Chapter Summaries

Xu Xiaoshou, disguised as Xiao Kongtong, fought the fake Ba Zunan while Rao Yaoyao watched, but their identical mastery of Ancient Sword Arts left everyone unable to distinguish them. As Ba Zunan revealed a rare sword form, Xu Xiaoshou secretly learned it through his Second True Body and copied it, escalating the bewildering battle.

• Rao Yaoyao withheld judgment on Xiao Kongtong's proposal, allowing him to fight Ba Zunan while she watched for signs of deception.
• Xu Xiaoshou, disguised as Xiao Kongtong, attacked Ba Zunan with Sword Thought, and the two traded matching techniques that made their identities even harder to determine.
• Ba Zunan used Nine Moons in the Sky Form, drawing most of the island's observers into an illusory dream and astonishing Rao Yaoyao with his exact recreation of Ba Zunan's rare sword art.
• Xu Xiaoshou's Second True Body observed the technique through its Sword Dao Disk and transmitted its insights, letting Xu Xiaoshou learn the sword form in secret.
• Xu Xiaoshou copied Nine Moons in the Sky Form, filling the sky with eighteen matching moons and leaving the onlookers convinced that both combatants might be real.

Ba Zunan and Xiao Kongtong fought across Void Island with matching Ancient Sword Arts, while their duel distracted Rao Yaoyao and allowed Xu Xiaoshou to escape in disguise. Mei Suren remained behind with a second Xu Xiaoshou, and Rao Yaoyao ordered him to leave while insisting the decoy stay.

• Ba Zunan and Xiao Kongtong exchanged copied Illusion, Mo, and other Ancient Sword techniques, devastating the area and shocking the spectators.
• The duel escalated as both fighters used time and Heart Sword techniques, while Rao Yaoyao concluded that their identities and abilities defied explanation.
• Ba Zunan and Xiao Kongtong drew their battle away from Rao Yaoyao, giving the real Xu Xiaoshou a chance to escape through their coordinated ruse.
• Rao Yaoyao told Mei Suren to leave Void Island, warning that he would later have to answer for his actions.
• Mei Suren recognized that Xu Xiaoshou had left a second version of himself behind, and Rao Yaoyao ordered the decoy to stay.

After Xu Xiaoshou and the others vanished from the battlefield, Rao Yaoyao pursued Five Declines of Heaven and Man after Yu Lingdi revealed that Huangquan had taken half the power of the Subdimensional Door. Yu Lingdi stayed behind to deal with the remaining threats and pressured Situ Yongen into helping him control Number Two and track the Frostsky Weasel.

• Mei Suren, Xu Xiaoshou's Second True Body, and the others left the battlefield by different means, while Rao Yaoyao believed most could still be captured.
• Five Declines of Heaven and Man and the Frostsky Weasel fled in opposite directions, hoping to break through the banishment space and give Xu Xiaoshou's avatar more time.
• Yu Lingdi emerged from the ruins and told Rao Yaoyao that Huangquan had taken half the power of the Subdimensional Door, prompting her to chase Five Declines of Heaven and Man.
• Yu Lingdi found Situ Yongen and mocked him for wanting to leave, then handed him a Void Token and ordered him to control Number Two.
• Situ Yongen agreed to repair Number Two within ten breaths and use it to lock onto the Frostsky Weasel's aura, while Yu Lingdi turned toward Three Phenomena Bind the Emperor.

Yu Lingdi gave Situ Yongen a droplet of power from the Subdimensional Door’s phantom, while Rao Yaoyao struck down Five Declines of Heaven and Man with her Royal Sword. Xu Xiaoshou’s Second True Body failed to reverse the damage, and Five Declines of Heaven and Man used his soul and strange gaze to leave Rao Yaoyao entranced.

• Yu Lingdi gave Situ Yongen a golden droplet drawn from the Subdimensional Door’s phantom and told him to keep it close or swallow it.
• Five Declines of Heaven and Man tore open the exiled world’s boundary, but Rao Yaoyao caught up and trapped him in her Mortal-Realm Kingdom.
• Rao Yaoyao used Royal Sword: Heaven’s Son Executes to wound Five Declines of Heaven and Man and overwhelm him with the lives and memories of the Mortal-Realm Kingdom.
• Xu Xiaoshou’s Second True Body briefly restrained Rao Yaoyao and attempted to reverse Five Declines of Heaven and Man’s injuries, but the technique failed and he fled.
• Five Declines of Heaven and Man separated his soul from his body, then used his strange gaze to make Rao Yaoyao look at him and fall under its influence.

Rao Yaoyao broke through to the second realm of Emotion Sword Art, but Five Declines of Heaven and Man cursed her and escaped by sacrificing himself. Meanwhile, Xu Xiaoshou’s staged duel with Xiao Kongtong continued as an exhausting lesson in ancient sword arts.

• Rao Yaoyao resisted Three Aversions Eye and Five Declines of Heaven and Man’s decay mist, then completed Mountain-Sea Reliance and became immune to his control and misfortune.
• Five Declines of Heaven and Man used the God-Cursing Spell to curse Rao Yaoyao’s fortune and future, then invoked Spirit-Sacrificing Forbidden Walk and vanished.
• Rao Yaoyao suspected Five Declines of Heaven and Man might somehow survive his forbidden arts, but she set aside her doubts and turned her attention toward Xu Xiaoshou.
• At the boundary of Fallen Abyss, Xu Xiaoshou admitted he was exhausted after their sword duel had carried them through much of the Nine Great Deathlands.
• Xiao Kongtong mocked Xu Xiaoshou’s fatigue, while Xu Xiaoshou realized their staged battle had taught him numerous sword forms and revealed the breadth of Ba Zunan’s youthful sword arts.

Xu Xiaoshou and Xiao Kongtong discussed Xiao Kongtong’s imitation of the Eighth Sword Immortal and the escape route from Void Island, but Xu Xiaoshou suspected the Fallen Abyss was a trap. Yan Wuse emerged from the abyss and revealed that the Bloodworld Pearl had affected the earlier battle.

• Xiao Kongtong explained that he learned the Eighth Sword Immortal’s sword forms from old seniors in Moon-Joining Immortal City, which he had founded as a home for people who had parted ways.
• Xu Xiaoshou and Xiao Kongtong discussed whether to leave Void Island through the Fallen Abyss, and Xiao Kongtong said he intended to stay.
• Xu Xiaoshou refused to jump, suspecting the Fallen Abyss was a dead end and calling for someone concealed nearby to reveal himself.
• Yan Wuse emerged from a spatial rift in the Fallen Abyss and said the Bloodworld Pearl had influenced the fight that had supposedly held him back.

Xu Xiaoshou confronted Yan Wuse’s Angel of Light avatar near Fallen Abyss and used the fragments Yan Wuse revealed to bluff him about a hidden trump card. He urged Yan Wuse to remain a spectator rather than risk becoming a pawn in Ba Zunan’s larger conflict, leaving Yan Wuse hesitating over whether to intervene.

• Xu Xiaoshou realized Yan Wuse’s unusual appearance and their arrival at Fallen Abyss might be connected to the Bloodworld Pearl’s guidance, and he suspected the figure before them was not Yan Wuse’s main body.
• The Angel of Light accused Xu Xiaoshou of involvement with the nine cores and the Void-Sealing Stele, while Xu Xiaoshou considered whether Ba Zunan had been directing his actions.
• Xu Xiaoshou claimed Yan Wuse’s avatar would vanish if destroyed and suggested Yan Wuse should release his main body, making Yan Wuse hesitate to do so.
• Xu Xiaoshou used Yan Wuse’s knowledge of events and the Three Talents Sword to imply that he had anticipated Yan Wuse’s presence and possessed a powerful trump card.
• Xu Xiaoshou recounted his past victories, then warned Yan Wuse that Ba Zunan’s true conflict involved the five great Saint Emperor clans and urged him to stay within the Three Talents Sword instead of risking his life.

Xu Xiaoshou and Xiao Kongtong faced Yan Wuse’s Light Angel as he freed Yan Wuse’s true body and restored the Sun, Moon, and Star Angels. With Xu Xiaoshou exposed and the enemy closing in, Xiao Kongtong declared he had thirteen breaths to get them through.

• The Light Angel rejected Xu Xiaoshou’s offer and decided their confrontation in Fallen Abyss would end with their deaths.
• Yu Lingdi handed the Subdimensional Door to the Light Angel, who praised him and dissolved the Three Talents Sword’s manifestations with Divine Illumination Mark Dissolution.
• Mu Lin stopped Bai Lian at the edge of Giant Kingdom and resolved to become Xu Xiaoshou’s secret guardian if needed.
• The Light Angel called forth light, reviving the three Battle Angels and accelerating Yan Wuse’s recovery as Xu Xiaoshou became a primary target.
• Xiao Kongtong told Xu Xiaoshou to flee into Fallen Abyss while he held off the enemy, and the Light Angel gave them three breaths before Yan Wuse regained his fighting strength.
• Ba Zunan restored his original appearance and told Xu Xiaoshou that, with him there, they had thirteen breaths.

Xiao Kongtong fought Yan Wuse’s Light Angel incarnation in Fallen Abyss, revealing his Formless Sword Body and drawing the Kongtong Formless Sword. He defeated the incarnation and cut down Yan Wuse’s Star Angel as well, then remained at Fallen Abyss to guard the way while Xu Xiaoshou escaped.

• The Light Angel fused with the Sun Angel and attacked Xiao Kongtong, who survived its strikes by releasing his Formless Sword Body.
• Xiao Kongtong used Sword Thought to destroy the Light-Energy World and drew the Kongtong Formless Sword from within his body.
• The Light Angel assimilated the Sun and Moon Angels, drained Void Island of its light, and launched Divine Radiance Flash at Xiao Kongtong.
• Xiao Kongtong unleashed Unsheathed Sword · One-Glance Slash, cutting through the Light Angel and the Star Angel above the First Hall of Sin.
• Xiao Kongtong let the sword light return to him and stayed in Fallen Abyss, declaring that no semi-saint could pass.

Yan Wuse confronted Xiao Kongtong at Fallen Abyss after publicly placing him on the Holy Spirit Hall’s kill list. Xiao Kongtong’s sword techniques failed against Yan Wuse’s overwhelming power, and the chapter ended with Yan Wuse impaling him and demanding to know what happened to his promised ten breaths.

• The Holy Spirit Hall issued a Half-Saint Profound Decree declaring Xiao Kongtong a traitor and placing Moon-Joining Immortal City under its control.
• Yan Wuse restored himself to full strength and rushed from the First Hall of Sin to Fallen Abyss to face Xiao Kongtong.
• Xiao Kongtong diverted Yan Wuse’s ten thousand Sun Wheels and turned their energy into One-Glance Slashes, but Yan Wuse blocked them with Disc Moon.
• Yan Wuse attacked with the Dianliang Spear, shattered Xiao Kongtong’s Nine Buddhas Guarding the Coffin, and blasted him across the landscape.
• Yan Wuse pinned the badly injured Xiao Kongtong through the heart with the Dianliang Spear and mocked him for failing to last ten breaths.

Xu Xiaoshou watched Yan Wuse defeat Xiao Kongtong and searched desperately for a way to save them. Xiao Kongtong’s hidden Second World spread across Void Island, overwhelmed Yan Wuse, and ended with Xiao Kongtong’s sword splitting the island and killing him.

• Xu Xiaoshou discovered that Fallen Abyss had no escape passage, then considered ways to obtain Half-Saint Godhood or summon Ba Zunan after Yan Wuse pierced Xiao Kongtong.
• Yan Wuse found Xu Xiaoshou and destroyed his communication bead, leaving Xu Xiaoshou unable to call for help.
• A Sword Thought Avatar emerged from a clump of Xiao Kongtong’s Sword Thought and unleashed Second World, forcing Yan Wuse to retreat as its Upanishad Array Diagram pursued him.
• Second World engulfed spirit refiners across Void Island, drawing them into Xiao Kongtong’s memories and his search for a home.
• Xiao Kongtong called on the sword cultivators of Moon-Joining Immortal City, gathered their power into the Kongtong Formless Sword, and split Void Island while killing Yan Wuse.
• Xiao Kongtong smiled and called the Second World his second home before he fell.

Xiao Kongtong’s sword trapped Yan Wuse in a brief dream of a peaceful world, only for him to awaken to the memory of Chang Yi’s death and be torn apart by grief. Xu Xiaoshou rescued the unconscious Xiao Kongtong above the Fallen Abyss, while an unseen figure reacted to the sword.

• In Yan Wuse’s dream, the Light of the Yan God defeated Bai Zhou, You Tu, and Ba Zunan, and the continent returned to peace under Yan Wuse’s rule.
• Dao Qiongchang proposed giving Chang Yi a seat on the Ten-Person Council, but Yan Wuse’s vision shifted and Gou Wuyue revealed that Ba Zunan had killed Chang Yi in Eight Palaces Town.
• Yan Wuse awoke in the Blood Realm, realized Xiao Kongtong’s sword had trapped him in the Second World, and vowed to kill Xiao Kongtong.
• Xiao Kongtong collapsed above the Fallen Abyss after unleashing a sword that carved a vast scar across Void Island, and Xu Xiaoshou caught him and placed him in the Origin Mansion.
• A voice from the horizon asked Xu Xiaoshou whether the sword had been his.

Xu Xiaoshou revealed himself to Rao Yaoyao and claimed he could use a talisman to summon Ba Zunan in exchange for a chance to escape. Yan Wuse agreed to give him ten breaths if the summoning worked, but Xu Xiaoshou attacked him with the talisman, which promptly dissolved.

• Xu Xiaoshou emerged from hiding after Rao Yaoyao found him and said he was tired of running.
• Situ Yongen confirmed that Xu Xiaoshou was real, and the injured Yan Wuse arrived demanding to know where Xiao Kongtong was.
• Xu Xiaoshou proposed trading a chance to summon Ba Zunan for his freedom and brought out a Death Talisman.
• Yan Wuse refused Xu Xiaoshou's request but promised him ten breaths to flee if he summoned Ba Zunan.
• Xu Xiaoshou rushed Yan Wuse and pressed the Death Talisman onto his face, but the talisman dissolved into spiritual energy.

Xu Xiaoshou’s fake Death Talisman tricked Yan Wuse and the onlookers, but Yan Wuse’s fury overwhelmed him in battle. Xu Xiaoshou copied Yan Wuse with Mimicry, Rao Yaoyao realized he had impersonated people across past incidents, and a sword cry from the east interrupted her charge.

• Xu Xiaoshou’s Death Talisman shattered Yan Wuse’s body and forced him to waste defensive techniques, but unleashed no sword strike.
• Yan Wuse attacked Xu Xiaoshou with Endless Solar Wheels, which Xu Xiaoshou swallowed using spatial powers and a Taotie Beast Head.
• Yan Wuse struck the Berserk Giant with his Dianliang Spears, shattering it and hurling Xu Xiaoshou away.
• Xu Xiaoshou used Yan Wuse’s blood and Mimicry to transform into Yan Wuse and summon identical Dianliang Spears.
• Rao Yaoyao realized Xu Xiaoshou had impersonated Huangquan and others, then charged at him in fury.
• The Xuancang Divine Sword broke free of Rao Yaoyao’s grip as a faint sword cry came from the east.

A black iron sword from Ba Zunan drew a boundary between Xu Xiaoshou and his enemies, but Yan Wuse crossed it and was struck down by the overwhelming force of Ba Zunan’s aura. As Rao Yaoyao tried to reach Yan Wuse, a dragon appeared over Void Island and demanded to know who wielded Yanmang and who was called Xu Xiaoshou.

• A black iron sword flew from the east, split the space above Fallen Abyss, and carried Ba Zunan’s warning that anyone who crossed its line would die.
• Xu Xiaoshou taunted Yan Wuse from behind the boundary, but Yan Wuse crossed it and mocked him when Ba Zunan did not immediately appear.
• Ba Zunan’s crushing aura descended over Void Island, shattered Yan Wuse with a glance, and sent myriad swords surging into the void chasm.
• Rao Yaoyao cut through the demonic-energy wall with her Human Sword techniques and charged in to rescue Yan Wuse.
• A dragon roared above Void Island, and an unknown voice demanded to know who wielded Yanmang and who was called Xu Xiaoshou.

Demon Emperor Black Dragon appeared over Void Island, demanded Xu Xiaoshou and Yanmang, and offered him a treasure if he survived one claw. Xu Xiaoshou sent his Second True Body to answer the challenge, and the clone died beneath the dragon’s claw.

• Demon Emperor Black Dragon searched Void Island for the person holding Yanmang and named Xu Xiaoshou, while Xu Xiaoshou suspected the dragon intended to kill him.
• Xu Xiaoshou completed a treasure transaction with his Second True Body and sent the clone to impersonate him before Rao Yaoyao, Yan Wuse, and Demon Emperor Black Dragon.
• The Second True Body claimed to have summoned Demon Emperor Black Dragon and pleaded for its help, but the dragon said it would grant him a treasure and a wish only if he survived one claw.
• Demon Emperor Black Dragon blamed Ancestor Jinzhao for its anger toward the Emberglow aura and challenged the Second True Body to withstand its claw.
• The Second True Body accepted the challenge, and Demon Emperor Black Dragon killed him with one claw.

Xu Xiaoshou survived the Demon Emperor Black Dragon’s fatal strike by replacing his Second True Body, then used elaborate flattery to keep the dragon from killing him. He left the dragon eagerly listening as he claimed that trust was the root of universal love.

• The Demon Emperor Black Dragon believed it had killed Xu Xiaoshou and prepared to leave, but Xu Xiaoshou appeared again and challenged it to honor their wager.
• Xu Xiaoshou recalled Yanmang and revealed that he had sacrificed one Second True Body, then immediately created another to survive and continue the conversation.
• The Demon Emperor Black Dragon verified that Xu Xiaoshou was real and questioned how he could have returned after dying.
• Xu Xiaoshou praised dragons as compassionate beings whose descendants had blessed the world, persuading the Demon Emperor Black Dragon that he was a kindred spirit.
• The Demon Emperor Black Dragon demanded that Xu Xiaoshou explain his point, and Xu Xiaoshou declared that trust was the root of universal love.

Xu Xiaoshou’s Second True Body persuaded Demon Emperor Black Dragon to honor its promise, but Yan Wuse and Rao Yaoyao attacked and Yan Wuse killed the clone with the Source-Sealing Spear. Xu Xiaoshou survived by using Immovable Wisdom King to evade the Half-Saint Profound Decree, while Demon Emperor Black Dragon withdrew and revealed that it would not intervene further.

• Xu Xiaoshou’s Second True Body argued that faith and morality bound Demon Emperor Black Dragon to its promise, and the dragon agreed to grant his wish and return his gift.
• Yan Wuse and Rao Yaoyao attacked Xu Xiaoshou’s Second True Body, while Demon Emperor Black Dragon blocked their first assault and Rao Yaoyao’s Mountain-Sea Reliance barrier broke under its power.
• Yan Wuse used the Half-Saint Profound Decree to expose the Second True Body, countered its awakened skills, and pierced it with the Source-Sealing Spear.
• The Second True Body asked Yan Wuse to raise his head and clear the clouds, saw the blue sky, and died; Xu Xiaoshou remained hidden after using Immovable Wisdom King to evade the decree.
• Yan Wuse destroyed the Second True Body’s remains and challenged Demon Emperor Black Dragon, which regretted failing to save Xu Xiaoshou and withdrew into the clouds.

Xu Xiaoshou revealed himself as the real body and used the Eight-Character Order to make the Demon Emperor Black Dragon yield and apologize. When Xu Xiaoshou pushed his advantage and drew Yousi Sword, the dragon recognized Ba Zunan’s sword aura and surrendered again.

• Xu Xiaoshou emerged for the third time, caught Yanmang, and pointed the Eight-Character Order at the Demon Emperor Black Dragon.
• Yan Wuse attacked Xu Xiaoshou, but the Demon Emperor Black Dragon’s tail struck him apart and its pressure subdued the battlefield.
• The Demon Emperor Black Dragon gave Xu Xiaoshou Dragon Heart Blood and apologized, while Xu Xiaoshou stayed silent and demanded respect as Ba Zunan’s representative.
• Xu Xiaoshou challenged the dragon for looking down on him, then drew Yousi Sword and formed the Sword Dao Disk.
• The Demon Emperor Black Dragon recognized Ba Zunan in Xu Xiaoshou’s sword aura, curled up, and admitted it was wrong.

Xu Xiaoshou used Ba Zunan’s authority and his two wishes to draw Demon Emperor Black Dragon into protecting him, then rode the dragon as Yan Wuse and Rao Yaoyao attacked. The chapter ended with Xu Xiaoshou ordering the dragon to ram them to death, while hinting that Ba Zunan’s mission had already marked Yan Wuse as a target.

• Demon Emperor Black Dragon mistook Xu Xiaoshou’s Ba Zunan techniques and sword for Ba Zunan, then reluctantly agreed to fulfill two wishes.
• Yan Wuse and Rao Yaoyao recovered Profound Void Boxes from Senior Number Two, giving them protection from Void Island’s rules.
• Rao Yaoyao attacked Xu Xiaoshou, who transformed into a giant and climbed onto Demon Emperor Black Dragon’s head, demanding protection as his first wish.
• Demon Emperor Black Dragon struggled to throw Xu Xiaoshou off, but Xu Xiaoshou used the Eight-Character Order and Ba Zunan’s mission to keep it in check.
• As Yan Wuse and Rao Yaoyao charged, Xu Xiaoshou declared his second wish: Demon Emperor Black Dragon had to ram them to death.