Chapter Summaries

Qin Shaofeng fought three cultivators who underestimated him and killed them with his lightning techniques. He destroyed the red-robed cultivator’s Nascent Soul with Soul Refining Divine Lightning and left the other two dead as well.

• The red-robed cultivator attacked Qin Shaofeng with an imitation Six Yang Divine Fire Mirror, but Qin Shaofeng trapped its six fire dragons in a lightning net.
• The other two cultivators attacked with a Myriad Soul Banner and a Dharma bell, but Qin Shaofeng destroyed both weapons and their attacks, severely damaging their owners.
• Qin Shaofeng summoned a storm of lightning that shattered the red-robed cultivator’s Dragon Scale Shield and struck all three men into charred corpses.
• The red-robed cultivator tried to flee as a Nascent Soul, but Qin Shaofeng restrained him with Soul Refining Divine Lightning and destroyed his soul.
• The two surviving cultivators begged Qin Shaofeng for mercy, but he killed them with Soul Refining Divine Lightning.

After Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun killed three bandit cultivators, a Myriad Sword Sect Enforcement Elder challenged them and attacked Qin Shaofeng. She recognized the dead men as notorious bandits, apologized, and paid compensation before leaving.

• Qin Shaofeng inspected the three dead cultivators’ Storage Bags, destroyed their demonic materials, and complained that they were poor.
• A female cultivator arrived, demanded proof that the dead men were bandits, and identified herself as a Spirit Transformation Stage Enforcement Elder of the Myriad Sword Sect.
• The Enforcement Elder attacked Qin Shaofeng with Flying Swords and a Geng Metal Sword Formation, but Qin Shaofeng’s thunder dragon overwhelmed her attack.
• Qin Shaofeng made the Enforcement Elder examine the corpses, and she recognized them as the Bamboo Mountain Three Friends, notorious bandit cultivators.
• The Enforcement Elder apologized and offered one hundred thousand High-grade Spirit Stones; Qing Daoxun urged Qin Shaofeng not to stir up trouble in Myriad Sword Sect territory, and the woman left after giving them the compensation.

Qin Shaofeng rented a Heaven-grade Artifact Refining Room and forged the Crimson Mixed Copper Mother into a small shield Artifact Embryo before heading to the Top Thirteen Competition. There, he began his match against Lin Qianfeng of Ice Cloud Sect and stopped Lin Qianfeng’s flying sword with lightning.

• Qin Shaofeng told Qing Daoxun that he wanted to refine the Crimson Mixed Copper Mother into a defensive Magic Artifact and returned with her to Myriad Sword Sect.
• Qin Shaofeng rented a Heaven-grade Artifact Refining Room, bought Ore Materials, and extracted the Crimson Mixed Copper Mother from the Magic Treasure Fragment.
• Qin Shaofeng forged the materials into a small shield Artifact Embryo, quenched it with cold pond water, and stored it away before leaving for the Training Ground.
• Qing Daoxun told Qin Shaofeng that she had received another bye, while Qin Shaofeng checked that his opponent was Lin Qianfeng of Ice Cloud Sect.
• Lin Qianfeng opened the match with an icy sword strike, then sent his Mid-grade Spirit Tool flying sword at Qin Shaofeng, who trapped it in arcs of Violet Lightning.

Qin Shaofeng faced Lin Qianfeng, who used the Extreme Cold Sword Intent and a powerful sword attack against him. Qin Shaofeng’s lightning pool overwhelmed Lin Qianfeng’s Flying Sword, leaving Lin Qianfeng injured and defeated.

• Lin Qianfeng revealed that he had comprehended the Extreme Cold Sword Intent and boasted that no Nascent Soul Realm cultivator could defeat him.
• Qin Shaofeng calmly said he could break the sword intent with lightning arts, and Lin Qianfeng launched his ice-blue sword at him.
• Qin Shaofeng used Violet Lightning spheres to intercept the sword and weaken its aura, then swallowed Lin Qianfeng’s torrent of Sword Qi in an ocean of lightning.
• Lin Qianfeng poured his spiritual power into the Flying Sword and sent it into Qin Shaofeng’s lightning pool, where the lightning wore away its protective power.
• Lin Qianfeng suffered backlash, spat blood, and collapsed as Qin Shaofeng withdrew the lightning pool and the damaged Flying Sword fell to the ground.

Qin Shaofeng defeated Lin Qianfeng, then dismissed Yan Wuya’s challenge and spent two days nurturing a defensive Artifact Embryo made from Crimson Mixed Copper Mother. He arrived at the Training Ground for his appointed duel with Yan Wuya, with Qing Daoxun noting his growing fame in the Hundred Sects Competition.

• Qin Shaofeng defeated Lin Qianfeng with his lightning pool, and Yan Wuya arrived to witness the loss.
• Yan Wuya challenged Qin Shaofeng and warned him to concede, but Qin Shaofeng dismissed him and walked away.
• Qin Shaofeng told Qing Daoxun he would nurture his defensive Artifact Embryo while she planned to stabilize her cultivation.
• Qin Shaofeng spent two days imprinting his aura on the small shield’s Artifact Embryo, strengthening their connection.
• Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun went to the Training Ground for his duel with Yan Wuya, where the gathered cultivators opened a path for him.

Qin Shaofeng faced Yan Wuya in the Hundred Disciples Grand Competition, while Lian Qingyi warned Yan Wuya that he was no match for him. Qin Shaofeng easily stopped Yan Wuya’s sword techniques, leaving Yan Wuya furious and unwilling to concede.

• Qin Shaofeng arrived at the arena, and Lian Qingyi recognized him and urged Yan Wuya to avoid fighting.
• Lian Qingyi secretly warned Yan Wuya that Qin Shaofeng was stronger, but Yan Wuya insisted on the duel.
• Yan Wuya attacked Qin Shaofeng with his Flying Sword, but Qin Shaofeng trapped it in a wall of lightning.
• Yan Wuya unleashed Myriad Swords Returning to Origin, but Qin Shaofeng’s expanded lightning wall blocked every sword shadow.
• Qin Shaofeng called Yan Wuya’s technique pathetically weak and told him to concede, angering Yan Wuya further.

Qin Shaofeng challenged Yan Wuya to make him take one step back, provoking Yan Wuya to unleash his strongest sword technique. Qin Shaofeng’s purple-gold lightning overwhelmed Yan Wuya’s sword, leaving Qin Shaofeng victorious and Yan Wuya unconscious.

• After Qin Shaofeng’s lightning wall stopped Myriad Swords Returning to Origin, he told Yan Wuya that making him take one step back would count as a win.
• Yan Wuya, enraged by the challenge, used Blood Sacrifice of the Sword to empower his Lifeblood Spiritual Sword.
• Yan Wuya launched his sword with Sword Qi Thunder Sound, but Qin Shaofeng strengthened his lightning wall with divine lightning.
• Qin Shaofeng’s purple-gold lightning wore away the sword’s force, and Yan Wuya’s damaged sword fell to the ground.
• Yan Wuya spat blood and fainted, and Lian Qingyi declared Qin Shaofeng the victor.

The male lead defeated Yan Wuya and collected the promised one hundred thousand High-grade Spirit Stones, while Lian Qingyi’s behavior fueled rumors that he could also defeat her. After returning to his courtyard, Yan Wuya summoned his loyal lackey Liao Zhong, an Outer Sect Steward of the Myriad Sword Sect.

• The male lead woke Yan Wuya with water and demanded the one hundred thousand High-grade Spirit Stones he had promised after losing.
• Lian Qingyi paid the debt and silenced Yan Wuya when he complained, shocking the onlookers with her apparent deference to the male lead.
• The female lead told the cultivators that the male lead could defeat Lian Qingyi, stirring rumors about his strength.
• The male lead collected the Spirit Stones and returned to the small courtyard with the female lead.
• Yan Wuya returned to his cave abode and summoned Liao Zhong, his loyal lackey and a Myriad Sword Sect Outer Sect Steward.

Yan Wuya ordered Liao Zhong to spread word that Qin Shaofeng possessed Crimson Mixed Copper Mother, drawing the Black Wind Bandits’ attention to him. While Qin Shaofeng bought Star Sand in Gengxin City and bid on a Pure Heart Lotus Seed for Qing Daoxun, he remained unaware of the trap closing around him.

• Yan Wuya told Liao Zhong to spread the rumor that Qin Shaofeng possessed Crimson Mixed Copper Mother, and Liao Zhong suggested the Black Wind Bandits might target him.
• Qin Shaofeng completed the prototype of his small shield’s first restriction layer and went to Gengxin City to buy Star Sand, unaware that Liao Zhong had tipped off the bandits.
• Qin Shaofeng reached Gengxin City, masked his identity, and entered an auction while noticing that someone was watching him.
• Qin Shaofeng bought all the auction’s Star Sand for three hundred thousand Spirit Stones.
• Qin Shaofeng bid six million High-grade Spirit Stones on a Pure Heart Lotus Seed for Qing Daoxun, shocking the auction hall.

Qin Shaofeng paid for the Star Sand and Pure Heart Lotus Seed with a Talisman Treasure, then left Gengxin City and was ambushed by the Black Wind Bandits. His lightning wall held off their attacks until Black Wind Ancestor unleashed his Black Wind Malevolence.

• Qin Shaofeng gave the auction house steward a copper token transformed into a Talisman Treasure in exchange for the Star Sand and Pure Heart Lotus Seed.
• Qin Shaofeng left Gengxin City and sensed killing intent after reaching a desolate area beyond the city gate.
• Black Wind Ancestor and more than a dozen Black Wind Bandits surrounded Qin Shaofeng and demanded his treasures.
• A light-armored bandit and the other Black Wind Bandits attacked Qin Shaofeng, but his lightning wall blocked their weapons, spells, and demonic Gu.
• Black Wind Ancestor raised his command flag and sent his Black Wind Malevolence against Qin Shaofeng's lightning wall.

Qin Shaofeng used Evil-Dispelling Divine Lightning to suppress Black Wind Ancestor’s Black Wind Malevolence and learned the bandits wanted the Crimson Mixed Copper Mother. He unleashed a Golden Lightning Divine Dragon against the Black Wind Bandits as Black Wind Ancestor fled.

• Black Wind Ancestor attacked Qin Shaofeng with Black Wind Malevolence, but Qin Shaofeng infused his lightning wall with Evil-Dispelling Divine Lightning and dissolved the attack.
• Black Wind Ancestor demanded Qin Shaofeng hand over the Crimson Mixed Copper Mother, revealing what the bandits were after.
• Qin Shaofeng sent hundreds of golden lightning birds against Black Wind Ancestor and the Black Wind Bandits, who answered with White Bone Dao Soldiers, Mechanical Iron Birds, and exploding Corpse Servants.
• Qin Shaofeng summoned a Golden Lightning Divine Dragon, and Black Wind Ancestor transformed into Black Wind and fled, abandoning his subordinates.
• The Golden Lightning Divine Dragon spat golden light at the beautiful female cultivator draped in colorful silks, completely submerging her.

Qin Shaofeng killed Black Wind Ancestor and learned that Liao Zhong of the Myriad Sword Sect had tipped off the bandits about his treasure. After completing the first restriction on his shield, Qin Shaofeng uncovered Liao Zhong’s connection to Sword Son Yan Wuya and confronted him in his cave, where Yan Wuya realized Qin Shaofeng was a Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator.

• Qin Shaofeng used the Golden Lightning Divine Dragon to kill Black Wind Ancestor’s followers, destroy Black Wind Ancestor’s body, and erase his divine soul.
• Black Wind Ancestor revealed that Liao Zhong of the Myriad Sword Sect had told the bandits Qin Shaofeng possessed treasure, and Qin Shaofeng collected their Storage Bags and returned to the sect.
• Qin Shaofeng completed the first restriction on his small shield artifact, which could withstand attacks from Void Glimpse Realm cultivators.
• Qin Shaofeng controlled an outer sect steward and learned that Liao Zhong was Yan Wuya’s trusted confidant, then forced Liao Zhong to admit Yan Wuya had ordered him to inform the bandits about Qin Shaofeng’s Crimson Mixed Copper Mother.
• Qin Shaofeng rendered Liao Zhong an idiot and entered Yan Wuya’s cave abode, where Yan Wuya recognized him and deduced that he was a Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator.

Qin Shaofeng killed Yan Wuya and disabled the formations in his cave abode, while the Myriad Sword Sect began investigating the murder. The chapter left Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun heading to the Top Seven Promotion Match, with Qing Daoxun learning that her senior brother had killed Yan Wuya.

• Qin Shaofeng revealed that Yan Wuya's communication formations had been disabled, then killed him and destroyed his Nascent Soul with a strand of Sword Qi.
• The next morning, Yan Wuya's servant found the cave abode unresponsive, and Lian Qingyi and Yan Qiouming discovered his corpse and began investigating.
• An outer sect manager reported that Liao Zhong had become an idiot the previous night, prompting Yan Qiouming to order an investigation into everyone connected to both incidents.
• Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun ate together and left for the Training Ground to attend the Top Seven Promotion Match.
• After hearing people discuss Yan Wuya's death, Qing Daoxun asked Qin Shaofeng whether he had killed him, and he confirmed it through voice transmission.

Qing Daoxun faced Qiu Hantian of the Hundred Battles Sect and fought his Shadow Cavalry while concealing her true strength. She battered his formations with a torrent of sword energy, leaving the battle unresolved as the shield protecting his cavalry began to shake.

• Qin Shaofeng told Qing Daoxun not to dwell on Yan Wuya’s betrayal because Yan Wuya had already paid for it with his life.
• The competition’s lots paired Qing Daoxun against Qiu Hantian and Qin Shaofeng against a Confucian Path Cultivator from the Vast Righteous Sect.
• Qing Daoxun and Qiu Hantian began their match, and his Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Spear shattered her opening Sword Qi.
• Qiu Hantian summoned more than a hundred Shadow Cavalry with four command banners, then charged Qing Daoxun on a Dragon Scale Steed.
• Qing Daoxun cut down dozens of the cavalry and dodged their attacks as Qiu Hantian changed their formation into a Single-Line Long Serpent.
• Qing Daoxun unleashed a torrent of Silver-Blue Sword Lights that struck the cavalry’s enormous shield and made it tremble.

Qin Shaofeng faced Fang Buwei of the Vast Righteous Sect in the Hundred Sects Competition and overcame his Confucian poetry-based techniques with a thunder dragon infused with Xun wind. Fang Buwei conceded after Qin Shaofeng stopped the dragon before it could seriously injure him.

• Qing Daoxun defeated Qiu Hantian and returned to Qin Shaofeng, who praised her strength.
• Qin Shaofeng met Fang Buwei on the arena and began their match.
• Fang Buwei summoned armored warrior phantoms and used a sword strike and a mountain-and-river domain against Qin Shaofeng.
• Qin Shaofeng infused his thunder dragon with Xun wind, enabling it to break through Fang Buwei's domain and leave him badly injured.
• Qin Shaofeng stopped the thunder dragon before it struck Fang Buwei, and Fang Buwei thanked him and praised his bearing.

After defeating Fang Buwei, Qin Shaofeng encountered Gong Chen'an, a Demonic Cultivator fleeing the Myriad Sword Sect’s pursuit. Gong Chen'an tried to possess Qin Shaofeng, but Qin trapped his Primordial Spirit with Evil-Dispelling Divine Lightning.

• Qin Shaofeng defeated Fang Buwei, who accepted his loss and hoped to catch up with him someday.
• After Sword Son Yan Wuya died, Lian Qingyi and other Myriad Sword Sect elders discovered that Guest Elder Gong Chen'an was a Demonic Cultivator and surrounded his cave dwelling.
• Gong Chen'an used the Dutian God-Fiend Great Formation and an Earth Fiend Absolute Land to delay the elders, then escaped by sending out his Primordial Spirit.
• Gong Chen'an found Qin Shaofeng and used the Soul Bewitching Sound to lure him into opening his sea of consciousness.
• Qin Shaofeng resisted the bewitchment, trapped Gong Chen'an's Primordial Spirit in a cage of Evil-Dispelling Divine Lightning, and revealed that he had recognized the Demonic Cultivator's baleful aura.

Qin Shaofeng captured Gong Chen'an and sold his Primordial Spirit to Lian Qingyi before spending three days refining a small shield. At the semifinals, he faced Gu Tianchen and his powerful Golden Flame Heavenly Lion, which began to grow stronger after Qin Shaofeng blocked its attack.

• Qin Shaofeng trapped Gong Chen'an, then negotiated with Lian Qingyi and sold her his Primordial Spirit for three hundred thousand High-grade Spirit Stones.
• Qing Daoxun asked Qin Shaofeng about Lian Qingyi, and Qin Shaofeng returned to refining his Crimson Mixed Copper Mother shield.
• Three days later, Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun attended the semifinals; Qin Shaofeng drew Gu Tianchen while Qing Daoxun drew Gu Nianshang.
• Gu Tianchen summoned his Golden Flame Heavenly Lion and ordered it to attack Qin Shaofeng, but Qin Shaofeng stopped its claw with a wall of lightning.
• Gu Tianchen sensed his spirit beast's injuries, spat blood, and used hand seals to increase the Golden Flame Heavenly Lion's strength by more than twenty percent.

Qin Shaofeng used Netherworld Divine Lightning to overwhelm Gu Tianchen and his Golden Flame Heavenly Lion, while sect leaders watched and considered recruiting Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun. The battle continued with Gu Tianchen and the lion at a clear disadvantage.

• Gu Tianchen ordered the Golden Flame Heavenly Lion to attack Qin Shaofeng, and its Golden Flame Body drew in surrounding Fire attribute spiritual energy.
• Qin Shaofeng countered with dark-blue Netherworld Divine Lightning, which wounded and chilled the Golden Flame Heavenly Lion.
• Cheng Shenying identified Qin Shaofeng’s Netherworld Divine Lightning and Soul Refining Divine Lightning, and said she hoped to recruit him and obtain his inheritances.
• Qing Daoxun used swordsmanship alone to block a Myriad Flower Valley disciple’s attacks, prompting Yan Qiouming to consider recruiting her for the Myriad Sword Sect.
• Gu Tianchen used a jade-green bell to ease the Golden Flame Heavenly Lion’s injuries, but Qin Shaofeng’s attacks kept them at a disadvantage.

Qin Shaofeng defeated Gu Tianchen with Netherworld Divine Lightning, while Qing Daoxun won her match and advanced to the final four. Cheng Shenying invited Qin Shaofeng to Wangyue Pavilion to ask where he had obtained his lightning-art inheritances.

• Gu Tianchen empowered the Golden Flame Heavenly Lion with the Power of Jia Wood, but Qin Shaofeng shattered its attack and sent a lightning dragon through Gu Tianchen's defenses, knocking him off the arena.
• The referee declared Qin Shaofeng the winner, and Cheng Shenying became more determined to recruit him for the Five Thunder Sect.
• Qin Shaofeng watched Qing Daoxun defeat the Myriad Flower Valley disciple and advance to the final four, then praised her improved magical combat.
• Cheng Shenying contacted Qin Shaofeng and asked him to meet her at Wangyue Pavilion, where he left Qing Daoxun and went west.
• Cheng Shenying asked Qin Shaofeng where he had learned Netherworld Divine Lightning and Soul Refining Divine Lightning, revealing her interest in his inheritances.

Qin Shaofeng refused Cheng Shenying’s offer to join Five Thunder Sect and learned that the Demonic Cults might disrupt the Hundred Sects Competition. After completing the small shield’s Second Level restriction, he saw demonic lights spread across the horizon as the sect bells sounded.

• Cheng Shenying tried to recruit Qin Shaofeng into Five Thunder Sect, but he refused and returned to the courtyard.
• Qing Daoxun told Qin Shaofeng that the Demonic Cults might make trouble during the Hundred Sects Competition, and he identified a previous attacker as likely belonging to Great Freedom Mountain.
• Qin Shaofeng worked on the small shield and completed its Second Level restriction ahead of schedule.
• The sect bells rang, and Qin Shaofeng saw demonic lights across the horizon and suspected a Demonic Cultivator invasion.