Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• Ying Dang activates Tongtian’s Immortal-Killing Sword Formation, unleashing enough of its power to threaten Liu Sheng.
• Liu Sheng counters with the Thousand-Crane Mirror, which absorbs the sword qi and returns it several times stronger. The reflected attacks destroy the formation’s anchors, leaving the Sea-Covering Sword Sect unable to hold its defenses.
• Mo Hai urges Ying Dang to feign cooperation and stall for time, but Ying Dang distrusts the Black Cliff Cave’s notorious treachery. With the array close to collapse, he orders the sect to lower it and surrender.
• Liu Sheng is astonished by the number of Dao-Unification Realm cultivators in Tongtian’s sect. Ying Dang, Mo Hai, Wang Chen, and Zhuge reveal they are Tongtian’s “Sword Slaves”; Nangong Yan says he joined as a member of the sect.
• The Blood Saber Patriarch arrives and denounces the former Blood Saber elders as traitors, expecting Liu Sheng to help him punish them. Liu Sheng instead accuses him of misleading the Black Cliff Cave and rejects his claim to protection.
• Realizing he has been exploited and abandoned, the Blood Saber Patriarch protests that he paid heavily for the Black Cliff Cave’s protection. Liu Sheng dismisses him and attacks with the Thousand-Crane Mirror.

Character developments and interactions

• Ying Dang shifts from defending the sect to accepting surrender when resistance becomes futile, while remaining wary of Liu Sheng’s intentions.
• Liu Sheng demonstrates the mirror’s overwhelming power and becomes increasingly curious about Tongtian. He also reveals that the Black Cliff Cave treats supposed allies as disposable when convenient.
• Mo Hai favors a tactical deception, but Ying Dang chooses open surrender instead.
• The Blood Saber Patriarch goes from swaggering and demanding revenge to realizing he has been betrayed by the very faction he paid to protect him.
• Liu Sheng’s questions about Tongtian’s Sword Slaves suggest he doubts the sect’s structure and wonders what kind of leader would command such powerful subordinates.

Significant themes

• Treachery and false alliances: The Black Cliff Cave’s reputation is borne out by Liu Sheng’s treatment of the Blood Saber Patriarch.
• Power and survival: The sect abandons its defenses when Liu Sheng’s artifact makes continued resistance untenable.
• Loyalty and hierarchy: Tongtian’s followers’ status as “Sword Slaves” impresses Liu Sheng but also raises questions about their relationship with their leader.

Key plot points and events

• Liu Sheng abandons the Blood Saber Patriarch, declaring him useless now that his sect and disciples are gone. The Patriarch realizes he was never truly protected by the Black Cliff Cave and accuses Liu Sheng of betraying him.
• The Patriarch unleashes an alarming aura and appears ready to fight, but actually uses Blood Shadow Escape, a technique that consumes much of his blood essence to erase his presence and flee.
• Mo Hai and the others privately recognize the escape technique. Ying Dang confirms that the Patriarch has vanished, while Liu Sheng remains on guard, unaware he has been deceived.
• When Liu Sheng realizes the Patriarch has escaped, he turns his anger on Mo Hai and the others and attacks them.
• Ying Dang blocks the strike and asserts that Mo Hai’s group are elders of the Interception Sect, protected by Saint Tongtian. Ying Song activates the Myriad Immortals Formation, drawing the sect members into its defenses and trapping Liu Sheng within its strange, storm-filled world, where the Thousand-Crane Mirror no longer works.

Character developments and interactions

• Blood Saber Patriarch reveals himself as a survivalist: despite his furious threats, he sacrifices much of his life force to escape rather than risk a confrontation.
• Liu Sheng is shown to be ruthless and opportunistic, but also vulnerable to being outmaneuvered. Humiliated by the Patriarch’s escape, he redirects his fury toward the Sea-Covering Sword Sect.
• Ying Dang moves from wary caution to open defiance, protecting Mo Hai and the sect despite Liu Sheng’s superior power. He had already ordered preparations for the formation because he suspected Liu Sheng might turn against them.
• Mo Hai and his companions use private communication to identify the Patriarch’s trick, then support Ying Dang’s careful response to Liu Sheng’s threats.

Significant themes

• Betrayal and distrust: Liu Sheng discards the Patriarch, while the Sea-Covering Sword Sect expects the same treatment and prepares accordingly.
• Survival over pride: The Patriarch’s dramatic “last stand” is a cover for escape, showing that self-preservation outweighs appearances.
• Loyalty and protection: Ying Dang risks challenging Liu Sheng to defend those under his sect’s protection.
• Power and overreach: Liu Sheng’s strength gives him confidence, but the formation checks his aggression and turns the balance of power against him.

Plot points and events

• More than thirty thousand Sea-Covering Sword Sect disciples, including several Primordial Origin Realm experts, complete the Myriad Immortals Formation under Ying Dang’s command. Its layered defenses and intricate transformations trap Liu Sheng, a Sixth Heaven Dao-Unification Realm guardian of Black Cliff Cave’s White Tiger Hall, and steadily exhaust him.
• Ying Dang wants to avoid killing Liu Sheng, but releasing him could expose the sect to retaliation. Liu Sheng refuses to make peace and threatens the sect.
• Tongtian returns from Sunken Sky Mountain with Kuxiu and Jian Wuchen, accompanied by Nan Yi. Seeing damage to the sect’s defenses, Tongtian fears the worst, but learns that the sect remains intact and Liu Sheng is trapped.
• Tongtian recognizes a troubling parallel between the attack on his sect and the events at Sunken Sky Mountain: in both cases, Black Cliff Cave’s involvement has brought disaster to a smaller faction. He grows uncertain about Nan Yi, though he decides to trust him for now.
• Nan Yi admires the Myriad Immortals Formation, then becomes furious when Tongtian explains that Liu Sheng attacked the sect. Nan Yi says he will not share Liu Sheng’s conduct, so Tongtian orders the formation lowered.
• Liu Sheng emerges and immediately attacks Tongtian with the Thousand-Crane Mirror. Nan Yi intercepts the strike with a jade dragon-carved jue, shattering its divine light. Liu Sheng recognizes Nan Yi and is left terrified, asking why he is there.

Character developments and interactions

• Ying Dang proves capable of commanding the formation but is caught between protecting the sect and avoiding a wider conflict. He follows Tongtian’s decision once Nan Yi offers reassurance.
• Tongtian shifts from alarm at the sect’s apparent devastation to relief, then suspicion about Nan Yi’s role in repeated conflicts involving Black Cliff Cave. Despite his doubts, he extends trust and accepts responsibility for handling Liu Sheng.
• Nan Yi shows both keen interest in the formation and open hostility toward White Tiger Hall’s interference. By shielding Tongtian, he demonstrates that he is not acting in concert with Liu Sheng—at least for the moment.
• Liu Sheng remains arrogant and threatening while trapped, then attacks Tongtian upon release. His fear of Nan Yi reveals that Nan Yi holds considerable authority or power over him.

Significant themes

• Collective strength and strategy: The formation lets the sect restrain a much stronger opponent through coordination and layered defenses.
• Leadership under pressure: Ying Dang and Tongtian must weigh immediate safety against the risk of provoking a powerful faction.
• Trust and suspicion: Tongtian must decide whether Nan Yi is an ally despite the troubling pattern surrounding Black Cliff Cave.
• Loyalty and factional conflict: Nan Yi’s anger at White Tiger Hall suggests internal divisions, while Liu Sheng’s aggression threatens to deepen the conflict.

Key plot points

• Nan Yi arrives as Liu Sheng is threatening Tongtian and the Holy Land Interception Sect. Recognizing the damage Liu Sheng’s conduct could do to Black Cliff Cave’s effort to recruit the sect, Nan Yi intervenes.
• Liu Sheng admits the Blood Saber Patriarch fled. Nan Yi infers that Liu Sheng retaliated against the sect after being manipulated and abandoned.
• Nan Yi apologizes on behalf of Liu Sheng and White Tiger Hall. Tongtian accepts the apology and lets Liu Sheng go, framing the confrontation as a misunderstanding caused by the Blood Saber Patriarch.
• Nan Yi orders Liu Sheng to tell White Tiger Hall’s leader that the Interception Sect is now Black Cliff Cave’s strongest ally in Hanyang Commandery—and hints it could replace White Tiger Hall.
• Nan Yi proposes that the sect hold its founding ceremony in about three months, when his master, Holy Mother Feihong, will visit. Tongtian welcomes the suggestion and invites Nan Yi inside.
• Nan Yi stays at the sect for over half a month, impressed by its people, defenses, organization, and preparations. He grows comfortable there, while Tongtian remains wary.

Character developments and interactions

• Tongtian appears accommodating, but his cooperation is strategic: he hopes to gain resources and prestige for his young sect without trusting Black Cliff Cave. He recognizes Nan Yi’s belief that he can control the sect.
• Nan Yi is angered by Liu Sheng’s recklessness but remains focused on recruiting Tongtian and the sect for his own purposes. He sees Tongtian as valuable talent and increasingly lowers his guard as he observes the sect.
• Liu Sheng shifts from aggression to fear and submission, chiefly because he dreads the consequences of angering Nan Yi’s master, Holy Mother Feihong. He escapes without taking anything from the sect.
• Tongtian and Nan Yi maintain outwardly cordial relations, each concealing a different agenda. Nan Yi offers protection and patronage; Tongtian offers hospitality while keeping his suspicions to himself.

Significant themes

• Mutual manipulation and hidden agendas: Both leaders present cooperation as beneficial while privately planning to use the other.
• Power and hierarchy: Liu Sheng’s behavior changes instantly under Nan Yi’s authority and the threat posed by Feihong.
• Political opportunism: The sect’s founding ceremony becomes a chance for Nan Yi to advance Black Cliff Cave’s influence and for Tongtian to seek support.
• Caution beneath appearances: Even as trust seems to grow, Tongtian does not relax his vigilance.

Key plot points and events

• Tongtian tells Nuwa and Qingxuan that the Holy Land Interception Sect is in grave danger: Holy Mother Feihong, a powerful Primordial Chaos Realm expert, is expected to arrive in two months.
• Suspecting her visit is connected to Bai Zeyu’s loss of cultivation, Tongtian fears he will be blamed for the situation. He sends Nuwa and Qingxuan to Hanyang Commandery to warn Bai Zeyu and Mu Chengxue and urge them to find a way to protect everyone.
• The women leave secretly, while Tongtian continues working alongside Nan Yi, whose trust in him remains unshaken.
• At White Tiger Hall, Liu Sheng reports that Nan Yi has crippled the leader of Sunken Sky Mountain. He presents the surviving elder, Shi Cheng, whom he captured during a detour to the mountain.
• Under pressure, Shi Cheng reveals that Tongtian serves Bai Zeyu and suspects the Sea-Covering Sword Sect is made up of Bai Zeyu’s subordinates. Xiao Ming reacts with a surge of killing intent, recognizing the serious implications.

Character developments and interactions

• Tongtian is cautious but increasingly desperate. He uses his apparent closeness to Nan Yi as cover while trying to alert Bai Zeyu before Feihong arrives.
• Nuwa understands Tongtian’s plan and its dangers; Qingxuan, initially uncertain, realizes that their survival is tied to the sect and agrees to go.
• Nan Yi remains arrogant and unsuspecting, trusting Tongtian despite the threat brewing around them.
• Liu Sheng, resentful after Nan Yi’s earlier humiliation, seeks leverage by bringing Shi Cheng to White Tiger Hall.
• Shi Cheng readily betrays what he knows to save himself. His revelation shifts White Tiger Hall’s attention toward Tongtian and Bai Zeyu.
• Xiao Ming moves from mockery of Nan Yi to alarm and hostility once Bai Zeyu’s name is raised.

Significant themes

• Political intrigue and mistaken trust: Tongtian’s safety depends on Nan Yi’s failure to suspect him, while White Tiger Hall uncovers his connection through an unexpected informant.
• Survival under unequal power: The characters face forces far stronger than themselves and must rely on warnings, alliances, and timing.
• Consequences of hidden identities: Tongtian’s link to Bai Zeyu, once exposed, threatens to draw the sect into a wider conflict.

Key plot points and events

• Shi Cheng confirms rumors that Nan Yi has allied with Tongtian, entered the Holy Land Interception Sect, and intends to replace White Tiger Hall. He also warns that the sect may be connected to Prison Suppression.
• White Tiger Hall leader Xiao Ming seizes on the allegations as a pretext to eliminate Nan Yi, whom he sees as a future rival. He orders Liu Sheng and Yan Tu to investigate the Holy Land Interception Sect—and authorizes them to punish Nan Yi if he obstructs them.
• Liu Sheng and Yan Tu agree, each aware that Xiao Ming may later make them scapegoats. They set out, taking Shi Cheng with them.
• Unaware of the danger, Tongtian continues refining the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords. His work strengthens the other three swords, while refining the fourth tempers his Primordial Spirit.
• Tongtian breaks through to the sixth heaven of the Dao-Unification Realm. He credits his improved ability to absorb and retain power, along with two potent blood-red spirit fruits from the Blood Saber Sect’s stores.

Character developments and interactions

• Xiao Ming reveals his ambition and hostility toward Nan Yi, disguising a potential assassination as loyalty to Black Cliff Cave and concern for its Sect Master.
• Liu Sheng and Yan Tu obey the order but recognize the political danger and consider how blame might be shifted if events go wrong.
• Nan Yi grows increasingly suspicious of Tongtian’s origins and abilities, especially with Holy Mother Feihong due to arrive in just over a month.
• Tongtian’s Sword Slaves, including Ying Dang and Mo Hai, sense his progress and welcome it, since their own advancement depends on his strength.
• The chapter sets Xiao Ming’s covert move against Nan Yi in contrast with Tongtian’s rapid, unsuspected rise.

Significant themes

• Political ambition and betrayal: Xiao Ming uses sect loyalty as cover for a personal power play.
• The risks of hidden affiliations: Rumors about Nan Yi and the Holy Land Interception Sect become grounds for possible violence.
• Power and dependence: Tongtian’s growth offers hope to the Sword Slaves, whose futures are tied to him.
• Secrecy and uncertainty: Nan Yi questions Tongtian’s identity, while Tongtian remains unaware of the threat approaching his sect.

Plot points and events

• Tongtian’s power rises to the Sixth Heaven of the Dao-Unification Realm. His Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation has become his own Sword Dao Space, which he can extend over the Interception Sect and as far as a thousand li.
• He senses Liu Sheng and Yan Tu of White Tiger Hall approaching. Suspecting they may know about his connection to Bai Zeyu, Tongtian decides Nan Yi must not learn the secret and tells Ying Dang to keep watch over him.
• Liu Sheng and Yan Tu enter Tongtian’s Sword Dao Space without noticing it. Tongtian’s allies gather around them, while Ying Dang and Mo Hai quietly keep Nan Yi under surveillance.
• Nan Yi challenges Liu Sheng for threatening the Interception Sect, which he considers an ally of Black Cliff Cave. Liu Sheng instead accuses Nan Yi of secretly colluding with Black Cliff Cave’s enemies and uses this charge as a pretext to attack.
• Liu Sheng fires the Thousand-Crane Mirror at Nan Yi. As Nan Yi counters with his Divine Dragon Jade Pendant, Yan Tu secretly sends a golden Dharma wheel toward Nan Yi’s back.
• Tongtian intercepts the ambush with the Immortal-Slaying Sword, saving Nan Yi. The sword is knocked aside, but Nan Yi realizes the attack could have killed him.
• Furious at the betrayal, Nan Yi unleashes the Great Transformation Heavenly God Palm against the two White Tiger Hall men.

Character developments

• Tongtian displays both his newly expanded authority and tactical caution. Though he saves Nan Yi from the ambush, he still distrusts him and has him watched.
• Nan Yi shifts from bewilderment and indignation to fury when he discovers that White Tiger Hall has tried to kill him. His pride and formidable magical resources are also evident.
• Liu Sheng acts with calculated hostility, using accusations of treason to justify an attack he already intends to make.
• Yan Tu remains silent and concealed, revealing himself through a surprise assassination attempt.

Themes

• Power and control: Tongtian’s Sword Dao Space makes him sovereign within its reach, while leaving its presence hidden gives him a tactical advantage.
• Betrayal and distrust: Nan Yi’s own associates turn on him, while Tongtian’s help does not mean he trusts Nan Yi.
• Political pretexts and manipulation: Liu Sheng turns accusations of secret collusion into cover for violence.
• Hidden danger: The concealed Sword Dao Space and Yan Tu’s nearly undetectable strike show how threats can remain unseen until the decisive moment.

Character interactions

• Tongtian privately orders Ying Dang to watch Nan Yi, showing that he treats him as useful but untrustworthy.
• Nan Yi confronts Liu Sheng over the threat to the Interception Sect; Liu Sheng responds by accusing him of betrayal and attacking.
• Yan Tu attempts to assassinate Nan Yi from behind, but Tongtian intervenes.
• Nan Yi recognizes Tongtian’s intervention, then directs his wrath at both White Tiger Hall men.

Key plot points and events

• Ying Dang’s group considers intervening in Nan Yi’s fight with Liu Sheng and Yan Tu, but Tongtian lets the conflict continue, occasionally using the Immortal Slaying Sword to protect Nan Yi.
• Nan Yi, enraged that members of Black Cliff Cave have turned against him, vows to destroy White Tiger Hall and calls on Tongtian for help.
• Tongtian sends Ying Dang and the other Sword Slaves to surround Liu Sheng. Their combined attack forces Liu Sheng back, easing the pressure on Nan Yi.
• Nan Yi releases the Eight Branches seal, raising his cultivation from the first to the third heaven. His Divine Dragon Jade Pendant manifests a dragon resembling the Primordial World’s Ancestral Dragon, startling Tongtian.
• Nan Yi uses the Sunlight Spear, melting two of Yan Tu’s Dharma wheels and driving him into retreat.
• Tongtian finally reveals his Sword Dao Space, trapping both White Tiger Hall protectors within it. Liu Sheng escapes after being badly wounded, while Yan Tu is left surrounded.

Character developments

• Nan Yi shifts from an apparently outmatched young prodigy to a dangerous opponent after releasing his seal. His anger fuels his determination, and his hidden power and mysterious artifact raise questions about his origins.
• Tongtian moves from observing and subtly protecting Nan Yi to directly attacking the White Tiger Hall experts. His decision is partly strategic, but he is also intrigued by the jade pendant’s connection to the Ancestral Dragon.
• Ying Dang and the Sword Slaves demonstrate the strength of their teamwork, forcing Liu Sheng to retreat.
• Liu Sheng and Yan Tu lose control of the fight: Liu Sheng flees, while Yan Tu is stranded without the support his fighting style depends on.

Significant themes

• Power concealed behind appearances: Nan Yi’s apparent weakness hides a seal and formidable techniques.
• Betrayal and shifting loyalties: Nan Yi’s fury comes from being attacked by members of his own sect, while Tongtian’s aid is guided by both strategy and curiosity.
• Teamwork and tactical advantage: The Sword Slaves’ coordinated assault changes the battle, while Yan Tu is disadvantaged once separated from his partner.
• Mystery of origins: The dragon summoned by Nan Yi’s jade pendant suggests an unexpected link between the Shiva Holy Land and the Primordial World.

Character interactions

• Nan Yi accuses his former allies of betrayal and demands Tongtian’s help.
• Tongtian directs Ying Dang and the Sword Slaves against Liu Sheng, deliberately relieving pressure on Nan Yi.
• Nan Yi’s display of the jade pendant catches Tongtian’s attention, influencing his decision to intervene.
• Liu Sheng abandons Yan Tu as Tongtian’s Sword Dao Space turns the battle against them.

Key plot points and events

• Nan Yi struggles against Yan Tu, a Sixth Heaven expert, after Liu Sheng abandons him. Nan Yi’s temporary power boost fades, and he is badly wounded.
• Tongtian watches until Yan Tu nearly kills Nan Yi, then traps Yan Tu in the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and destroys his body. Yan Tu’s true spirit escapes using a mysterious Dharma wheel.
• Tongtian intercepts Liu Sheng’s attempted escape. His Chaos Bell withstands Liu Sheng’s Thousand-Crane Mirror, and Tongtian’s strike cripples Liu Sheng.
• Ying Dang and the others join the attack. Tongtian destroys Liu Sheng’s Thousand-Crane Mirror and, before Nan Yi can kill Liu Sheng, erases his true spirit himself.
• Tongtian questions why White Tiger Hall attacked someone under Black Cliff Cave’s protection. Surrounded by Tongtian’s followers, Nan Yi cautiously declares that the Sacred Land’s Interception Sect will replace White Tiger Hall as Black Cliff Cave’s branch.

Character developments and interactions

• Nan Yi begins proud and determined to fight alone, but his injuries and Tongtian’s overwhelming power leave him anxious and politically cautious. He ultimately rewards Tongtian’s faction with White Tiger Hall’s position.
• Tongtian displays formidable control over the Sword Dao Space and reveals the power of the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and Chaos Bell. His deliberate killing of Liu Sheng’s true spirit—despite Nan Yi being ready to do so—suggests he is managing what others learn about the incident.
• Yan Tu fights fiercely but is defeated; his escape preserves a future threat.
• Liu Sheng abandons Yan Tu and begs Nan Yi for mercy once cornered, but Tongtian kills him before he can finish explaining himself.
• Tongtian’s followers help hunt down Liu Sheng, then subtly surround Nan Yi, turning the aftermath into a tense negotiation rather than a simple victory.

Significant themes

• Power and hierarchy: Exceptional skill can let Tongtian overwhelm a much stronger opponent, but Nan Yi’s struggle shows the limits imposed by cultivation gaps.
• Loyalty and betrayal: Liu Sheng’s abandonment and White Tiger Hall’s attack undermine trust within their alliances.
• Control and political leverage: Tongtian’s decisive actions shape not only the battle’s outcome but also the transfer of White Tiger Hall’s status.
• Survival and self-interest: Liu Sheng’s pleas and Nan Yi’s final concession show characters adapting quickly when their lives or positions are at stake.

Plot points and events

• After defeating the White Tiger Hall’s rebellion, Tongtian learns how quickly his strength has grown: he has reached the sixth heaven of the Dao-Unification Realm. Nan Yi, whose position has become precarious, offers Tongtian the hall-master title, but Tongtian refuses to accept it until Holy Mother Feihong arrives and decides the matter.
• Tongtian keeps Nan Yi under guard in the sect’s fortified Eighteen Immortal Islands, viewing him as a potential hostage and bargaining chip amid threats from both the White Tiger Hall and Black Cliff Cave.
• Nuwa and Qingxuan return without finding Bai Zeyu or the Commandery Princess. Tongtian regrets not arranging a way to contact them and realizes the sect has little chance against Holy Mother Feihong, a Primordial Chaos Realm expert.
• Tongtian convenes the sect’s powerful members and lays out their choices: submit to Black Cliff Cave, resist and likely be destroyed, or leave while they still can. No one chooses to abandon him; Ying Dang and representatives of the Sea-Covering Sword Sect and Blood Saber Sect pledge to stay.

Character developments and interactions

• Tongtian remains composed in front of Nan Yi but privately feels trapped by escalating threats. He shows humility by admitting he cannot find a solution alone, and gives his followers the freedom to leave rather than demanding their loyalty.
• Nan Yi loses his former confidence and influence. He tries to secure Tongtian’s protection and later invokes Holy Mother Feihong’s power, but accepts confinement because he is now dependent on the sect.
• Nuwa and Qingxuan return disappointed after failing to locate Bai Zeyu, reinforcing the group’s isolation.
• Ying Dang and the allied sect leaders affirm their loyalty through a collective pledge, turning Tongtian’s crisis meeting into a moment of solidarity.

Significant themes

• Loyalty under threat: Tongtian’s followers choose to remain even when escape is explicitly offered.
• Power and vulnerability: Tongtian’s rapid rise has not made his sect safe; greater powers can still overwhelm it.
• Leadership and responsibility: Tongtian refuses to impose a doomed choice on his followers and seeks their counsel.
• Political survival: Nan Yi’s confinement and Tongtian’s hesitation over the hall-master title show how alliances and positions become tools in a struggle for survival.

Key plot points and events

• After Tongtian secures the Blood Saber Sect’s loyalty, Kuxiu and the Cloud-Treading Holy Land’s disciples join the Holy Land Interception Sect. Nangong Yan and his followers do the same, declaring that they would rather face danger than live in fear.
• Moved by their loyalty, Tongtian vows to protect the sect—even against Holy Mother Feihong—and tells everyone to continue preparing for the founding ceremony.
• Tongtian seeks help through several channels. He sends Nuwa and Qingxuan to the Sea-Viewing Tower to enlist support and use its intelligence network to find Bai Zeyu or Mu Chengxue. He also sends Kuxiu to ask Brahma Great Heavenly Venerable for aid.
• Kuxiu worries that the journey will take months and that Feihong may attack first. Tongtian explains that ordinary fighters cannot match her, so they must seek powerful allies. Kuxiu departs, determined to return with help.
• With time running short, Tongtian retreats to cultivate. He consumes the Blood Saber Sect’s stockpile of spiritual roots and elixirs, then enters the Myriad Worlds Library, where time can pass up to one hundred times faster, hoping to increase his strength before the attack.

Character developments and interactions

• Tongtian shifts from building his sect to protecting it in an existential crisis. The disciples’ trust moves him, and he responds with a firm promise of loyalty and protection. He also demonstrates that he has influential connections and is willing to take risks to use them.
• Kuxiu proves his devotion by joining the sect and accepting a dangerous, long-distance mission. Though he would rather stay and fight, Tongtian persuades him that seeking help is the more useful course.
• Nangong Yan openly rejects fear and rallies his followers to stand with Tongtian.
• The sect’s followers show strong unity, pledging to live and die together and reinforcing Tongtian’s resolve.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and solidarity: The disciples’ commitment recalls the unity Tongtian remembers from the original Interception Sect.
• Leadership and sacrifice: Tongtian takes responsibility for the sect’s survival, while Kuxiu risks his life to seek aid.
• Hope against overwhelming odds: The sect’s survival depends on distant allies and Tongtian’s rapid cultivation, with no guarantee that help will arrive in time.

Plot and events

• Tongtian has spent a month in seclusion cultivating, leaving the Interception Sect’s affairs to Ying Dang, Mo Hai, and the other elders. Nan Yi remains on Floating Immortal Island, expecting Holy Mother Feihong to arrive in another month.
• White Tiger Hall’s Xiao Ming has delayed acting because Tongtian previously defeated its people with frightening ease. He sends elders Jiang Yang and Wang Chu to investigate the sect, while he watches from hiding with Yan Tu.
• The two elders approach cautiously, but the sect’s guards do not notice them until they call out. Ying Dang and Mo Hai activate the defensive formations and rally the sect’s Dao-Unification Realm elders.
• Jiang Yang and Wang Chu initially fear they have been discovered by a powerful enemy. Seeing that Tongtian is absent and the sect’s visible cultivators seem weaker than themselves, they regain some confidence.
• Jiang Yang claims they have come to apologize for White Tiger Hall members who offended Nan Yi and asks to meet Tongtian. Ying Dang refuses to grant an audience without knowing their true intentions.
• The chapter ends with Ying Dang wary and uncertain: Tongtian is still in seclusion, and the sect must face the visitors without him.

Character developments and interactions

• Xiao Ming is cautious and politically calculating. Though skeptical of Tongtian’s reputation, he avoids risking himself and sends subordinates to test the sect first.
• Yan Tu remains traumatized by Tongtian’s attack and urges caution, believing Tongtian could have killed him outright.
• Jiang Yang and Wang Chu resent being sent into danger, approach fearfully, then grow bolder after assessing the sect’s apparent strength. Jiang Yang uses polite, conciliatory language to seek access to Tongtian.
• Ying Dang steps into a defensive leadership role, mobilizing the sect and confronting the visitors firmly despite the power gap. Mo Hai supports him by alerting the disciples.
• Tongtian’s absence shapes the encounter: his reputation deters White Tiger Hall, but his seclusion leaves the sect’s leaders unsure how to respond.

Significant themes

• Reputation and intimidation: Tongtian’s past strength affects his enemies even when he is nowhere near the gates.
• Caution versus overconfidence: Xiao Ming hesitates, the envoys fear danger, then their confidence rises when they judge the sect by its visible fighters.
• Power and appearances: The visitors mistake the sect’s lower cultivation levels for weakness, overlooking its formations and the threat Tongtian represents.
• Leadership under pressure: Ying Dang must protect the sect and judge the envoys’ intentions without help from its absent master.

Key plot points

• Jiang Yang and Wang Chu conclude that Sect Master Tongtian is probably injured or absent, and ask to enter the Holy Land Interception Sect to check on Nan Yi. Ying Dang refuses, pointing out that White Tiger Hall had previously tried to kill him.
• Mo Hai activates the sect’s God-Thunder Spell-Destroying Formation. Its Purple Firmament Divine Thunder forces the two elders to retreat, though they escape without being defeated.
• Ying Dang suspects White Tiger Hall has gathered more forces nearby. He orders Mo Hai to contact Tongtian and Zhuge to bring Nan Yi out.
• Back at White Tiger Hall, Xiao Ming argues that the sect’s members are hiding behind formations because they lack a powerful champion. He then uses a false accusation—that Nan Yi and Prison Suppression are plotting to kill Holy Mother Feihong—as justification for an assault.
• Xiao Ming leads White Tiger Hall’s forces against the mountain gates. Facing overwhelming odds, Ying Dang activates the defenses, while Mo Hai organizes the disciples into the Myriad Immortals Formation and the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Yang and Wang Chu grow less wary of Tongtian after he fails to appear, but the thunder formation’s strength confirms that the sect remains dangerous. They report their suspicions to Xiao Ming.
• Xiao Ming turns their uncertainty into confidence and orders a full attack, presenting the assault as a righteous duty while concealing its opportunistic motive.
• Ying Dang remains alert and protective, refusing White Tiger Hall’s request and preparing for the larger threat he anticipates.
• Mo Hai acts decisively, directing both the defensive formations and the disciples’ preparations.
• The sect’s disciples move from fear to determination, encouraged by their earlier success trapping Liu Sheng with the Myriad Immortals Formation.

Significant themes

• Unity can overcome overwhelming power: the disciples believe that even the weakest cultivators can defeat formidable enemies by fighting together.
• Power and deception: Xiao Ming exploits uncertainty and invents a pretext for violence.
• Life under unequal power: lesser cultivators have little control over their fate and must rely on collective strength and defensive formations.
• Courage in crisis: despite facing White Tiger Hall’s superior forces, the sect prepares to resist rather than surrender.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• White Tiger Hall, led by Xiao Ming and backed by three Guardians, surrounds the Sacred Land’s Interception Sect. Xiao Ming accuses the sect of conspiring with Prison Suppression to attack Holy Mother Feihong and demands that it surrender Tongtian and Nan Yi.
• When the sect refuses, Xiao Ming orders an assault. More than a hundred White Tiger Hall disciples—including Primordial Origin Realm Elders—enter the sect’s Myriad Immortals Formation and are instantly destroyed.
• The formation, established by Tongtian and overseen by Ying Dang, combines four killing formations with confinement and illusion. Its power terrifies the remaining White Tiger Hall forces and boosts the defenders’ confidence.
• Xiao Ming learns from Jiang Yang that Liu Sheng’s Thousand-Crane Mirror—not White Tiger Hall’s strength alone—was responsible for bypassing formations in the past. Enraged at the losses, he forces Jiang Yang and Wang Chu to attack the formation.
• Their treasures place the formation under heavy strain. The three Blood Saber Sect members help distribute the pressure among the defenders, allowing Ying Dang to recover and counterattack with a powerful sword formation that sends a rain of lethal sword qi toward White Tiger Hall.

Character developments and interactions

• Ying Dang proves to be a capable and decisive leader. After initially relying on the formation’s defenses, he recognizes that simply enduring the assault will exhaust the disciples and launches a counterattack.
• Xiao Ming shifts from arrogant certainty to alarm and anger when the formation destroys his troops. He blames Jiang Yang for withholding crucial information and uses intimidation to compel him and Wang Chu to fight.
• Jiang Yang and Wang Chu understand the danger their earlier escape revealed, but are forced to confront the formation despite their fear.
• The Interception Sect disciples move from tense defense to exhilaration after seeing the formation’s strength, then cooperate to sustain it under pressure.
• The Blood Saber Sect members support the defenders by linking their energies and spreading the formation’s burden across the group.

Significant themes

• Unity against overwhelming force: The defenders’ shared effort allows them to withstand attacks that would overwhelm individuals.
• The danger of arrogance and underestimation: White Tiger Hall assumes the formation is harmless and pays dearly for its mistake.
• Sacrifice and collective strength: The Blood Saber Sect’s energy-sharing technique turns individual strain into a burden borne by many.
• Power and leadership: Ying Dang’s shift from defense to action contrasts with Xiao Ming’s reliance on threats and brute force.

Plot points and events

• White Tiger Hall launches a fierce assault on the Holy Land Interception Sect’s protective formation. Xiao Ming uses the Heaven-Imprisoning Lock to bind and weaken the formation’s enormous sword phantom, nearly breaking through.
• Jiang Yang and the White Tiger Hall forces exploit the damage, but the sect’s elders and disciples rally and strengthen the formation, driving the attackers back at great cost. Mo Hai and other defenders are badly injured.
• Yan Tu warns Xiao Ming that continuing the battle could exhaust White Tiger Hall and leave it vulnerable. He suggests rotating attacks and searching for a weakness in the formation instead.
• Xiao Ming reluctantly orders a temporary withdrawal. The sect celebrates surviving the assault, though Ying Dang and the other elders recognize that White Tiger Hall is likely to return and that their own forces are gravely weakened.
• With the Sect Master still in seclusion and Kuxiu and Nuwa absent, the defenders see Nan Yi’s arrival as a possible source of help. Nan Yi says their best chance of survival may be to submit to White Tiger Hall.

Character developments and interactions

• Xiao Ming is furious at the formation’s resistance and reluctant to retreat, but ultimately accepts Yan Tu’s practical counsel.
• Yan Tu, shaken by the sect’s fierce defense, becomes the voice of caution and persuades Xiao Ming to preserve White Tiger Hall’s strength.
• Ying Dang leads the defense despite severe injuries and urges the elders and disciples to hold on until the Sect Master can emerge.
• Mo Hai and the other defenders endure heavy damage but return to the formation, showing determination to protect the sect.
• Nan Yi offers a possible way forward, but his proposal—to submit to White Tiger Hall—casts doubt on whether his intentions align with the sect’s desire to resist.

Significant themes

• Collective courage and sacrifice: The formation lets ordinary disciples stand against powerful cultivators, and their shared resolve briefly turns the tide.
• The cost of resistance: Both sides suffer, while the sect’s leaders must weigh survival against continued defiance.
• Pragmatism versus pride: Xiao Ming’s reluctance to withdraw contrasts with Yan Tu’s strategic caution.
• Uncertain loyalty and compromise: Nan Yi’s proposed surrender raises the question of whether submission is salvation or betrayal.

Key plot points and events

• Nan Yi proposes that the Holy Land Interception Sect surrender and join White Tiger Hall, pointing out that Xiao Ming is at the eighth heaven of the Dao-Unification Realm. Most of the sect rejects the idea.
• Jian Wuchen and several disciples rally the sect, arguing that their unity and the Myriad Immortals Formation have already held White Tiger Hall back. Their defiance restores everyone’s fighting spirit.
• Nan Yi refuses to share their resolve and leaves for the Eighteen Immortal Islands. The sect prepares to resist without him.
• For ten days, Xiao Ming and White Tiger Hall’s elders attack in rotating shifts, exhausting the defenders and weakening the formation. Despite the strain, several disciples advance in cultivation, and two new Primordial Origin Realm cultivators emerge.
• White Tiger Hall remains unable to break through. Jiang Yang proposes exploiting Nan Yi as an insider, persuading him by blaming the deceased Liu Sheng for the conflict. Xiao Ming approves the plan and orders another attack.

Character developments and interactions

• Nan Yi remains fearful and pragmatic, urging surrender before withdrawing when the sect refuses. The others ultimately disregard his departure.
• Jian Wuchen turns the crowd’s despair into renewed resolve, emphasizing what the sect has achieved together.
• Ying Dang, Mo Hai, and the other elders embrace the sect’s defiant spirit and work to recover for the next assault.
• Jiang Yang shifts from frustration to strategic scheming, recognizing that White Tiger Hall may penetrate the sect through Nan Yi rather than through its formation.
• Xiao Ming moves from bafflement at the formation’s resilience to enthusiasm for Jiang Yang’s plan.

Significant themes

• Unity and collective strength: Cultivators dismissed as “ants” can resist formidable opponents when they act together.
• Defiance versus surrender: The sect chooses to fight for its identity and community despite overwhelming odds.
• Endurance under pressure: Repeated attacks weaken the formation, but hardship also drives breakthroughs.
• Brute force versus deception: White Tiger Hall, accustomed to direct attacks, begins considering manipulation when force fails.

Plot and events

• White Tiger Hall launches another assault on the Holy Land Interception Sect. After ten days of fighting, Ying Dang has become more skilled at controlling the Myriad Immortals Formation, making the sect’s defenses much stronger.
• During the battle, Xiao Ming uses the Heaven-Imprisoning Lock to suppress Ying Dang’s Sword Dao ability. He then publicly claims that the sect has taken Nan Yi hostage and warns that Holy Mother Feihong will soon arrive.
• Ying Dang and Nangong Yan recognize the accusation as a ploy: Xiao Ming is trying to turn Nan Yi against the sect. Nan Yi appears inside the formation, making the defenders fear he may strike while they are under attack.
• Ying Song tries to reassure Nan Yi and persuade him to return to the floating Immortal Island, where Tongtian’s array could keep him contained if necessary. Nan Yi remains cautious, reasoning that he needs the sect to survive until his master arrives.
• Xiao Ming realizes Nan Yi is not convinced. At Jiang Yang’s suggestion, he offers a “proof of sincerity”: he attacks Yan Tu, accusing him of conspiring with Liu Sheng to falsely frame Nan Yi and then trying to kill him.
• Yan Tu’s Dharma wheel blocks the attack, and he demands an explanation. Xiao Ming calls on him to take his own life and seek Nan Yi’s forgiveness.

Character developments and interactions

• Ying Dang remains focused on defending the sect and quickly identifies the danger in Xiao Ming’s new claims.
• Nan Yi is wary of both factions. He neither accepts Xiao Ming’s overture nor fully trusts the sect, choosing to wait for Holy Mother Feihong while the balance of power remains uncertain.
• Xiao Ming shifts from battlefield threats to political manipulation, then escalates by sacrificing Yan Tu’s standing to win Nan Yi’s favor.
• Ying Song acts as a mediator, trying to keep Nan Yi away from the battle and the sect’s vulnerable formation.
• Jiang Yang recognizes that Nan Yi needs tangible evidence of White Tiger Hall’s sincerity and suggests turning against Yan Tu.
• Yan Tu is suddenly recast as a scapegoat, despite having fought alongside White Tiger Hall moments earlier.

Significant themes

• Manipulation and shifting loyalties: Both sides try to influence Nan Yi, whose allegiance could decide the conflict.
• Truth as a weapon: Xiao Ming reshapes the story of Nan Yi’s situation to provoke distrust and gain an advantage.
• Scapegoating and political expediency: Yan Tu becomes the convenient target in White Tiger Hall’s attempt to repair its relationship with Nan Yi.
• Survival and distrust: Each faction weighs temporary alliances against the risk of betrayal.

Key plot points and events

• Xiao Ming turns on Yan Tu and traps him with the Heaven-Imprisoning Lock, revealing that White Tiger Hall intends to use him as a scapegoat.
• Ying Dang seizes the opportunity to strike White Tiger Hall with the Sect-Guarding Grand Array, but elders Jiang Yang and Wang Chu break the attack at the cost of serious injuries.
• Xiao Ming captures Yan Tu. Rather than submit, Yan Tu detonates his cultivation. Xiao Ming suppresses the blast with the lock and redirects it into the Holy Land Interception Sect’s mountain-gate formation.
• The explosion devastates the formation and causes heavy casualties among the sect’s disciples and elders. Ying Dang is badly wounded, and the formation teeters near collapse.
• Nan Yi takes the weakened Ying Song hostage and orders the sect to surrender, claiming Tongtian has fled. He offers Xiao Ming control of the sect in exchange for cooperation.
• Xiao Ming doubts Nan Yi is useful now and hints that he may kill him, framing it as an attack by outlaws from Prison Suppression.

Character developments and interactions

• Xiao Ming proves calculating and ruthless: he betrays Yan Tu, weaponizes his self-destruction, and considers disposing of Nan Yi once the latter’s usefulness has passed.
• Yan Tu shifts from evasive fighter to defiant captive, choosing self-destruction rather than accept betrayal.
• Ying Dang fights to protect the sect but is trapped maintaining the failing formation; he can only watch as Nan Yi threatens Ying Song.
• Nan Yi abandons loyalty and seeks survival through betrayal, using Ying Song as leverage and appealing to Xiao Ming for power.
• Jiang Yang and Wang Chu resist Ying Dang’s attack but are injured. Their earlier defense contrasts with the sect’s later inability to withstand Yan Tu’s redirected blast.

Significant themes

• Betrayal and opportunism: Allies are discarded when they cease to be useful, and Nan Yi switches sides to save himself.
• Power and its cost: A single act of immense force devastates the sect, while its defenders pay in lives and injuries.
• Manipulation and political cover: Xiao Ming treats violence as a tool and even considers inventing a convenient story to conceal Nan Yi’s fate.
• Desperation and uncertain hope: The sect’s survival depends on the failing formation and the absent Tongtian, whose return is increasingly doubtful.

Plot points and events

• Xiao Ming’s Heaven-Imprisoning Lock overwhelms the Interception Sect’s Myriad Immortals Formation. Despite the defenders’ injuries, Ying Dang, the elders, Jian Wuchen, and even ordinary disciples pour their strength into the formation and vow to protect their sect.
• Nan Yi, moved by their resolve, intervenes with his Divine Dragon Jade Pendant. Its dragon briefly reinforces the formation, but Xiao Ming’s next strike shatters it, killing over a thousand disciples and leaving many survivors unconscious or badly wounded. Nan Yi is also gravely injured.
• White Tiger Hall’s forces storm the exposed sect. Jiang Yang and Wang Chu overpower Ying Dang and Mo Hai and demand to know Tongtian’s whereabouts. Ying Dang refuses to betray his Sect Master; Nangong Yan tries to intervene but is killed.
• Xiao Ming approaches the apparently helpless Nan Yi. Nan Yi springs a surprise attack with the God-Slaying Awl, but Xiao Ming anticipated it, captures the treasure, and restrains him.
• Xiao Ming announces a fabricated account: that the Interception Sect imprisoned Nan Yi to seize his treasure, and that Tongtian killed him—using this lie to justify the sect’s destruction. His subordinates affirm the story.

Character developments and interactions

• The Interception Sect’s defenders show extraordinary loyalty and courage, willingly risking their lives rather than abandon their Sect Master.
• Nan Yi shifts from hesitation to self-sacrifice, helping shield the disciples; even while critically injured, he attempts one last attack on Xiao Ming.
• Ying Dang remains defiant under torture and refuses to reveal Tongtian’s location. His clash with Jiang Yang ends with him hurled into the ruins of Sword-Washing Mountain.
• Xiao Ming emerges as both overwhelmingly powerful and calculating: he anticipates Nan Yi’s ambush, takes his treasure, and prepares a false narrative to conceal his aggression.
• Jiang Yang and Wang Chu participate in the assault, crushing and threatening the wounded elders while backing Xiao Ming’s version of events.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and sacrifice: The defenders’ willingness to give everything for their sect contrasts with the attackers’ ruthlessness.
• Power and vulnerability: Even brave resistance can be crushed by overwhelming force, leaving survivors exposed to violence.
• Propaganda and manipulation: Xiao Ming turns an invasion into a supposed act of justice by inventing a story and silencing those who could contradict it.

Key plot points and events

• Nan Yi warns Xiao Ming and White Tiger Hall against attacking the Interception Sect, but Xiao Ming ignores him and orders the massacre to begin.
• Tongtian bursts from the rubble, having survived the destruction of Sword-Washing Mountain. He kills White Tiger Hall’s remaining Primordial Origin Realm experts with the four immortal swords and reveals that he is the Daoist they came to find.
• Xiao Ming uses Nan Yi as a human shield against Tongtian’s swords. Tongtian redirects the blades through space, injuring Nan Yi while pursuing Xiao Ming.
• Tongtian gives Nan Yi three-lights divine water to treat the wounded Interception Sect elders, then confronts White Tiger Hall with the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe.
• Tongtian breaks through Xiao Ming’s strongest defense and begins unleashing his Heaven-Opening Form, preparing to continue the fight.

Character developments

• Tongtian returns vastly stronger: he has reached the seventh heaven of the Dao-Unification Realm, mastered the final level of the Primordial Unity Nine-Turn Mystical Art, and attained a deeper understanding of the Dao. His sect’s destruction unleashes intense fury, though he still distinguishes Nan Yi from his enemies.
• Nan Yi is caught between rival sides. Despite having considered whether to aid White Tiger Hall, he intervenes to protect the Interception Sect. Tongtian calls him a friend, leaving Nan Yi surprised and conflicted.
• Xiao Ming shows his ruthless pragmatism by sacrificing Nan Yi as a shield and remains determined to survive Tongtian’s assault.
• Mo Hai and the other elders are near death but receive a chance to recover through Tongtian’s divine water.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and friendship: Nan Yi’s intervention earns Tongtian’s respect, even though their relationship is complicated by earlier hostility.
• Power and cultivation: Tongtian’s dramatic growth reflects both his secluded training and the extraordinary resources and opportunities available to him.
• Vengeance and justice: Tongtian’s rage at the slaughter of his disciples drives his attack, while he frames his earlier strike against Nan Yi as punishment for threatening his sect.
• Cruelty and self-preservation: Xiao Ming’s use of Nan Yi as a shield contrasts sharply with Tongtian’s efforts to protect the wounded.

Character interactions

• Tongtian and Xiao Ming clash directly, with Xiao Ming’s defenses repeatedly overwhelmed by Tongtian’s swords and axe.
• Nan Yi accuses Tongtian of nearly killing him, but Tongtian explains that the strike punished his attack on the disciples and declares that Nan Yi’s later intervention made them friends.
• Tongtian entrusts the injured elders to Nan Yi and supplies the means to heal them, while Mo Hai urgently persuades Nan Yi to administer the medicine.