Chapter Summaries

Wu Xuancang and Li Bai faced Du Moyou after he found his son Du Deyi dead, and they fought despite knowing they were outmatched. Li Bai wounded Du Moyou with Seven-Star Dragon Abyss and discovered the Grand Elder was already gravely injured, but Du Moyou still claimed they could not escape.

• Du Moyou arrived at Du Deyi's corpse and accused Wu Xuancang and Li Bai of killing his great-grandson and son.
• Wu Xuancang told Li Bai to flee toward the Demon Domain while he held Du Moyou back, but Du Moyou overheard their plan.
• Wu Xuancang attacked Du Moyou and found that his sword could not pierce the Grand Elder's palm.
• Li Bai unleashed Seven-Star Dragon Abyss and pierced Du Moyou's palm and left shoulder before retreating.
• Du Moyou drove Wu Xuancang back, spat black blood, and admitted he was already badly wounded from fighting Jiang Wei, but insisted the pair could not escape.

Du Moyou, gravely wounded and furious over the deaths of his son and great-grandson, decided to seize Li Bai’s Seven-Star Dragon Abyss. He badly injured Li Bai and turned to fight Wu Xuancang.

• Du Moyou learned that Li Bai and Wu Xuancang had killed his son, then recognized the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss in Li Bai’s hands.
• Du Moyou resolved to take the Divine Weapon, hoping the prize would earn him standing with the Radiant Sun Sect’s Ancestor after the loss of the Xuanyuan Sword.
• Li Bai attacked Du Moyou with the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss, but Du Moyou evaded his swordsmanship and identified its similarities to the Guiyi Sect’s techniques.
• Du Moyou struck Li Bai from behind with Palm Force, leaving him badly injured and leaning on the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss for support.
• Wu Xuancang charged Du Moyou to defend Li Bai, and Du Moyou met his sword strike with a punch.

Li Bai and Wu Xuancang used Vitality Pills to keep fighting Du Moyou, but their attacks could not overcome his strength. Just as Du Moyou knocked the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss away and seemed poised to claim it, a man from the Slaughter Domain returned the sword to Li Bai.

• Wu Xuancang and Li Bai took Vitality Pills and fought Du Moyou, but their strength and the pills’ effects began to run out.
• Wu Xuancang gave Li Bai their last Vitality Pill, and Li Bai swallowed it while Wu Xuancang withdrew to treat his injuries.
• Li Bai charged Du Moyou again, but Du Moyou knocked the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss from his hand.
• A newcomer struck the sword with finger force and sent it back to Li Bai, then rebuked him for losing his grip on it.
• Du Moyou recognized the newcomer’s Slaughter Domain aura and saw that he appeared to be alone.

Leng Guhan joined Wu Xuancang and Li Bai against the injured Du Moyou, who tried to seize Li Bai’s Seven-Star Dragon Abyss. The three continued fighting, and Leng Guhan revealed that his Zhanlu Sword was a divine weapon before taunting Du Moyou about his injuries.

• Leng Guhan arrived and agreed to fight Du Moyou alongside Wu Xuancang and Li Bai.
• Wu Xuancang told Li Bai that Leng Guhan’s divine weapon gave them a better chance, and Li Bai joined the attack.
• Du Moyou evaded Wu Xuancang’s Palm Force and tried to wrench the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss from Li Bai, but Li Bai’s Sword Qi forced him to retreat.
• Leng Guhan attacked Du Moyou with Sword Qi, then dodged his Fist Force and identified his Zhanlu Sword as a divine weapon.
• Du Moyou kicked Leng Guhan away, but Leng Guhan recovered and taunted him for being too injured to defeat him quickly.

Li Bai, Leng Guhan, and Wu Xuancang turned the fight against Du Moyou after Leng Guhan revealed the Zhanlu Sword and Wu Xuancang's palm strike aggravated Du Moyou's injuries. They killed Du Moyou, leaving the three allies alive after a hard-fought battle.

• Wu Xuancang attacked Du Moyou to keep him from targeting Leng Guhan, but Du Moyou dismissed the threat and rushed at Leng Guhan.
• Leng Guhan drew the Zhanlu Sword, and Du Moyou recognized it as a genuine divine weapon before Wu Xuancang struck him from behind with a powerful palm.
• Du Moyou was unable to evade Leng Guhan's thrust, which pierced his left shoulder, and Li Bai and Leng Guhan continued pressing him with their swords.
• Du Moyou's injuries flared up under the three-way assault, and Wu Xuancang revealed that his palm techniques were stronger than his swordsmanship.
• Du Moyou tried to escape and then bluff the three allies, but his injuries worsened until he vomited blood.
• Li Bai and Leng Guhan killed Du Moyou, and Li Bai admitted he had never expected them to defeat him.

Leng Guhan rescued Li Bai and Wu Xuancang from Du Moyou and explained that the Slaughter Evil Lord, his master, had ordered him to find Huang Xiao and bring them along. The three set out to meet Huang Xiao and the others, while Leng Guhan began to explain how they had ended up at sea.

• Wu Xuancang searched Du Moyou's body, but found nothing, and Li Bai agreed they should leave for the Demon Domain.
• Leng Guhan revealed that Huang Xiao and the others were at sea with Xuan Yuanxiang, so he and the others headed toward West Mountain Town to reach them.
• Leng Guhan told Li Bai and Wu Xuancang that his master, the Slaughter Evil Lord, was the Immortal Alchemist and had ordered him to find them and Huang Xiao.
• Li Bai and Wu Xuancang noticed that Leng Guhan seemed less heartless than before, but he insisted he was only following orders.
• Wu Xuancang asked how Huang Xiao had ended up at sea, and Leng Guhan said Li Bai was not well informed before beginning to explain.

Li Bai, Leng Guhan, and Wu Xuancang reached the formation near West Mountain Town looking for Huang Xiao, but found Hong Yi and learned that he and Dugu Sheng were secretly moving Creation Sect treasures. They waited for more information while respecting Hong Yi’s refusal to reveal the details of the mission.

• After Du Moyou’s death spread through the Alliance Domain, many people doubted that Li Bai and Leng Guhan had killed him and attributed his death to bad luck.
• Li Bai, Leng Guhan, and Wu Xuancang took a long detour to West Mountain Town, then sailed toward the formation where they expected to find Huang Xiao and the others.
• The three men met Hong Yi, who told them Huang Xiao was not there and said he and Dugu Sheng were moving Creation Sect treasures out of the formation.
• Hong Yi declined to disclose more about the secret task, and Wu Xuancang reassured him that they would not press him.
• Dugu Sheng emerged carrying a bundle of treasures, and Wu Xuancang warned Leng Guhan not to set his sights on them.

Dugu Sheng revealed that Xuan Yuanxiang had dismantled the Sacred Land formation to gather materials for rebuilding it outside, while Hong Yi kept the group’s plans secret. After seven months of cultivation in another formation, Huang Xiao and his companions emerged to learn that the Heavenly Immortal Fruit had helped Xuan Yuanjun recover enough to heal gradually.

• Dugu Sheng told Li Bai and Wu Xuancang that Xuan Yuanxiang had dismantled the Sacred Land formation and planned to rebuild it outside, though some materials were still missing.
• Leng Guhan questioned who could set up such a grand formation, and Dugu Sheng said Huang Xiao would explain when he returned.
• Hong Yi invited Wu Xuancang, Li Bai, and Leng Guhan into the formation, keeping the others’ movements hidden from them.
• Over three months, Huang Xiao confirmed there were no problems with Divine Sense as a Sea, and the Soaring Immortal Fruit transformed into the Heavenly Immortal Fruit to help heal Xuan Yuanjun.
• After four more months, Huang Xiao and his companions finished their seven-month meditation as the formation faded.
• Ji Shidao said the Heavenly Immortal Fruit had made Xuan Yuanjun’s injuries manageable, though the fruit needed time to recover from the effort.

Huang Xiao and the others left the formation after learning that Xuan Yuanjun had nearly recovered and solved it. Xuan Yuanjun began removing its core materials, and four of the nine pieces of spirit crystal marrow shattered as he did so.

• Ji Shidao told Huang Xiao that Xuan Yuanjun would fully recover within a year and had already unraveled the formation.
• Ji Shidao urged Baili Zhen and Tan Ming to leave the images behind and rely on their own comprehension.
• The exhausted Heavenly Immortal Fruit flew to Qingfeng, who cradled him and tucked him into his robes.
• Xuan Yuanjun noticed that Huang Xiao had unknowingly broken through to the Barbarian Desolate Realm.
• Xuan Yuanjun told everyone to leave the formation's range, then removed nine pieces of spirit crystal marrow from the rocky ground.
• Four pieces of spirit crystal marrow shattered, while Xuan Yuanjun said the remaining five were still usable.

Huang Xiao and Xuan Yuanjun’s group left the Valley of Death after dismantling its formation and dividing the treasures. They went their separate ways: Xuan Yuanjun and Ji Xuanying headed to find Li Bai and seek entry to the Last Spirit Land, while Huang Xiao set out for the Zhu Family to pursue the Minghong Saber.

• Xuan Yuanjun explained that four pieces of Spirit Crystal Marrow had shattered during the formation’s dismantling and that losses were largely unavoidable.
• Huang Xiao and the others left the Valley of Death, and Xuan Yuanjun’s group killed the Jianghu watchers who witnessed their emergence.
• The group split up, with Xuan Yuanjun and Ji Xuanying escorting the exotic flowers and plants to West Mountain Town before sending Ji Shidao and the others toward the Desolate Domain.
• Xuan Yuanjun and Ji Xuanying took the Cold Jade Key to find Senior Immortal Alchemist, while Huang Xiao took the Supreme Ghost Stele and Xuan Yuanjun’s token to seek out the Zhu Family.
• Huang Xiao planned to find Zhu Fenglin in the Frozen Snowfield and wondered whether Sun Lanbing and Zhou Kemo were still there.

Xuan Yuanjun and Ji Xuanying surveyed the guarded Spirit Land in the Central Desert but found no safe way to enter without risking exposure. They returned to the Holy City of the Slaughter Domain to consult the Immortal Alchemist, whose formation insights involved Leng Guhan and the others.

• Xuan Yuanjun and Ji Xuanying discussed the danger of revealing their identities while investigating the Spirit Land and decided to seek evidence against the Longevity Daoist.
• Xuan Yuanjun concluded he could not find a way through the Spirit Land’s formations and left with Ji Xuanying to ask the Slaughter Evil Lord for help.
• Xuan Yuanjun and Ji Xuanying used Huang Xiao’s token to contact the Immortal Alchemist in the Holy City of the Slaughter Domain.
• The Immortal Alchemist said he had gained insights into the Spirit Land’s formation and asked whether Xuan Yuanjun and Ji Xuanying had met Leng Guhan and the others.
• Ji Xuanying explained that they had been trapped in the Valley of Death when Leng Guhan and the others visited Xuan Yuanxiang, and the Immortal Alchemist said his formation insights concerned them.

The Immortal Alchemist warned Xuan Yuanjun and Ji Xuanying that the Longevity Daoist’s Grand Formation might affect people from the Ancient World more severely, while those with a shallow imprint from the Martial World could be less affected. The group recognized Huang Xiao and the others as valuable exceptions, and the Immortal Alchemist learned that Xuan Yuanjun and Ji Xuanying had recovered from their injuries.

• The Immortal Alchemist told Xuan Yuanjun and Ji Xuanying that activating the Grand Formation could affect the entire Ancient World, especially its long-time residents.
• The Immortal Alchemist said Huang Xiao and the others might be affected less because they had spent little time in the Ancient World, and urged the others to protect them.
• Xuan Yuanjun and Ji Xuanying considered that the Longevity Daoist might also be affected because the activated formation could become uncontrollable, though his knowledge of it could lessen the impact.
• Ji Xuanying asked whether all the people from the Martial World had returned, and Xuan Yuanjun named Baili Zhen and Tan Ming along with Qingfeng.
• The Immortal Alchemist noticed the change in Xuan Yuanjun’s aura, and Xuan Yuanjun explained that the Heavenly Immortal Fruit and Huang Xiao had helped heal his and Ji Xuanying’s injuries.

Xuan Yuanjun, Ji Xuanying, and the Immortal Alchemist discussed strengthening Huang Xiao and the others before the Longevity Daoist activated his formation. They agreed to explore the Last Spirit Land with the Cold Jade Key, then considered entering through the Slaughter Evil Domain, where Shentu Kuanglang held the corresponding Bronze Key.

• The Immortal Alchemist congratulated Xuan Yuanjun and Ji Xuanying on the Soaring Immortal Fruit, and they discussed Ji Xuanying and Xuan Yuanjun training the women and Yunhui in their respective strengths.
• The Immortal Alchemist suggested Huang Xiao and his group from the Central Plains might be less affected by the formation, but Ji Xuanying hoped they would still prove useful.
• Xuan Yuanjun showed the Immortal Alchemist the Cold Jade Key and proposed that they explore the Last Spirit Land together while Huang Xiao was away.
• Xuan Yuanjun explained that factions had surrounded the Last Spirit Land with grand formations, making a concealed entry unlikely.
• The Immortal Alchemist proposed considering another route, and Xuan Yuanjun recalled that Huang Xiao had entered through the Spirit Land in the Slaughter Evil Domain.
• Ji Xuanying realized the corresponding Bronze Key was now held by Shentu Kuanglang, who had taken it from the Demon Domain's generals.

Ji Xuanying, Xuan Yuanjun, and the Immortal Alchemist discussed entering the Last Spirit Land and using what they learned there to find a way to break its formations. Meanwhile, Huang Xiao arrived in the Frozen Snowfield and reunited with Zhou Kemo.

• The Immortal Alchemist explained that he could open part of the Last Spirit Land's formation despite it not being time for its full opening.
• The Immortal Alchemist warned that the Longevity Daoist's preparations might make the formations nearly impossible to damage, but Xuan Yuanjun argued that studying their core could help them devise a way to break them.
• The Immortal Alchemist admitted he had become obsessed with the problem, then joined Xuan Yuanjun and Ji Xuanying in preparing to explore the formations.
• Huang Xiao reached the Frozen Snowfield after finding Zhu Fenglin's former residence abandoned, intending to ask Zhou Kemo and Sun Lanbing whether Zhu Fenglin had returned.
• Zhou Kemo mistook Huang Xiao for an intruder and thrust a sword at him, but Huang Xiao caught the blade and revealed himself.

Huang Xiao sought Zhu Fenglin’s help with awakening the Saber Soul in his saber, so he traveled to the Zhu Family with Zhou Kemo and Sun Lanbing. Zhu Fenglin welcomed them at his residence but admitted he had not found a way to awaken the Saber Soul.

• Zhou Kemo and Sun Lanbing told Huang Xiao that Zhu Fenglin had invited them to the Zhu Family and left his wine gourd as a token.
• Huang Xiao, Zhou Kemo, and Sun Lanbing traveled to the Zhu Family and used Zhu Fenglin’s wine gourd to prove their connection to him.
• Zhu Fenglin came to meet the three visitors, recognized Huang Xiao through a voice transmission, and brought them to his courtyard.
• Huang Xiao asked whether Zhu Fenglin had found a way to awaken the Saber Soul, and Zhu Fenglin said he had not.

Huang Xiao asked Zhu Fenglin to arrange an audience with the Zhu Family clan head, explaining that he carried a token from a senior connected to the family. The clan head received him but doubted the wooden token’s authenticity, and Huang Xiao pointed out the character carved on it.

• Zhu Fenglin admitted he had gathered few of the materials needed to awaken Huang Xiao’s Saber Soul and could not find a senior willing to help.
• Huang Xiao revealed he had a token from a senior with deep ties to the Zhu Family and asked Zhu Fenglin to introduce him to the clan head.
• Zhu Fenglin arranged an audience, and Huang Xiao passed through several checkpoints before entering the clan head’s courtyard.
• The clan head summoned Huang Xiao alone and demanded to see the token.
• The clan head called the wooden token a mockery, and Huang Xiao explained that Senior Xuanyuan had carved the character “Jun” on it.

Huang Xiao presented the Zhu Family Clan Head with a wooden token bearing the character “Jun,” claiming its owner had a deep connection to the Creation Sect. The Zhu Family Ancestor recognized Xuan Yuanjun’s handwriting and discovered a warning hidden in the token before confirming that the token had been made recently.

• Huang Xiao told the Zhu Family Clan Head that the token’s owner had a deep connection to the Creation Sect, so the Clan Head sent him to wait and brought the token to the ancestors.
• The Clan Head showed the token to three Zhu Family ancestors, and the Zhu Family Ancestor recognized the character as Xuan Yuanjun’s handwriting.
• The Zhu Family Ancestor uncovered a hidden message in the token warning, “Beware of the Longevity Daoist.”
• The Zhu Family Ancestor detected faint vitality in the recently made wooden token and asked where Huang Xiao was.

Huang Xiao brought the Minghong Saber to the Zhu Family’s Ancestors, asking them to awaken its nearly vanished Saber Soul. Zhu Qingquan agreed to help, though he warned that the Saber Soul might never regain its former strength; Huang Xiao accepted the risk.

• The Clan Head brought Huang Xiao into the Zhu Family’s Sacred Land and then withdrew at an Ancestor’s order.
• Huang Xiao told Zhu Qingquan that Senior Xuanyuan had sent him to request the Zhu Family’s help.
• Huang Xiao presented the Minghong Saber, and the Ancestors found its Saber Soul nearly dissipated.
• Zhu Qingquan admired the saber’s craftsmanship and suspected its forging method came from the Zhu Family, but Huang Xiao withheld the maker’s identity.
• Zhu Qingquan offered to awaken the Saber Soul but warned he could not guarantee it would recover its former power.
• Huang Xiao insisted that awakening the Saber Soul would be enough, even if the saber remained weaker.

Huang Xiao asked Zhu Qingquan to awaken the Minghong Saber's saber soul, and Zhu Qingquan agreed to repair it and show Huang Xiao the Zhu Family's origin flames. Huang Xiao learned that the Zhu Family had spent tens of thousands of years cultivating the seven flames in its Sacred Land, and the chapter ended with Zhu Qingquan explaining their method of mutual restraint and generation.

• Huang Xiao rejected Zhu Qingquan's offer to forge him a divine weapon and asked him to awaken the Minghong Saber's saber soul instead.
• Zhu Qingquan explained that most wielders forced sentient divine weapons into service rather than forming a mind-to-mind bond with them.
• Zhu Qingquan assured Huang Xiao that he would awaken the saber soul in a few years and said Huang Xiao's origin flame would be useful for strengthening it afterward.
• Zhu Qingquan took Huang Xiao to see seven areas of origin flame in the Zhu Family's Sacred Land.
• Zhu Qingquan explained that the Zhu Family had cultivated the seven flames through mutual restraint and generation over tens of thousands of years.

Huang Xiao learned that reviving the Minghong Saber Soul would require a tenth of each of the Seven Great Origin Flames, and Zhu Qingquan insisted the Zhu Family honor its promise. Before they left the Origin Flames, the saber instinctively drew in their aura, though Zhu Qingquan said its Saber Soul had not changed.

• Huang Xiao asked how much Origin Flame was needed to awaken the Minghong Saber Soul, and Zhu Qingquan said at least a tenth of each of the Seven Great Origin Flames.
• Two Zhu Family elders objected to the expense, but Huang Xiao asked whether there was a way to use less, and Zhu Qingquan declared the matter settled and ordered them not to obstruct him.
• Zhu Qingquan told Huang Xiao the Minghong Saber would be placed in a nearby forging chamber, where a formation could channel the Origin Flames toward it.
• As Zhu Qingquan prepared to leave, he noticed the Minghong Saber drawing in the aura of the Seven Great Origin Flames.
• Zhu Qingquan determined that the Saber Soul had not recovered; its powerful former nature and deep connection to fire made it instinctively attract the Origin Flames.