Chapter Summaries

Yi Xiaofeng prepared to enter the Heavenly Dao Immortal Hero Game as a contestant on a reality show, hoping to use its cultivation manuals to pursue immortality. The staff led him to the game entrance and placed him in darkness behind a helmet, warning him not to remove it.

• The host introduced the game show, its prizes, and the risks contestants had accepted by signing life-and-death waivers.
• Yi Xiaofeng recalled how his ability to see hidden valuable objects had made him wealthy and how he applied to the show, offering to donate one hundred million to the Show Team.
• The host announced contestants until it was Yi Xiaofeng's turn, while staff treated him like a foolish rich man and he noticed that the contestants had never met one another.
• A staff member gave Yi Xiaofeng a game helmet and warned him that removing it would disqualify him.

Yi Xiaofeng entered the game, chose the Righteous Path, and received a frail character whose survival depended on obtaining a Pure Yang Pill. After leaving the Wang family courtyard, he headed into the garden to look for nearby opportunities.

• Yi Xiaofeng chose the Righteous Path during character creation and received a bonus to his opportunities.
• Yi Xiaofeng reincarnated as Zhang Junyi, a weak cultivator who had six months to obtain a Pure Yang Pill or die, and received quests tied to City Lord Tang and his daughter.
• Yi Xiaofeng searched his room, collected medicine and two Fireball Spell talismans, and considered how to conceal that he was a player.
• Yi Xiaofeng met Old Tian, learned that Miss Wang had invited him to stay after he once saved her, and left the courtyard.
• Yi Xiaofeng entered the garden to search for opportunities rather than immediately investigate City Lord Tang's death.

Yi Xiaofeng found the Pure Yang Five Swords Technique in the Wang Family Residence, drawing attention from the audience and host, then went to investigate the haunting at the City Lord's Mansion. There, he met a refined blue-clad young man and tried to convince him he was an ordinary cultivator.

• Yi Xiaofeng felt dizzy on the shaded path, took a pill, and learned that his character had a weak constitution.
• Yi Xiaofeng spotted a red glow in the bushes and found the Pure Yang Five Swords Technique, a manual ranked among the Script's top three.
• Yi Xiaofeng left the Wang Family Residence and wandered through Pure Yang City before heading to the City Lord's Mansion after hearing about the ghost and Miss Tang's reward.
• Yi Xiaofeng arrived at the mansion and learned that several cultivators and a maid had died there, with the maid's eyes gouged out.
• A blue-clad young man approached Yi Xiaofeng, who denied coming for the reward and praised City Lord Tang to appear like an NPC.

Yi Xiaofeng entered the City Lord’s Mansion with Zeng Shu to investigate City Lord Tang’s murder, using a fabricated tale of his past to convince Zeng Shu he was a hidden expert. At the crime scene, Yi Xiaofeng met Tang Yiqian and grew suspicious that she might be the murderer.

• Yi Xiaofeng told Zeng Shu he was a dying expert who would leave him his secret arts and treasures, and the two became brothers.
• Yi Xiaofeng and Zeng Shu entered the City Lord’s Mansion and learned that City Lord Tang had been found dead with bloody handprints on his chest and his eyes gouged out.
• Yi Xiaofeng met Wang Yanran and Tang Yiqian outside the main hall, and Wang Yanran introduced Tang Yiqian as City Lord Tang’s daughter.
• Yi Xiaofeng felt an intense unease around Tang Yiqian and began inspecting the hall while keeping his suspicions to himself.

After Zhang Yang was found murdered, Yi Xiaofeng pretended to be a dying expert and learned that Tang Yiqian had once practiced a Demonic Art. As he left the dangerous City Lord's Mansion, he found a Yellow Paper with the Life-Prolonging Pill formula hidden in a stone archway.

• Yi Xiaofeng heard that contestant Zhang Yang had been eliminated and hurried to the courtyard where the body was found.
• Yi Xiaofeng told the gathered people that an Evil Spirit or Demonic Path Cultivator might be behind the murder, and Wang Yanran presented him as an extraordinary expert.
• Hong Linyu told Yi Xiaofeng that Tang Yiqian had taken a demonic cultivator as her master twelve years earlier and learned a Demonic Art.
• Yi Xiaofeng promised Hong Linyu a reward for investigating the Blood Handprints, while pretending he was near death and would pass on his skills.
• Yi Xiaofeng discovered a Yellow Paper hidden in a stone archway and found that it contained the Life-Prolonging Pill formula.

Yi Xiaofeng found a Life-Prolonging Pill formula that might be linked to the City Lord's Mansion murders, then bluffed his way past a threatening contestant. He returned to the Wang Family Residence and began learning the Pure Yang Five Swords Technique.

• Yi Xiaofeng found a Life-Prolonging Pill formula and suspected it could explain how the murderer created alibis for the victims.
• A bald contestant blocked Yi Xiaofeng at the City Lord's Mansion gate and threatened him with a broadsword.
• Yi Xiaofeng pretended to be a powerful cultivator, frightening the bald man into apologizing and letting him leave.
• Yi Xiaofeng's popularity rose after viewers praised his performance and strategy.
• Yi Xiaofeng returned to the Wang Family Residence, studied the Pure Yang Five Swords Technique, and began practicing its qi circulation method.

Yi Xiaofeng suspected Wang Yanran and Wang Manor were tied to demonic cultivation, then searched the estate for clues while its master was away. He discovered a glowing sword sheath buried near the latrine.

• Yi Xiaofeng learned from a maid that Wang Yanran had accompanied Tang Yiqian to study under a master when they were young, and he suspected both women might have cultivated Demonic Arts.
• The viewers discussed the Blood Palm Sect and Imperial Court investigating the Blood Handprint, while Yi Xiaofeng stayed inside Wang Manor through the night.
• Wang Yanran offered to investigate the City Lord's Mansion murder and bring Yi Xiaofeng clues, while he said he needed yang energy and hoped to obtain a Pure Yang Pill.
• After learning Master Wang had been away for more than ten days, Yi Xiaofeng searched the estate and found a glowing sword sheath buried beneath a tree near the latrine.

Yi Xiaofeng uncovered the Azure Nose Sword and a letter identifying it as the Pure Yang Sect master’s token, then learned the sect had been destroyed and Master Wang was its last surviving disciple. Wang Yanran dragged him to the City Lord’s Mansion, where Tang Yiqian was near death from a Blood Handprint attack and suspicion fell on several Blood Palm Sect disciples.

• Yi Xiaofeng dug up a short sword and skeletal hand from the Wang Family Residence, then found a letter identifying the sword as the Pure Yang Sect’s Azure Nose Sword and its master’s token.
• Yi Xiaofeng learned from Master Wang’s letter that the Pure Yang Sect had been destroyed a century earlier and that Wang Yanran’s technique had caused her yin and yang to fall out of balance.
• Yi Xiaofeng hid the Azure Nose Sword and letter, then continued cultivating while players were eliminated.
• Wang Yanran rushed Yi Xiaofeng to the City Lord’s Mansion, where Tang Yiqian sat pale with a Blood Handprint on her chest.
• A bald burly man demanded that any Blood Palm Sect disciples step forward, and seven cultivators did so before a female disciple called the handprint an obvious frame-up.

Yi Xiaofeng joined the investigation into the killings at the City Lord's Mansion, where the chief constable trapped everyone inside. As Yi Xiaofeng searched with Zeng Shu and Hong Linyu, the masked killer attacked them, leaving Yi Xiaofeng to confront the assailant.

• Hunter Xu declared that no one could leave the City Lord's Mansion while the killer remained at large.
• Wang Yanran introduced Yi Xiaofeng to Tang Yiqian as someone who could drive away evil, and Tang warned him that the attacker seemed like a ghost.
• Yi Xiaofeng teamed up with Zeng Shu and Hong Linyu, learned that the True Yang Sect and Blood Palm Sect had sent people to Pure Yang City, and heard that player Hu Xin had been eliminated.
• A masked, black-clad killer attacked Hong Linyu in a courtyard while Zeng Shu urged Yi Xiaofeng to fight back.
• Yi Xiaofeng charged a Fireball Spell talisman and demanded to know why the killer was still murdering people in the City Lord's Mansion.

Yi Xiaofeng drove off the masked attacker with a Fireball Spell and discovered the Blood Fiend Palm Manual among the flames. After Hong Linyu died from the Blood Handprint, Yi Xiaofeng rested with Zeng Shu, hoping to memorize the manual, when Wang Yanran beckoned him from the darkness.

• The masked man attacked Yi Xiaofeng, who struck him with a Fireball Spell and made him vanish into black smoke.
• Hong Linyu’s Blood Handprint wounds worsened, and she died after Zeng Shu went to summon help.
• Yi Xiaofeng found the unburned Blood Fiend Palm Manual and hid it in his shoe.
• Hunter Xu arrived, heard Zeng Shu’s account, and sent everyone to continue searching for clues.
• After night fell, Yi Xiaofeng rested beneath a tree with Zeng Shu, then saw Wang Yanran beckoning him over.

Yi Xiaofeng learned that the missing Pure Yang Pill was likely still hidden in the City Lord's Mansion, then faced another ambush by the black-clothed man while Wang Yanran protected him. He confronted the attacker with a bluff, brandishing more talismans to make him wary.

• Wang Yanran told Yi Xiaofeng that City Lord Tang had refined a Pure Yang Pill, which had vanished after the City Lord's Mansion was attacked.
• Yi Xiaofeng questioned Wang Yanran about her father's absence and carefully probed her for information.
• Wang Yanran asked whether Yi Xiaofeng would like her if she were not fat, and he gently declined while explaining that they had not grown close enough.
• A black-clothed man ambushed Yi Xiaofeng and Wang Yanran, and Wang Yanran shoved Yi Xiaofeng aside before shielding him from the attacker.
• Yi Xiaofeng drew his Fireball Spell talisman, then produced a stack of talismans and challenged the black-clothed man to fight to the death.

Yi Xiaofeng and Wang Yanran survived an attack by the man in black, but the poison left Yi Xiaofeng gravely weakened. Believing he would die that night, he agreed to marry Wang Yanran when she promised to save him by transferring her yang energy and cultivation.

• The man in black poisoned Yi Xiaofeng with darts and attacked Wang Yanran, who fought back but began to lose.
• Yi Xiaofeng used a talisman and threatened to die alongside Wang Yanran, frightening the man in black into retreating.
• Yi Xiaofeng collapsed and later awoke to learn that the poison had been purged but its damage might kill him before nightfall.
• Wang Yanran told Yi Xiaofeng she had read her father's letter and seen his techniques, but would keep them secret.
• Wang Yanran offered to save Yi Xiaofeng if he married her, and Yi Xiaofeng agreed.
• Wang Yanran said she would transfer her yang energy and cultivation to Yi Xiaofeng.

Wang Yanran transferred her cultivation to Yi Xiaofeng, who woke stronger and healthier after a long blackout. He left to find her, but a beautiful woman in white greeted him as her husband.

• Wang Yanran revealed that she had cultivated the Pure Yang Five Swords Technique since childhood and transferred her cultivation to Yi Xiaofeng.
• Wang Yanran said City Lord Tang had been half a disciple of her father and might not truly be dead because his face was ruined beyond recognition.
• Yi Xiaofeng fell asleep during the transfer and dreamed of a sword immortal's journey before waking after the livestream had been blocked for seven hours.
• Yi Xiaofeng found that his strength and spiritual energy had greatly increased, gathered his belongings, and went out to look for Wang Yanran.
• A beautiful woman in white carrying food called Yi Xiaofeng her husband when he asked whether she had seen Wang Yanran.

Yi Xiaofeng learned that the transformed White-dressed Woman was Wang Yanran and met Sword Saint Bai Hongxiao, who came to investigate Master Wang's murder. At a gathering in the City Lord's Mansion, Bai Hongxiao began questioning the cultivators and swiftly beheaded a man accused of being a demonic cultivator.

• Wang Yanran revealed her new appearance to Yi Xiaofeng, and she confirmed that she still intended to marry him despite losing her cultivation.
• Bai Hongxiao entered, vouched for Wang Yanran, and warned that he would kill whoever murdered her father, even if it was Wang Yanran herself.
• Yi Xiaofeng accompanied Wang Yanran to a gathering at the City Lord's Mansion, where Hunter Xu introduced Bai Hongxiao as the Sword Saint.
• Bai Hongxiao asked the gathered crowd to identify any demonic cultivators, and Zeng Shu accused a man who several others also denounced.
• Bai Hongxiao sensed baleful energy on the accused man and killed him with a distant flash of sword light.

Bai Hongxiao killed suspected demonic cultivators and promised to protect the contestants while searching for Master Wang’s murderer. When City Lord Tang’s missing corpse and the Xiayang Five Ghosts came up, the contestants also learned that Wang Yanran had transferred her yang energy and cultivation power to Young Master Zhang, raising questions about Wang Manor’s connection to the Pure Yang Sect.

• Bai Hongxiao killed five fleeing contestants, then killed a woman who falsely accused another contestant of being a demonic cultivator.
• Bai Hongxiao warned the contestants against causing trouble and gave them four days to find Master Wang’s murderer before he left.
• A woman in blue asked Hunter Xu to bring City Lord Tang’s corpse, but Hunter Xu said it had vanished after he ordered it retrieved.
• Tang Yiqian identified the Xiayang Five Ghosts as corpse collectors and said the fifth ghost needed Pure Yang Pills.
• Wang Yanran said she had transferred her yang energy to Young Master Zhang, and Bai Hongxiao confirmed it.
• The woman in blue questioned whether Wang Manor was the former Pure Yang Sect after hearing that Wang Yanran had transferred both yang energy and cultivation power.

Yi Xiaofeng followed Zeng Shu and Wang Yanran to investigate a clue, but a masked attacker ambushed them while Bai Hongxiao was drawn away. With Wang Yanran urging him to use the Pure Yang Five Swords Technique, Yi Xiaofeng drew his sword and began to confront the attacker.

• Zeng Shu showed Yi Xiaofeng and Wang Yanran a handkerchief and footprints suggesting someone had jumped over the garden wall.
• Wang Yanran identified the handkerchief as belonging to Tang Yiqian's mother, and Zeng Shu suspected the Tang family had faked City Lord Tang's death.
• An explosion and Bai Hongxiao's battle with a demon raised fears that he had been lured away from the City Lord's Mansion.
• The masked man attacked the group with a throwing dart, but Yi Xiaofeng swiftly dodged it while shielding Wang Yanran.
• Wang Yanran told Yi Xiaofeng to use the Pure Yang Five Swords Technique, and he drew his sword as his spiritual energy surged.

Yi Xiaofeng fought Hunter Xu using the Pure Yang Five Swords Technique and a Fireball Spell talisman, drawing cheers from a huge audience. Bai Hongxiao exposed Hunter Xu as an unwilling accomplice and revealed that the real culprit sought seventy-two cultivators’ corpses and souls for the Seventy-Two Fiend Ghost Grand Formation.

• Yi Xiaofeng used the Pure Yang Five Swords Technique to fend off Hunter Xu’s attacks, with Wang Yanran calling out his sword moves.
• Yi Xiaofeng struck Hunter Xu with a Fireball Spell talisman, burning him and winning over a wave of fans.
• Hunter Xu escaped the flames as black mist, but Bai Hongxiao pierced him with a spectral sword and exposed his identity.
• Hunter Xu denied killing City Lord Tang or Master Wang and said he had been threatened after receiving the Blood Fiend Palm from a talisman.
• Bai Hongxiao identified a shapeshifting little demon and Hunter Xu revealed that the leader of the Xiayang Five Ghosts wanted seventy-two cultivators’ corpses and souls for a grand formation.

Yi Xiaofeng learned that Wang Yanran, not Tang Yiqian, was the true target of the conspiracy and faced a choice between killing her or protecting her. The chapter ended with a quest demanding he choose between the righteous path and the demonic path.

• Hunter Xu explained that he had killed two masked informants and that the Xiayang Five Ghosts' leader had ordered them not to harm Tang Yiqian.
• Wang Yanran realized that Tang Yiqian's twentieth birthday, three days away, might be tied to the conspiracy, and Yi Xiaofeng persuaded Bai Hongxiao to spare Hunter Xu.
• Yi Xiaofeng received 300 points for rescuing Hunter Xu, then went with Zeng Shu and Wang Yanran to find Tang Yiqian.
• A green-robed Evil Cultivator told Yi Xiaofeng that he knew his true identity, while Tang Yiqian revealed that Yanran was the murderer's real target and would transform into an evil demon on their shared birthday.
• Tang Yiqian told Yi Xiaofeng he could kill Yanran to draw out their fathers or protect her despite the cultivators hunting her, and a quest presented him with those two choices.

Yi Xiaofeng chose to help Wang Yanran awaken her Demon Blood, despite the danger of becoming an enemy of the world. He searched the City Lord's Mansion for the missing Pure Yang Pills and discovered one on Bai Hongxiao's table.

• Tang Yiqian revealed that Wang Yanran's Demon Blood was the reason behind the killings and that the missing Pure Yang Pills could help her awaken safely.
• Yi Xiaofeng chose to save Wang Yanran, then learned that Master Wang and City Lord Tang had orchestrated the slaughter to conceal the truth.
• Yi Xiaofeng realized they needed the Pure Yang Pills before leaving Pure Yang City and went searching for them with Wang Yanran.
• Yi Xiaofeng's choice made his livestream the most popular among the contestants, and he and Wang Yanran searched the City Lord's Mansion for the pills.
• Yi Xiaofeng encountered Bai Hongxiao and identified the White Jade Bottle on his table as containing a Pure Yang Pill.

Yi Xiaofeng recognized the Pure Yang Pill among Bai Hongxiao’s belongings and managed to obtain it with Wang Yanran’s help. After returning to their room, he continued wondering why the demonic factions were targeting Wang Yanran and who was behind the attacks.

• Yi Xiaofeng identified Bai Hongxiao’s damaged bowl as an Immortal Bowl and admitted that he wanted the Pure Yang Pill.
• Wang Yanran asked Bai Hongxiao to give them the pill, and Bai Hongxiao handed it over.
• Yi Xiaofeng realized another contestant had given the pill to Bai Hongxiao, making it difficult for anyone to take it from him.
• Yi Xiaofeng led Wang Yanran back to their room while considering the motives behind the attacks on her.
• Wang Yanran sat on the bed and told Yi Xiaofeng she was ready.