Chapter Summaries

Yu Huatian sought Long Bo’s help reaching Water Moon Cave Heaven and learned the Tong Clan was frozen inside, while Yin Zhong held Tong Xin captive and might possess the Spirit Mirror. Long Bo and Tong Zhan agreed to guide Yu Huatian if he helped defeat Yin Zhong and save their family, leaving Yu Huatian wondering why Yin Zhong had not used the Spirit Mirror to heal himself.

• Long Bo confronted Yu Huatian after he revealed he knew about Water Moon Cave Heaven, but Yu Huatian explained that he wanted to visit the clans and enlist their help against the Demon Clan.
• Long Bo revealed he was the Dragon Clan’s sole survivor and that the Tong Clan’s members were frozen inside Water Moon Cave Heaven after the Blood Ruyi shattered during a battle with Yin Zhong.
• Long Bo explained that Yin Zhong had captured Tong Xin and grown stronger after obtaining a treasure from the Eastern Sea, while the Spirit Mirror might be needed to free the frozen clansmen.
• Yu Huatian offered to kill Yin Zhong and rescue Tong Xin in exchange for being taken to Water Moon Cave Heaven, and Long Bo identified the Spirit Mirror as the key to undoing the ice seal.
• Tong Zhan arrived with news of Tong Xin’s whereabouts and agreed with Long Bo to take Yu Huatian to Water Moon Cave Heaven if he rescued their family.
• Tong Zhan explained that Yin Zhong’s old injury kept him dependent on the Silver Pool’s water at Sword-Controlling Manor, prompting Yu Huatian to wonder why Yin Zhong had not used the Spirit Mirror to heal himself.

Yu Huatian confronted Yin Zhong at Sword-Controlling Manor to recover the Spirit Mirror, but Yin Zhong’s Union with the Dao breakthrough triggered the world’s force to compel him to ascend. Yu Huatian killed Yin Zhong while he was restrained, took the mirror, and asked Long Bo to confirm it was the Spirit Mirror.

• Tong Zhan and Long Bo demanded that Yin Zhong release their Third Brother, and Yu Huatian joined them at Sword-Controlling Manor.
• Yin Zhong revealed his Union with the Dao cultivation and attacked Yu Huatian, who effortlessly blocked his power.
• Yin Zhong’s display of Union with the Dao power drew the world’s force, which suppressed him and began compelling him to ascend.
• Yu Huatian explained the world’s restriction on Union with the Dao experts and demanded the Spirit Mirror, but Yin Zhong refused.
• Yu Huatian struck Yin Zhong with his sword while he was restrained, killing him, then took the Spirit Mirror from his robes.
• The world’s force briefly turned on Yu Huatian before withdrawing, and he handed the mirror to Long Bo to identify.

Yu Huatian and the Tong brothers rescued Tong Xin, killed Yin Zhong, and learned that the Tong Clan’s Spirit Mirror had lost its Mirror Spirit. Yin Xiu revealed that the spirit could reincarnate as a human, leaving Yu Huatian to suspect the Spirit Mirror was the Kunlun Mirror and Yuwen Tuo its reincarnation.

• Yu Huatian killed Yin Zhong, and Long Bo confirmed that the stone mirror was the Tong Clan’s Spirit Mirror, though it had lost its power.
• Long Bo, Tong Zhan, and Yu Huatian rescued Tong Xin from Sword-Controlling Manor, where Tong Xin befriended Yin Zhong’s Blood Python.
• Long Bo defeated Blood Python and took him and Tong Xin back to Long Ze Manor, where Granny Long and Yin Xiu learned of Yin Zhong’s death.
• Yin Xiu examined the Spirit Mirror and discovered that it was unsealed but its Mirror Spirit had disappeared, possibly after running away.
• Yin Xiu said the Mirror Spirit could reincarnate as a human, prompting Yu Huatian to wonder if it was the Kunlun Mirror and Yuwen Tuo its reincarnation.

Yu Huatian confirmed that Yuwen Tuo was the reincarnation of the Spirit Mirror’s spirit, and Yuwen Tuo restored the mirror and opened the entrance to Water Moon Cave Heaven. He began using the Kunlun Mirror to melt the ice that had frozen the realm and its people.

• After the Spirit Mirror reacted to Yuwen Tuo, it flew into his hand, shed its stone covering, and revealed itself as the Kunlun Mirror.
• Yu Huatian explained the mirror’s history and Yuwen Tuo’s identity, and Yuwen Tuo agreed to help the Dragon and Tong Clans.
• Yu Huatian, Yuwen Tuo, Long Bo, and the others traveled to Kunlun Mountain and used the Kunlun Mirror to break Water Moon Cave Heaven’s entrance seal.
• The group entered Water Moon Cave Heaven and found its landscape and inhabitants frozen in ice.
• Yuwen Tuo channeled his spiritual power through the Kunlun Mirror, and the ice covering Water Moon Cave Heaven began to melt.

Yuwen Tuo and the others unsealed Water Moon Cave Heaven, allowing the Tong Clan to awaken and reunite with Long Bo. The six great elders revealed that Long Teng had taken the Dragon Clan’s cultivators to fight the Demon Clan, and Yu Huatian urged the gathered clans to prepare for another invasion.

• Yuwen Tuo used the Spirit Mirror to melt the ice, with Long Bo, Yin Xiu, Granny Long, Tong Zhan, and Tong Xin supplying power until Water Moon Cave Heaven was fully unsealed.
• Long Bo, Tong Zhan, Tong Xin, and the others entered the cave and found the Tong Clan villagers and six great elders awakening from their frozen state.
• Long Bo reunited with the elders and introduced Yu Huatian and the others, then explained how they had helped unseal the cave.
• The elders told Long Bo that Long Teng had taken the Dragon Clan’s cultivators away during the struggle for supremacy among the Seven Kingdoms, leaving behind only elders, women, and children.
• Yu Huatian explained that Long Teng and the Dragon Clan’s cultivators had likely joined the First Emperor’s forces to repel the Nine Li Demon Clan, and said the Dragon Clan and Tong Clan must help resist another invasion.

Yu Huatian won the Tong Clan's support to resist the Demon Clan and learned that the Dragon Clan's legendary guardian, the Dragon God, might live beneath Hell Rock. He entered the volcanic lava to search for the Dragon God, while Long Bo and the others waited above.

• The Tong Clan's elders initially refused to risk leaving Water Moon Cave Heaven, but Tong Zhan chose to support Long Bo and Yu Huatian, persuading them to follow his decision.
• The elders agreed to help and revealed that the Tong Clan had more than two hundred accomplished cultivators, including six Union with the Dao Realm elders.
• The chief elder told Long Bo that the Dragon God might still exist beneath the lava at Hell Rock, though the Tong Clan had never confirmed the legend.
• Yu Huatian, Long Bo, Tong Zhan, and the others traveled to Hell Rock, where Yu Huatian's primordial spirit power could not withstand the lava's heat.
• Yu Huatian wrapped himself in sword essence and leaped into the lava to search for the Dragon God.

Yu Huatian descended into the lava and found the Dragon God, who awakened and confirmed that he was an ancient Dragon Tribe guardian. The Dragon God agreed to help when the demons returned, but after learning Yu Huatian had helped slay a true dragon, he made the meeting tense.

• Yu Huatian endured the lava’s heat and descended until he discovered a colossal red Divine Dragon sleeping beneath it.
• The Dragon God awakened, restrained Yu Huatian with his presence, and introduced himself as the Dragon Clan’s guardian deity.
• The Dragon God explained that he had fought the Nine Li Demon Clan in past wars and was ordered by Yinglong to guard the Divine Land.
• Yu Huatian identified himself as the Person of Destiny and asked the Dragon God to help resist the coming invasion; the Dragon God agreed to aid them when the seal broke, after recovering from his injuries.
• The Dragon God sensed Dragon Tribe aura on Yu Huatian and asked whether he had slain one of its descendants; Yu Huatian admitted he had helped kill a true dragon, and the atmosphere turned tense.

Yu Huatian explained the dragon he had slain to the Dragon God, who agreed to help humanity resist the Nine Li Demon Clan despite his lingering resentment. After returning to the surface, Yu Huatian invited the Dragon Clan, the Tong Clan, and other Heavenly Being experts to join him at the War God Hall; he then left to pacify the Great Han Dynasty and unite the Divine Land.

• Yu Huatian told the Dragon God that the dragon he had killed had preyed on innocent people, and the Dragon God agreed not to pursue the matter and promised to help when the Demon Clan descended.
• Yu Huatian escaped the magma and told Long Bo, Tong Zhan, and the others that the Dragon God had been injured fighting the Demon Clan and still guarded the world.
• Long Bo and Tong Zhan pledged their clans' help against the Demon Clan, and Yu Huatian urged them to spend the coming years cultivating.
• Yu Huatian revealed that he possessed the key to the War God Hall and invited willing Heavenly Being experts to enter with him.
• Yuwen Tuo chose to remain in Water Moon Cave Heaven for a while, while Yu Huatian departed for the Great Han Dynasty to continue unifying the Divine Land.

After Sword-Controlling Manor fell and Yin Hao withdrew from the Jianghu, Yu Huatian visited Lingyun Grotto and met Nie Feng, who planned to avenge his father by killing the Fire Qilin. Yu Huatian offered to help Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun kill Xiong Ba in exchange for their submission, but Nie Feng refused; they then entered the grotto together, where Yu Huatian found and ate a Blood Bodhi.

• After learning that Yin Zhong had been killed, Yin Hao held his funeral, withdrew Sword-Controlling Manor from the Jianghu, and abandoned his alliance with Sun Quan.
• Yu Huatian reached Lingyun Grotto, where he met Nie Feng and learned that Nie Feng had come to recover his father's belongings and avenge him by killing the Fire Qilin.
• Yu Huatian revealed that he was the Ming Martial King and offered to help Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun kill Xiong Ba if they submitted to him, but Nie Feng refused.
• Yu Huatian entered Lingyun Grotto, and Nie Feng followed him with a torch as they headed deeper inside.
• Yu Huatian found glowing Blood Bodhi fruits and picked one to eat.

Yu Huatian confronted the demonized Fire Qilin in Lingyun Grotto and subdued it, while Nie Feng arrived seeking revenge for his father. Yu Huatian revealed that Nie Renwang was still alive, and Nie Feng reunited with him and Duan Shuai.

• Yu Huatian ate several Blood Bodhi, gaining a small increase in Sword Essence, while Nie Feng refined one and sensed a breakthrough approaching.
• A roar and firelight drew Nie Feng toward the Fire Qilin, where he found Yu Huatian facing the beast.
• Yu Huatian endured the Fire Qilin's flames, overpowered it, and beat it until it could no longer fight back.
• Yu Huatian detected Demonic Qi in the Fire Qilin and concluded that it had been demonized, then warned Nie Feng against attacking it.
• Nie Feng argued that the Fire Qilin should be killed for its past attacks, but Yu Huatian revealed that Nie Renwang was not dead.
• Nie Renwang and Duan Shuai emerged from the passage, and Nie Feng recognized his father.

Yu Huatian learned that Chiyou’s tomb had corrupted the Fire Qilin and followed Nie Renwang, Duan Shuai, and Nie Feng into a secret cave believed to be connected to the Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor. The group discovered a perfectly preserved dragon skeleton in the cavern beyond.

• Nie Feng reunited with his father, Nie Renwang, and learned that Nie Renwang and Duan Shuai had become Heavenly Beings while living in Lingyun Grotto.
• Nie Feng explained Yu Huatian’s identity and the changes in the Divine Land, prompting Nie Renwang and Duan Shuai to treat him with caution and respect.
• Nie Renwang and Duan Shuai told Yu Huatian that vicious energy from Chiyou’s tomb had gradually driven the Fire Qilin mad, while a secret cave sometimes restored its clarity.
• Yu Huatian led Nie Renwang, Duan Shuai, and Nie Feng past Chiyou’s tomb and into the secret passage the two men had long wanted to explore.
• The group entered a luminous cavern and found an enormous, intact dragon skeleton at its center.

Yu Huatian discovered that a golden spinal bone was the physical core of Lingyun Grotto’s Dragon Vein, and removing it triggered the cavern’s collapse. He purified the Fire Qilin’s ferocity and subdued it, then invited Nie Renwang and Duan Shuai to join him at the War God Hall in a month before flying away on the Fire Qilin.

• Yu Huatian identified the dragon skeleton as a Dragon Vein and pulled a golden bone from its spine, causing the cavern and mountain to shake.
• Yu Huatian used the golden bone to dispel the Fire Qilin’s accumulated ferocity, restoring its clarity as the group fled Lingyun Grotto before it collapsed.
• The Fire Qilin submitted to Yu Huatian after recognizing the bone’s majesty, while Nie Renwang and Duan Shuai let go of their regret over not obtaining it.
• Yu Huatian offered Nie Renwang and Duan Shuai a chance to explore the War God Hall with him in Xuchang in one month, and both accepted.
• Yu Huatian mounted the Fire Qilin, which gathered clouds beneath its feet and flew into the sky.

After the Great Han fell, Yu Huatian returned to Xuchang and promised the victorious powers rewards following a review with the emperor. He then revealed that he would open War God Hall to Heavenly Being experts across the Divine Land, leaving his allies to prepare for the gathering.

• Sun Quan's army surrendered, and Sun Quan killed himself while fleeing west, bringing the Great Han Dynasty under Ming rule.
• Leaders gathered in Xuchang and pressed Sun Chengzong for rewards while Yu Huatian remained missing.
• Yu Huatian arrived on a Fire Qilin, promised rewards according to merit, and asked Sun Chengzong to compile the war's record for the emperor's review.
• After the other leaders departed, Yu Huatian told his trusted allies that he had found War God Hall and would share it with every Heavenly Being expert in the Divine Land because hidden dangers threatened the realm.
• Yu Huatian ordered his allies to summon Heavenly Being experts to Xuchang for a departure to War God Hall in one month, and promised Martial Dao Sacred Halls for those unable to enter.

Yu Huatian invited the Divine Land’s foremost martial artists to gather in Xuchang and explore the legendary War God Hall. The Night Emperor and the Purple-Clad Marquis set out for Hanzhou, while supreme experts from across the land began converging on Xuchang.

• The Night Emperor received Yu Huatian’s invitation and, excited by the chance to enter the War God Hall, flew toward Hanzhou.
• Zhao Yuan delivered the invitation to the Purple-Clad Marquis aboard his ship, and the Marquis rode his sword toward Xuchang despite his followers’ concerns.
• Yu Huatian sent messages to renowned experts and spread the news to other powerful martial artists, limiting entry to heavenly realm martial artists and swordsmen in the no sword realm, along with confirmed immortal reincarnations.
• Supreme experts gathered in Xuchang within days after Yu Huatian’s announcement shook the Jianghu.

Meng Tian advanced toward the Xiongnu with a five-hundred-thousand-strong army, while Yu Huatian prepared for the War God Hall gathering in Xuchang. As powerful strangers arrived in the city, two mysterious men entered the Imperial Palace to meet him.

• Meng Tian learned that the Xiongnu had assembled a million troops and ordered Ye Dingzhi and Blue Moon Saint Lord to lead the Jianghu Coalition Army around their rear and capture the Xiongnu Chanyu.
• Yu Huatian concluded that he had reached the limit of the Spirit Sword Realm and needed to break into the Immortal Sword Realm to grow stronger.
• Yu Huatian sensed nearly a hundred Heavenly Being experts and several Union with the Dao auras in Xuchang, then ordered Ma Jinliang to bring the gathered experts into the Imperial Palace in three days.
• Ma Jinliang reported that more than five hundred thousand Wulin practitioners had crowded into Xuchang and caused trouble, and Yu Huatian ordered strict punishment for anyone who defied Ming's rules.
• Two mysterious men, one dressed in black and one wearing a Dragon Robe, discussed Yu Huatian as the Person of Destiny and flew toward the Imperial Palace to meet him.
• Several other figures watched the two men head for the palace and wondered at their daring.