Chapter Summaries

A chaotic battle over the Sword Sect's treasures destroyed much of the hall as fighters fought their way through it. Shi Xin obtained a Sword Pellet after a thin Martial Master was killed, then faced a Fourth Turn Martial Master who demanded it.

• Captain Yin and other fighters damaged the hall's treasures and books during the scramble, prompting the Sword Sect Members to join the battle.
• Several Martial Masters bypassed the fighting and headed upstairs in search of greater treasures.
• A thin Third Turn Martial Master found a Sword Pellet in a storage room, but a Fourth Turn Martial Master struck him and sent him crashing into the square.
• Shi Xin picked up the Sword Pellet that fell from the thin Martial Master's robes and refused to hand it over to the Fourth Turn Martial Master.
• The Fourth Turn Martial Master struck Shi Xin, but Shi Xin remained unmoved while the attacker cried out in pain.

Li Xiao seized a mysterious Yellowed Paper from two Fourth-Turn Martial Masters while recovering from his injuries, and Shi Xin obtained a Sword Pellet through sheer luck. As the fighting in the pavilion continued, Shi Xin found an ancient book in the hands of a dying martial artist and offered it to Li Xiao.

• Shi Xin picked up the Sword Pellet that had fallen from a Third-Turn Martial Master's robes, while Li Xiao watched in disbelief.
• Li Xiao intercepted a Yellowed Paper during a fight between three Fourth-Turn Martial Masters and drove off the two attackers with his Black Knife.
• Li Xiao warned Shi Xin that the Sword Pellet's former owner might reveal its location, prompting the man to flee the plaza.
• After the fighting in the pavilion grew more distant, a dying Third-Turn Martial Master fell from the fourth floor in front of Shi Xin, still clutching an ancient book.
• Shi Xin took the book from the dead man's hand, examined its pages, and offered it to Li Xiao.

Li Xiao and Shi Xin recovered from their injuries while the Fifth Turn experts fought over a divine weapon in the pavilion. The weapon landed beside them, Shi Xin claimed it, and Ren Xing arrived to seize it, prompting Li Xiao to recognize the old man who had once pursued him.

• Shi Xin gave Li Xiao the Life-Slaying Amitabha Sword Scripture and advised him to cultivate it while they healed.
• Captain Yin grabbed the divine weapon but was overwhelmed by Feng Qing and the other fighters.
• Feng Qing kicked Captain Yin out of the pavilion, sending the divine weapon flying into the ground before Li Xiao and Shi Xin.
• Shi Xin pulled the divine weapon from the earth, and the sword grew quiet in his hand.
• Ren Xing spotted the sword, charged at Shi Xin, and demanded that he hand it over.
• Li Xiao recognized Ren Xing as the Gray Robed Old Man who had pursued him through the Sword Forest.

Ren Xing took the divine weapon and fled toward the Secret Realm’s exit as Feng Qing, Captain Yin, and the Sword Sect’s White-robed Men pursued him. Li Xiao and Shi Xin recovered, left the bloodied square, and sought safety farther from the Core Area.

• Ren Xing recognized Li Xiao and threatened to kill him, but Feng Qing, Captain Yin, and the White-robed Men burst from the pavilion and attacked over the divine weapon.
• Ren Xing burned his Essence Blood and escaped with the divine weapon while the Fifth Turn Experts chased him into the ruins.
• Li Xiao and Shi Xin decided to leave the square and rested while recovering their injuries.
• Li Xiao searched nearby bodies, found two bronze Sword Attendant Tokens on unconscious Sword Sect Disciples, and killed them; Shi Xin did not stop him.
• Li Xiao and Shi Xin moved to a secluded spot far from the Core Area, where Li Xiao continued healing with the Great Recovery Pill.

Li Xiao examined a yellowed sheet and learned the Sword Drawing Sutra, a technique with three endlessly cultivable steps. He tested it with the Green Frost Sword, then began reading the Life-Slaying Amitabha Sword Scripture.

• Li Xiao shared his remaining Exotic Beast Meat jerky with Shi Xin, who ate and rested by the wall.
• Li Xiao studied the yellowed sheet and saw a Martial Master draw a Saber and slash open the sky.
• Li Xiao recorded the Sword Drawing Sutra and found its three steps: Sword Concealment, Sword Drawing, and Sword Slashing.
• Li Xiao practiced slashing with the Green Frost Sword until Sword Slashing reached 47.
• Shi Xin asked about Li Xiao’s sword art, and Li Xiao said it was a simple technique of drawing the Saber and slashing.
• Li Xiao wrapped the Green Frost Sword and began reading the Life-Slaying Amitabha Sword Scripture.

Li Xiao studied and recorded the Life-Slaying Amitabha Sword Scripture, learning that it required slaughter to build Sword Qi but could not unleash its true power before Fifth Turn. Shi Xin explained the sword art’s dangers and urged Li Xiao to cultivate it cautiously.

• Li Xiao read that the Life-Slaying Amitabha Sword Scripture cultivated Sword Qi from Slayer Qi and other fierce energies through killing.
• Li Xiao discovered the scripture required 8,000 progress to reach Perfection and could not be fully activated before Fifth Turn.
• Li Xiao recorded the Life-Slaying Amitabha Sword Scripture with his Panel and considered how his system let him cultivate many methods at once.
• Shi Xin explained that the scripture was one of the Sword Sect’s Five Sect-Protecting Ultimate Arts and warned Li Xiao that its Killing Nature could cause backlash and Qi Deviation.
• Li Xiao thanked Shi Xin for his guidance.

Li Xiao learned that the Life-Slaying Amitabha Sword Scripture had been cultivated by Venerable Jingyang, a legendary Sword Sect expert who died when the sect was destroyed, and grew more aware of the power hidden in the world. Shi Xin warned him not to underestimate the Great Zhou Imperial Court, and the two left the Secret Realm the next morning.

• Shi Xin told Li Xiao that Venerable Jingyang, the last great swordsman to emerge from the branch hall, had mastered the Life-Slaying Amitabha Sword Scripture and reached the Eighth Turn.
• Li Xiao recalled the kneeling skeleton in the Hidden Sword Pavilion and learned that Venerable Jingyang had died during the destruction of the Sword Sect.
• Li Xiao asked whether Lotus Chan Monastery had Seventh Turn experts, and Shi Xin evasively declined to answer.
• Li Xiao told Shi Xin he planned to join the Three Origins Sect, and Shi Xin warned that the Great Zhou Imperial Court had formidable hidden forces.
• After resting overnight, Li Xiao and Shi Xin set out for the Secret Realm's exit, passing corpses scattered through the ruins.

Li Xiao and Shi Xin reached the Secret Realm exit, where Ren Xing escaped with the divine weapon despite pursuit by several Fifth Turn Experts. Outside, Ren Xing threatened his pursuers and Li Xiao before a White-Robed Person appeared, prompting the Sword Sect Martial Masters to address him as the Sword Envoy.

• Li Xiao and Shi Xin waited among the gathered survivors until the Secret Realm exit opened, then headed toward the passage.
• Ren Xing rushed into the passage with the divine weapon while several Fifth Turn Experts pursued him.
• Li Xiao and Shi Xin emerged from the mine and saw Ren Xing hovering nearby, wounded but triumphant with the weapon.
• Ren Xing vowed revenge on the Fifth Turn Experts and threatened Li Xiao and Shi Xin.
• A White-Robed Person appeared behind Ren Xing, and the Sword Sect Martial Masters greeted him as the Sword Envoy.

The Sword Envoy recovered the divine weapon and began executing those who had trespassed into the Sword Sect's Secret Realm. Just as his attack threatened to kill everyone outside the mine, the middle-aged man from the Zhao Family arrived and confronted him.

• The Sword Envoy crushed Ren Xing with a giant hand and retrieved the divine weapon.
• The Sword Envoy reclaimed the sword, then agreed to kill the Secret Realm trespassers at a Sword Sect Member's urging.
• At the Zhao Family, the middle-aged man questioned the Three Brothers about their past contact with Chen Feng before sensing the battle and flying toward the mine.
• The Sword Envoy sent a giant hand down on the crowd, but a blood-red Fist Aura struck it and the shockwave killed low-level Martial Masters and injured others.
• The middle-aged man from the Zhao Family arrived and faced the Sword Envoy in midair.

After the Iron Wire Peak Master broke through to the Sixth Turn, Feng Qing told Li Xiao about Iron Wire Peak’s decline and its stolen treasured artifact, which Li Xiao recognized as connected to his master, Qian Li. Li Xiao kept his connection to Qian Li secret and learned that the Iron Wire Fist required cultivation in Iron Wire Cave to reach deeper realms.

• Feng Qing told Li Xiao that the middle-aged man was Iron Wire Peak’s Peak Master and had just entered the Sixth Turn after more than ten years in seclusion.
• Feng Qing explained that Qian Li, the Peak Master’s former attendant disciple, had stolen Iron Wire Peak’s treasured artifact decades earlier and disappeared, leaving the Peak Master with a lasting grievance.
• Li Xiao realized his master Qian Li was the traitor and decided not to reveal their connection.
• Feng Qing praised the Iron Wire Fist and told Li Xiao that Iron Wire Cave helped temper the body and cultivate the technique to profound realms.
• Li Xiao listened to Feng Qing describe Iron Wire Peak’s recovery and resolved to hide his connection to Qian Li until he learned the Iron Wire Fist.

Li Xiao and Feng Qing fled as the Iron Wire Peak Master battled the Sword Envoy, who gained the upper hand with his sword. Liao Yin of Lotus Chan Monastery intervened to block the Sword Envoy’s strike, but the Sword Envoy refused to retreat and challenged both opponents to fight.

• The Iron Wire Peak Master and the Sword Envoy exchanged blows above the mine, and Feng Qing dragged Li Xiao toward the exit to escape the battle’s aftermath.
• The Sword Envoy knocked the newly advanced Iron Wire Peak Master back and summoned a massive sword shadow to strike him.
• Liao Yin of Lotus Chan Monastery arrived and blocked the Sword Envoy’s attack with a flash of golden light.
• Shi Xin warned Liao Yin that the Sword Envoy possessed a divine weapon, and Liao Yin recognized that the conflict was over it.
• The Sword Envoy weighed the risk of facing Liao Yin and the Iron Wire Peak Master, then challenged them both to fight.

The Sword Envoy fought Liao Yin and the Iron Wire Peak Master in a fierce battle above the mine, while Li Xiao watched and learned about the Immovable King Body. The chapter ended as the Sword Envoy unleashed his full-strength sword strike.

• Master Yin invited the Iron Wire Peak Master to join forces against the Sword Envoy, and the two attacked together.
• Liao Yin manifested the Arhat Phantom and struck the Sword Envoy, sending him flying and splitting his tiger's maw.
• The Sword Envoy recognized Liao Yin's Immovable King Body and charged back into battle, while Liao Yin and the Iron Wire Peak Master worked together to suppress him.
• Shi Xin explained to Li Xiao that Liao Yin had cultivated the Immovable King Body to its Third Layer, the Arhat Form, and described its ultimate True King Body.
• The Sword Envoy raised his sword and brought down a full-strength strike, declaring it the pride of the Sword Sect.

Liao Yin and the Iron Wire Peak Master defeated the Sword Envoy in a fierce battle, but let him leave to avoid a blood feud. Liao Yin then prepared to return to the Lotus Chan Monastery with Shi Xin, who told Li Xiao he had more training to do.

• Liao Yin blocked the Sword Envoy’s devastating Sword Qi with his Arhat Dharma Form, which shattered and left him injured.
• The Iron Wire Peak Master struck the Sword Envoy with a massive Fist Aura and smashed him into a mountain.
• The Sword Envoy acknowledged his opponents’ skill, then left with the Sword Sect Martial Masters without either side giving chase.
• Liao Yin reunited with Shi Xin and said the matter was over and they should return to the monastery to recuperate.
• Shi Xin told Li Xiao he was leaving with Liao Yin and still needed to improve his strength.

Li Xiao and Shi Xin parted after surviving the Sword Sect Ruins, and Li Xiao reflected on how their meeting had changed the fate of the treasures there. The next morning, Li Xiao left the Prefecture City with Feng Qing for the Three Origins Sect, carrying the Life-Slaying Amitabha Sword Scripture and the spoils from the Secret Realm.

• Shi Xin warned Li Xiao to conceal his cultivation method, use the slaughter-filled sword technique cautiously, and visit Lotus Chan Monastery if he went to the Sirius Kingdom.
• Li Xiao wondered whether Shi Xin had originally been destined to claim the Sword Sect Ruins’ treasures before their encounter diverted events.
• Feng Qing told Li Xiao that Shi Xin’s Sixth Turn Guardian and Liao Yin’s protection suggested an extraordinary talent and background, and urged him to preserve their friendship.
• Li Xiao returned to the Prefecture City with Feng Qing and examined the Life-Slaying Amitabha Sword Scripture in his inn room.
• At dawn, Li Xiao and Feng Qing departed for the Three Origins Sect, with Li Xiao riding Frost Shadow and carrying his swords.

Li Xiao and Feng Qing arrived at Dragon Soaring Commandery, the fortified city and headquarters of the Three Origins Sect. Feng Qing explained the sect’s hierarchy and urged Li Xiao to reach Fifth Turn so he could compete to become a Candidate Saint Son and eventually learn what Feng Qing wanted to entrust to him.

• Li Xiao and Feng Qing reached Dragon Soaring Commandery, where Feng Qing described its imposing defenses and the experts guarding its gates.
• Feng Qing led Li Xiao into the city and explained that the Outer City held markets and residences while the Inner City formed the Three Origins Sect’s core.
• Feng Qing described the sect’s Three Peaks and explained how disciples could rise from Outer Sect to Inner Sect and then become True Disciples under an elder’s guidance.
• Feng Qing told Li Xiao that each peak had one Fifth Turn Candidate Saint Son, whose status and authority approached that of an elder.
• Feng Qing said he would recommend Li Xiao for the coming Candidate Saint Son Battle if Li Xiao reached Fifth Turn, but withheld the matter he hoped to entrust to him.

Feng Qing led Li Xiao through Three Origins City’s Inner City and showed him the Three Origins Sect’s four main peaks. He explained the Sect’s martial arts, its ties to Qi Cultivators, and the uncertain outcome of a direct fight between Qi Cultivators and Martial Masters, leaving Li Xiao resolved to cultivate.

• Feng Qing showed Li Xiao how an Identity Token let Three Origins Sect members enter the Inner City.
• Feng Qing explained that Inner Sect disciples could learn the Three Peaks’ inherited arts, while other disciples practiced the Sect’s other methods.
• Feng Qing introduced Flying Cloud Peak, Iron Wire Peak, Azure Wave Peak, and Returning Origin Peak to Li Xiao.
• Feng Qing told Li Xiao that Qi Cultivators had laid the Mountain Protecting Great Array and that powerful figures relied on Qi Cultivators for formations and talismans.
• Feng Qing compared the paths of Qi Cultivators and Martial Masters, then urged Li Xiao to cultivate until he reached the Fifth Turn.

Feng Qing led Li Xiao through Flying Cloud Peak and explained the Three Origins Sect’s cultivation rules and factional divisions. He advised Li Xiao to delay choosing a Master until he grew stronger, then brought him toward the Elder Courtyard to settle his identity.

• Feng Qing showed Li Xiao the Inner Sect residences and explained Flying Cloud Peak’s Flying Cloud Leg and how disciples could obtain other arts through merit or Contribution Points.
• Feng Qing told Li Xiao about the Three Origins Sect’s Three Absolutes Returning Origin Qi and the requirements for accessing it.
• Feng Qing explained that Li Xiao’s Three Origins Token did not exempt him from the Sect’s review, though Feng Qing promised to vouch for him.
• Feng Qing warned Li Xiao that choosing a Master immediately would bind him to a faction amid the Sect’s internal rivalries, and advised him to cultivate first.
• Li Xiao accepted Feng Qing’s advice, and Feng Qing continued toward the Elder Courtyard to settle his identity.

Li Xiao registered with Three Origins Sect under the name Li Feiyu, using a Three Origins Token to enter the Inner Sect as a disciple of Flying Cloud Peak. After Elder Feng left him to wait three days for identity verification, Li Xiao returned to Three Origins City and reached the Welcome Guest Pavilion with Frost Shadow.

• Feng Qing brought Li Xiao to the Merit Affairs Hall, where the Steward verified his Three Origins Token and recorded his name as Li Feiyu, age nineteen, and cultivation at Fourth Turn.
• The Steward gave Li Xiao a guest room voucher and said his identity would be verified within three days, after which his Identity Token and Inner Sect robes would be delivered.
• Feng Qing instructed Li Xiao to rest at the Welcome Guest Pavilion, keep a low profile, and find him at Flying Cloud Peak once his Identity Token arrived.
• Li Xiao left the mountain, retrieved Frost Shadow from an inn, and entered Three Origins City's Inner City without being stopped.
• Li Xiao presented his voucher at the Welcome Guest Pavilion, and an attendant welcomed him as an honored guest of the Sect.

Li Xiao settled into an inn in Willow City, examined the items he had brought from the Secret Realm, and began practicing the Sword Drawing Technique while his wound healed. After three days of training, a menial disciple from the Merit Affairs Hall arrived with several items for him.

• The shopkeeper welcomed Li Xiao, arranged his room, and had Frost Shadow fed Exotic Beast Meat.
• Li Xiao inspected his Pills, the Life-Slaying Amitabha Sword Scripture, and his Treasure Weapon, then decided to practice the Swift Wind Thunderclap Arrow and Sword Drawing Technique first.
• Li Xiao ordered a scabbard for his emerald-green sword, and the waiter returned that evening with one that fit perfectly.
• Li Xiao repeatedly practiced drawing and sheathing the sword, enduring pain from his chest wound as the Sword Drawing Technique's number on the Panel increased.
• Three days later, a menial disciple from the Merit Affairs Hall delivered several items to Li Xiao.

Li Xiao officially became an inner sect disciple of Flying Cloud Peak in the Three Origins Sect and chose a remote courtyard by a bamboo grove as his home. He settled Frost Shadow there, ready to begin life on the mountain.

• Li Xiao received his identity token, inner sect robes, and disciple regulations after his verification passed.
• The steward welcomed Li Xiao warmly and offered to help him choose a courtyard, while sharing information about Flying Cloud Peak.
• Li Xiao asked for a large courtyard and chose a remote one near the Back Mountain because it offered privacy and space for Frost Shadow.
• The steward confirmed the courtyard was Li Xiao's and arranged for its key and help with cleaning.
• Li Xiao led Frost Shadow into the courtyard and looked out at the bamboo grove from his window.