Chapter Summaries

Li Yun returned to Azure Cloud Residence, where Zhang Cong welcomed him and insisted he call him Uncle Zhang whenever they were alone. Zhang Cong planned to take Li Yun to the Elder Hall the next morning to secure his appointment as Renzi Head Disciple, and Li Yun went back to Rank 95 Academy to rest.

• Zhang Cong treated Li Yun to Biliu Needle tea and persuaded him to call him Uncle Zhang in private.
• Zhang Cong explained that the Zhang Family faction hoped to build a closer relationship with Li Yun, whose talent he believed gave him a bright future.
• Zhang Cong told Li Yun the Elder Hall had been petitioned to appoint him Renzi Head Disciple and asked how he felt about opposition to the appointment.
• Li Yun said he was not angry because anger could not change the outcome and he did not know whom to blame.
• Zhang Cong told Li Yun to return the next morning so they could settle the appointment before visiting the Martial Armory and selecting manuals with his new privileges.
• Li Yun left Azure Cloud Residence, returned to Rank 95 Academy, and decided to wash up and rest.

Chu Xingyu learned that the Renzi Head Disciple title would be decided at Elder Hall the next morning and that several candidates, including Li Yun, would compete for it. Guo Hongyun also instructed Feng Ling to attend, leaving the contest set to involve candidates from multiple academies.

• Huang Yihe told Chu Xingyu to accompany him to Elder Hall the next morning to compete for the Renzi Head Disciple title.
• Chu Xingyu criticized Li Yun and Zhang Cong, and Huang Yihe warned him to respect the sect's elders and prove his ability.
• Huang Yihe revealed that Li Yun and candidates from Rank 13, Rank 27, and Rank 66 Academies were expected to contend for the title.
• Chu Xingyu promised to win, then left Luanbie Residence privately insulting the other candidates and his grandfather.
• Guo Hongyun instructed Feng Ling to attend Elder Hall the next morning, while Feng Ling joked about her bare feet and ankle bells.

Li Huayang beat Zhao Leyue after he tried to ambush him, then agreed to meet Wu Yuekong over the deaths of He Tingfeng and Xu Youwu. He followed Zhao to the forest where Wu and the other Rank 77 disciples waited, and confronted them without fear.

• Zhao Leyue ambushed Li Huayang outside the Rank 95 Academy, but Li Huayang dodged and knocked him down with a punch.
• Li Huayang learned that Wu Yuekong wanted to confront him about the deaths of He Tingfeng and Xu Youwu, then agreed to go meet him.
• Li Huayang repeatedly kicked the injured Zhao Leyue as he led the way to the forest where the two victims had been killed.
• Zhao Leyue told Wu Yuekong that Li Huayang had beaten him, and Wu Yuekong berated him for failing to handle a newcomer.
• Li Huayang entered the forest and mocked Wu Yuekong and the other Rank 77 disciples as trash and scum.

Li Yun confronted Wu Yuekong and his disciples in the woods after Wu accused him of killing He Tingfeng and Xu Youwu. Li Yun defeated five attackers at once, then clashed with Wu, a Force Refining Realm expert, as Discipline Hall Patrol members approached.

• Li Yun denied knowing He Tingfeng and Xu Youwu and rebuked Wu Yuekong for accusing him without evidence.
• Wu Yuekong ordered his five disciples, including Li Qin, to attack Li Yun, and Li Yun heavily injured all five with his perfected Tiger Subduing Fist.
• Wu Yuekong realized Zhao Leyue had lied about being ambushed and blamed him for the group’s misjudgment.
• Wu Yuekong attacked Li Yun with a dagger, and Li Yun used his Soaring Star Steps and perfected Eagle Claw Technique to meet the assault.
• Discipline Hall Patrol members passing outside the woods heard the fight and turned their attention toward it.

Li Yun fought Wu Yuekong in the forest and proved he could contend with the Force Refining Realm courtyard chief. After Wu Yuekong unleashed his strongest dagger technique, Li Yun dodged its weakening strikes and countered with his concealed Thunderclap Fist as someone ordered them to stop.

• Li Yun used perfected Body Tempering martial arts to hold his own against Wu Yuekong and force him back.
• Wu Yuekong attacked with Pear Blossom Kill, while Li Yun mocked him and shattered his dagger strikes with a perfected fist art.
• Wu Yuekong unleashed the forty-nine-strike Pear Blossoms Filling the Sky technique, and Zhao Leyue regretted helping lure Li Yun into the forest.
• Li Yun retreated twelve steps to evade Wu Yuekong's killing move, then noticed its momentum fade as Wu Yuekong's Internal Force ran low.
• Li Yun unleashed Thunderclap Fist's Thunderous World-Shocking as an unidentified person called out for them to stop.

Li Yun defeated Wu Yuekong with Fist Intent just as the Discipline Hall Patrol arrived, then claimed he had acted in self-defense and did not know who they were. The patrol leader, Lin Tieshu, was stunned to hear Li Yun was a low-ranked Outer Sect Disciple who had joined only a little over a month earlier.

• Li Yun ignored the Discipline Hall Patrol's warning and struck Wu Yuekong with Fist Intent, leaving him unconscious with severe injuries to his heart and lungs.
• The Discipline Hall Patrol drew their Heavenly Punishment Rulers, but withdrew their attacks when Li Yun stood still and did not resist.
• A patrol member examined the fighters and found Wu Yuekong and the others gravely injured, while Zhao Leyue had five broken ribs and other minor wounds.
• Lin Tieshu accused Li Yun of violating sect rules and possibly trying to kill Wu Yuekong.
• Li Yun told the patrol that Zhao Leyue had ambushed him and that he had fought back to protect himself, then said he had only just cultivated Fist Intent and could not stop it.
• Lin Tieshu reacted with surprise when Li Yun said he was a Rank 95 Academy Outer Sect Disciple who had been in the sect for just over a month.

Li Yun and Zhao Leyue were taken to the Outer Sect Branch Hall after a fight left six disciples severely injured and one lightly injured. Elder Hai Fen ordered the patrols to verify Li Yun’s identity with Zhang Cong, leaving the truth of his newcomer claim to be confirmed.

• Lin Tieshu rejected Li Yun’s claim that he was a newcomer and summoned more Discipline Hall Patrols to take him and Zhao Leyue into custody.
• The patrols escorted Li Yun and Zhao Leyue to the Outer Sect Branch Hall, where Elder Hai Fen heard Lin Tieshu’s account and accused Li Yun of violating sect rules and concealing his identity.
• Li Yun told Elder Hai Fen that he was a disciple of Rank 95 Academy and asked him to verify his identity with deacon Xu Qing or Outer Sect Elder Zhang Cong.
• Lin Tieshu questioned Zhao Leyue, who panicked, spat blood, and collapsed before he could answer.
• Elder Hai Fen ordered Zhao Leyue taken for treatment and sent Lin Tieshu to invite Zhang Cong to identify Li Yun.

Li Yun recounted to Hai Fen how Zhao Leyue and Wu Yuekong’s group had provoked and ambushed him, insisting he had not killed He Tingfeng or Xu Youwu. Hai Fen provisionally accepted his account and waited for Zhang Cong to arrive, while growing impressed by Li Yun’s composure and apparent talent.

• Lin Tieshu dragged the unconscious Zhao Leyue away as Hai Fen questioned Li Yun about the fight.
• Li Yun explained that Zhao Leyue and Li Qin had tried to take him to Wu Yuekong, then Zhao Leyue ambushed him at Rank 95 Academy and threatened to spread rumors that he had killed He Tingfeng and Xu Youwu.
• Li Yun said he followed Zhao Leyue to a grove to learn why they were targeting him, where Wu Yuekong’s group attacked and he injured them while defending himself.
• Hai Fen pressed Li Yun about whether he had killed He Tingfeng and Xu Youwu, and Li Yun denied knowing or killing them.
• Hai Fen provisionally accepted Li Yun’s account, told him to wait for Zhang Cong, and privately marveled at the possibility that the sect had a peerless prodigy.

Zhang Cong arrived at the Outer Sect Branch Hall and confirmed Li Yun’s identity and exceptional talent to Hai Fen. As Hai Fen questioned the injured Rank 77 Courtyard disciples, their story unraveled, and Wu Yuekong accused Li Yun of killing He Tingfeng and Xu Youwu.

• Zhang Cong told Hai Fen that Li Yun was a genuine Rank 95 Academy disciple and had mastered several martial arts in barely more than a month.
• Lin Tieshu brought Wu Yuekong and the other injured Rank 77 Courtyard disciples before Hai Fen for questioning.
• Wu Yuekong claimed Li Yun had killed He Tingfeng and Xu Youwu, but Zhang Cong challenged him because they had found no bodies.
• Zhao Leyue blurted out that Gu Yunzheng had sent He Tingfeng and Xu Youwu after Li Yun, exposing Wu Yuekong’s attempt to conceal the truth.
• Wu Yuekong revealed that Gu Yunzheng had paid He Tingfeng and Xu Youwu to attack Li Yun, then accused Li Yun of killing them.

Li Yun cleared himself of the accusation that he killed He Tingfeng and Xu Youwu, exposing Wu Yuekong’s scheme to extort him and curry favor with Liu Ningkong and Zhao Chuanfeng. Hai Fen sentenced Wu Yuekong and the other disciples to three months in the Dungeon, leaving their prospects in the Celestial Martial Sect badly damaged.

• Li Yun challenged Wu Yuekong’s accusation, and Hai Fen ordered Wu Yuekong and his companions detained while he investigated.
• Zhao Leyue and the others turned on Wu Yuekong, revealing that he had planned to extort Li Yun and use him to curry favor with Liu Ningkong and Zhao Chuanfeng.
• Li Yun asked when He Tingfeng and Xu Youwu disappeared, then said he had left the sect with Zhang Ruohan that night and had been too weak to kill them.
• Zhang Cong confirmed Li Yun’s alibi and testified that Li Yun’s cultivation made the killings impossible.
• Hai Fen found Wu Yuekong responsible for slandering Li Yun and sentenced him and the others to three months in the Dungeon without visitors.
• Li Yun politely bid Hai Fen farewell and left with Zhang Cong as Wu Yuekong seethed over the punishment.

After Li Yun’s clash with Gu Yunzheng’s group, Zhang Cong sheltered him and brought him to the Outer Sect Elder Hall, where Li Yun gathered Cognition Points and began loading a sword technique from an ancient sword. He met Feng Ling, who announced she would become the Rank Ren Outer Sect Chief Disciple, while Zhenyue Mountain Sword reached 35% loaded.

• Zhang Cong brought Li Yun to Azure Cloud Residence and promised to have Gu Yunzheng expelled from the sect.
• The next morning, Zhang Cong took Li Yun to the Outer Sect Elder Hall, where Li Yun gained Cognition Points by observing Martial Intent.
• Li Yun noticed an Ancient Sword that triggered the loading of Zhenyue Mountain Sword, and he chose to study it instead of the more rewarding plaque.
• Feng Ling approached Li Yun, introduced herself as a candidate for Rank Ren Outer Sect Chief Disciple, and hurried back when Guo Hongyun called her.
• Li Yun continued observing the Ancient Sword as Zhenyue Mountain Sword reached 35% loaded.

Li Yun attended the Outer Sect selection for the Rank Ren Chief Disciple, where Elder Hai Fen openly praised him and offered to transfer him to the Punishment Hall if he did not win. As the other candidates gathered, Chu Xingyu arrived with his grandfather, Elder Huang Yihe, making the rivals wary of his influential backing.

• Guo Hongyun rebuked Feng Ling for running around the Elder Hall before the Outer Sect Elders arrived.
• Hai Fen told Li Yun he had come specifically for him and offered him better resources in the Punishment Hall if he failed to become Rank Ren Chief.
• Li Yun returned to observing the Ancient Sword as Feng Ling wondered why Hai Fen valued him so highly.
• Xu Jun, Mo Yuan, and Yang Ru arrived as candidates, each confident he or she could win the Rank Ren Chief position.
• Chu Xingyu arrived with his grandfather, Huang Yihe, and deliberately called him Grandfather, prompting the other candidates to suspect his family connection gave him an advantage.

Chu Xingyu tried to rally the talented candidates into an alliance while claiming he was best suited to become Rank Ren Chief. Zhao Xiaohan arrived, challenged Chu Xingyu's confidence, and then asked Li Yun whether he could sense the Sword Intent of the Zhenyue Mountain Sword.

• Feng Ling asked Chu Xingyu about his rapid progress, and Chu Xingyu confirmed he had reached Body Tempering Triple Layer and Minor Accomplishment Realm in Zhuang Gong.
• Chu Xingyu proposed that the candidates form an alliance, but Xu Jun and the others hesitated to accept before the contest was decided.
• Zhao Xiaohan mocked Chu Xingyu's plan and reminded him that he would challenge him if he became Rank Ren Chief.
• Chu Xingyu grew wary and angry as he recalled that Zhao Xiaohan had nearly injured him in a fight three days earlier.
• Zhao Xiaohan approached Li Yun, noticed the Ancient Sword on the hall beam, and asked whether Li Yun could sense its Sword Intent.

Li Yun learned that the Zhenyue Mountain Sword hidden in the Ancient Sword was created by Zhao Xiaohan’s ancestor, Zhao Shanyue, who left the sword at the Celestial Martial Sect to atone for his family’s wrongs. As the sword’s loading progress reached 98%, Zhao Xiaohan wished Li Yun success, while Chu Xingyu challenged his claim about who could sense its Sword Intent.

• Zhao Xiaohan revealed that Zhao Shanyue created the Zhenyue Mountain Sword and passed his descendants a secret method to comprehend it.
• Li Yun reasoned that Zhao Shanyue had left the Ancient Sword at the Elder Hall for anyone capable of finding its Sword Intent, and admitted that he had sensed something extraordinary about it.
• Zhao Xiaohan recalled how Zhao Shanyue left the sword to atone for the Zhao Family’s misconduct, and acknowledged that reclaiming it would bring the family no honor.
• Zhao Xiaohan wished Li Yun success, while Feng Ling arrived and joked with him about his sword comprehension and her bell-wearing custom.
• Xu Jun asked about the Ancient Sword, and Zhao Xiaohan explained that almost no disciples had sensed its Sword Intent in a hundred years.
• Chu Xingyu challenged Zhao Xiaohan by insisting that sensing Sword Intent was not something only he could do.

Chu Xingyu failed to sense Sword Intent in the Ancient Sword and suspected Zhao Xiaohan and Li Yun had tricked him. Meanwhile, Li Yun used his accumulated Cognition Points to begin improving the Zhenyue Mountain Sword, and the chapter ended with Chu Xingyu accusing them of a nasty trick.

• Zhao Xiaohan challenged Chu Xingyu to observe the Ancient Sword, and Chu Xingyu spent five minutes looking for Sword Intent without sensing any.
• Zhao Xiaohan mocked Chu Xingyu and explained to himself that anyone able to sense the sealed Sword Intent would do so immediately.
• Chu Xingyu asked Li Yun whether he could comprehend Sword Intent, but Li Yun ignored him and spent his Cognition Points to raise the Zhenyue Mountain Sword to the Initiated level.
• Chu Xingyu noticed Zhao Xiaohan's sneer, decided the Ancient Sword was a mere ornament, and suspected Zhao Xiaohan and Li Yun had set him up.
• Chu Xingyu gave up observing the sword and accused Zhao Xiaohan and Li Yun of nearly making him fall for their nasty trick, leaving Zhao Xiaohan bewildered.

Li Yun borrowed Zhao Xiaohan’s broadsword and demonstrated the Zhenyue Mountain Sword, proving he had comprehended it. As the Outer Sect Elders watched, the Ancient Sword recognized him and flew toward him.

• Chu Xingyu accused Zhao Xiaohan and Li Yun of staging the Sword Intent, but Li Yun asked to borrow Zhao Xiaohan’s broadsword.
• Zhao Xiaohan lent Li Yun the sword, and Li Yun warned Chu Xingyu to stop provoking him before deciding to challenge him openly.
• Li Yun wielded the Zhenyue Mountain Sword, and Zhao Xiaohan realized Li Yun had comprehended it even faster than he had.
• Gu Xiaoxian and the other Outer Sect Elders arrived and recognized Li Yun’s sword technique.
• The Ancient Sword rang out, flew from its place, traced a mountain-heavy sword stroke through the air, and headed straight toward Li Yun.

Li Yun resonated with the Ancient Sword, which chose him as its master, and stunned the Elder Hall with his sword skills and cultivation. After demonstrating his True Intent, he was named this year's Rank Ren Outer Sect Head Disciple.

• The Ancient Sword flew from the Elder Hall beam into Li Yun's hand, shocking the gathered disciples and elders.
• Zhao Xiaohan bitterly confronted Li Yun, while Zhang Cong recognized that the sword had chosen him as its master.
• Chu Xingyu claimed the Ancient Sword might have fallen by accident, and Huang Yihe rebuked him for speaking foolishly.
• Grand Elder Gu Xiaoxian confirmed that the Ancient Sword belonged to Li Yun and praised his Sword Intent, Zhenyue Mountain Sword, and Body Tempering Ninth Level.
• Li Yun displayed his Stance Cultivation True Intent, and Gu Xiaoxian declared him the Rank Ren Outer Sect Head Disciple.

Li Yun became the Rank Ren Outer Sect Chief Disciple, while Chu Xingyu fled rather than accept a challenge from him or Zhao Xiaohan. At Rank 95 Academy, Gu Yunzheng learned of Li Yun’s rise and was confronted by Discipline Hall Patrol over an alleged plot against him.

• Zhao Xiaohan challenged Chu Xingyu, who refused and admitted he feared being humiliated.
• Li Yun offered to fight Chu Xingyu with one punch, but Chu Xingyu stormed out of the Elder Hall.
• Gu Xiaoxian dismissed the elders and disciples, keeping Li Yun behind as news of his appointment spread through the Outer Sect.
• Disciples at Rank 95 Academy celebrated Li Yun’s appointment and questioned why Gu Yunzheng had not become Chief Disciple.
• Discipline Hall Patrol accused Gu Yunzheng of paying others to attack Li Yun and ordered him to the Punishment Hall.

Gu Yunzheng was taken away after his scheme against Li Yun was exposed, while Huang Yiyi grew enraged over Li Yun’s rise and rushed to confront Liu Ningkong. She ended the chapter rejected and kicked out of the Inner Sect by Liu Ningkong.

• Lin Tieshu had Gu Yunzheng seized and dragged out of Rank 95 Academy toward the Punishment Hall.
• Huang Yiyi listened as the female disciples praised Li Yun for mastering the Ancient Sword’s Sword Intent and becoming Rank Ren Outer Sect Chief Disciple.
• Jiang Bilian taunted Huang Yiyi about Li Yun’s success and her prospects of becoming Rank Geng Outer Sect Chief Disciple, and Huang Yiyi left in anger.
• Huang Yiyi decided to seek Liu Ningkong’s help, then found him embracing another Outer Sect Disciple in the Inner Sect.
• Huang Yiyi slapped the woman, but Liu Ningkong struck and kicked Huang Yiyi, ordered her out, and left with the woman.

Li Yun revealed that he had mastered all Twelve True Meanings, and Gu Xiaoxian asked him to retrieve the Heavenly Mansion Divine Skill from the Twelve Palaces of the Heavenly Mansion Ruins for both his own advancement and the Celestial Martial Sect. Gu Xiaoxian began preparing to escort Li Yun to the distant ruins, while Zhang Cong urged him to seize the opportunity and its future rewards.

• Li Yun demonstrated all Twelve Stances and True Meanings to Gu Xiaoxian, concealing their ability to merge.
• Gu Xiaoxian explained the Twelve Palaces of the Heavenly Mansion and asked Li Yun to seek its inheritance before advancing to the Force Refining Realm, then copy it for the Celestial Martial Sect's Martial Armory.
• Li Yun agreed to retrieve the inheritance, and Gu Xiaoxian promised to prepare the journey and personally escort him within five days.
• Li Yun went to Azure Cloud Residence, where Zhang Cong correctly guessed that Gu Xiaoxian had arranged for him to visit the ruins.
• Zhang Cong told Li Yun that bringing back the core inheritance could help him compete to become a Sect Emissary and earn support from the Celestial Martial Sect.