Arc 10Seals and Reinforcement Missions

Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang gained the Dao Ancestor’s seals, and Chu Huai Xu used his seal to save Zhong Ming while surviving Ming Xuanji’s curse. After Xu Ziqing joined them, Chu Huai Xu led his companions through reinforcement missions, revealed the Black Moon Cult’s search for a Lost Fruition, and fought to protect Dao Sect disciples.

  • Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang passed the Dao Ancestor’s trials and received the seals South Flowing Scenery and Return to True Origin.
  • Chu Huai Xu used South Flowing Scenery to help Zhong Ming, while Ming Xuanji’s curse failed and left him badly injured.
  • Chu Huai Xu studied cultivation methods and refined Ten-thousand-year Profound Crystal Marrow Fluid into the Power of the Profound Crystal as Han Shuangjiang advanced to the Third Realm.
  • Xu Ziqing awakened a Body Refining Divine Ability, returned to the Bamboo House, and told Chu Huai Xu he wanted to avenge his family against Yu Chi Huai De.
  • Chu Huai Xu broke through to the Third Realm and rescued Dao Sect disciples at Fox Moon Cliff, healing the wounded and capturing the Black Moon Cult Envoy Cui Hua.
  • Cui Hua revealed that the Black Moon Cult was searching for an unknown object, triggering Chu Huai Xu’s hidden quest, “Lost Fruition.”
  • Chu Huai Xu, Han Shuangjiang, and Xu Ziqing completed reinforcement missions, then helped Niu Yuanshan’s team defeat Evil Cultivators, with Chu Huai Xu killing Ge Tian and treating the wounded.
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Ch. 232Dao Ancestor's Sword Mark

Chu Huai Xu absorbed the remaining Herbal Liquid, raised his Spirit Gathering attribute, and entered the third level of the Dao Ancestor Inheritance Secret Realm. There, he was pulled into an inheritance vision and faced the Dao Ancestor’s sword strike, which annihilated him.

  • Chu Huai Xu entered the Saint Body State and absorbed the Herbal Liquid until his Spirit Gathering attribute increased by one.
  • Chu Huai Xu passed through the light membrane into the third level and found Han Shuangjiang absorbed in contemplation before a cracked Dao Character.
  • A mysterious force pulled Chu Huai Xu onto Han Shuangjiang’s folded legs and drew him into an enlightenment vision.
  • Chu Huai Xu recognized the figure atop Inquiry Peak as the Dao Ancestor, though he could not remember the man’s face.
  • The Dao Ancestor demonstrated a sword strike that erased everything in its path, and Chu Huai Xu charged into it and was annihilated.

Ch. 233Sword Comprehension

Chu Huai Xu repeatedly experienced the Dao Ancestor’s sword in the Sword Comprehension trial and used the opportunity to advance his Fearless Sword Intent. After returning to his body, he gave Han Shuangjiang a Grain Abstinence Pill, and she suddenly opened her eyes in the consciousness space.

  • Chu Huai Xu realized that the Dao Ancestor’s sword could help him comprehend Sword Intent, and his panel showed that he needed only 110,000 Experience Points to advance.
  • After hours of meditation yielded little progress, Chu Huai Xu worried that Han Shuangjiang might suffer from hunger and thirst while they remained trapped.
  • The Daoist appeared again and told Chu Huai Xu to experience the sword; after being struck, Chu Huai Xu spent just over 10,000 Experience Points to advance his Sword Intent.
  • Chu Huai Xu awoke on Han Shuangjiang’s legs and put a Grain Abstinence Pill into her mouth after noticing her pale, dry lips.
  • In the consciousness space, Han Shuangjiang felt hungry and thirsty while trying to comprehend the sword, then suddenly opened her eyes and exclaimed.

Ch. 234Not the Dao Ancestor, but the Dao Companion!

Han Shuangjiang comprehended the Sword Mark in the Dao Ancestor Inheritance Secret Realm while Chu Huai Xu entered the realm and waited for her. After she awoke, they reunited as Dao Companions, compared their experiences, and Chu Huai Xu teased her about having missed him.

  • A warm current relieved Han Shuangjiang’s hunger and thirst as she continued comprehending the Sword Mark, while Chu Huai Xu watched over her and fed her Grain Abstinence Pills.
  • Chu Huai Xu practiced controlling his newly gained strength, examined the items in his Black Bead, and waited two days for Han Shuangjiang to awaken.
  • Han Shuangjiang entered the Heavenly Man State and opened her eyes to find Chu Huai Xu standing before the stone wall.
  • Chu Huai Xu explained how he entered the Secret Realm and bragged about the benefits he had received in its earlier levels; Han Shuangjiang returned the Jade slips and told him which techniques she had learned.
  • Chu Huai Xu questioned Han Shuangjiang about visiting the Cold Pool and teased her for thinking about him.

Ch. 235The Sealed Heart Sword

Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang entered another trial in the Dao Ancestor’s Secret Realm, where a formation separated them and trapped Chu Huai Xu in an immersive illusion. After fighting Evil Cultivators and suffering severe injuries, Chu Huai Xu was blamed by a bereaved boy and swung his sword at him.

  • Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang embraced, then continued through the Secret Realm and activated a formation around the carved character [Dao].
  • The formation restrained Chu Huai Xu’s Heart Sword and drew him into a separate illusion, where he believed he was an ordinary Dao Sect Outer Sect Disciple.
  • Chu Huai Xu fought three Evil Cultivators who were abducting townspeople, killing one and forcing the other two to flee after he feigned calling for reinforcements.
  • The Hook-nosed Evil Cultivator’s attack left Chu Huai Xu with a severed hand, and the two surviving Evil Cultivators escaped while he went to comfort a boy beside his parents’ corpses.
  • The boy accused Chu Huai Xu and the Dao Sect of failing to protect the town, and Chu Huai Xu, overwhelmed by pain and the boy’s hatred, swung his sword at him.

Ch. 236Great Bell Resounds, Dao Ancestor's Bestowed Seal!

Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang endured nine different loops in the Dao Ancestor Secret Realm, facing trials that tested their choices as they tried to save victims from Evil Cultivators. When their hidden memories returned, the Dao Bell rang three times for each of them, revealing that both had received the Dao Ancestor’s Bestowed Three-Character Seal.

  • Chu Huai Xu entered repeated loops in which he fought Evil Cultivators and faced the youth’s grief and hatred, sometimes striking him and sometimes dying or escaping.
  • Han Shuangjiang experienced nine parallel loops against female Evil Cultivators and never drew her sword against the girl she was trying to save.
  • Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang felt pain as the memories of all nine loops surged back into their minds.
  • The Dao Bell rang three times, and Xiang Yan and the other Dao Sect higher-ups recognized that someone had received the Three-Character Seal.
  • The Dao Bell rang three more times, confirming that both Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang had received the Dao Ancestor’s Bestowed Three-Character Seal.

Ch. 237Who Could Live Up to These Three Words?

Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang received the three-character Dao Seals South Flowing Scenery and Return to True Origin after completing the Dao Ancestor Secret Realm. They discovered the seals’ powers and wondered whether entering Junzi Temple would earn them additional Dao Seals.

  • The Dao Bell rang and revealed Return to True Origin, whose accompanying verse led Jiang Zhi to guess it belonged to Chu Huai Xu.
  • The Dao Bell revealed South Flowing Scenery, and Xiang Yan and Lu Pan reasoned that it referred to the sun before its verse appeared.
  • Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang awoke in the secret realm with their respective three-character Dao Seals in their palms.
  • Chu Huai Xu learned that South Flowing Scenery could dispel evil, transform Inner Demons, heal injuries, and even restore the dead.
  • Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang discussed their trials and reflected that the seals seemed to grant salvation to the killer and killing power to the merciful one.

Ch. 238That Ninth-Realm Madman

Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang emerged from the Dao Ancestor Secret Realm with powerful bestowed Dao Seals, while Ming Xuanji and Cheng Yuyan discussed Chu Huai Xu’s role as a Variable. Jiang Zhi revealed that a Ninth-Realm Madman remained imprisoned inside Junzi Temple and took Chu Huai Xu to meet him.

  • Chu Huai Xu wondered whether the Secret Realm’s trials and rewards followed a pattern of hardship that tempered people and compensated for their weaknesses.
  • Ming Xuanji calculated that Chu Huai Xu had entered the Secret Realm and received the Dao Seal South Flowing Scenery, while Han Shuangjiang would receive Return to True Origin.
  • Cheng Yuyan said he would protect Chu Huai Xu if they met, citing his debt to the Dao Sect.
  • Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang emerged from the Secret Realm, and the Dao Sect’s leaders examined their bestowed seals.
  • Jiang Zhi asked Chu Huai Xu to come with him to meet someone, revealing that a Ninth-Realm Madman was imprisoned inside Junzi Temple.

Ch. 239All Evils Repelled

Chu Huai Xu visited the mad Zhong Ming with Jiang Zhi and began examining him after eating the Ding Sheng Cakes Zhong Ming had made. Far away, Ming Xuanji sensed the attempt to save Zhong Ming and warned Cheng Yuyan that Zhong Ming could not be saved.

  • Xiang Yan and the others brought Chu Huai Xu to Junzi Temple’s Small Courtyard, where Jiang Zhi explained how to approach Zhong Ming.
  • Chu Huai Xu and Jiang Zhi ate all the unpleasant Ding Sheng Cakes to keep Zhong Ming calm and earn his trust.
  • Zhong Ming repeated Chu Huai Xu’s praise, and Jiang Zhi asked him to remain calm during the examination.
  • Chu Huai Xu invoked the golden runes of South Flowing Scenery and sent their scorching power toward Zhong Ming.
  • Ming Xuanji sensed the attempt from Qingming Mountain, and he warned Cheng Yuyan that Zhong Ming could not be saved.

Ch. 240Beyond Ten Thousand Miles, One Could Still Kill

Ming Xuanji used a life-draining Curse Killing Technique against Chu Huai Xu, while Chu Huai Xu used the Dao Seal to help Zhong Ming sleep peacefully. The curse failed and badly weakened Ming Xuanji, who ended the chapter insisting that Huo Ding Yi’s Eight Characters of Birth were both correct and wrong.

  • Cheng Yuyan questioned Ming Xuanji’s plans for Zhong Ming, but Ming Xuanji said Zhong Ming had to go mad to restore order.
  • Ming Xuanji took out the Spirit Seed planted in Lin Zixuan and prepared to use it with Huo Ding Yi’s Eight Characters of Birth to curse Chu Huai Xu from ten thousand miles away.
  • Cheng Yuyan warned that his intuition told him the curse might fail, but Ming Xuanji spent three years of his lifespan casting it.
  • At Junzi Temple, Chu Huai Xu used the Dao Seal to help Zhong Ming, who fell into a peaceful sleep.
  • Chu Huai Xu suddenly coughed as a strange power briefly spread through him and dispersed on its own.
  • Ming Xuanji suffered severe backlash and repeatedly contradicted himself while trying to determine whether Huo Ding Yi’s Eight Characters of Birth were correct.

Ch. 242Using the Human Body to Carry Out Heaven's Duties!

Ming Xuanji became convinced that Chu Huai Xu had disrupted his divination and the Dao Ancestor’s plan, while Jiang Zhi warned Chu Huai Xu that Ming Xuanji might have attacked him from afar. After the group confirmed Chu Huai Xu was safe, he asked to study Kunlun Cave Heaven’s cultivation methods, despite warnings not to try them.

  • Ming Xuanji raged over Huo Ding Yi’s birth details and insisted that restoring order was his duty, unaware that Huo Ding Yi’s soul had already scattered.
  • Cheng Yuyan urged Ming Xuanji to heal his injuries and criticized the idea that humans could act on Heaven’s behalf.
  • Jiang Zhi told Chu Huai Xu that Ming Xuanji, the Moon Kingdom’s Old National Preceptor and the Spirit Seed girl’s master, was a likely source of the strange attack.
  • Chu Huai Xu asked Jiang Zhi to kill Ming Xuanji, but Jiang Zhi explained that the national preceptor’s connection to the Moon Kingdom’s National Destiny made him difficult to kill.
  • Jiang Zhi and Chu Huai Xu returned to the others, who suspected Ming Xuanji after learning of Chu Huai Xu’s abnormal condition and lingering death aura.
  • Chu Huai Xu asked Xiang Yan and the Elders to study Kunlun Cave Heaven’s Cultivation Methods and techniques, and they warned him not to try them because others had gone berserk.

Ch. 243Kunlun Arts

Chu Huai Xu examined the cultivation methods and arts from Ye Kongxuan’s storage bag, learning about Kunlun Cave Heaven’s cultivation requirements and discovering the External Incarnation art. He realized Ye Kongxuan’s corpse could satisfy one of the art’s requirements, but he still lacked the necessary materials and Experience Points.

  • Nangong Yue explained that Chu Huai Xu could learn the contents of Jade slips by dripping blood onto them, then showed him the slips he had collected.
  • After returning home, Chu Huai Xu spent time with Han Shuangjiang before examining the system interface in his bedroom.
  • Chu Huai Xu learned that the Heavenly Will Four Symbols Profound Control Art required a Four Symbols Spiritual Root or a Heavenly Spiritual Root, while the Leaving Fire Burning Heaven Art required a fire-attributed Spiritual Root of at least Earth Grade.
  • Chu Huai Xu found that the External Incarnation art could make a corpse cultivate, but it required a Spiritual Root, open Eight Extraordinary Meridians, Heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and 1.36 million Experience Points.
  • Chu Huai Xu realized that Ye Kongxuan’s corpse could serve as the corpse required by the External Incarnation art.

Ch. 244Heaven and Earth Origin, the Power of the Medicine Cauldron

Chu Huai Xu helped Han Shuangjiang obtain a Third Realm cultivation method, then learned that his Medicine Cauldron had gained stronger alchemy and defensive abilities as well as a new power to refine rare materials. He tried to refine the sun’s power but was told he did not meet the conditions, leaving him to investigate the newly revealed Power of All Things.

  • Chu Huai Xu considered whether Ye Kongxuan’s corpse could become an External Incarnation, but acknowledged he lacked the materials and Experience Points to attempt it.
  • Chu Huai Xu paid for Han Shuangjiang’s Heaven Grade cultivation method and required treasures, and she began cultivating the Heaven Deceiving Art to advance to the Third Realm.
  • The Medicine Cauldron finished refining an Origin Fragment, increasing its Spirit Pill success rates and defensive ability and unlocking a power to refine rare things under Heaven and Earth.
  • Chu Huai Xu tested the new power on a branch from the Parasol Tree and learned it could refine only the essence of a ten-thousand-year tree by infusing Power of Origin.
  • Chu Huai Xu tried to refine the sun’s Power of All Things, South Flowing Scenery, but the system said he did not meet the conditions.

Ch. 245All Things Can Be Refined!

Chu Huai Xu tested whether [Dao Gives Birth to One] could refine the power of all things, then discovered that the Power of the Profound Crystal it produced was identical to the power within a Dao Seal. He ended the chapter wondering how the Dao Ancestor had gathered enough Power of Origin to create three thousand Dao Seals.

  • Chu Huai Xu speculated that each Dao Seal required Power of Origin and wondered how the Dao Ancestor had obtained enough to make three thousand.
  • Chu Huai Xu used [Dao Gives Birth to One] to refine Level 2 Spirit Pills while Han Shuangjiang broke through into the Third Realm.
  • Chu Huai Xu raised his own minor realm to Level 28, then visited the Treasure Pavilion to find a material he could refine.
  • Chu Huai Xu rejected the Ten-thousand-year Profound Turtle Shell and bought Ten-thousand-year Profound Crystal Marrow Fluid after the system confirmed it could be refined.
  • Chu Huai Xu refined the fluid into the Power of the Profound Crystal and realized it was the same kind of power as that contained in Dao Seals.

Ch. 246Defying Fate

Chu Huai Xu researched Spirit Fetuses and learned more about the Profound Yin Physique, while still wondering about the mysterious power of his Heart Sword. In the Moon Kingdom, Ming Xuanji revealed that his failed curse against Chu Huai Xu had backfired because someone had tampered with Chu Huai Xu’s fate.

  • Chu Huai Xu went to the Scripture Pavilion, exchanged for the Third Realm volume of the Dao Canon, and searched the Spirit Fetus Compendium for information about the Heart Sword and Profound Yin Physique.
  • Chu Huai Xu learned that the Profound Yin Physique’s Yang Harvesting Yin Nourishment required a Dual Cultivation Method and sufficient cultivation, and he concluded that his own strength could handle it.
  • Qin Xuanxiao visited Ming Xuanji at the Monastery and brought food for Lin Zixuan, while wondering why Ming Xuanji had aged and been injured.
  • Ming Xuanji told Qin Xuanxiao to have Chu Huai Xu plant another Spirit Seed in Lin Zixuan, explaining that he had extracted the previous one.
  • Ming Xuanji revealed that he had used the Curse Killing Technique on Chu Huai Xu and suffered a backlash, while Chu Huai Xu remained completely unharmed.
  • Ming Xuanji concluded that someone had tampered with Chu Huai Xu’s fate and that Chu Huai Xu had defied fate.

Ch. 247Xu Ziqing's Vengeful Enemy

Ming Xuanji revealed that Huo Ding Yi’s destiny had been altered by someone whose methods surpassed his own, then told Qin Xuanxiao to befriend Xu Ziqing and give him the name of his family’s killer. At Hidden Spirit Mountain, Xu Ziqing advanced his Sword Nurturing Technique, awakening another restriction in the Bronze Sword as Jiang Zhi reflected on the sword and the approaching competition.

  • Ming Xuanji told Qin Xuanxiao that Huo Ding Yi was an uncalculable Variable whose destiny had been altered by a powerful unknown person.
  • Ming Xuanji revealed that Xu Ziqing was the Sword Attendant from the Dao Ancestor’s Admonition and urged Qin Xuanxiao and Lin Zixuan to befriend him.
  • Ming Xuanji told Qin Xuanxiao that Xu Ziqing’s family killer was Yu Chi Huai De of Spring Autumn Mountain.
  • Xu Ziqing cultivated the Sword Nurturing Technique to the Third Layer, causing another restriction on the Bronze Sword to be undone.
  • The awakened Bronze Sword displayed its disdain toward Jiang Zhi, who considered the upcoming Third Realm Grand Competition and began hoping Chu Huai Xu would win.

Ch. 248Body Refining Divine Ability: Heaven and Earth Cauldron!

Xu Ziqing awakened a Body Refining Divine Ability by drawing on the Sword Nurturing Technique, then learned that Chu Huai Xu had awakened one too. After Jiang Zhi sent him back to the Outer Sect, Xu Ziqing and Chu Huai Xu sensed a connection between them, though Chu Huai Xu reacted with disgust.

  • Xu Ziqing gained insight into combining the Sword Nurturing Technique with the Sword Refining Art, and his body absorbed the surrounding wind and spiritual energy as he awakened a fiery Body Refining Divine Ability.
  • Jiang Zhi and the Dao Sect higher-ups examined Xu Ziqing's ability and compared it with Chu Huai Xu's more powerful divine ability, which had been enhanced by the Power of Origin.
  • Xu Ziqing learned about Chu Huai Xu's golden Heaven and Earth Anomaly and expressed awe at his Senior Brother.
  • Jiang Zhi offered Xu Ziqing the choice of returning to the Outer Sect or staying in Junzi Temple, then sent him back after seeing his eagerness to return.
  • Xu Ziqing sensed a connection to Chu Huai Xu on Medicine Mountain, and the Dao Sect higher-ups explained that their awakened abilities had likely caused it.
  • Chu Huai Xu sensed Xu Ziqing's presence from the Bamboo House and called the aura from Hidden Spirit Mountain filthy.

Ch. 249A Useless Little Xu Has Gained a New Function Again

Xu Ziqing returned to the Bamboo House with Jiang Zhi, revealed his new Body Refining Divine Ability, and sparred with Chu Huai Xu. Later, Chu Huai Xu noticed that Xu Ziqing’s Heaven and Earth Cauldron was making his own room grow hot, and discovered a surprising change in his body.

  • Jiang Zhi brought Xu Ziqing back to the Bamboo House, where Chu Huai Xu learned that Xu Ziqing had awakened a Body Refining Divine Ability.
  • Jiang Zhi asked whether Chu Huai Xu had gained anything from the technique Jade slip, then left after Chu Huai Xu said he had not.
  • Xu Ziqing told Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang that he could stay home and only needed to visit Hidden Spirit Mountain occasionally.
  • Chu Huai Xu sparred with Xu Ziqing, sent him flying with one punch, and learned that Xu Ziqing practiced the Heaven Grade Great Sun Annihilation Incineration Art.
  • Chu Huai Xu considered giving Xu Ziqing the Power of the Profound Crystal, but decided not to rush because he thought it was too weak.
  • Xu Ziqing’s Heaven and Earth Cauldron raised the temperature in Chu Huai Xu’s room, and Chu Huai Xu looked down at his body in astonishment.

Ch. 250The Position of Temple Master

Chu Huai Xu discovered that Xu Ziqing’s Body Refining Divine Ability could temper him from nearby, and he told Xu Ziqing to cultivate outside his room while arranging to reinforce their Bamboo House. At the Dao Sect Main Hall, the leaders debated who should take Han Shuangjiang and Xu Ziqing as True Disciples and agreed that the promising disciples, especially Chu Huai Xu, needed to complete Reinforcement Missions before entering Junzi Temple.

  • Chu Huai Xu found that Xu Ziqing’s [Heaven and Earth Cauldron] granted a strong Body Tempering effect within ten meters, so he told Xu Ziqing to cultivate outside his room and planned to have a Formation Master reinforce their Bamboo House.
  • The Dao Sect leaders gathered to discuss taking Han Shuangjiang and Xu Ziqing as True Disciples after Han Shuangjiang reached the Third Realm and Xu Ziqing neared it.
  • Chu Yinyin proposed that she and Seventh Junior Sister take the two sword users as disciples, prompting the other leaders to argue over the candidates.
  • Jiang Zhi reminded the leaders that the Outer Sect disciples still had to meet the requirements for promotion, and Lu Pan said True Disciples had to complete ten Reinforcement Missions.
  • Xiang Yan said the three disciples needed to build prestige among their peers and singled out Chu Huai Xu as a strong candidate for the vacant Temple Master position.

Ch. 251The Sole Person, the Sea-Calming Divine Needle

Chu Huai Xu reached the Third Realm and received a glaring-red emergency signal from Outer Sect disciples trapped by three Evil Cultivators at Fox Moon Cliff. He raced ahead of Han Shuangjiang and Xu Ziqing, arriving just as the disciples prepared to fight to the death.

  • Li Chunsong gave Chu Huai Xu, Han Shuangjiang, and Xu Ziqing Message Talismans and told them they could take Reinforcement Missions before reaching the Third Realm.
  • Chu Huai Xu broke through to the Third Realm, enduring intense pain as his body tempered, and Han Shuangjiang and Xu Ziqing noticed his advancement.
  • The three received an urgent signal and set out to assist Dao Sect disciples cornered at Fox Moon Cliff by three Evil Cultivators, including a powerful Lord Envoy.
  • Chu Huai Xu dismounted and sprinted through Starfall Forest, spreading his aura so the Evil Cultivators would know reinforcements were coming.
  • The Lord Envoy mocked the disciples when he sensed only one newcomer, but Chu Huai Xu arrived at the cliff and landed between the two groups, revealing his Xuanhuang Champion Token.

Ch. 252Life and Death Are Decided by a Single Thought of Mine

Chu Huai Xu arrived to reinforce the wounded Dao Sect disciples and faced three Evil Cultivators. He healed the disciples while killing two attackers and capturing their Envoy, just as Han Shuangjiang and Xu Ziqing arrived.

  • Chu Huai Xu arrived at the cliff and told the Dao Sect disciples to tend to their wounds while he handled the Evil Cultivators.
  • Chu Huai Xu used the Dao Seal [South Flowing Scenery] to heal Jiang Chang and the other wounded disciples.
  • Two Evil Cultivators charged Chu Huai Xu, and he killed them with [Fingertip Thunder].
  • The Evil Cultivator Envoy tried to seize a female Dao Sect disciple, but Chu Huai Xu's Sword Qi blasted him back and his Jade Pendant shielded her from the aftermath.
  • Chu Huai Xu caught the Envoy by the neck and held him suspended beside the cliff while continuing to heal the disciples.
  • Han Shuangjiang and Xu Ziqing arrived on their Divine Steeds, and Chu Huai Xu greeted them.

Ch. 253Hidden Mission, Xuanhuang Secrets

Chu Huai Xu captured and tortured an Evil Cultivator Envoy, Cui Hua, until he revealed the Black Moon Cult’s search for an unknown object. Cui Hua’s account triggered the hidden quest “Lost Fruition,” leaving Chu Huai Xu stunned by what the name implied.

  • Chu Huai Xu crippled the Evil Cultivator Envoy and sent the injured Jiang Chang and his companions back to the sect for treatment.
  • Han Shuangjiang questioned Chu Huai Xu about what had happened, and he confirmed his account by asking the Envoy, then tortured him for answers.
  • The Envoy identified himself as Cui Hua, a member of the Black Moon Cult, and claimed its powerful cult master had ordered followers to search for an unknown object.
  • Cui Hua said the cult master’s power would sense the object when they approached it, and Chu Huai Xu’s System triggered the hidden quest “Lost Fruition,” which could not yet be accepted.
  • Chu Huai Xu wondered how Lost Fruition could exist in the Xuanhuang Realm, since Fruition was needed to reach the Divine Transformation Realm in Kunlun Cave Heaven.

Ch. 254Do You Believe Me?

Chu Huai Xu discovered that a Lost Fruition from the Kunlun Cave Heaven might be trapped in the Xuanhuang Realm, then extracted a strand of sensing power from an Evil Cultivator Envoy. After Han Shuangjiang and Xu Ziqing affirmed their trust in him, Chu Huai Xu revealed the name of Xu Ziqing’s family’s killer.

  • Chu Huai Xu reasoned that a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator may have died in the Xuanhuang Realm, leaving a Lost Fruition behind, and wondered whether the Dao Sect knew what the Black Moon Cult was searching for.
  • Chu Huai Xu sealed the Evil Cultivator Envoy with Lock Qi Seal and used the Corruption Pill to devour the sensing power hidden in the man’s heart.
  • Chu Huai Xu collected the Corruption Pill and asked Han Shuangjiang and Xu Ziqing whether they trusted him despite his secrets and methods.
  • Han Shuangjiang and Xu Ziqing said they trusted Chu Huai Xu, and he told Xu Ziqing that his family’s killer was Yu Chi Huai De of Spring Autumn Mountain, a Fifth Realm Great Cultivator.

Ch. 255Ask the Sword Spring Autumn Mountain

Xu Ziqing learned that Yu Chi Huai De of Spring Autumn Mountain had slaughtered his family and vowed to take revenge himself, with Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang promising to accompany him. Back at the Dao Sect, Jiang Chang recounted how Chu Huai Xu had defeated three Evil Cultivators, and the Outer Sect disciples made way as Chu arrived.

  • Chu Huai Xu used [South Flowing Scenery] to calm Xu Ziqing's killing intent after revealing Yu Chi Huai De as his family's murderer.
  • Xu Ziqing vowed to kill Yu Chi Huai De himself, and Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang promised to help him when he was ready.
  • Jiang Chang returned to the Dao Sect with his group and told the disciples that Chu Huai Xu had rescued them from three powerful Evil Cultivators.
  • Jiang Chang described how Chu Huai Xu fought with his right hand, healed the group with his left, and subdued the strongest Evil Cultivator using the Dao Ancestor's sword sheath.
  • Chu Huai Xu arrived at the Disciple Courtyard, where the Outer Sect disciples parted to let him pass.

Ch. 256Chu Huai Xu in the Saint Body State

Chu Huai Xu and his companions built their reputation through repeated reinforcement missions before rushing to answer a black-light emergency. At the battlefield, Chu Huai Xu entered the Saint Body State and struck back a Fourth Realm Evil Cultivator, leaving Niu Yuanshan stunned.

  • Chu Huai Xu, Han Shuangjiang, and Xu Ziqing completed five reinforcement missions over half a month, increasing Chu Huai Xu’s standing among the Outer Sect disciples.
  • A black-light Message Talisman alerted the trio to an urgent mission, and they hurried down the mountain after sending the talisman to the Disciple Courtyard.
  • The trio arrived at a battle where Niu Yuanshan’s team faced several Fourth Realm Evil Cultivators and a Fifth Realm Evil Cultivator, while an Inner Sect Blade Cultivator fought on the Dao Sect’s side.
  • Chu Huai Xu rushed to help the badly injured Niu Yuanshan against a Fourth Realm Evil Cultivator, despite being newly in the Third Realm.
  • Chu Huai Xu entered the Saint Body State, increased his speed, and punched the Evil Cultivator back thirty feet.

Ch. 257Not Him Being Weak, but Me Being Too Strong

Chu Huai Xu turned the battle against the Evil Cultivators, killing Ge Tian and helping the Dao Sect forces win. After returning to the sect, he told Niu Yuanshan that his ambitions reached beyond any single sect, kingdom, or continent.

  • Chu Huai Xu joined the fight, punched Fourth Realm Evil Cultivator Ge Tian back, and rallied the Dao Sect disciples to counterattack.
  • Chu Huai Xu borrowed a Senior Sister’s sword, unleashed [Six Severances], and killed Ge Tian with a follow-up Fingertip Thunder.
  • Chu Huai Xu slaughtered more Evil Cultivators as reinforcements arrived, gaining 480,000 Experience Points before the battle ended.
  • Ye Ge praised Chu Huai Xu and left to report the battle, while Chu Huai Xu treated Niu Yuanshan and the wounded Dao Sect disciples.
  • Niu Yuanshan reflected on how much he owed Chu Huai Xu, and Chu Huai Xu told him his sights were set beyond any one sect, kingdom, or continent.
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