Chapter Summaries

After Qin Yang’s apparent clone vanished, Black Robe attacked the people gathered in Sword God Valley, but a returning purple sword light killed him. The survivors were left praising the Sword God’s protection of Jianghai.

• Li Zixuan recognized Qin Yang’s disappearance as the sign of a clone, while Old Li and Lin Mofeng praised the Sword God’s strength.
• Black Robe interrupted the crowd’s celebration and threatened to kill everyone in the valley.
• Lin Mofeng tried to shield the crowd, but Black Robe struck him into a cliff, leaving his fate unknown.
• Li Zixuan, Li Qinghe, and the others joined forces to resist Black Robe’s crushing pressure.
• A purple sword light pierced Black Robe’s brow and destroyed his body, ending the pressure over the valley.

Qin Yang survived an attack by Divine Cult members near Sword Valley and gained insight into the Supreme Realm, while Jianghai City launched a crackdown on cult hideouts. Back at the library, he kept his identity as Grandmaster hidden from Li Qinghe and Li Zixuan, telling Li Zixuan that he had already left Jianghai.

• Qin Yang confirmed the enemies near Sword Valley were gone, reflected on the Masked Old Man's use of Law Power, and expected to break through into the Supreme Realm within days.
• Jianghai City raised its alert and searched cult hideouts as the beast tide approached, while fake Jianghai Sword God accounts appeared online and were shut down.
• Li Qinghe brought Qin Yang breakfast at the library and asked when she could meet Grandmaster, but Qin Yang refused to give her a time.
• Li Zixuan asked Qin Yang to contact Master so she could see him, and Qin Yang told her that Master had left Jianghai the day before.

Li Zixuan learned from Qin Yang that her Teacher had left Jianghai and was supposedly in seclusion preparing to break through, while Li Qinghe overheard the lie and asked to meet him too. Qin Yang mocked Li Qinghe for failing to reach the Innate Realm, sending her away determined to prove him wrong, before Xiao Bai discovered he had plucked some of her fur.

• Qin Yang told Li Zixuan that her Teacher was in seclusion after gaining insight from the Demon Observation Cultivator's self-destruction, and promised to arrange a meeting after he emerged.
• Li Zixuan accepted Qin Yang's explanation, asked him about swordsmanship, and returned to the Martial Arts Academy.
• Li Qinghe overheard Qin Yang's story and hurried to ask whether she could meet the Grandmaster after his seclusion.
• Qin Yang disparaged Li Qinghe's cultivation and said taking her as an apprentice had been a loss, so she stormed off determined to break through to the Innate Realm.
• Xiao Bai called Qin Yang's disciples gullible, and Qin Yang plucked several strands of her fur, prompting her to check her reflection and scream at her bald patch.

Qin Yang reunited with Xia He, who celebrated his promotion and recounted wildly exaggerated tales of the Jianghai Sword God. Meanwhile, the Celestial Venerable learned that Vulture Venerable One had fallen and decided the Supreme Alliance’s alleged violation of the Blood Spirit Contract would let the divine cult act without restraint.

• Qin Yang gave Xiao Bai Hair Growth Elixirs, and her fur grew back before she fell asleep in his arms.
• Xia He picked Qin Yang up after work and excitedly repeated his coworkers’ exaggerated stories about the Jianghai Sword God’s battle at Sword God Valley.
• Xia He told Qin Yang that he had been promoted to Police Chief after risking his life against the demonfolk.
• Xia He stopped at the Jianghai Grand Hotel and invited Qin Yang to celebrate his promotion over a feast.
• A messenger reported Vulture Venerable One’s fall in Jianghai to the Celestial Venerable, who learned that the Jianghai Sword God had defeated Vulture Venerable One’s avatar.
• The Celestial Venerable concluded that the Supreme Alliance had violated the Blood Spirit Contract and declared that the divine cult would show no mercy.

Qin Yang continued comprehending the Supreme Realm while Xiao Bai concealed the strange signs of his meditation. At Jianghai Martial Arts Academy, Lin Mofeng warned Old Li that the Beast God Sect was behind the beast tides and might target Jianghai in retaliation for the Sword God’s actions.

• Qin Yang found Li Qinghe absent from the training hall and used the quiet to study the Masked Old Man’s self-destruction in the Enlightenment Space.
• Xiao Bai exhausted her Mental Power maintaining an illusion over Qin Yang’s meditation, and Qin Yang felt he had absorbed the old man’s rewards and only needed an opportunity to break through.
• Lin Mofeng asked Old Li whether he knew of the Beast God Sect, which Old Li described as a group that revered Star Beasts and pursued Attaining Dao through slaughter.
• Lin Mofeng showed Old Li Star Power footage of a beast tide directed by Beast God Sect members and warned that they might retaliate against Jianghai.
• Old Li said Jianghai would prepare as best it could but might have to rely on the Sword God if the sect attacked in overwhelming force.

Xiao Bai bought a phone and tried to turn the Jianghai Sword God’s fans against Qin Yang, but her account was quickly banned. As she created another account, a thunderclap startled her and shattered her phone, while Qin Yang completed his comprehension of the Lightning Law Source.

• Xiao Bai unboxed her new phone, registered on a short-video app, and found that its trending videos celebrated Qin Yang as the Jianghai Sword God.
• Xiao Bai changed her username to Sword God's Number One Hater and posted comments accusing Qin Yang of mistreating her and being a fake medicine master.
• Jianghai Sword God fans flooded Xiao Bai with hostile replies, and the platform permanently banned her account.
• Xiao Bai created another account, but thunder startled her and sent her phone crashing into a table, shattering its screen.
• Qin Yang completed his comprehension of the Lightning Law Fragment and formed a Lightning Mark between his brows.

Qin Yang used his Wood and Lightning Law Fragments to begin breaking through to the Supreme Realm, triggering a vast heavenly phenomenon across Jianghai. Old Li and Lin Mofeng headed toward the city center to investigate, while Li Zixuan suspected her Teacher was behind the spectacle.

• Qin Yang sat in the courtyard and began his breakthrough to the Supreme Realm using the Wood and Lightning Laws.
• Lightning flooded the skies over Jianghai as vegetation rapidly cycled through growth and decay, and Xiao Bai recognized Qin Yang as the source.
• Old Li and Lin Mofeng saw the phenomenon from Jianghai Martial Arts Academy, and Old Li decided to investigate its source.
• Li Zixuan saw the lightning from Sword God Valley and suspected her Teacher had caused it.

Jianghai’s experts gathered outside the Villa Complex as Qin Yang’s breakthrough caused a storm that lasted through the night. Li Zixuan gained insight and Xiao Bai guarded Qin Yang, who opened his eyes at dawn with runes flowing in his gaze.

• Old Li and Lin Mofeng arrived at the Villa Complex, where Old Li warned the experts that Sword God Senior was breaking through and urged them to stand guard without disturbing him.
• The Jianghai experts sat outside and tried to comprehend the phenomenon, while Li Zixuan arrived and quickly found an opportunity that loosened her cultivation bottleneck.
• Li Qinghe watched Li Zixuan’s breakthrough with envy, then followed the others in observing the phenomenon.
• Xiao Bai sensed the gathered experts, dismissed them, and took the initiative to guard Qin Yang as he broke through.
• The thunderstorm raged through the night before subsiding at dawn, when Qin Yang opened his eyes with runes flowing within them.

Qin Yang broke through to the Supreme Realm and tested the reach of his Mental Power. After Li Zixuan dispersed the gathered Jianghai experts, Qin Yang resumed contemplating Law Power, but a White-haired Loli suddenly leaped into his arms.

• Qin Yang entered the Supreme Realm after spending about a month comprehending Wood and Thunder Law Power with the Masked Old Man's support.
• Qin Yang spread his Mental Power across a hundred li and noticed that Jianghai experts had gathered outside the Villa Complex.
• Qin Yang voice-transmitted Li Zixuan, told her to disperse the experts, and said he had important matters to attend to.
• Li Zixuan asked Old Li to lead the crowd away, and he announced that the Sword God Senior wanted everyone to leave.
• Qin Yang reflected on how Supreme experts used Law Power before a White-haired Loli jumped out of the bushes, called him Master, and leaped into his arms.

After breaking through, Qin Yang rewarded Xiao Bai for guarding him by using the Wood Law to regrow her fur. He left her trapped in his arms as her fur grew wildly out of control.

• Xiao Bai celebrated Qin Yang's breakthrough and said she had kept outsiders away from the courtyard while he cultivated.
• Qin Yang praised Xiao Bai for guarding him and asked what reward she wanted.
• Xiao Bai asked for Hair Growth Pills, but Qin Yang used the Wood Law to nourish her fur instead.
• Xiao Bai enjoyed the first few moments of regrowth, then asked Qin Yang to stop when her fur had grown enough.
• Qin Yang held Xiao Bai in place and intensified the Wood Law, making her fur grow uncontrollably as she begged him to stop.

Qin Yang trimmed Xiao Bai’s fur and saw online rumors linking the previous night’s storm to the Jianghai Sword God’s breakthrough. He recognized Xiao Bai’s account posing as a Sword God hater and realized she was posting insults while making breakfast.

• Qin Yang finished trimming Xiao Bai’s fur, and she praised his work and offered to make breakfast.
• Qin Yang checked videos of Jianghai’s strange weather and saw rumors that it had been caused by the Sword God’s breakthrough.
• Qin Yang found an account insulting the Sword God and recognized its bio as Xiao Bai’s confession that she made him food and warmed his bed.
• Xiao Bai used her phone in the kitchen to post more insults, then received a reply accusing her of being a professional hater.

Xiao Bai was caught arguing online under an alternate account and punished by Qin Yang before they went to the library. At Jianghai Martial Arts Academy, Lin Mofeng warned Li Zixuan that the Beast God Sect’s Supreme Realm experts might be hunting Sword God Senior, and she promised to pass on the warning.

• Xiao Bai discovered Qin Yang had been the netizen she argued with, and he punished her for slandering him online.
• Qin Yang told Xiao Bai to finish making breakfast, then left for the library with her.
• Lin Mofeng stopped Li Zixuan at the academy gate and asked her to warn Sword God Senior that he was in danger.
• Lin Mofeng said the Beast God Sect might send Supreme Realm experts after Sword God Senior because of the killings at Sword God Valley.
• Li Zixuan agreed to deliver the warning and keep Lin Mofeng’s information secret.

Qin Yang learned that Beast God Sect Supreme Realm cultists were targeting him and promised Li Zixuan a visit with her Master in three days. Li Qinghe then tried to persuade him to take her along and give her an Innate Realm Pill, but he refused.

• Li Zixuan warned Qin Yang that the cultists might attack his Master with suicidal methods, and Qin Yang agreed to pass on the warning.
• Li Zixuan asked when she could see her Master again, and Qin Yang arranged for her to visit his house in three days.
• Li Qinghe asked Qin Yang to bring her to see the Grandmaster, but he refused because she had not reached the Innate Realm.
• Li Qinghe asked Qin Yang to give her an Innate Realm Pill in exchange for a favor, but he turned down her offers and told her to get lost.

Li Qinghe tried to trade Qin Yang an ancient manual for an Innate Realm Pill, but he discovered it was a self-detonation technique and teased her for cursing him to die young. Meanwhile, a messenger told Earth Venerable that rumors blamed the Jianghai Sword God for a disturbance of Law Power, and Earth Venerable vowed to kill him for killing a member of the Divine Cult.

• Li Qinghe begged Qin Yang for an Innate Realm Pill, but he told her to break through to the Innate Realm before he would give her one.
• Li Qinghe offered Qin Yang the ancient manual Heaven and Earth Longevity in exchange for the pill, and Qin Yang secretly used the Enlightenment Space to read it.
• Qin Yang realized Heaven and Earth Longevity was a self-detonation secret technique and joked that Li Qinghe was cursing him to die young.
• In the Da Li Mountain Range, a messenger reported to Earth Venerable that a Law Power disturbance in Jianghai City was rumored to have been caused by the Jianghai Sword God breaking through to the Supreme Realm.
• Earth Venerable dismissed the rumors and declared that the Jianghai Sword God would die for killing someone from the Divine Cult.

Qin Yang took leave from the library and brought Li Zixuan to his villa to meet her teacher. Their arrival was interrupted when Xiao Bai greeted Qin Yang as her master, leaving Li Zixuan shocked by their relationship.

• Qin Yang asked the library manager for leave so he could prepare for Li Zixuan’s visit, and the manager reluctantly approved it.
• Qin Yang met Li Zixuan outside Fuhai District and walked her to his villa, reassuring her that her teacher would be glad to see her.
• Li Zixuan worried that her slow cultivation progress would disappoint her teacher, but Qin Yang encouraged her to go inside.
• Xiao Bai sprang from the villa doorway and called Qin Yang her master, prompting Li Zixuan to stare at him in shock.

Li Zixuan visited Qin Yang and finally met her teacher, whom she had missed for some time. She presented him with a custom Crimson Dragon Pattern Robe, and Qin Yang accepted it with satisfaction.

• Li Zixuan mistook Xiao Bai for a human girl, and Qin Yang revealed that she was a King-level Star Beast who could take human form.
• Qin Yang invited Li Zixuan inside, where she asked to see her teacher.
• Qin Yang appeared in a black robe as Li Zixuan's teacher, while Xiao Bai noticed there were two of him and stayed silent after Qin Yang threatened her.
• Li Zixuan explained that she had come to show filial devotion and gave Qin Yang a box of herbs and a custom-made Crimson Dragon Pattern Robe.
• Qin Yang examined the robe, praised Li Zixuan's thoughtfulness, and accepted the gift.

Li Zixuan warned Qin Yang that the Divine Cult planned to harm him, then learned that her teacher had arranged for Qin Yang to teach her the Heaven Severing Sword Drawing Technique. After sharing a meal with Qin Yang and Xiao Bai, she waited for her lesson as Qin Yang pressed a finger to her forehead.

• Li Zixuan told Qin Yang that Heretical Cultists, including possible Supreme Realm allies, planned to attack him and warned him to be careful.
• As Li Zixuan prepared to leave, Qin Yang said she had reached the Innate Realm and instructed Senior Brother Qin Yang to teach her the Heaven Severing Sword Drawing Technique.
• Li Zixuan recognized the technique as the move that had defeated the Prairie Sword Saint, and Qin Yang agreed to begin teaching her after they ate.
• Li Zixuan helped Xiao Bai serve a large meal, praised her cooking, and learned that Xiao Bai had been forced to learn it by her master.
• After dinner, Li Zixuan reminded Qin Yang to teach her, and he pressed a finger to her forehead.

Qin Yang taught Li Zixuan the Emperor-level Heaven Severing Sword Drawing Technique and guided her through cutting apart the clouds in the courtyard. As she left with Star Stones, her teacher told her to follow Qin Yang’s instructions during the approaching beast tide.

• Qin Yang passed the Heaven Severing Sword Drawing Technique to Li Zixuan, who endured the painful influx of knowledge and realized the art was Emperor-level.
• Li Zixuan asked Qin Yang to answer her questions, and he led her to the courtyard for practical training.
• Qin Yang guided Li Zixuan’s hands as she drew the fruit knife and split the clouds, revealing the moonlit sky.
• Xiao Bai watched from the balcony, grew jealous of Qin Yang’s closeness with Li Zixuan, and went inside to mop angrily.
• Qin Yang gave Li Zixuan Star Stones as she prepared to leave, and her teacher told her to obey Qin Yang because the beast tide was approaching.

Star Beasts crossed into the Da Li Mountain Range, prompting Jianghai’s leaders to debate whether to warn the public. They decided to announce the approaching beast tide the next day.

• A Star Police Department observation team spotted hundreds of Star Beasts charging across the mountain border and urgently alerted headquarters.
• The Police Chief Commander convened Jianghai’s leaders to decide whether to make the beast tide public.
• An official opposed an announcement, while Old Li and Li Daoming argued that citizens had the right to know.
• Li Zixuan supported her teacher, Old Li, and called for citizens to be warned.
• Lin Mofeng also backed Old Li and Li Zixuan, helping secure the decision to announce the beast tide the next day.

Qin Yang saw that Jianghai had publicly announced the approaching beast tide, and citizens were panicking while putting their hopes in the Jianghai Sword God. After Xiao Bai’s anti-fan insulted him online, Qin Yang secretly plucked her tail bald, and Li Zixuan noticed.

• Qin Yang read Jianghai’s official beast tide warning and saw citizens arguing online about fleeing or defending the city.
• Qin Yang found that many commenters trusted the Jianghai Sword God to protect them, but one anti-fan accused him of hiding.
• Qin Yang recognized the anti-fan as Xiao Bai’s third account and plucked the fur from her tail while she slept.
• Li Zixuan arrived at the library, discussed the announcement with Qin Yang, and asked why Xiao Bai’s tail was bald.