Chapter Summaries

Ye Weiming recruited Dao Mei and Jiang Jin Jiu to attack Prince Sai's Mansion, then strengthened his martial arts before leading them to Liaodong. They confronted Wanyan Ke'erke, and Ye Weiming ordered his companions to keep him alive so they could follow him to stronger enemies.

• Ye Weiming explained his plan to exploit the rift between Tianyi City and the Heavenly Dragon Cult, then invited Jiang Jin Jiu to join the attack on Prince Sai's Mansion.
• Jiang Jin Jiu revealed that Wanyan Ke'erke had defected from the Xingxiu Sect with Ding Chunqiu's cultivation insights and agreed to help recover them.
• Ye Weiming evolved the Yijin Duangu Bone Chapter and Healing Chapter and improved the Soul Shifting Great Method.
• Ye Weiming, Dao Mei, and Jiang Jin Jiu traveled to Liaodong and fought their way into Prince Sai's Mansion.
• Wanyan Ke'erke taunted Jiang Jin Jiu and threatened Dao Mei, so Ye Weiming told his companions to beat him without killing him and use him to draw out reinforcements.

Ye Weiming, Dao Mei, and Jiang Jin Jiu pursued Wanyan Ke'erke into a secret chamber, where Ye Weiming killed him and provoked his father, Prince Sai. Ye Weiming gained the upper hand against Prince Sai, but a hidden fighter emerged from a cauldron and joined the attack, leaving Ye Weiming caught between two powerful enemies.

• Ye Weiming followed Wanyan Ke'erke into the underground chamber with Dao Mei and Jiang Jin Jiu.
• Ye Weiming killed Wanyan Ke'erke with Finger Flicking Divine Sword, triggering announcements that the permanent BOSS would never respawn.
• Prince Sai attacked Ye Weiming with techniques from the Nine Yin Manual, but Ye Weiming repeatedly countered them with Sword Breaking Style and drove him against a wall.
• A concealed green-clad fighter leaped from one of the cauldrons and attacked Ye Weiming from behind as Prince Sai struck from the front.
• Dao Mei and Jiang Jin Jiu rushed to intercept the newcomer, but Ye Weiming was left facing a pincer attack from both enemies.

Ye Weiming and his allies turned Prince Sai and Xuan Li Gong’s ambush into a counterattack, with Ye Weiming killing Xuan Li Gong as he tried to escape. Dao Mei leveled up from the kill and unleashed a fierce twin-saber assault on Prince Sai.

• Ye Weiming used Heaven and Earth Great Shift and Serpent Coil and Weasel Flip to make Prince Sai and Xuan Li Gong’s attacks wound each other.
• Ye Weiming struck both enemies with Boil Iron Melt Gold, while Dao Mei and Jiang Jin Jiu followed up with their own attacks.
• Dao Mei and Jiang Jin Jiu pressed Prince Sai as Xuan Li Gong fled toward the secret passage exit.
• Ye Weiming used Myriad Swords Return to One to kill Xuan Li Gong, earning the party the first-kill reward.
• Dao Mei leveled up and attacked Prince Sai with simultaneous Heavenly Inquiry Fifth and Sixth Blade techniques.

Jiang Jin Jiu and Dao Mei killed Prince Sai after passing him back and forth in a devastating combo, earning Ye Weiming and Jiang Jin Jiu a level-up and permanent-kill rewards. The party looted Prince Sai’s valuable equipment, and Ye Weiming hinted that the boss had dropped a major manual as he prepared to collect the corpse.

• Jiang Jin Jiu struck Prince Sai’s sciatic nerve, leaving him vulnerable to Dao Mei’s airborne saber combo.
• Dao Mei and Jiang Jin Jiu repeatedly attacked Prince Sai until Dao Mei finished him with her Heavenly Tyrant God Sealing Slash.
• The system announced Prince Sai’s permanent death and awarded the team experience and cultivation points, with Ye Weiming and Jiang Jin Jiu leveling up.
• Dao Mei looted Wanyan Ke’erke’s corpse, finding a martial arts insight manual, weapons, clothing, and gold.
• Dao Mei kicked Prince Sai’s scattered remains to reveal his Nine Yin Divine Claws, Great Jin Dynasty Prayer Beads, Five-Colored Armor, and gold.
• Ye Weiming told Dao Mei to loot Xuan Li Gong’s corpse and said he would show her the heavyweight manual Prince Sai had dropped.

After looting Xuan Li Gong and dividing his and Prince Sai’s spoils, Ye Weiming and his teammates studied the Nine Yin Divine Cauldrons and gained martial arts insights. Ye Weiming evolved Breath Holding Secret and collected the cauldrons, while Dao Mei asked whether they would pursue Tianyi City next.

• Dao Mei brought Xuan Li Gong’s corpse to Ye Weiming, who looted it and collected it in a Sandalwood Merit Coffin.
• Ye Weiming, Dao Mei, and Jiang Jin Jiu divided Prince Sai’s and Xuan Li Gong’s drops, with Jiang Jin Jiu taking the disability-focused gear and Ye Weiming receiving the assassin token and noodle recipe.
• Ye Weiming identified the nine cauldrons as the source of Prince Sai’s martial arts, and Jiang Jin Jiu comprehended Serpent Coil and Weasel Flip from them.
• Ye Weiming comprehended Breath Holding Secret and evolved it by spending 50,000,000 Cultivation Points, allowing him to use true qi instead of external oxygen.
• Dao Mei comprehended the Healing Chapter, and Ye Weiming put all nine cauldrons into his inventory.
• Dao Mei asked Ye Weiming whether they would stop after clearing Prince Sai’s Mansion or follow the token’s clues to Tianyi City.

Ye Weiming and his teammates returned to the Divine Constable Bureau after crippling Tianyi City, earning excellent mission rewards and a new assignment to destroy the assassin organization at its monthly assembly. As they left, a system notice reminded Ye Weiming that he had promised to release Yaksa.

• Ye Weiming used Xuan Li Gong’s assassin token to learn that Tianyi City’s gold- and silver-ranked assassins gathered at headquarters on the fifteenth of each month.
• Ye Weiming collapsed the secret chamber after performing rites for the dead, while Dao Mei and Jiang Jin Jiu left ahead of him and then bickered playfully.
• Ye Weiming presented the Nine Yin Divine Cauldrons to Venerable Huang, who ordered Zhan Zhao to move them to the sect’s secret chamber and awarded the team excellent mission rewards, unlocking evolution options for Moon Maiden Swordplay and Ladder Cloud Ascending Technique.
• Venerable Huang gave Ye Weiming command of the nine-star mission to cripple Tianyi City during its next assembly, which was scheduled in twenty days, twelve hours, and thirty-two minutes.
• Ye Weiming accepted the mission and left the bureau with Dao Mei and Jiang Jin Jiu, but a system notice warned him to release Yaksa promptly or lose Chivalry Points.

Yaksa was released from the Divine Constable Bureau after Bai Zhanji delivered Ye Weiming’s warning and offer of future cooperation. Ye Weiming evolved Ladder Cloud Ascending Technique, then entered the Green Bamboo Secret Realm to face the White Ape Eunuch, who attacked him immediately.

• Yaksa finished bathing in her upgraded prison cell and expected Ye Weiming, but Bai Zhanji arrived to release her in his place.
• Bai Zhanji relayed Ye Weiming’s offer that Yaksa could cooperate with the Divine Constable Bureau if she fell out with the Heavenly Dragon Cult, and Yaksa inferred Ye Weiming’s scheme but left without attacking him.
• Ye Weiming checked the evolution requirements for Ladder Cloud Ascending Technique and Moon Maiden Swordplay, then spent Cultivation Points to evolve Ladder Cloud Ascending Technique and gained the Void Crossing ability.
• Ye Weiming tested Void Crossing, learned its limits and cooldown, retrieved the Green Bamboo Staff, and entered the Green Bamboo Secret Realm.
• Ye Weiming encountered the White Ape Eunuch, the apparent final trial’s boss, and the ape immediately attacked with Xi Shi Holding Heart.

Ye Weiming fought and defeated the level-200 Ape Lord by exploiting its openings and crippling its sword-wielding arm with Zhang Ling Sword. After the Ape Lord vanished, Ye Weiming received the system notification he had been waiting for.

• Ye Weiming traded sword techniques with Ape Lord for eight minutes, then struck it with Man and Sword as One and sent it flying.
• Ye Weiming followed with Flick Sword Stance and Myriad Swords Return to One, forcing Ape Lord to defend against a barrage of Heavenly Dragon Flying Daggers.
• Ye Weiming concealed the Imperial Void Sword behind the daggers and used it to knock Ape Lord's Green Bamboo Staff aside.
• Ye Weiming pierced Ape Lord's right shoulder with Zhang Ling Sword, dealing heavy damage and inflicting Muscle Severing.
• Ye Weiming overwhelmed Ape Lord with Sky Shaking Nine Swords until its health ran out and its body vanished.
• Ye Weiming heard the system notification he had been waiting for.

After defeating White Ape Eunuch and evolving Moon Maiden Swordplay into Ape Lord Swordplay, Ye Weiming met A Qing, who had come to beat him under Heaven’s will. After she defeated him and explained how he could develop a sword art of his own, A Qing began considering another reward in return for his meal.

• Ye Weiming saw Moon Maiden Swordplay evolve into Ape Lord Swordplay, gaining stronger attributes and the passive effect Shadow of the Sword God.
• A Qing emerged from the bamboo forest and told Ye Weiming she had come to beat him so he would not grow arrogant after defeating White Ape Eunuch.
• Ye Weiming flattered A Qing and served her a feast, delaying the fight until she had eaten more than a dozen dishes.
• Ye Weiming attacked A Qing, but she struck his arm with her Green Bamboo Staff, shattered his bone, and pressed the staff to his throat.
• A Qing explained that Ye Weiming needed to transform Ape Lord Swordplay into a sword art of his own rather than imitate Moon Maiden Swordplay.
• A Qing decided to offer Ye Weiming an additional reward because he had treated her to food.

A Qing transformed Ye Weiming’s Green Bamboo Staff into an item that could summon her to fight, and he later traveled with Dao Mei to Lingjiu Palace to deliver Su Xinghe’s letter to the Heavenly Mountain Child Elder. When the palace disciples tried to stop them and attacked, Ye Weiming subdued them and began questioning their leader about the Child Elder’s whereabouts.

• A Qing changed the Green Bamboo Staff so Ye Weiming could spend 100 million Cultivation Points to summon her for battle, after which the staff would disappear.
• Ye Weiming spent the following days studying Ape Lord Swordplay before receiving the notice that it was time to deliver a letter to the Heavenly Mountain Child Elder.
• Xiao Qiao and Sanyue were occupied with the Xiangyang Defense Battle, so Ye Weiming took Dao Mei to Misty Peak without them.
• Lingjiu Palace disciples claimed the Child Elder was in seclusion and tried to take the letter, then drew their swords to prevent Ye Weiming and Dao Mei from leaving.
• Ye Weiming used Myriad Swords Return to One and finger-force to immobilize the disciples, then used the Soul Shifting Great Method on their leader and asked where the Child Elder was.

Ye Weiming and Dao Mei learned that the Heavenly Mountain Child Elder had vanished and used Fei Yu’s search and Jiang Jin Jiu’s information to track her to the Western Xia Imperial Palace. They entered the palace to investigate, where Princess Yinchuan nearly exposed Ye Weiming’s presence to Jiang Jin Jiu.

• Ye Weiming hypnotized a Lingjiu Palace disciple leader and learned that the Heavenly Mountain Child Elder had been missing for over a month; he stopped the leader from killing herself and urged her to find the Child Elder and explain what happened.
• Ye Weiming asked Fei Yu to locate the Heavenly Mountain Child Elder and learned she was a level 90 minor boss inside a special map, suggesting she had progressed through the rejuvenation plot.
• Ye Weiming and Dao Mei inferred that the Child Elder might be in the Western Xia Imperial Palace, then confirmed through Jiang Jin Jiu that the Myriad Immortals Assembly plot had ended and he was at the palace.
• Ye Weiming and Dao Mei sneaked into the palace and found Jiang Jin Jiu studying a losing Chinese chess endgame; Dao Mei had her brother confirm that Jiang could not save it.
• Princess Yinchuan arrived and asked Jiang Jin Jiu whether Ye Weiming had come, leaving him to fear that Ye and Dao Mei had heard her call him “Little Jiang.”

Ye Weiming and Dao Mei met Princess Yinchuan, who drew them into chess games while they tried to keep their palace visit secret. After Yinchuan left, Jiang Jin Jiu revealed that his quest was to protect her from Li Qiushui, and Dao Mei proposed making the quest “a little more romantic.”

• Ye Weiming warned Dao Mei not to spread Yinchuan’s nickname for Jiang Jin Jiu, explaining that Bixie Swordplay and the Sunflower Manual affected temperament but did not make him a eunuch.
• Yinchuan summoned Ye Weiming with a sandalwood quest, and she asked him and Dao Mei to play Chinese chess.
• Ye Weiming lost three games to Yinchuan, while Dao Mei conceded when she discovered her Pigeon Chat function was sealed and she could not seek outside help.
• Yinchuan agreed to keep their infiltration secret if Ye Weiming stopped calling her Princess, then left them to discuss their business.
• Jiang Jin Jiu explained that his quest was to protect Yinchuan while Li Qiushui was away, and Dao Mei suggested making the quest more romantic.

Ye Weiming learned that Princess Yinchuan had vanished after being drugged and rushed to the palace ice cellar to rescue her. He found her unconscious on an ice block, just as a small figure attacked him from behind.

• Dao Mei and Jiang Jin Jiu planned to kill both Li Qiushui and the Heavenly Mountain Child Elder, but Ye Weiming refused to commit before delivering his secret letter.
• Jiang Jin Jiu searched the palace for the ice cellar and discovered Yinchuan was missing, with drugged lotus seed soup left in her room.
• Ye Weiming recognized the drugs as Soul-Bewitching Powder and Yin Yang Harmony Powder and realized Yinchuan was in immediate danger.
• Ye Weiming used Ah Huang to track Yinchuan's scent to the ice cellar and hurried inside without waiting for Dao Mei and Jiang Jin Jiu.
• Ye Weiming found Yinchuan unconscious on an ice block in the cellar's lowest level, where a small figure suddenly attacked him.

Ye Weiming rescued Yinchuan from Heavenly Mountain Child Elder, delivered Su Xinghe’s letter, and learned of Child Elder’s grievance against Li Qiushui. After refusing both women’s assassination quests, he agreed to protect Child Elder, then arrested her for kidnapping and drugging Yinchuan.

• Ye Weiming defeated Heavenly Mountain Child Elder’s ambush, rescued the unconscious Yinchuan, and examined her condition with Dao Mei and Jiang Jin Jiu.
• Ye Weiming gave Heavenly Mountain Child Elder Su Xinghe’s letter, completing the hidden quest, and she wept as she read it.
• Heavenly Mountain Child Elder explained that Li Qiushui’s attack had ruined her chance to grow normally and cost her a finger and a leg.
• Heavenly Mountain Child Elder and Li Qiushui each offered the group a quest to kill the other, but Ye Weiming, Dao Mei, and Jiang Jin Jiu refused both.
• Ye Weiming negotiated to protect Heavenly Mountain Child Elder in exchange for the complete Everlasting Youthful Spring Technique, and she accepted.
• After accepting the protection quest, Ye Weiming subdued Heavenly Mountain Child Elder, handcuffed her, and announced her arrest for kidnapping, drugging, and attempted assault.

Ye Weiming negotiated a joint trial for Heavenly Mountain Child Elder, forcing Li Qiushui to accept her removal from Western Xia in exchange for secrecy. When Li Qiushui tried to kill the Child Elder, Xu Zhu intervened, and his Bei Ming Divine Skill began draining Li Qiushui’s internal power.

• Ye Weiming proposed bringing Heavenly Mountain Child Elder to a joint trial by Western Xia and Central Plains officials.
• Li Qiushui agreed to let Ye Weiming take the Child Elder away if the trial’s damaging details remained secret.
• Yinchuan woke, used Lingbo Weibu to cling to Ye Weiming, and distracted him as Li Qiushui attacked the Child Elder.
• Xu Zhu emerged from the ice cellar and took Li Qiushui’s palm strike in the Child Elder’s place.
• Xu Zhu and Li Qiushui clashed in an internal-power contest, and Xu Zhu’s Bei Ming Divine Skill began siphoning her power.

Ye Weiming stopped Xu Zhu from draining Li Qiushui’s inner force, then arrested him by accusing him of conspiring against Princess Yinchuan. Xu Zhu agreed to cooperate but insisted on retrieving Wu Yazi’s painting and his monk’s robe before leaving the ice cellar.

• Ye Weiming knocked Princess Yinchuan unconscious again and passed her to Dao Mei to restrain.
• Ye Weiming separated Xu Zhu and Li Qiushui, leaving Li Qiushui with only a dozen or so years of cultivation and Level 65 combat strength.
• Ye Weiming sealed Xu Zhu’s acupoints and accused him of trespassing and plotting against Princess Yinchuan.
• Ye Weiming threatened that resisting arrest could bring Shaolin Temple into disrepute, and Xu Zhu gave up resisting.
• As Ye Weiming prepared to leave with the suspects, Xu Zhu asked to retrieve Wu Yazi’s painting and his monk’s robe.

Ye Weiming investigated Xu Zhu’s portrait and learned that Wu Yazi had loved Li Qiushui’s younger sister, who was only eleven at the time. He condemned Wu Yazi, then ordered the suspects taken back to the Divine Constable Bureau.

• Jiang Jin Jiu retrieved Xu Zhu’s monk robe and portrait, and the players discovered the robe’s powerful luck effect.
• Ye Weiming kept the portrait as evidence and teased Xu Zhu by suggesting he had used the portrait to plot against Princess Yinchuan.
• Ye Weiming pointed out that the portrait’s dimple and mole did not match Li Qiushui, prompting Li Qiushui and Heavenly Mountain Child Elder to recognize the woman.
• Li Qiushui revealed that the woman in the portrait was her younger sister, who had been eleven when Wu Yazi loved her.
• Ye Weiming rejected comparisons to Wu Yazi and ordered Dao Mei to take the suspects back to the Divine Constable Bureau.

Ye Weiming brought Heavenly Mountain Child Elder and Xu Zhu to the Divine Constable Bureau, where the Elder demanded to share a cell with Xu Zhu. After Venerable Huang explained how profound internal cultivation could preserve their emotional states, a jailer reported that Heavenly Mountain Child Elder had died in prison.

• Dao Mei argued that Wu Yazi may have fallen for Li Qiushui’s younger sister only after she became an adult, while Ye Weiming still condemned his values.
• Ye Weiming recalled that Li Qiushui and Heavenly Mountain Child Elder had reconciled after learning Wu Yazi loved neither of them, easing his mission.
• Heavenly Mountain Child Elder threatened suicide unless she could share a cell with Xu Zhu, then swore a Heavenly Dao Oath; Ye Weiming allowed them into the upgraded cell.
• Ye Weiming and Dao Mei asked Venerable Huang why the two women’s feelings had changed, and he linked their behavior to internal cultivation preserving their bodily and psychological states.
• A jailer arrived at Venerable Huang’s meeting room and reported that Heavenly Mountain Child Elder had died in the Heavenly Prison.

After the Heavenly Mountain Child Elder died in the Heavenly Prison, Ye Weiming learned the truth behind Princess Yinchuan’s kidnapping and accepted a quest to help Xu Zhu inherit Lingjiu Palace. He then handed the Everlasting Youthful Spring Technique to Venerable Huang and was promoted to second-rank Divine Constable.

• Ye Weiming and Dao Mei found the Heavenly Mountain Child Elder dead, and Ye Weiming helped Xu Zhu deliver her soul before examining her body.
• Xu Zhu gave Ye Weiming two Misty Scrolls and the Child Elder’s letters, which revealed that she had kidnapped and drugged Princess Yinchuan to undermine Xu Zhu’s Buddhist faith and recruit him against Li Qiushui.
• Ye Weiming learned that the Child Elder had named Xu Zhu the next Sovereign Lord of Lingjiu Palace and accepted the quest to help him quell a rebellion there.
• Ye Weiming encoffined the Child Elder, gained several insight manuals, and merged their proficiency into Hidden Weapon Insights.
• Ye Weiming told Xu Zhu that he was not responsible for Yinchuan’s kidnapping and promised to accompany him to Lingjiu Palace after routine verification.
• Venerable Huang requested the Everlasting Youthful Spring Technique, and Ye Weiming gave it to him, completing a quest that promoted him to second-rank Divine Constable.

Ye Weiming escorted Xu Zhu to Lingjiu Palace, where the Child Elder’s final letter named Xu Zhu its Sovereign Lord and asked Ye Weiming to help the palace. They hurried to the mountain’s fortress to confront the attackers, where Ye Weiming met Zhuo Bufan and decided he wanted the nickname Sword God.

• Venerable Huang gave Dao Mei the Everlasting Youthful Spring Technique manual to deliver to Dongfang Bubai, while Ye Weiming learned his official rank and salary had increased.
• Ye Weiming took Xu Zhu to Lingjiu Palace and found its disciples’ corpses along the way.
• Granny Yu read the Child Elder’s letter, recognized Xu Zhu as Sovereign Lord, and ordered the Lingjiu Palace disciples to honor Ye Weiming.
• Ye Weiming persuaded Xu Zhu to help Lingjiu Palace and led him toward the ongoing battle at the mountaintop.
• Ye Weiming and Xu Zhu crossed a destroyed suspension bridge and reached the Stone Fortress, where Ye Weiming deflected Zhuo Bufan’s sword attack.
• Zhuo Bufan introduced himself as the Sword God, and Ye Weiming decided the nickname should be his.