Chapter Summaries

Yang Wu challenged Xiao Han after the outsider broke his Heaven-Ascending Platform record, and the two began a sword fight before the Heavenly Sect disciples. Xiao Han withstood Yang Wu’s Sword Intent Storm unharmed, and Yang Wu prepared his strongest technique, One Sword Splits the Heaven Gate.

• Yang Wu arrived at the square and challenged Xiao Han, the man who had broken his Heaven-Ascending Platform record.
• Xiao Han accepted Yang Wu’s challenge and descended from the platform to face him in the air above the square.
• Yang Wu unleashed a Sword Intent Storm that Xiao Han met with an azure sword dragon, emerging unharmed.
• Xiao Han told Yang Wu to use his strongest technique, and Yang Wu gathered his sword intent into a massive longsword for One Sword Splits the Heaven Gate.

Xiao Han defeated Yang Wu with his overwhelming sword intent and confirmed that he would fight Xuanyuan Zhantian at the Peak of the Western Extreme. With fewer than five days until the battle, Xiao Han left the Heavenly Sect with Tian Ran to answer the challenge.

• Yang Wu unleashed One Sword Splits the Heaven Gate, but Xiao Han summoned tens of millions of azure swords and destroyed his attack.
• Yang Wu admitted defeat, then learned Xiao Han was the challenger preparing to face Xuanyuan Zhantian and wished him success.
• Xiao Han returned to the summit of the Heaven-Ascending Platform and spent several days cultivating the Nine Syllable True Word Hand Seal as his fame spread through the Heavenly Sect.
• With fewer than five days remaining before the battle, Xiao Han descended from the platform, and Tian Ran joined him to witness the fight.
• Xiao Han reminded Tian Ran to reveal the whereabouts of the other half of the incomplete map after the battle, then they departed on the Netherworld Sacred Sword for the Peak of the Western Extreme.

Xuanyuan Zhantian and Xiao Han arrived at the Peak of the Western Extreme for their long-awaited battle, but Myriad Manifestation Sword Sect confronted Xiao Han, Xiao Yan, and Lin Dong over Tang Kun’s death. Xuanyuan Zhantian ordered the sect’s people to leave, and the battle had yet to begin.

• A crowd of young cultivators gathered at the Peak of the Western Extreme to witness Xuanyuan Zhantian’s battle with Xiao Han.
• Xiao Yan and Lin Dong noticed Xu Chen watching them with hostility, and they warned Xiao Han that Myriad Manifestation Sword Sect might have uncovered Tang Kun’s death.
• Xuanyuan Zhantian arrived at the summit and waited for his challenger.
• Xiao Han arrived on the Netherworld Sacred Sword and greeted his companions.
• Xu Chen demanded that Xiao Han, Xiao Yan, and Lin Dong come with him, claiming Myriad Manifestation Sword Sect’s Sect Master wanted them; his group included three Earth Supreme Great Perfection experts.
• Xuanyuan Zhantian ordered Myriad Manifestation Sword Sect to leave and said its grudge could be settled later.

Xuanyuan Zhantian drove the Myriad Manifestation Sword Sect away so he could face Xiao Han without interruption. Their long-awaited battle began atop West Peak, where Xiao Han’s Seven Kill Sword Art clashed with Xuanyuan Zhantian’s Heaven Breaking Battle Fist, leaving their first major exchange unresolved.

• Xuanyuan Zhantian ordered the Myriad Manifestation Sword Sect to leave, and Xu Chen withdrew for the moment rather than defy him.
• Xuanyuan Zhantian called Xiao Han to fight, while Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, Ling Qingzhu, and Lin Qingtan encouraged Xiao Han to face the battle.
• Xiao Han went to West Peak and opened with the Seven Kill Sword Art, but Xuanyuan Zhantian smashed his first killing sword radiance with the Heaven Breaking Battle Fist.
• Xiao Han formed a killing sword net with six successive sword strikes, and Xuanyuan Zhantian countered with a massive golden fist.
• The sword net and golden fist collided in a burst of power, and both attacks vanished without either fighter gaining the upper hand.

Xiao Han defeated Xuanyuan Zhantian in a fierce battle on the Great Snow Plain using a powerful Spirit Array. Xuanyuan Zhantian ended the fight gravely injured at West Peak as Xiao Han declared, “You lost!”

• Xiao Han and Xuanyuan Zhantian fought in close combat, and Xuanyuan Zhantian withdrew battered and at a disadvantage.
• Xuanyuan Zhantian summoned an ancient army and formed its battle intent into a golden dragon that attacked Xiao Han.
• Xiao Han activated the Myriad Buddha Suppressing Demon Ancient Array, whose Buddha phantoms overwhelmed and dispersed the golden battle dragon.
• Xiao Han turned the array’s remaining power on Xuanyuan Zhantian, breaking through his Battle Emperor Dharma Idol and hurling him into West Peak.
• Xuanyuan Zhantian fell to one knee, coughing blood, and Xiao Han told him he had lost.

Xiao Han defeated Xuanyuan Zhantian on West Peak, ending the battle and breaking Xuanyuan’s reputation for invincibility. He then used the Myriad Buddha Suppressing Demon Ancient Array to hold off the Myriad Manifestation Sword Sect and escaped with his companions, including Tian Ran.

• Xuanyuan Zhantian acknowledged his defeat, vowed to fight Xiao Han again, and left West Peak.
• The Myriad Manifestation Sword Sect confronted Xiao Han and demanded that he return with them to meet the Sect Master.
• Xiao Han activated the Myriad Buddha Suppressing Demon Ancient Array, frightening the sect’s experts and stopping them from attacking.
• Xiao Han gathered Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, Ling Qingzhu, Lin Qingtan, and Tian Ran on the Netherworld Sacred Sword and flew away.

Xiao Han parted from Xiao Yan and Lin Dong, obtained the other half of the Sacred Ice map from Tian Ran, and cultivated in the Heavenly Sect until he reached Upper-level Earth Supreme. After winning a Grandmaster-grade Four Symbols Spiritual Array in a system draw, he learned that Zhao Xin'er was waiting outside the sect.

• Xiao Yan and Lin Dong left with their companions to pursue their own paths through the Great Thousand World, while Xiao Han and Tian Ran stayed behind.
• Tian Ran gave Xiao Han the other half of the incomplete map, and he pieced it together to reveal the Sacred Ice's location.
• Xiao Han cultivated on the Heavenly Sect's heavenly terrace for half a month and broke through to Upper-level Earth Supreme.
• Xiao Han used his new system draw and obtained the Grandmaster-grade Four Symbols Spiritual Array.
• Tian Ran told Xiao Han that Zhao Xin'er was waiting outside the sect, and he hurried to meet her.

Zhao Xin'er asked Xiao Han to save her brother Zhao Ping, whom the Mo Family had imprisoned to force Mo Yuyin into a marriage with a Myriad Manifestation Sword Sect disciple. Xiao Han agreed to intervene and set out with Tian Ran, planning to bring Yang Wu along to steal the bride.

• The Mo Family rejected Zhao Ping's proposal to Mo Yuyin and imprisoned him after their attempted elopement failed.
• The Mo Family forced Mo Yuyin to agree to marry a Myriad Manifestation Sword Sect disciple by threatening Zhao Ping's life.
• Zhao Xin'er went to the Heaven Sect and told Xiao Han what had happened to her brother.
• Xiao Han promised to help Zhao Xin'er despite the danger of opposing the Myriad Manifestation Sword Sect.
• Xiao Han asked Tian Ran to bring Yang Wu and join him in going to the Mo Family to steal the bride.

Xiao Han, Tian Ran, and Yang Wu confronted the Mo Family in Li Sword City to rescue Zhao Ping and reunite him with Mo Yuyin. After Xiao Han intimidated the family and Feng Xingchen, Zhao Ping was freed, and Xiao Han left to search for Sacred Ice.

• Xiao Han struck the Mo Family estate with a giant sword and demanded that the Mo Family Head release Zhao Ping.
• Xiao Han invoked Tian Ran’s status as the Heavenly Sect’s Eldest Young Lady to explain why the Mo Family had to free Zhao Ping.
• Feng Xingchen challenged their identities, and Xiao Han seized him by the throat and threw him aside.
• The Mo Family released Zhao Ping and Mo Yuyin, and Zhao Ping reunited with his sister, Zhao Xin'er.
• Tian Ran warned the Mo Family to leave the couple alone and promised to attend their wedding before departing with Yang Wu.
• Xiao Han left after settling Zhao Ping’s matter and set out to search for Sacred Ice.

After resolving Zhao Ping and Mo Yuyin’s wedding troubles, Xiao Han left the Heavenly Sect to seek the Sacred Ice in the Mount Shu Divine Sword Sect’s forbidden Abyss of Uncertainty. He traveled toward the Central Region and stopped at the strange Donghuang Empire, ruled by the Female Emperor Donghuang.

• Tian Ran said she would attend Zhao Ping and Mo Yuyin’s wedding, and the Mo Family stopped resisting the marriage.
• Xiao Han asked Tian Ran and Yang Wu to look after the Zhao siblings, teased Yang Wu about wedding wine, and departed from the Heavenly Sect.
• Xiao Han learned that the Sacred Ice lay in the Abyss of Uncertainty, a forbidden area controlled by the powerful Mount Shu Divine Sword Sect.
• Xiao Han traveled toward the Central Region using Spatial Teleportation Arrays while cultivating the Heavenly Net Sealing Technique and studying the Four Symbols Spiritual Array.
• Xiao Han arrived at the Donghuang Empire, where the Female Emperor Donghuang had ended decades of turmoil and founded a new era, and decided to stay for a few days.

Xiao Han explored the Donghuang Empire, where food dominated daily life, and met Jun Linchen at a restaurant. After Jun Linchen told him he wanted to seek the Three Treasures of Donghuang, including the Female Emperor, Xiao Han agreed to join him in causing trouble at the Imperial City.

• Xiao Han arrived in the capital and found its streets and buildings devoted almost entirely to food, with chefs holding exceptional status.
• Xiao Han saw restaurant dishes made from powerful divine beasts and lamented the waste before spotting Jun Linchen inside.
• Xiao Han reunited with Jun Linchen, who praised him for defeating Xuanyuan Zhantian and said his fiancée had returned to her clan to reconsider their relationship.
• Jun Linchen said he had come for Donghuang Wine, the Donghuang Full Feast, and the Female Emperor Donghuang, which he called the Three Treasures of Donghuang.
• Jun Linchen invited Xiao Han to go with him to the Imperial City, and Xiao Han agreed.

Xiao Han and Jun Linchen infiltrated the Imperial Palace during preparations for the Imperial Culinary Feast, hoping to sample its dishes and search for Donghuang’s Three Treasures. On the day of the feast, they found the Imperial Kitchen empty except for a mysterious woman disguised as a male chef, who began cooking alone.

• Jun Linchen explained that the Imperial Culinary Feast would draw guards away from the Imperial City and revealed his concealment treasure and map.
• Xiao Han and Jun Linchen knocked out two guards, disguised themselves, and entered the Imperial City with a procurement squad.
• The pair sneaked into the Imperial Kitchen and hid on its roof beams for five days.
• When the feast began, Xiao Han and Jun Linchen found the Imperial Kitchen deserted and wondered if their cover had been exposed.
• A graceful, mysterious woman dressed as a male chef entered the kitchen and began cooking, leaving the two intruders bewildered.

Xiao Han and Jun Linchen watched a female chef prepare hundreds of dishes at once, then secretly sampled the Donghuang Full Feast and stole jars of Donghuang Wine. After enjoying the banquet’s food and wine, they decided to seek out Female Emperor Donghuang.

• Xiao Han and Jun Linchen watched the female chef skillfully cook hundreds of different dishes at the same time.
• After the female chef left, Xiao Han and Jun Linchen sampled the dishes before hiding as palace maids carried them away.
• Xiao Han and Jun Linchen later disguised themselves as guards, stole several jars of Donghuang Wine, and returned to the Imperial Kitchen.
• The next day, Xiao Han and Jun Linchen ate more of the female chef’s dishes and drank the stolen wine on the rafters.
• Jun Linchen suggested that they go see Female Emperor Donghuang, and Xiao Han agreed.

Xiao Han and Jun Linchen sneaked into the Empress's Bedchamber and stole the Female Emperor Donghuang's late-night meal, only to discover she was the chef they had seen in the Imperial Kitchen. Donghuang exposed them and ordered the Imperial City sealed, leaving the two intruders caught in her kitchen.

• Xiao Han and Jun Linchen entered the Empress's Bedchamber and hid in the rafters while they waited for its occupant.
• They followed a female chef to the kitchen and mistook her for the Empress's imperial chef.
• Xiao Han and Jun Linchen ate all the late-night dishes and hid nearby to watch the Empress's reaction.
• The Female Emperor Donghuang entered and revealed that she was the chef who had prepared the food.
• Donghuang ordered the Imperial City sealed, then destroyed the kitchen and exposed Xiao Han and Jun Linchen.

After being caught sneaking into the Imperial City, Xiao Han and Jun Linchen received kitchen duty instead of punishment and joined the Female Emperor Donghuang’s culinary feast. When two visiting princes insulted the Donghuang Imperial Household’s disciples, Xiao Han and Jun Linchen stood up to challenge them.

• The Female Emperor Donghuang caught Xiao Han and Jun Linchen in the kitchen, took Jun Linchen’s aura-concealing Golden Pearl, and learned they had come for food, wine, and a look at her.
• The Female Emperor spared the two men but ordered them to prepare ingredients and taste her new dishes during the half-month Imperial Culinary Feast, then returned the Golden Pearl and gave them tokens to move freely through the Imperial City.
• Xiao Han and Jun Linchen worked through the night, slept in the Imperial Kitchen, and later went to the Central Plaza to enjoy the feast.
• Prince Wu of the Divine Martial Empire and Prince Huo of the Blazing Flame Empire called the Donghuang Imperial Household’s disciples a mob and useless freeloaders, while the insulted disciples held back from fighting.
• Xiao Han and Jun Linchen declared that they would not tolerate the insults, stood up, and called for a battle on behalf of the Imperial Household disciples.

Xiao Han and Jun Linchen challenged Wu Xuan and Huo Mo after the princes insulted the Donghuang Imperial Household, then defeated them decisively. After the rival princes left in disgrace, Xiao Han and Jun Linchen resumed exploring the Imperial City and headed to the Empress's bedchamber to taste her new dishes.

• Xiao Han and Jun Linchen requested battle against Wu Xuan and Huo Mo, and Wu Xuan sent his sword-bearing attendant to face Xiao Han first.
• Xiao Han defeated Wu Xuan's Upper-level Earth Supreme attendant with a single attack, prompting Wu Xuan and Huo Mo to accept the challenges.
• Jun Linchen overwhelmed Huo Mo with golden, imperial-strength attacks while Xiao Han sealed Wu Xuan's spiritual energy and knocked him from the sky.
• Xiao Han and Jun Linchen taunted the defeated princes, who left the banquet with their entourages in disgrace.
• Xiao Han and Jun Linchen returned to eating, explored the Imperial City with the Empress's token, and went to the Empress's bedchamber to taste her new dishes.

Xiao Han and Jun Linchen left the Donghuang Empire after becoming the Female Emperor Donghuang’s sworn younger brothers and traveled to Mount Shu to seek the Sacred Ice in the Abyss of Uncertainty. They arrived at Mount Shu and were surrounded by angry disciples after roasting its immortal cranes at the mountain’s foot.

• The Female Emperor Donghuang told Xiao Han and Jun Linchen that she had unified the world to build a gourmet empire, then accepted both as her sworn younger brothers.
• Xiao Han and Jun Linchen spent more than half a month enjoying the Female Emperor Donghuang’s food before she personally saw them off.
• Xiao Han and Jun Linchen headed for the Mount Shu Divine Sword Sect, with Xiao Han warning Jun Linchen that he planned to enter the forbidden Abyss of Uncertainty.
• After five days of travel, Xiao Han and Jun Linchen reached Mount Shu and roasted several of its immortal cranes at the foot of the mountain.
• More than ten Mount Shu Disciples arrived and surrounded Xiao Han and Jun Linchen while they were barbecuing.

Xiao Han and Jun Linchen roasted Mount Shu’s immortal cranes, then persuaded the patrolling disciples to take them to the Sword Testing Stone so they could seek entry to Mount Shu. After Shen Qingxuan lit seven colors, Jun Linchen tested his sword intent and sent nine-colored light across Mount Shu.

• Jun Linchen defeated the Mount Shu disciples who caught him and Xiao Han roasting their cranes, and Xiao Han coaxed the fallen disciples into joining the feast.
• Xiao Han asked Chen Feng how they could enter Mount Shu, and Chen Feng explained the recruitment rules and the Nine-Colored Sword Testing Stone.
• Chen Feng led Xiao Han and Jun Linchen to the Sword Testing Stone, where Jun Linchen prepared to test his sword intent.
• Shen Qingxuan arrived and ordered Jun Linchen off the platform, but he refused until Xiao Han signaled him to step aside.
• Shen Qingxuan tested her sword intent and lit seven colors, then watched as Jun Linchen struck the stone and unleashed a nine-colored pillar of light over Mount Shu.

Jun Linchen and Xiao Han tested their sword talents at Mount Shu, producing nine-colored and ten-colored lights that astonished the sect and earned them places at Misty Pavilion. After settling in, the pair planned to steal Shen Qingxuan’s cranes, and Jun Linchen set off with Yang Wan and Yang Ying while Xiao Han stayed behind.

• Jun Linchen lit the Sword Testing Stone with nine-colored light, surpassed Shen Qingxuan’s seven-color display, and provoked her before she left.
• Xiao Han’s sword intent saturated the Sword Testing Stone and produced a ten-colored pillar of light, astonishing the Mount Shu disciples.
• A Mount Shu elder arranged for Xiao Han and Jun Linchen to stay at Misty Pavilion, where they met the sisters Yang Wan and Yang Ying.
• Xiao Han and Jun Linchen discussed secretly entering Mount Shu’s Forbidden Area later to take treasures after learning Mount Shu’s sword techniques.
• Jun Linchen invited Yang Wan and Yang Ying to a nighttime feast, then flew with them toward Shen Qingxuan’s mountain to steal her cranes while Xiao Han remained at Misty Pavilion.

Xiao Han and Jun Linchen faced Shen Qingxuan’s fury after secretly roasting her immortal cranes, which she cherished more than her own life. Xiao Han avoided admitting his part and urged Shen Qingxuan to attack Jun Linchen, leaving Jun Linchen feeling betrayed and trapped.

• Yang Wan brought Xiao Han some roasted crane meat, then explained Mount Shu’s cultivation sites and daily lessons to him the next morning.
• Shen Qingxuan stormed onto Misty Peak demanding Jun Linchen answer for the slaughtered cranes, and he pretended not to know what had happened.
• Shen Qingxuan attacked Jun Linchen while Mount Shu disciples watched and wrongly suspected he had harmed her in some other way.
• Xiao Han intervened, learned that the cranes had meant more to Shen Qingxuan than her life, and felt guilty about eating them.
• Xiao Han disowned the crane theft and encouraged Shen Qingxuan to beat Jun Linchen, leaving Jun Linchen staring at him in furious disbelief.