Chapter Summaries

Xiao Chen exhausted himself driving Bloodfeather Mountain’s demons away, but the Bear Demon vowed to seek revenge. After learning of Xiao Chen’s Ten Thousand Calamities Curse, Xiao Zhentian grieved over his son’s fate, while Ye Lanxi prepared to pursue a place at the Tai Xu Sect.

• The Bear Demon ordered the surviving demons to retreat after Xiao Chen’s Fire Lotus Blaze killed more than nine hundred great demons.
• Xiao Chen, drained of martial essence, let the demons escape and vowed to destroy Bloodfeather Mountain for the deaths of Sword Immortal Academy’s two Kings.
• Zhang Dadan approached Xiao Chen, but Xiao Chen left; Ye Lanxi watched him disappear.
• Xiao Zhentian learned from Ye Lanxi that Xiao Chen had been struck by the Ten Thousand Calamities Curse and lamented that his son was crippled.
• Ye Lanxi headed for the Imperial Capital to prepare for the Tai Xu Sect’s recruitment, which would begin in a month.
• The Bear Demon resolved to return to the Demon Domain and ask a Deputy Mountain Lord to kill Xiao Chen.

After Xiao Zhentian announced that Xiao Chen had driven back Bloodfeather Mountain’s demons, he revealed that Xiao Chen had been afflicted by the Ten Thousand Calamities Curse and left alone, leaving his family and friends devastated. Xiao Lingtian privately rejoiced at his brother’s impending death, while Wen Wanrong regretted neglecting Xiao Chen.

• Xiao Zhentian returned to the fleeing group and told Wen Wanrong that Xiao Chen had slaughtered a thousand demons and forced Bloodfeather Mountain to retreat.
• Wen Wanrong, Xiao Lingtian, and the gathered prodigies and martial artists were stunned by Xiao Chen’s victory and its scale.
• Wen Wanrong asked why Xiao Chen had not returned, and Xiao Zhentian explained that Xiao Chen had been afflicted by the Ten Thousand Calamities Curse and departed alone.
• Wen Wanrong wept and regretted neglecting her eldest son, while Xiao Lingtian secretly celebrated his brother’s impending death and hoped to obtain Xiao Chen’s dantian-repair method.
• Xiao Chen’s friends mourned the news, while members of Saintly Wasteland Academy claimed his curse fulfilled their dean’s prediction and mocked his fate.

After Saintly Wasteland Academy students slandered Xiao Chen, the enraged crowd beat them and Xiao Lingtian until Xiao Zhentian intervened. Xiao Chen reached a secluded cave beside a clear lake and asked the System how the Dao Heaven Sacred Pool could remove the Evil Curse on him.

• Houzi confronted Saintly Wasteland Academy students for insulting Xiao Chen, and the crowd grew angry when they learned the students had fled during the demon disaster.
• The students mocked the crowd and the Heavenly Thunder Gang, so the people rushed them and beat them while Dong Wenjian secretly restrained them with Sword Qi.
• Xiao Lingtian tried to defend his senior brothers, but the crowd beat him too until Xiao Zhentian stopped the disturbance.
• Xiao Chen found a secluded cave beside an emerald-green lake and waited there while weakened.
• Xiao Chen asked the System what the Dao Heaven Sacred Pool was and how he could remove the Evil Curse.

After learning that the Dao Heaven Sacred Pool could cure his Ten Thousand Calamities Curse, Xiao Chen realized he had only a year to live and faced the challenge of joining Tai Xu Sect. While he washed in a lake, Fire Phoenix arrived and discovered him underwater.

• The system told Xiao Chen that the Dao Heaven Sacred Pool, a treasure of Tai Xu Sect, could cure his curse, but he had to enter it within a year.
• Xiao Chen learned that joining Tai Xu Sect would be difficult because it rarely recruited disciples, then went to a nearby lake to wash off demon blood.
• Fire Phoenix, Tai Xu Sect's Holy Maiden, arrived while searching for the youth who had driven back Bloodfeather Mountain's demons.
• Fire Phoenix entered the lake to wash herself and screamed when she saw Xiao Chen underwater.
• Xiao Chen turned toward Fire Phoenix and stared in shock.

Xiao Chen parted from Fire Phoenix after learning she was the Tai Xu Sect’s Holy Maiden, then traveled to Demonwalk City to continue toward Central Province and seek a cure for his Evil Curse. After eating at a restaurant, he discovered his space ring held no money and could not pay the bill.

• Fire Phoenix rejected Xiao Chen’s offer to take responsibility, identified herself as a Holy Maiden of the Tai Xu Sect, and flew away after telling him her name.
• Xiao Chen decided he and Fire Phoenix would meet again, then answered messages from concerned acquaintances and set out for Central Province.
• Xiao Chen traveled to Demonwalk City, planning to take a Flying Demon Ship to Xia City and join the Tai Xu Sect to seek access to the Dao Heaven Sacred Pool.
• Xiao Chen entered Demonwalk City and ate a large meal at a restaurant.
• Xiao Chen found that his space ring contained no money, and the waiter asked him again to pay the two-tael bill.

Xiao Chen was accused of trying to dine and dash at Three Goodness Inn after he admitted he had forgotten his money pouch. Qing Yumei, who was struck by his resemblance to her dead fiancé Liu Yushan, paid his bill and sent Fen Xiuxiu to invite him upstairs as the inn's guards approached.

• Xiao Chen asked the waiter to let him leave an IOU, but the waiter and nearby diners assumed he was trying to avoid paying.
• Qing Yumei recognized Xiao Chen's strong resemblance to her deceased fiancé Liu Yushan, while Fen Xiuxiu dismissed him as a freeloader.
• Qing Yumei told Fen Xiuxiu to pay Xiao Chen's bill and invite him upstairs, despite Fen Xiuxiu's objections.
• The waiter threatened to summon the inn's guards when Xiao Chen insisted he would return to pay and warned the waiter not to push him too far.
• Several scar-faced guards surrounded Xiao Chen while the proprietor ignored the confrontation.

Xiao Chen killed Liu Xiong with a glance after Fen Rourou intervened to stop him from losing a finger. He met Qing Yumei at the inn and learned she was headed to the Tai Xu Sect’s internal recruitment assessment, leaving him asking how he could participate.

• Liu Xiong threatened to cut off Xiao Chen’s finger for dining without paying, but Fen Rourou offered the two taels of silver and said her young lady would protect him.
• Xiao Chen killed Liu Xiong with a sword-light flash in his eyes, and the inn guests and owner were left puzzled by the sudden death.
• Qing Yumei invited Xiao Chen upstairs, explained that he resembled someone she had once loved, and rebuked Fen Rourou for insulting him.
• Xiao Chen and Qing Yumei exchanged names and discussed their reasons for visiting Demonwalk City.
• After learning Qing Yumei planned to take the Tai Xu Sect’s internal recruitment assessment, Xiao Chen asked how he could participate, and Fen Rourou mocked his chances.

Xiao Chen learned about the Tai Xu Sect’s internal recruitment and agreed to travel to Central Province as Qing Yumei and Fen Rourou’s guard in exchange for a ticket. After a lump of demon shit nearly hit him on the way to the Flying Demon Ship Association, the three bought tickets to Azure Cloud City.

• Qing Yumei explained that internal recruitment required a Tai Xu Token, and Xiao Chen learned the Qing Family’s two tokens were already spoken for.
• Qing Yumei offered to cover Xiao Chen’s travel costs if he accompanied her and Fen Rourou as their guard, and he accepted.
• A lump of demon shit fell from the sky and landed just in front of Xiao Chen, prompting Fen Rourou to mock his bad luck.
• At the Flying Demon Ship Association, Qing Yumei bought three tickets to Azure Cloud City for the journey to the Tai Xu Sect’s recruitment.
• The ticket clerk assured them the route was well scouted and guarded despite the Demon God Hall’s recent activity.

Xiao Chen, Qing Yumei, and Fen Rourou waited to board a Flying Demon Ship, which was delayed by Void Turbulence. As they discussed the white-robed sword cultivator who had saved Barren North City, Fen Rourou teased Xiao Chen by suggesting he resembled the hero.

• Xiao Chen sat apart from Qing Yumei and Fen Rourou while they waited for their Flying Demon Ship to depart.
• Fen Rourou learned that Void Turbulence had delayed the ship by an hour, and Xiao Chen silently blamed his bad luck.
• Qing Yumei worried that danger might be ahead and told Fen Rourou about the white-robed youth who had driven back nearly ten thousand demons at Barren North City.
• Fen Rourou praised the youth and teased Qing Yumei that he would make a wonderful husband for her.
• Fen Rourou noticed that Xiao Chen shared the youth's white robes, handsome looks, and claim of being a sword cultivator, then asked Qing Yumei whether he resembled the hero.

Xiao Chen advanced his Starlight Fist but suffered another dangerous backlash from the Ten Thousand Calamities Curse, then boarded a demon ship with Qing Yumei and Fen Rourou. The chapter leaves Qing Yumei troubled over her unwanted marriage contract to Hou Yi as the ship prepares to travel to the Tai Xu Sect.

• Xiao Chen cultivated the Starlight Fist through visualization and reached its beginner stage, but the Ten Thousand Calamities Curse flared and drained his life force.
• Xiao Chen resolved to reach the Dao Heaven Sacred Pool within a year and deepen his revenge against Bloodfeather Mountain.
• Xiao Chen, Qing Yumei, and Fen Rourou boarded the demon ship and found their rooms inside its palace-like interior.
• Xiao Chen went to Qing Yumei's room to ask about the Tai Xu Sect while Qing Yumei and Fen Rourou discussed her marriage contract.
• Fen Rourou condemned Hou Yi and said the Donglai City Lord had pressured Qing Yumei's family head into arranging the marriage.

Xiao Chen overheard Qing Yumei's forced engagement to Hou Yi and offered to help end it, then detected a demon attack on the flying ship. The Demon God Hall raiders killed all twenty association guards, leaving the passengers in danger.

• Fen Rourou told Qing Yumei that Hou Qing had pressured the Qing Family into accepting Hou Yi's marriage proposal after Qing Family disciples were killed.
• Xiao Chen overheard their conversation and asked Qing Yumei whether Hou Qing and his son Hou Donglai were involved.
• Xiao Chen promised to help persuade the Hou Family to cancel the engagement, but Fen Rourou and Qing Yumei did not believe him.
• Xiao Chen sensed demon aura entering through the window, and shouts outside confirmed that the ship was under attack.
• More than a dozen Demon God Hall members confronted the association guards, and their swift leader killed all twenty guards.

Xiao Chen stepped in to protect the passengers from the Demon God Hall and revealed himself as a powerful sword cultivator. After refusing the group’s offer to let him leave, he killed their leader with a single punch as the Ten Thousand Calamities Curse began to fade.

• Qing Yumei and the passengers watched helplessly as the Demon God Hall members threatened and attacked them.
• Xiao Chen stepped forward to defend an elderly passenger, despite Qing Yumei and Fen Rourou warning him to retreat.
• Xiao Chen killed the effeminate Demon God Hall youth with one sword strike, stunning everyone aboard the ship.
• The bearded Demon God Hall member offered Xiao Chen wealth and women if he would leave the passengers alone, but Xiao Chen refused.
• As the Ten Thousand Calamities Curse faded, Xiao Chen punched through the bearded man’s chest and killed him.

Xiao Chen effortlessly killed the remaining Demon God Hall members aboard the Flying Demon Ship and received an honored guest token from its manager. After learning why Hou Qing was forcing Qing Yumei to marry Hou Yi, Xiao Chen considered confronting the Hou Family.

• Xiao Chen slew the remaining Demon God Hall members, and the avian demons fled.
• Passengers praised Xiao Chen and tried to recruit him or arrange a marriage, but he refused them.
• The Flying Demon Ship manager refunded Xiao Chen’s ticket, gave him one thousand taels, and awarded him a Profound Character Token.
• Back in Qing Yumei’s room, Fen Rourou apologized to Xiao Chen, and he asked about Hou Qing’s marriage demand.
• Fen Rourou explained that the Hou Family had killed people after the Qing Family rejected the marriage, and Xiao Chen became angry at Hou Yi and the constabulary’s collusion.

Xiao Chen refused to help Xiao Lingtian repair his dantian and reaffirmed that he had cut ties with his family. Xiao Lingtian learned that Xiao Chen would not help, leaving him devastated in Zhenbei King Manor.

• Xiao Chen promised Qing Yumei he would deal with the Hou Family, while Qing Yumei planned to obtain the Tai Xu Token for him in repayment for saving her life.
• Xiao Chen received Xiao Zhentian's message asking him to help Xiao Lingtian repair his dantian, then replied that he would not help and told Xiao Zhentian to give up hope.
• Xiao Chen recalled his family's betrayal and said he had severed ties with them, though he still took satisfaction in Xiao Lingtian's suffering.
• Xiao Zhentian told Xiao Lingtian that Xiao Chen had refused to help, and Xiao Lingtian collapsed in despair.
• Xiao Lingtian insisted that Xiao Chen was the only person who could save him.

Xiao Lingtian left after Xiao Zhentian scolded him, while Xiao Chen traveled to Azure Cloud City aboard the Flying Demon Ship with Qing Yumei and Fen Rourou. Upon arrival, Qing Tieshan mistook Xiao Chen for a swindler and ordered his daughter to stay away from him.

• Xiao Zhentian rebuked Xiao Lingtian for wasting away, and Xiao Lingtian staggered out of the hall.
• Wen Wanrong considered using a communication jade token to ask Xiao Chen to help Lingtian, but decided against it.
• After several days of travel, Xiao Chen, Qing Yumei, and Fen Rourou arrived at Azure Cloud City aboard the Flying Demon Ship.
• Qing Tieshan met the group and questioned Xiao Chen after Qing Yumei introduced him as the sword cultivator who had saved her from the Demon God Hall.
• Fen Rourou recounted the events of the voyage, and Qing Tieshan concluded that Xiao Chen was a swindler after hearing that he had eaten without paying.
• Qing Tieshan refused to let Xiao Chen stay at the Qing residence and told Qing Yumei to stay away from him.

Qing Tieshan let Xiao Chen stay temporarily at the declining Qing residence after Qing Yumei argued with him, while the household feared the consequences of her connection to Hou Qing. Qing Yumei then secretly asked her father to give Xiao Chen the Tai Xu Token, but Qing Tieshan objected and called him a freeloader.

• Qing Tieshan agreed to let Xiao Chen stay with the Qing Family for a few days after Qing Yumei argued with him.
• Qing Tieshan led Xiao Chen and the others into Azure Cloud City without paying the entry fee, while a bucktoothed guard left his post to report to Young Master Hou.
• Qing Yumei brought Xiao Chen to the worn Qing residence, where guards and family members worried that Hou Qing would retaliate.
• Xiao Chen overheard the Qing Family's fear and waited quietly in his guest room.
• Qing Yumei asked Qing Tieshan to give Xiao Chen the Tai Xu Token, and Qing Tieshan called Xiao Chen a freeloader.

Qing Yumei defended Xiao Chen after Qing Tieshan and Qing Rong accused her of bringing a man into the residence and endangering the Qing Family’s reputation. Qing Wei confronted Xiao Chen over his supposed closeness to Yumei, and Xiao Chen tried to defuse the misunderstanding.

• Qing Tieshan accused Qing Yumei of deceiving him about Xiao Chen being a Sword Master and warned her not to trust him.
• Qing Rong and the elders barged into Qing Tieshan’s study, and Qing Yumei explained that Xiao Chen had saved her life and was her guest.
• Qing Rong revealed he had sent Qing Wei to confront Xiao Chen, while the elders dismissed Yumei’s warning that Xiao Chen was dangerous.
• Qing Yumei tried to stop the confrontation, but the elders held her back and she regretted not getting Xiao Chen’s Communication Inscription.
• Qing Wei and two companions burst into Xiao Chen’s room and challenged him over his closeness to Qing Yumei.
• Xiao Chen explained that he and Yumei were ordinary friends, but Qing Wei mocked him as a coward and his companions insulted him.

Xiao Chen defeated Qing Wei after Qing Wei attacked him, then broke his arm and warned the Qing Family disciples. Meanwhile, Hou Yi learned that a white-robed youth had entered Donglai City with Qing Yumei and vowed to kill him, while Hou Qing watched.

• Qing Wei attacked Xiao Chen with the Mountain Shattering Palm, but Xiao Chen caught the strike without moving.
• Xiao Chen broke Qing Wei's forearm and kicked him away, sparing him because of Yu Mei.
• Qing Wei ordered a disciple to fetch Qing Rong, who hurried toward Xiao Chen's guest room with Qing Tieshan and the elders.
• A bucktoothed soldier told Hou Yi that Qing Yumei had entered the city beside a handsome white-robed youth resembling Liu Yushan.
• Hou Yi accused Qing Yumei of secretly taking a lover and vowed to exterminate the youth's entire family.

Hou Yi and Hou Qing marched on the Qing residence after Qing Wei was crippled by Xiao Chen, while Qing Rong prepared to retaliate against Xiao Chen. Hou Yi then confronted Qing Tieshan over Qing Yumei and revealed that the Hou guards had killed Qing residence guards.

• Hou Yi gathered his guards to attack the Qing residence, and Hou Qing decided to accompany him and punish the Qing Family over Qing Yumei.
• Hou Qing and Hou Yi's party forced their way through the streets, beating commoners who failed to move aside.
• Qing Rong found Qing Wei severely injured and threatened Xiao Chen, who warned him to leave or face his retaliation.
• Hou Qing called out Qing Tieshan from the Qing residence, then arrived with Hou Yi and the Hou guards.
• Hou Yi revealed the bodies of more than a dozen Qing residence guards, entered the great hall, and accused Qing Tieshan's daughter of a disgraceful act.

Hou Yi and Hou Qing threatened to kill Xiao Chen and destroy his family, but Xiao Chen killed Hou Yi with a single finger strike. Hou Qing then vowed to destroy Xiao Chen and the entire Qing Family.

• Hou Yi accused Xiao Chen of stealing Qing Yumei and threatened to exterminate his clan.
• Hou Qing, Lord of Donglai City, dismissed Qing Tieshan's plea and ordered Xiao Chen to kneel and kill himself.
• Hou Yi attacked Xiao Chen with his Black Refined Iron Blade, but Xiao Chen pierced the blade and killed him with a finger strike.
• Hou Qing arrived too late to save Hou Yi and vowed to grind Xiao Chen to dust and bury the entire Qing Family with him.