Chapter Summaries

Su Xiuyi learned that the Great Zhou Emperor had taken the secret art needed to save the Literary Saint’s disciple, while the blood hound urged him to keep growing stronger. Hu Qingyun reached Invincible and began cultivating the Haotian Demon God Art, and Su Xiuyi later reached the Literary Saint, ready to sign in beside him.

• Su Xiuyi inferred that the Great Zhou Emperor had taken the secret art from the underground palace and told the blood hound he could not yet save his father.
• The blood hound revealed he had been awake for less than thirty years, and Su Xiuyi realized the dog had been born at the Invincible realm.
• Hu Qingyun emerged from secluded cultivation having reached Invincible in both literary and martial paths, and Demon Sage Lutian warned her against recklessly seeking revenge on Su Tianlong.
• Hu Qingyun began cultivating the Haotian Demon God Art to increase her strength for her eventual revenge.
• Su Xiuyi broke through to Late Invincible, fought his way to the Literary Saint, and prepared to sign in beside him.

Su Xiuyi checked in before the Literary Saint’s broken body and obtained the Greater Celestial Circuit Divine Art, then began cultivating it. Meanwhile, Shen Dong returned to Southern Heaven City as the newly titled Champion Marquis, and Tie Ling watched his triumphant arrival with anger over his treatment of Su Xiuyi.

• Su Xiuyi respectfully bowed to the Literary Saint and checked in, obtaining the Greater Celestial Circuit Divine Art.
• Su Xiuyi received the divine art’s cultivation method, understood the locations of its acupoints, and began cultivating with Dragon Race blood.
• The Southern Heaven Academy learned that Shen Dong had been made a marquis, and its disciples gathered to welcome him while Tie Ling remembered his role in ruining Su Xiuyi’s reputation and cultivation.
• Shen Dong arrived at Southern Heaven City in a bronze chariot, where the city lord and soldiers welcomed him.
• Shen Dong declined the city lord’s banquet invitation and said he would first pay his respects to the Southern Heaven Academy’s seniors.

Shen Dong arrived at Southern Heaven Academy as the Champion Marquis, where he forced the academy head to surrender his position and demanded to meet Tie Ling. Watching through the Pupil of Void Breaking, Su Xiuyi recognized Shen Dong as an old enemy and discovered he had fused with the Undying Clan’s bloodline.

• The lord of Southern Heaven City knelt before Shen Dong, who continued on to Southern Heaven Academy with his cavalry.
• Su Xiuyi watched Shen Dong arrive and recalled how Shen Dong had once ruined his reputation, while Blood Dog questioned his concern.
• Shen Dong challenged the academy head for omitting Tie Ling from the list of geniuses and ordered him to give up his position.
• After learning Tie Ling was Tiezhu’s daughter, Shen Dong demanded that she be brought to Haoran Hall.
• Su Xiuyi appeared unseen in Haoran Hall and discovered that Shen Dong carried the Undying Clan’s bloodline and was likely Su Tianlong’s chess piece.

Tie Ling challenged Dean Yang’s demand that she kneel before Shen Dong, forcing Shen Dong to punish his own subordinate. Shen Dong then compelled Tie Ling to serve beside him, but Su Xiuyi secretly reassured her that he would protect her.

• Dean Yang tried to force Tie Ling to kneel before Shen Dong, but she argued that only the Human Emperor could demand the rite and accused Dean Yang of framing Shen Dong.
• Shen Dong ordered Dean Yang to answer for his offense, and Dean Yang admitted his crime before killing himself by severing his heart meridian.
• Su Xiuyi watched Tie Ling and resolved to guide her secretly, while recognizing that Shen Dong would try to harm her.
• Shen Dong ordered Tie Ling to follow him and serve the dynasty, rejecting her attempt to defer service until she reached the Sunmoon Realm.
• Su Xiuyi told Tie Ling to agree and promised to handle everything, so she accepted Shen Dong’s order.

Su Xiuyi confronted Shen Dong after Shen Dong threatened Tie Ling and boasted of his new title as Champion Marquis. Su Xiuyi revealed his Peak Invincible strength, halted Shen Dong’s Great River Sword, and left him unable to move as he declared the vast gap between them.

• Su Xiuyi told Tie Ling to leave, then Shen Dong reassured the academy chief and paid respects in the ancestral hall.
• Shen Dong went to Myriad Text Academy to boast to Su Xiuyi and threaten Hu Qingyun, believing Su Xiuyi was dead.
• Su Xiuyi revealed himself, and Shen Dong recovered from his initial fear and challenged him to a fight.
• Shen Dong unleashed his Great River Sword, but Su Xiuyi froze the sword intent with a single word and walked through it as it crumbled.
• Su Xiuyi revealed that he knew Shen Dong had fused with Undying Clan blood and showed that he had reached Peak Invincible, leaving Shen Dong immobile with terror.

Su Xiuyi killed Shen Dong at the Myriad Text Academy and cursed his corpse, causing the guards who tried to retrieve it to die from Nine Yin Fire. Hu Qingyun helped an Earth Spirit Clan demon reach the Invincible Realm and prepared to seek revenge in the Human Realm.

• Su Xiuyi immobilized Shen Dong, killed him with Avici Dao Saber Qi, and cursed his soul and anyone who touched his body.
• Shen Dong’s deputy general led the elite horsemen into the academy, where the curse killed him and several guards who handled the corpse.
• News of Shen Dong’s cursed death spread through the city, and Tie Ling recognized that Su Xiuyi had acted.
• Hu Qingyun helped an Earth Spirit Clan demon advance to the Invincible Realm, then said she would enter the Human Realm to avenge her husband.

Hu Qingyun prepared to unite the Demon Race and invade the Human Realm, while Su Xiuyi struggled to understand how to reach the Sage realm. As Su Xiuyi meditated beside the Literary Saint's remains, lightning struck him and began transforming his Dao Will Character.

• Hu Qingyun used her Will Character divine skill to help members of the Star Demon lineage advance, hoping to become Demon Emperor and lead an invasion of the Human Realm.
• Hu Qingyun learned that the Human Race was growing stronger and that someone among them was cultivating a sinister secret art, but she resolved to keep advancing and reunite with Xiuyi.
• Su Xiuyi pondered how to become a Sage, then went to the battlefield and meditated beside the Literary Saint's remains for insight.
• As a violent storm broke over Myriad Text Academy, Su Xiuyi's Dao Will Character began transforming and drew lightning through his Thunder Spirit Character.
• Lightning struck Su Xiuyi repeatedly, nearly wiping out his life force, while the Dao Will Character became wreathed in gentle lightning that carried powerful life force.

As lightning battered him, Su Xiuyi used the opposing powers of his Dao Will Character and Thunder Spirit Character to break through toward Sainthood. After the Saint Gate shattered, he entered the Saint realm, while the Dao Will Character kept his body and soul from falling apart.

• Su Xiuyi used the Life Spirit Character to restore his body, then noticed the Dao Will Character stealing his vitality as the Thunder Spirit Character transformed.
• Su Xiuyi checked in and received a Saint-Breaking Pill, whose power the Thunder Spirit Character and Dao Will Character fought over.
• Su Xiuyi stopped using the Life Spirit Character and wagered that the two opposing powers needed to balance for Saint Entry.
• As lightning continued to strike, the powers of life and death fused, formed a passage between Su Xiuyi's dantian and glabella acupoint, and opened his mind to Dharma Power.
• Su Xiuyi roared for Saint Entry until the Saint Gate shattered, and the Dao Will Character released vitality to preserve his body and suppress his restless soul.

Su Xiuyi entered the Sage realm during a rainstorm and used Saint Power to stop the rain before returning to the underground palace. Meanwhile, celestial signs of two powerful stars alarmed the Imperial Astronomical Bureau and led Su Tianlong to demand answers from the Shadow King.

• Su Xiuyi realized his power had transformed into Saint Power and celebrated entering the Sage realm.
• Su Xiuyi wrote the character for “stop” with the Demon-Slaying Brush, halting the rain, then sent the suspended raindrops flying and returned to the underground palace.
• The Blood Dog mocked Su Xiuyi for caring about his appearance, while admitting he admired Su Xiuyi’s rapid cultivation.
• An old man at the Imperial Astronomical Bureau saw two stars standing side by side and hurried to report the omen to the Shadow King.
• The Shadow King learned that an unknown sovereign might challenge the Human Emperor and rushed to inform Su Tianlong.
• Su Tianlong flew into a rage and berated the Shadow King for failing to investigate the Champion Marquis’s death or the two stars.

The Shadow King faced the Human Emperor Su Tianlong’s wrath after repeated defeats, while Su Xiuyi divined that Tie Ling was in danger and arranged for her to leave the Great Zhou Dynasty. Tie Ling reached the Nine Netherworlds Hall before Shadow Pavilion agents arrived at the academy to find her.

• Human Emperor Su Tianlong rebuked the Shadow King for his failures and ordered him to seize control of the Human Realm quickly.
• Su Xiuyi failed to safely remove the soul from Blood Dog’s father, then used Tie Ling’s essence blood and the Divination Spirit Character to foresee her danger.
• Su Xiuyi wrote a message on spirit jade and had Blood Dog tell Tie Ling to leave the Great Zhou Dynasty for the Nine Netherworlds Hall.
• Tie Ling received the jade, left a letter, and departed the Southern Heaven Academy without delay.
• Three Shadow Pavilion agents arrived seeking Tie Ling, learned she had already left, and wondered whether she had divined their arrival.

The Shadow King pursued Tie Ling to question her about the Champion Marquis’s death and attacked her when she refused to answer. After Tie Ling shattered Su Xiuyi’s spirit jade, its ten Will Characters revealed Sage Power and summoned a white-robed figure, leaving the Shadow King trapped before the figure called for a sword.

• The Shadow King sent his clone and the Long-Nosed Demon to track Tie Ling’s scent, while Blood Dog followed them despite Su Xiuyi’s assurance that Tie Ling would be safe.
• The Shadow King’s group caught up with Tie Ling and demanded to know what she knew about the Champion Marquis’s death.
• Tie Ling used the spirit jade Su Xiuyi had given her to break the pressure from the Shadow King’s clone, then shattered it when he attacked.
• Ten Will Characters emerged from the jade and immobilized the Shadow King’s clone with Sage Power.
• The characters for “immortal” fused into a white-robed figure, who called for a sword as the Shadow King realized he was trapped.

Su Xiuyi revealed himself to protect Tie Ling, summoned the Raging Dragon River into an icy sword, and killed two Invincibles who had attacked her. He waited while the Shadow King's avatar called for reinforcements, and the chapter ended as three Pseudosages arrived and attacked him.

• Su Xiuyi summoned the Raging Dragon River and shaped it into an icy sword.
• The long-nosed demon and another Invincible begged for mercy and blamed their orders, but Su Xiuyi beheaded them.
• The Shadow King's avatar challenged Su Xiuyi and threatened him with the Great Zhou Imperial Clan, so Su Xiuyi invited him to call for help.
• Su Xiuyi secretly told Tie Ling to leave, and she departed before the confrontation escalated.
• After half an hour, three Pseudosages arrived and charged at Su Xiuyi.

Su Xiuyi used his external incarnation to force the Shadow King's avatar to reveal the location of the true body, then sent Spirit Character avatars to hunt down the Shadow King's other avatars. After entering the Extraterrestrial Battlefield, Su Xiuyi received their memories and learned how depraved the Shadow King's avatars were.

• The white-robed incarnation killed the Three Sword Sages of the Shadow Pavilion with one sword, then beheaded the Shadow King's avatar after using him to divine the true body's location.
• Su Xiuyi sent Spirit Character avatars after the Shadow King's avatars and left the Myriad Text Academy for the Extraterrestrial Battlefield.
• The Shadow King sensed his avatars falling one after another across the Human Realm and the Blood Demon and Star Demon lineages.
• Su Xiuyi's Spirit Characters returned with memories of the fallen avatars, revealing that many had been women inhabiting other men's wives.

The Shadow King regained his soul fragments and reached the Saint Realm, only to discover Su Xiuyi waiting nearby. After their exchange, Su Xiuyi attacked and revealed his strength, while the Shadow King’s regenerative ability and origins remained mysterious.

• The Shadow King’s returning soul fragments restored his soul and raised his strength to the Saint Realm, destroying the ruins as he raged over his failed plans.
• Su Xiuyi arrived and recognized the Shadow King as Ning Xionglin, the external incarnation of Shen Dong’s teacher; the Shadow King recognized Su Xiuyi and connected him to the twin emperor star signs.
• The Shadow King tried to seize Su Xiuyi’s body and mandate, but Su Xiuyi froze him and struck him with Avici Dao Saber Intent.
• The Shadow King escaped the attack, regenerated, and questioned how Su Xiuyi had reached the Saint Realm and descended into the sealed place.
• Su Xiuyi questioned the Shadow King’s Blood Barbarian Demon Race regeneration, then declared that he had come to kill him and summoned the Demon-Slaying Brush as a black saber.

Su Xiuyi killed the Shadow King and signed in for the Will Division and Unification Art, while Hu Qingyun learned the Shadow King’s death weakened Su Tianlong and planned to advance the Star Demon lineage’s cause. The chapter left Hu Qingyun preparing for the coming struggle and wondering who should inherit the Human Emperor’s throne after Su Tianlong fell.

• Su Xiuyi froze the Shadow King and killed him with the Avici Dao Saber Intent, then used divination to confirm the threat was gone.
• Su Xiuyi signed in and received the Will Division and Unification Art, but rejected cultivating it because of the risks of dividing and reunifying his will.
• Su Tianlong learned the Shadow King was dead and realized the loss had blinded him to events he had been monitoring.
• Hu Qingyun told Great Sage Lutian that the dead Demon Race Invincibles had been the Shadow King’s clones and ordered him to kill those close to them.
• Hu Qingyun celebrated the blow to Su Tianlong’s power, said her plan was nearly complete, and wondered who should inherit the Human Emperor’s throne after his death.

After the Shadow King’s death, Hu Qingyun sent someone to erect a memorial tablet for Su Xiuyi at the Myriad Text Academy. Su Xiuyi discovered it and wondered about Hu Qingyun’s feelings, but chose to remain hidden and continue cultivating.

• Su Xiuyi dismissed Blood Dog’s warning that the Great Zhou Emperor had sealed Southern Heaven City to find him, and continued cultivating in the academy.
• After a month, Hu Qingyun learned that the city had returned to normal and ordered her sister to arrange a cenotaph for Su Xiuyi at the Myriad Text Academy.
• Su Xiuyi noticed someone enter and leave the academy, then found a memorial tablet inscribed as erected by his loving wife, Hu Qingyun.
• Blood Dog urged Su Xiuyi to visit Hu Qingyun, but Su Xiuyi said he was not ruled by love and returned to cultivating after reflecting on her devotion.

Su Xiuyi learned that the Qingqiu Clan’s supposed treason might have been part of Su Tianlong’s scheme, and he ordered an investigation into the clan’s destruction. At a Nine Netherworlds Hall teahouse, he learned that a newly emerged Sage had attacked the Hall’s territory and began painting, leaving Ma Mian terrified by what he saw.

• Blood Dog told Su Xiuyi that Hu Qingyun was rumored to be a peerless beauty who had fallen for him, prompting Su Xiuyi to reconsider the Qingqiu Clan’s alleged treason.
• Su Xiuyi realized the Qingqiu Clan might have been sacrificed in Su Tianlong’s plot and wondered why Hu Qingyun had still called herself his wife.
• Su Xiuyi used a secret code to meet Ma Mian, then gave him a letter and ordered him to have Black and White Impermanence investigate something quickly.
• Ma Mian told Su Xiuyi that a newly emerged Sage had destroyed a Nine Netherworlds Hall branch and declared war on the Hall.
• Su Xiuyi calmly prepared to deal with the Sage, then began painting; Ma Mian trembled with fear after glancing at the picture.

Ma Mian witnessed the terrifying sword intent hidden in Su Xiuyi’s painting and returned to the Nine Netherworlds Hall with it. He delivered Su Xiuyi’s orders to investigate the Demon Race’s holy maiden and prepare to destroy the Yellow Springs Sword Sect, leaving Corpse Servant and Zhou Yunlong to organize the operation.

• Ma Mian looked at Su Xiuyi’s painting and realized its sword intent could kill an Invincible.
• Su Xiuyi gave Ma Mian the painting to use against the Yellow Springs Sword Sect’s Sage if the Sage refused to submit, and warned him not to open it while traveling.
• Ma Mian returned to the Nine Netherworlds Hall, where Corpse Servant and Zhou Yunlong welcomed him.
• Zhou Yunlong read Su Xiuyi’s letter ordering an urgent investigation into the Demon Race’s holy maiden and her connection to Su Tianlong’s destruction of the Green Hill Fox Race.
• Ma Mian told them that Su Xiuyi had prepared everything to destroy the Yellow Springs Sword Sect and that they should take over its forces afterward.
• Corpse Servant and Zhou Yunlong agreed to arrange the operation and investigate the holy maiden themselves once the sect was dealt with.

The Yellow Springs Sword Saint challenged the Nine Netherworlds Hall at its new branch, but Ma Mian and the Hall’s forces confronted him and demanded his submission on Su Xiuyi’s behalf. Ma Mian opened a scroll carrying overwhelming pressure, leaving the Sword Saint one minute to decide.

• The Yellow Springs Sword Sect established a branch in the former territory of Great Yan and the Yellow Springs Sword Saint mocked the Nine Netherworlds Hall before its gathered guests.
• Ma Mian appeared and declared that the Hall’s master was not worth appearing in person to face a newly advanced Saint.
• Black Impermanence, White Impermanence, and the three thousand ghosts arrived, silencing the factions that had been flattering the Sword Saint.
• Ma Mian asked the Yellow Springs Sword Saint to submit and said Su Xiuyi had given him one minute to decide.
• Ma Mian opened a scroll above the Yellow Springs Sword Saint, and its overwhelming pressure forced countless people to their knees.

Ma Mian used a scroll depicting a Human World Deity to force the Yellow Springs Sword Saint and the gathered sects to submit to the Nine Netherworlds Hall. The chapter ended with Ma Mian confirming to Corpse Servant and Zhou Yunlong that Su Xiuyi truly was a Human World Deity.

• Ma Mian displayed a terrifying scroll, and the Yellow Springs Sword Saint recognized its power as that of a Human World Deity.
• Ma Mian demanded that Yellow Springs submit or die, and the Yellow Springs Sword Saint knelt and pledged allegiance to the Nine Netherworlds Hall.
• A man who looked directly at the scroll was struck blind and vanished, prompting the other forces to declare their allegiance.
• Ma Mian gave Yellow Springs the scroll as a gift from the hall master, and Yellow Springs vowed to serve Su Xiuyi and keep the Yellow Springs Sword Sect loyal.
• The news that the Nine Netherworlds Hall had a Human World Deity spread through the Ten Thousand Sects Territory, and Sword Sect branch halls changed their signs to the Hall's.
• Corpse Servant and Zhou Yunlong asked Ma Mian whether Su Xiuyi had painted the scroll, and Ma Mian confirmed that Su Xiuyi was a Human World Deity.