Chapter Summaries

After more than a year of Jian Ming's instruction, Bai Ze reached the early Great Grandmaster Realm and learned the Bright Sword Sect's inheritance. Jian Ming dissipated after completing his task, and Bai Ze left the crumbling secret realm to settle affairs on the Northern Continent before heading to the Central Continent.

• Bai Ze advanced from the late Grandmaster Realm to the early Great Grandmaster Realm and cultivated Sword Intent, martial skills, and soul attacks under Jian Ming's guidance.
• Jian Ming told Bai Ze the secret realm could last only about three more months, gave him the sect's inheritance, and recommended he use his token to join the Sword Sect on the Central Continent.
• Jian Ming explained that his soul had dissipated thousands of years earlier and that he would soon vanish after passing down the Bright Sword Sect's inheritance.
• Jian Ming and Bai Ze spent a day resting and talking, then Jian Ming completely dissipated as Bai Ze knelt to thank him.
• Bai Ze continued cultivating alone and reached the middle stage of the Great Grandmaster Realm as the secret realm began to collapse.
• Bai Ze activated the Teleportation Array with the Bright Sword Sect's Sword Son Token and left the secret realm.

After leaving the secret realm, Bai Ze discovered he had emerged in the Sanjing Dynasty, far from Jizhou. He joined Wan Sanqian’s caravan to Hou City and received an ancestral map that could help him find his way back to the Golden Sun Dynasty.

• Bai Ze emerged from an abandoned Teleportation Array in a mountain valley and found a caravan on the road.
• Wan Sanqian’s caravan continued toward Hou City despite Madam Wan’s fears that they were being pursued from Pingyang City.
• Bai Ze stopped the caravan to ask for directions and learned he was in the Sanjing Dynasty, with Jizhou far away.
• Wan Sanqian invited Bai Ze to travel with the caravan and offered him an ancestral map to help him reach the Golden Sun Dynasty.
• Bai Ze introduced himself to Wan Sanqian’s family, then examined the map as Wan Sanqian explained its markings.

Bai Ze traveled with Wan Sanqian’s caravan and learned that Wan Yanyun wanted him to teach her martial arts. That night, Wang Lao Er and his men attacked the caravan to demand the lost Myriad Thousand Floating Clouds Art, and Bai Ze stepped in as Wan Sanqian was about to fight them.

• Wan Sanqian showed Bai Ze maps and explained the route toward Jizhou in the Golden Sun Dynasty.
• Wan Yanyun asked Bai Ze to teach her martial arts because she thought her father’s saber techniques were not pretty.
• Wang Lao Er led more than ten attackers against the caravan at night and demanded the Myriad Thousand Floating Clouds Art.
• Wan Sanqian fought Wang Lao Er and another Grandmaster Realm martial artist but was badly injured.
• Wang Lao Er threatened Wan Sanqian’s family, and Bai Ze appeared in front of him and challenged the attackers’ insistence.

Bai Ze killed Wang Lao Er and his men after they attacked Wan Sanqian’s caravan, then taught Wan Yanyun the Six Forms of Sword Stance. He accepted her as a registered disciple and agreed to take her with him toward the Golden Sun Dynasty, while her family decided to follow.

• Bai Ze subdued Wang Lao Er with his Sword Intent and killed him and the other attackers with Sword Qi.
• Wan Sanqian thanked Bai Ze for saving his family and caravan.
• Wan Yanyun praised Bai Ze, and he began teaching her the Bright Sword Sect’s Six Forms of Sword Stance.
• After seeing Wan Yanyun quickly learn the forms, Bai Ze accepted her as a registered disciple and said she would travel with him to the Golden Sun Dynasty.
• Wan Sanqian decided that his whole family would accompany Wan Yanyun and settle near Bai Ze’s sect.

Bai Ze traveled with Wan Sanqian’s family toward Fengyun City to buy flying beasts for the journey to the Golden Sun Dynasty. At the Nanyue Merchant Guild, he found that the best available beast cost 1.8 million taels of gold and challenged the shopkeeper after realizing the guild intended to exploit them.

• Wan Sanqian dismantled his business and joined Bai Ze with his family on the journey from Hou City toward Fengyun City.
• Wang Shan led the Wang Family in another attempt to seize the Myriad Thousand Floating Clouds Art, but Bai Ze dealt with them easily.
• Bai Ze and his companions reached Fengyun City and learned that the trip to Jizhou would take about a year on a flying beast.
• At the Nanyue Merchant Guild, Bai Ze rejected the cheaper True Qi Realm beasts and asked to see the best ones available.
• The shopkeeper offered a seventh-level Gang Qi Realm Qing Peng for 1.8 million taels of gold and revealed the guild’s backing by the Nanyue Sect.
• Bai Ze said he had no money but still wanted the Qing Peng, confronting the shopkeeper as armed martial artists watched them.

Bai Ze exposed the Nanyue Merchant Guild shopkeeper’s plan to rob them, then killed him and his fighters and took a Qing Peng. Bai Ze and Wan Sanqian’s family flew toward the Golden Sun Dynasty, while Wan Yanyun began cultivating aboard the beast.

• Bai Ze accused the shopkeeper of planning to rob them and declared that they would take a flying beast without paying.
• The shopkeeper admitted he would kill them regardless and ordered his martial artists to attack, boasting of the Nanyue Sect’s backing.
• Bai Ze killed the attacking martial artists with his sword and then executed the kneeling shopkeeper.
• Bai Ze opened the enclosures, controlled a Qing Peng, and flew away with Wan Sanqian’s family toward the Golden Sun Dynasty.
• Wan Yanyun praised Bai Ze’s skill, and he explained that his enemies had been unable to move before urging her to cultivate aboard Qing Peng.

Bai Ze and his companions stopped in Qiuyun City while traveling toward the Golden Sun Dynasty, where the cautious City Lord Zhao Fanyun offered them silver to earn their favor. They left the next day and continued their journey toward the Qingyue Sect as Bai Ze trained Wan Yanyun and guided Wan Qian.

• After months of cultivation, Wan Yanyun reached the Blood Changing Realm, and Bai Ze gave her the Blood Sword Art so she could build her foundation before breaking through.
• Bai Ze and his companions arrived in Qiuyun City on Qing Peng, startling the residents and alarming City Lord Zhao Fanyun.
• Zhao Fanyun brought Bai Ze two hundred thousand taels of silver and offered his help, and Bai Ze calmly accepted the gift.
• The group rested overnight, then left Qiuyun City on Qing Peng and continued toward the Golden Sun Dynasty and the Qingyue Sect.
• Bai Ze continued teaching Wan Yanyun and gave Wan Qian guidance, earning Wan Sanqian's gratitude.

After returning to Jizhou, Bai Ze found Wang Guang being hunted by a Grandmaster Realm expert and killed the attacker with one sword. Wang Guang learned that Bai Ze had reached the Mid-stage Great Grandmaster Realm, and they were left only a few days from the Qingyue Sect.

• Bai Ze advised Wan Yanyun on her Blood Changing Degree and guided Wan Qian in cultivating his sword art and Inner Qi.
• After months of travel, Bai Ze returned to the Golden Sun Dynasty and saw widespread fighting among martial artists across Youzhou.
• Near the Qingyue Sect, Bai Ze spotted Wang Guang being pursued and badly wounded by a Grandmaster Realm expert on Wanglong Road.
• Bai Ze stepped in despite Wang Guang's warning and killed the old man with a single sword strike.
• Wang Guang was stunned when Bai Ze revealed that he had reached the Mid-stage Great Grandmaster Realm.

Bai Ze learned that the Imperial Family and King Nanshan had joined forces to betray the dynasty’s top forces, causing immense casualties. He reached the Qingyue Sect with Wang Guang and went to report the events to the Sect Master.

• Bai Ze and Wang Guang introduced Wan Sanqian's family aboard Qing Peng, and Wang Guang gave Wan Yanyun a Momentum Comprehension Pill.
• Wang Guang told Bai Ze that the Imperial Family and King Nanshan had manipulated the top forces into war before attacking them together.
• Wang Guang revealed that eight or nine out of every ten martial artists in the decisive battle were killed or injured, and Supreme Elder Su Xuan had died.
• Bai Ze concluded that the sects would need to unite against the Golden Sun Dynasty, and Wang Guang agreed.
• Bai Ze and Wang Guang arrived at the Qingyue Sect, where the elders recognized Wang Guang and told him to report to the Sect Master.
• Bai Ze arranged accommodations for Wan Sanqian's family, then went with Wang Guang to the sect's main hall.

Bai Ze returned to Qingyue Sect, where Song Tiancheng promoted him to Supreme Elder and approved his requests to take Wan Yanyun as his disciple and admit Wan Sanqian’s family into the sect. After introducing Wan Yanyun to his fellow disciples, Bai Ze discussed the Golden Sun Dynasty’s conspiracy and Qingyue Sect’s heavy losses.

• Bai Ze reunited with Song Shilan, Zhou Zidao, Song Nan, and the other disciples, who learned he had reached the middle stage of the Great Grandmaster Realm.
• Song Tiancheng welcomed Bai Ze back and named him a Supreme Elder, which Bai Ze accepted.
• Bai Ze asked to take Wan Yanyun as his disciple and have Wan Sanqian’s family join Qingyue Sect, and Song Tiancheng agreed to both requests.
• Bai Ze introduced Wan Yanyun to Zhou Zidao, Song Shilan, and Song Nan, who gave her greeting gifts and warmly welcomed her.
• Bai Ze and the others discussed the Golden Sun Dynasty’s plot to weaken the factions and the deaths of at least five Qingyue Sect Great Grandmasters.

Bai Ze settled Wan Sanqian’s family into the Qingyue Sect and practiced swordsmanship while considering the resources he needed to advance. The Supreme Elders welcomed him as a powerful new member and prepared to discuss the sect’s future amid the threat of the Golden Sun Dynasty.

• Song Shilan and Zhou Zidao praised Wan Yanyun’s talent, while Song Shilan teased Song Nan for not yet reaching the Grandmaster Realm.
• Bai Ze arranged for Wan Sanqian to become a Qingyue Sect elder, gave Wan Qian the treatment of an Inner Disciple, and placed Wan Yanyun beside his own residence as a Personal Disciple.
• Bai Ze practiced the Bright Sword Sect’s basic sword technique and checked that his Sword Intent remained at Lesser Accomplishment, 87%.
• Bai Ze reflected that he needed more cultivation resources to progress, and suspected an opportunity would arise amid the Golden Sun Dynasty’s current situation.
• Song Tiancheng led Bai Ze to the Qingyue Sect’s back mountain, where Cang Yun and the other Supreme Elders welcomed him and discussed the sect’s strength and future.

After the Golden Sun Dynasty’s Imperial Family weakened the Qingyue Sect and other factions, Cang Yun and his allies discussed uniting against their common enemy. Bai Ze revealed that he had obtained soul cultivation techniques in the Heavenly Human Secret Realm, giving the sect a possible path to the Heavenly Human Realm.

• Song Tiancheng explained that the factions needed to unite because they could not oppose the Imperial Family alone.
• Cang Yun and the others worried that the Imperial Family might possess Heavenly Human Realm experts, while Cang Yun explained that advancing required elevating the soul.
• Bai Ze revealed that he had received soul cultivation techniques in an inheritance from the Heavenly Human Secret Realm.
• Cang Yun, Song Tiancheng, and the others brought Bai Ze to the inner hall and guarded the area while he wrote down the techniques.
• Bai Ze presented three soul cultivation techniques and several basic soul attack methods, and the others eagerly began examining them.

Bai Ze gave the Qingyue Sect manuals that could help Cang Yun cultivate his soul and reach the Heavenly Human Realm, then entered seclusion to break through to the late Great Grandmaster Realm. After succeeding, Bai Ze continued practicing swordsmanship to bring his Sword Intent closer to Great Accomplishment.

• Cang Yun received the Mortal Ascension Soul Technique and began closed-door cultivation, estimating that he could reach the Heavenly Human Realm within a few years.
• Song Tiancheng praised Bai Ze for bringing hope to the Qingyue Sect and offered him sect resources for cultivation.
• Bai Ze returned to his courtyard, approved Wan Yanyun's plan to cultivate with Song Nan, and told her he would check her progress after his own seclusion.
• After more than half a month, Bai Ze broke through to the late Great Grandmaster Realm, though his Sword Intent remained just short of Great Accomplishment.
• Bai Ze stayed in the courtyard to practice swordsmanship and deepen his comprehension of Sword Intent.

The Golden Sun Dynasty destroyed the Snow Sect and the Qinghai Sect, driving the Qingyue Sect to seek allies and prepare for the Imperial Family’s next moves. The Biyao Sect began relocating to Jizhou with Qingyue Sect’s help, while Bai Ze advanced his Sword Intent to Great Accomplishment.

• The Golden Sun Dynasty destroyed the Snow Sect and the Qinghai Sect through a sudden attack aided by internal traitors.
• Song Tiancheng and the Qingyue Sect elders debated how to respond, while keeping Cang Yun’s breakthrough secret from most of them.
• Elder Sun told Song Tiancheng that the Biyao Sect’s leadership agreed to relocate and discuss the arrangements.
• The Qingyue Sect helped the Biyao Sect move toward Jizhou so the two sects could support each other and buy time for Cang Yun or Sun Qing to break through.
• Bai Ze cultivated for another half month and raised his Sword Intent to Great Accomplishment.

Bai Ze learned that the Imperial Family had nearly crushed the Golden Sun Dynasty’s major factions and was pressuring the Qingyue Sect to attack the remaining sects. As Eunuch Li delivered King Tan’s demand, Song Tiancheng proposed joining forces with the Biyao Sect and Xuanqing Sect, leaving the Qingyue Sect’s response unresolved.

• Bai Ze trained Wan Yanyun and heard that the Biyao Sect had relocated nearby as factions across the realm fell to the Imperial Family.
• Song Nan took Wan Yanyun to visit the Biyao Sect after Bai Ze gave his approval, while Song Shilan told Bai Ze that an Imperial Family envoy had arrived.
• Song Shilan explained that the Imperial Family had taken control of four of the Golden Sun Dynasty’s six continents and left only Jizhou and Haibei Prefecture’s leading factions standing.
• Bai Ze and Song Shilan found Eunuch Li demanding that the Qingyue Sect attack the remaining top-tier forces or face destruction.
• Song Tiancheng proposed that the Qingyue Sect join forces with the Biyao Sect and Xuanqing Sect, then divide Jizhou among the three sects.

Song Tiancheng agreed to the Imperial Family’s proposal while planning to preserve Qingyue Sect’s strength, then sent Bai Ze to investigate the border and look for a chance to spark conflict between the Golden Sun Dynasty and Mingyue Dynasty. Bai Ze reached the Southern Continent in disguise and heard rumors of a looming crisis before armed soldiers appeared in the city.

• Eunuch Li secured Song Tiancheng’s agreement to join the other sects against their rivals, while Song Tiancheng privately told the elders to delay and conserve their strength.
• Song Tiancheng explained to Bai Ze that pressure from Mingyue Dynasty and Sanjing Dynasty had forced the Imperial Family to halt its campaign against Qingyue Sect.
• Song Tiancheng ordered Bai Ze to investigate the Southern Continent–Mingzhou border and, if it was safe, provoke a war between the Golden Sun Dynasty and Mingyue Dynasty.
• Three days later, Bai Ze left Qingyue Sect in disguise and stopped at an inn in a Southern Continent city to gather information.
• Bai Ze overheard rumors that Mingyue Dynasty had demanded the Southern Continent and that its Third Prince had arrived, then saw armed soldiers march through the street.

Bai Ze waited for the Third Prince Ouyang Taotian to leave Anzhou before making his move, while Ouyang Taotian and Tan Song failed to resolve their dispute over the province. The talks ended with both sides preparing to settle matters through battles, and Bai Ze learned that Ouyang Taotian would travel with a formidable guard unit.

• Bai Ze assessed the Golden Sun Dynasty’s military strength and left through a window after watching its soldiers depart.
• Bai Ze reached a border city and discovered that more than a dozen Great Grandmaster Realm experts guarded the City Lord's Mansion, so he waited for Ouyang Taotian to leave before acting.
• Ouyang Taotian threatened Tan Song with a joint invasion by the Mingyue Dynasty and the Sanjing Dynasty, while Tan Song refused to surrender Anzhou.
• Ouyang Taotian and Tan Song’s negotiations ended without an agreement to hand over Anzhou, leaving battles to decide what the dynasties would gain.
• Bai Ze learned that Ouyang Taotian would depart with three thousand guards, including at least five Great Grandmasters and a peak Great Grandmaster Realm expert.

Bai Ze ambushed Third Prince Ouyang Taotian’s convoy on its journey back to the Mingyue Dynasty, forcing Elder Huang to confront him. Their battle ended with Elder Huang sent flying and injured, while the Third Prince remained under threat.

• Bai Ze left the city ahead of the convoy and waited for an opportunity to attack.
• Ouyang Taotian and his companion discussed the Golden Sun Dynasty’s resistance and the rival dynasties’ plans.
• Bai Ze struck the Third Prince’s carriage with Piercing Sun Rainbow, and four Great Grandmasters combined their attacks to block him.
• Elder Huang emerged to protect Ouyang Taotian and fought Bai Ze in the sky.
• Bai Ze’s Ask the Heart slash split Elder Huang’s attack and sent him flying backward with an injury.

Bai Ze overwhelmed Elder Huang and the other Great Grandmasters while intercepting Third Prince Ouyang Taotian. Elder Huang abandoned Ouyang Taotian to escape, but the chapter ended with Bai Ze pursuing him toward the Mingyue Dynasty.

• Ouyang Taotian ordered the four Great Grandmasters to join Elder Huang in fighting Bai Ze.
• Bai Ze gained the advantage against his five opponents and killed one of the Great Grandmasters.
• Elder Huang pretended to attack with all his strength, then grabbed Ouyang Taotian and fled.
• Bai Ze cut through the soldiers blocking his pursuit and quickly caught up with Elder Huang and Ouyang Taotian.
• Elder Huang threw Ouyang Taotian into Bai Ze's sword to save himself, and Ouyang Taotian died.
• Elder Huang raced toward the Mingyue Dynasty as Bai Ze gave chase.

After Bai Ze’s plan sparked a war between the Mingyue and Sanjing Dynasties and the Golden Sun Dynasty, the Qingyue Sect gained time to recover. A year later, Bai Ze had reached the peak Great Grandmaster Realm and was nearing a breakthrough to the Heavenly Human Realm.

• Elder Huang returned to the Mingyue Dynasty and falsely told Ouyang Zhentian that he had been unable to protect Ouyang Taotian.
• Ouyang Zhentian ordered an alliance with the Sanjing Dynasty and sent three hundred thousand troops to attack the Golden Sun Dynasty.
• King Tan learned that the Golden Sun Dynasty had been blamed for Ouyang Taotian’s death and prepared to face the invasion.
• Song Tiancheng halted the Qingyue Sect’s attacks on the Blood Sect and Wind Thunder Sect while the dynasties were at war.
• Bai Ze returned to the Qingyue Sect, where he spent a year cultivating and teaching Wan Yanyun, reaching the peak Great Grandmaster Realm and raising his Sword Intent to Level One, Great Accomplishment.
• Bai Ze concluded that perfecting his first level of Sword Intent would let him break through directly to the Heavenly Human Realm because his soul had already reached that level.