Chapter Summaries

Guo Ren faced two Holy Envoys who demanded the Zhanlu Sword, only for three more Holy Envoys to arrive and turn the dispute into a fight. The old man escaped the melee with the sword and claimed it as his own.

• Guo Ren learned that two Holy Envoys had returned and demanded he hand over the Zhanlu Sword.
• Guo Ren hesitated and asked where the other Holy Envoys were, but the woman told him the other two divine weapons already had owners and demanded the sword.
• Three Holy Envoys arrived, accused the pair of breaking their agreement, and said they would kill them before dividing the spoils.
• The old man charged into Guo Ren’s secret chamber as the others attacked, and the five Holy Envoys shattered the chamber in their fight.
• The old man emerged from the rubble holding the Zhanlu Sword and warned the three rivals to get out of his way.

The old man claimed the Zhanlu Sword, but the divine weapon resisted his control as his allies and rivals fought over it. He burned his essence blood to subdue the sword while the woman held off their opponents, leaving him dangerously exposed.

• The woman allied herself with the old man, and the three rivals attacked them for the Zhanlu Sword.
• The old man tried to meet two attackers with the sword, but it resisted him and he was struck by a palm.
• The woman defended the old man and urged him to use a forbidden art or stir up his essence blood to control the sword.
• The old man burned his essence blood and struggled to suppress the Zhanlu Sword as the two men charged at him.
• The attackers sensed an astonishing presence from the sword and compared it to the lunatics from the Slaughter Domain.

The older woman betrayed the old man and used his efforts to gain partial control of the Zhanlu Sword, then killed a woman who tried to take it from her. She faced the two remaining men as they decided to fight for the sword despite the danger.

• The older woman struck down the old man while he was preparing to suppress the Zhanlu Sword, then took the sword from him.
• The three remaining opponents surrounded the older woman, who admitted she had manipulated the old man to weaken the sword’s resistance.
• The older woman tricked the opposing woman into attacking and killed her with the Zhanlu Sword.
• The older woman revealed she could wield some of the sword’s power and warned the two men to leave.
• The two men chose to attack the older woman together rather than return without the Zhanlu Sword.

A Holy Envoy wielding the Zhanlu Sword killed her two opponents and slaughtered the disciples of the Infinite Measure Gate to conceal that she had obtained the Divine Weapon. As other Holy Envoys approached, Leng Guhan recognized the Zhanlu Sword and rushed into the gate, with Huang Xiao following.

• The woman used the Zhanlu Sword to overpower the two Holy Envoys, who fled, then joined forces again when she pursued them.
• The woman killed both Holy Envoys and, after Guo Ren greeted her, beheaded him and killed the other Infinite Measure Gate disciples who tried to escape.
• The woman decided to destroy the entire Infinite Measure Gate so no one could reveal that she had obtained the Zhanlu Sword.
• Huang Xiao, Huo Lian, Wu Xuancang, and Leng Guhan headed for the Infinite Measure Gate while Zuo Qiu Shu and the others stayed behind.
• The approaching Holy Envoys heard screams and saw Sword Qi cut down fleeing disciples; Leng Guhan recognized the Zhanlu Sword and charged inside, followed by Huang Xiao.

Huang Xiao and the others joined Leng Guhan as he fought a woman holding the Zhanlu Sword, and Leng Guhan used his connection to the weapon to claim it. After the woman was defeated, Huo Lian ordered Leng Guhan to keep her alive.

• Huang Xiao and the others entered the Infinite Measure Gate and found Leng Guhan fighting the last surviving woman, who held the Zhanlu Sword.
• The woman tried to turn the newcomers against Leng Guhan, but learned that they were working together.
• Leng Guhan called to Zhanlu and wrested the sword from the woman’s hands.
• Leng Guhan attacked the fleeing woman with the Zhanlu Sword’s Sword Qi and wounded her until she collapsed.
• Huo Lian told Leng Guhan to keep the woman alive, so Leng Guhan held back from killing her.

Leng Guhan returned with the greatly strengthened Zhanlu Sword, while Huo Lian questioned a wounded woman about the factions across the sea. After Huang Xiao discovered she was from the Blood Domain and could not read her memories, Huo Lian killed her and led the group away as returning Holy Envoys approached.

• Leng Guhan told Wu Xuancang that the Zhanlu Sword had grown tremendously stronger, though he still doubted he could match Huo Lian with Dragon Fang.
• Huo Lian demanded information about the factions and experts across the sea, and the woman accused him of coming from the Demon Domain.
• At Huo Lian's order, Huang Xiao used the Blood God Conversion Great Method on the woman and learned she was from the Blood Domain, but could not access her memories.
• The woman appealed to Huang Xiao as a fellow Blood Domain member, but Huo Lian struck her dead before they could question her further.
• Huo Lian, Huang Xiao, Wu Xuancang, and Leng Guhan withdrew to avoid more than a dozen approaching Holy Envoys, then reunited with Zuo Qiu Shu and the others and left the area.

Huang Xiao and his companions decided who would stay in the Desolate Domain and traveled east to Dawnbreak Harbor to locate the Holy Envoys’ ships. After finding five ships guarded against outsiders, Wu Xuancang proposed impersonating a Holy Envoy to board one and cross the sea.

• Xiao Yan, Zhao Yunhui, Pei Lingsha, and the other women chose to remain in the Desolate Domain while Huang Xiao and the others prepared to cross the sea.
• Huo Lian explained that the route east across the sea was known and suggested they wait for the Holy Envoys to leave before following their movements.
• Huang Xiao and his companions learned that the most Holy Envoys had landed at Dawnbreak Harbor and headed there.
• At Dawnbreak Harbor, an elderly passerby told Huang Xiao that five Holy Envoy ships were moored there and that outsiders were forbidden to approach.
• Wu Xuancang proposed impersonating a Holy Envoy and boarding one of the ships to cross the sea.

Huang Xiao and his companions investigated the ships in Dawnbreak City’s harbor and chose the Evil Domain’s ship as their best route across the sea. They prepared to impersonate its passengers but decided to wait until the Holy Envoys left and the women at the inn were safe.

• Huo Lian led the group to investigate the ships, and Huang Xiao and Zuo Qiu Shu found that one was guarded by followers of the Ruthlessness Dao.
• The group identified the ships’ factions: the Righteous Path, Ghost Domain, Evil Domain, and Slaughter Domain.
• Huo Lian and Wu Xuancang ruled out the Slaughter Domain because its followers usually acted alone, and the group chose to board the Evil Domain’s ship using altered auras.
• Huang Xiao disguised himself as Xu Diao, while Huo Lian proposed claiming the others were talented people from the Desolate Domain whom they were taking back to nurture.
• Huo Lian insisted the group wait until the Holy Envoys departed and the women were safe, so they settled in Dawnbreak City to watch for developments.

Huang Xiao and his companions learned that the Holy Envoys were destroying sects and heading to Dawnbreak City to intercept the ones they believed had obtained the divine weapons. The newcomers destroyed the Slaughter Domain’s ship at Dawnbreak Harbor, while Huang Xiao’s group stayed hidden and watched.

• Huang Xiao listened in a Dawnbreak City wine shop as Jianghu rumors described the Holy Envoys’ slaughter and their failure to find the divine weapons.
• Huang Xiao deduced that the Holy Envoys were returning to block the harbor and target Xu Diao and the Slaughter Domain envoys, unaware that they were dead.
• Huo Lian, Wu Xuancang, and Zuo Qiu Shu discussed the reports and decided to wait for the Holy Envoys to arrive.
• Three days later, the Holy Envoys reached Dawnbreak City, and Huang Xiao’s group heard that one of the five tower ships at the harbor had been destroyed.
• A Holy Envoy watched the Slaughter Domain’s ship sink and said he had feared its two envoys had escaped.

Huang Xiao impersonated Xu Diao and approached Dawnbreak Harbor to gain access to a ship controlled by the Holy Envoys. He convinced them he had no divine weapon and went aboard Xu Diao's ship, though one Holy Envoy sensed something unusual about him.

• The Holy Envoys gathered at Dawnbreak Harbor, suspected the Evil Domain's envoy might have obtained a divine weapon, and decided to wait for him.
• Huang Xiao's companions chose to send him to the harbor to secure a ship, despite Wu Xuancang's concern that the Holy Envoys might see through his disguise.
• Huang Xiao made a long detour to Dawnbreak Harbor, where the Holy Envoys recognized him as Xu Diao and questioned him about divine weapons.
• Huang Xiao claimed he had encountered the Slaughter Domain's men, obtained no divine weapon, and intended to give up the contest.
• The Holy Envoys let Huang Xiao proceed to Xu Diao's ship, though one of them remarked that his aura seemed different from when they had met years earlier.

Huang Xiao stayed aboard Xu Diao’s ship while the Holy Envoys waited for the missing Slaughter Domain members, and he learned that the sea formations would soon make a safe return impossible. He left the chapter still posing as Xu Diao, with the others believing the Slaughter Domain had taken the divine weapons and might not return.

• Huang Xiao boarded Xu Diao’s ship, where He Ya explained that the Holy Envoys had united and destroyed a Slaughter Domain ship, killing its crew.
• Huang Xiao said he had failed to obtain a divine weapon and chose to remain in the harbor in case another opportunity arose.
• Huang Xiao secretly observed the people aboard while the Holy Envoys took turns watching the harbor and killing curious Jianghu visitors.
• After five days without the missing Slaughter Domain members appearing, He Ya told Huang Xiao that the sea formations would become difficult to cross in half a month.
• Huang Xiao questioned He Ya about the formations and learned that experts had identified a limited safe window for passage.
• He Ya said the Holy Envoys believed the two Slaughter Domain members had obtained the divine weapons and did not plan to return.

Huang Xiao learned from He Ya that crossing the sea was perilous and that the Holy Envoys would likely return without the Divine Weapon. After half a month, the envoys prepared to leave, and Huang Xiao agreed to return with them despite their suspicions that he had obtained it.

• He Ya explained that the Holy Envoys were unlikely to stay or risk returning alone, and that travel across the sea had become dangerous since the Ancient War.
• Huang Xiao decided it was time to withdraw and told He Ya to watch the two Slaughter Domain envoys while he rested.
• Half a month passed, and disputes weakened the Holy Envoys' alliance as the Slaughter Domain envoys remained hidden.
• A Righteous Path man told Huang Xiao that the Holy Envoys would set off home that night and admitted they suspected he might have the Divine Weapon.
• Huang Xiao said he would return with the group, claiming he had come away empty-handed and would be safer traveling with others.

Huang Xiao secretly arranged for the Patriarch and his companions to board his ship as it followed the departing Holy Envoys. He Ya learned that Huang Xiao was taking gifted prodigies from the Desolate Domain back with him.

• Huang Xiao told He Ya to prepare extra food and drink while keeping their plans hidden from the other factions.
• The four ships carrying Holy Envoys who had failed to obtain Divine Weapons left the harbor, and Huang Xiao's ship followed them.
• Huang Xiao waited on deck for the Patriarch and the others, despite He Ya warning him about the sea formations ahead.
• A small boat caught up with Huang Xiao's ship, and Huo Lian and the others boarded.
• Huang Xiao told He Ya that the newcomers were prodigies from the Desolate Domain whom he planned to take back with him.

Huang Xiao and his companions sailed with the Holy Envoys toward the sea formation, keeping their identities concealed as they prepared for the dangers ahead. After several calm days inside the formation, black clouds and violent winds suddenly struck, and a ship ahead appeared to sink.

• Huang Xiao warned his companions that they would soon enter the sea formation and shared what he had learned from He Ya.
• More Holy Envoys gathered with their ships, and the fleet set out together when the time came.
• Huang Xiao and his companions spent several days sailing through the formation without incident, while they discussed the danger facing ships that had disappeared on the outbound journey.
• He Ya warned that the formation had changed, as black clouds, fierce winds, and darkness engulfed the fleet.
• Zuo Qiu Shu heard screams from ships ahead, and Huo Lian said one of them seemed to have sunk.

Huang Xiao’s ship survived the Sea Grand Formation’s intensifying storm after the formation experts added a protective formation aboard. The storm passed, though He Ya did not know how many ships or people had been lost.

• Huo Lian and the others realized the formations were growing stronger and that ships and their passengers were in grave danger.
• Huang Xiao ordered He Ya to keep their ship apart from the vessels ahead to avoid collisions in the storm.
• As the ship’s defenses weakened and He Ya struggled to steer, the formation experts laid a new formation that eased the formations’ effects on the crew.
• Huang Xiao shouted for He Ya to regain control after a wave rocked the ship, and He Ya sent the recovered crew back to their stations.
• Two hours later, the storm subsided, and Huang Xiao told He Ya that the formation experts had laid the protective formation.

Huo Lian warned that the ships had entered a vast wind eye, where calm conditions concealed the return of dangerous sea formations. After reaching Xu Diao’s ship, the Holy Envoys debated whether to hurry onward or heed a helmsman’s warning, while He Ya and Huang Xiao kept their knowledge to themselves.

• Huo Lian identified the calm waters as a likely wind eye, and He Ya confirmed that the region was far larger than any he had encountered.
• He Ya promised Huang Xiao he would guide the ship out, while Huang Xiao said he would handle the formations with Huo Lian’s help.
• He Ya spotted wreckage and other ships ahead, and Huang Xiao ordered his ship to approach them.
• The group recognized Xu Diao’s Evil Domain ship, and Huang Xiao exchanged sharp words with a Holy Envoy who disparaged him.
• A helmsman warned the Holy Envoys that the calm might be a wind eye, but most argued they should press onward before the formations returned.
• Huang Xiao and He Ya stayed silent as the Holy Envoys considered leaving, while He Ya privately thought they were heading to their deaths.

Huang Xiao’s group stayed inside the storm’s eye while Huo Lian investigated its movement and advised the crew on a safer course. They headed southeast to keep pace with the eye, though Huo Lian admitted the formation’s unpredictable changes left their survival uncertain.

• Huo Lian walked across the water to investigate the storm’s eye and found that it was moving southeast faster than the ship.
• Huang Xiao and the others agreed to change course and have people take turns pushing the ship to keep it within the calm eye.
• He Ya warned that the southeast route carried unknown dangers, but acknowledged that following the original route would be fatal.
• He Ya ordered the crew to head southeast at full speed.
• Back in Huang Xiao’s room, Huo Lian admitted he could only understand a little of the Grand Formation and urged everyone to rest before further changes.

Huang Xiao and his companions spotted three damaged ships carrying six Holy Envoys, who demanded that they surrender their vessel. Huang Xiao recognized their intent to seize it, and the confrontation began.

• Huang Xiao and Li Bai discussed the calm voyage and Leng Guhan’s relentless cultivation of the Heartless Sword Dao despite warnings that he might suffer qi deviation.
• Huang Xiao’s group spotted three battered ships approaching, and He Ya warned that their occupants might try to take their ship.
• A Holy Envoy recognized Huang Xiao as Xu Diao, and He Ya realized that six Holy Envoys were aboard the three ships.
• The Holy Envoys proposed exchanging their three failing ships for Huang Xiao’s vessel, then suggested Huang Xiao and his people board the wrecks while they led the way.
• Huang Xiao accused the Holy Envoys of intending to seize his ship as his expression darkened.

Huang Xiao rejected the Holy Envoys’ demand for his ship and declared that he wanted their lives. As the battle began, Huo Lian killed a Holy Envoy who tried to seize the ships and rushed toward them.

• The Holy Envoys demanded that Xu Diao hand over his ship, while He Ya urged Huang Xiao to accept their terms.
• Huang Xiao agreed to give up the ship only if the Holy Envoys gave up their lives, and He Ya ordered his men to prepare for battle.
• Huang Xiao charged at the Holy Envoys as Huo Lian and the others joined the fight.
• A Holy Envoy tried to bypass Huang Xiao and take control of the ships, but Huo Lian struck him down and headed toward the three ships.

Huang Xiao and his companions overwhelmed five Holy Envoys, but an unexpected vortex trapped their ships and left them unable to escape. Huo Lian suspected the vortex was concealing a Teleportation Formation.

• Huo Lian and the others defeated the five Holy Envoys’ subordinates, then began overpowering the five Envoys themselves.
• The five Envoys offered to give up their ship, but Huang Xiao refused to spare them.
• A sudden vortex appeared beneath the ships, dragged them toward its center, and disrupted the Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth.
• Huang Xiao and his companions returned to their ship, but He Ya could not regain control of it.
• Huo Lian studied the vortex and suggested it was an outward appearance concealing a Teleportation Formation.