Chapter Summaries

Mei Suren played Go with Ba Zunan while Xu Xiaoshou fought at Fallen Abyss, and the shifting board revealed Ba Zunan’s strategy for the larger conflict on Void Island. After Ba Zunan finally acted, he showed Mei Suren that the black stone at Heavenly Origin was actually white.

• Mei Suren encountered Ba Zunan outside the Forest of Miracles and accepted his invitation to play Go while waiting for Xu Xiaoshou.
• Ba Zunan placed stones representing the Heavenly Origin and Xu Xiaoshou, and Mei Suren realized the board mapped Void Island and its battles.
• As Xu Xiaoshou’s battle at Fallen Abyss intensified, his stone repeatedly disrupted Mei Suren’s territory while Ba Zunan remained focused on the game.
• Ba Zunan made a move as the battle reached its climax, and Mei Suren conceded the game, relieved that Ba Zunan had finally acted.
• Mei Suren asked about Ba Zunan’s first move, and Ba Zunan revealed that the black Heavenly Origin stone glowed white in the light.

Xu Xiaoshou rode the Demon Emperor Black Dragon as it overwhelmed Rao Yaoyao and Yan Wuse in battle. The dragon then lifted Netherworld Ghost City and hurled it at the two battered Demi-Saints.

• Rao Yaoyao attacked Xu Xiaoshou and the Demon Emperor Black Dragon with All Eyes Upon the Mortal Realm, manifesting a vast army that became a real threat.
• Xu Xiaoshou stabbed the Demon Emperor Black Dragon to provoke it, and the dragon shattered Rao Yaoyao’s attack with Demon Emperor’s World.
• The Demon Emperor Black Dragon engulfed Rao Yaoyao with Demon Emperor’s Wrath, but Yan Wuse shielded her with Shadows of Ultimate Light and Ten Thousand Scenes Dressing.
• The Demon Emperor Black Dragon teleported to Yan Wuse and Rao Yaoyao, seized them and Yan Wuse’s combat angels in its claws, then flung the two Demi-Saints away in critical condition.
• The Demon Emperor Black Dragon lifted Netherworld Ghost City into the sky and hurled it toward the wounded Yan Wuse and Rao Yaoyao.

Yu Lingdi risked his life to stop the Demon Emperor Black Dragon’s strike from crushing Netherworld Ghost City, while Situ Yongen struggled to find the courage to help. The Black Dragon shattered Yu Lingdi’s defenses and brought the city down, leaving his fate—and Rao Yaoyao and Yan Wuse’s—uncertain as a mysterious voice spoke to him.

• Yu Lingdi bound the Subdimensional Door again, and he and Situ Yongen watched Yan Wuse and Rao Yaoyao suffer the Demon Emperor Black Dragon’s attack.
• As Netherworld Ghost City fell toward the battlefield, Yu Lingdi seized a Taixu’s body and opened the Subdimensional Door to shield the city’s defenders.
• When the door shattered, Yu Lingdi used water techniques and Saint blood to drain moisture from Netherworld Ghost City and slow its descent; Situ Yongen finally flew to help him.
• Xu Xiaoshou urged the Demon Emperor Black Dragon to strike Yu Lingdi, and the Black Dragon’s tail shattered Yu Lingdi’s water defenses.
• Yu Lingdi lost consciousness as Netherworld Ghost City crushed down over him, Yan Wuse, and Rao Yaoyao, and an emotionless voice began, “I awakened within chaos...”

Situ Yongen summoned the Liberated State: Heavenly Secrets Divine Envoy and split Netherworld Ghost City apart, but Xu Xiaoshou quickly overwhelmed him and killed him. The chapter ended with Xu Xiaoshou dismissing Situ Yongen’s pleas and cutting off his head.

• Situ Yongen summoned the Heavenly Secrets Divine Envoy, rewound Netherworld Ghost City’s fall, and split the city apart with the Heavenly Dao Sacred Idol.
• Xu Xiaoshou rode Demon Emperor Black Dragon and attacked Situ Yongen, who escaped its claw but was badly damaged by its roar.
• Situ Yongen sent the Heavenly Dao Sacred Idol to attack Xu Xiaoshou, but Xu Xiaoshou struck him with Heart Sword Technique, All Eyes Are Demons, and severed the Divine Envoy’s head.
• Xu Xiaoshou pulled Situ Yongen from the cockpit, ignored his pleas for mercy, and killed him with a horizontal slash.

Five Declines of Heaven and Man reached Fallen Abyss as Xu Xiaoshou killed Situ Yongen, while Yan Wuse unleashed his Divine Sovereign Form against the Demon Emperor Black Dragon. The Demon Emperor Black Dragon hesitated to fight and offered to take Xu Xiaoshou to the Inner Island, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Five Declines of Heaven and Man arrived at Fallen Abyss, saw Situ Yongen die, and struggled with conflicting impulses about joining the battle.
• Xu Xiaoshou killed Situ Yongen with the Yousi Sword and burned his corpse, spotting paper dolls among the remains.
• Xu Xiaoshou returned to the Demon Emperor Black Dragon as Yan Wuse activated Blood Sacrifice: Divine Sovereign Form and transformed into blazing Light of Spirit Refining.
• Yan Wuse threatened the Demon Emperor Black Dragon and demanded that it leave Void Island’s Outer Island.
• The Demon Emperor Black Dragon considered retreating and offered to take Xu Xiaoshou to the Inner Island to cultivate before returning him to the Holy Spirit Continent.

Xu Xiaoshou refused the Demon Emperor Black Dragon’s offer to retreat to the Inner Island, persuading it to fight for freedom alongside him. As Yan Wuse and Rao Yaoyao pressed the attack, the dragon unleashed Demon Emperor’s Judgment, threatening to destroy Void Island.

• Xu Xiaoshou rejected the Demon Emperor Black Dragon’s offer of safety on the Inner Island and urged it to choose freedom over comfort.
• The Demon Emperor Black Dragon charged Yan Wuse, who summoned a vast army of Light Angels from the Divine Arms Command Platform.
• The dragon broke through the angels’ attacks, but Yan Wuse’s Source-Sealing Spear sealed its power and Rao Yaoyao struck it with her sword.
• The Demon Emperor Black Dragon counterattacked, sending Yan Wuse and Rao Yaoyao flying despite its sealed power.
• The Demon Emperor Black Dragon carried Xu Xiaoshou into the sky, swallowed a dragon pearl formed from Void Island’s laws, and unleashed Demon Emperor’s Judgment.

Demon Emperor Black Dragon unleashed a devastating attack across Void Island, prompting Rao Yaoyao and Yan Wuse to sacrifice themselves to stop it. Ba Zunan’s sword fissure swallowed the attack and revealed that his true goal was to break the Siwu Formation and open the Inner Island.

• Demon Emperor Black Dragon unleashed Demon Emperor’s Judgment, and its attack overwhelmed the defenses protecting Void Island.
• Rao Yaoyao tried to shield the island with Mountain-Sea Reliance, but the barrier shattered and she was badly wounded.
• Yan Wuse began Become One with the Light, One with the Dust, sacrificing himself to counter the attack.
• The fissure at Fallen Abyss swallowed the attack and Yan Wuse’s light, allowing him to interrupt his sacrifice and saving Void Island.
• Xu Xiaoshou realized Ba Zunan had used the swallowed energy to pursue his goal of opening the Inner Island.
• Yan Wuse remembered that he had unknowingly knocked a Void-Sealing Stele out of place and understood that Ba Zunan had been manipulating the battle from beyond the heavens.

Yu Lingdi revived Rao Yaoyao and urged her to use the Subdimensional Door to stop Ba Zunan from breaking the Inner Island's seal. As Void Island shook, Ghost Beasts appeared beyond a mirror-like barrier, and their overwhelming numbers and grotesque forms left everyone in terror.

• Yu Lingdi revived Rao Yaoyao with a God's Blessing and told her that Ba Zunan's spatial rift had swallowed Demon Emperor Black Dragon's attack and might release the Ghost Beasts inside the Inner Island.
• Yu Lingdi gave Rao Yaoyao the Subdimensional Door, and she chose to hold off the danger while Yan Wuse contracted it.
• Void Island trembled across its regions as chaos broke out, and Xu Xiaoshou saw that the island was truly collapsing.
• Ghost Beast roars erupted across Void Island, bursting spirit refiners' eardrums and revealing that numerous powerful Ghost Beasts were nearby.
• A hemispherical mirror-like barrier became transparent, showing countless Ghost Beasts pressing their faces against it and reaching through to lick the people on Void Island.
• Rao Yaoyao recoiled as a huge green tongue reached across the barrier, while the sight of the Ghost Beasts left her and the island's inhabitants horrified.

Xu Xiaoshou realized Ba Zunan’s plan depended on the Darksteel Sword absorbing attacks to weaken the Inner Island’s seal, and he urged Demon Emperor Black Dragon to strike it. As Rao Yaoyao tried to intervene, Xu Xiaoshou and the dragon unleashed a devastating barrage at Void Island, leaving her unsure whether to stop them.

• The Ghost Beasts of the Inner Island appeared through the spatial mirror, frightening the Outer Island cultivators before they recognized Demon Emperor Black Dragon and begged it to free them.
• Demon Emperor Black Dragon told Xu Xiaoshou that Ba Zunan had instructed it to create chaos and, if possible, kill Saints, but had given no specific plan for liberating the Inner Island.
• Xu Xiaoshou inferred that Yan Wuse and Yu Lingdi planned to use the Subdimensional Door to reinforce the seal, then recognized the Darksteel Sword as another means of opening the Inner Island gate.
• Demon Emperor Black Dragon fired demonic breath at the Darksteel Sword, while Rao Yaoyao’s sword strike was also swallowed by it, further weakening the seal.
• Xu Xiaoshou urged Demon Emperor Black Dragon to keep attacking the sword, then joined it in firing a torrent of energy at Void Island as Rao Yaoyao hesitated over whether to intervene.

Xu Xiaoshou and the Demon Emperor Black Dragon kept Rao Yaoyao from disrupting their energy attacks by evading her and provoking her until she nearly unleashed the Xuancang Divine Sword. Elder Yan interrupted her before she could finish, and Yu Lingdi prepared to take over.

• Rao Yaoyao split apart Xu Xiaoshou’s and the Demon Emperor Black Dragon’s attacks, but the Darksteel Sword swallowed the released energy anyway.
• Xu Xiaoshou rode the Demon Emperor Black Dragon as it dodged Rao Yaoyao and fired more energy at the Darksteel Sword, while he taunted her and revealed details about the deaths of her subordinates.
• Xu Xiaoshou performed the fake “Saint · Great Heart-Severing Technique,” enraging Rao Yaoyao and driving her to begin unsealing the Xuancang Divine Sword.
• Rao Yaoyao began a dangerous sword rite, but Elder Yan stopped her and warned that her compatibility with the Xuancang Divine Sword was insufficient.
• Elder Yan told Rao Yaoyao to rest, and Yu Lingdi said he would handle the rest.

Xu Xiaoshou raised his Textile Mastery to Saint Emperor Lv.0 to understand the Heavenly Secrets Divine Envoy and its Profound Void Box, hoping to free the Demon Emperor Black Dragon from Void Island’s restrictions. After studying the puppet’s Dao patterns, he came up with a way to control it and drew everyone’s attention.

• Xu Xiaoshou and the Demon Emperor Black Dragon attacked the spatial fissure, but it absorbed their assaults, and the Dragon stopped helping to avoid punishment from Void Island’s rules.
• Yan Wuse returned with Yu Lingdi’s Subdimensional Door and began recovering, while Xu Xiaoshou realized that the Profound Void Box on the fallen Heavenly Secrets Divine Envoy could let the Dragon act without restrictions.
• Xu Xiaoshou spent his Passive Value to raise Textile Mastery to Saint Emperor Lv.0 and gained a new understanding of the Heavenly Secrets Divine Envoy’s Dao patterns.
• Xu Xiaoshou briefly disappeared, then returned and announced that he could control the Heavenly Secrets Divine Envoy.
• Xu Xiaoshou leaped into the air and shouted for everyone, including Yan Wuse, Rao Yaoyao, and the Demon Emperor Black Dragon, to focus on him.

Xu Xiaoshou distracted Yan Wuse while his Second True Body took control of the Heavenly Secrets Divine Envoy. The giant machine began firing a rain of Silent Extinction Black Beams at the Darksteel Sword, leaving the battle in chaos.

• Xu Xiaoshou left Demon Emperor Black Dragon's protection and provoked Yan Wuse, using Mimicry to imitate him and keep him away from the Darksteel Sword.
• Five Declines of Heaven and Man cast the Filth-Tracing Technique on Yan Wuse, but Rao Yaoyao warned him to remember the larger objective.
• Yan Wuse sacrificed blood to blast Xu Xiaoshou away, then shattered the Darksteel Sword, unleashing the violent Sword Thought within it.
• Xu Xiaoshou's Second True Body entered the Heavenly Secrets Divine Envoy and took control of it, surprising Yan Wuse, Rao Yaoyao, and Yu Lingdi.
• Xu Xiaoshou activated the thousand-zhang Heavenly Secrets Divine Envoy and unleashed a storm of Silent Extinction Black Beams toward the Darksteel Sword.

Xu Xiaoshou and his Second True Body used the Heavenly Secrets Divine Envoy to overwhelm Yan Wuse, exploit his confusion, and blow his head apart again. After ten breaths, Xu Xiaoshou switched consciousness with the Second True Body and took control of the Divine Envoy himself.

• The Second True Body unleashed a torrent of Silent Extinction Black Beams, overwhelming Yan Wuse and weakening the boundary between the Inner and Outer Islands.
• Xu Xiaoshou taunted Yan Wuse with claims that Dao Qiongchang had taught him the Heavenly Secrets Art, then withstood Yan Wuse’s Absolute Blade Severing using the Divine Envoy’s defenses.
• The Heavenly Secrets Divine Envoy absorbed Yan Wuse’s attack and returned its energy, blasting apart his Divine Sovereign Form and head once more.
• After ten breaths, Xu Xiaoshou ordered the Second True Body to switch consciousnesses with him.
• Xu Xiaoshou entered the Heavenly Secrets Divine Envoy and received its welcome as Situ Yongen.

Xu Xiaoshou used the Heavenly Secrets Divine Envoy to analyze his enemies and exploit their weaknesses, defeating Yan Wuse and badly injuring Rao Yaoyao. As he prepared to copy the Envoy’s knowledge base, Little Fish warned that the copy would alert the Dao Hall Master, but Xu Xiaoshou ordered it to proceed.

• Xu Xiaoshou entered the Heavenly Secrets Divine Envoy and had Little Fish analyze the battle, revealing fifty-six hostile enemies and the Bloodworld Pearl’s influence on Yan Wuse and Rao Yaoyao.
• Little Fish identified Five Declines of Heaven and Man as possessing the Devouring Body, Decaying Body, and Undying Body, and inferred that he had devoured Night Owl inside the Bloodworld Pearl.
• As Yan Wuse and Rao Yaoyao attacked, Xu Xiaoshou evaded their blows while his Second True Body tampered with the Heavenly Secrets Dao Runes and used the Sword Dao Disk to support a Heart Sword Technique attack.
• Xu Xiaoshou shattered Rao Yaoyao’s Mountain-Sea Reliance, disrupted both enemies, and blasted Yan Wuse apart with Silent Extinction Black Beams.
• Xu Xiaoshou struck Rao Yaoyao with the Yousi Sword and the Sword of Holy Judgment, severing her arm, then proclaimed the rise of Digital Swordsmanship and the Heavenly Secrets Sword God.
• Little Fish warned Xu Xiaoshou that copying the knowledge base would alert the Dao Hall Master, and Xu Xiaoshou ordered the copy to begin.

Xu Xiaoshou deciphered the Profound Void Box, claimed its hidden Half-Saint Profound Decree, and tried to modify the box so the Demon Emperor Black Dragon could use it. As Rao Yaoyao regained control and attacked, Xu Xiaoshou’s Heavenly Secrets Divine Envoy seized her and leapt into a spatial rift as its self-destruction program activated.

• Xu Xiaoshou switched his consciousness back, secured the Profound Void Box, and asked the Demon Emperor Black Dragon to protect him while he examined it.
• Xu Xiaoshou altered the box’s identity verification to recognize Situ Yongen, but discovered that Saint Emperors could not use it.
• Xu Xiaoshou opened the Profound Void Box and found a blank Half-Saint Profound Decree, which the Demon Emperor Black Dragon checked and cleared of hidden dangers.
• Xu Xiaoshou tried to modify the Profound Void Box so it could be used by a Saint Emperor.
• Rao Yaoyao extinguished the energies inside her body, confronted Xu Xiaoshou, and charged the Heavenly Secrets Divine Envoy after he taunted her.
• The Heavenly Secrets Divine Envoy let Rao Yaoyao pierce its chest, grabbed her, and leapt into a spatial rift as its self-destruction program activated.

Xu Xiaoshou’s Second True Body sacrificed the Heavenly Secrets Divine Envoy and dragged Rao Yaoyao into a self-destruction that threatened to break the Inner Island’s seal. Yan Wuse appeared with the Subdimensional Door but failed to stop the blast, and Yu Mo revealed himself as Water Ghost after attacking Yan Wuse.

• The Second True Body immobilized Rao Yaoyao, threw her into the spatial rift with the Heavenly Secrets Divine Envoy, and sent the stolen intelligence data to Xu Xiaoshou’s true body before the explosion.
• The self-destruction ruptured the mirror world and threatened to release the Ghost Beasts, but Yan Wuse arrived and tried to absorb the blast with the Subdimensional Door.
• Yan Wuse’s attempt failed, and Yu Lingdi accused him of betraying Rao Yaoyao before charging him.
• Yu Lingdi revealed that he was actually Yu Mo and admitted he had deceived Yan Wuse.
• Yu Mo used the Sea-Taming Divine Trident to wound Yan Wuse and take his Half-Saint Godhood, then put on a golden beast mask and called himself Water Ghost.

Water Ghost revealed that he had impersonated Yu Lingdi since before Xu Xiaoshou first met him, then began explaining the long-running scheme to Yan Wuse in exchange for the Half-Saint Godhood. He left Yan Wuse alive but stripped of his godhood, and Yan Wuse demanded the truth before facing his resurrection.

• Water Ghost revealed himself as Yu Lingdi, pierced Yan Wuse with the Sea-Taming Divine Trident, and took the Half-Saint Godhood.
• Xu Xiaoshou struggled to accept that Water Ghost had impersonated Yu Lingdi since a day before their first meeting, while Water Ghost confirmed he remembered Xu Xiaoshou and his junior sister.
• Water Ghost stripped away Yan Wuse's bond with the Half-Saint Godhood and said Yan Wuse would revive through his Half-Saint incarnation on Gui-Zhe Holy Mountain.
• Yan Wuse demanded to hear the truth before dying, and Water Ghost agreed to explain his scheme in exchange for Yan Wuse's cooperation.
• Water Ghost said his game began in the First Hall of Sin, where he had arranged the spatial transfer that sent Xu Xiaoshou and Night Owl to Unforgiven Hall and concealed the Subdimensional Door.
• Water Ghost explained that he had hidden the real Yu Lingdi and endured impersonating his son, while Yan Wuse asked where Yu Lingdi was.

Yu Lingdi remained imprisoned in the First Hall of Sin while Water Ghost revealed how he had impersonated Yu Lingdi and manipulated the battles around Jiang Buyi. Water Ghost then seized Five Declines of Heaven and Man, taking control of him and recalling their past encounters.

• Yu Lingdi recalled how Water Ghost defeated him, stole his identity, and left him trapped in a sealed palace while the real Yu Lingdi walked free.
• Water Ghost explained to Yan Wuse and Xu Xiaoshou how he had impersonated Yu Lingdi, earned Night Owl and Number Two's trust, and arranged Jiang Buyi's downfall.
• Water Ghost revealed that he had endured Xu Xiaoshou's attacks while keeping his identity hidden, then watched Huangquan take Jiang Buyi's spoils and leave Void Island.
• Water Ghost exposed Five Declines of Heaven and Man, used a Subdimensional Door phantom to pull him beside Yan Wuse, and stabbed him with the Sea-Taming Divine Trident.
• Five Declines of Heaven and Man activated the Three Aversions Eye, but Water Ghost entered his body and took control, reminding him that he had once pushed him into the Deep Sea.

Water Ghost revealed himself as Yu Mo the Great Devil King and subdued Five Declines of Heaven and Man, stopping just short of killing him after Xu Xiaoshou intervened. He claimed Jiang Buyi's Half-Saint Godhood and sent Five Declines away, leaving him to ponder Water Ghost's cryptic warning.

• Water Ghost used the Subdimensional Door and Water-type Ultimate Meaning to seize control of Five Declines of Heaven and Man, while Yan Wuse recognized him as Yu Mo the Great Devil King.
• Water Ghost pierced Five Declines with the Sea-Taming Divine Trident and prepared to kill him, but stopped when Xu Xiaoshou called out and asked him to spare Five Declines.
• Water Ghost agreed to let Five Declines live because he was still useful, then warned him not to forget who had given him his life.
• Water Ghost kicked Five Declines away, claimed Jiang Buyi's Half-Saint Godhood, and severed its connection to him.
• Water Ghost demanded that Yama offer something of equal value for the Godhood and warned Five Declines that he could seek revenge for the day's humiliation.

Water Ghost explained how he had hidden himself as Yu Lingdi and maneuvered events around Yan Wuse, while Xu Xiaoshou realized Water Ghost and Five Declines of Heaven and Man had quietly protected him. After taking control of a Profound Void Box, Water Ghost promised Yan Wuse another surprise, and a mournful cry rose from the fissure above Fallen Abyss.

• Xu Xiaoshou realized Water Ghost had arranged for Five Declines of Heaven and Man to owe him a favor, and suspected Five Declines had protected him before as well.
• Yan Wuse’s Half-Saint Godhood cracked, reducing his cultivation and leaving him near death, but he rejected Water Ghost’s offer to flee and demanded that he continue.
• Water Ghost recounted how he concealed himself as Yu Lingdi and waited for Yan Wuse’s condition to collapse before revealing himself.
• Xu Xiaoshou claimed Dao Qiongchang had passed Heavenly Secrets Art to him through the Zero Plan, while Water Ghost seized a Profound Void Box from Xu Xiaoshou’s body.
• Xu Xiaoshou produced another Profound Void Box for Water Ghost, who altered its permissions and announced he would give Yan Wuse another surprise.
• A mournful cry came from the fissure above Fallen Abyss.