Chapter Summaries

After returning to the Central Plains, Wu Xuantian discovered that Li Mochou was missing and learned the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan were heading to Peach Blossom Island. There he confronted Ouyang Feng, and their evenly matched duel left Wu Xuantian rising high into the air with its outcome still uncertain.

• Mai Eni poisoned Wu Xuantian at a welcoming banquet, but Wu Xuantian defeated the Giant Whale Gang members, forced the poison from his body, and compelled Mai Eni to sail him to the mainland.
• Wu Xuantian reached Red Cloud Manor, found it empty, and then encountered the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan at the Drunken Immortal Tower.
• Zhu Cong told Wu Xuantian about the past half-year’s events, including Tan Chuduan’s death at Ouyang Feng’s hands, and Wu Xuantian joined the Seven Freaks on their journey to Peach Blossom Island.
• Silly Aunt led the party to Feng Heng’s tomb, where Wu Xuantian exposed Ouyang Feng’s disguise and confronted him while Yang Kang hid nearby.
• Yang Kang fled the tomb and was captured by the Seven Freaks as Wu Xuantian and Ouyang Feng’s battle destroyed the tomb and shook the island.
• Wu Xuantian and Ouyang Feng exchanged hundreds of blows and were both wounded; after they were hurled apart, Wu Xuantian sprang into the air and continued rising.

Wu Xuantian drove Ouyang Feng away after their devastating clash, then joined the Seven Freaks and Guo Jing at Ox Village as Yang Kang faced his parents’ graves. After Guo Jing promised to teach him the Sanskrit portion of the Nine Yin Manual, Wu Xuantian learned its deeper principles.

• Wu Xuantian and Ouyang Feng traded six powerful blows until both were badly injured, and Ouyang Feng fled while Wu Xuantian collapsed.
• After recovering, Wu Xuantian heard how Yang Kang betrayed Guo Jing and how Yang Tiexin and Bao Xiruo died, then traveled with the Seven Freaks and Yang Kang to Ox Village.
• Wu Xuantian rescued Hong Qigong from Sha Tongtian, Hou Tonghai, Liang Ziweng, and Peng Lianhu, and Hong Qigong spared the four after they promised to reform.
• Guo Jing reunited with Wu Xuantian and the others at Ox Village, where Yang Kang apologized at his parents’ memorial tablets and promised to change.
• Guo Jing thanked Wu Xuantian for saving him and the Seven Freaks, then agreed to teach him the Sanskrit General Outline of the Nine Yin Manual.
• Wu Xuantian learned that the General Outline cleared meridians, transformed the Heart Demon into Divine Ability, and explained the principles behind many martial arts.

Wu Xuantian reunited with Qiu Chuji at the Drunken Immortal Tower, while Zhou Botong challenged Qiu Qianren and then fought Ouyang Feng, dragging Qiu Qianren into the battle. As the remaining Quanzhen masters arrived in Jiaxing for the eighteen-year appointment, Zhou Botong and the other two fighters raced toward the tower.

• Wu Xuantian stopped Qiu Chuji from attacking Huang Yaoshi and explained that the supposed death of Zhou Botong had been a deception.
• Yang Kang left Zhou Botong at the inn and met Peng Lianhu, who led him to Wanyan Honglie.
• Zhou Botong defeated Qiu Qianren in their fight, but Qiu Qianren escaped after unleashing a powerful palm strike.
• Qiu Qianren joined Wanyan Honglie and Ouyang Feng, and Zhou Botong later arrived and began fighting Ouyang Feng.
• Zhou Botong pulled Qiu Qianren into the fight, and all three masters raced away from Wanyan Honglie's boat.
• Ma Yu and the other remaining Quanzhen masters arrived at the Drunken Immortal Tower, where Wu Xuantian spotted Zhou Botong, Qiu Qianren, and Ouyang Feng approaching.

Wu Xuantian, Zhou Botong, and Huang Yaoshi confronted Ouyang Feng and Qiu Qianren, while Guo Jing later helped the Quanzhen Masters and Seven Freaks defeat Blood-Hand Tuo and Wanyan Honglie’s fighters. The martial artists departed or regrouped, and Wanyan Honglie resolved to obtain Wu Mu’s Testament to protect Dajin.

• Wu Xuantian, Huang Yaoshi, and Zhou Botong pursued Ouyang Feng and Qiu Qianren, then split into duels as Wu Xuantian watched Huang Yaoshi battle Ouyang Feng.
• The Quanzhen Masters and Seven Freaks encountered Sha Tongtian, Blood-Hand Tuo, and Wanyan Honglie’s fighters outside the Drunken Immortal Tower, and Qiu Chuji began fighting Blood-Hand Tuo.
• Peng Lianhu and the others joined the fight, and Guo Jing defeated the Iron Palm fighters before striking Blood-Hand Tuo hard enough to make him flee with his allies.
• Ma Yu stopped the others from pursuing the fleeing fighters, praised Guo Jing’s martial progress, and departed with the Quanzhen Masters; the Seven Freaks also left, while Guo Jing waited for Huang Rong.
• Peng Lianhu, Sha Tongtian, and the wounded Blood-Hand Tuo reported their failure to Wanyan Honglie, who arranged treatment and comforted them.
• Wanyan Honglie worried about Dajin’s future and decided that obtaining Wu Mu’s Testament could help him turn the tide.

Wu Xuantian and Huang Yaoshi drove off Ouyang Feng and Qiu Qianren, while Guo Jing and Huang Rong tried to capture Wanyan Honglie so Guo Jing could avenge his father. After Wanyan Honglie escaped and Qiu Qianren blocked Guo Jing, Ouyang Feng attacked Huang Rong for the Nine Yin Manual techniques; he defeated Guo Jing and captured Huang Rong.

• Wu Xuantian stopped Qiu Qianren from attacking Zhou Botong, while Ouyang Feng escaped Huang Yaoshi with poison and Qiu Qianren fled using Thunderclap Bombs.
• Huang Rong reunited with Guo Jing in Jiaxing and led him to Wanyan Honglie's ship, where they overheard Peng Lianhu discuss a plan to recover Wu Mu's Testament.
• Guo Jing and Huang Rong attacked Wanyan Honglie, but he escaped through a hidden passage, and palace fighters surrounded them aboard the ship.
• Huang Rong held off the palace fighters while Guo Jing pursued Wanyan Honglie, but Qiu Qianren intervened and forced Guo Jing to withdraw.
• Ouyang Feng cornered Huang Rong and demanded the Nine Yin Manual; Guo Jing returned to defend her, but Ouyang Feng struck him down and sealed Huang Rong's acupoints.

Guo Jing recovered from Ouyang Feng’s attack and sought to rescue Huang Rong, while Wu Xuantian searched for Li Mochou and reunited with her. As the Double Ninth Festival arrived, the martial world prepared for the Mount Hua Tournament.

• Ouyang Feng abducted Huang Rong after she persuaded him that she was his only path to the Nine Yin Manual, while the wounded Guo Jing was left behind.
• Wu Xuantian found and healed Guo Jing, who then set out to search for Huang Rong and seek help from the Beggars’ Sect.
• Li Mochou passed her teacher Lin Wanqiu’s hundred-move trial and left the Ancient Tomb, while Wu Xuantian reached Zhongnan Mountain too late to meet her.
• Wu Xuantian defeated Lin Wanqiu in a brief clash, then enlisted Hong Qigong and the Beggars’ Sect to help locate Li Mochou.
• Hong Qigong fought Wu Xuantian and agreed to help; the Beggars’ Sect found Li Mochou, and she reunited with Wu Xuantian after half a month.
• Wu Xuantian and Li Mochou settled together at Red Cloud Manor, and the Double Ninth Festival arrived with the Mount Hua Tournament approaching.

As the martial world gathered for the Mount Hua Tournament, Wu Xuantian demonstrated his growing power and broke through to the half-step Xiantian realm during a battle with the great masters. The chapter ended with him showing the spectators his martial arts, while they watched for insight into his breakthrough.

• At a Huayin County teahouse, Peng Lianhu killed a young disciple and defeated Old Master Qin, then withdrew when the Quanzhen masters arrived.
• On Mount Hua, Ouyang Feng and Hong Qigong raced to the summit as martial artists fought over places, while Zhou Botong told Huang Rong how to control sharks.
• Ouyang Feng defeated Qiu Qianren after a fierce contest, and Hong Qigong condemned Qiu for serving the Jin; Qiu repented and leaped from a cliff.
• Wu Xuantian arrived and fought Hong Qigong and Huang Yaoshi, then joined Zhou Botong, Ouyang Feng, and Guo Jing in a chaotic battle that helped him break through to half-step Xiantian.
• Wu Xuantian explained that he had not reached true Xiantian and demonstrated a range of martial arts for the astonished masters and spectators.

Wu Xuantian refined his martial arts, opened his ancestral acupoint, and eventually entered the Xiantian realm in both body and true qi. He reunited with Yang Guo and Mu Nianci, raised their family at Red Cloud Manor, and left to face Dugu Qiubai, where their sword intents collided.

• After the Mount Hua Tournament, Wu Xuantian became the Central Divine Ability, married Li Mochou, and took over as Quanzhen Sect leader.
• Wu Xuantian opened his ancestral acupoint, strengthened his Divine Soul, and learned to send it outside his body, though it could not yet carry his heavy body into flight.
• Wu Xuantian met Yang Guo and Mu Nianci at Red Cloud Manor, cured Mu Nianci, and brought them to live with him and Li Mochou.
• Mu Nianci and Li Mochou raised children with Wu Xuantian, while he taught Yang Guo, Wu Jiang, and others martial arts over the following years.
• Wu Xuantian broke through into the Xiantian realm in both body and true qi, then traveled with Li Mochou and Mu Nianci to meet Dugu Qiubai.
• Wu Xuantian and Dugu Qiubai clashed with their sword intents in a valley outside Xiangyang.

Wu Xuantian visited Guo Jing in Xiangyang, prepared the Quanzhen Sect for a possible Mongol attack, and later broke through to the Innate realm along all three paths. After traveling to Mount Hua, he witnessed Hong Qigong and Ouyang Feng resume their fierce battle.

• Wu Xuantian defeated Dugu Qiubai's lingering sword spirit, then visited Guo Jing and Huang Rong in Xiangyang and agreed to train Guo Fu on Zhongnan Mountain.
• Wu Xuantian arranged for Quanzhen disciples to spread across the Northern Lands and establish hidden branches as safeguards against the Mongols.
• Three years later, Huo Du led Mongols to the Ancient Tomb, where Little Dragon Girl wounded him and drove off his party with her sword and Jade Bees.
• Wu Xuantian broke through to the Innate realm in essence, qi, and spirit, checked his students' progress, and set out for Mount Hua.
• On Mount Hua, Wu Xuantian saw Hong Qigong kill five opponents and then fight Ouyang Feng in the snow.

Wu Xuantian intervened in the heroes’ gathering at Lu Manor, defeated the Golden Wheel Dharma King, and later established a hidden martial arts vault on Heavenly Mountain. After returning to Xiangyang amid a Mongol siege, he watched Guo Jing lead martial artists to rescue civilians forced to attack the city, just as a larger Mongol force closed in.

• Wu Xuantian left Hong Qigong and Ouyang Feng after their prolonged fight and traveled to Lu Manor, where the heroes chose Hong Qigong as alliance leader.
• Huo Du challenged the heroes, and Wu Xuantian defeated him before driving back the Golden Wheel Dharma King and his followers.
• Yang Guo reunited with Little Dragon Girl, while Wu Xuantian later advised Huang Rong and departed to build a nine-level martial arts vault on Heavenly Mountain.
• Wu Xuantian found Heartbreak Valley, encountered Zhou Botong there, and eventually reached Xiangyang as its defenders faced Mongol attacks.
• When Mongol troops drove civilians toward Xiangyang’s walls as human shields, Guo Jing led Beggars’ Sect members and martial heroes down to rescue them, while a much larger Mongol force advanced.

Wu Xuantian returned to the martial world as the Mongols prepared to invade Song, while Guo Jing gathered heroes in Xiangyang and the Beggars' Sect held a contest to choose a new chief. The contest remained unresolved when the suspicious He Shiwo challenged Yelü Qi and revealed exceptional inner power.

• Wu Xuantian defended Xiangyang from the Mongol army, later returned to the ruined Chongyang Palace, and vowed to preserve the Quanzhen lineage.
• More than a decade later, Guo Jing summoned heroes to Xiangyang as Möngke and Kublai prepared a two-pronged invasion, but Huo Du murdered Lu Youjiao and stole the Dog-Beating Staff.
• Nimoxing attacked Guo Fu and Guo Xiang, but an unseen voice guided Guo Xiang to kill him with her jade hairpin.
• Yang Guo’s forces destroyed two Mongol units and set fire to the Nanyang grain depots, while Fan Yiweng delivered birthday greetings to Guo Xiang and Guo Polu.
• At the Beggars' Sect chief-selection contest, Yelü Qi defeated several challengers before He Shiwo challenged him and fought with unusually powerful inner strength.

Wu Xuantian helped end the battle for Xiangyang, but Heaven’s punishment left him aged and near death. After recovering and secretly guiding Zhang Junbao, he returned to Heartbreak Valley, where decades passed before news emerged of a scholar founding the Zixia Sect.

• Dalba exposed Huo Du’s disguise as He Shiwo, recovered the Dog-Beating Staff, and defeated him; Yelü Qi became Beggars’ Sect leader after Yang Guo declined the position.
• Yang Guo fought Huang Yaoshi, then left for Heartbreak Valley to keep his promise to Little Dragon Girl; days later, Mongol armies attacked Xiangyang and Yang Guo joined the battle.
• Wu Xuantian killed nearly ten thousand enemies, was struck by lightning, and killed Great Khan Möngke before ordering Guo Jing’s allies to preserve themselves; after recovering, he left for Heavenly Mountain.
• Wu Xuantian secretly taught Zhang Junbao martial principles, then staged his death; Zhang Junbao departed to roam the martial world while Wu Xuantian refined the Formless Primordial Scripture in seclusion.
• Wu Xuantian returned to Heartbreak Valley and learned that Guo Jing had died after Xiangyang fell; decades later, a scholar found the treasure vault’s manuals, reached the Pinnacle Realm, and founded the Zixia Sect.

Wu Xuantian traveled through the martial world, met Qiao Feng, and attended his succession ceremony as leader of the Beggars' Sect. He then followed the Murong Clan to Canhe Manor, where Murong Fu received him and Zhao Qin as guests.

• Zhao Xu learned that Wu Xuantian planned to leave in three days and warned him that the Murong Clan might threaten the Great Song.
• On the road to Jiangning, Qiao Feng rescued Wu Xuantian from bandits, and the two met again in a tavern, where Zhao Qin joined them.
• Wu Xuantian and Zhao Qin attended Qiao Feng's Beggars' Sect succession ceremony, where Qiao Feng defeated challengers and accepted gifts from martial-world factions and the Great Song Imperial Guard.
• Wu Xuantian gave Qiao Feng a suit of Soft Hedgehog Armor before he and Zhao Qin set out for Gusu behind the Murong Clan's party.
• At Canhe Manor, Wu Xuantian and Zhao Qin met Murong Fu, who welcomed them as guests.

Wu Xuantian traded a portion of the Nine Yin Manual for Dali’s Six Meridian Divine Sword, then spent years traveling and earning fame as the Medical Sage. At Thunder Drum Mountain, he healed Wuyazi, joined the Free and Unfettered Sect, and studied its arts before Wu Xingyun arrived, jealous of his female disciples and seeking refuge from Li Qiushui.

• Wu Xuantian and Zhao Qin visited Heavenly Dragon Temple, where Wu Xuantian exchanged the Nine Yin Manual’s general principles for the Six Meridian Divine Sword manual with Duan Zhengming and the monks.
• After four years of travel, Wu Xuantian reunited with Xue Muhua, who brought him to Thunder Drum Mountain to treat the paralyzed Wuyazi.
• Wu Xuantian treated Wuyazi’s injuries, arranged for his rehabilitation, and asked to study the Free and Unfettered Sect’s books and disciplines.
• Wuyazi taught Wu Xuantian and the four women his sect’s arts, and Wu Xuantian joined the Free and Unfettered Sect.
• Years later, Xue Muhua reported deaths linked to a technique that used opponents’ methods against them, and Wu Xingyun arrived at Thunder Drum Mountain to seek shelter while returning to youth.

Wu Xuantian intervened in the Beggars' Sect gathering, helped Qiao Feng face the accusations surrounding Ma Dayuan's death, and warned him that his family might be in danger. Later, Wu Xuantian's group reached Gathering Worthies Manor ahead of Qiao Feng, who arrived seeking Xue Muhua's help for the gravely injured A Zhu.

• Wu Xuantian stopped the fighting at the Apricot Grove, questioned the evidence against Murong Fu, and revealed that several martial arts could imitate Star-Shifting Transposition.
• Quan Guanqing's rebellion and Elder Xu's accusations exposed Qiao Feng's Khitan origins, while witnesses and letters deepened Qiao Feng's distress.
• Wu Xuantian warned Qiao Feng to return home in case someone was targeting his family, then repelled Beggars' Sect fighters who attacked him.
• Wu Xuantian's group later rescued Beggars' Sect members from Western Xia forces, and Zhao Qin injured Li Yanzong, who was disguised as Murong Fu.
• After Zhao Qiansun and Master Zhiguang died and a Shaolin monk was attacked, the Beggars' Sect and Shaolin blamed Qiao Feng, while Xue Muhua's notices accused him of breaking his word.
• At Gathering Worthies Manor, Qiao Feng brought A Zhu to Xue Muhua for treatment, and Xue Muhua identified her injury as the result of Xuanci's Great Vajra Palm.

Wu Xuantian rescued Qiao Feng at Gathering Worthies Manor, then spent six months studying and testing his strength against Shaolin’s Sweeper Monk. At the Thunder Drum Mountain chess gathering, he crippled Ding Chunqiu, reunited Wang Yuyan with her grandfather Wuyazi, and gave Xu Zhu immense power and martial arts.

• Qiao Feng fought hundreds of martial heroes at Gathering Worthies Manor until Wu Xuantian sent Zhao Qin and three other women to intervene, then a black-clad figure rescued Qiao Feng.
• Wu Xuantian entered Shaolin’s Scripture Depository, exchanged martial arts with the Sweeper Monk, and spent six months contemplating what he had learned.
• Wu Xuantian crippled Ding Chunqiu at Deaf-Mute Valley and learned that Wuyazi had recovered.
• Wuyazi recognized Wang Yuyan as his granddaughter and promised to visit her mother, Li Qingluo, after the chess tournament.
• After Xu Zhu solved the Exquisite Chess Puzzle, Wu Xuantian transferred about seventy years of power to him and imprinted several martial arts into his mind.

Wu Xuantian and his companions reunited with Duan Zhengchun’s family, then followed the tangled events surrounding Kang Min, Xiao Feng, and A Zi. After time passed, Xiao Feng became a powerful ruler in Liao while A Zi remained devoted to him, and the chapter ended with A Zi meeting the young monk Xu Zhu.

• Wu Xuantian’s group discovered that A Zi and A Zhu were daughters of Duan Zhengchun and Ruan Xingzhu, and Duan Zhengchun denied being the Leading Brother who had killed Xiao Feng’s parents.
• The Four Great Evildoers arrived but retreated when they saw Wu Xuantian and Xiao Feng; the group later followed Duan Zhengchun to confront Kang Min.
• Kang Min poisoned and tortured Duan Zhengchun, while a man in black killed Bai Shijing and escaped after Xiao Feng intervened; A Zi later tortured Kang Min, who died before revealing the Leading Brother’s identity.
• A man in black attacked A Zi, and Xiao Feng accidentally worsened her injuries while defending her; after a physician could not save her, Xiao Feng carried her north and treated her with ginseng.
• Xiao Feng befriended Wanyan Aguda and Yelü Hongji, later becoming Great King of the Southern Court, while A Zi’s love for him remained unreturned and the Beggars’ Sect fell into disorder under Quan Guanqing’s schemes.
• A Zi rode out of Yanjing, met the young monk Xu Zhu searching for his martial uncle Huijing, and decided to accompany him.

At the Shaolin martial arts gathering, Wu Xuantian and Zhao Qin helped expose the truth behind the Battle of Yanmen Pass, while Xu Zhu reunited with his mother. The Sweeper Monk intervened in the ensuing confrontations and began healing Xiao Yuanshan and Murong Bo, who had both been revived after appearing dead.

• A Zi tricked Xu Zhu into eating meat, and half a year later Xu Zhu had become Lord of Eagle Condor Palace while still longing to return to Shaolin.
• Quan Guanqing backed Murong Fu as leader of the martial world, but Jiumozhi challenged him before Xiao Feng arrived with nineteen riders and faced the heroes’ accusations.
• Duan Yu defeated Murong Fu, and Xiao Yuanshan revealed that Ye Erniang’s son was Xu Zhu; Zhao Qin then identified Abbot Xuanci as the leader of the Yanmen Pass attack and Murong Bo as the man who had deceived him.
• Xiao Yuanshan pursued Murong Bo to the Scripture Depository, where the Sweeper Monk revealed his immense skill and struck both men down after stopping Xiao Feng and Murong Fu’s fight.
• The Sweeper Monk carried Xiao Yuanshan and Murong Bo into the forest and revived them, then instructed them to keep their hands joined so their inner energies could heal their accumulated injuries.

Wu Xuantian seized the Great Song throne from Zhao Ji, restored order, and led an army to Yanmen Pass after Yelü Hongji threatened war. There, Xiao Feng secured Yelü Hongji’s promise to withdraw, but Wu Xuantian launched a devastating attack on the Liao army and prepared to march on the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

• The Sweeper Monk revived Murong Bo and Xiao Yuanshan, then exchanged powerful attacks with Wu Xuantian at Shaolin.
• After learning that Zhao Xu had died and Zhao Ji had become emperor, Wu Xuantian returned to Kaifeng, confined Zhao Ji, and took the throne.
• Wu Xuantian restored taxes, established the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and sent Zhao Qi to oversee preparations against Liao.
• Duan Yu defeated a Gao clan rebellion in Dali, while martial heroes gathered to rescue Xiao Feng after Yelü Hongji imprisoned him.
• At Yanmen Pass, Duan Yu and Xu Zhu captured Yelü Hongji, and Xiao Feng secured his vow not to invade Song before attempting to take his own life.
• Wu Xuantian stopped Xiao Feng, unleashed the Divine Strategy Army against the Liao forces, captured Yelü Hongji, and ordered his army to march on the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

Wu Xuantian’s rule transformed the Great Song, and after abdicating he outlived his family and companions. In seclusion, he discovered Formless True Essence, restored his failing body, and met Xu Zhu on Heavenly Mountain, where they spoke of Xiao Feng’s breakthrough.

• The Great Song recovered the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, defeated its rivals, and Wu Xuantian rose to become the Great Emperor Wenwu while Qiao Feng received honors and married A Zhu and A Zi.
• After ten years of rule, Wu Xuantian entered a profound state of cultivation, healed hidden injuries, and unleashed a terrifying aura that shook Kaifeng before his guards congratulated him on mastering his divine art.
• Decades later, Wu Xuantian arranged for Zhao Song to take the throne, then withdrew from state affairs and mourned his deceased consorts and empresses at the Imperial Mausoleum.
• Wu Xuantian later walked the martial world again, finding that most of his old companions had died or grown old, while Xiao Feng, Duan Yu, and Xu Zhu still met to drink.
• In a cabin in Kunlun, Wu Xuantian’s seemingly dead body revived as he developed Formless True Essence, restored the surrounding land to life, and realized how vitality shaped martial cultivation.
• Wu Xuantian met Xu Zhu on Heavenly Mountain, and Xu Zhu told him that Xiao Feng had broken through to the Innate realm.