Chapter Summaries

Gao Xian learned from Yun Zaitian that the Eastern Wasteland invasion was part of a world-ending spiritual qi calamity, and received a Flying Immortal Token as a path back to Azure Cloud Sect. As Yun Qingxuan prepared to lead the sect overseas, Gao Xian and she parted with a poem and a kiss.

• Gao Xian asked Yun Zaitian for permission to take Qiniang with him, and Yun Zaitian also revealed that Wan Yingying's true master was someone else.
• Yun Zaitian told Gao Xian that Azure Cloud Sect would relocate overseas because the Nine Provinces faced an unavoidable invasion and a calamity that would kill more than ninety percent of living beings.
• Yun Zaitian gave Gao Xian a Flying Immortal Token and told him he could use it to find the sect if he could no longer stay in Wanfeng Sect.
• Gao Xian visited Yun Qingxuan at Jade Mirror Palace and learned that she would soon go overseas to find a place for Azure Cloud Sect to settle.
• Gao Xian and Yun Qingxuan discussed their coming separation, declined to dual cultivate, and shared a poem before embracing and kissing.

Gao Xian returned to Wanfeng Sect with Qiniang and Qingqing after settling his affairs at Azure Cloud Sect, and prepared to face the Eastern Wasteland calamity by growing stronger. After securing the Dragon Transformation Pearl so Qiniang could refine the Heavenly Ultimate Golden Dragon Battle Armor, he led her and a thousand Dao soldiers toward the Spirit Vulture Seventy-Two Caves.

• At Changle Pavilion, Gao Xian asked Yun Qiushui to help Qingqing find a suitable natal sword for core formation, but they agreed the sect's Divine Firmament Heavenly Blade was too important to entrust to her.
• Lu Jingxu told Gao Xian that exaggerated stories of his victory over the Divine Generals had spread across the Thirty-Six Sects, and Gao Xian realized the publicity could help sell his books and increase his Humanity Aura.
• Gao Xian spent seven days at Azure Cloud Sect settling matters with Qiniang, Yuling, Li Feihuang, Qingqing, and others before taking Qiniang and Qingqing back to Wanfeng Sect.
• After concluding that the Eastern Wasteland invasion could not be stopped, Gao Xian resolved to seek dragon marrow in the Spirit Vulture Seventy-Two Caves and find the Red Emperor Nine Yang Fire Sword.
• Sword Lord Mingyang helped Gao Xian obtain the Dragon Transformation Pearl, which let Qiniang refine the Heavenly Ultimate Golden Dragon Battle Armor; Qiniang also assembled a force of one thousand Dao soldiers.
• Gao Xian and Qiniang departed for the Spirit Vulture Seventy-Two Caves with their Dao soldiers, while Yue Yuanguang and the other Divine Generals worried about Gao Xian's plans and their own fate.

Gao Xian led Zhu Qiniang and a thousand Dao soldiers into the Spirit Vulture Seventy-Two Caves, where they seized Spirit Vulture Peak and established a base. He then ventured alone into the marshlands to hunt demons, and ended the chapter facing a fourth-rank Burrowing Deer.

• Gao Xian used the master-level Flower Appraising Treasure Mirror to survey the miasma-shrouded wetlands and chose Spirit Vulture Peak as the force's base.
• Zhu Qiniang commanded the Dao soldiers as tens of thousands of Spirit Vultures attacked the Fire Snake flying vessel, and its Firewing Evil-Slaying Cannons wiped out nearly the entire flock.
• Gao Xian's forces bombarded Spirit Vulture Peak, cleared the mountain, and established formations and warning lines under Zhu Qiniang's direction.
• Gao Xian sent the Taixuan Divine Image into the marshlands, where it killed thousands of Burrowing Deer and absorbed their essence blood with the Blood God Banner.
• Gao Xian encountered an elephant-sized fourth-rank Burrowing Deer and drew the Heavenly Baleful Blood-Dissolving Divine Blade to fight it.

Gao Xian killed a fourth-rank Burrowing Deer and discovered its antler was a powerful spiritual tonic. He then slew a fourth-rank Mystic Tortoise guarding a thousand-plus Purple Fire Ganoderma, ending the chapter pleased with the riches he had gathered.

• Gao Xian used the Mysterious Underworld Divine Light to freeze the fourth-rank Burrowing Deer, then killed it and its yin spirit with the Heavenly Baleful Blood-Dissolving Divine Blade.
• Gao Xian cut off the Burrowing Deer's velvet antler and found that a small sliver restored his energy and strengthened his divine consciousness.
• Gao Xian used the Flower Appraising Treasure Mirror to locate a fourth-rank Mystic Tortoise guarding an island covered in Purple Fire Ganoderma.
• Gao Xian sent the Taixuan Divine Image to provoke the Mystic Tortoise, then killed it with the Eastern Pole Azure Flower Divine Rainbow Sword and destroyed its yin spirit.
• Gao Xian stored the Mystic Tortoise's body and carefully harvested more than a thousand Purple Fire Ganoderma before dawn.

Gao Xian established a safe zone in the Water Marsh Grotto-Heaven, earning the name Breaking Army Star Lord, then summoned six divine generals and assigned them campaigns against dangerous demon races. After receiving demanding orders, Yuan Jingming, Yue Xiang, and Wan Lihui privately discussed resisting Gao Xian.

• Gao Xian gave Qingqing and Qiniang Purple Fire Ganoderma, then had Qiniang organize the black tortoise’s remains and reward the Dao soldiers with its flesh.
• Qiniang led five hundred Dao soldiers and Qingqing through the marshlands while Gao Xian refined Dragon Antler Pills, distributed Purple Fire Ganoderma to his friends and allies, and learned about the sect’s factions.
• Gao Xian and Qiniang cleared a hundred-thousand-li region of dangerous demons in less than two months, prompting the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion to dub him Breaking Army Star Lord.
• Yun Qiushui and Yun Qingxuan discussed Gao Xian’s new reputation, and Yun Qingxuan warned Yun Qiushui not to act rashly while she was overseas.
• Gao Xian established a teleportation base, gathered nearly twenty thousand people, and ordered six divine generals to eliminate assigned demon groups by strict deadlines.
• Yuan Jingming and Yue Xiang complained that Gao Xian’s orders were designed to eliminate dissenters, and Yue Xiang asked Wan Lihui to join their resistance.

Zhu Qiniang defeated Wan Lihui, securing Gao Xian’s authority as his forces began clearing the Seventy-Two Caves of the Water Marsh. As Gao Xian discovered a way to feed accumulated Killing Intent into his Heavenly Baleful Blood-Dissolving Divine Blade, a mysterious man in red appeared before him.

• Wan Lihui challenged Zhu Qiniang after she blocked the three Divine Generals from seeing Gao Xian, but Zhu Qiniang defeated him in the sky and sent him back with a sword wound.
• Gao Xian praised Zhu Qiniang for establishing their prestige, and the six Divine Generals led three thousand Dao soldiers to clear their assigned targets.
• The six groups completed their first month’s objectives with roughly nine percent casualties, while Gao Xian hunted great demons and strengthened his Blood God Banner and Taixuan Divine Image.
• Gao Xian discovered that the Army-Breaking Treasure Talisman accumulated Killing Intent from the whole army and decided to transfer it into his Heavenly Baleful Blood-Dissolving Divine Blade.
• A mysterious man in red appeared before Gao Xian, who called him a dead freak and slashed at him with the Divine Blade.

Gao Xian discovered that a red-robed Evil Spirit was using illusions and killing intent to turn people against one another. After rescuing Qiniang and confronting the possessed Wan Lihui, Gao Xian knocked him unconscious with a single strike, while the Evil Spirit remained at large.

• Gao Xian nearly killed Qingqing with the Heavenly Baleful Blood-Dissolving Divine Blade before recognizing her through the Azure Splendor Spirit-Controlling Seal and stopping the strike.
• Gao Xian comforted Qingqing, learned she had followed a red-robed man into his room, and realized a powerful Evil Spirit had beguiled him.
• Gao Xian found Qiniang under demonic influence and used Celestial Pivot Lightning and Purple Firmament Thunder to dispel the evil qi.
• Gao Xian arrived too late to save Yuan Jingming, whom the possessed Wan Lihui killed with the Rising Sun Sword.
• Gao Xian redirected Wan Lihui's attack and struck him with the Golden Whip, knocking him unconscious as Zhou Qingyun and Yue Xiang watched in astonishment.

Gao Xian killed the red-robed Evil Spirit beneath the camp and used its spirit core to upgrade the Orthodox Yang Spear into the Pure Yang Spear. After he left the matter of Yuan Jingming’s death to the sect, White Sun True Lord accused him of deliberately allowing the killing and called for severe punishment.

• Gao Xian recorded that Wan Lihui had killed Yuan Jingming while possessed by an Evil Spirit, accepting responsibility for failing to control his subordinate.
• Gao Xian and his allies discovered scarlet weeds at the camp and traced their roots deep underground, where Dao soldiers were knocked unconscious by the Evil Spirit’s poisonous vapor.
• Gao Xian destroyed the red-robed Evil Spirit with the Heavenly Baleful Blood-Dissolving Divine Blade, severed its roots, and recovered a crimson spirit core.
• Gao Xian sent Wan Lihui and Yue Xiang back to the sect with the Rooster Divine General Register and left Yuan Jingming’s case to Sword Lord Mingyang.
• Gao Xian absorbed the spirit core’s power and upgraded the Orthodox Yang Spear into the Pure Yang Spear.
• White Sun True Lord accused Gao Xian of deliberately allowing Yuan Jingming’s death and demanded that he be severely punished.

At a meeting in Shaking Light Hall, the sect leaders debated Gao Xian’s responsibility for Yuan Jingming’s death and decided to send him to the dangerous Longevity Sword Grotto. Red Sun True Lord then urged White Sun True Lord to join a plot to kill Gao Xian after he returned from the Seventy-Two Caverns Water Region.

• White Sun True Lord blamed Gao Xian for Yuan Jingming’s death while arguing to protect Wan Lihui, and the hall leaders weighed Gao Xian’s responsibility.
• True Lord Zhengyang acknowledged Gao Xian’s mistake but praised his leadership, while Red Sun True Lord insisted that Gao Xian be punished.
• Golden Sun True Lord proposed sending Gao Xian to the Longevity Sword Grotto for its next opening, and Sword Lord Mingyang approved the decision despite Red Sun True Lord’s objections.
• Red Sun True Lord warned White Sun True Lord that Gao Xian could threaten them and their clans once he attained the Nascent Soul.
• Red Sun True Lord proposed killing Gao Xian after he returned from the Seventy-Two Caverns Water Region.

After sealing the record of Yue Xiang’s disastrous defeat, Gao Xian strengthened his divine arts and set out to hunt the Shadowless Spider Queen in the Black River Waters. He killed it with Mysterious Underworld Divine Light and collected its transparent bead, hoping it would improve his Taiji Profound Light Formless Heavenly Garment.

• Gao Xian sealed the report of Yue Xiang’s death and reflected on the difficult demons remaining in the Seventy-Two Caverns Waters.
• Gao Xian used his novel sales and reputation to accumulate Humanity Aura, then spent it to perfect the Flower Appraising Treasure Mirror and raise Mysterious Underworld Divine Light to the expert level.
• Gao Xian traveled to the Black River Waters and used the Flower Appraising Treasure Mirror to locate the hidden Shadowless Spider Queen beneath the battlefield.
• Gao Xian trapped the Shadowless Spider Queen with Mystic Yellow Divine Light and killed it with Mysterious Underworld Divine Light.
• Gao Xian collected the bead left by the Shadowless Spider Queen, hoping it would break through the limit of his Taiji Profound Light Formless Heavenly Garment.

Gao Xian used the Shadowless Spider Queen’s spirit core to transform his Taiji Profound Light Formless Heavenly Garment into the Taiji Mystic Light Formless Heavenly Robe, then hunted down the fourth-rank demons of the Seventy-Two Caverns of the Water Marsh. After the campaign ended and he reported its success to Wanfeng Sect, Golden Sun True Lord agreed to take him to meet the Founder.

• Gao Xian tested the Shadowless Spider Queen’s spirit core in the Heart-Image Divine Palace and transformed his secret art into the Taiji Mystic Light Formless Heavenly Robe.
• Gao Xian infiltrated the Black River and killed the merfolk queen, then slaughtered most of the elites at her stronghold.
• Gao Xian killed the White Tiger King, the Three-Eyed Rat King, and the River-Overturning Great Sage, while Qiniang and Qingqing fought alongside the Dao soldiers.
• The nine divine generals completed the cleanup by June of the following year, exterminating the merfolk and the threatening demon clans across the Seventy-Two Caverns of the Water Marsh.
• Gao Xian, Qingqing, and Qiniang reported the campaign’s success to Sword Lord Mingyang, then Gao Xian asked Golden Sun True Lord to take him to meet the Founder.

After pacifying the Spirit Vulture Seventy-Two Caves, Gao Xian received Dragon Marrow from Yue Wanfeng and was ordered to train in the dangerous Longevity Sword Grotto. He settled his affairs, arranged weapons for Qiniang and Qingqing, and began secluded cultivation, where one drop of Dragon Marrow advanced his Dragon Elephant Bright King Vajra Pestle to the proficient stage.

• Yue Wanfeng praised Gao Xian for pacifying the Spirit Vulture Seventy-Two Caves early, rewarded him with Dragon Marrow, and arranged for him to enter the Longevity Sword Grotto.
• Golden Sun True Lord explained that the Longevity Sword Grotto was a dangerous anchor point rich in metal qi, while Yue Shenxiu warned Gao Xian that the journey could keep them apart for decades.
• Gao Xian returned to Azure Cloud Cottage, inspected the Dragon Marrow, and later asked Yue Shenxiu about the grotto before planning to search for the Red Emperor Nine Yang Fire Sword.
• Gao Xian settled the army's accounts, persuaded Zhu Sheng to forge Qiniang's White Tiger Heavenly Baleful Sword, and searched for a suitable bonded sword for Qingqing.
• Gao Xian spent New Year's with Qiniang and Qingqing, then began secluded cultivation and used Dragon Marrow to advance the Dragon Elephant Bright King Vajra Pestle to the proficient stage.

Gao Xian’s Taiyuan Divine Image rescued Dongfang Liuyun and obtained the Nine Yang Seal, then agreed to help him avenge his family in exchange for the location of the paired sword. They set off to confront the Lin Family, whose late-stage Golden Core ancestor and defensive formations did not deter Gao Xian.

• Gao Xian’s Dragon Elephant Bright King Vajra Pestle advanced to the fourth-rank level, strengthening his body and restoring his lifespan to the Golden Core limit.
• Gao Xian found Dongfang Liuyun poisoned and wounded on White Deer Mountain and healed him with a spell.
• Dongfang Liuyun gave Gao Xian the Nine Yang Seal in repayment for saving his life.
• Dongfang Liuyun offered to reveal the paired sword’s location if Gao Xian killed the Lin Family, whom he blamed for destroying his family.
• After learning that the sword was in the Lin Family’s possession, Gao Xian agreed to uphold justice and carried Dongfang Liuyun toward their stronghold.

Gao Xian broke into Twinwood City, killed Lin Pingyang, and learned that the Nine Yang Sword had been sold to the Heavenly Treasure Tower. After declaring Dongfang Liuyun's vengeance fulfilled, Gao Xian was asked to take him as a disciple.

• Gao Xian brought Dongfang Liuyun to Twinwood City and cut through the inner city's formation with his sword intent.
• Gao Xian confronted Lin Pingyang, who activated the Sixfold Demon-Slaying Grand Formation and attacked him.
• Gao Xian escaped the formation's control and beheaded Lin Pingyang with a single stroke.
• Gao Xian killed four Lin Family Foundation Establishment experts and learned that the family had sold the Nine Yang Sword to the Heavenly Treasure Tower decades earlier.
• Gao Xian told Dongfang Liuyun that Lin Pingyang's death had fulfilled his vengeance, and Dongfang Liuyun knelt and asked to become his master.

Gao Xian traveled to Everjoy City to find the Red Emperor Nine Yang Fire Sword and discovered it for sale at the Heavenly Treasure Tower. After the tower’s staff tried to manipulate an auction against him, he killed them, took the sword, and escaped to Azure Cloud Cottage.

• Gao Xian left Dongfang Liuyun after killing the Lin Family old ancestor, while Dongfang Liuyun resolved to repay him someday.
• Gao Xian traveled to Everjoy City and gathered information before visiting the Heavenly Treasure Tower to inspect its high-rank fire-element swords.
• Gao Xian recognized the Nine Yang Sword as the Red Emperor Nine Yang Fire Sword and learned that the tower’s staff planned to inflate its price by staging a rival bid.
• Huang Yujun tried to outbid Gao Xian with help from the tower’s staff, but Gao Xian killed Huang Yujun and the shopkeeper with his sword.
• Gao Xian killed the middle-aged attendant, took the sword and the others’ possessions, cleaned the room, and returned to Azure Cloud Cottage as a Nascent Soul True Lord arrived.

Gao Xian refined the Red Emperor Nine Yang Fire Sword, cultivated the Crimson Sun Divine Light, and strengthened his body before visiting his dying master, Xuanhua. Xuanhua could not explain how to merge the five swords, but entrusted the sect’s future to Gao Xian and passed away as Gao Xian sat beside him.

• Gao Xian refined the Red Emperor Nine Yang Fire Sword and Nine Yang Seal over a year, cultivating the Crimson Sun Divine Light.
• Gao Xian considered how to merge his five divine swords and decided to seek Xuanhua’s advice.
• Gao Xian consumed four drops of dragon marrow and raised the Dragon Elephant Bright King Vajra Pestle to the proficient level.
• Gao Xian visited Xuanhua in White Maple City and showed him the Red Emperor Nine Yang Fire Sword.
• Xuanhua admitted he did not know how to merge the five swords, encouraged Gao Xian to advance his Great Five Elements Technique, and predicted he would carry on the sect’s legacy.
• Xuanhua’s life ended as Gao Xian sat with him, and Gao Xian closed his eyes and bid him a safe journey.

After Xuanhua died, Gao Xian buried his remains and advanced the Dragon Elephant Bright King Vajra Pestle to the master realm to prepare for guarding the Longevity Sword Grotto. Meanwhile, Yun Zaitian’s second Wind Tribulation turned unexpectedly deadly when a phantom attacked his yin spirit with the Six Desires Demonic Flame.

• Gao Xian found Xuanhua’s letter and the Heavenly River Star Ring, collected his belongings, and buried his teacher’s remains on a remote mountain.
• Gao Xian refined the Heavenly River Star Ring enough to control it, then spent months cultivating and advancing the Dragon Elephant Bright King Vajra Pestle.
• Gao Xian used Humanity Aura and twenty drops of Dragon Marrow to raise the Dragon Elephant Bright King Vajra Pestle to the master realm, strengthening his body and soul to fourth-rank level.
• Yun Zaitian began his second Wind Tribulation, but the yin wind grew fiercer than expected and a bluish-purple phantom descended upon his yin spirit.
• Yun Zaitian recognized that the yin wind had transformed into the Six Desires Demonic Flame and realized his tribulation had gone wrong.

Yun Zaitian’s failed tribulation left him dying, and True Lord Cold Moon, Wu Pokong, and Hongyang confronted him over Gao Xian. After Yun Zaitian sacrificed himself to secure Yun Qiushui’s escape, Cold Moon demanded the Divine Firmament Heavenly Blade and forced Yun Qiushui to choose between his life and the sword.

• Yun Zaitian gave Yun Qiushui the Divine Firmament Heavenly Blade and told him to flee overseas after his tribulation failed.
• True Lord Cold Moon, Wu Pokong, and Hongyang entered Xuanming Temple, with Shui Yujun revealed to have opened the formation for them.
• Cold Moon explained that a Heart Fire demonic seed from the Dao Lord’s tribulation had transformed Yun Zaitian’s Wind Tribulation.
• Yun Zaitian asked the three True Lords to spare Yun Qiushui, then released the demonic fire and died as his body dissolved into black smoke.
• Cold Moon stopped Yun Qiushui from leaving with the Divine Firmament Heavenly Blade and offered him the sword only if he left his life behind.

Yun Qiushui seized the Divine Firmament Heavenly Blade and escaped after Cold Moon True Lord and the others killed Yun Zaitian. Gravely wounded, he reached Gao Xian, passed the sword and Azure Cloud Sect’s legacy to Qingqing, and prepared to die after sharing a farewell verse.

• Cold Moon True Lord pressured Yun Qiushui to surrender the Divine Firmament Heavenly Blade, but he burned his sword core to claim the fifth-tier divine sword and flee.
• Wu Pokong and Red Sun True Lord pursued Yun Qiushui, who escaped to Wanfeng Sect and sought Gao Xian’s help.
• Yun Qiushui told Gao Xian that Cold Moon True Lord, Wu Pokong, and Red Sun True Lord had used the Six Desires Heartfire Demonic Seed to kill Yun Zaitian during his tribulation.
• Gao Xian offered Yun Qiushui Dragon Marrow, but Yun Qiushui refused it, saying his body and soul were beyond saving.
• Yun Qiushui gave the Divine Firmament Heavenly Blade to Qingqing and charged her with preserving Azure Cloud Sect’s legacy.
• Yun Qiushui recited a farewell verse to Gao Xian as he prepared to die.

Gao Xian vowed to avenge Yun Qiushui by killing Red Sun True Lord and challenged him to a duel to the death on the Sword Discussion Platform. As their battle was about to begin, Yue Wanfeng allowed it, hinting that Gao Xian might still win.

• Yun Qiushui gave Gao Xian an Eight Treasures Gourd of Peach Blossom Brew and asked him to scatter his ashes in the river.
• Gao Xian promised to avenge Yun Qiushui, changed into the White Emperor Universe Transformation Sword, and confronted Red Sun True Lord.
• Gao Xian challenged Red Sun True Lord to a fight to the death, and Red Sun accepted, hoping to kill Gao Xian and seize the divine sword.
• Gao Xian and Red Sun True Lord arrived at the Sword Discussion Platform, where a deacon announced their lawful contract and activated all twelve protective formations.
• Golden Sun True Lord urged Yue Wanfeng to stop the duel, but Yue Wanfeng let them proceed and said the winner was still uncertain.