Chapter Summaries

Lin Pingzhi learned that the Jianghu Monthly Report had exposed the Qingcheng Sect's attack on his family and went to read the paper. The report also exposed Yue Buqun's interest in the Evil Warding Sword Manual, and Yu Canghai set out to destroy the newspaper office after discovering his actions were public knowledge.

• Lin Pingzhi obtained a free copy of the Jianghu Monthly Report and read that the Qingcheng Sect had attacked the Fuwei Escort Agency over old grievances and the Evil Warding Sword Manual.
• Yue Buqun learned that the report had revealed his and Yue Lingshan's presence near Lin Pingzhi, and Lao Denou told him the paper circulated nationwide.
• Yu Canghai's disciples searched the Fuwei Escort Agency for the Evil Warding Sword Manual but found nothing.
• Hou Renying told Yu Canghai that the Jianghu Monthly Report had exposed the Qingcheng Sect's actions across dozens of cities.
• Yu Canghai ordered Hou Renying to take him to the newspaper office, intending to kill those responsible for the report.

Yu Canghai attacked the Jianghu Monthly Report office in Fuzhou, but Giant Shadow Soldiers forced him to withdraw. After learning that Yu Canghai had targeted the Lin family for the Evil Warding Sword Manual, Lin Pingzhi headed to the newspaper office hoping to uncover its secret and gain the strength to save his parents.

• Shopkeeper Cai faced Yu Canghai and his men, but a Giant Shadow Soldier blocked Hou Renying's kick and more soldiers appeared throughout the office.
• Yu Canghai chose not to fight the Giant Shadow Soldiers and left with his men, while Yue Buqun, Lao Denou, and Yue Lingshan watched from nearby and wondered who stood behind the newspaper.
• Lin Pingzhi read that Yu Canghai had long coveted the Evil Warding Sword Manual and had planned the Lin family's destruction, with Yu Renyan's death merely a coincidence.
• Lin Pingzhi despaired over his inability to save his captured parents, then realized the Jianghu Monthly Report might know why his family's swordplay was weaker than its reputation.
• Lin Pingzhi ran toward the Jianghu Monthly Report branch office to seek the secret of the Evil Warding Swordplay.

Lin Pingzhi sought help uncovering his family’s swordsmanship secrets, while Zuo Lengchan ordered an investigation into the Evil Warding Sword Manual and the Jianghu Monthly Report. Gu Qing developed the Myriad Magnetic Martial Way as Liu Zhengfeng began his Golden Basin Hand Washing Ceremony in Hengyang.

• Lin Pingzhi begged Shopkeeper Wang for help rescuing his parents, and Shopkeeper Wang gave him a letter to take to the newspaper headquarters in Hanzhong.
• Le Hou told Zuo Lengchan that Fei and Ding had set out to confront Liu Zhengfeng, and Zuo Lengchan ordered him to investigate the Evil Warding Sword Manual and the Jianghu Monthly Report.
• Gu Qing used the Yi Jin Jing to develop the rudimentary Myriad Magnetic Martial Way while his Shadow Soldiers brought him news and martial arts manuals.
• Linghu Chong continued toward Hengyang, where martial artists condemned Yu Canghai and Yue Buqun over the Fuwei Escort Agency’s destruction, but neither faced consequences.
• Liu Zhengfeng addressed the gathered martial artists at his residence and announced that he would leave the martial world after washing his hands in the golden basin.

At Liu Zhengfeng’s Golden Basin Hand Washing Ceremony, the Jianghu Monthly Report exposed the Songshan Sect’s plot against his family and revealed his friendship with Qu Yang. After Liu completed the ceremony and Fei Bin threatened his family, a mysterious masked man appeared and silenced him.

• Xiang Danian brought Liu Zhengfeng the Jianghu Monthly Report, which disclosed the Songshan Sect’s plan to target Liu’s family and other startling martial-world revelations.
• Liu Zhengfeng learned that Songshan Sect disciples had captured his family, then hurried to complete the Golden Basin Hand Washing Ceremony before Fei Bin could stop him.
• Fei Bin accused Liu Zhengfeng of associating with Qu Yang and demanded that he kill Qu Yang, while the other sect leaders reacted to the newspaper’s disclosures.
• Ding Mian and Songshan Sect disciples brought Liu Zhengfeng’s family forward, and Fei Bin threatened their safety unless Liu killed Qu Yang within a month.
• A burly man wearing a Ghost Mask appeared behind Fei Bin and ordered him to be silent, stunning everyone with his presence.

Gu Qing intervened at Liu Zhengfeng’s Golden Basin Hand Washing Ceremony, defeated Ding Mian with a casual blow, and secured Liu Zhengfeng and Qu Yang the chance to perform The Smiling, Proud Wanderer. After the music moved the assembled sect members, Gu Qing unleashed a radiant sword technique he named Evil Slaying Path.

• Gu Qing arrived at Liu Zhengfeng’s ceremony to hear Liu Zhengfeng and Qu Yang play The Smiling, Proud Wanderer.
• Ding Mian attacked Gu Qing, but Gu Qing shattered his sword and sent him flying with a casual wave.
• Gu Qing called Qu Yang out, and Qu Yang and Liu Zhengfeng thanked him before agreeing to play for him.
• While Liu Zhengfeng and Qu Yang performed, Mount Heng disciples protected Liu Zhengfeng’s family as the other sect members listened in silence.
• After the performance ended, Gu Qing released a vast aura and sword light that tore through the clouds, then named his technique Evil Slaying Path.

Gu Qing created the Evil Slaying Path after hearing The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, then offered Liu Zhengfeng and Qu Yang the power to eliminate their enemies, but they chose to leave the jianghu peacefully. After returning to Hanzhong, Gu Qing found Lin Pingzhi waiting outside the newspaper office, determined to learn the secret of his family’s swordplay.

• Gu Qing fused his martial arts into the Evil Slaying Path and offered Liu Zhengfeng and Qu Yang a request, but they declined to seek vengeance.
• Fei Bin withdrew with the Songshan Sect disciples, while Yue Buqun agreed to travel to Mount Hua with Abbess Dingyi, Daoist Tianmen, and Mr. Mo Da after they found their disciples.
• Yu Canghai learned that the Jianghu Monthly Report had revealed information about the Evil Warding Sword Manual and decided to go to Hanzhong with his disciples.
• Lin Pingzhi arrived at the newspaper office, was told by Shopkeeper Hao that the chief editor would see no visitors, and continued kneeling outside.
• Gu Qing returned to the Hanzhong office and discovered that Lin Pingzhi was waiting there for help.

Lin Pingzhi sought the secret of the Evil Warding Sword Manual before the next newspaper issue, but Yu Canghai cornered him and Shopkeeper Hao in an alley. The Shadow Soldier Legion intervened to protect them, and Yu Canghai began fighting the soldiers.

• Lin Pingzhi decided he needed to learn the sword manual’s secret early to save his captured parents and gain an advantage over Yu Canghai.
• Shopkeeper Hao gave Lin Pingzhi silver and told him the secret would be revealed in the next issue, but Lin Pingzhi insisted on meeting the chief editor.
• Yu Canghai appeared in the alley with the Four Elites of Qingcheng and ordered them to capture Lin Pingzhi and Shopkeeper Hao.
• The Shadow Soldier Legion emerged and fought the Four Elites of Qingcheng, gradually overwhelming them with numbers.
• Yu Canghai struck down several Shadow Soldiers and rescued Yu Renhao, believing he could handle the soldiers.

Yu Canghai fled the Shadow Soldiers after they killed Hong Renxiong, leaving Lin Pingzhi to vent his hatred on the corpse. On Mount Hua’s Cliff of Reflection, the sect leaders found the cave’s swordplay-countering carvings and erased them, while a white-haired stranger watched and wondered how they had discovered the place.

• The Shadow Soldiers drove Yu Canghai and his surviving disciples to flee, and Hong Renxiong died in the attack.
• Lin Pingzhi smashed Hong Renxiong’s corpse with a stone while Shopkeeper Hao watched.
• Yue Buqun, Abbess Dingyi, Daoist Tianmen, and Mr. Mo Da found the cave on the Cliff of Reflection and discovered carvings that countered the Five Great Sword Sects’ techniques.
• Yue Buqun erased the carvings that countered Mount Hua Swordplay before Zuo Lengchan arrived, and the other leaders erased those targeting their own sects.
• Zuo Lengchan erased the carvings that countered Songshan Swordplay, then accepted the others’ oath that they had not memorized its countering methods.
• A white-haired stranger appeared after the sect leaders left and wondered how they had found the cave and learned about immortals and newspapers.

Gu Qing met Feng Qingyang, who came to question him about the Jianghu Monthly Report, and challenged him to a duel. After using the fight to refine Evil Slaying Path with the Nine Solitary Swords, Gu Qing left Feng Qingyang defeated and returned to his seclusion.

• Feng Qingyang confronted Gu Qing about how he knew of Mount Hua Cliff of Contemplation and the Jianghu Monthly Report, but Gu Qing proposed a duel instead of answering.
• Gu Qing followed Feng Qingyang to a hill outside the city so swiftly that Feng Qingyang was shocked to find him already behind him.
• Feng Qingyang attacked with his finger-sword, while Gu Qing used Evil Slaying Path to study the Nine Solitary Swords and refine his technique.
• Feng Qingyang realized Gu Qing was using the duel to test his moves and withdrew after admitting defeat.
• Gu Qing returned to his Seclusion Room, satisfied with his gains and planning to spread the Evil Warding Sword Manual to earn more Spacetime Value.

The Jianghu Monthly Report revealed the Evil Warding Sword Manual’s origins and printed the complete manual, shocking Yu Canghai and Feng Buping. Yu Canghai discovered its first line, while Feng Buping was left stunned by the connection between the manual and Mount Hua’s Sword and Qi Schools.

• Yu Canghai learned from the newspaper that the Sunflower Manual led to the Sword and Qi Sects’ split and that Du Yuan became Lin Yuantu, founder of the Fuwei Escort Agency.
• Yu Canghai found the complete Evil Warding Sword Manual printed in the newspaper and was shocked by its opening words.
• Feng Buping overheard inn guests discussing the newspaper and threatened one man with his sword until the man explained the manual’s connection to Mount Hua.
• Feng Buping read the three issues and learned that Mount Hua’s Sword and Qi Schools had originated from the divided contents of a single sword manual.
• Feng Buping saw the complete Evil Warding Sword Manual printed in the latest issue.

Yue Buqun feared Mount Hua was nearing disaster as Linghu Chong’s injuries worsened, while Zuo Lengchan continued plotting the Merger of the Five Peaks. In Hanzhong, Lin Pingzhi overcame his hesitation and decided to sacrifice his manhood to gain power and save his parents.

• Yue Buqun stabilized Linghu Chong but said he needed to expel six streams of rampaging true qi, and he worried that the strange men might return while his own strength was depleted.
• Yue Buqun considered the latest issue of the Jianghu Monthly Report as he searched for a way to save Mount Hua.
• Lu Bai told Zuo Lengchan that Yue Buqun had resisted the Five Mountains Command Flag and that the Songshan Sect was gaining support within the Taishan Sect.
• Zuo Lengchan declared that the Merger of the Five Peaks would proceed despite the threat posed by the Myriad Magnetic Martial God.
• Lin Pingzhi heard Sangu argue that sacrificing his manhood to cultivate the martial art could give him an advantage over Yu Canghai and the Qingcheng Sect.
• Lin Pingzhi resolved to pay any price to avenge himself and save his parents, then raised his dagger to cut off his manhood.

Over three months, the Evil Warding Sword Manual spread through the jianghu, fueling vendettas and destroying the Qingcheng Sect. Gu Qing emerged from seclusion with the Evil Slaying Path complete and considered how to use his Spacetime Value next.

• The Jianghu Monthly Report recounted Yue Buqun’s defeat of Feng Buping and Lu Bai, and Lin Pingzhi’s failed first attempt to rescue his parents from Yu Canghai.
• As more people cultivated the Evil Warding Sword Manual, the jianghu descended into chaos, and an avenger tortured Tian Boguang to death.
• Lin Pingzhi returned to Qingcheng Mountain, fought Yu Canghai to a draw, then slaughtered the Qingcheng Sect and disappeared to recover from his injuries.
• Shadow Soldiers repelled attacks on the Jianghu Monthly Report’s Hanzhong office and protected its branches from further harm.
• Gu Qing completed the Evil Slaying Path after three months of secluded cultivation and found that his Spacetime Value had risen above two hundred and thirty thousand.
• Gu Qing considered extending his influence beyond the Central Plains and decided to draw prizes first.

After drawing Ultimate Immeasurable Qi Gong, Gu Qing recognized that it could help ordinary people cultivate Magnetic Field Rotation and decided to publish it throughout the martial world. He expected the practice to strengthen potential opponents, destabilize the world, and help him gain Spacetime Value.

• Gu Qing received the information package for Twelve-Way Tan Leg and drew Ultimate Immeasurable Qi Gong.
• Gu Qing learned that the cultivation art could lead practitioners from refining true qi to Current Propulsion and eventually Magnetic Field Rotation, though its ceiling was Fifty Heavens.
• Gu Qing considered whether martial arts masters with deep internal energy could use the art to advance more quickly and reach Magnetic Field Rotation.
• Gu Qing decided to make Ultimate Immeasurable Qi Gong public rather than build a faction around it.
• Gu Qing welcomed the prospect of stronger opponents and anticipated that the art would bring chaos and a new wave of Spacetime Value.

Yue Buqun stormed Songshan Sect and demanded that Zuo Lengchan surrender leadership of the Five Great Sword Sects. After defeating Zuo Lengchan’s allies, Yue revealed a mysterious new power as he fought to kill Zuo and claim the alliance leadership.

• Yue Buqun entered Songshan Sect and killed Zhao Sihai, Zhang Jingchao, and Sima De when they tried to stop him.
• Yue demanded that Zuo Lengchan step down and let him become alliance leader.
• Zhong Zhen and Tang Ying'e attacked Yue with the Evil Warding Swordplay while Zuo Lengchan joined them with his Ice Palm.
• Yue killed Tang Ying'e and Zhong Zhen after a fierce battle, leaving Zuo Lengchan shaken.
• Yue revealed that a mysterious power had been growing within him for half a month and declared his ambition to lead the Five Great Sword Sects and unify the martial world.

Yue Buqun pursued Zuo Lengchan to Shaolin Temple but was stopped by Master Fangzheng, allowing Zuo Lengchan to survive. Meanwhile, Ren Yingying and Xiang Wentian visited Gu Qing to ask whether he knew where her father was being held.

• Zuo Lengchan fled Yue Buqun, while Fei Bin, Le Hou, and other Songshan Sect masters tried to hold Yue Buqun back and were killed.
• Yue Buqun caught up with Zuo Lengchan near Shaolin Temple and grievously wounded his right arm.
• Master Fangzheng blocked Yue Buqun's sword and protected Zuo Lengchan, so Yue Buqun left without killing him.
• Ren Yingying and Xiang Wentian visited Gu Qing, and Ren Yingying asked him about her father's whereabouts.
• Xiang Wentian explained that Dongfang Bubai had rebelled twelve years earlier and secretly imprisoned the former cult leader.

Gu Qing’s new issue of the Jianghu Monthly Report exposed secrets about the Sun Moon Holy Cult, announced Yue Buqun’s rise as Five Mountains Alliance leader, and introduced a martial art that promised success without castration. Ren Yingying freed Ren Woxing from the West Lake Dungeon, leaving him ready to return to the jianghu.

• Ren Yingying and Xiang Wentian asked Gu Qing where Ren Woxing was imprisoned, and Gu Qing said he would publish the information in five days.
• Ren Yingying secretly arranged to delay the newspaper’s circulation near Blackwood Cliff, but the new issue revealed that Ren Woxing was in the West Lake Dungeon and that Dongfang Bubai had withdrawn from worldly affairs.
• The monthly report announced Yue Buqun as the new Five Mountains Alliance leader and published Ultimate Immeasurable Qi Gong, which promised success without castration and the ability to regenerate limbs.
• At Shaolin Temple, Zuo Lengchan read the report and vowed to reclaim what he had lost from Yue Buqun.
• Xiang Wentian and Ren Yingying’s allies defeated Huang Zhonggong, and Ren Yingying found Ren Woxing and freed him from the dungeon.
• Ren Woxing read the newspaper, learned of the changes in the jianghu, and emerged to reunite with his waiting old subordinates.

Gu Qing studied Ren Woxing’s Star Absorbing Great Method and planned to use it to derive a new move for the Myriad Magnetic Martial Way. At Dujiangyan, Lin Pingzhi and Yu Canghai’s duel was interrupted by a crowd of fighters wielding powerful lightning-like techniques, forcing the two rivals to retreat and wonder what had happened to the jianghu.

• Gu Qing received the Star Absorbing Great Method from the Ghost Shadow Legion and began considering how to derive a second move for the Myriad Magnetic Martial Way.
• Lin Pingzhi and Yu Canghai met at Dujiangyan to settle their feud, and their duel drew a crowd of onlookers.
• After more than two hundred moves left them evenly matched, Jian Shaoxiong intervened and struck both men with Current Propulsion, Ten Thousand Volts.
• A huge evil monk defeated Jian Shaoxiong with Fifteen Thousand Volts, Arhat Fist, and more fighters soon joined the melee with powerful lightning-based moves.
• Lin Pingzhi and Yu Canghai abandoned their duel and tried to retreat, deciding they needed to learn what had changed in the jianghu.

Ren Woxing and Xiang Wentian stormed Blackwood Cliff, overwhelming the Sun Moon Holy Cult’s defenders as Ren displayed immense power. They reached Dongfang Bubai’s forbidden courtyard, where Dongfang calmly prepared to face Ren.

• Ren Woxing and Xiang Wentian led a frontal assault on Blackwood Cliff and defeated Jia Bu’s defenders.
• Ren Woxing killed twenty-three Evil Warding Sword Manual experts with a single attack, while Xiang Wentian defeated Jia Bu with fifty thousand volts.
• Xiang Wentian clashed with Tong Xiongxiong, who surged to seventy thousand volts but was killed by Ren Woxing’s overwhelming punch.
• Ren Woxing’s party advanced to a forbidden courtyard instead of the main hall and found Dongfang Bubai with Yang Lianting.
• Dongfang Bubai claimed his Heavenly Human Transformation made him stronger than Ren, who then announced, “Dongfang Bubai, we meet again.”

Dongfang Bubai revealed how he had seized the Sun Moon Holy Cult and explained that he wanted to abandon power and live peacefully with Yang Lianting. When Ren Woxing’s attack killed Yang Lianting, Dongfang Bubai awakened Current Propulsion and began a fierce fight with Ren Woxing as Xiang Wentian led Ren Yingying away.

• Dongfang Bubai recalled how Ren Woxing had promoted him and given him the Sunflower Manual, then admitted he had plotted to take the sect leader’s position.
• Dongfang Bubai offered to return the position to Ren Woxing and leave with Yang Lianting, but Yang Lianting demanded that he kill their opponents.
• Dongfang Bubai attacked Ren Woxing with Embroidered Needles, and Ren Woxing struck back with a powerful punch that destroyed much of the house and killed Yang Lianting.
• Yang Lianting’s death drove Dongfang Bubai into the Current Propulsion Realm, and he vowed to kill Ren Woxing and the others.
• Ren Woxing fought Dongfang Bubai while Xiang Wentian escorted Ren Yingying away from the battle.

After Dongfang Bubai lost the battle for Blackwood Cliff and Ren Woxing reclaimed leadership of the weakened Sun Moon Holy Cult, Yue Buqun urged the Five Great Sword Sects to attack it. Zuo Lengchan arrived to challenge Yue for leadership of the alliance, and the two men faced off.

• Dongfang Bubai lost to Ren Woxing after Yang Lianting's death had extinguished her will to advance, and Ren announced he had reclaimed leadership of the Sun Moon Holy Cult.
• Yue Buqun gathered the Five Great Sword Sects and proposed attacking the weakened Sun Moon Holy Cult, claiming Dongfang Bubai was dead and Ren Woxing was gravely injured.
• Abbess Dingyi and Daoist Tianmen supported Yue's plan, while Mr. Mo Da questioned whether the weakened sects could win.
• Yue Buqun dismissed Mr. Mo Da's concerns and invoked the Songshan Sect's past crimes against Liu Zhengfeng's family.
• Zuo Lengchan arrived alone, declared that he would lead the alliance and expose Yue Buqun as a hypocrite, and faced him as their fighting spirits clashed.