Chapter Summaries

Huang Xiao avenged his master by killing Bai Tianqi, then joined Liaochen in defending Shaolin and learned that Pudu had been killed. As the fighting continued, Cao Wuxin arrived and learned from Tuoba Xing that Huang Xiao was nearby.

• Huang Xiao killed Bai Tianqi and resolved to seek revenge for the fallen members of Poison God Valley.
• Huang Xiao rescued Liaochen from evil fighters, and together they killed three attackers before the rest fled.
• Liaochen told Huang Xiao that Pudu had died, and Huang Xiao described the destruction of Poison God Valley and Medicine God Valley.
• Tuoba Xing retreated toward the outskirts, where Cao Wuxin confronted him and demanded to know how the battle was going.
• Tuoba Xing told Cao Wuxin that Huang Xiao was nearby, and Cao Wuxin ordered Tuoba Xing to roll away while threatening his life.

Tuoba Xing endured Cao Wuxin’s humiliation, then unleashed a deadly scream before returning toward Shaolin’s mountaintop. There, Jin Yi proposed capturing Huang Xiao to lure Ling Tianya, and the gathered experts debated whether to follow his plan.

• Tuoba Xing rolled away at Cao Wuxin’s command, then watched Cao leave and was left burning with rage.
• A Jianghu man attacked Tuoba Xing, who killed him with a glance and then screamed, killing everyone within ten zhang before heading back toward the mountaintop.
• Jin Yi introduced himself to Pufa, Pulu, Xuying, Xuhua, and the other experts and said Huang Xiao was Ling Tianya’s grandson.
• Jin Yi urged the experts to capture Huang Xiao and use him to draw Ling Tianya out, prompting debate over the plan and the evidence for their relationship.
• Xuying supported the plan, while Xuhua warned that detaining Huang Xiao might provoke Ling Tianya; Jin Yi then left without taking part in the decision.

At Shaolin, the gathered experts debated eliminating Ling Tianya and agreed to search for Huang Xiao, whom they suspected was his grandson. At the foot of the mountain, Cao Wuxin confronted Huang Xiao and revealed his lineage, leaving Huang Xiao to face the danger posed by the Righteous Path experts who now knew the truth.

• Jin Yi left, while the assembled experts agreed that Ling Tianya had to be eliminated despite Master Xuhua pleading for mercy for Huang Xiao.
• Pufa sent several experts down the mountain to find Huang Xiao and invite him to Shaolin, promising Master Xuhua they would spare his life but keep him under watch.
• Huang Xiao fought demonic practitioners alongside Liaochen when Cao Wuxin arrived and threatened to kill him.
• Cao Wuxin told Huang Xiao that Ling Tianya was his grandfather, and Huang Xiao struggled to accept the revelation while considering the many people Ling Tianya had killed.
• Cao Wuxin warned Huang Xiao that the Righteous Path experts on the mountain already knew his identity and would not let him escape.

Ling Tianya confronted Mu Jingfei, who revealed that Tuoba Xiongzhen had instigated the turmoil behind the destruction of Ling Tianya’s Profound Ice Sect and had urged Mu Jingfei to seize the throne. Mu Jingfei believed Tuoba Xiongzhen might still be alive, and Ling Tianya vowed to kill him himself as three figures approached their meeting.

• Ling Tianya challenged Mu Jingfei and demanded to know whether he was connected to the plot behind the spread of Ling Tianya’s cultivation method.
• Mu Jingfei admitted that Tuoba Xiongzhen had secretly fanned the Jianghu turmoil and encouraged him to usurp the throne.
• Mu Jingfei said Tuoba Xiongzhen had sought to create chaos so he could control the Wulin and the realm.
• Ling Tianya vowed to destroy the Tuoba of Lin'an, then learned from Mu Jingfei that Tuoba Xiongzhen might still be alive.
• Three figures approached, and Mu Jingfei assured Ling Tianya that they had come for an appointment rather than to target him.

Mu Jingfei gathered Ling Tianya, Fang Ketian, Huang Qitao, and Qiu Ming to reveal that Tuoba Xiongzhen was likely still alive and to propose joining forces to find his mysterious scriptures. He ended by suggesting that Tuoba Xiongzhen had arranged for Ling Tianya to obtain the Ten Thousand Demons Canon.

• Ling Tianya mocked the gathered experts, then identified Fang Ketian, Huang Qitao, and Qiu Ming and criticized their ties to Tuoba Xiongzhen.
• Mu Jingfei asked Fang Ketian and Huang Qitao to confirm they were willing to oppose Tuoba Xiongzhen, and both pledged their support.
• Mu Jingfei showed the group hand bones from Tuoba Xiongzhen's coffin and explained that their ordinary fingers proved the buried corpse was not Tuoba Xiongzhen.
• Mu Jingfei said Tuoba Xiongzhen was probably still alive, possibly living under another identity, and proposed seeking the mysterious scriptures he possessed.
• Mu Jingfei suggested that Tuoba Xiongzhen had arranged for Ling Tianya to obtain the Ten Thousand Demons Canon.

Mu Jingfei revealed that Tuoba Xiongzhen had cast the Ten Thousand Demons Canon into the Jianghu and might possess several other scriptures, prompting the group to plan to find and take them. After Huang Qitao warned that righteous factions might use Huang Xiao to threaten him, Ling Tianya rushed to protect his grandson, while Mu Jingfei privately considered keeping the scriptures for himself.

• Mu Jingfei told Ling Tianya that Tuoba Xiongzhen had arranged for him to obtain the Ten Thousand Demons Canon, which Tuoba could not comprehend himself.
• Mu Jingfei revealed that Tuoba Xiongzhen might possess other scriptures, and Ling Tianya agreed that everyone could read any they seized.
• Ling Tianya and Mu Jingfei asked Huang Qitao, Fang Ketian, and Qiu Ming to investigate Tuoba Xiongzhen, while Fang Ketian questioned whether they would share in the spoils.
• Huang Qitao warned Ling Tianya that Shaolin and the righteous path might use Huang Xiao to threaten him, and Ling Tianya immediately vanished to protect his grandson.
• After the three men left, Mu Jingfei privately doubted that he would share the scriptures and considered recruiting the Taixuan Sect if necessary.

Huang Xiao was cornered by Cao Wuxin, but Jiao Qin and Ke Zhen intervened to take him hostage because of his ties to Ling Tianya. When Ke Zhen tried to seize him, Ling Tianya arrived and attacked the two elders.

• Cao Wuxin caught up with Huang Xiao, wounded him, and told him that Liaochen had survived but was badly hurt.
• Jiao Qin and Ke Zhen arrived, identified Cao Wuxin, and announced that they intended to take Huang Xiao to use against Ling Tianya.
• Cao Wuxin tried to kill Huang Xiao, but Jiao Qin blocked him and drove him back.
• Jiao Qin revealed that Huang Xiao was Ling Tianya's grandson, and Ke Zhen moved to seize Huang Xiao and take him up the mountain.
• A thunderous shout injured Jiao Qin and Ke Zhen, and Ling Tianya appeared, declaring that he would kill them.

Ling Tianya fought off the Righteous Path experts who tried to use Huang Xiao against him, but Huang Xiao refused to acknowledge him as his grandfather. Huang Xiao said Ling Tianya had killed his three patriarchs and declared he would seek revenge only against Medicine King Hall.

• Ling Tianya knocked Ke Zhen and Jiao Qin aside, then abandoned his attack when Perfected Being Xuying moved to seize Huang Xiao.
• Perfected Being Xuying, Pufa, Pulu, Xuhua, and other Righteous Path experts gathered to confront Ling Tianya and threatened to use Huang Xiao against him.
• Ling Tianya drove Pufa back and told Huang Xiao to escape, but Huang Xiao coldly denied having any connection to him.
• Cao Wuxin mocked Ling Tianya over Huang Xiao’s refusal, while Ling Tianya insisted Huang Xiao was his grandson.
• Huang Xiao said Ling Tianya had killed his three patriarchs, so he would neither acknowledge Ling Tianya nor seek revenge against him, and would instead pursue Medicine King Hall.

Ling Tianya provoked Huang Xiao by revealing that he had killed Mu Yi, Xu Yan Yun, and Li Cong, then used the ensuing chaos to drive Huang Xiao into a fury. Huang Xiao fled and turned his anger on the Medicine King Hall, but he attacked Xiao Yan’s party instead, leaving her gravely injured.

• Ling Tianya threatened to kill the surviving Two Valleys disciples unless Huang Xiao acknowledged him as his grandfather, and Huang Xiao’s aura grew unstable with rage.
• Pufa and the Jianghu experts attacked Ling Tianya and tried to seize Huang Xiao, but Huang Xiao moved away and fled while Ling Tianya held them off.
• Ling Tianya realized Cao Wuxin was pursuing Huang Xiao and fought desperately to delay the other experts, hoping Ran Chou would help.
• Huang Xiao blamed the Medicine King Hall for his grief and raced toward a group of Khitan people, where he encountered Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan tried to help Huang Xiao and ordered her guards to restrain him, but Huang Xiao’s Demonic Qi overwhelmed him and he struck her, gravely injuring her.

After Huang Xiao accidentally injured Xiao Yan, Cao Wuxin arrived and revealed his plan to kill Huang Xiao, abduct Xiao Yan, and disrupt peace between Khitan and Great Song. Xiao Yan’s guards tried to stop him, but Cao Wuxin broke through and struck at Huang Xiao before he could unleash Heavenly Demon Disintegration.

• Huang Xiao regained his senses after striking Xiao Yan, while her guards threatened him and she ordered them to stand down.
• Cao Wuxin appeared, identified Xiao Yan as Huang Xiao’s designated bride, and announced he would kill Huang Xiao and take her away.
• Cao Wuxin explained that abducting Xiao Yan would also sabotage the planned friendship between Khitan and Great Song.
• Xiao Yan ordered her three guards to intercept Cao Wuxin, but he wounded them and charged past toward Huang Xiao.
• Huang Xiao circulated Heavenly Demon True Qi and prepared to use Heavenly Demon Disintegration, but Cao Wuxin struck his chest to stop him.

Huang Xiao broke through to the fifth layer of the Heavenly Demon Skill while fighting Cao Wuxin, turning the tide and forcing Cao Wuxin to flee. Huang Xiao pursued him, while Xiao Yan stayed behind with the three wounded experts.

• Cao Wuxin's palm strike triggered a violent surge of Heavenly Demon True Qi in Huang Xiao's meridians, and Huang Xiao risked his life by attempting the fifth-layer method.
• As Cao Wuxin attacked again, Huang Xiao forced the true qi into his Dantian, broke through to the fifth layer, and blocked Cao Wuxin's palm before striking him back.
• Huang Xiao used his new strength to suppress Cao Wuxin in their exchange and nearly crippled his leg, then warned him that he would die that day.
• Huang Xiao unleashed the fifth-layer force of the Heavenly Demon Subduing Tiger Fist and sent Cao Wuxin flying, but could not kill him in one blow.
• Cao Wuxin fled, and Huang Xiao chased after him; Xiao Yan remained behind after the three wounded experts urged her to leave the area with them.

Huang Xiao defeated Cao Wuxin but had to abandon the pursuit when his internal injuries flared. Gui Jiu, the Sect Master of Ghost Gate, confronted him over the Heavenly Demon Skill, but Ran Chou arrived and challenged Gui Jiu as Huang Xiao was told to escape.

• Xiao Yan withdrew toward Kaifeng with her injured party, reflecting that Huang Xiao had surpassed Cao Wuxin among the younger generation.
• Huang Xiao caught Cao Wuxin and defeated him in a second clash, but stopped pursuing when his meridian injuries worsened.
• Gui Jiu appeared, revealed that he wanted Huang Xiao dead because of the Heavenly Demon Skill and its threat to his plans, and blocked his escape.
• Ran Chou arrived and reminded Gui Jiu that he had defeated him ten years earlier, then ordered Huang Xiao to leave.
• Gui Jiu charged at Huang Xiao despite Ran Chou's challenge.

Ran Chou fought Gui Jiu to protect Huang Xiao, but Huang Xiao was badly injured after running into Jin Yi of the Taixuan Sect. Wan Qingteng arrived and attacked Jin Yi, leaving Ran Chou to face Gui Jiu while carrying the unconscious Huang Xiao.

• Huang Xiao escaped while Ran Chou blocked Gui Jiu, and the two old rivals fought at full strength.
• Gui Jiu revealed that he had mastered Tuoba Xiongzhen's Soul-Severing Finger and wounded Ran Chou.
• Huang Xiao returned while fleeing Jin Yi, who struck him with Palm Force; Ran Chou caught him and suppressed the force but feared for his life.
• Gui Jiu and Jin Yi proposed joining forces against Ran Chou, who refused to abandon the unconscious Huang Xiao.
• Wan Qingteng arrived and attacked Jin Yi, while Gui Jiu continued to threaten Ran Chou and Huang Xiao.

Mu Jingfei intervened to let Ran Chou carry the injured Huang Xiao away, then confronted Gui Jiu over their old enmity. Elsewhere, Tuoba Xing killed Cao Wuxin with a single word, and Jin Yi later found the corpse without discovering who had done it.

• Mu Jingfei blocked Gui Jiu and told Ran Chou to take Huang Xiao away, citing Ling Tianya as the reason.
• Mu Jingfei and Gui Jiu began fighting as Mu Jingfei spoke of his plans for vengeance against the power behind the Ghost Gate.
• After fleeing Huang Xiao, Cao Wuxin resolved to return to Taixuan Island and train before seeking revenge.
• Tuoba Xing confronted Cao Wuxin, who attacked him, but Tuoba Xing said “Die!” and killed him with a word.
• Two hours later, Jin Yi found Cao Wuxin dead and realized an unknown expert had shattered every meridian in his body.

After the battle at Shaolin, the survivors searched for Huang Xiao while news of the massacre and his lineage spread across the Wulin. Liaochen found no corpse and hoped Huang Xiao had survived, while Zhao Yunhui asked Zhao Yunya what had happened to him.

• Jin Yi carried Cao Wuxin's corpse away, intending to ask the Taixuan Sect's Sect Master to identify the killer, while Gui Jiu fled after Mu Jingfei defeated him.
• Ling Tianya withdrew from Shaolin after the Righteous Path forces drove back his side, leaving many dead and wounded; Master Kongming treated Liaochen, who worried that Cao Wuxin had killed Huang Xiao.
• Liaochen searched Mount Song for Huang Xiao's body until nightfall but found no trace of him, leaving him hopeful that Huang Xiao was alive.
• News of the Shaolin battle, Pudu's death, the Medicine King Hall's destruction of Medicine God Valley and Poison God Valley, and Huang Xiao's identity as Ling Tianya's grandson spread through the Wulin.
• Zhao Yunya told Zhao Yunhui that Ling Tianya had discovered Huang Xiao years earlier and secretly assigned Jiang Ying to protect him; Zhao Yunhui asked where Huang Xiao was and what had happened after Cao Wuxin pursued him.

Zhao Yunhui worried that Huang Xiao was missing and might be in danger, while Zhao Yunya promised to seek reliable news from Shaolin. At the Soul-Devouring Demon Sect, Jin Yi used its Sect Master Token to demand a meeting with Tu Zhangyuan, then headed toward the sect master's cave after receiving no reply.

• Zhao Yunya told Zhao Yunhui that Huang Xiao was probably safe but his whereabouts were unknown, and Zhao Yunhui asked her to share any news she found.
• Zhao Yunya proposed sending Dugu Sheng to ask Liaochen for information about what had happened at Shaolin.
• Jin Yi arrived at the Soul-Devouring Demon Sect with its Sect Master Token, and Lu Wang verified it and agreed to lead him to Tu Zhangyuan's seclusion cave.
• Jin Yi called for Tu Zhangyuan twice but got no response, then suggested that the sect master might be dead and questioned Lu Wang's motives.
• Jin Yi ignored Lu Wang's warning and strode toward the cave entrance to find out whether Tu Zhangyuan was alive.

Tuoba Xing slipped into Tu Zhangyuan’s cave and learned that the sect master had emerged from seclusion and was heading back to Wei Family Fort. There, Gui Jiu seized the Tuoba family’s inherited martial arts manuscripts and entered Tuoba Xiongzhen’s secret training chamber, where he found an unexpected intruder.

• Jin Yi delivered the Taixuan Sect sect master’s warning to Tu Zhangyuan to watch the Ghost Gate, the Thousand Demons Sect, and the Heavenly Demon Guard, while Tuoba Xing secretly hid in the cave.
• Tuoba Xing left for Wei Family Fort, and Tu Zhangyuan told Lu Wang to keep his emergence from seclusion secret and manage the sect as usual.
• Tuoba Hu brought Gui Jiu three books of his family’s inherited cultivation methods, and Gui Jiu warned him not to disappoint him again.
• Tuoba Hu returned to his room in tears, knowing he had surrendered the family’s remaining supreme arts to protect his lineage from Gui Jiu.
• Gui Jiu read the incomplete manuscripts and went to Tuoba Xiongzhen’s underground training chamber to study them.
• Gui Jiu found an unknown man standing in the secret chamber, retreated against the sealed stone door, and recognized the danger.

Tuoba Xing revealed that he was alive and confronted Gui Jiu for turning against him and targeting his descendants. After punishing Gui Jiu and restoring his obedience, Tuoba Xing ordered him to help plunge the Jianghu and several countries into chaos, while he planned to remove every obstacle to his ambitions.

• Gui Jiu knelt before the man he believed dead, then recognized him as Tuoba Xing and questioned how he had survived.
• Tuoba Xing rebuked Gui Jiu for plotting against his descendants and seeking his cultivation methods, while Gui Jiu claimed his increased power made him difficult to defeat.
• Tuoba Xing revealed that he had poisoned Gui Jiu and withheld the true Ghost Spirit Nine Transformations Art, then triggered Gui Jiu's agony.
• Tuoba Xing's aura briefly turned violent as he recalled Li of the Taixuan Sect, then he kicked Gui Jiu through the stone door and spared him because he still had a use for him.
• Gui Jiu pledged obedience, and Tuoba Xing ordered him to stir up conflict across the Jianghu and several countries while he considered how to eliminate every obstacle.

Tuoba Xing ordered Gui Jiu to locate the Seven Spirit Blades while planning to use other powers to weaken the Taixuan Sect. Meanwhile, Huang Xiao recovered at the Heavenly Demon Guard’s base in Uyghur territory, where Ran Chou told him he was qualified to become Heavenly Demon Sect Master; Huang Xiao accepted and resolved to use the position to pursue revenge.

• Tuoba Xing told Gui Jiu he would avoid confronting the Taixuan Sect directly and ordered him to find the remaining Seven Spirit Blades.
• Tuoba Xing destroyed the three books Gui Jiu brought, then sent him away from Wei Family Fort.
• Ran Chou told Huang Xiao he had been unconscious for five days and explained that the Heavenly Demon Guard’s base was in Uyghur territory, where the Heavenly Demon Sect’s main altar had once stood.
• Ran Chou said Huang Xiao’s mastery of the Heavenly Demon Skill qualified him to become Heavenly Demon Sect Master and command the sect’s former forces.
• Huang Xiao agreed to follow Ran Chou’s arrangements, then told Duan Ren he would call on him if needed.
• Huang Xiao thought of Zhao Xin’er and resolved to recover, secure his position as Sect Master, and use the Heavenly Demon Sect’s power for revenge against the Medicine King Hall.

Ran Chou presented Huang Xiao as the candidate for Heavenly Demon Sect Master, but Fang Dong challenged his qualifications and opposed his appointment. Fang Jin and Fang Min returned to oppose Fang Dong, and Ran Chou began arranging a vote among the lineages.

• Huang Xiao entered the Heavenly Demon Guard's main hall and endured the experts' pressure without losing his composure.
• Ran Chou announced that Huang Xiao knew the Heavenly Demon Skill and had reached its fifth layer, making him qualified to become Sect Master.
• Fang Dong objected that Huang Xiao's martial power was too weak, while several lineages aligned with the Fang Family supported his opposition.
• Fang Jin and Fang Min entered the hall, challenged Fang Dong's authority over the Fang Family, and declared their support for Huang Xiao.
• Ran Chou asked the experts whether they had authority to vote for their lineages, then turned to Fang Dong for the Fang Family's position.