Chapter Summaries

Yi Xiaofeng and Kong Nian viewed their possible futures in the Fate Mirror before heading toward the Youmeng Banshee's Dark Forest. A Scripted Task then sent Yi Xiaofeng toward a ghost fort, where his quests put him at odds with several factions, including the Nine Nether Sect.

• The Fate Mirror showed Yi Xiaofeng overpowering Kong Nian and then showed his future self walking with a young disciple, leaving both visions unexplained.
• Yi Xiaofeng and Kong Nian set out to confront the Youmeng Banshee in the Dark Forest, seeking her treasures.
• Players' praise had made Yi Xiaofeng famous across multiple provinces as the Heavenly Dao First Person.
• Yi Xiaofeng activated the Dark Night Ghost Fort Scripted Task and received quests to investigate the fort, kill its Old Ghost King, and battle cultivators from several factions.
• Yi Xiaofeng spotted a red pillar of light only he could see and changed course toward the ghost fort, with Kong Nian following.

Yi Xiaofeng and Kong Nian entered the Ghost Castle to investigate the passage to the underworld, where they encountered ghosts and rescued a Heaven Sect disciple from a coffin. The castle’s powerful evil spirit remained at large, and a scream from upstairs suggested others were in danger.

• Yi Xiaofeng reached the Ghost Castle with Kong Nian and traded a cultivation method to the Bamboo Basket Girl for a Ghost Spiritual Stone.
• Yi Xiaofeng and Kong Nian entered the castle, where the Bamboo Basket Girl was dragged inside by an unseen force and caught up with them.
• Yi Xiaofeng used his Hell Dragon to open a room and found a coffin inside.
• Kong Nian knocked the coffin lid away, and Yi Xiaofeng freed Hu Lie, a Heaven Sect disciple captured by the castle’s evil spirits.
• Hu Lie warned Yi Xiaofeng that the evil spirit might be beyond the Spirit Transformation Realm, and a scream rang out from upstairs.

Yi Xiaofeng and the cultivators he rescued searched the Ghost Castle and learned it was Palm World, a magic artifact that had become a haunted prison. They discovered a ghost god planned to use a hundred fearful, resentful people as sacrifices, and that the Ghost God Art could make its reader a potential successor.

• Yi Xiaofeng led Hu Lie, Bamboo Basket Girl, and Kong Nian through the castle, where they rescued Yuan Ling'er, Xu Zhen, Zhuo Qing, and Qiu Xingtian.
• The group searched a side hall filled with books, and Yi Xiaofeng found and stored the Ghost God Art.
• Qiu Xingtian read a scroll identifying the castle as Palm World, where the Divine Dynasty Heavenly Emperor had once hidden his imperial relatives before they starved and became vengeful ghosts.
• Qiu Xingtian revealed that a descendant of the Heavenly Emperor had summoned Netherworld ghost gods, who turned the castle’s wronged souls into Ghost Soldiers.
• The group learned that the ghost gods intended to sacrifice a hundred living people to open the gate between yin and yang and that the Ghost God Art could protect its reader while making them a possible successor.

Yi Xiaofeng and the Bamboo Basket Girl were separated from the others by a hidden passage and found themselves alone in the ghost castle. After reuniting with the Spirit Devouring Scorpion and Hell Dragon, Yi Xiaofeng followed the scorpion to Kong Nian, who stood motionless before a red glow in the wall.

• Zhuo Qing suggested they might be trapped in a formation, but Yi Xiaofeng led the group onward instead of splitting up.
• Yuan Ling'er discovered an open hidden passage, and Yi Xiaofeng followed Kong Nian and the others inside.
• Black qi dragged Yi Xiaofeng and the Bamboo Basket Girl through a wall, separating them from Kong Nian and the rest of the group.
• Yi Xiaofeng and the Bamboo Basket Girl reached a scarlet-lit palace, then found a stairwell that returned them to the main corridor.
• Yi Xiaofeng reunited with the Spirit Devouring Scorpion and Hell Dragon, then followed the scorpion to Kong Nian, who stood still before a red glow in the wall.

Yi Xiaofeng subdued the Nine Nether Diagram and continued exploring the mysterious passage with Kong Nian and the Bamboo Basket Girl. After Zhuo Qing attacked them and died in terror, they became lost in what seemed like an endless loop, until a familiar scream sounded from upstairs.

• Yi Xiaofeng used the Nine Revolutions Soul-Seizing Lamp to make the Nine Nether Diagram acknowledge him as its owner.
• Zhuo Qing attacked Yi Xiaofeng and his companions, accusing Yi Xiaofeng of killing Yuan Ling'er, but Kong Nian defeated him.
• Zhuo Qing suddenly called Yi Xiaofeng the ghost god, then killed himself and had his soul sucked into the wall.
• Yi Xiaofeng, Kong Nian, and the Bamboo Basket Girl searched the passage for hours and found no way to a higher floor.
• A familiar scream came from upstairs, and the frightened Bamboo Basket Girl insisted it had not been her.

Yi Xiaofeng used the Fate Mirror to free the group from the ghost deity’s illusions and uncover the Divine Dynasty’s plan to open the Netherworld. As they searched Ghost Castle for the required medium, a sinister voice asked if they were looking for it.

• Yuan Ling’er appeared wounded, but she turned into a skeleton after Yi Xiaofeng and Kong Nian destroyed the ghostly shadow attacking her.
• Yi Xiaofeng realized the group had reenacted the voices they had heard earlier, then used the Fate Mirror to burn away the little ghosts haunting him, Kong Nian, and Bamboo Basket Girl.
• The hall’s illusion vanished, revealing the other survivors and the remains of Yuan Ling’er and Zhuo Qing; Yi Xiaofeng freed Xu Zhen, Hu Lie, and Qiu Xingtian from their little ghosts.
• Yi Xiaofeng and the others climbed to the second floor and searched chambers filled with records about the Divine Dynasty’s imperial family.
• Xu Zhen read that the imperial family’s souls and the Heavenly Emperor’s direct bloodline could open the Netherworld, helping a ghost deity escape the eighteen levels of hell.
• As the group wondered who the required medium was, a sinister voice asked, “Are you looking for me?”

Yi Xiaofeng and his companions searched Ghost Castle for a way out and the Netherworld Gate, but the castle’s stairway collapsed into a black vortex. They descended into an underground passage, where Yi Xiaofeng discovered a Town Yin Talisman that could unleash ghostly energy into the mortal realm.

• A ghost god offered Yi Xiaofeng and the others netherworld divine positions and threatened to torment them if they refused, but Yi Xiaofeng rejected the offer and searched for the Netherworld Gate.
• Yi Xiaofeng’s group rescued four members of the Nine Nether Sect and seven Rogue Cultivators, then Yi Xiaofeng, Kong Nian, the Bamboo Basket Girl, and Hu Lie split away from the growing group.
• Ghost Castle shook, its stairway collapsed into a black vortex, and Yi Xiaofeng led his companions down into it to investigate.
• Yi Xiaofeng and the others arrived in an underground passage and found a Town Yin Talisman on the wall.
• Hu Lie moved to tear down the talisman, claiming he had read that Ghost Castle contained a talisman capable of destroying ghost gods, but Yi Xiaofeng stopped him.

Yi Xiaofeng encountered Immortal Lord Kong in a tunnel leading to the underworld and learned that the ghost god could not act against them directly. After the group returned to the Town Yin Talisman, Hu Lie accused Yi Xiaofeng of being the ghost god and tore the talisman down.

• Bamboo Basket Girl recognized the Town Yin Talisman and recalled seeing a similar one on Nine Nether True Man.
• Yi Xiaofeng and his companions found skeletons throughout the tunnel and encountered Immortal Lord Kong waiting for them.
• Immortal Lord Kong warned that the underworld lay ahead, revealed that Bai Hongxiao had arranged his reincarnation, and said the ghost god was no longer in the underworld.
• Hu Lie suggested the ghost god might be hiding among the people they had rescued, so Yi Xiaofeng led the group back toward the Town Yin Talisman.
• Unable to find a way back and suspecting Yi Xiaofeng was the ghost god, Hu Lie tore down the Town Yin Talisman despite Yi Xiaofeng's warning.

Yi Xiaofeng and his companions discovered that Bamboo Basket Girl was the Netherworld Gate, resisting the ghost god’s attempt to control her. Kong Nian killed her, and her corpse erupted in blue flames as she accused the living and the dead of tormenting her.

• Yi Xiaofeng restored the Town Yin Talisman after Hu Lie tore it down, and Kong Nian knocked Hu Lie unconscious when he turned hostile.
• Yi Xiaofeng used the Fate Mirror to find and pull a strange red hair from Hu Lie, which Hell Dragon swallowed; Hu Lie then woke with no memory of being controlled.
• Yi Xiaofeng suspected Bamboo Basket Girl because she had resisted the ghost god’s influence, and Kong Nian stabbed her, revealing her vengeful-ghost form.
• Bamboo Basket Girl said she was the Netherworld Gate and explained that the ghost god wanted to control her to open it freely, while the Town Yin Talisman prevented him from killing her.
• Kong Nian beheaded Bamboo Basket Girl, whose corpse burst into blue flames as she angrily accused others of killing and tormenting her.

Yi Xiaofeng and his companions destroyed the Netherworld Gate in Ghost Castle, ending the Script, though Yi Xiaofeng felt guilty about the Bamboo Basket Girl. After Ghost Castle disappeared, Hu Lie offered to use his family’s standing in the Heaven Sect to help Yi Xiaofeng establish himself in Chaos God Province.

• Yi Xiaofeng gave the Bamboo Basket Girl the Ghost God Art before the tunnel collapsed and Ghost Castle returned to normal.
• Kong Nian tried to comfort Yi Xiaofeng, and he left Ghost Castle with her and Hu Lie after completing Main Quest One.
• Yi Xiaofeng exited Ghost Castle, ending the Script and earning 27,000 Heavenly Dao Points as the castle vanished and revealed piles of skeletons.
• Hu Lie revealed that his father was one of the Heaven Sect Twelve Venerable Phases and offered to recommend Yi Xiaofeng to the Heaven Sect.
• Yi Xiaofeng accepted Hu Lie’s offer to travel with them, while bones gathered and trembled where Ghost Castle had stood.

After killing the Youmeng Banshee and collecting her treasure, Yi Xiaofeng returned to Great Thousand King City and agreed to join the Heaven Sect. His companions then told him about an arrogant swordsman challenging fighters across the province, leaving Yi Xiaofeng to consider accepting the challenge.

• Yi Xiaofeng, Kong Nian, and Hu Lie found the Youmeng Banshee in the Dark Forest, where Kong Nian killed her after the Fate Mirror exposed her disguise.
• Yi Xiaofeng searched the forest and found the Youmeng Banshee's treasure, then traveled with Kong Nian and Hu Lie back to Great Thousand King City.
• Hu Lie brought Yi Xiaofeng to Heaven Sect Palace, where Cao Ju welcomed him and revealed to Hu Lie that Yi Xiaofeng had created a sword technique that triggered a heavenly tribulation.
• Yi Xiaofeng told Cao Ju he would join the Heaven Sect, then returned to the inn and informed Han Yuan, Nan Qin Honored One, and the others.
• Jian Zhen told Yi Xiaofeng that an arrogant swordsman was challenging people to imitate the Sword Saint, and Nan Qin Honored One urged Yi Xiaofeng to accept the challenge.
• Qin Qinxue suggested that Kong Nian could fight in Yi Xiaofeng's place if he feared he was no match for the swordsman.

Yi Xiaofeng and his companions left Great Thousand King City aboard the Heaven Sect Golden Wheel, heading for the location assigned to their new sect. Meanwhile, Bai Hongxiao met the Sword Saint Yang Jue for their agreed duel, which would decide the fate of their provinces and leave only one of them alive to descend the mountain.

• Qin Qinxue said she had kept in contact with the thousand disciples who joined other factions, and Yi Xiaofeng told her to offer them benefits when needed.
• Cao Ju told Yi Xiaofeng that Heaven Sect had assigned him a sect location near a large Spiritual Vein, and Yi Xiaofeng learned that Hu Lie had returned to have his severed arm reattached.
• Yi Xiaofeng and his companions left Great Thousand King City aboard the Heaven Sect Golden Wheel as Cao Ju explained Heaven Sect's strength and its efforts to recruit talented outsiders.
• Bai Hongxiao arrived at the mountaintop to meet Yang Jue, and the two Sword Saints prepared to duel under an agreement that only one would descend the mountain.

Yi Xiaofeng established the World Under Heaven Swordsman on All Under Heaven Mountain and organized its land, supplies, and recruitment. Han Yuan, Jian Zhen, and the others returned with a thousand mortal slaves but only about a dozen disciples.

• Cao Ju assigned Yi Xiaofeng a hundred-li territory and gave him a scroll detailing the resources his sect would owe the Heaven Sect each year.
• Yi Xiaofeng chose a prominent peak as the sect’s base, named it All Under Heaven Mountain, and assigned people to recruit slaves and disciples.
• Yi Xiaofeng carved the name World Under Heaven Swordsman into a boulder, officially establishing the sect.
• Yi Xiaofeng and the others planted spirit herbs and flowers, while the Nan Qin Honored One took charge of cultivation and plans to train alchemy disciples.
• The Heaven Sect delivered chests of seeds, clothing, and other supplies for the new sect.
• Han Yuan, Jian Zhen, and the others returned aboard the dharma ship with a thousand mortal slaves and only about a dozen disciples.

Yi Xiaofeng learned that a Pacific Ocean stone slab foretold his rise as the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal and the eventual fall of Chaos God Province. He arrived at the Investigation Team’s base to inspect Xuanyuan’s stone statue and ask Xu Qutian about Bai Hongxiao’s battle with Yang Jue.

• Yi Xiaofeng assigned Han Yuan to teach the new disciples while he focused on cultivation.
• Xu Qutian told Yi Xiaofeng that a stone slab recorded Bai Hongxiao and Yang Jue’s battle and asked him to inspect Xuanyuan’s stone statue.
• Jin Xun explained that the Investigation Team had spent ten years studying links between reality and the game, and that the stone slab recorded Yi Xiaofeng’s future conquest and tyranny in Chaos God Province.
• Yi Xiaofeng traveled with Jin Xun to the Investigation Team’s mountain base and saw Xuanyuan’s stone statue and Xu Qutian.
• Yi Xiaofeng asked Xu Qutian to reveal the outcome of Bai Hongxiao’s battle against Yang Jue.

Yi Xiaofeng learned that Bai Hongxiao’s final battle would leave him badly injured, then discovered that the Sword God Xuanyuan was inside an indestructible statue on Earth. After returning to the game, Yi Xiaofeng reunited with Kong Nian, who revealed that she was steadily growing stronger and might surpass his master.

• Xu Qutian told Yi Xiaofeng that Bai Hongxiao defeated Yang Jue but was seriously injured, ending his career as the Sword Saint.
• Yi Xiaofeng identified the figure in the Xuanyuan Stone Statue as the legendary Sword God Xuanyuan and sensed that he was inside it.
• Jin Xun decided to seal the statue and urged Yi Xiaofeng to grow stronger to protect Earth.
• Yi Xiaofeng flew home, returned to the game, and spoke with Kong Nian in the Sword Chief Residence.
• Kong Nian said she would seek Yi Xiaofeng if he left and claimed that she might now be stronger than his master.

Yi Xiaofeng chose the Dragon City Sword Competition Scripted Task and traveled to Dragon City with Kong Nian, hoping to compete and raise his sect’s reputation. The competition was due to begin in two days, and Kong Nian sensed powerful sword auras in the city.

• Yi Xiaofeng discussed recruiting disciples and expanding World Under Heaven Swordsman with Nan Qin Honored One and Qin Qinxue, then delegated recruitment to Qin Qinxue.
• Yi Xiaofeng chose the Dragon City Sword Competition Scripted Task, which required him to reach the top one hundred and offered additional quests and rewards.
• Yi Xiaofeng learned that Qin Qinxue had a separate task and set out for Dragon City with Kong Nian.
• Yi Xiaofeng and Kong Nian arrived in Dragon City, learned the competition would begin in two days, and explored the city.
• Kong Nian sensed several powerful sword auras in Dragon City and reminded Yi Xiaofeng that his master was not invincible.

Yi Xiaofeng arrived in Dragon City and used the gathering before the sword competition to expose an impostor and recruit disciples for World Under Heaven Swordsman. After Kong Nian killed Ding Jian of Willow Maple Gate when he attacked Yi Xiaofeng, they left together, prepared for the trouble their actions might bring.

• Yi Xiaofeng heard that the Ghost Sword, Qi Ziyue, and possibly the Sword Saint Disciple would draw attention at the upcoming Dragon City Sword Competition.
• Yi Xiaofeng spotted a man posing as the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal and revealed his identity with the Unable Sword, frightening the impostor into fleeing.
• Yi Xiaofeng announced that swordsmen could join his newly founded World Under Heaven Swordsman, then effortlessly outmaneuvered Ding Jian of Willow Maple Gate.
• Ding Jian launched a sneak attack as Yi Xiaofeng departed, but Kong Nian blocked him and killed him with her wooden sword.
• Kong Nian told Yi Xiaofeng she would protect him even if Willow Maple Gate came after them, and Yi Xiaofeng said he did not blame her for intervening.

Yi Xiaofeng learned more about the dangerous Ghost Sword and turned Sword Emperor Qi Ziyue into a reluctant servant of his sect. When Ghost Sword challenged Yi Xiaofeng outside the East City Gate, Kong Nian warned that he was not of this world and that their opposing fates could provoke strange signs in the heavens.

• Qi Ziyue told Yi Xiaofeng that Ghost Sword had inherited a ghost god’s power, wielded a sword filled with Wronged Souls, and had reached the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Yi Xiaofeng ordered Kong Nian to kill Qi Ziyue, and Kong Nian returned within half an hour with the Sword Emperor beaten and begging for his life.
• Yi Xiaofeng made Qi Ziyue pledge to serve him for life and arranged to take him along after the Dragon City Sword Competition.
• Yi Xiaofeng and Kong Nian bought resources around Dragon City until Ghost Sword publicly challenged Yi Xiaofeng to a duel.
• Kong Nian warned Yi Xiaofeng that Ghost Sword was not human and that their clashing fates could cause strange phenomena if they fought.

Yi Xiaofeng obtained an Immortal Secret from the mysterious Ou Junzi and used Kong Nian’s blood to reveal its Immortal Script. Kong Nian and the script’s characters overwhelmed him, leaving him trapped in an intensely real dream.

• Yi Xiaofeng found the Immortal Secret bark at a stall and acquired it from Ou Junzi, who claimed to have met Shennong, Li Er, Immortal Lord Kong, Xuanyuan, and Bai Hongxiao before vanishing.
• Ou Junzi told Yi Xiaofeng that the destiny people believed in was a tragedy and that Heaven had gained meaning only after living beings appeared.
• News spread through Dragon City that Bai Hongxiao had defeated Yang Jue, who relinquished the Sword Saint title and withdrew from worldly affairs.
• Yi Xiaofeng asked Kong Nian to drip her blood onto the bark until golden Immortal Script appeared, though neither could translate it.
• Kong Nian swallowed one immortal character, then the other characters flew into Yi Xiaofeng’s mouth and plunged his consciousness into chaos and a vivid dream.

Yi Xiaofeng dreamed he was Zhang Junyi, reliving a past life that connected him to Bai Hongxiao, Wang Yanran, and a terrifying female demon. After waking, he discovered the immortal characters had greatly strengthened his sword qi, while Kong Nian suggested they would transform him further as his cultivation advanced.

• Yi Xiaofeng dreamed through Zhang Junyi's life, from discovering cultivation to being imprisoned by a demon and fleeing a woman who wanted to marry him.
• Yi Xiaofeng recognized Wang Yanran and Bai Hongxiao from Zhang Junyi's memories and wondered whether players had past lives in the game world.
• Kong Nian said Yi Xiaofeng had never been possessed and that his fate was exceptionally strong.
• Yi Xiaofeng found that the immortal characters had attached to his golden core and made his sword qi more than ten times stronger.
• Kong Nian explained the characters would transform him further once he reached higher cultivation realms, then asked to enter his memories and see the dream.