Chapter Summaries

Wang Ming survived taking Yan Zangfeng’s sword after possessing Guan Yutian, the Supreme Alliance Master, in the world of Magic Sword Life and Death Chess. He recalled why he had endured for centuries in the Tang World and learned that Guan Yutian’s Undying Divine Skill had kept him alive.

• Wang Ming woke after being stabbed by Yan Zangfeng and attacked by Helian Ba, then realized Guan Yutian’s body had survived because of the Undying Divine Skill.
• Wang Ming recalled enduring four hundred years in the Tang World to charge the system and store believers’ faith in the Heshibi Jade.
• Wang Ming identified his new world as Magic Sword Life and Death Chess and reviewed its major factions, martial arts, and pursuit of the Ling Shuang Sword and Life and Death Chess.
• Wang Ming recognized that he had possessed Guan Yutian during the battle in which Yan Zangfeng stabbed him and Helian Ba attacked.
• Wang Ming recalled that Guan Yutian had planned to cultivate the Innate Gang Qi after nearly dying to Helian Ba, despite the Undying Divine Skill’s ability to revive him and prolong his life.

Wang Ming cultivated in the Magic Sword Descendants’ stronghold, using the Evil Emperor Relic to restore his martial arts while avoiding dangerous weapons and conflicts outside. After half a year, he had recovered his Shattered Realm cultivation and began integrating the Magic Sword Descendants’ techniques into his own martial arts.

• Wang Ming entered seclusion with the Evil Emperor Relic, which he had filled with pure Northern Darkness true energy.
• Wang Ming decided to avoid the Chess of Life and Death, the Lingshuang Sword, and other weapons that could threaten him or trap their wielder.
• Wang Ming became interested in acquiring Sword Casting City so he could forge his own weapons without sword spirits.
• After half a year, Wang Ming had recovered his Shattered Realm cultivation, though he had absorbed only a tenth of the relic’s energy.
• Wang Ming integrated the Undying Divine Skill into his North Darkness Rebirth Art and began combining the Majestic Dragon Palm with the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.

Wang Ming completed his seclusion after combining the defenses of Indestructible Vajra Body, North Darkness Divine Skill, and Innate World-Destroying Qi without risking a loss of his cultivation on full moon nights. After learning that Helian Ba had killed an elder seeking the Ling Shuang Sword, Wang Ming set out to confront Helian Ba, claim the sword, and deal with Yan Zangfeng.

• Wang Ming rejected World Separating Sword and adapted Innate World-Destroying Qi into a shield that weakened on full moon nights without reducing his internal cultivation.
• A Magic Sword Descendants elder urged Wang Ming to seek the Ling Shuang Sword, fought him to a draw, and went to Sword Casting City himself.
• Helian Ba killed the elder with Distraction Palm after the Ling Shuang Sword drained away the elder's internal cultivation.
• Wang Ming emerged from seclusion and decided to go after Helian Ba and retrieve the Ling Shuang Sword.
• Wang Ming also resolved to deal with Yan Zangfeng, who had previously stabbed him and whom Wang Ming regarded as self-righteous.

Wang Ming entered the Supreme Alliance and confronted Helian Ba, who had taken control after Guan Yutian’s death. After defeating Helian Ba, Wang Ming reflected on Guan Yutian’s many disloyal subordinates and the reason he had tolerated them.

• The Supreme Alliance’s guards panicked when Wang Ming arrived, mistaking him for the supposedly dead Guan Yutian.
• Wang Ming attacked Helian Ba with Six Meridian Divine Sword and overcame his Clone Demon Shadow and Distraction Palm with Innate True Qi.
• Lian Chixue and Bai Yuer joined the fight, but Ren Qianxing intervened to keep Wang Ming from harming them.
• Helian Ba offered his secret martial arts manuals in exchange for his disciples’ lives, then killed himself after urging them not to seek revenge.
• Wang Ming pulverized Helian Ba’s corpse to ensure he was dead, then considered Guan Yutian’s traitorous followers and realized Guan Yutian had knowingly tolerated their disloyalty.

After defeating Helian Ba, Wang Ming spared Bai Yuer and Lian Chixue and appointed them, along with Ren Qianxing, to manage Supreme Alliance. A month later, the alliance had stabilized, and Wang Ming prepared to return Yan Zangfeng’s sword.

• Ren Qianxing retrieved Clone Demon Shadow and Distraction Palm from Helian Ba’s secret martial arts vault, and Wang Ming read the manuals.
• Wang Ming spared Bai Yuer and Lian Chixue in exchange for Helian Ba’s manuals and declared them his disciples, though Bai Yuer vowed to take revenge.
• Wang Ming assigned Ren Qianxing to lead Supreme Alliance’s combat personnel, Lian Chixue to manage intelligence, and Bai Yuer to oversee finances and commoners.
• Under the three disciples’ management, Supreme Alliance resumed stable development over the following month.
• Wang Ming prepared to set out and return Yan Zangfeng’s sword.

Wang Ming repelled the masked Liao Ru Shen and continued fighting Yan Zangfeng and the others. He wounded Drunken Immortal and disarmed Yan Zangfeng, leaving Yan Zangfeng facing a lethal sword qi.

• A masked figure interrupted Wang Ming’s attack and fled, and Wang Ming suspected the intruder was Liao Ru Shen.
• Wang Ming refused to pursue Liao Ru Shen and told Drunken Immortal, Sai Hua Tuo, Yan Zangfeng, and Xiaoyao Lang that killing them would restore peace.
• Drunken Immortal, Xiaoyao Lang, Yan Zangfeng, and Sai Hua Tuo attacked Wang Ming, but his innate gang qi blocked their strikes and sent them flying back.
• Wang Ming unleashed a storm of innate gang qi, forcing Yan Zangfeng and the others to flee before he struck Drunken Immortal with the Majestic Dragon Palm.
• Wang Ming attacked Yan Zangfeng with two blasts of Six Meridian Divine Sword qi; the first knocked away the Frost Heart Sword, and the second closed in on Yan Zangfeng’s forehead.

Wang Ming tried to kill Yan Zangfeng but was thwarted by Liao Ru Shen and forced to flee after Arrow Hermit targeted him. He concluded that the world itself was protecting Yan Zangfeng and returned to the Supreme Alliance to rethink his assault on Sword Casting City.

• A masked man blocked Wang Ming's attack on Yan Zangfeng, and Wang Ming anticipated that Liao Ru Shen would intervene.
• Liao Ru Shen revealed his identity, told Yan Zangfeng to take the Ling Shuang Sword and treat the injured Drunken Immortal, then faced Wang Ming.
• Wang Ming rose into the air and unleashed attacks powered by the energy of heaven and earth, setting the gate area of Sword Casting City ablaze.
• Liao Ru Shen countered Wang Ming's attacks but suffered a hand wound from a hidden burst of sword qi.
• Wang Ming sensed Arrow Hermit locking onto him, escaped, and later concluded that the world was protecting Yan Zangfeng.
• Wang Ming returned to the Supreme Alliance to reconsider his assault on Sword Casting City.

Wang Ming uncovered the Chess of Life and Death’s role in stripping destiny from Yan Zangfeng and revealed Ren Qianxing’s lineage. He brought Ren Qianxing to the Magic Sword Descendants’ martial arts cave, warned him against the World Separating Sword, and turned to planning how to deal with the mandate of heaven.

• Wang Ming told Ren Qianxing that he was Murong Hua, master of the Magic Sword Descendants, and that Ren Qianxing was his son by Huo Huadie.
• Wang Ming searched the Magic Sword Descendants’ archives and discovered that the Chess of Life and Death was a feng shui array designed to drain the Child of Destiny’s power.
• Ren Qianxing questioned Wang Ming about his parentage, and Wang Ming confirmed that the Ling Shuang Sword’s reaction to his blood proved their connection.
• Wang Ming led Ren Qianxing to the martial arts cave and warned him that practicing the powerful World Separating Sword could cause a cultivation deviation.
• Wang Ming left Ren Qianxing to study and began making plans to respond to the mandate of heaven empowering Yan Zangfeng.

Wang Ming led a large force toward Sword Casting City to seize its resources and forge a weapon, while his control over the Supreme Alliance’s personnel continued to tighten. In Sword Casting City, Yan Zangfeng’s allies prepared for the coming battle, and Liao Ru Shen’s divination predicted neither side would win.

• Wang Ming’s procession traveled toward Sword Casting City, where he intended to take the city and use its ore, smiths, and magma furnace to forge a weapon.
• Lian Chixue rejoined Wang Ming’s group with the items he had requested, while she and Bai Yuer reflected on how difficult it would be to avenge Helian Ba.
• Wang Ming trained Bai Yuer in state administration and used Lian Chixue to manage an intelligence agency that monitored the Supreme Alliance’s members and constrained potential traitors.
• Yan Zangfeng gathered the Three Wandering Heroes, Liao Ru Shen, and other allies in Sword Casting City to discuss Guan Yutian’s approaching force.
• Liao Ru Shen warned that he could not defeat Guan Yutian in a prolonged fight, then revealed that his divination predicted they would neither lose nor win the coming battle.

Yan Zhongfeng and his allies prepared to defend Sword Casting City against the Supreme Alliance, but Liao Ru Shen’s divination warned that they could not defeat Guan Yutian and should evacuate. Yan Zhongfeng refused to abandon the city, while the others discussed Guan Yutian’s ambitions and worried that Bai Yuer was being forced to serve him.

• Yan Zhongfeng reassured Sai Hua Tuo that Sword Casting City’s defenses and gathered fighters could withstand the Supreme Alliance’s attack.
• Liao Ru Shen divined that the defenders had no chance of winning and told Yan Zhongfeng to evacuate and abandon the city.
• Yan Zhongfeng refused, insisting that he would protect Sword Casting City, which his father-in-law had entrusted to him.
• Liao Ru Shen said Guan Yutian likely sought to unify the realm and rebuild a dynasty.
• Xiaoyao Lang and Yan Zhongfeng guessed that Guan Yutian had forced Bai Yuer to serve him, and Yan Zhongfeng worried about rescuing her.
• Liu Yiyi concealed her sadness over Yan Zhongfeng’s love for Bai Yuer and reflected on how she had married him for love despite his poor prospects.

Wang Ming ordered Ren Qianxing to challenge Yan Zangfeng at Sword Casting City, knowing the city’s experts and Yan’s extraordinary destiny made the outcome uncertain. He believed Ren could contest Yan for the world’s destiny, but warned him to stay safe as the procession reached the city.

• Ren Qianxing reported that the Supreme Alliance procession had arrived at Sword Casting City, and Wang Ming ordered him to challenge Yan Zangfeng.
• Bai Yuer warned that the challenge could put Ren Qianxing in danger, while Wang Ming recognized her concern for Yan Zangfeng and decided not to punish her.
• Wang Ming considered how destiny favored Yan Zangfeng and explained that the world’s mandate was divided among five candidates, including Ren Qianxing and Yan Zangfeng.
• Ren Qianxing worried that Yan Zangfeng’s Ling Shuang Sword might prove too strong, but Wang Ming told him to prioritize his own safety and sent him off to issue the challenge.
• Lian Chixue questioned why Wang Ming would send Ren after Yan if Yan was so difficult to kill, and Wang Ming suggested Yan’s death could improve Ren’s chances before turning his gaze toward Sword Casting City.

Ren Qianxing accused Yan Zangfeng of usurping Sword Casting City and challenged his claim to Jian Xiong, provoking a fight. Wang Ming watched from the Supreme Alliance carriage, wary of both men and convinced that warnings could not change stubborn people without hard facts.

• Ren Qianxing claimed that Yan Zangfeng had falsely posed as Jian Xiong's husband and seized Sword Casting City, angering Yan Zangfeng and the people on the battlements.
• Yan Zangfeng and Ren Qianxing traded accusations over Jian Xiong, Yan Zangfeng's claim to the city, and his love for Liu Yiyi.
• Yan Zangfeng leaped from the battlements and struck at Ren Qianxing with the Frost Piercer Divine Sword, cutting Ren Qianxing's horse in two.
• Ren Qianxing argued that Yan Zangfeng had changed his affections from Bai Yuer to Jian Xiong and then to Liu Yiyi, before Yan Zangfeng struck him and sent him flying.
• Wang Ming watched the fight from the carriage and reflected that stubborn people would only change their minds after experiencing hard facts.

At Sword Casting City, Ren Qianxing used World Separating Sword to overwhelm Yan Zangfeng and the Three Wandering Heroes. Wang Ming sent Bai Yuer into the fight, where she saved Yan Zangfeng but was mortally wounded by Ren Qianxing, and Yan Zangfeng caught her as she died.

• Ren Qianxing unleashed World Separating Sword and turned the fight against Yan Zangfeng, forcing the Three Wandering Heroes to intervene.
• Wang Ming ordered Bai Yuer to help Ren Qianxing kill Yan Zangfeng, while Lian Chixue worried Bai Yuer might attack Ren Qianxing instead.
• Bai Yuer knocked Ren Qianxing's sword aside and rescued Yan Zangfeng from a fatal strike.
• Ren Qianxing attacked Bai Yuer, defeated her in three moves, and pierced her with his sword.
• Yan Zangfeng drove Ren Qianxing back and caught Bai Yuer, who said she was glad to see him shed tears for her.

After Bai Yuer died, Wang Ming revealed the hidden truths behind her and Yan Zangfeng’s family tragedies, then used his voice skill to push Yan toward suicide. Yan survived when the Frost Heart Sword stopped his strike, while Liao Ru Shen began to fear how much Wang Ming knew about him.

• Yan Zangfeng overwhelmed the weakened Ren Qianxing until Wang Ming blocked his sword strike and confronted him.
• Wang Ming told Yan that his father had slaughtered Bai Yuer’s family for the Thousand Spirits Chess Manual, and that Lian Chixue—not Bai Yuer—had killed Yan’s mother.
• Yan collapsed in grief and guilt after Wang Ming reminded him of Bai Yuer’s sacrifices and urged him to repay his debts by killing himself.
• Wang Ming used his hypnotic Sonic Power Skill to incite Yan to strike his own head, but the Frost Heart Sword knocked away the blow and saved him.
• Liao Ru Shen recognized Wang Ming’s extensive knowledge and intelligence network, and wondered whether Wang Ming knew his secrets, including that he was the Azure Eagle Fortress’s grand chieftain and had killed Yan Zhongyang.

Wang Ming offered Yan Zangfeng a gift by using the Evil Emperor Relic to break open a coffin, despite Yan Zangfeng and the Three Wandering Heroes condemning him. A familiar female voice then called out to Yan Zangfeng, leaving everyone stunned.

• Yan Zangfeng assured the Three Wandering Heroes that he would not take his own life and vowed to avenge Yu'er, while Wang Ming warned him against making reckless threats.
• Wang Ming decided to give Yan Zangfeng a gift, and Lian Chixue brought a coffin to him.
• Wang Ming used Innate World-Qi and the Evil Emperor Relic to channel true Qi into the coffin.
• The coffin shattered, and Yan Zangfeng angrily accused Wang Ming of disturbing the dead.
• A woman's voice called, "Shui Lai! Why are you here?" and Yan Zangfeng froze in shock.

Wang Ming resurrected Jian Xiong and Bai Yuer, leaving Yan Zangfeng caught between the two women and Liu Yiyi. Ren Qianxing tried to exploit Yan Zangfeng’s hesitation, while Wang Ming turned the romantic predicament into an even bigger mess.

• Wang Ming revealed that he had resurrected Jian Xiong after digging up her grave and bringing her back in a suspended state.
• Jian Xiong rushed into Yan Zangfeng’s arms, while Yan Zangfeng struggled to respond as Liu Yiyi watched.
• Ren Qianxing attacked Yan Zangfeng, and Jian Xiong tried to shield him before Ren Qianxing resumed the fight.
• Wang Ming stopped Ren Qianxing and resurrected Bai Yuer with the Evil Emperor Relic, the One Yang Finger, and the Divine Light Scripture.
• Bai Yuer called Wang Ming her master and then embraced Yan Zangfeng, leaving him facing Jian Xiong, Bai Yuer, and Liu Yiyi.

Wang Ming resurrected Bai Yuer and Jian Xiong, throwing Yan Zangfeng into a contest for their affection while Liu Yiyi watched. Their reconciliation was interrupted when Sword Master burst from his coffin and attacked Yan Zangfeng for pursuing his daughter and Bai Yuer.

• Wang Ming's resurrection of Jian Xiong and Bai Yuer split the destiny Yan Zangfeng had gathered from the three women.
• Liu Yiyi, Bai Yuer, and Jian Xiong each tried to secure Yan Zangfeng's affection, leaving him unable to reject them.
• Sword Master emerged from the coffin after hearing Jian Xiong offer to become Yan Zangfeng's concubine.
• Sword Master sealed Jian Xiong's acupoints, tossed her beside the Dragon Sword Envoy, and charged Yan Zangfeng with a Riding Dragon Slash.

Sword Master attacked Yan Zangfeng after their confrontation, while Ren Qianxing pretended to plead for mercy and kept supplying Sword Master with swords. Liao Ru Shen forced Sword Master to stop, and Wang Ming mocked the ancestral technique that had left him furious.

• Sword Master chased Yan Zangfeng and used Riding Dragon Slash, breaking his sword against Yan Zangfeng’s Ling Shuang Sword.
• Ren Qianxing urged Sword Master to spare Yan Zangfeng while secretly handing him replacement swords, leaving Yan Zangfeng to take repeated attacks.
• Wang Ming kept Bai Yuer immobilized and told her that Yan Zangfeng would survive even if she died.
• Liao Ru Shen appeared and forced the exhausted Sword Master to halt his attack.
• Wang Ming praised Riding Dragon Slash as a technique for killing dragon-riding sons-in-law, and Sword Master grew angrier at Yan Zangfeng.

Sword Master attacked Yan Zangfeng, while Liao Ru Shen recognized that Sword Master wanted to eliminate him as a threat to Sword Casting City. Yan Zangfeng remained caught between his three beloved women as Liao Ru Shen weighed the danger of facing Wang Ming and Sword Master.

• Yan Zangfeng rejoiced at Jian Xiong and Bai Yuer’s resurrection but realized their presence alongside Liu Yiyi forced him toward an impossible choice.
• Sword Master attacked Yan Zangfeng because he saw him as a threat to his control of Sword Casting City, not merely because Jian Xiong might become his concubine.
• Yan Zangfeng suffered severe wounds, and Liu Yiyi helped him while Jian Xiong and Bai Yuer watched helplessly with their acupoints sealed.
• Sai Hua Tuo asked Liao Ru Shen what to do, and Liao Ru Shen worried that Wang Ming and Sword Master together would be too powerful to defeat.
• Yan Zangfeng offered to explain the misunderstanding to Sword Master, but Liao Ru Shen stopped him and privately recognized that Yan Zangfeng had failed to understand Sword Master’s true motive.
• Liao Ru Shen reflected that he had joined Guan Yutian and later backed Yan Zangfeng after foreseeing their rise, following the will of destiny for his own benefit.

Ren Qianxing’s forces attacked Yan Zangfeng’s group, but Liao Ru Shen led them to flee Sword Casting City after learning Jian Xiong and the Sword Master had been resurrected. Wang Ming let them go and turned to reclaiming the city, while the Sword Master accepted Wang Ming’s plan to use Sword Casting City to forge a weapon before returning it.

• Ren Qianxing ordered the Supreme Alliance troops to attack Yan Zangfeng and his companions.
• Liao Ru Shen decided the group should evacuate Sword Casting City, and Yan Zangfeng left with Liu Yiyi while the Three Wandering Heroes followed.
• Ren Qianxing wanted to pursue Yan Zangfeng, but Wang Ming stopped him because Yan Zangfeng’s restored destiny and Arrow Hermit’s threat made pursuit unnecessary.
• The Sword Master declined to chase Yan Zangfeng and thanked Wang Ming for resurrecting him and Jian Xiong and helping reclaim Sword Casting City.
• Wang Ming warned the Sword Master not to break their agreement and said he would return Sword Casting City once his weapon was forged.