Chapter Summaries

Xu Yunfan underwent a medicinal bath with the Black Tortoise Marrow Cleansing Soup, pushing the Classic of Change Marrow Cleansing Skill to minor success and greatly strengthening his body. After donning the Dragon Scale Armor, he thanked Azure Phoenix and Red Peony, who offered to teach him the daoist arts of the bedchamber.

• Qing Song brought Xu Yunfan the Black Tortoise Marrow Cleansing Soup and introduced Azure Phoenix and Red Peony as the sisters assigned to help with his medicinal bath.
• Azure Phoenix and Red Peony guided Xu Yunfan through the bath and helped him absorb the soup’s medicinal power.
• After three hours, Xu Yunfan reached minor success in the Classic of Change Marrow Cleansing Skill, gaining Golden Marrow, stronger physical abilities, and manifested strength.
• Xu Yunfan summoned and donned the Dragon Scale Armor, then thanked Azure Phoenix and Red Peony for their assistance.
• Red Peony offered to teach Xu Yunfan the daoist arts of the bedchamber, while Azure Phoenix blushed.

Xu Yunfan resisted the temptations of Azure Phoenix and Shaoyao, then said farewell to his master, Zhan Yan, as he prepared to leave the Dao Sect. After seeing Zhan Yan off, Xu Yunfan encountered Chu Cangming, the Dao Sect’s eldest direct disciple.

• Xu Yunfan suppressed his bodily desires with the Lin Character Secret and the Highest Good is Like Water Heart Mantra, and guessed Bi Yuan had sent Azure Phoenix and Shaoyao to help him manage them.
• Xu Yunfan found Zhan Yan packing to leave, and Zhan Yan explained that he had secured a major order for Heavenly Crafting Cave.
• Zhan Yan warned Xu Yunfan to avoid the Nine Locks Heart Questioning Array and Sword Burial Abyss, and promised to help if Xu Yunfan sent a message using their Thousand Machine Secret Language.
• Xu Yunfan escorted Zhan Yan to the mountain gate and watched him depart with four Dao Sect experts; Zhan Yan took the damaged Thunder Fire Qilin Hammer to see if it could be repaired.
• Xu Yunfan turned toward Langhuan Library and came face to face with Chu Cangming, who greeted him as junior brother Xu.

Xu Yunfan met Dao Sect chief True Inheritance Disciple Chu Cangming, who took him toward the Langhuan Library and questioned his abilities along the way. The chapter ended with Xu Yunfan revealing that he excelled at hammer techniques and lamenting how rare they were at higher levels of martial cultivation.

• Xu Yunfan greeted Chu Cangming, explained that he wanted to visit the Langhuan Library, and Chu offered to take him there despite his lack of a True Inheritance Token.
• Chu Cangming used Stepping on the Dipper and Pacing the Stars to travel across the sea of clouds, and Xu Yunfan followed him.
• Chu Cangming said he had slain seventeen Great Qian true-blood nobles at Yanmen Pass and had come to see his master's new disciple, whom he did not find particularly special.
• Chu Cangming brought Xu Yunfan to a swaying Cloud Bridge leading to the Langhuan Library and asked about the weapons he carried.
• Xu Yunfan demonstrated the force-generating motions of the Thousand Jun Mountain Shaking Hammer Technique and said he preferred hammers, though hammer techniques became scarce at higher levels.

Xu Yunfan entered Langhuan Library with a Mystic Heaven Token that granted access to all nine floors, drawing the attention of the Dao Sect disciples. He reached the third floor, where four Mystic Sky Peak True Inheritance Disciples blocked his way.

• Chu Cangming tested Xu Yunfan’s standing, then departed after warning him to make himself at home at Langhuan Library.
• Xu Yunfan entered the library and was struck by its vast collection and dense spiritual energy.
• The elderly librarian recognized Xu Yunfan’s Mystic Heaven Token, granted him access to all nine floors, and warned him not to pass it on.
• The disciples overheard the token’s significance and watched Xu Yunfan as he climbed through the library.
• Four Mystic Sky Peak True Inheritance Disciples blocked the third-floor stairway, and Xu Yunfan let pressure seep from his body.

Xu Yunfan intimidated the disciples at Langhuan Library and searched its ninth floor for a martial technique suited to his weapon. After finding and memorizing the Eight Desolations Dragonfall Mace Technique, he returned to his courtyard and began testing its forms with his Crimson Fire Dragon Devouring Mace.

• Xu Yunfan forced four Mystic Sky Peak disciples to make way and reminded them to address him as Senior Brother.
• Xu Yunfan entered the ninth floor of Langhuan Library and rejected a fist art and several sword manuals that did not suit his path.
• Xu Yunfan found the Eight Desolations Dragonfall Mace Technique and committed its contents to memory using the Lin Character Secret.
• Xu Yunfan returned to his courtyard, chewed a ginseng root hair from the Ginseng Baby, and practiced the mace technique.
• Xu Yunfan split the courtyard stones and pierced a stone lantern as he tested the technique's forms, including Dragonfall.

Xu Yunfan devoted himself to an intense daily regimen, using spiritual herbs, exotic beast meat, and his martial arts to strengthen his body and refine his skills. After practicing through the night, he cultivated the Lin Character Secret and brought his Self-God forth from the chaos in his sea of consciousness.

• Xu Yunfan reached the introductory level in the Eight Desolations Dragonfall Mace Technique and absorbed memories that branded its moves into his instincts.
• He spent his days cultivating at Qingwei Mountain, drawing in Eastern Purple Qi with the Pure Yang One Qi Art and eating Ginseng Baby whiskers and Crimson Eyed Wild Bull meat.
• Xu Yunfan practiced the Classic of Change Marrow Cleansing Skill and purged impurities from his body after drinking Blood Trout Marrow Cleansing Soup.
• He used the Three Viscera Sword Nurturing Art to circulate and strengthen the sword force he had taken from Pei Yan.
• At midnight, Xu Yunfan practiced all nine moves of the Eight Desolations Dragonfall Mace Technique, collapsing the courtyard ground and snapping an ancient pine.
• Xu Yunfan meditated on the Azure Jade Prayer Mat, and his Self-God emerged from the chaos in his sea of consciousness.

After more than twenty days of intensive cultivation, Xu Yunfan perfected the Pure Yang One Qi Art and condensed his first thread of true qi, but found that his meridians could not yet withstand its power. His relentless training drew attention across the Dao Sect’s Thirty-Six Peaks, and Chu Cangming sensed a familiar pressure from his courtyard.

• Xu Yunfan trained for more than twenty days, reaching minor mastery in the Eight Desolations Dragonfall Mace Technique and raising the Classic of Change Marrow Cleansing Skill to 597 proficiency.
• Xu Yunfan perfected the Pure Yang One Qi Art and condensed his inner breath into a thread of true qi.
• Xu Yunfan tried to guide the true qi into his meridians, but it tore at their walls and forced him to withdraw it, leaving blood at the corner of his lips.
• The Dao Sect’s disciples discussed Xu Yunfan’s relentless training, costly medicines, and rapid progress across the Thirty-Six Peaks.
• Chu Cangming felt the pressure from Xu Yunfan’s courtyard and involuntarily tensed as Xu Yunfan struck the ninth form, Dragonfall.

Xu Yunfan cultivated Pure Yang True Qi and was summoned to Qingwei Hall, where he met three powerful Dao Sect elders. Bi Yuan recognized Xu Yunfan’s extraordinary progress, while Xu Yunfan realized the Dao Sect had several Ninth Realm Qi Refining experts.

• Chu Cangming decided to send Xu Yunfan to Sword Burial Abyss under the pretense of giving him good fortune.
• Xu Yunfan absorbed Eastern Purple Qi and spiritual qi, strengthening his newly formed Pure Yang True Qi through repeated circulation.
• Taoist boy Qing Song summoned Xu Yunfan to Qingwei Hall at Bi Yuan’s request.
• Xu Yunfan met Bi Yuan’s three martial brothers, including Cui Yu, the Jade Judge, and sensed the elders’ immense power.
• Bi Yuan saw Xu Yunfan’s completed Pure Yang One Qi Art and Marrow Cleansing progress, while Xu Yunfan concealed his aura and recognized the elders as Ninth Realm experts.

Xu Yunfan faced opposition from Dragon Tiger Peak’s Li Zhi when Bi Yuan sought to send him to the Sword Burial Abyss. After the old rules were raised to block his entry, Bi Yuan proposed a martial contest in which Xu Yunfan could earn recognition from the Dao Sons of the various peaks.

• Li Zhi tested Xu Yunfan with his sword intent, but Cui Yu intervened and examined Xu Yunfan’s cultivation.
• Cui Yu discovered Xu Yunfan had combined several powerful cultivation arts and declared him qualified to enter the Sword Burial Abyss.
• Li Zhi objected to Xu Yunfan entering, and Bi Yuan ordered Cangming to take him there the next morning.
• Li Zhi invoked the ancestral rule requiring approval from chiefs of nearly half the Thirty-Six Peaks and cited Chu Cangming’s earlier entry.
• Bi Yuan rose and proposed a martial contest, saying Xu Yunfan could enter if he won recognition from the Dao Sons of the various peaks.

Xu Yunfan accepted Bi Yuan’s challenge to fight eighteen consecutive matches in the Thirty-Six Linked Ring Arena, with the result determining whether he could enter Sword Burial Abyss. Chu Cangming took him to Weapon Tomb to choose a weapon, where Xu Yunfan began learning about the Dao Sect’s spoils from past conflicts.

• Bi Yuan proposed the arena trial and wagered his Dragon Tiger Golden Pill against Xu Yunfan’s chance to enter Sword Burial Abyss.
• Xu Yunfan agreed to the challenge, and an elder of Candle Dragon Peak named Wu Zhen was announced as his first opponent.
• Cui Yu told Xu Yunfan that Li Zhi had rallied at least twelve peaks and that fears surrounding the calamity beneath Sword Burial Abyss fueled the conflict.
• Chu Cangming escorted Xu Yunfan to Weapon Tomb after Bi Yuan ordered him to choose a suitable weapon.
• Chu Cangming showed Xu Yunfan the Prairie Fire Spear, a treasured weapon taken from Mystic Truth Sect in a past war.

Xu Yunfan learned that he would serve as a ring master in the Dao Sect’s Thirty-Six Linked Ring Arena and chose a heavy sword despite his greater skill with a mace. After preparing for three days, he arrived at Mystic Sky Peak as the first snow fell and the assembled disciples watched in silence.

• Xu Yunfan told Chu Cangming that the arena would begin in three days and learned that Chu Cangming was probing his prospects amid old tensions from Bi Yuan’s rise to Sect Master.
• Xu Yunfan chose the Precious Artifact Sinking Mountain, then tested it and found his sword movements slower than his mace techniques.
• Chu Cangming set a meeting with Xu Yunfan at the Martial Arts Practice Field and secretly tested his defenses, while Xu Yunfan’s Dragon Scale Armor neutralized the attack.
• Fang Mushan and Li Haomiao warned Xu Yunfan that disciples expected him to fail and that Zhao Wujiu planned to test Heavenly Crafting Cave; Li Haomiao also revealed that Chu Cangming would compete.
• Three days later, Xu Yunfan arrived at Mystic Sky Peak for the arena’s opening as the first snow fell and the gathered disciples fell silent.

Xu Yunfan entered the Thirty-Six Linked Ring Arena, where the Dao Sect’s disciples could challenge him to prove their peaks’ support for his Sword Burial Abyss qualification. After Shen Wuyai offered that qualification as a prize, Xu Yunfan faced Zhao Wujiu, and their opening clash showed the force of his mace technique.

• Xu Yunfan overheard disciples discussing his rise to the Sect Master's favor and Bi Sheng's regret at having rejected him.
• Cui Yu began the Thirty-Six Linked Ring Arena, and Xu Yunfan stepped onto the snow-covered stage as disciples questioned his right to enter the forbidden ground.
• Shen Wuyai offered a Sword Burial Abyss qualification to the final fighter standing, and Bi Yuan promised Xu Yunfan the chance to choose two divine weapons if he won.
• Zhao Wujiu of Fish Mound Peak challenged Xu Yunfan and attacked him with twin daggers.
• Xu Yunfan used Eight Desolations Mountain Collapse with his Crimson Fire Dragon Devouring Mace, crushing Zhao Wujiu's defense and cracking the arena stones beneath him.

Xu Yunfan defeated Zhao Wujiu and Zhou Ziling in succession during the arena matches, overcoming Zhao's forbidden poison art and breaking Zhou's sword formation. After the two decisive victories, Chu Cangming opened his eyes and fixed his gaze on the arena.

• Xu Yunfan's divine armor stopped Zhao Wujiu's poisoned dagger, and he broke through Zhao's Mystic Poison Binding Spirit Silk before knocking him off the arena.
• Cui Yu declared Xu Yunfan the winner over Zhao Wujiu, who was carried away unconscious for treatment.
• Zhou Ziling challenged Xu Yunfan with his Seven Stars Soul Locking Sword Formation, which he said countered body-tempering arts.
• Xu Yunfan used the Mountain Severing Sword's intent to shatter three of Zhou's swords, then destroyed the remaining four with a palm strike.
• Zhou Ziling conceded and hurried back toward Jade Balance Peak, while Chu Cangming opened his eyes and looked toward Xu Yunfan.

Xu Yunfan continued defending the arena, defeating Chen Xuan and Wu Shuang with his perfected Pure Yang One Qi Art and powerful mace strikes. After five straight victories left the Dao disciples hesitant to challenge him, Qingming Peak’s Lu Wuchen decided it was not yet time to step in.

• Chen Xuan challenged Xu Yunfan, but Xu shattered his sword qi and knocked him and his sword from the arena within three moves.
• Li Zhi recognized that Xu had perfected the Pure Yang One Qi Art and condensed Pure Yang True Qi, while Bi Yuan was delighted by his disciple’s talent.
• Wu Shuang challenged Xu with nine Profound Ice Thorns, but Xu vaporized them and struck Wu off the arena.
• After five consecutive victories, Xu questioned whether anyone among the Dao Sect’s Thirty-Six Peaks dared to fight him, and the watching disciples hesitated.
• A Qingming Peak disciple urged Lu Wuchen, a Viscera Training Realm True Inheritance Disciple, to challenge Xu, but Lu said it was not yet time.

Xu Yunfan faced Bai Zhi, a powerful Viscera Training Dao Scion of Flowing Cloud Peak, in the Martial Arts Practice Field. Their clash of freezing sword qi and blazing mace strength intensified, but the match remained undecided.

• Lu Wuchen said he would challenge Xu Yunfan only after Xu had won eighteen consecutive matches, while Cui Yu warned that the Thirty-Six Peaks would forfeit if no one stepped forward in time.
• Bai Zhi descended onto the stage and requested Xu Yunfan's guidance, drawing the crowd's attention to her reputation and Viscera Training Realm cultivation.
• Xu Yunfan and Bai Zhi's opposing auras froze the snow on one side of the arena and melted it on the other.
• Bai Zhi struck first, and Xu Yunfan met her sword with his mace but was shaken by the force and layered qualities of her sword strength.
• Bai Zhi pressed her advantage with the Avalanche Thirteen Forms as Xu Yunfan countered with the Thousand Jun Mountain Shaking Hammer Technique, and the two continued fighting across the arena.

Xu Yunfan fought Bai Zhi to a standstill despite their difference in realms, relying on Pure Yang True Qi, formidable body-tempering techniques, and the Dragon Scale Armor. After Xu Yunfan gained the upper hand, Bai Zhi unleashed the forbidden Thousand Mile Ice Seal, leaving the battle poised for its next decisive strike.

• Xu Yunfan repeatedly clashed with Bai Zhi, using Pure Yang True Qi to expel the Profound Nether Strength freezing his body.
• Lu Wuchen recognized that Xu Yunfan had mastered Amitabha Temple's Classic of Change Marrow Cleansing Skill and realized Bi Yuan had put him forward as a contender amid the Dao Sect's conflicts.
• At the seventy-third exchange, Bai Zhi struck at Xu Yunfan's navel with the Mystic Yin Bone Piercing Finger, but the Dragon Scale Armor and Xu Yunfan's defenses injured Bai Zhi's fingers.
• Xu Yunfan counterattacked with the Crimson Fire Dragon Devouring Mace, bending Bai Zhi's sword and forcing him to activate the forbidden Thousand Mile Ice Seal.
• Bai Zhi froze the arena into an iceberg and sent up icy spikes, while Xu Yunfan braced for his opponent's true killing move.

Xu Yunfan defeated Bai Zhi with a fused martial technique, then discovered that the Crimson Fire Dragon Devouring Mace had acknowledged him and strengthened his Pure Yang True Qi. Chu Cangming entered the arena to challenge him over the undecided Dao disciple position.

• Xu Yunfan defeated Bai Zhi, and Cui Yu declared him the winner as the spectators and elders reacted to his use of several supreme techniques.
• Xu Yunfan sensed a dragon-like resonance in his bones and found that the Crimson Fire Dragon Devouring Mace was harmonizing with his heartbeat and amplifying his Pure Yang True Qi.
• Cui Yu called for another challenger, and Chu Cangming sent his sword into the arena and took the stage.
• Xu Yunfan teased Chu Cangming about fighting over Master's favor, and Chu Cangming explained that he had to do his best because Master had not yet chosen the Dao disciple.

Xu Yunfan fought Chu Cangming to prove his worth and secure the resources he needed to grow stronger before the Heavenly Demon arrived. Their duel left Chu Cangming injured and Xu Yunfan poised to strike with his Eighth Order Divine Weapon armor protecting him.

• Xu Yunfan and Chu Cangming began their duel, and Xu Yunfan endured Chu Cangming's Mountain Severing Swordplay by redirecting its force through his body.
• Chu Cangming revealed that he had studied all nine supreme sword arts of the Dao Sect, while Xu Yunfan countered with the Crimson Fire Dragon Devouring Mace and the Nine Profound Dragon Subduing Mace Art.
• Xu Yunfan's heavy mace moved with delicate precision, forcing Chu Cangming to abandon his sword and attack with Dividing Light Shadowing.
• Chu Cangming shattered his fingers against Xu Yunfan's Dragon Scale Armor and recognized it as an Eighth Order Divine Weapon.
• Xu Yunfan swept his mace upward from Chu Cangming's blind spot, destroying his jade hair crown and setting his hair alight.

Xu Yunfan defeated Chu Cangming in a fierce martial arts duel by combining several techniques into a decisive mace strike. The crowd recognized his extraordinary mastery, while Xu Yunfan quietly reset his fractured arm after the match.

• Chu Cangming used the Flowing Water Sword Technique to overwhelm Xu Yunfan with three streams of sword qi, but Xu unleashed his hidden martial arts and broke through the attack.
• Xu Yunfan hurled his mace into the sword qi's weak point, then struck Chu Cangming's chest and injured him with sword force from the Three Viscera Sword Nurturing Art.
• Chu Cangming counterattacked with his bonded sword, but Xu used Fleet Foot and an aerial turn to meet the strike with his mace.
• Xu Yunfan combined the Mountain Shattering Stance with Dragon Raises Its Head, disarmed Chu Cangming, and held his mace at Chu's shoulder to win the duel.
• Chu Cangming praised Xu Yunfan's strike, and Xu reset his fractured arm after returning the salute.

Xu Yunfan won the Thirty-Six Linked Ring Arena after defeating Chu Cangming, establishing himself as the Dao Sect’s foremost young disciple. Seven days later, he continued improving his marrow-cleansing skill with the sect’s support and received a rare pill, while Senior Sister Azure Phoenix and Senior Sister Red Peony arrived to help him cultivate safely.

• Xu Yunfan’s victory over Chu Cangming prompted the judges to declare him the winner, and the Dao Sect disciples recognized his extraordinary strength.
• The Peak Masters who had secretly coordinated against Xu Yunfan reacted angrily, while younger disciples watched him with awe and competitive resolve.
• Seven days later, Xu Yunfan cultivated the Classic of Change Marrow Cleansing Skill on the Mystic Jade Platform and neared great mastery.
• After Xu Yunfan completed three hours of cultivation, Qing Song brought him Eight Treasures Cleansing Heaven Soup and a rare Purple Gold Bone Forging Pill from the Sect Master.
• Senior Sister Azure Phoenix and Senior Sister Red Peony arrived to help Xu Yunfan handle the pill’s fierce medicinal power, and he thanked them.