Chapter Summaries

Yi Xiaofeng found a pouch containing deadly Fiend Devouring Bees and learned that Zhao Fei had arrived in White Ape City. As rumors linking Yi Xiaofeng to Zhuo Yulang’s death spread and more cultivators gathered, Ou Nianzi began to wonder whether Yi Xiaofeng was truly responsible.

• Yi Xiaofeng gave the Qi Gathering Pills he found to Han Yuan and asked about Zhao Fei, whom the Three Vanguards described as a disgraced Heaven Sword Saint Sect genius.
• Han Yuan found a dried corpse in an ancient tree and recovered a pouch of Fiend Devouring Bees, which Yi Xiaofeng took and kept unopened.
• Guo Mao appeared nearby, claimed he had come after Guo Lingling warned him of Demonic Cultivators, and took his daughter away.
• Yi Xiaofeng spent two days cultivating at the inn while Qin Qinxue gathered news that Qianji Palace had arrived, Zhao Fei had come to the city, and rumors accused Yi Xiaofeng of killing Zhuo Yulang over his sword.
• Ou Nianzi secretly overheard Yi Xiaofeng and Qin Qinxue discussing the rumors and wondered whether they had really killed Zhuo Yulang.

Mo Xu Daoren and the Supreme Valley Three Vanguards pressured Ou Nianzi to avoid blaming Yi Xiaofeng for Zhuo Yulang’s murder. At the City Lord’s Mansion, a rogue cultivator accused Yi Xiaofeng, but Qin Qinxue challenged his motives and left him unable to respond.

• Mo Xu Daoren told Ou Nianzi to settle Zhuo Yulang’s murder case quietly and warned him about the Sword Saint’s possible return.
• Black Owl offered Ou Nianzi the Three Vanguards’ help against Zhao Fei and urged him to blame Zhao Fei rather than Yi Xiaofeng.
• Qin Qinxue told Yi Xiaofeng that the Crown Prince of Wu Kingdom was expected to arrive, while Yi Xiaofeng continued cultivating.
• The Heaven Sword Saint Sect summoned Yi Xiaofeng and his companions to the City Lord’s Mansion as cultivators in the city watched him closely.
• Zuo Chen accused Yi Xiaofeng of arranging Zhuo Yulang’s murder, and Qin Qinxue questioned how a rogue cultivator knew so much about the case and Yi Xiaofeng’s enemies.

Qin Qinxue defended Yi Xiaofeng from accusations until Ou Nianzi ordered the accusers to stop, then the Heaven Sword Saint Sect hurried to the south gate after learning a demonic faction had infiltrated the area. Yi Xiaofeng learned that the faction might be Cold Chamber Mountain or Black Night Mountain, and Emperor Heart Sword Jian Zhen challenged him to a duel.

• Zuo Chen left after Ou Nianzi questioned him, while An Changsheng accused the Heaven Sword Saint Sect of covering up Yi Xiaofeng's guilt.
• Qin Qinxue argued that there was no evidence against Yi Xiaofeng and accused An Changsheng of trying to stir up conflict, prompting Ou Nianzi to forbid further accusations.
• Guo Mao told Ou Nianzi something in private, and Ou Nianzi led the Heaven Sword Saint Sect toward the south city gate.
• Guo Lingling warned Yi Xiaofeng that a demonic faction, possibly Cold Chamber Mountain or Black Night Mountain, had infiltrated within a hundred li of White Ape City.
• Jian Zhen, an eighty-ninth-ranked swordsman on the Heavenly Sword Ranking, challenged Yi Xiaofeng to a duel that would decide only victory and defeat.

Yi Xiaofeng fought Jian Zhen and won their duel with the World Under Heaven Sword, Hearing the Dao, though the technique left him nearly unable to stand. Jian Zhen admitted defeat and agreed to go to Cold Chamber Mountain in Da Qian Province to smash its plaque, while Yi Xiaofeng left with his companions secretly needing support.

• Han Yuan challenged Jian Zhen, but Yi Xiaofeng stepped in and drew the Unable Sword for their duel.
• Jian Zhen struck faster and stronger than Yi Xiaofeng until Yi Xiaofeng used his golden pupils and sword techniques to counter him.
• Yi Xiaofeng unleashed the World Under Heaven Sword, Hearing the Dao, devastating the street and leaving Jian Zhen badly wounded but still standing.
• Yi Xiaofeng persuaded Jian Zhen to accept defeat, and Jian Zhen agreed to owe him one condition.
• Yi Xiaofeng asked Jian Zhen to smash Cold Chamber Mountain's plaque, and Jian Zhen agreed.
• Yi Xiaofeng left with Han Yuan and the others, then admitted he needed them to support him after exhausting himself.

After Black Night Mountain surrounded White Ape City, Yi Xiaofeng and his companions tried to escape while Black Owl and Red Owl faced the Eighteen Ghost Fiends. Their route to the North Gate was blocked by a black-armored man who challenged Supreme Valley’s intentions.

• News of Yi Xiaofeng defeating Jian Zhen spread through White Ape City as he recovered his spiritual power at the inn.
• Qin Qinxue told Yi Xiaofeng that fighting had broken out outside the city and that the Heaven Sword Saint Sect had left to confront the demonic forces.
• The waiter warned Yi Xiaofeng that Evil Spirits might return to the city at night while the Heaven Sword Saint Sect was away.
• Black Owl told Yi Xiaofeng that Black Night Mountain had surrounded White Ape City and assured him that Ou Nianzi would not suspect him of killing Zhuo Yulang.
• Yi Xiaofeng and his companions left the inn as Black Owl and Red Owl stayed behind to fight Black Night Mountain’s Eighteen Ghost Fiends.
• White Owl led Yi Xiaofeng’s group toward the North Gate, where a black-armored man confronted them and accused Supreme Valley of hiding ambitions to contend for the world.

Yi Xiaofeng and his companions fled White Ape City through an underground passage while the Owls fought Black Night Mountain’s experts. Guo Lingling revealed her father’s crimes and warned that the city was in danger, and Jian Zhen joined the group as they pressed onward.

• White Owl fought Ran Hui while Yi Xiaofeng rescued a child from the battle’s destruction.
• Guo Lingling offered to guide Yi Xiaofeng and his companions to safety through White Ape City’s underground passages.
• Yi Xiaofeng questioned Guo Lingling after finding a dried corpse, and she revealed that Guo Mao had killed people while practicing Demonic Art and warned that Black Night Mountain might overwhelm the city’s defenders.
• Yi Xiaofeng chose to trust Guo Lingling, and the group continued through the passage past more dried corpses.
• Jian Zhen caught up with the group and explained that he had followed Yi Xiaofeng’s scent to escape the danger outside.

Yi Xiaofeng and his companions were confronted by Guo Mao, who revealed that a White Ape Demon Soul had made him monstrously powerful. Liu Ruqin transformed into a Sword Demon and cut Guo Mao down, while the Unable Sword absorbed the demon soul and restored Yi Xiaofeng’s strength; the group then continued toward the exit.

• Guo Mao blocked Yi Xiaofeng and his companions in the tunnel and attacked them, hoping to seize Yi Xiaofeng’s body.
• Yi Xiaofeng pierced Guo Mao with the Unable Sword, but Guo Mao unleashed the White Ape Demon Soul and pinned him in place.
• Guo Mao struck Han Yuan aside and began transforming into a White Ape demon as Liu Ruqin prepared to intervene.
• Liu Ruqin transformed into a Sword Demon and cut Guo Mao in half, and the Unable Sword absorbed the White Ape Demon Soul and strengthened Yi Xiaofeng.
• Guo Lingling explained that her father had fallen into demonic cultivation, then led the group onward while Liu Ruqin wondered how Guo Mao had died.

Yi Xiaofeng and his companions escaped the tunnel, where Zhao Fei revealed himself and demanded the Unable Sword. Nan Qin Honored One exposed his own disguise and drove Zhao Fei off, while the group stayed near White Ape City to wait for Three Owl.

• Jian Zhen left the tunnel but hurried back after seeing danger outside, and the group found Zhao Fei disguised as a child with a yellow dog.
• Zhao Fei revealed his identity, completed Yi Xiaofeng's Side Quest Six, and demanded the Unable Sword while threatening the group.
• Nan Qin Honored One revealed himself from the yellow dog disguise, and Zhao Fei fled when Yi Xiaofeng ordered him to remove Zhao Fei's arm.
• Yi Xiaofeng's group entered the forest and decided to wait for Three Owl rather than leave immediately.
• Jian Zhen tried to leave, but Nan Qin Honored One put a hand on his shoulder and told him not to be so hot-blooded.

Yi Xiaofeng recruited Jian Zhen to serve him for three years and founded World Under Heaven Swordsmen with the swordsmen around him. After Nan Qin Honored One agreed to aid him and Liu Ruqin joined the mission, they set off for White Ape City to attack Black Night Mountain.

• Yi Xiaofeng persuaded Jian Zhen to serve him for three years, and Jian Zhen accepted a pill from Nan Qin Honored One to recover.
• Nan Qin Honored One agreed to help Yi Xiaofeng fight Black Night Mountain in exchange for Yi Xiaofeng's future aid if Nan Qin faced destruction.
• Yi Xiaofeng announced World Under Heaven Swordsmen as an organization of formidable swordsmen who would join forces to overcome their enemies and troubles.
• Jian Zhen recovered, while Yi Xiaofeng gave Han Yuan the Fiend Devouring Bees and told the others to stay behind.
• Liu Ruqin chose to join Yi Xiaofeng, and Nan Qin Honored One took the name Sword Ghoul as they flew toward White Ape City to kill Black Night Mountain cultivators.

White Ape City became a battlefield as Ran Hui, the Eighteen Ghost Fiends, and Red Heart Buddha cornered the Supreme Valley Three Vanguards. Just as the brothers prepared to die, Yi Xiaofeng and his allies returned to challenge Black Night Mountain.

• Ran Hui overwhelmed White Owl with his iron chain while Black Owl and Red Owl fought the Eighteen Ghost Fiends.
• Black Owl and Red Owl reunited with White Owl, and the Three Vanguards prepared to fight together as Ran Hui and the Eighteen Ghost Fiends surrounded them.
• Red Heart Buddha arrived in a talisman-covered coffin and demanded that the Three Vanguards submit or die.
• Black Owl, White Owl, and Red Owl refused to betray Supreme Valley and braced for their deaths.
• Yi Xiaofeng and Jian Zhen flew back with Liu Ruqin, while Nan Qin Honored One approached through the air and declared that Black Night Mountain could not kill the Three Vanguards.

Yi Xiaofeng returned to protect Three Owl from Ran Hui and Black Night Mountain’s forces, claiming that Sword Demon would fight for him. When Liu Ruqin transformed into Sword Demon, the battle turned against the attackers.

• Yi Xiaofeng and his companions entered the ruined city, where Ran Hui and the Eighteen Ghost Fiends confronted them.
• Nan Qin Honored One introduced himself as Sword Ghoul of World Under Heaven Swordsman and flew to face Red Heart Buddha.
• Ran Hui summoned thirty-six Golden Core Realm experts, trapping Yi Xiaofeng’s group alongside the Eighteen Ghost Fiends.
• Yi Xiaofeng named Sword Demon as another peerless expert of World Under Heaven Swordsman, but Liu Ruqin initially showed no sign of transforming.
• After Ran Hui threatened Liu Ruqin, she erupted with demonic qi, transformed into Sword Demon, and drew her demonic sword.
• Sword Demon agreed to Yi Xiaofeng’s order to kill the attackers and raised her sword as her aura pierced the clouds.

Yi Xiaofeng’s World Under Heaven Swordsman attacked Black Night Mountain in White Ape City, with the Sword Demon and Nan Qin Honored One overwhelming its forces. The Sword Demon killed every Black Night Mountain expert on the ground, and the battle made World Under Heaven Swordsman famous across the city.

• The Sword Demon appeared over White Ape City, and the Eighteen Ghost Fiends charged her but were instantly cut down.
• Nan Qin Honored One and Red Heart Buddha began a spectacular battle while the Sword Demon slaughtered Black Night Mountain’s Golden Core Realm experts.
• Yi Xiaofeng and his companions followed the Sword Demon through the ruins, looting fallen cultivators as he offered Jian Zhen the chance to learn from her.
• The players helped spread news of World Under Heaven Swordsman as the Sword Demon killed the thirty-six Golden Core Realm cultivators and the Eighteen Ghost Fiends.
• Ran Hui begged the Sword Demon for mercy and attempted a sneak attack, but she killed him, leaving no Black Night Mountain experts alive on the ground.

Yi Xiaofeng’s allies defeated Black Night Mountain in White Ape City, though Red Heart Buddha escaped as a nascent soul. With their enemies routed and the city in ruins, Yi Xiaofeng gathered his growing group and left openly, while observers anticipated greater upheaval in Da Qian Province.

• Yi Xiaofeng searched Ran Hui’s remains for Storage Rings and declared the spoils shared resources for World Under Heaven Swordsman.
• The Sword Demon struck Red Heart Buddha down, but his nascent soul escaped and ordered Black Night Mountain’s disciples to retreat.
• Yi Xiaofeng gathered his companions and searched in vain for Red Heart Buddha’s Storage Ring.
• Mo Xu Daoren and Ou Nianzi thanked Yi Xiaofeng, and Ou Nianzi agreed to blame Zhao Fei for Zhuo Yulang’s death.
• Yi Xiaofeng invited Guo Lingling to join his group after she declined to become White Ape City’s lord.
• Yi Xiaofeng and his companions left White Ape City openly as Mo Xu Daoren and Ou Nianzi predicted that the world was about to change.

Yi Xiaofeng explored the newly unlocked Heavenly Dao Space and spent 20,000 points cleansing the Relic Golden Core. After two hours, he absorbed the Golden Body Relic’s power, leaving its effect about to be revealed.

• Yi Xiaofeng and his expanded group left White Ape City as news of the World Under Heaven Swordsman’s battle with Black Night Mountain spread online.
• Yi Xiaofeng entered the Heavenly Dao Space, checked its rankings and features, and learned that Heavenly Dao Cleansing could turn harmful items into ownerless objects.
• Yi Xiaofeng used his discounted first cleansing on the Relic Golden Core for 20,000 points, dropping from first to third place in the rankings.
• While the group rested, Yi Xiaofeng cultivated and sensed that he was close to reaching the third layer of the Foundation Establishment Realm.
• That night, Yi Xiaofeng absorbed the cleansed Golden Body Relic, which melted into golden light and formed an imposing Buddha around him.

Yi Xiaofeng gained Buddhist teachings and supreme arts from the Relic Golden Core, advancing to the eighth layer of the Foundation Establishment Realm. He awoke with a golden body and the new abilities, while Qin Qinxue's admiration for him began to change.

• Black Owl, White Owl, Red Owl, Nan Qin Honored One, and Jian Zhen learned that Yi Xiaofeng's Golden Core was a Buddhist relic, and Guo Lingling suggested it had belonged to the monk who suppressed the white ape.
• Yi Xiaofeng experienced a lifetime of Buddhist practice in an enlightenment vision, then met a golden Buddha who offered three teachings; Yi Xiaofeng demanded all of them.
• Yi Xiaofeng broke through to the fifth layer of the Foundation Establishment Realm and demonstrated the Vajra Palm, which Jian Zhen identified as an art of Vajra Buddha Temple.
• Yi Xiaofeng used Thunder God Roar and gained a golden body as his cultivation rose to the sixth and then seventh layers; Jian Zhen identified the temple's three supreme arts within the relic's teachings.
• Qin Qinxue heard that Jiang Jing had joined Heaven Sword Saint Sect as its first player Inner Sect Disciple, but found her feelings for Yi Xiaofeng changing.
• Yi Xiaofeng reached the eighth layer of the Foundation Establishment Realm, awoke, and confirmed that the relic had passed three supreme arts and Buddhist teachings into his mind.

Yi Xiaofeng tested the Vajra Palm after refining Xuan Cang’s Relic Golden Core, while the Vajra Buddha Temple learned that he had inherited its lost arts and sent Lei Lie to guide him. Yi Xiaofeng’s group reached a mist-shrouded treasure site, where an approaching evil presence left them facing a possible Ghost King.

• Yi Xiaofeng tested his Vajra Palm against Han Yuan, then offered to teach it to Han Yuan, Jian Zhen, and Lu Shuan.
• Xuan Yi Vajra Buddha learned that Yi Xiaofeng had refined Xuan Cang’s relic and inherited the Vajra Palm, Thunder God Roar, and Evil Exorcising Golden Body.
• Lei Lie volunteered to find and guide Yi Xiaofeng, and Xuan Yi Vajra Buddha warned him to be gentle and patient.
• Yi Xiaofeng and his companions reached the foggy forest marked on their map and entered it, following Black Owl’s instructions to stay close.
• Yi Xiaofeng sensed an evil presence, and Black Owl rang an exorcising bell as he warned that a Ghost King might be guarding the site.

Yi Xiaofeng’s group found a rare demon core and opened a trapped Heavenly Mystery Box containing the Astonishing God Swordplay and a letter. After learning that the courier who carried the manual had died in the forest, they feared a powerful danger was nearby and questioned whether they could leave safely.

• Yi Xiaofeng found a recently dead Ghost Forest Demon Fox, and Lu Shuan dug out its demon core, which Yi Xiaofeng promised to give to the best-performing woman in the group.
• As the group climbed farther into the forest, Black Owl sensed a presence nearby but could not locate it.
• Yi Xiaofeng found a Heavenly Mystery Box and followed its hidden combination to open it, while Nan Qin Honored One deflected a volley of poisoned needles.
• Yi Xiaofeng took the Astonishing God Swordplay manual and a letter from the box, and Black Owl and Nan Qin Honored One explained the manual’s legendary importance.
• The letter revealed that the Heaven Sword Saint Sect’s courier had died while carrying the manual, prompting Qin Qinxue to suggest retreating and Black Owl to warn that leaving might not be easy.

Yi Xiaofeng and his companions wandered through Ghost Forest, where Unable Sword began absorbing Wronged Souls and a ghost god attacked them. As the others fought the ghost god, the Nine Revolutions Soul-Seizing Lamp in Yi Xiaofeng’s Storage Ring heated up and lit itself when he took it out.

• Yi Xiaofeng’s group continued through Ghost Forest while Jian Zhen and Nan Qin Honored One discussed the legendary Sword God and the pursuit of immortality.
• Unable Sword absorbed nearby Wronged Souls, and Nan Qin Honored One proposed using the sword to lure out a powerful ghost.
• A ghost god confronted the group, prompting Three Owl, Nan Qin Honored One, and Jian Zhen to charge into the darkness and fight it.
• Yi Xiaofeng sensed the Nine Revolutions Soul-Seizing Lamp heating inside his Storage Ring and took it out to protect his other treasures.
• The lamp was already lit, and its light caused clusters of light to appear throughout the surrounding darkness.

Yi Xiaofeng and his companions escaped the Ghost King with the Nine Revolutions Soul-Seizing Lamp, collected Strange Colorful Ghost Flowers, and set off for Supreme Valley. Black Owl warned Yi Xiaofeng that Nine Nether True Man was a taboo there, but a mysterious sword qi struck their flying carpet and sent everyone falling.

• Yi Xiaofeng used the Nine Revolutions Soul-Seizing Lamp to drive away the Ghost King and free White Owl and Red Owl.
• The group rested until dawn, then found nine Strange Colorful Ghost Flowers beside a poisonous pool, which Nan Qin Honored One collected for pill refining.
• Black Owl took Yi Xiaofeng, Qin Qinxue, and the others toward Supreme Valley on a flying carpet, estimating the journey would take no more than five days.
• Nan Qin Honored One admitted he had met Nine Nether True Man, and Black Owl warned Yi Xiaofeng not to mention him because he was Supreme Valley's greatest taboo.
• A powerful sword qi tore through the clouds, shattered Nan Qin Honored One's barrier, and knocked everyone off the flying carpet as Yi Xiaofeng used his sword technique to steady himself.

Luo Yutian abducted Yi Xiaofeng and challenged him to prove his worth before he would honor a favor owed by Bai Hongxiao. After Yi Xiaofeng failed to break through Luo Yutian’s defenses, he discovered how to unlock the Astonishing God Swordplay and struck its blank manual with his strongest sword technique.

• Luo Yutian seized Yi Xiaofeng, Qin Qinxue, and Guo Lingling, then carried them to a valley while their companions pursued.
• Luo Yutian explained that he wanted to test Bai Hongxiao’s disciple before agreeing to fulfill a favor, and Yi Xiaofeng accepted his challenge.
• Yi Xiaofeng attacked Luo Yutian with Golden Eye Space Contraction, World Under Heaven Sword, and Wen Dao, but Luo Yutian’s physique withstood the blow.
• The Three Owl pretended to abandon Yi Xiaofeng and left to seek help, while Luo Yutian warned that he would kill the women if Yi Xiaofeng tried to escape.
• Yi Xiaofeng read the Astonishing God Swordplay manual’s hidden instruction: he had to shred it with his strongest sword technique to receive the Sword God’s inheritance.
• The next morning, Yi Xiaofeng used World Under Heaven Sword, Hearing the Dao on the manual as Luo Yutian and the others watched in surprise.