Chapter Summaries

Dao Xuanji took control of the Holy Spirit Hall and ordered Dao Qiongchang, Gou Wuyue, and Wei Feng branded as traitors while investigating the missing Moonless Sword Immortal and Heavenly Mechanism Divine Sect. Xi then revealed that 673 important figures had died across Holy Mountain, and their bodies were all identified as Heavenly Mechanism Puppets.

• Dao Xuanji ordered a wanted notice for Dao Qiongchang after learning the Judgment Division members he had marked were dead.
• Xi reported that the Moonless Sword Immortal was missing and had left Gui-Zhe Holy Mountain, while Wei Feng's whereabouts and mission were unknown.
• Dao Xuanji declared Dao Qiongchang, Gou Wuyue, and Wei Feng traitors, then questioned Xi about the rising Heavenly Mechanism Divine Sect.
• Xi explained that the highest-level records about the sect were held by Heavenly Secrets Divine Envoy Number Two, who had been killed and had no backup brain on Holy Mountain.
• Dao Xuanji set out for the Dao Department to search for records, but Xi insisted on reporting that 673 important Holy Mountain figures had died violently.
• Xi revealed that the bodies of all the dead had been judged to be Heavenly Mechanism Puppets.

After the Dao Department’s members were suspected of being Heavenly Mechanism Puppets, Dao Xuanji took command of Gui-Zhe Holy Mountain and began handling threats around Yujing City and the Holy War. She reassured Xi with a detailed plan, then unnerved Jiang Nayi by suggesting that even people who believed themselves human might be puppets, before turning to inspect and repair the mountain’s formations.

• Xi reported that the Dao Department’s members had died violently and were suspected of being Heavenly Mechanism Puppets, while Yu Zhiwen remained on a mission at Qingyuan Mountain.
• Dao Xuanji ordered Yu Zhiwen summoned, authorized reinforcements for Senior Fang, and decided she would personally activate the Kyoto Grand Formation if needed.
• Xi initially left Holy Firmament Hall discouraged, then heard Dao Xuanji issue detailed orders covering the Holy Palace, the Red Robes, the Dao Department, and Greed God, and regained confidence in her leadership.
• Jiang Nayi warned Dao Xuanji that Xu Xiaoshou and the three Demi-Saints could cause trouble, and Dao Xuanji challenged him to consider whether he was a Heavenly Mechanism Puppet.
• Dao Xuanji told Jiang Nayi that the Dao Department’s members might have believed themselves human until death, frightening him into retching before she began inspecting and repairing the mountain-protecting and Kyoto formations.

Fang Wenxin trapped Greed God outside Yujing City and demanded to know who had caused its rampage. Xu Xiaoshou blamed Dao Qiongchang, then attacked Zhong Yuanzi when the Elemental Divine Envoy approached him, leaving Zhong Yuanzi badly crippled and the onlookers stunned.

• Fang Wenxin bound Greed God with his Blood Shadow Copper Coins as Mei Suren explained the weapon's power and the old Red Robes man's history.
• Five Declines of Heaven and Man hid, while recluses gathered near Yujing City's south gate and Fish Elder identified Xu Xiaoshou to Fang Wenxin.
• Fang Wenxin enclosed the group in his Saint Domain and demanded to know who was responsible for Greed God's appearance.
• Xu Xiaoshou accused Dao Qiongchang of turning Greed God into a rampaging beast and publicly called the act a capital offense.
• Zhong Yuanzi rushed to question Xu Xiaoshou about his Profound-Meaning Array Diagram, but Xu Xiaoshou broke free and struck him through the chest with Wuxiu's Scarlet-Scorching Hand.
• Xu Xiaoshou followed with an explosive kick that shattered Zhong Yuanzi's body and sent him crashing against the south gate, while Greed God briefly broke free to lap up his blood.

Xu Xiaoshou’s Second True Body survived Zhong Yuanzi’s attack and joined the Demi-Saint’s impromptu lesson on Great Dao Diagrams, a newly revealed stage in Spirit Refining. Xu Xiaoshou then challenged Zhong Yuanzi’s theory and warned that mistaking a Profound-Meaning Array Diagram for the end of the path could mislead the entire continent.

• Zhong Yuanzi reassembled himself from his scattered body parts after Greed God’s internal explosions, and the Second True Body realized his blood attribute made him extraordinarily difficult to kill.
• Zhong Yuanzi recognized the Second True Body’s prototype Great Dao Diagram, set aside the fight, and explained his theory that such diagrams represented an intermediate stage in Spirit Refining.
• Ye Xiaotian displayed his Space Profound-Meaning Array Diagram as Zhong Yuanzi and a crowd of Spirit Refiners examined it, while Xi arrived and struggled to understand the gathering.
• The Second True Body contradicted Zhong Yuanzi’s claim that Ye Xiaotian’s diagram was perfect, then used Mei Suren’s Ancient Sword Arts to argue that completed diagrams did not mark the end of a path.
• Xu Xiaoshou declared that Zhong Yuanzi’s assumptions could mislead the Spirit Refining Realm and make him a future sinner of Holy Spirit Continent.

Xu Xiaoshou used a Spirit Refining discussion to learn Zhong Yuanzi’s method for waking his unconscious main body and to steer the crowd while Greed God’s restraints weakened. After warning Zhong Yuanzi that the Holy Spirit Hall was no place for him, Xu Xiaoshou baited Greed God into devouring him, leaving white flames surging from its mouth.

• Cao Erzhu shouted his creed at the Spirit Refiners, and the Second True Body redirected the crowd’s attention before inviting Zhong Yuanzi to discuss his unconscious friend.
• The Second True Body described Xu Xiaoshou’s condition, and Zhong Yuanzi explained that an incarnation’s special death, a will-switch, and intense emotional stimulation could wake the main body.
• Fang Wenxin and Fish Elder recognized signs of the Five Declines of Heaven and Man, but the Second True Body used the Time Ancestor Shadow Staff to reverse time and continue the discussion.
• Xu Xiaoshou mimicked Fang Wenxin and Fish Elder, teleported the crowd away from Greed God, and urged Zhong Yuanzi to leave the Holy Spirit Hall for the First Pavilion Under Heaven.
• Xu Xiaoshou wounded himself and fell toward Greed God, which broke free of the Blood Shadow Copper Coins and bit him in two before white flames surged from its mouth.

Xu Xiaoshou mistook Elder Sang’s Higher Void world for a trap by the Lecherous Old Daoist, then recognized his master and caught him up on recent events before the collapsing world forced their reunion to end. As Xu Xiaoshou returned to reality, a blood-red maw snapped across his waist.

• Xu Xiaoshou encountered Elder Sang in his Higher Void world and repeatedly struck him while believing he was facing an enemy illusion.
• Elder Sang used two Emberlight Fire Seeds to remind Xu Xiaoshou of their shared past, and Xu Xiaoshou finally recognized him.
• Xu Xiaoshou poured out his grievances about the Lecherous Old Daoist and Ba Zunan while Elder Sang listened and joined in criticizing Ba Zunan.
• Elder Sang told Xu Xiaoshou to contact him through the Blackflame Deity and hinted that he had left something valuable in the Godslayer Official Ruins.
• As Elder Sang sent Xu Xiaoshou back, the disciple shouted that he was already a Throne and admitted he had known it was Elder Sang’s world.
• Xu Xiaoshou’s consciousness returned to reality, where a blood-red maw snapped shut across his waist and made him open his eyes in pain.

The Greed God devoured Xu Xiaoshou, grew powerful enough to summon the Nine-Death Lightning Tribulation and the Holy Tribulation, and attacked Yujing City. As Fish Elder seized it and the defenders tried to shield the city, Dao Xuanji took control of the Xuanji Grand Formation, restrained Greed God, and turned on the rescuers before declaring herself Yujing's savior.

• The Greed God broke free of Fang Wenxin's Blood Shadow Copper Coins, grew enormously, and drew the Nine-Death Lightning Tribulation and the Holy Tribulation at once.
• The Greed God attacked Yujing City, while Fish Elder transformed into a Kunpeng, swallowed both tribulations, and seized the beast to carry it away.
• The Greed God broke loose and hurled its Holy Nine-Tailed Pattern Seed Technique at Yujing City, forcing Fang Wenxin, Zhong Yuanzi, Ye Xiaotian, and Mei Suren to defend the people.
• Dao Xuanji raised the Xuanji Grand Formation, bound the Greed God, and ambushed Ye Xiaotian and Mei Suren while claiming that Dao Qiongchang had betrayed the Holy Spirit Hall.
• Mei Suren escaped with Cao Erzhu, and Dao Xuanji appeared above Yujing City and declared that her formation would protect the city for another hundred years.

Yu Zhiwen doubted her master’s motives as Dao Xuanji used Yujing City’s rescue to condemn her enemies and launch a campaign against the Southern Domain. The city’s cheers were interrupted by the arrival of Xu Xiaoshou, who struck Greed God down and confronted Dao Xuanji.

• Yu Zhiwen rejected Xi’s attempts to excuse Dao Xuanji’s timing, insisted Dao Qiongchang would never sabotage the formation, and began questioning what Five Declines of Heaven and Man had said about her origins.
• Dao Xuanji demanded an answer from Fang Wenxin about Greed God’s mutation, and Fish Elder publicly named Dao Qiongchang as its cause after Fang hesitated.
• Dao Xuanji declared Dao Qiongchang wanted across the Five Domains, ordered Ye Xiaotian sent to the Dead Sea, and announced a campaign to cleanse the Southern Domain, winning Yujing City’s cheers.
• Mei Suren sensed sword intent and returned toward the city with Cao Erzhu as spiritual swords rose and an Ancestral Dragon Apricot Tree appeared above Yujing.
• Xu Xiaoshou arrived with Yousi Sword and Yanmang, knocked Greed God back with the Berserk Giant, and confronted Dao Xuanji.

Xu Xiaoshou arrived in Yujing City, provoked Dao Xuanji, and disrupted her authority before their confrontation erupted into violence. After Cao Erzhu's lightning attack left Dao Xuanji vulnerable, Xu Xiaoshou snapped her arm and sent her flying toward his sword.

• Xu Xiaoshou broke through the Xuanji Grand Formation's sound barrier and announced his arrival above Yujing City, where the crowd recognized him as Master Shou.
• Xu Xiaoshou manipulated the formation to make the people of Yujing City chant his name, then taunted Dao Xuanji and questioned where Dao Qiongchang had gone.
• Dao Xuanji struck Jiang Nayi and revealed that Dao Qiongchang had succeeded her as Hall Master, while Xu Xiaoshou mocked her and provoked her with comparisons to her brother.
• Dao Xuanji charged Xu Xiaoshou, but Xu Xiaoshou met her palm strike as Taicheng Heaven-Walking restrained Fang Wenxin, Fish Elder, and Zhong Yuanzi.
• Cao Erzhu summoned the Divine Firmament Chief and struck Dao Xuanji with lightning, allowing Xu Xiaoshou to snap her arm and kick her into the Xuanji Grand Formation.
• The formation rebounded Dao Xuanji toward Xu Xiaoshou, who prepared to stab her with Yousi Sword while insulting her.

Xu Xiaoshou outmaneuvered Dao Xuanji and destroyed her twenty-six Xuanji Star Attendants before cutting her body in two. As the three Half-Saints rushed to intervene, he froze time and prepared to finish Dao Xuanji, while someone covered Yu Zhiwen’s eyes.

• Dao Xuanji’s jade-golden holy blood hatched twenty-six Xuanji Star Attendants, who attacked Xu Xiaoshou and blasted Cao Erzhu out of the battlefield.
• Xu Xiaoshou saw through Dao Xuanji’s transfer trick, found her true body, and used White Flame to reveal the Star Attendants.
• Xu Xiaoshou endured the Star Attendants’ combined sword strike with Immovable Wisdom King, then used their backlash and Yanmang to cut Dao Xuanji in two.
• Xu Xiaoshou froze time with the Time Ancestor Shadow Staff as Fang, Zhong, and Yu rushed toward him, and he produced a Second True Body.
• Someone covered Yu Zhiwen’s eyes and sealed her spiritual senses before Xu Xiaoshou could continue attacking Dao Xuanji.

Xu Xiaoshou trapped and defeated Dao Xuanji in the Dragon-Fusion Realm, destroying her body before she could self-destruct. Dao Xuanji survived through another body in Xuanji Grotto-Heaven and swore revenge.

• Xu Xiaoshou formed the Dragon-Fusion Realm while Greed God bit the Blood Shadow Copper Coins, and Fish Elder beat Greed God into the temporal currents before turning on Xu Xiaoshou.
• Xu Xiaoshou burned Dao Xuanji’s Saint Blood and had Long Xing drain it, while Mei Suren distracted Fish Elder and Fang Wenxin.
• Xu Xiaoshou used Puppet Thread Control to restrain Dao Xuanji’s two severed body halves and examined the Heavenly Secrets Dao Runes in her body.
• Dao Xuanji ignited the formations within her body to self-destruct, but Xu Xiaoshou reversed time as Yousi Sword pierced and suppressed her.
• Xu Xiaoshou dismembered Dao Xuanji’s body and let Long Xing’s branches devour it, while Dao Xuanji awakened in a medicinal vat in Xuanji Grotto-Heaven and vowed to kill him.

At Holy Firmament Hall, Dao Xuanji explained her theory that Xu Xiaoshou’s many skills came from inherited powers and outlined how his true body and incarnations could be countered. She argued that Bei Bei should challenge him using only Ancient Sword Arts to exploit the Seven Sword Immortals’ rules, then hinted that two additional people might join the plan.

• Bei Bei reported that the Sealing-Heaven Saint Emperor had sealed her before he and Xu Xiaoshou entered the Godslayer Official Ruins, while the Nine Sacrificial Divine Envoy listed several conflicting reports of Xu Xiaoshou appearing and dying.
• Dao Xuanji concluded that Xu Xiaoshou had received an enlightening infusion of inherited powers and said his incarnations were limited to those powers, leaving his true body to fight openly when he had a clone’s escape route.
• The Nine Sacrificial Divine Envoy warned Dao Xuanji that Holy Spirit Hall was short of forces and that declaring war on Grey Palace of the Xu Moon and the Southern Domain risked strengthening its enemies.
• Dao Xuanji asked Bei Bei how she would fare against Xu Xiaoshou, then proposed that she challenge him solely in Ancient Sword Arts to make him fight for renown under the Seven Sword Immortals’ rules.
• Bei Bei admitted she feared Xu Xiaoshou might steal her sword, and Dao Xuanji gestured toward the doors and asked what if two more people were added.

Dao Xuanji gathered powerful sword cultivators to challenge Xu Xiaoshou, but Gu Yu resisted her attempts to bind him to the Holy Spirit Hall, while Liu Fuyu showed interest only in Xu Xiaoshou. Dao Xuanji then revealed her plan to summon Ai Cangsheng and trap Xu Xiaoshou by holding his master hostage.

• Gu Yu and Liu Fuyu entered the Holy Firmament Hall, where Gu Yu identified Liu Fuyu as a Sword Tower sword keeper carrying the Sword God's personal sword, Protect.
• Dao Xuanji proposed that the sword cultivators challenge Xu Xiaoshou and offered Gu Yu a place in the Holy Spirit Hall and a Half-Saint Godhood, but Gu Yu declined to join.
• Liu Fuyu returned the Half-Saint Godhood and said she was interested only in Xu Xiaoshou, then left the hall.
• Dao Xuanji explained that she planned to use the challenges to overwhelm Xu Xiaoshou, then sent Jiang Nayi to summon Ran Ming and bring Ai Cangsheng back.
• Dao Xuanji said the plan would keep Xu Xiaoshou from fleeing because the Holy Spirit Hall held his master, and claimed she had once defeated Ba Zunan.

After Xu Xiaoshou defeated Dao Xuanji, Fang Wenxin and Fish Elder continued fighting Greed God while Xu Xiaoshou freed Ye Xiaotian from his Martial-Sealing Talismans. Xu Xiaoshou then questioned Fang Wenxin about whether he ever grew weary of trying to redeem Ghost Beasts alone.

• Xu Xiaoshou announced that Dao Xuanji had fallen, and the people of Yujing City compared him to the former Seven Sword Immortal You Tu.
• Greed God emerged with powers over time, struck the Xuanji Grand Formation, and swallowed Ye Xiaotian before Fang Wenxin used his Blood Shadow Copper Coins to make it vomit him back up.
• Fang Wenxin summoned the Ghost Beast souls sealed in the copper coins and used Myriad Ghost Soul-Seizing to extract more than half of Greed God's soul.
• Xu Xiaoshou absorbed the power of Ye Xiaotian's Martial-Sealing Talismans, endured their explosions, and freed the dean while charging Passive Fist beyond one hundred percent.
• Xu Xiaoshou asked Fang Wenxin whether he grew weary when he had to pursue the redemption of Ghost Beasts alone, abandoned by the masses, friends, and kin.

Xu Xiaoshou challenged Fang Wenxin to reconsider whether Ghost Beasts could be good, arguing that Greed God had once helped humanity as an alchemist. Yu Zhiwen publicly confirmed that the Red Robes had secretly researched Ghost Beasts, and Xu Xiaoshou attacked Fish Elder before tearing open the Xuanji Grand Formation and threatening to blow up Yujing City and overturn Gui-Zhe Holy Mountain.

• Xu Xiaoshou questioned Fang Wenxin’s attempt to seize Greed God’s soul and asked whether Ghost Beasts truly had to be killed.
• Xu Xiaoshou told the crowd that Greed God had developed alchemy and helped produce medicines such as Red-Gold Elixir and Spirit-Refining Liquid.
• Yu Zhiwen took to the air and confirmed that Ghost Beasts could be good or bad and that the Red Robes had secretly researched them.
• Xu Xiaoshou angrily berated Yu Zhiwen to drive her back, then struck Fish Elder and battered the Xuanji Grand Formation.
• Xu Xiaoshou denounced Holy Spirit Hall and the Red Robes, overturned the Xuanji Grand Formation, and vowed to blow up Yujing City and overturn Gui-Zhe Holy Mountain.

Dao Xuanji responded to Xu Xiaoshou’s assault on Yujing City by rallying defenders and seeking help from God-Worship Willow, while Xu Xiaoshou turned the Ghost Beast controversy into a bold new bond with Greed God. The chapter ended with Greed God answering him with a hesitant catlike cry.

• Xi reported that Xu Xiaoshou had sent Fish Elder flying, broken the Xuanji Grand Formation, and threatened Yujing City, so Dao Xuanji ordered the Three Saints and Bei Bei to stop him.
• Dao Xuanji visited the Screen-and-Candle Grounds and received a willow leaf from God-Worship Willow to aid Holy Mountain.
• Xu Xiaoshou frightened Yujing’s residents by pretending he intended to destroy the city, while Li Fugui fled despite trusting him.
• Xu Xiaoshou burned the Ghost Beast Contract instead of using it, then formed a new bloodline contract with Greed God using its contents as a foundation.
• Greed God resisted at first, then turned toward Xu Xiaoshou and made a hesitant catlike sound as he said he wanted to hear its true voice.

Xu Xiaoshou contracted Greed God with a modified scroll, but the new bond caused their wills and bodies to shift and begin fusing above Yujing City. As their combined form fought off the Saints and threatened the city, Yu Zhiwen summoned a starry mermaid and activated the Xuanji Grand Formation.

• Xi saw the contract link Xu Xiaoshou and Greed God, warned Fish Elder, and hurried back to the Holy Firmament Hall.
• Li Fugui recognized that Xu Xiaoshou had chosen to take the initiative, then contacted Flower-Grass Pavilion to arrange negotiations with Grey Palace of the Xu Moon.
• Xu Xiaoshou's contract connected his soul with Greed God's, briefly swapping their states before both transformed into Berserk Giants.
• Xu Xiaoshou and Greed God were pulled into a ghostly vortex, where they fought in coordinated unison and repelled Fang Wenxin's Blood Shadow Copper Coins.
• Fish Elder attacked the vortex as Xu Xiaoshou and Greed God transformed into a nine-tailed Limit Giant and prepared a devastating punch.
• Yu Zhiwen summoned a starry mermaid with Saint blood and activated the Xuanji Grand Formation to protect Yujing City.

Yu Zhiwen and the Saints struggled to protect Yujing City from the clash between Fish Elder and Xu Xiaoshou’s Nine-Tailed Giant, while Ye Xiaotian saved the city with World in the Palm. Fish Elder admitted he could not stop Xu Xiaoshou, who then fought to complete his contract with Greed God and sustain his Limit Giant form.

• Yu Zhiwen activated her Star Merfolk Physique and repaired the Xuanji Grand Formation as Ye Xiaotian, Zhong Yuanzi, and Mei Suren reinforced Yujing City’s defenses.
• Xu Xiaoshou’s Nine-Tailed Giant struck Fish Elder’s Kunpeng form, and the resulting shockwave shattered the defenses and devastated the land around Yujing City.
• Ye Xiaotian used World in the Palm to protect Yujing City and Yu Zhiwen from the destructive aftermath, then returned the city safely to the ground.
• Bei Bei recognized Xu Xiaoshou in the Nine-Tailed Giant and hesitated over challenging him, while Gu Yu still resolved to fight for the challenge.
• Fish Elder conceded that he could not defeat Xu Xiaoshou and warned Fang Wenxin that the giant could not be stopped by ordinary means.
• Xu Xiaoshou regained control of himself, realized Greed God was draining his life force, and poured Dao-Nurturing Seeds into his Life Dao Disk to sustain the Limit Giant and complete their contract.

Xu Xiaoshou used Dao-Nurturing Seeds to raise his Life Dao Disk to eighty percent while he and Greed God were forming a contract, gaining a profound understanding of life and astonishing everyone in Yujing City. He awoke in the spiritual world to a graceful humanoid pattern that pounced on him and called him “Master.”

• Xu Xiaoshou planted Dao-Nurturing Seeds to advance his Life Dao Disk, then used his new perception to examine the vitality and Life Patterns of those around him.
• Xu Xiaoshou discovered that Fish Elder possessed immense vitality and recognized Yu Zhiwen in her Star Merfolk Physique, while Yu Zhiwen sensed his scrutiny and withdrew her sacred physique.
• Zhong Yuanzi, Fang Wenxin, Ye Xiaotian, Fish Elder, and others watched Xu Xiaoshou enter enlightenment as his Life Dao Disk rapidly advanced during his contract with Greed God.
• Xu Xiaoshou raised the Life Dao Disk to eighty percent, causing a vast Life Profound-Meaning Array Diagram to spread across Yujing City and sacred rain to nourish its people.
• Xu Xiaoshou awoke in the spiritual world as a graceful humanoid pattern pounced on him and called him “Master.”

Greed God chose to eat forbidden flesh and blood, fused with Xu Xiaoshou, and regained reason through their new spiritual bond. Their contract left Xu Xiaoshou transformed by Greed God’s traits and struggling to speak without meowing as the Saints watched.

• Greed God recalled its life with Xu Xiaoshou and chose to eat rather than merely devour, despite Dao Qiongchang’s warning about the risks.
• Greed God went berserk, broke through the Apricot Realm, and attacked a human Demi-Saint before choosing to eat Xu Xiaoshou as its final act of companionship.
• Greed God awoke after the fusion with a spiritual connection to Xu Xiaoshou and called him Master in human speech.
• Xu Xiaoshou discovered Greed God had taken human form, embraced him, and continued absorbing his vitality until he ordered her to speak.
• The ghostly vortex dissipated, and Xu Xiaoshou appeared above Yujing City transformed with Greed God’s eyes, marks, hair, tail, and claws.
• Xu Xiaoshou tried to address the Saints, but Greed God’s meows kept interrupting him, and he challenged Dao Xuanmiao to come receive his meow.