Chapter Summaries

Old Li, Li Zixuan, and Lin Mofeng discovered that someone had added words to the stele and completed its thousand-year-incomplete Grandmaster-level cultivation method. They recognized the fierce sword intent as Senior’s and realized that he had completed it overnight.

• Old Li learned that someone had carved new words onto the stele and angrily led Lin Mofeng and Li Zixuan to inspect it.
• Lin Mofeng sensed the stele’s sword intent and found that it had overwhelmed his Star Power.
• Lin Mofeng discovered that the new carvings completed the cultivation method and verified that its added steps circulated smoothly.
• Old Li and Li Zixuan recognized Senior’s sword intent and concluded that Senior had completed the method.

After Lin Mofeng and Old Li hid the completed Grandmaster-level Star Power Cultivation Method by destroying the stele and suppressing news of it, Qin Yang returned to slacking off at the library while secretly comprehending the Star Sutra. He continued making progress as Xia He mistook his laziness for uselessness.

• Lin Mofeng warned Old Li that news of the completed cultivation method could attract Grandmaster experts and Heretical Cultists and endanger the academy.
• Old Li destroyed the stele’s newly engraved section, secretly kept half of it, and ordered the Security Department to clean up and contain the incident.
• Lin Mofeng ordered the academy to record and warn the students who had witnessed the stele’s destruction and keep the news from spreading.
• At the Jianghai City Library, Xia He showed Qin Yang his long-term credentials and offered to get him one, but Qin Yang declined and pretended he had forgotten the cultivation method.
• Qin Yang secretly continued comprehending the Star Sutra and saw the Twenty-Eight Constellations forming in his mind, while Xia He scolded him for slacking off.

Lin Mofeng left Jianghai Martial Arts Academy after failing to meet the Jianghai Sword God, but he told Old Li that the Sword God’s power seemed to surpass the Grandmaster Realm. Before departing, Lin Mofeng warned Li Zixuan that the Prairie Sword Saint and his disciple might come to Jianghai to challenge the Sword God and the academy.

• Lin Mofeng said goodbye to Old Li and admitted he regretted not meeting the Jianghai Sword God.
• Lin Mofeng told Old Li that the sword intent in Sword Valley seemed far beyond the Grandmaster Realm, leaving Old Li shocked and delighted.
• Lin Mofeng warned Li Zixuan that the Prairie Sword Saint, a Grandmaster Peak expert, was traveling with his talented disciple to challenge swordsmanship experts.
• Lin Mofeng said the Prairie Sword Saint’s disciple might challenge Jianghai Martial Arts Academy, and Li Zixuan resolved to face him after mastering One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate.

After hearing that a female ghost was haunting his apartment complex, Qin Yang refused to move out because the rent was cheap and planned to confront it. That night, he detected the ghost’s presence in a nearby building and rushed toward it.

• Qin Yang clocked out from the library and returned to his apartment complex after declining Xia He's offer of a ride.
• Qin Yang's exhausted upstairs neighbor told him that a woman’s ghost had frightened Aunt Wang and urged him to leave the complex.
• Qin Yang decided to stay because he was used to the place and hoped the haunting would help him negotiate cheaper rent.
• That night, Qin Yang spread his star power through the complex to find the ghost and detected a surge coming from a nearby building.
• Qin Yang used the Seven Stars Dragon Swimming Steps to reach a dim hallway where ghostly laughter echoed.

Qin Yang investigated the ghostly disturbance in his building and discovered a White Fox using frightening illusions while draining residents’ vital energy. He remained unfazed by her tricks, leaving the fox baffled and asking why he was not scared.

• Qin Yang followed the Star Power disturbance to the seventh floor after the system warned him about a Nine-Tailed Fox.
• The White Fox transformed from a female ghost into her true form, revealing three tails as she prepared to drain a fainted resident’s vital energy.
• Qin Yang appeared in the corridor, and the White Fox changed back into a ghost to frighten him.
• The White Fox unleashed a series of horrifying illusions, but Qin Yang saw through them and watched calmly.
• The White Fox asked Qin Yang why he was not scared, and Qin Yang expressed surprise that she could talk.

Qin Yang confronted the White Fox after discovering she had been absorbing essence from residents, and easily overpowered her despite her illusions and Innate Realm cultivation. He offered her the choice of submitting to him or becoming a fox-fur coat, and she chose to call him Master.

• The White Fox exhausted her illusions against Qin Yang, then transformed into her fox form and unleashed her star power.
• Qin Yang's system identified the White Fox as a Snow Fox with a trace of Nine-Tailed Fox blood, while warning him of extreme danger.
• The White Fox attacked Qin Yang, but he struck her with a single slap and sent her crashing into the wall.
• When the White Fox tried to flee, Qin Yang threatened her, and she admitted the victims would recover after half a month.
• Qin Yang offered the White Fox a choice between submitting to him and becoming a fox-fur coat; after initially protesting, she hastily agreed to serve him.

Qin Yang bound the White Fox, Bai Li, to him with a Life-Death Blood Contract and learned why she had been haunting the apartment building. After Bai Li revealed her true form, Qin Yang assigned her household chores, including warming his bed, leaving her shocked that he expected it of her while she was still little.

• Qin Yang formed a Life-Death Blood Contract with the White Fox, securing control over her life and death.
• Bai Li told Qin Yang that she had only borrowed spiritual energy from the unconscious woman and had used illusions to hide from the city's experts.
• Bai Li explained that she had been separated from her family during the last beast tide and was the only fox in the apartment building.
• Bai Li gave Qin Yang her true name and transformed from a white fox into a little girl with twin buns.
• Qin Yang told Bai Li to handle the household chores, including warming his bed, and she protested that she was still little.

After subduing Xiao Bai, Qin Yang received the Dog System’s rewards and used them to strengthen his cultivation and learn the Purple Sun Contemplation Method. As he began cultivating his Mental Power, Xiao Bai sensed the powerful fluctuation and looked toward him.

• Qin Yang brought Xiao Bai home and ordered her to clean the apartment.
• Qin Yang summoned the Dog System, which rewarded him for subduing a Beast Emperor with twenty years of cultivation and the Purple Sun Contemplation Method.
• Qin Yang absorbed the cultivation reward and reached the peak of the initial Grandmaster Realm.
• Qin Yang learned the Purple Sun Contemplation Method and began visualizing the purple sun to cultivate his Mental Power.
• While cleaning, Xiao Bai sensed Qin Yang’s powerful Mental Power and turned to look at him.

Qin Yang successfully strengthened his Mental Power, then kept Xiao Bai under his control as she cooked and served him. The next day, he took her along to the library, where passersby stared at the fox in his arms.

• Xiao Bai realized Qin Yang had heard her insults and feared she would never escape him.
• Qin Yang completed his visualization, felt his Mental Power and cultivation comprehension improve, and pulled Xiao Bai over to pinch her cheeks as punishment.
• Qin Yang ordered Xiao Bai to make three dishes and a soup, then enjoyed her cooking and had her massage his back.
• Qin Yang took Xiao Bai with him to the library the next morning, attracting stares as he carried her through the streets.

Qin Yang brought Bai Li to work, where she used an illusion to embarrass Xia He after he called her weak. After warning her not to use illusions without permission, Qin Yang used her powers to slip past the guards and enter the library’s second floor.

• Qin Yang carried Bai Li into the library and told Xia He he would not trade her for a tiger-type Star Beast.
• Xia He insulted Bai Li’s strength, so she planted an illusion that made him mistake a middle-aged uncle for a beautiful woman and approach him.
• Qin Yang ordered Bai Li to end the illusion and warned her not to use her powers without his permission.
• After finishing the first-floor books, Qin Yang checked the second-floor entrance and found no trace of the Martial Hall Master.
• Bai Li used an illusion on the Acquired Realm guards, allowing Qin Yang to walk past them and enter the second floor.

Qin Yang used Xiao Bai’s illusion technique to study sword manuals in the library and steadily improve One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate while keeping up the appearance of working. When Li Zixuan struggled under pressure to master the same sword technique before a rival arrived, Qin Yang sensed that something was wrong with her.

• Xiao Bai fooled the Acquired Realm experts on the library’s second floor, allowing Qin Yang to memorize sword manuals before returning to work.
• Qin Yang spent the next several days absorbing Innate sword techniques and using their insights to advance One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate.
• Xia He noticed Li Zixuan studying diligently in the library and wondered why she pushed herself so hard.
• Li Zixuan grew anxious because she needed to master One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate before the Prairie Sword Saint’s genius disciple arrived in Jianghai City.
• Qin Yang sensed Li Zixuan’s worsening emotional state and realized something was wrong with her.

Qin Yang sensed that Li Zixuan was nearing a Cultivation Deviation, likely because his sword teachings had disrupted her original path, and quietly calmed her mind in the library. That evening, Li Zixuan went to Broken Peak Mountain to seek peace and was overjoyed when Qin Yang appeared and called her his disciple.

• Qin Yang sensed Li Zixuan's troubled state and realized she was at risk of a Cultivation Deviation.
• Qin Yang suspected that the Sword Dao he had taught Li Zixuan had sent her into a dead end and decided to guide her.
• Li Zixuan's anger and chaotic thoughts cracked her Sword Heart after she noticed Qin Yang and Xia He in the library.
• Qin Yang used Mental Power to soothe Li Zixuan, who left the library to clear her head.
• Li Zixuan went to Broken Peak Mountain that evening, and Qin Yang appeared behind her and called her his disciple.

Qin Yang found Li Zixuan overwhelmed by the pressure of her upcoming fight and used a stone inscribed with “Calm” to steady her mind. After she warned him that the Prairie Sword Saint was coming to Jianghai City to challenge him, Qin Yang left, uninterested in accepting a fight with no apparent benefit.

• Qin Yang noticed Li Zixuan’s unstable state of mind and warned her that she risked a Cultivation Deviation.
• Li Zixuan cried as she told Qin Yang about the pressure of her upcoming match against the Sword Saint’s disciple.
• Qin Yang carved “Calm” into a stone and gave it to Li Zixuan, whose worries and agitation subsided.
• Li Zixuan warned Qin Yang that the Prairie Sword Saint would soon arrive in Jianghai City to challenge him.
• Qin Yang gave Li Zixuan cultivation pointers and departed, while she vowed not to disappoint him.

Huyan Jian defeated Ningchuan Martial Arts Academy’s top student with one strike, then learned that his master Yuwen Xuan planned to challenge the Jianghai Sword God. Meanwhile, Qin Yang combined the sword techniques he had studied to advance One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate to the Grandmaster-level.

• Huyan Jian defeated Ningchuan Martial Arts Academy’s Senior Brother with a single sword strike and left the academy unchallenged.
• Huyan Jian returned to the hotel and complained to Yuwen Xuan that Ningchuan’s fighters were too weak.
• Yuwen Xuan announced that he and Huyan Jian would travel to Jianghai City to meet the Jianghai Sword God.
• Qin Yang used the sword manuals he had studied to fuse their insights into One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate.
• Qin Yang advanced One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate to the Grandmaster-level.

Qin Yang investigated the strange deaths at an intersection after Xia He described nearly being blamed for a fatal crash. He discovered a transparent Emperor-level Soul Devouring Insect there, uncovering a dangerous presence whose intentions remained unknown.

• Qin Yang reached the Grandmaster Realm in One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate and spent the morning returning books to the library shelves.
• Xia He returned to work and told Qin Yang that a driver had died at an intersection before Xia He could hit him; the Star Police Department had detained him and said similar deaths happened monthly.
• Qin Yang decided to investigate the intersection after work, then bought ingredients for Xiao Bai to make lamb paomo.
• Qin Yang arrived at the desolate intersection and used his Mental Power to search the area.
• Qin Yang detected a transparent insect beside an old tree and identified it as an Emperor-level Soul Devouring Insect with the bloodline of the ancient Soul Devouring Demon Insect.

Qin Yang discovered that the Soul Devouring Insect could only be harmed by Mental Power, but it drained his in return and escaped beneath a birch tree. Meanwhile, Li Zixuan used the Stillness Pattern Stone to break through to the Acquired Realm Ninth Level and continued cultivating her sword technique.

• Qin Yang found that his sword qi and Star Power could not affect the Soul Devouring Insect, while his Mental Power made it curl in pain.
• The Soul Devouring Insect began devouring Qin Yang's Mental Power, so he severed their connection before the system's warning could come true.
• The Soul Devouring Insect sank beneath the birch bark and vanished, and Qin Yang left, expecting it to emerge again when hungry.
• Li Zixuan meditated with the Stillness Pattern Stone and broke through to the Acquired Realm Ninth Level.
• Li Zixuan continued comprehending the sword intent in the inscription, drawing closer to Great Success in One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate.

Old Li worried that Huyan Jian’s challenge could damage Li Zixuan’s Sword Heart, but her unwavering resolve and sharp sword intent reassured him. Meanwhile, Qin Yang fused two Mental Power techniques in the library and created a new soul-attacking secret technique.

• Old Li watched footage of Huyan Jian defeating Ningchuan Academy’s genius and feared Jianghai Academy would be unable to withstand his challenge.
• Li Zixuan brought Old Li tea, and he warned her that losing to Huyan Jian might damage her Sword Heart.
• Li Zixuan declared that she would advance without fear, releasing a powerful surge of sword intent that astonished Old Li.
• In the library, Qin Yang searched for Mental Power techniques and found only two books, one of them incomplete.
• Qin Yang fused the two techniques in Enlightenment Space and created the Soul Severing Sword.

Qin Yang completed the Soul Severing Sword and used it to kill cockroaches hidden throughout the library. Yuwen Xuan and Huyan Jian arrived in Jianghai City for the coming challenge, while a transparent insect attacked a taxi driver and caused a crash.

• Qin Yang completed the Soul Severing Sword, which let him attack living beings’ souls with Mental Power.
• Qin Yang detected cockroaches inside the library walls and used the Soul Severing Sword to kill them, including larvae in their egg cases.
• Yuwen Xuan and Huyan Jian arrived at Jianghai International Airport, where Jianghai officials arranged to host them.
• Yuwen Xuan told Huyan Jian to rest before he issued Jianghai Martial Arts Academy a challenge invitation on his behalf.
• A taxi driver began suffering intense pain while driving a couple toward Broken Peak Mountain and crashed into a truck.
• A transparent insect crawled above the traffic light as the road descended into chaos.

Qin Yang tracked the Soul Devouring Insect to a fatal traffic accident and killed the Emperor-level Star Beast with his newly created Soul Severing Sword. The insect left behind a transparent bead, and the system began awarding him a fiftyfold amplification.

• The Police Chief Commander investigated a fatal crash and found that the driver had died suddenly in a manner resembling earlier unexplained cases.
• Qin Yang heard a report about the crash and recognized it as the Soul Devouring Insect’s work.
• Qin Yang left Xiao Bai at home and used the Seven Stars Dragon Swimming Steps to reach the guarded crash site.
• Qin Yang sensed the Soul Devouring Insect hiding above a traffic light and ignored the system’s warning to flee.
• Qin Yang formed the Soul Severing Sword from his Mental Power and killed the insect, which left behind a transparent bead of soul power.
• The system detected Qin Yang’s victory and announced a fiftyfold amplification reward.

After killing the Soul Devouring Insect, Qin Yang absorbed its Soul Power Crystal and used the rewards to strengthen his cultivation and Mental Power. He saw through Xiao Bai’s illusion technique, leaving her unable to frighten or outwit him.

• Qin Yang collected the Soul Devouring Insect’s Soul Power Crystal after confirming the creature had been eliminated, while the Star Police Department searched the intersection and later called the incident a rain-related accident.
• Qin Yang returned home with roast chicken, absorbed fifty years of cultivation, and startled Xiao Bai with another surge in strength.
• Qin Yang used the Soul Devouring Technique to absorb the Soul Power Crystal, expanding his Divine Sense as Xiao Bai sensed its immense power.
• Xiao Bai begged Qin Yang to give her the crystal, but he absorbed all its soul power and let it crumble to dust.
• Qin Yang allowed Xiao Bai to use her illusion technique on him, then dispelled the illusions and saw through the fox clan’s strongest technique.