Chapter Summaries

Xie Ling returned to the Land of Chaos after Xie Han summoned her with three Chaos Orders, fearing that her younger brother Xie Mu had been discovered impersonating her. She reached Immortal Cloud Island and found Xie Mu unharmed in the hall with Xie Han and others, while Kong Qiusu followed her from the Jade Pivot Sect.

• Bai Xiao thanked Xie Han for granting her a cultivation technique and declared that she revered devils.
• Xie Ling met Xie Xiang in the bamboo forest, where he told her Xie Han had summoned her because she had been absent for over half a year.
• Xie Xiang revealed that Xie Mu was on Immortal Cloud Island and might be in trouble, so Xie Ling agreed to return and demanded that Xie Han leave her brother alone.
• Xie Ling left without telling Xie Feng, and Kong Qiusu put away his book and followed her.
• Xie Ling and Xie Xiang traveled through the Gate of the Vast Expanse to Immortal Cloud Island, where Xie Ling found Xie Mu standing safely in the main hall.

Xie Ling confronted Elder Xie Han over her absence from the Lineage and rejected his accusations that she had abandoned her duties. After Xie Han used mistakes in the branch Lineage’s records to push for Xie Xiang to replace her, Xie Ling vowed to correct them within ten days or surrender her position.

• Xie Ling arrived and challenged Xie Han and Xie Xu over their treatment of Xie Mu.
• Xie Han interrogated Xie Ling about where she had gone, but she insisted she had traveled to broaden her horizons and realized he was bluffing about Xie Mu revealing her destination.
• Xie Han presented a pile of errors in the branch Lineage’s records and blamed Xie Ling’s absence and Xie Mu’s work for the problems.
• Xie Han named Xie Xiang as the capable candidate to replace Xie Ling, while Xie Xiang privately celebrated his chance to take the position.
• Xie Ling gathered the documents and promised to correct every mistake within ten days or let the elders remove her from her post.

Xie Han warned Xie Ling to stay away from Xie Feng and reminded her that her position was the only way to help their imprisoned father, leaving her shaken and furious. Back at the Jade Palace, Xie Mu tried to comfort her, guessed that Xie Han had invoked their father, and blamed himself for being unable to help.

• Xie Han warned Xie Ling against contacting Xie Feng and reminded her that losing her position could doom their father, who was imprisoned in the Demon-Suppressing Tower.
• Xie Ling fled in distress, and Xie Mu grabbed Xie Han by the collar until Xie Luo pulled them apart and sent Xie Mu back to Rin City.
• Xie Luo accused Xie Han of taking credit for words Xie Yuan had spoken, then left the hall after trading insults with him.
• At the Jade Palace, Xie Ling nearly struck the table and smashed a teapot, but Xie Mu stopped her by pointing out their high prices.
• Xie Mu guessed that Xie Han had upset Xie Ling by mentioning their father and apologized for being unable to help him.

Xie Ling told Xie Mu that Xie Feng was Xie Xuanyuan and Mu Yueheng’s child and warned him that Xie Han’s faction might target him. Xie Xiang then surrounded Rin City with the Immortal Cloud Army and confined the siblings to the Jade Palace, leaving Xie Ling asking where Grand Elder Xie Junjiao was.

• Xie Ling reassured Xie Mu that he had fulfilled their father’s wish by living peacefully and urged him to return to his island.
• Xie Mu told Xie Ling that Xie Yun had revealed she left Rin City and the Tenth Universe for Xie Feng, and offered to take her place.
• Xie Ling confirmed Xie Feng was Xie Xuanyuan and Mu Yueheng’s child and warned that Xie Han and the family head might harm him because he was Heavenly Emperor Mu’s disciple.
• Xie Ling told Xie Mu to leave the Land of Chaos, but Xie Xiang arrived with the Immortal Cloud Army, which had surrounded the Jade Palace and Rin City.
• Xie Xiang said Xie Han had ordered them to keep Xie Ling and Xie Mu inside the Jade Palace while the family head was away.
• Xie Ling asked where Grand Elder Xie Junjiao was after learning Xie Yuan was stationed in distant North Wilderness City.

Xie Ling restrained herself after Xie Xiang threatened her father, while Xie Xiang ordered General Ming to deal with Xie Yunhao in the Demon-Suppressing Tower. In the Qingli Realm, Xie Feng searched for Xie Ling and Kong Qiusu and discovered that someone had deliberately obscured the Cloud Observation Mirror.

• Xie Xiang stopped Xie Ling from attacking him by reminding her that her father, Xie Yunhao, was imprisoned in the Demon-Suppressing Tower, and he confined Xie Ling and Xie Mu to Rin City for a month.
• After leaving the Jade Palace, Xie Xiang ordered General Ming to ensure Xie Yunhao would not be seen again, while blaming Xie Ling for secretly seeking Xie Han.
• Kong Qiusu watched the confrontation with a Divine Mechanism Mirror, judged the siblings safe for now, and entered the Demon-Suppressing Tower.
• At dinner in the Jade Pivot Sect, Gu Yu noticed that Xie Ling and Kong Qiusu were missing, so Xie Feng went to search for them.
• Xie Feng found neither person at the snowfield or bamboo grove and discovered that the Cloud Observation Mirror had blurred as soon as Xie Ling entered the grove.

Kong Qiusu rescued Xie Yunhao, Xie Ling’s father and Xie Feng’s second uncle, from the Demon-Suppressing Tower and brought him to the Qingli Realm for treatment. Xie Yunhao’s wounds healed, but his cultivation was gone and he remained consumed by despair.

• Xie Feng sensed Chaos Qi in the trace and wondered why Xie Ling had left without saying goodbye.
• Kong Qiusu broke through the water prison’s formation and found Xie Yunhao in a ruined state.
• Kong Qiusu knocked Xie Yunhao unconscious and carried him out of the Demon-Suppressing Tower.
• Kong Qiusu brought Xie Yunhao to Xie Feng, Gu Yu, and Ren Yanyu, then explained that he was Xie Feng’s second uncle and that the Land of Chaos had imprisoned him.
• Xie Feng and Kong Qiusu treated Xie Yunhao’s wounds, but Kong Qiusu said his cultivation had been destroyed.
• Xie Yunhao woke and tugged at Gu Yu’s clothes, staring blankly into space with a despairing expression.

Xie Feng’s group rescued Xie Yunhao from the water dungeon, fed him, and learned he might know the truth about Xie Feng’s parents’ deaths. Meanwhile, Xie Xiang took Xie Yunhao from the Demon-Suppressing Tower and surrounded him with Immortal Cloud Army soldiers, but Xie Yunhao simply fell asleep.

• Xie Yunhao woke up, remained silent, and pointed to his stomach, so Xie Feng had Gu Yu and Ren Yanyu bring him food.
• Kong Qiusu told Xie Feng that Xie Yunhao might know what happened to Xie Feng’s parents, and Xie Feng vowed to protect him.
• Xie Yunhao devoured the food and fell asleep, while Xie Feng worried that Xie Han was targeting him and that Xie Ling might be in danger.
• Xie Xiang found Xie Yunhao missing from the water dungeon, then ordered soldiers to search it and haul him out.
• Xie Xiang brought Xie Yunhao to a desolate mountain, where Immortal Cloud Army soldiers surrounded him, but Xie Yunhao lay down and fell asleep.

Ge Ya impersonated Xie Yunhao to survive Xie Xiang’s attempt to kill him, then killed a Heavenly General and disposed of the body. In the Qingli Realm, Xie Feng approached the real Xie Yunhao and began telling a story about a third disciple from the Xuanji Sect, leaving his questions about Xie Xuanyuan unanswered.

• Xie Xiang ordered a soldier to kill the apparent Xie Yunhao and throw his body into the river.
• Ge Ya emerged from the river, revealed his disguise, and explained that he had impersonated Xie Yunhao to protect Xie Ling.
• Ge Ya killed a Heavenly General who discovered him, placed Xie Yunhao’s mask on the corpse, and threw it into the river.
• Xie Xiang returned, had the body fished out and hacked apart, and left reassured.
• In the Qingli Realm, Xie Feng found the real Xie Yunhao by a river and asked about Xie Xuanyuan, but Xie Yunhao did not respond.
• Xie Feng began telling Xie Yunhao a story about a master and three disciples in the Xuanji Sect.

Xie Feng tried to learn the truth about his parents from Xie Yunhao, whose damaged memories left him unable to answer. He contacted Long Cangxue for help and traveled with Xie Yunhao and Kong Qiusu to the Ninth Universe, where they arrived at the sealed gates of the Jade Pivot Realm.

• Xie Feng told Xie Yunhao that he was Xuanyuan, but Xie Yunhao briefly reacted before returning to his vacant state and walking off to find food.
• Xie Feng told Gu Yu that Xie Yunhao’s memories could reveal what had happened to his parents and warned him to keep his uncle safe.
• Xie Feng activated Long Cangxue’s voice transmission talisman and received an address in the Ninth Universe: Jade Pivot Realm, Dark Locust Heaven.
• Xie Feng decided to seek Long Cangxue’s help, and Kong Qiusu volunteered to escort him and Xie Yunhao.
• Xie Feng used the Cross-Dimensional Converter to reach the Ninth Universe, where they found the Jade Pivot Realm’s towering city gates shut.

Xie Feng carried Xie Yunhao across the Jade Pivot Realm’s abyss and climbed its silver stairs, enduring a soul-targeting trial until his Chaos Power eased the pressure. As he and Xie Yunhao reached a new space filled with demons, Long Cangxue and Mu Bingxing watched their progress and prepared to raise the difficulty.

• Kong Qiusu stayed outside the Jade Pivot Realm while Xie Feng and Xie Yunhao entered and found a cliff facing the silver stairs.
• Xie Feng used the Northern Nether Heaven-Subduing Fire to form a path across the abyss, then carried Xie Yunhao over the flaming stones.
• Xie Feng climbed the silver stairs under pressure that attacked his body and soul, while Xie Yunhao remained unaffected.
• After more than a hundred steps, Xie Feng unleashed his Chaos Power to lessen the pressure and continued ascending with ease.
• Long Cangxue and Mu Bingxing discussed Xie Feng’s progress, and Long Cangxue decided to increase the difficulty while Mu Bingxing suggested bringing Xie Yunhao over.
• Xie Feng and Xie Yunhao crossed the stairs and entered a space filled with a horde of demons.

Xie Feng and Xie Yunhao endured a phantom assault and a battlefield vision that triggered Xie Yunhao’s trauma and a brief mention of Xie Feng’s father, Xie Xuanyuan. They reached Gloomy Locust Heaven, where a wounded man in red revealed himself as Xuanyuan.

• Xie Feng fought off endless white phantoms while battlefield sounds left Xie Yunhao terrified and trembling.
• Xie Yunhao grabbed Xie Feng and urgently told him to save Xuanyuan, then lost control as pain and black flames appeared in his eyes.
• Xie Yunhao struck down a phantom attacking Xie Feng before falling back into a blank stupor.
• Beneath an ancient locust tree, Long Cangxue and Mu Bingxing discussed the visitors passing the trial and prepared to welcome them.
• Xie Feng and Xie Yunhao entered Gloomy Locust Heaven and found a wounded man in red beneath the tree.
• The man looked at Xie Yunhao and said that he was Xuanyuan.

Xie Feng overcame Long Cangxue’s illusion trial and reached her in Dark Locust Heaven, bringing Xie Yunhao for treatment. He asked Long Cangxue to reveal what happened to his parents, but the chapter ended before she answered.

• Xie Feng recognized that the apparent Xie Xuanyuan was part of Long Cangxue’s trial and broke the illusion with a punch.
• Long Cangxue told Xie Feng he had reached her in four and a half minutes, beating his senior brother’s time, and welcomed him to Dark Locust Heaven.
• Xie Feng asked Mu Bingxing to treat Xie Yunhao, and Mu Bingxing agreed to care for him despite his severe mental shock.
• Xie Feng shared tea with Long Cangxue and said he needed greater strength after Xie Han and others from the Chaos Lineage targeted him.
• Xie Feng pressed Long Cangxue to explain what had happened to his parents, and she had not yet answered.

Xie Feng pressed Long Cangxue for information about his parents’ past, but she insisted he needed to grow stronger before seeking revenge. She asked him to persuade Sushang to become her disciple, then empowered Little Sword and secretly helped Kong Qiusu advance.

• Xie Feng questioned Long Cangxue about the injustice involving his parents, but she refused to reveal more and urged him to reach the Heavenly Emperor realm before seeking revenge.
• Long Cangxue offered to save Xie Yunhao if Xie Feng persuaded Sushang to become her disciple, and Xie Feng agreed to ask her.
• Long Cangxue tapped Little Sword’s hilt, raising him from Universe Level to Eternity.
• Long Cangxue noticed Kong Qiusu waiting outside and sent him a streak of rainbow light, advancing him from peak Great Emperor to half-step Heavenly Emperor.

Xie Feng reunited with Xie Hun in the Jade Pivot Realm, then returned to the Sixth Universe. During a stone shipment bound for the Jade Pivot Sect, Gu Yu encouraged a young boy who admired Xie Feng and invited him to meet his master.

• Long Cangxue told Xie Feng that Kong Qiusu’s breakthrough had been a gift and urged him to pursue his destiny.
• Xie Feng returned to the Jade Pivot Realm, where Kong Qiusu revealed his breakthrough and reunited him with Xie Hun, who had reached Half-Step Heavenly Emperor.
• Xie Feng and his companions returned to the Sixth Universe, and Gu Yu began transporting valuable inkstone to the Jade Pivot Sect.
• Gu Yu stopped the tired transport party to rest and spoke with a young boy about his ambition to become a great figure.
• Gu Yu described Xie Feng as his master and invited the boy to meet him after they delivered the stone.

Bai Xiao captured Gu Yu and took him to a blood-covered graveyard, where she demanded that he repent before Xuan Ya’s tomb for his master’s crime. Gu Yu tried to talk his way out of it, but Bai Xiao remained intent on making him suffer.

• Gu Yu told a boy that he was the chief disciple of the Northern Spirit Emperor and promised to take him to see the Spirit Emperor.
• Bai Xiao seized Gu Yu, shattered his voice transmission talisman, and knocked him unconscious after he theatrically begged her to spare the escort party.
• Bai Xiao escaped with Gu Yu, and the escorts identified her as the Nether Soul Hall’s newly appointed hall master before setting off to inform the Spirit Emperor.
• Gu Yu woke in a gloomy graveyard and learned from Bai Xiao that she had brought him there to torture him rather than kill him.
• Bai Xiao dragged Gu Yu before Xuan Ya’s tomb and demanded that he kneel and repent, while Gu Yu denied responsibility and tried to dissuade her from opposing his master.

Bai Xiao held Gu Yu captive to lure Xie Feng to her, but Xie Feng arrived and revealed he had brought two imposing allies. The chapter ended as they entered the cave, leaving Bai Xiao facing an unexpected confrontation.

• Gu Yu tried to persuade Bai Xiao to release him by pleading, flattering her, and offering to be her pretty boy, but she told him she planned to use him to lure Xie Feng.
• Gu Yu told Bai Xiao that his master had gone out, so she kept him captive and gave him wild fruit to eat.
• When Xie Feng had not arrived by dusk, Bai Xiao sent four Nether Soul Hall soldiers to the Jade Pivot Sect to report that Gu Yu was there.
• Xie Feng appeared at the cave after killing the four soldiers, and Gu Yu ran to hide behind him.
• Bai Xiao said Xie Feng could not defeat her, but Xie Feng said he did not intend to fight her and stepped aside as two imposing people entered the cave.

Xie Feng uncovered Bai Xiao’s ties to Xie Han, defeated her with Xie Hun and Kong Qiusu, and ordered the Nether Soul Hall destroyed. Meanwhile, Xie Ling learned that Xie Xiang had killed her father on Xie Han’s orders and left the Jade Palace, with Xie Mu wanting to follow.

• Xie Feng deduced that Bai Xiao had gained power through Xie Han, and Bai Xiao realized she had been used in their feud.
• Bai Xiao tried to escape, but Xie Hun and Kong Qiusu’s attacks killed her, prompting Xie Feng to declare that the Nether Soul Hall had to be eliminated.
• One hundred thousand soldiers of the Ziyun Army razed the Nether Soul Hall, and Xie Feng later sent Xu Fei to bring Sushang from the Fifth Universe.
• Xie Ling and Xie Mu learned from guards that Xie Xiang had killed their father on Xie Han’s orders.
• Xie Ling laid a presence-concealing formation and left the Jade Palace for some air, while Xie Mu offered to accompany her.

Xie Ling went to the riverside where her father had been murdered and confronted Xie Xiang, who confessed that Xie Han had ordered the killing. She seized Xie Xiang by the throat, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Xie Mu tried to stop Xie Ling from acting rashly, but she knocked him aside and left.
• Xie Ling went to the secluded riverside near the Demon-Suppressing Tower and mourned her father, Xie Yunhao.
• Xie Ling encountered Xie Xiang, who berated her for leaving the Jade Palace without permission.
• Xie Ling confronted Xie Xiang about her father's death, and he admitted that he had killed him on Xie Han's orders.
• Xie Ling clamped her hand around Xie Xiang's throat as he begged for his life.

After Xie Ling killed Xie Xiang in revenge for her father’s murder, she was imprisoned in the Demon-Suppressing Tower. Fearing Xie Han would target her next, Xie Mu left the Tenth Universe to seek help in the Sixth Universe while Xie Luo promised to contact two senior elders.

• Xie Ling killed Xie Xiang and vowed to take revenge on Xie Han before the Immortal Cloud Army arrested her.
• Xie Xu ordered Xie Ling imprisoned in the Demon-Suppressing Tower while the truth about Xie Xiang’s death was investigated.
• After hearing the news in Rin City, Xie Mu feared Xie Han would use the killing to harm Xie Ling and escaped toward the Gate of the Vast Expanse.
• Xie Luo stopped Xie Mu at the gate, learned that Xie Han had ordered Xie Xiang to kill Xie Yunhao, and warned Xie Mu not to return to Rin City.
• Xie Luo offered to contact Xie Yuan and Xie Junjiao, then let Xie Mu leave the Tenth Universe to seek refuge in the Sixth Universe.

After Xie Mu reported that Xie Ling had been captured and sentenced to death, Xie Feng set out for the Tenth Universe to save her. At the Gate of the Vast Expanse, Kong Qiusu prepared to force his way through but Xie Yun urged him to wait for powerful elders who might stop Xie Han.

• Xie Mu arrived at the Jade Pivot Sect and told Xie Hun that Xie Han had captured Xie Ling and planned to execute her at the Demon-Suppressing Tower.
• Xie Feng promised to save Xie Ling, took a map from Xie Mu, and left for the Tenth Universe with Little Nine.
• Xie Hun advised Xie Feng to bring Kong Qiusu, but Ren Yanyu revealed that Kong Qiusu had already left.
• Gu Yu followed Xie Feng and Little Nine as they headed toward the Tenth Universe.
• Kong Qiusu reached the Gate of the Vast Expanse and prepared to attack it, but Xie Yun appeared and urged him to wait for Xie Yuan and Xie Junjiao to intervene against Xie Han.