Chapter Summaries

Nightless Ming accepted responsibility for leading the Divine Constable Bureau’s search for a life-restoring treasure in the Wind and Cloud Secret Realm and recruited allies while gathering information about the Sword Sacrifice Ceremony. After making preparations and collecting two martial arts manuals, he entered the secret realm with Fei Yu, Sanyue, and Youyou.

• Venerable Huang assigned Nightless Ming to organize the treasure hunt and let him choose when to depart, while Dao Mei was sent to seek clues in the Twin Dragons Secret Realm.
• Nightless Ming invited Youyou and Yin Bukui to join the expedition, and Yin Bukui told him that Po Jun had killed him and Jiang Jin Jiu after hearing a story about Yuan Shisanxian, dropping Nightless Ming’s Sword of Swords.
• Yin Bukui explained that Sword Forging Manor was inviting qualified sword experts to its Sword Sacrifice Ceremony, and Nightless Ming told him to obtain an invitation before they met in the secret realm.
• Nightless Ming learned from Li Mochou that her Dragon Maiden Cup contest had been intended to secure the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra, then prepared for the journey.
• Nightless Ming retrieved the Bei Ming Divine Skill and Martial Virtue Classic: Reincarnation Cycle Method, then entered the Wind and Cloud Secret Realm with Fei Yu, Sanyue, and Youyou.

Ye Weiming met Emperor Wuchang, received a Hero Invitation to Sword Forging Manor, and accepted a hidden quest to secretly aid those opposing Xiong Ba while protecting Bu Jingyun. As he flew toward Annan Town, Xiao Qiao sent him a mysterious Japanese letter saying a captive had been taken to the Hanshan Sect, then revealed that Mingyue had been captured.

• Ye Weiming discovered that his World-Ending Guide Map now required Blood of the Divine Race to reveal its treasure location, but Yin Bukui had never heard of it.
• Emperor Wuchang gave Ye Weiming his Sword Forging Manor Hero Invitation and explained that Bu Jingyun had killed Bushi but must be protected because Xiong Ba posed the greater threat to the court.
• Ye Weiming accepted the seven-star hidden quest to aid forces opposing the Tianxia Association and eliminate Xiong Ba's threat.
• Ye Weiming summoned Ah Hong and flew toward Annan Town while checking in with his teammates.
• Xiao Qiao sent Ye Weiming a mysterious letter written in Japanese, which said that a captured target had been taken to the Hanshan Sect.
• Xiao Qiao told Ye Weiming that Mingyue had been captured by bad people.

Ye Weiming and Xiao Qiao traced Mingyue’s disappearance to the abandoned Hanshan Sect, where Japanese Ghost Executioners were guarding the way. After learning the enemy served Jue Wushen, Ye Weiming chose to summon Jiang Jin Jiu’s friend to help them reach Mingyue before nightfall.

• Xiao Qiao told Ye Weiming that Mingyue had left fabric clues after being captured, leading her to destroy a hideout near the Leshan Giant Buddha and recover a secret letter.
• Ye Weiming contacted Jiang Jin Jiu, who identified the Hanshan Sect as a ruined sect north of Tianyin City and recounted its destruction by Bu Jingyun.
• Ye Weiming, Xiao Qiao, and Jiang Jin Jiu reached the snowy ruins and spotted Japanese Ghost Executioners guarding the Suspension Bridge.
• Ye Weiming recognized the Ghost Executioners as Jue Wushen’s warriors and considered warning Emperor Wuchang about the threat.
• Jiang Jin Jiu offered to summon a friend who could help them pass the blockade, and Ye Weiming asked him to bring her immediately.

Judy joined Ye Weiming, Xiao Qiao, and Jiang Jin Jiu for the rescue mission and used her illusions to distract the Ghost Executioners guarding the suspension bridge. After the group disguised themselves and infiltrated the mountain, Ye Weiming captured a patrol leader to ask about Mingyue, but the man answered in foreign gibberish.

• Jiang Jin Jiu summoned Judy, who explained that she could trap the eight level 120 Ghost Executioners in a brief illusion.
• Judy hypnotized the guards, and Ye Weiming silently killed all eight before the illusion ended.
• Ye Weiming took four of the Ghost Executioners’ disguises, then sent Jiang Jin Jiu and Xiao Qiao to guard the bridge while he and Judy headed for Hanshan Sect.
• Ye Weiming and Judy ambushed a three-person patrol, killed two Ghost Executioners, and captured their leader.
• Ye Weiming hypnotized the leader and asked where Mingyue was, but the man responded in a language they could not understand.

Ye Weiming and Judy infiltrated Hanshan Stronghold and rescued Mingyue, but Jiao Luosha arrived with reinforcements and injured Judy. Ye Weiming began a sweeping sword attack against them.

• Ye Weiming questioned a hypnotized Ghost Executioner, learned Mingyue was being held in the stronghold, and killed him.
• Ye Weiming and Judy infiltrated Hanshan Stronghold, where Judy played the Naruto Main Theme to hypnotize the guards while Ye Weiming killed them.
• Ye Weiming found Mingyue bound and unconscious in a bedroom, freed her, and woke her.
• Jiao Luosha and more than thirty Ghost Executioners arrived, and Jiao Luosha injured Judy.
• Ye Weiming healed Judy, told her and Mingyue to stand back, and unleashed Sweep Across Eight Directions.

Ye Weiming rescued Mingyue and Judy from Japanese Ghost Executioners at Hanshan Sect, arguing that their attack was a war of aggression that demanded a forceful response. He drove Jiao Luosha toward the Snow Ridge Suspension Bridge so Xiao Qiao and Jiang Jin Jiu could share the rewards, and the chapter ended with Ye Weiming’s Finger Flicking Divine Sword showing an unnoticed improvement.

• Ye Weiming cut down dozens of Ghost Executioners with Sweep Across Eight Directions, then blasted Jiao Luosha through two walls with a palm strike.
• Ye Weiming told Mingyue that the Japanese kidnapping was an act of aggression and that sparing the enemy would endanger the people of the Central Plains.
• Ye Weiming let Jiao Luosha escape toward the Snow Ridge Suspension Bridge so Xiao Qiao and Jiang Jin Jiu could share the kill rewards, then cleared the remaining Ghost Executioners with Mingyue and Judy.
• At the bridge, Xiao Qiao and Jiang Jin Jiu fought Jiao Luosha; Jiang Jin Jiu revealed that he had obtained the Sunflower Manual and blinded Jiao Luosha with flying needles.
• Xiao Qiao struck Jiao Luosha with her divine swords, and Ye Weiming finished the attack with a Flying Knife launched by Finger Flicking Divine Sword, whose improved execution surprised Jiang Jin Jiu and Xiao Qiao.

Ye Weiming and his companions defeated Jiao Luosha and divided its drops, including the Mo Ye Divine Sword and Peerless Sword fragments. After leaving Hanshan Sect territory with Mingyue, they encountered a mysterious one-eyed man in a blue robe.

• Jiao Luosha was killed, and Judy looted its corpse, finding Great Sun Purple Qi and the Mo Ye Divine Sword.
• Judy accepted Great Sun Purple Qi and 1,000 gold from each teammate, while the group agreed that Xiao Qiao would receive Mo Ye.
• Jiang Jin Jiu traded Peerless Sword fragments to Ye Weiming for the Moon Shading Sword that Xiao Qiao would replace.
• Ye Weiming stored Jiao Luosha's corpse, converted its insights into an internal skill insight manual, and left Hanshan Sect territory with his companions and Mingyue.
• A one-eyed, long-haired man in a blue robe appeared before the group as they crossed the Snow Ridge Suspension Bridge.

Ye Weiming's party completed the quest to rescue Mingyue, and Nie Feng offered them rewards that included Blood Bodhi and information about the Divine Race. Xiao Qiao chose the information, revealing that Bu Jingyun was the last descendant of the Bu Clan Divine Race, while Ye Weiming promised not to endanger him as he prepared to leave for Sword Forging Manor.

• Nie Feng reunited with Mingyue, thanked Ye Weiming's party for rescuing her, and triggered their quest rewards.
• Nie Feng offered each player a choice between information about the Divine Race, the Ice Heart Art, the Arrogant Cold Six Arts, and Blood Bodhi.
• Xiao Qiao chose the Divine Race information for Ye Weiming, while Jiang Jin Jiu and Ye Weiming chose Blood Bodhi and Judy chose the Ice Heart Art.
• Nie Feng explained that Bu Jingyun was the Undying God of Death and the only surviving descendant of the Bu Clan Divine Race, whose bloodline carried extraordinary power.
• Ye Weiming promised Nie Feng he would take only a little of Bu Jingyun's blood and would not endanger him, then announced he planned to go to Sword Forging Manor.

Ye Weiming and Xiao Qiao entered Sword Forging Manor’s Trial Sword Hall, where they competed against its assembled experts for a sword and won the challenge with a hidden technique. After discovering the prize was only a sample, Ye Weiming stopped Sword Poverty from leaving and demanded he rethink his insult.

• Ye Weiming and Xiao Qiao took Sword Forging Manor’s passenger ship to its hidden location and entered the Trial Sword Hall, where they met Sword Master, Ao Tian, Duan Lang, Bu Jingyun, and the other guests.
• Ao Tian announced the sword contest, and Ye Weiming and Xiao Qiao chose to seize the sword as a team; Xiao Qiao disarmed Ao Tian while Ye Weiming blocked Duan Lang and Bu Jingyun.
• Ye Weiming used an invisible sword to deflect Sword Poverty’s flying blade and guide the Peerless Good Sword into his hand, completing the challenge and earning 50 million experience points and 5 million cultivation points.
• Ye Weiming discovered the Peerless Good Sword was only a sample and broke it, while Ao Tian announced that the genuine sword would be forged the next day.
• Sword Poverty called Ye Weiming’s sword heart cheap, and Ye Weiming stopped his palm just short of Sword Poverty’s face and warned him to choose his words carefully.

Ye Weiming secured a new evaluation for his sword heart and studied the sword techniques preserved in the shattered Peerless Divine Sword. Madam Ao then offered him access to Sword Forging Manor’s Sword Pool if he killed Sword Master, leaving Ye Weiming asking for the justification before accepting her quest.

• Sword Poverty changed Ye Weiming’s sword-heart evaluation from “base” to “kind” after Ye Weiming threatened him into explaining his judgment.
• Ye Weiming asked Ao Tian to let Sword Forging Manor’s smiths repair the Peerless Divine Sword, but Ao Tian said they would be unavailable until after the Sword Sacrifice Ceremony.
• Ye Weiming studied the Peerless Divine Sword’s memories and sensed the Sacred Spirit Swordplay, Bu Jingyun’s Sorrowful Mystery, and Wuming’s defeat of Sword Master.
• Madam Ao visited Ye Weiming and offered him use of the Sword Pool if he helped her kill Sword Master after the ceremony.
• Ye Weiming questioned whether the killing could be justified under his duties as an official, then asked Madam Ao to explain why she wanted Sword Master dead.

Madam Ao recounted Sword Master's brutal past to Ye Weiming, who documented it as a complaint and planned to arrest him. At the Sword Pool, the Hero Sword broke during the fighting, Sword Master revealed that the Peerless Good Sword required blood from people consumed by deep attachments, and dawn brought a system notice that anyone who sacrificed blood could compete for the sword.

• Madam Ao told Ye Weiming how Sword Master abandoned and killed Han Yu, murdered the lord of Sword Forging Manor, and forced her to endure his advances.
• Ye Weiming wrote down Madam Ao's account as a complaint, then resumed studying the Peerless Divine Sword until a system alert summoned him to the Sword Pool.
• Ye Weiming and Xiao Qiao joined the gathered players at the Sword Pool, where Bu Jingyun and Duan Lang fought while Jian Chen battled Sword Poverty.
• Bu Jingyun empowered Jian Chen, but their combined strength burdened the Hero Sword until it snapped; Sword Master then wounded Sword Poverty, Duan Lang, and tried to attack Bu Jingyun.
• Ye Weiming blocked Sword Master's attack on Bu Jingyun, and Sword Master explained that the Peerless Good Sword needed the blood of people ruled by greed, anger, and obsession.
• Bu Jingyun cut his arm and let his blood flow into the furnace; the Peerless Good Sword was engulfed in flames, and a system notice declared that blood sacrificers could compete for it.

Ye Weiming entered a Sword Heart Trial to compete for the Peerless Good Sword, while Xiao Qiao prepared to face the challenge with his help. The trial’s flaming Sword Master tested Ye Weiming with questions about sincerity, kindness, and beauty, leaving him to answer the final question.

• After the players’ blood flowed into the furnace, Ye Weiming, Xiao Qiao, and five others were placed in an instance and revealed their Sword Hearts as Truth, Goodness, and Beauty.
• Zhong Mei explained that only one person could earn the Peerless Good Sword’s recognition, and the other players failed to approach it through the furnace’s intense heat.
• Ye Weiming gave Xiao Qiao some Blazing Sun Sacred Qi and a Blood Bodhi, then flew toward the sword and entered the Sword Heart Trial.
• The flaming Sword Master asked Ye Weiming whether he was sincere, and exposed his claim that he had never lied by recalling his impersonation of Mo Ming Bao Bao.
• Ye Weiming answered that he was kind by citing his world-leading Chivalry Points, and the Sword Master then asked whether he was beautiful.

Ye Weiming fought the Sword Master’s flame spirit for the Peerless Good Sword and defeated it with Sweep Across Eight Directions against Sword Twenty-Two. He broke the giant stone sword and claimed the Peerless Good Sword.

• Ye Weiming failed the beauty test, so the system set his opponent as the Sword Master in Sword Twenty-Two form.
• Ye Weiming tested a fire attack, then used his sword skills to break the Sword Master’s first twenty-one moves.
• The Sword Master refused Ye Weiming’s wager because he was only a spirit body, then prepared to use Sword Twenty-Two.
• Ye Weiming activated Jade Shatters Kunlun Peak and Heavenly Demon Disintegration, then defeated Sword Twenty-Two with Sweep Across Eight Directions.
• Ye Weiming returned above the Sword Pool, shattered the giant stone sword, and seized the Peerless Good Sword.

Ye Weiming obtained the Peerless Good Sword Sword Heart and searched Sword Forging Manor for the genuine sword, only to find that Bu Jingyun had already claimed and bound it. He challenged Sword Master to a title-staking duel and received a hidden mission as the chapter ended.

• Ye Weiming passed the Peerless Good Sword's Sword Heart trial, causing the other players' trials to end, and shared the Sword Heart's attributes with his companions.
• Ye Weiming merged the Sword Heart into Great Gate, saw its enhancements at 15% compatibility, and set out to find the genuine Peerless Good Sword.
• Ao Tian abandoned his attempt to retrieve the sword, while Bu Jingyun entered the flames and obtained the Sword Heart, which fused with the hidden genuine sword.
• Zhong Mei launched the Peerless Good Swords into the air, and Ye Weiming caught the genuine sword, which was bound to Bu Jingyun and rejected Ye Weiming's Sword Heart.
• Sword Master demanded that Ye Weiming surrender the sword, so Ye Weiming challenged him to stake the title of Sword Master on a duel.
• The system offered Ye Weiming the hidden six-star mission Battle for Titles, which would award him Sword Master if he won.

Ye Weiming provoked Sword Master into killing him, then revived and led his teammates in defeating and killing Sword Master. Madam Ao rewarded him with Sword Pool authority, while a dispute over looting Sword Master's corpse erupted behind him.

• Ye Weiming refused Sword Master's wager and challenged him over Madam Ao's accusations, so Sword Master killed him with Pulse Severing Sword Qi.
• As players fought over the Peerless Good Sword, Bu Jingyun was revealed as its master and became the target of a siege led by Sword Master and Duan Lang.
• Ye Weiming revived, attacked Sword Master, and severed three of his limbs before Niu Zhichun struck him in the groin and the team killed him.
• Ye Weiming explained Sword Master's death to Madam Ao, who gave him a Sword Pool Pass Token and completed his hidden quest.
• Jiang Jin Jiu and Yin Bukui angrily confronted Niu Zhichun for looting Sword Master's corpse, leaving Ye Weiming exasperated.

After the team divided the Sword Master’s loot, Jiang Jin Jiu discovered that Broken Sword Art grew stronger as his friendships weakened. Ye Weiming accepted a quest to escort Zhong Mei to Bu Jingyun, but the chapter ended when Leng Yan suddenly declared herself Ye Weiming’s servant.

• The team confronted Niu Zhichun for looting the Sword Master’s corpse early, then assigned two people to watch him during future loot divisions.
• Jiang Jin Jiu received Broken Sword Art, Yin Bukui took Sword Master’s Finger, and Ye Weiming bought Pulse Severing Sword Qi.
• Jiang Jin Jiu explained that deleting and re-adding his friends had raised Broken Sword Art’s power by reducing his Friendship with them.
• Zhong Mei asked Ye Weiming’s team to escort him to Bu Jingyun so he could discuss the Peerless Good Sword, and Ye Weiming accepted the five-star quest.
• Leng Yan knelt before Ye Weiming and declared that the sword-guarding slave paid respects to her master.

Ye Weiming accepted Leng Yan as his companion and led his team to rescue the injured Bu Jingyun from Sword Forging Manor guards without harming them. As other players joined the battle, Lie Down and Win revealed that he could use Bu Jingyun’s Mysterious Sword Technique move, Sorrowful Mystery.

• Leng Yan chose to follow Ye Weiming as a sword guardian, and Zhong Mei explained that she could help him forge a Peerless Good Sword.
• Ye Weiming agreed to let Leng Yan accompany him, collected Sword Master's corpse and Swordsmanship Insights, and led the group out of the Sword Pool.
• Ye Weiming found Bu Jingyun, Jian Chen, Yu Chuchu, and Wen Nu surrounded by Sword Forging Manor guards, and agreed to clear a path without injuring the guards.
• Ye Weiming used Lingbo Weibu and One Yang Finger to seal the guards’ acupoints while his teammates followed him toward Bu Jingyun.
• Lie Down and Win led another player team into the battle, then used Sorrowful Mystery from the Mysterious Sword Technique to scatter the guards attacking him.

Player teams broke through Sword Forging Manor’s defenses as Xiong Ba approached, and Zhong Mei sacrificed himself trying to unseal Bu Jingyun’s sword. Ye Weiming accepted quests to treat Bu Jingyun while his teammates delayed Xiong Ba, intending to exploit the enemy’s ability to revive for repeated rewards.

• Lie Down and Win killed Tie Biao with a single sword strike, and his team and Ye Weiming’s team opened paths through the manor’s blockade.
• Jian Chen questioned Lie Down and Win about his sword techniques, while the players suspected his inheritance came from Mu Yingxiong.
• Bu Jingyun recognized Xiong Ba’s approaching warship, joined forces with Nie Feng, and sent Jian Chen, Chu Chu, and Lie Down and Win’s team away from the coming battle.
• Zhong Mei impaled himself on Bu Jingyun’s Peerless Good Sword in a failed attempt to unseal it, then died after entrusting Wen Nu and Leng Yan with the swords’ future; Ye Weiming buried him and received a Forging Manual and Forging Insights.
• Nie Feng froze the sea and stopped Xiong Ba’s warship, then asked the players to delay Xiong Ba while he helped Bu Jingyun recover.
• Ye Weiming accepted quests to block Xiong Ba and treat Bu Jingyun, urged his teammates to kill Xiong Ba repeatedly if possible, and prepared to examine Bu Jingyun’s injuries.

Ye Weiming treated Bu Jingyun while his teammates repeatedly killed the weakened Xiong Ba, buying time for the healing and farming rewards. After four deaths, Xiong Ba respawned at Level 185 with powerful techniques, leaving the team overwhelmed and calling for reinforcements.

• Ye Weiming began healing Bu Jingyun with the Nine Yin Healing Chapter after Bu Jingyun swallowed Nie Feng's Blood Bodhi.
• Jiang Jin Jiu reported that the Level 170 Xiong Ba was weak, and Ye Weiming told the team to restrain Niu Zhichun and let Xiao Qiao loot the corpse.
• The team killed Xiong Ba, but his corpse vanished before they could loot it, and a new Xiong Ba immediately respawned.
• Ye Weiming insisted that Bu Jingyun continue treatment for half a shichen while his teammates held Xiong Ba back, and the team killed him again.
• After several respawns, Xiong Ba began avoiding direct fights, and the team struggled to catch him.
• The fifth Xiong Ba appeared at Level 185 and overwhelmed the team with Three Parts Divine Finger and Three Parts Return to Origin Qi, prompting Jiang Jin Jiu to request reinforcements.

After Bu Jingyun recovered, Ye Weiming gained the temporary Kirin Strength effect and learned Ice Heart Art from Nie Feng, then rejoined his teammates against Xiong Ba. The system pulled the six players and Xiong Ba into an independent instance, where they had to defeat him or be wiped out.

• The system changed the quest from stopping Xiong Ba to challenging a full-strength clone after the team killed him four times.
• Bu Jingyun completed his recovery, while Ye Weiming absorbed some Kirin power and gained the temporary Kirin Strength status.
• Nie Feng taught Ye Weiming Ice Heart Art to help control his volatile internal energy.
• Ye Weiming struck Xiong Ba with Brilliant Sun, creating a burst of steam that let his battered teammates retreat and regroup.
• The system isolated Ye Weiming, his five teammates, and Xiong Ba in an instance that they could leave only by defeating Xiong Ba or being wiped out.