Chapter Summaries

Ye Weiming forced Li Canglong to abandon the Heavenly Dragon Cult’s demands and share its intelligence about Tianyi City’s plot against Zhou Zhiruo and Xie Xun. After Ye Weiming and Sanyue left the negotiations, You Jin reported that Huangfu Dengyun had led an attack on Guo Jing in Xiangyang, leaving Yang Guo seriously injured.

• Li Canglong demanded that the Heavenly Dragon Cult be allowed to spread its teachings freely in the Central Plains, but Ye Weiming argued that the Cult would have to accept the court’s laws and supervision.
• Ye Weiming deduced that Tianyi City held Zhou Zhiruo, and Sanyue confirmed his guess by observing Li Canglong and Yaksa’s reactions.
• Ye Weiming pressured Li Canglong by explaining that the crisis threatened the Heavenly Dragon Cult’s survival more than the Central Plains, and Yaksa revealed Tianyi City’s plan involving Zhou Zhiruo, Xie Xun, Song Qingshu, and Zhang Wuji.
• Ye Weiming and Li Canglong spent more than an hour negotiating their cooperation against Tianyi City and Huangfu Dengyun, then Ye Weiming encouraged Sanyue to build her negotiation skills through experience.
• You Jin told Ye Weiming that Huangfu Dengyun had led an assassination attempt against Guo Jing in Xiangyang, and that Yang Guo had been seriously injured while helping repel the attackers.

Ye Weiming examined Yang Guo’s severe injuries and used a special medicine to restore his health, youth, and severed right arm. He then planned a rescue mission for Zhou Zhiruo and Xie Xun in Heartbreak Valley, where Huangfu Dengyun might be hiding.

• Ye Weiming learned that Huangfu Dengyun had injured Yang Guo and resolved to kill him for conspiring with foreign forces.
• Ye Weiming traveled with You Jin to Xiangyang, examined Yang Guo, and explained that his old injuries and missing arm had damaged his health.
• Ye Weiming gave Yang Guo Mao Fei San, knocked him unconscious, and used a special treatment that restored his youth and regrew his right arm.
• Ye Weiming told Venerable Huang that Zhou Zhiruo and Xie Xun were imprisoned in Heartbreak Valley and asked him to be ready to join the fight.
• Yang Guo woke to find himself young again with his right hand restored, and he realized Ye Weiming’s wedding gift had healed him.

Ye Weiming gave Yang Guo Di Shitian’s Phoenix-Blood arm, restoring his limb and youthful vigor, then went with Dao Mei to infiltrate Heartbreak Valley and investigate the captives. After posing as Li Canglong and Yaksa and meeting the Tianyi City Lord, they slipped out at night and found Jiang Yu alone in the pharmacy.

• Ye Weiming transplanted Di Shitian’s Phoenix-Blood arm onto Yang Guo, restoring his severed arm and rejuvenating him.
• Ye Weiming met Dao Mei near Heartbreak Valley and explained that they would disguise themselves, gather intelligence, and prepare to fight.
• Ye Weiming and Dao Mei entered Heartbreak Valley disguised as Li Canglong and Yaksa, and learned that Tianyi City had replaced the valley’s guards.
• The Tianyi City Lord told Ye Weiming that Huangfu Dengyun was unavailable and would explain the operation the next morning.
• Ye Weiming and Dao Mei left their room at night, found Jiang Yu alone in the pharmacy, and decided to take him down.

Ye Weiming captured Jiang Yu and discovered that Xie Xun, Zhou Zhiruo, Gongsun Lüe, and the Heartbreak Valley disciples were imprisoned in an underground passage. After rescuing them, he confronted Zhou Zhiruo about the Heavenly Sword and her knowledge of the Nine Yin Manual, leaving its whereabouts unresolved.

• Ye Weiming captured Jiang Yu in the pharmacy and used the secret passage to interrogate him, while Dao Mei disguised herself as Jiang Yu to maintain the cover.
• Jiang Yu revealed that the prisoners were nearby, and Ye Weiming found Xie Xun, Zhou Zhiruo, Gongsun Lüe, and the Heartbreak Valley disciples in the underground passage before killing him.
• Ye Weiming unsealed the prisoners’ acupoints, heard Xie Xun explain how the Beggar’s Sect had captured him and Zhou Zhiruo, and told them Chen Youliang had colluded with Tianyi City.
• With Dao Mei’s help, Ye Weiming sent the prisoners up a rope toward safety, then stopped Zhou Zhiruo and showed her Guo Xiang’s Secret Letter.
• Ye Weiming told Zhou Zhiruo he had sensed the Nine Yin Manual’s internal energy in her and demanded to know the Heavenly Sword’s whereabouts.

Ye Weiming recovered the broken Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Saber from Zhou Zhiruo, then faced Huangfu Dengyun and three powerful allies in the secret passage. A Qing and the newly defected Li Canglong helped stall the enemies while Ye Weiming escaped, leaving the battles unresolved.

• Zhou Zhiruo gave Ye Weiming the broken Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Saber in exchange for keeping her secret, and he agreed to say he had found the fragments in Tianyi City.
• Huangfu Dengyun confronted Ye Weiming in the secret passage as Dao Mei pulled Zhou Zhiruo to safety, and Dragon King Li Canglong, Yaksa Ji Wushuang, and Golden Wheel Dharma King arrived to surround him.
• Ye Weiming summoned A Qing to hold off Huangfu Dengyun, then used the Realm of Seven Nothings to escape the other three opponents.
• Li Canglong attacked Golden Wheel Dharma King and revealed that he had allied with Ye Weiming to break free of Huangfu Dengyun's control.
• A Qing fought Huangfu Dengyun while Li Canglong and Yaksa joined forces against Golden Wheel Dharma King, as another life-and-death battle unfolded outside the passage.

Ye Weiming emerged from the secret passage and turned the battle at its exit in the rescuers’ favor, helping Dao Mei kill Nimo Xing and the other Yuan Mongol experts. Huang Rong then confronted Chen Youliang, and the Beggar’s Sect disciples turned on him, leaving the battlefield under her command.

• You Jin, Dao Mei, and the Howling Commando Unit fought the Tianyi City Lord, the four Yuan Mongol experts, and Chen Youliang’s Beggar’s Sect forces at the passage exit.
• Ye Weiming emerged from the secret passage, ambushed Nimo Xing, and helped Dao Mei kill him.
• Ye Weiming and Dao Mei joined forces to kill the remaining three Yuan Mongol experts, turning the battle into a rout.
• Chen Youliang tried to flee, but Huang Rong arrived with the Dog Beating Staff and ordered the Beggar’s Sect to seize him.
• Chen Youliang claimed Huang Rong was an impostor, but she defeated him and the Beggar’s Sect disciples killed him with the Dog-Beating Formation.

After Chen Youliang was beaten to death and You Jin helped Ye Weiming and Dao Mei kill the permanent BOSS Jiang Tianxiong, the players returned to the secret passage to intervene in the stalled battles. Dao Mei confronted Huangfu Dengyun with a token that made him recognize Huang Shang as the force behind the danger.

• Beggar's Sect disciples beat Chen Youliang to death, and Huang Rong allowed them to act without intervening.
• You Jin wounded the Tianyi City Lord, and Ye Weiming and Dao Mei finished off Jiang Tianxiong, whose permanent death triggered three System Announcements.
• Ye Weiming and Dao Mei split up and rushed back through separate entrances to the secret passage while A Qing and Huangfu Dengyun and Li Canglong and the Golden Wheel Dharma King remained locked in battle.
• Huangfu Dengyun attacked Dao Mei to draw A Qing into exposing a weakness, but A Qing struck at his back to protect her.
• Dao Mei calmly activated a token instead of drawing her saber, prompting Huangfu Dengyun to retreat from the incoming claw shadows and exclaim, "Huang Shang!"

Ye Weiming sacrificed himself to blind and severely wound Huangfu Dengyun, allowing A Qing and Venerable Huang to attack him. After resurrecting, Ye Weiming blocked Huangfu Dengyun’s escape and prepared to fight again.

• Huangfu Dengyun abandoned the Golden Wheel Dharma King and tried to flee through the underground passage while A Qing and Venerable Huang pursued him.
• Ye Weiming used Startling Eye Calamity to injure both their eyes, then unleashed Heavenly Demon Disintegration and was killed while sending Huangfu Dengyun flying with a severe internal injury.
• Dao Mei struck the exhausted Golden Wheel Dharma King with Heavenly Tyrant God Sealing Slash and severed his left arm.
• Huangfu Dengyun endured A Qing’s sword thrust and broke through her and Venerable Huang’s encirclement.
• Ye Weiming resurrected and blocked Huangfu Dengyun’s path to the pharmacy entrance with the Peerless Divine Sword.

Ye Weiming defeated Huangfu Dengyun’s attempt to escape and, in the clash, fused four cultivation arts into the peerless art Cloud Chess Heaven. After learning that Dao Mei and One Saber Chop Chop Chop had permanently killed Golden Wheel Dharma King, Ye Weiming approached the trapped Huangfu Dengyun to finish him off.

• Ye Weiming recognized an opening in Huangfu Dengyun’s punch and stabbed his right shoulder, crippling the arm and weakening the attack.
• Ye Weiming kicked Huangfu Dengyun away, while Venerable Huang stopped A Qing from intervening so Ye Weiming could claim the kill.
• Ye Weiming’s battle insight fused Tai Shan's Secret, Yi Bo Shu, The Escaping One, and Ice Heart Immaculate into a new cultivation art, which he named Cloud Chess Heaven.
• Dao Mei and One Saber Chop Chop Chop killed Golden Wheel Dharma King, earning Ye Weiming and his party experience and cultivation rewards; Golden Wheel Dharma King would never respawn.
• Ye Weiming prepared to kill Huangfu Dengyun while Venerable Huang and A Qing kept the trapped enemy from escaping.

Ye Weiming killed Huangfu Dengyun by exploiting his fighting style and the Blood Absolute poison, then rejected the dying BOSS’s condemnation of his methods. As Venerable Huang and A Qing disappeared, Venerable Huang learned that A Zhu had infiltrated the Divine Constable Bureau seeking Ye Weiming’s help.

• Ye Weiming baited Huangfu Dengyun into attacking as the poison took hold, then stabbed through his heart and killed the level 270 BOSS.
• System announcements credited Ye Weiming with more than 90 percent of the damage and named him the first player to defeat a top-tier BOSS head-on.
• Ye Weiming dismissed Huangfu Dengyun’s last words and declared that his martial path was the Cunning Path.
• Venerable Huang and A Qing vanished after seeing that Ye Weiming remained unmoved, while he looted and collected Huangfu Dengyun’s corpse.
• Venerable Huang ordered a captured spy brought before him and learned that the disguised woman was A Zhu, who had come to seek Ye Weiming’s help.

Ye Weiming sorted through Huangfu Dengyun’s valuable drops, received more coffins from Youyou, and encoffined Huangfu Dengyun and Golden Wheel Dharma King. After discussing the loot with Dao Mei, he received urgent orders from Huang Shang to return to the Divine Constable Bureau.

• Ye Weiming examined Huangfu Dengyun’s drops, decided to sell the Baseball Fist Manuals and equipment he did not want, and kept the Sacred Hall Crystal.
• Youyou mailed Ye Weiming eighteen coffins, replenishing his depleted supplies, and he thanked her before encoffining Huangfu Dengyun in an Azure Dragon Seven Mansions Coffin.
• Ye Weiming used the coffin’s Flower Transplant effect to combine Huangfu Dengyun’s insight manuals into the Fist Dao Insights and inspected three mysterious Heavenly Book Fragments.
• Dao Mei brought Ye Weiming Golden Wheel Dharma King’s corpse and asked him to invite her to bid on Huangfu Dengyun’s unwanted drops.
• Huang Shang sent Ye Weiming urgent military intelligence ordering him to return to the Divine Constable Bureau after dealing with matters in Heartbreak Valley.

After reporting the victory at Heartbreak Valley to Venerable Huang, Ye Weiming learned from A Zhu that Xiao Feng had been imprisoned in the Liao Dynasty for refusing to lead an invasion of the Central Plains. Ye Weiming agreed to lead a rescue mission and began gathering information to plan it.

• Ye Weiming reported the deaths of Tianyi City's Lord, Golden Wheel Dharma King, Chen Youliang, and other enemies, and explained that the Beggar's Sect disciples misled by Chen Youliang had joined the defense of Xiangyang.
• A Zhu told Ye Weiming that Yelü Hongji had imprisoned Xiao Feng after he refused to attack the Central Plains, while keeping A Zhu under house arrest.
• A Zhu explained that she had escaped to the Central Plains and sought Ye Weiming's help because she doubted that Duan Yu and Xu Zhu could reliably rescue Xiao Feng.
• Ye Weiming claimed he had no personal ties to Xiao Feng but proposed leading a special operations team to rescue him for the sake of peace.
• Ye Weiming asked A Zhu about the Liao Dynasty's military strength and political factions so he could devise a rescue plan, and she agreed to tell him everything she knew.

Ye Weiming proposed a plan to use Xiao Feng’s situation to advance the Central Plains’ interests and secured imperial approval to proceed. After strengthening Invincible Iron Fist and studying the Heavenly Book Fragment Mystery, he received authority and resources to carry out the plan.

• Ye Weiming reviewed the Divine Constable Bureau’s intelligence on the Liao Dynasty and explained his plan to Venerable Huang, who agreed to report it to His Majesty.
• Ye Weiming visited Wei Xiaobao, but an imperial decree arrived summoning him to the palace before Ye Weiming could prompt him to go.
• Ye Weiming returned to Heavenly Sword Manor and upgraded Invincible Iron Fist using Fist Dao Insights and Cultivation Points.
• Ye Weiming failed to gain insight from Lovesickness and Sunshot, but studying Mystery gave him new ideas about using more open and effective schemes.
• Venerable Huang sent Ye Weiming a message stating that His Majesty supported the plan and granted him authority over Divine Constable Bureau forces, a budget of 100,000 gold, and discretion to act as circumstances warranted.

Ye Weiming perfected Crimson Fire Divine Skill, finished his plan to rescue Xiao Feng, and learned that it needed Heavenly Net Fire Path to merge with Blazing Sun Sacred Qi. Xiao Sanxiao gave him a nine-star mission to stop the Liao Dynasty’s invasion plans and hinted that merging divine weapons could help him prepare for the coming crisis.

• Ye Weiming raised Crimson Fire Divine Skill to Level 10, but found that its fusion with Blazing Sun Sacred Qi had not triggered.
• Ye Weiming completed a revised rescue plan, and Venerable Huang approved it and offered additional mission funds.
• Venerable Huang directed Ye Weiming to consult an expert from the Wind and Cloud Secret Realm about the martial art fusion.
• Ye Weiming met Xiao Sanxiao, who explained that the two powerful martial arts needed a special catalyst to merge.
• Xiao Sanxiao triggered the nine-star Khitan Threat mission and revealed that Heavenly Net Fire Path could fuse Ye Weiming’s martial arts.
• Xiao Sanxiao warned of powerful enemies beyond the Liao forces and suggested that Ye Weiming’s divine weapons might also be merged.

Ye Weiming prepared a small rescue team for a mission in the Liao Dynasty while Master Xu began forging a new sword from several broken divine weapons. The team's campaign to turn the Liao people against an alliance with the Yuan Mongols spread faster than expected and shifted into a movement supporting Yelü Jun.

• Ye Weiming summoned Master Xu and arranged for him to forge the Peerless Divine Sword, the broken Heavenly Sword, and the Hero Sword blade into a sword modeled after the Peerless Good Sword, with the Dragon Slaying Saber available as extra material.
• Ye Weiming joined A Zhu, Xu Zhu, Duan Yu, and a carefully limited group of allies, rejecting Duan Yu's proposal to recruit Xiao Feng and sending away Xu Zhu's strange creatures.
• Ye Weiming had the Eight Friends of Hangu Pass spread stories and rumors across the Liao Dynasty warning that the Yuan Mongols would become a threat, causing doubts about Yelü Hongji's alliance to grow.
• The rumors changed as they spread, claiming that Yelü Hongji's fate had run out and that Yelü Jun was destined to save the Liao Dynasty and make it great again.

Ye Weiming realized Yelü Jun’s rebellion could be a scheme to force Xiao Feng’s execution and seize control of the Liao armies, so he sent Xu Zhu and Duan Yu to rescue Xiao Feng while he prepared a disguise. At the Heavenly Prison, a red-robed eunuch arrived with a supposed order for Xiao Feng’s immediate execution, but Xiao Feng broke free and challenged the messenger’s identity.

• Xiao Tianzuo killed Yelü Hongji’s messenger and joined Yelü Jun with his army, while Xiao Tianyou also brought his forces to the crown prince.
• Xiao Tianzuo, Xiao Tianyou, and Yelü Jun raised the banner of “Clear the Monarch’s Side, Save Xiao Feng” and marched on Shangjing.
• Ye Weiming learned from A Zhu that Xiao Tianzuo and Xiao Tianyou had long opposed Xiao Feng’s political stance on the Central Plains.
• Ye Weiming suspected Yuan Mongol involvement and reasoned that Yelü Jun’s rebellion could force Xiao Feng’s death while rallying the troops loyal to him.
• Ye Weiming sent Xu Zhu and Duan Yu toward Shangjing, disguised himself with help from Yu Chi Yan Hong and Shan Xiaoxiao, and raced after them.
• A red-robed eunuch brought a supposed execution decree to Xiao Feng in the Heavenly Prison, but Xiao Feng knocked down the guards, broke his chains, and demanded to know who had sent the eunuch.

Xiao Feng fought Li Chi Mei in the Heavenly Prison and learned that Li Chi Mei had infiltrated the Liao court, poisoned key figures, and manipulated the rebellion. Ye Weiming arrived with Xu Zhu and Duan Yu, helped Xiao Feng escape, and stayed behind to face Li Chi Mei under a false name.

• Xiao Feng attacked the red-robed eunuch, Li Chi Mei, but their exchange ended in a draw.
• Li Chi Mei revealed that he had impersonated Xu the Eunuch, stirred up opposition to Yelü Hongji, and poisoned Xiao Feng, Yelü Hongji, and Yelü Jun.
• Li Chi Mei explained that he had provoked Xiao Feng to trigger the poison, while Xiao Feng realized the eunuch had planned to bring him before the emperor.
• Ye Weiming appeared in disguise as Xu Zhu and Duan Yu arrived, and he told them to take the poisoned Xiao Feng away.
• Ye Weiming fought Li Chi Mei with the Azure Dragon Divine Skill, forcing him back while Xu Zhu and Duan Yu rescued Xiao Feng.
• Ye Weiming blocked the prison entrance and told Li Chi Mei his name was Ye Weiyang.

Ye Weiming fought Li Chi Mei in the Heavenly Prison, using the Golden Wire Soft Armor and a burning attack to overcome the powerful BOSS. Li Chi Mei fled after Ye Weiming’s Heavenly Demon Disintegration wounded him, vowing to remember Ye Weiyang.

• Ye Weiming and Li Chi Mei exchanged fierce attacks, and both suffered damage as they tested each other’s defenses.
• Li Chi Mei restored his lost health with a secret technique, while Ye Weiming kept him occupied so he could not pursue Xiao Feng and the others.
• Ye Weiming switched to the Crimson Fire Divine Skill and used the Golden Wire Soft Armor to withstand Li Chi Mei’s strike to his dantian.
• Ye Weiming’s burning attacks reduced Li Chi Mei’s Vitality Limit, preventing his health recovery technique from undoing the damage.
• Li Chi Mei tried to escape through the roof, but Ye Weiming struck him with Heavenly Demon Disintegration, leaving him badly wounded and burning as he fled.
• Li Chi Mei escaped and told Ye Weiming that he would remember him as Ye Weiyang.

Ye Weiming escaped the Liao prison after defeating Li Chi Mei and returned to Xiao Feng, who was gravely ill from Drunken Tassel poison. He used golden needles, a fire cup, and One Yang Finger to purge the poison completely, leaving Xiao Feng ready to face the crisis in the Liao Dynasty.

• Ye Weiming defeated Li Chi Mei, then vanished as Liao troops surrounded the prison cell.
• Ye Weiming returned to the inn, where Xiao Feng thanked him and explained that he wanted to protect the Liao Dynasty from Li Chi Mei's plot.
• Ye Weiming examined Xiao Feng and began detoxifying him with golden needles while A Zhu helped prepare him.
• Ye Weiming used a heated glass jar to draw most of the poison from Xiao Feng's body through the Life Gate acupoint.
• Ye Weiming used One Yang Finger to expel the final trace of poison, shattering the jar and completely curing Xiao Feng.

Ye Weiming helped Xiao Feng resolve the conflict between avenging his father and repaying Ye Weiming’s kindness, changing Xiao Feng’s fate and unsealing Indra’s Oath. After equipping the ring, Ye Weiming headed toward Yelü Jun’s army to pursue Li Chi Mei.

• Ye Weiming urged Xiao Feng to rest before returning to the Liao army, then falsely claimed A Zhu was pregnant to keep Xiao Feng from contemplating suicide over their three-year duel.
• Xiao Feng explained that he understood Ye Weiming had lied to save him, canceled their agreement, and decided to settle the Liao turmoil before retiring to raise a family with A Zhu.
• The system notified Ye Weiming that he had completed the hidden quest and unsealed Indra’s Oath after changing Xiao Feng’s destiny.
• Ye Weiming returned to the Divine Constable Bureau, inspected Indra’s Oath, equipped it in place of Eternal Life with Heaven, and set out for Yelü Jun’s army to find Li Chi Mei.