Chapter Summaries

Xiao Chen killed Xu Sha'er with a single Qi Sword, then confronted Zhou Yusheng and nearly a hundred Zhenbei Guards who had come to kill him. The guards revealed they had chosen to serve Xiao Lingtian over Xiao Chen, and Zhou Yusheng prepared to strike him down.

• Xiao Chen's Qi Sword pierced Xu Sha'er's brow after shattering the saber strikes of three Zhenbei Guards.
• Commander Zhou rebuked the three guards for supposedly holding back, but they insisted they had used their full strength.
• Xiao Chen recognized Zhou Yusheng, and Zhou and the other guards removed their masks.
• Zhou Yusheng said Xiao Lingtian had ordered the attack and claimed the guards had chosen to kill Xiao Chen for their own future.
• Xiao Chen challenged the guards to take his life, and Zhou Yusheng declared he would behead him quickly.

Xiao Chen killed eight Zhenbei Guards and beheaded Zhou Yusheng after they attacked him, shocking the onlookers with his strength. Lin Sijiang blamed Zhao Tiangang for misleading him about Xiao Chen’s weakened state and demanded to know how he would answer to the King for the losses.

• Zhou Yusheng urged the Zhenbei Guards to kill Xiao Chen, and Zhu Wen demanded that Xiao Chen take his own life despite having once owed him a debt.
• Xiao Chen drew the Dragon Slayer Sword and challenged the Zhenbei Guards, who attacked him together.
• Xiao Chen killed all eight ninth-level Martial Disciples with one strike, leaving the crowd and Zhou Yusheng stunned.
• Zhou Yusheng accused Xiao Chen of cruelty, and Xiao Chen beheaded him before he could finish speaking.
• Lin Sijiang confronted Zhao Tiangang over his claim that Xiao Chen was weakened and blamed him for the deaths of the Zhenbei Guards.

Xiao Chen slaughtered the Zhenbei Guards until Lin Sijiang intervened and revealed that he had only ever treated Xiao Chen as a tool, then summoned ten Martial Master Realm experts to kill him. As the attackers charged, Xiao Chen revealed that he had reached the Sword Master Realm, leaving Zhao Tiangang unable to stop his own charge.

• Xiao Chen killed dozens of Zhenbei Guards, prompting Lin Sijiang to step in and deflect his Sword Qi.
• Lin Sijiang rejected Xiao Chen as his disciple and confessed that he had once used him for resources before switching allegiance to Young Master Ling Tian.
• Lin Sijiang summoned ten Martial Master Realm experts, who joined him in attacking Xiao Chen.
• Zhao Tiangang charged at Xiao Chen, and Xiao Chen revealed that he had advanced to the Sword Master Realm.
• Zhao Tiangang tried to halt his charge and burned his blood essence to strengthen himself as he neared Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen effortlessly killed Zhao Tiangang and then slaughtered nine Martial Masters in one strike, revealing that he had barely used his strength. Lin Sijiang’s confidence faltered, and fleeing Zhenbei Guard soldiers tried to use the crowd as cover.

• Zhao Tiangang’s blade shattered against Xiao Chen’s Sword Qi, and Xiao Chen blasted him into a cloud of blood.
• Lin Sijiang ordered the nine remaining Martial Masters to attack, and they charged Xiao Chen together under threat of military punishment.
• Xiao Chen cut down all nine Martial Masters with one strike, leaving the onlookers and Zhenbei Guard horrified.
• Xiao Chen admitted he had not used his full strength, and Lin Sijiang realized his chances of victory were uncertain.
• Several Zhenbei Guard soldiers fled toward the crowd, hoping to hide among the commoners and escape Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen killed the Zhenbei Guards who tried to flee and confronted Lin Sijiang, but Xue Wuhen arrived and revealed himself as Liu Sanji’s former commander and the man responsible for his family’s deaths. Xiao Chen identified himself and vowed to kill Xue Wuhen, who dismissed the threat and rejected Lin Sijiang’s offer to join forces.

• Xiao Chen beheaded the fleeing Zhenbei Guards and told Lin Sijiang that anyone standing in his way would die.
• Xue Wuhen arrived, searched for Zhao Tiangang, and learned that Xiao Chen had killed him.
• Xue Wuhen recognized Liu Sanji and taunted him about his dead wife and son.
• Xiao Chen promised Liu Sanji he would kill Xue Wuhen and declared Xue Wuhen his enemy.
• Lin Sijiang warned Xue Wuhen that Xiao Chen was dangerous and proposed joining forces, but Xue Wuhen refused.

Xiao Chen defeated Xue Wuhen with one sword strike, then let Liu Sanji and the townspeople take revenge while preventing Xue Wuhen from fighting back. As Lin Sijiang tried to escape, Xiao Chen intercepted him.

• Xue Wuhen attacked Xiao Chen, but Xiao Chen struck him down and severed both his hands with Limitless Sword Intent.
• A bystander revealed that Xiao Chen had comprehended Sword Intent at the Seventh Heaven of the Sword Disciple Realm, shocking Xue Wuhen and the onlookers.
• Xiao Chen gave Liu Sanji a saber and offered him the chance to take revenge; Liu Sanji agreed to let the townspeople join him.
• Xiao Chen shattered Xue Wuhen's dantian, and the townspeople hacked him to death, with Liu Sanji striking him as well.
• Lin Sijiang tried to flee, but Xiao Chen blocked his path.

Xiao Chen killed Lin Sijiang and the Zhenbei Guard after Lin Sijiang fled rather than fight him. He brought the gravely wounded Liu Sanji to a cave, where Liu Sanji began to fade, and Xiao Chen asked the System how to save him.

• Lin Sijiang invoked his past as Xiao Chen’s teacher, then agreed to fight him before fleeing toward the city gates.
• Xiao Chen killed Lin Sijiang with the Dragon Slayer Sword and slaughtered the Zhenbei Guard members who begged for mercy.
• Xiao Chen collected the spoils and left Bear Martial City with Liu Sanji.
• At the cave, Xiao Chen gave Liu Sanji high-grade healing medicine, but his severe injuries and failing life force left him near death.
• Liu Sanji told Xiao Chen he had no regrets and worried about Xiao Chen’s future before fainting.
• Xiao Chen checked that Liu Sanji was still breathing and asked the System whether there was a way to save him.

Xiao Chen learned that the Water-Fire Lotus could save Liu Sanji and unlock his Fire Lotus Blaze, while the Ice Jade Immortal Coffin could temporarily preserve Liu Sanji’s life. After leaving Liu Sanji in Moli’s care, Xiao Chen headed to Zhenbei King Manor to reclaim the coffin, as Xiao Lingtian learned that Lin Sijiang and the Zhenbei Guard had been wiped out.

• Xiao Chen learned that the Water-Fire Lotus could heal Liu Sanji and activate Fire Lotus Blaze, but the system did not know where to find it.
• The system told Xiao Chen to feed Liu Sanji his blood and use the Ice Jade Immortal Coffin to preserve his life until he found the lotus.
• Xiao Chen decided to retrieve the Ice Jade Immortal Coffin from Zhenbei King Manor, fed Liu Sanji his blood, and left him in Moli’s care at Bear Head Village.
• Xiao Lingtian waited for Lin Sijiang to return with Xiao Chen’s head, then learned that Xiao Chen had killed Lin Sijiang and wiped out the Zhenbei Guard.
• Xiao Lingtian panicked over the losses and grabbed Tao Yu by the neck, demanding to know how Xiao Chen had defeated the force.

After learning that Xiao Chen had annihilated the Zhenbei Guard, Xiao Lingtian killed the messenger who brought him the news and turned to his tutor Liu Poshan for help. A Shadow Recording Stone revealed that Xiao Chen had become a Sword Master, leaving Xiao Lingtian afraid he would seek revenge, while Liu Poshan remained confident he could kill him.

• Xiao Lingtian strangled Tao Yu to death after learning that Xiao Chen had wiped out the Zhenbei Guard.
• Liu Poshan arrived, ordered guards to secretly dispose of Tao Yu’s body, and warned Xiao Lingtian that the Zhenbei King would be furious.
• Xiao Lingtian asked Liu Poshan to help him handle the crisis, and Liu Poshan questioned how Xiao Chen could have defeated the guards.
• A scout delivered a Shadow Recording Stone, and its footage showed Liu Poshan and Xiao Lingtian that Xiao Chen had reached the Sword Master realm.
• Xiao Lingtian feared Xiao Chen would come for revenge, but Liu Poshan assured him he could kill Xiao Chen and protect the manor.

Ye Lanxi challenged Xiao Zhentian over his failure to rescue Bear Martial City and his accusations against Xiao Chen, then asked to borrow the Zhenbei Guard for protection. Xiao Zhentian tried to contact the guard but received no response, unaware that Xiao Chen had killed them all.

• Ye Lanxi reprimanded Xiao Zhentian for not organizing a rescue of Bear Martial City, while Elder Xia criticized the young martial artists for failing to fight like Xiao Chen.
• Ye Lanxi questioned Ye Qingxuan about breaking off her engagement to Xiao Chen, and Xiao Zhentian interrupted to condemn his eldest son.
• Ye Lanxi challenged Xiao Zhentian's claims, citing Xiao Chen's sacrifice to save Xiao Lingtian, but Xiao Zhentian argued that Xiao Chen would lose his cultivation at eighteen.
• Elder Xia requested the Zhenbei Guard to protect Ye Lanxi because the Bloodscale Guard had been wiped out, and Xiao Zhentian agreed to summon them.
• Xiao Zhentian tried to contact Lin Sijiang through his Communication Jade Pendant but received no response, while those present knew Xiao Chen had killed the Zhenbei Guard.

After learning that Lin Sijiang had led the Zhenbei Guard to assassinate Xiao Chen, Xiao Zhentian denied ordering the attack while Wen Wanrong and Ye Lanxi condemned him. The Zhenbei Guard was confirmed wiped out by Xiao Chen, and a recording revealed that Xiao Chen had advanced to the first level of Sword Master.

• A soldier reported that Lin Sijiang had taken the Zhenbei Guard to surround and kill Xiao Chen, prompting Wen Wanrong to threaten divorce and Ye Lanxi to demand justice.
• Xiao Zhentian denied ordering the assassination and said he would punish Lin Sijiang, but a soldier reported that Lin and the Zhenbei Guard would not return.
• The soldier revealed that Xiao Chen had wiped out the Zhenbei Guard at Bear Martial City, and that every guard's soul tablet had shattered.
• A young man presented a Shadow Recording Pearl showing Xiao Chen defeating the Zhenbei Guard and the citizens of Bear Martial City killing Xue Wuhen.
• The recording revealed that Xiao Chen had risen from the seventh level of Sword Disciple to the first level of Sword Master, leaving Ye Lanxi and the others stunned.

Elder Xia concluded that Xiao Chen had broken through to Sword Master after fighting the demons, while the truth about Xiao Lingtian’s assassination order enraged Xiao Zhentian and Ye Lanxi. Xiao Chen then appeared at Zhenbei King Manor and tried to force his way in, leaving the group racing back as armed guards surrounded him.

• Elder Xia said Xiao Chen had broken through four realms in just a few hours, and several Barren North City geniuses rejected the claim.
• A scout revealed that Xiao Lingtian had ordered Lin Sijiang to assassinate Xiao Chen, prompting Xiao Zhentian’s fury and Wen Wanrong’s disbelief.
• Ye Lanxi condemned the Xiao Family and demanded an explanation for Xiao Lingtian’s attempt on Xiao Chen’s life.
• A soldier reported that Xiao Chen had appeared at Zhenbei King Manor and was confronting the guards at its gate.
• Wen Wanrong urged Xiao Zhentian to return to protect both sons, and Ye Lanxi joined him on the journey back.
• Black-armored soldiers surrounded Xiao Chen outside Zhenbei King Manor.

Xiao Chen entered Zhenbei King Manor to reclaim his Ice Jade Immortal Coffin and killed several guards and a servant who tried to stop or threaten him. A group of powerful guest retainers confronted him, still believing he was only a seventh-level Sword Disciple.

• Xiao Chen demanded that the black-armored soldiers let him enter Zhenbei King Manor, then killed the guards who challenged him with Sword Qi.
• The remaining guards fled, and Xiao Chen walked deeper into the manor, killing a servant loyal to Xiao Lingtian who threatened him.
• More than a dozen guest retainers, all Martial Masters, gathered to block Xiao Chen's path.
• The guest retainers ordered Xiao Chen to kneel and surrender, unaware of his recent strength and convinced they could easily overpower him.

Xiao Chen killed the Zhenbei King Manor’s guest retainers after they mocked and challenged him, then learned that Xiao Zhentian had warned them of his strength. He slaughtered the retainers and faced the newly arrived Xiao Lingtian and Liu Poshan.

• Xiao Chen drew the Dragon Slayer Sword and killed Liu Fei with one strike after Liu Fei refused to move aside.
• Xiao Chen killed another guest retainer who questioned how he had gained his strength, then warned the others to leave.
• A guest retainer read Xiao Zhentian’s message revealing that Xiao Chen had reached the Sword Master Realm and slaughtered the entire Zhenbei Guard.
• The bearded guest retainer fled, but Xiao Chen killed him; the other guest elders knelt and begged for mercy.
• Xiao Chen reminded the guest elders of how they had abused him when his dantian was shattered, then killed them all.
• Xiao Lingtian and Liu Poshan arrived before Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen confronted Xiao Lingtian over the Zhenbei Guard’s ambush and discovered that Xiao Lingtian had arranged the attack that shattered his dantian. After Xiao Chen vowed to cripple Xiao Lingtian in return, Liu Poshan stepped in, and Xiao Chen challenged the Half-Step Martial General.

• Xiao Chen accused Xiao Lingtian of sending the Zhenbei Guard to kill him and recounted how he had once protected his younger brother.
• Xiao Chen questioned whether Xiao Lingtian had arranged the attack that shattered his dantian, and Xiao Lingtian admitted that he had.
• Xiao Lingtian explained that he had resented Xiao Chen’s talent, family affection, and betrothal to Qingxuan.
• Xiao Chen vowed to shatter Xiao Lingtian’s dantian, but Liu Poshan moved to protect him.
• Xiao Chen dismissed Liu Poshan’s strength and challenged the Half-Step Martial General to stop him.

Xiao Chen fought Liu Poshan and revealed that the Half-Step Martial General feared he could not withstand Xiao Chen’s sword. Xiao Chen subdued Liu Poshan with a Qi Sword and demanded that Xiao Lingtian hand over the Ice Jade Immortal Coffin.

• Liu Poshan attacked Xiao Chen with his Dragon Shattering Fist, and their punch exchange left Xiao Chen at a slight physical disadvantage.
• Xiao Chen raised his sword for another attack, prompting Liu Poshan to stop the fight and secretly admit to Xiao Lingtian that he might not be Xiao Chen’s match.
• Xiao Chen’s Qi Sword shot to Liu Poshan’s brow before Liu Poshan could dodge, revealing that he had been afraid to continue fighting.
• Xiao Chen demanded the Ice Jade Immortal Coffin from Xiao Lingtian, who refused and then found the Qi Sword pointed at his own brow.

Xiao Chen recovered the Ice Jade Immortal Coffin from Zhenbei King Manor and crippled Xiao Lingtian’s dantian before leaving. Xiao Zhentian then learned that Xiao Lingtian had plotted to destroy his elder brother’s cultivation, while Xiao Lingtian openly admitted he saw Xiao Chen as an obstacle.

• Liu Poshan gave Xiao Chen the spatial ring containing the Ice Jade Immortal Coffin.
• After Xiao Lingtian threatened him, Xiao Chen pierced Xiao Lingtian’s dantian with Sword Qi, reducing him to an ordinary, weakened youth.
• Xiao Chen left Zhenbei King Manor as Xiao Lingtian cried out for an alchemist.
• Xiao Zhentian and Wen Wanrong arrived, and Xiao Lingtian accused Xiao Chen of crippling him.
• Liu Poshan recounted the confrontation, revealing that Xiao Lingtian had arranged to shatter Xiao Chen’s dantian.
• When Ye Qingxuan questioned him, Xiao Lingtian laughed and admitted that he had removed Xiao Chen because he stood in his way.

Xiao Lingtian admitted that hatred of Xiao Chen drove him to ruin his brother, and Xiao Zhentian realized the damage done to his family. Saintly Wasteland Old Man Huang Wuming arrived and, despite learning of Xiao Chen’s extraordinary breakthrough, declared that he would punish him for injuring a member of Saintly Wasteland Academy.

• Xiao Lingtian confessed that he hated Xiao Chen for outshining him and wanted to destroy him, then spat blood and fainted.
• Xiao Zhentian ordered guards to carry Xiao Lingtian away, and he told Wen Wanrong that Xiao Lingtian would survive but remain crippled.
• Zhang Qitian and Huang Wuming appeared at Zhenbei King Manor, and Huang Wuming demanded to know who had injured Xiao Lingtian.
• Xiao Zhentian revealed that Xiao Chen had broken through to Sword Master, killed more than a dozen Martial Masters, subdued a Half-Step Martial General, and crippled Xiao Lingtian.
• Zhang Qitian urged Huang Wuming to reconsider recruiting Xiao Chen, but Huang Wuming dismissed his talent and vowed that Saintly Wasteland Academy would make him pay.

Huang Wuming ordered Hong Yu to kill Xiao Chen and retrieve the Water-Fire Lotus from the Serpent Dragon Mystic Realm, while Xiao Chen raced to Bear Head Village after learning Moli was in danger. The chapter ended with Zhu Silong mocking the Sword Demon as he threatened Moli.

• Huang Wuming dismissed the Zhenbei King Manor’s plea, injured Wen Wanrong with a glance, and ordered Hong Yu to retrieve the Water-Fire Lotus and kill Xiao Chen.
• Xiao Chen raced to Bear Head Village after a villager told him that Zhu Family descendants had surrounded Moli and threatened Liu Sanji.
• The villagers explained that the Zhu Family had tricked Moli into signing a contract of sale after her parents died and had now returned to claim her despite her repayment.
• Zhu Silong insisted Moli belonged to him under the contract and demanded that she sleep with him, while the villagers feared intervening.
• A villager warned Zhu Silong that Moli’s fiancé, the Sword Demon, would kill him, but Zhu Silong mocked the threat.

Xiao Chen arrived at the thatched hut and found Zhu Silong tormenting Moli and Liu Sanji. After Xiao Chen killed a guard and Zhu Silong learned his identity, he begged for mercy, leaving Xiao Chen to ask Moli whether he should spare him.

• Zhu Silong threatened Moli and Liu Sanji, and one of his guards slapped Moli when she refused to go with him.
• Xiao Chen arrived, saw Moli wounded and kneeling, and faced Zhu Silong's demand that he bark like a dog.
• A guard approached Xiao Chen with threats, and Xiao Chen killed him with a flash of sword light.
• A guard recognized Xiao Chen as the Sword Demon and secretly sent a plea for help to the Zhu Family.
• Terrified, Zhu Silong kowtowed to Xiao Chen, then begged Moli to spare him after Xiao Chen kicked him down.
• Xiao Chen asked Moli whether he should spare Zhu Silong.