Chapter Summaries

Lu Nan and Shui Ge reached Mountain City, ate at a restaurant, and went to watch the Liu Family’s martial contest for marriage. When Lu Nan noticed Liu Piaopiao’s Earth Fiend Spirit Sword, Liu Gan appeared and demanded that she leave with him, forcing the Mountain City Lord to intervene.

• Lu Nan, Shui Ge, and Lu Taiji entered Mountain City, enjoyed several tables of food, and followed the crowd to the Liu Family’s marriage contest.
• Lu Nan noticed the sword at Liu Piaopiao’s waist and sensed that his spirit sword reacted to it; he decided to seek a peaceful exchange with the Liu Family patriarch.
• Zhao Er defeated Wang Shan, but Liu Long refused to end the month-long contest, and Zhao Er left the arena.
• Liu Gan appeared above the arena and tried to seize Liu Piaopiao, but Liu Long blocked his attack.
• The Mountain City Lord warned Liu Gan not to fight within Mountain City, and Liu Gan said his master would come if Liu Piaopiao did not leave with him.

Lu Nan intervened when Liu Gan tried to take Liu Piaopiao, killed him, and agreed to destroy Dang Mountain at her request. After crushing the mountain and killing Dang Mountain Ancestor, he left with Shui Ge, while Liu Piaopiao watched him go.

• The Border City Lord failed to persuade Liu Gan to withdraw, and Liu Piaopiao agreed to go with Liu Gan to protect her family.
• Lu Nan asked for Liu Piaopiao’s sword, then offered to grant her a wish; she asked him to kill Dang Mountain Ancestor and the Dang Mountain Lineage.
• Lu Nan ordered Shui Ge to kill Liu Gan, then took Liu Piaopiao with him toward Dang Mountain.
• Lu Nan used his Mountain Bearer divine ability to uproot and shatter Dang Mountain, then caught and killed the fleeing Dang Mountain Ancestor.
• Lu Nan confirmed the transaction was complete and departed with Shui Ge, leaving Liu Piaopiao behind.

After crushing Dang Mountain and killing its ancestor, Lu Nan returned to the wilderness and refined two Spiritual Swords. A rust-covered sword led him to village boy Tie Dan, whose good Spiritual Root and wish to become an Immortal Master for his family left Lu Nan deciding to watch over him for a few days rather than teach him directly.

• Liu Piaopiao told Liu Long and the others that Lu Nan had killed the Dang Mountain Ancestor and crushed Dang Mountain, and the Liu Family later became prominent in mountain city.
• Lu Nan refined two of his newly acquired Spiritual Swords, then accepted a rust-covered sword Shui Ge had obtained from a village family.
• Lu Nan met Tie Dan and learned that the boy's favorite wooden sword had been sold to help feed his family.
• Tie Dan said he wanted to become an Immortal Master so his family could live comfortably, even after Lu Nan warned that cultivation could separate him from them.
• Lu Nan learned Tie Dan had a good Spiritual Root but chose not to take him as a disciple, and he told Shui Ge they would stay nearby and watch for a few days.

Lu Nan and Shui Ge returned to the village and found it burning after bandits attacked Tie Dan’s family. Lu Nan saved the survivors, then agreed to guide Tie Dan into cultivation before leaving with Shui Ge.

• Shui Ge explained that the Boiling Fire Cult used bounty hunters to scout targets before sending its own people, and described the cult’s power and headquarters.
• Lu Nan and Shui Ge reached the village and found it under attack, with Tie Dan’s family threatened by a bandit.
• Lu Nan killed the bandit threatening Tie Dan’s mother, while Shui Ge killed the other attackers, and Lu Nan extinguished the village fires.
• An elderly villager told Lu Nan that someone had revealed Tie Zi’s family possessed a hundred taels of gold to the Mount Lianlong bandits, but the traitor was already dead.
• Tie Dan asked Lu Nan to make his father wake up and then to help him become an Immortal Master; Lu Nan agreed to guide him into cultivation.
• Lu Nan cured Tie Dan’s mother, awakened the intelligence of Tie Dan’s siblings, and told Tie Dan to meet him in the forest the next day before departing with Shui Ge.

Lu Nan trained Tie Dan for a month, gave him cultivation resources, and left him to continue on his own. Later, Lu Nan and Shui Ge encountered a Spirit Transformation cultivator who recognized Lu Nan as his target, and Shui Ge attacked him.

• Lu Nan had Tie Dan practice under Shui Ge, then used a medicinal bath and spiritual power to teach him to sense the flow of aura.
• Over the next month, Tie Dan endured his training and reached the sixth layer of Body Tempering.
• Lu Nan gave Tie Dan the Pebble Scripture and a Storage Ring, told him to preserve his original heart, and revealed his name as Zhao Qi before departing.
• Shui Ge tossed Tie Dan a jade pendant as Lu Nan and Shui Ge flew away, and Tie Dan tucked it away before returning to his cultivation.
• Lu Nan and Shui Ge discussed the swords Lu Nan was collecting, then sensed a Spirit Transformation cultivator approaching.
• The black-robed young man identified Shui Ge and called Lu Nan his target, but Shui Ge interrupted him and charged with his saber.

Shui Ge fought a Spirit Transformation cultivator, endured a devastating attack, and weakened him enough for Lu Nan to kill him. After Lu Nan cooked a fifth-tier Demonic Beast for Shui Ge and Lu Taiji, a young girl in a pink dress appeared, drawn by the smell of the food.

• Shui Ge battled the black-robed young man, but the young man trapped him with the Seal Fire Staff and slammed him into the ground.
• Shui Ge survived and struck back with Heavy Blade of Wind and Draw Sword Slash, forcing the young man to defend himself and cough up blood.
• Lu Nan distracted the young man with a question, then pierced his chest with a Longsword and burned his body to ashes with crimson flame.
• Shui Ge began healing and told Lu Nan that fighting a Spirit Transformation cultivator had been incredible, while Lu Nan prepared to hunt for food.
• Lu Taiji returned from the Demonic Beast Forest with a fifth-tier Demonic Beast, and Lu Nan cooked its meat for him and Shui Ge.
• A young girl in a pink dress emerged from the woods, followed the smell of the cooking meat, and hurried to the fire.

Lu Nan and Shui Ge ate a giant snake, then set out after Shui Ge recovered from his injuries. They rescued a Four-tailed Spirit Fox from a group trying to capture her and continued on after Lu Nan and Shui Ge killed the pursuers.

• A fox girl asked Lu Nan for roasted meat, but fled after learning it came from a giant snake; Lu Nan, Shui Ge, and Lu Taiji ate the rest.
• Lu Nan gave Shui Ge pills for his injuries, and they set out the next morning after Shui Ge reported that he had mostly recovered.
• A group of men pursued the fox girl, who hid behind Lu Nan and begged him to save her.
• The men demanded that Lu Nan hand over the Four-tailed Spirit Fox, and he killed their leader when they threatened his party.
• Lu Taiji swallowed the leader's Nascent Soul before crushing it, while Shui Ge killed the remaining men.
• Lu Nan burned the bodies, told the fox girl she could leave, and continued onward with Shui Ge.

Lu Nan reached Changye Commandery with Shui Ge and the fox girl Hu Mei'er, then learned that the Bai family had been massacred and that the city lord's manor had suppressed discussion of it. He planned to investigate the manor that night, while Shui Ge stayed behind with Hu Mei'er.

• Lu Nan crossed into Luocheng Kingdom and arrived in Changye Commandery with Shui Ge and Hu Mei'er, who had secretly followed them.
• At an inn, Lu Nan asked about the Bai family, and a waiter revealed that nearly three thousand members had been killed and the city lord's manor had banned people from discussing the massacre.
• Lu Nan told Shui Ge he would investigate the city lord's manor that night and asked him to stay with Hu Mei'er.
• At dinner, Lu Taiji quarreled with Hu Mei'er over a piece of meat, but he forgave her after she apologized and gave the meat back.
• After the meal, Lu Taiji settled on Lu Nan's shoulder in exchange for two stalks of Spirit Bamboo.

Lu Nan traced the Bai family's destruction to the Shi family in Feng Commandery and confronted its patriarch, learning that the Luocheng Imperial Family had ordered the attack for two swords. The chapter ended with Lu Nan demanding an explanation from the patriarch.

• Lu Nan immobilized Ren Ze in the city lord's manor and learned that the Shi family had destroyed the Bai family over two swords, then concealed the massacre.
• Lu Nan told Shui Ge and Hu Mei'er that their next destination was Feng Commandery, and Hu Mei'er slept in his room while he meditated.
• Lu Nan traveled with Shui Ge and Hu Mei'er to Feng Commandery, then went with Lu Taiji to investigate the Shi family.
• Lu Nan searched the Shi family's treasure vault for the Earth Fiend Spirit Swords but found neither sword.
• Lu Nan restrained the Shi family patriarch, who admitted the Shi family had destroyed the Bai family under orders from the Luocheng Imperial Family.

Lu Nan learned that the Luocheng Imperial Family had ordered the Shi family to seize two Bai family spirit swords, then destroyed the Shi family and returned to the inn. Hu Mei'er’s grandmother arrived to take her back to Green Hill, and Hu Mei'er and Lu Nan exchanged protective gifts before parting.

• Lu Nan questioned the Old Man, learned the Luocheng Imperial Family had two Venerables and had commissioned the attack for the Bai family’s spirit swords, then had Lu Bao kill him.
• Lu Nan destroyed the Shi family estate with a single strike, looted its treasure vault, and returned to the inn with Lu Taiji’s cover.
• Lu Nan asked Shui Ge and Hu Mei'er to stay behind, but Hu Mei'er’s grandmother appeared and scolded her for sneaking away.
• Hu Mei'er gave Lu Nan a Life-Substitute Fox Tail sachet, and Lu Nan gave her a stone sword infused with his sword intent.
• Hu Mei'er’s grandmother revealed that the little sword held three strands of sword intent powerful enough to make a seventh-rank Demon King avoid it.

Lu Nan entered Luocheng to investigate the imperial palace and uncovered a blood-sacrifice ritual that threatened an entire nation. After he destroyed the formation and killed the dying Rank Eight expert behind it, the city went on alert, and two figures from the palace attacked him.

• Lu Nan explained Green Hill's importance to Shui Ge, then brought him to Luocheng and assigned him to set up Array Plates outside the city and watch for the Boiling Fire Cult and bounty hunters.
• Lu Nan used Lu Taiji to assess the imperial palace and found a hidden formation that concealed a dying Rank Eight expert preparing to refine an entire nation through blood sacrifice.
• Lu Nan broke into the formation, and Lu Taiji killed and swallowed the expert before falling asleep while he digested him.
• Lu Nan returned to the tavern and messaged Shui Ge, but the Luocheng Imperial Family discovered the destroyed formation and placed the city on alert.
• Two figures flew from the imperial palace toward Lu Nan and attacked him as soon as they arrived.

Lu Nan fought the Luocheng Imperial Family, weakened himself killing many of them, and fainted after escaping. Lu Taiji rescued him and demolished Luocheng before Lu Nan learned that the family’s pursuit of him had been a misunderstanding.

• Lu Nan fought two Luocheng cultivators, killed them, and then struck down many more members of the Luocheng Imperial Family before escaping with nearly all his spiritual energy spent.
• Lu Taiji woke, found Lu Nan unconscious, and wrecked Luocheng, crippling its Celestials and destroying the imperial palace before carrying Lu Nan away.
• After recovering, Lu Nan questioned the captured elders, who admitted they had destroyed the Bai family to prevent anyone from refining its spirit sword and had learned of spirit swords from an ancestral ruin.
• The elders revealed that they owned three unrefined spirit swords stored in an underground palace treasury, and Lu Nan sent Lu Taiji to retrieve them.
• Lu Nan learned the elders had been trying to stop a blood-sacrifice formation and had sought him to thank him for breaking it; they had used divination to identify and summon people who met certain conditions.
• The elders could not explain why the two cultivators had attacked Lu Nan as soon as they saw him.

Lu Nan and Shui Ge exterminated the remaining Luocheng clan and burned Luocheng to ashes, leaving Lu Nan troubled by the choice. They traveled to Changye Commandery to visit the Bai family and found the postponed auction was scheduled for that afternoon.

• The Luocheng clan elders killed themselves before finishing a plea, and Lu Nan burned their bodies after deciding he could not risk leaving survivors who might seek revenge.
• Lu Nan told Shui Ge to hunt down the Luocheng clan, then entered the underground palace with Lu Taiji and retrieved its remaining treasures, including three Spirit Swords.
• Lu Nan reached the ruined Luocheng and found Shui Ge had killed the remaining clan members; Lu Taiji evacuated the living while Lu Nan burned the city to ashes.
• As they left, Lu Nan questioned his own ruthlessness, and Shui Ge reassured him that sparing an enemy's son had once cost him a friend's life.
• Lu Nan and Shui Ge traveled to Changye Commandery, paid their respects at the former Bai family site, and discovered the auction had been rescheduled for that afternoon.

Lu Nan attended an auction in Changye Commandery and bought three Earth Fiend Spirit Swords, including two unidentified ancient swords from the auction house. He left with the swords after arranging to buy similar ones in the future.

• Lu Nan demonstrated his peak Golden Core cultivation to enter the auction house and learned that guests could bid normally or use a one-price bid.
• Lu Nan won an unidentified ancient sword for thirty-five High-grade Spirit Stones and offered to buy other similar swords at the same price.
• Ni'er brought out a second ancient sword, and Lu Nan bought it while asking whether the auction house had any more.
• Lu Nan offered to purchase swords brought in by attendees, and the plump Middle-aged Man presented him with an Earth Fiend Spirit Sword.
• Lu Nan paid the Middle-aged Man thirty-five High-grade Spirit Stones, then went backstage and collected three more Earth Fiend Spirit Swords.

Shui Ge told Lu Nan about the Myriad Treasures Cave Mansion appearing in the Shiyi Kingdom, and they set out to explore it. Along the way, Lu Nan refined nine spirit swords, helped Shui Ge defeat a Spirit Transformation attacker, and killed a pursuer from the Boiling Fire Cult.

• Shui Ge learned that the Myriad Treasures Cave Mansion would appear in the Southern Domain in half a month, and he and Lu Nan decided to go to the Shiyi Kingdom.
• Lu Nan entered brief seclusion, refined nine spirit swords, and began learning the basics of nine divine abilities.
• A first-layer Spirit Transformation cultivator attacked them, and Shui Ge defeated him with Lu Nan's advice.
• Lu Nan and Shui Ge discussed their goals for visiting the cave mansion and joked about finding wives.
• A black-robed Boiling Fire Cult member ambushed them, and Lu Nan forced him into view, killed him, and burned his corpse to ashes.

Lu Nan faced An Hun, a Boiling Fire Cult prodigy whose Golden Body divine ability blocked attacks, and fought him despite being only at peak Nascent Soul. After Lu Nan cracked An Hun’s protective barrier, An Hun unleashed a rapid barrage of punches and struck him several times, ending with a black-flame fist aimed at Lu Nan’s head.

• Lu Nan and Shui Ge discussed the rising attacks against Lu Nan and the Boiling Fire Cult’s kill order.
• An Hun arrived and revealed himself as the Boiling Fire Cult’s tenth great disciple, while Shui Ge explained their history of fighting and refused to face him.
• An Hun offered to take Lu Nan to the cult intact, but Lu Nan chose to fight and attacked with a wind divine ability.
• Shui Ge warned that An Hun’s Golden Body could block attacks from opponents up to three minor realms above him, and Lu Nan told Lu Taiji to be ready to escape if needed.
• Lu Nan revealed his peak Nascent Soul cultivation, exchanged over a hundred blows with An Hun, and cracked the Light Membrane covering his hand.
• An Hun launched a rapid barrage that forced Lu Nan to defend and landed several hits before swinging a black-flame fist at his head.

Lu Nan defeated An Hun by using formations to trap him, weaken his attacks, and amplify his own, then recovered while Shui Ge guarded him. As they set off for the Myriad Treasures Cave Mansion, Lu Nan gave Shui Ge a basic formations manual after Shui Ge begged to learn.

• Lu Nan used five spirit swords and a hidden formation to restrain An Hun, then destroyed his Golden Body with amplified tornadoes.
• An Hun acknowledged his defeat before Lu Nan tore him apart with the tornadoes and confirmed he was dead.
• Lu Nan recovered his spiritual power while Shui Ge guarded the area, then answered Shui Ge's questions about his strength by saying he knew formations.
• Lu Nan said they should head to the Myriad Treasures Cave Mansion, but Shui Ge begged him to teach formations.
• Lu Nan gave Shui Ge an introductory manual on basic formations and told him to master it first.

Lu Nan and Shui Ge arrived in Huangshi Commandery while seeking the Myriad Treasures Cave Mansion and reunited with Shui Ge’s friends. Lu Taiji revealed that escaped auras from the eighth-rank being might have caused Lu Nan’s earlier attackers to target him, and the group went upstairs to talk.

• Lu Nan persuaded Shui Ge to keep cultivating the blade despite his new interest in formations, and Shui Ge said the cave mansion would appear near Huangshi Commandery.
• Lu Nan, Shui Ge, and Lu Taiji entered Huangshi Commandery, found most rooms occupied by visitors, and took two medium rooms at an inn.
• While eating, Lu Nan told Shui Ge about the Luocheng fight, and Lu Taiji admitted that two auras had escaped from the eighth-rank being he devoured.
• Lu Nan and Shui Ge left the inn and met Shui Ge’s friends Bi Fan, Shui Ze, Peng Lu, and Fang Yu, whom Shui Ge introduced to Lu Nan as his Big Brother.
• Bi Fan invited Lu Nan and the others upstairs to discuss matters.

Lu Nan impressed Bi Fan, Fang Yu, Peng Lu, and Peng Ze with Shui Ge’s account of his victories, then considered joining their group to explore the Myriad Treasures Cave Mansion. As the mansion’s opening drew near, Xu Bai, Xu Qing, and An Miaoyu arrived in Huangshi Commandery, and Lu Nan set out to meet them.

• Shui Ge told Bi Fan, Fang Yu, Peng Lu, and Peng Ze that Lu Nan had killed Spirit Transformation cultivators with one sword strike, including An Hun, despite being at peak Nascent Soul.
• Bi Fan invited Lu Nan to join their expedition into the Myriad Treasures Cave Mansion and offered him first pick of their discoveries; Lu Nan said he might join if his friends did not come.
• Lu Nan left the tavern while Shui Ge stayed behind with the group.
• As more forces gathered in Huangshi Commandery, Lu Nan sensed familiar auras while meditating and vanished from his room.
• At the city gates, Xu Bai wondered whether Lu Nan would come, and An Miaoyu insisted he would; Lu Nan headed out to meet them.

Lu Nan reunited with Xu Bai, Xu Qing, and An Miaoyu before the Myriad Treasures Cave Mansion opened, and agreed to join them on the trip. Ning Du of the Boiling Fire Cult appeared to assess Lu Nan and left intending to confront him in the cave mansion, while Xu Bai’s matchmaking teasing left Lu Nan wondering whether the two women liked him.

• Lu Nan reunited with Xu Bai, Xu Qing, and An Miaoyu, who had all reached the Nascent Soul realm, and agreed to travel with them to the cave mansion.
• Lu Nan revealed that he was staying at Rui Xiang Wine House and said he would bring several companions along on the trip.
• Ning Du of the Boiling Fire Cult appeared, identified himself as the tenth brother’s senior, and said he looked forward to meeting Lu Nan in the cave mansion.
• Xu Bai guessed that Lu Nan had caused the Boiling Fire Cult’s wanted order and learned that Lu Nan had lured away a force with two Void Returning Venerable Lords.
• Xu Bai called Lu Nan his future brother-in-law, prompting Xu Qing to scold him and An Miaoyu to watch Lu Nan nervously.
• Lu Nan returned to the inn, wondered whether Xu Qing and An Miaoyu liked him, dismissed the thought as an illusion, and resumed cultivation.