Chapter Summaries

Little Black arrived at the Lake of Life, but the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape fled rather than confront him. A mysterious force dragged him into the Underground World, where Di Tian and the other ferocious beasts surrounded him, and he braced for another beating.

• Ah Rou, the Sky Azure Bull Python, and the Titan Giant Ape sensed Little Black’s immense aura and recalled how he had beaten them forty years earlier.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python hid in the lake while the Titan Giant Ape fled with Ah Rou and Xiao Wu.
• Little Black reached the Lake of Life, searched for the fleeing beasts, and turned away without entering the lake.
• A mysterious giant hand formed from Nine-Colored Energy seized Little Black and dragged him through the lakebed barrier into the Underground World.
• Di Tian, Xiong Jun, and the other ferocious beasts surrounded Little Black, who asked them to avoid hitting his face.

Little Black entered the Underground World and met the Silver Dragon King, whose followers recognized the extraordinary power of his Tengshe Bloodline. Gu Yuena awakened and took human form, then approached Little Black to discuss something with him.

• Di Tian and the other fierce beasts cleared a path for Little Black and urged him deeper into the Underground World.
• Little Black's Tengshe Bloodline awakened under the Silver Dragon King's pressure, drawing in elemental energy and revealing an aura Di Tian identified as belonging to a Five-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Little Black approached the sleeping Silver Dragon King, and she ordered Di Tian and the others to leave so she could speak with him alone.
• The Silver Dragon King awakened, transformed into a silver-haired woman, and revealed herself to be Gu Yuena.
• Gu Yuena told Little Black not to fear her and said she had summoned him because she had something to discuss with him.

Gu Yuena summoned Little Black to ask for his blood, hoping its extraordinary time-altering power would heal her injuries and help the Soul Beasts of Star Dou Forest change their fates. Little Black refused her offer of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, leaving their negotiation unresolved.

• Little Black resisted Gu Yuena’s beauty and asked why she had brought him to her.
• Gu Yuena explained that Little Black’s bloodline contained immense Power of Time and had helped heal her injuries from the Asura God.
• Little Black realized Gu Yuena wanted his blood and refused to provide enough for the millions of Soul Beasts in Star Dou Forest.
• Gu Yuena offered several one-ton bottles and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in exchange for Little Black’s blood.
• Little Black dismissed the offer, saying Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was not especially valuable to him.

Gu Yuena traded Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to Little Black for three bottles of his blood after revealing that she came from the Divine Realm and was the Silver Dragon King. She showed the blood to Di Tian and the other beasts, explaining that its power could dramatically accelerate cultivation and help them survive the Million-Year Heavenly Tribulation.

• Little Black negotiated with Gu Yuena, agreeing to give her three bottles of blood in exchange for Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and an answer about why the beasts hid underground.
• Gu Yuena told Little Black she came from the Divine Realm and was an incarnation of the Supreme Dragon God's creation godhead.
• Little Black filled three glass bottles with his blood, and Gu Yuena sealed them with Space Power before handing Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to him.
• Di Tian, Xiong Jun, Myriad Demon King, and the other beasts questioned Gu Yuena about giving Sky Dream Ice Silkworm away.
• Gu Yuena unsealed the bottles and explained that Little Black's blood contained immense energy and Power of Time that could speed cultivation and help the beasts withstand their Million-Year Heavenly Tribulations.

On Hidden Sword Peak, Qian Renxue improved her strength by training with the Juque Sword while Ling Feng explained the Sword Dao as an independent cultivation path. He demonstrated its techniques, but Qian Renxue failed to understand what made his swordsmanship special.

• Qian Renxue split a boulder with the Juque Sword and raised her strength from one hundred jin to two hundred jin.
• Ling Feng increased Qian Renxue's daily sword swings from fifty to one hundred and said he would raise the target further as she adapted to the sword's weight.
• Ling Feng told Qian Renxue that his Sword Dao had earned him recognition as one of the Four Peerless Douluo and differed from cultivation based on soul rings and soul beasts.
• Ling Feng explained that the Sword Dao cultivated Sword Heart and tempered Sword Qi, then demonstrated it by defeating projected swordmasters with a few strikes.
• Qian Renxue admitted she had understood nothing, and Ling Feng questioned whether she had noticed his Sword Intent, Sword Light, and sword radiance.

Ling Feng trained Qian Renxue with the Juque Sword while waiting anxiously for Little Black to return from the Star Dou Forest. Little Black brought back the Million-Year Soul Beast Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, which Ling Feng decided to save for Qian Renxue until she could absorb it safely.

• Ling Feng told Qian Renxue to swing her sword a thousand times a day to learn about sword techniques, then increased the Juque Sword's weight to four hundred jin.
• Ling Feng worried that Little Black might have entered the Lake of Life and encountered Di Tian or the Silver Dragon King.
• Little Black returned to Hidden Sword Peak and revealed that he had brought back Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, a Million-Year Soul Beast.
• Little Black gave Qian Renxue a barely living ten-thousand-year spirit beast to absorb, explaining that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's power would overwhelm her.
• Ling Feng decided to keep Sky Dream Ice Silkworm for Qian Renxue to absorb later rather than take only its spirit bone and waste its spirit ring.

Qian Renxue absorbed a powerful fourth spirit ring, rose to level forty-eight, and began training at Ling Feng’s home on Hidden Sword Peak. Ling Feng received rewards for helping her advance and was tasked with guiding her to Spirit King.

• Qian Renxue killed the wounded soul beast and smoothly absorbed its black fourth spirit ring, becoming a Soul Ancestor.
• Qian Renxue’s Soul Power rose from level forty to level forty-eight, astonishing Ling Feng and Little Black.
• Ling Feng ordered Qian Renxue to practice her sword manual and fight soul beasts barehanded, then had Little Black bring her a mansion and sparring partners.
• The soul beasts attacked Qian Renxue inside the mansion, and she used her Angel Spirit to evade them.
• Ling Feng asked the system about his reward, and it upgraded his seventh and eighth spirit rings and right arm spirit bone while assigning him a quest to help Qian Renxue reach Spirit King.

Ling Feng absorbed a Hundred Thousand Year Head Spirit Bone, gained deeper insight into his sword path, and decided to help Qian Renxue reach Spirit King by taking her to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He arrived just as Qian Renxue fought off a group of spirit beasts, which left when they noticed him.

• Ling Feng absorbed the Hundred Thousand Year Head Spirit Bone, but his attempt to break through to godhood stopped at level 99 and gave him a brief vision of a peerless sword.
• Ling Feng received a Dao Guardian mission to help Qian Renxue reach level 50, absorb a spirit ring, and advance to Spirit King, and he planned to take her to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Qian Renxue struggled against agile spirit beasts chosen by Little Black, then unleashed her Sword Qi and Angel Assault when their attacks pushed her into danger.
• Qian Renxue's attack trapped the spirit beasts in Sword Qi and engulfed them in golden flames, but they emerged unharmed and left after Ling Feng appeared.
• Qian Renxue turned around, saw Ling Feng, and asked when he had arrived.

Ling Feng explained that the fire-loving soul beasts had suppressed their strength while sparring with Qian Renxue, and Little Black admitted he had arranged the challenge to help her improve. After Qian Renxue vowed to get revenge on Little Black someday, Ling Feng took her to Sunset Forest.

• Ling Feng praised Qian Renxue for combining Sword Qi and Soul Power during her fight with the soul beasts.
• Ling Feng revealed that the fifty-thousand-year soul beasts had suppressed their strength and were empowered by the fire-filled surroundings.
• Qian Renxue confronted Little Black, who defended the difficult sparring match as a way to help her improve.
• Little Black claimed that Qian Renxue had mastered combining Sword Qi and Soul Power, and Ling Feng dismissed him without punishment.
• Qian Renxue silently vowed to take revenge on Little Black in the future.
• Ling Feng grabbed Qian Renxue and flew with her toward Sunset Forest.

Ling Feng brought Qian Renxue to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to raise her Soul Power and strengthen her body, then used his system ability to identify the Immortal Herbs. He left Lovesick Heartbreak Red untouched, crushed the Ninth-grade Purple Ganoderma, and gave Qian Renxue the other herbs to eat, leaving her hesitant to absorb them.

• Ling Feng took Qian Renxue into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well by descending directly into its herb garden.
• Qian Renxue wondered why Ling Feng had brought her there, and he explained that he wanted to improve her Soul Power and physical constitution.
• Ling Feng tested his system's panel-viewing ability on a herb and confirmed that it could identify plants and describe their properties.
• Ling Feng used the ability to locate the ten Immortal Herbs, picked them, and left Lovesick Heartbreak Red untouched because it required special harvesting.
• Ling Feng crushed the Ninth-grade Purple Ganoderma beneath his foot and tossed the remaining Immortal Herbs to Qian Renxue, who hesitated to consume them.

Ling Feng guided Qian Renxue through absorbing the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, but the conflicting energies nearly killed her. He taught her to gather the energy and form a Natal Sword, only for her to condense a mysterious sword resembling the Angel Sacred Sword, leaving Ling Feng baffled.

• Ling Feng reassured Qian Renxue and told her to consume the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot together to weaken their poison.
• Qian Renxue ate both herbs, and their ice-and-fire energies tormented her until she gave up resisting and neared death.
• Ling Feng rushed to Qian Renxue and used his Sword Qi to draw the violent energies to her Spiritual Platform, instructing her to condense a Natal Sword.
• Qian Renxue gathered the ice, fire, angelic power, and Sword Qi at her crown, forming a small sword that developed into an Angel Sacred Sword-like shape.
• Ling Feng realized the sword contained several unexpected energies and asked the system to explain what was happening.

Ling Feng protected Qian Renxue as she condensed her Natal Sword, then confronted Poison Douluo Dugu Bo when he discovered them in his herb garden. After Dugu Bo recognized Ling Feng as the Peerless Sword Immortal, the two prepared to fight.

• The system explained that Qian Renxue's immense fortune had caused the Angel Sacred Sword to become her Natal Sword and gain ice, fire, and sword-path attributes.
• Ling Feng guarded Qian Renxue while she absorbed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Infernal Delicate Apricot and condensed her Natal Sword.
• Dugu Bo arrived in his herb garden, unleashed his poisonous Soul Power, and demanded to know who had taken his Immortal Herbs.
• Ling Feng's Sword Qi kept Dugu Bo's poison from reaching him or Qian Renxue, and Dugu Bo recognized Ling Feng's connection to Hidden Sword Peak.
• Ling Feng revealed his identity and summoned the Great Void Bright Origin Sword, while Dugu Bo activated his Martial Soul Avatar and ninth Soul Skill, Jade Scale Divine Light.

Ling Feng killed Dugu Bo with a single sword strike, then burned and purified the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Dugu Yan ambushed him to avenge her grandfather, but Ling Feng stopped her sword and turned it toward her heart.

• Ling Feng's Radiance: Qiankun Throw shattered Dugu Bo's ninth soul skill and Martial Soul Avatar, then pierced his heart and killed him.
• Ling Feng used his Fire and Water Origin Swords to burn away toxins and purify the area.
• Ling Feng kicked Dugu Bo's corpse into a flaming spring eye, where it burned to ashes.
• Dugu Yan secretly attacked Ling Feng with an iron sword, blaming him for her grandfather's death.
• Ling Feng halted Dugu Yan's sword and used his sword fingers to turn its point toward her chest.

Ling Feng killed Dugu Yan after she begged for her life, and Qian Renxue completed her Natal Sword, reaching Soul Power Level fifty. After she swallowed the remaining Immortal Herbs, their excess energy overwhelmed her, and Ling Feng was blocked from helping by two opposing energy streams.

• Dugu Yan pleaded with Ling Feng to spare her, but he pierced her heart and shattered it with the iron sword, ending her life and the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Martial Soul's inheritance.
• Qian Renxue drew in surrounding energy and condensed the Angel Sacred Sword into her Natal Sword, maxing out her angel affinity and raising her Soul Power to level fifty.
• Ling Feng gave Qian Renxue the remaining Immortal Herbs and instructed her to refine their excess energy through her Natal Flying Sword.
• Qian Renxue swallowed the herbs, but her Soul Power could not advance beyond level fifty without a fifth soul ring, and her body began to swell from the unrefined energy.
• Ling Feng realized his mistake and hurried to help Qian Renxue, but scorching-hot and freezing-cold energy streams blocked his path.

Ling Feng was dragged into the underground grave of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King, where he fought their red-and-blue energies with his Unlimited Blade Works Domain. The two Dragon Souls revealed themselves and, as Ling Feng sensed a deadly threat, he summoned over a hundred dragon-named swords against them.

• Red-and-blue energies from the Extreme Hot Spring and Extreme Cold Spring seized Ling Feng and carried him through the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to the Dragon Kings’ underground burial ground.
• Ling Feng broke free of the energies’ Light Cocoon with his sword and recognized the Dragon Kings’ remains.
• A mysterious force shattered Ling Feng’s Sword Dao Domain, so he opened his Unlimited Blade Works Domain and suppressed the Dragon Kings’ red-and-blue energy.
• The Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King appeared as enormous dragon phantoms and praised Ling Feng’s power and strange domain.
• Ling Feng pushed his domain to its limit and summoned over a hundred swords bearing the word “dragon,” aiming them at the two Dragon Souls.

Ling Feng fought the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King after they turned against him for serving as Qian Renxue’s Dao Protector. He trapped them in his Unlimited Blade Works Domain and prepared a destructive finishing attack as their Dragon Souls weakened.

• Ling Feng told the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King that he was Qian Renxue’s Dao Protector, making them wary and prompting them to attack.
• Ling Feng activated his Unlimited Blade Works Domain and summoned more than a hundred human ancestors and Sword Masters to fight the Dragon Kings.
• The Fire Dragon King burned the Dragon Slaying Sword Master to ashes, while the Sword Masters surrounded her and the Ice Dragon King fought off their assault.
• The Dragon Kings became locked in a stalemate with Ling Feng’s endless Sword Masters, draining their divine power and weakening their Dragon Souls.
• Ling Feng raised the Grand Void Destruction Origin Sword and activated his Fifth Spirit Skill, Destruction Judgment, targeting both Dragon Kings.

Ling Feng destroyed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well by absorbing the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King, bringing his Great Void Ice Origin Sword and Great Void Fire Origin Sword to the ultimate level. After gaining insight into his Self-Created Godhood—Sword God and advancing his Sword Dao, he heard Qian Renxue scream as the Immortal Herbs’ power battered her.

• The Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King awakened their Dragon Bones to block Ling Feng’s Destruction: Judgment, exhausting the bones’ remaining energy.
• Ling Feng used the Great Void Ice Origin Sword and Great Void Fire Origin Sword to devour both Dragon Souls, despite their threats and pleas.
• The two swords reached the ultimate level, and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well lost its source of power as Ling Feng escaped the collapsing underground area.
• The Guardian system rewarded Ling Feng with a trace of insight into the Self-Created Godhood—Sword God, and he realized his true sword was pressing ever onward, supreme above all else.
• Ling Feng advanced from Man and Sword as One into the Unfettered Sword Realm, while Qian Renxue screamed under the effects of the Immortal Herbs.

Ling Feng saved Qian Renxue from the chaotic energies of the Immortal Herbs and guided them into her Natal Sword as the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well collapsed. After sealing the stored energies, he left Qian Renxue puzzled by his claim that nine plus nine equaled eighteen.

• Ling Feng found Qian Renxue’s body nearing collapse and used Sword Qi to reopen her meridians and guide the energies toward her Natal Sword.
• The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well began collapsing, so Ling Feng carried Qian Renxue away while continuing to stabilize her.
• Ling Feng cleared nearby soul beasts from Sunset Forest and spent the rest of the day channeling Qian Renxue’s energies into her Natal Sword.
• Ling Feng sealed the energies inside Qian Renxue’s Natal Sword with eighteen layers so she could absorb them safely later.
• Qian Renxue questioned Ling Feng’s arithmetic, and he insisted that nine plus nine equaled eighteen.

Ling Feng directed Qian Renxue to fight a fifty-thousand-year King of Earth on her own so she could practice, promising to intervene if she was in danger. After the beast's first attack knocked her back, Qian Renxue recovered and charged at it with the Juque Sword.

• Ling Feng spotted an approaching King of Earth, and Qian Renxue recognized it as a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast by its azure color.
• Ling Feng identified the beast as a fifty-thousand-year King of Earth and told Qian Renxue to fight it while he watched.
• The King of Earth attacked Qian Renxue with its pincers and stabbed at Ling Feng, whose body vanished when the stinger passed through it.
• Ling Feng warned Qian Renxue through their mental link, and she blocked the pincer strike with the Juque Sword before being knocked backward.
• Qian Renxue summoned her Six-Winged Angel Spirit, steadied herself, and charged at the King of Earth with the Juque Sword.

Qian Renxue battled the King of Earth, using her Angel Spirit and soul skills to counter its triple attack and launch a diving strike. The King of Earth revealed its Lava Ground Split Strike and knocked her back, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Qian Renxue shattered the King of Earth's pincer with a sword strike, then dodged its counterattacks using her Angel Wings.
• Qian Renxue blocked the King of Earth's scorpion-stinger attack with Angel's Wings, whose golden feathers attached to its shell and exploded.
• Qian Renxue activated Angel Assault and dove at the King of Earth with the Juque Sword.
• The King of Earth unleashed Lava Ground Split Strike, and its energy blast knocked Qian Renxue back.