Chapter Summaries

• Ying Dang returns: Just as Wei Qing tries to escape, Ying Dang enters the Sea-Viewing Tower with Shi Cheng in tow. Everyone is stunned, since they believed Ying Dang had died after his earlier confrontation with the city’s powerful figures. Only Bai Zeyu knows Tongtian defeated him and made him a Sword Slave, whose loyalty and will now belong to Tongtian.
• Wei Qing is cornered: Ying Dang tells Wei Qing that the person he offended is willing to spare him if he accepts a condition. Wei Qing recognizes the wording from his own earlier threat to Nuwa and Qingxuan, realizing that someone has been watching and turning his tactics against him. Desperate to live, he agrees.
• A humiliating “condition”: Ying Dang relays Tongtian’s deliberately cruel proposal: Wei Qing must marry into the Sea-Covering Sword Sect and bring Sunken Sky Mountain as his dowry. Nuwa gleefully suggests Shi Cheng be made his concubine, while Nangong Yan and others join in mocking Wei Qing. Shi Cheng, terrified, insists he is unsuitable for the role.
• Wei Qing resists: Humiliated and furious, Wei Qing threatens that if pushed too far, nobody will escape unharmed, and releases his Dao-Unification Realm pressure. Ying Dang’s sword qi overwhelms him, forcing him to his knees and damaging the tower’s floor. Ying Dang warns that Wei Qing will die if he refuses.
  Character developments and interactions: Ying Dang’s transformation into Tongtian’s Sword Slave is made clear through his absolute obedience and changed attitude. Wei Qing, formerly a bully who preyed on weaker cultivators, experiences the same coercion and humiliation he inflicted on others, but his fear gives way to anger when his pride is challenged. Nuwa, Qingxuan, and Nangong Yan respond with amusement, while Shi Cheng remains frightened and submissive.
  Themes: The chapter emphasizes karma and role reversal, exposing the hypocrisy of someone who bullies the weak but begs for mercy when powerless. It also highlights power and coercion: Wei Qing’s threats mean little against Ying Dang’s superior strength, and Tongtian’s unseen influence shapes events.

Key events

• Ying Dang forces Wei Qing to submit, ordering him to prepare a “dowry” within three days and marry into the Sea-Covering Sword Sect as a live-in husband. He then blasts Wei Qing and Shi Cheng out of the Sea-Viewing Tower.
• Wei Qing vows revenge on Ying Dang, the tower, and the onlookers. But when he and Shi Cheng try to fly out of Skyreach City, the city’s protective array knocks them down. City Lord Xuanyuan Lang orders them to leave through the gate and condemns Wei Qing for preying on female cultivators.
• Once outside the city, Wei Qing blames Shi Cheng for misleading him about the women’s lack of backing. Shi Cheng suggests their defeat was part of a conspiracy: Ying Dang alone survived among the Sea-Covering Sword Sect’s group, and he said he was acting on a lord’s orders.
• They suspect Bai Zeyu, the Prison-Suppressing Commander, arranged the humiliation. Wei Qing fears the power of Prison Suppression makes revenge impossible.
• Shi Cheng reveals a discovery from the Primordial Unity Ranking: Bai Zeyu’s days may be numbered. Wei Qing is stunned by what he reads.

Character developments and interactions

• Wei Qing shifts from defiant outrage to fear and suspicion as he realizes he may have challenged someone far beyond his reach. He continues to threaten revenge, but his confidence falters.
• Shi Cheng is frightened and self-preserving, yet proves more observant than Wei Qing by identifying clues to a possible plot. His final revelation hints that he may see a chance to exploit Bai Zeyu’s vulnerability.
• Ying Dang enforces the Sea-Covering Sword Sect’s humiliating marriage demand, while Xuanyuan Lang asserts the city’s authority and makes sure the pair obey its rules.
• Xuanyuan Lang privately worries that his remark about a “wicked man” might have been overheard by Tongtian.

Themes

• Retribution and power: Wei Qing’s mistreatment of female cultivators catches up with him, and stronger figures dictate his fate.
• Humiliation and shifting fortunes: The men who expected to act with impunity are repeatedly thwarted and publicly disgraced.
• Conspiracy and uncertainty: The unexplained survival of Ying Dang and the reference to a mysterious lord lead Wei Qing and Shi Cheng to suspect a larger scheme.
• Survival and opportunism: Shi Cheng prioritizes protecting himself and turns new information into a possible opening for revenge.

Plot points

• Wei Qing discovers from the Great Dao Rankings that Bai Zeyu has fallen out of the top two hundred, suggesting his demonic affliction has badly weakened him.
• Convinced Bai Zeyu is plotting against him, Wei Qing decides to exploit the news by seeking help from Black Cliff Cave, a powerful faction with a long-standing vendetta against Prison Suppression.
• Black Cliff Cave’s grudge began when Prison Suppression’s former commander, Bai Yushan, killed Holy Mother Feihong’s Dao Companion. Feihong has attacked Prison Suppression every hundred thousand years, but has always been defeated and spared.
• Wei Qing orders Shi Cheng to travel to Black Cliff Cave and recruit Feihong, while Wei Qing returns to Sunken Sky Mountain. He threatens Shi Cheng’s sons to ensure his obedience.
• Shi Cheng departs, promising to return with reinforcements within three days. Wei Qing watches him go and privately boasts of his control over both Shi Cheng and the situation.

Character developments and interactions

• Wei Qing grows more confident and ruthless as he sees Bai Zeyu’s apparent weakness as an opportunity. He presents his plan as a partnership with Shi Cheng, but uses a threat against Shi Cheng’s family to force compliance.
• Shi Cheng recognizes the danger of becoming expendable cannon fodder in a conflict between major factions. Though wary, he is trapped by Wei Qing’s leverage over his family and must obey.
• Bai Zeyu does not appear directly, but his declining ranking fuels Wei Qing’s plan and makes him the target of a proposed alliance against Prison Suppression.
• Holy Mother Feihong is introduced through her history of relentless, unsuccessful vengeance against Prison Suppression.

Significant themes

• Power and vulnerability: Bai Zeyu’s influence is tied not just to his personal strength but to Prison Suppression’s formidable backing.
• Manipulation and coercion: Wei Qing disguises domination as trust, while Shi Cheng’s loyalty is enforced through threats.
• Revenge and cyclical conflict: Feihong’s repeated campaigns against Prison Suppression show how old grievances sustain recurring wars.
• Opportunism and miscalculation: Wei Qing believes Bai Zeyu’s apparent weakness creates a rare opening, while Shi Cheng fears the plan may instead make them expendable.

Key plot points and events

• Wei Qing leaves Skyreach City without pursuit. The truth about Bai Zeyu’s drastically diminished cultivation remains known only to Bai Zeyu and Tongtian; everyone else still regards him as a formidable Prison-Suppressing Commander.
• After the meal at the Sea-Viewing Tower, Gong Lou apologizes for the earlier trouble. Tongtian and Mu Chengxue accept his hospitality and treat the Skyreach City incident as a misunderstanding.
• Bai Zeyu asks Mu Chengxue to help him remain in Hanyang Commandery. She readily agrees, seeing the arrangement as a way for the Human Emperor Manor to keep watch over him.
• Tongtian warns Bai Zeyu that staying in the region is dangerous, but Bai insists he has duties to attend to. He then teases Tongtian about his relationships and Wei Qing.
• Tongtian decides to leave rather than remain among powerful cultivators while his own strength is limited. He departs without hesitation, despite Bai Zeyu’s protest, and is escorted downstairs by a sea-demon woman.
• In the first-floor hall, Nangong Yan and Kuxiu sense Tongtian’s arrival. Qingxuan is especially relieved and exclaims that he is alive, saying she and his master had been worried.

Character developments and interactions

• Tongtian shows caution and independence: despite Bai Zeyu’s status, he prioritizes his safety and his long-term goal of reaching the Primordial Chaos Realm. His abrupt farewell surprises and irritates Bai.
• Bai Zeyu seeks political protection from Mu Chengxue because he has secretly lost nearly all his power. His banter with Tongtian contrasts with the danger he faces.
• Mu Chengxue supports Bai’s request, while also recognizing that keeping close to him serves the Human Emperor Manor’s interests.
• Qingxuan reveals her concern for Tongtian, setting up a reunion with the people waiting downstairs.

Significant themes

• Power and vulnerability: Bai Zeyu appears untouchable to others, but his hidden weakness makes him dependent on allies.
• Knowing one’s limits: Tongtian chooses prudence over proximity to powerful figures, mindful that reckless ambition could cost him his life.
• Political maneuvering and hidden motives: Mu Chengxue’s help benefits both Bai and the Human Emperor Manor, while Bai’s true condition remains concealed.
• Loyalty and concern: Qingxuan’s reaction emphasizes the personal bonds and worry behind the political intrigue.

Plot points and events

• Qingxuan is stunned to see Tongtian alive and learn that he has come from the restaurant’s Sixth Floor, where he dined with Commander Bai and the Commandery Princess. She realizes his cultivation and status have risen far beyond what she knew.
• Qingxuan apologizes for previously offending Tongtian and fears he will punish her or harm the Heavenly Mystery Sect. Tongtian initially pretends to take offense, then reveals he was joking.
• Nuwa reassures Qingxuan that Tongtian is still her disciple, while explaining that Tongtian’s influence helped prompt Ying Dang and Pavilion Master Gong to intervene earlier.
• Nangong Yan and Kuxiu, leaders of the Mad Saber Sect and Cloud-Treading Holy Land, kneel before Tongtian and ask to join his Sea-Covering Sword Sect. They explain that his strength and conduct impressed them.
• With Ying Dang’s encouragement, Tongtian accepts their offer. The two factions will merge into the Sea-Covering Sword Sect in three days.
• Tongtian then tells Nuwa and Qingxuan he will take them to the Sea-Covering Sword Sect.

Character developments

• Qingxuan shifts from confusion to fear and deference as she recognizes Tongtian’s new standing. Her priority is protecting the Heavenly Mystery Sect, but she eventually begins to recover from the shock.
• Tongtian shows both a playful side, teasing Qingxuan, and growing authority. He accepts two established factions into his sect and recognizes the practical value of Ying Dang’s loyalty and connections.
• Nuwa is briefly caught out when Qingxuan questions how she could be Tongtian’s master, but she calmly reassures Qingxuan and stands by their relationship.
• Nangong Yan and Kuxiu demonstrate their admiration for Tongtian by willingly placing their factions under his leadership.
• Ying Dang continues to serve Tongtian effectively, quietly helping arrange the sects’ submission.

Significant themes

• Power and status: Tongtian’s changed cultivation and influence transform how others treat him.
• Loyalty and hierarchy: Former rivals and independent leaders now acknowledge Tongtian’s authority, while Nuwa’s bond with him persists despite the apparent mismatch in strength.
• Strategic expansion: Tongtian’s growing sect gains strength through alliances and mergers.
• Misunderstanding and comedy: Qingxuan’s panic and Nuwa’s awkward explanation contrast with Tongtian’s casual teasing.

Character interactions

• Tongtian teases Qingxuan, prompting her to plead for mercy and protect her sect; Nuwa intervenes to calm her.
• Qingxuan questions Nuwa’s claim to be Tongtian’s master after sensing his power.
• Nangong Yan and Kuxiu publicly submit to Tongtian, while Ying Dang explains their intentions and recommends accepting them.
• Tongtian ends the encounter by inviting Nuwa and Qingxuan to visit his sect.

Chapter Summary: “Making a Fortune!”

Key plot points and events

• Tongtian takes control of the Sea-Covering Sword Sect after defeating its Grand Elder, Ying Dang, and binding him as a Sword Slave. The sect’s remaining high-ranking experts include a ninth-heaven Primordial Origin Realm Sect Master, an eighth-heaven elder, and the prodigious fourth-heaven Primordial Origin Realm disciple Jian Wuchen.
• With Ying Dang’s sworn obedience, the sect becomes Tongtian’s most trusted base of power. The Frenzied Iron Gate and Cloud-Treading Holy Land are also preparing to join it, potentially making the expanded force influential across Brahma Heaven Province.
• Tongtian’s group travels for half a day through the immense Shiva Great World without even leaving one commandery, underscoring how vast it is compared with the Primordial World.
• Qingxuan decides to bring her Heavenly Mystery Sect into Tongtian’s growing alliance. She sends Li Jiao and Chi Jiao to move the sect’s Eighteen Floating Immortal Isles to the Sea-Covering Sword Sect.
• Upon arriving at the sect, Tongtian learns it has 39,672 disciples. The group is met by a defensive display of sword qi and three armed elders.
• The white-bearded elder Ying Song initially assumes the newcomers are enemies threatening the sect. Seeing Ying Dang return, he joyfully believes his brother has come back from the dead and that the sect can now be saved.

Character developments

• Tongtian grows rapidly in confidence, having gained a powerful sect, loyal followers, and influential connections. He plans to focus on developing his strength rather than immediately confronting the mysterious system threatening him.
• Ying Dang accepts his defeat completely. The Sword Slave oath leaves him loyal to Tongtian, though he still feels attached to the sect he built.
• Qingxuan moves from uncertainty to trust and commitment, choosing to unite her vulnerable sect with Tongtian’s stronger organization.
• Ying Song is introduced as a steadfast defender of the Sea-Covering Sword Sect; his relief at seeing Ying Dang reveals his affection for his brother and desperation to protect the sect.

Significant themes

• Power and allegiance: A single supreme expert can define a sect’s strength, while the Sword Slave oath makes loyalty absolute.
• Consolidation through cooperation: Smaller groups seek security and greater influence by joining a stronger force rather than struggling alone.
• Scale and perspective: The enormous distances of the Shiva Great World highlight the Primordial World’s relative limitations.
• Strength as the basis of security: Tongtian and Qingxuan both recognize that reliable backing is essential to survival and growth.

Character interactions

• Tongtian treats Ying Dang’s sect as the foundation of his expanding power, while Ying Dang respectfully guides him to its mountain gate.
• Qingxuan discusses her decision through messengers with Li Jiao and Chi Jiao, who respond with shock but quickly agree to relocate the sect.
• The Sea-Covering Sword Sect’s defenders confront Tongtian’s party, but Ying Dang’s reunion with Ying Song transforms the encounter from a potential standoff into an emotional homecoming.

Chapter Summary

• Ying Dang returns to the Sea-Covering Sword Sect with Daoist Tongtian and announces that Tongtian will become its sole sect master. Ying Dang has surrendered his own Sword Dao cultivation and now serves Tongtian, so he tells the sect to follow his master’s orders.
• Ying Song is shocked by his brother’s sacrifice and by the sudden change in leadership. Venerable Chisong, however, readily welcomes Tongtian, seeing that another powerful Dao-Unification cultivator will strengthen the sect.
• Jian Wuchen objects to accepting a new master without discussion. He resents Ying Dang for indulging his son’s misconduct, which damaged the sect’s reputation and left it vulnerable. Ying Song defends Ying Dang, explaining that he had promised his late wife to care for their son.
• Tongtian does not punish Jian Wuchen for speaking out. Ying Dang instead admits that he failed the sect and accepts responsibility for its troubles, saying he acted to protect it and that Tongtian has influential allies, including the Prison-Suppressing Commander and Hanyang’s commandery princess.
• Learning of those connections, the sect members reconsider Tongtian’s arrival. Jian Wuchen apologizes to Ying Dang for his harsh words, acknowledging his long devotion to the sect.
• Tongtian notices repeated references to the Blood Saber Sect—a rival that recently tried to seize the sect’s mountain stronghold while Ying Dang was away—and asks whether it is a major enemy.

Character Developments and Interactions

• Ying Dang shows remorse for his past choices and accepts blame rather than letting others defend him. He presents his submission to Tongtian as a sacrifice made for the sect’s future.
• Ying Song struggles with losing his position but ultimately accepts Tongtian as sect master and tries to mediate between Tongtian, Ying Dang, and Jian Wuchen.
• Jian Wuchen begins openly distrustful and angry, but his criticism reflects concern for the sect rather than personal ambition. He softens after hearing Ying Dang’s explanation and apologizes.
• Venerable Chisong quickly aligns himself with whoever appears strongest, welcoming Tongtian for practical reasons.
• Tongtian responds to resistance with patience, allowing the sect members to speak freely and demonstrating that he wants more than a title: he hopes to earn their trust.

Significant Themes

• Leadership and legitimacy: A new leader’s strength may secure authority, but trust and respect must still be earned.
• Responsibility and sacrifice: Ying Dang accepts the consequences of his past decisions and gives up his cultivation in an effort to protect the sect.
• Loyalty versus judgment: Jian Wuchen’s loyalty leads him to challenge Ying Dang, while Ying Song’s loyalty initially makes him defend his brother.
• Survival under threat: The sect’s internal leadership crisis is compounded by the Blood Saber Sect’s attempted attack, making powerful allies especially valuable.

Key events

• Ying Dang clears up the group’s misunderstanding, and the Sea-Covering Sword Sect’s leaders turn their attention to its enemy, the Blood Saber Sect.
• Ying Dang and his companions bring Tongtian into the sect. The disciples welcome Ying Dang, relieved that their presumed-dead Grand Elder has returned.
• Tongtian inspects the sect’s protective formation and calls it crude. Though Jian Wuchen doubts he can improve work commissioned from a renowned formation expert, Tongtian uses eighteen chaos stones to enhance it.
• The upgraded array gains four sword-qi phantoms and becomes powerful enough to resist formidable Dao-Unification Realm attackers. Its sword principles also trigger breakthroughs among Jian Wuchen and dozens of disciples.
• Jian Wuchen advances to the fifth heaven of the Primordial Origin Realm and declares that the formation could help kill the Blood Saber Sect elder if he attacks again.

Character developments and interactions

• Tongtian demonstrates that he is skilled in both formations and the Sword Dao. His generosity and ability quickly win over the sect’s leaders and disciples.
• Jian Wuchen, initially skeptical and reluctant to accept Tongtian, becomes convinced by the improved formation and his own breakthrough. Tongtian forgives him, recognizing that he acted for the sect.
• Ying Song apologizes for his earlier discourtesy and openly praises Tongtian. The sect’s members pledge their loyalty.
• Ying Dang quietly looks after Nuwa and Qingxuan while the others welcome Tongtian.
• Chi Songzi enthusiastically guides the visitors into the sect, though his eagerness to please is noted as a habit rather than disloyalty.

Significant themes

• Competence earns trust: Tongtian’s deeds overcome the sect’s doubts more effectively than claims could.
• Leadership through generosity: He uses his skill to strengthen the sect and support its members, presenting himself as a benefactor rather than merely an authority.
• Collective growth: The formation’s improvement inspires individual breakthroughs, linking the sect’s security with its disciples’ development.
• Unity against a common threat: The sect’s new confidence and allegiance prepare it to face the Blood Saber Sect.

Key plot points and events

• In the Sea-Covering Sword Sect’s council hall, Ying Song explains the sect’s decades-long feud with the Blood Saber Sect to Tongtian.
• Ying Dang’s Dao Companion, Su Li, was driven to seek revenge after the Blood Saber Patriarch destroyed her father’s sect for rejecting him. She died in the attempt.
• Grief sent Ying Dang down a merciless killing-based Sword Dao. He repeatedly fought the Blood Saber Sect, eventually reaching the fifth heaven of the Dao-Unification Realm, but neither side could overcome the other.
• Believing Ying Dang dead, the Blood Saber Sect sent an elder to investigate. Tongtian proposes striking first and destroying the rival sect.
• Jian Wuchen points out that the Blood Saber Sect has four powerful Dao-Unification Realm experts. Tongtian declares he can suppress the other three elders and asks whether Ying Dang can kill the Patriarch. Ying Dang vows he can.

Character developments

• Ying Dang is revealed as a formidable, grief-hardened swordsman whose revenge has stalled as his hatred faded. Now Tongtian’s Sword Slave, he is emotionally numb about his past—until the chance to kill the Blood Saber Patriarch rekindles his purpose.
• Tongtian demonstrates both confidence and strategic insight: he sees the conflict as an opportunity to secure the sect’s loyalty and believes his Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation can overcome the numbers disadvantage.
• Ying Song and Jian Wuchen provide the sect’s history and voice understandable doubts about Tongtian’s plan.
• Nuwa alone knows Tongtian’s confidence is justified.

Significant themes

• Revenge and its cost: Su Li and Ying Dang’s pursuit of vengeance brings death and years of violence, while Ying Dang’s hatred eventually loses its power to sustain his growth.
• Power and survival: Even remarkable fighters can be trapped by political and military realities; Ying Dang’s strength could not erase the Blood Saber Sect’s numerical advantage.
• Loyalty and authority: Tongtian’s protection and leadership may turn the sect’s old vendetta into a shared cause.
• Renewed purpose: Tongtian’s proposal revives Ying Dang’s long-dormant determination.

Character interactions

• Ying Song recounts the feud to Tongtian while the sect listens; Ying Dang stands behind Tongtian as his servant.
• Jian Wuchen challenges Tongtian’s proposal with a sober account of the enemy’s strength.
• Tongtian turns directly to Ying Dang, offering to handle the rival elders if Ying Dang will face the Patriarch. Ying Dang accepts, calling Tongtian “Master” and pledging to kill him.

Key plot points and events

• Tongtian arrives alone at the Blood Saber Sect and loudly challenges its Patriarch to come out and die.
• The sect’s four Dao-Unification Realm elders respond, surrounding Tongtian and attacking together. The Patriarch remains absent.
• Tongtian initially holds back the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, choosing to test the elders’ strength directly.
• He fights fiercely, but the elders’ coordinated secret technique—the Four Extremes Blood Saber Formation—temporarily puts him under pressure. They decide to unleash its full power and kill him.
• As the chapter ends, Tongtian counters by wrapping himself in Sword Dao Space, making his body itself a weapon.

Character developments and interactions

• Tongtian displays immense confidence and strength, deliberately provoking the sect and testing its elders before using his signature formation. Despite briefly being constrained by their teamwork, he remains composed and adapts.
• The four elders begin contemptuous and sure of victory, but become increasingly shocked by Tongtian’s power. Their disciplined cooperation reveals them as more dangerous than their individual cultivation levels suggest.
• Ying Dang fears for Tongtian and prepares to intervene, believing a solo fight against four elders is too dangerous.
• Nuwa stops Ying Dang and reassures him that Tongtian’s strength—and his Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation—makes the fight manageable.
• The Blood Saber Patriarch does not appear, leaving the elders to face Tongtian.

Significant themes

• Confidence versus overconfidence: Tongtian’s boldness is backed by formidable ability, while the elders’ initial certainty is shaken by his performance.
• Strength in cooperation: The elders’ combined technique lets them challenge an opponent stronger than any of them alone.
• Restraint and escalation: Tongtian intentionally withholds his greatest weapon to assess the enemy, then begins escalating when their formation proves effective.
• Trust in a master’s power: Ying Dang’s alarm contrasts with Nuwa’s calm confidence in Tongtian.

Plot points and events

• Tongtian uses his fight with four Blood Saber Sect elders to refine his fighting style, combining the spells and abilities he has learned over many eras into a purer Sword Dao.
• Though he only defends for dozens of exchanges, his sword-based techniques withstand the elders’ coordinated assault and exhaust them. The accumulated power within him also brings him close to a breakthrough.
• When the elders pause, Tongtian taunts them and identifies himself as the Sect Master of the Sea-Covering Sword Sect, announcing that he has come to settle a grudge with the Blood Saber Patriarch.
• The elders use a technique that hides their forms and auras, then attack with a massive blood saber. Tongtian counters with Sword Dao Space and destroys their combined strike in a single blow.
• Tongtian concludes that his unusually strong foundation—hardened through long cultivation under the Primordial World’s pressure—sets him apart from Dao-Unification cultivators in the more forgiving Shiva Holy Land.
• He traps the injured elders in the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation. As they are pinned and helpless, Mo Hai reveals that the Blood Saber Patriarch is not at the sect.

Character developments and interactions

• Tongtian grows more confident in a cultivation path centered on Sword Dao, using battle not merely to defeat foes but to temper and strengthen himself. His power rises enough to surprise even him.
• The four elders, led by Mo Hai, begin as confident attackers but become exhausted, then alarmed and finally desperate after Tongtian defeats their strongest combined move and captures them.
• Tongtian provokes the elders by mocking their strength and demanding that the Blood Saber Patriarch face him. Their hostility is fueled by the Sea-Covering Sword Sect’s status as their sworn enemy and by their past failure to eliminate Ying Dang.

Significant themes

• Refinement through adversity: Combat helps Tongtian discard scattered techniques and unite them into a stronger, more focused Sword Dao.
• The value of a solid foundation: Tongtian’s difficult cultivation history gives him an edge over peers who advanced in a more permissive environment.
• Confidence versus actual strength: The elders’ numbers and realm initially seem formidable, but their confidence collapses when they confront Tongtian’s superior cultivation and technique.
• Rivalry and unfinished revenge: Tongtian’s arrival revives the Blood Saber Sect’s conflict with the Sea-Covering Sword Sect, while his real target—the Blood Saber Patriarch—remains absent.

Plot points and events

• Tongtian arrives at the Blood Saber Sect seeking its Patriarch, but learns the Patriarch has gone to Black Cliff Cave for Holy Mother Feihong’s birthday. The sect’s four elders are trapped in Tongtian’s Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation.
• Ying Dang and his companions emerge from hiding. Recognizing the elders as members of the sect that once hunted him, Ying Dang recalls his narrow escape and celebrates that the balance of power has shifted.
• Rather than asking Tongtian to kill the elders, Ying Dang proposes making them Sword Slaves, since their combined divine ability could benefit Tongtian’s plans to build a powerful sect.
• One elder rejects the proposal and is instantly killed by Tongtian. Two guest elders surrender their Dao cultivation and swear Great Dao oaths, becoming Tongtian’s servants.
• Mo Hai hesitates and is nearly killed, but yields at the last moment. Once bound to Tongtian, he offers to lead him in taking over the Blood Saber Sect.

Character developments

• Tongtian demonstrates ruthless pragmatism: he will spare enemies only if they can serve him, and he kills a defiant elder without hesitation. He is pleased to gain powerful recruits but recognizes that his ultimate priority is reaching the Primordial Chaos Realm.
• Ying Dang shows gratitude and loyalty to Tongtian, while also revealing strategic thinking. He proposes converting the captured elders into useful servants rather than simply destroying them.
• Mo Hai and the two guest elders abandon resistance when confronted with certain death. The guest elders’ lack of loyalty to the Blood Saber Sect makes their surrender especially easy; Mo Hai ultimately follows suit.

Significant themes

• Power and survival: The Sword Formation leaves the elders with only two choices—submission or death.
• Pragmatism over mercy: Tongtian treats enemies according to their usefulness and refuses to risk future threats.
• Reversal of fortune and loyalty: Ying Dang’s former persecutors are now helpless before him and the master to whom he is devoted.
• Building power: The captured elders strengthen Tongtian’s faction, though he sees them as a foundation rather than a match for the great powers.

Character interactions

• Ying Dang kneels to thank Tongtian, then asks him to spare the elders as potential Sword Slaves.
• Tongtian questions the proposal and tests the captives’ willingness to submit; one elder’s defiance earns him immediate death.
• The surviving elders plead for their lives, and Tongtian accepts their surrender. Mo Hai’s final offer to help seize the Blood Saber Sect signals a new alliance—and a possible next move.

Key plot points and events

• With Mo Hai swearing himself into slavery, the Blood Saber Sect is effectively defeated after its patriarch’s absence leaves it unprotected. Tongtian has no plans to occupy the sect, but orders its valuables seized.
• Ying Dang reports an enormous haul: over a million purple pearls, hundreds of innate spiritual roots, more than a dozen Primordial Unity Spirit Treasures, and over ten thousand tons of blood jade marrow—a rare ore used to forge treasures.
• Tongtian learns from Ying Dang’s memories that the Shiva Holy Land supports a vast range of cultivated arts and that spiritual treasures have formal grades. He discovers that his Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation can reach Heaven Grade when combined, while several of his other treasures are lower-ranked or damaged.
• Tongtian resolves to visit the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, a major treasure-forging sect, to upgrade the Immortal-Slaying Swords and Chaos Bell.
• Nuwa and Qingxuan finish inspecting the treasury. Tongtian orders the remaining Blood Saber disciples released rather than recruited, fearing their corrupt habits would damage his sect.
• Tongtian and his companions quickly return to the Sea-Covering Sword Sect, anticipating the arrival of the Frenzied Iron Gate and Cloud-Treading Holy Land. The Blood Saber Sect is stripped and destroyed in a single day, before nearby powers understand what happened.

Character developments

• Tongtian broadens his understanding of the Shiva Holy Land and recognizes that his previously powerful treasures are not invincible by local standards. He becomes intent on improving them.
• Ying Dang demonstrates competence in managing the conquest and becomes Tongtian’s source of knowledge about the wider world.
• Mo Hai and the other Sword Slaves have severed their former allegiance to the Blood Saber Sect.
• Nuwa shares Tongtian’s excitement over the spoils, while judging the Blood Saber Sect’s disciples as unworthy recruits.

Significant themes

• Conquest and its rewards: Victory brings wealth, resources, and strategic advantage, but Tongtian chooses not to annex the defeated sect.
• Knowledge and perspective: Learning the Holy Land’s treasure system reveals how limited Tongtian’s prior understanding was.
• Pragmatic leadership: Tongtian prioritizes his sect’s stability, rejects potentially corrupt recruits, and leaves before rival powers arrive.
• Power and vulnerability: Even formidable artifacts can be outclassed or weakened, making their improvement essential.

Character interactions

• Ying Dang reports the spoils and transfers his knowledge directly to Tongtian.
• Nuwa and Qingxuan inventory the treasury, with Nuwa enthusiastically describing the sect’s riches.
• Tongtian consults Ying Dang, gives him broad discretion over the captured sect’s affairs, and firmly rejects keeping its remaining disciples.

Plot points and events

• After defeating the Blood Saber Sect, Tongtian returns to the Sea-Covering Sword Sect with its resources and three Dao-Unification elders enslaved. The sect’s defenders are astonished by how quickly he has overcome its longtime enemy.
• Nangong Yan arrives with the Frenzied Iron Gate and its sanctuary, seeking refuge under Tongtian. Soon afterward, the Cloud-Treading Holy Land and Heavenly Mystery Sect also relocate their sanctuaries beside the sect.
• The newly enlarged alliance has seven Dao-Unification Realm experts and eleven Primordial Origin Realm experts, including Nuwa, whom the narration describes as Tongtian’s captive.
• Tongtian announces that the Sea-Covering Sword Sect will be renamed and reestablished as the Interception Sect, with a founding ceremony at Sword-Washing Mountain in three months. The move requires official registration and extensive preparations.
• As news spreads, powerful groups across the region flock to the ceremony. Tongtian spends the time refining the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords with blood jade marrow.
• A new threat emerges: Black Cliff Cave, a dominant regional power and enemy of Prison Suppression. Wang Chen, Zhuge, Jian Wuchen, and Qingxuan encounter one of its envoys and return with minor injuries. Reports also suggest that Wei Qing of Sunken Sky Mountain is connected to Black Cliff Cave, and that Holy Mother Feihong may soon visit Hanyang Commandery. Tongtian’s group fears they may be unable to withstand Black Cliff Cave if conflict breaks out.

Character developments and interactions

• Tongtian consolidates his victories into a major regional power, then commits to restoring the Interception Sect in the new territory. His confidence is tempered by concern over Black Cliff Cave’s strength.
• Ying Song is overwhelmed by Tongtian’s rapid success, while Jian Wuchen voices the sect’s disbelief at the scale of his conquests.
• Nangong Yan feels reassured that he chose to join Tongtian after seeing the sect’s growing strength.
• Ying Dang celebrates the sect’s rise and sees its expansion as a chance to ease his longstanding guilt over past failures.
• Ying Dang and Mo Hai warn Tongtian about Black Cliff Cave and report the danger to their allies. They clarify that the recent injuries were minor, but emphasize the threat posed by the cave’s powerful leadership.

Significant themes

• Rapid ascent and consolidation of power: Victories, defections, and relocated sanctuaries transform a modest sect into a leading force.
• Loyalty and renewed purpose: Followers rally behind Tongtian, while Ying Dang finds hope in the sect’s revival.
• Ambition and identity: Renaming the organization as the Interception Sect signals a larger legacy and purpose.
• Power’s limits and looming danger: The new alliance is formidable, yet Black Cliff Cave presents a potential rival too strong to dismiss.

Key plot points

• Tongtian and Ying Dang suspect that Sunken Sky Mountain helped draw the attention of Black Cliff Cave’s White Tiger Hall. Unsure why such a major power is targeting them, they decide to investigate Sunken Sky Mountain before acting against Black Cliff Cave.
• Before leaving, Tongtian strengthens the sect’s defenses by teaching its disciples three formidable formations: the Myriad Immortals Formation, the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, and the God-Thunder Spell-Destroying Formation. Even senior experts are impressed by their power, and the disciples gain confidence that the sect can withstand a major attack.
• After confirming the formations are working, Tongtian leaves for Sunken Sky Mountain with Jian Wuchen and Kuxiu. Ying Dang and Mo Hai stay behind to guard the sect.
• Jian Wuchen explains that the Black Cliff Cave envoy at Sunken Sky Mountain, Nan Yi, may not be a White Tiger Hall envoy at all. He is reportedly a personal disciple of Sage Feihong and a Dao-Unification Realm prodigy around Jian Wuchen’s age. Kuxiu recalls that Nan Yi was once named the Third Heavenly Prodigy at a major assembly.

Character developments and interactions

• Tongtian has earned the acceptance of the former Sea-Covering Sword Sect disciples and established his authority as sect master. He sees the looming conflict as a chance to raise the Interception Sect’s standing, though he recognizes the danger.
• Nuwa urges Tongtian to be cautious, reminding him that people in the Primordial World are waiting for him to return. Her words stir his longing for home. Tongtian remains wary of her ties to Primordial Chaos Holy Land but is less hostile toward her than before.
• Jian Wuchen apologizes for his earlier disrespect. Tongtian responds warmly, values his talent and dedication to the Sword Dao, and brings him along partly because the sect needs future leaders.
• Kuxiu remains quiet and obedient, but contributes an important recollection about Nan Yi’s reputation.

Significant themes

• Preparation in the face of danger: Tongtian fortifies the sect before investigating its enemies.
• Leadership and legacy: Building the Interception Sect means developing both defenses and promising successors.
• Ambition and sacrifice: Tongtian sees the crisis as an opportunity to make the sect powerful enough to challenge greater forces, even as it risks delaying his return to the Primordial World.
• Hidden power and uncertainty: The revelation of Nan Yi’s identity suggests that Black Cliff Cave’s involvement may be more serious than first assumed.

Plot points and events

• Kuxiu explains that every six hundred years the Human Emperor Manor Assembly gathers sects in Brahma Heaven Province, usually admitting only the top sixty. At the assembly three hundred years earlier, the gifted Nan Yi placed third despite reaching Dao-Unification Realm after only ten Primordial Eras.
• Tongtian considers building up the Interception Sect enough to qualify for the next assembly. He privately thinks the Myriad Worlds Library might help Jian Wuchen grow, though the sect’s immediate survival is uncertain because of pressure from Black Cliff Cave.
• Tongtian, Kuxiu, and Jian Wuchen reach Sunken Sky Mountain, home of Black Cliff Cave. Despite his companions’ readiness for battle, Tongtian urges a peaceful approach and announces himself as Sect Master of the Sea-Covering Sword Sect.
• Nan Yi arrives with Wei Qing. Wei Qing urges Nan Yi to capture Tongtian’s party, believing Tongtian may be connected to Bai Zeyu. Nan Yi challenges Wei Qing’s unreliable assumptions, then greets Tongtian and asks where Ying Dang is.

Character developments

• Tongtian shows strategic ambition in thinking about the sect’s future, but also restraint: he prefers negotiation before violence. He recognizes Nan Yi as an unusually formidable talent.
• Kuxiu provides context about the wider cultivation world and remains battle-ready, reflecting his caution around powerful factions.
• Jian Wuchen doubts he can ever reach Dao-Unification Realm, while Tongtian privately resolves to help cultivate his potential.
• Nan Yi is powerful and discerning. Though Wei Qing’s claims make him suspicious, he does not immediately attack and instead investigates for himself.
• Wei Qing appears anxious and eager to push Nan Yi toward action, but his uncertain claims undermine his credibility.

Significant themes

• Ambition and cultivation: Tongtian looks beyond immediate conflicts toward raising his sect’s standing and developing Jian Wuchen.
• Caution versus force: The party’s tension contrasts with Tongtian’s preference for peaceful resolution.
• Power and hierarchy: The assembly’s rankings and Nan Yi’s reputation reveal the extraordinary strength of the major factions.
• Trust and misjudgment: Wei Qing’s assumptions threaten to turn a first meeting hostile, while Nan Yi’s skepticism prevents an immediate clash.

Character interactions

• Tongtian draws Kuxiu’s account of the assembly and then discusses the sect’s prospects with Jian Wuchen, whose self-doubt prompts Tongtian to consider supporting his growth.
• At Sunken Sky Mountain, Tongtian restrains Kuxiu and Jian Wuchen when Nan Yi raises his hands to greet them, mistaking the gesture for an attack.
• Nan Yi rebukes Wei Qing for making unsupported claims, then approaches Tongtian respectfully and asks about Ying Dang—leaving Tongtian alert to Wei Qing’s possible role in provoking the conflict.

Plot points and events

• Tongtian, the new Sect Master of the Sea-Covering Sword Sect, arrives at Sunken Sky Mountain with Elder Ying Dang and Jian Wuchen, explaining that they came to prevent a misunderstanding with Black Cliff Cave’s envoys.
• Wei Qing accuses the Sea-Covering Sword Sect of serving Prison Suppression and trying to oppress Sunken Sky Mountain. Jian Wuchen and Tongtian expose this as another of Wei Qing’s attempts to distort the truth and provoke conflict.
• Nan Yi demands an honest explanation. Wei Qing tries to pressure him by invoking Holy Mother Feihong, Nan Yi’s master, but the tactic backfires: Nan Yi reveals that his master sent him for Wei Qing, not Bai Zeyu.
• Nan Yi strikes Wei Qing with one palm, hurling him into the sect entrance and badly injuring him. His force continues to damage Wei Qing, leaving him unable to move.
• Nan Yi then questions Tongtian about the Sea-Covering Sword Sect. He recalls that White Tiger Hall had discussed taking revenge on it for the Blood Saber Sect, suggesting the two groups may be enemies.

Character development and interactions

• Tongtian remains composed while confronting Wei Qing and quickly recognizes his deception. Nan Yi’s overwhelming power, however, makes Tongtian realize how far a true prodigy can surpass even a strong cultivator.
• Jian Wuchen is furious at Wei Qing’s repeated false accusations. He is also deeply impressed by Nan Yi’s strength.
• Wei Qing loses control of the situation. His usual blame-shifting fails, and invoking Holy Mother Feihong only provokes Nan Yi. His injuries leave him helpless.
• Nan Yi is unpredictable: he acts decisively against Wei Qing, but says he attacked partly because he found him displeasing. He is cordial toward Tongtian, though his revelation about White Tiger Hall creates a new threat.

Significant themes

• Truth versus manipulation: Wei Qing’s accusations collapse when challenged, showing how lies can inflame political tensions but also expose the liar.
• Power and status: Wei Qing’s attempt to exploit Nan Yi’s connection to Holy Mother Feihong fails because he misunderstands their relationship—and Nan Yi’s authority.
• Unequal strength: Nan Yi’s single strike demonstrates the gulf between ordinary high-level cultivators and a prodigy backed by a powerful sect.
• Uncertain alliances: The Sea-Covering Sword Sect may have avoided a clash with Sunken Sky Mountain only to face retaliation from White Tiger Hall.

Plot points

• The Blood Saber Patriarch returns to find his sect looted and nearly deserted. Its treasures are gone, its elders have defected, and his sole remaining Dao-Unification elder was killed.
• Survivors blame the Sea-Covering Sword Sect, saying its Grand Elder Ying Dang led the attack. Unable to identify the powerful figure who overwhelmed the Blood Saber elders, the Patriarch seeks help from White Tiger Hall.
• White Tiger Hall sends Liu Sheng, a sixth-heaven Dao-Unification expert, to support him. The Patriarch rallies his scattered disciples and marches on the Sea-Covering Sword Sect.
• At the gates, Liu Sheng and the Patriarch are stunned by the sect’s spectacular transformation: it now looks more imposing than Black Cliff Cave’s headquarters. Liu Sheng urges caution and has disciples capture people for questioning.
• The captives identify themselves as members of the Heavenly Mystery Sect, Cloud-Treading Holy Land, and Frenzied Iron Gate—not the Sea-Covering Sword Sect. The Patriarch kills one captive in anger, worsening Liu Sheng’s suspicion that he has been misled.
• The final captive explains the confusion: the captors seized the wrong person, leaving the Sea-Covering Sword Sect disciple they meant to question untouched.

Character developments and interactions

• Blood Saber Patriarch shifts from furious confidence to confusion and desperation. He relies on Liu Sheng’s backing but cannot explain why the sect grounds seem occupied by unfamiliar groups.
• Liu Sheng begins cautiously, then grows increasingly angry as the Patriarch’s claims fail to match what they see. He suspects the Patriarch is making a fool of White Tiger Hall.
• The captives are terrified and increasingly exasperated; the Heavenly Mystery Sect disciple’s complaint exposes the captors’ basic mistake.

Significant themes

• Revenge built on incomplete information: the Patriarch acts on a fragmentary account, while even powerful allies lack a clear picture of events.
• The danger of arrogance and misjudgment: Liu Sheng assumes the situation should be straightforward, but the transformed sect and mistaken captures undermine that confidence.
• Rapid change and shifting power: the Sea-Covering Sword Sect’s sudden grandeur contrasts with the Blood Saber Sect’s collapse, suggesting the balance of power has changed dramatically.

Key plot points

• The Blood Saber Patriarch, furious that Tongtian’s forces have raided his sect, asks Liu Sheng of White Tiger Hall to help him retaliate. Liu Sheng is initially uncertain: Tongtian appears more powerful and influential than the Blood Saber Patriarch.
• To secure Liu Sheng’s support, the Patriarch offers him a dark-red wooden box containing a chaos supreme treasure, said to be at least heaven-grade. Liu Sheng accepts and agrees to help eliminate Tongtian, while making clear that White Tiger Hall will not deal with the Patriarch’s other enemies.
• The Blood Saber Patriarch leads a large force toward the Sea-Covering Sword Sect. Inside, Ying Dang and Mo Hai learn that the attack is coming. Ying Dang goes out to confront the invaders, while Mo Hai overcomes his reluctance to face his former master.
• The Patriarch challenges Ying Dang to fight beyond the sect’s defenses. Ying Dang refuses, prioritizing the sect’s safety while Tongtian is absent, and warns that the Patriarch is entering a deadly trap.
• The Patriarch attacks the sect’s powerful defensive array. As Ying Dang notices Mo Hai behind him holding a control key for the outer Forbidden-Sky Divine Thunder Magic-Destroying Array, the chapter ends on a cliffhanger.

Character developments

• Blood Saber Patriarch is driven by anger and the desire to reclaim his sect’s assets. Despite his fear of Liu Sheng’s hesitation, he resorts to bribery and then presses the attack.
• Liu Sheng proves pragmatic: he weighs which faction is more useful to Black Cliff Cave, accepts the treasure, and limits his promised assistance to Tongtian.
• Ying Dang shows restraint and responsibility, choosing defense over his usual aggressive approach because Tongtian is away and the sect’s survival is his priority.
• Mo Hai struggles with lingering fear of his former master, but his loyalty to Tongtian ultimately outweighs his old submission to the Patriarch.

Significant themes

• Power and political leverage: Liu Sheng’s allegiance is shaped by strategic usefulness and a valuable offering.
• Loyalty versus past oppression: Mo Hai must face the leader he once feared, while recognizing that the Blood Saber elders had long resented the Patriarch’s cruelty.
• Defense over bravado: Ying Dang refuses a risky duel, emphasizing the responsibility of protecting the sect.
• Tension and reversal: The Patriarch believes he is advancing toward revenge, but the formidable array—and Mo Hai’s control key—suggest that the attack may turn against him.

Character interactions

• The Blood Saber Patriarch pleads and bargains with Liu Sheng, who agrees to help but keeps his commitment carefully limited.
• Ying Dang confronts and taunts the Patriarch from behind the sect’s defenses, while the Patriarch tries to provoke him into leaving the array.
• Mo Hai and Ying Dang’s bond as Tongtian’s Sword Slaves informs their shared loyalty, even as Mo Hai wrestles with fear of his former master.

Key events

• Mo Hai activates Tongtian’s God-Thunder Spell-Destroying Formation as the Blood Saber Patriarch approaches. It repeatedly blasts him with Purple Firmament Divine Thunder, leaving him badly injured and forcing him to crawl out of the formation’s flight-prohibited zone.
• Liu Sheng, a powerful Guardian of Black Cliff Cave’s White Tiger Hall, watches the attack and judges the Blood Saber Patriarch ineffective. Impressed by the formation, he suspects Tongtian made it and considers recruiting him.
• Liu Sheng demands that the Sea-Covering Sword Sect submit to Black Cliff Cave. Ying Dang politely refuses, claiming Tongtian is away and they lack authority, while keeping Liu Sheng outside the protection of their inner formation.
• Liu Sheng treats the refusal as defiance and walks through the thunder formation. Its bolts burst harmlessly around him, revealing the vast difference between his strength and the Blood Saber Patriarch’s.
• The sect prepares its remaining defenses. Ying Dang takes up the Immortal-Killing Sword, and Liu Sheng enters the Sect-Guarding Grand Array, where streams of sword energy immediately attack him.

Character developments and interactions

• Mo Hai proves his loyalty and resolve by activating the formation against the Blood Saber Patriarch.
• Ying Dang shifts from worrying that Mo Hai might betray them to coordinating the sect’s defense, while carefully refusing Liu Sheng’s demand without surrendering their protections.
• The Blood Saber Patriarch goes from confident avenger to humiliated, helpless survivor. He warns Liu Sheng but cannot affect the unfolding confrontation.
• Liu Sheng is revealed as an arrogant, overwhelmingly powerful enforcer: he sees submission as mandatory and dismisses anyone who resists.
• Nangong Yan joins Ying Dang and Mo Hai as the threat escalates; the defenders recognize they cannot afford to let Liu Sheng inside their protections.

Significant themes

• Power and hierarchy: The contrast between Liu Sheng and the Blood Saber Patriarch shows that even a small gap in rank can conceal an enormous difference in strength.
• Coercion and resistance: Black Cliff Cave presents “recruitment” as an ultimatum, while the sect’s leaders resist as best they can.
• Preparation and strategy: Tongtian’s layered formations give the sect a chance to defend itself in his absence, though Liu Sheng’s power threatens to overwhelm them.