Chapter Summaries

Zhu Lian and Lu Baixiang joined Liu Chongrun on an expedition to recover Pearl Hairpin Island’s lost water palace and dragon boat, escorted by Liu Xunmei and Great Li cavalry. Elsewhere, Li Xisheng honored an old scholar’s final lecture, while Ma Kuxuan moved his family away from Longquan County and continued to torment Shudian as he considered his rivalry with Chen Ping'an.

• Wei Bo watched Zhu Lian, Lu Baixiang, and Liu Chongrun disembark at Miasma Cloud Crossing to seek Pearl Hairpin Island’s water palace and dragon boat.
• Zhu Lian and Lu Baixiang discussed their martial paths as Liu Chongrun considered Luopo Mountain’s hidden strengths and Pearl Hairpin Island’s uncertain future.
• Liu Xunmei, Wei Xian, Cao Jun, and Great Li cavalry met the trio and escorted them toward the concealed treasure.
• Li Xisheng and Cui Ci watched an old Fish Fowl Academy scholar deliver his final lecture, and Li Xisheng, Liu Jinglong, and Zhou Mi honored him.
• Ma Kuxuan arranged for his parents to leave Longquan County, secured a shrine for his grandmother Ma Lanhua, and continued abusing his maidservant Shudian.
• Ma Kuxuan reflected on powerful cultivators across Treasure Bottle Continent and regarded Chen Ping'an as a worthy opponent, while planning Shudian’s future torment.

Chen Lingjun mourned the quiet on Luopo Mountain before Cui Dongshan arrived and grieved over Cui Cheng’s death. Elsewhere, Wei Bo confronted Jin Qing over his allegiance to Great Li, and Pei Qian said goodbye to Cui Cheng and accepted the martial fortune he left her.

• Chen Lingjun brooded over Luopo Mountain’s emptiness until Cui Chan appeared, then Cui Dongshan arrived and angrily lamented that Cui Cheng had entered the Lotus Root Blessed Land and lost his Eleventh Realm cultivation.
• Cui Dongshan remembered his grandfather and regretted the words he had never said to him, while the morning bell rang over Longquan County City.
• Wei Bo visited Wu Yuan, received his research on Jin Qing, and confronted Jin Qing on Chezi Mountain, demanding that he show loyalty to Great Li.
• Xu Ruo halted the clash between Wei Bo and Jin Qing, then encouraged Jin Qing to choose for himself; Jin Qing agreed to visit Piyun Mountain and apologize, while Xu Ruo left for the Great Li capital.
• Pei Qian met Cao Qinglang, admitted she had once feared he would take Chen Ping'an from her, and apologized; when she learned Cui Cheng was dead, she rushed to Xinxiang Temple and begged him to wake.
• Cui Cheng’s dormant boxing intent stirred, and his martial fortune appeared; Cao Qinglang comforted Pei Qian, who finally accepted the bead he had left for her.

Chen Ping'an endured Li Er’s brutal sparring session and broke through in both martial arts and Dao cultivation. He then rejected the martial fortune gathering above Lion Peak, sending it across Northern Juluzhou with a punch in honor of Senior Gu.

• Li Er challenged Chen Ping'an to use every trick he had, then struck him with the bamboo pole as Chen Ping'an attacked with talismans, flying swords, and magic robes.
• Li Er continued testing Chen Ping'an’s control of martial arts and Dao cultivation, and Chen Ping'an used his Yin God and a talisman-made Flood Dragon in the fight.
• Li Liu sensed an unusual change in the Sky Curtain while Chen Ping'an kept fighting until he reached breakthroughs in martial arts and Dao cultivation.
• Chen Ping'an told Li Er he would not regret refusing to keep Senior Gu’s martial fortune, and Li Liu congratulated him on his breakthroughs.
• Golden clouds gathered above Lion Peak, and Chen Ping'an used Chuyi and Shiwu as stepping stones before scattering the martial fortune across Northern Juluzhou with the Cloud Steaming Great Marsh Style.

After recovering from his breakthrough on Lion Peak, Chen Ping'an visited Qi Jinglong at Taihui Sword Sect and prepared to travel south toward Bone Beach. The chapter ended with Cui Dongshan heading north, raiding Guān City with Magic Treasures and meeting Zhu Quan in Mural City.

• Li Liu repaired Chen Ping'an's Daoist Robes, and she and Huang Cai shared a quiet reconciliation as she eased the restrictions on Lion Peak's Cave Abode and teachings.
• Half a month later, Li Er trained Chen Ping'an, who then left Lion Peak with a letter for Aunt Liu, local gifts, repaired robes, and a jade tablet inscribed "Old Flood Dragon Ding Fengbo."
• Chen Ping'an reached Taihui Sword Sect, reunited with Qi Jinglong, and learned that Bai Shang's sword challenge would help protect Qi Jinglong from political pressure; the two drank together before Chen Ping'an departed for Padi Peak.
• Chen Ping'an learned Zhang Shanfeng had already left with Yuan Ling Hall, declined to visit the sleeping Fire Dragon True Person, and boarded a ferry toward Spring Dew Garden and Qinghao Kingdom.
• Cui Dongshan traveled north to Bone Beach, tore open the Sky Curtain above Guān City, and showered Gao Cheng with Magic Treasures before escaping without pursuit.
• In Mural City, Cui Dongshan tried to buy every Goddess Painting in a shop after bargaining for one, then met Zhu Quan, who recognized Chen Ping'an's Hiking Staff; Cui Dongshan burst into tears when she teased him.

Chen Ping'an reunited with Li Xisheng in Qinghao Kingdom and learned that Li Xisheng had received the Great Dao fortune originally meant for him. After visiting Spring Dew Garden and tending to his business and acquaintances, Chen Ping'an met Cui Dongshan, who had arrived after Senior Cui left, and the two prepared to return home together.

• Chen Ping'an visited Li Xisheng, who explained that he had taken Chen Ping'an's share of fortune and had once intended to return it by giving him the peachwood talisman.
• Chen Ping'an and Li Xisheng played chess and discussed Chen Ping'an's fears, his efforts to do good, and the limits of his vision.
• Chen Ping'an reached Spring Dew Garden, reviewed Ant Shop's accounts, entrusted Wang Tingfang with two treasures for display, and visited several acquaintances and sites.
• Chen Ping'an met Tan Ling at Jade Ledge Cliff, then sent letters and Little Profound Wall tea to Qi Jinglong and messages to Xu Xingjiu and Liu Zhiqing.
• Cui Dongshan questioned Song Lanqiao about Chen Ping'an and hurried ahead to Spring Dew Garden, where he found Chen Ping'an gathering stones by a stream.
• Chen Ping'an asked whether Senior Cui had left and whether Cui Dongshan was all right, then told him they would go home together.

Spring Dew Garden’s leaders debated how to respond to Chen Ping'an and Cui Dongshan, while Tang Xi met them at Jade Ledge Cliff and learned they would soon leave for Bone Beach. As Chen Ping'an and Cui Dongshan waited for Song Lanqiao’s ferry, they discussed their pasts, the people who had shaped them, and the hardships they carried.

• Tan Ling asked the Spring Dew Garden Patriarch Hall to decide how to approach Chen Ping'an and Cui Dongshan, and Lin Cheng'e argued for Tang Xi’s standing while clashing with Gao Song.
• Tang Xi traveled to Jade Ledge Cliff and told Chen Ping'an that Spring Dew Garden was worried about the pair’s visit.
• Chen Ping'an assured Tang Xi that he and Cui Dongshan would soon leave on Song Lanqiao’s ferry and that he would speak favorably of Spring Dew Garden to his Pima Sect acquaintances.
• Chen Ping'an and Cui Dongshan discussed Gao Cheng, the people Cui Dongshan had made, and Chen Ping'an’s memories of hardship and the choices that shaped his life.
• Chen Ping'an told Cui Dongshan that Pei Qian’s grief for Senior Cui need not be overcome, and Cui Dongshan fell asleep beside him after reflecting on how Qi Jingchun must have felt watching Chen Ping'an grow.

Chen Ping'an and Cui Dongshan traveled from Old Locust Street to Bone Beach, laying groundwork for cooperation between Luopo Mountain, Spring Dew Garden, and Pima Sect. After reaching Pima Sect, Chen Ping'an helped Pang Lanxi with his romantic worries and planned a set of martial-practice bricks for Luopo Mountain before beginning the journey home with Cui Dongshan.

• Chen Ping'an and Cui Dongshan visited their shop on Old Locust Street, then boarded a Spring Dew Garden ferry with Tan Ling and Tang Xi waiting at Fu Shui Ferry.
• Cui Dongshan explained how Song Lanqiao, Tang Xi, and Lin Cheng'e could stabilize Spring Dew Garden and described a possible trade partnership with Luopo Mountain; Chen Ping'an declined to visit Gao Cheng at Guān City.
• Song Lanqiao delivered gifts from himself and Tan Ling, and Chen Ping'an discussed future business with him while Cui Dongshan trapped Song Lanqiao in an illusory Small World to teach him about cultivating the heart.
• Chen Ping'an and Cui Dongshan reached Pima Sect, where Cui Dongshan's improvements to Muyi Mountain's Mountain Protecting Formation impressed the sect; Chen Ping'an and Wei Yusong negotiated cross-continent trade with Spring Dew Garden.
• Chen Ping'an reassured Pang Lanxi that the girl he liked would not turn to Cui Dongshan, then encouraged him to visit her and welcomed Xu Xingjiu's possible future visit.
• Chen Ping'an asked Cui Dongshan to inscribe words on green bricks for martial practice at Luopo Mountain, and the two boarded Pima Sect's Cross-Continent Ferry to begin their journey home.

Chen Ping'an returned to Luopo Mountain, learned of Senior Cui’s death, and reunited with Pei Qian and Zhou Mili in the Lotus Root Blessed Land. After speaking with Zhong Qiu about the blessed land’s future, he returned home with his disciples, where Pei Qian confronted his hidden grief as he prepared to leave again.

• Chen Ping'an arrived at Luopo Mountain and learned that Senior Cui had left instructions for his ashes to be scattered in the Lotus Root Blessed Land.
• Chen Ping'an entered the Nanyuan Kingdom capital, comforted Pei Qian and Zhou Mili, and reunited with Cao Qinglang.
• Chen Ping'an walked with Zhong Qiu, who shared that Emperor Wei Liang had abdicated and agreed to join Luopo Mountain as a Guest Official.
• Chen Ping'an met the former emperor, then left the Lotus Root Blessed Land with Pei Qian and Zhou Mili.
• Cui Dongshan explained Senior Cui’s death and Chen Ping'an’s quiet grief to Pei Qian, who urged her master not to be sad.
• Chen Ping'an told Pei Qian he would soon leave home again, and he reached the Golden Body Realm.

Chen Ping'an discussed Luopo Mountain’s responsibilities and his disciples’ futures with Cui Dongshan, then prepared Chen Lingjun for a dangerous River Transformation journey. In the ancestral courtyard, Cui Dongshan challenged Chen Ping'an to consider how different tragedies might have changed his life, and Chen Ping'an revealed that he understood Qi Jingchun had continued protecting his path after death.

• Chen Ping'an and Cui Dongshan discussed protecting Chen Ruchu, Pei Qian’s training, Cao Qinglang’s future, and Zhao Shu Xia’s martial arts; Chen Ping'an agreed to spar with Pei Qian and considered Cao Qinglang’s place at Luopo Mountain.
• Chen Ping'an visited Zheng Dafeng, told him about the possibility of recovering his lost spirit, and suggested he visit the Lotus Root Blessed Land if he wanted a change of scenery.
• Chen Ping'an spent the night preparing Chen Lingjun for the River Transformation through the Ji Ditch, explaining its dangers and accepting that Chen Lingjun could choose when to undertake it.
• Chen Ping'an visited Jiu'er at the Grass Head Shop and discussed the Bride Ghost’s past and the difficulty of judging her actions with Cui Dongshan.
• At the ancestral home, Cui Dongshan asked Chen Ping'an to consider how different tragedies could have altered his life; Chen Ping'an acknowledged that Qi Jingchun had deliberately placed the contest among the three teachings upon him and continued protecting his path after death.

Chen Ping'an welcomed Luopo Mountain's new dragon boat, weighed the cost of confronting the Great Li Dynasty over the Dazhao Mountain ferry, and oversaw the construction of the mountain's Patriarch Hall. The chapter ended with Chen Ping'an leading the hall's portrait-hanging and incense-offering ceremony as Luopo Mountain formally honored its founders and members.

• Chen Ping'an and Cui Dongshan discussed the dangers awaiting Chen Ping'an as he climbed the cultivation ranks, and Chen Ping'an resolved to keep advancing one step at a time.
• Chen Ping'an welcomed Lu Baixiang, Wei Xian, and Liu Chongrun at Niujiao Mountain Ferry, where Luopo Mountain acquired the dragon boat Overturned Ink.
• Aboard the dragon boat, Chen Ping'an considered the consequences of seeking justice for Chunshui and Qiushi, then discussed the ferry and Luopo Mountain's plans with Lu Baixiang.
• Chen Ping'an began construction of Luopo Mountain's Patriarch Hall on Jise Peak, while Chen Lingjun's bargain purchase of Huanghu Mountain earned him praise from the others.
• Zhu Lian returned to Luopo Mountain, and Sui Youbian emerged from a scroll painting after dying while attempting to kill someone on Tongye Continent.
• Chen Ping'an led the ceremony at the completed Patriarch Hall, where three portraits were hung and Luopo Mountain's members and guardians were formally honored.

As Luopo Mountain expanded its holdings and prepared to manage the newly middle-grade Lotus Root Blessed Land, Chen Ping'an negotiated its future and set out for Great Sui Academy to visit his former students. At Cliff Academy, Li Huai reunited with Li Liu, while Lin Shouyi arrived too late to see her.

• Zhu Lian planned Jise Peak's buildings, and Chen Ping'an gave parting gifts and advice to departing Luopo Mountain companions, including Cao Qinglang and Chen Lingjun.
• Chen Ping'an and Jiang Shangzhen settled on a permanent fifteen-percent share of the Lotus Root Blessed Land's profits for Zhou Fei, and Jiang Shangzhen warned him about the future burdens of managing it.
• Liu Chongrun reconsidered Pearl Hairpin Island's position after witnessing Luopo Mountain's strength and unity at its Patriarch Hall ceremony.
• Li Liu visited Li Huai at Cliff Academy and left him a bundle of valuables; they spoke about their family, their friends, and how their travels had changed them.
• Lin Shouyi arrived after Li Liu had left, and Li Huai secretly wrote Chen Ping'an's name on a table before returning to his room.
• At the start of winter, Chen Ping'an prepared to sail with Pei Qian to Great Sui Academy, while Cui Dongshan and Wei Xian departed by a Great Li military ferry.

Chen Ping'an and Pei Qian visited Cliff Academy, where he reunited with Li Baoping and the other former classmates, told them Luopo Mountain had established its own Patriarch Hall, and shared a day of games and conversation. After leaving the academy, Chen Ping'an resumed his southbound journey aboard the Pima Sect ferry, negotiating trade and blessed-land matters before heading toward the Sword Qi Great Wall.

• Chen Ping'an and Pei Qian arrived at Cliff Academy in Great Sui Capital City, where Chen Ping'an reunited with Mao Xiaodong and learned how Li Baoping, Lin Shouyi, Yu Lu, Xie Xie, and Li Huai had fared.
• Chen Ping'an shared wine and memories with Li Baoping, then gathered his former classmates at Xie Xie's residence and invited them to visit Luopo Mountain, which now had its own Patriarch Hall.
• Chen Ping'an, Pei Qian, and the others played Go, joked about their martial-world gang, and went out for food; afterward, Yu Lu declined to spar with Chen Ping'an and said he would practice with Zhu Lian instead.
• Chen Ping'an and Pei Qian played in the snow with Li Baoping and Li Huai, then departed; Li Baoping watched them go and ran to the familiar tree atop Donghua Mountain.
• Chen Ping'an bought jade for seals and returned to Niujiao Mountain Ferry with Pei Qian, then boarded a southbound Pima Sect ferry and negotiated cross-continent trade with Wei Yusong, Tang Xi, and Wei Bo.
• Li Fuqu, Sun Jiashu, and Fan Er joined Chen Ping'an to discuss the Lotus Root Blessed Land; after the ferry reached the crossing outside Old Dragon City, Chen Ping'an continued toward the Sword Qi Great Wall aboard the Sun family's ferry.

Chen Ping'an traveled to Inverted Mountain and found a way past its tightened rules to enter the Sword Qi Great Wall. He arrived at the residence where Ning Yao was staying and introduced himself as someone who had come from Vast Heaven and Earth to see her.

• Chen Ping'an reflected on Luopo Mountain’s finances, his cultivation, and the people he had known before traveling onward aboard the Sun family’s Mountain Sea Turtle.
• At Inverted Mountain, Chen Ping'an learned that strict rules had made entry to the Sword Qi Great Wall difficult, but the sword-holding man agreed to send him through after Chen Ping'an gave him eight flasks of Osmanthus Brew.
• Chen Ping'an bought a Plain White Jade Token at Lingzhizhai, carved an inscription into it, and visited Jingjian Pavilion before returning to the Stork Inn.
• The sword-holding man hurled Chen Ping'an through the gate, and Chen Ping'an reached the Sword Qi Great Wall despite the guards’ questions and teasing.
• Chen Ping'an knocked at a large residence, embraced the woman who opened the gate, and told her he had come to see Ning Yao.

Chen Ping'an reunited with Ning Yao at the Sword Qi Great Wall after nearly ten years apart, where their friends questioned his place beside her and Ning Yao confronted him about hiding his strength. The chapter ended with Ning Yao confessing her fear that he might stop loving her, while Chen Ping'an sat beside her beneath the three moons.

• Chen Ping'an reunited with Ning Yao and promised he would stay, then greeted Yan Zhuo, Dong Huafu, Diezhang, and Chen Sanqiu.
• Yan Zhuo teased Chen Ping'an and criticized his talismans, while Chen Ping'an challenged the group to spar and Ning Yao grew angry when she learned he had hidden his realm from her.
• Chen Ping'an thanked Ning Yao's friends for staying by her, and they left the two of them alone in a pavilion atop the Dragon Slaying Platform.
• Ning Yao questioned Chen Ping'an about women who had liked him, and Nun Bai confirmed that he had reached the Seventh Realm.
• Chen Ping'an gave Ning Yao a travelogue of his years away, and they fell asleep beside each other as she read.
• Ning Yao confessed that she had feared Chen Ping'an might stop loving her, and Chen Ping'an woke and sat beside her beneath the three moons.

Chen Ping'an settled into the Ning residence after Nun Bai tested his martial strength, then learned more about the sacrifices and brutal calculations shaping life at the Sword Qi Great Wall. As he considered a secret matter he needed to discuss with Chen Qingdu, he practiced to steady himself while Ning Yao reread a tender line he had written about her.

• Nun Bai questioned Chen Ping'an about his past opponents, then struck him with a Far Travel Realm punch to test him before allowing him to stay.
• Ning Yao read Chen Ping'an's book, teased him about its accounts of women, and showed him the houses he could choose from.
• Ning Yao told Chen Ping'an how Nun Bai and Nalan Yexing had suffered Realm Drops protecting her, and described how young sword cultivators measured their worth by killing demons.
• Nun Bai gave Chen Ping'an the keys to his chosen house, where he examined his Immortal Weapon GoldenLi and considered asking Chen Qingdu about suspicions concerning the Sword Qi Great Wall.
• Chen Ping'an practiced punches to quiet his worries and admitted to himself that he missed Ning Yao, while Ning Yao lingered over his written description of seeing her.

Chen Ping'an learned the history of the Ning and Yao households, then tested himself against Bai Lianshuang and asked to remain beside Ning Yao when the next battle came. As the chapter ended, he and Ning Yao walked together while their friends gathered outside the Ning residence, and she found herself struck by how handsome he looked.

• Bai Lianshuang told Chen Ping'an how Ning Yao's parents had struggled with the Yao Household and how Ning Yao had chosen the Dragon Slaying Platform piece he later received.
• Chen Ping'an confessed his fear that he had done too little for Ning Yao and said he would stay beside her and fight beyond the wall when the Demon Race attacked again.
• Chen Ping'an sparred with Bai Lianshuang, endured her punches, and learned from her boxing before sharing wine and stories with her as Ning Yao watched.
• Yan Zhuo, Diezhang, Dong Huafu, Dong Budé, and Chen Sanqiu were shown reflecting on their lives, friendships, and memories of A Liang.
• Yan Zhuo, Dong Huafu, and Chen Sanqiu visited Ning Yao and Chen Ping'an, then left them to walk together around the residence.
• Chen Ping'an offered to help Diezhang's shop, then playfully startled Ning Yao, who dodged him and found herself thinking he was handsome.

Chen Ping'an asked Bai Lianshuang and Nalan Yexing to help arrange his marriage proposal to Ning Yao, then joined her friends and faced the Sword Qi Great Wall’s challengers. After decisively defeating Ren Yi and a Golden Core sword cultivator, he invited Pang Yuanji to fight him.

• Chen Ping'an watched Ning Yao cultivate and asked Nalan Yexing about her escorts, the recent battles, and Wei Jin’s role as her protector.
• Chen Ping'an showed Bai Lianshuang and Nalan Yexing his proposed betrothal gifts, explained why he wanted to marry Ning Yao, and named the Old Great Sword Immortal as his intended matchmaker.
• Ning Yao’s friends gathered at the Ning residence, where Dong Huafu and Diezhang sparred and Yan Zhuo challenged Chen Ping'an to fight.
• Chen Ping'an went with Ning Yao and her friends to meet the waiting sword cultivators, then defeated Ren Yi by preventing him from drawing his sword and evading his attacks.
• Chen Ping'an overwhelmed a white-robed Golden Core sword cultivator and challenged Qi Shou, before inviting Pang Yuanji to fight him.

Chen Ping'an challenged Pang Yuanji and Qi Shou, then fought Qi Shou in a fierce battle that ended when he drew the Immortal Weapon Sword Immortal. After Qi Shou conceded, Chen Ping'an invited Pang Yuanji to fight, leaving the street poised for their duel.

• Pang Yuanji rejected Chen Ping'an's objection to the Vast Heaven and Earth, and Qi Shou arrived to take over the confrontation.
• Lord Yin Guan interrupted the standoff, wrecked a tavern to get wine, then let Qi Shou and Chen Ping'an continue their fight.
• Qi Shou used three Natal Flying Swords against Chen Ping'an, but Chen Ping'an pressed through the attacks and battered him with punches.
• Qi Shou summoned his Yin God and drew the Half-Immortal Weapon Gao Zhu, but Chen Ping'an received the Immortal Weapon Sword Immortal from the Ning Residence.
• Qi Shou sheathed Gao Zhu and left after Chen Ping'an challenged him to choose a place for their next fight; Chen Ping'an then invited Pang Yuanji to make the first move.
• Pang Yuanji introduced himself, and Chen Ping'an answered that he was the man Ning Yao loved.

Chen Ping'an fought Pang Yuanji in a fourth challenge after defeating Ren Yi, Pu Yu, and Qi Shou, and overwhelmed Pang Yuanji with hidden flying swords, his Yin God, and a devastating punch. The fight ended with Chen Ping'an badly injured but standing, while Pang Yuanji lay buried beneath the street.

• Chen Ping'an advanced through Pang Yuanji's Sword Qi river while scattering talismans, and Pang Yuanji used copies and formations to turn the street into his domain.
• Nalan Yexing told Bai Lianshuang that Chen Ping'an had studied his opponents and practiced against imitations of their flying swords; Cui Wei later reported Chen Ping'an's victories over Ren Yi, Pu Yu, and Qi Shou.
• Chen Ping'an revealed Flying Sword Chuyi and sent his Yin God into the air, destroying Pang Yuanji's copies and striking through the talisman formation.
• Pang Yuanji summoned a Golden Dharma Appearance, but Chen Ping'an broke through its attacks and punched Pang Yuanji from the sky into the street.
• Chen Ping'an landed beside the crater with one arm hanging limp and his hand badly injured, then smiled and winked at Ning Yao.

After defeating Qi Shou and Pang Yuanji, Chen Ping'an recovered at the Ning residence while Ning Yao explained how he had won through careful planning and misdirection. Three days later, Chen Ping'an met Chen Qingdu on the wall, where they discussed the Sword Qi Great Wall’s purpose and fate, before Chen Ping'an and Ning Yao shared a moonlit walk that ended with her grandfather and another elder appearing.

• Ning Yao explained to her friends how Chen Ping'an had outthought Qi Shou and Pang Yuanji, and Chen Ping'an later admitted that he had staged parts of the fights and relied on the Great Wall's rules and his opponents' temperaments.
• Chen Ping'an told Ning Yao that he trusted her friends, then rested with her after the others left; Nun Bai reported that Lüduan wanted Chen Ping'an to take her as a disciple.
• Three days later, Chen Ping'an visited Chen Qingdu on the Great Wall and asked about the end of the conflict and whether Chen Qingdu had considered leading the sword cultivators back to the Vast Heaven and Earth.
• Chen Qingdu explained why he had rejected the Demon Race's proposed exchange of worlds, and Chen Ping'an described how the plan would have undermined the sword cultivators and eventually exhausted them.
• Chen Qingdu offered to act as matchmaker for Chen Ping'an and Ning Yao, then empowered the Sword Immortal sword to resolve the conflict between Chen Ping'an's Righteous Qi and Daoist arts.
• Chen Ping'an carried Ning Yao along the wall until her grandfather ordered him to put her down, and another elder immediately told him to keep carrying her.