Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Chu Huai Xu and his companions headed out on their tenth Reinforcement Mission, expecting to hunt Evil Cultivators, but found Dao Sect and Sword Sect disciples fighting over a Spiritual Herb. Chu Huai Xu ordered the Sword Sect disciples to sheath their swords, then blasted all nine of their weapons away when one defied him.

• Niu Yuanshan watched Chu Huai Xu leave and decided to let the young man live according to his ambitions.
• Chu Huai Xu reflected on the Dao Ancestor's Bestowed Seal, his desire for power, and how the Black Moon Cult's rise had changed the story he knew from Borrowed Sword.
• Chu Huai Xu, Han Shuangjiang, and Little Xu set out on their tenth Reinforcement Mission with 1.6 million Experience Points accumulated.
• The trio discovered five Dao Sect disciples confronting nine Sword Sect disciples over a Spiritual Herb growing on a cliff.
• Chu Huai Xu rode between the groups and ordered the Sword Sect disciples to put away their swords.
• When a Sword Sect disciple challenged him, Chu Huai Xu blasted the weapons from all nine Sword Sect disciples' hands.

Chu Huai Xu helped Dao Sect disciples drive off a Sword Sect group, then waited as Xu Ziqing and Han Shuangjiang advanced into the Third Realm so they could enter the Inner Sect together. After the three received Inner Sect waist tokens, several elders arrived, each apparently hoping to take them as disciples.

• Chu Huai Xu used the Heart Sword to suppress the Sword Sect cultivators, and Meng Xing abandoned their claim to the Spiritual Herb.
• Chu Huai Xu asked Xu Ziqing about his stalled cultivation and encouraged him to keep working toward the Inner Sect.
• Xu Ziqing broke through to the Third Realm after a long wait, while Han Shuangjiang advanced to the Eighth Heaven of the Third Realm.
• Chu Huai Xu, Xu Ziqing, and Han Shuangjiang submitted their Inner Sect applications and received waist tokens from Mo Qingmei.
• Nangong Yue and several elders arrived at the Bamboo House and focused their attention on Chu Huai Xu and the others.

Chu Huai Xu faced a crowd of Dao Sect elders eager to become his masters in different Art Paths, while Chu Yinyin struggled to keep him as her disciple alone. After the elders offered him precious gifts, Chu Huai Xu left the decision to Chu Yinyin.

• Chu Yinyin objected when Zhao Shuqi and the elders proposed taking Chu Huai Xu as additional disciples in different Art Paths.
• Tai Tingbai, Nangong Yue, Li Chunsong, and other Dao Sect leaders joined the debate and devised ways to become Chu Huai Xu's masters without claiming true disciple positions.
• Chu Huai Xu thanked the elders but praised his First Master and Second Master, mentioning the sword training and Xuantian Fetal Breath Pill they had given him.
• Tai Tingbai and the other elders offered Chu Huai Xu valuable pills, talismans, and other gifts to win his approval.
• Chu Huai Xu bowed to Chu Yinyin and said he would leave everything to his Second Master.

Chu Huai Xu and his companions became True Disciples, and Xiang Yan explained how Junzi Temple’s Dao Ancestor Bestowed Seals were earned and interpreted. As Chu Huai Xu learned the verses attached to his and Han Shuangjiang’s seals, he asked about Jiang Zhi’s seal and discovered it was Jing Jun.

• Chu Yinyin approved Chu Huai Xu accepting several Art Path masters, and he bowed to Li Chunsong, Zhao Shuqi, and the others as their disciple.
• The group went to the Purple Bamboo Forest, where Shen Man agreed to take Xu Ziqing as her True Disciple and Nangong Yue became Han Shuangjiang’s master.
• Xiang Yan explained that Junzi Temple’s new disciples would receive the Dao Bell’s power and earn a seal through a mission to slay Evil Cultivators one major realm above them.
• Lu Pan revealed the verses accompanying Han Shuangjiang’s Return to True Origin seal and Chu Huai Xu’s South Flowing Scenery seal, and explained that seals could reflect character, offer advice, or serve as prophecy.
• Chu Yinyin said her seal was Tumi, then revealed that Jiang Zhi’s seal was Jing Jun, leaving Chu Huai Xu baffled by its meaning.

Chu Huai Xu learned about Jiang Zhi’s broom-themed Dao Seal, received a wisp from the Dao Bell, and saw the first measurable progress in treating Zhong Ming. He then took a dangerous demon-elimination mission with Han Shuangjiang and Xu Ziqing, while Xiang Yan sent Lu Pan to investigate the unrest below the mountain.

• Chu Huai Xu learned that Jiang Zhi’s Dao Seal, Jing Jun, meant a broom, and heard how its imagery suited Jiang Zhi’s vow to eliminate demons.
• Lu Pan had Chu Huai Xu, Han Shuangjiang, and Xu Ziqing draw blood to receive green wisps from the Dao Bell, then instructed them to take demon-elimination missions.
• Chu Huai Xu treated Zhong Ming while Li Chunsong ate Ding Sheng Cake, and Chu Huai Xu’s system reported that treatment progress had reached one percent.
• Chu Huai Xu chose the West Gorge Mountain mission and assigned Han Shuangjiang and Xu Ziqing one early Fourth Realm Evil Cultivator each while he took the other three.
• Xiang Yan voiced concern about the Black Moon Cult Leader, and Lu Pan went down the mountain to keep watch.

Jiang Zhi confronted the Black Moon Cult Leader, who trapped him in a formation and unleashed the Myriad Souls Banner. After destroying its Banner Spirits, Jiang Zhi recognized the cult leader as an Immortal Cultivator.

• Jiang Zhi sensed Chu Huai Xu had come down the mountain and worried about the dangers posed by Evil Cultivators searching for something for the Black Moon Cult Leader.
• The Black Moon Cult Leader ambushed Jiang Zhi in a great formation and attacked him with the Myriad Souls Banner.
• Jiang Zhi expanded his Sword Domain, Killing Life, and discovered that the banner contained Divine Souls of Immortal Cultivators.
• Jiang Zhi severed the Banner Spirits' lines of aura and found the banner's wielder's vital line connected to the hand holding it.
• Jiang Zhi realized the Black Moon Cult Leader was an Immortal Cultivator.

Jiang Zhi clashed with the Black Moon Cult Leader, whose Black Banner and half-strand of the Power of Origin kept him from being defeated quickly. Meanwhile, Chu Huai Xu and his companions found the Evil Cultivators at Guanghan Cliff, where Chu Huai Xu killed thirteen of them in an instant.

• The Black Moon Cult Leader summoned thirteen powerful Banner Spirits and used a formation to challenge Jiang Zhi.
• Jiang Zhi infused his Sword Qi with the Power of Origin, but the Black Moon Cult Leader used his own half-strand to withstand the strike and revealed that he intended to keep Jiang Zhi occupied.
• Chu Huai Xu, Han Shuangjiang, and Xu Ziqing reached Guanghan Cliff and used their Divine Souls to locate the Evil Cultivators near a Cold Pool.
• Chu Huai Xu unleashed twenty-one strands of Sword Qi, killing thirteen Third Realm Evil Cultivators before the remaining enemies could react.
• The surviving Evil Cultivators realized the attackers were only at the Third Realm, while Chu Huai Xu received 619,121 Experience Points.

Chu Huai Xu, Han Shuangjiang, and Xu Ziqing defeated a group of Evil Cultivators who sensed that one of the Dao Sect disciples had encountered what their cult master sought. A powerful masked man descended through the snow and immobilized them, but Lu Pan arrived and forced him down onto Guanghan Cliff.

• Chu Huai Xu assigned the five Evil Cultivators to himself, Han Shuangjiang, and Xu Ziqing after they sensed a connection to the cult master's target.
• Chu Huai Xu used Sword Body Dual Cultivation to kill one Evil Cultivator, then chased down and killed another as the others fled.
• Han Shuangjiang and Xu Ziqing defeated their opponents, and the three disciples regrouped as sudden heavy snow began to fall.
• A short, masked man descended from the sky and immobilized the three Dao Sect True Disciples, while Chu Huai Xu tried to use an Information Scan and considered activating his Domain God Talisman.
• Lu Pan appeared, dispelled the restraints, and used a green Formation to slam the masked man onto Guanghan Cliff.

Chu Huai Xu and his companions were ambushed by the Black Moon Cult’s Eighth Realm vice cult master, forcing Lu Pan to stay behind and fight. As the freezing attack overwhelmed them, Lu Pan’s gentle breeze carried them beyond Guanghan Cliff toward the Dao Sect.

• Lu Pan arrived and warned Chu Huai Xu, Han Shuangjiang, and Xu Ziqing to flee if the battle turned dangerous.
• The Black Moon Cult vice cult master revealed the Myriad Souls Banner and its three Banner Spirits, then demanded that Lu Pan hand over Chu Huai Xu.
• Lu Pan trapped the Banner Spirits in an array and used the Cage Array to hold back the vice cult master while Chu Huai Xu led Han Shuangjiang and Xu Ziqing away.
• The vice cult master’s power froze Guanghan Cliff and injured the fleeing trio, but Lu Pan sent them safely beyond the danger with a gentle breeze.
• Lu Pan remained inside the array, protected from the cold by the glowing Pine and Cypress Dao Seal in his palm.

Jiang Zhi remained trapped by the Black Moon Cult Leader while the Cult’s forces ambushed Lu Pan and the Dao Sect disciples at Guanghan Cliff. Facing the Vice Leader and the empowered Banner Spirits alone, Lu Pan unleashed his Heaven and Earth Cage formation, halting the snow and severing the Yin Vein’s power.

• The Black Moon Cult Leader told Jiang Zhi that the Vice Leader had attacked Lu Pan, Chu Huai Xu, and two other Dao Sect disciples, leaving Jiang Zhi unable to intervene from inside the array.
• Jiang Zhi concluded that Lu Pan would prioritize protecting Chu Huai Xu and the others, while Lu Pan realized the enemy had blocked messages and could draw strength from a Yin Vein.
• The Vice Leader summoned three Banner Spirits and the Three Spirits Yin Astral Formation to fight Lu Pan, whose opponents gained strength from the Yin Vein.
• Lu Pan chose to use his strongest formation immediately and explained to Chu Huai Xu that the Formation Path could make the world itself a cage.
• Lu Pan activated Heaven and Earth Cage, froze the snow across Guanghan Cliff, and severed the Yin Vein’s power, causing the Vice Leader’s borrowed Eighth Realm strength to collapse.