Chapter Summaries

The Huashan Sword Debate finals ended with Ye Weiming and Dao Mei taking first and second place, while Yun Mian narrowly missed the Five Supremes. Dugu Qiubai prepared to announce the players’ titles and rewards, leaving Ye Weiming uneasy about what awaited him.

• Dao Mei saw through Ye Weiming’s plan to lose a match and conceded without fighting, giving him five victories and the top ranking.
• Decadent Dragon told Ye Weiming that a Sacred Hall quest had raised his Baseball Fist to Level 10 and awarded him the Heluo Azure Dragon Record quest.
• Xiao Qiao and Yun Mian fought to a draw, while Dao Mei defeated Decadent Dragon and then won against Xiao Qiao, Yun Mian, and Niu Zhichun.
• Dao Mei and Decadent Dragon knocked Niu Zhichun off the cliff, but Niu Zhichun later defeated Yun Mian by charging through his Tai Chi domain.
• Xiao Qiao narrowly defeated Decadent Dragon, and the final standings placed Ye Weiming first, Dao Mei second, Xiao Qiao third, Niu Zhichun and Decadent Dragon tied, and Yun Mian last.
• Dugu Qiubai announced that he would reveal the players’ exclusive titles and rewards, and Ye Weiming said he feared what might come next.

Dugu Qiubai awarded the Five Supremes their quest rewards and titles, naming Xiao Qiao Eastern Emotion, Dao Mei Western Wickedness, Decadent Dragon Southern Fist, and Niu Zhichun Northern Monk. He kept Ye Weiming’s title as Middle Sword Person but offered him a chance to challenge for the title Sword Demon, leaving Ye Weiming to consider Dugu Qiubai’s provocative wager.

• Dugu Qiubai gave Xiao Qiao a token for a quest in Zhanjiang and named her Eastern Emotion.
• Dugu Qiubai gave Dao Mei a letter directing her to Left-Hand Saber Feng Han and named her Western Wickedness.
• Dugu Qiubai sent Decadent Dragon to Dali to seek a quest clue from Song Bingyi and named him Southern Fist.
• Dugu Qiubai gave Niu Zhichun a quest letter for Shaolin and named him Northern Monk; when Niu Zhichun asked to change the title, Dugu Qiubai threatened to replace him among the Five Supremes.
• Dugu Qiubai named Ye Weiming Middle Sword Person and offered to wager their Supreme Sword Dao titles in a duel, so Ye Weiming could become Middle Sword Demon.

After winning the Huashan Sword Debate, Ye Weiming received the Five Greats Divine Skill and a token to challenge Dugu Qiubai for the Sword Master title. His companions were sent away with missions, while Ye Weiming remained on Huashan and heard a baby crying as he descended.

• Dugu Qiubai gave Ye Weiming a wooden token for a future swordsmanship challenge, then awarded him the Five Greats Divine Skill and the title Middle Sword Person.
• Ye Weiming shared his reward with his teammates and said he planned to challenge Dugu Qiubai once he was strong enough to change his title.
• Dugu Qiubai gave Yun Mian a token to seek Huang Shang's guidance, and Ye Weiming offered to help him visit the Divine Constable Bureau.
• Ye Weiming offered mission guidance to Dao Mei, Xiao Qiao, and Decadent Dragon, giving Decadent Dragon a roast lamb as a gift for Song Bingyi.
• Dugu Qiubai and Ye Weiming's teammates disappeared, leaving Ye Weiming alone on Huashan.
• Ye Weiming began descending the mountain and heard a baby crying in the forest.

After the Huashan Sword Debate, Ye Weiming found Qin Nanqin dead and rescued the infant Yang Guo, whom he entrusted to Susu in Bianjing. He then studied the Five Greats Divine Skill, discovered which techniques it could absorb, and began seeking more martial arts from the Five Greats.

• Ye Weiming followed a baby's cries and found Yang Guo gripping a venomous snake beside the poisoned corpse of Qin Nanqin.
• Ye Weiming buried Qin Nanqin and carried Yang Guo to Bianjing, where Susu agreed to raise him.
• Ye Weiming checked in at the Divine Constable Bureau, then returned to Heavenly Sword Manor and learned the Five Greats Divine Skill.
• Ye Weiming raised the skill to level seven and discovered it could absorb only certain martial arts associated with the Five Greats.
• Ye Weiming sent Sanyue a message asking her to buy specific martial arts and skills mastered by the Five Greats whenever they appeared on the market.

Ye Weiming reviewed his strength and prepared for the Huashan Sword Debate storyline mission, confident that his attributes could give him an edge against the Five Greats. After teleporting to the mission instance, he found Huang Yaoshi, Hong Qigong, Guo Jing, and Huang Rong arguing, and Huang Rong proposed that the two masters fight at once.

• Ye Weiming assessed the Five Greats Divine Skill and his attributes, concluding that his foundations could rival or surpass a Five Greats expert's.
• Ye Weiming reviewed the day's Huashan battles and rested, while Yun Mian postponed introducing him to Venerable Huang until after the storyline mission.
• Ye Weiming accepted the system's invitation and teleported to the Huashan Summit mission instance.
• Ye Weiming found Huang Yaoshi, Hong Qigong, Guo Jing, and Huang Rong arguing in the open area.
• Huang Rong suggested that Huang Yaoshi and Hong Qigong fight at the same time so Huang Yaoshi could not gain an advantage.

Ye Weiming accepted Huang Rong’s plan to compare Huang Yaoshi and Hong Qigong by measuring how long each could last against him, then began his first match against Huang Yaoshi. After a fierce opening exchange, Ye Weiming gained the upper hand and left Huang Rong worried for her father.

• Huang Rong explained that Ye Weiming would fight Huang Yaoshi and Hong Qigong in sequence, with their move counts deciding which senior won their contest.
• Huang Yaoshi and Hong Qigong agreed that if neither could defeat Ye Weiming within three hundred moves, Guo Jing would receive the title of Number One Under Heaven.
• Ye Weiming accepted the hidden quest, and the system barred him from using outside assistance during the matches.
• Ye Weiming opened his duel with Huang Yaoshi by matching and slightly overpowering the Jade Flute with his Juque Divine Sword.
• After more than fifty exchanges, Ye Weiming feinted with Shocking the Hundred Li and struck Huang Yaoshi with Soaring Dragon, Regret, then chased him through the air with a sword assault.
• Huang Yaoshi landed in disarray, and Huang Rong began to regret involving Ye Weiming in the contest.

Ye Weiming defeated Huang Yaoshi and Hong Qigong in the Huashan Sword Debate, earning rewards from both matches and completing the quest at 200% completion. The chapter ended with Ye Weiming choosing between the War God Gourd and Huang Yaoshi’s Gale Technique.

• Ye Weiming traded blows with Huang Yaoshi, overcame his Gale Technique, and defeated him in 142 moves.
• Ye Weiming challenged Hong Qigong, fought him for 154 moves, and won despite Hong Qigong’s careful use of the Dog Beating Staff Technique.
• Huang Yaoshi and Hong Qigong discussed who should be called number one in the world and agreed to a proposal after whispering together.
• The system announced that Ye Weiming had completed the five-star Huashan Sword Debate 2.0 quest with 200% completion and presented the War God Gourd and Gale Technique as reward choices.

Ye Weiming chose Huang Yaoshi’s Wild Wind Technique manual as his quest reward and refused to trade away the Flying Flower Sword Token. As Huang Yaoshi and Guo Jing continued their duel, Ye Weiming raised Nine Yin Divine Skill to Level 10 and prepared himself and his teammates for Ouyang Feng’s expected attack.

• Ye Weiming chose the Wild Wind Technique manual over Hong Qigong’s War God Gourd, and Huang Yaoshi revealed that he had wagered Hong Qigong would make that choice.
• Huang Yaoshi offered to exchange one of his signature techniques for Ye Weiming’s Flying Flower Sword Token, but Ye Weiming refused, expecting the upcoming system upgrade to increase its value.
• Huang Yaoshi and Guo Jing began fighting while Ye Weiming and his teammates watched; Guo Jing held his own against Huang Yaoshi, and Hong Qigong later proposed a weapons duel.
• Ye Weiming raised Nine Yin Divine Skill to Level 10, then spent his remaining Cultivation Points to raise Five Greats Divine Skill from Level 7 to Level 9.
• Ye Weiming warned his teammates to spend their quest Cultivation Points because he expected Ouyang Feng to appear after Hong Qigong and Guo Jing’s fight.

After the Huashan Sword Debate, mad Ouyang Feng attacked the exhausted fighters, forcing Ye Weiming and his teammates to defend themselves despite a system-imposed attribute penalty. Huang Rong used Ouyang Feng’s madness and reflection to scare him into fleeing, and Ye Weiming urged the team to pursue him while his strength was weakened.

• Hong Qigong and Huang Yaoshi acknowledged that Guo Jing had won the title of number one under heaven after neither could defeat him within three hundred moves.
• Ouyang Feng emerged after mastering the Nine Yin Manual in reverse and attacked, triggering a six-star hidden quest that required Ye Weiming and his teammates to drive him back.
• Ye Weiming struggled against Ouyang Feng’s unpredictable attacks until Xiao Qiao joined the fight and called the others to help.
• Ye Weiming and his teammates battled Ouyang Feng near a pool until Huang Rong used his reflection and strange phrases to frighten him into fleeing.
• Ye Weiming explained that he had taught Ouyang Feng English, then chased him and urged his teammates to seize the chance to defeat the weakened boss.

Ye Weiming and his teammates killed the fleeing Ouyang Feng after Dao Mei transformed into his likeness and confused him. The group earned the first-kill rewards and a hidden-quest jade pendant, then Xiao Qiao looted a haul of rare manuals, artifacts, and gold as they prepared to divide the spoils.

• Ye Weiming switched to the Nine Yin Divine Skill and chased Ouyang Feng, but Ouyang Feng evaded his attacks and tried to flee the mountaintop.
• Dao Mei blocked Ouyang Feng by transforming into his appearance and mimicking his boasts, leaving him too confused to resist.
• Ye Weiming severed Ouyang Feng’s leg tendons, and the player Five Greats attacked together and killed him.
• The party received first-kill rewards and the Heavenly Inquiry Jade Pendant, which they would have to take together to Chen Tuan for a special inheritance.
• The group chose Xiao Qiao to loot Ouyang Feng’s corpse, and she found martial arts manuals, three Divine Artifacts, an antidote, and 65,000 gold.
• Ye Weiming praised Xiao Qiao’s luck and prepared to divide the loot with his teammates.

After the Five Greats defeated Ouyang Feng, they divided his loot, and Ye Weiming used his corpse to obtain a powerful Internal Skill Insights manual. He led his teammates to Elder Chen Tuan’s Huashan Grass Hut, where Chen Tuan required them to solve a Chinese chess endgame before they could meet him and pursue the martial legacy.

• Ye Weiming, Niu Zhichun, Dao Mei, Xiao Qiao, and Decadent Dragon divided Ouyang Feng’s loot according to their contributions, with Ye Weiming taking three manuals and the others claiming their chosen rewards.
• Dao Mei explained to Xiao Qiao why she was unconcerned about exposing her undercover status, then revealed she had saved the White Camel Cloak for her.
• Xiao Qiao received the White Camel Cloak, Decadent Dragon took the Golden Toad Gloves, and Ye Weiming used the Ice Soul and Azure Dragon Seven Mansions Coffin on Ouyang Feng’s corpse to obtain an Internal Skill Insights manual worth 202 million proficiency points.
• Ye Weiming led his four teammates to the Huashan Grass Hut and asked Elder Chen Tuan for an audience with the Heavenly Inquiry Jade Pendant.
• Elder Chen Tuan told the group they had to solve the Chinese chess endgame beneath the pine tree before they could enter and take his test.

After failing Elder Chen Tuan’s chess trial, Ye Weiming returned to Bianjing and arranged for Li Mochou to guide Yang Guo in two martial arts manuals. He then burned Ouyang Feng’s corpse, gaining little merit but a huge amount of Internal Skill Proficiency and another Ice Soul.

• Ye Weiming lost Elder Chen Tuan’s chess trial, and he and his teammates were expelled from the Huashan Grass Hut without meeting the elder.
• Sanyue sent Ye Weiming the manuals for Ladder Cloud Ascending Technique and Colorless Zen, and he transferred her ten thousand gold to cover the manuals and future purchases.
• Ye Weiming visited Li Mochou and found that Yang Guo had grown into an eight-year-old; he gave Li Mochou the manuals and asked her to guide Yang Guo’s training.
• Ye Weiming demonstrated Ladder Cloud Ascending Technique, inspiring Yang Guo to vow to master it.
• Ye Weiming burned Ouyang Feng’s corpse with the Azure Dragon Seven Mansions Coffin, earning one thousand Chivalry Points, one thousand merit, 202 million Internal Skill Proficiency, and an Ice Soul.

Ye Weiming reused Ice Soul and raised Blazing Sun Sacred Qi to its perfected tenth level, then continued training Yang Guo. After Dao Mei summoned the group to challenge Elder Chen Tuan, Sheng Tian Banzi agreed to help only if the others promised to support his sister when she needed them.

• Ye Weiming confirmed that Ice Soul survived cremation and could be reused after regaining its spirituality, though it remained sealed for one month.
• Ye Weiming studied Ouyang Feng's Internal Skill Insights and spent the resulting proficiency and Cultivation Points to perfect Blazing Sun Sacred Qi, gaining Holy Fire Purification and the Brilliant Sun move.
• Ye Weiming trained Yang Guo in Ladder Cloud Ascending Technique and Colorless Zen, then paid 6,000 gold for five years' worth of medicinal baths to build Yang Guo's foundation.
• Dao Mei told Ye Weiming that her brother had finished his instance and was ready to challenge Elder Chen Tuan, so Ye Weiming traveled to Huashan.
• Sheng Tian Banzi described playing Go against Honinbo Shusaku in Japan and revealed that he was skilled at Chinese chess as well.
• Sheng Tian Banzi agreed to help the group with Chen Tuan's chess test if Ye Weiming and the others promised to support Dao Mei when she needed their help in the future.

Ye Weiming and his companions passed Elder Chen Tuan’s first chess test and learned they could each earn one-fifth of the Martial Virtue Classic. They began a second chess challenge, but Sheng Tian Banzi repeated the move that had once cost Zhao Kuangyin the game.

• Sheng Tian Banzi agreed to help Dao Mei in the future, and the group returned to Elder Chen Tuan’s hut on Huashan.
• Sheng Tian Banzi identified and solved the Flying Horse Tramples the Swallow endgame while Ye Weiming moved the heavy pieces with his internal energy.
• Chen Tuan welcomed the group and revealed that each of the Five Greats could receive one-fifth of the Martial Virtue Classic after passing his challenge.
• Chen Tuan brought out a chess set and challenged Sheng Tian Banzi to win the Huashan Endgame, the game he had once played against Zhao Kuangyin.
• Sheng Tian Banzi chose Red and moved the chariot to pin Black’s elephant, but Chen Tuan said Zhao Kuangyin had made the same move and lost the game.

Sheng Tian Banzi defeated Chen Tuan in the chess endgame, completing the team’s mission and earning the group manuals from the Martial Virtue Classic. Chen Tuan gave tailored manuals to Decadent Dragon, Niu Zhichun, Dao Mei, and Xiao Qiao, then left Ye Weiming waiting to learn what the final manual held.

• Sheng Tian Banzi used a cannon move to thwart Chen Tuan’s checkmate sequence and win the chess game.
• Sheng Tian Banzi told the team their mission was complete, and the members confirmed they would honor their promise to him.
• Chen Tuan gave Decadent Dragon the Method of Internal Breath Recirculation and Niu Zhichun the Method of Buddhist and Daoist Integration.
• Chen Tuan gave Dao Mei the Method of Containing a Hundred Rivers to purify her internal energy.
• Chen Tuan gave Xiao Qiao the Method of Yin-Yang Separation and Combination, which fused with her Jade Maiden Heart Sutra and enhanced its attributes despite lowering its level.
• Ye Weiming watched Chen Tuan hold the final manual and awaited his own reward.

Ye Weiming received the Method of Martial Dao Reincarnation from Chen Tuan but disliked its requirement to abolish his skills and rebuild them. After training Yang Guo and giving him the Spirit Snake Fist, Ye Weiming left him in the courtyard, where a ragged old man appeared and offered to teach him Toad Stance.

• Chen Tuan gave Ye Weiming the Method of Martial Dao Reincarnation, which restored martial cultivation ten times faster but required him to abolish all his skills and recultivate.
• Chen Tuan invited Sheng Tian Banzi to return for another chess wager, and Ye Weiming and his teammates left Huashan Grass Hut as it disappeared.
• Ye Weiming found Yang Guo's internal skills and movement techniques progressing quickly, explained the importance of balancing both, and gave Li Mochou the Spirit Snake Fist Manual to teach him.
• After leaving Yang Guo alone in the courtyard, Ye Weiming returned to Heavenly Sword Manor to study Toad Stance.
• A ragged old man appeared while Yang Guo practiced Spirit Snake Fist, demonstrated its moves, and offered to teach him Toad Stance.

Ye Weiming and his companions gathered at East Sea Fishing Village to board the ship for Hero’s Island’s Laba Porridge appointment. After the guests arrived on the island, the Reward and Punishment Envoys welcomed them and said the two Island Masters were waiting.

• Ye Weiming reviewed the attributes of Toad Stance, then traveled to East Sea Fishing Village, where Sanyue explained how she had obtained the White Crane Sect’s invitation plaque.
• Dao Mei explained how she kept the Blood Saber Sect’s plaque and received the Sun Moon Holy Cult’s plaque from Dongfang Bubai, prompting Ye Weiming to wonder why Dongfang Bubai had treated her so favorably.
• A Zhong arrived with Bai Zizai, Granny Shi, Bai Axiu, Shi Qing, and others, and the group boarded Hero’s Island’s ship after the island’s envoys killed sect leaders who tried to flee.
• Dao Mei defended the frightened sect leaders and boarded the ship, which carried the guests across the sea for a day and a night.
• Ye Weiming left his cabin when the ship reached Hero’s Island and saw Zhang San and Li Si waiting on the beach to escort the guests to the main hall.

Ye Weiming and the other guests gathered on Hero's Island, where Dragon Island Master and Wood Island Master served them Laba Porridge made from deadly ingredients. After discovering the porridge granted powerful temporary attributes that would become permanent if its drinker survived three days, Ye Weiming questioned whether it could be refilled.

• Ye Weiming watched Shi Potian reunite Bai Zizai with news of his wife, while Ding Busi and Mei Wenxin argued over their past and a child.
• Ye Weiming recognized Mei Wenxin as Mei Fanggu's mother and prepared to question her about A Zhong's mother before Dragon Island Master and Wood Island Master arrived.
• Dragon Island Master and Wood Island Master welcomed the guests and explained that Hero's Island had invited martial artists to study the Ode to Gallantry carvings for thirty years.
• The island masters served Laba Porridge, and Ye Weiming identified its poisonous ingredients and explained how their opposing properties made it beneficial.
• Ye Weiming showed his teammates the porridge's powerful temporary buffs, which would become permanent if they survived three days, then asked the island masters whether he could have a refill.

Ye Weiming and his teammates launched a battle on Hero's Island so Sanyue could hypnotize Mei Wenxin and learn Mei Fanggu's whereabouts. The chapter ended with Mei Wenxin revealing that Mei Fanggu lived alone on Bear Ear Mountain with a child named Dog Bastard.

• Ye Weiming and the other players drank the Laba Porridge, while the NPCs also accepted their bowls despite fearing the poison might take effect later.
• Ding Busi asked Dragon Island Master about Fanggu, and Mei Wenxin revealed that she was Mei Fanggu, Ding Busi's daughter.
• Sanyue provoked Mei Wenxin into attacking, then used the Soul Shifting Great Method while Ye Weiming engaged Dragon and Wood Island Masters.
• Ye Weiming's teammates and Bai Zizai fought Hero's Island's disciples as the cavern erupted into a large battle.
• After Sanyue announced her success, Ye Weiming prepared his Brilliant Sun attack against Dragon and Wood Island Masters.
• Hypnotized Mei Wenxin told Ding Busi that Mei Fanggu lived alone on Bear Ear Mountain and had named her child Dog Bastard.

Mei Wenxin revealed that Mei Fanggu might be living on Bear Ear Mountain, and Ye Weiming promised A Zhong he would help find her after their visit to Hero's Island. The group then learned about two famed warriors commemorated by statues before Dao Mei challenged Ye Weiming to learn her unusual life-saving move.

• Mei Wenxin revealed that she knew Mei Fanggu was connected to A Zhong and might be living on Bear Ear Mountain, while Ye Weiming ended the confrontation by apologizing to the island masters.
• Dragon Island Master and Wood Island Master accepted Ye Weiming's apology and led the group to the Ode to Gallantry carvings.
• Ye Weiming promised A Zhong that they would search Bear Ear Mountain for Mei Fanggu after leaving Hero's Island.
• Dragon Island Master and Wood Island Master explained that the statues depicted Drunk Spring Breeze and Wind and Rain Remnant Sun, two warriors who had become Martial Arts Myths.
• Dao Mei challenged Ye Weiming to learn her unusual life-saving move, with Xiao Qiao and Sanyue judging whether his imitation was good enough.