Chapter Summaries

Su Han freed Bi Yao from a rune-covered barrier by matching the altar grooves to the sword marks on a stone coffin. They fled into a chamber of rune-carved pillars and a floating mechanism, where the pursuing Monster King stopped short of attacking.

• Bi Yao warned Su Han that the barrier’s runes were draining her spiritual power as they spread across her body.
• Su Han threw a crystal at the barrier, but the impact only made the runes writhe and spread further.
• Bi Yao recalled the stone coffin’s relief carving and pointed out grooves at the altar’s edge that matched the skeleton warrior’s sword marks.
• Su Han fitted a piece of rubble into a groove, breaking the barrier and catching Bi Yao as she staggered free.
• Bi Yao followed the Compass toward an amber-lit fissure while the Monster King smashed through the cave wall behind them.
• Su Han and Bi Yao entered a circular chamber with twelve rune-carved pillars and a floating mechanism, where the Monster King did not attack immediately.

Su Han and Bi Yao searched for a way to escape while the Monster King blocked the fissure and threatened them. They discovered clues linking the stone pillars’ runes to the mechanical device, but the Monster King’s attack forced them to hurry.

• The Monster King blocked the fissure’s exit but hesitated to attack, glancing fearfully at the floating mechanical device.
• Bi Yao noticed that her sword had changed, and Su Han urged her to focus on the mechanical device as a possible way out.
• Bi Yao recognized a glowing pillar rune as resembling a pattern on the Stone Coffin, but an invisible force threw her back when she tried to touch it.
• The Monster King slammed its claw into the ground, shaking the space and sending stones falling from above.
• Su Han spotted tiny grooves in the ground arranged in a way that seemed connected to the pillar runes.

Su Han and Bi Yao discovered that a glowing mural rune and the rusty sword were connected to the chamber’s mechanisms. Activating the rune wounded the Monster King and opened a spike-filled pit, where a powerful force began to stir as the chamber shook.

• Su Han studied the grooves in the floor while Bi Yao listened to the runes’ vibrations, and the Monster King smashed through a wall to reveal murals of giants and winged monsters.
• Su Han spotted a weapon on a mural that resembled Bi Yao’s rusty sword, and Bi Yao’s sword pointed toward a glowing rune as the Monster King guarded it.
• Su Han distracted the Monster King while Bi Yao pressed her sword to the rune, lighting all twelve pillars and badly injuring the monster.
• The chamber’s mechanical device roared and rose to reveal a spike-filled pit, while patterns on Bi Yao’s sword spread up her arm.
• Su Han stood protectively in front of Bi Yao as the force inside the pit grew stronger and the pillars’ runes flashed faster.

Su Han and Bi Yao discovered that their actions had unsealed a gigantic sword and awakened a Chaos Entity. As the Monster King broke free from its cocoon, Su Han found a metal plate bearing the other half of the star chart that might help them reverse the seal.

• Bi Yao’s rusty sword reacted as the runes reversed, and Su Han realized the Monster King was absorbing energy and healing.
• Bi Yao recognized that the runes were a seal and that they had activated a key to unseal it; her sword flew into the pit, releasing a gigantic black sword.
• The twelve stone pillars collapsed, and Bi Yao identified the ancient characters as Annihilation Incantations used to suppress a Chaos Entity.
• Su Han struck a groove to reveal a star chart, and Bi Yao pressed a crack in a pillar as they tried to reverse the seal.
• The gigantic sword attacked with purple lightning, and Su Han found a metal plate bearing the other half of the star chart as the Monster King broke free from its cocoon.

Su Han and Bi Yao defeated the Monster King and strengthened the Star Chart Seal, but the seal weakened without the final fragment. An Armored Man delivered the fragment to the giant sword, unleashing darkness as he warned that Chaos was about to awaken.

• Su Han completed the totem with his blood while Bi Yao bound the giant sword with her rusty sword, and the Star Chart Seal drove off the Monster King.
• Bi Yao's sword entered her body and formed a new seal, but the giant sword continued striking the weakening Star Chart Seal.
• An Armored Man emerged with the final Star Chart Fragment, threw it toward the giant sword, and called Su Han and Bi Yao sacrifices.
• The giant sword unleashed darkness as the deep pit's power surged, and the Armored Man said he had failed to stop it three thousand years ago.
• Su Han instinctively grabbed Bi Yao's hand in the darkness.

Su Han and Bi Yao discovered that gathering the Star Chart Fragments would unseal the Lord of Chaos, and they fought the Chaos-corrupted Mechanical Guards as the seal began to break. Su Han was left wounded after shielding Bi Yao from a bone spike.

• The Armored Man's warning was drowned out as the cave shook and the cracking Star Chart Seal released Black Mist.
• Bi Yao read the Star Chart Guardian's final words and realized the fragments would unleash stronger Chaos Power rather than seal it.
• Bi Yao identified the approaching Mechanical Guards and said they had to destroy their central hub and cores to stop the seal from shattering.
• Su Han and Bi Yao fought the regenerating guards, with Su Han attacking their joints and Bi Yao cutting off their limbs.
• Su Han blocked a metal bone spike aimed at Bi Yao and was pierced through the left shoulder.

Bi Yao and Su Han faced the Armored Man and the newly emerged Lord of Chaos inside the cave. Their attacks could not harm the monster, but Su Han spotted a faintly glowing sphere at its center that might be its core.

• Su Han took medicine to ease his pain while he and Bi Yao prepared to confront the Armored Man.
• The Armored Man attacked Bi Yao and Su Han with dark purple lightning, then summoned a monster from the great sword and called it the true power of chaos.
• Bi Yao and Su Han charged the Lord of Chaos, but their weapons passed through its shifting body without causing damage.
• Bi Yao said they needed to find the monster's core, and Su Han spotted a faintly glowing sphere at its center.

Su Han and Bi Yao broke through the Armored Man’s barrier and struck the Lord of Chaos’s core, but a surge of dark energy engulfed them and the cave. Bi Yao found the wounded Su Han in the darkness as the great sword fell toward the abyss and the eyes below glowed again.

• Bi Yao charged toward the Lord of Chaos’s core while Su Han cut away the tentacles in her path.
• The Armored Man blocked Bi Yao with the Star Chart Fragment, but Su Han noticed a weakness in the gap in his chest armor.
• Su Han stabbed the gap, cracking the barrier, and Bi Yao shattered it with her Light Sword.
• Bi Yao drove her Light Sword into the core, causing the Lord of Chaos to collapse as dark energy engulfed Su Han and Bi Yao.
• The great sword descended toward the abyss, where the pitch-black eyes lit up again, while Bi Yao found Su Han alive in the darkness.

Bi Yao freed Su Han from an illusion and tried to reach the giant sword before it fell into the abyss, but the Armored Man blocked their way with Black Mist and summoned Vengeful Soul Puppets. The pair prepared to fight together as the sword continued sinking.

• The Armored Man warned Bi Yao and Su Han that the giant sword would open the true seal and awaken an ancient horror.
• Bi Yao broke free from an illusion of past events and helped Su Han escape it by holding his hand.
• Bi Yao pointed out that the sinking giant sword was the true key, and she and Su Han charged toward it.
• The Armored Man blocked their path with Black Mist and summoned the Lord of Chaos's Vengeful Soul Puppets.
• Bi Yao joined her dark-gold power with Su Han's and shielded his heart as they prepared to fight together.

Bi Yao and Su Han fought the Vengeful Soul Puppets and tried to stop the Armored Man from controlling them with the Star Chart Fragment. As the battle worsened and the giant sword descended faster, Bi Yao began drawing on her Mysterious Dark Gold Power and sensed it changing.

• Bi Yao and Su Han fought off the Vengeful Soul Puppets, but the puppets repeatedly reformed and overwhelmed them with coordinated attacks.
• Bi Yao realized the Armored Man was using the Star Chart Fragment to control the puppets and told Su Han to target it.
• Su Han’s ice-blue attack failed to penetrate the black mist shielding the Star Chart Fragment while Bi Yao charged through the puppets.
• Bi Yao told Su Han to freeze the black mist, then used the slowed puppets’ movements to attack the Armored Man’s barrier, which held firm.
• The puppets resumed their assault as Su Han’s Ice Power dwindled, and Bi Yao focused on her Mysterious Dark Gold Power until she sensed a change within it.

Bi Yao unleashed a powerful golden attack that drove off the Armored Man, but the cave began collapsing and the giant sword started slipping into the abyss. As Bi Yao and Su Han struggled to save it, they discovered that Su Han’s Ice Power could awaken a force within the sword, while the Armored Man attacked to stop them.

• Bi Yao’s golden pillar shattered the Armored Man’s barrier and cracked his Star Chart Fragment, forcing him to retreat and leaving the Vengeful Soul Puppets vulnerable.
• Bi Yao and Su Han defeated the remaining puppets, then rushed to the giant sword as the cave collapsed and pulled on its hilt together.
• The Armored Man returned and attacked the sword, so Bi Yao fought him while Su Han tried to hold the sword alone.
• Bi Yao recalled details from the illusion as Su Han sensed the sword resisting the abyss and merged his Ice Power into it.
• The giant sword began glowing with icy blue light, and the Armored Man charged at Su Han; Bi Yao joined him to fight back.

Bi Yao and Su Han fought the Armored Man by freezing the black mist and exposing the Star Chart Fragment’s hold over him. As a dragon phantom awakened within Su Han’s greatsword, Bi Yao recognized the weapon from her vision and realized the woman who wielded it had been another version of herself.

• Bi Yao urged Su Han to freeze the black mist, and he turned it into falling black ice crystals with his greatsword.
• The Armored Man summoned three black-mist wolves, but Bi Yao spotted Manjusaka-like markings on his neck and said the Star Chart Fragment was controlling him.
• Su Han drove an ice cone into the abyss as Bi Yao struck the Armored Man, cracking the fragment and revealing Soul Devouring Vines that ensnared her.
• Su Han awakened the greatsword’s sleeping power, summoning a dragon phantom whose Ice Breath froze the vines and destabilized the Armored Man.
• Bi Yao remembered that the woman in her vision had carried Su Han’s greatsword and recognized her face as another version of herself.

Bi Yao and Su Han attacked the Star Chart Fragment after discovering it was the core of the Armored Man’s power, but a vast face of black mist emerged and revealed that a greater threat remained. The face swallowed the Armored Man and turned toward Bi Yao and Su Han, who prepared to face it.

• Bi Yao wondered about the woman in white who looked exactly like her and the connection between the woman, the great sword, and herself.
• The Armored Man renewed his attack as Su Han struggled against the black mist and Bi Yao tried to free herself from the Soul Devouring Vine.
• Bi Yao used her Golden Power against the vine and told Su Han to attack the Star Chart Fragment, which she identified as the core of the Armored Man’s power.
• Su Han struck the Star Chart Fragment with the dragon phantom’s icy attack, causing it to crack and making the Armored Man’s body turn transparent.
• A face formed from the black mist, claimed the fragment was only a small part of its power, swallowed the Armored Man, and turned toward Bi Yao and Su Han.

Bi Yao and Su Han combined their powers through the greatsword to destroy the black mist face after Bi Yao learned that it was a puppet and the sword was an ancient Divine Artifact. As a greater power stirred in the abyss, they prepared for the true challenge despite being exhausted.

• Bi Yao and Su Han fought off the black mist face's tentacles as their strength began to fail.
• Bi Yao connected with the white-robed woman, who revealed the greatsword's and Star Chart Fragment's significance and urged her to combine her power with Su Han's.
• Bi Yao asked Su Han to pour their power into the greatsword, and he trusted her and joined in.
• Their combined power transformed the greatsword and shattered the black mist face until it dissipated.
• A more powerful presence awakened in the abyss, and a roar interrupted Su Han as he tried to question Bi Yao.

Bi Yao and Su Han fought the Ancient Fierce Beast Shi Yuan, whose scales resisted their attacks and whose strikes badly injured Su Han. Bi Yao discovered that a crystal inside Shi Yuan’s heart was its fatal weakness, and the two prepared to launch a final attack.

• Bi Yao recognized the monster as Shi Yuan and warned Su Han to fight carefully.
• Bi Yao and Su Han attacked Shi Yuan, but their strikes barely damaged its tough scales.
• Bi Yao spotted thinner scales on Shi Yuan’s abdomen, but Shi Yuan struck Su Han with its tail before he could attack.
• Bi Yao shielded the injured Su Han from Shi Yuan’s Black Mist with a golden barrier.
• Bi Yao drew strength and information from the glowing greatsword and learned that destroying the evil crystal in Shi Yuan’s heart would defeat it.
• Bi Yao told Su Han about the crystal, and the two prepared to attack Shi Yuan again.

Bi Yao and Su Han fought Shi Yuan, and Bi Yao used a newly awakened power to wound the beast but failed to pierce its heart. The two battered fighters were left with almost no spiritual power, yet remained determined to keep fighting.

• Bi Yao and Su Han combined fire and ice defenses to hold back Shi Yuan’s corrosive mist, then dodged its attack as it gouged ravines into the ground.
• Bi Yao bound Shi Yuan’s claw with golden flames, but the beast threw her into a mountain while Su Han failed to damage its scales.
• After crashing into the mountain, Bi Yao drew on the power within her body, gained golden flame wings, and hurled a spear into Shi Yuan’s chest.
• Shi Yuan wounded Bi Yao and knocked Su Han away after he struck its chest wound, leaving both fighters badly hurt and nearly out of spiritual power.
• Bi Yao and Su Han exchanged a determined look as they prepared to continue fighting Shi Yuan.

Bi Yao and Su Han struggled against Shi Yuan while badly wounded, trying to discover and exploit its weakness. The chapter ended with Bi Yao’s flaming battle-axe grazing Shi Yuan’s head, while its chest wound remained their possible target.

• Bi Yao and Su Han gathered their remaining strength and attacked Shi Yuan together, but its black barrier stopped their blows.
• Shi Yuan swept at them with its tail and fired black spikes, forcing Bi Yao and Su Han to defend themselves back to back.
• Su Han called for them to find Shi Yuan’s weakness, and Bi Yao identified the wound on its chest as a possible target.
• Bi Yao and Su Han charged Shi Yuan from the air and ground, but it knocked Bi Yao back and forced Su Han to block its claws.
• Bi Yao formed a giant flaming battle-axe and struck at Shi Yuan’s head, but it dodged, leaving only a shallow wound on its scales.

Bi Yao and Su Han, nearly exhausted, drew on a mysterious power and renewed their fight against Shi Yuan. Their attacks weakened the beast’s assault, but Shi Yuan countered fiercely, and the battle remained unresolved.

• Shi Yuan cornered Bi Yao and Su Han, who stood together and refused to give up despite their depleted strength.
• A steady, powerful force flowed from Bi Yao’s giant sword, while Su Han sensed the same change and strengthened his sword with spiritual power.
• Bi Yao summoned a Flame Dragon and Su Han unleashed stronger Ice-Blue Sword Light as Shi Yuan attacked with Black Hurricanes.
• Bi Yao and Su Han broke through the hurricanes and dodged Shi Yuan’s destructive black beam.
• Bi Yao sent her Flame Dragon at Shi Yuan, and Su Han struck its tail, wounding it and provoking it to spit Black Poison Mist at him.

Bi Yao and Su Han joined forces to trap Shi Yuan in a Flame Vortex, but the beast continued to struggle while both fighters were gravely wounded and exhausted. As Bi Yao tried to invoke the Cold Jade Art, her hand froze and the vortex began to weaken.

• Bi Yao pierced Shi Yuan's chest with a Flame Battle Halberd, but Shi Yuan struck her with its tail and sent her crashing to the ground.
• Su Han drew Shi Yuan's attention with repeated Ice-Blue Sword Light attacks, then blocked its black pillar of light with his great sword.
• Bi Yao formed a Flame Vortex, and Su Han wounded Shi Yuan's back to give her time to trap the beast inside it.
• Shi Yuan struggled within the vortex as Bi Yao and Su Han watched, both badly injured and near their limits.
• Bi Yao tried to cast the Cold Jade Art, but her fingers froze as the burning pain in her dantian weakened the Crimson Flame Vortex.

Su Han and Bi Yao escaped Shi Yuan’s attack by plunging into an underground river, where they discovered an ancient seal tied to Bi Yao’s jade pendant. As Shi Yuan smashed through the seal behind them, Bi Yao opened a passage, and Su Han carried her into it.

• Bi Yao activated the Flame Spirit Binding Array while Su Han attacked Shi Yuan, but the monster broke free of his ice prison and wounded him.
• Su Han grabbed the unconscious Bi Yao and escaped into the Cold Pond as the mountain collapsed, then used a medicine pouch to divert Shi Yuan before fleeing through an underground river.
• Su Han found a dragon skeleton surrounding the Nine Abyss Demon Suppressing Pillar and realized the missing piece of its formation matched Bi Yao’s jade pendant.
• Bi Yao awoke and warned Su Han that the seal carried a Soul Devouring Curse, then traced its patterns and opened a passage as Shi Yuan smashed into the underground seal.
• Su Han carried Bi Yao into the passage while rocks collapsed behind them.