Chapter Summaries

Chu Xisheng and the others reached the Cloudsea Immortal Palace’s stone platform, where powerful factions and hidden experts gathered under restrictive laws. As rivalries and suspicions mounted, City-Toppling Sword, Wen Zhuyi, arrived and struck at the palace with a freezing sword attack.

• Chu Xisheng and Lu Luanli identified the illusory palace’s protections as a combination of Dreamlike Illusions, Upright and Shadowless, Golden Rules and Jade Laws, and Heaven’s Wrath and Earth’s Annihilation.
• The Formless Divine Sect group landed on the spirit-stone platform, and Lu Luanli feared that her father, Lu Chen, was nearby; Chu Yunyun suspected an unremarkable masked-looking man might be him.
• Yan Guilai warned the group to preserve their lives, while Grand Elder Divine Kun condemned his disciples’ past underestimation of Chu Xisheng and cautioned them against provoking Yan Guilai.
• Bai Xiao Zhao arrived with Madam Hanguang and the Li Mountain group, and Zhang Longtu insulted the Demon Race holy lands, provoking their anger.
• Little Black Tortoise stared at a masked man, but refused to explain why; then a vast freeze swept across the area as Wen Zhuyi appeared and slashed toward the illusory palace.

Wen Zhuyi tried to break into the Cloudsea Immortal Palace but stopped when its Cloudsea Sword Puppets resisted her ice arts, then joined the waiting contenders. Divine Ao Rogue Person’s altered rules transported Chu Xisheng’s party into a hall containing two powerful spell arts, leaving them to consider whether to learn them.

• Wen Zhuyi froze the Cloudsea Immortal Palace’s defenses until twenty-four Cloudsea Sword Puppets combined their formations to stop her, and she withdrew to the stone platform.
• Wen Zhuyi recognized Chu Xisheng, while Chu Yunyun warned him to stay close to her and revealed that Wen Zhuyi was injured and had little lifespan remaining.
• Lu Luanli sensed that her father, Lu Chen, was nearby as the contenders waited on the stone platform.
• Divine Ao Rogue Person announced altered entry requirements, and his spiritual power transported Chu Xisheng, Chu Yunyun, Jian Zangfeng, Ji Qianqian, Lu Luanli, Zhou Liangchen, and Little Black Tortoise into a hall.
• Ji Qianqian read that the hall’s stele contained the spell arts Words Become Prophecy and Heavenly Punishment Thunderstorm, and Chu Yunyun considered learning them.

Chu Xisheng passed on learning Divine Ao Rogue Person’s spells, drank a secret medicine, and broke through to Fifth Grade, while Chu Yunyun studied the spells and Ji Qianqian secretly received a signal. After a dream revealed a familiar figure in a mysterious hall, Chu Xisheng strengthened his talents and began advancing his Ninefold Refinement Ultimate Origin Purple-Gold Body.

• Chu Xisheng chose not to learn Divine Ao Rogue Person’s spells, while Lu Luanli and Chu Yunyun estimated how long they would need to master them.
• Chu Xisheng drank the Formless Divine Sect’s secret medicine, whose power broke through the seals and curses in his blood marrow as he advanced.
• Chu Yunyun examined the spells and saw ways to improve them, while Ji Qianqian noticed a signal from the triangular flag hidden in her sleeve.
• A masked group outside Cloudsea Immortal Palace discussed waiting for the right moment to attack Chu Xisheng and worried about Ji Qianqian’s reliability.
• In his dream, Chu Xisheng forced his way farther into the great hall and recognized the figure seated inside before being transported back outside.
• After waking at Fifth Grade, Chu Xisheng raised his Rahu Bloodline to Eighth Rank and began upgrading his Ninefold Refinement Ultimate Origin Purple-Gold Body.

Lu Luanli completed her two innate Spell Arts, and Chu Xisheng’s group left their sealed hall to find a deadly contest awaiting them in Cloudsea Immortal Palace. As more powerful teams gathered beneath the Obelisk, Chu Xisheng prepared for a battle likely to hinge on concealment, clouds, and illusions.

• Lu Luanli completed Words Become Prophecy and Heavenly Punishment Thunderstorm, received her reward, and joined Chu Xisheng’s group as they left the hall.
• Changsun Bingquan and Wen Zhuyi emerged into the plaza, where they learned that only six of the ten teams could survive the coming contest and proceed farther into the immortal palace.
• Chu Xisheng’s group arrived and found teams led by Wu Zhishang, Mu Mingqiu, Great Black Heaven Ri Jialuo, and others already gathered beneath the Obelisk.
• Wen Zhuyi warned Chu Xisheng to withdraw if his group lacked the strength, while Mu Mingqiu and Wu Zhishang regarded his team as a target.
• Divine Kun and Hu Xinmei arrived, and Jian Zangfeng told Chu Xisheng that the battle’s masters of concealment and illusion might give them a chance to survive.

Chu Xisheng and his companions endured five days in the Cloudsea Immortal Palace before the second trial began, as the gathered factions prepared to fight for survival. Chu Yunyun revealed overwhelming strength by striking down Grand Elder Divine Kun, who recognized her as the Overlord Martial King.

• Chu Yunyun and Lu Luanli cooked medicinal soups for Chu Xisheng, who drank both while the waiting factions watched.
• White Bone General Gu Yuanchen arrived with the final team, and Chu Xisheng recognized him as one of Demon God Zangtian’s targets.
• The gathered teams activated the obelisk, and Divine Ao Rogue Person announced a one-day fortune trial that would end when only six teams remained.
• The Golden Rules and Jade Laws restrictions lifted, mist engulfed the plaza, and rival leaders attacked one another while Chu Yunyun, Jian Zangfeng, and Ji Qianqian revealed their weapons.
• Chu Yunyun pierced Grand Elder Divine Kun with her Banner Spear and God-Defying Fire, and he recognized her as the Overlord Martial King.

Jian Zangfeng used the Heaven-Pacifying Sword to empower his allies and distort distance as they fought the Northern Underworld Palace forces and other enemies in the mist. Chu Xisheng, Ji Qianqian, and Lu Luanli defeated several opponents, while Chu Yunyun ambushed Meili and Hu Xinmei sensed that she was next in danger.

• Jian Zangfeng raised his allies’ abilities and used Worlds Apart at Arm's Reach to manipulate the distance between them and their enemies.
• Chu Xisheng killed Xi Lizhi with Limitless Divine Slash after Jian Zangfeng’s power-up left Xi unable to close the distance or escape the saber strike.
• Ji Qianqian killed two Northern Underworld Palace fighters and searched the mist for Grand Elder Divine Kun, whose aura had disappeared.
• Lu Luanli and the Suanni killed Cao Zhongyan’s two companions, and an unseen attacker beheaded Cao Zhongyan as he prepared to unleash a storm of poisoned needles.
• Chu Yunyun speared Meili through the head during her battle with Hu Xinmei, prompting Hu Xinmei to retreat and demand that Great Black Heaven dispel the fog.

Chu Xisheng confronted White-Bone General Gu Yuanchen in the mist and fought him with the aid of Jian Zangfeng’s sword arts and his own enhanced abilities. The battle left Gu Yuanchen wounded and exhausted, while Chu Xisheng remained standing and Gu Yuanchen demanded to know why he had been targeted.

• Hu Xinmei reported that Meili and Divine Kun had been killed with one spear thrust, while Ri Jialuo remained unable to disperse the mist as an azure saber light pursued him.
• Wen Zhuyi defeated Mu Mingqiu’s shell and suspected that Chu Yunyun might be the hidden expert who had killed Meili and Divine Kun.
• Chu Xisheng found Gu Yuanchen fighting Wu Zhishang and attacked, severing Gu Yuanchen’s left hand before his sword qi and Innate Great Sun Divine Light blasted him into a chain wall.
• Wu Zhishang retreated to watch as Chu Xisheng and Gu Yuanchen continued fighting, and he concluded that the Formless Divine Sect’s team held several dangerous experts.
• Gu Yuanchen used Vast Vajra to close the distance and attacked Chu Xisheng relentlessly, but Chu Xisheng reflected some of his blows and endured the rest with his rapid healing and strengthened body.
• Gu Yuanchen’s Blood Essence Heavenly Explosion shattered Chu Xisheng’s sabers, but Chu Xisheng landed unharmed, and Gu Yuanchen asked why he had singled him out for a fight to the death.

Chu Xisheng battled Gu Yuanchen, exposing the White Bone General’s role in the Northern Cang Plains massacre and destroying his White Bone Yuanchen with a precise saber technique. After Chu Xisheng revealed his Yazi bloodline, he killed Gu Yuanchen, who recognized him as the Formless Divine Sect’s Blood-Yazi Saint Inheritor.

• Chu Xisheng recovered from Gu Yuanchen’s devastating punch, restored his Golden Wind Jade Dew Saber, and used Wen Zhuyi’s Ice Mirrors to track Gu Yuanchen through the fog.
• Chu Xisheng accused Gu Yuanchen of sacrificing thirty-seven thousand soldiers on the Northern Cang Plains to gain power, and Gu Yuanchen defended the massacre as fate.
• With Jian Zangfeng slowing Gu Yuanchen and the Nine Luminaries Divine Wheel Sword wearing him down, Chu Xisheng landed a series of attacks, but Gu Yuanchen summoned his White Bone Yuanchen puppet.
• Chu Xisheng revealed his Yazi bloodline and used Returning Light, Reflecting Illumination to exploit the puppet’s instability and shatter it.
• Gu Yuanchen recognized Chu Xisheng as the Blood-Yazi Saint Inheritor, but Chu Xisheng beheaded him and the Nine Luminaries Divine Wheel Sword shredded his body.

After killing Gu Yuanchen, Chu Xisheng revealed his Yazi Bloodline, gained the favor of several gods, and learned that Zangtian wanted him to obtain the Two Books of Precepts and Laws. The survivors entered the next trial, while Ri Jialuo discovered that no one could leave the Cloudsea Immortal Palace early to warn their allies.

• Chu Xisheng killed Gu Yuanchen, strengthening his divine seals and raising his Blood Essence Points as the white jade square fell silent.
• Hu Xinmei proposed ending the battle, but Wen Zhuyi froze four fighters and the Divine Ao Rogue Person opened the way to the next trial.
• The survivors saw two golden books above the palace's central tower, identified as the Divine Law and the Divine Precept, and Chu Xisheng received Zangtian's instructions to pursue them and kill his enemies' favored followers.
• Jian Zangfeng explained that Gu Yuanchen's damaged Heaven and Earth Bracelet could not be opened, while Chu Xisheng's cracked Blood-Yazi Illusion Ring no longer needed to conceal Little Flathead.
• Lu Luanli suspected that the disguised yellow-faced Rogue Cultivator was her father, Lu Chen, and Chu Yunyun sensed that she and Wen Zhuyi might soon fight.
• Ri Jialuo ordered Peng Jing to leave and warn their lord, but Peng Jing found that the palace's rules had postponed all departures indefinitely.

Chu Xisheng and the others faced a deadly chasm marked by the White Emperor's Son's Sword Intent, but Wen Zhuyi created an ice bridge that let their group cross safely. When Ri Jialuo sent Gongsun Zhou onto the bridge, he began freezing, leaving the others stranded and raising questions about why Wen Zhuyi had helped Chu Xisheng's group.

• Divine Ao Rogue Person explained that the chasm was a seven-hundred-li sword scar filled with dangerous Sword Intent, Law and Command, and word spirits, and warned that only certain abilities could cross it.
• Hu Xinmei proposed that she and Chu Xisheng's group join forces, but Chu Xisheng refused because he did not trust her.
• Wen Zhuyi formed a Frozen Ice Path across the chasm and led the Ice City disciples safely into the mist.
• Jian Zangfeng tested the bridge, and Chu Xisheng's group followed him across without being struck by the Sword Intent.
• Ri Jialuo ordered Gongsun Zhou to test the bridge, but Gongsun Zhou began freezing on contact and Ri Jialuo pulled him back.

Chu Xisheng’s group crossed the Earth Abyss with Chu Yunyun and Lu Luanli’s spell arts and received Divine Ao Rogue Person’s rewards. Ji Qianqian stayed behind, summoned masked allies who planned to kill Chu Xisheng, while Qingxu Zi sought information about her from Wangqi Luohou.

• Chu Yunyun and Lu Luanli used the Two Books of Precepts and Laws to create a protected golden bridge, allowing Chu Xisheng’s group to cross the thunderstorm and reach the northern shore.
• Divine Ao Rogue Person’s rewards arrived, including Superlight Boots for Chu Xisheng, equipment for his companions, and Emperor’s Flowing Essence for Little Black Tortoise.
• Ji Qianqian’s hidden flag began vibrating, so she stayed behind while Chu Xisheng and the others continued toward the next trial.
• After the other groups passed, Ji Qianqian planted the flag and summoned masked figures, who said they had to kill Chu Xisheng within two quarters of an hour.
• In Youzhou’s State City, Qingxu Zi met Wangqi Luohou and asked him for everything he knew about Ji Qianqian.

Wangqi Luohou explained to Qingxu Zi that Ji Qianqian’s feelings for Chu Xisheng had changed her loyalties, while revealing that Chu Xisheng already possessed the Yazi Bloodline and warning of an Imperial Court trap involving a Heaven and Earth Root. At the Cloudsea Immortal Palace, Ji Qianqian broke the attackers’ concealment spell and began cutting down the seven criminals sent to kill Chu Xisheng, leaving three fleeing survivors in her sights.

• Wangqi Luohou showed Qingxu Zi Ji Qianqian’s reports and argued that she had begun putting Chu Xisheng before the Imperial Court; he also warned that the court might bait the Formless Divine Sect with a Heaven and Earth Root.
• Qingxu Zi revealed that Chu Xisheng already possessed the Yazi Bloodline and had no need for a Heaven and Earth Root to transform it.
• At the Cloudsea Immortal Palace, Ji Qianqian confronted seven wanted criminals who admitted that Xiao Hongchen and Eunuch Mu had recruited them to kill Chu Xisheng on the emperor’s orders.
• Ji Qianqian used Words Become Prophecy to dispel the Deceive Heaven and Befuddle Earth Art, exposing the group to the palace’s sword puppets and restrictions.
• Ji Qianqian resisted the seven attackers and killed Extreme Wind Leg Qi Jun, Yama Saber Ming Sanwen, and Ghost Hand Shen Qi, along with another black-clad man.
• The three surviving attackers scattered, and Ji Qianqian unfolded a great bow and aimed at one of them.

Ji Qianqian defeated the seven men who had trapped her, reunited with Chu Xisheng, and received the Divine Sorrow bloodline talent from him. The group reached the Wind God Tower, where they learned that its trial forced teams to fight over passage tokens, and Chu Xisheng entered with Yan Guilai’s team despite the danger.

• Ji Qianqian waited for the Heavenly Dipper Art to fade, then flew north and found Chu Xisheng and his companions waiting for her.
• Chu Xisheng redeemed a Divine Sorrow Talent Card for Ji Qianqian, and she awakened the bloodline talent without difficulty.
• Chu Xisheng’s group reached the Wind God Tower and learned that teams needed both a yin token and a yang token to leave, making the trial potentially fatal.
• Yan Guilai arrived with Zong Sanping’s group and warned Chu Xisheng that the tower was dangerous, but Chu Xisheng chose to enter.
• Hu Xinmei and Ri Jialuo also decided to enter the tower, while Wu Zhishang watched Ri Jialuo with cold suspicion.

Chu Xisheng used his enhanced comprehension to identify Trace of Wind as the guiding move for the Wind God Tower’s saber techniques and explained it to those around him, accepting payment from Hu Xinmei and Ri Jialuo to share more of his insights. The chapter ended when Cang Haishi killed Wu Guangming with Wind’s Wound, recognized Chu Xisheng’s Yazi Bloodline, and Yan Guilai redirected Cang Haishi’s Sword Intent away from him.

• Ri Jialuo and Hu Xinmei moved their groups near the Formless Divine Sect, while Fang Buyuan and Zhou Liangchen arranged their watch shifts.
• Chu Xisheng bought thirteenth-rank Supreme Communication with the Divine, then recognized Trace of Wind as the guiding framework for the tower’s nine saber moves and demonstrated it to his fellow disciples.
• Chu Xisheng shared more of his understanding with Wen Zhuyi and Madam Hanguang, and accepted Emperor’s Flowing Essence and a magic artifact from Hu Xinmei and Ri Jialuo in exchange for explaining the technique to them.
• Zong Sanping and Ren Xiaowo thanked Chu Xisheng for clarifying Trace of Wind, while Chu Yunyun reconsidered her suspicions about his motives toward Wen Zhuyi.
• Cang Haishi killed the injured Wu Guangming with Wind’s Wound and took his yin passage token.
• Cang Haishi recognized Chu Xisheng’s Yazi Bloodline, drawing hostile attention from the tower’s occupants, and Yan Guilai severed and redirected Cang Haishi’s Sword Intent.

Yan Guilai fought Sword Qi Cang Haishi after Cang Haishi challenged the Formless Divine Sect, but their duel ended when hidden attackers intervened. Wen Zhuyi froze Cang Haishi with two strikes, and after mastering Wind's Wound, Chu Xisheng reached the second floor and found the next move, Wind Form.

• Yan Guilai and Sword Qi Cang Haishi exchanged thousands of blows, with Yan Guilai using the Heaven-Measuring Sword, Heaven-Pacifying Sword, and Heaven-Slaying Sword to counter Cang Haishi's Divine Intent Like the Heart Sword.
• When black needles targeted Yan Guilai, Cang Haishi knocked them aside and ended their duel, then acknowledged Chu Xisheng's developing Yazi Saber.
• Wen Zhuyi defeated Cang Haishi in two sword strikes and proceeded to the second floor, leaving him trapped inside a block of ice by his Immovable Divine Seal.
• Chu Xisheng mastered Wind's Wound, helped Bai Xiao Zhao learn it, and followed Yan Guilai and the Formless Divine Sect to the second floor.
• Ri Jialuo avoided the powerful masters waiting upstairs, then ascended after Yan Guilai's group; Chu Xisheng examined the more complex Wind Form on the second floor.

Chu Xisheng’s group advanced through the Wind God Tower while tensions around Wen Zhuyi grew, and Chu Yunyun revealed she had a chance against the City-Toppling Sword. Meanwhile, Dugu Shou confronted Li Changsheng over the Heaven and Earth Root and discovered Chu Xisheng already possessed Yazi True Blood; the chapter ended as Ri Jialuo erupted into black mist and the seventh floor erupted into conflict.

• Chu Xisheng and his companions judged that the factions in the Cloudsea Immortal Palace were wary of Wen Zhuyi and focused on learning Wind’s Exhausted Remnant Trace while avoiding the brewing conflict.
• Dugu Shou and Zong Qianliu arrived at Formless Divine Mountain, where Dugu Shou challenged Li Changsheng over the Imperial Court’s conduct and the Formless Divine Sect’s defiance.
• Dugu Shou offered the Heaven and Earth Root in exchange for the sect’s help against Extreme Eastern Ice City and Wen Zhuyi, then demanded Chu Xisheng serve the Imperial Court; Li Changsheng rejected the terms.
• Dugu Shou inferred that Chu Xisheng already had Yazi True Blood, and Li Changsheng confirmed it before Dugu Shou offered the Heaven and Earth Root for instruction in the Divine-Intent Death-Touching Saber and the release of Li Changsheng’s imprisoned senior brother.
• On the seventh floor, Chu Xisheng’s group noticed Wen Zhuyi’s growing, uncontrolled cold; Chu Yunyun said she could challenge Wen Zhuyi and warned Chu Xisheng not to keep looking at her.
• Ri Jialuo burst into black mist, triggering an eruption of Martial Intents and a clash across the seventh-floor stone hall.

Smoke and confusion spread through the Seventh-Level Stone Hall as powerful factions attacked Wen Zhuyi and turned their attention toward Chu Xisheng. Yan Guilai defended Chu Xisheng’s group from an ambush, while an unseen spear wielder killed Shadowless Divine Hand Jin Lie before he could identify the woman he had encountered.

• Ri Jialuo and Hu Xinmei released smoke to protect themselves as attacks erupted around Wen Zhuyi, and Little Black Tortoise shielded the group on its back.
• Ye Zhiqiu discovered that Chu Xisheng, Ji Qianqian, and Lu Luanli had disappeared, while Jian Zangfeng tracked Chu Xisheng through their connection.
• Yan Guilai deflected Divine Edge Shadowless Needles and drove back Quan Sikong, Wei Ru, and Yang Baji with his enhanced sword techniques.
• Jin Lie prepared to attack Chu Xisheng’s group, but a woman confronted him in the fog and an unseen spear pierced his head before he could name her.

Chu Yunyun slaughtered Imperial Court-aligned experts in the fog with the God-Defying Banner Spear, revealing herself to Quan Sikong as Qin Muge returned from the dead. As she hunted more enemies, Chu Xisheng watched Wen Zhuyi and prepared to take advantage of a battle involving Dongfang Bai, while Ji Qianqian openly used the Great Yi Formless Arrow nearby.

• Chu Yunyun burned Jin Lie's remains and killed Quan Sikong, revealing herself as Qin Muge and discovering that burning experts who concealed divine power strengthened the God-Defying Banner Spear.
• The fog-bound cultivators realized Jin Lie and Quan Sikong had vanished, while Ri Jialuo and Hu Xinmei continued releasing smoke and Yan Guilai discussed the mysterious killer with Jian Zangfeng.
• Chu Yunyun attacked Wei Ru, but Lu Chen struck at the same time and severed Wei Ru's head before pursuing her through the fog.
• Lu Luanli questioned Chu Xisheng about watching Wen Zhuyi, and Chu Xisheng identified Dongfang Bai as his intended target for a possible opportunistic attack.
• A shadowless arrow killed a nearby cultivator, and Chu Xisheng recognized Ji Qianqian's openly used Great Yi Formless Arrow.

Wen Zhuyi fought off a coalition of martial experts and divine manifestations inside Cloudsea Immortal Palace, unleashing her sealed Divine Yin Origin Power at the cost of her lifespan. Chu Yunyun and Chu Xisheng helped kill the fleeing attackers, and the chapter ended with Wen Zhuyi appearing before Chu Xisheng and staring at him strangely.

• Changsun Bingquan worried as the flames and hidden attacks closed in on Wen Zhuyi, whose cold power was becoming unstable.
• Wen Zhuyi opened the Shenting Acupoint and unleashed her Divine Yin Origin Power, then froze Baili Lieshou and the Nine Yin Devil Master's manifestation with one sword strike.
• Wen Zhuyi struck Li Zhen'e, but the Sword God, the White Emperor's Son, sent him out of Cloudsea Immortal Palace before being frozen itself.
• Chu Yunyun ambushed Xue Wujin as he tried to escape, killing him with her spear and God-Defying Fire.
• Chu Xisheng used his Heaven-Executing Saber to kill Dongfang Bai after Wen Zhuyi froze him, while Wang Dongtian evaded Wen Zhuyi's attacks with the Heaven-Escaping Method.
• Wen Zhuyi felt the growing ice within her heart and the loss of a year of her lifespan, then appeared before Chu Xisheng and stared at him as if she wanted to eat him.

Wen Zhuyi traded pills for Chu Xisheng’s blood essence, but her attempt to take it sparked a battle with Chu Yunyun and Lu Chen. As the confrontation quieted, Cang Haishi broke free from the ice with a Sun Golden Crow totem blazing between his brows.

• Wen Zhuyi offered Chu Xisheng ten Shennong Heart-Guarding Pills for thirty drops of blood essence, then bit his neck and used his blood to ease the icy force within her.
• Ji Qianqian attacked Wen Zhuyi, and Lu Luanli also struck at her, but Wen Zhuyi froze both women while continuing to drain Chu Xisheng’s blood.
• Chu Yunyun intervened with her spear and fought Wen Zhuyi, who gave Chu Xisheng the promised pills along with three Divine Refining Origin-Stabilizing Pills.
• Lu Chen attacked Wen Zhuyi with his Dreamlike Saber and Divine Illusion Sword, detonating the fire poison in her hand before the fighters withdrew into the fog.
• Zhu Guangyin watched the gathering of powerful fighters and considered using the turmoil to his advantage.
• Cang Haishi broke out of the ice at the Wind God Tower’s stairway, with a Sun Golden Crow totem glowing between his brows.