Chapter Summaries

Ye Weiming and Youyou began the final trial by confronting Aobai’s 400-man guard formation. After Ye Weiming tested the archers’ range and the soldiers’ defenses, they launched a coordinated assault, with Youyou bombing the formation from above while Ye Weiming charged in on the ground.

• Ye Weiming and Youyou learned that Aobai was protected by 400 guards and that reinforcements would arrive in five hours.
• Ye Weiming approached the formation, tested its archers and soldiers with a brief attack, then returned to Youyou with details about their range and durability.
• Ye Weiming proposed an air-and-ground assault, assigning Youyou to disrupt the formation from above while he attacked its soldiers.
• Youyou flew Xiao Bai above the archers’ effective range and dropped logs, boulders, and jars of poison onto the guards.
• Ye Weiming charged into the disorganized formation and unleashed Dragon's Roar.

Ye Weiming, Youyou, and their companions fought Aobai’s Qing forces, with Youyou’s aerial bombardment and Ye Weiming’s attacks wiping out the ordinary soldiers. After Aobai’s near-impenetrable defenses resisted their blows, Ye Weiming killed him with a Vital Point strike that triggered Instant Kill.

• Youyou bombarded Aobai’s troops from the sky while Ye Weiming attacked on the ground, routing the guard unit.
• Aobai shot Xiao Bai with a powerful arrow, sending Youyou and her mount plummeting until Ah Hong rescued them and Ah Huang disrupted the archers.
• Ye Weiming clashed with Aobai, then destroyed his bows and joined Youyou and Ah Huang in eliminating the remaining soldiers.
• Ye Weiming, Youyou, and Ah Huang attacked Aobai’s seemingly invulnerable body but could only deal minimal damage.
• Ye Weiming’s fifteenth strike at Aobai’s throat triggered Tai Shan’s Secret’s Instant Kill effect, killing the BOSS.

Ye Weiming and Youyou killed Aobai’s true body, clearing the Baturu instance dungeon, and divided his loot. On the way to prepare dinner, Ye Weiming heard that Sanyue’s group had killed Fei Bin and sent her a message inviting her home to celebrate.

• Ye Weiming and Youyou killed Aobai, permanently removing him and the Baturu instance dungeon from the game.
• Ye Weiming found Aobai’s drops included a handgun, a divine dagger, a title, and martial arts manuals, but no soft armor; he retrieved Aobai’s corpse and gained two insights.
• Youyou took the Flying Swallow Twin Eagles, and Ye Weiming explained how its unpredictable effects could suit her fighting style.
• Youyou left to replenish her ammunition while Ye Weiming headed toward Vegetable Market Gate to buy ingredients for dinner.
• Ye Weiming heard that Sanyue, Fei Yu, Transparent Sky Bridge, Mu Ran, and Tang Sancai had killed Fei Bin, then sent Sanyue a message inviting her home to celebrate.

Ye Weiming learned that Sanyue’s Golden Basin Hand Wash quest had gone badly wrong after Fei Bin’s death, leaving Sanyue and her allies trapped in Qingyin Cave with three key NPCs. As reinforcements gathered, Sanyue warned that an enemy poison user was threatening the NPCs before help could arrive.

• Ye Weiming received Sanyue’s urgent message asking him to rescue her team at Qingyin Cave and abandoned his plans to cook.
• Tang Sancai recounted how the Divine Constable Bureau’s intervention disrupted Zuo Lengchan’s plans, and how Fei Bin was killed after targeting Liu Zhengfeng and Qu Yang.
• Dozens of players ambushed Sanyue’s team after Fei Bin’s death, killed Tang Sancai, and drove the survivors into Qingyin Cave with Liu Zhengfeng, Qu Yang, and Qu Feiyan.
• Ye Weiming questioned the unexplained details of the attack and asked Sanyue how long her team could hold out.
• Sanyue warned Ye Weiming that an enemy poison user was weakening the NPCs, and that ordinary antidote pills could not save them.

Ye Weiming and his companions rescued the poisoned mission NPCs in Qingyin Cave, then discovered the enemy had trapped them with Soft Bone Incense. They sheltered in a hidden chamber, where Ye Weiming found Yue Fei’s Man Jiang Hong carved into the wall and sensed a powerful sword intent.

• Ye Weiming, Tang Sancai, and Youyou broke through the enemy players guarding Qingyin Cave and reunited with Sanyue, Xiao Qiao, and the others.
• Ye Weiming diagnosed Qu Yang, Liu Zhengfeng, and Qu Feiyan with Seven-Day Soul Severing Powder and used steel needles to suppress the poison.
• Sanyue, Xiao Qiao, and Youyou investigated the cave entrance, where they encountered Soft Bone Incense and hurried back before the enemy could ambush them.
• Liu Zhengfeng revealed a hidden chamber, and Ye Weiming proposed using it as shelter while he went to Hengshan City for antidote ingredients.
• Fei Yu lit the chamber with a fire striker, revealing Man Jiang Hong carved on the wall, and Ye Weiming sensed a startling sword intent within it.

Ye Weiming studied the sword intent in the Qingyin Cave carving, learned of the Former Hengshan Sect, and safely drew the poison from Qu Feiyan, Liu Zhengfeng, and Qu Yang. He then discovered a hidden mechanism in the stone chamber and began to activate it.

• Ye Weiming gained sword-technique proficiency from the Man Jiang Hong carving, and Liu Zhengfeng explained its uncertain links to the legendary Former Hengshan Sect.
• Liu Zhengfeng sealed the chamber as poisonous smoke approached, and Ye Weiming stopped him from lighting a torch because the enclosed space had limited oxygen.
• Ye Weiming revealed his 12,000 poison resistance and used steel needles and internal energy to draw the poison from Qu Feiyan, then Liu Zhengfeng and Qu Yang.
• Ye Weiming treated Liu Zhengfeng and Qu Yang's injuries, then noticed the chamber held another secret.
• Ye Weiming pressed the characters for “sorrow” and “shame” in the carving, triggering a crack.

Ye Weiming uncovered a hidden stone chamber beneath the Hengshan Sect and found the writings of Dugu Jian, a disgraced martial arts Alliance Leader who had carved his life story and martial arts into its walls. As Ye Weiming studied the inscriptions, he was drawn into an illusion and faced a gray-robed old man who might have been Dugu Jian.

• Ye Weiming activated a concealed mechanism in the chamber wall, revealing a passage that generations of Hengshan Sect disciples had missed.
• The group entered the hidden chamber, where Sanyue, Xiao Qiao, and Qu Feiyan clung to Ye Weiming after seeing a skeleton.
• Ye Weiming and the others read the inscriptions and learned that Dugu Jian had become Alliance Leader, been captured and crippled, and carved his martial arts into the chamber for a future successor.
• Ye Weiming studied Dugu Jian's martial arts inscriptions and found himself on a windswept mountain peak facing a gray-robed old man.

Ye Weiming met Dugu Jian, who praised his patriotic deeds and offered him a legacy based on his past achievements. Dugu Jian presented two options, including an improved version of Heavenly Demon Disintegration, and left Ye Weiming to choose.

• Dugu Jian recognized Ye Weiming and recounted his deeds in service of the country and its people.
• Dugu Jian decided Ye Weiming qualified to inherit part of his legacy and judged which rewards suited him.
• Dugu Jian explained that Ye Weiming would receive a legacy without completing another quest, based on his achievements before entering the dungeon.
• Dugu Jian offered Heavenly Demon Disintegration and its improved, less harmful form, River Overturns Sea Boils, as Ye Weiming's two options.

Ye Weiming chose Heavenly Demon Disintegration in exchange for a sealed Ultimate Internal Skill manual, then returned from Dugu Jian’s illusion and prepared to bury his remains. The manual’s quest sent him after the chief culprit behind the former Hengshan Sect’s destruction.

• Ye Weiming chose Heavenly Demon Disintegration, with Dugu Jian offering Wind Thunder Nine Provinces as a sealed bonus manual.
• Ye Weiming triggered the eight-star quest Blood Debt Blood Repayment to find the chief culprit behind the destruction of the former Hengshan Sect and seek justice before that culprit died.
• Dugu Jian returned Ye Weiming to the stone chamber, where the other players were still choosing their inheritances.
• Ye Weiming placed Dugu Jian’s remains in his white jade coffin so he could lay them to rest.

Ye Weiming learned Heavenly Demon Disintegration and fused it with Wolf Extinction Three Oaths to create Wolf Extinction Four Oaths, then prepared to break out of Qingyin Cave with Tang Sancai. Outside, a large group of players waited to trap them, and Ye Weiming confronted their leader as he emerged.

• Ye Weiming studied Heavenly Demon Disintegration, fused it with Wolf Extinction Three Oaths, and upgraded the technique to Wolf Extinction Four Oaths.
• Ye Weiming used insight manuals to raise his Quanzhen Swordsmanship proficiency and saved three Internal Skill Insights for later.
• Ye Weiming told Sanyue and the others to remain in the second-level chamber while he and Tang Sancai went to find an antidote for Soft Bone Incense.
• Ye Weiming and Tang Sancai sealed the chambers behind them and realized the enemy intended to trap them rather than kill Qu Yang or Liu Zhengfeng.
• More than a hundred players waited outside Qingyin Cave, including Dugu Xingyun and Duan Xiyang Wuyu, while their leader declared that Heaven's Will Could Not Be Defied.
• Ye Weiming emerged from Qingyin Cave and mocked the players for claiming to be Heaven's will.

Ye Weiming confronted the players surrounding him and questioned their real objective, arguing that their attacks on Liu Zhengfeng and Qu Yang were a carefully planned diversion rather than a genuine quest for Zuo Lengchan. He left the enemy leaders to answer why they had spent so many lives and resources keeping his group trapped.

• Ye Weiming faced more than a hundred players and asked their leader what their objective was.
• Dai Qiu Shang Lan claimed they were carrying out a quest from Zuo Lengchan to prevent Liu Zhengfeng and Qu Yang from surviving.
• Ye Weiming pointed out that the players’ attacks on Liu Zhengfeng’s family and the weak guards outside Qingyin Cave had been suicidal and strangely well concealed.
• Ye Weiming deduced that the attacks were staged to make Sanyue and Fei Yu lower their guard while the enemy leaders kept the group trapped.
• Ye Weiming challenged Dai Qiu Shang Lan to explain what goal justified the operation’s enormous casualties and cost.

Ye Weiming confirmed his deductions about the six enemies by reading their reactions, then fought Gui Xinying, a poison expert from the Five Poisons Sect, to stop her from spreading Soft Bone Incense. He lured her toward Qingyin Cave’s entrance and prepared to strike while Tang Sancai and the others waited for an opening.

• Dai Qiu Shang Lan challenged Ye Weiming to guess the group’s objective, and Ye Weiming concluded from their reactions that his deductions had been correct.
• Gui Xinying attacked Ye Weiming with her Silver Snake Sword and Golden Snake Swordplay, but he parried her strike.
• Tang Sancai told Ye Weiming that Gui Xinying was a Five Poisons Sect player skilled in poison and swordsmanship.
• Ye Weiming told Tang Sancai that killing Gui Xinying would stop her from spreading Soft Bone Incense and asked the team to focus their attacks when an opening appeared.
• Ye Weiming drew Gui Xinying toward Qingyin Cave’s entrance, then switched to offense and thrust at her throat with Flick Sword Stance.

Ye Weiming and Tang Sancai were cornered by Dai Qiu Shang Lan’s group outside Qingyin Cave, but unexpected reinforcements attacked the encirclement. Ye Weiming recognized two of the three powerful leaders, including a familiar figure in red, and wondered at the turn of events.

• Ye Weiming overwhelmed Gui Xinying with his Flick Sword Stance until Dai Qiu Shang Lan intervened with precise swordplay to save her.
• Gui Xinying attacked Ye Weiming with three penetrating snake-shaped blades, but he blocked them with Dragon Seen in the Field.
• Tang Sancai emerged from Qingyin Cave and attacked Gui Xinying with hidden weapons, but a green-clad player deflected them with a golden flute.
• Dai Qiu Shang Lan offered to let Ye Weiming and Tang Sancai retreat into Qingyin Cave, but Ye Weiming questioned whether they could stop him from leaving.
• A force of more than a hundred players attacked the encircling group, and Ye Weiming recognized two of its three leaders, including a familiar figure in red.

Tang Sancai used River Overturns Sea Boils to kill Mirror Lake Bright Moon and devastate the enemy formation, but the technique left him too weakened to keep fighting. As Dai Qiu Shang Lan and Gui Xinying pursued him, Ye Weiming moved to protect his retreat and prepared to counter their swordsmanship.

• Cang Xingyu, Jiang Jin Jiu, and a formidable monk led the reinforcements in a sneak attack that gave their side the advantage.
• Dai Qiu Shang Lan sent Sunset, Xingyun, and Little Fragrant Pig to hold off the reinforcements, while Tang Sancai challenged Mirror Lake Bright Moon to a duel.
• Ye Weiming fought Dai Qiu Shang Lan and Gui Xinying at once, while Mirror Lake Bright Moon cornered Tang Sancai and countered his hidden weapons.
• Tang Sancai unleashed River Overturns Sea Boils, killing Mirror Lake Bright Moon and more than thirty other enemy players in a five-second barrage.
• Drained of energy and hidden weapons, Tang Sancai started back toward Qingyin Cave, but Dai Qiu Shang Lan and Gui Xinying pursued him.
• Ye Weiming blocked the pair and declared that he had a way to deal with their swordsmanship.

Ye Weiming used the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms to overpower Dai Qiu Shang Lan and Gui Xinying, forcing their group to retreat. After thanking Jiang Jin Jiu and the others for their help, he agreed to finish the mission before discussing why they had intervened.

• Ye Weiming struck Dai Qiu Shang Lan and Gui Xinying with Soaring Dragon, Regret, knocking Gui Xinying back and then inflicting Crushing Damage on Dai Qiu Shang Lan.
• Ye Weiming identified Dai Qiu Shang Lan's swordsmanship as the Dugu Nine Swords and deduced that Dai Qiu Shang Lan probably had not learned its Palm-Breaking Form.
• Dai Qiu Shang Lan ordered his group to retreat after the mission failed, and the reinforcements let them leave the valley.
• Ye Weiming thanked Jiang Jin Jiu and the other rescuers for their assistance.
• Jiang Jin Jiu told Ye Weiming to recover and complete the mission before asking why they had helped, and Ye Weiming agreed to discuss it at a later banquet.

Ye Weiming completed the Golden Basin Hand Wash quest and learned that the attacks meant to keep him from the Misty Rain Tower tournament were part of a paid scheme. The chapter left him asking what the opponents would pay Dai Qiu Shang Lan and the others, after hearing how valuable the tournament’s rewards were.

• Ye Weiming collected the quest rewards, leveled up, and received the Smiling, Proud Wanderer Score from Liu Zhengfeng and Qu Yang.
• Qu Yang retired from the martial world, Liu Zhengfeng planned to enter the court, and Qu Feiyan was entrusted to Lin Pingzi as a Qingcheng disciple.
• At a banquet, Jiang Jin Jiu, Cang Xingyu, and Bookworm revealed that they represented branches of the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan in the Misty Rain Tower tournament.
• Jiang Jin Jiu confirmed that Dai Qiu Shang Lan and the others had tried to delay Ye Weiming so he would miss the tournament.
• Cang Xingyu explained that the tournament offered powerful skill upgrades and mysterious system rewards, prompting Ye Weiming to ask what the opposing side had paid for the attack.

Ye Weiming learned that Quanzhen Sect’s tournament representatives had a map to Ancient Dynasty Ruins and had tried to recruit Jiang Jin Jiu before turning to Tianyi City. He led his teammates to defeat a full-strength Hai Dafu, then advised Bookworm to focus on the Burning Wood Saber Technique before the tournament.

• Jiang Jin Jiu explained that Quanzhen Sect’s seven representatives had earned a map to Ancient Dynasty Ruins and wanted to trade it for help in the Misty Rain Tower Tournament.
• Jiang Jin Jiu revealed that Quanzhen Sect had first approached him, and Ye Weiming noted Tianyi City as the group they turned to after he declined.
• Ye Weiming assembled Youyou, Jiang Jin Jiu, Cang Xingyu, Bookworm, Xiao Qiao, and Sanyue to challenge Hai Dafu’s instance.
• Ye Weiming and his teammates killed Hai Dafu and cleared the instance, with Ye Weiming using his poison immunity to fight the boss’s poison-coated sword.
• Ye Weiming advised Bookworm to raise the Burning Wood Saber Technique to level 9, then looted Hai Dafu’s corpse and found valuable drops.

After defeating Hai Dafu, Ye Weiming stored the corpse and agreed to divide the loot after clearing the other instances, while Jiang Jin Jiu took the Yin Yang Red Robe and Bone Ruler Sword. The team entered the “One Sword Bleeds” instance and faced Feng Xifan and his six Six Harmonies Children, leaving Ye Weiming to open the fight against Feng Xifan.

• Ye Weiming kept Hai Dafu’s loot for a later group division and stored his corpse in a nanmu coffin.
• Jiang Jin Jiu claimed the Yin Yang Red Robe and Bone Ruler Sword because their properties suited him.
• The team entered the “One Sword Bleeds” instance and encountered level 105 BOSS Feng Xifan and six level 66 Six Harmonies Children.
• Ye Weiming explained that the Children’s high Vitality meant they had weaknesses elsewhere and assigned each teammate one to fight.
• Ye Weiming told the team to defeat the Children and then help him, before charging Feng Xifan with a Flick Sword Stance.

Ye Weiming and his six teammates defeated Feng Xifan and cleared the "One Sword Bleeds" dungeon, surviving the level 105 boss’s final berserk assault. After collecting the loot and insights, they left the dungeon and began dividing the spoils, while Ye Weiming refused to risk their sole attempt at the Hong Antong dungeon.

• Ye Weiming held Feng Xifan at bay with alternating attacks and defense while his six teammates defeated the Six Harmonies Children.
• The seven players cornered Feng Xifan, endured his ten-second Jade Shatters Kunlun Peak assault, and killed him with Ye Weiming’s Finger Flicking Divine Power.
• Jiang Jin Jiu asked about the strength of Hong Antong, and Ye Weiming estimated the boss could be level 110 or higher and refused to challenge the one-attempt dungeon without greater certainty.
• Ye Weiming collected Feng Xifan’s Bloodless Sword, Jade Shatters Kunlun Peak, Kunlun Brocade Robe, and the corpses of Feng Xifan and the Six Harmonies Children.
• The team left the dungeon and began dividing the spoils in the courtyard.

After the dungeon loot was distributed, Ye Weiming studied Feng Xifan’s Swordsmanship Insights and used his Cultivation Points to raise Quanzhen Swordsmanship to Max Level, gaining the One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones effect. He then maxed out Moon Maiden Swordplay, leaving Ladder Cloud Ascending Technique as his only other skill stuck at Level 9.

• The group distributed the dungeon loot, with Jiang Jin Jiu receiving two treasures, Ye Weiming taking the Manchu Han Imperial Feast Cookbook, and other players claiming equipment and manuals.
• The group auctioned Feng Xifan’s Bloodless Sword technique and Yin Yang Grinding, then parted to prepare for the Misty Rain Tower tournament.
• Ye Weiming studied Feng Xifan’s Swordsmanship Insights and applied the resulting proficiency to Quanzhen Swordsmanship.
• Ye Weiming spent Cultivation Points to max Quanzhen Swordsmanship and unlocked its One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones effect.
• Ye Weiming reviewed his martial arts and spent over a million proficiency points to max Moon Maiden Swordplay.