Chapter Summaries

Xie Yuan learned that the Newborn Manjusaka had vanished after reaching Xie Qian, so he set out to investigate and seek the remaining medicine for Xie Yi. On the road west, he fought Ji Xuan, destroyed Ji Xuan’s tracking artifact, and continued toward Yunshan Mountain and the Western Regions.

• Cui Pingjun told Xie Yuan that Yuan Yong had brought back a Newborn Manjusaka, but it disappeared after he handed it to Xie Qian, who accused Yuan Yong and detained him.
• Xie Yuan decided to investigate the western border himself, then secretly left the Xie Family Clan Land under the cover of an announced seclusion.
• Ji Xuan intercepted Xie Yuan on the road and revealed that he had tracked him with an artifact after deducing that Xie Yuan needed medicine from the Western Regions.
• Xie Yuan and Ji Xuan fought fiercely, with Ji Xuan using his Grandmaster strength and Logging Axe against Xie Yuan’s spear and Indestructible Golden Bell Cover.
• Xie Yuan destroyed Ji Xuan’s tracking artifact with a concealed spear strike, escaped Ji Xuan’s final attack, and left him behind in the snow.
• After confirming Ji Xuan could no longer catch him, Xie Yuan resumed his journey west.

Xie Yuan fought off the Stove Sect members who had stormed the prince’s residence, then decoded a message from Situ Qin pointing to Immortal Abyss. As Xie Yuan and Yun Xing escaped the arriving Dharma King, he ordered Heaven Beyond Heaven sealed and launched a search for Xie Yuan.

• Xie Yuan questioned Gongsun Ming and Xin Meier about Situ Qin, then drove Xin Meier away and struck Gongsun Ming with Splitting Mount Hua, killing most of the church members in the residence.
• Xie Yuan searched the residence with Yun Xing for Situ Qin, and they found a music score whose coded directions led him to a geographical record entry for Immortal Abyss.
• Yun Xing explained Immortal Abyss’s history as a former forbidden land where a mysterious immortal-like figure had vanished, and urged Xie Yuan to hurry there before more experts arrived.
• A powerful Spiritual Sense attacked Xie Yuan, but he resisted it; when the Wide Sleeves Old Man arrived, Xie Yuan took Yun Xing and vanished using the Heaven Concealing Art.
• The Wide Sleeves Old Man found Ji Ling dead, recognized the scale of the church’s losses, and ordered Heaven Beyond Heaven’s entrances sealed while its members searched for Xie Yuan.

Xie Yuan met Situ Wan in Heaven Beyond Heaven, survived her threats, and learned that the person behind the North Capital Mountain Mu Family’s destruction was not in the Stove Sect. After he left, the Right Dharma King used his Pure Yang Body and a rival’s pursuit to spur the Joyous Union Elder into sending people after him.

• Xie Yuan accepted two rare medicinal ingredients from Yun Xing, then learned that Situ Wan might know who destroyed the North Capital Mountain Mu Family.
• Situ Wan threatened Xie Yuan, then spared him and treated his father’s death as settled; she also warned him not to return and urged him to spend more time with Situ Qin.
• Situ Wan fed Xie Yuan a feast of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that advanced his Golden Bell Cover, but later demanded he kill Mu Chaoyun; Xie Yuan refused and was thrown out.
• After Xie Yuan asked again about the Mu Family, Situ Wan told him the culprit was not in the Stove Sect, and he returned to Yun Xing before departing Heaven Beyond Heaven.
• The Right Dharma King told the Joyous Union Elder that Xie Yuan had a Pure Yang Body and that Ji Xuan was pursuing him, prompting her to send the Eight Mystic Maidens to bring him back.

Xie Yuan fused the Ten Thousand Weapons Candlelight Shadow with the True Shadow Candlestick and used the Black Heaven Book to strengthen his Spiritual Sense and secret arts. He caught Wu Daoji and gained the upper hand, but an unknown voice interrupted the killing blow.

• Xie Yuan joined the Ten Thousand Weapons Candlelight Shadow and the True Shadow Candlestick, then comprehended the combined Black Heaven Book.
• Xie Yuan tempered his Spiritual Sense with the Black Heaven Book, bringing it near the Heaven and Earth Twin Bridges Realm and raising the Heaven Concealing Art and Heaven Illusion Art to Mastery.
• Xie Yuan used the candlestick to locate Wu Daoji, and Mu Chaoyun helped seal the area with a black-and-white barrier.
• Xie Yuan exposed Wu Daoji's attempt to hide a fragment of his True Spirit and trapped him in an illusion before attacking with the Heaven Burning World Destroying Spear.
• Xie Yuan overwhelmed Wu Daoji with his Spiritual Sense and Red Lotus Karma Fire, but his spear stopped short of Wu Daoji's brow when an unknown voice spoke from beyond the barrier.

Xie Yuan received an imperial invitation to the Hidden Dragon Banquet after the court cleared his wanted status, while the Xie elders agreed to enter the capital amid signs of an approaching political struggle. He mastered the first form of the Heaven Burning World Destroying Spear, traveled to the Holy Capital with Xie Yi and Xie Lingyun, and encountered a beautiful woman who recognized him.

• Xie Yi told the Xie elders that Xie Yuan had been invited to the Hidden Dragon Banquet and that his wanted status had been revoked; after reading a letter from the Wang Family about the Emperor's plans, the elders decided to enter the capital.
• Xie Yuan received his invitation and learned from an attendant that his false charges had been cleared, while Xie Lingyun encouraged him to attend without overthinking it.
• Xie Yuan trained under Xie Fu's supervision and reached initiation in the first form, Peace in the Mortal Realm, improving his Blood Qi in the process.
• Xie Yuan departed for the capital with Xie Yi and Xie Lingyun, and the group arrived at the Holy Capital on the first day of the winter month.
• Xie Lingyun dragged Xie Yuan around the capital's markets, where a beautiful woman took a sugar figurine modeled after him and called out his name.

Xie Yuan returned to his world after five years away, saved Yun Zhao from a Western Regions raid, and learned that the people he had known were caught in a worsening war. After driving the Western Barbarians beyond Wild Goose Gate Pass, he headed for Chen Commandery to seek cultivation in the Martial Treasury.

• Xie Yuan left through Heaven's Gate Cave, while the Old Taoist Priest sent the Young Taoist Priest plunging off a cliff and then faded away.
• Xie Yuan reached the Mu Family ruins and Small Stone Village before finding Yun Zhao under attack by Western Regions Raiders; he killed the raiders with lightning and slew their grandmaster with a withered branch.
• Xie Yuan reunited with Liu Heshang, Qin Hai, Li Lan, Wang Lei, and Huwa, and learned that five years had passed and Yu Ping had died saving Yun Province Prefecture.
• Xie Yuan learned that the Western Barbarians had overrun much of Wild Goose Province and vowed to ease the barbarian peril before departing to act.
• News later reported that Xie Yuan had destroyed the Western Barbarian Allied Army's main camp and killed its commander, forcing the army to retreat beyond Wild Goose Gate Pass.
• Xie Yuan decided that studying the Martial Treasury in Chen Commandery would best strengthen his cultivation and flew there.

After a night of dual cultivation with Situ Qin, Xie Yuan’s strength surged, and the pair joined Yun Xing to defeat the Joyous Union Elder, who escaped badly wounded. They learned of new gains from Immortal Essence and set out for the prince’s residence to protect Situ Qin’s father’s coffin.

• Xie Yuan and Situ Qin spent the night in dual cultivation, clearing Situ Qin’s lingering poison and greatly improving both their cultivation.
• Xie Yuan, Situ Qin, and Yun Xing attacked the Joyous Union Elder with the Mountains and Rivers Cauldron, the Dragon Soul spear, Situ Qin’s Immortal Score, and their other techniques.
• Xie Yuan struck the Joyous Union Elder with Splitting Mount Hua, but she survived and fled, gravely weakened.
• Xie Yuan discovered that the Pre-Qin Alchemist’s Notes had become the Supreme Purity Moral Scripture and realized he might need to gather the Black Heaven Book to pursue the Heavenly Dao.
• Yun Xing revealed that she and the Joyous Union Elder had heard Xie Yuan and Situ Qin throughout the night, embarrassing them.
• Xie Yuan, Situ Qin, and Yun Xing left Immortal Abyss for the main city of Heaven Beyond Heaven to return to the prince’s residence and protect Situ Qin’s father’s coffin.

Xie Yuan used illusions, concealment, and his divine weapons to break the Xie Hunt Assembly, killing Ming Wang and scattering the enemy forces. After the remaining opponents fled or fell, he turned his attention toward the ghost race, where a Taoist priest appeared on an earthen mound.

• Xie Yuan concealed himself with the Heaven Illusion Art and Heaven Concealing Art, then ambushed Ming Wang with Splitting Mount Hua and wounded him badly.
• Xie Yuan lured the other Grandmasters with illusions, trapped Ming Wang in an illusion realm, and killed him with the Black Heaven Divine Sword after suppressing him with the Mountains and Rivers Cauldron.
• Xie Yuan fought Xue Zongtao, Martial Transmission Elder, and Joyous Union Elder with his spear, axe, flying sword, and cauldron, then wounded Joyous Union Elder and drove her and her followers from the battlefield.
• Xie Yuan struck the Demon Beasts and Royal Family Grandmasters with Splitting Mount Hua, killing several and breaking the encirclement; Martial Transmission Elder withdrew, and Xue Zongtao fled.
• Xie Yuan looked toward the ghost race and fixed his Spiritual Sense on Wu Daoji, while a Taoist priest appeared atop a small earthen mound.

Xie Yuan, Huijue, and Zhang Junyi fought Yao Yilong, whose attempt to kill Xie Yuan was thwarted by their teamwork and Xie Yuan's hidden sword intent. After recovering and investigating the Qian Family, Xie Yuan learned that their battle had made him famous just as the Jinling Hidden Dragon Gathering began.

• Yao Yilong changed his plan from capturing Xie Yuan to killing him, but Xie Yuan repeatedly ambushed him while Huijue and Zhang Junyi kept him occupied.
• Yao Yilong wrecked homes while searching for Xie Yuan, who emerged to stop him and deflected the Grandmaster's sword strike with a sudden insight into its flaws.
• Zhang Junyi used a Divine Firmament Thunder Talisman and Huijue trapped Yao Yilong, but Yao Yilong broke free and charged Xie Yuan before fleeing when Xie Yuan revealed Li Xingtuo's sword intent.
• Xie Yuan escaped with Huijue and Zhang Junyi, and the three celebrated having driven off a Grandmaster while resolving to investigate Mister Qian's identity.
• Qin Zhenyang brought Xie Yuan medicinal soup, heard his account of the Yao Residence and agreed to investigate Mister Qian and the Qian Family.
• Rumors of Yao Yilong's defeat spread through Jinling, making Xie Yuan famous, and the Yao Family's Jinling Hidden Dragon Gathering began.

Xie Yuan fought through Lu Lao San’s bandits, rescued the Sword Sect disciples, and escaped the collapsing basin with them. As the group rode away, Lu Lao San and his forces closed in, leaving them facing a new pursuit.

• Xie Yuan killed the bandit leaders who recognized him, then drew the bandits away from Huang Zifeng and the others.
• Xie Yuan used his axe technique to kill several Qi and Blood Transformation Realm bandits and kept the survivors chasing him so the Sword Sect disciples could break out.
• An earthquake collapsed the basin and buried many bandits; Lu Xiao San pursued Xie Yuan while Xie Yuan slipped away and rejoined the disciples disguised as Zhang Shan.
• Xie Yuan and the four disciples formed a five-person sword formation, fought through the remaining bandits, and escaped on horseback.
• Lu Xiao San’s forces pursued the group, and Lu Lao San appeared ahead of them with his massive saber.

At the Hidden Dragon Banquet, Xie Yuan criticized noble families and the Imperial Court as burdens on ordinary people, then entered the Palm-Sized World for the martial contest. As the Emperor secretly prepared to kill him for his talent and ties to the Xie Family, he met with Cui Cheng and Xie Yi, and an unknown hooded figure emerged from a darkened room.

• He Jin and several other prodigies argued that noble families monopolized land and resources, while Wang Qiwen and Cui Lei defended their role.
• Xie Yuan told the Emperor that noble families and the Imperial Court both weighed upon the people, then said their powers were intertwined.
• The Emperor changed the subject to martial arts, ended the literary debate, and announced a contest inside the Palm-Sized World with participants' realms suppressed and personal equipment forbidden.
• Xie Yuan hid his Hundred Transformations Mystic Weapon as a hairpin, passed inspection, and entered the Palm-Sized World with the other contestants.
• After the contestants entered, the Emperor revealed that he considered Xie Yuan too talented and dangerous to leave alive, then departed to meet Cui Cheng and Xie Yi.
• The Emperor discussed his past struggle with the noble families with Cui Cheng and Xie Yi, then introduced an unknown hooded figure who emerged from a dark room.

Xie Yuan defeated Yu Ping and spared him, entrusting him with a Buddhist cultivation chant and a duty to protect the innocent. After witnessing signs of a great calamity and the Tower to Heaven’s appearance, Xie Yuan headed west, but Yun Xing diverted him to help Miss Qin, leaving Mu Chaoyun watching him depart.

• Xie Yuan revealed that Yu Ping and the others had been trapped in an illusion, killed Sun Yidao and Chen Hongmei, and spared Yu Ping on condition that he deliver their belongings to the young man.
• Yu Ping asked to study the Black Heaven Book, but Xie Yuan refused and instead shared part of the Indestructible Golden Bell Cover chant, entrusting Yu Ping to continue helping the innocent.
• A blood rain vision showed Lu Xuefeng dying in battle against a giant beast, and a colossal Tower to Heaven appeared beyond the North Capital Mountain Range.
• Xie Yuan told Yu Ping that the Great Grandmasters were likely inside the Tower to Heaven and that it might be tied to the great calamity, then departed westward.
• Xie Yuan passed through Cloudshine, Coiling Dragon, and Small Stone Village, confirming that his old acquaintances were safe before heading toward the Mu Family’s former site.
• Yun Xing found Xie Yuan and rushed him to Heaven Beyond Heaven because Miss Qin was in serious trouble, while Mu Chaoyun emerged from the woods and watched them leave.

After Xie Yuan earned Liu Heshang’s respect, Liu decided to guide him without forcing him to become a personal disciple. The next morning, Liu corrected Xie Yuan’s martial arts, and Xie Yuan headed to try the Advanced Medicinal Bath.

• Liu Heshang told Huo Da that Xie Yuan’s talent was too great to keep in Coiling Dragon Town, and that he would preserve their bond by making him a Core Disciple rather than a personal disciple.
• Liu Heshang scolded Huo Da for not reporting Xie Yuan’s talent sooner, then sent him to practice his stance for three hours.
• Xie Yuan rested in the martial hall’s finest guest room, bathed, changed into a green robe, and slept comfortably.
• The next morning, Liu Heshang personally corrected Xie Yuan’s Stance Training and Iron Cloth Long Fist, identifying flaws and praising his quick understanding.
• Grateful for Liu Heshang’s detailed instruction, Xie Yuan went to the pharmacy to try the Advanced Medicinal Bath.

Xie Yuan confronted and killed Yu Chunsheng in broad daylight, declaring himself responsible before the people of Cloudshine. After warning the County Magistrate against seizing land and shops, Xie Yuan disappeared into the crowd, while an Arrest Chief arrived to inspect the bloodstains.

• Yu Chunsheng invoked his Imperial Court authority, but Xie Yuan attacked him with Blade Qi and steadily disarmed him.
• Yu Chunsheng begged Xie Yuan to spare him and offered to clear his identity, but Xie Yuan admitted to killing Zhang Yu Feng, his younger brother, and Chen Su.
• Xie Yuan repeatedly slashed Yu Chunsheng until he beheaded the County Commandant in front of the gathered townsfolk.
• Xie Yuan identified himself as Yu Chunsheng's killer, warned the County Magistrate not to seize land or shops, and left as the crowd parted for him.
• Half a day later, a young-looking Arrest Chief arrived and examined the bloodstains on the street.

Xie Yuan and Situ Qin sneaked into Peng Yue's residence to search for evidence connected to Yu Chunsheng and gathered prescription drafts and valuable medicinal ingredients. They reached Peng Yue's study, but their search was interrupted when Peng Yue arrived.

• Situ Qin persuaded Xie Yuan to take her along and used her knowledge of Peng Yue's residence to guide him there.
• Xie Yuan used the Heaven Concealing Art to conceal them, and they slipped past a powerful Qi and Blood Transformation Realm guard.
• Situ Qin knocked out the sleeping medicine boy, and she and Xie Yuan searched the pharmacy for prescription drafts.
• Xie Yuan and Situ Qin took precious medicinal ingredients from the pharmacy and then entered Peng Yue's study to search for hidden records.
• Peng Yue arrived at the study while Xie Yuan and Situ Qin were inside.

After waking from his month-long coma, Xie Yuan returned home and discovered that his family had fallen into crushing debt. When debt collectors threatened his mother and their rented home, he used his newfound strength to protect her, then contacted Brother Bing for help.

• Doctor Liu confirmed that Xie Yuan was exceptionally healthy and discharged him, and Xie Yuan returned to an unfamiliar apartment with his parents.
• At a family gathering, Xie Yuan thanked his relatives for supporting his family and learned how much they had sacrificed during his hospitalization.
• Xie Yuan remembered his martial arts training and saw a game-like interface, then realized his cultivation had improved his strength and mental clarity.
• Boss Tian and three debt collectors demanded repayment at Xie Yuan's home, frightened Wang YaFang into an asthma attack, and provoked Xie Yuan into overpowering one of them.
• Public security officers arrived, but Lao Zhou said the collectors operated within the law; after they left, Xie Yuan learned his family owed more than five hundred thousand and faced pressure from the neighborhood committee.
• Unable to find work that could solve the family's financial problems, Xie Yuan messaged Brother Bing and asked to meet.

On the second day of the Little Hidden Dragon Meet, Qin Zhenyang explained the dangers and benefits of the Seeing Truth Lake Relic, and Ning Zi won her opening match before Zhang Junyi arrived and swept the competition. Ten days before the relic opened, Xie Yuan returned to his room and discovered an unexplained letter on his table.

• Qin Zhenyang told Ning Zi, Xie Yuan, and the others that Seeing Truth Lake accelerated cultivation but tested visitors with illusions that could trap them forever.
• Ning Zi defeated Shao Wensheng in her opening match, while the young woman of the Langya Wang Clan also emerged as a leading contender.
• Zhang Junyi of the Profound Truth Sect arrived after registration had closed, and the Yao Family allowed him to compete rather than risk offending his sect.
• Ning Zi and the Miss of the Wang Family challenged Zhang Junyi, but he defeated both and then beat six more opponents to win the Little Hidden Dragon Meet.
• Xie Yuan returned to his room after the event and noticed an extra letter on his table.

Xie Yuan broke through to become a first-grade martial artist, but learned that Zhang Yu Feng had warned the county town’s martial halls not to accept him. Just as Liu Heshang urged him to lie low, a saber-wielding representative of the Soaring Dragon Escort Agency arrived.

• Xie Yuan completed the third layer of Iron Cloth and broke through to Great Accomplishment in Skin Tempering, becoming a first-grade martial artist.
• Xie Yuan tested his new strength, smashed a large wooden tub, and reflected that his Iron Cloth defense and Three-Pronged Axe techniques had grown stronger.
• After two days of training, Xie Yuan met Liu Heshang, who told him Zhang Yu Feng had warned the county town’s martial halls not to accept anyone from Small Stone Village named Xie.
• Liu Heshang advised Xie Yuan not to act rashly and suggested he hide at a temple.
• A servant announced that a powerful man from the Soaring Dragon Escort Agency had arrived in the main hall, leaving Xie Yuan and Liu Heshang on edge.

After waking from a month in intensive care, Xie Yuan reunited with Wang Yibing and used his extraordinary reflexes to attract huge livestream audiences, hoping to earn money for his family. When a powerful guild demanded an exploitative partnership and threatened their rise, Xie Yuan began cultivating with the lingering sensation of Profound Water around him.

• Xie Yuan met Wang Yibing, went out with him, and demonstrated unusual strength before joining his livestream.
• Xie Yuan defeated Tiger Vanguard without taking damage on his first try, and Wang Yibing drew viewers by revealing Xie Yuan's accident and recovery records.
• Xie Yuan continued streaming difficult games with no-hit runs, helping Wang Yibing's channel surge in popularity.
• A guild tied to Da Bi Ge offered Wang Yibing an eighty-percent share of their revenue and threatened to suppress their competing channel if they refused.
• After Wang Yibing left, Xie Yuan tried to wake himself by cultivating and discovered that the sensation of Profound Water remained around him in his room.

Xie Yuan and Mu Chaoyun entered the hidden cave, where Xie Yuan encountered Wu Daoji, a Great Grandmaster who had preserved his True Spirit for over a thousand years. Wu Daoji offered him knowledge and cultivation techniques in exchange for taking him out, then revealed he intended to take over Xie Yuan’s body and attacked.

• Mu Chaoyun stopped herself from calculating further, and Xie Yuan opened the stone door with the three Jade Disc fragments.
• Xie Yuan entered the cave study alone after its entrance vanished, then watched an ancient image of a silver-haired Great Grandmaster lament his decision not to challenge heaven alongside Brother Ji.
• The old man revealed he was Wu Daoji, had preserved his True Spirit, and learned from Xie Yuan that the Great Li Dynasty still endured and martial arts remained widespread.
• Wu Daoji recognized Xie Yuan, offered him martial secrets and techniques if he would take him out, and claimed Xie Yuan would become a new version of himself.
• Wu Daoji declared that Xie Yuan had no choice, grew enormous, and reached down to seize him.