Chapter Summaries

Huo Lian promised to make amends for losing the Supreme Demon Saber by helping the Ou Family forge a new weapon, which he planned to borrow against Kui Yong. He then asked Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly to lend him the Supreme Imperial Cauldron, while Feng He demanded the return of the Supreme Ghost Stele.

• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly blamed Huo Lian for losing the Supreme Demon Saber, and Huo Lian said he had begun preparing to forge a replacement.
• Huo Lian revealed that he had found Ou Jin and agreed to provide materials for forging a divine weapon from the Ou Family's Saber Blank, which he would borrow first to fight Kui Yong.
• Huo Lian said he would keep his promise to leave the weapon to the Ou Family after Kui Yong was defeated.
• Huo Lian asked Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly to lend him Imperial Remnant Manor's Supreme Imperial Cauldron, and Xuanyuan Xing refused.
• Feng He demanded that Huo Lian return the Supreme Ghost Stele, but Huo Lian said Feng He had given it to Huang Xiao.

Huo Lian revealed that he and Huang Xiao possessed the Supreme Ghost Stele and Supreme Divine Tower, then offered Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly access to the Stele in exchange for borrowing her Supreme Imperial Cauldron. The chapter ended with Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly considering the possibility of studying five of the Seven Treasures if Huo Lian also obtained the Supreme Immortal Bell.

• Feng He demanded the Supreme Ghost Stele, but Huang Xiao said he had hidden it and still needed it.
• Huo Lian admitted that he wanted to gather the Seven Treasures and discover their secret.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly said the Immortal Alchemist had seen only three treasures and that no one had ever obtained all seven.
• Huo Lian confirmed that the Supreme Divine Tower had fallen into his hands, and Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly accepted that he could control the divine beasts trapped inside it.
• Huo Lian offered Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly a chance to study the Supreme Ghost Stele in exchange for borrowing the Supreme Imperial Cauldron.
• Huo Lian proposed letting Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly study the Supreme Immortal Bell as well if he borrowed it, leaving her to consider seeing five treasures.

Huo Lian and Huang Xiao arranged to borrow the Supreme Imperial Cauldron and set out to borrow the Supreme Immortal Bell, hiding that they already possessed five of the Seven Treasures. They reached the outskirts of the Three Immortal Mountains, where Wu Xuancang met them and asked whether Huo Lian had come about the Demon Hall's thousand-year period.

• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly agreed to lend Huo Lian the Supreme Imperial Cauldron after he let her inspect the Supreme Ghost Stele and Supreme Immortal Bell, while Xuanyuan Xing stayed behind to guard the Soaring Immortal Fruit.
• Huo Lian told Huang Xiao that their hidden relationship with Wu Xuancang could help them borrow the Supreme Immortal Bell in exchange for letting the Three Immortal Mountains inspect several Supreme Treasures.
• Huo Lian and Huang Xiao hurried to the Three Immortal Mountains, and Huo Lian waited outside while Huang Xiao summoned Wu Xuancang.
• Wu Xuancang was surprised to see Huo Lian and asked if he had come about the Demon Hall's thousand-year period, but Huo Lian said there was no need to discuss it.

Huo Lian sought to borrow Wu Xuancang's Supreme Immortal Bell for his effort to gather supreme treasures and confront Kui Yong, offering the Three Immortal Mountains a chance to examine several treasures in return. Wu Xuancang agreed in principle but went to consult the other factions, while Huang Xiao requested Zhao Yunhui's help with formations in the Soaring Immortal Land.

• Huo Lian told Wu Xuancang that Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly had agreed to lend him the Supreme Imperial Cauldron and explained the benefits he offered in exchange.
• Wu Xuancang considered lending the Supreme Immortal Bell, noting that the Three Immortal Mountains would get to examine three other supreme treasures, but said he needed approval from the Great Buddha Temple and the Divine Nun Convent.
• Wu Xuancang went to consult the other factions while Huo Lian waited outside the Three Immortal Mountains.
• Huang Xiao asked to take Zhao Yunhui with him, explaining that her formation skills were needed in a particular place.
• Huo Lian revealed that Zhao Yunhui was needed to help Zhu Fancheng break formations in the Soaring Immortal Land, where they were seeking the Soaring Immortal Fruit.

Wu Xuancang and Huo Lian discussed the threat of Kui Yong, the Soaring Immortal Fruit, and Huo Lian’s lingering interest in escaping the Martial World, with Wu Xuancang accusing him of becoming afraid of death. Huang Xiao returned to the Penglai Mystic Domain to speak with Zhao Yunhui, while the Three Immortal Mountains prepared to lend Huo Lian the Supreme Immortal Bell for the coming battle.

• Huo Lian told Wu Xuancang that the formation holding the Divine Beast Holy Land might take about a year to break, and Wu Xuancang suggested Zhao Yunhui could help as Zhu Fancheng’s successor.
• Huo Lian explained that Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and the other factions made it impossible for him to keep the Soaring Immortal Fruit for himself, so they needed to unite against Kui Yong.
• Wu Xuancang accused Huo Lian of becoming afraid of death because he still wanted to escape the Martial World, and Huo Lian denied it while saying he was preparing for both possibilities.
• Huo Lian said he would wait until Ou Jin finished the saber, while Wu Xuancang arranged for the Three Immortal Mountains’ Supreme Immortal Bell to be lent to him and planned a gathering at the Penglai Mystic Domain.
• Huang Xiao went with Wu Xuancang to the Penglai Mystic Domain and told Zhao Yunhui why he had returned, surprising her.

Zhao Yunhui hesitated to study formations under Zhu Fancheng because she worried about leaving the others and their Combined Strike Method. Fan Zhuolang and Zuo Qiu Shu urged all eight women to go to the Divine Beast Holy Land, but Zhao Yunhui raised a final concern about Jiang Liuli and Little Xie.

• Zhao Yunhui admitted she wanted to study under Zhu Fancheng but worried that the others could not practice their Combined Strike Method without her.
• Fan Zhuolang and Zuo Qiu Shu said they had already taught the women all they could and encouraged all eight to continue practicing together at the Divine Beast Holy Land.
• Zuo Qiu Shu explained that Zhu Fancheng's instruction could help Zhao Yunhui advance her formation arts and improve the group's Combined Strike Method.
• The women grew excited about visiting the Divine Beast Holy Land, but Zhao Yunhui asked what would happen to Jiang Liuli and Little Xie.
• Fan Zhuolang said Little Xie could remain at the Three Immortal Mountains and urged Zhao Yunhui to speak with Jiang Liuli before the group decided to go.

Huang Xiao agreed to Jiang Liuli’s condition so the women could travel to the Divine Beast Holy Land, while Wu Xuancang explained that the Three Immortal Mountains would lend Huo Lian the Supreme Immortal Bell in exchange for examining other Supreme Treasures. The group planned to ask Huo Lian to let more people study them, and Fan Zhuolang asked whether Xuan Tu would join them.

• Jiang Liuli agreed to go to the Divine Beast Holy Land only if she did not have to travel with Huang Xiao and he could not see Little Xie, and Huang Xiao accepted.
• Wu Xuancang arrived with Zen Master Duheng and Abbess Jingluo and explained that the Three Immortal Mountains would lend Huo Lian the Supreme Immortal Bell.
• Wu Xuancang said Huo Lian had offered access to the Supreme Divine Tower, the Supreme Ghost Stele, and the Supreme Imperial Cauldron in exchange for the bell.
• Huang Xiao explained that they had reached an agreement with Imperial Remnant Manor to examine the Supreme Imperial Cauldron, which was in Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly’s hands.
• Wu Xuancang invited Zuo Qiu Shu and Fan Zhuolang to examine the Supreme Treasures, and Huang Xiao said they would ask Huo Lian for permission.
• Fan Zhuolang asked whether Xuan Tu, who was also in the Three Immortal Mountains, was interested in joining them.

Huo Lian agreed to take eight women to the Divine Beast Holy Land and let the Three Immortal Mountains inspect two of his Supreme Treasures, while insisting that the Supreme Imperial Cauldron would remain unavailable until he obtained it from Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly. The group prepared to leave for the Soaring Immortal Land, with Huo Lian still wary of the others’ motives.

• Wu Xuancang told the group that Senior Xuan Tu would not join them, and Fan Zhuolang and the others discussed the Seven Treasures and the unlikely chance of gathering them all.
• The eight women left the Penglai Mystic Domain with bundles, and Huang Xiao noticed that Jiang Liuli had grown thinner and avoided looking at him.
• Huo Lian agreed that all eight women could go to the Divine Beast Holy Land, and Zhao Yunhui promised to help Senior Zhu break the formation in the Soaring Immortal Land.
• Wu Xuancang asked Huo Lian to let Fan Zhuolang and Zuo Qiu Shu inspect the Supreme Treasures, and Huo Lian agreed to show them the Supreme Ghost Stele and Supreme Divine Tower.
• Huo Lian said he could show the Supreme Imperial Cauldron only after obtaining it from Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly, and explained that he had approached the Three Immortal Mountains because he trusted them more to lend the Supreme Immortal Bell.

Huang Xiao and Huo Lian showed their supreme treasures to Wu Xuancang and the others in exchange for examining the Supreme Immortal Bell. The group discovered divine senses inside the Supreme Ghost Stele, and the chapter ended with Fan Zhuolang and Zuo Qiu Shu suspecting they recognized the owners.

• Wu Xuancang brought the Supreme Immortal Bell, and Huo Lian and Huang Xiao handed over the Supreme Divine Tower and Supreme Ghost Stele for inspection.
• Wu Xuancang asked for six hours to examine the treasures, and Huo Lian agreed.
• Wu Xuancang sensed divine senses inside the Supreme Ghost Stele, prompting the group to question Huang Xiao about them.
• Huang Xiao claimed he had placed some divine senses in the stele and said the others likely belonged to Ghost Spirit Sect members, including Fan Liya.
• Wu Xuancang confirmed that one divine sense belonged to Fan Liya, and Fan Zhuolang and Zuo Qiu Shu wondered whether they recognized the other owners.

Huang Xiao explained the Divine Sense traces in the Supreme Ghost Stele as remnants of Feng He's subordinates, and the group failed to discover any secrets in the Supreme Treasures. Huo Lian returned the stele to Huang Xiao and arranged for the Three Immortal Mountains to unite the Jianghu sects, while they discussed dividing any Longevity Pills refined from the Soaring Immortal Fruit.

• Huang Xiao told Fan Zhuolang and the others that the Divine Sense traces might belong to Feng He's former subordinates, and they considered whether those people were still alive.
• After three shichen of examining the Supreme Treasures, Wu Xuancang and the others admitted they had gained nothing.
• Wu Xuancang returned the Three Treasures to Huo Lian, who gave the Supreme Ghost Stele to Huang Xiao to keep.
• Huo Lian asked the Three Immortal Mountains to unite the Jianghu sects as the Demon Hall Thousand-Year Period approached.
• Huo Lian proposed dividing the three Longevity Pills that might be refined from the Soaring Immortal Fruit among the factions, and Zuo Qiu Shu said Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly's claim was likely true.

Huo Lian and the others agreed on who would seek help against Kui Yong and the Demon Hall, while Huo Lian took the eight women to meet Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly. Wu Xuancang and Huang Xiao set out to rally the remaining factions, beginning with the Sword Pavilion.

• Huo Lian, Fan Zhuolang, and Wu Xuancang agreed on the Longevity Pill distribution, and Wu Xuancang proposed that Huang Xiao join the effort to recruit allies.
• Huang Xiao agreed to accompany Wu Xuancang, while Huo Lian left with the eight women and promised to ask Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly to release Du Fuzhou if he was alive.
• Wu Xuancang and Huang Xiao discussed recruiting factions, and Fan Zhuolang and Wu Xuancang proposed eliminating anyone who hesitated to join their side against Kui Yong.
• Wu Xuancang and Huang Xiao decided to depart at once for the Sword Pavilion, since the Imperial Remnant Manor and Ghost Spirit Sect had already been settled.

Fan Zhuolang and Wu Xuancang discussed Leng Guhan’s formidable strength while the Three Immortal Mountains prepared to awaken their sleeping elders for the threat of Kui Yong. At the Sword Pavilion, Leng Guhan sent Kong Qingze to ask Wu Xuancang about the Demon Hall’s delayed Thousand-Year Period, but Wu Xuancang and Huang Xiao arrived before Kong could leave.

• Fan Zhuolang told Wu Xuancang and Huang Xiao that Leng Guhan carried an astonishing aura, and they went to see how strong he had become.
• Abbess Jingluo and Zen Master Duheng agreed to awaken the Three Immortal Mountains’ sleeping elders when Wu Xuancang returned.
• Leng Guhan summoned Kong Qingze, Sima Rusuo, and Chen Zaihui and discussed the apparent delay of the Demon Hall’s Thousand-Year Period.
• Leng Guhan asked Kong Qingze to visit the Three Immortal Mountains and question Wu Xuancang about the delay.
• A Sword Pavilion disciple reported that Wu Xuancang and Huang Xiao had arrived to meet Leng Guhan.

Huang Xiao and Wu Xuancang visited the Sword Pavilion to discuss dealing with Kui Yong, but Leng Guhan dismissed Huang Xiao as a junior and insulted him. Huang Xiao challenged Leng Guhan over his treatment of guests, leaving their meeting on hostile terms.

• Leng Guhan learned that Wu Xuancang and Huang Xiao had arrived and went to the Front Hall to greet them.
• Huang Xiao and Sword God Yi exchanged taunts about Huang Xiao's victory over Pang Yi and whether Sword God Yi could surpass him someday.
• Leng Guhan praised Sword God Yi and dismissed Huang Xiao's strength as the result of forcibly raised internal power.
• Wu Xuancang began explaining that he and Huang Xiao had come to discuss dealing with Kui Yong, but Leng Guhan interrupted and ordered Huang Xiao to leave.
• Huang Xiao objected to Leng Guhan's insults and asked whether this was his way of treating guests.

Huang Xiao and Leng Guhan fought in the Sword Pavilion square to test their strength as they prepared to oppose Kui Yong. Their clash ended with both men retreating from a powerful punch, leaving their strength nearly even.

• Leng Guhan challenged Huang Xiao after the two argued over respect, and Huang Xiao accepted by moving their fight to the square.
• Huang Xiao and Leng Guhan exchanged blows as Wu Xuancang and others watched, while Sword God Yi was astonished by Huang Xiao's strength.
• Huang Xiao unleashed Heavenly Demon Disintegration in a punch, and Leng Guhan met it with his own, shattering the square's paving and forcing both men to retreat.
• Wu Xuancang explained that Huang Xiao was no longer merely a junior and that Leng Guhan had grown formidable; Huang Xiao then praised Leng Guhan's unfathomable internal power.

Huang Xiao fought Leng Guhan, matching the older expert not only in internal power but also in his seasoned moves. Their final clash sent them flying apart and left the Front Hall and the surrounding bluestone square in ruins.

• Huang Xiao charged Leng Guhan again, eager to test his strength against the famed expert.
• Kong Qingze and Wu Xuancang discussed whether Huang Xiao’s moves could match Leng Guhan’s experience.
• Huang Xiao and Leng Guhan exchanged rapid attacks, and Huang Xiao countered Leng Guhan’s techniques without giving him a clear advantage.
• Huang Xiao used finger force to draw Leng Guhan into close combat, then continued to meet his moves head-on.
• The two men collided with a final punch and flew apart; Huang Xiao landed on the Front Hall roof, while Wu Xuancang and the others fled from beneath it.
• Huang Xiao’s landing collapsed the Front Hall, and Leng Guhan’s landing shattered the bluestone paving around him.

Huang Xiao’s strength earned Leng Guhan’s respect, and Wu Xuancang explained the alliance gathering powers to oppose Kui Yong. Leng Guhan committed the Sword Pavilion to the alliance, while Huang Xiao and Wu Xuancang made clear they would have brought in their allies if he had refused.

• Leng Guhan acknowledged Huang Xiao as his equal after their clash, and the group moved from the ruined Front Hall to the Main Hall.
• Wu Xuancang told Leng Guhan that six parties had agreed to unite against Kui Yong and described how the Imperial Remnant Manor and Ghost Spirit Sect had joined.
• Leng Guhan agreed to include the Sword Pavilion in the alliance, while Kong Qingze said he and his companions would fight the Demon Hall as an independent power.
• Huang Xiao and Wu Xuancang told Leng Guhan they would have summoned their allies if he had refused to join.

Wu Xuancang and Huang Xiao secured the Sword Pavilion’s support in uniting the Jianghu against Kui Yong and planned to test the Heavenly Evil Sect’s loyalty. Kong Qingze hoped the Jiang Family would hesitate and be killed, but Leng Guhan warned him against interfering or joining the Demon Hall.

• Wu Xuancang said wavering powers would be killed, and Kong Qingze quickly backed Leng Guhan’s decision to join the Allied Powers.
• Wu Xuancang said he and Huang Xiao would visit the Heavenly Evil Sect to see whether Jiang Pandong and the others would support their alliance against Kui Yong.
• Wu Xuancang asked Leng Guhan to have the Sword Pavilion approach other Jianghu sects, and Leng Guhan agreed.
• After Wu Xuancang and Huang Xiao left, Kong Qingze admitted he hoped the Jiang Family would fail the test, while Leng Guhan warned him not to stir up trouble.
• Leng Guhan cautioned Kong Qingze that Wu Xuancang was ruthless and warned him not to throw in his lot with the Demon Hall; Kong Qingze admitted he was still wavering.

Leng Guhan killed Kong Qingze, Sima Rusuo, and Chen Zaihui after Kong Qingze admitted he might side with the Demon Hall. Wu Xuancang and Huang Xiao left the Sword Pavilion, and Huang Xiao assessed Leng Guhan as a formidable swordsman while discussing the need for a suitable saber.

• Kong Qingze told Leng Guhan that the Heavenly Evil Sect might consider joining the Demon Hall, though it would cooperate with Wu Xuancang's group for now.
• Leng Guhan killed Kong Qingze, Sima Rusuo, and Chen Zaihui with sword qi after deciding Kong Qingze's wavering made him a threat.
• Leng Guhan ordered the guards to remove the bodies, then resolved to resume seclusion and pursue a breakthrough against Kui Yong.
• Wu Xuancang and Huang Xiao discussed Kong Qingze's uncertainty and agreed to monitor the three Heavenly Evil Sect experts.
• Huang Xiao told Wu Xuancang that Leng Guhan's Sword Dao and Zhanlu Sword made him difficult to defeat, and Wu Xuancang offered rare materials to help forge Huang Xiao a suitable saber.

Huang Xiao and Wu Xuancang traveled to the Heavenly Evil Sect to discuss joining forces against the Demon Hall and Kui Yong, while Huang Xiao kept the Minghong Saber reforging plan secret. The chapter ended with Jiang Pandong directing Wu Xuancang to approach Imperial Remnant Manor instead.

• Huang Xiao privately reflected that the Minghong Saber could be reforged, but he was unsure how powerful it would become or whether he would be allowed to wield it.
• Wu Xuancang doubted that Huang Xiao could forge a saber to rival the Supreme Demon Saber, and Huang Xiao withheld the details of the Minghong Saber plan.
• Wu Xuancang and Huang Xiao traveled to Supreme Evil Peak and observed how much the Heavenly Evil Sect had weakened since its past conflicts.
• A disciple escorted Wu Xuancang and Huang Xiao to the Main Hall, where Jiang Pandong, Jiang Panxi, and Jiang Panbei came to meet them.
• Wu Xuancang asked whether the Heavenly Evil Sect would join forces against the Demon Hall and Kui Yong, and Jiang Pandong told him to approach Imperial Remnant Manor.

Huang Xiao and Wu Xuancang confirmed that the Heavenly Evil Sect would join the fight against Demon Hall and discussed the Soaring Immortal Fruit. The conversation ended when Huang Xiao revealed that Senior Huo could refine a pill that might help Jiang Pannan.

• Jiang Pandong told Wu Xuancang and Huang Xiao that the Heavenly Evil Sect would agree to join forces against Demon Hall, though it now depended on Imperial Remnant Manor.
• Wu Xuancang explained that he had come to confirm the sect's attitude, and Huang Xiao described the other powers joining the alliance.
• Jiang Pandong questioned whether their combined strength could defeat Demon Hall, and Huang Xiao and Wu Xuancang warned him not to underestimate Kui Yong.
• Wu Xuancang explained the Soaring Immortal Fruit, but Jiang Panxi and Jiang Panbei said the Heavenly Evil Sect was focused on resisting Demon Hall and surviving.
• Huang Xiao asked about Jiang Pannan and revealed that Senior Huo could refine a Blood Overflow Pill to increase essence blood, prompting the three men's interest.