Chapter Summaries

Xiao Hei faced Qiu Genyin of the Blue Heaven and Yellow Springs Hall in the final draw-based match. After Xiao Hei destroyed Qiu Genyin’s deathsworn puppets, Qiu Genyin turned their scattered Death Qi against him, weakening his body and bringing him to a disadvantage.

• Immortal Ape Village chose individual combat, and Xiao Hei entered the Dao Discussion Platform to fight Qiu Genyin.
• Xiao Hei used his immense physical strength to smash through Qiu Genyin’s deathsworn puppets one after another.
• As Xiao Hei charged toward him, Qiu Genyin formed a hand seal and made the Death Qi from the destroyed puppets converge around Xiao Hei.
• The Death Qi invaded Xiao Hei’s body, weakening his muscles, bones, and speed as Ye Qiubai and Mu Fusheng watched in concern.

Xiao Hei overcame Qiu Genyin’s Yellow Springs Death Qi by unleashing black Devil Qi and shattering his cauldron with both fists. He then broke Qiu Genyin’s arm with a punch and sent him crashing off the Dao Discussion Platform.

• Qiu Genyin struck Xiao Hei with a palm of death Qi, and Xiao Hei retreated more than twenty steps while keeping his footing on the platform.
• Qiu Genyin summoned a huge cauldron of Yellow Springs Death Qi and sent it crashing down toward Xiao Hei.
• Xiao Hei roared and covered himself in black Devil Qi that resisted the death Qi and formed devil armor around him.
• Xiao Hei punched the cauldron from below and shattered it, leaving its death Qi ineffective against him.
• Xiao Hei vanished, appeared before Qiu Genyin, shattered his death Qi-covered fist, and sent him crashing outside the Dao Discussion Platform.

Xiao Hei overwhelmed Qiu Genyin with his Demon God Bloodline, and Immortal Ape Village went on to defeat Blue Heaven and Yellow Springs Hall. With five factions still competing for three places in Severed Soul City, Avici Purgatory challenged the Holy Talisman Sect, and Mu Fusheng accepted.

• Xiao Hei's bloodline power incapacitated Qiu Genyin, while Gu Xi admitted he could not defeat Xiao Hei if he got close.
• Su Lindu revealed that Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and Xiao Hei shared the same master, and Su Muyou decided the Su Clan should pursue friendly relations with them.
• Yuan Shou warned Xiao Hei not to keep releasing his bloodline power, and Xiao Hei withdrew from the platform.
• Yuan Han and the other fighters from Immortal Ape Village defeated the remaining members of Blue Heaven and Yellow Springs Hall.
• The third-round scores left Heavenly Sword Peak, Holy Talisman Sect, Immortal Ape Village, Avici Purgatory, and Su Clan competing for three places in Severed Soul City.
• Pan Xie challenged the Holy Talisman Sect, and Mu Fusheng said they would not refuse.

Mu Fusheng and the Holy Talisman Sect faced Avici Purgatory in a team battle, where Pan Xie’s group used a linked formation and blood mist to disrupt their talisman work. As Mu Fusheng began inscribing a powerful new talisman, Leng Yinqiu and the others used a risky soul entrapment art to hold back the attackers.

• Mu Fusheng accepted Avici Purgatory’s challenge, and the Holy Talisman Sect elder prepared a Heavenly Immortal-grade talisman as backup.
• Pan Xie and the other three Avici Purgatory members unleashed a linked formation that filled half the platform with blood mist and disrupted Leng Yinqiu, Ning Xi, and Shen Ziyu’s focus.
• Mu Fusheng used a mind-clearing talisman to steady his teammates, then inscribed layers of Ninefold Lightning Shield Talismans.
• Pan Xie and his companions struck with a blood-colored fist that shattered the shields, prompting Mu Fusheng to summon Profound Yin Purple Lightning and begin inscribing another talisman.
• Leng Yinqiu, Ning Xi, and Shen Ziyu used the soul entrapment art Mu Fusheng had taught them to restrain the blood-colored fist, risking severe damage to their souls.

Mu Fusheng used his allies’ divine soul power as a distraction while he inscribed a powerful lightning talisman, then faced Pan Xie’s attack with Jade Phosphorus Soul Fire. He finished the talisman as Jiang Chen and the others charged him, leaving its terrifying power poised to turn the battle.

• Leng Yinqiu and the other two trapped Pan Xie’s group with the Divine Soul Entrapment Technique, but the Avici Purgatory fighters absorbed the divine soul power.
• At Mu Fusheng’s signal, Leng Yinqiu and the others continued feeding the entrapment technique while Mu Fusheng inscribed a talisman empowered by Profound Yin Purple Lightning.
• Pan Xie recognized Mu Fusheng’s plan, ordered Jiang Chen and the others to keep extracting souls, and charged at Mu Fusheng himself.
• Mu Fusheng continued inscribing and used Jade Phosphorus Soul Fire to surround Pan Xie, but Pan Xie absorbed the flames with a skull-shaped vortex.
• Leng Yinqiu and the others collapsed after withdrawing their weakened divine souls, and Jiang Chen’s group rushed Mu Fusheng as he completed the talisman.
• Mu Fusheng held up the finished talisman, whose flowing purple lightning made Su Muyou wonder what level of talisman it was.

Mu Fusheng used a powerful talisman to overwhelm Pan Xie and the other Avici Purgatory contestants, who conceded just before the overseer intervened. The overseer dispersed the lightning and destroyed the talisman, leaving the four alive.

• Ye Qiubai and Xiao Hei remarked on the power of Mu Fusheng's talisman as faction leaders and the overseer watched in alarm.
• Pan Xie and the other three faced Mu Fusheng's talisman, which summoned clouds of Profound Yin Purple Lightning above the Dao Discussion Platform.
• Pan Xie and his companions formed a blood-mist barrier, but the lightning battered it with repeated strikes and left them bleeding.
• Pan Xie shouted that Avici Purgatory conceded, and the overseer appeared as the barrier was about to break.
• The overseer dispersed the lightning with a breeze and tore apart Mu Fusheng's talisman.

Heavenly Sword Peak challenged the Su Clan in individual battles, and Chi Bing defeated Su Lindu by tracking his concealment technique and marking his dagger with soul fire. Heavenly Sword Peak took the lead in their contest for a place in the top three.

• The four members of Avici Purgatory conceded, allowing the Holy Talisman Sect to secure a place in the top three.
• Ye Qiubai chose the Su Clan for an individual battle, and Su Muyou sent Su Lindu to fight first.
• Su Lindu concealed himself and waited for an opening while Chi Bing spread his soul power across the platform.
• Chi Bing feigned weakness to draw Su Lindu into attacking, then countered and marked his dagger with soul fire.
• Chi Bing tracked Su Lindu after he vanished again, knocked away his dagger, and won the match when Su Lindu conceded.

Chi Bing and Ye Qiubai won their matches for Heavenly Sword Peak, with Ye Qiubai overwhelming Su Mu through his Sword Domain. Su Muyou invited Ye Qiubai to join the Su Clan, but he refused before their battle began.

• Chi Bing defeated Su Lindu and then overcame another Su Clan disciple, leaving three Heavenly Sword Peak fighters and two Su Clan fighters in the contest.
• Ye Qiubai ignored Chu Lan's offer to wear down their opponent and took the platform to face Su Mu.
• Ye Qiubai suppressed Su Mu's Sword Dao with his Sword Domain and knocked him off the platform with the Primordial Sword Art's Second Sword.
• Su Muyou invited Ye Qiubai to join the Su Clan, but he firmly declined.
• Su Muyou accepted his answer and prepared to fight him.

Ye Qiubai fought Su Muyou on the Dao Discussion Platform, facing her Su Clan half-step Heavenly Immortal-grade Dragon-Binding Taotie Cauldron despite their cultivation gap. He blocked her second attack and charged at her, trying to break through her control of the cauldron.

• Ye Qiubai refused Su Muyou’s offer to join the Su Clan without changing his surname.
• The inspector began Ye Qiubai and Su Muyou’s battle, and Ye Qiubai spread his Sword Domain across the platform.
• Su Muyou summoned the Dragon-Binding Taotie Cauldron and sent it spinning at Ye Qiubai, whose sword strike was rebounded by a sound-wave attack.
• Su Muyou dropped the cauldron toward Ye Qiubai, who used Pacify Mountains and Rivers to stop it and prepared for its sound waves.
• Ye Qiubai countered the sound waves and charged at Su Muyou during the opening between the cauldron’s attacks.

During the Ten Thousand Domains Grand Competition, Ye Qiubai used his Sword Domain to compress his Sword Intent into a sword that approached the immortal sword realm. Su Muyou prepared to unleash the Dragon-Binding Taotie Cauldron’s full power as the inspector focused on keeping Ye Qiubai safe.

• Ye Qiubai evaded Su Muyou’s Dragon-Binding Taotie Cauldron while she renewed her offer to recruit him into the Su Clan.
• Ye Qiubai said he was not ready to concede and compressed his Sword Domain and Transcendent Sword Intent into an enormous sword.
• Huo Zhengheng recognized that Ye Qiubai had touched the threshold of the immortal sword, while Gu Xi and the others were astonished by his talent.
• Su Muyou formed hand seals that awakened ancient characters on the cauldron, increasing its weight and force as she prepared to meet Ye Qiubai’s attack.
• The inspector realized Ye Qiubai had the qualifications to become an inspector and resolved to ensure his safety during the clash.

Ye Qiubai used the intent of life to restore and strengthen his Immortal Sword, breaking Su Muyou’s dragon and taotie phantoms and shattering the defenses of her Dragon-Binding Taotie Cauldron. He pointed his sword at Su Muyou and asked if the match was over, leaving her stunned by her defeat.

• Ye Qiubai unleashed an Immortal Sword slash, while Su Muyou used the Dragon-Binding Taotie Cauldron and her secret art to summon dragon and taotie phantoms against it.
• The dragon and taotie halted Ye Qiubai’s giant sword, causing its Sword Intent to leak and its form to flicker.
• Ye Qiubai wrapped the giant sword in the intent of life, restoring it and increasing its power.
• Ye Qiubai’s giant sword cleaved the phantoms in two and struck the Dragon-Binding Taotie Cauldron, shattering its ancient characters and forcing it back into Su Muyou’s storage ring.
• Ye Qiubai stepped forward and pointed his sword at Su Muyou, who stood stunned after losing.

Ye Qiubai defeated Su Muyou, securing Heavenly Sword Peak a place in the top three of the Ten Thousand Domains Grand Competition. Immortal Ape Village challenged Avici Purgatory, whose injured members conceded, leaving Heavenly Sword Peak, the Holy Talisman Sect, and Immortal Ape Village as the top three factions.

• Su Muyou accepted her defeat and invited Ye Qiubai to join the Su Clan, but he declined because he already belonged to Heavenly Sword Peak.
• The Inspector decided to report Ye Qiubai as a candidate for the Inspectors, while Xiao Hei and Mu Fusheng teased Ye Qiubai about Su Muyou and Mu Ziqing.
• The Inspector announced Heavenly Sword Peak's victory, bringing its score to 120 points, and Yuan Han asked Xiao Hei which faction Immortal Ape Village would challenge.
• Xiao Hei chose Avici Purgatory rather than the Su Clan, and Ye Qiubai scolded him for implying Su Muyou might become his sister-in-law.
• Avici Purgatory's Pan Xie conceded because his faction was badly injured, confirming Heavenly Sword Peak, the Holy Talisman Sect, and Immortal Ape Village as the top three.
• Avici Purgatory and Blue Heaven and Yellow Springs Hall vanished from the area after the competition ended.

After the Ten Thousand Domains Grand Competition reshaped the Mid-Latitude Realm’s power rankings, the Inspectors considered recruiting Ye Qiubai and prepared for Severed Soul City’s opening. As hidden forces gathered souls near the city’s entrance, Lu Changsheng began preparing a grand teleportation array in the Changsheng Realm.

• The Holy Talisman Sect, Immortal Ape Village, and Heavenly Sword Peak took the top three places, while the Su Clan, Spirit Immortal Palace, Immortal Ape Village, and Holy Talisman Sect became the Mid-Latitude Realm’s four top-tier forces.
• On Heaven-Hating Peak, Zhan Zhi urged Elder Cui to recruit new disciples, but he rejected the promising candidates because they did not meet his standards.
• The tower master of the Talisman Tower heard about Mu Fusheng’s performances and suspected the Mid-Latitude Realm was too small for him.
• Han Jinghe proposed making Ye Qiubai an Inspector, and the other Inspectors agreed to ask the Divine Envoy to approve him as a candidate.
• The Inspectors prepared for Severed Soul City to open in fifteen days, while black-robed figures gathered souls at its entrance.
• In the Changsheng Realm, Lu Changsheng began preparing a grand teleportation array.

Lu Changsheng learned why cultivators from the Mortal Realm lacked true immortal strength and planned to send his disciples to the Immortal Realm once they reached the Earth Immortal realm. He secured teleportation routes to the Changsheng Realm while Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and Xiao Hei strengthened themselves before Severed Soul City opened.

• Hong Ying reported that only five domains remained unconquered, while she reached the peak Turbid Immortal realm and Shi Sheng reached the late Turbid Immortal realm.
• Willow Tree explained to Lu Changsheng that the Mortal Realm lacked Immortal Qi and that his disciples needed to reach the Earth Immortal realm before enduring its complete transformation.
• Lu Changsheng planned to send Hong Ying, Shi Sheng, and Ning Chenxin to the Immortal Realm when they were ready and to take Shi Sheng to the Pagoda to strengthen the seal.
• Lu Changsheng established teleportation arrays connecting various domains to the Changsheng Realm, adding soul inspections, concealment formations, and killing formations.
• Xiao Hei condensed his sixth Eternal Devil Body pattern, Mu Fusheng entered the sixth level of the Soul Nourishing Technique, and Ye Qiubai reached the middle Blood Transformation realm with a wisp of immortal intent in his Sword Dao.
• An unspecified piece of news shook the Mid-Latitude Realm one day before Severed Soul City opened.

After Severed Soul City was forcibly opened, Mu Fusheng suspected Avici Purgatory was behind the change and prepared to enter with his companions. Elsewhere, Yuezheng Chi revealed his formidable strength and headed to Severed Soul City after being warned of an impending calamity.

• The news that Severed Soul City’s entry restrictions had been lifted spread across the Mid-Latitude Realm, prompting factions to prepare their disciples and Inspectors to investigate.
• Mu Fusheng suspected Avici Purgatory had a reason to act so brazenly during the Ten Thousand Domains Grand Competition, and the Holy Talisman Sect’s leaders warned him and his companions to prioritize survival inside Severed Soul City.
• The Holy Talisman Sect’s supreme elders, Huo Zhengheng, and Yuan Shou prepared to escort their respective groups to Severed Soul City.
• A minister’s son threatened Yuezheng Chi at a music house, so Yuezheng Chi killed him with a single zither note before leaving.
• The state preceptor admitted he could not gauge Yuezheng Chi’s strength, and an old man then told Yuezheng Chi through a jade pendant to go to Severed Soul City because a calamity was likely; Yuezheng Chi vanished from the city.

Severed Soul City was about to open, drawing countless factions and cultivators to its entrance. Ye Qiubai and his companions faced threats from Avici Purgatory and the Blue Heaven and Yellow Springs Hall as the entrance began to break open.

• Countless factions gathered in the far west, with the top factions and the Ten Thousand Domains Grand Competition’s top three standing at the front.
• Mu Fusheng joked with Ye Qiubai and Xiao Hei about his competition rewards, then reunited with Zhan Tianxing, who praised Ye Qiubai’s growth.
• Pan Xie arrived with Avici Purgatory and threatened Mu Fusheng, who considered assassinating the demonic cultivators and had prepared talismans.
• Qiu Genyin and the Blue Heaven and Yellow Springs Hall challenged Xiao Hei, while Xiao Hei met Qiu Genyin’s gaze without replying.
• Lin Zhinan warned Ye Qiubai about the mysterious factions, and Su Muyou offered the Su Clan’s help as potential allies.
• Ripples and a sea of souls formed at Severed Soul City’s entrance, and the gathered factions watched as space began to crack.

Ye Qiubai entered Severed Soul City and encountered souls trapped beneath a star-powered seal. After an elderly soul offered an inheritance clue in exchange for breaking the seal, Ye Qiubai realized the old man was hiding his true intentions.

• Ye Qiubai arrived alone outside an ancient city within Severed Soul City and sensed the immense power of the stars suppressing it.
• Ye Qiubai found the city filled with humanoid soul bodies, and an elderly soul explained that outsiders had destroyed the city and trapped its inhabitants.
• The elderly soul offered Ye Qiubai a Sword Intent imprint as an inheritance clue if he removed the talismans sealing the stone pillar.
• The old man led Ye Qiubai to the pillar and claimed that only physical contact could break the weakened talismans.
• Ye Qiubai stopped before touching the talismans and challenged the old man about his story and how he knew of a sword cultivator's inheritance.

Ye Qiubai foiled the old man's attempt to possess him and forced him to surrender a Sword Dao inheritance imprint and explain Severed Soul City. He learned how the city's regions and suppressed souls were arranged, and suspected that the place had been deliberately made as a trial.

• Ye Qiubai rejected the old man's offer of a Sword Dao inheritance, recognizing that the soul was hiding its motives.
• The old man's soul tried to possess Ye Qiubai, but the Azure Cloud Sword split it in two and left it badly weakened.
• Ye Qiubai made the old man hand over the soul imprint and explain Severed Soul City, threatening him if he lied.
• The old man explained that the souls were slowly being siphoned away and that outsiders had previously undone seals, allowing powerful souls to escape.
• Ye Qiubai learned that Severed Soul City's outskirts held clusters of cities and inheritance clues, its middle region contained secret realms, and no one knew what lay at the center.

Ye Qiubai learned that failed trials could lead to possession, then reached a sword inheritance site where a hostile cultivator revealed his grudge against Heavenly Sword Peak. When nine sword cultivators gathered, their soul marks opened the barrier to the inheritance path.

• Ye Qiubai learned that possessed outsiders could seek treasures and kill others to regain strength, while Mu Fusheng and Xiao Hei also defeated the souls that approached them.
• Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and Xiao Hei saw starlight burst from sealed pillars after other outsiders were possessed, and Mu Fusheng regretted coming while resolving to finish the tests.
• Ye Qiubai followed his soul mark to a mountain hollow and found a barrier of Immortal Sword Intent that weakened when he brought his mark close.
• Yuezheng Chi arrived with an ancient zither, learned Ye Qiubai belonged to Heavenly Sword Peak, and declared that Ye Qiubai would not obtain the inheritance.
• Seven more sword cultivators joined Ye Qiubai and Yuezheng Chi, and their nine soul marks entered the barrier, causing it to dissipate.

Ye Qiubai and eight other cultivators entered the Sword Dao inheritance secret realm, where Yuezheng Chi clashed with Su Hao and Qiu Lu urged Ye Qiubai to scout the dangerous path. Ye Qiubai entered the hollow, and Zhuang Zidong followed him.

• The Sword Intent barrier opened after the nine cultivators arrived, and its released Immortal Sword intent swept across them before revealing a path through the hollow.
• Zhuang Zidong told Ye Qiubai that Chu Lan and Chi Bing might have gone to other inheritance secret realms.
• Su Hao confronted Yuezheng Chi, who threatened him, and Qiu Lu stepped in to stop them from fighting.
• Qiu Lu suggested that the cultivator with the lowest realm scout ahead, and the others turned their attention to Ye Qiubai.
• Ye Qiubai walked into the hollow, and Zhuang Zidong followed him.