Chapter Summaries

Ye Weiming received Youyou’s Sandalwood Merit Coffin and learned that Ye Weiyang had acquired the Yan Nantian Rusty Sword in Villain Valley. He arranged to negotiate a trade for the sword and planned to have Dao Mei disguise him so Ye Weiyang would not flee.

• Ye Weiming reassured his teammates that he was safe and finished a teasing exchange with Dao Mei about his long epiphany.
• Ye Weiming inspected Youyou’s Sandalwood Merit Coffin, whose bonuses and Flower Transplant effect made it a powerful tool for Corpse Encoffining.
• Jiang Jin Jiu told Ye Weiming that Ye Weiyang had survived Villain Valley and obtained the Yan Nantian Rusty Sword, which greatly accelerated swordsmanship practice but required a high Internal Energy Limit to withstand use.
• Ye Weiming decided the sword suited him and arranged to negotiate with Ye Weiyang for it, while telling Jiang Jin Jiu to keep the hidden settings of Dream Shattering Heavenly Blade confidential.
• Jiang Jin Jiu’s intermediary scheduled the trade meeting for three days later, and Ye Weiming asked Dao Mei to disguise him before the negotiations.

Ye Weiming used Dao Mei’s disguise to pose as a beautiful woman named Mo Ming Bao Bao and met Cang Xingyu before traveling to Dukang Village for a trade. There, he rejected Ye Weiyang and his companion’s offer of the Yan Nantian Rusty Sword and 3,000 gold for Tiger Severer, leaving the negotiation unresolved.

• Dao Mei disguised Ye Weiming as a beautiful woman, startling Sanyue when she recognized his voice.
• Ye Weiming showed Dao Mei his Mute Voice Pill and explained he could refine a pill to make his voice sound feminine.
• Ye Weiming met Cang Xingyu in a forest west of Luoyang, revealed his disguise, and chose Mo Ming Bao Bao as his alias.
• Ye Weiming and Cang Xingyu traveled to Dukang Village and met Ye Weiyang and his companion at the tea stall.
• Ye Weiyang’s companion offered the Yan Nantian Rusty Sword and 3,000 gold for Tiger Severer, but Ye Weiming mocked the offer and refused it.

Ye Weiming negotiated with Ye Weiyang and Survivor of Calamity to trade the Tiger Sever Divine Blade, using a brief fight to establish his advantage before revealing a quest clue for the Dream Shattering Heavenly Blade. Survivor of Calamity offered the transforming divine weapon Non-Attack as an additional bargaining chip, leaving Ye Weiming impressed by its many forms.

• Ye Weiming rejected the Yan Nantian Rusty Sword and Southern Sky Sword Comprehension as insufficient payment for the Tiger Sever Divine Blade.
• Survivor of Calamity attacked Ye Weiming to gain leverage, but Ye Weiming subdued her with a finger strike and knocked Ye Weiyang back with a teacup and a drop of tea.
• Ye Weiming used his advantage in the confrontation to press the negotiation, then offered a quest clue for the Dream Shattering Heavenly Blade as part of a deal for both the saber and blade technique.
• Survivor of Calamity showed Ye Weiming and Cang Xingyu Non-Attack, which transformed into a sword, a boomerang-like dart, and a crossbow with distinct attributes.

Ye Weiming traded the Tiger Sever Divine Blade and a quest clue for Non-Attack, then discovered the weapon triggered a Mohist inheritance quest and mailed it to Youyou. After building a profitable trading teahouse and entering the Twin Dragons Secret Realm with his companions, he chose a mysterious positioning option without knowing where it would send him.

• Ye Weiming negotiated with Survivor of Calamity and Ye Weiyang, exchanging the Tiger Sever Divine Blade and the Dream Shattering Heavenly Blade clue for their three items, including Non-Attack.
• After sparring with Cang Xingyu, Ye Weiming learned that using Non-Attack had started a ten-day Mohist School Inheritance quest and mailed the weapon to Youyou.
• Ye Weiming trained Myriad Sword Foundation and partnered with Jiang Jin Jiu and Wei Xiaobao to open the Fair Deal Tea House in Bianjing City.
• On the fourth day of the fourth month, Ye Weiming, Xiao Qiao, Dao Mei, Yin Bukui, and the others entered the Twin Dragons Secret Realm to recover two daggers from Ke Dazhi.
• A system prompt offered Ye Weiming the chance to use a special item to choose his landing position, and he accepted before the countdown ended.

Ye Weiming found the Temple of Light and discovered the Blazing Sun Marvelous Skill inscribed on a pillar suspended above earthfire. After studying the script and diagrams during a lull in the flames, he learned how to pursue the inheritance and escaped when the fire erupted again.

• Ye Weiming used the Ancient Scroll to locate the Temple of Light in the barren mountains and entered it, gaining experience and cultivation points.
• Ye Weiming explored the temple and found a pillar engraved with Persian text and diagrams describing Bi Xuan’s Blazing Sun Marvelous Skill, but the flames prevented him from reading it all.
• Ye Weiming studied his Seven Language Lexicon outside the temple, raising his Persian Language level and waiting for the earthfire to stop.
• Ye Weiming returned to the fire pit, tried and failed to move the pillar, then carefully memorized its text and diagrams while the flames were gone.
• Ye Weiming leaped clear when the earthfire erupted again and left the temple, having grasped how to learn the Blazing Sun Marvelous Skill and judged its destructive power.

Ye Weiming learned the Blazing Sun Marvelous Skill from the Bright Holy Temple and raised it to Level 7 before taking the temple’s hexagonal pillar. The Fire Quenching Divine Needle shrank into a divine weapon in his hands, but the temple collapsed and a terrifying presence locked onto him as he fled.

• Ye Weiming raised his Persian Language to Level 6 and finished reading the Blazing Sun Marvelous Skill from the pillar.
• Ye Weiming comprehended the Blazing Sun Marvelous Skill, then spent Cultivation Points to raise it to Level 7.
• Ye Weiming struck the pillar free while the underground fire lifted it, then carried it out using his flying swords.
• The pillar shrank into the Fire Quenching Divine Needle, a divine weapon that could restrain flames and Fierce-attribute attacks.
• Ye Weiming left the Bright Holy Temple as it collapsed, received his teammates’ Carrier Pigeon Messages, and sensed a terrifying aura locking onto him.

Ye Weiming confronted Bi Xuan at the ruins of the Bright Holy Temple, where their battle ended with Ye Weiming apparently killed and then revived at full strength. He challenged Bi Xuan to draw his divine weapon Agu Shiya and fight him on equal terms.

• Bi Xuan blamed Ye Weiming for the Bright Holy Temple’s collapse and explained that he had once gained the Blazing Sun Marvelous Skill there.
• Ye Weiming taunted Bi Xuan, who attacked him with the Blazing Sun Marvelous Skill and drove him into a desperate position.
• Ye Weiming unleashed Wolf Extinction Double Strike, but Bi Xuan reversed his fire vortex to escape the attack with only a minor injury.
• Ye Weiming vanished after the exchange, and Bi Xuan turned toward the temple ruins, believing the fight was over.
• Ye Weiming returned at full health and internal energy, deflected Bi Xuan’s attack, and challenged him to use Agu Shiya.

Ye Weiming exploited his ability to neutralize Bi Xuan’s fiery force, then struck him with the Fire Quenching Divine Needle and escaped after Bi Xuan’s ordinary punches nearly depleted his health. A message from Mu Ran revealed that the recovered Ke Dazhi was alone and might offer a chance to reclaim the two daggers.

• Bi Xuan attacked Ye Weiming with the Blazing Sun Marvelous Skill, but Ye Weiming used Fire Control Marvel to dissolve the fiery force and restore his internal energy.
• Ye Weiming taunted Bi Xuan about the Persian writing on the hexagonal pillar and demanded that he kneel for an explanation.
• Bi Xuan formed a giant fireball, but Ye Weiming used the Fire Quenching Divine Needle to disperse it and strike Bi Xuan in the face with his staff.
• Bi Xuan switched to ordinary punches and nearly depleted Ye Weiming’s health before running out of true qi.
• Ye Weiming summoned Ah Hong, escaped into the air, and then read Mu Ran’s message that Ke Dazhi was alone and his injuries had healed.

Ye Weiming learned that Sanyue and Xiao Qiao were supporting the Twin Dragons in the Imperial City while pursuing Yuwen Shiji, then flew across the grasslands to find Ke Dazhi and recover the lost daggers. He met Ke Dazhi and introduced himself, setting the stage for their encounter.

• Ye Weiming read his teammates’ updates and learned that Sanyue had joined a mission to protect the Twin Dragons in Yangzhou’s Imperial City.
• Sanyue explained that she and Xiao Qiao would support the Twin Dragons, target Yuwen Shiji for the complete internal art section of Ice Profound Strength, and avoid risking the mission’s final reward by confronting Yuwen Huaji.
• Sanyue asked Ye Weiming to arrange an easygoing job at the First Equipment Shop for a non-player character she and Xiao Qiao hoped to bring out of the secret realm, and he agreed.
• Ye Weiming asked Mu Ran where Ke Dazhi was, then had Ah Hong carry him out of the desert and into the grasslands.
• Ye Weiming landed before Ke Dazhi, who released his horse to graze and asked who he was; Ye Weiming introduced himself.

Ye Weiming defeated Ke Dazhi and obtained Guo Jing Dagger, but learned that Yang Kang's Dagger was held by Bi Xuan. After entering the Central Plains, he received a warning that Yuwen Shang had joined the Yangzhou City rebellion quest.

• Ke Dazhi challenged Ye Weiming with the Mad Sand Blade Technique, and Ye Weiming tested the Blazing Sun Marvelous Skill before defeating him.
• Ye Weiming spared Ke Dazhi because Ke Dazhi had not attacked the helpless Xiao Qiao, and Ke Dazhi gave him Guo Jing Dagger and revealed that Bi Xuan held Yang Kang's Dagger.
• Ye Weiming flew toward the Central Plains on Ah Hong, traveling for two days and nights before passing over the Great Wall and seeing villages devastated by war.
• Yin Bukui sent Ye Weiming a message warning that Yuwen Shang had joined the Yangzhou City rebellion quest and was a powerful BOSS.

Xiao Qiao and Sanyue hid near Linjiang Palace’s main hall to protect the Twin Dragons during Yuwen Huaji’s rebellion, but the battle took an unexpected turn when Susu was held as bait. Sanyue and Xiao Qiao attacked Yuwen Zhi Ji as the Twin Dragons rescued Susu, while Luo Yuan realized she had encountered the two women.

• Xiao Qiao and Sanyue entered Linjiang Palace, hid in a consort’s quarters, and waited for the Twin Dragons’ escape attempt.
• Yuwen Huaji led troops into the palace, and fighting erupted after he denounced Yang Guang as a foolish ruler.
• Sanyue and Xiao Qiao saw Yuwen Zhi Ji leading troops toward the main hall and attacked him, with Xiao Qiao wounding him after Sanyue’s icy strike.
• Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling cried out for Susu, prompting Sanyue to charge into the battle; the Twin Dragons rescued Susu from Luo Yuan, who revealed her plan to trap them.
• Luo Yuan noticed Xiao Qiao and Sanyue and lost her confident smile.

Sanyue and Xiao Qiao killed Yuwen Zhi Ji and helped the Twin Dragons escort Susu out of the main hall. Their escape was interrupted by a furious attacker who unleashed a Profound Ice Qilin, leaving the Twin Dragons badly injured and Sanyue, Xiao Qiao, and Susu facing a storm of ice spikes.

• Yuwen Huaji ordered his forces not to attack Susu, while Sanyue and Xiao Qiao fought Yuwen Zhi Ji at the hall entrance.
• Sanyue suppressed Yuwen Zhi Ji with her Xuanming Divine Palm, and Xiao Qiao killed him; Sanyue collected his Ice Profound Strength manual, Imperial Void Sword, and money.
• Sanyue and Xiao Qiao held the entrance as Kou Zhong and the other Twin Dragon escorted Susu through the soldiers, while Luo Yuan's teammates declined to stop them.
• A furious attacker sent a Profound Ice Qilin at the group, and the Twin Dragons struck it together to protect Susu.
• The Twin Dragons shattered the qilin but were badly wounded, while its power became ice spikes rushing toward Sanyue, Xiao Qiao, and Susu.

Yuwen Shang joined the battle in Linjiang Palace and pressed Sanyue, Xiao Qiao, and the Twin Dragons with his Ice Soul Qilin Strength. As Susu tried to take her own life to spare the others, they persuaded her to stay, while Xiao Qiao prepared to risk using Love of the City; the chapter ended as an unidentified voice arrived at the hall entrance.

• Sanyue blocked Yuwen Shang's opening attack with Winter Has Arrived, then retreated into the main hall with Xiao Qiao and Susu.
• Yang Guang accused Yuwen Shang of joining Yuwen Huaji's rebellion, and Yuwen Shang remained silent while attacking Sanyue.
• Sanyue countered Yuwen Shang's Ice Qilin Claw Strike and Rampaging Qilin Pounce, but the Twin Dragons intervened to save her from the second attack.
• Luo Yuan warned that Susu was in danger from the freezing battlefield, and Susu tried to kill herself so the others could escape without protecting her.
• Sanyue and the Twin Dragons urged Susu not to give up, while Xiao Qiao said she would risk using Love of the City to defeat Yuwen Shang.
• An unidentified voice at the hall entrance remarked that the scene was lively.

Ye Weiming arrived at the imperial hall and overwhelmed Yuwen Shang, while Consort Xiao’s poisoned hairpin enabled Yuwen Huaji to defeat Yang Guang. The chapter ended with Yuwen Huaji severing Yang Guang’s arms and legs as the old schemer claimed victory.

• Ye Weiming entered the hall, killed a player who ambushed him, and confronted Yuwen Shang while Xiao Qiao and Sanyue rejoiced at his arrival.
• Ye Weiming traded powerful blows with Yuwen Shang and told his allies to recover, protect the untrained girl, and rescue His Majesty.
• Yuwen Huaji attacked Yang Guang as Consort Xiao stabbed him with a poisoned hairpin.
• Ye Weiming struck Yuwen Shang with Slay Dragon Seek the Way, smashing through his ice shield and sending him crashing into the wall.
• Yuwen Huaji overpowered the poisoned Yang Guang and severed his arms and legs with his saber.

Yuwen Shang and Yuwen Huaji transformed into their stronger True Body Descent forms, turning the battle against Ye Weiming and his allies into a desperate struggle. As Ye Weiming prepared to exploit Yuwen Shang’s opening, Yang Guang unleashed his True Dragon Qi—but it flew toward Ye Weiming instead.

• Xiao Qiao, Sanyue, and Kou Zhong intercepted Yuwen Huaji while Ye Weiming attacked the wounded Yuwen Shang.
• Yuwen Shang unleashed True Body Descent, becoming a Level 165 normal-mode BOSS, and Ye Weiming fought him with Jade Shatters Kunlun Peak.
• Yuwen Huaji also transformed into his true body, prompting Xiao Qiao to send Sanyue to protect Susu and bring Xu Ziling to fight alongside Kou Zhong.
• Ye Weiming’s burst ended, halving his core attributes, and he baited Yuwen Shang while preparing Heavenly Demon Disintegration.
• Yang Guang spat out his True Dragon Qi, but the dragon-shaped attack charged toward Ye Weiming instead of Yuwen Shang.

Yang Guang’s final True Dragon Qi healed Ye Weiming and greatly enhanced his combat power, allowing him to defeat Yuwen Shang. The chapter ended with Yuwen Shang dead and Yuwen Huaji driven from the hall.

• Yang Guang’s dying True Dragon Qi struck Ye Weiming, restoring him and granting him the temporary Soaring Dragon, Regret enhancement.
• Yuwen Shang attacked Ye Weiming with his Profound Ice Qilin, but Ye Weiming countered with an enhanced Dragon Subduing Divine Skill strike and sent him flying.
• Ye Weiming shattered Yuwen Shang’s ice defense with a series of kicks and struck him down with the fire-powered Soaring Dragon in the Sky.
• Yuwen Huaji rushed into the mist to help his father, but Ye Weiming blasted him back out and continued attacking Yuwen Shang.
• Ye Weiming killed Yuwen Shang, and the system announced the party’s victory and rewards.

Ye Weiming defeated Yuwen Shang and collected several valuable items and corpses during the battle for Linjiang Palace. After Yuwen Huaji escaped and Dugu Sheng began securing Yangzhou City, Ye Weiming asked Dao Mei what the rare Profound Yellow Blood did and offered to pay with his body for the answer.

• Ye Weiming looted Yuwen Shang's drops, including Ice Profound Strength, Kirin Soft Armor, Ice Soul Kirin Palm, and Profound Yellow Blood, then used a Glazed Coffin to collect his corpse.
• Ye Weiming gathered Yang Guang's remains with the Sandalwood Merit Coffin and received several insight manuals and the damaged divine weapon Ding Sui Sword.
• Xiao Qiao returned and apologized for losing track of Yuwen Huaji, and Ye Weiming explained that Yuwen Huaji had escaped while he was occupied fighting Yuwen Shang.
• Ye Weiming told Dugu Sheng to accept the remaining soldiers' surrender and take control of Yangzhou City, then sent Xiao Qiao and Sanyue to help with the cleanup.
• Ye Weiming collected Yuwen Zhi Ji's corpse and asked Yin Bukui and Dao Mei about the Profound Yellow Blood's Special Limb quest; when Dao Mei demanded a benefit for explaining it, Ye Weiming offered to pay with his body.

Ye Weiming activated the Profound Yellow Blood and accepted a quest to obtain the Ding Sui Sword and kill Yuwen Huaji within a month, leaving him only six days in the current secret realm. He teamed up with Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling as the Three Dragons of the Central Plains and prepared to ask them for help finding Yuwen Huaji.

• Dao Mei explained that Special Limbs were powerful body enhancements and that Profound Yellow Blood could unlock one.
• After Yuwen Shang's forces surrendered or fled, Ye Weiming and Sanyue divided the spoils with Xiao Qiao, taking the Imperial Void Sword, Profound Yellow Blood, and Kirin Soft Armor while Sanyue received Yuwen Shang's manual and gauntlets.
• Xiao Qiao asked Ye Weiming to keep looking for clues about her missing brother, and Ye Weiming promised to help.
• Ye Weiming activated the Profound Yellow Blood and received a quest to obtain the Ding Sui Sword and kill Yuwen Huaji within a month; because players could stay in the secret realm for only ten days, he had six days left to locate his target.
• Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling thanked Ye Weiming for saving them and Susu, then Kou Zhong invited him to join them as one of the Three Dragons of the Central Plains.
• Ye Weiming accepted the new brotherhood and began asking Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling to help him with his problem.

Ye Weiming asked Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling to help locate Yuwen Huaji and several other targets, then learned from Luo Yuan that Yuwen Huaji would arrive in Xuzhou in three days. After the group settled Susu at an inn, Ye Weiming prepared to study the secret manuals he had obtained and strengthen himself before the confrontation.

• Ye Weiming explained that he needed to kill Yuwen Huaji within six days and asked Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling to find him, Tuoba Yu, Chunyu Wei, Tun Yugu, and Bi Xuan.
• Kou Zhong proposed asking Xiang Yushan for information, while Xu Ziling offered to seek troops from the Dugu Clan and contact the Green Bamboo Gang.
• Ye Weiming received messages revealing that Yuwen Huaji would reach Xuzhou in three days, information supplied by Luo Yuan in exchange for Yuwen Huaji's Ice Profound Strength and forgiveness for past offenses.
• Ye Weiming and the others took Susu from the palace and arranged for her to stay with Xiao Qiao and Sanyue at an inn in Yangzhou.
• Ye Weiming brewed tea and brought out the secret manuals he had obtained, intending to improve his strength before facing Yuwen Huaji.

Ye Weiming used the manuals dropped by his enemies to raise Muscle-Tendon Classic to Level 10 and strengthen his other skills. When Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling insisted on joining the plan to assassinate Yuwen Huaji, a system mission forced Ye Weiming to bring them along while guaranteeing Susu’s safety, and he proposed taking her with them.

• Ye Weiming studied Yang Guang’s and Yuwen Zhiji’s swordsmanship manuals, gaining proficiency in Myriad Forms Sword Foundation.
• Ye Weiming used Yuwen Shang’s Internal Energy Insights to raise Muscle-Tendon Classic to perfected Level 10 and absorbed the Claw Technique Insights into his Calculation skill.
• Ye Weiming told Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling that he, Xiaoqiao, and March would ambush Yuwen Huaji in Xuzhou while they stayed behind to protect Susu.
• Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong asked Ye Weiming to let them join the assassination while keeping Susu safe, triggering the eight-star mission Assassinate Yuwen Huaji.
• Ye Weiming proposed bringing Susu along and arranging for someone else to protect her during the battle.