Chapter Summaries

Yi Xiaofeng attracted offers from more than ten sects after his unusual spiritual roots drew attention, and he chose Supreme Valley after Dao Yue Fairy promised to make him its next Supreme Child. Han Yuan then declared that he would only join Supreme Valley and claimed to be the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal’s disciple, leaving Chen Qu asking who that was.

• Chen Qu asked the sects to accept Yi Xiaofeng, and Wei Qixin offered him a place in Su Xin Palace while trading barbs with Wine Heart Monk.
• A purple-robed woman from Supreme Valley tested Yi Xiaofeng with a black spirit stone, remarked on his remarkable eyes, and offered to make him the next Supreme Child.
• More than ten sects offered to accept Yi Xiaofeng, but he chose Supreme Valley and joined Dao Yue Fairy’s group.
• Gao Tian introduced himself, Gao Xin, Cai Die, and Wu Yue to Yi Xiaofeng as his new fellow disciples.
• Han Yuan announced that he was the Sword Saint’s martial grandson and the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal’s disciple, then said he would only join Supreme Valley.
• Chen Qu asked Han Yuan who the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal was, while Yi Xiaofeng felt embarrassed by Han Yuan’s claim.

Yi Xiaofeng joined Supreme Valley after Dao Yue Fairy accepted his connection to the Sword Saint, while Han Yuan and Liu Ruqin joined him there. After the spiritual root testing ended, Chen Qu announced the rules for the secret realm assessment, which would begin in seven days.

• Han Yuan publicly revealed that Yi Xiaofeng was the Sword Saint's disciple, and Dao Yue Fairy accepted Yi Xiaofeng into Supreme Valley after warning him to remain loyal to the sect.
• Chen Qu confirmed Han Yuan's Dual Spiritual Roots, and Han Yuan joined Supreme Valley without a spiritual root test.
• Liu Ruqin tested as having special Darkness, yin, and ice spiritual roots, chose Supreme Valley, and joined Yi Xiaofeng.
• Wang Yanran came to greet Yi Xiaofeng and introduced herself to Liu Ruqin as Wei Qixin's daughter and Yi Xiaofeng's wife.
• Yang Yu joined Cold Chamber Mountain and Qin Qinxue joined Purple Snow Peak after each tested as having Four Spiritual Roots.
• Chen Qu announced that the secret realm assessment would begin in seven days and last fifteen days, then Dao Yue Fairy carried Supreme Valley's group away in purple mist.

Dao Yue Fairy brought Yi Xiaofeng and the others to Gathering Immortal Town, where Yi Xiaofeng learned that he had a rare Nine Nether Spiritual Root suited to cultivating the Nine Nether Prajna Skill. After spending the day cultivating in his room, he woke to a scream outside his window and decided not to investigate.

• Dao Yue Fairy flew Yi Xiaofeng, Han Yuan, Liu Ruqin, and four Supreme Valley disciples to Gathering Immortal Town and had Gao Tian arrange their rooms.
• After learning that special spirit trees blocked divine sense and that danger was possible in town, Yi Xiaofeng asked to stay near Dao Yue Fairy and warned Gao Tian that a participating sect might target him.
• Yi Xiaofeng searched his room for clues, then cultivated the Nine Nether Prajna Skill and wondered whether his thirteen spiritual roots made him a genius.
• Dao Yue Fairy told Yi Xiaofeng that he had a Heavenly Spiritual Root Constitution, temporarily called the Nine Nether Spiritual Root, and urged him to cultivate in his room before the secret realm assessment.
• A scream sounded outside Yi Xiaofeng’s window late at night, but he chose to stay inside rather than investigate.

Yi Xiaofeng stayed inside the inn and prepared for an attack while Dao Yue Fairy left to attend an urgent meeting. After distracting Han Yuan with a tale of Sun Wukong, Yi Xiaofeng and his disciple killed an assailant who broke into their room.

• Yi Xiaofeng refused to leave his room despite Han Yuan urging him to watch the commotion, and Dao Yue Fairy later reassured him that she was nearby.
• After cultivating for three days, Yi Xiaofeng heard Chen Qu summon the sect leaders and realized Dao Yue Fairy had left, so he readied his poison needles and Spirit Devouring Scorpion.
• Yi Xiaofeng called Han Yuan to guard him and told him a humorous version of Journey to the West, which left Han Yuan admiring his master's wisdom.
• A black-clad attacker broke through the window and lunged at Yi Xiaofeng, but Han Yuan struck him with a sword sheath and Yi Xiaofeng killed him with the Red Cloud Sword.

Assassins attacked Yi Xiaofeng at the inn, but Supreme Valley disciples protected him and killed them. As tensions rose between the righteous and demonic paths, Yang Yu warned Yi Xiaofeng that Cold Chamber Mountain planned to kill him during the secret realm assessment, apparently out of reverence for the Sword Demon.

• Han Yuan struck an assassin through the window, and Wu Yue captured and interrogated another attacker while Gao Tian, Gao Xin, and Cai Die drove off arrows.
• Han Yuan told Wu Yue and Liu Ruqin about the events at Zhuo Ye Fortress, and the captured assassin died without revealing who had sent him.
• Gao Tian reported that the group had killed sixteen attackers, and Dao Yue Fairy later ordered everyone to stay at the inn after more than a dozen Purple Snow Peak disciples and other newcomers were murdered.
• Yi Xiaofeng practiced swordsmanship with his companions while they guarded him, until Gao Tian caught Yang Yu after he tossed a warning note into the courtyard.
• Yang Yu warned Yi Xiaofeng that Cold Chamber Mountain had a wanted notice for him and that Ye Longxing, a Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer cultivator, had infiltrated the sect to kill him.
• Yang Yu said Cold Chamber Mountain revered the Sword Demon, leaving Han Yuan, Liu Ruqin, Gao Tian, Gao Xin, Cai Die, and Wu Yue visibly shaken.

Yi Xiaofeng learned that the Sword Demon had emerged as a possible threat, then prepared with Han Yuan and Liu Ruqin for Supreme Valley’s secret realm assessment. The three entered the dangerous realm separately from the other sects, while Xiao Queming’s mysterious ally vowed to kill Yi Xiaofeng.

• Liu Ruqin explained that the Sword Demon had once narrowly lost to Bai Hongxiao and become his enemy after Bai Hongxiao killed the Sword Demon’s disciple; Dao Yue Fairy said she could not match the Sword Demon at his peak.
• Yi Xiaofeng, Han Yuan, and Liu Ruqin planned to work together in the assessment and received single-use talismans from Dao Yue Fairy.
• At Gathering Immortal Town, Xiao Queming spoke with a black-mist-shrouded man who swore to kill Yi Xiaofeng during the assessment.
• Dao Yue Fairy took Yi Xiaofeng, Han Yuan, and Liu Ruqin to a separate Teleportation Gate and warned them that the secret realm held unknown dangers.
• After the three entered the realm, Dao Yue Fairy told Gao Tian that Liu Ruqin’s background seemed unusual and that she and Han Yuan might help Yi Xiaofeng exceed expectations.

Yi Xiaofeng led Han Yuan and Liu Ruqin through the secret realm, uncovering treasures with uncanny accuracy. After finding a pill manual and turning poisoned arrows into ammunition, he spotted another treasure concealed in a boulder.

• Yi Xiaofeng, Han Yuan, and Liu Ruqin entered the secret realm, and Liu Ruqin sent an Ice Crystal Bird ahead to scout.
• The group found a Blood Coagulation Mushroom in a bubbling swamp, which Liu Ruqin retrieved with a red scarf.
• Yi Xiaofeng directed Han Yuan to dig up a chained Cold Iron Box and warned him about its poisoned arrows; they opened it safely and found the Profound Valley Pill Book inside.
• Yi Xiaofeng collected the poisoned arrows and loaded some into his Black Python Hidden Arrow, then continued searching for treasures.
• Yi Xiaofeng pointed out a huge boulder that contained treasure, and Han Yuan split it open to reveal a skeleton clutching a bundle.

Yi Xiaofeng found a bundle containing pills and the Raging Bull Steps manual, then began cultivating the footwork during the secret realm assessment. Meanwhile, Blood Drinking Daoist accused Duan Jiulei of ties to the Sword Demon, and Liu Ruqin received troubling information from an Ice Crystal Bird.

• Yi Xiaofeng retrieved an ancient bundle from a corpse embedded in stone while Han Yuan killed the attacking Ox Demon.
• Yi Xiaofeng found pills and the Raging Bull Steps manual, put the bundle in his Storage Ring, and promised to share its contents with Han Yuan.
• Liu Ruqin warned that Demon Qi was growing denser as she and Han Yuan discussed the ranks of demons.
• Blood Drinking Daoist accused Duan Jiulei of working with the Sword Demon, but Xiao Queming postponed any investigation until after the secret realm assessment.
• Yi Xiaofeng practiced Raging Bull Steps beneath a tree while Liu Ruqin received memories from an Ice Crystal Bird and said, "This is bad."

Yi Xiaofeng’s group killed a disguised Snake Demon while searching the forest for treasures, then rescued Lu Shuan from two monsters. Yi Xiaofeng discovered an unclaimed Primordial Heavenly Eye inside Lu Shuan, leaving the group to decide what to do with the hidden treasure.

• Liu Ruqin told Yi Xiaofeng and Han Yuan that a Demon King had gathered an army of more than a thousand demons, so the group later set out cautiously at dusk.
• Yi Xiaofeng spotted an orange fruit in a tree, but his vision revealed that a seemingly helpless young woman nearby was a Hundred-Year Snake Demon.
• Han Yuan killed the Snake Demon with his sword aura, then used his Sword Control Technique to bring down the fruit for Yi Xiaofeng.
• The group heard a scholar cry for help, and Han Yuan frightened off the two jackal-like monsters threatening him.
• The scholar introduced himself as Lu Shuan, a former top scholar with no spiritual root who had entered the Immortal Sect Assembly secret realm assessment.
• Yi Xiaofeng saw a hidden opportunity in Lu Shuan’s forehead and identified it as an unclaimed Primordial Heavenly Eye, an immortal artifact that could reside only in an Immortal Descendant.

Yi Xiaofeng recruited Lu Shuan after recognizing the potential of his Primordial Heavenly Eye, then led the group to a river where a ghost spirit posed as the River God. After Han Yuan defeated it, the spirit offered to become a sword spirit, leaving Yi Xiaofeng to decide what to do with it.

• Yi Xiaofeng invited Lu Shuan to join him, and Lu Shuan accepted despite having no spiritual root.
• The group reached a river and rested for the night while Yi Xiaofeng cultivated and Han Yuan told Lu Shuan about the Sword Saint.
• A Dark Night Ghost Spirit appeared in the river mist and offered three questions about destiny, but Yi Xiaofeng identified it as a dangerous Artifact Spirit in disguise.
• Yi Xiaofeng ordered Han Yuan to capture the spirit, and Han Yuan defeated it with his sword.
• The captured spirit begged for mercy and offered to become Yi Xiaofeng's sword spirit.

Yi Xiaofeng made the Dark Night Ghost Spirit his Red Cloud Sword’s Sword Spirit and learned that the Spirit Devouring Scorpion frightened it. Outside the secret realm, the sect leaders revealed that Di Jiutian’s attack was part of a planned trial; later, Zhen Lang turned on Yi Xiaofeng after inviting his group to join forces.

• Yi Xiaofeng bound the Dark Night Ghost Spirit to the Red Cloud Sword, and it fused with the weapon while confirming it could still use its bewitchment technique.
• Liu Ruqin noticed that Demon Qi was descending from the sky, and Han Yuan warned that the Demon King was no ordinary threat.
• Chen Qun revealed that the sects had agreed to let Di Jiutian test the new disciples, provoking outrage from the other sects; Wei Qixin reassured Wang Yanran that Yi Xiaofeng could survive.
• Yi Xiaofeng’s group met Zhen Lang and his cultivators, including Qin Qinxue, but Yi Xiaofeng refused to join them.
• Zhen Lang kicked Han Yuan away and struck at Yi Xiaofeng after claiming he would keep the group safe.

Yi Xiaofeng survived Zhen Lang’s assassination attempt with help from the Spirit Devouring Scorpion, then learned that many factions wanted him dead. He ate a roasted Seven-Colored Glass Fruit, broke through to the Qi Refining Eighth Layer, and began practicing the Pure Yang Five Swords Technique.

• The Spirit Devouring Scorpion poisoned Zhen Lang, and Han Yuan killed him as the other cultivators fled.
• Qin Qinxue explained that Zhen Lang had targeted Yi Xiaofeng and warned that many factions might send hidden infiltrators to kill him.
• Yi Xiaofeng and Qin Qinxue joined the others on their journey, then roasted and ate their Seven-Colored Glass Fruits in a cave.
• By morning, Qin Qinxue had reached the Qi Refining Fourth Layer and Yi Xiaofeng had reached the Qi Refining Eighth Layer.
• Yi Xiaofeng went outside and practiced the Pure Yang Five Swords Technique with his surging spiritual power.

Yi Xiaofeng practiced the Pure Yang Five Swords Technique and drew Ye Longxing into a battle with Han Yuan. When Yi Xiaofeng joined the fight, Ye Longxing wounded him in the shoulder, while the Spirit Devouring Scorpion attacked Ye Longxing’s face.

• Yi Xiaofeng improved his Pure Yang Five Swords Technique as Han Yuan, Liu Ruqin, and Qin Qinxue watched.
• Qin Qinxue recognized Ye Longxing, who had come looking for Yi Xiaofeng, and Han Yuan stepped forward to challenge him.
• Han Yuan and Ye Longxing fought fiercely, trading sword and blade techniques in an evenly matched battle.
• Yi Xiaofeng charged in to help Han Yuan, but Ye Longxing redirected his attack toward him.
• Ye Longxing stabbed Yi Xiaofeng in the shoulder, and the Spirit Devouring Scorpion pounced on Ye Longxing’s face.

Yi Xiaofeng survived Ye Longxing’s attack with help from the Spirit Devouring Scorpion, then learned that being Bai Hongxiao’s disciple tied him to a deadly pact with the Demon Emperor. The chapter left Yi Xiaofeng facing the danger of a future duel while Han Yuan rejected Liu Ruqin’s suggestion that he abandon the Sword Saint.

• Han Yuan severed Ye Longxing’s arm while the Spirit Devouring Scorpion poisoned and injured him, allowing Yi Xiaofeng to survive the saber wound.
• Liu Ruqin treated Yi Xiaofeng, and the game announced that Ye Longxing had died, completing Yi Xiaofeng’s side quest and awarding him 500 points.
• Yi Xiaofeng and his companions encountered poisonous multicolored mushrooms and Old Demon Mu Ye, the strategist of Demon King Di Jiutian.
• Old Demon Mu Ye recognized the Sword Saint’s aura on Yi Xiaofeng and revealed that Bai Hongxiao had agreed to a fight to the death between his disciple and the Demon Emperor’s son.
• Liu Ruqin urged Yi Xiaofeng to leave Bai Hongxiao and become the Sword Demon’s disciple, but Han Yuan angrily defended his Martial Grandmaster.

Yi Xiaofeng and his companions fled a demon attack and sought cover in a valley. Liu Ruqin began casting a concealment spell around their hiding place, leaving Han Yuan to wonder if it resembled Sun Wukong’s protection of Tang Sanzang.

• Yi Xiaofeng inspected mushrooms growing over a buried Storage Bag, learned its contents were poisoned, and led the group away without taking it.
• That night, Jiang Jing arrived warning that the Demon Army was coming, and Yi Xiaofeng’s group fled as a Shapeshifting Great Demon pursued Jiang Jing.
• Yi Xiaofeng and the others escaped the forest, decided to stop searching for treasures, and ran for two hours to a valley.
• Liu Ruqin drew an invisible circle around the group in tall grass and began casting a spell to hide them.
• Han Yuan quietly asked whether Liu Ruqin’s method was like Sun Wukong protecting Tang Sanzang.

Yi Xiaofeng’s group hid from the demons and learned that the conflict between the righteous and demonic paths was close to erupting. After five days of training, they saw a giant city rise and heard Tianji Daoist urge the examination disciples to enter it for protection from the Demon King.

• Yi Xiaofeng’s group hid in the grass as demons searched the valley, and they overheard that the Demonic Path Five Heroes had arranged Di Jiutian’s appearance.
• Liu Ruqin explained how the Righteous Path’s treatment of the Sword Saint and other demonic cultivators had fueled the growing conflict between the two sides.
• Yi Xiaofeng told the group to focus on cultivating and prepare for what awaited them outside the secret realm.
• Over the next five days, Yi Xiaofeng reached the ninth level of the Qi Refining Realm and practiced swordsmanship while the group hid whenever demon qi approached.
• A giant city rose in the distance, and Tianji Daoist of the Red Dust Palace called for the disciples to enter it while he held back the Demon King.
• Qin Qinxue and Liu Ruqin urged Yi Xiaofeng’s group to head for the city because their concealment could not fool the Demon King.

Yi Xiaofeng’s group reached Tianji City and watched a powerful demon army slaughter cultivators outside its gates. When the city suddenly rose into the air, Yi Xiaofeng rushed inside and ordered Han Yuan to rescue the lagging Lu Shuan, insisting that saving him would make Han Yuan impossible to kill.

• Yi Xiaofeng and his companions defeated a group of half-human, half-demon monsters as they traveled toward Tianji City.
• The group hid near Tianji City and learned from Han Yuan that the city belonged to Tianji Daoist and had once helped Red Dust Palace rise to power.
• A demon mist swallowed a group of cultivators near the city gates, leaving only their bones behind.
• Tianji City shook and began rising into the air, prompting Yi Xiaofeng and the others to hurry through its gate.
• When Lu Shuan fell behind, Yi Xiaofeng ordered Han Yuan to go back for him, promising that the rescue would make Han Yuan impossible to kill.

Yi Xiaofeng entered Tianji City with Han Yuan, Liu Ruqin, Qin Qinxue, and Lu Shuan, whom he accepted as a disciple. As night fell, Yi Xiaofeng practiced the Nine Nether Seal, but a scream and a sudden attack at the courtyard gate interrupted him.

• Moved by Han Yuan's praise, Lu Shuan accepted Yi Xiaofeng as his teacher and swore to uphold his teacher's teachings and remain true to his heart.
• Yi Xiaofeng's group explored the empty, floating Tianji City and met Nie Yu and her four companions, learning that more than three hundred cultivators were inside and that Di Jiutian frightened them all.
• Nie Yu's subordinate suggested killing Yi Xiaofeng, but Nie Yu dismissed the idea because they could not defeat Han Yuan.
• Yi Xiaofeng's group found a courtyard to rest, and Yi Xiaofeng practiced swordsmanship while Liu Ruqin watched the surroundings.
• That night, Yi Xiaofeng cultivated the Nine Nether Seal, alarming his companions with the demonic energy around him.
• A scream sounded nearby, and someone smashed open the courtyard gate, forcing Yi Xiaofeng to dodge as Han Yuan promised to protect him.

Yi Xiaofeng and his allies defeated Wu Jian after he tried to kill Yi, then questioned and killed him. A mysterious man appeared and revealed that he was Mo Beixin, the Sword Saint's Disciple.

• Wu Jian introduced himself as an Inner Sect Disciple of the Heaven Sword Saint Sect and attacked Yi Xiaofeng, but Han Yuan intercepted him.
• Liu Ruqin joined Han Yuan in the fight and helped defeat Wu Jian.
• Yi Xiaofeng questioned Wu Jian about the attack, but Wu Jian claimed he wanted to kill him because he was the Sword Saint's Disciple.
• After Qin Qinxue advised killing Wu Jian, Han Yuan beheaded him.
• A man revealed himself as Mo Beixin, the Sword Saint's Disciple.

Mo Beixin attacked Yi Xiaofeng and his companions, but the Sword Saint’s reputation and Heaven Sword Token drove him off. After relocating, Yi Xiaofeng found a roll of cowhide parchment hidden in a wall.

• Liu Ruqin identified Mo Beixin as the Sword Saint’s expelled sixth disciple and a Golden Core Realm expert.
• Mo Beixin attacked Han Yuan and Yi Xiaofeng, claiming they were impostors, but Liu Ruqin invoked the Sword Saint to make him hesitate.
• Yi Xiaofeng showed Mo Beixin the Heaven Sword Token, and Mo Beixin fled into the night.
• The group relocated, and Yi Xiaofeng asked Han Yuan and Liu Ruqin what kind of person the Sword Saint had been.
• Yi Xiaofeng spotted a red glow in a wall crack and used spiritual energy to retrieve a roll of cowhide parchment.