Chapter Summaries

Ye Weiming orchestrated a public complaint to force Fahai to answer for kidnapping Xu Xian, using the law and a crowd of supporters to overcome the magistrate’s religious bias. Just as Fahai seemed cornered, a bystander noticed Ye Weiming’s secret signals and exposed his role.

• Ye Weiming spent three days refining a plan to exploit Fahai’s inability to harm ordinary people and the magistrate’s need to heed public opinion.
• Bai Suzhen and Little Green gathered nearly a thousand people to accuse Fahai, while Ye Weiming recruited opinion leaders and secured the head constable’s cooperation.
• The magistrate led constables and soldiers to Jinshan Temple, where Fahai admitted to capturing Xu Xian and claimed he had rescued him from the snake demons Bai Suzhen and Little Green.
• Ye Weiming’s hired speakers and the head constable steered the crowd and magistrate toward treating Fahai’s detention of Xu Xian as a crime, leaving Fahai unable to fight back without harming ordinary people.
• A commoner pointed out Ye Weiming’s hand signals, exposing his hidden role to Fahai.

Ye Weiming helped Bai Suzhen and Little Green defeat Fahai’s attempt to expose them as demons, then arranged for Xu Xian’s family to leave before confronting Fahai alone. The chapter ended as Ye Weiming and Fahai prepared to fight and settle their grudge.

• Fahai summoned the Great Luo Golden Alms Bowl to expose Bai Suzhen and Little Green, but Ye Weiming attacked it and rallied the villagers to protect them.
• Fahai stopped his attack when the villagers shielded Bai Suzhen and Little Green, then agreed to release Xu Xian and was taken to the magistrate’s court.
• Several days later, Fahai found Ye Weiming disguised as Bai Suzhen in the courtyard and revealed his disguise with Golden Light.
• Ye Weiming explained that he had spared Fahai because they had no personal grudge and because the world needed a mage to subdue harmful demons; he had moved Xu Xian’s family away in case Fahai sought revenge.
• Fahai challenged Ye Weiming to a fight, promising not to trouble Bai Suzhen and Little Green again if Ye Weiming defeated him, and Ye Weiming summoned his weapons to accept.

Ye Weiming was captured by Fahai’s robe and endured its Vajra Flame while debating him over his pursuit of Bai Suzhen and Little Green. Fahai left to reconsider his duties, and a system notification then declared that Ye Weiming had passed the Precious Dragon Chess Game trial.

• Fahai used his robe to subdue Ye Weiming, seal his true qi, and inflict pain with Vajra Flame while demanding the whereabouts of the two snake demons.
• Ye Weiming resisted the pain and argued that Fahai was neglecting his duty by focusing on harmless snake demons instead of demons that threatened people.
• Fahai agreed to return to Jinshan Temple and reconsider his actions, then departed while leaving the Vajra Flame on Ye Weiming.
• Ye Weiming began refining the remaining flames, but a system notification announced that Su Xinghe had conceded and that Ye Weiming had passed the Precious Dragon Chess Game trial.

Ye Weiming learned that the Precious Dragon Chess Game had ended because he planted the seed that eventually helped Fahai overcome his obsession, even though Fahai needed twenty-five years to reach enlightenment. Su Xinghe conceded once the outcome was assured, and Ye Weiming received three special treasures, including the Vajra Flame and an herb that could evolve Little Green.

• Su Xinghe explained the Precious Dragon Chess Game’s six traps and revealed that Ye Weiming had won by addressing Fahai’s heart demon rather than by winning through force alone.
• Ye Weiming explained that he had intended to make Fahai question himself and delay his pursuit of Bai Suzhen, not persuade him in a single conversation.
• Su Xinghe revealed that Fahai had spent twenty-five years reflecting on Ye Weiming’s words and his past treatment of a spider demon before overcoming his obsession.
• Su Xinghe explained that he conceded because the game’s rules guaranteed the trap would eventually be resolved, and Ye Weiming accepted his explanation.
• Ye Weiming completed the Precious Dragon Chess Game and received the Lingzhi Immortal Herb, Vajra Flame, and Heart-Protecting Golden Light.

After evolving Little Green and waiting for the other challengers, Ye Weiming joined the successful players in a secret chamber to meet Wu Yazi. The group introduced how they had passed the Precious Dragon Chess Game and discovered that Xu Zhu had accidentally solved it while trying to save a distressed player.

• Ye Weiming fed Little Green the Lingzhi Immortal Herb, beginning an evolution that would take seven days, then agreed to wait with Su Xinghe for the other challengers.
• Ye Weiming lost seventeen Gomoku games to Su Xinghe before Su Xinghe teleported him to the secret chamber where the successful challengers had gathered.
• Sheng Tian Banzi introduced One Character Settles the Realm, while Dao Mei, Jiang Jin Jiu, Mirror Lake Bright Moon, and Ye Weiming described how they had passed their trials.
• Tang Sancai said he had passed by seeing through life and death, and Xu Zhu explained that he had disrupted the board to save a player suffering Qi Deviation.
• Wu Yazi called the assembled challengers over to meet him.

Ye Weiming diagnosed Wu Yazi’s decades-old injuries and explained that only a rare life-restoring treasure could make treatment possible, then refused Wu Yazi’s offer to inherit the Free and Unfettered Sect. Wu Yazi chose Sheng Tian Banzi as his successor and began transferring his inner power, leaving Xu Zhu’s role uncertain.

• Ye Weiming entered Wu Yazi’s chamber, tested Wu Yazi’s defenses, and diagnosed his badly broken bones as too old to heal without a rare treasure.
• Ye Weiming told Wu Yazi that he would prioritize a Divine Constable Bureau senior if he obtained such a treasure, and Wu Yazi offered him his inner power, sect leadership, and a quest to kill Ding Chunqiu.
• Ye Weiming declined to join the Free and Unfettered Sect because he needed to remain neutral as a constable, then offered to arrange Ding Chunqiu’s death for a suitable reward.
• Wu Yazi praised Sheng Tian Banzi’s alternate solution to the Precious Dragon Chess Game and offered him the sect leadership and the chamber’s books.
• Sheng Tian Banzi accepted, and Wu Yazi used his inner power to pull him into the air to begin the inheritance, prompting the others to wonder what would happen to Xu Zhu.

After Wu Yazi transferred his cultivation to Sheng Tian Banzi, he offered the players Free and Unfettered Sect martial arts quests and inheritances, most of which required defeating Ding Chunqiu. The group left the secret chamber to find Ding Chunqiu beating Su Xinghe.

• Wu Yazi transferred his lifetime cultivation to Sheng Tian Banzi, who revealed that his Level 10 Bei Ming Divine Skill and Free and Unfettered Sect leader status were sealed behind quests to kill Ding Chunqiu.
• Ye Weiming explained the system’s limits, and Wu Yazi asked the players whether they would betray their sects to join the Free and Unfettered Sect; nearly all refused.
• Wu Yazi recounted how Ding Chunqiu had ambushed him and explained that the Precious Dragon Chess Game was meant to find a successor and avenge him.
• Wu Yazi offered the players access to Free and Unfettered Sect martial arts inheritances, and Ye Weiming, Dao Mei, Jiang Jin Jiu, Mirror Lake Bright Moon, Tang Sancai, and Yi Zi Ding Jiang Shan chose different quests and skills.
• Wu Yazi summoned Xu Zhu after the players accepted their quests, and Ye Weiming’s group left the secret chamber to find Ding Chunqiu beating Su Xinghe.

Ye Weiming intervened when Ding Chunqiu poisoned and overpowered Su Xinghe, while Jiang Jin Jiu used the Carefree Amnesty Token to defy his master. With Dao Mei and Mirror Lake Bright Moon’s help, Jiang Jin Jiu killed Ding Chunqiu, leaving the Xingxiu Sect disciples behind.

• Ye Weiming reinforced Su Xinghe with his internal energy, sending Ding Chunqiu flying and revealing that Su Xinghe had been poisoned with Three Laughs Carefree Powder.
• Ye Weiming sealed Su Xinghe’s acupoints and began treating him, while Ding Chunqiu chose to leave rather than fight Ye Weiming and his companions.
• Jiang Jin Jiu challenged Ding Chunqiu and showed him the Carefree Amnesty Token, which prevented Ding Chunqiu from using sect rules to punish him.
• Jiang Jin Jiu and Dao Mei prepared to attack Ding Chunqiu, while Mirror Lake Bright Moon agreed to support them with flute music and Sheng Tian Banzi and Yizi offered to watch for interference.
• Murong Fu led his party and the other watching NPCs away after Bao Butong objected to the group attack.
• Mirror Lake Bright Moon played Blue Sea Tide Song as Jiang Jin Jiu and Dao Mei attacked Ding Chunqiu together and killed him.

Ye Weiming helped defeat Ding Chunqiu, saved Su Xinghe, and sent Fei Yu to find and treat Xuan Nan. After accepting a quest to persuade Xu Zhu to lead the Free and Unfettered Sect, Ye Weiming convinced him to travel the martial world for a month, and Su Xinghe rewarded him with Wu Yazi’s Water-Fire Whisk.

• Ye Weiming received the Xingxiu Poison Scripture after Ding Chunqiu’s avatar was defeated, then healed Su Xinghe and removed the Three Laughs Carefree Powder from his body.
• Ye Weiming gave Fei Yu antidote pills and sent him to find and treat Xuan Nan, hoping to earn another reward for saving him.
• Youyou supplied Ye Weiming with coffins, and he encoffined Ding Chunqiu to obtain several Insight manuals.
• Ye Weiming entered the secret chamber, accepted Su Xinghe’s quest to persuade Xu Zhu, and urged Xu Zhu to travel the martial world for a month before deciding whether to lead the Free and Unfettered Sect.
• Su Xinghe gave Ye Weiming Wu Yazi’s Water-Fire Whisk as thanks for saving him and helping persuade Xu Zhu.

Ye Weiming buried Wu Yazi with proper rites and cremated Ding Chunqiu, then accepted Su Xinghe’s hidden quest to deliver a letter to Wu Xingyun after fifteen days. Back at Heavenly Sword Manor, he finished refining the Vajra Flame, transforming Blazing Sun Sacred Qi and gaining a new ability.

• Ye Weiming placed Wu Yazi’s corpse in the Sandalwood Merit Coffin and received many insight manuals, though Wu Yazi’s transferred internal energy left no Internal Skill Insights.
• Ye Weiming buried Wu Yazi near Drumbeat Mountain, then cremated Ding Chunqiu to prevent his poisonous body from contaminating the land or water.
• Su Xinghe revealed that Wu Yazi had valued Ye Weiming and entrusted him with a letter for Wu Xingyun, which had to be delivered after fifteen days without mentioning Wu Yazi’s instructions.
• Ye Weiming accepted the hidden five-star delivery quest and returned to Heavenly Sword Manor after celebrating with his teammates.
• Ye Weiming refined the remaining Vajra Flame, causing Blazing Sun Sacred Qi to transform and gain the Vajra Flame ability.

After refining Vajra Flame, Ye Weiming gained immense Charm and the Peerless Beauty title, then used Wu Yazi’s Swordsmanship Insights to greatly advance Sky Shaking Nine Swords. Mu Ran hurried him to an abandoned village near Xiangyang, where Li Mochou was in danger and a Mongolian plot to assassinate Guo Jing’s family was unfolding; on arrival, Ye Weiming recognized the striking figure before him as the player who had first exceeded 50 Charm without equipment.

• Refining Vajra Flame strengthened Blazing Sun Sacred Qi, and Ye Weiming gained the Peerless Beauty title after his Charm reached 50 without equipment.
• Ye Weiming used Wu Yazi’s Swordsmanship Insights to raise Sky Shaking Nine Swords’ proficiency by 195 million.
• Mu Ran arrived at Heavenly Sword Manor and told Ye Weiming that Li Mochou was injured and sought his help against Mongolian experts plotting to assassinate Guo Jing’s family in Xiangyang.
• Ye Weiming and Mu Ran rushed to an abandoned village, where Xiao Qiao had already gone to assist Li Mochou.
• Ye Weiming entered the village, saw a beautiful figure amid the fighting, and realized this was the player who had first surpassed 50 Charm without equipment.

Ye Weiming arrived to find Xiao Qiao and Cang Xingyu defending the wounded Li Mochou from Golden Wheel Dharma King, Ye Weiyang, and a seductive woman. After more enemies arrived and surrounded them, Ye Weiming revealed himself and joined the defenders, leaving the group facing a formidable lineup.

• Ye Weiming and Mu Ran watched as Xiao Qiao and Cang Xingyu held off Golden Wheel Dharma King, Ye Weiyang, and the barefooted woman in red while protecting Li Mochou.
• Ye Weiming explained that both sides were holding back and waiting for reinforcements, and two foreign NPCs, Nian Liandan and Elder Bamboo, arrived to reinforce the attackers.
• Ye Weiyang taunted Xiao Qiao and Cang Xingyu, claiming the new arrivals would ensure their defeat before Ye Weiming emerged from hiding.
• Ye Weiming joined Xiao Qiao and Cang Xingyu's team, approved Mu Ran's request to join, and walked through the enemy formation to stand beside the defenders.
• Ye Weiming inspected the attackers' BOSS attributes and recognized that Yaksa, Nian Liandan, and Elder Bamboo came from different worlds and factions.

Ye Weiming and Xiao Qiao broke the enemy formation by striking the Golden Wheel Dharma King and Nian Liandan while Cang Xingyu and Mu Ran guarded Li Mochou. Ye Weiming gained the upper hand against Nian Liandan and knocked him back with a burning, internal-injury-inflicting punch.

• Yaksa provoked Xiao Qiao, who unleashed Love of the City and forced the Golden Wheel Dharma King and Nian Liandan to block the attack for her.
• Ye Weiming struck the exhausted Golden Wheel Dharma King and Nian Liandan, then teamed with Xiao Qiao to engage them separately while Cang Xingyu and Mu Ran protected Li Mochou.
• Yaksa kept her distance and used occasional sneak attacks to keep Cang Xingyu and Mu Ran from leaving Li Mochou exposed.
• Ye Weiming pressured Nian Liandan with a relentless series of attacks until Nian Liandan struggled to keep pace.
• Ye Weiming used the Water-Fire Whisk to entangle Nian Liandan's Mysterious Iron Sword, then struck him with Five Organs Like Burning and sent him flying with an internal injury.

Ye Weiming and Xiao Qiao turned the battle against the Golden Wheel Dharma King, Nian Liandan, Elder Bamboo, and Yaksa, leaving the surviving enemies scattered. Yaksa escaped into the forest, but Ye Weiming kept her sleeve and suggested she might lead them to an unexpected opportunity.

• The Golden Wheel Dharma King attacked Ye Weiming from behind, but Ye Weiming evaded him and drove him into the ground with a kick.
• Xiao Qiao unleashed Love of the City against the Golden Wheel Dharma King; Nian Liandan betrayed his ally and fled, leaving the Dharma King badly wounded.
• Ye Weiming struck the Golden Wheel Dharma King into the mud, then killed Elder Bamboo after the elder pinned his legs to protect Nian Liandan.
• Yaksa attacked Li Mochou, but Ye Weiming blocked her move and pursued her, tearing off her sleeve before she escaped into the forest.
• Ye Weiming kept Yaksa's sleeve and told Xiao Qiao that the fugitive might bring them an unexpected surprise, then turned back toward Cang Xingyu, Mu Ran, and Ye Weiyang's fight.

Ye Weiming’s group defeated their remaining enemies, killing Ye Weiyang and the Golden Wheel Dharma King, then regrouped with the recovering Li Mochou. Xiao Qiao revealed her new City-Toppling Beauty title, and Li Mochou explained her recent clash with Yang Guo before Ye Weiming asked about the Yuan Mongol experts.

• Cang Xingyu exploited Ye Weiyang’s moment of fear with a feint and coordinated with Mu Ran to leave him stunned and severely wounded.
• Mu Ran killed Ye Weiyang with a greatsword strike, sending him back to the Xiangyang resurrection point.
• Xiao Qiao finished off the Golden Wheel Dharma King and received the team’s boss-kill rewards.
• Xiao Qiao revealed that perfecting Love of the City had raised her Charm by fifty and earned her the City-Toppling Beauty title.
• Ye Weiming learned that Li Mochou had fought Yang Guo, Peach Blossom Island disciples, and Feng Mofeng, who burned her whisk and clothes with a hot iron hammer.
• Ye Weiming asked Li Mochou what had happened with the Yuan Mongol experts.

Ye Weiming learned that Yuan Mongol agents planned to kill Guo Jing and seize Xiangyang, then helped divide the spoils from the battle against the Golden Wheel Dharma King and Elder Bamboo. After healing Li Mochou, he rewarded her with poison arts and a divine whisk, while the group prepared to act on the intelligence.

• Li Mochou found a secret message on a trained Scout Eagle, then escaped the Golden Wheel Dharma King and sent Mu Ran to seek help.
• Cang Xingyu, Xiao Qiao, Ye Weiyang, and Ye Weiming arrived and defeated the Golden Wheel Dharma King and Elder Bamboo, while Li Mochou revealed the letter's plan and its signature, Night Rain.
• Xiao Qiao looted the bosses, and the group distributed their valuable drops: Mu Ran received cultivation insights, Xiao Qiao received the Yoga Sutra analysis, Cang Xingyu received a spear, and Ye Weiming took the remaining items.
• Ye Weiming healed Li Mochou and gave her the Xingxiu Poison Scripture and Wu Yazi's Water-Fire Whisk as rewards.

Ye Weiming tracked Yaksa and Nian Liandan after they fled, while the two enemies turned on each other during their escape. He discovered Yaksa’s deliberately planted trail and sent Li Mochou and Mu Ran to alert the Divine Constable Bureau before continuing the pursuit with Xiao Qiao and Cang Xingyu; the chapter ended as Ye Weiming’s attack came at Nian Liandan from behind.

• Ye Weiming used Ah Huang to track Yaksa and explained that he had let her escape so she might lead them to other Yuan Mongol experts or Night Rain.
• Yaksa found the injured Nian Liandan, gave him a Twin Surge Elixir, and was captured after he pretended to be surprised by its effects.
• Nian Liandan carried Yaksa away, and she secretly left strands of hair along their route.
• Ye Weiming found the strands of hair and suspected they were deliberate clues, so he sent Li Mochou and Mu Ran to warn the Divine Constable Bureau.
• Yaksa tricked Nian Liandan into looking away and struck him in the groin, then called for Ye Weiming as he arrived behind Nian Liandan.

Ye Weiming and his allies crippled Nian Liandan, allowing Cang Xingyu to finish him and complete his quest. Ye Weiming then restrained Yaksa and offered her a pair of linked steel bracelets in exchange for her intelligence.

• Ye Weiming struck Nian Liandan with a Golden Lotus Seed, leaving him injured, deafened, and unsteady while Yaksa’s earlier knee strike made his pain worse.
• Ye Weiming trapped Nian Liandan’s sword and overwhelmed him with leg techniques, shattering his right knee and inflicting an internal injury.
• Ye Weiming let Cang Xingyu deliver the finishing attack on the crippled Nian Liandan so Cang Xingyu could complete his quest.
• Ye Weiming sealed Yaksa’s acupoints when she appeared to be looking for a chance to escape.
• Yaksa offered to share her intelligence if Ye Weiming gave her a gift, and Ye Weiming presented her with a pair of steel bracelets linked by a chain.

After defeating Nian Liandan, Ye Weiming’s team divided his valuable equipment and martial arts manual, while Ye Weiming learned that the Yuan Mongols’ plans could involve the powerful Pang Ban and Li Chi Mei. He returned to the Divine Constable Bureau with Yaksa in custody and sent her to the Heavenly Prison as he prepared to speak with Venerable Huang.

• Cang Xingyu completed the first kill of Nian Liandan, and Xiao Qiao looted a peerless Flower Play manual, an Ink-Wash Robe, a Mysterious Iron Sword, and other rewards.
• Ye Weiming’s Soul Shifting Great Method failed to control Yaksa, so he restrained her with Divine Constable Bureau steel accessories and kept her internal energy sealed.
• The team distributed the loot: Mu Ran received the Mysterious Iron Sword, Cang Xingyu received the Ink-Wash Robe, and Ye Weiming received the Flower Play manual; Ye Weiming then traded his Purple Cloud Battle Robe to Cang Xingyu for the Ink-Wash Robe.
• Xue Zhuan identified the secret letter’s references as Fang Yeyu and his master Pang Ban, and warned Ye Weiming that Li Chi Mei was another exceptionally powerful Yuan Mongol expert.
• At the Divine Constable Bureau, Ye Weiming handed Yaksa over to Bai Zhanji and ordered that she be confined in the Heavenly Prison while he went to discuss the matter with Venerable Huang.

Ye Weiming accepted Venerable Huang’s mission to investigate why the balance between the Central Plains and Yuan Mongol experts had broken, then tracked down Lang Fanyun. Lang Fanyun revealed he had been poisoned, and Ye Weiming identified the poison as Love Flower Poison.

• Venerable Huang explained the hidden experts’ balance and ordered Ye Weiming to investigate Lang Fanyun, Li Ruohai, and Xu Ruowu; Ye Weiming accepted the mission.
• Cang Xingyu said his master Li Ruohai had been stable when he last saw him, so Ye Weiming focused on Lang Fanyun and Xu Ruowu.
• Xiao Qiao lured Lang Fanyun to Yueyang Tower with Ye Weiming’s premium wine, and Lang Fanyun joined them.
• Lang Fanyun said the balance had broken because he had been poisoned and could not safely face Pang Ban.
• Ye Weiming examined Lang Fanyun’s pulse and blood, then identified his illness as Love Flower Poison.