Chapter Summaries

Qin Yang discovered that Li Qinghe had forced her breakthrough into the Innate Realm with an Innate Realm Pill, leaving her meridians damaged and her star power unstable. He began treating her with intertwined lightning and wood Law Fragments, but the chapter ended before the result was shown.

• Xiao Bai mourned her lost fur, and Qin Yang promised to help it grow back while Li Zixuan studied swordsmanship with him.
• Li Qinghe returned after several days and revealed that she had reached the Innate Realm, hoping Qin Yang would take her to meet Grandmaster.
• Qin Yang examined Li Qinghe and found that her breakthrough had left her aura, star power, and meridians in poor condition.
• Li Qinghe admitted she had used an Innate Realm Pill to force her breakthrough so she could meet Grandmaster sooner.
• Li Zixuan confirmed the cracks in Li Qinghe's meridians, and Qin Yang began treating her by sending fused lightning and wood Law Fragments into them.

Qin Yang restored Li Qinghe’s damaged meridians and stabilized her breakthrough, leaving Li Zixuan convinced that her senior brother might be a Grandmaster Realm expert. He rewarded Li Qinghe with a Little Seven Stars Array Diagram after she admitted her recklessness.

• Qin Yang used Thunder Law and Wood Law to repair Li Qinghe’s meridians and stabilize her true essence in seconds.
• Li Zixuan examined Li Qinghe and marveled at Qin Yang’s skill, then suspected that he had reached the Grandmaster Realm because she could not sense his cultivation.
• Li Zixuan told Qin Yang she hoped he would guide her, and Qin Yang invited her to ask him about cultivation problems.
• Li Qinghe apologized for recklessly forcing her breakthrough, and Qin Yang praised her for admitting her mistake.
• Qin Yang gave Li Qinghe a Level 5 Little Seven Stars Array Diagram as a congratulatory gift for reaching the Innate Realm.

After giving Li Qinghe a Level 5 Array Diagram, Qin Yang studied the Heaven and Earth Longevity self-detonation method and left work as Jianghai emptied ahead of the beast tide. When looters robbed a clothing store, Qin Yang burst their car’s tires with sword qi, leaving them to crash as police approached.

• Qin Yang gave Li Qinghe a Level 5 Array Diagram, then sent her and Li Zixuan away.
• Qin Yang studied Heaven and Earth Longevity and considered using its self-detonation method against an enemy.
• Qin Yang and Xiao Bai left the library and saw that Jianghai’s streets had grown nearly deserted as residents fled the coming beast tide.
• Xiao Bai promised to stay with Qin Yang, then robbers smashed a clothing-store window and stole clothes.
• Qin Yang split his sword qi into four threads and punctured the robbers’ tires, causing their car to crash into a concrete wall.
• As police sirens approached, Qin Yang murmured about the Beast God Sect, and Ziwei rang out with a sword cry.

As unrest spread through Jianghai, Qin Yang chose to keep working at the library while Xia He warned him about the danger in the city. Xia He then asked Qin Yang to sell him some Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needles.

• Xiao Bai showed Qin Yang footage of riots and Heretical Cultists being arrested, then suggested they hide from the unrest.
• Qin Yang remembered Li Zixuan, Li Qinghe, and Xia He, and decided he could not abandon the city and everyone in it.
• Qin Yang returned to the library, where the supervisor praised him for staying and promised a raise and bonus after the beast tide ended.
• With the library nearly empty, Qin Yang relaxed in Area 1, browsed his phone, and played cards.
• Xia He visited Qin Yang after a night spent dealing with trouble across the city and warned him to stay safe.
• Xia He asked Qin Yang how many Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needles he had left and whether he could sell him some.

Xia He asked Qin Yang to sell Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needles to the Star Police Department as the city faced a beast tide and mounting losses. Qin Yang agreed to sell them, provided Xia He kept his identity and other information secret, and arranged to meet him the next morning.

• Xia He offered to buy Qin Yang's Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needles in bulk, and Qin Yang realized the Star Police Department had sent him.
• Xia He explained that he had concealed Qin Yang's identity during an investigation after using a needle to kill an Innate Realm Demonic People.
• Xia He described the department's losses and admitted he feared dying, but regretted staying on the sidelines while his fellow officers fought.
• Qin Yang agreed to sell the needles after Xia He said he wanted to step up and serve, then told him not to reveal anything else about Qin Yang.
• Xia He promised to keep quiet and agreed to return the next morning to discuss the deal.

Qin Yang secretly shaved Xiao Bai’s fur to craft Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needles for Xia He, then delivered more than a hundred of them to the library. Xiao Bai woke with only a vague suspicion, while Xia He prepared to pay for the weapons.

• Qin Yang cooked and cleaned for Xiao Bai, then gave her a Fainting Heart Pill that put her to sleep.
• Qin Yang repeatedly shaved Xiao Bai’s fur and used Wood Law to regrow it, gathering enough material to craft over a hundred Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needles.
• The next morning, Xiao Bai told Qin Yang she had dreamed someone shaved off all her fur, and he reassured her that it was only a dream.
• Qin Yang brought a box of Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needles to the library and told Xia He to inspect the goods.
• Xia He celebrated the delivery and asked Qin Yang how he had made the needles, but Qin Yang asked him to pay first.
• Xiao Bai stared at the box from under the table and felt that something was wrong.

Qin Yang spent his unexpected wealth on a feast for Xiao Bai while the Star Police Department’s leaders examined a hidden weapon Xia He had received from his master. Li Zixuan recognized the likely connection and asked Xia He whether his master was Qin Yang, leaving him stunned.

• Qin Yang counted his new money and took Xiao Bai to the city center for a feast.
• The Commander gathered four other experts and demonstrated that the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle pierced an Innate star power barrier.
• The Commander summoned Xia He, who said the hidden weapon had been given to him by his master.
• Li Zixuan approached Xia He in the corridor and asked whether his master was her Senior Brother Qin Yang.
• Xia He froze and wondered how Li Zixuan knew, then realized she had called Qin Yang her senior brother.

Li Zixuan told Old Li she had a lead on who made the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle, while Xia He kept his master’s identity secret from Jianghai’s leaders. The chapter ended with Old Li suspecting that the maker was a disciple of the Sword God.

• Li Zixuan realized Xia He knew only part of the story about her Senior Brother and returned with him to the conference room.
• The Commander, Li Daoming, and Lin Mofeng asked Xia He to reveal his master’s name and help Jianghai prepare for the approaching beast tide.
• Xia He refused to identify his master, warning that pressuring him could end the supply of Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needles, and the Commander let him leave.
• The leaders examined the needles’ unusual power but could not identify their maker, and the meeting ended without a conclusion.
• Old Li and Lin Mofeng asked Li Zixuan about her lead, and she said the maker was close to her Senior Brother and had likely forged the needles.
• Old Li concluded that the maker was probably a disciple of the Sword God.

Li Zixuan asked Old Li and Lin Mofeng to keep her warning about the Beast God Sect and Lin’s leaked information confidential, while Old Li celebrated Jianghai’s new defenses. At the Star Police Department, the Commander showed Xia He his investigation suggesting Li Zixuan might be the Jianghai Sword God’s disciple, leading Xia He to suspect that Lao Qin was a Sword God disciple too.

• Li Zixuan asked Old Li and Lin Mofeng to keep her information confidential, and both promised they would.
• Old Li praised Lin Mofeng’s gift of Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needles for greatly strengthening Jianghai’s defenses.
• Xia He asked the Commander whether Old Li had any disciples besides Li Zixuan and Lin Mofeng.
• The Commander showed Xia He his investigation of Li Zixuan and said he suspected she was also a disciple of the Jianghai Sword God.
• Xia He recalled Li Zixuan calling someone Senior Brother and concluded that Lao Qin might be a Sword God disciple.

At the library, Xia He discovered that Qin Yang was the Jianghai Sword God's disciple, and Qin Yang accepted the revelation casually while keeping their friendship unchanged. That evening, Qin Yang sensed a colossal force approaching from the Da Li Mountain Range and realized the beast tide had begun.

• Xia He confronted Qin Yang at the library and asked if he was the Jianghai Sword God's disciple.
• Qin Yang confirmed Xia He had figured it out and asked him to keep the secret, then joked that Xia He owed him barbecue.
• Xia He happily embraced Qin Yang as his brother and said he would rely on him for protection.
• At home, Qin Yang nourished Xiao Bai with Wood Law while gathering Thunder Law.
• Qin Yang sensed violent auras approaching from the Da Li Mountain Range and recognized the start of the beast tide.

As the beast horde approached Jianghai City, defenders and returning Star Warriors gathered atop the city wall to prepare for battle. Old Li lit the night sky with their Star Force, revealing the vast horde charging from the Da Li Mountain Range.

• The beast horde alarm sounded, sending Jianghai City into panic as residents fled from the outskirts.
• Old Li and Lin Mofeng reached the city wall, where the Police Chief Commander and Martial Hall Master Li Daoming prepared the defenses.
• Li Zixuan led Jianghai Martial Arts Academy students to the wall, moved Old Li with their return, and reported that her team had assembled.
• Li Qinghe joined her father with independent martial artist groups, while Star Warriors and police defenders filled the wall.
• Old Li urged the defenders to light the sky, and their Star Force revealed the approaching beast horde surging from the Da Li Mountain Range.

As the King-level Star Beasts approached Jianghai, the Police Chief Commander rallied the defenders by reminding them they were the city’s final line of defense. The Li Family Great Array activated, and Li Zixuan led the defenders in declaring that humanity and Jianghai would prevail as battle drew near.

• King-level Star Beasts surged from the Da Li Mountain Range toward Jianghai, spreading fear among the defenders.
• The Police Chief Commander urged the soldiers to remember the citizens behind them and the generations who had defended the City Wall.
• Old Li reinforced the Commander’s speech, and the defenders’ fear gave way to fighting spirit.
• Li Daoming activated the Li Family Great Array, raising a starry barrier around Jianghai as citizens prayed for the soldiers.
• Li Zixuan drew her sword and led the defenders in shouting that humanity and Jianghai would prevail.

Qin Yang watched the Star Beast horde attack Jianghai, but held back because a powerful presence remained hidden among them. As the city defenses began to buckle under the King-level beasts, the Police Chief Commander revealed the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle and killed one with a single volley.

• Qin Yang sensed that a powerful presence lurked among the Star Beasts and decided it was not yet time to act.
• Jianghai's defenders unleashed missiles and other weapons against the charging horde, while Li Daoming and Old Li used sword qi to protect the city wall.
• King-level Star Beasts battered the City Defense Array, and the defenders' attacks failed to pierce their hides.
• The Police Chief Commander ordered the defenders to stop wasting their star power and confronted a King-level beast.
• The Commander fired the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle, killing the King-level Star Beast and crushing other beasts beneath its falling body.

The Commander lured the King-level Star Beasts into an ambush, where the Police Chief Forces killed them with Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needles. As Xiao Bai recognized the weapon Qin Yang had given Xia Yang, Qin Yang warned that the real battle was still to come, and an Emperor Rank called Black Robe transformed into a giant roc and flew toward Jianghai City.

• The Commander drew the remaining King-level Star Beasts to the southeast city wall, where a hundred hidden Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needles fired and brought them down.
• The beast tide fell into chaos, and the city's livestream viewers celebrated the defenders' victory.
• Xiao Bai recognized the Commander's Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle as the weapon Qin Yang had given Xia Yang and urged Qin Yang to come inside.
• Qin Yang watched the battle from the balcony and said the King-level Star Beasts were only the beginning.
• Behind the beast tide, an Emperor Rank ordered Black Robe to deal with the situation, and Black Robe transformed into a giant roc and flew toward Jianghai City.

After the city defense battle seemed over, an Emperor-level Star Beast called the Black Peng attacked Jianghai and nearly shattered the City Defense Array. Lin Mofeng, Li Zixuan, Li Qinghe, and the Commander trapped it in the sky, where Li Zixuan prepared a second sword strike.

• Lin Mofeng sensed danger, spotted the Black Peng approaching from the northwest, and warned the city that an Emperor-level Star Beast was coming.
• The Black Peng shattered the City Defense Array with its feathers, and the Commander’s weapons failed to stop it.
• Lin Mofeng took to the sky to fight the Black Peng while Old Li helped Li Daoming maintain the failing array.
• Li Zixuan, Li Qinghe, and the Commander joined Lin Mofeng in the sky as he fell behind against the Black Peng.
• Li Zixuan struck with her Heaven Severing Sword Drawing Technique, and Li Qinghe activated the Little Big Dipper Seven Stars Array to trap the Black Peng.
• With the Black Peng surrounded and unable to escape, Li Zixuan began preparing a second sword strike.

As Jianghai’s defenses faltered under a Hell-level beast tide, Star Warriors joined the fight while Li Zixuan and the others battled Black Peng inside its dark domain. Qin Yang refused to intervene, but Black Peng received an order to stop holding back and kill everyone if the Jianghai Sword God would not appear.

• Li Daoming and Old Li struggled to maintain the City Defense Array as Star Beasts battered it, and Star Warriors leaped from the wall to draw the beasts away.
• Li Zixuan, Li Qinghe, and Lin Mofeng faced Black Peng inside its dark domain after Li Zixuan used the Sword Drawing Technique three times.
• Jianghai citizens prayed for the defenders as ordinary Star Warriors gathered and rushed toward the City Wall to join the battle.
• Xiao Bai urged Qin Yang to save his disciples, but he said they would not be easy to kill and stayed where he was.
• Black Peng prepared to crush the exhausted fighters, then heard a Venerable order it to stop holding back and kill them all if the Jianghai Sword God refused to appear.

The Emperor-level Star Beast overwhelmed Jianghai’s defenders, and the city prayed for the Jianghai Sword God to intervene. The Sword God struck down the beast, while a black phantom revealed that it had used the attack as bait to draw him out.

• The Emperor-level Star Beast unleashed its true attack, destroying Li Qinghe’s array and Li Zixuan’s sword while Lin Mofeng lost an arm escaping with the others.
• The battered defenders and people across Jianghai despaired and prayed for the Sword God to save them.
• The Emperor-level Star Beast mocked the Sword God and attacked Li Zixuan as she prepared to defend his honor.
• Purple qi shot in from the east and pierced the Emperor-level Star Beast, killing it as Jianghai’s people cheered.
• A black phantom watched from behind the beast tide and revealed that it had used an Emperor-class beast as bait to lure out the Jianghai Sword God.

Qin Yang reversed Jianghai’s desperate defense by killing an Emperor-level Star Beast and using the Wood and Thunder Laws to heal and strengthen the defenders. The system warned him that an Emperor Venerable Realm Expert was approaching, and the Venerable One advanced on the City Wall, confident that Qin Yang was no threat.

• Qin Yang killed the giant roc, then used spring rain infused with the Wood and Thunder Laws to heal the wounded and temper the defenders.
• Lin Mofeng regrew his severed arm and sensed that he had gained a chance to touch the Laws, while the defenders restored the City Defense Array and turned the battle around.
• Qin Yang watched the battle with Xiao Bai and received a system warning that an Emperor Venerable Realm Expert was nearby, prompting him to wonder what realm the enemy had reached.
• The spring rain stopped, and a terrifying pressure struck the City Wall until Qin Yang dispersed it with the Thunder Law.
• Qin Yang spotted a black figure approaching from the Da Li Mountain Range as the Venerable One dismissed him as weak; the system warned that an Emperor Venerable Realm Expert was approaching.

Qin Yang lured a Beast God Sect Venerable One away from Jianghai and fought him in the sky, but the enemy’s blood-path Law Power overwhelmed him. After refusing to submit, Qin Yang suddenly closed the distance and launched another attack, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Qin Yang drew the Beast God Sect Venerable One away from Jianghai’s City Wall to keep their battle from harming the soldiers and citizens.
• Lin Mofeng, Old Li, Li Zixuan, and Li Qinghe watched anxiously from the City Wall as Li Qinghe rallied the crowd to support the Sword God.
• The Venerable One offered to spare Qin Yang if he surrendered his soul imprint and joined the Divine Cult, but Qin Yang refused and declared that a swordsman would rather break than bend.
• The Venerable One summoned a blood-red cauldron and used blood-path Law Power to make blood rise and boil, disrupting Qin Yang and affecting the people below.
• Qin Yang’s sword and star-array attacks failed to overcome the Venerable One, who again offered him a chance to submit.
• Qin Yang appeared to yield, then unleashed the Heaven Severing Sword Drawing Technique, rushed toward the Venerable One, and cried, “I wish you Heaven and Earth Longevity!”

Qin Yang used Heaven and Earth Longevity to self-destruct against the Beast God Sect Venerable One, apparently dying as the blast devastated the Beast Tide and shattered Jianghai City's defense array. Though the city mourned him, Qin Yang was revealed to be safe in Fuhai District, and the system reported that the enemy had only been severely injured; as cleanup began, black blood entered a Star Warrior.

• Qin Yang detonated his Star Power while holding the Venerable One, and the blast shattered the City Defense Array and burned away much of the Beast Tide.
• Lin Mofeng, Li Zixuan, Li Qinghe, Old Li, and the defenders believed Qin Yang had sacrificed himself, while the Venerable One's fate remained uncertain.
• Qin Yang watched the broadcast from Fuhai District, received the Sun Shooting Bow from the system, and realized its message said he had only severely injured the Emperor Venerable Realm expert.
• The Police Chief Commander and Li Daoming began organizing the battlefield cleanup, while Li Zixuan vented her grief by killing Star Beasts and Li Qinghe protected her.
• A Star Warrior in a zhongshan suit killed a Spider Wolf, then black blood seeped from a crack and entered his body.