Chapter Summaries

Three elders in the Human Ancestor Hall discovered that the Human Emperor Sword had mobilized the Human Race’s fortune and acknowledged a master. They decided to let its chosen wielder grow on his own, leaving his identity and future unstated.

• The three elders sensed that someone was mobilizing the Human Race’s fortune, but found the Kongtong Seal unchanged and all three of them present.
• The left elder realized that the Human Emperor Sword was mobilizing the Human Race’s fortune, and the right elder suggested retrieving it.
• The central elder revealed that the Human Emperor Sword had acknowledged a master, surprising the other two elders.
• The other elders divined and confirmed that the Human Emperor Sword had indeed chosen a master.
• The elders agreed not to bring the wielder back or interfere, deciding to let him grow on his own.

Ye Lin used the Human Emperor Sword to cleanse the Mother-Child Gu’s resentment and Killing Intent, allowing the mother and child to reincarnate safely. Heavenly Dao merit then arrived at the Immortal World fragment and appeared before Ye Lin, leaving Xu Feng and Zhang Wusheng amazed that resolving the Gu had earned him such a reward.

• Ye Lin realized the Human Emperor Sword had cleansed the mother and child rather than killed them, and he put the sword away.
• A seven-colored cloud of Heavenly Dao merit appeared in the Third Region, drawing the attention of countless powerhouses before entering the Immortal World fragment.
• The Heavenly Dao merit passed through the fragment and entered the passageway near San Zang.
• Xu Feng complained that Ye Lin had let him take a beating before using his trump card, while Gu Qingzhi watched Ye Lin with growing curiosity.
• The seven-colored cloud appeared before Ye Lin, and Xu Feng and Zhang Wusheng recognized it as Heavenly Dao merit.

After the Human Emperor Sword defeated the Mother-Child Gu, Ye Lin received Heavenly Dao merit and chose to give it to the sword rather than use it for himself. With the Divine Gu Sect settled and his gains secured, he prepared to leave with the others.

• The group regretted missing the chance to earn Heavenly Dao merit, while Ye Lin was surprised that defeating the Mother-Child Gu had granted it.
• Ye Lin decided not to use the merit to raise his cultivation and gave it all to the Human Emperor Sword.
• Xu Feng challenged Ye Lin’s choice, but Ye Lin said that making his sword stronger would make him stronger too.
• Ye Lin told the others to leave the Divine Gu Sect, reflecting on the three valuable things he had gained there.

After leaving the dangerous passage, Zhang Wusheng confronted San Zang for abandoning the group, but San Zang pointed out that he had warned them about the Mother-Child Gu. Wang Tian diagnosed Shuang'er’s Primordial Spirit damage and revived her with a pill, earning Wang Xiaoyun’s gratitude.

• Xu Feng and Zhang Wusheng agreed to leave the Divine Gu Sect and search for Soul-Ending Grass after consulting Wang Tian.
• Zhang Wusheng challenged San Zang in the main hall for leaving them behind, and San Zang reminded him that he had warned them of the danger.
• Wang Xiaoyun asked Wang Tian to examine the unconscious Shuang'er, and Wang Tian diagnosed damage to her Primordial Spirit.
• Wang Tian gave Wang Xiaoyun a Three-Turn Soul-Returning Pill, and Shuang'er awoke after taking it.
• Wang Xiaoyun promised Wang Tian his help in the future, and Wang Tian waved off the offer.

After the group left the ruined hall, a mysterious masked figure revealed its interest in Ye Lin and the Human Emperor Sword. Wang Tian realized that the ancient tree was the Soul-Ending Grass, and the group set off to test his theory.

• Gu Qingzhi led the group out of the Divine Gu Sect’s main hall, where a black-robed figure in a golden mask appeared and commented on the Human Emperor Sword and the Mother-Child Gu.
• Ye Lin sensed that someone was watching him, but he found nothing when he looked back at the ruined hall.
• Wang Tian continued searching for the Soul-Ending Grass but could not locate its source amid its pervasive scent.
• Shangguan Wanyu suggested asking the ancient tree about the grass, prompting Wang Tian to realize that the tree itself was the Soul-Ending Grass.
• Wang Tian announced his discovery, and the group prepared to test whether the ancient tree was the Soul-Ending Grass.

Wang Tianyi discovered that the ancient tree was Soul-Ending Grass and began harvesting it for its valuable medicinal properties. The tree admitted what it was and begged him to spare its roots and its life.

• Wang Tianyi and the group reached the ancient tree, which cheerfully asked whether they had found treasures in the Divine Gu Sect.
• Wang Tianyi scraped bark from the tree and used a vial to confirm that it was Soul-Ending Grass.
• Wang Tianyi considered the grass’s uses in poison pills and powders, then summoned the Nine Provinces Cauldron and smashed the ground to expose the tree’s roots.
• The ancient tree admitted it was Soul-Ending Grass and pleaded with Wang Tianyi to take its bark and trunk while sparing its roots and life.

Wang Tianyi stopped cutting down the sentient Soul-Ending Grass after it threatened to release deadly poison, then agreed to spare its roots and take the rest. The group left with the ancient tree stored in Wang Tianyi’s Spatial Ring, while the surviving roots remained to continue their path to transformation.

• The ancient tree threatened to release poison if Wang Tianyi tried to destroy it completely, so Wang Tianyi and the others stopped.
• Wang Tianyi agreed to leave the roots intact and take everything above them.
• Wang Tianyi used the Nine Provinces Cauldron to smash the ancient tree down and stored it in his Spatial Ring.
• Zhang Wusheng led the group away after they found nothing else valuable.
• The remaining roots lamented their loss but accepted that they could not seek revenge against the powerful group.

The group returned to a ruined world and discovered an unfamiliar aura left by something other than Golden Immortals. Ye Lin identified it as the Eerie and warned Gu Qingzhi that they had never been fully exterminated, leaving the group facing the possibility that the ancient menace remained active.

• The group emerged from the passage and found the once-vibrant world reduced to ruins.
• Wang Xiaoyu sensed an unfamiliar aura and determined it had not been left by Golden Immortal cultivators.
• Gu Qingzhi asked Ye Lin what had caused the aura, and he identified it as the Eerie.
• Gu Qingzhi questioned how the Eerie could still exist after their supposed extermination.
• Ye Lin explained that the Eerie's source star had never been dealt with completely and described how they read memories and impersonated people important to their victims.

Ye Lin explained the danger posed by uncanny beings and told the group that ruthlessness was the way to fight them. He distinguished true uncanny beings from weaker uncanny spirits, leaving the group hoping their current threat was only a spirit.

• Gu Qingzhi asked whether uncanny beings were present in the Immortal World fragment and how they could be resisted.
• San Zang asked Ye Lin how to deal with uncanny beings, and the others turned to hear his answer.
• Ye Lin said uncanny beings could be defeated by hardening one's heart and acting ruthlessly.
• Ye Lin explained that uncanny spirits were fragments of true uncanny beings that could imitate other races and corrupt cultivators into bloodthirsty monsters.
• Ye Lin said he hoped the group would face an uncanny spirit rather than a true uncanny being.

Ye Lin warned the group about the spirit of the bizarre as they explored the ruined secret realm, and they encountered a tainted woman whose aura shook San Zang’s Dao heart. San Zang killed her to end her suffering, while the group continued to face the danger of the realm.

• Xu Feng and the others claimed they could remain ruthless, though they privately feared the bizarre entities.
• Ye Lin and the group traveled through ruins littered with corpses from the Human Race and other races.
• A woman tainted by the spirit of the bizarre begged the group to save her.
• Ye Lin judged that the woman was beyond saving, and San Zang sensed her gray mist trembling his Dao heart.
• San Zang struck the woman down, ending her suffering.

San Zang destroyed the woman tainted by the spirit of the uncanny, but her corpse revived and attacked him before he killed it again. Ye Lin led the group away from the dangerous area, where they saw more figures converging, leaving them wary of how far the uncanny might spread.

• San Zang killed the gray-mist-shrouded woman, causing the mist around her to dissipate.
• The headless female corpse revived and attacked San Zang, who blasted it into a mist of blood and considered how it might be defeated.
• Ye Lin suspected nearby creatures were also tainted and led Gu Qingzhi, Wang Tian, and the others away.
• The group looked down from the sky and saw figures converging on the place they had left.
• Xu Feng feared the spirit of the uncanny might spread throughout the Star River Cosmos.

Ye Lin and his companions encountered a spirit of the bizarre after leaving the Divine Mystery Realm. He killed it and revealed that the Heavenly Dao awarded merit for slaying such spirits.

• Gu Qingzhi worried that the spirits of the bizarre could spread across the Star River Cosmos and kill most living beings.
• Ye Lin warned Zhang Wusheng and the others not to touch the spirits’ gray mist as an earth dragon spirit charged toward them.
• Ye Lin cut down the earth dragon with the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor and the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art.
• Ye Lin told the group that the Heavenly Dao rewarded cultivators with merit for killing spirits of the bizarre.

After learning that killing strange spirits earned Heavenly Dao merit, Ye Lin sent the others to hunt while Gu Qingzhi insisted on following him. Ye Lin discovered her grim fate and a nearby opportunity to find Nine Saints Meteoric Iron, then headed there with Gu Qingzhi behind him.

• Ye Lin told the group that killing strange spirits earned Heavenly Dao merit, prompting Xu Feng, San Zang, Zhang Wusheng, Wang Xiaoyun, and Gu Qingzhi to set out and fight.
• Ye Lin sent Li Xiaoyao and the others away, while Shangguan Wanyu carried Luo Yao with her.
• Gu Qingzhi refused to leave Ye Lin and persuaded him to let her follow by mentioning her father’s power and her status as his only descendant.
• Ye Lin examined Gu Qingzhi’s panel and learned that she was fated to die in the Second Region and that Nine Saints Meteoric Iron lay nearby.
• Ye Lin followed the panel’s directions to find the Nine Saints Meteoric Iron, and Gu Qingzhi silently followed, suspecting he had seen her future.

San Zang searched a bamboo forest for the Spirit of Weirdness, then unleashed a devastating attack when it continued to hide. Three figures appeared and taunted him, leaving San Zang facing them amid the ruins.

• San Zang searched the mountain range for the Spirit of Weirdness while his divine sense covered the area.
• When a strange wind and sounds stirred the bamboo, San Zang used “Universe, suppress” to still the forest.
• San Zang struck the surrounding space, collapsing mountains and leaving the land across tens of thousands of star-li in ruins while he remained untouched.
• Three figures appeared and mocked San Zang’s reputation and the change in his expression.

San Zang was confronted by visions of Nuannuan and two boys, which stirred memories of his childhood as Xiao Tian. He struggled against the apparitions as the memories recalled his bond with the three children.

• Nuannuan and two boys appeared before San Zang and asked him to comfort them because they were cold.
• San Zang recognized the children as figures from his past and demanded that they stop pretending to be them.
• San Zang remembered Nuannuan asking whether he would marry her when they grew up, and he awkwardly replied that they were too young.
• San Zang recalled two boys saving him when he dangled from a cliff, then talking about flying and exploring its depths.

The chapter recounted how Xiao Tian was manipulated into killing his three childhood friends by a black-robed old man who promised to help him see his dead parents. The old man took him as a disciple and renamed him San Zang, leaving him haunted by the friends he had killed.

• Xiao Tian longed to fly so he could see his parents, then remembered happier days with his three friends in their village.
• After the village was destroyed, a black-robed old man offered to teach Xiao Tian cultivation and promised he might bring his parents back to life.
• The old man ordered Xiao Tian to kill his three friends as proof that he could reject emotion and become a disciple.
• Xiao Tian took the dagger and killed his friends, then dropped it in horror as he saw their bodies and blood on his hands.
• The old man took Xiao Tian away, named him San Zang, and declared he would become the new God of Slaughter.
• San Zang's dead friends' pleas and accusations echoed in his memory.

San Zang faced sinister spirits disguised as three people from his past, including a girl who called him Big Brother Xiao Tian. He saw through their attempt to unsettle his Dao heart, destroyed them, and then left.

• San Zang embraced the girl and promised he had not forgotten her wish to become his wife.
• Two boys asked San Zang to teach them cultivation so they could keep their childhood promise to become immortals together.
• San Zang declared that the three were not the people he had known and that their illusions could not shake his Dao heart.
• San Zang suppressed the three sinister spirits and destroyed them with a single palm.
• San Zang stood silently for a long time, sighed, and disappeared.

Ye Lin found and claimed the Nine Saints Meteoric Iron, then destroyed a strange spirit that had taken the form of his long-ago sworn brother Jian Unrivaled. As a bell rang across the plain, a temple and an old monk appeared in the distance.

• Ye Lin followed the panel's directions to a mountain and shattered it, revealing the Nine Saints Meteoric Iron, which he claimed while Shangguan Wanyu watched in shock.
• A strange spirit resembling Jian Unrivaled called Ye Lin its little brother, but Ye Lin killed it with Heaven-Shaking Sword Qi.
• Ye Lin reflected that strange spirits could obtain memories by devouring people and wondered whether the secret realm held acquaintances from his distant past.
• Gu Qingzhi admired Ye Lin's decisiveness, and the sound of a bell announced a distant temple where an old monk was striking a great bell.

Ye Lin and Gu Qingzhi investigated a temple that had appeared unexpectedly and met its abbot, Fu Kong. Ye Lin questioned which time and space the temple occupied, while Fu Kong calmly replied that he did not know.

• Gu Qingzhi noticed the temple had appeared where none had been before and looked to Ye Lin for guidance.
• Ye Lin led Gu Qingzhi into the temple, where two novice monks asked whether they sought affinity or aid.
• Ye Lin asked about seeking affinity and aid while surveying the temple's dilapidated grounds.
• Fu Kong, the old man who had rung the bell, dismissed the novices and offered to receive Ye Lin and Gu Qingzhi.
• Ye Lin asked which time and space Profound Void Temple existed in, and Fu Kong said he could no longer remember.

Ye Lin confronted Fu Kong at Profound Void Temple, accusing the aberrant spirit of killing beings and wearing their skin. Fu Kong summoned a Buddha manifestation and displayed powerful Buddhist true intent, but the chapter ended with him demanding that Ye Lin leave.

• Ye Lin mocked the aberrant spirit for studying temples and questioned whether the Buddha would accept him.
• Fu Kong claimed that Profound Void Temple had never harmed anyone and told Ye Lin to leave if he had come to cause trouble.
• Ye Lin pointed out the resentment surrounding Fu Kong and attacked him with Sword Qi.
• Fu Kong blocked the attack with a golden Buddha manifestation and filled the temple with Buddhist true intent.
• Fu Kong insisted he had spoken truthfully and demanded that Ye Lin and Gu Qingzhi leave the temple.