Chapter Summaries

Yi Xiaofeng uncovered a letter describing a conspiracy to sacrifice new disciples, then gathered with other cultivators when Tianji Daoist summoned everyone beneath the tower. Tianji Daoist promised to pursue the Heaven Sword Saint Sect over Wu Jian’s attack, but suddenly coughed up blood.

• Yi Xiaofeng found a Blood Jade Skin containing a hidden spell manual and learned its writing could only be seen by the person who covered it in blood.
• Yi Xiaofeng and his companions found three more letters exposing a plot involving the righteous and demonic paths, then rested through a night of violence.
• After a beam of light entered the tower’s crystal, Tianji Daoist ordered everyone in Tianji City to gather beneath the tower.
• Yi Xiaofeng told Tianji Daoist that Wu Jian and other attackers had targeted him, and Tianji Daoist condemned the Heaven Sword Saint Sect and promised to demand justice.
• Tianji Daoist crippled the spirit root of a cultivator accused of wrongdoing, then suddenly coughed up blood and withered.

Peng Lihuo arrived in Tianji City, murdered the injured Tianji Daoist, and seized control of the city. When demons began entering, Yi Xiaofeng and his companions fled, while Peng Lihuo sensed an unknown killing intent nearby.

• Tianji Daoist revealed that Di Jiutian had severely injured him and demons were attacking Tianji City.
• Peng Lihuo arrived, killed Tianji Daoist, took his Nascent Soul, and declared that Tianji City belonged to him.
• Peng Lihuo entered the crystal atop the tower, and Tianji City fell to the ground while the cultivators waited in fear.
• Yi Xiaofeng heard demons approaching and led Han Yuan, Liu Ruqin, Qin Qinxue, and Lu Shuan to flee as Peng Lihuo watched from above.
• A pig demon blocked the group's path, knocked away Han Yuan's sword, and Han Yuan charged at it.

Yi Xiaofeng and his companions fled through demon-infested Tianji City, then hid as terrifying Demon Qi sealed the city. When the bloodied Mo Beixin reached their pavilion, he revealed that Di Jiutian was a decoy and that the Sword Demon was behind the threat.

• Han Yuan fought the pig demon until Yi Xiaofeng sent his Spirit Devouring Scorpion to poison it, allowing the group to escape through the minor demons.
• Yi Xiaofeng and his companions headed for the city gate, but a towering surge of Demon Qi outside forced them to hide in a pavilion.
• The group waited as the demons fell silent, and Liu Ruqin sent her Ice Crystal Bird to learn that Peng Lihuo was gone and all the demons were dead, though Demon Qi still surrounded the city.
• Yi Xiaofeng meditated while the others remained hidden through the night, until Mo Beixin crashed through the pavilion window, wounded and bleeding.
• Mo Beixin told Yi Xiaofeng and the others that Di Jiutian was a decoy and that the Sword Demon was the real threat.

Yi Xiaofeng and his companions left Tianji City with Dao Yue Fairy after learning that the secret realm assessment had erupted into a conflict between the righteous and demonic sects. They discovered that the Sword Demon had entered the realm to seek an ancient Demon Sword that might rival the World Under Heaven Sword.

• Mo Beixin claimed that Di Jiutian was an impostor disguised as the Sword Demon and warned that the Demonic Path Five Heroes planned to attack the righteous sects.
• Qin Qinxue questioned how Mo Beixin had entered the secret realm, and he offered to lead them out through Purple Snow Peak’s Teleportation Arrays if they protected him.
• Dao Yue Fairy called for Supreme Valley’s disciples to leave the city, so Yi Xiaofeng and the others abandoned Mo Beixin and went to meet her at the city gate.
• Gao Tian explained that the secret realm assessment had triggered a great battle atop Gathering Immortal Mountain, and Dao Yue Fairy had come to escort Yi Xiaofeng and his companions.
• Dao Yue Fairy revealed that someone had controlled Di Jiutian and that the Sword Demon had come to obtain a newly forged Demon Sword that might replace the World Under Heaven Sword.

Yi Xiaofeng and his companions learned that the Demon Sword forged by Nine Sword Yao had drawn the attention of powers across the Cultivation World, then followed Dao Yue Fairy’s plan to seek Di Jiutian in the Demon World. Wei Qixin arrived to help, and as she and Dao Yue Fairy discussed the Sword Demon, Tianji City rose in the distance.

• Gao Tian explained the legend of Nine Sword Yao and the Demon Sword, while Cai Die said factions from other provinces were trying to enter the Demon World and claim it.
• Dao Yue Fairy returned from the stone stele and refused to send Yi Xiaofeng’s group out, saying the sects outside were at war; she planned to find Di Jiutian and wait for help.
• Yi Xiaofeng and his companions cultivated for two days while Dao Yue Fairy guarded them, and Yi Xiaofeng’s spiritual power advanced toward the peak of the ninth Qi Refining level.
• Wei Qixin arrived with Wang Yanran and Chen Lan, and Dao Yue Fairy and Wei Qixin discussed the mysterious power behind Di Jiutian, suspecting the Sword Demon and his allies.
• The earth shook, and Tianji City rose beyond the mountains.

Di Jiutian attacked the group while carrying Tianji City, but Dao Yue Fairy and Wei Qixin evaded him and led everyone to a mountain peak. There, Wei Qixin gave Yi Xiaofeng the complete Nine Nether Prajna Skill, and Wang Yanran revealed she had reached Foundation Establishment and gave him two Foundation Establishment Pills.

• Tianji City charged at Yi Xiaofeng's group, and Di Jiutian appeared carrying the enormous city on his shoulder.
• Dao Yue Fairy and Wei Qixin helped the group escape Di Jiutian's attack and brought them to a cloud-covered mountain peak to wait for allies.
• Wei Qixin gave Yi Xiaofeng the complete Nine Nether Prajna Skill, which he added to his Storage Ring.
• Wang Yanran told Yi Xiaofeng she had reached the Foundation Establishment Realm after recovering her accumulated spiritual power.
• Wang Yanran gave Yi Xiaofeng two Foundation Establishment Pills, insisting that he accept them.

Yi Xiaofeng cultivated with the Nine Nether Prajna Skill while Wei Qixin, Dao Yue Fairy, and Qi Huan went to confront Di Jiutian. Peng Lihuo attacked the group to seize the skill, but Liu Ruqin revealed her terrifying power and claimed Yi Xiaofeng was chosen by the Sword Demon before Tianji City crashed into the mountaintop.

• Yi Xiaofeng cultivated intensely as the others marveled at the qi vortex formed by his Nine Nether Prajna Skill.
• Qi Huan arrived, and Wei Qixin, Dao Yue Fairy, and Qi Huan left to capture Di Jiutian.
• Peng Lihuo appeared and demanded the Nine Nether Prajna Skill, then grabbed Yi Xiaofeng and tried to take his Storage Ring.
• Liu Ruqin unleashed black sword qi that severed Peng Lihuo's arm and freed Yi Xiaofeng.
• Liu Ruqin declared that Yi Xiaofeng was chosen by the Sword Demon, shocking Peng Lihuo.
• Tianji City crashed into the mountaintop and shattered it.

Yi Xiaofeng woke amid the ruins of Tianji City, discovered a secret sword manual, and learned that his allies were trapped after the battle. With Peng Lihuo and Di Jiutian threatening the wounded survivors, Yi Xiaofeng invoked the World Under Heaven Sword and claimed he could use it.

• Yi Xiaofeng woke beside Wang Yanran as the Sword Demon’s phantom protected the survivors in the ruins of Tianji City.
• Wang Yanran explained that Di Jiutian had smashed apart the mountain and that Peng Lihuo was fighting their allies outside.
• Yi Xiaofeng soaked the Blood Jade Skin in his blood and discovered the Flying Thunder Sword Control Technique hidden on it.
• The sword phantom shattered, and Wei Qixin, Dao Yue Fairy, and Qi Huan descended with Peng Lihuo as Di Jiutian appeared overhead.
• Peng Lihuo mocked the wounded survivors and challenged Yi Xiaofeng to unleash the World Under Heaven Sword after Yi Xiaofeng claimed the Sword Saint had used his body.

Peng Lihuo and Di Jiutian defeated the defenders and prepared to use them as sacrifices to open the Demon Realm Gate. As Peng Lihuo approached Yi Xiaofeng to kill him, Bai Hongxiao appeared and declared that no one could harm his disciple.

• Yi Xiaofeng failed to use World Under Heaven Sword, and Peng Lihuo spread a fiery net across the ruins.
• Wei Qixin, Dao Yue Fairy, and Qi Huan attacked Peng Lihuo and Di Jiutian but were defeated and bound.
• Liu Ruqin revealed that Peng Lihuo intended to use them as sacrifices to open the Demon Realm Gate.
• Peng Lihuo advanced on Yi Xiaofeng, who stepped forward with talismans and the Golden Cricket while refusing Wang Yanran's protection.
• A tower from Tianji City fell, and Bai Hongxiao appeared atop it, proclaiming that no one could kill his disciple.

Bai Hongxiao arrived to rescue Yi Xiaofeng and overwhelmed Peng Lihuo with the World Under Heaven Sword—Seeing the Dao. He left Yi Xiaofeng with a mission to retrieve the Demon Sword from the Demon World before he would teach him the sword dao.

• Bai Hongxiao appeared at the ruins and challenged Peng Lihuo, stunning the crowd and livestream viewers.
• Di Jiutian charged Bai Hongxiao but was struck down by invisible blade energy without Bai Hongxiao moving.
• Bai Hongxiao unleashed the World Under Heaven Sword—Seeing the Dao, and Peng Lihuo fled as the sword energy split the land and crushed distant mountains.
• Bai Hongxiao appeared before Yi Xiaofeng, remarked that he had thought Yi Xiaofeng could use the sword, and ordered him to retrieve the Demon Sword from the Demon World.

Bai Hongxiao killed Peng Lihuo, opened a Gate of Light, and led Yi Xiaofeng and his companions into the Demon World. Yi Xiaofeng completed the Main Quest, and the group learned that an ancient divine beast guarding Two Realms Mountain demanded human tribute from anyone who wished to pass.

• Bai Hongxiao confirmed that he had killed Peng Lihuo and subdued Di Jiutian while explaining that powerful sacrifices were needed to satisfy the divine beast guarding the Demon World.
• Bai Hongxiao opened a Gate of Light and warned Wei Qixin, Dao Yue Fairy, and Qi Huan not to follow; Wang Yanran joined Yi Xiaofeng after Wei Qixin urged her to go.
• Yi Xiaofeng, Wang Yanran, and the others passed through the gate, and Yi Xiaofeng received 1,000 points for completing the Main Quest and leaving the Assessment Secret Realm.
• The group arrived in a dark mountain forest in the Demon World, where Bai Hongxiao gave healing pills to Yi Xiaofeng, Liu Ruqin, and Han Yuan.
• Bai Hongxiao explained that Two Realms Mountain was guarded by an ancient divine beast that demanded humans as tribute from those seeking passage.

Yi Xiaofeng discovered a Half-Immortal Saint Bone buried beneath a stele as Bai Hongxiao led the group into Two Realms Mountain. When Divine Beast Zhu Wu attacked them with lightning, Bai Hongxiao answered with a sword strike that split the thunderclouds.

• Yi Xiaofeng spotted a hidden glow beneath the Two Realms Mountain stele, and Bai Hongxiao blasted it aside to reveal a poisonous pit and a coffin.
• Bai Hongxiao opened the coffin and found a golden Half-Immortal Saint Bone, which he stored for safekeeping after Yi Xiaofeng suggested they divide it later.
• Bai Hongxiao led Yi Xiaofeng and the others toward the Sword Grave as Yi Xiaofeng wondered whether his master had received an inheritance from the Upper Realm.
• Zhu Wu erupted from the volcano and ordered the group to leave, then summoned thousands of lightning bolts against them.
• Bai Hongxiao drew his sword and split the thunderclouds with a casual slash, letting sunlight pour over Two Realms Mountain.

Bai Hongxiao led Yi Xiaofeng and the others past Divine Beast Zhu Wu, which warned that two of them had unusual fates. In the Demon World, Bai Hongxiao revealed that he knew Yi Xiaofeng came from beyond this world and hoped to prepare him to avert a coming calamity; the group then stopped to rest, and Yi Xiaofeng examined the Half-Immortal Saint Bone.

• Bai Hongxiao faced Zhu Wu on Two Realms Mountain, and the Divine Beast let the group pass after recognizing the Sword Saint.
• Zhu Wu warned Bai Hongxiao that two people behind him had unusual fates, prompting Yi Xiaofeng and Qin Qinxue to worry that their identities as players had been detected.
• Yi Xiaofeng jokingly named Han Yuan the White Lotus Sword God and Lu Shuan the Green Tea Sword Emperor.
• Bai Hongxiao privately told Yi Xiaofeng that he knew he was from beyond this world and had chosen him as a disciple in hopes of averting a future calamity.
• After flying for two hours, Bai Hongxiao stopped the group to rest, and Yi Xiaofeng asked him to summon the Half-Immortal Saint Bone before taking its skull.

Yi Xiaofeng refined a Divine Sense Crystal from the Half-Immortal Saint Bone and gained the Golden Eye Space Contraction Divine Power. He began combining his new ability with sword flight, while his companions trained to keep up with him.

• Yi Xiaofeng and Han Yuan failed to break the Half-Immortal Saint Bone skull until Bai Hongxiao shattered it and revealed he had known something was hidden inside.
• Yi Xiaofeng found the Divine Sense Crystal, shared skull fragments with his companions, and refined the crystal until he entered a state of enlightenment.
• Yi Xiaofeng comprehended Golden Eye Space Contraction, which let him teleport within his line of sight by using mental strength.
• Bai Hongxiao identified the technique as a Divine Power with great potential, and Yi Xiaofeng offered to teach it to him, but Bai Hongxiao declined.
• Yi Xiaofeng practiced the Flying Thunder Sword Control Technique and learned to fly on his sword, though Wang Yanran worried as he wobbled in the air.

Yi Xiaofeng mastered sword control, learned that the Demon Sword would emerge next month, and broke through to the Foundation Establishment Realm before the Script ended. His breakthrough made him the first player in the world to reach that realm, while Bai Hongxiao’s cryptic remarks and the game’s warning left the players’ future uncertain.

• Yi Xiaofeng asked Bai Hongxiao to help awaken Lu Shuan’s Heavenly Eye, but Bai Hongxiao said he could not, and told Yi Xiaofeng the Demon Sword would emerge next month.
• Bai Hongxiao predicted that Yi Xiaofeng and others would come for the Demon Sword, prompting a game warning against implying information about players as a whole.
• Yi Xiaofeng continued cultivating and mastered the first layer of the Nine Nether Prajna Skill and the Nine Nether Seal as players were eliminated from the Assessment Secret Realm.
• With two days left in the Script, Yi Xiaofeng used a Foundation Establishment Pill and successfully broke through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.
• Liu Ruqin recognized Yi Xiaofeng’s technique as the Nine Nether True Man’s Nine Nether Prajna Skill, and Bai Hongxiao explained that he hoped a just demonic cultivator could help bring peace.
• The game announced three times that Yi Xiaofeng was the first player in the world to reach the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Yi Xiaofeng completed the Script, became the first player worldwide to reach the Foundation Establishment Realm, and learned that the Heavenly Dao Immortal Hero Game was established by Heavenly Dao. Back in reality, he discovered that he had retained his Foundation Establishment cultivation.

• Yi Xiaofeng stabilized his Foundation Establishment cultivation and practiced the Pure Yang Five Swords Technique with the Red Cloud Sword.
• Yi Xiaofeng sparred with Han Yuan, whose spiritual energy was threatened by Yi Xiaofeng’s Nine Nether Spiritual Energy, while Bai Hongxiao told Liu Ruqin that his young disciple would fulfill his agreement with the Sword Demon.
• Yi Xiaofeng completed the Script, received quest rewards and a global first-place breakthrough bonus, then left with Qin Qinxue as the Script ended.
• The narrator granted Yi Xiaofeng one opportunity to ask about the game, and answered that the Heavenly Dao Immortal Hero Game had been established by Heavenly Dao.
• Yi Xiaofeng returned to his Game Pod and realized that his real body had also gained Foundation Establishment cultivation.

After becoming the world’s first Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator, Yi Xiaofeng discovered that his game cultivation had transferred to reality and explored his new abilities. He returned to his room to practice, manage his rising fame and business plans, and was left facing a serious private conversation with chief director Xu Qutian.

• Yi Xiaofeng realized his Foundation Establishment Realm cultivation had carried over from the game into reality, then speculated about the Game Pod’s abilities.
• Staff and medical personnel celebrated Yi Xiaofeng as he made his way to the press conference, where he joined the top ten contestants and agreed to participate in the Fourth Season.
• Yi Xiaofeng told Wang Yundong he would try to write out the manual from memory, then secretly tested the Nine Nether Seal and sword techniques in his room.
• Yi Xiaofeng contacted Jiang Yuyao, learned his global following exceeded eight hundred million, and asked her to maintain his privacy and buy a large courtyard house in the city.
• Xu Qutian visited Yi Xiaofeng and asked to speak with him privately.

Yi Xiaofeng learned from Xu Qutian how the Heavenly Dao Immortal Hero Game connected Earth to a real cultivation world and why humanity relied on players to enter it. Xu Qutian offered Yi Xiaofeng the honorary presidency of the country's first Immortal Cultivation University, leaving the decision pending.

• Yi Xiaofeng invited Xu Qutian inside, and the two exchanged pleasantries before discussing the game.
• Xu Qutian explained that the Heavenly Dao Stone connected Earth to the cultivation world, that Earth could not control the game, and that the Sword Saint had repeatedly helped the players.
• Xu Qutian assured Yi Xiaofeng that the authorities would support him and urged him to become the honorary president of the country's first Immortal Cultivation University.
• Xu Qutian described how Public Beta would allow players to roam freely while periodically choosing story missions, and said the purpose of mission points remained uncertain.
• Yi Xiaofeng asked about the Heavenly Dao Stone and humanity's crisis, but Xu Qutian withheld the end-of-the-world details.
• Xu Qutian presented Yi Xiaofeng with a contract for the honorary presidency of Eastern Cultivation First University.

Yi Xiaofeng became the honorary principal of Eastern Cultivation First University and prepared for the fourth season of the Heavenly Dao Immortal Hero Game. With more than fifty thousand contestants and major prizes announced, the season began as Yi Xiaofeng entered his Game Pod.

• Yi Xiaofeng signed a contract to become the honorary principal of Eastern Cultivation First University, gaining authority over admissions and expulsions.
• Yi Xiaofeng wrote down the first move of Blood Fiend Palm from memory and sent it to Wang Yundong.
• The Eastern Region announced Eastern Cultivation First University and named Yi Xiaofeng its honorary principal, prompting a public frenzy and requests for admission help.
• The Show Team announced that over fifty thousand contestants would enter the fourth season, while Xu Qutian promised Yi Xiaofeng doubled prize money and access to intelligence if he placed first.
• Yi Xiaofeng entered his Game Pod as the fourth season began.

Yi Xiaofeng entered the Demon World, where he had to survive and seek the Demon Sword in the Sword Grave. After searching the wilderness and collecting a Phoenix Descendant Bird Feather, he killed an eagle demon that attacked him.

• Yi Xiaofeng saw his quests for the Demon World and prepared his weapons before leaving the cave to find Bai Hongxiao and the others.
• Yi Xiaofeng crossed the forest and flew over a desolate plain using the Flying Thunder Sword Control Technique.
• Yi Xiaofeng dug a Phoenix Descendant Bird Feather out of a riverbank and stored it for later use.
• An eagle demon charged Yi Xiaofeng on a gray wolf, and Yi Xiaofeng used his golden-eyed speed and Red Cloud Sword to behead it.