Chapter Summaries

After Mo Yi abducted Xiao Se from Penglai Island, Wu Xuantian maneuvered through the struggle for power in Apocalypse City and revealed his formidable martial strength. The chapter ended with Ji Xue showing Xiao Se the Golden Ranking of the martial world’s leading weapon masters.

• Baili Dongjun, Qi Tianchen, and Lei Wujie joined forces against Mo Yi, while Xiao Se used Heart Demon Induction and Baili Dongjun used Meng Po Soup to subdue him briefly.
• Mo Yi seized Xiao Se before the group could escape Penglai Island, then healed him and gave Ye Ruoyi protective true qi; Wu Xuantian appeared and spoke with Mo Yi before the others departed.
• Six months later, Xiao Se held a banquet at the Thousand Gold Terrace, where Mu Chunfeng, Qi Tianchen, Ye Xiaoying, Marquis Lan Yue, Li Suwang, Peerless, Xie Xuan, Red King Xiao Yu, Grand Preceptor Dong Zhu, and the Mingde Emperor made appearances.
• Wu Xuantian visited Consort Xuan to obtain a drop of her blood to cure Ye Anshi, then fought Jinxuan and a black-robed master before retreating and exposing his strength to Apocalypse City.
• Xiao Yu and Xiao Chuhe reacted to Wu Xuantian’s revealed power, while Ji Xue told Xiao Se about recent events and presented the Golden Ranking of weapon masters.

Wu Xuantian helped quell the Langya mutiny and maneuvered against Xiao Yu while revealing his extraordinary cultivation and influence. As Luo Qingyang’s sword challenge drew the martial world to Apocalypse City, Peerless faced him at Thousand Gold Terrace and, despite suffering serious injuries, announced that he still had another sword to show.

• Yan Zhantian destroyed the Golden Ranking, then joined the defense of the White King's Residence as Dark River assassins attacked, and Wu Xuantian captured Xiao Jingxia.
• Xiao Lingchen refused to accept the Dragon-Sealing Edict, and Wu Xuantian and the others killed the three former grand eunuchs who tried to seize power; Lei Wujie, Xiao Lingchen, and Xiao Se then persuaded the Langya Army to stand down.
• Wu Xuantian warned Xiao Lingchen not to march south yet, revealed that Xiao Yu had colluded with Southern Jue, and convinced Su Muyu and Mu Yumo to support him by displaying his Spirit Wanderer Mysterious Realm strength.
• Luo Qingyang arrived to question swords in Apocalypse City, defeated Yan Zhantian, and offered to kill one person and take another away after seven days; Wu Xuantian gave him an antidote and warned him to be cautious.
• Peerless fought Luo Qingyang at Thousand Gold Terrace with the twelve flying swords and the Great Ming Vermilion Bird, but Luo Qingyang’s Desolate Sword overcame him and left him badly injured.
• Peerless thanked Luo Qingyang for his praise, insisted he would not wait ten years to surpass him, and said he still had one more sword to use.

Wushuang challenged Luo Qingyang with the Big Dipper Seven-Star Formation and Starfall, but White King Wu Xuantian protected him after his defeat and revealed his formidable strength. Xiao Se then faced Luo Qingyang at Thousand Gold Terrace, where Lei Wujie and the others bought time for Xiao Se to charge up before he fought Luo Qingyang and lost; Xiao Chuhe took up the Tianzhan Sword for a final clash, and Wu Xuantian exposed Red King Xiao Yu’s crimes.

• Wushuang used the Big Dipper Seven-Star Formation and Starfall against Luo Qingyang, but he was badly injured and Wu Xuantian shielded him from Luo Qingyang’s sword energy.
• Wu Xuantian told Luo Qingyang that Baili Dongjun was overseas and that he could pursue Consort Xuan and Xiao Chuhe, while explaining to Xiao Chuhe how to save Wuxin.
• On the final day of Luo Qingyang’s deadline, Xiao Se challenged him, and Lei Wujie disrupted Luo Qingyang’s Desolate Sword with insults before using modified Thunderclap Bombs to stall him.
• Lei Wujie, Ji Xue, Sikong Qianluo, and Tang Ze fought Luo Qingyang while Xiao Se charged up, then Xiao Se battled him inside Desolate City and was defeated.
• Xiao Chuhe took the Tianzhan Sword and fought Luo Qingyang, leaving both men injured, and Wu Xuantian dispelled Luo Qingyang’s Heart Demon before he departed for the Imperial Palace.
• Wu Xuantian confronted Red King Xiao Yu, revealed that he knew about Xiao Yu’s crimes, and demanded that he abandon his claim to the throne.

Xiao Yu’s attack on Apocalypse City ended with his death and the Mingde Emperor’s passing, after which Xiao Chong became emperor and prepared the martial world to defend the mortal realm from an invasion. Wu Xuantian led the fight into the Immortal Realm but was struck down by the Heavenly Emperor; he later returned to rule Northern Li for decades before passing the throne to Xiao Ce and leaving with Hua Jin and his consorts.

• Xiao Yu unleashed the Medicine-Puppet Technique across Apocalypse City and attacked Xiao Se’s companions, but Xiao Se and Lei Wujie freed Wuxin, and Luo Qingyang turned against Xiao Yu after learning he had controlled Yi Wenjun with a gu parasite; Xiao Yu then killed himself.
• The Mingde Emperor died, and Xiao Chong and Xiao Chuhe revealed that their Dragon-Sealing Edicts named each other; Xiao Chong inherited the throne as the Chonghe Emperor.
• Wu Xuantian warned the gathered martial experts that the Immortal Realm would invade through the four borders, then used Great Dream Spring and Autumn to help Peerless, Wuxin, and Xiao Chuhe reach Divine Wandering.
• The Immortals attacked all four borders; Wu Xuantian broke through to the Ultimate Realm and entered the Immortal Realm, where the Heavenly Emperor struck him back into the mortal world and restored the border formations.
• Wu Xuantian recovered with Hua Jin’s help, continued developing Northern Li, and later passed the throne to Xiao Ce before leaving Tianqi with Hua Jin and his consorts.

Wu Xuantian joined Dazhu Peak, quickly mastered the first level of the Taiji Xuanqing Dao, and reached the Fourth Layer of Jade Purity by age nine. After secretly entering Huanyue Cave Abode and learning the fifth volume of the Heavenly Book, he asked to travel, but Tian Buyi refused to let him leave the mountain.

• Tian Buyi accepted Wu Xuantian as his eighth disciple, and Song Daren arranged his quarters and supplies.
• Over the next half year, Wu Xuantian learned to read and studied meridians under Su Ru before beginning the Taiji Xuanqing Dao.
• Wu Xuantian perfected the first layer in one session, stunning Tian Buyi and the other disciples, and later reached the Fourth Layer of Jade Purity.
• At age nine, Wu Xuantian discovered that Heaven-Slaying had followed him into this world and began chopping Black-Jointed Bamboo on Dazhu Peak's Back Mountain.
• Wu Xuantian sent his Primordial Spirit into Huanyue Cave Abode, passed its trials, and memorized the fifth volume of the Heavenly Book from the Ancient Sword Zhuxian.
• Wu Xuantian asked Tian Buyi and Su Ru for permission to travel, but Tian Buyi refused because Wu Xuantian was only nine.

Nine-year-old Wu Xuantian ran away from Qingyun Sect, met Zhou Yixian, explored the Southern Border, and helped Bi Yao defeat pirates near Xiaochi Town. A year later, he encountered a fair-faced scholar who called himself Long, but fled when a purple-clad veiled woman approached him.

• Tian Buyi chased after Wu Xuantian to bring him home and protect him.
• At an inn, Zhou Yixian warned Wu Xuantian of calamity and advised him to follow his heart.
• Wu Xuantian traveled to Incense Valley and explored the edge of the Southern Border, where he met Yan Hong.
• In Xiaochi Town, Wu Xuantian and Bi Yao defeated the pirates who had been terrorizing the townspeople.
• Wu Xuantian traveled with Bi Yao for months until a purple-clad veiled woman took her away, but he escaped using his primordial spirit cultivation.
• A year after leaving home, Wu Xuantian met a fair-faced scholar named Long at a teahouse, recognized his Qiankun Azure Light Ring, and fled when the purple-clad veiled woman appeared.

Wu Xuantian rescued Pufang from three Myriad Poisons Sect elders, learned the fourth volume of the Heavenly Book, and traveled toward Qingyun Mountain. In Long Maple City, he adopted a little azure leopard, which woke him at midnight by tugging his hair.

• Wu Xuantian reunited with Tian Buyi, who beat him for running away and allowed him one more year of travel before returning to the mountain.
• Wu Xuantian helped Pufang escape Baiduzi, Ancestor Duanmu, and the Bloodsucking Ancestor, then took the poisoned monk to the Heavenly Sound Temple.
• Wu Xuantian visited the Wordless Jade Bi during a thunderstorm, memorized the fourth volume of the Heavenly Book, and advanced to the eighth layer of cultivation.
• Wu Xuantian heard that the Myriad Poisons Sect had attacked Qingyun Mountain and killed Qingyun Sect disciples, then continued traveling toward Qingyun.
• In Long Maple City, Wu Xuantian bought a little azure leopard from a beast seller and named it Little Azure.
• At midnight, Little Azure tugged Wu Xuantian's hair until he woke and saw it pacing anxiously beside him.

Wu Xuantian traveled through Secluded Valley with Jin Ping'er, survived a deadly beast and venomous bee swarm, and learned she belonged to the Demonic Cult before she departed. He then met Xiao Yicai, who had infiltrated the Blood Refining Hall to search for the Seven-Aperture Immortal Spirit Flower, and secretly followed his group as they considered turning back.

• Wu Xuantian foiled Iron One, Iron Two, and Iron Lump's attempt to rob his inn room, then met Jin Ping'er at a roadside stall and agreed to travel with her to Secluded Valley.
• Wu Xuantian saved Jin Ping'er from a spike trap and fought off a Red-Bellied Flood Serpent, but a swarm of venomous bees forced them to flee into a deep pool beneath a waterfall.
• Jin Ping'er revealed she was a disciple of the Acacia Sect, and Wu Xuantian told her he belonged to Dazhu Peak of the Qingyun Sect before she left, unknowingly leaving behind her jade pendant.
• Wu Xuantian met Xiao Yicai, who had infiltrated the Blood Refining Hall and asked him to help prevent the Demonic Cult from obtaining the Seven-Aperture Immortal Spirit Flower.
• Wu Xuantian secretly followed Xiao Yicai's group for two days as Elder Nian and the others struggled through Secluded Valley, then Elder Nian announced they would turn back after that day.

Wu Xuantian stole the Seven-Aperture Immortal Spirit Flower with Little Azure, then fled Qinglong for three days before collapsing from exhaustion and medicinal strain. Jin Ping'er rescued him and brought him to the Acacia Sect, where he awoke and learned that Heaven-Slaying and Little Azure remained behind in the cave.

• Wild Dog Daoist, Elder Nian, Xiao Yicai, and their companions followed the flower’s scent and found the Seven-Aperture Immortal Spirit Flower guarded by the Bloodsucking Fiend, who killed a cultivator attempting to steal it.
• Baiduzi and Qinglong joined the contest for the flower; Qinglong helped break its defenses, but he and Baiduzi turned on him, prompting a battle over the treasure.
• Wu Xuantian used Little Azure to bite off the flower and escaped, while Xiao Yicai recognized him and fled with Elder Nian’s group.
• Qinglong pursued Wu Xuantian toward the East Sea, but Wu Xuantian outlasted him with pills before collapsing in a hidden cave; Jin Ping'er found him and carried him away, leaving Heaven-Slaying and Little Azure behind.
• Wu Xuantian awoke after about ten days in the Acacia Sect’s Free and Easy Ravine, where Jin Ping'er told him he was recovering and would soon need to leave.

Wu Xuantian reunited with Little Azure, returned to Qingyun Mountain, and investigated Kongsang Mountain with Jin Ping'er before surviving the cave’s dangers and finding his way back to Dazhu Peak. After resolving his relationship with Jin Ping'er and advancing his cultivation, he encountered Zhang Xiaofan, the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey, and the yellow dog in the kitchen.

• Wu Xuantian explored Free and Easy Ravine with Jin Ping'er, where a cave beast revealed itself as Little Azure and reunited with him.
• Wu Xuantian and Jin Ping'er investigated Myriad Bat Ancient Cave, were trapped by the bats, and were swept by the Black Water Mystic Snake into the Blood-Drop Cave, where Wu Xuantian found the First Volume of the Heavenly Book.
• Wu Xuantian carried the injured Jin Ping'er to a town and cared for her; after she woke and learned what had happened, she left to think while he returned to Qingyun Mountain.
• Wu Xuantian returned to Dazhu Peak, reached the peak of the ninth level of Yuqing, and encountered the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey and yellow dog in the kitchen.
• Zhang Xiaofan arrived, heard the monkey accuse Wu Xuantian of trying to steal its bone, and scolded the monkey and dog for causing trouble.

Wu Xuantian and the Dazhu Peak disciples traveled to Tongtian Peak for the Seven Peaks Martial Arts Tournament, where the Water Qilin suddenly attacked Zhang Xiaofan before Wu Xuantian calmed it. The contestants drew their lots and prepared for the tournament to begin.

• Wu Xuantian reached Shangqing and regained Innate martial cultivation, while Tian Buyi scolded Du Bishu for crafting dice and pai gow tiles as magical treasures.
• Wu Xuantian revealed he had reached the seventh layer of Jade Purity, and Dazhu Peak set out for the tournament with Tian Buyi, Su Ru, and their disciples.
• At Tongtian Peak, Song Daren reunited with Wen Min, Zhang Xiaofan reunited with Lin Jingyu, and Qi Hao greeted disciples from the other peaks.
• The Water Qilin attacked Zhang Xiaofan at the Jade Water Pool, but Wu Xuantian communicated with it and persuaded it to stop before the sect leaders could escalate the fight.
• Daoxuan and Cangsong announced the tournament rules, the disciples drew their lots, and Daoxuan urged them to work hard toward future leadership of the sect.

Wu Xuantian advanced through the Seven Peaks Martial Arts Tournament as Dazhu Peak sent four disciples into the final sixteen, while Lu Xueqi defeated Tian Ling'er in a long match. The tournament ended the day with Wu Xuantian, Lu Xueqi, Qi Hao, Lin Jingyu, Zhang Xiaofan, Zeng Shushu, Wen Min, and Chang Jian in the final eight.

• Daoxuan announced that the tournament champion would receive the Six Harmony Mirror and discussed Spirit Venerable’s strange outburst and the Bloodthirsty Bead with the peak heads.
• Wu Xuantian and Tian Ling'er won their first-round matches, and Lu Xueqi defeated Fang Chao with the Tianya Sword.
• Wu Xuantian advanced through the second round, Lu Xueqi defeated Duan Lei, and Zhang Xiaofan and Song Daren also won, giving Dazhu Peak four places in the final sixteen.
• Wu Xuantian absorbed Peng Chang’s fire dragon attack with a taiji diagram and won their third-round match.
• Lu Xueqi defeated Tian Ling'er after a two-hour match, and Wen Min eliminated Song Daren, leaving eight contestants in the final round.

Wu Xuantian reached Flowing Wave Mountain and rescued the Orthodox coalition by killing three Demonic Cult leaders, while Zhang Xiaofan’s hidden Buddhist arts and Bloodthirsty Pearl were exposed. At Yuqing Hall, Wu revealed that Puzhi had arranged Caomiao Village’s massacre and accused Cangsong of betraying Qingyun; Cangsong admitted his role and declared he would destroy the sect.

• Wu Xuantian defeated Lin Jingyu instantly, and the tournament’s final four were set as Wu Xuantian, Lu Xueqi, Qi Hao, and Zhang Xiaofan.
• Wu Xuantian entered seclusion, recovered his strength, and reached the peak of the sixth level of Shangqing before setting out for Flowing Wave Mountain.
• The Kui Ox appeared during the battle between the Orthodox and Demonic forces, and Zhang Xiaofan protected Tian Ling'er with both Great Brahma Prajna and the Taiji Xuanqing Dao.
• Wu Xuantian arrived and killed Baiduzi, Bloodsucking Fiend, and Ancestor Duanmu, prompting the Ghost King to order a retreat.
• At Yuqing Hall, Zhang Xiaofan admitted using Great Brahma Prajna and possessing the Bloodthirsty Pearl, and Wu Xuantian revealed Puzhi’s role in the Caomiao Village massacre.
• Wu Xuantian exposed Cangsong’s attacks on Zhang Xiaofan and his betrayal of Qingyun, and Cangsong confessed that he intended to destroy the sect to avenge Wan Jianyi.

Ten years after Wu Xuantian drove back the Demonic Cult, he emerged from seclusion and shared ancient cultivation texts with Tian Buyi and Su Ru. In the Western Death Marsh, Qingyun disciples encountered the Demonic Cult, and Wu Xuantian reunited with Jin Ping'er before they followed a golden pillar into the misty depths.

• Wu Xuantian used his sword art to defeat the Demonic Cult’s leaders and force their retreat, but the battle injured his foundation and left his hair white.
• Over the next ten years, Wu Xuantian recuperated in seclusion, while Lin Jingyu trained at the Founder Ancestral Hall and Jin Yi rose to become the Demonic Cult’s Holy Maiden.
• Wu Xuantian emerged, shared three volumes of the Heavenly Book with Tian Buyi and Su Ru, and sent a consciousness fragment to investigate the Western Death Marsh.
• Qin Wuyan attacked Lu Xueqi and the other Qingyun disciples with giant ants, but Zhang Xiaofan intervened and stopped Jin Ping'er from killing Lu Xueqi.
• Wu Xuantian revealed himself to Jin Ping'er, and the two discussed their feelings and her duties to the Acacia Sect.
• After a golden pillar appeared deep in the marsh, Wu Xuantian and Jin Ping'er flew toward it and climbed a colossal tree into the clouds.

Wu Xuantian acquired the third Heavenly Book volume at the Heavenly Emperor's Treasure Vault, survived a long cultivation breakthrough, and led the fight against the Beast God’s invasion. After the Beast God escaped and Wu Xuantian recovered, Qingyun and the surrounding factions entered a new era under the next generation.

• Wu Xuantian saved the Yellow Bird from the Ghost King Sect, kept some of the spilled Immortality Medicine, and later used it to cultivate and unite all five Heavenly Book volumes into the Heavenly Emperor's Codex.
• The Beast God summoned skeletal beasts to devastate the Southern Border and advance on Heyang City, where Lu Xueqi and cultivators from the Orthodox Dao and Demonic Cult joined forces to defend the people.
• Wu Xuantian confronted the Beast God, fought him with the Zhu Xian Ancient Sword, and defeated him, but the Beast God revived through Linglong’s safeguard and escaped.
• Wu Xuantian recovered in seclusion, brought Jin Ping'er to Dazhu Peak, and watched Qingyun pass leadership to a younger generation while he strengthened the sect by teaching new cultivation and martial techniques.

Wu Xuantian defeated the Beast God, then spent centuries shaping Qingyun and maintaining a balance with Jin Yi, who ruled the Demonic Cult. After faking his death and letting the world contend without him, he appeared on Fox Qishan with Jin Yi and Xiao Bai and reflected on his thousand-year life and its limits.

• Wu Xuantian used four Zhu Xian Sword strikes to slay the Beast God, who revived through Linglong's contingency and fled; Wu Xuantian then entered seclusion to recover.
• Over the following decades, Wu Xuantian returned to Dazhu Peak, Jin Yi became leader of the Demonic Cult, and Qingyun and the Demonic Cult settled into a relative balance.
• Jin Yi visited Dazhu Peak, where Jin Ping'er reunited with her; Wu Xuantian advised Jin Yi to abandon Shura's Dao if she wanted to advance further.
• Across two centuries, the older Qingyun generation passed away while Wu Xuantian and Jin Yi remained at the height of their power; Wu Xuantian later sealed the Beast God with ease.
• After several more centuries, reports claimed Wu Xuantian and Jin Yi had both died in meditation, and Zhang Xiaofan had also passed away.
• Wu Xuantian emerged on Fox Qishan and told Jin Yi and Xiao Bai that he had faked his death to let the cultivation world develop, while acknowledging that a thousand years was his natural lifespan limit.

Li Mu, living under the name Wu Xuantian, visited Fuzi, encountered a newly born child with an aura like Jin Yi’s, and traveled through Moon Wheel to Mount Mogan. There he met the young Mo Shanshan, gave her a Human Character to study, and invited her to visit the Tang Kingdom Academy when she grew up.

• Li Mu and Fuzi discussed the Martial Sect and sensed an unusual aura at Mount Mogan; Li Mu recognized it as identical to Jin Yi’s, and Fuzi sent Li Manman to bring the farming family to Great Tang.
• Li Mu visited Yan Se at the Red Sleeve House, then demonstrated a new movement technique he named the Thunder Illusory Body.
• Li Mu traveled through Moon Wheel and met a hunter driven into the Great Marsh Forest by the country’s hunting bans and heavy taxes; he gave the hunter dry provisions and accepted cured meat in return.
• Li Mu reached Mount Mogan and entered Ink Pond Garden, where he dismissed Wang Shusheng’s talisman and praised the young Mo Shanshan’s talent.
• Li Mu told Mo Shanshan to visit the Tang Kingdom Academy when she grew up and placed a Human Character in her brow, saying that mastering it would make Xiling and its Hierarch insignificant before her.

Wu Xuantian defeated Liu Bai in a sword duel, repelled Haotian’s forces, and settled in Chang'an before beginning a long retreat to advance his cultivation. He emerged five years later after completing his Nascent Transformation and reunited with Fuzi and the Academy, where Jin Yi had become a prodigy.

• Wu Xuantian forced the Black Donkey to become his mount and rode south to Liu Bai’s Sword Garret.
• Wu Xuantian broke Liu Bai’s Great River Sword, then used the Sword of the Human World to fight Haotian’s dragon and divine general until both vanished and the heavenly gates closed.
• Wu Xuantian defeated Xiong Chumo, opened Free and Easy Residence in Chang'an, and began cultivating Dao swords.
• Wu Xuantian visited Fuzi, then entered a five-year retreat on the Cliff of Repentance to transform his body and solidify his Primordial Spirit.
• Wu Xuantian emerged with his Nascent Transformation complete and met Fuzi, the Academy’s teachers, and the six-year-old Jin Yi.

Wu Xuantian returned to his residence in Chang’an, met Yu Lian, and discussed the relationship between Light and Darkness with Fuzi. Ning Que passed the Back Mountain test, became Fuzi’s fourteenth direct disciple, and began studying talismans under Yan Se.

• Wu Xuantian repaired Free and Easy Residence, then watched a battle near Spring Breeze Pavilion before sleeping for several days.
• Ning Que went to the Academy examination with Sang Sang, while Fuzi returned to the capital and prepared the Back Mountain tests for his next disciple.
• Li Manman examined Sang Sang’s cold affliction, gave Ning Que medicine, and asked to trade for the Big Black Umbrella, but Ning Que refused.
• Wu Xuantian told Fuzi his theory that Light and Darkness depended on each other, citing the High Priest of Light and Liansheng Thirty-Two.
• Ning Que passed the Back Mountain test first, became Fuzi’s fourteenth direct disciple, and left with Yan Se to study talismans.
• Fuzi agreed to let Yan Se teach Ning Que, while Yan Se explained that the Academy’s Back Mountain was known as the Second Floor.

Ning Que left the Academy to join the campaign against the Wastelanders, while Wu Xuantian helped the Wastelanders settle the Desolate Plain and faced the Bright Sect’s founder in battle. Wu Xuantian revealed his Nascent Transformation power, and the fight ended with him demonstrating that it could erase things from existence.

• Ning Que received farewells and gifts from the Academy disciples, visited Sang Sang, and traveled toward the Desolate Plain with Jin Yi.
• Wu Xuantian protected Mo Shanshan and the Ink Pond Garden disciples from a Moon Wheel Kingdom monk, then met Ning Que and learned that Jin Yi’s memories were returning.
• The Wastelanders advanced onto the Desolate Plain, and Wu Xuantian gave Tang cold-resistant wheat seeds and guidance for farming, building cities, and training troops.
• Wu Xuantian encountered the Bright Sect’s founder, who said Haotian had promised to spare him from the next Eternal Night if he killed Wu Xuantian.
• Wu Xuantian and the old man fought across the plain, and Wu Xuantian demonstrated how he combined black yuan qi with Haotian Divine Radiance to create Nascent Transformation power.
• Wu Xuantian showed that his black-and-white power could erase a blade of grass from the world and from Haotian’s world.