Chapter Summaries

After awakening as the powerless emperor of Liang Kingdom, Xiao Mo concealed his hostility toward Yan Shan'ao and discovered the Book of a Hundred Lives. He entered a life as a sword cultivator tasked with finding Jiang Qingyi and teaching her swordsmanship, then spotted her stealing buns in Black Wind City.

• Xiao Mo remembered that Yan Shan'ao controlled the court and that his predecessor had been adopted into the imperial family.
• Yan Shan'ao visited Xiao Mo, ordered the palace maids executed, and settled for having them beaten and expelled after Xiao Mo intervened.
• Xiao Mo discovered the Book of a Hundred Lives and created an avatar named Xiao Mo.
• The Book assigned Xiao Mo a fifty-year task to find Jiang Qingyi and teach her swordsmanship, with time inside the book moving one hundred times faster.
• Xiao Mo reached Xuanwu Street in Black Wind City and saw Jiang Qingyi steal buns before the shop owner chased her.

Xiao Mo rescued Jiang Qingyi from a bun shop owner and took her as his disciple, teaching her the Grass Character Sword Art despite her poor aptitude. After hearing sect disciples ridicule her, he defended her, and Jiang Qingyi vowed to prove herself at the Dragon Spring Sword Sect New Blood Martial Arts Competition.

• Xiao Mo paid the bun shop owner to spare Jiang Qingyi, then invited her to become his disciple.
• Xiao Mo brought Jiang Qingyi to Dragon Spring Sword Sect, gave her a disciple token and uniform, and began teaching her the Grass Character Sword Art.
• Jiang Qingyi struggled to learn swordsmanship and begin cultivation, and Xiao Mo encouraged her to keep trying.
• Xiao Mo overheard outer disciples mock Jiang Qingyi and kicked them away for insulting his disciple.
• Jiang Qingyi practiced late into the night and promised Xiao Mo she would not let him down at the sect's New Blood Martial Arts Competition.

Xiao Mo used the Heaven Continuation Art to restore Jiang Qingyi’s ability to cultivate, sacrificing his lifespan so she could reach Qi Refining Layer One. As Jiang Qingyi vowed to become a powerful Sword Immortal, the Myriad Sword Sect’s Sect Master watched the same shooting stars and asked Xiayue whether wishes made on them came true.

• Xiao Mo found the Heaven Continuation Art in the Scripture Library and prepared its medicine for Jiang Qingyi.
• Jiang Qingyi drank the bitter medicine, and Xiao Mo used his lifespan to guide her Spiritual Meridians.
• Jiang Qingyi reached Qi Refining Layer One and demonstrated fierce Sword Intent while practicing the Grass Character Sword Art.
• Xiao Mo and Jiang Qingyi watched shooting stars, and Jiang Qingyi promised to work hard to become a powerful Sword Immortal.
• At the Myriad Sword Sect, the Sect Master asked Xiayue whether she believed wishes made on shooting stars came true.

After emerging from the Book of a Hundred Lives, Xiao Mo found that he could not remember the sword art he had learned and announced that he would cultivate immortality. Yan Shan'ao and the Empress Dowager took his decision as a chance to weaken support for the Xiao family, while plotting against Wang Can and seeking the Myriad Sword Sect's backing.

• Xiao Mo woke after nearly two months in the Book of a Hundred Lives, discovered he had forgotten the Grass Character Sword Art, and decided to cultivate immortality.
• Xiao Mo told Wei Xun to inform Yan Shan'ao and the Empress Dowager that they would need to manage Zhou Kingdom's affairs while he was away.
• Yan Shan'ao praised Xiao Mo's poem, ordered Wei Xun to circulate it among court officials, and had him bring palace maids to Xiao Mo.
• The Empress Dowager and Yan Shan'ao concluded that Xiao Mo had given up on ruling and discussed choosing another emperor if he became troublesome.
• The Empress Dowager ordered Yan Shan'ao to arrange Wang Can's death without leaving evidence, while Yan Shan'ao described his plan to secure the Myriad Sword Sect's support.
• The Empress Dowager told Yan Shan'ao to bring Yan Family women into the palace so the future Crown Prince would belong to their family.

Xiao Mo helped Jiang Qingyi cultivate to Qi Cultivation Level 7 and gave her the sword Mystic Frost before her New Blood Martial Arts Competition. At the competition, the sect master of Myriad Sword Sect appeared wearing the same sword, and disciples wondered why she carried a Fourth-Grade Magic Tool.

• Xiao Mo used the Heaven Continuation Art, medicinal herbs, and his guidance to help Jiang Qingyi advance rapidly in cultivation.
• Xiao Mo praised Jiang Qingyi's progress, then concealed his coughing and asked whether she was ready for the competition.
• Xiao Mo gave Jiang Qingyi Mystic Frost, and she promised never to throw it away.
• The disciples and elders of Myriad Sword Sect gathered for the New Blood Martial Arts Competition, whose champion would receive a First-Grade Magic Tool.
• The sect master arrived wearing Mystic Frost, and two female disciples wondered why she carried a Fourth-Grade Magic Tool.

Xiao Mo bet fifty High-grade Spirit Stones on Jiang Qingyi to win the New Blood Martial Arts Competition, despite the long odds. When he told her he planned to bet even more once the competition began, Jiang Qingyi pleaded with him to stop.

• Xiao Mo visited a gambling house in Dragon Spring Town and asked about Jiang Qingyi's odds.
• Steward Xu Xin explained that no one had bet on Jiang Qingyi to win and that the championship pool required a wager of at least fifty High-grade Spirit Stones.
• Xiao Mo placed fifty High-grade Spirit Stones on Jiang Qingyi to win.
• Xiao Mo returned to Linggan Peak, where Jiang Qingyi served him lunch, and a crow delivered proof of his bet.
• Jiang Qingyi learned how much Xiao Mo had wagered and protested that it was too much.
• Xiao Mo said he would bet half a month's allowance in other pools to support Jiang Qingyi, and she told him he could not bet any more.

Jiang Qingyi fought her way into the Top 16 of the New Blood Martial Arts Competition, and Xiao Mo urged her to withdraw because of her injuries, but she insisted on continuing. Meanwhile, the Myriad Sword Sect's sect master received a message pointing her toward the Zhou Kingdom's Imperial Capital and declared she would find someone who could not escape her.

• Jiang Qingyi won her first-round match against a Qi Cultivation Level 6 disciple from Nine Swords Peak, then narrowly defeated a Qi Cultivation Level 7 Sword Formation Hall disciple and reached the top one hundred.
• On the third day, Jiang Qingyi broke through to Qi Cultivation Level 8 during a match, defeated her opponent with Burning Grass Style, and advanced to the Top 16.
• Xiao Mo asked Jiang Qingyi to withdraw because her injuries were severe, but she insisted on continuing to compete.
• Qiu Ye told the Myriad Sword Sect's sect master that Heaven's Secrets City's city lord had done all she could and delivered a letter identifying the Zhou Kingdom's Imperial Capital.
• After reading the letter, the sect master destroyed it and said she was finally going to find someone who could not escape her.

Jiang Qingyi fought Xiao Yan in the New Blood Martial Arts Competition final and unleashed the Nine Leaves Sword to defeat him. She collapsed into Xiao Mo’s arms after telling him she had won back the money he bet.

• Spectators praised Jiang Qingyi’s rapid progress as she entered the final against Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan overwhelmed Jiang Qingyi with his Exotic Fires, while she dodged and counterattacked with the Grass Character Sword Art.
• Xiao Yan unleashed a series of Sword Lotuses, and Jiang Qingyi refused to surrender despite being badly injured.
• Remembering her past and her debt to Xiao Mo, Jiang Qingyi used the Nine Leaves Sword as Xiao Yan’s final Sword Lotus shattered.
• Xiao Mo rushed into the Formation, found Xiao Yan unconscious and caught Jiang Qingyi as she collapsed; she told him she had won his bet back.

Xiao Mo cared for Jiang Qingyi as she recovered, advanced through her cultivation, and became a rising figure among Dragon Spring Sword Sect’s disciples. On her eighteenth birthday, he surprised her with an Osmanthus Cake, and she kept her wish secret.

• Xiao Mo gave Jiang Qingyi her competition winnings and urged her to keep the spirit stones for her cultivation.
• Xiao Mo helped Jiang Qingyi recover and maintain the false Sword Bone he had formed for her.
• Jiang Qingyi broke through to Foundation Establishment under Xiao Mo’s protection, enduring a nine-bolt lightning tribulation.
• Xiao Mo secretly guarded Jiang Qingyi on her sect missions as she excelled and rose to prominence among her generation.
• At seventeen, Jiang Qingyi entered the Cave Mansion Realm and continued advancing rapidly.
• Xiao Mo surprised Jiang Qingyi with a birthday Osmanthus Cake, and she thanked him without revealing her wish.

Xiao Mo hid the cost of using the Heaven Continuation Art from Jiang Qingyi, whose suspicions about his failing health grew as she cared for him. Xia Chan arrived from the Xiao Royal Mansion and revealed that its Prince saw Jiang Qingyi as a threat, leaving Xiao Mo facing the danger that she might learn the truth about her Sword Bone and her parents’ deaths.

• Jiang Qingyi brought medicine to Xiao Mo, saw blood on his handkerchief, and secretly flew to the Medical Hall after leaving his room.
• Xia Chan arrived and reminded Xiao Mo that the Prince had arranged for him to receive a Sword Bone taken from a little girl; Xiao Mo warned her not to insult his mother.
• Xia Chan revealed that Xiao Mo’s half-brother had been born with Double Pupils and that the Prince had turned his attention back to Xiao Mo after learning Jiang Qingyi had survived and begun cultivating.
• Xia Chan explained that the Prince had monitored Xiao Mo through the Dragon Spring Sword Sect and considered Jiang Qingyi a potential threat to his younger son.
• Xiao Mo challenged the Xiao Royal Mansion to try to kill Jiang Qingyi, but Xia Chan said the Prince could instead let Jiang Qingyi learn that Xiao Mo had her Sword Bone and that the Prince had killed her parents for it.

Jiang Qingyi confronted Chen Yun about Xiao Mo’s worsening health and learned he had only thirty years left to live. Chen Yun refused to reveal the cause or offer hope of a cure, leaving Jiang Qingyi to face the prospect of losing her master.

• Jiang Qingyi visited Chen Yun at the Medical Hall and demanded to know what was wrong with Xiao Mo.
• Chen Yun gave Jiang Qingyi Heavenly Spirit Pills and said she would examine Xiao Mo the next morning.
• Chen Yun admitted Xiao Mo’s condition was not solely caused by his injuries but refused to explain because she had promised him to keep it secret.
• Jiang Qingyi threatened Chen Yun with her sword, then learned Xiao Mo had at most thirty years left to live.
• Jiang Qingyi asked whether Xiao Mo could be saved, but Chen Yun said she had tried everything and urged her to spend as much time with him as possible.

After learning that Xiao Mo had only thirty years to live, Jiang Qingyi agreed to leave Dragon Spring Sword Sect with him in search of a cure. On the road, Xia Chan warned Xiao Mo that the Xiao Royal Mansion had hired the Blood Butterfly Pavilion to kill them, and Jiang Qingyi vowed she was not afraid as long as she stayed by her master.

• Jiang Qingyi hid her distress after learning Xiao Mo had only thirty years left to live and agreed to travel with him when he asked.
• Xiao Mo and Jiang Qingyi left Dragon Spring Sword Sect without telling anyone and traveled north for two months, reaching beyond Liang Kingdom.
• Xia Chan stopped their carriage, and Xiao Mo sent Jiang Qingyi to fetch water so he could speak with her alone.
• Xia Chan told Xiao Mo that the Xiao Royal Mansion had hired the Blood Butterfly Pavilion to kill them and that the Prince had sent this as his last kindness as Xiao Mo's father.
• Xiao Mo refused to regret rejecting the transplanted innate sword bone, and Xia Chan left after Jiang Qingyi returned.
• Xiao Mo told Jiang Qingyi about the threat, and she clasped his hand and said she was not afraid as long as she was with him.

After nearly two months of cultivation, Xiao Mo reassured Yan Shan'ao that he would leave court affairs to him and agreed to receive an elder from the Myriad Sword Sect. As Elder Huang approached the Zhou Kingdom with the sect master and Qiu Ye in disguise, he wondered why the sect master had chosen to accompany him.

• Xiao Mo asked Wei Xun what officials thought of his cultivation and learned that many believed he should focus on governing.
• Yan Shan'ao visited Xiao Mo, asked about his cultivation, and told him to receive Elder Huang of the Myriad Sword Sect when he arrived in a month.
• Yan Shan'ao selected women for the palace and urged Xiao Mo to consider Yan Ruxue, and Xiao Mo agreed while privately vowing to wait for his chance.
• Elder Huang traveled toward the Zhou Kingdom with the sect master and Qiu Ye disguised as inner sect disciples, and wondered why the sect master was accompanying him.

Jiang Qingyi and the others traveled toward the Zhou Kingdom's capital, where the Myriad Sword Sect's sect master stopped at the Flower Cloud Sea and recalled how she and Xiao Mo had named it. Xiao Mo and Jiang Qingyi left the place after sharing a promise about being together in another life, while the sect master's search for the man she intended to kill remained unresolved.

• The Myriad Sword Sect's sect master delayed the journey to the Zhou Kingdom's capital because she feared another false lead in her three-thousand-year search.
• The sect master led Huang Wei and Qiu Ye to the Flower Cloud Sea and explained that a man she had to kill had named it.
• Jiang Qingyi and Xiao Mo arrived at the Flower Cloud Sea, where Jiang Qingyi suggested hiding from the Blood Butterfly Pavilion, but Xiao Mo warned that its cultivators could fly there too.
• Jiang Qingyi recalled how she and Xiao Mo had named the Flower Cloud Sea and carved their names into the stone beside the lake.
• Jiang Qingyi promised to become Xiao Mo's master in their next life, and Xiao Mo agreed to let her look after him.

Jiang Qingyi and her failing master Xiao Mo fought off a Blood Butterfly Pavilion ambush near Blackwind Mountain, but Sun Jin revealed that Prince Jing Xiao was Xiao Mo’s father and had ordered Jiang Qingyi’s parents killed so her Innate Sword Bone could be transplanted into Xiao Mo. The revelation left Jiang Qingyi stunned as Sun Jin secretly prepared a hidden weapon.

• Jiang Qingyi and Xiao Mo continued fleeing toward Myriad Monster Country as Blood Butterfly Pavilion assassins pursued them and Xiao Mo’s health worsened.
• Near Blackwind Mountain, a masked Nascent Soul Realm assassin and seven Blood Butterfly Pavilion cultivators ambushed them, killing their Lu Shu horse.
• Xiao Mo defeated the masked assassin with his Grass Character Sword Art, while Jiang Qingyi killed the other attackers and captured Sun Jin.
• Jiang Qingyi demanded to know who wanted Xiao Mo dead, and Sun Jin identified Prince Jing Xiao of the Liang Kingdom as Xiao Mo’s father.
• Sun Jin told Jiang Qingyi that Prince Jing Xiao had her parents killed and arranged for her Innate Sword Bone to be transplanted into Xiao Mo, leaving her shocked as Sun Jin gripped a hidden weapon.

Jiang Qingyi learned that Xiao Mo’s family had slaughtered her family and transplanted her Sword Bone into him, even as Xiao Mo had saved and raised her to atone. Unable to kill her master, she cut away part of her skirt and left, declaring that they had nothing to do with each other.

• Sun Jin tried to attack Jiang Qingyi, but she killed him with a sword strike.
• Xiao Mo caught up with Jiang Qingyi and found her devastated by Sun Jin’s revelation.
• Jiang Qingyi recounted her family’s massacre, her brother’s death, and the theft of her Sword Bone when she was a child.
• Xiao Mo confirmed that the Xiao Royal Mansion had killed her family, that he was Prince Jing Xiao’s son, and that her Sword Bone was inside him.
• Jiang Qingyi pointed her sword at Xiao Mo and demanded to know why he had saved and raised her, while he told her to kill him if she wished.
• Jiang Qingyi spared Xiao Mo, cut away a piece of her skirt, and walked away, saying they had nothing to do with each other.

Xiao Mo learned that Jiang Qingyi had gone to Prince Jing’s residence and set out to stop her, despite his injuries, because she was still his disciple. Jiang Qingyi reached the residence and confronted Xiao Jing, who admitted ordering the slaughter of her family.

• Xia Chan told Xiao Mo that Jiang Qingyi was heading to Prince Jing’s residence, and he left to save her from its powerful cultivators.
• Xiao Han returned to Prince Jing’s residence and showed Xiao Jing that he had reached Golden Core Realm at fourteen.
• A servant reported that a woman had stormed the residence and killed its cultivators, so Xiao Jing and Xiao Han went to confront her.
• Jiang Qingyi recognized Xiao Jing as the man who had ordered her family killed, and he confirmed his role.
• Jiang Qingyi charged at Xiao Jing with her sword, vowing to make him pay with his life.

Jiang Qingyi fought Xiao Han in the Xiao Royal Mansion but was nearly killed by Ye Sandao before Xiao Mo arrived to protect her. Xiao Jing ordered Ye Sandao to kill them both and bring him the Sword Bone, despite the danger to Xiao Mo’s soul.

• Jiang Qingyi wounded Xiao Han with her blood-infused sword technique and trapped him and Xiao Jing in cages of frost, but Ye Sandao intervened and freed them.
• Xiao Jing praised Xiao Han for his strength, told him to learn from the battle, and ordered Ye Sandao to kill Jiang Qingyi.
• Ye Sandao overwhelmed Jiang Qingyi, but Xiao Mo arrived and blocked the killing blow with his sword.
• Xiao Mo asked Xiao Jing to spare Jiang Qingyi and reminded him that he had killed her family, but Xiao Jing refused to show mercy.
• Xiao Jing ordered Ye Sandao to kill Jiang Qingyi and Xiao Mo and bring him the Sword Bone, dismissing Ye Sandao’s warning that removing it could destroy Xiao Mo’s soul.

Xiao Mo fought to protect Jiang Qingyi from Xiao Jing and Ye Sandao, but was gravely wounded when Xiao Jing unleashed the manor's Formation. Inside his Sword Domain, Xiao Mo gave Jiang Qingyi his Sword Bone and began to disappear, leaving her with a final plea for forgiveness.

• Xiao Mo knocked Ye Sandao through a rockery and tried to carry Jiang Qingyi out of Xiao Manor, but Xiao Jing activated the manor's Formation to trap them.
• Jiang Qingyi attacked Xiao Jing, who wounded her and tried to kill her, but Xiao Mo intervened and then shielded her from a Fire Phoenix summoned by the Formation.
• As Xiao Han approached to kill Jiang Qingyi and take Xiao Mo's Sword Bone, Xiao Mo drew both of them into his Sword Domain.
• Xiao Jing recognized the Sword Domain and asked Ye Sandao how long it would take to break through it; Ye Sandao said he needed three strikes.
• Inside the Sword Domain, Xiao Mo cut out his Sword Bone and placed it in Jiang Qingyi, then began dissolving into Spiritual Energy and asked her to forgive her master.

Xiao Mo entered the Book of a Hundred Lives as an observer and saw Jiang Qingyi face Xiao Jing and Ye Sandao after believing everyone she loved was dead. As the two attacked her, Jiang Qingyi’s tears unleashed a Sword Domain that swallowed the Xiao Royal Mansion.

• Xiao Mo entered the Book of a Hundred Lives as an observer to see what happened to Jiang Qingyi.
• Jiang Qingyi emerged from the dust with the Xuan Shuang Long Sword, believing everyone was dead, as her power and cultivation surged.
• Jiang Qingyi cut off Xiao Jing’s arm and sent Ye Sandao crashing into the Xiao Royal Mansion Formation when he blocked her next strike.
• Xiao Jing summoned the Fire Phoenix Formation while Ye Sandao prepared his Manifestation of Law to kill Jiang Qingyi.
• Jiang Qingyi asked whether Xiao Mo could see her Sword Domain, and her tears caused a black-water domain to engulf the Xiao Royal Mansion.