Chapter Summaries

Ye Weiming intervened when Jiumozhi used his defeat of Shaolin’s monks to discredit the temple, challenging him to a contest of Flame Blade techniques. He launched a blazing attack at Jiumozhi, leaving their confrontation about to begin.

• Old Niu explained that the Shaolin Assembly quest rewarded players differently according to the challenge method and difficulty they had chosen.
• Liuyun exhausted his internal energy against Jiumozhi and conceded, while three other Shaolin players challenged Jiumozhi and were defeated.
• Jiumozhi overwhelmed Shaolin’s Three Xuans, and Xu Zhu stepped forward to accuse him of not using genuine Shaolin martial arts.
• Liuyun helped Xu Zhu explain that Jiumozhi’s techniques only appeared to be Shaolin arts, and Xu Zhu demonstrated his strength by driving a leaf into a bronze bell.
• Jiumozhi challenged Xu Zhu’s credibility after he used the Heavenly Mountain Six Yang Palm, and Ye Weiming stepped in to confront Jiumozhi over their Flame Blade techniques.
• Ye Weiming formed a flaming blade with the Crimson Fire Divine Skill and hurled a giant fireball at Jiumozhi, calling it the first move of the Flame Blade Technique, Great Fire Burns Heaven.

Ye Weiming fought Jiumozhi at Shaolin Temple, defeating him with the Brilliant Sun technique before Murong Bo intervened and carried him away. After declining the chance to rename his martial art, Ye Weiming received news that the new chief of the Beggar's Sect had sent a Hero Invitation.

• Ye Weiming challenged Jiumozhi to a contest over whose martial art deserved the name Flame Blade Technique and fought him using the Blazing Sun Sacred Qi.
• Ye Weiming concealed his strongest move while repeating four techniques until Jiumozhi learned his patterns and launched a two-handed attack.
• Ye Weiming unleashed Brilliant Sun, but Murong Bo arrived and helped Jiumozhi block the strike before taking him away.
• The system awarded Ye Weiming experience and Cultivation Points for defeating Jiumozhi, and Ye Weiming declined to rename Blazing Sun Sacred Qi as Flame Blade Technique.
• A Shaolin guest-receiving monk delivered Abbot Xuan Ci an invitation from the new chief of the Beggar's Sect.

After learning that Murong Fu had become the Beggar's Sect acting leader and planned to challenge Shaolin Temple, Ye Weiming investigated the unusual move and sought support from Venerable Huang. Venerable Huang assigned him a team and authorized him to uncover and stop the conspiracy behind the challenge.

• Xuan Ci told Ye Weiming that Murong Fu would lead the Beggar's Sect in a challenge against Shaolin Temple in three days.
• Ye Weiming learned from Decadent Dragon that Murong Fu was an unstable acting leader, while Decadent Dragon investigated a mole in the Beggar's Sect.
• Ye Weiming used Cultivation Points to raise the Crimson Fire Divine Skill to Level 8, then returned to the Divine Constable Bureau.
• Ye Weiming argued to Venerable Huang that the Bureau should focus on stopping the enemy's conspiracy rather than investigating the Beggar's Sect mole.
• Venerable Huang approved Ye Weiming's request for One Blade, Sanyue, and Fei Yu to join him and assigned him the eight-star hidden quest, "Act as You See Fit."

Ye Weiming and his allies gathered at Shaolin Temple for Murong Fu’s challenge, where the Sun Moon Holy Cult and Xingxiu Sect nearly came to blows. Murong Fu intervened to protect Ding Chunqiu, and Ye Weiming urged Dao Mei to fight back, promising to handle Murong Bo if he appeared.

• Ye Weiming accepted the quest and summoned his teammates to plan their roles before the Shaolin Assembly.
• Ye Weiming, Sanyue, and Fei Yu arrived disguised among the crowd outside Shaolin Temple, where Murong Fu and the heroes of Heshuo had gathered.
• The Xingxiu Sect and Sun Moon Holy Cult competed to outshout each other with flattery, until Dao Mei stopped a Sun Moon Holy Cult elder from joining the contest.
• Jiang Jin Jiu confronted Ding Chunqiu, killed a Xingxiu Sect disciple who threatened him, and used the Carefree Amnesty Token to challenge Ding Chunqiu’s authority.
• Murong Fu intervened to stop Dao Mei and Jiang Jin Jiu from attacking Ding Chunqiu, and Ye Weiming told Dao Mei’s side to fight without restraint if conflict began.
• Dao Mei worried that Murong Bo might appear, and Ye Weiming promised to kill him if he did.

Ye Weiming’s group killed Bao Butong to provoke Murong Fu, but Shaolin’s arrival halted their clash and Murong Fu began challenging Xuan Ci. Just as Murong Fu claimed the Murong Family’s martial arts surpassed the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, a powerful voice challenged his claim from the foot of the mountain.

• Dao Mei and Jiang Jin Jiu used the Heavenly Heart Tribulation and Blood Calamity together to overwhelm Bao Butong.
• Ye Weiming removed Dao Mei from the party, and Dao Mei crushed Bao Butong’s heart, permanently killing him with Jiang Jin Jiu.
• Xuan Ci and the Shaolin monks emerged, ending the standoff, while Murong Fu restrained Feng Bo’e and postponed revenge for Bao Butong.
• Murong Fu challenged Xuan Ci and attacked with his sword, but Xuan Ci deflected his moves with Buddhist radiance.
• Murong Fu claimed the Murong Family’s supreme arts surpassed the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, and an unseen voice called out from below the mountain to dispute him.

At the Shaolin Temple assembly, Xiao Feng faced Murong Fu, Ding Chunqiu, and Jiumozhi after Murong Fu used national loyalty to justify attacking him. Ye Weiming sent Dao Mei and Jiang Jin Jiu to intercept two attackers, while Decadent Dragon arrived with the Dog Beating Staff to accuse Murong Fu of betraying the Beggar's Sect.

• Xiao Feng arrived with the Yanyun Eighteen Riders and warmly greeted the Beggar's Sect members who still called him Chief Qiao.
• Murong Fu avoided Xiao Feng's challenge about the Murong Family's martial arts and invoked national justice to justify fighting him.
• Ding Chunqiu joined Murong Fu against Xiao Feng, and Jiumozhi soon joined them with a Maha Finger attack.
• Ye Weiming signaled Dao Mei to intercept Jiumozhi, while Jiang Jin Jiu blocked Ding Chunqiu and rejected Murong Fu's moral appeals.
• Decadent Dragon arrived, accused Murong Fu of colluding with Chen Youliang and seizing the acting chief position, then invoked Chief Huang's order to purge him with the Dog Beating Staff.

At the Shaolin Assembly, Decadent Dragon exposed Murong Fu’s collusion with Chen Youliang, and the players split the fighting into three battles. Jiang Jin Jiu killed Ding Chunqiu permanently, while Dao Mei pressed her attack on Jiumozhi with the complete Heavenly Tyrant God Sealing Slash.

• Decadent Dragon revealed that Chen Youliang had helped Murong Fu gain the Beggar's Sect leadership, and Murong Fu attacked him to deflect the accusations.
• Dao Mei and Jiang Jin Jiu engaged Jiumozhi and Ding Chunqiu, while Xiao Feng withdrew and watched for a chance to help.
• Jiang Jin Jiu used Blood Calamity to disrupt Ding Chunqiu’s blood and qi, then severed his leg with the Profound Yin First Sword.
• Jiang Jin Jiu killed Ding Chunqiu, triggering a system announcement that the permanent boss would never respawn, and the Xingxiu Sect disciples began flattering their new leader.
• Jiumozhi considered retreating, but Dao Mei disrupted his movements and unleashed the complete Heavenly Tyrant God Sealing Slash.

Dao Mei defeated Jiumozhi, and Decadent Dragon defeated Murong Fu before Xiao Feng stopped Murong Fu from attacking again. As Murong Fu tried to kill himself, a masked gray-clad figure intervened, and Ye Weiming recognized the long-awaited arrival.

• Dao Mei used Heavenly Tyrant God Sealing Slash to wound Jiumozhi, who admitted defeat and gave her a secret manual.
• Dao Mei's Heavenly Heart Tribulation created an opening for Decadent Dragon, who broke Murong Fu's sword with Baseball Fist and won their fight.
• Murong Fu agreed to apologize to Chief Huang, then secretly attacked Decadent Dragon as he turned away.
• Xiao Feng caught Murong Fu and threw him aside, but Murong Fu recovered and tried to cut his own throat with his broken sword.
• A hidden weapon knocked Murong Fu's sword away, and a masked gray-clad figure approached and asked whether he had a son; Ye Weiming recognized him as the big fish he had awaited.

Xiao Yuanshan exposed Murong Bo’s role in the ambush at Yanmen Pass and revealed that Xu Zhu was Ye Erniang’s son, while Murong Bo confessed to plotting war so the Murong clan could restore its kingdom. Ye Weiming and his companions seized the Great Yan heirlooms as evidence and declared Murong Bo guilty of treason, sentencing his family to death for nine generations.

• Murong Bo appeared to stop Murong Fu from killing himself, and Xiao Yuanshan revealed himself as Xiao Feng’s father and admitted he had manipulated his son.
• Xiao Yuanshan revealed that he had stolen Ye Erniang’s child, and Xu Zhu recognized the nine incense scars as proof that he was her son.
• Xuan Ci confessed that Murong Bo had tricked him into leading the attack on Xiao Yuanshan’s family, and Murong Bo admitted he had sought war to help the Murong clan restore its kingdom.
• A disguised Ye Weiming snatched the Imperial Seal of the Great Yan Kingdom and the Great Yan Imperial Genealogical Chart from Murong Fu, while Sanyue stopped Murong Bo from retrieving them and Fei Yu caught them.
• Ye Weiming identified the heirlooms as evidence of Murong Bo’s treason and declared that Murong Bo’s crimes merited execution of nine generations.

Ye Weiming confronted Murong Bo and ruled that Xiao Yuanshan would also face punishment for killing innocents, though he would deal with Murong Bo first. Murong Bo tried to persuade Xiao Yuanshan and Xiao Feng to join him, but they instead fought beside Ye Weiming and killed him.

• Ye Weiming threatened Murong Bo while Sanyue and Fei Yu blocked Murong Fu and his retainers from escaping.
• Murong Bo accused Ye Weiming of shielding Xiao Yuanshan, prompting Ye Weiming to list Xiao Yuanshan’s crimes and declare that he would seek justice for the innocent victims.
• Ye Weiming resumed his attack on Murong Bo as Sanyue and Fei Yu charged Murong Fu and the others.
• Murong Bo urged Xiao Yuanshan to join him and promised to spare Murong Fu, but Xiao Yuanshan attacked Murong Bo and called on Xiao Feng to help Ye Weiming.
• Ye Weiming, Xiao Yuanshan, and Xiao Feng struck Murong Bo together, killing him after a little more than ten moves.
• The system announced that Ye Weiming, Sanyue, and Fei Yu had solved a major treason case and that Murong Bo would not respawn.

Sanyue and Fei Yu killed Murong Fu as Ye Weiming helped defeat Murong Bo, ending the Murong family’s line and leaving Wang Yuyan in custody. When Ye Weiming confronted Xiao Yuanshan over the deaths of the Shan family and Qiao Sanhuai’s parents, Xiao Yuanshan chose to take his own life, leaving Xiao Feng grief-stricken.

• Sanyue and Fei Yu exploited Murong Fu’s lapse and killed him, while Sanyue kept Wang Yuyan immobilized.
• Ye Weiming looted Murong Bo’s corpse and obtained the Murong family’s martial arts and Murong Chui’s six-piece Yan Kingdom’s Peerless set; Sanyue brought Murong Fu’s corpse to him afterward.
• Duan Yu pleaded for Wang Yuyan, but Ye Weiming said she would face punishment for her connection to the treasonous Murong family; Duan Zhengchun pulled Duan Yu back and promised to help her.
• Ye Weiming demanded that Xiao Yuanshan answer for the Shan family’s deaths and the deaths of Qiao Sanhuai and his wife, while Xiao Feng prepared to fight alongside Ye Weiming’s companions.
• Xiao Yuanshan refused to let a Central Plains man kill him and struck his own forehead, taking his life as Xiao Feng caught his body.

After Xiao Yuanshan died, Xiao Feng challenged Ye Weiming to a duel, but Ye Weiming postponed it for three years so Xiao Feng could mourn his father and arranged for A Zhu to help him find hope. As the group left Mount Shaoshi, Ye Weiming assigned Fei Yu and Sanyue new tasks before the Dali Duan Clan caught up with them.

• Xiao Feng gave Ye Weiming the Dragon Capturing Skill Manual as the reward for completing the hidden quest, then declared that he would avenge Xiao Yuanshan.
• Ye Weiming stopped the martial artists from attacking Xiao Feng and agreed to duel him in three years, arguing that Xiao Feng should mourn his father during that time.
• Xiao Feng carried Xiao Yuanshan's body away in a coffin, and Ye Weiming rebuked a martial artist who questioned why he had allowed Xiao Feng to leave.
• Ye Weiming left Mount Shaoshi with Sanyue, Fei Yu, and Wang Yuyan, assigning Fei Yu to arrest Li Qingluo and Sanyue to visit A Zhu and explain what had happened.
• Ye Weiming told Sanyue that A Zhu should give Xiao Feng hope by having children with him, then noticed the Dali Duan Clan hurrying after their group.

Ye Weiming secured three months for Duan Zhengchun to arrange Wang Yuyan and Li Qingluo’s rescue, then debated justice and repentance with the Sweeping Monk. The monk came to deliver Ye Weiming’s quest reward and reveal that someone had borrowed and copied the Dual Cultivation Manor map.

• Fei Yu left for the post station while Duan Zhengchun asked Ye Weiming to delay the court’s judgment on Wang Yuyan and Li Qingluo, and Ye Weiming promised to protect them for three months.
• Duan Yu gave Ye Weiming a cake of tribute tea, which Ye Weiming accepted and said he would report to Venerable Huang along with the Dali Duan Clan’s request.
• Sanyue explained that the system had assigned her an apprentice interstellar diplomat role and described the future positions of Youyou, Xiao Qiao, Dao Mei, and Fei Yu.
• Ye Weiming sent Sanyue to the Divine Constabulary with Wang Yuyan and stayed behind to meet the Sweeping Monk, who reported Xuan Ci’s death, Ye Erniang’s suicide, and Xu Zhu’s expulsion from Shaolin Temple.
• Ye Weiming defended his view that Xuan Ci deserved death for enabling Ye Erniang’s crimes and argued that Xiao Yuanshan and Murong Bo should face justice rather than be redeemed through Buddhism.
• The Sweeping Monk came to issue Ye Weiming’s quest reward and told him that someone had borrowed and copied the map of Dual Cultivation Manor.

After completing the Shaolin missions, Ye Weiming collected his rewards and reported back to Venerable Huang. As war threatened the Central Plains, Venerable Huang tasked him with helping control the martial world and gave him a token to summon Huang Shang when needed.

• The Sweeping Monk told Ye Weiming that Jiumozhi had borrowed the Dual Cultivation Manor map and awarded him the mission rewards, including the map and the chance to fuse the Yi Jin Jing and Marrow Cleansing Scripture.
• The Sweeping Monk explained that Ye Weiming could count multiple Yaksas toward the mission reward, then warned him that the Dual Cultivation Manor inheritance could not be taken out and required bringing the person who needed it.
• Ye Weiming stored the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade Scroll and left Shaolin after the Sweeping Monk vanished.
• Ye Weiming reported to Venerable Huang, who praised his handling of the Murong Family, Li Qingluo and her daughter, and the Dali Duan Clan.
• Venerable Huang revealed that the Yuan Mongols had formed an alliance with several nations to invade the Central Plains and said the court wanted the Divine Constable Bureau to control martial-world forces and eradicate threats such as Tianyi City.
• Venerable Huang gave Ye Weiming a Nine Yin Token that could summon Huang Shang and teleport him to Ye Weiming's side.

Ye Weiming escorted Wei Xiaobao and his seven wives to the ruins of the Dual Cultivation Manor to learn its inheritance, where they encountered Jiumozhi emerging from the cave marked “Harvesting.” Jiumozhi attacked and fled after Ye Weiming intercepted his strike, leaving Ye Weiming to prioritize Wei Xiaobao’s safety over pursuing him.

• Ye Weiming decided to handle Wei Xiaobao’s inheritance trip before other duties because Jiumozhi had copied the map and might destroy the ruins’ records.
• Ye Weiming warned Wei Xiaobao that Jiumozhi was exceptionally powerful, then led Wei Xiaobao and his seven wives to the Dual Cultivation Manor ruins.
• Wei Xiaobao and Su Quan discussed the difference between the beneficial “Coordination” method and the harmful “Harvesting” method as the group approached the inheritance caves.
• Jiumozhi emerged from the “Harvesting” cave, and Ye Weiming identified him as the Tibetan Imperial Preceptor.
• Jiumozhi attacked Wei Xiaobao with a Flame Blade, but Ye Weiming intercepted it with Finger Flicking Divine Sword before Jiumozhi fled.
• Ye Weiming declined to pursue Jiumozhi because he could not rule out other enemies in the caves and placed Wei Xiaobao’s safety first.

Ye Weiming accompanied Wei Xiaobao into the Dual Cultivation Manor after his spirits found the inherited technique intact, then memorized the manual while Wei Xiaobao and his wives studied it. As Ye Weiming left the chamber, he realized the corridor had become far longer than it had been on the way in.

• Ye Weiming sent Yu Chi Yan Hong and Shan Xiaoxiao to inspect two stone chambers, and they reported that the Coordination chamber’s dual cultivation manual remained intact while the Gathering and Replenishing chamber had been damaged.
• Ye Weiming entered the Coordination chamber with Wei Xiaobao and his wives, where he studied the manual and memorized its contents despite being unable to cultivate it.
• Wei Xiaobao and his wives discussed the manual suggestively, so Ye Weiming left the chamber to give them privacy.
• Ye Weiming walked farther than the corridor’s original length without reaching the entrance and realized something was wrong.

Ye Weiming met Demon Lord Ye Li, who explained the Great Wall organization’s role in protecting Chaoyang Star and training its strongest experts. Ye Li urged Ye Weiming to join, revealing that he hoped Ye Weiming’s membership would improve his own chances of reaching a higher realm.

• Ye Weiming discovered that the passage through the mountain had changed and followed a mysterious voice into an elegant valley.
• Ye Weiming met a blue-clad man who identified himself as Ye Li, the Great Wall organization’s chief person in charge of external affairs on Chaoyang Star and the Demon Lord known as Wind and Rain Remnant Sun.
• Ye Li explained that the interviewers were real people on Chaoyang Star and described the Great Wall organization’s work against threats from beyond the planet.
• Ye Li told Ye Weiming that Chaoyang Star had two experts at humanity’s highest known level, but that a still higher realm could reshape the balance among factions.
• Ye Li said the Great Wall organization offered exceptional resources and training, then admitted that he wanted Ye Weiming to join partly to increase his own chance of reaching that higher realm.

Ye Li invited Ye Weiming to join the Great Wall organization’s external affairs department and told him the coming upheaval in the Central Plains would be a crucial test of his ability. While waiting outside the inheritance cave, Ye Weiming fused three internal skills into the Tathagata Heart Sutra and studied Murong Bo’s Star Shifting manual, leaving him poised to decide whether to learn it.

• Ye Li explained that his external affairs duties had held back his martial arts progress and formally invited Ye Weiming to join his department, offering to cultivate him.
• Ye Weiming accepted the invitation and learned that his performance in resolving the Central Plains’ troubles would affect his future prospects on Chaoyang Star.
• After returning to the ruins of Dual Cultivation Manor, Ye Weiming resolved to take the Great Wall organization’s evaluation seriously and used his remaining resources to fuse the Yi Jin Jing, Marrow Cleansing Scripture, and Colorless Zen.
• Ye Weiming examined the new Tathagata Heart Sutra, noting its strengthened attributes and protection against mental influence, then took out Murong Bo’s Star Shifting manual.
• Ye Weiming compared Star Shifting with Heaven and Earth Great Shift, concluded that they used different principles and might complement each other, and comprehended Star Shifting well enough to receive a prompt asking whether to learn it.

Ye Weiming learned Star Shifting and Dragon Capturing Skill, then fused the latter with Sky Shaking Nine Swords and strengthened the Parting Sword Style through practice. After escorting Wei Xiaobao and his family back to Bianjing, he encountered Guo Xiang near Duke Lu Ding's Manor.

• Ye Weiming raised Star Shifting to Level 9 and considered what would be needed to perfect it and fuse it with Heaven and Earth Great Shift.
• Ye Weiming learned Dragon Capturing Skill and fused it with Sky Shaking Nine Swords, greatly increasing the power of the Parting Sword Style.
• Ye Weiming tested the improved Parting Sword Style on a boulder, then practiced its variations for more than two hours.
• Wei Xiaobao told Ye Weiming he had practiced the Great Dual Cultivation Method for seven Great Zhou cycles, and Ye Weiming warned him and his wives against overexertion.
• Ye Weiming escorted Wei Xiaobao and his family back to Bianjing, then stopped Wei Xiaobao from flirting with a silver-haired beauty and greeted her as Heroine Guo Xiang.

Ye Weiming searched for Zhou Zhiruo after Guo Xiang asked him to find her and recover the Heavenly Sword, while also preparing for his meeting with the Heavenly Dragon Cult. At White Horse Temple, Li Canglong revealed that he knew where Zhou Zhiruo was held and hinted at a major conspiracy, leaving Ye Weiming to negotiate for the information.

• Guo Xiang told Ye Weiming that Abbess Miejue had died, Zhou Zhiruo had disappeared, and the Emei Sect needed its appointed successor and the Heavenly Sword returned.
• Ye Weiming's tracking attempt failed, so he asked Jiang Jin Jiu and the Divine Constable Bureau to search for Zhou Zhiruo while he gathered intelligence about the approaching war and Tianyi City.
• Ye Weiming brought Sanyue to meet Li Canglong and Yaksa, urging her to observe their behavior and gain experience for her recruitment assessment.
• At White Horse Temple, Li Canglong said he knew Zhou Zhiruo's whereabouts and the details of a conspiracy threatening the Central Plains, then asked for compensation.
• Sanyue confirmed that Li Canglong was telling the truth, and Ye Weiming asked what compensation the Dragon King wanted.