Chapter Summaries

In the Gui Chamber, Sun Liuliu revealed that a damaged formation might conceal nine legendary Heavenly Swords and persuaded Ji Lanxin to attempt repairing it. Ji Lanxin recognized the formation’s complexity but agreed after Sun Liuliu offered a Gathering Source Array and information about where the Hai Mountain Sword Sect had gone.

• Liu Chu explained that Lu Feng was his Little Martial Uncle because he was Han Su’s sworn younger brother, and Nie Yuanbai resolved to test Lu Feng’s strength.
• The Gui Chamber shook as Jin Guan Kai tried to restore a formation near the statue, but his work stopped after restoring only thirty percent.
• Sun Liuliu told the gathered Soul Masters that the formation might conceal nine Heavenly Swords forged by Ouye Longping.
• Ji Lanxin used Scale Jade Exploration to inspect the formation and found it too intricate to repair confidently.
• Sun Liuliu offered Ji Lanxin a Gathering Source Array and information about the Hai Mountain Sword Sect’s whereabouts, prompting Ji Lanxin to agree to attempt the repair.

As Ji Lanxin’s repairs destabilized the Gui Chamber, Lu Feng realized the formation was changing dangerously and the chamber’s pool was heating up. The ceiling collapsed to reveal spiritual energy forming the words “Void Origin Divine Art,” and Lu Feng suspected Sun Liuliu’s group had come for the technique.

• Ji Lanxin used the Gathering Source Array to investigate and repair the formations while Lu Feng noticed her work seemed to be sending the formation off course.
• Nie Lingshan revealed that the Heavenly Thunder Sword Sect had recruited other forces to attack the Azure Mountain Sword Sect, alarming Chu Youwei and Lu Feng.
• Lu Feng considered escaping through the air vent as the chamber’s killing intent intensified, but Xue Zier noticed that the connected pool was boiling.
• Cracks spread across the ceiling, and Lu Feng protected Chu Youwei as falling stone revealed a starlit space filled with dense spiritual energy.
• The spiritual energy formed the words “Void Origin Divine Art,” and Lu Feng suspected Sun Liuliu and Jin Guan Kai were seeking it.

As Ji Lanxin repaired the array, Lu Feng secretly comprehended the Void Origin Divine Art from the characters overhead and discovered the true power of Dragon's Cry Thirteen Swords. He realized the mending was awakening a danger worse than before, but the chapter ended with Ji Lanxin still working on the array.

• Sun Liuliu claimed the characters were sealing inscriptions concealing the Nine Swords Beyond the Heavens, persuading Ji Lanxin to continue repairing the array while hiding her interest in the Void Origin Divine Art.
• Han Fengao warned everyone not to sense the characters after one of his Junior Brothers was injured by their sword intent.
• Lu Feng studied the characters and discovered that the Void Origin Divine Art improved control over spiritual energy and enabled him to circulate sword intent.
• Lu Feng realized Dragon's Cry Thirteen Swords condensed sword intent rather than Sword Light, and understood why he had wrongly dismissed the technique.
• As Ji Lanxin continued repairing the array, Lu Feng sensed that restoring it could unleash an irreversible calamity.

As the stone chamber’s formation grew increasingly dangerous, Lu Feng prepared to exploit Ji Lanxin’s failing repair to escape with Chu Youwei. A character Sword Light struck during the repair, and Miao Ying sacrificed herself to save Ji Lanxin, leaving the formation interrupted and the chamber under attack.

• Han Fengao’s group secretly tried to memorize the overhead characters, while Nie Lingshan revealed that she had memorized them all after beating Liu Chu in their contest.
• Lu Feng led Chu Youwei toward the southeast corner, and Xue Zier followed after he privately explained that he was seeking a way out.
• A young man warned the others as a blue light triggered a character to become a Sword Light and plunge toward Ji Lanxin.
• Miao Ying shielded Ji Lanxin from the attack, pinning the Sword Light inside herself with her life force and suffering a fatal wound.
• The interrupted repair sent Ji Lanxin flying, while Wei Yuan used the Gathering Source Array to raise a barrier against the descending Sword Lights.
• As Miao Ying’s life faded in Ji Lanxin’s arms, she said she would no longer be able to protect her.

Lu Feng escaped the out-of-control array with Chu Youwei and the wounded Xue Zier, arriving in a dark space above the Gui Chamber. There, Xue Zier revealed she had exposed him to Jade Cloud Liquid and approached him as its effects took hold.

• Miao Ying died beneath the falling Sword Light, while Lu Feng led Chu Youwei and Xue Zier toward an opening above the array.
• Jin Guan Kai and Sun Liuliu attacked Lu Feng's group; Lu Feng threw Chu Youwei through the opening, then used the attack's force to escape with Xue Zier.
• Lu Feng's escape disrupted the array and relieved pressure on Wei Yuan's group, while Nie Yuanbai told Liu Chu that his martial uncle had asked him to keep Liu Chu safe.
• Sun Liuliu and Ji Lanxin suspected the array's failure was connected to the Lin Family brat, though Jin Guan Kai doubted Lu Feng could have caused it.
• In the dark space, Lu Feng found Xue Zier badly wounded and lit a candle, then saw Chu Youwei unconscious nearby.
• Xue Zier's blood exposed Lu Feng to Jade Cloud Liquid, and as its effects overwhelmed him, she said she would remove them herself.

Lu Feng resisted Xue Zier’s Jade Cloud Powder and Bewitchment Art, then used his Soul Secret Method to subdue her and seal the poison in his seventh Spirit Soul Array. When Chu Youwei stirred, he hid the unconscious Xue Zier in an empty chest before she could see her.

• Lu Feng discovered that Jade Cloud Powder had formed a pale pink haze in his sea of souls and was disrupting his control.
• Xue Zier used her Bewitchment Art to subdue Lu Feng and began stripping him, but a sudden chill helped him regain a sliver of clarity.
• Lu Feng blasted Xue Zier away and used Fleeting Splendor of Three Thousand Worlds to leave her giggling and helpless.
• Lu Feng forced the poison into his sealed seventh Spirit Soul Array, choosing to contain it despite the danger of the method.
• When Chu Youwei stirred, Lu Feng knocked Xue Zier unconscious, hid her in an empty chest, and faced Chu Youwei’s suspicious question.

Lu Feng and Chu Youwei discovered that the space in Giant Sword Mountain’s Sword Hilt Area was a bridal chamber, and Lu Feng explained how Ji Lanxin’s array repair had triggered the disaster. As they searched for Xue Zier and changed into the wedding clothes, a strange fragrance began to affect them, leaving Lu Feng dazed and unguarded.

• Lu Feng and Chu Youwei realized the chamber’s unusual size came from a weightlessness array connecting spaces along the rock wall, then recognized its furnishings as a bridal chamber.
• Lu Feng explained that Ji Lanxin had misjudged the array’s condition after sword intent changed it, and admitted he had wanted to teach her a lesson for bullying Chu Youwei.
• Chu Youwei searched for Xue Zier while inspecting the chamber’s storage boxes, but Lu Feng concealed the unconscious woman inside a camphorwood box.
• Lu Feng and Chu Youwei decided to change into the wedding clothes, and Chu Youwei unexpectedly accepted his suggestion without hesitation.
• The lingering fragrance returned as they changed, leaving Lu Feng’s eyes murky and his movements stiff as it seemed to beguile him.

Lu Feng and Chu Youwei were swept into a state of desire by an unknown soul technique and nearly consummated their marriage before Xue Zier interrupted them. After Chu Youwei woke in shame and distress, Lu Feng suspected someone hidden in the room had manipulated them.

• Chu Youwei used concealed Soul Consciousness and Joyful Luan Incense to draw Lu Feng into an intimate encounter, during which he mistook her for Jiang Ruoyun.
• Xue Zier climbed out of the camphorwood chest, startling Lu Feng awake before he crossed the final boundary with Chu Youwei.
• Lu Feng questioned Xue Zier about what she had done, but she identified the incense and denied causing Chu Youwei's chaotic soul sea.
• Chu Youwei woke, remembered their intimacy, and tearfully ordered Lu Feng to stay away from her.
• Lu Feng suspected an unseen person had used a soul attack to control them and demanded that the culprit reveal themselves.

Lu Feng searched the Stone Chamber for a hidden presence, but Xue Zier teased him about his encounter with Chu Youwei and revealed her intimate knowledge of Lu Feng and Yan Nanqiu. Chu Youwei sent Lu Feng away in hurt, while Lu Feng later subdued Xue Zier with a painful restraint after confronting her about her motives and concealed strength.

• Lu Feng, Chu Youwei, and Xue Zier searched the Stone Chamber for someone hidden there, but found no sign of anyone.
• Xue Zier teased Chu Youwei about Lu Feng and described how she had trapped Yan Nanqiu and Ji Lanxin together, prompting Chu Youwei to realize Xue Zier had seen Lu Feng intimately and to order him out.
• Beyond the screen, Lu Feng accused Xue Zier of deliberately upsetting Chu Youwei, then demanded to know why she had approached him and warned her not to expose his concealed strength.
• Lu Feng used his Soul Consciousness to stun Xue Zier and struck three acupoints with profound energy, leaving her unable to resist without suffering severe pain.
• When Xue Zier tried to use seductive words and Soul Consciousness against him, Lu Feng activated the restraint to make her withdraw and submit.

Lu Feng, Chu Youwei, and Xue Zier discovered that the Peach-Red Longsword held a powerful soul phantom that had possessed Chu Youwei. The phantom emerged and recognized a resemblance between Lu Feng and Ouye Longping, leaving the three to question her connection to the sword and the past.

• The Peach-Red Longsword trembled, flew from its scabbard, and revealed the Soul Consciousness that had controlled Chu Youwei.
• Lu Feng threw a pillow toward the sword, but the phantom stopped it and blasted it apart with white Soul Consciousness light.
• A woman’s soul phantom appeared beside the sword, and Xue Zier identified her as possibly belonging to the Soul Control Clan.
• The phantom said Lu Feng resembled Brother Long Ping in bearing, explaining that she had been blind since her eyes were gouged out.
• Chu Youwei and Xue Zier wondered how the phantom could not see despite her eerie, many-pupiled eyes.

Lu Feng and Chu Youwei learned that the phantom was a living soul melded into a sword by Ouye Longping, and that she had helped him develop the method by experimenting on captured people. She explained that willing cooperation was necessary for a successful melding and revealed that Ouye Longping had suffered more than a thousand failures.

• The phantom explained that she had mistaken Lu Feng for Ouye Longping at first, but had withdrawn from Chu Youwei before Lu Feng and Chu Youwei became intimate under the influence of Jade Cloud Liquid.
• The phantom identified herself as belonging to the Soul Control Clan’s Eye Gouging Branch and revealed that her body was the sword hanging by the bed.
• She told Lu Feng that she and Ouye Longping had lured people to the Ren Chamber and stripped away their life souls to develop a method for melding souls into swords.
• The phantom explained that a soul melded into an undamaged sword could recover its energy and exist forever, unlike a soul stored in ink jade.
• She said successful melding required a soul’s willing cooperation and revealed that Ouye Longping had suffered more than a thousand failures before they discovered this.

Lu Feng and the others learned how Ouye Longping and Peach Blossom Fairy had come to love each other, and how he preserved her life soul in a sword after she died. The phantom warned that Ouye’s Weapon Forging Insights contained an incomplete account of soul-refining, and Lu Feng resolved to retrieve the book from Ji Lanxin.

• Chu Youwei suggested burying Ouye Longping, but the phantom said he had chosen the open sky as his resting place and should not be bound by a coffin.
• The phantom recounted how Ouye Longping and Peach Blossom Fairy first met in a sword contest, fought several more times, and grew close before a misunderstanding separated them.
• The phantom explained that Peach Blossom Fairy was forced toward a political marriage, killed the groom at the wedding, and escaped with Ouye Longping and Brother Heaven Gate, but suffered fatal injuries.
• Ouye Longping preserved Peach Blossom Fairy’s remnant life soul with a Black Jade Seal and secluded himself with the phantom, while Brother Heaven Gate spread word of the Domain Realm to test the method of merging a life soul into a sword.
• Lu Feng learned that Ouye’s Weapon Forging Insights mentioned the soul-refining method and, knowing Ji Lanxin possessed the book, decided it could not remain in her hands.

Lu Feng and his companions learned about the Soul Control Clan’s Eye Gouging Branch and recovered with Silkworm Abyss Fruits. After Lu Feng emerged from his cocoon, the phantom sensed something astonishing about him.

• The phantom identified Lu Feng’s Soul Control Clan techniques as crude and explained that he had belonged to the clan’s Eye Gouging Branch, warning the group about its Soul Gouging Lords.
• The phantom offered Silkworm Abyss Fruits to heal the injured, and Chu Youwei and Xue Zier each consumed one and entered a silken cocoon.
• Lu Feng asked whether the fruits could restore Yu Yihan’s severed legs or help Leng Huaping, but the phantom explained that they lost their effects three breaths after leaving the vine.
• Lu Feng spotted Nie Wushuang fighting Han Fengao and Wei Yuan confronting Sun Liuliu’s guards, then noted the direction Ji Lanxin went before returning to eat a fruit.
• Xue Zier emerged healed with improved cultivation, and Lu Feng later broke free from his cocoon with renewed vitality and a new black glint in his eyes.
• The phantom stared at Lu Feng in astonishment, apparently sensing something extraordinary about him.

Xue Zier and Lu Feng approached the sealed swords forged by Ouye Longping, but the first sword’s deadly sword intent nearly drained Xue Zier before Lu Feng rescued her. Lu Feng then summoned the Ancient Desolation Altar, and its Mysterious Ball drew the phantom’s astonished attention to the Heaven Nurturing Rare Essence, whose power could fundamentally transform an artifact’s material quality.

• The phantom warned Lu Feng and Xue Zier that Ouye Longping’s nine swords drained spiritual energy and essence, and he allowed them to inspect the swords from a distance.
• Xue Zier broke the first sword’s seal, and its sword intent shattered her barrier and drained most of her spiritual energy before Lu Feng pulled her to safety.
• Lu Feng recognized that the sword’s attack came from sword intent forged into the blade, while Xue Zier admitted she had been caught off guard.
• The Kirin Ring resonated, and Lu Feng allowed the Ancient Desolation Altar to appear as the Mysterious Ball emerged and moved toward the unsealed sword.
• The phantom identified the Mysterious Ball as Heaven Nurturing Rare Essence and explained that it could transform an artifact’s material quality, unlike ordinary improvement methods.

Lu Feng learned that the Heaven Nurturing Rare Essence could devour special materials and improve a tool’s foundational quality, then realized it wanted him to remove the sword intent from a longsword. His sword strike caused the sword intent Ouye Longping had left in the weapon to disperse, revealing Lu Feng’s formidable sword-path attainments.

• The phantom explained that the Heaven Nurturing Rare Essence consumed special materials to create Source Aura that improved tools, and that Long Ping had once needed to contain it at Thunder Viewing Pavilion.
• The Heaven Nurturing Rare Essence devoured the Dark Black Radiance from the longsword’s hilt and threw the weapon toward Lu Feng.
• The phantom suggested that Lu Feng suppress the sword intent Ouye Longping had fused into the longsword, and Lu Feng stepped forward to test his strength.
• Lu Feng unleashed a sword strike that carved a deep gash in a distant wall and sent the sword intent within the longsword dispersing on its own.
• The phantom explained that the longsword’s sword intent had yielded to Lu Feng’s released aura, while Xue Zier questioned whether his sword-path attainments surpassed Ouye Longping’s.

Lu Feng dispelled the sword intent in Ouye Longping’s nine treasured swords and learned that their names were hidden within it, while the Heaven Nurturing Rare Essence devoured their dark radiance. After Chu Youwei emerged from the Silkworm Abyss Fruit’s cocoon having reached the Earth Soul Realm, Lu Feng and the others prepared to leave the swords behind.

• Lu Feng let the Heaven Nurturing Rare Essence consume the dark radiance coating the nine swords, and the phantom allowed him to take them if he could.
• Xue Zier urged Lu Feng to study Ouye Longping’s sword intent, and the phantom explained that Ouye had failed to reach Intent Leads Spirit.
• Lu Feng practiced with each sword, dispelled its intent, and realized that each sword’s name was contained within the intent; the phantom suspected he had comprehended the Void Origin Divine Art.
• The Heaven Nurturing Rare Essence stripped the radiance from all nine swords and returned to the Ancient Desolation Altar as Chu Youwei emerged from her cocoon.
• Chu Youwei’s injuries had healed and her strength had reached the Earth Soul Realm, prompting Xue Zier to wonder about Lu Feng’s own cultivation.

Lu Feng encountered the Soul Control Clan’s Soul Gouging Lord, who recognized that he had learned the clan’s secret art and moved to punish him. Qiao Xue’er’s appearance stopped her attack, but the woman knocked Lu Feng unconscious and prepared to take the phantom back to the clan, declaring that the times had changed.

• A black-gauzed woman carrying a green lamp arrived, and the phantom knelt before her as she unleashed Nine Directions Radiance.
• The woman accused Lu Feng of secretly learning the Soul Control Clan’s art and began an attack that threatened his soul.
• A phantom emerged from the green lamp, and Lu Feng recognized Qiao Xue’er, who confirmed his identity and asked about Tang Yuan and Ruo Yun.
• The woman recalled Qiao Xue’er to the lamp, warned Lu Feng not to disturb her, and rendered him unconscious.
• The woman raised the Soul Collection Vessel over the frightened phantom, which prepared to destroy itself, then said, “Senior, the times have changed!”

A mysterious woman took the phantom and Ouye Longping’s sword-forging insights in search of the Soul Control Clan’s lost path of Soul Fusion into Sword. After leaving Giant Sword Mountain, Lu Feng prepared a scheme involving Jun Ziya, then parted from Chu Youwei and Xue Zier to pursue Ji Lanxin and recover the insights, while Chu Youwei headed south toward Azure Mountain Sword Sect.

• The woman learned that the phantom had fused with a longsword and took her away to retrieve Ouye Longping’s Weapon Forging Insights.
• Lu Feng woke and prepared an aged-looking record as a restraint for Jun Ziya, then gathered treasured swords and left Giant Sword Mountain with Chu Youwei and Xue Zier.
• Lu Feng retrieved Xue Zier’s hidden swords, distributed other swords beside unconscious Soul Masters, and secretly placed something on Jin Chengmu.
• Lu Feng gave Chu Youwei Sky Supporting Tokens and asked Xue Zier to protect her while he pursued Ji Lanxin to recover Ouye Longping’s Weapon Forging Insights.
• Chu Youwei headed south to investigate the danger facing Azure Mountain Sword Sect, and Xue Zier decided to accompany her.

Chu Youren returned from the Hundred Valleys Sword Ruins empty-handed and persuaded Chu Xuanhe and Weng Qin that he had spared Chu Youwei because Lin Liyun’s guard was a disciple of the Qiong Ridge Six Oddities. The family elders revealed that someone had robbed Chu Xuanhe’s brother Xuan Yi’s tomb, and Weng Qin suspected the sought-after object might be connected to Xuan Yi’s wife.

• Chu Youren told Chu Xuanhe that treasures from the Sword Ruins could not be brought out and recounted an embellished story about the Golden Crow Demon Lizard and Huang Fengfu and Wu Haoren’s betrayal.
• Chu Youren explained that he had not killed Chu Youwei because Lin Liyun’s guard was a personal disciple of the Qiong Ridge Six Oddities, and Weng Qin approved of keeping her alive as a potential connection.
• Chu Xuanhe and Weng Qin discussed using Chu Youwei to benefit the family while avoiding conflict with either Second Young Master Luo or Lin Liyun.
• Chu Xuanhe told Chu Youren that intruders had robbed only Xuan Yi’s grave, found no clues, and might target the family again.
• Weng Qin arranged to send someone to meet Chu Youwei at the Sword Ruins exit, then suspected the robbers sought something in Xuan Yi’s wife’s grave.

Lu Feng searched north for Ji Lanxin’s group and found evidence that several women had been murdered by Soul Masters using vicious methods. He hid near the mountain cave as Qian Baoyu, Yin Feiqiao, and four women arrived, leaving him concealed and at risk of being discovered.

• Lu Feng changed out of his wedding robes and disguise after finding the aftermath of a battle.
• At the Sword Stele Forest, Han Fengao forced Jin Zhaomu to reveal the Five Elements Pure Body Breakthrough Method, and the gathered Soul Masters learned of it.
• Lu Feng found the body of a Silk Washing House disciple who had been tortured and killed, but found no clues to her murderer.
• Lu Feng discovered at least six more dead women in a mountain cave and suspected a group of Soul Masters had drained their spiritual energy.
• Qian Baoyu and Yin Feiqiao arrived with four women searching for the dead, so Lu Feng hid in the thicket to avoid being accused.