Chapter Summaries

Chen Xuan rejected Ji Yaoyue’s attempts to coax him into surrendering Spirit Stones for Ji Wushuang, then agreed to lend them under a Great Dao Contract. After Ji Yaoyue revealed she intended to take the Panlong Treasure Ring anyway, Chen Xuan cut it from the wound where he had hidden it and refused to hand it over, leaving Du Meng to claim it.

• Ji Yaoyue demanded Chen Xuan lend Spirit Stones to help Ji Wushuang, while Three Dao Reverend and the others tried to defend him.
• Chen Xuan agreed to lend the stones only after Ji Yaoyue signed a Great Dao Contract promising tenfold repayment within a year.
• Ji Yaoyue boasted that the Great Dao Bet would let her claim the Panlong Treasure Ring and Haotian Sword without repaying Chen Xuan.
• Chen Xuan cut open his chest wound and extracted the Panlong Treasure Ring, explaining that he had hidden it there after sacrificing his Ninth Grade Golden Core to defend Jade Maiden Peak.
• Ji Yaoyue slapped Chen Xuan and blamed him for his injuries, then demanded the ring; Chen Xuan refused and directed Du Meng to take it.

Chen Xuan recovered from Ji Yaoyue’s slap and resolved to sever their ties, while Ji Wushuang’s attempt to nurture Immortal Source Fortune appeared to fail. Ji Wushuang hid his disappointment by claiming success, leaving the crowd convinced he had gained a path to immortality.

• Bai Bingyan healed Chen Xuan, who said he would repay Ji Yaoyue by letting her face despair and declared that their ties were severed.
• At Heaven Piercing Golden Peak, Du Meng released Spirit Stones from the Panlong Treasure Ring, and Ji Wushuang poured them into the Cloud of Great Luck.
• As more than five million High-Grade Spirit Stones were absorbed, the gathered swords trembled, and Ji Wushuang announced that the Immortal Source Fortune had been nurtured.
• Ji Wushuang searched the clouds but could not find the exceptional Sword Intent he had sensed, and he feared that his Immortal Source Fortune had vanished.
• Ji Wushuang decided to conceal his failure, then emerged with a brilliant smile and claimed that he had obtained heaven-defying Immortal Source Fortune.

Chen Xuan reached the Sword Heart Realm and discovered new patterns on his black iron token, while Ji Wushuang celebrated his advantage in the succession contest. At Heaven Piercing Golden Peak, Ji Wushuang defended Liu Ruyan and offered to summon Situ Wuya to help her be reborn, leaving the crowd terrified of the Peach Blossom Sword Maniac.

• Ji Wushuang's Immortal Source Fortune made the Nine Sects and Thirteen Schools fear he would become Mu Yun Sanxian's inheritor, while Li Yinglian celebrated at a feast.
• Chen Xuan opened his eyes after entering the Sword Heart Realm, and his black iron token grew hot and developed strange patterns.
• Bai Bingyan examined Chen Xuan's token but claimed she could not identify it, while secretly reacting with shock.
• Du Meng warned Chen Xuan that the Panlong Treasure Ring and Haotian Sword were at risk, so disciples and elders from the Nine Sects and Thirteen Schools arrived claiming to protect him.
• Ji Wushuang publicly said he had witnessed Chen Xuan take Liu Ruyan's innocence, and Liu Ruyan asked permission to risk the Dust Washing Pool and be reborn.
• Ji Wushuang offered to summon Situ Wuya and use the Three Lights Divine Water to help Liu Ruyan form a new body, alarming the gathered crowd.

Ji Wushuang used Situ Wuya’s favor to arrange help for Liu Ruyan, while Chen Xuan learned that his rival had gained no Immortal Source Fortune. Situ Wuya then exploited Ji Wushuang’s secret and forced him into a humiliating situation.

• Ji Wushuang defended inviting Situ Wuya and denounced Chen Xuan, while the Vast Sword Sect’s elders and disciples praised Ji Wushuang and blamed Chen Xuan for Liu Ruyan’s predicament.
• News of Ji Wushuang’s Saint Son Ceremony spread across Central Province, and Situ Wuya arrived at Heaven Piercing Golden Peak.
• Du Meng warned Chen Xuan that Ji Wushuang’s rising status would put him in danger, but Chen Xuan laughed after hearing Ji Wushuang had gained no Immortal Source Fortune.
• Chen Xuan told Du Meng that Situ Wuya’s two souls and twisted temperament made Ji Wushuang’s favor unlikely to protect him.
• Situ Wuya demanded that Ji Wushuang submit to him in exchange for keeping the secret at Shao Mountain quiet, and Ji Wushuang was left in tears, blaming Chen Xuan.

Ouyang Xuri and representatives of the other sects plotted to have Ji Wushuang killed by manipulating Nangong Feifei and hiring an assassin. Meanwhile, Liu Ruyan successfully rebuilt her body and formed a Seventh Grade Golden Core, leaving the sect poised to name her Saintess and pair her with Ji Wushuang in a powerful sword art.

• Ouyang Xuri persuaded representatives of the other sects to frame Ji Wushuang for the Voice-Recording Pearl affair and arrange for Demon Void to assassinate him.
• Situ Wuya activated the Gleaming Seven Treasures Pool, and Liu Ruyan endured its Three Lights Divine Water for three hours to reshape her body.
• Liu Ruyan condensed a Seventh Grade Golden Core after two days of cultivation, astonishing the gathered elders and disciples.
• Red Beard Elder proposed making Liu Ruyan the Vast Sword Sect's Saintess, and Li Yinglian said he would discuss the decision with the elders.
• Liu Ruyan thanked Ji Wushuang for supporting her and wondered how Chen Xuan would react to her transformation.
• Ji Yaoyue said that Liu Ruyan could practice Dual Swords Combination with Ji Wushuang if she became Saintess, making Zhao Caiyue, Shen Qingqing, Bai Ling, and Mu Xueyuan blame Chen Xuan for breaking off his engagement.

Nangong Feifei rescued Chu Chu from the Joyful Union Sect after learning that recordings of her and Chen Xuan had spread across Southern Marsh, prompting the Limitless Demon Sect to mobilize. Meanwhile, Chen Xuan’s dantian recovered and he prepared to cultivate anew, leaving with Bai Bingyan through a void rift.

• Nangong Feifei demanded that Yin Chao release Chu Chu, then told Chu Chu she had come to save her as Chen Xuan’s friend.
• Pink Madam revealed that recordings of Nangong Feifei and Chen Xuan had spread throughout Southern Marsh, and Nangong Feifei left with Chu Chu in anger.
• The Limitless Demon Sect sent demonic light toward the Central Province Righteous Sword Sect, while its Sect Master said Feifei had gone to reclaim her husband.
• Chen Xuan told Bai Bingyan that his dantian had recovered and that he could cultivate the Nine Yang True Dragon Art.
• Bai Bingyan warned Chen Xuan to cultivate somewhere concealed, opened a void rift, and took him into the Void Turbulence.
• Chen Xuan pretended to be frightened and clung to Bai Bingyan as they traveled through the void.

The Limitless Demon Sect attacked the Vast Sword Sect, but Li Yinglian’s forbidden sword art forced Nangong Feifei and her forces to retreat. Meanwhile, Bai Bingyan brought Chen Xuan to the Dragon Abyss River to cultivate with Essence of Dao Rhythm, where his rapid breakthrough awakened a powerful surge of desire.

• Nangong Feifei and a hunched, horse-faced old man led the Limitless Demon Sect’s assault on the Vast Sword Sect, and the defenders suffered heavy losses.
• Three attackers mysteriously died while trying to enter Chen Xuan’s cultivation chamber, and Situ Wuya intervened when a mysterious black-clothed man nearly killed Ji Wushuang.
• Liu Ruyan slew seven Golden Core Stage demonic experts, then Li Yinglian used a forbidden sword art that grievously wounded the attackers and drove Nangong Feifei’s forces into retreat.
• Elder Qingxu discovered that the Vast Sword Sect’s Mountain Protecting Array had lacked enough Spirit Stones, worsening the sect’s losses and damage to its reputation.
• Bai Bingyan took Chen Xuan to an underground Water Mansion beneath the Dragon Abyss River and helped him cultivate with Essence of Dao Rhythm until he reached the eighth level of the Qi Refining Stage.
• Chen Xuan’s True Dragon Heart released intense yang energy, and he pulled Bai Bingyan close and kissed her as a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon phantom appeared behind him.

After an intimate night with Bai Bingyan, Chen Xuan discovered that their yin-yang cultivation had advanced both of them, though he worried his True Dragon Heart could cause a dangerous buildup of yang energy. Back at the Vast Sword Sect, he learned of the recent demonic attack and was caught by Ji Yaoyue holding two scrolls, which she claimed proved he had secretly consorted with Nangong Feifei.

• Chen Xuan and Bai Bingyan awoke after their yin-yang cultivation, and Chen Xuan reached the ninth level of the Qi Refining Stage while Bai Bingyan's Nine Yin Cold Meridians improved and she advanced to the fourth level of the Tribulation Realm.
• Bai Bingyan told Chen Xuan she would soon return to Ten Thousand Demon Mountain, and the two returned to the Vast Sword Sect together.
• Du Meng told Chen Xuan that Nangong Feifei had led the Limitless Demon Sect in an attack, the Mountain Protecting Array was broken, Ji Wushuang had been gravely wounded, and Liu Ruyan was set to become the sect's Saintess.
• Chen Xuan learned that three Nascent Soul experts from the Limitless Demon Sect had died mysteriously while trying to enter Xuan Hall, then asked Du Meng for two Wind and Moon Treasure Record Pictures.
• Ji Yaoyue arrived with Zhao Caiyue, four other women, and a group of sect representatives, seized the scrolls from Chen Xuan, and accused him of secretly consorting with Nangong Feifei.

Ji Yaoyue confronted Chen Xuan over suspected treachery and Wushuang’s injury, but the scrolls she opened contained erotic art, turning her accusation into a humiliation. After their bitter argument, Chen Xuan confidently told Du Meng that Ji Yaoyue and the other women would return within three days to apologize and pay compensation.

• Ji Yaoyue opened Chen Xuan’s scrolls to investigate suspected collusion, only to find erotic paintings and destroy them in anger.
• Three Dao Reverend defended erotic pictures as art, while Chen Xuan demanded compensation for the destroyed collector’s editions.
• Ji Yaoyue accused Chen Xuan of causing sect crises and Wushuang’s injury, but he denied responsibility and challenged her to expel him.
• Ji Yaoyue left with Zhao Caiyue and the other women after trading threats and insults with Chen Xuan.
• Du Meng worried that Ji Yaoyue might retaliate, but Chen Xuan predicted she and the women would return within three days to apologize and compensate him.

Chen Xuan explained how the sect’s Spirit Stone shortage left Ji Wushuang and the Mountain Protecting Array in danger, then tried to teach Bai Bingyan about intimacy with a Romance Scroll. Bai Bingyan rejected the lesson and used her strength to force Chen Xuan to kneel, ending with her foot shoved into his mouth.

• Chen Xuan told Du Meng that the sect needed hundreds of thousands of High-Grade Spirit Stones to restore the Mountain Protecting Array and aid the gravely injured Ji Wushuang, leaving the sect vulnerable while it sought help.
• Du Meng praised Chen Xuan’s analysis and left after asking for more Romance Scrolls.
• Chen Xuan returned to the secret chamber and gave Bai Bingyan a scroll, explaining that she had misunderstood what it meant to sleep with a man.
• Bai Bingyan blushed at the illustrations but refused to accept or practice what the scroll showed.
• Bai Bingyan invoked her mother’s advice and her status as Qingqiu’s Future Empress, then used her pressure to force Chen Xuan to his knees.
• Chen Xuan resisted her attempt to train him, and Bai Bingyan kicked him, pushing her foot into his mouth.

Chen Xuan resisted Bai Bingyan’s attempt to dominate him, and their struggle in the secret chamber turned intimate. Meanwhile, the Vast Sword Sect faced an urgent shortage of Spirit Stones, so Li Yinglian ordered Ji Yaoyue to bring Chen Xuan to the sect and persuade him to help.

• Bai Bingyan tried to force Chen Xuan to submit, but the power of his True Dragon Heart knocked her away.
• Chen Xuan confronted Bai Bingyan and asserted his authority as her husband before turning the tables on her.
• Li Yinglian told the Vast Sword Sect elders that they needed Spirit Stones to repair the Mountain Protecting Array and heal Wushuang before the Apprentice Ceremony.
• Elder Red Beard proposed seizing Chen Xuan’s Panlong Treasure Ring, but Li Yinglian rejected the idea unless they had no other choice.
• Ji Yaoyue recounted her visit to Chen Xuan, including the incident with the erotic picture, to the assembled sect members.
• Li Yinglian ordered Ji Yaoyue to invite Chen Xuan to the sect within two hours and persuade him to provide one million Spirit Stones.

Chen Xuan cultivated after Bai Bingyan stormed off, while Ji Wushuang discovered Liu Ruyan was with Situ Wuya and flew away in a jealous rage. Bai Bingyan returned to Chen Xuan, whose flattery and flowers softened her anger, before Ji Yaoyue summoned him away.

• Chen Xuan cultivated the Nine Yang True Dragon Art and comprehended the sword with his Sword Heart.
• Ji Wushuang left his senior sisters and went to Azure Wave Cave, hoping Liu Ruyan would help heal his injuries through dual cultivation.
• Hong Zhi told Ji Wushuang that Liu Ruyan had entered seclusion with Situ Wuya, and Ji Wushuang spat blood and flew away, convinced she had betrayed him.
• Situ Wuya promised Liu Ruyan the Azure Blood Loyal Heart Token and said he would take Chen Xuan's Panlong Treasure Ring and kill him; afterward, Liu Ruyan wept in the hot spring and reaffirmed her pursuit of strength.
• Bai Bingyan returned to Chen Xuan's chamber, and his flattery and flowers eased her anger before Ji Yaoyue called him away.

Chen Xuan negotiated a contribution of five hundred thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones in exchange for protections and three conditions from the Vast Sword Sect. He left the hall with Ji Yaoyue to demand that she replace the Erotic Art she had ruined, deliberately humiliating her.

• Chen Xuan rejected the sect's demand for one million High-Grade Spirit Stones and accused Ji Wushuang of causing the sect's losses.
• Chen Xuan offered five hundred thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones if Red Beard Elder and twenty Nascent Soul elders swore to protect him, Ji Yaoyue privately apologized, and the sect's disciples visited Ji Wushuang to wish him a swift recovery.
• Li Yinglian accepted Chen Xuan's conditions, and Red Beard Elder and the others swore a Great Dao Oath.
• Chen Xuan took Ji Yaoyue to a side hall and demanded that she redraw the Erotic Art she had ruined, enraging her.

Chen Xuan demanded that Ji Yaoyue paint an Erotic Art as an apology, but she misread his motives and believed he still admired her. After breaking through to Spirit Transformation and giving him a scroll depicting them together, Ji Yaoyue left smugly, while a strange gray mist stole the scroll from Chen Xuan.

• Chen Xuan mocked Ji Yaoyue and insisted she paint an Erotic Art, saying it was tied to five hundred thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones and Ji Wushuang's fate.
• Ji Yaoyue decided Chen Xuan's demand came from his lingering admiration for her and his desire to preserve a treasured memory before losing his relics.
• Ji Yaoyue broke through to Spirit Transformation, painted a scroll depicting a man resembling Chen Xuan with a woman resembling herself, and gave it to him before leaving.
• Chen Xuan opened the scroll, was horrified by its contents, and resolved to destroy it in front of Ji Yaoyue.
• A gray, evil mist lunged at Chen Xuan, seized the scroll, and vanished.
• Ji Yaoyue saw Chen Xuan leave the side hall with his head lowered and took it as proof that he cherished her painting.

Chen Xuan’s gift to Ji Yaoyue was mistaken for filial devotion, and the elders praised her breakthrough while criticizing him. After paying out spirit stones and directing the sect to visit Ji Wushuang, Chen Xuan hinted that the celebration might end badly for him.

• Li Yinglian announced that Ji Yaoyue had become a top-tier Spirit Transformation cultivator, and Cui Yingying accused Chen Xuan of offering her a treasure only to save face.
• Ji Yaoyue defended Chen Xuan, and he insulted Cui Yingying when she mocked him for kneeling to his master.
• Li Yinglian ordered Chen Xuan to be treated respectfully, while Chen Xuan privately regretted the misunderstanding about his supposed gift to Ji Yaoyue.
• Chen Xuan told Du Meng to take five hundred thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones from his Panlong Treasure Ring, while concealing that he had secretly resumed cultivation.
• Dugu Xie lamented that Chen Xuan had sacrificed his cultivation for the sect, but Ji Yaoyue declared that Ji Wushuang would do better as Saint Son.
• Chen Xuan directed the sect members to visit Ji Wushuang, then told Du Meng that Ji Wushuang might become so furious he would cough up blood and die.

Ji Wushuang accepted the Extraterrestrial Great Heart Demon’s power after rage and resentment shattered his state of mind, then emerged from the Life Creation Ancient Array with his injuries healed and a Ninth Grade Golden Core. With five days left until the Apprentice Ceremony, Chen Xuan planned to reveal his strength and leave the Vast Sword Sect before Mu Yun Sanxian chose a disciple.

• Ji Wushuang grew furious as the sect members repeatedly congratulated him on obtaining Immortal Source Fortune, then fainted after Zhao Caiyue and the other women repeated the blessings.
• The Extraterrestrial Great Heart Demon offered Ji Wushuang power and showed him a painting depicting Ji Yaoyue and Chen Xuan, driving him into a frenzy of rage and despair.
• Ji Wushuang’s eyes turned black as the Extraterrestrial Great Heart Demon claimed him as its host and a terrifying devouring force erupted from his body.
• Ten days later, Ji Wushuang emerged from the Life Creation Ancient Array with his injuries healed and a Ninth Grade Golden Core, astonishing the Vast Sword Sect.
• After Shi Lei told him of Ji Wushuang’s breakthrough, Chen Xuan resolved to reveal his strength and withdraw from the sect at the Apprentice Ceremony.

Ji Wushuang and Liu Ruyan planned a grand Saintess Conferral Celebration, while Liu Ruyan enlisted Situ Wuya to poison Chen Xuan and seize his token. Mu Yun Sanxian learned that Chen Xuan was in danger and visited Yu Meiren, offering True Dragon Blood in exchange for her marrying his disciple.

• Ji Wushuang told Liu Ruyan that the sect would hold her Saintess Conferral Celebration to boost his reputation and raise Spirit Stones, and promised to teach them the Dual Swords Combination.
• Liu Ruyan arranged for Situ Wuya to use poisonous mist at the celebration to kill Chen Xuan and obtain the Azure Blood Loyal Heart Token.
• Mu Yun Sanxian told Shadow to keep protecting Chen Xuan and revealed that Bai Bingyan was hiding in Xuan Hall and might protect him.
• Mu Yun Sanxian visited Yu Meiren and offered to help her obtain True Dragon Blood if she agreed to marry his disciple.

Chen Xuan surprised Bai Bingyan with fireflies, and the couple promised to reunite after their coming departures; unbeknownst to him, she was pregnant. The Vast Sword Sect prepared for Liu Ruyan’s Saintess Celebration, where Chen Xuan was poised to confront those who had dismissed him.

• Chen Xuan gathered fireflies with his Nine Dragons True Essence and arranged them into a heart for Bai Bingyan, who embraced and kissed him.
• Bai Bingyan asked Chen Xuan to return with her to Qingqiu, but he said he had to settle matters with the Vast Sword Sect and Ji Yaoyue’s group before joining her.
• Chen Xuan cultivated while Bai Bingyan secretly confirmed that she was pregnant and decided to tell him when they parted in three days.
• The Vast Sword Sect hosted the Saintess Celebration, and Liu Ruyan appeared as forces from across the region arrived bearing gifts.
• Daoist Santong and the other visiting representatives envied the Vast Sword Sect’s prodigies, unaware that Ji Wushuang’s transformation came from fusing with the Extraterrestrial Great Heart Demon.

Chen Xuan attended Liu Ruyan’s Saintess Celebration despite the crowd’s mockery, where Elder Tian Xing and Niu Ben stood up for him. Bai Ling then exposed Liu Ruyan’s past closeness with Chen Xuan by asking to play a song Liu Ruyan had once composed for him, leaving Liu Ruyan furious.

• Chen Xuan felt watched and decided to attend the celebration, where attendees mocked him for coming.
• Du Meng told Chen Xuan that the Demon Hunting Squad had suffered heavy casualties and that Tian Xing Elder and Niu Ben had been badly hurt.
• Tian Xing Elder and Niu Ben arrived and declared that they would protect Chen Xuan from anyone who bullied him.
• Chen Xuan entered Vast Hall with Tian Xing Elder, Niu Ben, and Du Meng, then took a seat near the front as others continued mocking him.
• Liu Ruyan arrived for her investiture and was alarmed to see Chen Xuan, whose presence threatened the assassination plan she had arranged.
• Ji Wushuang presented Liu Ruyan with a congratulatory gift, and Bai Ling then proposed playing Chang Xiang Si, revealing that Liu Ruyan had once composed and sung it for Chen Xuan.

At the Saintess Celebration, Bai Ling tried to provoke Liu Ruyan by bringing up “Chang Xiang Si,” but Chen Xuan and Ji Yaoyue turned the confrontation against her. Ji Yaoyue then challenged Chen Xuan to kneel before her and beg for a whipping, leaving the Vast Hall stunned.

• Bai Ling offered to perform “Chang Xiang Si” for Liu Ruyan, who graciously accepted and drew approval from the Vast Sword Sect.
• Bai Ling persisted in bringing up the song’s painful associations, prompting Ji Wushuang and Situ Yulong to rebuke her.
• Bai Ling blamed Chen Xuan for the situation, and Chen Xuan mocked her and encouraged her to play the flute.
• Ji Yaoyue ordered Bai Ling back to Jade Maiden Peak and scolded Chen Xuan, prompting Elder Tian Xing to defend him.
• Ji Yaoyue claimed Chen Xuan would gladly beg her for a whipping, produced a red whip, and demanded that he kneel before her.