Chapter Summaries

After discovering that Mo Bing was Bai Zihua, The Journey of Flower lost her affection for him and grew closer to Xiao Xie, who taught her Sword Flight. She confessed that she was Shu Mountain’s acting sect leader and ended the chapter showing off her newly mastered sword flight in class.

• The Journey of Flower’s favorable impression of Bai Zihua vanished after she learned he was Mo Bing, and Xiao Xie took her out to practice Sword Flight.
• The Journey of Flower told Xiao Xie that she had witnessed Shu Mountain’s destruction and was now its acting sect leader, then let him study the Six Realms Compendium.
• Xiao Xie secretly copied the compendium’s contents, returned the book, and arranged to teach The Journey of Flower Shu Mountain Swordplay the following night.
• The Journey of Flower kept her nighttime practice secret from Qing Shui and said she had learned Sword Flight through diligent practice.
• At Luo Shiyi’s request, The Journey of Flower flew her wooden sword around the training plaza with ease.

Hua Qiangu improved her Sword Flight under Xiao Xie's guidance, prompting Ni Mantian to demand lessons and follow her to a secret night meeting. The chapter ended with Ni Mantian interrogating Hua Qiangu about what else she was hiding.

• Luo Shiyi praised Hua Qiangu's improved Sword Flight and called on Meng Xuanlang to demonstrate his skills.
• Ni Mantian confronted Hua Qiangu about improving so quickly, and Xiao Xie admitted he had secretly taught her.
• Xiao Xie taught Ni Mantian Sword Flight, and she soon surpassed Hua Qiangu again.
• Ni Mantian secretly followed Hua Qiangu to the Back Mountain, where Xiao Xie discovered her hiding behind a boulder.
• Ni Mantian forgave Hua Qiangu for keeping the lessons secret, then pressed her to reveal whether she was concealing anything else.

Xiao Xie helped The Journey of Flower and Ni Mantian clear up their misunderstanding, then taught The Journey of Flower Shu Mountain’s Mystic Flower Swordplay. He created a Fire Elemental Clone to handle affairs on Chang Liu Mountain and left to study his newly acquired skills.

• The Journey of Flower told Ni Mantian how she became head of Shu Mountain, and Ni Mantian accepted her new status as her little sister.
• Xiao Xie began teaching The Journey of Flower Mystic Flower Swordplay, and she quickly became proficient with his guidance.
• Xiao Xie created a Fire Elemental Clone with one-third of his strength and assigned it to manage matters outside.
• Xiao Xie left Chang Liu Mountain and established a cave dwelling to study immortal arts, talisman crafting, and array formation.

Over the past month, Xiao Xie developed powerful composite immortal arts and Seal Talismans while continuing to hear news about Chang Liu. Meanwhile, The Journey of Flower’s nighttime swordplay lessons began affecting her daytime studies, and Tao Weng challenged her in history class.

• Xiao Xie practiced immortal arts and fused techniques of multiple elements, eventually creating a five-attribute attack as powerful as a Lower God’s full-force strike.
• Xiao Xie developed Seal Talismans that could store techniques, but only seven of more than a hundred attempts to seal his strongest composite arts succeeded.
• Xiao Xie continued studying formation arrays, though he still lacked the understanding to create his own.
• The Journey of Flower’s nightly swordplay lessons with Xiao Xie’s Fire Elemental Clone left her tired during daytime classes.
• Tao Weng caught The Journey of Flower sleeping in history class and asked her questions to test her knowledge.

The Journey of Flower was accused of being a spy after recounting Chang Liu’s unaltered history, but Xiao Xie defended her by explaining why she had become a Chang Liu disciple. Bai Zihua ended the dispute and planned to send her back to Shu Mountain, while Xiao Xie reassured her that their friendship would remain.

• Tao Weng made The Journey of Flower teach history, and she revealed accounts from the Six Realms Compendium that cast Chang Liu in an unflattering light.
• Ni Mantian revealed that The Journey of Flower was the acting Shu Mountain Sect Leader, and Xiao Xie explained her reasons for joining Chang Liu and seeking Mo Bing.
• Bai Zihua stopped the questioning and dismissed everyone after Xiao Xie pointed out that Mo Bing was the person The Journey of Flower had come to find.
• Bai Zihua told Mo Yan he would notify Shu Mountain and have The Journey of Flower return there.
• The Journey of Flower worried about leaving her friends, and Xiao Xie promised he would remain her friend even if she left Chang Liu.

Flower Qian Gu left Chang Liu Sect with Yun Yin to take up her role as Shu Mountain’s sect leader, while Xiao Xie secretly followed them in disguise. Their journey was interrupted when Seven Kill Faction followers ambushed them.

• Flower Qian Gu thanked Xiao Xie before leaving for Shu Mountain, and he gave her three Seal Talismans containing the Earth Escape Technique.
• Xiao Xie planned to use his Flame Emperor identity as a villain and then stop himself in his righteous young hero identity to earn Worship Points.
• After Flower Qian Gu and Yun Yin departed, Xiao Xie left behind a Fire Elemental Clone, transformed into Uchiha Madara, and followed them secretly.
• Flower Qian Gu told Yun Yin she had mastered Shu Mountain’s thirty-five swordplay sets and praised Xiao Xie’s talent and kindness.
• Yun Yin reassured Flower Qian Gu that Chang Liu Sect could help Shu Mountain, and she urged him to hurry so she could return to Chang Liu Sect sooner.
• Dozens of Seven Kill Faction followers ambushed Flower Qian Gu and Yun Yin, forcing them to land and face the attackers.

The Journey of Flower and Yun Yin were ambushed by Yun Yi, Kuang Yetian, and Seven Kill disciples, but the Flame Emperor rescued them. The chapter ended with Tang Bao biting the Flame Emperor’s finger after he poked The Journey of Flower’s cheek.

• Yun Yin recognized Yun Yi as a traitor and Kuang Yetian ordered the Seven Kill disciples to attack him and The Journey of Flower.
• The Journey of Flower fought off the attackers with Shu Mountain Swordplay and the Ice Soul Sword, but Kuang Yetian waited for her Magic Power to weaken before attacking her.
• The Flame Emperor’s voice struck Kuang Yetian, Yun Yi, and the Seven Kill disciples, leaving them badly injured.
• The Flame Emperor appeared, and Kuang Yetian, The Journey of Flower, and Yun Yin recognized him as a legendary powerhouse.
• The Flame Emperor called The Journey of Flower an adorable little bun and poked her cheek, so Tang Bao bit his finger.

The Flame Emperor gave Tang Bao a Transformation Pill after she bravely bit his finger, then drove off East Flower Immortal and left to challenge Bai Zihua and the others. The Journey of Flower and Yun Yin headed for Shu Mountain after Yun Yin killed the wounded Seven Kill Faction disciples, while East Flower Immortal reported the Flame Emperor’s strength to YiXiu Jun.

• Tang Bao bit the Flame Emperor to protect The Journey of Flower, and he rewarded her with a Transformation Pill before blasting a spying black figure out of the forest.
• The Flame Emperor announced that he would seek out Bai Zihua and the others for a fight, then vanished; Kuang Yetian and Yun Yi fled afterward.
• Tang Bao swallowed the Transformation Pill and transformed into a human girl, while The Journey of Flower and Yun Yin dealt with the wounded Seven Kill Faction disciples.
• Yun Yin killed the incapacitated Seven Kill Faction disciples, and The Journey of Flower agreed before setting off with him and Tang Bao for Shu Mountain.
• East Flower Immortal returned to YiXiu Pavilion injured and told YiXiu Jun that the Flame Emperor had wounded him, alarming YiXiu Jun about his revenge plans.

Flower arrived at Shu Mountain and demonstrated her sword skills to earn the elders’ approval as its new headmaster. As she settled in, Dongfang Yuqing visited and grew concerned when he learned that Tang Bao had met the Flame Emperor.

• YiXiu Jun decided to travel to Shu Mountain himself because the Flame Emperor’s appearance could disrupt his plans.
• Flower and Yun Yin arrived at Shu Mountain, where the elders and disciples welcomed Flower as their new headmaster.
• Flower performed Shu Mountain’s thirty-six sword techniques, impressing the elders, who scheduled her succession ceremony for three days later.
• Flower told Tang Bao that she missed Xiao, Mantian, and Qing Shui while resting in the headmaster’s residence.
• Dongfang Yuqing visited Flower, recognized Tang Bao in human form, and warned her about the dangerous Flame Emperor.
• Flower explained that the Flame Emperor had saved them and given Tang Bao a Transformation Pill, and said she did not think he was malicious.

During Hua Qiangu’s succession as Shu Mountain’s Sect Leader, Sha Qianmo attacked to seize the Six Realms Compendium, but Bai Zihua destroyed it before she could hand it over. The Flame Emperor arrived, raised Hua Qiangu’s cultivation to the Immortal realm, and confronted Bai Zihua and Sha Qianmo.

• Hua Qiangu became Shu Mountain’s Sect Leader, then led Elder Qingyang and the disciples out to face Sha Qianmo and the Seven Kill Faction.
• Sha Qianmo demanded the Six Realms Compendium and ordered Shan Chunqiu to kill Shu Mountain’s disciples when Hua Qiangu refused.
• Hua Qiangu agreed to surrender the compendium if Sha Qianmo stopped the attack, and Sha Qianmo ordered his disciples to withdraw.
• Bai Zihua destroyed the Six Realms Compendium with sword qi, then arrived and warned Sha Qianmo not to gather the Ten Directions Divine Artifacts.
• The Flame Emperor appeared, greeted Hua Qiangu, and gave her a pill that raised her cultivation to the Immortal realm.
• The Flame Emperor criticized Bai Zihua and Sha Qianmo for failing to improve their cultivation.

The Flame Emperor brutally punished Sha Qianmo and gave him and Bai Zihua five years to become strong enough to satisfy him. After the Flame Emperor left, Bai Zihua resolved to reach the Tenth Heaven and considered killing Hua Qiangu, but dismissed the idea because the Flame Emperor cared about her.

• The Flame Emperor threatened to destroy the Chang Liu Sect and Seven Kill Faction if Sha Qianmo and Bai Zihua failed to improve within five years.
• The Flame Emperor severed Sha Qianmo’s head and kicked it around hundreds of times before reattaching it, leaving Sha Qianmo terrified and humiliated.
• The Flame Emperor warned Sha Qianmo and Bai Zihua that he would use their heads as chamber pots if they failed to give him a satisfying battle, then flew away.
• Hua Qiangu told Dongfang Yuqing that she now understood his warning about the Flame Emperor, while Tang Bao confessed her fear and promised not to talk about biting him.
• Bai Zihua asked Hua Qiangu how she knew the Flame Emperor, then considered killing her to reach the Tenth Heaven before abandoning the thought because the Flame Emperor cared about her.

After Shu Mountain’s crisis ended, The Journey of Flower returned to Chang Liu and was allowed to remain there as its head studied both sects’ teachings. As the Immortal Sword Assembly approached, she continued training with Xiao Xie, while Sha Qianmo sought the divine artifacts under the threat of his agreement with the Flame Emperor.

• Bai Zihua reluctantly agreed that The Journey of Flower could remain at Chang Liu after Elder Qingyang and Qingfeng argued that her studies would help Shu Mountain recover.
• The Journey of Flower returned to Chang Liu, where Ni Mantian and Tang Bao reunited with her and Tang Bao revealed that the Flame Emperor’s Transformation Pill had made her human.
• The Journey of Flower told Ni Mantian how she had met the Flame Emperor, while Ni Mantian and Tang Bao bickered and fought.
• Xiao Xie welcomed The Journey of Flower back and arranged to resume their nightly sword practice the following day.
• As the Immortal Sword Assembly approached, The Journey of Flower reached the peak of the Immortal realm and surpassed Chang Liu’s other disciples in swordsmanship.
• Sha Qianmo became the prime suspect in the theft of Song Li Mountain’s No Return Inkstone and pursued the Ten Directions Divine Artifacts to obtain the Primordial Power before the Flame Emperor’s five-year deadline.

As the Immortal Sword Assembly approached, Chang Liu’s elders debated whether The Journey of Flower or Xiao Xie would win. Far from Chang Liu, Xiao Xie condensed a fire-element Lower God divine spark and created a Fire God Doppelganger, leaving him able to pursue other elemental laws.

• Bai Zihua ended his seclusion after improving his cultivation but failed to break through to the Tenth Heaven.
• The Shu Kingdom emperor fell gravely ill, exposing Meng Xuanlang as the Second Prince, while Immortal Zi Xun continued pursuing Bai Zihua at Chang Liu.
• Mo Yan and Sheng Xiaomo discussed whether The Journey of Flower or Xiao Xie could win the upcoming Immortal Sword Assembly, and Bai Zihua hoped The Journey of Flower would not become his disciple.
• Xiao Xie condensed a fire-element Lower God divine spark and split his soul, then restored it with a soul crystal so he could keep comprehending other elemental laws.
• Xiao Xie formed a Fire God Doppelganger from fire elemental power and Divine Power, then withdrew it into his body.

Xiao Xie successfully condensed a fire-element godhead and returned to Chang Liu Sect for the Immortal Sword Assembly. As the sect leaders arrived, Dongfang Yuqing greeted The Journey of Flower, and Ni Mantian reunited with her father.

• Xiao Xie tested his Fire God Doppelganger's power by summoning four fire-element divine beast clones, then returned to his main body.
• Xiao Xie left his secluded cave and headed back to Chang Liu Sect, planning to refine Law Fragments for three more elemental godheads.
• Xiao Xie and the Chang Liu Sect disciples welcomed the guests arriving for the Immortal Sword Assembly.
• Dongfang Yuqing spotted The Journey of Flower, waved to her, and left with Luo Hedong.
• Ni Mantian greeted Ni Qianzhang and told him she felt confident at Chang Liu Sect.

Ni Mantian worried that she could not defeat The Journey of Flower at the Immortal Sword Assembly, while Xiao Xie faced Yin Shangpiao in the first match. Xiao Xie countered Yin Shangpiao’s opening attack with a fused fire-and-wind technique, leaving the assembled masters astonished.

• Ni Mantian told Ni Qianzhang that The Journey of Flower had reached the Immortal Realm, and he urged her to aim for second place rather than risk offending the Flame Emperor.
• Bai Zihua announced the start of the Immortal Sword Assembly, and Luo Shiyi explained the rules before the disciples drew lots.
• Xiao Xie and Yin Shangpiao drew number one and began the first match on the Seven Stars Negative Array.
• Yin Shangpiao lunged at Xiao Xie while he was returning a salute, but Xiao Xie fused the Fire Snake Technique with the Whirlwind Spell to create a massive fire python.
• Mo Yan and Sheng Xiaomo praised Xiao Xie's extraordinary technique as the match began.

Xiao Xie defeated Yin Shangpiao and gave Ni Mantian a talisman to help her beat Flower, hoping to keep Flower from becoming Bai Zihua’s disciple. The next day, Xiao Xie began his final-four match against Shuo Feng.

• Xiao Xie defeated Yin Shangpiao with a fused immortal technique, leaving him badly injured but alive.
• Flower knocked Yun Duan out of the arena with a single palm strike, and the final four were Xiao Xie, Flower, Ni Mantian, and Shuo Feng.
• Xiao Xie visited Ni Mantian and gave her a Seal Talisman containing a powerful fused immortal technique to use against Flower.
• Ni Mantian mistook Xiao Xie’s help for a sign of affection and promised to defeat Flower.
• The next day, Shuo Feng attacked Xiao Xie first in the opening final-four match.

Xiao Xie knocked Shuo Feng out of the tournament, while Ni Mantian used his seal talisman to defeat The Journey of Flower and claim the championship after Xiao Xie forfeited the final. The Journey of Flower felt betrayed when she learned Xiao Xie had given Ni Mantian the talisman the day before, and Ni Mantian was set to become Bai Zihua’s disciple at the ceremony the next day.

• Xiao Xie disarmed Shuo Feng and knocked him off the arena, winning his match.
• Ni Mantian trapped The Journey of Flower with a seal talisman Xiao Xie had given her, then knocked her off the arena to win.
• The Journey of Flower learned Xiao Xie had given Ni Mantian the talisman the previous day and felt betrayed.
• Xiao Xie forfeited the final, saying he did not want to become Bai Zihua’s disciple because their temperaments were incompatible.
• Bai Zihua declared Ni Mantian the champion and announced that the Apprentice Ceremony would be held the next day.
• Ni Qianzhang celebrated Ni Mantian’s victory and the closer ties it would bring between Penglai and Chang Liu.

At Chang Liu’s Apprentice Ceremony, Ni Mantian became Bai Zihua’s disciple, while Xiao Xie and The Journey of Flower became Sheng Xiaomo’s disciples. Bai Zihua discovered that The Journey of Flower’s Life Stone no longer marked her as his Life and Death Tribulation, though he did not know Xiao Xie had changed her fate.

• Xiao Xie comforted The Journey of Flower after Ni Mantian won the championship, explaining that he had helped Ni Mantian so they could avoid being separated from each other.
• Bai Zihua accepted Ni Mantian as his disciple and gave her a Gong Ling at the Apprentice Ceremony.
• Sheng Xiaomo accepted Xiao Xie and The Journey of Flower as his disciples and asked Bai Zihua for The Journey of Flower’s Life Stone.
• Bai Zihua saw that The Journey of Flower’s Life Stone glowed purple instead of red and wondered whether his Life and Death Tribulation had been resolved.
• Xiao Xie privately recognized that The Journey of Flower’s fate had changed because he had used the Luck Controller to remove her Lone Star of Heavenly Fiend fate.

After the Apprentice Ceremony, Xiao Xie and Hua Qiangu became Sheng Xiaomo’s disciples and moved into Soul-Reaping Hall. Three months later, Xiao Xie was collecting Sheng Xiaomo’s techniques through Array Chess wagers while helping Hua Qiangu practice her newly learned immortal arts.

• Bai Zihua entered seclusion to attempt a breakthrough to the Tenth Heaven, but failed and realized his Life and Death Tribulation had transferred from Hua Qiangu to someone else.
• Xiao Xie brought Hua Qiangu to Soul-Reaping Hall, where they and Sheng Xiaomo settled in as Sheng Xiaomo’s disciples.
• Hua Qiangu found Xiao Xie and Sheng Xiaomo playing Array Chess and asked Xiao Xie to guide her in her immortal techniques.
• Xiao Xie claimed the Jade Ruler Nine Forms cultivation method after defeating Sheng Xiaomo at Array Chess, then left with Hua Qiangu to train her.
• The chapter revealed that Xiao Xie had defeated Sheng Xiaomo three times using insights gained from a thousand Fire Elemental Clones, winning access to several of his ultimate techniques.

After two years of training on Chang Liu Mountain, Sheng Xiaomo sent Xiao Xie and The Journey of Flower down the mountain for training under Luo Shiyi’s lead. As the group prepared to depart, The Journey of Flower reunited with Ni Mantian and Qing Shui and learned how lonely Ni Mantian’s year of study under Bai Zihua had been.

• Sheng Xiaomo reflected on how easily Xiao Xie mastered techniques and left The Journey of Flower’s instruction to Xiao Xie.
• After another year passed, Sheng Xiaomo told Xiao Xie and The Journey of Flower to descend the mountain for training with Luo Shiyi.
• The Journey of Flower welcomed the chance to see Ni Mantian and Qing Shui again as she packed with Tang Bao and Xiao Xie.
• Ni Mantian told The Journey of Flower and Qing Shui that Bai Zihua had made her memorize the Seven Absolute Manual and had barely spoken to her.
• The Journey of Flower interrupted Ni Mantian’s nervous conversation with Xiao Xie, who said her company had made him happy.
• Luo Shiyi instructed the disciples not to fight mortals or use spells unless necessary and said they would travel on foot after crossing the sea.