Chapter Summaries

Ji Shu crippled Zhang Wuji with a single palm strike, and the Imperial Guards destroyed the Wudang Sect while Ji Shu returned to Mount Hua. Yue Lingshan welcomed him and demonstrated her swordplay, while Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze discussed her feelings for Ji Shu and Linghu Chong’s death.

• Ji Shu struck Zhang Wuji down, dispersing his cultivation, then left Captain Zhang to lead the Imperial Guards against Wudang.
• The Imperial Guards killed Daoist Master Chongxu and other Wudang leaders, while Zhang Wuji died meditating before Zhang Sanfeng’s portrait.
• Ji Shu returned to Mount Hua, where Yue Lingshan greeted him and performed the Jade Maiden Swordplay he had taught her.
• Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze worried over the gap between Ji Shu and Yue Lingshan, then agreed to stop dwelling on Linghu Chong’s death.

Ji Shu continued training Yue Lingshan and Qu Feiyan on Mount Hua, helping them become First-rate experts, and agreed to teach Lin Pingzhi. The chapter ended with Governors Gu Dayong and Qiu Ju arriving with a vast trove of gifts and sect records for Ji Shu, who ordered them moved into Mount Hua’s storerooms and Library Pavilion.

• Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze accepted that Yue Lingshan and Ji Shu’s relationship was for the younger generation to decide, while Ning continued grieving for Linghu Chong.
• Ji Shu trained Qu Feiyan and Yue Lingshan in martial arts and gave each a wisp of spiritual power, helping both rise to the ranks of First-rate experts.
• Lin Pingzhi saw their rapid progress and asked Ji Shu to teach him; Ji Shu agreed to guide him.
• Half a month later, Governors Gu Dayong and Qiu Ju arrived on Mount Hua with more than a hundred carriages of treasures and records from major sects.
• Gu Dayong told Ji Shu they had brought the requested manuals and records, and Ji Shu ordered everything moved into Mount Hua’s storerooms and Library Pavilion.

Ji Shu completed the Main Quest and claimed a World-Crossing Talisman, gaining permanent control of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer world. He placed two gateways atop Mount Hua, chose one as the Gate to the Upper Realm, and sealed the world against other Players without his permission.

• Ji Shu received the Main Quest completion panel and claimed its reward, a World-Crossing Talisman.
• Ji Shu chose Mount Hua's summit as the gateway location while Hong Gao worried that the higher-ups would target Ji Shu and considered seeking refuge with him.
• Two enormous, radiant gates descended onto Mount Hua's summit without damaging it, astonishing Yue Buqun, Ning Zhongze, Lin Pingzhi, and the others.
• Ji Shu designated one gate as the Gate to the Upper Realm, while the other became a gateway to the first floor of the Tower of the Multiverse in the Blue Star world.
• Ji Shu chose to seal The Smiling, Proud Wanderer world so other Players could not enter without his permission.

Ji Shu claimed control of the door to the Tower of the Multiverse and investigated the Gate to the Upper Realm, learning that crossing it could be dangerous. He returned to Mount Hua to strengthen the sect and prepare for the future, as the gate drew the attention of the martial world and the emperor.

• Ji Shu took control of the door, preventing the Players from leaving without his permission, and discovered that he had received no mission reward beyond a World-Crossing Talisman and the door.
• Ji Shu tested the Gate to the Upper Realm and questioned Hong Gao, who explained that crossing without completing a mission offered no protection and could lead to deadly destinations.
• Hong Gao swore loyalty to Ji Shu, who decided to avoid returning to Blue Star until he could withstand nuclear weapons.
• Ji Shu returned to Mount Hua with Qu Feiyan and planned to study martial arts, seek Spirit Plants, and have Gu Dayong and others retrieve hidden treasures for the sect.
• People from across the martial world flocked to Mount Hua, and Zhu Houzhao arrived with a group and was received by Yue Buqun.

Zhu Houzhao opened the Gate to the Upper Realm to martial artists while searching for a safe way through, and Ji Shu refined his martial arts before traveling to Mount Heng and Mount Hengshan to drain Spirit Plants. He left Mount Hengshan with Qu Feiyan and Yue Lingshan, while Yi Lin returned unharmed to the relief of her father, Monk Bujie.

• Zhu Houzhao sent an Imperial Guard through the Gate to the Upper Realm, and the guard vanished amid a scream.
• Zhu Houzhao opened Mount Hua to martial artists after receiving Ji Shu's approval, and Yue Buqun concluded that surviving the Gate depended on luck.
• Ji Shu integrated the collected martial arts into the Tai Chi True Scripture and created a stronger Righteous Qi Sword Art.
• Ji Shu met Mr. Mo Da at the foot of Mount Heng, then drained the Primal Qi from a Spirit Plant on the mountain.
• Ji Shu drained another Spirit Plant on Mount Hengshan and rode away with Qu Feiyan and Yue Lingshan as Yi Lin watched.
• Yi Lin returned to the Mount Hengshan Sect and told Monk Bujie what had happened, and he was relieved that she was unharmed.

Ji Shu helped Yue Lingshan and Qu Feiyan use Kunlun pan taos to reach martial arts Grandmaster level, then prepared to leave for the Upper Realm. As he said farewell at Mount Hua, he realized Qu Feiyan wanted to follow him.

• Monk Bujie warned Yi Lin not to seek revenge for Linghu Chong and marveled at Ji Shu's strength.
• Ji Shu found the Kunlun Peach Tree and helped Yue Lingshan and Qu Feiyan refine its peaches, advancing them to Xiantian.
• Ji Shu collected peach pits and left the Peach Tree intact, hoping to cultivate it in the Upper Realm.
• After months of traveling with Ji Shu, Yue Lingshan and Qu Feiyan both reached Grandmaster level.
• Ji Shu prepared to leave Mount Hua for the Upper Realm, and Qu Feiyan hinted that she wanted to go with him.

Ji Shu ascended through the Gate to the Upper Realm with Zhu Houzhao clinging to his arm, leaving Qu Feiyan, Yue Lingshan, and the Mount Hua Sect behind. Hong Li and the other Players attacked after Ji Shu departed, but Qu Feiyan, Yue Lingshan, and the imperial troops repelled them at great cost, while Hong Li escaped into the Gate.

• Qu Feiyan and Yue Lingshan prepared a farewell meal for Ji Shu, and Zhu Houzhao thanked him for arranging soldiers to protect Mount Hua.
• Ji Shu left for the Gate to the Upper Realm with two divine swords, a Zhanlu Sword, and two bundles prepared by Qu Feiyan and Yue Lingshan.
• Zhu Houzhao rushed after Ji Shu and grabbed his arm, ascending through the Gate with him.
• Hong Li, Hong Yu, Chen Liao, and the other Players attacked the Mount Hua Sect after Ji Shu departed.
• Qu Feiyan and Yue Lingshan fought alongside tens of thousands of soldiers, killing the other Players and forcing Hong Li, Hong Yu, and Chen Liao to flee into the Gate; Hong Gao and many defenders died.
• Yue Buqun and the surviving imperial guards resolved to tighten Player surveillance and strengthen Mount Hua's defenses.

Ji Shu entered the Zhu Xian world and gained Supreme Physique and Supreme Spiritual Roots talents, which rapidly strengthened his body and cultivation. After sensing movement in the forest at night, he cautiously went to investigate.

• Gu Dayong and the others treated Yue Lingshan and Qu Feiyan with deference, hoping their closeness to Ji Shu would bring them future benefits.
• Ji Shu found that the tunnel’s pressure prevented him from reaching its depths, so he entered a nearby Black Hole and accepted a Main Quest in the Zhu Xian world.
• The second floor of Ji Shu’s Talent Tower opened and granted him Supreme Physique and Supreme Spiritual Roots talents.
• Ji Shu discovered that walking strengthened his body and that his Spiritual Roots drew in abundant Qi Mechanism, causing his cultivation to rise rapidly.
• Ji Shu heard rustling in the forest at night, stopped cultivating, and cautiously moved toward the sound.

Ji Shu encountered Yin Zhiping attempting to assault a woman near Kongsang Mountain and discovered that Yin had joined the Blood Refining Hall after ascending to the Zhu Xian World. The chapter ended with Ji Shu killing Yin without learning his cultivation techniques or much about Yin’s former world.

• Ji Shu saw Yin Zhiping undressing beside an incapacitated woman and tried to leave, but Yin attacked him with a sleeve sword.
• Ji Shu disarmed Yin, learned his identity, and questioned him about where they were and how long he had been in the Zhu Xian World.
• Yin told Ji Shu that he had ascended into the Blood Refining Hall and joined the Demonic Cult, then attempted a sneak attack with a venomous snake hidden in his sleeve.
• Ji Shu demanded to know the Blood Refining Hall’s cultivation methods, but Yin called for reinforcements and urged Ji Shu to join the cult.
• Ji Shu killed Yin before he could reveal the cultivation methods or more about the Condor Heroes World.

After killing Yin Zhiping, Ji Shu fled with an unconscious woman and reached Kongsang Mountain, where he realized he had stumbled into the Blood Refining Hall’s territory. A swarm of giant bats arrived after he drew the woman’s mysterious sword, and Ji Shu escaped with her into the mountain’s darkness.

• Ji Shu found no secret manual on Yin Zhiping, discovered the wounded woman had fainted, and carried her away before the Demonic Cult followers could arrive.
• Ji Shu ran for over a hundred li with the woman, strengthening his physique and refining qi as he traveled.
• Ji Shu hid behind a boulder on a barren mountain and removed the woman’s heavy sky-blue sword as her body grew dangerously cold.
• Ji Shu briefly drew the sword, releasing blue light and Sword Qi that attracted a swarm of huge bats.
• Ji Shu recognized the mountain as Kongsang Mountain, headquarters of the Blood Refining Hall, and fled with the woman while concealing his aura.

Ji Shu cultivated the Tai Chi True Scripture in Kongsang Mountain, rapidly raising his cultivation and physique while treating the injured woman with Yang Extreme Force. The woman woke and said she was fine, but her cultivation had not recovered, so Ji Shu caught her when she nearly fell.

• Ji Shu drew Qi Mechanism and rare Spiritual Essence from Kongsang Mountain, strengthening his cultivation and physique as the Tai Chi True Scripture advanced to grand perfection.
• Ji Shu considered entering Dead Spirit Abyss for the Heavenly Scripture but decided against risking an encounter with the Black Water Mysterious Snake.
• Ji Shu used Yang Extreme Force to dispel the woman's Cold Poison and sensed an ethereal Tai Chi Diagram within her dantian.
• Ji Shu suspected the woman might be Lu Xueqi of the Qingyun Sect and continued treating her wounds.
• The woman awoke, asked Ji Shu to let go, and nearly fell when he released her, so he caught her again.

Ji Shu killed A Zi after she attacked him and Lu Xueqi, then escaped into Kongsang Mountain with the wounded Lu Xueqi. Boss Nian arrived at the Blood Refining Hall headquarters and vowed to respond to A Zi’s death as his subordinates warned that the righteous sects might be preparing an assault.

• A Zi interrupted Ji Shu and Lu Xueqi, mocked them, and demanded the Tianya Sword while Lu Xueqi weakened and asked Ji Shu to kill her.
• Ji Shu used the Tianya Sword and his Tai Chi True Scripture to defeat A Zi, then beheaded her and took a Blood Refining Hall Qi Cultivation Method booklet from her belongings.
• Ji Shu carried Lu Xueqi away into Kongsang Mountain before the Blood Refining Hall members arrived.
• Boss Nian cradled A Zi’s head and grieved, while Lin Feng and Ye Erniang warned him that Faxiang and Lu Xueqi’s investigation could signal a coming attack by the righteous path.

Ji Shu carried the weakened Lu Xueqi away from Kongsang Mountain while asking about Players and other visitors to the Zhu Xian World. Lu Xueqi described their arrivals over the past eight years, and Ji Shu asked when visitors from Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils had ascended.

• Boss Nian vowed to avenge A Zi and sent Ye Erniang and Lin Feng after the bandit who killed her.
• Ji Shu carried Lu Xueqi at increasing speed and told her that he was a Player.
• Lu Xueqi said Players had begun arriving eight years earlier, first in small numbers and more recently in groups.
• Lu Xueqi told Ji Shu that visitors from worlds including Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Fist of Legend, Hero, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon had also arrived.
• Ji Shu asked Lu Xueqi when people from Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils had ascended to the Zhu Xian World.

Ji Shu learned more about Players from Lu Xueqi and helped her recover while they traveled toward Qingyun Mountain. Their journey ended in a confrontation with Quan Guanqing and Zhaixingzi, and Ji Shu launched a counterattack.

• Lu Xueqi explained that Players had conquered the world of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils five or six years earlier, and Ji Shu identified himself as an Independent Player.
• Ji Shu carried Lu Xueqi through the night as she grew increasingly self-conscious around him.
• Lu Xueqi explained that A Zi, Ye Erniang, Wild Dog Daoist, Lin Feng, Kang Min, and others had ambushed and poisoned her near Kongsang Mountain.
• Ji Shu and Lu Xueqi reached Lifan City, where she ate, changed clothes, and told him that Qingyun Sect disciples still needed to eat.
• Ji Shu bought two horses, but Quan Guanqing and Zhaixingzi blocked their route and threatened to capture Lu Xueqi.
• Quan Guanqing attacked Ji Shu with a steel fork, and Ji Shu evaded it before drawing his sword and slashing at him.

Ji Shu killed Quan Guanqing and Zhaixingzi, then discovered and quickly comprehended the Blood Sucking Great Method. Lu Xueqi invited him to join the Qingyun Sect, and the two set off together with Ji Shu carrying her.

• Ji Shu killed Quan Guanqing with Sword Qi and a thrown sword, then killed the fleeing Zhaixingzi with a Dart.
• Ji Shu found the Blood Sucking Great Method in Zhaixingzi's bundle and began to comprehend it, forming blood-colored force Qi.
• Lu Xueqi tried to stop Ji Shu from cultivating the demonic method, but his protective force Qi knocked her to the ground.
• Lu Xueqi warned Ji Shu that the Blood Sucking Great Method could cause Qi Deviation and offered to introduce him to the Qingyun Sect.
• Lu Xueqi asked Ji Shu to carry her so they could reach the Qingyun Sect faster, and he agreed.

Ji Shu carried the wounded Lu Xueqi toward the Qingyun Sect while collecting secret manuals and adapting an Object Control Method to improve his movement. As Lu Xueqi resolved to recruit him into the righteous sect, Wild Dog Daoist and Boss Nian pursued the pair, determined to capture the killer of their companions.

• Ji Shu took Quan Guanqing's Zhanlu Sword and secret manual, then carried Lu Xueqi away as she promised to help him enter the Qingyun Sect.
• Ji Shu studied A Zi's and Quan Guanqing's manuals, grasped the Blood Refining Hall's Object Control Method, and used its principles to improve his Lightness Skill without cultivating its blood arts.
• Ye Erniang, Boss Nian, Lin Feng, and Wild Dog Daoist found Quan Guanqing and Zhaixingzi's bodies and identified the same strange Sword Qi on the victims killed by Ji Shu.
• Boss Nian ordered Wild Dog Daoist and the others to pursue Ji Shu and capture him, and Wild Dog Daoist flew ahead on his Tusk Treasure.
• Ji Shu continued gliding over mountains with Lu Xueqi on his back, while she grew more determined to bring him into the Qingyun Sect.

Ji Shu brought Lu Xueqi back to Qingyun Mountain and climbed toward the Qingyun Sect with her. After introducing him to patrolling disciples Chang Jian and Qi Hao, Lu Xueqi promised to help him join the sect, while Ji Shu discovered the mountain was rich in Spiritual Essence.

• Ji Shu carried Lu Xueqi to Qingyun Mountain, then held her hand and used Cloud-Ascending Leap to climb its steep slopes.
• Chang Jian and the patrol disciples challenged them, but Lu Xueqi identified herself and introduced Ji Shu as her lifesaver.
• Qi Hao arrived, saw Lu Xueqi holding Ji Shu's hand, and questioned who he was before flying away after Lu Xueqi called him her friend.
• Lu Xueqi warned Ji Shu not to take the sect's reactions to heart and promised she would get him admitted; Ji Shu said he trusted her.
• Lu Xueqi led Ji Shu toward Little Bamboo Peak, where he sensed that Qingyun Mountain held abundant Spiritual Essence.

Ji Shu arrived at Little Bamboo Peak with Lu Xueqi, where Master Shuiyue learned he had saved her and discovered his extraordinary cultivation and talent. She promised to secure his admission to Qingyun Sect and left to speak with the Sect Leader, while Lu Xueqi chatted with her fellow disciples.

• Ji Shu brought Lu Xueqi to Little Bamboo Peak, where Master Shuiyue and several disciples confronted them after seeing them holding hands.
• Lu Xueqi explained that Ji Shu had saved her three times, prompting Master Shuiyue and the other disciples to thank him.
• Master Shuiyue initially warned that Ji Shu's existing cultivation would make it difficult for Qingyun Sect to accept him.
• Lu Xueqi told Master Shuiyue that Ji Shu wanted to join Qingyun Sect and pleaded for her help.
• Master Shuiyue examined Ji Shu, recognized his rare talent and powerful cultivation, and promised to secure his admission.
• Master Shuiyue flew to consult the Sect Leader while Wen Min, Xiao Shi, and the other disciples spoke with Lu Xueqi about Ji Shu.

Ji Shu learned that True Master Daoxuan had barred all Players from joining the Qingyun Sect, despite Master Shuiyue and Lu Xueqi’s efforts to persuade him. As Ji Shu left Little Bamboo Peak, Lu Xueqi gave him her secret manual and the Tianya Sword, but he returned the sword and departed with a promise that they might meet again.

• Master Shuiyue told Ji Shu that True Master Daoxuan had refused his admission because Players had twice betrayed the Qingyun Sect.
• Lu Xueqi pleaded with Master Shuiyue to reconsider, and Master Shuiyue asked Ji Shu to stay overnight while she sought support from other branch heads.
• Ji Shu reassured Lu Xueqi that she had done her best, and they spent the evening together on Little Bamboo Peak.
• After Master Shuiyue returned, Wen Min informed Ji Shu that he would be leaving, and Lu Xueqi walked with him through the trees.
• Lu Xueqi gave Ji Shu her secret manual and the Tianya Sword, promising to come whenever he needed her.
• Ji Shu returned the Tianya Sword to Lu Xueqi and told her to cultivate well, saying they might meet again.

Ji Shu mastered the Sword Control Technique and fused its Ethereal Sword Qi with his Righteous Qi Sword, gaining the ability to control swords and unleash sword arts from afar. He then secretly cultivated the Blood Refining Great Method and Blood Sucking Great Method in a secluded valley, bringing both to perfection.

• Ji Shu studied Lu Xueqi’s annotated Sword Control Technique manual and quickly formed nine strands of Ethereal Sword Qi.
• Ji Shu perfected the Sword Control Technique, remotely directing the Zhanlu Sword and severing a distant rotten tree.
• Ji Shu fused the Ethereal Sword Qi with his Righteous Qi Sword, increasing its power and granting it sword-controlling abilities.
• Ji Shu went to a hidden valley to cultivate the Blood Refining Great Method and Blood Sucking Great Method without being discovered by the Qingyun Sect.
• After several days, Ji Shu perfected both Demonic Path methods, and their blood-colored force condensed into a slowly rotating black hole in his dantian.