Chapter Summaries

Li Wan'er secretly learned and surpassed Xiongba's martial arts while the World Association expanded under his three disciples. Ten years later, Nie Feng demonstrated the Wind God's Leg as Bu Jingyun remained away on an assignment, and Xiongba summoned Nie Feng.

• Xiongba taught Bu Jingyun the Cloud-Rowing Palm and Nie Feng the Wind God's Leg, after demonstrating the Frost Fist.
• Li Wan'er secretly practiced the three techniques and recalled Xiongba's movements to master them.
• Over ten years, Qin Shuang, Bu Jingyun, and Nie Feng expanded the World Association's territory under Xiongba's command.
• Li Wan'er reached the late Innate Realm, surpassed Xiongba, mastered his three techniques, and deduced their hidden moves.
• Nie Feng demonstrated the six moves of the Wind God's Leg to Li Wan'er while Bu Jingyun was away on an assignment.
• Wen Chouchou delivered Xiongba's summons for Nie Feng and scolded Li Wan'er for neglecting her work.

Li Wan'er reached Lingyun Grotto, discovered the Six Cold-Defying Techniques and gained strength from Blood Bodhi before encountering the Fire Qilin. After their fight began, she froze the beast, but it shattered the ice and the battle continued.

• Li Wan'er descended the mountain and traveled to Lingyun Grotto at Mount Leshan.
• At the bottom of the cave, Li Wan'er found the Six Cold-Defying Techniques carved above Nie Ying's skeleton and learned how Nie Ying had chained himself there after swallowing Qilin blood.
• Li Wan'er ate several Blood Bodhi, increasing her true essence and reaching the great perfection of the Innate realm.
• The Fire Qilin emerged, and Li Wan'er attacked it with her Frost Fist and movement skills, sending it tumbling and dodging its fiery tail.
• Li Wan'er froze the Fire Qilin into an ice sculpture, but it shattered the ice, forcing her to deflect the flying shards.

Li Wan'er killed the Fire Qilin, absorbed its Divine Essence, and recovered the peak strength of her previous life. After leaving seclusion, she found Nie Feng, Bu Jingyun, and Qin Shuang confronting Xiongba, who claimed he had killed everyone in the village.

• Li Wan'er wounded the Fire Qilin, absorbed its blood to strengthen her defenses, and spent a year hunting it down.
• Li Wan'er killed the Fire Qilin and consumed its Divine Essence in four portions, restoring her Hunyuan True Essence to its former peak.
• Li Wan'er left seclusion and learned that Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun had become World Association traitors, with Bu Jingyun wielding the Peerless Good Sword.
• Nie Feng, Bu Jingyun, Qin Shuang, and Wen Chouchou defeated the Twelve Fiends of Heavenly Lake, but Xiongba arrived and defeated Nie Feng.
• Qin Shuang confronted Xiongba over Kong Ci's death, and Xiongba claimed he had killed the villagers, leaving Nie Feng grief-stricken.

Xiongba overwhelmed Qin Shuang, Bu Jingyun, and Nie Feng with his Three-Part Return to Origin Qi, leaving Qin Shuang badly injured and blinding Nie Feng as he saved Bu Jingyun. As Xiongba prepared to kill Nie Feng, Qin Shuang restrained him, while Li Wanyi’s loud praise revealed her presence to the fighters.

• Xiongba rejected Nie Feng’s accusation of wrongdoing and attacked Qin Shuang, Bu Jingyun, and Nie Feng.
• Xiongba defeated the three martial brothers with his Three-Part Return to Origin Qi, badly injuring Qin Shuang and sending Bu Jingyun and Nie Feng flying.
• Xiongba targeted Bu Jingyun, but Nie Feng shoved him clear and was blinded by the attack.
• Xiongba prepared to kill the blinded Nie Feng, but Qin Shuang grabbed him and urged Bu Jingyun to escape with Nie Feng.
• Li Wanyi praised the spectacle and smashed a stone table, startling everyone into realizing someone else was present.

After reaching the Martial Dao Golden Core stage in Shenzhou, Li Wan'er was swept into a mysterious vortex and arrived on Qingyun's Xiaozhu Peak in a childlike body. She became Master Shuiyue's disciple and quickly reached the first level of the Yuqing Realm.

• Li Wan'er defeated Xiongba, freed Bu Jingyun and the others, and gave them Blood Bodhi to heal.
• As the martial world changed, Li Wan'er killed Duan Lang and Indra and took Indra's Dragon Essence.
• Li Wan'er refined the Dragon Essence into pills and, after fifty years of cultivation, broke into the Primordial Position and sensed she could live nearly six hundred years.
• A vortex carried Li Wan'er to Qingyun's Xiaozhu Peak, where she awoke in a rejuvenated body with her Golden Core intact.
• Master Shuiyue made Li Wan'er her senior disciple, taught her the Taiji Xuanqing Dao, and watched her quickly reach the first level of the Yuqing Realm.

Li Wan'er cultivated at Xiaozhu Peak under Shui Yue and quickly reached the fourth level of the Yuqing Realm. The chapter explained the levels of the Taiji Xuanqing Dao, from Yuqing through Taiqing, and left Li Wan'er progressing far faster than ordinary cultivators.

• After Li Wan'er reached the first level, Shui Yue taught her the methods for all three initial levels, and she often cultivated at Looking-Moon Terrace.
• Li Wan'er learned that the Righteous-Demonic War had recently ended and that Tian Chengzi had died, leaving Qingyun's Seven Peaks under new leadership.
• Three years later, Shui Yue brought Wen Min to Xiaozhu Peak as her second disciple, while Li Wan'er had reached the fourth level of the Yuqing Realm.
• The chapter described the Taiji Xuanqing Dao's Yuqing, Shangqing, and Taiqing realms and their respective levels.
• Li Wan'er restrained her cultivation despite being capable of breaking through Yuqing and potentially entering Shangqing with help from her martial cultivation.

Li Wan'er searched Kongsang Mountain for a weapon and discovered the First Volume of the Heavenly Book in the Blood-Drop Cave. After studying it, she advanced to the Sixth Layer of the Yuqing Realm and left for Heyang City to continue her research.

• Li Wan'er traveled to Kongsang Mountain and fought off a swarm of giant bats before finding the Myriad Bat Ancient Cave.
• Li Wan'er explored the cave, passed through the Dead Spirit Abyss, and encountered the Black Water Mystic Snake, which retreated after sensing the Dragon Essence and Qilin Divine Essence within her.
• Li Wan'er found the hidden entrance to the Blood-Drop Cave and discovered the First Volume of the Heavenly Book inscribed on a chamber wall.
• Li Wan'er memorized and studied the Heavenly Book, awakening at the Sixth Layer of the Yuqing Realm with a solid foundation.
• Li Wan'er took the Acacia Bell and returned to Heyang City, where she rented a room to study the First Volume of the Heavenly Book.

After a year of secluded cultivation, Li Wan'er reached the peak of the ninth level of Yuqing and traveled to the East Sea to seek further opportunities. She explored Penglai Market and the islands beyond it, leaving her journey ongoing as she continued searching for a suitable place and dealt with hostile cultivators.

• Li Wan'er completed a year of secluded cultivation in Heyang City, learned the Breath Concealment Art, and set out to consolidate her cultivation.
• She traveled across distant regions, found ten-thousand-year divine iron in the far north, forged a sword named Chunjun, and periodically wrote to the Qingyun Sect.
• Li Wan'er arrived at Penglai Island by merchant ship and explored Penglai Market during the ship's three-day stop.
• After departing for the Shattered Star Sea, Li Wan'er flew among its many islands in search of a place that suited her.
• Li Wan'er killed the people who tried to harm her as she traveled between the islands.

After years traveling among the islands, Li Wan'er returned to Qingyun Mountain and reunited with her master and fellow disciples at Xiaozhu Peak. Her arrival at Tongtian Peak provoked the Water Qilin, and the gathered sect leaders learned she had reached the ninth level of Yuqing.

• Li Wan'er stabilized her Yuqing cultivation, developed the Five Elements Escape Technique, and opened her Purple Mansion to enter Shangqing.
• Li Wan'er returned to Qingyun after seven years away and reunited with Wen Min, Shui Yue, and the Xiaozhu Peak disciples.
• Shui Yue welcomed Li Wan'er back, asked her to remain at Xiaozhu Peak, and arranged for her to visit Tongtian Peak the next day.
• The Water Qilin sensed a Qilin aura on Li Wan'er and attacked her with a column of water, which she blocked with an azure Taiji Diagram.
• Daoxuan and the branch heads arrived, and Daoxuan praised Li Wan'er's ninth-level Yuqing cultivation.

Li Wan'er presented Qingyun's peak heads with new cultivation arts and divine abilities designed to strengthen cultivators without relying on magical treasures. Impressed by her gifts, Daoxuan appointed her Qingyun's sole guardian, and she demonstrated the power of her Frost Fist.

• Li Wan'er spent decades guarding Xiaozhu Peak's Library Pavilion while concealing cultivation equal to Daoxuan's and refining her immortal and martial arts.
• Li Wan'er summoned Qingyun's peak heads to Tongtian Peak and explained that cultivation should focus on strengthening oneself rather than depending on magical treasures.
• Li Wan'er gave Daoxuan the Three-Part Origin Return Scripture, Three-Part Divine Finger, and Five Elements Escape Technique, and the peak heads praised their power and originality.
• Daoxuan appointed Li Wan'er Qingyun's sole guardian, with status equal to the peak heads and access to all Seven Peaks' Library Pavilions, and Shui Yue agreed.
• Li Wan'er froze Yuqing Hall with her Frost Fist, astonishing the peak heads.

Li Wan'er secretly advanced to Taiqing, gathered three volumes of the Heavenly Book, and returned from seclusion to find Lu Xueqi had joined Xiaozhu Peak. She welcomed the new junior sister and arranged for Wen Min to teach her introductory lessons.

• Li Wan'er traveled across tianxia, studied techniques and the Heavenly Book, and secretly reached Taiqing while the Peak Masters still believed she was at the peak of Shangqing.
• Xiao Yicai won Qingyun's martial tournament, while other young disciples across the peaks rose quickly in cultivation.
• Li Wan'er linked two Heavenly Book volumes inside Huanyue Cave Abode and obtained the fifth volume from the Zhu Xian Ancient Sword.
• Shui Yue introduced Lu Xueqi to Li Wan'er, who welcomed her and told her to cultivate with her senior sister.
• Xiao Ying returned from Dazhu Peak, teased Li Wan'er, and was warned not to lead Lu Xueqi astray.
• Li Wan'er suggested that Wen Min teach Lu Xueqi her introductory lessons.

Li Wan'er visited the Huanyue Cave Abode while Master Daoxuan discussed her talents and Qingyun Sect’s promising disciples with Wan Jianyi. She emerged carrying a sword and aged wine, shared a drink with Wan Jianyi, and revealed that she had turned the cave into a wine cellar.

• Xiao Ying carried Lu Xueqi away to find her second senior sister and learn the basics.
• Master Daoxuan visited Wan Jianyi at the Founder Ancestral Hall and confirmed that Li Wan'er had entered the Huanyue Cave Abode again.
• Daoxuan and Wan Jianyi praised Li Wan'er's cultivation and discussed Qingyun Sect's rising generation of disciples.
• Daoxuan offered to send Xiao Ying to keep Wan Jianyi company, but Wan Jianyi declined because he wanted peace.
• Li Wan'er emerged from the cave carrying a sword and wine, offered Wan Jianyi a drink, and explained that she had stored decades-old wine inside.

Li Wan'er met Wan Jianyi in seclusion at the Patriarchs' Ancestral Hall, discussed the past and her pursuit of immortality, and urged him to contact Cangsong. After Daoxuan and Wan Jianyi considered her warning, she went to Longshou Peak to speak with Cangsong.

• Li Wan'er recognized Wan Jianyi from the Zhu Xian Ancient Sword and his cultivation, then discussed his past with Shui Yue and Su Ru.
• Li Wan'er explained her belief that higher realms could extend lifespan beyond a thousand years, and Wan Jianyi warned her to avoid straying onto the wrong path.
• Li Wan'er told Wan Jianyi that Cangsong's hatred might lead him down a dangerous path, so Wan Jianyi asked her to bring Cangsong to the Patriarchs' Ancestral Hall.
• After Li Wan'er left, Daoxuan emerged and spoke with Wan Jianyi about her warning and her deep interest in immortality.
• Li Wan'er went to Longshou Peak, where Fang Yu led her to Cangsong, and she told him she had something to discuss.

Li Wan'er returned to Xiaozhu Peak, took Lu Xueqi under her personal guidance, and learned that Caomiao Village had been destroyed. At Yuqing Hall, she encouraged Tian Buyi and Cangsong to let Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu visit Xiaozhu Peak, hinting that both boys had great potential.

• Li Wan'er delivered Wan Jianyi's message to Cangsong, who planned to visit the Patriarchs' Ancestral Hall.
• Li Wan'er praised Lu Xueqi's rapid cultivation, assigned her a residence nearby, and began teaching her techniques.
• After Lu Xueqi reached the third level of Yuqing, Shui Yue summoned Li Wan'er to Tongtian Peak because Caomiao Village had been destroyed and two orphans remained.
• Daoxuan arranged for Cangsong to take Lin Jingyu as a disciple and ordered Tian Buyi to accept Zhang Xiaofan.
• Li Wan'er congratulated Tian Buyi and suggested that Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu visit Xiaozhu Peak, leaving both masters encouraged by her assessment.

Li Wan'er guided Lin Jingyu, Zhang Xiaofan, and their companions through training on Xiaozhu Peak, explaining cultivation methods and encouraging Zhang Xiaofan despite his slow start. Five years later, the young disciples had advanced substantially, with Lu Xueqi leading the group in cultivation.

• Li Wan'er told Shui Yue that Zhang Xiaofan had exceptional fortune and might one day surpass Patriarch Qingye, then arranged for Lu Xueqi to guide him and Lin Jingyu on Xiaozhu Peak.
• The newcomers began cutting tear bamboo and cultivating the Taiji Xuanqing Dao; Lin Jingyu progressed quickly while Zhang Xiaofan struggled to sense qi.
• After Lin Jingyu reached the first level of Yuqing in a month, Li Wan'er reassured Zhang Xiaofan and explained how Great Brahma Prajna differed from Qingyun Sect's cultivation method.
• Li Wan'er assigned Lu Xueqi, Zeng Shushu, and Tian Ling'er to spar and train, while Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu continued bamboo cutting and sparring.
• Five years later, Lu Xueqi had reached the peak of the seventh level of Yuqing, Zeng Shushu had entered the seventh level, Tian Ling'er had reached the sixth, and Lin Jingyu had reached the fifth.

Li Wan'er ended five years of instruction and sent the young disciples to travel before returning to their peaks to prepare for the Seven Peaks Martial Arts Tournament. As the tournament’s field expanded, Zhang Xiaofan broke through to the Object Manipulation Realm and was visited by Li Wan'er and the others.

• Li Wan'er told the disciples their foundations were established, assigned them three months of travel, and sent them back to their peaks to cultivate for the tournament.
• Xiao Ying informed Li Wan'er that Daoxuan had summoned the peak heads to discuss the tournament.
• Cangsong proposed expanding the tournament, and Daoxuan increased the field from thirty-two participants to eighty, allocating the extra slots among the peaks.
• Zhang Xiaofan sparred with Tian Ling'er on Dazhu Peak after reaching the Object Manipulation Realm a month earlier, but Tian Ling'er defeated him with Amber Crimson Silk.
• Li Wan'er, Lu Xueqi, and Bai Bing arrived and Li Wan'er praised Zhang Xiaofan for reaching the Object Manipulation Realm.

Li Wan'er visited Shui Yue and revealed that Qingyun had several Taiqing experts, including herself, while Shui Yue learned how far her disciple had surpassed her. As the Seven Peaks Martial Arts Tournament began, Qingyun's Twelve Heroes gathered attention, and the chapter ended with a young man practicing swordsmanship on Longshou Peak.

• Li Wan'er visited Shui Yue at Quiet Bamboo Pavilion, where she reunited with Lu Xueqi and discussed the approaching tournament.
• Li Wan'er told Shui Yue that Martial Uncle Daoxuan and another hidden expert had reached Taiqing, and that she herself had likely entered the realm.
• Shui Yue celebrated Li Wan'er's achievement and worried that she had little chance of reaching Taiqing herself.
• The Seven Peaks Martial Arts Tournament arrived after the Twelve Heroes of Qingyun gained renown for fighting the Devil Dao.
• A young man practiced with his jade-green Immortal Sword on Linyuan Terrace as the supervising Daoist watched with pride.

As Qingyun Sect prepared for the Seven Peaks Martial Arts Tournament, Daoxuan revealed that demonic remnants were searching for a hidden treasure cave at Kongsang Mountain. He announced that the tournament’s top ten disciples would investigate after the competition, and Li Wan'er confirmed she had once visited the area.

• Dazhu Peak’s disciples prepared a celebratory meal for Du Bishu and hoped to perform well in the tournament.
• A Daoist nun practiced her sword beneath the moon at Looking-Moon Terrace and reminded Xueqi to rest before the tournament.
• Li Wan'er arrived early at Tongtian Peak to preside over the tournament and greeted Cangsong, Qi Hao, and disciples from the other peaks.
• Daoxuan told the leaders that demonic remnants near Kongsang Mountain sought treasures hidden in the Myriad Bat Ancient Cave, once the Blood Refining Hall’s headquarters.
• Daoxuan assigned the tournament’s top ten Qingyun disciples to descend the mountain and investigate, and Li Wan'er said she had previously visited Kongsang and had given Xiao Ying the Acacia Bell.

The Qingyun Sect opened its expanded Seven Peaks Martial Arts Tournament, with Li Wan'er explaining the drawing rules and Daoxuan urging the disciples to uphold the righteous path. The first matches began at dawn, and Tian Ling'er faced Shen Tiandou on the Li arena.

• Daoxuan welcomed the tournament contestants into Yuqing Hall and praised the Qingyun Sect's younger generation.
• Li Wan'er announced that the tournament had expanded to eighty contestants, explained the draw and challenge rules, and had the disciples select their lots.
• Daoxuan encouraged the disciples to inherit the sect's responsibilities, defend the Dao, and compete for the Six Harmony Mirror.
• Zhang Xiaofan slipped out that night and alarmed the Spirit Venerable, but the incident ended without trouble.
• At dawn, Tian Ling'er took the Li arena to face Shen Tiandou of Chaoyang Peak, and the first match began.

Tian Ling'er and Lu Xueqi won their opening matches as the Seven Peaks Martial Arts Tournament proceeded, showcasing powerful techniques and revealing the competitors’ rankings. Bai Bing won the tournament and broke through to Shangqing, while Dazhu Peak celebrated three disciples placing in the top ten.

• Tian Ling'er bound Shen Tiandou with Amber Crimson Silk and won their match, drawing cheers from Dazhu Peak.
• Lu Xueqi defeated Fang Chao with Tianya Sword, sending him off the arena injured after Shui Yue and Cangsong traded barbs.
• Lin Jingyu, Zeng Shushu, and Han Fei each won their matches, while later bouts featured disciples fighting with martial arts as well as swords.
• Bai Bing won first place and broke through to Shangqing; Chen Chen placed second, Qi Hao third, and Lu Chen fifth.
• Lu Xueqi ranked tenth, Zhang Xiaofan eleventh, and Tian Ling'er nineteenth among the tournament’s top competitors.
• At Yuqing Hall, Tian Buyi and Su Ru celebrated Dazhu Peak’s three top-ten finishers as the leaders discussed their disciples’ results.