Chapter Summaries

A hidden attacker struck Chu Qing during his trial, but Chu Qing endured the blow and the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors disputed whether he had earned an Imperial Throne. Huangfu Changkong then accused Chu Qing of killing his son and plotting to seize the Huangfu family’s martial arts, while Dongfang Jinghong and Shang Qiuyu moved to stop the fight and question Huangfu’s source.

• A black-clad man used One Thousand Origins as One, Myriad Transformations Return to One to punch Chu Qing, but Shang Qiuyu and Dongfang Jinghong intervened, and the attacker escaped into the shadows.
• Chu Qing’s palm force struck Huangfu Changkong, and Dongfang Jinghong declared that Chu Qing had passed the trial and secured an Imperial Throne.
• Shang Qiuyu accused Huangfu Changkong of concealing the attacker’s identity and conspiring to kill Chu Qing, while Huangfu Changkong refused to recognize Chu Qing’s success.
• Huangfu Changkong claimed Chu Qing had killed Huangfu Yijian, replaced him with an impostor, and sought the Heaven’s Will Sword Art, but Chu Qing denied the accusations and demanded evidence.
• Huangfu Changkong tried to attack Chu Qing, but Dongfang Jinghong blocked him and Shang Qiuyu asked who had convinced Huangfu that his son was dead.
• An unknown voice joined the conversation and asked whether they ate raw fish.

The Heavenly Evil Cult Master arrived during Chu Qing’s confrontation with Huangfu Changkong and overwhelmed Dongfang Jinghong, Huangfu Changkong, and Shang Qiuyu with ease. He offered Chu Qing a choice between dying and surrendering his life to serve the Heavenly Evil Cult, then demanded an answer.

• The Heavenly Evil Cult Master appeared holding a raw fish, and Dongfang Jinghong and Huangfu Changkong immediately tried to flee.
• The Heavenly Evil Cult Master stopped Dongfang Jinghong and Huangfu Changkong, nullified Huangfu Changkong’s sword attack, and halted Dongfang Jinghong’s Heavenly Tyrant Blade with one finger.
• Shang Qiuyu struck the Heavenly Evil Cult Master with the Nine Profound Divine Skill, but the Master recovered and drove Shang Qiuyu back with fishbones.
• The Heavenly Evil Cult Master sensed Chu Qing preparing an attack, released the three opponents, and asked Chu Qing what he was trying to do.
• The Heavenly Evil Cult Master offered to spare Chu Qing if he gave up his life to serve him, while Dongfang Jinghong warned Chu Qing not to agree.
• Chu Qing said he had killed around twenty Heavenly Evil Cult experts, and the Heavenly Evil Cult Master demanded a direct answer before returning to his fish.

Mu Tong'er encountered the wounded Li Juechen, who tried to capture her and use her to threaten her father. As the Heavenly Evil Cult Master appeared at the broken peak, Chu Qing refused to join forces with him, leaving the battle between them and the Emperors imminent.

• Mu Tong'er left Wangshan Pavilion to reflect on her feelings for Chu Qing and decided she would rather remain unmarried than choose someone else.
• Li Juechen appeared in black clothes and told Mu Tong'er that her father had been injured and was no longer atop the broken peak.
• Mu Tong'er attacked Li Juechen, but his Thousand Origins as One, Myriad Transformations Return to One shattered her wrist and severely damaged her meridians.
• Li Juechen revealed that the Heavenly Evil Cult Master had appeared and said he would take Mu Tong'er away if her father survived, or leave her at the site if he did not.
• Chu Qing refused the Heavenly Evil Cult Master's offer to join forces, and Dongfang Jinghong and Huangfu Changkong prepared to face him alongside Chu Qing and Shang Qiuyu.

Chu Qing and the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors joined forces against the Heavenly Evil Cult Master, whose Great Ding Zen Sect withstood their combined attacks. After the others were driven back, Chu Qing revealed his boundless Maha Infinite and drew the Heavenly Evil Cult Master into his trap.

• The Heavenly Evil Cult Master attacked Chu Qing with Heavenly Prison Eight Desolations and Heaven and Earth Dirge, but Chu Qing broke free and countered with Eight Desolations and Six Directions, I Am Supreme.
• Dongfang Jinghong, Huangfu Changkong, and Shang Qiuyu unleashed their strongest techniques alongside Chu Qing, while the Heavenly Evil Cult Master held them off with Great Ding Zen Sect.
• Their clash shattered the barrier and devastated the mountain, and the Heavenly Evil Cult Master's force sent Dongfang Jinghong, Huangfu Changkong, and Shang Qiuyu flying back.
• The Heavenly Evil Cult Master charged at Chu Qing, who gathered the storm clouds and yin-yang energy to unleash Maha Infinite.
• Chu Qing revealed that he had staged the combined assault to make the Heavenly Evil Cult Master think he was exhausted and lure him into his trap.

Chu Qing used Maha Infinite to tear apart the Heavenly Evil Cult Master, but the master revived with a blood art and fled after Chu Qing struck back. Chu Qing recovered at the lakeshore, where he found Mu Tong'er injured and learned that Li Juechen had hurt her.

• The Heavenly Evil Cult Master charged into Chu Qing's Maha Infinite, and its sword qi stripped away his protective qi, flesh, and bones.
• Chu Qing dispersed Maha Infinite before its limit and believed the skeletal Heavenly Evil Cult Master was dead, but the master revived with a blood art derived from the Blood Demon True Scripture.
• The Heavenly Evil Cult Master fled, and Dongfang Jinghong, Huangfu Changkong, and Shang Qiuyu pursued him while Chu Qing stayed behind to recover.
• Chu Qing found Mu Tong'er at the lakeshore with a shattered hand, and she told him that Li Juechen had bullied her.
• Chu Qing confronted Li Juechen and asked if he had hurt Mu Tong'er.

Chu Qing rescued Mu Tong'er from Li Juechen, drove Li Juechen into retreat, and healed most of Mu Tong'er's injuries. After Shang Qiuyu, Dongfang Jinghong, and Huangfu Changkong arrived, Chu Qing led them toward Wangshan Pavilion so Huangfu Changkong could see his son and judge the rumors for himself.

• Chu Qing arrived as Li Juechen confronted Mu Tong'er, and he agreed to help her defeat Li Juechen.
• Li Juechen used the Five Ghosts Heavenly Corpse Command to escape Chu Qing's attack, but Chu Qing's strike pierced his left arm and left it unusable.
• Chu Qing discovered that Mu Tong'er had suffered severe meridian injuries after Li Juechen struck her with Thousand Origins as One, Myriad Transformations Return to One, and he healed most of the damage.
• Li Juechen reflected on his failed attempt to kill Chu Qing and took out a booklet after deciding on a course of action.
• Shang Qiuyu, Dongfang Jinghong, and Huangfu Changkong joined Chu Qing, who told Huangfu Changkong to see his son at Wangshan Pavilion and find out whether the claims against Chu Qing were true.

Chu Qing defeated the Heavenly Evil Cult Master, who fled and began trying to understand Maha Infinite before returning to his headquarters. Back in Xiangnan City, Chu Qing found Mo Duxing waiting in his room, where Mo revealed he remembered being taken away and asked Chu Qing to help him kill Jian Jiu.

• Huangfu Changkong agreed to return to Xiangnan City with Chu Qing to meet Mo Duxing, while the group discussed publicizing Chu Qing's victory over the Heavenly Evil Cult Master.
• The Heavenly Evil Cult Master hid in the mountains, killed a woodcutter who found him, and tried to study Maha Infinite.
• Villagers attacked the Heavenly Evil Cult Master while he was circulating his qi, and he killed them with Heavenly Prison Eight Desolations before heading to the Heavenly Evil Cult's headquarters.
• Chu Qing returned to Xiangnan City, arranged for Liu Zhaonian to search for Mo Duxing, and found Mo waiting in his room.
• Mo Duxing told Chu Qing he remembered being taken away as a child and asked him to help kill Jian Jiu, saying he would acknowledge him the next day.

Chu Qing helped Mo Duxing reunite with the man he believed was his father, then focused on preparing against the Heavenly Evil Cult. After Mo Duxing traveled with Huangfu Changkong to the Sword Emperor Palace, Huangfu Changkong revealed that he had deceived Chu Qing and imprisoned the real Sword Emperor; Chu Qing appeared in the cavern to help rescue him.

• Huangfu Changkong accepted Mo Duxing as his son after checking his birthmark and comparing memories, then thanked Chu Qing and left with him for the Northern Region.
• Chu Qing organized defenses and intelligence against the Heavenly Evil Cult, and learned that Shang Qiuyu had lost track of the Seven Punishments Weapon Master.
• Huangfu Changkong told Chu Qing that the Myriad Treasure Tower's Head Shopkeeper had misled him, then departed with Mo Duxing for the Sword Emperor Palace.
• At the Sword Emperor Palace, Huangfu Changkong and a man posing as Huangfu Yijian seized Mo Duxing and dragged him into a secret passage beneath Heaven's Will Pavilion.
• Huangfu Changkong revealed the chained prisoner as the real Sword Emperor and demanded the complete Heaven's Will Sword Art in exchange for Mo Duxing's life.
• Huangfu Changkong chained Mo Duxing beside the Sword Emperor and left, after which Chu Qing emerged from the shadows and complained about being made to rescue and kill people.

Mo Duxing and Chu Qing freed the true Sword Emperor, Huangfu Changkong, who recognized Mo Duxing as his son through their family’s heart formula. Huangfu Changkong explained his ties to the World Alliance and Jian Jiu’s betrayal, then revealed that an unknown accomplice had helped Jian Jiu imprison him and steal his martial arts.

• Chu Qing broke Mo Duxing’s chains, and Mo Duxing proved his identity to Huangfu Changkong by reciting their family’s heart formula.
• Huangfu Changkong and Mo Duxing reunited, and Chu Qing tore apart Huangfu Changkong’s Black Prison Chains.
• Mo Duxing and Huangfu Changkong explained that Jian Jiu had once been a loyal disciple who betrayed Huangfu Changkong, while Not a Monk had secretly taken Mo Duxing away for his protection.
• Huangfu Changkong described the World Alliance’s origins as a gathering opposed to the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors’ control of the martial world.
• Chu Qing explained that he had killed Not a Monk for murdering Fleeing Scholar, and Huangfu Changkong judged the conflict to have arisen from opposing loyalties.
• Huangfu Changkong said an unknown person had helped Jian Jiu imprison him and steal all his martial arts.

Huangfu Changkong recounted how Jian Jiu stole his cultivation and identity with the Heaven-Stealing Demonic Art, then Chu Qing argued that powerful World Alliance figures had likely enabled the deception. The chapter left Huangfu Changkong shaken as Chu Qing suspected one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors or the Head Shopkeeper of the Myriad Treasure Tower, whose name visibly affected him.

• Huangfu Changkong explained that Jian Jiu had poisoned and imprisoned him, then used the Heaven-Stealing Demonic Art over nearly two months to steal his cultivation, knowledge, and vital essence.
• Huangfu Changkong revealed that Jian Jiu had taken his appearance and sought the general formula of Heaven's Will Sword Art, which Jian Jiu had failed to steal.
• Mo Duxing realized Jian Jiu had treated him as leverage while testing whether he remembered what he had learned in the past.
• Chu Qing reasoned that someone powerful had supplied Jian Jiu with the demonic art and arranged his replacement, and questioned whether Huangfu Changkong's former allies had ever shared his ideals.
• Chu Qing argued that the World Alliance had abandoned Not a Monk after forcing him to kill Fleeing Scholar, making Huangfu Changkong doubt his old image of the Alliance.
• Chu Qing suggested that Jian Jiu's unseen backer was either one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors or the Head Shopkeeper of the Myriad Treasure Tower, and Huangfu Changkong reacted sharply to the latter name.

Chu Qing freed Huangfu Changkong from his imprisonment beneath the Sword Emperor Palace and defeated the impostor and the retainers who attacked him. He revealed the old Sword Emperor to the gathered retainers and asked whether they still recognized their master.

• Chu Qing realized that Huangfu Changkong had revealed the World Alliance leader and the Myriad Treasure Tower's Head Shopkeeper were the same person, then Mo Duxing told Huangfu Changkong about the Heavenly Evil Cult and its master.
• The mechanism opened, and Huangfu Changkong emerged from his prison into daylight.
• Chu Qing defeated a man posing as Huangfu Yijian and killed the retainers who attacked with a sword formation.
• Chu Qing learned from the impostor that Jian Jiu was away from the Sword Emperor Palace and did not know when he would return.
• Chu Qing subdued the arriving retainers with his pressure and explained that Huangfu Changkong was their true Sword Emperor.
• Sword Three recognized Huangfu Changkong, confessed that he had suspected the impostor, and received Huangfu Changkong's forgiveness.

Chu Qing secured the Sword Emperor Palace, then set out with Huangfu Changkong and Mo Duxing to kill Jian Jiu and rescue Huangfu Yixiao in Central Continent. Meanwhile, the injured Heavenly Evil Cult Master ordered his disciples to converge on Xiangnan City, believing Chu Qing was trying to lure him into a trap.

• Chu Qing questioned Sword Three, learned Jian Jiu had gone to Central Continent and Huangfu Yixiao was being punished, and warned that Jian Jiu might use Huangfu Yixiao as leverage.
• Chu Qing ordered Sword Three to seal the Sword Emperor Palace and prevent anyone from sending news to Jian Jiu; Sword Three disarmed and confined the other members.
• Chu Qing accepted Mo Duxing's commission to kill Jian Jiu, and Huangfu Changkong approved the promised reward of the Huangfu family's Heaven's Will Sword Art.
• Chu Qing carried Huangfu Changkong and Mo Duxing toward Central Continent to confront Jian Jiu and rescue Huangfu Yixiao.
• The Heavenly Evil Cult Master failed to master Maha Infinite, then ordered Heavenly Evil Cult disciples across the Western Region to gather in Xiangnan City while his internal injuries worsened.

Chu Qing reached Five Emperors City with Huangfu Changkong and Mo Duxing, forced his way into the Sword Emperor Residence, and rescued Huangfu Yixiao from the ancestral hall. He revealed that Mo Duxing was Huangfu Yixiao’s elder brother and Huangfu Changkong was his father, just as Dongfang Jinghong arrived and recognized the aged Sword Emperor.

• Chu Qing crossed the Central Continent with Huangfu Changkong and Mo Duxing, then entered Five Emperors City and headed for the Sword Emperor Residence.
• When the residence’s disciples tried to stop them, Chu Qing’s pressure forced them down, and he led his companions to the Huangfu ancestral hall.
• Chu Qing found Huangfu Yixiao kneeling before the ancestral tablets and told him that Mo Duxing was his elder brother, Huangfu Yijia.
• Huangfu Yixiao refused Chu Qing’s water, so Chu Qing identified the aged Huangfu Changkong as his father, leaving him bewildered.
• Dongfang Jinghong’s blade aura struck toward the ancestral hall, but Chu Qing stopped it and showed him Huangfu Changkong, whom Dongfang recognized.

Chu Qing confronted the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors over Jian Jiu’s crimes and his plan to kill him. After defeating Fist Emperor Luo Kongming in a clash that shook Five Emperors City, Chu Qing demanded that Luo Kongming and Dao Emperor Xuan Song stand aside and watch.

• Chu Qing explained how Jian Jiu had stolen Huangfu Changkong’s cultivation and imprisoned him, while Mo Duxing had helped free him.
• Huangfu Yixiao knelt before Huangfu Changkong and apologized for calling Jian Jiu his father, and Huangfu Changkong comforted him and accepted the blame.
• Chu Qing declared that he had come to kill Jian Jiu, but Luo Kongming attacked him with the Fearless King’s Fist before Dongfang Jinghong stopped the blow.
• Xuan Song and Luo Kongming argued that Jian Jiu should be spared until the Heavenly Evil Cult Master was defeated, but Chu Qing challenged Luo Kongming to a punch.
• Chu Qing’s punch clashed with Luo Kongming’s, shaking Five Emperors City; Luo Kongming lost by half a move, and Xuan Song admitted Chu Qing was worth more than two Jian Jius.
• Chu Qing asked Luo Kongming and Xuan Song to stand aside and watch.

Jian Jiu returned to Five Emperors City intending to secure his claim as Sword Emperor, but Chu Qing confronted him about how he had gained the title. Jian Jiu exposed Wan Guishan as his backer, and Chu Qing urged him to reveal everything before Wan Guishan silenced him.

• Jian Jiu entered Five Emperors City and headed to the Sword Emperor's residence, unaware that the middle-aged scholar had sent a warning about him.
• At the residence, Jian Jiu found Chu Qing, Huangfu Changkong, Huangfu Yixiao, Mo Duxing, and Dao Emperor Xuan Song gathered near the ancestral hall.
• Jian Jiu claimed Chu Qing could not kill him because the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors needed his strength against the Heavenly Evil Cult Master.
• Chu Qing asked who had helped Jian Jiu seize the Sword Emperor's title, and Jian Jiu secretly told him the name Wan Guishan.
• Huangfu Changkong revealed that Wan Guishan was the Head Shopkeeper of the Myriad Treasure Tower.
• Chu Qing warned Jian Jiu that Wan Guishan would now try to kill him and pressed him to disclose everything he knew.

Chu Qing forced Jian Jiu to reveal the World Alliance’s members and plans, as well as how Wan Guishan had recruited him to betray Huangfu Changkong. After Xuan Song withdrew his protection, Chu Qing killed Jian Jiu with a flying knife despite Jian Jiu unleashing the Sword Emperor Palace’s stored sword energy.

• Jian Jiu confessed that powerful figures from major Central Continent factions had joined the World Alliance and described its plans.
• Jian Jiu explained that Wan Guishan had recruited him as a cooperative ally and supplied poison, the Heaven-Stealing Demonic Art, a physician, and a plan to betray Huangfu Changkong.
• Chu Qing asked about Fleeing Scholar’s death, but Jian Jiu said he knew nothing about it; Xuan Song and Huangfu Changkong had no further questions.
• Chu Qing revealed that he intended to kill Jian Jiu, and Xuan Song refused to intervene, declaring Jian Jiu unworthy of the Sword Emperor’s seat.
• Jian Jiu gathered the Sword Emperor Palace’s stored sword energy to attack Chu Qing, but Chu Qing’s flying knife struck him between the brows and dispersed the sword energy.

Chu Qing killed the false Jian Jiu, exposed the Myriad Treasure Tower’s connection to Wan Guishan, and left Five Emperors City after securing support for Huangfu Changkong’s family. The chapter ended with Li Juechen revealing a poison plot to Luo Kongming as Chu Qing confronted Bai Yitian at Great Wind Tower.

• Chu Qing killed Jian Jiu with a flying dagger, ordered his body burned, and set out with Xuan Song and Dongfang Jinghong for the Myriad Treasure Tower.
• Chu Qing and the others found the Myriad Treasure Tower deserted, and Chu Qing questioned Xuan Song about the World Alliance before asking him to protect Huangfu Changkong’s family.
• Xuan Song went to the Sword Emperor Manor, where Huangfu Changkong began teaching Huangfu Yixiao a secret art; Mo Duxing left to pursue Chu Qing but could not find him.
• Li Juechen told Luo Kongming that Wan Guishan’s poison was called Stop Conflict and might complement Stealing Heaven, then declared that Chu Qing had to die.
• Chu Qing arrived at Great Wind Tower in the Northern Region and called on Bai Yitian to appear and face death.

With Chu Qing away, Liu Zhaonian and the others tried to stop the Heavenly Evil Cult’s two-hundred-thousand-strong army from taking Xiangnan City, but their plans unraveled and the battle became a desperate fight. As Cui Bunü and the others faced three cult generals, a mysterious white-clad figure descended between them.

• Liu Zhaonian and Tianfengzi planned to turn the enemy’s experts, strike the army from both sides, and kill its generals when it reached Xiangnan City, with Shang Qiuyu agreeing to help.
• The enemy’s generals kept their families hostage, the plan leaked, Shang Qiuyu found only decoy command tents, and the cult sent elderly people, women, and children into the vanguard.
• The Southern Region’s experts fought to defend Xiangnan City, where Wu Qianhuan, Wen Rou, Hua Jinnian, and Mu Tong’er joined the battle.
• Mu Tong’er warned Wu Qianhuan of an ambush, and Wen Rou deflected two attackers’ blades before Bian Cheng arrived to help.
• Cui Bunü and Bian Cheng confronted three powerful generals, but Bian Cheng was nearly killed and Cui Bunü was driven into a desperate struggle.
• A white-clad figure descended in a flash of sword energy, separating Cui Bunü from the three generals and astonishing Bian Cheng.

Mo Duxing and Wu Qianhuan killed three battle generals, while Shang Qiuyu used Wu Qianhuan, Wen Rou, and Mu Tong'er as bait to draw out and kill more, turning the battle for Xiangnan City. Just as the enemy began to flee, everyone on both sides suddenly fell asleep, and Chu Qing arrived from the Northern Region to find the battlefield covered in sleepers.

• Mo Duxing killed the hammer-wielding battle general with one sword strike, then he and Wu Qianhuan killed the two paired-saber generals.
• The group wondered where Chu Qing had gone and suspected he had detoured to the Northern Region to kill Bai Yitian.
• Shang Qiuyu arrived, learned the battle generals were targeting Chu Qing's women, and took Wu Qianhuan, Wen Rou, and Mu Tong'er as bait.
• Shang Qiuyu concealed himself and killed seven or eight battle generals, disrupting the Heavenly Evil Cult's command and prompting its recruited fighters to flee.
• Mu Tong'er, Wen Rou, Wu Qianhuan, and fighters from both sides suddenly fell asleep, while Chu Qing arrived from the Northern Region and found them unconscious.

Wu Qianhuan realized that her life as Chu Qing’s wife and mother to Chu Zhaoyang was a repeating dream woven by the Dream King. After recognizing the dream, she took up the Injury Concealment Sword and attacked the false child, but the chapter ended as a sword pierced his back.

• Wu Qianhuan woke from a dream in which the false Chu Zhaoyang killed her and a maid who resembled Wen Rou.
• Wu Qianhuan recognized that the same scene had repeated across her supposed three years of marriage and identified the child as the Dream King of the Twelve Sacred Kings.
• Wu Qianhuan found that her inner force remained and asked the false Chu Zhaoyang to lead her to the martial practice field so she could teach him swordsmanship.
• Wu Qianhuan took the Injury Concealment Sword from the wall, and a long sword suddenly pierced the false Chu Zhaoyang through the back.