Chapter Summaries

After reaching the peak of Foundation Establishment, Xu Xuan struggled with the resentment and baleful energy accumulated through Foundation Seizure. Guided by True Person Xue Ku, he consumed the Longevity Wood’s vitality to cleanse his foundation and left ready to seek another True Intent before attempting to reach Purple Mansion.

• Xu Xuan recovered from his Blood Sea Clone’s clash with Daoist Xuanji and stayed hidden for more than half a year while a Purple Mansion cultivator guarded the trial grounds.
• After fully refining the blood coral, Xu Xuan reached the peak of Foundation Establishment but found that accumulated resentment was disturbing his mind and cultivation.
• True Person Xue Ku warned Xu Xuan that his baleful impurities threatened his Dao foundation and advised him to cleanse it with a superior wood-aspect spiritual treasure.
• Xu Xuan remembered the Longevity Wood he had sealed in his previous life and traveled to the remote undersea cavern where it remained imprisoned.
• Xu Xuan activated Blood Refining Foundation Seizure and drained the Longevity Wood’s vitality, removing his baleful energy and bringing his cultivation to the threshold of Purple Mansion.
• Xu Xuan left the cavern, resolving to obtain one more True Intent before attempting the five spirits method of reaching Purple Mansion.

After stabilizing his Dao foundation, Xu Xuan followed True Person Xue Ku’s guidance to prepare for the Purple Mansion tribulation at Storm Cape. Years of dangerous cultivation led him to risk entering a domain of tribulation lightning, where he began studying its Dao marks despite severe injuries.

• True Person Xue Ku advised Xu Xuan to hone his true intents, obtain the Blood Bodhi to prepare for the inner demon tribulation, and train at Storm Cape against lightning and storms.
• Xu Xuan exchanged contribution points and unused spoils for the Blood Bodhi, then left Seven Killings Island for Storm Cape.
• Xu Xuan spent several years tempering his body, magical power, spiritual sense, and Divine Abilities amid the storms, lightning, and dangers of the sea.
• A powerful purple lightning domain appeared, revealing Tribulation Lightning Dao Marks, and Xu Xuan recognized it as a rare chance to prepare for his heavenly tribulation.
• Xu Xuan charged into the domain, suffered injuries to his body and soul, and endured the pressure while trying to comprehend the lightning Dao marks.

After recovering from the lightning trial, Xu Xuan hunted Zhao Qian on Sinking Sword Island to take his sharp metal sword intent and prepare for the Purple Mansion tribulation. Their duel was interrupted by the arrival of the Peerless Sword Chief and a seemingly soulless Xu Qingchan, who asked Xu Xuan whether he knew her.

• Xu Xuan healed from his injuries and decided to seek metal-element true intent so he could attempt the Purple Mansion tribulation.
• Xu Xuan tracked Zhao Qian, a peak Foundation Establishment sword cultivator, to Sinking Sword Island, intending to refine his sharp metal sword intent.
• Xu Xuan weakened Zhao Qian with evasive swordplay and heart-eroding true intent, then attacked with his Blood Shadow Soul-Eroding Sword.
• A powerful sword intent interrupted the duel as the Peerless Sword Chief arrived with Xu Qingchan, whose vacant demeanor made her seem like a puppet.
• The Peerless Sword Chief looked at Xu Xuan and asked whether he knew Xu Qingchan.

Xu Xuan discovered that Xu Qingchan had been turned into a Sword Puppet under Bai Ming of the Jade Dragon Sword Sect. After Bai Ming killed Zhao Qian and targeted Xu Xuan, Xu Xuan escaped, but Bai Ming ordered Xu Qingchan to kill him if they met again.

• Xu Xuan recognized Xu Qingchan and realized that the ancient sect had erased her self-awareness, leaving her a Sword Puppet.
• Bai Ming identified himself as a Jade Dragon Sword Sect cultivator and killed Zhao Qian with a single sword strike to harvest his Sharp Metal Sword Body’s sword intent.
• Bai Ming attacked Xu Xuan, who blocked the strike with his blood river manifestation and drew Bai Ming’s interest because of his Thunder Dao True Intent and connection to Azure Puppet.
• Bai Ming ordered Xu Qingchan to capture Xu Xuan, but Xu Xuan used Blood-Burning Escape to flee Sinking Sword Island.
• Bai Ming told Xu Qingchan to remember Xu Xuan’s aura and kill him if they met again, then departed with her toward the depths of the sea.

After escaping Bai Ming, Xu Xuan recovered and traveled to Azure Waves Immortal City, where he planned to grow strong enough to avenge himself and quietly assess the surviving Azure Waves Xu Lineage. Living under the alias Daoist Xuanchen, he began guiding a young Xu disciple in artifact refining.

• Xu Xuan survived his escape from Bai Ming, vowed to kill Bai Ming and Qingchan after reaching the Purple Mansion Realm, and spent several months recovering.
• Xu Xuan learned more about Bai Ming’s strength and the Jade Dragon Sword Sect, then considered cultivating metal-aspected sword intent as a path toward his breakthrough.
• Xu Xuan ordered his Blood Robe Sect and Heart Slaves to gather broader intelligence and confirmed that descendants of the Xu Household had founded the Azure Waves Xu Lineage in the Ten Thousand Coral Islands.
• Xu Xuan settled in Azure Waves Immortal City as Daoist Xuanchen, taking ordinary jobs while secretly observing the Xu Lineage for promising members.
• Xu Zhiyu visited Xu Xuan for help with artifact refining, and Xu Xuan taught him a fire-control method from the incomplete Hundred Refinements Treasure-Forging Art.

Xu Xuan guided promising Xu Lineage descendants and cultivated their talents, then hinted to Xu Zhiyu at a way to sabotage the Liu Household’s artifacts and magical power. Xu Zhiyu left with a possible means to help his beleaguered Lineage, though Xu Xuan had only supplied the plan.

• Xu Xuan gave Xu Qinghe combat techniques and Clear Spirit Liquid, asking her to repay the loan after she made something of herself.
• Xu Xuan helped cultivators who showed aptitude or good character, and killed those who cursed him after he refused to take them as disciples.
• Xu Xuan recognized Xu Mo’s talent for formations and gave him formation disks and a jade slip on formation principles.
• A year later, Xu Zhiyu told Xu Xuan that the Liu Household was pressuring the Xu Household and threatening its ancestral property.
• Xu Xuan proposed mixing Soul-Ensnaring Algae, Metal-Eroding Jellyfish venom, and common materials into a powder that could erode artifacts and disrupt magical power, especially against the Liu elder’s Crimson Yang Art and Crimson Flame Banner.

Xu Xuan’s advice helped the Xu Household cripple the Liu Household’s attackers and defend its mine, but he refused to become their guest elder and later left Azure Waves Immortal City. Months afterward, he received intelligence about the Xu Lineage’s growing ties to the Azure Wave Water Mansion and its possibly half-demon founder.

• Xu Zhiyu told the Xu Household elders Xu Xuan’s plan, and they secretly agreed to use a special substance against the Liu Household.
• Attendant Hong’s Crimson Flame Banner and the Liu cultivators’ magical power faltered during their attack, allowing the Xu Household to drive them away.
• The Xu Household’s head thanked Xu Xuan and offered him the position of guest elder, but Xu Xuan declined and urged the lineage to grow strong enough to produce a Golden Core cultivator.
• Xu Xuan quietly left Azure Waves Immortal City after his injuries healed, while Xu Zhiyu, Xu Qinghe, and Xu Mo continued visiting his empty courtyard.
• Months later, Shadow Three reported that the Xu Lineage had grown closer to the Azure Wave Water Mansion, whose founder was likely half human and half demon.

Xu Xuan received reports about the Xu Lineage, a newly discovered ancient ruin, and enemies gathering against him, then summoned Xu Zhiyu, Xu Qinghe, and Xu Mo. After hearing about their progress, he told them he had an important matter for them.

• Shadow Three reported the Xu Lineage’s new pills and spiritual-material techniques, as well as strange fluctuations in Shattered Star Strait; Xu Xuan ordered him to investigate the ruins and watch for Bai Ming or Jade Dragon Sword Sect cultivators.
• Ying Qi reported criticism of Xu Xuan within the Blood Baleful Sect, a higher bounty from the Zhou Clan, and the Profound Sword Gate’s investigation; Xu Xuan ordered the Blood Robe Sect to prioritize jobs against both factions.
• Xu Xuan decided the Xu Lineage needed to face more challenges and secretly met Xu Zhiyu, Xu Qinghe, and Xu Mo in Azure Wave Immortal City.
• Xu Zhiyu described improving his artifact-forging skills, Xu Qinghe reported escaping danger while gathering Waterheart Orchids, and Xu Mo said he had improved the lineage’s warning formation.
• Xu Xuan acknowledged their progress and said he had summoned them to handle an important matter.

Xu Xuan gave Xu Zhiyu, Xu Qinghe, and Xu Mo Concentric Heart Pendants and a fragment of the Blood Refinement Tracking Technique to steer them toward opportunities in the Shattered Star Strait. After leaving the Ten Thousand Coral Islands, he traveled deep into the outer seas toward the strait and its ancient ruins.

• Xu Xuan gave the three Xu Lineage disciples pendants that let them sense one another and unleash a powerful defensive strike, while secretly refining them to serve his own purposes.
• Xu Xuan handed Xu Zhiyu a fragment of the Blood Refinement Tracking Technique and warned the three to keep it secret and use it cautiously.
• Xu Zhiyu, Xu Qinghe, and Xu Mo accepted the gifts and promised to follow Xu Xuan's instructions before departing under cover of darkness.
• Xu Xuan looked toward the Shattered Star Strait and the distant Jade Dragon Sword Sect, then vowed to see who was truly controlling the game against Bai Ming and Zhou Yongchang.
• Xu Xuan rode the Blood Shadow Sword into the dangerous outer seas, concealing his aura as he advanced toward the Shattered Star Strait.

Xu Xuan hunted powerful deep-sea demons to temper his sword intent, gather true blood, and seek a path to the Purple Mansion realm. After escaping a newly advanced Thunderstripe Electric Ray, he returned to his dwelling and began refining the essence he had collected.

• Xu Xuan killed a late-stage Foundation Establishment Dragon Ao and extracted a drop of its true blood to strengthen himself.
• He destroyed Phantom Jellyfish with Blood Flame and his heart-eroding true intent, absorbing their mental energy to heal his soul injuries.
• Xu Xuan fought a fourth-tier Thunderstripe Electric Ray for three days, severed one of its tendrils, and escaped with the thunder essence.
• Back in his fortified dwelling, Xu Xuan refined the tendril and demon blood, then used Dragon Ao true blood to temper his body.
• Xu Xuan continued hunting to perfect his sword intent, develop a demon-form dao foundation, and search for ancient ruins that might help him reach the Purple Mansion realm.

Xu Xuan followed a trace of Sword Intent through the Illusory Mist Sea and found a broken sword on a barren island. After meditating on its ancient will for ten years, he forged his own sword-path true intent and set off for the Shattered Star Strait to pursue an opportunity and enter the Purple Mansion.

• Xu Xuan spotted Sword Intent within a palace mirage and followed it through the Illusory Mist Sea to a barren island.
• Xu Xuan touched a broken sword and witnessed the ancient sword cultivator’s final battle with a colossal beast.
• Xu Xuan meditated beside the broken sword for ten years, enduring injuries as he comprehended its resolve to cleave through every obstacle.
• Xu Xuan unleashed a single slash that split a towering wave and carved a trench through the sea.
• Xu Xuan paid his respects to the broken sword and departed for the Shattered Star Strait to pursue an opportunity and knock upon the gates of the Purple Mansion.

Xu Xuan was drawn into the Guixu Sea Eye, where he found the remains of a Void God Clan cultivator and learned the Dao of space from them. After three years of cultivation, he completed his Shadowless Sword Intent and gained an even deadlier ability to conceal himself and strike without warning.

• Xu Xuan trained in the Shattered Star Strait, developing his Shadowless Sword Force while searching for the Guixu Sea Eye.
• A sudden vortex dragged Xu Xuan into the Guixu Sea Eye, where he discovered the remains of an alien cultivator embedded in black rock.
• Xu Xuan touched the remains with his spiritual sense and saw fragments of the Void God Clan cultivator's memories and mastery of spatial techniques.
• Xu Xuan spent three years absorbing the remains' Dao resonance, refining his concealment and understanding of the Dao of space.
• Xu Xuan split a massive black rock with an almost imperceptible strike and declared his Shadowless Sword Intent complete.