Recaps

Qin Guan completed the final scroll of the Huan Yuan Sword Art on Burial Sword Mountain, forging his own Sword Dao and breaking through to the Great Sword Immortal Realm. Yang Tianni praised his achievement but could not tell him how his true self and Qin Guan’s other Master were faring in the Immeasurable Tribulation Sea.

• Yang Tianni explained that the Imperial Sword Imprints would temper Qin Guan’s Sword Heart and asked him to declare his Sword Dao.
• Qin Guan declared that his Guardian’s Thought and Invincible Heart would never waver, then received and fused the final scroll, Return to Origin.
• Qin Guan spent three days crossing the remaining thirty-seven steps and reached the one hundred and eighth, becoming a Great Sword Immortal.
• Yang Tianni appeared before Qin Guan, praised his breakthrough, and explained that he had arranged for Zhan Chi to meet Qin Guan earlier than planned.
• Qin Guan asked about Yang Tianni and his other Master in the Immeasurable Tribulation Sea, but Yang Tianni said he could not sense his true self and did not know what had happened.

After reaching the Great Sword Immortal Realm, Qin Guan shared Spirit Liquid Essence with the others and reassured Nan Rou and Bai You that he could face the powerful enemies ahead. He left them with renewed resolve to stand by him as the crisis approached.

• Zhan Chi warned Qin Guan that their enemies would come looking for them, and Qin Guan said he was ready to face them.
• Xiang Zan and the others congratulated Qin Guan on forging a peerless Sword Dao foundation, and Qin Guan gave them Spirit Liquid Essence before leaving to stabilize his cultivation.
• Nan Rou and Bai You asked whether Qin Guan could defeat the Twenty-fifth Realm experts, and he teased them before dodging their attempt to pinch his ears.
• Bai You and Nan Rou worried they could not keep up with Qin Guan or help shoulder his burdens, and he told them they were already outstanding.
• Bai You vowed that she and Nan Rou would stay by Qin Guan, and Nan Rou said she would gladly die for him.

Qin Guan mastered a way to use his 108 Acupoints to absorb and disperse the recoil from the Huan Yuan Sword Art, allowing him to wield his strengthened Sword Dao without his body breaking apart. When the five Twenty-fifth Realm pursuers found him at Xizhou, Nan Rou, Bai You, and the two Heavenly Daos activated a vast formation to trap them.

• Qin Guan asked Nan Rou and Bai You to prepare a formation around Xizhou to trap the pursuers, and Bai You agreed to seek help from the two Heavenly Daos.
• After three days of practicing the Huan Yuan Sword Art, Qin Guan realized he could channel the sword's recoil through his 108 Acupoints and neutralize it.
• The Black Robe, Gold Robe Old Man, Fat Monk, Blood Robe Old Man, and Star Robe Old Man arrived at Xizhou with their forces and demanded that Qin Guan come out.
• Qin Guan left the Little Black Tower, cursed the pursuers, and faced them alongside Nan Rou, Bai You, Black Execution, Xiang Zan, and the two Heavenly Daos.
• Nan Rou, Bai You, and the two Heavenly Daos formed a light cage spanning a hundred miles around the gathered forces.

Qin Guan slaughtered the forces that came to capture him at First Line of Sky, then began devouring the Great Dao Stones of their leaders. After killing the Gold Robe Old Man and draining Black Robe and Blood Robe Old Man, he left Star Robe Old Man at his mercy.

• Qin Guan killed nearly all the experts trapped in the battlefield while Xiang Zan and the Heavenly Daos kept their leaders from intervening.
• Qin Guan taunted the defeated Black Robe, Gold Robe Old Man, Blood Robe Old Man, and Star Robe Old Man as they lay unable to rise.
• Gold Robe Old Man invoked the returning Great Emperors to bargain for his life, but Qin Guan seized and devoured his Origin Dao Stone, killing him.
• Black Robe, Blood Robe Old Man, and Star Robe Old Man begged for mercy and offered Qin Guan their treasures.
• Qin Guan ignored their pleas and sucked the Great Dao Stones from Black Robe and Blood Robe Old Man.

The Grey Robe Elder attacked Qin Guan and the others, intending to use Qin Guan as the cornerstone of his return to the Emperor Path. Qin Guan fought back with Zhan Chi, but the Grey Robe Elder’s Quasi-Emperor power overwhelmed him until a pure aura of slaughter burst from Qin Guan.

• The Grey Robe Elder unleashed a palm strike carrying Imperial Dao Law, knocking down Xiang Zan and the Blazing Dragon Great Realm Heavenly Dao and weakening the Divine Realm Heavenly Dao.
• Qin Guan tore apart the palm strike with Zhan Chi and charged the Grey Robe Elder, but the Elder repelled his sword attacks and sent him flying.
• Qin Guan broke through the Elder’s Quasi-Emperor pressure and cut his cheek, drawing blood.
• The Grey Robe Elder crushed Qin Guan’s Blood Colored Sword Domain and struck him with an Energy Finger, leaving him grievously wounded.
• Xiang Zan and the Divine Realm Heavenly Dao attacked the Grey Robe Elder, but he swept them away and sent a storm of finger-shadows toward Qin Guan.
• As the finger-shadows closed in, an extreme aura of slaughter erupted around Qin Guan.

Qin Guan activated the Heart Fire Gate, burning his Life Origin to break the Grey Robe Elder’s suppression and fight him to a standstill. As the Grey Robe Elder began revealing a more powerful technique, Qin Guan charged at him again.

• Qin Guan ignited the Heart Fire Gate and shattered the Grey Robe Elder’s Imperial Dao Law.
• Qin Guan and the Grey Robe Elder exchanged blows, each being thrown back by the other’s attacks.
• Xiang Zan and the others retreated beyond the battlefield as they watched Qin Guan’s strength continue to rise.
• After a hundred exchanges, Qin Guan fought on par with the Grey Robe Elder despite his bloodied, injured body.
• The Grey Robe Elder warned that Qin Guan could not sustain the Life Origin-burning technique and gathered a terrifying gray domain.
• Qin Guan charged through the void as the Grey Robe Elder invoked Annihilation Thunder.

Qin Guan killed the Grey Robe Elder with a final, origin-burning attack, but his heartfire and life force were nearly exhausted. A golden-robed Great Emperor revived him, then revealed he intended to take Qin Guan’s Chaos Origin; the Divine Realm Heavenly Dao learned that Cangxuan Realm had survived the Immeasurable Tribulation.

• Qin Guan battered the Grey Robe Elder, chased him down, and punched through his chest with Chaos Power, killing him before collapsing from his injuries.
• Nan Rou and Bai You tried to save Qin Guan with Water Domain, Ten Thousand Year Bell Milk Spirit Liquid, and Divine Body Origin, but the Little Black Tower warned that his heartfire and origin were exhausted.
• A golden-robed Great Emperor arrived and restored Qin Guan with Golden Flowing Light and Imperial Dao Law.
• The Great Emperor revealed that he had saved Qin Guan to obtain his Chaos Origin, and Nan Rou pleaded with him to spare her husband.
• The Divine Realm Heavenly Dao asked whether the Immeasurable Tribulation had ended, and the Great Emperor confirmed that Cangxuan Realm had survived it.

After the Immeasurable Tribulation ended, Qin Guan learned that his Master Bukui Daoist and Yang Tianni had entered the Reincarnation Tunnel to protect the Cangxuan Realm and had not returned. The three surviving Great Emperors turned against Qin Guan and sought his Chaos Origin, while Qing Mu defended him and explained the tunnel’s danger.

• The Star Robe Old Man tried to summon Great Emperor Xingyan, but his Imperial Edict shattered, and the Golden Robe Great Emperor told him Xingyan had died at Bukui Daoist’s hands.
• The Green Robe Great Emperor treated Qin Guan’s injuries as the Golden Robe, Purple Robe, and Black Robe Great Emperors prepared to seize his Chaos Origin.
• Qing Mu condemned the three Great Emperors for blaming Bukui Daoist and Yang Tianni for the Cangxuan Realm’s losses, and they argued over who had saved the realm.
• Qin Guan woke and asked about his Master and Yang Tianni, and Qing Mu told him they had entered the Reincarnation Tunnel and never returned.

Bai Fuzi used his World Breaking Power to counter the Golden Robe Great Emperor, while Qing Mu fought Zi Xuan and the Black Robe Great Emperor. The Golden Robe Great Emperor discovered that Bai Fuzi’s law-altering power carried a heavy cost, leaving Bai Fuzi under mounting pressure.

• Bai Fuzi and the Golden Robe Great Emperor began fighting, while Qing Mu protected Qin Guan and the others before confronting Zi Xuan and the Black Robe Great Emperor.
• The Golden Robe Great Emperor attacked with the Demon Quelling Cudgel, but Bai Fuzi used his brush to disperse its power and force the weapon back.
• Bai Fuzi wrote “Reverse,” disrupting the Golden Robe Great Emperor’s Emperor Qi and making him spit blood.
• The Golden Robe Great Emperor noticed Bai Fuzi’s pale face and trembling hand, then realized that using his World Breaking Power exhausted him and caused backlash.
• Bai Fuzi steadied his aura as the battle turned against him, and the chapter revealed that he had surpassed the traditional cultivation realms.

Bai Fuzi sacrificed his Black Brush and nearly all his strength to erase the Golden Robe Great Emperor, giving Qin Guan a chance to survive. As the Purple Robe and Black Robe Great Emperors moved to seize Qin Guan, Qing Mu and Bai Fuzi raised barriers to protect him.

• Bai Fuzi disrupted the laws, then used his World Breaking Power to erase the Golden Robe Great Emperor and the Demon Quelling Cudgel.
• Bai Fuzi's Black Brush shattered, and he collapsed as Nan Rou, Bai You, and Xiang Zan caught and treated him.
• Bai Fuzi urged the group to break Xizhou's restrictions and head for Xuantian Sect, but Qing Mu crashed down and the Purple Robe and Black Robe Great Emperors arrived.
• Ziyang Great Emperor and the Black Robe Great Emperor attacked Qin Guan, while Qingmu Great Emperor and Bai Fuzi raised barriers to shield him.

Ziyang Great Emperor tried to extract the Chaos Origin from Qin Guan, but Xiao Man, Nan Rou, Bai You, and the crimson giant egg intervened. After Black Robe Great Emperor hurled the four into the Void Turbulence, the two emperors kept Qin Guan alive to claim his power, until a new Imperial Might descended over First Line of Sky.

• Ziyang Great Emperor seized Qin Guan and began forcibly extracting the Chaos Origin.
• Xiao Man and the crimson giant egg attacked Ziyang Great Emperor, briefly freeing Qin Guan from his grasp.
• Black Robe Great Emperor warped space and swallowed Nan Rou, Bai You, Xiao Man, and the giant egg into the Void Turbulence.
• Xiao Man activated the Formless Seed Divine Spark and shielded the others from the raging Law Turbulence.
• Black Robe Great Emperor and Ziyang Great Emperor restored Qin Guan when his mind and life force began to collapse, then Ziyang seized him again.
• A vast Imperial Might suddenly descended over First Line of Sky as Ziyang Great Emperor prepared to act.

The White Robe Woman appeared and saved Qin Guan after grief over his loved ones’ deaths shattered his cultivation and Dao foundation. She revealed to Bai Fuzi that she was Qin Guan’s master’s wife and had raised him as her own son in her heart, leaving the unconscious Qin Guan in Bai Fuzi’s care.

• The White Robe Woman appeared, and Ziyang Great Emperor and Black Robe Great Emperor explained themselves while Black Executor blamed them for Qin Guan’s injuries and the others’ disappearance.
• Qin Guan’s grief caused his Invincible Great Dao Stele to shatter and his Sword Dao cultivation to collapse, leaving him unconscious and without a Dao foundation.
• The White Robe Woman stabilized Qin Guan, then healed Bai Fuzi after learning he was Qin Guan’s respected teacher.
• Bai Fuzi asked the White Robe Woman who she was, and she revealed that she was Qin Guan’s master’s wife and had rescued him with Bukui Daoist fourteen years earlier.

The White Robe Woman killed the Purple Robe Great Emperor and Black Robe Great Emperor, then entrusted Qin Guan to Bai Fuzi before departing. Back at the Xuantian Sect, Qin Guan remained unconscious and gravely injured, and he vomited black blood as Nan Qiao called for help.

• The White Robe Woman killed the Purple Robe Great Emperor and Black Robe Great Emperor and confirmed that Bukui Daoist and Yang Tianni had entered the Reincarnation Tunnel.
• The White Robe Woman kissed Qin Guan goodbye and entrusted him to Bai Fuzi, then vanished.
• The Divine Realm Heavenly Dao took Bai Fuzi and Qin Guan to the Baqi Continent while the others left First Line of Sky.
• Seven days later, the Xuantian Sect elders and Qin Guan's friends gathered at Great Strength Peak, grieving Nan Rou Bai You's death and hoping Qin Guan would recover.
• Three days later, Qin Guan cried out in his sleep and vomited black blood, so Nan Qiao summoned Bai Fuzi.

Qin Guan remained consumed by grief after losing those closest to him, sitting motionless on a cliff despite everyone’s attempts to reach him. After three years, Little Black Tower returned and angrily confronted him, but Qin Guan still did not respond.

• Bai Fuzi told Qin Guan he had to bear his grief himself, then left him alone on the mountaintop.
• For a month, Qin Guan sat silently by the cliff as visitors, including Nan Qiao and Nan Yunqi, failed to rouse him.
• Little Black Tower berated Qin Guan for disregarding the sacrifices of his wife, Master, Xiao Man, and Big Egg, then struck him and flew away.
• Zhan Chi stayed beside Qin Guan as he returned to sitting at the cliff’s edge.
• Qin Guan remained motionless for three years, until Little Black Tower returned and demanded to know if he planned to sit there forever.

Qin Guan awoke after three years when Black Executor brought him an ancient bow, and Zhan Chi reasoned that Nan Rou Bai You, Xiao Man, and the egg might have survived in the Netherworld. The news restored Qin Guan’s hope and triggered the rebirth of his Invincible Great Dao and Sword Dao, while a storm gathered over Xuantian Sect.

• Qin Guan awoke and demanded to know where Black Executor had found the ancient bow, but Little Black Tower pulled Black Executor into the tower before he could answer.
• Little Black Tower teased Qin Guan until he knelt and apologized, then released Black Executor, who said he had bought the bow at a Black Market on the border between the Netherworld and the Endless Netherworld.
• Zhan Chi explained that the bow’s survival suggested Nan Rou Bai You, Xiao Man, and the egg might have survived the Void Turbulence and ended up in the Netherworld.
• Qin Guan rejoiced at the possibility that they were alive, and his shattered Invincible Great Dao began to regenerate as his body recovered.
• Crimson Invincible Sword Intent gathered around Qin Guan as his Sword Dao realms surged upward, and Bei Ming, Bai Fuzi, and the others were drawn by the upheaval.
• Dark clouds and thunder gathered over Xuantian Sect as Little Black Tower recognized Qin Guan’s transformation as Nirvana Rebirth.

After returning to life, Qin Guan reunited with the people of Xuantian Sect, who celebrated his survival. He revealed that Nan Rou was alive in the Netherworld and planned to leave the next day to find her.

• Qin Guan reappeared after three years, and Xu Dahong gave him clothes and welcomed him back as the sect gathered around him.
• Bei Ming ordered Nan Qiao, Jiang Lianyue, and Wei Hongyan to help Qin Guan clean up, then doubled the disciples’ allowances and mission rewards for three months.
• Qin Guan declined the women’s help and said he planned to leave Xuantian Sect the next day to search for Nan Rou.
• Qin Guan told Nan Qiao, Jiang Lianyue, and Wei Hongyan that Nan Rou was alive in the Netherworld and had been at the Nineteenth Realm three years earlier.

Qin Guan shared stories of the wider world and cultivation with Nan Qiao, Jiang Lianyue, and Wei Hongyan, then offered them and Yan Zhaoxue a collection of treasures. The chapter ended with Little Black Tower urging Qin Guan to use a Supreme Treasure cultivation technique with the women, claiming it was necessary to reach the Netherworld and find Xiao Man and Big Egg.

• Nan Qiao asked Black Executor about his cultivation, and he revealed that he was a Nineteenth Realm Kaiyuan cultivator who considered Qin Guan strong enough to kill him with one sword strike.
• Qin Guan told Nan Qiao, Jiang Lianyue, and Wei Hongyan about the world beyond, the Immeasurable Tribulation, and the friends who had been swept into the Void Turbulence while saving him.
• Qin Guan summoned a multitude of treasures and invited Yan Zhaoxue to choose some; Yan Zhaoxue and the three women collected them.
• Little Black Tower pressed Qin Guan to take the women into the cave and practice a Supreme Treasure cultivation technique, saying he needed to do so if he wanted to reach the Netherworld and find Xiao Man and Big Egg.

Qin Guan shared his Dao insights with four women before preparing to leave for the Netherworld, then visited Bai Fuzi and the Blood Sword Alliance. He realized he had left Little Black Tower behind and turned back.

• Qin Guan taught Nan Qiao, Jiang Lianyue, Wei Hongyan, and Yan Zhaoxue about his Invincible Great Dao through the night, and they gained new insights.
• Qin Guan gave Xu Dahong cultivation resources, then told Bai Fuzi that Nan Rou, Bai You, and the others might be trapped in the Netherworld.
• Bai Fuzi explained that Chaos Qi had helped him comprehend a power beyond the Great Dao and offered to teach Qin Guan, but Qin Guan chose to follow his own Dao.
• Bai Fuzi warned Qin Guan about the chaos after the Immeasurable Tribulation, and Qin Guan gave him Five Thousand Strands of Chaos Qi before leaving.
• Qin Guan visited the Blood Sword Alliance and gave them cultivation resources, then turned back after Zhan Chi reminded him that Little Black Tower was still there.

Qin Guan prepared to enter the Netherworld and left the Divine Realm Heavenly Dao responsible for delivering resources and news of his safety. Meanwhile, Yan Zhaoxue and her disciples woke in Qin Guan’s cave with their clothes scattered and suspected he had brought them there, though they found they were unharmed.

• Qin Guan gave resources and a Primordial Dao Yuan to the Divine Realm Heavenly Dao and asked it to inform his allies that he was safe.
• The Divine Realm Heavenly Dao warned Qin Guan that the Netherworld was dangerous, but Qin Guan set off west with the Black Executor.
• Yan Zhaoxue, Nan Qiao, Jiang Lianyue, and Wei Hongyan woke in Qin Guan’s cave wearing only undergarments and suspected Qin Guan had brought them there.
• The four women checked themselves and found that they were still intact, prompting Yan Zhaoxue to curse Qin Guan for stopping short.
• Yan Zhaoxue ordered the others to keep the previous night secret to protect their reputations.

Qin Guan and Black Executor arrived at the Endless Netherworld after the White Robe Woman gave Qin Guan three strands of Sword Qi for protection. They learned that the next Aurora Night, the best chance to enter the Netherworld, would begin in about half a month, and that Black Executor had bought Rou’er's bow at the Ghost Market without learning who sold it.

• The White Robe Woman gave Qin Guan three strands of Sword Qi and sent him and Black Executor through a rift to the Endless Netherworld.
• Black Executor explained that the dark-green Netherworld Eyes marked the entrances to the Netherworld and that Aurora Night occurred once a month.
• Black Executor described how Aurora Night brought Nether Source, exposed hidden ruins, and opened the Ghost Market.
• Black Executor estimated that the next Aurora Night would begin in about half a month.
• Qin Guan asked about Rou’er's bow, and Black Executor said he had bought it at the Ghost Market a year earlier from an unknown seller.

Qin Guan traveled with Black Executor to Black Radiance City, where they learned the Black Family’s Old Ancestor had been possessed and encountered a brothel that drew their suspicion. Black Executor brought Qin Guan to his family estate, which Qin Guan found shabby despite the family’s apparent wealth.

• Black Executor told Qin Guan that the Black Family’s Old Ancestor had been possessed and was abusing the family’s female disciples.
• Black Executor led Qin Guan to Black Radiance City, where Little Black Tower urged him to investigate the Kneeling Wa Tower.
• Women from the Kneeling Wa Tower tried to lure Qin Guan inside, but he refused and left with Black Executor.
• The women discussed Qin Guan’s strength and decided not to interfere with the Young Lady’s plans.
• Black Executor brought Qin Guan to his estate, and Qin Guan questioned why it looked run-down despite the family’s wealth.

Black Executor tried to protect Yun Yun from being offered to the Black Family's Old Ancestor, but his relatives insisted that she be sacrificed for their branch's survival. When his mother offered to go in Yun Yun's place and his uncle mocked her, Black Executor attacked, and his mother rushed to shield him from a vastly stronger opponent.

• Yun Yun hid behind Black Executor as he condemned the men demanding her for the Old Ancestor.
• Hei Zhi's Mother pleaded for Yun Yun's life and said she would stop taking the Sacred Blood Pill, but the lead man warned that the family would suffer the consequences.
• Third Elder and Black Executor's uncles arrived and pressed him to put the branch's interests first by surrendering Yun Yun.
• Black Executor defended his contributions to the branch, while his mother offered to take Yun Yun's place.
• After Hei Zhi's Uncle mocked his mother's frail condition, Black Executor attacked him, and his mother rushed to shield him from the stronger cultivator.

Hei Zhi chose to kill his grandfather after the Third Elder helped sacrifice Yun Yun, then joined Qin Guan in heading to the Black Family’s Back Mountain to confront the Old Ancestor. As they entered the forbidden area with Hei Shi and Yun Yun, the guards raised the alarm, and the Grand Elder’s group gathered while Black Executor crudely discussed Yun Yun’s fate.

• Hei Zhi declared that the Third Elder was no longer his grandfather, and Qin Guan killed the Third Elder with a strike of Sword Qi.
• Qin Guan stopped Yun Yun from packing and asked where the Black Family’s Old Ancestor was; Hei Zhi said he was in the Back Mountain.
• Hei Zhi brought Qin Guan, Hei Shi, and Yun Yun to the Teleportation Array, knocked aside its guards, and entered the Back Mountain.
• The two guards sent distress signals, bringing the Grand Elder, Black Family leaders, and disciples to the array.
• Black Executor claimed Hei Zhi had brought Yun Yun to serve the Old Ancestor, and a white-haired Elder rebuked him.

Black Executor learned that a Seventh-Rank Pill Master in Maquan City might be able to cure his mother, and he vowed to obtain treatment for her. After the Black Family accepted Qin Guan as its new Old Ancestor, Qin Guan left Black Executor in charge of the family.

• A disciple told Black Executor that Bu Kui Pill Pavilion in Maquan City sold Sacred Blood Pills and that its Seventh-Rank Pill Master could cure his mother's illness.
• Black Executor vowed to get the Pill Master to treat his mother, even if he had to sell everything he owned.
• Black Executor declared Qin Guan the Black Family's new Old Ancestor, and the gathered family members knelt to greet him.
• Qin Guan refused the Old Ancestor title and told Black Executor to speak for the Black Family instead.
• Black Executor appointed Elder Tian as Grand Elder and ordered him to review the family's business accounts.

After Qin Guan defeated the Elders, he agreed to take Black Executor to Maquan City to seek treatment for Hei Shi and visited Xiao Guo in Little Black Tower. He learned that Jiang Zhan had developed the Nirvana Great Dao and asked Xiao Guo to refine his resources so he could grow stronger before searching for Nan Rou, Bai You, and Xiao Man.

• Yun Yun praised Qin Guan’s swordsmanship and asked him to teach her, while Hei Shi scolded her for suggesting they sleep together.
• Hei Shi coughed up black blood, and Yun Yun gave her a Sacred Blood Pill; Qin Guan told Black Executor that Hei Shi needed treatment at Bu Kui Pill Pavilion in Maquan City.
• Qin Guan agreed to travel to Maquan City with Black Executor, then entered Little Black Tower’s treasury and brought his remaining resources upstairs.
• Little Black Tower told Qin Guan that Jiang Zhan had returned to the Jiang Family after comprehending the Nirvana Great Dao following the collapse of his Dao foundation.
• Xiao Guo reunited with Qin Guan and told him she had worried about him during his three-year absence; Qin Guan said Nan Rou, Bai You, and Xiao Man might still be alive.
• Qin Guan gave Xiao Guo ten thousand strands of Chaos Qi and asked her to refine his resources into Vitality Essence and Spirit Liquid Essence so he could become stronger.