Chapter Summaries

After returning from the Ghost Blows Out the Light World, Hao Shuai buried Jingjue Queen and prepared to leave Zhongnan Mountain for the Six Major Sects’ siege of Bright Peak. In a nearby town, he met with Liu Bowen, confirmed the forces gathering against the Ming Cult, and prepared to take control of the campaign before raising an army against the Yuan.

• Hao Shuai escorted Professor Chen and the archaeological team back to the capital, passed Hu Bayi his reward, and left the Ghost Blows Out the Light World.
• Hao Shuai buried Jingjue Queen in the Zombie World, then returned to the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber World and told Zhou Zhiruo and Yang Yaoqin they would descend the mountain.
• Hao Shuai, Zhou Zhiruo, Yang Yaoqin, and their maids traveled toward Bright Peak, passing groups of martial artists headed to watch the siege.
• Liu Bowen met Hao Shuai at an inn and reported that the Six Major Sects had gathered at Kunlun Mountain, though Wudang had not joined them; Xiao Feng’s Beggar’s Clan had taken part instead.
• Hao Shuai told Liu Bowen he would handle the siege, become the Ming Cult Leader, and then raise an army against the Yuan, while Liu Bowen continued preparing their forces.

As the six major sects prepared to attack Bright Peak, Hao Shuai watched the Ming Cult leaders argue over who should lead them. Yuan Zhen ambushed the leaders and revealed his plan to destroy the cult with gunpowder, leaving the wounded fighters helpless while Hao Shuai observed.

• The six major sects gathered at Bright Peak and agreed to march openly against the Ming Cult.
• Hao Shuai sent Zhou Zhiruo and the others to find Ji Xiaofu, then secretly watched the Ming Cult leaders from the roof.
• Yang Xiao and six other leaders argued over the cult's leadership before their dispute erupted into a fight.
• Yuan Zhen appeared, struck Yang Xiao and the others with his Phantom Yin Finger, and revealed his plan to bury gunpowder at Sitting and Forgetting Peak.
• Wei Yixiao struck Yuan Zhen from behind, but Yuan Zhen counterattacked, leaving all eight fighters gravely wounded and unable to move.
• Yuan Zhen began recovering first, while Little Zhang remained on Wudang Mountain instead of coming to Bright Peak.

Hao Shuai rescued the Ming Cult members from Cheng Kun and declared his intention to become their Cult Leader. After proving he had the lost Sacred Fire Tokens, he left the group facing the question of whether to accept his claim.

• Cheng Kun recounted how he had murdered Xie Xun’s family and manipulated him into killing others before preparing to kill Yang Xiao and the rest.
• Hao Shuai appeared, revealed that he intended to become the Ming Cult Leader, and stopped Cheng Kun’s surprise Phantom Yin Finger attack with his Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill.
• Cheng Kun tried to seize the Ming Cult members as hostages, but Hao Shuai caught him, drained his inner power, destroyed his dantian, and knocked him unconscious.
• Hao Shuai proposed becoming Cult Leader, and the Ming Cult members objected that he was not one of their people and would need to retrieve the lost Sacred Fire Tokens.
• Hao Shuai produced all six Sacred Fire Tokens, astonishing Yang Xiao and the others.

Hao Shuai forced the Ming Cult's leaders to accept him as their thirty-fourth leader, then sent them to defend Bright Peak while he removed Cheng Kun's explosives from the secret passage. He finished clearing the gunpowder and began planning his entrance as the Six Major Sects surrounded the altar.

• Hao Shuai displayed the Sacred Fire Tokens and demonstrated that he had mastered all seven levels of the Heaven and Earth Great Shift, but the Ming Cult leaders remained reluctant to appoint him.
• Hao Shuai healed the seven leaders with Senzu Beans and challenged them to fight him; after defeating them all, he secured their agreement to recognize him as leader.
• Hao Shuai told Yang Xiao and the others to invite the Six Major Sects to witness his appointment and promised they would congratulate him willingly.
• A cult member reported that the Six Major Sects had surrounded Bright Peak, so Hao Shuai ordered Yang Xiao, Wei Yixiao, and the Five Loose Immortals to support White-Browed Eagle King while he dealt with the explosives.
• Shuo Buduo stuffed Cheng Kun into his Heaven and Earth One Qi Bag, and Hao Shuai teleported to the secret passage and collected all of Cheng Kun's gunpowder into his infinite space.

The Ming Cult arrived at Bright Peak as Yin Tianzheng fought Master Kongxing, and Yang Xiao and the others joined the confrontation with the Six Major Sects. Hao Shuai made a dramatic entrance and was recognized as the Ming Cult’s new leader, leaving both sides stunned.

• Yin Tianzheng fought Master Kongxing to a close contest, with Yin Tianzheng gaining the slight advantage.
• Master Kongzhi invited another sect expert to challenge Yin Tianzheng, and Abbess Miejue stepped forward.
• Yang Xiao, the Green-Winged Bat King, and the Five Loose Immortals emerged and offered to take over the fight.
• Yang Xiao stopped Zhou Dian and confronted Abbess Miejue over her past attempt to kill his wife.
• Hao Shuai descended into the square with eight musicians, and Yang Xiao and the Five Loose Immortals greeted him as Cult Leader.

Hao Shuai defended the Ming Cult from the Six Major Sects by slaughtering many of their fighters with the Eight Sounds of the Heavenly Dragon, then exposed Cheng Kun’s role in the siege. He left Cheng Kun alive, insisting that the person with the right to kill him would do so.

• Yin Tianzheng and the other Ming Cult members questioned Wei Yixiao about Hao Shuai becoming their leader, while Hao Shuai confronted Abbess Miejue and declared that he would protect the cult.
• Abbess Miejue rallied the Six Major Sects to attack, but Hao Shuai kept the Ming Cult back and used the Heavenly Demon Zither to kill nearly a third of the attackers.
• Hao Shuai challenged the surviving sect leaders and argued that the Ming Cult had a right to fight back against the siege.
• Hao Shuai had Zhou Dian bring out Cheng Kun and revealed, through Cheng Kun’s account and a recording, that Cheng Kun and the Yuan Dynasty had manipulated the Six Major Sects into attacking Bright Peak.
• Master Kongzhi tried to kill Cheng Kun, but Hao Shuai stopped him and said Cheng Kun had to die at the hands of the person who deserved to kill him.

Hao Shuai forced the Six Major Sects to withdraw from Bright Peak, then detained Xianyu Tong to answer for Hu Qingniu’s sister’s death and other crimes. After Xianyu Tong confessed under the agony of Golden Silkworm Gu Poison, Hao Shuai stopped Elder Gao from killing him so he could keep his promise to Hu Qingniu.

• Hao Shuai threatened to continue playing the Heavenly Demon Zither until all Six Major Sects agreed to leave Bright Peak.
• As the sects prepared to depart, Hao Shuai pulled Xianyu Tong to him and announced that Hu Qingniu wanted him dead.
• Hao Shuai explained Xianyu Tong’s betrayal of Hu Qingniu and used the poison hidden in Xianyu Tong’s fan to make him confess.
• Xianyu Tong admitted that he had caused Hu Qingyang’s death and poisoned and murdered Bai Yuan, shaming the Mount Hua Sect.
• Elder Gao tried to kill Xianyu Tong, but Hao Shuai knocked his saber aside and kept Xianyu Tong alive for Hu Qingniu.

Hao Shuai drove the Six Major Sects from Bright Peak and was accepted as the Ming Order’s leader. Daiqisi and Xie Xun returned to the Order, while Hao Shuai reunited with Ji Xiaofu and Yang Buhui.

• Hao Shuai stopped Elder Gao from killing Xianyu Tong and watched the Six Major Sects withdraw from Bright Peak.
• The Ming Order followers thanked Hao Shuai, and he lifted them all to their feet with telekinesis.
• Hao Shuai called Daiqisi and Xie Xun out of a grove, welcomed them back, and postponed his enthronement ceremony until the next day.
• Daiqisi and Xie Xun explained how Hao Shuai had brought them together and how they had returned to Bright Peak with Xiao Zhao and Yin Li.
• Hao Shuai left Cheng Kun for Xie Xun and went to the rear courtyard, where he greeted Ji Xiaofu and Yang Buhui.

Hao Shuai officially took over as the Ming Order’s thirty-fourth cult leader, reorganized its leadership, and set its forces against the Yuan. After revealing the secrets of the Heaven Sword and Dragon Slaying Saber, he accepted the saber from Xie Xun, and Yang Xiao asked where Hao Shuai had obtained the Heart-Heaven Great Shift manual.

• Hao Shuai attended a banquet with the Ming Order’s senior members, then spent the night with Zhou Zhiruo and Yang Yaoqin while Cheng Kun’s screams sounded nearby.
• Hao Shuai formally became the Ming Order’s thirty-fourth cult leader as its senior figures gathered on Bright Peak.
• Yin Tianzheng merged the Heavenly Eagle Cult into the Ming Order as the Heavenly Eagle Hall, with Yin Yewang as its Hall Master, and Hao Shuai appointed Leng Qian to lead a new Punishment Hall.
• Hao Shuai ordered the Five Elements Banners to resume fighting the Yuan and the Five Loose Immortals to coordinate with rebel forces, including those built up by Liu Bowen and his allies.
• Hao Shuai explained the origins and hidden contents of the Heaven Sword and Dragon Slaying Saber, then accepted the Dragon Slaying Saber from Xie Xun.
• Yang Xiao asked Hao Shuai where he had obtained the Heart-Heaven Great Shift manual.

Hao Shuai settled Ming Cult affairs on Bright Peak and descended toward the Central Plains with a party that included Zhou Zhiruo and Yang Yaoqin. Near Yumen Pass, he recognized Zhao Min disguised as a young gentleman and decided to play along.

• Hao Shuai explained how he found Yang Dingtian’s remains and the Heaven and Earth Great Shift manual, then allowed the Ming Cult members he permitted to enter the passage.
• Hao Shuai arranged for Yang Dingtian’s proper burial, spent six or seven days managing the Ming Cult, and left Yang Xiao to oversee its affairs while Xie Xun guarded the main altar.
• Hao Shuai descended Bright Peak with Daiqisi, Wei Yixiao, Yin Tianzheng, Zhou Dian, Xiao Zhao, Yin Li, Zhou Zhiruo, and Yang Yaoqin, claiming he would address the Six Major Sects and inspect local branches.
• After reaching Yumen Pass, Hao Shuai concluded that Zhao Min had likely captured five of the major sects, though the Beggar’s Clan had escaped through Xiao Feng.
• Hao Shuai’s party encountered Zhao Min disguised as a young gentleman beneath willow trees, and Hao Shuai recognized her while pretending not to know her.

Hao Shuai rescued abducted villagers from Yuan soldiers, then accepted Zhao Min’s invitation to Green Willow Manor. The chapter ended with Zhao Min hosting Hao Shuai and the Ming Order at a garden pavilion, where they drank together.

• Hao Shuai killed the Yuan soldiers who had abducted more than a hundred women, with Wei Yixiao and Yin Tianzheng joining the attack.
• Daiqisi and Zhiruo comforted the rescued women, and Hao Shuai gave them valuables from the soldiers before sending them home.
• Zhao Min recognized Hao Shuai’s Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms and recalled how Xiao Feng had defeated the experts of Ruyang Prince’s Mansion with the same technique.
• Two of Zhao Min’s men invited Hao Shuai and his companions to Green Willow Manor, and Hao Shuai accepted.
• Zhao Min welcomed the group at the manor and showed them her poem praising the Heaven Sword; Hao Shuai suspected the sword at her waist was a fake.
• Zhao Min served the group eighteen-year-old Shaoxing wine in the garden pavilion, and they drank together.

Hao Shuai and the Ming Cult left Green Willow Manor after discovering Zhao Min’s sword was a wooden decoy, but they were poisoned on the road. Hao Shuai returned to seize the antidote, and Zhao Min threatened to kill herself after he took her father’s favorite flowers.

• Zhou Dian drew Zhao Min’s wooden sword, and Yin Tianzheng warned Hao Shuai that she seemed suspicious, so the group left Green Willow Manor.
• Zhao Min appeared in women’s clothes and asked why Hao Shuai was leaving, but he gave an excuse and rode away with the others.
• Zhou Dian fell from his horse, and the group realized they had been poisoned; Hao Shuai sent Zhiruo and Yaoqin to guard them and hurried back to Zhao Min for the antidote.
• Hao Shuai took seven or eight antidote plants from the water in front of Zhao Min, who failed to stop him by shouting that he was robbing her.
• Zhao Min claimed her father would beat her for losing his favorite flowers and thrust a short sword toward her chest.

Hao Shuai fell into Zhao Min’s trap, revealed that he was rebelling against the Great Yuan, and left her upset after freeing them both. He returned to Zhou Zhiruo and the others, where the Heng Ha Two Generals were routing Mongol cavalry.

• Hao Shuai took Zhao Min’s sword as she staged a threat, but she triggered a trap and pulled him into a dark dungeon.
• Hao Shuai revealed that he knew Zhao Min’s identity, kissed her, and admitted he was busy overthrowing the government.
• Zhao Min asked Hao Shuai to abandon his rebellion for her sake, but he refused, and she turned away from him.
• Hao Shuai smashed the dungeon hatch, carried Zhao Min out, and left to return to Zhou Zhiruo and the others.
• Hao Shuai found the Heng Ha Two Generals slaughtering Mongol cavalry and assured Zhou Zhiruo and the others that the pair were allies.

Hao Shuai and the Ming Cult recovered from Zhao Min’s poison and continued to Shaolin Temple, where they found the monastery deserted and signs of a recent battle. After defeating the Three Du in the rear mountains, Hao Shuai learned someone had left a message blaming the Ming Cult for Shaolin’s destruction.

• Hao Shuai gave Zhiruo an antidote that cured the poisoned Ming Cult members and explained that the Heaven Sword’s Qi Ling Fragrant Wood had reacted with the Drunken Immortal Spirit Lotus.
• Hao Shuai said the Heng Ha Two Generals had left, then secretly stored their corpses in his spatial dimension.
• The group saw that Green Willow Manor was already burning and continued toward the Central Plains without encountering Zhao Min again.
• Hao Shuai led the Ming Cult into Shaolin Temple without announcing their arrival, struck down a monk who challenged them, and found the monastery deserted.
• Hao Shuai searched the Scripture Repository, then went to the rear mountains and defeated Du E, Du Jie, and Du Nan after their Vajra Demon Subduing Circle held him off.
• Daiqisi reported finding a message on the Arhat statues claiming the Ming Cult had destroyed Shaolin, and Hao Shuai proposed a grander slogan for the Cult.

Hao Shuai led the Ming Order to Wudang Mountain after realizing the Yuan court was framing them and targeting the Wudang Sect. He arrived during Zhao Min’s standoff with Zhang Sanfeng and discovered that Zhang’s cultivation had reached an extraordinary level, leaving him both relieved and rattled.

• Hao Shuai deduced that the Yuan court had framed the Ming Order and might attack Wudang, then ordered Wei Yixiao to summon Xu Da and led the others toward the mountain.
• Hao Shuai and his companions reached Wudang Mountain and killed the bandits Zhao Min had placed in their way.
• Hao Shuai arrived at the Wudang plaza, where Zhao Min’s forces faced Zhang Sanfeng and the Six Heroes of Wudang.
• Hao Shuai greeted Zhang Sanfeng and learned that Zhang considered himself both a Great Grandmaster and not one by Hao Shuai’s definition.
• Hao Shuai realized he could no longer gauge Zhang Sanfeng’s cultivation and resolved to stop slacking off.

Hao Shuai rejected Zhao Min’s demand that the Ming Cult submit to the Yuan court and backed Zhang Sanfeng’s refusal to surrender. When Zhao Min summoned twenty thousand Mongol cavalry to besiege Wudang, Hao Shuai revealed that Xu Da’s forces had engaged them, leaving the battle in the Ming Cult’s favor.

• Hao Shuai called Zhao Min his wife, then rejected her offer of Yuan titles and declared that he would overthrow the Yuan and restore Han rule.
• Zhang Sanfeng refused to become a servant of the Yuan court, despite Zhao Min’s threat to destroy Wudang with twenty thousand cavalry.
• Zhao Min fired a flare to signal the Mongol army, whose battle cries rose from the foot of the mountain.
• Hao Shuai had Xiao Zhao fire a green flare, and Wei Yixiao arrived to report that Xu Da had engaged the Mongol cavalry and was winning.
• Hao Shuai introduced Wei Yixiao to Zhang Sanfeng and ordered the Bat King to rest while they dealt with Zhao Min’s men.

Hao Shuai’s forces defeated Zhao Min’s Yuan troops at Wudang, but Zhang Sanfeng let Zhao Min and her followers leave to protect the Wudang Sect. Afterward, Hao Shuai stopped the Mysterious Nether Elders and ordered them to copy a strange dance shown by his projection.

• Hao Shuai dismissed Zhao Min’s confidence in the Yuan cavalry and waited for news from the battle at the foot of the mountain.
• Xu Da arrived and reported that his troops had wiped out the enemy force, presenting the head of Zhao Min’s general Aragtai Boroldai.
• Zhao Min refused to surrender and threatened the Wudang Sect, but Zhang Sanfeng chose to let her and her people go.
• Hao Shuai stopped the Mysterious Nether Elders as they prepared to leave and threatened them into cooperating.
• Hao Shuai used Red Queen to project a dance, then ordered the Mysterious Nether Elders to learn and perform it.

After Zhao Min’s forces left Wudang Mountain, Hao Shuai explained her role in the attacks on the sects and discussed the martial world with Zhang Sanfeng. He revealed that he could travel between worlds, proved it by taking Zhang Sanfeng to meet Guo Jing and Huang Rong, and invited him to join his journeys.

• Hao Shuai let Zhao Min and her people leave Wudang Mountain after the Mysterious Nether Elders performed a dance for the crowd.
• Hao Shuai told the Wudang group that Zhao Min was Minmin Temur, daughter of Prince Ruyang, and described how Cheng Kun had helped orchestrate the capture of the Five Great Sects and the destruction of Shaolin Temple.
• Yin Tianzheng and Zhang Wuji officially acknowledged each other and embraced during the feast at Wudang.
• Hao Shuai told Zhang Sanfeng that he came from another world and took him to the Divine Condor World, where they met Guo Jing and Huang Rong.
• Hao Shuai invited Zhang Sanfeng to travel with him through other worlds, and Zhang Sanfeng accepted.

Hao Shuai launched the Ming Cult’s rebellion against the Yuan, and the rebels quickly seized the south while uprisings spread through the north. With the Yuan court distracted, Hao Shuai flew to Dadu to begin his plan to kill the dynasty’s leaders, leaving the imprisoned sect experts at Wanan Temple untouched.

• Hao Shuai told Zhang Sanfeng he would leave the world after driving the Mongol Yuan from China, and Zhang Sanfeng pledged Wudang’s support.
• Hao Shuai and Zhiruo arrived at Butterfly Valley, where Liu Bowen and Ming Cult leaders and followers had gathered for the rebellion conference.
• Hao Shuai proclaimed the uprising, and Liu Bowen’s plans sent the Ming Cult forces back to their regions to begin rebellions.
• The rebels captured much of the south, which Hao Shuai stabilized with trained officials, laws, and money as northern uprisings forced the Yuan emperor to redirect Prince Ruyang’s army.
• Hao Shuai flew to Dadu to carry out his plan to eliminate the Yuan leaders, inspected the imprisoned Five Great Sects experts at Wanan Temple, and returned to his inn without rescuing them.

Hao Shuai seized Dadu, killed the Iron-Pot Emperor, and plundered the Great Yuan treasury before visiting Zhao Min’s mansion. He ended the chapter in Zhao Min’s bedroom, where she held a dagger to his neck and declared him her prisoner.

• Hao Shuai and Red Queen appeared in the Yuan court, where Hao Shuai killed the eunuch and palace monk guarding the emperor and Red Queen shot down the officials and Imperial Guard.
• Hao Shuai tied up the Iron-Pot Emperor, flew him around Dadu, and hanged him on the city wall with a painted declaration of responsibility.
• Hao Shuai raided the Great Yuan treasury with Armed Robots and stored its valuables in his space.
• Hao Shuai found Zhao Min away from her mansion, ate hot pot in her bedroom, and fell asleep in her bed.
• Zhao Min returned and held a dagger to Hao Shuai’s neck, telling him that he was her prisoner.