Chapter Summaries

Li Shiming received Fourth Grade Flying Swords from Great Cultivator Hu and began nurturing the Silver Wing Spirit Gu Insect with a perfectly refined Spirit Insect Golden Sun Pill. He also redesigned a Fourth Grade Puppet with IBMz15, while Golden Corpse Nan Ming completed six Nascent Soul Late Stage healing pills.

• Li Shiming ordered materials for Spirit Insect Golden Sun Pills and visited Great Cultivator Hu, who rewarded him with the Five Colors Flying Phoenix Sword and explained the Gu Wind Sect's retreat after Great Cultivator Zhao's death.
• Li Shiming assigned one brain to refine the Five Colors Flying Phoenix Sword and another to refine the Water Dragon Daoist Robe while his other Nascent Souls resumed cultivation.
• Li Shiming fed the Silver Wing Spirit Gu Insect a perfect Third Grade Top Grade Spirit Insect Golden Sun Pill, sensed its joy, and noticed it grow closer to him.
• Li Shiming withheld the Recognition Incantation for Great Cultivator Zhao's Bamboo Whip Magical Treasure and studied the Puppet Mechanism Art with IBMz15, redesigning a Fourth Grade Puppet after a month of work.
• Golden Corpse Nan Ming used Southern Blazing Fire to refine six Nascent Soul Late Stage Advanced Healing Spiritual Pills on the fortieth day.

Li Shiming healed Great Cultivator Zhao’s body, restored its bond with the Mystic Ice God Striking Whip, and spent two years refining new weapons and puppets in seclusion. He completed three speed-focused Fourth Grade electromagnetic cannon puppets, while his Traceless Illusion Gold Flying Sword remained one step from completion.

• Li Shiming used a Nascent Soul Late Stage Advanced Healing Spiritual Pill to dissolve the foreign energies in Great Cultivator Zhao’s body and heal its injuries.
• Li Shiming had the Heavenly Ghost make Great Cultivator Zhao’s body recognize the Mystic Ice God Striking Whip as its owner again, preserving the treasure’s full power.
• Li Shiming fed the Silver Wing Spirit Gu Insect a top-grade Spirit Insect Golden Sun Pill and gave Little Phoenix and the Phantom Spirit Dragon Spirit Beast Yuan Increase Pills.
• Li Shiming remained in seclusion for two years while the Heavenly Ghost, controlling Li Si, handled his outside contacts.
• Li Shiming completed three fast Fourth Grade electromagnetic cannon puppets, bringing his total to four, and smelted Traceless Illusion Gold with Golden Corpse Nan Ming and the Fire Thunder Nascent Soul.
• Li Shiming inscribed ninety million Sharpness Runes on the Flying Sword Magical Treasure’s sword blank, leaving its final refinement step unfinished.

Li Shiming left Ten Thousand Beasts Sect to complete the final step of his Flying Sword refinement, unaware that Mu Jing had hired Duan Zhen to kill him. Duan Zhen ambushed him, but Li Shiming’s Water Dragon Daoist Robe blocked the strike, and Duan Zhen prepared to pursue him for his treasures.

• Li Shiming finished refining a Sword Blank engraved with ninety million Sharpness Runes and planned to leave the sect to meet Clone Li Yuanba and complete the sword.
• Great Cultivator Hu warned Li Shiming that Veiled Sun Sect had been stirring up conflict with Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, but Li Shiming left anyway.
• After learning Li Shiming had left the sect, Mu Jing hired Duan Zhen to kill him, and Duan Zhen set out to intercept him for the sect’s reward and his treasures.
• Duan Zhen concealed himself in a cloud and launched a surprise attack with a Black Flying Sword as Li Shiming flew past.
• Li Shiming’s Water Dragon Daoist Robe blocked Duan Zhen’s strike, and Duan Zhen prepared to chase him before the protective spell faded.

Li Shiming survived Duan Zhen’s ambush by releasing the Silver Wing Spirit Gu Insect, which devoured the Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator. He concealed the kill, claimed the Delusion Resentment Demon Sword for Golden Corpse Black Shield, and discovered that Mu Jing had arranged Duan Zhen’s attack.

• Duan Zhen closed in on Li Shiming and prepared to seal his cultivation, unaware that Li Shiming had a Silver Wing Spirit Gu Insect.
• Li Shiming released the Silver Wing Spirit Gu Insect, which broke Duan Zhen’s shield, devoured his spiritual power and Nascent Soul, and killed him.
• Li Shiming burned Duan Zhen’s corpse to hide the kill, took his Mustard Seed Ring and Black Flying Sword, and fled while invisible.
• Li Shiming identified the Black Flying Sword as the Delusion Resentment Demon Sword and had Golden Corpse Black Shield recognize it as its own.
• Li Shiming found Mu Jing’s message in Duan Zhen’s Communication Token and pretended to be Duan Zhen, but Mu Jing’s probing message revealed his suspicion.

Li Shiming completed the Traceless Illusion Sword and made it his Natal Magical Treasure, then faced its heavenly tribulation alongside it. By cutting through the lightning and Thunder Cloud, he gained a deeper understanding of sword intent and the way of a Sword Cultivator.

• Li Shiming studied the Delusion Resentment Underworld Art and sent it to the Golden Corpse Black Shield, which began cultivating it with the Delusion Resentment Demon Sword.
• Li Shiming completed the Traceless Illusion Gold sword blank, awakened its Dao runes, and named the flying sword the Traceless Illusion Sword.
• Li Shiming had his Golden Thunder Nascent Soul acknowledge the Traceless Illusion Sword as its Natal Magical Treasure and faced the gathering heavenly tribulation with it.
• Li Shiming blocked the first bolt of heavenly lightning with his Heavenly Tribulation Lightning Sword Intent, then split the second bolt with the Traceless Illusion Sword.
• Li Shiming charged into the Thunder Cloud and cut through its final lightning strike, shredding the cloud with a Sword Net.
• Li Shiming emerged from the tribulation with a stronger grasp of sword intent and confidence that he could suppress any Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator using the Five Colors Flying Phoenix Sword.

After Li Shiming’s sword intent dispersed the Thunder Cloud, he returned to the secret Cave Dwelling and found that Li Yuanba had reached the Silver Corpse peak and advanced to the Golden Core Great Elder realm. Li Shiming equipped Li Yuanba to seek a Nascent Soul breakthrough, then helped him upgrade Ten Thousand Swords Peak into a Fourth Grade magical treasure.

• Li Shiming returned to the secret Cave Dwelling, where Li Yuanba ended his corpse refinement and used his Taiji Dao Body to advance to Golden Core Late Stage Peak and then the Great Elder realm.
• Li Shiming gave Li Yuanba the Golden Corpse Black Shield, Spirit Pills, a life-saving jade talisman, five Flowing Light Starfalls, and other flying swords before sending him to seek a Nascent Soul breakthrough.
• Li Shiming and Li Yuanba released Ten Thousand Swords Peak and replaced its five core swords with the Flowing Light Starfalls.
• Li Shiming and Li Yuanba infused Ten Thousand Swords Peak with their sword intents while IBMz15 accelerated the transformation of the Fourth Grade flying swords into energy.
• After three days of refinement, Ten Thousand Swords Peak stabilized at Fourth Grade, giving Li Yuanba a powerful new life-saving magical treasure.

Li Yuanba searched for a Third Grade Pill Furnace and followed a Rogue Cultivator’s lead to Craftsman Zhang, only to be attacked by the cultivator. After killing him, Li Yuanba entered his Cave Dwelling and found a Third Grade Earth Fire Plate in its Artifact Refining Room.

• Li Yuanba used Li Shiming’s map to find a modest Market and asked its shopkeeper about buying a Third Grade Pill Furnace.
• The shopkeeper directed Li Yuanba to Craftsman Zhang’s Cave Dwelling on Dangyang Mountain, where he hoped to find a pill furnace.
• Craftsman Zhang mistook Li Yuanba for someone pursuing him and attacked with a poison-tipped crossbow, but Li Yuanba blocked the shot and destroyed his weapons before killing him.
• Li Yuanba took Craftsman Zhang’s Space Ring and entered the Cave Dwelling, where he discovered an Artifact Refining Room and a Third Grade Earth Fire Plate.

Li Yuanba claimed Zhang Tieshan’s cave, acquired an artifact-refining inheritance and the Six Yang Spiritual Fire, then used the fire to refine a batch of pills. He was interrupted by the Hundred Refinements Sect, whose Nascent Soul cultivator and four Golden Core cultivators surrounded the cave and demanded the fire.

• Li Yuanba took control of Zhang Tieshan’s cave and discovered ten artifact-refining manuals and a Third Grade Pill Furnace in the spoils.
• Li Yuanba bonded with the Extreme Yang Spiritual Fire, which grew to peak Third Grade by drawing energy from his Profound Yin Nether Fire.
• Li Yuanba used IBMz15’s fire-control guidance to refine a high-grade batch of Third Grade Spiritual Pills, though he could not perform the One in a Hundred Pill Division Art.
• The cave’s alarm alerted Li Yuanba to a Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator and four Golden Core Late Stage cultivators surrounding the cave.
• A Hundred Refinements Sect cultivator identified the dead cave owner as Zhang Tieshan and demanded that Li Yuanba surrender the Six Yang Spiritual Fire.

Li Yuanba used Ten Thousand Swords Peak to kill four Golden Core Late Stage cultivators and ambushed Old Ancestor Song with Golden Corpse Black Shield, though Song escaped as a Nascent Soul. After collecting their belongings, Li Yuanba planned to have Main Body Li Shiming forge and nurture Fourth Grade flying swords to strengthen Ten Thousand Swords Peak.

• Li Yuanba unleashed Ten Thousand Swords Peak through the Cave Dwelling walls and instantly killed the four Golden Core Late Stage cultivators as Old Ancestor Song warned them too late.
• Li Yuanba escaped the Cave Dwelling with Step-by-Step Lotus Ascension, leaving Golden Corpse Black Shield behind to mislead Old Ancestor Song.
• Golden Corpse Black Shield struck Old Ancestor Song with the Delusion Resentment Demon Sword and cut his body in half, but Song used a jade talisman to escape as a Nascent Soul.
• Li Yuanba collected the four cultivators' Space Rings and Old Ancestor Song's Mustard Seed Ring, then burned Song's corpse with the Six Yang Spiritual Fire.
• Li Yuanba found Fourth Grade artifact materials and magical treasures in Song's ring and decided to ask Main Body Li Shiming to forge and nurture more Fourth Grade flying swords for Ten Thousand Swords Peak.

Li Yuanba found the Hundred Refinements Sect’s artifact-refining inheritance and Abyssal True Sand in Old Ancestor Song’s ring, then learned the sect had put a bounty on him. As three Nascent Soul cultivators pursued him, an unknown sword intent fused with his attack, and the chapter ended just before it struck their defensive wall.

• Li Yuanba claimed Old Ancestor Song’s Mustard Seed Ring after discovering the Hundred Refinements Sect’s artifact-refining inheritances and a portion of Abyssal True Sand.
• After defeating several Golden Core attackers, Li Yuanba found a Bounty Order and realized the Hundred Refinements Sect had arranged the attacks in retaliation for Old Ancestor Song’s defeat.
• Three Nascent Soul cultivators caught up with Li Yuanba in a Fourth Grade Flying Boat, and he fled while counterattacking with Supreme Yang Sword Intent.
• Li Yuanba evaded a Nascent Soul Avatar and endured a day-long pursuit, using his sword attacks to sharpen his combat experience while conserving his remaining Spiritual Power.
• As Li Yuanba prepared to use his Life-Preserving Jade Talisman, an unknown sword intent fused with his final Supreme Yang Sword Intent, which the pursuing cultivators moved to block.

Li Yuanba was rescued from three Nascent Soul cultivators by Wu Qi, a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Sword Cultivator from the Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion. After learning Li Yuanba was Jian Wuwei’s disciple, Wu Qi welcomed him into the sect’s company and offered to guide his cultivation.

• Li Yuanba’s Supreme Yang Sword Intent shattered the Spiritual Power barrier and destroyed the Fourth Grade Flying Boat, forcing the three Nascent Soul cultivators to flee into the air.
• Wu Qi arrived, revealed that Li Yuanba was a fellow disciple of the Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion, and gave the three cultivators ten breaths to prepare for his sword intent.
• Wu Qi’s single sword intent broke through the cultivators’ defenses and destroyed their Nascent Soul Avatars and Nascent Souls.
• Wu Qi praised Li Yuanba’s courage, assured him that his varied cultivation methods had not led him astray, and asked him to call him Martial Grand-Uncle Wu.
• Li Yuanba told Wu Qi about his journey and how Jian Wuwei had taken him as a disciple, and Wu Qi offered to teach him for a while.

Li Yuanba learned the Sword Intent Soaring Art and Sword Body from Martial Grand-Uncle Wu, whose guidance helped him find his opportunity to advance. After fifteen days of instruction, Li Yuanba broke through to the Nascent Soul Stage, and the chapter ended with him mastering control of his newly formed Nascent Soul.

• Martial Grand-Uncle Wu taught Li Yuanba the Sword Intent Soaring Art while IBMz15 recorded and analyzed his explanations.
• Zhao Shanhe led fifteen Nascent Soul cultivators to Li Yuanba’s cave mansion, but they retreated after Martial Grand-Uncle Wu revealed he was from the Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion.
• Martial Grand-Uncle Wu continued teaching Li Yuanba and helped him replace the Scorching Sun Jade Body Art with the Sword Intent Soaring Art’s Sword Body technique.
• After fifteen days, Li Yuanba found his advancement opportunity and began breaking through while Martial Grand-Uncle Wu supplied Spiritual Qi and protected him.
• Li Yuanba formed a Nascent Soul, split his Golden Core shell with an Energy Transformation Form Intention Sword, and restored his withered body by controlling his Nascent Soul.

Li Yuanba completed his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Stage and faced his Heavenly Tribulation with Martial Grand-Uncle Wu watching over him. After Li Yuanba destroyed the Thunder Cloud and recovered through the tribulation’s wondrous energy, Martial Grand-Uncle Wu welcomed him as a new Nascent Soul Sword Cultivator of the Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion.

• Martial Grand-Uncle Wu supplied Spiritual Qi while Li Yuanba’s Nascent Soul and Sword Body developed, and Li Yuanba then sensed the approaching Heavenly Tribulation.
• Li Yuanba met the first two bolts of Heavenly Thunder with the Form Intention Sword, using his Nascent Soul Avatar to amplify his second strike.
• Li Yuanba manifested his complete Nascent Soul Avatar, fused the Form Intention Sword with the Fourth Grade Sword Foundation, and cleaved the Thunder Cloud apart before the third bolt could fully form.
• The tribulation’s wondrous energy restored Li Yuanba, completing his advancement and transforming his Divine Sense into divine consciousness.
• Li Yuanba thanked Martial Grand-Uncle Wu, who welcomed him as a Nascent Soul Sword Cultivator and told him to record his information in the Sword Intent Soaring Scroll.

Li Yuanba reached the Nascent Soul Stage and returned with Martial Grand-Uncle Wu to the Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion, while Li Shiming worked on strengthening Ten Thousand Swords Peak and reshaping his sword cultivator foundation. They arrived at the Sword Intent Blessed Land, where Li Yuanba saw the sect’s home for the first time.

• Li Yuanba accepted Martial Grand-Uncle Wu’s offer to return to the Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion and cultivated aboard his Fourth Grade Flying Boat during the nine-month journey.
• Li Shiming refined thirty-five Fourth Grade Flying Swords and began nurturing each with Heavenly Tribulation Lightning Sword Intent for Ten Thousand Swords Peak.
• Li Shiming used IBMz15 to study Li Yuanba’s Rune Short Sword and began replacing its Supreme Yang Sword Intent with Heavenly Tribulation Lightning Sword Intent.
• Martial Grand-Uncle Wu guided Li Yuanba across the ocean without incident, and the flying boat passed through a barrier into the Sword Intent Blessed Land.
• Martial Grand-Uncle Wu welcomed Li Yuanba home and explained how the blessed land’s countless sword intents helped Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion disciples find a sword intent suited to them.

Li Yuanba arrived at Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion, registered as a disciple, and received a coveted Nascent Soul cave dwelling. He began cultivating there while planning to investigate Jian Wuwei’s disappearance and strengthen his abilities.

• Martial Grand-Uncle Wu brought Li Yuanba to Sword Peak, where he explained that the surrounding islands were used for sword practice and that the sect gathered Spiritual Veins through sect-extermination missions.
• Martial Grand-Uncle Wu discovered Jian Wuwei had not returned and promised to have the sect’s Information Network search for him.
• Jiang Zhi registered Li Yuanba using his Sword Intent Soaring Scroll and assigned him Cave Dwelling No. 36 in the Nascent Soul zone.
• Martial Grand-Uncle Wu explained that Li Yuanba and he shared a lineage through Jian Wuwei’s master, then left Li Yuanba to settle into his cave dwelling.
• Li Yuanba inspected the cave dwelling, considered his plans to investigate Jian Wuwei and improve his weapons and fires, then focused on stabilizing his realm through cultivation.

After ending his seclusion, Li Yuanba began upgrading Form Intention Sword, while Li Shiming completed a Sword Intent Soaring Art rune short sword inside his Golden Thunder Nascent Soul. Li Shiming then left his cave and received a mission from Great Cultivator Hu to find and bring back Zhong Qiang in Guangyang Province.

• Li Yuanba stabilized his Nascent Soul Realm and began recasting Form Intention Sword with Fourth Grade Top Tier Abyssal True Sand.
• Li Shiming completed the Sword Intent Soaring Art cultivation technique rune short sword in his Golden Thunder Nascent Soul and fused it with the Traceless Illusion Sword.
• Li Shiming left his cave, visited Great Cultivator Hu, and learned that the sect was in conflict with the Veiled Sun Sect.
• Great Cultivator Hu assigned Li Shiming to travel to Guangyang Province and bring back Zhong Qiang, whose Life Lamp remained lit despite his disappearance.

Li Shiming searched Guangyang Province for Eldest Senior Brother Zhong Qiang while investigating the Life Lamp and learning that Veiled Sun Sect cultivators were also searching the region. After tracking their movements, he focused on Zhao Lingyu and prepared to pursue him without alerting the others.

• Li Shiming entered Guangyang Province and checked Zhong Qiang’s Life Lamp, which showed no reaction.
• Peng Qi recognized Li Shiming, warned him about Veiled Sun Sect cultivators, and invited him to Carefree Pavilion to refine pills.
• Li Shiming refined spiritual pills for Carefree Pavilion, then learned that Zhao Lingyu and two other Veiled Sun Sect cultivators were searching Guangyang Province.
• Li Shiming exchanged contact methods with Peng Qi and Qin Shu, checked the Life Lamp again, and confirmed Zhong Qiang was not within Carefree Pavilion.
• Li Shiming used IBMz15 and the Drone Satellite System to track the three Nascent Soul cultivators and identified Zhao Lingyu as his target.

Li Shiming found Eldest Senior Brother Zhong Qiang, who had possessed the body of a low-level cultivator named Zhang Hai, before Zhao Lingyu could reach him. Li Shiming concealed Zhang Hai and prepared a long-range ambush, but Zhao Lingyu sensed danger and raised his defenses as he approached.

• Li Shiming followed Zhong Qiang's Life Lamp to a market and identified Zhang Hai as Zhong Qiang's possessed body after seeing him with two domesticated Bamboo Under Black Rabbits.
• Li Shiming took Zhang Hai from the market, hid him inside a Concealment Formation, and protected him with a Defensive Spell.
• Li Shiming positioned four Fourth Grade Puppets four hundred li away to ambush Zhao Lingyu, who was tracking Zhong Qiang with a Thousand Mile Spirit Sensing Disk.
• Zhao Lingyu sensed danger, summoned a shield, and searched his surroundings while Li Shiming waited for him to lower his guard.

Li Shiming ambushed Zhao Lingyu with Railgun attacks and then confronted him directly, using his flying swords to hold off the stronger Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator. The battle remained unresolved, but a second coordinated Railgun volley shattered Zhao Lingyu’s shield.

• Zhang Hai sensed Zhao Lingyu’s aura, and fragments of his sealed memories stirred as he recalled the name with hatred.
• Zhao Lingyu tried to flee after sensing a great cultivator’s aura, but four Fourth Grade Puppets fired upgraded cone-shaped magical treasures and interrupted him.
• Li Shiming appeared beside Zhao Lingyu and attacked with the Five Colors Flying Phoenix Swords, while Zhao Lingyu countered with his flying sword and Realm Pressure.
• Li Shiming used his One Hundred Ninety-One Brains to withstand Zhao Lingyu’s pressure and maneuvered his flying swords to contain Zhao Lingyu’s weapon without meeting it head-on.
• As Zhao Lingyu prepared an offensive Secret Art, the four puppets fired again and broke his Fourth Grade High-Rank Shield Magical Treasure with a synchronized strike.

Li Shiming defeated and killed Zhao Lingyu with the help of his puppets, treasures, and spirit pets, then recovered Zhang Hai, whose memories returned and revealed him to be Zhong Qiang, Li Shiming’s Eldest Senior Brother. The chapter ended with Li Shiming explaining that he had come to take Zhong Qiang back to the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect amid its fierce conflict with the Veiled Sun Sect.

• Zhao Lingyu survived Li Shiming’s opening attacks by turning his body incorporeal, but Great Cultivator Zhao Qingfeng’s body trapped him.
• Zhao Lingyu abandoned his body and fled as a Nascent Soul, but Li Shiming intercepted him while Little Phoenix and the Phantom Spirit Dragon weakened him.
• Li Shiming struck Zhao Lingyu’s Nascent Soul with the Fourth Grade Sword Foundation, killing him, and collected his flying sword and strange Mustard Seed Ring.
• Li Shiming considered refining Zhao Lingyu’s corpse into a Golden Corpse and then returned to Zhang Hai’s hiding place.
• Zhang Hai recovered his memories and revealed himself as Zhong Qiang, Li Shiming’s Eldest Senior Brother.
• Li Shiming told Zhong Qiang that Master Great Cultivator Hu was well and that he had come to bring him home during the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect’s conflict with the Veiled Sun Sect.