Chapter Summaries

Xu Long and White Eyebrows were dragged through a collapsing spatial barrier as the Haotian Mirror fought the mysterious will, while Xu Long used the clashes’ light to study the Void Small World. He recognized the ruins where he had died before, then approached the world’s outskirts as White Eyebrows struck them first.

• The Haotian Mirror took control of White Eyebrows and used its power to resist the mysterious will’s pressure.
• The mysterious will hurled world fragments at White Eyebrows, who countered them with magic seals as their clashes illuminated the void.
• Xu Long watched the Void Small World and realized he was approaching the place where he had died before.
• Xu Long saw immense stone statues, low walls, towering pillars, and ruined structures within the small world.
• Xu Long summoned his formation diagram as he neared the small world, and White Eyebrows crashed onto its outskirts ahead of him.

Xu Long followed White Eyebrows through the passage carved by the Haotian Mirror and reached the main body of the Void Small World, where the mysterious will in his soul disappeared. As White Eyebrows continued battling the world’s will, Xu Long headed toward a force calling to him in the dark depths.

• The Haotian Mirror’s impact opened a passage through the world fragments, and Xu Long used White Eyebrows’s trail to follow it toward the small world.
• White Eyebrows battled the mysterious will, destroying gathered fragments with Azure Edge while Xu Long watched from behind.
• Xu Long reached the main body of the small world, where the mysterious will in his soul returned to its origin and vanished, leaving only the Haotian Mirror’s will.
• Xu Long felt a dormant energy drawing him into the darkness and cautiously left the landing site to explore the ruins.
• The mysterious will attacked White Eyebrows with more world fragments, but White Eyebrows balanced the Haotian Mirror’s two forces and struck back with a spell seal.

White Eyebrows destroyed the wall of world fragments with the Haotian Mirror, then entered the small world and discovered a towering triumphal arch. When darkness swallowed his light and something stirred beyond the arch, he unleashed magic seals to attack it.

• White Eyebrows raised the Haotian Mirror against the world fragments, shattered them, and entered the small world.
• White Eyebrows explored the ruins and recognized traces of his own era before seeing the reflection of a triumphal arch.
• Xu Long reached the darkness at the small world's interior, where the Haotian Mirror's light revealed the towering triumphal arch.
• White Eyebrows sent the Haotian Mirror's light through the arch, but a presence in the darkness beyond swallowed it and overwhelmed his remaining light.
• White Eyebrows sensed the mysterious will and something approaching beyond the arch, then cast magic seals that opened a gap in the darkness and illuminated the arch.

White Eyebrows fought the mysterious will and the enormous figure behind the triumphal arch, while Xu Long recognized the figure's aura as the Jade Emperor's. White Eyebrows escaped through a crack in the void, leaving Xu Long racing into the darkness.

• White Eyebrows' light revealed a huge figure behind the triumphal arch, and Xu Long recognized its aura as the Jade Emperor's.
• Xu Long concluded that the small world was likely the Jade Emperor's dwelling and that the Haotian Mirror had belonged to Great Emperor Haotian.
• The figure behind the archway captured White Eyebrows' dharma seal and Azure Edge's sword light, swallowing their power in darkness.
• White Eyebrows gathered the Haotian Mirror's energies into a powerful seal, but the Jade Emperor's remains seized it and threw its energies into disorder.
• White Eyebrows opened a crack in the void and escaped as the seal destabilized, while Xu Long raced into the darkness.

Xu Long escaped through the triumphal arch and found an enormous tombstone whose inscription revealed the history of a world’s collapse and rebirth. The revelation suggested the tomb belonged to a creator and that the remains beneath the arch were the Jade Emperor, while the small world began moving through the void.

• Xu Long fled through the triumphal arch as White Eyebrows unleashed the Haotian Mirror’s hand seal against the Jade Emperor’s remains.
• The hand seal’s light revealed the small world’s former golden splendor before darkness swallowed it again, and the remains used a glowing leaf to gather the surrounding fragments and set the world moving.
• Xu Long followed a pull into the darkness and found an enormous tombstone resting on the back of a beast, its inscription written in the same ancient script as the arch.
• Xu Long touched the tombstone, and its message conveyed the history of an ancient world’s chaos, wars, destruction, and the rise of a new order.
• Xu Long concluded that the tombstone belonged to a creator and that the Jade Emperor’s remains beneath the arch were likely the creator described in the inscription.

Xu Long gained a deeper understanding of the world’s rules from the tombstone in the Void Small World and escaped as the Great Emperor’s will stirred again. Back at Mount Emei, White Eyebrows prepared to withdraw the sect’s forces, wary of the Void Small World and the growing threat from the Blood Alliance.

• Xu Long absorbed the tombstone’s information, drove the Haotian Mirror’s will from his soul, and prepared for a future breakthrough to the Mahayana Stage.
• When Xu Long’s space fragment cracked, he left the Great Emperor’s tomb without learning what the tombstone recorded, while a figure beneath the triumphal arch watched him depart.
• The Great Emperor’s will spread through the spatial barrier and drew a small world along with it.
• Two streaks of sword light escaped the great hall on Mount Emei and uttered “Edict,” disrupting the disciples’ flying swords until White Eyebrows calmed them with a true-spirit transmission.
• White Eyebrows recalled his clash with the Great Emperor’s will and the Haotian Mirror, then gathered Mount Emei’s great cultivators near the range as he considered abandoning the sect’s spiritual-vein grounds.
• White Eyebrows worried that the Blood Alliance might open the Chi You Blood Cave and target Mount Emei, and he suspected the earlier attacker had been sent by the Insomnia Blood Demon.

White Eyebrows tried to unite Heaven Strike and Thunder Flame, hoping to give Mount Emei an Immortal Realm-level fighter against the rising threat of the evil faction. The attempt failed when Changkong Wuji’s feelings for Li Yingqi shattered his concentration, leaving him engulfed in illusory fire as White Eyebrows contained Thunder Flame.

• White Eyebrows urged Li Yingqi and Changkong Wuji to unite Heaven Strike and Thunder Flame while he and Zunsheng guarded them.
• Li Yingqi guided Heaven Strike into position behind Thunder Flame, and the swords made their first contact as Changkong Wuji watched her.
• Changkong Wuji’s thoughts about Li Yingqi disrupted his control, and Thunder Flame broke away from Heaven Strike.
• White Eyebrows caught Thunder Flame in a giant hand and forced it back into the great hall while Li Yingqi asked him to save Changkong Wuji.
• Changkong Wuji’s magic power and Dao heart collapsed, and illusory fire consumed him as he gazed at Li Yingqi.

Changkong Wuji succumbed to the void fire after confessing his feelings to Li Yingqi, but White Eyebrows and Zunsheng saved fragments of his soul and rebuilt him in a new body. With his memories and former consciousness lost, White Eyebrows named the reborn disciple Lian Xing.

• Changkong Wuji bid Li Yingqi a tender farewell as the void fire consumed his body, leaving her heartbroken.
• Zunsheng regained control of Thunder Flame, and he and White Eyebrows entered the void fire to rescue fragments of Changkong Wuji's soul.
• White Eyebrows and Zunsheng used Earth Immortal power, life-force seals, and rare spiritual materials to form a new body around the remnant soul.
• White Eyebrows moved the forming body and soul into a hall, where Li Yingqi watched as they merged.
• White Eyebrows told Zunsheng that the reborn disciple had lost his former consciousness and memories, then named him Lian Xing.

White Eyebrows resurrected Changkong Wuji as Lian Xing, sacrificing his memories and feelings for Li Yingqi so Mount Emei could attempt Twin Sword Fusion. After Lian Xing mastered the Thunder Flame Sword, he and Li Yingqi successfully fused it with the Heaven Strike Sword, giving Mount Emei power comparable to an Earth Immortal as war with the Blood Alliance loomed.

• White Eyebrows restored Changkong Wuji as Lian Xing, who awakened without his former identity and addressed White Eyebrows as his master, leaving Li Yingqi heartbroken.
• White Eyebrows ordered Lian Xing to learn sword art from Li Yingqi and retrieve the Thunder Flame Sword, while telling them to prioritize fusing it with the Heaven Strike Sword.
• Lian Xing subdued the Thunder Flame Sword and began refining it in his Niwan Palace aperture while Li Yingqi stood guard with the Heaven Strike Sword.
• Lian Xing and Li Yingqi joined their spiritual senses and magic power to guide the two swords together, successfully fusing them into one streak of sword light.
• White Eyebrows and Zunsheng sensed the fused swords' immense power, which gave Mount Emei combat strength comparable to an Earth Immortal.

Li Yingqi and Lian Xing successfully merged their swords, while White Eyebrows and Zunsheng prepared their sects for an expected war with the Blood Alliance. White Eyebrows then grew suspicious about the Blood Alliance villain’s escape as Mo Yu arrived at the Jade Pivot Sect and was caught in its mountain-guarding formation.

• Li Yingqi and Lian Xing separated their minds and magic power, ending their merged sword technique and sensing unexpected familiarity between them.
• White Eyebrows and Zunsheng agreed that Mount Emei and Mount Wutai would aid each other against the Blood Alliance, and Zunsheng returned to Mount Wutai.
• White Eyebrows ordered Li Yingqi and Lian Xing to keep refining their swords, then reconsidered the events involving the Haotian Mirror, Xu Long, and the Blood Alliance villain.
• Mo Yu, chief guardian under Alliance Leader Youquan, struck at the Jade Pivot Sect’s gate and demanded an audience with Senior Hong Gu.
• Senior Hong Gu’s sect activated its mountain-guarding formation, and its banners trapped Mo Yu’s sword light as it broke through the formation’s first layer.

Xu Long forced his way through the Jade Pivot Sect’s defenses and confronted Hong Gu, hoping to have her reopen the Chi You Blood Cave for his True Dragon Clone. Hong Gu appeared reluctant to join the conflict, leaving Xu Long to mask his urgency as they faced an uncertain stalemate with Mount Emei.

• Xu Long used a command to halt the Jade Pivot Sect’s world rules, broke the great cultivator’s banner formation, and damaged the sect’s mountain-protecting formation with his sword net.
• Xu Long entered the Jade Pivot Sect and approached its fiery red peak, where he met Hong Gu and stared at the silver bells on her ankles until Huan'er rebuked him.
• Xu Long told Hong Gu he had come for the Jade Pivot Sect, and Hong Gu dismissed Huan'er before speaking about her wish to guard the mountain gate and live apart from the world.
• Xu Long considered his failed plan to pressure the Jade Pivot Sect after Mount Emei proved difficult to challenge, and decided he needed Hong Gu to reopen the Chi You Blood Cave for his True Dragon Clone.
• Xu Long judged that Hong Gu was trying to stay neutral while waiting for the conflict to benefit her declining sect, but he believed both sides had little time before the righteous factions united.

Xu Long persuaded Hong Gu to cooperate with the Blood Alliance and use the Jade Pivot Sect’s ancient array to return him to Mount Emei. At the Chi You Blood Cave, Hong Gu reopened the seal, and two bolts of blood-red lightning burst from the dust.

• Xu Long and Hong Gu recognized that they were each trying to use the other to weaken Mount Emei, then agreed to cooperate.
• Hong Gu activated an ancient teleportation array and took Xu Long from Maple Leaf Mountain to the Zhuolu Ancient Battlefield.
• Hong Gu used buried array flags and the Jade Pivot Sect’s power to attack the Yellow Emperor Seal outside the Chi You Blood Cave.
• The seal’s confinement weakened as powerful energy surged from inside the cave.
• The ancient battlefield stopped shaking, and two bolts of blood-red lightning shot through the dust.

Mo Yu emerged from the Chi You Blood Cave riding a blood dragon, reunited with Xu Long, and returned with him to attack Mount Emei. After the dragon shattered Mount Emei’s mountain-protecting grand formation, the chapter left White Eyebrows and the sect facing the assault.

• A blood dragon emerged from the Chi You Blood Cave with Mo Yu standing on its head, and Hong Gu realized the Chi You Essence Blood had been consumed.
• Mo Yu and Xu Long reunited, then Xu Long thanked Hong Gu and set off for Mount Emei under their agreement.
• Xu Long used the blood dragon’s flight over Mount Emei to intimidate other sects, while White Eyebrows prepared the mountain’s defenses.
• The blood dragon transformed into a sword and struck Mount Emei’s formation, while Mo Yu confronted Azure Edge.
• The blood dragon shattered Mount Emei’s mountain-protecting grand formation, causing subsidiary peaks to sink and the formation’s energy to collapse.

An uncanny young man shattered Mount Emei’s protective formation and attacked White Eyebrows while an enormous Dharma body threatened the sect. At Mount Wutai, Hong Gu’s formation blocked Zunsheng from coming to White Eyebrows’ aid, and Li Yingqi and Lian Xing broke the Dharma body’s attack for the moment.

• The young man broke Mount Emei’s formation and challenged White Eyebrows, who recognized the Dharma body as the work of a Blood Alliance villain’s formation diagram.
• White Eyebrows sent a warning to Li Yingqi and Lian Xing as a gigantic Dharma body brought its palm down over Mount Emei.
• Zunsheng received White Eyebrows’ message, but Hong Gu and the Jade Pivot Sect trapped him inside a formation of maple leaves and nine flags at Mount Wutai.
• Hong Gu revealed that she had agreed with Xu Long to hold Zunsheng back while Xu Long attacked Mount Emei.
• Li Yingqi and Lian Xing joined Heaven Strike and Thunder Flame’s sword qi to break through the Dharma body’s palm and dispel the darkness over Mount Emei.

Li Yingqi and Lian Xing fused their swords to shatter a massive Dharma body and then clashed with Xu Long’s sword light above Mount Emei. As White Eyebrows prepared to use the Haotian Mirror, the fused swords pursued their enemy and discovered an ancient formation diagram that alarmed Li Yingqi.

• Li Yingqi and Lian Xing fused their sword lights into Heaven Strike Thunder Flame, piercing the Dharma body’s palm and destroying its manifestation before it could crush Mount Emei.
• White Eyebrows recognized the fused swords’ power but remained wary, then raised the Haotian Mirror as he faced the young man amid the bloody light and his blood dragon.
• Li Yingqi and Lian Xing sent their sword energy skyward, where it collided with Xu Long’s sword light and forced it to turn back.
• The two followed the clash beyond the clouds and sensed an enormous formation diagram with nine slowly rotating stars; Li Yingqi recognized it from the Blood Alliance villain’s earlier attack and warned Lian Xing to be cautious.
• Li Yingqi and Lian Xing continued pursuing the enemy, guiding countless sword shadows into a vast, revolving formation beneath the heavens.

Xu Long broke Li Yingqi and Lian Xing’s fused-sword assault with his formation and Power of Oblivion, then turned the battle against them at Mount Emei. As the two cultivators tried to stall him until Zunsheng arrived, Xu Long drew a long black gun barrel and fired a scorching projectile at Li Yingqi.

• Li Yingqi and Lian Xing unleashed Mount Emei’s group-attack sword formation, but Xu Long released the formation diagram’s compressed spiritual qi to blast apart their attack.
• Xu Long used sword light infused with the Power of Oblivion to split their fused sword qi and disrupt the divine senses attached to it.
• Xu Long revealed himself above Mount Emei, while Li Yingqi and Lian Xing redirected their two sword streaks to pursue his returning sword light and buy time for Zunsheng.
• Xu Long drew a long black gun barrel, prompting Li Yingqi and Lian Xing to raise shields and summon their laws-based manifestations.
• Li Yingqi heard a dull bang and saw a huge shell trailing a spiraling path of scorching energy hurtle toward her.

Xu Long and the young man pressed their attacks on Mount Emei, while White Eyebrows, Li Yingqi, and Lian Xing fought to defend the sect without Zunsheng's aid. Li Yingqi and Lian Xing united their swords for a final strike as Xu Long sent a star of the Power of Oblivion crashing toward them.

• Xu Long blasted Mount Emei with his cannon, shattering a peak and starting wildfires across the range.
• Xu Long's sword light struck Li Yingqi and Lian Xing's swords, but the two survived and returned to the fight.
• The young man intensified his assault on White Eyebrows, who resolved to fight on despite believing Mount Emei faced its last battle.
• Li Yingqi and Lian Xing joined their swords and fought Xu Long until their magic power nearly ran out.
• Li Yingqi and Lian Xing invoked the laws of heaven and earth to form layered sword afterimages around a red sun.
• Xu Long sent a star infused with the Power of Oblivion down toward the red sun's afterimages.

Xu Long and Li Yingqi and Lian Xing fought a fierce battle above the Mount Emei range, each trying to bypass the other's attack and strike at their opponents directly. As Xu Long's falling sword light descended on them, Lian Xing remembered his past as Changkong Wuji, and he and Li Yingqi confessed their enduring feelings and chose their Dao hearts over the immortal path.

• Xu Long and Li Yingqi and Lian Xing exchanged attacks as their sword light and combined sword qi collided above Mount Emei.
• Li Yingqi and Lian Xing used the swelling afterimages to trap Xu Long's sword light and send their red-sun sword qi toward him.
• Xu Long turned their plan against them, sending his sword light down toward Li Yingqi and Lian Xing while defending himself with the Spiritual Qi Bombardment.
• Xu Long shouted "Seal!" and briefly halted the red-sun sword qi before retreating from its attack.
• As Xu Long's falling sword light threatened them, Lian Xing remembered that he was Changkong Wuji and confessed his feelings to Li Yingqi.
• Li Yingqi and Lian Xing declared that they would choose each other and their Dao hearts, even if that meant falling onto the demonic path.

Li Yingqi and Lian Xing died after joining their swords to destroy Mount Emei, while Xu Long survived their combined attack and defeated their sword qi. The young man then struck White Eyebrows with a destructive arrow that shattered his defenses and left him badly wounded, though White Eyebrows crawled out of the ground alive.

• Li Yingqi and Lian Xing clasped hands as the falling star struck Mount Emei, killing them and devastating the mountain range.
• Xu Long used the World-Breaking Blade to split and bury the combined sword qi of Li Yingqi and Lian Xing.
• White Eyebrows mourned Li Yingqi and Wuji while the young man and Xu Long prepared to finish him.
• The young man trapped White Eyebrows with a sword formation and blood dragons, then fired a destructive arrow at him.
• The arrow broke through the Haotian Mirror's full-moon defense and grievously injured White Eyebrows, who crawled out of the resulting pit.

Xu Long killed White Eyebrows at Mount Emei, and his death shook the cultivation world as Hong Gu and Zunsheng learned the balance of power had changed. Xu Long then searched the ruined mountain and uncovered a cave, where he spotted a mysterious black shadow.

• Xu Long trapped Azure Edge in the Lotus Sword Formation and killed White Eyebrows, whose Dao was extinguished.
• Hong Gu withdrew her formation at Mount Wutai, and Zunsheng learned from his shattered jade token that White Eyebrows had died.
• Zunsheng abandoned his journey to Mount Emei and returned to protect Mount Wutai, while Hong Gu realized the Jade Pivot Sect had won its gamble.
• Cultivators across the land sensed the fall of three Immortal Realm experts and anticipated a reshuffling of power.
• Xu Long sent the Lotus Sword Formation into a mountainside beneath Mount Emei's main peak, exposing a cave and revealing a black shadow inside.