Chapter Summaries

After returning from the Inner Valley, Nie Yun found that his memories were fading, while Nie Tong could still remember everything. The Sword Intent Talisman tally began, and the first four trial participants tested by the mirror had obtained none, leaving the clansmen unsettled.

• Nie Yun realized he was forgetting the Inner Valley and learned that Nie Tong retained his memories, likely because of Great Emperor Shennong's talisman and Great Emperor Lu Xi's blood.
• The High Priest welcomed the participants back and began the Sword Intent Talisman tally by calling for a ritual mirror and having the clansmen offer blood.
• The mirror showed Lu Yan a pale red light, indicating he had obtained no Sword Intent Talismans, and the disappointed clansmen criticized him.
• Lu Teng and the next two participants also tested with no Sword Intent Talismans, prompting the clansmen to suspect something had changed in the Inner Valley.
• The High Priest called Lu Beihuang forward for his test.

Lu Beihuang obtained no Sword Intent Talismans and was devastated, while Lu Xuan collected a record-breaking forty-six. High Priest celebrated Lu Xuan’s success and taunted Second Priest about the outsider he had supported.

• Lu Beihuang sat before the mirror, received no Sword Intent Talismans, and staggered away after spitting blood.
• Nie Yun worried that Lu Beihuang might be unable to recover from the blow to his confidence.
• Lu Xuan sat before the mirror, and Sword-Grinding Stones emerged from his Storage Ring as visions of swordsmanship appeared above it.
• Lu Xuan obtained forty-six Sword Intent Talismans, breaking the records for the past hundred and ten thousand years.
• The elders congratulated High Priest, who mocked Second Priest and questioned how many talismans his favored outsider would obtain.

The High Priest used Lu Xuan’s forty-six Sword Intent Talismans and Lu Beihuang’s failure to move against Second Priest Lu Yunzi. When Nie Yun obtained no talismans either, Lu Yunzi began to doubt his own position.

• The High Priest proposed stripping Lu Yunzi of his position as Second Priest, and elders argued over whether to support the move.
• Lu Yunzi defended his views, saying Lu Xuan’s achievement might be luck and promising to resign if Lu Xuan became a Great Emperor.
• The High Priest challenged Lu Yunzi’s hopes for the outsiders and called Nie Yun forward to be tested by the mirror.
• The mirror showed a faint red glow around Nie Yun, indicating that he had obtained no Sword Intent Talismans.
• The elders who had supported Lu Yunzi stepped away from him, and Lu Yunzi wondered if he had really been wrong.

Nie Tong revealed that he had collected fifty-three Sword Intent Talismans, surpassing Lu Xuan’s record and stunning Sword Spirit Valley. After Nie Yun asked to claim the Great Emperor’s inheritance, the High Priest declared that the brothers would not leave alive.

• Nie Yun encouraged Second Priest Lu Yunzi as Nie Tong stepped forward to be tested.
• Nie Tong’s test produced indigo radiance, revealing that he had obtained more Sword Intent Talismans than Lu Xuan.
• Fifty-three talismans emerged from Nie Tong, and the elders realized he and Lu Xuan held ninety-nine talismans between them.
• Lu Xuan rejected the result as impossible, while the High Priest angrily ordered him to be quiet.
• Nie Tong finished receiving the inheritance, and Nie Yun asked the High Priest to take them to the Great Emperor’s inheritance.
• The High Priest said the brothers would remain there, revealing his intent to kill them.

The High Priest tried to use the Great Emperor’s supposed command as a pretext to execute Nie Yun and Nie Tong, but Nie Yun exposed his own scheme involving the Sword Attendant Token. The High Priest ordered the remaining Sword Attendants to attack, and the chapter ended as he turned against Second Priest Lu Yunzi.

• The High Priest seized the Sword Attendant Token and claimed the Great Emperor’s will had ordered him to execute Nie Yun and Nie Tong.
• Nie Yun challenged the High Priest’s accusation and revealed that Lu Xuan had used the token to steal Sword Intent Talismans from the other clansmen.
• Nie Yun summoned the two Sword Attendants he had captured, convincing the assembled clansmen that Lu Xuan had violated the Inner Valley’s rules.
• The High Priest summoned the two remaining Sword Attendants and ordered them to kill Nie Yun.
• Lu Yunzi used the divine artifact’s power to block their attack, and the High Priest accused him of colluding with outsiders before moving against him.

The High Priest attacked Nie Yun after overpowering the Second Priest, while the Third Priest refused to help. Nie Yun sent Nie Tong and Lu Yunzi toward the inheritance, but the High Priest ignored the Lu Xi Token and began breaking through Nie Yun’s Exquisite Pearl Pagoda, declaring that only an Emperor-grade Divine Weapon could save him.

• The High Priest shattered the Second Priest’s attack, and the Third Priest hesitated instead of joining forces against him.
• The High Priest struck the Second Priest down, and Nie Yun caught him as Lu Yunzi urged Nie Yun to escape.
• Nie Yun told Nie Tong and Lu Yunzi to seek the Great Emperor’s recognition, then showed the High Priest the Lu Xi Token.
• The High Priest declared that the token could not stop him and attacked Nie Yun alongside the two Sword Attendants.
• Nie Yun used the Exquisite Pearl Pagoda to block the attacks, but the High Priest pressed down on it with Sword Spirit Valley’s power.
• The High Priest revealed that Sword Spirit Valley was Great Emperor Lu Xi’s Emperor-grade Divine Weapon and taunted Nie Yun for lacking one.

The High Priest attacked Nie Yun with Sword Spirit Valley’s power, but Nie Yun revealed Yan Huang Hall, an Emperor-grade Divine Weapon, and escaped his assault. Lu Beihuang rallied the clansmen to depose the High Priest, but the High Priest destroyed their sacrifice and turned to kill Lu Beihuang.

• The High Priest used his control over Sword Spirit Valley to attack Nie Yun and threatened to kill him, his younger brother, and the Second Priest.
• Nie Yun summoned Yan Huang Hall, an Emperor-grade Divine Weapon, and entered it as the High Priest’s sword strikes failed to break through.
• The clansmen questioned the High Priest’s conduct, and Lu Beihuang urged them to sacrifice together to remove him from office.
• The clansmen formed a sacrificial diagram, but the High Priest slashed it apart before it could summon Great Emperor Lu Xi’s will.
• The failed sacrifice injured the participating clansmen, and the High Priest turned his killing intent toward Lu Beihuang.

The High Priest turned against his opponents and fought the Second and Third Priests, while Nie Yun rescued Lu Beihuang and watched from Yan Huang Hall. As the two priests faced a fatal sword strike, a sudden wind rose across Sword Spirit Valley.

• The High Priest interrupted the ritual and tried to kill Lu Beihuang, but the Second Priest arrived and blocked his sword.
• The Second Priest told Nie Yun that Nie Tong had been sent to the inheritance site, and Nie Yun brought Lu Beihuang into Yan Huang Hall.
• The Second Priest warned the Third Priest that the High Priest would recreate Lu Ying’s tyranny, persuading him to join the fight.
• The Second and Third Priests combined their power to battle the High Priest, but he overwhelmed them and gravely wounded them.
• The High Priest raised his sword to strike the exhausted priests as a sudden wind swept through Sword Spirit Valley.

Nie Tong arrived after gaining the Great Emperor’s recognition and used his authority over Sword Spirit Valley to strip the High Priest of his power. He healed the Second Priest and handed the High Priest over for judgment, then turned to Nie Yun.

• The sky changed as Sword Spirit Valley reacted to someone gaining the Great Emperor’s inheritance, and the High Priest resumed his attack on the Second Priest and Third Priest.
• Nie Tong appeared and caught the High Priest’s descending sword between two fingers.
• Nie Tong stripped the High Priest of his control over Sword Spirit Valley and froze him when he attacked with his own strength.
• Nie Tong healed the Second Priest and gave him the control rights taken from the High Priest.
• Nie Tong handed the High Priest to the Second Priest for judgment, then turned to Nie Yun.

Nie Yun reunited with Nie Tong, whose avatar explained that he was refining Great Emperor Lu Xi’s inheritance and might emerge as a Great Emperor. After the High Priest’s defeat, the Second Priest argued that Lu Xi had confined Sword Spirit Valley’s descendants to protect them and had intentionally allowed outsiders to enter the inheritance trial.

• Nie Yun welcomed Nie Tong’s avatar and learned that Nie Tong’s true body was receiving the inheritance and preparing to pursue the Great Emperor realm.
• Nie Tong warned Nie Yun that his cultivation might take years or hundreds of millions of years, then withdrew his avatar to focus on the inheritance.
• The Second Priest and the others restrained the defeated High Priest, who regretted not attacking Nie Yun and the other outsider when they first arrived.
• The Second Priest accused the High Priest of prioritizing his own power over the clansmen and said they wanted freedom more than possession of the inheritance.
• The Second Priest explained that Lu Xi had likely kept his descendants in Sword Spirit Valley to protect them from enemies and had deliberately let outsiders enter so the inheritance could produce a powerful successor.

After the High Priest died by suicide, Nie Yun left Sword Spirit Valley after deepening his understanding of the Sword Dao and returned to Yunzhou City. With less than a month before the Myriad Realms Cave Heaven opened, he prepared to visit the Emperor Yuan Yang.

• The High Priest killed himself, and the Second Priest punished his accomplices before taking control of Sword Spirit Valley.
• Nie Yun studied the Sword Dao with Lu Yunzi for ten days, then left the valley when Nie Tong still had not emerged.
• Clan Head Wen Tao and Gui Ling met Nie Yun outside the Sword Spirit Tower, where Yong Xian begged to become his disciple; Nie Yun refused but told him to return if he opened his own Sword Realm.
• Nie Yun and Gui Ling traveled back to Yunzhou City, and Liu Zhu told Nie Yun that the Emperor Yuan Yang, Prince Ru Xia, and Prince Duobo had sent people to find him.
• Nie Yun ordered Liu Zhu to prepare a carriage and guard the clinic, then entered the Storage World to make medicine before visiting the Emperor Yuan Yang.

Nie Yun refined a Nine Profound Soul Merging Pill for Yaoshuang and returned to the Emperor Lord's Estate to meet Emperor Yuan Yang. He admitted he was not the Puntian Great Emperor's lost prince and asked Yun Yan to keep the deception secret.

• Nie Yun successfully refined a Nine Profound Soul Merging Pill after ruining ten furnaces of ingredients.
• Nie Yun returned to the Emperor Lord's Estate and waited for Emperor Yuan Yang to arrive.
• Emperor Yuan Yang asked Nie Yun whether he was the Great Emperor's biological son, the lost prince.
• Nie Yun explained that his imitation of Devouring Power had caused the princes to mistake him for the lost prince.
• Nie Yun asked Emperor Yuan Yang to keep the truth from the Puntian Great Emperor.

Nie Yun secured the Emperor Yuan Yang’s promise to cover for him if the Puntian Great Emperor discovered the secret, and learned that he had missed the Direction Finding Needle competition. After giving the Emperor Yuan Yang a pill for Yaoshuang, Nie Yun returned to the medical hall, where Prince Ru Xia told him who had won the needles and that Prince Duobo had reached the Perfected Emperor Realm.

• The Emperor Yuan Yang promised to keep Nie Yun’s secret and speak on his behalf if necessary, then told him the Direction Finding Needle competition had ended and Prince Duobo had won first place.
• The Emperor Yuan Yang warned Nie Yun to compete for the Myriad Realms Feather Robe in three days, when the Puntian Great Emperor would return to preside over the contest.
• Nie Yun gave the Emperor Yuan Yang a Nine Profound Soul Merging Pill for Miss Yaoshuang, then left the Emperor Lord’s Estate.
• Nie Yun returned to the medical hall and found Prince Ru Xia waiting; Prince Ru Xia said Prince Duobo and Prince Liu Mu had each won a Direction Finding Needle, while Mo Yan, a descendant of the Heart Demon Emperor, had won the third.
• Prince Ru Xia told Nie Yun that Prince Duobo had broken through to the Perfected Emperor Realm, and Nie Yun asked what grade of world domain Prince Duobo had opened.

Nie Yun learned that the other princes had powerful First-grade Domains and that Prince Liu Mu had won the Direction Finding Needle with an ancient Puppet Dao puppet. He hoped to obtain the Myriad Realms Feather Robe, but Prince Ru Xia doubted they had any chance.

• Prince Ru Xia told Nie Yun that Prince Duobo and Mo Yan possessed First-grade Domains, while Mo Yan's Heart Demon Domain specialized in soul attacks.
• Prince Ru Xia explained that Prince Liu Mu had obtained the Direction Finding Needle with a Stealing Heaven Borrowing Life Realm puppet found in an ancient Puppet Dao inheritance hall.
• Nie Yun asked how to refine his own two puppets, but Prince Ru Xia said he did not know the method and that the Puppet Great Emperor's inheritance had vanished.
• Nie Yun set aside the lost Direction Finding Needle and urged Prince Ru Xia to focus on winning the Myriad Realms Feather Robe.
• Prince Ru Xia replied that he saw no hope of succeeding, and Nie Yun questioned why he was giving up before the competition began.

Prince Ru Xia told Nie Yun that the contest would require participants to enter the Fire Dragon Abyss and obtain a Fire Dragon Heart, while Prince Duobo held the rare Extreme Arctic Ice needed to approach the fire dragons. Nie Yun realized his Fire God Sect power might let him face the dragons, and after Prince Ru Xia warned him of danger before Puntian Great Emperor’s return, armed officers arrived at Nie Yun’s medical clinic claiming they were searching for a spy.

• Prince Ru Xia explained that the assessment involved entering the Fire Dragon Abyss and taking a Fire Dragon Heart, and said Prince Duobo had obtained Extreme Arctic Ice.
• Prince Ru Xia said a pure Fire God Sect bloodline could withstand the fire dragons, and Nie Yun privately recognized that his own power might let him approach them.
• Prince Ru Xia warned Nie Yun that Prince Duobo and his allies might target him before Puntian Great Emperor returned in three days, and offered him shelter.
• Nie Yun declined Prince Ru Xia’s offer, intending to face his opponents and gain an ally’s information instead.
• Prince Ru Xia left to prepare for the contest, and Nie Yun instructed the medical clinic’s staff to stay cautious.
• Liu Zhu reported that officers had arrived to search the medical clinic for a supposed spy, and Nie Yun suspected their excuse was aimed at him.

Nie Yun left the medical hall before officials could use a spy investigation to frame him, then headed to Prince Duobo's Residence to make his visit public. He forced his way past the guards and soldiers, where he encountered General Zhi Yao, who did not recognize him.

• Nie Yun told Liu Zhu to let the investigators enter the medical hall and say that he had gone to Prince Duobo's Residence as a guest.
• Liu Zhu agreed to spread the news, and Nie Yun left the medical hall before the investigators arrived.
• Nie Yun reached Prince Duobo's Residence and slapped down two guards who tried to stop him.
• When the commander refused to let him enter without giving his identity, Nie Yun defeated the surrounding soldiers with a flurry of slaps.
• General Zhi Yao came out to investigate the disturbance, and Nie Yun greeted him as an old acquaintance.

Nie Yun entered Prince Duobo’s estate after revealing his identity to General Zhi Yao, who warned him that the prince planned to deal with him. Nie Yun chose the estate as the safest place and met Prince Duobo, whose concealed strength made him seem dangerously powerful.

• Nie Yun revealed his identity to General Zhi Yao, who recognized him and arranged for him to meet Prince Duobo.
• General Zhi Yao warned Nie Yun that Prince Duobo intended to deal with him, but Nie Yun said the estate was the safest place for him.
• Nie Yun told General Zhi Yao to stay at the estate, keep their friendship secret, and help when asked.
• A messenger summoned Nie Yun, and General Zhi Yao pretended not to know him as he escorted him inside.
• Prince Duobo warmly welcomed Nie Yun, while both men secretly assessed the other’s formidable strength.

Nie Yun persuaded Prince Duobo to arrange a secluded estate for his three-day cultivation retreat, making the prince appear responsible for his safety. After Nie Yun left, Prince Duobo planned to stage an attack using Elder Hong Yuan while creating evidence that he was elsewhere and framing other princes.

• Nie Yun asked to stay at Prince Duobo's estate for three days, but Prince Duobo refused and offered him a secluded estate outside the city instead.
• Nie Yun accepted the lodging, and Prince Duobo sent him there by carriage and horses.
• After Nie Yun departed, the guards warned Prince Duobo that the Puntian Great Emperor would return in three days and might recognize Nie Yun as the true prince.
• Prince Duobo ordered Elder Hong Yuan, whom they had captured and controlled, to make a move against Nie Yun.
• Prince Duobo planned to visit the Emperor Lord's Estate during the attack and have all the attackers killed so he could pose as a victim and implicate Prince Ru Xia and Prince Liu Mu.

Nie Yun escaped Prince Duobo’s estate and uncovered a plot to ambush him with forced self-destructions. He set a trap for the attackers, capturing them in a massive hall as they approached the estate.

• Nie Yun entered the estate’s cultivation room, then used Teleportation to slip past its restrictions and leave unnoticed.
• Nie Yun read his Communication Jade Token and learned Prince Duobo planned to create an alibi and kill everyone at the estate.
• Nie Yun left the estate and prepared to counter Prince Duobo’s plot.
• Elder Hong Yuan and five other death warriors approached the estate, intending to find Nie Yun and self-destruct.
• Nie Yun appeared and dropped a massive hall over the six attackers, trapping them inside.

Nie Yun captured six Perfected Emperor Realm assassins, including Elder Hong Yuan, inside Yan Huang Hall after they tried to ambush him. He contained their attempts to self-destruct and left them trapped, determined to deal with Prince Duobo himself rather than appeal to Puntian Great Emperor.

• Nie Yun used a Domain to slow the six attackers, then dropped Yan Huang Hall over them and captured them before the manor guards arrived.
• Nie Yun brought the prisoners into Yan Huang Hall, where the dead soldiers and Elder Hong Yuan recognized him and tried to self-destruct.
• Nie Yun sealed all six inside enormous bubbles, preventing them from moving or exploding.
• Elder Hong Yuan begged Nie Yun to spare him in exchange for testifying against Prince Duobo, but Nie Yun refused and said he would handle the prince himself.
• Nie Yun left the six trapped in Yan Huang Hall and promised to let them self-destruct later.