Chapter Summaries

Xu Yan fought Yin Hong, a Half-step Grandmaster sent to abduct Du Yuying, and used the battle to deepen his Mountain River Sword Intent. He unveiled Mountain River Dragon's Roar, nearly defeating Yin Hong and comprehending a true killing art of the Way of the Sword.

• Yin Hong arrived to take Du Yuying away, and Xu Yan recognized that he was a Half-step Grandmaster rather than a true Grandmaster.
• Xu Yan agreed to protect Du Yuying in exchange for five Seventh-grade Spiritual Medicines, then clashed with Yin Hong as Du Yuying's party retreated and called for reinforcements.
• Yin Hong's wave-like attacks overwhelmed Xu Yan's sword intent and Dragon Subduing Palm, while Xu Yan used the battle to seek vitality within his Mountain River Sword Intent.
• Xu Yan unleashed Mountain River Dragon's Roar, shattering Yin Hong's attacks and nearly piercing his throat despite the protection of his Treasure Artifact folding fan.
• Xu Yan realized that Mountain River Dragon's Roar was a true killing art of the Way of the Sword, founded upon sword intent.

Xu Yan defeated Yin Hong and drove him off by claiming to be Xie Lingfeng of Sword Venerate Cliff, resolving the immediate threat to Du Yuying’s party. The group reached the city, where Du Yuying arranged Xu Yan’s payment, while he continued longing for a Storage Bag.

• Xu Yan fought Yin Hong with Mountain River Dragon's Roar, wounded him repeatedly, and learned that his strength exceeded a Half-step Grandmaster’s but fell short of a Grandmaster’s.
• When Yin Hong threatened him with the power of his backer, Xu Yan gave Xie Lingfeng’s name, and Yin Hong withdrew rather than risk antagonizing Sword Venerate Cliff.
• Du Yuying and her companions mistook Xu Yan’s use of the name for proof that Xie Lingfeng cared for her, while Xu Yan asked that his reward be sent to Sword Venerate Cliff.
• Xu Yan declined Du Yuying’s invitation to ride in her carriage, and the group reached the great city and its Heavenly Treasure Pavilion.
• Du Yuying ordered Seventh-grade Spiritual Medicines and a ten-thousand-Spirit-Crystal note for Xu Yan, who asked whether the pavilion had a Storage Bag and left disappointed when it did not.

Xu Yan’s exploits in the Inner Domain repeatedly brought Li Xuan feedback as he killed Grandmasters and comprehended Dragon’s Roar True Intent, while Meng Chong broke through to the Innate Realm and cultivated the Great Sun Golden Body. The chapter ended with Li Xuan learning that Xu Yan had killed four Grandmasters in succession and wondering why so many had attacked him.

• Xu Yan accepted a free-storage certificate paid for by Du Yuying, then left the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion with his medicines.
• Meng Chong connected the Heaven and Earth Bridge, devised a way to nurture a blade within a golden-body acupoint, and began breaking through while Su Lingxiu observed.
• Li Xuan received repeated feedback that Xu Yan had slain Grandmasters, then learned Xu Yan comprehended Dragon’s Roar True Intent while fighting a Peak Grandmaster and killed him.
• Meng Chong broke through to the Innate Realm, opened three golden-body acupoints, and transformed his Diamond Glazed Bone into a Diamond Tyrant Bone.
• Li Xuan gained great accomplishment in the Innate Realm Great Sun Golden Body and obtained the Dragon Soaring Mountain River Hegemonic Spirit Body.
• After helping Red Cat practice the Great Demon Method, Li Xuan received word that Xu Yan had killed four Grandmasters in succession and wondered what had provoked them.

Li Xuan gained the Martial Dao Divine Technique One-Hit Kill from Xu Yan’s feats, while Xu Yan also created the sword art Mountain River Dragon's Roar. Meng Chong set out for the Inner Domain, settled accounts with the Wu Emperor, and arrived at the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, where he asked to see a Storage Bag.

• Li Xuan received One-Hit Kill after Xu Yan killed Grandmasters and later mastered Mountain River Dragon's Roar after Xu Yan fought a Half-step Grandmaster.
• Meng Chong said farewell to Li Xuan, Su Lingxiu, and Shi Er, then traveled to the Wu Kingdom’s capital to confront the Wu Emperor about Elder Wu.
• After hearing the Wu Emperor’s explanation, Meng Chong let him go and told him to seek martial-arts techniques from the Xu Family in Donghe Commandery.
• Meng Chong entered the Endless Mountains to search where Elder Wu had appeared, but found nothing.
• Shi Er tried to convince Red Cat that whipping it had helped it awaken its intelligence, while Li Xuan studied an ancient leather book and pondered a realm beyond Profound Understanding Realm.
• Meng Chong entered the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion in Iron Mountain County, examined its wares, and asked the maid to show him a Storage Bag.

Meng Chong bought a Bone Strengthening Flower for Su Lingxiu, then agreed to help the injured Meng Shushu retrieve an item from Green Forest City for two Eighth-grade Spiritual Medicines. On the journey, Meng Chong intimidated a Grandmaster who was searching the road and collected another hundred Spirit Crystals, while Meng Shushu remained hidden in the carriage.

• Meng Chong spent his five Spirit Crystals on a Bone Strengthening Flower and decided to give it to Su Lingxiu.
• Meng Shushu offered Meng Chong one Eighth-grade Spiritual Medicine to retrieve an item deposited at the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion in Green Forest City, and Meng Chong negotiated the reward up to two.
• Meng Chong returned to give Su Lingxiu the Bone Strengthening Flower, learned where Green Forest City was, and then met Meng Shushu the next day to begin the journey.
• Meng Chong demanded extra payment for disguising himself as Meng Shushu's coachman and made Meng Shushu sign an IOU for two Eighth-grade Spiritual Medicines.
• When a Grandmaster stopped their carriage and demanded that its occupants come out, Meng Chong drove him off with his aura and demanded compensation.
• The Grandmaster paid Meng Chong one hundred Spirit Crystals and watched the carriage leave, wondering who Meng Chong was.

Xu Yan traveled to the Peerless Pavilion at Thousand Star Lake to temper his state of mind amid its beautiful martial artists, while carefully avoiding unnecessary expenses. After claiming the public dancers could not move him, he entered a private chamber to test whether one of its beauties could stir his heart.

• Meng Chong drove Meng Shushu toward Green Forest City, reassuring him that he would honor their bargain and not steal his treasures.
• Xu Yan deposited spiritual medicine at Heavenly Treasure Pavilion in Lanping Commandery City and decided to visit Seven Stars Academy to study Inner Domain martial arts.
• Xu Yan chose to travel to Thousand Star Lake and use the Peerless Pavilion's beauties to temper his state of mind.
• At the Pleasure Boat, Xu Yan refused the attendant's tea and pastries, then told the manager that the public dancers could not move him.
• Xu Yan agreed to enter a private chamber and pay only if he was satisfied, then watched a beauty play the zither and dance for him.

Xu Yan used Xie Lingfeng’s name to enter Peerless Pavilion and temper his state of mind against increasingly powerful bewitching arts. After resisting the courtesans of its famous towers, he reached the Pavilion’s top floor and sat beside its Grandmaster-level courtesan, whose influence began to stir him.

• Xu Yan resisted a courtesan’s bewitching arts, then left her room without paying after claiming he had only listened to a song.
• Xu Yan traveled across Thousand Star Lake, repeatedly entered Pleasure Boats for free, and inspired other martial artists to demand the same treatment.
• Xu Yan claimed to be Xie Lingfeng to avoid Purple Flower Tower’s entrance fee, then used Xie Lingfeng’s name and promise of a sword strike to gain access to Peerless Pavilion’s famous towers.
• Xu Yan resisted the combined bewitching arts of the courtesans at the ten famous towers and arrived at Peerless Pavilion’s main building.
• Xu Yan heard the Grandmaster-level courtesan call to him, flew to her courtyard, and sat beside her as her fragrance and bewitching aura began affecting him.

Xu Yan fully mastered Clear Sword Heart after resisting the plain-clothed woman’s bewitchment at Peerless Pavilion. He discovered that a bounty had been placed on Su Lingxiu, claimed to know her whereabouts, and led two black-robed Grandmasters away from Thousand Star Lake.

• Xu Yan calmed his heart amid the woman’s bewitchment, completed his Mountain River Sword Intent, and fully mastered Clear Sword Heart.
• Xu Yan asked the plain-clothed woman to let Xie Lingfeng temper his state of mind, then declined her offer of a gift and left Peerless Pavilion.
• Xu Yan saw Peerless Pavilion’s bounty for Su Lingxiu, recognized her portrait, and claimed he could lead the pursuers to her.
• Xu Yan demanded the reward upfront, negotiated with Peerless Pavilion’s steward, and learned that the client had sent two black-robed Grandmasters.
• Xu Yan led the two Grandmasters away from Thousand Star Lake while claiming he had once seen Su Lingxiu treating someone’s illness.

Xu Yan accepted Spirit Crystals from two black-robed men who wanted Su Lingxiu's whereabouts, then killed one and robbed both before letting the survivor go. Meanwhile, Meng Chong retrieved Meng Shushu's stored sledgehammers and Spiritual Medicines in Green Forest City and returned them safely.

• Xu Yan took one hundred thousand Spirit Crystals from two black-robed men and led them to a desolate region, where he revealed he had no intention of helping them find Su Lingxiu.
• Xu Yan killed the peak Grandmaster with a golden dragon, bound the late-stage Grandmaster, and took his possessions and Spirit Crystals.
• Xu Yan let the surviving black-robed man leave after learning that the Seventh-grade Spiritual Medicine was waiting at the Peerless Pavilion, then secretly followed him to track down his backers.
• Meng Shushu gave Meng Chong storage receipts and promised him three Eighth-grade Spiritual Medicines as payment for retrieving the deposited items in Green Forest City.
• Meng Chong collected two heavy sledgehammers and the three Spiritual Medicines from the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, then returned them to Meng Shushu.
• Meng Shushu took the sledgehammers and left in his carriage after the transaction was complete.

Meng Chong delivered Meng Shushu’s hammers, killed a Grandmaster who ambushed him, and persuaded Meng Shushu to compensate him with two Seventh-grade Spiritual Medicines. After learning that Meng Shushu was a renowned medicine scout being hunted for a Sixth-grade Spiritual Medicine, Meng Chong returned to intervene, but a peak Grandmaster arrived as the fight escalated.

• Meng Chong accepted a hundred Spirit Crystals to deliver Meng Shushu’s hammers and collected three Eighth-grade Spiritual Medicines from him.
• A Grandmaster ambushed Meng Chong while he brought the hammers to Meng Shushu, but Meng Chong killed the attacker with one punch.
• Meng Chong convinced the injured Meng Shushu to settle his supposed life-debt with two Seventh-grade Spiritual Medicines.
• After spotting more Grandmasters heading toward Meng Shushu, Meng Chong returned and overheard that Tian Jin had betrayed Meng Shushu over a Sixth-grade Spiritual Medicine.
• Meng Chong decided to save Meng Shushu because he was a skilled medicine scout, then watched as a peak Grandmaster arrived to join the pursuit.

Meng Chong rescued Meng Shushu from three Grandmasters who were pursuing him for the keys to a treasure land of Spiritual Medicines. After killing the pursuers with one saber strike, Meng Chong secured an IOU from Meng Shushu and claimed a share in the treasure land, leaving Meng Shushu suspecting he had been swindled.

• Meng Shushu killed Tian Jin while escaping the black-robed Peak Grandmaster and two other Grandmasters, then fled with the treasure land keys hidden in his hammers.
• Meng Chong searched Tian Jin's corpse for Spirit Crystals and waited along the route Meng Shushu was forced to take.
• Surrounded and badly injured, Meng Shushu offered Meng Chong two Sixth-grade Spiritual Medicines to save him, and Meng Chong agreed to intervene.
• Meng Chong drew his saber and killed the black-robed Peak Grandmaster and the other two Grandmasters with a single strike.
• Meng Chong made Meng Shushu sign an IOU for a Storage Bag, telling him to use the debt as a goal to strive toward.
• Meng Chong declared that the treasure land and its sacred medicines belonged to both of them, leaving Meng Shushu bewildered.

Meng Chong and Meng Shushu set out to raid a Spiritual Medicine Treasure Land guarded by a powerful dark force, while Su Lingxiu gained insight into tempering her Evergreen Bone. Li Xuan received Xu Yan’s feedback and advanced his Myriad Phenomena of Mountains and Rivers, leaving Su Lingxiu on the verge of a breakthrough.

• Meng Chong forced Meng Shushu to take a rare healing pill, and Meng Shushu gave him the key to a Spiritual Medicine Treasure Land that might contain a Fifth-grade Spiritual Medicine.
• Meng Chong and Meng Shushu headed for the treasure land after learning that a hidden dark force with many Grandmasters was pursuing Meng Shushu.
• Su Lingxiu began adjusting the Evergreen Pill formula, and Kou Ruozhi reported the spread of Martial Dao in the Border Wasteland before Su Lingxiu told him to establish the Evergreen Pavilion.
• Li Xuan explained the Evergreen Bone to Su Lingxiu, who found insight among her flowers and began to break through as warm currents formed in her bones.
• Xu Yan’s cultivation at the Peerless Pavilion gave Li Xuan feedback that advanced his Myriad Phenomena of Mountains and Rivers to great completion, filling his vision of the mountains and rivers with illusory life.

Li Xuan received repeated reports that Xu Yan and Meng Chong were killing Grandmasters in the Inner Domain, and Meng Chong’s feats earned him the God Slaying Saber divine technique. Su Lingxiu broke through into the Qi and Blood Realm as the first Pill Doctor Martial Artist, while Li Xuan awaited the unexpected feedback triggered by her breakthrough.

• Li Xuan’s Clear Sword Heart reached Completion and touched the Heart Sword Realm, while feedback reported Xu Yan killing a Grandmaster and Meng Chong killing one with a punch.
• Further feedback reported Meng Chong killing three Grandmasters in succession and Xu Yan killing several Grandmasters and Half-step Grandmasters, shaking Thousand Star Lake.
• Su Lingxiu focused on cultivation, completed Evergreen Bone and organ refinement, and prepared to enter the martial path.
• Meng Chong killed five Grandmasters in succession, earning Li Xuan the God Slaying Saber divine technique, which attacked consciousness and spirit souls.
• Su Lingxiu’s Vital Energy strengthened the plants around her as she broke through into the Qi and Blood Realm, becoming the first Pill Doctor Martial Artist.
• Golden light appeared after Su Lingxiu’s breakthrough, but the feedback did not come from her entry into martial cultivation.

Li Xuan received breakthroughs in his Medicinal Dao, spiritual bone, and martial abilities through feedback from his disciples. As Xu Yan killed a Grandmaster and Meng Chong remained pursued, Xu Yan tracked his enemies to a Thousand Star Lake branch and attacked it.

• Su Lingxiu entered martial dao, granting Li Xuan mastery of Medicinal Dao, while his three bones merged into an Innate Indestructible Spiritual Bone.
• Xu Yan comprehended the profundity of true qi and reached the Great Achievement stage of the Innate Realm, while Meng Chong improved his movement technique and Great Sun Golden Body as a Grandmaster pursued him.
• Xu Yan killed a Grandmaster with one palm at Seven Stars Academy, and Li Xuan received feedback that his strength had surged.
• Xu Yan followed the black-robed man to a branch on Thousand Star Lake and discovered two Grandmasters and two Half-step Grandmasters there.
• Xu Yan killed Twenty-Seven with one palm, then drew his sword and unleashed Mountain River Sword Intent against the four attackers.

Xu Yan killed two Grandmasters and two Half-step Grandmasters who had attacked him, then ignored the Peerless Grandmaster’s demand for an explanation and returned to search the island courtyard. The Peerless Grandmaster restrained herself from pursuing him after her disciple warned that he was too fast and that provoking him could bring trouble.

• Xu Yan lured the two Grandmasters into his golden dragon attack, killed them, and then slew one Half-step Grandmaster with Mountain River Dragon's Roar after the fighting destroyed his spirit notes.
• The remaining Half-step Grandmaster fled to the Peerless Pavilion for help, but Xu Yan caught and killed him before the Peerless Grandmaster could intervene.
• Xu Yan argued that the killings had not sullied Thousand Star Lake, dismissed the Peerless Grandmaster, and sped away without answering for his actions.
• The martial artists mistakenly identified Xu Yan as Xie Lingfeng and assumed the Peerless Grandmaster had spared him out of regard for Sword Venerate Cliff.
• Xu Yan returned to collect the scattered spirit notes, then went to ransack the island courtyard and planned to visit Seven Stars Academy.
• The Peerless Grandmaster wanted to punish Xu Yan, but her plain-clothed disciple urged her to leave him alone because he was too fast and might be connected to powerful Xie Tianheng.

Xie Lingfeng condensed his inner qi into true qi and traveled to Du Marquisate after learning its people believed he had rescued Du Yuying and sent him betrothal gifts. He suspected Xu Yan had used his name, but Du Yuying's maid Cui'er mistook the real Xie Lingfeng for an impostor and called for the guards to kill him.

• Xie Lingfeng successfully condensed his inner qi into true qi and wondered how to advance his cultivation and sword dao without a suitable technique.
• Hu Shan brought Xie Lingfeng gifts and a letter from Du Yuying, whose account described him defeating Grandmasters and escorting her safely home.
• Xie Lingfeng and Hu Shan suspected Xu Yan had used Xie Lingfeng's name and set out for Du Marquisate to investigate.
• Du Yuying eagerly awaited Xie Lingfeng's arrival, believing he had come to propose, and sent Cui'er to welcome him.
• Cui'er hurried past Xie Lingfeng and Hu Shan, then accused Xie Lingfeng of impersonating the young master and ordered the guards to kill him.

Xie Lingfeng was mistaken for an impostor at Marquis Du's Mansion and fled with Hu Shan before setting out for Peerless Pavilion. Meanwhile, Du Yuying returned to Seven Stars Academy, where Xu Yan arrived seeking its martial arts collection and skipped the first level of its Martial Arts Stage.

• Cui'er accused Xie Lingfeng of impersonating Young Master Xie, and Yan Kuan attacked him before hearing his explanation.
• Xie Lingfeng and Hu Shan fought off Marquis Du's Mansion's Grandmasters and escaped Du Prefecture, then headed for Peerless Pavilion after learning Xu Yan had visited it.
• Du Yuying learned the supposed impostor had escaped and decided to return to Seven Stars Academy, hoping her teacher had found a way to address her condition.
• The chapter described Seven Stars Academy's influence, martial arts legacy, and challenge system, where visitors advanced through the collection by winning matches at its Martial Arts Stages.
• Xu Yan arrived at Seven Stars Academy to study its collection and, finding the first-level challengers far beneath his strength, skipped their stage and continued upward.

Xu Yan challenged the Seven Stars Academy's stage guardians without following their rules and defeated each opponent with overwhelming ease. After he defeated Cheng Yuanhong and Hu Biao with a single palm strike, he continued to the seventh level, where its guardian acknowledged his strength.

• Xu Yan ignored the first four Martial Arts Stages and defeated their guardians with flicks of his finger without stepping onto the stages.
• Xu Yan told Cheng Yuanhong that rules were for the weak and offered to kneel for three days if he could not defeat him with one palm strike.
• Xu Yan unleashed a golden dragon with one palm, which changed course and struck Cheng Yuanhong down, then continued climbing as news of the victory spread through the Seven Stars Academy.
• Hu Biao challenged Xu Yan on the sixth level, but Xu Yan knocked away his hammer and sent him flying with another palm strike.
• Xu Yan reached the seventh level, where the guardian acknowledged his talent and strength and said he had the qualifications to disregard the rules.

Xu Yan defeated the Seven Stars Academy’s sword-path Grand Instructor with one palm, then challenged Ding Yan and the ninth-level guardians. He struck Ding Yan with Mountain River Dragon's Roar, leaving Fu Yuntian and the onlookers stunned as the challenge continued.

• Xu Yan shattered the old Grand Instructor’s Heaven and Earth Cold Light with one palm and advised him to focus his sword path on speed, ruthlessness, and sharpness.
• Leng Qiu watched Xu Yan’s defeat of the Grand Instructor and wondered whether his sword talent rivaled Xie Lingfeng’s.
• Xu Yan reached the eighth level, where Ding Yan agreed to spar, and proposed replacing the ninth level’s Grandmaster guardian with ten Peak Grandmasters if he won.
• Great Supervisor Fu Yuntian agreed to arrange the ten Peak Grandmasters if Xu Yan defeated Ding Yan with one sword strike, while warning that access to the ninth-level classics required further conditions.
• Xu Yan drew his sword and used Mountain River Dragon's Roar, disorienting Ding Yan and stopping the blade an inch from his throat; Ding Yan admitted defeat.

Xu Yan defeated ten peak Grandmasters at Seven Stars Academy and entered the Archive Pavilion under the name Xie Lingfeng. After studying the ninth-floor techniques, he requested a discussion of martial dao and was joined by a group of Grandmaster Realm Martial Scholars.

• Xu Yan asked to fight ten peak Grandmasters, then defeated them all on the ninth level of the Martial Arts Stage, leaving Ding Yan as the last opponent standing.
• Fu Yuntian suspected Xu Yan was Xie Lingfeng, while the witnesses spread news of the fight through Seven Stars Academy and Seven Stars City.
• Xu Yan introduced himself as Xie Lingfeng to gain access to the Archive Pavilion's ninth floor, and Leng Qiu hurried off to warn his Senior Brother about the apparent impersonation.
• Xu Yan read through many ninth-floor classics, found most of them unimpressive, and asked to discuss martial dao with Seven Stars Academy's Martial Scholars.
• Fu Yuntian brought more than a dozen Grandmaster Realm Martial Scholars to meet Xu Yan, and they sat down to begin the discussion.