Chapter Summaries

Li Zhexian and Qian Renxue remained in the Secret Realm while he destroyed Undead to gather the Decay Qi he needed to comprehend the sword. As the corruption overwhelmed his body and mind, Qian Renxue stayed beside him as he began his attempt to comprehend the sword.

• Chen Xin, Feng Bailong, and the other elders emerged from the Secret Realm without Li Zhexian, and Ning Fengzhi told Bibi Dong that Li Zhexian planned to search for treasures during the remaining days.
• Bibi Dong agreed to wait seven days for Li Zhexian, while Ning Fengzhi and the others worried that she had another scheme.
• Li Zhexian and Qian Renxue searched Desolate City and discovered that destroying Undead increased the Decay Qi corroding him.
• Li Zhexian spent the night killing Undead, gathering enough Decay Qi to intensify its corruption, while Qian Renxue condemned Spirit Hall for disturbing the dead.
• Inside a house, Li Zhexian’s mind and body twisted under the Decay Qi, but Qian Renxue refused to leave him.
• Li Zhexian laid the Azure Lotus Sword across his knees and began comprehending it as Decay Qi surged through his arm and body.

Li Zhexian repeatedly exposed himself to Decay Qi while fighting undead in Desolate City, hoping to comprehend a new Sword Intent, but his first attempt ended in failure. After recovering, he returned to the houses to seek Deity's Blood and continue his dangerous pursuit, while those watching outside the Secret Realm worried over his obsession.

• Decay Qi consumed half of Li Zhexian's body, but his Four Phases Spirit Meridian Body repeatedly regenerated his flesh as he searched for a new Sword Intent.
• Li Zhexian failed to comprehend the sword and collapsed from exhaustion, and Qian Renxue caught him and cared for him as he recovered.
• Two hours later, Li Zhexian left the house and charged back into the ghost-filled dwellings to find Deity's Blood and gather more Decay Qi.
• Outside the Secret Realm, Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, Chen Xin, Feng Bailong, and others worried that Li Zhexian's repeated battles were worsening the decay, while Chen Xin recognized his devotion to the sword.
• Over four days, Li Zhexian slew countless undead without finding the Sword Intent, then entered another sinister dwelling determined to succeed after killing a Title Undead.

Li Zhexian endured the corrosive Decay Qi while trying to comprehend the eighth sword of the Azure Lotus Sword Song, but he still failed to find its Sword Intent. After entering a newly transformed courtyard, he encountered a woman who looked like Bibi Dong.

• Li Zhexian repeatedly drew Decay Qi into his body and used the Clear Spring Wine Gourd to survive its erosion while pursuing the eighth sword.
• Qian Renxue protected Li Zhexian as he collapsed, then helped him notice stubborn black matter had corroded the Azure Lotus Sword.
• Li Zhexian fought more Undead, including four Soul Douluo Undead, while observers outside the Secret Realm discussed his sword bottleneck.
• Li Zhexian entered a courtyard whose gate shut behind him, trapping Qian Renxue outside.
• The ruined courtyard transformed into a lush garden, where Li Zhexian confronted a woman in white who identified herself as Bibi Dong.

Li Zhexian met Bibi Dong's Good Thought in the Rakshasa Secret Realm and refused to kill her or accept the Deity's Blood, while she explained the Rakshasa Eighth Trial. She then used Decay Qi to guide his cultivation, awakening a Glazed Purification intent within him.

• Bibi Dong's Good Thought revealed that she was an Undead in the Rakshasa Secret Realm and a drop of blood tainted with divinity, and explained that killing her would help Bibi Dong complete the Rakshasa Eighth Trial.
• Li Zhexian refused to accept the Deity's Blood and asked to reassure Qian Renxue, whose anxious voice came from outside the sealed door.
• Qian Renxue tried to break down the door with the Light Holy Sword, but it remained unharmed, so she pressed her ear against it to listen.
• Bibi Dong's Good Thought praised Li Zhexian's resistance to the Deity's Blood and identified his effort to comprehend power through decay and rebirth.
• Bibi Dong's Good Thought bound Li Zhexian and flooded his body with Decay Qi, then guided him as his vitality restored his flesh and awakened a Glazed Purification intent.

Li Zhexian understood the purity hidden within decay and rebirth, then used the Decay Qi of Desolate City to temper his body until he reached the Flawless and Immaculate Body realm. He completed the Azure Lotus Sword Song’s eighth form, Washing Glass, and left a vast slash through the sky of the Rakshasa Secret Realm.

• Bibi Dong’s words helped Li Zhexian realize that his cycles of decay and rebirth were meant to reveal purity, not merely restore life.
• Li Zhexian drew the Decay Qi into his body, and Bibi Dong summoned the Decay Qi across Desolate City to intensify his tempering.
• Observers outside the Secret Realm saw the black clouds gather, while Qian Renxue worried about Li Zhexian and slashed at the courtyard gate with her Light Holy Sword.
• Li Zhexian endured another eighty-one cycles of decay and rebirth until the Decay Qi could no longer stain his Glazed Body, and he reached the Flawless and Immaculate Body realm.
• Li Zhexian turned Decay Qi into colorless sword qi that purified the courtyard, then sent a Glazed Sword Light through the black clouds and across the Secret Realm’s sky.
• Li Zhexian declared the Azure Lotus Sword Song’s eighth form, Washing Glass, complete.

Li Zhexian comprehended the Purification sword and gained a Flawless and Leakless Body in the Rakshasa Secret Realm. He brewed Mercy Boat for Sentient Beings Dew with Bibi Dong’s Good Thought, received her Divine Blood and a ring meant for Qian Renxue, while the Bibi Dong outside the realm completed her Rakshasa Eighth Trial and revealed a terrifying aura.

• Bibi Dong praised Li Zhexian’s Purification sword and explained that his physique had reached the title level and become a Flawless and Leakless Body.
• Li Zhexian offered to preserve Bibi Dong’s Good Thought in his Wine Pot by brewing Mercy Boat for Sentient Beings Dew, and she agreed.
• Li Zhexian brewed the wine from Spirit Grasses, and Bibi Dong entered the Wine Pot, leaving him a ring and asking him to handle her birthday gifts for Qian Renxue.
• Bibi Dong’s Good Thought disappeared into the wine, leaving a woman’s imprint on the Clear Spring Wine Gourd and producing a drop of Divine Blood as the Secret Realm began to collapse.
• Qian Renxue entered the collapsing Secret Realm and found Li Zhexian safe, while the Bibi Dong outside announced her Perfect Rakshasa Eighth Trial and alarmed Chen Xin, Dugu Bo, and the others with her aura.

Inside the Secret Realm, Li Zhexian helped Qian Renxue confront painful memories of her mother before the Scythe Demon Shadows attacked. He purified one shadow with his sword and escaped with Qian Renxue, striking at several powerful figures as they emerged.

• Li Zhexian comforted Qian Renxue, poured her Mercy Boat for Sentient Beings Dew, and asked about her mother.
• Qian Renxue recalled becoming Xue Qinghe at nine and spending years imprisoned by her role and ambition, with no one to guide her home.
• As the Secret Realm's deadline approached, the Scythe Demon Shadow attacked Li Zhexian and Qian Renxue's house.
• Li Zhexian used the Azure Lotus Sword Song's eighth form, Washing Glass, to purify the demon shadow's reaching arm.
• Li Zhexian crushed the Secret Key as three Scythe Demon Shadows attacked, then spotted terrifying figures and slashed at them with the Azure Lotus Sword before leaving with Qian Renxue.

Li Zhexian and Qian Renxue emerged from the Secret Realm as the Clear Sky Sect elders plotted against him and Tang Yue injured Tang San before ordering him to leave the sect and train abroad. Bibi Dong declared Spirit Hall an empire and proclaimed herself Emperor, then demanded that Li Zhexian and the Upper Three Sects congratulate her.

• Li Zhexian and Qian Renxue emerged from the Secret Realm, drawing the crowd's attention and praise for Li Zhexian's strength.
• Tang Yue attacked Tang San with Soul Power-wreathed stones, shattered his right arm, and ordered him to leave the Clear Sky Sect to train abroad.
• The Clear Sky Sect elders decided to warn their Sect Master that the Worship Hall might emerge and considered going into seclusion again.
• Li Zhexian sensed Bibi Dong's changed, oppressive aura, while Dugu Bo warned him to be careful.
• Bibi Dong announced the new Upper Three Sects, then declared Spirit Hall a nation called the Spirit Hall Empire and proclaimed herself Emperor.
• Bibi Dong demanded that Li Zhexian and the other members of the Upper Three Sects congratulate her.

Li Zhexian met Qian Daoliu at the Angel Temple after Bibi Dong announced her upcoming enthronement and restrained her power instead of attacking the Upper Three Sects. Qian Daoliu praised Li Zhexian's gifts, leaving their conversation poised to continue.

• Bibi Dong's Rakshasa power threatened the assembled sects, but Li Zhexian shielded them while Ning Fengzhi, Feng Bailong, and Yu Yuanzhen pledged to defend their homes if war broke out.
• Bibi Dong quelled the gathering's Soul Power and announced an enthronement ceremony in Spirit City half a month later.
• Li Zhexian told the others that Qian Daoliu wanted to see him, then flew with Qian Renxue to the Summit of the Divine Mountain.
• Guang Ling Douluo welcomed Li Zhexian and eagerly accepted the novelties from his Hundred Treasures Pouch before Li Zhexian entered the Angel Temple.
• Qian Renxue left to fetch Qin Guang Tea, and Qian Daoliu praised Li Zhexian's swordsmanship, immaculate body, and rare Spirit Rings.

Li Zhexian told Qian Daoliu that he had refused the Asura God Trial because it would require him to abandon his sword and emotions, and declared that he would forge his own path to godhood so he could remain with Qian Renxue. After leaving Spirit Hall, he parted ways with his companions and set off for Star Dou.

• Li Zhexian told Qian Daoliu that he had refused the Asura God Trial rather than surrender his sword and emotions, while Ji Dong and Lie Yan watched from the God Realm and the Asura God watched from his temple.
• Qian Daoliu warned Li Zhexian that becoming a god was unlikely, but Li Zhexian said he would create his own path to godhood if no godhood suited him.
• Qian Renxue arrived with tea, then escorted Li Zhexian down God Mountain and tearfully promised to find him after completing the Angel Seventh Trial and reaching Title Douluo.
• Li Zhexian reunited with Chen Xin, Dugu Bo, and the others in Spirit City as they discussed Bibi Dong founding a nation and the uncertain stance of the Clear Sky Sect.
• Li Zhexian declined to return to Heaven Dou with the group and said he would visit Star Dou first.

Li Zhexian revealed that he had obtained God's Blood and headed to Star Dou Forest to save Zhu Zhuqing, accompanied by Ning Rongrong and a chronicler. As he reunited with Da Ming and Er Ming, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm decided Li Zhexian was the ideal vessel for its Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone.

• Li Zhexian told Chen Xin, Feng Bailong, and the others that he had obtained God's Blood in the Rakshasa Secret Realm, and they agreed to guard him while he went to save Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Rongrong and a Spirit Master chronicler accompanied Li Zhexian into Star Dou Forest, while the elders stayed behind to keep outsiders away.
• Da Ming and Er Ming welcomed Li Zhexian, and Er Ming asked him to help make a cape like Great Sage Equal to Heaven's.
• Di Tian sensed Li Zhexian's Flawless Leakless Realm and marveled that a human had reached the physical realm of a pure-blooded Dragon Clan.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm decided Li Zhexian's Spiritual Power and potential made him the perfect vessel for its Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone.

Li Zhexian spent nine days brewing the Heart's Blood Tears · Life Replenishing Elixir from Yellow Springs Dew, Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow, and Deity's Blood to save Zhu Zhuqing. With help from the woman on his wine gourd and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, he completed the elixir and brought it to Zhu Zhuqing's lips as Spirit Beasts converged on the Lake of Life.

• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong tearfully reunited after five years apart, while Li Zhexian prepared to brew the elixir for Zhu Zhuqing.
• Li Zhexian began merging the three Spiritual Objects, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed the Deity's Blood and decided to help him.
• After two and a half days, the woman carved on Li Zhexian's wine gourd helped the Deity's Blood merge with the other ingredients.
• Li Zhexian condensed the ingredients into spiritual liquid, then endured nearly the full nine days of brewing as his Spiritual Power ran out.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm lent Li Zhexian Spiritual Power at the final moment, allowing him to purify the elixir and complete the brew.
• The elixir's fragrance drew Spirit Beasts toward the Lake of Life, where Chen Xin, Feng Bailong, Dugu Bo, and others guarded the area as Li Zhexian held the elixir to Zhu Zhuqing's lips.

Li Zhexian used divine wine to awaken Zhu Zhuqing, and the two reunited after six years apart. After celebrating with their companions, they agreed to hold a feast honoring Li Zhexian’s title-level strength and Feng Bailong’s breakthrough as the continent faced new turmoil.

• Li Zhexian gave Zhu Zhuqing the divine wine while recalling their years together and pleading for her to wake.
• Zhu Zhuqing awoke, embraced and kissed Li Zhexian, and the others left them alone to reunite.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Li Zhexian she had heard everything during her six years asleep, and they left Lake of Life together at dawn.
• Zhu Zhuqing reunited with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong while Li Zhexian thanked Chen Xin and the others for guarding them.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed a grand feast to honor Li Zhexian and Feng Bailong, and Li Zhexian agreed.

Li Zhexian thanked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm for helping him brew the Immortal Brew, then returned to Heaven Dou City with his companions to plan a Title Feast. As the group prepared to part ways and make arrangements, Yu Yuanzhen asked Li Zhexian to let Yu Xiaogang apologize at the feast.

• Li Zhexian thanked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who invited him to return to the Star Dou Great Forest when he reached level seventy for a promised opportunity.
• Di Tian attacked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm for pretending to be unconscious, but withdrew his Dragon Finger before striking him down.
• Da Ming and Er Ming saw Li Zhexian and his companions off, and the Titan Giant Ape reminded Li Zhexian to make him a cloak.
• Li Zhexian, Chen Xin, and their companions agreed with Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi to hold a Title Feast in Heaven Dou City in ten days and spread the news across the continent.
• Ning Fengzhi, Feng Bailong, Chen Xin, and Dugu Bo discussed returning to their sects to make arrangements, while Yu Yuanzhen asked Li Zhexian to let Yu Xiaogang apologize to him at the feast.

After a lively gathering, Li Zhexian returned home torn between his feelings for Zhu Zhuqing and Qian Renxue, while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling also thought of him. At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang learned that his father had ordered him to attend Li Zhexian’s Title Feast and apologize.

• Yu Yuanzhen asked Li Zhexian not to call Yu Xiaogang “Master,” and Li Zhexian agreed to let Yu Xiaogang apologize to ease the elder’s worries.
• Li Zhexian drank with Zhu Zhuqing, Yu Tianheng, Yufeng, and others, then returned home with Zhu Zhuqing, who revealed that she, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong had bought the neighboring courtyard.
• Alone beneath the plum tree, Li Zhexian reflected on his feelings for both Zhu Zhuqing and Qian Renxue as he held Zhu Zhuqing’s Wine Pot and Qian Renxue’s Angel Auspicious Feather.
• Dugu Yan gazed at the moon and regretted not having saved Li Zhexian, while Ye Lingling prepared Sobering Honey for his upcoming Title Feast.
• At Shrek Academy, students resisted Yu Xiaogang’s punishing training, but Liu Erlong drove them back to work and reassured Yu Xiaogang that he would prove himself.
• Liu Erlong told Yu Xiaogang that the clan head had ordered him to accompany her to Li Zhexian’s Title Feast in nine days and apologize to Li Zhexian.

Yu Xiaogang decided to attend Li Zhexian’s Title Feast, hoping to secure Zhao Wuji’s cure in exchange for serving Heaven Dou as a war adviser. As the feast became a choice between Heaven Dou and Spirit Hall, Oscar prepared to go, while Tang Xiao resolved to attend for Clear Sky Sect.

• Liu Erlong told Yu Xiaogang that Li Zhexian had killed Lieyang Douluo and helped Wind Sword Sect become one of the Upper Three Sects.
• Yu Xiaogang refused to apologize on his father’s behalf but agreed to attend the feast if Li Zhexian cured Zhao Wuji.
• Spirit Hall announced its founding as a nation, and Heaven Dou announced that Li Zhexian and Feng Bailong would hold their Title Feast in ten days.
• Oscar prepared to leave Never-Setting Town for his brother’s feast, while his mercenaries urged him to bring them along.
• Tang Xiao learned of the feast, vowed to attend personally, and mourned Clear Sky Sect’s decline.

Heaven Dou City celebrated Li Zhexian and Feng Bailong’s Title Feast, and the two appeared to greet the crowds. Their allies arrived to congratulate them, but no other faction appeared, leaving the gathering tense as everyone waited to see who would defy Spirit Hall.

• Heaven Dou City hosted a lavish public banquet for Li Zhexian and Feng Bailong’s Title Feast.
• The Storyteller addressed the gathered crowds, and Li Zhexian and Feng Bailong appeared above the city to invite everyone to eat and drink.
• Li Zhexian’s friends celebrated with him, while the women teased Zhu Zhuqing by reading from Sword Wine Legend.
• The headmasters of the Four Great Academies, Ning Fengzhi, and Yu Yuanzhen arrived to congratulate Li Zhexian and Feng Bailong.
• After the allied factions took their seats, no other factions arrived, and the festive gathering grew quiet as the crowd waited.

Li Zhexian and Feng Bailong’s Titled Douluo celebration was transformed by congratulatory visits from the Star Dou Great Forest and the Far North. As the Snow Empress joined the feast, Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender prepared to approach Li Zhexian.

• Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, and the other guests worried that few sects had come to the celebration.
• Countless flying Spirit Beasts showered Heaven Dou City with herbs and Spirit Fruits, then formed messages congratulating Li Zhexian and Feng Bailong on reaching the Titled Douluo rank.
• As the feast began, snow fell over Heaven Dou City, and Dugu Bo and the other Title Douluo rushed to protect Li Zhexian from the Snow Woman.
• The Snow Empress arrived with Little Ya Zi and explained that she had brought it to visit Li Zhexian and congratulate him.
• Li Zhexian invited the Snow Empress to the feast, astonishing the assembled guests with the reach of his connections.
• Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender decided that the important figures had arrived and that Li Zhexian would now be less likely to refuse them.

During Li Zhexian’s celebratory banquet, Yu Xiaogang asked him to heal Zhao Wuji while glossing over Zhao Wuji’s past attempt to assassinate him, provoking the guests and Li Zhexian’s friends. Yu Yuanzhen slapped his son and apologized to the guests, leaving the family conflict unresolved.

• Li Zhexian drank and joked with his friends at the banquet before Huo Wu challenged him to drink with the girls.
• Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender approached Li Zhexian, and Yu Xiaogang asked him to heal Zhao Wuji while offering a vague apology for past unpleasantness.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling revealed that Zhao Wuji had tried to assassinate Li Zhexian when he was a Soul Grandmaster, and the guests condemned Yu Xiaogang’s group.
• Liu Erlong attacked after the guests mocked them, but Li Zhexian’s friends struck back and injured her.
• Yu Yuanzhen rebuked Yu Xiaogang, who still insisted that Li Zhexian heal Zhao Wuji, so Yu Yuanzhen slapped him and apologized to the guests.

Li Zhexian ascended the tower in Heaven Dou City and inscribed his title and past achievements, then challenged Zhao Wuji and the Golden Iron Triangle to settle their old grudge. Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender accepted and summoned their Golden Dragon to face him.

• Yu Yuanzhen struck Yu Xiaogang, while Flender and Liu Erlong pulled him back before he could provoke another attack.
• Li Zhexian ignored Zhao Wuji's resentment, asked the Snow Empress to watch Little Ya Zi, and soared toward the tower as his friends watched.
• Li Zhexian wrote his name and past achievements across the tower, recounting his awakening, swordsmanship, and survival after Zhao Wuji ambushed him.
• Li Zhexian offered to heal Zhao Wuji if he could withstand one punch, then told the Golden Iron Triangle they could join Zhao Wuji and face one sword strike.
• Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender activated Sun Moon Shine Golden Turn, merged their Spirit Rings into Luo Sanpao, and transformed it into a huge golden dragon.