Chapter Summaries

Fan Zhongkun arrived to protect Huang Xiao and confronted Zhou Gang, an Upper Steward of Imperial Remnant Manor, over his attempt to kill Huang Xiao and seize Inugami. Fan Zhongkun revealed powerful Heavenly Evil Sect techniques in battle, while Huang Xiao recovered and Fan Zhongkun sensed Tiger Wing drawing near.

• Zhou Gang stopped Xiang Guiqing and Jia Kong from fleeing, then recognized Fan Zhongkun as a Void Martial Realm expert when he arrived.
• Zhou Gang demanded Inugami and attacked Fan Zhongkun after Fan Zhongkun refused to let him harm Huang Xiao.
• Fan Zhongkun drove Zhou Gang back with Inugami and the Spirit Evil Saber Technique, startling him by displaying strength beyond what he expected.
• Zhou Gang used Heaven and Earth Momentum to evade Fan Zhongkun's combined saber force, then recognized Fan Zhongkun's Evil Transformation Art.
• Fan Zhongkun kept Zhou Gang occupied while Huang Xiao healed, and he sensed Tiger Wing approaching through Inugami.

Huang Xiao recovered enough to kill Jia Kong and four others, taking Jia Kong’s jade slip and forcing Xiang Guiqing to retreat. The chapter ended with Fan Zhongkun attacking Zhou Gang while Huang Xiao faced the remaining danger.

• Jia Kong killed a Sword Pavilion expert while defending his jade slip, then charged at Huang Xiao to draw attention away from himself.
• Huang Xiao killed Jia Kong with the Imitation Saber and took his jade slip, revealing that he had recovered much of his strength.
• The two Sword Pavilion experts and two Heavenly Evil Sect experts attacked Huang Xiao, but he killed all four in a rapid counterattack using the Fifth Form.
• Xiang Guiqing recoiled after witnessing Huang Xiao’s strength, while Zhou Gang praised him and Fan Zhongkun continued their fight.
• Fan Zhongkun sprang into the air and brought Inugami down toward Zhou Gang’s head.

Huang Xiao nearly killed Xiang Guiqing and took his Jade Slip, but Elder Gu and Zeng Yan intervened, bringing the Ghost Spirit Sect and Demon Spirit Sect into the struggle over the slips and Inugami. Yue Cheng and Yin Huju then arrived from the Heavenly Demon Hall to protect Huang Xiao, and Yin Huju challenged Zhou Gang over Imperial Remnant Manor’s involvement in the Demon-Slaying Order.

• With Zhou Gang occupied by Fan Zhongkun, Huang Xiao attacked the weakened Xiang Guiqing and crippled his hands, preparing to kill him and seize his Jade Slip.
• Elder Gu stopped Huang Xiao, took Xiang Guiqing’s Jade Slip, and was joined by Zeng Yan, who learned that Huang Xiao held another Jade Slip and that Zhong Tianlang had died.
• Zeng Yan and Gu Xihan recognized Inugami and prepared to take it, while Zhou Gang said he had come for Huang Xiao’s life and would leave him to them.
• Yue Cheng and Yin Huju arrived and challenged the Demon and Ghost Factions, then told Huang Xiao to fall back; Huang Xiao identified Fan Zhongkun as his friend.
• Yin Huju warned Zhou Gang that Imperial Remnant Manor could face consequences if its leaders were backing the Demon-Slaying Order.

Huang Xiao was caught between Heavenly Demon Hall, Imperial Remnant Manor, and the forces pursuing him for his Jade Slip. As Fan Zhongkun and the others fought to buy him time, Huang Xiao chose to face Hu Kelie, Xiang Guiqing, and Yong Xing himself.

• Zhou Gang challenged Yue Cheng and Yin Huju, while Zeng Yan and Gu Xihan tried to leave with their Jade Slip.
• Yue Cheng demanded Huang Xiao's Jade Slip, and Yin Huju claimed Huang Xiao was a Heavenly Demon Hall disciple before warning him to flee.
• More Martial Realm experts arrived, and Gu Xihan revealed that Huang Xiao had a Jade Slip, drawing their attention to him.
• Yue Cheng and Yin Huju held off the pursuing experts while Fan Zhongkun engaged the Heavenly Evil Sect expert, but Huang Xiao refused to run.
• Hu Kelie attacked Huang Xiao, who evaded the Soul-Extinguishing Saber with his footwork and rushed close to him.

Huang Xiao killed Hu Kelie and severed Yong Xing’s right arm, turning the battle in his favor. He charged at Yong Xing and Xiang Guiqing, while Yong Xing’s left palm struck only Huang Xiao’s afterimage.

• Huang Xiao used his Sound Art to disrupt Hu Kelie, then killed him with the Fifth Form of the Heavenly Demon Demon Saber Techniques.
• Huang Xiao targeted Yong Xing, broke his Rebirth Mantra with the Heavenly Demon Dragon Roar, and severed his right arm.
• Yue Cheng praised Huang Xiao as the battle shifted in his group’s favor.
• Huang Xiao charged at Yong Xing and Xiang Guiqing, and Yong Xing’s left palm hit only an afterimage.

Huang Xiao killed Xiang Guiqing by turning his claw technique against him, but a Martial Realm expert charged after him to seize the Jade Slip. As Huang Xiao fled, Sword God Yi appeared ahead and blocked his way, sensing the Jade Slip’s aura on him.

• Xiang Guiqing attacked Huang Xiao, but Huang Xiao caught and shattered his claw force, then mimicked the technique and struck Xiang Guiqing fatally.
• Yong Xing questioned how Huang Xiao knew Xiang Guiqing’s Claw Technique, while Yin Huju and Yue Cheng realized Huang Xiao’s move was connected to the Ten Thousand Demons Hall.
• A Martial Realm expert charged at Huang Xiao to seize the Jade Slip, and Fan Zhongkun tried to hold off both pursuers.
• Huang Xiao fled, but Sword God Yi appeared in front of him and sensed the Jade Slip’s aura on him.

Sword God Yi stopped Huang Xiao from escaping and persuaded the Martial Realm experts to give him a quarter of an hour to seize Huang Xiao’s jade slip. He began fighting Huang Xiao with his Dark Thunder Swordsmanship, and the battle continued after their first clash left both men surprised by the other’s strength.

• Sword God Yi recognized that Huang Xiao’s jade slip had belonged to Xiang Guiqing or Jia Kong and blocked Huang Xiao’s path.
• Sword God Yi warned the Martial Realm experts that the Sword Pavilion’s seniors were approaching and argued that he deserved a fair chance to challenge Huang Xiao.
• Zeng Yan granted Sword God Yi a quarter of an hour to seize Huang Xiao’s jade slip.
• Sword God Yi drew Dark Thunder and attacked Huang Xiao with his supreme Dark Thunder Swordsmanship.
• Huang Xiao met Sword God Yi’s attack with the Minghong Saber, and their clash drove Huang Xiao back five steps and Sword God Yi back three.

Huang Xiao fought Sword God Yi with the Heavenly Demon Demon Saber Techniques, but Sword God Yi’s Dark Thunder Swordsmanship overwhelmed him and left him badly wounded. With the Minghong Saber’s spirituality still unrecovered, Huang Xiao decided to stake his life on using Flame Essence.

• Sword God Yi dismissed the Heavenly Demon Demon Saber Techniques unless Huang Xiao used the Fifth Form, and Huang Xiao attacked with it.
• Sword God Yi countered with the Dark Thunder Sword, revealing its extraordinary speed and forcing Huang Xiao to block a rapid series of strikes.
• Huang Xiao used partially refined Heavenly Demon True Qi to strengthen his Fifth Form, but Sword God Yi knocked his saber aside and cut deeply across his chest.
• Huang Xiao evaded Sword God Yi’s fatal strike to his neck, but suffered a serious wound that exposed his ribs.
• Huang Xiao realized the Minghong Saber’s spirituality had not recovered and resolved to risk everything with Flame Essence.

Huang Xiao fought Sword God Yi while using Flame Essence from the Minghong Saber to strengthen his Heavenly Demon True Qi. After the flame aura became unavailable and his wound reopened, Huang Xiao tried to imitate the aura with the Ten Thousand Demons Formless Art.

• Huang Xiao drew an excessive amount of Flame Essence into his meridians and struggled to refine his Heavenly Demon True Qi before Sword God Yi attacked.
• Huang Xiao’s chest wound burst into flames, which scorched it into a scab and improved the injury.
• Huang Xiao met Sword God Yi’s attack with a flame-wreathed Minghong Saber, forcing Sword God Yi back after their weapons clashed.
• Huang Xiao found he could no longer draw Flame Essence from the Minghong Saber, and the exchange reopened his chest wound.
• Huang Xiao decided to imitate the flame aura and began transforming his Ten Thousand Demons True Qi while Sword God Yi watched.

Huang Xiao’s desperate attempt to imitate a fiery aura awakened scorching Phoenix Blood essence inside him, which ignited his dantian and began refining his true qi. As Sword God Yi attacked, Huang Xiao unleashed a far stronger saber slash and drove him back, then charged to strike again.

• Sword God Yi dismissed Huang Xiao’s fiery aura as a bluff and attacked, but Huang Xiao used his fist to meet Sword God Yi’s palm and gained a slight advantage.
• Huang Xiao exhausted his refined heavenly demon true qi and kept transforming the rest of his true qi into a fiery aura as Sword God Yi pressed his attack.
• Huang Xiao’s simulated aura drew residual Phoenix Blood essence from his body, turning the flames genuine and sending them into his dantian.
• Huang Xiao recalled the Longevity Chapter and tried to use the flames to refine his true qi while Sword God Yi thrust at him with the Dark Thunder Sword.
• Huang Xiao’s saber shattered Sword God Yi’s concentrated sword qi and forced him to retreat, then Huang Xiao leapt toward him for another slash.

Huang Xiao used his flame-infused refined true qi and uncanny palm techniques to injure Sword God Yi, though his power began to fade. As Sword Pavilion Martial Realm experts arrived to attack him, an unknown figure appeared to protect him.

• Huang Xiao reignited black flames to heal his chest wound, then fought Sword God Yi with his Plum-Searching-in-the-Snow Palm and evasive footwork.
• Huang Xiao tricked Sword God Yi with an afterimage and struck him with a powerful palm, forcing him to retreat and expel the invading force from his arm.
• Huang Xiao opened his fist into a palm and struck Sword God Yi's chest, injuring him before Sword God Yi could block the blow with his Dark Thunder Sword.
• Huang Xiao taunted Sword God Yi while concealing that the flames inside him had been consumed and his refined true qi was running low.
• Yue Cheng praised Huang Xiao, while Yin Huju and the other witnesses reacted to his strength and considered bringing him back to Heavenly Demon Hall.
• Sword Pavilion Martial Realm experts arrived and declared their intent to kill Huang Xiao, but a figure appeared in front of him and challenged them.

Wang Jiu arrived to protect Huang Xiao and fought six Sword Pavilion experts with Tiger Wing. He shattered their control of Heaven and Earth Momentum and broke the first expert’s sword, then struck across his chest.

• A Sword Pavilion expert recognized Wang Jiu and Tiger Wing as Wang Jiu charged at him.
• Two Sword Pavilion experts rushed to reinforce the first, while three more followed behind.
• The three leading Sword Pavilion experts used Commanding Heaven and Earth Momentum, but Wang Jiu remained unaffected and shattered their control with a saber strike.
• Wang Jiu took command of the surrounding Heaven and Earth Momentum and drove his Saber Force into the first expert, cracking his precious sword.
• Wang Jiu broke the expert’s sword with Tiger Wing and swept the blade across his chest.

Wang Jiu fought the Sword Pavilion experts with Tiger Wing and killed several of them, even as they tried to surround him. When an old Sword Pavilion expert from the Enlightenment Realm arrived and shattered Wang Jiu’s saber attack, Wang Jiu faced him with excitement and challenged his strength.

• Zeng Yan and Gu Xihan left with their Jade Slip, while the Heavenly Evil Sect expert withdrew to watch and Fan Zhongkun guarded Huang Xiao.
• Wang Jiu charged the five Sword Pavilion experts and killed a second opponent with Slay a Thousand Armies.
• Wang Jiu used Slay Ten Thousand Armies to kill another Sword Pavilion expert after tricking him into blocking the wrong attack.
• An aged Sword Pavilion expert arrived and used a Sword Glint to break Wang Jiu’s Slay Ten Thousand Armies.
• Wang Jiu dodged the remaining force and confronted the Enlightenment Realm expert, declaring that he no longer feared him.

Wang Jiu fought Lu Tingyou, a Sword Pavilion Supreme Elder Council expert, and revealed his mastery of the Divine Saber Sect’s Heavenly Blade Thirteen Forms. As Lu Tingyou turned the other Sword Pavilion members against the Demon Hall, Huang Xiao fled with Fan Zhongkun while Yue Cheng and Yin Huju moved to protect them.

• Lu Tingyou challenged Wang Jiu, but Wang Jiu shattered his fingertip Sword Qi and cut off strands of his hair before Lu Tingyou could draw his sword.
• Wang Jiu changed his saber technique and used the Heavenly Blade Thirteen Forms, surprising Lu Tingyou and making him reconsider whether he could defeat Wang Jiu.
• Lu Tingyou ordered the Sword Pavilion members to attack the Demon Hall’s people, while Zhou Gang refused to join and left.
• Lu Tingyou recruited the Heavenly Evil Sect expert to help target Huang Xiao, and Sword God Yi and another Sword Pavilion expert charged toward him.
• Wang Jiu told Huang Xiao and Fan Zhongkun to flee, and Yue Cheng and Yin Huju moved to shield them from Sword God Yi.

Huang Xiao and Fan Zhongkun fled toward the Demon Hall while Yin Huju and Yue Cheng held off their pursuers. They reached Pang Yi and the Demon Hall’s forces, but after killing the Heavenly Evil Sect pursuer, a God-Burying Hall elder demanded that Fan Zhongkun hand over Inugami.

• Yin Huju and Yue Cheng stayed behind to delay four opponents while Huang Xiao and Fan Zhongkun escaped, and Wang Jiu kept Lu Tingyou occupied.
• Yue Cheng and Yin Huju threatened Sword God Yi, forcing a pursuing Sword Pavilion expert to turn back, while the Heavenly Evil Sect expert continued after Huang Xiao and Fan Zhongkun.
• Huang Xiao and Fan Zhongkun encountered Pang Yi, Lou Feishang, and seven powerful elders from the Demon Hall.
• A tall, thin God-Burying Hall elder killed the pursuing Heavenly Evil Sect expert with a single palm strike.
• The God-Burying Hall elder demanded that Fan Zhongkun surrender Inugami in exchange for his life.

Sword God Leng Guhan headed toward the Longevity Death Formation after it was broken, but the Masked Old Man stopped him and revealed himself as the former Demon Hall Master. The Masked Old Man persuaded Leng Guhan to stop pursuing the jade slips for now and investigate the Eighteen Great Trading Houses for clues to the Longevity Pill Manual’s secrets.

• Leng Guhan sensed that the Longevity Death Formation had been broken and hurried toward it to claim the Longevity Pill Manual’s jade slips.
• The Masked Old Man blocked Leng Guhan and revealed his identity as the former Demon Hall Master.
• Leng Guhan attacked with a sword phantom, but the Masked Old Man broke it apart with his demonic art; Leng Guhan also recognized that he was injured.
• The Masked Old Man told Leng Guhan that the Eighteen Great Trading Houses might hold clues to the Longevity Pill Manual’s secrets and argued that the major Jianghu powers should investigate together.
• Leng Guhan agreed to leave the other jade slips alone for now and departed, while the Masked Old Man continued toward the formation.

Leng Guhan confronted Baili Zhen, revealed that he feared the Sword Master of Imperial Remnant Manor, and learned that the Demon Hall Master was a threat to their plans. After Baili Zhen returned to the Dragon Fang, an unconscious young man appeared through its Grand Formation; the chapter then showed a mysterious sword formation draining the life of eight imprisoned beasts into a golden sword.

• Baili Zhen attacked Leng Guhan with the Subduing Dragon Palm, but Leng Guhan matched his strikes and declared that Baili Zhen was no longer his equal.
• Leng Guhan and Baili Zhen discussed Tan Ming, Wan Liukong, the Sword Lord, and the Demon Hall's Thousand-Year Period, and Leng Guhan named the Sword Master as the swordsman he feared and sought to challenge.
• Baili Zhen admitted his strength fell short, explained that he had come to see the Longevity Pill Manual, and left to return to his Dragon Burial Ground.
• A disturbance at the Dragon Fang caused its Grand Formation to release an unconscious young man, whom Baili Zhen caught and brought before him.
• At Imperial Remnant Manor, a vast Eight Trigrams sword formation channeled the dwindling life of eight chained beasts into a faintly glowing golden sword beside a seated man.

A mysterious young man appeared beside the Xuanyuan Sword after its formation reacted to his sword intent, while Imperial Remnant Manor prepared for the approaching Demon Hall Thousand-Year Period. The Manor Lord revealed that the manor planned to fight this time and intended to restore the Xuanyuan Sword quickly, but the boy’s fate remained unknown.

• The Xuanyuan Sword’s golden light erupted, and Tan Ming found an unconscious young man whose sword intent resonated with the Grand Formation.
• The Manor Lord ordered the young man taken away and promised Tan Ming a suitable divine weapon before he left to face Leng Guhan and the coming turmoil.
• The Manor Lord ordered eight high-grade divine beasts sacrificed to restore the Xuanyuan Sword and told Tan Ming that the Demon Hall’s reason for demanding divine beasts remained secret.
• The Manor Lord revealed that Imperial Remnant Manor would take action during the Thousand-Year Period because the coming catastrophe might threaten even the manor.
• The Manor Lord noted that the young man had resonated with the Xuanyuan Sword, then departed as Tan Ming left the formation; afterward, the turtle-shaped statue moved and sighed.

The Demon Hall tried to seize Inugami and confront Huang Xiao, but Wang Jiu and the Masked Old Man intervened. After the Masked Old Man returned Inugami to Fan Zhongkun and freed Huang Xiao, he challenged the Demon Hall elders about their intentions toward Huang Xiao.

• Huang Xiao urged Fan Zhongkun to flee, but a Dao Comprehension Realm elder of the Demon Hall knocked Huang Xiao aside and took Inugami from Fan Zhongkun.
• Fan Zhongkun refused to surrender Inugami and attacked the elder, but a Demon Hall expert sealed Huang Xiao's acupoints as he tried to help.
• Wang Jiu arrived and used Tiger Wing to drive the elder back, but the Demon Hall elders forced him to abandon his attack when Inugami was thrown toward their group.
• The Masked Old Man intercepted Inugami and returned it to Fan Zhongkun, then unsealed Huang Xiao's acupoints.
• The Demon Hall elders questioned the Masked Old Man about Huang Xiao's cultivation, and he asked whether they intended to kill the boy.

The masked old man revealed himself to be the Demon Hall's former Hall Master and confronted Yuan Heng and Pang Ruhuo over the Hall's leadership and Huang Xiao's future. He ordered them to tell Pang Ji that Huang Xiao would enter the Heavenly Demon Hall and compete with Pang Yi for the next Hall Master's seat, then Yuan Heng asked whether the Hall Master possessed the Supreme Demon Saber.

• Yue Cheng and Yin Huju arrived after fleeing the Sword Pavilion, while the masked old man called Yuan Heng and Pang Ruhuo aside and concealed them in a formation.
• The masked old man revealed his identity as the former Hall Master, struck Pang Ruhuo for disrespect, and insisted he still held the title until a successor was chosen.
• Yuan Heng explained that Pang Ji was the Supreme Elder and an ancestor of Pang Ruhuo's family, and the masked old man recalled that Pang Ji had once competed with him for the Hall Master's seat.
• The masked old man accused Pang Ji of giving Pang Yi access to forbidden cultivation methods and declared Huang Xiao one of his own disciples.
• The masked old man ordered Yuan Heng and Pang Ruhuo to tell Pang Ji to leave Huang Xiao alone and place him in the Heavenly Demon Hall to compete with Pang Yi for the next Hall Master's seat.
• Yuan Heng asked the masked old man whether he possessed the Supreme Demon Saber.