Chapter Summaries

Zhang Peng dominated the martial contest, while Yue Qianchou dealt with Xin Lao San’s persistent pursuit. Wen Rui then revealed that Wen Lanfeng had left seclusion, prompting Nong Zhu to warn that a confrontation with Bi Changchun could cost him his life.

• Zhang Peng won five matches at the contest, drawing the attention of Zhao Heng and the three sisters, who confirmed he was from Biyuan Kingdom.
• Xin Lao San followed Yue Qianchou and revealed that his master was Lu Yanqing of Lingfang Valley.
• Mi Rushan ended the day’s contests, and Zhang Peng told Yue Qianchou he wanted to stop competing because the matches were meaningless.
• Xin Lao San followed the group to the Biyuan Kingdom embassy, where Nong Zhu seized and threw him out for trespassing.
• Wen Rui announced that Wen Lanfeng had left seclusion and hurried to return, while Nong Zhu warned him to prevent his ancestor from confronting Bi Changchun.
• Nong Zhu explained that Bi Changchun’s strength was unfathomable and that Wen Lanfeng could lose his life if he challenged him now.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Wen Rui learns about Bi Changchun's power and the impending conflict between Wen Lanfeng and Yue Qianchou's master.
• Nong Zhu advises Wen Rui to warn Wen Lanfeng, then takes Furong to meet Yue Qianchou's master and visit the South Sea Purple Bamboo Forest.
• Yue Qianchou waits for Xin Lao San outside the embassy, and they eventually go drinking together.

Character Developments

• Wen Rui understands the gravity of the situation and rushes to warn Wen Lanfeng.
• Yue Qianchou displays affection towards Furong and arranges for her safety.
• Xin Lao San shows his slow-witted nature and invites Yue Qianchou for drinks.

Significant Themes

• The power dynamics and conflicts between cultivators of different stages.
• The importance of loyalty and filial piety in cultivation and family.
• The theme of waiting and anticipation, as seen in Yue Qianchou's strategy of waiting for Xin Lao San.

Character Interactions

• Wen Rui and Nong Zhu: Nong Zhu advises Wen Rui, who then leaves to warn Wen Lanfeng.
• Yue Qianchou and Furong: Yue Qianchou reassures Furong and arranges for her to meet his master and visit the South Sea Purple Bamboo Forest.
• Yue Qianchou and Xin Lao San: Yue Qianchou waits for Xin Lao San, and they eventually go drinking together.

Yue Qianchou took Xin Lao San to Chunnuan Tower, where he pressed him to reveal why he had been following him. Xin Lao San claimed he wanted friendship and invited Yue Qianchou to Lingfang Valley; after accepting him as a friend and arranging for him to stay at the embassy, Yue Qianchou disappeared into the wilderness at night.

• Yue Qianchou persuaded the reluctant Xin Lao San to enter Chunnuan Tower, and Xin Lao San made him promise to keep the visit secret.
• Yue Qianchou ordered the best room, wine, food, and girls, then sent everyone out and confronted Xin Lao San about his motives.
• Xin Lao San said he wanted to be Yue Qianchou's friend and invited him to Lingfang Valley, and Yue Qianchou accepted while privately considering him a potential bodyguard.
• Yue Qianchou brought Xin Lao San back to the embassy and arranged for him to stay in the small courtyard.
• After night fell, Yue Qianchou quietly left his room and appeared in the desolate wilderness.

Yue Qianchou dispatched fifty Special Forces members to secretly plant teleportation points throughout the nations, while he stayed in Dayang City. He learned that cultivators were targeting his two sabers and realized his old claim that they came from the Eastern Pole Sacred Land had brought him into danger.

• Yue Qianchou briefed fifty Special Forces members on the covert Point Scouting operation and sent them to their assigned countries.
• Yue Qianchou explained that the team would secretly establish teleportation points at important locations across more than three hundred countries.
• Yue Qianchou spent several days exploring Dayang City with Xin Lao San and learned that elite disciples from various nations were gathering to seize his sabers.
• Xin Lao San told Yue Qianchou that his sabers' rumored origin and demonstrated power had made them coveted treasures, especially for Spirit Transformation stage cultivators.
• Yue Qianchou questioned whether Xin Lao San had befriended him for the sabers, and Xin Lao San explained why they would be especially valuable in the hands of a Spirit Transformation stage cultivator.

Wen Lanfeng emerged from seclusion and traveled to Shuntian Island, intending to defeat Bi Changchun so he could be with Lu Yanqing. He arrived to find Ziyi and Wood Lady Mu on the island, but Bi Changchun’s whereabouts remained unknown.

• Yue Qianchou discussed his Black Fire weapons with Xin Lao San and privately hoped Wen Lanfeng would die challenging Bi Changchun, leaving Lu Yanqing without a flower guardian.
• Wen Rui learned that Wen Lanfeng had left for the Demon Ghost Domain and feared what his confrontation with Bi Changchun could mean for Biyuan Kingdom.
• Wen Lanfeng reached Shuntian Island and recalled how Bi Changchun had defeated him there a hundred years earlier.
• Wen Lanfeng believed he had surpassed Bi Changchun and planned to spare him after claiming the title of strongest, so he could remain with Lu Yanqing.
• Wen Lanfeng spotted Ziyi and Wood Lady Mu on the island, called out to Ziyi, and asked where Nong Zhu and Bi Changchun were.

Wen Lanfeng arrived at Shuntian Island to challenge Bi Changchun to a spar, unaware that Bi was preparing to refine a high-grade spirit treasure with Ancestor Nanming. When Bi appeared behind him, Wen Lanfeng found that his presence still overwhelmed him, leaving him questioning whether his own cultivation truly surpassed Bi’s.

• Wen Lanfeng learned from Ziyi that Bi Changchun and Ancestor Nanming had just left Shuntian Island, then called out to Bi across the Demon Ghost Domain.
• At Twilight Valley, Bi Changchun and Ancestor Nanming prepared rare materials for a high-grade spirit treasure, and Bi explained that his mid-grade sword had shattered under his power.
• Bi Changchun and Ancestor Nanming heard Wen Lanfeng’s call and left the green fire formation to meet him.
• Nong Zhu heard Wen Lanfeng’s voice while hurrying toward Shuntian Island with Furong and rushed faster, fearing Wen had come after them.
• Bi Changchun appeared behind Wen Lanfeng, who turned to face him and felt his confidence collapse beneath Bi’s overwhelming presence.

Wen Lanfeng challenged Bi Changchun after a century of secluded cultivation, but their confrontation was interrupted by Nong Zhu and Furong’s arrival. Wen Lanfeng resumed the duel, and his sword strike reached Bi Changchun as the chapter ended.

• Ancestor Nanming sent Ziyi back to Shuntian Island while Wen Lanfeng confronted Bi Changchun.
• Nong Zhu arrived with Furong, whose reunion with Ziyi briefly eased the tension between the experts.
• Nong Zhu told Bi Changchun that Yue Qianchou had been injured after claiming to be the strongest expert below the Spirit Transformation stage.
• Wen Lanfeng challenged Bi Changchun to a rematch, and their powerful auras forced Nong Zhu and Ancestor Nanming to retreat.
• Wen Lanfeng summoned his Giant Silver sword and created countless doubles before striking at Bi Changchun, who raised his fingers to meet the blade.

Wen Lanfeng fought Bi Changchun on Shuntian Island, first unleashing Thousand Swords as One and then battling him at close range. As Wen Lanfeng’s swordsmanship broke through during the fight, Bi Changchun chose to prolong the contest and watched his opponent’s new insight unfold.

• Wen Lanfeng’s Thousand Swords as One formed a silver lotus of attacks, but Bi Changchun deflected every sword with precise finger flicks.
• Wen Lanfeng challenged Bi Changchun to make his move, and Bi Changchun vanished before reappearing above the island after exchanging blows at tremendous speed.
• Bi Changchun struck Wen Lanfeng and pursued him toward Thousand Mile Lake, where Wen Lanfeng halted his fall and counterattacked with Sword Without Arrows.
• Wen Lanfeng and Bi Changchun fought in a fierce exchange while suppressing their destructive power to protect Shuntian Island.
• Nong Zhu questioned whether Wen Lanfeng’s mid-grade spirit treasure could truly trap Bi Changchun, while Bi Changchun recognized that Wen Lanfeng had broken through a shackle and continued fighting to let him develop.

Bi Changchun overwhelmed Wen Lanfeng and nearly killed him, but stopped when Nong Zhu invoked Yue Qianchou. Wen Lanfeng survived with devastating injuries, and Nong Zhu brought him back to Shuntian Island.

• Bi Changchun halted Wen Lanfeng’s giant sword between two fingers and asked whether he still thought himself qualified to make Bi Changchun draw his sword.
• Wen Lanfeng admitted defeat, but Bi Changchun attacked him for trespassing into the Demon Ghost Domain, striking him repeatedly as Ancestor Nanming shielded Shuntian Island from the shockwaves.
• Nong Zhu was blocked from reaching Wen Lanfeng by Ancestor Nanming’s golden mesh, then shouted Yue Qianchou’s name to make Bi Changchun stop his final strike.
• Wen Lanfeng fell into Thousand Mile Lake, and Nong Zhu rushed to rescue him after Ancestor Nanming removed the golden mesh.
• Ancestor Nanming examined Wen Lanfeng’s severe injuries and said he could recover, while Nong Zhu scolded and slapped him for putting everyone through the ordeal.

Nong Zhu stopped Bi Changchun from killing Wen Lanfeng by arguing that Wen could protect Yue Qianchou, while Zhang Peng won the martial contest and was named the Great Yang Kingdom’s prospective imperial son-in-law. After a confrontation with Princess Zhao Chenxiang, Zhang Peng assaulted her and fled the palace, returning to Yue Qianchou with urgent matters to discuss.

• Nong Zhu slapped Wen Lanfeng, then helped him gather his scattered True Essence while Ancestor Nanming watched.
• Bi Changchun questioned Furong about her relationship with Yue Qianchou, and Nong Zhu persuaded him to spare Wen Lanfeng because Wen could help protect Yue Qianchou.
• Zhang Peng won the Great Yang Kingdom’s martial contest, and Emperor Zhao Heng hosted a banquet in his honor.
• Zhao Chenxiang summoned Zhang Peng to Liuxiang Zhai, where she and her sisters fought him; Zhang Peng disarmed and immobilized them, then raped Zhao Chenxiang.
• Zhang Peng used Zhao Chenxiang’s golden token to leave the palace, took leave of Wen Youyuan, and returned to the embassy courtyard to ask Yue Qianchou for a private conversation.

Yue Qianchou learned that Zhang Peng had forced himself on the Great Yang Kingdom's Princess, then tried to leave the Biyuan Kingdom embassy with him before the scandal was discovered. Mi Rushan arrived to take Zhang Peng away, and Yue Qianchou refused to let him go.

• Zhang Peng confessed to Yue Qianchou that he had seized the Princess and forced himself on her, and Yue Qianchou told him to stay and face the consequences.
• Zhao Heng learned what happened and asked the three Mi brothers to seek justice; Mi Rushan went to the Biyuan Kingdom embassy to demand Zhang Peng.
• Yue Qianchou told Wen Youyuan and Wen Bai about Zhang Peng's deed and revealed that Wen Lanfeng had emerged from seclusion.
• Mi Rushan appeared in the embassy hall and ordered Zhang Peng to go with him, but Yue Qianchou challenged his right to take him.
• When Mi Rushan asked Zhang Peng what he had done, Zhang Peng denied doing anything.

Yue Qianchou killed Mi Rushan while defending Zhang Peng, then warned Zhang Peng against harming ordinary people. To retaliate against Huo Zongming, Yue led attacks on all seventeen Spirit Stone mines, leaving them slaughtered and destroyed.

• Mi Rushan attacked Zhang Peng, but Yue Qianchou used the Star Absorbing Great Method to drain and kill him, then burned his corpse and took his storage pouch.
• Yue Qianchou left with Zhang Peng, told Wen Bai and Wen Youyuan to blame him for Mi Rushan’s death, and departed after assuring Xin Lao San he would go to Lingfang Valley.
• Yue Qianchou brought Zhang Peng to Utopia, reprimanded him for abusing his cultivation, and sent him back to his unit.
• Yue Qianchou inspected the seventeen Spirit Stone mines in Huo Zongming’s territory and ordered his teams to kill everyone, seize everything, and destroy the mines.
• The teams massacred the mine personnel, collapsed every tunnel, and leveled the residential areas before Yue Qianchou surveyed the ruins and vowed to keep Huo Zongming occupied.

Guan Yu questioned Yue Qianchou’s order to massacre the miners, but accepted that his place was in training the troops. Meanwhile, Yue Qianchou met Xin Lao San, and Huo Zongming learned that all seventeen of Guangzhao Peak’s Spirit Stone mines had been destroyed, prompting an investigation into the mysterious Hero.

• Guan Yu told Yue Qianchou he would stop joining the fighting and focus on training the troops.
• Yue Qianchou met Xin Lao San on the road outside Dayang City, and they flew away together after sharing sour wild apples.
• Mi Ruhai told Huo Zongming that Yue Qianchou had killed his elder brother and that Wen Lanfeng had emerged from seclusion, so Huo Zongming ordered him not to provoke the Wen family.
• Lu Chengjian reported that all seventeen of Guangzhao Peak’s Spirit Stone mines had been destroyed and looted, with several thousand disciples killed.
• Huo Zongming ordered Lu Chengjian to investigate Hero, while Yin Baikang concluded that Huo Zongming had likely been the true target and went to check on his business.

Yin Baikang oversaw preparations for the Treasure Gathering Basin Convention while Yan Zhuixing sought Seven Star Blood Orchids and decided to travel through the nations. As cultivators across the Cultivation World hunted Yue Qianchou for his treasured blades, he and Xin Lao San continued toward Lingfang Valley in hiding.

• Yin Baikang visited Treasure Gathering Hall, checked on its business and the convention preparations with Jing Yuankong, and asked after the sect’s disciples.
• Yan Zhuixing trained on Wuji Island, asked Man Hu to find seven Seven Star Blood Orchids, and learned that Yue Qianchou had looted seventeen Spirit Stone mines in the Great Yang Kingdom.
• Yan Zhuixing decided to travel through the various nations and attend the Treasure Gathering Basin Convention, despite Man Hu’s warning about the tense situation.
• Man Hu explained that the nations were delaying a decisive battle because they feared Bi Changchun might retaliate against them.
• Cultivators from every nation began searching for Yue Qianchou, while Xin Lao San kept him hidden as they traveled toward Lingfang Valley.

Yue Qianchou and Xin Lao San evaded cultivators searching for them as they crossed toward Jinshan Kingdom. Yue Qianchou decided to head for the forbidden Misty Forest, but as they reached the exposed border, he considered using Xin Lao San to draw away their pursuers.

• Yue Qianchou urged Xin Lao San to leave him, but Xin Lao San refused and promised that his nine brothers would help Yue Qianchou in the future.
• Xin Lao San argued that Yue Qianchou would be hunted wherever he went, so they should face the danger together.
• Yue Qianchou and Xin Lao San discussed the exposed terrain of Jinshan Kingdom and chose the Misty Forest as their destination.
• Xin Lao San warned Yue Qianchou that the Misty Forest was a deadly forbidden land shrouded in poisonous Seven-Colored Mist, but Yue Qianchou believed his Ruyi Pill could protect him.
• The two crossed two mountains and reached the forest's edge, where cultivators watched the route ahead; Yue Qianchou considered having Xin Lao San lure them away.

Yue Qianchou devises a plan to escape from Dayang City with Xin Lao San's help. Xin Lao San is initially skeptical but agrees after seeing Yue Qianchou's confidence. Yue Qianchou lures their pursuers away while Xin Lao San escapes. Yue Qianchou, however, is discovered and chased by a large group of cultivators. He fights his way through, determined to reach the Misty Forest. Meanwhile, Xin Lao San, realizing Yue Qianchou's sacrifice, joins the fight to help him. Yue Qianchou is intercepted by a group of powerful cultivators led by a late Tribulation Transcendence expert, who aim to seize the treasure sabers for themselves. The chapter ends with Yue Qianchou cornered and outnumbered, facing a formidable enemy.

Yue Qianchou was cornered by Bai Meng's forces near the Misty Forest and unleashed his azure flames and Black Fire flying swords against them. He killed five late Tribulation Transcendence stage experts and slaughtered most of the attacking cultivators, while Bai Meng's desperate cry for him to stop went unanswered.

• Bai Meng led hundreds of cultivators to intercept Yue Qianchou and ordered them to attack before more enemies arrived.
• Yue Qianchou unleashed the Star Flame Fire Art, engulfing the attackers' flying swords in azure flames and forcing the cultivators to retreat.
• Bai Meng sent fourteen late Tribulation Transcendence stage experts to break through the flames with sword aura, but Yue Qianchou countered with his Black Fire flying swords.
• Yue Qianchou's Black Fire flying swords pierced the defenses of five experts and killed them, horrifying Bai Meng, Xin Lao San, and the other witnesses.
• The Black Fire flying swords turned on the surrounding cultivators, killing nearly all of the four or five hundred who could not escape as Bai Meng shouted for Yue Qianchou to stop.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Cultivators from various countries gather around the Misty Forest, witnessing Yue Qianchou's powerful display, which results in heavy losses, including five late Tribulation Transcendence stage experts.
• Survivors realize that the edge of the Misty Forest is survivable and start entering it.
• Yue Qianchou enters the Misty Forest, and the surroundings become denser.
• Disciples who exit the Misty Forest are found to be poisoned, their insides turning into black, viscous liquid upon contact, causing a panic among the remaining cultivators.
• Bai Meng, enraged, challenges Yue Qianchou to come out, but there's no response. Yue Qianchou's strange behavior in entering the Misty Forest is discussed.

Character Developments

• Yue Qianchou demonstrates his power and ruthlessness, instilling fear in the cultivators.
• Bai Meng's anger and desperation grow after suffering heavy losses.
• Xin Lao San realizes his underestimation of Yue Qianchou's power and regrets his actions.
• Liu Zhenyang shows concern for his senior brother's well-being and advises him to plan for the long term.

Significant Themes

• Power and its consequences: Yue Qianchou's power instills fear and causes heavy losses, but it also makes others wary of underestimating him.
• Poison and its dangers: The Misty Forest's poison is revealed to be deadly, with no immediate cure or antidote.
• Regret and its impact: Xin Lao San regrets his actions, which have led to the current situation.

Character Interactions

• Cultivators from various countries interact, expressing their shock, fear, and regret at the turn of events.
• Bai Meng and Liu Zhenyang interact, with Liu Zhenyang showing concern and advising caution to his senior brother.
• Yue Qianchou's actions and words from within the Misty Forest provoke and taunt Bai Meng and the others.

Yue Qianchou unleashed his Black Fire flying swords on the thousands of cultivators pursuing him, killing nearly two thousand before retreating into the Seven-Colored Mist. The survivors counted their losses and confronted him, but he mocked them from safety and dared them to enter the forest.

• The fleeing cultivators were caught in chaos as Yue Qianchou’s flying swords slaughtered nearly two thousand of them.
• Yue Qianchou recalled his swords and hid in the Seven-Colored Mist while the survivors watched scavenger birds descend on the dead and then killed them in anger.
• The leaders counted their losses, with some sects wiped out and others left with only a few survivors.
• Ji Fenglu accused Yue Qianchou of killing the Yasa Kingdom’s disciples, and Yue Qianchou denied it while pointing out that the cultivators had come to seize his treasure.
• Yue Qianchou mocked the crowd for daring to attack him but refusing to enter the Misty Forest, then challenged them to fight him alone or together.

Summary of Chapter 6: Misty Forest

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yue Qianchou enters the Misty Forest, where dozens of cultivators have died inexplicably.
• He taunts the cultivators outside, vowing to break through and settle accounts with them.
• The cultivators outside use gravel to attack Yue Qianchou, who escapes after being annoyed.
• Yue Qianchou discovers the power of the Seven-Colored Mist and the golden bead in his Nascent Soul.
• He decides to explore deeper into the Misty Forest despite the risks.
• He encounters a strange, eerie forest and hears an ominous cry.
• Yue Qianchou reaches the peak of a basin-shaped mountain, revealing a golden depression and altar.

Character Developments

• Yue Qianchou displays arrogance and recklessness, but also shows caution and adaptability.
• The cultivators outside show frustration and anger towards Yue Qianchou's actions.

Significant Themes

• The power of the Seven-Colored Mist and its potential danger.
• Yue Qianchou's reliance on the golden bead for protection.
• The mystery and allure of the Misty Forest.

Character Interactions

• Yue Qianchou interacts with the cultivators outside through taunts and threats.
• Yue Qianchou interacts with the environment, exploring the Misty Forest and discovering its secrets.
• The cultivators outside interact with each other, strategizing and venting their frustrations.