Chapter Summaries

Shi Yue gathered Manluo Flowers, defeated swarms of Black Bats, and found a dozen hundred-year-old White Yao Flowers in their cave. A day later, he discovered Green Yao Wolves attacking a herd of red spirit deer.

• Shi Yue killed a Gray Toad and gathered five Manluo Flowers from the swamp.
• Shi Yue killed the Black Bats guarding a cave and found hundreds more inside.
• Shi Yue defeated the cave’s Black Bats and collected a dozen hundred-year-old White Yao Flowers.
• Shi Yue fed the Snow Cloud Sable a hundred-year-old Neon Grass and followed it through the woods.
• Shi Yue found dozens of Green Yao Wolves attacking a herd of red spirit deer.

Shi Yue used his Profound Fire Swords and Purple Moon Shield to defeat the Green Yao Wolves, then pursued the wounded Wolf King into a narrow valley. Elsewhere, seven young cultivators attacked a light barrier protecting five Taixu Sect disciples, with many bodies scattered around them.

• The Green Yao Wolves killed the Red Spirit Deer with wind blades, while Shi Yue watched from nearby.
• Shi Yue defended himself from the wolves' wind attacks with the Purple Moon Shield and sent his Profound Fire Swords after them.
• The Red Giant Sword killed most of the Green Yao Wolves as the Rank 2 Wolf King fled into the forest.
• Shi Yue sped up the sword, severed one of the Wolf King's heads, and pursued it into a narrow valley.
• Seven young men and women attacked a barrier shielding five Taixu Sect disciples, while an injured man lay unconscious and bodies covered the ground.

Shi Yue encountered Taixu Sect disciples under attack while escorting Spirit Stones and joined the fight against their assailants. As Shi Yue battled the black-clad woman, Wang Yuan and the others remained trapped behind a weakening barrier, preparing to act as their attackers pressed on.

• Wang Yuan ordered Junior Sister Chen and Junior Sister Song to escape with the unconscious Junior Brother Liu, but they refused to abandon their fellow disciples.
• Shi Yue emerged from a ravine and learned that Wang Yuan’s group was escorting Spirit Stones when seven attackers ambushed them.
• The black-clad woman sent her Black Giant Fork at Shi Yue, and he countered with his Profound Fire Swords, Golden Luo Umbrella, and Spirit Devouring Bees.
• The middle-aged man and his allies intensified their attacks on the Taixu Sect’s barrier, and Wang Yuan signaled the two women as the defense began to fail.

Shi Yue used his flying swords to kill the woman in black and destroy her Black Giant Fork after defeating her Black Butterflies. The middle-aged man and five other cultivators formed a protective formation and attacked Shi Yue, who blocked their weapons and sent his sword disc toward their barrier.

• Shi Yue sent the Qingyuan Swords to help the Red Giant Sword overwhelm the woman in black's Black Giant Fork, then redirected his swords to kill her two Black Butterflies.
• The Spirit Devouring Bees swarmed over the fallen Black Butterflies as the woman in black sent her flaming Black Giant Fork at Shi Yue.
• Shi Yue struck the Black Giant Fork with his Golden-Ringed Hammer, then combined six swords into a Green Red Giant Sword and cleaved the woman in black in two.
• The middle-aged man and five cultivators formed a Black Light Screen with their command flags and launched their spirit tools at Shi Yue.
• Shi Yue used the Golden Luo Umbrella to shield himself, smashed the incoming spirit tools with his two-colored sword disc, and sent it toward the cultivators' barrier.

Shi Yue returned to the Taixu Sect after rescuing Wang Yuan and his companions, but found that the sect believed he was dead. Zhou Zhenyu questioned him about his long absence, and Shi Yue cautiously explained that he had traveled to overcome a cultivation bottleneck.

• Shi Yue destroyed the black bead that had ruined his Qingyuan Sword, killed five Foundation Establishment Cultivators, and watched the middle-aged man escape.
• Shi Yue refused repayment from Wang Yuan, took the defeated cultivators' belongings, and left on the Haoyue Flying Boat.
• Six days later, Shi Yue reached the Great Void Mountain Range and encountered patrol disciples who said the sect thought he was dead.
• A patrol leader escorted Shi Yue to the Law Enforcement Hall, where Zhou Zhenyu ordered them to speak in private.
• Zhou Zhenyu demanded to know where Shi Yue had been, and Shi Yue claimed he had traveled to clear his head and overcome a bottleneck.

Shi Yue returned to the Taixu Sect, reassured Zhou Zhenyu, and received a Jade Slip with higher-level sword techniques. At his courtyard, he stopped two Deacon Hall officials from driving Li Yan out and faced their threat to report him.

• Zhou Zhenyu scolded Shi Yue for disappearing and gave him a Jade Slip containing Taixu Sword Art methods and his cultivation insights.
• Shi Yue returned to his courtyard and found two Deacon Hall officials forcing Li Yan to leave because they believed he was dead.
• Shi Yue ordered the Short and Stout Man to release Li Yan, then punched him when he refused.
• The tall, slender man helped the injured Short and Stout Man leave and threatened to report Shi Yue to the Law Enforcement Hall.
• Shi Yue reassured Li Yan that he would be all right and praised her progress to Qi Refining Level 7.

Shi Yue returned and reunited with Li Yan, gave her gifts, and agreed to arrange a separate pavilion for her after Murong Xiaoxiao warned him about gossip. Meanwhile, Chen Xiangdong plotted to use Shi Yue's attack on a fellow disciple against him, leaving Shi Yue unaware of the trouble ahead.

• Li Yan thanked Shi Yue for leaving her supplies and told him Murong Xiaoxiao had cared for her while he was away.
• Shi Yue gave Li Yan a storage bag of cultivation items and agreed to help with her cultivation questions by asking Xiaoyaozi.
• Murong Xiaoxiao reunited with Shi Yue, thanked him for returning, and advised him to arrange a separate pavilion for Li Yan to protect their reputations.
• Chen Xiangdong ordered Li Yan to report Shi Yue to the Law Enforcement Hall and told the disciples to spread news of Shi Yue's attack.
• Shi Yue answered Li Yan's cultivation questions, and she left to cultivate on the third floor.

Shi Yue decided to leave Taixu Sect after three months so he could begin cultivating the Five Elements Chaotic Origin Art sooner, and he started training in the fourth layer of True Spirit Nine Transformations. The chapter then introduced Chen Dayou and the Wind Fire Sect’s guards at the Purple Copper Ore Vein in White Cloud Valley.

• Xiaoyaozi warned Shi Yue that staying in Taixu Sect too long could delay his plans to cultivate the Five Elements Chaotic Origin Art, and advised him to leave after a few months.
• Shi Yue decided to stay for three months, master the fourth layer of True Spirit Nine Transformations, and then leave Taixu Sect.
• Shi Yue prepared a bath of Spirit Spring Water, Blood Spirit Liquid, and Demonic Bear Essence Blood, then began cultivating the fourth layer of True Spirit Nine Transformations.
• The chapter described White Cloud Valley’s Purple Copper Ore Vein, which Wind Fire Sect guarded with disciples and protective arrays.
• Chen Dayou patrolled near White Cloud Valley with fellow disciples, and a young disciple complained about the dull patrol duty.

Wind Fire Sect cultivators at White Cloud Valley faced an Ancient Sword Sect attack over the Purple Copper Ore Vein. True Person White Flood Dragon overwhelmed the Wind Fire Sect’s Core Formation defenders, leaving them struggling to withstand his assault.

• Chen Dayou and Junior Brother Li heard the alarm and rushed with other cultivators to defend White Cloud Valley from an enemy attack.
• True Person White Flood Dragon and another Ancient Sword Sect Core Formation cultivator demanded that the Wind Fire Sect surrender its Purple Copper Ore Vein.
• The Red-robed Daoist refused, and the Ancient Sword Sect cultivators attacked with sword treasures shaped like a White Flood Dragon and a Green Giant Python.
• The Purple-skirted Beautiful Woman shattered the Green Giant Python with her Purple Rings, while the White Flood Dragon proved immune to the Red-robed Daoist’s purple blade.
• The Purple-skirted Beautiful Woman recognized True Person White Flood Dragon, who smashed their Purple Light Screen and pressed his attack after tearing apart the Red-robed Daoist’s magical-power eagle.

The white-robed elder and the middle-aged man defeated the Red-robed Daoist’s forces, freed the White Flood Dragon Sword, and destroyed the Wind Fire Sect’s defenses. Chen Dayou escaped underground as the Ancient Sword Sect disciples plundered the valley, while the white-robed elder said their mission was complete.

• The middle-aged man and more than a hundred young men and women combined their flying swords into a giant sword and struck the Wind Fire Sect’s protective screen.
• The Red-robed Daoist trapped the White Flood Dragon in the Zi Yu Pagoda, but the white-robed elder broke the Purple-skirted Beautiful Woman’s shield and shattered the pagoda with his seven swords.
• The Red-robed Daoist fled and ordered his forces to report what happened, while the Purple-skirted Beautiful Woman lowered the formation and was killed by the swords.
• Chen Dayou and several Wind Fire Sect disciples escaped with talismans, but more than a hundred others were cut down by the flying swords.
• The white-robed elder ordered his disciples to plunder the valley, then told the middle-aged man that their mission was complete.

Shi Yue returned to Taixu Sect and trained with Blood Spirit Liquid before welcoming visiting friends, who warned him that his fight with a Deacon Hall disciple had become a sect-wide controversy. As Shi Yue was about to enter Green Paulownia Pavilion, someone called out to him from the sky.

• A white-robed elder and a middle-aged man discussed their mission to stir up trouble in Great Tang, then left with more than a hundred Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
• Shi Yue finished soaking in Blood Spirit Liquid and learned from Xiaoyaozi that it was far more dangerous than Qi and Blood Pills for human cultivators.
• Li Yan told Shi Yue that Murong Xiaoxiao, Lu Tianzheng, and Lin Qing were waiting for him, and he warned her not to enter the basement while he was cultivating.
• Murong Xiaoxiao, Lu Tianzheng, Wang Hu, and Lin Qing discussed rumors that Shi Yue had badly injured a Deacon Hall disciple and might face punishment.
• Sun Desheng, Li Feng, and Luofu Hai arrived, and Shi Yue explained that he had punched the disciple because he thought the man was molesting Li Yan.
• As Shi Yue was about to enter Green Paulownia Pavilion with his visitors, a familiar male voice called to him from the sky.

Shi Yue was brought before the Law Enforcement Hall for injuring Li Yan, who had harassed Li Yan, and the sect leaders settled on fines and house arrest. After Zhou Zhenyu covered Shi Yue’s payment, Chen Xiangdong and Zhou Zhenyu were summoned to the Ancestral Master Hall.

• Chen Tianhe and the Law Enforcement Disciples took Shi Yue to the Law Enforcement Hall, while Murong Xiaoxiao reassured Li Yan that he would be fine.
• During the interrogation, Shi Yue admitted striking Li Yan and explained that Li Yan had harassed Li Yan first.
• Zhou Zhenyu proposed fines and house arrest for Shi Yue and a fine for Li Yan, but Chen Xiangdong demanded that Shi Yue lose his inner disciple status.
• Xue Ren delivered the sect master's ruling: Shi Yue had to pay a five-thousand-Spirit-Stone fine, compensate Li Yan five thousand Spirit Stones, and serve six months of house arrest; Li Yan had to pay a three-thousand-Spirit-Stone fine.
• When Shi Yue said he could not pay, Zhou Zhenyu lent him ten thousand Spirit Stones, and Xue Ren summoned Zhou Zhenyu and Chen Xiangdong to the Ancestral Master Hall.

Zhou Zhenyu brought Shi Yue back to Green Cloud Peak and sealed Green Paulownia Pavilion with an array, extending his house arrest until he mastered the fifth layer of the Taixu Sword Art. After considering Xiaoyaozi’s advice and his long-term cultivation plans, Shi Yue decided to secretly break the array and escape.

• Zhou Zhenyu reprimanded Shi Yue for fighting fellow disciples and warned him not to cause more trouble.
• Zhou Zhenyu imprisoned Shi Yue inside Green Paulownia Pavilion with the Hundred Sword Spirit Locking Array, requiring him to master the fifth layer of the Taixu Sword Art to escape.
• Shi Yue asked Murong Xiaoxiao to look after Li Yan while he cultivated, and Murong took Li Yan away on a White Lotus.
• Xiaoyaozi urged Shi Yue to escape using a copy of One Hundred Essentials for Breaking Arrays, warning that staying could delay his plans for years.
• Shi Yue decided to break the array and slip away in secret.

Shi Yue refused to pay Xiaoyaozi one hundred thousand Spirit Stones for a formation-breaking book and chose to keep cultivating before attempting to escape Taixu Sect. Meanwhile, Taixu Sect’s leaders investigated an attack on a Spirit Stone escort and debated whether Shi Yue might be a spy.

• Shi Yue offered Xiaoyaozi fifty thousand Spirit Stones for the book, but refused to buy it when Xiaoyaozi insisted on one hundred thousand.
• Shi Yue went to the Spirit Spring Eye to cultivate until he mastered the fifth layer of the Taixu Sword Art and the fourth layer of True Spirit Nine Transformations.
• Zhou Zhenyu told the leaders of Taixu Sect that unknown attackers, including a Core Formation Cultivator, had ambushed Chen Xiangdong’s Spirit Stone escort, but Chen Xiangdong suffered only minor injuries.
• The sect leaders considered whether Great Tang sects or devil cultivators were behind the attacks, and Zhou Zhenyu proposed strengthening defenses and activating informants.
• Yuan Yan suggested there might be a mole inside Taixu Sect, and Chen Xiangdong accused Shi Yue of being suspicious because he had recently returned from a long absence.

Taixu Sect's leaders agreed to investigate Shi Yue and other suspected traitors, assigning Xue Ren to question him while Zhou Zhenyu investigated the attack on Chen Xiangdong. Shi Yue was summoned to the Law Enforcement Hall, where Zhou Zhenyu warned him to answer Xue Ren truthfully.

• Chen Xiangdong accused Shi Yue of being suspicious and suggested he might have leaked information about Chen's Spirit Stone transport.
• Zhou Tongtian ordered Xue Ren to investigate suspicious disciples and assigned Zhou Zhenyu to investigate the attackers who targeted Chen Xiangdong.
• Shi Yue sensed his strength and blood qi improving as he cultivated True Spirit Nine Transformations with Blood Spirit Liquid and a Demonic Bear's essence blood.
• Chen Tianhe summoned Shi Yue to the Law Enforcement Hall on Xue Ren's orders, and Shi Yue went there with the Law Enforcement Disciples.
• After finishing a chess game with Xue Ren, Zhou Zhenyu told Shi Yue to answer Xue Ren's questions truthfully and conceal nothing.

Shi Yue gave Xue Ren a convincing account of his time away, but the Law Enforcement Hall kept him under house arrest while it investigated. At Peach Blossom Valley, Li Yan worried about Shi Yue, and Murong Xiaoxiao questioned her own feelings for him.

• Shi Yue told Xue Ren that he had visited Sanxin Market and been questioned there, and Xue Ren ordered the Law Enforcement Hall to verify his story.
• Chen Tianhe returned Shi Yue to Green Paulownia Pavilion and trapped him in the Hundred Sword Spirit Locking Array while the investigation proceeded.
• Li Yan told Murong Xiaoxiao she loved spending time with Shi Yue and worried that she had caused his house arrest.
• Murong Xiaoxiao admitted she found Shi Yue agreeable but was unsure whether she liked him, and said she wanted to focus on forming a core.
• Li Yan resolved to reach Qi Refining Level 8 before Shi Yue was released so she could go home and visit her grandfather.

Shi Yue practiced pill refining in Palm Heaven Space and discussed Xiaoyaozi’s Demon Race transformation and lifespan before switching to Qi Nurturing Pills. He continued his secluded cultivation under house arrest as the Taixu Sect settled back into peace.

• Shi Yue refined Spirit Recovery Pills but achieved a poor success rate, and Xiaoyaozi advised him to make a Crimson Flame Cauldron and conserve his materials.
• Shi Yue asked Xiaoyaozi about the Demon Race, and Xiaoyaozi explained that transformation age, lifespan, and rank varied among its members.
• Shi Yue refused Xiaoyaozi’s offer to copy Hundred Essentials of Formation-Breaking, then began refining Qi Nurturing Pills instead.
• After half a month in Palm Heaven Space, Shi Yue left with more than a hundred bottles of Qi Nurturing Pills and continued cultivating the True Spirit Nine Transformations.
• Zhou Zhenyu sent two Law Enforcement Hall disciples to guard Shi Yue’s courtyard, while Lu Tianzheng and the others left him undisturbed.
• A month passed, and the incident involving Shi Yue and the Deacon Hall disciples faded as peace returned to the Taixu Sect.

Ye Chen broke through to Qi Refining Level 10 and began a mountain-gate patrol, where an urgent message and five bell tolls signaled trouble. Zhou Tongtian learned that attacks among the Great Tang Five Sects were escalating and called on the sect leaders to prepare.

• Ye Chen reached Qi Refining Level 10 and set out to patrol the mountain gate with Uncle-Master Wang and the other disciples.
• Uncle-Master Wang warned the patrol team to stay alert after a Thousand Mile Sound Transmission Talisman flew toward the sect.
• Five bell tolls rang as Ye Chen's team patrolled, confirming that a serious event had occurred.
• Zhou Tongtian summoned the sect leaders and played a message from Junior Sister Li reporting attacks by Ancient Sword Sect and Colorful Clouds Valley on members of rival sects.
• Zhou Zhenyu questioned why the attacks had occurred, while Zhou Tongtian asked the leaders to discuss how to prepare for the brewing conflict.

Taixu Sect’s leaders debated reports of conflict among the Great Tang sects and agreed to strengthen their defenses and disciples. At Wind Fire Sect, witnesses accused True Person White Flood Dragon of the Ancient Sword Sect of attacking them, and the sect leaders sought to verify his identity.

• Wang Tianji outlined possible explanations for the reports of discord among the four sects, and Zhou Zhenyu suggested an outside power might be provoking conflict.
• Wang Tianji proposed increasing patrols and investigating sect activity, while Yuan Yan and others recommended promoting and training more disciples.
• Zhou Tongtian approved the precautions and urged Zhou Zhenyu and Chen Xiangdong to set aside their grudges during the crisis.
• At Wind Fire Sect, a red-robed Daoist and Chen Dayou reported that True Person White Flood Dragon had led an attack that killed Junior Sister Chen and hundreds of disciples.
• Feng Wentian questioned whether the attacker was truly True Person White Flood Dragon, and the red-robed elder asked Junior Nephew Liu whether other Great Tang Sword Cultivators wielded a similar Tool Spirit treasure.

Wind Fire Sect leaders debated whether True Person White Flood Dragon had attacked their mine or whether someone had impersonated him to provoke a war. News of Moonlight Fairy attacking Fellow Daoist Gu deepened their suspicions of a wider plot, and they ended by ordering contact with the Ancient Sword Sect and stronger defenses.

• A portrait convinced the Red-robed Daoist and Chen Dayou that the attacker resembled True Person White Flood Dragon, and Feng Wentian dismissed Chen Dayou and the others under strict orders to keep silent.
• Junior Brother Song urged retaliation against the Ancient Sword Sect, but Feng Wentian pointed out suspicious details that suggested the attacker might have been an impostor trying to cause a feud.
• A messenger reported that Moonlight Fairy of Colorful Clouds Valley had attacked Fellow Daoist Gu of Myriad Beasts Sect, prompting the Wind Fire Sect leaders to consider whether someone was provoking conflict among the sects.
• Feng Wentian rejected the idea that the Taixu Sect was behind the incidents, while other leaders remained wary of it.
• The Red-robed Daoist advised contacting the Ancient Sword Sect, strengthening security, requiring high-level cultivators to travel in pairs, and monitoring the other sects.