Chapter Summaries

Yu Huatian learned that the Hidden Sword School had arrived in Ming and ordered his agents to monitor it and find the emperor’s illegitimate son, Lian Chengzhi. With Yu Huatian in seclusion, the West Depot discussed relying on Ming’s imperial retainers and other martial artists to handle Dongying’s powerful factions, but several potential allies were away pursuing duels.

• Yu Huatian told Ma Jinliang to watch the Hidden Sword School and search for Lian Chengzhi, then returned to secluded cultivation.
• Ma Jinliang informed the West Depot commissioners that Yu Huatian wanted them to monitor Dongying’s movements and bring Lian Chengzhi back if they found him.
• Ding Xiu, Cao Shaoqin, and E'erdou reported that Jue Wushen, Dairi Zongguo, Yagyu Tajima-no-kami, and Huang Ying made Dongying’s factions dangerous to confront.
• Tan Luzi decided to seek help from the Ming imperial retainers and notify Ye Gucheng and other martial artists while Yu Huatian remained in seclusion.
• Ma Jinliang said Ye Gucheng had gone to Ten Thousand Plum Manor to duel Ximen Chuixue, while Lin Pingzhi reported that Yan Shisan had headed to the Southern Frontier, where Xie Xiaofeng was living.

Ximen Chuixue and Ye Gucheng began their long-awaited duel atop Mount Hua as Dongying forces moved to seize a frightened boy guarded by Huang Ying. The West Depot’s Six Chief Commissioners arrived, and Jue Wushen revealed that the Hidden Sword School was also present, setting the stage for a larger clash.

• Old Man Tianji warned Lu Xiaofeng and the others that Dongying visitors and Imperial Court agents were gathering around Mount Hua for an unknown purpose.
• Ximen Chuixue and Ye Gucheng drew their swords and began a fierce duel, their speed leaving most spectators unable to see them.
• Dozens of Dongying fighters attacked Huang Ying and tried to take the boy he was protecting, but Huang Ying killed them with his Jingji Saber.
• The West Depot’s Six Chief Commissioners arrived as Lei Qianhu, Su Can, Zhuo Donglai, and others watched the conflict unfold.
• Po Jun and Jue Wushen confronted Huang Ying with a large force, and Jue Wushen called on the Hidden Sword School to reveal itself.

Jue Wushen and Dairi Zongguo prepared to fight over Lian Chengzhi while Po Jun battled Huang Ying on Mount Hua. Ye Gucheng and Ximen Chuixue each broke through into the No Sword Realm, leaving their duel poised to continue at a higher level.

• Dairi Zongguo and the Hidden Sword School emerged from hiding, and Jue Wushen demanded that Huang Ying hand over Lian Chengzhi.
• Po Jun attacked Huang Ying, forcing the onlookers and Ming’s martial sects to retreat from their battle.
• Jue Wushen and Dairi Zongguo argued over who would claim Lian Chengzhi and began gathering their auras to fight.
• Ye Gucheng entered the No Sword Realm during his duel with Ximen Chuixue, and the swords across Mount Hua responded with the phenomenon of ten thousand swords paying homage.
• Fu Hongxue sensed that Ximen Chuixue had not lost, and Ximen broke through into the No Sword Realm as well.

After Ye Gucheng and Ximen Chuixue broke through to the No Sword Realm, they intervened in the battle on Mount Hua and fought Jue Wushen and Dairi Zongguo. Ming’s forces moved to capture the Dongying contingent, but Black Tortoise Lord appeared to take Lian Chengzhi away, only to be confronted by three Heavenly Beings.

• Yu Huatian sensed Ye Gucheng and Ximen Chuixue’s breakthrough and resumed his cultivation, confident they could help defend Ming against Dongying.
• Ye Gucheng and Ximen Chuixue attacked Jue Wushen and Dairi Zongguo after Lian Chengzhi declared that he was from Ming; Ye Gucheng wounded Jue Wushen by striking a weakness in his Indestructible Golden Body.
• Ming’s Wulin fighters joined the battle, and Ma Jinliang led West Depot masters and Embroidered Uniform Guards up Mount Hua after the Iga School and Yagyu Family appeared.
• Lian Chengbi and Murong Qiudi’s group intercepted Huang Ying and the Dongying leaders, while Yagyu Tajima-no-kami protested that they had only come to retrieve their Crown Prince.
• Black Tortoise Lord appeared and demanded that Ming let him take Lian Chengzhi; Ma Jinliang answered by summoning Zheng He, Xu Hongru, and Five Elements Ancestor, whose combined presence alarmed Black Tortoise Lord.

Zheng He, Xu Hongru, and the Five Elements Ancestor overwhelmed the Dongying force at Mount Hua, while Xuanhua Chief Xiao Aoshi prepared to join the battle. An old man tried to stop Xiao Aoshi from advancing the Millennium Catastrophe, and Yu Huatian sensed that someone had arrived as the chapter ended.

• Zheng He, Xu Hongru, and the Five Elements Ancestor attacked the Black Tortoise Lord, forcing him to order Huang Ying and the others to take Lian Chengzhi and retreat.
• Lian Chengbi fought Huang Ying while A Fei intercepted Yagyu Tajima-no-kami, and Ming's forces began defeating the Dongying fighters.
• Xiao Aoshi sent Xuanhua experts to Mount Hua and set off to face the Heavenly Beings and the two Swordsmen at the No Sword Realm.
• A kindly old man appeared before Xiao Aoshi and urged him to abandon his plan to bring about the Millennium Catastrophe, but Xiao Aoshi continued toward Mount Hua.
• The old man sent strange fluctuations toward the capital, and Yu Huatian rose in the West Depot, sensing that someone had arrived.

As Dongying forces were close to defeat on Mount Hua, Xiao Aoshi arrived and revealed that he had come to confront Yu Huatian over the Millennium Catastrophe. Xiao Sanxiao then told Yu Huatian the catastrophe threatened the entire world, leaving him horrified.

• Dozens of Xuanhua experts joined the battle on Mount Hua, briefly lifting the Dongying warriors’ hopes before Ming’s forces surrounded them.
• Xiao Aoshi appeared above the battlefield, dismissed Dairi Zongguo, and demanded that Ye Gucheng and Ximen Chuixue serve him.
• Yu Huatian arrived and confronted Xiao Aoshi, who admitted he had been waiting for him and asked whether he understood the Millennium Catastrophe.
• Yu Huatian said he believed the catastrophe was an internal struggle between Xiao Aoshi, Xiao Jingtian, and Xiao Sanxiao, but Xiao Aoshi denied it.
• Xiao Sanxiao appeared and explained that the Millennium Catastrophe would destroy all life and the entire world, shocking Yu Huatian.

Yu Huatian learned that the Millennium Catastrophe would destroy the Divine Land and that Xiao Sanxiao had protected him because he was destined to face it. Xiao Aoshi isolated Yu Huatian in a fiery purgatory and challenged him to fight.

• Xiao Sanxiao revealed that the Millennium Catastrophe would engulf the world, and Xiao Aoshi admitted he was trying to bring it about because he could escape to the Immortal Realm.
• Xiao Sanxiao explained that his strength had faded after his sons took part of it, leaving him unable to stop Xiao Aoshi.
• Xiao Aoshi said Xiao Sanxiao had sealed him in Dongying and protected Yu Huatian, whom he believed was destined to face the catastrophe.
• Xiao Aoshi attacked Yu Huatian, transporting him to a purgatory sea of fire and asking whether he knew Xiao Aoshi's strength.
• Yu Huatian recognized the technique surrounding him as Myriad Dao Senluo.

Yu Huatian fought Xiao Aoshi, whose Four Evils art let him merge with the Void World and evade ordinary attacks. After learning that Primordial Spirit attacks could reach Xiao Aoshi, Yu Huatian entered the Void World and began unfolding his Divine Domain Magnetic Field.

• Xiao Aoshi revealed that he had created the Four Evils from the incomplete Myriad Dao Senluo, and Yu Huatian drew a purple demonic sword to attack him.
• Xiao Aoshi vanished into the Void World, where Yu Huatian could sense but not target him, while Xiao Aoshi struck from an untouchable state.
• Yu Huatian used One Sword Breaks Ten Thousand Techniques to break Xiao Aoshi's attack but failed to injure him.
• Xiao Sanxiao explained that Xiao Aoshi had merged into a different dimension and that Primordial Spirit attacks could cross between the Void World and reality.
• Yu Huatian sent his Primordial Spirit into the Void World, locked onto Xiao Aoshi, and began unfolding the Divine Domain Magnetic Field.

Yu Huatian trapped Xiao Aoshi in an illusion of his childhood, revealing how his mother’s death and his father’s absence drove him to hatred. Xiao Aoshi rejected Xiao Sanxiao’s apology and unleashed his thousand-year Primordial Spirit against Yu Huatian, beginning a fierce spiritual battle.

• Yu Huatian’s Divine Domain Magnetic Field showed Xiao Aoshi memories of his father leaving, his mother’s illness and death, and his vow to destroy the world.
• Xiao Aoshi woke in tears, then furiously accused Yu Huatian of using an illusion on him.
• Yu Huatian offered to spare Xiao Aoshi if he stopped, while Xiao Sanxiao admitted he had been wrong and pleaded with his son.
• Xiao Aoshi rejected Xiao Sanxiao, blamed him for abandoning their mother, and declared that Yu Huatian’s life would end that day.
• Xiao Aoshi’s thousand-year Primordial Spirit scattered Yu Huatian’s spirit, but Yu Huatian welcomed the challenge and formed Sword Qi with his Divine Domain Magnetic Field.
• Xiao Aoshi and Yu Huatian released their Primordial Spirits and prepared to clash.

Yu Huatian’s Sea of Consciousness protected him from Xiao Aoshi’s Primordial Spirit, as the Five Sacred Beasts tore Xiao Aoshi’s invading avatar apart and devoured its power. Xiao Aoshi then fought Yu Huatian openly, and their battle produced a strange, Sword Intent-filled world in the sky.

• Yu Huatian withdrew his Primordial Spirit from Xiao Aoshi’s, but Xiao Aoshi pursued it into Yu Huatian’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Xiao Aoshi found the five Sacred Beasts within Yu Huatian’s Sea of Consciousness, and the White Tiger smashed his invading Primordial Spirit apart.
• The Five Sacred Beasts swallowed the scattered Primordial Spirit power, leaving Yu Huatian unable to devour it himself.
• Xiao Aoshi returned to his body weakened, then emerged from the Void World and attacked Yu Huatian with Myriad Dao Senluo.
• Yu Huatian and Xiao Aoshi fought evenly, and their clashing forces formed a flickering world filled with Sword Intent above them.

Yu Huatian and Xiao Aoshi’s battle opened the legendary Sword Realm, drawing swordsmen from across the Divine Land and prompting many to enter. Inside, Xiao Aoshi revealed that the realm let him unleash his full Union with the Dao strength, leaving Yu Huatian facing a vastly more powerful opponent.

• Yu Huatian and Xiao Aoshi’s fierce battle shattered the void barrier and revealed the Sword Realm, while heavenly thunder and sword intent spread across the Divine Land.
• Xiao Sanxiao explained that only sufficiently powerful swordsmen with perfect sword hearts could survive entering the realm, but Ye Gucheng and Ximen Chuixue entered before he finished speaking.
• Lian Chengbi, A Fei, Bai Yujing, Xie Xuan, and other qualified swordsmen entered the Sword Realm, while dozens of unqualified people were torn apart by its sword qi.
• The Dongying forces tried to withdraw from Mount Hua, but Ma Jinliang ordered the Ming forces to attack and the fighting resumed.
• Inside the Sword Realm, Yu Huatian and Xiao Aoshi recovered amid its sword intent, and Xiao Aoshi revealed that the realm let him unleash his full Union with the Dao power without fear of being taken to the Immortal Realm.

Yu Huatian awakened all five Sacred Beast bloodlines and used the Demonic Sword’s power to break through to the Divine Sword Realm, defeating Xiao Aoshi. As Yu Huatian absorbed Xiao Aoshi’s power and Primordial Spirit, newly arrived figures witnessed the scene.

• Yu Huatian awakened his five Sacred Beast bloodlines and confronted Xiao Aoshi at full strength.
• The Demonic Sword’s Sword Spirit temporarily recognized Yu Huatian after he promised to return the sword to its owner’s older brother.
• Yu Huatian’s sword strike broke through to the Divine Sword Realm and pierced Xiao Aoshi, severing his Union with the Dao cultivation.
• Yu Huatian used the Energy-Absorbing Great Method and the Heaven-Shifting Earth-Transferring Great Spirit-Refining Art to absorb Xiao Aoshi’s power and Primordial Spirit.
• Several figures arrived and froze when they saw Yu Huatian draining Xiao Aoshi.

Yu Huatian absorbed Xiao Aoshi’s remaining power after defeating him, but Xiao Aoshi’s final warning about the Millennium Catastrophe left Yu Huatian troubled. As the swordsmen searched the Sword Realm for a way out, Yan Fei arrived and fled when he realized Yu Huatian had surpassed him, while the newcomers met the sword saint Pei Min.

• Yu Huatian drained Xiao Aoshi’s remaining power and Primordial Spirit, and Xiao Aoshi chose to end his own life after warning that the Millennium Catastrophe would destroy the Divine Land.
• Yu Huatian learned from the others that Xiao Sanxiao was still outside the Sword Realm and that nobody knew how to leave it.
• Bai Yujing recognized that Yu Huatian had advanced to the Divine Sword level, and Yu Huatian asked the swordsmen what they knew about the Millennium Catastrophe.
• Yan Fei and Pei Min entered the Sword Realm, and Yan Fei realized Yu Huatian had grown far stronger before retreating into the distance.
• Yu Huatian introduced himself to the middle-aged swordsman, who identified himself as Pei Min.

Yu Huatian learned from Pei Min that the Sword Realm held supreme sword techniques and the legacies of renowned swordsmen, and that it would remain open for a year outside. After deciding to search for opportunities, Yu Huatian and the others split into groups and set out to explore.

• Yu Huatian and the others discovered that the middle-aged swordsman was Pei Min, the Sword Saint of Great Sui.
• Pei Min explained that the Sword Realm contained sword arts and a Sword Pool preserving the sword intents of recognized swordsmen from across history.
• Pei Min revealed that visitors could leave when the Sword Realm opened a passage after a year outside, and that time stood still for their bodies inside.
• Yu Huatian decided the group should seek suitable sword techniques and legacies, then split up to search the Sword Realm.
• Ye Gucheng proposed three traveling groups, and Yu Huatian left with Lian Chengbi and A Fei while Bai Yujing, Xie Xuan, Ye Gucheng, and Ximen Chuixue departed in pairs.

Yan Fei entered the Sword Realm seeking the Twelve Profound Yin Swords, but learned another swordsman had already mastered its art and was nearing the Sword Pool. He accepted the Demonic Chief’s offer to merge, then realized the ancient sword spirit had taken him as its host.

• Yan Fei fled Yu Huatian and journeyed toward the Sword Pool, hoping to improve his Sword Dao and avenge himself.
• At the Sword Pool, Yan Fei encountered the sentient Demonic Chief, which offered to merge with him after revealing that another entrant had mastered the Twelve Profound Yin Swords.
• Demonic Chief persuaded Yan Fei that merging with it would make his Sword Dao surpass stronger swordsmen in the Sword Realm.
• Yan Fei agreed to merge with Demonic Chief, and its black mist entered his body as pain, slaughterous thoughts, and dark markings overwhelmed him.
• Yan Fei recognized that Demonic Chief had deceived him by making him its host, while Demonic Chief laughed from within his silent body.

Long'er, Xiao Wu, Wuming, Bu Jingyun, Dugu Jian, and Lang Fanyun traveled through the Sword Realm toward the Sword Pool, each seeking sword knowledge or a legacy. Jian Yue, a stranded figure from an earlier opening of the realm, met three newcomers and asked their leader for a ride in exchange for showing him a treasure.

• Long'er explained to Xiao Wu that she sought Huangfu Jian's sword intent at the Sword Pool, and Xiao Wu joined her on the journey.
• Wuming led Bu Jingyun toward the Sword Pool, advising him to seek a fitting sword intent legacy without fixating on the strongest one.
• Dugu Jian entered the Sword Realm seeking Huangfu Jian's legacy so he could perfect Sword Twenty-Three and face Wuming at his strongest.
• Jian Yue told Lang Fanyun that he had remained in the Sword Realm since an earlier opening, then directed him toward the Sword Pool.
• Lang Fanyun flew off toward the Sword Pool without Jian Yue, and Jian Yue spotted three approaching figures and asked their leader for a lift in exchange for a treasure.

Yu Huatian, A Fei, and Lian Chengbi crossed the Sword Realm and headed toward the Sword Pool, where Yu Huatian hoped to find legacies suited to his companions. They encountered Jian Yue, a swordsman trapped in the realm for over three hundred years, and Yu Huatian offered to help him obtain a sword legacy in exchange for ten years of service after they escaped.

• Yu Huatian used merit to comprehend several heaven-tier sword techniques as the trio traveled through the Sword Realm.
• Yu Huatian chose to head for the Sword Pool instead of stopping to study a mountain range filled with heaven-tier sword techniques.
• Yu Huatian and his companions met Jian Yue, who had been trapped in the Sword Realm since its previous opening.
• Jian Yue explained that the supreme sword intent legacies chose their own inheritors and no longer favored him because he had been trapped there.
• Yu Huatian agreed to take Jian Yue to the Sword Pool and help him obtain a legacy if Jian Yue served him for ten years after leaving the Sword Realm.

Yu Huatian forced Jian Yue to accept a wager: after leaving the Sword Realm and recovering his strength, Jian Yue would serve Ming if he lost their fight. The four reached the Sword Pool, where many swordsmen had already gathered, and Yu Huatian prepared to meet familiar faces.

• Yu Huatian demanded that Jian Yue serve him for ten years, but Jian Yue refused and agreed to a wager instead: he would serve Ming if Yu Huatian defeated him after they left the Sword Realm.
• Jian Yue revealed that he sought five Sword Intent legacies and explained that the Demonic Chief and Profound Yin had developed intelligence of their own.
• Yu Huatian suspected that Profound Yin was drawing him because he practiced the Twelve Profound Yin Swords, and he hurried toward the Sword Pool with Jian Yue, A Fei, and Lian Chengbi.
• The group arrived at the immense lake and saw many swordsmen gathered there, including some already immersed in the water to comprehend Sword Intent legacies.
• Yu Huatian recognized several familiar figures and led the others down to meet them.

Hundreds of top swordsmen gathered at the Sword Pool, where Bai Yujing and others weighed the risks of claiming its strongest sword intent inheritances. Dugu Jian arrived and challenged Wuming to a future duel after comprehending Sword Twenty-Three, just as a young man in a Silver Python Robe appeared above the pool.

• Bai Yujing warned Ye Gucheng, Ximen Chuixue, and Xie Xuan that moving for the strongest inheritances first could make them targets, so they chose to wait.
• Wuming told Bu Jingyun that stronger swordsmen were present and urged him not to underestimate the others.
• Dugu Jian arrived, and his sword intent made every sword in the crowd tremble; Long'er and Xiao Wu recognized him as the Sword Saint.
• Dugu Jian told Wuming he had come to fulfill his lifelong wish of defeating him, and Wuming agreed to fight after Dugu Jian comprehended Sword Twenty-Three's inheritance.
• A young man in a Silver Python Robe arrived above the Sword Pool with three swordsmen and announced that he was not too late.

Bai Yujing and the others began choosing Sword Intent legacies, sparking a dispute when Wuming tried to reserve Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Source for the Sword Sect. Yu Huatian defended the Sword Realm as an opportunity for all swordsmen, but Dugu Jian then threatened anyone who competed for the Sacred Spirit Sword Intent, prompting Yu Huatian to challenge him.

• Ye Gucheng chose the Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Source legacy, and Wuming asked him to give it up because it had been left by a Sword Sect ancestor.
• Yu Huatian argued that the legacies in the Sword Realm were opportunities for all swordsmen, and revealed that he had opened the realm.
• The crowd thanked Yu Huatian, while Wuming fell silent rather than risk turning everyone against him.
• Dugu Jian declared that anyone who competed with him for the Sacred Spirit Sword Intent would become his enemy, releasing an overwhelming Sword Momentum.
• Yu Huatian questioned whether Dugu Jian had any claim to the legacy, then coldly asked, “Are you sure?”