Chapter Summaries

While Wang Ming cultivated in seclusion, the Underworld Society grew as Emperor Shitian prepared to test it and continued plotting to slay the dragon. Wang Ming began studying two flawed copies of the Dragon God Skill, while his allies focused on cultivating and Qin Shuang managed the society.

• The Underworld Society gained many new members as Qin Shuang accepted defectors and Wang Ming remained in seclusion.
• Emperor Shitian ordered Divine Mother Luo Xian to send people to disrupt the Underworld Society and investigate its defenses.
• Emperor Shitian reflected that his dragon-slaying plan had stalled because Wang Ming had disrupted his bid for the Mandate of Heaven, which he needed to lessen the heavenly retribution.
• Divine Mother Luo Xian ordered Broken Wave to attack the Underworld Society again and assigned people to assist him.
• Yan Ying, Ding Ning, You Ruo, Yu Chuchu, and Zining devoted themselves to cultivating the Lesser Unphased Skill as Wind and Cloud entered seclusion, leaving Qin Shuang to manage the society.
• Wang Ming transcribed the two Dragon God Skill manuals from Long Bo and Yin Zhong and began researching how to restore them into usable techniques.

Qin Shuang watched the Underworld Society train a new generation of disciples and worried that Jian Chen might not truly have let go of his old hatred. Meanwhile, Jian Chen settled into family life with Zi Ning and Yu Chuchu, who discussed their growing family and began learning martial arts.

• Qin Shuang watched nearly a thousand orphaned children train and reflected on how he was following Lord Conqueror’s path of raising disciples.
• Qin Shuang worried that Jian Chen’s peaceful nature as Zhuo Shan might not mean Jian Chen himself had released his resentment toward Lord Conqueror.
• Jian Chen enjoyed a settled life at the Underworld Society with Zi Ning, Yu Chuchu, and their children after Wang Ming brought him back and restored Zi Ning’s sight.
• Zi Ning and Yu Chuchu talked about cultivating the Lesser Unphased Skill and agreed that learning martial arts would help them avoid becoming burdens or hostages to Jian Chen’s enemies.

Wind practiced the Illusion Sword and sought to combine its speed technique with Wind God Leg while You Ruo stayed by his side. Meanwhile, Second Dream traveled toward the Underworld Society with Long Er and Huai Kong, who was searching for the Peerless Sword to save his master.

• Wind practiced the Illusion Sword, focusing on its speed method to strengthen his Wind God Leg without relying on the Demonic Blade.
• You Ruo urged Wind to rest and drink tea, and they discussed Wang Ming's mysterious changes and the need to grow stronger.
• Wind wondered why Second Dream had not come to find him, while You Ruo concealed her hurt at hearing him mention her.
• Second Dream traveled toward the Underworld Society as her memories of Wind gradually returned.
• Second Dream journeyed with the child Long Er and Huai Kong, who sought the Peerless Sword to cure his ailing master, unaware that Cloud no longer had it.

The Underworld Society sounded its alarm as Broken Wave led a new Tianmen force up the mountain while Wang Ming remained in seclusion. Second Dream, Huai Kong, and Long Er hurried toward the sect, hoping to help Wind.

• The morning martial arts practice was interrupted by the urgent bell, and Qin Shuang ordered the children to take refuge in the back mountain.
• Qin Shuang, Wind, and Cloud prepared to defend the Underworld Society while Wang Ming remained in seclusion.
• Broken Wave led a newly assembled group of Tianmen fighters toward the mountain and vowed to defeat Cloud.
• Second Dream, Huai Kong, and Long Er heard the alarm and hurried toward the Underworld Society to help Wind.
• Wang Ming chose to observe the invasion rather than intervene, keeping his strength concealed while he recovered the Dragon God Skill.

Cloud accepted Broken Wave’s challenge to stall for time while Chu Chu, Zi Ning, and the others escaped through a secret passage. He fought Broken Wave with close-range attacks that repeatedly disrupted his sword techniques, but the duel continued as Wind and Qin Shuang kept other enemies away.

• Cloud told Wind and Qin Shuang he had to fight Broken Wave to buy time for the others to escape.
• Cloud charged Broken Wave with the Crimson Blood Sword, and Broken Wave met his opening strike with the Fire Qilin Sword.
• Cloud attacked with his cloak technique, but Broken Wave deflected it with the Eclipse Sun Swordplay.
• Cloud pressed Broken Wave at close range, repeatedly interrupting his sword techniques and wearing him down.
• Wind and Qin Shuang held off the other Tianmen disciples to keep them from interfering in the duel.

Cloud fought Broken Wave in the Threefold Training Grounds while Broken Wave tried to unsettle him with claims about Yu Chuchu and Jian Chen. As Wind went to confront a powerful newcomer and Qin Shuang stayed to face Broken Wave’s forces, Wang Ming recognized the newcomer’s aura and wondered if Emperor Shitian had resurrected them.

• Cloud and Broken Wave exchanged hundreds of blows, with Cloud relying on his swordsmanship and will to withstand Broken Wave’s superior strength.
• Broken Wave taunted Cloud about Bu Yuntian and claimed Jian Chen was the father of Yu Chuchu’s child, causing Cloud’s sword momentum to falter.
• Wind and Qin Shuang discussed Cloud’s hesitation as a fierce, powerful aura approached.
• Wind left Qin Shuang to confront the newcomer while Qin Shuang continued facing Broken Wave’s forces.
• Wang Ming recognized the newcomer’s aura, wondered whether Emperor Shitian had resurrected them, and considered going to help.

Cloud fought Broken Wave while grappling with the revelation about Yu Chuchu, and his fury unleashed a surge of power that forced Broken Wave onto the defensive. Qin Shuang slaughtered Tianmen disciples with his frost techniques, while Wind remained locked in a standoff with a mysterious opponent.

• Broken Wave told Cloud that Yu Chuchu had been violated and that he had forced Jian Chen to take an aphrodisiac, disrupting Cloud's focus and leaving him wounded.
• Cloud lost control of his anger, united his many forms of true energy, and struck Broken Wave hard enough to send him flying and coughing blood.
• Broken Wave realized he had pushed too far and began to consider retreating as Cloud charged at him again.
• Tianmen disciples attacked Qin Shuang after Wind left, but Qin Shuang covered the grounds in ice and concealed himself in frost mist to ambush them.
• Qin Shuang killed the disciples with his frost-powered attacks while Wind faced a mysterious figure in a tense aura standoff.

Po Jun arrived at the Threefold Training Grounds and revealed that he was Wind’s father, then challenged Wind while claiming he had come to rescue Yan Ying. When Po Jun moved to capture him, Wind unleashed the Demonic Saber’s power and prepared to fight with a terrifying surge of strength.

• Po Jun appeared at the Threefold Training Grounds, told Wind to call him Dad, and demanded to see Yan Ying.
• Wind attacked Po Jun with the Snow Drinking Saber, but Po Jun stood unharmed amid the ruined tiles and identified himself as Po Jun.
• Wang Ming realized Emperor Shitian had resurrected Po Jun and judged that Wind was outmatched by him.
• Po Jun drew the Greedy Wolf Sword and prepared to capture Wind while Cloud fought Broken Wave and Qin Shuang battled Tianmen disciples.
• Wind’s eyes and demeanor changed as the Snow Drinking Saber filled with demonic energy, prompting Po Jun to draw the Sky Blade as well.

Wind’s Evil Emperor Demonic Saber rapidly increased his combat power as he fought Po Jun, but an unexpected opponent appeared and killed him before his demonic state could carry him further. Qin Shuang and Cloud concluded that the newcomer was beyond their ability to defeat.

• Wind unleashed Demonic Qi Unleashed, and Po Jun recognized that the technique grew stronger the longer the fight continued.
• Po Jun shattered Wind’s demonic qi with Greedy Wolf Devours the Sun, but Wind countered with Demonic Path Rampage.
• Po Jun wounded Wind with Twin Wolves Emerge, prompting Wind to use Demonic Extremity: Slaughtering Emotions and lose his reason.
• Po Jun struck Wind with two ultimate techniques, but Wind’s combat power surged to three hundred and left Po Jun heavily injured.
• An unexpected person appeared and killed Wind with a single move, leaving Qin Shuang and Cloud convinced they could not defeat the enemy.

Divine Mother Luo Xian arrived at the Underworld Society and overpowered Wind, then demanded that Wang Ming surrender. Wang Ming emerged to face her, and their confrontation began as Luo Xian dismissed his strength and invoked Emperor Shitian.

• Luo Xian revealed herself as the Divine Mother of Tianmen and ordered Broken Wave and Po Jun to capture Cloud and Qin Shuang.
• Luo Xian called on Lord Conqueror to surrender, while Huai Kong, Second Dream, and Long Er attacked her and Po Jun intercepted them.
• Broken Wave overwhelmed Cloud until Wang Ming appeared and knocked the Fire Qilin Sword from his hand.
• Wang Ming confronted Luo Xian beneath the giant Buddha, and she challenged his claim to strength beyond the Trinity Origin Qi.
• Luo Xian declared that Wang Ming could never match her master, Emperor Shitian.

Wang Ming fought Divine Mother Luo Xian, who used the Sacred Heart Sutra’s teleportation and freezing techniques to attack him. He avoided her assault and infused vital qi into the giant Buddha statue, which began to strike at Luo Xian with an enormous palm.

• Wang Ming searched for Emperor Shitian while Divine Mother Luo Xian suddenly appeared and attacked him with a freezing palm.
• Luo Xian’s attack was repelled by Wang Ming’s aura barrier, and Wang Ming recognized her teleportation-like ability as the Sacred Heart Sutra’s Seven No Realms.
• Luo Xian unleashed freezing attacks across the area, forcing Wang Ming to dodge and leap onto the Buddha statue.
• Luo Xian used Profound Ice Severance to spread frost up the statue, but Wang Ming infused the Buddha with heaven and earth vital qi and his own true qi.
• The frost shattered as the Buddha statue moved, and its enormous palm descended toward Luo Xian.

Wang Ming used the giant Buddha statue to fight Divine Mother Luo Xian, but after striking her down, he faced her mysterious ice spikes and discovered she could evade them without moving. The battle continued atop the statue as both exchanged attacks, leaving Wang Ming wondering how Luo Xian’s Seven No Realms worked.

• Wang Ming used the Heaven and Earth Great Shift to control the giant Buddha statue and attack Divine Mother Luo Xian, shaking Tianshan and endangering everyone nearby.
• Broken Wave and Po Jun fled the mountain while Wang Ming protected Wind, Cloud, and Qin Shuang during the fight.
• The Buddha statue struck Luo Xian with a massive palm, but she survived and hit Wang Ming with three mysterious ice spikes.
• Wang Ming expelled the ice spikes from his body and redirected them at Luo Xian, who let them pass through her flesh without harm.
• Luo Xian unleashed dozens of ice spikes, and Wang Ming returned them with Star Shift as he wondered whether her Seven No Realms worked like Obito Uchiha’s Kamui.

Wang Ming exposed the weaknesses of Luo Xian’s Seven No Realms and moved their fight away from Heavenly Mountain. Luo Xian unleashed a devastating attack that buried Wang Ming beneath a rain of shattered stone.

• Wang Ming explained that the Seven No Realms could be weakened by lost energy and disrupted by true qi, startling Luo Xian with his knowledge.
• Wang Ming sent Qin Shuang, Wind, and Cloud to tend to their injuries, then challenged Luo Xian to continue the fight elsewhere.
• Wang Ming and Luo Xian moved to a barren mountain, where their attacks caused an earthquake and a landslide that nearly buried Broken Wave.
• Luo Xian entered the Buddha statue and froze it from within, forcing Wang Ming to leap clear.
• Luo Xian shattered the frozen Buddha into countless stone fragments, broke through Wang Ming’s protective barrier, and buried him beneath the debris.

Wang Ming emerged from the rubble in his Indestructible Vajra Body and fought Divine Mother Luo Xian to a stalemate. He drove her away by teasing her about being attracted to his physique, then revealed that he had been stalling until his golden-man form would expire.

• Divine Mother Luo Xian feared Broken Wave but had spared him because Emperor Shitian needed the seven chosen people to bear the backlash from slaying the divine dragon.
• Wang Ming burst from the rubble and withstood Luo Xian's attacks, while her Seven No Realms made her immune to his physical blows.
• After half an hour of futile fighting, Wang Ming asked Luo Xian to stop, but she kept testing his body for weaknesses.
• Luo Xian struck Wang Ming in the crotch, and he teased her about groping him and being stirred by his physique.
• Luo Xian blushed, cursed Wang Ming, and fled as a stream of icy energy.
• Wang Ming admitted he had acted like a scoundrel to make Luo Xian leave before his golden-man form expired.

Divine Mother Luo Xian reported her defeat to Emperor Shitian and explained that Lord Conqueror knew the weakness of the Seven No Realms. After reading the battle reports, Emperor Shitian suspected Lord Conqueror and Invincible Warrior were connected and decided to rethink his plans.

• Divine Mother Luo Xian knelt before Emperor Shitian and admitted she had failed to kill Lord Conqueror, explaining that he had concealed his strength.
• Emperor Shitian accepted Luo Xian’s account and spared her, then questioned how Lord Conqueror had learned the Seven No Realms’ weaknesses.
• Luo Xian explained that she and Wang Ming had deliberately fought without committing to a deadly battle, using their attacks to give her a plausible reason to retreat.
• Emperor Shitian received reports from Broken Wave and Po Jun that confirmed Luo Xian’s account.
• Emperor Shitian suspected that Invincible Warrior and Lord Conqueror were connected and reconsidered his plans regarding Lord Conqueror.

After the battle, Wang Ming returned to the Underworld Society, healed Wind’s temporary frenzy, and decided to strengthen his disciples sooner than planned. He gave Qin Shuang the Trinity Origin Qi and handed Cloud several manuals with warnings, leaving both disciples to develop their own martial paths.

• Wang Ming returned to the damaged Underworld Society, where Qin Shuang and Cloud greeted him and told him Wind had lost control after using the Demonic Saber.
• Wang Ming restored Wind’s consciousness and explained that Wind needed to cultivate the Ice Heart Sutra to permanently suppress the Demonic Saber’s influence.
• Wang Ming told Wind, Cloud, and Qin Shuang that their weakness had put the Society and their families at risk, so he would accelerate their training.
• Wang Ming praised Qin Shuang’s talent and gave him the sect’s Trinity Origin Qi cultivation technique, while explaining that Wind and Cloud should forge their own paths.
• Wang Ming gave Cloud four martial arts manuals, warned him against cultivating the Evil Warding Swordplay and Cihang Sword Canon, and told him to integrate the two palm techniques into his Cloud Dispensing Palm.

Wang Ming gave Wind a new saber manual after recognizing that Wind was avoiding his demonic heart, and Wind was reunited with Second Dream. Wind believed their relationship was secure, unaware that You Ruo and the other women from the Underworld Society were approaching.

• Wang Ming told Wind that practicing the Demonic Saber had stalled his cultivation, then gave him the Well Eight Methods manual when Wind refused to risk losing himself to the demonic path.
• Wind joyfully reunited with Second Dream, Huai Kong, and Long Er in the ruined hall.
• Long Er called Huai Kong his father, alarming Wind, but Second Dream explained that Long Er was her adopted son and Huai Kong was innocent.
• Wind and Second Dream caught up on their experiences while Huai Kong continued gazing at Cloud, making Cloud uncomfortable.
• You Ruo and the other women from the Underworld Society approached along the mountain road after the earthquake made the secret path unsafe.

After the crisis at the Underworld Society ended, Huai Kong asked Cloud to lend him the Peerless Sword to heal his master, but Cloud said he had lost it. Wang Ming then restrained Huai Kong and seized Heavenly Sin to examine the fierce weapon.

• You Ruo, Yan Ying, and the others returned to the Underworld Society after evacuating safely, while You Ruo and Second Dream quietly eyed each other as Wind lingered with Second Dream.
• Wang Ming focused his attention on Huai Kong, who politely asked Cloud to lend him the Peerless Sword to treat his master's internal injuries.
• Cloud refused because he had lost the Peerless Sword and could not remember where it went, leaving Huai Kong disappointed and ready to search elsewhere.
• Wang Ming trapped Huai Kong with Innate Gang Qi and pulled Heavenly Sin from his weapon case despite Huai Kong's warning that it would backlash.
• Wang Ming controlled Heavenly Sin's flying fragments and examined the weapon, which could transform into three forms and required internal qi and blood to keep its vicious nature in check.

Wang Ming studied Heavenly Sin and discovered that Huai Kong’s supposed master was actually Iron Madman impersonating Iron God. After deciding to travel to Iron Heart Island, Wang Ming assigned his disciples missions to retrieve Kong Ci, seek a martial arts legacy, and bring back the Xuanyuan sword.

• Wang Ming examined Heavenly Sin, recognized the brilliance of its craftsmanship, and asked Huai Kong to take him to Iron Heart Island.
• Wang Ming used the Soul Transfer Technique on Huai Kong and revealed that Iron Madman, Iron God’s twin, had impersonated him and deceived Huai Kong.
• Huai Kong realized the truth about his master and asked Wang Ming for help.
• Wang Ming put Qin Shuang in charge of rebuilding and managing the Underworld Society while he traveled to Iron Heart Island.
• Wang Ming ordered Cloud to retrieve Kong Ci from the Royal Mausoleum, claiming he could resurrect her.
• Wang Ming sent Wind to Lingyun Grotto to retrieve Invincible Warrior’s legacy and the Xuanyuan sword.

Wang Ming confronted Iron Madman on Iron Heart Island, where Huai Mie revealed that he had long known Iron Madman was an impostor. At the Imperial Royal Mausoleum, Cloud recovered his memories of Kong Ci and wondered whether the Crimson Blood Sword could open the sealed gate.

• Wang Ming flew to Iron Heart Island and confronted Iron Blood Butcher, who fled through a hidden mechanism to retrieve the Heavenly Tribulation Armor.
• Huai Kong and Huai Mie arrived, and Huai Kong identified Wang Ming as Lord Conqueror while Iron Blood Butcher emerged wearing the armor.
• Huai Mie revealed that he had known Iron Blood Butcher was not their master, surprising Huai Kong and Iron Madman.
• Cloud visited the Royal Mausoleum and recovered memories of Kong Ci, Lord Conqueror, and his complicated ties to Yu Chuchu, Yun'er, and Huo Butian.
• Cloud questioned whether the Crimson Blood Sword could open the sealed stone gate so he could see Kong Ci again.