Chapter Summaries

Su Shi'er emerged from comprehending the Heavenly Sword Art, and Hou Sihai gave him both portions of Southern Bright Leaving Fire. Su Shi'er prepared to break the formation, while keeping his own plans and doubts about the spirit fire to himself.

• Su Shi'er awakened after the stone stele crumbled into sand, leaving Hou Sihai shocked by the aura he sensed from him.
• Hou Sihai asked about Su Shi'er's insight, and Su Shi'er said his sword move was still inferior to the one Xiao Wujian had once comprehended.
• Su Shi'er asked about the Southern Bright Leaving Fire, noticing that the flame in the first jade bottle seemed incomplete.
• Hou Sihai admitted he had divided the flame into two portions and handed Su Shi'er a second jade bottle so he could combine them.
• Su Shi'er stored both bottles, summoned Neither-Knife-Nor-Sword, and began preparing to break the formation.

Su Shi'er gathered the power to unleash the complete “Heavenly Sword Art,” astonishing Hou Sihai with the sword intent he had drawn from the stone tablet. The move’s immense pull on spiritual qi shook the formation, forcing Wei Wushuang and the Bamboo Hat cultivator to flee outside as it changed.

• Su Shi'er used his recovered True Yuan to draw spiritual qi from dozens of miles away and build power for a sword move.
• Within the formation, Wei Wushuang and the Bamboo Hat cultivator felt the spiritual qi gathering and realized someone was wielding a sword move powerful enough to disturb the formation.
• Wei Wushuang and the Bamboo Hat cultivator broke through the formation’s illusion and escaped to watch what happened.
• The gathered energy flowed into Neither-Knife-Nor-Sword, which trembled and released sharp sword lights as the move took shape.
• Hou Sihai realized Su Shi'er had comprehended the complete “Heavenly Sword Art” and recognized its sword intent as true to the legendary technique.

Su Shi'er used the Heavenly Sword Art to shatter the eight-chain seal binding Hou Sihai, though the technique destroyed his flying sword. Freed, Hou Sihai praised Su Shi'er's talent and questioned how he had comprehended the sword art, while Su Shi'er concealed the truth behind an explanation of luck.

• Su Shi'er directed the Heavenly Sword Art at the eight chains' weakest points, and the sword lights cracked and shattered the seal.
• The formation outside the cave lost its strongest killing formation when the chains broke, and Hou Sihai regained his freedom.
• Su Shi'er cautiously congratulated Hou Sihai and braced himself against the older cultivator's imposing aura.
• Neither-Knife-Nor-Sword fell and broke into four pieces, and Hou Sihai praised Su Shi'er and promised to find him a replacement flying sword.
• Hou Sihai asked how Su Shi'er had comprehended the Heavenly Sword Art, and Su Shi'er credited his success to luck while keeping his true insight private.
• Hou Sihai doubted that luck alone explained Su Shi'er's accomplishment and remarked on his talent and low-key manner.

Su Shi'er and Hou Sihai left the weakened Five Elements Eight Trigrams Formation as dark clouds and thunder gathered overhead. Wei Wushuang and the Bamboo Hat man prepared to attack, but the Bamboo Hat man recognized Hou Sihai, who ordered them to surrender their Storage Pouches and each sever an arm.

• Su Shi'er and Hou Sihai agreed to leave the cave and confront Wei Wushuang and the Bamboo Hat man.
• Wei Wushuang and the Bamboo Hat man noticed the formation's power had nearly vanished and prepared to kill Su Shi'er when he emerged.
• Dark clouds covered the area as Su Shi'er and Hou Sihai came out of the formation.
• Wei Wushuang began summoning an attack against Su Shi'er, but the Bamboo Hat man recognized Hou Sihai as the Golden Silver Saint Hand.
• Su Shi'er stepped behind Hou Sihai, who demanded that Wei Wushuang and the Bamboo Hat man surrender their Storage Pouches and sever one arm each.

Su Shi'er realized Hou Sihai was avoiding a fight because his imminent Heavenly Tribulation made combat dangerous, and the Bamboo Hat persuaded him to leave with a Tribulation Platform token. With Hou Sihai gone, Wei Wushuang and the Bamboo Hat prepared to attack Su Shi'er, leaving him facing a desperate battle alone.

• The Bamboo Hat warned Hou Sihai that fighting could trigger his imminent Heavenly Tribulation and increase its power, while Wei Wushuang kept his attention on Su Shi'er.
• The Bamboo Hat offered Hou Sihai a token for a Tribulation Platform that could weaken the Heavenly Tribulation, and Hou Sihai accepted it.
• Hou Sihai told Su Shi'er to rely on himself, promised that his offer of help remained valid, and flew away toward the tribulation site.
• The dark clouds gathered over Hou Sihai dispersed, and Wei Wushuang and the Bamboo Hat turned their attention to Su Shi'er.
• Wei Wushuang summoned three beams of sword light as the Bamboo Hat advanced and demanded that Su Shi'er cripple himself and die.

Su Shi'er stalled Wei Wushuang and the Bamboo Hat man while he tried to nourish the Innocent Sword enough to unleash the Heavenly Sword Art. As their attacks descended, the sword stirred within his dantian, and he declared that one sword would be enough to defeat them.

• The Bamboo Hat man summoned a massive Cloud Flood Dragon formed from saber light and aimed it at Su Shi'er.
• Wei Wushuang and the Bamboo Hat man built up their attacks while Su Shi'er restored his True Yuan and weighed his chances of escaping or fighting back.
• Su Shi'er relied on the Heavenly Sword Art, his puppets, and the Essence Devouring Bloodworm as possible means to survive the two cultivators' assault.
• Wei Wushuang launched three streaks of sword light as the Bamboo Hat man sent the Cloud Flood Dragon diving toward Su Shi'er.
• A burst of sword Qi stirred inside Su Shi'er's dantian, and a streak of sword light emerged as he vowed to defeat them with one sword.

Su Shi'er used a momentary disruption in the Bamboo Hat man's Golden Core to retreat into the Five Elements Eight Trigrams Formation, then unleashed the Heavenly Sword Art through the Innocent Sword. His gathered spiritual power filled the sky with sword lights that rose to meet Wei Wushuang's attack.

• Wei Wushuang and the Bamboo Hat man recognized the Innocent Sword as a peak-grade First-grade Magic Treasure and launched attacks against Su Shi'er.
• The Bamboo Hat man's Golden Core suddenly caused him pain and disrupted his True Yuan, freezing the cloud wyrm he controlled.
• Su Shi'er retreated into the weakened Five Elements Eight Trigrams Formation, which blocked Wei Wushuang's sword lights before shattering.
• Wei Wushuang sent three more sword lights at Su Shi'er as the injured cultivator stood his ground.
• Su Shi'er invoked the Heavenly Sword Art, drawing spiritual qi from a hundred-mile radius and channeling it into the Innocent Sword.
• The Innocent Sword filled the sky with powerful sword lights, which surged upward to meet Wei Wushuang's three attacks.

Su Shi'er unleashed the Heavenly Sword Art, overwhelming Wei Wushuang and the Bamboo Hat man despite his injuries. The attack destroyed the cloud wyrm and sent the Bamboo Hat man flying, leaving the clash unresolved as the sword radiance continued toward him.

• Su Shi'er's sword radiance swallowed Wei Wushuang's attack and surged toward him and the Bamboo Hat man.
• Wei Wushuang recognized the legendary Heavenly Sword Art, while the Bamboo Hat man prepared the Cloud Dragon Saber to meet the assault.
• Wei Wushuang poured his True Yuan into a fan-shaped shield, but the sword radiance cracked it under the pressure.
• The cloud wyrm swallowed over a thousand streaks of sword radiance, which then burst through its body and severely damaged its soul.
• Su Shi'er's remaining sword radiance bore down on the Bamboo Hat man, whose thoughts and anger left him momentarily stunned.
• The weakened cloud wyrm's soul drove the Cloud Dragon Saber into the Bamboo Hat man's chest, knocking him back a hundred zhang and jolting him to his senses.

Zhao Jingfeng diverted Su Shi'er's sword attack toward Wei Wushuang and escaped, leaving Wei to face the full force of the Heavenly Sword Art. When the sword lights vanished, Wei Wushuang was left bloodied and riddled with wounds.

• Zhao Jingfeng proposed that he and Wei Wushuang join forces against Su Shi'er, and Wei agreed while holding back from attacking.
• Zhao Jingfeng unleashed Cloud Dragon Break the Heavens, then diverted Su Shi'er's sword lights toward Wei Wushuang and fled.
• Wei Wushuang abandoned his defenses and tried to escape, but the redirected attacks forced him to summon an ancient sword and unleash Demonic Qi.
• Wei Wushuang struggled against the sword lights, taking repeated wounds until the attack ended and left his body riddled with holes.

Su Shi'er defeated Wei Wushuang with the Heavenly Sword Art, but Wei escaped as a Golden Core while Su Shi'er began returning to the Phantom Star Sect. On the way, Lin Wuyou intercepted Wei and prepared to kill him.

• Su Shi'er sent his Essence Devouring Bloodworm toward Wei Wushuang, but Wei's body exploded and his seven-pattern Golden Core escaped with his Storage Pouch and Cloud Dragon Saber.
• Su Shi'er pursued Wei's Golden Core with the Metal Element Puppet, then abandoned the chase and headed toward the Phantom Star Sect while recovering his strength.
• Wei Wushuang fled at full speed, vowing to avenge himself on Zhao Jingfeng and Su Shi'er and to find a way to counter the Heavenly Sword Art.
• Lin Wuyou blocked Wei Wushuang's path and mocked his defeat, then revealed his intent to kill him.
• Wei Wushuang challenged Lin Wuyou's ability to kill him, despite his reduced state, and insulted him as an unworthy rising talent.

Lin Wuyou absorbed Demonic Qi and spiritual qi, healing his wounds and nullifying Wei Wushuang’s sword attack. Wei Wushuang recognized Lin Wuyou’s technique as demonic cultivation and, consumed by envy and greed, resolved to seize it.

• Wei Wushuang attacked Lin Wuyou with a sword strike powered by his golden core, but the attack’s Demonic Qi weakened as it neared him.
• Lin Wuyou drew in the surrounding Demonic Qi and spiritual qi, healed his wounds, and caused Wei Wushuang’s sword radiance to dissipate.
• Wei Wushuang realized Lin Wuyou could absorb Demonic Qi safely and recognized that he practiced a demonic cultivation technique.
• Wei Wushuang envied Lin Wuyou’s rare technique and decided that obtaining it could help him defeat Su Shi'er.

Lin Wuyou overpowered Wei Wushuang and pursued him as he fled in his Golden Core. Lin Wuyou formed two Golden Cores, captured Wei Wushuang, and began draining his spiritual source while considering his plea for mercy.

• Lin Wuyou absorbed the Demonic Qi sustaining Wei Wushuang’s sword attack, scattering its sword lights and forcing Wei Wushuang to flee with his Golden Core.
• Lin Wuyou took Wei Wushuang’s Storage Pouch and ancient sword, then pursued him while refining Demonic Qi and Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.
• Wei Wushuang burned his Golden Core’s spiritual source to accelerate toward Demon Shadow Palace, but Lin Wuyou formed two Golden Cores and unleashed an overwhelming pressure.
• Lin Wuyou caught Wei Wushuang’s Golden Core and began absorbing its remaining spiritual source.
• Wei Wushuang begged Lin Wuyou to spare him and promised to obey, and Lin Wuyou said he would consider it before questioning him.

Lin Wuyou forced Wei Wushuang to reveal that a mysterious, possibly above-Nascent-Yuan-stage Venerable Lord was seeking the supreme treasure and healing in the Demon Shadow Palace’s forbidden grounds, then carried Wei Wushuang’s Golden Core toward the palace. Meanwhile, Su Shi’er reached the Phantom Star Sect’s gate still injured and with limited True Yuan, only to be confronted by Situ Zhen and ten other Golden Core cultivators.

• Wei Wushuang told Lin Wuyou that the Venerable Lord seeking the supreme treasure was not from the Demon Shadow Palace and had been healing in its forbidden grounds.
• Lin Wuyou promised not to harm Wei Wushuang before they returned to the sect, then carried his Golden Core toward the Demon Shadow Palace while Wei Wushuang cursed him.
• Su Shi’er traveled for nearly a month to reach the Phantom Star Sect, restoring his True Yuan to only about twenty percent because his foundation was damaged.
• Su Shi’er sensed danger near the sect gate and stopped as Situ Zhen arrived with Yan Donghai, Cheng Jingfeng, and eight other Golden Core cultivators from the Sect Master’s faction.
• Su Shi’er noticed that Cheng Jingfeng carried the Essence Devouring Bloodworm, but the worm appeared dormant and could not be contacted.

Situ Zhen accused Su Shi'er of murdering Xi Xiaoyun and ordered four Golden Core Cultivators to seize him. Just as Su Shi'er prepared to flee, Venerable Tianhong arrived with four others and stopped the attack.

• Situ Zhen accused Su Shi'er of secretly killing Xi Xiaoyun and severely injuring Cheng Jingfeng, while Cheng claimed his eye technique had seen through Su Shi'er's disguise.
• Yan Donghai and other elders condemned Su Shi'er, and Situ Zhen ordered four Golden Core Cultivators to capture him.
• Su Shi'er prepared to escape but worried about Feng Fei, who remained inside the sect.
• Venerable Tianhong shouted for the attackers to stop and shattered their sword-qi net with a streak of sword light.
• Venerable Tianhong arrived behind Su Shi'er with the three people from the Weapon Forging Platform and Tang Zhuying of Ping Mountain.

Cheng Jingfeng demonstrated a sword technique he claimed proved Wang Su had killed Xi Xiaoyun, and Wang Su admitted he practiced it but denied it was unique to him. Situ Zhen seized on the admission, while Venerable Tianhong grew suspicious and the accusation remained unresolved.

• Tang Zhuying arrived with Venerable Tianhong and the others, taking the Disciplinary Hall's side and easing Su Shi'er's concern for Feng Fei.
• Venerable Tianhong defended Wang Su against Situ Zhen's accusation and demanded evidence beyond Cheng Jingfeng's testimony.
• Cheng Jingfeng claimed he had deciphered the sword move used to injure him and demonstrated the World-Shocking Three Swords.
• The onlookers praised the technique, while Venerable Tianhong recognized it as the move Su Shi'er had used outside Night Demon Cloud City.
• Cheng Jingfeng asked whether the move belonged to Wang Su, and Wang Su admitted he practiced it but said it was not unique to him; Situ Zhen seized on his answer.

Venerable Tianhong defended Su Shi'er against Situ Zhen’s accusations and took the case into the Disciplinary Hall’s hands, insisting that he would investigate Xi Xiaoyun’s death. As Tianhong prepared to take Su Shi'er away, the sect master arrived and halted them.

• Venerable Tianhong asked Su Shi'er whether he had killed Xi Xiaoyun, and Su Shi'er denied it.
• Venerable Tianhong said he believed Su Shi'er and refused to let Situ Zhen condemn him based on the evidence presented.
• Venerable Tianhong took responsibility for investigating Xi Xiaoyun’s death and prepared to escort Su Shi'er away.
• The sect master descended between Venerable Tianhong and Situ Zhen, stopping them as the elders paid their respects.

Xi Longxuan arrived and accused Venerable Tianhong of protecting Wang Su, then ordered Situ Zhen to seize him. Venerable Tianhong tried to defend Wang Su, but Xi Longxuan shattered his attack with a powerful technique, leaving him injured and stunned.

• Xi Longxuan confronted Venerable Tianhong for failing to greet him and demanded evidence that Wang Su was not the murderer.
• Venerable Tianhong asked for time to investigate, but Xi Longxuan refused and ordered Situ Zhen to seize Wang Su.
• Situ Zhen sent five Flying Wheels toward Wang Su, prompting Venerable Tianhong to attack and block them.
• Xi Longxuan struck down Venerable Tianhong's sword qi with Moonlight Sword Lights and wounded him.
• Venerable Tianhong recognized Xi Longxuan's technique and stared at him in shock.

Su Shi'er faced Situ Zhen's escalating attacks while Xi Longxuan suppressed Venerable Tianhong and the Disciplinary Hall faction. With a gigantic Flying Wheel bearing down on him and his allies unable to intervene, Su Shi'er prepared to risk his life.

• Xi Longxuan struck Tang Zhuying with Moonlight Sword Light, sending her flying and preventing her from helping Su Shi'er.
• Su Shi'er knocked away three of Situ Zhen's Flying Wheels, but the other two pierced his back and wounded him lightly.
• Situ Zhen merged the five Flying Wheels into a massive weapon and sent it toward Su Shi'er.
• Xi Longxuan suppressed Venerable Tianhong, Tang Zhuying, and the others as they tried to intervene, leaving them convinced Su Shi'er was doomed.
• Venerable Tianhong realized Xi Longxuan had used the Heavenly Absolute Secret Realm assignment to prepare a purge of the Disciplinary Hall, while Su Shi'er steadied himself to risk his life.

Su Shi'er unleashed the Heavenly Sword Art against Situ Zhen, but Xi Longxuan shattered it before it could fully form. Xi Longxuan then moved to kill Su Shi'er and strip Venerable Tianhong of his position, leaving Su Shi'er under a thousand incoming sword lights.

• Su Shi'er gathered spiritual qi from a hundred-mile radius to form the Heavenly Sword Art, forcing Situ Zhen and the others to retreat.
• Venerable Tianhong recognized the Heavenly Sword Art, and the onlookers reacted with shock and envy.
• Xi Longxuan shattered Su Shi'er's forming sword lights with more than a hundred moonlit sword lights.
• Xi Longxuan declared that he would execute Su Shi'er for killing A'Yun and dismissed Venerable Tianhong as head of the Disciplinary Hall.
• Xi Longxuan sent over a thousand moonlit rays toward Su Shi'er to kill him.

Su Shi'er was about to die at Xi Longxuan’s hands when Shen Miaoyin arrived and stopped his attack. After Duo Tiangong gave Shen Miaoyin the Li Huo Xuan Bing Sword, she unleashed its power, shaking the Phantom Star Sect.

• Su Shi'er prepared to abandon his physical body as Xi Longxuan’s moonlit sword light descended on him.
• Cheng Jingfeng secretly sent a streak of light from his Spirit Beast Bag into the ground while the disciples watched.
• Shen Miaoyin arrived and used nine frosty sword lights to dissolve Xi Longxuan’s attack and protect Su Shi'er.
• Xi Longxuan summoned the Moon Rainbow Sword and warned Shen Miaoyin to leave, but she held her ground.
• Duo Tiangong threw Shen Miaoyin the Li Huo Xuan Bing Sword, and she drew its opposing heat and cold into a beam that made ten thousand swords ring across the Phantom Star Sect.