Chapter Summaries

After defeating Ding Chunqiu, Ye Weiming explained A Zi’s death to her family and Xiao Feng, then helped bury her in Maple Leaf Forest. The group left the matter settled and prepared to meet in Wuxi to divide their gains.

• Sanyue looted Ding Chunqiu’s and A Zi’s corpses, finding valuable manuals, weapons, poison, and money, and Ye Weiming shared pictures of the drops with the teammates who had respawned.
• Duan Zhengchun, Ruan Xinzhu, A Zhu, and Xiao Feng arrived and found A Zi dead; Ye Weiming admitted that his attack had killed her and described how Ding Chunqiu had used her to block his strike.
• Ye Weiming offered A Zhu the Juque Divine Sword and accepted the possibility of punishment, but A Zhu forgave him, and Xiao Feng asked him to arrange A Zi’s burial instead.
• Ye Weiming buried A Zi in a White Jade Coffin in Maple Leaf Forest, burned Ding Chunqiu’s and Blood Saber Ancestor’s corpses, and received reimbursement from Duan Zhengchun.
• Dao Mei and Jiang Jin Jiu found the Divine Wood King Cauldron and Millennium Ice Silkworm, then went to Pine Crane Tower in Wuxi to reserve food and wine.

Ye Weiming and his companions divided the loot from their fight with Ding Chunqiu, and Ye Weiming received word that his noble title had been approved. He returned to the Divine Constable Bureau, where Huang Shang presented the imperial decree granting him the title of Second-Class Viscount, Heavenly Sword Son.

• Ye Weiming, Sanyue, Xiao Qiao, and their companions divided the BOSS loot, with Jiang Jin Jiu and Sanyue arranging to share the Divine Wood King Cauldron.
• Dao Mei chose the Soft Silk Rope and Jade Phosphorus Needle, while Ye Weiming took Three Laughs Carefree Powder and the group put unwanted items up for auction.
• Ye Weiming lent Xiao Qiao his Guo Jing Dagger, and Jiang Jin Jiu explained that the Xingxiu Sect's pursuit order would not reveal his location periodically.
• A white pigeon delivered news that Venerable Huang had summoned Ye Weiming to receive his noble title, and the group toasted him before he left.
• Huang Shang told Ye Weiming that His Majesty had granted him the title of Second-Class Viscount, Heavenly Sword Son, with a monthly salary of 8,000 gold and access to certain national treasury items.

Ye Weiming received the Heavenly Sword Son title, unlocked a salary exchange catalog, and was assigned to investigate the Six Great Sects’ planned attack on the Ming Cult. He returned home to find Sanyue and Youyou waiting, and Youyou offered him five specialized coffins.

• Venerable Huang explained Ye Weiming’s new title and introduced the salary exchange catalog, where Ye Weiming spent 5,000 gold on sandalwood.
• Venerable Huang told Ye Weiming that the Six Great Sects planned to attack Bright Summit on April seventeenth and ordered him to investigate the cause and prevent catastrophic losses if possible.
• Ye Weiming accepted the first stage of a hidden plot mission to investigate the alliance, then left the Divine Constable Bureau after Venerable Huang told him to set his own schedule.
• Ye Weiming returned home and found Sanyue and Youyou waiting to speak with him.
• Youyou offered Ye Weiming five Flower Transplant Coffins for 1,750 gold, each of which increased corpse-encoffining gains and could consolidate proficiency from insight manuals.

Ye Weiming paid Youyou for the Flower Transplant Coffins and invited her to join Venerable Huang’s main-story quest, but she declined to pursue the Zhuge Divine Crossbow. Sanyue then asked Ye Weiming to guard her while she refined the thousand-year Ice Silkworm’s poison, and he agreed to go with her.

• Ye Weiming paid Youyou 2,000 gold and sandalwood for the Flower Transplant Coffins, though he suspected he had still undervalued her labor.
• Ye Weiming invited Youyou to join Venerable Huang’s main-story quest, but Youyou declined because she was pursuing the Zhuge Divine Crossbow quest from Tang Clan Granny.
• Ye Weiming offered to help Youyou if she encountered a powerful boss during her quest, and she said she might call on him.
• Sanyue asked Ye Weiming to guard her while she refined the thousand-year Ice Silkworm’s poison, fearing her level 4 Shentu Jing might not withstand it.
• Ye Weiming agreed to help Sanyue and asked whether they would refine the poison in her room or his; Sanyue blushed and told him to follow her.

Ye Weiming helped Sanyue survive refining the Millennium Ice Silkworm, which strengthened her Shentu Jing and transformed her Xuanming Divine Palm into an Ultimate Art. He then shared his mission with Sanyue and sent her to investigate Extermination at the Emei Sect while he returned to the Divine Constable Bureau to search its records.

• Sanyue refined the Millennium Ice Silkworm while its poison froze her body, and Ye Weiming repeatedly restored her health with Healing Aura.
• Sanyue completed the refinement after about thirty-five minutes, raising her Shentu Jing to level eight and gaining its Nature effect.
• Sanyue explained that the Shentu Jing had refined away Poison Sand Palm's poison and transformed Xuanming Divine Palm into a stronger, colder Ultimate Art.
• Ye Weiming shared his mission with Sanyue and asked her to investigate Extermination's past at the Emei Sect while he searched the Divine Constable Bureau's records.

Ye Weiming reviewed records about the Ming Cult and Yuan Mongols, then met Sanyue to discuss her findings about how the Six Great Sects came to plan a siege on Bright Summit. They agreed that evidence tying Chen Youliang and Cheng Kun to the Yuan Mongols could support a convincing explanation, and Ye Weiming focused on Chen Youliang as the more accessible target.

• Ye Weiming searched the Divine Constable Bureau archives for recent information about the Ming Cult and Yuan Mongols, while Xiao Shi asked his advice about writing a novel to encourage resistance in the Western Regions.
• Ye Weiming received Sanyue’s message and left for Chengdu, where he explained that his investigation aimed to resolve the conflict between the Six Great Sects and the Ming Cult by exposing Yuan Mongol interference.
• Sanyue reported that Chen Youliang had influenced Extermination to unite the Six Great Sects against Bright Summit, and that Extermination had secured Shaolin’s support from Kongwen.
• Ye Weiming compared Sanyue’s account with the timeline in his records and said evidence linking Chen Youliang and Cheng Kun to the Yuan Mongols could persuade both sides, then singled out Chen Youliang as their likelier lead.

Ye Weiming captured Chen Youliang to question him about the Six Great Sects’ coming attack on the Ming Cult, but Hong Qigong intervened and demanded evidence before allowing it. Ye Weiming bribed Hong Qigong with premium dishes to gain fifteen minutes to question Chen Youliang under strict conditions.

• Ye Weiming and Sanyue watched Chen Youliang at the Beggar’s Sect branch and planned to capture him without alerting the others.
• Ye Weiming dropped croton seeds into Chen Youliang’s food, then seized him when he hurried to the latrine and carried him outside Chengdu.
• Ye Weiming threatened Chen Youliang with more croton seeds to make him submit to hypnosis, but Hong Qigong arrived and demanded evidence for the capture.
• Ye Weiming offered Hong Qigong Beggar’s Chicken and Mandarin Duck Five Treasures Stew, persuading him to allow a quarter-hour of questioning while keeping Chen Youliang’s acupoints sealed.

Ye Weiming forced Chen Youliang to repeat his confession, confirming Cheng Kun’s role in stirring up the conflict between the Ming Cult and the Six Great Sects. After setting out to draw Cheng Kun into attacking him, Ye Weiming met three Ming Cult players investigating the same case and asked Wu Zhou to arrange a meeting with Fan Yao.

• Ye Weiming made Chen Youliang repeat statements about being Yuanzhen and Cheng Kun’s schemes, while Sanyue assessed how truthful the statements were.
• Ye Weiming told Sanyue that he had deliberately alerted Cheng Kun to provoke an attack, then stopped when he sensed three people following them.
• Hong Qigong unsealed Chen Youliang’s acupoints, and Chen’s urgent need to relieve himself ruined Hong Qigong’s appetite for the Mandarin Duck Five Treasures Stew.
• Pei Tuhou, Wu Zhou, and Qi Ye revealed that they were Ming Cult players investigating the Six Great Sects Siege of Bright Summit and proposed cooperating with Ye Weiming.
• Ye Weiming learned that Wu Zhou had received his quest from Fan Yao and asked Wu Zhou to arrange a meeting with his master.

Nightless Ming met Fan Yao to discuss cooperation against the crisis threatening the Ming Cult and learned that Yuanzhen could be found at the Ruyang Prince's Estate. When Nightless Ming questioned Fan Yao about the poisoning that killed Han Qianyue, Fan Yao confessed to causing it and prepared to fight if Nightless Ming's mission required him to answer for it.

• Wu Zhou agreed to ask Fan Yao to meet Nightless Ming, while Pei Tuhou discussed the Ming Cult's mission with Nightless Ming and Sanyue.
• Fan Yao met Nightless Ming in a ruined temple and explained how he had disfigured himself to infiltrate the Ruyang Prince's Estate.
• Nightless Ming asked Fan Yao for a way to find Yuanzhen, and Fan Yao revealed that Yuanzhen was at the Ruyang Prince's Estate and often traveled alone.
• Nightless Ming asked Fan Yao about the poisoning of Daiqisi and Han Qianyue, and Fan Yao confessed that he had poisoned them but had not intended to kill Han Qianyue.
• Fan Yao said he would surrender if Daiqisi sought revenge, but warned that he would fight Nightless Ming if the mission required it.

Ye Weiming questioned Fan Yao about Han Qianyue’s death and decided to pursue Cheng Kun while his allies investigated Chen Youliang. In the Twin Dragons Secret Realm, Xiao Qiao’s brother prepared to kill the wounded Ke Dazhi for his saber, but an unknown voice interrupted him.

• Ye Weiming learned that Gulu may have poisoned Han Qianyue and that Gulu was later found dead near Hankou Wharf.
• Ye Weiming reunited with Sanyue, Qi Ye, Pei Tuhou, and the others, then proposed that Pei Tuhou’s group continue investigating Chen Youliang while he went after Cheng Kun.
• Ye Weiming discovered that Xiao Qiao was in a special map and sent a message toward the Ancient Tomb Sect.
• In the Turkic Desert, Xiao Qiao’s brother led five women to kill the injured Ke Dazhi and claim the Mad Sand Saber.
• Xiao Qiao objected to her brother’s plan and demanded the return of the Guo Jing Dagger, but an unknown speaker above the stone wall condemned him and vowed to kill him.

Bi Xuan ambushed Xiao Qiao, Ye Weiyang, and their companions, effortlessly defeating the four women’s combined attack. Xiao Qiao’s Love of the City forced Bi Xuan back, but its backlash left her unable to move as the group faced him again.

• Bi Xuan appeared above the stone wall, and his terrifying aura overwhelmed Xiao Qiao, Ye Weiyang, and the four women.
• Time Flies Like an Arrow, Eloquent Tongue Like a Reed Pipe, You Rong Nai Da, and There is still a long way to go combined their Kunlun and Huashan techniques and attacked Bi Xuan.
• Bi Xuan used Boil Iron Melt Gold to melt their weapons, then killed You Rong Nai Da and There is still a long way to go with Sun Day Long Sky.
• Xiao Qiao confronted Bi Xuan’s fireball with Love of the City, and the clash sent both fighters back while its shockwave knocked Ye Weiyang and the two surviving women aside.
• Xiao Qiao told the others that Love of the City’s backlash had left her unable to move and urged them to use her Obsidian Jade Twin Swords against Bi Xuan.

Xiao Qiao used Love of the City to protect Ye Weiyang, but its backlash left her unable to fight, and Bi Xuan’s strength forced the group into a desperate retreat. After Xiao Qiao and Ye Weiyang returned to Yangzhou City, Ye Weiyang’s childhood memory made her realize he was not her brother.

• Xiao Qiao warned Ye Weiyang to leave the secret realm before he lost Ye Weiming’s daggers, then tried to stall Bi Xuan while Ye Weiyang’s escape countdown ran.
• Ke Dazhi asked Bi Xuan to let him settle the matter himself, then attacked Ye Weiyang with the Mad Sand Saber as Time Flies Like an Arrow and Eloquent Tongue Like a Reed Pipe joined the fight.
• Ke Dazhi killed Ye Weiyang and the two women, then collected the dropped daggers while Bi Xuan prepared to kill Xiao Qiao.
• Xiao Qiao escaped the secret realm just before Bi Xuan’s attack landed, and Bi Xuan asked Ke Dazhi to give him one of the daggers.
• Ye Weiyang met Xiao Qiao in Yangzhou City and shared a mooncake while recalling their childhood; Xiao Qiao recognized that he was not her brother and demanded to know who he was.

Xiao Qiao exposed Ye Weiyang as an impostor by testing his claims about their childhood mooncake and vowed to kill him for causing her to lose Brother Ye’s dagger. Meanwhile, Ye Weiming and Sanyue unearthed a Western Regions monk’s corpse and Seven-Day Death Poison at Tiger Roar Forest, but a Level 145 Man in Black ambushed Sanyue and left her badly injured.

• Xiao Qiao challenged Ye Weiyang’s story about the stolen mooncake, and he repeatedly guessed its filling incorrectly.
• Xiao Qiao explained that the mooncake had been intended for her father’s superior and accused Ye Weiyang of making her lose Brother Ye’s dagger.
• Ye Weiming and Sanyue dug up Gulu’s burial place at Tiger Roar Forest and found a corpse in a rotted monk’s robe, along with gold and a bottle of Seven-Day Death Poison.
• Ye Weiming identified the poison as a rare Western Regions formula before he heard hurried footsteps and rushed off to rescue a bound farmer.
• A Man in Black attacked Sanyue from behind, and her Xuanming Divine Palm clashed with his strike, freezing her arm and dealing 41,325 damage.

Ye Weiming and Sanyue defeated Cheng Kun after exposing his plot against Han Qianyue and exploiting his pollen allergy. After turning to the next stage of the Bright Summit quest, Ye Weiming received a message from Mu Ran that sent him into a killing rage.

• Ye Weiming joined Sanyue in fighting the Man in Black, poisoned him with Fragrant Half-Step Madness, and forced him to reveal how he had used Gulu to frame Fan Yao and turn Daiqisi against the Ming Cult.
• Ye Weiming attacked the Man in Black while Sanyue absorbed the cold energy from his Phantom Yin Finger; together they killed him and collected his manuals and a map of the Ming Cult's forbidden area.
• Sanyue refined the stolen energy and improved her Profound Ice Force, while Ye Weiming decided to report their findings and pursue the Bright Summit quest when the Six Great Sects began their siege.
• Ye Weiming received a message from Mu Ran saying her senior sister had been upset after a swindler bullied her, and he reacted with intense killing intent.

After learning that Xiao Qiao had been scammed, Ye Weiming calmed himself before gathering friends to plan their response. The chapter ended with the Fraudster Punishment Team assembled on Mount Tai, ready to help Xiao Qiao recover what she lost and retaliate against the scammer.

• Ye Weiming guessed that Xiao Qiao had lost his Guo Jing Dagger and delayed visiting her so his anger would not upset her further.
• You Jin gave Ye Weiming the Calming Mantra as a quest reward, helping him steady his mind and raise his Daoist Arts to Level 9.
• Ye Weiming gathered Fei Yu, Dao Mei, Liuyun, Yin Bukui, and Jiang Jin Jiu, and they agreed to comfort Xiao Qiao, retrieve her stolen property, and punish the scammer.
• Ye Weiming traded Yin Bukui the Shaolin Nine Yang Skill manual so he could complete his collection of the three Nine Yang Skills.
• Ye Weiming met Xiao Qiao on Mount Tai, where she confirmed Mu Ran had told him what happened and said she felt happy that he was comforting her.
• Ye Weiming summoned his friends and announced the formation of the Fraudster Punishment Team, but Xiao Qiao had not yet explained how the scam occurred.

Xiao Qiao explained how Ye Weiyang and Survivor of Calamity had deceived her, and Ye Weiming's group agreed to help her find her missing brother and punish the fraudsters. Xiao Qiao killed Ye Weiyang, then Ye Weiming killed him again at a resurrection point, where the system guards unexpectedly knelt and hailed Ye Weiming as Emperor.

• Xiao Qiao revealed that she had joined the interstellar migration hoping to find her brother, who had disappeared during an earthquake, and Ye Weiming's group volunteered to help.
• Xiao Qiao explained how Survivor of Calamity had learned her family secrets and Ye Weiyang had used them to pose as her brother and obtain Guo Jing Dagger.
• Liuyun recognized Survivor of Calamity and Ye Weiyang, while Ye Weiming vowed to punish the scammers and recover the lost daggers.
• Xiao Qiao ambushed Ye Weiyang outside Hidden Sage Manor and killed him with her twin treasured swords.
• Ye Weiming struck down Ye Weiyang at a resurrection point, and the system guards knelt before Ye Weiming and hailed him as Emperor.

Ye Weiming punished Ye Weiyang for deceiving Xiao Qiao, then tracked down the players who had taken her swords. He recovered both swords and let Eloquent Tongue Like a Reed Pipe go after learning she had already surrendered hers.

• Ye Weiming explained that his Imperial Sword and official authority allowed him to kill Ye Weiyang, then defeated and killed him when he attacked.
• Ye Weiming chose to recover Xiao Qiao's swords rather than continue hunting Ye Weiyang, and Fei Yu located Time Flies Like an Arrow and Eloquent Tongue Like a Reed Pipe.
• Yin Bukui defeated Time Flies Like an Arrow and sent her to Ye Weiming, who killed her repeatedly when she refused to return the sword.
• Kunlun Three Feet Sword publicly disavowed Time Flies Like an Arrow, and He Zudao intervened; Ye Weiming agreed to spare her if she returned the sword, and she handed it over.
• Dao Mei sent Eloquent Tongue Like a Reed Pipe to Ye Weiming with the Ink Jade Lotus, confirming she had surrendered it; Ye Weiming let her go.

Ye Weiming and his allies recovered the Obsidian Jade Twin Swords and retaliated against Ye Weiyang, while Fei Yu abandoned his plans to claim the possibly cursed Dream Shattering Heavenly Blade. The next morning, Ye Weiming sailed for Spirit Snake Island to meet Granny Golden Flower and collect his eight-star quest reward.

• Eloquent Tongue Like a Reed Pipe revealed herself as Dao Mei and killed Ye Weiyang, who was then killed repeatedly by Ye Weiming and his allies before entering a special map.
• Ye Weiming decided to have Survivor of Calamity killed ten times and learned that Fei Yu had found a quest for the Dream Shattering Heavenly Blade.
• Yin Bukui warned that Dream Shattering Heavenly Blade and Tiger Severer carried a curse, so Fei Yu returned the saber to Ye Weiming.
• Ye Weiming asked Fei Yu about the quest after considering what to do with the cursed saber, then hosted a celebratory feast after the Obsidian Jade Twin Swords were recovered.
• The next morning, Ye Weiming sailed from Quanzhou to Spirit Snake Island to find Granny Golden Flower and claim his quest reward.

Ye Weiming completed Granny Golden Flower’s quest by identifying Yuanzhen as the mastermind, then received an ancient Persian map pointing to the Bright Holy Temple in the northern grasslands. After strengthening his Yi Jin Jing, he traveled through Dadu and flew toward the temple to seek its ultimate art inheritance.

• Ye Weiming reported how Fan Yao and Gulu had poisoned Granny Golden Flower’s husband and presented Yuanzhen’s corpse and Seven-Day Death Poison as evidence.
• Granny Golden Flower accepted Ye Weiming’s account, rewarded him with an Ancient Scroll, and had Shaofu carry Yuanzhen’s coffin back into the manor.
• Ye Weiming studied the scroll’s map, identified the Bright Holy Temple in the former Sui-era northern grasslands, and decided to seek its inheritance.
• Ye Weiming used the Internal Skill Insights from Yuanzhen to raise his Yi Jin Jing to Level 9.
• Ye Weiming bought supplies in Bianjing, teleported to Dadu, and flew toward the Temple of Light despite the Yuan Mongol faction’s hostility toward him.

Ye Weiming searched the barren desert for the Bright Holy Temple but found no clues, then gained new insights into the Myriad Sword Foundation while practicing on a mountaintop. He starved to death before rescuing himself with food and water, and discovered that his sword art had advanced considerably.

• Ye Weiming spent days searching the map’s marked mountain range and found only purple-gold ore, then used precious water trying to reveal hidden clues on the Ancient Scroll.
• A white pigeon inspired Ye Weiming to reconsider his approach to swordsmanship, and he practiced the Myriad Sword Foundation with a calmer, more protective mindset.
• Ye Weiming practiced through the night until he starved to death, then resurrected and discovered an Extreme Hunger status that rapidly drained his vitality.
• Ye Weiming ate Beggar’s Chicken and drank water to clear his hunger, then saw that the Myriad Sword Foundation had risen three levels.
• Ye Weiming read messages from Youyou and his friends, who had been trying to reach him, while Jiang Jin Jiu reported that Ye Weiyang had struck it rich.