Chapter Summaries

Chu Qing and Lan Shuyi returned to the Great Constancy Sect after failing to find the missing Mirror of Sin assassin, only to discover its experts attacking Wu Qianhuan, Wen Rou, Hua Jinnian, and Wuchan. Chu Qing rescued them and killed Elder Juechen, declaring that reconciliation with the Great Constancy Sect was no longer possible.

• Chu Qing and Lan Shuyi searched the deserted courtyard for the missing person but found no trace, so they headed back to the Great Constancy Sect to seek Wen Rou’s help.
• Chu Qing and Lan Shuyi arrived at the Great Constancy Sect and saw its disciples besieging Wu Qianhuan, Wen Rou, Hua Jinnian, and Wuchan.
• Great Constancy Sect elders surrounded the group, accused Chu Qing of being their enemy, and trapped Wu Qianhuan in the Eight Directions Thousand Absolutes Array.
• Chu Qing charged into the formation, scattered its eight attackers, and seized Elder Juechen, who had threatened to kill him.
• Chu Qing told Wu Qianhuan that the Great Constancy Sect had ended any chance of reconciliation, then crushed Elder Juechen’s neck and challenged the remaining elders.

Chu Qing slaughtered the Great Constancy Sect disciples who blamed him for Li Junmo’s death and had attacked Wu Qianhuan and Wen Rou. He spared one elder, denied killing Li Junmo, and left the sect with his companions as Lan Shuyi watched in dismay.

• An elder accused Chu Qing of killing Li Junmo and other Great Constancy Sect members, and Chu Qing refused to defend himself.
• Chu Qing killed Martial Uncle Zuo with a single grab and palm strike after Zuo attacked him.
• When the Great Constancy Sect disciples charged together, Chu Qing unleashed his martial arts and saber, killing many and leaving the battlefield strewn with bodies.
• Chu Qing spared the surviving elder, said Guan Changying or Li Junmo had killed Li Junmo, and threatened to destroy the sect if it provoked him again.
• Chu Qing struck the Sword Control Pavilion plaque with his saber and left with Wu Qianhuan, Wen Rou, Hua Jinnian, and Wuchan.
• Lan Shuyi watched from a rooftop and lamented that the situation had blown up despite their agreement not to act impulsively.

After the Great Constancy Sect accused Chu Qing of killing Li Junmo, Chu Qing and his companions discussed how to counter the accusation and the threat of the Blood King. While tracking a surviving Mirror of Sin assassin, Wen Rou discovered that Luo Wushuang had been in contact with an expert on the Evil Execution List.

• Hua Jinnian and the others questioned Chu Qing about Li Junmo's death, and Chu Qing explained why he believed Guan Changying had killed his master and framed him.
• Wu Qianhuan and Hua Jinnian assessed how the Great Constancy Sect's accusation could threaten Chu Qing, while Chu Qing said his standing with the Blazing Fire Hall and other allies could counter it.
• Chu Qing told Wu Qianhuan he planned to leave for a few days to investigate the Blood King, then asked Wen Rou to help find the remaining Evil Execution List expert.
• Chu Qing, Wen Rou, and Wu Qianhuan followed a hidden route toward the Great Constancy Sect, where Wen Rou identified a scent linking someone to an Evil Execution List expert.
• Wen Rou revealed that the person she had identified was Luo Wushuang, whom Chu Qing and Wu Qianhuan had both seen recently.

Chu Qing pursued the Mirror of Sin assassin to uncover why Luo Wushuang had died, then confronted him and learned of his connection to Chu Huaifeng. The assassin refused to explain Luo Wushuang’s death, and Chu Qing’s attack revealed the man’s green iron armor and scarred face.

• Wu Qianhuan and Chu Qing learned that Luo Wushuang had met the Mirror of Sin assassin, and they followed Wen Rou toward Sword Comprehension Cliff.
• Chu Qing found Luo Wushuang dead beside the steles, with his heart meridian severed by a heavy strike.
• The black-clad assassin used a strange cry to make Great Constancy Sect disciples attack one another, then fled while imitating Chu Qing’s voice.
• Chu Qing caught up with the assassin, recognized his martial arts as resembling Chu Huaifeng’s, and learned that the man had considered Chu Huaifeng a fellow fallen soul.
• The assassin refused to explain why he had killed Luo Wushuang and attacked Chu Qing, who defeated him and exposed his green iron armor and severely scarred face.

Chu Qing defeated an assassin who cultivated the Wood Corpse Art, but the man died warning him not to return to the Great Constancy Sect. Chu Qing went there anyway and found Luo Wushuang’s corpse, whose face made him realize something was wrong.

• The assassin explained that he had accepted a price to gain revenge, then attacked Chu Qing with a sinister fist technique.
• Chu Qing shattered the assassin’s meridians, but the man drained a tree’s vitality to create poisonous mist before dying and warned Chu Qing not to return to the Great Constancy Sect.
• The system marked Chu Qing’s commission complete and awarded him access to an Internal Cultivation Treasure Chest.
• Chu Qing told Wu Qianhuan and Wen Rou that the assassin and Chu Huaifeng appeared connected, then went to the Great Constancy Sect despite the warning.
• Chu Qing overheard disciples discussing Luo Wushuang’s capture and death, found his body in a woodshed, and noticed something strange about his face.

Guan Changying burned Luo Wushuang’s body while Lan Shuyi investigated the strange behavior surrounding the Great Constancy Sect. Zen Master Xingzhi secretly descended into the mechanism behind the Azure Luan Stone Image to find a treasure vault, where he discovered that the masked figure he had taken for a corpse was alive.

• Guan Changying led disciples to a cliff and personally burned Luo Wushuang’s body, murmuring, “Don’t blame me.”
• Lan Shuyi wondered why Guan Changying had treated the body so carefully, then searched Qing Luan Peak for Xingzhi and learned that Wen Fusheng had arrived at the Great Constancy Sect.
• Wen Fusheng angrily confronted the Great Constancy Sect at the Sword Control Pavilion over its attack on his biological daughter, while representatives of Iron Blood Hall and a young woman defended the Third Young Master.
• Xingzhi secretly descended the cliff, used the mirrors and wind-powered mechanism behind the Azure Luan Stone Image, and entered a hidden cave leading to a chamber with the Divinity Hiding Table.
• Xingzhi found a masked figure reading his book and realized the person was alive; the figure recognized Xingzhi.

Chu Qing confronted Zen Master Xingzhi beneath Qing Luan Peak and questioned him about his ties to the Heavenly Evil Cult and his knowledge of Wudao’s death. Xingzhi recounted Wudao’s rise and the murder of Zen Master Huiming, then revealed that Wudao had claimed to serve a Buddha Lord whom he sometimes called “Prince.”

• Chu Qing revealed that he had entered the cave beneath Qing Luan Peak and opened the stone door, where he found the Divinity Hiding Table and a book explaining its mechanisms.
• Chu Qing stopped Xingzhi from leaving and asked how he knew Chu Qing had killed Wudao with the Bone Melting Palm.
• Xingzhi described how his disciple Huitong endured his harsh treatment, died after rescuing a child, and left that child—Wudao—in Xingzhi’s care.
• Xingzhi said Wudao became the Vajra Sect’s Buddha’s Son, then arranged for Xingzhi and other monks to kill Zen Master Huiming when Wuchan threatened his position.
• Xingzhi revealed that Wudao claimed to be the seventh Buddha’s Son, said he would lead the Vajra Sect into the Buddha Kingdom on the Buddha Lord’s command, and sometimes called that figure “Prince.”

Chu Qing questioned Xingzhi about the Buddhist Kingdom and the Lord of the Asura Sea, then killed him and unlocked the Divinity Hiding Table. He found gold sheets forming part of a map to one of the Nine Treasures of Heaven and Earth, prepared Xingzhi’s body as a trap for Blood King, and raced toward the summit with Xingzhi’s head.

• Xingzhi told Chu Qing that Wudao had promised to take him to the Buddhist Kingdom and that the Lord of the Asura Sea had sent him to retrieve the hidden item.
• Chu Qing weighed his options, chose to kill Xingzhi, and revealed himself as the Night Emperor before striking him down with a flying knife.
• Chu Qing followed the book’s instructions to unlock the Divinity Hiding Table and retrieved a box of gold sheets that formed a map.
• Chu Qing concluded that the gold sheets likely showed part of a route to one of the Nine Treasures of Heaven and Earth.
• Chu Qing severed Xingzhi’s head, poisoned the corpse to potentially trap Blood King, and raced up the cliff toward the summit.

Wen Fusheng fought the Great Constancy Sect after learning its disciples had attacked Wen Rou and accused Chu Qing of killing Li Junmo. Chen Zhengnan argued that the accusation needed proof, but a lightning-fast intruder struck Ge Hong and left behind Zen Master Xingzhi’s severed head and a letter addressed to the Vajra Sect.

• Wen Fusheng fought the Great Constancy Sect elders, furious that they had bullied Wen Rou and tried to blame Chu Qing for Li Junmo’s death.
• Chen Zhengnan arrived and questioned the accusation, insisting the sect investigate whether Chu Qing had killed Li Junmo before seeking revenge.
• Chen Zhengnan learned that the Great Constancy Sect had attacked Chu Qing’s companions, prompting Chu Qing to kill more than two hundred disciples in retaliation.
• Ge Hong reminded Chen Zhengnan that he had left the Great Constancy Sect, and Chen Zhengnan prepared to answer.
• A lightning-wreathed figure struck Ge Hong and fled as Wen Fusheng pursued it, while Chen Zhengnan found Zen Master Xingzhi’s severed head with a letter addressed to the Vajra Sect.

Chu Qing reunited with Wen Fusheng and explained the turmoil surrounding the Great Constancy Sect, then introduced him to Wu Qianhuan and let him catch up with Wen Rou. After Chu Qing began copying a treasure map discovered by Qing Luan Peak, he realized the golden pieces were more difficult to imprint than expected.

• Chu Qing revealed himself to Wen Fusheng, recounted the Great Constancy Sect’s tangled affairs, and said he intended to kill the Blood King when they met again.
• Chu Qing told Wen Fusheng the story Lan Shuyi had shared, and Wen Fusheng confirmed it had happened while remaining unsure whether Lan Shuyi was truly the same person.
• Chu Qing brought Wen Fusheng to Spring Arrival Inn, where he introduced Wu Qianhuan as his future wife and explained why he had arranged protections for Heavenly Dance City.
• Chu Qing showed Wen Fusheng a map marking three Mirror of Sin branches in his territory, and Wen Fusheng agreed to wipe them out.
• After Chu Qing left Wen Fusheng and Wen Rou to talk, Wen Fusheng questioned Wen Rou about her closeness with Chu Qing and learned they had shared lodging while traveling.
• Chu Qing took out the golden pieces Qing Luan Peak had found and tried to imprint their treasure-map image, but the process proved unexpectedly difficult.

Chu Qing and Wu Qianhuan made rubbings of the gold plates and assembled half of a treasure map. After opening two system chests, Chu Qing gained the Mysterious Heaven Black Gold Palm and Heaven and Earth Great Shift, whose effects drove his Divine Jade Nine Chapters to the peak of the twelfth layer by dawn.

• Chu Qing and Wu Qianhuan sought advice on making rubbings, then bought supplies and spent the day shopping together.
• They successfully made rubbings of all the gold plates and assembled them into half of a treasure map, but the map did not reveal its location.
• Chu Qing teased Wu Qianhuan about practicing Heaven's Dawn Swordplay with him before returning to his room for the night.
• Chu Qing opened a chest and obtained the Mysterious Heaven Black Gold Palm, then practiced the sinister palm technique.
• Chu Qing selected the Internal Cultivation Treasure Chest and obtained Heaven and Earth Great Shift, which reshaped his yin-yang inner force and advanced his Divine Jade Nine Chapters to the peak of the twelfth layer by dawn.

Chu Qing’s breakthrough sent Wen Fusheng flying, and Wu Qianhuan grew closer to Wen Rou while the city prepared for Great Constancy Sect’s succession ceremony. The next morning, the ceremony began with Guan Changying ready to take his place as sect master.

• Wen Fusheng knocked on Chu Qing’s door and was blasted across the inn by the force of Chu Qing’s cultivation.
• Chu Qing told Wen Fusheng and Wu Qianhuan that he had broken through two barriers; Wen Fusheng accepted that Chu Qing would handle any future responsibility toward Wen Rou.
• Wu Qianhuan asked whether Heaven's Dawn Swordplay could help restore her injuries, then blushed when Chu Qing suggested they try it that night.
• Wu Qianhuan and Wen Rou discussed their feelings for Chu Qing and grew closer after Wu Qianhuan explained what she meant by sleeping together.
• Chu Qing, Wu Qianhuan, and Wen Rou heard that Li Junmo was dead and that Great Constancy Sect had combined the Sword Bestowal Ceremony with Guan Changying’s succession ceremony.
• At dawn, guests gathered at Great Constancy Sect as Guan Changying opened his eyes and said the ceremony had begun.

At the Great Constancy Sect’s Sword Bestowal Ceremony, Guan Changying accepted the treasured sword and was acclaimed as Young Sect Master. The ceremony was interrupted when a red-clad man arrived on a black coffin and challenged Guan Changying about whether he had asked someone before taking the position.

• Ye Wanqiu and Lan Shuyi argued while waiting among the mostly empty chairs, and Ye Wanqiu reflected on Vajra Sect’s sudden departure after Wudao and Xingzhi died.
• He Jingming arrived to conduct the ceremony, and Tang Qianyu complained that the absent guests made those who attended look insignificant.
• Guan Changying answered He Jingming’s Three Questions of Sword Holding, received his robes and treasured sword, and was hailed as Young Sect Master.
• A black coffin hurtled into the square, and its red-clad rider repelled the people who tried to stop it.
• The red-clad man landed the coffin before the Sword Control Pavilion and asked Guan Changying whether he had asked him before becoming Young Sect Master.

Chu Qing arrived at the Great Constancy Sect’s Sword Bestowal Ceremony with a coffin and faced accusations that he had killed Li Junmo and more than two hundred sect members. He recounted why he believed Guan Changying was responsible, then opened the coffin to reveal a dead man who looked exactly like Guan Changying.

• Chu Qing disarmed and incapacitated the Great Constancy Sect disciples who attacked him, while Tang Qianyu of Shaoyan Gate challenged the sect’s treatment of its guest.
• Ge Hong accused Chu Qing of killing Li Junmo and more than two hundred people, but spectators divided over whether to believe him, and many defended Chu Qing.
• Tang Qianyu asked Chu Qing whether he had killed Li Junmo, and Chu Qing blamed Guan Changying instead.
• Chu Qing publicly recounted his conversation with Li Junmo and identified Guan Changying as Qi Luo’s son, but Guan Changying challenged him to provide proof.
• Chu Qing opened the coffin and revealed a dead man who looked exactly like Guan Changying, shocking the crowd.

Chu Qing exposed the fake Guan Changying as Luo Wushuang and explained how Li Junmo’s murder and the framing of Chu Qing had unfolded. Luo Wushuang revealed that he was Guan Changying’s younger brother and greeted Chu Qing, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Chu Qing explained that Guan Changying had killed Zhao Qipeng, while Luo Wushuang had arranged Li Junmo’s assassination and later impersonated Guan Changying.
• Lan Shuyi confirmed that Hermit Thousand Injuries had attacked Li Junmo and that Chu Qing had saved him before leaving to pursue the assassins.
• Chu Qing recounted how the Great Constancy Sect attacked his companions and how he later discovered Guan Changying’s corpse beneath a human-skin mask.
• Chu Qing identified the fake Guan Changying as Luo Wushuang, and Luo Wushuang confirmed that Lan Shuyi had switched the corpse.
• Luo Wushuang revealed that he had once helped save Chu Huaifeng, removed his mask to show a face resembling Guan Changying’s, and identified himself as Guan Changying’s younger brother.

Luo Wushuang revealed his immense martial arts skill while fighting the Great Constancy Sect, defeating He Jingming and the elders. Chu Qing recognized his technique as Martial Emperor Li Juechen’s Thousand Origins as One, Myriad Transformations Return to One, leaving Luo Wushuang exposed as a disciple of the Martial Emperor.

• Chu Qing questioned Luo Wushuang about his master, but Luo refused to name his former benefactor.
• Ge Hong attacked Luo Wushuang from behind, but Luo deflected the sword and sent Ge Hong flying.
• He Jingming challenged Luo Wushuang and was wounded by a hidden finger technique that turned his own sword method against him.
• Luo Wushuang repelled the Great Constancy Sect elders and disarmed them, leaving the other disciples afraid to attack.
• Chu Qing called Luo Wushuang a Martial Emperor Disciple and identified his technique as Thousand Origins as One, Myriad Transformations Return to One.

Chu Qing confronted Luo Wushuang over his attempt to kill Chen Zhengnan and his role in framing Chu Qing, then fought him when he refused to back down. As Luo Wushuang unleashed a devastating finger technique and Chu Qing faced the rebounding force of his own attack, a seductive voice came from behind.

• Chu Qing linked Chu Huaifeng’s Cold Corpse Record and the assassin’s Wood Corpse Art to Li Juechen, then stopped Luo Wushuang from leaving to kill Chen Zhengnan.
• Luo Wushuang explained that he killed Guan Changying because Guan had refused to avenge Qi Luo and had urged him to let go of his hatred.
• Chu Qing condemned Luo Wushuang for framing him and killing Li Junmo, and Luo Wushuang attacked with a finger strike.
• Chu Qing’s Indestructible Golden Body rebounded Luo Wushuang’s attack, so Luo Wushuang tried to flee and Chu Qing struck him with the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.
• Luo Wushuang absorbed Chu Qing’s palm force with his Flower-Plucking Finger, then unleashed a gigantic finger strike as the rebounding force returned toward Chu Qing.
• A seductive voice behind Chu Qing said that he looked to be in quite a predicament.

Chu Qing survived Blood King's ambush by redirecting her palm force into Luo Wushuang, while Luo Wushuang detonated his finger strike and destroyed the Sword Control Pavilion. In the ruins, Blood King and Luo Wushuang agreed to join forces against Chu Qing, who challenged them to attack.

• Blood King ambushed Chu Qing from behind, but he used Heaven and Earth Great Shift and Shifting Flowers and Connecting Jade to seize her palm force and send it toward Luo Wushuang.
• Blood King became trapped against Chu Qing and added more force, while Chu Qing's redirected attack threatened to carry her corrosive energy back to Luo Wushuang.
• Luo Wushuang detonated the force in his finger strike, freeing Blood King and blasting Chu Qing away as the Sword Control Pavilion collapsed.
• Chu Qing caught the bloodstained saber that had returned from the pavilion's ruins, while Blood King emerged and Luo Wushuang survived the explosion.
• Blood King proposed that she and Luo Wushuang join forces against Chu Qing, and Luo Wushuang accepted.
• Chu Qing stepped toward them and invited them to show him their other tricks.

Chu Qing defeated Luo Wushuang and fought Blood King, who slaughtered Great Constancy Sect disciples and restored Luo Wushuang's limbs with stolen ones. Chu Qing killed Luo Wushuang again, leaving Blood King to face him alone as she asked whether he truly meant to fight her to the death.

• Blood King and Luo Wushuang joined forces against Chu Qing, but Chu Qing severed Blood King's arm and used his saber to tear apart Luo Wushuang's limbs.
• The clash between Chu Qing's saber and Luo Wushuang's Five Thunders Descending Finger sent dangerous force into the crowd, injuring spectators near the plaza.
• Chu Qing warned everyone to retreat, but He Jingming and the Great Constancy Sect disciples refused, saying the people of Sword City were below them.
• Blood King used the Blood Shadow Phantasm Body to attack the crowd, drain disciples' blood, and collect their limbs to replace Luo Wushuang's severed ones.
• Blood King warned Luo Wushuang that his borrowed limbs would cause trouble eventually and urged him to help kill Chu Qing in exchange for finding him proper replacements.
• Chu Qing swiftly beheaded Luo Wushuang, then asked Blood King whether she could find him a head; Blood King called Luo Wushuang useless and asked Chu Qing if he could bear to fight her to the death.

Chu Qing overwhelmed the Blood King and used the Art of Absolute Wisdom to make her forget how to use her martial arts and control her blood and qi. As his dragon-shaped palm strike descended, the Blood King stood helpless beneath it.

• The Blood King warned Chu Qing that the Heavenly Evil Cult had hidden battle experts and tried to persuade him to join, but Chu Qing vowed to kill her.
• Chu Qing defeated the Blood King in their clash of auras and began gathering power as she planned to escape.
• Chu Qing revealed that he could shatter her meridians and rose into the air, leaving the gathered martial artists stunned by his strength.
• The Blood King tried to flee with Blood Shadow Phantasm Body but forgot how to circulate her internal energy, use her techniques, and control her blood and qi.
• Chu Qing realized the Art of Absolute Wisdom had crippled the Blood King's martial arts, then unleashed Flying Dragon in the Sky as Mount Taiheng shook.