Chapter Summaries

Hong Hong of Tushan agreed to disguise herself and watch Bai Yuechu and Tushan Susu for the Anomaly, while Renjia Town fell to a zombie outbreak that overwhelmed Uncle Jiu’s defenses. A mysterious figure appeared above the besieged town, leaving Uncle Jiu, Wencai, and Qiusheng stunned.

• Liu'er and the Third Young Master warned Hong Hong of Tushan that her appearance in Tushan or the Human World could cause major trouble, so she agreed to transform and observe Bai Yuechu and Tushan Susu.
• Hong Hong of Tushan explained that the person they sought would use techniques from another world and could be recognized as an Anomaly.
• In the Spiritual and Illusory Realm, Uncle Jiu defended Renjia Town from a zombie horde led by a Hairy Zombie nearing the Flying Zombie stage.
• The old man revealed that he intended to turn the town’s people into zombies and rule the Spiritual and Illusory Realm, while Wang Sheng and the other two disciples used Black Dog Blood to neutralize Uncle Jiu’s Talismans.
• A mysterious figure appeared in the air, and Uncle Jiu, Wencai, and Qiusheng stared at the newcomer in confusion.

Lin Jiu saved Uncle Jiu by destroying the Zombies and healing his injuries, then warned him about his disciples before leaving him to face the little old man. Outside Renjia Town, Wang Sheng and Liu Ruyan feared Lin Jiu and planned to escape the world.

• Lin Jiu explained that he had given Uncle Jiu the Talisman Gourd and advised him to expel Wencai and Qiusheng, whom he blamed for endangering him.
• Lin Jiu seized the Talisman Gourd from Liu Ruyan and used Blazing Sun Talismans to burn every Zombie, including Old Master Ren, to ashes.
• Lin Jiu healed Uncle Jiu with a Sweet Rain Talisman and left the little old man for him to deal with.
• Uncle Jiu grew disgusted with his disciples for nearly causing Renjia Town's destruction and advanced toward the frightened little old man.
• Outside Renjia Town, Wang Sheng suspected Lin Jiu was connected to the Heavenly Dao, and he and Liu Ruyan decided to leave the world once they escaped.

Lin Jiu defeated three Transmigrators who tried to fight back with a power-up, while Uncle Jiu learned that Wencai and Qiusheng had endangered Renjia Town by giving Liu Ruyan the Talisman Gourd. Lin Jiu urged Uncle Jiu to hold his disciples accountable as the town began recovering from the attack.

• Lin Jiu used purple Five Thunder Talismans to burn the three Transmigrators to ashes, despite their attempt to reach the Shatter the Void, See the God and Remain Unbroken realm.
• Uncle Jiu returned to Renjia Town after dealing with the little old man, declined a celebratory feast, and took Wencai and Qiusheng back to the Mourning Hall.
• Lin Jiu arrived and asked Uncle Jiu what had happened; Uncle Jiu explained that the Talisman Gourd had saved him from Old Master Ren's attack and driven off the Zombie.
• Uncle Jiu revealed that Liu Ruyan had tricked Wencai and Qiusheng into stealing the Talisman Gourd, leaving him vulnerable when the Zombies attacked again.
• Lin Jiu told Uncle Jiu that Wencai and Qiusheng's actions had nearly destroyed the town and that Uncle Jiu's indulgence had helped cause the disaster.

Uncle Jiu expelled Wencai and Qiusheng from his sect after condemning their carelessness and lack of discipline. Lin Jiu revealed that the three people were dangerous Anomalies, gave Uncle Jiu a secret Art, and prepared to leave.

• Uncle Jiu confronted Qiusheng about resenting Wencai as the Senior Disciple Brother and criticized both disciples for neglecting their training.
• Uncle Jiu blamed Wencai and Qiusheng for stealing the Gourd after falling for a woman's honey trap, despite knowing the Zombie threat.
• Uncle Jiu expelled Wencai and Qiusheng, said he would reclaim their Daoist arts, and planned to leave town while leaving Wencai to guard the Mourning Hall.
• Lin Jiu explained that the three people were Anomalies whose actions had contributed to Old Master Ren's dangerous emergence.
• Lin Jiu gave Uncle Jiu a secret Art, warned him not to share it, and prepared to leave.

Uncle Jiu discussed the gains from dealing with three Transmigrators, while the group watched Tushan Hong Hong search her Parallel World for another one. In the modern era, Cao Xiu revealed himself by blocking Li Xueyang’s attack, and Ace recognized the power of the Flame-Flame Fruit.

• Uncle Jiu told the group that the three Transmigrators had possessed one system, whose collection would provide him with cultivation resources.
• Zhang Chulan and Uncle Jiu agreed that separating from Wencai and Qiusheng had been the right choice.
• The group explained that Tushan Hong Hong had entered her Parallel World to find a Transmigrator, and Zhang Chulan spotted a suspicious man following Bai Yuechu and Tushan Susu.
• When Li Xueyang’s attack threatened Tushan Susu, Cao Xiu blocked it with fire and challenged Li Xueyang for involving bystanders.
• Ace recognized Cao Xiu’s attack as the power of the Flame-Flame Fruit.

Cao Xiu used a weak Fire Fist to confront Li Xueyang, who froze him with her halberd, while Hong Hong of Tushan and the Starry Sky Chat Group watched. The group debated whether Cao Xiu was still alive and whether more people had arrived with him, as Sword God Li prepared to investigate a fused martial arts world.

• Ace identified Cao Xiu's attack as a poor imitation of his Fire Fist using the Flame-Flame Fruit, and Hong Hong of Tushan told her avatar to observe him.
• Cao Xiu complained that his Fire Fist had consumed most of his stamina, and Li Xueyang attacked him with her halberd.
• Li Xueyang froze Cao Xiu into an ice block, leaving Hong Hong of Tushan and the Starry Sky Chat Group speechless.
• Xiao Shi, Zhang Chulan, Esdeath, and Daegu criticized Cao Xiu for entering the dangerous Fox Demon World, while Hong Hong told Long Kui that he seemed to still be alive.
• The group considered whether Cao Xiu's Golden Finger had brought other people, and Hong Hong chose to keep watching without alerting anyone.
• Sword God Li announced that he would visit a high-ceiling martial arts world that appeared to combine several familiar stories, and Zhang Chulan warned him that it would be difficult to search.

Sword God Li intervened when Sai Bei Ming Tuo captured Lin Pingzhi, killing the poison-wielding pursuer with a single sword qi strike. He refused to take Lin Pingzhi as a disciple but revealed that the Bixie Sword Manual required castration and that Lin Pingzhi might find its true cultivation method at his old residence.

• Sword God Li arrived in a mountain forest while Lin Pingzhi fled from Sai Bei Ming Tuo, who pursued him and threw a poisoned dart at Sword God Li.
• Sai Bei Ming Tuo captured Lin Pingzhi and claimed that he had poisoned the passerby, but Sword God Li appeared and challenged him over the attack.
• Sword God Li released sword qi without drawing his sword and split Sai Bei Ming Tuo in two, while the poison on the corpse corroded it.
• Lin Pingzhi thanked Sword God Li and begged him to become his disciple, but Sword God Li refused and said Lin Pingzhi lacked the talent to avenge his family quickly.
• Sword God Li explained that the Bixie Sword Manual required its practitioner to castrate himself and told Lin Pingzhi to search his old residence for the true method.

Sword God Li offered Lin Pingzhi a chance to follow him if he retrieved the Bixie Sword Manual, and Lin Pingzhi returned with it despite being injured. After healing Lin Pingzhi, Sword God Li examined the manual and modified it, warning that its rapid cultivation drained yang energy and could kill him without proper supplements.

• Sword God Li offered Lin Pingzhi guidance and a chance to become his servant if he brought back the Bixie Sword Manual from the Lin Family's old residence.
• Sword God Li placed three streams of powerful sword qi in Lin Pingzhi's palm and gave him until the next day to return.
• Lin Pingzhi returned badly wounded with the Bixie Sword Manual and collapsed unconscious.
• Lin Pingzhi woke the next morning to find his injuries healed, washed, and changed clothes while Sword God Li read the manual.
• Sword God Li revised the manual and warned Lin Pingzhi that its rapid cultivation drained yang energy and could kill him without suitable supplements.

Sword God Li gave Lin Pingzhi a modified sword art called the Blazing Sun Sword Art and a Blood Bodhi, helping him reach Late Innate in three days. They set out for the Hengshan Sect’s Golden Basin Handwashing ceremony, where Lin Pingzhi hoped to avenge his family against Yu Canghai while Li searched for someone.

• Sword God Li gave Lin Pingzhi the revised Blazing Sun Sword Art, explaining its cultivation and warning him not to pass it on.
• Lin Pingzhi memorized the art, and Sword God Li forged him a black longsword from a boulder.
• After three days of training, Lin Pingzhi used the Blazing Sun Sword Art to reach Late Innate.
• Sword God Li and Lin Pingzhi headed for the Hengshan Sect’s Golden Basin Handwashing ceremony, where Li expected to find clues about the person he sought.
• Sword God Li urged Lin Pingzhi to take the opportunity to defeat Yu Canghai and told him to call him Old Li.

Lin Pingzhi waited in a town at Mount Heng for the Golden Basin Handwashing ceremony while searching for Yu Canghai. After Tian Boguang insulted the Black Sword that Sword God Li had given him, Lin Pingzhi rose to strike him.

• Lin Pingzhi and Sword God Li checked into an inn near Mount Heng and agreed to wait several days for the ceremony.
• Lin Pingzhi searched the town for Yu Canghai but found no trace of him.
• Lin Pingzhi saw Linghu Chong and Tian Boguang drinking and fighting, then learned their identities when Taoist priests attacked them.
• Tian Boguang mocked Lin Pingzhi and the Black Sword, so Lin Pingzhi warned him and raised the sword to deliver one strike.
• A terrifying aura surrounded Tian Boguang as a black gleam flashed across the Black Sword, and Tian Boguang realized he needed to flee.

Lin Pingzhi killed Tian Boguang with a single sword and knocked Linghu Chong unconscious when he attacked in Tian Boguang’s defense. News of the incident reached Mount Hua, where Yue Buqun feared the rumors would damage his faction and ordered Ning Zhongze to keep Shan'er away from Linghu Chong.

• Lin Pingzhi beheaded Tian Boguang, gave the waiter money, and left the inn.
• Linghu Chong attacked Lin Pingzhi, who shattered his sword with a palm strike and knocked him unconscious.
• The diners condemned Linghu Chong for associating with Tian Boguang, and he fainted again after waking to their accusations.
• News of Tian Boguang’s death and Linghu Chong’s actions spread, prompting Mount Hua’s factions to hear the rumors.
• Yue Buqun grew furious and told Ning Zhongze to keep Shan'er from seeking out Linghu Chong when she returned.

Yue Buqun, Zuo Lengchan, and Invincible East received reports claiming Lin Pingzhi had killed Tian Boguang, but each doubted that the weak young escort leader could have such strength. Zuo Lengchan prepared to investigate while heading to Liu Zhengfeng’s Golden Basin Handwashing, and Lin Pingzhi returned to Sword God Li without knowing the attention he had attracted.

• Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze discussed the rumors about Tian Boguang’s death and concluded that the reported killer could not plausibly be Lin Pingzhi.
• Yue Buqun told Ning Zhongze to investigate the mysterious swordsman and warned that the Qi Sect could not afford trouble.
• Zuo Lengchan dismissed the report that Lin Pingzhi had killed Tian Boguang and ordered further investigation.
• Zuo Lengchan planned to attend Liu Zhengfeng’s Golden Basin Handwashing and entrusted the Songshan School to his junior brother.
• Invincible East dismissed the report, then disappeared from Blackwood Cliff soon afterward.
• Lin Pingzhi returned to Sword God Li and apologized for failing to find the person Li had asked him to seek.

Sword God Li and Lin Pingzhi arrived at Liu Zhengfeng’s Golden Basin Handwashing ceremony, where Lin found Yu Canghai and launched his revenge. Lin’s attack escalated into a slaughter, and the chapter ended as Zuo Lengchan revealed his Early Grandmaster Realm strength and struck at him.

• Sword God Li confirmed that the Transmigrator was not at the ceremony and told Lin Pingzhi to take revenge on Yu Canghai.
• Lin Pingzhi charged Yu Canghai and severed his legs with his black sword, accusing him of slaughtering the Lin family and escort agency.
• Yu Canghai appealed to the martial artists for help, and Fei Bin stepped forward to defend him.
• Lin Pingzhi severed Yu Canghai’s arms, killed Fei Bin, and attacked the Songshan School disciples.
• Zuo Lengchan arrived, unleashed a bone-chilling palm attack, and revealed his Early Grandmaster Realm cultivation.

Lin Pingzhi defeated Zuo Lengchan, exposed the secret of the Bixie Sword Manual, and avenged his family. He left with Sword God Li for Guangming Peak, while Yue Buqun returned to Mount Hua to respond to the weakened Songshan School.

• Lin Pingzhi used the Blazing Sun Sword Art to sever Zuo Lengchan’s right arm, forcing the wounded Grandmaster to flee.
• Lin Pingzhi showed Yu Canghai the Bixie Sword Manual’s instruction to castrate oneself, then killed him.
• Lin Pingzhi pledged to follow Sword God Li, who decided they would travel to Guangming Peak in search of martial arts and treasures.
• Yue Buqun and the other martial artists prepared to leave, and Yue Buqun told Ning Zhongze to find Lingshan and return to Mount Hua himself.

After Lin Pingzhi’s achievement spread, the Sun Moon Divine Cult considered its plans while Lin traveled toward the Western Frontier. He encountered Emei’s forces on their way to fight the Ming Cult, and Sword God Li explained the hidden power of Lin’s Black Sword.

• A Black-Clad Man reported that Lin Pingzhi was heading toward the Western Frontier and that the Six Major Sects were gathering to attack the Ming Cult.
• A Maiden and Uncle Xiang decided not to approach Lin and planned to use the conflict to rescue their former Cult Leader, with Linghu Chong as their alternative candidate.
• Lin Pingzhi encountered Abbess Miejue and Emei’s disciples on the road, but Sword God Li told him to continue toward Guangming Peak at an unhurried pace.
• The next day, Lin and Sword God Li reached a battlefield where Abbess Miejue’s Emei disciples were killing Ming Cult members.
• Sword God Li said that Lin’s Black Sword could surpass the Heavenly Sword and that Lin would understand its true power after mastering the final move of the Blazing Sun Sword Art.

Lin Pingzhi’s carriage encountered Abbess Miejue and the Emei disciples on the way to Guangming Peak, where they clashed over his purpose and Emei’s accusations. Sword God Li intervened when Miejue blocked their path, cutting the tip from the Heavenly Sword and allowing the carriage to continue.

• Ding Minjun questioned Lin Pingzhi about his destination, and he said he was going to Guangming Peak to find someone, not to fight the Ming Cult.
• When Ding Minjun insulted him and demanded to know who was in the carriage, Lin Pingzhi struck her with his whip and drove on.
• Abbess Miejue confronted Lin Pingzhi and attacked him with the Heavenly Sword, but he blocked her strike with the Black Sword.
• Sword God Li sent sword qi from the carriage, sliced off the Heavenly Sword’s tip, and ordered Lin Pingzhi to continue.
• After the carriage left, Abbess Miejue’s disciple told her that the Heavenly Sword was broken.

Sword God Li led Lin Pingzhi through a hidden passage into a secret chamber beneath Guangming Peak, where they uncovered the truth about Cheng Kun and found the Heaven and Earth Great Shift. Lin Pingzhi learned the manual’s contents, and Sword God Li urged him to adapt its techniques to his swordsmanship before they left.

• Miejue ordered her disciples to continue to Guangming Peak despite the Heavenly Sword’s broken tip.
• Sword God Li took Lin Pingzhi through a hidden Ming Cult passage that led to a secret chamber on Guangming Peak.
• Lin Pingzhi read a letter revealing that Cheng Kun had murdered the Golden Mane Lion King’s family and provoked the conflict between the Ming Cult and the Six Major Sects.
• Sword God Li showed Lin Pingzhi the Heaven and Earth Great Shift, helped him understand the manual, and warned him not to cultivate its final layer.
• Sword God Li told Lin Pingzhi to memorize the manual, leave it behind, and incorporate its techniques into his own swordsmanship before they departed.

Lin Pingzhi and Sword God Li arrived at Guangming Peak to find the Ming Cult battered by infighting and the Six Major Sects. As a young man interrupted the battle, Sword God Li searched nearby, expecting another figure to appear.

• Lin Pingzhi and Sword God Li reached Guangming Peak and saw the Six Major Sects facing the wounded Ming Cult, with only the White-Browed Eagle King still fighting effectively.
• Sword God Li explained that Cheng Kun had exploited the Ming Cult's struggle over its leadership and described the Ming Cult's history and branches in the Central Plains and Great Song.
• Sword God Li praised the White-Browed Eagle King's self-developed Eagle Claw Technique as powerful enough to rival the Dragon Claw Hand, while Lin Pingzhi judged him stronger than the Six Major Sects' fighters.
• After the White-Browed Eagle King grew exhausted from several battles, a Youth and a beautiful Maiden entered the battlefield, and the Youth tried to stop the fighting.
• Sword God Li told Lin Pingzhi to keep watching while he searched the area for another person who would likely appear because the Youth had arrived.

Sword God Li confronted Zhang Wuji about the source of his Nine Yang Divine Manual and revealed that Brother Zhao had taken the opportunity that was originally Zhang Wuji’s. After showing Zhang Wuji the events that should have unfolded, Sword God Li identified himself as a clone sent from above and Brother Zhao as an Outer-Realm Heavenly Demon, leaving Zhang Wuji to reckon with how much his life had changed.

• Sword God Li realized that Zhang Wuji had received the Nine Yang Divine Manual from someone and rushed to question him.
• When Zhang Wuji refused to reveal Brother Zhao’s identity, Sword God Li injured Song Yuanqiao and the Wudang members, while Lin Pingzhi warned Zhang Wuji not to resist.
• Sword God Li told Zhang Wuji that the Nine Yang Divine Manual had originally been in the valley he found, inside a Great White Ape, and that he had missed the peaches and other parts of his destined opportunity.
• Sword God Li tapped Zhang Wuji between the brows and showed him the events that should have happened, in which Brother Zhao never appeared.
• Sword God Li said he came from above as a clone and described Brother Zhao as an Outer-Realm Heavenly Demon, lamenting that Zhang Wuji had reached only the Early Grandmaster stage.

Sword God Li protected Zhang Wuji and his family while Zhang Wuji recovered and mastered the Nine Yang Divine Manual. Zhang Wuji then revealed how Zhao Rui sold him the manual in exchange for Fortune, and Sword God Li learned Zhao Rui had gone to Great Song.

• Zhang Wuji questioned Sword God Li’s claims, but Sword God Li’s sword intent convinced everyone he was telling the truth.
• Zhang Wuji agreed to reveal what he knew about Zhao Rui if Sword God Li protected them, and Sword God Li summoned five greatswords and sent Lin Pingzhi to search for an injured Wudang man.
• Sword God Li warned the group that Great Yuan might have laid an ambush and said he would stay for half a month while they recovered.
• Ten days later, Zhang Wuji had recovered and mastered the Nine Yang Divine Manual with help from the others.
• Zhang Wuji told Sword God Li that Zhao Rui had given him the Nine Yang Divine Manual in exchange for Fortune after they met in a valley in the Kunlun Mountains.
• Sword God Li warned Zhang Wuji to be cautious if Zhao Rui approached him again, then learned Zhao Rui had gone to Great Song.