Chapter Summaries

Qin Yang learned about Li Zixuan and secretly followed her, convinced he could find a chance to approach her despite Xia He's warnings. After Qin Yang evaded Xia He while being tailed, Xia He realized he was heading toward Jianghai Martial Arts Academy and accused him of following Li Zixuan.

• Xia He read Qin Yang his investigation notes about Li Zixuan and warned him to give up pursuing her.
• Qin Yang insisted on learning Li Zixuan's address, and Xia He reluctantly agreed to tell him what he knew.
• Qin Yang staked out Li Zixuan at Pingyang Martial Arts Hall and observed her routine and the bodyguards watching over her.
• Qin Yang used the Seven Stars Dragon Swimming Steps to disappear while Xia He followed him after work.
• Qin Yang appeared behind Xia He, who recognized that he was heading toward Jianghai Martial Arts Academy and accused him of following Li Zixuan.

Xia He mistook Qin Yang’s interest in Li Zixuan for lovesickness and tried to take him to Bai Jin Han, but Qin Yang slipped away to follow her. He secretly entered Broken Peak Mountain after Li Zixuan, wondering whether she was his fangirl.

• Xia He decided Qin Yang had fallen for Li Zixuan and tried to book him a visit to Bai Jin Han.
• Qin Yang quietly left Xia He and went to Jianghai Martial Arts Academy to watch for Li Zixuan.
• Qin Yang followed Li Zixuan’s car to Broken Peak Mountain and learned that the mountain had been sealed off for students to comprehend sword intent.
• Li Zixuan entered the mountain alone while her acquired-realm guards stayed outside.
• Qin Yang evaded the sentries and slipped into Broken Peak Mountain, noticing Li Zixuan looked excited and wondering if she was his fangirl.

Li Zixuan studied the sword intent at the broken peak, where Qin Yang decided to pose as the sword expert and have her become his disciple. After he silenced the sword intent to prove his strength, he asked Li Zixuan to take him as her teacher.

• Li Zixuan reached the broken peak and sensed the sword intent, admiring the expert who had split the mountain.
• Qin Yang secretly watched Li Zixuan and planned to make her acknowledge him as her teacher.
• After Li Zixuan finished comprehending and prepared to leave, Qin Yang appeared in disguise and addressed her with sound transmission.
• Qin Yang silenced the sword intent with a gesture, convincing Li Zixuan that he was the expert she admired.
• Qin Yang asked Li Zixuan whether she would take him as her teacher.

Qin Yang accepted Li Zixuan as his disciple despite her already having a teacher, then gave her the sword technique One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate. The system finally responded after freezing in shock that an Empress-level powerhouse had become Qin Yang’s disciple.

• Li Zixuan told Qin Yang that she already had a teacher and feared he would refuse to take her as a disciple.
• Qin Yang said he did not mind and asked Li Zixuan to keep their relationship secret.
• Li Zixuan performed the kneeling ceremony and accepted Qin Yang as her master.
• Qin Yang passed Li Zixuan the sword intent of One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate as an Entrance gift, and she began comprehending it.
• Qin Yang called on the Dog System, which admitted it had frozen in shock at Li Zixuan becoming his disciple.

After Li Zixuan became Qin Yang’s disciple, the system rewarded him with a divine sword, Grandmaster-level Sword Intent, a powerful sword technique, and decades of cultivation. Qin Yang’s sword and newly fused Sword Intent caused a citywide commotion, while Li Zixuan realized the power came from her master.

• The system rewarded Qin Yang for taking Li Zixuan as his disciple, and he left Broken Peak Mountain to inspect his prizes in a secluded valley.
• Qin Yang summoned the Ziwei Divine Sword, whose purple radiance filled the sky and drew the attention of Jianghai City’s residents and experts.
• The Martial Hall Master and Old Li hurried toward the valley, suspecting that a divine sword had appeared, while Li Zixuan completed her comprehension of One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate and noticed Qin Yang was gone.
• Qin Yang fused with Grandmaster-level Sword Intent, releasing pressure across the mountain that stopped the arriving experts in their tracks.
• Li Zixuan sensed the Sword Intent and recognized it as her master’s.

Qin Yang absorbed Grandmaster-level Sword Intent, comprehended the Emperor-level Heaven Severing Sword Drawing Technique, and reached the peak of the Innate Realm before leaving the valley. After the killing intent faded, Old Li and the other Jianghai City experts entered and found the valley transformed into a Sword Dao sacred ground.

• Qin Yang completed his absorption of Grandmaster-level Sword Intent and demonstrated its power by sending a leaf through a stone wall with Sword Intent.
• Qin Yang began comprehending the Heaven Severing Sword Drawing Technique and witnessed a White-Robed Swordsman draw his sword amid a vision of fiends and bloodshed.
• The Sword Intent from Qin Yang's comprehension frightened the crowd outside the valley, while Old Li sensed an Emperor-level Sword Dao martial art and wept with joy.
• Qin Yang finished comprehending the technique, absorbed fifty years of cultivation, reached Innate Realm Peak, and left the valley.
• Two hours later, Old Li led the Hall Master and the remaining Jianghai City experts into the valley, where they found cliffs carved with sword marks and Sword Intent filling the air.

Qin Yang saw the rumors about his sword battle spread online while Xia He bragged about reaching the Third Level of the Acquired Realm after visiting Bai Jin Han. As Qin Yang returned to slacking off at the library, Jianghai City’s authorities opened the valley as Sword Valley, a martial arts holy land for swordsmen.

• Qin Yang found that rumors about the glowing clouds and a mysterious Sword Dao Expert had made the trending searches, and he dismissed the exaggerated claims.
• Xia He told Qin Yang he had broken through to the Third Level of the Acquired Realm after a night at Bai Jin Han and invited him to go there sometime.
• Qin Yang assessed his new strength and fifty years of cultivation before hiding from the library’s surveillance cameras to slack off.
• Old Li proposed opening the valley to the public because its sword energy could help Star Warriors who practiced the sword.
• Jianghai City’s authorities named the valley Sword Valley, and swordsmen from around the world later traveled there to study its sword intent.

Qin Yang advanced his Heaven Severing Sword Drawing Technique and accidentally split the clouds with an apple-peeling knife, while the Starsea Police Department investigated the missing Bloodthirsty Demon Worms. The authorities located their nest beneath Lishui Lake, where the leeches were swelling in a bloodlit cave.

• Qin Yang used the Enlightenment Space to raise his Heaven Severing Sword Drawing Technique from minor to major accomplishment.
• Qin Yang tested the technique with a fruit knife and split the sea of clouds above the city, stunning the crowd below.
• Old Li proposed that the Bloodthirsty Demon Worms had either fled from the Sword Dao Senior or consumed enough blood to prepare an attack.
• The Commander revealed that the Starsea Police Department had located the worms' nest beneath Lishui Lake and sealed off the area.
• Bloodthirsty Leeches stirred and grew inside a rocky cave at the bottom of Lishui Lake, surrounded by crimson bloodlight.

At Lishui Lake, Old Li devised a plan to lure the Bloodthirsty Demon Worm out with the blood of star beasts. At the library, Qin Yang sensed a bloody aura and received the system’s command to send Li Zixuan to kill the Blood Demon.

• The Commander, Old Li, and the Library Director assessed the lake’s dead fish and the danger of fighting the Bloodthirsty Demon Worm underwater.
• Old Li proposed bleeding low-tier star beasts by the shore to tempt the worm with stronger blood, and the Commander sent guards to capture them.
• At the library, Xia He questioned Qin Yang about why he had stopped going to Jianghai Martial Arts Academy, and Qin Yang denied that he went there.
• Li Zixuan read the True Explanation of Clear Wind Sword Technique and realized it resembled the sword art her teacher had taught her.
• Qin Yang sensed a terrifying bloody aura from Lishui Lake, and the system detected a Blood Demon and ordered him to send the Empress’s Disciple to kill it.

Qin Yang left to confront the Bloodthirsty Leech himself, while the defenders at Lishui Lake lured the monster out with star beast blood. The intelligent leech emerged and targeted Old Li, who drew his sword to attack.

• Qin Yang decided to kill the Bloodthirsty Leech himself for a possible system reward and hurried out, leaving Xia He to cover for him.
• Li Zixuan sensed a strong smell of blood coming from Lishui Lake and wondered what was happening there.
• The Police Chief Commander and the other defenders bled star beasts into the lake to lure the Bloodthirsty Leech.
• The Bloodthirsty Leech erupted from the lake, revealed that it could speak, and recognized Old Li as dangerous.
• Old Li drew his sword and attacked the Bloodthirsty Leech.

Star Warriors attacked the Bloodthirsty Leech at Lishui Lake, but Old Man Li discovered that its many tiny leeches replenished its strength by draining the lake’s fish. The leech exploited the exhausted warriors’ gap to unleash Blood Poison, leaving the battle in chaos and the Library Director poisoned.

• Old Man Li and the other Star Warriors launched a barrage of attacks on the Bloodthirsty Leech as citizens filmed the battle and panic spread online.
• Old Man Li saw that the leech had remained unharmed and discovered that tiny leeches beneath the lake were feeding it blood and essence from fish.
• Old Man Li ordered the Star Warriors to stop forcing their attacks, but several exhausted fighters fell into the water and left a gap in the encirclement.
• The Bloodthirsty Leech sprayed poisonous blood and tiny leeches through the gap, poisoning and killing Star Warriors as hidden leeches devoured those who fell into the lake.
• The Library Director was struck by Blood Poison, and onlookers online despaired as the Bloodthirsty Leech turned the battle against the defenders.

Qin Yang watched Jianghai City's defenders falter against the Bloodthirsty Leech at Lishui Lake as he searched for its weakness. Li Zixuan arrived and checked the beast with a powerful sword strike, but was left in danger until a mysterious senior's purple sword light appeared.

• Qin Yang arrived at Lishui Lake and observed the Bloodthirsty Leech overpowering the Star Warriors while he searched for a weakness.
• Li Zixuan rushed into the battle, and Old Li warned her to retreat.
• The Bloodthirsty Leech changed its target and charged at Li Zixuan, who stopped it briefly with One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate, shattering her sword.
• The Bloodthirsty Leech recovered and lunged at the unarmed Li Zixuan as Old Li and the other experts failed to reach her in time.
• A dazzling purple light and terrifying sword intent descended on the Bloodthirsty Leech, and the Star Warriors recognized that the senior had acted.

Qin Yang used the Ziwei Divine Sword and its sword array to kill the Bloodthirsty Leech at Lishui Lake. After confirming the demon was completely dead, he called on the system to claim his reward.

• The Bloodthirsty Leech sensed Qin Yang’s approaching Ziwei Divine Sword and tried to escape, while Old Li, Li Zixuan, and the other Star Warriors moved out of the sword’s path.
• The Ziwei Divine Sword pierced the Bloodthirsty Leech’s head, severing its body and destroying its leech clones, but the demon remained alive.
• Qin Yang formed the Ziwei Sword Array, which trapped and sliced apart the Bloodthirsty Leech until its life force vanished.
• The Star Warriors and livestream viewers marveled at the sword’s power, while Li Zixuan proudly watched her teacher’s attack.
• Qin Yang recalled Ziwei to the rooftop, confirmed the Bloodthirsty Leech was dead, and demanded his reward from the system.

After killing a Beast Emperor-level Blood Demon, Qin Yang gained the Blood God Art and twenty years of cultivation, then tested the art and broke through to the Grandmaster Realm. He left the area before Jianghai City's martial artists could meet him and began exploring his new strength in seclusion.

• Qin Yang received the Blood God Art and twenty years of cultivation after slaying the Blood Demon, and learned that the art could heal him with flesh and blood and create Blood God Doppelgangers.
• Qin Yang sensed Old Li and other Jianghai City martial artists approaching, then fled so he could cultivate undisturbed.
• Old Li reached the rooftop at Lishui Lake and told the others that the senior had left without meeting them.
• Qin Yang formed a Blood God Doppelganger, confirmed that it could use his martial arts at a fraction of his strength, and then dismissed it.
• Qin Yang used his twenty years of cultivation to break through from the Innate Realm Peak to the Grandmaster Realm, gaining powerful Protective Gale Energy and the ability to cross the air.

After Qin Yang killed the Bloodthirsty Leech at Lishui Lake, the internet hailed him as the Jianghai Sword God while officials assessed the poisoned lake. Li Zixuan resolved to master her sword technique, and Qin Yang returned to the library the next day, where Xia He praised the sword god without knowing Qin Yang was him.

• Videos of Qin Yang's sword strike spread online, and netizens dubbed him the Jianghai Sword God.
• The Star Police Department warned people away from Lishui Lake as the Commander, the Martial Hall Master, and Old Li discussed the danger and the lake's cleanup.
• Li Zixuan regretted her mistakes in the battle and decided to master One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate so her teacher would be satisfied.
• Qin Yang clocked in at the library, where Xia He showed him footage of the battle and praised the Jianghai Sword God.

Li Zixuan encountered a man who claimed to be a Sword God Disciple while waiting to enter Broken Peak Mountain, then watched the crowd mock him after learning her identity. In the library, Xia He declared himself the Sword God’s grand-disciple because his father had comprehended sword intent, prompting Qin Yang to realize he already had grand-disciples.

• Li Zixuan joined the long queue at Broken Peak Mountain, which had opened to sword practitioners from across the country.
• A freckled young man showed Li Zixuan his weak sword intent and claimed to be a Sword God Disciple.
• Li Zixuan laughed, and nearby practitioners revealed that she was Old Man Li’s disciple before mocking the young man’s claim.
• Xia He showed Qin Yang his expensive replica Ziwei Divine Sword and said his father’s sword-intent insight made him a Sword God Disciple.
• Xia He called himself the Sword God’s grand-disciple, and Qin Yang lamented that he already had grand-disciples.

Qin Yang agreed to attend a Grandmaster’s lecture so he could learn whether the visitor was searching for the Jianghai Sword God, while Li Zixuan neared the center of Broken Peak Mountain. Three days later, Grandmaster Lin Mofeng arrived at Jianghai Martial Arts Academy, and Qin Yang judged that his own strength surpassed that of ordinary Grandmasters.

• Xia He told Qin Yang that a Grandmaster from the capital was coming to lecture at Jianghai Martial Arts Academy and offered him a credential.
• Qin Yang and Xia He suspected the Grandmaster’s visit was partly intended to find the Jianghai Sword God, and Qin Yang agreed to attend to gather intelligence.
• On Broken Peak Mountain, Li Zixuan continued comprehending sword intent and approached the center of the broken peak.
• Three days later, Lin Mofeng arrived at Jianghai Martial Arts Academy and was welcomed by Old Li and the academy’s senior officials.
• Xia He told Qin Yang that Lin Mofeng was a young Grandmaster and an instructor at Divine Martial Academy, and Qin Yang sensed that Lin was weaker than himself.

Lin Mofeng returned to Jianghai Martial Arts Academy, gave a lecture on the foundations of Star Warrior cultivation, and announced he would leave an incomplete Grandmaster-level Star Power Cultivation Method for the school. He carved it into the plaza’s uncut stone while Qin Yang began recording it.

• Lin Mofeng reunited with Old Li and asked whether he could meet the mysterious Jianghai Sword God, but Old Li had no connection to him.
• Lin Mofeng chose to give his lecture in the academy plaza so all the teachers and students could attend.
• Lin Mofeng explained the origins of Star Power and the fundamental principles of Star Warrior cultivation, earning the crowd’s admiration.
• Lin Mofeng announced that he would leave an incomplete Grandmaster-level Star Power Cultivation Method for the academy to study.
• Lin Mofeng carved the method onto the uncut stone with Star Power, and Qin Yang began recording it.

At Jianghai Martial Arts Academy, Lin Mofeng presented a Grandmaster-level Star Power Cultivation Method and left its inscription in the academy’s care. Qin Yang secretly memorized and restored the incomplete method, then fused it with the Star Sutra to create a Grandmaster-level Star Sutra.

• Lin Mofeng revealed a Grandmaster-level Star Power Cultivation Method to the gathered teachers and students, who crowded around to study it.
• Old Li thanked Lin Mofeng for leaving the method for the academy and for giving him a chance to break through to the Grandmaster Realm.
• Academy staff protected the stone tablet and kept the crowd at a distance, while Xia He complained that he could not photograph or memorize its inscription.
• Qin Yang returned to the library and used the Enlightenment Space to recall the entire method he had memorized.
• Qin Yang derived the method’s missing contents and fused the complete cultivation method with the Star Sutra, creating a Grandmaster-level Star Sutra.

After improving the Star Sutra, Qin Yang decided to repay Lin Mofeng by completing the cultivation method on Jianghai Martial Arts Academy’s stone monument. The next morning, the academy discovered the monument had been damaged, while Lin Mofeng, Li Zixuan, and Old Li were together inside.

• Qin Yang tested the fused Star Sutra and found that it absorbed Star Power several times faster than ordinary Grandmaster-level methods.
• Qin Yang decided to repay Lin Mofeng by completing the Star Power Cultivation Method he had shared.
• Qin Yang sneaked into Jianghai Martial Arts Academy at night and carved the missing portions into the stone monument, erasing Lin Mofeng’s lingering Star Power in the process.
• Lin Mofeng praised Li Zixuan’s talent as they shared tea and pastries with Old Li the next morning.
• The Security Department Head urgently told Old Li that the guards had discovered the stone monument was maliciously damaged.