Chapter Summaries

Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable escaped their captors, only to discover they were trapped in the Heavenly Sword Sect's Back Mountain beneath a powerful formation. They concealed their auras and fled through the mountains while their guards realized they were gone.

• Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable slipped away while the two people guarding them were distracted.
• Dugu Feng identified their location as the Heavenly Sword Sect's Back Mountain, where a powerful formation made escape difficult.
• Dugu Feng urged Poison Venerable to keep moving, and the two set off through the mountains.
• Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable concealed their auras with their treasures as they fled to avoid detection.
• The young man and rosy-cheeked young woman discovered the broken chains and realized their prisoners had escaped.

The Heavenly Sword Sect searched Back Mountain for Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable but could not find them before the Punishment Assembly began. With representatives and the other two sects demanding answers, the sect’s leaders faced the prospect of being blamed for the prisoners’ disappearance.

• A young man and a woman searched Back Mountain for Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable, fearing punishment if they could not find them.
• After three hours of searching, the young man decided to report the prisoners’ disappearance rather than risk a worse fate.
• The Heavenly Sword Sect mobilized and searched all of Back Mountain but still found no trace of the prisoners.
• The Punishment Assembly began as powerful experts waited and the other two sects pressed the Heavenly Sword Sect for answers.
• A subordinate asked the Sect Master what to do as the assembled guests awaited an explanation.

Li Xiaoyao urged the gathered cultivators to overthrow the Three Sects, but they hesitated because the Three Sects had Golden Immortal ninth-layer experts. Three more ninth-layer cultivators arrived and agreed to join the attack, only to learn that Li Xiaoyao’s entire plan was to charge straight in.

• A cultivator questioned how they could fight the Three Sects without a Golden Immortal ninth-layer expert on their side, making Li Xiaoyao hesitate.
• The Heavenly Demon Patriarch, Snow Emperor Ningshang, and Weldblade Patriarch arrived and offered to help attack the Three Sects.
• The powerful cultivators grew eager to fight after seeing the three ninth-layer experts join them.
• The man in the center asked Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi for their plan, having assumed they were Starry Sky prodigies with powerful backing.
• Li Xiaoyao said they should charge straight in, leaving the three newcomers dumbfounded.

Li Xiaoyao gathered powerful allies and led them toward the three sects while Ye Lin was intercepted by three women from the Supreme Immortal Sect. Ye Lin declined their invitation to visit the First Region for now.

• The Heavenly Demon Patriarch and two other ninth-layer Golden Immortals agreed to help Li Xiaoyao attack the three sects for a share of their treasures.
• Li Xiaoyao reasoned that Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable had escaped and that the delayed Punishment Assembly left the three sects vulnerable.
• Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi led their growing force of cultivators toward the three sects, attracting experts seeking profit.
• Three women from the Supreme Immortal Sect of the First Region invited Ye Lin to visit their sect.
• Ye Lin said he would visit the First Region someday but refused to go now.

Ye Lin fought three women who had come to invite him on their master's orders, but their golden scroll revealed the power of a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal. The scroll's attack sealed time and space around Ye Lin, leaving him unable to move as a golden hand reached for him.

• A woman told Ye Lin that she and her two sisters had come to invite him on their master's orders, and Ye Lin drew the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor.
• The three women vanished, but Ye Lin detected them and struck them with his sword and Karmic Fire Red Lotus, sending them flying and trapping them in its flames.
• The Karmic Fire Red Lotus began to shatter, and the three women revealed a golden scroll that they addressed as the Emperor Lord's decree.
• The decree released the power of a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, sealed time and space around Ye Lin, and sent a rune-covered golden hand reaching toward him.

Ye Lin destroyed the Supreme Immortal Sect’s decree with the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword and killed the three women sent against him. He left vowing to remember the debt and take revenge once he reached the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm, while the decree’s sender acknowledged his survival.

• Ye Lin drew the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword and shattered the golden hand released by the Imperial Lord’s decree.
• The three women tried to flee, but Ye Lin’s sword light destroyed their bodies and souls.
• Ye Lin realized the sword strike had drained the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword and vowed to remember the Supreme Immortal Sect’s attack.
• Ye Lin left, planning to destroy the Supreme Immortal Sect after reaching the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• In an unfamiliar place, the decree’s sender remarked that Ye Lin had broken the decree and that their conflict would continue.

Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi led a host of powerful cultivators to attack the Three Sects after the sects delayed their punishment assembly. The assault began with Li Xiaoyao smashing into the Heavenly Sword Sect’s square.

• The Human Ancestor Hall’s members discussed rule-breaking and decided to let the matter temper the boy rather than start a great war.
• Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi arrived at the Three Sects with a vast force, prompting the onlookers to clear the way.
• Li Xiaoyao called on the cultivators to destroy the Three Sects and charged forward with his Wind Thunder Twin Hammers.
• Gu Qingzhi followed Li Xiaoyao, and the assembled cultivators charged after them.
• The Three Sects’ disciples ordered the attackers to stop, but Li Xiaoyao smashed his hammer into the square and sent them flying.

The Heavenly Demon Patriarch, Snow Emperor Ningshang, and Weldblade Patriarch led an attack that devastated the Heavenly Sword Sect plaza, while disciples from the allied sects joined the fight. After the legendary experts revealed themselves, observers received orders and reinforcements began arriving, turning the battle into a broader assault.

• The attackers reduced the Heavenly Sword Sect plaza to rubble as disciples from the other two sects joined the battle.
• A ninth-level Golden Immortal from the Heavenly Sword Sect appeared and launched a giant hand attack.
• The Heavenly Demon Patriarch shattered the attack and mocked the Heavenly Sword Sect's elder over the sects' past deeds.
• The Heavenly Demon Patriarch, Snow Emperor Ningshang, and Weldblade Patriarch rose into the air, stunning the watching experts.
• The observers received orders and reinforcements were called, then they charged toward the Heavenly Sword Sect.

The three sects came under a massive assault from forces across the Beginningless Great World, and Heavenly Sword Sect prepared to flee once its remaining crucial resources were transferred. The chapter ended as its Sect Protection Array rose and the attackers began gathering to destroy it.

• Experts from across the Beginningless Great World united to attack the three sects, believing their power had waned.
• Heavenly Sword Sect's leaders rejected recalling their forces from the Starry Sky, keeping it as a route of retreat.
• The Heavenly Sword Sect Sect Master ordered the Sect Protection Array activated, the sleeping ancestors awakened, and the rear transfer sped up.
• The Sect Protection Array formed a golden barrier topped by a Long Sword, and the attackers launched an assault to break it.

The Heavenly Sword Sect activated its Sect Protection Array as the Heavenly Demon Patriarch and two other ninth-layer Golden Immortals battered it from outside. Inside the sect, Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi searched for Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable, while Dugu Feng mistook the fighting for a possible rescue.

• The Heavenly Demon Patriarch and two other experts attacked the Sect Protection Array, causing cracks to appear in it.
• Li Xiaoyao told the experts inside the array to find and kill the disciples maintaining it.
• Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi headed toward the forbidden grounds to find Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable.
• Dugu Feng heard the energy waves outside and hoped that reinforcements had come to save them, while Poison Venerable looked at him with disdain.

Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable tried to escape the Heavenly Sword Sect amid an invasion, while Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi searched the Back Mountain for Dugu Feng. Gu Qingzhi found him and offered to save him, but Dugu Feng mistook her for a threat and fled.

• Dugu Feng argued that the Heavenly Sword Sect's activated Sect Protection Array meant the sect was under attack and urged Poison Venerable to escape amid the chaos.
• Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable left their hiding place and raced through the Back Mountain.
• Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi searched the Back Mountain while concealing their auras, sensing danger nearby.
• Dugu Feng encountered Gu Qingzhi, questioned why she was there, and stayed wary when she said she had come to save him.
• Dugu Feng sensed Gu Qingzhi's strength and ran from her, believing she was a seventh-level Golden Immortal he could not defeat.

Li Xiaoyao caught Dugu Feng, who recognized him and revealed that his memories had returned. The group reunited with Poison Venerable, while Dugu Feng met Gu Qingzhi and introduced himself.

• Li Xiaoyao grabbed Dugu Feng as he tried to flee, then set him down when Dugu Feng recognized him.
• Dugu Feng apologized for his earlier behavior, and Li Xiaoyao said he had forgotten about it.
• Li Xiaoyao asked where Poison Venerable was, and Dugu Feng said he was nearby and would send him the location.
• Dugu Feng introduced himself to Gu Qingzhi, but she did not take his offered hand.
• Poison Venerable emerged from the grass and smiled when he saw Dugu Feng and Li Xiaoyao.

Li Xiaoyao reunited with Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable, but three Ninth Layer Golden Immortals appeared to stop them from leaving. Li Xiaoyao charged at the attackers with Gu Qingzhi following, while Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable stayed back.

• Poison Venerable greeted Li Xiaoyao, and Dugu Feng agreed that the group should leave.
• A Ninth Layer Golden Immortal appeared and confronted them, prompting Li Xiaoyao to summon the Wind Thunder Twin Hammers.
• Two more Ninth Layer Golden Immortals arrived, and Li Xiaoyao admitted that he could not defeat all three.
• Li Xiaoyao told Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable to hide, then charged the attackers with Gu Qingzhi following him.
• The old man unleashed pressure on Li Xiaoyao, but Li Xiaoyao pushed through and continued forward.

Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi fought three ninth-level Golden Immortal experts but were defeated and left badly injured. As one of the old men moved to kill them, a golden sword shattered his attack and appeared before Li Xiaoyao, leaving its wielder unknown.

• Li Xiaoyao attacked an old man with the Wind Thunder Twin Hammers, but the old man effortlessly deflected them and countered with palm strikes.
• Gu Qingzhi fought two opponents while Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable hid below and endured the battle’s destructive shockwaves.
• Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi were sent crashing into the mountains, bloodied and unable to continue fighting the three ninth-level Golden Immortal experts.
• The old men acknowledged Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi’s strength, then one of them prepared to kill them.
• A golden streak shattered the Heavenly Sword Sect’s Sect Protection Array and cleaved apart the old man’s golden handprint, leaving a golden long sword before Li Xiaoyao.

Ye Lin arrived at the Heavenly Sword Sect and shattered its Sect Protection Array with the Emperor Sword, stunning the experts gathered outside. After Li Xiaoyao and the others escaped, Ye Lin challenged the three elders to block one sword and began forming Karmic Fire Red Lotus.

• Ye Lin's golden Long Sword shattered the Heavenly Sword Sect's Sect Protection Array and broke an elder's attack.
• Ye Lin arrived above the sect and called the Long Sword, which he named the Emperor Sword, into his grasp.
• Ye Lin told the three elders he had come for his friends and offered to settle the matter with one sword.
• Li Xiaoyao pulled the wounded Gu Qingzhi away, while Dugu Feng and the Poison Venerable quietly retreated.
• Ye Lin began using Karmic Fire Red Lotus, gathering destructive power and forming a crimson lotus.

Ye Lin destroyed the Heavenly Sword Sect with a single strike of the Karmic Fire Red Lotus, leaving its vast territory in ruins and every sect member dead. After checking the recovered memories and status panels of Poison Venerable and Dugu Feng, he noticed several lights among the ruins that might belong to treasures.

• Ye Lin unleashed the Karmic Fire Red Lotus, which overwhelmed the three elders’ attacks and expanded to cover the Heavenly Sword Sect.
• The lotus’s blast reduced the entire sect and its members to nothing, horrifying the witnesses who watched Ye Lin put away the Emperor Sword.
• Ye Lin asked Li Xiaoyao if he was all right, and Li Xiaoyao said he was fine and introduced Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable, whose memories had returned.
• Ye Lin checked Poison Venerable’s and Dugu Feng’s status panels and welcomed them back, while both men reacted with awe and unease at his power.
• Ye Lin spotted several gleams among the ruins and suspected that objects able to withstand his sword strike were treasures.

Ye Lin collected four treasures from the ruins of the Heavenly Sword Sect and took his injured companions toward the Starry Sky, expecting three major secret realms to open soon. After he left, the other experts recovered from their shock and set their sights on the two surviving sects.

• Ye Lin collected a sparkling crystal, a medicinal herb, a Little Tower, and a jade box containing a pill, storing all four in his Spatial Ring.
• Ye Lin told his companions to follow him to the Starry Sky, where he expected three large secret realms to open soon.
• Wang Tian gave medicinal pills to the badly injured Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi, and Ye Lin led the group away.
• After Ye Lin left, the experts and the Heavenly Demon Patriarch and his companions reacted in shock to his destruction of the Heavenly Sword Sect.
• The three decided to seek gains from the two sects that remained.

As Dugu Feng pressed Li Xiaoyao for an explanation of the group’s newfound strength, Ye Lin checked Gu Qingzhi’s fate and learned she would die in the Azure Dragon Secret Realm. He warned her of the danger and told her to stay with him as they hurried toward the realm.

• Dugu Feng offered Li Xiaoyao a Soul-Suppressing Stone in exchange for an explanation, and Li Xiaoyao began recounting what had happened while Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable listened.
• Ye Lin examined Gu Qingzhi’s fate and saw that she would be killed by twenty prodigies of the Eight Ancient Clans while trying to collect an ancient dragon soul in the Azure Dragon Secret Realm.
• Ye Lin wondered how Gu Qingzhi’s earlier fate of being killed by an expert on the Hundred Heroes Ranking fit with what he had learned about the ancient prodigies, then set the question aside.
• Ye Lin told Gu Qingzhi that she would face a deadly tribulation in three days and asked her to stay with him; Gu Qingzhi agreed.
• Ye Lin and the others continued toward the Azure Dragon Secret Realm, aiming to reach it before it opened in two days.

Ye Lin and his group reached the secret realm, where the prodigies of the Eight Ancient Clans had gathered. As the realm began to open and pour out Immortal Qi, everyone turned their attention to what lay within.

• Ye Lin and his group arrived at the secret realm after traveling for two days and found the younger generations of many races assembled there.
• Wang Sheng greeted Ye Lin and identified the gathered prodigies as the true foundation of the Eight Ancient Clans.
• The gathered cultivators recognized Ye Lin for sweeping through the Hundred Heroes Ranking and discussed avoiding a clash with him.
• The secret realm erupted with a thunderous boom, and a massive vortex formed above it as dense Immortal Qi poured out.

The secret realm opened as the gathered prodigies confronted the three great clans. Ye Lin ignored the standoff and entered first with his companions, leaving the other prodigies angry and suspicious.

• The secret realm's rumbling subsided, revealing a glowing gate with an azure vortex entrance.
• The gathered prodigies threatened the three great clans, whose prodigies vanished into the darkness without easing the crowd's suspicions.
• Ye Lin stepped toward the gate, followed by Li Xiaoyao and the others.
• Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable hesitated at Ye Lin's bold move, then followed the group into the secret realm.
• The remaining prodigies criticized Ye Lin for entering first and vowed to challenge him inside.