Chapter Summaries

The Spiritual Elegance Emperor proved that the villagers’ deaths were not caused by Time Freeze, and the group concluded that an unknown killer was racing ahead of them and using a Soul Attack. Nie Yun split the Rulers into four teams to search in different directions, then flew south alone and suspected the killer was ahead of him.

• The Spiritual Elegance Emperor tested the cooking smoke and confirmed it moved, then the group waited five minutes and found that the nearby corpse had still died only one minute earlier.
• The Spiritual Elegance Emperor identified a vicious Soul Attack as the likely killing method, while Nie Yun and Fu Anchao considered how to find clues about the killer.
• Nie Yun ordered the Rulers to split into four teams, travel one hundred kilometers in separate directions, and return within one hundred breaths.
• Nie Yun flew south past several silent villages and suspected that the killer was somewhere ahead of him.

Nie Yun tried different ways to evade an unseen killer who kept arriving one minute ahead of him, but his experiments and his companions’ searches all failed. After deciding the group should stay together, he realized Carefree Immortal and Spiritual Elegance Emperor were missing.

• Nie Yun sped up, slowed down, hid underground, and sent out clones, but every village he reached had been slaughtered one minute earlier.
• Nie Yun regrouped with Fu Anchao and the others, who reported finding the same pattern in their search directions.
• Nie Yun concluded the group should remain together so they could protect one another from the killer.
• Nie Yun noticed Carefree Immortal and Spiritual Elegance Emperor had not returned, and feared something had happened to them.

Nie Yun and his companions secretly followed the trail of Carefree Immortal and Spiritual Elegance Emperor, only to find the two Sovereigns fighting each other. Nie Yun stopped their attacks, but both accused the other of being possessed by an evil spirit, leaving him unable to tell what had happened.

• When Carefree Immortal and Spiritual Elegance Emperor failed to return, Nie Yun agreed with Fu Anchao to search for them using Stealth Armor and Earth Walking Qi.
• Nie Yun and the others traveled underground until they heard fighting and found Carefree Immortal and Spiritual Elegance Emperor battling in a ruined village.
• Nie Yun intervened to stop their fatal attacks despite Duan Yi warning him that the fight could be a trap.
• Spiritual Elegance Emperor and Carefree Immortal each accused the other of being invaded by an evil spirit and showed Nie Yun severe wounds from sword attacks.

Nie Yun and the others examined the Spiritual Elegance Emperor and the Carefree Immortal and found that both were genuine, despite accusing each other of being impostors. Nie Yun separated them to hear their accounts, and the Spiritual Elegance Emperor began recounting what happened at the village.

• The Spiritual Elegance Emperor and the Carefree Immortal each accused the other of being in Disguise and tried to convince Nie Yun to investigate.
• Nie Yun examined both with Wood Life Qi and found no signs that either was fake; Fu Anchao and the others reached the same conclusion.
• The Spiritual Elegance Emperor and the Carefree Immortal continued to accuse one another, so Nie Yun urged them to explain what had happened before they met the group.
• Nie Yun sent Fu Anchao, Duan Yi, and Myriad Laws Ruler to question the Carefree Immortal while he and Zitong Undestroyable questioned the Spiritual Elegance Emperor separately.
• The Spiritual Elegance Emperor began her account, saying she and the Carefree Immortal had discovered something strange upon reaching a village where the villagers had just died.

In the Void Realm, Nie Yun and his companions found ancient statues shaped like five of their group, while the Spiritual Elegance Emperor and Carefree Immortal each claimed a statue had come to life and attacked them. Nie Yun broke the statues and found only ordinary stone, leaving him unable to tell which account was true as the group remained trapped in confusion.

• The Spiritual Elegance Emperor led Nie Yun and Zitong Undestroyable to five weathered statues whose builds matched Nie Yun, Zitong Undestroyable, Fu Anchao, Duan Yi, and the Myriad Laws Ruler.
• The Spiritual Elegance Emperor said her statue had crumbled when touched and Carefree Immortal's statue had come alive and stabbed her.
• Fu Anchao relayed that Carefree Immortal had given the same account, claiming the Spiritual Elegance Emperor's statue had transformed and attacked him.
• Nie Yun told Fu Anchao and the others to keep the Spiritual Elegance Emperor and Carefree Immortal apart while he inspected the statues.
• Nie Yun touched the statues, and they toppled and shattered into ordinary stone without coming to life.
• Nie Yun admitted he could not determine whether the Spiritual Elegance Emperor or Carefree Immortal was lying.

Nie Yun proposed stopping the search and waiting for their hidden opponent to make a move, but the Carefree Immortal and Fu Anchao suddenly turned on him with coordinated sneak attacks. The chapter ended with Nie Yun bound by his Stealth Armor as both attacks closed in.

• Nie Yun argued that continued searching would lead nowhere and urged everyone to stay put and wait for their opponent to act.
• Duan Yi realized Nie Yun intended to counter the trap by remaining still, and the group agreed to rest and drink wine.
• The Carefree Immortal offered Nie Yun a Wine Gourd, then launched a lightning-fast sword attack without revealing any killing intent.
• Nie Yun caught the first sword beam, but the Carefree Immortal followed with another attack as Fu Anchao appeared to strike him too.
• Fu Anchao's sword beam turned toward Nie Yun's throat, and his Stealth Armor transformed into ropes that bound him while both attacks closed in.

Nie Yun survived Carefree Immortal and Fu Anchao’s coordinated ambush by revealing that his Great Dao Ring let him retain Half-step Ruler strength in the Void Realm. He defeated the attackers and explained how he had deduced that Carefree Immortal was an impostor.

• Carefree Immortal and Fu Anchao launched a surprise attack on Nie Yun, while the Spiritual Elegance Emperor, Zitong Undestroyable, and the others could only watch in alarm.
• Nie Yun unleashed the power of his Great Dao Ring, reached Half-step Ruler strength, and knocked Carefree Immortal and Fu Anchao to the ground.
• Carefree Immortal asked how Nie Yun had learned of the ambush, and Nie Yun said the impostor’s persistent suspicion and objections did not fit the real Carefree Immortal.
• Nie Yun explained that the impostor’s back wound followed a survivable route and appeared to have been self-inflicted, unlike the Spiritual Elegance Emperor’s severe wound.
• Carefree Immortal fell silent as Nie Yun’s deductions left the others stunned.

Nie Yun exposed the Carefree Immortal and Fu Anchao as impostors, but they died before revealing who they were. As the group speculated about evil spirits, Nie Yun learned that Fu Anchao had briefly disappeared while they inspected a village.

• Nie Yun explained how Fu Anchao’s cautious behavior, suspicious reactions, and tampered Stealth Armor revealed his betrayal.
• Nie Yun concluded that the Carefree Immortal and Fu Anchao were impostors because Fu Anchao’s soul bond was absent, but the two died before answering his questions.
• Nie Yun found no Pseudo-Origin Great Dao remains and suspected the impostors had possessed only five hundred Great Daos, though he remained uncertain.
• Zitong Undestroyable and Duan Yi suggested that evil spirits had possessed the pair, but Nie Yun dismissed the idea and questioned the survivors.
• The Myriad Laws Ruler recalled that Fu Anchao had vanished for fewer than ten breaths while the group inspected corpses in a village.

Nie Yun searched for evidence that Carefree Immortal and Fu Anchao had been replaced, but found no traces of a struggle and suspected they had discovered something important. He released Pill God Ruler, who offered to lead the group out of the villages and find the core of the Void Realm.

• Nie Yun learned that Spiritual Elegance Emperor and Myriad Laws Ruler had each lost sight of Carefree Immortal and Fu Anchao, then ordered the group to search for signs of a struggle.
• After finding no clues, Nie Yun led the group to the village where Myriad Laws Ruler had lost sight of Fu Anchao, but they found no traces there either.
• Nie Yun suspected that Carefree Immortal and Fu Anchao had left because they discovered something more important than the statues and corpses.
• Nie Yun released Pill God Ruler from his Storage World and threatened to kill him for forgetting how to leave the villages.
• Pill God Ruler pleaded for his life and claimed he could lead them out of the villages and find the core of the Void Realm.

Nie Yun forced Pill God Ruler to lead the group through the Void Realm, hoping his route would reveal a way out. They reached an eerie village where Pill God Ruler identified a group of dead beings as Spirits of Sacrifice heading toward an altar.

• Pill God Ruler claimed his bloodline could sense the Void Realm's core, but Nie Yun refused to remove his restrictions and ordered him to lead the way.
• Nie Yun told Duan Yi he was willing to risk a trap because they needed clues to escape their predicament.
• The group traveled for about two hours, and Nie Yun realized the villages formed a maze-like Formation.
• Pill God Ruler led them into a village filled with thick Yin Cold Qi and stone tablets, where Nie Yun warned everyone to stay together.
• Nie Yun spotted a procession of expressionless figures in mourning clothes, and Pill God Ruler identified them as Spirits of Sacrifice bound for an altar.

Nie Yun and the others followed the Spirits of Sacrifice through the alleys toward an altar, but Myriad Laws Ruler vanished along the way. Nie Yun hid himself to watch for whoever was targeting them as the others reached the altar.

• Nie Yun led the group behind the Spirits of Sacrifice, and he concluded they worshipped a terrain or system rather than a person.
• Zitong Undestroyable noticed that Myriad Laws Ruler had disappeared, so Nie Yun sent the others onward and went back to search the alley.
• Nie Yun found no trace of Myriad Laws Ruler and hid within the Demon Refining Great Barrier, planning to observe the enemy while the others served as bait.
• Duan Yi and the others followed the Spirits of Sacrifice to a towering circular altar covered in unfamiliar writing.

Zitong Undestroyable and the others discovered that the Nether Soldiers and spirits of sacrifice were repeating a ritual like recorded images and could not see them. He climbed the altar to inspect its stone stele, then cried out in shock at what he found.

• The Nether Soldiers appeared around the platform but ignored Zitong Undestroyable and his companions.
• Spiritual Elegance Emperor concluded that the departed souls were repeating recorded scenes and could not perceive the living.
• Zitong Undestroyable tested the theory by pulling faces and snoring at a Spirit of Sacrifice, which did not react.
• Duan Yi warned Zitong Undestroyable not to approach the altar, but Zitong Undestroyable continued toward the stone stele while the others watched from below.
• Zitong Undestroyable walked behind the stele and shouted for the others to come, his voice full of shock and terror.

Duan Yi, Zitong Undestroyable, and the Spiritual Elegance Emperor found the missing Myriad Laws Ruler chained behind the altar’s mysterious stele and rescued him. After waking, the Myriad Laws Ruler revealed that Ruler Nie Yun had lured him away and tried to use him as an offering, leaving the group to confront the possibility that Nie Yun had betrayed them.

• Duan Yi and the Spiritual Elegance Emperor rushed to the altar after hearing Zitong Undestroyable shout and saw a strange stele depicting three identical figures.
• Zitong Undestroyable showed them the unconscious Myriad Laws Ruler, who had been chained behind the stele.
• The Spiritual Elegance Emperor cut the chains, and Zitong Undestroyable caught the Myriad Laws Ruler before the group left the altar.
• Duan Yi gave the Myriad Laws Ruler a Five Dragons Opening Heaven Pill, which woke him.
• The Myriad Laws Ruler said someone had lured him away and ambushed him to use him as an offering.
• The Myriad Laws Ruler identified Ruler Nie Yun as the one who had lured and attacked him.

Myriad Laws Ruler accused Nie Yun of secretly attacking him and orchestrating the strange events, while Duan Yi and the others struggled to decide whom to trust. Nie Yun claimed an impostor was behind the deception, but the chapter ended with a second identical Nie Yun appearing.

• Myriad Laws Ruler told Duan Yi and the others that an altar had corrupted Carefree Immortal and Fu Anchao, and accused Nie Yun of plotting to kill them and escape the Void Realm.
• Myriad Laws Ruler showed a recording of Nie Yun taking him away and attacking him, then passed soul inspections confirming his identity.
• Duan Yi and Spiritual Elegance Emperor suspected the Void Realm was manipulating them, and Spiritual Elegance Emperor proposed confronting Nie Yun when he returned.
• Nie Yun returned and claimed someone identical to him had caused the strange events, then let Myriad Laws Ruler and the others inspect his soul.
• A second Nie Yun suddenly appeared and demanded to know who the first Nie Yun was.

Nie Yun 1 and Nie Yun 2 both claimed to be the genuine Nie Yun, and their companions struggled to identify the impostor as each revealed shared memories. Nie Yun 1 demonstrated his exclusive Moonlit Swordplay, leaving the group leaning toward believing he was real.

• Nie Yun 1 and Nie Yun 2 accused each other of impersonation while Duan Yi and the others surrounded the later arrival.
• Nie Yun 2 cited rescuing Myriad Laws Ruler from Mo Ji, but Nie Yun 1 countered with a secret encounter involving Spiritual Elegance Emperor in Double Pupil City.
• Nie Yun 2 accurately recounted his conversation with Spiritual Elegance Emperor and shared memories with Duan Yi, Zitong Undestroyable, and Myriad Laws Ruler.
• Nie Yun 1 performed his exclusive Moonlit Swordplay, and Duan Yi and the others recognized its moves and began to suspect he was genuine.

Nie Yun 1 and Nie Yun 2 fought after both claimed to be the original, while Duan Yi and the others waited rather than risk helping the wrong one. Myriad Laws Ruler suggested the Void Realm might be a Mirror World, and Zitong Undestroyable wondered whether mirror clones of them existed too.

• Nie Yun 2 accused Nie Yun 1 of stealing the Moon-Pity Sword, and both insisted their sword art came from their love for Tantai Lingyue.
• Duan Yi, the Spiritual Elegance Emperor, Zitong Undestroyable, and Myriad Laws Ruler decided to wait for the duel’s outcome instead of interfering.
• Nie Yun 1 and Nie Yun 2 unleashed identical versions of One Sword Soars to the Clouds, matching each other’s Half-step Ruler power and swordsmanship.
• Myriad Laws Ruler recalled an ancient account of Mirror Worlds that produced clones with the original’s strength, memories, and soul.
• Zitong Undestroyable asked whether a Mirror World would also contain clones of everyone present.

Duan Yi and the others suspected that Mirror Clones had caused the earlier deaths and strange events, but they could not explain why clones would attack their originals. To avoid mistaking one another for clones, they agreed to use Nie Yun’s next move as a secret password while he fought his Mirror Clone.

• Spiritual Elegance Emperor and Myriad Laws Ruler reassured the group that no Mirror Clones had infiltrated them, since they would have attacked already.
• Duan Yi suggested that Fu Anchao and the Carefree Immortal might have been Mirror Clones who were killed and replaced.
• Duan Yi and Spiritual Elegance Emperor questioned why Mirror Clones would try to kill their originals, and Myriad Laws Ruler admitted that the Mirror World remained unexplained.
• Zitong Undestroyable and Spiritual Elegance Emperor said Nie Yun likely understood more and urged the group to wait for him to win and explain.
• Duan Yi proposed that the group use Nie Yun’s next move as a password, and everyone agreed to remember it without speaking.

Nie Yun 1 and Nie Yun 2 fought with identical techniques, leaving Duan Yi and the others unable to tell which was real. After both Nie Yuns used One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, they agreed to search for a way out of the Mirror World, hoping the fake would expose himself.

• Nie Yun 1 and Nie Yun 2 fought with dual swords, but neither could gain an advantage.
• Zitong Undestroyable urged the two Nie Yuns to stop fighting, but Nie Yun 2 used One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, and Nie Yun 1 immediately used the same technique.
• The six Nie Yuns stopped fighting and withdrew their clones after realizing they still could not determine a victor.
• Zitong Undestroyable explained that the group believed they were in a Mirror World with a Mirror Clone matching the original in strength, memories, and abilities.
• Duan Yi asked the two Nie Yuns to distinguish themselves, and they instead agreed to search for a way out together.

Nie Yun 2 secretly manipulated the conflict with the fake Nie Yun to make him lead the group toward the Sacrifice Altar, while hiding a method he believed could expose and kill him. At the altar, Nie Yun discovered that the dead villagers’ Essence, Qi, and Spirit were being gathered into the stone stele, revealing that the Void Realm’s sacrifices served a larger purpose.

• Duan Yi and Myriad Laws Ruler agreed that the group should protect both Nie Yuns until they found the exit and determined who was real.
• Nie Yun 2 revealed in his thoughts that he was the real Nie Yun, had deliberately appeared to mislead the fake Nie Yun, and planned to use him to find Void Son and escape.
• Nie Yun 1 flew to the Sacrifice Altar to investigate, and Nie Yun 2 and the others followed.
• Nie Yun used his Sky Eye Master Talent to examine the altar’s stone stele and saw fine threads of strange aura flowing into it.
• Nie Yun recognized the aura as the Essence, Qi, and Spirit of the dead villagers, which the altar gathered as nourishment.

Nie Yun discovered that the stone stele gathered Essence, Qi, and Spirit to produce an ancient corpse's aura, and he decided to use its undeciphered inscriptions to expose the fake Nie Yun. He claimed to understand the stele and challenged the fake to explain it first, leaving the trap poised to spring.

• Nie Yun noticed that Essence, Qi, and Spirit converging on the stele created an ancient corpse's aura, but he could not decipher its characters and images.
• Nie Yun pretended to study the stele until he could claim he had understood it, then proposed using an explanation of its meaning to prove who was real.
• Duan Yi, Zitong Undestroyable, the Myriad Laws Ruler, and the Spiritual Elegance Emperor agreed that a correct explanation could identify the real Nie Yun.
• Nie Yun declared that whoever explained the stele first would be accepted as the real one after the fake Nie Yun claimed to have deciphered it too.