Chapter Summaries

Li Qingqiu planned the Qingxiao Sect’s retaliation against the Three Dynastic Sects and the Forbidden Martial Guard while Shen Yue recovered from battle. At the Xi River, Xuan Gong revealed his scheme to absorb Liu Dai’s cultivation and establish a new emperor.

• Shen Yue agreed to spar with Li Qingqiu after recovering, and Li Qingqiu arranged to publicize his contribution to the sect.
• Li Qingqiu asked Zhao Linglong about her ties to the Li Yin Sect, then offered to spare anyone she named; she named no one.
• Li Qingqiu assigned Xu Ning to lead an open campaign against the Three Dynastic Sects and planned a secret mission against the Forbidden Martial Guard.
• Li Qingqiu urged the hall masters to train more powerful disciples and said Jiang Zhaoxia would help develop a newly discovered Blessed Land.
• Xuan Gong told Liu Dai that the Son of Heaven feared the Qingxiao Sect and then attacked Liu Dai, absorbing his cultivation to pursue his plan to establish a new emperor.

Li Qingqiu continued strengthening the Qingxiao Sect, while Cheng Xiu and Cheng San were invited to help establish the Monster Taming Hall. In Zhenyang Imperial City, Zhao Zhi learned that the Qingxiao Sect had defeated his forces and attacked two allied sects, and Xuan Gong urged him to focus on the Seven Prefectures and begin the Sky Mending Plan.

• Li Qingqiu selected disciples to accompany Xu Ning to the Central Heaven Continent and Jiang Zhaoxia and Li Dongyue to Tianji Mountain, then devoted himself to cultivation.
• Cheng San told Cheng Xiu about Lu Qing’s rapid rise and urged her to confess her feelings to Li Sifeng, but Cheng Xiu refused.
• Yuan Qi invited Cheng Xiu and Cheng San to help establish the Monster Taming Hall, and they eagerly accepted.
• Xuan Gong reported to Zhao Zhi that the Qingxiao Sect had ambushed his force and that he alone had escaped.
• A Forbidden Martial Guard told Zhao Zhi that Xu Ning had led the Qingxiao Sect in destroying the Taiwu Sect and Li Yin Sect.
• Xuan Gong urged Zhao Zhi to suppress the Seven Prefectures and carry out the Sky Mending Plan before King Wei attacked Zhenyang Imperial City.

As Qingxiao Sect’s disciples returned from Zhenyang after the Seven Prefectures’ alliance was routed, Li Qingqiu sensed an ominous aura near the capital and sent Xiao Ba to find them. The disciples warned Daoist Baishu of Fengxia Mountain about the danger, but he continued toward Zhenyang, declaring that the Millennium Human Disaster had arrived.

• Li Qingqiu reassured Li Sijin about the value of her work, then sensed an evil aura from Zhenyang and sent Xiao Ba to locate Xu Ning, Li Sifeng, and Wu Man'er.
• Xu Ning and the dispirited disciples traveled away from Central Heaven Continent while Li Sifeng and Zhang Yu reflected on the battle and the world's uncertain future.
• Daoist Baishu of Fengxia Mountain approached the group and asked about conditions in Zhenyang Imperial City.
• Zhang Yu warned Daoist Baishu that the Emperor's demonic forces were rounding people up and that the Seven Prefectures' alliance had been routed.
• Daoist Baishu called the crisis the Millennium Human Disaster and continued toward Zhenyang despite Xu Ning's warning that he could not defeat the Emperor.
• Xiao Ba appeared overhead as Xu Ning and the disciples resumed their journey, while Daoist Baishu continued in the opposite direction.

Xu Ning and the others returned to Qingxiao Sect with news of the Emperor’s powerful demonic soldiers, prompting Li Qingqiu to strengthen the sect’s defenses rather than attack rashly. In Ganwu Hall, Zhao Zhi continued his brutal cultivation while Xuan Gong urged him to begin the Sky Mending Plan, and Daoist Baishu’s arrival ended with a mysterious double appearing.

• Xu Ning reported that Taiwu Sect and Li Yin Sect had been destroyed, while Sword Extreme Sect had disappeared.
• Zhang Yu, Li Sifeng, and Xu Ning described the Emperor’s strength and the demonic soldiers they had encountered at Zhenyang Imperial City.
• Li Qingqiu ordered increased patrols and told Qingxiao Sect’s disciples to limit their trips down the mountain.
• Zhao Zhi drained prisoners of their energy, and Xuan Gong told him the ritual platform would be ready within three days.
• Daoist Baishu arrived with a painting, and Xuan Gong saw a phantom resembling Baishu dart toward him while the real Baishu remained below.

Daoist Baishu’s attack nearly killed Zhao Zhi, but Xuan Gong saved the emperor, leaving the conspiracy intact. As news of the Seven Prefectures’ defeat spread, Qingxiao Sect gathered to watch Shen Yue’s match against Li Qingqiu, whose dramatic arrival ended the chapter.

• Daoist Baishu’s phantom used a sword from a scroll to strike Zhao Zhi, but Xuan Gong killed Baishu’s true body and shattered the sword before Zhao Zhi died.
• Zhao Zhi survived and ordered an attendant to summon the Celestial Master, while Li Qingqiu and Xu Ning sensed the strange aura disappear and then return.
• News of the allied armies’ defeat and the demonic soldiers spread through Qingxiao Sect, frightening its disciples and prompting people across the land to flee.
• Shen Yue waited at the Martial Arts Stage for his match with Li Qingqiu as disciples, elders, nobles, and other visitors gathered.
• Xu Ning asked Shen Yue to fight her first, but he said he had come to face her master; Li Sifeng and Cheng Xiu separately accepted that their relationship would not continue.
• Li Qingqiu descended onto the Martial Arts Stage on his sword, drawing cheers from the gathered crowd.

Li Qingqiu defeated Shen Yue with a single strike, then announced he would go to Zhenyang alone to kill the Demon Emperor and left Qingxiao Sect. In Ganwu Hall, Xuan Gong learned Li Qingqiu would attack at dawn, while a mysterious boy appeared behind Master Jiang.

• Li Qingqiu broke Shen Yue’s Myriad Swords Returning to Origin with a swift strike, leaving the Sword God reconsidering his path.
• Li Qingqiu told Qingxiao Sect’s disciples he would go to Zhenyang, kill the Demon Emperor, and return within three days, then flew away on the Heavenly Rainbow Sword.
• Zhao Zhi endured treatment in a cauldron as Master Jiang told Xuan Gong that his injured Primordial Spirit needed more time to recover.
• A Forbidden Martial Guard delivered a letter announcing Li Qingqiu would attack Zhenyang Imperial City at dawn and kill His Majesty, and Xuan Gong left to make preparations.
• Master Jiang mocked Li Qingqiu’s threat without noticing a young boy had appeared atop a pillar and was watching him coldly.

Chai Yunshang reassured Yu Lan that Li Qingqiu would return, while Li Qingqiu prepared his ghost slaves for the coming battle. As Emperor Zhao Zhi began the Sky Mending Plan in Zhenyang Imperial City, Li Qingqiu arrived at the South Gate to honor his appointment to kill the emperor.

• Yu Lan worried that Li Qingqiu faced too many dangers, and Chai Yunshang told her to trust him and wait three days.
• Li Qingqiu discussed the consequences of killing Zhao Zhi with Nangong E, then said the ghost slaves would join the battle.
• Lin Chuan reported what he had seen in the city, and Li Qingqiu responded with a cold laugh.
• Zhao Zhi ordered Qingxiao True Person boiled alive, but Master Jiang and Xuan Gong urged him to begin the Sky Mending Plan instead.
• Martial artists hiding near the South Gate debated how to enter the city, then watched a blue-robed man announce that he had come to kill the emperor.

Li Qingqiu stormed into Zhenyang Imperial City alone and cut through its defenders as he advanced toward Zhao Zhi. The prisoners learned that the Number One Under Heaven had come, while Zhao Zhi sent Xuan Gong to stop him and prepared to take more inner cores.

• Li Qingqiu evaded the archers at the southern gate, killed the Forbidden Martial Guards there, and smashed the city gate apart.
• Li Qingqiu fought his way down Changle Street, killing hundreds of soldiers and Forbidden Martial Guards with his Heavenly Rainbow Sword.
• A Forbidden Martial Guard reported Li Qingqiu's advance to Zhao Zhi, and the prisoners recognized him as the Number One Under Heaven and began hoping for rescue.
• Zhao Zhi ordered Xuan Gong to seize Li Qingqiu, then demanded more inner cores from Master Jiang, who handed him a white jade bottle.
• Li Qingqiu cut down a Divine Martial Soldier with one sword, while Lin Xiao watched from a building and feared confronting him.

Li Qingqiu fought his way through the Imperial City and confronted Zhao Zhi, whose thousand years of cultivation and ghostly power failed to protect him. Li Qingqiu beheaded the emperor and then turned his attention to Master Jiang, who suspected that he was an immortal cultivator.

• Xuan Gong watched Li Qingqiu advance through Changle Street, then left rather than oppose him or defend Zhao Zhi.
• Martial artists gathered outside the South City Gate saw the corpses inside and waited for a chance to enter the city.
• Zhao Zhi summoned a giant ghost in the Imperial City square, but Li Qingqiu arrived with a silver Mountain Lord and challenged him.
• Zhao Zhi used his ghostly power to destroy the Mountain Lord and hurl stones at Li Qingqiu, who cut through the attack and wounded him.
• Li Qingqiu pinned Zhao Zhi to the platform, pierced his throat, and chopped off his head despite the Forbidden Martial Guards' approach.
• Li Qingqiu challenged Master Jiang about his claim to immortality, and Master Jiang asked whether Li Qingqiu was an immortal cultivator.

Li Qingqiu let Master Jiang complete the Soul Refining Banner, then defeated him and took the banner. Zhao Zhi’s soul was swallowed by Nangong E, while Qingxiao True Person reunited with Li Qingqiu and survived the confrontation.

• Zhao Zhi watched Master Jiang summon ghosts with the Soul Refining Banner and mocked Li Qingqiu, but Nangong E appeared and swallowed Zhao Zhi’s soul.
• Master Jiang revealed that the banner extracted souls from the Forbidden Martial Guards, Divine Martial Soldiers, and people across the imperial city.
• Qingxiao True Person tried to attack Master Jiang, but Li Qingqiu stopped him and pulled him back, promising to take him to Qingxiao Mountain to recover.
• Master Jiang unleashed the banner’s ghostly energy against Li Qingqiu, but Li Qingqiu walked through it and made the ghosts disintegrate.
• Li Qingqiu criticized Master Jiang’s cultivation and killed him with a sword strike, then seized the Soul Refining Banner.

After killing Master Jiang and Zhao Zhi, Li Qingqiu tracked down Xuan Gong, whose identity was Chu Jing, and learned why he had plotted to restore the Great Wei Dynasty. Before Li Qingqiu executed him, Xuan Gong revealed the Sky Mending Great Array and asked him to protect the young descendant of the Great Wei Imperial Family.

• Li Qingqiu seized Master Jiang's soul, took his warded pouch, and sent Qingxiao True Person away with money and needles to aid his recovery.
• The prisoners surrounded the fleeing ministers as Li Qingqiu left the imperial city with Lin Chuan.
• Xuan Gong revealed that he was Chu Jing and explained his efforts to restore the Great Wei Dynasty and his role in founding the Demonic Sect.
• Li Qingqiu confronted Xuan Gong over his complicity in Zhao Zhi's crimes, and Xuan Gong learned that Qingxiao Sect practiced cultivation rather than martial arts.
• Xuan Gong gave Li Qingqiu the secret manual for the Sky Mending Great Array and asked him to protect the young Great Wei heir on Qingxiao Mountain.
• Li Qingqiu agreed to protect the heir according to his character and beheaded Xuan Gong.

After killing Xuan Gong, Li Qingqiu watched Chu Jing emerge as an unusual ghost and become the sword soul of the Heavenly Rainbow Sword. He collected Chu Jing’s hidden treasures and set out to plunder Master Jiang’s inheritance before returning to Qingxiao Sect.

• Li Qingqiu saw Chu Jing’s pure soul emerge, and Chu Jing recognized Nangong E as Princess Yuanxi, sister of Emperor Wen Nangong Yuan.
• Chu Jing asked to become Li Qingqiu’s ghost servant, but when Li Qingqiu refused, he entered the Heavenly Rainbow Sword and became its sword soul.
• Li Qingqiu bonded with Chu Jing and learned that Chu Jing had found an immortal pill and three manuals in a cave.
• Li Qingqiu used Master Jiang’s storage bag to collect Chu Jing’s hidden money, manuals, and pills.
• Li Qingqiu absorbed Master Jiang’s memories and traveled to a mountain in Jiangzhou to search the cave mansion of the cultivator who had taught Master Jiang.

Li Qingqiu returned to Qingxiao Sect after killing Emperor Zhao Zhi, Master Jiang, Xuan Gong, and the imperial forces, then announced plans to expand the sect’s power. Half a month later, his fame earned him an opportunity to select a Fate.

• Li Qingqiu found the cultivator’s Cave Mansion empty and returned to Qingxiao Mountain with Chu Jing, Nangong E, and Lin Chuan.
• Li Sijin and Zhang Yuchun worried about Li Qingqiu until Xiao Ba brought him safely back to the sect.
• Li Qingqiu told the gathered hall masters that he had killed Emperor Zhao Zhi, Master Jiang, Xuan Gong, the Forbidden Martial Guard, and the demonic soldiers.
• Li Qingqiu ordered Qingxiao Sect to recruit more disciples while raising standards for True Disciples, and declared that the sect would stand above the dynasties.
• News of Li Qingqiu’s victory spread across the land, stunning Qin Jue and other listeners.
• Half a month later, Li Qingqiu received an opportunity to select a Fate for becoming famous throughout the world and advancing Qingxiao Sect’s rise.

Li Qingqiu strengthened the Qingxiao Sect after killing Zhao Zhi, while news of the emperor’s death spread and stirred others to prepare for the coming chaos. Feng Dai and Ma Yu headed toward Qingxiao Mountain and met the newly freed Qingxiao True Person, who claimed Li Qingqiu was his disciple’s disciple.

• Li Qingqiu gave Zhu Yan and Mingguang the Jade Purity Restriction Treasure Codex, recorded Chu Jing’s Sky Mending Great Array, and planned to expand the sect across the Tai Kun Mountain Range.
• Li Qingqiu showed Shen Yue that the Heavenly Rainbow Sword could float, attributing it to a mysterious bond formed during the battle in Zhenyang.
• Tang Ziqi told Yan Wujin that Li Qingqiu had killed the emperor, prompting them to prepare the Juesheng Sect to become a regional power and send a congratulatory gift to Qingxiao Sect.
• Feng Dai and Ma Yu discussed visiting Qingxiao Mountain and restoring peace amid the expected chaos.
• An old man introduced himself to Feng Dai and Ma Yu as Qingxiao True Person and said Li Qingqiu was his disciple’s disciple.

As the Qingxiao Sect prospered amid the land’s growing chaos, Li Qingqiu learned that Zhao Zhen had greatly improved the Great Sun Yang Gong and encouraged him to keep cultivating in the sect. The chapter ended with Qingxiao True Person trying unsuccessfully to use his status to recommend three applicants through Zhang Ping.

• Li Qingqiu told Chu Jing that he cultivated because he enjoyed growing stronger and hoped to transform himself into an immortal body through his own efforts.
• Zhao Zhen demonstrated his improved Great Sun Yang Gong, drawing spiritual energy into a growing fireball and astonishing Chu Jing and the others.
• Li Qingqiu praised Zhao Zhen’s technique, offered to record it in the Scripture Pavilion and raise a monument to him, and learned that Zhao Zhen wanted to remain in the sect rather than become emperor.
• Li Qingqiu offered to teach Zhao Zhen another peerless art, while Chu Jing questioned the meaning of restoring the Great Wei dynasty.
• Qingxiao True Person asked Zhang Ping to recommend three applicants for admission, but Zhang Ping declined and offered only to pass his message to a hall master.

Li Qingqiu discovered three talented brothers among the new disciples and summoned them to become his aides, offering to teach them techniques. As the Qingxiao True Person worried that they had done something wrong, Chu Jing recognized the brothers as descendants of the Martial Arts Myth, Xiao Xuanzun.

• Zhao Zhen's Great Sun True Yuan Technique earned a stele along the Forging Path, and disciples borrowed it to judge its worth.
• Li Qingqiu found the gifted Xiao Wudi, Xiao Wuqing, and Xiao Wuming among the new disciples and decided to develop them.
• Li Qingqiu promised Li Sijin a genius disciple, while Zhang Yuchun also asked for one and was ignored.
• Li Qingqiu inspected the sect, then summoned the three Xiao brothers and offered to teach them techniques as his aides.
• The Qingxiao True Person rushed in, fearing the brothers were in trouble, but Chu Jing recognized them as descendants of Xiao Xuanzun.

Li Qingqiu continued cultivating the Xiao brothers and rewarded Zhang Ping with a rare manual for his dedication. He appointed Cheng Canghai to lead the Monster Taming Hall and ordered a new sect mission to find spiritually unusual places and rare treasures.

• Li Qingqiu personally trained Xiao Wudi, Xiao Wuqing, and Xiao Wuming, whose loyalty to him reached 95 in less than half a month.
• Li Qingqiu introduced the Xiao brothers to the sect’s hall masters and disciples, and their rapid progress and special treatment made them famous within the sect.
• Xiao Wudi, Xiao Wuqing, and Xiao Wuming delivered Zhang Ping the Spring Return Ghost Immortal Needle manual as Li Qingqiu’s reward for his sense of duty.
• Li Qingqiu appointed Cheng Canghai hall master of the Monster Taming Hall, reserving the deputy position and most disciple slots for his own choices.
• Li Qingqiu told Xue Jin to add a long-term Training Hall mission to search for places with unusual spiritual energy and rare treasures.

Li Qingqiu inspected the sect, brought Jiang Zhaoxia, Li Dongyue, and Yang Xuan back from Tianji Mountain, and appointed Qingxiao True Person deputy hall master of the Enforcement Hall. He then checked Qingxiao True Person’s portrait in the Legacy System, still suspecting the old man had a special Fate.

• Li Qingqiu authorized the Training Hall to accept carefully vetted missions from disciples and praised Xue Jin for his work.
• Li Sifeng left the sect with more than a dozen disciples to seek glory, after Li Qingqiu forbade him from acting in Qingxiao Sect’s name.
• Li Qingqiu visited Tianji Mountain, heard about Jiang Zhaoxia’s discovery of a cave inheritance, and learned that the Heavenly Rainbow Sword had become a spirit sword with its own will.
• Li Qingqiu claimed the storage bag from the cave and ordered Jiang Zhaoxia, Li Dongyue, and Yang Xuan to copy the three manuals for the Scripture Pavilion.
• Li Qingqiu brought Jiang Zhaoxia, Li Dongyue, Yang Xuan, and the Xiao Clan Three Brothers back to Qingxiao Sect, while Cheng Canghai stayed to help guard the low-tier demon realm.
• Li Qingqiu invited Qingxiao True Person to formally join the sect and appointed him deputy hall master of the Enforcement Hall.

Li Qingqiu learned that Qingxiao True Person had rescued the Xiao Clan Three Brothers, descendants of the Martial Arts Myth, and ordered their origins kept secret. As Qingxiao Sect prepared for the New Spring festivities, Zhu Yan reported that Lingtian Sect had risen in Cangzhou under Ji Wuye, prompting Li Qingqiu to order a discreet investigation after recognizing its guardian Xiao Wuhui as the brothers’ missing father.

• Li Qingqiu read Qingxiao True Person’s Fate and learned that the grandmaster had brought the Xiao Clan Three Brothers to Qingxiao Sect after their grandfather died.
• Qingxiao True Person revealed that the brothers descended from Xiao Xuanzun and urged Li Qingqiu and the others to keep their lineage secret and avoid seeking the Martial Arts Myth’s legacy.
• Qingxiao True Person visited Shen Yue, who had spent months brooding over the spirit in Jiang Zhaoxia’s Heavenly Rainbow Sword, but left without speaking to him.
• Shen Yue reflected on the insight he had nearly grasped and resolved to challenge Li Qingqiu again without losing in a single move.
• Zhu Yan told Li Qingqiu that Lingtian Sect had appeared in Cangzhou, claimed the Martial Arts Myth’s true teachings, and was expanding south under Ji Wuye.
• Li Qingqiu recognized Lingtian Sect guardian Xiao Wuhui as the Xiao Clan Three Brothers’ missing father and instructed Zhu Yan to investigate the sect quietly.

The Qingxiao Sect’s leaders planned a Daoist Convention and new ways to teach its growing ranks of disciples as war spread across the Nine Provinces. In February, Li Qingqiu reached the Nourishing Yuan Realm Ninth Layer, and the surge of spiritual qi alarmed Chu Jing.

• Li Qingqiu heard reports on the sect’s growing disciples and successful halls, then explained the low-level demon realm and the Monster Taming Hall.
• The leaders agreed to let Hell Kirin roam openly and planned a Daoist Convention to mark the tenth anniversary of Li Qingqiu becoming sect master.
• Li Qingqiu set a schedule for the Daoist Convention and proposed group cultivation classes, sword-flight lessons, and cultivation grounds on other mountains.
• After winter ended, news of the Daoist Convention excited the disciples, while Menial Disciples and craftsmen began building on neighboring mountains and war spread across the Nine Provinces.
• Li Qingqiu broke through to the Nourishing Yuan Realm Ninth Layer, drawing the Spirit Lake’s spiritual qi toward himself and preventing Chu Jing, Nangong E, and Lin Chuan from cultivating.