Throne Dao Realm, and his Passive System unlocked the Dao-Nurturing Field and Unity of Heaven and Man.

After reaching the Throne Dao Realm, Xu Xiaoshou discovered that his Domain detonated with devastating force, injuring Ba Zunan during a test. He then examined the upgraded Passive System’s Great Dao Disks and learned that his new Unity of Heaven and Man skill could draw power from a chosen Dao.

• Xu Xiaoshou examined his expanded sea of energy and found that its treasures and conflicting powers constantly collided and exploded without harming him.
• Xu Xiaoshou summoned his Domain in the Ancient Past Forget-Worry Pavilion, causing an explosion that wrecked the pavilion’s first floor and injured Ba Zunan.
• Kong Yuhen took Xu Xiaoshou and Ba Zunan to a simulated Void Island arena, where Ba Zunan advised Xu Xiaoshou to condense and detonate his Domain quickly.
• Xu Xiaoshou detonated a Domain in his palm beside Ba Zunan, creating a huge blast that sent Ba Zunan flying and left him badly injured.
• Xu Xiaoshou dodged Kong Yuhen’s attempt to kick him by vanishing, then inspected the Passive System’s ten Great Dao Disks and its new Unity of Heaven and Man skill.

After breaking through to the Throne Dao Realm, Xu Xiaoshou used Unity of Heaven and Man to manifest Dao disks and amplify his Sword Dao, then learned that Ba Zunan possessed a far more complete Sword Profundity Formation Diagram. Xu Xiaoshou planned to leave the pavilion to develop his new skills and grow stronger, while Ba Zunan urged him to be reckless and promised to cover for him.

• Xu Xiaoshou activated Unity of Heaven and Man, manifested a Sword Profundity Formation Diagram, and used it to reproduce Gu Qingyi's Sword Awakening strike.
• Ba Zunan revealed his genuine Sword Profundity Formation Diagram and explained that reaching the Second Realm in one of the nine great sword techniques granted one.
• Xu Xiaoshou manifested a Space Profundity Formation Diagram, tested his enhanced spatial comprehension against Kong Yuhen, and realized the disks could help him learn abilities and bluff opponents.
• Xu Xiaoshou inspected the updated shop, saw that Dao-Nurturing Seeds cost 100,000 Passive Value, and decided he needed to join battles to earn more.
• Xu Xiaoshou asked Ba Zunan about Saint Slave, the Holy Spirit Hall, and Five Declines of Heaven and Man, then decided to leave and develop his skills privately.
• Ba Zunan agreed to let Xu Xiaoshou go and told him to be more reckless because he would cover for him.

Xu Xiaoshou raised Sturdiness to Sacred Emperor Lv.0, greatly increasing his physical strength and resilience, then tested it against Frost Lord’s Ganges attack. After reassuring Mu Zixi about their purpose in cultivating, he faced Lei Xier’s question about choosing brief happiness or risking everything for a brighter future.

• Xu Xiaoshou returned to Mu Zixi and Frost Lord, learned that little time had passed outside, and upgraded Sturdiness from Throne Lv.1 to Sacred Emperor Lv.0.
• Xu Xiaoshou’s upgrade briefly summoned tribulation clouds, but the Saint Tribulation dispersed before he truly crossed into demi-sainthood.
• Xu Xiaoshou kicked Frost Lord through buildings to test his strength, then survived Frost Lord’s Ganges attack and quickly healed.
• Xu Xiaoshou reassured Mu Zixi that cultivation meant protecting his loved ones and their peaceful lives.
• Lei Xier appeared and asked Xu Xiaoshou whether he would choose brief happiness followed by lifelong sorrow or gamble for a lifetime of light.

Xu Xiaoshou upgraded Sword Mastery and Perception, reconsidered the dangers of rushing into sainthood, and used a Dao-Nurturing Seed to deepen his Fire Dao comprehension. The seed triggered a sudden enlightenment that ended almost immediately, leaving Frost Lord and Mu Zixi surprised.

• Xu Xiaoshou chose to spend Passive Value on Sword Mastery, raising it to Throne Lv.10 while deciding not to risk advancing it to Holy Emperor Lv.0 and drawing a Saint Tribulation.
• Xu Xiaoshou upgraded Perception to Holy Emperor Lv.0; a tribulation lightning bolt appeared, then dispersed, and his perception range expanded to ten thousand miles.
• Xu Xiaoshou spotted six cautious Cutting Voids approaching the First Hall of Sin and considered forming a group on Void Island.
• Xu Xiaoshou bought a Dao-Nurturing Seed, placed his Fire Dao in it, and entered sudden enlightenment when its flower bloomed.
• Frost Lord shielded Xu Xiaoshou while Mu Zixi watched, but Xu Xiaoshou quickly opened his eyes and asked why Frost Lord had placed a barrier around him.

Xu Xiaoshou used the Dao-Nurturing Seed to advance his Fire Dao Disk, then spent most of his remaining Passive Value upgrading his combat skills until a Saint Tribulation nearly formed. As a six-person group led by Feng Xiaose approached, Xu Xiaoshou and Mu Zixi prepared to confront them with an outrageous demand.

• Xu Xiaoshou realized that Dao-Nurturing Seeds increased Great Dao Disk progress, but decided to prioritize combat upgrades because cultivating profound meaning would cost too much Passive Value.
• Xu Xiaoshou raised Swallowing Mountains and Rivers and Agility to Saint Emperor Lv.0, nearly triggering a Saint Tribulation with the latter, then ran out of most of his Passive Value.
• Xu Xiaoshou boasted to Mu Zixi about his new Saint-tier abilities and taught her hand signals for hiding, provoking enemies, or fleeing.
• Feng Xiaose led Li Fugui, Xiaoping, Xiao'an, Zhu Yike, and Chen Ran toward the distant Saint Tribulation, believing it might signal an opportunity.
• When the six newcomers arrived, Mu Zixi stopped Li Fugui and announced Xu Xiaoshou's supposed Saint-tier credentials, demanding that they speak on their knees.

Xu Xiaoshou confronted Feng Xiaose’s group, killed Chen Ran with a single kick, and overwhelmed Feng Xiaose with his Sword Dao. The chapter ended with Xu Xiaoshou copying Feng Xiaose’s Absolute Imperial Rule and combining it with Swallowing Mountains and Rivers to launch a far stronger counterattack.

• Xu Xiaoshou demanded that Feng Xiaose’s group kneel and explain why they had come looking for him.
• Chen Ran attacked Xu Xiaoshou, but Xu Xiaoshou swallowed his unfinished technique and kicked him apart.
• Feng Xiaose drew his sword, but Xu Xiaoshou destroyed his sword strike with a glance and suppressed the battlefield with his Sword Dao Disk.
• Xu Xiaoshou copied Feng Xiaose’s Wave-Stacking Form and defeated it with a stronger version of the same Myriad Sword Technique move.
• Feng Xiaose used Absolute Imperial Rule to crush Xu Xiaoshou’s attack, but Xu Xiaoshou learned the technique and combined it with Swallowing Mountains and Rivers.

Xu Xiaoshou exposed Ruan Ping and Ruan An as Three Incense Sticks assassins and attacked them, while Zhu Yike used a strange technique to return the fleeing Ruan Ping to Xu Xiaoshou. Xu Xiaoshou killed Ruan Ping and seized his soul, then turned his attention to Zhu Yike as the man offered to show another trick.

• Xu Xiaoshou defeated Feng Xiaose with the Myriad Sword Technique, and Li Fugui knelt to stop the fight and tried to reason with him.
• Li Fugui deduced that Xu Xiaoshou wanted to kill four people in the group, while Xu Xiaoshou identified Ruan Ping and Ruan An as likely targets.
• Xu Xiaoshou used Soul Reading on Ruan Ping and confirmed that the brothers were Three Incense Sticks assassins hunting him for his Black-Gold Bounty.
• Ruan Ping and Ruan An fled, but Zhu Yike used Heaven and Earth Shift to swap Ruan Ping with a pebble and send him back before Xu Xiaoshou.
• Xu Xiaoshou stabbed and killed Ruan Ping, captured his soul with the Ghost Sword Technique, and watched Zhu Yike offer another magic trick.

Xu Xiaoshou used the Spirit Dao Disk to attack Ruan Ping’s soul and survived its explosion with Void General Red’s power. After Frost Lord killed the returning Ruan An, Zhu Yike offered Ruan An’s body as a pledge and asked Xu Xiaoshou to let him join Saint Slave.

• Xu Xiaoshou used the Spirit Dao Disk and Ghost Sword Technique to pierce Ruan Ping’s soul, then coordinated with Void General Red to withstand the soul’s self-destruction.
• Feng Xiaose, Li Fugui, and Zhu Yike each defended themselves from the soul storm, while Xu Xiaoshou emerged unharmed.
• Zhu Yike used Heaven-Stealing Sun-Swapping to exchange Li Fugui with the fleeing Ruan An, and Xu Xiaoshou’s Art Dao Disk let him observe the technique.
• Frost Lord arrived carrying Li Fugui and revealed that Frost Lord had killed Ruan An, whose frozen body appeared where Li Fugui had been.
• Xu Xiaoshou questioned Zhu Yike about his help, and Zhu Yike knelt with Ruan An’s body as his pledge and asked to join Saint Slave.

Xu Xiaoshou tested Zhu Yike’s sincerity and offered him a place in First Pavilion Under Heaven instead of Saint Slave. Zhu Yike swore loyalty to Xu Xiaoshou and accepted a trial that required him to survive Void Island and prove his worth.

• Zhu Yike explained that he wanted to join Saint Slave to fight the Holy Spirit Hall and seek freedom for oppressed geniuses.
• Xu Xiaoshou used his lie-detection ability to confirm Zhu Yike sincerely wanted to join Saint Slave.
• Xu Xiaoshou offered Zhu Yike a place in First Pavilion Under Heaven, explaining that it was an independent force under his command and would spearhead an assault on Holy Mountain.
• Xu Xiaoshou showed Zhu Yike Ba Zunan’s Eight-Character Order and clarified that Zhu Yike would serve him, not Ba Zunan.
• Zhu Yike swore to serve First Pavilion Under Heaven unto death, and Xu Xiaoshou accepted him on trial until he survived Void Island and demonstrated his value.

Xu Xiaoshou discovered that Li Fugui belonged to Saint Slave’s Flower-Grass Pavilion and tried to bluff his way through their unfamiliar ranks and leaders. After Li Fugui confirmed Xu Xiaoshou’s identity with the Eight-Character Order, he warned him not to kill Feng Xiaose and shared intelligence about Feng Tingchen and Feng Xiaose, then offered his knowledge of people across all Five Domains.

• Xu Xiaoshou showed Zhu Yike Art Ancestor’s Power, and Zhu Yike admitted he had the means to inherit it but had not dared to do so.
• Xu Xiaoshou prepared to deal with Feng Xiaose and Li Fugui, but Li Fugui requested a private conversation and revealed that he was a Saint Slave intelligence operative from Half-Moon Residence’s Flower-Grass Pavilion.
• Li Fugui questioned whether Xu Xiaoshou was truly part of Saint Slave after Xu Xiaoshou failed to recognize its leaders, then verified him by inspecting the Eight-Character Order.
• Xu Xiaoshou pretended he knew Flower-Grass Pavilion’s leaders, but Li Fugui exposed his fabricated story about them, and Xu Xiaoshou ordered Li Fugui to forget their conversation.
• Li Fugui warned Xu Xiaoshou that Feng Xiaose carried great weight because he was Feng Tingchen’s former disciple and might be a Wind Clan insider operating within Grey Palace of the Xu Moon.
• Li Fugui described Feng Tingchen’s influence and Feng Xiaose’s cultivation, then told Xu Xiaoshou that he knew people across all Five Domains.

Xu Xiaoshou invited Li Fugui to join the First Pavilion Under Heaven, but Li Fugui refused while revealing what he knew about Greed God and the Grey Palace of the Xu Moon. He explained how both factions were maneuvering around Xu Xiaoshou, who was left with a possible way to use Feng Xiaose to balance them.

• Xu Xiaoshou invited Li Fugui to join the First Pavilion Under Heaven, but Li Fugui declined because he could not abandon Flower-Grass Pavilion and Half-Moon Residence.
• Li Fugui revealed that Greed God was the sacred beast of the Grey Palace of the Xu Moon and explained the Devouring Body’s ability to plunder powers, rules, and Great Paths.
• Li Fugui told Xu Xiaoshou that the Devouring Body’s former wielder had vanished after drawing the Holy Spirit Hall’s attention, and warned that the Hall was researching Ghost Beasts.
• Li Fugui explained that Feng Xiaose was a Ghost Beast-related result of the Grey Palace of the Xu Moon and advised Xu Xiaoshou to keep him alive because he could be useful.
• Li Fugui revealed that Conservative Faction leader Bai Zhou had approached Xu Xiaoshou through Jiao Tangtang and Greed God, hoping to use him as a means to resolve the Grey Palace’s conflict with the Red Robes.
• Li Fugui suggested that Xu Xiaoshou could use Feng Xiaose to activate the Militant Faction’s power and counter Bai Zhou, leaving Xu Xiaoshou to consider the balancing strategy.

Night Owl survived her Saint Tribulation and became a Half-Saint, but Five Declines of Heaven and Man’s plan ensnared her through the Three Aversions Eye. After she killed and absorbed him, his will transformed her into a new form of himself, and he departed wearing his orange mask.

• Five Declines of Heaven and Man used the Hanging Life Book, Bloodworld Pearl, and soul energy from Netherworld Ghost City to help Night Owl survive her Saint Tribulation and attain Half-Saint status.
• Night Owl regained her memories and realized Five Declines of Heaven and Man had manipulated her toward cultivating an Undying Body, but she fled rather than kill him directly.
• The Bloodworld Pearl drew Night Owl back toward the altar, where the Three Aversions Eye controlled her and made her decapitate Five Declines of Heaven and Man.
• The Bloodworld Pearl swallowed both of them, and Night Owl emerged with an Undying Body after suppressing and absorbing Five Declines of Heaven and Man’s will.
• Five Declines of Heaven and Man’s lingering Three Corpses power transformed Night Owl into a male-bodied version of himself, who took the Three Aversions Eye, put on his orange mask, and declared that he was the first but not the last.

Situ Yongen investigated the altar where Night Owl had supposedly attained sainthood and survived a devastating Death God's attack with Number Two’s help. His deductions revealed that Night Owl was both alive and dead, and Number Two concluded that whoever had replaced her was heading to First Hall of Sin.

• Situ Yongen followed the Bianluo Grand Evolution Disk to a bloodstained altar in Netherworld Ghost City and was struck by eighteen attacks while trying to investigate its soul-summoning banners.
• Situ Yongen deduced that the attacks came from Death God's Power and suspected Night Owl had used the Bloodworld Pearl to attain sainthood.
• Number Two arrived, let Situ Yongen possess and control him, and helped him reverse the altar’s Heavenly Secrets images.
• A giant fissure opened above Netherworld Ghost City, and a Death God's Scythe attacked; Situ Yongen activated Number Two’s Combat Mode and Soul Mode to withstand the strike.
• Situ Yongen’s deductions showed that Night Owl was both alive and dead, leading him and Number Two to suspect she had been possessed.
• Number Two concluded that Night Owl’s replacement had gone to First Hall of Sin and called for Yu Lingdi and a Subdimensional Door.

Xu Xiaoshou used what he learned from Li Fugui to win Feng Xiaose’s trust and secure an alliance between First Pavilion Under Heaven and Grey Palace of the Xu Moon’s Militant Faction. The chapter ended with Feng Xiaose and Xu Xiaoshou agreeing to cooperate.

• Li Fugui told Xu Xiaoshou how Five Declines of Heaven and Man’s Decaying Body had doomed those around him, destroyed the Technique-Gold Gate, and thwarted the Holy Spirit Hall’s attempts to capture him.
• Xu Xiaoshou emerged from Frost Lord’s isolation and warmly approached Feng Xiaose, revealing that Li Fugui had told him about Feng Xiaose’s origins and abilities.
• Xu Xiaoshou invoked Greed God and Palace Master Bai Zhou, then displayed his three arcane diagrams to persuade Feng Xiaose that he was a valuable potential ally.
• Xu Xiaoshou offered the Militant Faction a chance to ally with First Pavilion Under Heaven and warned Feng Xiaose that refusing would leave the faction vulnerable.
• Feng Xiaose agreed to an alliance and promised that Grey Palace of the Xu Moon would assist Xu Xiaoshou when needed.