Chapter Summaries

Fang Han and the other Azure Profound Sect disciples traveled to Qingyang Prefecture City for the Seven Sects Competition, where they settled into the sect’s branch courtyard. After Elder Chen Xuan ordered them to take a day to relax, they explored the city and heard diners discussing the leading disciples from the competing sects.

• Elder Chen Xuan told Fang Han, Yun Qianyue, Li Feng, Huang Ling'er, and Shi Meng to prepare for the Seven Sects Competition and depart for the Prefecture City.
• The five traveled for five days by carriage, cultivating along the way, until they reached Qingyang Prefecture City and settled at the Azure Profound Branch Courtyard.
• Elder Chen Xuan sent the five to explore the city with Steward Wu Hao accompanying them for safety.
• Fang Han and the others toured the shops, then ate at Hundred Flavors Tower, where diners debated the strongest contestants from the Seven Sects.

Fang Han and the other Azure Profound Sect disciples watched Liu Bai defeat Mad Blade in a fierce duel, then prepared for the Seven Sects tournament. At the tournament’s opening, Azure Profound Sect was matched against Nether Pavilion in the first bout.

• Fang Han and the others followed Deacon Wu Hao outside the city to watch Liu Bai challenge Mad Blade.
• Liu Bai and Mad Blade fought for over a thousand moves, and Liu Bai won by striking a flaw in Mad Blade’s blade intent.
• Fang Han and his companions returned to the Azure Profound Branch Courtyard and resumed cultivation to prepare for the tournament.
• On the first day of the eleventh month, Fang Han entered the packed martial arena and saw Mo Yuan provoke him from the Nether Pavilion team.
• Referee Xuan Yuanjing announced that the tournament would begin with Azure Profound Sect facing Nether Pavilion.

The Azure Profound Sect and Nether Pavilion began their king-of-the-hill battle, with Shi Meng defeating Yin Bin before Mo Yuan defeated Shi Meng. Fang Han then dominated Mo Yuan and held his sword to Mo Yuan’s neck, leaving the match poised for a decisive finish.

• Elder Chen Xuan sent Shi Meng to face Nether Pavilion’s Yin Bin, and Shi Meng won after Xuan Yuanjing stopped his finishing punch.
• Mo Yuan entered the arena, defeated Shi Meng with his icy Internal Qi, and called Fang Han out to settle their past defeat.
• Fang Han accepted Elder Chen Xuan’s decision to fight Mo Yuan and revealed that he had also reached the early eighth rank.
• Fang Han broke through Mo Yuan’s attacks with his Wind Splitting Sword Technique and forced him onto the defensive.
• Fang Han exploited Mo Yuan’s distraction and stopped his sword at Mo Yuan’s neck.

Fang Han defeated You Ling in a fierce sword fight, giving Azure Profound Sect another victory. Nether Pavilion sent Huo Man to challenge him next, and Huo Man declared that Fang Han’s sword could not stop his warhammer.

• Xuan Yuanjing declared Fang Han the winner over Mo Yuan, and Fang Han waited for his next opponent.
• Ming Gu sent You Ling to fight Fang Han, and the two exchanged more than a hundred sword strikes.
• Fang Han used Void Splitting Gold Severing to break through You Ling’s defense, disarm her, and win the match.
• Ming Gu sent Huo Man, an Eighth-rank mid-stage disciple wielding a giant warhammer, to face Fang Han.
• Huo Man reached the arena and taunted Fang Han, claiming his sword could not stop the warhammer.

Fang Han fought Huo Man, Nether Pavilion's second-ranked newly initiated disciple, and turned the battle around with his speed and swordsmanship despite Huo Man's superior cultivation and strength. Just as Fang Han's final strike threatened to seriously wound Huo Man, referee Xuan Yuanjing stopped the fight, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Huo Man overwhelmed Fang Han with a relentless series of warhammer strikes, forcing him to retreat and injuring his sword hand.
• Fang Han waited for an opening, then used his Wind Shadow Step to slip past Huo Man's strongest attack and cut his chest with the Wind Splitting Sword Technique.
• Huo Man grew furious and attacked again, while Fang Han used his speed to circle him and strike at openings during their exchange of over two hundred moves.
• Fang Han feinted left, darted around Huo Man's hammer, and thrust his sword toward Huo Man's right ribs.
• Xuan Yuanjing caught Fang Han's sword tip and pushed Huo Man back, halting the fight before the decisive strike landed.

Fang Han defeated Huo Man, and Li Feng beat Xin Wuming to secure the Azure Profound Sect’s overwhelming victory over the Nether Pavilion. The next sect match began with the Lingyun Sword Sect taking an early win over the Tyrant Blade Sect.

• Fang Han defeated Huo Man after three consecutive bouts, and Xuan Yuanjing declared him the winner.
• The Azure Profound Sect replaced the exhausted Fang Han with Li Feng, who defeated Xin Wuming and completed their victory over all five Nether Pavilion disciples.
• Spectators and disciples from the other sects took notice of Fang Han’s fighting strength as he recovered.
• Xuan Yuanjing announced the Lingyun Sword Sect versus Tyrant Blade Sect match, and Lin Qing defeated Wang Gang by cutting his wrist.

The Tyrant Blade Sect defeated the Lingyun Sword Sect when Guo Lie overcame Lin Zihua, then Rain Listening Tower dominated Hundred Flower Valley in the next match. The chapter ended with Rain Listening Tower appearing to be a serious contender against Azure Profound Sect in the Seven Sects Competition.

• Zhao Meng, Liu Feixu, Qian Feng, and Zhou Xuan traded victories and ended their bouts with a draw between the two sects.
• Su Wan narrowly defeated Lei Zhen, but Guo Lie then overcame the exhausted Su Wan and defeated Lin Zihua, giving the Tyrant Blade Sect the match.
• Xuan Yuanjing stopped Guo Lie from striking Lin Zihua and announced the Tyrant Blade Sect's victory.
• Mei Ruoxue, Lan Xin, Zhu Yun, Ju Ya, and Wang Yun fought Rain Listening Tower's disciples, with the match between Ju Ya and Wang Yun ending in a draw.
• You Quan defeated Liu Yiyi, completing Rain Listening Tower's sweep of Hundred Flower Valley and drawing attention from the stands toward Azure Profound Sect.

After Azure Profound Sect dominated its matches on the first day, Fang Han discovered that the battles had temporarily accelerated his cultivation and improved his sword comprehension. The next morning, Azure Profound Sect began its match against Vajra Temple, with Shi Meng facing the monk Wu Zhen first.

• Rain Listening Tower defeated Hundred Flower Valley, concluding the first day's matches, while Azure Profound Sect's victories made Fang Han and his fellow disciples the focus of attention.
• Elder Chen Xuan praised Azure Profound Sect's disciples and warned them to prepare cautiously for Vajra Temple's body-tempering arts.
• Fang Han found that cultivating after his battles nearly doubled his Internal Qi growth, but decided not to rely on dangerous combat as a long-term shortcut.
• Fang Han practiced the Wind Splitting Sword Technique and found his sword forms and control of Wind Momentum had improved after reviewing his fights.
• The next morning, Elder Chen Xuan sent Shi Meng to lead Azure Profound Sect against Vajra Temple, where he faced Wu Zhen.

Azure Profound Sect faced Vajra Temple in a series of arena matches, with Fang Han eventually sent to challenge Vajra Temple’s strongest new disciple, Wu Fan. Fang Han’s speed and precise attacks put Wu Fan on the defensive, but the fight remained unresolved.

• Shi Meng defeated Wu Zhen by striking his Sea of Qi Acupoint, but Wu Xin then defeated the exhausted Shi Meng.
• Huang Ling’er defeated Wu Xin by exploiting his weak points, then lost to Wu Fa after her Internal Qi ran low.
• Li Feng defeated Wu Fa and Wu Shen, then lost to Wu Fan after his Internal Qi was depleted.
• Elder Chen Xuan sent Fang Han to challenge Wu Fan and advised him to use his mastered Wind Shadow Step against Vajra Temple’s rigid body-tempering style.
• Fang Han used his speed to attack Wu Fan’s vulnerable points and kept him on the defensive, astonishing the spectators.

Fang Han defeated Wu Fan to secure the Azure Profound Sect’s victory over Vajra Temple, while Rain Listening Tower and the other sects continued their matches. After several days of intense combat and cultivation, Fang Han reached the bottleneck before the mid stage of the eighth rank and tried to break through ahead of the Azure Profound Sect’s match against Rain Listening Tower.

• Fang Han used his Wind Shadow Step and swordsmanship to defeat Wu Fan, and Xuan Yuanjing declared the Azure Profound Sect the winner of the fourth match.
• Lin Zihua defeated Xin Wuming, giving the Lingyun Sword Sect victory over Nether Pavilion in the fifth match.
• You Quan defeated Guo Lie, and Rain Listening Tower won its match against the Tyrant Blade Sect without Mo Chen entering the arena.
• Fang Han cultivated and practiced his swordsmanship after the matches, using intense combat to accelerate his Internal Qi growth and refine his control of Wind Momentum.
• After several days of fierce bouts, Fang Han sensed his Internal Qi had reached the bottleneck before the mid stage of the eighth rank and continued cultivating in an attempt to break through before facing Rain Listening Tower.

Fang Han broke through to mid Eighth Rank and unlocked the Swift-Footed Divine Treasury before the final day of the Seven Sects Competition. After two other sect matches concluded, Azure Profound Sect and Rain Listening Tower prepared to face off for the championship.

• Fang Han shattered the barrier to mid Eighth Rank, opened the Stomach Meridian Aperture, and gained the Swift-Footed ability.
• Fang Han stabilized his new realm before Azure Profound Sect entered the packed arena for the competition’s final day.
• Vajra Temple defeated Tyrant Blade Sect when Wu Fan exhausted Guo Lie and struck him with a Vajra Palm.
• Nether Pavilion narrowly defeated Hundred Flower Valley after a fierce contest of speed and technique.
• Xuan Yuanjing announced the final match between Azure Profound Sect and Rain Listening Tower, and both teams prepared to fight.

Azure Profound Sect and Rain Listening Tower traded victories in the championship showdown as their disciples fought through a series of arena matches. Li Feng defeated Cao Jun, leaving the contest poised for the next bout.

• Shi Meng fought Yin Ye, but Yin Ye's Flying Needles numbed his limbs and forced Xuan Yuanjing to stop the match and declare Yin Ye the winner.
• Huang Ling'er countered Yin Ye's concealed weapons with her faster Body Movement, swept out his supporting leg, and won for Azure Profound Sect.
• Elder Mo Hai sent Cao Jun to challenge Huang Ling'er, and Cao Jun used his combat experience and daggers to wound her and claim the victory.
• Elder Chen Xuan chose Li Feng over Fang Han to face Cao Jun, and Li Feng overwhelmed Cao Jun with his saber before Xuan Yuanjing declared him the winner.

Li Feng defeated Wang Yun and fought You Quan to a draw, leaving the Seven Sects Competition tied between Azure Profound Sect and Rain Listening Tower. Fang Han then faced Mo Chen, whose mastery of forming Internal Qi into a flying dagger immediately put Fang Han on the defensive.

• Li Feng defeated Wang Yun with Ice-Sealing Thousand Miles, forcing Rain Listening Tower to send You Quan into the arena.
• Li Feng and You Quan exchanged hundreds of moves before their collision ended in a draw, leaving Fang Han and Mo Chen as their sects' remaining fighters.
• Fang Han entered the arena to face Mo Chen, whose restrained aura and stillness made him seem more dangerous than Fang Han's previous opponents.
• Mo Chen formed a flying dagger from Internal Qi and struck Fang Han's sword with enough force to stagger him three steps.
• The spectators recognized that Mo Chen had mastered a Medium Grade hidden-weapon martial technique, and Elder Chen Xuan warned Yun Qianyue to prepare to fight.

Fang Han defeated Mo Chen in the final match of the Seven Sects Competition after evading his concealed-weapon attacks until Mo Chen’s Internal Qi weakened, then closing in and landing a decisive strike. Xuan Yuanjing announced Azure Profound Sect as the competition’s winner, with Rain Listening Tower in second place.

• Mo Chen bombarded Fang Han with concealed weapons, but Fang Han combined Wind Shadow Step and Wind Splitting Sword Technique to evade and deflect the attacks.
• Mo Chen unleashed nine phantom concealed weapons in a powerful attack, and Fang Han dodged or shattered them despite suffering several cuts.
• Fang Han endured hundreds of exchanges until Mo Chen’s Internal Qi and attack speed declined, then charged through the weakened barrage and pierced him with the Azure Edge Sword.
• Xuan Yuanjing stopped Fang Han’s sword from penetrating deeper into Mo Chen and declared Mo Chen defeated, prompting astonishment across the martial arts ground.
• Xuan Yuanjing announced the final rankings, with Azure Profound Sect first, Rain Listening Tower second, and Tyrant Blade Sect third.

After Azure Profound Sect won the Seven Sects Competition, Fang Han used the insights from his battle with Mo Chen to advance the Wind Splitting Sword Technique to mastery. Yun Qianyue witnessed his breakthrough and left resolved to push herself harder.

• Merchants across Qingyang Prefecture City celebrated Azure Profound Sect's championship and praised Fang Han, Yun Qianyue, and Li Feng.
• Elder Chen Xuan hosted a banquet to congratulate the disciples, and he singled out Fang Han for defeating Mo Chen.
• Fang Han reviewed his battle with Mo Chen and practiced the Wind Splitting Sword Technique in the moonlit courtyard.
• Fang Han broke through to mastery in the Wind Splitting Sword Technique, raising his control of Wind Momentum from thirty percent to fifty percent.
• Yun Qianyue watched Fang Han's breakthrough from the shadows, felt pressure from his rapid progress, and left determined to improve.

Azure Profound Sect’s disciples won the Seven Sects Competition, earning Zhou Bo the largest share of Earth Heart Stone Milk and shocking the elders. After three days in Prefecture City, Fang Han and his companions set out for their sect, where Huang Ling'er noticed Yun Qianyue’s aura had grown stronger.

• The Azure Profound Sect steward announced that Azure Profound Sect had placed first and Rain Listening Tower second in the competition.
• Yin Wuhu rejected the result, but a second confirmation proved Azure Profound Sect had won.
• Zhou Bo took the jade bottle containing the largest share of Earth Heart Stone Milk and left the cavern under guard.
• Fang Han and his four companions spent three days in Prefecture City before departing for their sect with Elder Chen Xuan and three stewards.
• During the carriage ride, Huang Ling'er noticed Yun Qianyue’s strengthened aura and asked whether she had reached the late eighth rank.

After the Azure Profound Sect’s team returned victorious from the Seven Sects Competition, Sect Master Chen Tianyuan approved rewards for Fang Han and the other four disciples. Elder Chen Xuan announced that each would receive two thousand contribution points and one drop of Earth Heart Stone Milk.

• Yun Qianyue revealed that she had broken through to the late Eighth Rank, surprising Li Feng and Shi Meng and prompting Fang Han to consider how he could catch up.
• Five days later, Fang Han, Yun Qianyue, Li Feng, Huang Ling'er, and Shi Meng returned to the Azure Profound Sect, where disciples praised their competition victories.
• Elder Chen Xuan reported the team’s achievements to Chen Tianyuan and requested Earth Heart Stone Milk for all five disciples.
• Chen Tianyuan approved two thousand contribution points and one drop of Earth Heart Stone Milk for each disciple.
• Elder Chen Xuan summoned the five disciples and announced their rewards, ending with the Earth Heart Stone Milk allotment.

Fang Han received Earth Heart Stone Milk as a reward and used it to transform his body and improve his Root Bone Talent. After discovering that his cultivation speed had quadrupled, he resumed training and set his sights on eventually challenging Chu Feng on the Prodigy Ranking.

• Elder Chen Xuan gave Fang Han and the other four disciples a bottle of Earth Heart Stone Milk and two thousand contribution points each.
• Fang Han returned to Room C-7, drank the stone milk, and endured an hour-long transformation as impurities were expelled from his body.
• Fang Han tested his cultivation after the transformation and found that each circulation produced twenty strands of Internal Qi instead of five.
• Fang Han concluded that the stone milk’s effect on his Root Bone Talent had been magnified sixteenfold, increasing his cultivation speed four times.
• Fang Han considered his contribution points and his future challenge to Chu Feng, then resumed cultivating.

Fang Han surpassed Li Feng in the Martial Dao Stele test and rose to second place in Zi Courtyard. At the start of December, he collected his contribution points and realized he had enough wealth to meet the requirement for the fifth-level Root Bone Talent amplification.

• Fang Han went to the White Jade Plaza to test his strength after half a month of rapid cultivation.
• Li Feng struck the Martial Dao Stele with his Great Mastery saber technique, but remained in second place.
• Fang Han used his Great Mastery Wind Splitting Sword Technique to surpass Li Feng and claim second place.
• Li Feng left the plaza with renewed fighting spirit as Fang Han reflected that he had won by only a narrow margin.
• At the Instruction Hall, Fang Han received his second-place reward and saw his contribution points rise to 2,560.
• Fang Han calculated that exchanging his contribution points for resources would meet the wealth requirement for the fifth-level Root Bone Talent amplification.

Fang Han spent his accumulated wealth to unlock a thirty-two-fold Root Bone Talent Amplification and found that his cultivation speed doubled again. After several days of cultivation, he reached the late Grade Eight bottleneck and began trying to break through.

• Elder Chen Xuan announced the sect's year-end holiday, and Fang Han looked forward to returning home.
• Fang Han exchanged 2,400 contribution points for a selection of pills at the Pill Hall.
• Fang Han deposited the pills and twenty-five taels of silver into his system, reaching 100,000 silver.
• Fang Han unlocked the fifth-level Root Bone Talent Amplification, raising it from sixteen-fold to thirty-two-fold.
• Fang Han tested the amplification and gained forty strands of Internal Qi in one circulation.
• After several days of cultivation, Fang Han reached the late Grade Eight bottleneck and began directing his Internal Qi against the barrier.