Chapter Summaries

Ye Hanyan and Liu Qilan fought over whether Lu Nan could leave the Azure Lotus Sword Sect, while his concealed cultivation and Breath Concealment Technique drew Qingchuan’s attention. Qingchuan demanded that Lu Nan’s memories be erased and his cultivation abolished if he left, until Jiang Qing arrived and offered a Top-grade Spirit Artifact.

• Liu Qilan arrived and confronted Ye Hanyan, who refused to let Lu Nan leave and declared him her Personal Disciple.
• Lu Nan rejected Ye Hanyan’s offer, saying he had already taken Liu Qilan as his master.
• Qingchuan arrived, discovered Lu Nan’s cultivation was at Qi Condensation Perfection, and learned he had concealed it from Liu Qilan.
• Qingchuan questioned Lu Nan about his Breath Concealment Technique and demanded its return if Lu Nan left the sect.
• Qingchuan said Lu Nan would have to lose his memories and cultivation if he left, but Jiang Qing arrived and offered a Top-grade Spirit Artifact.

Jiang Qing sought to take Lu Nan to the Artifact Refining Sect, revealing that Lu Nan had remarkable artifact-crafting talent. The sects settled on sharing him as a disciple, leaving Lu Nan bewildered by his two masters and Qingchuan finally pressed to explain the matter.

• Jiang Qing offered a Top-grade Spirit Artifact for Lu Nan, then explained Lu Nan’s exceptional Artifact Crafting Talent when Qingchuan demanded a reason.
• Qingchuan told Lu Nan that Fang Rongxuan, Su Wan, Jing Ran, and Li Nianqiao had survived, but Lu Nan declined to visit them and chose to go with Jiang Qing.
• Qingchuan threatened to cripple Lu Nan’s cultivation if he left, while Jiang Qing offered a Top-grade Dharma Artifact Flying Sword and promised Lu Nan would not reveal the Azure Lotus Sword Canon.
• Ye Hanyan declared that Lu Nan would not be taken away, and Lu Nan greeted her as Sect Master Ye after she insisted she had come first.
• Qingchuan proposed that each sect appoint one master for Lu Nan, then yielded his claim to Ye Hanyan when she objected to his being chosen.
• Jiang Qing and Liu Qilan accepted the arrangement, leaving Lu Nan with two sects and two masters as Jiang Qing asked Qingchuan to explain.

Lu Nan demonstrated that he could refine pills, craft talismans, and set up formations, impressing the gathered elders. The sects settled on having Liu Qilan and Ye Hanyan serve as his masters, and Ye Hanyan told him to attend the Sword Tomb opening in three days.

• Qingchuan revealed that Lu Nan could refine pills and inscribe Spirit Talismans, and Lu Nan confirmed it.
• Qingchuan fetched materials, and Lu Nan refined Qi Condensation Pills, crafted a top-quality second-grade Golden Body Talisman, and demonstrated a formation.
• Qingchuan proposed that Liu Qilan and Ye Hanyan jointly become Lu Nan’s masters, and Jiang Qing approved.
• Lu Nan agreed to belong to both the Artifact Refining Sect and the Azure Lotus Sword Sect.
• Ye Hanyan told Lu Nan that the Sword Tomb would open in three days and ordered him not to miss it.

Lu Nan learned about the Sword Tomb and its dangers, then entered the secret realm to seek a sword. After seeing one disciple claim a sword and another get trapped by one, he set off to search for his own.

• Liu Qilan explained the Sword Tomb and urged Lu Nan to recover before entering it.
• After three days of meditation, Lu Nan followed Ye Hanyan to the Sword Sect gathering, where she told him to call her Master.
• Qingchuan warned the qualified disciples about the Sword Tomb's dangers and rules, then opened the entrance.
• Lu Nan entered the Sword Tomb and saw a disciple claim a broken sword containing Clear Wind Sword Intent.
• Lu Nan watched a youth get trapped by a blue Longsword that drained his spiritual power, then set out to seek a sword.

Lu Nan entered the Sword Tomb’s inner area and saw Ye Shuang defeat a black shadow before claiming the Spirit Artifact Chi Hun. As Ye Shuang left for the depths, Lu Nan found the black shadows he encountered unexpectedly easy to kill and continued onward, increasingly wary that something was wrong.

• Lu Nan crossed the Azure Light Barrier and discovered that hills within the inner area held swords he believed were Spirit Artifacts.
• Lu Nan watched Ye Shuang battle and destroy a humanoid black shadow with his Blazing Fire Sword Style.
• Ye Shuang claimed the crimson longsword Chi Hun, a mid-grade Spirit Artifact containing Blazing Sword Intent, then used his Sword Stone to leave for the depths.
• Lu Nan killed a black shadow with a single sword strike and continued deeper, defeating every shadow he encountered with ease.
• Lu Nan grew vigilant because all the black shadows he met were weaker than Foundation Establishment and something seemed wrong.

Lu Nan fled a powerful black shadow through the Strange Rock Forest, then followed a mysterious sensation toward the core region and was wounded by another shadow. He escaped onto a hill behind a protective Light Membrane, where he reunited by voice with Senior Sister Su Wan.

• Lu Nan spotted a powerful black shadow pursuing him and used Divine Speed Talismans to escape into the Strange Rock Forest.
• Lu Nan concealed himself and rearranged the stone pillars, but the shadow found him, so he fled the forest after manipulating its formation.
• Lu Nan sensed something to the east and followed it, only to encounter another black shadow and suffer a wound to his right shoulder.
• A familiar voice directed Lu Nan to a hill, where he found shelter behind a pale green Light Membrane as the shadow attacked from outside.
• Lu Nan recognized the voice as Su Wan's, thanked her for saving him, and began telling her which hill he was on.

Lu Nan reunited with Su Wan in the Sword Tomb and learned about the Sword Fiends and the dangers deeper inside. After sending Su Wan out, he followed a pull toward the core region and found a sword mound with an ordinary-looking Longsword embedded at its summit.

• A Sword Fiend disappeared, and Su Wan rushed through the Light Membrane to reunite with Lu Nan.
• Su Wan explained that Sword Fiends were formed from sword Killing Intent and hunted sword cultivators, and she showed Lu Nan the High-grade Spirit Artifact You Lan Sword she had found.
• Lu Nan said he felt drawn east toward the core region, and Su Wan offered to accompany him.
• Lu Nan refused Su Wan's offer and made her leave with her Sword Stone before heading east alone.
• Following the growing pull, Lu Nan reached a mound of broken swords and saw an ordinary Longsword embedded at its summit.

Lu Nan crossed the white mist toward the Sword Mound, where a Sword Fiend nearly killed him before Su Wan rescued him. After recovering on a protected hill, he joined Su Wan in another attempt to approach the mound, but the Sword Fiend attacked again and forced them back.

• Lu Nan fell through the white mist after discovering that flying was forbidden, then followed his sense of the Longsword through a field of Broken Swords.
• A massive Sword Fiend attacked Lu Nan, severely injured him, and seized his foot, but he severed its arm with a sword strike.
• Su Wan arrived and carried Lu Nan to a hill protected by a Light Membrane, then gave him a medicinal pill.
• Lu Nan gave Su Wan his Sword Stone after learning it could still locate the exit while the Sword Tomb remained open, though it could not teleport someone out once used.
• After Lu Nan recovered, Su Wan explained that You Lan let her fly through the mist, and the two rode it toward the Sword Mound.
• The Sword Fiend reached for them in the mist, but Lu Nan's sword light made it pause, allowing Su Wan to return them to the hill.

Lu Nan entered the white mist alone and climbed Sword Mound, avoiding the Sword Fiends until he accidentally revealed his aura near the summit. He reached the summit with the One-armed Sword Fiend close behind, then approached the Longsword and activated it with his spiritual power and Sword Dao comprehension.

• Lu Nan realized the white mist might also hinder the Sword Fiends and decided to reach Sword Mound while concealing his aura; Su Wan lent him You Lan and watched as he descended into the ravine.
• Lu Nan avoided the Sword Fiends by suppressing his aura, located Sword Mound, and began climbing its wall with blood-colored qi.
• After climbing for hours, Lu Nan saw the summit and accidentally released a trace of aura, alerting the Sword Fiends in the ravine.
• Lu Nan used Divine Speed Talismans and Golden Body Talismans to race upward, reached the summit, and narrowly escaped the One-armed Sword Fiend as the Light Membrane rose.
• Lu Nan healed his injury, approached the Longsword, and watched it tremble and fly toward him when it sensed his spiritual power and Sword Dao comprehension.

Lu Nan claimed Through the Profound, learned it could perceive the Netherworld and locate other Earthly Fiend swords, and discovered it let him see and speak with the One-armed Sword Fiend. The Sword Fiend offered him another spirit sword, Finger Transformation, in exchange for protecting the Bai Clan of Changye Commandery, and Lu Nan accepted.

• Lu Nan claimed the Longsword, named Through the Profound, and learned it was a High-grade Spirit Artifact with a divine ability that let him perceive the Netherworld.
• Lu Nan used the ability and saw the dead crossing a bridge beneath a gray sky, but the vision caused him a sharp headache and drained his spiritual energy.
• Through the Profound showed Lu Nan a map with two red dots, which he believed marked other Earthly Fiend swords.
• Lu Nan used the sword's ability on the One-armed Sword Fiend and saw a middle-aged man in azure robes who could speak to him.
• The man explained that he was a Body of Negative Thoughts and offered Lu Nan Finger Transformation in exchange for protecting the Bai Clan of Changye Commandery in Luocheng Kingdom.
• Lu Nan recognized Finger Transformation as another Earthly Fiend art and agreed to the man's request.

Lu Nan teamed up with the One-armed Sword Fiend to retrieve spirit swords from the Sword Tomb, acquiring several High-grade Spirit Artifacts and their divine abilities. After finding a fourth sword, Fire Seater, he and the One-armed Sword Fiend headed toward the exit and spotted a massive vortex.

• Lu Nan tested the middle-aged man's sincerity by taking control of his fundamental Negative Thought, then agreed to help him retrieve two spirit swords from the White Clan.
• The One-armed Sword Fiend drove back the Sword Fiends as he escorted Lu Nan to Su Wan; Lu Nan returned the You Lan Sword, gave Su Wan his Sword Stone, and left with the middle-aged man.
• Lu Nan obtained Mountain Bearer and Wind Borrower, both High-grade Spirit Artifacts, and asked the One-armed Sword Fiend to escort him out of the Sword Tomb.
• While traveling, Lu Nan used his three spirit swords to sense other artifacts and discovered Fire Seater, which granted the Fire-Avoidance Art.
• Lu Nan and the One-armed Sword Fiend continued toward the exit, where Lu Nan saw a massive vortex.

Lu Nan emerged from the Sword Tomb and was brought to Sect Master Peak, where Ye Hanyan declared he would cultivate alongside Su Wan. Liu Qilan tried to take Lu Nan away, but Ye Hanyan confronted them, and Liu Qilan escaped with him after trapping Ye Hanyan in formations.

• Su Wan emerged from the Sword Tomb with the High-grade Spirit Artifact You Lan Sword and told Ye Hanyan and Qingchuan that Lu Nan had stayed behind to deal with a Sword Fiend.
• Lu Nan returned before the Sword Tomb closed and showed Ye Hanyan Through the Profound, which appeared to be an ordinary High-grade Spirit Artifact.
• Ye Hanyan took Lu Nan and Su Wan to Sect Master Peak and announced that Lu Nan would cultivate there as Su Wan's junior brother.
• Liu Qilan appeared and tried to take Lu Nan away, but Ye Hanyan challenged her over who would be his Great Master.
• Liu Qilan trapped Ye Hanyan in formations, fled with Lu Nan, and was pursued after Ye Hanyan broke free.

Liu Qilan and Ye Hanyan settled their dispute over who would be Lu Nan’s Great Master, then agreed that he would return to the Artifact Refining Sect to study while preparing for the Azure Desolate Secret Realm. Back at Ninth Peak, Lu Nan comprehended three divine abilities and began testing Wind Borrower.

• Liu Qilan challenged Ye Hanyan to break her array within three minutes, but Ye Hanyan escaped it and won the right to be Lu Nan’s Great Master.
• Liu Qilan persuaded Ye Hanyan to let Lu Nan return with her to study arrays, Talismans, and Alchemy without raising his cultivation before the secret realm.
• Ye Hanyan gave Lu Nan insights into the Azure Lotus Sword Canon, a Communication Stone, and a Jade Sword containing her Divine Thought.
• Liu Qilan brought Lu Nan back to Ninth Peak and left him to cultivate on his own.
• Lu Nan comprehended Mountain Bearer, Wind Borrower, and Fire Seater, then used Wind Borrower to create a tornado and propel himself into the air.

Liu Qilan learned that improving Lu Nan’s Spiritual Root was difficult, while Lu Nan refined pills, gathered peaches, and prepared to leave Ninth Peak to fulfill a promise. He departed the next morning with Liu Qilan’s array plates for protection.

• Jiang Qing told Liu Qilan that reshaping Lu Nan’s Spiritual Root would require a rare Nirvana Pill and a seventh-grade Alchemist, while Ye Hanyan appeared to reach a decision after hearing the same news.
• Lu Nan tested his resistance to the Cauldron’s flames, gathered medicinal herbs and peaches in the Mysterious Space, refined pills, and studied an Array Manual.
• Lu Nan gave peaches to Liu Qilan and Wu Wan, then explained that he planned to travel to Changye Commandery in Luocheng Kingdom to fulfill his promise to the Middle-aged Man in the Sword Tomb.
• Liu Qilan agreed to Lu Nan’s departure and told him to contact her if he encountered danger.
• The next morning, Liu Qilan gave Lu Nan a Ring full of Array Plates, and he set off.

Lu Nan followed Through the Profound to Changye Commandery, where he discovered that the spirit sword Finger Transformation was with a little beggar. After rescuing her and her sick mother from men claiming to serve the Bai family, he claimed the sword and learned its name.

• Through the Profound reacted in Changye Commandery, leading Lu Nan toward the White Clan and a little beggar carrying the sword’s red marker.
• Lu Nan stopped a bun seller from striking the little beggar, bought her two meat buns, and learned from the seller that she lived with her ill mother.
• Lu Nan questioned an attendant at a restaurant and learned that the Bai family ruled Changye Commandery and threatened anyone who spoke about them.
• Lu Nan followed the map to a ruined temple, where three men claiming to be Bai family members were dragging the little beggar’s mother.
• Lu Nan immobilized the men, took the stone sword necklace from the little beggar, and bound the spirit sword Finger Transformation.

Lu Nan mastered Finger Transformation, punished the Bai family’s men, and helped Bai Wei'er and her mother before leaving Luocheng Kingdom. He then found another Earth Fiend Spirit Sword in a cave guarded by a giant black bear and attacked it.

• Lu Nan comprehended Finger Transformation and learned from the scar-faced man that the Bai family head was a Golden Core-stage Great Immortal.
• Lu Nan transformed the scar-faced man and two others into wild dogs, gave Bai Wei'er a Qi Refining technique, healed her mother Bai Tong, and left them silver.
• Lu Nan carried the wild dogs to a desolate wilderness and turned them into blood mist before leaving Luocheng Kingdom.
• Lu Nan followed his spirit swords to a cave where he sensed an Earth Fiend Spirit Sword and encountered a giant black bear at least at the second layer of Foundation Establishment.
• Lu Nan defended himself from the black bear with five spirit swords and a wall of wind as Wind Blades slashed toward it.

Lu Nan acquired the Forbidden Water sword and followed rumors of Divine Sword Manor’s martial contest, hoping to find more swords. After arriving at the manor, he used a map in his mind to locate and steal another sword, leaving its owner bewildered.

• Lu Nan killed a black bear, retrieved a longsword from its cave, washed it in a river, and awakened its Forbidden Water ability.
• At a tavern, Lu Nan heard about Divine Sword Manor’s contest to find a husband for its Second Miss and learned the manor possessed countless swords.
• Lu Nan arrived at Divine Sword Manor, where the spirit swords within him trembled and an Old Man welcomed him as a guest before the contest began.
• After trying and failing to find a place to test Forbidden Water, Lu Nan followed two red dots on the map in his mind to a mist-shrouded location.
• Lu Nan took an ordinary longsword from a heap of clothing and vanished, and a startled figure returned to find the sword missing.

Lu Nan evaded a search for the spirit sword he had stolen and discovered that Shen Er’s daughter possessed another sword of the same kind. He took her sword and arranged for Shen Er’s eldest daughter to enter the Artifact Refining Sect in exchange for compensation, leaving the family with tokens and instructions to keep the swords’ matter secret.

• Lu Nan hid the stolen spirit sword in the Mysterious Space before joining the manor’s guests for an inspection, which failed to detect it.
• Lu Nan noticed two Earth Fiend Spirit Swords among the red-clad girl’s possessions and learned that she had not recognized their nature.
• Lu Nan visited Shen Er, presented his token as the Young Peak Master, and demanded the girl’s remaining sword.
• Lu Nan took the girl’s sword and offered pills and a defensive Array Plate, along with a place in the Artifact Refining Sect for one daughter.
• Shen Er exchanged the offered rewards for his eldest daughter’s admission, and Lu Nan left two tokens before vanishing.
• Shen Er told his daughters to keep the swords secret and avoid mentioning them after entering the sect.

Lu Nan returned to Spirit Treasure Pavilion to repay his debt to Fu Ye with talismans and prepare for the Azure Desolate Secret Realm. As he set out for the Artifact Refining Sect, Ye Hanyan intercepted him and ordered him to stay on Sect Master Peak until the realm opened.

• Lu Nan claimed the Water-Treading and Earth-Walking divine abilities from two Spirit Swords, then decided to return before the Azure Desolate Secret Realm opened.
• Lu Nan visited Spirit Treasure Pavilion, reunited with Fu Ye, gave her talismans as compensation, and requested more materials.
• Lu Nan inscribed first-, second-, and third-grade talismans in a quiet room, then left a portion with Fu Ye and departed.
• While flying toward the Artifact Refining Sect, Lu Nan was brought before Ye Hanyan, who told him to stay on Sect Master Peak until the Azure Desolate Secret Realm opened.

Ye Hanyan tested Lu Nan’s array skills, alchemy, and swordsmanship, then offered him a Mortal Transformation Pill if he could defeat her. Lu Nan launched a series of attacks using arrays, pills, stealth, and sword intent, but Ye Hanyan remained unharmed as he considered whether to reveal his remaining trump cards.

• Ye Hanyan questioned Lu Nan’s progress in arrays and alchemy, and Lu Nan demonstrated a third-grade Lost-Trace Formation.
• Ye Hanyan ordered Lu Nan to study the Sword Dao under her and tested his Azure Lotus Steps and Azure Lotus Strike.
• Ye Hanyan offered Lu Nan a Mortal Transformation Pill if he could defeat her, and Lu Nan confirmed the pill was genuine.
• Lu Nan surrounded Ye Hanyan with arrays, spread crushed pills through the area, and attacked while hiding and changing positions.
• Ye Hanyan cut through Lu Nan’s attacks and recognized his sword intent, while Lu Nan retreated into the array and debated whether to use his remaining trump cards.