Chapter Summaries

Ling Wuyuan ordered five sets of the finest Source Gathering Realm-grade Runic Attire from Flower Rain Weaving Cloud Textile and paid with a Supreme Crystal Coin. Shan Huixian accepted the order, while privately wondering whether his wealth came from the mysterious inheritance attributed to him.

• Shan Huixian asked Ling Wuyuan what he wanted from Flower Rain Weaving Cloud Textile, and he required high quality and pleasing designs.
• Shan Huixian explained that Source Gathering Realm-grade Runic Attire cost at least three High-Grade Crystal Coins and could take up to half a month to make.
• Ling Wuyuan produced a Supreme Crystal Coin and ordered five sets of the best garments, offering to pay more if necessary.
• Shan Huixian accepted the coin and directed the tailoring masters to measure Ling Wuyuan and help him choose styles.
• After Ling Wuyuan left with the tailors, Shan Huixian examined the coin and wondered about his inheritance, then dismissed her thoughts of pursuing it.

Ling Wuyuan underwent an unusually thorough fitting at the Flower Rain Weaving Cloud Textile, where the master tailors were fascinated by his abnormal bodily structure. After choosing garments and materials, he reunited with Shan Huixian, who found his reluctant approval puzzling.

• The master tailors insisted Ling Wuyuan remove his clothes for measurements, and he agreed after they promised the finest materials, techniques, and speed.
• The tailors were shocked by Ling Wuyuan's unusually perfect anatomy and bone structure, which they could not explain and attributed to a special constitution.
• Ling Wuyuan realized his unusual body could draw attention, but the world's many special constitutions offered him a plausible cover.
• The tailors led Ling Wuyuan to choose sample garments and materials while trying to recruit him for further study.
• Shan Huixian asked whether Ling Wuyuan was satisfied, and he answered that it was “all right, I guess,” leaving her confused.

Ling Wuyuan explored Dragon Peak City's prosperous streets, noting the city's wealth and high population of cultivators, then spotted a family offering a public birthday banquet. He decided to join the feast and left the household staff puzzled by paying a high-grade crystal coin to freeload a meal.

• Ling Wuyuan rode toward Dragon Peak City's prosperous district to find medicine, lodging, and a large bookstore.
• He observed that Dragon Peak City was wealthier, more developed, and more densely populated with cultivators than the places he had visited before.
• Ling Wuyuan saw a family celebrating an ancestor's thousandth birthday with a public banquet, performances, and gifts for beggars.
• Moved by the familiar sight of beggars receiving food and coins, Ling Wuyuan redirected his horse toward the residence.
• Ling Wuyuan offered a high-grade crystal coin to join the feast, and a steward welcomed him and arranged a good seat.
• Nearby meal-seekers were baffled by Ling Wuyuan's lavish payment.

Ling Wuyuan attended the Jiang family banquet because he wanted a meal, but the high-grade crystal coin he donated earned him a seat at the VIP table. A renowned young man confronted him, and Ling Wuyuan explained that the donation had been prompted by nostalgia.

• The steward reported to the Jiang family Patriarch that Ling Wuyuan had said he came to mooch a meal, and the Patriarch went to look at him.
• The Patriarch found Ling Wuyuan vaguely familiar but could not place him.
• A confident young man approached Ling Wuyuan and asked why he was attending the Jiang family banquet.
• Ling Wuyuan said he did not know the Jiang family and had come to mooch a meal.
• Ling Wuyuan explained that he reached the VIP table after donating one high-grade crystal coin, and said the venue had made him nostalgic.

Ling Wuyuan attended a banquet in Dragon Peak City to fulfill an old wish of sitting down to eat, while Guan Xiangfei mistook his arrival for a challenge. The chapter ended with Guan Xiangfei devastated after learning Ling Wuyuan had never heard of him and was merely passing through.

• Ling Wuyuan recalled once attending a banquet as a beggar who could only take a chicken leg, and explained that he came to this banquet to fulfill his old wish of eating at a table.
• Jiang Xing arrived and welcomed Ling Wuyuan to the Jiang family's banquet, while Guan Xiangfei introduced them.
• Guan Xiangfei was shocked when Ling Wuyuan said he had never heard of him and had not come to challenge him.
• Ling Wuyuan explained that Dragon Peak City was on his route and he had only stopped for the banquet, leaving Guan Xiangfei dejected after he had spent days preparing for a contest.
• Jiang Xing explained that Guan Xiangfei was a highly ranked young hero who had believed Ling Wuyuan was coming to challenge him.

Ling Wuyuan, Guan Xiangfei, and Jiang Xing shared a meal at the Jiang family banquet, where Guan Xiangfei tried to explain his desire to fight Ling Wuyuan. Ling Wuyuan remained focused on eating, while Jiang Xing’s teasing punctured Guan Xiangfei’s sense of provincial honor.

• Ling Wuyuan began eating chicken drumsticks while Guan Xiangfei and Jiang Xing joined him and started chatting.
• Jiang Xing explained that he cultivated only enough to protect himself, and Guan Xiangfei criticized his laid-back attitude.
• Guan Xiangfei asked Ling Wuyuan to fight him properly, despite being disappointed that Ling Wuyuan had not come to challenge him.
• Jiang Xing teased Guan Xiangfei for imagining that he carried Cloud Ridge Province’s honor, and Guan Xiangfei protested as Ling Wuyuan’s indifference left him deflated.

Ling Wuyuan accepted Guan Xiangfei’s challenge for a match in seven days and asked him and Jiang Xing for recommendations on shops in Dragon Peak City. While shopping for medicinal ingredients, Ling Wuyuan was recognized by Young Master Xing, leaving their encounter poised to begin.

• Ling Wuyuan agreed to fight Guan Xiangfei at the Central Training Ground in Dragon Peak City at eight in the morning, seven days later.
• After Ling Wuyuan left, Jiang Xing warned Guan Xiangfei that Ling Wuyuan seemed dangerous, but Guan Xiangfei vowed to face him and declared, “I'll win!!”
• Ling Wuyuan visited a shop to buy a large batch of medicinal ingredients, and an attendant went to fetch Steward Li.
• Steward Li agreed to attend to Ling Wuyuan after finishing her business with Young Master Xing, who spotted him and called out his name.

Cheng Shude challenged Ling Wuyuan to a duel after recognizing him as the sixth-ranked hero of Snow Deer Prefecture. Ling Wuyuan accepted, then clarified that he meant to beat Cheng Shude wherever they stood and seized him by the neck.

• Cheng Shude dismissed the medicine shop clerk’s praise of Ling Wuyuan until he saw Ling and recognized him.
• Cheng Shude declared that Ling could not look down on Cloud Ridge Province and challenged him to a one-on-one fight.
• Ling Wuyuan accepted the challenge, while Steward Li tried to calm the two men.
• Cheng Shude began arranging a proper place to fight because combat was forbidden in Dragon Peak City.
• Ling Wuyuan explained that he had meant Cheng should prepare to be beaten, then rushed forward and lifted him by the neck.

Ling Wuyuan defeated Cheng Shude in seconds after Cheng insulted him, then asked Steward Li to discuss business. Steward Li arranged to have Cheng treated first, leaving Ling Wuyuan waiting at the herbal shop.

• Cheng Shude assumed he could fight Ling Wuyuan for a while because of their rankings and Zhang Yue’s earlier battle.
• Ling Wuyuan grabbed Cheng Shude by the throat, broke through his defenses, and knocked him unconscious with two punches.
• Steward Li and the onlookers stared in shock as Ling Wuyuan tossed Cheng Shude aside.
• Ling Wuyuan asked Steward Li whether they could talk business now that his problem was settled.
• Steward Li said she had to send Young Master Cheng Shude for treatment first, and Ling Wuyuan calmly told her to hurry.

After Ling Wuyuan easily knocked Cheng Shude unconscious in the herbal medicine shop, Kong Jialin treated him and refused the Cheng Family servants’ demand to punish Ling. Kong Jialin chose to proceed with business with Ling and met him, noticing his unusual vitality and physique.

• Kong Jialin examined Cheng Shude and determined that Ling Wuyuan had severely injured him without endangering his life.
• Kong Jialin reassured Cheng Shude’s servants that their young master would recover, but said he would not get involved in their dispute with Ling Wuyuan.
• Kong Jialin ordered the Cheng Family servants to take Cheng Shude away and told Steward Li that the shop would still do business with Ling Wuyuan.
• Kong Jialin met Ling Wuyuan, sensed his extraordinary vitality and unusual innate bones, and praised his bearing.

Ling Wuyuan ordered tens of thousands of medicinal ingredients for his many cultivation techniques, including supplies for his future Source Gathering Realm training. He paid a fifty-top-grade-crystal-coin deposit without hesitation, leaving Kong Jialin to suspect that Ling Wuyuan’s background was far deeper than the News Report suggested.

• Kong Jialin examined Ling Wuyuan’s unusual list and proposed substitutes for the few ingredients his shop lacked.
• Ling Wuyuan asked for the full price without substitutes, and Kong Jialin calculated a total of ninety-four top-grade crystal coins with a three-day procurement time.
• Ling Wuyuan paid fifty top-grade crystal coins upfront and told Kong Jialin to prepare the goods as quickly as possible.
• Kong Jialin agreed immediately, regretted promising such speed, and realized Ling Wuyuan was likely far wealthier and more influential than he had assumed.

After Ling Wuyuan badly beat Cheng Shude, Xiang Zhidong devised a plan to undermine Ling before his suspected duel with Guan Xiangfei seven days later. The Cheng Family agreed to spread rumors and provoke a succession of challenges, while Cheng Shude’s grandfather privately distrusted Xiang’s motives.

• Cheng Xingduan and Cheng Shude’s grandfather decided against confronting Ling Wuyuan directly because the risk to the Cheng Family was too great.
• Xiang Zhidong told Cheng Xingduan that Guan Xiangfei had applied to use the Central Arena in seven days and proposed exhausting Ling before their suspected duel.
• Xiang Zhidong suggested portraying Cheng Shude as a champion of Cloud Ridge Province and spreading claims that Ling had insulted its younger generation.
• Cheng Xingduan approved the plan and agreed to have people stir up local young talents to challenge Ling Wuyuan over the next seven days.
• Xiang Zhidong secretly hoped to challenge Ling after Guan Xiangfei weakened or defeated him, while Cheng Shude’s grandfather suspected Xiang was scheming but judged the plan useful.

Ling Wuyuan spent his time reading at Youwen Book Tower, where the Tower Spirit enforced strict rules and prevented his local challengers from disturbing him. The frustrated crowd could only glare at him for now, but that protection was set to change today.

• Ling Wuyuan paid for a reading card that let him access the books on the twentieth floor and below of Youwen Book Tower.
• Ling Wuyuan rapidly read through thick books, trying to absorb as much knowledge as possible despite the Tower Spirit and the tower’s protections preventing him from using Abyssal Divine Speed.
• Local young talents resented Ling Wuyuan for defeating their peers, including Cheng Shude, and for his upcoming duel with Guan Xiangfei.
• The Tower Spirit expelled anyone who disturbed readers or damaged books, leaving Ling Wuyuan’s challengers able only to glare at him.
• The chapter ended with the crowd’s inability to provoke Ling Wuyuan set to change that day.

After spending three days reading at Youwen Book Tower, Ling Wuyuan left to collect his medicines but was confronted by Yu Jinliang, who demanded an immediate duel. Ling Wuyuan began a calm countdown, leaving Yu Jinliang braced for an attack.

• Ling Wuyuan ordered four spatial rings from Treasure Pavilion to carry the large quantity of medicines he had to collect.
• After three days of reading without eating or sleeping, Ling Wuyuan left Youwen Book Tower as his watchers followed.
• Several challengers called out to Ling Wuyuan, who told them to meet him at the Central Training Ground on the day Guan Xiangfei challenged him.
• Yu Jinliang blocked Ling Wuyuan's horse and demanded a duel, declaring he would defeat Ling Wuyuan and take his place against Guan Xiangfei.
• Ling Wuyuan dismounted and began counting down, while Yu Jinliang put his hand on his sword and prepared for what would happen next.

Ling Wuyuan effortlessly knocked Yu Jinliang unconscious with a single blow and rode away, leaving onlookers stunned by the vast gap in their strength. The News Report’s Article Compiler realized Ling Wuyuan might already rival the Source Gathering Realm and privately concluded that he was terrifying.

• Yu Jinliang prepared for Ling Wuyuan’s frontal attack but failed to react when Ling struck him.
• Ling Wuyuan rode past the motionless, unconscious Yu Jinliang and said, “Obviously, compared to me, you really aren't much.”
• The onlookers saw Yu Jinliang standing upright with his face badly injured and realized he had passed out.
• The Article Compiler and nearby intelligence personnel were shocked that they could barely see Ling Wuyuan’s strike.
• The Article Compiler judged that Ling Wuyuan’s strength could rival the Source Gathering Realm and thought, “This child must not be allowed to live.”

Ling Wuyuan bought a set of five linked spatial rings at the Mysterious Treasure Pavilion, then collected the medicinal herbs he had ordered from a herb shop.

• A saleswoman introduced Ling Wuyuan to several spatial rings, including a five-ring set crafted by Ding Duanzhi.
• The saleswoman explained that the set had linked storage, a safeguard for transferring items between rings, and adjustable sizing, and quoted a price of one hundred and twenty additional top-grade crystal coins.
• Ling Wuyuan immediately paid the price and bought the five rings.
• The saleswoman tried to attract Ling Wuyuan's interest, then decided his age meant he did not understand her advances.
• Ling Wuyuan obtained his new equipment and collected his ordered herbs from a medicinal herb shop.

Jiang Xing told Guan Xiangfei that Ling Wuyuan had defeated Yu Jinliang with one punch, leaving Guan Xiangfei eager to fight him. On the eighth morning, Ling Wuyuan woke to find crowds gathered outside his inn and decided to walk rather than ride.

• Jiang Xing told Guan Xiangfei that Yu Jinliang had challenged Ling Wuyuan, who knocked him unconscious with a single punch without damaging the surroundings.
• Guan Xiangfei was shocked by Ling Wuyuan's strength, then grew excited at the prospect of fighting him and insisted he could still win.
• Jiang Xing suggested Guan Xiangfei could accept defeat if it came, but Guan Xiangfei rejected the idea before their fight had even happened.
• On the morning of the eighth day, Ling Wuyuan woke, used true qi to bring his clothes to him, and looked out at the crowds gathered outside the inn.
• Ling Wuyuan decided to walk instead of ride because of the crowd and congestion.

Ling Wuyuan arrived at the martial arena to face Guan Xiangfei, who insisted that Ling was the challenger. As the duel was about to begin, Yu Jinliang predicted Ling would win, leaving Cheng Shude shaken by how readily Yu accepted his defeat.

• Ling Wuyuan pushed through the crowd and reached the arena before eight in the morning.
• Guan Xiangfei drew his sword and declared that Ling Wuyuan was the challenger because Guan ranked higher on the White Mist Country Hero Ranking.
• Cheng Shude asked Xiang Zhidong whether Guan Xiangfei would win, and Yu Jinliang joined them.
• Yu Jinliang said Ling Wuyuan would win because he was too strong, despite Yu’s resolve to reach that level himself one day.
• Cheng Shude was rattled by Yu Jinliang’s acceptance of defeat and wondered whether he was a coward.

Ling Wuyuan and Guan Xiangfei fought fiercely, with Guan Xiangfei revealing mature Sword Intent that turned his lightning and flames into deadly blades. The chapter ended with Ling Wuyuan reacting to Guan Xiangfei’s claim that he was the stronger swordsman.

• Ling Wuyuan launched an extremely fast opening strike, but Guan Xiangfei blocked it and withstood his relentless sword attacks.
• Ling Wuyuan recognized that Guan Xiangfei’s strength came from a temporary state and remarked that the battle would be more interesting if he could sustain it naturally.
• Guan Xiangfei’s lightning and flames transformed, gaining a sharpness that revealed his mature Sword Intent and gave spectators hope that he could defeat Ling Wuyuan.
• Guan Xiangfei praised Ling Wuyuan’s overwhelming strength but said Ling treated his sword as a mere tool, then declared himself the superior swordsman and challenged Ling to face his Sword Intent.
• Ling Wuyuan fell silent briefly, then laughed and repeated, “Swordsman?”

Ling Wuyuan revealed that he had never believed in the sword and fought Guan Xiangfei using a low-grade sword technique alongside his overwhelming strength. The clash ended with Ling Wuyuan standing in the scorched Central Training Ground and Guan Xiangfei burned and defeated.

• Ling Wuyuan told Guan Xiangfei that he used swords because they were convenient and looked cool, not because he was a swordsman.
• Guan Xiangfei unleashed his Sword Intent attacks and warned Ling Wuyuan to prepare for his next strike.
• Ling Wuyuan used Gale Swift Sword to amplify a flaming tornado and absorb Guan Xiangfei's incoming attacks.
• Ling Wuyuan recognized that Sword Intent strengthened attacks and suppressed foreign energy, making wounds difficult to heal.
• Guan Xiangfei charged through the tornado, and the two swords clashed in an explosion of wind, lightning, and fire.
• Ling Wuyuan remained standing after the blast while Guan Xiangfei fell charred to the ground.