Chapter Summaries

Xiao Han casually defied Leng Hanshuang at the Demon Sect gathering, but she praised him and accepted his invitation to drink beneath the moon. She then opened the Three Hall Martial Competition, where Heaven Hall and Dream Hall’s fighters targeted Yin Hall and defeated its first two challengers.

• Xiao Han asked Leng Hanshuang whether he could skip kneeling because he was handsome, and she calmly agreed that he was.
• Leng Hanshuang invited Xiao Han to sit beside her, but he teased her with an invitation to drink together under the moon, which she accepted.
• Leng Hanshuang ordered the crowd to rise and began the Three Hall Martial Competition, creating a battle platform in the square.
• Chen Chen of Heaven Hall and Fang Zheng of Dream Hall challenged the Divine Sound Army, and two Yin Hall fighters faced them.
• Chen Chen and Fang Zheng defeated the Yin Hall fighters, prompting Leng Hanshuang and the Three Saints to recognize that Yin Hall was being targeted.

Xiao Han secured a change to the Three Hall Martial Competition, letting Sound Hall’s leaders face Heaven Hall and Dream Hall first. After Mo Yuxuan and Huang Wenhao revealed they had both reached Dou Zun and forced their opponents to concede, the commander battle began with Xiao Han calling out Liu Feng.

• Xiao Han asked Leng Hanshuang to start the peak battles immediately, and she approved.
• Xiao Han sent Mo Yuxuan and Huang Wenhao to face Heaven Hall’s three leaders, while keeping Qin Yin off the platform.
• Mo Yuxuan and Huang Wenhao revealed their Dou Zun auras, forcing Deng Yun and the other two leaders to concede.
• Yang Fan and Divine Dream Army’s leaders also conceded, giving Sound Hall the leader battle victory.
• Leng Hanshuang announced the commander battle, and Xiao Han stepped onto the platform and challenged Liu Feng.

Xiao Han challenged Liu Feng to settle their past grievances, and the Demon Sect watched as a Dou Zong faced a Dou Zun. Xiao Han escaped Liu Feng’s spatial prison with Thunder Divine Ice and appeared behind him to strike, but Liu Feng evaded the punch.

• Xiao Han called Liu Feng onto the battle platform and challenged him in front of the Demon Sect.
• Leng Hanshuang ruled that Xiao Han could use his Heavenly Emperor Sword, and Liu Feng unleashed his Dou Zun power to imprison Xiao Han in a Space Cage.
• Xiao Han used Thunder Divine Ice to freeze and shatter the Space Cage, revealing that he possessed divine ice.
• Xiao Han appeared behind Liu Feng and struck with Eight Extremities Collapse, but Liu Feng dodged with Shifting Form and Changing Shadow.

Xiao Han fought Liu Feng, a Dou Zun, and found that his sword technique could cut through Liu Feng’s attack but not his vine defense. Trapped and seemingly beaten, Xiao Han ignited crimson flames across the vines and challenged Liu Feng’s claim of victory.

• Liu Feng attacked Xiao Han with the Earth Tier Thousand Waves Palm, and Xiao Han countered with One Sword Separating Worlds, splitting the palm in two.
• Liu Feng blocked Xiao Han’s sword strike with the Heaven Tier Ten Thousand Woods Insulation technique.
• Liu Feng used Ten Thousand Woods Restraint to bind Xiao Han in vines, which tightened as Xiao Han struggled and resisted his Thunder Divine Ice.
• Mo Yin and the others, Leng Hanshuang, and the watching halls believed Xiao Han was about to lose as Liu Feng declared victory.
• Crimson flames spread across the vines, and Xiao Han said that he had not necessarily lost.

Xiao Han controlled the remaining karmic fire within him, defeated Liu Feng, and secured Sound Hall’s victory in the Three Hall Martial Competition. Leng Hanshuang appointed him Vice Hall Master and showed him an invitation from Broken Sword Manor, hinting at a major opportunity tied to a returning Sword Saint.

• Xiao Han emerged unharmed from Liu Feng’s vines and used his newly controlled karmic fire to burn through Liu Feng’s defenses.
• Liu Feng admitted defeat, and Leng Hanshuang declared Sound Hall the winner of the Three Hall Martial Competition.
• Leng Hanshuang appointed Xiao Han Vice Hall Master of Sound Hall and dismissed the others, keeping him behind.
• Leng Hanshuang warned Xiao Han that he was not yet strong enough to subdue the Karmic Fire Divine Ice and told him to improve before its secret realm appeared again.
• Leng Hanshuang gave Xiao Han an invitation from Broken Sword Manor, whose message read, “The day the broken sword is reborn, the hour the Sword Saint returns!”

Leng Hanshuang explained that Broken Sword Manor had once been Sword Saint Manor, founded by the legendary Sword Saint, whose mysterious death began its decline. Xiao Han learned that the manor’s invitation offered a chance to comprehend the Sword Saint’s broken sword in Broken Sword City and seek his legacy, leaving him to consider the legend that the Sword Saint would return when the broken sword was reborn.

• Xiao Han asked Leng Hanshuang about the invitation’s message that the broken sword’s rebirth would herald the Sword Saint’s return.
• Leng Hanshuang told Xiao Han that Broken Sword Manor had once been Sword Saint Manor, founded by the Southern Wasteland’s peerless Sword Saint, who later died under mysterious circumstances.
• Leng Hanshuang explained that the Sword Saint’s sword fell from the sky after his death and could not be moved, so Sword Saint Manor changed its name to guard it.
• Leng Hanshuang said the Southern Wasteland’s major forces agreed to let their younger generations visit Broken Sword City each winter solstice to comprehend the sword and seek the Sword Saint’s legacy.
• Xiao Han realized that the invitation granted him a chance to pursue the legacy, while the broken sword’s lament and the saying about the Sword Saint’s return remained an enduring mystery.

After recounting the Sword Saint’s legend, Leng Hanshuang warned Xiao Han that his strength would fall short against the Heavenly Prides gathering at Broken Sword City for the winter solstice. She then said his physical body needed training, leaving him with the prospect of strengthening it before he sought the Sword Saint’s Legacy.

• Leng Hanshuang told Xiao Han that the Broken Sword’s Lament would sound at the winter solstice in about two months, when Heavenly Prides would gather at Broken Sword City.
• Leng Hanshuang cautioned Xiao Han that his one-star Dou Zong strength and victory over Liu Feng did not prepare him to face the powerful younger generation of the Divine Land.
• Xiao Han accepted that he had been arrogant and underestimated the cultivation and abilities of the Divine Land’s young experts.
• Leng Hanshuang teased Xiao Han about his weak physical body, and he turned her criticism into a suggestive joke.
• Leng Hanshuang explained that Xiao Han needed to strengthen his body because physical strength and defense were essential to lasting and breaking through in battle.

Leng Hanshuang took Xiao Han to Demon Valley to train in the Gravity Tower for the two months before he represented the Demon Sect in Broken Sword City. He met Leng Hanjiao, who doubted that a one-star Dou Zong like him could withstand the tower's training.

• Leng Hanshuang gave Xiao Han the Heaven Rank Mid-grade body-tempering Dou Technique, Golden Buddha Myriad Manifestation Body, and told him to train before the trip to Broken Sword City.
• Leng Hanshuang opened a Spatial Tunnel and brought Xiao Han to Demon Valley, where she introduced the eighteen-floor Gravity Tower as a place to temper both the body and Dou Qi.
• Xiao Han neutralized the tower's immense gravity with the Emperor Cleansing Art, surprising Leng Hanshuang.
• Leng Hanjiao came out of the tower, and the Black Armored Army of Dou Zun experts saluted Leng Hanshuang before returning inside.
• Leng Hanjiao learned that Xiao Han was a one-star Dou Zong who would represent the Demon Sect and remarked that he looked too weak for Gravity Tower training.

Xiao Han entered the Gravity Tower to temper his body and practice the Golden Buddha Myriad Manifestation Body. After reaching the third floor without gaining a golden patch, he continued upward in search of stronger gravity.

• Leng Hanjiao immobilized Xiao Han and teased him with a Bloodthirsty Snake until he called her good big sister.
• Leng Hanshuang told Xiao Han to cultivate in the Gravity Tower so he would not embarrass her before their trip to Broken Sword City.
• Xiao Han entered the tower and struggled against its intense gravity while cultivating the Golden Buddha Myriad Manifestation Body without using the Emperor Cleansing Art.
• Xiao Han reached the second floor after three days and crossed it five days later, finding his body stronger but still short of the body's first level.
• Xiao Han saw that no gold had appeared on his body and continued toward the higher floors, determined to endure the stronger gravity.

Xiao Han advanced through the Gravity Tower and spent two months tempering his body on the fifteenth floor, reaching the Golden Body realm and rising to Three-star Dou Zong. Leng Hanshuang and Leng Hanjiao arrived, then told him to prepare to leave for Broken Sword City.

• After half a month, Xiao Han reached the ninth floor, then passed the Dou Zun soldiers on the tenth and eleventh floors and easily entered the twelfth.
• Xiao Han flew through the twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth floors, but stopped on the fifteenth because its gravity was too powerful to overcome.
• Xiao Han spent two months cultivating on the fifteenth floor and achieved the Golden Body realm of the Golden Buddha Myriad Manifestation Body.
• When Leng Hanshuang and Leng Hanjiao appeared, Xiao Han stood up, reached Three-star Dou Zong, and tested his strength with a powerful punch.
• Leng Hanshuang dismissed Xiao Han's excitement, while Leng Hanjiao praised him and encouraged him about his future.
• Leng Hanshuang told Xiao Han to get ready to leave for Broken Sword City, and he looked forward to the journey.

Xiao Han traveled from the Demon Sect toward Broken Sword City, where he hoped to obtain the Sword Saint’s Legacy. Along the way, he met the Buddhist Sect monk Wu Jie, whose appetite quickly made an impression on the group.

• Mo Yin warned Xiao Han to be careful in Broken Sword City and told Mo Yuxuan and Huang Wenhao to keep him away from women of other sects.
• Leng Hanjiao asked Leng Hanshuang about Xiao Han’s chances of obtaining the Sword Saint’s Legacy, and Leng Hanshuang said his talent gave him the greatest chance, though fate would also matter.
• After three days of travel, Xiao Han, Mo Yuxuan, and Huang Wenhao stopped in the snowy wilderness and made hot pot for breakfast.
• Wu Jie, a Fat Monk from the Buddhist Sect, approached the camp, accepted Xiao Han’s invitation to eat, and introduced himself by his Dharma name.
• Wu Jie devoured the hot pot so eagerly that he eventually lifted the pot and poured its contents into his mouth, leaving Xiao Han, Mo Yuxuan, and Huang Wenhao dumbfounded.

Xiao Han shared food and wine with Wu Jie, a monk who freely admitted to breaking Buddhist precepts and peeping on a group of women. As the women surrounded them, their veiled leader revealed herself as an old friend of Xiao Han’s.

• Xiao Han served Wu Jie more food, and Wu Jie asked for wine and meat while defending his way of practicing Buddhism.
• A dozen veiled women emerged from the forest and surrounded Xiao Han, Mo Yuxuan, and Wu Jie, accusing Wu Jie of misconduct.
• Wu Jie admitted that he had sneaked into the women’s camp to watch them undress and then tried to justify his actions with Buddhist teachings.
• Xiao Han tried to distance himself from Wu Jie, but the women suspected that he was also involved.
• The white-robed leader stopped Xiao Han from leaving, removed her hat and veil, and greeted him as an old friend.

Xiao Han unexpectedly reunited with Xiao Yi Xian in the snow-covered forest while both were traveling to Broken Sword City. She revealed that the Medical Saint Sect had cured her Erbane Poison Body, and the old friends set off together.

• Xiao Yi Xian removed her veil and happily embraced Xiao Han, surprising their companions.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Han that her Erbane Poison Body was fine and that she would explain later.
• Xiao Yi Xian warned Wu Jie not to repeat his shameless behavior, and he left toward Broken Sword City.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that the Medical Saint had saved her and taken her as a disciple, making her the Medical Saint Sect's Saintess.
• Xiao Han revealed that he was a Vice Hall Master of the Demon Sect, and he and Xiao Yi Xian continued toward Broken Sword City together.

Xiao Han and Xiao Yi Xian arrived in Broken Sword City and visited the Sword Saint’s Legacy site, where the broken sword reacted to Xiao Han’s Heavenly Emperor Sword. While the group explored the city, Luo Yufei mistook Xiao Han for Xiao Yi Xian’s boyfriend and tried to provoke her, then realized her mistake.

• Xiao Han and Xiao Yi Xian entered Broken Sword City with their companions and settled into a courtyard at Tianran Ju Inn.
• Xiao Han led the group to Broken Sword Plaza, where they saw the Sword Saint’s statue and the broken sword behind the Saint Barrier.
• The broken sword trembled as Xiao Han examined it, and the Heavenly Emperor Sword in his ring also moved.
• Xiao Han and Xiao Yi Xian strolled through the city when Luo Yufei grabbed Xiao Han and called him her heartless lover.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she was Xiao Han’s friend, and Luo Yufei released him after realizing she had mistaken him for Xiao Yi Xian’s boyfriend.

Xiao Han clashed with Xue Liuhen after refusing to surrender his right hand, but a warning from Broken Sword City’s Sacred Land ended the confrontation. At midnight on the winter solstice, a strange lament from a broken sword sounded across the city.

• Luo Yufei revealed that she knew Xiao Yi Xian, then Xue Liuhen demanded that Xiao Han leave his right hand behind for touching her.
• Xiao Han ignored Xue Liuhen’s threat, fought back with a flame-wreathed punch, and forced him to retreat.
• Xue Liuhen prepared to attack again, but a voice from Broken Sword City’s Sacred Land ordered the juniors to stop or leave.
• Xiao Han and his companions returned to the inn as night fell over Broken Sword City.
• At midnight on the winter solstice, a sorrowful broken-sword wail sounded throughout the city, startling its younger generation.

Xiao Han and the other six young heirs of the Seven Great Forces entered Broken Sword Plaza to comprehend the Sword Saint’s Broken Sword, whose wail stirred grief in everyone but Xiao Han. Guided by the Heavenly Emperor Sword, Xiao Han saw the tragic past behind the lament: the Sword Saint’s beloved died by his sword, and he later broke his sword and died in sorrow.

• The Seven Great Forces’ heirs entered Broken Sword Plaza and took positions around the Sword Saint’s Broken Sword while the crowd watched from outside.
• Broken Sword’s wail drew out painful memories, leaving Xiao Yi Xian, Luo Yufei, Jun Lintian, Wu Jie, Jian Ling'er, and Xue Liuhen weeping.
• The Heavenly Emperor Sword awakened Xiao Han, shielding him from the lament and letting him see blood and a vision on Broken Sword.
• Xiao Han witnessed a woman impale herself on the Sword Saint’s sword, telling him she hoped he would look at her forever.
• The Sword Saint mourned the woman, then broke his sword and died; the vision revealed the origin of Broken Sword Elegy and his sorrow.

Xiao Han witnessed the tragic past of the Sword Saint and began receiving the Sword Saint's Legacy when the Broken Sword chose him. Xue Liuhen attacked Xiao Han while his allies were held back, striking him before he could defend himself.

• Xiao Han saw that the Sword Saint had taken his own life in remorse after realizing too late that the woman who loved him mattered more than his sword.
• The Broken Sword rose into the air and sent a beam of light into Xiao Han, beginning to transmit the Sword Saint's Legacy.
• Xue Liuhen attacked Xiao Han, while Luo Yufei stopped Xiao Yi Xian and Jun Lintian blocked Wu Jie.
• Jian Ling'er attacked Xue Liuhen, but her sword struck only a Blood Qi Clone as his true body continued toward Xiao Han.
• Xue Liuhen struck the defenseless Xiao Han with a palm, sending him flying and making him spit blood.

After Xue Liuhen interrupted Xiao Han's inheritance and injured him, Xiao Han summoned the Sword Saint's power to punish his attackers. He left the plaza in ruins after killing Xue Liuhen, Luo Yufei, and Jun Lintian with one sword strike.

• Xue Liuhen ambushed Xiao Han during the Sword Saint's inheritance, leaving him injured and destroying some of the inherited memories.
• Xiao Yi Xian helped Xiao Han and told him that Xue Liuhen, Luo Yufei, and Jun Lintian were responsible.
• Xiao Han erupted in fury, ordered Xiao Yi Xian, Wu Jie, and Jian Ling'er to stand back, and activated the Sword Saint's Will through the broken sword.
• Xiao Han formed the Saint Sword and unleashed a devastating strike that ground Xue Liuhen, Luo Yufei, and Jun Lintian into dust.
• The Sword Qi storm subsided, leaving Broken Sword Plaza in ruins as the onlookers stared at Xiao Han in fear and awe.

After Xiao Han killed three outstanding juniors, three Half-Saints arrived in Broken Sword City and attacked him, but he slew them with the Sword Saint’s power. As Xiao Han prepared to leave after his borrowed power faded, a true Saint appeared and blocked his way.

• The Blood Transformation Sect, Sky Feather Empire, and Yao Sect discovered that their outstanding juniors had died and sent Half-Saints to Broken Sword City.
• The Blood Transformation Sect Half-Saint attacked Xiao Han, but Xiao Han broke the attack with the Saint Sword.
• The three Half-Saints joined forces against Xiao Han, who used Karma Fire and the Sword Saint’s Will to kill them with a flaming sword strike.
• Xiao Han’s Karma Fire, the Sword Saint’s Will, and the Saint Sword vanished, leaving him at three-star Dou Zong strength; he told Xiao Yi Xian he would return to the Demon Sect and beckoned Mo Yuxuan and the others to leave.
• A true Saint appeared, declared that Xiao Han could not leave alive, and filled Broken Sword City with overwhelming pressure.

Xiao Han faced the Blood Transformation Sect, Yao Sect, and Sky Feather Empire leaders after killing their heirs, but Leng Hanjiao and Leng Hanshuang intervened to protect him. The three forces gave the Demon Sect three days to hand Xiao Han over or face war.

• Xue Cangming, Luo Yaoyan, and Jun Zhantian arrived in Broken Sword City and attacked Xiao Han with their combined authority.
• Leng Hanjiao emerged through a Spatial Tunnel, blocked Xue Cangming’s power, and reassured Xiao Han that she would protect him.
• Xiao Han told Leng Hanjiao that he had killed the three leaders’ children and their Dou Zun and Half-Saint fighters.
• Leng Hanshuang appeared and refused Jun Zhantian’s demand to surrender Xiao Han, defending his actions against their children’s interference.
• Jun Zhantian gave the Demon Sect three days to hand over Xiao Han or face an attack, then he, Xue Cangming, and Luo Yaoyan departed.
• Leng Hanshuang took Xiao Han and the others back to the Demon Sect as the city feared an approaching war.