Chapter Summaries

Qin Yang hunted down the Feng Household watchers in Dragon Spirit City, learned Feng Gu had separated from Feng Qichang, and disguised himself as a Tianyin Sect evil cultivator to ambush Feng Gu. He killed Feng Gu despite the protection of a life-preserving talisman, leaving the city unaware of his true identity.

• Qin Yang sensed the Feng Household's watchers in Dragon Spirit City and decided to strike first.
• Qin Yang tracked down and killed the watchers, learning from the last one's memories that Feng Gu had separated from Feng Qichang.
• Qin Yang used his disguise technique to take on the appearance and aura of a Tianyin Sect evil cultivator before going after Feng Gu.
• Qin Yang killed Feng Gu's maidservant in an alley and attacked Feng Gu with the Heavenly Yin Blood Sucking Technique.
• Feng Gu's spirit talisman briefly preserved his life, but Qin Yang's technique drained his vital blood until he died.

Qin Yang killed Feng Gu and let Tianyin Sect take the blame, while Dragon Spirit City launched a purge of its suspected evil cultivators. As Chang Lingshuang’s group prepared to leave for Dragon Mountain Sword Pond with Ye Xiong, Qin Yang’s presence drew Ye Xiong’s hostility.

• Qin Yang secretly drained Feng Gu’s blood and vital essence, killed him, and left without being noticed.
• Chang Lingshuang learned that a Feng Family descendant had died in Dragon Spirit City and suspected Tianyin Sect’s evil cultivators were responsible.
• Feng Qichang and Dragon Spirit Gate experts arrived as rumors spread that Tianyin Sect cultivators had been exposed and a purge had begun.
• Qin Yang recalled Feng Qichang’s scheme to provoke Feng Yan against him and felt relieved that Feng Gu’s death had disrupted it.
• Ye Xiong arrived to escort Chang Lingshuang’s group to Dragon Mountain Sword Pond and questioned Qin Yang with evident hostility.

Ye Xiong led Chang Lingshuang, Qin Yang, and the others toward Dragon Mountain Sword Pond after warning them of the dangers there. A Death Spirit Sect ambush trapped the group in a killing formation, where Mo Ziye threatened to turn them into death spirits.

• Chang Lingshuang told Ye Xiong she had personally invited Qin Yang to travel with them, and Ye Xiong reluctantly accepted him.
• Ye Xiong warned the group that Dragon Mountain Sword Pond was full of dangerous demons and evil cultivators, and Chang Lingshuang learned that reinforcements were on their way.
• The group left Dragon Spirit City and entered the mountain range containing Dragon Mountain Sword Pond.
• A killing formation sprang up around the group as they passed through a valley, trapping them amid countless vengeful spirits.
• Mo Ziye revealed himself as the Death Spirit Sect's leader, and Ye Xiong drew his sword to protect the others as the formation's death domain intensified.

Qin Yang destroyed the Death Spirit Sect’s Great Undead Spirit Formation and revealed overwhelming power when Ye Xiong’s group was trapped inside. The surviving Lingjian Sect disciples were left stunned by Qin Yang’s strength.

• A vengeful spirit tore through Junior Sister Wang, and Chang Lingshuang used a sword talisman to kill it, but Junior Sister Wang died from her injuries.
• Ye Xiong led the group in a desperate attempt to escape while Mo Ziye and four Death Spirit Sect disciples strengthened the Great Undead Spirit Formation.
• Qin Yang unleashed crimson Sword Qi that destroyed the formation and its undead spirits with a single strike.
• Qin Yang killed Mo Ziye and the other Death Spirit Sect disciples, leaving Ye Xiong, Chang Lingshuang, and the junior sisters shocked by his power.

Qin Yang saved Chang Lingshuang, Ye Xiong, and the others by destroying the Great Undead Spirit Formation with a single streak of Sword Qi, then led them into the abandoned Dragon Mountain Sword Pond. They discovered the sword-path remnants of the legendary True Lord Fenghua, whose Daoist arena promised rare opportunities.

• Qin Yang killed every undead spirit in the Great Undead Spirit Formation with one streak of crimson Sword Qi, earning Chang Lingshuang's gratitude and Ye Xiong's respect.
• Ye Xiong apologized for his earlier rudeness and guided Qin Yang and the others deeper into the mountains toward the former Daoist arena.
• Qin Yang learned that the arena contained ancient sword spirit stones and acquired sword-path spiritual roots, though its current state was uncertain.
• The group entered Dragon Mountain Sword Pond and sensed powerful sword intent lingering in its vegetation and shattered stones.
• Ye Xiong revealed that the arena had belonged to True Lord Fenghua, the Ninth Famous Sword, who was said to have cut across tens of thousands of miles with a single strike.

Qin Yang learned that True Lord Fenghua’s ruined dao arena might have fallen because of revenge from the Soul Sect, then joined Ye Xiong and Chang Lingshuang as they rescued Lin Heng from Death Spirit Sect cultivators. Lin Heng revealed that the enemy had stolen True Lord Fenghua’s sword treasures and left two Lingjian Sect elders in grave danger, leaving the group facing a difficult choice.

• Qin Yang heard Ye Xiong and Chang Lingshuang discuss True Lord Fenghua’s past and the rumor that the Soul Sect had caused his dao arena to fall into ruin.
• The group approached True Lord Fenghua’s cave abode and heard cultivators fighting ahead.
• Ye Xiong and Chang Lingshuang led the group to rescue Lin Heng and other Lingjian Sect disciples from Death Spirit Sect pursuers.
• Lin Heng explained that Second Elder had been gravely wounded and Fifth Elder had stayed behind to hold off the main force.
• Lin Heng said the Death Spirit Sect had stolen an ancient sword spirit stone and True Lord Fenghua’s sword-path notes after ambushing the disciples.

Qin Yang agreed to help Ye Xiong and Chang Lingshuang rescue the two Lingjian Sect elders in exchange for all the opportunities and fortunes at Dragon Mountain Sword Pond. Lin Heng doubted Qin Yang’s strength and challenged him, and Qin Yang agreed to let him try.

• Chang Lingshuang worried that the group could not safely rescue the two elders from the Death Spirit Sect’s evil cultivators.
• Qin Yang offered to lead them to the elders and claimed all the opportunities and fortunes as his reward.
• Ye Xiong and Chang Lingshuang welcomed Qin Yang’s help, but Lin Heng questioned his identity and doubted the reports of his power.
• Ye Xiong and Chang Lingshuang tried to dissuade Lin Heng from challenging Qin Yang, but Lin Heng insisted on proving Qin Yang was bluffing.
• Qin Yang agreed to let Lin Heng attack, while Chang Lingshuang asked him to show mercy.
• Lin Heng stepped forward and released Sword Qi at Qin Yang, who remained unmoved.

Lin Heng challenged Qin Yang, but Qin Yang effortlessly defeated his sword art and demonstrated overwhelming power. After Lin Heng admitted defeat and led the group onward, they found the core cave-dwelling area devastated, and Qin Yang sensed a battle deeper within.

• Lin Heng unleashed the Lingxian Sword Art, but Qin Yang caught and refined its Sword Qi before summoning Lin Heng's spirit sword into his own hand.
• Qin Yang flicked the spirit sword and sliced off a mountain peak, leaving Lin Heng, Ye Xiong, and Chang Lingshuang stunned by the difference in their strength.
• Lin Heng admitted he was convinced, apologized to Qin Yang, and agreed to lead the way.
• Lin Heng led Qin Yang, Ye Xiong, and Chang Lingshuang to the core cave-dwelling area, where they found destroyed vegetation and dark blood on the ground.
• Qin Yang sensed a battle nearby and pointed toward the depths of the cave-dwelling area.

Wang Xu was trapped and being refined by the Death Spirit Sect when an unseen expert arrived and destroyed the attackers’ formation with two crimson sword strikes. Liu Nong and Wu Ming realized someone had come to save him, but the expert’s identity and location remained unknown.

• Wang Xu endured grave injuries as Liu Nong and Wu Ming ordered the Great Undead Spirit Formation to refine him.
• Liu Nong attacked Wang Xu with a giant ghost released from a small flag as Wang Xu prepared to fight to the death.
• A crimson sword strike cleaved the flag apart and dispersed the giant ghost.
• A second crimson sword strike shattered the formation and killed more than a dozen Death Spirit Sect disciples.
• Wu Ming and Liu Nong recovered from the expert’s pressure, and Liu Nong pointed upward.

Qin Yang arrived to save Wang Xu and killed two Death Spirit Sect cultivators despite their powerful magical treasures. Wang Xu was stunned by Qin Yang’s strength and youth, and Qin Yang left him with a question about his identity.

• Wu Ming and Liu Nong attacked Qin Yang with the Soul Shattering Pestle, then tried to flee.
• Qin Yang used his Innate Sword Embryo to shatter the Soul Shattering Pestle and strike at the pair with crimson Sword Qi.
• Liu Nong raised the Death Spirit Shield, but Qin Yang destroyed it with another attack and beheaded Liu Nong and Wu Ming.
• Wang Xu marveled at Qin Yang’s swordsmanship and discovered that the powerful cultivator was only sixteen or seventeen years old.
• Wang Xu thanked Qin Yang and asked where he came from, but Qin Yang instead asked whether he was Wang Xu of the Lingjian Sect.

Qin Yang searched True Lord Fenghua’s cave abode, overcame the deadly Sword Pool, and obtained the supreme-grade Innate Sword Embryo he had come for. He found no Sword Dao manual, but Wang Xu revealed he possessed half of one and offered it in exchange for Qin Yang saving Lingjian Sect’s Second Elder.

• Wang Xu reunited with Ye Xiong, Lin Heng, Chang Lingshuang, and the other disciples, then learned how Qin Yang had saved him.
• Qin Yang collected the ancient sword spirit stones embedded in the cave wall.
• Qin Yang tested the Sword Pool with an evil cultivator’s corpse, discovered its deadly power, and destroyed its Sword Dao array patterns.
• Qin Yang retrieved the supreme-grade Innate Sword Embryo from the center of the Sword Pool.
• After searching the cave and the corpses without finding a Sword Dao manual, Qin Yang heard Wang Xu offer him half of True Lord Fenghua’s manual in return for saving the Lingjian Sect’s Second Elder.

Qin Yang accepted Wang Xu’s half-volume sword manual in exchange for rescuing Wei Qingyou, then learned her location and set off to face Huo Jing and the Death Spirit Sect. Wang Xu and the Lingjian Sect disciples prepared to follow and aid Wei Qingyou.

• Wang Xu offered Qin Yang his half-volume sword manual and explained that he could locate Wei Qingyou by resonating with her Sound Transmission Jade Slip.
• Qin Yang accepted the manual and gained profound sword insights while Wang Xu used the jade slip to find Wei Qingyou’s location.
• Wang Xu warned Qin Yang that Huo Jing wielded the deadly Soul Transforming Blood Bottle and other soul-targeting weapons and sinister methods.
• Qin Yang flew toward Wei Qingyou’s location on crimson Sword Qi, while Wang Xu had Chang Lingshuang and the others protect him as he healed and prepared to follow.

Qin Yang followed a signal through the mountain range and found Wei Qingyou under attack by a powerful group of evil cultivators. The Sword Sect Sacred Relic compelled him to intervene, and the chapter ended with Qin Yang arriving beside Wei Qingyou after killing three attackers.

• Qin Yang found Death Spirit Sect corpses along the route and inferred that another evil cultivation force had fought them.
• Qin Yang discovered Wei Qingyou protecting a glowing jade stone while five black-robed evil cultivators besieged her, and Huo Jing lay severely wounded nearby.
• The Sword Sect Sacred Relic stirred urgently, and Qin Yang sensed that refusing to act would bring him its backlash.
• Qin Yang struck the attackers with his crimson Sword Qi, killing the three Foundation Establishment cultivators in one exchange.
• The two Core Formation evil cultivators counterattacked with a palm strike and Yin Thunder, but Qin Yang appeared beside Wei Qingyou as the battlefield’s mountains collapsed.

Qin Yang arrived at True Lord Fenghua’s dao arena and joined Wei Qingyou against two Soul Sect remnants seeking an ancient jade to revive their Ancestor. As the fight turned against them, the remnants released another half of the Ancestor’s remnant soul, which rushed toward the jade.

• Qin Yang struck the two Soul Sect cultivators and told Wei Qingyou that Wang Xu had sent him to rescue her.
• Wei Qingyou explained that the remnants sought the ancient jade to revive their Ancestor, whose soul True Lord Fenghua had sealed inside it.
• Guo Tu summoned countless resentful souls with a black umbrella, but Qin Yang released Black Fiend, which devoured them.
• Wei Qingyou attacked while Qin Yang and Black Fiend pressured Guo Tu and his companion, forcing Guo Tu to open a black treasure bottle.
• The Soul Sect remnants released another half of their Ancestor’s remnant soul, and Wei Qingyou warned that it was rushing toward the ancient jade.

Qin Yang stopped the Soul Sect Ancestor from possessing Wei Qingyou, but Guo Tu willingly offered his body instead and the Ancestor began reviving through him. As the possessed Guo Tu’s power surged, the Sword Sect’s sacred object on Qin Yang grew hot and released a powerful sword aura.

• The Soul Sect Ancestor’s remnant soul emerged from the black treasure bottle and converged with the soul sealed in Wei Qingyou’s azure jade.
• Qin Yang used Cloud Sea Returning Sect and the Innate Fiendish Soul to wound Guo Tu and stop the remnant soul from merging into Wei Qingyou.
• When the fused soul began entering Wei Qingyou’s body, Qin Yang cut off her arm and forced it to flee.
• Guo Tu sent the Soul Sect Ancestor’s soul into his own body, while another Soul Sect cultivator sacrificed himself to block Qin Yang’s strike.
• The Soul Sect Ancestor completed the initial stage of possessing Guo Tu and unleashed a terrifying surge of Yin power.
• The Sword Sect’s sacred object on Qin Yang grew hot and released dazzling sword light as Guo Tu’s aura rose.

Qin Yang and Wei Qingyou joined forces to stop the Soul Sect Ancestor from completing his resurrection in Guo Tu’s body. After Wei Qingyou sacrificed her flying sword, the wounded Ancestor fled, leaving them with the threat that he might recover once he fully fused with the body.

• Qin Yang proposed that he and Wei Qingyou work together against the Soul Sect Ancestor, who was resurrecting through Guo Tu’s body.
• Qin Yang and Wei Qingyou attacked, but the Ancestor used the Soul Devouring Curse and consumed another Soul Sect cultivator to strengthen himself.
• Qin Yang urged Wei Qingyou to keep the Ancestor occupied while he prepared a way to defeat him.
• Wei Qingyou detonated her high-grade spiritual-level flying sword, badly damaging Guo Tu’s body but failing to kill the Ancestor.
• The wounded Soul Sect Ancestor fled, while Wei Qingyou feared the disaster he could cause after fully fusing with the body.

Qin Yang used the Sword Sect's sacred artifact and True Lord Fenghua's lingering sword intent to destroy the Soul Sect Ancestor's Primordial Spirit and stop his resurrection. Wei Qingyou erased her memories of Qin Yang's artifact, and the group learned that the Soul Sect remnants had been eliminated.

• Wei Qingyou saw Qin Yang activate the Sword Sect's sacred artifact, summoning the power of an immortal spirit.
• The shattered azure jade resonated with True Lord Fenghua's sword intent, whose Sword Qi struck and badly wounded the Soul Sect Ancestor.
• The sacred artifact's divine light pierced the Soul Sect Ancestor's brow and annihilated his Primordial Spirit.
• Qin Yang warned Wei Qingyou to keep the artifact secret, and she cut the relevant memories from her mind.
• Wang Xu and the others arrived, and Wei Qingyou told them Qin Yang had killed the Soul Sect Ancestor and thwarted the Soul Sect remnants' plot.

Qin Yang declined the Lingjian Sect’s invitation and left with Guo Tu’s corpse to offer as a sacrifice to the Sword Sect’s sacred treasure. Near Dragon Spirit City, the Creation Holy Sect’s disciples arrived seeking Qin Yang after their Ancestor divined that Wei Qingyou would face a tribulation.

• Wang Xu and Chang Lingshuang thanked Qin Yang and invited him to visit Lingjian Sect, but Qin Yang declined and departed with Guo Tu’s corpse.
• Wei Qingyou, Wang Xu, and the others returned toward Dragon Spirit City after completing their journey to Dragon Mountain Sword Pond.
• Wei Qingyou received a message instructing the group to wait, and Lingjian Sect’s Grand Elder Xiao Bienian arrived with three Core Formation disciples of the Creation Holy Sect.
• The leading Creation Holy Sect disciple said their Ancestor had foreseen Wei Qingyou’s coming tribulation and asked where Qin Yang had gone.
• Wei Qingyou confirmed that Qin Yang had rescued her and asked why the Creation Holy Sect was searching for him.

Wei Qingyou and the others were questioned by Creation Holy Sect disciples seeking Qin Yang’s sacred object, while Chang Lingshuang secretly resolved to warn him. Outside Purple Demon City, Qin Yang sacrificed Guo Tu’s corpse and received the Purple Firmament Heart Sutra, a sword-path cultivation method.

• A young Creation Holy Sect disciple told Wei Qingyou and Wang Xu that their ancestor had divined Qin Yang possessed a sacred object and ordered them to seize it, threatening to kill him if he refused.
• Wei Qingyou truthfully said that Qin Yang had parted from them and that she did not know where he had gone.
• Chang Lingshuang concealed that Qin Yang was headed toward Purple Demon City and decided to find a way to warn him.
• Qin Yang reached a cave dwelling a hundred li outside Purple Demon City and began cultivating after sealing it.
• Qin Yang sacrificed Guo Tu’s corpse to the sword sect’s sacred object and received the Purple Firmament Heart Sutra, a Mid-grade Profound Tier sword-path cultivation method describing Sword Qi, Sword Intent, and Sword Domain.

Qin Yang perfected his innate Fire Spirit Root and used the Purple Firmament Heart Sutra and his swordsmanship treasures to greatly advance his cultivation and sword arts. After gaining insight into True Lord Fenghua’s Sword Domain, he began absorbing his remaining resources to strengthen his cultivation further.

• Qin Yang absorbed the top-grade acquired Sword Spirit Root, repairing the flaws in his spirit root and perfecting his innate Fire Spirit Root.
• Qin Yang mastered the Purple Firmament Heart Sutra and used it to improve the Cloud Sea Returning Sect Sword Scripture and Calm Cloud Swordplay.
• Qin Yang absorbed all twenty-five ancient sword spirit stones, bringing both sword techniques to complete perfection and advancing the Purple Firmament Heart Sutra to great perfection.
• Qin Yang studied half of True Lord Fenghua’s swordsmanship manuscript and resonated with his memories of cultivating Sword Intent and initially grasping the Sword Domain.
• Qin Yang unleashed Sword Qi that shook everything within a hundred-mile radius and cleaved the sea of clouds, then began absorbing spirit stones and Immortal Embryos to increase his cultivation.