Chapter Summaries

Gu Xuanjin, the Immortal Gu Family’s forbidden divine son, received a villain system that rewarded him for hunting protagonists and granted him powerful treasures and abilities. After refining sword immortal essence blood, he learned that Xiao Han had become a protagonist following Gu Xiaoya’s broken engagement, and prepared to act once his cultivation was complete.

• Gu Xuanjin learned that he had transmigrated into the Immortal Gu Family’s forbidden divine son and that the Destined Great Villain System had bound itself to him.
• The system explained that Gu Xuanjin could gain rewards by hunting protagonists and could detect those who carried Heavenly Dao providence.
• Gu Xuanjin claimed his newcomer gift pack, receiving the Human Emperor Banner, sword immortal essence blood, and the forbidden ability Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin.
• The system reported that Gu Xiaoya had broken off an engagement and Xiao Han had become a protagonist, prompting Gu Xuanjin to plan to act after refining the essence blood.
• Gu Xuanjin refined the essence blood, causing a vast Sword Dao phenomenon that impressed the Gu Clan’s ancestor and other clan members.
• Gu Xuanjin checked his status and saw that he had reached the Divine Bridge Realm, Seventh Layer, with 51% comprehension of the Sword Dao laws.

Gu Xuanjin learned that his cousin Gu Xiaoya had gone to the Xiao Clan to break off her engagement to Xiao Han, and decided to lead a force there himself. His procession arrived in the Youxuan Dao Domain, alarming local powers as it headed toward the Great Li Imperial Dynasty.

• Gu Xuanjin asked Ji Song about Gu Xiaoya's trip and learned that she had gone to the declining Xiao Clan to end her betrothal to Xiao Han, whose cultivation had regressed.
• Gu Xuanjin ordered Ji Song to bring a hundred Divine Martial Guards and accompany him to the Xiao Clan, intending to wipe out the family.
• Gu Xuanjin's nine-dragon palace and Divine Martial Guards crossed into the Youxuan Dao Domain through a teleportation array.
• The procession's arrival above Xuzhou City overwhelmed onlookers, who guessed it was heading toward the Great Li Imperial Dynasty.
• The hegemonic powers of the Youxuan Dao Domain noticed the Gu Clan's arrival and watched the procession with concern.

Gu Xiaoya came to the Xiao Clan to dissolve her engagement to Xiao Han, but Xiao Zhenyu resisted to protect his son and the clan's prospects. Xiao Han arrived as Gu Xiaoya's pressure forced his father toward agreement, and confronted her over publicly humiliating the Xiao Clan.

• Gu Xiaoya demanded that Xiao Zhenyu dissolve her engagement to Xiao Han, offering pills, cultivation resources, and spirit stones as compensation.
• Xiao Zhenyu refused to make the decision without Gu Xiaoya's grandfather, while the Xiao Clan elders eyed her offer and feared the Gu Clan's power.
• Xiao Xueying learned from Uncle Chen that Gu Xiaoya was visiting over Xiao Han and warned that the Gu Clan should not be provoked.
• Gu Xiaoya's maids released their Divine Ability Realm pressure, and Xiao Zhenyu's elders urged him to accept the engagement's dissolution.
• Xiao Han and Xiao Xueying entered as Xiao Zhenyu began to yield, and Xiao Han told Gu Xiaoya he accepted the breakup but accused her of publicly shaming the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Han rejected Gu Xiaoya’s attempt to end their engagement and declared that he was divorcing her, prompting Gu Xuanjin to arrive and threaten the Xiao Clan. Xiao Xueying intervened on Xiao Han’s behalf, and a Su Lineage attendant appeared to apologize to Gu Xuanjin.

• Gu Xiaoya offered the Xiao Clan a storage ring and promised further resources to end her engagement with Xiao Han.
• Xiao Han wrote a divorce letter in blood and declared that he was divorcing Gu Xiaoya, despite the Xiao elders urging him to apologize.
• Gu Xiaoya tore up the letter, but Gu Xuanjin arrived with nine black dragons and more than a hundred Divine Martial Guards.
• Gu Xuanjin ordered his guards to surround the Xiao Clan, and Xiao Han claimed responsibility for insulting the Gu Clan.
• Xiao Xueying stood beside Xiao Han and challenged Gu Xuanjin’s response, while Liang Chen appeared and apologized on behalf of the Su Lineage.

Gu Xuanjin ordered the Xiao Clan slaughtered despite Liang Chen’s plea, and Ji Song killed Liang Chen while the Human Emperor Banner gathered souls. Xiao Han survived and confronted Gu Xuanjin, who exposed the powerful remnant soul in his ring; the soul emerged and Ji Song recognized him as the vanished Divine Flame Venerable.

• Liang Chen tried to take Xiao Xueying away, but Gu Xuanjin rejected his appeal and ordered the Divine Martial Guards to attack the Xiao Clan.
• Ji Song struck Liang Chen with a powerful palm, killing him, while Gu Xuanjin collected his soul in the Human Emperor Banner; Xiao Han was injured but survived behind protection from his ring.
• Xiao Xueying helped Xiao Han up, and Xiao Han watched a Divine Martial Guard kill his father before swearing revenge on Gu Xuanjin.
• Gu Xuanjin identified the remnant soul in Xiao Han’s ring and challenged it to protect Xiao Han again.
• The remnant soul emerged from the ring, and Ji Song recognized him as Divine Flame Venerable, a former Supreme who had disappeared five hundred years earlier.

Su Xinghe arrived at the Xiao Clan to rescue his daughter, Xiao Xueying, after Divine Flame Venerable sacrificed himself to help her and Xiao Han escape Gu Xuanjin. Gu Xuanjin summoned backup, while he questioned Su Xinghe about why he had sent Xiao Xueying to the Xiao Clan as a child.

• Su Xinghe learned that Liang Chen had died and rushed to the Xiao Clan after confirming Xiao Xueying's life stele was intact.
• Divine Flame Venerable burned his soul to unleash the Red Lotus Karmic Fire and battle Ji Song, then sent Xiao Han and Xiao Xueying through a void passage.
• Gu Xuanjin destroyed the passage with his Supreme Sword Bone, and Divine Flame Venerable's soul vanished after holding Ji Song back.
• Gu Xuanjin collected the Red Lotus Karmic Fire and prepared to kill Xiao Han and Xiao Xueying, but Su Xinghe appeared and crushed his attacks.
• Xiao Xueying told Su Xinghe what had happened, while Gu Xuanjin quietly crushed a jade slip to call for backup.
• Gu Xuanjin questioned Su Xinghe about why he had sent Xiao Xueying to the Xiao Clan as a child, but Su Xinghe denied knowing what he meant.

Gu Xuanjin killed Xiao Han after the Heavenly Dao’s avatar failed to stop the system, then ordered the Gu Clan to exterminate the Su Lineage. The chapter ended with Gu Beimo and Ji Song leading the Divine Martial Guards through a void passage toward the Su Lineage.

• Xiao Han doubted Xiao Xueying’s explanation after Gu Xuanjin revealed she was Su Xueying and had entered the Xiao Clan with an ulterior motive.
• Gu Beimo appeared, stopped Su Xinghe and Su Xueying from escaping, and destroyed them both.
• The Heavenly Dao confronted Gu Xuanjin, but his system’s mysterious light defeated and shattered its avatar.
• Gu Xuanjin killed Xiao Han, absorbed his divine soul with the Human Emperor Banner, and received system rewards.
• Gu Xuanjin sent Gu Beimo and Ji Song with the Divine Martial Guards to wipe out the Su Lineage, sparing no one.

After returning from the Xiao Clan, Gu Xuanjin examined the rewards he had obtained and began refining the Law of the Sword Dao. Meanwhile, Gu Beimo and Ji Song arrived at the Su Lineage with Divine Martial Guards, accompanied by ominous changes in the skies.

• Gu Xuanjin returned to his palace with Gu Xiaoya as the nine black dragons carried them away from the ruined Xiao Clan.
• People who entered the Xiao Clan found it reduced to ruins, while observing major powers wondered why Gu Xuanjin had destroyed the minor clan.
• In Xuzhou City, Gu Xuanjin reviewed his system rewards, including new arts, a sword formation, a Great Emperor secret fragment, and an Evil Thought Avatar.
• Gu Xuanjin began refining the Law of the Sword Dao, and its sharp aura spread through the palace, frightening Gu Xiaoya and her maids.
• Gu Beimo and Ji Song arrived at the Su Lineage with Divine Martial Guards as the sky darkened and storms swept across the land.

Gu Xuanjin’s forces destroyed the Su Lineage and Xiao Clan, while Gu Xuanjin refined the Sword Dao Law and sent his embodiment, Dugu Yunyan, to the Youxuan Dao Domain. After returning to the Gu Clan, he accepted an invitation to the Jade Pool Holy Land’s Heavenly Prodigy Gathering, drawing the attention of powerful factions across the three thousand Dao domains.

• Gu Beimo destroyed the Su Lineage with a single palm strike, and Ji Song used the Human Emperor Banner to absorb the ghosts before hunting down surviving Su Lineage and Xiao Clan members.
• Ji Song met Gu Xuanjin in Xuzhou City and returned the Human Emperor Banner, which had advanced to a supreme-grade mystic weapon.
• Gu Xuanjin finished refining the Sword Dao Law, reaching 60% mastery, and promised to help Ji Song advance toward the half-step Quasi-Emperor level.
• Gu Xuanjin equipped his embodiment with demonic arts and treasures, named him Dugu Yunyan, and sent him to the Youxuan Dao Domain.
• The Jade Pool Holy Land invited Gu Xuanjin to its Heavenly Prodigy Gathering, and he accepted.
• The Jade Pool Holy Land announced Gu Xuanjin’s attendance, prompting top powers across the three thousand Dao domains to send their successors to the gathering.

Reborn Jade Pool Holy Maiden Xu Lingxi planned to befriend Gu Xuanjin and change the future, while she and Baili Chang'an waited for the gathering of heavenly prides to begin. The holy son of the Primordial Holy Land arrived on a true phoenix, and Baili Chang'an went to meet him.

• Xu Lingxi remembered her previous life, Gu Xuanjin's overwhelming rise, and her plan to befriend him after being reborn.
• Baili Chang'an entered Xu Lingxi's hall and asked when Gu Xuanjin would arrive; she said he had not told her.
• Xu Lingxi and Baili Chang'an discussed how Gu Xuanjin's arrival had drawn out hidden geniuses and could reshape the Wind and Cloud Ranking.
• A true phoenix carrying the Primordial Holy Land's divine palace descended above the Jade Pool Holy Land.
• Baili Chang'an recognized the Primordial Holy Land and went to meet its holy son.

At the Jade Pool gathering, Qin Mofeng defeated Baili Chang'an’s challenge before Wen Yuyang and Nangong Yue arrived. After advancing to the second level of the Divine Ability Realm, Gu Xuanjin set out with a large retinue for the Azure Radiance Dao Domain.

• Qin Mofeng arrived at the gathering, and Baili Chang'an challenged him to a fight.
• Qin Mofeng’s punch overpowered Baili Chang'an, but Wen Yuyang arrived and mocked his rival.
• Nangong Yue arrived with demonic cultivators, saw that Gu Xuanjin was absent, and headed to the Jade Pool Holy Land’s main peak.
• Gu Xuanjin finished refining his resources and broke through to the second level of the Divine Ability Realm.
• Gu Xuanjin gathered Chu Xuheng, Gu Mo, Wang Feng, followers, and Divine Martial Guards, then departed through the cross-domain teleportation array for the Azure Radiance Dao Domain.

Gu Xuanjin arrived at the Jade Pool Holy Land with a formidable Gu Clan entourage and challenged the gathered young prodigies to attack him together. He easily shattered their combined assault, leaving several unconscious.

• Gu Xuanjin arrived at the Jade Pool Holy Land with a quasi-emperor, powerful elders, and black-armored soldiers.
• Nangong Yue, Baili Chang'an, and other prodigies challenged Gu Xuanjin, while Qin Mofeng and Nangong Yue declined to join the group attack.
• Gu Xuanjin asked his system whether any of the gathered prodigies was a protagonist, and it replied that the Heavenly Dao had not yet bestowed its fortune.
• Baili Chang'an, Wen Yuyang, and the other prodigies joined forces and launched their strongest attacks at Gu Xuanjin.
• Gu Xuanjin summoned a giant divine sword that tore through their attacks and blasted several prodigies unconscious.

After Gu Xuanjin overwhelmed the gathered prodigies, Xu Lingxi offered him sword Dao laws and received a wisp of Red Lotus Karmic Fire in return. Li Xuanji, the Dao Child of the Supreme Purity Palace, arrived and attacked Gu Xuanjin with a massive yin-yang taiji diagram, but the chapter ended before the clash was resolved.

• Baili Chang'an, Wen Yuyang, Nangong Yue, and Qin Mofeng were left shaken and injured by Gu Xuanjin's divine sword strike, while Xu Lingxi avoided most of its aftermath.
• Xu Lingxi offered Gu Xuanjin a clump of sword Dao laws to make friends, and Gu Xuanjin accepted it before giving her a wisp of Red Lotus Karmic Fire.
• Li Xuanji arrived at Jade Pool Square on a black ox, and Xu Lingxi recognized him as the Supreme Purity Palace's Dao Child and a peerless prodigy.
• Gu Xuanjin remarked that Li Xuanji's bearing was impressive but his strength was lacking, and their sword intent and Dao intent clashed.
• Li Xuanji summoned a vast yin-yang taiji diagram and sent it crashing down on Gu Xuanjin, astonishing the watching prodigies.

Gu Xuanjin defeated Li Xuanji with a single sword strike, and Li Xuanji left to travel to the lower realm. Over the following days, the gathering continued with a draw between Nangong Yue and Qin Mofeng, while newcomers began challenging the other major powers’ successors.

• Gu Xuanjin’s immortal sword shattered Li Xuanji’s taiji diagram and defenses, struck him into the ruined square, and left him injured.
• Li Xuanji acknowledged Gu Xuanjin’s strength, said he had to visit the lower realm, and departed on his azure ox after promising to seek another match.
• Nangong Yue challenged Qin Mofeng to fight the next day, and the two later battled for most of the day before ending in a draw.
• More gifted young talents arrived over the next two or three days, but no one comparable to Li Xuanji appeared to challenge Gu Xuanjin.
• Some newcomers mistook Baili Chang'an and the other defeated successors for easy targets and issued challenges to them.

Gu Xuanjin sought out Lü Yifei, a fallen prodigy who inherited Demon God Marquis Wen’s legacy, and offered to restore his cultivation so he could avenge his childhood sweetheart himself. Lü Yifei revealed the damaged Ghost God Sky Piercer, and Gu Xuanjin glimpsed the weapon’s former master in battle.

• Xu Lingxi told Gu Xuanjin how Lü Yifei had lost his cultivation after the Myriad Demon Divine Court killed his childhood sweetheart and hunted him.
• Gu Xuanjin and Xu Lingxi found Lü Yifei working in a quiet shop, and Xu Lingxi welcomed him back from despair.
• Gu Xuanjin offered to restore Lü Yifei’s cultivation and help him personally kill the Third Prince if he became Gu Xuanjin’s follower.
• Lü Yifei led Gu Xuanjin and Xu Lingxi into the inner room, where he showed them the damaged Ghost God Sky Piercer.
• Gu Xuanjin saw a vision of Demon God Marquis Wen wielding the halberd against countless powerful foes.

Lü Yifei tested Gu Xuanjin’s strength, lost, and became his follower before recovering at the Jade Pool Holy Land. Five days later, Beigong Yan, the young supreme of the World-Forsaken Divine Land, appeared above the Holy Land on a giant skeleton.

• Lü Yifei wielded the Ghost God Sky Piercer and challenged Gu Xuanjin to prove his strength before submitting.
• Gu Xuanjin overwhelmed Lü Yifei with Sword Qi, then gave him a nine-revolution pill to restore his cultivation and rebuild his foundation.
• Gu Xuanjin returned to the Jade Pool Holy Land with Lü Yifei and Xu Lingxi, while Lü Yifei kept other prodigies from challenging him.
• Five days later, a giant skeleton emerged from a rift in the sky above the Jade Pool Holy Land with Beigong Yan seated on its shoulder.
• The prodigies recognized Beigong Yan as the young supreme of the World-Forsaken Divine Land, while Lü Yifei and Xu Lingxi remained composed beside Gu Xuanjin.

Beigong Yan challenged Gu Xuanjin, and Ye Chenzhou, an ancient sword prodigy, joined the confrontation. Gu Xuanjin invited them to attack together, and both unleashed powerful divine abilities against him.

• Beigong Yan appeared outside the Jade Pool Grand Hall and challenged Gu Xuanjin to fight.
• Gu Xuanjin dismissed Lü Yifei’s offer to test Beigong Yan and went out to face him.
• Ye Chenzhou arrived, identified as an ancient freak of the Ye Family once called the young sword god, and challenged Gu Xuanjin as well.
• Gu Xuanjin unleashed an overwhelming sword intent, mocked the two challengers, and told them to attack together.
• Beigong Yan summoned a blood-lit black hole that could refine the world, while Ye Chenzhou sent a sword-wielding immortal maiden toward Gu Xuanjin.

Gu Xuanjin overwhelmed Beigong Yan and Ye Chenzhou, then remained at the Jade Pool Holy Land as challengers came to test him. After the gathering ended with Gu Xuanjin atop the reshuffled Wind and Cloud Ranking, he left the Azure Radiance Dao Domain with his retinue, his fame spreading across the three thousand Dao domains.

• Gu Xuanjin’s enormous sword defeated Beigong Yan and Ye Chenzhou, leaving both badly wounded.
• Beigong Yan admitted defeat and returned to the World-Forsaken Divine Land, while Ye Chenzhou left after Gu Xuanjin mocked his boast.
• Gu Xuanjin stayed at the Jade Pool Holy Land and easily suppressed the challengers who reached him as the gathering was extended by two months.
• Xu Lingxi defeated numerous heavenly talents and rose to seventh place on the Wind and Cloud Ranking, while Gu Xuanjin took first and Qin Mofeng took tenth.
• After the gathering ended, Gu Xuanjin departed the Azure Radiance Dao Domain with Lü Yifei, Chu Xuheng, and the Divine Martial Guards, and his name spread throughout the three thousand Dao domains.

Gu Xuanjin learned that Fang Lingtian had bound himself to the God-Level Lottery System and sent Dugu Yunyan to watch for him near the Azure Cloud Ancient Kingdom. Fang Lingtian stood up to a servant who had bullied him, drawing the attention of another young man from the Fang family.

• Gu Xuanjin learned that the God-Level Lottery System had bound itself to Fang Lingtian and spent three million Villain Points to locate him in the Azure Cloud Ancient Kingdom.
• Gu Xuanjin contacted Dugu Yunyan, learned he was near the Azure Cloud Ancient Kingdom, and told him to watch for Fang Lingtian without risking his life.
• Gu Xuanjin said he would arrive in four or five days to seek the nearby quasi-emperor's legacy, then resumed cultivating while Dugu Yunyan continued absorbing souls into the Human Emperor Banner.
• Fang Lingtian, a transmigrator with the God-Level Lottery System, refused a servant's demand for his monthly pills and laundry and beat him until he begged for mercy.
• A young man in brocade robes stormed over and confronted Fang Lingtian for hitting his man.

Fang Lingtian reached the Quasi-Emperor’s legacy site and fought Fang Lingcang after being falsely accused, revealing strength beyond his apparent cultivation. Dugu Yunyan identified him as a suspicious target, but Fang Lingtian escaped Dugu Yunyan’s lethal attack with a mysterious talisman.

• Fang Lingtian beat his second brother and another bully, then left the Fang Clan to seek the Quasi-Emperor’s legacy.
• An ancient palace rose at the Azure Cloud Ancient Kingdom’s southeastern border, but its formation prevented the gathered onlookers from entering.
• Dugu Yunyan spotted Fang Lingtian among the crowd as Fang Lingcang and Qing'er confronted him over a false accusation.
• Fang Lingtian defeated Fang Lingcang’s Foundation Establishment servants and staggered Fang Lingcang, despite Fang Lingcang’s Mystic Pill Realm cultivation.
• Dugu Yunyan sealed the surrounding space with the Heaven-Sealing Lock and attacked Fang Lingtian, who escaped through the void using a pale-purple talisman.
• Dugu Yunyan retrieved the Heaven-Sealing Lock and vanished after Fang Lingtian disappeared.