Chapter Summaries

Bai Xiaowen’s fight with Xu Quan and the twin-saber fighter was interrupted when Zuo Yunxuan arrived, claiming he had come to avenge his sect. After sending the others away, Zuo Yunxuan admitted he had framed Bai Xiaowen for Wu Ang’s death, leaving Bai Xiaowen facing the Level 8 Lord alone.

• Xu Quan struggled to hold off Bai Xiaowen’s team after Yang Liyun and two Elite Tier disciples were killed.
• Zuo Yunxuan arrived and declared that he would avenge the Boundless Sword Sect members Bai Xiaowen had supposedly killed.
• Zuo Yunxuan ordered Xu Quan and the twin-saber fighter to leave, and they departed with the bodies.
• Bai Xiaowen accused Zuo Yunxuan of killing Wu Ang and framing him, while sharing Zuo Yunxuan’s information with his team.
• Zuo Yunxuan admitted he had suspected Bai Xiaowen was behind Wu Ang’s questions about Waterbreak Manor and had forged a blood-written letter to pin the blame on him.

Bai Xiaowen and the White Phoenix Squad prepared to face Zuo Yunxuan, who revealed overwhelming speed and attack power when the fight began. Zuo Yunxuan killed Butcher with a single sword strike, leaving the squad to confront the danger of his Wind-Riding Art and devastating blows.

• Bai Xiaowen warned the squad to prioritize survival and observe Zuo Yunxuan’s unidentified skills, while keeping Han Xu out of the battle.
• Zuo Yunxuan demanded to know how Bai Xiaowen had unleashed his powerful flame attack at Sword-Washing Valley, but Bai Xiaowen refused to reveal his trump card.
• Bai Xiaowen summoned Butcher as Qiao Rui used Soul Melody to weaken Zuo Yunxuan.
• Zuo Yunxuan used Wind-Riding Art to rush past Butcher’s attack and kill him with a critical sword strike.
• Bai Xiaowen remained calm and assessed Zuo Yunxuan’s gliding ability, limited true qi endurance, and extraordinary attack power.

Zuo Yunxuan overwhelmed the White Phoenix Squad until Yin Fei drove him off with her Blood-Reversing Heartburn Melody. Yin Fei then appeared before Bai Xiaowen and his companions, but her attention turned to Wang Shuhan at Changxi City.

• Zuo Yunxuan killed Butcher, disarmed Li Shuyi, and cut down the squad’s summoned creatures while Bai Xiaowen’s team struggled to defend themselves.
• Li Shuyi used Intangibility and Shadowless Slash to evade Zuo Yunxuan, while he changed targets and attacked Qiao Rui and the Skeleton Champion.
• Yin Fei played her Blood-Reversing Heartburn Melody, disrupting Zuo Yunxuan’s inner force and forcing him to flee toward Changxi City.
• Bai Xiaowen thanked Yin Fei, who warned that the squad was no match for Zuo Yunxuan.
• Yin Fei looked toward Changxi City and called for Wang Shuhan to come out and see her.

Bai Xiaowen and his companions witnessed Yin Fei confront Ming King Wang Shuhan over their bitter past and Tang Muyao’s captivity. They agreed to settle the dispute with a five-match martial arts wager at Sword Song Waterfall in five days, with the divorce letter added to the stakes.

• Wang Shuhan arrived after Yin Fei called for him, and Bai Xiaowen realized he was Tanggu Mingwang.
• Yin Fei accused Wang Shuhan of abandoning her and threatened to kill his wife, son, and followers unless he met her demands.
• Wang Yin emerged and proposed a five-match contest: if Yin Fei lost, she would release Tang Muyao and leave Wang Shuhan alone; if his side lost, Wang Shuhan would remain in the Central Plains.
• Yin Fei required Wang Shuhan to add a divorce letter to the wager if he lost, and he agreed.
• Yin Fei and Wang Shuhan set the contest for Sword Song Waterfall on Mount Mogu in five days and departed with their people.

Yin Fei told Bai Xiaowen the history of her parents, Qin Wujiu and Wei Yuehong, and her stepbrother Wang Shuhan. The story ended with Qin Wujiu dead, Wang Shuhan exiled, and Wei Siqin left to inherit Blood God Palace.

• Yin Fei recovered from a brief bout of pain and offered to explain her past to Bai Xiaowen.
• Qin Wujiu and Wei Yuehong fell in love, but the destruction of the Golden Blade Sect separated them and left Wei Yuehong raising their daughter, Wei Siqin.
• Wei Yuehong married Wang Wenchao, and Wei Siqin grew close to her stepbrother, Wang Shuhan.
• Qin Wujiu became a master of Blood God Palace, found his family, and secretly killed Wang Wenchao with a Reverse Blood Seal.
• Wang Shuhan sought revenge, mastered the Great Sun Heavenly Art, and later fought Qin Wujiu at the Eastern Sea.
• Wei Yuehong intervened in their battle and died; Qin Wujiu was mortally wounded, while Wang Shuhan went into exile after her death.

Bai Xiaowen learned that Yin Fei wanted to ruin Wang Shuhan’s happiness and proposed using the Blood God Scripture to improve Blood God Palace’s odds in the five-match wager. Five days later, both sides gathered at Sword Song Waterfall, where the decisive matches were about to begin.

• Bai Xiaowen asked Yin Fei why she had brought the matriarch of Soup Valley back, and she revealed that she wanted Wang Shuhan to abandon his wife and child and suffer as she had.
• Bai Xiaowen offered to cultivate the Blood God Scripture and promised to defeat Zuo Yunxuan, but Yin Fei warned him about its dangers and initially refused to help.
• Bai Xiaowen told Yin Fei he had a way to guarantee success, and the story moved ahead five days.
• Martial artists gathered at Sword Song Waterfall on Mount Mogu as Blood God Palace and Soup Valley prepared for the wager, with the most formidable fighters yet to arrive.

The righteous sects and Blood God Palace gathered at Sword Song Waterfall to settle their old grievances through a five-bout wager. Kuang Wei fought Li Daotong in the opening bout and was wounded as Li began to gain the advantage.

• Li Daotong, Lei Sheng, the New Moon Envoy, Zuo Yunxuan, and Ming King Wang Shuhan arrived at Sword Song Waterfall with Wang Yin.
• Yin Fei Wei Siqin presented Tang Muyao to Ming King, and Tang urged him to settle the grievances and return with her to Soup Valley.
• Ming King and Yin Fei named five fighters each for the wager, including Bai Xiaowen on Yin Fei's side.
• The two sides agreed that no one could interfere during a bout and began the wager.
• Kuang Wei stepped forward to fight Li Daotong, who wounded him after their exchange turned against him.

Kuang Wei and Li Daotong wounded each other in the opening bout, which Ming King agreed to call a draw. Ying Jianfan then fought the New Moon Envoy and, after sacrificing his left eye, seized a chance to strike at her back.

• Kuang Wei lost four fingers but landed his Feathered Serpent Palm on Li Daotong, who dodged the heart strike and stabbed Kuang Wei in the abdomen.
• Bai Xiaowen proposed a draw, and Ming King agreed; allies from both sides helped the wounded fighters leave the field.
• The New Moon Envoy challenged Gu Yulian, but Ying Jianfan stepped forward to fight her instead.
• Li Shuyi asked about strategy, and Bai Xiaowen explained why the bouts were likely to favor Ming King's stronger fighters.
• The New Moon Envoy countered Ying Jianfan's Thousand Shadows, Hundred Strikes and slashed his face, destroying his left eye.
• Ying Jianfan pressed his attack despite the wound and thrust the Shadowflash Sword toward the New Moon Envoy's back.

The Blood God Palace and the Ming King’s side continued their wagered duel, with Ying Jianfan’s round ending in a draw after the Ming King intervened. Gu Yulian fought Lei Sheng as Bai Xiaowen prepared to face Zuo Yunxuan, and their battle remained evenly matched.

• The Ming King pulled the New Moon Envoy out of Ying Jianfan’s sword strike and conceded the round, leaving the duel with one win and one draw.
• Kang Qin and Ji Mingjue tended to Ying Jianfan’s wounds as he reassured Kang Qin that the fight had advanced his swordsmanship.
• The Ming King urged Lei Sheng and Zuo Yunxuan to take their bouts seriously, while Bai Xiaowen refused to fight Lei Sheng and named Zuo Yunxuan as his opponent.
• Gu Yulian stepped forward to fight Lei Sheng, using the Jade Tempering Formula to withstand his thunder-type attacks.
• Gu Yulian and Lei Sheng clashed through more than a dozen moves, with neither able to gain the advantage.

Gu Yulian defeated Lei Sheng in the third match, leaving Ming King's side needing victories from both remaining matches to force a tie. Bai Xiaowen faced Zuo Yunxuan, who staged a public call for vengeance, and Bai began exposing Zuo's role in the crimes behind the deaths of the men in the coffins.

• Gu Yulian endured Lei Sheng's final palm strike with Ice Muscles and Jade Bones, then defeated him as his stamina ran low.
• Yin Fei warned Bai Xiaowen to concede if he could not beat Zuo Yunxuan, while Ming King's side realized it had to win the last two matches to tie.
• Zuo Yunxuan entered the fourth match with four coffins and vowed to avenge the dead by killing Bai Xiaowen.
• Bai Xiaowen accused Zuo Yunxuan of ordering the White Clan massacre to seize the Broken Water Sword Manual and of killing Wu Ang himself.
• Zuo Yunxuan denied Bai Xiaowen's claims, and Bai announced that he had two witnesses.

Tu Mengjiao testified that Zuo Yunxuan killed Wu Ang and that Bai Wen could not have done it, but the heroes doubted her and insulted her. Bai Xiaowen then revealed that Qiao Rui could communicate with the dead and prepared to call Wu Ang’s spirit as a second witness.

• Zuo Yunxuan introduced Tu Mengjiao as his disciple and claimed the Blood God Palace had taken her captive, while Tu Mengjiao recounted the events surrounding Wu Ang’s death and accused Zuo Yunxuan of possibly killing him.
• Xu Quan accused Tu Mengjiao of betraying her people for Bai Wen, and the gathered heroes joined in insulting her.
• Gu Yulian comforted Tu Mengjiao, while Bai Xiaowen said she was only his first witness and announced a second witness.
• Bai Xiaowen revealed that Qiao Rui could communicate with the dead and intended to have Wu Ang’s spirit identify his killer.
• With Yin Fei preventing Zuo Yunxuan from interrupting, Qiao Rui identified Wu Ang’s coffin and said she could hear him.

Qiao Rui summoned Elder Wu Ang's remnant soul, which pointed to Zuo Yunxuan as his killer, and Bai Xiaowen challenged Zuo Yunxuan with physical evidence still to come. In their duel, Bai Xiaowen's strengthened Butcher and sandstorm tactics wore Zuo Yunxuan down until he revealed a powerful sword technique.

• Qiao Rui used Soul Reversal to summon Elder Wu Ang, whose remnant soul spun to deny Bai Wen's guilt and attacked Zuo Yunxuan.
• Bai Xiaowen said physical evidence remained, but Zuo Yunxuan attacked him before he could present it.
• Bai Xiaowen summoned the Butcher and used a Sandstorm Scroll, while the Butcher's enhanced strength and Rotting slowed Zuo Yunxuan.
• Zuo Yunxuan endured the summoned creatures' attacks as the sandstorm and poison steadily drained his health, while Bai Xiaowen sustained the scroll with the Blood Essence Stone.
• When his health fell below 400, Zuo Yunxuan unleashed a two-foot Sword Ray that knocked the summoned creatures' weapons from their hands.

Zuo Yunxuan revealed the incomplete Heaven-Hiding Sword Art and broke through the skeleton soldiers, but Bai Xiaowen used Kitz to disable him and unleashed a powerful combo. Zuo Yunxuan fell charred and disarmed, then spent his last strength on a sword-finger strike before collapsing.

• Ying Jianfan and Yin Fei recognized Zuo Yunxuan's Heaven-Hiding Sword Art, and Yin Fei identified his moves as the Hidden Edge Stance and Edge-Breaking Stance.
• Zuo Yunxuan killed six Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldiers and used the Edge-Breaking Stance to rush toward Bai Xiaowen through the sandstorm.
• Butcher charged toward Bai Xiaowen, but Zuo Yunxuan dodged its path and prepared to advance again.
• Kitz transformed from a swarm of bats, seized Zuo Yunxuan's ankles, and disrupted his blood and qi with the Blood God Scripture.
• Bai Xiaowen activated Blood Rage, used Symbiosis to borrow Agility, and struck Zuo Yunxuan with Kusanagi-Style Ancient Martial Arts—One Hundred Twenty-Three Forms—Scorching End.
• Zuo Yunxuan crashed to the ground, charred and disarmed, then exhausted his vital energy with a sword-finger strike and collapsed.

Bai Xiaowen survived Zuo Yunxuan’s dying attack only because Yin Fei sealed the sword qi temporarily, leaving him badly injured as the Battle of Mount Mogu continued. After Bai Xiaowen’s team carried him away, he exposed proof that Zuo Yunxuan had murdered Wu Ang, forcing Ming King to confirm the accusation.

• Zuo Yunxuan’s Bone-Eroding Stance spread through Bai Xiaowen’s body, and Yin Fei sealed his acupoints to delay the sword qi’s deadly advance.
• Bai Xiaowen’s team carried him away, and he reassured Li Shuyi and Qiao Rui that completing the second main quest would secure their rewards.
• Bai Xiaowen bowed toward Waterbreak Manor, then answered Shi Chunsheng’s challenge by demanding that Wu Ang’s coffin be opened.
• Ming King and Yin Fei examined Wu Ang’s corpse, and Ming King confirmed that the fatal wound came from Zuo Yunxuan’s Boundless Sword Art and Sword Intent.

After the Blood God Palace won the wager, Wang Shuhan accepted that Tang Muyao was no longer his wife and, overwhelmed by remorse, tried to kill himself. Qiankun Zhenren stopped him and urged him to become a Daoist, leaving Wang Shuhan to consider the proposal.

• Yin Fei called on Wang Shuhan to honor the wager, and he publicly freed Tang Muyao to choose another husband.
• Wang Shuhan confessed that he had failed his family and loved ones, then tried to strike himself dead.
• Qiankun Zhenren appeared in time to seize Wang Shuhan’s hand and stop him.
• Qiankun Zhenren warned that Wang Shuhan’s death could restart a feud and bring suffering to Wang Yin and others.
• Wang Shuhan asked Qiankun Zhenren what he should do, and the old Daoist proposed that he leave worldly life and become a Daoist.

After the Battle of Mount Mogu, Bai Xiaowen learned that the Heaven-Hiding Sword Qi might kill him within days, though the Spirit Realm allowed him ten days of free exploration. He collected his mission rewards, made final arrangements with Blood God Palace, and left with his teammates for Waterbreak Manor.

• The three super experts reinforced Yin Fei's restrictions on Bai Xiaowen's injuries but could not predict how long he would survive, while Ming King Wang Shuhan left with Ling Duxu and Yin Fei pursued them.
• Bai Xiaowen received 6,000 Merit Points, an Overlord's Proof, and Revered status with Blood God Palace after completing the Battle of Mount Mogu and the World-Shaking side mission.
• Bai Xiaowen explained that he would return to Waterbreak Manor, then exchanged his 11,000 Merit Points with Ji Mingjue for ginseng, poison, food, and wine.
• Bai Xiaowen entrusted the Blood God Peak chief steward position to Ji Mingjue, and she gave Li Shuyi a mechanical crossbow loaded with Blackblood Needles and an antidote.

After leaving the Sword Song World, Bai Xiaowen and the White Phoenix Squad received their exploration rewards and titles. The chapter ends with Bai Xiaowen preparing to open the chest dropped by Zuo Yunxuan.

• Ji Mingjue gave Bai Xiaowen Blackblood Needles, and Tu Mengjiao asked to accompany him to Waterbreak Manor.
• Bai Xiaowen warned Tu Mengjiao against following him, and Gu Yulian invited her to join the Blood God Palace, which Tu Mengjiao accepted.
• The White Phoenix Squad returned from the Sword Song World, and Psionic Particles removed Bai Xiaowen's seals and Heaven-Hiding Sword Qi.
• The Spirit Realm Rules awarded Bai Xiaowen 39,081 Psionic Points, A-Tier World-Famous status, and the Lord Slayer title.
• Li Shuyi, Qiao Rui, and Han Xu received B-Tier titles, and Bai Xiaowen proposed opening Zuo Yunxuan's dropped chest.

After Bai Xiaowen killed Zuo Yunxuan, the White Phoenix Squad opened the Lord Tier sect master’s Dark Gold Chest and began dividing its rewards. They obtained two Dark Gold items, and Bai Xiaowen postponed assigning the robe until they had drawn the remaining cards.

• The Spirit Realm Rules awarded Bai Xiaowen 80,000 Psionic Points and five loot draws for his perfect-score victory over Zuo Yunxuan.
• Li Shuyi drew the Gold-Patterned Jade Belt, and the squad agreed that Bai Xiaowen should take it for its attributes and its doubled Shared Storage Space capacity.
• Bai Xiaowen equipped the belt, replacing his Blue Gear and gaining a versatile binding skill.
• Qiao Rui drew the Purple-Sashed Cloud Brocade Robe, whose skills doubled natural recovery rates and provided a damage-absorbing shield.
• Qiao Rui, Li Shuyi, and Han Xu discussed who should receive the robe, but Bai Xiaowen delayed the decision until they had drawn the remaining cards and compared it with the Silverflow Robe.

Han Xu and Bai Xiaowen drew several valuable rewards from Zuo Yunxuan, including a Black Source Crystal and Zuo Yunxuan's True Qi Essence. The essence gave Li Shuyi or Qiao Rui a chance to meet the Jade Tempering Formula's age restriction, and Bai Xiaowen asked which woman wanted to use it.

• Han Xu drew the Fragmentary Heaven-Hiding Sword Art, and Bai Xiaowen praised its swordsmanship boost and potential effects.
• Bai Xiaowen drew a Flawless Black Source Crystal that could activate an Awakening Skill quest for any skill category, and the team agreed he should use it.
• Bai Xiaowen drew Zuo Yunxuan's True Qi Essence, which could cleanse and refine the body.
• Bai Xiaowen recalled that Kitz had learned the Pseudo-Blood God Scripture, though his undead nature made its true qi recover slowly.
• Bai Xiaowen offered the True Qi Essence to Li Shuyi and Qiao Rui so one of them could meet the Jade Tempering Formula's bone-age requirement.

Li Shuyi could not learn the Jade Tempering Formula, so Qiao Rui used Zuo Yunxuan’s True Qi Essence and the manual instead. While Qiao Rui underwent bodily purification, the White Phoenix Squad enhanced their equipment, and Bai Xiaowen’s wand gained the Glacier Spike effect.

• Bai Xiaowen gave Li Shuyi the True Qi Essence and Jade Tempering Formula Manual, but she could not use them.
• Qiao Rui successfully activated the items, and Bai Xiaowen deduced that the manual required its practitioner to be a virgin.
• Qiao Rui began learning the Jade Tempering Formula while Bai Xiaowen called Han Xu back and the squad prepared to enhance their equipment.
• Bai Xiaowen used a Four-Star Enhancement Card and Superior Psionic Crystals to raise Winter’s Wrath Wand from +6 to +7.
• Winter’s Wrath Wand gained Glacier Spike, which stored extra damage and added movement-speed reduction to Frost Shard.