Chapter Summaries

At the foot of the Kunlun Mountains, Lin Pingzhi suggested that Sword God Li search for his quarry in Seven Heroes Town, a border town founded by legendary heroes. Hearing the stories of the Hero Beggar and the Sword Hero, Sword God Li recognized the latter as Yan Nantian and explained the Wedding Dress Divine Skill before speculating about how it was originally cultivated.

• Lin Pingzhi told Sword God Li that Seven Heroes Town stood on the Great Ming–Great Song border and could be a place to find the person they sought.
• Lin Pingzhi described the Scholar Hero and the Hero Beggar, whose Dragon Subduing Palm had helped establish the Beggar's Sect branch in Seven Heroes Town.
• Sword God Li grew interested when Lin Pingzhi said the Hero Beggar was surnamed Xiao, then asked about the Sword Hero.
• Lin Pingzhi said the Sword Hero was a Great Ming swordsman surnamed Yan who wielded the Divine Sword Art and had helped establish Seven Heroes Town.
• Sword God Li identified the Sword Hero as Yan Nantian and explained the Wedding Dress Divine Skill's power and dangers.
• Sword God Li speculated that the Wedding Dress Divine Skill may originally have been used to temper the body and meridians with Heavenly Thunder Earth Fire.

Sword God Li and Lin Pingzhi arrived at Seven Heroes Town, where Sword God Li planned to draw Zhao Rui out by holding a sword discussion conference. Meanwhile, the Starry Sky Chat Group discussed Cao Xiu’s actions in the Fox Demon World, and Hong Hong of Tushan identified his power as the Flame-Flame Fruit.

• Sword God Li and Lin Pingzhi reached Seven Heroes Town and discussed its history and the vanished seven great heroes.
• Sword God Li proposed setting up an arena and holding a sword discussion conference to attract Zhao Rui.
• Sword God Li urged Lin Pingzhi to master the Blazing Sun Sword Art and break through to the Grandmaster Realm within three months.
• The Starry Sky Chat Group approved Sword God Li’s plan and discussed why Hong Hong had not dealt with Cao Xiu.
• Liu'er warned Hong Hong not to reveal herself, and Hong Hong recognized Cao Xiu’s power as the Flame-Flame Fruit.

Hong Hong of Tushan explained how the Flame-Flame Fruit’s power could be completed into a stronger Law Force, then secretly intervened when Tushan Susu transformed into Hong Hong of Tushan. She knocked the Black Fox away and sent the North Mountain Demon Emperor flying with a punch.

• Hong Hong of Tushan told Liu'er that the Flame-Flame Fruit contained incomplete Law Force that could be strengthened with other Devil Fruits or personal comprehension.
• Liu'er asked Hong Hong of Tushan for a spatial Devil Fruit, and Hong Hong agreed to look for one while warning her not to target Cao Xiu because he had a system.
• Hong Hong of Tushan asked Liu'er to conceal the unconscious Hong Hong of this world while she tested Cao Xiu, then used an Illusion Technique to incapacitate her and handed her to Liu'er.
• Hong Hong of Tushan forced the Black Fox back, then slapped him away when he tried his old trick.
• Hong Hong of Tushan intercepted Shi Kuan as he charged toward the Great Tree of Affection and sent the North Mountain Demon Emperor flying with one punch.

Hong Hong of Tushan revealed overwhelming power, defeated the North Mountain Demon Emperor, and drove off the attackers before turning her attention to Cao Xiu. Her original body stopped her from killing him, and she collapsed back into Tushan Susu, leaving Cao Xiu wary and Liu'er wondering what had happened.

• Rong Rong of Tushan watched in disbelief as Hong Hong of Tushan caught the North Mountain Demon Emperor's punch and sent him flying.
• Hong Hong of Tushan protected Tushan by knocking the attacking demons unconscious and destroying the Evil Beasts inside them; Ya Ya of Tushan froze the Black Fox Queen, and a red phantom then smashed her apart.
• Hong Hong of Tushan seized a beggar-dressed Maiden with purple Demonic Energy, then punched Cao Xiu and scattered him into sparks.
• Rong Rong of Tushan told Bai Yuechu that Hong Hong of Tushan seemed to be targeting Cao Xiu for an unknown reason, and Hong Hong's original body warned her not to kill him yet.
• Hong Hong of Tushan concealed the scene with scarlet Demonic Energy, transformed into Tushan Susu, and collapsed unconscious; Cao Xiu re-formed and planned to leave Tushan.
• Liu'er asked Hong Hong of Tushan why she had stopped, and Hong Hong said her original body suspected something was wrong and that she would ask for details.

Hong Hong of Tushan learned that Cao Xiu's system could send him into the past, making it dangerous to attack him. The Chat Group members agreed to seek ways to seal spacetime, while Hong Hong's clone explained why she had stopped fighting the Transmigrator.

• Little Stone, Long Kui, Zhang Chulan, and Uncle Jiu discussed whether anyone could travel through time, but they could not offer a safe solution without disturbing Jiang Zhen's breakthrough.
• Li Lianhua proposed sealing spacetime with a Seal Heaven Lock Earth Formation to prevent Cao Xiu's system from making time jumps.
• Yang Jian and Nezha agreed to seek help from their elders, while Uncle Jiu, Li Lianhua, Natsu, Esdeath, Daegu, Madara, and Zhang Chulan volunteered to investigate other methods.
• Hong Hong of Tushan's clone told Liu'er that Cao Xiu's system could send him several hundred years into the past, explaining why she had stopped attacking him.

Liu'er agreed not to interfere with the past after Hong Hong of Tushan warned her about the dangers of changing history. In the Martial Arts World, Zhang Chulan proposed baiting the elusive Zhao Rui with a replica of the Imperial Seal of the Realm, and Sword God Li entrusted the plan to him.

• Hong Hong of Tushan warned Liu'er that changing history could erase her existence, and Liu'er promised not to act recklessly.
• After more than half a year without finding Zhao Rui, Sword God Li asked Zhang Chulan for help drawing him out.
• Zhang Chulan suggested using a replica of the Imperial Seal of the Realm as bait because its rumored appearance would attract the four Imperial Courts and the Jianghu.
• Sword God Li agreed to leave the plan to Zhang Chulan, who then turned his attention to Lin Pingzhi.

Zhang Chulan laid out a plan for Lin Pingzhi to find the Imperial Seal of the Realm, challenge Southern Song’s great martial artists, and return to Seven Heroes Town while drawing attention to the seal. Lin Pingzhi departed for Southern Song, and Zhang Chulan explained to Sword God Li why it was the safest place for the scheme.

• Lin Pingzhi agreed to risk his life for Zhang Chulan’s plan, and Zhang Chulan said he would refine the Imperial Seal of the Realm to suppress others’ True Qi and protect him.
• Zhang Chulan instructed Lin Pingzhi to challenge the Five Greats in Southern Song, then stage the discovery of the Imperial Seal and kill anyone who obstructed his return.
• Zhang Chulan told Lin Pingzhi to challenge Southern Emperor and Central Divine Power, then target Hong Qigong and seriously injure him so the beggars would spread the story.
• After three days, Lin Pingzhi left Seven Heroes Town for Southern Song with the items Zhang Chulan had prepared.
• Zhang Chulan explained to Sword God Li that Southern Song was divided and comparatively weak, making it safer than Great Ming, Great Yuan, or Great Qing.

Lin Pingzhi entered the Southern Emperor’s retreat to challenge the former ruler’s guards and defeated Diancang the Fisherman before confronting Nameless Woodcutter. The chapter ended with Nameless Woodcutter badly wounded by Lin Pingzhi’s sword qi, as Lin Pingzhi warned him that another exchange could kill him.

• Lin Pingzhi introduced himself to Diancang the Fisherman and demanded to see the Southern Emperor, but Diancang refused to let him pass.
• Lin Pingzhi shattered Diancang’s fishing line and defeated him with a blow from his Black Sword, leaving him temporarily unable to move.
• Lin Pingzhi continued inward and found Nameless Woodcutter blocking the mountain path with a fallen tree.
• Nameless Woodcutter challenged Lin Pingzhi to protect the Southern Emperor, and Lin Pingzhi struck with scorching sword qi.
• Lin Pingzhi’s attack sent Nameless Woodcutter’s axe flying and hurled him backward, leaving him bloodied as Lin Pingzhi warned that he had held back.

Lin Pingzhi persuaded Yideng to confront Ying Gu by promising to help resolve the old heart knot that had driven her to seek revenge. They reached Black Dragon Pool, where Ying Gu attacked, and Lin Pingzhi stopped her with his sword at her throat.

• Lin Pingzhi recounted the tragedy involving the emperor, the Consort, and their son, prompting Yideng to ask how he could resolve his heart knot.
• Yideng agreed to fight Lin Pingzhi if Lin Pingzhi helped settle the matter, and the two set out for Black Dragon Pool after Yideng arranged for his disciples.
• Yideng sent the Nameless Woodcutter back toward the Kingdom of Dali to investigate possible trouble there.
• Lin Pingzhi and Yideng reached the hut at Black Dragon Pool, and Yideng called out to Ying Gu.
• Ying Gu rushed from the hut to attack Yideng, but Lin Pingzhi intercepted her with his sword at her throat.

Lin Pingzhi confronted Ying Gu over her attempt to kill Master Yideng and argued that she had wrongly blamed him for her son's death. Ying Gu began questioning her own guilt, and Lin Pingzhi asked whether she wanted to see Zhou Botong.

• Lin Pingzhi sealed Ying Gu's acupoints after stopping her attack and challenged her reasons for trying to assassinate Master Yideng.
• Ying Gu blamed Master Yideng for refusing to save her son, while Lin Pingzhi argued that he had no obligation to save the child and had already shown mercy.
• Lin Pingzhi told Ying Gu that she should blame the man who killed her son, Zhou Botong for abandoning her, and herself for her choices rather than Master Yideng.
• Ying Gu wept and repeatedly questioned whether she had been wrong, and Lin Pingzhi asked if she wanted to see Zhou Botong.

Lin Pingzhi persuaded Ying Gu and Master Yideng to travel with him to Peach Blossom Island to find Zhou Botong. On the road, he revealed that Wang Chongyang had faked his death to defeat Ouyang Feng, then hinted that Wang Chongyang’s early death involved a promise he had made.

• Lin Pingzhi invited Master Yideng and Ying Gu to join him on a journey to Peach Blossom Island, and both agreed.
• Lin Pingzhi recalled Zhang Chulan’s advice that helping Master Yideng and Ying Gu reconcile would make it easier to reach Huang Yaoshi and challenge him.
• Three days later, Ying Gu and Master Yideng asked Lin Pingzhi how he knew Zhou Botong was on Peach Blossom Island and why Zhou had been imprisoned there.
• Lin Pingzhi explained that Wang Chongyang had misjudged the Nine Yin Manual because he did not understand its Sanskrit general outline, while the Drunk Monk had created the Nine Yang Divine Manual after reading it.
• Lin Pingzhi revealed that Wang Chongyang had faked his death to lure Ouyang Feng into an attack and use One Yang Finger to break his Toad Style.
• Master Yideng questioned why Wang Chongyang had died so young, and Lin Pingzhi said the answer involved a promise Wang Chongyang needed to fulfill.

Lin Pingzhi recounted how the Nine Yin Manual caused Feng Heng’s death and Zhou Botong’s imprisonment, then explained Wang Chongyang’s past and his bond with Lin Chaoying. He suspected the pair were still alive on Mount Zhongnan and invited Master Yideng to accompany him there as he challenged the Five Greats.

• Lin Pingzhi explained how Zhou Botong lost the Nine Yin Manual’s latter half, how Feng Heng died while writing it from memory, and how Huang Yaoshi trapped Zhou Botong on Peach Blossom Island.
• Lin Pingzhi and Master Yideng agreed that the turmoil over the manual had been caused by people’s desires.
• Master Yideng described Great Song’s division into Northern and Southern Song and Wang Chongyang’s resistance to Jin before he became a monk and founded Quanzhen.
• Lin Pingzhi told Master Yideng about Wang Chongyang and Lin Chaoying’s relationship, their contest over the Tomb of the Living Dead, and his suspicion that they had left together and were living on Mount Zhongnan.
• Lin Pingzhi invited Master Yideng to join him on Mount Zhongnan while he challenged the Five Greats.

Lin Pingzhi and Master Yideng arrived at Peach Blossom Island, where they found Huang Yaoshi, Ouyang Feng, Hong Qigong, and others gathered. After Ouyang Ke attacked Lin Pingzhi, Lin killed him and wounded Ouyang Feng, leaving the gathering on the verge of conflict.

• Lin Pingzhi guided Master Yideng and Guo Jing through Huang Yaoshi’s formation by following the sunlight.
• Master Yideng reunited with Hong Qigong, Huang Yaoshi, and Ouyang Feng in a clearing on Peach Blossom Island.
• Huang Yaoshi asked whether Master Yideng had come for his daughter and turned his attention to Lin Pingzhi.
• Ouyang Ke attacked Lin Pingzhi with a folding fan, and Lin beheaded him with a burst of Sword Light.
• Ouyang Feng struck at Lin Pingzhi, but Lin broke his palm attack with a finger strike and left a bloody hole in his hand.
• Huang Yaoshi challenged Lin Pingzhi, while Master Yideng objected that Ouyang Ke had tried to kill him first.

Lin Pingzhi revealed that he had come to challenge the Five Greats, not to interfere with Huang Yaoshi’s daughter’s marriage, then faced Ouyang Feng in a duel. As Lin Pingzhi overwhelmed Ouyang Feng, Huang Yaoshi and Hong Qigong recognized how formidable his swordsmanship and internal energy were.

• Master Yideng explained that Lin Pingzhi had challenged the Five Greats and sent Guo Jing to take Ying Gu to Zhou Botong.
• Lin Pingzhi told Master Yideng to bring Zhou Botong to him if Zhou remained unwilling to face Ying Gu, then prepared to fight Huang Yaoshi and Ouyang Feng.
• Huang Yaoshi stepped aside, leaving Ouyang Feng to fight Lin Pingzhi alone.
• Ouyang Feng attacked with his Serpent Staff and Spirit Snake Staff Technique, but Lin Pingzhi evaded him, charred the hidden snake and poison, and drove him back with scorching sword strikes.
• Huang Yaoshi and Hong Qigong discussed Lin Pingzhi’s overwhelming power and doubted they could defeat him head-on.

Lin Pingzhi defeated Ouyang Feng with Sunlight Illumination, then argued that Ouyang Ke had been Ouyang Feng’s biological son. After recalling rumors about Huang Yaoshi and his disciple, Lin Pingzhi teased Huang Yaoshi and offered to fight him.

• Lin Pingzhi overwhelmed Ouyang Feng with his sun-powered swordsmanship and killed him with Sunlight Illumination, piercing him with Sword Lights.
• Hong Qigong mourned Ouyang Feng’s death, but Lin Pingzhi questioned whether Ouyang Feng had treated Ouyang Ke like a nephew or a son.
• Lin Pingzhi reasoned that Ouyang Ke was Ouyang Feng’s biological son, citing Ouyang Feng’s treatment of him, his brother’s injury, and his sister-in-law’s summons.
• Hong Qigong and Huang Yaoshi accepted Lin Pingzhi’s explanation, and Hong Qigong remarked that Ouyang Feng was even more wicked than Huang Yaoshi.
• Lin Pingzhi recalled rumors about Huang Yaoshi and his disciple, then slyly offered to test his skills against Huang Yaoshi.

Hong Qigong and Huang Yaoshi asked Lin Pingzhi about his master, and Lin explained that Old Li had taught him his swordsmanship. After Lin described how his Sword Aura could pierce Ouyang Feng’s Toad Style, Zhou Botong arrived fleeing a white-haired woman, and Lin provoked him into a fight.

• Hong Qigong and Huang Yaoshi questioned Lin Pingzhi about his master, and Lin said Old Li had taught him his swordsmanship while he searched for someone on Old Li’s behalf.
• Huang Yaoshi proposed a martial contest, and Lin explained that Ouyang Feng’s Toad Style could be countered with a penetrating long-range attack like his swordsmanship.
• Lin said Ouyang Feng’s Toad Style would likely become a legend now that Ouyang Feng was dead.
• Zhou Botong rushed toward Lin Pingzhi while fleeing a white-haired woman, then tried to run after spotting Huang Yaoshi.
• Lin Pingzhi taunted Zhou Botong about his senior brother, and Zhou Botong charged at Lin.

Lin Pingzhi badly wounded Zhou Botong after Zhou attacked him, then revealed to Guo Jing how Qiu Chuji’s actions had helped set off the tragedy that destroyed Guo and Yang families. The chapter left Guo Jing stunned as he faced Lin Pingzhi’s accusation that Quanzhen was responsible for his family’s blood debt.

• Zhou Botong attacked Lin Pingzhi, and Lin Pingzhi severed his hand tendons and inflicted a deep sword wound on his chest.
• Ying Gu cradled the unconscious Zhou Botong while Master Yideng and Guo Jing tried to prevent Lin Pingzhi from killing him.
• Lin Pingzhi told Guo Jing that Quanzhen should be considered his enemy because Qiu Chuji’s encounter with Wanyan Honglie had led to the destruction of the Guo and Yang families.
• Lin Pingzhi recounted how Wanyan Honglie pursued Qiu Chuji to Niu Family Village, met Guo Xiaotian and the Yang family man, and later arranged for their families to be framed.
• Lin Pingzhi explained that Qiu Chuji’s guilt had led Ma Yu to teach Guo Jing internal cultivation and that Guo Jing later earned Hong Qigong’s instruction in the Dragon Subduing Palm.

Lin Pingzhi confronted Guo Jing with the truth about the Quanzhen Order’s role in his family’s destruction, then fought Master Yideng after learning he did not know the Six Meridian Divine Sword. Lin Pingzhi gradually gained the advantage with his Blazing Sun Sword Art.

• Huang Rong confirmed that Guo Jing’s family may have suffered because of Quanzhen, and Lin Pingzhi suggested Guo Jing’s mother had stayed away because she understood what happened.
• Master Yideng said his personal conflict was resolved and asked Lin Pingzhi to spare the others; Lin Pingzhi agreed as long as they did not provoke him.
• Lin Pingzhi asked about the Six Meridian Divine Sword, and Master Yideng admitted he did not know the art because no one had learned it since Duan Yu.
• Lin Pingzhi and Master Yideng began fighting, trading more than a hundred sword and finger strikes as Hong Qigong and Huang Yaoshi marveled at Lin Pingzhi’s Internal Energy.
• Lin Pingzhi’s blazing, forceful sword art gradually suppressed the life-giving force of Master Yideng’s One Yang Finger.

Lin Pingzhi declined to fight Huang Yaoshi and showed him a jade seal whose power could suppress True Qi. Huang Yaoshi and Master Yideng identified it as possibly the long-lost Imperial Seal of the Realm, leaving everyone stunned by its apparent authenticity.

• Lin Pingzhi defeated Master Yideng, then declined Huang Yaoshi’s challenge, saying he needed time to absorb what he had learned.
• Lin Pingzhi took out a jade seal and asked Huang Yaoshi to identify it.
• Lin Pingzhi poured True Qi into the seal, and its pressure immobilized everyone’s True Qi.
• Huang Yaoshi said the seal’s missing golden corner matched historical accounts of the Imperial Seal of the Realm, though he could not confirm it was genuine.
• Master Yideng identified the seal as possibly the Imperial Seal of the Realm, and Lin Pingzhi explained its history before the gathered masters.

Lin Pingzhi warned that the Imperial Seal of the Realm could provoke a war among rival dynasties, then proposed a supervised contest to settle the conflict and limit casualties. Hong Qigong agreed the plan was worth trying, while Guo Jing’s Mongol marriage agreement shocked Huang Rong and Huang Yaoshi.

• Guo Jing and Hong Qigong urged Lin Pingzhi to hand the Imperial Seal of the Realm to an emperor, but Lin argued that choosing a claimant could trigger enormous trouble.
• Huang Yaoshi criticized Guo Jing’s defense of Great Song and said he would reconsider Guo Jing’s marriage agreement with Huang Rong.
• Lin Pingzhi revealed that Guo Jing had a marriage agreement with Temujin’s daughter and warned that Kublai Khan and Great Yuan could retaliate; Huang Rong and Huang Yaoshi confronted Guo Jing about it.
• Lin Pingzhi told Hong Qigong that the seal could spark wars between nations and proposed a grand contest supervised by his powerful elders to prevent widespread casualties.
• Lin Pingzhi explained that the seal could suppress enemy armies, and Hong Qigong agreed to help publicize the contest plan.