Chapter Summaries

Shen Hao broke through to the Late Earth Immortal realm with the Dragon Phoenix Nirvana Pill and fought Mo Tianchou, an Early-stage Golden Immortal. As Mo Tianchou’s demonic qi overwhelmed him, Shen Hao’s Dao Breaking Sword Intent ascended again, leaving Mo Tianchou shaken.

• The Dragon Phoenix Nirvana Pill helped Shen Hao break through to the Late Earth Immortal realm, and his Sword Intent began to advance under pressure from Mo Tianchou.
• Mo Tianchou attacked Shen Hao to seize the pill, and the two clashed among the ruins of Myriad Blades Hall.
• Mo Tianchou’s demonic qi corroded Shen Hao’s body and broke through his Spiritual Power barrier, but Shen Hao wounded Mo Tianchou with the Lingyun Sword.
• As Mo Tianchou’s palm imprint struck toward him, Shen Hao’s sword heart erupted with azure light and his Dao Breaking Sword Intent ascended again.
• Mo Tianchou sensed the greater power of Shen Hao’s Sword Intent and felt fear.

Shen Hao manifested his Sword Intent and killed Mo Tianchou, the master of the Wind Thunder Pavilion. After claiming Mo Tianchou’s treasures, Shen Hao left the valley resolved to grow stronger as powerful forces would pursue him.

• Shen Hao merged his three Sword Intents into a cyan sword shadow, manifesting a qilin on the Lingyun Sword.
• Shen Hao pierced Mo Tianchou’s demonic shield and killed him by destroying his soul with the qilin phantom.
• Shen Hao took Mo Tianchou’s Storage Pouch and found immortal stones, pills, a Jade Slip of Demonic Arts, and the Heavenly Demon Cloak.
• Shen Hao put on the Heavenly Demon Cloak and recognized that the Wind Thunder Pavilion and other major forces would target him for the Mysterious Iron Qilin Seal and Dragon Phoenix Nirvana Pill.
• Shen Hao resolved to strengthen himself and walked out of the deep valley.

Shen Hao studied Myriad Blades Hall’s ancient records and refined his Dao Breaking Sword Intent. A hidden fragment revealed that Yunmiao Immortal Sect helped destroy Myriad Blades Hall to seize the Chaos Green Lotus, leaving Shen Hao shocked and wary.

• Shen Hao examined Myriad Blades Hall’s records and learned that the sect had been destroyed in a calamity linked to the Demon Abyss.
• He studied the Myriad Blades Sword Art for three days, strengthening his Dao Breaking Sword Intent.
• Shen Hao tested his sword outside the cave and split a massive boulder with a single strike.
• He discovered a crystal and concealed fragment on the back of the history Jade Slip.
• Shen Hao read that rival sects had destroyed Myriad Blades Hall to seize the Chaos Green Lotus, which was now at Yunmiao Immortal Sect.

Shen Hao fought through a pack of Bloodthirsty Demonic Apes while trying to leave the Monster Beast Mountain Range. After killing their Monkey King and driving off the survivors, he met the Grand Elder of the Yunmiao Immortal Sect and suspected the elder had come for the secret of the Chaos Green Lotus.

• Shen Hao hid the fragmentary page in his Storage Pouch and hurried toward the outskirts of the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• Over a hundred Bloodthirsty Demonic Apes blocked Shen Hao’s path, and their Monkey King led the attack.
• Shen Hao fought the apes with the Lingyun Sword, but their numbers rapidly drained his Spiritual Power.
• Shen Hao used Sword Intent Manifestation to kill the Monkey King with an azure pillar, frightening the remaining apes into fleeing.
• The exhausted Shen Hao encountered the Grand Elder of the Yunmiao Immortal Sect and grew wary that he had come for the Chaos Green Lotus secret.

Shen Hao faced Yun Canghai after defeating the Bloodthirsty Demonic Apes, but refused the Grand Elder’s offer to join the Yunmiao Immortal Sect. Yun Canghai gave him an Elder Token before leaving, and Shen Hao hurried out of the Monster Beast Mountain Range to grow stronger and protect the secret he carried.

• Yun Canghai approached Shen Hao, noticed his treasures, and praised him for slaying the Bloodthirsty Demonic Apes and their Peak Earth Immortal Monkey King.
• Yun Canghai invited Shen Hao to join the Yunmiao Immortal Sect and promised special freedom from its rules.
• Shen Hao declined, citing his free-spirited nature and the trouble he might bring after killing the master of the Wind Thunder Pavilion.
• Yun Canghai accepted Shen Hao’s refusal, warned him that his treasures could bring disaster, and gave him an Elder Token bearing the name Yun Canghai.
• After Yun Canghai departed, Shen Hao touched the fragmentary page in his Storage Pouch and left the Monster Beast Mountain Range to seek greater strength.

Shen Hao left the Monster Beast Mountain Range for Luoxing City, suppressing his aura to hide his treasures and intentions. On the way, he joined a Wanjin Merchant Guild caravan after learning that Demon Beast activity and bandit attacks had made the road dangerous.

• Shen Hao concealed his Late Earth Immortal aura and headed toward Luoxing City to sell goods and seek information about the Chaos Green Lotus and Myriad Blades Hall.
• Shen Hao encountered a Wanjin Merchant Guild caravan led by Zhou Tong, who was also traveling to Luoxing City.
• Shen Hao accepted Zhou Tong's invitation to travel with the caravan and drank spirit water offered by the steward.
• Zhou Tong told Shen Hao that Demon Beasts had been appearing more frequently and Rogue Cultivator bandits had robbed several of his caravans.
• Shen Hao wondered whether the unrest was connected to his killing of Mo Tianchou as the caravan continued toward Luoxing City.

Shen Hao intervened when bandits ambushed the Wanjin Merchant Guild caravan in Black Wind Forest, killing one of them as he protected a porter. The bandit leader charged at Shen Hao, and the two faced off.

• Zhou Tong stopped the caravan at Black Wind Forest and warned that bandits often lurked there.
• A bandit leader demanded the caravan’s goods, immortal stones, and carriages, then ordered his men to attack when Zhou Tong refused.
• The bandits overwhelmed the guards, wounded Zhou Tong, and threatened the porters.
• Shen Hao killed a Mid-stage Earth Immortal bandit who was about to strike a porter.
• The bandit leader charged at Shen Hao, who readied the Lingyun Sword and circulated Dao Breaking Sword Intent.

Shen Hao defeated the bandits who attacked Zhou Tong’s caravan on the road through Black Wind Forest. After the survivors were dealt with, the caravan resumed its journey toward Luoxing City, while Zhou Tong suspected Shen Hao was concealing his true strength.

• The tall, thin man in black attacked Shen Hao, but Shen Hao struck his saber and sent him crashing to the ground.
• The tall, thin man in black urged his men to attack Shen Hao and take his treasures, so Shen Hao fought through the bandits and killed them.
• The tall, thin man in black tried to flee, but Shen Hao pursued and stabbed him through the heart.
• Zhou Tong thanked Shen Hao, and Shen Hao urged the caravan to move on from the ancient road.
• Zhou Tong ordered his men to clear the battlefield, and the caravan set off toward Luoxing City as he considered Shen Hao’s hidden strength.

Shen Hao entered Luoxing City with Zhou Tong, but a guard’s attempt to inspect and claim the Lingyun Sword ended in the guard being struck by its sword intent. As Shen Hao and Zhou Tong headed to the Wanjin Merchant Guild shop, a Shadowy Figure secretly sent a signal, bringing the Wind Thunder Pavilion’s pursuit closer.

• Zhou Tong led Shen Hao and the Wanjin Merchant Guild caravan to Luoxing City, where a guard insisted on inspecting Shen Hao despite Zhou Tong’s token.
• The guard demanded to examine Shen Hao’s Lingyun Sword and was injured by the sword’s powerful intent when he tried to seize it.
• The frightened guard allowed Shen Hao to enter, and Zhou Tong escorted him through the busy city toward the Wanjin Merchant Guild shop.
• A Shadowy Figure watched Shen Hao and Zhou Tong leave the gate, crushed a black token, and sent a signal into the sky.

Shen Hao sold Demon Beast inner cores and other seized goods to Li Mo at the Wanjin Merchant Guild for 450,000 Low-grade Immortal Stones. Afterward, he encountered the Yunmiao Immortal Sect disciple he had defeated, leaving Zhou Tong and Li Mo surprised by their apparent enmity.

• Zhou Tong brought Shen Hao to the Wanjin Merchant Guild and introduced him to shopkeeper Li Mo.
• Shen Hao offered three Early Heavenly Immortal and more than a dozen Late Earth Immortal Demon Beast inner cores, along with miscellaneous goods, for sale.
• Li Mo agreed to Shen Hao's asking price and paid him 450,000 Low-grade Immortal Stones.
• A Yunmiao Immortal Sect disciple surnamed Li entered the shop, recognized Shen Hao, and reacted with fear and venom.
• Zhou Tong and Li Mo were stunned to learn Shen Hao knew the disciple.

Shen Hao confronted the disciple surnamed Li in the Wanjin Merchant Guild, then paid Li Mo to investigate Myriad Blades Hall and the Chaos Green Lotus. The Wind Thunder Pavilion arrived and attacked Shen Hao in defiance of Luoxing City's ban on fighting, leaving him poised to fight back.

• Shen Hao and the disciple surnamed Li traded threats over their past grudge, but held back because private fighting was forbidden in Luoxing City.
• Shen Hao asked Li Mo to investigate Myriad Blades Hall and the Chaos Green Lotus, and paid him one hundred thousand Low-grade Immortal Stones.
• A group of Wind Thunder Pavilion cultivators entered the guild and their leader, a sinister middle-aged man, identified Shen Hao as their target.
• Li Mo objected that attacking in Luoxing City broke the rules, but the middle-aged man dismissed him and lunged at Shen Hao.
• Shen Hao gripped the Lingyun Sword and summoned Dao Breaking Sword Intent as the battle began.

Shen Hao defeated and killed the Wind Thunder Pavilion attackers who ambushed him inside the Wanjin Merchant Guild's shop hall. After the disciple surnamed Li fled, Shen Hao asked Li Mo to investigate Myriad Blades Hall and the Chaos Green Lotus, then left knowing the Wind Thunder Pavilion and Yunmiao Immortal Sect would pursue him.

• The sinister middle-aged man from Wind Thunder Pavilion attacked Shen Hao with the Demon Wind Sword Technique, but Shen Hao knocked him into a shelf with Dao Breaking Sword Strike.
• Shen Hao killed a Wind Thunder Pavilion cultivator who charged him, then cut down the rest of the pavilion's fighters.
• The sinister middle-aged man tried to flee, but Shen Hao pierced his demonic qi shield and killed him.
• Li Mo praised Shen Hao, while the disciple surnamed Li threatened him on behalf of Yunmiao Immortal Sect and fled without buying the Spirit Nurturing Pill.
• Shen Hao asked Li Mo to handle the corpses and gather information about Myriad Blades Hall and the Chaos Green Lotus, then left the shop hall.

Shen Hao hid at the Starry Inn after killing Wind Thunder Pavilion experts, then cultivated with his newly acquired treasures. The innkeeper revealed that he was a former Myriad Blades Hall disciple and disclosed that the Yunmiao Immortal Sect held the Chaos Green Lotus.

• Shen Hao rented a superior room at the Starry Inn and concealed its aura with an array.
• Shen Hao counted his Immortal Stones, examined the Mysterious Iron Qilin Seal and Dragon Phoenix Nirvana Pill, and cultivated with the Myriad Blades Sword Art.
• The White-haired Old Man brought Shen Hao hot tea and said he sensed bloodshed and sword intent around him.
• The White-haired Old Man told Shen Hao that the Yunmiao Immortal Sect, Wind Thunder Pavilion, and Xuantian Sect had joined forces to destroy Myriad Blades Hall and seize the Chaos Green Lotus.
• The White-haired Old Man revealed that he had been a Myriad Blades Hall disciple and had settled in Luoxing City to await a chance for revenge.

Shen Hao met Ye Chen, a surviving outer disciple of Myriad Blades Hall, and learned that the Chaos Green Lotus was held in the Yunmiao Immortal Sect’s Treasure Pavilion. Ye Chen gave him a map of the pavilion and warned him to grow stronger before attempting to reclaim it, but Wind Thunder Pavilion pursuers arrived at the inn.

• Ye Chen revealed that he had escaped Myriad Blades Hall’s destruction and recognized Shen Hao’s Myriad Blades Sword Art inheritance.
• Shen Hao showed Ye Chen the fragmentary page, and Ye Chen confirmed that the Yunmiao Immortal Sect had seized the Chaos Green Lotus after the three great sects destroyed Myriad Blades Hall.
• Ye Chen gave Shen Hao a map of the Yunmiao Immortal Sect’s Treasure Pavilion, including its defenses, weak points, and escape routes, and urged him to strengthen himself first.
• Shen Hao told Ye Chen he planned to cultivate in Luoxing City until he reached the Early Heavenly Immortal realm, and Ye Chen offered to introduce him to local contacts.
• Wind Thunder Pavilion cultivators arrived at the Starry Inn, led by a Late Heavenly Immortal elder, and Shen Hao prepared to face them.

Shen Hao fought the Wind Thunder Pavilion’s forces at the Starry Inn, using the Mysterious Iron Qilin Seal to defeat their late Heavenly Immortal elder and kill the attackers. He left with Ye Chen through the inn’s back door as the feud with the Wind Thunder Pavilion became irreconcilable.

• Ye Chen warned Shen Hao to escape because a late Heavenly Immortal elder and Wind Thunder Pavilion cultivators had surrounded the inn, but Shen Hao went downstairs to confront them.
• The elder attacked Shen Hao with the Sky Demon Axe, and Shen Hao used the Mysterious Iron Qilin Seal to repel the blow, though he suffered minor injuries.
• Shen Hao used the seal to send stone spikes through the Wind Thunder Pavilion cultivators as they charged him.
• The elder tried to flee, but Shen Hao pursued and killed him with the Lingyun Sword.
• Shen Hao collected his weapons, and Ye Chen led him out through the inn’s back door into the rainy night.

Shen Hao and Ye Chen fled Luoxing City through Ye Chen’s secret passage and planned to seek refuge in Profound Abyss Canyon. They emerged into a forest, where Yun Canghai and Yunmiao Immortal Sect disciples ambushed them to seize the Myriad Blades Hall inheritance and learn the secret of the Chaos Green Lotus.

• Shen Hao and Ye Chen used the Heavenly Demon Cloak to escape through Ye Chen’s hidden passage after killing a Wind Thunder Pavilion elder.
• Ye Chen told Shen Hao that they should head to Profound Abyss Canyon, where Myriad Blades Hall had a secret outpost and valuable treasures.
• Shen Hao agreed to go to the canyon, hoping to grow stronger before reclaiming the Chaos Green Lotus from Yunmiao Immortal Sect.
• Ye Chen opened the passage’s exit, and the two cautiously entered the rain-soaked forest beyond Luoxing City.
• Yun Canghai and more than a dozen Yunmiao Immortal Sect disciples confronted Shen Hao and Ye Chen, intent on taking Shen Hao’s inheritance and uncovering the Chaos Green Lotus’s secret.

Shen Hao and Ye Chen faced Yun Canghai and his disciples outside Profound Abyss Canyon, where Yun Canghai revealed that he had betrayed Myriad Blades Hall for the Chaos Green Lotus. Shen Hao combined his sword intent with the Mysterious Iron Qilin Seal, but Yun Canghai overwhelmed him, leaving Shen Hao injured and preparing to fight again.

• Yun Canghai’s disciples surrounded Shen Hao and Ye Chen, while the disciple surnamed Li accused Shen Hao of killing a fellow disciple and stealing his opportunity.
• Ye Chen confronted Yun Canghai about destroying Myriad Blades Hall, and Yun Canghai admitted he had joined forces with Wind Thunder Pavilion and Xuantian Sect to seize the Chaos Green Lotus.
• Shen Hao challenged Yun Canghai and joined his Dao Breaking Sword Intent with the Mysterious Iron Qilin Seal as Yun Canghai attacked with the Canglan Sword Art.
• Shen Hao’s Dao Breaking Sword Strike and Yun Canghai’s water dragon collided, sending Shen Hao crashing into a tree and knocking the seal from his hand.
• Yun Canghai demanded Myriad Blades Hall’s inheritance and the secret of the Chaos Green Lotus, but Shen Hao retrieved the seal and gathered his sword intent for another stand.

Shen Hao burned his soul and Essence Blood to unleash the Mysterious Iron Qilin Seal and strike down Yun Canghai. Though badly weakened by the cost, he turned toward Ye Chen and the Yunmiao Immortal Sect disciples and challenged them as the battle continued.

• Shen Hao infused the Mysterious Iron Qilin Seal with Essence Blood, summoning a qilin phantom and joining its power with his Dao Breaking Sword Intent.
• Ye Chen cried out for Shen Hao to stop, but two Early Heavenly Immortal disciples kept him pinned down.
• Shen Hao unleashed Dao Breaking: Qilin Slash, shattering Yun Canghai's water defense and grievously wounding him.
• Yun Canghai fell to the ground, while Shen Hao suffered the painful backlash of burning his soul.
• Shen Hao faced Ye Chen and the stunned Yunmiao Immortal Sect disciples and demanded to know who else would fight.

Shen Hao defeated and killed Yun Canghai after driving off the Yunmiao Immortal Sect disciples, but burning his divine soul left him near death. Ye Chen carried him through the rainy forest into Profound Abyss Canyon as an enraged pursuer shouted after them.

• The Yunmiao Immortal Sect disciples fled after Shen Hao ordered them to leave, abandoning Ye Chen.
• Shen Hao approached the helpless Yun Canghai and killed him with the Lingyun Sword.
• Shen Hao collapsed, and Ye Chen carried him toward Profound Abyss Canyon to escape the arriving reinforcements.
• Ye Chen entered Profound Abyss Canyon with Shen Hao as a furious voice from the forest vowed to tear Shen Hao apart.

Ye Chen brought the gravely injured Shen Hao to a hidden Myriad Blades Hall stronghold and healed him with a pill made from the Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Grass. As Ye Chen passed on the Hall’s relics, Shen Hao discovered a lotus that Ye Chen identified as the Chaos Green Lotus.

• Ye Chen carried Shen Hao through Profound Abyss Canyon to a concealed cave and gave him a soul-repairing pill.
• Shen Hao woke and thanked Ye Chen, who explained that the cave was a Myriad Blades Hall stronghold.
• Ye Chen opened a hidden compartment and gave Shen Hao the Hall’s cultivation arts and medicinal pills.
• Shen Hao found that one Jade Slip contained the Nine Revolutions Sword Soul Art.
• Shen Hao noticed a fragrant lotus in a pool, and Ye Chen identified it as the Chaos Green Lotus.