Chapter Summaries

Ling Xuanxiao secretly questioned Gu Yue Fangyuan to determine whether he was a dangerous namesake, then learned that an unknown senior had told Gu Yue to use that name. Ling Xuanxiao returned to Silver Sword Peak convinced another transmigrator was hiding in the world.

• Ling Xuanxiao infiltrated Servant Peak at night and used a talisman to question the sleeping Gu Yue Fangyuan, who denied knowing him, refining relatives, or being a reincarnator.
• Ling Xuanxiao asked Gu Yue Fangyuan hundreds of questions and repeatedly checked that he was not pretending to be controlled before deciding he was low risk.
• Gu Yue Fangyuan said his real name was Gu Yue and recalled that a senior cultivator had told him to register at Shu Mountain as Gu Yue Fangyuan.
• Ling Xuanxiao concluded the senior was likely another transmigrator who had deliberately hidden their identity, and marked the unknown person as extremely dangerous.

As Feng Liuli advanced through the third trial, the Water Qilin’s affection for her stirred Huang Peiying’s jealousy, and Feng Liuli fought her way into the final four. Meanwhile, Lu Ziyin entered Silver Sword Peak’s back mountain for tea and fruit, then found himself unable to leave.

• Huang Peiying defended Feng Liuli from a rude disciple, but grew jealous when the Water Qilin approached and licked Feng Liuli instead of her.
• Li Xuanxiao watched the encounter and arranged for Zhao Lu to help track the trial’s low-risk participants while he monitored high-risk ones.
• Feng Liuli repeatedly won despite being underestimated and reached the final four, where she was set to face Huang Peiying.
• Feng Liuli told Li Xuanxiao she wanted to take first place and become Lu Ziyin’s disciple, while Lu Ziyin reflected that meeting her had drawn him into fate.
• Lu Ziyin went to Silver Sword Peak’s back mountain for calming tea, picked a colorful fruit, and discovered he could not walk out.

Lu Ziyin became trapped in a maze formation and risked missing Shu Mountain’s disciple selection while Feng Liuli fought for a place among the final four. With Lu Ziyin absent, Li Xuanxiao used a jade slip to accept Feng Liuli into Silver Sword Peak on his master’s behalf and promised to guide her personally.

• Lu Ziyin discovered that the back mountain formation had trapped him, and he avoided breaking it by force because it would damage the medicinal forest and tea gardens.
• Feng Liuli fought Huang Peiying, weathered her attacks, and lost when Huang Peiying used a magical treasure from her father.
• The Peak Masters offered Feng Liuli places at their peaks, but she insisted that she wanted to join Lu Ziyin at Silver Sword Peak.
• When the other Peak Masters pressed Feng Liuli to choose because Lu Ziyin was absent, Li Xuanxiao used a jade slip to persuade Daoist Master Lingxu to let him accept her on his master’s behalf.
• Feng Liuli agreed to join Silver Sword Peak and greeted Li Xuanxiao as her senior brother and Lingxu as her master.

Li Xuanxiao brought Feng Liuli to Silver Sword Peak and began training her with books and cautionary relationship stories. Meanwhile, Lu Ziyin remained trapped in a maze formation, mistaking a false formation eye for the real one.

• Lu Ziyin grew furious after falling into another maze formation and vowed to break it before leaving.
• Lu Ziyin found a false formation eye containing a book about a tenth method for solving formations and realized someone had planted it to help him escape the trap.
• Li Xuanxiao brought Feng Liuli to Silver Sword Peak, where Su Wan, Jiang Luoshui, and Lin Wanqing were helping with Shu Mountain's recruitment.
• Li Xuanxiao gave Feng Liuli a collection of books about relationships, betrayal, and handling accusations, then explained that she must cultivate her heart before her cultivation.
• Li Xuanxiao told Feng Liuli the cautionary stories of Miao Lu and Feng Yun and assigned her two written reflections.

After recovering from injuries caused by Silver Sword Peak’s sword formation, Lu Ziyin emerged from seclusion and saw Feng Liuli accused of stealing a treasure. He prepared to defend her, but she stunned everyone by loudly insulting Huang Peiying.

• Lu Ziyin missed disciple recruitment while studying formations, then was poisoned and injured by Silver Sword Peak’s sword formation before entering seclusion.
• Li Xuanxiao’s casual remark inspired Lu Ziyin to develop an eleventh method of breaking formations, delaying his return from seclusion by half a year.
• Lu Ziyin saw Huang Peiying and Huang Linqing accuse Feng Liuli of stealing Dragon Head Peak’s Seven Treasures Gourd and demand that her belongings be searched.
• Huang Peiying secretly kept the Seven Treasures Gourd in her sleeve and expected Feng Liuli to be framed when it was supposedly found in her cave dwelling.
• Lu Ziyin moved to defend Feng Liuli, but she suddenly pointed at Huang Peiying and shouted a string of insults, leaving the crowd silent.

Feng Liuli exposed Huang Peiying's attempt to frame her, and the Law Enforcement Hall punished Huang Peiying and her father. After meeting Lu Ziyin, Feng Liuli wondered why her old feelings for him had faded, then continued her Dao Heart lesson with Li Xuanxiao.

• Feng Liuli revealed the Seven Treasures Gourd in Huang Peiying's hand and accused her of trying to frame her.
• Huang Peiying slapped Feng Liuli, but Feng Liuli restrained her and slapped her back; Huang Linqing then punched Feng Liuli, who loudly called for help.
• The Law Enforcement Hall stripped Huang Linqing of his elder position and confined him for ten years, while Huang Peiying lost her stipend for three years and was assigned a year of hard labor on Servant Peak.
• Feng Liuli taunted Huang Peiying and met Lu Ziyin, declining his offer to cultivate by his side and admitting she feared revenge from Huang Peiying's Lineage.
• Feng Liuli returned to her cave dwelling, where Li Xuanxiao continued her Dao Heart lesson and asked her to recite the fifth paragraph.

Li Xuanxiao protected Feng Liuli’s family from Huang Peiying’s hired assassins and exposed the plot, bringing Huang Peiying and the Huang family before Shu Mountain. Feng Liuli forgave Huang Peiying, then stabbed Feng Liuli through the chest, leaving her intent unclear.

• Huang Peiying ordered her maid to arrange the murder of Feng Liuli’s family, and five assassins entered their home.
• Li Xuanxiao captured the assassins, recorded evidence of Huang Peiying’s scheme, and arranged for the Earth God to protect Feng Liuli’s family.
• Li Xuanxiao used his contracted spirit pet Xiao Ba to improve his Outer Body Technique and gave Xiao Ba another questionnaire.
• Four surviving assassins turned themselves in at Shu Mountain, and the Image Stone exposed Huang Peiying’s conspiracy, implicating her family.
• Huang Peiying begged Feng Liuli for forgiveness, and Feng Liuli said she forgave her before a sword pierced Feng Liuli’s chest.

Feng Liuli killed Huang Peiying for attempting to kill her, and Li Xuanxiao approved of her decisive response. He assessed his cultivation and equipment needs, then began a plan to amass wealth so he could cultivate in seclusion.

• Feng Liuli killed Huang Peiying, who had committed a capital offense under the sect rules.
• Lu Ziyin withdrew his hand from Feng Liuli, surprised by how decisively she acted.
• Li Xuanxiao learned what Feng Liuli had done and approved, relieved that his efforts had paid off.
• Li Xuanxiao reviewed his treasured swords, magical treasures, cultivation arts, and Five Elements Spiritual Root, noting that he needed more resources and further improvement.
• Li Xuanxiao walked out of his cottage on Silver Sword Peak and officially began his wealth-hoarding plan.

Ling Xuanxiao prepared to enter the Lesser Cold Secret Realm while trying to keep Zhao Lu and Feng Liuli safe during an upcoming training trip. After he armed them with traps and safety lessons, a series of mishaps stopped Lu Ziyin from leading the group himself.

• Zhao Lu complained that Ling Xuanxiao was neglecting her, so he ordered her to copy two books and increased her punishment after comparing her to Feng Liuli.
• Ling Xuanxiao chose the Lesser Cold Secret Realm as his source of materials and prepared to leave for a journey that could last several months.
• Zhao Lu told Ling Xuanxiao that Lu Ziyin would lead the Qi Refining Stage disciples down the mountain the next day, including her and Feng Liuli.
• Ling Xuanxiao equipped Zhao Lu and Feng Liuli with hidden defensive tools and made them recite his safety principles.
• Lu Ziyin refused to let another disciple lead the trip, but his cave collapsed and a Spirit Monkey ruined his clothes, forcing him to hand the task to someone else.

Li Xuanxiao completed a mission to discipline a black bear demon and discovered it had been secretly killing people with the help of its Hundred Beasts Fire. He then rushed into the Lesser Cold Realm just before its entrance closed.

• Li Xuanxiao left Shu Mountain aboard the Money Merchant Guild's Flying Ship to complete a Foundation Establishment mission before entering the Lesser Cold Realm.
• Li Xuanxiao seized a black bear demon and beat it, then told it to farm the fertile land instead of committing crimes.
• After Li Xuanxiao left, the black bear revealed to its wife that its Hundred Beasts Fire concealed its blood aura and that it planned to keep killing before moving away.
• Li Xuanxiao returned and dragged both black bears underground after overhearing their plan to eat more people before leaving.
• The Lesser Cold Realm's entrance opened under the joint watch of three sects, and cultivators rushed inside.
• As the entrance was about to close, Li Xuanxiao darted into the Lesser Cold Realm.

After a Beast Tide separated Feng Liuli from her fellow disciples, she met Shangguan Suiyun, the Ghost King of Supreme City, and accepted his offer to become her older brother. The two set off together to travel and have fun, leaving Feng Liuli’s return to Shu Mountain unresolved.

• Li Xuanxiao watched over Feng Liuli and Zhao Lu with a clone as Eleventh Senior Brother led the group through the secret realm.
• A Beast Tide attacked, but Feng Liuli and Zhao Lu used Li Xuanxiao’s poison to defeat the beasts before they became separated from Eleventh Senior Brother.
• Feng Liuli found a village where Shangguan Suiyun killed all its inhabitants with a wave of his hand and asked whether she feared him.
• Feng Liuli told Shangguan Suiyun that he seemed kind, and he said she reminded him of his younger sister before asking to become her older brother.
• Feng Liuli agreed to travel with Shangguan Suiyun instead of returning to Shu Mountain, and the two journeyed together beneath the moon.

Shangguan Suiyun asked Feng Liuli to leave Shu Mountain with him, then waited outside the sect while she went back. When Shu Mountain cultivators attacked him, Feng Liuli watched the battle and, remembering the innocent villagers he had killed, ordered them to kill him.

• Shangguan Suiyun persuaded Feng Liuli to return to Supreme City with him, and she agreed to say goodbye to her master and fellow disciples first.
• At Shu Mountain's outskirts, Shangguan Suiyun waited in a pavilion while Feng Liuli went ahead, and she tearfully wondered whether he was truly her brother.
• The Shushan Sword Formation activated, and Shangguan Suiyun used a sinister magical artifact to repel the disciples who confronted him.
• A giant flying sword descended from the sky and overpowered Shangguan Suiyun as he insisted that he would wait for Feng Liuli.
• Watching the fight through the Divine Mirror, Feng Liuli recalled Li Xuanxiao's warning and the village of common folk Shangguan Suiyun had slaughtered, then urged the disciples to kill him.

Li Xuanxiao cautiously traveled through the Lesser Cold Realm, gathering medicinal ingredients and avoiding battles until he spotted a woman apparently trapped by a giant spider. He stole her Bone-Washing Flower and Longevity Fruit, then escaped after defeating her spider Spirit Pet.

• Li Xuanxiao hid underground while his clones fought nearby, then looted the fallen cultivators and fled.
• Li Xuanxiao continued north, gathering medicinal herbs and spirit fruit while avoiding other cultivators.
• Li Xuanxiao stole the Bone-Washing Flower from a woman who had staged a rescue trap with her spider Spirit Pet.
• The woman set another trap, but Li Xuanxiao stole her Longevity Fruit and escaped her attack with a decoy.
• Li Xuanxiao knocked down the woman’s spider Spirit Pet, carried off its body, and ran as she shouted after him.

Li Xuanxiao stole valuables from a poison cultivator, fought a Puppet Master through his puppets, and rescued Shang Linqing from a poisonous forest. He left Shang Linqing somewhere safe with materials and advice, then departed.

• Li Xuanxiao stole the female cultivator’s hairpin and poison bottles, processed her spirit beast, and fled after erasing his traces.
• Li Xuanxiao searched for Essence Refining Stones and used his puppets to defeat a Snake Puppet, then robbed the opposing Puppet Master and left him alive in his undershorts.
• Li Xuanxiao recognized Shang Linqing as a fellow Shu Mountain disciple and carried her out of the poisonous forest to safety.
• Li Xuanxiao left a Twin Image Stone with Shang Linqing, returned to leave valuable materials, and wrote her advice to follow the righteous path.

Li Xuanxiao left the Lesser Cold Realm with a haul of rare materials after discovering that another transmigrator might be searching for people like him. Back at Shu Mountain, he learned Zhao Lu had reached Foundation Establishment and began investigating the unusual changes in Su Wan’s aura.

• Li Xuanxiao saw a mysterious message offering access to a treasure site in exchange for answers to questions that revealed the message’s author was likely a transmigrator.
• Li Xuanxiao avoided answering aloud, recited the Calming Incantation, and left the Lesser Cold Realm when it closed.
• Li Xuanxiao returned to Shu Mountain on Fanyue’s Wind Chariot, submitted his mission, and escaped Su Wan, who had come looking for him.
• Zhao Lu greeted Li Xuanxiao after bathing and told him she had reached Foundation Establishment; he denied that he had formed a Golden Core.
• Li Xuanxiao checked Su Wan’s recorded footage with an Image Stone to learn why her aura seemed restless.

Su Wan misread Li Xuanxiao’s rejection as proof of his hidden love, while Li Xuanxiao panicked over her conclusions and her planned engagement-breaking. Lu Ziyin comforted Feng Liuli, who regretted letting Shangguan Suiyun escape, as Li Xuanxiao watched approvingly.

• Su Wan’s failed breakthrough led her to conclude that Li Xuanxiao had rejected her only to protect her from the Murong Family and the sect, stabilizing her Dao heart.
• A woman in purple told Su Wan that her father insisted she honor her engagement to the Xiao Family, but Su Wan declared she loved someone else and would break off the engagement after reaching Core Formation in three years.
• Li Xuanxiao panicked at Su Wan’s engagement plans, then resolved to refine his Magic Artifacts and strengthen his cultivation after checking on Feng Liuli.
• Lu Ziyin comforted Feng Liuli over her feelings for Shangguan Suiyun, but she cried because she had failed to trap him and feared his revenge.
• Li Xuanxiao watched Feng Liuli review her mistakes and approved of her resolve, noting that Shangguan Suiyun had been badly injured and might stay away for a hundred years.

Li Xuanxiao began a long seclusion to refine pills and his Lifebound Treasure while Feng Liuli and Zhao Lu received his notes and gifts. When Su Wan and Jiang Luoshui visited him, they ended up drinking with Zhao Lu and Feng Liuli, and the four women woke as sworn sisters, leaving Li Xuanxiao baffled.

• Feng Liuli found the treasure materials and an assignment from Li Xuanxiao, while he prepared to refine pills in a reinforced room.
• Li Xuanxiao began his pill-refinement plan, intending to stockpile materials, refine his Lifebound Treasure, and strengthen his cultivation before leaving seclusion.
• Su Wan and Jiang Luoshui visited Silver Sword Peak to see Li Xuanxiao, but Zhao Lu told them he was in seclusion.
• Zhao Lu invited Su Wan, Jiang Luoshui, and Feng Liuli to drink while Li Xuanxiao kept refining pills and monitored them with part of his consciousness.
• The four women woke after a drunken night, called one another sisters, and agreed to meet for drinks again, leaving Li Xuanxiao astonished.

After three years of successful pill sales, artifact refinement, and cultivation, Li Xuanxiao emerged from seclusion and agreed to accompany Lu Ziyin to the Great Xia Dynasty to search for five missing disciples. The trip would also give Li Xuanxiao a reason to visit the Xiao Family, where Senior Sister Su Wan planned to annul her engagement.

• Li Xuanxiao sold his pills, spent his savings upgrading the Crane-Top Silver Needles into a top-grade spirit artifact, and advanced to the Golden Core Realm.
• At a meeting on Tongtian Peak, the Peak Masters discussed five Little Qiong Peak disciples who had vanished in the Great Xia Dynasty, and Lu Ziyin volunteered to investigate.
• Lu Ziyin asked the newly emerged Li Xuanxiao to join the mission and offered him all its rewards.
• Li Xuanxiao agreed, reasoning that the mission would take him to the Great Xia Dynasty and let him visit the Xiao Family about Su Wan's engagement annulment.
• Li Xuanxiao's avatar, puppets, Zhao Lu's gossip, and surveillance system had kept him informed of sect affairs, and he had secretly helped disciples avoid despair or death after misfortune.

Li Xuanxiao and the others arrived in Coiled Dragon City, where he uncovered a pattern of unexplained disappearances that might be connected to the missing Shushan Disciples. As Su Wan prepared to face her betrothed, Xiao Ran, the Xiao Family arrived at the City Lord's residence.

• Lu Ziyin, Li Xuanxiao, Su Wan, and Zhao Lu traveled to Coiled Dragon City, accompanied by an old Sword Cultivator who had died along the way and asked them to check on his family.
• Lu Ziyin helped the old Sword Cultivator realize he was dead, and the spirit asked them to look after his family before dispersing.
• The City Lord and officials welcomed Zhao Lu and the Shu Mountain group to Coiled Dragon City.
• Li Xuanxiao visited the old Sword Cultivator's home and learned that residents had repeatedly vanished from the city without explanation.
• Li Xuanxiao suspected the disappearances might be connected to the five missing Shushan Disciples and returned to the City Lord's feast.
• A servant announced that Xiao Chengshan and his son Xiao Ran had arrived, prompting Su Wan to set down her wine cup.

Su Wan tried to break off her engagement to Xiao Ran, but Li Xuanxiao secretly stopped her from doing so at the City Lord’s residence. The next day, she went to the Xiao Family and formally asked Xiao Chengshan to dissolve the marriage agreement, leaving the family stunned.

• Xiao Chengshan arrived at the City Lord’s residence with Xiao Ran, and Su Wan prepared to discuss their engagement.
• Li Xuanxiao made Su Wan’s mouth go numb and pretended she was drunk, then took her away before she could speak.
• Yue Tianqi promised Lu Ziyin that Coiled Dragon City would cooperate in investigating the missing Shu Mountain Disciples.
• After learning the Xiao father and son had left, Su Wan decided to visit the Xiao Family and sought compensation from Lu Ziyin to give Xiao Ran.
• Su Wan told Xiao Chengshan that she had come to dissolve her marriage agreement with Xiao Ran, and Xiao Chengshan’s expression turned ugly.