Chapter Summaries

Yun Shu won his confrontation with Chu Huangyue and received a large reward before being summoned to the main hall. There, the Sect Master raised Yun Shu’s shortage of Cultivation Resources, and Yun Shu admitted he needed them badly.

• The Sect Master praised Yun Shu and asked him to come to the main hall later.
• Liu Chuan gave Yun Shu a reward of 150,000 Spirit Stones, including gifts from the Heavenly Sword Peak Head Seat and the Derivation Sword Peak Head Seat.
• The Mysterious Sword Peak Head Seat gave Yun Shu a copy of Essence of Artifact Refining and offered to teach him artifact refining.
• Yun Shu returned to his residence, then went to the main hall, where the Sect Master asked about his shortage of Cultivation Resources.
• Yun Shu emphatically confirmed that he was very short on Cultivation Resources and wanted enough to reach the Nascent Soul Realm as a Body Cultivator.

Yun Shu accepted the Sect Master's personal collection of resources and agreed to inherit the Myriad Sword Pavilion after the Four Sects Grand Competition. He asked to study the sect's inherited cultivation methods, and Grand Uncle-Master delivered them to him.

• The Sect Master gave Yun Shu a Storage Bag containing spirit stones, Spiritual Objects, and materials worth roughly five hundred thousand spirit stones.
• Yun Shu said he would inherit the sect after returning from the Four Sects Grand Competition and urged the Sect Master and his Master to work toward reviving the Myriad Sword Pavilion.
• Yun Shu requested the inherited cultivation methods of the other mountain peaks, and the Sect Master arranged for them to be delivered.
• The Sect Master summoned Uncle-Master Qi, who agreed to hand over the sect's inheritances and said he wanted to travel while he still could.
• Grand Uncle-Master brought Yun Shu a ring containing the sect's records, inherited cultivation methods, and Spell Techniques.

Yun Shu gave Liu Chuan his cultivation insight to sell, then continued studying the sect’s inherited arts. Liu Chuan brought the insight to Li Zheyan, whose expression turned grave as he read it.

• After the Old Man left, Liu Chuan asked Yun Shu about him and examined the Storage Ring Yun Shu had received.
• Liu Chuan asked Yun Shu to write down his cultivation insight so he could sell it, and Yun Shu shut the door on him.
• The next day, Yun Shu passed Liu Chuan a book containing the insight, then studied the Mysterious Sword Peak method and the Five Spirit Art.
• Liu Chuan read Yun Shu’s insight, copied the section about the fifth Foundation Establishment level, and went to see Li Zheyan.
• Liu Chuan offered the insight to Li Zheyan, who grew grave as he read the opening paragraph and diagram.

Liu Chuan sold Li Zheyan Yun Shu’s detailed cultivation insights for fifty thousand Spirit Stones, while Yun Shu perfected his Spirit Arts and pushed his cultivation close to the Golden Core Stage. Yun Shu planned to attempt tribulation at the Snow Mountain after the Sword Pavilion opened.

• Li Zheyan praised the insights’ depth and agreed to buy them after Liu Chuan negotiated the price down to fifty thousand Spirit Stones.
• Li Zheyan finished reading the book and concluded that its insights were worth the price.
• Liu Chuan returned to Spirit Sword Peak, left Yun Shu undisturbed in seclusion, and headed to meet the Sect Master about preparations for the Sword Pavilion.
• Yun Shu finished writing and comparing his insights after perfecting all Nine Great Spirit Arts and five other Spirit Arts in two days.
• Yun Shu assessed his strength as nearly Golden Core Stage and decided to wait until the Sword Pavilion opened before attempting tribulation at the Snow Mountain.

Yun Shu received fifty thousand Spirit Stones after Liu Chuan sold his cultivation insights to Li Zheyan, and Liu Chuan offered to find buyers for the rest. With the Sword Pavilion opening soon, Yun Shu used his newfound resources to prepare for the Sixth-stage Sword Intent needed to reach its fourth floor.

• Yun Shu gave Liu Chuan his detailed cultivation insights to sell, and Liu Chuan revealed that Li Zheyan had paid fifty thousand Spirit Stones for them.
• Liu Chuan explained that the insights were valuable because they could help buyers raise their cultivation faster, and he refused Yun Shu's offer of a share of the money.
• Liu Chuan took the remaining books and insights to find more buyers, saying the proceeds could help Yun Shu prepare for the Sword Pavilion.
• Yun Shu stabilized his cultivation and focused on improving his Sword Intent, since entering the Sword Pavilion's fourth floor required Sixth-stage Sword Intent.
• Yun Shu absorbed the Sect Master's Spirit Stones and spirit treasures, raising his Cultivation Points to six thousand and preparing to pursue Sixth-stage Sword Intent.

Yun Shu raised his Sword Intent to the Sixth-stage, earned a fortune from Liu Chuan’s sale of cultivation insights, and strengthened his body to the Nascent Soul Realm ahead of the Sword Pavilion’s opening. The Sword Pavilion was set to open that day, with Yun Shu and Liu Chuan ready to enter.

• Yun Shu spent three days and three thousand Cultivation Points to advance his Sword Intent to the Sixth-stage and withdrew his Formation Arrays before the Sword Pavilion opened.
• Liu Chuan gave Yun Shu a Storage Bag containing three hundred thousand Spirit Stones from selling cultivation insights, keeping fifty thousand as his share.
• Liu Chuan told Yun Shu that the Sword Pavilion sent entrants into different independent spaces, where they had to break through an Illusion Realm to reach the next layer.
• Yun Shu absorbed the Spirit Stones and raised his Body Cultivator strength to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• The next day, Yun Shu emerged from his room, and Liu Chuan noticed that he had become stronger.

Yun Shu and Liu Chuan waited for the Sword Pavilion to appear on Spirit Sword Peak, then entered when its doors opened. Yun Shu went to the fourth floor and faced three False Core versions of himself, letting them attack.

• Liu Chuan explained that the Sword Pavilion’s appearance and interior were unpredictable, while Yun Shu waited on Spirit Sword Peak, where he expected it to appear.
• The Sword Pavilion formed in the sky, and Liu Chuan sent Communication Talismans to summon the disciples who qualified to enter.
• Yun Shu saw Mu Qing and Chu Huangyue among the gathered disciples before the Sword Pavilion opened at noon.
• Yun Shu entered the fourth floor and found himself in an arena facing three False Core versions of himself.
• The three copies attacked Yun Shu from different directions, and he let their strikes land.

Yun Shu passed the first-floor trial with an A-Plus rating and reached the Nine-Story Pagoda’s second floor, where he faced a test of Mental Energy. Chu Huangyue followed him through the puzzle door, impressed by his apparent strength, while Yun Shu prepared to keep climbing.

• Yun Shu destroyed three False Core Stage copies of himself with physical strength and received the secret art Split Soul for earning an A-Plus evaluation.
• Yun Shu used Mental Energy to solve the ancient puzzle door and was transported to the second floor.
• Chu Huangyue reached the door, tried several methods before using Mental Energy to solve the puzzle, and entered after Yun Shu.
• Chu Huangyue admitted that Yun Shu might be stronger than her and admired how much he seemed to know.
• Yun Shu entered the Nine-Story Pagoda and felt immense Mental Energy pressure on its empty second floor.

Yun Shu endured the Sword Pavilion’s escalating pressure and stopped an attack on his Mental Energy on the eighth floor. After raising his Mental Energy to the Nascent Soul Realm, he entered the ninth floor and met a young man he recognized as one of the Myriad Sword Pavilion’s Patriarchs, who offered him an opportunity.

• Yun Shu climbed through the Sword Pavilion’s lower floors, enduring pressure that grew stronger with each level.
• On the eighth floor, Yun Shu destroyed a Mental Energy spear with Diamond Glare and decided to strengthen his Mental Energy techniques before proceeding.
• Yun Shu spent about two hundred thousand Cultivation Points to raise his Mental Energy to the Nascent Soul Realm, then entered the ninth floor.
• Yun Shu found an empty room and met a handsome young man who had examined his Sea of Consciousness and praised his Mental Energy talent.
• The young man offered Yun Shu a great opportunity and said the amount he gained would depend on him.

Yun Shu met the founder of Spirit Refining Art, who recognized him as Myriad Sword Pavilion’s Sect Master and gave him the cultivation method One Thought. After Yun Shu entered the pagoda’s third floor, he found himself in a primeval wilderness where his Spiritual Energy could not be used.

• The young man confirmed that he had created Spirit Refining Art, and Yun Shu introduced himself as the ninth-generation Sect Master of Myriad Sword Pavilion.
• The Patriarch praised Yun Shu’s potential, gave him the cultivation method One Thought, and advised him to wait until reaching the sixth layer of Spirit Refining Art before practicing it.
• Yun Shu reached the third-floor door and used his Body Cultivator Spiritual Energy to activate its four Sacred Beasts while Chu Huangyue watched.
• Chu Huangyue left after concluding that she could not open the door, and Yun Shu passed through it into the third floor.
• Yun Shu found himself in a primeval wilderness, cut off from his sea of qi and unable to use or absorb the Spiritual Energy there.

Yun Shu crossed the Wild Wilderness Jungle with his Spiritual Energy and Mental Energy sealed, relying on his physical strength to survive its increasingly powerful beasts. At the mountain at the jungle’s heart, he met Ling Yi, a Myriad Sword Pavilion leader whose projection revealed that he had taken three equally powerful experts down with him.

• Yun Shu realized that only his physical strength worked in the jungle and decided to head deeper to find a way through the trial.
• Yun Shu defeated numerous Exotic Beasts as he crossed the jungle, while wondering whether the Female Protagonist could enter despite lacking Body Cultivation.
• Yun Shu spotted the central mountain and charged into a pack of Golden Core-stage Demon Wolves, killing their Wolf King and smashing the others apart with his fists.
• Yun Shu recovered his Long Sword and continued to the mountain, where he found a pavilion and met the projected Ling Yi.
• Ling Yi introduced himself as a former leader of the Myriad Sword Pavilion and said his true body had dragged three experts of the same level down into oblivion.

Yun Shu met the Myriad Sword Pavilion Patriarch’s lingering soul, received his Body Cultivation inheritance, and learned that becoming a god could bring the Patriarch back to life. He then entered the Sword Intent Tower and quickly mastered its second floor, but realized that cultivating all nine Sword Intents would require enormous resources.

• Yun Shu introduced himself as the ninth-generation Sect Master, and the Patriarch was astonished that he had reached Nascent Soul Realm as a Body Cultivator at seventeen.
• The Patriarch explained that the Ten Mortal Provinces were only part of a much larger world and said Yun Shu could revive him by becoming a god.
• The Patriarch gave Yun Shu his remaining soul power, passing on an inheritance of Body Cultivation insights before disappearing into Yun Shu’s mind.
• Yun Shu returned to the third floor, then entered the fourth floor’s Sword Intent Tower, where he learned that each of its nine floors represented a Sword Intent.
• Yun Shu passed the first floor with his Sixth-stage Sword Intent and quickly comprehended Metal Sword Intent on the second floor.
• Yun Shu considered the immense Cultivation Points and Spirit Stones it would take to cultivate all nine Sword Intents.

Yun Shu advanced through Sword Pavilion, comprehending Fire, Wind, and Devouring Sword Intent before reaching the ninth level. He began studying Slaughter Sword Intent, hoping to pass the remaining tests and qualify for a reward.

• Yun Shu reached the third level and quickly comprehended Five Elements Sword Intent, then advanced to the seventh level and spent half an hour mastering Wind Sword Intent.
• On the eighth level, Yun Shu comprehended Devouring Sword Intent and decided its overwhelming power could help him survive future battles.
• Yun Shu passed the Devouring Sword Intent test and climbed to the ninth level without spending many Cultivation Points.
• Yun Shu found the name Slaughter Sword Intent on a stone pillar and began comprehending it, admiring the Founding Ancestors who had created the Nine Great Sword Intents.

Yun Shu reached First-Tier Slaughter Sword Intent and met Patriarch Ling Yi, who asked him to avenge his betrayal by Situ Kong, a founder of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion. Ling Yi joined his remnant soul with Yun Shu’s sword fragment, while the young man on the second level mourned the fading souls.

• Yun Shu reached First-Tier Slaughter Sword Intent and decided to prioritize Devouring Sword Intent while cultivating Slaughter Sword Intent as a secondary focus.
• Patriarch Ling Yi told Yun Shu that Situ Kong, a founder of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, had betrayed him and asked Yun Shu to avenge him.
• Yun Shu learned of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion’s connection to the threat and promised to try to fulfill Ling Yi’s request if he had the opportunity.
• Ling Yi merged his remnant soul with the fragment of his Destiny Spirit Sword, which became a sword within Yun Shu’s possession.
• The young man on the second level sighed as the preserved souls vanished beyond his ability to save them.

Yun Shu received the Sword Ancestor’s sword, the three Patriarchs’ inheritances, and the Illusion Immortal Bead, which contained the third Patriarch’s remnant soul. As he left the Sword Pavilion, he learned more about the Myriad Sword Pavilion’s downfall and the powerful enemies he might one day face.

• Yun Shu took up the Long Sword forged from the Sword Ancestor’s remnant soul and reflected on the inheritances he had gained from the three Patriarchs.
• The young Patriarch gave Yun Shu the Illusion Immortal Bead, explained its illusion-casting abilities, and instructed him to learn the Mental Energy technique One Thought.
• Yun Shu bound the bead with his blood and discovered that the Patriarch’s remnant soul could speak to him from within it.
• Yun Shu asked about Situ Kong and learned that he was near Immortal, though his damaged origin might delay his ascent.
• The Patriarch explained that the Myriad Sword Pavilion had few allies and fell because its founders neglected the sect’s management while fighting the Five Great Super Immortal Sects.

After leaving the Sword Pavilion with the Illusion Immortal Bead and the Patriarch’s legacy, Yun Shu kept his gains secret and prepared to strengthen himself for the Four Sects Grand Competition. The Sword Pavilion vanished after more than twenty disciples gained cultivation techniques, and Yun Shu agreed to study Formation Arrays with Li Zheyan.

• Yun Shu left the Sword Pavilion and reflected on keeping the Patriarch, the system, and his cultivation matters private.
• Liu Chuan asked Yun Shu what he had gained, and Yun Shu confirmed he had obtained quite a bit without revealing what it was.
• Yun Shu and Chu Huangyue congratulated each other on their gains from the Sword Pavilion.
• Liu Chuan said the Four Sects Grand Competition was half a month away, and Li Zheyan offered to teach Yun Shu Formation Arrays starting the next morning.
• The Sword Pavilion vanished, and Liu Chuan told Yun Shu that more than twenty disciples had obtained cultivation techniques.

Yun Shu discussed the sect’s worsening position with Liu Chuan, then asked the Patriarch how to avoid attracting the Super Sects’ attention. The Patriarch assessed the sect and explained that Yun Shu could keep developing by staying discreet and watching only a few potential rivals.

• Liu Chuan told Yun Shu that the Golden Cauldron Sect had weakened their trade and political influence, leaving them reliant on the Hundred Treasures Pavilion.
• Yun Shu asked the Patriarch what might draw the Super Sects’ attention, and the Patriarch emerged from the Illusion Immortal Bead to assess the sect.
• The Patriarch noted the sect’s weak formation and disciples, Shangguan Yi’s limited prospects, and Yun Shu’s teacher’s dangerous use of the Four Symbols Hegemonic Body Art.
• The Patriarch said the Hundred Treasures Pavilion at the mountain’s foot was not aligned with Situ Kong and that Situ Kong’s injured source would take millennia to recover.
• The Patriarch explained that Super Sects would likely try to recruit Yun Shu rather than kill him, and advised him to conceal his strength and focus on the Hundred Treasures Pavilion and Heaven’s Evolution Dao Sect.

Yun Shu reviewed his gains from the Patriarch, including the Ten Provinces Famous Sword, cultivation insights, and the Split Soul technique. He decided to pursue a second body to help with cultivation and earning Spirit Stones, but the materials and refining needed made the plan costly.

• The Patriarch returned to the Illusion Immortal Bead after helping Yun Shu assess his situation.
• Yun Shu examined the Ten Provinces Famous Sword, Ling Yi Old Ancestor's Body Cultivation insights, and the Patriarch's Spirit Arts.
• Yun Shu studied Split Soul and learned that it could control a puppet-like body, though damage to it could harm his soul.
• The Patriarch offered to teach Yun Shu a method to link two bodies using Mental Energy, but said it required powerful Talisman energy and a refined body.
• Yun Shu reviewed the materials needed for the body and realized they would cost tens of thousands of Spirit Stones and require Artifact Refining.

Yun Shu sought advice from the Old Ancestor about improving his Mental Energy and then visited Li Zheyan to learn Formation Arrays. By dawn, he had mastered several formations so quickly that Li Zheyan realized he would soon need to study beyond his own expertise.

• The Old Ancestor told Yun Shu that mastering the Split Soul secret art could train his Mental Energy while he rested.
• Yun Shu went to Li Zheyan before dawn, received a beginner's booklet on Formation Arrays, and began studying it while Li Zheyan returned to sleep.
• Yun Shu told Li Zheyan he could already set up basic formations, then successfully tested the Falling Rock Formation.
• Li Zheyan was stunned by Yun Shu's skill and began teaching him the Five Elements Formation.
• Yun Shu learned all five formations in a single try, leaving Li Zheyan to wonder whether he needed a teacher at all.

Yun Shu began studying Formation Arrays with Li Zheyan and then joined Han Ping at the Formation Dao Hall, where the sect's cultivators had spent nearly a century trying to restore its ruined arrays. Han Ping put Yun Shu in charge of the group's effort to restore the first grand Formation Array.

• Li Zheyan offered to teach Yun Shu Formation Arrays and said he could later learn Artifact Refining with the sect's facilities and introductory books.
• Li Zheyan brought Yun Shu to the Formation Dao Hall and explained that its members had spent nearly a hundred years trying to restore the sect's grand Formation Array.
• Han Ping welcomed Yun Shu, heard that he had learned the Five Elements Formation in two hours, and agreed to teach him.
• After Li Zheyan left, Han Ping told the Formation Dao Hall members to follow Yun Shu's instructions as they restored the first grand Formation Array.