Chapter Summaries

Wang Xian used his first two sword strikes to wound the old man and break his spirit sword, forcing him to transform into a giant demon centipede. After trapping the old man with a formation, Wang Xian prepared to unleash his final strike, One Sword Devours Souls.

• The old man snapped Wang Xian’s spirit sword, but Wang Xian drew a golden sword and challenged him to withstand three strikes.
• Wang Xian’s One Sword No Trace cut the old man’s sleeve and drew blood.
• Wang Xian’s One Sword Startles Gods shattered the old man’s spirit sword and sent him flying.
• The old man transformed into a giant centipede and used his soul-summoning banner to gather black mist and threaten the group.
• Wang Xian revealed that he had trapped the old man with a Daoist formation, then announced his third sword, One Sword Devours Souls.

Wang Xian killed the Thousand-Legged Demon Centipede and rescued Chen Xiaoyu’s little sister, but the group’s refuge on Black Wind Mountain was interrupted when Chen Ling’er began undergoing heavenly tribulation. The chapter ended as the first bolt of lightning struck Chen Ling’er.

• The Thousand-Legged Demon Centipede forced its way through Wang Xian’s trapping formations, but the final formation’s burning talismans ignited its Soul-Summoning Banner and body.
• Wang Xian struck the burning demon centipede with a Soul-Devouring Strike, draining its Divine Soul and life force until it became a skeleton.
• Wang Xian recovered the Storage Ring and returned it to Chen Xiaoyu, while little Xiangxiang asked whether he was a demon.
• Chen Ling’er revealed that she was about to break through, and little Xiangxiang led the group to a large cave where they could shelter for the night.
• Chen Ling’er’s spiritual energy surged, black clouds gathered over Black Wind Mountain, and the first bolt of tribulation lightning struck her, staining her clothes with blood.

Wang Xian helped Chen Ling'er survive her tribulation and continued toward Giant Dragon City with her, Chen Xiaoyu, and Xiangxiang. That night, he faced a horde of ghosts controlled by four shadowy figures and summoned nine talisman lotuses to attack them.

• Wang Xian gave Chen Ling'er Peace Talismans, which helped shield her from the tribulation bolts as Chen Xiaoyu and Xiangxiang watched.
• Chen Ling'er completed her tribulation, reached the second stage of Spirit Transformation, and learned that Wang Xian had come from another world rather than ascending as a cultivator.
• Chen Ling'er rested in a cave while Wang Xian set up formations outside and kept watch through the night.
• A black mist spread through the mountains as a straw-hatted figure and a horde of vengeful ghosts approached Wang Xian's camp.
• Wang Xian fought off the ghosts with his golden sword, then faced four shadowy figures using talismans to empower the spirits.
• Wang Xian formed a hand seal and sent nine paper swords transformed into lotus flowers toward the ghosts.

Wang Xian fought a group of demons and their human disguises in the mountains, killing their attackers and trapping three survivors. When they revealed their monstrous forms and overwhelmed him with sinister wind and a sword strike, he invoked a scripture and summoned a golden Buddha.

• Wang Xian slew the pursuing boar and tiger demons, then used burning lotus flowers, grass-formed sword attacks, and dragon flame to destroy waves of ghosts and vengeful spirits.
• A disheveled woman disguised as a human stabbed Wang Xian's afterimage, but his golden sword pierced her chest, and she died before transforming into a giant white fox.
• Wang Xian taunted the three surviving demons, who became trapped in his formation as they tried to attack him with arrows and swords.
• The black-clad woman crossed the formation and attacked Wang Xian, but her sword passed through his waterlike illusion while the other two tried to burn or break the trap.
• The middle-aged man transformed into a flood dragon and the fat man into a mountain ghoul, who unleashed sinister wind as the woman attacked again.
• Wang Xian recited a Buddhist incantation, summoning a golden Buddha with a golden sword and lotus pedestal before the bonfire.

Wang Xian fought the woman in black, the mountain demon, and the black dragon while transformed into a great Buddha, using trapping formations and powerful sword techniques. After killing the woman and grievously wounding the other two demons with a sword strike that questioned Heaven, he soared into the ninth heaven and prepared to strike again.

• Wang Xian deflected the woman in black's attacks, shattered her spirit sword, and trapped the mountain demon and dragon in formations.
• The woman in black transformed into a serpent and attacked Wang Xian with a poisoned dagger, but he killed her with golden swords.
• The black dragon broke free and attacked with fire, while the mountain demon destroyed the trapping formation and charged Wang Xian with his banner.
• Wang Xian unleashed a sword strike that questioned Heaven, pierced the mountain demon, split his banner, and wounded the black dragon.
• Wang Xian flew into the ninth heaven, turned back toward the dying demons, and shouted, "One Sword, Flying Immortal!"

Wang Xian killed the black dragon and mountain spirit, then continued toward Giant Dragon City with Chen Ling'er, Chen Xiaoyu, and Little Xiangxiang. After teaching Xiangxiang a spell and carving it into a peachwood sword, he watched the sword vanish into her body and wondered what power she possessed.

• Wang Xian used Ximen Tinghua's sword strike to destroy the black dragon and mountain spirit, then worried about the dangers of the Demon Realm.
• Chen Ling'er woke from a dream of reaching the Spirit Transformation realm and found Little Xiangxiang biting her neck while sleepwalking.
• Wang Xian led the group out of Blackwind Mountain, and Xiangxiang's nighttime fits later forced him to confine her in a formation.
• Wang Xian carved a peachwood sword with a spell and taught Xiangxiang to recite it, promising her treats to keep her practicing.
• At an inn in Namwood Town, Xiangxiang's peachwood sword disappeared into her body, and Wang Xian suspected the scripture had entered her sea of consciousness.

Chen Ling'er faced Old Du, a Nine Nether Mountain assassin sent to kill her, while Wang Xian watched from a distance and promised to help. When Old Du sensed that Chen Ling'er had broken through to a higher tier of Spirit Transformation, their duel was about to begin.

• Wang Xian took Xiangxiang and Chen Xiaoyu shopping, then sensed that someone was about to fight at the inn.
• Old Du entered the rear courtyard and confronted Chen Ling'er, who secretly asked Wang Xian for help.
• Wang Xian told Chen Ling'er to face Old Du first and promised to intervene if needed.
• Old Du asked Chen Ling'er to fight him outside, and she went to the wasteland where he waited.
• As Old Du prepared to strike, he realized Chen Ling'er had broken through and roared in alarm.

Chen Ling'er fought Old Du, a gold-medal assassin who had reached the Spirit Transformation realm, while Wang Xian coached her from afar. After she turned the lake’s raindrops into sword attacks, Old Du transformed into a green flood dragon and collided with her above the water, leaving their fate unresolved.

• Wang Xian reassured Chen Xiaoyu that Chen Ling'er would survive and set an iron bow and bamboo arrow beside the table.
• Chen Ling'er declared that she would leave the assassins and fought Old Du, who shattered her sword and wounded her with his first strike.
• Wang Xian told Chen Ling'er to stop watching Old Du’s sword and focus on delivering her own killing strike.
• Chen Ling'er regained her composure and used Willow Sway, Flowers Part to confuse Old Du with afterimages.
• Wang Xian urged Chen Ling'er to use anything in heaven and earth as her sword, and she turned lake droplets into a barrage that pierced Old Du.
• Old Du transformed into a green flood dragon and collided with Chen Ling'er in midair, sending them hurtling toward the lake.

Chen Ling'er and Old Du fought a desperate battle that carried them from the shore into the lake, where fish, wounds, and underwater swordplay left both badly injured. Chen Ling'er emerged and faced Old Du again, while Wang Xian set out to watch; the chapter ended with Old Du shouting for her to stop.

• Chen Ling'er dragged Old Du into the lake and used her fingers as a sword after realizing his spirit sword was ineffective underwater.
• Wang Xian told Xiangxiang he would teach her sword techniques to keep her alive, then took her and Chen Xiaoyu to watch the fight.
• Chen Ling'er and Old Du exchanged ruthless attacks as fish swarmed their wounds, and Old Du seized her foot to drag her toward the lakebed.
• Chen Ling'er broke free, formed a sword from the water, and burst onto shore, while Old Du emerged from the lake covered in wounds.
• Chen Ling'er pointed her sword at Old Du, who clutched his chest and shouted for her to stop.

Chen Ling'er fought Old Du by the lake, where unseen talismanic sword qi cut off his sword arm and the two became locked in a brutal brawl. Wang Xian brought Xiangxiang back to the inn and decided to train her in sword combat, while Chen Ling'er remained gravely injured and unable to finish Old Du.

• Chen Ling'er confronted Old Du by the lake and warned him that he could not reach the young man she had mentioned.
• Old Du attacked Chen Ling'er, whose sword-light joined with talismanic intent spreading from Wang Xian's courtyard.
• An unseen strand of sword qi severed Old Du's sword arm, but his punch sent Chen Ling'er flying and their fight turned into a naked, mud-covered struggle.
• Chen Ling'er wounded Old Du in the chest, but he kicked her into a tree and escaped into the lake as she called for help.
• Wang Xian took Xiangxiang back to the inn, arranged hot water for Chen Ling'er, and told Xiangxiang he would teach her to become stronger.

Chen Ling'er killed Old Du by combining her body with her sword, while Wang Xian explained how the talismanic intent already inside Old Du had caused his death. Afterward, Wang Xian prepared medicinal baths for Chen Ling'er and the little girl, and Chen Xiaoyu took her sister inside to soak.

• Chen Ling'er remembered that an assassin had to become a sword and prepared to face Old Du again.
• Old Du charged Chen Ling'er, but she pierced his chest with a lightning-fast sword strike.
• The talismanic intent inside Old Du turned into spiritual swords and burst through his body, killing him in a shower of golden light and blood.
• Chen Ling'er picked up Old Du's Storage Ring and went to wash, while Wang Xian sent her Chen Xiaoyu's clothes.
• Wang Xian prepared medicinal baths for Chen Ling'er and the little girl, and Chen Xiaoyu carried her sister into the room for an hour-long soak.
• As Wang Xian drank tea beneath the eaves, the little girl screamed for help.

Wang Xian made Chen Ling'er and Xiangxiang temper their bodies, helping both girls grow stronger while he planned to teach Xiangxiang swordsmanship and the Dao Scripture. In Dragon City, Chu Jingyun left the Great General's estate to carry out a troubling order, while its chief steward prepared to retire; Chen Ling'er later woke healed and at the third level of Spirit Transformation, only to be asked to share the slain assassin's money.

• Wang Xian made Chen Ling'er temper her body, and she endured the painful treatment while Xiangxiang and Chen Xiaoyu listened to her complaints.
• Chu Jingyun left the Great General's estate to carry out the Great General's order, while the chief steward said he would retire to his hometown.
• Wang Xian rested at the inn and discovered that Xiangxiang had reached the Golden Core realm after body tempering.
• Wang Xian told Xiangxiang he would teach her scriptures, writing, and swordsmanship, and Chen Xiaoyu agreed to make sure she practiced.
• Chen Ling'er woke healed and at the third level of Spirit Transformation, then came out unclothed and was urged to split the slain assassin's money with Chen Xiaoyu and Xiangxiang.

Wang Xian and the girls divided the assassin Old Du’s wealth, then he taught Li Xiang'er about his master and began guiding her in copying scriptures and practicing swordsmanship. The group decided to leave the next morning, while Wang Xian promised to teach Li Xiang'er to write a Peace Talisman before his own unfinished obligations took him away.

• Chen Xiaoyu insisted that Chen Ling'er share the Storage Ring’s wealth with Wang Xian, and Chen Ling'er agreed to divide the spoils four ways.
• Li Xiang'er stopped copying the Dao Scripture to help count the treasure, and Chen Ling'er kept Wang Xian’s remaining share for him.
• Wang Xian decided the group would rest one more day and leave for Giant Dragon City the following morning.
• Wang Xian gave Li Xiang'er his wooden sword and explained how his master had taught him through copying the Dao Scripture.
• Wang Xian demonstrated sword strokes and promised to teach Li Xiang'er to write a Peace Talisman, while Chen Ling'er protested his teasing about her fight with Old Du.

Wang Xian taught Chen Xiang'er scriptures and talismans while traveling toward Giant Dragon City with Chen Xiaoyu and Chen Ling'er. After her Peace Talisman cut down a tree and attracted demon beasts, they encountered a strange old man and a black flood dragon, whose roar suggested more danger was coming.

• Wang Xian began teaching Chen Xiang'er the Undying Scripture and decided to reveal its secret only after they left Giant Dragon City.
• Chen Xiang'er gave Wang Xian a golden lotus seed from her grandmaster's Storage Ring and joked about robbing bad people with him.
• Wang Xian demonstrated Chen Xiang'er's Peace Talisman by turning it into a sword that cut down a thousand-year-old tree, drawing demon beasts toward them.
• An old man appeared beside the fallen tree and demanded compensation, then claimed to be the local mountain god and urged Wang Xian to fight a black flood dragon.
• The black flood dragon called for its companions, and another shrill roar sounded through the forest as the old man urged Wang Xian and the girls to flee.

Chen Ling'er fought the black ape while Wang Xian waited for the black flood dragon to attack. When the flood dragon struck, Wang Xian unleashed a petal-like sword technique that chopped it into a skeleton, then sent the flying petals toward the stunned black ape.

• Chen Ling'er faced the black ape to overcome her fear of the black flood dragon, and the ape wounded her with a punch as she cut its face with her spirit sword.
• Chen Ling'er traded blows with the ape, knocking it off balance with a punch and charging again with a second spirit sword.
• The black ape uprooted a tree and swept it at Chen Ling'er, forcing Wang Xian to leap clear as the black flood dragon attacked.
• Wang Xian slashed with a paper sword, turning windblown leaves into petals that pierced and sliced apart the black flood dragon.
• The flood dragon crashed to the ground as a heap of bones, while its blood drenched Chen Ling'er and the sisters and Wang Xian's petals continued toward the black ape.

Wang Xian killed the black flood dragon and black ape, then led the Chen sisters and Chen Xiang'er onward while considering how to use the beasts’ cores and essence blood. Chen Xiaoyu decided she wanted to refine a demon core to protect her sister, leaving Wang Xian to advise her.

• Wang Xian killed the black flood dragon with his golden sword, took its dragon pearl, and burned its remains.
• The black ape chased Chen Ling'er, but Wang Xian’s windblown petals shredded it before his sword cut off its head.
• Wang Xian collected the black ape’s demon core and left with the four women, while the old man stayed behind, afraid to pursue them.
• At a mountain stream, Chen Ling'er and Chen Xiaoyu discussed how tempering Chen Xiang'er with demon-beast essence blood might change her constitution.
• Chen Xiaoyu told Chen Ling'er she wanted to refine one of Wang Xian’s demon cores and grow strong enough to protect her younger sister.

Wang Xian refused to let the Mountain God take Xiangxiang as his disciple and killed him with a lightning-fast sword strike. He claimed the old man's Flood Dragon's pearl and set off with Chen Ling'er, Chen Xiaoyu, and Xiangxiang.

• Wang Xian offered Chen Xiaoyu and Xiangxiang one demon core each, then promised Xiangxiang his golden sword if she diligently practiced and copied the scripture.
• A white-bearded Mountain God blocked the road and demanded the demon cores or Xiangxiang as his disciple, offering a Flood Dragon's pearl in exchange.
• Xiangxiang recognized the old man as the one who had sent two demonic beasts after Wang Xian and urged her master to cut him down.
• The Mountain God boasted that Wang Xian's sword could not harm him, but Wang Xian struck with a black flash of lightning and destroyed his Violet Palace and Divine Platform.
• As the Mountain God died, he handed Wang Xian the Flood Dragon's pearl, and Wang Xian told Chen Ling'er to bring the horse so they could leave.

Wang Xian took his companions to Lotus Town, where he treated Chen Ling'er's injuries and gave Chen Xiaoyu a demon core. When Xiangxiang's pearl entered her body, spirit wine made her erupt in flames, leaving Wang Xian startled.

• Wang Xian left the old man alive after their clash and continued toward Lotus Town with Chen Ling'er, Chen Xiaoyu, and Xiangxiang.
• At an inn in Lotus Town, Wang Xian gave Chen Ling'er a demon core and spirit wine to help her recover from internal injuries, then told her to rest for two days.
• Wang Xian gave Chen Xiaoyu a pearl, but she decided to keep it until she could have an expert refine it back in Giant Dragon City.
• Wang Xian let Xiangxiang stop copying the Dao Scripture and gave her the golden pearl the old man had provided.
• The pearl vanished into Xiangxiang's body, and after she drank spirit wine, she flushed and complained that she was burning up.
• Wang Xian grabbed Xiangxiang's hand in alarm, and she shot a ball of fire toward him.

After Chen Xiang'er absorbed the dragon pearl, Wang Xian suppressed its power and warned Chen Xiaoyu to keep her safe. The mountain god survived Heaven’s punishment, while Wang Xian took Chen Xiang'er into town to shop and eat.

• Chen Xiang'er’s dragon pearl entered her body and began refining itself, so Wang Xian used chaotic power and Dongfang Yun’s saintly aura to suppress it.
• Wang Xian warned Chen Xiaoyu that Chen Xiang'er’s leaking aura could attract danger and told her not to let the girl out of sight for ten days.
• The mountain god returned to his cave with an injured Purple Mansion, then received spiritual rain from Heaven and promised not to act recklessly again.
• Wang Xian set a defensive formation around the courtyard and took the energetic Chen Xiang'er shopping in town.
• Chen Xiang'er chose a green dress, and Wang Xian bought wine and coarse clothes before she asked him for the biggest candied hawthorn.

Wang Xian gave Xiangxiang the golden sword, which she claimed as her own and named One Sword Fragrance Drifting. Their lakeside lesson was interrupted when Zhang Black Charcoal demanded to buy the sword, while a black-clad scholar watched nearby.

• Xiangxiang told Wang Xian that she liked her big sister best because she bought her new dresses, and Wang Xian wept as he thought of his mother.
• Wang Xian let Xiangxiang wield the golden sword and discovered that she could handle its great weight with surprising strength.
• Xiangxiang cut her finger and bonded with the golden sword, which became lighter in her hands.
• Wang Xian burned her blood into the sword, carved the name One Sword Fragrance Drifting onto its hilt, and taught her to use it with One Sword No Trace.
• Zhang Black Charcoal approached Wang Xian and demanded to buy the sword, and Xiangxiang called out to challenge him.