Chapter Summaries

Shi Jingtian decided to support Luo Zheng because he saw promise in him, while Luo Zheng and Hua Tianming fought an intense sword duel. After neither could gain an advantage through their initial exchanges, Hua Tianming unleashed the Sword Seeds of his four Heavenly Swords.

• Shi Jingtian told Elder Xu he intended to give Luo Zheng a push, hoping Luo Zheng would achieve something in the Cloud Hall.
• Hua Tianming praised Luo Zheng, promised to fight without holding back, and began their duel with Sword Steps.
• Hua Tianming attacked with thirteen sword-intent whirlwinds, but Luo Zheng countered with four powerful whirlwinds and met Hua Tianming's Heaven Authority Sword with Chop Sword.
• Luo Zheng and Hua Tianming exchanged more than a hundred swords without either gaining the upper hand, and Hua Tianming ended their pure sword-technique contest.
• Hua Tianming invoked the Sword Seeds of the Heaven Authority Sword, Heaven Pivot Sword, Heaven Jade Sword, and Heaven Star Sword.

Hua Tianming revealed the Heaven Star Sword and unleashed Four Swords United as One against Luo Zheng. Luo Zheng answered with his starlight-enhanced Collapsing Sword and emerged from the clash standing while Hua Tianming retreated, blood at his mouth.

• Onlookers explained that Hua Tianming had cultivated the fourth sword of the Heaven Sword, the Heaven Star Sword, and fused all four swords into a Sword Seed.
• Hua Tianming borrowed the force of the Heaven and Earth Essence and thrust his Blood Erosion Sword at Luo Zheng with Four Swords United as One.
• Luo Zheng resisted the overwhelming pressure, circulated his Heavenly Devil True Essence, and used the starlight collision method he had comprehended in the Sun Moon Stars Diagram to strengthen his Collapsing Sword.
• Luo Zheng and Hua Tianming’s swords collided in a burst of white light.
• When the light faded, Luo Zheng remained in place while Hua Tianming had retreated five steps with blood at the corner of his mouth.

Luo Zheng and Hua Tianming clashed again after Hua Tianming revealed his ambition to challenge the Great Thousand World and unleashed the power of his shattered Sword Seed. Their final exchange looked almost ordinary to the crowd, but the elders, Pei Tianyao, and Mo Yuxin recognized its astonishing significance.

• Luo Zheng's Basic Swordplay broke Hua Tianming's Four Swords United as One, and Hua Tianming realized Luo Zheng's sword carried Star Power of his own.
• Hua Tianming declared that he intended to leave the Eastern Region and pursue challenges across the Great Thousand World, then named Luo Zheng an obstacle he had to overcome.
• Hua Tianming shattered the Sword Seed between his brows and gathered the Azure Heaven Force into his Blood Erosion Sword.
• Luo Zheng resolved that his devotion to martial arts matched Hua Tianming's, then gathered starlit Heavenly Devil True Essence around his Flowing Light Longsword.
• Luo Zheng and Hua Tianming crossed swords and separated after a nearly silent exchange, leaving the spectators confused while the elders, Pei Tianyao, and Mo Yuxin stared in astonishment.

Luo Zheng and Hua Tianming comprehended Perfect Sword Intent simultaneously during their duel, astonishing the onlookers and prompting Elder Xu to halt the crowd while they cultivated. Luo Zheng entered a sudden enlightenment and saw a mountain bristling with swords.

• Pei Tianyao and Mo Yuxin were astonished by the clash, while Pei Tianyao realized both fighters had unleashed Perfect Sword Intent.
• Shi Jingtian recognized that the clash had shifted space and laughed with delight at discovering two exceptional talents.
• Luo Zheng and Hua Tianming sat down in sudden enlightenment to solidify their new comprehension.
• Elder Xu ordered the crowd to remain silent and threatened to expel anyone who disturbed them.
• Luo Zheng closed his eyes and saw a mountain bristling with swords.

Luo Zheng entered Slaughter Sword Mountain after comprehending Perfect Sword Intent, and the Azure Dragon explained that the mountain was a Sword Dao Holy Land where swordsmen could undergo a trial. As Luo Zheng started climbing, projected Sword Intents from the swords attacked him, including ones wielded by Marrow Refining Realm masters.

• Luo Zheng marveled at the countless weapons embedded in Slaughter Sword Mountain and failed to pull out a Low-Grade Mysterious Artifact.
• The Azure Dragon revealed that Luo Zheng’s consciousness had been selected for a trial after he comprehended Perfect Sword Intent, and that the embedded swords were projections left by other climbers.
• The Azure Dragon explained that climbing higher brought greater benefits and warned Luo Zheng to test his ability.
• Luo Zheng summoned the Flowing Light Longsword and began climbing, but Sword Intents from several Low-Grade Mysterious Artifacts swept toward him.
• Luo Zheng recognized that the attacking Sword Intents belonged to swordsmen who had reached the Marrow Refining Realm and shouted, “Shatter for me!”

Luo Zheng climbed Slaughter Sword Mountain, destroying sword intents and collecting sword spirits as the challenges grew stronger. After reaching the mountainside, he resolved to aim for the ridge and discovered a Demon Night Clan sword planted there, learning that the clan was born with Innate strength.

• Luo Zheng cut through the sword intents of Profound Artifacts and absorbed the sword-spirit motes they released.
• He reached the mountainside, where Immortal Artifact spirits attacked him with increasingly powerful forms and sword techniques.
• Luo Zheng defeated a purple-haired Maiden spirit with three Basic Swordplay moves and continued climbing despite the mounting difficulty.
• Azure Dragon warned Luo Zheng that the ridge, guarded by Sacred Artifacts, was beyond his current strength, but Luo Zheng insisted on trying.
• Luo Zheng found a Low Grade Profound Artifact engraved with the words “Demon Night” among Immortal Artifacts and asked Azure Dragon about it.
• Azure Dragon explained that the Demon Night Clan was born as Innate Living Beings, which accounted for the clan member’s sword reaching the mountainside.

Luo Zheng absorbed the Demon Night Clan’s sword spirit on Slaughter Sword Mountain, triggering an astonishingly rapid Sword Spirit Transformation. The sword spirit took the form of a beautiful, blade-eyed woman, and Azure Dragon identified her as the longsword’s former owner.

• Azure Dragon told Luo Zheng that the greater world held countless powerful lifeforms, while Luo Zheng declared he would keep striving toward the peak of the martial path.
• Luo Zheng approached the Demon Night Clan’s Profound Rank Low Grade sword and shattered its murderous sword intent with ten rapid strikes.
• A tiny blood-red sword spirit emerged from the sword and infected Luo Zheng’s other sword spirits, causing them to turn red and fuse together.
• Azure Dragon was astonished when Luo Zheng’s fused sword spirits quickly achieved Sword Spirit Transformation.
• The sword spirit formed into a beautiful woman, leaving Luo Zheng bewildered, and Azure Dragon said she was likely the owner of the Demon Night Clan longsword.

Luo Zheng used his new Sword Spirit, Demon Night, to strengthen his Flowing Light Sword and climb to Slaughter Divine Mountain’s ridge. There, he faced Ice Sword Forefather, a speaking Sword Spirit who tried to bar his way, and the two began a duel.

• Luo Zheng named the Demon Night Clan Sword Spirit Demon Night and fused her with his Flowing Light Sword, strengthening it with Slaughter Sword Intent.
• Luo Zheng defeated the mature Sword Spirits along the mountainside more quickly and reached the ridge, where he encountered a Saint Grade Low Rank sword.
• The blue Sword Spirit revealed that it contained a trace of a soul, identified himself as Ice Sword Forefather, and ordered Luo Zheng to leave his sword behind.
• Luo Zheng refused to stop climbing and clashed swords with Ice Sword Forefather, whose surprise at Luo Zheng’s modified Basic Swordplay grew into admiration.
• Ice Sword Forefather attacked with a chilling sword technique, and Luo Zheng answered by unleashing Demon Night’s slaughter aura.

Luo Zheng learned how Slaughter Sword Mountain let swordsmen store and draw Baleful Intent, then used Demon Night’s power to defeat Ice Sword Forefather’s sword spirit and reach the mountain ridge. Despite Azure Dragon warning that the next Sacred Artifact was beyond him, Luo Zheng charged toward it and hurled his sword forward.

• Luo Zheng learned that Slaughter Sword Mountain could store swordsmen’s Baleful Intent and protect them from its backlash.
• Luo Zheng used Demon Night’s Baleful Intent to break through Ice Sword Forefather’s freezing domain and shatter his sword spirit.
• Luo Zheng absorbed the blue lights released by the Sacred Artifact and reached the mountain ridge.
• Azure Dragon warned Luo Zheng that the next Sacred Artifact’s immense Baleful Intent made it too powerful for him to defeat.
• Luo Zheng charged toward the Wide Blade Sword and hurled the Flowing Light Longsword at it.

Luo Zheng earned Slaughter Sword Mountain’s recognition by hurling his sword to a high position, while Hua Tianming gained Extreme Lightning Sword Intent in the Sword Washing Pool. The two agreed to settle their rivalry with another sword exchange, and Luo Zheng summoned Demon Night as Hua Tianming prepared to attack.

• Luo Zheng threw the Flowing Light Longsword into Slaughter Sword Mountain, where it was recognized and formed a connection with him before the sacred land vanished.
• Luo Zheng awakened and saw Hua Tianming emerge from his own trial with lightning-infused Sword Intent.
• Hua Tianming explained that he had tempered his sword in the Sword Washing Pool and named his new power Extreme Lightning Sword Intent.
• Hua Tianming challenged Luo Zheng to another sword exchange, and Luo Zheng accepted.
• As Hua Tianming gathered momentum, Luo Zheng summoned Demon Night, surprising the watching disciples.

Luo Zheng’s transformed Sword Spirit stunned the spectators and made Hua Tianming realize how far ahead Luo Zheng had grown. After learning Luo Zheng had gained Perfect Sword Intent at Slaughter Sword Mountain, Hua Tianming resolved to keep pursuing him and launched his sword attack.

• Luo Zheng summoned Demon Night, a transformed Sword Spirit whose lifelike beauty shocked the audience.
• Zhu Qianning watched Luo Zheng’s rise with pride and sadness, then wondered who the woman beside him was.
• Shi Jingtian, Elder Xu, Pei Tianyao, and the other disciples recognized Demon Night as a Sword Spirit and marveled that Luo Zheng had transformed her so quickly.
• Hua Tianming told Luo Zheng that his own Extreme Lightning Sword Intent now seemed small beside Luo Zheng’s achievement, then asked where he had comprehended Perfect Sword Intent.
• Luo Zheng named Slaughter Sword Mountain, and Hua Tianming recognized it as one of the Three Great Sword Dao Holy Lands.
• Hua Tianming vowed to keep chasing Luo Zheng and attacked him with the Blood Erosion Sword.

Luo Zheng defeated Hua Tianming in the Thirty-Three Peaks tournament, securing first place for himself and Little Rain Peak. As Luo Zheng awaited his likely showdown with Pei Tianyao, Hua Tianming was drawn to fight Pei Tianyao next.

• Hua Tianming unleashed a sword strike combining Azure Heaven Force and thunder, while Luo Zheng attached Demon Night to his sword and released her Baleful Intent.
• Luo Zheng's Baleful Intent dissolved Hua Tianming's lightning, and Hua Tianming conceded after his sword broke.
• The referee declared Luo Zheng the winner, making him Number One among the disciples and raising Little Rain Peak from last place to first.
• Mo Yuxin admitted defeat when she was matched against Pei Tianyao.
• The next draw assigned Pei Tianyao to fight Hua Tianming, and Luo Zheng hoped Hua Tianming would reveal Pei Tianyao's strength.

Hua Tianming fought Pei Tianyao in a battle of swordsmanship against mysterious Buddhist techniques. After Pei Tianyao summoned the Immovable Wisdom King, he launched a palm at Hua Tianming’s Extreme Lightning Sword Intent, leaving their contest unresolved.

• Hua Tianming challenged Pei Tianyao and initially struggled to break through his defense with the Great Thousand Leaves Hand and other Buddhist techniques.
• Hua Tianming unleashed his Heavenly Punishment Sword as Pei Tianyao summoned the Six Paths Realm Pearls with Buddha’s Samsara.
• Hua Tianming poured his strength into the sword and tore apart Pei Tianyao’s golden ring with his Extreme Lightning Sword Intent.
• Pei Tianyao summoned the wrathful Immovable Wisdom King behind him and used the Immovable Wisdom King Palm against Hua Tianming’s sword.

Pei Tianyao defeated Hua Tianming and agreed to face Luo Zheng at full strength in three days. Luo Zheng then offered Shi Jingtian two million Square Crystal Stones to free Luo Yan, but Shi Jingtian said the payment would not be enough.

• Pei Tianyao defeated Hua Tianming with the Immovable Wisdom King True Form, and Hua Tianming accepted the loss and asked to spar again someday.
• Pei Tianyao offered to fight Luo Zheng either that day while weakened or three days later at full strength, and Luo Zheng chose to wait.
• The All Peaks Grand Tournament rankings settled with Hua Tianming in Third Place, Mo Yuxin in Fourth, and Wang Yun in Fifth, while Luo Zheng and Pei Tianyao remained set to determine First Place.
• Luo Zheng asked Shi Jingtian to release Luo Yan and offered one million points, equivalent to two million Square Crystal Stones.
• Shi Jingtian told Luo Zheng that even paying the full amount would not free Luo Yan, leaving Luo Zheng demanding to know why.

Shi Jingtian revealed that Luo Yan was being kept in Purgatory Mountain to protect her from a powerful Central Region hegemon seeking to use her rare Purple Extreme Yin Body. Luo Zheng learned he was too weak to save her for now, but Shi Jingtian allowed him to visit her as Elder Xu took him to Purgatory Mountain.

• Luo Zheng demanded to know why Luo Yan was imprisoned, and Shi Jingtian explained that her talent surpassed even his and that he would protect her from the Yun Family.
• Shi Jingtian told Luo Zheng that Luo Yan possessed Saint Grade Talent and the Purple Extreme Yin Body, whose Yuan Yin a Central Region hegemon sought for the Heavenly Devil Joyous Union Grand Formation.
• Shi Jingtian revealed that he had kept Luo Yan in Purgatory Mountain to shield her from those seeking her and warned that Luo Zheng needed to grow far stronger to change her fate.
• Luo Zheng asked to see Luo Yan, and Shi Jingtian granted his request while warning that she could not leave for long.
• Elder Xu summoned a flying leaf, and Luo Zheng rode it toward Purgatory Mountain to see his sister.

Luo Zheng reunited with Luo Yan at Purgatory Mountain after Elder Xu warned him to endure until he was strong enough to help her. The siblings celebrated Luo Zheng’s rise in the All Peaks Grand Tournament, but the reunion turned grim when he told Luo Yan that their father had been killed by their uncles.

• Elder Xu warned Luo Zheng to stay alive and grow stronger before trying to rescue Luo Yan.
• Elder Xu brought Luo Zheng to Purgatory Mountain, where Luo Yan was meditating and thinking about her brother.
• Luo Yan joyfully rushed into Luo Zheng’s arms, and he told her he had reached the final battle for first place in the All Peaks Grand Tournament.
• Luo Yan asked about their father, and Luo Zheng told her that Luo Bingquan and Luo Junyi had killed him to seize the Mo Family Patriarch position.
• Luo Yan’s true essence formed into spikes as killing intent surged around her.

After learning that their father had been killed, Luo Yan resolved to return home and take revenge, while Luo Zheng agreed to go with her after his final tournament match. Luo Zheng broke through to the Innate Third Stage, and as the final showdown with Pei Tianyao began before a vast crowd, Luo Yan watched her brother take the arena.

• Luo Yan asked to leave Purgatory Mountain and declared that she wanted to go home and kill those responsible for their father's death.
• Luo Zheng agreed to return home with Luo Yan after his final match against Pei Tianyao.
• During three days of secluded cultivation, Luo Zheng broke through to the Innate Third Stage and reflected on the nature of baleful intent.
• More than one hundred thousand Azure Cloud Sect disciples gathered to watch the final showdown between Luo Zheng and Pei Tianyao.
• Luo Yan was astonished by Luo Zheng's popularity and smiled when he stepped onto the Martial Arts Arena and waved to her.

Luo Zheng faced Pei Tianyao in the All Peaks Grand Tournament final, determined to fight him at full strength. He surprised Pei Tianyao with a powerful physical punch that cracked his Golden Bell Shield and sent him crashing into the arena barrier, leaving Pei Tianyao serious and ready to respond.

• Luo Zheng waved to Luo Yan, drawing the crowd’s attention and making Zhu Qianning jealous.
• Pei Tianyao entered the arena, and the disciples debated whether he or Luo Zheng would win.
• Luo Zheng and Pei Tianyao exchanged their resolve to fight at full strength, and Luo Zheng attacked first.
• Pei Tianyao knocked Luo Zheng’s sword aside with the Formless Tribulation Finger, but Luo Zheng followed with a Dragon Scale Unleashed punch.
• Luo Zheng’s punch cracked Pei Tianyao’s Golden Bell Shield and sent him flying into the light-screen barrier.
• Pei Tianyao stood up with a grave expression as the crowd argued over the fighters’ strength.

Luo Zheng and Pei Tianyao tested their bodies against each other after Pei Tianyao revealed his Indestructible Body of Vajra. Luo Zheng gained the upper hand in their brutal exchange, leaving Pei Tianyao shaken by how much punishment Luo Zheng could endure.

• Pei Tianyao questioned how Luo Zheng's strength exceeded the limits of an Innate Living Being, but Luo Zheng refused to reveal his secret.
• Pei Tianyao dispelled his Golden Bell Shield and activated the Indestructible Body of Vajra, while Hua Tianming recognized it as another of his trump cards.
• Luo Zheng put away his Flowing Light Sword and charged Pei Tianyao, choosing to fight him hand-to-hand despite the spectators' doubts.
• Luo Zheng and Pei Tianyao traded punches, with Luo Zheng's Spirit Artifact Body and Dragon Scale power giving him the advantage in their strength contest.
• Pei Tianyao realized Luo Zheng could withstand his attacks and regretted activating the Indestructible Body of Vajra.

Luo Zheng broke Pei Tianyao’s Indestructible Body of Vajra through repeated physical attacks, but Pei Tianyao then summoned the Right Dharma Wheel Body of Immovable Wisdom King and overwhelmed him with its enormous palms. Unable to get close to Pei Tianyao, Luo Zheng sent Demon Night after him with the Flowing Light Longsword.

• Luo Zheng wore down Pei Tianyao’s golden true essence until the Indestructible Body of Vajra broke, winning their contest of physical strength.
• Pei Tianyao admitted that he had underestimated Luo Zheng and summoned the Right Dharma Wheel Body of Immovable Wisdom King.
• Pei Tianyao controlled the Buddha phantom’s enormous palms to strike Luo Zheng, who crashed into the arena floor but climbed out with no serious injuries.
• Luo Zheng realized the phantom’s speed made it too difficult to approach Pei Tianyao, so he threw the Flowing Light Longsword into the air.
• Luo Zheng summoned Demon Night, who caught the sword and charged at Pei Tianyao while Luo Zheng dodged the phantom’s palms.