Chapter Summaries

Xie Feng and his companions attacked the Gate of the Vast Expanse to enter the Land of Chaos, killing Nu Liu and the Immortal Cloud Army soldiers who tried to stop them. Their attacks barely damaged the reinforced nine-layer formation, and as the Immortal Cloud Army converged on them, a red streak plunged into the clouds.

• Xie Feng arrived with Little Nine and told Xie Yun to step aside so he could rescue Sister Ling.
• Nu Liu ordered Xie Yun to return to Mist-Lost Mountain, then confronted Xie Feng; Xie Feng used Little Sword to kill Nu Liu and the Immortal Cloud Army soldiers.
• Xie Feng revealed that Little Sword had reached Eternity level, then began attacking the Gate of the Vast Expanse with Kong Qiusu and Little Nine.
• The nine-layer formation resisted their attacks, while Little Nine's fireballs set the distant clouds ablaze and drew the attention of the Land of Chaos.
• Kong Qiusu warned that breaking through would take days as the Immortal Cloud Army approached, and a straight streak of red light plunged into the clouds.

Sushang arrived in the Land of Chaos aboard her Tiger-Shaped Divine Mechanism Cannon and helped Xie Feng's group rescue Xie Ling from the Demon-Suppressing Tower. As they tried to leave, the Immortal Cloud Army intercepted them, and Xie Feng faced Xie Han for the first time.

• Sushang blasted open the Gate of the Vast Expanse with her mechanical tiger and reunited with Xie Feng and his companions.
• Sushang piloted the group to the Demon-Suppressing Tower, where Kong Qiusu returned with the unconscious Xie Ling.
• Kong Qiusu fed Xie Ling a healing pill, while Little Nine and Gu Yu teased him about falling in love with her.
• The Immortal Cloud Army arrived to block the group's departure, led by Commander Yan and Xie Han.
• Xie Feng and Xie Han exchanged words as Sushang readied the mechanical tiger's explosive escape mechanism.

Xie Feng confronted Xie Han over his memories of Xie Xuanyuan, while the Immortal Cloud Army surrounded the Demon-Suppressing Tower. As fighting broke out over Xie Ling, Xie Tu arrived and Xie Luo questioned Xie Han about ordering Xie Yunhao’s death, which Xie Han refused to admit.

• Xie Han taunted Xie Feng with memories of his dead father, Xie Xuanyuan, and threatened him and Kong Qiusu as troops surrounded the Demon-Suppressing Tower.
• Sushang threw a hidden weapon that grazed Xie Han’s face, revealing her skill in the Dao of Mechanisms.
• Commander Yan attacked the giant silver tiger while trying to seize the unconscious Xie Ling, and Little Nine and Kong Qiusu drove him back.
• Xie Tu and Xie Luo arrived in a golden dragon carriage, and Xie Tu recognized Xie Xuanyuan’s resemblance in Xie Feng.
• Xie Luo asked Xie Han whether he had ordered Xie Xiang to kill Xie Yunhao, and Xie Han angrily denied the accusation without admitting the truth.

Xie Luo exposed Xie Han’s likely role in Xie Yunhao’s death, but Xie Tu did not resolve the accusation. Xie Feng and his companions tried to escape the Tenth Universe, and Xie Han and his allies attacked as Xie Luo moved to protect them.

• Xie Luo presented soldiers who confessed that Xie Han had instructed Xie Xiang to kill Xie Yunhao, while Xie Han denied the charge and blamed a plot by his enemies.
• Xie Luo cited the bones found in a river under Xie Han’s jurisdiction, and Commander Yan claimed Xie Luo might have staged the confrontation because she and Xie Han had clashed.
• Xie Tu said Xie Yunhao was missing and held Xie Ling responsible for killing Xie Xiang, but Xie Feng insisted Yunhao had been killed.
• Gu Yu offered to produce evidence, but Xie Feng stopped him, and Kong Qiusu noted that it was getting late.
• Sushang opened a passage out of the Tenth Universe with the mechanical tiger while Xie Feng shielded them, but Xie Han blocked their entry and Little Nine, Commander Yan, and Xie Luo joined the battle.

Inside the giant silver tiger, Xie Feng nearly died when Xie Tu secretly attacked him, but Xie Yuan and Xie Junjiao arrived and helped him escape the Tenth Universe. They then confronted Xie Tu over his treatment of Xie Feng and the family’s unresolved affairs.

• Xie Tu secretly sent a powerful strand of killing intent at Xie Feng, and Little Sword cracked while blocking it.
• Xie Yuan and Xie Junjiao arrived and shattered Xie Tu’s attack, then urged Xie Feng to leave.
• Xie Junjiao pushed the giant silver tiger into the spatial vortex, sending Xie Feng and the others out of the Tenth Universe.
• Xie Tu angrily challenged Xie Junjiao and Xie Yuan for letting Xie Feng go, while Xie Yuan promised to investigate Yunhao, Xie Ling, and Xie Xiang.
• Xie Junjiao told Xie Tu that she had only just learned Xie Feng was Xuanyuan and Yueheng’s child.

Xie Ling woke at the Jade Pivot Sect and learned that Xie Yunhao had survived, though the remains presented as his still puzzled Xie Feng. Meanwhile, the Desolate Lord arrived as a crow to confront Xie Tu about opening the Ten Universe Cave and offered ways to deal with Xie Feng.

• Xie Tu accused Xie Jinjiao and Xie Han of siding against him, then ordered Xie Han to investigate Xie Yunhao's death before dealing with Xie Ling.
• Xie Ling told Xie Feng that Xie Xiang had killed Xie Yunhao—or so she had believed—and that she had been injured resisting Elder Xie Xu.
• Xie Feng revealed that his senior brother had rescued Xie Yunhao and taken him to the Ninth Universe, leaving them uncertain whose remains Xie Luo had presented.
• The Desolate Lord arrived at Xie Tu's window as a crow and demanded to know when he would open the Ten Universe Cave.
• Xie Tu told the Desolate Lord that Xie Feng had come to the Land of Chaos and had two Heavenly Emperors supporting him.
• The Desolate Lord said he could wait until his cultivation recovered, lure Xie Feng outside the Tenth Universe, or use a third method, prompting Xie Tu to ask what it was.

Xie Yuan visited Xie Feng and, over tea, told him how the Desolate Spirits invaded the Tenth Universe and how Xie Feng’s parents vanished after the war’s final battle. Xie Feng learned that Xie Tu became the head of the Chaos Lineage after Xie Xuanyuan’s defeat.

• Xie Tu was encouraged by the Desolate Lord to seek help from the Crimson Radiance Sword Master, whom the Desolate Lord claimed was his follower.
• Xie Yuan visited Xie Feng at the Jade Pivot Sect and asked to hear about his past.
• After Xie Feng told his story, he asked Xie Yuan what had happened to his father during the war.
• Xie Yuan explained that the Desolate Spirits invaded the Tenth Universe a hundred years earlier and occupied a third of its territory within two months.
• Xie Yuan said Xie Xuanyuan, Mu Yueheng, Xie Yuan, Xie Junjiao, and Xie Tu fought the Desolate Spirits for sixty-five years before the Desolate Lord was gravely wounded and the Desolate army withdrew.
• Xie Yuan revealed that Xie Xuanyuan was defeated in the final battle, Xie Xuanyuan and Mu Yueheng disappeared, and Xie Tu became the new head of the Chaos Lineage.

Xie Feng uncovered new suspicions about the final battle and his parents’ deaths, then was attacked by the Crimson Radiance Sword Master and left gravely injured. As Sushang and Kong Qiusu rescued him, Xie Feng began fighting the Supreme Heavenly Emperor’s Sword Qi within his body.

• Xie Feng urged Xie Yuan to meet with Mu Bingxing and compare what they knew about the final battle, and Xie Yuan agreed.
• A red-robed man appeared, identified Xie Feng, and attacked him without warning.
• The attacker broke Little Sword’s tip and wounded Xie Feng with powerful Sword Qi.
• Sushang and Kong Qiusu arrived amid a cannon blast and rescued Xie Feng before the attacker could strike again.
• Little Sword identified the red-robed man as the Crimson Radiance Sword Master, one of the three Supreme Heavenly Emperors.
• While Sushang tried to stabilize him, Xie Feng used the Northern Nether Heaven-Subduing Fire to contain the Crimson Radiance Sword Qi and began battling it with Chaos Qi.

Xie Feng refined the Crimson Radiance Sword Qi, broke through to the Intermediate Great Emperor realm, and gained a fading Supreme-level weapon within his body. Meanwhile, Xie Tu asked the Crimson Radiance Sword Master to help deal with Xie Feng and learned that the Sword Master had already wounded him.

• Xie Feng used Chaos Power and his Supreme bloodline to tame the Crimson Radiance Sword Qi, then absorbed it into his dantian.
• Xie Feng's cultivation rose three levels to the Intermediate Great Emperor realm as he refined the Sword Qi, which would weaken each time he used it.
• Xie Tu traveled to the Holy Sword Realm and asked the Crimson Radiance Sword Master to help him deal with Xie Feng.
• The Crimson Radiance Sword Master told Xie Tu that his Sword Qi had wounded Xie Feng about an hour earlier and that Xie Feng's survival was uncertain.
• Xie Tu was delighted to hear that Xie Feng had already been wounded without his needing to act.

The Crimson Radiance Sword Master vowed to protect Xie Tu while urging him to open the Ten Universe Cave, and renewed his resolve to overcome his past defeat by Long Cangxue. In the Qingli Realm, Sushang visited the recovering Xie Ling, who was then summoned by Xie Xu outside the realm, leaving Sushang wary of a trap.

• The Crimson Radiance Sword Master told Xie Tu he had wounded Xie Feng and promised to intervene if Xie Feng threatened the Land of Chaos, while insisting that Xie Tu open the Ten Universe Cave quickly.
• The Crimson Radiance Sword Master recalled Long Cangxue's past one-move victory over him and vowed that he would no longer fear her.
• Sushang brought longan and red date soup to Xie Ling, who praised Sushang as a perfect match for Xie Feng and accepted her offer of a custom Divine Mechanism Cannon.
• Xie Ling gave Sushang a protective jade bracelet, and the two called each other family.
• Xie Xu called for Xie Ling from outside the Qingli Realm, and Sushang warned her not to leave the Jade Pivot Sect because Xie Xu might be trying to trap her.

Xie Xu lured Xie Ling out of the Qingli Realm and tried to force her to return to the Xie family, then attacked her when she refused. Sushang joined the fight and devastated the Immortal Cloud Army with Tiger Fang Arrows, but Xie Feng arrived just as Xie Xu turned his saber on her.

• Xie Ling left the Qingli Realm to meet Xie Xu after he threatened to destroy the surrounding area, while Sushang sent Xie Feng a voice transmission.
• Xie Xu told Xie Ling the family head wanted her to return, but she refused and said she would not go back until the ruler's side in the Land of Chaos was purged.
• Xie Xu summoned the Immortal Cloud Army to capture Xie Ling and joined the battle when the soldiers could not subdue her.
• Sushang attacked Xie Xu with a Tiger Fang Arrow, then transformed her crossbow and killed more than half of the Immortal Cloud Army with a barrage of arrows.
• Xie Xu charged Sushang with his saber, but Little Sword blocked his strike, and Xie Feng appeared beside Sushang.

Xie Feng and his allies fought Xie Xu and the Immortal Cloud Army in the Qingli Realm, capturing the elder after defeating him. Xie Feng exposed Xie Xu’s fear of death and began strangling him, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Xie Feng confronted Xie Xu, who attacked him, but Little Nine intervened and struck the elder back.
• Xie Hun and Kong Qiusu joined Xie Feng’s side and fought Xie Xu, while Little Nine drove off the Immortal Cloud Army soldiers.
• Kong Qiusu shattered Xie Xu’s saber and cut off his right arm, and Xie Hun struck him as he tried to escape.
• Xie Xu pretended to accept death, but Xie Feng accused him of gambling that his Xie Clan relatives would spare him.
• Xie Feng gripped Xie Xu by the neck and began choking him, and Xie Xu begged him not to kill him.

Xie Feng and Xie Hun persuaded Xie Xu to abandon Xie Han and become their inside man in the Land of Chaos. Xie Xu agreed, but worried that Xie Han would discover his betrayal, so Xie Feng gave him a voice transmission talisman to call for help.

• Xie Feng intimidated Xie Xu while Xie Hun reminded him that Xie Han had treated him as a disposable pawn.
• Xie Hun healed Xie Xu, and Xie Feng reattached his severed arm, leaving Xie Xu confused by their sudden kindness.
• Xie Feng asked Xie Xu to report any plans by Xie Tu, Xie Han, or their allies that threatened him.
• Xie Xu agreed to serve as Xie Feng's inside man but asked how he could protect himself from Xie Han.
• Xie Feng gave Xie Xu a voice transmission talisman and promised to send someone to rescue him if he faced danger.

Xie Feng forced Xie Xu to take a loyalty pill before sending him back with a cover story, then agreed to accompany the Immortal Emperor Dragon to Long Cangxue so Sushang could consider becoming her disciple. In the Ninth Universe, Long Cangxue waited for their arrival.

• Xie Xu recalled Xie Feng's father, Xie Xuanyuan, and admitted he had once admired and followed him before being drawn into Xie Han's service.
• Xie Feng gave Xie Xu a Heart-Capturing Pill and threatened him into swallowing it, binding him to serve for six months.
• The Immortal Emperor Dragon told Xie Xu to report that Xie Feng was a guest of the Jade Pivot Sect, and Xie Xu fled in fear.
• The Immortal Emperor Dragon explained that Long Cangxue had sent it to bring Sushang to her, and Xie Feng agreed to accompany them so Sushang could be considered as Long Cangxue's disciple.
• In the Ninth Universe, Long Cangxue waited in a snowbound pavilion, expecting them to arrive.

Xie Feng visited Mu Bingxing and Long Cangxue with Sushang and the little golden dragon, settling their bet over whether he would come. Long Cangxue offered Sushang discipleship, but left her answer unresolved.

• Xie Feng arrived with Sushang and the little golden dragon, causing Mu Bingxing to lose his bet with Long Cangxue and hand over a pearl.
• Long Cangxue gave Xie Feng a strand of her Sword Qi, and Mu Bingxing transferred some of his origin power to him.
• The little golden dragon settled in Long Cangxue's arms, and she revealed that she called it Long Cuihua.
• Long Cangxue asked Sushang to become her disciple, citing her talent and admitting she liked the idea of keeping a tiger as a pet.
• Mu Bingxing jokingly asked Long Cangxue to take him and Xie Feng as disciples, but she refused to accept him as an old, faded disciple.

Xie Feng received an Eternity-grade gift from Xie Junjiao before Xie Yuan asked him to lead the way to the Land of Eternal Night. Mu Bingxing arrived and was confronted by Xie Junjiao for keeping Xie Feng’s survival secret, leaving the group’s plans for the Land of Eternal Night unresolved.

• Xie Feng left Sushang with Long Cangxue, and Sushang promised to cultivate hard and join him later, mentioning the Divine Mechanism Cannons she had left at the Jade Pivot Sect.
• Xie Yuan visited Xie Feng with Xie Junjiao, who gave him ten pills that she said rapidly restored cultivation and were Eternity-grade.
• Xie Yuan asked Xie Feng to accompany him to the Land of Eternal Night, where Xie Feng’s master had found him years earlier.
• Mu Bingxing arrived and asked Xie Yuan to speak with him, while Xie Junjiao teased him about the pearls he owed her.
• Xie Junjiao scolded Mu Bingxing for not telling the family that Xuanyuan’s child had survived, and Xie Feng reassured her that he understood she had meant well.

Xie Yuan, Xie Junjiao, and Mu Bingxing visited the Land of Eternal Night, where Mu Bingxing revealed his suspicions about Xie Tu’s role in Xie Feng’s parents’ deaths. After discussing the injured Xie Yunhao, Xie Yuan said he knew a physician who might save him.

• Xie Feng returned to the Jade Pivot Sect while Xie Junjiao praised him and Mu Bingxing told her he loved Sushang, who was cultivating in the Azure Snow Realm.
• Xie Yuan, Xie Junjiao, and Mu Bingxing traveled through the Land of Eternal Night to the place where Xie Xuanyuan and Yueheng had died and where Mu Bingxing had found the infant Xie Feng.
• Mu Bingxing said he had spent thirty-five years investigating Xie Xuanyuan and Yueheng’s deaths, found evidence implicating Xie Tu, and still lacked a crucial link.
• Xie Yuan wondered whether the strange events during the battle against the Desolate Army had been arranged, and Mu Bingxing said Xie Tu might have caused the deaths.
• Mu Bingxing explained that Xie Yunhao was in Dark Locust Heaven after suffering severe trauma, and Xie Junjiao recalled that he had been accused of stealing the family head’s secret teachings.
• Xie Yuan said he knew a physician called the Medical Emperor who might be able to treat Xie Yunhao, and Mu Bingxing asked who it was.

Xie Feng, Gu Yu, and Xie Ling went to Desert Mountain in the Sixth Universe to seek the reclusive physician Zhang Qiuli. They met Zhang Qiuli’s young apprentice, who went inside to tell his master that visitors had arrived.

• Mu Bingxing persuaded Xie Yuan to ask Xie Feng to seek out Zhang Qiuli at Desert Mountain.
• Xie Feng agreed to make the trip, and Xie Yuan and his companion left Eternal Night after informing him.
• A young boy sorted herbs in the courtyard while his stern master scolded him for falling asleep and then told him to drink a ten-thousand-year-old lingzhi steeped in water.
• Gu Yu startled the boy by asking if his grown-up was home, and Xie Ling reassured him and asked him to fetch his master.
• The boy went into the main room to summon his master as Xie Feng urged Gu Yu and Xie Ling to wait and adapt to the situation.

Xie Feng and his companions tried to persuade Zhang Qiuli to see a patient, but Zhang refused until he learned that a visitor was surnamed Xie. He agreed to meet Xie Feng alone, while Xie Ling and Gu Yu waited with the boy Yang Chen.

• Yang Chen repeatedly relayed Zhang Qiuli’s excuses for refusing to receive the visitors, including that he was napping and then that he was not home.
• Xie Feng told Yang Chen that someone surnamed Xie had come, and the boy went inside without returning for some time.
• Zhang Qiuli agreed to see only the person surnamed Xie, so Xie Feng entered the main room while Xie Ling and Gu Yu stayed outside.
• Yang Chen welcomed Xie Ling and Gu Yu, served them ten- or twenty-thousand-year-old lingzhi tea, and introduced himself as a nine-year-old orphan.
• Xie Feng entered the dim room and saw a middle-aged man in a gray robe examining a gold scale beside medicinal supplies and a shelf of precious ingredients.

Xie Feng persuaded Zhang Qiuli to treat Xie Yunhao in the Ninth Universe, then revealed that he was Xie Xuanyuan’s son and asked about Zhang’s grudge against his father. Zhang refused to go, explaining that Xie Xuanyuan had driven him from the military camp after he failed to cure a poisoned general, and remained unwilling to forgive him.

• Zhang Qiuli examined Xie Feng and found that his body was healthy but his heart was troubled.
• Xie Feng told Zhang Qiuli that Xie Yunhao was injured and had lost most of his memories, and Zhang agreed to treat him in the Ninth Universe because he owed Xie Yunhao a debt.
• Zhang Qiuli demanded that he not have to meet other members of the Xie Clan, and Xie Feng agreed.
• Zhang Qiuli recognized Xie Feng’s resemblance to someone and pressed him for his identity, so Xie Feng revealed that his parents were Mu Yueheng and Xie Xuanyuan.
• Zhang Qiuli angrily refused to accompany Xie Feng after learning he was Xie Xuanyuan’s son.
• Xie Feng asked what had happened between Zhang Qiuli and his father, and Zhang explained that Xie Xuanyuan had accused him of deliberately failing to cure a poisoned general and driven him from the camp.