Chapter Summaries

Chen Sheng bid farewell to the dead and the Tang Clan in Chu Kingdom before setting out to cross the dangerous Myriad Beasts Mountain Range. After finding no trace of his lost family in the outskirts, he cautiously ventured deeper toward Yue Kingdom.

• Chen Sheng visited the Tang Clan Ancestral Cemetery, mourned his old friends, and left Chu Kingdom using Sword Escape.
• He secretly entered the Tang Clan grounds and transmitted a Second-grade mid-tier alchemy inheritance to Tang Xinzu.
• Chen Sheng visited Yan Land, paid respects to old friends, and decided not to leave behind a Secret Abode.
• He searched the northwestern outskirts of the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range, sensed danger in one area, and left without finding traces of his family.
• Chen Sheng began crossing deeper into the mountain range, using concealment methods and route maps to avoid demon beast territories and the Core Area.

After three years crossing the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range, Chen Sheng was ambushed by a One-Horned Azure Ox Demon King and fought desperately while retreating toward human territory. As he prepared to continue the battle, he broke through the bottleneck in his Clear Sword Heart and awakened a peerlessly sharp Sword Intent.

• Chen Sheng meditated in his concealed formation until the pursuing One-Horned Azure Ox Demon King shattered it and attacked him.
• Chen Sheng escaped the Demon King's Rock Spikes, then used the Tingyu Sword and Heavenly Dipper Wind-Thunder Sword Formation to fight back as he retreated.
• The Demon King pursued Chen Sheng with Black Divine Wind and corrosive black water, while Chen Sheng relied on talismans and pills to defend himself and sustain the fight.
• Chen Sheng wounded the Demon King with the Tingyu Sword near the edge of the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range, but the Demon King knocked the sword away with its hooves.
• As Chen Sheng prepared to resume the fight, his Clear Sword Heart's bottleneck broke, and a sharp Sword Intent formed within him.

Chen Sheng awakened Sword Intent and used it to defeat the One-Horned Azure Ox Demon King, but the Demon King's lethal bloodline attack left him gravely injured. After securing the corpse and his treasures, Chen Sheng fled toward the mortal regions of the Yue Kingdom to recover.

• Chen Sheng's Sword Heart transformed into Sword Intent, letting him read the Demon King's movements and strengthen his attacks.
• Chen Sheng struck the Demon King's consciousness with the Four Symbols God-Suppressing Seal and wounded it with the Tingyu Sword.
• Chen Sheng trapped the fleeing Demon King inside the Heavenly Dipper Wind-Thunder Sword Formation and gradually wore it down with Sword Threads.
• The Demon King fired a death ray that shattered Chen Sheng's defensive talisman and pill cauldron, then severely injured him.
• Chen Sheng swallowed Calamity-Crossing Pills as the exhausted Demon King collapsed and died.
• Chen Sheng collected the Demon King's corpse and his treasures, then fled toward the mortal regions of the Yue Kingdom to recuperate.

After two years recovering at the White Jade Wang Clan, Chen Sheng finally purged the deathly energy from his wounds and assessed his new sword abilities. With a clearer understanding of Yue Kingdom’s cultivation world, he decided to seek entry into a Nascent Soul-level faction for protection and access to higher inheritances.

• Chen Sheng continued healing at the White Jade Wang Clan, using his Sword Heart and Sword Origin to expel the deathly energy left by the Unicorn Demon King’s attack.
• Chen Sheng reflected on the dangers of the Cultivation World, recognized weaknesses in his Heavenly Dipper Wind-Thunder Sword Formation, and tested his Life-Bound Flying Sword and Sword-Practiced Thread Condensation.
• Two months later, Chen Sheng’s hidden wounds had fully recovered, and he considered the shifting balance of power among Yue Kingdom’s factions.
• Chen Sheng recalled how the Four Symbols Devilish Sect had fallen after a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator used the Soul-Slaying Gourd against the Four Symbols Devil Lord.
• Chen Sheng resolved to seek entry into a Nascent Soul-level faction to pursue Core Transformation methods, the secret art of Condensing Dragon and Tiger, and further development of his talents.

Chen Sheng arrived at Pingyang Market Town to gather intelligence on Yue Kingdom’s Nascent Soul powers and strengthen himself before choosing an allegiance. After renting a cave residence and meeting Jin Kaiyuan, he concealed his true wealth and planned to refine the One-Horned Azure Ox Demon King’s corpse into a protective Dharma Artifact.

• Chen Sheng left Yuqiong Island with a jade slip from the Wang Clan's Clan Leader and traveled for a month to Pingyang Market Town.
• Chen Sheng chose Hu Si to guide him through the Market Town, where Hu Si explained its powers, cultivators, and resources.
• Chen Sheng rented a high-grade Third-grade cave residence for three years and met Jin Kaiyuan of Tiankui Sect, who mistook him for a poor pseudo Sword Cultivator.
• Chen Sheng set up a concealment formation and realized Jin Kaiyuan’s eye technique had detected clues about his cultivation.
• Chen Sheng examined the One-Horned Azure Ox Demon King’s corpse and his hidden stores of treasures, then planned to refine the corpse into a protective Dharma Artifact before seeking a Nascent Soul power.

Chen Sheng completed the Azure Rhinoceros Profound Armor and attended the Blackwater Auction to find a suitable ore for his Tingyu Sword. He won a piece of Antarctic Water Metal, bringing the sword closer to advancing to mid-grade Third-grade.

• Chen Sheng finished refining the Azure Rhinoceros Profound Armor and tested its strong defenses against his Sword Qi.
• Chen Sheng went to the Blackwater Auction in disguise, hoping to find a high-grade ore compatible with the Tingyu Sword.
• True Lord Kumu opened the auction, where Yunzhen Pills, Foundation Establishment Pills, and other goods drew vigorous bidding.
• Chen Sheng bid four hundred thousand Spirit Stones for the Antarctic Water Metal, outlasting the other bidders and winning it.
• Chen Sheng secured the material he needed to help the Tingyu Sword advance to mid-grade Third-grade.

Chen Sheng bought several third-grade spiritual materials at the Blackwater Auction and watched the Golden Core cultivators compete fiercely for a Jade Purity Barrier Breaking Pill. The auction’s protections prevented Jin Kaiyuan and Lu Xiao from fighting, and Lu Xiao won the pill for fifty-seven thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones as the auction’s climax continued.

• Chen Sheng failed to win a high-grade Third-grade Thunder-pattern Iron Ore but secured five other auction items, including a Vertical Earth Golden Light Talisman and four third-grade spiritual materials.
• True Lord Kumu presented the Jade Purity Barrier Breaking Pill, drawing intense interest from Golden Core cultivators who hoped it would help them break through their bottlenecks.
• Jin Kaiyuan and Lu Xiao bid against each other, revealed their identities, and exchanged threats as the price climbed.
• True Lord Kumu activated the Illusionary Light Dragon Locking Formation and warned that the Xuan Mansion forbade fighting in the auction hall.
• Lu Xiao won the pill with a bid of fifty-seven thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones after Jin Kaiyuan withdrew, and Chen Sheng suspected the auction had deliberately stoked their rivalry.

Chen Sheng watched Yue Kingdom’s auction reveal increasingly rare treasures, from Golden Core formation materials to a Nascent Soul formation spiritual item, and reflected on the gulf between Yue Kingdom and Chu Kingdom. As the Golden Core cultivators competed fiercely for the final item, he collected his purchases and quietly left the auction house for his cave dwelling.

• True Lord Kumu auctioned Snow Spirit Water and Skyfire Liquid, and Chen Sheng reflected on how readily Yue Kingdom’s cultivators could access Golden Core Spirit Materials compared with those of Chu Kingdom.
• Golden Core cultivators outbid one another until a cultivator in box number nine acquired the two items for one hundred fifty thousand Spirit Stones.
• The Blackwater Three Elders presented a Sky Spirit Jade Cloud Ganoderma, and True Lord Kumu announced it would be sold through sealed bids.
• The Blackwater Three Elders suppressed the Golden Core cultivators’ rising pressure with a restriction barrier, while True Person Tiankui ordered his sect to gather at least one million five hundred thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones for a bid.
• Chen Sheng paid for and collected his auction purchases, concealed his aura, and slipped away from the auction house toward his cave dwelling.

Chen Sheng refined the Southern Pole Sunflower Gold into the Tingyu Sword, helping it break through to a mid-grade Third-grade treasure and deepening his Sword Intent. He put the greedy sword away and turned to refining his other artifacts.

• Chen Sheng sealed his Cave Mansion and brought the Southern Pole Sunflower Gold into the Fire Chamber to temper the Tingyu Sword.
• Over more than half a month, the Tingyu Sword absorbed the metal’s essence and advanced to a mid-grade Third-grade treasure.
• Chen Sheng sensed the sword’s breakthrough deepen his understanding of Sword Intent.
• Chen Sheng tested the Tingyu Sword by forming a net of Sword Threads that shredded the Earth Fire before it regathered.
• Chen Sheng put the Tingyu Sword into his Dantian and prepared to refine his Wind-Thunder Flying Swords and Formation Flags.

Chen Sheng spent three months refining his Wind-Thunder Flying Swords and Formation Flags, then tested the strengthened arrays in his cave mansion. He left with powerful new formations but judged that his cultivation and Formation Dao still needed improvement to use their full potential.

• Chen Sheng refined the 108 Wind-Thunder Flying Swords one by one, raising them to quasi-third-grade while keeping their strengths balanced.
• Chen Sheng rebuilt 36 Formation Flags and used them to form a Linked Grand Array from the Water Moon Illusion Array, Reversal Concealment Array, and Dual Dragon Locking Array.
• Chen Sheng tested the Heavenly Dipper Wind-Thunder Sword Formation and used the Tingyu Sword, Sword Heart, and Sword Intent to transform its nine Sword Qi Flood Dragons into a massive Sword Dragon.
• Chen Sheng pushed the sword formation to mid-grade Third-grade power, then concluded that stronger Formation Dao cultivation and Mana were needed to fully realize its potential.

Chen Sheng discussed the Qinghe Valley Master’s sacrifice for a Nascent Soul formation spiritual item with other False Core cultivators, then arranged to travel with True Person Nine Profound’s caravan to Three Origins Immortal City. He left the gathering with a route toward the Three Origins Dao Sect secured.

• True Person Nine Profound and the other cultivators discussed how the Qinghe Valley Master traded Qinghe Sect’s shares and Qinghe Valley’s independence for the Sky Spirit Jade Cloud Ganoderma.
• True Person Bai Mei and True Person Nine Profound debated whether the Qinghe Valley Master could evade those hunting him, and Chen Sheng considered the danger of soul-tracking secret arts.
• Chen Sheng asked True Person Nine Profound whether his caravan would be departing soon and requested to travel with it to Three Origins Immortal City.
• True Person Nine Profound agreed to ask the association head about Chen Sheng joining the caravan, and Chen Sheng thanked him.

Chen Sheng traveled with the Myriad Sword Sect caravan under the identity of Tingyu and spent half a year learning about the Yue Kingdom’s cultivation world. At Chonglou Ridge, a dispute with another merchant caravan led to an arranged series of Magic Battles, and Chen Sheng prepared to face a False Core cultivator.

• Chen Sheng arranged for Jin Kaiyuan to handle his cave abode and collected the returned Spirit Stones before leaving Pingyang Market Town.
• Chen Sheng and True Person Nine Profound boarded the Myriad Sword Sect’s Flying Boat and met its leader, True Person Qingxiao, who challenged Chen Sheng to a sword duel.
• During the journey, Chen Sheng read jade slips about the Yue Kingdom and learned that the Dust Settling Pill was a powerful top-grade third-grade pill.
• After half a year of unobstructed travel, the caravan reached Chonglou Ridge and negotiated a goods allocation dispute with another Merchant Association.
• True Person Nine Profound arranged three Magic Battles, assigning Chen Sheng to fight the opposing False Core cultivator, himself to face an early Golden Core cultivator, and True Person Qingxiao to take the final match.

Chen Sheng fought a carefully staged Magic Battle against True Person Baiyu, then received an invitation from True Person Qingxiao to join the Myriad Sword Sect. He accepted a Sword Jade while delaying his answer, and True Person Qingxiao prepared to enter the next match.

• Chen Sheng and True Person Baiyu exchanged greetings and began their staged Magic Battle, with Chen Sheng using his sword to break the Fire Dragon Formation before holding back against Baiyu's defenses.
• Chen Sheng and True Person Baiyu made their attacks appear evenly matched, praised each other's skills, and returned to their Flying Boats.
• True Person Qingxiao praised Chen Sheng's sword talent but criticized his technique and reliance on Spirit Armor, then invited him to join the Myriad Sword Sect.
• Chen Sheng said he would first visit Three Origins Immortal City and consider the invitation, and True Person Qingxiao gave him a Sword Jade to use when seeking him out.
• After True Person Nine Profound returned from the second match, True Person Qingxiao prepared to take the field while Nine Profound urged him to show mercy.

True Person Qingxiao and True Person Lei Yun fought a fierce duel between their sects’ sword and thunder techniques while Chen Sheng watched and learned about the weaknesses of his own sword legacy. The battle remained underway as the watching cultivators marveled at the power of the two great sect cultivators.

• True Person Qingxiao accepted True Person Lei Yun’s challenge, and True Person Nine Profound worried that neither fighter would hold back.
• True Person Lei Yun summoned Thunder Dragon Armor, a Thunder God Phantom, and a storm of Purple Lightning, but True Person Qingxiao evaded the attacks with his Near and Far Sword Escape Technique.
• True Person Qingxiao’s rapid, long-range sword strikes forced True Person Lei Yun to retreat and battered his defenses.
• Chen Sheng asked True Person Nine Profound about Qingxiao’s swordsmanship, and Nine Profound explained the Myriad Sword Sect’s secret transmissions and advised Chen Sheng to replace his Root Sword Scripture.
• True Person Lei Yun shaped lightning into a giant thunder dragon while True Person Qingxiao fought as a green-gold sword rainbow, and their clashing attacks shook the sky and the Flying Boats below.

True Person Qingxiao shattered True Person Lei Yun’s Sea of Thunder with the Myriad Sword Art, while Chen Sheng observed the fight and considered his own standing among Yue Kingdom’s cultivators. The two combatants ended their Magic Battle and returned to their Flying Boats.

• True Person Qingxiao’s Sword Thread clashed with True Person Lei Yun’s lightning, and the shock left Lei Yun injured before he steadied himself with the Thunder God Dharma Image.
• True Person Lei Yun unleashed Yi Mu Divine Thunder, trapping Qingxiao in a Thunder Cage, but Qingxiao broke the Sea of Thunder with his Myriad Sword Art.
• True Person Nine Profound explained to Chen Sheng that Qingxiao had not comprehended Sword Heart or Sword Intent, and estimated that fifty or sixty cultivators in the Myriad Sword Sect had comprehended both.
• Chen Sheng concluded that his Sword Dao talent was exceptional and resolved to join a Nascent Soul Sect to make up for his shortcomings.
• True Person Lei Yun and True Person Qingxiao ended their fight and returned to their respective Flying Boats as the cultivators below discussed the battle.

Chen Sheng arrived at Three Origins Immortal City and marveled at the Primordial Magnetic Divine Mountain and the Dao Sect’s powerful defenses. He bought information about the Three Origins Dao Sect and how to join it, then set out to pursue entry on his own.

• After two months of travel, Chen Sheng reached Three Origins Immortal City and admired the suspended Primordial Magnetic Divine Mountain with True Person Nine Profound and True Person Qingxiao.
• Chen Sheng parted ways with True Person Nine Profound and True Person Qingxiao, who invited him to visit Myriad Sword Immortal City.
• Chen Sheng went to Misty Rain Pavilion and asked for information about the Three Origins Dao Sect and its admission process.
• Chen Sheng paid True Person Hanshui thirty thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones for two jade slips and declined his offer to arrange a recommendation.
• After leaving Misty Rain Pavilion, Chen Sheng read the information and looked up at the Primordial Magnetic Divine Mountain, resolved to enter the Dao Sect.

Chen Sheng sought to join Three Origins Dao Sect as a third-tier Alchemist and met Outer Hall Master Hualong, who revealed that Long Xu had died decades earlier. Hualong then escorted Chen Sheng to meet True Lord Hanlou and complete his admission, leaving him at the entrance to the Primordial Magnetic Divine Mountain.

• Chen Sheng reviewed information about Three Origins Dao Sect and decided to join as a rogue-cultivator Alchemist.
• At Three Origins Outer Hall, Chen Sheng introduced himself as Tingyu, and True Person Hualong welcomed him and asked about his cultivation background.
• Chen Sheng learned that Martial Uncle Long Xu had died decades earlier, though he had successfully formed his Core and become a late Golden Core cultivator and third-tier Alchemist.
• Chen Sheng told Hualong that his alchemy knowledge came from Long Xu's seventh disciple and asked whether Long Xu had succeeded in Core Transformation; Hualong confirmed that he had.
• Hualong took Chen Sheng to the Primordial Magnetic Divine Mountain and opened a golden path through its restrictions so Chen Sheng could meet True Lord Hanlou.

Chen Sheng entered the Three Origins Dao Sect and demonstrated his alchemy skills before True Lord Hanlou. Impressed by his talent, Hanlou appointed him an Inner Sect Elder of the Alchemy Branch with sequence treatment.

• True Person Hualong guided Chen Sheng through the Dao Sect and brought him to meet True Lord Hanlou at Primordial Magnetic Peak.
• True Lord Hanlou asked Chen Sheng to demonstrate his alchemy, and Chen Sheng chose to refine a Profound Origin Barrier Breaking Pill.
• Chen Sheng controlled fourth-grade flames with his Myriad Phenomena Refining Void True Fire and successfully refined a high-quality pill.
• True Lord Hanlou praised Chen Sheng's foundation and potential, then appointed him an Inner Sect Elder of the Alchemy Branch with sequence treatment.

Chen Sheng completed the Three Origins Dao Sect’s induction procedures, took the Daoist title Weixiang, and received a Soul Jade and Inner Sect Elder status. He settled at Nine Cloud Peak and reviewed the sect benefits and duties that would support his cultivation and alchemy.

• Chen Sheng passed the Heart-Questioning Array and swore an oath at the Oath Altar, officially joining the Three Origins Dao Sect.
• At the Dao Tower, Chen Sheng received the Daoist title Weixiang and obtained a Jade slip and Soul Jade linked to his identity and divine soul.
• Chen Sheng completed his registration and learned that he would receive the privileges and benefits of an Inner Sect Elder.
• True Person Deming sent Chen Sheng to Nine Cloud Peak, where he found a Cave Mansion, spiritual fields, and medicinal gardens prepared for him.
• Chen Sheng reviewed his stipend, cultivation resources, and duties, and concluded that his alchemy assignments would help him improve.

Chen Sheng searched the Three Origins Dao Sect’s Scripture Pavilion for inheritances suited to advancing his cultivation. He chose methods for Core Transformation, Spirit Refining, swordsmanship, and alchemy, leaving with a clearer path toward a Golden Core and further breakthroughs.

• Chen Sheng entered the Scripture Pavilion and used his status as an Inner Sect Elder to access its restricted floors.
• On the seventh floor, Chen Sheng compared Core Transformation methods and selected the Blood Qi Golden Core Refinement Method, which could also help him break through to the Seventh Layer of Body Refining.
• Chen Sheng chose the Spirit Condensing Pure Consciousness Art to strengthen his Spiritual Sense.
• Chen Sheng selected the Profound Evolution Sword Formation True Explanation to replace his Root Sword Scripture.
• Chen Sheng chose the Three Origins Pill Scripture and the Myriad Derivation Pill Scripture to deepen his alchemy foundations.