Chapter Summaries

Xia Wuji cultivated in the Pure Origin Secret Realm, advanced to the fourth level of the Core Formation Realm, and shared pills and a stronger cultivation method with Wen Shanshan. After Huang Yao secured Xia Wuji a quota for the secret realm expedition, Xia Wuji prepared to help restore Pengfei's missing origin.

• Xia Wuji told Wen Shanshan about his plans, then entered the Pure Origin Secret Realm with Hong Tao, who arranged for him to use a Mid-grade Yuan Force Spring Eye.
• Xia Wuji cultivated for three days and broke through to the fourth level of the Core Formation Realm.
• Xia Wuji stayed with Wen Shanshan, refined pills for them both, and gave her the Vast Origin Technique and Spirit Soul Pills.
• Wen Shanshan told Xia Wuji that Azure Star Academy and the Mad Sword Sect had stopped fighting and were negotiating over the secret realm they had discovered.
• Xu Mo delivered Huang Yao's message, and Xia Wuji learned that Huang Yao had secured his quota for the expedition.

Xia Wuji learned the rules for the Azure Star Academy and Mad Sword Sect’s secret-realm contest and prepared to leave. Lin Piaoxue visited him with gifts, but seeing Wen Shanshan at his residence, she left in anger; Xia Wuji then heard that several enemies would join the expedition and planned to deal with them first.

• Huang Yao explained that one hundred disciples from each side would search for the secret realm’s Space Crystal, with survival counts deciding the winner if neither side found it within seven days.
• Xia Wuji told Wen Shanshan he would leave the next day, and she gave in to his suggestion that they cultivate together.
• Lin Piaoxue asked to visit Shaking Light Peak, then brought Xia Wuji Yuan Crystals, pills, and a spirit sword and offered to help transfer him to Tian Xuan Peak.
• Wen Shanshan emerged from her room, prompting Lin Piaoxue to grow furious and leave; Xia Wuji took the gifts and hurried away when Su Yingjun arrived.
• Su Yingjun warned Xia Wuji that Ouyang Qi, Ouyang Xiao, and Chu Xiao would enter the secret realm, and Xia Wuji decided to strike before they could target him.

Xia Wuji joined Azure Star Academy’s expedition to the secret realm, where the Mad Sword Sect had already arrived. Elder Liao Yong ordered his disciples to kill Xia Wuji, and both groups entered the realm as the story left them facing danger inside.

• Xia Wuji and Su Yingjun confronted Chu Xiao, Ouyang Xiao, and Ouyang Qi at Shaking Light Peak before acting Peak Master Feng instructed Xia Wuji to stay with Su Yingjun.
• Su Yingjun led the nine Shaking Light Peak disciples to meet the other peaks, and Vice Dean Xu Han guided Azure Star Academy’s expedition to the secret realm.
• Xia Wuji sensed that his beast-hide map and Pengfei were drawn to the secret realm as the group arrived at its entrance.
• Elder Liao Yong offered to adopt whoever killed Xia Wuji, and several Mad Sword Sect disciples eagerly accepted the task.
• The Mad Sword Sect disciples entered the secret realm first, then Xu Han ordered Azure Star Academy’s disciples to follow, with Su Yingjun telling Xia Wuji to stay close.

Xia Wuji and the Azure Star Academy disciples entered the secret realm and were ambushed by demon beasts before the Mad Sword Sect attacked them. As the academy’s forces retreated amid mounting casualties, Xia Wuji flew off on Pengfei with two Mad Sword Sect disciples pursuing him.

• Xia Wuji followed Su Yingjun into the secret realm, where Pengfei sensed a mysterious call, and Zhang Hao led the Mad Sword Sect away after confronting Ding Ying.
• Demon beasts attacked the Azure Star Academy disciples, and Ding Ying, Liu Miaozhen, Zhou Zhijie, Su Yingjun, and the others fought back.
• After the beasts were mostly defeated, Zhang Hao and the Mad Sword Sect returned and launched a surprise attack that caused heavy casualties.
• Pengfei transformed and helped Xia Wuji kill a Mad Sword Sect disciple, while Ouyang Qi, Ouyang Xiao, and Chu Xiao watched without helping.
• Su Yingjun urged Xia Wuji to leave, and Xia Wuji flew away on Pengfei as two Mad Sword Sect disciples chased him.

Xia Wuji killed the surviving Mad Sword Sect disciple, learned how the sect had used captured Demon Beasts against the Azure Star Academy, and followed Pengfei to a hidden Golden Spirit Flower. After feeding Pengfei two petals, Xia Wuji swallowed the last petal to cultivate the metal aspect of his Five Elements Sword Intent.

• A seventh-stage Mad Sword Sect disciple betrayed and killed his eighth-stage Senior Brother, then attacked Xia Wuji.
• Xia Wuji activated his Lightning Strike Sword Array and Flame Gathering Array, defeated the disciple, questioned him about the Demon Beasts, and killed him.
• Xia Wuji and Pengfei traveled to a barren mountain where Pengfei recognized a blue-green stone as the place where it had once rested as an egg.
• Xia Wuji broke open the stone and found a three-petaled Golden Spirit Flower, after Pengfei had absorbed the other six petals.
• Xia Wuji fed two petals' essence to Pengfei and instructed it to refine the energy with the Golden Radiance Divine Art.
• Xia Wuji extracted and swallowed the final petal's essence to cultivate the metal attribute needed for his Five Elements Sword Intent.

Xia Wuji advanced his cultivation, strengthened the Jinghong Sword, and followed a beast-hide map to a formation where Ouyang Qi, Ouyang Xiao, and Chu Xiao were trapped. After learning the situation from a Mad Sword Sect ambusher, he prepared to take the initiative against their attackers.

• Xia Wuji absorbed the Golden Spirit Flower's energy, broke through to the fifth level of the Core Formation Realm, and practiced the Five Elements Extreme Sword Art.
• Xia Wuji reforged the Jinghong Sword while Pengfei absorbed the remaining petals and advanced to the second-grade high-tier Demon Beast level.
• Xia Wuji followed the beast-hide map with Pengfei and captured a Mad Sword Sect disciple, who revealed that Li Su was attacking Ouyang Qi's group near a formation.
• Xia Wuji reached the formation, saw Ouyang Qi and Ouyang Xiao controlling it with Chu Xiao inside, and resolved to deal with them all at once.

Xia Wuji evaded Li Su and the formation’s attacks while secretly tampering with the formation cores, then used the Spirit Reversal Seal to collapse them. Li Su broke through the weakened formation as Chu Xiao and the Ouyang siblings suffered its backlash.

• Li Su left her attack on Ouyang Qi and Ouyang Xiao’s formation to pursue Xia Wuji, but Pengfei shattered her sword light and Xia Wuji dodged the Mad Sword Sect disciples.
• Xia Wuji circled the formation and evaded its attacks, while Ouyang Qi realized he was locating and tampering with its cores.
• Xia Wuji and Pengfei fled, leaving Li Su and the Mad Sword Sect disciples to resume attacking the formation.
• Xia Wuji secretly returned and used the Spirit Reversal Seal, causing the formation cores to collapse and badly injuring Ouyang Qi and Ouyang Xiao.
• Li Su split open the collapsing formation and found Chu Xiao despairing as the Ouyang siblings suffered severe backlash.

Xia Wuji killed Chu Xiao after the latter’s explosive treasure annihilated Li Su, Ouyang Qi, and Ouyang Xiao, then followed his beast-skin map to a mist-shrouded region. After meeting Feng Linglong and learning that the sects had suffered heavy losses, he entered the mist to search for the secret realm’s Space Crystal.

• Chu Xiao detonated a powerful bead, killing Li Su, Ouyang Qi, Ouyang Xiao, and several Mad Sword Sect disciples, while his protective treasure helped him survive.
• Xia Wuji confronted and killed the injured Chu Xiao, then collected his spoils and followed the beast-skin map onward.
• Xia Wuji reached the mist-shrouded region and killed Mad Sword Sect disciples who attacked him, with Pengfei and Feng Linglong’s group defeating the rest.
• Feng Linglong told Xia Wuji that both sides had suffered casualties, that the Space Crystal was believed to be inside the mist, and that Su Yingjun and others had already entered without returning.
• Despite Feng Linglong’s warning, Xia Wuji entered the mist, relying on the beast-skin map to guide him.

Xia Wuji followed the beast-skin map through the mist and used Pengfei to kill a Sword Horned Ox. He then found Azure Star Academy disciples fighting Mad Sword Sect True Disciples and prepared to intervene against the opponent overwhelming Su Yingjun and two Core Disciples.

• Xia Wuji discovered that his mental power could not penetrate the mist, but his Spiritual Eye Technique and the beast-skin map's moving red dot helped him follow the route.
• Xia Wuji spotted a Sword Horned Ox from a distance and sent Pengfei to kill it and eat its Demonic Core.
• Pengfei gave Xia Wuji the Ox's whip, which Xia Wuji stored for Su Yingjun, and then continued on with him.
• Xia Wuji followed a distant roar and found Su Yingjun and two Core Disciples battling a first-layer Cave Heaven Realm True Disciple of the Mad Sword Sect while already badly wounded.
• Xia Wuji saw Ding Yin struggling against Zhang Hao and another Mad Sword Sect True Disciple, and learned that Liu Miaozhen had died and Zhou Zhijie was their next target.
• Xia Wuji judged that Ding Yin could hold on for now and focused on finding an opening to defeat the Mad Sword Sect True Disciple fighting Su Yingjun.

Xia Wuji rescued Su Yingjun and helped defeat a Mad Sword Sect True Disciple, then drew the pursuit of Yang Ming, a third-layer Cave Heaven Realm expert. He escaped into the mist on Pengfei while Yang Ming chased after him.

• Xia Wuji secretly told Su Yingjun to attack the Mad Sword Sect True Disciple's left waist, and Su Yingjun pierced the man's kidney.
• Xia Wuji and Pengfei rescued Su Yingjun and badly wounded the True Disciple while Su Yingjun and the two Core Disciples kept him occupied.
• Xia Wuji used his Earth Heavy Mountain Sword to withstand the True Disciple's attack, then beheaded him with the Gold Extreme Void Shattering Sword.
• Zhang Hao ordered Yang Ming to pursue Xia Wuji while he continued fighting Ding Yin.
• Xia Wuji leaped onto Pengfei and fled into the mist, and Yang Ming followed.

Xia Wuji led Yang Ming deeper into the mist, then used Pengfei’s speed and the beast-hide map to lose him. With Yang Ming stranded in the densest fog and unable to see Xia Wuji, Xia Wuji prepared to hunt him.

• Xia Wuji evaded Yang Ming’s sword qi while riding Pengfei through the mist, then followed the beast-hide map as Yang Ming pursued him.
• Ding Yin found Su Yingjun and the others, decided to lead them out of the mist, and promised to send people back to search for Xia Wuji.
• Su Yingjun rejected the retreat and, despite his injuries, went alone into the mist to look for Xia Wuji.
• Yang Ming used a secret technique to boost his strength and speed, but Xia Wuji urged Pengfei to accelerate and vanished into thicker fog.
• Yang Ming lost sight of Xia Wuji and wandered into mist so dense he could see less than ten zhang, while Xia Wuji concealed his presence and watched him from nearby.

Xia Wuji used the mist, poison, and Pengfei to kill Yang Ming, a stronger pursuer from the Mad Sword Sect. After checking his map, he continued toward the marked route’s endpoint, where the mystic realm’s secret was close to being revealed.

• Xia Wuji ambushed Yang Ming in the mist, but Yang Ming blocked the first strike and tried to hunt him down.
• Xia Wuji dodged Yang Ming’s attacks and poisoned him with pills hidden in his sword qi.
• As the poison weakened Yang Ming, Xia Wuji severed his arm, and Pengfei pinned him down and pierced his dantian.
• Xia Wuji emerged from the mist and killed Yang Ming, then took his Storage Ring and checked his position on the beast-skin map.
• Xia Wuji and Pengfei traveled toward the route’s endpoint as the mist began to thin.

Xia Wuji discovered Sword Obsessed’s burial place and unlocked the wooden hut by mastering the introductory method of the Ten Thousand Mile Sword Art. He obtained the sword inheritance and seven flying swords, and left the sealed letter intended for the Nine Yang Sword Sect’s successor unopened.

• Xia Wuji read the stele and learned that Sword Obsessed had created the secret realm as his burial place and left a sword inheritance for a worthy successor.
• Xia Wuji found the introductory method beneath the stele and quickly used it to awaken the sword qi sealing the wooden hut.
• Xia Wuji entered the hut, bowed to Sword Obsessed’s remains, and collected the complete Ten Thousand Mile Sword Art, seven flying swords, and two letters.
• Xia Wuji opened one letter, learning the swords’ names and that he should deliver the other letter to the Nine Yang Sword Sect’s successor if he encountered them.
• Xia Wuji awakened the Seven Emotions Flying Swords and praised their quality.

Xia Wuji refined the Bewitching Heart Flying Sword, retrieved a piece of the secret realm’s Space Crystal, and went to find the Azure Star Academy disciples. He rescued Su Yingjun from a Demon Beast and tested the sword’s power by killing it.

• Xia Wuji refined the Bewitching Heart Flying Sword and erected a tomb for Sword Obsessed.
• Xia Wuji found the secret realm’s Space Crystal, kept a small piece for the Sword Seed, and took the rest to exchange for Azure Star Academy points.
• Xia Wuji found Su Yingjun being overwhelmed by a second-grade Peak Demon Beast, and Pengfei caught Su Yingjun while Xia Wuji pursued the beast.
• Xia Wuji trapped the wounded Demon Beast in the Myriad Jun Formation and used the Bewitching Heart Flying Sword to bewitch it before killing it.

Xia Wuji left the mist with Su Yingjun and brought him to Azure Star Academy’s camp, where Ding Yin asked for the Space Crystal. Xia Wuji refused to hand it over to Ding Yin, who threatened him.

• Xia Wuji returned to Su Yingjun after killing a Second-grade Peak Demon Beast, and Pengfei ate its Demonic Core.
• Xia Wuji rode Pengfei out of the mist with Su Yingjun, who recovered using a medicinal pill taken from Yang Ming’s Storage Ring.
• Su Yingjun led Xia Wuji to Azure Star Academy’s formation camp, where Ding Yin welcomed them and asked to speak privately with Xia Wuji.
• Ding Yin asked whether Xia Wuji had found a Space Crystal and demanded that he give it to him for delivery to Vice Dean Xu.
• Xia Wuji refused Ding Yin’s demand, and Ding Yin threatened him with a path to certain death.

Ding Yin shut Xia Wuji and Su Yingjun out of the defensive formation after Xia refused to give him the Space Crystal, leaving them exposed to Mad Sword Sect. Xia flew toward Zhang Hao and revealed that he had killed Yang Ming; as Zhang Hao attacked, Xia activated the Space Crystal and the secret realm began to tremble.

• Ding Yin demanded Xia Wuji's Space Crystal, but Xia refused and warned him against greed.
• Zhang Hao led Mad Sword Sect disciples in an assault, and Ding Yin retreated into the formation before ordering Zhou Zhijie to seal its passage with Xia and Su Yingjun still outside.
• Ding Yin claimed he had sealed the formation to protect those inside, while Xia realized he had deliberately left them out in retaliation over the Space Crystal.
• Xia flew toward Zhang Hao, who surrounded him with Mad Sword Sect disciples, while Pengfei restrained Su Yingjun from following.
• Xia told Zhang Hao that he had killed Yang Ming and that Zhang Hao would die too; Zhang Hao attacked with a massive sword strike.
• Xia channeled his Sword Essence and spiritual power into the Space Crystal, causing the secret realm to tremble.

Xia Wuji used the Space Crystal to draw on the secret realm’s power, killed Zhang Hao and most of the Mad Sword Sect disciples, and secured Azure Star Academy’s victory. After the formation opened, he attacked Zhou Zhijie and pinned Ding Yin to a mountain, confronting them over the trap they had left him in.

• Xia Wuji drew on the Space Crystal’s power and killed Zhang Hao with three sword techniques.
• Xia Wuji struck down most of the fleeing Mad Sword Sect disciples, though the strain left him with hidden injuries.
• Zhou Zhijie opened the formation, and Su Yingjun and the other Azure Star Academy disciples congratulated Xia Wuji on finding the Space Crystal.
• Xia Wuji attacked Zhou Zhijie, saying the sword mattered more than blame.
• Xia Wuji overpowered Ding Yin, pinned him to a mountain with the Jinghong Sword, and asked if this was the dead end Ding Yin had prepared for him.

Xia Wuji spared the badly injured Ding Yin and Zhou Zhijie, then went with Su Yingjun to seek a Spirit Medicine. Outside the secret realm, the Mad Sword Sect learned that Xia Wuji had killed its three True Disciples and most of its disciples, and Xu Han waited eagerly for Xia Wuji to emerge.

• Xia Wuji pulled his sword from Ding Yin and left the two gravely injured True Disciples alive after Feng Linglong and others promised to report the ambush.
• Xia Wuji told Su Yingjun he had sensed a Spirit Medicine that could help him reach the Cave Heaven Realm, and the two left to find it.
• Lu Yao and Liao Yong taunted Xu Han as the Azure Star Academy disciples emerged, with only thirty-two survivors and Ding Yin and Zhou Zhijie unconscious.
• Eleven Mad Sword Sect disciples emerged and reported that Xia Wuji had used the Space Crystal to kill Zhang Hao and many others, including all three of their True Disciples.
• Xu Han asked where Xia Wuji was, and Xia Wuji emerged from the secret realm as everyone turned to look.

Xia Wuji and Su Yingjun emerged from the secret realm, where Liao Yong attacked Xia Wuji but was driven off by Xu Han and Lu Yao’s agreement to accept defeat. After Xia Wuji handed over the Space Crystal, Xu Han heard accusations about Xia Wuji injuring Ding Yin and Zhou Zhijie and defended his actions, saying the two did not need the pills prepared for them.

• Liao Yong attacked Xia Wuji as he emerged from the secret realm, but Xu Han blocked his strike and sent him flying.
• Lu Yao fought off Xu Han’s follow-up attack, then accepted the Mad Sword Sect’s defeat and led his people away.
• Xia Wuji gave Xu Han the Space Crystal, and Xu Han promised he would be rewarded for his service.
• Disciples accused Xia Wuji of severely injuring Ding Yin and Zhou Zhijie, while Su Yingjun, Feng Linglong, and other survivors testified about what had happened.
• Xia Wuji said he had shown restraint, and Xu Han praised his control before declaring that Ding Yin and Zhou Zhijie did not need the pills.

After returning to Azure Star Academy, Xia Wuji reunited with Wen Shanshan and gave Elder Huang an array inheritance he had found in the secret realm. Elder Lu then arrived to announce that Xia Wuji’s rewards for the dispute had been decided, leaving him eager to hear what they were.

• Xu Han relocated the secret realm to Azure Star Academy, and several days later everyone returned to their respective peaks.
• Su Yingjun thanked Xia Wuji for helping him obtain Spirit Medicine and went into seclusion to open his grotto-heaven.
• Xia Wuji reunited with Wen Shanshan, who asked about his relationship with Lin Piaoxue.
• Xia Wuji visited Huang Yao, told him about the secret realm inheritance, and gave him the Array Spirit Art.
• Lu Cheng arrived and said Xia Wuji’s rewards for the secret realm dispute set a record, but had not yet revealed what they were.