Recaps

Chu Xisheng’s ambush drew in a powerful force, and Li Changsheng, Chu Yunyun, and Wen Zhuyi arrived to turn the battle against the attackers. After Chu Yunyun and Wen Zhuyi each killed eight enemies, they returned to face one another while Chu Xisheng stood between them.

• Chu Xisheng’s Pangu Divine Seal concealed a Grand Void array, and Luo Hanzong warned the attackers that Li Changsheng might be coming while he prepared to escape.
• Li Changsheng and a black-armored girl arrived beside Chu Xisheng, and Li Changsheng used his Heaven-Measuring Sword to suppress the surrounding enemies.
• Wen Zhuyi crossed the void and sealed the battlefield, while Luo Hanzong escaped; she and Chu Yunyun began killing the trapped attackers.
• Chu Yunyun revealed herself as Qin Muge and killed Du Fengchang, while Wen Zhuyi froze Qi Tianwei and pursued the other enemies.
• Chu Yunyun and Wen Zhuyi each killed eight attackers before returning to Chu Xisheng and confronting one another, leaving him caught between their clashing powers.

Chu Yunyun confronted Wen Zhuyi over her closeness with Chu Xisheng, but Wen Zhuyi left without a fight, and Chu Yunyun’s anger eased enough to spare Chu Xisheng immediate punishment. Far away, Luo Hanzong refused to help his former employer target Chu Xisheng and sought work with Chu Xisheng or the Formless Divine Sect instead.

• Chu Yunyun challenged Wen Zhuyi, but Chu Xisheng asked Wen Zhuyi to leave, and she withdrew her martial intent rather than fight.
• Wen Zhuyi insisted that she and Chu Xisheng were innocent, then questioned Chu Yunyun’s right to object before flying away.
• Chu Yunyun reconsidered her feelings for Chu Xisheng, while Feng San defended him and she praised Bai Xiao Zhao for keeping a detailed diary.
• Luo Hanzong told a golden light that Li Changsheng, Wen Zhuyi, and a mysterious First-Rank woman had defeated the attackers, and he suspected Chu Xisheng had used the Divine Covenant Heavenly Stele to summon help.
• Luo Hanzong refused to assist the golden light’s side in another attempt to kill Chu Xisheng and learned that the mysterious woman was Qin Muge, who had been presumed dead.
• Luo Hanzong asked his companion to contact Chu Xisheng or the Formless Divine Sect so he could take work from them and improve relations.

Chu Xisheng returned to West Mountain Town, defeated an ambush, and discovered that the Iron Banner Gang had become a gathering place for powerful people of uncertain allegiance. The chapter ended with Zhou Xiongba arriving to greet him as the gang’s leadership assembled.

• Chu Xisheng landed at the Iron Banner Gang’s headquarters, where Little Flathead reflected the ambushers’ attacks and Chu Xisheng destroyed two puppet fighters.
• Feng San tracked down and killed the Li Brothers, then recovered jade slips containing their Heaven-Substitution Great Art.
• Bai Xiao Zhao launched fireworks announcing Chu Xisheng’s return, prompting Xiushui Commandery’s residents to celebrate the Banner Chief’s arrival.
• Chu Xisheng told Feng San that Extreme Eastern Ice City’s tolerance had helped the Iron Banner Gang attract factions unwilling to surrender, but the gang’s situation was complicated by numerous powerful guest guardians and new branch chiefs.
• Dan Chiling, Dan Xuefei, Feng Liancheng, and other Iron Banner Gang members arrived to greet Chu Xisheng, revealing the gang’s unexpected strength and the questionable origins of many of its experts.
• Zhou Xiongba arrived and paid his respects to Chu Xisheng.

Chu Xisheng gathered the Iron Banner Gang’s hall masters, guest protectors, and newly joined factions, while realizing that many of the powerful figures in the hall secretly harbored hostility toward him. As he prepared to discuss which guest protectors would stay or leave, the chaos within the gang unexpectedly advanced part of his Divine Source Formless Art ritual.

• Zhou Xiongba formally joined the Iron Banner Gang, and Chu Xisheng welcomed him while worrying that the Zhou Family could be implicated by his hidden identity.
• Lu Ze, Ying Feilong, and other prominent families and martial factions arrived, adding to the Iron Banner Gang’s growing strength as its members speculated about why so many groups had joined.
• Lu Jiuli, Li Manshan, Bu Yancheng, and their associates arrived, including two third-rank corpse kings and the Earthly Ranking expert Ba Tianlai.
• Wei Lai arrived with nine thousand former Tianping Army soldiers and became Master of Nanwu Hall after Chu Xisheng welcomed him.
• Tie Xiaosheng arrived with guest protectors Wan Fengqing and Gu Mingyue, and Chu Xisheng counted eight third-rank martial cultivators among those gathered.
• Chu Xisheng sensed that more than half the powerful people in the hall were hostile toward him, then discovered that the chaos in the Iron Banner Gang had completed part of his Divine Source Formless Art advancement ritual.

After binding the Iron Banner Gang’s new members with oaths, Chu Xisheng organized his trusted subordinates and prepared to expand the gang’s power across Eastern and Fei Provinces. He accepted the Corpse Mountain Sect’s request concerning Taishan Commandery, then turned to the urgent situation at Mi Family Manor Fortress.

• Chu Xisheng made the Iron Banner Gang’s new and old members recite its rules and thirty-six oaths, then assigned temporary posts and gave Feng San charge of the Punishment Hall.
• Chu Xisheng told his confidants that Li Changsheng and Wen Zhuyi had killed three First-Rank cultivators and thirteen Earthly Ranking experts during an ambush, and he used saved talent cards on his trusted subordinates.
• Tie Xiaosheng reported the gang’s membership and military strength, and Chu Xisheng ordered the gang to seize territory in Eastern Province and Fei Province and collect overdue contributions from its branches.
• Li Manshan explained that the Corpse Mountain Sect needed the gang’s banner for a plan in Taishan Commandery involving a Corpse Ancestor, and gave Chu Xisheng Jiang Chen’s essence blood and a Corpse God Pill for the Heluo Fish.
• Chu Xisheng gave the Heluo Fish the Corpse God Pill, Jiang Chen’s essence blood, Gu Huo Bird essence blood, and an Essence-Subduing Pill, then asked Lu Jiuli to explain the situation at Mi Family Manor Fortress.

Wan Fengqing, Gu Mingyue, and Laughing Mad Dragon discovered that they all came from Mount Kunlun, then persuaded Mad Sword Feng San that they were fellow countrymen and allies. Meanwhile, Chu Xisheng investigated Tie Kuangren’s ruined Clothing Mound with Luo Hanzong, who suspected Tie Kuangren had become a Baleful Corpse and asked the gang to repair the grave to lure him out.

• Laughing Mad Dragon revealed that he, Wan Fengqing, and Gu Mingyue all had ties to Mount Kunlun, and the three realized they had to coordinate their cover stories.
• Feng San told the three that they would serve under him in the Punishment Hall, then disclosed that he too was born and raised in Kunlun.
• Wan Fengqing used Illusion Arts, while Gu Mingyue and Laughing Mad Dragon offered explanations that convinced Feng San they were Kunlun comrades; Feng San wondered whether his memories had been altered.
• Chu Xisheng arrived at Tie Kuangren’s Clothing Mound with Tie Xiaosheng and Lu Jiuli, who described the blood-armored figure that had destroyed the grave and injured gang members.
• Luo Hanzong identified the grave’s Feng Shui arrangement as one that could nurture a Baleful Corpse and said Tie Kuangren might have retained some intelligence; he asked Chu Xisheng to have the men repair the grave to draw him out.

Chu Xisheng waited at Tie Kuangren’s grave and captured the Iron Futu, discovering Tie Kuangren’s corpse had become a baleful corpse while retaining a trace of consciousness. Luo Hanzong revealed a possible path for Tie Kuangren to ascend to godhood, while Dan Xuefei’s discovery of the Nine Dragons Divine Heavenly Guard on Chu Xisheng raised questions about his connection to the Great Ning imperial family.

• Chu Xisheng and his companions repaired Tie Kuangren’s cenotaph, then he sent them away and waited alone while sensing hidden observers nearby.
• Chu Xisheng contacted Liu Ruoxi and Lu Luanli in the Time Secret Realm, learned they were safe, and agreed to spar with Lu Luanli after she returned.
• Chu Xisheng exposed Feng Liancheng, Ba Tianlai, Dan Xuefei, and Dan Chiling as hidden observers; Dan Xuefei sensed the Great Ning imperial family’s Nine Dragons Divine Heavenly Guard on him and wondered whether he belonged to the imperial family.
• The Iron Futu burst from underground and attacked Chu Xisheng, but he subdued it and discovered Tie Kuangren’s corpse inside, fused with the armor’s spirit, Geng Metal baleful force, and the resentment of its victims.
• Luo Hanzong explained that Tie Kuangren’s consciousness persisted through the Iron Banner Gang’s offerings, but that the awakened Qiongqi spirit had merged with him into a baleful corpse.
• Luo Hanzong said resurrection was impossible but proposed using the relationship between Qiongqi and Bian to help Tie Kuangren ascend to godhood.

Chu Xisheng hired Luo Hanzong to reverse Qiongqi’s influence over Tie Kuangren and set out for the Capital City to kill an enemy and reclaim what belonged to him. He arrived to meet Xi Bitian, who greeted him as his young master, astonishing Luo Hanzong and Tie Kuangren.

• Luo Hanzong explained that restoring Tie Kuangren required Reversal of Yin and Yang, costly materials, strengthened faith, and years of discipline; Chu Xisheng agreed to proceed.
• Chu Xisheng arranged for Luo Hanzong to suppress Qiongqi and prepare Tie Kuangren for the ritual, then used a Divine-Intent Saber Heart clone and Luo’s deception spell to travel toward the Capital City.
• Luo Hanzong used Heaven-Gazing Hou blood and sunlight to weaken Qiongqi’s influence, allowing Tie Kuangren to regain control and awaken with his memories and personality largely intact.
• Tie Kuangren accepted Chu Xisheng’s help and resolved to consider himself Tie Kuangren, while Chu Xisheng promised they would drink together once the danger was settled.
• At Wang’an, Chu Xisheng told Luo Hanzong he intended to kill an enemy and reclaim something, and Luo agreed to take the commission for a million divine gold.
• Chu Xisheng arrived in a forest, where Xi Bitian greeted him as the young master, leaving Luo Hanzong and Tie Kuangren stunned.

Chu Xisheng led the Chu Family’s Eldest Branch remnants to attack the West Mountain villa after learning that Chu Rulai planned to open the Overlord Martial King Mausoleum. He revealed himself as the supposedly dead Chu Zheng and confronted Elder Princess Longyang and Chu Shentong, while Gao Han warned that Chu Xisheng might have mastered the Divine-Intent Death-Touching Saber.

• Xi Bitian told Chu Xisheng that the Imperial Preceptor was helping Chu Rulai prepare to open the Overlord Martial King Mausoleum within two days.
• Chu Xisheng met the surviving retainers of the Chu Family’s Eldest Branch, who welcomed him as their young master.
• Feng Liancheng received Chu Xisheng’s order to investigate the Guangling Pan Family and decided the assignment would help him approach the Iron Banner Gang’s plans.
• Elder Princess Longyang and Chu Shentong discussed the Myriad Manifestations Star Disc and the planned inspection of the Overlord Martial King Mausoleum.
• Chu Xisheng and the Eldest Branch remnants stormed the West Mountain villa, where Elder Princess Longyang and Chu Shentong were staying.
• Chu Xisheng revealed that he was Chu Zheng, then advanced through Gao Han’s rapid sword attacks until Gao Han warned that he might have mastered the Divine-Intent Death-Touching Saber.

Chu Xisheng and his allies defeated Elder Princess Longyang, Chu Shentong, and Gao Han at the Chu Family's hot spring estate. He sealed Longyang and Shentong alive in coffins, leaving them buried as he promised that Chu Rulai would soon join them.

• Elder Princess Longyang tried to flee with Chu Shentong, but Tie Kuangren and Xi Bitian blocked her while Chu Xisheng disrupted their talismans with his spells.
• Chu Xisheng used the Divine-Intent Death-Touching Saber to overwhelm Gao Han, and Xi Bitian killed the wounded eunuch with a punch.
• Luo Hanzong revealed himself as Chu Xisheng's hired safeguard, while Tie Kuangren and Xi Bitian brought down Elder Princess Longyang and Chu Shentong.
• Chu Xisheng took the Myriad Manifestations Star Disc from Chu Shentong and used it to strengthen his saber intent and Rahu Bloodline.
• Chu Xisheng had Longyang and Shentong poisoned, restrained, and placed in coffins, then ordered them buried alive as repayment for his own burial.

After the Chu Family villa was massacred and Eldest Princess Longyang and Chu Shentong vanished, Emperor Jianyuan ordered a sweeping search while Imperial Preceptor Yu Kunlun warned that the culprit might become a near-god. Meanwhile, Chu Xisheng hid the pair, strengthened his bond with the Yazi heavenly order, and prepared to exploit the court’s search to make another move near Wang’an City.

• Chu Rulai searched the devastated villa for Longyang and Chu Shentong as Xiao Hongchen reported that the Chu Family’s eldest-branch remnants had likely attacked and erased their traces.
• Emperor Jianyuan and Yu Kunlun arrived, but the Imperial Preceptor’s spells could only place Longyang far to the east and injured him when he tried to see into the past.
• Yu Kunlun sensed that the culprit had powerful allies anchoring his fortune and might become a near-god, so Emperor Jianyuan ordered a broad search for the fugitives and potential near-gods.
• Seven hundred li west of Wang’an City, Chu Xisheng meditated on the Yazi heavenly order and learned from Xi Bitian that the court had sent most of its forces east.
• Luo Zonghan assured Chu Xisheng that Longyang and Chu Shentong’s hidden burial site could not be found, and Chu Xisheng chose to wait before striking again.
• Chu Xisheng began using the Myriad Manifestations Star Disc to locate the wealth his father Chu Fengge had hidden near Wang’an Capital.

Feng Liancheng raided the Pan Mansion to punish Pan Yuanhua’s sons and enforce the Iron Banner Gang’s rules. Meanwhile, Chu Xisheng followed a celestial sign to a hidden treasury, where he discovered that Chu Fengge had prepared a Reversal of Yin and Yang formation and left a damaged letter for Chu Zheng.

• Feng Liancheng broke into the Pan Mansion, wounded Pan Yuanhua, and seized Pan Jianye and Pan Jianjia to face punishment.
• Feng Liancheng accused Pan Jianye of rape and murder and Pan Jianjia of exploiting gang members and monopolizing local businesses, then removed Pan Yuanhua as branch chief and imposed a fine.
• Chu Xisheng followed the light from the Myriad Manifestations Star Disc to West Mountain’s northern foothills with Xi Bitian, Tie Kuangren, Luo Zonghan, and the others.
• Chu Xisheng’s yin poison worsened at the site, and Luo Hanzong identified a celestial formation that reversed yin and yang with the Overlord Martial King Mausoleum every seven days.
• Chu Xisheng set the stars on the disc to match the night of Chu Fengge’s death, transporting the group into a hidden mountain cavern.
• Chu Xisheng found remnants of the Two Books of Precepts and Laws, fragments of the Divine Covenant Heavenly Stele, and a damaged letter Chu Fengge had written to Chu Zheng.

Chu Xisheng read Chu Fengge’s letter and learned how his father had used the God-Defying Banner Pennant and an Astral Grand Array to free him from the divine poison and curse, while leaving him a contest against the gods to carry forward. After securing the letter and his father’s remaining treasures, Chu Xisheng negotiated access to the family library for Luo Hanzong and prepared to handle one more matter before they studied the array.

• Chu Xisheng read Chu Fengge’s letter, which explained the origins of his divine poison and curse and how Chu Fengge had arranged the Reversal of Yin and Yang to save him.
• Chu Xisheng learned that Chu Fengge had suspected the Son of Heaven and Imperial Preceptor Yu Kunlun of plotting to seize the Myriad Manifestations and Return to One bloodlines, and had left him a contest against the gods to continue.
• Luo Zonghan explained that Divine Power had eroded the letter, and Chu Xisheng found that the cavern held the Divine Covenant Heavenly Stele Fragment, remnant pages of the Two Books of Precepts and Laws, and the Chu Family’s vast library, but little wealth.
• Xi Bitian told Chu Xisheng that Chu Fengge had spent much of the family’s wealth on the Astral Grand Array and had trusted Mu Liufan with many treasures.
• Chu Xisheng offered Luo Hanzong access to the library in exchange for service, and they agreed that Luo would act for him thirteen times and would not become his enemy.
• Luo Hanzong and Tie Kuangren planned to study the Astral Grand Array for about a month to improve Tie Kuangren’s Reversal of Yin and Yang, but Chu Xisheng said they had something else to do first.

Chu Xisheng and his allies attacked the Overlord Martial King Mausoleum, killed its defenders, and began demolishing it to hide how he and Chu Yunyun had escaped their tomb. As they destroyed the burial chamber and its blood-colored array, Chu Xisheng recognized that his father, Chu Fengge, had likely prepared the underground escape route for them.

• Huang Sangzi watched over the mausoleum as Chu Xisheng and sixteen allies arrived through Luo Hanzong's Star Shift and Object Exchange spell.
• Chu Xisheng froze Huang Sangzi with the Snow-Crouching Divine Saber, while Luo Hanzong bound him with Star-Net Divine Chains and Xi Bitian struck him; Tie Kuangren then shattered his body, and Luo Hanzong captured his Primordial Spirit.
• Chu Xisheng froze three thousand Imperial Guard soldiers, and Tie Kuangren, Luo Hanzong, and Xi Bitian killed the two Third-Rank Imperial Guard generals before Chu's household guards scattered the remaining soldiers.
• Chu Xisheng destroyed the tombstone and helped break into the mausoleum, where he and his allies found blood-colored runes forming a Nine-Bend Nether River Array and the damaged coffins from which he and Chu Yunyun had escaped.
• Chu Xisheng explained that Chu Yunyun had dug to an underground current, and Luo Hanzong concluded that Chu Fengge must have arranged the missing section of Heaven-Mixing Divine Stone beneath the tomb.
• Chu Xisheng, Luo Hanzong, Xi Bitian, and Tie Kuangren began demolishing the burial chamber, its coffins, and its array to conceal the siblings' escape from Emperor Jianyuan and Chu Rulai.

Emperor Jianyuan investigated the destruction of the Overlord Martial King Mausoleum while Chu Xisheng arranged materials for Tie Kuangren’s Reversal of Yin and Yang and returned to West Mountain. There, he learned his gang had carried out bloody punishments, and his Divine Source Formless Art suddenly surged.

• Emperor Jianyuan ordered an investigation into the mausoleum, the Nine-Bend Yellow River Array, and Chu Xisheng’s contacts with Xi Bitian and Luo Yang.
• Yu Kunlun requested permission to examine unusual events around the mausoleum and recent Ministry of Justice case files.
• Chu Xisheng used the Divine Covenant Heavenly Stele to ask for money and spell materials, and Wen Zhuyi promised to send supplies while Lu Luanli reacted to his messages.
• Chu Yunyun read Chu Fengge’s damaged letter and learned that he had planned to reverse her and Chu Xisheng’s deaths.
• Chu Xisheng returned to the Chu Family residence, where Ba Tianlai reported executing fifty-seven Tiger Claw Branch leaders and Feng Liancheng reported publicly executing Pan Jianye and Pan Jianjia.
• Chu Xisheng’s Divine Source Formless Art suddenly circulated rapidly and connected with the Formless Law of Hundun.

Chu Xisheng reviewed the gang’s recent missions, ordered it to advance into Fei Province, and revealed plans to reorganize its forces while hidden rivals weighed their chances against him. He then rejected the Imperial Court’s proposal to fight Extreme Eastern Ice City and left Cao Xuan alarmed by the possibility that the Iron Banner Gang might be branded rebellious.

• Wan Fengqing, Gu Mingyue, and the others reported their missions, and Chu Xisheng praised their measured methods while warning Ba Tianlai and Feng Liancheng about harming innocents.
• Chu Xisheng ordered the Iron Banner Gang to move west into Fei Province within six days, explaining that Clear Wind Bright Moon Tower had agreed to let the gang confront the Water and Heaven Society.
• Chu Xisheng announced plans for new subsidiary halls, four great War Halls, and the Seven Protectors of War, stirring thoughts of opportunity and betrayal among the protectors and guest retainers.
• After the others left, Cao Xuan questioned Chu Xisheng about his contacts with Xi Bitian, Extreme Eastern Ice City, and Wen Zhuyi; Chu Xisheng defended his actions and refused to help the Imperial Court attack Ice City.
• Chu Xisheng warned Cao Xuan that hidden factions threatened the Iron Banner Gang and raised the saying about Qin and Chu joining in marriage, leaving Cao Xuan afraid of what might happen if Chu Xisheng became a rebel.

Chu Xisheng discovered that he could command the Nine Dragons Divine Heavenly Guard and learned its power came from the Red Dragon pillars, while he refused to pursue Great Ning’s throne. After receiving an urgent message that the Ten Thousand Demons Grotto was changing, he headed to Formless Divine Mountain as the sect’s defenders struggled against awakening Giant Gods and waited for his arrival.

• Chu Xisheng asked Dan Xuefei to help train a large army for the Iron Banner Gang, but she discovered he could command the Nine Dragons Divine Heavenly Guard despite his denial of any imperial bloodline.
• Dan Xuefei explained the Red Dragon pillars’ history and warned Chu Xisheng to restrain his use of their power; Chu manifested twelve dragons and learned that a new dragon vein might let him claim the guard.
• Chu Xisheng received a flying sword from Formless Divine Mountain and left with Mad Sword Feng San after learning that the Ten Thousand Demons Grotto was changing and the sealed Giant Gods were awakening.
• At the Ten Thousand Demons Grotto, Su Fengdao fought demons rising from a blood pool while Qingxu Zi warned that the sect’s defenses were stretched thin by a rebellion and a battle at Canglang Plain.
• Qingxu Zi told Su Fengdao to hold the grotto for six hours until Chu Xisheng returned, revealing that he remained Upper Fifth Rank but had a treasure that let him use the Divine-Intent Saber Heart ahead of time.
• Qingxu Zi questioned who had smuggled Rahū Divine Blood into the grotto, since only someone of significant standing within the Formless Divine Sect could have bypassed its defenses.

Su Fengdao and Qingxu Zi learned that Li Weichen had betrayed the Formless Divine Sect and was helping the sealed Giant Gods escape. As Li Weichen led a demonic army toward the western passage, Chu Xisheng arrived at the Ten Thousand Demons Grotto and entered it with the Blood-Yazi Divine Saber.

• Su Fengdao and Qingxu Zi discussed Chu Xisheng's Divine-Intent Saber Heart and received Zhifei Zi's message identifying Li Weichen as the culprit behind the upheaval.
• Li Weichen unleashed Rahū Divine Blood in the deepest cavern, and Mei Nianxue destroyed a God-Slaying Ultimate Move sent by the Divine Saber Sect's Supreme Saber.
• The eternal Giant Gods drew on the Rahū Divine Blood, awakened Li Weichen as their divine servant, and gave him command of their demonic army to attack the western passage.
• Chu Xisheng returned to Formless Divine Mountain, learned that the awakened gods were still suppressed but a million Ten Thousand Demons Blood Servants threatened the western opening, and assigned Mad Sword Feng San to preside over the grand array.
• Chu Xisheng summoned the Blood-Yazi Divine Saber and entered the dark cavern to fight the demons.

Shu Huaishi and Qin discussed the plan to destroy the Ten Thousand Demons Grotto and the coming Ninety-Nine Divine Tribulation as Li Changsheng fought Mount Buzhou’s army alone. Chu Xisheng reached the grotto and used the Divine-Intent Death-Touching Saber to annihilate its demons, then destroyed a sealed Transcendent Rank Giant God with the God-Slaying Saber.

• Shu Huaishi confirmed that the Seven-Kill Divine Lord’s Seven Killings Ranking and Myriad Heavens Secret Rite were behind the plot against the Ten Thousand Demons Grotto.
• Li Changsheng fought through the Giant Spirit army on Canglang Plain, but Mount Buzhou’s Second Seat War Marshal evaded him and tried to wear him down with troops.
• Chu Xisheng reached the Central Abyssal Well, where Su Fengdao had been defending the entrance, and told her to retreat while he took over.
• Chu Xisheng’s Divine-Intent Saber Heart killed thousands of demons and prevented their corpses from regenerating, causing the blood pool to evaporate as he descended into the abyss.
• Chu Xisheng faced a sealed Transcendent Rank Giant God, then borrowed Su Fengdao’s God-Slaying Saber and destroyed it with Three Aspects Heaven-Slaying: Zangtian Divine Execution.

Chu Xisheng used his inexhaustible blood energy and Divine-Intent Saber to force the sealed Giant Gods in the Ten Thousand Demons Grotto into binding covenants, while the three Eternity Gods and their allies searched for a way to stop him. After killing the treacherous Li Weichen, Chu Xisheng ordered the Demon Realm passages opened and prepared to face the invading demons; elsewhere, Shu Huaishi and Qin Fengxian headed to the grotto as Chu Yunyun and Jian Zangfeng sensed trouble.

• Chu Xisheng recovered from his devastating saber strike with the Blood of Eternal Ages and offered Xiluoda better living conditions in return for a daily supply of essence blood.
• Chu Xisheng killed a Giant God who tried to disrupt his negotiations, then endured the wills of three Eternity Gods as Xiluoda agreed to negotiate a binding covenant.
• Chu Xisheng negotiated covenants with more sealed Giant Gods, including the Wolf-Headed Giant God and the Twin-Horned Giant God, securing their essence blood in exchange for food and improved quarters.
• Li Weichen attacked Chu Xisheng but could not overcome his Divine-Intent Saber; Chu Xisheng opened the Demon Realm passages and used the approaching demons and blood servants to strengthen his attack, then killed Li Weichen.
• Chu Xisheng turned toward the invading demons as Qin Fengxian and Shu Huaishi flew to the Ten Thousand Demons Grotto, while Chu Yunyun and Jian Zangfeng sensed that something was happening.

Supreme Saber Shu Huaishi attacked Chu Xisheng inside the Ten Thousand Demons Grotto, but Chu Xisheng endured his blows with the Blood of Eternal Ages and Zangtian’s Unharmed ability. Chu Yunyun joined the fight and, as Shu Huaishi fled toward the grotto’s exit, pierced his brow with an apparently ordinary spear thrust that sealed his death.

• Shu Huaishi entered the Ten Thousand Demons Grotto while Qin Fengxian disguised himself as Heavenly Wing Divine Saber Xiao Longtu and fought Su Fengdao to keep her occupied.
• Shu Huaishi attacked Chu Xisheng, but Wooden Sword Immortal Song Yannian intercepted him while Chu Xisheng struck at his Divine Soul with his Divine-Intent Saber.
• Chu Xisheng repeatedly recovered from Shu Huaishi’s attacks through the Blood of Eternal Ages and resisted his Saber Intent with Zangtian’s Unharmed ability.
• Chu Yunyun arrived with the God-Defying Banner Spear, wounded Shu Huaishi, and revealed that she was Qin Muge under her new name.
• Chu Xisheng and Chu Yunyun fought Shu Huaishi together, and Chu Yunyun pierced his brow with a spear thrust as he fled toward the grotto’s exit.

Chu Yunyun and Chu Xisheng defeated Shu Huaishi, then negotiated a covenant with three Eternity Gods while the Formless Divine Sect’s leaders prepared to leave the Ten Thousand Demons Grotto. After Chu Yunyun reunited with Su Fengdao, Chu Xisheng’s changing bloodline drove him to announce that he would advance to Fourth Rank.

• Chu Xisheng and the Wooden Sword Immortal destroyed Shu Huaishi’s body after Chu Yunyun’s spear strike, and Chu Yunyun explained that his divine imprint could still allow him to be revived.
• Shen Duoluo approached Chu Xisheng and negotiated for the three Eternity Gods to withdraw their curses in exchange for limited outings under the Formless Divine Sect’s conditions.
• Chu Xisheng agreed to consider the covenant, and he and Chu Yunyun reasoned that the bargain would strengthen the Formless Divine Sect even if its risks remained.
• Chu Yunyun left the cavern and revealed to Su Fengdao that she was her disciple, returning from the dead; Su Fengdao embraced her with relief.
• Chu Xisheng sensed his Zangtian bloodline evolving and announced that he would advance to Fourth Rank, while Su Fengdao said he had already completed the required Secret Ritual.

Chu Xisheng retrieved Little Flathead and Bai Xiao Zhao, then advanced to Fourth Rank using transformed secret medicine and strengthened his bloodline abilities. He left for Wild Wolf Plain with Chu Yunyun and Feng San, borrowing another Giant God's Heaven-Penetrating method as they traveled.

• Chu Xisheng retrieved Little Flathead and Bai Xiao Zhao from Formless Divine Mountain and traveled north with Chu Yunyun and Mad Sword Feng San to collect blue-yellow spiral-grain grass.
• Chu Xisheng borrowed a Giant God's Heaven-Transforming Method through the Divine Covenant Heavenly Stele and used it to improve the herbs before preparing his secret medicine.
• Chu Xisheng swallowed the medicine and advanced, while Little Flathead also reached Fourth-Rank Lower Stage through their symbiosis.
• Chu Xisheng raised his Ninefold Refinement Ultimate Origin Purple-Gold Body and discovered that his Zangtian Divine Blood had merged with Rahū Divine Blood and awakened powerful new abilities.
• Chu Xisheng found that his Yazi Bloodline had reached the fifteenth rank and gained Blood-Yazi Origin Soul, which strengthened his Retribution Heavenly Order.
• Chu Xisheng departed for Wild Wolf Plain with Chu Yunyun and Feng San, gave medicinal pills to his companions, and borrowed the eighteenth-rank Heaven-Penetrating method for the journey.

Qin Sheng and Zong Qianliu learned that the Ten Thousand Demons Grotto had been suppressed and rushed toward Canglang Plain, where the Formless Divine Sect and Sky Wolf Army were besieged by Giant Spirits. Chu Xisheng arrived and revealed his mastery of the Divine-Intent Death-Touching Saber, leaving the battlefield stunned and silent.

• Qin Sheng showed Zong Qianliu a message from Qin Fengxian confirming the Ten Thousand Demons Grotto had been suppressed and Shu Huaishi had fallen.
• Zong Qianliu decided to go to Canglang Plain to assess the battle and identify the saber master, and Qin Sheng chose to accompany him.
• Ao Guo assured Lin Duyuan that reinforcements would arrive while Li Changsheng and the defenders fought to hold the besieged camp.
• Qin Xiyan and Chu Ming discussed the battle as Chu Xisheng's Sun-Bathing Divine Vessel descended toward the Giant Spirit formation.
• Chu Xisheng summoned Execution and Blood-Yazi and killed dozens of high-ranking Giant Spirits with a single command, while his Saber Intent forced over a hundred thousand others to kneel.
• A Giant Spirit recognized Chu Xisheng's Divine-Intent Death-Touching Saber, and fighting across the battlefield stopped.

Chu Xisheng revealed that he had mastered the Divine-Intent Death-Touching Saber, turning the tide of the Battle of Canglang Plain and gravely wounding the Giant Spirit commander Huang Heixuan. With the Giant Spirit army ordered to retreat, the Formless Divine Sect’s enemies faced the consequences of their defeat and the shifting balance of power.

• Qin Xiyan, Chu Ming, Lu Luanli, Liu Ruoxi, and Zhou Liangchen reacted with shock and admiration as Chu Xisheng’s Divine-Intent Saber Heart became clear.
• Chu Xisheng used his saber intent to kill and wound Giant Spirit warriors, while Yan Guilai, Lu Shouyang, Fang Zheng, and other elders helped hold off the elite attackers.
• Li Changsheng surprised Huang Heixuan with a sudden close-range attack, allowing Chu Xisheng to strike the Giant Spirit war marshal and leave him gravely injured.
• Qin Sheng and Zong Qianliu recognized that the battle’s outcome would transform the Northern Lands, while Zong Qianliu abandoned his plan to kill Chu Xisheng.
• Ao Guo urged Lin Duyuan to order a pursuit, and Huang Heixuan commanded the Giant Spirit army to withdraw as the Sky Wolf Army celebrated.