Chapter Summaries

After winning the tournament, Yun Shu declined a proposed match with the Danxia Sect Master’s daughter and returned to cultivating while others celebrated his growing fame. The next morning, he agreed to become Myriad Sword Pavilion’s Sect Master and ordered Liu Chuan to arrange a modest ceremony within five days, while refusing responsibility for routine affairs.

• Yun Shu examined and stored the top-grade Golden Core pill he had received as a reward, deciding to focus on cultivation rather than spend time making pills.
• The Sect Master of Danxia Sect proposed that Yun Shu marry his daughter, but Yun Shu declined, and the Mysterious Sword Peak Head Seat interrupted the discussion.
• Steward Feng considered arranging a match between Hong Qing and Su Lin as a way to strengthen ties between Canglan Sect and Danxia Sect.
• Yun Shu returned to his room to cultivate, sealed it with talismans, and left Liu Chuan waiting outside until the following morning.
• Yun Shu agreed to take over Myriad Sword Pavilion and ordered Liu Chuan to prepare a modest ceremony within five days, offering to make him Vice Sect Master.
• Liu Chuan asked Yun Shu to manage the sect’s affairs after inheriting it, but Yun Shu said he need not be consulted unless the sect faced destruction.

Yun Shu explained that becoming Sect Master would let him use Myriad Sword Pavilion as a platform and support his ambitions. After returning to the sect, he chose to inherit it despite his master’s offer to help him join a more powerful sect.

• Yun Shu told Liu Chuan he wanted to become Sect Master to gain control of the sect and its support.
• The Flying Boat returned to Myriad Sword Pavilion, and Yun Shu passed through Back Mountain while learning from the Patriarch about the Sword Testing Stone and its hidden legacy.
• Yun Shu visited the Grey-robed Elder and reported that he had won the competition.
• The Grey-robed Elder said Yun Shu could inherit the sect or leave, and reminded him to help Myriad Sword Pavilion if it faced a crisis.
• The Grey-robed Elder offered to use an old friend’s connections to help Yun Shu join a Supreme Great Sect, but Yun Shu said he would stay and inherit Myriad Sword Pavilion.

Yun Shu prepared to take over Myriad Sword Pavilion while the Sect Master stepped down and withdrew from public affairs. As Liu Chuan arranged the ceremony, Yun Shu pared back its expenses and brushed aside concerns that Shangguan Yi might contest his position.

• The Grey-robed Elder entrusted Yun Shu with the sect and warned him to be cautious about the Sect Master's appearance at the ceremony, and Yun Shu agreed to take charge.
• Yun Shu gave the Sect Master a Breath Concealing Art, and the Sect Master decided to move to a small house in the Back Mountain after the handover.
• Yun Shu told Liu Chuan to invite a broad range of guests so the sect could collect gift money, then left the ceremony preparations to him.
• After reviewing Liu Chuan's proposal, Yun Shu cut the planned expenses, canceled the ceremony, and asked that his title be Pavilion Master.
• Liu Chuan told Yun Shu that Shangguan Yi had emerged from seclusion and that the Mysterious Sword Peak Head Seat had already spoken with him, while Yun Shu assured Liu Chuan Shangguan Yi could not challenge him.

Yun Shu prepared for the ceremony where he would become Pavilion Master of the Myriad Sword Pavilion, while reflecting on his rise from a Menial Disciple and the sect’s precarious position. As the handover approached, he remained focused on conserving resources and planned to seek a Golden Core breakthrough after the ceremony.

• Liu Chuan told Yun Shu that Outer Sect Disciples admired him, and Yun Shu shared how he had pushed forward despite hardship and urged people to value the road they could choose.
• Yun Shu reviewed the gifts sent by sect leaders and cultivators, pleased that they could be exchanged for Spirit Stones, and kept the ceremony brief by limiting his role to the handover and announcement.
• Liu Chuan told Yun Shu that Martial Uncle Shangguan had returned to seclusion after angering the Mysterious Sword Peak Head Seat, and Yun Shu hoped he might eventually reach the Golden Core Stage.
• Yun Shu prepared for his brief appearance at the ceremony while regulating his breathing and planning to travel to the Snow Mountain afterward to attempt a Golden Core breakthrough.
• The Patriarch appeared from the Illusion Immortal Bead, urged Yun Shu to restore the Myriad Sword Pavilion, and criticized his plain clothes; Yun Shu defended his frugality and focus on the sect’s needs.

Yun Shu formally took charge of Myriad Sword Pavilion and received a congratulatory gift from a disciple of Wuji Immortal Sect. After the disciple tested and provoked him, Yun Shu returned the gesture with a forceful gift of his own, risking trouble with the powerful sect.

• Yun Shu attended the succession ceremony, addressed the guests, and received the Sect Master's Golden Seal as Myriad Sword Pavilion's new Pavilion Master.
• Yun Shu recognized his master standing unnoticed among the guests, and the two exchanged a quiet look.
• A Golden Core Stage disciple arrived on behalf of Xuan Yangzi of Wuji Immortal Sect and tossed Yun Shu a Jade Box containing Condensing Gold Jade Bone Grass as a test.
• Yun Shu thanked Xuan Yangzi and sent back a Jade Box holding Ten Thousand Year Pine, using enough force to knock the disciple back several steps.
• The disciple left after warning Yun Shu, while the guests realized that Yun Shu's retaliation had brought Myriad Sword Pavilion into conflict with Wuji Immortal Sect.

After Yun Shu challenged the Wuji Immortal Sect’s disciple, he left the banquet and sold the rewards from the Grand Competition, earning 2.7 million Spirit Stones. He remained confident that the Myriad Sword Pavilion could weather any retaliation, while its recovery still depended on time and its disciples’ inheritances.

• Yun Shu left the banquet early after the confrontation, and Liu Chuan relayed the sect master’s offer of support.
• Yun Shu gave Liu Chuan a Fourth-rank Spirit Medicine and Spirit Pills to sell, then explained that the Wuji Immortal Sect had come uninvited.
• Liu Chuan returned with 2.7 million Spirit Stones from Gu Chen, and Yun Shu discussed the sect’s finances and limited prospects for expansion.
• Liu Chuan told Yun Shu that Chu Huangyue had entered seclusion to surpass him, and Yun Shu said he was ready for her challenge.

Yun Shu left the sect in Liu Chuan’s care and traveled to the Snow Mountain to pursue tribulation cultivation. After studying the Patriarch’s Indestructible Body of Heavenly Tribulation, he unleashed his aura and began cultivating as the mountain darkened beneath the coming tribulation.

• Yun Shu handed the sect’s affairs to Liu Chuan and departed to cultivate, leaving Liu Chuan to shoulder the sect’s growing workload.
• The Patriarch gave Yun Shu the Indestructible Body of Heavenly Tribulation and explained that its methods combined physical strength with mental energy.
• Yun Shu reached the Snow Mountain, drove a Silver White Tiger from its ice cave, and sealed the entrance before entering seclusion.
• After three days, Yun Shu memorized the first four layers of the cultivation method and began circulating it with his aura fully unleashed.

Yun Shu endured a Lightning Tribulation on Snow Mountain and used it to strengthen his Body Cultivator path while advancing his Immortal Path cultivation to the Golden Core Stage. After half a month in seclusion, he returned toward the sect with a False Core clone capable of handling tasks.

• Yun Shu let the Lightning Tribulation strike him and cultivated the Indestructible Body of Heavenly Tribulation until it reached the peak of the Fourth Layer.
• Yun Shu cultivated the accompanying Martial Techniques and Four Symbols Hegemon Body Art, bringing his Body Cultivator strength close to the Nascent Soul Stage.
• Yun Shu stabilized his new cultivation and learned from the Patriarch that his seclusion had lasted about half a month.
• Yun Shu set off back to the sect and summoned his clone, whose False Core strength made it suitable for handling tasks.

Yun Shu entered Ling City in his clone’s form and learned about the local factions before deciding to join the weak Hall of Life and Death to build his own influence. The chapter ended as he arrived and saw how few Qi Condensation cultivators it had.

• Yun Shu and his clone set off in opposite directions, and the clone traveled to Ling City in Gu Chen Dynasty.
• Yun Shu asked the innkeeper about Ling City's factions and learned that Fire Wolf Gang rivaled City Lord's Mansion while Hall of Life and Death was a small, struggling gang.
• The innkeeper waived Yun Shu's room charge, warned him about the city's dangers, and directed him to Hall of Life and Death.
• Yun Shu chose Hall of Life and Death over Fire Wolf Gang because the smaller gang would be easier to turn into his own base of influence.
• Yun Shu followed the innkeeper's directions to Hall of Life and Death and saw that it had very few Qi Condensation cultivators.

Yun Shu took over the Hall of Life and Death in Ling City and ordered its new leader to gather intelligence on the city’s major powers. Back at his sect, he told the Patriarch that his new force was an investment intended to undermine the Golden Cauldron Sect at its roots.

• Yun Shu overwhelmed the Hall of Life and Death, killed its leader, and put Old Lei in charge with orders to investigate Ling City’s major forces within three days.
• Yun Shu gave Old Lei a hundred Spirit Stones, and Old Lei persuaded the gang members to follow him.
• Yun Shu’s clone rested at the Hall of Life and Death as fighting broke out outside.
• Yun Shu returned to the sect and found Liu Chuan overseeing routine paperwork while the disciples handled the work.
• Yun Shu told the Patriarch that he was building a new force to make money and eventually strike at the Golden Cauldron Sect, while leaving the sect’s development undisturbed for now.

Yun Shu planned to expand the Hall of Life and Death by absorbing Rogue Cultivators and small factions while keeping his strength concealed. When the gang’s growth stalled against stronger opponents, he prepared to intervene personally.

• Yun Shu decided to gather information on Rogue Cultivators and use resources to bring them into his plans.
• Liu Chuan delivered information on Ling City’s factions, and Yun Shu ordered Old Lei to incorporate five small factions into the Hall of Life and Death.
• Yun Shu asked Old Lei to make him a half-black, half-white iron mask symbolizing life and death.
• Over five days, the Hall of Life and Death grew from just over fifty members to eight hundred and absorbed nearly all the small factions it could reach.
• Old Lei reported that stronger factions had injured him and could not be defeated by the gang, so Yun Shu ordered him to gather the members and follow him.

Yun Shu led the Hall of Life and Death to attack Black Wind Stockade, demonstrating overwhelming power and ordering the stockade’s inhabitants killed. The assault began with his followers storming inside while he stood at the gate, establishing his authority through fear.

• Yun Shu struck Old Lei for offering to silence the onlookers and warned him that strength determined whose words mattered.
• A gang leader watching the procession judged Yun Shu a dangerous opponent but expected the other gangs to resist the Hall of Life and Death’s expansion.
• Yun Shu led more than seven hundred people to Black Wind Mountain, where arrows vanished before reaching his group.
• Yun Shu kicked Black Wind Stockade’s gate apart and ordered that no one inside be left alive.
• Old Lei relayed the order, and the Hall of Life and Death’s members rushed in and began killing the stockade’s defenders.

Yun Shu led Hall of Life and Death to destroy Black Wind Stockade, strengthening the gang and drawing the attention of Ling City’s major forces. He then sent Mu Qing to recruit Rogue Cultivators for the gang while keeping Myriad Sword Pavilion’s involvement secret.

• Yun Shu reflected on building Hall of Life and Death from the bottom up and decided the Four Great Families, Fire Wolf Gang, and City Lord’s Mansion would eventually have to submit or be eliminated.
• Yun Shu’s force of more than seven hundred people overwhelmed Black Wind Stockade, and he ordered them to collect valuables for recruiting more members.
• Hall of Life and Death returned to Ling City with spoils, and the Four Great Families and Fire Wolf Gang reacted to its sudden rise while an innkeeper watched Yun Shu in astonishment.
• Yun Shu gave Mu Qing Spirit Stones and a list of Qi Condensation Stage Rogue Cultivators to recruit for Hall of Life and Death without revealing Myriad Sword Pavilion’s connection.
• Mu Qing agreed to carry out the recruitment and suggested killing anyone who became suspicious, while Yun Shu told Liu Chuan that recruiting Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators could wait.

Yun Shu’s Hall of Life and Death reached a limit in its expansion as the established powers of Ling City resisted its growth. After Mu Qing recruited a powerful group of Rogue Cultivators, Yun Shu ordered Old Lei to destroy the Fire Wolf Gang and then deal with the Four Great Families and the City Lord’s Mansion.

• The Four Great Families, the City Lord’s Mansion, and the Fire Wolf Gang tried to recruit Yun Shu, but he refused and continued expanding the Hall of Life and Death.
• Old Lei told Yun Shu that the Hall could expand no farther without provoking Ling City’s strongest factions, and Yun Shu told him to wait.
• A group of imposing newcomers arrived at the Hall of Life and Death, and Yun Shu ordered Old Lei to use them to attack the Fire Wolf Gang.
• The newcomers released their auras, revealing that they were powerful Rogue Cultivators at or near the Late Stage of Qi Condensation.
• Yun Shu gave Old Lei three days to eliminate the Fire Wolf Gang, the Four Great Families, and the City Lord’s Mansion.

Yun Shu consolidated his control of Ling City and ordered Old Lei to expand the Hall of Life and Death into nearby cities. He also received an invitation to the Wuji Immortal Sect Master's birthday celebration and decided not to attend, suspecting a trap.

• Old Lei reported that the Four Great Families, the City Lord's Mansion, and the Fire Wolf Gang had been wiped out, and Yun Shu ordered him to kill the City Lord and prepare Ling City for the Dynasty's response.
• Yun Shu tasked Old Lei with rooting out unreliable members and placing Hall of Life and Death people throughout Ling City.
• Old Lei reported that the Hall of Life and Death had secured the city and asked whether it should expand; Yun Shu ordered him to take nearby cities within half a month.
• Yun Shu received a Talisman from Liu Chuan inviting him to the Wuji Immortal Sect Master's two-hundredth birthday celebration.
• Yun Shu refused to attend, and Liu Chuan agreed that the invitation could conceal an attempt to ambush him.

Yun Shu decided to avoid Wuji Immortal Sect’s birthday banquet and focus on consolidating his cultivation and developing Myriad Sword Pavilion. He planned to explore the Ancient Mine to rescue his trapped Senior Brother, despite the Patriarch’s warnings about its dangers.

• Yun Shu and Liu Chuan agreed to decline the invitation, send a gift through Hundred Treasures Pavilion, and face any demands from Wuji Immortal Sect on their own turf.
• Yun Shu told Liu Chuan that a new city had been established in the Gu Chen Dynasty and that he hoped to undermine Golden Cauldron Sect, though his plans were still uncertain.
• Yun Shu continued stabilizing his realm and considered visiting the Ancient Mine to find his Senior Brother, who had been trapped for ten years.
• The Patriarch warned Yun Shu that the Ancient Mine held terrifying beings and that even someone Near Immortal might die there, but said the Illusion Immortal Bead could help him handle danger on the outskirts.
• Yun Shu resolved to make time to rescue his Senior Brother, and the Patriarch fell silent, doubting that the man could still be alive.

Yun Shu planned to consolidate his realm and refine pills to heal his master and the Sect Master, while reflecting on the Myriad Sword Pavilion’s decline. He then directed Old Lei to expand the Hall of Life and Death into other Dynasties, promising more Rogue Cultivators to support the effort.

• Yun Shu considered the resources needed to purge the Killing Intent from his master and heal the Sect Master, concluding that both would need at least Fifth-Grade Pills.
• Yun Shu dismissed comparisons between the Myriad Sword Pavilion’s former glory and its current state, then closed his eyes to consolidate his realm.
• Old Lei reported that the Hall of Life and Death had established itself in five nearby cities and could overpower their City Lord’s Mansions.
• Yun Shu told Old Lei to stop expanding within those cities and spread the Hall of Life and Death into other Dynasties.
• Old Lei warned that expansion could stretch their forces thin and draw the attention of powerful sects, but Yun Shu promised that more Rogue Cultivators would arrive to help secure the cities.

Yun Shu planned to expand the Hall of Life and Death beyond the Land of Chaos by secretly winning over officials and powerful figures with letters and promised resources. When King Han, a Foundation Establishment Stage prince, marched against the Hall, Yun Shu sent Old Lei to deliver him a secret offer and begin contacting officials across five dynasties.

• Yun Shu and Old Lei discussed the dynasty's likely response and decided to expand cautiously, relying on strength in the borderlands and influence deeper inside.
• After another half month, Old Lei reported that King Han was personally leading an attack on the Hall of Life and Death.
• Yun Shu gave Old Lei a secret letter and treasure chest for King Han, instructing him to deliver them in secret so King Han would protect the Hall.
• Yun Shu also gave Old Lei letters offering benefits to officials and rulers across five dynasties, telling him to report back if any contacts proved promising.
• Yun Shu planned to use correspondence and resources to infiltrate the dynasties gradually, spending no more than fifty thousand Spirit Stones.

Yun Shu expanded the Hall of Life and Death’s influence by bribing officials across the Five Great Dynasties while keeping the Golden Cauldron Sect unaware. He then tasked Old Lei with recruiting cultivators by offering Spirit Stone rewards based on their aptitude, leaving the gang poised to grow.

• King Han claimed victory over the Hall of Life and Death after using prisoners as substitutes for captured members, and officials celebrated his return.
• Old Lei reported that the Hall of Life and Death had established channels in cities across the other four Great Dynasties, and Yun Shu ordered him to keep funding the officials.
• Old Lei cultivated connections with nobles and ministers by delivering Spirit Stones, helping protect the gang’s operations.
• Yun Shu warned Old Lei against causing trouble and gave him a thousand Testing Stones and a reward schedule for recruiting new members.
• Yun Shu set higher rewards for talented recruits and doubled the reward for those under ten, while instructing Old Lei to focus recruitment across the Five Great Dynasties.

Yun Shu expanded the Hall of Life and Death by paying for talent tests and rapidly training young recruits, while officials in the Shangyang Dynasty debated a report about the gang. The ministers’ discussion ended with a powerful official dismissing the report as unreliable, leaving the Hall’s activity unchecked for now.

• Yun Shu paid rewards for recruits with promising Spiritual Roots and used tracking Talismans and strict rules to protect the Hall’s Testing Stones and resources.
• Yun Shu tested and trained the incoming disciples at headquarters, using accelerated Body Refining methods, cultivation techniques, and ample pills to strengthen them quickly.
• The Hall of Life and Death expanded across the Five Great Dynasties and began testing children under sixteen in territories it controlled.
• Shangyang Dynasty ministers received a border report warning that the Hall’s recruitment could provoke Golden Cauldron Sect and called for action against it.
• A stern middle-aged official argued the report was implausible and accused the border commander and other officials of exaggerating, persuading the assembly to question the report.