Chapter Summaries

Li Lianhua led Song Yuan and General Li’s soldiers up the mountain, effortlessly defeating hidden sentries and shocking the men with his skill. He entered the Mountain Stronghold alone, and when the others arrived at its ruined gates, they began forcing their way inside to help.

• Song Yuan brought Li Lianhua and the others to the mountain, where General Li and his soldiers challenged the Red-Clad Sword Immortal’s abilities.
• Li Lianhua guided the group up a narrow path, destroying traps and killing hidden Mountain Bandit sentries with distant sword strikes.
• Li Lianhua told the others to wait outside the Mountain Stronghold, then leaped into the forest alone.
• The group heard fighting and screams from the stronghold, and Song Yuan led them toward it.
• The group found the stronghold’s gates sliced apart, and General Li ordered soldiers to clear the wreckage so they could enter.

Li Lianhua wiped out the Mountain Stronghold, rescued Miss Zhao, and left the rest to Song Yuan. Three days later, news of his strength spread throughout the Jianghu, shocking martial artists across the land.

• General Li explained that Li Lianhua’s sword qi had killed the bandits instantly and destroyed their insides.
• Li Lianhua rejected the Second Stronghold Master’s offer and killed the Third Stronghold Master with a single slash.
• When the remaining two bandits tried to kill Miss Zhao, Li Lianhua cut off their arms, rescued her, and killed them.
• Li Lianhua told Song Yuan to handle the rest, then departed; Miss Zhao asked who he was and learned he was the Red-Clad Sword Immortal.
• Three days later, word that Li Lianhua had slain more than a hundred bandits and several powerful masters spread across the Jianghu.

Mo Xuan learned of a mysterious Red-Clad Sword Immortal heading toward Jiaxing and suspected he was another Transmigrator. His system suggested the world had created the swordsman to eliminate Mo Xuan, leaving him considering the chance to defeat him and claim the world's Source Power.

• Hong Qigong told Mo Xuan, Huang Rong, and Guo Jing that the Red-Clad Sword Immortal had killed several powerful bandits and was reportedly heading toward Jiaxing.
• Guo Jing admired the swordsman, while Huang Rong insisted Mo Xuan was stronger; Mo Xuan asked where the swordsman had gone and said the news felt wrong.
• That night, Mo Xuan wondered whether the Red-Clad Sword Immortal was a Transmigrator and whether his own actions had drawn the swordsman's attention.
• Mo Xuan asked his system whether another Transmigrator could enter the world, and the system said the swordsman was likely created by the world's instincts to eliminate him.
• The system told Mo Xuan that defeating the swordsman could give them much of the world's Origin and enable further travel, then claimed Mo Xuan could handle an opponent limited to Xiantian strength.

Mo Xuan questioned the system about the Twenty-Eight Dragon Subduing Palms and learned why martial arts had weakened over time. After Hong Qigong abruptly left, Mo Xuan, Huang Rong, and Guo Jing agreed to travel to Jiaxing, where Li Lianhua had already arrived in disguise.

• The system explained to Mo Xuan that the Twenty-Eight Dragon Subduing Palms were the original, more complex version and that martial arts had declined across the eras.
• Hong Qigong suspected Mo Xuan might be connected to the Red-Clad Sword Immortal and decided to leave before teaching him more palm strikes.
• Hong Qigong departed, leaving Mo Xuan resentful, while Huang Rong and Guo Jing accepted that they had already learned enough from him.
• Mo Xuan said he would follow Huang Rong, and Huang Rong suggested that she, Mo Xuan, and Guo Jing travel together to Jiaxing.
• Li Lianhua reached Jiaxing and changed his clothes to avoid drawing attention as the Red-Clad Sword Immortal.

Li Lianhua learned that Mo Xuan was fighting Huang Yaoshi over Huang Rong and hurried to Lu Family Manor, where Huang Yaoshi exposed Mo Xuan’s disguise. Li Lianhua’s arrival triggered Mo Xuan’s system to abandon him, leaving the gathered martial artists demanding to know who Li Lianhua was.

• Li Lianhua heard that Huang Yaoshi and Mo Xuan would duel over Huang Rong at Lu Family Manor and set off for the manor.
• Three days later, Huang Yaoshi confronted Mo Xuan on the arena and accused him of lying to Huang Rong.
• Mo Xuan admitted Huang Yaoshi had seen through him and threatened to kill everyone except Huang Rong.
• Li Lianhua arrived, and Mo Xuan’s system identified him as an Enforcer before disengaging and flying out of Mo Xuan’s mind.
• Li Lianhua captured the system’s light and sold it to the Chat Group, then identified himself to the bewildered crowd.

Li Lianhua killed Mo Xuan, collected cultivation treasures, and returned to the Starry Sky Chat Group. Zhang Chulan entered a parallel world of The Outcast as Zhang Chu, met his younger self, and began preparing him for someone who would soon come looking for him.

• Li Lianhua killed Mo Xuan, revealed that his true body had helped capture the fugitive, and left after asking witnesses to keep quiet.
• Li Lianhua told the Starry Sky Chat Group that he had obtained cultivation treasures and special Arts, including Sage Arts.
• Zhang Chulan chose to enter a parallel world of The Outcast, where he found Zhang Huaiyi's grave and infused the corpse with power.
• Zhang Chulan adopted the identity Zhang Chu, settled near Nanbukai University, and decided to follow his younger self while searching for Transmigrators.
• Zhang Chu met the university student Zhang Chulan, shared memories with him, and said he was a future version who had come to correct abnormalities in the world.
• Zhang Chu gave Zhang Chulan something to cultivate with and promised to train him before someone came looking for him.

Zhang Chu gave Zhang Chulan a jade pendant to conceal his Qi and warned him that the Otherworldly Human World and a search for immortality would put him in danger. He began training Zhang Chulan at the gym, where he demonstrated how weak Zhang Chulan's Golden Light Spell was compared with his own.

• Zhang Chu gave Zhang Chulan a jade pendant and revealed that he had come to prevent the timeline from going astray while searching for a mysterious existence.
• Zhang Chu warned Zhang Chulan that the old man's legacy could draw the Otherworldly Human World to him and that the matter might involve immortality, so Zhang Chulan agreed to train.
• The next afternoon, Zhang Chu led Zhang Chulan to the gym's empty second floor and explained the Otherworldly Human World and why most of its members would learn of Zhang Chulan.
• Zhang Chu told Zhang Chulan that his Golden Light Spell had barely reached the first stage needed to learn the Lightning Technique, then shattered Zhang Chulan's golden light with a flick.
• Zhang Chulan attacked Zhang Chu's golden light with a punch, but it did not ripple.

Zhang Chu explained the deeper principles of the Golden Light Spell to Zhang Chulan and trained him over nearly half a year. He taught Zhang Chulan a modified cultivation art, which Zhang Chulan named the Pure Origin Technique, and planned to teach him swordsmanship next.

• Zhang Chulan's Palm Thunder failed to break through Zhang Chu's Golden Light Spell, so Zhang Chu explained that the Golden Light Spell cultivated life, soul, and the Five Qi rather than merely producing protective light.
• Zhang Chu guided Zhang Chulan in properly cultivating the Golden Light Spell, and nearly half a year passed as Zhang Chulan practiced and sparred with him.
• Zhang Chu taught Zhang Chulan his modified version of the Yangzhou Slow, explaining that it cultivated pure, harmonious, extremely yang Qi and surpassed Qi-State Origin-Flow.
• Zhang Chulan quickly grasped the new art, named it the Pure Origin Technique, and found that its Qi had fused with the Golden Light from his Golden Light Spell.
• Zhang Chu sent Zhang Chulan home and told him to return the next day to learn swordsmanship.

After Zhang Chulan learned that his grandfather’s grave had been dug up, Zhang Chu warned him that the incident would draw him into the Otherworldly Human World and explained the dangers posed by Quan Xing’s Four Maniacs. Zhang Chulan left prepared to face what was coming, knowing Zhang Chu would protect him secretly if his life was in danger.

• Zhang Chulan heard that his grandfather’s grave had been dug up and went to ask Zhang Chu what had happened.
• Zhang Chu said Quan Xing likely wanted the Qi-State Origin-Flow from Zhang Chulan’s grandfather and warned that Zhang Chulan would be drawn into the Otherworldly Human World.
• Zhang Chulan asked about his strength, and Zhang Chu said he was among the strongest of the younger generation but could not take on every expert.
• Zhang Chu explained the abilities and dangers of Quan Xing’s Four Maniacs: Dou Mei, Xia He, Shen Chong, and Gao Ning.
• Zhang Chu promised to protect Zhang Chulan in secret if his life was in danger, and Zhang Chulan thanked him.

Zhang Chulan went to his grandfather’s grave, where Feng Baobao knocked him out and threw him into a pit among the Zombies. After Zhang Chu urged him to fight, Zhang Chulan revealed his swordsmanship and defeated the Zombies, drawing the Company’s attention and leaving Zhang Chu hoping he would soon lure out the Transmigrator.

• Zhang Chulan went to his grandfather’s grave and found someone digging there, but Feng Baobao struck him unconscious and tossed him into the pit.
• Zhang Chu urged Zhang Chulan to stop holding back and test the swordsmanship he had taught him against the Zombies.
• Zhang Chulan used a golden sword to decapitate the Zombies, and Liu Yanyan fled with the survivors.
• Feng Baobao and Xu San returned to the cemetery and found the dead Zombies; Feng Baobao said Zhang Chulan had defeated them, and Xu San recognized the sword qi.
• Zhang Chu told Zhang Chulan that the Company would notice his sword qi, advised him to cultivate openly, and asked him to keep Zhang Chu’s existence secret.

Zhang Chulan evaded Feng Baobao’s attempt to test his abilities, prompting Nadu Tong to reconsider how to deal with him. When Xu Si and Feng Baobao went to find him the next evening, they learned he had gone on a date, and Xu Si suspected Quan Xing had lured him away.

• Zhang Chulan used Prosperous Steps to evade Feng Baobao until she gave up chasing him and returned to Nadu Tong after Xu San called.
• Xu San and Xu Si learned that Zhang Chulan had outrun Feng Baobao, and Feng Baobao warned them that his speed and sword-energy-like technique might make him hard to defeat.
• Xu San agreed to investigate while Xu Si planned to take Feng Baobao to find Zhang Chulan and prepare for their meeting.
• Xu Si and Feng Baobao went to Nanbukai University the following evening and learned Zhang Chulan had left on a date with a girlfriend.
• Xu Si suspected Quan Xing had lured Zhang Chulan away in a honey trap.

Zhou Zheng met with Feng Zhenghao and Feng Shayan at the Tianxia Association, where Feng Zhenghao suspected Zhou Zheng possessed Divine Machine Hundred Refinements and sent Feng Shayan to meet the inheritor of Qi-State Origin-Flow. Meanwhile, Liu Yanyan brought the captured Zhang Chulan to an Unfinished Building, where the people there recognized him as an old senior’s inheritor.

• Zhou Zheng agreed to supply Magic Tools to the Tianxia Association and gave Feng Shayan a defensive pendant.
• Zhou Zheng told Feng Zhenghao that Qi-State Origin-Flow had resurfaced and invited him to investigate its inheritor.
• Feng Zhenghao declined to pursue the inheritor himself and sent Feng Shayan with Zhou Zheng to invite him to the Tianxia Association.
• Feng Zhenghao told Feng Shayan he suspected Zhou Zheng was the inheritor of Divine Machine Hundred Refinements and hoped to recruit him.
• Liu Yanyan brought the power-suppressed Zhang Chulan to an Unfinished Building, where someone recognized him as the inheritor of an old senior.

Quan Xing, the company, and the Tianxia Association converged on Zhang Chulan, but he revealed that he had only pretended to be restrained and broke free. After exposing Lu Liang’s deception of Liu Yanyan, Zhang Chulan demanded his grandfather’s belongings, and Liu Yanyan denied having the corpse.

• Lu Liang tried to take something from Zhang Chulan, but Feng Baobao and Xu Si arrived and confronted the Quan Xing group.
• Liu Yanyan sent Zombies after Feng Baobao while a Tianxia Association member tried to bind Zhang Chulan with a golden rope.
• Zhang Chulan broke the rope, removed a gu worm from his neck, and cut the golden rope apart with his Golden Light Spell.
• Zhang Chulan revealed that he had pretended to be restrained to learn who wanted to capture him and mocked Liu Yanyan for believing Lu Liang’s claims about joining Quan Xing.
• Zhou Zheng wondered why events had diverged from the plot he expected, while Xia He praised Zhang Chulan for hiding his abilities.
• Zhang Chulan demanded his grandfather’s belongings from Liu Yanyan, who said she did not have his grandfather’s corpse.

Zhou Zheng considered how to obtain the Eight Wonders while Zhang Chulan denied knowing Qi-State Origin-Flow and escaped the gathering. After the company pursued the Quan Xing members, Zhang Chulan brought Zhang Huaiyi’s corpse to Zhang Chu.

• Lu Liang told Zhang Chulan that he had not touched Zhang Huaiyi’s corpse, and Zhang Chulan rejected Feng Shayan’s claim that he inherited Qi-State Origin-Flow.
• Zhou Zheng thought through his system mission to gather the Eight Wonders and weighed the difficulties of obtaining each one.
• Zhang Chulan vanished at terrifying speed, stunning the gathered people and leaving Xu Si to continue pursuing Quan Xing with Feng Baobao and the others.
• Zhou Zheng refused Xu Si’s offer to work for Nadu Tong, while the Quan Xing members fled in different directions.
• Zhang Chulan brought Zhang Huaiyi’s corpse to Zhang Chu, who asked what he had done, and Zhang Chulan said he had just been kidnapped.

Zhang Chu warned Zhang Chulan that his abilities had drawn the attention of Otherworldly Humans and urged him to choose between Longhu Mountain and Nadu Tong for protection. After sending Zhang Chulan away with Zhang Huaiyi’s body, Zhang Chu set out to investigate why the Tianxia Association had approached him.

• Zhang Chu told Zhang Chulan to take Zhang Huaiyi’s body home and warned that Otherworldly Humans would target him because of his strength.
• Zhang Chu advised Zhang Chulan to consider joining Longhu Mountain, where the Old Celestial Master could protect him, or Nadu Tong, which had the authorities’ backing.
• Zhang Chu explained that he would investigate why the Tianxia Association had learned about Zhang Chulan and sent someone to approach him.
• Zhang Chu sent Zhang Chulan and Zhang Huaiyi’s body away, and Zhang Chulan left with the body.

Zhang Chu forced his way into the Tianxia Association after the receptionist said Feng Zhenghao was unavailable, defeating the guards and executives who tried to stop him. Feng Zhenghao watched his progress on a monitor and sent Feng Shayan to let the others pass, while he and Feng Xingtong wondered what Zhang Chu wanted.

• Zhang Chu arrived at the Tianxia Association without an appointment and said he wanted to meet Feng Zhenghao.
• After the receptionist said Feng Zhenghao had no time, Zhang Chu walked inside and knocked out two guards who tried to stop him.
• Zhang Chu broke one executive’s short sword, sent him into a wall, and defeated two more executives before continuing upstairs.
• Feng Zhenghao, Feng Shayan, and Feng Xingtong watched Zhang Chu overpower the Association’s executives on the monitor.
• Feng Zhenghao told Feng Shayan to tell the others not to block Zhang Chu, then discussed with Feng Xingtong why he might have come.

Zhang Chulan warned the Otherworldly Human World that he would expose their existence if they continued pursuing him, then left to return to school. Xu Si and Xu San reported his threat to their superior and Zhao Fangxu, who realized the company might not be able to control Zhang Chulan.

• Zhang Chulan told Xu Si and Xu San that anyone who targeted him risked being reported to the authorities and having the Otherworldly Human World exposed.
• Zhang Chulan left despite Feng Baobao urging him to stay, while Xu Si and Xu San decided to report the danger to the old man.
• The old man told Xu Si to prioritize Zhang Chulan's threat and send word to Zhao Fangxu at headquarters.
• Xu Si told Zhao Fangxu that Zhang Chulan's strength was unclear, that the company's Temporary Workers could not subdue him, and that his Golden Light Spell and movement technique made him a serious threat.

Xu Si told Nadu Tong's directors that Zhang Chulan had been wronged and was too powerful to take down safely. Zhao Fangxu proposed helping Zhang Chulan by stopping the Four Great Families and other Righteous Sects, leaving open the possibility of recruiting him.

• Xu Si warned Zhao Fangxu that Zhang Chulan had been pushed to the limit and might have made backup plans.
• Xu Si briefed the board, and Bi Youlong urged the directors to eliminate Zhang Chulan while Huang and Su opposed risking a confrontation.
• Xu Si explained that Zhang Chulan's Golden Light Manifestation, sword art, and speed made him extremely difficult to catch, and that all the Temporary Workers might be needed to take him down.
• Zhao Fangxu argued that the company should help Zhang Chulan and might recruit him, rather than treating him as an enemy.
• Zhao Fangxu said the company should focus on stopping the Four Great Families and other Righteous Sects, since Zhang Chulan planned to show Quan Xing no mercy.

Zhao Fangxu convened the Ten Elders to address Zhang Chulan’s emergence and the threat his strength posed to the company. He warned the elders that provoking Zhang could expose the Otherworldly Human World to ordinary people, leaving Lu Ci and Wang Ai’s plans to seize Qi-State Origin-Flow in jeopardy.

• Zhao Fangxu ordered a mandatory Ten Elders meeting and warned that the company would force any dissenting families or sects to comply.
• Wang Ai and Lu Ci agreed to join forces and wait for a chance to take Qi-State Origin-Flow, while avoiding action until the Old Celestial Master’s response was clear.
• The Ten Elders received summonses and traveled to Nadu Tong headquarters as the Old Celestial Master left Longhu Mountain for the meeting and sent Zhang Lingyu to find Zhang Chulan.
• Zhao Fangxu told the elders that Zhang Chulan had defeated Xia He, overcome the company’s fighters, and demonstrated powerful Golden Light Spell techniques.
• Zhao Fangxu explained that Zhang Chulan had threatened to expose the Otherworldly Human World, and said the company could not risk provoking him.

Zhang Chulan gained protection from the righteous factions, defeated Zhang Lingyu, and traveled to Longhu Mountain for the Luotian Grand Ceremony. Zhang Chu also arrived searching for Zhou Zheng, but at the ceremony he spotted a young man using Divine Machine Hundred Refinements and believed he had found his target.

• Zhao Fangxu rejected Wang Ai's proposal to capture and interrogate Zhang Chulan, then barred the righteous factions from attacking him while allowing Quan Xing to act.
• Zhang Chulan welcomed the news and considered joining the company.
• Zhang Chulan defeated Zhang Lingyu with his Golden Light Sword and Yang Five Thunders, prompting word to spread that he had mastered the Lightning Technique.
• The Luotian Grand Ceremony drew Otherworldly humans seeking the chance to become Longhu Mountain's Celestial Master, and Zhang Chulan trained with Feng Baobao before heading there.
• Zhang Chu arrived at Longhu Mountain, exchanged a quiet nod with the Old Celestial Master, and searched the arenas for Zhou Zheng.
• Zhang Chu spotted a young man fighting with puppets and a bell and believed he had found someone connected to Divine Machine Hundred Refinements.