Chapter Summaries

Chen Ning used his master’s insight to remove the harmful side effect of Ling Xiaoxiao’s bloodthirsty state, and she kissed him to repay the favor. Ten days later, Chen Ning traveled with Li Changtian toward a sword sage’s cave abode and wondered whether the previous sect leader had faked his death.

• Chen Ning explained Ling Xiaoxiao’s bloodthirsty ability and taught her how to use it without harming herself.
• Ling Xiaoxiao successfully entered the bloodthirsty state without suffering its usual side effects.
• Ling Xiaoxiao kissed Chen Ning to repay his help, and he teased her about returning the favor.
• Ten days later, Chen Ning and Li Changtian traveled by sword boat through the Three Thousand Cloud and Mist Mountains toward the cave abode.
• Li Changtian described the previous sect leader, Gu, as a loyal martial prodigy who often traveled and kept many things to himself.
• Chen Ning wondered whether Gu had faked his death and left the sect’s troubles to him.

Chen Ning and Li Changtian opened the Crimson Firmament Sword Saint’s cave abode and began trials to prove themselves worthy of his legacy. Li Changtian passed by defeating his mirrored opponent, while Chen Ning’s trial remained underway after he stole his opponent’s sword and the illusion failed to copy his Mist Transformation Technique.

• Chen Ning and Li Changtian touched the ancient sword designs and opened the cave abode, entering its small world.
• The Crimson Firmament Sword Saint appeared, judged both men worthy to attempt his trial, and sent them to face copies of themselves.
• Li Changtian fought his mirror for an hour, discovered a new move, and used it to win the final exchange and pass.
• Chen Ning evaded his mirror’s attack, stole its illusory Moon-Slaying Sword, and watched it fail to imitate his Mist Transformation Technique.

Chen Ning defeated the Crimson Firmament Sword Saint’s replica through a series of techniques and passed the trial alongside Li Changtian. When offered a choice between two inheritance swords, Chen Ning chose the broken sword after his system identified it as the key item for the legendary Heaven-Slaying Sword storyline.

• Chen Ning used Earth Escape and an assortment of attacks to wear down his replicated opponent until the Crimson Firmament Sword Saint declared that he had passed.
• The Crimson Firmament Sword Saint brought Chen Ning and Li Changtian back to the ancient hall and offered them inheritances from two swords.
• The Crimson Firmament Sword Saint explained that the Sword of Myriad Spirits had helped him enter the Saint Realm, while the broken sword came from the second half of his life.
• Chen Ning’s system identified the broken sword as the key item for the legendary main storyline event involving the Heaven-Slaying Sword.
• Chen Ning chose the broken sword, and Li Changtian honestly warned him that the Sword of Myriad Spirits offered a clearer path to the Saint Realm.

Chen Ning chose to receive the broken Heaven-Slaying Sword’s inheritance as the Crimson Firmament Sword Saint vanished, while Li Changtian began inheriting the Sword of Myriad Spirits. Lu Yuan and his allies ambushed them, demanding Chen Ning leave, but Chen Ning refused to take the threat seriously.

• Chen Ning reaffirmed his choice of the broken sword, and the Crimson Firmament Sword Saint warned him of the burden ahead before fading away.
• Chen Ning and Li Changtian bowed farewell to the Sword Saint, then began communicating with their chosen swords to receive the inheritances.
• Lu Yuan and his allies entered the hall after Elder Mingshan infiltrated the cave as a mosquito and confirmed Li Changtian was occupied with the inheritance.
• Lu Yuan demanded that Chen Ning leave so his group could seize the inheritance and kill Li Changtian, but Chen Ning said he had only been teasing him.

Chen Ning fought Lu Yuan and three evil sect leaders who sought to reach the Sword Immortal, killing one attacker and overwhelming the others with the Star-Picking Finger. He prepared to unleash the technique’s final two moves against the gloomy old man’s mental attack.

• Lu Yuan and his allies attacked Chen Ning after their negotiations failed, and Chen Ning killed the Ninth Level Earth Martial Realm Nether Mountain elder with the Fire God Seal.
• Chen Ning resolved to protect Spirit Province and identified Qin Ling, Mo Lin, and the gloomy old man as evildoers who deserved to die.
• Qin Ling, Mo Lin, and the gloomy old man launched a coordinated assault while Lu Yuan stood ready to block Chen Ning’s escape.
• Chen Ning used the first three moves of the Star-Picking Finger to burn through Qin Ling’s human faces, melt Mo Lin’s dagger, and force him back.
• The gloomy old man unleashed a mental attack, and Chen Ning prepared to execute the Star-Picking Finger’s final two moves with his Twin Qi Seas.

Chen Ning killed three Half-Step Martial Venerables with the Star-Picking Finger, then completed the Sword Saint’s Cave Abode quest and broke through to Half-Step Martial Venerable. With the Sword Heart Barrier blocking Lu Yuan’s surprise strike, Chen Ning prepared to face the One-Star Martial Venerable in a sword fight.

• Chen Ning used Four Fingers Sever the Star River to kill the gloomy old man and Mo Lin as they tried to attack or flee.
• Qin Ling fought back with the human faces behind him, but Chen Ning used Five Fingers Shatter the Firmament to kill him as well.
• After Chen Ning nearly exhausted his vital Qi, Lu Yuan moved to kill him while Li Changtian remained in a critical moment of sword comprehension.
• The system rewarded Chen Ning for completing the quest to explore the Sword Saint’s Cave Abode, raising his cultivation to Half-Step Martial Venerable and granting him the Sword Heart Barrier, a Heaven-Slaying Sword fragment, and Heaven-Sealing Instruction.
• Lu Yuan’s sword was blocked by Chen Ning’s Sword Heart Barrier, and Chen Ning drew the Moon-Slaying Sword to challenge him head-on.

Chen Ning defeated and killed Lu Yuan after refusing his offer to serve him, then faced a group of powerful sect leaders who arrived at the Sword Saint’s Cave Abode. As Venerable Xu considered attacking Li Changtian to seize the inheritance, Li Changtian woke up.

• Chen Ning used the All Things Sword Instruction to overcome Lu Yuan’s Death Sword Intent and wound him with the Moon-Slaying Sword.
• Lu Yuan begged for his life and offered the Ghost Sword Sect, Blood Owl Sect, and Demon Snake Valley as Chen Ning’s forces, but Chen Ning killed him after pretending to accept.
• Chen Ning checked on Li Changtian, whose breathing had steadied, while the battle left the hall in ruins.
• Daoist Qingshan arrived with more than a dozen sect leaders and experts, including several Three-Star Martial Venerables, and asked Chen Ning about the cave abode.
• Chen Ning said Li Changtian had obtained the Sword Saint’s inheritance and concealed the remnant of the Heaven-Slaying Sword.
• Venerable Xu suggested secretly attacking Li Changtian, but Li Changtian opened his eyes with a full and harmonious presence.

Li Changtian woke and killed Venerable Xu for plotting against him, then let Daoist Qingshan and the others leave. Chen Ning and Li Changtian departed the Sword Saint's Cave Abode after deciding to preserve it, while Chen Ning examined his rewards.

• Li Changtian woke, learned what had happened, and apologized to Chen Ning for his former disciple Lu Yuan's betrayal and attack.
• Li Changtian condemned Venerable Xu for trying to kill him and beheaded him with his Sword Intent.
• Daoist Qingshan accepted Venerable Xu's death and led his companions away after Li Changtian told them to leave.
• Li Changtian asked whether Chen Ning's breakthrough came from the sword inheritance, and Chen Ning explained that Lu Yuan attacked before he could fuse with it.
• Li Changtian decided to repair the Sword Saint's Cave Abode and have Flying Cloud Valley disciples guard it in memory of the Crimson Firmament Sword Saint.
• Chen Ning examined his rewards, including the Sword Heart Barrier and a Heaven-Slaying Sword fragment, and became curious about his epic-tier reward.

After receiving the Heaven-Sealing Instruction, Chen Ning returned to Vermilion Bird Peak to rest while news spread that evil sects had attacked him at the Sword Saint's Cave Abode. Dragon-Seeking Sect members mobilized to punish the four sects, and multiple groups set out for the Three Thousand Cloud and Mist Mountains.

• Chen Ning discovered that the Heaven-Sealing Instruction could potentially seal even powerful experts, though its success depended on the opponent's realm.
• News spread that Lu Yuan and three other evil-sect leaders had attacked Chen Ning alongside the Sword Immortal, who had slain a three-star Martial Venerable with a single strand of Sword Intent.
• Cang Yue ordered Ying Wu to destroy the sects whose leaders had attacked Chen Ning, while Meng Yuyi left the mountain gate alone to pursue them.
• Xiao Mei summoned the Law Enforcement Hall's elites to kill members of the evil sects, and Lin Xiaotian gathered his peak's people to join the campaign.
• Lu Ping led disciples toward the Three Thousand Cloud and Mist Mountains, joined by Qi Feng and Jun Wuya.

Dragon-Seeking Sect attacked and destroyed the Blood Owl Sect, with Xiao Mei and the Law Enforcement Hall helping secure victory. Lin Xiaotian arrived after the battle and hurried toward another evil sect.

• Qi Feng led Dragon-Seeking Sect disciples in an assault on the Blood Owl Sect and destroyed its mountain gate.
• Lu Ping defeated Zhou Tai, and the Dragon-Seeking Sect forces pushed through the Blood Owl Sect’s defenders.
• The Blood Owl Sect’s protectors fought back until an elder attacked a disciple and Xiao Mei intervened.
• Xiao Mei and the Law Enforcement Hall experts joined the battle and overwhelmed the Blood Owl Sect’s strongest fighters.
• Half an hour later, the Blood Owl Sect was destroyed, and Lin Xiaotian arrived too late before heading to another evil sect.

Meng Yuyi killed Demon Snake Valley’s leaders in revenge for the women they had murdered, and Flying Cloud Valley and Daoist Qingshan burned the sect to the ground. Lin Xiaotian arrived too late to earn merit and headed for the Ghost Sword Sect instead.

• Demon Snake Valley’s elders argued over succession after the valley master’s death, and one candidate promised to share the Demon Snake Canon.
• Meng Yuyi entered the council hall, killed the assembled leaders with her ice and sword powers, and left the valley’s disciples to discover their bodies.
• Elder Hongchen and the Flying Cloud Valley disciples arrived, found the leaders dead, and set Demon Snake Valley ablaze.
• Daoist Qingshan arrived after Flying Cloud Valley departed and used a jade bottle to intensify the fire, trapping the disciples who had escaped.
• Lin Xiaotian reached the site with his group, found only ash and wreckage, and continued toward the Ghost Sword Sect to seek merit.

Several powerful figures converged on the Ghost Sword Sect to kill its grand elder, while Lin Xiaotian arrived hoping to compete for credit. Meng Yuyi stopped Xiao Mei and Ying Wu from killing him, freezing the grand elder in ice as repayment for one of the three favors she owed Chen Ning.

• Daoist Qingshan, a veiled Martial Venerable, a smiling Martial Venerable, and Ying Wu surrounded the Ghost Sword Sect's grand elder, then Elder Hongchen arrived as another enemy.
• Lin Xiaotian reached the battle and recognized that he could not afford to offend either the Dragon-Seeking Sect's powerful figures or the outsiders.
• Meng Yuyi blocked the grand elder's attack, but Xiao Mei declared that she wanted to kill him herself, and Ying Wu intervened to protect him on the grand elder's behalf.
• As Xiao Mei and Ying Wu both attacked the grand elder, Meng Yuyi froze them with icy mist and turned the grand elder into an ice sculpture.
• Ying Wu withdrew after resisting Meng Yuyi's ice, and Xiao Mei left in chagrin after losing her chance to claim the kill.

Chen Ning comprehended the Setting Sun Sword Intent, then tried to discourage Ling Xiaoxiao from relying on his guidance. A quest prompted him to take her to Desolate Province to reclaim her Supreme Demon Bone from the Grey Wolf Tribe, and they arrived in Desolate Wind City.

• Chen Ning comprehended the Crimson Firmament Sword Saint's Setting Sun Sword Intent and saw it wither the plants in his courtyard.
• Ling Xiaoxiao visited Chen Ning for cultivation guidance, but he told her to stop relying on him and left her aggrieved.
• A system quest instructed Chen Ning to travel with Ling Xiaoxiao to the Grey Wolf Tribe and reclaim her Supreme Demon Bone.
• Chen Ning stopped Ling Xiaoxiao from leaving and told her he was taking her to do something important.
• Chen Ning and Ling Xiaoxiao arrived in Desolate Wind City, where Chen Ning said he had come to help her collect a debt.

Chen Ning and Ling Xiaoxiao learned that the Grey Wolf Tribe’s prince was holding a coming-of-age banquet, giving them a chance to confront the tribe that had destroyed Ling Xiaoxiao’s family and stolen her Supreme Demon Bone. They joined Bai Qingluo’s party traveling to the banquet, and Ling Xiaoxiao ended the chapter by kissing Chen Ning in thanks.

• Ling Xiaoxiao read the notice for the Grey Wolf prince’s coming-of-age banquet and tore it up, remembering how the Grey Wolf Tribe had stolen her Supreme Demon Bone and killed her parents.
• Chen Ning promised to help Ling Xiaoxiao reclaim what was hers, and she agreed to go with him.
• Bai Qingluo invited Chen Ning and Ling Xiaoxiao to guard her party on its journey to the Grey Wolf Tribe, and Chen Ning accepted so they could attend the banquet.
• Wei Heng objected to bringing the pair along, but Bai Qingluo rebuked him and invited Chen Ning and Ling Xiaoxiao to stay at her residence.
• Ling Xiaoxiao teased Chen Ning that Bai Qingluo admired him, then kissed him before leaving his room.

Bai Qingluo’s escort set out from Desolate Wind City and crossed into the Savage Lands, where a swarm of Black-Armored Moles attacked. The procession fought to protect Bai Qingluo as the beasts charged.

• Bai Canglan sent Bai Qingluo off with Chen Ning, Ling Xiaoxiao, Wei Heng, and a group of guards, asking them to keep her safe.
• As the party traveled, Wei Heng mocked Chen Ning, and Ling Xiaoxiao knocked Wei Heng off his horse for insulting him.
• The procession entered the Savage Lands and cautiously crossed the region until it encountered more than a thousand Black-Armored Moles.
• The Black-Armored Moles charged, and Wei Heng ordered the guards to protect Bai Qingluo and fight back.

Desolate Wind City’s party fought off a tide of Black-Armored Moles before encountering a seventh-tier Thorn Behemoth in the Savage Lands. Uncle Fu urged Bai Qingluo to retreat, then sacrificed a man to the beast as the chapter ended.

• Chen Ning saved Bai Qingluo from a Black-Armored Mole with a bolt of heavenly lightning.
• Ling Xiaoxiao and Uncle Fu helped subdue the mole tide, and the party resumed its journey.
• Chen Ning suspected the moles had been fleeing from something as the party traveled deeper into the Savage Lands.
• A Thorn Behemoth appeared and destroyed Uncle Fu’s horse, prompting him to warn Bai Qingluo to retreat.
• Uncle Fu hurled a man at the Thorn Behemoth, which tore him apart and swallowed him, leaving Bai Qingluo horrified.

Bai Qingluo learned that her father planned to marry her to the Grey Wolf Tribe's young prince, while Chen Ning intervened to save her and her guards from the Thorn Behemoth. Chen Ning killed Uncle Fu and used a desolate artistic conception that caused the beast's thorns to age and fall away.

• The Thorn Behemoth knocked Wei Heng aside, while Uncle Fu urged Bai Qingluo to abandon her guards and flee.
• Bai Qingluo refused to leave her loyal guards, who kept charging the beast to protect her.
• Uncle Fu revealed that Bai Qingluo was intended as a marriage gift to the Grey Wolf Tribe's young prince, and she collapsed in despair.
• Chen Ning offered to help Bai Qingluo, killed Uncle Fu with his Sword Intent, and sent Ling Xiaoxiao to protect her.
• Chen Ning confronted the Thorn Behemoth and unleashed a desolate artistic conception that made its thorns age and fall away.

Chen Ning killed the thorn behemoth, saved Bai Qingluo's party, and agreed to help her seize control of Desolate Wind City. The group reached the Grey Wolf Tribe for the little prince's coming-of-age ceremony, where Chen Ning prepared to make trouble.

• Chen Ning killed the thorn behemoth and collected its beast soul while Wei Heng watched in shock and shame.
• Chen Ning gave pills to the injured guards and Wei Heng, then accepted Wei Heng's apology.
• Bai Qingluo asked Chen Ning to help her take control of Desolate Wind City, and he agreed on the condition that the city obey his commands.
• Wei Heng became deferential to Chen Ning, and the party traveled safely through the savage lands to the Grey Wolf Tribe's territory.
• Chen Ning saw the demi-human guests at the Grey Wolf Tribe and told Ling Xiaoxiao that they had come to make trouble before asking Bai Qingluo when the ceremony would begin.

Chen Ning intervened at the Grey Wolf prince’s coming-of-age ceremony and tricked Chief Xueliao into blaming Bai Canglan for the failed marriage arrangement. The ceremony then shifted to the prince’s public appearance, where guests discussed his Supreme Demon Bone and its origins.

• Xueliao welcomed the guests and demanded that Bai Canglan’s daughter be married to his son that night.
• Chen Ning claimed Bai Canglan had offered his elder daughter instead of Bai Qingluo and accused him of insulting the Grey Wolf Tribe.
• Chen Ning offered to rebel against Bai Canglan, and Xueliao accepted his explanation and postponed settling accounts with the city lord.
• A Grey Wolf vice chief praised the prince’s Supreme Demon Bone and urged the guests to support his future leadership.
• The Grey Wolf prince arrived, and guests discussed his cultivation and the fact that his Supreme Demon Bone had belonged to Ling Xiaoxiao.

At the Grey Wolf Prince’s coming-of-age ceremony, he used his Supreme Demon Bone to badly wound a challenger, and Chen Ning helped Xueliao silence the challenger’s elder and set up a barrier for further fights. The barrier was completed, but no one dared to face the prince.

• Xueliao announced the Grey Wolf Prince’s strength and offered rewards to Spirit Martial Realm fighters who challenged him.
• A Ninth Heaven Spirit Martial Realm fighter from the Frenzied Lion Tribe challenged the Grey Wolf Prince, who used his Supreme Demon Bone to grievously wound him.
• A Frenzied Lion elder intervened to save the wounded man, and Chen Ning backed Xueliao as the two tribes argued.
• The elder backed down after Xueliao threatened war, and Chen Ning suggested a barrier to protect the prince and keep elders from interfering.
• Chen Ning claimed he was a renowned talisman master, set up the barrier, and watched as no one dared to challenge the Grey Wolf Prince.