Chapter Summaries

Ye Weiming learned that the True Dragon Qi inside him threatened his safety, but Venerable Huang secured the Emperor’s agreement to delay action and offered a quest to convert it into strength. After accepting the nine-star quest, Ye Weiming left to prepare and encountered Fei Yu, who wanted to trade for Tiger's Roar.

• Venerable Huang summoned You Jin and sent him to Duke Lu Ding while he went to ask the Emperor to intervene on Ye Weiming’s behalf.
• While waiting, Ye Weiming studied the Seven Language Lexicon and raised his Tadpole Script skill to Level 2.
• Venerable Huang told Ye Weiming that the Emperor would not pursue his possession of True Dragon Qi for now, but that the danger remained.
• Ye Weiming triggered the nine-star quest “Internal and External Troubles” to reconcile the Six Great Sects and Ming Cult and deal with Qiu Qianren, with the True Dragon Qi Returning Art and a title promotion as rewards.
• Venerable Huang promised Ye Weiming access to some Divine Constable Bureau forces and the cooperation of You Jin, Zhan Zhao, and Bai Zhanji.
• After leaving the meeting room, Ye Weiming met Fei Yu, who asked about trading for Tiger's Roar.

Ye Weiming traded the Tiger Roar Divine Blade to Fei Yu for the Ice Soul, then prepared for his upcoming mission by studying records and discussing strategy with Wei Xiaobao. After warning Wei Xiaobao away from Li Mochou and Susu, Ye Weiming learned a useful Iron Palm Gang plan and was summoned home by Dao Mei.

• Ye Weiming gave Fei Yu the Tiger Roar Divine Blade in exchange for the Ice Soul, a divine artifact that increased corpse encoffining and requiem rewards.
• Ye Weiming reviewed records on the Ming Cult, the Six Great Sects, and the Iron Palm Gang, then refined pills for Wei Xiaobao and brought them to Duke Lu Ding's Manor.
• Wei Xiaobao asked about pursuing Li Mochou and Susu, and Ye Weiming warned him about Li Mochou's killings and the danger of angering Susu's brothers, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling.
• Ye Weiming and Wei Xiaobao discussed the mission involving the Ming Cult and Iron Palm Gang, and Wei Xiaobao proposed supporting a puppet within the Iron Palm Gang.
• Dao Mei messaged Ye Weiming that everyone had gathered at his home with ingredients and was waiting for him to cook dinner.

Ye Weiming’s friends gathered to repay his kindness and help with his nine-star mission to kill Qiu Qianren and deal with the Bright Summit siege. After planning to expose Cheng Kun’s conspiracy, Ye Weiming proposed using Shaolin Sect’s Kongwen as their key witness.

• Dao Mei and thirteen others arrived at Ye Weiming’s home with ingredients, and Ye cooked them a lavish meal to repay his promise.
• Sanyue and the others explained how they had deduced that Ye Weiming’s mission involved the True Dragon Qi, then offered to help despite being unable to share its rewards.
• Ye Weiming explained that he needed to kill Qiu Qianren before the Huashan Sword Debate and support a trustworthy leader to return the Iron Palm Gang to the righteous path.
• Jiang Jin Jiu suggested using the Ming Cult’s secret passageways to expose Cheng Kun’s conspiracy before the Six Great Sects at Bright Summit.
• Ye Weiming argued that ordinary disciples would not carry enough authority and proposed targeting one influential witness: Shaolin Sect’s Kongwen.

Ye Weiming’s group used Liuyun’s inside help to poison and capture Kongwen, then prepared for the Six Great Sects’ assault on Bright Summit. When the siege began, the secret passage admitted only Ye Weiming, who entered alone with Kongwen and found two skeletons in a stone chamber.

• Liuyun told Cang Xingyu that Kongwen would visit the pagoda forest alone and arranged for poison that would disable him if he used too much internal energy.
• Ye Weiming and his teammates ambushed Kongwen at the pagoda forest, and Jiang Jin Jiu’s poison helped them capture him alive in under ten seconds.
• During the seven days before the Bright Summit siege, Ye Weiming’s group recruited allies and prepared their wider plan.
• On April seventeenth, the system allowed only the holder of the secret passage map to enter, so Ye Weiming’s seven neutral teammates went to earn merit in the siege while he carried Kongwen inside.
• Ye Weiming traveled through the secret passage and found the skeletons of a man and a woman in a large stone chamber.

Ye Weiming explored the Ming Cult’s secret passage, obtained the sealed Heaven and Earth Great Shift manual, and found that the system protected the items needed for Zhang Wuji’s destined opportunity. He infiltrated the Bright Summit main hall with the unconscious Kongwen and hid to watch the confrontation about to begin.

• Ye Weiming found Yang Dingtian and his wife’s remains, obtained the Emerald Dagger and sealed Heaven and Earth Great Shift manual, and stored their bodies in the Flower Transplant Coffin.
• Ye Weiming converted the other insight manuals into 21.5 million Mind Method Insights, then discovered the system had spawned quest-item replacements for the remains and dagger.
• Ye Weiming searched the secret passage armory but found only worthless quest items before opening the exit into a woman’s bedroom at Bright Summit.
• Ye Weiming carried Kongwen into the Ming Cult main hall, hid him behind a curtain, and took a concealed position to observe the hall.
• A voice outside announced that the Vampire Bat and the Four Scattered People had come to confront Yang Xiao, and Ye Weiming unsealed Kongwen’s sleep point.

Ye Weiming watched the Ming Cult leaders quarrel and fight over their leadership before a surprise attack left them gravely injured. The attackers also devastated the players, and the chapter ended with Pei Tuhou’s group recognizing Immortal Yunhua and Ye Weiyang among their foes.

• Ye Weiming watched Wei Yixiao and the Four Wanderers meet Yang Xiao, then held back when Wei Yixiao killed an attendant to suppress his Cold Poison.
• Hu Qingniu brought the badly wounded Leng Qian into the hall and assured the Ming Cult members that he could help him recover.
• The Ming Cult leaders argued over choosing a cult leader, then became linked by Yang Xiao’s technique and fought while their player disciples staged a deadlocked battle.
• Four attackers ambushed the linked Ming Cult masters, and a monk’s cold inner force heavily injured all six leaders.
• The attackers killed the Five Wanderers’ player disciples, while Wu Zhou and Qi Ye died as Pei Tuhou and Luo Yuan fought back and wounded one enemy.
• Pei Tuhou and the others recognized Immortal Yunhua and Ye Weiyang among the surviving attackers.

Ye Weiming watched Yuanzhen’s ambush at Bright Summit while waiting for Cheng Kun to reveal his schemes, but Ye Weiyang’s provocation led Cheng Kun to attack his own allies and threaten Yang Buhui. A hidden quest then ordered Ye Weiming to stop Cheng Kun and kill him and his two player accomplices.

• Ye Weiyang and Immortal Yunhua fought Pei Tuhou and Luo Yuan until Duan Xiyang Wuyu took Yang Buhui hostage, allowing Ye Weiyang and Immortal Yunhua to kill Pei Tuhou and Luo Yuan.
• Yuanzhen revealed that he was Cheng Kun and described how his affair with Yang Dingtian’s wife, Yang Dingtian’s death, and his manipulation of Xie Xun had fueled the conflict between the Ming Cult and the Six Great Sects.
• Ye Weiyang urged Cheng Kun to assault Yang Buhui, and Cheng Kun threatened the girl as Yang Xiao pleaded for her safety.
• Immortal Yunhua tried to stop Cheng Kun, but Cheng Kun struck him down with Phantom Yin Finger and threatened to deal with him later.
• A hidden quest instructed Ye Weiming to stop Cheng Kun and kill him, Ye Weiyang, and Duan Xiyang Wuyu.

Ye Weiming revealed his strength, killed Duan Xiyang Wuyu, and joined Zhang Wuji in fighting Cheng Kun, who unleashed True Body Descent and fled into the secret passage. Ye Weiming pursued him underground, where Zhang Wuji and Xiao Zhao caught up just as a boulder crashed down and Ye Weiming launched himself at it.

• Cheng Kun crippled the injured Ming Cult members and grabbed Yang Buhui, but Ye Weiming’s hidden dagger struck him between the legs.
• Zhang Wuji attacked Cheng Kun, while Ye Weiming blocked Ye Weiyang and killed Duan Xiyang Wuyu with a single sword-qi strike.
• Ye Weiming fought alongside Zhang Wuji, then exposed his strength and overwhelmed Cheng Kun after Cheng Kun activated True Body Descent.
• Cheng Kun fled into the secret passage, and Ye Weiming killed Ye Weiyang when Cheng Kun threw him in his path.
• Ye Weiming pursued Cheng Kun underground, and Zhang Wuji arrived with Xiao Zhao after bursting free of the bag.
• A falling boulder threatened the group, so Zhang Wuji carried Xiao Zhao out of its path while Ye Weiming launched himself upward to strike it.

Ye Weiming escaped the collapsing passage and chased Cheng Kun to its exit, where Niu Zhichun and Wumingzhi helped kill the level 150 BOSS. After learning how the two had joined forces, Ye Weiming prepared to loot Cheng Kun’s corpse.

• Ye Weiming respawned beside Cheng Kun after using Iron Head Skill to block a boulder, then evaded another boulder and pursued him through the passage.
• Cheng Kun fled toward the secret passage exit while Ye Weiming chased and wounded him.
• Niu Zhichun ambushed Cheng Kun at the exit, and Wumingzhi crippled his hand and leg before the three players killed him.
• Niu Zhichun explained that he and Wumingzhi had argued over the ambush spot before agreeing to cooperate, and Wumingzhi offered his share of Cheng Kun’s drops as a penalty for stopping his contract to kill Survivor of Calamity.
• Wumingzhi revealed that Survivor of Calamity had told him Cheng Kun would use the secret passage, and Ye Weiming brought out a Flower Transplant Coffin and opened Cheng Kun’s loot list.

After defeating Cheng Kun, Ye Weiming and Niu Zhichun divided his drops, and Ye Weiming used the resulting insights to strengthen his martial arts. Unable to enter the Ming Cult secret passage, Ye Weiming remained outside Bright Summit, where studying Yan Nantian’s sword manual let him raise Myriad Sword Foundation to Level 9 and Blazing Sun Sacred Qi to Level 9.

• Ye Weiming and Niu Zhichun divided Cheng Kun’s loot, with Ye Weiming taking Shaolin Nine Yang Skill, Thunder Gloves, Primal Chaos Skill, and two intermediate manuals while Niu Zhichun chose Buddhist artifacts and Phantom Yin Finger.
• Ye Weiming encoffined Cheng Kun and gained five insight manuals, then received a hidden-mission reward that randomly raised Myriad Sword Foundation to Level 8.
• Niu Zhichun equipped the Buddhist robes and crown, while Ye Weiming discovered that the plot had temporarily closed the Ming Cult Secret Passage.
• Ye Weiming stayed outside the passage to preserve his neutral status, and Niu Zhichun left to join the siege of Bright Summit.
• Ye Weiming studied Southern Sky Sword Comprehension and raised Myriad Sword Foundation to Level 9, then used Cheng Kun’s Internal Skill Insights and Cultivation Points to raise Blazing Sun Sacred Qi to Level 9.

Ye Weiming unsealed and rapidly raised the Heaven and Earth Great Shift, greatly boosting his attributes before entering the second stage of the Bright Summit battle. The chapter left him inside the Ming Cult Main Hall, facing a choice of which faction to support.

• Ye Weiming learned that Zhang Wuji had mastered all seven layers of the Heaven and Earth Great Shift, lifting the seal on his manual.
• Ye Weiming studied the manual, gained the Heaven and Earth Great Shift at Level 1, then used Mind Method Insights and Cultivation Points to raise it to Level 8.
• Ye Weiming replaced the Total Decision Style with the Heaven and Earth Great Shift, increasing his Vitality Limit to 1,284,660 and improving his speed.
• The second stage of the Six Great Sects Siege of Bright Summit began, and Ye Weiming entered the Ming Cult Main Hall's core battlefield.
• The system asked Ye Weiming to choose whether to help the Ming Cult or the Six Great Sects.

Ye Weiming defeated three Kongtong elders in the Bright Summit trial and received a Kongtong Seal, which he chose not to use. After qualifying to enter the main hall, he chose to continue challenging the Six Great Sects and faced Chan Master Kongxing.

• Ye Weiming joined the Ming Cult’s side, and Zong Weixia challenged him with the Seven Injuries Fist.
• Ye Weiming crippled Zong Weixia with the Blazing Sun Sacred Qi, then defeated Tang Wenliang and Chang Jingzhi when they attacked.
• Ye Weiming killed all three Kongtong elders and received experience, cultivation points, and a Kongtong Seal.
• Ye Weiming declined the system’s offer to use the Kongtong Seal to strengthen his True Dragon Qi.
• Ye Weiming chose to continue the challenge, and Chan Master Kongxing stepped forward.

Ye Weiming defeated Kongxing and earned a Golden Monkey Hair, then chose to keep challenging the Six Great Sects. He countered Xianyu Tong’s poison attack and forced him to swallow his own Golden Silkworm Gu Poison, leaving the Mount Hua fighter screaming in agony.

• Kongxing challenged Ye Weiming with Shaolin Dragon Claw Hand, but Ye Weiming overwhelmed him with the Dragon Subduing Divine Skill and made him concede.
• Ye Weiming received 20 million EXP, 5 million cultivation points, and a Golden Monkey Hair that could summon his strongest defeated monkey from the Green Bamboo Secret Realm.
• Kongxing dismissed his mention of combat power as an illusion, and the system qualified Ye Weiming to enter the Bright Summit main hall after his victories over the Kongtong and Shaolin representatives.
• Ye Weiming chose to continue challenging, and Xianyu Tong attacked him with Golden Silkworm Gu Poison and Mount Hua grappling techniques.
• Ye Weiming feigned being poisoned, sealed Xianyu Tong’s acupoints, and forced him to swallow the poison from his own folding fan, leaving him writhing and screaming.

Ye Weiming fought the Mount Hua Two Elders, then accepted a system challenge to face their combined Correct and Reverse Two Forms formation with Kunlun’s He Taichong and Ban Shuxian. As he used the battle to improve his swordsmanship, an Emei disciple offered an observation about the formation’s footwork, leaving Ye Weiming surprised by the young woman.

• The Mount Hua Two Elders killed Xianyu Tong after he confessed to murdering Hu Qingyang and Senior Brother Bai.
• Ye Weiming fought the Mount Hua Two Elders with his rusty sword and used their Reverse Two Forms Blade Technique to train the Myriad Sword Foundation.
• The system offered Ye Weiming a challenge against the combined Correct and Reverse Two Forms formation, and he accepted.
• Ye Weiming invited He Taichong and Ban Shuxian to join the Mount Hua Two Elders, and the four attacked him with their combined formation.
• Ye Weiming continued defending against the four masters while improving his swordsmanship, as spectators mistook him for being overwhelmed.
• An Emei disciple told her master that the formation’s strength lay chiefly in its footwork, and Ye Weiming turned to identify the speaker.

Ye Weiming defeated the Huashan and Kunlun experts by controlling seven swords in the Heavenly Dipper Array, earning a Two Forms Profound Stone. He chose to continue challenging the remaining sects, and as he prepared to face Extermination, Yin Tianzheng lent him the White Rainbow Sword and triggered a mission requiring it to clash with the Heavenly Sword ten times.

• Ye Weiming used the seven-sword Heavenly Dipper Array to break the Correct and Reverse Two Forms Grand Array and defeat Xianyu Tong, the Mount Hua Two Elders, He Taichong, and Ban Shuxian.
• Ye Weiming received 70,000,000 EXP, 10,000,000 cultivation points, and a Two Forms Profound Stone, which could upgrade treasure-grade equipment into a divine weapon or artifact.
• After qualifying to enter the Bright Summit hall, Ye Weiming chose to continue challenging opponents for a higher mission participation level.
• Extermination drew the Heavenly Sword, and Yin Tianzheng warned Ye Weiming about its danger before lending him the White Rainbow Sword.
• A hidden mission required Ye Weiming to make the White Rainbow Sword collide with the Heavenly Sword at least ten times or lose the sword after the battle.

Ye Weiming defeated Abbess Miejue by heating the Heavenly Sword until she dropped it, then used the White Rainbow Sword to complete the ten-strike achievement without damaging it. After earning his rewards and qualification to enter the Bright Summit main hall, he considered challenging Wudang next.

• Ye Weiming distracted Miejue with the White Rainbow Sword and attacked her with his fire techniques, heating the Heavenly Sword as she repeatedly blocked him.
• Ye Weiming knocked the scorching Heavenly Sword from Miejue’s hand and used the White Rainbow Sword to strike it ten times, completing the achievement.
• Ye Weiming forced Miejue to concede, returned the Heavenly Sword, and received 80,000,000 experience, 10,000,000 Cultivation Points, and Dan Chen Sha for defeating her.
• The system confirmed Ye Weiming had defeated representatives of five sects and qualified to enter the Bright Summit main hall, while offering him the choice to continue challenging.
• Ye Weiming looked toward the Wudang camp and considered challenging its experts to gain enough Cultivation Points to raise Heaven and Earth Great Shift to level 9.

After clearing the Six Great Sects’ challenges, Ye Weiming entered the Bright Summit hall and watched Zhang Wuji fight Kongxing. When Ye Weiming offered Kongwen as a witness to Cheng Kun’s plot, Kongwen was suddenly found dead, leaving Ye Weiming to demand an examination of his body and promise an explanation.

• Song Yuanqiao admitted the Wudang Seven Heroes’ defeat without fighting, earning Ye Weiming an invitation to discuss the Dao with Zhang Sanfeng and clearing his final challenge.
• Ye Weiming entered the Bright Summit hall, reunited with Dao Mei and Wumingzhi, and reasoned that team challenges were harder because players faced larger formations.
• Xiao Qiao, Sanyue, and Mu Ran arrived after breaking through the True Martial Three Interceptions Array, while Zhang Wuji defeated Kongxing in their scripted fight.
• Ye Weiming offered Kongwen’s testimony as evidence that Cheng Kun had orchestrated the conflict, but Kongwen was found dead in Kongxiang’s arms.
• Ye Weiming asked to examine Kongwen’s body and proposed that Zhang Wuji do so instead, promising to answer Kongxing’s questions afterward.

Ye Weiming exposed the apparent death of Kongwen as a plot to conceal an assassination attempt and revealed that the real Kongwen had been disguised as Leng Qian. Kongwen agreed to testify about Yuanzhen’s actions, while Sanyue questioned Dao Mei’s role in the plan.

• Zhang Wuji examined the supposed Kongwen and found a palm injury, while Ye Weiming and Kongxiang argued over the cause of death.
• Ye Weiming prompted Zhang Wuji to discover that the corpse wore a human-skin mask and was not Kongwen.
• Immortal Yunhua and Kongxiang attacked Leng Qian, but Dao Mei and Ye Weiming stopped them.
• Ye Weiming revealed that the real Kongwen had been disguised as Leng Qian, then asked him to explain Yuanzhen’s actions.
• Kongwen recounted Cheng Kun’s words from the Ming Cult hall, and Dao Mei proudly claimed her acting had been convincing.

Ye Weiming killed the Shaolin infiltrator Kongxiang and helped Zhang Wuji resolve the Six Great Sects’ grievances, leading to Zhang Wuji’s appointment as Ming Cult leader. The chapter ended with Ye Weiming receiving his hidden mission rewards, including a Kunlun Immortal Peach and Bright Sacred Fire.

• Liuyun blocked Kongxiang’s escape, and Ye Weiming killed him when he attacked Zhou Zhiruo, earning a share of the rewards.
• Kongwen continued explaining Cheng Kun’s scheme, while Zhang Wuji defeated challenges from the remaining sects and revealed his identity to the Wudang Six Heroes.
• Ye Weiming stopped Zhou Zhiruo from striking Zhang Wuji, and Yang Buhui’s intervention caused Yin Liting to leave after learning the truth about her mother’s death.
• The Six Great Sects departed, Zhang Wuji became Ming Cult leader, and Hu Qingniu was appointed as an undercover ally within the cult.
• Zhang Wuji thanked Ye Weiming for exposing Cheng Kun, and Ye Weiming received 300 million EXP, 30 million cultivation, a Kunlun Immortal Peach, and a Bright Sacred Fire.

After helping Zhang Wuji secure the Ming Cult, Ye Weiming collected rewards and prepared for a future assault on Qiu Qianren, while Fei Yu located Li Guishou for his long-running cosmetic surgery quest. The chapter ended with Ye Weiming examining the Bright Sacred Fire in his room, curious about its use.

• Ye Weiming spent his rewards to raise his level and Heaven and Earth Great Shift, and received a Kunlun Immortal Peach and Bright Sacred Fire from Zhang Wuji.
• Ye Weiming encoffined the fake Kongwen and obtained Riding Skill, Blade Technique, and Archery insights before leaving Bright Summit with his teammates.
• Ye Weiming told Sanyue and Fei Yu that he would likely attack Qiu Qianren before the Huashan Sword Debate once Jiang Jin Jiu's investigation was complete.
• Ye Weiming asked Fei Yu to locate Li Guishou, and Fei Yu found him at Demon Mountain Cottage.
• Ye Weiming reported the Ming Cult quest to Venerable Huang, who gave Sanyue and Fei Yu additional rewards and told Ye Weiming to prepare for the Iron Palm Gang quest.
• Ye Weiming returned to his room and took out the Bright Sacred Fire to examine it.