Chapter Summaries

The Qingyun Sect returned to Great Bamboo Peak after its victory at Flowing Wave Mountain, where Ye Xuan’s overwhelming sword strike had left Su Ru worried and Tian Buyi demanding answers. When Tian Buyi confronted Ye Xuan about his cultivation and attack, Ye Xuan began an explanation by pointing to Zhang Xiaofan’s rapid improvement.

• Ye Xuan joked with Zhang Xiaofan and the other Great Bamboo Peak disciples as the Qingyun Sect flew home from Flowing Wave Mountain.
• Dao Xuan Zhenren summoned Tian Buyi, Cang Song, and Shuiyue to Yuqing Hall, while Su Ru led the disciples back to Great Bamboo Peak to rest.
• Zhang Xiaofan reunited with Big Yellow and Little Gray, and the disciples settled back into their usual routines.
• Tian Buyi arrived at Shou Jing Hall and checked Ye Xuan’s pulse, then demanded to know why his cultivation had fallen despite his powerful sword strike against the Ghost King.
• Ye Xuan told Tian Buyi that Zhang Xiaofan’s rapid cultivation progress was connected to his own situation.

Ye Xuan told Tian Buyi that he and Zhang Xiaofan had found the First Volume of the Heavenly Book in the Blood Dripping Cave, then explained his apparent cultivation regression as a risky refinement of his power. Tian Buyi agreed to keep the secret, and Ye Xuan left Shou Jing Hall to find Zhang Xiaofan, who had heard Tian Buyi yelling.

• Ye Xuan told Tian Buyi and Su Ru that he and Zhang Xiaofan had found the First Volume of the Heavenly Book in the Blood Dripping Cave.
• Ye Xuan showed Tian Buyi his condensed energy and claimed that insights from the Heavenly Book had led him to refine his cultivation.
• Tian Buyi scolded Ye Xuan for taking a dangerous risk, then told him to keep the Heavenly Book secret and let others believe his cultivation had been damaged.
• Tian Buyi told Ye Xuan to consult him before taking such risks, and Ye Xuan left Shou Jing Hall feeling reassured.
• Zhang Xiaofan met Ye Xuan outside and asked whether Tian Buyi had punished him, saying he had heard Tian Buyi yelling.

Ye Xuan used his Enlightenment Opportunity to deepen his understanding of the Heavenly Cycle Qi Cultivation Technique, triggering a spectacular surge of spiritual energy as his acupoints began to awaken. Tian Buyi and Su Ru arrived at the Black Bamboo Forest and saw the phenomenon, leaving Tian Buyi to conceal it from the other peak leaders.

• Ye Xuan told Zhang Xiaofan that Tian Buyi's shouting had been voice training, then went to his room and resolved to become stronger.
• Three days later, Ye Xuan used his Enlightenment Opportunity in the Black Bamboo Forest and focused his comprehension on the Heavenly Cycle Qi Cultivation Technique.
• After two days of meditation, Ye Xuan's first acupoint opened and began drawing in spiritual energy from across Great Bamboo Peak.
• Tian Buyi and Su Ru sensed the energy rushing toward the back mountain and hurried to the Black Bamboo Forest.
• Tian Buyi saw the spiritual energy pouring into Ye Xuan and raised barriers to hide the spectacle from the other peak leaders.

Ye Xuan reached the peak of Qi Transformation to Spirit after absorbing a vast storm of spiritual qi, while Tian Buyi and Su Ru protected him. The next morning, Tian Buyi took him to Heaven-Piercing Peak for an unexplained matter troubling the Qingyun Sect.

• Ye Xuan comprehended the Heavenly Cycle Qi Cultivation Technique more deeply, broke through acupoint barriers, and spent a day and night absorbing spiritual qi.
• Tian Buyi and Su Ru kept watch over Ye Xuan, while Tian Buyi ordered Song Daren and the other disciples to stay away from the back mountain.
• Ye Xuan emerged at the peak of Qi Transformation to Spirit, reaching the ninth level of the Shangqing Realm with power that could rival newly entered Taiqing Realm experts.
• Tian Buyi told Ye Xuan to stabilize his cultivation, and Ye Xuan sensed his master's pride beneath his stern warnings.
• Tian Buyi woke Ye Xuan the next morning and took him to Heaven-Piercing Peak, warning him to stay silent about whatever he saw or heard.

Dao Xuan Zhenren summoned the Seven Peak leaders and revealed that the four major Demon Cults were gathering near Qingyun to kill Ye Xuan because they feared his potential. As Shuiyue questioned how they could hope to overcome Qingyun’s defenses, the leaders began to suspect that someone inside the sect was helping them.

• Tian Buyi and Ye Xuan arrived at Yuqing Hall, where Dao Xuan Zhenren called Ye Xuan to stand before the gathered peak leaders.
• Dao Xuan Zhenren announced that the Ghost King Sect, Myriad Poisons Sect, Hehuan Sect, and Longevity Hall were secretly assembling near the Qingyun Mountain Range to kill Ye Xuan.
• Tian Buyi erupted in anger and threatened to attack the Demon Cults, but Dao Xuan Zhenren explained that Ye Xuan’s strike against the Ghost King at Flowing Wave Mountain had frightened them.
• Shuiyue questioned how the Demon Cults could overcome Qingyun’s defenses and suggested that someone inside the sect might be aiding them.
• The peak leaders’ gazes turned toward Daoist Cangsong as they considered who might be the suspected insider.

Cang Song revealed that he had been secretly working with Daoxuan to lure the Four Major Demonic Sects into a trap, and Qingyun Sect prepared to use Ye Xuan as bait. As the battle approached, Ye Xuan wondered whether the Demonic Sect’s attack on Qingyun Mountain was inevitable.

• Cang Song admitted that he had promised Poison God he would open a breach behind Heaven-Piercing Peak, but said he intended to use the promise to draw the Demonic Sect into an ambush.
• Cang Song explained that he had changed his mind because Ye Xuan reminded him of Wan Jianyi, and Daoxuan assigned the peak leaders positions for the Demon-Slaying plan.
• Daoxuan told Ye Xuan that he would serve as bait, and Ye Xuan accepted the danger confidently.
• Cang Song warned Ye Xuan about Poison God and Yu Yangzi and urged him to stay alive.
• Tian Buyi took Ye Xuan back toward Great Bamboo Peak and ordered him to remain in Black Bamboo Forest during the battle.
• Ye Xuan reflected that the Demonic Sect was still attacking Qingyun Mountain even without Zhang Xiaofan, and wondered whether fate could be escaped.

Tian Buyi recalled Great Bamboo Peak’s disciples and ordered them to cultivate in seclusion because he feared they would be endangered in the coming battle. Ye Xuan claimed he could make a pill that would greatly increase cultivation, then revealed that the needed ingredients were in Tian Buyi’s private medicinal garden.

• Tian Buyi warned Ye Xuan to stay away from Cang Song and brought him back to Shou Jing Hall.
• Tian Buyi rang the bell and summoned Great Bamboo Peak’s disciples, then ordered them to stop their chores and cultivate in seclusion.
• Tian Buyi asked Ye Xuan whether he could make a pill that would advance cultivation by decades, and Ye Xuan said he knew the recipe.
• Ye Xuan explained that the pill required rare, old medicinal ingredients and pointed out that Tian Buyi’s private garden contained what they needed.

Ye Xuan persuaded Tian Buyi to let him harvest the medicinal garden to make Heavenly Sun Pills for Great Bamboo Peak’s disciples. After stripping the garden nearly bare, Ye Xuan began refining the pills in secret, leaving the result uncertain.

• Ye Xuan told Tian Buyi that the garden’s rare herbs could be used to refine Heavenly Sun Pills and improve the senior brothers’ cultivation.
• Tian Buyi reluctantly gave Ye Xuan permission to take the herbs, asking him to leave a root behind.
• Ye Xuan broke through the garden’s arrays and harvested almost every medicinal plant, while Tian Buyi watched helplessly from behind a tree.
• Ye Xuan returned to his room, set up barriers, and brought out the Myriad Ancient Cauldron.
• Ye Xuan put the gathered ingredients into the cauldron and started refining them with golden flames.

Ye Xuan finished refining Heavenly Sun Pills and distributed one to each of his fellow disciples, who began cultivating in seclusion. As the pills’ power took effect, Song Daren and Du Bishu struggled through its fierce heat, while Zhang Xiaofan’s Heavenly Tome guided the medicinal power and rapidly advanced his cultivation.

• Song Daren and Du Bishu waited anxiously outside Ye Xuan’s room until the pills’ powerful fragrance escaped through the door.
• Ye Xuan emerged and gave each disciple a Heavenly Sun Pill, warning them to cultivate in seclusion before its medicinal power dissipated.
• Song Daren swallowed his pill and endured its burning force as it pushed against his Yuqing Realm bottleneck.
• Du Bishu struggled through the pill’s painful effects but felt his long-stalled realm begin to loosen.
• Zhang Xiaofan’s Heavenly Tome drew in the pill’s yang energy, rapidly raising him from the late seventh layer to the early eighth layer of the Yuqing Realm.

Ye Xuan’s pill helped Great Bamboo Peak’s disciples achieve dramatic breakthroughs overnight, leaving Tian Buyi convinced the peak could dominate the Seven Peaks Martial Arts Tournament. The disciples celebrated their new strength while Ye Xuan remained asleep.

• Tian Buyi watched over the disciples as they cultivated and complained that Ye Xuan had used up his precious Purple Gold Ginseng.
• At sunrise, Song Daren and the other disciples emerged with greatly improved cultivation, including Song Daren at the peak of the ninth layer of the Yuqing Realm.
• Tian Ling'er reached the early ninth layer, Lin Jingyu reached the mid-ninth layer, and Zhang Xiaofan also reached the early ninth layer.
• Tian Buyi checked the disciples’ cultivation and rejoiced at their progress, then ordered them to wash while telling everyone not to disturb Ye Xuan.
• Tian Buyi celebrated Great Bamboo Peak’s new strength, though he still lamented the emptied herb garden before declaring the expense worthwhile.

Tian Buyi learned that the demonic sect had targeted Ye Xuan and led Great Bamboo Peak’s disciples to defend the Black Bamboo Forest. Poison God arrived with a large force, but Tian Buyi claimed Cang Song had lured them into a trap and prepared to wipe them out.

• Chang Jian delivered Dao Xuan Zhenren’s urgent summons to Tian Buyi.
• Tian Buyi told Great Bamboo Peak’s disciples that the demonic sect planned to kill Ye Xuan and led them to the Black Bamboo Forest to form a defensive array.
• Poison God arrived with more than a hundred Myriad Poisons Sect disciples and demanded that Tian Buyi hand over Ye Xuan.
• Poison God claimed Cang Song had betrayed the Qingyun Sect and revealed the route to Great Bamboo Peak.
• Tian Buyi dismissed Poison God’s claim and declared that Cang Song had lured the demonic sect into a trap.

The Demonic Cult attacked Great Bamboo Peak, but its disciples held their own thanks to their greatly increased strength. Ye Xuan emerged and turned the battle around, trapping Poison God and the surviving attackers as they tried to flee.

• Tian Buyi ordered Great Bamboo Peak’s disciples to attack, and Song Daren, Lin Jingyu, Tian Ling'er, and Zhang Xiaofan fought off the Demonic Cult experts.
• Tian Buyi and Poison God clashed while Great Bamboo Peak’s disciples overwhelmed their opponents, leaving more than a dozen Demonic Cult members dead.
• Poison God released Corrosive Bone and Heart-Eroding Mist and ordered his followers to capture Ye Xuan, but Ye Xuan absorbed the poison and sent it back, killing a Demonic Cult Protector.
• Ye Xuan stepped forward and caused the broken bamboo to impale the Demonic Cult members who had not escaped.
• Poison God tried to flee with the survivors, but Ye Xuan summoned Chang Qing Sword and sealed the space for a hundred miles in every direction.

Ye Xuan trapped Poison God at Great Bamboo Peak and unleashed the Divine Sword Thunder Control True Art, destroying his life-bound treasure and leaving him badly injured. Poison God survived and begged to leave, while Ye Xuan realized the old demon had endured the attack.

• Ye Xuan used Sword Qi to lock the area and prevent Poison God from escaping.
• Poison God attacked with Myriad Poisons Corpse Qi, but Ye Xuan summoned a sea of thunder that vaporized it.
• Poison God used his Myriad Poisons Divine Seal to defend himself, but the lightning shattered it and blasted him into a crater.
• Poison God survived the attack and begged Ye Xuan to let him leave, promising that Myriad Poisons Sect would keep its distance from Great Bamboo Peak.

Ye Xuan killed the Poison God at Great Bamboo Peak, ending the immediate threat there. Tian Buyi and Su Ru then headed with him to reinforce Heaven-Piercing Peak, where the Four Major Demonic Sects were attacking and the Ghost King demanded that Dao Xuan hand over Ye Xuan.

• Ye Xuan rejected the Poison God's offer of a secret and killed him with three lightning strikes.
• The Great Bamboo Peak disciples realized Ye Xuan had slain the Poison God, while Tian Buyi collected the fallen treasures and Su Ru checked on Ye Xuan.
• Tian Buyi led Ye Xuan and the others toward Heaven-Piercing Peak to reinforce the Qingyun Sect's defenders.
• The Four Major Demonic Sects' forces attacked Heaven-Piercing Peak, where Dao Xuan and Cang Song faced the Ghost King and his demand for Ye Xuan.

Daoxuan rejected Wan Renwang’s demand and led the Qingyun Sect in defending Heaven-Piercing Peak against the Ghost King Sect. After Daoxuan gained the upper hand, Ghost King sacrificed his own essence blood to unleash the Dragon Subduing Cauldron’s formation, which drained the life from Qingyun disciples and strengthened him.

• Daoxuan refused to hand Ye Xuan over, and Wan Renwang ordered the Demonic Sect forces to attack Yuqing Hall.
• Daoist Cangsong charged into the enemy ranks with the Divine Sword Thunder Control True Art, but the Four Holy Envoys confronted him.
• Qi Hao tried to hold the defensive line as the Ghost King Sect overwhelmed the Qingyun Sect disciples.
• Daoxuan fought Wan Renwang in midair, injured him with the Seven Star Sword Style, and rallied the Qingyun defenders.
• Wan Renwang poured his essence blood onto the Dragon Subduing Cauldron and unleashed a vast formation that drained the essence blood of Qingyun disciples and empowered him.

Daoxuan summoned the Zhu Xian Ancient Sword and unleashed the Zhu Xian Sword Formation, driving Ghost King and the surviving demonic cultists from Qingyun Sect. After the battle, Ye Xuan sensed the sword’s vicious Killing Intent and reflected that its borrowed power came with a dangerous backlash.

• The Water Qilin brought Daoxuan the Zhu Xian Ancient Sword, and Daoxuan summoned the Zhu Xian Sword Formation above Heaven-Piercing Peak.
• Daoxuan’s sword rain devastated the demonic cultists, forcing Ghost King to flee with the surviving Four Great Envoys and core members.
• Fairy Sanmiao abandoned her forces and fled Small Bamboo Peak after sensing the sword pressure from Heaven-Piercing Peak.
• Tian Buyi and Ye Xuan arrived at Heaven-Piercing Peak after the fighting, and Daoxuan withdrew the Zhu Xian Ancient Sword into the Water Qilin’s care.
• Ye Xuan sensed the sword’s vicious Killing Intent and recognized the danger of relying on power borrowed from a magical artifact.

After surviving the battle against the Demon Sect with the help of Ye Xuan’s miraculous healing pills, Qingyun Sect recovered while Ye Xuan cultivated in seclusion. He broke through to Spirit Refinement to Void, revealed his immortal cultivation art to Tian Buyi and Daoxuan, and left Daoxuan to test its conversion in seclusion.

• Ye Xuan gave Tian Buyi healing pills that saved nearly all of Qingyun Sect’s severely wounded disciples and reduced casualties by seventy percent.
• A year later, Ye Xuan broke through to Spirit Refinement to Void in the Black Bamboo Forest, astonishing Tian Buyi, Su Ru, and the other disciples.
• Ye Xuan told Tian Buyi that he cultivated the Heavenly Cycle Qi Refinement Art, which used magic power and offered a path to immortality.
• Tian Buyi brought Ye Xuan to Daoxuan, who sensed the power of Ye Xuan’s magic power and read the cultivation formula on a jade slip.
• Daoxuan decided to be the first to convert his cultivation, hoping to cure the Zhu Xian baleful qi within him, and entered seclusion.

Daoxuan transformed his cultivation and led the Qingyun Sect in replacing its old techniques with Ye Xuan’s Heavenly Cycle Qi Refinement Art, making the sect the realm’s dominant power. After reaching the Earth Immortal realm and surviving a heavenly tribulation, Ye Xuan ascended to the Immortal Realm, leaving Qingyun Sect to continue its path of cultivation.

• Daoxuan converted his true essence into Magic Power, defeated Cang Song with a tree branch, and ordered the Qingyun Sect to adopt the Heavenly Cycle Qi Refinement Art.
• Ye Xuan helped the sect complete its transformation, and Qingyun’s disciples grew stronger as the demonic sects were eradicated and the realm came to peace.
• After years of secluded cultivation, Ye Xuan reached Void Integration with Dao and sensed events across the Divine Land.
• Twenty years later, Ye Xuan faced a heavenly tribulation, shattered its lightning with the Myriad Ancient Cauldron, and split the clouds with the Chang Qing Sword.
• Ye Xuan reached the Earth Immortal realm, bid farewell to Qingyun Sect, and ascended to the Immortal Realm.