Chapter Summaries

After defeating Qiu Qianren, Ye Weiming secured his valuable drops and used the battle’s insights to greatly improve the newly unsealed Marrow Cleansing Scripture while escorting Guo Jing toward the Central Plains. At Yanmen Pass, the group found a foreign monk blocking the narrow mountain road.

• Ye Weiming collected Qiu Qianren’s martial arts manuals and equipment, then stored the loot until the teams could agree on how to divide it.
• Ye Weiming buried the enemy BOSSes in straw mats, asked the other teams to sell him any Black Jade Bone-Setting Paste they found, and led the group toward the Central Plains with Guo Jing.
• Ye Weiming studied the Marrow Cleansing Scripture and battle insights during the journey, raising the scripture to Level 7 and substantially increasing his attributes.
• The group traveled for half a day and a night, reached Yanmen Pass at dawn, and found a middle-aged foreign monk sitting across the narrow mountain road.

Golden Wheel Dharma King blocked Guo Jing’s party and overwhelmed the Kongtong Sect disciples, forcing Ye Weiming to intervene. Ye Weiming recognized the monk as a powerful mission BOSS and faced the challenge of defeating him on dangerous terrain with many of his best tactics already spent.

• Golden Wheel Dharma King demanded that the group surrender Guo Jing so he could take him back to Genghis Khan for judgment.
• Zhengzhi De Lan challenged Golden Wheel Dharma King and was severely injured by a single palm strike.
• The Kongtong disciples attacked together, and Golden Wheel Dharma King sent five of them tumbling off a cliff.
• Ye Weiming drove Golden Wheel Dharma King back with sword strikes and warned the Kongtong disciples to preserve their team.
• Ye Weiming identified the monk as Golden Wheel Dharma King and considered how to defeat him despite the hazardous battlefield and his depleted resources.

Ye Weiming rejected the easy option of sending Guo Jing back alone and urged the sect teams to defeat the Golden Wheel Dharma King for greater quest rewards. The battle left players falling from the cliff, and Ye Weiming seized an opening to unleash a full-force attack.

• Ye Weiming concluded that the team should protect Guo Jing and fight the Golden Wheel Dharma King rather than abandon the Little Red Horse by sending Guo Jing back alone.
• Ye Weiming told the sect leaders to keep a few players in reserve while the others attacked the Golden Wheel Dharma King.
• Jiang Jin Jiu and Dao Mei attacked the Golden Wheel Dharma King, while Liuyun and Yin Bukui combined their arts to deflect his wheels away from Guo Jing.
• The Golden Wheel Dharma King struck Dao Mei and flung Jiang Jin Jiu toward the cliff, but Ah Hong and Cang Xingyu rescued them; Ye Weiming avoided Jiang Jin Jiu and continued attacking with his sword.
• Players from several sects joined the assault, but the Golden Wheel Dharma King used the cliffside terrain to knock more than ten of them into the abyss.
• Ye Weiming moved to the Golden Wheel Dharma King's mountain-facing side and activated Jade Shatters Kunlun Peak and Heavenly Demon Disintegration for a full-power palm strike.

Ye Weiming struck Golden Wheel Dharma King with a devastating palm but failed to knock him off the cliff, and Golden Wheel Dharma King killed him before overwhelming the remaining players. Guo Jing arrived but was badly wounded, and as Ye Weiming joined Xiao Qiao and Dao Mei to protect him, a deep voice challenged Golden Wheel Dharma King's claim that his martial arts surpassed the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.

• Ye Weiming used Heavenly Demon Disintegration to inflict over 4.6 million damage and seriously injure Golden Wheel Dharma King, but Golden Wheel Dharma King redirected the force through Cang Xingyu and steadied himself at the cliff's edge.
• Golden Wheel Dharma King struck Ye Weiming with a golden flying wheel, killing him, while Xiao Qiao urged the remaining players to keep fighting.
• Golden Wheel Dharma King defeated the players until Guo Jing charged in, but Guo Jing's injuries and lingering Cold Poison left him unable to withstand the Dharma King's attacks.
• Ye Weiming resurrected and joined Xiao Qiao and Dao Mei to stop Golden Wheel Dharma King and rescue Guo Jing.
• Golden Wheel Dharma King disparaged the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, and an unseen speaker challenged him.

Ye Weiming ambushed the wounded Golden Wheel Dharma King and sent him flying off a cliff before Xiao Feng could intervene. He justified the attack as necessary to protect Guo Jing, winning Xiao Feng’s admiration while the Dharma King’s fate remained uncertain.

• Xiao Feng arrived as the Golden Wheel Dharma King faced Ye Weiming and the other players.
• Ye Weiming planned to use Xiao Feng’s intervention to create an opening, but the Dharma King ignored him and focused on Xiao Feng.
• Ye Weiming unleashed a surprise attack that struck the Golden Wheel Dharma King three times and blasted him off the cliff.
• Sanyue and Xiao Qiao healed Ye Weiming while Xiao Feng questioned his attack.
• Ye Weiming explained that he had acted to protect Guo Jing and claimed responsibility as the villain, earning Xiao Feng’s admiration.

After escorting Guo Jing back through Yanmen Pass, Ye Weiming clashed with sect leaders who wanted to claim the quest credit by taking Guo Jing for treatment. He forced them to stand down, healed Guo Jing, and completed the rescue quest; as the others prepared to leave, Ye Weiming stopped his teammates to divide the spoils from Qiu Qianren.

• Ye Weiming resurrected after the cooldown ended, then joined the surviving players in escorting Guo Jing through Yanmen Pass into the Central Plains.
• Guang Tianhuanri, Immortal Who Doesn't Stay Up Late, and Dai Qiu Shang Lan argued that Guo Jing should be taken to their sects, while Ye Weiming insisted on treating him and letting him choose where to go afterward.
• Tang Sancai and Niu Zhichun sided with Ye Weiming, prompting the Quanzhen and Mount Hua players to withdraw from the dispute.
• When Guang Tianhuanri continued to obstruct him, Ye Weiming killed him and warned the gathered players that anyone interfering with Guo Jing's treatment might be colluding with Temujin.
• Ye Weiming used the Nine Yin Manual's Healing Chapter to restore Guo Jing, who thanked everyone and rode Little Red Horse toward Bianjing to find his mother.
• The system announced completion of the Major Story Quest, and Ye Weiming stopped Xiao Qiao, Yun Mian, and Tang Sancai from leaving so they could divide the spoils from Qiu Qianren.

After Qiu Qianren’s defeat, Zhuge Wanjun proposed a contribution-based system for dividing the four teams’ loot, and the players used it to allocate the rewards. Once the distribution ended, Ye Weiming said he was interested in two other treasures.

• Ye Weiming asked the teams how they wanted to distribute Qiu Qianren’s six drops, and Zhuge Wanjun objected to their usual equal-share method.
• Zhuge Wanjun proposed estimating the loot’s value and assigning shares according to each player’s contributions, and the experts helped her assess the battle and the items.
• The teams distributed the rewards by contribution: Ye Weiming received Clear Cloud Gallbladder and Chigguo Wudi, while Sister Mu Ran bought Hero Boots and Zhuge Wanjun acquired Water-Walking.
• Tang Sancai tested the Sweet Dew Bottle and discovered that his Tang Clan hidden weapon techniques could fire its water droplets with great force; he suspected they could be combined with Guanyin’s Tears.
• Yin Bukui acquired Heavenly Cripple Ghost Hand, and Ye Weiming announced that he was interested in two other treasures.

Ye Weiming collected his rewards for rescuing Guo Jing, learned that the Huashan Sword Debate would take place on Qixi Festival, and asked Venerable Huang about four linked accessories and the sealed Indra's Oath. Venerable Huang said a true sage could reunite the accessories and directed Ye Weiming to ask You Jin about unsealing Indra's Oath.

• Ye Weiming bought Zhuge Wanjun's chart, invited her to join the League of Heroes, and she agreed to apply after her guild cooldown expired.
• Venerable Huang praised the team for completing the quest and awarded Ye Weiming experience, cultivation, a skill-level increase, a full official-rank promotion, and the Serpent Coil and Weasel Flip manual.
• Venerable Huang announced that the Huashan Sword Debate story quest would follow Guo Jing's return, with the players' competition scheduled for Qixi Festival and the NPC storyline on the next day.
• Ye Weiming showed Venerable Huang four accessories and learned they had once been one item, which only a true sage could reassemble.
• Ye Weiming asked about his sealed Indra's Oath, and Venerable Huang sent him to find You Jin in Iron Mask Pavilion for help unsealing it.

Ye Weiming learned that unsealing Indra's Oath required completing the fated quest of someone who represented the Heavenly King, and identified Xiao Feng as the likeliest candidate. Back at his residence, he learned Serpent Coil and Weasel Flip, perfected Nine Yang Divine Skill, and used his quest rewards to raise Dragon Subduing Divine Leg to level 10.

• You Jin explained that Ye Weiming needed to complete a Heavenly King's fated quest to unseal Indra's Oath, but refused to identify the person.
• Ye Weiming asked Yin Bukui, Sheng Tian Banzi, and Jiang Jin Jiu for candidates; after rejecting Xiang Wentian and setting Xu Fu aside, he concluded that Xiao Feng was the likely answer.
• Ye Weiming studied the manual and learned the advanced close-combat movement technique Serpent Coil and Weasel Flip.
• Ye Weiming raised Nine Yang Divine Skill to level 10, restoring his lost vitality and gaining the Nine Yang in the Heavens effect.
• Ye Weiming spent his quest Cultivation Points to raise Dragon Subduing Divine Leg to level 10.

Ye Weiming fused Dragon Subduing Divine Leg and Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms into Dragon Subduing Divine Skill, then improved his movement technique and chose Hong Antong as a target. He joined Dao Mei and Youyou to enter the special dungeon “Wind and Cloud Rises Again,” where they were tasked with rescuing captured singing girls from Mist-Hidden Camp.

• Ye Weiming fused his max-level Dragon Subduing Divine Leg and Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms into Dragon Subduing Divine Skill.
• Ye Weiming raised Serpent Coil and Weasel Flip to Level 9 and assessed his improved attributes.
• Ye Weiming selected Hong Antong as his next opponent and invited Dao Mei and Xiao Qiao to join him.
• Ye Weiming arranged to tackle a treasure-map dungeon with Dao Mei and Youyou before confronting Hong Antong.
• Ye Weiming, Dao Mei, and Youyou entered “Wind and Cloud Rises Again” and saw Xue Qianxun captured by Kiri Gakure Raizo’s Japanese Pirates.
• The system tasked Ye Weiming’s group with breaching Mist-Hidden Camp and rescuing the singing girls, while warning them that Kiri Gakure Raizo was exceptionally powerful.

Ye Weiming, Dao Mei, and Youyou launched an aerial assault on Kiri Gakure Raizo's camp, targeting the Japanese Pirates while avoiding the houses where the captive songstresses were likely held. After Ye Weiming and Dao Mei killed two powerful guards, a new attacker swept in and targeted them both.

• Ye Weiming, Dao Mei, and Youyou surveyed Kiri Gakure Raizo's camp from the air and identified the southeast houses as the likely prison for the songstresses.
• Youyou bombarded the gathered Japanese Pirates from Xiao Bai while Ye Weiming and Dao Mei dropped into the camp and fought their way through the defenders.
• Youyou shattered a shield formation with falling rocks and poison, then killed and wounded more Japanese Pirates with poisoned repeating crossbows.
• Ye Weiming discovered that Short Jiuro's heavy armor resisted his sword strikes, while Dao Mei blocked Long Juro's sudden draw-cut.
• Ye Weiming killed Short Jiuro with a Fire Lotus Seed, and Dao Mei instantly killed Long Juro with the Nine Yin White Bone Claw.
• A black-clad attacker arrived in a rush of blade light and locked his killing intent onto Ye Weiming and Dao Mei.

Ye Weiming and Dao Mei fought Kiri Gakure Raizo, who concealed his true body inside a headless suit of armor and escaped detection with his concealment arts. After Youyou tracked him from above, the group cleared the camp’s lackeys, and Ye Weiming and Dao Mei launched a coordinated ambush that left Kiri Gakure Raizo badly wounded and legless.

• Kiri Gakure Raizo attacked Ye Weiming and Dao Mei, but Ye Weiming held his own against the level 140 boss in a clash of swordsmanship and internal power.
• Dao Mei cut off Kiri Gakure Raizo’s armored head, then sensed his hidden true body’s sneak attack and blocked it as Ye Weiming rushed to help.
• Youyou spotted Kiri Gakure Raizo hiding behind a curtain, and Ye Weiming and Dao Mei cleared nearly a hundred Japanese pirate lackeys while Youyou kept watch.
• Ye Weiming and Dao Mei looted Short Jiuro and Long Juro, obtaining a secret sword technique, three treasures, and money.
• Kiri Gakure Raizo attacked Ye Weiming from hiding, but Youyou’s warning let Ye Weiming deflect his chain weapon and hit him with a palm strike that caused an internal injury.
• Dao Mei severed both of Kiri Gakure Raizo’s legs as he flew backward, and he remembered Xue Qianxun’s warning that someone would come to claim them.

Ye Weiming and Dao Mei killed Kiri Gakure Raizo, divided the valuable drops with Youyou, and prepared to bury the three bosses before rescuing the prisoners. After Dao Mei freed Xue Qianxun and the other songstresses, Xue Qianxun offered the rescuers quest rewards.

• Ye Weiming crippled Kiri Gakure Raizo, then he and Dao Mei killed the helpless pirate leader and received his drops.
• Dao Mei took Pufferfish Poison and the Drawing Sword Technique, Youyou chose Mist Hidden Mechanism Arts, and Ye Weiming took Mist Hidden Maru and Night Magician; they also divided the money and arranged to share the proceeds from two unwanted sabers with Youyou.
• Ye Weiming discovered he had no coffins left, so Youyou supplied one and crafted two more while the group waited to avoid being teleported out before rescuing the prisoners.
• Ye Weiming encoffined Kiri Gakure Raizo, Short Jiuro, and Long Juro, gaining insights from Raizo's burial.
• Dao Mei broke open the prison cage and told Xue Qianxun she had come to rescue her; Xue Qianxun thanked the three rescuers and promised quest rewards.

After clearing the dungeon, Ye Weiming received a mysterious summoning scarf while Youyou got a valuable inner-power manual, and Xue Qianxun declined his offer of a job. The party returned to Ye Weiming’s bedroom, where Dao Mei demanded that he take responsibility after believing her reward was lost.

• Xue Qianxun gave Youyou a manual that could raise a Yin-attribute inner power by one level and asked Ye Weiming what reward he wanted.
• Ye Weiming invited Xue Qianxun to work at the Chief Equipment Shop, but she declined and gave him a Mandarin Duck Silk Scarf that could summon a mysterious master.
• Ye Weiming recognized clues on the scarf and suspected it could summon a woman, though Xue Qianxun warned that the summoned master might not help him.
• The dungeon countdown began, and Ye Weiming told Dao Mei to stay calm about her reward before the party was teleported out.
• The treasure map vanished after the party returned to Ye Weiming’s bedroom, and Dao Mei demanded that he take responsibility.

Ye Weiming reassured Dao Mei that her mission rewards were secure and helped organize the team for a fight against Hong Antong, then studied insight manuals that greatly improved Myriad Sword Foundation. The chapter ended with Dao Mei asking him to give her the Divine Dragon Maiden Skill for Dongfang Bubai after the coming battle.

• Ye Weiming explained that Dao Mei would receive mission rewards through another opportunity, and she left for Black Wood Cliff after Yang Lianting summoned her.
• Ye Weiming invited Youyou and Yin Bukui to join the planned fight against Hong Antong in three days, while Youyou prepared supplies and Ye Weiming arranged to order coffins.
• Ye Weiming studied several insight manuals, improving Marrow Cleansing Scripture and learning Fuso Language before gaining blade technique proficiency from Kiri Gakure Raizo's manual.
• Cross-Discipline Comprehension converted the blade technique insight into Myriad Sword Foundation proficiency, and manuals from Short Jiuro and Long Juro raised the skill to Level 3.
• Ye Weiming received a message from Dao Mei asking for the Divine Dragon Maiden Skill that Hong Antong would drop, explaining that Dongfang Bubai wanted it.

Ye Weiming considered Dao Mei’s chance to obtain Dongfang Bubai’s new ultimate skill and presented the Mist Hidden Maru to Venerable Huang. The chapter ended with Venerable Huang promising a reward from the imperial court and Ye Weiming asking what it would be.

• Ye Weiming read Dao Mei’s quest to collect the Divine Dragon Maiden Skill and Tang Poetry Swordsmanship for Dongfang Bubai, who would reward her with his new cultivation method.
• Dao Mei told Ye Weiming she already had Tang Poetry Swordsmanship and was willing to pay for the Divine Dragon Maiden Skill; Ye Weiming agreed she could pursue it and said she would need to persuade the other challengers.
• Ye Weiming visited Venerable Huang and presented the Mist Hidden Maru, which he and Dao Mei and Youyou had obtained from Kiri Gakure Raizo.
• Venerable Huang praised the ship’s design and said it should be studied to improve the imperial court’s warships rather than deployed at sea.
• Venerable Huang told Ye Weiming the ship represented great service and that the imperial court would reward him; Ye Weiming asked what the reward would be.

Ye Weiming prepared to challenge the Divine Dragon Cult instance with Wei Xiaobao’s help, after learning that the Mist Hidden Maru could earn him a noble title. He estimated the team had about a 98% chance of defeating Hong Antong and rescuing Fang Yi and Su Quan.

• Venerable Huang explained that Ye Weiming’s merits could earn him a baronial title, with access to valuable monthly rewards, and agreed to present the Mist Hidden Maru to the emperor.
• Ye Weiming decided not to seek Wei Xiaobao’s help in advance, trusting him to handle matters and resolving to defeat Hong Antong and clear the manor’s rear courtyard.
• Three days later, Ye Weiming led his teammates to Duke Lu Ding's Manor, where Wei Xiaobao was playing hide-and-seek with Shuang'er.
• Ye Weiming found Shuang'er behind a water vat and then used his movement technique to hide from Wei Xiaobao, who eventually caught his shoulder.
• Ye Weiming told Wei Xiaobao that he had come to kill Hong Antong with his teammates, and estimated their chance of defeating him at 95% before hearing about the other Divine Dragon Cult masters and the need to rescue Fang Yi and Su Quan.
• After considering the full mission, Ye Weiming estimated their chance of success at about 98%.

Ye Weiming led his team into the Divine Dragon Island dungeon to rescue Fang Yi and Su Quan, while Wei Xiaobao and Shuang'er stayed behind near the seaside cave. After scouting the island and eliminating a patrol, Ye Weiming learned the squad served Wugen Daoren and arranged for Dao Mei to use her disguise skill to infiltrate the Divine Dragon Cult.

• Ye Weiming brought his teammates into the dungeon and left Wei Xiaobao and Shuang'er waiting in the seaside cave while Youyou flew ahead to scout the island.
• Xiao Qiao received Ye Weiming's snake-repelling hat, and Yin Bukui took his premium Realgar Wine after both were frightened by a venomous snake.
• Youyou spotted a patrol approaching the cave, so Ye Weiming led his team to intercept them before they could discover Wei Xiaobao's hiding place.
• Ye Weiming killed the patrol leader, stopped another disciple from sounding an alarm, and helped his teammates defeat the squad before hypnotizing the lone survivor for information.
• Ye Weiming learned the patrol served Red Dragon Envoy Wugen Daoren and asked Dao Mei to disguise herself and infiltrate the cult to rescue Fang Yi and Su Quan.
• Dao Mei said her Disguise Technique could also change the appearances of the others, though she could not imitate Wugen Daoren's voice.

Ye Weiming’s team used disguises to infiltrate Divine Dragon Island, uncovering Fang Yi as another rescue target and drawing out two Divine Dragon Cult experts. After defeating Lu Gaoxuan and Fat Monk, the team abandoned its ambush and headed to confront the instance’s final BOSS, Hong Antong.

• Dao Mei disguised Ye Weiming and the others as Divine Dragon Cult patrol members, while Youyou provided an accurate map and directions to another squad.
• Ye Weiming’s team ambushed the patrol, interrogated its captain Chen Pengyi, and learned that Su Quan was protecting Fang Yi, another of Wei Xiaobao’s wives.
• Ye Weiming disguised the team as Chen Pengyi’s patrol and blew a whistle to lure reinforcements into an ambush.
• The team defeated two responding patrol squads, then lured Lu Gaoxuan and Fat Monk into the trap and killed them.
• Ye Weiming decided to stop impersonating patrol members and led the team toward Hong Antong.

Ye Weiming’s party exploited the Divine Dragon Cult’s factional tensions and seized Su Quan and Fang Yi to bring them to Wei Xiaobao. The group prepared for the coming battle, and Ye Weiming told Su Quan that Hong Antong was about to be defeated.

• Cao An reported that Lu Gaoxuan, Fat Monk, and several cult members had died, but Hong Antong discovered the supposed corpses of Lu Gaoxuan and Fat Monk were disguised bodies of Xiao Qingfang and Zhan Wu.
• Cao An suggested that Lu Gaoxuan and Fat Monk might have faked their deaths, worsening the old faction’s suspicions, and Hong Antong ordered him to summon Su Quan.
• Dao Mei impersonated Chen Pengyi to approach Su Quan, while Ye Weiming subdued Su Quan and her maids and used the Soul Shifting Great Method to identify Fang Yi.
• Ye Weiming’s party carried Su Quan and Fang Yi to Wei Xiaobao’s hiding place and freed their mute acupoints.
• Wei Xiaobao tried to comfort Fang Yi and Su Quan, while Ye Weiming reassured the tearful Su Quan that Hong Antong was about to be done for.