Chapter Summaries

Sui Yin used Dark-Night Body Seizure to possess Rao Wangze despite Xu Xiaoshou and Dao Qiongchang’s attack, then used a Substitute-Death Grass Doll to restore the body and turn their apparent victory into a trap. After the pavilion battle erupted into the Relics of the Gods, Shen Yi urged Dao Qiongchang to run.

• Sui Yin guided Rao Wangze’s thoughts, then began seizing his body with Dark-Night Body Seizure as Xu Xiaoshou’s Heaven Abandoned struck.
• Dao Qiongchang told Xu Xiaoshou to keep attacking, and the two unleashed Heaven Abandoned and the God-Punishing Execution Tribulation against Rao Wangze.
• Sui Yin emerged on the White Bone Divine Throne in Rao Wangze’s body and drove Xu Xiaoshou, Dao Qiongchang, and the others out of the Ancient Past Forget-Worry Pavilion.
• Dao Qiongchang realized Sui Yin had used a Substitute-Death Grass Doll to transfer the damage and restore the possessed body, meaning the group had been used to help Sui Yin.
• Dao Qiongchang searched for a way to survive while Xu Xiaoshou wondered why Sui Yin had not followed them; Shen Yi told Dao Qiongchang to run.

Kong Yuhen confronted Sui Yin in Ancient Past Forget-Worry Pavilion, then questioned Huangquan about his mission and his own forgotten identity. Outside, Sui Yin attacked Xu Xiaoshou and Dao Qiongchang by separating their bodies and souls, but Cao Erzhu’s father appeared and rescued his son.

• Kong Yuhen told Sui Yin that he valued his friendship with Xu Xiaoshou and argued that inaction could itself be a form of aid; Sui Yin accepted his words and left the pavilion.
• Huangquan asked to leave, but Kong Yuhen asked why he avoided him, removed his mask, and said Huangquan resembled a forgotten friend.
• Kong Yuhen admitted he could not see his own face, and he and Huangquan discussed their uncertain life missions.
• Xu Xiaoshou joked with Dao Qiongchang about life’s meaning and asked Sui Yin for mimi while they waited outside the tree door.
• Sui Yin split the Yang and Yin Realms, separating Xu Xiaoshou and Dao Qiongchang from their bodies, then bound Cao Erzhu’s soul and tried to devour it.
• Cao Erzhu’s father appeared in a burst of thunder, shattered Sui Yin’s art, and pulled his son out of the Saint Emperor Wangze’s mouth.

Kui Leihan broke Changde Town’s Heavenly Secrets formation but failed to reach his phantom image, while his passing thought alarmed powerful figures across the continent. In the Relics of the Gods, Dao Qiongchang realized he had blocked Kui Leihan from entering, leaving Xu Xiaoshou to charge at Sui Yin to rescue Cao Erzhu.

• Kui Leihan emerged from the Cao Clan Blacksmith Shop ruins, endured Changde Town’s formation and its residents’ resistance, then returned underground after failing to locate his phantom image.
• Kui Leihan’s faint thought passed across the Central Region and Southern Abyss, unsettling powerful figures and stirring strange reactions at several hidden locations.
• Storyteller learned that Cao Yihan had visited Ba Zunan and offered to help, but Ba Zunan’s rebuke left Storyteller convulsing on the ground.
• Dao Qiongchang realized his control over Kui Leihan had blocked him from entering the Relics of the Gods, and he apologized after slapping himself.
• Xu Xiaoshou charged toward Sui Yin to rescue Cao Erzhu and told Dao Qiongchang to attack from the front.

Sui Yin nearly devoured Cao Erzhu, but Xu Xiaoshou rescued him by using Great Feast to swallow Sui Yin’s Taotie art. As Dao Qiongchang and Shen Yi fought Sui Yin, Xu Xiaoshou fled with Cao Erzhu into the spatial torrent, where Dao Qiongchang contacted him with a plan to kill the Ancestor God that required Xu Xiaoshou’s sword.

• Sui Yin blocked the passage to the Relics of the Gods and used his soul-sucking art to drag Cao Erzhu toward him, while Cao Erzhu cried out for his father.
• Xu Xiaoshou reached through the Ghost Gate and pulled Cao Erzhu’s soul fragments from Sui Yin’s grasp, then used Great Feast to swallow Saint Emperor Wangze and his Taotie art.
• Xu Xiaoshou fled with Cao Erzhu as Dao Qiongchang and Shen Yi attacked Sui Yin with the Overlord staff, but Sui Yin’s wind arts forced them back.
• Cao Erzhu revived and urged Xu Xiaoshou to return to the fight, but Xu Xiaoshou called their flight a tactical detour and said they would wait for an opportunity.
• Dao Qiongchang contacted Xu Xiaoshou through the Telepathic Link Technique and said he had a way to kill the Ancestor God, but needed Xu Xiaoshou’s sword.

Xu Xiaoshou learned that Sui Yin was weakened by three flaws and that Dao Qiongchang needed him to strike at its will. Dao Qiongchang revealed that the Canon of Sword Observation might hold Ba Zunan’s contingency, then ordered Xu Xiaoshou to draw his sword and summon him as Sui Yin attacked.

• Dao Qiongchang explained that Sui Yin’s destroyed body, arrogance, and ineffective guidance left it vulnerable, but its will still needed to be struck down.
• Dao Qiongchang asked Xu Xiaoshou to become a sword capable of wounding Sui Yin’s will, and Xu Xiaoshou realized he might need Ba Zunan’s help.
• Dao Qiongchang reasoned that Ba Zunan had left a contingency within the Canon of Sword Observation, which Xu Xiaoshou carried, and urged him to find it.
• Dao Qiongchang ordered Xu Xiaoshou to return to the battlefield and draw his sword, while Cao Erzhu sensed the urgency of his resolve.
• Xu Xiaoshou returned to find Dao Qiongchang and Saint Emperor Wangze badly injured as Sui Yin mocked him.
• Xu Xiaoshou drew the Yousi Sword and formed the Sword Dao Disk, while Dao Qiongchang told him to keep drawing his sword as he prepared a ritual to summon Ba Zunan.

Xu Xiaoshou embraced the sword and challenged Sui Yin to survive three strikes, then unleashed his first sword to attack both Sui Yin and the lockdown beyond the Heavenly Realm Core. His “Sword Awakening” strike erupted, but its impact was not yet shown.

• Xu Xiaoshou entered perfect unity with Yousi Sword, and Dao Qiongchang and Sui Yin sensed his growing sword power.
• Xu Xiaoshou provoked Sui Yin into accepting a three-sword contest, promising to sever it within three strikes.
• Sui Yin raised the Azure Dragon Drinking Moon Painting and Wind Li Scripture as defenses while Xu Xiaoshou gathered Sword Thought and devoured some of the scripture’s power.
• Xu Xiaoshou raised Yousi Sword and aimed his first strike at Sui Yin and the starlit giant hand sealing the way beyond the Heavenly Realm Core.
• Xu Xiaoshou invoked “Sword Awakening,” combining four Second Realm sword arts into a black-radiant strike that split Hundun.

Xu Xiaoshou used a layered Desireless Reckless Sword to destroy Sui Yin’s Saint Emperor Wangze body and provoke him after the attack. Sui Yin’s soul remained, and he demanded that their fight continue with two swords still left.

• Xu Xiaoshou’s mixed sword strike made Sui Yin’s defenses seem to stop it, while a concealed Mo Sword entered the Relics of the Gods from beyond the plane and cleaved his body in two.
• Xu Xiaoshou’s Mo Sword dragged Sui Yin’s split body and the Big Good Bell Drum toward him, then its Sword Thought shredded the body into dust.
• Sui Yin failed to restore the Saint Emperor Wangze body and prepared to attack Xu Xiaoshou in his soul form.
• Xu Xiaoshou taunted Sui Yin about being only twenty, then clarified that he was nineteen by actual age.
• Sui Yin retreated to the edge of the sky and shouted that two swords remained, while Yue Gongli and Dao Qiongchang commented on Xu Xiaoshou’s tactics.

The Storyteller visited Wen Ting at the Sword-Washing Pool to deliver Xiao An'an’s request for him to locate the Godslayer Official Ruins. After consulting the Sword Hemp, Wen Ting returned with moving coordinates and sword auras for Xiao An'an to pursue, while warning that the ruins were dangerous.

• The Storyteller used her Sword-Burial Token to enter Burial Sword Tomb and found Wen Ting performing a one-man opera beside the Sword-Washing Pool.
• The Storyteller told Wen Ting that Kui Leihan wanted him to find the Godslayer Official Ruins by tracking the scents of certain swords and Sword Thought through the starry sky.
• Wen Ting revealed that he could attempt the search and climbed East Mountain to ask the Sword Hemp for permission.
• After about a year, Wen Ting returned battered and missing a leg, carrying moving coordinates for Yousi Sword and the aura of the Desireless Reckless Sword.
• Wen Ting told the Storyteller to pass the coordinates to Xiao An'an, warned that the ruins were not right, and suggested using Void Island to enter.
• Wen Ting added that Xiao An'an could ask him for help if he could not win, though he insisted he might be too busy to leave the mountain.

Xu Xiaoshou studied the Canon of Sword Observation while fighting Sui Yin, uncovering Ba Zunan’s unorthodox guidance on sword realms, aspects, and the Mysterious Gate. As Xu Xiaoshou called for Ba Zunan and raised his second sword, Wen Ting prepared to intervene and Ba Zunan emerged from seclusion, apparently struggling with the light.

• Xu Xiaoshou sensed that his first sword had opened a breach in Sui Yin’s seal, then entered the Canon of Sword Observation to seek Ba Zunan’s aid.
• Xu Xiaoshou studied Ba Zunan’s teachings on sword-technique fusion, Emotion Sword Art, and aspects, realizing that aspects were tools rather than goals in themselves.
• Dao Qiongchang urged Xu Xiaoshou to attack Sui Yin repeatedly, while Xu Xiaoshou weighed the danger of provoking the Ancestor God’s last defenses.
• Xu Xiaoshou summoned the Canon of Sword Observation beneath his Sword Dao Disk and raised his second sword, prompting Dao Qiongchang to recognize the ancient tome.
• Wen Ting and Sword Hemp prepared to help Xu Xiaoshou if Ba Zunan could not, while Storyteller told Ba Zunan that Wen Ting would act in his place.
• Ba Zunan left his cave and looked toward the sky, asking whether the sun had set and remarking that the light was dazzling.

Xu Xiaoshou used the Illusion Sword Technique to draw Sui Yin into a vision of his buried fears, where Fourfold Renunciation Shen Yi defeated him before Sui Yin unleashed the forbidden Reversed Prohibition Wheel Rebirth. As Xu Xiaoshou feared the technique could kill him and called for Ba Zunan, Dao Qiongchang’s thirty million Heavenly Mechanism Puppets detected a passing sword aura and pursued it.

• Xu Xiaoshou chose the Illusion Sword Technique for his second sword, hoping its Second World could summon Ba Zunan from the past.
• Sui Yin layered defenses over his soul and consciousness, while Dao Qiongchang sent millions of Heavenly Mechanism Puppets through the starry sky to search for help.
• Xu Xiaoshou’s Second World exposed Sui Yin’s memory of Shen Yi battling him in the Thirty-Third Heaven.
• In the vision, Shen Yi used Fourfold Renunciation to smash Sui Yin’s defenses, but Sui Yin detonated his three eyes and activated Reversed Prohibition Wheel Rebirth.
• Xu Xiaoshou lost his vision and memory of what followed, realized Sui Yin might have regained his peak power, and called for Ba Zunan’s help.
• A Puppet carrying the Nuxian Buddha Sword’s aura was destroyed by a passing sword attack, and Dao Qiongchang sent his puppet army after the vanished attacker.

Xu Xiaoshou used Ba Zunan’s Illusion Sword Technique against Sui Yin, but Sui Yin saw through the Second World and broke free. Xu Xiaoshou stalled with poems while secretly summoning sword reinforcements, and the chapter ended as a host of swords raced toward him.

• Xu Xiaoshou cast the Second World, filling it with Sui Yin’s fears, but Sui Yin recognized the illusion and escaped.
• Xu Xiaoshou read Ba Zunan’s explanation of the Second World and realized its true power relied on guiding someone into their own fantasies.
• Sui Yin agreed to allow a third sword after Xu Xiaoshou challenged Their promise, and Xu Xiaoshou recited poems while using the Time Ancestor Shadow Staff to repeat them.
• Xu Xiaoshou’s performance distracted Sui Yin while Dao Qiongchang’s sword army and the Nuxian Buddha Sword broke free and flew toward the Relics of the Gods.
• Sui Yin abandoned the promise and prepared to attack, but tens of millions of lightswords arrived as Xu Xiaoshou raised Yousi Sword and called, “Come, sword!”

Ba Zunan completed his final tempering by sending his Sword Self across the starry sky toward Xu Xiaoshou, while Storyteller and Wen Ting witnessed his return to swordcraft. At Heaven Mountain, Wen Ting agreed to help him reach the Canon of Sword Observation, and Sword Hemp carried him away.

• Ba Zunan told Storyteller that he was tempering his sword and would eventually face Hua Changdeng.
• Ba Zunan chanted beneath the moon, unleashed a sword cry, and sent his Sword Self flying toward the Ran Ming Ruins; Storyteller found him unconscious but still breathing.
• Qingju sensed Ba Zunan's sword and struggled in the Sword-Washing Pool at the Burial Sword Tomb.
• Ba Zunan appeared to Wen Ting atop Heaven Mountain and asked him to help cross the starry sky to find Xu Xiaoshou.
• Wen Ting made Ba Zunan sign a slip before agreeing to help, then learned that his state was Sword Self.
• Wen Ting activated Sword Hemp, which carried Ba Zunan's Sword Self into the starry sky.

Xu Xiaoshou summoned a vast army of Swords of Holy Judgment and learned that Dao Qiongchang had secretly prepared millions of Heavenly Mechanism Puppets. As Ba Zunan joined the battle and helped Xu Xiaoshou strike Sui Yin, Sui Yin unleashed a technique that immobilized Xu Xiaoshou, and Ba Zunan began chanting a sword verse.

• Xu Xiaoshou discovered that his call for swords had summoned tens of millions of Swords of Holy Judgment carried by Dao Qiongchang’s hidden Heavenly Mechanism Puppet army.
• Xu Xiaoshou found that Ba Zunan had awakened in the Ancient Books World and explained Sui Yin’s condition and forbidden technique to him.
• Sui Yin overcame its inner hesitation and launched the Way-Seeking Spear at Xu Xiaoshou with a sea of Evil God's Power.
• Ba Zunan guided Xu Xiaoshou’s Sword Thought, and Xu Xiaoshou used Spacetime Leap to stab Sui Yin’s soul-body heart.
• Sui Yin invoked Forbidden: Even Heaven Is Lean, trapping Xu Xiaoshou in a crushing black-hole-like force, while Ba Zunan began chanting, “Sword Qi Sings Wildly...”

Xu Xiaoshou unleashed Unified Extreme Sword with the Yousi Sword and thirty million Swords of Holy Judgment, severing Sui Yin’s body, soul, and intent across the three heavens. The strike nearly killed Xu Xiaoshou, but his passive skills restored him, and he looked toward the battlefield to learn whether Sui Yin was truly dead.

• The Nuxian Buddha Sword sensed Xu Xiaoshou’s aura and rallied thirty million Swords of Holy Judgment, but lost its luster when it recognized the Yousi Sword in his hand.
• Xu Xiaoshou broke free of Though Heaven Is Thin and unleashed Unified Extreme Sword, cutting through the Relics of the Gods and the Galaxy.
• Sui Yin tried to defend himself with the Big Good Bell Drum, Heavenly Realm Stone, Art Ancestor’s Ruins, and a Holy Ancestor Stone Inscription, but Xu Xiaoshou’s sword shattered his defenses and severed his body, soul, and intent.
• Dao Qiongchang analyzed Xu Xiaoshou’s sword and decided to hide his Sword of Holy Judgment from ancient swordsmen, then sealed away his memories of cultivating the Sword Dao.
• Xu Xiaoshou collapsed from the sword’s cost and learned from Ba Zunan that he had stacked 365 swords before Ba Zunan stopped him.
• Xu Xiaoshou’s passive skills restored his vitality, and he used Perception to check whether Sui Yin had been killed for good.

After recovering from his devastating sword strike, Xu Xiaoshou reclaimed the Shatter-Jun Shield and discovered it had salvaged countless treasures from Art Ancestor's Ruins. As Ba Zunan warned that his time was running out, Xu Xiaoshou and Dao Qiongchang sensed something wrong in the silent starry sky, where faint lights formed the character “Dragon.”

• Xu Xiaoshou rapidly recovered from the strain of his Unified Extreme Sword and pulled the Shatter-Jun Shield out of the spatial currents.
• Ba Zunan explained that the Shatter-Jun Shield could block anything, and the shield began spitting out treasures it had gathered from Art Ancestor's Ruins.
• Xu Xiaoshou collected the relics, ancient race fossils, and holy medicines, then stored them in the shield while refusing Dao Qiongchang's request for the Holy Ancestor Stone Inscription.
• Ba Zunan said his time was running out, and Dao Qiongchang warned that something was wrong.
• Xu Xiaoshou confirmed Sui Yin was dead, but he and Dao Qiongchang spotted illusory lights in the starry sky forming the character “Dragon.”

Xu Xiaoshou and Dao Qiongchang investigated the mysterious dragon character and learned it might be an Origin True Stele containing an ancient inheritance. When Sui Yin emerged through the stele and began a forbidden rebirth, Xu Xiaoshou rushed to stop it with Ba Zunan's help.

• Xu Xiaoshou and Dao Qiongchang sent Heavenly Mechanism Puppets toward the dragon character, but an invisible field destroyed them near it.
• Xu Xiaoshou and Dao Qiongchang approached the character and heard Ba Zunan describe a sword stele Old You had seen, leading Dao Qiongchang to identify the dragon character as an Origin True Stele.
• Dao Qiongchang spoke the name Origin True Stele, triggering a field that expanded outward and destroyed nearby fossils and puppets.
• A Five-Clawed Golden Dragon phantom appeared above the stele, and Sui Yin's Eye opened within its head as purple mist gathered.
• Ba Zunan began preparing a chant while Xu Xiaoshou crossed into the starry sky, but Sui Yin vanished after invoking Forbidden: Spirit-Sacrificing Forbidden Walk.

After Sui Yin escaped with the Dragon Character, Dao Qiongchang used the Way of Memory and Great Retro-Tracing Technique to follow it through the starry sky. Xu Xiaoshou and Dao Qiongchang cornered the weakened Ancestor God, and Xu Xiaoshou ended the chapter by swapping the Dragon Character for a pair of underpants.

• Sui Yin fled with the Dragon Character using Spirit-Sacrificing Forbidden Walk, while Dao Qiongchang began tracing its trail with the Great Retro-Tracing Technique.
• Xu Xiaoshou discovered Dao Qiongchang had planted Handshake Runes across the battlefield and struck him, but agreed to pursue Sui Yin after Dao Qiongchang promised him any Dragon Ancestor inheritance.
• Dao Qiongchang and Xu Xiaoshou followed the River of Memory to a black hole, where Sui Yin lamented its defeat and resolved to recover before seeking revenge.
• Sui Yin spotted the silver trail and prepared to confront the pursuers, but Xu Xiaoshou and Dao Qiongchang arrived and Sui Yin tried to flee again.
• Dao Qiongchang trapped Sui Yin with the Great Imprisonment Technique, and Xu Xiaoshou used Heaven-Stealing Sun-Swapping to exchange the Dragon Character for underpants.

Xu Xiaoshou tricked Sui Yin into exchanging the Dragon Character for a pair of underwear, then escaped while Sui Yin mistakenly believed he had used Heaven-Stealing Sun-Swapping. After discovering the deception and losing the trail to the Relics of the Gods, Sui Yin was consumed by rage and helplessness.

• Xu Xiaoshou and Dao Qiongchang planned to steal the Dragon Character and flee, using Xu Xiaoshou's underwear as bait.
• Sui Yin countered with Heaven-Stealing Sun-Swapping and unknowingly exchanged the Dragon Character back for the underwear.
• Sui Yin tried to escape with Spirit-Sacrificing Forbidden Walk, but the art failed, and he realized the underwear let him borrow Holy Ancestor's Power.
• Sui Yin opened the underwear and found a Sword of Holy Judgment inside; it shattered, releasing a vision of red plum blossoms and a cartoon Heavenly Mechanism Puppet marked Jiong.
• Sui Yin realized Xu Xiaoshou had used an Illusion Sword Technique's Second World to trick him into voluntarily handing over the Dragon Character.
• Enraged, Sui Yin rushed toward the Relics of the Gods, but their aura vanished after someone seized the plane with the Heavenly Realm Core, leaving him lost in the void.

After defeating Sui Yin, Xu Xiaoshou secured the Relics of the Gods and reflected with Dao Qiongchang on their strange alliance. Dao Qiongchang began recounting how You Tu killed the former Dao Hall Master, then stopped himself before revealing a story involving Dao Xuanji and Ba Zunan.

• Xu Xiaoshou refined the Heavenly Realm Core, took control of the Relics of the Gods, and sent them drifting through spacetime to keep Sui Yin from returning.
• Xu Xiaoshou admitted that he did not know Heaven-Stealing Sun-Swapping, and Dao Qiongchang reconsidered how Xu Xiaoshou’s improvised plan had tricked Sui Yin.
• Xu Xiaoshou and Dao Qiongchang rested together and discussed Dao Qiongchang’s younger years and his ambition to become Hall Master.
• Dao Qiongchang told Xu Xiaoshou that You Tu had climbed Gui-Zhe Holy Mountain and killed the previous Hall Master with seven swords.
• Dao Qiongchang explained that You Tu wounded the God-Worship Willow, while Hua Changdeng’s withdrawal followed his regret over how he had treated Ba Zunan.
• When Xu Xiaoshou asked what Dao Xuanji had done, Dao Qiongchang pointed out that Ba Zunan was present and suggested Xu Xiaoshou ask him directly.

Ba Zunan and Dao Qiongchang revealed how Dao Xuanji’s letter forced Ba Zunan to choose between Moon Palace Slave and Hua Changdeng, while Xu Xiaoshou learned about the Saint Slave bloodline brand and Rao Yinyin’s origins. The discussion ended with Ba Zunan admitting that he and Moon Palace Slave had a child.

• Ba Zunan said Dao Xuanji had sent him a threatening letter before the final battle, demanding that he choose between Moon Palace Slave and Hua Changdeng.
• Dao Qiongchang explained that the Five Great Holy Emperor Clans branded Saint Slaves so they could never break through to the Void Stage, and revealed that Rao Yinyin was a Saint Slave whom he had protected.
• Dao Qiongchang recounted how Rao Yinyin’s father had violated the clans’ rules, bringing punishment upon his branch, while Rao Yaoyao and Rao Yinyin received protection from him.
• Dao Qiongchang explained that Dao Xuanji had tampered with the final battle to force Ba Zunan to choose between taking Moon Palace Slave away, throwing the fight against Hua Changdeng, or seeking Dao Xuanji’s help.
• Xu Xiaoshou and Dao Qiongchang speculated about Dao Xuanji’s motives and pressed Ba Zunan about his relationship with Moon Palace Slave.
• Ba Zunan finally admitted that he and Moon Palace Slave had a child.