Chapter Summaries

Yi Xiaofeng endured the Sword God’s grueling instruction and learned the Astonishing God Swordplay, then returned to challenge Luo Yutian. Luo Yutian refused to fight and revealed that Bai Hongxiao had asked him to become Yi Xiaofeng’s grand-disciple.

• Yi Xiaofeng entered a vision where the young Sword God agreed to teach him after he appealed to the Sword God’s pride and legacy.
• The Sword God made Yi Xiaofeng copy more than a thousand sword moves before teaching him the true Astonishing God Swordplay, which Yi Xiaofeng learned without remembering the lesson.
• Outside the vision, Luo Yutian watched Yi Xiaofeng’s swordsmanship improve, while Qin Qinxue received a notice that player Chunqiu had obtained the world’s first Luck Official Position.
• The Sword God praised Yi Xiaofeng’s World Under Heaven Sword and identified himself as Xuanyuan before sending Yi Xiaofeng back to his body.
• Yi Xiaofeng told Luo Yutian that Sword God Xuanyuan had taught him the Astonishing God Swordplay and challenged him to fight again, but Luo Yutian declined.
• Yi Xiaofeng asked what Bai Hongxiao had promised Luo Yutian, and Luo Yutian revealed that Bai Hongxiao had asked him to become Yi Xiaofeng’s grand-disciple.

Luo Yutian asked Yi Xiaofeng to assassinate the Wu Kingdom’s future emperor in exchange for becoming his disciple, but Yi chose not to pursue the dangerous mission yet. After discussing their next steps with Qin Qinxue, Yi decided to travel to Seven Stars Pill City to explore a newly appeared secret realm and recruit pill refiners.

• Luo Yutian demanded that Yi Xiaofeng kill the Wu Kingdom’s future emperor before Da Qian Province fell into chaos, promising to become Yi’s disciple if he succeeded.
• Yi Xiaofeng and Qin Qinxue logged out to discuss whether to return to Supreme Valley or attempt the assassination, and Qin advised against both for now.
• Qin Qinxue found news of a secret realm near Seven Stars Pill City and proposed that they explore it while seeking talented pill refiners.
• Yi Xiaofeng agreed to travel the world with Qin Qinxue and later led the group back into the game.
• Yi Xiaofeng assigned Jian Zhen to fly the group toward their destination and asked Nan Qin Honored One to help refine pills from their seized treasures.

Yi Xiaofeng's group divided the Black Night Mountain experts' treasures, refined Strange Colorful Ghost Pills, and continued toward Seven Stars Pill City while a Ghost Absolute assassin repeatedly attacked them. The chapter left Yi Xiaofeng discovering a damaged Immortal-Grade Earth Treasury Spirit Bottle at a village stall.

• Yi Xiaofeng distributed manuals and spirit stones from the group's spoils, then Nan Qin Honored One refined Strange Colorful Ghost Pills that strengthened everyone's cultivation except Lu Shuan's.
• A Ghost Absolute assassin attacked Yi Xiaofeng at night, but Jian Zhen defeated him and drove him away.
• The assassin returned the next day, fought Jian Zhen again, and fled after being wounded.
• Nan Qin Honored One explained Seven Stars Pill City's history as the group traveled closer to the city.
• Yi Xiaofeng entered a Mountain Village, spotted a red glow at a stall, and identified a damaged Immortal-Grade Earth Treasury Spirit Bottle.

Yi Xiaofeng entered Seven Stars Pill City, where he found a treasure in a mountain village, learned of the coming Pill Refining Convention, and met Chen Lan while she searched for Ice Heart Pills. The Spirit Devouring Scorpion led him to a pavilion, where he found a Crimson Marsh Great Tree Spiritual Branch that showed signs of gaining sentience.

• Yi Xiaofeng bought the Earth Treasury Spirit Bottle for one Mid-Grade Spiritual Stone and bound it to himself, activating its ability to gather Spiritual Qi.
• The group approached Seven Stars Pill City and saw the Seven Stars Cauldron flare red; Nan Qin Honored One explained the City Lord was nearing the end of his lifespan and then stayed outside the city to avoid an old romantic acquaintance.
• Yi Xiaofeng and his companions entered Seven Stars Pill City ahead of its Pill Refining Convention, and Yi Xiaofeng concealed his face before exploring its stalls.
• Yi Xiaofeng met Chen Lan, who was searching for Ice Heart Pills to help Wang Yanran, and offered to look for them too.
• The Spirit Devouring Scorpion led Yi Xiaofeng into a small pavilion, where he spotted a Crimson Marsh Great Tree Spiritual Branch beginning to gain sentience.

Yi Xiaofeng bought pills and artifacts for Wang Yanran, then learned Seven Stars Pill City was under a strange attack that had frozen its residents. He and Qin Qinxue took Mind Calming Pills and hid with Hu Shuyan, who warned them that the Seven Stars Cauldron was involved.

• Yi Xiaofeng bought the Crimson Marsh Great Tree Spiritual Branch, which the Spirit Devouring Scorpion devoured, and spent heavily on pills and magical artifacts for Wang Yanran.
• Yi Xiaofeng gave Chen Lan a Storage Ring for Wang Yanran, and she agreed to deliver it without accepting payment.
• Jian Zhen told Yi Xiaofeng's group about powerful forces beyond Da Qian Province and suggested Dao Sword Palace as a future destination.
• Yi Xiaofeng found an unsigned warning telling him to leave Seven Stars Pill City, then left the inn with Qin Qinxue after she noticed increased patrols.
• Yi Xiaofeng and Qin Qinxue found the city's residents frozen in place and took Mind Calming Pills from a man in blue.
• Hu Shuyan revealed he had been the Sword Saint's Disciple, explained his suspicions about the Seven Stars Cauldron, and admitted he planned to loot the city during the chaos.

Yi Xiaofeng, Qin Qinxue, and Hu Shuyan navigated the immobilized Seven Stars Pill City and discovered that the Wu Kingdom Royal Family was involved in the Seven Stars Cauldron’s activation. They reached the City Lord’s Mansion, where Hu Shuyan went inside and screamed, leaving Yi Xiaofeng and Qin Qinxue waiting outside in disguise.

• The Seven Stars Cauldron shook the city and immobilized its inhabitants, so Yi Xiaofeng sent the Spirit Devouring Scorpion out to scout.
• Hu Shuyan told Yi Xiaofeng and Qin Qinxue that the Sword Saint had gone to fight the Old Sword Saint, then killed a black-clad attacker who broke into their cellar.
• Hu Shuyan reported that the Wu Kingdom Royal Family had arrived and that the Seven Stars Formation prevented them from leaving, so the three headed for the City Lord’s Mansion.
• On the way, Yi Xiaofeng and his companions overheard Zhuo Pintian explain to Zhuo Xianrong that Senior Wei was a Demonic Path legend with ties to the Zhuo Family.
• Hu Shuyan entered the City Lord’s Mansion alone; after Yi Xiaofeng and Qin Qinxue changed their clothes and waited outside, they heard Hu Shuyan scream from within.

Yi Xiaofeng agreed to infiltrate Zhuo Pintian’s side and uncover his plot against Da Qian Province, receiving a pill manual and a disguised identity from the dying City Lord. Zhuo Pintian took Yi Xiaofeng to the Wu Kingdom imperial palace, and the City Lord died after bidding him farewell.

• Yi Xiaofeng used the Spirit Devouring Scorpion to spy on Hu Shuyan and learned that Zhuo Pintian planned to use the Seven Stars Cauldron to undermine Da Qian Province’s fortune.
• The City Lord revealed Zhuo Pintian’s ambitions and arranged for Yi Xiaofeng to infiltrate his side, disguising him with an Illusion Qi Pill and altering his appearance.
• The City Lord gave Yi Xiaofeng the Seven Stars Complete Pill Compendium, then recounted how he had once helped Bai Hongxiao and the girl who became the Grand Elder of Su Xin Palace.
• Zhuo Pintian arrived with Zhuo Xianrong, and the City Lord presented Yi Xiaofeng as his youngest disciple and asked Zhuo Pintian to take him to the Wu Kingdom imperial palace.
• Yi Xiaofeng bid farewell to the City Lord, who died as Yi Xiaofeng turned to leave.

Yi Xiaofeng followed Zhuo Pintian from Seven Stars Pill City to the Wu Kingdom Royal City after Zhuo Pintian claimed the Seven Stars Cauldron and recruited Wei Mo. In the imperial palace, Yi Xiaofeng found a Divine Sense Crystal that showed Zhuo Pintian confronting the dying Old Emperor and demanding the Old Ancestor’s ultimate art.

• The Seven Stars City Lord died after his connection to the Seven Stars Cauldron was severed, and Zhuo Pintian claimed the cauldron with Wei Mo’s help.
• Zhuo Xianrong persuaded Zhuo Pintian to let Yi Xiaofeng join her, and the group left Seven Stars Pill City on a flying fan.
• Yi Xiaofeng recognized Wei Mo as Wei Qixin’s father and followed Zhuo Xianrong into the Wu Kingdom imperial palace.
• Yi Xiaofeng found a red Divine Sense Crystal in the Imperial Garden and viewed its recorded scene.
• The crystal showed Zhuo Pintian speaking with the dying Old Emperor and demanding the Old Ancestor’s ultimate art.

The Old Emperor passed the Spirit Controlling Divine Method to Zhuo Pintian through the Divine Stone Crystal, and Yi Xiaofeng learned the powerful technique. After checking in with Qin Qinxue, Yi Xiaofeng remained in Zhuo Xianrong’s residence, where he taught her swordsmanship and told her a famous story; the chapter ended with Zhuo Xianrong questioning whether he had infiltrated the palace to kill the Old Emperor.

• The Old Emperor passed the Spirit Controlling Divine Method to Zhuo Pintian, and Yi Xiaofeng received and studied the inheritance through the Divine Stone Crystal.
• Yi Xiaofeng logged off to tell Qin Qinxue that he was on a secret mission, then returned to the game and searched Zhuo Xianrong’s residence for opportunities.
• Zhuo Xianrong challenged Yi Xiaofeng to spar, but he impressed her with Sword Qi and offered to teach her a simplified version of the Pure Yang Five Swords Technique.
• Yi Xiaofeng dined with Zhuo Xianrong, claimed he had learned the technique from Linghu Chong, and told her the story of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer.
• Zhuo Xianrong praised Yi Xiaofeng and then asked whether he was a pawn of the Seven Stars City Lord who had infiltrated the palace to kill the Old Emperor.

Yi Xiaofeng caught a mysterious eunuch sneaking around the imperial palace and went with Zhuo Xianrong to investigate, only to stumble upon Consort Li's affair and an attempt on the princess's life. After Yi Xiaofeng drove the attacker off, Zhuo Pintian arrived, and the chapter ended with the palace in turmoil and the source of the eunuch's sudden fear unknown.

• Yi Xiaofeng mastered the Spirit Controlling Divine Method and learned that the old city lord of Seven Stars Pill City had died and the Seven Stars Cauldron had been stolen.
• Yi Xiaofeng sent his Spirit Devouring Scorpion after a mysterious eunuch who evaded palace guards, then saw the eunuch meet secretly with Consort Li.
• Zhuo Xianrong entered Yi Xiaofeng's room, told him about an ancient Old Monster protecting the Wu Kingdom's emperors, and went with him to search the palace.
• Yi Xiaofeng and Zhuo Xianrong discovered Consort Li with the eunuch, who emerged and tried to kill Zhuo Xianrong.
• Yi Xiaofeng struck the eunuch with the Pure Yang Five Swords Technique, but the attacker vanished after apparently being frightened by an unseen presence.
• Zhuo Xianrong told the guards that Yi Xiaofeng had protected her, and Zhuo Pintian arrived as a terrifying aura burst from Consort Li's bedchamber.

Yi Xiaofeng chose the Script about Consort Li's death and began investigating the imperial palace while working to gain Zhuo Pintian's trust. After spotting the mysterious eunuch through his Spirit Devouring Scorpion, he searched the palace with Zhuo Xianrong and found a handkerchief linked to the Like Sun Sect and a hidden letter.

• Yi Xiaofeng selected the Script about Consort Li's death, received quests to investigate Zhuo Pintian and gain his trust, and decided to lie low while cultivating.
• Zhuo Xianrong visited Yi Xiaofeng to practice swordsmanship, then asked him to tell her stories as he tried to earn her trust.
• Qin Qinxue warned Yi Xiaofeng about the assassins in the palace and suggested he help the royal family uncover them.
• Yi Xiaofeng used the Spirit Devouring Scorpion to identify the young eunuch who had fled Consort Li's palace and chose to keep watching him.
• Yi Xiaofeng accompanied Zhuo Xianrong around the palace and found a handkerchief that contained the Like Sun Sect's Aura Concealment Technique and a letter.

Yi Xiaofeng discovered that the palace clues tied to the Like Sun Sect were deliberate false leads, while Eunuch Ye tested him with a powerful palm strike and secretly poisoned him. After the Spirit Devouring Scorpion absorbed the poison, Yi Xiaofeng studied the Aura Concealment Technique, but a bloodied eunuch suddenly crashed into his room and threatened him.

• Yi Xiaofeng found a jade pendant marked with the Like Sun Sect’s name in the Imperial Garden and suspected the clues were a trap.
• Yi Xiaofeng met Eunuch Ye, who led him away from Zhuo Xianrong’s chambers and challenged him to withstand a palm strike.
• Yi Xiaofeng countered with the Vajra Palm, and Eunuch Ye later poisoned his right palm; the Spirit Devouring Scorpion absorbed the poison.
• Yi Xiaofeng read the letter hidden in the Crown Princess’s handkerchief, recognized it as a false lead, and began studying the Aura Concealment Technique.
• A bloodied eunuch leaped through Yi Xiaofeng’s window, pointed a sword at him, and demanded that he stay silent.

Yi Xiaofeng captured and killed Lin Han, an assassin who had tried to kill Zhuo Pintian, and gained an Imperial Palace Guard token. Zhuo Xianrong then brought him to meet Zhuo Pintian and his sons, where a sparring match between their subordinates was proposed.

• Lin Han fled into Yi Xiaofeng’s room after failing to assassinate Zhuo Pintian, but Yi Xiaofeng poisoned, bound, and questioned him.
• Lin Han claimed to be from Black Night Mountain, so Yi Xiaofeng killed him, then brought his body to Zhuo Xianrong instead of risking its disposal.
• Zhuo Xianrong sent Lin Han’s corpse to Zhuo Pintian and praised Yi Xiaofeng for catching an assassin.
• Eunuch Qi delivered Zhuo Pintian’s rewards and an Imperial Palace Guard token, completing Yi Xiaofeng’s side quest and giving him access to the palace.
• Zhuo Xianrong brought Yi Xiaofeng to the Imperial Garden, where Zhuo Pintian and his four sons gathered with their cultivator subordinates.
• The eldest Prince proposed a spar between the subordinates, and Zhuo Xianrong challenged all four of her brothers’ cultivators to face Yi Xiaofeng at once.

Yi Xiaofeng defeated Zhuo Pintian’s challengers and was assigned to guard the Wu Kingdom royal family’s Ancestral Hall, where a White-Haired Old Man tried to bewitch him. As Yi Xiaofeng struggled against the enchantment, the Unable Sword urged him to let it devour the old man.

• Zhuo Pintian allowed four cultivators to challenge Yi Xiaofeng, who fought them and killed the man wielding a black iron folding fan before Zhuo Pintian stopped the battle.
• Zhuo Pintian appointed Yi Xiaofeng to guard the royal family’s Ancestral Hall, and Zhuo Xianrong praised him before leaving.
• Ye Wen warned Yi Xiaofeng that strange sounds came from the Ancestral Hall at night and said guards assigned there had either advanced in cultivation or gone mad.
• A White-Haired Old Man appeared on the hall’s wall and tried to bewitch Yi Xiaofeng with questions about fame and profit.
• Yi Xiaofeng resisted by chanting Buddhist scriptures, but the old man intensified his enchantment, and the Unable Sword urged Yi Xiaofeng to let it devour him.

Yi Xiaofeng killed the Wu Kingdom Royal Family's Old Ancestor, absorbed his power, and pretended to have been brainwashed so Zhuo Pintian would trust him. While secretly searching the Imperial Study for evidence of Zhuo Pintian's plans, Yi Xiaofeng uncovered a Dao Law Sect communication jade slip.

• The Unable Sword swallowed the Wu Kingdom Royal Family's Old Ancestor, earning Yi Xiaofeng 10,000 points and allowing him to absorb the Old Ancestor's energy until he reached the Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer.
• Zhuo Pintian visited Yi Xiaofeng, believed the Old Ancestor had brainwashed him, and ordered him to guard the Imperial Study at night.
• Yi Xiaofeng asked Zhuo Xianrong about strange voices in the Ancestral Hall, then decided he needed to search the Imperial Study for evidence of Zhuo Pintian's collusion with other provinces.
• Yi Xiaofeng sent the Spirit Devouring Scorpion into the Imperial Study, where it overheard Zhuo Pintian arguing with an elderly minister about inviting the Heaven Sword Saint Sect to guard his Ascension Ceremony.
• After Zhuo Pintian left, Yi Xiaofeng had the Spirit Devouring Scorpion retrieve a jade slip hidden in a book and learned it was a Dao Law Sect Letter Jade.

Yi Xiaofeng used Zhuo Pintian’s Letter Jade to learn that the Dao Law Sect would support Zhuo Pintian and that Eunuch Ye could arrange helpers. He killed Eunuch Ye and had the Dark Night Ghost Spirit possess his body, planning to learn the eunuch’s secrets.

• Yi Xiaofeng used the Letter Jade to contact the Dao Law Sect and learned that it promised Zhuo Pintian two Nascent Soul cultivators and directed him to seek Ye Cheng for help.
• Yi Xiaofeng returned the Letter Jade to the Imperial Study and planned to kill Zhuo Pintian during the Ascension Ceremony, when righteous cultivators would gather and he could present his evidence.
• Yi Xiaofeng found Eunuch Ye in the Imperial Garden and killed him with the Unable Sword, while the Dark Night Ghost Spirit devoured his soul.
• Yi Xiaofeng supplied the Dark Night Ghost Spirit with Nine Nether Spiritual Energy so it could possess Eunuch Ye’s body.
• When a young eunuch asked about the blood, the possessed Eunuch Ye claimed he had been sparring with Yi Xiaofeng and said he was fine.
• Yi Xiaofeng told the Dark Night Ghost Spirit to digest Eunuch Ye’s memories so he could learn what the eunuch knew.

Yi Xiaofeng learned from the Dark Night Ghost Spirit that Consort Xiao held evidence of Zhuo Pintian’s collusion with the Dao Law Sect, then searched her residence for it. He found buried boxes of tribute goods instead and uncovered a second box nearby.

• Yi Xiaofeng pulled Ye Wen away from a fight and heard rumors that Consort Xiao might be connected to assassins and the suspicious death of the Supreme Emperor.
• The Dark Night Ghost Spirit revealed that Consort Xiao was Zhuo Pintian’s mother and had hidden notes proving his dealings with the Dao Law Sect somewhere in her courtyard.
• Yi Xiaofeng ordered the Dark Night Ghost Spirit to impersonate Eunuch Ye, then went to scout Consort Xiao’s residence the next afternoon.
• Yi Xiaofeng found and opened an iron box buried beneath a peach tree, discovering that it contained spirit pills and medicines rather than the notes.
• Yi Xiaofeng transformed into a bee, spotted another buried box, and dug it up.

Yi Xiaofeng recovered the poisoned documents proving Zhuo Pintian’s dealings with the Dao Law Sect and completed his Main Quest. During a nighttime assassination attempt, he identified the attacker as Zhao Fei, prompting Zhuo Pintian to reveal that Zhao Fei had survived the Zhao Clan’s extermination.

• Yi Xiaofeng safely retrieved the Ingot Iron Box’s contents, found an Eternal Youth Technique manual, and read documents listing treasures sent to the Dao Law Sect, all signed by Xia Bodao.
• Yi Xiaofeng completed the Main Quest, then searched for Xia Bodao and learned he was the Dao Law Sect’s powerful Grand Elder.
• Yi Xiaofeng returned to guard the Imperial Study and joined the other guards in confronting a black-clad assassin, who severely injured them before entering to attack Zhuo Pintian.
• Zhuo Pintian defeated the assassin and revealed his perfected Dragon Body, while Yi Xiaofeng accused the attacker of being Zhao Fei.
• Zhuo Pintian recognized Zhao Fei and mocked him for surviving the Zhao Clan’s extermination and betraying the Heaven Sword Saint Sect.

Yi Xiaofeng earned points for exposing Zhao Fei and gaining Zhuo Pintian’s trust, then the Script ended with him ranked first. The next morning, Zhuo Xianrong took him outside the imperial city to search for a rumored juvenile divine beast.

• Zhao Fei escaped into the earth after Yi Xiaofeng provoked him, and Zhuo Pintian praised Yi Xiaofeng for helping uncover an assassin in the palace.
• Yi Xiaofeng told Zhuo Pintian how he had recognized Zhao Fei, and Zhuo Pintian explained the Zhao Clan’s history and his own conflict with Zhao Fei.
• Yi Xiaofeng recovered until the Script ended, earning 16,800 points and placing first in the rankings.
• Players discussed Yi Xiaofeng’s presence in the Wu Kingdom Imperial Palace Script, and Yi Xiaofeng worried that the public ranking might expose his plans.
• Zhuo Xianrong summoned Yi Xiaofeng to search for a juvenile divine beast near the imperial city, where major sects and demonic factions had also gathered.

Yi Xiaofeng and Zhuo Xianrong found and absorbed the Red Specter's Blood, greatly improving their cultivation. They later encountered a wounded Qianji Palace disciple, whom a Divine Beast seized before charging at them.

• Yi Xiaofeng encouraged Zhuo Xianrong to consider becoming Empress, then the two searched the mountains near the Wu Kingdom's capital for a Divine Beast.
• Yi Xiaofeng discovered two drops of Red Specter's Blood and stopped Zhuo Xianrong from touching them directly.
• Yi Xiaofeng and Zhuo Xianrong absorbed the Red Specter's Blood through their spiritual energy, boosting their cultivation and forging bodies immune to poisons.
• After deciding to remain in the mountains overnight, Yi Xiaofeng and Zhuo Xianrong encountered a wounded Qianji Palace disciple who said a Divine Beast had attacked him.
• A red shadow seized the Qianji Palace disciple and then turned toward Yi Xiaofeng and Zhuo Xianrong.