Chapter Summaries

An Le personally beheaded the heavily wounded Ninth Realm cultivator Tong Guan on the Canglang River, then used the Fearless Heart Dao Fruit’s feedback to recover and strengthen his cultivation despite suffering Death Qi from borrowed soul momentum. The witnesses were stunned by the Fifth Realm killing a Ninth Realm expert, while An Le returned to the boat and Li You'an promised to help remove the Death Qi.

• An Le gathered the limit of the lost souls’ momentum, disrupted Tong Guan with his Heart Sword, and severed his head with Swallow Returns Home.
• A terrifying Lost Soul beneath the Canglang River reached toward An Le, but the Emperor Dao Fruit’s bearing made the enormous hand withdraw.
• An Le received clear qi from the Fearless Heart Dao Fruit, suppressing the Death Qi and restoring his Heart Sword while bringing his Fifth Realm cultivation to completion.
• Li You'an, Boyan, and the commanders and princes watching the battle reacted with shock as they realized An Le had killed Tong Guan himself.
• An Le returned to the light boat, and Li You'an praised him and promised to find a way to remove the Death Qi in his Niwan Palace.

After rescuing Zhao Huangting, An Le crossed the Canglang River and continued toward Lin'an, intending to return the old man to the ancestral temple and secure an audience with the Sacred Teacher. As An Le rested on the road, Second Prince Zhao Pei decided to attack him in a Minor Saint Ranking clash, hoping to inherit An Le’s Invincible Momentum.

• An Le told Zhao Huangting that he could not use the Blood Guanyin phenomenon again, but insisted on taking him to Lin'an despite the danger after killing Tong Guan.
• An Le and Zhao Huangting reached the southern bank, where Li You'an questioned their destination; An Le explained that he would return Zhao Huangting home and pursue the top three on the Minor Saint Ranking.
• An Le set off for Lin'an with Zhao Huangting on his back, while the Sixth Mountain Lord stayed to face the Yuan Meng experts and Wan Jieliu crossed the river behind them.
• An Le traveled toward Lin'an while displaying his Death Qi and apparent injuries to tempt Zhao Pei, then examined the Flowing Gold Time Qi taken from the Yuan Meng Emperor.
• King of Jiangling advised Zhao Pei to attack An Le before he reached Lin'an, and Zhao Pei decided to treat the fight as an early Minor Saint Ranking clash.
• Li Qingchuan went to intercept Wan Jieliu as Zhao Pei left his carriage and approached An Le, confident that his three lives gave him the advantage.

After killing Tong Guan, An Le observed Emperor Yuan’s youth through Flowing Gold Time Qi and gained the Battle Puppet Dao Fruit. As Zhao Pei arrived to challenge him for the top of the Minor Saint Ranking, An Le met his lightning-charged sword with Swallow Returns Home.

• The Zhao Family Emperor learned that An Le had killed Tong Guan and declared An Le a criminal of Great Zhao, ordering Dali Temple to kill him.
• An Le observed Emperor Yuan battling a Seventh Realm Prairie Wolf Lord and nearly ten thousand Demon Wolves, then gained the Battle Puppet Dao Fruit.
• Zhao Huangting warned An Le that Zhao Pei could use the Purple Qi Golden Lotus to claim much of his invincible momentum if he defeated him.
• King of Jiangling fought Su Muzhe while Li Qingchuan intercepted Wan Jieliu as Zhao Pei approached An Le’s camp.
• Zhao Pei challenged An Le for the top of the Minor Saint Ranking and attacked with his Lightning-Struck Peachwood Sword; An Le drew Swallow Returns Home and struck back.

Su Muzhe tried to reach Zhao Huangting but King of Jiangling blocked her, while An Le overwhelmed Second Prince Zhao Pei in their battle over the Minor Saint Ranking. Zhao Pei unleashed the Purple Qi Golden Lotus, but An Le pinned him down and began draining its power, leaving Zhao Pei helpless.

• Su Muzhe rushed to aid Zhao Huangting, but King of Jiangling stopped her and fought her with three transformed drops of blood.
• An Le pressed Zhao Pei with his swordsmanship and strength, breaking Zhao Pei's peachwood sword and disabling his talisman spells.
• An Le questioned whether Zhao Pei deserved first place on the Minor Saint Ranking and struck him with the full force of his Invincible Momentum.
• Zhao Pei activated the Purple Qi Golden Lotus and pierced An Le with a lotus sword, but An Le showed little effect.
• An Le seized Zhao Pei by the head, slammed him into the ground, and began draining the Purple Qi Golden Lotus.

An Le defeated Second Prince Zhao Pei, took the Purple Qi Golden Lotus, and claimed first place on the Minor Saint Ranking. When Li Qingchuan summoned the Old Celestial Master to defend the Celestial Master's Mansion, the Old Celestial Master instead ordered him to kneel before An Le.

• An Le pinned Zhao Pei down, absorbed his Purple Qi Golden Lotus, and beheaded him with Swallow Returns Home.
• The King of Jiangling fled after Su Muzhe prepared to unleash the Da Yan Sword Array, and Su Muzhe reunited with Zhao Huangting.
• Wan Jieliu stopped fighting Li Qingchuan after they learned An Le had defeated Zhao Pei and taken the Purple Qi Golden Lotus.
• Zhao Pei revived through his Minor Sacred Token, while An Le explained that he had lost two of his three lives and could still be killed.
• Li Qingchuan summoned the Old Celestial Master to demand the return of the Purple Qi Golden Lotus, but the Old Celestial Master ordered Li Qingchuan to kneel before An Le.

The Old Celestial Master punished Li Qingchuan for trying to kill An Le, binding him as An Le’s Dao slave for a hundred years and gifting An Le a thousand-year Purple Qi Golden Lotus seed. After recognizing the Old Celestial Master’s choice to support An Le, Zhao Pei fled toward Lin'an Prefecture, fearing An Le would kill him.

• The Old Sword Saint sensed the Old Celestial Master’s arrival but stood down after realizing the starlight incarnation was not attacking An Le.
• The Old Celestial Master forced Li Qingchuan to kneel and offered to make him An Le’s Dao slave for a hundred years as punishment for his hostility and attempted murder.
• An Le accepted Li Qingchuan’s essence blood in the Glass Lamp, binding the Ninth Realm True Person’s life to his own.
• The Old Celestial Master gifted An Le the Celestial Master's Mansion’s final thousand-year Purple Qi Golden Lotus seed, saying he was staking everything on An Le’s effort to reclaim the Central Land.
• Zhao Pei realized the Celestial Master's Mansion had chosen An Le over the Great Zhao Dynasty and fled toward Lin'an Prefecture as An Le’s killing intent turned toward him.

An Le received the thousand-year Purple Qi Golden Lotus and pursued Zhao Pei toward Lin'an, while the Old Celestial Master made Li Qingchuan his Dao slave and extended Zhao Huangting’s life by several days. Elsewhere, the Sixth Mountain Lord confronted King of Jiangling, and the First Mountain Lord summoned the other Sacred Mountain Lords to invite the Sacred Teacher’s will back into the human realm.

• Zhao Pei fled toward Lin'an, and the Old Celestial Master explained how An Le could nurture the thousand-year Purple Qi Golden Lotus before giving Zhao Huangting a blooming hundred-year lotus to prolong his life by several days.
• The Old Celestial Master departed after making Li Qingchuan An Le’s Dao slave, and An Le set off after Zhao Pei, vowing to take his head if he caught him before Lin'an.
• King of Jiangling coveted the Golden Lotus and Glass Lamp, but the Sixth Mountain Lord attacked him, wounded him, and suspected that he practiced demonic arts and Hell Manor’s techniques.
• The Sixth Mountain Lord watched An Le pursue Zhao Pei and reflected that the Old Celestial Master had invested heavily in him, then received the First Mountain Lord’s summons.
• The First Mountain Lord gathered the other five Mountain Lords and announced that someone had fulfilled the Sacred Mountain’s three conditions, so they should invite the Sacred Teacher’s will back into the human realm.

An Le pursued Second Prince Zhao Pei while contemplating the First Emperor’s Sword Dao, then entered the Dao Fruit space and comprehended his own Red Heart and Rivers and Mountains Sword Intents. His new Sword Intent transformed the Divine Deer Style into a blindingly fast sword-art movement technique, and the chapter ended with An Le catching up to Zhao Pei outside Lin'an.

• An Le used the Divine Deer Style to pursue Second Prince Zhao Pei, who burned Divine Movement Talismans to escape toward Lin'an.
• While chasing Zhao Pei, An Le reflected on the First Emperor’s guidance and was drawn into the Dao Fruit space, where the Emperor Dao Fruit stirred his comprehension.
• An Le forged his Red Heart Sword Intent from his experience making Swallow Returns Home and formed a second Sword Intent from the rivers and mountains he had seen on his journey north.
• Su Muzhe sensed An Le’s Sword Intent, and Zhao Huangting recognized that An Le had developed his own path of the sword.
• An Le’s Sword Intent transformed the Divine Deer Style into a simple, swift movement technique, allowing him to close the hundred-li gap and reach Zhao Pei’s side.

An Le caught up with Zhao Pei outside Lin'an and struck him with the Red Heart Sword Intent, forcing Zhao Pei to break into the Sixth Realm and flee toward the city. As Lin'an’s experts and the Zhao Family Emperor tried to stop him, An Le broke through their defenses and killed Zhao Pei by pinning him to the city wall with Swallow Returns Home.

• An Le confronted Zhao Pei outside Lin'an and slashed at him with a sword formed from the Red Heart Sword Intent.
• Zhao Pei forcibly entered the Sixth Realm, blocked the sword at the cost of his palm, and fled toward Lin'an as An Le pursued him.
• Qin Lishi sensed An Le near the city, while Su Qingke and Cao Fu debated whether An Le had committed a crime; Cao Fu then left Dali Temple for the city gates.
• The Zhao Family Emperor spoke with Zhao Xianyou in the rear garden, then left him confined inside a Primordial Spirit Array.
• Zhao Pei called on Lin'an’s defenders for help, but Zhao Huangting and Su Muzhe’s Da Yan Sword Array held back the Ninth Realm generals.
• An Le shattered the Primordial Spirit barrier with his Mountains and Rivers Sword Intent, ignored the Zhao Family Emperor’s warning, and killed Zhao Pei with Swallow Returns Home.

The six Mountain Lords unanimously recognized An Le as the candidate to meet the Sacred Teacher after he fulfilled all three conditions, and they summoned the Sacred Teacher through a vast Primordial Spirit Array. In Lin'an, An Le killed Zhao Pei and faced the Zhao Family Emperor’s forces; as they moved to arrest him, An Le shattered the Minor Sacred Token and the Sacred Teacher’s colossal face appeared above the heavens.

• The First Mountain Lord confirmed that An Le had fulfilled the three conditions to meet the Sacred Teacher, and all five other Mountain Lords agreed without objection.
• The Sixth Mountain Lord returned to Sixth Mountain and joined minds with the other Mountain Lords, forming a Primordial Spirit Array that summoned the Sacred Teacher, who answered, “Good.”
• An Le killed Zhao Pei with Swallow Returns Home outside Lin'an City, and the Zhao Family Emperor ordered An Le arrested after sensing the Heart Sword within him.
• Qin Lishi, Liu Guan Shi, Su Qingke, and Lin'an’s forces surrounded An Le while Zhao Huangting, Su Muzhe, Wan Jieliu, and Li Qingchuan stood with him.
• An Le remained calm as Liu Guan Shi and Su Qingke blocked his escape, then flicked Mo Pool and shattered the Minor Sacred Token, revealing the Sacred Teacher’s enormous face above the heavens.

An Le summoned the Sacred Teacher’s apparition after fulfilling the Minor Sacred Token’s three conditions, gaining protection that made the Zhao Family’s forces hesitate. With the First Mountain Lord announcing his right to converse with the Sacred Teacher and choose a mountain, An Le walked into Lin'an City after killing Zhao Pei, while the Zhao Family Emperor remained silent.

• An Le used the Minor Sacred Token to summon the Sacred Teacher’s apparition, and the Zhao Family Emperor realized An Le had fulfilled the conditions to meet him.
• Liu Guan Shi and Su Qingke abandoned their attempt to capture An Le, while the assembled forces and onlookers recognized the Sacred Mountain’s protection.
• The First Mountain Lord arrived on his White Crane and announced that An Le could choose a mountain and converse with the Sacred Teacher.
• An Le asked Liu Guan Shi and Su Qingke whether they would still arrest him, then walked past them as they stepped aside.
• An Le called for his companions to return to Lin'an and taunted the Zhao Family Emperor before entering the city with Zhao Huangting.
• Swallow Returns Home left Zhao Pei’s corpse, and An Le and Zhao Huangting crossed into Lin'an while the Zhao Family Emperor made no reply.

After returning to Lin'an under the Sacred Mountain’s protection, An Le reunited with Zhao Huangting and enjoyed a quiet evening of wine, meat, and painting. He then entered the Battle Puppet Dao Fruit to test its power and found himself facing the youthful Yuan Meng Emperor, whose arrow pierced him at once.

• The Zhao Family Emperor’s forces let An Le and his party enter Lin'an, while Qin Lishi and other officials anticipated the crowds of rival talents who would arrive for Seventh Mountain’s opening.
• An Le brought Zhao Huangting back to the Imperial Ancestral Temple and courtyard, where Zhao Huangting thanked him and warned him to reach the Sixth Realm before facing the powerful young cultivators gathering around Seventh Mountain.
• An Le returned the swords Green Mountain, Ink Pool, and Swallow Returns Home to the Old Scholar Tree, then told Li Qingchuan to stay behind and water the courtyard plants.
• An Le bought Old Yellow Wine and beef, shared them with Zhao Huangting and Su Muzhe, and painted a majestic ink bamboo picture.
• An Le activated the Battle Puppet Dao Fruit and appeared on a grassland before the youthful Yuan Meng Emperor, who shot him through with an arrow.

An Le lost his first Battle Puppet challenge against the Youth Yuan Emperor, then spent the night refining his combat skills until he forced the Emperor to draw his saber and bleed. Meanwhile, Yuan Meng’s geniuses crossed into Great Zhao to compete for the Seventh Mountain, and the Sixth Mountain Lord arrived in Lin’an to take An Le beyond the city.

• The Youth Yuan Emperor wounded An Le with an arrow and defeated him after roughly fifty exchanges, piercing his brow with the black spear.
• An Le studied the causes of his defeat and reentered the Battle Puppet Space to continue fighting the Youth Yuan Emperor.
• Yuan Meng’s Hunter Falcon Ranking geniuses crossed the Canglang River after the Yuan Meng Emperor and Great Zhao’s generals reached an agreement that the juniors could pass but Ninth Realm cultivators could not.
• Geniuses from Yuan Meng, Western Liang, Dali Kingdom, and other lands gathered in Lin’an to compete for the Seventh Mountain.
• The Sixth Mountain Lord entered Lin’an to take An Le beyond the city, while An Le emerged from a night of battles having made the Youth Yuan Emperor draw his saber and bleed.

As foreign geniuses prepared to enter Lin'an and compete for the Seventh Mountain Lord position, An Le spent two days fighting the Youth Yuan Emperor in the Battle Puppet Space. He perfected the Ancient Demon Five Animals Scripture and defeated Tie Qingcang, emerging as the true First in Five Realms.

• Qin Lishi told the Zhao Family Emperor that Yuan Meng, Xiliang, and Dali were sending envoys and geniuses to Lin'an, and the emperor ordered him to arrange their reception while allowing them to compete for the Seventh Mountain Lord position.
• An Le entered a prolonged epiphany beneath the Old Scholar Tree as Zhao Huangting, Su Muzhe, and Li Qingchuan guarded him; the Sixth Mountain Lord arrived and waited while An Le recovered.
• An Le repeatedly fought the Youth Yuan Emperor in the Battle Puppet Space, refining his combat instincts and the transitions between the Ancient Demon Five Animals.
• After two days of battle, An Le perfected the Ancient Demon Five Animals Scripture and transformed its forms into a seamless sword technique.
• An Le pierced Tie Qingcang's chest with Ink Pool, defeating the Youth Yuan Emperor and claiming the title of First in Five Realms.

An Le defeated the Youth Yuan Emperor in the Battle Puppet Space and gained him as a battle puppet, then emerged from seclusion to find Lin'an shaken by Meng Po's brutal challenges. When Meng Po threatened tavern patrons to force An Le to fight, An Le summoned the puppet and told Meng Po to defeat it first.

• An Le defeated the Youth Yuan Emperor and gained a battle puppet with the emperor's combat strength.
• While An Le remained in seclusion, Meng Po crippled Sima Pudu and defeated Wang Qilin, provoking anger among Lin'an's cultivators.
• An Le rejected Meng Po's challenge letter, and Gu Naihe urged Meng Po to kill An Le for Xiliang's glory.
• After further training, An Le left his courtyard for a tavern in Yanchun Lane.
• Meng Po threatened the tavern patrons to force An Le to fight, but An Le dispelled his killing intent and summoned the Youth Yuan Emperor battle puppet to face him.

An Le’s Battle Puppet killed Meng Po after Meng Po threatened the tavern, revealing the danger An Le posed to the gathered factions. An Le then chose Fusong Mountain as the place to converse with the Sacred Teacher, and the world’s young prodigies raced after him as he began the climb.

• Meng Po challenged An Le at the tavern, but An Le’s Battle Puppet defeated him and killed him while the Sixth Mountain Lord held back a Xiliang Ninth Realm expert.
• An Le calmed the tavern’s patrons with his Heart Sword, while the Sixth Mountain Lord and the gathered factions considered the puppet’s power and An Le’s growing threat.
• The Sixth Mountain Lord took An Le outside Lin’an to choose a mountain for his conversation with the Sacred Teacher and the Seventh Mountain.
• The geniuses of Yuan Meng, Western Liang, Dali, the Buddhist temples, and Daoist sects gathered outside the city as An Le surveyed the revealed mountains.
• An Le chose Fusong Mountain and raced there with Qingshan, while the other prodigies pursued him and began competing on the road.
• An Le reached Fusong Mountain, reopened his umbrella, and began climbing to speak with the Sacred Teacher.

An Le summoned the six Sacred Mountains to raise Fú Sōng Mountain as the Seventh Mountain, and the Sacred Teacher returned to the Human World to meet him. The chapter ended with the Sacred Teacher accepting An Le’s Old Yellow Wine and praising its taste of everyday life.

• An Le climbed Fú Sōng Mountain while Tie Lie, Gu Huangquan, Gu Naihe, and the other gathered geniuses watched from below; the Sixth Mountain Lord prevented Gu Huangquan from entering.
• An Le sat beneath the Welcoming Pine, considered his questions and the Future Sword Qi, then called to the Sacred Teacher while sending Bamboo Sword Green Mountain’s Sword Qi into the clouds.
• The Mountain Lords summoned the six Sacred Mountains, which raised Fú Sōng Mountain into the sky and established it as the Seventh Mountain.
• The Sacred Teacher appeared as a vast, star-filled presence and descended to the Human World, drawing the attention of powerful figures and rulers across the land.
• The Yuan Meng Emperor tried to break through the Tenth Realm, failed, and resolved to seek the ninth dragon vein beneath Mount Li.
• The Sacred Teacher appeared beside An Le, drank his Old Yellow Wine, and praised its taste of the human world.

An Le spoke with the Sacred Teacher on Fú Sōng Mountain, learning about the Power of Time, the Sacred Mountains, and the forces shaping the human world while receiving guidance on his swordsmanship. The Sacred Teacher brought him into the past for a final meal and asked whether he would sacrifice himself to save the world; An Le refused, then used Time Qi to grasp and drink the wine.

• The Sacred Teacher explained that Fú Sōng Mountain had been chosen as the Seventh Mountain, and the six Mountain Lords sent strands of their Primordial Spirits to it.
• An Le told the Sacred Teacher he had seen Great Zhao fall, and the Sacred Teacher said the future held many possibilities and that Sacred Mountain would not interfere in dynastic changes.
• The Sacred Teacher described the immortal realm’s different flow of time, urged An Le to master the Power of Time, and guided him to unite his Red Heart and Mountains and Rivers Sword Intents.
• The Sacred Teacher explained how the Nine Cauldrons, dragon vein fortune, and the calamity five thousand years earlier had shaped cultivation and the major martial forces.
• After finishing An Le’s wine, the Sacred Teacher took him to a roadside tavern from the distant past and asked if he would die to save the world; An Le said he was unwilling.
• An Le used Time Qi to grasp the ancient wine bowl and drank its wine as the Sacred Teacher watched in surprise.

After speaking with the Sacred Teacher, An Le gained control of Time Qi and learned that he could claim the Sacred Teacher’s gift by becoming Seventh Mountain Lord. The Sixth Mountain’s trial opened, and An Le broke through into the Sixth Realm as he began ascending the mountain.

• Tie Lie and the other gathered geniuses waited for the Sacred Teacher’s conversation with An Le to end, while Ye Wenxi vowed to challenge An Le when Seventh Mountain opened.
• An Le drank wine with the Sacred Teacher across time, learned to wield Time Qi, and received a promise of a gift if he became Seventh Mountain Lord.
• The Sacred Teacher departed, and An Le returned to the foot of Fú Sōng Mountain, where the gathered geniuses assembled for the contest.
• The Sixth Mountain Lord announced six trials, then expelled the Xiliang geniuses who rushed into the forest without showing courtesy.
• Gu Huangquan, Gu Naihe, and An Le entered the forest and drew increasing amounts of Sword Qi; three thousand strands answered An Le as he broke through to the Sixth Realm and ascended Seventh Mountain.

An Le passed the Sixth Mountain Lord’s trial by grinding away all three thousand strands of Crimson Dust Sword Qi, breaking through to Sixth Realm Spirit Refinement and continuing up Fú Sōng Mountain. At the next checkpoints, he defeated Qin Hua'an and earned a broken Mountain Lord Token, then faced Gu Huangquan and Lanke Temple’s worldly walker in a contest for another token.

• An Le endured and ground away three thousand strands of Crimson Dust Sword Qi, transforming his Heart Sword and breaking through to Sixth Realm Spirit Refinement.
• Ge Xiao'e emerged first from the sword forest, followed by Young Guanyin and then An Le; Zhao Huangting welcomed An Le among the true great cultivators.
• At the Fifth Mountain Lord’s checkpoint, Qin Hua'an broke through to the Sixth Realm and attacked An Le, but An Le defeated him in one move, shattering Qin Hua'an’s Dao Heart and earning a broken Mountain Lord Token.
• Across the mountain, Tie Lie defeated Wang Qilin, Bo Qi fought Ye Wenxi, and other geniuses clashed under the Fifth Mountain Lord’s rules.
• An Le reached the Fourth Mountain Lord’s checkpoint, where he, Gu Huangquan, and Lanke Temple’s worldly walker competed for a single token; An Le unleashed his sword qi, rosy light, and golden Invincible Momentum against them.