Chapter Summaries

Jing Jiu recovered from his wounds and met Ping Yongjia among the returned flying swords, then asked for his consent to do something. Meanwhile, White True Person entered the Underworld and told the Nether Master that she meant to continue the game against Jing Jiu, leaving her next move unstated.

• Jing Jiu told Corpse Dog to remain and guard Green Mountain, then rested until his wound healed.
• Jing Jiu found Ping Yongjia trapped among the flying swords and admitted he had ordered them to do it.
• Jing Jiu asked Ping Yongjia to consent to a task without explaining it.
• White True Person rode the Fire Carp into the Underworld despite its pleas and recalled seeing True Person Taiping and Liu Ci in Chaoge City long ago.
• The Nether Master questioned White True Person’s plan, and she said another stone could turn the finished game into a middle game and let her challenge Jing Jiu.

A Piao brought Tong Yan to the East Sea, where he realized that White True Person had allies in the Netherworld and might be beyond the Blade Sage’s power to stop. White True Person emerged from the Netherworld through the Great Whirlpool with the Fire Carp, and confirmed that it was about to die.

• A Piao told Tong Yan that Jing Jiu wanted him to devise a plan for Cao Yuan to kill his former master, and Tong Yan warned that the High Priest and Nether Master were supporting her.
• The Water-Moon Convent Abbess used a peach blossom to activate the talismans and scriptures on the cliff, sending a great light across the East Sea.
• The Nether Master and High Priest watched the Nether Department forces attack the Blade Sage and said they would wait for White True Person to finish her undertaking before using the Immortal Register against him.
• White True Person rode the Fire Carp through a fissure in the Netherworld sky and emerged above the sea at the Great Whirlpool.
• White True Person sensed the Yaoshou’s divine-soul power in a bead of blood, and told the frightened Fire Carp that it was about to die before shattering the bead.

White True Person prepared to use the Fire Carp King’s blood to strengthen a formation and reopen a passage from the sea into the Netherworld. After every plea and bargain failed, the Fire Carp made a desperate attempt to escape, but White True Person cut it into pieces.

• The Fire Carp King recognized the blood formation above the sea and realized White True Person intended to sacrifice it.
• The Fire Carp tried to persuade White True Person to spare it, arguing that it was a divine beast and had served Central Province for tens of thousands of years.
• White True Person explained that the Fire Carp’s blood would help reopen the passage from the sea into the Netherworld.
• The Fire Carp offered to fetch Yin Phoenix’s corpse, spy on the Green Mountain Sect, or wait until it reached adulthood, but White True Person ignored its pleas.
• The Fire Carp began bleeding and burning as it made a desperate attempt to escape, and White True Person pointed at the flames.
• White True Person sliced the Fire Carp into countless pieces, which fell into the seawater and disappeared.

White True Person used the Fire Carp’s blood, the Heavenly Access Killing Formation, and an Immortal Register to punch a vast hole through the Great Whirlpool’s seabed, opening the sea into the Netherworld again. As floods threatened the Lower Realm, she set off toward One-Thatch Studio, while the Giant and Old Master Zhang were left reacting to the disaster in their own ways.

• White True Person infused the Fire Carp’s blood into the Heavenly Access Killing Formation, absorbed the resulting Demon Blood into an Immortal Register, and struck the Great Whirlpool.
• Her punch pierced the seabed into the Abyss, destroyed the Mingquan Secret Realm, and unleashed seawater into the Netherworld.
• Cao Yuan tried to stop the descending sea, but White True Person’s Immortal Register damaged his Iron Blade; the Nether Master and High Priest then blocked him with white lotuses.
• White True Person formed a Lotus Boat and followed a fierce wind toward One-Thatch Studio as Netherworld residents watched the flood threaten them.
• The Giant returned to find the Great Whirlpool emptied into a huge hole and grew sorrowful, sensing grief in the blood droplets overhead.
• Old Master Zhang argued with his family about leaving to look at a well, and his granddaughter asked which well he meant.

Old Master Zhang collapsed while looking into a well and cried out for the dead Emperor of Chu to kill someone. At Green Mountain, Jing Jiu asked Ping Yongjia not to kill or restrain him if he became dangerous, then had Ping Yongjia send him flying toward the East Sea at incredible speed.

• Old Master Zhang looked into the Gushing Spring well, recalled someone from the south, spat blood, and shouted for His Majesty to kill her.
• Jing Jiu revealed that Ping Yongjia was a sword and asked him never to kill or restrain him, even if Jing Jiu became a threat.
• Zhao Layue objected to Jing Jiu placing his life in Ping Yongjia’s hands, while Qing'er urged him to act like someone who feared death.
• Jing Jiu asked Qing'er for the Azure Sky Mirror and let Ping Yongjia connect their minds and launch him toward the East Sea.
• Jing Jiu blasted through Twofold Forgetting Peak and sped east as Green Mountain’s disciples watched; Liu S sui began to respond, and Zhuo Rusui tried to ward off ill fortune.

Jing Jiu reached the East Sea and used the Azure Sky Mirror and his sword to seize the heavenly fire and dismantle the Heavenly Access Killing Formation. The fire became a red carp in Old Master Zhang’s well, while Jing Jiu continued breaking apart the formation and reflected on the cost of saving the world.

• Zhao Layue and the gathered elders guarded Ping Yongjia as Corpse Dog appeared above the sea of clouds.
• Jing Jiu learned that Cao Yuan had entered the Netherworld, took the Jingyun Bell, and left the Water-Moon Convent Abbess to seal the Heavenly Access Well.
• Jing Jiu crossed the East Sea, broke through the Heavenly Access Killing Formation with One Sword for All Things, and captured its dark heavenly fire in the Azure Sky Mirror.
• The captured fire took the form of a red carp in Old Master Zhang’s well, and Old Master Zhang ordered a larger place prepared for it.
• Jing Jiu used sword light to shatter the formation’s blood beads and began dismantling the Heavenly Access Killing Formation.

Jing Jiu destroyed the Heavenly Access Killing Formation, then entered the Netherworld to stop the seawater pouring through the broken sky. He crippled the Netherworld’s leaders and raised a mountain range to hold back the flood, but the Great Buddha warned that Jing Jiu had arrived too late.

• Jing Jiu destroyed the Heavenly Access Killing Formation and told Giant to hold back the flood while he went to the Netherworld.
• Jing Jiu severed the falling seawater and found the Netherworld’s people suffering as seawater poisoned the Nether River with green smoke.
• Jing Jiu recognized the Nether Master and the High Priest near the Great Buddha and attacked them with Cao Yuan’s blade intent.
• Jing Jiu killed the High Priest, crippled the Nether Master, and raised a mountain range that temporarily blocked the flood.
• Jing Jiu warned Cao Yuan that seawater would flow around the mountain range in eight hours, and the Nether Master said Jing Jiu was too late.

Jing Jiu raced through the Netherworld and Chaoge City before reaching the Thousand-Li Wind Corridor, where Bu Qiuxiao was holding the passage shut despite his grave wounds. With the world’s defenders trapped at their posts and only four hours to find White True Person, Jing Jiu confronted the qilin at the Yunmeng Grand Array and revealed the Jingyun Bell.

• Jing Jiu crossed the Netherworld barrier and searched Chaoge City, confirming that White True Person was not there.
• Jing Jiu reached the Thousand-Li Wind Corridor and found Bu Qiuxiao bleeding as he sealed the passage to the Netherworld.
• Jing Jiu told Bu Qiuxiao that he might need to hold on for another four hours, then continued searching for White True Person.
• Jing Jiu entered the Yunmeng Grand Array and demanded that the qilin tell him where Bai Yuan was.
• Jing Jiu opened his hand to reveal the Jingyun Bell, startling the furious qilin.

Jing Jiu searched the Mortal World for White True Person while using Ping Yongjia to travel as a sword, then followed the Qilin’s clue to Heavenly Longevity Mountain. He found White True Person in a jade coffin, where a clam stopped his sword and trapped his finger.

• Jing Jiu deduced that the Jingyun Bell restrained the Qilin, threatened to kill him if he did not find Bai Yuan within two hours, and left Yunmeng Mountain.
• Jing Jiu searched the Mortal World and the Netherworld for White True Person while Ping Yongjia sustained his sword travel; Zhao Layue tried to discern Jing Jiu’s weakness.
• After finding no trace of White True Person, Jing Jiu returned to the Qilin, who pointed him toward Heavenly Longevity Mountain.
• Jing Jiu found a hidden entrance through the No-Grace Gate’s mountain-sealing formation and traveled into the Former Imperial Dynasty Mausoleum.
• Jing Jiu discovered White True Person inside a white jade coffin, but the clam in her hand caught his finger and stopped his sword.

Jing Jiu was badly injured when White True Person struck him with the power of the Immortal Register and the Former Imperial Dynasty’s imperial qi, forcing him to flee. White True Person pursued her wider plans to open the Netherworld passages, but the Water-Moon Convent Abbess unexpectedly wounded her at the Heavenly Access Well.

• Jing Jiu recognized Emperor Xiao’s river clam, but White True Person used it to delay his sword and struck him with a fist charged with immortal and imperial qi.
• White True Person blasted Jing Jiu through the mausoleum and into a cliff, and Jing Jiu escaped as an unsteady streak of sword light.
• White True Person pursued Jing Jiu, then turned toward the Heavenly Access Well to address the failing Netherworld passages.
• Tong Yan saw White True Person descend from the sky toward the Green-Curtain Sedan and realized the Water-Moon Convent Abbess was in danger.
• The Water-Moon Convent Abbess met White True Person’s palm, then thrust a sword through her hand and arm, drawing blood.

Jing Jiu wounded White True Person, who escaped with her last Main Talisman, and pursued her while Tong Yan and the Water-Moon Convent Abbess discussed their failed ambush. In Heavenly Longevity Mountain, Emperor Xiao emerged from the tombs but was killed by a seemingly inexperienced No-Grace Gate disciple whose century of practice had forged extraordinary Sword Intent.

• White True Person used her last Main Talisman to survive Jing Jiu’s Sword Light and escaped, and Jing Jiu pursued her.
• The Water-Moon Convent Abbess revealed herself after ambushing White True Person with Tong Yan’s plan, and Tong Yan acknowledged that he had deceived his former master.
• Emperor Xiao left the breached tomb after recalling his plan with True Person Taiping and his past failure to destroy the Mortal World.
• A young No-Grace Gate disciple confronted Emperor Xiao and stabbed him with the First Form from the Introductory Sword Scripture.
• Emperor Xiao disintegrated in the autumn wind, while the disciple remained bewildered by his own victory.

After returning to Yunmeng Mountain, True Person Tan confronted Qilin and revealed that he still held the Jingyun Bell. At Fruitful Accomplishment Temple, Jing Jiu and White True Person met again, both gravely wounded and exhausted, and White True Person ended their exchange by asking what the sun was.

• True Person Tan returned to Yunmeng Mountain, visited secluded elders, and went to speak with Qilin about Sister Yuan and the Jingyun Bell.
• True Person Tan told Qilin that he intended to pass the sect master position to Tong Yan, then revealed that he still possessed the Jingyun Bell.
• White True Person arrived at Fruitful Accomplishment Temple and rested in the White Mountain Chan Room while the temple bells and chanting concealed her aura.
• Jing Jiu entered the temple, rang an ancient bell, and activated the Mountain Gate Formation, surrounding White True Person in the Pagoda Forest.
• Jing Jiu and White True Person stood facing each other as their severe injuries damaged the pagodas and formation, then spoke about their exhaustion and the temple.
• White True Person asked Jing Jiu what the spring sun was.

Jing Jiu and White True Person discussed the origin of their world, the true Sun, and whether the world was designed as a place to prepare for escape. White True Person explained her support for True Person Taiping’s plan and questioned why Jing Jiu had chosen to risk himself for the Mortal World after securing his freedom.

• White True Person told Jing Jiu that the Sun was only a projection and that its true Primordial Light was Immortal Qi, then questioned where their world and its people came from.
• Jing Jiu argued that the world and its people were real, and that its Creator might have meant them to grow strong enough to leave its barriers.
• White True Person revealed that she admired True Person Taiping’s plan, had once tried to kill him to claim his legacy, and had secretly helped the High Priest with his Netherworld preparations.
• White True Person described the disasters True Person Taiping had set in motion and said she had lured Bairen back, expecting her death to return her Immortal Qi to the world.
• White True Person asked why Jing Jiu had sacrificed his advantage and endangered himself to save the Mortal World; Jing Jiu answered that he had thought about returning the sword hilt for an entire night.

Jing Jiu explained why he chose to oppose White True Person, then faced her in a battle over their conflicting paths. White True Person empowered herself with the Immortal Registers and struck Jing Jiu across the sea, but he counterattacked from afar and wounded her.

• Jing Jiu told White True Person that their paths had become bound together by unresolved karma, so he could not simply leave the world behind.
• White True Person ignited the Bai Household’s Deputy Register, coating her body in immortal qi and making it exceptionally resilient.
• White True Person summoned sunlight through the Main Talisman and trapped Jing Jiu in a shrinking cage of beams that burned and cut him.
• A black mountain blocked the sun, stopping the sunlight’s endless replenishment, but White True Person compressed the remaining beams into a strike that blasted Jing Jiu hundreds of miles away.
• Jing Jiu emerged from the sea covered in blood and sent several sword lights back across the distance, cutting White True Person and drawing golden blood.

Jing Jiu defeated White True Person at sea, destroying the Immortal Register and ending her life. After Green Mountain tended to the wounded Corpse Dog, Jing Jiu went to the Great Whirlpool to begin saving the world.

• White True Person reached Jing Jiu, but his sword pierced her with countless strikes and sent her into the sea, where the Immortal Register's immortal qi dispersed.
• White True Person spoke with Jing Jiu about death and the pursuit of eternal life before closing her eyes and dying.
• Corpse Dog returned to Green Mountain badly wounded, and Big One landed on him to lick his wounds.
• Qing'er left Sword Peak after Ping Yongjia's flying swords reacted to her touch, unsettled by White True Person's death.
• Jing Jiu changed clothes, went to the Great Whirlpool, and signaled the Giant that he would help stop the seawater from pouring in.

Jing Jiu slowed the flood pouring into the Netherworld by weaving an enormous Sword Net from his sword intent, then anchored it with Heavenly Silkworm Silk. After tying the final knot, he lost consciousness and Zhao Layue caught him.

• Jing Jiu flew through the Great Whirlpool, laying out a Sword Formation that slowed the seawater and gathered it into a vast Sword Net.
• The Giant urged Jing Jiu to stop as the strain worsened his injuries, but Jing Jiu continued until the flood had slowed.
• Jing Jiu realized he needed a thread strong enough to anchor the Sword Net and drew Heavenly Silkworm Silk from his body.
• The Giant drove an ancient tree into the seabed, and Jing Jiu fastened the Heavenly Silkworm Silk around it with a peach-blossom knot.
• Jing Jiu lost consciousness in the seawater, and Zhao Layue caught him as the damaged Unthought Sword sank to the seabed.

The Giant, Bu Qiuxiao, and cultivators from across the Human Race worked to fill the Great Whirlpool and stop the sea from pouring into the Netherworld, while A Piao rallied Netherworld forces to protect its people. The passage was finally blocked, leaving the Netherworld with a vast new lake, and A Piao wondered where her teacher had gone.

• The Giant laid rocks over True Person Jingyang's sword net as Bu Qiuxiao and Green Mountain Sect cultivators joined him in trying to fill the Great Whirlpool.
• Cultivators from the Chaotian Continent arrived to help, and Bu Qiuxiao learned that True Person Tan had ended the Zhongzhou Sect rebellion despite his injuries.
• The Zen Child and many more cultivators and great demons arrived, giving the effort enough people to keep filling the sea.
• A Piao descended into the Netherworld with the Nether Emperor's Seal, rallied surviving Nether Department powerhouses, and ordered them to help Cao Yuan build a circular mountain dike.
• After the torrential rain stopped, the Netherworld realized the sea passage had been blocked, and the enclosed seawater formed Hulun Lake.
• A Piao looked across Hulun Lake and wondered where her teacher was.

Zhao Layue brought the unresponsive Jing Jiu to the Snow Nation Queen, who confirmed he was not dead but could not revive him. After seeking help from Su Ziye, Zhao Layue remained beside Jing Jiu, uncertain whether he would ever awaken, while an unrecognized middle-aged cultivator returned to Chaotian Continent carrying a Yin Phoenix.

• Gu Qing ordered the Pure Heaven Bureau's Commandant and the Curtain Rollers' chief steward to find Jing Jiu, fearing something had happened to his Master.
• Zhao Layue carried the unconscious Jing Jiu into the Snowfield and asked the Snow Nation Queen to treat him.
• The Snow Nation Queen said Jing Jiu's sword essence was gone and that she could not revive him, but agreed that he was not dead.
• Zhao Layue took Jing Jiu to Juye City and asked Su Ziye whether his knowledge of poisons and yin energies could wake him, but rejected his suggestions.
• Zhao Layue stayed beside Jing Jiu, troubled that he might never wake, while a middle-aged cultivator returned to Chaotian Continent with a Yin Phoenix.

Xilai, the Western Sea Sword God, returned to the Chaotian Continent searching for Jing Jiu, while Zhao Layue tried to find a way to wake him. When Xilai reached Three Thousand Courtyard, Zhao Layue asked whether his stronger cultivation could help Jing Jiu.

• Xilai returned to the Chaotian Continent carrying Yin Phoenix's preserved corpse and learned that Jing Jiu had disappeared.
• Zhao Layue took Jing Jiu to Three Thousand Courtyard and stitched his waist wound with heavenly silkworm silk, hoping to restore a karmic connection.
• After Jing Jiu showed no sign of waking, Zhao Layue asked Qing'er to notify Green Mountain and spent the night beside the lake.
• Xilai traced Jing Jiu's condition to Three Thousand Courtyard, where he sliced apart the nunnery's defensive formation and met Zhao Layue.
• Zhao Layue asked Xilai whether his higher cultivation realm gave him a way to wake Jing Jiu.

Xilai examined Jing Jiu and proposed risking his life to awaken him, but Zhao Layue asked to wait. When True Person Guangyuan and Nan Wang arrived to take Jing Jiu back to Green Mountain, Xilai stopped them, leaving Zhao Layue worried that returning him there would mean he never woke.

• Xilai examined Jing Jiu and found only one possible way to awaken him: make him sense that he was about to die.
• Zhao Layue asked to wait longer, and Xilai explained that he cared above all for the sword Dao and intended to defeat Jing Jiu.
• True Person Guangyuan and Nan Wang attacked Xilai with the Zither Sword and the Returning Sun Sword, but he repelled them with one strike and injured them both.
• Xilai refused to let True Person Guangyuan and Nan Wang take Jing Jiu back to Green Mountain, saying he feared Jing Jiu would never wake there.
• Zhao Layue said nothing, while the azure bird reported that Ping Yongjia had woken and was frightened.