Chapter Summaries

Li Xiao defeated the three Zhao brothers in their fight over the Three Origins Token and demanded that they hand it over. Before Zhao Yuanqing could respond, a powerful Grey-Clad Man appeared and blocked Li Xiao’s escape.

• Zhao Yuanqing, the Second Zhao Brother, and the Third Zhao Brother attacked Li Xiao together, but he read their moves and fought them off with his saber and movement techniques.
• Li Xiao struck the Second Zhao Brother with the back of his saber, numbing his wrist, and the three brothers stopped fighting when they realized they could not touch him.
• Li Xiao demanded the Three Origins Token, but the Second Zhao Brother refused, calling it an ancestral treasure.
• Li Xiao hit the Second Zhao Brother with Iron Sand Palm, sending him crashing into a collapsing wall, then warned the others not to force him to start slaughtering.
• Li Xiao sensed a hidden presence on the roof and tried to flee, but the Grey-Clad Man appeared at the doorway and told him he could not escape.
• Li Xiao recognized the Grey-Clad Man as someone he had seen before.

Li Xiao met the Grey-Clad Man, a Three Origins Sect expert, and explained why he wanted to join the Sect. The Grey-Clad Man outlined the available entry paths, then warned Li Xiao that using the Three Origins Token would not be as straightforward as he expected.

• Li Xiao recognized the Grey-Clad Man’s Flying Cloud Leg and asked whether he belonged to the Three Origins Sect.
• The Grey-Clad Man praised Li Xiao’s talent and learned that he was nineteen and hoped to join the Sect.
• Li Xiao claimed that his late master had learned about the Zhao Family’s Three Origins Token from an old friend who had once belonged to the Sect.
• The Grey-Clad Man questioned how Li Xiao knew about the Token, but accepted his explanation after hearing his account of the unnamed Iron Wire Fist practitioner.
• The Grey-Clad Man explained the Sect’s open selection, recommendation, and Three Origins Token entry paths, then said Li Xiao was thinking too simply about using the Token.

Li Xiao secured the Three Origins Token from the Zhao Family after the Grey-Clad Man persuaded them to accept his promise of future help. After the agreement, the Grey-Clad Man asked about the North City mines, and Zhao Yuanqing began recounting rumors of an Ancient Sword Sect inheritance beneath them.

• The Grey-Clad Man explained that the Three Origins Token would not grant Li Xiao immediate status or resources in the Inner Sect.
• Li Xiao demanded the token from the Zhao Family and promised to repay them if they faced trouble.
• The Grey-Clad Man returned and convinced Zhao Yuanqing to give Li Xiao the token, offering to ask the Sect to make Ma Qian leave the family alone.
• Third Zhao Brother delivered the Three Origins Token to Li Xiao, who accepted it and promised to help the family in the future.
• The Grey-Clad Man asked about the North City mines, and Zhao Yuanqing said rumors had emerged that they concealed an Ancient Sword Sect inheritance.

Zhao Yuanqing told Feng Qing about the chaos surrounding an ancient object and strange phenomena in the abandoned mine, where factions were searching for the Sword Sect inheritance. Feng Qing offered to sponsor Li Xiao's entry into the Three Origins Sect in exchange for joining Flying Cloud Peak and helping him later, then revealed the possibility of competing to become a Candidate Saint Son.

• Zhao Yuanqing told Feng Qing that rumors of an ancient object bearing the Sword Sect's mark had drawn factions into the mine, where people were fighting and casualties were mounting.
• Zhao Yuanqing said the mine's deep tunnels seemed to contain signs of artificial excavation, and Feng Qing found the detail interesting.
• After leaving the Zhao Family, Feng Qing introduced himself to Li Xiao as an elder from Flying Cloud Peak and offered to vouch for Li Xiao's entry into the Three Origins Sect.
• Feng Qing required Li Xiao to join Flying Cloud Peak and promised resources, cultivation guidance, and protection in exchange for Li Xiao's future help.
• Li Xiao agreed to Feng Qing's conditions, and Feng Qing said he would take Li Xiao back to the Three Origins Sect after the Sword Sect inheritance matter ended.
• Feng Qing explained that if Li Xiao advanced to Breakthrough Fifth Turn, he would vouch for him to compete for Candidate Saint Son qualifications.

Li Xiao learned from Feng Qing how to become a candidate Saint Son and traveled with him to the North City Mine, where many martial practitioners and Fifth Turn Experts had gathered to seek an inheritance. As night fell, they waited outside the mine until an eerie humming sounded from within.

• Feng Qing explained that Li Xiao needed to reach Breakthrough Fifth Turn and win the Candidate Saint Son Battle to become a candidate Saint Son, and Li Xiao resolved to cultivate diligently.
• Over several days, Li Xiao sought Feng Qing’s guidance and learned more about the Three Origins Sect and the Martial Dao.
• On the fifth day, Feng Qing carried Li Xiao through the air to the North City Mine, where thousands of martial practitioners had gathered.
• Feng Qing greeted several other Fifth Turn Experts at the mine entrance, including a lean swordsman, a white-clad man, and a coldly beautiful woman.
• Li Xiao and Feng Qing waited with the gathered practitioners through the night until a low, eerie humming came from deep within the mine.

Li Xiao and Feng Qing entered the mine after Divine Intent split it open and revealed a hidden Sword Sect inheritance. They reached a self-contained space and passed through its light screen after a lean Fifth Turn Expert forced weaker Martial Masters to test it with their lives.

• Divine Intent made swords fly into the mine, splitting open the mountain and revealing a passage.
• Li Xiao agreed to enter with Feng Qing, and they discovered a self-contained world created by a powerful Qi Cultivator.
• Li Xiao and Feng Qing found a twisted light screen where gathered martial practitioners hesitated to proceed.
• The lean man killed a fleeing Third-Turn Martial Master and forced a Second-Turn Martial Master through the screen to test it.
• After several people entered without incident, the Fifth Turn Experts rushed through the light screen, and Li Xiao followed Feng Qing inside.

Li Xiao explored an ancient sword-filled ruin and discovered the remains of a warrior whose body had attained Transcendent Sainthood but who had been killed by Venerable Jingyang. He found a glowing Treasure Weapon sword, but two strangers arrived and claimed it with greedy excitement.

• Li Xiao entered a ruined square filled with swords, and the ancient broken sword he pulled from a plaque crumbled into ashes in his hand.
• Li Xiao found a golden-boned skeleton kneeling beside an inscription that said its Transcendent Sainthood body had fallen to Venerable Jingyang's single sword strike.
• Li Xiao tried and failed to remove the skeleton's spine, then continued deeper into the ruined pavilion.
• Li Xiao discovered a blue-green Treasure Weapon sword embedded in a room and approached it eagerly.
• Two young men in blue-gray robes arrived, saw the sword, and celebrated their apparent good fortune.

Li Xiao watched two martial brothers arrive to claim a Treasure Weapon, but the Junior Brother betrayed and killed his Senior Brother before turning on Li Xiao. Li Xiao broke the Junior Brother’s sword with his Black Long Saber, revealing his strength and sending the man fleeing.

• The Senior Brother and Junior Brother decided to kill Li Xiao so they could keep the Treasure Weapon secret.
• The Junior Brother stabbed his Senior Brother from behind, then killed him after confessing his resentment and declaring he would take his wife and niece.
• The Junior Brother thanked Li Xiao for creating the chance to ambush his Senior Brother and raised the Treasure Weapon against him.
• Li Xiao blocked the Junior Brother’s attack with his Black Long Saber and snapped the Treasure Weapon’s blade in two.
• The Junior Brother realized Li Xiao was far stronger than expected and fled.

Li Xiao killed the man who had murdered his Senior Brother and claimed the Azure Frost Sword from the pavilion. As he left, Ren Xing, a Fifth Turn Expert, demanded his spoils, and Li Xiao fled rather than face him.

• Li Xiao caught the fleeing man and killed him with a single sweep of Black Knife, dismissing his claim of kinship with the Military Governor of Taiyuan.
• Li Xiao pulled the Azure Frost Sword from the ground, wrapped it in cloth, and carried it away from the half-collapsed room.
• Li Xiao searched the pavilion, found nothing else worth taking, and left with the sword on his back.
• Ren Xing approached Li Xiao in the plaza and demanded that he hand over what he had obtained.
• Li Xiao used Dragon-Snake Illusory Body to flee, while the injured Ren Xing cursed that the restrictions and Li Xiao's movement technique made pursuit difficult.

Li Xiao escaped the injured Ren Xing after taking the treasures from the pavilion. Elsewhere, a young Monk with an impenetrable body faced three Martial Masters trying to seize his Sword Pellet, and they attacked him again despite his warning.

• Li Xiao used Dragon-Snake Illusory Body to outrun Ren Xing through the Sword Forest and escape his pursuit.
• Ren Xing cursed Li Xiao and vowed to find him and reclaim the treasures.
• Three Fourth Turn Martial Masters attacked a young Monk in a ruined hall, but their strikes could not harm him.
• The attackers tried to persuade the Monk to surrender his Sword Pellet, but he refused and warned them he would fight if they persisted.
• The three Martial Masters attacked again, and the Monk let their blades strike his bronze-colored skin without retaliating.

Li Xiao entered a hall where three Martial Masters were attacking a Monk who carried a Sword Pellet, and he sensed that the Monk was far more dangerous than he appeared. After using Wind Listening and Qi Observing, Li Xiao saw the Monk’s unprecedented red fortune and destiny, but his eyes suddenly began to hurt and stream with tears.

• The Monk dodged two swords aimed at his eyes and struck the sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked Martial Master into a stone pillar.
• Li Xiao entered the hall, and the Martial Masters recognized him as someone who had arrived with Feng Qing, a Fifth Turn Expert.
• A Martial Master urged Li Xiao to help kill the Monk and share the Sword Pellet, but Li Xiao focused on the Monk’s threatening aura instead.
• The Monk warned the Martial Masters that he would send them to meet Buddha, while Li Xiao activated Wind Listening and Qi Observing.
• Li Xiao saw the Monk’s dense red fortune and destiny, flecked with purple, and stared at him in shock.
• Li Xiao’s eyes suddenly began to hurt and stream with tears, leaving the bewildered Monk asking why he was crying.

Li Xiao recognized Monk’s overwhelming Fortune and Destiny and abandoned his plan to seize the Sword Pellet, deciding instead to win Monk’s trust. After inventing a tragic story about a lost younger brother, Li Xiao sided with Monk and confronted the three Martial Masters, demanding they each cut off one hand; they laughed at him and prepared to fight.

• Li Xiao saw Monk’s crimson Fortune and Destiny and decided that fawning over him was safer than trying to take the Sword Pellet.
• Li Xiao told Monk a fabricated tale about a younger brother who had died when a temple was burned, earning Monk’s sympathy.
• Monk warned the two remaining Martial Masters to stop pursuing the Sword Pellet, and they tried to leave with their wounded companion.
• Li Xiao blocked the Martial Masters, called Monk his younger brother, and demanded that they each cut off one hand.
• The three Martial Masters mocked Li Xiao’s claim and challenged him, believing they could defeat a lone Fourth Turn.

Li Xiao fought three Martial Masters to protect Shi Xin, then accepted Shi Xin’s Great Recovery Pill but saved it for later. After sharing food, Li Xiao decided to stay close to the monk as the fighting in the mine grew fiercer.

• Li Xiao feigned a desperate fight against three Martial Masters to win Shi Xin’s trust, then severed each attacker’s arm and drove them away.
• Shi Xin offered Li Xiao a Great Recovery Pill, but Li Xiao tucked it away instead of using it on his wounds.
• Li Xiao gave Shi Xin the alias Li Feiyu, and Shi Xin explained that he had found a box containing the Sword Pellet by chance.
• Shi Xin admitted he was hungry, so Li Xiao shared his flatbread and dried meat with him.
• As fighting continued deeper in the mine, Li Xiao resolved to stay near Shi Xin and benefit from his protection and good fortune.

Li Xiao and Shi Xin shared roasted Exotic Beast Meat in a ruined hall, and Shi Xin revealed that his sect used Pills to aid cultivation. They agreed to travel together through the mine, with Li Xiao planning to head deeper in search of clues to the Sword Sect Inheritance.

• Li Xiao roasted his Exotic Beast Meat over a fire, and Shi Xin admitted he wanted some despite being a monk.
• Li Xiao gave Shi Xin a piece of meat, and Shi Xin eagerly ate it while explaining that his master used Pills to assist their cultivation.
• Li Xiao privately resented the gap between his struggle to obtain meat and Shi Xin's privileged life.
• Li Xiao asked Shi Xin about his plans and proposed they travel together for safety.
• Shi Xin agreed to accompany Li Xiao as he headed deeper into the mine, hoping Li Xiao would protect his Sword Pellet.

Li Xiao learned that Shi Xin came from the powerful Lotus Chan Monastery in the Sirius Kingdom, then followed him to the Core Area. When the pavilion’s restriction broke, a deadly sword trap slaughtered the people rushing inside, leaving Li Xiao and Shi Xin watching from the outskirts.

• Li Xiao asked Shi Xin about his formidable physique, and Shi Xin explained that he came from the Lotus Chan Monastery of the Sirius Kingdom.
• Feng Qing, Captain Yin, and several other Fifth Turn Martial Masters attacked the misty pavilion’s restriction for two days, gradually weakening it.
• Li Xiao and Shi Xin reached the Core Area, where a crowd had gathered around the still-sealed pavilion.
• The restriction finally burst apart, and the crowd surged toward the pavilion while Li Xiao and Shi Xin stayed back.
• Thousands of Long Swords appeared and rained down on the people at the entrance, killing dozens before the survivors fled in terror.

Sword Sect Remnants trapped the Martial Masters inside a Sword Array and used their blood as sacrifices to awaken a divine weapon. As the blood-red sword absorbed the victims’ essence, Shi Xin warned Li Xiao that a spiritual divine weapon could act and cultivate on its own.

• A Sword Array sealed the square, slaughtering the Martial Masters who had charged forward and trapping the survivors.
• Four White-robed Men and their followers escaped through the Sword Array, revealing that they had lured the crowd to the pavilion; their leader called the Martial Masters sacrifices.
• Eight Sword Sect Remnants drove their swords into the ground in formation, shaking the pavilion and splitting the square with deep fissures.
• Li Xiao sensed a powerful aura as a silver-white sword emerged above the pavilion and absorbed the dead Martial Masters’ blood, turning half its blade moon red.
• A Fifth Turn Martial Master identified the sword as a divine weapon, and Shi Xin explained to Li Xiao that such a spiritual weapon could protect its master, sense danger, and cultivate by itself.

Li Xiao realized the Sword Sect Inheritance was a trap, and the reviving divine weapon was consuming Essence Blood while the Secret Realm prepared to collapse. As the Sword Array tightened and Fifth Turn Martial Masters began slaughtering others to feed the weapon, Li Xiao searched for a way out with Shi Xin.

• Shi Xin explained that the saber was reviving by absorbing Martial Masters' Essence Blood, while the White-Clad Middle-Aged Man revealed that the Secret Realm would collapse and leave no witnesses.
• A Fifth Turn Martial Master attacked the divine weapon, but its red light destroyed his strike and sent him fleeing from its counterattack.
• Captain Yin sacrificed a Fourth Turn Martial Master to attack the weapon, then killed two Third-Turn Martial Masters and used their blood to feed it.
• Other Fifth Turn Martial Masters began killing people to supply the divine weapon with Essence Blood, turning the plaza into a slaughter.
• Li Xiao watched the violence and the weapon's growing power, then focused on Shi Xin and tried to find a way to escape.

Li Xiao blocked Captain Yin’s saber strike meant for Shi Xin, leaving him gravely injured. Shi Xin revealed a powerful Arhat phantom to destroy the remaining Saber Qi, and Captain Yin prepared to keep fighting them inside the Sword Array.

• Shi Xin deflected the Sword Array’s Long Swords with his bare hands while the trapped martial masters suffered injuries and Captain Yin and Feng Qing killed their opponents.
• Captain Yin noticed Shi Xin remained unharmed and slashed at his back with a powerful Saber Qi.
• Li Xiao sensed the attack, rushed between Captain Yin and Shi Xin, and blocked the saber strike with Black Knife, suffering severe injuries as he was thrown into a stone pillar.
• Shi Xin summoned a crimson Arhat phantom and shattered the remaining Saber Qi with a palm, but the backlash sent him crashing to the ground.
• Shi Xin checked on the wounded Li Xiao, who urged him to escape alive, while Captain Yin regarded them as threats and prepared to continue his attack.

Feng Qing stopped Captain Yin from attacking Li Xiao and Shi Xin, who revealed his ties to Lotus Chan Monastery and warned the Sword Sect that it would answer for his death. When the Sword Array’s keepers explained they could not control it, Shi Xin spent his blood to unleash a talisman’s giant palm, which shattered the array.

• Feng Qing kicked Captain Yin’s Saber Qi apart and warned him not to go too far in attacking Li Xiao and Shi Xin.
• Shi Xin declared that he came from Lotus Chan Monastery and asked to leave with Li Xiao, warning the Sword Sect of the consequences if he died.
• The white-clad middle-aged man said the Sword Array was beyond their control and that its keepers were sacrificing their True Qi and lifespan to maintain it.
• Shi Xin took out a talisman and offered to save Li Xiao because Li Xiao had blocked a blade for him.
• Shi Xin fed the talisman his Essence Blood, summoned a giant palm, and smashed the Sword Array into fragments.

After the Sword Array shattered and the divine weapon fell, the intruders rushed into the pavilion and fought over its treasures. Li Xiao and Shi Xin healed outside, where Li Xiao decided to pursue the opportunity despite Shi Xin's warning, while the pavilion descended into a bloody scramble.

• The Monk's talisman shattered the Sword Array, injuring the Sword Sect Members and causing the divine weapon to fall beneath the pavilion.
• Captain Yin, Feng Qing, the other Fifth Turn Experts, and the surviving Martial Masters charged into the pavilion, followed by the White-Clad Middle-Aged Man and the remaining Sword Sect Members.
• Shi Xin gave Li Xiao a Great Recovery Pill, and the two sat outside the pavilion to heal their injuries.
• Li Xiao thanked Shi Xin for warning him about the danger inside but decided to judge his limits and consider the opportunity for himself.
• Inside the pavilion, the intruders slaughtered one another over weapons, pills, and cultivation methods while ignoring the Sword Sect Members.