Chapter Summaries

Xiang Yuan cultivated the Dao Sword Realm under Sword Venerable Su Ran, who secretly drained his blood and kept him at Sword Heart Studio for days. After Shang Qingmeng retrieved him, Xiang Yuan visited Bai Wuyan and returned to Shendu, where he learned that Xiao Qian had become crown prince and prepared to move into his renovated princely residence.

• Xiang Yuan projected his inner small world into the Little Grotto-Heaven and deepened his understanding of the laws of heaven and earth while learning the Dao Sword Realm from Sword Venerable Su Ran.
• Sword Venerable Su Ran secretly drained Xiang Yuan's blood during his cultivation, then kept him at Sword Heart Studio for seven or eight days and taught him how to control his small world.
• Sword Venerable Su Ran sent Xiang Yuan out to Shang Qingmeng, who accused her master of keeping him, while Ziping watched and later faced Shang Qingmeng's anger.
• Xiang Yuan visited Bai Wuyan at Unrivaled Palace, received the reforged Storm Mist Blade, and concealed his time at Sword Heart Studio by blaming his absence on Xiao Lingyue.
• Xiang Yuan returned to Shendu and learned from Xiao Lingyue that Xiao Qian had become crown prince, Cheng Yuling's position as empress was secure, and his princely residence in Zhendian Prefecture was ready.
• Xiang Yuan decided to move into his residence immediately and told Xiao Lingyan that Chan'er, the Holy Maiden of Yellow Springs Dao, would be another elder sister.

Xiang Yuan traveled south with his cavalry, collected gifts, and visited Chan'er at Yellow Springs Dao to ask her to move to the Overlord Residence as his wife. After she agreed, he continued to Fengxian County, where he reunited with former colleagues and reminded Old Liu of the advice that had once guided him.

• Xiang Yuan rode into Earth Dragon Fort with the Overlord Iron Cavalry and brushed aside the fort's lord and leaders.
• Chan'er waited eagerly for Xiang Yuan, while Zuo Lengxie ordered Yellow Springs Dao not to resist his arrival.
• Xiang Yuan told Chan'er he wanted to take her home, and she agreed before questioning him about the women already living at the Overlord Residence.
• Xiang Yuan explained his marriage contract with Xiao Lingyan, and Chan'er grew wary of joining the Xiao women at the residence.
• Three days later, Xiang Yuan reached Fengxian County, where Sima Changhui and the county officials welcomed him.
• Xiang Yuan recognized Liu Jingsheng, recalled Old Liu's advice about seizing good fortune, and said he still owed him silver.

Xiang Yuan returned to Dezhou to repay the people who had helped him, arranging a martial arts master for Old Liu’s daughter and gifts for Lu Ming and Zhang Celiang. Back at the Overlord Residence, Chan’er and Xiao Lingyue faced off while Xiang Yuan watched with Xiao Lingyan, and the two women began fighting.

• Xiang Yuan repaid Old Liu’s favor by arranging for Mingxia of the Heavenly Sect to teach Old Liu’s daughter, and he awakened Liu Jingsheng’s saber intent.
• Xiang Yuan visited Lu Ming at the Martial Arts School and arranged wealth for his old instructor through Shendu.
• Xiang Yuan stayed at Sea Gathering Manor, thanked Zhang Celiang for his past help, and left him a saber technique.
• Chan’er arrived at the Overlord Residence in a grand procession and complained about the halls until Xiang Yuan teased her into taking back her demands.
• Xiao Lingyue and Chan’er confronted each other at the residence while Xiang Yuan sat with Xiao Lingyan and explained their past closeness.
• Xiao Lingyue and Chan’er began fighting as Xiang Yuan watched from a distance.

Xiao Lingyue and Chan'er fought through Xiang Yuan’s layered spatial restrictions while he indulged Xiao Lingyan and teased both women. After the household settled into its familiar rivalry, Xiao He arrived with news that Southern Jin’s old emperor and several princes had died in the same manner as Western Chu’s late emperor.

• Xiao Lingyue and Chan'er battled with their linked powers, and Xiao Lingyue broke through Chan’er’s Reincarnation Six Paths Grand Array into another spatial battlefield.
• Xiang Yuan kissed and flirted with Xiao Lingyan, prompting Xiao Lingyue and Chan'er to stop fighting briefly before resuming their rivalry at the residence.
• Chan'er tried to use the Ancient Mirror of Reincarnation against Xiao Lingyan, but Xiao Lingyue restrained her and Xiang Yuan continued to favor Chan’er.
• Xiang Yuan and the women shared dinner, while Xiao Lingyue and Chan'er continued their bickering and fighting around the household.
• Xiao He arrived at Overlord Residence, and Xiang Yuan learned that Southern Jin’s old emperor and several princes had died in a manner matching the deaths in Western Chu.

Xiang Yuan learned that Southern Jin had collapsed into a succession struggle after its emperor and most of the imperial clan died, and he tried to keep Northern Qi from exploiting the chaos. He then went to Unrivaled Palace to find Bai Wuyan, but their reunion turned into cultivation before he could explain his purpose.

• Xiang Yuan heard from Xiao He that Southern Jin's six Noble Families had divided their support among three surviving princes and that the court was in chaos.
• Xiang Yuan asked Xiao He to warn Shendu against coveting Southern Jin, then traveled to Tai'an Prefecture to ask Liu Che to hold Northern Qi back.
• Liu Che refused to restrain Northern Qi again, and Xiang Yuan left without negotiating a marriage alliance.
• Xiang Yuan found Bai Wuyan in White Lotus Palace studying her Immaculate White Lotus alongside Qing Zhuying.
• Bai Wuyan sent Xiang Yuan away briefly, then brought him back and told him to cultivate before he could explain why he had come.

Xiang Yuan asked Bai Wuyan to divine which of Southern Jin’s three surviving princes could become an enlightened ruler, but she found them all equally mediocre. He then returned to the Heavenly Sect, where he and Xiao He urged Ji Wuzhou to stop reacting passively to the hidden mastermind and began discussing a plan to unite the three kingdoms.

• Xiang Yuan realized that his small world let him derive laws of heaven and earth himself, and asked Bai Wuyan to divine the fates of Southern Jin’s three surviving princes.
• Bai Wuyan divined Li Mi, Li Zhu, and Li Ke and found that each had only a marginal bearing of an emperor and none stood out as an enlightened ruler.
• Xiang Yuan left Unrivaled Palace, arrived at Mahayana Mountain, and met Xiao He, who complained about waiting for him.
• Xiang Yuan told Ji Wuzhou that the hidden mastermind had targeted Southern Jin, but Ji Wuzhou refused to leave while he recovered from his injuries.
• Xiang Yuan and Xiao He criticized Ji Wuzhou’s passive strategy and discussed the Heavenly Sect’s lack of strength to confront the hidden mastermind directly.
• Xiao He proposed forging an alliance among the three kingdoms, then began explaining his plan to Xiang Yuan.

Xiao He and Xiang Yuan set out to manipulate Northern Qi and Southern Jin into seeking alliances, while Xiang Yuan detoured to Sword Heart Studio and was dragged into Sword Venerable Su Ran’s grotto-heaven. The chapter left Xiang Yuan learning that Southern Jin had been infiltrated by the mastermind behind the scenes, after Sword Venerable Su Ran agreed to reveal more in exchange for blood medicine.

• Xiao He persuaded Xiang Yuan to help stir up mistrust among Northern Qi, Southern Jin, and Western Chu, then secured Heavenly Sect titles so he could negotiate with Liu Che.
• Xiang Yuan and Xiang Yuan parted ways, with Xiang Yuan heading to Southern Jin to address its water control and Xiao He preparing to travel to Northern Qi.
• Xiang Yuan visited Ziping at Sword Heart Studio, teased her about his relationship with Sword Venerable Su Ran, and used blood medicine to put her into cultivation mode.
• A pale hand emerged from warped space and dragged Xiang Yuan away before Ziping’s Eldest Senior Sister could catch them; Ziping then decided to tell Shang Qingmeng that her master had stolen her man.
• Sword Venerable Su Ran watched Ziping’s reaction, believed Xiang Yuan’s claims that Ziping was a pervert, and sent Lingyu a method for Sima Qingyan to sever the seven emotions and six desires.
• Xiang Yuan asked Sword Venerable Su Ran whether Southern Jin had been infiltrated by the hidden mastermind, and she confirmed it before asking for blood medicine to disclose what she knew.

Xiang Yuan learned that the Blood Sea Dao was hidden in Southern Jin and used divinations to locate it in Shangyuan Prefecture. He recruited Wang Daoyan to accompany him, and she agreed after he warned her that the Blood Sea Dao had targeted her.

• Sword Venerable Su Ran told Xiang Yuan that the reincarnated Celestial Emperor had planted the Blood Sea Dao in Southern Jin, then taught him about small-world cultivation after taking his blood medicine as payment.
• Xiang Yuan escaped Sword Heart Studio, leaving Sword Venerable Su Ran to face Shang Qingmeng and Ziping, who demanded to know where he had gone.
• Bai Wuyan divined that the Blood Sea Dao was hiding in Shangyuan Prefecture and warned Xiang Yuan not to ask her for more divinations involving the Upper Three Realms.
• Xiang Yuan traveled to the Wang Clan estate in Liangzhou and invited Wang Daoyan to join him in Shangyuan Prefecture.
• Wang Daoyan initially dismissed Xiang Yuan, but she agreed to go after he warned that Blood Sea Dao cultivators had traced their affairs to her.

Xiang Yuan arrived in Shangyuan's capital with Wang Daoyan and warned Li Yuanrong that the Blood Sea Dao threatened the Shangyuan Li Clan. After securing the clan's cooperation, he planned a hunting excursion to draw out hidden grandmasters and track down the Blood Sea Dao cultivator.

• Xiang Yuan convinced Wang Daoyan to accompany him to Shangyuan's capital by claiming the Blood Sea Dao was there and had targeted Eldest Sister-in-law.
• Xiang Yuan summoned Li Yuanrong to a teahouse, where Wang Daoyan and Ah Hong staged a compromising scene to provoke him.
• Xiang Yuan threatened Li Yuanrong with Southern Jin's vulnerability to Western Chu and Northern Qi, then offered to help the Shangyuan Li Clan suppress the six Noble Families if it cooperated.
• Xiang Yuan told Li Yuanrong that the Blood Sea Dao and a coming disaster threatened the Li Clan, and Li Yuanrong pledged the clan's support.
• Xiang Yuan proposed a hunting excursion with the three princes to draw out the six Noble Families' hidden grandmasters and use Ah Hong as bait to expose the Blood Sea Dao cultivator.

Xiang Yuan watched the Shangyuan Li Clan ambush the six Noble Families’ Grandmasters at Misty Cloud Mountain, then used the chaos to expose a hidden Blood Sea Dao cultivator. He tore open the spatial rift and confronted the Upper Three Realms observer, startling everyone below.

• Xiang Yuan read dossiers on the six Noble Families’ Grandmasters while Wang Daoyan danced in his tent, and he waited for Blood Sea Dao cultivators to appear.
• Li Yuanrong and the other three Shangyuan Li Clan Grandmasters ambushed the six Noble Families’ Grandmasters at the hunting grounds, making the nobles suspect one another of betrayal.
• Li Yuanrong’s group overwhelmed the six Grandmasters, while Xiang Yuan restrained Wang Daoyan and sent Ah Hong toward the battlefield as bait.
• Xiang Yuan sensed a hidden Blood Sea Dao cultivator watching the fight and attacked him with Killing Intent Like a Blade.
• Xiang Yuan forcibly tore open the spatial rift around the fleeing Upper Three Realms cultivator, drawing the ten battling Grandmasters’ attention.

Xiang Yuan pursued the Blood Sea Dao cultivator to Shangyuan capital and fought the Upper Mystery Blood Lord, who had corrupted the city’s grand array to turn it into a blood prison. Xiang Yuan killed him after the Li Clan grandmasters and the six Noble Families worked to dismantle the array, but he regretted forgetting to plant an Other Shore Flower seed in the defeated foe.

• The six Noble Families recognized Xiang Yuan and suspected the Shangyuan Li Clan had brought him to Southern Jin, while Li Yuanrong explained he had come to control floods and hunt an enemy.
• Xiang Yuan pursued a red light into Starwatch Tower as the Blood Sea Dao activated the Shangyuan Grand Array, trapping the capital in a bloody prison.
• Xiang Yuan used his merit light, six-character mantra, and Buddha seal to suppress the nine Blood Rivers, while Li Yuanrong and the other grandmasters began dismantling the array.
• The Upper Mystery Blood Lord emerged from a blood vortex, and Xiang Yuan fought him with the Storm Mist Blade, overwhelming his blood techniques and driving him underground with repeated strikes.
• Rouge Sword pinned the Blood Lord’s blood moon artifact, and Xiang Yuan killed him with a sword beam before realizing he had forgotten to plant an Other Shore Flower seed.

Xiang Yuan destroyed the blood formation over Shangyuan, exposed the mastermind’s Nether River Token, and gained the Shangyuan Li Clan’s support while the six Noble Families reconsidered their stance. In Tai'an, Liu Che maneuvered Xiao He into handling a proposed marriage between Xiang Yuan and Princess Wenying, while Sword Venerable Su Ran discovered a jade bi disc linked to Jambu Gate.

• Xiang Yuan defeated the Upper Mystery Blood Lord, demolished the Starwatch Tower, and found the Nether River Token powering the blood formation over Shangyuan.
• Xiang Yuan suppressed and stored the Nether River Token, collected the damaged Blood Moon blades, and accepted the Shangyuan Li Clan’s claim that he was their kinsman.
• The six Noble Families witnessed Xiang Yuan’s power and decided the Shangyuan Li Clan needed to remain strong against the mysterious foreign enemy.
• Xiao He met Liu Che in Tai'an and presented Western Chu’s case for an alliance, while Liu Che used Xiang Yuan’s supposed marriage plans to pressure him into helping arrange a match with Princess Wenying.
• Sword Venerable Su Ran killed an invading extraterrestrial demon, recovered a jade bi disc, and recognized its connection to Jambu Gate.

Xiang Yuan had Bai Wuyan divine the Nether River Token’s role in a plot to establish the Heavenly Court, then delivered the token to Ji Wuzhou and returned to the Overlord Residence. A troubling report from Shendu revealed that Xiao He had caused Xiang Yuan serious problems, leaving the story on an impending crisis.

• Xiang Yuan returned to Western Chu and persuaded Bai Wuyan to divine the Nether River Token, despite the severe backlash she suffered.
• Bai Wuyan revealed that the token could complete the Three Realms’ prototype and that a reincarnated Celestial Emperor was recruiting Ji Wuzhou to establish the Heavenly Court.
• Bai Wuyan warned Xiang Yuan that he was already caught in the schemes and urged him to cultivate using Jambu Gate; Xiang Yuan then hit the spatial restriction when he tried to leave White Lotus Palace.
• Xiang Yuan handed the Nether River Token to Ji Wuzhou, returned home, and secretly gave Chan'er, Xiao Lingyue, and Xiao Lingyan second gifts.
• Xiang Yuan received a report from Shendu about the Northern Qi and Southern Jin delegations, then told Xiao Lingyue that Xiao He had dragged him into trouble.

Xiao He arranged a marriage alliance between Xiang Yuan and Northern Qi’s Princess Wenying, leaving Xiao Lingyue to face Chan’er’s anger while Xiang Yuan relished the chaos. Xiang Yuan later met Jiang Yingjun at the border and warned her that life in the Overlord Residence would be difficult.

• Xiang Yuan learned from Xiao He’s letter that the treaty between Western Chu and Northern Qi included his marriage to Princess Wenying, and he blamed Xiao Lingyue for the arrangement.
• Xiang Yuan warned that Chan’er would blame Xiao Lingyue once she learned Xiao He had arranged the marriage, so Xiao Lingyue knocked Chan’er out before she could react.
• The next morning, Chan’er used the Ancient Mirror of Reincarnation and Jinse’s six reincarnated selves to attack Xiao Lingyue while Xiang Yuan instructed Xiao Lingyan in saber techniques.
• After five days of cultivation, Xiang Yuan learned that Jiang Yingjun’s convoy had reached the border, then traveled there after failing to find Xiao He in Shendu or at Mahayana Mountain.
• Jiang Yingjun joined Xiang Yuan in her carriage and confessed how much she had missed him; Xiang Yuan recited a poem and warned her that the women at the Overlord Residence would bully her.

Jiang Yingjun entered Overlord Residence and endured a tense introduction to Xiao Lingyue, Chan'er, and Xiao Lingyan before Xiang Yuan showed her around. Later, Xiang Yuan prepared to enter a newly discovered world with Bai Wuyan, while Sword Venerable Su Ran also stepped through Jambu Gate.

• Jiang Yingjun introduced herself humbly, and Chan'er used grandmaster pressure to test her until Xiao Lingyue intervened.
• Xiao Lingyue asked Jiang Yingjun to perform the four arts, and Jiang Yingjun impressed the others with her skill.
• Jiang Yingjun served tea to Chan'er and Xiao Lingyan, whose straightforward acceptance of her cup disrupted Xiao Lingyue's attempt to establish her status.
• Xiang Yuan took Jiang Yingjun on a tour of Overlord Residence, then allowed scholars to gather outside and mourn her arrival.
• Xiang Yuan sensed a new world, and Bai Wuyan arrived to travel there with him after stopping at Unrivaled Palace for medicine.
• Xiang Yuan and Bai Wuyan entered Jambu Gate, while Sword Venerable Su Ran also stepped through the portal.

Xiang Yuan and Bai Wuyan found two Reincarnation Relics in the Lower Abyss Realm, but Jambu Gate did not complete their mission, so they investigated the relics’ connection to King Mu of Zhou and the vanished Western Kunlun. Their search uncovered records of a powerful tribe on You Mountain that worshipped Rushou.

• Xiang Yuan entered the Lower Abyss Realm and found two Reincarnation Relics, but Jambu Gate did not declare the mission complete.
• Xiang Yuan told Bai Wuyan that the relics had come from the west and that Upper Zhou’s records linked them to King Mu of Zhou and the Queen Mother of the West at Western Kunlun.
• Bai Wuyan insisted that they search for Western Kunlun, and she and Xiang Yuan entered Upper Zhou’s imperial treasure archive to examine its records.
• Bai Wuyan reacted fiercely to the account of King Mu of Zhou and the Queen Mother of the West, then destroyed a portrait album after seeing King Mu’s likeness.
• Xiang Yuan and Bai Wuyan found no further records of Western Kunlun, but learned that Upper Zhou’s expeditions had discovered You Mountain, where a tribe worshipped Rushou.

Xiang Yuan studied the Lower Abyss Realm’s poisonous, distorted laws before heading west to find You Mountain Golden Palace. After overpowering an Ancient God Clan warrior, he tricked the clan into rushing back to its forbidden ground, leaving the palace exposed to masked intruders seeking a relic for the Heavenly Demon.

• Xiang Yuan told Bai Wuyan that Rushou and descendants of the Ancient God Clan were in You Mountain, but she rejected his claim and ordered him to keep searching for Western Kunlun.
• Xiang Yuan analyzed the Lower Abyss Realm’s turbid air and laws, then traveled west and sensed danger in the mountain wilderness.
• Xiang Yuan encountered an Ancient God Clan warrior hunting a giant beast, traded punches with him, and sent him crashing into a mountain wall.
• After the warrior summoned dozens of clan members, Xiang Yuan claimed their forbidden ground was in trouble and vanished underground, prompting them to rush away.
• Masked intruders entered a pocket realm and headed toward the Golden Palace, planning to seize a relic for the Heavenly Demon and take the other treasures.

Xiang Yuan entered the Golden Palace, where Rushou’s lingering golden qi proved harmless to him and could be absorbed through the Formless Seal Method. He found an intruder’s corpse marked by demonic qi, then encountered Ji Ao and three other survivors at a pool of concentrated golden light; Ji Ao recognized Xiang Yuan as King Mu of Zhou.

• Four black-robed intruders revealed themselves as Old Ghost Bai, Wang Liu, Qin Lie, and Zhao Jiefang, while their silent companion identified himself as Ji Ao, Emperor of Upper Zhou.
• Ji Ao warned that the Ancient God Clan’s three elders were approaching, and the five intruders fled into the Golden Palace as the elders arrived and condemned the trespass.
• An ugly Ancient God Clan man who resembled Xu Jixian strode into the forbidden grounds, where a flash of white light swallowed him.
• Xiang Yuan entered the Golden Palace and discovered that he could refine Rushou’s sharp golden qi with the Formless Seal Method; he found Zhao Jiefang’s corpse and sensed traces of an outer-domain heavenly demon.
• Ji Ao, Old Ghost Bai, Wang Liu, and Qin Lie found a pool of liquefied golden qi, then watched Xiang Yuan bathe in it unharmed.
• Ji Ao recognized Xiang Yuan as King Mu of Zhou.

Ji Ao mistook Xiang Yuan for his ancestor King Mu of Zhou and planned to use the discovery of Western Kunlun to gain immortality, but the claim triggered the demonic seeds in Old Ghost Bai and two others. Sword Venerable Su Ran killed the possessed men and excitedly insisted Xiang Yuan was King Mu, just as Bai Wuyan appeared and was identified as Queen Mother of the West.

• Ji Ao recognized Xiang Yuan as the living King Mu of Zhou, knelt before him, and explained his plan to trade the Jade Pool’s location to the Heavenly Court for immortality.
• Xiang Yuan denied being Ji Ao’s ancestor after seeing the portrait, while the mention of King Mu triggered the demonic seeds in Old Ghost Bai, Qin Lie, and Wang Liu.
• Sword Venerable Su Ran emerged from the void and killed the three demon-possessed men with a single sword strike.
• Sword Venerable Su Ran excitedly demanded the portrait and insisted Xiang Yuan’s connection to King Mu and Queen Mother of the West was destined, while Ji Ao realized she was not Queen Mother of the West.
• Bai Wuyan appeared with killing intent, and Sword Venerable Su Ran identified her as Queen Mother of the West, leaving Xiang Yuan stunned.

Xiang Yuan watched Bai Wuyan and Sword Venerable Su Ran battle while absorbing the golden pool’s metal qi and learning from their techniques. Their final clash knocked Ji Ao unconscious after he discovered Western Kunlun, and the Outer Heavenly Palace began rushing toward it.

• Xiang Yuan realized Bai Wuyan was the Queen Mother of the West, while Bai suspected the story of her affair with King Mu of Zhou was fabricated.
• Sword Venerable Su Ran mocked Bai Wuyan about King Mu of Zhou, prompting Bai to attack her with the No Calamity Sword.
• Bai Wuyan and Sword Venerable Su Ran fought across the cosmos, and Xiang Yuan absorbed metal qi and observed their clashing principles while secretly stopping Su Ran from siphoning the pool.
• Ji Ao sheltered from the battle’s aftershocks as Xiang Yuan decided he might need to persuade Bai Wuyan to spare Su Ran if she won.
• Bai Wuyan and Su Ran unleashed their strongest sword techniques, and the collision shattered space and destroyed Ji Ao’s Dragon Seal.
• Ji Ao glimpsed Western Kunlun before a dormant seed in his body began replacing him, while the Outer Heavenly Palace charged toward Western Kunlun.