Chapter Summaries

Nie Yun realized Yun Xuan had used Ye Jianxing to awaken a Drought Demon and tried to flee, but Ye Jianxing insisted on defending the Sword God Sect. Nie Yun chose to stand with him, and the chapter ended as the Drought Demon rose from Feng Ge's shattered tomb.

• Nie Yun recognized the awakening creature as a Drought Demon and concluded that Yun Xuan had transformed Feng Ge's corpse and trapped him and Ye Jianxing to become its puppets.
• Nie Yun urged Ye Jianxing to escape, but Ye Jianxing refused to abandon the Sword God Sect and resolved to fight.
• Nie Yun overcame his instinct to flee, reached the third level of a spirit-grade peak soul, and agreed to fight alongside Ye Jianxing.
• Nie Yun reasoned that the Sacrifice Ground's formations and heroic spirits might help them, and he drew the Netherworld Sword.
• Ye Jianxing revealed that Yun Xuan had taken his sword, prompting Nie Yun's suspicion, before Feng Ge's tomb exploded and a gigantic corpse rose.

Nie Yun and Ye Jianxing confronted Yun Xuan’s mid-stage Dantian Acupoint Realm Ba in the Sacrifice Ground, but their attacks and Mi Honggang’s corpse were powerless against it. As the Ba tore through their defenses and reached for Nie Yun, he tried to rally the Sacrifice Ground’s sword spirits against it.

• Nie Yun recognized Yun Xuan’s corpse as a mid-stage Dantian Acupoint Realm Ba and wondered whether it had caused Huayun Sect’s downfall in his previous life.
• Nie Yun gave Ye Jianxing a High-grade Spirit Weapon, and Ye Jianxing charged the Ba, whose body shattered the sword without taking damage.
• Nie Yun attacked the Ba’s eyes with the Dust Breaking Absolute Kill Sword Art, but its roar knocked him and Ye Jianxing back and left them injured.
• The Ba swallowed the Sacrifice Ground’s sword qi and Mi Honggang’s Great Return Bright Palm, leaving Nie Yun’s strongest remaining attacks ineffective.
• Nie Yun invoked his Sword Dao Master talent and urged the Sacrifice Ground’s sword spirits to attack the Ba.
• The Ba tore apart the formation and brought its huge palm within a meter of Nie Yun’s face.

Nie Yun awakened his Sword Dao Dantian after Ye Jianxing repeatedly charged the Ba, while Yun Xuan sought the Sword God's Heart's recognition to advance her secret plan. The Heart withdrew its invitation and left Yun Xuan when Nie Yun's Sword Dao enlightenment resonated through the Sacrifice Ground.

• Nie Yun evaded the Ba after the sword spirits refused to attack, while Ye Jianxing broke through to the late Heavenly Bridge Realm by charging it with unyielding resolve.
• The Ba struck Ye Jianxing down but spared his life, and Ye Jianxing stood and attacked again despite his grave injuries.
• Inspired by Ye Jianxing, Nie Yun declared the true meaning of the Sword Dao and transformed the Qi in his Sword Dao Dantian into radiant swords.
• Yun Xuan entered the sealed space and gained the Sword God's Heart's recognition by presenting the Sect Master's Seal, then urged it to grant her access to the Sword God Gate.
• As Yun Xuan approached the red-lit entrance, Nie Yun's Sword Dao chant rang through the Sacrifice Ground, and the Heart withdrew the light and vanished.

Yun Xuan lost Sword God's Heart just as it was about to recognize her, and she entered the Sacrifice Ground with the Sect Master's Seal to seize it back. Nie Yun comprehended the Sword Dao Dantian's third form, while the Sword God Sect's four Supreme Elders also hurried toward the Sacrifice Ground.

• Sword God's Heart left Yun Xuan and went to recognize someone whose Sword Dao matched its ideals, driving her into a furious rage.
• Yun Xuan entered the Sacrifice Ground with the Sect Master's Seal, causing the area to shake and alerting the Sword God Sect.
• The four Supreme Elders discussed their stalled efforts to reach the Dantian Acupoint Realm and the difficulty of gaining recognition from Sword God's Heart and Sword God's Sword.
• The four Supreme Elders realized the Sect Master had entered the Sacrifice Ground without consulting them and opened a passage there.
• Nie Yun regained consciousness, saw his Sword Dao Dantian turn pale cyan, and recognized its new state as the third form.

Nie Yun broke through to the third form of the Sword Dao Dantian and unleashed the Sky-Breaking Annihilation Supreme Great Sword Art against the Ba, but the Ba overwhelmed him and Ye Jianxing. As the Ba prepared another attack, an enormous heart suddenly appeared above Nie Yun.

• Nie Yun's Sword Dao Dantian reached the third form, allowing him to master ten Supreme Sword Arts and combine them into the Sky-Breaking Annihilation Supreme Great Sword Art.
• Nie Yun attacked the Ba to protect Ye Jianxing, but the Ba shattered his sword art and broke the bones in his hand with a single finger.
• Nie Yun summoned the Mi Honggang puppet and formed layers of Defense Qi, but the Ba destroyed the puppet and pierced through his defenses.
• Nie Yun used the Netherworld Sword and Primordial Immeasurable to shift himself and Ye Jianxing aside, but the Ba's finger pierced both their chests.
• Nie Yun tried to heal himself and Ye Jianxing, but Ye Jianxing remained unconscious and the Ba prepared to attack again.
• An enormous heart suddenly appeared above Nie Yun as the Ba pointed at him.

The Sword God's Heart fused with Nie Yun, healed him, and enabled him to command the ancestor sword spirits against Drought Demon. Just as the swords were about to kill the demon, Yun Xuan arrived and used the Sect Master's Seal to stop them.

• The Sword God's Heart appeared, healed Nie Yun and Ye Jianxing, and forced Drought Demon to retreat.
• Ye Jianxing urged Nie Yun to fuse with the heart and summon the ancestors' sword spirits, and the heart merged into Nie Yun's body.
• Nie Yun commanded seven to eight hundred swords to wound Drought Demon's hand, enraging it.
• Drought Demon used Shattered Space Lock Form and launched a powerful punch, but Nie Yun summoned more than four thousand swords and severed its fist.
• As Nie Yun's swords closed in to kill Drought Demon, Yun Xuan arrived and used the Sect Master's Seal to force the sword spirits to retreat.

Nie Yun faced Yun Xuan, who revealed that she controlled the Drought Demon and demanded the Sword God's Heart, the Sword God's Sword, and the ancestor statue. After she suppressed Nie Yun with the Sect Master's Seal, an old man appeared and trapped Yun Xuan and the Drought Demon.

• Yun Xuan emerged with the Sect Master's Seal, recognized Nie Yun as the Sword God's Heart's new master, and admitted the Drought Demon was her puppet.
• Yun Xuan healed the Drought Demon's severed fist with a black pill and demanded that Nie Yun surrender the Sword God's Heart, the Sword God's Sword, and the ancestor statue.
• Yun Xuan ordered the Drought Demon to attack, and Nie Yun hid the injured Ye Jianxing in the Purple Splendor Cave Mansion.
• Unable to summon the ancestral sword spirits, Nie Yun feinted at the Drought Demon and attacked Yun Xuan, but the Sect Master's Seal froze him in midair.
• An old man appeared, trapped Yun Xuan and the Drought Demon, and declared that he would act.

Thousand Illusions revealed himself and freed Nie Yun, then summoned Chen Wenxu from the Soul Gathering Lamp to reunite him with Ye Jianxing. Chen Wenxu recognized Nie Yun as a third-form Sword Dao Master and declared that he could save the Sword God Sect, but Yun Xuan and the Drought Demon broke free before he could explain.

• Yun Xuan and the Drought Demon failed to escape the barrier made by two wooden slips.
• Thousand Illusions revealed that he had been disguised as Ni Xu, released Nie Yun, and told him to free Ye Jianxing.
• Thousand Illusions summoned Chen Wenxu from the Soul Gathering Lamp, and Ye Jianxing joyfully reunited with his uncle.
• Chen Wenxu recognized Nie Yun's Sword God's Heart and third-form Sword Dao Talent, and said Nie Yun had greater hope of saving the Sword God Sect than Ye Jianxing.
• Yun Xuan and the Drought Demon shattered the barrier and emerged before Nie Yun, Thousand Illusions, Ye Jianxing, and Chen Wenxu.

Yun Xuan trapped Nie Yun, Chen Wenxu, and Thousand Illusions at the Sacrifice Ground and revealed that she had used Thousand Illusions to steal Chen Wenxu’s method for raising a Drought Demon. As Yun Xuan and the Drought Demon attacked again, Chen Wenxu proposed using the Sacrifice Ground’s spiritual nature to kill the Drought Demon and said Nie Yun could earn its recognition.

• Yun Xuan trapped the group in a severed space and confronted Thousand Illusions, revealing that she had used him and intended to kill them all.
• Chen Wenxu accused Yun Xuan of secretly obtaining and using his method for raising a Drought Demon, and Thousand Illusions admitted he had stolen and copied it for her decades earlier.
• Yun Xuan and the Drought Demon attacked, but Thousand Illusions raised the wooden slabs to shield the group and warned they would soon break.
• Thousand Illusions urged Chen Wenxu to use his way to defeat the Drought Demon before the slabs failed.
• Chen Wenxu explained that the Sacrifice Ground possessed spiritual nature and told Nie Yun he had the qualifications to gain its recognition.

Nie Yun revealed that he had stolen the Sword God's Sword and began trying to earn its spirit's recognition so he could refine it and gain the Sacrifice Ground's power against Yun Xuan and the Drought Demon. As the wooden slip began to crack, Ye Jianxing told Chen Wenxu that Xie Zhanghuizi was dead.

• Chen Wenxu explained that refining the Sword God's Sword after gaining the Sword God's Heart's recognition could grant Nie Yun peak Dantian Acupoint Realm strength within the Sacrifice Ground.
• Thousand Illusions denied stealing the sword, and Chen Wenxu realized Yun Xuan had tricked him into revealing the sect's secrets.
• Nie Yun admitted that he had stolen the Sword God's Sword and revealed that he had unlocked the second form of his Divine Thief Talent.
• Nie Yun took out the sword and tried to communicate with its spirit while Thousand Illusions's wooden slip began cracking under Yun Xuan's attack.
• Chen Wenxu spoke fondly of Xie Zhanghuizi, and Ye Jianxing told him that Aunt Huizi was dead.

Ye Jianxing told Chen Wenxu that Xie Zhanghuizi had died and become the Netherworld Sword’s spirit, and Chen Wenxu shared a brief, emotional reunion with her through the sword. As Yun Xuan’s attacks threatened to break their barrier, Nie Yun discovered that she had corrupted the Sword God’s Sword with Sword Spirit Fetus Cultivation, leaving him unable to refine it before the barrier failed.

• Ye Jianxing told Chen Wenxu how Xie Zhanghuizi became the Netherworld Sword’s spirit, and Chen Wenxu grieved over her death.
• Thousand Illusions reached through space to bring the Netherworld Sword to Chen Wenxu, and its spirit responded to his love.
• The wooden slab sealing the group’s space cracked as Yun Xuan threatened to break in, and everyone urged Nie Yun to refine the Sword God’s Sword.
• Nie Yun spat blood and revealed that Yun Xuan had corrupted the sword, preventing him from refining it.
• Nie Yun identified the corruption as Sword Spirit Fetus Cultivation, and the wooden slab neared collapse.

Chen Wenxu sacrificed his soul to the Sword God's Sword so Nie Yun could refine it and gain the Sacrifice Ground's recognition. As Yun Xuan attacked the others and the golden light around Nie Yun, a young man appeared and effortlessly stopped her sword art.

• Nie Yun identified Yun Xuan's method as Sword Spirit Fetus Cultivation, making the Sword God's Sword impossible for an outsider to refine by ordinary means.
• Chen Wenxu entered the Sword God's Sword as its sword spirit, allowing Nie Yun to refine the blade and triggering the Sacrifice Ground's recognition.
• Yun Xuan attacked Nie Yun with the Sect Master's Seal, but the golden light surrounding him repelled the attack and injured her.
• Yun Xuan struck at Thousand Illusions and Ye Jianxing with the Annihilating Void Supreme Great Sword Art, trapping them in place.
• A young man appeared and caught Yun Xuan's sword art between his fingers, telling her that she should die first.

Nie Yun overwhelmed Yun Xuan and Drought Demon with his precise control of the Sacrifice Ground’s power, then blocked Yun Xuan’s Soul Attack. The chapter ended with him forcing Yun Xuan to her knees before Thousand Illusions as she tried to attack him.

• Nie Yun caught Yun Xuan’s Supreme Great Sword Art between two fingers, shocking her and the onlookers.
• Yun Xuan and Drought Demon attacked Nie Yun together, but he evaded them, struck Yun Xuan through the Sect Master’s Seal, and poisoned Drought Demon with its own poison.
• Yun Xuan launched a Soul Attack, but Nie Yun blocked it with his Defense Master talent.
• Yun Xuan tried to stab Thousand Illusions, but Nie Yun pressed her down onto her knees before him.

Nie Yun exposed Yun Xuan’s betrayal to Thousand Illusions, who killed Ying Long but still chose to spare her. Yun Xuan rejected his mercy and, consumed by fury, broke through to the Void Breaking Realm.

• Yun Xuan rejected Thousand Illusions and admitted she had only used him to advance her ambitions, prompting Nie Yun to slap her repeatedly.
• Nie Yun brought out Ying Long, who confessed that Yun Xuan had threatened him into poisoning Thousand Illusions and had said she never loved him.
• Thousand Illusions accepted that Yun Xuan had betrayed him and killed Ying Long with a single palm strike.
• Thousand Illusions asked Yun Xuan to admit she had once loved him, then let her go when she mocked him and asked Nie Yun to honor his plea.
• Yun Xuan refused to accept their mercy and broke through the Void Absorption Realm into the Void Breaking Realm.

Yun Xuan broke through to the Void Breaking Realm and survived her heavenly tribulation, but Nie Yun had already taken the Sect Master's Seal from her. With the seal gone, he defeated her and reduced her cultivation to the Qi Sea Realm, avenging Thousand Illusions.

• Yun Xuan broke through to the Void Breaking Realm, drawing heavenly tribulation clouds over the Sacrifice Ground.
• Nie Yun moved everyone beyond the thunderclouds, and Thousand Illusions said he had finally let go of his feelings for Yun Xuan.
• Thousand Illusions revealed that he had stolen the Sect Master's Seal, and Nie Yun took it and put it in the Purple Splendor Cave Mansion.
• Yun Xuan survived the tribulation and approached Nie Yun, unaware that the Sect Master's Seal was missing.
• Nie Yun attacked Yun Xuan, and his strikes rapidly stripped away her cultivation until she fell to the Qi Sea Realm.

Nie Yun fought Yun Xuan and the Sword God Sect’s four Supreme Elders, but Yun Xuan escaped through a spatial rift using the Sky Walker Master talent. The elders remained convinced Nie Yun was destroying their sect, and he turned his rage on them.

• Nie Yun stripped away Yun Xuan’s cultivation and prepared to cripple her dantian as she cursed him.
• The four Sword God Sect Supreme Elders attacked Nie Yun, while Yun Xuan accused him of betraying and harming their sect.
• Nie Yun repelled the elders with his Supreme Great Sword Art and knocked them down, but Yun Xuan escaped through a spatial rift using the Sky Walker Master talent.
• The elders welcomed Yun Xuan’s escape and insisted Nie Yun had wronged their sect, prompting him to prepare to kill them.

Nie Yun spared the four Supreme Elders after learning they had been misled by Yun Xuan, and Ye Jianxing explained how she had endangered the Sword God Sect. The elders recognized Nie Yun as a Sword Dao Master and persuaded him to accept the Sect Master position; as he agreed, the Drought Demon rose again.

• Nie Yun considered why Yun Xuan had retained her powers and escaped, then chose not to kill the four Supreme Elders.
• Ye Jianxing explained that Yun Xuan had raised Ancestor Feng Ge's corpse as a Drought Demon and used Sword Spirit Fetus Cultivation to damage the Sword God's Sword.
• The four Supreme Elders recognized Nie Yun as a Sword Dao Master and knelt, asking him to become Sect Master after Yun Xuan's betrayal.
• Nie Yun initially hesitated because he was a disciple of the Huayun Sect, but Thousand Illusions and the elders persuaded him that the roles did not conflict.
• Nie Yun agreed to become Sect Master of the Sword God Sect, and the Drought Demon stood up again.

Nie Yun fought and killed the White Fiend Ba King before it could destroy the Sacrifice Ground. The Sword God's Sword then brought him Ba's demon core, which Nie Yun believed would ensure his fourth nirvana.

• Ba evolved into a White Fiend Ba King through a secret art, and Nie Yun attacked before it could spread corpse poison through the Sacrifice Ground.
• Ba used the Demon Race's Grindstone Great Turning Palm to break Nie Yun's Horizon Severing Strike, then charged through his Supreme Great Sword Art.
• Nie Yun combined the Sword God's Sword and the Netherworld Sword to sever Ba's arm, then struck it down with the Maha Divine Palm.
• Ba tried to self-destruct, but Nie Yun used the two swords together to behead it and make sure it was dead.
• The Sword God's Sword returned carrying Ba's demon core, and Nie Yun celebrated that it could help him complete his fourth nirvana.

Nie Yun delayed publicizing his succession as Sword God Sect Sect Master while accepting the elders’ support and helping Ye Jianxing advance in swordsmanship. Thousand Illusions arrived with news from Old Drunkard about Nie Yun’s parents, and Nie Yun eagerly asked where they were.

• Nie Yun stored the Drought Demon’s core and agreed to let the elders bury Feng Ge’s corpse.
• Nie Yun instructed the elders not to publicize his succession or convene a sect assembly yet, and decided to postpone refining the Sect Master’s Seal.
• Nie Yun gave the four elders a jade tablet of cultivation insights, astonishing them with his understanding of breaking through the Void Breaking Realm.
• Nie Yun named Ye Jianxing the Sword God Trial champion and shared insights that helped him master sword arts and reach the grandmaster realm in swordsmanship.
• After the elders left, Nie Yun asked Thousand Illusions why he had come and learned that Old Drunkard had sent him with news of Nie Yun’s parents.
• Thousand Illusions said he knew where Nie Yun’s parents were, and Nie Yun eagerly pressed him for their whereabouts.

Nie Yun learned that his parents and elder sister were safe on the Floating Sky Continent, and discovered that Thousand Illusions had secretly helped Old Drunkard protect him. After diagnosing Thousand Illusions’ lingering poison, Nie Yun revealed that he possessed the rare Poison Master Talent.

• Thousand Illusions told Nie Yun that his parents had been taken to the Huayun Sect, while his elder sister had become Zhuge Qingyun’s third disciple and his friends had found places to settle.
• Nie Yun learned that Old Drunkard had sent Thousand Illusions to find him and that Thousand Illusions had persuaded Old Drunkard to save him in Qianye City.
• Thousand Illusions explained that Old Drunkard had forced him to become his attendant after catching him trying to steal, and Nie Yun thanked him for his help.
• Nie Yun examined Thousand Illusions and found that the Thousand Heart Cold Poison was still locked in a dangerous struggle with the method containing it.
• When Thousand Illusions said he had no hope of finding a Poison Master, Nie Yun declared that he possessed the Poison Master Talent.