Chapter Summaries

At Shan Hai Yuan, Ye Changfeng met Biyao and You Ji, then later confronted them in the garden at night. He knocked You Ji’s veil away with a probing strike, exposing her face and leaving her shocked and furious.

• Biyao complained that her party’s meal was being delayed, but Ye Changfeng calmly told the waiter to serve the earlier guests first.
• You Ji appeared and felt immense pressure from Ye Changfeng’s Sword Intent, then led Biyao back to their room.
• That night, Ye Changfeng noticed Biyao in the flower bed and told her he was more interested in You Ji.
• You Ji wondered whether Ye Changfeng was the mysterious future Green Robe Sect Leader and watched him warily.
• Ye Changfeng attacked You Ji with Sword Intent, sending her veil flying and exposing her face.
• Ye Changfeng admired You Ji’s beauty and remarked that she had been born beautiful, so she should not have turned to banditry.

Ye Changfeng accidentally saw You Ji’s face, angering her, then kissed Lu Xueqi after she invited him into her room. The next morning, Ye Changfeng and the others set out for Kongsang Mountain while Lu Xueqi acted as though nothing had happened.

• You Ji scolded Ye Changfeng for seeing her face and hurried away with Biyao.
• Lu Xueqi opened her door when Ye Changfeng returned and pretended she had been cultivating.
• Ye Changfeng entered Lu Xueqi’s room and kissed her, while keeping his advances limited.
• Lu Xueqi pushed Ye Changfeng out, then fell asleep contentedly after the goodnight kiss.
• Ye Changfeng cultivated through the night, and the group left for Kongsang Mountain after breakfast.

Ye Changfeng led the Qingyun Sect group to Kongsang Mountain, where he rescued the Tianyin Temple and Burning Incense Valley disciples and exposed his fearsome swordsmanship. The group found the Ten Thousand Bat Grotto, and Ye Changfeng’s strike annihilated its bats and carved through nearly half the cave.

• Ye Changfeng led Lu Xueqi, Qi Hao, Zeng Shushu, and the others across Kongsang Mountain in search of the Ten Thousand Bat Grotto.
• Ye Changfeng slew the Vampire Bats surrounding Faxiang, Fashan, Li Xun, and Yan Hong, then let Qi Hao speak with them while keeping his identity secret.
• Faxiang, Yan Hong, and Li Xun recognized Ye Changfeng as the Green Robe Sect Leader revealed by the Heavenly Curtain and followed the Qingyun group.
• The group found the Ten Thousand Bat Grotto, and Faxiang asked Ye Changfeng how they could get past the swarming bats.
• Ye Changfeng took Lu Xueqi’s Tianya Divine Sword and swept away the bats with one strike, carving through nearly half of the grotto.

Ye Changfeng led the Qingyun Sect party into the Ten Thousand Bat Grotto after destroying its Blood Bats, while Old Master Nian feared that the Green Robe Sect Leader had arrived to destroy the Blood Refining Hall. The group split at a fork in the cave, and Ye Changfeng's party encountered lurking figures in the darkness.

• Ye Changfeng destroyed the Ten Thousand Bat Grotto and all its Blood Bats with one sword strike, stunning Yan Hong, Li Xun, Faxiang, Qi Hao, and Lu Xueqi.
• Old Master Nian lost his spiritual connection to the bats and feared the green-robed swordsman might be the Green Robe Sect Leader, but he concealed his fear and prepared to resist.
• Ye Changfeng led Lu Xueqi and the others into the cave, where Lu Xueqi split a stone tablet bearing the words “Heaven's Will Is With Me.”
• Ye Changfeng chose the left passage at the fork, while Faxiang and Li Xun took the right passage with the others.
• Ye Changfeng's group spotted shadowy figures with bloodthirsty eyes creeping toward them in the darkness.

Ye Changfeng and his companions stormed the Blood Refining Hall’s stronghold, where he killed Lin Feng and defeated Old Master Nian. Old Master Nian revealed that Xiao Yicai had been killed by the Ghost King Sect, leaving Ye Changfeng to wonder how the future revealed by the Heavenly Curtain had changed fate.

• Ye Changfeng cut down Blood Refining Hall ambushers as he led Lu Xueqi, Qi Hao, and Zeng Shushu through the Ancient Cave.
• Lin Feng challenged Ye Changfeng, who killed him with a single sword strike.
• Old Master Nian recognized Ye Changfeng as the Green Robe Sect Leader from the Heavenly Curtain, and the Blood Refining Hall forces panicked and fled.
• Qi Hao, Zeng Shushu, and Lu Xueqi joined the fight while Ye Changfeng crippled Old Master Nian and demanded news of Xiao Yicai.
• Old Master Nian said the Ghost King Sect had killed Xiao Yicai and taken his head and the Seven Star Sword, so Ye Changfeng killed him and reflected on fate changing.

After Old Master Nian's death, Ye Changfeng stopped wanting to keep his head down and broke through to the late stage of the Shangqing Realm. He and his companions descended into the Dead Spirit Abyss to search the Blood Refining Hall's treasure vault in the Ruthless Sea.

• Ye Changfeng reflected on the future and resolved to help change the world instead of keeping his head down.
• His Sword Intent sharpened, and he broke through to the late stage of the Shangqing Realm during a moment of Enlightenment.
• Lu Xueqi, Qi Hao, and Zeng Shushu defeated the Blood Refining Hall's followers, and Lu Xueqi killed the last survivor.
• Lu Xueqi noticed Ye Changfeng's changed bearing and told him he seemed even more handsome.
• Ye Changfeng led Lu Xueqi, Qi Hao, and Zeng Shushu toward the Dead Spirit Abyss to search for the Blood Refining Hall's treasure vault.
• The group descended into the Ruthless Sea and saw countless Wraiths drifting around them.

Ye Changfeng and the Qingyun Sect disciples encountered Biyao, You Ji, and the Ghost King Sect in the Ruthless Sea before the Blackwater Mysterious Snake attacked them. Ye Changfeng wounded the serpent but was swept away with Lu Xueqi, who woke in his arms in a dark cave.

• Ye Changfeng reassured Lu Xueqi about the harmless Wraiths as the group explored the Ruthless Sea and fought demon beasts.
• Biyao and You Ji confronted the Qingyun Sect group, and Biyao ordered the Ghost King Sect elites to attack.
• Ye Changfeng fought You Ji while Lu Xueqi and the others battled the Ghost King Sect members, until the Blackwater Mysterious Snake appeared.
• The Blackwater Mysterious Snake crushed most of the Ghost King Sect elites and sent You Ji and Biyao flying away.
• Ye Changfeng struck the serpent's old wound, then shielded Lu Xueqi from its counterattack as they were swept away by the shockwave.
• Lu Xueqi awoke in Ye Changfeng's arms in a pitch-black cave and saw that he was unharmed.

Ye Changfeng and Lu Xueqi found the Blood Dripping Cave and entered its cultivation chamber, where they discovered the First Volume of the Heavenly Book. Comprehending it brought Ye Changfeng to the Peak of Shangqing and Lu Xueqi into the Upper Purity Realm.

• Ye Changfeng and Lu Xueqi survived the Blackwater Mysterious Snake and found themselves inside the Blood Dripping Cave.
• Ye Changfeng opened a hidden passage beneath the pool and led Lu Xueqi to the chamber containing the First Volume of the Heavenly Book.
• Lu Xueqi noticed that the Heavenly Book's principles aligned with the Taiji Xuanqing Dao, and Ye Changfeng urged her to memorize and comprehend them.
• Ye Changfeng entered Enlightenment and broke through to the Peak of Shangqing.
• Lu Xueqi absorbed the surrounding spiritual energy and broke through into the Upper Purity Realm.

Lu Xueqi broke through in cultivation, and she and Ye Changfeng kissed in a quiet room before he persuaded her to help him with his arousal. They left hand in hand, but Lu Xueqi noticed stains on her dress and accused Ye Changfeng of being a bad person.

• Lu Xueqi opened her eyes after breaking through and sought Ye Changfeng's praise.
• Ye Changfeng kissed Lu Xueqi and loosened her dress until she told him to stop.
• Ye Changfeng paused, and Lu Xueqi curled up in his arms before asking whether he felt uncomfortable.
• Ye Changfeng asked Lu Xueqi to help him, and she reluctantly agreed.
• Ye Changfeng and Lu Xueqi left the quiet room hand in hand, and Lu Xueqi noticed stains on her dress and called him a bad person.

Ye Changfeng promised Lu Xueqi he would formally ask for her hand once he reached the Supreme Purity Realm. The two explored the Blood Refining Hall’s treasury, where Ye Changfeng found a relic that reminded Lu Xueqi of Jin Ping'er and made her wary of his interest in other women.

• Lu Xueqi agreed to help Ye Changfeng when he felt distracted, and Ye Changfeng promised to ask Martial Aunt Shuiyue for her hand after breaking through to the Supreme Purity Realm.
• Ye Changfeng and Lu Xueqi left the quiet chamber, passed Black Heart Old Man’s corpse, and entered the Blood Refining Hall’s treasury.
• Ye Changfeng found that the old artifacts and bottles in the treasury had lost their value, then opened a small box that released poison.
• After the poison dispersed, Ye Changfeng identified a glowing golden bell as the Joyous Union Sect’s Joyous Union Bell and hung it from his waist.
• Lu Xueqi suspected Ye Changfeng’s connection to Jin Ping'er and resolved to keep an eye on him, while Ye Changfeng felt an unexplained shiver.

After reuniting with Qi Hao and Zeng Shushu, Ye Changfeng and Lu Xueqi left Kongsang Mountain and went to Little Pond Town to investigate reports of stolen livestock. There, Ye Changfeng found a Three-tailed Fox Demon with the Mysterious Fire Mirror and ordered her to repay the townspeople and leave, surprising her by sparing her life.

• Qi Hao and Zeng Shushu found Ye Changfeng and Lu Xueqi after a powerful sword strike revealed their location, and they discovered Lu Xueqi had reached the Upper Purity Realm.
• Ye Changfeng told Qi Hao and Zeng Shushu what had happened and passed the First Volume of the Heavenly Book to them.
• The group left Kongsang Mountain and headed to Little Pond Town, where they heard that monsters in the Black Stone Forest had stolen the locals' livestock.
• Ye Changfeng led Lu Xueqi, Qi Hao, and Zeng Shushu into the Black Stone Forest, where he confronted the Three-tailed Fox Demon and spotted the Mysterious Fire Mirror on her wrist.
• The Three-tailed Fox Demon admitted stealing livestock, and Ye Changfeng told her to compensate the townspeople and leave with the big fox rather than kill her.

The Six-tailed Fox Demon revealed that the Fox Clan attacked Burning Incense Valley to retrieve the Mysterious Fire Mirror, which could destroy the Beast God, and asked Ye Changfeng to save his imprisoned mother. Ye Changfeng learned that Burning Incense Valley would eventually release the Beast God.

• The Three-tailed Fox Demon agreed to compensate Little Pond Town and leave with Sixth Brother, then recognized Lu Xueqi and Ye Changfeng as figures revealed by the Heavenly Curtain.
• The Six-tailed Fox Demon led Ye Changfeng and the others into the cave, where the injured Six-tailed Fox Demon asked Ye Changfeng to hear the Fox Clan's plea.
• The Six-tailed Fox Demon explained that his mother took the Mysterious Fire Mirror from Burning Incense Valley to help stop the Beast God, and was captured after the Fox Clan suffered heavy losses.
• The Six-tailed Fox Demon said Burning Incense Valley would release the Beast God and begged Ye Changfeng to save his mother and all living beings.

Ye Changfeng believed Six-tailed Fox Demon’s claims about Burning Incense Valley and agreed to help protect Three-tailed Fox Demon and investigate the truth. After learning that Ye Changfeng had reached Peak of Shangqing, the fox demons entrusted him with the Mysterious Fire Mirror so he could try to cure Six-tailed Fox Demon’s cold poison.

• Qi Hao challenged Six-tailed Fox Demon to prove his accusation that Burning Incense Valley had released the Beast God, and Six-tailed Fox Demon urged them to wait for a Heavenly Curtain revelation.
• Six-tailed Fox Demon explained that Shangguan Ce’s Nine Condensing Ice Thorn had left him suffering from cold poison for three hundred years, and he asked Ye Changfeng to look after Xiao San in exchange for the Mysterious Fire Mirror.
• Three-tailed Fox Demon refused to leave Six-tailed Fox Demon, so Ye Changfeng agreed to verify the fox demon’s claims and promised to save their imprisoned mother if they were true.
• Six-tailed Fox Demon said an expert at Peak of Shangqing could use the Mysterious Fire Mirror to purge his cold poison, and Ye Changfeng revealed that he had reached that cultivation level.
• Three-tailed Fox Demon gave Ye Changfeng the Mysterious Fire Mirror, and Lu Xueqi comforted her as Ye Changfeng prepared to treat Six-tailed Fox Demon.

Ye Changfeng used the Mysterious Fire Mirror to cure Six-tailed Fox Demon, then forged a Natal Flying Sword from a ten-thousand-year Crimson Profound Crystal and named it Chi Yuan. With the sword needing forty-nine days to mature, the group prepared to investigate the Demonic Sect's gathering at Liubo Mountain while Qi Hao stayed behind to watch over it.

• Ye Changfeng used the Mysterious Fire Mirror to melt the Cold Poison in Six-tailed Fox Demon's body, restoring his cultivation and advancing him to Late Shangqing.
• Six-tailed Fox Demon revealed that a ten-thousand-year Crimson Profound Crystal lay beneath the magma, and Ye Changfeng retrieved it with a Fire Dragon.
• Ye Changfeng forged a Natal Flying Sword from the crystal, used Blood Refining to bond with it, and named it Chi Yuan.
• Zeng Shushu reported that the Demonic Sect had gathered at Liubo Mountain and that Qingyun Sect had sent people to investigate.
• Ye Changfeng agreed to go to Liubo Mountain, assigned Qi Hao to guard Chi Yuan while it matured, and invited Six-tailed Fox Demon to join the group.

As the Righteous and Demonic Paths gathered on Liubo Mountain awaiting the third Heavenly Curtain exposure, several factions prepared for the coming upheaval. Ye Changfeng and his companions were still traveling there, while Jin Ping'er remained hidden under the Joyous Union Sect's protection.

• Ye Changfeng arranged for Qi Hao to stay in Little Pond Town and hide his identity while he traveled toward Liubo Mountain with Lu Xueqi, Zeng Shushu, and the two Fox Demons.
• Two months later, Righteous and Demonic Path forces gathered on Liubo Mountain, where disciples clashed but no major battle began as everyone awaited the third Heavenly Curtain exposure.
• Su Ru worried about Ye Changfeng and the others, while Shuiyue privately trusted Lu Xueqi's safety and watched Cangsong as a suspected traitor.
• You Ji told Wan Renwang that the Green Robe Sect Leader was stronger than her but that she did not know his identity; Wan Renwang focused on preparing for Kui Niu's awakening.
• Three Marvels Fairy visited the hidden Jin Ping'er and urged her to reveal herself if the Green Robe Sect Leader appeared, promising his protection and Qingyun Sect's support.

Jin Ping'er received warnings from Three Marvels Fairy as tensions between the Righteous and Demonic Paths rose at Liubo Mountain. When Bloodthirsty Old Demon and Hundred Poisons Son confronted Tian Buyi and Su Ru, a mysterious Green-robed Figure appeared and overwhelmed the gathered Shangqing Masters with his aura.

• Three Marvels Fairy warned Jin Ping'er not to trust others easily if she went to the Righteous Path, and Jin Ping'er wondered whether the Green Robe Sect Leader would help her.
• Several days later, Bloodthirsty Old Demon arrived at Liubo Mountain with Myriad Poisons Sect elites and demanded that Tian Buyi answer for a disciple's death.
• Tian Buyi rejected Bloodthirsty Old Demon's demand, and Su Ru joined him as Hundred Poisons Son appeared beside the Demonic Sect leader.
• Hundred Poisons Son taunted Tian Buyi and Su Ru about Wan Jianyi, then abruptly stopped when he spotted someone in the forest.
• A Green-robed Figure emerged from the forest, and his growing aura pressed down on the Shangqing Masters.

Ye Changfeng revealed himself as Qingyun Sect’s Green Robe Sect Leader and confronted the Demonic Sect elders who had planned an earlier assassination. He trapped them in a Taiji Diagram and began Qingyun Sect’s Ghost-Slaying God True Art, leaving the battle poised to strike.

• A green-robed figure emerged beneath a peach tree and broke off a branch, releasing a powerful Sword Intent that alarmed the Demonic Sect and excited Qingyun Sect.
• Ye Changfeng identified himself by confronting Bloodthirsty Old Demon and Hundred Poisons Son over the attempted assassination planned by Poison God.
• Old Monster Duanmu appeared to join Bloodthirsty Old Demon and Hundred Poisons Son, and the three mocked Ye Changfeng’s claim to be the Green Robe Sect Leader.
• Ye Changfeng revealed his Peak of Shangqing cultivation, and Shuiyue recognized his sword art as Slaying Ghosts and Gods while Cangsong recognized his familiar Sword Intent.
• Ye Changfeng spread a Taiji Diagram across the forest, immobilized the three Shangqing Masters, and began performing the Ghost-Slaying God True Art with the peach blossom branch.

Ye Changfeng trapped the Myriad Poisons Sect’s attackers in his Taiji Diagram and killed Hundred Poisons Son and Bloodthirsty Old Demon with Slaying Ghosts and Gods. Old Monster Duanmu fled, but Lu Xueqi intercepted him and killed him with the Divine Sword Controlling Thunder, revealing the couple’s strength to the world.

• Ye Changfeng trapped the Demonic Sect disciples in his Taiji Diagram and struck them with Slaying Ghosts and Gods.
• Hundred Poisons Son and Bloodthirsty Old Demon died beneath Ye Changfeng’s sword light, while Old Monster Duanmu escaped with one arm severed.
• Ye Changfeng noticed Lu Xueqi waiting ahead of Old Monster Duanmu as he fled on his Magic Treasure.
• Lu Xueqi revealed her Upper Purity cultivation and summoned divine thunder with the Divine Sword Controlling Thunder True Art.
• The thunder killed Old Monster Duanmu, and Ye Changfeng and Lu Xueqi’s joint attack on the Myriad Poisons Sect shook the world.

After Ye Changfeng displayed overwhelming strength on Liubo Mountain, the Righteous Path was stunned by his use of Slaying Ghosts and Gods, while Lu Xueqi concealed his identity. As the Ghost King Sect reacted to his power and You Ji’s lingering feelings, the Heavenly Curtain began to unfold.

• Shuiyue, Daoist Cangsong, Tian Buyi, Su Ru, and the other Righteous Path leaders were shocked when Ye Changfeng used Slaying Ghosts and Gods and Lu Xueqi revealed her breakthrough to the Upper Purity Realm.
• Ye Changfeng exchanged a silent look with Lu Xueqi, then left the woods before the Qingyun Sect disciples could question him.
• Lu Xueqi lied to Daoist Cangsong that she did not know the Green-robed Youth, then told Shuiyue that Qi Hao and Ye Changfeng had returned to Qingyun Sect injured and that Zeng Shushu was still behind them.
• Wan Renwang and the Ghost King Sect’s senior members were astonished by Ye Changfeng’s strength, and Biyao teased You Ji about his attention toward her.
• You Ji recalled Ye Changfeng’s sword strike and lowered her gaze as the Heavenly Curtain began to unfold.

The Heavenly Curtain rated True Lord Daoxuan as the Righteous Path’s top figure of the past three hundred years and revealed that the Zhu Xian Sword’s Malevolent Qi had nearly corrupted him. Daoxuan worried that the Heavenly Curtain might also expose an old scandal connected to the sword and Wanjianyi’s faked death.

• The third round of revelations showed a green-robed Qingyun Sect leader wondering whether he had to use the Zhu Xian Sword and meeting Martial Uncle Daoxuan at the Ancestor Shrine.
• The Heavenly Curtain identified Daoxuan as Qingyun Sect’s eighteenth sect leader, a Supreme Purity Realm cultivator who had used the Zhu Xian Sword for the Righteous Path and nearly succumbed to its Malevolent Qi.
• People across the Shenzhou World reacted to Daoxuan’s cultivation and the Zhu Xian Sword’s corrupting power, while Wan Renwang mocked the weapon.
• Daoxuan accepted that his cultivation had been revealed but feared the Heavenly Curtain would expose the master-slaying scandal tied to the Zhu Xian Sword and Wanjianyi’s faked death.