Chapter Summaries

Ye Weiming badly wounded Ouyang Feng with the Zhongchong Sword and knocked him from the peach tree with a devastating follow-up strike. Although Huang Rong declared him the winner, Ye Weiming insisted that he had fallen first and accepted fourth place, leaving the senior masters impressed by his modesty.

• Ye Weiming used the Zhongchong Sword to break through Ouyang Feng's Toad Stance, inflicting severe damage and negative statuses.
• Ye Weiming drew the Bloodless Sword and unleashed Heavenly Demon Disintegration at the injured Ouyang Feng.
• Ouyang Feng leaped clear of the sword qi, but the strike cut away most of the peach tree's canopy, leaving him unable to stay aloft.
• Huang Rong declared that Ye Weiming had won the second match by knocking Ouyang Feng from the tree.
• Ye Weiming said he had fallen before Ouyang Feng and accepted fourth place, prompting the senior masters to admire his fairness and modesty.

Ye Weiming conceded his final match to help Xiao Qiao secure second place and preserve her Art of Mutual Combat, while still winning the marriage contest overall. Huang Yaoshi announced the final rankings and offered Ye Weiming a reward, asking what he wanted.

• Huang Rong declared Transparent Sky Bridge the winner of the exchange with Ye Weiming in second, and Xiao Qiao and Huang Yaoshi ended their match.
• Huang Yaoshi announced Ye Weiming as the contest champion, followed by Transparent Sky Bridge, Mirror Lake Bright Moon, Tianwang Gaidihu, and Dugu Xingyun.
• Dugu Xingyun questioned the tied scores, but Mirror Lake Bright Moon told him privately that he accepted Huang Yaoshi's decision.
• Ye Weiming explained to Xiao Qiao that he had spent the contest building momentum against Ouyang Feng, then deliberately conceded so she could keep her Art of Mutual Combat.
• Huang Yaoshi offered rewards according to the rankings and asked Ye Weiming what he wanted as champion.

Ye Weiming recovered from the backlash of Heavenly Demon Disintegration and learned that Huang Rong had saved a quest reward for him after Ouyang Feng lost the marriage contest. He and Xiao Qiao prepared to leave Peach Blossom Island, where most of the named NPCs had already departed.

• Ye Weiming asked Huang Yaoshi to release Zhou Botong and permanently obtained One Yang Finger, while Xiao Qiao earned Art of Mutual Combat and chose guidance on Mystical Gates and Hidden Stems.
• Huang Yaoshi sent the injured Ye Weiming back to rest, unaware that Ouyang Feng had been struck by his final sword.
• Ye Weiming spent a day and night healing in seclusion and found two strange ink drawings sent by an unexpected NPC.
• Xiao Qiao told Ye Weiming that Huang Rong had offered him a generous quest reward after Ouyang Feng was eliminated by Guo Jing, but had left the reward for their next meeting.
• Ye Weiming learned Xiao Qiao had waited outside while he healed, then decided they should leave the island; Xiao Qiao offered to get him on television.

Ye Weiming met Wei Xiaobao to record a dungeon commentary video that gave Xiao Qiao a prominent debut, and chose a powerful monk's robe as payment. As Ye Weiming and Xiao Qiao prepared to pursue separate missions, a System Announcement revealed that three players had permanently killed Liu Ying.

• Wei Xiaobao explained his cryptic drawings and reminded Ye Weiming about their agreement to produce commentary for the Misty Rain Tower Tournament dungeon video.
• Ye Weiming arranged for Xiao Qiao to explain the boss strategy on camera, with Wei Xiaobao and himself supporting her.
• Wei Xiaobao offered Ye Weiming either a share of the video's revenue or the Hui Ming Monk Robe, and Ye Weiming chose the robe.
• Wei Xiaobao told Ye Weiming that Commander You Jin wanted him to return to the Divine Constable Bureau about a murdered Beggar's Sect deputy chief.
• Xiao Qiao declined to join Ye Weiming's mission and planned to team up with Dao Mei, but a System Announcement reported that Dai Qiu Shang Lan, Mirror Lake Bright Moon, and Gui Xinying had permanently killed Liu Ying.

Ye Weiming received a Divine Constable Bureau mission to investigate Ma Dayuan’s murder and prevent the Beggar’s Sect from being drawn into a wider conflict. He reached Apricot Grove, where Bao Butong was being beaten by several players as the assembly had yet to begin.

• You Jin told Ye Weiming that Ma Dayuan, deputy chief of the Beggar’s Sect, had been killed with his own signature technique, raising the risk of conflict with Murong of Gusu.
• You Jin assigned Ye Weiming and the other Divine Constable Bureau players to investigate the murder at Apricot Grove in Wuxi.
• Ye Weiming learned that Fei Yu and Sanyue had already set out and accepted the seven-star mission.
• Ye Weiming traveled to Wuxi and found Beggar’s Sect members gathered in Apricot Grove, watching several players beat Bao Butong.

Ye Weiming watched players beat Bao Butong to death after his insults provoked them, then refused to join the ensuing fight between the Beggar's Sect and the Murong Family. The battle rapidly grew into a server-wide melee while Ye Weiming and the Divine Constable Bureau agents stayed neutral and watched from the edge of Apricot Grove.

• Ye Weiming met Fei Yu and Sanyue and learned Bao Butong had insulted players from both camps, prompting them to gang up on him while the Murong Family players stood aside.
• A Zhu asked Ye Weiming to help Bao Butong, but he declined; Jiang Jin Jiu then killed Bao Butong after a Smoke Bomb prevented Wang Yuyan from speaking up.
• Feng Bo'e rushed in to avenge Bao Butong, and his arrival prompted the Murong Family players to attack Jiang Jin Jiu's group while the Beggar's Sect players charged the Murong Family.
• Ye Weiming, Fei Yu, and Sanyue chose the neutral option, while Jiang Jin Jiu and the Wudang players joined the Beggar's Sect camp because they had already killed Bao Butong.
• Players summoned reinforcements and turned the clash into a sprawling melee; the system shielded the NPCs as Ye Weiming retreated to a tree and watched the battle grow.

Ye Weiming and his companions watched the Beggar's Sect–Murong Family battle end before Qiao Feng confronted a plot to expose his Khitan origins. Ye Weiming entered the dispute as a Divine Constable Bureau investigator, mocked Zhao Qiansun, and began challenging Kang Min’s accusation that Qiao Feng murdered Ma Dayuan.

• Ye Weiming explained how the player battle’s deaths and dropped equipment benefited the system, then took Fei Yu and Sanyue away for a picnic while the fighting continued.
• Qiao Feng ended the battle and, after the Beggar's Sect plot resumed, exposed Quan Guanqing’s rebellion and won the Four Great Elders back to his side.
• Kang Min and her allies presented evidence that Qiao Feng was Khitan, leaving him isolated as Zhao Qiansun mocked him.
• Ye Weiming ridiculed Zhao Qiansun with a story claiming he was the son of a Western Xia envoy, then identified himself and his companions as Divine Constable Bureau investigators.
• Kang Min accused Qiao Feng of conspiring with Murong Fu to murder Ma Dayuan, and Ye Weiming suggested her grief had confused her reasoning.

Ye Weiming exposed flaws in the evidence implicating Qiao Feng in a burglary and murder, then Sanyue questioned Kang Min and uncovered her motive for plotting against him. The chapter ended with Fei Yu asking how Sanyue had made Kang Min confess.

• Ye Weiming challenged Kang Min’s reasoning, arguing that Qiao Feng’s fan and the sealed letter made the burglary accusation illogical.
• Ye Weiming asked Qiao Feng to summon the two maidservants, and Qiao Feng ordered Elder Xu’s trusted messenger to bring them while preventing anyone else from leaving Apricot Grove.
• Sanyue questioned Elder Xu and Quan Guanqing before asking Kang Min whether she loved Qiao Feng and why she had harmed him.
• Kang Min confessed that she plotted against Qiao Feng because he had ignored her at the Hundred Flowers Gathering in Luoyang City.
• Ye Weiming warned Qiao Feng to keep the powerful Beggar’s Sect members from causing trouble or escaping, and Fei Yu asked how Sanyue had made Kang Min reveal the truth.

Sanyue used the Soul Shifting Great Method to hypnotize Kang Min and uncover how she and Bai Shijing had framed Qiao Feng and murdered Ma Dayuan. Bai Shijing killed himself, while Qiao Feng and Ye Weiming stopped Quan Guanqing from silencing Kang Min, leaving Sanyue free to continue questioning her.

• Sanyue used the Soul Shifting Great Method to hypnotize Kang Min and asked how she had harmed Qiao Feng.
• Kang Min revealed that she had found and secretly read Gang Leader Wang's letter by steaming open its seal.
• Kang Min confessed that she had drugged Ma Dayuan and pressured Bai Shijing into killing him and staging the murder as the work of the Gusu Murong Clan.
• Bai Shijing confessed his guilt and killed himself, and Qiao Feng allowed him to die.
• Quan Guanqing lunged at Kang Min to stop her from talking, but Qiao Feng restrained him and Ye Weiming silenced him.
• Ye Weiming told Sanyue to continue questioning Kang Min.

Ye Weiming and the others exposed Kang Min, Bai Shijing, and Quan Guanqing’s conspiracy, and Qiao Feng rewarded them with the original versions of three Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms techniques. When the group tried to uncover the identity of the Leader Brother from the Yanmen Pass incident, the Beggar’s Sect elders overpowered those who objected and demanded that the questioning proceed.

• Sanyue questioned Kang Min, confirming that she and Quan Guanqing had colluded to seize power in the Beggar’s Sect.
• Qiao Feng sealed Quan Guanqing’s acupoints and thanked Ye Weiming, Fei Yu, and Sanyue for clearing his name.
• Qiao Feng activated three original Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms techniques for Ye Weiming, Fei Yu, and Sanyue as their mission reward.
• Master Zhiguang and Zhao Qiansun objected when Qiao Feng asked Sanyue to learn the Leader Brother’s identity from Kang Min.
• Ye Weiming proposed questioning Kang Min about her relationships within the Beggar’s Sect, but Elder Xu urged the group to ask about the Leader Brother instead.
• Elder Xu’s allies subdued Master Zhiguang and Zhao Qiansun, while the Dog-Beating Formation contained the Tan family, and Elder Xu declared that the Beggar’s Sect would uncover the Leader Brother’s identity.

Sanyue tried to learn the identity of Leader Brother from Kang Min, but an unseen attacker killed her before she could reveal it. The Beggar's Sect then voted to execute Quan Guanqing, leaving Qiao Feng chasing the killer and the secret unresolved.

• Ye Weiming explained to Fei Yu that the Beggar's Sect members opposed questioning Kang Min to protect the sect's reputation, even if most were innocent.
• Kang Min began to reveal Leader Brother's identity when an unseen attacker fired a pebble and smashed her head.
• Qiao Feng chased the attacker into the forest while Sanyue escaped the spray of blood.
• Elder Wu, Elder Xu, and Elder Song arranged a unanimous vote to enforce the sect rules against Quan Guanqing.
• Beggar's Sect disciples formed the Dog Beating Formation and beat the immobilized, silenced Quan Guanqing to death.

After the Beggar's Sect settled the deaths of Bai Shijing, Quan Guanqing, and Kang Min, Western Xia's First Rank Hall arrived in the Apricot Grove to challenge the sect. Ye Weiming accepted a temporary quest and chose to face Yu Zhenzi, entering a boss dungeon with Sanyue and Fei Yu.

• Ye Weiming collected Bai Shijing's and Quan Guanqing's bodies, then took Kang Min's corpse after Elder Xu asked him to perform her funeral rites.
• Ye Weiming warned Sanyue and Fei Yu that First Rank Hall was approaching and gave Sanyue the antidote to Baisu Qingfeng.
• Helian Tieshu arrived with Western Xia warriors and challenged the Beggar's Sect, while Ye Weiming questioned his official mission and Elder Xu and Elder Wu mocked his insults.
• Yue Lao San appeared, kowtowed to Duan Yu and Sanyue as his masters, then fled from the gathering.
• Ye Erniang and Yu Zhenzi arrived, and the players received a temporary quest to challenge First Rank Hall.
• Ye Weiming accepted the quest, selected Yu Zhenzi as the target, and entered the boss dungeon with Sanyue and Fei Yu.

Ye Weiming and his teammates fought Yu Zhenzi, a powerful Taishan Sect expert whose name Ye Weiming did not recognize. After wounding him, Ye Weiming provoked Yu Zhenzi into unleashing a dangerous self-harming technique, and the chapter ended with Yu Zhenzi’s berserk sword attack still dealing heavy damage despite Ye Weiming’s defense.

• Ye Weiming warned Fei Yu and Sanyue to fight cautiously while they assessed Yu Zhenzi’s abilities.
• Ye Weiming used his flying Blood-Draining Sunset Sword to confuse Yu Zhenzi as Fei Yu and Sanyue attacked from both sides.
• Yu Zhenzi discerned how Ye Weiming guided the flying sword, but Ye Weiming misled him and wounded him beneath the ribs.
• Ye Weiming activated Taunt, prompting Yu Zhenzi to use a self-harming technique that sharply increased his Aura and damage.
• Yu Zhenzi unleashed a barrage of vicious sword strikes, and Ye Weiming blocked them with Intercepting Sword Stance but still suffered Crushing Damage.

Ye Weiming held off berserk Yu Zhenzi while Fei Yu and Sanyue chipped away at his health. After Yu Zhenzi adapted to the remotely controlled Blood-Draining Sunset Sword, Ye Weiming caught him off guard with Zhongchong Sword.

• Ye Weiming used Blunting Sword Stance to withstand Yu Zhenzi’s berserk attacks and warned Fei Yu and Sanyue not to clash weapons with him.
• Fei Yu and Sanyue cautiously attacked Yu Zhenzi as his five-second outburst ended and his strength fell back to normal.
• Ye Weiming struck Yu Zhenzi during the drop in power, then explained that the outburst consumed 10% of Yu Zhenzi’s health and joined the others in attacking.
• Yu Zhenzi used the Divine Movement Technique to evade most of the trio’s attacks, while Ye Weiming reassured Fei Yu and Sanyue that he could hold him off if he went berserk again.
• After Yu Zhenzi learned to evade the remotely controlled Blood-Draining Sunset Sword, Ye Weiming secretly fired Zhongchong Sword into his right shoulder, inflicting Muscle Severing and Bone Shatter.

Ye Weiming, Fei Yu, and Sanyue defeated Yu Zhenzi in the dungeon, claimed their rewards, and returned to reality as Yu Zhenzi and Ye Erniang fled. The chapter left the group reacting to their sudden return.

• Ye Weiming crippled Yu Zhenzi with the Invisible Sword and struck him down with Soaring Dragon in the Sky.
• Fei Yu and Sanyue joined Ye Weiming in defeating Yu Zhenzi, earning experience, cultivation points, a level increase, and the title Nemesis of Lustful Thieves.
• Ye Weiming chose Boundless Growth, Fei Yu took the White Fox Shawl, and Sanyue equipped the Seven-Colored Neon Boots.
• Ye Weiming explained that Yu Zhenzi had used Divine Movement Technique, which he recognized from Dao Mei.
• The group returned to reality as Yu Zhenzi retreated behind Helian Tieshu with his injured arm and Ye Erniang fled; Fei Yu and Sanyue shed inexplicable tears.

Ye Weiming pretended to be incapacitated by Baisu Qingfeng, then ambushed Yu Zhenzi when he approached. After Duan Yu escaped with Wang Yuyan, Ye Weiming and his allies attacked the crippled Yu Zhenzi.

• The Baisu Qingfeng poison felled the Central Plains experts, but Duan Yu remained immune and Ye Weiming secretly feigned collapse.
• Helian Tieshu ordered his warriors to seize Wang Yuyan, so Duan Yu killed several attackers and fled with her over his shoulder.
• Yu Zhenzi approached Ye Weiming, who cursed him while secretly equipping the Nemesis of Lustful Thieves title.
• Ye Weiming struck Yu Zhenzi with Hidden Dragon, Do Not Use, crippling his right hand, then shattered his right kneecap with a Seven-Colored Glazed Bead.
• Ye Weiming used Zhongchong Sword to strike Yu Zhenzi between the legs, and Yu Zhenzi screamed and cursed as he fell.
• After Fei Yu and Sanyue took the antidote, they joined Ye Weiming in attacking the crippled Yu Zhenzi.

After killing Yu Zhenzi again, Ye Weiming and his companions escaped Apricot Grove and divided the loot while sheltering from the rain. Ye Weiming used an Equipment Synthesis Card to upgrade his Imperial Sword, and the group waited for a five-man First Rank Hall squad to approach them.

• Ye Weiming and the others killed Yu Zhenzi, looted his drops, and fled Apricot Grove as the First Rank Hall warriors pursued them.
• Sanyue and Fei Yu carried A Zhu and A Bi to safety while Ye Weiming covered their retreat.
• The group cured A Zhu and A Bi's poison and divided Yu Zhenzi's loot, with Fei Yu taking Blood Burning Technique and Sanyue taking Prince Yue's Divine Arrow.
• Ye Weiming used the Equipment Synthesis Card to fuse his Imperial Sword with the Buddhist Tablet Sword Sheath, granting the sword Karmic Severance and Rebirth effects.
• A five-man First Rank Hall squad found the group in the rain, and Ye Weiming, Sanyue, and Fei Yu waited for them to charge.

Ye Weiming, Sanyue, and Fei Yu went to Tianning Temple to rescue the Beggar's Sect prisoners, only to find Jiang Jin Jiu's team had already freed them. Ye Weiming then seized the chance to bring Helian Tieshu and Ye Erniang back to the Divine Constable Bureau in shackles.

• Ye Weiming's group learned from a captured Western Xia warrior that First Rank Hall had massacred Tianning Temple and imprisoned the Beggar's Sect members there.
• The trio hurried to Tianning Temple, where they found that Jiang Jin Jiu, Cang Xingyu, Yin Bukui, Xuan Xiaobi, and Xiao Yao Tan had already rescued the prisoners.
• Jiang Jin Jiu explained that First Rank Hall's warriors were weakened by Baisu Qingfeng, but killing them would cost Chivalry Points and Beggar's Sect favorability.
• Ye Weiming asked Sanyue and Fei Yu to shackle Helian Tieshu and Ye Erniang, then led them out of the temple to take the two criminals to the Divine Constable Bureau.
• Sanyue worried that powerful figures might secure Ye Erniang's release, and Ye Weiming said that was why he had chosen to capture her rather than Yue Lao San.

Ye Weiming and his companions delivered Helian Tieshu and Ye Erniang to the Divine Constable Bureau and reported their mission to Venerable Huang, who rewarded them with secret manuals. After the others left, Venerable Huang summoned One Blade to appear.

• Ye Weiming, Fei Yu, and Sanyue escorted Helian Tieshu and Ye Erniang to the Heavenly Prison and reported to Venerable Huang.
• Ye Weiming concluded that a powerful NPC, not a player, had killed Kang Min and was likely connected to the events at Yanmen Pass thirty years earlier.
• Venerable Huang praised the trio and gave each of them a copy of the Healing Chapter.
• Venerable Huang asked Fei Yu and Sanyue to leave, then called for One Blade to come out.

Ye Weiming became the Divine Constable Bureau’s chief disciple, but Venerable Huang withheld the Reward Good Punish Evil Order until a storyline progressed. Venerable Huang then revealed that Ye Weiming’s next mission would involve Dao Mei’s Ghost-rank skill, Intermediary Walker, which enabled deep undercover work.

• Dao Mei appeared and greeted Ye Weiming as her senior disciple brother after joining the Divine Constable Bureau.
• Venerable Huang told Ye Weiming he could not yet receive the Reward Good Punish Evil Order because the time was not right.
• Ye Weiming received the Divine Constable Bureau Senior Disciple Brother title and equipped it.
• Venerable Huang explained that Ye Weiming’s next mission was connected to Dao Mei’s sect skill.
• Dao Mei shared the Intermediary Walker skill description, revealing abilities to assume identities and imitate voices.