Chapter Summaries

Nie Yun removed the Thousand Heart Cold Poison from Thousand Illusions, dealt with Elder Ni Xu, and examined the changes to his own strength before responding to the elders’ summons. The chapter left him heading to the Sword God Main Hall to convene the gathered elders.

• Nie Yun used Extreme Poison Qi and Healing Qi to draw the Thousand Heart Cold Poison from Thousand Illusions, who stored it in a gourd and thanked him.
• Nie Yun and Thousand Illusions shared wine before Thousand Illusions departed, newly free of the poison and moving even faster than before.
• Thousand Illusions released Elder Ni Xu, and Nie Yun killed him to prevent trouble after becoming sect master.
• Nie Yun returned to the Purple Splendor Cave Mansion and found that his sea of qi had expanded, his physical strength had doubled, and his cultivation remained suppressed at the late Domain Realm.
• Nie Yun considered searching the Sword God Sect’s treasure pavilion for special qi, then answered the red-robed elder and went to the Sword God Main Hall after hearing that the elders had gathered.

Nie Yun and the four Supreme Elders investigated Yun Xuan’s alleged betrayal by questioning Sword God Sect’s Grand Elders and gathering evidence. After the elders identified Yun Xuan’s close allies and their rewards, Nie Yun emerged to deliver the final decision.

• Nie Yun told the Supreme Elders to announce an investigation into Yun Xuan and waited unseen in the side hall.
• The yellow-robed elder summoned the Grand Elders, and Ye Jianxing swore an oath before accusing Yun Xuan of using a demon cultivation method, raising demons with ancestors’ bodies, and plotting Chen Wenxu’s death.
• Zong An attacked Ye Jianxing, but the yellow-robed elder stopped him and demanded evidence from the assembled elders.
• Luo Yutian and other elders offered Yun Xuan’s written orders, then the yellow-robed elder asked everyone to record what they knew and identify her close associates.
• The yellow-robed elder named seven elders close to Yun Xuan and confirmed that she had rewarded them before calling Nie Yun to make the final decision.

Nie Yun took control of the Sword God Sect and proved his authority by killing three elders who challenged him. He forced Mo Xiang to reveal Yun Xuan’s crimes, then warned the sect not to plot against him.

• Nie Yun sat in the Sect Master's seat and declared himself the new Sect Master of the Sword God Sect.
• Luo Yutian, Zong An, and Hu Jia challenged Nie Yun, and he killed all three using the sect's grand formation and the Sword God's Sword.
• Nie Yun ordered Mo Xiang to disclose Yun Xuan's wrongdoing, and Mo Xiang confessed that he had helped kill several elders on her orders.
• Nie Yun told the assembled elders he would not punish everyone for past deeds, but threatened anyone who acted against him from then on.

After consolidating his authority as Sect Master, Nie Yun ordered Yun Xuan’s crimes exposed and visited the Sword God Sect’s Treasure Pavilion to choose useful treasures. He selected pills for Little Tiger and discovered an inconspicuous jade tablet that appeared exceptionally valuable.

• Nie Yun revealed that the Sword God’s Sword and Sword God’s Heart had recognized him, then gave each elder a strand of Sword Dao Qi and warned them against defying him or siding with Yun Xuan.
• Elder Red Robe explained Yun Xuan’s actions at the Sacrifice Ground, winning the elders’ gratitude toward Nie Yun, who ordered them to keep his identity secret for now.
• Nie Yun ordered Mo Xiang to document and publicize the crimes of Yun Xuan’s allies and Yun Xuan’s betrayal, and threatened him if he failed.
• Nie Yun went with Elder Red Robe to the Treasure Pavilion and chose a Demon Tiger Bone Quenching Pill and supplementary pills for Little Tiger.
• Nie Yun found no pills useful for his own advancement and decided to keep compressing his energy before attempting Nirvana.
• Nie Yun used his Divine Thief Talent to inspect the treasures and spotted an ordinary-looking jade tablet shining with extraordinary brilliance.

Nie Yun searched the Sword God Sect’s collection for movement techniques and discovered two powerful manuals he could master only with Heavenly Movement Qi. He questioned the red-robed elder about Yun Xuan’s talents, and the elder began to suspect she possessed another ability that had helped her escape.

• Nie Yun picked up a strange jade tablet from the Void Turbulence that filled him with killing intent, then stored it in his dantian to study later.
• Nie Yun asked the red-robed elder to show him the sect’s movement techniques and examined the Light Fluff Movement Technique and Swift Wind Profound Heaven Steps.
• Nie Yun found both techniques too difficult to master through ordinary cultivation, but memorized them in case he later sensed Heavenly Movement Qi.
• Nie Yun asked whether Yun Xuan had Special Talents, and the red-robed elder identified her as a Charm Sound Master who had bewildered the elders.
• Nie Yun asked what had let Yun Xuan escape so quickly, and the red-robed elder suddenly recalled a possible Special Talent.

Nie Yun examined Yun Xuan’s escape and concluded that Heavenly Movement Qi, rather than the Speed Talent, had let her flee into spatial turbulence. He then discovered an Evil Book that injured the elder in red on contact, although Nie Yun could pick it up unharmed.

• Nie Yun rejected the idea that Yun Xuan’s escape came from the Speed Talent and suspected she had used Heavenly Movement Qi.
• Nie Yun noticed a heavily sealed book at the end of the bookshelf and picked it up despite the elder in red’s warning.
• The elder in red took the book and was struck by a surge of demonic qi that injured him.
• The elder in red explained that the Sword God Ancestor had sealed the Evil Book after it injured several elders who tried to read it.
• Nie Yun picked up the Evil Book again without harm and wondered whether it recognized people.

Nie Yun discovered that the ancient book contained the Devil Race movement technique Wind Thunder Demonic Wings and quickly learned to use it, greatly increasing his speed. The technique triggered a dangerous clash between his demonic and Buddhist powers, and after he returned to the book, it crumbled and revealed a dark-skinned man's face.

• Nie Yun recognized the book's Devil Race script and read the Wind Thunder Demonic Wings cultivation method.
• Nie Yun entered the Purple Splendor Cave Mansion and practiced, making one wing produce wind and the other lightning.
• Nie Yun used the technique to move several hundred meters at once, gaining speed that let him contend with an early-stage Void Absorption Realm expert.
• After using the wings more than ten times, Nie Yun suffered a clash between demonic energy and his Vajra Glazed Body, then concluded he could safely use the technique no more than ten times a day.
• Nie Yun returned to the book, which exploded into ash and revealed the face of a dark-skinned man.

Nie Yun mastered the first level of the Wind Thunder Demonic Wings and learned it had five levels, then sought treasures while balancing demonic and Buddhist cultivation. After searching the Sword God Sect’s vault, he was about to leave the forging-material room when the Nameless Art trembled.

• A recorded Demon Person called Nie Yun a descendant with a king-class bloodline and explained that the Wind Thunder Demonic Wings had five levels.
• Nie Yun decided he needed Buddhist treasures or techniques to balance his demonic cultivation, and gave Little Tiger pills to cultivate with.
• Nie Yun asked the red-robed elder about the origins of the technique and learned it was said to have come from the mysterious Land of Nine Dragons Descending from Heaven.
• Nie Yun collected several treasures, learned the Sword God Ancestor had forbidden the sect from making talisman jade plaques, and searched the vault’s forging materials.
• As Nie Yun turned to leave the forging-material room, the Nameless Art trembled lightly.

Nie Yun took an unusual iron block from the Treasure Pavilion, but using it with the Nameless Art only expanded his qi sea instead of deriving another dantian. When he investigated a mysterious jade token in the Purple Splendor Cave Mansion, its murderous spirit attacked him, and the chapter ended as Nie Tong’s corpse stopped the token midair.

• Nie Yun took the unrefinable iron block from the treasure vault and brought it to the Purple Splendor Cave Mansion.
• The Nameless Art consumed the block’s special aura and doubled Nie Yun’s qi sea without deriving a dantian.
• Nie Yun examined the jade token and sent a thread of his soul into it, where a pale, faceless entity attacked him with killing intent.
• The jade token pursued Nie Yun, broke through the cave mansion’s restrictions, and struck him despite his Defense Master Talent.
• As the jade token prepared to strike again, Nie Tong’s corpse extended a hand and pinched it between two fingers.

Nie Yun preserved Nie Tong’s corpse and learned that his brother may have reached the Life Sword realm, then prepared to leave the Sword God Sect to seek his parents and investigate Soul Masters. After the red-robed elder advanced to the Half-Step Acupoint Realm, Nie Yun entrusted the sect to the elders and headed toward the Huayun Sect, while Yun Xuan reappeared, vowing to kill him.

• Nie Tong’s corpse crushed the jade token, and its strange writing vanished into his brow, but he did not awaken.
• Nie Yun sealed Nie Tong’s corpse to preserve it, then explained the Dantian Acupoint Realm to the four Supreme Elders.
• The red-robed elder attained sudden enlightenment, advanced his soul to Spirit Level Great Perfection, and reached the Half-Step Acupoint Realm.
• The red-robed elder told Nie Yun that Ancestor Xu Yun was a living Dantian Acupoint Realm expert hidden in space-time.
• Nie Yun gave the elders a Communication Jade Token and left the Sword God Sect for the Huayun Sect to search for his parents and pursue news of Soul Masters.
• Yun Xuan appeared on a distant mountain and vowed to kill Nie Yun.

Yun Xuan sought Ancestor Xu Yun’s help against Nie Yun, but her attempt to turn him against the new sect master failed. Ancestor Xu Yun crippled her and then set out to investigate Nie Yun himself.

• Yun Xuan burned the Sword God Seal and used the resulting passage to reach Ancestor Xu Yun beneath a Void Celestial Osmanthus.
• Yun Xuan pleaded for help, and Ancestor Xu Yun dismissed her until she told him that Chen Wenxu had been killed and refined into a sword spirit.
• Yun Xuan accused Nie Yun of raising Feng Ge’s corpse into a Drought Demon and seizing the sect, but Ancestor Xu Yun repeatedly slapped her instead of answering.
• Ancestor Xu Yun opened a passage and destroyed Yun Xuan’s sea of qi before sending her away.
• Ancestor Xu Yun called Nie Yun a Sword Dao Master and entered a passage to go see him.

In Beichen City, a disguised girl tracked down a young man to the Next Life Fate restaurant and tried to force him to explain how he had recognized her. After he ignored her and left, she attacked him with the power of an early-stage Void Absorption Realm expert.

• The girl used Formation Flags to locate the young man, then entered the Next Life Fate restaurant and demanded a seat beside him.
• She revealed Peerless Spirit Stones to make the waiter move the young man, then changed her mind and demanded his new seat as well.
• The young man called the disguised servant boy a woman, and she admitted the disguise and removed her Human Skin Mask to reveal her face.
• The young man ignored her questions, paid for his meal, and left the restaurant.
• The girl attacked the young man with a massive palm, and he recognized her as an early-stage Void Absorption Realm expert.

Nie Yun tried to leave Beichen City in disguise, but Mi Jing tracked him down and attacked him, curious about how he had seen through her disguise. After he broke her Silver Palm with physical strength and fled into the air, she hurled the restaurant’s rubble after him.

• Nie Yun entered the Next Life Fate Restaurant to rest, but Mi Jing attacked him after locating him in Beichen City.
• Mi Jing’s golden palm tore through the restaurant, and Nie Yun dodged using a technique that propelled him sideways.
• Mi Jing asked Nie Yun to explain how he had seen through her disguise and teach her his movement technique, then attacked again.
• Nie Yun shattered Mi Jing’s Silver Palm with a punch powered by his physical strength and fled into the sky.
• Mi Jing launched tables, chairs, and rubble after Nie Yun, leaving him with little room to dodge.

Nie Yun escaped Mi Jing’s attack with a Sky Shifting Talisman, changed his disguise, and headed back toward Beichen City. Mi Jing caught up with him and nearly trapped him with an exploding Air-Stilling Seal, forcing him to flee again.

• Nie Yun blocked Mi Jing’s attacks with the Wave-Chasing Shield, then escaped by crushing a Sky Shifting Talisman.
• Mi Jing paid the Next Life Fate inn’s bartender with more than thirty Peerless Spirit Stones before pursuing Nie Yun.
• Nie Yun changed his clothes, appearance, and soul aura, then flew toward Beichen City to use a Teleportation Array.
• Mi Jing reappeared in front of Nie Yun and asked whether he had seen a young man in gray clothes; he pointed her in the wrong direction.
• Mi Jing threw Nie Yun an Air-Stilling Seal that exploded and locked down the space, but he dodged it and fled.

Nie Yun tried to escape Mi Jing, whose strength and many abilities made her a far more dangerous opponent than he expected. The chapter left him fleeing underground while Mi Jing pursued him with borrowed Earth Walking Qi.

• Mi Jing attacked Nie Yun with the Hell Iron Dragon Whip, and their clash of sword and whip shattered a mountain below.
• Nie Yun realized Mi Jing could fight above her cultivation level and used a Sky Shifting Talisman to teleport away.
• Mi Jing tracked Nie Yun to his new location and attacked with Heavenly Net Earth Net, but he evaded it by transforming with Disguise Master Second Form.
• Mi Jing caught up using Inch-Shrinking Step, so Nie Yun used Earth Walking Qi to burrow underground.
• Nie Yun discovered that Mi Jing was also using Earth Walking Qi to pursue him, though she was unfamiliar with moving underground.

Nie Yun tried to escape Mi Jing, but her Earth Walking Qi and Heavenly Movement Qi countered his methods and forced him to stop. After he discovered she was Mi Hua’s sister, he launched a full-strength attack, and Mi Jing prepared to fight seriously.

• Nie Yun used the Wind Thunder Demonic Wings to fly away, but Mi Jing caught up with her Sky Walker Master talent.
• Nie Yun stopped fleeing, dropped his disguise, and confronted Mi Jing about why she was pursuing him.
• Mi Jing admitted she belonged to Mishin Sect and revealed that Mi Hua was her brother.
• Nie Yun confirmed Mi Jing’s identity, decided to fight her, and attacked with three techniques at once.
• Mi Jing recognized the danger of Nie Yun’s ruthless strikes and focused on the fight.

Nie Yun and Mi Jing exchanged devastating attacks, each suffering serious injuries before Mi Jing became eager to continue fighting. Nie Yun healed himself, then escaped with the Wind Thunder Demonic Wings and a Sky Shifting Talisman.

• Mi Jing used Embracing the Circle and her Hell Iron Dragon Whip to counter Nie Yun’s sword and palm techniques, but Nie Yun feinted and kicked her in the chest, breaking several bones.
• Mi Jing’s whip struck back as Nie Yun tried to retreat; he blocked with his shield and Defense Master talent but was badly injured and thrown into a pit.
• Mi Jing recognized Nie Yun’s many Special Talents and urged him to continue fighting while both recovered.
• Nie Yun healed his injuries, then sent out a sword light, fled with the Wind Thunder Demonic Wings, and crushed a Sky Shifting Talisman to vanish.

Nie Yun fled from Mi Jing across an unfamiliar mountain range, but her Heavenly Hand attacks left him gravely wounded and his Wind Thunder Demonic Wings triggered his demonic qi. A sudden fissure swallowed both of them, leaving their fate unknown.

• Nie Yun used his remaining Sky Shifting Talismans to escape, then hid in the forest while Mi Jing tracked him with a Formation Flag.
• Nie Yun ambushed Mi Jing with a concealed decoy, but she stopped his sword strike with her Heavenly Hand Master Talent.
• Nie Yun fled, and Mi Jing struck him twice, severely injuring him and nearly killing him before his strengthened heart revived him.
• As Mi Jing pursued him with another full-strength attack, Nie Yun used the Wind Thunder Demonic Wings for the tenth time and lost control of his demonic qi.
• A huge fissure opened beneath the mountain range and swallowed Nie Yun and Mi Jing before closing again.

Nie Yun escaped the fissure into the Purple Splendor Cave Mansion, suppressed the demonic qi, and discovered he had fallen into the legendary Land of Nine Dragons Descending from Heaven. He and Mi Jing reached a palace in the strange realm, where Nie Yun realized the surrounding mountains were dragon corpses.

• Nie Yun hid in the Purple Splendor Cave Mansion and used the Vajra Glazed Body to dispel the demonic qi, noting that each use of the Wind Thunder Demonic Wings made the corruption harder to suppress.
• Nie Yun emerged into a bizarre realm where the Milky Way hung overhead, rivers flowed toward the sky, and solid ground seemed to float beneath his feet.
• Mi Jing appeared, forced Nie Yun to swallow a pill she claimed required her antidote, and ordered him to lead the way.
• After walking for half a day, Nie Yun and Mi Jing spotted a palace and argued over whether to approach it.
• Nie Yun flew toward the palace and discovered that the mountains surrounding it were actually dragon corpses.

Nie Yun and Mi Jing discovered nine ancient dragon corpses and a colossal carriage whose inscription described an Emperor and the Asura King falling after a battle. Inside the carriage, Nie Yun fought recurring demonic creatures, stored the pure demonic qi in his Purple Splendor Cave Mansion, and spotted something that could let him undergo nirvana without worry.

• Nie Yun recognized the nine dragon corpses and identified the enormous structure as a Nine Dragons Pulling Carriage.
• Mi Jing followed Nie Yun to the carriage, but an unseen force snatched away her Iron Dragon Whip when she attacked him.
• Nie Yun read an inscription saying the Emperor had fought the Asura King and that both had fallen after the six realms shattered.
• Nie Yun entered the carriage with Mi Jing and fought demonic creatures formed from the surging demonic qi.
• Nie Yun resisted absorbing the qi, stored it in the fourth room of his Purple Splendor Cave Mansion, and nearly suffered demonic deviation.
• Nie Yun saw a glimmer deeper inside the carriage and realized the thing ahead could let him undergo nirvana without worry.