Chapter Summaries

At King's Chess City, Liao Ru Shen overwhelmed the gathered fighters despite his exposed conspiracy, and Yan Zangfeng intervened to save Xiaoyao Lang. At Mirror Reflection Lake, Wang Ming faced a five-hundred-year-old swordsman and chose to keep his distance, leaving their fight poised to begin.

• Drunken Immortal, Sai Hua Tuo, Sai Shi Shi, Yan Zangfeng, and Huangfu Changhen attacked Liao Ru Shen, while Huangfu Changhen revealed that Xiaoyao Lang had exposed the weakness of his counter-technique.
• Drunken Immortal drank Overlord Wine and attacked Liao Ru Shen, but Liao Ru Shen stopped the strike with a stomp and sent Drunken Immortal crashing to the ground, gravely injured.
• Xiaoyao Lang drank Overlord Wine and attacked Liao Ru Shen with his whip, but Liao Ru Shen dodged, struck him with a palm, and prepared to finish him.
• Yan Zangfeng slashed at Liao Ru Shen and interrupted his follow-up attack on Xiaoyao Lang.
• At Mirror Reflection Lake, Wang Ming faced an armed elder and decided to fight from a distance, while the elder wanted to close in and cut him down.

Wang Ming fought the gate-guarding old man of the Chess Saint's Residence across Mirror Reflection Lake, using ranged attacks and a hidden Flame Blade strike to exploit the elder's confidence. The old man sensed danger in time to slash through the invisible scorching waves waiting along his escape routes.

• Wang Ming retreated from the old man and fired seven Majestic Dragon Palm strikes, which the elder evaded and deflected with the General's Reflection Sword.
• The old man dismissed Wang Ming's attacks as harmless and continued closing in while the Sword Casting City underlings watched anxiously from shore.
• Wang Ming concealed a Flame Blade strike among his dragon-shaped qi attacks, scorching the old man and forcing him to stop and expel the invading qi.
• The old man tried to evade another barrage, sensed danger, and slashed three times through the invisible Flame Blade waves laid along his escape paths.

Wang Ming continued to evade the old man’s attacks in the air, using his speed and ranged sword Qi to avoid a dangerous close-quarters fight. The old man learned to propel himself through the void and closed in, but Wang Ming copied the technique and kept retreating as their battle became an air battle.

• The old man unleashed a powerful sword strike that pierced Wang Ming’s innate gang qi shield, but Northern Darkness True Energy absorbed the sword Qi that entered his body.
• The old man condensed True Energy beneath his feet to propel himself through the air and pursue Wang Ming.
• Wang Ming realized the General's Reflection Sword could break his defenses and avoided fighting the old man at close range.
• Wang Ming fired Six Meridian Divine Sword Qi while retreating and copied the old man’s method of moving through the air.
• The old man blocked Wang Ming’s sword Qi with the General's Reflection Sword as the two continued their battle in the air.

Wang Ming kept the old man from the Chess Saint's Residence at a distance with sword qi and Flame Blade attacks, while Liao Ru Shen fought Wu Xin and Liu Yiyi near Mirror Reflection Lake. Wu Xin revealed that she had mastered the Seven String Zither to the realm of Absolute Sound and repaired the instrument using a method from the Heart Asunder Sect's secret treasury.

• Wang Ming mixed a powerful Six Meridian sword beam among weaker attacks, forcing the old man to retreat and widening their distance.
• Wang Ming recognized the old man's Lightning God's Wrath phantom as a technique from the Four Symbols of Heaven's Will and realized he had withheld its complete version from Yan Zangfeng.
• Liao Ru Shen defeated Drunken Immortal, Sai Hua Tuo, and Sai Shi Shi, while Yan Zangfeng treated the gravely wounded Xiaoyao Lang with the Ling Shuang Sword.
• Wu Xin and Liu Yiyi fought Liao Ru Shen with unexpected strength, and Wu Xin used deadly poison techniques that made him wary.
• Liao Ru Shen found an opening to strike Wu Xin, but the Seven String Zither's sound made him withdraw and dodge.
• Liao Ru Shen asked how Wu Xin had restored the Seven String Zither, and she said she found the repair method in the Heart Asunder Sect's secret treasury.

Wang Ming kept the elder of the Chess Saint's Residence at a distance with relentless ranged attacks, injuring him and provoking a furious counterattack. Wang Ming narrowly survived the elder's full-strength sword strike, leaving both fighters wounded and wary.

• Wang Ming evaded the elder's attempts to close in, firing ranged attacks and repeatedly targeting his lower body.
• The elder parried Wang Ming's attacks, but his sword hand was injured and his robe was burned and torn.
• Bai Yuer, Jian Xiong, and Lian Chixue watched from Mirror Reflection Lake and realized that Wang Ming's shamelessness set him apart from them.
• Wang Ming's sword qi sliced off one of the elder's ears, and Wang Ming prepared to press his advantage.
• Wang Ming's danger perception warned him of the elder's full-strength sword strike, but his Innate gangqi shield only partly blocked it and he was slightly injured.
• The elder's meridians ruptured after his powerful attack, leaving him bleeding across his body.

Wang Ming’s altered Seven String Zither score let Liu Yiyi unleash its power without mastering the original seven severances. When Liao Ru Shen attacked her, she answered with a devastating attack that cut through the bamboo and forced him to retreat.

• Wang Ming altered the Seven String Zither score so its martial intent suppressed emotions and could eventually allow them to return.
• Liao Ru Shen charged at Liu Yiyi, evading her sound blades as he closed in to strike her between the brows.
• Liu Yiyi remained emotionless and pulled all seven strings at once when Liao Ru Shen’s attack left her no time to escape.
• The seven sound blades merged into one destructive blade that felled bamboo for a hundred meters.
• Wu Xin and Yan Zangfeng carried their companions clear of the attack, while Liao Ru Shen stared at the destruction in shock.

At King's Chess City, Wang Ming fled the gray-haired old man, who pursued him with overwhelming sword power. Just as the old man’s sword was about to pierce Wang Ming, it struck something with a metallic clang and began to crack.

• The gray-haired old man chased Wang Ming across Mirror Reflection Lake, revealing that he had endured five hundred years with the Frost Demon Sword and planned to seize the Frost Heart Sword and destiny’s fortune.
• The old man unleashed a furious storm of sword qi, and Wang Ming dodged while taunting him about his missing ear.
• The old man ruptured the tendons in his ankles to accelerate and caught up with Wang Ming.
• The old man broke through Wang Ming’s Innate Gangqi barrier and thrust his sword toward him.
• The sword met an unseen metal surface and cracked, leaving the old man shocked.

Wang Ming kept his distance from the silver-haired old man after briefly catching his sword with his unfinished glove. Meanwhile, Liao Ru Shen advanced on Liu Yiyi and explained that Yan Zangfeng's Four Symbols of Heaven's Will depended on the blessing of heaven's will.

• Wang Ming caught the old man's Zhaojiang Divine Sword with his crimson-glowing glove, then retreated as sword qi burst from the blade.
• Wang Ming reflected that the Frost Demon Sword's essence had fused with his unfinished glove and resumed evading the old man rather than risking close combat.
• Lian Chixue, Jian Xiong, Bai Yuer, and Ren Qianxing watched the battle helplessly until a high-pitched zither note sounded from the bamboo forest.
• Liao Ru Shen blocked Liu Yiyi's Seven-String Resonance with true qi around his ears and threatened her as Yan Zangfeng rushed to help.
• Liao Ru Shen told Xiaoyao Lang that the Four Symbols of Heaven's Will required heaven's blessing, without which its users could not form Yan Zangfeng's true-qi phantom.

Wang Ming tried to escape the gray-haired old man but crashed into the barrier enclosing King's Chess City, leaving him trapped in the grotto-heaven. He resumed fighting with a scarlet lightsword formed from his glove and the Frost Demon Sword.

• Wang Ming fled toward the mountains while the old man pursued him, suffering from the strain of unleashing his five hundred years of accumulated internal energy.
• Wang Ming reached the valley's edge but crashed into an invisible barrier, and the old man laughed as he realized his prey could not escape.
• The old man attacked Wang Ming, who blocked the General's Reflection Sword with a scarlet lightsword created by his glove absorbing the Frost Demon Sword.
• Wang Ming and the old man began fighting at close range, as the old man sought to pierce Wang Ming's Innate Gang Qi defenses while conserving his strength.
• Wang Ming relied on swordplay developed from Mount Hua Swordplay, the Five Peaks Sects' techniques, Nine Swords of Dugu, and Heavy Swordplay.

Wang Ming battled the gray-haired elder, whose overwhelming true qi threatened to destroy Guan Yutian's body despite Wang Ming's superior swordsmanship. As his injuries worsened, Wang Ming realized he had to fight for his life.

• Wang Ming and the gray-haired elder fought with their blade tips, channeling their true qi into each other's bodies rather than releasing it outward.
• The elder forced destructive true qi into Wang Ming, while the North Darkness Divine Skill converted and stored much of it, though the strain still injured Wang Ming.
• Wang Ming used his swordsmanship to find the elder's flaws, wounded him by taking off one ear, and tried to escape.
• The elder continued attacking and boasted that his superior true qi would overcome Wang Ming's swordsmanship.
• Wang Ming coughed up blood and recognized that he would die unless he committed to fighting for his life.

Wang Ming fought the gray-haired old man of the Chess Saint's Residence in a deadly duel, unleashing his full combat power and overwhelming killing intent. Their clash reshaped the mountaintop and triggered a collapse, leaving the battle's outcome unresolved.

• Wang Ming threw himself into the fight, and he and the gray-haired old man traded rapid, forceful blows.
• The old man threatened Guan Yutian and unleashed killing intent that shook Lian Chixue, Bai Yuer, Liao Ru Shen, Yan Zangfeng, and the other onlookers.
• Wang Ming struck with a crimson sword that forced the old man to meet his attack head-on.
• The crimson and azure weapons collided, unleashing an explosion that tore up the mountaintop and sent shattered stones tumbling down.

Wang Ming fought the grey-haired elder in a brutal battle, wounding him but taking severe injuries himself. The two remained locked in combat as Wang Ming used the Majestic Dragon Palm and Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms to counter the elder’s sword.

• The grey-haired elder ambushed Wang Ming from behind, but Wang Ming caught the Zhaojiang Divine Sword’s blade with his iron-gloved hand.
• Wang Ming and the elder clashed their force Qi, then Wang Ming used a roar and Zhong Chong Sword Qi to pierce the elder’s left shoulder.
• The elder struck Wang Ming into a mountain cliff, leaving him badly injured, but Wang Ming dodged the elder’s follow-up sword Qi.
• Wang Ming and the elder resumed fighting, with Wang Ming using the Majestic Dragon Palm combined with the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms to keep the battle at a stalemate.

Wang Ming and the old man fought fiercely in King's Chess City while Ren Qianxing and the others faced Liao Ru Shen. Liao Ru Shen’s attack was interrupted just as he was about to strike Yan Zangfeng and Wu Xin, leaving the source of the interruption unrevealed.

• Wang Ming and the old man battled with Wang Ming’s versatile iron gloves against the old man’s overwhelming inner energy and sword qi.
• Ren Qianxing rushed to Liu Yiyi’s aid after Liao Ru Shen nearly killed her, then confronted Liao Ru Shen to protect her.
• Ren Qianxing attacked Liao Ru Shen with the Crimson Blood Sword, but Liao Ru Shen broke his sword momentum and forced him to retreat.
• Liu Yiyi used her guqin to block Liao Ru Shen’s attacks, but he maneuvered around her and seized Yan Zangfeng and Wu Xin.
• Liao Ru Shen began using his inner energy to crush Yan Zangfeng and Wu Xin’s organs, but abruptly released them and moved away from his position.

Bai Yuer joined Yan Zangfeng and the others against Liao Ru Shen, while Xiaoyao Lang died protecting her. Wang Ming forced the grey-haired elder's body to break down and chased him, then realized the elder was heading for Frost Heart Sword.

• Bai Yuer attacked Liao Ru Shen with steel needles and her sword, but he knocked her into the air and struck at her.
• Xiaoyao Lang intercepted Liao Ru Shen's attack to save Bai Yuer, confessed his love for her, and died; Yan Zangfeng charged at Liao Ru Shen with the Ling Shuang Sword.
• Wang Ming prepared to unleash Hegemon Under Heaven, but the grey-haired elder's body ruptured under the strain of his five hundred years of internal energy.
• The elder fled, and Wang Ming pursued him until he realized the elder was heading toward Frost Heart Sword.

Wang Ming pursued the wounded grey-haired old man, who tricked Yan Zangfeng into handing over the Ling Shuang Sword and then took it with Liao Ru Shen’s help. As the sword healed his injuries, the old man revealed how he had manipulated the sword and the conflict between Yan Zangfeng and Guan Yutian, leaving Wang Ming facing a renewed threat.

• The grey-haired old man arrived where Yan Zangfeng and the others were fighting, claimed Guan Yutian had injured him, and asked Yan Zangfeng to lend him the Ling Shuang Sword.
• Wang Ming warned the others not to give the sword to the old man, while Bai Yuer and Liu Yiyi challenged Yan Zangfeng’s trust in him and explained their suspicions.
• Liao Ru Shen took the sword from Bai Yuer and presented it to the old man, who blasted Wang Ming away and forced back those trying to stop him.
• The Ling Shuang Sword began healing the old man, who dismissed the sword’s supposed righteousness and confessed that he had altered it to recognize Yan Zangfeng.
• The old man explained that he had arranged the conflict to make Yan Zangfeng and Guan Yutian destroy each other, and admitted that he had misjudged Guan Yutian’s strength.
• Wang Ming recovered and watched the old man’s injuries heal, realizing the danger had returned.

Wang Ming was overwhelmed by the gray-haired man until Liao Ru Shen killed him and claimed to have manipulated everyone. When the gathered fighters attacked Liao Ru Shen, he repelled them all with Dreamlike Infinity, leaving Wang Ming to face the danger of the powerful technique.

• The gray-haired man battered Wang Ming with the Ling Shuang Sword and declared that he would take the treasures and rule the world.
• Liao Ru Shen stabbed the gray-haired man through the chest, knocked away the Ling Shuang Sword, and killed him, saying the old man had been his pawn.
• Liao Ru Shen challenged the injured Wang Ming, but Wang Ming warned Jian Xiong and Lian Chixue that Liao Ru Shen knew Dreamlike Infinity and was too dangerous for them alone.
• Lian Chixue rallied the others against Liao Ru Shen, and Wu Xin, Liu Yiyi, Bai Yuer, Yan Zangfeng, and Ren Qianxing prepared their attacks.
• Ren Qianxing and the others attacked Liao Ru Shen together, but he repelled them with a powerful Taiji barrier of true qi.

Liao Ru Shen revealed his strength and fought the injured Wang Ming, whose attacks Dreamlike Infinity easily absorbed. Wang Ming countered with Innate Gang Qi, and their battle continued as yin-yang Qi clashed against his retained Qi.

• Liao Ru Shen defeated Yan Zangfeng and the others in one move, then admitted he had been holding back.
• Liao Ru Shen attacked Wang Ming with Dreamlike Infinity, neutralizing his dragon-shaped Qi and Flame Blade Qi.
• Wang Ming recognized that Dreamlike Infinity used yin-yang forces to absorb and redirect Qi.
• Wang Ming used Innate Gang Qi to retain Qi outside his body and defend against Liao Ru Shen's attacks.
• Wang Ming and Liao Ru Shen exchanged Qi attacks, while Wang Ming realized Liao Ru Shen had been far stronger than his apparent performance in the original plot suggested.

Wang Ming fought Liao Ru Shen while severely injured and realized his opponent's strength and the flaws in Dreamlike Infinity did not match what he knew. He exposed Liao Ru Shen as an impostor, who revealed himself as a white-haired old man and vowed to kill him.

• Wang Ming and Liao Ru Shen's battle sent destructive Qi through the area, forcing Yan Zangfeng and the others to retreat behind protective methods and Crimson Blood Swords.
• Liao Ru Shen used Yin and Yang forces to grind against Wang Ming's defensive innate stellar energy while Wang Ming struggled with his injuries.
• Wang Ming concluded that the opponent could not be Liao Ru Shen and challenged the claim that Dreamlike Infinity was genuine.
• The impostor admitted he could no longer keep up the act and shed Liao Ru Shen's face to reveal an old man with white hair and a beard.
• The old man called Wang Ming a variable in his divination and announced that his reward would be death.

Wang Ming learned that Tianji Twenty-Five had faked his death, manipulated Liao Ru Shen, and used Wang Ming to force an ancient enemy into the open. Tianji Twenty-Five then revealed his intent to kill Wang Ming, and the two prepared for battle.

• Wang Ming confronted the white-haired stranger, who revealed himself as Tianji Twenty-Five, the master of Liao Ru Shen and Huangfu Changhen.
• Tianji Twenty-Five explained how the Heaven's Secret Sect had hidden for generations after Ying Shuntian and other powerful figures vanished, and how Tianji Twenty-Four discovered an undying old monster.
• Tianji Twenty-Five said he had faked his death twenty years earlier to escape that old monster and had disguised himself as Liao Ru Shen after Wang Ming forced the enemy out of hiding.
• Tianji Twenty-Five thanked Wang Ming for draining most of the old monster's life, then ordered him to die.
• Wang Ming and Tianji Twenty-Five gathered their energies as their decisive battle began.

Huangfu Changhen realized that his master, Tianji Twenty-Five, was alive and that he and Liao Ru Shen had been deceived, so he left King's Chess City feeling released from his old purpose. Meanwhile, Wang Ming tricked Tianji Twenty-Five during their fight and flew toward the Frost Heart Sword.

• Huangfu Changhen identified the white-haired fighter as his master, Tianji Twenty-Five, whom he had believed dead.
• Huangfu Changhen understood that his master had deceived him and Liao Ru Shen, then left King's Chess City with a laugh of relief.
• Tianji Twenty-Five declared his intention to kill Guan Yutian and then seize the destinies of the five destined ones to gain eternal youth.
• Wang Ming used the Divine Light Scripture to recover some strength while Tianji Twenty-Five taunted him.
• Wang Ming feigned a desperate attack, then used the collision's recoil to fly toward the Frost Heart Sword.