Chapter Summaries

Meng Qi briefly reached Unity of Heaven and Man during his clash with the Sword Emperor, then set out to hunt the Wolf King. In the Grasslands, he enlisted Old Wu En’s help and learned of a society seeking the Wolf King’s death.

• Meng Qi and the Sword Emperor’s spiritual auras intertwined, briefly bringing Meng Qi into Unity of Heaven and Man before the Sword Emperor died.
• Meng Qi resolved to temper his Martial Way Will and pursue Unity of Heaven and Man, then traveled away from the Grasslands’ border.
• During a severe snowstorm, Old Wu En ran a prosperous tavern for herdsmen gathered at Ge Gen Gao Le.
• Meng Qi revealed his Green Sash Constable seal to Old Wu En and asked for help finding the Wolf King.
• Old Wu En told Meng Qi about the Wolf-Slaying Society, whose members exchanged information and sought revenge on the Wolf King.
• Meng Qi asked Old Wu En to introduce him to members of the Wolf-Slaying Society.

Meng Qi, posing as the saber-wielder Zhebie, sought to join Agula’s Wolf-Slaying Society by claiming the Wolf King had attacked him. After demonstrating his skill and swearing an oath before a shaman, he won Agula’s approval to join.

• Uun told Meng Qi that Agula joined the Wolf-Slaying Society after the Hailasou Tribe failed to avenge his son Alasleng, whom the Wolf King had killed.
• Agula questioned Meng Qi’s origins and doubted his claim that he had survived an attack by the Wolf King.
• Meng Qi challenged Batu and used his movements to make Batu believe the Wolf King was behind him.
• Agula accepted that Meng Qi had fought the Wolf King but required him to swear before a shaman not to betray or harm the Society’s members.
• Meng Qi swore the oath while secretly using Sikong Tu’s Karma Secret Arts to check for a trick.

Meng Qi joined the Wolf-Slaying Society as Zhebie and learned that the group had uncovered a pattern in the Wolf King's killings and suspected Nasur of helping him. After Nasur received leaked information, Meng Qi and Temur watched his tent through the night, waiting to see who would carry the news away.

• Meng Qi redirected the shaman's witnessed Oath so that it bound the shaman to him, then joined the Wolf-Slaying Society as Zhebie.
• Agula brought Meng Qi to meet Temur, and Daria Chi arrived to discuss the Society's intelligence about the Wolf King.
• Daria Chi said the Wolf King's targets grew stronger at regular intervals, suggesting he hunted to break through bottlenecks.
• Daria Chi named Nasur as a suspect and asked Meng Qi and Temur to watch him and trace any message to the Wolf King.
• Meng Qi and Temur hid in the snow outside Nasur's tent as Nasur received leaked news, then watched his men enter and leave by dawn.

Meng Qi followed Nasur’s confidants from Gegen Gol and discovered the Wolf King had killed One-Eyed, whose scented sachet revealed the Wolf King’s trail. Meng Qi pursued him across the snow but lost him, then suspected the Wolf King was circling back to seek revenge on Nasur.

• Meng Qi watched Nasur’s tent while Temur followed Missing Ear, then secretly tracked Nasur as he tried to mislead his pursuers.
• One-Eyed left Nasur’s tent and led Meng Qi out of Gegen Gol, where Meng Qi found him dead beside a frozen lake with his throat crushed.
• Meng Qi found a fragrant sachet on One-Eyed and realized its scent had exposed him to the Wolf King, so he followed the lingering fragrance.
• Meng Qi pursued the Wolf King across the snowy Grasslands until the scent and their aura connection vanished, forcing him to admit he had lost the trail.
• Meng Qi reasoned that the Wolf King had circled back toward Gegen Gol to take revenge on Nasur, then returned and told Temur he had lost him.

Meng Qi investigated Wolf King's return to Gegen Gol, discovered that Daria Chi was his true target, and learned from Nasur where Wolf King was likely to go. Convinced Wolf King would return to Bayan Valley, Meng Qi waited there for months until Wolf King finally appeared.

• Meng Qi suspected Wolf King had doubled back, but Temur and Daria Chi doubted he would risk returning for revenge.
• Meng Qi kept watch over Nasur and saw Daria Chi visit him during the night; before dawn, Wolf King killed Daria Chi with a distinctive sword mark.
• Meng Qi confronted Nasur, who revealed Wolf King's connection to Bayan Valley beside Dolon Nor, and Meng Qi went there with Temur.
• Meng Qi found signs that Wolf King had once lived in a hut in Bayan Valley and decided to wait, despite Temur's repeated reports of Wolf King's killings elsewhere.
• After Wolf King killed Nasur and Temur, Meng Qi held to his judgment and continued waiting as Agula fled to seek protection.
• In early March, Wolf King appeared before the hut, and Meng Qi drew his saber to meet him.

Meng Qi ambushed the Wolf King in Bayan Valley after months of waiting, and the two fought to a fierce stalemate. When the Wolf King fled after their strongest exchange, Meng Qi pursued him, having anticipated his escape.

• Agula feared that the Wolf King’s recent killings were building momentum toward a breakthrough and worried he might soon threaten the Grasslands.
• Meng Qi emerged from concealment and launched a sudden attack on the Wolf King, who countered with his darkness and exceptional speed.
• Meng Qi adapted to the Wolf King’s movements and gradually forced him to defend against a growing series of saber and sword attacks.
• The Wolf King revealed a killing sword formed from the bones of his withered left hand, breaking through Meng Qi’s feint and striking at his Primordial Spirit.
• After Meng Qi and the Wolf King clashed, the Wolf King tried to escape, but Meng Qi transformed into a streak of light and pursued him.

Meng Qi fought the Wolf King at Bayan, broke through to Unity of Heaven and Man during their duel, and killed him. After taking the Wolf King's head to Agula, news of the victory stunned the Six Doors headquarters.

• Meng Qi and the Wolf King traded deadly attacks, and the Wolf King began breaking through to become a Perfect Half-step Expert.
• Meng Qi reached Unity of Heaven and Man in the midst of the fight and landed a decisive strike on the Wolf King's brow.
• The Wolf King fell dead, and Meng Qi collapsed before recovering with the surrounding Vital Energy and a Great Return Pill.
• Meng Qi brought the Wolf King's severed head to Agula and told him the Wolf King would not come.
• The Six Doors constables received the message, “Mad Saber slew the Wolf King at Bayan,” and stood stunned.

Daoist Jiesha returned to the Grasslands after the Wolf King’s death, while Meng Qi met the Wolf-Slaying Society’s president and exposed his attempt to manipulate him. News of Meng Qi’s victory shocked the martial world as Meng Qi consolidated his realm and went to Immortal Trace to exchange cultivation methods and seek the Eight-Nine Arcane Art’s Outer Scenery Chapter.

• Daoist Jiesha told Daoist Tianming she planned to return to the Grasslands, and Daoist Tianming let her go.
• Meng Qi confronted the Wolf-Slaying Society’s president, tricked him into revealing his plans, and learned that the Society expected Jiesha to return and lead them.
• Six Doors constables received word that Mad Saber had slain the Wolf King, and faction leaders began reassessing Meng Qi’s potential.
• Meng Qi finished consolidating his Unity of Heaven and Man realm and recalled that he had comprehended the Immovable Wisdom King Art from the Bodhi Seed.
• Meng Qi met Qu Jiuniang at Immortal Trace and arranged to exchange three cultivation methods, then asked about obtaining the Eight-Nine Arcane Art’s Outer Scenery Chapter.
• Qu Jiuniang told Meng Qi that Lingbao Tianzun was in Biyou Palace and offered to take him to meet him.

Meng Qi met Lingbao Tianzun, exchanged his cultivation methods and Ink Jade Killing Sword for the Outer Scenery Chapter of the Eight-Nine Arcane Art, and studied how it fit his developing path. He then entered a new Reincarnation mission: reach the Divine Capital within two months and meet Zhao Heng and the others.

• Jade Cloud Yuanjun brought Meng Qi to Biyou Palace, where he met Lingbao Tianzun and learned that the Qingping Sword was a replica made by the deceased Yun Zhongzi.
• Meng Qi agreed to exchange his remaining three cultivation methods with Lingbao Tianzun and not trade them to Six Paths, in return for the Outer Scenery Chapter of the Eight-Nine Arcane Art.
• Lingbao Tianzun bought Meng Qi's three methods and Ink Jade Killing Sword for 8,300 Merit Points, and Meng Qi exchanged his Snow Python Gall to bring his total to 8,610 Merit Points.
• Lingbao Tianzun sold Meng Qi the Outer Scenery Chapter for 8,000 Merit Points, and Meng Qi discovered that its general principles aligned with the Intent of Yuan Shi and described new techniques.
• Meng Qi searched Immortal Traces Workshop for a suitable mission to qualify for Immortal Trace's formal membership examination but found none he could take.
• A little over a month later, the Lord of Six Paths Samsara ordered Meng Qi to reach the Divine Capital within two months and meet Zhao Heng and the others.

After killing the Wolf King, Meng Qi reached the Divine Capital and reunited with Prince Wei Zhao Heng while waiting for their Immortals' Trace mission to begin. Zhao Heng’s spirits lifted, and Meng Qi asked him to investigate two people, beginning with Yang Wuliang.

• Meng Qi replenished his Great Return Pill and left Reincarnation Plaza for the Divine Capital.
• Prince Wei Zhao Heng went in disguise with Hu Dou to Dou Family Store, where the latest Human Ranking revealed that Mad Saber Su Meng had killed the Wolf King at Bayan.
• Zhao Heng received a note and met Meng Qi in an abandoned courtyard, where they discussed Zhao Heng’s recent breakthrough and the burdens of royal life.
• Meng Qi joked about trading places with Zhao Heng, easing the prince’s gloom before Zhao Heng prepared to leave.
• Meng Qi asked Zhao Heng to investigate Yang Wuliang, a Half-step Outer Scenery expert who had joined Prince Jin, and mentioned Gu Changqing.

Meng Qi met Zhao Heng to learn about Yang Wuliang, then used a noon patrol to ambush and kill him at Prince Jin's Mansion. He escaped into the crowd and vanished before Feng Zheng could catch him, returning safely to Prince Wei's Mansion.

• Zhao Heng told Meng Qi that Gu Changqing would soon return to the capital and gave him information about Yang Wuliang, a Guest Official at Prince Jin's Mansion.
• Meng Qi learned Yang Wuliang's patrol schedule and arranged for Zhao Heng to wait by the mansion's rear side gate the next day.
• Disguised as a charcoal deliveryman, Meng Qi ambushed Yang Wuliang during his noon patrol and killed him with a powerful palm strike.
• Feng Zheng chased Meng Qi, but Meng Qi vanished into the crowd before he could be caught.
• Meng Qi returned to Prince Wei's Mansion and told Zhao Heng that escaping was the easiest part of killing someone in the Divine Capital.

After killing Yang Wuliang, Meng Qi reunited with Ruan Yushu and Qi Zhengyan in Divine Capital, where their new mission required them to infiltrate the Qionghua Banquet and win first place. As Meng Qi planned to leave and return openly as Mad Saber, a convoy carrying hidden cargo was ambushed by the Luo Sect and the Heaven Destroying Gate.

• Meng Qi explained his quick assassination of Yang Wuliang to Zhao Heng, while Six Doors searched Divine Capital without finding the Ancient Blue-robed Man.
• Ruan Yushu arrived in Divine Capital, and Qi Zhengyan reported that his Purple Star River had reached great accomplishment.
• The Lord of Six Paths Samsara assigned the group to infiltrate the Qionghua Banquet and have one of them take first place.
• Zhao Heng explained the banquet’s political importance and identified Su Li as its overseer, prompting Meng Qi to decide to leave and return as Mad Saber.
• A convoy led by Escort Leader Shi was surrounded by the Hungry Ghost Votary and Luo Sect followers, who revealed that the Heaven Destroying Gate was fighting Old Man Jiang.

Meng Qi rescued Gu Changqing from a Luo Sect ambush, and the two discovered that the escort shipment was a mysterious half-token bound for the Divine Capital. As they traveled there, Meng Qi urged Gu Changqing to imagine a life beyond revenge, while Yan Chong and Fan Changmiao spotted Meng Qi arriving in the capital.

• Master Escort sent up a signal flare, but the Starving Ghost Wandering Man and Luo Sect members attacked the escort party, killing Master Escort and wounding Gu Changqing.
• Meng Qi charged into the fight, drove off the Starving Ghost Wandering Man with his reputation as Mad Saber, and rescued Gu Changqing.
• Gu Changqing recovered a black wooden box containing a strange, incomplete token; he and Meng Qi suspected the Chief Escort had taken its other half to the Divine Capital.
• On the road, Meng Qi asked Gu Changqing to consider what he would do after taking revenge and hinted that he might offer him a cultivation method to pass on.
• In the Divine Capital, Yan Chong met Martial Arts Top Scholar Fan Changmiao aboard a pleasure boat and recognized Meng Qi passing on another boat.

Meng Qi received Prince Jin Zhao Yi at Antai Tower, then spent the rainy night defeating challengers without leaving his pavilion. By morning, someone from the Su Clan of the Divine Capital had come to invite him.

• Zhao Yi and Feng Zheng visited Meng Qi, who served tea and said he had come to meet the Divine Capital’s martial artists.
• Zhao Yi offered to help Meng Qi with affairs in the capital, then left with Feng Zheng as the autumn rain began.
• Qian Qian challenged Meng Qi, whose saber broke Qian Qian’s sword and left him pondering the words, “The road lies beneath your feet.”
• Du Linxi approached the pavilion but retreated after feeling Meng Qi’s invisible saber Qi pursue him.
• Martial artists gathered at dawn and found broken weapons and challengers’ tracks far from the pavilion, praising Meng Qi’s skill.
• A servant told Meng Qi that someone from the Su Clan of the Divine Capital had come to invite him.

Meng Qi returned to Marquis Shenwei’s estate after being summoned by Su Li and Su Yue, where he reunited with his siblings and faced the family’s suspicion that he had come to claim the title. He declared that he cared only about pursuing the martial path, then asked to be taken to his mother’s grave.

• The horse-faced man escorted Meng Qi to Marquis Shenwei’s estate after Meng Qi agreed to return and asked whether his mother’s grave was still cared for.
• Meng Qi met Su Ziyu and Su Ziyue on the way to the main house, and learned that Su Ziyu had been adopted into Madam’s line.
• Su Yue welcomed Meng Qi, then brought him before Marquis Shenwei Su Li, Madam, and other members of the family.
• Su Dingyu questioned whether Meng Qi had returned to compete for the family title, and Meng Qi said he sought to dominate the martial path rather than claim wealth or status.
• Meng Qi asked the family to send someone to guide him to his mother’s grave so he could sweep it.

Meng Qi paid respects at his mother’s grave, then confronted Ke Weilan and defended the Tang Clan during a tense gathering at the Su Family home. Two invitations from powerful clans arrived, leaving the family newly aware of Meng Qi’s standing and connections.

• Su Zihua led Meng Qi to his mother’s grave and quietly warned him to beware of Fifth Uncle, Su Yue.
• Old Madam Bai praised Meng Qi, while Ke Weilan lamented that her unborn child might have surpassed him.
• Meng Qi defended the Tang Clan and insulted the Ke Family, then invited any young Ke expert to challenge him.
• A servant delivered Minister of Revenue Wang’s invitation for Meng Qi to attend a banquet that evening.
• Another servant brought an invitation from the Langya Marquis Manor, prompting the Su Family and Ke Weilan to reassess Meng Qi’s influence.

After returning to the Su family, Meng Qi visited the Ruan and Wang households, learned more about the mysterious Qionghua Banquet, and discovered that the cargo dispute could put him in danger. The chapter ended when a masked Mythos Outer Scenery Expert attacked him with a thunder saber.

• Su Li welcomed invitations from the Ruan family and Wang Wenxian for Meng Qi, who decided to visit the Ruan family first.
• Meng Qi realized that unresolved karma connected to Su Ziyuan's body might be hindering his cultivation breakthrough.
• At Langya Marquis Manor, Zhong Wei told Meng Qi he might have seen Duan Rui in Changchuan, and Ruan Yushu introduced him to her eldest uncle.
• Wang Wenxian explained that the emperor would hold a Qionghua Banquet and warned Meng Qi that Heaven Destroying Gate and the Luo Sect were active in the Divine Capital.
• Meng Qi told Wang Wenxian about rescuing Gu Changqing and realized the enemies might mistake him for the person holding the escort cargo.
• A masked Mythos Outer Scenery Expert attacked Meng Qi by the river with five thunder-saber strikes.

Meng Qi survived an assassination by the Nine Heavens Thunder God of Mythos, forcing the attacker to retreat after three exchanges. He returned to the Su Household injured, where he learned the Ke Family Three Brothers planned to challenge him the next day.

• The Nine Heavens Thunder God ambushed Meng Qi, but Meng Qi sensed the attack and fought back with two Outer Scenery-level strikes.
• Meng Qi endured the Thunder God's attacks until powerful wills drew near, forcing the assassin to withdraw; Wang Wenxian arrived and learned Mythos was responsible.
• Su Yue took Meng Qi to Six Doors headquarters, where he was promised promotion to Silver Badge Constable and a choice of an Outer Scenery cultivation method, pills, or treasures, with his missed salary deducted.
• Su Yue told Meng Qi to return to the Su Household for protection and asked him to submit a confidential report about the escort item.
• Su Ziyue welcomed Meng Qi home and warned that the Ke Family Three Brothers intended to challenge him the next day; Meng Qi dismissed the threat.

Meng Qi accepted Su Ziyue’s medicine, learned about the upcoming challenge and the Qionghua Banquet, and discovered that honoring Su Ziyuan’s wishes could loosen the restraints on his body. At the training ground, he faced Ke Changji, who revealed a half-step Outer Scenery cultivation.

• Su Ziyue brought Meng Qi spiritual medicine and told him Liu Shuyu would attend the Ke brothers’ challenge, while Meng Qi rejected her attempt to matchmake him with Liu Shuyu.
• Meng Qi explored Su Ziyuan’s old room, sensed the boy’s longing to return with his head held high, and meditated to heal his injuries.
• Meng Qi asked Su Li about the Qionghua Banquet and experienced a karmic intuition that Su Ziyuan had wanted to win the emperor’s praise and bring glory to the family.
• Meng Qi paid respects in the Su family ancestral hall, felt his body grow lighter, and heard Su Li warn him to be careful of his Fifth Uncle.
• At the training ground, Meng Qi met Liu Shuyu and learned that Ke Changji was leading the challenge; Ke Changji announced that Mad Saber had insulted the Ke family and displayed half-step Outer Scenery power.

Meng Qi faced Ke Changji and his brothers at the martial arena, exposing Ke Changji’s rushed cultivation and defeating his challenges despite his injuries. After Ke Changji left in humiliation, Liu Shuyu revealed that her close friend Yulong Zi admired Meng Qi and often wrote about him.

• Ke Changji revealed that he had reached Half-step Outer Scenery, and Meng Qi criticized him for neglecting his foundation after achieving Celestial Being Connection.
• Ke Changji sent Ke Changqing to test Meng Qi, and Meng Qi knocked Ke Changqing unconscious with a Thunderous Utterance.
• Meng Qi challenged Ke Changji’s courage, then avoided his Treasure Weapon attack and struck him with the Ananda Breaking Precepts Saber Art.
• Ke Changji mistakenly believed he had defeated Meng Qi, but Liu Shuyu explained that Meng Qi’s Falling Red Dust had affected him, and Ke Changji left in embarrassment.
• Liu Shuyu told Meng Qi that her close friend Yulong Zi, the legitimate daughter of the Yu family of Southern Province, admired him and often mentioned him in her letters.