Chapter Summaries

Xia Wuji won a Seed of Supreme Grade Spirit Medicine and sold it to Gu Lei for ten billion Spirit Crystals, then collected his wager from Shen Yun. Shen Yun, unwilling to accept defeat, agreed to a thirty-billion-Spirit-Crystal rematch.

• Gu Lei identified Xia Wuji's find as a Seed of Supreme Grade Spirit Medicine and offered ten billion Spirit Crystals plus a Black Source Token for it.
• Xia Wuji accepted Gu Lei's offer, then demanded the Sky Blue Crystal and five billion Spirit Crystals from Shen Yun according to their wager.
• Shen Yun paid Xia Wuji and handed over the Sky Blue Crystal, despite his anger at losing.
• Xia Wuji proposed a thirty-billion-Spirit-Crystal wager, and Gu Lei offered Shen Yun a larger loan at a higher interest rate.
• Shen Yun agreed to the thirty-billion wager, convinced he would win and restore his reputation.

Xia Wuji and Shen Yun wagered three billion Spirit Crystals on a Source Stone gamble. Both stones proved nearly worthless, but Shen Yun’s yielded nothing, leaving Xia Wuji the winner and Shen Yun facing ruin.

• Shen Yun and Xia Wuji each selected a Source Stone for their three-billion-Spirit-Crystal wager.
• The cutter opened Xia Wuji’s stone and found a Moonlight Profound Crystal worth at most one million Spirit Crystals.
• Shen Yun celebrated and mocked Xia Wuji, confident that his own stone would contain a greater treasure.
• The cutter fully opened Shen Yun’s stone and found only waste material, making Xia Wuji the winner.
• Shen Yun searched the discarded fragments in disbelief as he feared that his three-billion-Spirit-Crystal loss would ruin Supporting Sky Peak.

Xia Wuji won billions of Spirit Crystals from Shen Yun at the Source Stone Merchant Guild, then left with his companions after Gu Lei arranged the payout. He sent Qin An back to Heaven Inquiry Peak with most of the winnings and headed for Spirit Peak City to find materials to strengthen his Seven Emotions Flying Swords.

• Xia Wuji refused Shen Yun's plea for another gamble, and Gu Lei suppressed Shen Yun when he tried to kill himself before collecting the debt.
• Gu Lei concluded that Xia Wuji had deliberately chosen the Moonlight Profound Crystal and instructed Hong Yue to befriend him and escort him safely away.
• Hong Yue delivered seven Storage Rings containing the winnings, and Xia Wuji accepted Gu Lei's waived fees as a gift.
• Qin An took Xia Wuji and the others away through several teleportation arrays, then arranged to return to Heaven Inquiry Peak with four billion Spirit Crystals.
• Xia Wuji gave Lu Feixia two hundred million Spirit Crystals and set out for Spirit Peak City to seek materials for his Seven Emotions Flying Swords.

Xia Wuji joined Qin Yu and Li Qiushui in negotiating Heaven Inquiry Peak’s purchase of two mineral veins from Baoyuan Sect, but Shen Cong and Supporting Sky Peak intervened to claim the deal. As Shen Chen boasted about Supporting Sky Peak’s wealth, Shen Yun rushed in, calling him his son.

• Xia Wuji brought Lin Ling to meet Qin Yu in Spirit Peak City and learned Heaven Inquiry Peak was negotiating to buy a Crimson Profound Stone Vein from Baoyuan Sect.
• Wang Quan agreed to let Heaven Inquiry Peak pay for the Crimson Profound Stone Vein in installments but demanded a lump-sum payment for a Void Spirit Stone Vein; Xia Wuji supplied two hundred million Spirit Crystals.
• Wang Quan hesitated to proceed, and Xia Wuji accused him of using the Void Spirit Stone Vein to make Heaven Inquiry Peak withdraw from the deal.
• Shen Chen arrived and revealed Supporting Sky Peak wanted Baoyuan Sect’s Crimson Profound Stone Vein, while Shen Cong pressured Wang Quan and injured Li Qiushui with his Saint Realm might.
• Xia Wuji offered three hundred and fifty million Spirit Crystals for the Crimson Profound Stone Vein, but Shen Cong matched his offer and Wang Quan prepared to sign with Supporting Sky Peak.
• Shen Chen boasted that Supporting Sky Peak kept at least one billion Spirit Crystals in reserve, just before Shen Yun rushed in calling him his son.

Shen Yun revealed that he owed the Source Stone Merchant Guild 2.5 billion Spirit Crystals after losing more than three billion, forcing Shen Cong to accept responsibility despite disowning him. With Supporting Sky Peak facing financial turmoil, Xia Wuji negotiated a deal for Baoyuan Sect’s two mineral veins.

• Shen Yun admitted that his latest gambling losses left him owing the Source Stone Merchant Guild 2.5 billion Spirit Crystals, and Shen Cong furiously disowned him.
• A Guild representative insisted Shen Cong remained responsible for Shen Yun’s debt and warned that Guild Master Gu could approach the Heavenly Origin Sacred Lord if payment was delayed.
• Shen Cong apologized for Shen Chen’s accusations and promised to find a way to repay the debt, then left with Shen Yun.
• Wang Quan asked Xia Wuji to buy Baoyuan Sect’s Crimson Profound Stone Vein and Void Spirit Stone Vein after Shen Cong departed.
• Xia Wuji offered 500 million Spirit Crystals for both veins, payable over five years, and Wang Quan accepted after trying to negotiate shorter payment terms.

Xia Wuji reforged his flying swords, cultivated to the fifth level of the Myriad Manifestation Realm, and prepared to challenge Yu Zhen. As Yu Zhen rose to sixty-fifth on the Wind and Cloud Rankings, Xia Wuji remained confident that he would defeat him.

• Wang Quan signed a contract selling Howling Sky Peak two mineral veins for five hundred million Spirit Crystals, and Xia Wuji stayed in Spirit Peak City to help Guo Fang refine the Radiant Sun Sacred Fire.
• Qin Hai warned Xia Wuji that some Source Stones contained ominous powers, while Xia Wuji told him to use the four billion Spirit Crystals as he saw fit.
• Xia Wuji used the Universe Pagoda's Source of Fire to reforge the Jinghong Sword and Seven Emotions Flying Swords and forge five more ninth-grade middle-rank flying swords, giving him twelve in total.
• Supporting Sky Peak sold its resources to repay its debts, and Shen Yun died after an apparent internal act of killing his father; meanwhile, Howling Sky Peak recovered and strengthened its ties with other peaks.
• Yu Zhen advanced to the eighth level of the Heavenly Gate Realm and rose from sixty-eighth to sixty-fifth on the Wind and Cloud Rankings, drawing a crowd ahead of his challenge from Xia Wuji.
• Xia Wuji emerged from cultivation at the fifth level of the Myriad Manifestation Realm, heard about Yu Zhen's breakthrough from Qin An, and dismissed him as a stepping stone.

Xia Wuji arrived at the Heavenly Origin Arena to face Yu Zhen, who had challenged him after reaching the eighth level of the Heavenly Gate Realm. Xia Wuji broke Yu Zhen’s sacred arts and forced him to fight seriously, then unleashed the Seven Emotions Flying Swords as their duel continued.

• Yu Zhen taunted Xia Wuji for not appearing, but Xia Wuji arrived and accepted the fight.
• Yu Zhen used the Thousand Illusion Lightning Body to attack Xia Wuji with nearly three hundred lightning clones, and Xia Wuji destroyed them with the Sacred Spirit Swordplay.
• Yu Zhen unleashed Lightning Illusion Heavenly Aspect, but Xia Wuji tore through the lightning sea with sword qi and flames, sending Yu Zhen flying.
• Yu Zhen protected himself with a huge cauldron and used Sky Splitting Mad Saber, collapsing the Heavenly Origin Arena as Xia Wuji dodged his attack.
• Xia Wuji summoned the Seven Emotions Flying Swords, and Yu Zhen tried to restrain and destroy them with his cauldron and saber.
• Xia Wuji’s thoughts stirred, and the Seven Emotions Flying Swords suddenly surged with greater edge and radiance.

Xia Wuji defeated Yu Zhen and rose to sixty-fifth place on the Wind and Cloud Rankings, then told Qin Hai and Qin An he planned to join the Wind and Cloud Association’s expedition into the Dark Forbidden Zone. After learning the Golden Sea King Sword might be there, Xia Wuji traveled with Liao Shan to the Dark Forbidden Zone to investigate.

• Xia Wuji overwhelmed Yu Zhen with the Seven Emotions Flying Swords, defeating him before the spectators at the Heavenly Origin Arena.
• Liao Shan confirmed Xia Wuji would take Yu Zhen’s sixty-fifth place on the Wind and Cloud Rankings, and Heaven Inquiry Peak celebrated his victory.
• Xia Wuji told Qin Hai and Qin An he wanted to join the expedition to build ties with the Wind and Cloud Association and investigate the Golden Sea King Sword’s possible location.
• Qin Hai agreed to Xia Wuji’s plan after hearing about the Golden Sea King Sword, but warned him not to venture too deep into the Dark Forbidden Zone.
• After Xia Wuji’s ranking was updated, he met Liao Shan in Spirit Peak City and firmly asked to join the expedition.
• Liao Shan took Xia Wuji through the Wind and Cloud Association’s teleportation formation, and they reached the Dark Forbidden Zone after seven days.

Xia Wuji arrived at the Wind and Cloud Association’s Heavenly Light Altar to prepare for exploring the Dark Forbidden Zone and learned how its light protected visitors from darkness. While absorbing the radiance and studying the Heavenly Light Technique, he discovered he could imitate it with his Brightness Scripture, and a woman noticed his unusually rapid absorption.

• Liao Shan brought Xia Wuji to the edge of the Dark Forbidden Zone and explained the Wind and Cloud Association’s role in containing it.
• Yao Sen recognized Xia Wuji and explained that the Heavenly Light Altar protected people entering the Dark Forbidden Zone from dark aura.
• Liao Shan told Xia Wuji that the Heavenly Light Technique could purify darkness and that the association might provide help in exchange for Contribution Points.
• Xia Wuji climbed the altar, where he noticed a woman actively absorbing its light much faster than the others.
• Xia Wuji studied the Heavenly Light Technique and found that his Brightness Scripture could imitate it, but he avoided showing his ability.
• The woman finished absorbing the light, saw Xia Wuji, and was surprised by how quickly he absorbed it.

Xia Wuji passed the heavenly light test and prepared to enter the Dark Forbidden Zone with a Wind and Cloud Association squad. After six captains rejected him, Yan Bing accepted him and led her squad into the darkness, where the Sea Spirit Imprints in his body began to tremble.

• Xia Wuji illuminated Yu Zhen’s gray bead with heavenly light, qualifying him to enter the Dark Forbidden Zone, and signed the Wind and Cloud Association’s contract.
• Xia Wuji studied the association’s information about Black Cores and Contribution Points, then spent two days cultivating with Hundred Refinement Return Origin Pills.
• Yu Zhen presented Xia Wuji to the ten junior squads, but six captains rejected him because they feared his inexperience and temperament.
• Yan Bing accepted Xia Wuji into her eight-person squad and gave him ten Heavenly Light Talismans as a welcoming gift.
• Yan Bing led her squad into the Dark Forbidden Zone, and Xia Wuji’s Sea Spirit Imprints trembled when he encountered its dark aura.

Xia Wuji joined Yan Bing’s team in the Dark Forbidden Zone and demonstrated his ability to kill a dark creature with Heavenly Light. Yan Bing then separated him from the others to help activate a Heavenly Light Lamp near a powerful dark creature, offering to teach him the Heavenly Light Technique in return.

• Xia Wuji sensed that the Golden Sea King Sword carried the aura of the Chaos Sea, while Yan Bing warned him to conserve his Heavenly Light in the Dark Forbidden Zone.
• Xia Wuji killed a dark black python with his flying sword and claimed the low-grade Black Core it contained.
• Yan Bing divided the team and took Xia Wuji away alone, leaving Yang Yao angry and in charge of overseeing the others.
• Yan Bing told Xia Wuji that a half-step Void Shattering Realm dark creature lay ahead and asked him to activate a Heavenly Light Lamp while she handled the rest.
• Xia Wuji agreed to help Yan Bing in exchange for her teaching him the Heavenly Light Technique.

Yan Bing and Xia Wuji used heavenly light to briefly restore Yan Bing’s corrupted brother’s reason, but he later died when the darkness threatened to overtake him again. Yan Bing mourned him and passed the lower volume of the Heavenly Light Technique to Xia Wuji, who was now authorized to use it.

• Yan Bing attacked a dark creature while Xia Wuji waited with the Heavenly Light Lamp, as she had instructed.
• Yan Bing’s Heavenly Light Talismans and Xia Wuji’s lamp helped her use the Heavenly Light Technique to briefly restore her brother’s reason.
• Yan Bing’s brother spoke with her and Xia Wuji, then succumbed to the darkness and died after Xia Wuji left them alone.
• Yan Bing placed her brother’s body in a coffin and told Xia Wuji how his corruption began and how she had long hoped to speak with him again.
• Yan Bing offered Xia Wuji a place with the Wind and Cloud Association’s exploration team and passed him the lower volume of the Heavenly Light Technique.

Xia Wuji joined Yan Bing’s team in the Dark Forbidden Zone and hunted dark creatures while planning to use his Sea Spirit Brand to draw on the Chaos Sea’s laws. Just as he and Zhao Xu prepared to return to Yan Bing, a horde attacked, including multiple Void Shattering Realm dark creatures, and one charged Xia Wuji.

• Yan Bing gave Xia Wuji the second part of the Heavenly Light Technique and sent him to learn from Zhao Xu after he hunted dark creatures.
• Xia Wuji used the Brightness Scripture to kill more than a dozen dark creatures before meeting Zhao Xu, then hunted alongside him for several hours.
• Yang Yao learned that Xia Wuji was with Zhao Xu, and Ma Han proposed using Black Fiend Spirit Liquid to lure Void Shattering Realm dark creatures.
• Zhao Xu fired a Heavenly Light Arrow distress signal when hundreds of dark creatures surrounded them, then charged one Void Shattering Realm creature while telling Xia Wuji to break out.
• Xia Wuji sensed three Void Shattering Realm dark creatures, and a ninth-rank low-grade Demonic Beast dark creature charged straight at him.

Xia Wuji used the Brightness Scripture to destroy a powerful dark creature after fleeing the battle, then confronted Yang Yao and Ma Han, who admitted they had caused the swarm. Yang Yao attacked Xia Wuji while Pengfei and the Azure Sky Dragon Python fought Ma Han.

• Xia Wuji used the Heavenly Light Lamp, Heavenly Light Talismans, and his swords to cut through the dark creatures, then fled from a second-level Void Shattering Realm pursuer as Zhao Xu urged him to run.
• Yang Yao and Ma Han watched Xia Wuji flee and decided to pursue him before reinforcements arrived.
• Xia Wuji stopped and used the Brightness Scripture to destroy the pursuing dark creature, then picked up its top-grade Black Core.
• Yang Yao and Ma Han confronted Xia Wuji and admitted they had caused the swarm of dark creatures to attack him.
• Pengfei and the Azure Sky Dragon Python attacked Ma Han, while Yang Yao revealed his ninth-level Heavenly Gate Realm strength and attacked Xia Wuji.

Xia Wuji defeated and killed Yang Yao and Ma Han after learning they had used Black Fiend Spirit Liquid to draw dark creatures toward him. While Yan Bing’s team searched for him and feared he had been lost, Xia Wuji ventured deeper into the Dark Forbidden Zone, where the sea-spirit imprints in his body began glowing more brightly.

• Xia Wuji revealed five more flying swords, overwhelmed Yang Yao, and killed him after learning Ma Han had used Black Fiend Spirit Liquid to lure dark creatures toward him.
• Pengfei and Long Teng defeated Ma Han, and Xia Wuji ordered Pengfei to kill him before sending both companions back into the Universe Pagoda.
• Xia Wuji searched Yang Yao and Ma Han’s Storage Rings, found one-use heavenly-light treasures, and returned briefly to the area where Zhao Xu had been surrounded.
• Yan Bing learned from Zhao Xu that Xia Wuji had fled while pursued by a powerful dark creature, and she ordered the team to search for him and locate Yang Yao and Ma Han.
• After the search found no sign of Xia Wuji, Yang Yao, or Ma Han, Zhao Xu urged Yan Bing’s dispirited team to continue the mission and meet its Contribution Point goal.
• Xia Wuji reached deeper into the Dark Forbidden Zone, where his sea-spirit imprints glowed blue, and continued forward after circulating the Brightness Scripture.

Xia Wuji tested whether the Sea Spirit Imprints could draw on the Chaos Sea’s rules in the depths of the Dark Forbidden Zone, then headed to find Yan Bing’s team. On the way, two Wind and Cloud Association members tried to rob him of his black cores, and Xia Wuji turned the tables on them.

• Xia Wuji used the Brightness Scripture to withstand the darkness and fought off a giant wolf before withdrawing to avoid attracting more dark creatures.
• After repeated trips into the depths, Xia Wuji confirmed that the Sea Spirit Imprints could unleash sword qi by borrowing power from the Chaos Sea’s rules.
• Xia Wuji left the depths and traveled to the area where Yan Bing’s team was assigned to clear dark creatures.
• Two Wind and Cloud Association members demanded Xia Wuji hand over his black cores and open his Storage Ring for inspection.
• Xia Wuji attacked the pair with the Seven Emotions Flying Swords and ordered them to hand over all their black cores.

Xia Wuji subdued members of the team targeting Yan Bing and used their Communication Talismans to lure them into an ambush. After taking their valuables, he left the remaining team members to decide whether to support their captain.

• Xia Wuji defeated two team members, took their black cores and other valuable items, and learned that Yan Bing’s team faced disbandment in five days unless it earned another 1.1 million Contribution Points.
• Xia Wuji learned that seven members of the rival team remained in the Dark Forbidden Zone, activated their Communication Talismans, and set an Eighth Grade Peak Rank formation.
• Two ninth-level Heavenly Gate Realm team members arrived and attacked Xia Wuji, but his formation and Seven Emotions Flying Swords defeated them.
• Xia Wuji trapped and robbed two more team members, bringing his total haul from six people to over 250,000 Contribution Points.
• Xia Wuji released part of the seals on the six defeated members, warned them about the dangers of supporting their captain, and flew away.

Xia Wuji returned in time to help Yan Bing defeat Zheng Xuan, who had tried to seize her Storage Ring and disband her brother’s team. Zheng Xuan revealed that his teammates had robbed Yan Bing’s other team members, but Xia Wuji showed that he had already dealt with them and taken their Communication Talismans.

• Zheng Xuan overpowered Yan Bing and demanded her Storage Ring, but she refused to surrender the things her brother had left behind.
• Xia Wuji arrived just as Zheng Xuan was about to finish Yan Bing, and his Seven Emotions Flying Swords blocked the attack.
• Pengfei and Long Teng joined Xia Wuji against Zheng Xuan, and Yan Bing helped them defeat him.
• Zheng Xuan claimed his teammates had robbed Yan Bing’s other team members and that her team still lacked more than 1.1 million Contribution Points.
• Xia Wuji revealed the six Communication Talismans he had taken from Zheng Xuan’s teammates, leaving Zheng Xuan and Yan Bing stunned.

Xia Wuji returned to Yan Bing’s team with enough Contribution Points to preserve it and revealed that he could release heavenly light, qualifying him for the Heavenly Light Camp. Yan Bing brought him to Yao Sen to discuss joining the camp, and Yao Sen was left stunned when Xia Wuji demonstrated his ability.

• Yan Bing took Zheng Xuan’s Storage Ring and counted its contents, bringing the team’s expected Contribution Points to more than one million six hundred thousand.
• Xia Wuji told Yan Bing that he had mastered the Heavenly Light Technique while fighting a powerful dark lifeform, then demonstrated that he could release heavenly light.
• Yan Bing explained that Xia Wuji might qualify to join the Heavenly Light Camp, which resisted darkness deep within the Dark Forbidden Zone.
• Zhao Xu and the rest of the team reunited with Xia Wuji, and Yan Bing kept his ability to release heavenly light from the others.
• Yan Bing’s team completed its mission and returned with one million eight hundred thousand Contribution Points, including more than one million two hundred thousand earned by Xia Wuji.
• Yan Bing brought Xia Wuji to Yao Sen to discuss the Heavenly Light Technique and the Heavenly Light Camp; Yao Sen doubted her claim until Xia Wuji released heavenly light before him.

Xia Wuji advanced his Heavenly Light Technique and helped Yan Bing reach the point of releasing Heavenly Light, while learning that the Heavenly Light Camp could lead to the Upper Domain’s Wind and Cloud Divine Sect. After Xia Wuji broke through to the sixth level of the Myriad Manifestation Realm, he and Yan Bing went with Yao Sen to meet Master Duanmu about joining the camp.

• Yao Sen explained that outstanding members of the Heavenly Light Camp could earn a chance to enter the Upper Domain’s Wind and Cloud Divine Sect, and offered to take Xia Wuji to meet someone about joining.
• Yan Bing asked Xia Wuji to guide her in the Heavenly Light Technique, and he clarified her understanding enough to bring her close to releasing Heavenly Light.
• Yan Bing gave Xia Wuji a bottle of Heavenly Wood Spirit Marrow in thanks, and he drank it all before cultivating.
• Xia Wuji refined the marrow and broke through to the sixth level of the Myriad Manifestation Realm.
• Yan Bing successfully drew in Heavenly Light and asked Xia Wuji to call her Sister Bing.
• Yan Bing declared her intent to join the Heavenly Light Camp, and Xia Wuji confirmed his decision as Yao Sen led them to meet Master Duanmu.