Chapter Summaries

After entering the Tower of the Multiverse, Ji Shu accepted a quest in the world of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer and activated the first floor of his Talent Tower. He gained Peak Comprehension Talent and Peak Inner Strength Talent, then demonstrated his new strength by snapping a small tree with one palm.

• After saving enough for a ticket, Ji Shu entered the Tower of the Multiverse and chose a Black Hole in its southeastern corner.
• Ji Shu accepted the quest to become the Number One Expert Under Heaven and unify the Jianghu, then traveled to The Smiling, Proud Wanderer.
• On a mountain road, Ji Shu narrowly avoided being whipped by arrogant martial artists and realized he had entered a dangerous world.
• The first floor of Ji Shu's Talent Tower lit up and sent two streams of light into his sea of consciousness and dantian.
• Ji Shu gained Peak Comprehension Talent and Peak Inner Strength Talent, then snapped a small tree with a palm strike.

After reaching the limit of Baji Quan and gaining powerful Self-Generating Inner Energy, Ji Shu joined the Mount Hua Sect by passing its strength and payment requirements. Yue Lingshan took him up the mountain as her first disciple, leaving Ji Shu hopeful that the sect would keep him safe while he learned martial arts.

• Ji Shu realized his Baji Quan had reached its human limit and that his Inner Energy was Self-Generating, though the sudden improvement left him hungry.
• Ji Shu hurried to Mount Hua Sect’s recruitment and asked Yue Lingshan about becoming a disciple.
• Yue Lingshan set requirements of lifting a boulder and paying one ingot of gold, and Ji Shu fulfilled both.
• Yue Lingshan introduced herself as Sect Leader Yue’s daughter, accepted Ji Shu as her disciple, and led him up the mountain.

Ji Shu learned that wealthy players had made the Mount Hua Sect prosperous, and Yue Lingshan took him to live in her courtyard as her Chief Disciple. The chapter ended with Yue Lingshan going to fetch him a sword so she could teach him Mount Hua Swordplay.

• Yue Lingshan told Ji Shu that players had joined Mount Hua Sect for years and that five hundred players entered its Outer Sect last year.
• Ji Shu saw the sect’s many buildings and disciples as Yue Lingshan led him up the mountain.
• Yue Lingshan brought Ji Shu to her courtyard and told him he would live there as her Inner Sect disciple and Chief Disciple.
• Ji Shu asked when he could begin learning martial arts, and Yue Lingshan agreed to fetch him a sword and teach him Mount Hua Swordplay.

Ji Shu learned Mount Hua Swordplay from Yue Lingshan and rapidly surpassed her expectations as his swordsmanship and inner force advanced. The chapter ended with Yue Lingshan stunned by his talent after he demonstrated the art for the first time.

• Ji Shu considered the dangers facing independent players and resolved to grow stronger before leaving the Tower of the Multiverse.
• Yue Lingshan demonstrated Mount Hua Swordplay to Ji Shu and explained its moves.
• Ji Shu claimed he had memorized the swordplay and began demonstrating it for Yue Lingshan.
• Ji Shu quickly mastered the forms, developed sharp new inner force that consumed his Baji Quan force, and produced faint sword qi.
• After Ji Shu repeated the swordplay several times, Yue Lingshan was left speechless and asked if it was truly his first time practicing it.

Ji Shu astonished Yue Lingshan by cultivating sword qi after learning Mount Hua Swordplay once, so she promised to teach him the Nurturing My Sword Style and took him to eat. At the kitchen, Ji Shu met Lu Dayou, who was surprised Yue Lingshan had made him her disciple.

• Yue Lingshan examined Ji Shu and confirmed he had never learned Mount Hua Swordplay before cultivating sword qi.
• Yue Lingshan decided to teach Ji Shu the Nurturing My Sword Style and consider recommending him to Yue Buqun if he proved his talent.
• Ji Shu told Yue Lingshan she would always be his master, and she happily promised to teach him the martial arts she had kept hidden.
• Yue Lingshan took the hungry Ji Shu to the kitchen, then left to review the Nurturing My Sword Style manual.
• Ji Shu ate several bowls of rice and meat while Lu Dayou introduced himself and asked how Ji Shu had convinced Yue Lingshan to take him as her disciple.

Ji Shu settled into his new role as Yue Lingshan’s Inner Sect disciple and met Ning Zhongze, who questioned the decision but agreed to help him. After Ning Zhongze left, Ji Shu resolved to build his foundation before exploring Mount Hua’s rear mountain.

• Lu Dayou welcomed Ji Shu as Yue Lingshan’s disciple and offered to help him learn martial arts.
• Ji Shu ate two buckets of meat, then returned to the courtyard while reflecting on the forces controlling players and resolving to stay until he could withstand firearms.
• Ning Zhongze encountered Ji Shu and was surprised that Yue Lingshan had accepted him as an Inner Sect disciple.
• Ning Zhongze told Ji Shu to call her Martial Mother and offered to provide him with clothes and teach him martial arts.
• After Ning Zhongze left, Ji Shu considered the powerful figures and techniques in the jianghu and decided to build his foundation under Yue Lingshan before seeking a chance to visit the rear mountain.

Ji Shu studied Nurturing My Sword Style with Yue Lingshan and rapidly absorbed the martial arts fundamentals he had lacked. As he practiced, he developed powerful Yangwu Sword Qi that overwhelmed the Mount Hua Sword Qi within his dantian.

• Ji Shu decided to study martial arts fundamentals and waited for Yue Lingshan, who arrived late after studying Nurturing My Sword Style.
• Yue Lingshan brought Ji Shu the style’s secret manual, demonstrated its first form, and answered his questions in the courtyard.
• Ji Shu absorbed Yue Lingshan’s explanations over two hours, convincing her that his comprehension was extraordinary.
• Ji Shu practiced Nurturing My Sword Style and generated resilient inner energy that shattered his Mount Hua Sword Qi.
• As Ji Shu repeated the sword style, his Yangwu Sword Qi grew stronger and devoured the broken Mount Hua Sword Qi.

Ji Shu’s Righteous Sword Qi stopped growing after ten repetitions, but his strength had leapt dramatically, and Yue Lingshan celebrated finding a peerless genius. The next morning, she brought him nourishing soup and promised to teach him more martial arts and obtain a sword manual.

• After ten rounds of the Nurturing My Sword Style, Ji Shu’s Righteous Sword Qi stopped increasing, and he realized he had grown far stronger.
• Yue Lingshan praised Ji Shu as a peerless genius and offered to introduce him to her parents, but he asked to keep learning from her instead.
• Yue Lingshan promised to teach Ji Shu her martial arts and get him a swordsmanship manual from the Library Pavilion.
• Ji Shu told Yue Lingshan that Ning Zhongze had looked for her, and Yue Lingshan decided to speak with her mother the next day.
• At dawn, Yue Lingshan gave Ji Shu Great Nourishing Soup with ginseng and Deer Antler to replenish his vitality and blood.

Ji Shu received Mount Hua’s Inner Sect inner strength manual and studied it while Yue Lingshan was away. After asking Lu Dayou about its unfamiliar terms, Ji Shu comprehended the method and generated inner energy in his dantian.

• Yue Lingshan gave Ji Shu Great Nourishing Soup and the Mount Hua Inner Sect inner strength secret manual.
• Yue Lingshan left to see her parents, promising to teach Ji Shu Chong Ling Swordplay when she returned.
• Ji Shu studied the manual, then headed to the kitchen when Yue Lingshan had not returned by noon.
• Players warned Ji Shu that his Inner Sect status had attracted enemies, but he dismissed their threat.
• Lu Dayou offered to help Ji Shu and answered his questions about the inner strength method.
• Ji Shu mastered the heart method’s mysteries and generated inner energy that circulated through his meridians.

Ji Shu’s Huashan Heart Method automatically increased his internal qi as he breathed and moved, and he discovered that the Old Sophora Tree’s surroundings contained Qi Mechanism that accelerated his cultivation. He decided to sleep beneath the tree, while an unseen observer dismissed him as insignificant.

• Ji Shu’s Huashan Heart Method continued to circulate automatically, increasing his internal qi while he ate and walked.
• Lu Dayou asked Ji Shu about his progress in Mount Hua Swordplay and offered guidance, but Ji Shu showed little interest.
• Hong Chen threatened Ji Shu and proposed an alliance, but Ji Shu ignored him and walked away.
• Second Senior Brother watched Ji Shu and Hong Chen, then dismissed Ji Shu as a minor character unworthy of attention.
• Ji Shu sensed that the Old Sophora Tree drew Qi Mechanism into his dantian and decided to spend more time cultivating beneath it.
• Ji Shu resolved to sleep beneath the Old Sophora Tree, realizing that food and Great Medicine were normally needed to refine essence into qi.

Ji Shu mastered Xiyi Swordplay after Yue Lingshan secretly gave him its manual, and he absorbed its sword qi into his Righteous Sword Qi. Ning Zhongze brought him clothes and accessories, warned him to train diligently, and left Ji Shu promising to work hard.

• Ji Shu realized his rapid Refining Essence into Qi could deplete his qi and blood, and decided to spend more time beneath the Old Sophora Tree to recover.
• Yue Lingshan secretly gave Ji Shu the Xiyi Swordplay manual, and he quickly learned the technique and produced sword qi.
• Ji Shu’s Righteous Sword Qi devoured the Xiyi Sword Qi and grew purer and more powerful.
• Yue Lingshan praised Ji Shu’s talent, took back the manual, and said she would return to teach him Chong Ling Swordplay.
• Ning Zhongze brought Ji Shu clothing and accessories, warned him that he needed to train diligently, and was stunned when he said he had no questions about Mount Hua Swordplay.

Ning Zhongze discovered that Ji Shu had mastered three Mount Hua sword arts at the supreme realm of Sword Qi Self-Generation in a single day. Stunned by his talent and Yue Lingshan’s unauthorized tests, she asked him to demonstrate the other two arts and was left struggling to comprehend what she had witnessed.

• Ning Zhongze reprimanded Ji Shu for claiming he knew Mount Hua Swordplay after only one day of training.
• Yue Lingshan arrived and told Ning Zhongze that Ji Shu had mastered Mount Hua Swordplay at the realm of Sword Qi Self-Generation.
• Ji Shu demonstrated Mount Hua Swordplay, convincing Ning Zhongze that Yue Lingshan’s praise might be true.
• Yue Lingshan revealed that she had secretly tested Ji Shu with Nurturing My Sword Style and Xiyi Swordplay, and that he had mastered both as well.
• Ji Shu demonstrated the two sword arts, and Ning Zhongze confirmed that both had reached the supreme realm of Sword Qi Self-Generation.

Ning Zhongze recognized Ji Shu’s extraordinary talent and took over his martial arts training, convinced he could help Mount Hua Sect regain its prospects. Ji Shu remained at the Old Sophora Tree and began learning Jade Maiden Swordplay from her.

• Ning Zhongze asked Ji Shu whether he would share Mount Hua Sect’s martial arts with other players, and he promised not to teach anyone casually.
• Ning Zhongze praised Ji Shu’s maturity and decided to teach him personally, while instructing Yue Lingshan to learn alongside him.
• Ning Zhongze and Yue Lingshan discovered that Ji Shu had already cultivated the Huashan Heart Method after receiving guidance from Sixth Senior Brother.
• Ji Shu asked to keep living with Yue Lingshan beneath the Old Sophora Tree because he said it helped him cultivate internal energy, and Ning Zhongze agreed to discuss the arrangement with her senior brother.
• Ji Shu asked for more swordplay, so Ning Zhongze began teaching him Jade Maiden Swordplay.

Ji Shu rapidly mastered Jade Maiden Swordplay and six other sword arts, absorbing their Sword Qi into his Righteous Sword Qi. After learning Ning Zhongze’s ultimate Ning Family Sword Style, he was warned to strengthen his weak foundation and avoid leaving Mount Hua alone.

• Ji Shu practiced Jade Maiden Swordplay until his Righteous Sword Qi devoured its Sword Qi and gained its qualities.
• Ning Zhongze praised Ji Shu’s talent, while Yue Lingshan urged her mother to provide him with medicinal supplements.
• Ji Shu explained that the Old Sophora Tree replenished his vitality, so Ning Zhongze taught him six more sword arts.
• Ji Shu quickly mastered all six arts at the Sword Qi Self-Generation realm, strengthening his Righteous Sword Qi into a sword-shaped phantom.
• Ning Zhongze taught Ji Shu her ultimate Ning Family Sword Style, which he transformed into a formless, lightning-fast sword.
• Ning Zhongze warned Ji Shu that his foundation remained weak and told him not to leave Mount Hua alone before mastering its ultimate arts.

Ji Shu fused the sword arts he had studied into a new technique, the Righteous Qi Sword, while continuing to increase his inner strength. Ning Zhongze brought him Mount Hua’s sword manuals and warned him to conceal his focus on swordsmanship from Senior Brother.

• Ning Zhongze assessed Ji Shu’s swordsmanship as superior to hers in a short fight, but warned that his limited inner strength made it important to finish battles quickly.
• Yue Lingshan went to brew medicinal soup for Ji Shu, while Ning Zhongze left to gather Mount Hua’s sword manuals for him.
• Ji Shu absorbed Qi Mechanism beneath the ancient sophora tree, replenishing his body and rapidly increasing his inner strength.
• Ji Shu’s Supreme Comprehension fused the sword arts he had studied into the Righteous Qi Sword, whose varied techniques concealed their sharp, lethal changes beneath a righteous aura.
• Ning Zhongze returned with Mount Hua’s sword manuals and told Ji Shu to hide his swordsmanship from Senior Brother and display his internal cultivation instead.

Ji Shu rapidly mastered Mount Hua sword arts under Ning Zhongze’s guidance, while Yue Buqun worried about the sect’s weakness and an impending approach from Mount Song Sect. The next morning, Yue Lingshan asked Ji Shu to teach her the Jade Maiden Swordplay.

• Ji Shu mastered the Morning Sun One Qi Sword and manifested Sword Qi after only a few attempts, then practiced more than twenty sword arts and built up his inner strength.
• Ning Zhongze warned Ji Shu to protect his health and later chose not to tell Yue Buqun about his talent yet.
• Yue Buqun told Ning Zhongze that Mount Song Sect’s people might arrive in a few days to press for the Five Peaks Sword Sect merger, and lamented Mount Hua Sect’s lack of capable disciples.
• Ji Shu slept beneath the Old Sophora Tree as his heart method continued drawing Qi Mechanism into his body.
• Yue Lingshan brought Ji Shu breakfast and asked him to teach her the Jade Maiden Swordplay.

Ji Shu rapidly mastered Mount Hua’s sword arts and became a formidable Sword Dao master while his internal cultivation continued to surge beneath the Old Sophora Tree. Ning Zhongze planned to introduce him to the sect leader, but Ji Shu chose to wait until his Huashan Heart Method reached great accomplishment.

• Ji Shu taught Yue Lingshan a move from Jade Maiden Swordplay and explained that his internal cultivation had improved through sensing the Old Sophora Tree.
• Ji Shu heard Ning Zhongze approaching before Yue Lingshan did, and Ning Zhongze brought him nourishing soup and warned him against associating with the Demonic and Evil Paths.
• Ji Shu mastered all thirty-five of Mount Hua’s sword arts, and their Sword Qi strengthened his Righteous Qi Sword.
• Ning Zhongze told Ji Shu his Sword Dao had achieved success and offered to introduce him to her senior brother, the sect leader.
• Ji Shu said he wanted to meet the sect leader after his Huashan Heart Method achieved great accomplishment.

Ji Shu rushed to the hall after learning that Sword Sect disciples and Mount Song Sect elders had come to force Yue Buqun to surrender Mount Hua’s leadership. He saved Ning Zhongze from Cheng Buyou’s attack, leaving Cheng Buyou fatally wounded by a thrust through the throat.

• Ning Zhongze agreed to let Ji Shu skip paying respects to his senior brothers and promised to take him to the Five Peaks Alliance gathering once his heart method advanced.
• Ji Shu trained beneath the Old Sophora Tree while guiding Yue Lingshan in swordplay, and Yue Lingshan made rapid progress.
• Yue Lingshan told Ji Shu that Ding Mian, Lu Bai, Tang Ying'e, Feng Buping, Cong Buqi, and Cheng Buyou had come to seize Mount Hua’s leadership, and that Yue Buqun was losing the fight.
• Ji Shu seized Yue Lingshan’s hand and used his Lightness Skill to race with her to the hall.
• Ji Shu struck Cheng Buyou with the Righteous Qi Sword as Cheng Buyou and Cong Buqi attacked Ning Zhongze, piercing Cheng Buyou’s throat.

Ji Shu killed several Mount Song and Sword Sect fighters while defending Mount Hua, then revealed himself as an Inner Sect disciple and named Yue Lingshan as his master. His identity left Yue Buqun and the others stunned, while Tang Ying'e began to realize the significance of Yue Lingshan’s role.

• Ji Shu forced Ding Mian and the others back, killing Cheng Buyou and several Mount Song disciples as Cheng Buyou died regretting that he had followed Ding Mian and Lu Bai.
• Ji Shu introduced himself to Cong Buqi and explained that his Righteous Qi Sword had become a killing style, though he struggled with the shock of taking lives for the first time.
• Ding Mian questioned Ji Shu’s origins, and Ji Shu said he was a Mount Hua Inner Sect disciple defending his sect.
• Feng Buping praised Ji Shu’s swordsmanship and asked who had taught him; Ji Shu named Yue Lingshan as his master.
• Yue Lingshan hid behind Ning Zhongze, while Yue Buqun and Lu Dayou struggled to believe that she had taught Ji Shu.
• Tang Ying'e studied Yue Buqun and Yue Lingshan, then realized something that stunned him.

Ji Shu defeated the Mount Song Sect attackers on Mount Hua and forced them to retreat. Feng Buping accepted his defeat but challenged Ji Shu to a final exchange, offering to pass on his lifelong knowledge if he lost.

• Ji Shu severed Ding Mian's wrist and fought off the Mount Song Sect experts, growing stronger as he adapted to their attacks.
• Lu Bai conceded defeat, and the Mount Song Sect disciples fled after Ji Shu stopped fighting in response to Tang Ying'e's threat against the Mount Hua disciples.
• Feng Buping asked whether Yue Lingshan was Ji Shu's master, and Ning Zhongze confirmed that Ji Shu's talent had saved Mount Hua.
• Feng Buping promised to stay away from Mount Hua but asked to test his Fierce Wind Swift Sword against Ji Shu, offering to pass on everything he knew if he lost.
• Ji Shu agreed to spar with Feng Buping, who launched the first attack and built his momentum with rapid sword movements.