Chapter Summaries

Nie Yun and Ye Jianxing followed Zombie Demon Race members through Wuxia Coffin Drop and discovered the Demon Luo Nether Domain entrance, sealed by the Great Luo Heavenly Sword God Seal. They watched demonfolk gather as Demon Corpse and Su Guo argued over who would claim something about to emerge.

• Zombie Demon Race members rose from rune-covered coffins, lifted the Bronze Coffin, and carried it away.
• Nie Yun disguised Ye Jianxing and himself as demonfolk, then followed the group using a trace of Tracking Qi.
• Nie Yun and Ye Jianxing reached a valley where demonfolk gathered around the Demon Luo Nether Domain entrance.
• Nie Yun recognized the Great Luo Heavenly Sword God Seal that restricted the demonfolk emerging from the passage.
• Su Guo arrived, and Demon Corpse declared that whoever claimed the approaching thing first would own it.

Nie Yun chose to enter the Demon Luo Nether Domain with Ye Jianxing after demons opened a breach in the Great Luo Heavenly Sword God Seal. He passed through safely and adapted to the demonic energy, while Ye Jianxing’s decision remained unresolved.

• The White-Bearded Man and four other demons combined their power to corrode a gap in the Great Luo Heavenly Sword God Seal and entered the Demon Luo Nether Domain.
• Nie Yun urged Ye Jianxing to enter the domain, arguing that Ghostgate's Ethereal Wind would soon overwhelm them if they stayed outside.
• Ye Jianxing hesitated because the domain led to the demon world and those who entered rarely returned.
• Nie Yun crossed the seal alone, and its formation allowed him through because he was human.
• Nie Yun adapted to the domain's demonic energy until he appeared like a genuine demon.

Nie Yun and Ye Jianxing entered the Demon Luo Nether Domain disguised as demons and followed the Tracking Qi through the demon spirits. They encountered five Bone Soldiers wielding Sword God Sect sword techniques, and the leading one demanded their sword arts, secret techniques, and spirit stones.

• Ye Jianxing followed Nie Yun into the demon qi, and Nie Yun gave him Disguise Qi so he could adapt to it.
• Nie Yun stopped Ye Jianxing from attacking the passing demon spirits, and the two followed them toward the Tracking Qi.
• Nie Yun and Ye Jianxing reached a skull-covered slope, where a hidden sword technique attacked them and Ye Jianxing fought back with the Heavenly Heart Unfettered Sword Technique.
• Nie Yun joined Ye Jianxing with Break Illusion See Truth, and the clash shattered Nie Yun's Gust Sword.
• Five Bone Soldiers appeared, and the leader demanded the pair hand over their sword arts, secret techniques, and spirit stones.

Nie Yun and Ye Jianxing fought the Bone Soldiers, discovering that their leader wielded the Sword God Sect's Great Sorrow Seven Immortal Sword. Nie Yun survived its attack by shielding himself with Demon Venerable Luotian's corpse, then decapitated the leader with the Fanyun Swordplay.

• Nie Yun feigned surrender, then killed one Bone Soldier while Ye Jianxing struck down another.
• The leading Bone Soldier unleashed the Great Sorrow Seven Immortal Sword, stunning Nie Yun and Ye Jianxing with its power.
• Nie Yun summoned Demon Venerable Luotian's corpse to block the sword rays and break free of the attack's restraint.
• Nie Yun unleashed all nine moves of the Fanyun Swordplay and severed the leading Bone Soldier's head.

After defeating the Bone Soldiers with Demon Venerable Luotian’s corpse, Nie Yun found and absorbed the leader’s Essence of Martial Skill, gaining the Great Sorrow Seven Immortal Sword. Ye Jianxing then recognized the weapon beside the bones and wondered if the corpse belonged to Uncle Wenxu.

• Nie Yun used Demon Venerable Luotian’s corpse to block the Bone Soldier leader’s attack, then killed the remaining Bone Soldiers with Ye Jianxing.
• Nie Yun discovered golden Essence of Martial Skill in the leader’s bones and explained its power to Ye Jianxing.
• Ye Jianxing refused to share the Essence of Martial Skill, saying he would cultivate his own and keep his sword heart clear.
• Nie Yun fused the Essence of Martial Skill into his bones and gained instinctive mastery of the Great Sorrow Seven Immortal Sword, though he realized it consumed enormous mana.
• Ye Jianxing recognized a weapon near the bones as Uncle Wenxu’s and wondered whether the corpse belonged to him.

Nie Yun and Ye Jianxing discovered that the lead Bone Soldier carried the sword of Ye Jianxing's long-lost Martial Uncle, Chen Wenxu, who had gone to save his Fox Demon wife. After Ye Jianxing buried Chen Wenxu's remains and took his sword, they resumed their pursuit and caught sight of Demon Corpse and the others again.

• Ye Jianxing recognized the Bone Soldier's longsword as Chen Wenxu's and told Nie Yun about his Martial Uncle's love for the Fox Demon Xie Zhanghuizi.
• Nie Yun gave Ye Jianxing the sword without asking for anything in return, and Ye Jianxing buried Chen Wenxu's bones.
• Nie Yun searched the area with his Heavenly Eye but found no remains that appeared to belong to Xie Zhanghuizi; he also noticed four ancient Fox Demon skeletons and kept his discovery to himself.
• Ye Jianxing recovered from his grief, and he and Nie Yun continued onward, avoiding further danger with Nie Yun's scouting.
• Nie Yun and Ye Jianxing caught sight of Demon Corpse and the others after circling a vast expanse of ruins.

Nie Yun and his companion watched Demon Corpse and his allies confront the Fox Demon Race over a treasure. A Fox Demon woman succeeded in drawing a dark-red sword from the Netherworld, leaving the factions on the brink of conflict.

• Nie Yun spotted the Fox Demon Race facing Demon Corpse, Su Guo, and the White-Bearded Man beside a lava-like pool.
• The Fox Demon woman said the Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor had granted her race the right to claim a treasure, but the White-Bearded Man refused to honor his promise.
• The Fox Demon experts formed a defensive array as the White-Bearded Man prepared to attack.
• A purple-robed Fox Demon woman rose from the lava while performing Spiritual Thought Suspended Fishing, a dangerous method for retrieving treasures from the Netherworld.
• Nie Yun recognized the technique and considered the Fox Demon Race's unlikely success as a dark-red sword emerged from the depths.

The Netherworld Sword emerged from the lava, and the demonfolk attacked the Fox Demon Race as it celebrated. The Fox Demon formation began to fail after Su Guo injured one of its members, and the leading woman turned to strike him again.

• The Netherworld Sword appeared, rupturing the space around it and thrilling the Fox Demon Race.
• White-Bearded Man, Demon Corpse, Su Guo, and their followers attacked the Fox Demon Race while it was distracted.
• The leading Fox Demon woman formed the Illusion Sword Formation and used Illusion Qi against the attackers.
• Su Guo ignored the illusions, resisted a Fox Demon woman's sword attack, and blasted her backward with a Ghost Claw.
• The injured Fox Demon woman's collapse weakened the formation, and the leading woman attacked Su Guo from behind.

Nie Yun and Ye Jianxing watched the demon beings battle the Fox Demon Race women as the White-Bearded Man used a costly secret art to defeat Aunt Lan. With Aunt Lan and the woman fishing for the Netherworld Sword both prepared to sacrifice themselves, the struggle over the sword reached a desperate turning point.

• The White-Bearded Man broke the Fox Demon Race woman's attack and drove her allies into disarray alongside Su Guo and Demon Corpse.
• Aunt Lan trapped the White-Bearded Man with Coiled Silk Ring Kill, but he unleashed Blood Dragon Severing Strike and grievously wounded her at the cost of three hundred years of lifespan.
• Nie Yun told Ye Jianxing that the White-Bearded Man's victory would not make killing Aunt Lan easy, then praised the pure soul of the woman fishing for the Netherworld Sword.
• Aunt Lan urged the woman to finish fishing for the Netherworld Sword and leave without trying to avenge her.
• The woman began burning her soul to speed up the fishing, while Aunt Lan prepared to use a secret art and perish with the White-Bearded Man.

Xie Zhanghuizi drew the Netherworld Sword from the void, but White-Bearded Man and Demon Corpse unleashed a Blood Spirit Essence to erase the sword’s spiritual nature. Learning that Xie Zhanghuizi was Chen Wenxu’s beloved, Ye Jianxing charged in to save her while Nie Yun watched helplessly.

• Xie Zhanghuizi summoned the Netherworld Sword, whose power made swords across the battlefield bow toward it.
• White-Bearded Man called on Demon Corpse and Su Guo to attack as Xie Zhanghuizi struck at him with the sword.
• Demon Corpse released a Blood Spirit Essence that could destroy the Netherworld Sword’s spiritual nature.
• Aunt Lan cried out Xie Zhanghuizi’s name, and Nie Yun explained the Blood Spirit Essence’s origins and danger to Ye Jianxing.
• Ye Jianxing rushed toward the Blood Spirit Essence to save Xie Zhanghuizi, despite Nie Yun’s calls to stop him.

Nie Yun and Ye Jianxing intervened when the Demon Corpse and his allies attacked Xie Zhanghuizi. Nie Yun killed the Demon Corpse, but the Blood Spirit Essence still ruined the Netherworld Sword, leaving him in shock.

• Ye Jianxing and Nie Yun rushed to help Xie Zhanghuizi, who mistook Ye Jianxing's swordsmanship for a sign that Chen Wenxu had come for her.
• Nie Yun summoned twelve Heavenly Bridge Realm corpses to defeat Su Guo and White-Bearded Man, and Su Guo died.
• Nie Yun saw through the Demon Corpse's Phantom Shadows with his Heavenly Eye and killed him by piercing and exploding his head.
• The Blood Spirit Essence burrowed into the Netherworld Sword and destroyed its spirituality, shocking Nie Yun.

The White-Bearded Man revealed himself as the Blood Spirit Essence’s true master and seized the Netherworld Sword, using its power to heal his wounds. As he overwhelmed Xie Zhanghuizi and Ye Jianxing, Nie Yun prepared to fight him alone and launched a strike at his eyes.

• The White-Bearded Man took the Netherworld Sword and admitted that he had controlled the Blood Spirit Essence all along.
• The White-Bearded Man used Netherworld qi to recover his injuries and increase his strength.
• Xie Zhanghuizi charged the White-Bearded Man to reclaim the sword, but he struck her down.
• Ye Jianxing shielded Xie Zhanghuizi and was blasted away with shattered bones and a severed arm.
• The White-Bearded Man challenged Nie Yun, who secretly prepared his allies and attacked with Fanyun Swordplay aimed at the White-Bearded Man’s eyes.

Nie Yun repeatedly endured the White-Bearded Man’s sword strikes, healing himself while concealing his remaining strength and luring his opponent into committing to a full-power attack. He began his planned counterattack by using Demon Venerable Luotian’s corpse to block the Netherworld Sword, leaving the White-Bearded Man’s blow halted against an immense obstruction.

• The White-Bearded Man struck Nie Yun down repeatedly, while Nie Yun used Healing Qi to recover and continued attacking with his sword techniques.
• The White-Bearded Man concluded that Nie Yun had exhausted his true qi and could no longer use the Great Sorrow Seven Immortal Sword, so he unleashed his full strength with the Netherworld Sword.
• Nie Yun revealed that he had deliberately appeared weak to draw out the White-Bearded Man’s strongest attack and planned to block it with Demon Venerable Luotian’s corpse before sending in the twelve puppets.
• As the White-Bearded Man’s sword thrust forward, its power suddenly met an enormous obstruction and was blocked.

Nie Yun used the Great Sorrow Seven Immortal Sword and twelve puppets to overwhelm White-Bearded Man, while Ye Jianxing told Xie Zhanghuizi that Chen Wenxu was dead. Xie Zhanghuizi struggled to accept the news as Nie Yun tried to console her.

• White-Bearded Man realized Nie Yun had used Demon Venerable Luotian's corpse to distract him, but Nie Yun attacked with the Great Sorrow Seven Immortal Sword.
• Xie Zhanghuizi recognized Chen Wenxu's swordplay, and Ye Jianxing told her that Chen Wenxu was his uncle.
• White-Bearded Man formed the Azure Nether Tortoise Shell, but Nie Yun wounded him and sent twelve puppets to strike him with a combined attack.
• The puppets' attack blasted a huge crater into the passage, leaving Nie Yun exhausted and White-Bearded Man's fate uncertain.
• Ye Jianxing told Xie Zhanghuizi that Chen Wenxu was dead, and Nie Yun confirmed that they had buried his remains.
• Xie Zhanghuizi touched Chen Wenxu's sword and recalled his words that the sword and its wielder lived and died together.

Xie Zhanghuizi learned that Chen Wenxu had died and nearly lost the will to live, but Ye Jianxing urged her to seek revenge. Aunt Lan then confirmed that the Fox Demon Race’s Grand Elder had ordered Chen Wenxu’s murder, leaving Xie Zhanghuizi grieving and demanding answers.

• Xie Zhanghuizi mourned Chen Wenxu and regretted refusing to leave the Fox Demon Race with him as Nie Yun tried to heal her.
• Ye Jianxing told Xie Zhanghuizi that Chen Wenxu had been murdered and urged her to avenge him, rekindling her will to live.
• Ye Jianxing recounted how Chen Wenxu left the Sword God Sect five years earlier to save Xie Zhanghuizi and how he later found his corpse in the Demon Luo Nether Domain.
• Nie Yun suspected the Fox Demon Race had lured Chen Wenxu out and killed him after finding four Fox Demon Race corpses near his body.
• Xie Zhanghuizi asked Aunt Lan what had happened, and Aunt Lan confirmed that the Grand Elder had sent people to kill Chen Wenxu.

Xie Zhanghuizi learned that the Grand Elder’s plot had led to Chen Wenxu’s death and asked Nie Yun to show her his swordsmanship. Before he could, White-Bearded Man emerged after fusing with the Blood Spirit Essence and attacked, leaving Nie Yun to fight him while Xie Zhanghuizi watched the familiar sword.

• Aunt Lan explained that the Grand Elder had tried to keep Xie Zhanghuizi in the Fox Demon Race by arranging Chen Wenxu’s death, and Xie blamed herself for his fate.
• Xie Zhanghuizi asked Nie Yun to use the Great Sorrow Seven Immortal Sword, and he transformed into Chen Wenxu’s appearance to grant her request.
• White-Bearded Man’s sword qi destroyed Mi Xing and the other twelve puppet corpses, and White-Bearded Man rose from the pit after fusing his soul with the Blood Spirit Essence.
• White-Bearded Man attacked Nie Yun, who used Demon Venerable Luotian’s corpse as a shield and struck back with the Great Sorrow Seven Immortal Sword.
• Xie Zhanghuizi recognized Chen Wenxu’s swordsmanship and said she could die without regrets after seeing it again.

Nie Yun was on the brink of death when Xie Zhanghuizi sacrificed herself to become the Netherworld Sword’s spirit, driving out the Blood Spirit and killing the White-Bearded Man. Nie Yun received the sword and promised to lay Xie Zhanghuizi to rest with Chen Wenxu’s remains.

• The White-Bearded Man struck Nie Yun down, shattering his bones and organs, then advanced to kill him as Nie Yun and Ye Jianxing faced certain death.
• Xie Zhanghuizi declared her resolve to join Chen Wenxu and entered the Netherworld Sword, becoming its sword spirit despite Aunt Lan’s warning that she would lose herself forever.
• Xie Zhanghuizi fought the Blood Spirit for control of the Netherworld Sword, and the White-Bearded Man died when the Blood Spirit was erased.
• The Netherworld Sword flew into Nie Yun’s hand and recognized him as its master through Chen Wenxu’s Essence of Martial Skill.
• Nie Yun mourned Xie Zhanghuizi and vowed to bury her body with Chen Wenxu’s remains.

After burying Xie Zhanghuizi with Chen Wenxu, Nie Yun revealed his identity to Ye Jianxing, and the two searched for a way out of the Demon Luo Nether Domain without crossing the deadly Burial Ground again. The chapter ended with Nie Yun using Tracking Qi to seek the route Chen Wenxu had taken, startling Ye Jianxing with yet another of Nie Yun’s special talents.

• Nie Yun treated Ye Jianxing’s injuries, left Aunt Lan behind, and buried Xie Zhanghuizi beside Chen Wenxu.
• Ye Jianxing recognized Nie Yun, who confirmed his identity and kept the reason for concealing it private.
• Nie Yun and Ye Jianxing discussed how to escape the Demon Luo Nether Domain before their ten-day trial ended.
• Nie Yun reasoned that Chen Wenxu must have entered by a route other than the dangerous Burial Ground.
• Nie Yun used Tracking Qi on Chen Wenxu’s remains to search for his route, and Ye Jianxing realized Nie Yun was a Tracker.

Unable to trace Chen Wenxu’s path, Nie Yun followed the Netherworld Sword’s guidance with Ye Jianxing through a Great Luo Heavenly Sword God Seal. They discovered they were still in Tianyou Valley’s Medicine Domain and watched two teams of trial disciples fight over a Golden Crow Flower and jade tokens.

• Nie Yun failed to use Tracking Qi to sense the route Chen Wenxu had taken.
• The Netherworld Sword pointed out a safe direction, and Nie Yun and Ye Jianxing followed it to a Great Luo Heavenly Sword God Seal.
• Nie Yun and Ye Jianxing passed through the seal and found a bright, verdant landscape, then worried they might have left Tianyou Valley.
• After hearing explosions, Nie Yun and Ye Jianxing found two teams of trial disciples fighting over a Golden Crow Flower and jade tokens.
• Ye Jianxing identified the area as the Medicine Domain and suggested that he and Nie Yun seize the teams’ jade tokens after the fight.

Young Master Chu Yang and his attendants arrived to claim the Golden Crow Flower and demanded the nearby trial participants' jade tokens and treasures. After one attendant killed a challenger, the participants united and attacked, but Chu Yang effortlessly crushed their combined assault, leaving everyone badly injured.

• Nie Yun and Ye Jianxing recognized Young Master Chu Yang and his six attendants as they arrived and demanded the Golden Crow Flower.
• A pale-faced attendant killed a man who refused to surrender the flower with a swift sword strike.
• The attendant demanded that everyone kneel, swear loyalty to Chu Yang, and hand over their jade tokens and treasures.
• The trial participants set aside their rivalry and joined forces to attack Chu Yang and his attendants.
• Young Master Chu Yang stepped forward and shattered the combined attack, knocking everyone to the ground with grievous injuries.