Chapter Summaries

Bai Zhantang described several renowned swordsmen to Jiang Zhen and Tongtian, while Jiang Zhen and Tongtian discussed the limits of the Heartless Sword and the past behind Tongtian’s grievance with Ye Gucheng. Bai Zhantang then began recounting Xie Xiaofeng’s duel with Yan Shisan, ending with a hint that the Xie family had revealed new information about it.

• Bai Zhantang said the Spiritual Child of the Sword had reached the verge of the Land Immortal Realm after comprehending the Sword of Nature.
• Bai Zhantang described Ximen Chuixue’s Heartless Sword, and Jiang Zhen and Tongtian argued that the Heartless Dao could not reach far without change.
• Bai Zhantang recounted Ye Gucheng’s Flying Immortal Beyond the Heavens swordsmanship, prompting Tongtian to recall an old grievance.
• Jiang Zhen told Tongtian to ask about what had truly happened in the past and explained that some people had lacked the strength to safely pursue the opportunity Tongtian offered.
• Bai Zhantang described Xie Xiaofeng’s duel with Yan Shisan and said recent news from the Xie family had shed light on the battle.

Jiang Zhen and Tongtian discussed legendary swordsmen before deciding to find Tongtian a disciple through a Divine Sword Selection Assembly. Jiang Zhen revealed Bai Zhantang was Bai Yutang and had Tongtian forge a star-forged sword, leaving Bai to spread word of its power throughout the Jianghu.

• Bai Zhantang recounted Yan Shisan’s fifteenth sword and Lang Fanyun’s Overturning Rain Sword to Jiang Zhen and Tongtian.
• Jiang Zhen proposed that Tongtian forge a Divine Sword and hold a selection assembly for potential disciples.
• Jiang Zhen identified Bai Zhantang as Bai Yutang and asked him to spread news of the sword across the Jianghu.
• Jiang Zhen took Bai Zhantang into the starry sky, where Tongtian forged a black sword from fallen stars.
• Tongtian demonstrated the sword by splitting a star, and Jiang Zhen told Bai Zhantang to publicize its power and the search for a successor.

After arranging for Bai Zhantang to summon people to a gathering six months later, Jiang Zhen left Tongtian behind and set out to visit other worlds. He destroyed a world of Martial Souls and Divine Thrones, forged its remnants into a Golden Finger, and then entered a Shokugeki world to sample its food before planning to destroy it.

• Bai Zhantang agreed to spread news of the gathering, and Jiang Zhen and Tongtian set it for six months later.
• Tongtian stayed in Seven Heroes Town while Jiang Zhen departed to search for more worlds.
• Jiang Zhen destroyed a Middle Thousand World of Martial Souls and Divine Thrones, then refined its laws and remnants into a Golden Finger and tossed it into the Void.
• Jiang Zhen arrived in a parallel Shokugeki world, sensed a Transmigrator with a God of Cooking system, and entered a crowded restaurant in Neon Country.
• After Nikumi's companion gave Jiang Zhen the menu, he returned it and asked for Stir-fried Book.

Jiang Zhen judged Ming Jun’s cooking, revealed that he was a fellow transmigrator, and offered him a choice before sending him and others to the world of Toriko. After destroying more than a hundred worlds to collect sha qi, Jiang Zhen found another world with corrupted rules and suspected the Old Evil Gods were responsible.

• Jiang Zhen ordered every dish at the restaurant, and Ming Jun cooked them with help from Erina and the other women.
• Jiang Zhen tasted one bite of each dish, criticized the ingredients, and asked Ming Jun which Earth his soul came from.
• Jiang Zhen revealed his plans to destroy the world and sent Ming Jun, the women, and others karmically connected to Ming Jun to Toriko, where he gave Ming Jun a Taotie Bloodline and severed his system’s connection to its main body.
• Jiang Zhen collected World Sha Qi as the world of Shokugeki collapsed, then destroyed more than a hundred Minor Worlds overrun by Demons and Monsters.
• Jiang Zhen gathered over a hundred portions of sha qi and spotted another world with corrupted rules, blaming the Old Evil Gods for the trouble.

Jiang Zhen entered a Weird World warped by an Old Evil God and sought a method for cultivating Literary Path Righteous Qi so he could offer its people a chance to resist the Weirdness. He found a resilient orphan with a trace of righteous energy and approached him in disguise, asking why he still studied in an age of Monsters.

• Jiang Zhen saw the people of the Weird World struggling to survive and asked the Chat Group for a Literary Path Righteous Qi cultivation method.
• Jiang Zhen explained that Old Evil Gods warped weaker worlds and said he hoped Righteous Qi could help restore the world's Heavenly Dao.
• Su Wuming offered Jiang Zhen a Righteous Qi cultivation method and warned that cultivating it was difficult.
• Jiang Zhen entered the Weird World and eventually found a hardworking orphan whose parents had been killed by Weirdness and who carried a trace of righteous energy.
• Jiang Zhen disguised himself as an old man, visited the child, accepted a bowl of water, and asked why he continued studying despite the Monsters.

Jiang Zhen showed the Youth a vision of four scholars using Righteous Qi to defend Great Li from demons and monsters, then offered to teach him to cultivate it. The Youth accepted and discovered a room filled with books as Jiang Zhen sent him to choose his first one.

• The Youth told Jiang Zhen that studying was his only hope of making something of himself, and Jiang Zhen put him to sleep with a Yellow Millet Dream.
• The Youth witnessed demons and monsters ravaging Great Li from all four directions as its people and forces faced defeat.
• Four white-haired scholars marched to the borders, sacrificed their hearts, and turned them into Stone Tablets that sealed away the demons and monsters with Righteous Qi.
• Jiang Zhen explained that Righteous Qi was the bane of demons and monsters, then appeared as a Young Man and offered to teach the Youth its cultivation.
• The Youth agreed to study under Jiang Zhen and opened the indicated room, where he found rows of bookshelves filled with books.

After nine years of study, Chen Ming awakened a powerful aura, received treasures and the courtesy name Chen Haoran from Jiang Zhen, then descended the mountain. On a bus, he sensed something wrong in a tunnel as a Town Evil Department woman warned the passengers that they were trapped in an abnormal situation.

• Jiang Zhen told the eighteen-year-old Young Man that he had mastered his studies and must descend the mountain to confront Evil Ways, Demons and Monsters.
• Jiang Zhen gave Chen Ming a special brush and a protective robe, then granted him the courtesy name Haoran.
• Three days later, Chen Haoran boarded a bus after leaving the mountain and traveled in silence.
• Chen Haoran sensed something wrong when the bus jolted inside a tunnel.
• A woman from the Town Evil Department ordered the driver to stop and explained that the tunnel journey had lasted far longer than normal without any other vehicles appearing.

Chen Haoran discovered that the bus had entered a deathly Tunnel created by the resentment of people killed in a bus fire, where the passengers faced being burned alive. As the burning bus attacked and the woman’s defense failed, Chen Haoran stepped forward, radiating righteous light that purified the darkness.

• The driver told the woman that the bus had become trapped in the Tunnel, and she ordered him to turn around while Chen Haoran examined their surroundings with his mental power.
• Chen Haoran saw a burned bus carrying the souls of its dead passengers approaching through a strange Tunnel, while another, ordinary Tunnel lay beyond black mist.
• The woman dodged the burned bus, and the driver explained that its twenty-five passengers had died in a fire about a year earlier.
• The woman realized the dead passengers’ resentment had created a Tunnel from which they could not escape and warned that the pursuing bus could set them ablaze.
• The burning bus charged at them, and the woman’s red bridal robes failed to stop it as the flames burned through them and injured her.
• Chen Haoran stepped off the bus in white light, purified the surrounding resentment, and confronted the Weird beings.

Chen Haoran destroyed the Ghost Bus and eradicated its Ghost Domain with Righteous Qi, then revealed to Lu Feifei that he intended to spread the human power behind it. Lu Feifei contacted the Town Evil Department director, who reacted with astonishment to the possibility of a way to eliminate Weirds without using them.

• Chen Haoran shattered the Ghost Bus and erased the Ghost Domain, freeing Lu Feifei.
• Chen Haoran and Lu Feifei traveled to Bin City, where Lu Feifei asked him about his power and its ability to defeat Weirds.
• Chen Haoran told Lu Feifei that he had come to spread a human power that could let people fight Weirds without relying on them.
• Lu Feifei called the Town Evil Department director and reported that Chen Haoran had eradicated the Ghost Domain and the Wedding Dress Ghost within her.
• The director stood up in disbelief and asked Lu Feifei whether she was certain.

Chen Haoran explained Righteous Qi and the Literary Path to Lu Feifei, describing the levels of cultivation and the power of its combat methods. Lu Feifei realized Chen Haoran had been the one who killed the Three-headed Vengeful Bird, and he revealed that he had barely fought the Weird inside the bus.

• Lu Feifei called the Director to Haifeng Grand Hotel and asked Chen Haoran how his power worked.
• Chen Haoran explained that Righteous Qi came from reading and that his teacher had given him a shortcut to help others cultivate it.
• Lu Feifei described the seven ranks of Weirds, and Chen Haoran estimated how his cultivation could stand against each level.
• Chen Haoran said the Literary Path included combat arts such as archery and swordsmanship, and that he had killed an S-Class Weird with a Righteous Qi arrow.
• Lu Feifei recognized the Three-headed Vengeful Bird as the Weird Chen Haoran had killed three years earlier.
• Chen Haoran said he had only activated some Righteous Qi against the Weird inside the bus and had not truly fought.

Chen Haoran and Lu Feifei headed to the southern city to help the Town Evil Department confront a strange Ghost Domain that seemed to contain two advancing A-Class Weirds. The Director and his team remained trapped inside as the chapter ended.

• Zhang Tao told Lu Feifei and Chen Haoran that an A-Class Weird had appeared and the Director had gone to confront it.
• A distant blast spread black mist, and Chen Haoran sensed that the Weird could advance further if it killed enough people.
• Lu Feifei sent Zhang Tao to alert headquarters and drove Chen Haoran toward the danger to test his Righteous Qi.
• Chen Haoran’s White Light dispelled the strange chill as he and Lu Feifei entered the Ghost Domain.
• The Director’s group fled into the woods while ghosts prepared a feast in a village divided between wedding and funeral scenes.
• A woman told the Director that the Ghost Domain contained two A-Class Weirds that seemed to be advancing as one.

The Director identified the Ghost Domain’s rulers as the Red and White Double Fiends, old A-Class Weirds nearing an advance to S-Class by devouring the county’s people. When the fiends forced the Town Evil Department members to eat at the wedding feast, the Director and his team fought back and targeted an A-Class Weird.

• The Director explained to Xiao Jing and the others that the Red and White Double Fiends had joined forces, formed a powerful Ghost Domain, and were gathering Blood Food to reach S-Class.
• The Director warned the Town Evil Department members not to eat anything and planned to attack one of the fiends with Xiao Jing while the others held off the remaining Weirds.
• A pale attendant summoned the group to the wedding feast, where the Weirds watched them as food was served only at their table.
• The Director refused to eat before the other guests, but a force then tried to make the group reach for the food.
• The Director unleashed his power, the others released the Weirds within their bodies, and the group began fighting as the Director told Xiao Jing to help him kill an A-Class Weird.

Li Li and Xiao Jing fought their way toward the house but were overwhelmed by the Mount Mang Ghost King's daughter, who revealed she planned to devour them and her Water Ghost groom. Chen Haoran arrived radiating White Light, erasing the Ghost Domain and weakening the Weirds, while Lu Feifei reached the injured group.

• Xiao Jing and Li Li broke through the Weirds' encirclement, but a peak A-Class Weird struck Li Li down.
• The Female Weird stopped the fighting and revealed she was the Mount Mang Ghost King's daughter, and that she planned to use the Water Ghost as a cultivation furnace before devouring Li Li and the others.
• Li Li and his companions prepared to sacrifice themselves, but the Female Weird's aura overwhelmed them and caused their Power of Weirdness to collapse.
• A majestic voice and White Light swept through the area, melting the Weirds and weakening the A-Class Weirds and Li Li's Ghost Head Saber.
• Chen Haoran arrived, erasing the Ghost Domain as he walked, and Lu Feifei recognized Li Li and Xiao Jing.
• Li Li asked Lu Feifei whether the youth beside her was Chen Haoran.

Chen Haoran used Righteous Qi and a brush that brought poems to life to destroy Red Fiend’s Ghost Domain and its army of Yin Soldiers. Afterward, Li Li realized the soldiers’ identical armor pointed to a larger danger and hurried everyone to return.

• Li Li recognized Red Fiend as an S-Class Weird and urged Lu Feifei to take Chen Haoran away, but Lu Feifei insisted he could handle her.
• Red Fiend summoned more than ten thousand Yin Soldiers to strengthen the Ghost Domain, and Chen Haoran brought out his brush.
• Chen Haoran wrote poems that summoned golden-armored soldiers, a red-robed general, and an army from the Void, which wiped out the Yin Soldiers.
• Chen Haoran wrote another poem to summon a white-robed swordsman, who killed Red Fiend with a single strike.
• Chen Haoran wrote a final line that dispelled the remaining Yin Sha energy and shattered the Ghost Domain.
• Li Li noticed that the Yin Soldiers’ identical armor suggested a serious problem and urged everyone to hurry back.

Chen Haoran explained how the Town Evil Department could learn Righteous Qi after his power had eliminated the Weirds inside them. He gave Li Li and the others Righteous Qi seeds, and their righteousness awakened immediately as he began teaching them.

• Chen Haoran told Li Li and the Town Evil Department members that the Weirds inside them had been eliminated, leaving them powerless but safe.
• Chen Haoran explained the path of Righteous Qi cultivation and promised to give them seeds so they could become Cultivated Scholars within about a month.
• Li Li and Zhang Jing agreed that Righteous Qi could strengthen the department, and Chen Haoran said he would teach them while staying for two months before spreading the path to other cities.
• The next day, Chen Haoran sent strands of Righteous Qi into Li Li and the others during a lesson.
• Li Li and the others glowed with White Light as their righteousness awakened, and Chen Haoran realized some might soon reach the realm of Recommended Men.

After training Li Li and the others for a month, Chen Haoran traveled across Great Xia to spread Righteous Qi, helping humanity suppress Weirds in more than thirty cities. At headquarters, the Department Master and his advisers debated whether to have the whole nation cultivate Righteous Qi, but first decided to find out how much Chen Haoran’s strength had grown.

• Chen Haoran saw that Li Li and the others had become Cultivated Scholars, then told them he would travel to other cities to teach Righteous Qi.
• Li Li explained that headquarters would arrange protection and give Chen Haoran three years to spread Righteous Qi while the Soul Suppressing General held back the Mount Mang Ghost King.
• Chen Haoran set out across Great Xia, and people who cultivated Righteous Qi began eliminating Weirds as humanity gained the upper hand.
• The Department Master reviewed reports that Weirds in more than thirty cities had been suppressed and discussed whether to bring Chen Haoran to headquarters and promote Righteous Qi nationwide.
• An old Daoist warned that abandoning their current strength could leave humanity vulnerable, while another adviser suggested learning whether Chen Haoran had become powerful enough to protect the nation.
• The Department Master ordered someone to inquire about Chen Haoran’s strength as the advisers discussed the growing number of Recommended Men and Advanced Scholars.

Chen Haoran told Town Evil Department Headquarters that he had reached the Great Confucian Realm and found the path to the Sub-Saint Realm, then traveled to the Capital City. The Department Master began testing his strength by proposing that he destroy the SSS-Class Mount Mang Ghost King.

• The Department Master and the others discussed how righteous qi offered hope and waited for news of Chen Haoran’s cultivation.
• Zhou Meng contacted Chen Haoran on the Department Master’s behalf, and Chen Haoran confirmed he had reached the Great Confucian Realm and planned to visit Headquarters.
• Chen Haoran traveled from Qi City to the Capital City, where his aura suppressed the Weird within the gathered officials.
• The Department Master said Headquarters had summoned Chen Haoran to assess his strength before discussing two further matters.
• The Department Master identified the Mount Mang Ghost King as Chen Haoran’s test and explained that the powerful SSS-Class entity ruled over Mount Mang’s Ghost Kings and Ghost Soldiers.

Chen Haoran traveled to Mount Mang to confront the SSS-Class Weird possessing the Grand General of the Nation. He purged the Weirds from his companions and approached the mountain, where his Righteous Qi began freeing the general.

• Chen Haoran agreed to go to Mount Mang and asked for companions who were not too powerful, since his Righteous Qi could kill the Weirds inside them.
• Zhou Meng and Li Li drove Chen Haoran toward Mount Mang in an RV and told him about their past battle with a Mount Mang Weird that had left them stuck at A-Class.
• Chen Haoran removed the Weirds from Zhou Meng and Li Li and restored much of the damage to their bodies when they reached Mount Mang.
• Chen Haoran stepped into the air and dissolved the Weird power around the mountain as he advanced toward the Grand General of the Nation.
• Chen Haoran's White Light reached the Grand General and dispelled the Weird inside him, then caught him with a white rope as he fell.

Chen Haoran confronted the Mount Mang Ghost King’s forces and used battle poems to summon armies that overwhelmed the Yin Soldiers. As the battle raged, Zhou Meng and the Grand General of the Nation watched in astonishment.

• Zhou Meng and Old Qin caught the falling Grand General of the Nation, who revealed that Chen Haoran had purified the Weird inside him and healed his body.
• Zhou Meng told the Grand General that Chen Haoran had reached the Great Confucian Realm and come to destroy the Mount Mang Ghost King, whose power had reached the SSS-Class level.
• Chen Haoran erased an S-Class Weird with a wave, then faced a vast army of Yin Soldiers summoned against him.
• Chen Haoran recited battle poems that conjured cavalry, an armored general and soldiers, and armies that charged into the Yin Soldiers.
• Zhou Meng explained that Chen Haoran was using Lip Sword Tongue Spear, while the Grand General praised the Literary Dao Cultivators’ path.
• Chen Haoran summoned more soldiers and a Great Wall, driving the Yin Soldiers back as the onlookers watched in shock.

Chen Haoran wiped out the Weird forces at Mount Mang and confronted the Mount Mang Ghost King, who had begun entering the Forbidden Realm. After suppressing the Ghost King, Chen Haoran shattered a massive black hand that tried to rescue him and prepared to attack its unseen owner.

• Chen Haoran killed the S-Class and SS-Class Weird generals and dispersed all the Weird aura across Mount Mang with Righteous Qi.
• The Mount Mang Ghost King emerged and challenged Chen Haoran after learning he had destroyed its subordinates and Ghost Domain.
• Chen Haoran erased the Ghost King's Ghost Head attack and used a vision of rivers, mountains, and stars to suppress him.
• A massive black hand reached through a split in the sky to save the Mount Mang Ghost King, but Chen Haoran shattered it with the Ruler.
• Chen Haoran summoned a longbow and declared that he would kill the being behind the hand.