Chapter Summaries

Lu Feng defeated Qin Daojun with an array, then crushed Che Peining’s sword and sent him flying with a single strike. After Che Peining demanded to know Lu Feng’s true identity, Lu Feng denied impersonating anyone and walked toward Yang Jie, who seemed to recognize him.

• Lu Feng revealed that his array had fooled Qin Daojun, and the crowd praised his victory.
• Qin Daojun challenged Lu Feng to a sword duel, but Che Peining intervened, broke Ling Lanxiu’s Snow Clearing Sword, and accused Lu Feng of cheating.
• Ling Lanxiu and other female prison disciples condemned Che Peining, while Lu Feng confronted him over his abuses and the ruined sword.
• Lu Feng attacked Che Peining with a blade formed from his broken sword, split the Ink Dragon Tooth, and sent Che Peining flying.
• Yang Jie recognized something in Lu Feng and became visibly emotional, while Che Peining demanded to know who he really was.
• Lu Feng denied impersonating a graduated prison disciple and walked toward Yang Jie.

Lu Feng reunited with Yang Jie and revealed that he was Su Chen of the Northern Nether Seven, then proved his identity by using Clear River Sect techniques against Che Hui Qiang. After Che Hui Qiang’s poisoned-sand attack backfired, Che Peining prepared to intervene, but Lu Feng promised Yang Jie he would protect her and hinted at his true strength.

• Lu Feng knelt before Yang Jie, who welcomed him back, while Chen Chuanling suspected he might be Su Chen.
• Lu Feng declared that he was Su Chen of the Northern Nether Seven, stunning the prison disciples and alarming Qin Daojun, Fu Huoying, and the Che family.
• When Che Hui Qiang challenged his identity, Lu Feng demonstrated the Clear River Steps and Lotus Flower Sword Palm, severely wounding him.
• Che Hui Qiang attacked Lu Feng with poisonous sand, but Lu Feng redirected it and left him badly injured.
• Che Peining surged forward to attack Lu Feng, but Yang Jie stepped in to stop him.
• Lu Feng assured Yang Jie that he would protect her and secretly revealed the strength of his aura.

Lu Feng prepared to fight Che Peining after Che Hui Qiang's attacks, but Piao Miao and Fan Teng intervened and heard Che Peining accuse Lu Feng of impersonating the dead Su Chen. Chen Chuanling began testing Lu Feng with memories of their past battles, and his accurate answers left Che Peining's accusation increasingly difficult to sustain.

• Yang Jie recognized the depth of Lu Feng's strength, while Ling Lanxiu voiced confidence that he could defeat Che Peining.
• Che Hui Qiang retreated behind Che Peining, who drew his sword to confront Lu Feng as Lu Feng prepared to strike with his Sword Fingers.
• Piao Miao and Fan Teng arrived and stopped the fight, and Che Peining claimed Lu Feng was impersonating Su Chen.
• Ling Lanxiu defended Lu Feng's identity, while Piao Miao called on Chen Chuanling to verify it through her past conflicts with Su Chen.
• Chen Chuanling asked Lu Feng about a swordsmanship contest, and he accurately recalled the techniques and moves involved.
• Chen Chuanling asked several more questions about their past battles, and Lu Feng answered each one.

Lu Feng exposed Che Peining’s challenge and recalled his awkward misunderstanding of Chen Chuanling’s flower wreath, while Che Peining and Che Hui Qiang plotted to kill him after he left the Spirit Prison. Lu Feng then confronted Qin Daojun over his treatment of Yang Jie, and Fan Teng revealed that the expert who saved Chen’er Jie and destroyed the Limitless Sect was closely connected to Yang Jie.

• Chen Chuanling tested Lu Feng’s memories of their past, and he correctly—but disastrously—called her handmade flower wreath a funeral wreath.
• Piao Miao ended the dispute with Che Peining, who left with Che Hui Qiang and planned to ambush Lu Feng after he departed the Spirit Prison.
• Lu Feng forced Qin Daojun to apologize to Yang Jie, but Qin Daojun refused to explain himself clearly and continued blaming her for Chen’er Jie’s ordeal.
• Piao Miao explained that Zhao Chen’er had volunteered for the supply trip, while Yang Jie admitted she still felt responsible for not notifying the Sword Mansion.
• Fan Teng asked Qin Daojun to compare Yang Jie’s fault with the expert’s contribution, then revealed the expert who rescued Chen’er Jie and destroyed the Limitless Sect had a major connection to Yang Jie.

After Qin Daojun learned that Lu Feng had saved Zhao Chen'er, he admitted he had framed Yang Jie and cleared her name. Lu Feng and Yang Jie later discussed Su Chen's sudden departure to find Old Book, while Chen Chuanling resolved to tell Su Chen about her past feelings when he returned.

• Fan Teng identified Lu Feng as the former Azure Mountain Sword Sect Master who had saved Zhao Chen'er, and Qin Daojun accepted the truth.
• Qin Daojun apologized to Yang Jie and told the prison disciples that he had framed her and that she had never urged anyone to advance recklessly.
• Ling Lanxiu picked up her broken Snow Clearing Sword and ran off, hurt that Lu Feng had left without accepting her as his disciple.
• Yang Jie told Chen Chuanling that Su Chen had hurried away after hearing about Old Book's delayed return from the Jinling Mountain Range.
• Chen Chuanling agreed to tell Su Chen about what had happened between them when he returned, while Yang Jie urged her to handle her relationship with Ling Lanxiu herself.
• Yang Jie gave Chen Chuanling a Brocade Box containing a sword Su Chen had intended as compensation for Ling Lanxiu, leaving Chen Chuanling unsure how to present it.

Lu Feng raced toward the Jinling Mountain Range to find Old Book, but Che Peining ambushed him on the road and forced him into a fight. Meanwhile, Chen Chuanling told Ling Lanxiu about Lu Feng and revealed that the wreath she gave him had been a flower garland, not a funeral wreath.

• Chen Chuanling drew Ling Lanxiu into hearing stories about Lu Feng by promising to tell her about his past.
• Lu Feng hurried toward the Jinling Mountain Range, fearing Old Book had not returned because he had encountered danger.
• Che Peining blocked Lu Feng's route and demanded that he kneel, surrender his techniques, and ruin his face.
• Lu Feng unleashed Sea's Wrath, but Che Peining used a secret art and burned his blood essence to break the sword intent.
• Lu Feng advanced with Heaven's Wrath as dark clouds gathered overhead and Che Peining grew alarmed.
• Chen Chuanling admitted to Ling Lanxiu that she admired Lu Feng and explained that the wreath she had given him was a flower garland.

Ling Lanxiu learned that Su Chen had left her a treasured sword called Freedom and resolved to keep pursuing him as her master. As she and Qin Daojun rode after him, they found a mountain split by a sword strike and realized Su Chen’s strength far exceeded their expectations.

• Chen Chuanling told Ling Lanxiu that Su Chen had left Spirit Prison without accepting her as a disciple and had left her a replacement sword for her broken Snow Clearing Sword.
• Ling Lanxiu discovered the sword’s extraordinary quality and learned that Su Chen had named it Freedom, then decided to persist in seeking him as her master.
• Ling Lanxiu met Qin Daojun, and the two rode a Black Shadow Steed toward the Jinling Mountain Range to catch up with Su Chen.
• Zhao Xiu'er and Qin Daojun stopped when they saw a mountain split from peak to foot and found a devastated area covered in sword marks.
• Qin Daojun identified the lingering sword intent as Su Chen’s and estimated that the strike had reached at least the Heaven Soul Realm Late Stage.

Qin Daojun and Zhao Xiu'er found Che Peining's shattered remains and realized Su Chen had killed him before leaving on a Cloud Winged Camel Eagle with Tang Yuan. Tang Yuan told Lu Feng that Ling Jie had helped destroy the Six Harmonies Sect and that Bone Toad Manor and Black Scorpion Gate had also been destroyed and blamed on him; Lu Feng suspected Jun Ziya was behind the framing.

• Qin Daojun and Zhao Xiu'er found Che Peining's severed remains and inferred that Su Chen had killed him with a devastating sword strike.
• Qin Daojun and Zhao Xiu'er discovered Su Chen's frightened Black Shadow Steed and signs that a Cloud Winged Camel Eagle had carried him away, then returned toward the Sword Mansion with the horse.
• Tang Yuan reunited with Lu Feng in the sky and explained that Ling Jie had joined another group in destroying the Six Harmonies Sect, then let Lu Feng take the blame to protect her identity.
• Tang Yuan said the other attackers appeared to be from the Qin Family and warned that an injured survivor of the Six Harmonies Sect might seek revenge.
• Tang Yuan told Lu Feng that the Four Directions Thunder Array had destroyed Bone Toad Manor and Black Scorpion Gate, prompting Lu Feng to suspect Jun Ziya had learned the array and was framing him.

Lu Feng realized Jun Ziya might be trying to seize the Heaven and Earth Profound Qi within him to strengthen herself against Jun Zi Shuo. At Spirit Ripple Sword Mansion, Zhao Xiu'er returned with newfound confidence and surprised Zhao Chen'er by displaying her swordsmanship, then teased her about admiring the man who had saved her.

• Tang Yuan told Lu Feng that Jun Zi Shuo had lost to Jun Ziya in their dispute over a traitor connected to Tang Jing's death.
• Lu Feng suspected Jun Ziya had grown stronger and planned to ruin his reputation before taking the profound qi within him.
• Zhao Xiu'er returned to Spirit Ripple Sword Mansion with Qin Daojun, determined to show Zhao Chen'er that she no longer saw her as a rival.
• Qin Huan told Zhao Chen'er that the man who had saved them at the Limitless Sect was in the Northern Nether Spirit Prison, prompting Zhao Chen'er to prepare to see him.
• Zhao Xiu'er attacked Zhao Chen'er with ice cones and revealed her growing swordsmanship, forcing Zhao Chen'er back half a step.
• Zhao Xiu'er teased Zhao Chen'er about admiring the Azure Mountain Sword Sect Master, and Zhao Chen'er and Qin Huan turned accusing looks on Qin Daojun.

Zhao Chen'er and Zhao Xiu'er discussed Zhao Xiu'er's attempted apprenticeship with the Azure Mountain Sect Master, revealing their feelings for him to Frost. Frost accepted that Zhao Xiu'er could seek him as her master but warned Zhao Chen'er that he was already promised in marriage.

• Zhao Chen'er learned that Zhao Xiu'er had acknowledged the Azure Mountain Sect Master and asked whether he had come to the residence.
• Zhao Chen'er tried to arrange a meeting with the master so she and Qin Huan could thank him, but Zhao Xiu'er refused and teased her about wanting him as a brother-in-law.
• Frost arrived and challenged Zhao Xiu'er for trying to acknowledge an outsider as her master, but Zhao Chen'er explained that he was her lifesaving benefactor.
• Zhao Xiu'er revealed that the Azure Mountain Sect Master was Su Chen, formerly the chief Senior Brother of the Clear River Sect, and Frost recognized his reputation.
• Frost told Zhao Xiu'er to persuade her father if she wanted Su Chen as her master, then warned Zhao Chen'er that Su Chen already had an arranged marriage.

Zhao Xiu'er showed Frost the Free Will Sword, prompting concern that its lost forging techniques could threaten the Sword Mansion, while Lu Feng and Tang Yuan discussed the sword and uncovered possible ties between the Azure Dragon Secret Realm, Worryfree Village, and the Soul Control Clan. The chapter left Lu Feng reconsidering the Black Dragon's identity and the history behind the places he had visited.

• Zhao Chen'er explained that the Heaven Lotus Sect sisters were unlikely to honor Rui Ye's marriage arrangement, and Zhao Xiu'er accidentally called her Sister.
• Zhao Xiu'er showed Frost the Free Will Sword, and he realized its forging might involve lost techniques that could affect the Sword Mansion's trade.
• Zhao Chen'er and Zhao Xiu'er agreed to ask Lu Feng about the sword's origins when they saw him again.
• Lu Feng told Tang Yuan that he would avoid returning openly to the Northern Nether Spirit Prison and might go back to the Clear River Sect with Old Book.
• Tang Yuan revealed that Ling Jie had found matching Dragon Race stone traces in the Azure Dragon Secret Realm and Worryfree Village, suggesting both places were created by the same person.
• Tang Yuan proposed that the Black Dragon was Dragon Capture True Man and that Star Chess Saint may have survived the Worryfree Village massacre and later gained powers connected to the Soul Control Clan.

Lu Feng and Tang Yuan connected the Azure Dragon Secret Realm, Worryfree Village, and the Soul Control Clan, while Tang Yuan reported that Water Bamboo Pavilion was safe. At Clear River Sect, Qiong Hua and Yu Yihan learned Lu Feng would soon return, as Lu Feng and Tang Yuan traveled toward the Jinling Mountain Range to search for Old Book.

• Lu Feng and Tang Yuan considered how the Star Chess Saint, the Black Dragon, the Soul Control Clan, and the relics in Worryfree Village might be connected, including the Netherworld Bow and Huo Yu's death.
• Tang Yuan told Lu Feng that local ruffians had harassed Uncle Shao and the others at Water Bamboo Pavilion, but he and Ling Jie had dealt with them and warned the prison officer to protect the residence.
• At Clear River Sect, Qiong Hua and Yu Yihan met Yang Jie, who told them that Lu Feng would return with Old Book after finding him in the Jinling Mountain Range; Yu Yihan invited Yang Jie to stay while they waited.
• Lu Feng and Tang Yuan left the Cloud Winged Camel Eagle near the mountain range and discussed how Beast Valley had absorbed the Vulture Spirit Gate and its battle vultures.
• Lu Feng and Tang Yuan continued beneath the ridges of Fallen Eagle Ridge, avoiding the Folded Wing Black Bats as they traveled toward the Jinling Mountain Range.

Lu Feng and Tang Yuan traveled to an ancient village in the Jinling Mountain Range to investigate Old Book’s disappearance and a possible connection to the Soul Control Clan. After confronting local extortionists, they suspected someone had secretly taken over maintenance of the village’s defensive formation, leaving the reason for Old Book’s absence unresolved.

• Lu Feng told Tang Yuan that Old Book’s map pointed to an ancient village in the Jinling Mountain Range, whose formation had long been maintained by the Grand Prison.
• Three Soul Hunters tried to extort Lu Feng and Tang Yuan, but Tang Yuan defeated their leader and forced them to answer questions; they knew nothing about Old Book or any recent Heaven Soul Realm battle.
• The Soul Hunters said a drunkard had violated a village woman months earlier and that a formation master had visited recently, but the Grand Prison had not intervened.
• After finding no message from Old Book on the way to the village, Lu Feng and Tang Yuan suspected the recent formation master was not sent by the Grand Prison.
• Lu Feng considered that the formation may have failed and that the Soul Control Clan had secretly repaired it to conceal its presence.

Lu Feng and Tang Yuan discovered patterned shells in a stream that might connect their search for Old Book to the Soul Control Clan, while Jun Ziya plotted against Lu Feng and prepared for revenge from Jun Zi Shuo. In the Love Tomb, Jiang Ruoyun struggled to suppress her growing Demonic Nature and feared she might have to die before it consumed her.

• Lu Feng and Tang Yuan searched the village for Old Book, then found tiny shells whose patterns matched the Giant Clam Shell from Demon Suppression Forest and began searching beneath the stream.
• Jun Ziya learned that Jun Zi Shuo had fled northeast and feared he could grow stronger before returning to seek revenge.
• Jun Ziya ordered Flame Sparrow to track Lu Feng and planned to confront him in the Sacred Domain secret realm, using someone he loved as leverage if necessary.
• Jiang Ruoyun failed to suppress her Demonic Nature, resumed cultivation despite coughing blood, and prepared a dagger in case she lost control, wishing she could see Feng Gege once more.

Lu Feng and Tang Yuan stumbled into a powerful mist array while searching for the Soul Control Clan’s hidden entrance, and Lu Feng spent a day and night trying to uncover how to break it. At the Clear River Sect, Yu Yihan warned Yang Jie that Yu Luan had already unsettled Yu Chen, while Liu Chu eagerly awaited Su Chen’s return.

• Lu Feng and Tang Yuan activated a hidden array in a stream, where mist figures attacked and repeatedly reformed after being struck.
• The array trapped Lu Feng and Tang Yuan, strengthened its attackers, and suppressed Lu Feng’s Soul Consciousness; Tang Yuan became separated in the mist.
• Lu Feng fought the array’s puppets for a day and night, pouring spiritual energy into them to search for its formation patterns.
• Liu Chu visited Yu Yihan and Yang Jie, celebrated the prospect of Su Chen’s return, and listened as Yu Yihan warned him not to underestimate Yu Luan.
• Yu Yihan told Yang Jie that Yu Luan had repeatedly unsettled Yu Chen’s state of mind and had persuaded him to give her his sword, prompting concern about the Clear River Sect’s future.

After breaking the formation, Lu Feng found Old Book dead and accused the villagers, but Tang Yuan tried to stop him. Lu Feng exposed Tang Yuan as an illusionist from the Soul Control Clan, who subdued his sword and questioned him, leaving him demanding answers about Old Book and the real Tang Yuan.

• Lu Feng broke the formation and, with Tang Yuan, discovered Old Book's mangled corpse by the stream.
• Overcome with grief, Lu Feng blamed the villagers and threatened to kill them unless they explained Old Book's death.
• Tang Yuan fought Lu Feng to restrain him, but Lu Feng recognized that he was an impostor and forced the woman beneath the illusion to reveal herself.
• The woman used seven spheres of Nine Directions Radiance to halt Lu Feng's sword strike and asked how he had seen through her disguise.
• Lu Feng explained that she lacked Tang Yuan's Beast Qi, showed genuine killing intent, imitated too many techniques, and had reacted too calmly to Old Book's death.
• Lu Feng demanded that the woman explain Old Book's death and reveal where the real Tang Yuan was.

Lu Feng learned that Old Book was dead and tried to negotiate with the Soul Control Clan, but the injured Soul Gouging Lord was driven from the formation by Jun Zi Shuo and his allies. As the Lord sacrificed herself in a final attack, Lu Feng caught her and demanded to know whether she had killed his teacher.

• A woman confirmed that Old Book was dead and that Tang Yuan had been taken by the Esteemed One, while Lu Feng tried to arrange a deal with the Soul Control Clan.
• The Soul Gouging Lord and Tang Yuan were blasted out of the formation, and Lu Feng recognized the Lord as the woman he had met in the Hundred Valleys Sword Ruins.
• Tang Yuan revealed that Jun Zi Shuo had severely injured the Soul Gouging Lord, and Lu Feng realized Jun Zi Shuo had advanced his cultivation by devouring the souls of Soul Control Clan members.
• The Soul Gouging Lord gave a storage ring to a young woman, burned her natal Soul Power, and attacked Jun Zi Shuo's group with Nine Directions Radiance.
• Lu Feng caught the collapsing Soul Gouging Lord with the Dragon Capturing Art and demanded to know whether she had killed Old Book.

Fu Qingqing used Wu Qing’s self-sacrifice and the Heavenly Fragrance Soul Jade to fight Mo Renshan, while Lu Feng remained focused on learning who killed Old Book. The chapter ended with Fu Qingqing preparing a devastating attack and Mo Renshan bracing to defend, as Lu Feng and Tang Yuan stayed out of the battle.

• Lu Feng questioned Jun Zi Shuo about Old Book’s death, and Jun Zi Shuo blamed the old woman, who then died to unleash Soul Control Secret Art, Jue Ming Du'e through Fu Qingqing.
• Fu Qingqing attacked Jun Zi Shuo with black-flame prisms, but Mo Renyue’s Ice Soul Restraining Mirror shattered and Mo Renyue was killed by the returning attack.
• Mo Renshan absorbed Mo Renyue’s remnant soul, while Fu Qingqing revealed she had consumed the last Heavenly Fragrance Soul Jade.
• Mo Renshan attacked Fu Qingqing with his Three Extremes Soul Ring Art, and Fu Qingqing burned her soul to strengthen the gigantic soul phantom.
• Fu Qingqing gathered the nine black flames into a powerful attack, and Mo Renshan formed a defensive ring formation as Lu Feng and Tang Yuan remained at a distance.

Fu Qingqing’s desperate attack failed after Jun Zi Shuo used the Karmic Fire Soul Lotus to destroy the Nine Radiance Black Shuttle. Lu Feng learned that Jun Zi Shuo had forced Old Book to become a Soul Spirit, and Jun Zi Shuo ended the chapter threatening Lu Feng and crushing Old Book’s corpse.

• Fu Qingqing launched the Nine Radiance Black Shuttle, but Jun Zi Shuo’s Karmic Fire Soul Lotus helped break it apart after Mo Renshan’s defenses shattered.
• Fu Qingqing showed Lu Feng an ancient longsword, and its soul consciousness revealed that Jun Zi Shuo had forced Old Book to become a Soul Spirit.
• Qiao Xue’er confirmed that Jun Zi Shuo had coerced Old Book into becoming a Soul Spirit, so Lu Feng and Tang Yuan attacked Jun Zi Shuo for the Soul Collection Vessel.
• Jun Zi Shuo blasted Lu Feng and Tang Yuan away, then tried to draw out Lu Feng’s life soul and demanded that he submit.
• A soul hidden in the longsword seized the fallen Soul Collection Vessel and returned it to Lu Feng, while Jun Zi Shuo brought over Old Book’s corpse and crushed it.

Lu Feng used the Black Banner’s true dragon essence to help Fu Qingqing repel Jun Zi Shuo, who sacrificed Mo Renshan and his subordinates before fleeing. After Lu Feng restrained Fu Qingqing over the Soul Control Clan’s failure to protect Old Book, she revealed that his teacher might be resurrected, and Lu Feng agreed to anything for the method.

• Lu Feng summoned a true dragon soul from the Black Banner, and Fu Qingqing combined it with Qiao Xue’er’s power and Tang Yuan’s Yi Huo Yang Dou Beast Pill to strengthen it.
• Jun Zi Shuo sacrificed Mo Renshan and absorbed the soul power of his subordinates, then fled when Lu Feng revealed two more strands of dragon essence.
• Lu Feng attacked Fu Qingqing with the Pao Xi Dragon Control Art and threatened her with Soul Stabilizing Demon Pestles after confronting her about the Soul Gouging Lord’s failure to save Old Book.
• Fu Qingqing said Old Book might still be resurrected if Lu Feng removed her restrictions and gave her the Five-Colored Divine Banner.
• Lu Feng dispersed the pestles, put away the Black Banner, and agreed to anything if Fu Qingqing could tell him how to save his teacher.