Chapter Summaries

Ye Weiming analyzed which evil sect Dao Mei should infiltrate, and she chose the Sun Moon Holy Cult using her second identity, As I Kill. Venerable Huang assigned Ye Weiming to help her gain influence there, and Dao Mei revealed that their quickest route was hunting the level 125 boss Xiang Wentian.

• Ye Weiming advised Dao Mei to infiltrate either the Ming Cult or the Sun Moon Holy Cult, and recommended the latter while leaving the choice to her.
• Dao Mei transformed her appearance and voice, introduced herself as As I Kill of the Sun Moon Holy Cult, and added Ye Weiming as a friend under her second identity.
• Venerable Huang assigned Ye Weiming and Dao Mei the special sect mission Infernal Affairs, requiring her to become a core member of a Sun Moon Holy Cult hall or rise higher.
• Ye Weiming asked how Dao Mei could quickly gain Sect Contribution Points and status within the Sun Moon Holy Cult.
• Dao Mei said the cult was pursuing its Right Emissary of Light, Xiang Wentian, a level 125 boss, and proposed completing the hunt.

Ye Weiming and Dao Mei prepared to pursue Xiang Wentian, while Venerable Huang and You Jin offered guidance and intelligence support. Ye Weiming returned home to study his newly acquired manuals and improve his skills, especially the Healing Chapter.

• Ye Weiming agreed to pursue Xiang Wentian but insisted that the group make careful preparations before acting.
• Dao Mei explained that Xiang Wentian would flee if more than three players challenged him, and You Jin reported that the Mount Song Sect had also issued a hunt order.
• Venerable Huang advised Ye Weiming to wait until the next morning and choose their third companion carefully, while You Jin offered to provide updated information on Xiang Wentian.
• Ye Weiming returned home, read the Healing Chapter, and used manuals from Bai Shijing, Quan Guanqing, and Yu Zhenzi to improve his skills.
• Ye Weiming raised the Healing Chapter to level 8 and greatly increased his Ascend Duckweed Crossing Water proficiency, while saving Yu Zhenzi's swordsmanship manual for later.

Ye Weiming spent nearly all his Cultivation Points to raise “Ascend Duckweed Crossing Water” to Max Level and gained a major boost to his senses. After burying the four villains and collecting their rewards, he recruited Slipper One-Blade Slash to help hunt Xiang Wentian.

• Ye Weiming chose to upgrade “Ascend Duckweed Crossing Water” instead of “Healing Chapter,” bringing the lightness skill to Level 10.
• Ye Weiming experienced the skill’s enhanced sensory effect and considered how his high Agility and Reaction might amplify it beyond what Shui Dai could manage.
• Ye Weiming buried the three men and Kang Min, then gained 666 Chivalry Points and 666 Merit Points from the four villains.
• Ye Weiming contacted Slipper One-Blade Slash and offered him a supporting role in a hunt for Xiang Wentian.
• Slipper One-Blade Slash agreed to join and promised not to claim any of the BOSS’s drops.

Ye Weiming recruited Slipper One-Blade Slash to share the political credit and pressure surrounding the hunt for Xiang Wentian, while Dao Mei pursued her own rise within the Sun Moon Holy Cult. After learning Xiang Wentian would face a pincer attack near Mount Shaoshi, the group’s attention shifted to a ruined Taizu Temple, where three young visitors arrived to kill someone.

• Ye Weiming chose Slipper One-Blade Slash as a teammate so Mount Song Sect could claim credit for Xiang Wentian’s death and dilute the Divine Constable Bureau’s involvement.
• You Jin told Ye Weiming and Dao Mei that Xiang Wentian was being pursued toward Mount Song and would likely be surrounded thirty li from Mount Shaoshi the next afternoon.
• You Jin asked Ye Weiming and Slipper One-Blade Slash to kill Xiang Wentian swiftly and cleanly, then told Venerable Huang he wanted to reform the martial world.
• At a ruined Taizu Temple, a white-haired old man roasted a chicken beside a bonfire as three young figures arrived, declaring that they had come to kill someone.

Ye Weiming, Dao Mei, and Slipper One-Blade Slash confronted Xiang Wentian at Taizu Temple after tracking him through the day. The fight began, and Dao Mei broke through Xiang Wentian’s defensive Blade Shadows.

• Xiang Wentian complained that the three had interrupted his meal, then drew his saber and prepared to fight.
• Ye Weiming criticized Xiang Wentian’s roast chicken while Dao Mei and Slipper One-Blade Slash took positions around him.
• Dao Mei explained that Xiang Wentian had killed a farmer to steal the chicken, while the group discussed why they had waited until night to attack.
• Ye Weiming launched attacks with the Blood-Draining Sunset Sword, but Xiang Wentian blocked them with his Illusory Sea Demonic Star technique.
• Dao Mei recognized a weakness in Xiang Wentian’s defense and struck repeatedly until his Blade Shadows shattered.

Ye Weiming, Dao Mei, and Slipper One-Blade Slash fought Xiang Wentian in a ruined mountain temple, where Dao Mei’s prepared killing move severed Xiang Wentian’s arm. Ye Weiming finished the wounded boss with a sudden Sword Qi strike, and the team earned the first kill.

• Dao Mei’s precise saber strikes shattered Xiang Wentian’s defensive Blade Light, while Ye Weiming wounded him with a guided flying sword and exchanged sword techniques with him.
• Slipper One-Blade Slash attacked Xiang Wentian from behind but was blasted away and left near death, then escaped when his Ice True Qi briefly slowed Xiang Wentian.
• Dao Mei unleashed a nine-slash saber technique that combined the night, the ruined temple, and her own martial arts, severing Xiang Wentian’s left arm in their clash.
• Ye Weiming struck Xiang Wentian from behind with Sword Qi and killed him, earning his team the first-kill rewards.
• Ye Weiming retrieved his swords and asked Dao Mei and Slipper One-Blade Slash whose luck was better before they looted the corpse.

Ye Weiming looted Xiang Wentian’s corpse and divided the spoils with Dao Mei and Slipper One-Blade Slash, then proposed they kill Xiang Wentian’s real body for greater rewards. Their plans were interrupted when Dugu Nine Swords appeared at the temple and warned that Xiang Wentian’s death could harm the martial world.

• Ye Weiming looted Xiang Wentian’s corpse and found a saber manual, a sealed ring called Indra’s Oath, a secret letter, a painting, a bone-shrinking technique, and 5,310 gold.
• Ye Weiming gave the Thirty-Six Forms of Asking Heaven Blade to Dao Mei and split the gold among himself, Dao Mei, and Slipper One-Blade Slash.
• Ye Weiming asked Slipper One-Blade Slash to help kill Xiang Wentian’s real body, and Slipper One-Blade Slash agreed with excitement.
• Dugu Nine Swords appeared outside the temple and warned Ye Weiming that Xiang Wentian’s death at this point might not benefit the martial world.

Ye Weiming negotiated with Feng Qingyang over Xiang Wentian and demanded a quest for the Dugu Nine Swords. Feng Qingyang assigned him a ten-day challenge to defeat Ren Woxing in a one-on-one battle, and Ye Weiming accepted.

• Feng Qingyang confronted Ye Weiming for planning to kill Xiang Wentian's normal-mode body and argued that Ren Woxing's return could help stabilize the martial world.
• Ye Weiming questioned whether Fang Zheng or Chongxu had influenced Feng Qingyang's advice and said he would spare Xiang Wentian if Feng Qingyang gave him a quest.
• Feng Qingyang refused to hand over the Dugu Nine Swords manual without a quest, so Ye Weiming insisted that he provide one.
• Feng Qingyang assigned Ye Weiming the nine-star quest to defeat Ren Woxing one-on-one within ten days for the complete Dugu Nine Swords manual.
• Ye Weiming accepted the quest despite recognizing how difficult it would be to find and defeat Ren Woxing.

Ye Weiming accepted Feng Qingyang's quest to duel Ren Woxing, while explaining his theory that Feng Qingyang was protecting the Mount Hua Sect and Linghu Chong through an alliance with Fang Zheng and Chongxu. Feng Qingyang believed Ye Weiming would help Linghu Chong rescue Ren Woxing, but Ye Weiming instead sent messages to Sheng Tian Banzi and Xuan Xiaobi after deciding he could not pass up a chance to obtain the Dugu Nine Swords.

• Feng Qingyang left the ruined temple after Ye Weiming accepted his quest, and Ye Weiming shared the quest details with Dao Mei and Slipper One-Blade Slash.
• Ye Weiming explained that Feng Qingyang was cooperating with Fang Zheng and Chongxu to preserve the Mount Hua Sect and protect Linghu Chong.
• Ye Weiming buried Xiang Wentian and obtained Internal Skill Insights and Blade Technique Insights from his corpse.
• Feng Qingyang believed Ye Weiming would use the Riverside Landscape Painting to help Linghu Chong rescue Ren Woxing.
• Ye Weiming took out the Riverside Landscape Painting, resolved to kill Ren Woxing for the chance to obtain the Dugu Nine Swords, and sent pigeons to Sheng Tian Banzi and Xuan Xiaobi.

Ye Weiming prepared to use treasures and specialists in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting to get past the Four Friends of Plum Manor and meet Ren Woxing. After strengthening his Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, he and his companions traveled to Hangzhou and set out for Plum Manor with Sheng Tian Banzi and Xuan Xiaobi.

• Ye Weiming recruited Sheng Tian Banzi and Xuan Xiaobi to help exploit the Four Friends of Plum Manor's interests and gain an audience with Ren Woxing.
• Ye Weiming comprehended the Soaring Dragon, Regret manual and learned Frost on the Ground, Ice Arrives, Ram Charging the Barrier, and Dragon Wags Its Tail.
• Ye Weiming used Xiang Wentian's insight manuals to boost his blade technique, palm technique, and Healing Chapter, then spent Cultivation Points to max out the three new palm moves.
• Ye Weiming, Dao Mei, and Slipper One Blade traveled to Hangzhou and met Sheng Tian Banzi and Xuan Xiaobi at Lou Wai Lou.
• The five companions ate breakfast and headed for Plum Manor, with Sheng Tian Banzi paying the bill instead of Dao Mei.

Ye Weiming and his companions reached Plum Manor to seek an audience with the Four Friends of Jiangnan, but the manor required them to clear a challenge first. Ye Weiming defeated Ding Jian with a single Steel Bullet and entered Plum Manor.

• Ye Weiming led the group to Plum Manor, where Ding Jian and Shi Lingwei demanded that they follow the manor’s challenge rules.
• The system assigned a temporary quest requiring challengers to fight alone or in pairs, so Ye Weiming disbanded the group and Dao Mei partnered with Sheng Tian Banzi.
• Dao Mei and Sheng Tian Banzi entered their challenge dungeon, and Ye Weiming entered his to face Ding Jian.
• Ye Weiming struck Ding Jian between the eyebrows with a Steel Bullet, defeated him instantly, and appeared inside Plum Manor.

Ye Weiming and his companions defeated Plum Manor’s gatekeepers and met Fourth Manor Lord Dan Qingsheng. Ye Weiming captivated Dan Qingsheng with perfect Imperial Jade Liquor, then asked him for a sword duel in which he sought defeat.

• Ye Weiming and his companions cleared the gatekeeper challenges, with Sheng Tian Banzi entering Plum Manor second and Xuan Xiaobi and Slipper One-Blade Slash following.
• Ding Jian and Shi Lingwei escorted the five guests to meet Dan Qingsheng, who greeted them arrogantly.
• Ye Weiming criticized the quality of Dan Qingsheng’s Pear Blossom Wine and accurately identified its flaw and 79-point quality.
• Ye Weiming offered Dan Qingsheng fine Imperial Jade Liquor, then revealed a perfect-quality flask that enthralled the wine lover.
• Ye Weiming told Dan Qingsheng he had come to Plum Manor for a friendly sword exchange and declared, “I seek only defeat.”

Ye Weiming arranged a duel with Dan Qingsheng by offering him a jar of perfect-grade Imperial Jade Liquor, while Xuan Xiaobi drew Tubi Weng into the wager with a demonstration of calligraphy fused with martial arts. Dan Qingsheng added Plum Manor wine recipes to the stakes, and the duel was about to begin.

• Ye Weiming offered Dan Qingsheng a jar of perfect-grade Imperial Jade Liquor if Dan Qingsheng could defeat him, and Dan Qingsheng agreed to fight.
• On the way to the courtyard, Ye Weiming realized they had not used the Riverside Landscape Painting prepared for Dan Qingsheng.
• Xuan Xiaobi wrote the Dragon Slaying Saber verse on a stone wall with a liquor-soaked brush, stunning Tubi Weng with his calligraphic martial arts.
• Xuan Xiaobi offered Zhang Cuishan's unique copybook to Tubi Weng if anyone at Plum Manor could defeat Ye Weiming.
• Dan Qingsheng brought out his treasured sword and offered Plum Manor's wine recipes as an additional stake if he lost.

Ye Weiming defeated Dan Qingsheng and Tubi Weng at Plum Manor, then gave Tubi Weng’s Divine Regular-Script Steel brush to Xuan Xiaobi. He and his companions drew Heibaizi into a Go match, and Ye Weiming offered Dan Qingsheng a score of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer to attract the First Manor Master.

• Ye Weiming realized the wagers should be reciprocal, then defeated Dan Qingsheng using Quanzhen Swordsmanship and collected his wine recipes.
• Ye Weiming defeated Tubi Weng and won the Divine Regular-Script Steel brush.
• Ye Weiming gave the brush to Xuan Xiaobi, who was delighted to receive a Judge’s Brush suited to his skills.
• Sheng Tian Banzi drew Heibaizi into an absorbing Go game by describing famous matches and laying out stones.
• Ye Weiming handed Dan Qingsheng the score of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer and said it would interest the First Manor Master.

Ye Weiming used a zither score and an unfinished Go game to draw the Four Friends of Jiangnan into challenges, winning a set of Black-and-White Go Stones along the way. After persuading Huang Zhonggong to test him, Ye Weiming entered the Zither Hall and began fighting the Manor Lord’s sonic attacks.

• Dan Qingsheng and Tubi Weng took Ye Weiming’s score to Huang Zhonggong for appraisal, while Sheng Tian Banzi stopped an unfinished Go game to make Heibaizi accept a challenge.
• Heibaizi agreed to fight Ye Weiming after Sheng Tian Banzi revealed that his Go manual contained the full game record.
• Ye Weiming gained the Black-and-White Go Stones, a treasure artifact with a special effect that strengthened its fifth consecutive hit.
• Dan Qingsheng summoned Ye Weiming and his companions to meet Huang Zhonggong at Plum Manor.
• Ye Weiming convinced Huang Zhonggong that he sought defeat to overcome a swordsmanship bottleneck, and Huang Zhonggong agreed to test him.
• Huang Zhonggong began attacking Ye Weiming with the Seven String Invisible Sword, causing damage while increasing the proficiency of Ye Weiming’s Divine Illumination Scripture.

Ye Weiming endured Huang Zhonggong’s Seven String Invisible Sword and used the attacks to build his Internal Skill Proficiency. Huang Zhonggong escalated to a powerful modern tune, then struck at Ye Weiming with an invisible sound blade.

• Ye Weiming sat through Huang Zhonggong’s High Mountains and Flowing Water, gaining nearly 80,000 proficiency in the Divine Illumination Scripture.
• Huang Zhonggong played Yang Pass Three Repeats and Ambush from Ten Sides, while Ye Weiming remained amused and accumulated 300,000 Internal Skill Proficiency.
• Huang Zhonggong announced a final killing move, a tune bestowed by the Heavenly Dao, and began playing Pure Land of Bliss.
• Ye Weiming recognized the lively tune and listened with enjoyment as its damage increased sharply.
• Huang Zhonggong, angered by Ye Weiming’s reaction, swept a hand across the qin and launched a sharp, invisible sound blade at him.

Ye Weiming defeated Huang Zhonggong by cutting apart his sound blades and received the jade flute Who Hears the Falling Plum Blossoms as his reward. Huang Zhonggong then offered to introduce him to a renowned swordsman who might grant Ye Weiming his wish to seek defeat.

• Ye Weiming shattered Huang Zhonggong’s sound blades until the zither music and attacks faded away.
• Huang Zhonggong revealed that his internal energy had been nearly exhausted and admitted defeat, earning Ye Weiming experience and Cultivation Points.
• Huang Zhonggong offered Ye Weiming the jade flute Who Hears the Falling Plum Blossoms as his reward.
• Ye Weiming lamented that he had not found the defeat he sought and prepared to leave the manor.
• Huang Zhonggong stopped Ye Weiming and offered to take him and his friends to meet a renowned swordsman.

Ye Weiming entered Ren Woxing’s prison cell beneath West Lake to challenge the former Sun Moon Holy Cult leader. After the system barred several combat exploits, Ye Weiming discovered Ren Woxing would not fight back and launched an attack anyway.

• Huang Zhonggong led Ye Weiming and the other players through the hidden passage from Plum Manor to Ren Woxing’s prison.
• The system announced that the challenge had to be one-on-one, blocked gaseous toxins, and would double Ye Weiming’s death penalty if he died.
• Ye Weiming accepted the challenge, and the Four Friends of Jiangnan unlocked the prison door with their four keys.
• Ye Weiming entered the cell and saw Ren Woxing’s Level 140 BOSS stats, but Ren Woxing refused to spar and told him to leave.
• Ye Weiming retreated, activated the Sutra of Rebirth and Tai Shan’s Secret, and attacked Ren Woxing while he was not resisting.

Ye Weiming tried to calculate while keeping Ren Woxing at bay, but the powerful prisoner broke his plan and nearly cornered him. The chapter ended with Ye Weiming suddenly striking Ren Woxing's lower abdomen with Dragon Wags Its Tail.

• Ren Woxing recognized Ye Weiming's Tai Shan's Secret and attacked, revealing that his chain let him move freely throughout the cell.
• Ye Weiming abandoned the technique and fought while circling the dungeon, using the stone pillar to wrap Ren Woxing's chain around it.
• Ren Woxing's roar badly hurt Ye Weiming, knocked the Four Friends of Plum Manor unconscious, and left Ye Weiming's teammates outside the cell unable to interfere.
• Ye Weiming resumed circling the pillar, but Ren Woxing ran in the opposite direction to unwind his chain and then steadily cornered him.
• Ye Weiming sheathed his sword, turned, and struck Ren Woxing's lower abdomen with Dragon Wags Its Tail.

Ye Weiming turned Ren Woxing’s Great Law of Star Absorption against him by unleashing two life-risking techniques and flooding him with violent inner strength. Ren Woxing was gravely wounded and Ye Weiming collapsed, leaving both motionless as silence fell over the cell.

• Ren Woxing caught Ye Weiming’s palm and used the Great Law of Star Absorption to drain his inner strength while Ye Weiming’s teammates watched helplessly from outside the cell.
• Ren Woxing intensified the suction and taunted Ye Weiming, who checked his recovered health and dwindling inner strength before calmly challenging him to take it all.
• Ye Weiming activated Jade Shatters Kunlun Peak and Heavenly Demon Disintegration, then poured his remaining inner strength into Ren Woxing.
• Ren Woxing took massive damage, was blasted into a stone wall, and collapsed gravely wounded.
• Ye Weiming lost nearly all his health and fell motionless, and the cell and its surroundings fell silent.