Chapter Summaries

Lu Bei left his seclusion with Bai Jin to attend to the Heavenly Sword Sect, giving her Great Quiet Heaven and receiving the sword factions who had come to pay respects. He summoned Zhan Hongqu to arrange a meeting about appointing the Nine Swords Elders, and she wondered whether her father would be chosen.

• Lu Bei used a cultivation excuse to delay returning to Cangqian Mountain while he stayed with Bai Jin, who later began a three-month seclusion to study the Immortal Sword Canon.
• Lu Bei gave Bai Jin Great Quiet Heaven, and she accepted the sword despite her concerns about appearances.
• Bai Jin asked Lu Bei to pass her regards to Zhan Lexian and privately regretted that she had taken the man She loved.
• Lu Bei attended the visiting Sect Masters at Sword-Revering Peak and summoned Zhan Hongqu from behind a pillar.
• Lu Bei asked Zhan Hongqu to tell Qin Fantian that he wanted to discuss appointing the Nine Swords Elders, and Zhan Hongqu wondered whether her father was among them.

Lu Bei reached level 121 and broke through into the Body Integration Realm, then met with Qin Fantian to settle the Heavenly Sword Sect’s Nine Swords list and discuss its delayed sect license. After Qin Fantian left, Zhan Hongqu brought Lu Bei tea, and he wondered what she really wanted.

• Lu Bei advanced to the Body Integration Realm, invested Skill Points in the Step by Step Lotus Blooming Method, and allocated 100,000 points to Speed.
• Lu Bei raised his Secondary Professions and gained nearly a million Skill Points before Qin Fantian arrived to discuss the Nine Swords list.
• Qin Fantian discovered Lu Bei’s breakthrough and marveled that he had advanced from early Void Refining to Body Integration in less than half a month.
• Lu Bei named Zhan Lexian, Xie Qingyi, Mu Lichen, Lian Lin, and Wang Yan as the five Nine Swords Elders, and Qin Fantian agreed to announce the list in three days.
• Qin Fantian told Lu Bei that the Huangji Sect was delaying the Heavenly Sword Sect’s license, then withdrew after they discussed the issue.
• Zhan Hongqu brought Lu Bei tea, claimed she had nothing else to report, and left him wondering why she had come.

Lu Bei told Zhan Hongqu that she could cultivate the Immortal Sword Canon by sharing his Immortal Sword Intent through dual cultivation, and she chose to learn it but fled when the moment came. After Lian Lin asked for sword guidance, Lu Bei arranged a public sword-intent instruction session, then entered solitary confinement to study the Heavenly Tome.

• Zhan Hongqu visited Lu Bei to ask about her father and his trip to Beijun Mountain, but Lu Bei revealed that Zhan Lexian was on the Nine Swords Elder list.
• Lu Bei explained the Immortal Sword Canon and how Zhan Hongqu could share his Immortal Sword Intent through dual cultivation, while leaving the choice to her.
• Zhan Hongqu decided to learn the Immortal Sword Canon and pushed Lu Bei onto the couch, but she lost her nerve and fled.
• Lian Lin asked Lu Bei for sword guidance, and Lu Bei announced that he would instruct disciples in sword intent at the Back mountain the next day.
• Lu Bei entered the Solitary Confinement inside the Twin Profound Treasure Map and began studying the Heavenly Tome.

Lu Bei endured the damaged Tome Fragment’s chaotic trials and gained the Rumble character and Innate Breathing Technique before returning to Sanqing Peak after delegating Heavenly Sword Sect duties to five Nine Swords Elders. He planned to rest briefly, then head to Guan Prefecture to gain experience, as She Xuan brought him roast goose.

• Lu Bei repeatedly touched the stone tablets in the Tome Fragment’s space, eventually acquiring the Rumble character, which shook his body and damaged his Small World.
• Lu Bei obtained the Innate Breathing Technique, tested its effects by breathing, and used the Rumble character to make one of the Nine Swords vibrate with force.
• Lu Bei failed to forge a Magic Robe from Lord Xinli’s clothes and Bu Zishi’s black fluid, then used his authority as sect master to take several treasured robes.
• Lu Bei met the sword cultivators gathered at the Back mountain and shared experience with them before announcing the Nine Swords roster three days later.
• Lu Bei appointed Lian Lin, Wang Yan, Xie Qingyi, Mu Lichen, and Zhan Lexian as Nine Swords Elders, delegated sect affairs to them, and tasked Qin Fantian with building a factory with Huangji Sect.
• Lu Bei returned to Sanqing Peak, rested for two days, and planned to travel to Guan Prefecture; She Xuan arrived carrying roast goose.

Lu Bei spent the day with Sister She, Zhao Shiran, and the five little foxes before teaching the Innate Breathing Technique to Zhu Baiyu and Zhu Qilan. Zhu Qilan reported that Wu Zhou's situation was stable, but a fragrant secret letter from Lu Bei's godmother arrived before she could take him away.

• Sister She cooked for Lu Bei, who pulled her into his arms and carried her to the Solitary Confinement, then left her alone on the couch.
• Lu Bei cultivated with Zhao Shiran, taught her the Innate Breathing Technique, and took the five little foxes to Langyu County to eat, drink, and play.
• Lu Bei gathered Sister She and the little foxes to teach them the breathing technique, then taught Zhu Baiyu and Zhu Qilan after Zhu Qilan asked to learn it.
• Zhu Qilan told Lu Bei that Qinggan's forces were contained and Wu Zhou's overall position was stable, while the Empress Dowager hoped to see her grandchild.
• A fragrant secret letter shot toward Lu Bei, who caught it and said it had come from his godmother.

Lu Bei learned that Fox Three was in trouble in the Northern Lands and went to help, after arranging for the five little foxes to stay in Heavenly Sword Sect. Fox Three and his allies were cornered by two powerful pursuers, and Lu Bei arrived just as they threatened him.

• Lu Bei read Fox Two's secret letter asking Fox Four to rescue Fox Three, then asked Zhu Qilan to help assign his soldiers missions in the Western Three Prefectures.
• Lu Bei sent the five little foxes to Cangqian Mountain's secret realm and traveled north with Elder She.
• Fox Three and Wang Hu hid with their injured allies after the rebellion in Heze Kingdom left Fox Three wanted as the Old Emperor's pregnant Beloved Consort.
• Chi Kuangtian and Fa Jin found Fox Three's group underground and forced them to the surface, where they prepared to fight.
• Fox Three called for his mother, and Lu Bei crashed into the battlefield, challenging Fa Jin to repeat his words.

Lu Bei arrived in Heze at the Body Integration Realm, defeated Fa Jin, and reunited with Fox Three, who enlisted his help and explained his secret mission. Fox Three revealed that he was investigating a rumored northern secret realm containing treasures left behind by vanished Tribulation Stage experts, while Huangji Sect’s interference had helped spark a rebellion in Heze.

• Lu Bei arrived during Fox Three’s confrontation with Chi Kuangtian and Fa Jin, killed Fa Jin with one punch, and watched Chi Kuangtian flee with his men.
• Lu Bei teased Fox Three about his cultivation and took two Qiankun Rings from him in exchange for help.
• Lu Bei released She Xuan, and Fox Three learned that Lu Bei had become Sect Master of Heavenly Sword Sect.
• Fox Three explained that he had come to Heze to investigate a rumored secret realm holding treasures left by Tribulation Stage experts who had vanished a thousand years earlier.
• Fox Three said he suspected Huangji Sect had stirred up the Great General’s rebellion and described how Wang Hu had helped him obtain information from the former Heze King’s Queen.

Lu Bei and Fox Three traveled to Shuochang to find the exiled Old Emperor and Queen, while Wang Hu stayed in Heze to investigate the rebellion. They reached the Old Emperor and met the Queen, who immediately threw herself into Fox Three’s arms, leaving Lu Bei irritated that his brother had taken the attention.

• Lu Bei accepted the quests tied to avenging Fox Three and investigating the secret realm.
• Fox Three explained the Northern kingdoms’ corrupt power-sharing, and Wang Hu predicted that the Old Emperor would flee to Shuochang.
• Wang Hu stayed in Heze to investigate the Great General’s backers, while Fox Three, Lu Bei, and Sister She went to Shuochang to find the Old Emperor and Queen.
• Fox Three introduced himself at the Old Emperor’s manor, and the Old Emperor welcomed the group with an elaborate show of distress.
• The Queen arrived, embraced Fox Three, and received his promise to help her, while Lu Bei angrily regretted that Fox Three had not put him forward instead.

Fox Three negotiated Dong Zhuo’s restoration with Lu Bei’s help, and Dong Zhuo reclaimed the throne after He Jin fled the capital. Lu Bei learned that Huangji Sect backed He Jin and prepared for Zhu Heng’s return while settling into the palace with Sister She.

• Fox Three promised to help Dong Zhuo reclaim his throne, and Lu Bei agreed to defeat anyone who opposed them.
• Fox Three returned with Queen’s blood, then discussed He Jin and learned that Heze’s Great General shared a name with a figure from the Three Kingdoms.
• Dong Zhuo led his Imperial Guards to the capital, where Wang Hu reported that Huangji Sect supported He Jin and two other lineages were ready to intervene.
• Lu Bei and Sister She reached the palace, but He Jin had fled with his harem; Fox Three identified Zhu Heng as the Huangji Sect Grand Elder likely to return.
• Dong Zhuo reclaimed the throne, and Lu Bei went to his quarters at Furong Hall, where Sister She slowly approached him as he bathed.

Lu Bei and She Xuan discovered an underground chamber beneath Furong Hall, but its Bloodline Mechanism did not open. After Fox Three reported that the Huangji Sect Grand Elder was coming, Lu Bei intercepted the approaching Lu Zhou and prepared to fight him.

• Lu Bei and She Xuan entered the chamber beneath the bathing pool and found a bronze door with an Ancient Xia inscription.
• Lu Bei used the Queen's blood on the Bloodline Mechanism, but it failed to activate, so he and She Xuan left the underground chamber.
• Lu Bei and She Xuan spent the night together on Furong Hall's roof while the Golden Scale Viper cultivated in the moonlight.
• Fox Three arrived and reported that Wang Hu had questioned the Queen about the secret realm, and that He Jin had reached the Han Jin royal palace ahead of the Huangji Sect Grand Elder's visit.
• Lu Bei sensed an approaching enemy and intercepted Lu Zhou, then formed an iron sword with the Five Elements Wheel and charged at him.

Lu Bei defeated Lu Zhou in disguise, extracted his Saber Intent, and captured him before revealing his identity. He brought Lu Zhou to the royal palace, where Fox Three proposed an outrageous method for forcing him to talk.

• Lu Bei sparred with Lu Zhou in the mountains, overwhelming him with swordsmanship and enclosing him in a Small World.
• Lu Bei wounded Lu Zhou repeatedly until Lu Zhou burst out Saber Intent, which Lu Bei recycled into an iron sword while gaining 50 million experience.
• Lu Bei revealed his identity, refused to punish Lu Zhou, and invited him to join the Heavenly Sword Sect as a lackey.
• Lu Bei bound the wounded Lu Zhou and carried him to the royal palace, where Fox Three claimed he could capture Lu Zhou too.
• Fox Three suggested stripping Lu Zhou and using an embarrassing recording to force a confession, leaving Lu Bei and She Xuan speechless.

Lu Bei learned why Lu Zhou had come to the Northern Border and traveled with him and She Xuan to Han Jin, where they met Zhu Heng and two Body Integration Realm cultivators from Xiong Chu. Lu Bei recognized Lord Xinli and provoked her and Lord Xin Kuang as the factions gathered to discuss the secret realm.

• Lu Zhou confessed that he had come to the Northern Border to help Zhu Heng investigate the secret realm and recruit allies against cultivators from Qi Yan, Xiong Chu, and Xuan Long.
• Lu Bei and Fox Three stopped their staged quarrel, and Lu Zhou explained that Zhu Heng was waiting in Han Jin.
• Lu Bei and She Xuan went ahead with Lu Zhou while Fox Three stayed behind to verify the Queen's information about the secret realm.
• At Han Jin's royal palace, Zhu Heng waited with Lord Xin Kuang and Lord Xinli, worried that Lu Zhou had been injured by the Heze royal cultivators.
• Lu Zhou arrived injured, and Lu Bei and She Xuan followed; Lord Xinli recognized Lu Bei and retreated.
• Lu Bei rejected Zhu Heng's attempt to claim him as a relative, then provoked Lord Xin Kuang and Lord Xinli.

Lu Bei defeated Lord Xin Kuang in a sword duel, then joined Xiongchu and Wu Zhou's leaders to discuss the secret realm. Lord Xin Kuang revealed that Xiongchu had changed its stance because of a threat linked to Chi Yun Palace, though the extent of that threat remained unclear.

• Lu Bei provoked Lord Xinli with suggestive remarks about her ruined clothes, then agreed to meet her outside the city that night.
• Lord Xin Kuang challenged Lu Bei, and Lu Bei overwhelmed him with the Immortal Sword Intent before continuing the fight until Lord Xin Kuang yielded.
• While watching the duel, Zhu Heng decided to warn Zhu Qilan that Lu Bei was supposedly flirting with Elder She.
• At a meeting in Han Jin's Imperial Garden, Lord Xin Kuang explained that he had doubted the secret-realm information and would not normally cooperate with Wu Zhou.
• Lord Xin Kuang said Xiongchu had changed its mind because of Xuanlong and Chi Yun Palace, and reported that their informants had seen Sword Fiend Dugu.

Lu Bei learned that Xuánlǒng’s Chi Yun Palace had joined the struggle over a secret realm, prompting Mighty Chu and Wu Zhou to form an alliance. After Fox Three confirmed the secret realm’s location and received Lu Bei’s intelligence, Zhu Heng sent Lu Bei to try to ally with Qi Yan and keep other parties out of the contest.

• Mighty Chu and Wu Zhou agreed to ally against Xuánlǒng, then spent two hours negotiating how to divide the spoils.
• Lu Bei tried to sneak out at night, but Sister She caught him; Fox Three interrupted them to report that the secret realm was at Yin Mountain and would open in three days.
• Lu Bei told Fox Three about Xuánlǒng, Chi Yun Palace, and a secret passage beneath Nangong, and Fox Three left to send the intelligence to the Wu Zhou capital.
• Zhu Heng privately tasked Lu Bei with seeking an alliance with Qi Yan and, if that failed, preventing Qi Yan from entering the contest.
• Sister She followed Lu Bei as he set out to handle Zhu Heng’s mission.

Ji Yue and Lord Xinli discussed an alliance over the Yiliang Secret Realm, while Lu Bei arrived and attacked Qi Yan’s delegation. The chapter ended with Qi Changqing taking control of Lu Bei’s Small World and Wu Zifei striking at him, only for Lu Bei to block her sword.

• Ji Yue reviewed Qi Yan’s intelligence reports and told Qi Changqing and Wu Zifei that he would soon locate the Yiliang Secret Realm.
• Lord Xinli arrived and reported that Wu Zhou and Xuanlong had allied over the secret realm, prompting Ji Yue to propose an alliance with Xiong Chu.
• Lu Bei told She Xuan he would clear the field, then appeared beside Lord Xinli and claimed he would kill Ji Yue, Qi Changqing, and Wu Zifei.
• Ji Yue tried to persuade Lu Bei to cooperate, but Lu Bei refused and cited Qi Yan’s border troops, its ties to the Qing Gan Remnants, and his grudge over Old Demon Mo Xue.
• Qi Changqing seized control of Lu Bei’s Small World with a formation, and Wu Zifei attacked him with her sword.
• Lu Bei blocked Wu Zifei’s strike and said she had nearly injured him.

Lu Bei fought Ji Yue, Wu Zifei, and Qi Changqing, who used a formation to suppress him, and revealed the power of his newly attained Integrated Body Realm. After breaking free of their formation, he turned the Small World against them and launched a devastating assault, leaving their defenses under pressure.

• Wu Zifei transformed into purple lightning and attacked Lu Bei, who countered her with the Four Spirits of Heaven.
• Ji Yue and Wu Zifei used Qi Changqing's formation to strengthen their attacks and overwhelm Lu Bei with Buddha Light and lightning.
• Lu Bei fought back with his sword and clones, then revealed that he had been playing with his opponents and shattered Wu Zifei's lightning incarnation with a punch.
• Qi Changqing layered illusions over Lu Bei's senses, but Lu Bei unleashed Immortal Sword Intent and broke the formation's seal, reclaiming control of the Small World.
• Lu Bei summoned the moon, stars, Four Spirits of Heaven, and Five-Colored Radiance to attack, while Ji Yue, Qi Changqing, and Wu Zifei raised their defenses.

Lu Bei killed Qi Changqing, Ji Yue, and Wu Zifei after they attacked him, then warned Lord Xinli that Qi Yan’s Innate Mansion would receive no quarter for future aggression against Wu Zhou. He later told Zhu Heng that Qi Yan had refused an alliance, leaving Zhu Heng to confirm the deaths and prevent more Qi Yan forces from interfering before the secret realm opened.

• Qi Changqing’s attempt to seize control of Lu Bei’s Small World failed, and Lu Bei killed Qi Changqing, Ji Yue, and Wu Zifei.
• Lu Bei teased Lord Xinli about a marriage pact, then ordered her to relay his warning that he would kill any Qi Yan Innate Mansion members he encountered.
• Sister She arrived, comforted Lu Bei, and flew with him toward Han Jin.
• At the Han Jin royal palace, Lu Bei told Zhu Heng that Qi Yan had refused an alliance and that he had killed its three experts.
• Zhu Heng left to verify the deaths and prevent Qi Yan from sending more people before the secret realm opened.

Lu Bei and the other factions gathered at Yin Mountain to enter the Yiliang Secret Realm, where they encountered Sword Fiend Dugu and two members of the Zhao Family of Xuanlong. The chapter ended with Lu Bei loudly praising Lord Xin Kuang’s sword intent, drawing Dugu’s curious attention to him.

• Zhu Heng and Lu Zhou discussed whether Lu Bei had secretly allied with Qi Yan and summoned reinforcements while Lord Xinli reported the secret-realm intelligence to Xiong Chu.
• Lu Bei stayed with She Xuan for three days, exchanged intelligence with Fox Three, and obtained two tubes of the Queen’s blood.
• Lu Bei, Zhu Heng, Lord Xinli, Lord Xin Kuang, and their companions confirmed that the Yiliang Secret Realm would open beneath Yin Mountain and reached its underground cold pool.
• Three figures appeared at the cave entrance, and the old man introduced himself to Lu Bei as Dugu, the Sword Fiend.
• Lord Xin Kuang identified the other newcomers as Zhao Wugou and Zhao Wuxia of Xuanlong, and Lu Bei praised Lord Xin Kuang’s Heaven Splitting Sword Intent in front of Dugu.

Lu Bei and the others entered the Yiliang Secret Realm, where they joined forces with Zhu Jingli and surveyed a map of its ancient palaces. The group reached a palace identified as the Moon Palace, leaving its treasures unexplored.

• Lord Xin Kuang activated the Bloodline Mechanism with a vial of blood, opening the entrance to the Yiliang Secret Realm.
• Zhu Yuan and Zhu Xiuzhu, Zhu Jingli with two guards, and King Yuanxuan with King Xinxian arrived at the cavern.
• King Yuanxuan entered the Secret Realm first, followed by the Huangji Sect, while Zhu Jingli warned Lu Bei about Dugu and gave She Xuan three talismans.
• Lu Bei, She Xuan, Zhu Jingli, and the others entered the Secret Realm, where Zhu Jingli used a Bronze Mirror to reveal a map and pointed out a white palace as a likely place for precious treasures.
• The group reached the palace and found a stone stele bearing the words “Clouds of Color Fade Easily, Clear Moons Are Hard to Find”; the palace was identified as the Moon Palace.

Lu Bei and Zhu Jingli searched Yiliang’s Moon Palace for imperial treasures before encountering rival factions in the ruins. Sword Fiend Dugu challenged Lu Bei to a deadly duel, and their battle ended with both badly wounded as the secret realm’s halls were destroyed.

• Zhu Jingli found Yiliang’s Imperial Seal in a hidden stone box, kept it, and promised Lu Bei first pick of later treasures.
• Zhu Jingli’s group met Zhu Yuan’s Huangji Sect faction, but Zhu Yuan’s companions restrained him from provoking Lu Bei.
• Dugu confronted Lu Bei and unleashed his Sword Intent, forcing the assembled factions to retreat as the sky split under their clashing auras.
• Dugu challenged Lu Bei to a duel that could end with either man’s death, and the two began fighting with their swords.
• Lu Bei drove Dugu into the ground and crushed his skull while Dugu struck Lu Bei with a broken sword, leaving both bleeding amid the ruins.