Chapter Summaries

Jiang Zhaoxia nearly killed Guo Ziyan after accepting his challenge, while Li Qingqiu focused on developing the Qingxiao Sect. The chapter ended with Qin Jue telling Zhang Yuchun about an Alchemy Aristocratic Clan heir whose daughter needed rescuing.

• Guo Ziyan challenged Li Qingqiu, but Jiang Zhaoxia stepped forward and fought him instead, leaving him near death.
• Li Qingqiu advised Zhao Zhen to strengthen his cultivation and considered the sect's need for disciples talented in Formations and Pill Dao.
• Li Dongyue proposed ranks for disciples outside the halls, and Li Qingqiu said the sect might need to establish inner and outer sects.
• After Guo Ziyan was carried down the mountain, several Aristocratic Clans offered to help the Qingxiao Sect maintain ties with Central Heaven Continent.
• Qin Jue visited Zhang Yuchun and revealed that an heir of an ancient Alchemy Aristocratic Clan had asked the Qin family to rescue his daughter in exchange for lifelong service and their possessions.

Zhang Yuchun and Li Qingqiu agreed to help Qin Jue rescue an alchemical lineage from the Linchuan Cui clan, sending Jiang Zhaoxia and Li Sifeng in disguise. Months later, Qingxiao Sect’s disciples had grown stronger, and the chapter ended as Xue Jin faced Ji Ya in a heavily watched martial arts match.

• Qin Jue told Zhang Yuchun that the Linchuan Cui clan had captured the daughter of an alchemical lineage, and Zhang agreed to consult Li Qingqiu.
• Li Qingqiu authorized a covert rescue led by Jiang Zhaoxia, with Li Sifeng accompanying her and no Thirteen Sword Guards.
• Jiang Zhaoxia and Li Sifeng disguised themselves and left the mountain with Qin Jue the next morning.
• Months later, Li Qingqiu sparred with Wu Man'er, defeated him after three hundred exchanges, and left on Xiao Ba.
• Chai Yunshang told Li Dongyue that the Enforcement Hall overlooked problems because its members were too concerned with personal relationships.
• Xue Jin and Ji Ya faced each other on the Martial Arts Stage as disciples, Li Yang, and Zhao Linglong gathered to watch.

Li Yang sparred at Qingxiao Sect’s Martial Arts Stage, where Chai Yunshang defeated him, while Li Qingqiu handled sect business and approved a search assignment. The chapter ended with Jiang Zhaoxia and Li Sifeng facing a horde of masked enemies as they protected a woman who feared the attackers had taken her Martial God Pill.

• Xue Jin defeated Ji Ya at the Martial Arts Stage by outmaneuvering his powerful techniques and striking his throat with a sword.
• Zhu Li approached Xue Jin to recruit him for the Zhu Family, but Xue Jin refused to speak with him.
• Li Yang defeated several disciples before Chai Yunshang challenged him and beat him in their match.
• Yang Jueding asked Li Qingqiu to transfer Chai Yunshang to his hall, but Li Qingqiu refused and encouraged him to seek talent himself.
• Li Sijin told Li Qingqiu that her spiritual plant experiment had succeeded, and he approved land and funding for large-scale cultivation.
• Jiang Zhaoxia and Li Sifeng faced a horde of masked attackers while guarding a woman who said they might have taken her Martial God Pill.

Li Qingqiu invited Li Yang to join the Qingxiao Sect after hearing his doubts about his future, then discovered that Li Yang possessed the Dragon Soul Protection Fate. At the newly completed mountain gate, Li Qingqiu caught a sharp arrow fired at him from behind.

• Li Qingqiu reassured Yuan Li about his cultivation prospects and told Zhao Zhen to wait before competing at the Martial Arts Stage.
• Li Qingqiu spoke with Li Yang about his uncertainty over serving the dynasty and invited him to join the Qingxiao Sect.
• Li Yang accepted the invitation, and Li Qingqiu discovered his excellent aptitude and comprehension, along with the Dragon Soul Protection and Unparalleled Loyalty Fates.
• Li Qingqiu began teaching Li Yang the Qingxiao Sect's supreme art as they headed down the mountain to inspect the new gate and divine eagle statue.
• At the mountain gate, Li Yang noticed danger, but Li Qingqiu caught a sharp arrow between two fingers.

Li Qingqiu welcomed Li Yang, Jiang Zhaoxia, Li Sifeng, and Chen Huilan back to Qingxiao Mountain, where Chen Huilan joined the Heavenly Works Hall. After learning that the Nine Absolute Sect had ordered an assassination attempt on him, Li Qingqiu decided to destroy the sect before the end of the year.

• Li Yang chased a masked archer through the forest, where he reunited with Jiang Zhaoxia and Li Sifeng and helped capture the assassin.
• Li Qingqiu brought the group back to Qingxiao Mountain and invited Chen Huilan, a skilled alchemist, to join the sect.
• Li Sifeng recounted how he and Jiang Zhaoxia rescued Chen Huilan from the Cui clan and escaped their pursuers; Li Qingqiu let Li Yang hear the story to expose the Imperial Court's corruption.
• Li Qingqiu used the Soul Seizing Curse on the captured assassin and learned that the Nine Absolute Sect had ordered the attack.
• Li Qingqiu told the hall masters to protect Chen Huilan and announced that Xue Jin would lead twelve True Disciples to wipe out the Nine Absolute Sect before the end of the year.

Li Qingqiu sent Xue Jin and eleven other True Disciples to destroy the Nine Absolute Sect after it allegedly tried to assassinate him, while rumors spread to justify Qingxiao Sect’s response. By winter, Xue Jin’s force had killed the Nine Absolute Sect’s sect master and occupied its grounds, drawing attention across Dongling and Guzhou as Li Qingqiu trusted Xue Jin to handle the fallout.

• Zhu Yan offered to spread news blaming the Nine Absolute Sect for the attempt on Li Qingqiu’s life, and Li Qingqiu accepted her help.
• Bai Ninger returned to Qingxiao Mountain and joined the other True Disciples summoned by Li Qingqiu.
• Li Qingqiu ordered the twelve True Disciples, with Xue Jin in command, to kill the Nine Absolute Sect’s sect master and force the sect to disband before year’s end.
• Rumors about the assassination attempt spread through Qingxiao Sect, and the Enforcement Hall increased its guards and patrols.
• Ma Yu delivered Feng Dai’s letter to Li Qingqiu and told him the capital was unsettled by the struggle between the emperor and Crown Prince.
• Xue Jin and eleven other True Disciples attacked the Nine Absolute Sect, killed its sect master, and occupied the sect, prompting Zhang Yuchun to ask whether Qingxiao Sect should send reinforcements.

Qingxiao Sect formalized its disciple ranks as its growing reputation attracted more students, while Xu Ning developed a powerful lightning spell. After Xue Jin returned from destroying the Nine Absolute Sect and uncovered a prefect’s role in the plot against Qingxiao Sect, he told Li Qingqiu he had another matter to report about Hall Master Li Sifeng.

• Su Xiling asked Zhu Yan to help her seek permission to cultivate the Primordial Scripture, and Zhu Yan agreed to ask Li Qingqiu.
• Qingxiao Sect established Registered, Outer, and Inner Disciple ranks, and Zhang Yuchun later gained approval to create a Menial Disciple rank.
• Xu Ning demonstrated her lightning spell, the Web of Heaven and Earth's Punishment, then sparred with Li Qingqiu and pushed him to fight seriously.
• Xue Jin returned with his companions after destroying the Nine Absolute Sect and reported finding a letter linking the Prefect of Dongling Prefecture to a plan against Qingxiao Sect.
• Li Qingqiu rewarded Xue Jin, who then said he had something else to reveal about Hall Master Li Sifeng.

Li Qingqiu learned that Li Sifeng was pursuing the Emperor Profound Sword amid a feud between the Di and Pei Clans, and he arranged for Qingxiao Sect disciples to investigate. Meanwhile, Xuan Gong arrived to aid Prefect Fan Xi in destroying the sect, leaving Fan Xi with two powerful masked fighters.

• Xue Jin reported that Li Sifeng was in Dongling Prefecture searching for the Emperor Profound Sword and had become entangled in the Di and Pei Clans' feud.
• Li Qingqiu told the hall masters about Prefect Fan Xi's schemes, and Zhang Yuchun agreed to investigate the matter with Zhu Yan's help.
• Zhang Yuchun proposed a Training Hall mission for disciples to investigate the Emperor Profound Sword and watch out for Li Sifeng, and Li Qingqiu approved it.
• Xuan Gong met Fan Xi at the Prefect's residence and said he had brought two fighters stronger than the Demon Emperor to kill Li Qingqiu.
• Xuan Gong left Fan Xi to prove himself as Prefect, while Fan Xi wondered whether Xuan Gong had come on the Son of Heaven's orders.

Li Sijin successfully preserved spiritual energy in a spirit herb, exciting Li Qingqiu and the Qingxiao Sect’s leaders. During the New Spring festival, Li Qingqiu discovered that the newly accepted disciple Chu Jing was a 192-year-old man with powerful and dangerous Fates, leaving him wary of Chu Jing’s motives.

• Li Sijin successfully cultivated a spirit herb that retained its spiritual energy after being picked, and Li Qingqiu praised her achievement.
• Li Qingqiu decided that Li Yang could become a trusted guardian of the Qingxiao Sect after his loyalty reached 96.
• Li Sijin recognized the scholar Chu Jing, whom she had met the day before, and persuaded Li Qingqiu to make him a Registered Disciple.
• Li Qingqiu examined Chu Jing’s Legacy System panel and learned that he was 192 years old, had outstanding aptitude and comprehension, and possessed the Fates Millennium Agelessness, Rebel Traitor, and Human Ghost God.
• Li Qingqiu suspected Chu Jing might be an enemy of the current dynasty or an agent sent to investigate the Qingxiao Sect.

Li Qingqiu copied the Human Ghost God Fate, gaining powerful soul-related comprehension, and continued overseeing Qingxiao Sect as it expanded. He sent Jiang Zhaoxia to the Prefect’s banquet and Xue Jin with Thirteen Sword Li to search for Li Sifeng, then flew off on his Heavenly Rainbow Sword.

• Li Qingqiu copied the Human Ghost God Fate and found that he could cast the Soul Seizing Curse with newfound ease.
• Li Qingqiu secretly watched Chu Jing for ten days, then eased his surveillance after Chu Jing behaved like an ordinary Registered Disciple.
• Li Qingqiu agreed to let two True Disciples escort a Qin family member to the imperial capital and told Qin Jue he would summon Qin Ye the next day.
• Zhang Yuchun told Li Qingqiu that the Prefect had invited him to a banquet, and they agreed that Jiang Zhaoxia would attend in his place.
• Zhang Yuchun proposed cultivating Chu Jing as a future informant, and Li Qingqiu warned him not to underestimate or trust people too easily.
• Li Qingqiu sent Xue Jin and Thirteen Sword Li to search for Li Sifeng, while Jiang Zhaoxia went to the prefectural seat and Li Qingqiu flew through the woods on his Heavenly Rainbow Sword.

Li Sifeng struggled to reach Qingxiao Sect with Cheng Xiu and Third Wa while pursued by martial experts, but the Hell Kirin rescued them and brought him home. Li Qingqiu welcomed the injured Li Sifeng back, then became transfixed by the sword he had carried.

• Cheng Xiu and Third Wa carried the badly wounded Li Sifeng through the mountains as he promised they would be safe once they reached Qingxiao Sect.
• A pursuer's arrow wounded Cheng Xiu, and Li Sifeng fell from the stretcher before the Hell Kirin appeared and charged the mounted martial experts.
• Li Qingqiu returned to Lingxiao Courtyard and warned Zhang Yuchun that Chu Jing was secretly far more powerful and dangerous than he appeared.
• Li Qingqiu and Zhang Yuchun agreed to watch Chu Jing while waiting ten days for Li Sifeng, but Yuan Qi reported seven days later that Li Sifeng had returned unconscious and badly injured.
• Zhang Yuchun carried Li Sifeng into Lingxiao Courtyard, and Li Qingqiu snatched away his sword, leaving Li Qingqiu staring intently at its scabbard.

Li Qingqiu learned that the Emperor Profound Sword had bonded with Li Sifeng, then prepared the sect for conflict with the Pei Clan and other enemies. The chapter ended with news that Shen Yue, known as the Sword God, had come to challenge the sect and claim the sword.

• Li Qingqiu examined the Emperor Profound Sword and realized its sinister sword soul had bonded with Li Sifeng, while deciding not to take the weapon for himself.
• Zhang Yuchun reported that the Pei Clan had hunted Li Sifeng, and Li Qingqiu agreed to prepare for conflict with the Pei Clan and the Di Clan.
• Xue Jin and the Thirteen Sword Fiends searched for Li Sifeng, then decided to question the Pei Clan after hearing that a young hero had taken the Emperor Profound Sword.
• Jiang Zhaoxia returned from his trip, and Li Qingqiu gave Zhang Yuchun a list of seventeen suspected spies in the sect.
• Yuan Qi told Li Qingqiu that Shen Yue, the Sword God, had arrived to challenge the sect's experts and demanded the Emperor Profound Sword if he won.

Shen Yue came to Qingxiao Sect seeking the Emperor Profound Sword and defeated Yang Jueding with a single move before facing Jiang Zhaoxia. Their fierce sword duel left Li Qingqiu watching from the mountain path, impressed by Shen Yue’s Sword Intent and curious about his Fate.

• Li Qingqiu and Yuan Qi went down Qingxiao Mountain after hearing that the Sword God had arrived.
• Shen Yue said the True Yang Pei Clan had told him Qingxiao Sect possessed the Emperor Profound Sword, and Yang Jueding challenged him.
• Shen Yue struck Yang Jueding down with one sleeve sweep, and Wu Man'er stopped from challenging him after Yang warned he was no match.
• Jiang Zhaoxia confronted Shen Yue and fought him across the Xi River, unleashing his Supreme Sword Control Technique.
• Shen Yue met Jiang Zhaoxia's attack with a rapid sword technique, and their clash sent dust, stones, plants, and river water surging outward.
• Li Qingqiu and Yuan Qi watched from the mountain path as Li Qingqiu assessed their Sword Intent and wondered what Fate Shen Yue possessed.

Shen Yue defeated Jiang Zhaoxia in a sword duel and demanded the Emperor Profound Sword, but Li Qingqiu stepped forward to defend the Qingxiao Sect. Li Qingqiu unleashed Myriad Swords Returning to Origin against Shen Yue’s Peerless Sword and sent the Sword God crashing onto the official road, gravely wounded.

• Shen Yue broke his sword and defeated Jiang Zhaoxia, then challenged the Qingxiao Sect to hand over the Emperor Profound Sword.
• Li Qingqiu arrived, treated Jiang Zhaoxia with silver needles, and challenged Shen Yue to join the Qingxiao Sect if he lost.
• Li Qingqiu raised more than two hundred swords into the air with Myriad Swords Returning to Origin, shocking Shen Yue and the spectators.
• Shen Yue unleashed his Peerless Sword as Li Qingqiu sent the flying swords at him in a single volley.
• Li Qingqiu's attack hurled Shen Yue a hundred zhang down the road, leaving him battered and bleeding.

Li Qingqiu defeated Shen Yue, whose loss spread the Qingxiao Sect’s fame and brought him into the sect. After Shen Yue woke, Li Qingqiu discovered his extraordinary Fate and offered him fifty more years of life, but Shen Yue first asked to touch the Emperor Profound Sword.

• Li Qingqiu explained to Jiang Zhaoxia that his Supreme Sword Control Technique came from reaching the seventh layer of the Yangyuan Realm, while Shen Yue was carried away gravely wounded.
• News of Li Qingqiu’s victory over the Sword God spread, drawing pilgrims and challengers to Qingxiao Sect and earning Li Qingqiu the title Number One Under Heaven.
• Shen Yue awoke after a month and accepted his bet by agreeing to join Qingxiao Sect; Li Qingqiu’s Legacy System showed Shen Yue had excellent aptitude, outstanding comprehension, and two special Fates.
• Shen Yue explained that he had come after an old friend in the Pei Clan told him the sect had acquired the Emperor Profound Sword, and he promised to defend Qingxiao Sect once recovered.
• Shen Yue asked to hold the Emperor Profound Sword, and Li Qingqiu agreed before offering him a way to live another fifty years; Shen Yue insisted on seeing the sword first.

Li Qingqiu arranged the creation of a Sword Sect to protect Qingxiao Sect and gave Shen Yue an elder position focused on teaching swordsmanship. Xue Jin returned with a report that an unidentified army had entered Guzhou, leaving Li Qingqiu facing a possible new threat.

• Li Sifeng agreed to lend the Emperor Profound Sword to Shen Yue after Zhang Yuchun, Li Dongyue, and Li Sijin pressured him.
• Li Qingqiu advised Ji Ya to consider whether Yang Lin suited the herb garden, and Ji Ya admitted she did not.
• Li Qingqiu proposed a Sword Sect and invited Ji Ya’s five friends to join it, with the sect answering directly to him.
• Li Qingqiu appointed Shen Yue as a Sword Sect elder responsible for teaching swordsmanship and offered to teach him Qingxiao Sect’s ultimate techniques.
• Xue Jin reported that he and his companions had killed dozens of Pei Clan members while searching for Li Sifeng, then discovered that an unidentified army had entered Guzhou territory.

Li Qingqiu strengthened the Qingxiao Sect’s defenses and began establishing the Sword Sect as disciples faced growing dangers beyond the mountain. Zhu Yan revealed that a secret imperial army was searching Guzhou for the hidden Martial Tomb of a Martial Arts Myth.

• Li Qingqiu ordered more disciples assigned to the Enforcement Hall, reorganized the guest quarters, and planned a Sword Sect led by Jiang Zhaoxia and Shen Yue.
• Chai Yunshang personally selected thirty Enforcement Hall disciples, refusing recommendations from other hall masters and earning a reputation for impartiality.
• After learning that mysterious martial artists had killed four of five disciples on a mission, Li Qingqiu sent Thirteen Sword Li and the Qingxiao Seven Sons to investigate.
• Zhu Yan told Li Qingqiu that an imperial army from the Central Heaven Continent was heading for a Martial Tomb in Guzhou under the Son of Heaven’s personal order.
• Zhu Yan explained that the tomb belonged to a Martial Arts Myth and that descendants of the myth’s servants had secretly guarded its location.

Li Qingqiu learned why the Imperial Court coveted the Martial Tomb and kept the Qingxiao Sect out of the struggle, while the sect continued to grow. After the Imperial Court’s army apparently claimed the tomb, Xu Ning reached the Yangyuan Realm Seventh Layer, and Jiang Zhaoxia prepared his apprentice for the future Sword Sect.

• Zhu Yan told Li Qingqiu that the Martial Arts Myth’s core could grant its holder immense power, explaining why the emperor sought the Martial Tomb, and warned the Qingxiao Sect to stay uninvolved.
• Li Qingqiu decided he might guide Zhu Yan and Su Xiling in cultivation after the Martial Tomb crisis passed, while the Qingxiao Sect continued its work and warned disciples about the dangers of missions.
• Xu Ning broke through to the Yangyuan Realm Seventh Layer, then Zhang Yuchun told Li Qingqiu that many people had died at Black Wolf Ridge and the Imperial Court’s army had likely left with the tomb’s prize.
• Xu Ning fought Shen Yue to a draw, and Shen Yue praised her talent; Jiang Zhaoxia realized she had reached the Seventh Layer and told Han Lang to focus only on swordsmanship ahead of the future Sword Sect.
• Han Lang met Bai Ninger near the spirit-mine exit, where she insisted that she belonged to Li Qingqiu’s faction and had no reason to join the Sword Sect.

Li Qingqiu learned that the Crown Prince had rebelled against the emperor and summoned the Qingxiao Sect’s hall masters to decide whether to intervene. The hall masters disagreed over the danger, and the chapter ended before Li Qingqiu made a decision.

• Shen Yue welcomed the Sword Sect’s opening day and clashed with Li Sifeng, who arrived carrying the Emperor Profound Sword.
• Ma Yu warned Li Qingqiu that the Crown Prince had rebelled, the Heavenly Protection Guard supported him, and Feng Dai intended to help him despite the emperor’s hidden Forbidden Martial Guard.
• Li Qingqiu read Feng Dai’s letter, ordered Ma Yu to stay overnight and return to the Imperial City in the morning, then summoned the hall masters.
• Li Qingqiu told the assembled hall masters that the emperor had consumed a Martial Arts Myth’s inner pill and asked whether the Qingxiao Sect should save the Crown Prince.
• Yang Jueding urged the sect to save the Crown Prince, Jiang Zhaoxia offered to go, and Zhang Yuchun warned against risking the sect and its disciples.

Li Qingqiu sent Jiang Zhaoxia and Xu Ning to secretly protect the Crown Prince while he strengthened Qingxiao Sect and assessed its disciples. Li Yang learned that the Li Clan wanted him to return for the coming revolt, but chose to stay at Tai Kun Mountain after speaking with Li Qingqiu, whose dragon soul was beginning to emerge.

• Li Qingqiu decided Jiang Zhaoxia and Xu Ning would secretly go with Ma Yu to protect the Crown Prince without exposing Qingxiao Sect.
• Li Sifeng heard an ancient voice from the Emperor Profound Sword urging him to pick it up properly, while Li Qingqiu reassured Li Sijin that something good was happening.
• Li Qingqiu assessed Qingxiao Sect's growing strength, visited its halls, and saw Shen Yue training more than a hundred Sword Sect disciples.
• Li Yang's spear technique formed a dragon-shaped stream of energy, revealing that his dragon soul was beginning to show.
• Zhao Linglong told Li Yang that the Li Clan had summoned him back to support the Crown Prince against the Son of Heaven.
• Li Yang asked Li Qingqiu whether he should return, then chose to stay and asked for pointers as his dragon soul grew stronger.