Chapter Summaries

Song Qingming and the returning cultivators helped Xuan Qing Temple turn back the Qing Yuan Sect’s invasion after Lin Tianrong broke free from a formation and routed the enemy. After recovering and reuniting with Huang Siyuan, Song Qingming went to meet Yu Ning about the Teleportation Array before he and Huang Siyuan could leave for Heavenly Sword Pavilion to find Qingyu.

• Yu Ning, Song Qingming, Old Daoist Qing Ping, and the other returning cultivators reached the battlefield and helped relieve the besieged Xuan Qing Temple Nascent Soul Cultivators.
• Lin Tianrong broke the formation restraining him, grievously wounded the Man in Yellow, and killed the Man in Yellow’s Natal Nascent Soul and Cultivator surnamed Liu with a powerful attack.
• The short old man, the purple-robed cultivator, Yi Yunlong, and the other Qing Yuan Sect forces retreated, ending the battle without annihilating the enemy army.
• Song Qingming found Huang Siyuan safe in the rear mountain and told her that Li Jinyue had been a traitor.
• After recovering for half a month, Song Qingming received Yu Ning’s letter and went to meet her about the Teleportation Array.

After Xuan Qing Temple defeated Qing Yuan Sect and repaired the intercontinental Teleportation Array, Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan set out for Heavenly Sword Pavilion to search for Song Qingming’s younger clan sister. True Lord Xuanku warned them that a Demonic Calamity had made the northern route dangerous, but they continued north and found growing evidence that the calamity had not been contained.

• Song Qingming returned Liang’s remains and belongings to Yu Ning, and Old Daoist Qing Ping repaid the Spirit Talismans he owed Song.
• Daoist Xuan Ku thanked Song Qingming and Old Daoist Qing Ping for helping defend Xuan Qing Temple, then gave them spirit medicines and Spirit Stones.
• Song Qingming and the others repaired the intercontinental Teleportation Array, and Xuan Qing Temple gave Song and Qing Ping Tokens for discounted travel.
• True Lord Xuanku warned Song Qingming that a Demonic Calamity had erupted in the Kunyu Mountain Range and gave him a Dragon-shaped Jade Pendant to seek help from True Person Feihe of Azure Dragon Sect.
• Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan left Xuan Qing Temple aboard the White Bone Boat and traveled north toward Heavenly Sword Pavilion despite the warning.
• As they journeyed north, Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan heard conflicting reports of the Demonic Calamity and saw many cultivators fleeing south.

Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan reached Qingshan State amid the Demonic Calamity and sought Azure Dragon Sect’s help crossing the Kunyu Mountain Range. Zhen Yuning revealed a damaged Teleportation Array to the Northern Mountain Cultivation World, and Song Qingming joined the Formation Masters repairing it, where a blue-robed woman arrived.

• Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan saved Linjiang Marketplace from Demonized Demonic Beasts and met Azure Dragon Sect cultivators Cui Yundong and Lü Fangling.
• Cui Yundong escorted them to Azure Dragon Mountain, where Zhen Yuning received them because True Person Feihe was away.
• Song Qingming asked for a way to cross the Kunyu Mountain Range, and Zhen Yuning told him Azure Dragon Sect knew of a damaged Teleportation Array leading north.
• Song Qingming offered his formation expertise, explaining that he had helped repair Xuan Qing Temple’s intercontinental Teleportation Array.
• Zhen Yuning brought Song Qingming to the Teleportation Array, where Formation Masters including Yun Jizi greeted him before a blue-robed woman appeared.

Song Qingming helped repair the Teleportation Array, then traveled with Huang Siyuan to the Northern Mountain Cultivation World to search for news of Song Qingyu. After arriving at Golden Sword Marketplace, he learned that the Heavenly Sword Pavilion had two Nascent Soul elders surnamed Liu and prepared to visit Madam Yuhua for help.

• Song Qingming repaired his assigned section of the Teleportation Array in three days, impressing Fairy Youlan and earning Xuan Jizi’s respect.
• After the Teleportation Array was restored, Song Qingming declined True Person Feihe’s reward and showed him a mysterious silver metal block; True Person Feihe recommended asking Madam Yuhua about it.
• On Sword Heart Island, the Green-robed Woman demonstrated her Formless Sword Qi and confirmed to the Girl in Purple that she had decided to pursue the difficult path of the Sword Heart.
• Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan entered Golden Sword Marketplace in disguise, and Song Qingming questioned local Rogue Cultivators about the Heavenly Sword Pavilion.
• Song Qingming learned that the Heavenly Sword Pavilion had sixteen Nascent Soul Cultivators, including two women surnamed Liu who might include the person Song Qingyu had sought.
• The next morning, Huang Siyuan left the inn while Song Qingming went to the Imperial Sword Tower to submit a visiting card.

Song Qingming visited Heavenly Sword Pavilion to learn about Song Qingyu and discovered that Madam Yuhua was the senior Qingyu had sought. Madam Yuhua confirmed Qingyu was safe but refused to explain why she could not meet him, leaving Song Qingming to accept a three-move test for the truth.

• Song Qingming waited to be received at Heavenly Sword Pavilion, registered under the false name Song Qi, and entered the sect with Cheng Rong.
• A white-robed General Affairs Hall elder mocked Song Qingming's name, then collapsed when a strange rune on his name card struck him.
• The Purple-clothed Girl guessed Song Qingming's homeland and true name before Madam Yuhua arrived and apologized for her niece's prank.
• Madam Yuhua identified Song Qingming's Silver Gang Star Stone as rare material for refining high-tier Spiritual Treasures and confirmed she was the Liu whom Song Qingyu had met.
• Madam Yuhua said Song Qingyu was safe but refused to let Song Qingming see her or reveal more, so he challenged her to explain Qingyu's circumstances.
• Madam Yuhua offered to tell him everything if he endured three of her moves unharmed, and Song Qingming accepted the wager.

Song Qingming endured Madam Yuhua’s sword attacks and earned her recognition, then learned that Song Qingyu had joined the Heavenly Sword Pavilion and was cultivating in seclusion. He insisted on seeing Qingyu and challenged Madam Yuhua’s claim that the sect’s plans were in her best interests, leaving their confrontation unresolved when Madam Yuhua suddenly reacted to something.

• Madam Yuhua tested Song Qingming with a sword strike that shattered his array, then unleashed the Nine Stars Sword Array as he refused to retreat.
• Song Qingming used his puppets and Black Tortoise Spiritual Light Shield to withstand all nine sword attacks, so Madam Yuhua acknowledged his strength and called off the third strike.
• Madam Yuhua told Song Qingming that Song Qingyu had joined Purple Sword Peak after her failed attempt to form a Nascent Soul and was now secluded in a sect inheritance site.
• Song Qingming demanded to see Qingyu and said he would respect her choice, but would not let Madam Yuhua decide her future for her.
• Madam Yuhua was left speechless by Song Qingming’s accusations, then abruptly stood as her expression changed.

Song Qingming entered the Heavenly Sword Pavilion’s Sword Tomb and reunited with Song Qingyu, who had been cultivating the sect’s risky Tempering the Sword Heart art. She told him her seclusion was not over and that she would have to remain in the Sword Tomb, leaving him demanding to know whether she had been forced there.

• Grey-robed Elder Liang revealed that Song Qingyu was cultivating in the Sword Tomb and that Tempering the Sword Heart could damage her memories, then agreed to let Song Qingming enter.
• Song Qingming descended into the Sword Tomb with Liang’s Jade Tile and protected himself from the accumulated sword intent as he searched for Qingyu.
• Song Qingming discovered Song Qingyu alive in the gorge, and the siblings confirmed they were truly reunited after years apart.
• Song Qingyu explained that failed messages and the broken cross-continent Teleportation Array had kept her from contacting her family.
• Song Qingyu told Song Qingming that her seclusion had not ended and that she would have to remain in the Sword Tomb, prompting him to ask whether the sect had forced her there.

Song Qingming learned that Song Qingyu had entered the Sword Tomb to comprehend Senior Ling’s sword intent and stayed at Golden Sword Marketplace with Huang Siyuan while she continued her secluded cultivation. Four years later, an invitation from Liang Jianxuan brought Song Qingming to an exchange meeting, where he recognized a surprising arrival.

• Song Qingyu told Song Qingming she had tempered her Sword Heart and was using the Sword Tomb to comprehend Senior Ling’s sword intent, hoping to form a Nascent Soul.
• Song Qingming reassured Song Qingyu, left her supplies and Nascent Soul insights, and promised to wait for her outside the Sword Tomb.
• Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan opened Listen to Rain Pavilion in Golden Sword Marketplace, selling spiritual items and collecting pill formulas while waiting for Song Qingyu.
• Four years later, Song Qingming sold an Emerald Cloud Pill to two visitors and accepted a pill formula in payment.
• Liang Jianxuan invited Song Qingming to an exchange meeting and introduced him to the Xu Couple from Mystic Dragon Valley.
• Three more cultivators arrived at the meeting, and Song Qingming recognized the person leading them.

Song Qingming attended a Nascent Soul Exchange Meeting, where he traded a defensive formation to Master Bukong for a Golden Light Sarira and a Buddhist refining art. Soon after, Fairy Youlan invited him to explore a Half-step Spirit Transformation formation master's cave mansion; Song Qingming initially refused but kept her talisman after hearing about the inheritance.

• Song Qingming reunited with Fairy Youlan at Duan Tianyuan's Exchange Meeting, where Nascent Soul cultivators gathered to trade rare items.
• Song Qingming exchanged his Tiangang Eight Extremes Array with Master Bukong for a Golden Light Sarira and bought a Buddhist secret art to refine it.
• Song Qingming traded spirit talismans for mana-enhancing pills, then listened as Master Bukong expounded Buddhist Dharma before returning to Listen to Rain Pavilion.
• Fairy Youlan visited Song Qingming and invited him to explore a Half-step Spirit Transformation formation master's cave mansion, offering him a copy of the master's Level 5 formation inheritance.
• Fairy Youlan explained that the Southern Mountain Demonic Calamity continued and that Old Ancestor Yulong was organizing cultivators to investigate its source in the Kunyu Mountain Range.
• Song Qingming did not accept the invitation, but he put away Fairy Youlan's Spirit Talisman after she left.

Song Qingming, Fairy Youlan, Xuan Jizi, and Yuan Zifang entered Rogue Cultivator Zhou Xuan’s cave abode seeking his formation inheritance, but a strange illusion in a hidden chamber turned them against one another. Song Qingming broke Fairy Youlan’s illusion and escaped the chamber, then encountered Xuan Jizi returning from his fight with Yuan Zifang.

• Fairy Youlan led Song Qingming, Xuan Jizi, and Yuan Zifang to Rogue Cultivator Zhou Xuan’s cave abode and guided them through its restrictions.
• Yuan Zifang failed to break the stone door’s powerful formation alone, so Fairy Youlan had the group work together until they opened it after more than two months.
• Xuan Jizi found a hidden chamber, and Yuan Zifang and Xuan Jizi left to search the outer hall while Song Qingming and Fairy Youlan investigated inside.
• A strange fragrance activated the chamber’s entrance restriction, and an illusion made Fairy Youlan attack Song Qingming while Yuan Zifang fought Xuan Jizi outside.
• Song Qingming used his treasures to defeat and awaken Fairy Youlan, broke the chamber’s barrier, and saw Xuan Jizi flying toward him in the outer hall.

Song Qingming and Fairy Youlan fought the ghostly figure controlling the cave, but Xuan Jizi and Yuan Zifang both died in the ordeal. After defeating the Ghost Cultivator Zhou Xuan, they searched the cave and eventually recovered the formation inheritance from a concealed Storage Artifact.

• Song Qingming and Fairy Youlan tried to restrain Yuan Zifang, but he exploded in eerie green light and left no trace of his Nascent Soul.
• Song Qingming and Fairy Youlan found Xuan Jizi in a hidden chamber, where he attacked them under the Ghost Cultivator’s control before the chamber shifted into a dark restriction formation.
• Song Qingming and Fairy Youlan fought the ghostly figure; Fairy Youlan struck it with a Five Lightning Talisman, and Song Qingming finished it with Heaven and Earth Divine Thunder.
• Song Qingming and Fairy Youlan found Xuan Jizi dead and identified the Ghost Cultivator as Rogue Cultivator Zhou Xuan, whose remains lay beside his array disk and damaged magic treasures.
• Song Qingming and Fairy Youlan searched the cave for more than half a month, removed a restriction from a concealed Storage Artifact, and found the formation inheritance.

Song Qingming returned from Rogue Cultivator Zhou Xuan's cave with a valuable formation inheritance and treasures, then learned that Song Qingyu was attempting to form her Nascent Soul. He negotiated with Liang Jianxuan over Qingyu's future and agreed to consider trading his Tiangang Silver Stone in exchange for help improving his Natal Magic Treasure and easing Heavenly Sword Pavilion's pressure on her.

• Song Qingming parted from Fairy Youlan, studied Rogue Cultivator Zhou Xuan's formation inheritance, and divided the cave's treasures with her.
• Song Qingming opened Yuan Zifang's Storage Artifact and collected its Magic Treasures, formations, Spiritual Medicine, Spirit Stones, and other items.
• At Golden Sword Marketplace, Song Qingming learned that Song Qingyu was in the Sword Tomb and was attempting to form her Nascent Soul.
• Liang Jianxuan told Song Qingming that Heavenly Sword Pavilion would support Qingyu's attempt but warned that Madam Yuhua wanted her to remain with the sect.
• Song Qingming agreed to persuade Qingyu to leave an inheritance for Heavenly Sword Pavilion and offered to trade his Tiangang Silver Stone if Madam Yuhua would respect Qingyu's wishes and improve his Natal Magic Treasure.

Song Qingming traded half of his Tiangang Silver Stone for Song Qingyu’s freedom from the Heavenly Sword Pavilion and the chance to temper his Natal Magic Treasure. After upgrading the Five Elements Divine Light Mirror and refining the Golden Light Sarira, he learned that Song Qingyu had reached the crucial stage of forming Nascent Soul.

• Song Qingming agreed with Liang Jianxuan to trade Tiangang Silver Stone for Song Qingyu’s release after her seclusion, then returned to Listen to Rain Pavilion and told Huang Siyuan about her second attempt to form Nascent Soul.
• Madam Yuhua agreed to let Song Qingyu leave the Heavenly Sword Pavilion if she succeeded, on the condition that she later aid Purple Sword Peak once if it was within her capabilities; Song Qingming signed the contract and handed over the Tiangang Silver Stone.
• Madam Yuhua used the melted Tiangang Silver Stone to temper her own Natal Magic Treasure, Song Qingming’s Five Elements Divine Light Mirror, and Ziyue’s treasure over roughly a month.
• Song Qingming tested the upgraded Five Elements Divine Light Mirror and found that its defense had greatly improved and it could trap opponents with silver-light chains.
• Song Qingming studied a Buddhist secret art, refined the Golden Light Sarira, strengthened his body, and advanced the Tongtian Myriad Spirits Art to the Late Golden Core Stage.
• Song Qingyu reached the most crucial stage of her seclusion to form Nascent Soul.

After twenty years of cultivation beneath the Sword Tomb, Song Qingyu was trapped in an illusion that made her believe she was a powerless child named Xiaoyu in Crescent Moon Village. She broke free by reclaiming the White Dragon Ruler and completed her Nascent Soul breakthrough, while Purple Sword Peak’s elders prepared for a confrontation with Duan Tianyuan.

• A black mist pulled Song Qingyu from her secluded cultivation into a village illusion, where she appeared as a child with no spiritual power and missing memories.
• Song Qingyu repeatedly tried to reach a white light in Crescent Moon Lake, but the villagers and the Green-robed Man stopped her and insisted she belonged in the village.
• Song Qingyu deceived the Green-robed Man, entered the lake, and declared that she was not Xiaoyu and did not belong there.
• The White Jade Ruler flew into Song Qingyu’s hand, released a white dragon that shattered the illusion, and restored her Mana as she escaped through a rift.
• Song Qingyu’s Golden Core transformed into a Nascent Soul, and Liang Jianxuan ordered the Sword Tomb guarded while Ziyue went to notify Song Qingyu’s family.
• Duan Tianyuan arrived at the Sword Tomb and tried to investigate, but Liang Jianxuan stopped him by presenting the Heavenly Sword Token.

Song Qingyu underwent her Nascent Soul tribulation at the Sword Tomb, where Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan watched with Liang Jianxuan and Madam Yuhua. After she survived an unexpected seventh lightning tribulation with her Water Sword Intent, the clouds dispersed and she attained the Nascent Soul Great Dao.

• Duan Tianyuan recognized Liang Jianxuan's token and left the Sword Tomb with his companion.
• Song Qingming received word that a Heaven and Earth Phenomenon had appeared where Song Qingyu was secluded, and he and Huang Siyuan went to the Sword Tomb.
• After the clouds gathered for half a month, Song Qingyu emerged and endured the first six lightning tribulations using her magic treasures, talismans, and defensive array.
• A seventh lightning tribulation appeared, and Song Qingyu used her Water Sword Intent and Profound Nether Golden Light Sword to resist it.
• Song Qingyu survived the final lightning strikes, and the dispersing clouds revealed that she had attained the Nascent Soul Great Dao.

Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan left Golden Sword Marketplace after entrusting Listen to Rain Pavilion to Zhou Cheng, then reunited with Song Qingyu and traveled toward their home. Meanwhile, a meteor-borne Tongtian Token drew the attention of the Song Family and Carefree Sect, and Song Qingming’s party encountered a pursued cultivator carrying one as they arrived in Changping State.

• Song Qingyu survived her lightning tribulation, formed her Nascent Soul, and thanked Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan before entering seclusion to recover.
• Three years later, Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan handed Listen to Rain Pavilion and its remaining goods to Zhou Cheng, gave Xiao Tao Spirit Stones, and left the marketplace.
• Song Qingming, Huang Siyuan, and Song Qingyu visited Master Bukong before continuing their journey; elsewhere, a meteor left a Tongtian Token that a cultivator found and sold into the Song Family’s hands.
• Song Linrui revealed that he had formed his Golden Core, examined the Token, and ordered Song Yu'ping to keep its discovery secret while he brought it to the First Elder.
• Zheng Zongxun confirmed that an identical iron plate was a Tongtian Token and ordered the Carefree Sect to investigate reports of meteors within its territory.
• Song Qingming, Huang Siyuan, and Song Qingyu returned to Changping State, where a fleeing Gray-robed Man sought their help and a pursuer demanded that he surrender the Tongtian Token.

Song Qingming recovered a Tongtian Token after defeating Fire Sword Sect cultivators and learned that such tokens had appeared across the Floating Cloud Mountain Range. He brought Song Cheng with him and returned to Mount Funiu with Song Qingyu, where Song Linrui welcomed them.

• A Gray-robed Man handed Song Qingming a Black Iron Plate called a Tongtian Token while fleeing Fire Sword Sect pursuers.
• Song Qingming killed the Fire Sword Sect cultivators who blocked his group and rescued the Gray-robed Man, whom he learned was named Song Cheng.
• Song Cheng revealed what he had heard about the Tongtian Tokens, and Song Qingming kept the token after the Fire Sword Sect's Golden Core Ancestor found the battlefield too late.
• Song Cheng agreed to accompany Song Qingming, who traveled with Song Qingyu back across the Floating Cloud Mountain Range to Wei State and Qinghe County.
• Song Qingming and Song Qingyu reached Mount Funiu, where Song Linrui recognized Song Qingyu and greeted both ancestors.

Song Qingming and his companions returned to Funiu Mountain, where they learned that the family had grown stronger and Song Qingyu had reached Nascent Soul. After discovering the Tongtian Token in the family’s possession and hearing that Xu Ziyan might be attempting to form her Nascent Soul, Song Qingming traveled with Song Qingyu and Huang Siyuan to Crimson Cloud Mountain.

• Song Qingming reunited with the Skyfire Roc, which had formed its core, and learned that Song Linrui had also become a Golden Core cultivator.
• Song Yuanfang and Song Linrui welcomed the returning Ancestors, and Song Qingming told them to keep Song Qingyu’s Nascent Soul cultivation secret.
• Song Yuanfang recounted the family’s growth and losses over thirty years, along with demonic beast attacks near Crimson Cloud Mountain and the rise of the Gao Family in Gaoyun County.
• Song Yuanfang revealed that Yu Ping and Siyue had found a Tongtian Token, and Song Qingming took it and ordered the family to conceal its origin.
• Song Yuanfang reported rumors that Xu Ziyan had entered seclusion to attempt Nascent Soul formation, and Song Qingming warned him not to discuss the sect’s secrets.
• Song Qingming, Song Qingyu, and Huang Siyuan left Funiu Mountain and traveled by Teleportation Array to Crimson Cloud Mountain.

Song Qingming returned to Crimson Cloud Mountain and discovered a corrupt shop and biased law enforcement during a Marketplace dispute. He confronted those responsible and left the investigation to Luo Qingyun, Zhou Yuquan, and the others.

• Song Qingming toured the bustling Marketplace with Song Qingyu and Huang Siyuan while they shopped.
• Song Qingming noticed Fengrui Hall's staff arguing with a white-robed customer over an allegedly overpriced jar of Spirit Wine.
• A Law Enforcement Team cultivator surnamed Zhang sided with the shop, but Wei Yunlong challenged his handling of the dispute.
• Song Qingming arrived, revealed himself as Wei Yunlong's master, and condemned Fengrui Hall for selling ordinary Spirit Wine at an exorbitant price.
• Song Qingming's aura subdued those present, and he left while Luo Qingyun and the others questioned the people involved.

After returning to Crimson Cloud Mountain, Song Qingming reunited with Li Xuanyi and learned how his disciples had fared during his long absence. He arranged for Tang Muyan to obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill, then resumed refining Golden Light Sariras while the marketplace’s leaders discussed the Fengrui Pavilion scandal.

• Song Qingming met Li Xuanyi, Song Qingyu, and Huang Siyuan at Li's Teahouse, where they shared news of their years apart and Song Qingyu’s successful Nascent Soul formation.
• Song Qingming returned to his cave dwelling and found that Wei Yunlong had reached Foundation Establishment, Liu Yue had also established her foundation, and Tang Muyan remained at Peak Qi Refining.
• Wei Yunlong explained that Tang Muyan had lent his Merit Points to help Liu Yue obtain a second Foundation Establishment Pill after her first attempt failed.
• Song Qingming gave Tang Muyan Spirit Stones and ordered Wei Yunlong to help him exchange them for a Foundation Establishment Pill, while Huang Siyuan rewarded all three disciples with spirit pills.
• Song Qingming began refining a Golden Light Sarira to advance his Tongtian Myriad Spirits Art and strengthen his body.
• Chen Xuanxin, Song Yuanhao, and others discussed the Fengrui Pavilion incident, while Zhou Yuquan asked them to help explain the Law Enforcement Team’s conduct to Song Qingming.