Chapter Summaries

Lu Nan defeated Wu Po in their life-and-death duel, but Wu Ze demanded that he remain with the Wu Family for ten years. When Miao Feng’s avatar tried to free him, the Wu Family’s Old Ancestor intervened and carried Lu Nan away, leaving Bai Fu and Wu Bai anxious.

• Lu Nan destroyed Wu Po’s blood-colored serpent and killed him, prompting Wu Ze to save his son and confront Lu Nan.
• Lu Nan argued that Wu Po had never admitted defeat and that striking first was necessary for his own protection; Wu Ze declared Zhao Qi the winner.
• Wu Ze honored the contest’s promise to Wu Bai but demanded that Lu Nan stay with the Wu Family for ten years as an explanation for Wu Po’s death.
• Lu Nan summoned Miao Feng’s avatar, but Wu Ze’s Old Ancestor appeared, defeated the avatar, and seized Lu Nan.
• The Old Ancestor carried Lu Nan into the void, leaving Bai Fu and Wu Bai distressed.

After Lu Nan took Zhao Qi away, Wu Ze forced the guests at Wu Mansion to erase their memories of the incident. Bai Fu took a Memory-Shedding Pill and left, unaware of what he had forgotten, while Wu Bai stayed behind intending to rescue Zhao Qi.

• Wu Bai told Bai Fu that Lu Nan was the Wu Family’s Second Ancestor and might have taken Zhao Qi to the ancestral grounds.
• Wu Ze surrounded the guests and demanded that they erase their memories of the day; after he offered Memory-Shedding Pills, they took them and left.
• Wu Bai asked Wu Ze to let Bai Fu go, and Wu Ze agreed once Bai Fu swallowed a pill.
• Wu Ze summoned Wu Bai, then vanished; Wu Bai told the confused Bai Fu that Zhao Qi had gone ahead and that he would meet him later.
• Outside Wu Mansion, Bai Fu sensed that he had forgotten something and wondered what Wu Bai was hiding when a figure appeared before him.

Miao Feng learned that Zhao Qi had been captured by the Wu Family and attacked their residence to demand his disciple’s return. After destroying the clan’s elders and confronting Wu Sha, he prepared to level the city before several powerful figures intervened.

• Miao Feng restored Bai Fu’s memories, learned that the Wu Family had taken Zhao Qi, and sent Bai Fu back toward the sect.
• Miao Feng smashed part of the Wu Family residence and demanded Zhao Qi from Wu Sha, who denied knowing anything about him.
• Miao Feng killed two Heavenly Human Realm clan elders and several more Wu Family elders, then threatened to kill everyone unless Wu Sha handed over Zhao Qi.
• Wu Sha refused to yield, and Miao Feng killed the disciples around him before forming a giant hand over Cangnan City.
• As the giant hand began to descend, several figures stopped it and challenged Miao Feng for endangering innocent people.

Miao Feng forced Cangnan’s leaders to help destroy the Wu Family and learned that Zhao Qi had been taken to its ancestral grounds. After contacting Ancestor Yifeng, he learned Sword Valley would confront the force behind the Wu Family while they rescued Zhao Qi.

• Miao Feng subdued Wu Sha and demanded that Cangnan’s families pay three million Top-grade Spirit Stones each.
• The Cangnan City Lord killed Wu Sha, then led the others in slaughtering the Wu Family.
• Miao Feng learned from Wu Sha’s memories that Zhao Qi was in the Wu Family’s ancestral grounds and that Ku Chan Hall backed the family.
• Miao Feng contacted Ancestor Yifeng, who hurried to the Cang Region after hearing that Zhao Qi’s Dao foundation was violet-gold.
• Yi Feng told Miao Feng that Sword Valley would face Ku Chan Hall and ordered him to lead the way to the Nanwu Mountain Range to rescue Zhao Qi.

Ancestor Yifeng and Miao Feng found the Wu Family’s hidden ancestral grounds and rescued Lu Nan, whose cultivation had been sealed. Yifeng offered the Wu Family’s two ancestors as Lu Nan’s Dao Protectors, leaving their lives and the family’s fate dependent on their loyalty.

• Miao Feng and Ancestor Yifeng exposed the Wu Family’s concealed village, and Yifeng demanded that they return the Sword Valley disciple they had abducted.
• The Wu Family’s ancestors learned their descendants were likely dead, and Yifeng subdued Second Ancestor with sword intent until the Old Ancestor agreed to reveal Lu Nan’s location.
• Miao Feng found Lu Nan in a restricted chamber and brought him to Yifeng, who praised the eighteen-year-old’s Foundation Establishment Perfection.
• Lu Nan asked about Wu Bai, but Miao Feng admitted he had not noticed whether Wu Bai survived.
• Yifeng offered the two Wu Family ancestors as Lu Nan’s Dao Protectors, placed sword restrictions in them, and said they could live and spare the Wu Family if they swore loyalty.

Yi Feng had Wu Xiao and Wu Taihe swear to protect Zhao Qi, while Miao Feng explained to Lu Nan that the Wu Family was backed by the Tribulation Transcendence force Ku Chan Hall. Miao Feng settled the confrontation between the Wu Family and Cangnan City, and he left with Lu Nan after Wu Xiao promised to obtain the materials Wu Bai owed him.

• Yi Feng ordered Wu Xiao and Wu Taihe to protect Zhao Qi unless his life was in danger, then left the remaining matter to Miao Feng and Lu Nan.
• Miao Feng told Lu Nan that the Wu Family served Ku Chan Hall and that he had relied on Yi Feng to avoid drawing out Ku Chan Hall's powerful experts.
• Miao Feng returned to the ruined Wu Family compound, accepted the resources gathered by the Cangnan City Lord, and persuaded both sides to end their conflict and cooperate.
• Miao Feng collected the promised Spirit Stones from the Cangnan City Lord and the other Heavenly Beings.
• Lu Nan asked Wu Xiao for the materials Wu Bai had promised; Wu Xiao agreed to find the remaining items within a month, and Miao Feng left with Lu Nan to meet the Old Ancestor.

Lu Nan met Ancestor Yifeng in Sword Valley, who revealed the significance of Lu Nan’s purple-gold Dao Foundations and named him a future Sword Son if he reached Nascent Soul. Miao Feng brought Lu Nan to Hidden Bamboo Peak, where Lu Nan chose a secluded place to settle.

• Miao Feng brought Lu Nan to Sword Valley, where they paid their respects to Ancestor Yifeng.
• Lu Nan revealed nine purple-gold Dao Foundations, and Yi Feng explained the ranks of Divine-grade foundations and the Azure Realm’s blocked path to ascension.
• Yi Feng said Lu Nan could become Sword Valley’s Sword Son after reaching Nascent Soul, and gave him a Jade Token.
• Miao Feng brought Lu Nan to Hidden Bamboo Peak, gave him an identity token, and told him the Azure Lotus Sword Canon came from the Central Continent’s Sword Domain.
• Lu Nan chose a grassy spot beside a deep pool and forest as his place to cultivate in seclusion.

Lu Nan settled into his new residence, Shuilin Courtyard, and reviewed his gains, including powerful cultivation resources and the Hundred Illusions Art. After practicing the art and preparing to study Sword Intent, he received a message from Xu Bai and went to the Guest Hall to meet him and An Miaoyu.

• Lu Nan named his new residence Shuilin Courtyard and discovered that Miao Feng had given him one hundred thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones.
• Lu Nan studied the Hundred Illusions Art and successfully transformed himself into Yin Ning.
• Lu Nan prepared to resume comprehending Sword Intent, but Xu Bai contacted him and said that he and An Miaoyu had brought the spiritual items Lu Nan wanted.
• Lu Nan asked a Sword Valley disciple for directions to the Guest Hall and flew to Guest Peak.
• Lu Nan met Xu Bai and An Miaoyu in the courtyard where they were staying.

Lu Nan received the Profound Ice Immortal Dew from An Miaoyu and three other items from Xu Bai, then agreed to join them on a trip to the Sword Tomb near Red Maple City. He brought them to Hidden Bamboo Peak, where Xu Bai revealed that Lu Nan’s master, Miao Feng, had once survived being hunted by a Void Returning Venerable Lord who later disappeared.

• An Miaoyu gave Lu Nan the Profound Ice Immortal Dew, and Xu Bai delivered three items he had gathered for him.
• Lu Nan told Xu Bai and An Miaoyu that the Wu Family was helping him obtain the remaining items, and explained that he had gained the family’s support while fulfilling a friend’s Promise.
• Xu Bai told Lu Nan that the Sword Tomb would open near Red Maple City in about a month, and Lu Nan agreed to go with Xu Bai and An Miaoyu.
• Xu Bai and An Miaoyu chose to stay in Sword Valley, then followed Lu Nan to Hidden Bamboo Peak, where he revealed that Elder Miao Feng was his master.
• Xu Bai said Miao Feng had once been hunted by a Void Returning Venerable Lord, returned alive, and the Venerable Lord had vanished afterward.

Lu Nan received most of the spiritual treasures needed to cultivate the Myriad Dao Body and planted them in the Mysterious Space to mature. While he waited, he resumed comprehending Space Sword Intent, impressing Miao Feng and the Second Ancestor of the Wu Family.

• Lu Nan showed Xu Bai and An Miaoyu around Shuilin Courtyard, refused Xu Bai's request to stay, and examined the spiritual treasures he had gathered.
• After days of cultivating sword intent, Lu Nan learned that the Second Ancestor of the Wu Family had brought most of the required treasures, with only the Profound Ice Immortal Dew still missing.
• Lu Nan revealed that An Miaoyu had the Profound Ice Immortal Dew, accepted the treasures, and invited the Second Ancestor to stay at Shuilin Courtyard.
• Lu Nan planted the treasures in the Mysterious Space and waited for the herbs to reach ten thousand years of age before cultivating the Myriad Dao Body.
• Lu Nan continued comprehending Space Sword Intent, and Miao Feng and the Second Ancestor of the Wu Family recognized his talent before the Second Ancestor placed a restriction around the courtyard.

Lu Nan initially refused to join Xu Bai and An Miaoyu on their journey to the Heavenly Human Ruins, wary of the dangers and powerful cultivators there. After Xu Bai offered him ten thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones, Lu Nan accepted and set out with them.

• Xu Bai and An Miaoyu arrived at Shuilin Courtyard and told Lu Nan that the Heavenly Human Ruins were about to open.
• Xu Bai revealed his Divine-grade Foundation Establishment Dao Palace and explained that they planned to explore the outskirts with Nascent Soul Elders guarding them.
• An Miaoyu explained that Xu Bai's friends wanted to meet Lu Nan after hearing about his exploits.
• Lu Nan refused to go until Xu Bai offered him ten thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones, which Lu Nan accepted.
• Lu Nan packed up, summoned a spirit sword, and flew out with Xu Bai and An Miaoyu toward the ruins.

Lu Nan, Xu Bai, and An Miaoyu arrived in Red Maple City, where Xu Bai used a Sword Valley token to get them past the city guards. After Xu Bai’s brother Zhang Lang challenged Lu Nan and then apologized, Xu Bai invited Lu Nan to meet his sister, leaving the others reacting with surprise.

• Lu Nan, Xu Bai, and An Miaoyu reached Red Maple City and entered after Xu Bai showed the guards a Sword Valley token.
• At an inn, Xu Bai told Lu Nan that the nearby ruins would open within seven days.
• Zhang Lang arrived, doubted Xu Bai’s claims about Lu Nan, and threatened him.
• Xu Bai warned Zhang Lang about Lu Nan’s strength, and Zhang Lang apologized to Lu Nan.
• Xu Bai invited Lu Nan to meet his sister and suggested he become his brother-in-law, startling Lu Nan, Zhang Lang, and An Miaoyu.

Xu Qing reunited with An Miaoyu and thanked Lu Nan for helping the Xu Family in the Sword Moon Secret Realm. As the group discussed the coming Heavenly Human Ruins, Zhao Gou arrived and bullied the innkeeper before ordering Lu Nan to leave; Lu Nan suppressed his anger and returned to his room.

• Xu Qing appeared, scolded Xu Bai for talking about marrying her off, and thanked Lu Nan for his help in the secret realm.
• Xu Bai told Lu Nan that all nine major forces and possibly the Xuantian Dynasty would send juniors to the ruins, while his own group planned to explore the outskirts.
• Xu Bai insisted that Lu Nan stay until the ruins opened so he could meet Xu Bai's friend.
• Zhao Gou arrived, insulted the tea, and had his lackey bring him the innkeeper and the innkeeper's granddaughter so he could assert his welcome at the inn.
• Zhao Gou ordered Lu Nan, who had introduced himself as Zhao Qi of Sword Valley, to leave; Lu Nan held back his anger and returned to his room.

Xu Bai and Xu Qing faced Zhao Gou’s threats until Lu Nan suddenly killed him, then protected the siblings from Zhao Hao with the help of the Second Ancestor of the Wu Family. After Zhao Hao withdrew, Lu Nan ordered Old Wu to pursue him and demanded Xu Bai pay the promised fee.

• Zhao Gou threatened to force Xu Qing into marriage, and Xu Bai tried to bargain for his sister’s safety.
• Lu Nan appeared, agreed to kill Zhao Gou for one hundred thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones, and immediately severed Zhao Gou’s head.
• Zhao Hao arrived and attacked Xu Bai and Lu Nan, but the Second Ancestor of the Wu Family intervened and revealed that Lu Nan was from Sword Valley.
• Zhao Hao abandoned his revenge against Lu Nan but tried to seize the Xu siblings, so Lu Nan warned him not to harm them and drove him away.
• Lu Nan ordered Old Wu to kill Zhao Hao or notify Lu Nan’s master, then asked Xu Bai to pay the fee as Xu Bai called him Brother-in-law.

Lu Nan agreed to kill Zhao Hao for the Xu siblings in exchange for a million Top-grade Spirit Stones, after learning Zhao Hao might be connected to Zhao Gou. He revealed that he had already sent the two ancestors of the Wu Family to assassinate Zhao Hao and asked Miao Feng to make a trip as backup.

• Xu Qing gave Lu Nan ten thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones and promised to deliver the rest within a month, while Xu Bai asked for more time to repay his debt.
• Lu Nan offered to kill Zhao Hao for five hundred thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones, then learned the Zhao Family might have hidden Void Returning Venerable Lords and the Bai family might intervene.
• Xu Qing suspected Zhao Gou was Zhao Hao's illegitimate son and offered one million Top-grade Spirit Stones, with the siblings agreeing to swear an oath and become Lu Nan's servants if they failed to repay him.
• Lu Nan accepted the offer, hinted that the Xu and Bai families might one day control the Red Blade Pavilion, and left to contact Miao Feng.
• Lu Nan told Miao Feng he had sent the two ancestors of the Wu Family to assassinate Zhao Hao and asked his master to make a trip for safety.

Lu Nan accepted Miao Feng’s order to enter the White Sword Ruin, hoping to find the Azure Lotus Sword Canon and complete his own cultivation. When the ruins opened in the Red Maple Mountain Range, Lu Nan and Xu Bai’s group rushed inside with the crowd.

• Miao Feng agreed to investigate the Void Refinement cultivator Lu Nan wanted eliminated and urged Lu Nan to reach the White Sword Ruin’s core region.
• Miao Feng told Lu Nan that White Sword had mastered the Azure Lotus Sword Canon and warned him not to leave the mountain again until Nascent Soul if he gained nothing from the ruins.
• Lu Nan decided to enter the ruins, reasoning that he might find the canon and could probably escape danger.
• Xu Bai, An Miaoyu, and Xu Qing met Lu Nan and led him to the Red Maple Mountain Range, where Lu Nan surveyed the cultivators gathered outside the ruins.
• Xu Bai explained that weaker cultivators were used to scout dangerous areas while powerful cultivators relied on their backing to avoid trouble.
• The crack opened with a flash of white light, and Lu Nan’s group joined the crowd rushing into the ruins.

Lu Nan entered the ruins seeking the complete Azure Lotus Sword Canon, but the Earth Fiend Spirit Sword inside him drew him toward a clash over another spirit sword. He watched Wen Dai fight a black-robed Golden Core cultivator, and the chapter left Wen Dai under a storm of phantom spears.

• Lu Nan told Xu Bai and the others to explore without him, while An Miaoyu and Xu Qing led the group westward.
• Lu Nan revealed that he intended to seek the Azure Lotus Sword Canon, transformed his appearance, and headed toward the ruins’ core.
• The Earth Fiend Spirit Sword sensed another Earth Fiend Spirit Sword, drawing Lu Nan to two Golden Core cultivators fighting over it.
• The black-robed cultivator demanded Wen Dai surrender the sword, but Wen Dai refused and dodged his spear attack before wounding him.
• The black-robed cultivator smashed Wen Dai into the ground and sent countless phantom spears toward him.

Wen Dai used a strange ice-and-fire technique to cripple the black-robed youth, but the youth burned his lifespan and cultivation to kill Wen Dai in an explosion. Lu Nan survived, seized the spirit sword from the blast site, and fled underground.

• Wen Dai appeared behind the black-robed youth and struck with his saber and sword, trapping him in an agonizing clash of ice and fire.
• Wen Dai kept his distance and recovered while guarding the youth, as Lu Nan prepared to ambush him once the youth died.
• The black-robed youth vanished, then reappeared behind Wen Dai and grabbed him, threatening to take him along to the grave.
• The black-robed youth detonated his chaotic aura, killing himself and Wen Dai while Lu Nan retreated from the blast.
• Lu Nan found the spirit sword amid the debris, erased his traces, and escaped underground.

Lu Nan hurried toward the ruins’ core region, but diverted to save Xu Bai, Xu Qing, and An Miaoyu from a rampaging demonic beast. After bluffing the beast into retreating, he disguised his voice and urged them to leave, while he remained concealed.

• Lu Nan confirmed that the crowd had not identified him, then set off toward the ruins’ core region.
• As he cautiously crossed the dangerous inner region, Lu Nan sensed Xu Bai and the others being chased by a powerful demonic beast.
• Lu Nan struck the beast between the brows with Space Sword Intent, causing it to retreat before attacking the group.
• An Miaoyu realized someone nearby had driven off the beast, and Xu Qing called out to thank the unseen rescuer.
• Lu Nan disguised his voice, told the group to leave the inner region, and watched Xu Bai, Xu Qing, and An Miaoyu hurry toward the outer region.

Lu Nan reached the White Sword Ruin’s core region and discovered that a group of powerful cultivators was using pathfinders to approach the suspended inheritance island. After obtaining the Summoning Cloud Sword and secretly moving beneath the island, he found a Heavenly Human Realm demon beast guarding it and stayed hidden.

• Lu Nan concealed himself from the powerful cultivators and watched their terrified pathfinders fall as they advanced toward the suspended island.
• Lu Nan retreated to safety and decided to let the others test the White Sword Ruin’s dangers before he approached the inheritance.
• Lu Nan inspected the Earth Fiend Spirit Sword Summoning Cloud and learned that its divine ability inheritance was gone, though the sword remained a High-grade Spirit Artifact.
• Lu Nan used the Great Five Elements Escape to travel underground beneath the suspended island without encountering danger.
• Lu Nan sensed a Heavenly Human Realm demon beast lying beneath the island and remained underground, carefully hiding his aura.