Chapter Summaries

Gu Changqing recovered an ancient bronze mirror from Golden Sand Lake and joined the Reincarnation Space, hoping to change the future in which his family was slaughtered. After receiving the Four Directions Sword Technique as his initial reward, he resolved to risk everything to defy his fate.

• Gu Changqing pretended to wander and swim for fun as he searched the lakebed for the bronze mirror remembered from his future.
• Gu Changqing found the mirror on an underwater stone altar, and its Five-Colored Divine Light summoned the Lord of Reincarnation's plaza within his soul.
• Remembering that his future self had refused the Reincarnation Space and lost the mirror's power, Gu Changqing agreed to join.
• The Reincarnation Space registered Gu Changqing as a fourteen-year-old cultivator whose strength was below the lowest rank.
• Gu Changqing claimed his initial reward and received the Aperture Opening Stage Four Directions Sword Technique, then resolved to risk his life to change his destiny.

Li Yu connected the Reincarnation Space he had created to the Six Paths Reincarnation, then chose the identity of the dead Bai Ze so he could roam the martial world without exposing his True Name. After taking Bai Ze’s sword and assuming his appearance, Li Yu headed toward the Vast Sea to find an origin for his martial arts.

• Li Yu linked his Reincarnation Space to the Six Paths Reincarnation, making it a branch terminal.
• Li Yu decided to use an alternate identity to avoid accumulating karma under his True Name.
• Li Yu chose Bai Ze, a missing youth from the Cangyue Kingdom who had died in an avalanche while setting out to roam the martial world.
• Li Yu erased Bai Ze’s body, took his sword, and assumed his identity to bear the youth’s karma.
• Li Yu left the Cangyue Kingdom and headed toward the Vast Sea to obtain a martial arts origin from the bandits and mounted raiders there.

Bai Ze slaughtered a band of horse bandits at an oasis and collected a saber manual and fine weapon to equip his new identity. After upgrading his sword, he rode off to begin his journey through the jianghu.

• Bai Ze emerged from a grove and attacked the horse bandits who had killed three local herdsmen.
• Bai Ze killed the bandits with swift sword thrusts, including their leader, who used the Ice Seal Slash.
• Bai Ze took the Ice Soul Saber Scripture and the leader’s fine saber from his corpse.
• Bai Ze transformed the fine saber into a fine sword and rode away on the leader’s steed.

Little Meng and several sect disciples were pulled into the Six Paths Reincarnation Space and given a mission at Hidden Emperor Fortress. After confirming their location, they split into teams to rescue the trapped experts, beginning Little Meng’s first reincarnation mission.

• Little Meng lived as a Shaolin servant disciple while longing to enter the martial world.
• The jade Buddha transported Little Meng and the visiting true disciples Jiang Zhiwei, Zhang Yuanshan, and Qingjing to the White Jade Plaza.
• The Lord of the Six Paths Reincarnation explained the missions and assigned them to kill Hidden Emperor Fortress’s lord and rescue four trapped experts.
• The group fought through disguised ghosts in a passageway and confirmed they had reached Hidden Emperor Fortress.
• Little Meng’s group split from Zhang Yuanshan’s team to search for and rescue the trapped experts.

Jiang Zhiwei and Little Meng rescued Cheng Yong, only to discover that the Heart-Seizing Pill had turned him into an enemy. After Gu Changqing arrived and killed Cheng Yong, he introduced himself as a swordsman from the Western Regions, leaving the group with an unexpected new ally.

• Jiang Zhiwei opened the stone chamber and found Cheng Yong, who suddenly attacked her after the Heart-Seizing Pill's influence surfaced.
• Jiang Zhiwei wounded Cheng Yong with her sword but was struck and left unable to move.
• Little Meng fought Cheng Yong with wild saber swings while Jiang Zhiwei called out guidance, and he managed to injure Cheng Yong further.
• Gu Changqing entered the chamber and killed Cheng Yong with a decisive sword thrust through the skull.
• Gu Changqing introduced himself to Jiang Zhiwei and Little Meng as a swordsman from the Western Regions.

Gu Changqing joined Jiang Zhiwei and Little Meng as their missions converged, then led the jianghu heroes into Hidden Emperor Fortress. The heroes confronted the Lord of Hidden Emperor Fortress and his transformed Beast Slaves, beginning the final battle.

• Gu Changqing explained that his mission was to lead the heroes against Hidden Emperor Fortress, gave Jiang Zhiwei a Hundred Herbs Revival Pill, and opened the underground passage for the heroes.
• The heroes discovered Great Hero Cheng’s body, and Gu Changqing explained that Cheng had taken a Heart-Seizing Pill.
• Zhang Yuanshan reported that Great Hero Ma Lianghan had killed Qingjing, and Gu Changqing wounded Ma before Zhang Yuanshan killed him.
• Gu Changqing led the heroes to the Central Great Hall, where the Lord of Hidden Emperor Fortress commanded his Beast Slaves to attack.
• The heroes recognized relatives and old friends among the Beast Slaves, and both sides charged into battle.

Gu Changqing and Jiang Zhiwei killed the Fortress Lord of Hidden Emperor Fortress with extraordinary sword strikes, then the group broke through the void and returned to the White Jade Plaza. Jiang Zhiwei searched for Gu Changqing and asked about his final sword, while Little Meng realized the sword technique might offer him a chance to advance.

• Jiang Zhiwei and Zhang Yuanshan fought the Fortress Lord of Hidden Emperor Fortress while Gu Changqing protected Little Meng, Qi Zhenyan, and Qi Xia amid the battle.
• The Fortress Lord and the black-robed fighters released poisonous smoke, forcing the martial artists to retreat.
• Gu Changqing reminded the reincarnators that the poison was only a mission obstacle, and Jiang Zhiwei struck with Sword Beyond Self.
• Gu Changqing and Jiang Zhiwei pierced the Fortress Lord's skull with their sword strikes and killed him.
• Gu Changqing, Jiang Zhiwei, and the others broke through the void and returned to the White Jade Plaza, where their injuries healed.
• Jiang Zhiwei searched for Gu Changqing and asked about his final sword, while Little Meng considered Thirteen Sword Strikes to the Death an opportunity to rise.

After completing a reincarnation mission, Gu Changqing returned to Gu Family Fort and set out to change his family's fate by confronting Shen Du Miao. He killed the ruler of Golden Sand Oasis with one sword strike, leaving his family’s other enemies and betrayers unresolved.

• Gu Changqing returned to his room at Gu Family Fort, determined to prevent the destruction of his family that he had witnessed in the future.
• Remembering Shen Du Miao’s role in his family’s downfall, Gu Changqing left for the bandit leader’s residence to kill him.
• The guards mistook Gu Changqing for a recruit from the Gu Family and let him enter Shen Du Miao’s hall.
• When Shen Du Miao ordered Gu Changqing to bring him five Black Sea Bandit heads, Gu Changqing drew his sword and declared that he had come to kill him.
• Gu Changqing unleashed the Thirteen Sword Strikes to the Death and pierced Shen Du Miao’s skull with a single strike.

Gu Changqing killed Shen Du Miao, seized control of his residence, and declared that he would decide what happened there. He rejected the Gu Family Head’s attempt to take charge, installed his father as the new family head, and claimed Shen Du Miao’s weapons, pills, and texts as spoils.

• Gu Changqing recovered after killing Shen Du Miao, took his head, and announced the kill to the sand bandits.
• The Second Boss attacked Gu Changqing, who killed him with one strike and forced the other bandits to submit.
• Gu Changqing declared that he had the final say, and the Gu Family Head arrived with clansmen to seize the residence.
• Gu Changqing struck the Gu Family Head and declared that his father would lead the Gu family, with the family members accepting his terms for dividing Shen Du Miao’s holdings.
• Gu Changqing claimed Shen Du Miao’s weapons, pills, Cultivation Methods, and Ancient Texts as his spoils, hoping to gain merit from them.

At Hanhai First Establishment, Bai Ze paid Qu Jiuniang to find Evil Saber Ze Luoju so he could test his sword against the Exterior Scenery expert. Qu Jiuniang recognized Bai Ze as an extraordinary young swordsman and wondered who he really was.

• At Liusha Market's tavern, Qu Jiuniang berated the patrons but became gentle when Bai Ze called for tea.
• Bai Ze bargained with Qu Jiuniang, paid her five Fire Diamonds, and asked her to find Ze Luoju within three days.
• Bai Ze said he wanted to hone his sword against the Exterior Scenery expert Ze Luoju.
• Qu Jiuniang recalled Bai Ze's astonishing cultivation and questioned whether his background was truly as he claimed.
• Qu Jiuniang wondered whether Bai Ze was connected to Immortal Traces, Myth, or the Lord of the Six Paths Reincarnation.

Bai Ze learned that Evil Saber Ze Luoju had returned to Great Crying Ridge and decided to wait for the coming clash between Crying Old Man and Xuan Ci. In the Reincarnation World, Gu Changqing slew traitors serving the Northern Di and tested his new Chess Sword Technique before confronting White-browed Evil Wolf Fu Han.

• Bai Ze heard that Ze Luoju had gone to Great Crying Ridge and inferred that Crying Old Man had returned, so he postponed challenging the Evil Saber.
• Bai Ze decided to wait for Xuan Ci and Crying Old Man's battle, then rested while drinking wine.
• Gu Changqing entered the Reincarnation World, learned that Duoyan and his collaborators threatened Shaolin, and killed the traitor Guan Haoran.
• Gu Changqing identified Fu Han, the White-browed Evil Wolf, as his next target and confronted him at White-browed Manor.
• Gu Changqing used his Chess Sword Technique to defeat the traitors who swarmed him and fought his way to Fu Han.
• Gu Changqing unleashed the Vast Righteousness Sword against Fu Han.

Gu Changqing killed the traitor Fu Han and became famous across the land, while Little Meng and his fellow reincarnators delivered a list of Shaolin spies to Master Xinji. When the disguised Hundred Changes Scholar attacked the abbot, Gu Changqing arrived and killed him, leaving the reincarnators stunned by how powerful he had become.

• Gu Changqing used the Vast Righteousness Sword to pierce Fu Han's heart, and Fu Han died remorseful over his betrayal.
• News of Gu Changqing's victories over Fu Han and Guan Haoran spread, and the reincarnators recognized his growing reputation.
• Little Meng, Zhending, Jiang Zhiwei, Zhang Yuanshan, Yu Longzi, and Xiang Hui reached Shaolin and gave Master Xinji a list of spies.
• The disguised Hundred Changes Scholar attacked Master Xinji, revealed himself, and fled from the hall.
• Gu Changqing confronted and killed the Hundred Changes Scholar with the Vast Righteousness Sword, impressing the Shaolin monks and alarming the reincarnators.

As Duoyan’s forces attacked Shaolin Temple, Little Meng and the others discovered the rear mountain’s hidden passage and killed Tang Shun with Jiang Zhiwei’s sword. Gu Changqing joined them, revealing that his mission concerned the passage, and the group entered it as Duoyan advanced.

• Duoyan led the Golden Wolf Cavalry in an assault on Shaolin Temple, shattered its mountain gate, and fought Master Xinji with his warhammer.
• Little Meng recognized that Shaolin might have a hidden passage like the one in the Main World and found the entrance behind a boulder.
• Tang Shun appeared with the Stormy Pear Blossom Needles and threatened Little Meng and the others.
• Gu Changqing emerged and distracted Tang Shun, allowing Jiang Zhiwei to kill him with Sword Beyond Self.
• Gu Changqing explained that his mission concerned the hidden passage, and Jiang Zhiwei led the group inside to escape Duoyan.

As Master Xinji and Duoyan fought a devastating battle outside Shaolin Temple, Gu Changqing and Little Meng explored an underground passage and uncovered Ananda’s chamber. Little Meng gained the first move of Ananda’s Precept-Breaking Saber Art, then found a terrifying stone door connected to Gu Changqing’s mission.

• Master Xinji halted beside the Glazed Pagoda and unleashed the Flower Picking Finger against Duoyan, while reincarnators watched from a hidden passage.
• Gu Changqing led Little Meng deeper into the passage, where they found a stone chamber bearing Ananda’s inscription.
• Little Meng touched Ananda’s name and received the true-intent inheritance of the Ananda Breaking Precepts Saber Art, including its first strike, Severing Purity.
• Gu Changqing warned Little Meng that the saber art could strip away emotions and desires, and Little Meng agreed to avoid becoming controlled by it.
• Little Meng touched a marked stone door, saw a terrifying vision, and noticed a message about killing the faithless and heartless beside a hole filled with flames.
• Gu Changqing suspected that whatever lay behind the stone door was extremely dangerous and tied to his mission.

Gu Changqing passed through a secret door and endured the trials of Ananda's Precept-Breaking Saber, relying on the Lord of Reincarnation to keep his mind clear. At the sixth stage, he encountered Kongwen, the Shaolin Abbot from the Main World, and wondered who had taken his place at Shaolin Temple.

• Gu Changqing spent one hundred points of good karma to open the secret door and resisted its hellish visions and temptations with the Lord of Reincarnation's radiance.
• Gu Changqing accepted both the good and evil within himself, clearing the darkness and revealing a seven-level mountain linked to Ananda's Precept-Breaking Saber.
• Gu Changqing crossed the first five levels, resisting Severing Purity, the mortal world, Outer Demons, and karma with the Lord of Reincarnation's protection.
• Gu Changqing followed a golden Karma Line connected to the Lord of Reincarnation and reached the sixth stage.
• Kongwen appeared as Arhat Subduing Dragons and greeted Gu Changqing, who realized the Shaolin Abbot from the Main World was trapped in the Reincarnation World and questioned who was at Shaolin Temple.

Gu Changqing learned that Ananda's Pure Land held Rulai's Divine Palm Third Form, then exploited the Lord of Reincarnation's rescue system to gain Virtuous Deeds from Arhat Subduing Dragons's knowledge. He spent the remaining deeds to reach the Seventh Stage and comprehend Delivering All Beings.

• Abbot Kongwen explained that he and Gu Changqing were in a Spacetime Shard of Ananda's Pure Land, where Rulai's Divine Palm Third Form was hidden on the Seventh Stage.
• The Lord of Reincarnation offered to rescue Arhat Subduing Dragons for three thousand Virtuous Deeds, and Gu Changqing realized he could extract the unconscious abbot's knowledge.
• Gu Changqing exchanged his Ananda's Precept-Breaking Saber inheritance for three thousand Virtuous Deeds and used them to bring Arhat Subduing Dragons into the Reincarnation Space.
• Gu Changqing extracted Arhat Subduing Dragons's Shaolin techniques, kept the Great Sun Zen Heart Sword and Great Wrathful Bright King Sword, and exchanged the rest for twenty-five thousand Virtuous Deeds.
• Gu Changqing spent five thousand Virtuous Deeds to reach the Seventh Stage and comprehended Rulai's Divine Palm Third Form, Delivering All Beings.

After returning from Ananda’s Pure Land, Gu Changqing and Little Meng reunited with Jiang Zhiwei and the others, but Duoyan found their hiding place after his battle with Master Xinji. Just as the group prepared to fight, Gu Xiaosang revealed herself and attacked the fleeing Duoyan with the Wusheng Finger.

• Gu Changqing told Little Meng that he had entered a dangerous trial related to Ananda’s Precept-Breaking Saber, then returned with him to Jiang Zhiwei and the others.
• Master Xinji died after his self-sacrificing strike against Duoyan, leaving Duoyan severely wounded but alive.
• Duoyan discovered the secret passage, opened its entrance, and confronted the group hiding inside.
• Gu Xiaosang appeared, identified herself to the group, and challenged Duoyan after he attacked her.
• Duoyan fled from Gu Xiaosang, who caught up with him and struck toward his brow with the Wusheng Finger.

Gu Xiaosang killed Duoyan with her Wusheng Finger and tried to make the reincarnators choose a teammate for her to kill. Gu Changqing drove her off by borrowing a trace of Abbot Kongwen’s aura, leaving the others stunned by his apparent strength.

• Gu Xiaosang used the incantation “Old Mother Wusheng, Vast Home” to drain Duoyan until he collapsed and died.
• Gu Xiaosang announced she had enough karma points to kill one more person and tried to sow distrust among Little Meng, Jiang Zhiwei, Zhang Yuanshan, and Qi Zhenyan.
• Gu Xiaosang dismissed Qi Zhenyan and Zhang Yuanshan, weighed the danger of killing Jiang Zhiwei, and said she wanted to kill Little Meng because Little Zi liked him.
• Gu Changqing mocked Gu Xiaosang and challenged her, prompting her to begin the Wusheng Finger incantation.
• Gu Changqing unleashed a sword strike filled with borrowed Exterior-level aura, and Gu Xiaosang fled.
• Gu Changqing privately realized his display had only borrowed a trace of Master Kongwen’s aura, while the others stared at him in shock.

After Shaolin’s defense ended in victory, Gu Changqing returned to Reincarnation Plaza and planned how to send the rescued Abbot Kongwen back without revealing his secrets. He then spent most of his Karma on the introductory Chang Geng Sword Scripture and mapped out his path as a Sword Cultivator.

• The Reincarnators wiped out the Golden Wolf Cavalry after Gu Xiaosang killed Duoyan and fled from Gu Changqing, completing Shaolin’s defense.
• Gu Changqing learned that he could teleport Abbot Kongwen to any location in the Main World without exposing the Reincarnation Space, and decided to send him near Evil Saber Ze Luoju and the Crying Old Man.
• Gu Changqing reviewed his sword techniques and concluded that he needed a coherent Sword Cultivator foundation rather than relying on pills to open his nasal aperture.
• Gu Changqing spent sixteen thousand Karma points on the introductory Chang Geng Sword Scripture and learned to build his cultivation on Dharma, Technique, and Momentum.
• Gu Changqing planned to develop his Technique by combining Chess Sword Technique, Dugu Nine Swords, and Basic Sword Techniques, with four thousand Karma points remaining.

Little Meng left Shaolin with Xuan Ci and Zhen Hui to question Vajra Temple, then reached Liusha Market and encountered Bai Ze, whose pristine white-clad swordsman image made him jealous. Gu Changqing and Bai Ze also anticipated the events gathering in the desert.

• Xuan Ci told Little Meng and Zhen Hui they would travel to Vajra Temple to investigate the theft of the Yi Jin Jing, a scheme secretly arranged by Han Guang.
• Little Meng recalled that he had exposed Zhen Chang, disrupting Han Guang’s plan, and then eagerly left Shaolin with his master and junior brother.
• Gu Changqing rode toward Liusha Market, determined to kill Evil Saber Ze Luoju and Crying Old Man, while Bai Ze expected to make his name known.
• Little Meng and his companions arrived at Liusha Market after a sandstorm and discussed Zhen Hui’s imagined search for Bright Summit.
• Xuan Ci led them into Hanhai First Establishment, where Little Meng saw Bai Ze in spotless white robes and resented him for embodying Little Meng’s own ideal image.