Chapter Summaries

Liu Sanji’s forgotten memories and power resurfaced, revealing his connection to the Netherworld and its ancient war against the God Realm. He vowed to reclaim the debt from Nie Zhenlong, while Xiao Chen sensed that even the Heavenly Dao feared him.

• Liu Sanji briefly forgot what had happened as he awoke, then his eyes turned black and the Path of Deathly Silence erupted from him, shattering the void and terrifying the surrounding world.
• A white-haired Human Race expert recognized the aura as the Netherworld’s, and the narration recounted how its forces had nearly been annihilated fighting the Demon Gods after the God Realm betrayed them.
• Martial God Hall grandee recognized the Netherworld’s return as a threat, stopped his companion from approaching, and decided to report the event to their superiors.
• Liu Sanji drew the black clouds back into himself and vowed to make Nie Zhenlong pay for the Netherworld’s bloodshed.
• Xiao Chen watched the heavens change and sensed that the Heavenly Dao was afraid of Liu Sanji.

Liu Sanji revealed that he had awakened memories of his past life and left to settle old grudges, warning Xiao Chen that his enemy was too powerful. After learning that the enemy came from the God Realm, Xiao Chen resolved to grow stronger so he could help Liu Sanji, while Chou Wantian and Lin Jiansan mourned Sword Immortal Academy’s decline.

• Liu Sanji told Xiao Chen he had awakened past-life memories, gave him a mysterious black token, and departed to settle his grudges.
• Hei Meier nearly got struck by heavenly lightning after explaining that the Netherworld had been framed, then secretly told Xiao Chen that Liu Sanji’s enemy was from the God Realm.
• Xiao Chen decided to cultivate urgently, ascend to the God Realm, and ask his master Ji Wushang for help before leading Hei Meier and Moli to a cave.
• At Sword Immortal Academy, Chou Wantian apologized to Lin Jiansan for the academy’s downfall, and Lin Jiansan comforted him as they worried about the coming tournament.

Chou Wantian and Lin Jiansan feared Sword Immortal Academy would be forced to disband, while Lin Qingxian searched for students to meet the competition requirements. Elsewhere, Xiao Chen tried to awaken the Fire Lotus Blaze secret technique by absorbing a fire petal and endured a searing transformation as Hei Meier and Moli watched over him.

• Chou Wantian and Lin Jiansan drank in despair over Saintly Wasteland Academy's persecution and vowed to fight back if Sword Immortal Academy fell.
• Lin Qingxian covered the exhausted elders, then set out to recruit four students so the academy could enter the competition.
• Xiao Chen asked the system how to activate Fire Lotus Blaze, and it told him to absorb the fire petal while warning that activation could fail.
• Xiao Chen swallowed a fire petal, which melted into fiery radiance and caused agonizing pain as his clothes burned away.
• Hei Meier and Moli watched Xiao Chen during the transformation, while he struggled through the flames consuming his body.

Xiao Chen nearly died when Fire Lotus Blaze awakened the Solar Truefire within him, but his Healing God secret technique automatically activated and repaired his body. After recovering, he weighed whether to continue cultivating the dangerous technique.

• Xiao Chen writhed in agony as the flames scorched his body, while Hei Meier and Moli worried that he would die.
• Hei Meier tried to reach Xiao Chen but the flames burned her hand, leaving her unable to help him.
• Healing God activated and gradually extinguished the flames and healed Xiao Chen’s injuries.
• Xiao Chen recovered enough to speak with Hei Meier and Moli, then asked the system whether activating a secret technique could be interrupted.

Xiao Chen endured repeated Solar Truefire tempering to complete the Fire Lotus Blaze secret technique before the academy grand competition. As the competition approached, Sword Immortal Academy still lacked enough competitors, and Martial Hall Deacon Wang Yuan arrived early to demand a list and threaten to revoke its eligibility.

• Xiao Chen began cultivating again despite his injuries, and the second fire petal caused less pain as his Martial God Physique adapted to the Solar Truefire.
• Xiao Chen spent two months tempering himself, with Hei Meier and Moli watching over him as he consumed the remaining fire petals and neared completion of the secret technique.
• Moli worried that Xiao Chen would miss the grand competition, but Hei Meier refused to wake him and risk ruining his cultivation.
• Lin Qingxian told Lin Jiansan and Chou Wantian that nobody in Barren North City would join Sword Immortal Academy because they feared Saintly Wasteland Academy.
• Wang Yuan led Martial Hall members into Sword Immortal Academy before the usual registration deadline and demanded the competitor list, threatening to revoke the academy's eligibility if it had fewer than five participants.

Lin Jiansan drove Wang Yuan and most of the Martial Hall members from Sword Immortal Academy, but Wang Yuan threatened to revoke the academy’s competition qualification if it failed to submit its participant list that afternoon. As Chou Wantian, Lin Jiansan, and Lin Qingxian dealt with their lingering sorrow, three unfamiliar visitors arrived and asked for President Chou.

• Wang Yuan taunted Chou Wantian, but Lin Jiansan grazed Wang Yuan’s scalp with a sword strike and ordered him to return that afternoon.
• Qi Wen apologized to Lin Jiansan and left, prompting several Martial Hall members aligned with Qi Wen to depart as well.
• Wang Yuan reluctantly left with his two remaining companions after threatening to revoke Sword Immortal Academy’s competition qualification if it failed to submit its participant list that afternoon.
• Chou Wantian smashed the hall’s only wooden table in anger, then apologized as Lin Jiansan and Lin Qingxian brushed away the wood dust.
• A tall, scarred, bald man entered the hall with two companions and asked which of them was President Chou.

Ji Xiaoba, Dong Fenghou, and Xu Congming joined Sword Immortal Academy as Xiao Chen’s brothers, bringing the academy closer to the number of students needed for the competition. The chapter ended with Lin Qingxian worrying that the academy would still be in violation if Dong Wenjian failed to appear.

• Ji Xiaoba, Dong Fenghou, and Xu Congming arrived at Sword Immortal Academy and announced that they had come to join and help Xiao Chen’s academy.
• Xu Congming explained that the three were Xiao Chen’s brothers, and Lin Qingxian arranged their enrollment.
• Chou Wantian revealed that he had kept Dong Wenjian registered to preserve the academy’s resources, though Dong had been expelled years earlier.
• Ba Ge, Houzi, and Xu Congming endured Chou Wantian’s poor cooking, bought food and wine, and repaired their dilapidated courtyard.
• Zhang Yuan and the others checked the new students’ enrollment and left after confirming the paperwork was valid.
• Lin Qingxian asked Chou Wantian what they should do if Dong Wenjian failed to appear for the competition.

Lin Qingxian learned that Lin Jiansan still missed Dong Wenjian and went to bring him back, but found he had left a farewell letter. Dong Wenjian returned for his Sword Dao notebook, saw the recording of Lin Jiansan’s longing, and broke down; as the academy tournament began, Lin Jiansan set out resolved to fight the Martial Hall to the death.

• Chou Wantian showed Lin Qingxian recordings of Lin Jiansan secretly grieving over the yin sandalwood sheath Dong Wenjian had made for him and urged her to find Dong Wenjian.
• Lin Qingxian found Dong Wenjian’s farewell letter at his empty bamboo hut and left the Shadow Recording Stone beside his Sword Dao notebook.
• Dong Wenjian returned for his notebook, watched the recording, and cried as he realized Lin Jiansan had never forgotten him.
• On the day of the academy tournament, Lin Qingxian gave Dong Wenjian’s letter to Lin Jiansan as they prepared to leave Sword Immortal Academy.
• Lin Jiansan put away the letter and set out with his spirit sword, determined to fight the Martial Hall even if it cost him his life.

Sword Immortal Academy arrived at the Barren North Training Grounds for the academy tournament and faced mockery from Overlord Academy. As the tournament prepared to begin, Xiao Lingtian watched from the stands, seething over his father’s refusal to confront Xiao Chen.

• Chou Wantian, Lin Jiansan, and Lin Qingxian reluctantly left Sword Immortal Mountain with the group.
• Ba Ge and Houzi were stunned by the crowds of martial artists gathered at the training grounds.
• Li Manxiong mocked Sword Immortal Academy and vowed that Overlord Academy would challenge them first, while Lin Jiansan stopped Chou Wantian from starting a fight.
• The Sword Immortal Academy group registered and entered the grounds, where the tournament rules and arena layout were established.
• Wen Wanrong asked why Xiao Chen had not arrived, but Xiao Zhentian said he did not know and refused to discuss persuading him.
• Xiao Lingtian silently hated Xiao Zhentian for failing to kill the old yellow dog.

At the academy tournament, Sword Immortal Academy forfeited its low-age match and Houzi was brutally injured by Overlord Academy’s fighter while the Martial Hall refused to intervene. Xiao Chen and Dong Wenjian arrived at the trial grounds just as the tournament’s hostility against Sword Immortal Academy intensified.

• Li Manxiong challenged Sword Immortal Academy, and Lin Jiansan forfeited the low-age match to keep Liu Haiyang from humiliating Lin Qingxian.
• Wu Qi defeated Houzi and continued beating him after Houzi tried to surrender, until Chou Wantian intervened and carried the badly injured Houzi away.
• The Martial Hall official threatened Chou Wantian for intervening and dismissed his complaint about Wu Qi’s attack.
• Xiao Chen arrived at the trial grounds after activating Fire Lotus Blaze, while Dong Wenjian entered from the opposite side.

Xiao Chen returned from the Serpent Dragon Mystic Realm and found Houzi gravely injured by Overlord Academy. After healing Houzi, he challenged the academy’s fighters and faced Liu Yuanlong in the arena.

• Xiao Chen searched the crowded trial grounds with Dong Wenjian, then spotted the bloodied Houzi beneath an arena.
• Xiao Chen fed Houzi Return Spring Pills, and Houzi regained some strength and told him Overlord Academy had attacked him and harassed Qingxian.
• Ba Ge identified Wu Qi as the one who had hurt Houzi, and Xiao Chen challenged Overlord Academy to send out its fighters.
• Wu Qi refused to fight Xiao Chen, so Li Manxiong called for another fighter to step forward.
• Liu Yuanlong, a Martial Master Second Level fighter, entered the arena and offered Xiao Chen three moves before he attacked.

Xiao Chen killed Liu Yuanlong and Wu Qi with concealed Sword Qi, provoking Li Manxiong to challenge him. Dong Wenjian returned to defend Xiao Chen and was welcomed back by Lin Jiansan, while Li Manxiong regarded the former Sword Immortal Academy genius warily.

• Xiao Chen warned that the match could bring casualties, then killed Liu Yuanlong with a streak of purple Sword Qi.
• Xiao Chen's Sword Qi descended from the clouds and killed Wu Qi before Li Manxiong could save him.
• Xiao Chen reminded Li Manxiong that he had promised not to object to casualties and challenged anyone who disagreed to face him.
• Li Manxiong accepted Xiao Chen's challenge, but Dong Wenjian stepped forward to fight Li Manxiong instead.
• Dong Wenjian knelt before Lin Jiansan and apologized for arriving late, and Lin Jiansan told him to get up, signaling his forgiveness.
• Li Manxiong recognized Dong Wenjian and grew solemn at the return of the former Sword Immortal Academy genius.

Dong Wenjian stood up for Xiao Chen when Li Manxiong challenged him, but the Martial Hall tried to punish Xiao Chen for defending himself against its guards. Xiao Zhentian arrived and forced the Martial Hall to back down, then Xiao Chen agreed to meet him and his family.

• Dong Wenjian challenged Li Manxiong to defend Xiao Chen, but a Martial Hall official interrupted and ordered guards to seize Xiao Chen.
• Xiao Chen blasted away the guards who tried to grab him, prompting Li Manxiong and the official to threaten him.
• Xiao Zhentian appeared and injured the official with his pressure, and a replacement steward apologized and punished the man by exiling him to the bitter mines.
• Xiao Zhentian asked Xiao Chen to meet his mother and younger brother, and Xiao Chen agreed while wondering how much Xiao Lingtian was suffering.

Xiao Chen visited the haggard Xiao Lingtian and refused Wen Wanrong’s attempt to reconcile, then helped Sword Immortal Academy easily pass the first round of the grand competition. The academy celebrated that night, but Xu Congming warned that their success might not be assured.

• Xiao Chen saw Xiao Lingtian and Wen Wanrong at the viewing stands, rejected Wen Wanrong’s Blue Blossom Cake and plea for reconciliation, and left after telling Xiao Lingtian he had come to see his misery.
• Xiao Chen returned to Sword Immortal Academy’s team, where he and Dong Wenjian helped the academy win all five matches and advance among the twelve hundred remaining academies.
• The competition confirmed Xiao Chen’s strength as a fourth-level Sword Master, and Chou Wantian and Lin Jiansan celebrated the academy’s improved chances of reaching the top six hundred.
• At the academy’s evening feast, Xu Congming cautioned Chou Wantian that the team’s progress might still face complications.

After Sword Immortal Academy celebrated reaching the top twelve hundred, Lin Qingxian told Xiao Chen that Martial Hall had imprisoned her mother on the fifth level of Martial Prison. Meanwhile, Ninth Elder confronted Wang Yuan over the academy’s unexpected success and learned that Xiao Chen had carried its competitors.

• Chou Wantian and the others celebrated Sword Immortal Academy’s advance, while Xu Congming worried Martial Hall would still target them.
• Xiao Chen walked with Lin Qingxian and asked why her hair was ice-blue.
• Lin Qingxian revealed that Martial Hall had captured her mother when she was young and imprisoned her on the fifth level of Martial Prison.
• Lin Qingxian broke down in tears, and Xiao Chen stayed beside her without promising to intervene.
• At Martial Hall’s Barren North City headquarters, Ninth Elder demanded an explanation from Wang Yuan about Sword Immortal Academy reaching the top twelve hundred.
• Wang Yuan said Xiao Chen had recruited Heavenly Thunder Gang members and swept through the low and middle age-group matches.

Martial Hall elders Lin Baimei and Shen Bei learned that Xiao Chen had escaped the Serpent Dragon Mystic Realm and decided to have the Dark Hall assassinate him. As their assassins flew toward Sword Immortal Academy, Xiao Chen remained unaware of the danger and strolled with Lin Qingxian.

• Wang Yuan told Lin Baimei and Shen Bei that Xiao Chen had escaped the Serpent Dragon Mystic Realm and helped Sword Immortal Academy rise in the rankings.
• Lin Baimei and Shen Bei suspected the escape report was false, but agreed that Xiao Chen threatened their plans to destroy Sword Immortal Academy.
• The elders decided to stall Sword Immortal Academy’s hidden Sword King experts while the Dark Hall killed Xiao Chen.
• Two Dark Hall assassins arrived, and Lin Baimei warned them not to underestimate Xiao Chen despite their confidence.
• Lin Baimei and Shen Bei led the assassins toward Sword Immortal Academy on a Bloodfeather Skyhawk while Xiao Chen strolled with Lin Qingxian, unaware of the threat.

Shen Bei and Lin Baimei led a midnight raid on Sword Immortal Academy to target Xiao Chen, while Chou Wantian and Lin Jiansan tried to stop them. The Dark Hall assassins reached Xiao Chen and Lin Qingxian, leaving the academy’s defenders locked in a battle with the Martial Kings.

• Chou Wantian and Lin Jiansan sensed two hostile Martial Kings approaching and gathered the academy’s residents at the gates.
• Shen Bei and Lin Baimei arrived on a giant demonic hawk with two Dark Hall operatives and demanded to find Xiao Chen.
• Lin Baimei located Xiao Chen in the eastern woods with Lin Qingxian, and the two Dark Hall operatives went to attack them.
• Chou Wantian and Lin Jiansan tried to pursue the assassins, but Lin Baimei and Shen Bei blocked their path and forced them into battle.
• Chou Wantian urged Lin Jiansan to rescue Xiao Chen and Lin Qingxian, while Shen Bei attacked and declared that Xiao Chen would die.

Chou Wantian and Lin Jiansan were held back by two Martial Hall Kings while the Dark Hall sent assassins after Xiao Chen. Xiao Chen evaded their first strike in the woods, where Lin Qingxian realized they were in grave danger, but Xiao Chen did not understand her apology.

• Chou Wantian and Lin Jiansan struggled against the Martial Hall Kings as Dong Wenjian fought the Bloodfeather Skyhawk.
• Ba Ge, Houzi, and Xu Congming rushed toward the eastern woods to help Xiao Chen, knowing the Dark Hall assassins greatly outclassed them.
• Xiao Chen sensed the assassins and pulled Lin Qingxian out of the way of their poisoned daggers.
• Lin Qingxian recognized the Shadow Rat insignia and apologized, believing she had led Xiao Chen to his death.
• Xiao Chen questioned what Lin Qingxian meant by repaying him in the next life.

Xiao Chen killed two Dark Hall men who threatened him and his companions, then hurried with them back to Sword Immortal Academy. While Chou Wantian and Lin Jiansan fought the two Martial Hall Kings, Xiao Chen’s group watched from hiding, unaware that the enemy leaders were beginning to question why their men had not returned.

• Ba Ge, Houzi, and Xu Congming joined Xiao Chen, but Xu Congming’s old friendship with the bald Dark Hall man failed to persuade him to spare them.
• Xiao Chen killed the bald Dark Hall man with a streak of purple Sword Qi, then killed the short Dark Hall man with his sword.
• Ba Ge warned that President Chou and Elder Lin were still fighting the two Kings of the Martial Hall, so Xiao Chen and the others hurried back to Sword Immortal Academy.
• Xiao Chen’s group hid by the academy gates and watched the battle while Ba Ge shared sunflower seeds and he and Houzi critiqued the fighters.
• Lin Baimei taunted Chou Wantian and Lin Jiansan, claiming Xiao Chen had already been killed, while Shen Bei wondered why the two Dark Hall men had not returned.

Chou Wantian nearly self-destructed to avenge Xiao Chen, believing the Dark Hall had killed him. Xiao Chen revealed he was alive and had killed the Dark Hall members, and the Martial Hall Kings withdrew, leaving Sword Immortal Academy safe for the moment.

• Chou Wantian shoved Lin Jiansan away and prepared to self-destruct, while Shen Bei pleaded for him to stop.
• Xiao Chen called out that he was alive, and Chou Wantian halted his self-destruction and rushed to join him and the others.
• Chou Wantian and Lin Jiansan shielded Xiao Chen and Lin Qingxian as the other Kings arrived.
• Xiao Chen told Lin Baimei where to find the Dark Hall men, and Lin Baimei discovered both had been killed with single sword strikes.
• Chou Wantian bluffed that Sword Immortal Academy had an expert in ambush, and Shen Bei ordered Lin Baimei to retreat with him.
• Ba Ge said that Xiao Chen had killed the Dark Hall men, and the people from Sword Immortal Academy asked how the group had escaped.