Chapter Summaries

Bai Hongxiao accepted Wang Ru Shen’s challenge and rose with him into the thunderclouds, leaving Yi Xiaofeng and Han Yuan to fight Zhou Shaojun for the Demon Sword. As thousands of cultivators and demons swarmed Sword Tomb Mountain, Nine Sword Yao’s formation flung attackers away, and Yi Xiaofeng was ambushed by several enemies.

• Bai Hongxiao agreed to fight Wang Ru Shen, and the two flew into the thunderclouds above Sword Tomb Mountain.
• Yi Xiaofeng and Han Yuan confronted Zhou Shaojun, who defended the Demon Sword while battling Han Yuan and blocking Yi Xiaofeng’s sword attack.
• Thousands of cultivators and demons rushed toward the Demon Sword as Yi Xiaofeng tried to reach it.
• Nine Sword Yao activated the altar’s formation, knocking Yi Xiaofeng, Han Yuan, Zhou Shaojun, and other attackers away.
• A black-clad swordsman charged at Yi Xiaofeng, and two more figures emerged from demonic qi to attack him.

Yi Xiaofeng seized the Demon Sword from the altar before the Demon Emperor could take it. After Yi Xiaofeng openly defied him and drew the sword, the furious Demon Emperor struck at him.

• Yi Xiaofeng defeated two Cold Chamber Mountain disciples and learned from Wei Qixin that the cultivators and demons had been bewitched into fighting.
• The Demon Sword’s light broke the spell, and the Demon Emperor advanced toward the altar with Si Kunchan to claim it.
• Yi Xiaofeng used Golden Eye Space Contraction to appear at the altar and grab the Demon Sword before the Demon Emperor could reach it.
• Yi Xiaofeng taunted the Demon Emperor, raised his middle finger, and pulled the Demon Sword from the altar.
• The Demon Emperor flew into a rage and attacked Yi Xiaofeng with his palm.

Yi Xiaofeng used the Demon Sword to block the Demon Emperor’s attack, then pretended he had mastered the sword and threatened the forces gathered on Sword Tomb Mountain. Most of them fled, but the Demon Emperor remained as Yi Xiaofeng struggled to keep control of the sword and maintain his bluff.

• The Demon Sword unleashed its power and dissipated most of the Demon Emperor’s palm strike, leaving Yi Xiaofeng unharmed.
• Yi Xiaofeng proclaimed that the Demon Sword belonged to him, while the Demon Emperor and Si Kunchan suspected it had acknowledged him as its master.
• Yi Xiaofeng channeled Nine Nether Spiritual Energy into the sword and claimed he would use Bai Hongxiao’s World Under Heaven Sword, alarming the Demon Emperor.
• Yi Xiaofeng threatened to destroy everyone on Sword Tomb Mountain unless they fled, and many cultivators and demons panicked and escaped.
• Yi Xiaofeng taunted the Demon Emperor while secretly struggling to control the sword, as Nan Qin Honored One and Han Yuan flew away.

Yi Xiaofeng bluffed the Demon Emperor until he called for Bai Hongxiao, who arrived with Wang Ru Shen and claimed the Demon Sword for his disciple. Yi Xiaofeng bound the sword to himself, but began convulsing as the chapter ended.

• The Demon Emperor saw through Yi Xiaofeng’s act and challenged him to strike, while Zhou Shaojun and Si Kunchan realized Yi Xiaofeng was bluffing.
• Yi Xiaofeng called desperately for Bai Hongxiao to save him, and Bai Hongxiao arrived alongside Wang Ru Shen.
• Wang Ru Shen staggered and spat blood as Bai Hongxiao confronted the Demon Emperor for threatening his disciple.
• Yi Xiaofeng pressed his bleeding thumb to the Demon Sword, and Bai Hongxiao declared that no one could take it from him.
• Bai Hongxiao said Yi Xiaofeng would one day surpass him, but Yi Xiaofeng began convulsing after binding himself to the sword.

Yi Xiaofeng fought the Demon Sword’s sword spirit in a trial that matched his strength and copied his techniques, but he was badly wounded and nearly defeated. Remembering Bai Hongxiao’s lesson, he declared that his sword bore the world at heart, and a figure resembling Bai Hongxiao appeared to perform a set of sword techniques.

• Nine Sword Yao tried to stabilize the Demon Sword as Yi Xiaofeng convulsed, while Bai Hongxiao stood calmly by.
• Wang Ru Shen challenged Bai Hongxiao to arrange a future duel between their disciples, and Bai Hongxiao agreed on the condition that it would not be to the death.
• Yi Xiaofeng battled a sword spirit that looked like him, first gaining an advantage with Matchstick Swordplay before it learned the technique and counterattacked.
• The sword spirit overwhelmed Yi Xiaofeng and demanded that he submit or die, leaving him unable to rise.
• Yi Xiaofeng recalled Bai Hongxiao’s question about his sword and declared that his sword was the World Under Heaven Sword, which bore the world at heart.
• A figure resembling Bai Hongxiao appeared before Yi Xiaofeng and began performing a set of sword techniques.

Yi Xiaofeng mastered World Under Heaven Sword, Hearing the Dao, defeated the Demon Sword’s Sword Spirit, and became the master of Demon Sword Wu Fa. As he left with Bai Hongxiao, Nine Sword Yao’s soul faded away, and Bai Hongxiao kept the rest of the World Under Heaven Sword’s moves a mystery.

• Yi Xiaofeng followed the sword technique in his vision and used Hearing the Dao to destroy the Sword Spirit.
• The Demon Sword accepted Yi Xiaofeng as its master and named itself Wu Fa.
• Yi Xiaofeng returned to reality with the Demon Sword’s true form, declared Wu Fa his own, and flew away with Bai Hongxiao.
• Yi Xiaofeng saw Nine Sword Yao’s soul fading, and the Sword Spirit explained that it could not be saved.
• Yi Xiaofeng asked Bai Hongxiao about the World Under Heaven Sword’s remaining moves, but Bai Hongxiao refused to reveal them.

After seizing the Demon Sword, Yi Xiaofeng reunited with his companions and traveled with Bai Hongxiao to find a blacksmith who could make it a scabbard. The blacksmith began work, and Bai Hongxiao planned to leave the Demon World the next day.

• Yi Xiaofeng and Bai Hongxiao met Han Yuan, Nan Qin Honored One, and Liu Ruqin as news of the Demon Sword spread across the world and Yi Xiaofeng gained 20,000 points.
• Yi Xiaofeng reunited with Lu Shuan, Qin Qinxue, and Wang Yanran near Demon Emperor City, and Bai Hongxiao sent Wang Yanran to Su Xin Palace disciples.
• Bai Hongxiao took the group by Flying Sword to meet a blacksmith in the Demon World.
• The blacksmith recognized Unable Sword as the Demon Sword and agreed to make a scabbard by the next day.
• Bai Hongxiao told the group they would leave the Demon World after resting overnight.

Bai Hongxiao took Yi Xiaofeng and the others out of the Demon World, warning that the Demon Sword would bring a catastrophe and setting Yi Xiaofeng the task of reaching the top of the Heavenly Sword Ranking within ten years. After Bai Hongxiao left in Wu Kingdom, Yi Xiaofeng’s group chose to pursue a rare flower that could strengthen spiritual power.

• Bai Hongxiao told Yi Xiaofeng to reach the top of the Heavenly Sword Ranking within ten years, while Nan Qin Honored One explained the ranking and the Immortal Ranking.
• The blacksmith finished a scabbard for the Unable Sword, and Bai Hongxiao warned that great changes and a catastrophe were coming, with the Demon Sword among their causes.
• Bai Hongxiao said Nine Sword Yao had a powerful backer and that someone stronger than him might be involved in the coming upheaval.
• After three days, Bai Hongxiao led the group through a Teleportation Array to Wu Kingdom, urged Yi Xiaofeng to keep chivalry in his heart, and departed to attend to his own affairs.
• Nan Qin Honored One mentioned another Sword Saint who sought to prove he was the only one, and Qin Qinxue showed the group a map to a rare flower that could strengthen spiritual power.

After the livestreams abruptly ended, Yi Xiaofeng and his companions traveled toward a place connected to Qin Qinxue’s Seven-Colored Glass Fruits. At a ruined temple, Prince Zhuo Yulang confronted Yi Xiaofeng and demanded the Unable Sword, revealing that he had reached the fifth level of the Golden Core Realm.

• Qin Qinxue told Yi Xiaofeng that she had gathered many Seven-Colored Glass Fruits, and Nan Qin Honored One identified their location as seven or eight hundred li away.
• Yi Xiaofeng’s group traveled on foot and camped by a river, where Han Yuan tried to teach Nan Qin Honored One swordsmanship while Yi Xiaofeng guided Lu Shuan.
• A game notification announced that the livestreams had been cut off and that ten days remained before the script ended, leaving players to prepare for the Public Beta.
• Two days later, Yi Xiaofeng’s group arrived at a ruined temple where cultivators discussed a martial contest to choose the son-in-law of a hidden cultivation city’s lord.
• Prince Zhuo Yulang identified Yi Xiaofeng through Han Yuan, demanded the Unable Sword, and disclosed that he had reached the fifth level of the Golden Core Realm.

Yi Xiaofeng refused Zhuo Yulang’s demand for the Demon Sword and later fought him when Zhuo attacked. Yi Xiaofeng killed the Golden Core Realm expert with World Under Heaven Sword, Hearing the Dao, but collapsed after exhausting his spiritual energy.

• Zhuo Yulang offered to recommend Yi Xiaofeng to the Heaven Sword Saint Sect in exchange for the Demon Sword, but Yi Xiaofeng refused.
• Zhuo Yulang followed Yi Xiaofeng’s group into the forest, then attacked them with a dart and drew his sword.
• Yi Xiaofeng ordered his companions to stand aside and fought Zhuo Yulang with Unable Sword.
• Yi Xiaofeng used five clones to bind Zhuo Yulang and struck him with World Under Heaven Sword, Hearing the Dao, killing him instantly.
• Yi Xiaofeng collapsed from depleted spiritual energy, and Nan Qin Honored One rushed to his side.

After Yi Xiaofeng killed Zhuo Yulang, he and Qin Qinxue learned that the game had triggered a Script requiring them to clear themselves of suspicion. They planned to frame other forces, revive Zhuo Yulang briefly to create evidence, and move to a nearby city while Nan Qin Honored One hid.

• Yi Xiaofeng recovered from the backlash of using the World Under Heaven Sword as Nan Qin Honored One warned that the Heaven Sword Saint Sect would pursue him for killing Zhuo Yulang.
• Qin Qinxue proposed fabricating clues, and Yi Xiaofeng and Qin Qinxue received a Script requiring them to evade investigation by the Heaven Sword Saint Sect and Wu Kingdom Royal Family within ten days.
• Yi Xiaofeng asked Nan Qin Honored One to preserve Zhuo Yulang's corpse and refine a Life-Prolonging Pill so they could revive him briefly and use him to create misleading evidence.
• Yi Xiaofeng, Qin Qinxue, and their companions planned to frame the Blood Palm Sect and the Second Prince of Bei Wei, while Nan Qin Honored One agreed to add soul-controlling ingredients to the pill.
• Two days later, Nan Qin Honored One finished refining the pill, Han Yuan damaged Zhuo Yulang's corpse with the Second Prince's sword techniques, and Yi Xiaofeng decided the group would wait in a nearby city while Nan Qin Honored One concealed his identity.

Yi Xiaofeng forged evidence to frame Xiao Queming and other enemies for Zhuo Yulang’s death, then waited in White Ape City for the Script to end. After completing the Main Quest and several side quests, Yi Xiaofeng learned he had earned a huge number of points and would soon return to reality.

• Yi Xiaofeng had Zhuo Yulang write two forged letters, hid a Blood Fiend Palm Manual and poison needle on him, and sent him back to the ruined temple.
• Zhuo Yulang claimed he had been attacked, then died two hours later while accusing Xiao Queming and Li Ziquan.
• Yi Xiaofeng and his companions reached White Ape City, registered under false names, and stayed at an inn for two days.
• The Script ended, and Yi Xiaofeng received notifications that he had completed the Main Quest and several side quests for a large number of points.

Yi Xiaofeng returned to the real world after becoming famous and prepared for the Public Beta, which would begin in three days. As he traveled home with Jiang Yuyao, he read the game’s official rules and learned that players would be forced to join monthly Scripts and could choose other races.

• Yi Xiaofeng left the Game Pod, and Xu Qutian told him the Public Beta would start in three days and that his assistant was waiting.
• Yi Xiaofeng invited Qin Qinxue to join the studio he planned to establish, and she agreed to move in with him.
• Jiang Yuyao helped Yi Xiaofeng disguise himself and escorted him through the crowd of fans to a car bound for home.
• Yi Xiaofeng read the official website’s rules, including mandatory monthly Scripts, a one-year wait after death, and the ban on revealing that players came from outside the game world.
• Yi Xiaofeng learned the human and demon cultivation realms and that new players could choose a path or reincarnate as another race.

Yi Xiaofeng prepared for the Heavenly Dao Immortal Hero Game’s public beta, dealt with his growing fame, and welcomed Qin Qinxue to his villa. After his social media post sparked enormous traffic and real-world congestion, he stayed home to review endorsements while waiting for the game to launch.

• Jiang Yuyao told Yi Xiaofeng that his worldwide followers had surpassed two billion and offered to manage his endorsement deals.
• Yi Xiaofeng asked Qin Qinxue to transcribe the Blood Fiend Palm Manual, then sent it to Wang Yundong in exchange for the remaining payment.
• Yi Xiaofeng posted a message promoting the Heavenly Dao Immortal Hero Game, and his post quickly drew massive engagement and crashed the social media app.
• Yi Xiaofeng received his Game Pod and let Qin Qinxue move into a room at his villa.
• Jiang Yuyao said the university and nearby streets were overwhelmed by fans responding to Yi Xiaofeng’s post, so they would stay home and review his contracts instead.

Yi Xiaofeng reviewed lucrative endorsement contracts and planned to build a cultivation studio called World Under Heaven Swordsman. As the game’s public beta began, he returned to White Ape City to resume his Scripted Task.

• Yi Xiaofeng chose five endorsement contracts worth over five billion, then discussed building World Under Heaven Swordsman with Jiang Yuyao.
• Yi Xiaofeng and Qin Qinxue planned to misdirect players investigating their disappearance by pointing them toward Cold Chamber Mountain, Li Ziquan, Xiao Queming, and the Blood Palm Sect.
• Yi Xiaofeng announced World Under Heaven Swordsman online, prompting a flood of comments, and asked Jiang Yuyao to register its trademark and naming rights.
• Yi Xiaofeng entered the game at the public beta’s start and chose to continue along his previous path in life.
• The game recounted Yi Xiaofeng’s past and revealed his 53,700 Heavenly Dao Points before he reappeared at the inn in White Ape City.

Yi Xiaofeng joined the crowd as the Heaven Sword Saint Sect sealed White Ape City to investigate Zhuo Yulang’s murder. He tried to steer suspicion away from himself, but Ou Nianzi challenged his account of his relationship with Zhuo Yulang.

• Yi Xiaofeng reviewed his quests, hid the Unable Sword in his Storage Ring, and cultivated in his room.
• The Heaven Sword Saint Sect announced a five-day lockdown of White Ape City while it searched for Zhuo Yulang’s murderer.
• Yi Xiaofeng went with Qin Qinxue, Han Yuan, Liu Ruqin, and Lu Shuan to the City Lord’s Mansion, where Ou Nianzi and Guo Mao were investigating.
• Qin Qinxue told Ou Nianzi that Zhuo Yulang had met her and Yi Xiaofeng at a temple outside the city and asked them to wait for him in White Ape City.
• Yi Xiaofeng introduced himself as Bai Hongxiao’s disciple and claimed that he and Zhuo Yulang had hit it off, but Ou Nianzi said another disciple had described their conversation as unpleasant.

Yi Xiaofeng and his companions deflected suspicion over Zhuo Yulang’s death in White Ape City, where Ou Nianzi warned them about Zhao Fei. Yi Xiaofeng found a poisonous-wrapped martial arts manual, but let a thief escape with it after wiping his hand on Han Yuan’s shoulder.

• Yi Xiaofeng explained that Zhuo Yulang had once wanted to become Bai’s disciple, then learned from Ou Nianzi that Zhuo Yulang was dead.
• An Changsheng suggested Yi Xiaofeng might have killed Zhuo Yulang, but Qin Qinxue defended him by raising the possibility that Zhuo Yulang had tried to steal his sword.
• Ou Nianzi told Yi Xiaofeng to stay in White Ape City and warned him that Zhao Fei, a traitor seeking revenge, might come after him.
• Yi Xiaofeng and his companions wandered through White Ape City while pretending to be uninvolved in Zhuo Yulang’s death.
• Yi Xiaofeng found a Fierce Wave Palm manual wrapped in poisonous cloth, but a stranger snatched it and fled; Yi Xiaofeng stopped Han Yuan from giving chase and wiped his hand on Han Yuan’s shoulder.

Yi Xiaofeng’s group discovered that the stolen Fierce Wave Palm manual had belonged to Qianji Palace, then returned to White Ape City as his fame drew attention. When a Black-Clothed Swordsman challenged them in the street, Yi Xiaofeng defeated him instantly, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Yi Xiaofeng’s group followed the thief and found him poisoned, then recovered a Fierce Wave Palm manual linked to Qianji Palace.
• Guo Lingling heard that Yi Xiaofeng had arrived in White Ape City and eagerly set out to meet him.
• A Black-Clothed Swordsman confronted Yi Xiaofeng’s group and fought Han Yuan with Fierce Wave Palm and sword techniques.
• Yi Xiaofeng stepped in and used the Pure Yang Five Swords Technique to defeat the Black-Clothed Swordsman in one strike.
• The watching cultivators erupted in astonishment at Yi Xiaofeng’s power.

Yi Xiaofeng’s group learned that an unknown force had placed a bounty on him, then encountered Guo Lingling, the White Ape City Lord’s daughter. He agreed to let her guide them to White Ape City’s haunted West District as Qin Qinxue considered how to use their new connection to clear him of suspicion.

• Yi Xiaofeng defeated the Black-Clothed Swordsman, who revealed that he had attacked after accepting an anonymous bounty, and Han Yuan took his Storage Bag.
• Liu Ruqin caught Guo Lingling following Yi Xiaofeng, and Guo Lingling explained that she had come to meet him out of admiration.
• Yi Xiaofeng learned that Guo Lingling was the White Ape City Lord’s daughter and that her father’s marriage contest required a winner from a major sect.
• Guo Lingling told the group that White Ape City’s West District was largely deserted and rumored to be haunted, then agreed to take them there.
• Qin Qinxue began thinking of ways to use Guo Lingling to help Yi Xiaofeng clear himself of suspicion.

Yi Xiaofeng led his companions through the West District and recovered a dangerous relic Golden Core, then met three powerful cultivators sent by Supreme Valley to protect him. With the Three Vanguards guarding the group, he decided to continue searching for treasure.

• Guo Lingling secretly sent a butterfly message as Yi Xiaofeng and his companions explored the desolate West District.
• Yi Xiaofeng found a Relic Golden Core hidden in an abandoned courtyard and warned Lu Shuan not to channel spiritual energy into it.
• Lu Shuan dug up the Golden Core, which Yi Xiaofeng placed in a pouch at his waist.
• Three demonic figures confronted the group, then revealed themselves as Supreme Valley's Three Vanguards, sent by the Valley Lord and Dao Yue Fairy to protect Yi Xiaofeng.
• Black Owl told Yi Xiaofeng that all three Vanguards were eighth-level Golden Core Realm experts, and Yi Xiaofeng chose to keep searching for treasure.