Chapter Summaries

A pillar of light surrounded Dugu Sheng, Hong Yi, and the divine weapons as powerful auras clashed over the Soaring Immortal Fruit. The weapons and several people were pulled skyward, while Kui Yong chose not to interfere, calling the weapons a return to their rightful owners.

• Huang Xiao and the others sensed powerful, opposing auras fighting within the pillar of light, and the clash injured Zhu Yang and others.
• A powerful voice revealed that its owner sought the Soaring Immortal Fruit and recognized the Supreme Demon Saber and other divine weapons.
• The divine weapons rose toward the sky, pulling Dugu Sheng and Hong Yi with them as the Xuanyuan Sword and Fist Gauntlets responded to the mysterious aura.
• Huang Xiao saw that his eldest senior brother and Minghong Saber were also being drawn upward, then demanded that Kui Yong act.
• Kui Yong admitted he would not challenge the powerful figures and said the divine weapons were being returned to their rightful owners, prompting Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly to ask if he meant the Lord Demon God.

Huang Xiao and the others watched as Lord Demon God’s aura overwhelmed the battle over the divine weapons, while the formation shook under the clash. The formation ultimately vanished with the people and weapons inside, leaving everyone stunned.

• The Supreme Demon Saber attacked the Minghong Saber, and Lord Demon God’s aura strengthened it while suppressing the other divine weapons.
• Lord Demon God sent the Minghong Saber out through an opening in the pillar of light, and Huang Xiao caught it.
• The powerful auras resumed fighting, causing cracks to spread across the pillar of light as Kui Yong hoped the formation would collapse.
• Lord Demon God persuaded the auras to stop fighting and bring the people and divine weapons back first, and the pillar of light stabilized.
• The pillar of light flashed and disappeared, taking the divine weapons and everyone inside it with it.

The formation vanished with Eldest Senior Brother and the others inside, while the divine weapons were taken away and Kui Yong lost the Supreme Demon Saber. Huang Xiao confronted Kui Yong with the Minghong Saber and the Soaring Immortal Fruit’s aura, but after Kui Yong proved he could withstand his attacks, Huang Xiao closed in and struck at his body.

• The formation and its aura disappeared, leaving Huang Xiao fearing that Eldest Senior Brother and the others had been transported to another realm.
• Huo Lian laughed as Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly, Leng Guhan, and Tan Ming lamented the loss of their divine weapons and Dugu Sheng.
• Huang Xiao realized he still had the Minghong Saber, and Wu Xuancang noted that Kui Yong had lost the Supreme Demon Saber.
• Huang Xiao challenged Kui Yong, saying the Soaring Immortal Fruit’s aura let him use forbidden arts without restraint.
• Kui Yong blocked Huang Xiao’s Saber Force and sent him flying with a phantom hoof, but the fruit’s aura quickly steadied Huang Xiao.
• Huang Xiao evaded a phantom hoof, rushed close to Kui Yong, and raised the Minghong Saber to slash at him.

Huang Xiao activated the tenth stage and inflicted a deep wound on Kui Yong, but the forbidden art consumed the Soaring Immortal Fruit aura he needed to survive its aftereffects. Kui Yong recognized that Huang Xiao could not sustain his power and remained determined to obtain the Longevity Chapter.

• Huang Xiao repeatedly attacked Kui Yong with the Minghong Saber, while Kui Yong's counterattacks injured him and the Soaring Immortal Fruit aura healed him.
• Huang Xiao realized his shallow saber cuts were healing and that he would exhaust the Soaring Immortal Fruit aura in a losing battle of attrition.
• Huang Xiao activated the tenth stage and struck Kui Yong with a blow that opened a deep, bleeding wound across his back.
• Huo Lian recognized the tenth stage and realized Huang Xiao had likely spent all the Soaring Immortal Fruit aura, leaving him unable to survive the aftereffects.
• Kui Yong dodged Huang Xiao's empowered attacks and resolved to wait him out while continuing to pursue the Longevity Chapter.

Huang Xiao unleashed a power close to the Tenth Stage and fought Kui Yong while enduring injuries and trying to force him to spend essence blood. The battle left Huang Xiao near collapse, and it ended with Kui Yong knocking away the Minghong Saber and attacking him again.

• Huang Xiao charged Kui Yong repeatedly, trading wounds and using the Longevity True Qi to heal what he could.
• Huang Xiao noticed Kui Yong’s wounds healing at an astonishing speed and concluded that Kui Yong was burning his essence blood.
• Huang Xiao pressed his attack, hoping to make Kui Yong expend more essence blood, while Zhao Yunhui, Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly, and the others watched in despair.
• Kui Yong broke the web between Huang Xiao’s thumb and forefinger and knocked the Minghong Saber into a nearby boulder.
• Kui Yong stamped at Huang Xiao, who blocked the attack with a punch.

Kui Yong nearly killed Huang Xiao, but the Minghong Saber wounded Kui Yong and held him off while Huo Lian and the others joined the fight. Huang Xiao retreated to heal, as Xuan Tu slowly made his way to him.

• Kui Yong used his formation-concealing movement technique to strike Huang Xiao from behind, leaving him severely wounded and unable to move.
• The Minghong Saber attacked Kui Yong from behind, cutting a deep wound across his back and giving Huang Xiao time to retreat.
• The Minghong Saber continued fighting Kui Yong alone to buy Huang Xiao time, while Zuo Qiu Shu, Huo Lian, and the others charged in to help.
• Huo Lian and the others attacked Kui Yong while the Minghong Saber blocked his blows, and Xuan Tu dragged himself toward Huang Xiao.

Xuan Tu transferred his essence blood aura to Huang Xiao, healing him and giving him strength to fight Kui Yong again. As the battle continued, Kui Yong overcame Pang Ji’s defenses and struck him down.

• Xuan Tu poured his essence blood aura into Huang Xiao despite warnings that doing so could cost him his life.
• Huang Xiao used the aura to heal his injuries, but Xuan Tu continued transferring it so Huang Xiao could kill Kui Yong.
• Kui Yong charged toward Huang Xiao, but Huo Lian, the Minghong Saber, and the others held him back.
• Kui Yong appeared beside Pang Ji and exposed how the Demon Refining Formula had exhausted Pang Ji’s formation and left him immobilized.
• Huo Lian and the others attacked Kui Yong to save Pang Ji, but Kui Yong ignored their blows and stamped a hoof toward Pang Ji’s chest, making him collapse.

Huang Xiao took back the Minghong Saber and fought Kui Yong after Kui Yong used the Demon Refining Formula to kill Pang Ji. As both fighters drew on their blood and strength to heal and keep battling, Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly considered forcing the Four Clan Chiefs to provide more essence blood.

• Kui Yong used the Demon Refining Formula to leave Pang Ji unable to fight, then killed him as Huo Lian watched.
• Kui Yong prepared to shatter the Minghong Saber's Saber Soul, but Huang Xiao intercepted him and reclaimed the saber.
• Huang Xiao and Kui Yong clashed repeatedly, and Huang Xiao severed Kui Yong's three manifested legs before wounding his abdomen.
• Huang Xiao healed his broken chest with Longevity True Qi and Xuan Tu's essence blood while Kui Yong's wound also recovered.
• Zuo Qiu Shu asked whether Huang Xiao could win, and Huo Lian said the battle depended on who could last longer.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly warned Xuan Tu that the Four Clan Chiefs would have to make up any shortfall in the essence blood he gave Huang Xiao.

Huang Xiao continued fighting Kui Yong and learned that Kui Yong’s extraordinary body could withstand and heal his attacks. As the battle went on, Huang Xiao questioned whether Kui Yong could truly sustain his power for a day, but his saber strike to Kui Yong’s head bounced off.

• The Fourth Clan Chief offered to make a sacrifice for her brothers, while Xuan Tu’s allies acknowledged the sacrifices needed to face Kui Yong.
• Xuan Tu’s condition worsened after expending his essence blood, and the First Clan Chief urged the others to let him rest.
• Huang Xiao and Kui Yong exchanged powerful blows, each relying on their bodies and recovery to endure the fight.
• Kui Yong claimed he could heal Huang Xiao’s injuries and fight for a day, while Huang Xiao challenged him over the Imperishability Chapter’s aftereffects.
• Huang Xiao dodged Kui Yong’s devastating stomp and struck his head with the Minghong Saber, but the blade bounced away.

Kui Yong revealed that his horns were hidden inside his skull and used them to impale Huang Xiao, while knocking the Minghong Saber from his hand and badly damaging its saber soul. Huang Xiao escaped and sent the wounded saber to hold Kui Yong off as Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and the others rushed in to buy him time to heal.

• Kui Yong told Huang Xiao that his skull was exceptionally hard and that his horns were hidden inside it.
• Kui Yong brought out his horns, knocked the Minghong Saber from Huang Xiao's hand, and damaged its saber soul.
• Kui Yong pierced Huang Xiao's chest with a horn and shook him while he was impaled.
• Huang Xiao summoned the Minghong Saber, escaped by kicking off Kui Yong's head, and retreated to heal his severe injuries.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and the others rushed to help, while Huang Xiao sent the wounded Minghong Saber to hold Kui Yong off.

Huang Xiao concluded that Kui Yong’s unusually durable crown might be his hidden weakness and drew the battle away from the injured allies to test it. The chapter left Huang Xiao facing Kui Yong head-on, still waiting for a chance to exploit the brief moment when Kui Yong’s horns extended or retracted.

• Xuan Tu warned Huang Xiao that Kui Yong’s vitality made wearing him down futile and suggested that the strongest part might also be the weakest.
• Kui Yong severely wounded Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly, Huo Lian, and the other elders, leaving them unable to continue fighting.
• Huang Xiao called the nearly broken Minghong Saber back and led Kui Yong away from the injured group.
• Huang Xiao struck Kui Yong’s crown, but the blow was repelled; he then noticed that Kui Yong’s horns emerged and retracted rapidly.
• Huang Xiao decided to save the Minghong Saber for a crucial strike and met Kui Yong’s hoof phantom with his left fist.

Huang Xiao faced Kui Yong after Kui Yong revealed his early Primordial Ancient Realm strength and explained that Zuo Qiu Yi had once surpassed him. Huang Xiao launched a final gambit, exploiting the timing of Kui Yong's horns appearing and retracting, and the chapter ended as the Supreme Ghost Stele's ghost qi halted the horns' retreat.

• Kui Yong revealed that his full strength had reached the early Primordial Ancient Realm and said Huang Xiao could not bridge the gap.
• Kui Yong admitted that Zuo Qiu Yi had been stronger than him, likely reaching at least the middle Primordial Ancient Realm.
• Huang Xiao gathered the last of his strength and charged Kui Yong with the Minghong Saber, then withdrew when Kui Yong's horns appeared.
• Huang Xiao charged back as Kui Yong's horns began retracting and summoned the Supreme Ghost Stele.
• The Supreme Ghost Stele's ghost qi made Kui Yong's retracting horns pause.

Huang Xiao severed one of Kui Yong’s horns by using the Supreme Ghost Stele to briefly disrupt him. As Kui Yong charged to reclaim it, Huang Xiao and the Minghong Saber began refining the horn with heart fire, which melted it astonishingly quickly.

• Huang Xiao used Kui Yong’s essence blood to activate the Supreme Ghost Stele, disrupting Kui Yong long enough to cut off one of his horns.
• Kui Yong retreated with a bloody wound and a weakened aura, while Huang Xiao caught the severed horn and learned that his trick had consumed the essence blood he had saved.
• Xuan Tu urged Huang Xiao to make use of the horn, and Huang Xiao found traces of Kui Yong’s essence blood within it.
• The Minghong Saber tried to devour the horn’s essence, so Huang Xiao joined it in refining the horn with his heart fire.
• Kui Yong charged to reclaim his horn, but Huang Xiao’s heart fire melted it almost instantly, startling Ou Jin and the others.

Huang Xiao used the Supreme Ghost Stele and the strengthened Minghong Saber to grievously wound Kui Yong, who abandoned his pursuit of the Longevity Chapter and fought at the cost of his body. After Kui Yong knocked Huang Xiao down, his remaining horn began extending and retracting uncontrollably, giving Huang Xiao a chance to grab it and call for the Minghong Saber.

• Huang Xiao refined Kui Yong's severed horn with his Heart Fire, strengthening the Minghong Saber and absorbing a vast essence blood aura.
• Huang Xiao used the Supreme Ghost Stele to grievously injure Kui Yong's Divine Sense, then cut into his head with the Minghong Saber.
• Kui Yong's injuries and the Imperishability Chapter's backlash grew severe, and he swore to kill Huang Xiao rather than pursue the Longevity Chapter.
• Kui Yong knocked the Minghong Saber from Huang Xiao's hand and sent him flying, then rushed in to strike him with a hoof.
• Kui Yong's remaining horn began extending and retracting uncontrollably, and Huang Xiao seized it and called for the Minghong Saber.

Huang Xiao and the Minghong Saber severed Kui Yong’s second horn, weakening him and restoring some of the saber soul. Huang Xiao pressed his advantage, but after Kui Yong caught him off guard, they collided in a final exchange that left the Minghong Saber lodged in Kui Yong’s head and Huang Xiao struck in the chest.

• Huang Xiao held Kui Yong in place while the Minghong Saber cut off his second horn, then fed the horn’s essence to the saber.
• Huang Xiao absorbed the lingering essence blood as Kui Yong’s wounds worsened and his strength fell.
• Huang Xiao attacked while Kui Yong hesitated over the Supreme Ghost Stele, and the two continued fighting fiercely.
• Huang Xiao stumbled during a charge, letting Kui Yong rush him before the Supreme Ghost Stele’s aura could fully take effect.
• Kui Yong knocked the stele aside and struck Huang Xiao in the chest as Huang Xiao hurled the Minghong Saber into Kui Yong’s head; Kui Yong survived the blow.

Huang Xiao used his last essence blood to weaken Kui Yong, then called on the Minghong Saber to split Kui Yong’s head and kill him. Huo Lian and the others rescued Huang Xiao, who remained alive but unconscious, and prepared to ensure Kui Yong could not return.

• Huo Lian, Wu Xuancang, Leng Guhan, and Zuo Qiu Shu charged Kui Yong while Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly could barely move.
• Kui Yong plunged toward Huang Xiao, but Huang Xiao struck him with a final Divine Sense assault that worsened his injuries without killing him.
• Huang Xiao admitted he had exhausted his essence blood, then shouted for the Minghong Saber as Kui Yong’s strength weakened further.
• The Minghong Saber split Kui Yong’s head in two, and his body crashed down onto Huang Xiao.
• Huo Lian kicked Kui Yong’s body aside while Wu Xuancang found Huang Xiao alive but unconscious and gravely injured.
• Huo Lian and Zuo Qiu Shu proposed destroying Kui Yong’s corpse, while the Minghong Saber’s aura turned chaotic and it fell from the air.

Kui Yong tried to hide his Divine Sense inside the Minghong Saber, and the others struggled to stop him. The Fourth Clan Chief enveloped the saber in her Nirvana Flame while her three brothers strengthened it with their essence blood, trapping Kui Yong for the moment.

• Ou Jin revealed that Kui Yong was using his Divine Sense to seize the Minghong Saber, and Huo Lian and the others attacked him without success.
• Huo Lian proposed sealing the saber, but Wu Xuancang warned that Kui Yong could likely defeat any formation they used.
• Ou Jin proposed that the Fourth Clan Chief burn Kui Yong's Divine Sense with her Nirvana Flame, strengthened by the other divine beasts' essence blood.
• The Fourth Clan Chief turned into a ball of blue Nirvana Flame and enveloped the Minghong Saber, provoking Kui Yong's scream and resistance.
• The three remaining Clan Chiefs poured their essence blood into the flame, steadying it and preventing Kui Yong's Divine Sense from breaking free.

The Four Clan Chiefs and the Nirvana Flame defeated Kui Yong’s Divine Sense and ended its threat to the Minghong Saber. As Huang Xiao lay near death, Xuan Tu began sacrificing himself to transfer essence blood from Kui Yong’s corpse and revive him.

• The Four Clan Chiefs suppressed Kui Yong’s Divine Sense, and the Saber Soul absorbed the Nirvana Flame before engulfing and destroying him.
• Huang Xiao woke briefly, comforted his grieving wives, and heard Jiang Liuli promise to raise Little Xie with the surname Huang.
• Xuan Tu tried to sustain Huang Xiao with his vitality, then proposed using the newly dead Kui Yong’s essence blood.
• When Huang Xiao fell unconscious, Xuan Tu used Essence Blood Resonance to draw essence blood from Kui Yong and inject it into Huang Xiao.
• Xuan Tu’s body and aura weakened as Huang Xiao’s nearly imperceptible aura slowly began to strengthen.

After Xuan Tu sacrificed himself, Huang Xiao slowly recovered from his near-fatal wounds and woke to learn that Kui Yong was dead. He suspected Demon Phoenix’s aura had appeared during the battle, but the others believed Demon Phoenix was gone, leaving Huang Xiao to hope the Minghong Saber might hold a surprise.

• Xuan Tu died after giving his essence blood to Huang Xiao, whose borrowed vitality began to fade as everyone waited for him to survive.
• Huang Xiao held on for three days, then his vitality began to recover, and he opened his eyes two days later.
• Wu Xuancang assured Huang Xiao that Kui Yong was dead, and Zuo Qiu Shu said his remains had been destroyed.
• Huang Xiao asked whether Demon Phoenix’s aura had appeared during the battle, and Huo Lian confirmed that it had.
• Huang Xiao sensed the Minghong Saber’s Saber Soul still within the blade and silently vowed to soak it in fine wine for Demon Phoenix.

Huang Xiao asked Ou Jin to keep the Minghong Saber, and Ou Jin left it with him before retiring from forging. Huo Lian reflected on the limits of his strength, while Huang Xiao revealed he had recovered only fragmentary information about the Imperishability Chapter from Kui Yong.

• Huang Xiao asked Ou Jin to keep the Minghong Saber, and Ou Jin agreed to lend it to him unless the saber later found him unsuitable.
• Ou Jin announced that he would forge no more weapons and departed, saying the Minghong Saber had fulfilled his journey.
• Wu Xuancang asked Huo Lian whether his journey was fulfilled, and Huo Lian admitted that the martial arts path had no end after seeing Kui Yong's strength and learning of greater experts.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly said the Martial World could not produce experts like the old monsters, and Leng Guhan wondered whether they had to travel to their realm.
• Huo Lian asked Huang Xiao whether Kui Yong's memories had passed to him, and Huang Xiao explained that he had obtained only incomplete information about the Imperishability Chapter from Kui Yong's horns.