Chapter Summaries

On the final day of his thirty-day Sword Domain trial, Chu Huai Xu went to Dao City and confirmed that he was the only person left in Borrowed Sword. He challenged Shen Man in the Sword Domain, comprehended Fearless Sword Intent, and realized his lack of fear made him like a player.

• The Dao Sect elders debated whether Chu Huai Xu could defeat Xu Ziqing with the Dao Ancestor Sword and placed bets on the outcome.
• Chu Huai Xu went to Dao City on the day of Borrowed Sword's Internal Test but found no players, then concluded he was the game's sole remaining person.
• After returning to Medicine Mountain, Chu Huai Xu entered the Sword Domain and attacked Shen Man for the first time.
• On the final trial attempt, Chu Huai Xu calmly faced Shen Man's Wooden Sword as the Sword Domain began to rewind.
• Chu Huai Xu awakened with Sword Intent—Fearless and realized he was unafraid of pain, injury, and death like a player.

Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang registered for the East Continent Grand Competition, where Chu Huai Xu revealed that he had comprehended Sword Intent. After meeting Niu Yuanshan, Chu Huai Xu tried to earn an Organization mission by promising to perform well, but the Mission System remained silent.

• Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang registered for the competition and heard about its fierce contenders, generous prizes, and the Dao Sect disciples’ hope of winning the championship.
• On their way home, Chu Huai Xu asked about Han Shuangjiang’s cultivation, then revealed his Sword Intent and urged her to gain actual combat experience in the competition.
• Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang encountered Niu Yuanshan, who praised their cultivation progress and encouraged them to earn good rankings for the Dao Sect.
• Chu Huai Xu interpreted Niu Yuanshan’s encouragement as a chance to receive an Organization mission, but the Mission System gave no response.

Chu Huai Xu worried over his uncertain ties to the Organization while Xu Ziqing recovered and learned the Sword Nurturing Technique under Zhao Shuqi’s watch. The Dao Sect Junior Uncle, Jiang Zhi, returned and was told that something had happened with Chu Huai Xu, but he did not know who Chu Huai Xu was.

• Chu Huai Xu returned to the Bamboo House with Han Shuangjiang and wondered why he could not claim the Organization’s Faction Mission, while feeling more at home in the Dao Sect.
• Xu Ziqing absorbed a Xuantian Fetal Breath Pill to repair his Spirit Fetus, and the Bluish-black Small Sword inside him devoured part of its medicinal power.
• Zhao Shuqi discovered that Xu Ziqing had learned the Sword Nurturing Technique after one day of study, and the boy used it to awaken the Bronze Sword briefly.
• Jiang Zhi sent a Telepathic Message summoning the Dao Sect’s higher-ups to the Purple Bamboo Forest, and Chu Yinyin joined them despite his displeasure.
• Xiang Yan told Jiang Zhi that something had happened with Chu Huai Xu, and Jiang Zhi asked who Chu Huai Xu was.

Jiang Zhi learned that Li Chunsong had brought Chu Huai Xu to the Dao Sect instead of Xu Ziqing, the person he had meant to find, and discovered that Xu Ziqing was already cultivating as a Registered Disciple. As each elder revealed how Chu Huai Xu had helped Xu Ziqing and become tied to the sect’s future leadership, Jiang Zhi realized Chu Huai Xu might have met him before and denied it.

• Jiang Zhi asked who Chu Huai Xu was, and Li Chunsong explained that he had brought Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang up the mountain.
• Chu Yinyin and Second Elder clarified that Xu Ziqing and Chu Huai Xu were different people, prompting Jiang Zhi to demand an explanation from Li Chunsong for bringing the wrong person.
• Li Chunsong revealed that Xu Ziqing had entered the Dao Sect as Chu Huai Xu’s menial servant, become a Registered Disciple after Chu Huai Xu recommended him, and was cultivating the Sword Refining Art.
• Jiang Zhi learned that Chu Huai Xu had given Xu Ziqing Spirit Pills, including an Xuantian Fetal Breath Pill that Chu Yinyin had gifted him when he became her disciple.
• Chu Yinyin revealed that Xu Ziqing was to become her disciple, Shen Man said she would be his future First Master, and Jiang Zhi realized Chu Huai Xu would be his future Grand-disciple.
• Jiang Zhi asked whether Chu Huai Xu had ever seen him, and Li Chunsong remembered Chu Huai Xu denying that he had seen a Storyteller on the night he brought him up the mountain.

Jiang Zhi learned how Li Chunsong’s misunderstanding and the others’ actions had derailed the Dao Ancestor’s arrangements around Chu Huai Xu and Xu Ziqing. He summoned Chu Huai Xu to the Purple Bamboo Forest to judge the supposed Variable for himself, and immediately disliked his height and looks.

• Li Chunsong admitted that Chu Huai Xu had truthfully said he had never seen a Storyteller, and that Li had misunderstood him.
• Jiang Zhi blamed Li Chunsong and the others for their part in the confusion, while Chu Yinyin argued that Jiang’s secrecy and absence had also contributed.
• Jiang Zhi learned that Xu Ziqing had removed the sword but had become a Body Cultivator, and that Chu Huai Xu’s Xuantian Fetal Breath Pill had changed Xu’s spiritual constitution.
• After learning Chu Huai Xu had been a Pseudo-Spirit Fetus, Jiang Zhi ordered Li Chunsong to bring him to the Purple Bamboo Forest.
• Chu Huai Xu arrived without knowing what had happened, and Jiang Zhi coldly assessed him and immediately disliked him.

In the Purple Bamboo Forest, Jiang Zhi examined Chu Huai Xu and discovered that he practiced the Dao Canon, possessed Clear Heart Sword and unusual Sword Intent, and had taken the Dao Ancestor's sword sheath from Hidden Spirit Mountain. Jiang Zhi investigated the mountain's arrangements, found that the sword's restriction and Sword Spirit had split in two, and was confronted by a new message on the Junzi Tablet.

• Jiang Zhi met Chu Huai Xu and, despite his jealousy of the handsome youth, began probing him with Spiritual Sense.
• Jiang Zhi discovered Chu Huai Xu cultivated the Dao Canon and possessed both Clear Heart Sword and a fierce, self-comprehended Sword Intent.
• Li Chunsong praised Chu Huai Xu as a possible inheritor of the Dao Ancestor's legacy, while Chu Yinyin urged him to reveal what else he had taken from Hidden Spirit Mountain.
• Chu Huai Xu showed Jiang Zhi the Dao Ancestor's sword sheath and explained that it had responded to his Spiritual Power.
• Jiang Zhi inspected Hidden Spirit Mountain and realized the restriction and Sword Spirit had split in two, then saw the Junzi Tablet's message: “A gentleman makes use of things without being used by them.”

Chu Huai Xu told Jiang Zhi he aimed to win the East-West Continent Top Prize, while Jiang dismissed his chances and bet on Xu Ziqing. When Xu Ziqing met Jiang at Hidden Spirit Mountain, he recognized him as the Storyteller who had toyed with him beneath Wumeng Mountain.

• Jiang Zhi questioned Chu Huai Xu about the Junzi Tablet inscription and his goal for the East Continent Grand Competition, and Chu declared he wanted the East-West Continent Top Prize.
• Chu Yinyin reassured Chu Huai Xu and returned him to the Bamboo House, while Jiang ordered Zhao Shuqi to bring Xu Ziqing to Hidden Spirit Mountain and took Li Chunsong to receive punishment.
• Jiang declared that Chu Huai Xu would have only a thirty-to-forty-percent chance in the Origin Spirit Realm and said he could not win the top prize.
• Li Chunsong revealed the betting pool, and Jiang bet on Xu Ziqing while Li backed Chu Huai Xu.
• Zhao Shuqi brought Xu Ziqing to Hidden Spirit Mountain, where he recognized Jiang as the Storyteller who had previously tricked him and left him in the rain.

Jiang Zhi examined Xu Ziqing’s bond with the Bronze Sword and ordered him to train under his guidance until the East-West Continent Grand Competition ended. Meanwhile, Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang took the competition’s screening test, where their attempts to hide their strength drew attention for opposite reasons.

• Xu Ziqing suppressed his resentment toward Jiang Zhi after hearing that mishaps had delayed his rescue, then demonstrated the Sword Nurturing Technique for him.
• Jiang Zhi tested Xu Ziqing’s connection to the Bronze Sword, found that the Sword Spirit could not fully control him, and decided to develop Xu Ziqing’s body tempering while training him personally.
• Jiang Zhi warned Xu Ziqing to consolidate his foundation instead of rushing to break through, and Xu Ziqing repeated advice he had learned from Chu Huai Xu.
• After two days, Chu Huai Xu noticed Xu Ziqing still had not returned and grumbled while washing his clothes.
• Chu Huai Xu advised Han Shuangjiang to conceal her strength before they entered the competition screening, but her sword strike cut two-thirds through the Training Wooden Stake.
• Chu Huai Xu made only a faint scratch on the stake, yet the onlookers praised his spiritual power control, while Han Shuangjiang smiled at his successful attempt to hide his strength.

Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang tried to bet on the East Continent Grand Competition but found they were not listed among the Dao Sect’s top twenty seeded players. As the competition began, Chu Huai Xu concealed most of his strength while defeating Lang Yue in a single palm strike, revealing that he was a Body Tempering cultivator.

• Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang visited the Outer Sect Casino, discovered neither could be bet on, and Chu Huai Xu memorized the names of the twenty seeded players.
• As powerful representatives from the other Great Sects arrived, Chu Huai Xu suspected the Grand Competition had a hidden purpose.
• Chu Huai Xu drew the first day of the preliminary rounds, while Han Shuangjiang was scheduled to compete on the second day.
• Chu Huai Xu faced Lang Yue of Luoxia Sect in Arena eighteen and dodged his saber qi without moving from his spot.
• Chu Huai Xu struck Lang Yue with the first form of the Jiligu Lu Eight Trigrams Palm, quickly winning the match and shocking spectators who recognized him as a Body Tempering cultivator.

Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang watched the East Continent Grand Competition, where Chu Huai Xu earned Experience Points for defeating Lang Yue and Han Shuangjiang won her match before advancing to the Eighth Heaven with Spirit Pills. On the third day, Xu Ziqing entered the preliminaries carrying his sword case and faced the Sword Sect disciple Wang Dong, while Chu Huai Xu urged him to beat his opponent to death.

• Chu Huai Xu defeated Lang Yue with Martial Arts, then gained 1,017 Experience Points and speculated that victories awarded bonus Experience Points.
• Han Shuangjiang defeated a Dao Sect disciple, and Chu Huai Xu later gave her Spirit Pills that helped her break through to the Eighth Heaven.
• Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang watched Ji Sikong and a Sword Sect Female Disciple compete, then returned home after failing to find Xu Ziqing.
• Xu Ziqing arrived at the Training ground carrying a Panlong Wood Sword Case and entered No. 18 Arena to face Wang Dong of the Sword Sect.
• Wang Dong mocked Xu Ziqing for being a Body Cultivator, while Xu Ziqing became distracted after hearing spectators praise Chu Huai Xu.
• Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang appeared beside the arena, and Chu Huai Xu silently told Xu Ziqing to beat Wang Dong to death.

Xu Ziqing defeated Sword Sect cultivator Wang Dong by using his Sword Case as a weapon, impressing the Dao Sect crowd. Afterward, Chu Huai Xu learned that the Bronze Sword was inside the case and realized he might eventually face Xu Ziqing wielding it.

• Chu Huai Xu watched Xu Ziqing face Wang Dong and noted that Xu Ziqing had reached the Fourth Heaven of the First Realm after training with Jiang Zhi and taking pills.
• Xu Ziqing fought Wang Dong evenly despite being empty-handed, while Chu Huai Xu judged that Xu Ziqing had greater physical strength but lacked Chu Huai Xu's other combat advantages.
• Xu Ziqing spotted an opening and swung his Sword Case at Wang Dong, knocking his sword away and sending him crashing from the Arena.
• The Dao Sect disciples cheered Xu Ziqing's victory, while Wang Dong realized the Sword Case itself had been used as the unexpected weapon.
• Chu Huai Xu congratulated Xu Ziqing and privately asked whether the Bronze Sword was inside the case; Xu Ziqing confirmed it and said the Junior Uncle Ancestor had forbidden him from using it yet.
• Chu Huai Xu considered that he and Xu Ziqing might eventually meet in the Matches, with Xu Ziqing then wielding the sword.

Xu Ziqing said farewell to Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang before the Mid-Autumn Festival, while leaders from the Four Great Sects gathered to discuss candidates for the Origin Spirit Realm. Chu Yinyin revealed that the Dao Sect had two disciples who had comprehended Sword Intent, challenging the Sword Sect’s confidence in Geng Tianhe.

• Xu Ziqing told Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang that he had to return to training, and Han Shuangjiang promised to make his favorite braised pork when he came back.
• Jiang Zhi took his place at the Dao Sect gathering, where Situ Cheng proposed another sword duel and insisted that his Sword Venerable senior brother was only slightly stronger than him.
• Mei Chuxue, Teng Lingyi, and Situ Cheng presented Kui Muquan, Zhao Xinghan, and Geng Tianhe as their sects’ candidates for the Origin Spirit Realm.
• Situ Cheng asked whether the Dao Sect had produced a prodigy, and Chu Yinyin declared that two Dao Sect disciples had comprehended Sword Intent.

The Dao Sect revealed that the Origin Spirit Realm had grown far more dangerous and that its Xuanhuang Origin Fragments were vital to reaching the Ninth Realm, while hinting that Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang could help meet the challenge. Chu Huai Xu continued the East Continent Grand Competition by defeating Shen Miaoyun in one move, leaving spectators wondering what could force him to reveal his techniques.

• Chu Yinyin told the Four Great Sects that Han Shuangjiang and Chu Huai Xu had comprehended Sword Intent, but Jiang Zhi and Xiang Yan stopped her from revealing more about Chu Huai Xu.
• Xiang Yan explained that the Dao Ancestor had warned that the Origin Spirit Realm's danger increased every thousand years as Heavenly Dao Suppression weakened, and the sect leaders realized their juniors might have to face the threat.
• Chu Yinyin named Han Shuangjiang and Chu Huai Xu as the two sword geniuses, while Situ Cheng privately doubted that Chu Yinyin should take Chu Huai Xu as her disciple.
• After the five-day preliminary round, Chu Huai Xu drew Shen Miaoyun of the Illusion Spirit Gate for his next match, and Lang Yue stayed at the Dao Sect to watch him compete.
• Shen Miaoyun used a lust Illusionary realm against Chu Huai Xu, but he remained unaffected and struck her down with a single Eight Trigrams Palm.
• Lang Yue recognized Shen Miaoyun's one-move defeat as much like his own, while the spectators wondered what opponent could make Chu Huai Xu use another technique.

Chu Huai Xu advanced through the East Continent Grand Competition using Martial Arts, while his growing fame caught the attention of major sects’ prodigies. Before the fourth round, he found himself omitted from the Casino’s championship favorites and drew Ding Bolin, one of the early betting favorites.

• Chu Huai Xu defeated Shen Miaoyun despite her sensual illusionary realm, then teased Han Shuangjiang by describing what he had seen.
• Han Shuangjiang and Xu Ziqing advanced through the second round, and Chu Huai Xu defeated a Wuyou Valley prodigy in the third with repeated Eight Wastelands Roaming Dragon palms.
• Lang Yue became a supporter of Chu Huai Xu, while Situ Cheng told Geng Tianhe to watch Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang; Mei Chuxue and Teng Lingyi gave their juniors similar instructions.
• Chu Huai Xu visited the Casino before the fourth round, discovered that Han Shuangjiang was listed among the championship favorites but he was not, and grew angry at the omission.
• Chu Huai Xu drew Ding Bolin, an early betting favorite on his Kill List, and greeted him on the platform with a grim smile.

Chu Huai Xu defeated Ding Bolin with astonishing speed and powerful body-cultivation techniques, shocking the rival sect geniuses who had come to assess him as a Sword Cultivator. Geng Tianhe reported the truth to Elder Situ, leaving the question of Chu Huai Xu’s swordsmanship unresolved.

• Ding Bolin assumed Chu Huai Xu would be an easy opponent, while Geng Tianhe, Kui Muquan, and Zhao Xinghan watched the match to assess the supposed Sword Cultivator.
• Chu Huai Xu activated his complete Body Cultivator form and used the Profound Grade Movement Technique [Flying Profound] to strike Ding Bolin hard enough to force him back.
• Ding Bolin surrounded himself with blue flames, but Chu Huai Xu charged through them and used his speed to land repeated palm strikes.
• Chu Huai Xu broke Ding Bolin’s bones and sent him flying, winning the match as the spectators reacted in shock.
• Geng Tianhe returned to Elder Situ and reported that their intelligence was wrong because Chu Huai Xu was a Body Cultivator, not a Sword Cultivator.

Situ Cheng investigated Chu Huai Xu after hearing he was an unusually powerful Body Cultivator, while Geng Tianhe witnessed Han Shuangjiang reveal her Sword Intent and became captivated by her. Chu Huai Xu grew possessive of Han Shuangjiang, and as the competition reached its fifth round, he drew his first Sword Cultivator opponent.

• Situ Cheng ordered Geng Tianhe to investigate Chu Huai Xu after learning that Chu Huai Xu's strength seemed to mark him as a Body Cultivator.
• Geng Tianhe watched Han Shuangjiang win her Match with a sword strike that revealed her Sword Intent, leaving him shaken by her talent.
• Chu Huai Xu congratulated Han Shuangjiang, felt displeased by Geng Tianhe's admiration of her, and walked home with her afterward.
• Han Shuangjiang admitted she planned to bet her Contribution Points on Chu Huai Xu, then headed to the Casino with him.
• Situ Cheng told Geng Tianhe to cultivate after confirming Han Shuangjiang was ahead of him in sword comprehension, then privately wondered what Chu Yinyin was doing.
• Chu Huai Xu raised his cultivation with Experience Points, and the fifth-round draw paired him against his first Sword Cultivator opponent in the competition.

At the East Continent Grand Competition, Han Shuangjiang defeated Ruan Qiu and drew attention for her apparent Sword Intent. Chu Huai Xu then tested his ability to suppress Sword Cultivators against Mo Lingfeng, whose sword refused to obey him, leaving the match unresolved as the chapter ended.

• Han Shuangjiang defeated Dao Sect disciple Ruan Qiu, who accepted her loss and encouraged her to pursue the championship.
• Han Shuangjiang told Chu Huai Xu that he had finally drawn a Sword Cultivator to spar with, and he agreed he needed more opponents to gauge his suppression ability.
• Mo Tenglong and Geng Tianhe watched as Chu Huai Xu faced Sword Sect disciple Mo Lingfeng in the fifth round.
• Mo Lingfeng repeatedly failed to draw Sky Stone Sword, and Chu Huai Xu's step made the sword slide back into its sheath.
• Mo Lingfeng forced his sword free and attacked, but Chu Huai Xu flicked the blade with one finger and sent Sky Stone Sword flying.
• Chu Huai Xu told the stunned Mo Lingfeng that his sword was afraid of him.

Chu Huai Xu defeated Mo Lingfeng by making the Sword Cultivator’s Destined Sword seem afraid of him, baffling everyone who witnessed the match. Situ Cheng tried to recreate the effect, but Mo Lingfeng concluded that the Sword Spirit had been even more afraid of Chu Huai Xu.

• Chu Huai Xu sent Mo Lingfeng’s Sky Stone Sword flying, and Mo Lingfeng admitted defeat before asking how he had done it.
• Chu Huai Xu told Mo Lingfeng to ask his sword, then left the arena with Han Shuangjiang as the spectators marveled at the pair.
• Geng Tianhe comforted Mo Lingfeng and took him to Situ Cheng, while Kui Muquan and Zhao Xinghan went to report the strange fight to their sect elders.
• Situ Cheng tested Mo Lingfeng’s sword and found that his own Sword Heart could make its Sword Spirit tremble, but the effect did not match what Mo Lingfeng had experienced.
• Mo Lingfeng told Situ Cheng that the Sword Spirit had seemed even more afraid of Chu Huai Xu.

Chu Huai Xu completed another stage of the East-West Continent Grand Competition quest and chose new techniques to make use of his upgrade ticket. After visiting Xu Ziqing and watching his match, Chu Huai Xu prepared for the competition’s sixth round, where the quest rewards had become more generous.

• Situ Cheng rebuked Mo Lingfeng for failing to explain why the Sky Stone Sword feared Chu Huai Xu, while Mo Lingfeng stayed silent and wondered about the sword’s reaction.
• Chu Huai Xu claimed 30,000 Experience Points and a Yellow Grade Technique Upgrade Ticket, then went to the Scripture Pavilion with Han Shuangjiang.
• Chu Huai Xu chose the Yellow Grade defensive technique [Spattered Ink], while Han Shuangjiang borrowed money to exchange for [Ice Crystal Lotus].
• Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang watched Xu Ziqing win his match, and Xu Ziqing gave Chu Huai Xu a Marrow Cleansing Bone Strengthening Pill.
• Xu Ziqing offered to demonstrate his improved Six Severances, but Chu Huai Xu hurried him away before he could show it.
• The sixth round of the East Continent Grand Competition began with 64 contestants, and Chu Huai Xu’s quest rewards rose to 30,000 Experience Points and a Profound Grade Sorcery Upgrade Ticket.

Chu Huai Xu faced Ji Sikong in the East Continent Grand Competition while several powerful cultivators watched, expecting him to rely on his body. As Ji Sikong prepared a decisive saber strike, Chu Huai Xu revealed that he had also cultivated Sorcery and summoned thunder, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Chu Huai Xu drew Ji Sikong as his opponent, while Ji Sikong resolved to stay wary of his strange methods.
• Situ Cheng, Mei Chuxue, and Teng Lingyi arrived to watch the Match, and Mei Chuxue found her spiritual sense blocked above the Arena.
• Ji Sikong attacked with Red Dragon and his Profound Grade Sorcery Fire Dragon Chant, while Chu Huai Xu dodged and endured his strikes.
• Ji Sikong urged Chu Huai Xu to use any trump cards before unleashing his strongest saber strike.
• Chu Huai Xu declared that he had practiced more than Body Tempering, invoked Fingertip Thunder, and flicked a raindrop as thunder gathered overhead.