Chapter Summaries

At Immortal Lord Guanlan’s birthday banquet, Immortal Lord Blackwater singled out the girl in black and tried to intimidate her. The girl, revealed as Jiang Yuechu, effortlessly slammed him onto the table and pinned him down, leaving the banquet in shock.

• Fairy Azure Sea stopped Immortal Lord Guanlan from making a scene after he took offense at an insult, then watched as Immortal Lord Blackwater complained about the banquet food.
• Immortal Lord Blackwater spotted the girl in black and ordered her to come over, while Uncle Xun and Xu Linmiao reacted in alarm.
• Immortal Lord Guanlan tried to restrain Immortal Lord Blackwater, but Fairy Azure Sea ordered him to return to his seat.
• Tang Wanyin prepared to intervene, but He Wuya stopped her and said they should defer to Deacon Ling Han.
• Immortal Lord Blackwater strode over, flung Uncle Xun and Xu Linmiao aside, and threatened the girl in black.
• The girl revealed herself as Jiang Yuechu, unleashed black mist, slammed Immortal Lord Blackwater onto the table, and pinned him there with one hand.

Jiang Yuechu pinned Immortal Lord Blackwater at Immortal Lord Guanlan’s birthday banquet, drawing the anger of the demons and the intervention of Fairy Azure Sea. Fairy Azure Sea revealed her Eighth Rank power and threatened Jiang Yuechu, who answered with a taunt as black mist rose from her eyes.

• Jiang Yuechu held Immortal Lord Blackwater down with one hand while he struggled unsuccessfully to break free.
• Several Chess-Player Realm demons surrounded Jiang Yuechu, and Immortal Lord Guanlan tried to stop the confrontation.
• Fairy Azure Sea appeared behind Immortal Lord Guanlan, ordered him to return to his seat, and made him retreat in fear.
• Fairy Azure Sea confronted Jiang Yuechu and summoned a vast Demon Palace illusion with eight statues, displaying her Eighth Rank power.
• Jiang Yuechu remained calm beneath Fairy Azure Sea’s pressure and mocked her for bragging as black mist poured from her eyes.

Fairy Azure Sea attacked Jiang Yuechu, but True Lord Ling Han and two Azure Boundary Sect disciples intervened against the Southern Immortal Palace. As the battle spread through Guanlan Villa, Immortal Lord Blackwater used his Dao Chess Pieces to break Jiang Yuechu’s hold, and she began considering how those pieces could strengthen her.

• Fairy Azure Sea cast the Supreme Spirit Technique Phoenix Descends at Jiang Yuechu, but True Lord Ling Han cut apart its sound waves and blocked her.
• True Lord Ling Han challenged Fairy Azure Sea’s authority, while two Azure Boundary Sect disciples took positions behind Immortal Lord Guanlan.
• Fairy Azure Sea summoned eight Dao Chess Pieces and attacked True Lord Ling Han, who answered with nine pieces as their forces clashed above Guanlan Villa.
• Fairy Azure Sea ordered Immortal Lord Blackwater to kill Jiang Yuechu, and he sent five Dao Chess Pieces into his body to force himself up.
• Jiang Yuechu wondered whether Dao Chess Pieces could strengthen their owner, then pressed Immortal Lord Blackwater back down when he interrupted her thoughts.

Jiang Yuechu absorbed her Spirit-Grade Dao Chess Piece and overwhelmed Immortal Lord Blackwater, who then resolved to launch a desperate attack to force the Azure Boundary Sect to divert its fighters. High above, Fairy Azure Sea kept True Lord Ling Han occupied, while he realized the sect could not risk losing Jiang Yuechu.

• Jiang Yuechu drew her Spirit-Grade Dao Chess Piece into her body and gained roughly a thirty-percent increase in her stats.
• Jiang Yuechu released Immortal Lord Blackwater, who retreated and saw that the Azure Boundary Sect disciples were driving the demons back while True Lord Ling Han fought Fairy Azure Sea.
• Immortal Lord Blackwater guessed that Fairy Azure Sea had ordered him to endanger Jiang Yuechu so the Azure Boundary Sect would be forced to rescue her.
• Immortal Lord Blackwater swallowed two pills, enlarged his demonic body, summoned a Water Spirit Long Hammer, and challenged Jiang Yuechu again.
• Fairy Azure Sea attacked True Lord Ling Han with purple qi while he recognized Jiang Yuechu as a rare talent the Azure Boundary Sect could not afford to lose.

Jiang Yuechu killed Immortal Lord Blackwater and overwhelmed the demon horde before defeating Immortal Lord Guanlan and taking his Ten Directions Mountain and River Staff. As Fairy Azure Sea unleashed the Southern Immortal Palace’s Eastern Origin Qi, True Lord Ling Han shielded the others but realized Jiang Yuechu had been left outside as purple qi swallowed Watching Waves Island.

• True Lord Ling Han ordered Tang Wanyin and He Wuya to save Jiang Yuechu, and Tang Wanyin rushed to strike Immortal Lord Blackwater.
• Jiang Yuechu caught Tang Wanyin’s sword, killed Immortal Lord Blackwater, and charged into the battle to cut down the demons surrounding He Wuya.
• Immortal Lord Guanlan fled, but Jiang Yuechu intercepted him, defeated him with the Crimson Crescent Moon Blade, seized his Ten Directions Mountain and River Staff, and sent him crashing into a mountainside.
• Fairy Azure Sea attacked Jiang Yuechu with her eight Dao Chess Pieces, but True Lord Ling Han wounded her; she then rejected his taunts and unleashed the Eastern Origin Qi.
• True Lord Ling Han sheltered He Wuya, Tang Wanyin, and the human Rogue Cultivators inside a sword curtain as purple qi engulfed Watching Waves Island, then realized Jiang Yuechu was outside it.

Jiang Yuechu escaped Fairy Azure Sea’s Eastern Origin Qi, then used True Lord Ling Han as cover to ambush her. As Ling Han held back Fairy Azure Sea, he asked Jiang Yuechu to kill the fallen Immortal Lord Guanlan, and she agreed.

• Fairy Azure Sea engulfed the battlefield in purple qi, but Jiang Yuechu used Moon-Companion Star Rainbow to break through and return safely inside True Lord Ling Han’s Sword Qi barrier.
• Fairy Azure Sea rushed toward the ruins where Immortal Lord Guanlan had fallen, while True Lord Ling Han attacked her with nine Dao Chess Pieces.
• Jiang Yuechu appeared beside Fairy Azure Sea and struck her with the Ten Directions Mountain and River Staff before retreating behind True Lord Ling Han.
• Fairy Azure Sea unleashed Eastern Origin Qi, and True Lord Ling Han raised a Sword Qi barrier to withstand it.
• True Lord Ling Han asked Jiang Yuechu to kill the Carp Beast while he kept Fairy Azure Sea occupied, and Jiang Yuechu agreed.

Jiang Yuechu killed Immortal Lord Guanlan while True Lord Ling Han held Fairy Azure Sea back. Before Jiang Yuechu could pursue Fairy Azure Sea, a Black Armor General arrived with demons to take the Little Palace Mistress back to the Southern Immortal Palace.

• Jiang Yuechu crushed Immortal Lord Guanlan’s head with her staff and gained 734,682 years of Dao Cultivation.
• Fairy Azure Sea grieved and raged over Guanlan’s death, while True Lord Ling Han told Jiang Yuechu they should leave.
• Jiang Yuechu asked whether the Azure Boundary Sect would attack Fairy Azure Sea, and True Lord Ling Han admitted they could not.
• A Black Armor General arrived with a host of demons and ordered them to take the Little Palace Mistress back.
• Fairy Azure Sea threatened to kill anyone who stopped her, but the Black Armor General approached and warned her that the Palace Master had run out of patience.

Fairy Azure Sea confronted the burden of her status as Little Palace Mistress, while the Demon General withdrew without fighting Jiang Yuechu. After the battle, Jiang Yuechu agreed to visit the Azure Boundary Sect with True Lord Ling Han, whose attempt to hide his fear-induced accident ended in a furious accusation.

• The Demon General rebuked Fairy Azure Sea for rejecting the responsibilities of the Southern Immortal Palace, and she wept as she accepted his words.
• The Demon General looked at Jiang Yuechu but chose to leave with the demons, and True Lord Ling Han relaxed once their aura disappeared.
• True Lord Ling Han warned Jiang Yuechu about the Painting Realm, then invited her to the Azure Boundary Sect; she agreed to go and seek greater strength.
• He Wuya and Tang Wanyin arrived, and True Lord Ling Han introduced them to Jiang Yuechu.
• As True Lord Ling Han prepared to leave on a Flying Sword, Tang Wanyin noticed his soiled pants, and he loudly blamed an unseen culprit.

Jiang Yuechu traveled with True Lord Ling Han and Tang Wanyin to the Azure Boundary Sect, learning that its entrance opened into an independent painted world. She entered without showing surprise, leaving True Lord Ling Han stunned by her lack of reaction.

• Jiang Yuechu reviewed the Demon Forms she had reforged and decided to learn how to condense Dao Chess Pieces before spending more Dao Cultivation.
• True Lord Ling Han told Jiang Yuechu that they were leaving the Fifty Thousand Mile Great Marsh and approaching the Azure Boundary Sect.
• The group stopped before an ordinary-looking lone peak, and Tang Wanyin explained that the Nine Great Dao Sects resided in independent painted worlds.
• True Lord Ling Han opened a hundred-zhang gateway into the Azure Boundary Sect’s painted world and invited Jiang Yuechu inside.
• Jiang Yuechu stepped through the gateway casually, leaving True Lord Ling Han frozen with his hand outstretched.

Jiang Yuechu entered the Azure Boundary Sect’s Hidden Sword Tower after True Lord Ling Han offered her a chance to claim a sword, intending to humble her. Inside, she found only what appeared to be a pile of rusty, broken scraps and turned to leave, but stopped after two steps.

• True Lord Ling Han led Jiang Yuechu through the Azure Boundary Sect and offered her entry to the Hidden Sword Tower, expecting its sword intent to overwhelm her.
• He Wuya and Tang Wanyin questioned whether Ling Han should let an outsider into the tower, but he explained that he planned to rescue Jiang Yuechu after she failed and then give her ordinary artifacts instead.
• Jiang Yuechu entered the tower and found a dusty altar holding more than ten broken, rusted swords.
• After inspecting several swords and deciding the Azure Boundary Sect had offered her junk, Jiang Yuechu turned to leave but halted after two steps.

Jiang Yuechu discovered that a broken sword in the Hidden Sword Tower was sentient and subdued it by threatening to refine it. Outside, Elder Wuxiang arrived believing the Shadow-Bearing Sword was about to acknowledge a master, unaware of what was happening inside.

• Jiang Yuechu noticed the broken swords moving on the offering table and grabbed the Shadow-Bearing Sword to refine it.
• The Shadow-Bearing Sword revealed its identity and begged Jiang Yuechu to spare it, offering its knowledge and help in exchange.
• Jiang Yuechu asked whether other swords in the tower were sentient, and the Shadow-Bearing Sword named Dragon Abyss and Chunjun while betraying its companions.
• True Lord Ling Han, He Wuya, and Tang Wanyin waited outside as True Lord Ling Han worried about Jiang Yuechu's long stay.
• Elder Wuxiang arrived after the Sect Master sensed the Shadow-Bearing Sword's spirit manifesting and headed toward the pavilion, expecting to see it acknowledge a master.
• He Wuya pointed out that True Lord Ling Han's pants were wet, and True Lord Ling Han admitted he had mistaken urine for sweat.

Jiang Yuechu was discovered holding the Shadow-Bearing Sword in the Azure Boundary Sect’s Hidden Sword Tower, prompting Elder Wuxiang to berate True Lord Ling Han for bringing an outsider inside. After hearing of Jiang Yuechu’s exceptional strength and lack of an inheritance, Elder Wuxiang abruptly changed his attitude and greeted her warmly.

• Jiang Yuechu listened as the Shadow-Bearing Sword accused the broken swords on the altar and considered keeping the intelligent swords as guides.
• Elder Wuxiang and several sect elders entered the Hidden Sword Tower and found Jiang Yuechu holding the Shadow-Bearing Sword.
• Elder Wuxiang demanded to know who Jiang Yuechu was, and True Lord Ling Han admitted she was not an Azure Boundary Sect disciple.
• True Lord Ling Han explained that Jiang Yuechu had helped slay demons and secretly brought her into the tower as a reward.
• True Lord Ling Han privately told Elder Wuxiang that Jiang Yuechu had slain a five-or-six-piece Chess-Player Realm demon while at one piece and had no inheritance.
• As Jiang Yuechu began to return the Shadow-Bearing Sword, Elder Wuxiang changed his stern demeanor and warmly greeted her.

Jiang Yuechu negotiated with Elder Wuxiang for the Shadow-Bearing Sword and a mid-grade defensive spirit artifact. After she left, Elder Wuxiang explained that her extraordinary combat strength made her worth accommodating, then revealed that another trace of an Immortal God Grotto-Abode had appeared near Cloud Dream Palace territory.

• Elder Wuxiang urged Jiang Yuechu to take the Shadow-Bearing Sword after first threatening to invoke the sect rules.
• Jiang Yuechu rejected a low-grade defensive spirit artifact, so Elder Wuxiang promised her a mid-grade one in exchange for taking the sword.
• Jiang Yuechu accepted the deal, took the Shadow-Bearing Sword, and left with True Lord Ling Han.
• Elder Wuxiang told the other elders that Jiang Yuechu had slain a demon several cultivation levels above her and had no sect or background.
• Elder Wuxiang revealed that another trace of an Immortal God Grotto-Abode had appeared on the outskirts of Cloud Dream Palace's territory.

Jiang Yuechu accepted an honorary guest elder position at the Azure Boundary Sect and went with True Lord Ling Han to its treasury. Along the way, she learned about the sect’s training missions and grew excited when she heard they included slaying demons.

• True Lord Ling Han invited Jiang Yuechu to stay at the Azure Boundary Sect as a registered guest elder, and she accepted the offer.
• True Lord Ling Han brought Jiang Yuechu to the treasury and introduced her to the inner sect disciples guarding it.
• The disciples respectfully welcomed Jiang Yuechu after learning she had become a guest elder.
• True Lord Ling Han explained that the Dao Sects took missions to help their tributary factions, including slaying demons.
• Jiang Yuechu became excited when she heard about the demon-slaying missions.

Jiang Yuechu learned how spirit artifacts differed from magical treasures while choosing a promised reward in the Azure Boundary Sect's treasury. True Lord Ling Han gave her the defensive robe Cloud Water Fury, then offered to show her around the sect.

• True Lord Ling Han brought Jiang Yuechu into the Azure Boundary Sect's treasury and greeted Uncle-Master Withered Wood.
• Jiang Yuechu asked what distinguished spirit artifacts from magical treasures, and True Lord Ling Han explained how spirit artifacts possessed spiritual essence and could act on their own.
• True Lord Ling Han warned Jiang Yuechu about a gifted Azure Boundary Sect disciple who had been killed after neglecting defense.
• True Lord Ling Han selected the mid-grade defensive spirit artifact Cloud Water Fury for Jiang Yuechu and explained that it automatically guarded against attacks from the shadows.
• Jiang Yuechu put on Cloud Water Fury, and True Lord Ling Han offered to show her around the sect.

True Lord Ling Han brought Jiang Yuechu to the Dao Discussion Palace, where she was welcomed as a guest elder and stayed to hear Elder Taizhen lecture. Ling Han left to handle urgent sect business, and Jiang listened as the elder began explaining the Six-Turn Heavenly Moat.

• True Lord Ling Han explained the Azure Boundary Sect’s ranks and customs to Jiang Yuechu as they headed toward the main peak.
• Ling Han invited Jiang Yuechu into the Dao Discussion Palace, where Elder Taizhen paused his lecture and welcomed her as Guest Elder Jiang.
• Jiang Yuechu sat at the back of the hall, and Ling Han left after receiving an urgent message from the sect.
• Elder Taizhen resumed his lecture on Spirit Techniques and introduced the Six-Turn Heavenly Moat as a method that approached their level.

Jiang Yuechu listened closely as Elder Taizhen taught the notoriously difficult Six-Turn Heavenly Moat, despite other disciples warning her that it was a waste of time. As the lecture continued, she appeared to achieve the art’s Supreme state, leaving the hall stunned.

• Elder Taizhen taught the Six-Turn Heavenly Moat while Jiang Yuechu listened with keen interest.
• A disciple warned Jiang Yuechu that the art was so difficult that few could even begin cultivating it, but she dismissed the concern and continued memorizing the lesson.
• Other disciples mocked Jiang Yuechu’s interest and speculated about why she had become an honorary guest elder.
• Elder Taizhen noticed a sudden change at the back of the hall, and the disciples turned to see a river of stars and the Heavenly Moat revolving around Jiang Yuechu as Dao resonance rose around her.

Jiang Yuechu cultivated the Six-Turn Heavenly Moat to the unprecedented Supreme realm during Elder Taizhen’s lecture, stunning the Azure Boundary Sect’s disciples. After learning she was a wilderness Rogue Cultivator with no prior exposure to the technique, Elder Taizhen became desperate to claim her as a personal disciple.

• Jiang Yuechu manifested a galaxy while cultivating the Six-Turn Heavenly Moat, revealing that she had reached the Supreme realm.
• Jiang Yuechu agreed that the technique was difficult and reflected on having spent more than six million years of Dao Cultivation, leaving her with 1,767,048 years.
• Elder Taizhen hurried to question Jiang Yuechu about her achievement.
• True Lord Ling Han entered and tried to take Jiang Yuechu away, assuming she had angered Elder Taizhen.
• Elder Taizhen stopped True Lord Ling Han and, after learning Jiang Yuechu was a Rogue Cultivator from the wilderness, wondered why the sect had not made her a personal disciple.

Elder Taizhen tried to recruit Jiang Yuechu as his personal disciple, but she refused and chose to remain a guest cultivator. After True Lord Ling Han showed her to her lodging in the Azure Boundary Sect, she asked where to sign up for the trial.

• Elder Taizhen confirmed Jiang Yuechu's Rogue Cultivator background and offered to take her as his disciple.
• True Lord Ling Han told Elder Taizhen that Elder Wuxiang had already taken an interest in Jiang Yuechu and promised her a middle-grade spirit artifact.
• Elder Taizhen offered Jiang Yuechu a high-grade spirit artifact, but she said she did not want a master and preferred being a guest cultivator.
• True Lord Ling Han led Jiang Yuechu to a bamboo house in the Sitting Oblivion Forest and gave her a jade Dao Tablet proving her guest-cultivator status.
• Jiang Yuechu asked True Lord Ling Han where she could sign up for the trial.

Azure Boundary Sect disciples Lin Feiyan and Gong Shaoqi secretly sought to join a training mission so they could leave the mountain, but Lin Feiyan was stopped when she tried to recruit a white-robed girl. The white-robed girl pinned Lin Feiyan to her knees and asked what she wanted.

• Lin Feiyan persuaded the hesitant Gong Shaoqi to sneak down the mountain and look for a training team.
• The pair offered to join Chen Yuan and Su Liu’s mission, revealing their cultivation while giving false names.
• Lin Feiyan urged Chen Yuan to skip finding another teammate and choose someone nearby to complete the group.
• Lin Feiyan grabbed for a passing white-robed girl, who seized her wrist and forced her to her knees.
• The white-robed girl looked down at Lin Feiyan and asked, “What do you want?”