Chapter Summaries

After the slaughter in the White Jade Plaza, Si Huangquan accused Zhuo Baiyun of using Blood Beads to provoke the blood mist, and Mu Ling’s testimony strengthened the survivors’ suspicions. The mysterious ranked contestant Bai Xiao Zhao appeared as a girl who resembled Chu Xisheng almost exactly, leaving him wondering if she was his younger sister.

• The survivors gathered among the corpses as they recognized Chu Xisheng and Si Huangquan’s strength, while Si Huangquan suppressed the blood mist’s influence and held back from fighting Chu Xisheng.
• Si Huangquan confronted Zhuo Baiyun over the Blood Beads, but Zhuo denied causing the blood mist and said he had not controlled Si Huangquan.
• Lu Chen accused Zhuo Baiyun of handling the Blood Beads, and Mu Ling confirmed that Zhuo had inspected the drained corpses before the massacre.
• Zhuo Baiyun pointed out that the unfamiliar Bai Xiao Zhao ranked second, prompting Si Huangquan to spot someone clinging to the domed roof and summon her down.
• Bai Xiao Zhao landed, defeated Ying Haobai in a brief fight, and denied causing the blood mist.
• Chu Xisheng recognized that Bai Xiao Zhao looked almost exactly like him and wondered if she was his younger sister.

Chu Xisheng discovered that a blood mist had infected him and others with Heart-Entangling Gu, while he and Zhou Liangchen searched for the culprit among the trial participants. The Killing Trial ended early and distributed rewards before Divine Ao Rogue Person transported everyone to a new location.

• Chu Xisheng denied that Bai Xiao Zhao was related to him, then noticed writhing marks on participants and found Heart-Entangling Gu listed on his character panel.
• Chu Xisheng and Zhou Liangchen discussed the blood beads and suspected the rankings might reveal someone more suspicious than Zhuo Baiyun or Bai Xiao Zhao.
• Si Huangquan moved to attack Zhuo Baiyun, but Li Manshan intervened and urged everyone not to kill one another before the culprit was known.
• Divine Ao Rogue Person ended the Killing Trial early and awarded prizes, including Jadeheart Nectar to the top ten and Primordial God Blood to the top three.
• Divine Ao Rogue Person transported the participants, and they found themselves in a different location.

Chu Yunyun and Lu Luanli arrived near the secret realm and saw the corpses left by the brutal trial, while Temple Master Xuanqing revealed that the deaths had activated the Blood-Origin Rebirth Formation. The Devil God Zangtian descended and began restoring the formation as the crowd fled, and Zhou Xiongba fixed a murderous gaze on someone nearby.

• Chu Yunyun and Lu Luanli reached a hill near the secret realm and saw the bloodied plaza after its mist cleared.
• Lu Luanli recognized the runes as a Blood-Origin Rebirth Formation, and Chu Yunyun confirmed that Chu Xisheng was not among the dead.
• Zhou Xiongba found no Zhou Clan members among the corpses, while Zhou Xia grieved for her eight dead disciples.
• Temple Master Xuanqing explained that the many deaths could activate the damaged formation and summon upper-realm gods and devils.
• The Devil God Zangtian appeared above the plaza and restored the formation as people ordered an evacuation.
• Zhou Xiongba stared at someone in the crowd with icy killing intent.

Zhou Xiongba confronted Situ Li over the secret realm disaster, but Situ Li invoked the Life-and-Death Contract to deter the gathered martial heroes. Si Wufa killed Situ Li’s body and explained his scheme to use the Blood-Origin Rebirth Formation, while the newly revealed fourth square showed that all hundred youths were controlled by Heart-Entangling Gu.

• Zhou Xiongba attacked Situ Li and accused him of concealing the Blood-Origin Rebirth Formation in the secret realm.
• Situ Li invoked the Life-and-Death Contract, warning the crowd that they would die if they sought vengeance for events inside the realm.
• Si Wufa tore through space and destroyed Situ Li’s body, then revealed that Situ Li’s Primordial Spirit had entered the formation to rebuild his body and improve his cultivation.
• Si Wufa explained that breaking into the secret realm could endanger the youths and attract the Cloudsea Sword Puppets, though Situ Li might have to fight them before succeeding.
• The fourth square appeared, and the gathered martial heroes realized that all hundred youths were controlled by Heart-Entangling Gu.

Chu Xisheng warned the contestants that the unknown culprit behind the blood mist could attack them while they dreamed, then struck Mu Ling before anyone could react. The chapter ended with Chu Xisheng’s saber piercing Mu Ling between the eyebrows.

• Divine Ao Rogue Person explained the character trial, its rewards, and the quarter-hour deadline for entering the stone coffins.
• Chu Xisheng, Zhou Liangchen, Si Huangquan, and Bai Xiao Zhao examined the medicinal pool and identified its rare ingredients, including Primordial God Blood.
• Divine Ao Rogue Person declared that the medicinal pool was not part of the rewards and would remain for his successor.
• As the contestants prepared to enter the coffins, Chu Xisheng warned them that the culprit behind the blood mist could kill them while they dreamed.
• Zhuo Baiyun pointed out that contestants who stayed awake might not be transported out, leaving them free to attack the others.
• Chu Xisheng suddenly drew his Rune Blood Refinement Saber and stabbed Mu Ling between the eyebrows.

Chu Xisheng killed Mu Ling after identifying him as the likely culprit behind the blood mist, but Ying Haobai demanded proof and the others began to suspect Mu Ling’s role. Situ Li appeared and restored Mu Ling, who escaped Chu Xisheng’s second strike as Ying Haobai and several Ninth Rank Martial Cultivators attacked Chu Xisheng.

• Chu Xisheng wounded Ying Haobai and explained that he had killed Mu Ling to eliminate the culprit behind the blood mist.
• Chu Xisheng questioned Zhuo Baiyun and the others about Mu Ling’s suspicious actions, and Lu Chen recalled that Mu Ling had stood near Zhuo Baiyun when the Blood Beads were thrown.
• Ying Haobai rejected Chu Xisheng’s accusations, while Chu Xisheng pointed out that Mu Ling could have drained the victims’ blood energy, vital essence, and spiritual substance.
• The White Jade Plaza shook, and Situ Li appeared above the Medicine Pool and restored Mu Ling’s body.
• Chu Xisheng struck at Mu Ling again, but Mu Ling healed and fled as Ying Haobai and several Ninth Rank Martial Cultivators attacked Chu Xisheng.

Chu Xisheng battled Mu Ling and the Heart-Entangling Gu-controlled fighters while Mu Ling and Situ Li prepared a blood-origin rebirth in the Medicine Pool. The ritual began with Bai Xiao Zhao, Li Manshan, and Si Huangquan as offerings, while Chu Xisheng’s Martial Dao Points suddenly surged past three hundred.

• Chu Xisheng repeatedly dismembered Mu Ling while Zhou Liangchen and the Zhou family held back attackers, but Si Huangquan and Bai Xiao Zhao forced Chu Xisheng to retreat.
• Mu Ling restored his body and told Situ Li that Chu Xisheng had disrupted his plan; Situ Li ordered him to begin the ritual immediately.
• Si Huangquan, Bai Xiao Zhao, and Li Manshan were compelled to take positions on the altars, and Mu Ling used blood to intensify the Heart-Entangling Gu’s control over Chu Xisheng and the Zhou family.
• Bai Xiao Zhao and Li Manshan slit their wrists to supply blood for the rebirth, while Mu Ling revealed that Si Huangquan was intended as a sacrifice for Demon God Zangtian.
• As the Zhou family’s position worsened, Chu Xisheng saw fireworks on his illusory screen and his Martial Dao Points rapidly climbed past three hundred.

Xie Zhenqing oversaw the release of the Martial Secrets Almanac, which ranked Chu Xisheng eighty-ninth on the Eastern Province Azure Cloud Ranking. As readers reacted to the news, Ye Zhiqiu set out for Ancient Market Town, convinced the ranking was a scheme against her disciple.

• Xie Zhenqing reviewed the new issue, including Zhang Yu’s martial arts instruction and an article praising Chu Xisheng’s Yazi Saber Intent, and regretted ranking him so highly in anger.
• Xie Zhenqing reassured herself that a Seventh-Rank retainer could protect Chu Xisheng and ordered the Martial Discourse Tower’s doors opened for the release.
• The Martial Secrets Almanac sold out quickly, and readers discussed Chu Xisheng’s eighty-ninth-place ranking and his Yazi Saber Intent.
• Ye Zhiqiu discovered Chu Xisheng’s ranking above the Linhai Twin Tigers, suspected he was being schemed against, and headed for Ancient Market Town to demand justice.

Chu Xisheng spent his rapidly increasing Martial Dao Points on powerful talents, preparing to confront Situ Li and Mu Ling. As Situ Li’s new body took shape, Cloudsea Sword Puppets attacked him, and he summoned Zangtian Venerable to intervene.

• Chu Xisheng redeemed second-stage Pure Yang, weakening the Heart-Entangling Gu and strengthening his body.
• Chu Xisheng acquired second-stage Body of Light-Speed Shadow and Six Senses Attunement to the Divine, then continued refreshing the treasury for stronger talents.
• Chu Xisheng found the Divine Sorrow talent and waited for his Martial Dao Points to rise enough to redeem it.
• Situ Li watched his new body’s bones form in the Medicine Pool and sensed their powerful blood energy.
• Two Cloudsea Sword Puppets appeared and attacked Situ Li, who summoned Zangtian Venerable to seize them.
• Black flames began blazing across Si Huangquan’s body.

As Situ Li advanced his Blood-Origin Rebirth ritual, Demon God Zangtian overwhelmed the Cloudsea Sword Puppets and Mu Ling stabbed Bai Xiao Zhao and Li Manshan to hasten their bleeding. Outside the Secret Realm, Zhou Xiongba and Si Wufa sensed a sudden change in Chu Xisheng, while Mu Ling turned toward Chu with a feeling of extreme danger.

• Si Wufa revealed that he had brought Si Huangquan to the Secret Realm hoping he could recover his missing organs, and suspected Situ Li had lured them there.
• Zhou Xiongba demanded the Secret Realm and Cloudsea Secret Key for the Zhou Family, and Si Wufa agreed to protect the family if he survived.
• Zhou Xiongba and Si Wufa sensed Qin Muge's Divine Sorrow coming from Chu Xisheng, while Chu Yunyun felt a bloodline resonance.
• Demon God Zangtian restored his severed hand and continued pressing his power into the Secret Realm as the Cloudsea Sword Puppets fought him.
• Situ Li ordered Mu Ling to speed up the ritual, and Mu Ling stabbed Bai Xiao Zhao and Li Manshan in the chest to release their blood essence.
• Mu Ling sensed extreme danger and discovered that it came from Chu Xisheng.

Chu Xisheng endured the awakening of Divine Sorrow, expelled the Heart-Entangling Gu from his body, and overwhelmed the Ninth Rank fighters surrounding him. He left the White Jade Plaza stunned as Mu Ling’s attack faltered and Zhuo Baiyun fell unconscious.

• Mu Ling summoned two Ninth Rank Dragonbone Dao Soldiers and ordered them to kill Chu Xisheng.
• Chu Xisheng stopped fleeing and began knocking aside the fighters attacking him, while Lu Chen was blasted away.
• After enduring thirty breaths of agony from redeeming Divine Sorrow, Chu Xisheng vomited out the Heart-Entangling Gu from his body.
• Chu Xisheng accused Mu Ling of using the gu to sacrifice more than four hundred people to rebuild his master’s body.
• Chu Xisheng unleashed his Yazi Saber Intent, forcing the Ninth Rank cultivators around him to their knees or knocking them unconscious.
• Zhuo Baiyun attacked Chu Xisheng under the gu’s control, but Chu Xisheng struck him with his saber and sent him unconscious across the plaza.

Chu Xisheng used his full strength to defeat the Heart-Entangling Gu-controlled fighters and kill Mu Ling, then rescued Li Manshan and Bai Xiao Zhao from the sacrificial altar. The chapter ended with Bai Xiao Zhao transformed into a snow-white marten and clinging to Chu Xisheng's arm.

• Zhou Liangqiu and the Zhou Family warriors watched Chu Xisheng defeat Zhuo Baiyun and the other fighters, while Zhou Liangchen remained confident in his strength.
• Chu Xisheng knocked Ying Haobai unconscious and pinned the Silver-Patterned Tiger down with his Saber Intent as Mu Ling retreated toward the altar.
• Mu Ling empowered the Dragonbone Dao Soldiers with his vital blood, but Chu Xisheng cut them both down with Wind and Thunder Together.
• Mu Ling transformed into a black-flamed skeleton with help from Situ Li, but Chu Xisheng severed his hand and destroyed his body and soul with Empty Cave Brings Wind and Ultimate Move: Trace of Wind.
• Chu Xisheng kicked Li Manshan off the altar and rescued Bai Xiao Zhao, who transformed into a snow-white marten and wrapped her tail around his arm.

Chu Xisheng dragged Si Huangquan off the altar, disrupting Situ Li’s sacrifice to Zangtian, but Situ Li chose to become a demon and continued reconstructing his body. Chu Xisheng knocked out Si Huangquan, took his spell-breaking Twin Butterfly Sabers, and struck the Medicine Pool’s restraints.

• Chu Xisheng pulled the unconscious Bai Xiao Zhao from the altar’s vicinity and tucked her into his robes, then ignored Si Huangquan’s warning and reached through the Zangtian Divine Flame.
• Chu Xisheng endured the flames’ damage and dragged Si Huangquan off the altar, causing Zangtian to halt and Situ Li to suffer backlash from the failed sacrifice.
• Situ Li pledged himself to Zangtian and transformed into a demon, then glared at Chu Xisheng in fury as he continued reconstructing his body.
• Si Huangquan explained that his Twin Butterfly Sabers could break spells, but the Heart-Entangling Gu forced him to attack Chu Xisheng, who knocked him unconscious with his saber.
• Chu Xisheng took the Twin Butterfly Sabers to the Medicine Pool and struck its restrictive spells, which began to crack.

Chu Xisheng fought through Situ Li’s attacks to break the Medicine Pool’s warding barrier, his Yazi Martial Intent rising to its limit as he refused to yield. He breached the barrier and released the pool’s medicinal essence, leaving Situ Li shocked and terrified.

• Chu Xisheng drove his sabers into the Medicine Pool’s warding spells, advancing through the barrier one thrust at a time.
• Situ Li attacked Chu Xisheng with his Divine Sense and Deer-Crane Sword Intent, but Chu Xisheng’s Yazi Saber Intent grew stronger in response.
• Situ Li poured more of his Divine Sense into attacking Chu Xisheng, pinning him down and slashing him with countless feathers.
• Chu Xisheng forced himself to stand as his Yazi Martial Intent advanced to the Fifth Level and his Saber Intent reached its limit.
• Chu Xisheng struck three times with the Twin Butterfly Sabers, breaching the warding barrier and releasing the Medicine Pool’s medicinal essence, while Situ Li stared in shock and despair.

Chu Xisheng ruptured the medicine pool’s barrier and absorbed its medicinal power while Bai Xiao Zhao drained his blood, but Situ Li’s failed rebirth ended when the Cloudsea Sword Puppets destroyed him. As Chu Xisheng left the pool, Zangtian’s attention awakened the Zangtian bloodline in him.

• Chu Xisheng pierced the barrier, and the medicine spirit flooded into his body, nearly overwhelming him.
• Bai Xiao Zhao bit Chu Xisheng and drank his blood, easing the pressure inside him as she grew additional tails.
• Situ Li attacked Chu Xisheng, but his palm struck the pool’s remaining barrier, and the four Cloudsea Sword Puppets destroyed him.
• The Cloudsea Sword Puppets repaired the barrier while Chu Xisheng and Bai Xiao Zhao continued absorbing the medicine spirit until the breach was sealed.
• As Chu Xisheng turned to leave, Zangtian watched him, black flames ignited around him, and he awakened the Zangtian bloodline.

Chu Xisheng survived Zangtian’s divine fire, discovered that his talents had greatly improved, and claimed the top rewards in the Secret Realm contest. He left the realm with its command tally and the bound Cloudsea Secret Key.

• After Zangtian vanished, Chu Xisheng checked his status and found his reputation had exceeded what his Origin-Nourishing Art could support, so he decided to delay advancing his cultivation until he left the Secret Realm.
• Chu Xisheng saw that his Yazi Saber Intent and several talents had risen in tier, including Supreme Communication with the Divine and Zangtian, whose strength increased as he was injured.
• The Divine Ao Rogue Person canceled the dream trial because nobody entered a dream and distributed rewards according to the point rankings, with Chu Xisheng leading at 214 points.
• Chu Xisheng received demon silver, pills, Primordial God Blood, a Divine Origin Rejuvenation Pill, and the Seventh-Rank Upper Cloud-Rising Boots.
• Chu Xisheng received the transferable Secret Realm Tally and the Primordial Spirit-bound Cloudsea Secret Key, then the Divine Ao Rogue Person sent everyone out of the realm.

After emerging from the Secret Realm, Chu Xisheng received the Zhou Family’s gratitude and asked them to prepare medicine for his imminent breakthrough. Si Wufa praised him and offered his protection, while Chu Xisheng secured Si Huangquan’s Divine Origin Rejuvenation Pill for Chu Yunyun.

• Zhou Xiongba and Du Lingxian thanked Chu Xisheng for saving the Zhou Family’s disciples and praised his resistance to Situ Li.
• Chu Xisheng realized that the observers outside the valley had watched the Secret Realm trials and contributed to his Martial Dao Points.
• As armed Embroidery Guards and City Guard soldiers arrived, Chu Xisheng asked Zhou Xiongba to obtain secret medicine for the fourth level of the Origin-Nourishing Art.
• Zhou Xiongba sent Zhou Xiangshan to find the medicine, and Si Wufa arrived to praise Chu Xisheng and offer help in the capital and the provinces of He and Luo.
• Chu Xisheng asked Si Huangquan for his Divine Origin Rejuvenation Pill, and Si Wufa tossed him the pill bottle.

After Chu Xisheng stopped Situ Li and saved many cultivators, local factions rewarded him with offers of help and valuable tokens. Chu Yunyun spotted Chu Zhengyang watching Chu Xisheng and left the mountain wary that their hidden identities might soon be exposed.

• Survivors and faction elders thanked Chu Xisheng, and Lu Ze invited him to Lu Family Fort while Ying Feilong offered Haiyan Gang support and a token.
• Zhou Xia promised that Zhuo Baiyun would help Chu Xisheng, and Shi Jiuming sent him a Corpse Mountain Token that allowed him to borrow powerful corpses.
• Lu Luanli marveled at Chu Xisheng's strength and remembered his courage, while Chu Yunyun decided against entering the secret realm's medicine pool.
• Chu Yunyun recognized Chu Zhengyang, an Embroidered Guard commander, watching Chu Xisheng and worried that their concealed identities could be discovered.
• Chu Yunyun told Lu Luanli she might stay with Chu Xisheng, then watched Lu Luanli leave and turned a cold gaze toward the valley entrance.

Bai Xiao Zhao left the Secret Realm with Sister Yu, insisting she owed Chu Xisheng a debt and would repay him after growing stronger. Meanwhile, Chu Zhengyang began investigating Chu Xisheng’s identity, but an attacker using Qin Muge’s Myriad Gods Tribulation killed him before he could act.

• Bai Xiao Zhao called Sister Yu her mother and insisted she must repay Chu Xisheng for saving her life.
• Sister Yu took Bai Xiao Zhao toward Li Mountain, promising to arrange for the demons in the Secret Realm to be sent there and to watch over Chu Xisheng.
• Jian Zhongliu ordered Chu Zhengyang to suppress the scandal over Situ Li’s crimes to protect Lord Zhang’s political prospects.
• Chu Zhengyang suspected Chu Xisheng might be the living legitimate heir to the Chu Family’s two inherited supreme treasures and ordered an investigation.
• A masked attacker smashed into Chu Zhengyang’s carriage with Qin Muge’s Myriad Gods Tribulation and blew his head apart.

Chu Xisheng advanced his Origin-Nourishing Art to the Fourth Layer, becoming an Eighth-Rank Lower martial artist and greatly increasing his strength and mental power. After testing his new abilities, he found Chu Yunyun waiting for him and gave her three Divine Origin Rejuvenation Pills, then mentioned the two drops of Primordial God Blood he had acquired.

• Chu Xisheng swallowed the flaming fourth-layer secret medicine and advanced his Origin-Nourishing Art to Eighth-Rank Lower.
• Chu Xisheng checked his character panel and tested his abilities, finding that his True Essence, physical strength, speed, and mental power had increased substantially.
• Chu Xisheng left the practice chamber and discovered Chu Yunyun seated in the guest room.
• Chu Yunyun said she had come to see Linhai's tides and watched Chu Xisheng at the Secret Realm.
• Chu Xisheng gave Chu Yunyun three Divine Origin Rejuvenation Pills and told her he had also obtained two drops of Primordial God Blood.