Chapter Summaries

Lu Bei returned to the Cangqian Mountain Secret Realm, where he transformed Demonic Creatures and ordered Qin Fantian to name those who lacked names. He then asked Qin Fantian about Dao Rhyme and learned that Chong Yuxiao had pursued it, leaving Lu Bei wondering whether it explained Chong Yuxiao’s extraordinary sword strike.

• Lu Bei told Qin Fantian about his exploits in Xuanlong, while Qin Fantian doubted his exaggerated account.
• Lu Bei recognized the White Horned Python from a past encounter, erased his portrait from its scales, and reflected on how his relationships with Bai Jin, Elder She, and Zhan Hongqu had changed.
• Lu Bei used spiritual light to help the Demonic Creatures refine their bones and take on half-demon forms, then transformed the Black and White Snakes into snake women named Hei Xiao and Bai Xia.
• Lu Bei ordered Qin Fantian to name the nameless Demonic Creatures and threatened to keep him and Zhan Lexian in the secret realm until the task was done.
• Lu Bei asked Qin Fantian about Dao Rhyme, heard that Chong Yuxiao had devoted himself to it, and recalled Chong Yuxiao’s sword strike against the Ten-Eyed Great Demon.

Lu Bei learned that the second Tome Fragment contained Lu Li’s Formless Divine Wind, but after spending 30,000 Skill Points he gained only a Xun Character with no apparent effect. Unsure why it had failed, he decided to ask his cousin for help, but Zhan Hongqu arrived before he could act.

• Qin Fantian explained that Dao Resonance required exceptional cultivation and comprehension, so Lu Bei ordered him to name three hundred elm trees as punishment for flattering him.
• Qin Fantian summoned Zhan Lexian and told him to name the trees too, blaming him for getting Qin Fantian into trouble.
• Lu Bei spent 30,000 Skill Points to learn the Tome Fragment hidden inside the Fang Tian Hua Ji and learned from Lu Li’s diary that she had comprehended Formless Divine Wind from it.
• Lu Bei touched the Xun Character, but it produced no noticeable change in his Small World, so he suspected he needed his cousin’s help to understand wind.
• Zhan Hongqu entered Lu Bei’s quiet room, and Lu Bei invited her to sit on his lap before she covered his mouth to stop him from speaking.

Lu Bei guided Zhan Hongqu in cultivating the Immortal Sword Canon, helping her master the Immortal Sword Intent and begin a prolonged seclusion. While she trained, he visited Beijun Mountain, arranged missions for Xiao Fengxian and Little Scout, and waited for Bai Jin to emerge; with seven days left, he headed to Yizhou to find White Tiger and study wind.

• Lu Bei reunited with Zhan Hongqu, teased her about Zhan Lexian, and guided her through the Yin Yang Separation and Combination Technique until she gained control of the Immortal Sword Intent.
• After three days of instruction, Zhan Hongqu obtained the foundation to practice the Immortal Sword Canon, while Lu Bei checked on Zhan Lexian in the secret realm as he worked on naming the transformed trees.
• During Zhan Hongqu's ten-day seclusion, Lu Bei visited Beijun Mountain, where White Tiger Martial Uncle helped Little Scout purify his bloodline and Dean Lu frightened Xiao Fengxian.
• Lu Bei sent Xiao Fengxian and Little Scout into the Cangqian Mountain secret realm to clear trials, and assigned Xiao Fengxian to comprehend the Long Charge Sword Intent.
• Zhan Hongqu emerged from seclusion and formally began practicing the Immortal Sword Canon before entering a longer retreat with Innate Primordial Qi.
• With seven days remaining before Bai Jin emerged, Lu Bei transformed into golden light and headed to Yizhou to find White Tiger and study wind.

Lu Bei returned to Changming Manor and learned that Qi Yan and Xuanlong had both tried to use beautiful women to secure closer ties with him. Zhu Qilan became angry over the attempts to win him over, and the chapter ended with Lu Bei asking whether Qi Yan’s princess was really as beautiful as described.

• Lu Bei arrived at Changming Manor, where Steward Yu bathed and drank imported wine with him before Zhu Qilan returned from the military camp.
• Lu Bei coaxed Zhu Qilan and heard how Wu Zhou had made Qi Yan compromise in negotiations, then rejected Qi Yan’s offer of a beautiful princess for Lu Bei.
• Zhu Qilan explained that Xuanlong’s Emperor Zhao Fangce had offered Lu Bei a high military position and arranged for diplomat Zhao Wuyou to reside near Heavenly Sword Sect.
• Zhu Qilan told Lu Bei to keep Zhao Wuyou from winning him over, but Lu Bei asked whether Qi Yan’s princess was really that beautiful.

Lu Bei teased Zhu Qilan about Princess Ji and then recounted his month in Xuanlong, including the Zhao Family's attempts to win him over. Zhu Qilan grew concerned about the Grand Tutor and jealous of Lu Bei's distractions, but he promised to stay at Changming Manor and carried her off to bathe.

• Lu Bei complained that the Zhu Family had returned Princess Ji's gift and joked about her beauty until Zhu Qilan and Steward Yu threatened to bar him from the manor.
• Lu Bei read a letter from the Emperor of Xuanlong while Zhu Qilan fed him Eight Treasures Porridge, then showed her the Demon Slaying Sword and discussed Xuanlong's efforts to claim him.
• Lu Bei recounted his victories in Xuanlong and his encounter with Zhao Wuyou, while leaving Zhan Hongqu out of the story; Zhu Qilan felt proud of him but pressured by his aptitude.
• Zhu Qilan asked about the Grand Tutor, and Lu Bei complained that she had nearly taken his life; Zhu Qilan defended her and worried about bringing Lu Bei to the Capital City.
• Zhu Qilan guessed Lu Bei had come for dual cultivation, so he sweet-talked her, promised to stay at Changming Manor, and carried her toward her boudoir.
• Steward Yu led Lu Bei and Zhu Qilan to the bathing room by mistake, where Lu Bei helped Zhu Qilan undress and bathe.

Lu Bei brought Zhu Qilan to study the Wind and Thunder Characters, and Zhu Qilan’s Small World resonated with the Wind Character as she gained new insights. After Zhu Qilan sent him away to cultivate, Lu Bei returned to his sect, where Bai Jin emerged from seclusion and he immediately asked her to help him cultivate.

• Lu Bei showed Zhu Qilan the Wind and Thunder Characters, and she recognized the Thunder Character’s power of vibration after he demonstrated it.
• Zhu Qilan studied the Wind Character, awakening her White Tiger fate sign and causing the images in her Small World to appear; she revealed that her Small World also contained a Wind Character.
• Lu Bei mistook Zhu Qilan’s words about having it for a pregnancy announcement, and she teased him by showing him the Wind Character in her Small World before sending him away.
• Zhu Qilan entered seclusion to sort through her insights, and Lu Bei visited Nine Bamboo Mountain to assign work to the Players and plan their future missions.
• In October of Year 825, Bai Jin emerged from three months of seclusion, and Wei Yu saw Lu Bei send her into the Twin Profound Treasure Map and went to report the affair to the Discipline Hall.
• Lu Bei asked Bai Jin to examine his Immortal Sword Intent, but when she asked whether it possessed Dao Rhyme, he asked her to help him cultivate instead.

After Bai Jin revealed that she had comprehended Dao Rhyme within Long Charge Sword Intent, Lu Bei examined her swordsmanship and sparred with her to understand it. He learned that her Dao Rhyme emphasized humility and peace, then took her away to continue their cultivation together.

• Lu Bei questioned Bai Jin's claim of comprehending Dao Rhyme, and she explained that she had discovered it while refining Long Charge Sword Intent through Immortal Sword Intent.
• Lu Bei reasoned that the Nine Sword Intents might each contain Dao Rhyme, then showed Bai Jin the characters “Zhen” and “Xun,” which she could not comprehend.
• Bai Jin asked whether Lu Bei had met the Grand Tutor, and Lu Bei urged her to stop admiring the woman without revealing what had happened between them.
• Lu Bei and Bai Jin sparred with their Nine Swords, allowing Lu Bei to experience her Dao Rhyme and gain some Immortal Sword Body experience.
• Lu Bei judged Bai Jin's sword intent to be less lethal than Chong Yuxiao's and proposed that they exchange Immortal Sword Intents through dual cultivation.

Lu Bei continued dual cultivation with Bai Jin, though he failed to comprehend the dao rhymes while helping strengthen her Immortal Sword Intent. After receiving Fox Two’s letter about Qi Yan’s treaty and secret realms, Lu Bei prepared to travel to Xian Prefecture, and Bai Jin agreed to accompany him.

• Bai Jin taught Lu Bei the dao rhymes through dual cultivation, but he failed to understand them even as his Immortal Sword Intent gained a faint divine resonance.
• Lu Bei discussed sending Wei Yu to the Cangqian Mountain secret realm to meet Xiao Fengxian and warned Bai Jin to keep her away from his Pretty Boy disciple.
• Fox Two sent Lu Bei a confidential letter saying Qi Yan had accepted a costly treaty with Wu Zhou and that resources and a secret realm awaited him.
• Lu Bei learned that Fox Two wanted him to meet someone at the Western King's Estate and cause trouble for the Huangji Sect’s secret realm.
• Lu Bei told Bai Jin he would leave for Xian Prefecture, and Bai Jin agreed to travel with him to seek sword intents and meet the Grand Preceptor.

Lu Bei left Wei Yu in the Cangqian Mountain Secret Realm with Xiao Fengxian and Little Scout, then traveled with Bai Jin to the Western King's Estate to meet the Grand Tutor. He found Zhu Xiushi waiting instead and threatened her when she said she would expose his relationship with the Grand Tutor.

• Lu Bei brought Bai Jin and Wei Yu to Xiao Fengxian and Little Scout, introduced Wei Yu as Xiao Fengxian's senior sister, and tasked him with helping her reach the Innate stage.
• Lu Bei gave Xiao Fengxian the Yin Yang Two Qi Bottle, which transformed Xiao Fengxian, Little Scout, and Wei Yu into female forms.
• Lu Bei arrived early at the Western King's Estate with Bai Jin, but after waiting, he recognized Zhu Xiushi hiding behind a wall instead of the Grand Tutor.
• Zhu Xiushi questioned Lu Bei about his relationship with Bai Jin and Zhu Qilan, while Lu Bei insisted he was Bai Jin's husband and had never pursued the Grand Tutor.
• When Zhu Xiushi threatened to reveal Lu Bei's relationship with the Grand Tutor, Lu Bei threatened her with his sword intent.

Lu Bei learned that the Grand Tutor was in seclusion after benefiting greatly from their last encounter, then heard Zhu Xiushi explain the risks surrounding Qi Yan’s three secret realms. As Lu Bei and Bai Jin settled in at Mustard Seed Daoist Temple, Zhu Xiushi watched their closeness and reconsidered how necessary her mission was.

• Lu Bei learned from Zhu Xiushi that the Grand Tutor was cultivating in seclusion in the Capital City after stabilizing her foundation and advancing her cultivation.
• Zhu Xiushi warned Lu Bei that Qi Yan might have stripped the three offered secret realms of their value or hidden a major opportunity in one, and said the Ji Family had paid for them.
• Lu Bei rejected Zhu Xiushi’s suggestion that he join forces with Zhu Mu and entered Mustard Seed Daoist Temple with Zhu Xiushi and Bai Jin.
• Zhu Xiushi privately kept watch over Lu Bei to prevent Qi Yan from drawing him into another political marriage, but seeing him with Bai Jin made her feel superfluous.
• Lu Bei told Bai Jin that Zhu Xiushi and the Grand Tutor coveted his Immortal Sword Intent, and Bai Jin dismissed his claim that the Grand Tutor had tried to take it by force.

Lu Bei, Zhu Xiushi, and Bai Jin arrived in Kuixing City to enter one of the secret realms ceded by Qi Yan, while Zhu Xiushi warned him not to provoke trouble. They met a senior Ji Family cultivator and Princess Ji Jie, and Lu Bei’s attention stayed firmly on Bai Jin as the party prepared to proceed to the secret realm.

• Zhu Xiushi warned Lu Bei that the three ceded secret realms remained within Qi Yan and that the Ji Family’s rivals might use the trip to stir conflict.
• Lu Bei suspected that the Ji Family had paid the Old Zhu Family to attack its own factions, but Zhu Xiushi denied it as she bantered with him.
• A golden light brought a senior Ji Family cultivator and Ji Jie to Kuixing City, and the senior recognized Lu Bei as the Heaven Sword Sect’s master before leaving.
• Ji Jie offered to accompany the guests to the secret realm, while Lu Bei rejected Zhu Xiushi’s offer to send Bai Jin away and stayed beside his Senior Sister.
• Bai Jin questioned why the four countries thought a Honey Trap would work on Lu Bei, and he blamed the Grand Tutor for his popularity before joking that she was not human.

Lu Bei learned that Ji Jie was the Qi-Yan Princess the Zhu Family had tried to return, then followed her to a secret realm near Kuixing City despite the risks. After arriving, he sensed a familiar cultivator from Li Luan Palace, and Xiang Muqing appeared, determined to take revenge.

• Lu Bei and Zhu Xiushi discussed Ji Jie and learned that Ji Han was an Earth Immortal who possessed the Gate of No Life.
• Lu Bei chose to visit the Kuixing City secret realm, and Ji Jie admitted that someone in her family had leaked its location.
• Lu Bei, Bai Jin, Zhu Xiushi, and Ji Jie passed through the golden barrier and entered the secret realm together.
• Lu Bei sensed an approaching cultivator from Li Luan Palace and confronted Ji Jie after she denied that one of the formidable figures was from there.
• Xiang Muqing arrived and threatened to repay Lu Bei for his past humiliation.

Xiang Muqing confronted Lu Bei over their past encounter, and the two fought as she tried to trap him with the Four Symbols Subdue Demons Formation. Lu Bei remained confident despite the formation, then answered her Luan Bird transformation by revealing his Golden Winged Great Peng form.

• Xiang Muqing arrived seeking to erase the humiliation of her earlier defeat, and Lu Bei told Bai Jin that he had tricked her into giving up Li Luan Palace’s cultivation method.
• Lu Bei stepped forward to fight Xiang Muqing, and Zhu Xiushi and the others followed as Xiang Muqing fled through the void.
• Lu Bei broke through Xiang Muqing’s attacks and wounded her, but she summoned the Four Symbols Subdue Demons Formation to seal him in.
• Xiang Muqing claimed the formation would suppress Lu Bei’s strongest method, but Lu Bei dismissed the threat and said his fists were still enough to defeat her.
• Xiang Muqing transformed into a gigantic Luan Bird, and Lu Bei revealed his Golden Winged Great Peng form.

Lu Bei defeated Xiang Muqing and her disciples after revealing his Golden Winged Great Peng Demonic Body, but sensed an unseen expert nearby. With Xiang Muqing subdued and her four Junior Disciple Sisters at his mercy, he began threatening her to maximize his gains.

• Lu Bei transformed into his Golden Winged Great Peng Demonic Body and overwhelmed Xiang Muqing's Luan Bird, shattering the Four Symbols Subdue Demons Formation.
• Lu Bei broke through Xiang Muqing's lotus platform and battered her until she was badly wounded and unable to fight back.
• Lu Bei sensed a powerful hidden expert and held back from killing Xiang Muqing, then watched four of her Junior Disciple Sisters arrive.
• The four Junior Disciple Sisters transformed into Luan Birds and surrounded Lu Bei with Five Elements Great Arrays, but he defeated them in the air.
• Lu Bei subdued Xiang Muqing and threatened her with what might happen to her Junior Disciple Sisters.

Lu Bei took Xiang Muqing captive after she swore a Blood Oath, while secretly intending to use her sect’s hidden protector as a Trump Card. As Zhu Xiushi’s divination led the group into the deep sea, a colossal python rose from the water and confronted them.

• Lu Bei forced Xiang Muqing to swear a Blood Oath to serve him, then took her into Mustard Seed Daoist Temple as a ray of light flew eastward.
• Li Luan Palace’s Palace Master healed the four injured disciples and explained that Xiang Muqing’s oath was deliberately flawed and that she could escape.
• Lu Bei revealed to himself that he had kept Xiang Muqing in hopes of drawing out the powerful elder who had protected her group, then made her massage his legs and call him Master.
• Zhu Xiushi divined that the secret realm’s greatest opportunity lay in the deep sea, and Lu Bei and Zhu Xiushi bickered over who should face any danger.
• A gigantic python rose from the sea, towering above the group as Lu Bei and the others stared at it in alarm.

Lu Bei and his companions followed the giant python into its body, where they discovered the ruins of an ancient palace but found no treasure. As they continued searching, Xiang Muqing secretly spoke with her master, who teased her and then threatened to leave.

• Zhu Xiushi deduced that the giant python itself or something inside it was the secret realm’s treasure, and she equipped the group to explore its body.
• Lu Bei and the others entered a misty passage inside the python and found the ruins of a palace filled with crystal-clear bones and broken weapons.
• Xiang Muqing scouted the palace, but the group found no treasures, so Lu Bei took her Lotus Lantern and led the way himself.
• Xiang Muqing secretly contacted her master, who teased her about Lu Bei and Bai Jin before pretending to abandon her.
• Xiang Muqing begged her master not to leave as the conversation ended.

Lu Bei and Fei Xing joined forces to investigate the connected secret-realm entrances, and Lu Bei used Fei Xing’s help to open a star-patterned doorway. He entered with Bai Jin after Xiang Muqing, then saw powerful phantoms and a blood-red battlefield before Fei Xing called him to wake up.

• Fei Xing revealed that the secret-realm entrances in Xuandou City, Luoshang City, and Kuixing City led to one interconnected place, and she and Lu Bei agreed to a verbal alliance.
• Fei Xing guided Lu Bei to a ruined stone doorway and lent him a lotus petal, helping him use the Star Hiding Art to uncover its stellar pattern.
• Xiang Muqing realized Lu Bei knew the Star Hiding Art and pleaded with Fei Xing, who accused her of leaking the technique.
• Lu Bei opened the star gate, sent Xiang Muqing through first, then entered with Bai Jin as the lotus petal began to leave.
• Inside the passage, Lu Bei saw illusory Great Divine Ability users, a battlefield beneath a blood-red sky, and a pair of merciless eyes before Fei Xing urged him to wake up.

Lu Bei and Fei Xing explored a mysterious sea realm after the group was separated, then Lu Bei found Zhu Xiushi and Zhu Mu besieged by Gu Yunyan, Lu Xiong, and Wen Xiuyi. He joined the battle and struck Lu Xiong with overwhelming speed, turning to confront Gu Yunyan.

• Lu Bei discovered that he had been separated from Bai Jin, Zhu Xiushi, and the others, and he and Fei Xing agreed to search the secret realm while worrying about their missing companions.
• Lu Bei and Fei Xing noticed that they had been teleported outside the Great Serpent's body, and Lu Bei flew toward a disturbance in the sky.
• Gu Yunyan joined Lu Xiong and Wen Xiuyi to seize the secret realm, while Zhu Mu proposed that Zhu Xiushi hold off the two Palace leaders as he attacked Gu Yunyan.
• Lu Bei arrived behind Zhu Xiushi, who initially struck at him, then reunited with her and Zhu Mu.
• Lu Bei dismissed Lu Xiong's formation defenses with a rapid punch and recognized Gu Yunyan as Gu Changqing of Qi Yan.

Lu Bei fought Lu Xiong after the Nine Que Palace master challenged him to display his swordsmanship, then pursued Wen Xiuyi and learned that Wen Xiuyi had escaped death using a second body. Zhu Xiushi stopped Lu Bei from chasing Gu Yunyan, but Lu Bei welcomed the prospect of provoking Qi Yan and drawing out Ji Han.

• Gu Yunyan endured Lu Bei’s taunts, while Lu Xiong challenged Lu Bei to show his swordsmanship and Wen Xiuyi attacked Zhu Mu and Zhu Xiushi.
• Lu Xiong struck Lu Bei with Five Elements Sword Intent, but Lu Bei emerged unharmed and killed him, destroying his body and Primordial Spirit.
• Lu Bei took the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation Diagram, while Gu Yunyan fled and Wen Xiuyi tried to escape.
• Zhu Xiushi trapped Wen Xiuyi with the Thunderous Bagua Mirror, and Lu Bei struck him into the void, but Wen Xiuyi survived by sacrificing his Auxiliary Star body.
• Fei Xing explained Wen Xiuyi’s Twin Stars method, and Zhu Xiushi stopped Lu Bei from pursuing Gu Yunyan as Lu Bei said he wanted to draw Ji Han out.

Lu Bei negotiated a pill-trade discount with Zhu Mu while Zhu Xiushi accused him of playing both sides. Separated from Lu Bei, Xiang Muqing, Bai Jin, and Ji Jie entered a hidden cloud-sea realm, where four powerful Blood Servants appeared before the city called Sea Suppressing Heaven Covering.

• Lu Bei explained how Ji Han’s interference had intensified his killing intent, and Zhu Xiushi and Zhu Mu considered what had happened to Lu Xiong.
• Lu Bei asked Zhu Mu for a fifty percent discount on pills, but Zhu Mu offered ten percent and promptly left the secret realm.
• Zhu Xiushi accused Lu Bei of currying favor with multiple factions, and Lu Bei slapped him before leading him onward.
• Xiang Muqing, Bai Jin, and Ji Jie discovered a rift in the sky and entered the hidden region despite Xiang Muqing’s warning that it was dangerous.
• The three women emerged in a cloud sea beneath seven pillars marked with the Big Dipper’s names and spotted the city labeled Sea Suppressing Heaven Covering.
• Four blood beads transformed into two men and two women with Tribulation Stage auras, whom Xiang Muqing recognized as Blood Servants.