Chapter Summaries

Yu Ci and the entity reached the sealed source of the Boundary River, where Qu Wujie had once shattered the void, and prepared to draw the Heavy Artifact Sect leader into their plans. Elsewhere, Xia Boyang and Incense Slave followed a powerful, mysterious cultivator whose immense aura was destabilizing a nearby void rift.

• The entity explained that the Boundary River's source held clues to Qu Wujie's whereabouts and the network of shattered void rifts.
• Yu Ci learned that the source was sealed by Qu Wujie's Thunder-Slaying Calamity-Averting sword qi and agreed to enter despite the danger.
• The entity revealed that it had lured the Heavy Artifact Sect leader to the source and said another spark was needed to turn the factions against each other.
• Xia Boyang and Incense Slave secretly tracked a lone cultivator whose overwhelming sword intent and origin qi destabilized a void rift.
• Xia Boyang and Incense Slave wondered whether the cultivator could not control his aura as the rift's structure grew unstable.

Xia Boyang and Incense Slave pursued a target through the void interlayer, where ambushes and clashes turned the darkness into a deadly battleground. Yu Ci saw that the cultivators had gathered as planned, and the person directing him told him to focus on the Heavy Artifact Sect as restriction-breaking began.

• Xia Boyang and Incense Slave entered the void interlayer and were separated after exchanging blows with unseen cultivators.
• Incense Slave avoided a trap set amid the darkness, then became caught in a clash sparked by Night-Illuminating Pearls and killed one cultivator.
• Incense Slave and an unidentified swordsman unexpectedly collided, each recognizing something familiar in the other's techniques before they withdrew.
• The Northern Demonic Sect and other groups entered the interlayer, and fighting spread as dozens of core formation cultivators gathered there.
• Yu Ci traveled through the interlayer and realized the person directing him had drawn the cultivators together; that person told him to lock onto the Heavy Artifact Sect as restriction-breaking began.

Yu Ci and the other cultivators approached the Sunken Sword Cave master as the seal broke, enduring the Thunder-Cleaving Evil-Dispelling Sword’s devastating sound and a bloody tidal wave. Yu Ci survived the blast, while the figure at the light circle vanished.

• Yu Ci learned that the Sunken Sword Cave master was breaking the seal and that the Heavy Artifact Sect leader was among the primary targets.
• The Thunder-Cleaving Evil-Dispelling Sword’s Heavenly Sound pierced the cultivators’ defenses, killing or injuring many; Yu Ci countered it with sword intent stirred from his spirit.
• As the seal’s power surged through the Boundary River, Yu Ci pushed forward with the remaining cultivators and saw a light circle appear and begin to contract.
• A bloody tidal wave erupted from the light circle, dissolving the cultivators closest to it and sweeping Yu Ci back several miles.
• Yu Ci survived by bracing with the Xuan Huang Killing Sword, heard a figure’s mocking laughter, and watched the shadow disappear.

Yu Ci entered the sword garden’s core realm after the Sunken Sword Cave master’s blood tide killed three Heavy Artifact Sect members and their leaders disappeared. Separated from his senior’s support by interference, Yu Ci sensed his own heightened perception and approached Incense Slave to revise his plan.

• Yu Ci learned that the Heavy Artifact Sect leader’s apparent death was only the loss of a projection, while the Sunken Sword Cave master’s attacks had devastated the area.
• As the halo contracted, cultivators rushed into it, and Yu Ci followed after confirming that his fellow disciples had been lured away.
• Yu Ci survived the chaotic void currents with his senior’s protection and reached the calm interior, where the surrounding landscape resembled the Duanjie Mountain Range.
• Yu Ci lost reliable contact with his senior, then discovered that his perception had become far more sensitive than before.
• Yu Ci headed toward a nearby figure and met Incense Slave on a snow peak.

Yu Ci approached Incense Slave and Xia Boyang, using their shared interests and his knowledge of the master of the Sunken Sword Cave to test whether they might cooperate. As they considered the danger, a pillar of light erupted from a nearby mountain and split into blazing beams.

• Yu Ci greeted Incense Slave and Xia Boyang, then used his connection to Murong Qingyan to ease Xia Boyang’s hostility.
• An avalanche shook the mountains, interrupting their conversation and drawing their attention to a distant sword cry.
• Yu Ci described the danger of the mountain region and identified the monster as the master of the Sunken Sword Cave, surprising Incense Slave and Xia Boyang.
• Yu Ci selectively explained how the master of the Sunken Sword Cave had taken possession of a sword cultivator’s dharma body, while concealing details and observing Incense Slave’s reaction.
• Another avalanche struck nearby, and a pillar of light rose from the mountain before splitting into more than a dozen blazing beams.

Yu Ci and the other cultivators saw the master of the Sunken Sword Cave unleash sword immortal legacy treasures, then pursued the one treasure that escaped into the chaotic void streams. As the cave master attacked the surrounding peaks and demanded that Qu Wujie appear, Yu Ci remained on the void’s edge with Incense Slave, who then began to move away.

• The master of the Sunken Sword Cave released several treasures, and his bloody sword Qi killed cultivators who tried to seize them before drawing most of the treasures back.
• One treasure escaped into the chaotic void streams, prompting Yu Ci, Xia Boyang, Incense Slave, and the other cultivators to pursue it.
• Yu Ci steadied himself in a sheltered pocket of the void, while Xia Boyang went deeper and Incense Slave stayed beside him.
• The bloody sword Qi destroyed an ice rock and the cultivator concealed beneath it as Yu Ci and Incense Slave watched from the void’s edge.
• The master of the Sunken Sword Cave battered down the snow peaks and shouted for Qu Wujie to come out, while a hidden voice told Yu Ci that the master was acting out of fear.
• Incense Slave moved toward the edge of the chaotic void streams as the hidden voice speculated that someone was influencing the cave master.

Yu Ci watched Incense Slave confront Sunken Sword Cave's master after Di Tianluo escaped with the treasure. Though divine power from the Rakshasa Ghost King let Incense Slave withstand the sword master's threat, a metallic figure appeared, extinguished her power, and seized her.

• Incense Slave reached into the chaotic void currents, and her Rakshasa Illusory Power triggered a violent attack from Sunken Sword Cave's master that Yu Ci narrowly escaped.
• Someone shouted that Di Tianluo had seized the treasure and fled, prompting most cultivators to retreat from the boundary river source.
• Xia Boyang approached Incense Slave, recognized her face, bowed in fear, and left without speaking.
• Incense Slave stepped out of the chaotic void currents and faced Sunken Sword Cave's master while divine power from the Rakshasa Ghost King strengthened her.
• A metallic figure appeared behind Incense Slave, extinguished her Rakshasa Illusory Power, and lifted her by the neck.

The Heavy Artifact Sect leader restrained Yu and used the Ten Directions Hell Shaking Ghosts and Gods Method to expose her desire to escape the Rakshasa Divine Lord’s control. As the Sunken Sword Cave master opened a tunnel to the Blood Prison Ghost Manor, an unidentified swordsman attacked him and the Heavy Artifact Sect leader moved to intercept.

• The Sunken Sword Cave master began breaking the void tunnel’s one-way structure to open a route to the Blood Prison Ghost Manor while the Heavy Artifact Sect leader held Yu captive.
• The Heavy Artifact Sect leader used the Ten Directions Hell Shaking Ghosts and Gods Method to probe Yu’s mind and make her confront her longing for freedom.
• Yu’s body and mind erupted with a shockwave, and the Heavy Artifact Sect leader released her before moving to guard the Sunken Sword Cave master.
• A sword attack crossed the void turbulence toward the Sunken Sword Cave master, and the Heavy Artifact Sect leader intercepted it.
• Yu Ci recognized the newcomer and stared at them in shock.

Yu Zhou fought the Heavy Artifact Sect leader and tried to stop the master of the Sunken Sword Cave from opening a tunnel to the Blood Prison Ghost Manor. As the tunnel destabilized the Boundary River, Yu Ci charged toward the ritual and was spotted by the master.

• Yu Ci learned that Yu Zhou had returned despite being drawn away, while Yu Zhou confronted the Heavy Artifact Sect leader over the damaged void tunnels and a captured disciple.
• The Heavy Artifact Sect leader struck Yu Zhou with the Ten Directions Hell Shaking Ghosts and Gods Method, but he recovered and used sword mist to trap her before attacking the master of the Sunken Sword Cave.
• Yu Zhou disrupted the master's blood-slaughter talismans, recognized the stench of a high-level fiend-demon, and escaped a punch by dissolving into sword Qi.
• The Heavy Artifact Sect leader questioned who the master was, then agreed to help him open the tunnel to the Blood Prison Ghost Manor before attacking Yu Zhou again.
• The tunnel's red border began to shatter as the Boundary River destabilized, and Yu Ci ran toward the ritual until the master spotted him.

Yu Ci rescued the injured Yu Zhou from the Heavy Artifact Sect leader and tried to flee as the void collapsed, but the master of Sunken Sword Cave transformed the surroundings and declared that the True Realm had arrived. The chapter ended with the world shrinking and previously concealed figures, including Wen Shifei, exposed.

• The Heavy Artifact Sect leader used Tai Xuan Jie Xing Suo to wound Yu Zhou, but Yu Ci disrupted her attack with the Star-Glow Divine Thunder and escaped with the old Daoist.
• Yu Ci and Yu Zhou fled toward the void rift as the collapse intensified, and Yu Zhou revealed that reinforcements were approaching and urged Yu Ci to leave him behind.
• Yu Ci realized the sect's formidable vessel might be from the Sword Garden, but the void currents abruptly stopped before he could ask Yu Zhou more.
• The master of Sunken Sword Cave announced that the True Realm had arrived, and the surrounding heaven and earth folded inward and shrank by half.
• The collapsing realm exposed a Void Stepping cultivator and Wen Shifei, who appeared with a twisted smile.

Yu Ci and the others witnessed the Blood Prison Ghost Manor’s demonic fire consume the Boundary River source as the barrier between realms began to fail. The destruction of the Sword Immortal’s legacy treasures revealed the real master of the Sunken Sword Cave, who sensed a presence connected to Yu Ci’s Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror and asked whether it was Shadow Ghost or Brahma.

• The leader of the Heavy Artifact Sect approached the spatial collapse and confirmed her agreement with the being within Yuan Dao's Dharma body to enter the passage freely.
• Hellfire erupted through the collapsing space, turning the Boundary River source into demonic soil and nearly dragging the mountain range into the Blood Prison Ghost Manor.
• A blast struck Yuan Dao's Dharma body, which scattered the Sword Immortal's legacy treasures before they exploded and formed a gathering mist of energy.
• Twelve Jade Towers Heavenly Sound dispelled the demonic flames and revealed the real master of the Sunken Sword Cave seated in the void.
• Yu Ci felt the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror burning on his arm as the seated figure asked whether Shadow Ghost or Brahma was present.

Qu Wujie’s lingering shadow and the Great Brahma Demon King clashed as the demon summoned a Black Magic Altar to sacrifice everyone in the Boundary River source area. The demon targeted Yu Ci’s Xuan Huang Killing Sword, but Qu Wujie seized control of the shifting void and provoked a war.

• The Void Stepping cultivator recognized Qu Wujie’s lingering shadow as the Crimson Fire Demonic Flame failed to suppress his Twelve Jade Towers Heavenly Sound.
• The Great Brahma Demon King formed a Black Magic Altar projection and unleashed talismanic formations to consume the cultivators’ flesh and souls.
• Yu Zhou used the Hua Li Sword Art to destroy many talismans and shield Yu Ci, while the Profound Truth Condensing Void Pill’s vitality strengthened him.
• The Great Brahma Demon King recognized Yu Ci’s Xuan Huang Killing Sword and redirected the altar’s attack toward it.
• Qu Wujie exploited the demon’s momentary dizziness to seize control of the shifting void, and the Great Brahma Demon King challenged him to start a war.

Yu Ci drew the Xuan Huang Killing Sword while fighting the Heavy Artifact Sect leader, giving Great Brahma Demon King a chance to seize its bloodslaughter aura. As Yu Ci faced the leader’s counterattack, a bright moon suddenly rose and illuminated the battlefield.

• Great Brahma Demon King shifted the Black Magic Altar’s attack toward Yu Zhou and the Xuan Huang Killing Sword while its battle with the Rakshasa Ghost King threatened its plans.
• The Heavy Artifact Sect leader struck Yu Zhou, but Yu Ci broke through the Black Magic Altar’s formation and drew her pursuit away from him.
• Yu Ci emerged from underground and drew the Xuan Huang Killing Sword, unleashing its bloodslaughter aura as Great Brahma Demon King began absorbing the blood qi.
• The Heavy Artifact Sect leader evaded Yu Ci’s sword, pierced him with Tai Xuan Jie Xing Suo, and was wounded when the technique failed and he counterattacked.
• Yu Ci revealed a blue-light wheel, and a bright moon appeared in the sky, bringing Great Brahma Demon King’s laughter to an abrupt stop.

A bright moon revealed that Qu Wujie and the Rakshasa Ghost King had trapped the Great Brahma Demon King, forcing it to retreat from the Boundary River and sacrifice divine intent to strengthen the Shadow Ghost. The Heavy Artifact Sect's leader vanished in a burst of starlight, while Yu Ci collapsed beside the Xuan Huang Killing Sword and sensed that his mirror was hot.

• A bright moon rose over the Boundary River, and the Great Brahma Demon King recognized the Boundless One's power and realized the breach between worlds could not succeed.
• The Great Brahma Demon King tried to escape through the unstable passage, but moonlit strands bound its incarnation and stopped it from severing its connection to its true body.
• The Great Brahma Demon King understood that Qu Wujie's body had been taken over, then heard the Rakshasa Ghost King threaten to seize its Primordial Power.
• The Great Brahma Demon King withdrew after infusing its divine intent and Primordial Power into the Shadow Ghost, which took control of Yuan Dao's Dharma body.
• The Heavy Artifact Sect's leader launched a burst of starlight from her damaged armor and disappeared as Yu Ci collapsed beside the Xuan Huang Killing Sword.
• Yu Ci muttered about repaying kindness with enmity, then noticed that his mirror was hot.

Yu Ci witnessed Qu Wujie’s plan unfold at the Boundary River’s source, where the Shadow Ghost was trapped and its Yang God absorbed by the moon. Xingtian’s azure-blue sword then shattered Qu Wujie’s projection, and the chapter ended with Xingtian asking about the Karmaless Sword Immortal and receiving a convincing lie.

• The Shadow Ghost used Yuan Dao’s dharma body to charge Qu Wujie’s projection, but Qu Wujie’s prearranged mechanism froze the body and trapped its Yang God for the moon to absorb.
• Qu Wujie directed the power from the collapsing void into a passage leading toward a dark gap behind the moon, and the Shadow Ghost accused him of sharing Great Brahma’s fate for the world.
• Yu Zhou arrived to take the exhausted Yu Ci away as the Xingtian Magic Sword approached the Boundary River’s source.
• Xingtian’s azure-blue sword light burst through a spatial fissure and shattered Qu Wujie’s projection, cleaving the small world and destabilizing the passage between spaces.
• Xingtian searched the void worlds for Qu Wujie’s true body but could not reach it, then asked where the Karmaless Sword Immortal was; the answer claimed he had followed them to the Land of Eternal Damnation.

Yu Ci pieced together that Qu Wujie was forcing open a passage to the Land of Eternal Damnation, threatening disaster across both realms. As Xingtian and the master of the Sunken Sword Cave tried to stop him, the restored moon wheel captured the shadow ghost, and Yu Ci pointed Xingtian toward a new target just as the moonlight struck it.

• Yu Ci overheard fragments revealing that the tunnel was being used to force open a passage to the Land of Eternal Damnation.
• Xingtian cut through half of the Suspended Bright Moon, freeing the master of the Sunken Sword Cave from its restraint.
• Qu Wujie trapped Xingtian in layers of void and demonic power, while the master of the Sunken Sword Cave released the Thunder-Slaying Calamity-Averting Token.
• Yu Ci's moon wheel became flawless and released powerful moonlight that seized the master of the Sunken Sword Cave and pulled it into the moon.
• Yu Ci pointed toward a target as Yu Zhou tore through the blood tides, and the moonlight struck the target Yu Zhou's sword qi had locked onto.

Yu Ci used the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror’s perception to uncover how Wen Shifei had relayed power to Qu Wujie, killing Wen Shifei and helping trigger the destruction of the barriers between realms. After Qu Wujie’s plan fell short, Yu Ci awoke in his Inner Void and encountered Qu Wujie’s fading remnant, who asked him for a favor.

• Yu Zhou attacked Wen Shifei, but the Divine Lord of the Void’s moonlight diverted his sword mist and Wen Shifei released Yin Thunder Ghost Flame Shuttles.
• Yu Ci called out to Wen Shifei and unleashed a blood-red beam that pierced his shoulder and killed him, while the blood tide swallowed the shuttles.
• Wen Shifei’s death severed the channel sustaining Qu Wujie’s projection and Xingtian’s imprisonment, as the Blood Prison Ghost Manor’s eruption shattered barriers between realms.
• Xingtian realized the Land of Eternal Damnation had absorbed the blast’s power, leaving Qu Wujie’s plan insufficient to produce the expected result.
• Yu Ci fainted, later regained consciousness in his Inner Void, and found Qu Wujie’s fading remnant there.
• Qu Wujie explained how he had divided Qu Wujie’s personality among magical artifacts and used Wen Shifei as a trigger, then asked Yu Ci for a favor.

Qu Wujie advised Yu Ci on managing his injuries and the forces within his Inner Void, then asked him to look after Return Manor and helped him prepare for a bargain with Xingtian. Yu Ci seized his chance to claim his promised rewards and request an item useful for talisman arts.

• Qu Wujie warned Yu Ci that his experiences and injuries could hinder his cultivation, and outlined two ways to stabilize his Inner Void.
• Qu Wujie asked Yu Ci to look after Return Manor, where the relics of seventeen old friends served as Dao markers for their return.
• Qu Wujie and Yu Ci worked together to reorganize Yu Ci's Inner Void, exhausting him in the process.
• Yu Zhou sent clear qi into Yu Ci to restore his vitality and repair his wounds.
• Xingtian offered Yu Ci a choice from the Sword Garden as repayment for a favor, and Yu Ci claimed everything Xuan Huang had promised him.
• Yu Ci asked Xingtian for an additional item from Return Manor that could help with talisman arts, and Xingtian offered a Cloud Tower Tree Seed.

After recovering from his injuries, Yu Ci learned that the Li Chen Sect had granted him access to the Star Picking Tower for a year, including eighteen days in its main tower, so he could heal. As he settled into the tower, a voice reminded him about his spoils of war.

• Yu Ci woke at Zhixin Temple after more than three months of confused recovery and congratulated Baoguang on entering the Spirit Communication realm.
• Zhang Yan and Li You arrived, celebrated Yu Ci's recovery, and thanked him for helping them during the plague demon crisis.
• Meng Wei hurried Yu Ci to the Star Picking Tower, where Ancestor Fang's decree granted him a year of cultivation, including eighteen days in the main tower.
• Meng Wei explained that the tower access was intended to help Yu Ci recover fully and avoid lasting harm to his cultivation.
• After his companions left, Yu Ci heard a voice ask whether he still wanted his spoils of war.

Yu Ci learned that Xuanhuang had been corrupted by the Heavenly Demon tribulation and transformed into a sword-demon, while Xingtian fulfilled their agreements and warned him to keep powerful treasures and scriptures secret. Xingtian gave Yu Ci a Thunder-Slaying Calamity-Averting Token, a sword embryo, other cultivators’ relics, and a Cloud Tower Tree Seed, leaving Yu Ci with the means to forge a new sword and cultivate a world of his own.

• Yu Ci heard Xuanhuang’s recorded message and learned from Xingtian that Xuanhuang had lost its spiritual clarity and become a sword-demon after its Dao foundation was damaged.
• Xingtian revealed that he had hidden Yu Ci’s Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror and Storage Ring, and said Yu Zhou had agreed to keep the Boundary River events secret.
• Xingtian warned Yu Ci not to reveal the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror, Flying Immortal Sword Scripture, or Immeasurable Void Divine Reflection Canon, lest he offend powerful clans.
• Yu Ci found a Thunder-Slaying Calamity-Averting Token, a superior sword embryo, and the refinement methods for forging a Seven Star Sword in his Storage Ring.
• Xingtian gave Yu Ci relics from cultivators who died at the Boundary River source, including items from Wen Shifei’s collection.
• Xingtian presented Yu Ci with a Cloud Tower Tree Seed that could grow in the void and allow a world to gestate within it.