Chapter Summaries

Xu Xiaoshou used Greed God's Ghost Beast powers to overwhelm the Saints and pursue Dao Xuanji through the Xuanji Grand Formation. He ended the chapter by killing her with Yousi Sword, while the fate of the other combatants remained unresolved.

• Xu Xiaoshou admitted he had created his Ghost Beast Contract Book and offered to teach it to the world if Fang Wenxin joined the First Pavilion Under Heaven.
• Dao Xuanji took control of the Xuanji Grand Formation and ordered the three Saints to capture Xu Xiaoshou, provoking him into attacking her with the Three Aversions Eye.
• Xu Xiaoshou drained the surrounding energy and unleashed an Explosive Domain that devastated Zhong Yuanzi, wounded Fang Wenxin, and forced the others to flee.
• Xu Xiaoshou used the Heavenly Ancestor's Manifestation to stop Fish Elder and the Three Aversions Eye to incapacitate Bei Bei, then pursued Dao Xuanji with Yousi Sword.
• Xu Xiaoshou's Second True Body tricked Dao Xuanji into entering its World in the Palm, and Yousi Sword pierced through her brow as he vowed to cut her down whenever they met.

Xu Xiaoshou killed Dao Xuanji’s second body before Yujing City and prepared to question her about his junior sister, Mu Zixi, also known as Lei Xier. Yu Zhiwen watched the confrontation and began to understand that she could no longer avoid the struggle surrounding those closest to her.

• Xu Xiaoshou used the Illusion Sword Technique to pierce Dao Xuanji’s head with Yousi Sword, and Yujing City erupted in disbelief.
• Xu Xiaoshou taunted the dying Dao Xuanji, while Yu Zhiwen watched and struggled with the pain of seeing her master defeated.
• Fish Elder caught the tearful Yu Zhiwen and urged her to leave, but she first refused and then agreed before realizing she still wanted to watch.
• Xu Xiaoshou summoned the unconscious Mu Zixi, called her Lei Xier, and began questioning Dao Xuanji about the Lei Clan.
• Dao Xuanji recognized Mu Zixi’s Supreme Life Demon Body, while Yu Zhiwen remained beside Fish Elder and recalled the question, “Who is the sinner?”

Lei Shuangxing arrived at Fortune Inn, killed Thunderbird and his gang, and sought intelligence on Xu Xiaoshou. Dao Qiongchang, Gou Wuyue, and Wei Feng then appeared, but the crowd mistook them for impersonators and turned the inn into a spectacle.

• Lei Shuangxing killed Thunderbird and more than a dozen Black Eagle Gang men after Thunderbird tried to steal his cane.
• Lei Shuangxing presented a Saint Slave Token and asked the Flower-Grass Pavilion innkeeper for detailed intelligence on Xu Xiaoshou in Yujing City.
• Dao Qiongchang entered the inn, silenced the room with his sword intent, and joked with the patrons while they laughed at his supposed impersonation.
• Gou Wuyue arrived in disguise, and Dao Qiongchang called him out as the Moonless Sword Immortal, prompting the crowd to cheer.
• Wei Feng entered the inn, cut off a patron's hand and head, and identified himself as the Slayer God.

Dao Qiongchang, Ba Zunan, Gou Wuyue, and their companions gathered at Fortune Inn, where they persuaded Lei Shuangxing to hurry to Yujing City before the group’s reunion nearly turned into a fight. Dao Qiongchang destroyed the inn to stop the clash and declared that they had gathered to discuss cooperation.

• Dao Qiongchang met Lei Shuangxing at Fortune Inn, claimed his divination showed Lei Shuangxing needed to go to Yujing City, and recruited onlookers to the Heavenly Mechanism Divine Sect with an elaborate performance.
• Dao Qiongchang asked whether Lei Shuangxing was waiting for Ba Zunan, and Ba Zunan and Storyteller arrived at the inn.
• Ba Zunan gave Lei Shuangxing a jade talisman and told him to contact Xuan Wuji and head to the Central Region, whereupon Lei Shuangxing departed.
• Ba Zunan, Dao Qiongchang, Gou Wuyue, Wei Feng, and Storyteller exchanged barbs and argued over their weapons, escalating into a clash of Sword Thought and holy power.
• Dao Qiongchang destroyed Fortune Inn to halt the fighting and insisted that everyone had gathered to discuss cooperation.

Xu Xiaoshou protected Lei Xier as her buried memories surfaced, then held back a citywide battle while Yu Zhiwen confronted Dao Xuanji about her origins. Dao Xuanji revealed that Yu Zhiwen carried the Lei family bloodline and that the Pearl Star Pupil was hers.

• Xu Xiaoshou replenished Lei Xier’s vitality, waking Mu Zixi, who recognized him before memories of the Lei family’s slaughter overwhelmed her.
• When Dao Xuanji attacked Mu Zixi, Xu Xiaoshou broke her arm, restrained her, and drove off Fang Wenxin and Zhong Yuanzi.
• Xu Xiaoshou calmed Mu Zixi into deep sleep, and Lei Xier awakened; she looked past Dao Xuanji toward Yu Zhiwen.
• Yu Zhiwen left Fish Elder and asked Dao Xuanji whether she truly carried the Lei family bloodline.
• Dao Xuanji tried to attack Lei Xier, but Xu Xiaoshou blocked her; Yu Zhiwen then pleaded for Dao Xuanji to answer her question.
• Dao Xuanji told Yu Zhiwen that she did carry the Lei family bloodline and that the Pearl Star Pupil was hers.

Lei Shuangxing revealed that Yu Zhiwen carried Lei family blood but accused Dao Xuanji of taking the Pearl Star Pupil from a Lei family member and giving it to her. The revelation shattered Yu Zhiwen’s composure, and Xu Xiaoshou suppressed the city’s accusations and devoured the demonic energy overtaking her as she began to recover.

• Ye Xiaotian used Xuan Wuji’s Heavenly Secrets Formation Disk to bring Lei Shuangxing and Xuan Wuji through a spatial gate.
• Lei Shuangxing told Yu Zhiwen that her Lei Clan Eye proved she had Lei family blood, while accusing Dao Xuanji of harvesting Lei Clan Eyes from the family and transplanting one into her.
• Yu Zhiwen broke down under Lei Shuangxing’s accusations and the crowd’s condemnation, then became possessed by demonic energy as her Dao tone shattered.
• Fish Elder tried to wake Yu Zhiwen, but Xu Xiaoshou sent him flying and silenced most of Yujing City with a roar.
• Xu Xiaoshou devoured the demonic energy at Yu Zhiwen’s brow, and awareness gradually returned to her eyes.

Yu Zhiwen learned that her Pearl Star Pupil belonged to Lei Xier and that her master had deceived her, then tried to gouge out her eyes to atone. Xu Xiaoshou stopped her, and as the group turned to confront Dao Xuanji, a bright green streak appeared within the demonic aura surrounding her.

• Lei Shuangxing revealed that the Pearl Star Pupil belonged to Lei Xier, who explained that she had died after her eyes and life force were taken before her brother gave her the God-Devil Pupils.
• Yu Zhiwen realized her memories might have been altered by her master, Dao Xuanji, and broke down as she apologized to Lei Xier and Lei Shuangxing.
• Yu Zhiwen tried to gouge out her own eyes, but Xu Xiaoshou stopped her and restrained her before she could try again.
• Lei Xier said the accounts were settled and it was time to act, while Xu Xiaoshou threw Xuan Wuji into the space below after he laughed.
• Lei Xier spotted a brilliant green streak flashing inside the black demonic aura surrounding Dao Xuanji above Yujing City.

Xu Xiaoshou turned the God-Worship Willow’s attempt to drain him into a way to strip it from Dao Xuanji, then used the Human Realm to seize the vitality she had borrowed from Dead Sea prisoners and defeated her. With Dao Xuanji weakened and the willow heart taken by Long Xing, Lei Shuangxing and Lei Xier prepared to settle accounts with her.

• The God-Worship Willow revived through Dao Xuanji, attacked the people in Yujing, and pierced Xu Xiaoshou’s palm as he deliberately tested its ability to consume flesh and soul.
• Xu Xiaoshou reversed the willow’s drain with his devouring powers, pulled Dao Xuanji toward him, and tore the God-Worship Willow’s root branch from her body before she escaped into Yujing City.
• Dao Xuanji used the Firmament Scroll and Yujing’s formation to release Dead Sea prisoners, feeding them to the God-Worship Willow to restore her strength.
• Xu Xiaoshou used the Human Realm to take back the vitality Dao Xuanji had borrowed, struck through her heart, and ripped out the God-Worship Willow’s heart for Long Xing to claim.
• Xu Xiaoshou left Dao Xuanji to Lei Shuangxing and Lei Xier, and Lei Shuangxing pointed the Soul-Drawing Staff at her and struck with Sword Thought.

After Xu Xiaoshou defeated two of Dao Xuanji’s bodies, Holy Mountain’s guards gossiped about her failures while she ordered Jiang Nayi found and summoned Ai Cangsheng to help. Bei Bei then flew out to confront Xu Xiaoshou, who recognized her and prepared for the encounter.

• Holy Mountain guards discussed Xu Xiaoshou’s siege of Yujing City, Dao Xuanji’s two defeats, and the decline of the Holy Spirit Hall.
• Dao Xuanji emerged from seclusion, learned Jiang Nayi was still in the Godslayer Official Ruins, and ordered the Puxuan Jiang Clan to find him and bring back Ai Cangsheng within a day.
• Dao Xuanji told Ai Cangsheng’s attendant to report her threats to him, asked whether he could defeat Xu Xiaoshou, and ordered Bei Bei, Gu Yu, and Liu Fuyu to prepare while delaying the crisis in Yujing City.
• Bei Bei tried to persuade Gu Yu and Liu Fuyu that Xu Xiaoshou’s momentum had reached its limit, then flew to test him when he called out after hearing his name.
• Xu Xiaoshou recognized Bei Bei from their encounter at Blackwater Ravine and asked whether she wanted to fight him.

Xu Xiaoshou verbally overwhelmed Bei Bei as she tried to challenge him, exposing the Holy Spirit Hall’s political risks and deepening Yujing City’s doubts. Bei Bei recovered and formally challenged him to a public duel in Yujing City three days later, asking whether he dared accept.

• Yujing City's spirit cultivators doubted Bei Bei could defeat Xu Xiaoshou, and she confronted him with Emperor Sword: Duzun.
• Xu Xiaoshou repeatedly interrupted Bei Bei, mocked her credentials, and accused her of disrespecting Mr. Siren.
• Xu Xiaoshou insinuated that the Holy Spirit Hall would betray Bei Bei, while Li Fugui explained his remarks to the crowd as a warning about the Hall’s history of sacrificing its own.
• Bei Bei hesitated over her challenge letter as Xu Xiaoshou offered her a chance to retreat, but she chose to proceed.
• Bei Bei formally challenged Xu Xiaoshou to fight in Yujing City three days later, with the Wind Clan of the Southern Domain as witness, and asked if he dared accept.

Xu Xiaoshou recognized the seriousness behind Bei Bei’s challenge and apologized for mocking Ancient Sword Cultivator customs, but he refused to wait three days for the formal duel. He challenged Bei Bei, Gu Yu, and Liu Fuyu to face him together before he charged up Holy Mountain.

• Xu Xiaoshou learned that accepting Bei Bei’s bronze letter of challenge had committed him to a duel under Ancient Sword Cultivator conventions.
• After reading Bei Bei’s formal challenge, Xu Xiaoshou apologized for his earlier mockery and acknowledged her respect for the Seven Sword Immortal title.
• Xu Xiaoshou accused Bei Bei of using the three-day delay to buy time for reinforcements, but Bei Bei explained the formal arrangements required for a public duel.
• When Xu Xiaoshou objected to the delay, he called out Gu Yu and Liu Fuyu and offered to fight all three Ancient Sword Cultivators at once.

Mei Suren brokered a pact in Yujing City to replace the Holy War with the Seven Sword Immortals’ battle and keep the Saints from intervening, then arranged for Ye Xiaotian to bring the Wind Clan representatives over. In Wind Clan City, the clan mobilized to prepare for the broadcast and welcome Ye Xiaotian.

• Gu Yu refused Xu Xiaoshou’s proposed one-against-three battle without proper procedure or Wind Clan supervision, while Liu Fuyu said she would fight whenever Xu Xiaoshou was ready.
• Mei Suren proposed that the Sword Immortals’ battle replace the Holy War and that the Saints refrain from further action; the Saints and Bei Bei agreed, with Bei Bei receiving orders from the Xuanji Hall Master.
• Xu Xiaoshou supported Mei Suren’s pact, recognizing that it could establish a public claim to justice if the Holy Spirit Hall later broke it.
• Mei Suren sent Ye Xiaotian to the Southern Domain to bring the Wind Clan representatives to Yujing City.
• The Wind Clan prepared its viewing platforms and summoned its elders and Crane Sword Tingchen as Ye Xiaotian arrived and was welcomed by the people of Wind Clan City.

Ye Xiaotian recruited Feng Tingchen, Yang Xizhi, and Feng Zhongzui to travel to Yujing City and oversee Xu Xiaoshou’s battle. As the Dao Transmission Mirror showed Yujing City and Xu Xiaoshou appeared, Xiao Wanfeng reflected on Feng Zhongzui’s faith in him and wondered whether he could truly succeed.

• Ye Xiaotian met Feng Tingchen and Yang Xizhi, then invited them to accompany him to the Central Region as battle overseers.
• Feng Zhongzui arrived late, reeking of alcohol, and begged Ye Xiaotian to let him join the trip; Ye agreed to take him along.
• As Ye Xiaotian teleported the group away, Feng Zhongzui spotted Xiao Wanfeng by the Dao Transmission Mirror and shouted that their agreement would help Xiao make a name for himself.
• The Dao Transmission Mirror showed snowy Yujing City, and Xiao Wanfeng heard Feng Zhongzui’s praise while watching Xu Xiaoshou appear.
• Xiao Wanfeng felt the sword intent in his chest flare and wondered whether he could live up to the expectations of Xuancang, Xu Xiaoshou, and Feng Zhongzui.

Ye Xiaotian returned to Yujing City with Feng Tingchen, Yang Xizhi, and Feng Zhongzui as the battle between Xu Xiaoshou and Bei Bei drew spectators across the Five Domains. Xu Xiaoshou wagered Yujing City on the duel, and the chapter ended as he challenged Bei Bei with the Black Snake, naming it Hidden Pain.

• Ye Xiaotian used the Spatial Profundity Formation Diagram to bring Feng Tingchen, Yang Xizhi, and Feng Zhongzui to Yujing City, where Feng Zhongzui broadcast their arrival.
• Feng Zhongzui's Sword Path Throne and Xu Xiaoshou's presence drew attention from spectators watching Dao Transmission Mirrors across the Five Domains.
• Su Qianqian said Xu Xiaoshou would win and revealed that her eldest senior brother was preparing for a later battle with him at the summit.
• Xu Xiaoshou proposed that the winner of his duel with Bei Bei would claim Yujing City, and Bei Bei agreed after receiving a voice transmission.
• Bei Bei challenged Xu Xiaoshou for the Seven Sword Immortal Ranking with Emperor Sword: Duzun, and Xu Xiaoshou answered with the Black Snake, naming it Hidden Pain.

Xu Xiaoshou faced Bei Bei’s Emperor Sword: Duzun with Hidden Pain, using swordsmanship and an illusion to defeat her. He left her gravely wounded and reflected that she had lost because she had already seen him as unbeatable.

• Xu Xiaoshou withdrew his Ghost Beast transformation and tested Hidden Pain against Bei Bei’s Emperor Sword: Duzun, while fame and doubt gathered around the spirit sword.
• Xu Xiaoshou encouraged Hidden Pain to endure the doubt, and Bei Bei unleashed the Myriad Sword Technique, drawing Yujing City’s swords into her Absolute Imperial Rule and Boundless Sea attack.
• Xu Xiaoshou studied Bei Bei’s technique from his Sword Dao Disk as Feng Zhongzui explained how Emperor Sword: Duzun amplified her sword aura.
• Xu Xiaoshou used Feng Zhongzui’s commentary and his strange movements to deceive Bei Bei with the Illusion Sword Technique, then stabbed her heart with Hidden Pain.
• Xu Xiaoshou disarmed Bei Bei, cut her carotid artery, and told her she had lost because she had already placed him beyond her reach.

Xu Xiaoshou’s first strike left Bei Bei unable to accept defeat, and their duel escalated when his Heart Sword Technique drove her into qi deviation. Bei Bei turned that demonic crisis into a union with Emperor Sword: Duzun and unleashed Heaven’s Liberation, leaving Xu Xiaoshou facing her imperial sword domain.

• Dao Qiongchang mocked Ba Zunan and Gou Wuyue over Xu Xiaoshou’s suggestive remarks, then delighted the crowd with an impromptu song.
• Xu Xiaoshou defeated Bei Bei with one sword strike, but Bei Bei refused to admit she had lost and challenged him again.
• Bei Bei used Illusion Sword Technique, while Xu Xiaoshou countered with Mei Suren’s Falling Petals Realm and the Heart Sword Technique, All Eyes Are Demons.
• Bei Bei’s Emperor Sword: Duzun broke through the illusion, and she entered qi deviation before awakening with the sword merged into her.
• Bei Bei manifested a golden Profound-Meaning Array Diagram and declared her Duzun sword intent, surrounding Xu Xiaoshou with an imperial palace and an army of swords.
• Bei Bei shouted, “Emperor Sword: Heaven’s Liberation!” as Xu Xiaoshou stood alone and prepared to face her attack.

Xu Xiaoshou faced Bei Bei’s perfect Emperor Sword Heaven’s Liberation and struggled against its Twin Owl Dragons and Seven Slaughter Pillars. As Bei Bei demanded that he surrender or die, Hidden Pain, Yousi Sword, and Yanmang urged him to merge with them and unleash their Heaven’s Liberation.

• Mei Suren ordered everyone to retreat as Bei Bei unleashed Emperor Sword: Duzun’s perfect Heaven’s Liberation within the Imperial Palace.
• Xu Xiaoshou used Hidden Pain to reverse the Twin Owl Dragons’ sword tide, but the golden dragon shattered the sword thought and pierced his chest, drawing sword energy from his body into the giant Emperor Sword.
• Xu Xiaoshou struck a dragon with Azure Time Sword, but Hidden Pain cracked, so he withdrew and took the blow himself as the dragon’s sword energy ravaged his body.
• Yousi Sword and Yanmang fought the Twin Owl Dragons while Hidden Pain repeatedly begged Xu Xiaoshou to merge with it and unleash Heaven’s Liberation.
• Bei Bei summoned Emperor Sword: Seven Slaughter Pillars, trapping Xu Xiaoshou and the three swords in a formation that accelerated the giant Emperor Sword’s growth.
• Bei Bei appeared atop the giant sword and demanded Xu Xiaoshou surrender or die, while Hidden Pain, Yousi Sword, and Yanmang invited him to merge with them.

Xu Xiaoshou faced Bei Bei’s Emperor Sword: Wrath of the End with Yousi Sword, but the sword’s awakening revealed that Xu Xiaoji was a fragment of its spirit. Xu Xiaoji chose to seize the moment and unleash his own Heaven’s Liberation as the Emperor Sword struck.

• Xu Xiaoshou summoned Yousi Sword, whose Sword Thought overwhelmed the Seven Slaughter Pillar and repelled the Twin Owl Dragons.
• Xu Xiaoshou raised a colossal fiendish sword against Bei Bei’s Emperor Sword, and Bei Bei unleashed Wrath of the End.
• Xu Xiaoji was drawn toward Yujing City and recovered memories revealing that he was a separated fragment of Yousi Sword’s spirit.
• Xu Xiaoji chose to blaze brilliantly and took control of the sword spirit and Xu Xiaoshou’s body as the Emperor Sword struck.
• The Emperor Sword pierced Xu Xiaoshou without spilling blood, and Xu Xiaoji proclaimed Yousi Sword: Sacrifice amid surging Fiendish Demon Aura.

Xu Xiaoshou used Yousi Sword’s Heaven’s Liberation and a second-stage Heart Sword Technique manifestation to overcome Bei Bei’s Imperial Sword. He left the unconscious Northern Sword Immortal unharmed and ended the battle with a chilling “Just kidding.”

• Yousi Sword underwent Heaven’s Liberation, and its Four Fiends Bite the Sword manifestation clashed with Bei Bei’s Heaven-reaching Imperial Sword.
• Xu Xiaoshou contaminated the Imperial Sword with Fiendish Demon Aura, but Bei Bei used Absolute Demon Rule to seize control and expose his hidden position.
• Xu Xiaoshou and Xu Xiaoji reversed control of the Demon Swords and Mo Swords, then formed a Sword Deity manifestation that Xu Xiaoshou shattered to create a second-stage Heart Sword Technique manifestation.
• Feng Zhongzui concluded that Xu Xiaoshou had used Spacetime Leap to bring the Four Saint Emperors’ power into the present as the Limit Giant attacked Bei Bei.
• The Limit Giant snapped the Heaven-reaching Imperial Sword in two and caught the unconscious Bei Bei before smashing her into the ground.
• Xu Xiaoshou set Bei Bei down unharmed, dismissed his manifestations, and told the watching crowd, “Just kidding.”

Xu Xiaoshou defeated Bei Bei in the first Seven Sword Immortal battle, then used the Dao Transmission Mirror to announce his ties to Grey Palace of the Xu Moon and the Wind Clan. As his fame surged across the Five Domains, his qi sea began to show signs of a breakthrough.

• Bei Bei passed out after Xu Xiaoshou dismantled her Heaven's Liberation, and Feng Zhongzui announced Xu Xiaoshou as the winner.
• During Feng Zhongzui's interview, Xu Xiaoshou accidentally said “meow” repeatedly and criticized the Wind Clan's Seven Sword Immortal Ranking.
• Xu Xiaoshou transformed into a Ghost Beast and publicly demanded that Grey Palace of the Xu Moon negotiate with First Pavilion Under Heaven over Greed God and the Ghost Beast Contract Book.
• Xu Xiaoshou used the live broadcast to tie First Pavilion Under Heaven to the Wind Clan, leaving Feng Tingchen unable to shut down the Dao Transmission Mirror.
• Xu Xiaoshou sensed fame flowing toward him, and his qi sea began Tide Rising as phantom Great Dao Disks appeared around him.