Chapter Summaries

Yi Xiaofeng searched the Demon World for Bai Hongxiao and Two Realms Mountain after demonstrating the power of Golden Eye Space Contraction and Matchstick Swordplay. He learned the route to Two Realms Mountain from two likely player demons, who offered to serve him in exchange for a cultivation method.

• Yi Xiaofeng killed an eagle demon instantly, looted its chipped weapon, and continued toward Two Realms Mountain to find Bai Hongxiao.
• Yi Xiaofeng questioned a rat demon about Two Realms Mountain but spared it when it knew only legends, then traveled cautiously and failed to sense Wang Yanran through their Spirit Devouring Scorpions.
• Yi Xiaofeng spent the day searching for a direction and sheltered in a cave at night, where two demons approached.
• Yi Xiaofeng subdued the two weak demons and learned they were mountain-patrolling under Red Leopard King and that Two Realms Mountain lay north, beyond the sea and along the coast.
• The male demon asked whether Yi Xiaofeng was a human cultivator seeking the Demon Sword and offered the pair's service in exchange for a cultivation method.

Yi Xiaofeng continued toward Two Realms Mountain and met Nan Qin Honored One, who offered to escort him after learning he belonged to the Heaven Sword Saint Sect. During their overnight rest, Nan Qin Honored One recognized Yi Xiaofeng’s sword technique and offered to teach him a technique that had once countered the Sword Saint’s.

• Yi Xiaofeng left the two demons behind and flew toward the coast, hoping to find Bai Hongxiao near Two Realms Mountain.
• Nan Qin Honored One caught up with Yi Xiaofeng, questioned him about his origins, and explained that he was friends with Xiao Queming and wanted to protect him.
• Nan Qin Honored One offered to escort Yi Xiaofeng to Two Realms Mountain, mentioning his acquaintance with Zhu Wu.
• Yi Xiaofeng practiced the Pure Yang Five Swords Technique beside a river while Nan Qin Honored One watched.
• Nan Qin Honored One said the Sword Saint had once used the Pure Yang Five Swords Technique to sweep through Southern Qin, then offered to teach Yi Xiaofeng a technique that had suppressed it.

Yi Xiaofeng demonstrated Matchstick Swordplay to Nan Qin Honored One and used the old man’s admiration to secure a new disciple. The Founding Emperor of the Nan Qin Dynasty formally accepted Yi Xiaofeng—under his real name, Azure Lotus Sword Immortal—as his master.

• Nan Qin Honored One demonstrated his mediocre sword technique to Yi Xiaofeng while the livestream was cut off.
• Yi Xiaofeng performed Matchstick Swordplay, leaving Nan Qin Honored One amazed by its intricate moves.
• Nan Qin Honored One offered rewards for the technique, but Yi Xiaofeng asked for the Demon Sword, which Nan Qin Honored One could not obtain.
• After realizing he could remember only the form, Nan Qin Honored One asked to become Yi Xiaofeng’s disciple and revealed that he was the Founding Emperor of the Nan Qin Dynasty.
• Nan Qin Honored One formally accepted Azure Lotus Sword Immortal as his master after Yi Xiaofeng clarified that Jiang Jing was only his alias.

Nan Qin Honored One formally made Yi Xiaofeng his master, and the two traveled together toward Two Realms Mountain. After meeting Bai Hongxiao, Nan Qin Honored One learned Yi Xiaofeng was also the Sword Saint’s disciple, but Bai Hongxiao persuaded him to remain and pursue the sword.

• Nan Qin Honored One recounted his lifelong love of the sword as he and Yi Xiaofeng traveled toward Two Realms Mountain, frightening away demons along the way.
• Bai Hongxiao summoned Yi Xiaofeng, who flew to reunite with his master and companions in the mountains.
• Bai Hongxiao revealed that Yi Xiaofeng was his disciple, leaving Nan Qin Honored One embarrassed and angry that Yi Xiaofeng had concealed the truth.
• Yi Xiaofeng urged Nan Qin Honored One to keep pursuing the sword, and Bai Hongxiao offered to treat him as a senior despite their new master-disciple relationship.
• Bai Hongxiao declared that Yi Xiaofeng would surpass him, and Nan Qin Honored One chose to stay and reminisce with him.

Yi Xiaofeng and his companions spent half a month cultivating while Bai Hongxiao prepared to lead them toward the Demon Sword. As they set out, Yi Xiaofeng learned that the Demon Emperor was waiting to meet Bai Hongxiao, setting up a confrontation ahead.

• Yi Xiaofeng questioned Nan Qin Honored One about Bai Hongxiao’s past swordsmanship, and Bai Hongxiao claimed Yi Xiaofeng would become humanity’s savior and take the Demon Sword for his disciple.
• Han Yuan secretly told Yi Xiaofeng that Bai Hongxiao had once defeated Nan Qin Honored One and forced Southern Qin to surrender, though the two now spoke amicably.
• Yi Xiaofeng and the others cultivated for half a month; Yi Xiaofeng improved his Nine Nether Prajna Skill and mastered the Pure Yang Five Swords Technique under Bai Hongxiao’s guidance.
• Nan Qin Honored One told Yi Xiaofeng that he would need a sword of his own to become one of the world’s greatest swordsmen, while players and nations focused their attention on the Demon Sword.
• Bai Hongxiao announced it was time to leave and led the group toward someone waiting ahead; Nan Qin Honored One revealed that the person was the Demon Emperor, who had an appointment with Bai Hongxiao.

Yi Xiaofeng met the Demon Emperor at a desert inn, where they discussed the Demon Sword and the Emperor mocked Yi’s cultivation. After the Demon Emperor’s son attacked, Yi wounded him, and Nan Qin Honored One revealed that he had taken Yi as his master.

• Bai Hongxiao led Yi Xiaofeng and the others through a sandstorm to an inn, where they met the Demon Emperor and Nan Qin Honored One.
• The Demon Emperor questioned Bai Hongxiao’s choice of disciple and mocked Yi Xiaofeng for being only at the first level of Foundation Establishment, so Yi insulted the Demon Emperor’s son in return.
• Bai Hongxiao asked about the Demon Sword, and the Demon Emperor explained that it was choosing a master and that Nine Sword Yao intended to invite human and demon experts to compete for it.
• The Demon Emperor’s son, a White Fox man, attacked Yi Xiaofeng, but Yi used Golden Eye Space Contraction and Matchstick Swordplay to wound him before the Demon Emperor ordered him to stop.
• Nan Qin Honored One announced that he had taken Yi Xiaofeng as his master, leaving the Demon Emperor speechless.

Yi Xiaofeng arrived in Demon Emperor City with Bai Hongxiao and learned that his opponent, Si Kunchan, was a famed demon genius. While searching the city’s stalls, Yi Xiaofeng discovered that a rusty dagger concealed a powerful sword.

• The Demon Emperor hosted Bai Hongxiao and his companions on a flying inn, where Yi Xiaofeng and Si Kunchan declared their intent to kill each other in their decisive battle.
• The Demon Emperor brought the group to Demon Emperor City, where cultivators and demons gathered ahead of the Demon Sword’s appearance.
• Bai Hongxiao settled the group in a residence gifted by the Demon Emperor, and Yi Xiaofeng went exploring with Nan Qin Honored One and Han Yuan.
• Yi Xiaofeng spotted a rusty dagger at a street stall and used his miraculous eyes to identify it as the Thousand Year Cold Sword, which could become a high-grade magic sword.

Yi Xiaofeng found a hidden sword and then tricked Cheng Xianjun into giving him a manual concealing the Three Transformations Spell. Nan Qin Honored One sensed the spell’s power as Yi Xiaofeng left with the manual.

• Yi Xiaofeng revealed that the Thousand Year Cold Sword projected a blade of black light and kept it after its owner tried to reclaim it.
• Yi Xiaofeng found a red-glowing manual at a stall and learned that soaking its hidden text in salt water revealed a spell that could transform its user into a bee, stone, or butterfly.
• Yi Xiaofeng bought two manuals for Cheng Xianjun and persuaded her to choose the sword manual, leaving him the palm technique containing the Three Transformations Spell.
• Cheng Xianjun invited Yi Xiaofeng to stroll with her, but he declined and left with the manual.
• Yi Xiaofeng showed the manual to Nan Qin Honored One, who examined it with his divine sense and reacted with shock.

Yi Xiaofeng mastered the Three Transformations Spell and learned that Wang Ru Shen and his disciple would compete for the Demon Sword. As a sudden burst of Demon Qi drew demons toward a palace, Bai Hongxiao reassured Yi Xiaofeng that the Demon Emperor would handle any danger.

• Yi Xiaofeng found several treasures at the market, gave Han Yuan two magic swords, and copied an alchemy manual for Nan Qin Honored One.
• Yi Xiaofeng practiced the Three Transformations Spell, successfully turning into a butterfly, a bee, and a stone, then offered to teach Wang Yanran.
• Nan Qin Honored One explained that Wang Ru Shen, Zhong Yuan Province's Number One Under Heaven, and his disciple Si Kunchan would compete for the Demon Sword.
• Bai Hongxiao said he would face the experts while Yi Xiaofeng and the others fought opponents below the Golden Core Realm.
• A powerful burst of Demon Qi erupted from a distant palace, and demons flew toward it as Bai Hongxiao reassured Yi Xiaofeng.

Yi Xiaofeng explored Demon Emperor City as rumors spread about Bai Hongxiao and the coming contest for the Demon Sword, while his cultivation advanced. Xiao Queming arrived to visit Bai Hongxiao, and Yi Xiaofeng confronted him over rejecting him and allegedly conspiring with the Demonic Path.

• Nan Qin Honored One reported that a Demon Consort had died in the Demon Emperor Palace, and the group suspected someone was stirring up trouble.
• Yi Xiaofeng, Han Yuan, and Nan Qin Honored One explored Demon Emperor City as the Sword Saint's arrival and Yi Xiaofeng's connection to him became common gossip.
• Yi Xiaofeng visited the city's stalls, gathered manuals and materials, learned the second layer of the Nine Nether Prajna Skill, and advanced toward the second layer of the Foundation Establishment Realm.
• Xiao Queming arrived with four disciples to visit Bai Hongxiao, and Yi Xiaofeng toasted him for not accepting him as a disciple.
• Han Yuan and Liu Ruqin accused Xiao Queming of involvement in an assassination attempt and a conspiracy with the Demonic Path Five Heroes, prompting Bai Hongxiao to ask whether he admitted it.

Bai Hongxiao forced Xiao Queming to confess that he had tried to poison Yi Xiaofeng and made him surrender his Sword Qi Pills. After Bai Hongxiao removed the poison, Yi Xiaofeng consumed a pill and discovered that it greatly strengthened his sword qi.

• Xiao Queming apologized to Yi Xiaofeng and offered him Sword Qi Pills as compensation, but Yi Xiaofeng recognized that the pills were poisoned.
• Bai Hongxiao confirmed the poison, and Xiao Queming admitted he had prepared the poisoned pills for heretics and demonic cultivators.
• Bai Hongxiao ordered Xiao Queming to kneel and reprimanded him, while Yi Xiaofeng asked for all his pills instead of demanding his death.
• Xiao Queming handed Yi Xiaofeng three more bottles of Sword Qi Pills before leaving with his four disciples.
• Bai Hongxiao removed the poison from the pills and told Yi Xiaofeng they could give him sword qi equivalent to two hundred years of cultivation.
• Yi Xiaofeng consumed one Sword Qi Pill, refined its power, and tested his stronger sword qi by cutting a long crack into the wall.

Yi Xiaofeng absorbed twelve Sword Qi Pills, dramatically increasing his sword qi and impressing Nan Qin Honored One with his Pure Yang Five Swords Technique. After training with his disciple, he changed into clothes Wang Yanran had bought for him, while Xiao Queming continued to rage over losing the pills.

• Xiao Queming smashed a table and vowed to avenge Yi Xiaofeng for taking his Sword Qi Pills.
• Bai Hongxiao explained to Han Yuan that sword qi could grow independently of cultivation and that the pills helped Yi Xiaofeng reach the path's beginning.
• Yi Xiaofeng absorbed all twelve Sword Qi Pills and realized that sword qi and spiritual energy were distinct forces.
• Yi Xiaofeng tested his strengthened sword qi on Nan Qin Honored One, whose sleeve was torn by the Pure Yang Five Swords Technique.
• Yi Xiaofeng taught Nan Qin Honored One swordsmanship, then accepted new clothes from Wang Yanran, who tied up his hair.

Yi Xiaofeng received a cryptic lesson about the World Under Heaven Sword from Bai Hongxiao and continued cultivating until the Sword Grave appeared. As the Demon Sword unleashed a terrifying presence and began eliminating players, Bai Hongxiao led the group toward it.

• Bai Hongxiao transmitted a vision to Yi Xiaofeng and told him the World Under Heaven Sword was a will rather than a set of moves, leaving Yi Xiaofeng with the question, “What is your sword?”
• Yi Xiaofeng cultivated for five days and broke through to the second level of the Foundation Establishment Realm.
• Han Yuan and Lu Shuan told Yi Xiaofeng that the Sword Grave had appeared outside Demon Emperor City, and Yi Xiaofeng gathered them to ask Bai Hongxiao what to do.
• Bai Hongxiao said there was no need to hurry, but an explosion and immense Demon Qi soon erupted outside the city as the Demon Emperor and Si Kunchan flew toward the Sword Grave.
• Liu Ruqin sensed something wrong with the Demon Sword, Bai Hongxiao judged it stronger than the World Under Heaven Sword had been at its debut, and Yi Xiaofeng heard it calling to him as players were eliminated.
• Bai Hongxiao rose and led the group toward the Sword Grave.

Yi Xiaofeng and Bai Hongxiao’s group reached Sword Tomb Mountain as Nine Sword Yao’s blood sacrifice strengthened the Demon Sword. The chapter ended when demonic qi emerged from Liu Ruqin and an unfamiliar woman’s voice spoke through her.

• Qin Qinxue caught up with Yi Xiaofeng, offered to take him to a Treasure Land after the danger passed, and agreed to look after Lu Shuan.
• Bai Hongxiao revealed that Nine Sword Yao had fused with the Demon Sword through his blood, making him stronger than before and a potential obstacle to Yi Xiaofeng claiming it.
• Yi Xiaofeng and the others left the city and saw the battle underway at the Sword Grave, where cultivators and demons fought near Sword Tomb Mountain.
• The Demon Emperor warned Yi Xiaofeng that Nine Sword Yao might use him as a sword sacrifice, while the Demon Emperor praised Bai Hongxiao’s strength to Si Kunchan.
• Nine Sword Yao called for challengers at the mountain summit, and Liu Ruqin stopped as demonic qi surrounded her and an unfamiliar woman’s voice spoke through her.

Liu Ruqin revealed herself as the Sword Demon and challenged Bai Hongxiao, while Yi Xiaofeng and his companions retreated from their battle. Their escape was blocked by Peng Che and Black Night Mountain, who attacked Yi Xiaofeng.

• Liu Ruqin transformed into the Sword Demon, announced her challenge to Bai Hongxiao, and drew the attention of cultivators and demons.
• Bai Hongxiao rose to meet the Sword Demon, and the two began a battle that shook the surrounding area.
• Yi Xiaofeng, Han Yuan, and Nan Qin Honored One retreated toward Sword Tomb Mountain as the Demon Emperor and others watched the fight.
• Peng Che and four Black Night Mountain cultivators blocked their path, and Peng Che ordered his men to attack Yi Xiaofeng.
• Nan Qin Honored One caught Peng Che's wrist and revealed that Yi Xiaofeng was his little master.

Yi Xiaofeng and Han Yuan defeated Peng Che’s four subordinates and slaughtered nine cultivators from Cold Chamber Mountain while heading toward Sword Tomb Mountain. They hid among the rocks, where a terrifying aura drew their attention to two powerful men approaching the mountain.

• Nan Qin Honored One sent Yi Xiaofeng and Han Yuan away while fighting Peng Che, and Yi Xiaofeng killed three of Peng Che’s subordinates with a storm of sword qi.
• Han Yuan beheaded his opponent, then he and Yi Xiaofeng headed toward Sword Tomb Mountain as Nan Qin Honored One and Bai Hongxiao remained locked in battle.
• Worried by the dried corpses falling from Sword Tomb Mountain, Yi Xiaofeng and Han Yuan changed course to hide among rocks, but seven cultivators from Cold Chamber Mountain intercepted them.
• Yi Xiaofeng and Han Yuan killed nine cultivators, earning Yi Xiaofeng 900 points, then concealed themselves behind a boulder.
• Yi Xiaofeng and Han Yuan sensed an aura more terrifying than the Sword Demon’s and saw two men approaching Sword Tomb Mountain; Yi Xiaofeng wondered who the man in the dark crimson robe was.

Yi Xiaofeng and Han Yuan watched Wang Ru Shen arrive at Sword Tomb Mountain to claim the Demon Sword, while Chen John compared his strength to Bai Hongxiao and Nine Sword Yao. Wang Ru Shen confronted Nine Sword Yao, then faced a gathering of powerful cultivators who moved to stop him.

• Han Yuan sensed that Wang Ru Shen rivaled Bai Hongxiao, and Chen John revealed himself and identified Wang Ru Shen and Zhou Shaojun.
• Chen John predicted that Zhou Shaojun would claim the Demon Sword and doubted the Sword Saint's current strength, angering Han Yuan and Yi Xiaofeng.
• Wang Ru Shen and Zhou Shaojun climbed Sword Tomb Mountain, drawing the attention of the cultivators gathered there.
• The Demon Emperor and Si Kunchan flew to the summit, where Nine Sword Yao told Wang Ru Shen that the Demon Sword chose its own wielder.
• Wang Ru Shen reminded Nine Sword Yao of his past humiliation and demanded the sword, while Nine Sword Yao said he could not decide who wielded it.
• The Demon Emperor and other powerful cultivators surrounded Wang Ru Shen, who challenged them to take the sword from him.

Yi Xiaofeng entered Nine Sword Yao’s trial after a burst of light struck him, and learned that the Demon Sword would recognize at most one young contender. Asked what he saw in the sword, Yi Xiaofeng sensed its history of rage and answered that its strongest rage came from love.

• Wang Ru Shen’s arrogance united the Nascent Soul old monsters, who joined forces to fight him.
• Yi Xiaofeng refused to collect the swords scattered across Sword Tomb Mountain, suspecting that they were a trap.
• Cultivators from Da Qian Province and Zhong Yuan Province arrived as battles raged around the mountain.
• A flash of light struck Yi Xiaofeng and transported him to a trial where Nine Sword Yao presented the Demon Sword to young contenders.
• Yi Xiaofeng read the Demon Sword’s history and told Nine Sword Yao that its strongest rage was born from love.

Yi Xiaofeng passed Nine Sword Yao’s first test and learned that the Demon Sword might accept him as its master if he reached the summit of Sword Tomb Mountain. With the mountain blocked by powerful fighters, Bai Hongxiao finally defeated the Sword Demon and headed toward the summit as Yi Xiaofeng advanced.

• Nine Sword Yao told Yi Xiaofeng that he might be the Demon Sword’s fated master and could claim it by climbing Sword Tomb Mountain when its sword light appeared.
• Yi Xiaofeng returned from the illusion and learned that Han Yuan had failed Nine Sword Yao’s test by seeing only a sword.
• Nan Qin Honored One told Yi Xiaofeng that Wang Ru Shen was overpowering more than a dozen Nascent Soul experts, making the route to the summit dangerous.
• Bai Hongxiao told Yi Xiaofeng to head toward the summit, and Nan Qin Honored One followed after him.
• Bai Hongxiao struck down the Sword Demon with a sword attack, then walked through the air toward the summit of Sword Tomb Mountain.

Bai Hongxiao killed the Sword Demon with one strike, then joined Yi Xiaofeng and the others at Sword Tomb Mountain, where Wang Ru Shen waited beside the Demon Sword. As Bai Hongxiao confronted Wang Ru Shen, Yi Xiaofeng reminded Nine Sword Yao of their agreement to give him the sword.

• Bai Hongxiao instantly killed the Sword Demon, and Yi Xiaofeng, Han Yuan, and Nan Qin Honored One hurried toward Sword Tomb Mountain.
• Yi Xiaofeng and his companions climbed past stone statues as cultivators and demons converged on the summit.
• Wang Ru Shen waited with Zhou Shaojun by the Demon Sword while the defeated Da Qian Province experts recovered nearby.
• Han Yuan claimed the sword for Bai Hongxiao, and Zhou Shaojun drew his sword to challenge him.
• Yi Xiaofeng reminded Nine Sword Yao of their agreement, then Bai Hongxiao arrived and Wang Ru Shen asked whether he wanted to fight for the sword.