Chapter Summaries

Zhang Su led Primordial Unity Peak through a string of tournament victories before facing Lei Zhen of Zixiao Peak in the final match. When Lei Zhen’s special constitution drove him into a berserk Xiantian state, Zhang Su broke through the postnatal shackles himself and met the lethal strike with his own Xiantian-powered sword.

• Zhang Su defeated Zhou Zimo and Spirit Ruins Peak, then led Primordial Unity Peak to further victories over Ganyuan Peak, Dark Nether Peak, and Profound Connection Peak.
• Luo Feng warned Zhang Su that Lei Zhen had carried Zixiao Peak through five matches with overwhelming physical strength, and Zhang Su watched Lei Zhen defeat Zhao Tianming and the rest of Tianjian Peak.
• Primordial Unity Peak and Zixiao Peak remained undefeated, setting up a final match to decide the tournament’s winner.
• Zhang Su attacked Lei Zhen with fast sword strikes, but Lei Zhen’s bluish-black special constitution kept his skin from being pierced, and Lei Zhen countered with a powerful saber blow.
• Lei Zhen’s pain triggered his berserk constitution, pushing his next strike into the Xiantian Realm and costing him control of himself.
• Zhang Su used the Explosive Sword Style to break through the postnatal shackles and unleash his own Xiantian-powered thrust as Lei Zhen’s saber descended.

Zhang Su defeated Lei Zhen in the Nine Peaks Tournament with a single sword strike that briefly unleashed Xiantian-level power, securing first place for Primordial Unity Peak. After the tournament, Zhang Su joined Zhao Tianming on a trip to Tianjian Peak’s Sword Tomb to temper his Sword Intent.

• Zhang Su’s Explosive Sword Style pierced Lei Zhen’s chest, but Gu Changyuan and Fang Yue restrained them before Zhang Su could strike further.
• The sect master ruled that Lei Zhen’s injury meant he had lost, and announced Primordial Unity Peak as the tournament champion.
• Xu Qing, Zhou Yuan, and Tang Long apologized to Zhang Su, while Lei Zhen also apologized for losing control and explained that a Treasured Medicine had transformed his Fleshly Body.
• Zhao Tianming accepted his defeat and decided to visit the Sword Tomb to temper his Sword Intent.
• Zhang Su asked Zhao Tianming to take him to the Sword Tomb, then instructed Luo Feng to return to Primordial Unity Peak before setting off with Zhao Tianming.

Zhang Su entered Tianjian Peak’s Sword Tomb to temper his martial dao true intent, but the Autumnwater Sword Intent shattered his unfocused embryo and led him to discover that his Dao was Infinity. After absorbing the fading sword intent and spending a month in sudden enlightenment, Zhang Su awoke and stirred countless sword intents throughout the Sword Tomb.

• Zhang Su and Zhao Tianming presented their tokens to the sword keeper and entered the Sword Tomb to cultivate.
• Zhang Su found the grave of the Autumnwater Sword and sat before it, but its sword intent shattered his martial dao true intent embryo.
• Zhang Su realized his true intent needed a personal core and identified his Dao as Infinity, then formed a new embryo around it.
• Zhang Su endured repeated attacks from the Autumnwater Sword Intent and absorbed its fragments into his infinite true intent embryo.
• Zhao Tianming waited outside for a month, while Gu Changyuan confirmed Zhang Su was in sudden enlightenment and left him undisturbed.
• Zhang Su awoke, causing countless sword intents throughout the Sword Tomb to stir and alarm Zhao Tianming and the sword keeper.

After spending a month in the Sword Tomb, Zhang Su’s Infinite True Intent progress surged to 50%, but the awakened Sword Intents forced him to flee and left him owing 1,700 merit points. He learned that the Great Freedom Sect was causing chaos in Gan Capital and secured permission to go there as deputy envoy, leaving in three days with Han Qiubai.

• Zhang Su absorbed a wisp of Autumnwater Sword Intent, raising his Infinite True Intent progress by 30% to 50%, then escaped the Sword Tomb when countless Sword Intents turned against him.
• Zhao Tianming and the Sword Keeper questioned Zhang Su about the disturbance, and the Sword Keeper told him that he owed the Sword Tomb 1,700 merit points for his thirty-day stay.
• Zhang Su returned to Primordial Unity Peak, ate a meal prepared by Luo Feng, and learned that the Great Freedom Sect was attacking martial artists in Gan Capital.
• Zhang Su visited Gu Changyuan to request permission to go to Gan Capital and earn merit points, and Gu Changyuan approved the trip.
• Gu Changyuan appointed Han Qiubai as chief envoy and Zhang Su as deputy envoy, ordered them to leave in three days, and warned Zhang Su to kill any Great Freedom Sect fiends he encountered.

Zhang Su learned that the Great Freedom Sect had infiltrated the Upper Sect and was searching for something in Gan Capital, then joined Han Qiubai and more than three hundred disciples on a mission there. As their sedan arrived in Gan Capital, an explosion shook the ground and a sword pierced toward Han Qiubai.

• Zhang Su ordered Luo Feng to investigate the Great Freedom Sect, and Luo Feng reported that it could bewitch even Xiantian Realm elders and was rumored to be searching for something in Gan Capital.
• Zhang Su spent three days preparing and cultivating before leaving Primordial Unity Peak with Luo Feng's encouragement.
• At the Steward Hall, Zhang Su met Xu Qing and the other disciples bound for Gan Capital, then agreed to serve as deputy envoy under Personal Disciple Han Qiubai.
• Han Qiubai led more than three hundred Official Disciples toward Gan Capital, and Zhang Su traveled in Han Qiubai's sedan while cultivating along the way.
• After five days on the road, Zhang Su and Han Qiubai arrived in Gan Capital, where an explosion rocked the sedan and a sword shot through it toward Han Qiubai.

Han Qiubai and Zhang Su arrived in the Gan Capital, where a Red Skirt Saintess challenged Han Qiubai and warned them to stay out of the Great Freedom Sect’s affairs. At the imperial palace, Zhang Su ordered Emperor Li Jingyao to confiscate Marquis Wuqing’s household and exterminate his Lineage, then went to watch the operation as Zhao Xin and Shen Yulang learned that the guards had surrounded the residence.

• The Red Skirt Saintess ambushed Han Qiubai, fought him for over a hundred moves, and warned him that the Great Freedom Sect wanted Primordial Unity Peak to leave it alone.
• Han Qiubai decided to investigate the Great Freedom Sect’s purpose before making a move and led the group to the imperial palace, where Emperor Li Jingyao knelt to welcome them.
• Zhang Su learned from Shen Qingci that Marquis Wuqing was Zhao Taihe, a powerful minister connected to the death of Zhang Su’s father.
• Zhang Su ordered Li Jingyao to issue a decree confiscating Marquis Wuqing’s household and exterminating his Lineage, then went with Shen Qingci to watch the residence.
• Zhao Xin was with Shen Yulang when her maid reported that Imperial Guards had surrounded Marquis Wuqing’s Residence to confiscate it.

Zhang Su stopped Shen Yulang from escaping with Zhao Xin and Marquis Wuqing’s household, killed Marquis Wuqing, and captured Shen Yulang. Back in the palace, he learned that the Great Freedom Sect was searching Gan Capital for an exceptionally special herb.

• Imperial Guards moved to confiscate Marquis Wuqing’s Residence because Zhao Xin had not been sent to serve the envoy, and Zhao Xin revealed her affair with Shen Yulang.
• Shen Yulang appeared, freed Zhao Xin, and offered Marquis Wuqing a place in the Great Freedom Sect before slaughtering dozens of Imperial Guards and defeating General Wei.
• Zhang Su confronted the departing group outside the residence, evaded Shen Yulang’s attacks, and crippled him with his fast sword.
• Zhang Su identified himself as the son of Zhang Yue, killed Marquis Wuqing, and left General Wei to deal with the marquis’s household.
• Zhang Su carried Shen Yulang to the palace and questioned him, and Shen Yulang said the Great Freedom Sect was searching for an extremely special precious herb.

Zhang Su killed Shen Yulang and learned that the Great Freedom Sect had gathered in Gan Capital to seek a Treasured Medicine Seed. After Han Qiubai was poisoned in a fight with two Holy Maidens, Zhang Su was left responsible for Primordial Unity Peak’s disciples while the assassin Holy Son Qi Mo remained a threat.

• Zhang Su questioned Shen Yulang about the Great Freedom Sect’s mission, learned about the Treasured Medicine Seed, and killed him.
• Han Qiubai identified Shen Yulang as a First-Class Believer worth one hundred merit points, then confronted the furious Holy Daughter Red Skirt.
• Shi Xin joined Red Skirt against Han Qiubai, while an unknown attacker tried to assassinate Zhang Su; Zhang Su countered with the Extreme Sword Style and drove him off.
• Tang Long told Zhang Su that Han Qiubai had repelled the two Holy Maidens but suffered Heart-Eroding Poison, and Han Qiubai withdrew to a secret chamber for treatment.
• Han Qiubai identified the assassin as Qi Mo and left Zhang Su responsible for Gan Capital and Primordial Unity Peak’s disciples.

Zhang Su consumed the Gan Kingdom imperial family's medicinal stores to advance the Boundless Divine Skill to its Third Refinement and reach the Circulatory Realm, gaining true Xiantian Combat Power. Meanwhile, Qi Mo gave Red Skirt and Shi Xin Life-Restoring Pills and planned to attack Zhang Su after they recovered; Zhang Su ended the chapter ready to qualify as a Personal Disciple after one year in the Upper Sect.

• Zhang Su demanded cultivation medicines from Li Jingyao, who delivered the imperial treasury's stores of precious herbs to Purple Tenuity Hall.
• Red Skirt, Shi Xin, and Qi Mo agreed to work together to find the Dragon Blood Grass Seeds, and Qi Mo gave Red Skirt and Shi Xin Life-Restoring Pills so they could recover within seven or eight days.
• Zhang Su refined the imperial medicines for seven days and completed the Third Refinement of the Boundless Divine Skill.
• Zhang Su advanced to the Circulatory Realm and tested his sword techniques, confirming that he could repeatedly unleash Xiantian-level power.
• Zhang Su realized that, one year after entering the Upper Sect, he had finally gained the strength to become a Personal Disciple.

After emerging from seclusion, Zhang Su learned that the Great Freedom Sect had attacked Purple Tenuity Hall while Han Qiubai lay near death. Zhang Su fought Red Skirt and Shi Xin while waiting for Qi Mo, but Qi Mo finally appeared and struck at his vital point.

• Shen Qingci told Zhang Su that the Great Freedom Sect had gone quiet and that Han Qiubai was still secluded, so Zhang Su went to check on him.
• A large force led by Red Skirt and Shi Xin attacked the hall, and Tang Long, Xu Qing, and Zhou Yuan urged Zhang Su to retreat.
• Zhang Su refused to abandon Han Qiubai and the Primordial Unity Peak disciples, and he warned that Qi Mo was hiding nearby.
• Zhang Su exchanged ten blows with Red Skirt, revealing that he had gained sustained Xiantian Combat Power rather than the strength for only one strike.
• Zhang Su fought Red Skirt and Shi Xin together, suppressing them while the disciples watched for Qi Mo.
• Qi Mo suddenly appeared beside Zhang Su and thrust his short sword toward Zhang Su’s vital point.

Zhang Su killed Qi Mo, Shi Xin, and Red Skirt, then led Primordial Unity Peak to defeat the Great Freedom Sect forces in the Gan Capital. After learning that the sect sought Dragon Blood Grass Seeds and that the Bai Family siblings might know their whereabouts, he ordered Li Jingyao to find them within three days and noticed something unexpected among the slain leaders’ possessions.

• Zhang Su revealed his full strength, killed Qi Mo with Five Elements Samsara Kill, and then killed Shi Xin and Red Skirt with his sword arts.
• Zhang Su and the Primordial Unity Peak disciples slaughtered the fleeing Great Freedom Sect believers and tallied the victory’s merit points.
• Zhang Su confirmed his recent breakthrough and learned from captured believers that the Great Freedom Sect had searched for Dragon Blood Grass Seeds and was pursuing the Bai Family siblings, Bai Ci and Bai Ji.
• Zhang Su ordered Li Jingyao to find the siblings unharmed within three days, and Li Jingyao promised to abdicate if he failed.
• Xu Qing brought Zhang Su the possessions taken from the dead Holy Son and Holy Maidens, and Zhang Su spotted something that made his pupils contract.

Zhang Su consumed three Dragon Beard Fruits and advanced his body to the fifth stage before Li Jingyao brought him the Bai siblings. Bai Ci handed over a Dragon Blood Grass Seed in exchange for places for herself and Bai Ji as registered disciples of Primordial Unity Peak, while Zhang Su waited for help to arrive because Han Qiubai remained in danger.

• Zhang Su consumed three Dragon Beard Fruits over three days, raising his Everlasting Life Art from the second stage to the fifth and greatly increasing his physical strength.
• Li Jingyao arrived with Bai Ci and Bai Ji, whom he had found hiding in a dry well in the Gan Capital.
• Bai Ci revealed that the Great Freedom Sect had sought Dragon Blood Grass Seeds and gave Zhang Su a precious seed her father had left her.
• Bai Ci asked to join Zhang Su as a disciple, and he instead offered her and Bai Ji places as registered disciples of Primordial Unity Peak.
• Zhang Su sent Tang Long to care for the Bai siblings and considered exchanging the Dragon Blood Grass Seed for other treasured medicines.
• Zhang Su continued waiting for someone from Primordial Unity Peak to arrive, since Han Qiubai's life-threatening condition made it unsafe to travel.

After returning from Gan Capital, Zhang Su revealed that he had gained Xiantian Combat Power and invited Lu Danxi and Shi Buyi to witness his promotion to personal disciple. The chapter ended as his companions reacted with surprise to how quickly he had advanced.

• Elder Yao, Elder Chen, and Elder Li reached Gan Capital and learned that Zhang Su had killed Red Skirt, Shi Xin, and Qi Mo while Han Qiubai recovered from poison.
• Zhang Su recounted the battle, showed the elders the Dragon Blood Grass Seed, and learned that Han Qiubai would need a month to clear the toxins.
• Shen Qingci asked to follow Zhang Su back to the Upper Sect, and Zhang Su agreed to take her as a maid.
• Zhang Su and the Primordial Unity Peak disciples returned to the Upper Sect after seven days, and Han Qiubai thanked Zhang Su for saving his life.
• Zhang Su summoned Lu Danxi and Shi Buyi and announced that he possessed Xiantian Combat Power and was going to advance to a personal disciple.

Zhang Su passed Primordial Unity Peak’s personal disciple examination, received purple robes and the Boundless Cave, and was summoned by Gu Changyuan. After awarding him merit points and ten Dragon Beard Fruits in exchange for the Dragon Blood Grass Seeds, Gu Changyuan explained the Great Freedom Realm Sect’s influence over the Great Freedom Sect and the Myriad Spirits Realm.

• Zhang Su applied for the personal disciple examination at the Steward Hall and defeated the xiantian-level puppet with four sword strikes.
• Zhang Su received a new Identity Token and purple robes, chose the Boundless Cave, and celebrated with Lu Danxi and Shi Buyi.
• Gu Changyuan awarded Zhang Su twenty thousand merit points for his deeds in Gan Capital and offered ten Dragon Beard Fruits for the Dragon Blood Grass Seeds.
• Gu Changyuan told Zhang Su that the Great Freedom Realm Sect ruled the Great Freedom Realm and supported the Great Freedom Sect’s influence in the Myriad Spirits Realm.
• Zhang Su agreed to give the Bai Family’s sister and brother two Registered Disciple places, and Gu Changyuan approved the arrangement.

Zhang Su used ten Dragon Beard Fruits to advance his Everlasting Life Art to the sixth tier, then learned that War Tower rank determined priority for scarce treasured medicines and went to the Sword Tomb to temper his true intent. Meanwhile, the Yao Family considered a match between Yao Peiyu and Zhang Su, but the Third Ancestor warned Meng Yun that Zhang Su’s promotion to personal disciple had made the proposal unsuitable.

• Zhang Su consumed all ten Dragon Beard Fruits, advanced his Everlasting Life Art from the fifth tier to the sixth, and learned from Han Qiubai that Dragon Beard Fruit exchanges depended on War Tower rank.
• Zhang Su obtained Grain-Repelling Pills from Lu Danxi and entered the Sword Tomb, where he began devouring the nearly dissipated Broken River Sword Intent.
• Meng Yun discussed arranging a match between Yao Peiyu and Zhang Su, but a servant reported that Zhang Su had passed the Personal Disciple Examination.
• Meng Yun learned from the Yao Family's Third Ancestor that Zhang Su had become a personal disciple and had slain three holy sons and daughters of the Great Freedom Sect.
• The Yao Family's Third Ancestor forbade Meng Yun from raising the match, warning that Yao Peiyu was no longer a suitable match for Zhang Su and that the proposal could damage the family’s relationship with him.

Zhang Su spent seventy days in the Sword Tomb, where his Infinite True Intent was born and grew by devouring powerful Sword Intents. He left for the War Tower to test his strength and earn a ranking, entering just as the chapter ended.

• Three veteran Personal Disciples sensed that the Sword Tomb was in chaos, then waited outside until Zhang Su's Martial Dao True Intent calmed most of its Sword Intents.
• Zhang Su awakened after seventy days and discovered that his Infinite True Intent had reached the Initiation Realm.
• Zhang Su devoured eighteen powerful Sword Intents, raising his Infinite True Intent's progress to 68%, then left the Sword Tomb after paying 8,700 merit points.
• The three Personal Disciples identified Zhang Su and discussed his newly born Martial Dao True Intent as the Sword Tomb returned to calm.
• Zhang Su examined the War Tower rankings, learned that Han Qiubai ranked 413th, and entered the tower to test his strength.

Zhang Su challenged the War Tower and used his Infinite True Intent and sword techniques to defeat thirty-five One-Star Puppets, earning tenth place among the Upper Sect’s Personal Disciples. He left the tower as Zhou Que failed to reclaim the rank, while news of Zhang Su’s achievement spread through Primordial Unity Peak and delighted Han Qiubai and Elder Yao.

• Zhang Su defeated three One-Star Puppets, then raised his challenges to eight, ten, fifteen, and twenty, using the Primordial Unity Sword Art to overcome the larger groups.
• Zhang Su continued through increasingly coordinated puppet attacks and set a record of thirty-five One-Star Puppets before stopping, judging that thirty-six exceeded his current limits.
• Outside the War Tower, Zhang Su’s ranking climbed into the top ten, and Zhou Que watched as Zhang Su took his tenth-place position.
• Zhang Su emerged from the tower, saw his record and ranking on the Jade Stele, and left after comparing himself with first-ranked Lu Zhaixing.
• Zhou Que failed to defeat thirty-five puppets and left the War Tower in eleventh place, resolving to try again later.
• Han Qiubai and Elder Yao heard that Zhang Su had reached tenth place; Han Qiubai verified the ranking, and Elder Yao celebrated the achievement.

Zhang Su spent four months cultivating, broke through to the seventh body stage, and developed three forms of xiantian combat power. Seeking merit points through a dangerous outside posting, he learned that his War Tower ranking would determine whether the sect trusted him with one, so he prepared to challenge the tower again.

• Fang Ming warned Lu Zhaixing that Zhang Su had reached tenth place in his first War Tower attempt, but Lu Zhaixing dismissed him and resolved to keep pursuing a tenth-tier physical body before advancing to the Innate Realm.
• As Zhang Su stayed away from the War Tower for four months, his ranking fell to fifteenth while Zhong Yun surged to seventeenth.
• Luo Feng delivered three Dragon Beard Fruits, and Zhang Su consumed them along with the four-month gains from his cultivation, breaking through to the seventh body stage and perfecting the third form of the Primordial Unity Sword Art.
• Zhang Su reviewed his progress and concluded that he needed merit points to keep improving, so he sought Han Qiubai's advice about outside postings and learned that the sect used War Tower rankings to assess candidates.
• Zhang Su decided to challenge the War Tower again, and Han Qiubai agreed to accompany him.

Zhang Su returned to the War Tower after four months of training and shattered his previous record, defeating one hundred One-Star Puppets to claim second place. He left knowing his regular strength had reached the pinnacle of one-star combat power, while keeping the Wuji Sword Scripture hidden as a trump card.

• Zhou Que improved his record to thirty-seven puppets and reclaimed tenth place, pushing Zhang Su down to sixteenth.
• Zhang Su entered the War Tower and challenged forty One-Star Puppets, destroying them with one strike of Heaven and Earth Returning Origin Sword.
• Zhang Su continued through challenges of fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, and ninety puppets, using his sword techniques and Infinite True Intent to overcome them despite mounting injuries.
• Zhang Su defeated ninety-five puppets and then challenged one hundred, fighting through severe wounds until the last puppet shattered.
• Zhang Su declined to challenge a Two-Star Puppet with the Wuji Sword Scripture, decided his strength was sufficient for the test, and left the War Tower.

After reaching second place in the War Tower by defeating one hundred One-Star Puppets, Zhang Su sought advice about taking an external posting. He chose to become the Warden of the dangerous but prosperous Three Ridges Region, where he could also address the conflict between the Three Sects Alliance and Jingyuan Sect, and left with a month to report there.

• Zhang Su emerged from the War Tower ranked second, and Han Qiubai accepted that he could not compete with Zhang Su and advised him to consult the Peak Master before choosing a posting.
• Zhang Su told Gu Changyuan about his record, and Gu Changyuan recommended the Three Ridges Region, explaining its riches, dangers, and connection to Zhang Su's home and the Three Sects Alliance.
• Zhang Su chose the Three Ridges Region after learning that its proximity to Myriad Spirits City had contributed to the previous Warden's death.
• Zhang Su applied at the Sect Main Hall, where an elder confirmed his ranking and appointed him Warden of the Three Ridges Region.
• The elder gave Zhang Su a dossier and Warden's token and told him to arrive in the region within one month.