Chapter Summaries

Lu Nan concealed his role in Lian Hunyu’s death from the Soul Refining Sect’s Celestial Ancestor, who investigated the courtyard and offered to take him as a disciple. After Lu Nan refused, the Ancestor ordered a search for Lian Hunyu’s killer and secretly watched Lu Nan before finally leaving.

• Lu Nan told the Soul Refining Sect’s Celestial Ancestor that Lian Hunyu had visited to recruit him as a disciple, then left without revealing where he went.
• The Celestial Ancestor offered to take Lu Nan as his disciple, but Lu Nan refused because he already had a master.
• The Celestial Ancestor revealed that Lian Hunyu was dead and ordered Quan Yulong to have the Peak Lords search for the murderer.
• Lu Nan claimed he had seen Lian Hunyu vanish in a flash of black mist, while Quan Yulong warned him to stay inside the sect unless necessary.
• Lu Nan asked Lu Taiji to monitor the Celestial Ancestor, who secretly watched him and repeatedly left and returned before departing for good.

Lu Nan learned that the war between the two sects would begin in half a month and traveled to Soul Erosion Abyss to face his enemies. A powerful woman in red drew him into the abyss and revealed that she wanted a corpse.

• Lu Nan asked Yin Ning to find out when the war would begin, and Yin Ning later reported it would start in half a month.
• Lu Nan rewarded Yin Ning and left the sect with Lu Taiji to visit Soul Erosion Abyss.
• Lu Taiji sensed a presence in the abyss that seemed to be at least an eighth-rank Demon Emperor, and a woman’s voice summoned Lu Nan down.
• Lu Nan followed a path of red mist into the abyss and recognized the woman in red from the secret realm.
• The woman in red noted Lu Nan’s Heavenly Heart Golden Core and Lu Taiji, then said she wanted a person—more precisely, a corpse.

Lu Nan confronted a mysterious woman in red, who took Lu Bai Yi and gave him Fist Demon and Bai Yu in exchange. She promised to return Lu Bai Yi if Lu Nan reached the Upper Realm within fifty years and completed a task for her at Carefree Mountain; Lu Nan discovered that Bai Yu was now his Celestial puppet.

• The woman in red pulled Lu Bai Yi from Lu Nan’s Ring and took her despite Lu Nan’s protest.
• She summoned Fist Demon and Bai Yu, revealed that she knew Lu Nan’s purpose, and offered them as payment while keeping Lu Bai Yi.
• Lu Nan yielded, and the woman in red sealed Fist Demon and Bai Yu’s powers, bound them, and set a fifty-year condition for Lu Nan to retrieve Lu Bai Yi.
• Fist Demon begged Lu Nan for mercy, but Lu Nan reminded him of the two women he had humiliated and turned his attention to Bai Yu.
• The woman in red revealed that Bai Yu was a gift and gave Lu Nan the method to control him; Lu Nan sensed that Bai Yu had reached the fifth layer of the Celestial Realm.

Lu Nan returned to the Azure Lotus Sword Sect disguised as Zhao Qi, carrying the unconscious Fist Demon in a sack. After the sect's alarm brought Ye Hanyan and Liu Qilan to meet him, he revealed the prisoner as a gift from Lu Nan.

• Lu Nan freed Bai Yu, then knocked out the Fist Demon and stuffed him into a sack to bring back to the Azure Lotus Sword Sect.
• Lu Nan reached the sect disguised as Zhao Qi, and its patrols detained him when he said he knew where Lu Nan was.
• Lu Nan showed Ye Hanyan his identity token, triggering signals that drew the sect's cultivators to him.
• Ye Hanyan brought Lu Nan to the Guest Peak, where he asked her to summon Liu Qilan before showing them the sack.
• Liu Qilan arrived asking for news of Xiao Nan, and Lu Nan opened the sack to reveal the unconscious Fist Demon.

Lu Nan revealed himself to Ye Hanyan and Liu Qilan after returning with the captured Fist Demon. He urged his masters not to spare the Fist Demon for the coming war against the Soul Refining Sect, and they cut off both of the captive’s arms.

• Ye Hanyan cleared the reception hall until only she, Qingchuan, Liu Qilan, and Lu Nan remained.
• Lu Nan revealed his identity, greeted Ye Hanyan and Liu Qilan as his two masters, and reunited with them.
• Lu Nan woke the Fist Demon and handed him over to Ye Hanyan and Liu Qilan, who considered sparing him for his strength as a Celestial Being.
• Ye Hanyan began to accept the Fist Demon’s offer of service, but Lu Nan said the Soul Refining Sect posed no threat and asked his masters to trust him.
• Ye Hanyan severed the Fist Demon’s right arm, and Liu Qilan cut off his left arm.

Lu Nan returned to the Azure Lotus Sword Sect after killing the Fist Demon, and Ye Hanyan displayed the demon’s corpse at the mountain gate. He explained his long absence to his masters, revealing his adventures in the Soul Refining Sect and Sword Valley, before admitting that he had killed Lian Hunyu, his enemy.

• Lu Nan suggested hanging the Fist Demon’s corpse at the mountain gate, then secretly placed Space Sword Intent inside it as a precaution before Ye Hanyan carried it away.
• Ye Hanyan nailed the Fist Demon’s corpse to a conspicuous cliff, and the disciples who sensed its Heavenly Human cultivation wondered whether the Sect Leader had advanced to that realm.
• Lu Nan told Ye Hanyan, Liu Qilan, and Qingchuan that he had infiltrated the Soul Refining Sect while pursuing clues to three spiritual treasures and had become Wu Bai’s disciple.
• Lu Nan revealed that Wu Bai had taken him to the Central Continent, where he joined Sword Valley, gained a Return to Void master, and comprehended Five Elements Sword Intent.
• Lu Nan introduced Lu Taiji as an Ancient Iron-Eating Beast that had devoured a Heavenly Human, and Lu Taiji accidentally mentioned helping Lu Nan kill an old man.
• Lu Nan admitted that he had killed Lian Hunyu because Lian Hunyu was his enemy.

Lu Nan revealed that the Soul Refining Sect would attack in about ten days and had a Celestial Being ancestor, then gave his master Ye Hanyan control of Bai Yu, a fifth-level Celestial Being puppet. After leaving the sect leaders to plan their defense, Lu Nan returned to his cave residence and encountered a familiar woman who did not recognize him in his Zhao Qi disguise.

• Lu Nan told Ye Hanyan, Liu Qilan, and Qingchuan that the Soul Refining Sect planned to attack in about ten days and was guarded by a Celestial Being.
• The group learned that the Azure Lotus Sword Sect's ancestor remained in life-or-death seclusion and the Artifact Refining Sect had only a half-step Celestial Being.
• Lu Nan summoned Bai Yu and explained that a powerful senior had given him Bai Yu and the Fist Demon, and that Bai Yu was a puppet capable of fifth-level Celestial Being strength.
• Lu Nan passed Bai Yu's control method to Ye Hanyan so the puppet could support the Sword Sect against the coming attack.
• Lu Nan left the reception hall, changed into Zhao Qi's appearance, and returned to his cave residence, where a familiar woman emerged from a bamboo house and demanded to know who he was.

Lu Nan reunited with Su Wan at the Azure Lotus Sword Sect, returned to his cave dwelling, and cultivated until he reached the Golden Core Ninth Layer. Su Wan then summoned him to the Sect Leader's Hall to discuss the Soul Refining Sect.

• Lu Nan overpowered Su Wan, revealed his identity, and reunited with her after she had warned him about her Junior Brother.
• Lu Nan returned to his cave dwelling, inspected the medicinal herbs in the Mysterious Space, and considered the Soul Refining Sect's destruction and a possible merger between the Azure Lotus Sword Sect and the Artifact Refining Sect.
• Lu Nan cultivated with Top-grade Spirit Stones, advancing four layers to the Golden Core Ninth Layer.
• Su Wan called Lu Nan outside and told him that Ye Hanyan had asked him to attend a discussion about the Soul Refining Sect at the Sect Leader's Hall.

Lu Nan returned to the Azure Lotus Sword Sect as Ye Hanyan and its leaders prepared for the Soul Refining Sect’s invasion, using news of an enemy Celestial to expose those unwilling to fight. When the armies clashed, Lu Nan cut down his opponents and sent Lu Taiji to help Ye Hanyan, who was fighting several enemies in the sky.

• Lu Nan arrived at the Sect Leader’s hall, where Ye Hanyan revealed that the Soul Refining Sect had a Celestial ancestor and Qingchuan explained their plan to spread the news and uncover disloyal members.
• Many Azure Lotus Sword Sect disciples, including Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators, fled after hearing the rumor, while Ye Hanyan and the other leaders prepared for battle.
• Ye Hanyan led the sect’s forces to meet the Soul Refining Sect army, joined by Sect Leader Jiang and Peak Lord Liu of the Artifact Refining Sect.
• The black-robed Soul Refining Sect leader demanded that Ye Hanyan submit, then ordered his army to attack when she refused.
• Lu Nan cut down the enemies who charged at him, then sent Lu Taiji to assist Ye Hanyan as she fought multiple opponents in the sky.

Ye Hanyan and the Azure Lotus Sword Sect fought off the Soul Refining Sect with help from Lu Taiji, Bai Yu, and the Artifact Refining Sect. Lu Taiji killed and ate the Soul Refining Celestial Being, while the Soul Refining Sect's army retreated.

• Lu Taiji agreed to help Ye Hanyan in exchange for spirit bamboo and feasts, then crippled ten Soul Refining Sect Spirit Transformation cultivators with his roar.
• The Soul Refining Sect leader summoned a Celestial Being ancestor, who tried to seize Ye Hanyan and demanded that she hand over Zhao Qi.
• Lu Taiji transformed into a colossal beast and knocked the Celestial Being back, while Ye Hanyan summoned Bai Yu to fight him.
• Bai Yu overpowered the Soul Refining Celestial Being as the Soul Refining Sect army retreated and the Azure Lotus Sword Sect gained momentum.
• The Celestial Being tried to flee by burning his divine soul, but Lu Taiji caught him, crushed him, and ate him.

After Lu Taiji killed the Soul Refining Sect’s Celestial Being, Ye Hanyan forced Xing Ming to surrender the sect’s resources and withdraw its disciples. She left Qingchuan to oversee the transfer and took Lu Taiji with her after Lu Nan promised him spirit bamboo and a feast.

• Lu Taiji devoured the Soul Refining Sect’s Celestial Being, and Xing Ming fled as the sect’s defeat became clear.
• Ye Hanyan stopped Xing Ming’s escape and demanded the sect’s resources, his departure from the Southern Domain, and an end to the fighting.
• Xing Ming ordered the Soul Refining Sect’s disciples to lay down their weapons, swore to fulfill Ye Hanyan’s conditions, and gave her a Jade Slip listing the treasure vaults.
• Ye Hanyan required Xing Ming to deliver the treasures to the Azure Lotus Sword Sect before he could leave, then assigned Qingchuan to oversee him.
• Lu Taiji returned to Lu Nan, who promised him two stalks of spirit bamboo and a feast, then Lu Taiji agreed to go with Ye Hanyan.

After the Azure Lotus Sword Sect defeated the Soul Refining Sect, Liu Qilan visited Lu Nan and questioned him about his experiences, cultivation, and plans for the Artifact Refining Sect. Lu Nan proposed merging the two remaining sects into a new one, but Liu Qilan warned that the Azure Lotus Sword Sect's leaders would never agree and asked whether he knew the sect's origins.

• Ye Hanyan handed Lu Taiji to Qingchuan, who left with Xing Ming and the Soul Refining Sect disciples.
• Ye Hanyan ordered the Azure Lotus Sword Sect disciples to recover their dead and clean the battlefield, then they returned to the sect victorious.
• Liu Qilan visited Lu Nan's cave dwelling, teased him, and asked him to call her Sister.
• Lu Nan revealed that he had reached Golden Core Level Six and recounted his time in the Soul Refining Sect to Liu Qilan.
• Liu Qilan asked about the Artifact Refining Sect, and Lu Nan said he wanted the two sects to merge into a new sect.
• Liu Qilan said the Azure Lotus Sword Sect's leaders would never agree and asked Lu Nan whether he knew the sect's origins.

Lu Nan discussed merging the Azure Lotus Sword Sect and the Artifact Refining Sect with Liu Qilan and Ye Hanyan, who agreed to treat both sects equally. Afterward, Lu Nan took Lu Taiji to Mountain Market for a feast.

• Lu Nan told Liu Qilan that he would not let the Azure Lotus Sword Sect attack the Artifact Refining Sect, whether it accepted a merger or not.
• Liu Qilan explained the Southern Domain's ruling powers and the Great Geng Dynasty's influence, causing Lu Nan to reconsider unifying the region.
• Ye Hanyan entered and reported that Elder Qing had returned with the contents of twelve treasure vaults, four of which went to the Artifact Refining Sect.
• Ye Hanyan supported merging the sects, and Liu Qilan agreed on the condition that both sides would be treated equally.
• Lu Nan offered Bai Yu to serve as part of the sect's foundation, and Ye Hanyan and Liu Qilan departed to meet Jiang Qing.
• Lu Nan took the hungry Lu Taiji to a restaurant in Mountain Market and ordered all its signature dishes.

Lu Nan rescued Bai Wei'er from a group of men and learned that they had captured her and her aunt after arriving in Azure Lotus Town. He discovered that her aunt was still being held at the men’s home and rushed there with Bai Wei'er.

• Lu Taiji ate through the food while Lu Nan drank wine and remembered the past.
• After hearing a little girl cry for help, Lu Nan went outside and drove off the men surrounding her.
• Lu Nan recognized Bai Wei'er, an old acquaintance from Luocheng Kingdom, and learned that she had stolen a Blazing Fire Grass to help her aunt.
• Lu Nan returned the herb to the men and ended their dispute with Bai Wei'er.
• Bai Wei'er revealed that the men had captured her and her aunt, who was still at their home.
• Lu Nan used his Divine Sense to locate the men, grabbed Bai Wei'er, and flashed toward their home.

Lu Nan rescued Bai Wei'er from the men who had taken her and brought her to Bai Tong, then offered to take both of them to the Azure Lotus Sword Sect. After healing Bai Tong and arranging new clothes and a room for them, Lu Nan waited for them at the restaurant.

• Lu Nan killed the burly men who had pursued Bai Wei'er and took her to the courtyard where Bai Tong lived.
• Bai Wei'er reunited with Bai Tong, and Lu Nan recognized her as the girl he had met before.
• Bai Tong explained that Bai Wei'er had learned cultivation from Lu Nan's manual and reached Qi Condensation Layer Three at age eight.
• Lu Nan offered to take Bai Wei'er to the Azure Lotus Sword Sect and invited Bai Tong to join as an outer disciple; both accepted.
• Bai Tong swallowed Lu Nan's pill and recovered her ability to walk.
• Lu Nan sent Bai Tong and Bai Wei'er to wash up and get new clothes before joining him in his private room.

Lu Nan reunited with Bai Tong and Bai Wei'er, learned that the Bai family had been destroyed by the Yan family, and promised to seek justice. After bringing them to the Azure Lotus Sword Sect, he found that Ye Hanyan refused to take Bai Wei'er as her disciple and headed to Elder Qing instead.

• Lu Nan welcomed Bai Tong and Bai Wei'er to eat, then learned they had fled after the Yan family slaughtered the Bai family.
• Lu Nan promised to arrange revenge for the Bai family and said the Azure Lotus Sword Sect would not ignore Wei'er's family being wiped out.
• Lu Nan took Bai Tong and Bai Wei'er to the Azure Lotus Sword Sect and had Bai Tong settled with the Outer Sect Steward.
• Lu Nan brought Bai Wei'er to Ye Hanyan, but Ye Hanyan refused to accept her as a disciple and suggested Elder Qing.
• Lu Nan reassured Bai Wei'er and took her to Qingchuan's cave abode to request an audience.

Lu Nan helped Bai Wei'er become Qingchuan's disciple, then went to Spirit Treasure Pavilion and discovered Fu Ye had been scarred in a power struggle. He promised to treat her injuries and entered a secret chamber to begin alchemy.

• Lu Nan introduced Bai Wei'er to Qingchuan, who accepted her as his disciple and promised to teach her.
• Lu Nan told Qingchuan about Bai Wei'er and her aunt, and Qingchuan agreed that her family responsibilities would not interfere with her cultivation.
• Lu Nan visited Spirit Treasure Pavilion and found Fu Ye wearing a veil and speaking with a hoarse voice.
• Fu Ye revealed that she had lost a power struggle within the pavilion and showed Lu Nan her scarred face.
• Lu Nan identified a treatment for Fu Ye and asked her to gather ingredients and arrange a secret chamber.
• Fu Ye brought the ingredients to the chamber, and Lu Nan went inside to perform alchemy.

Lu Nan finished refining pills that restored Fu Ye’s voice, learned about her conflict with Wang Wanwan, and secretly resolved to retaliate against the Wang Family. He borrowed Fu Ye’s Spirit Stones and offered her a nearly nine-thousand-year-old Spirit Bamboo as part of their deal.

• Lu Nan refined eight high-grade and one top-grade Clear Visage Pills, then made two top-grade and six high-grade Echo Pills.
• Fu Ye took an Echo Pill, recovered her melodious voice, and excitedly embraced Lu Nan.
• Fu Ye explained that Wang Wanwan belonged to a powerful family with a Celestial Human Venerable, while Lu Nan told her the Azure Lotus Sword Sect had defeated the Soul Refining Sect.
• Fu Ye refused to involve Lu Nan in taking revenge on Wang Wanwan, but Lu Nan secretly resolved to retaliate against the Wang Family.
• Lu Nan asked to borrow Fu Ye’s fifty thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones, and she handed him a Ring without asking what the deal was.
• Lu Nan presented Fu Ye with a stalk of Spirit Bamboo nearly nine thousand years old.

Lu Nan refined the pills Fu Ye requested, then went to the Artifact Refining Sect’s Spirit Treasure Pavilion to confront Wang Wanwan over Fu Ye’s injuries. After the pavilion’s Spirit Transformation expert recognized Lu Nan as a personal disciple of Sword Valley, he restrained Wang Wanwan and invited Lu Nan to discuss the matter privately.

• Lu Nan spent eight days refining Fu Ye’s requested pills, then gave them to her and accepted her invitation to dinner.
• After dining with Fu Ye, Lu Nan left the Spirit Treasure Pavilion and headed for the Artifact Refining Sect.
• Lu Nan confronted Wang Wanwan at the sect’s Spirit Treasure Pavilion and seized her, but an Old Man with Spirit Transformation cultivation intervened.
• Lu Nan identified himself as being from Sword Valley, and the Old Man recognized his waist token as proof that he was a personal disciple.
• The Old Man bound Wang Wanwan and invited Lu Nan to a private room on the second floor.

Lu Nan brought Wang Wanwan to Fu Ye, giving her the chance to take revenge for her past suffering. After Fu Ye punished Wang Wanwan, Lu Nan killed her and left no trace.

• Wang Kai apologized to Lu Nan with thirty thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones and expelled Wang Wanwan from the Wang Family, while the family ordered her parents confined and began searching for Lu Nan’s friend.
• Lu Nan returned to the Spirit Treasure Pavilion with Wang Wanwan and presented her to Fu Ye as a gift.
• Fu Ye feared the Wang Family’s retaliation, but Lu Nan reassured her that the Azure Lotus Sword Sect had two Celestials to protect it.
• Fu Ye forced two pills on Wang Wanwan, disfiguring her face and making her suffer as Fu Ye had once suffered.
• After Fu Ye said to let Wang Wanwan fend for herself, Lu Nan took her to a wasteland and shredded her to pieces.