Chapter Summaries

After Su Han defeated Wen Min, Shui Yue and Su Ru learned that he had awakened the Heavenly Eye Divine Ability, which they connected to the legendary Erlang Shen. Shui Yue then asked Su Han to win the Seven Peaks Martial Arts Tournament for Little Bamboo Peak, and he promised he would.

• Shui Yue asked Su Han what ability he had used to defeat Wen Min, and he explained that it was an innate divine ability he had awakened in seclusion.
• Shui Yue and Su Ru recognized Su Han's Heavenly Eye Divine Ability as a legendary power associated with Erlang Shen and celebrated his talent.
• Shui Yue urged Su Han to stay determined on his path to immortality, and he promised not to forget his original aspiration.
• Shui Yue told Su Han that Little Bamboo Peak had never won the Seven Peaks Martial Arts Tournament and asked him to claim its first championship.
• Su Han promised to win the tournament, and Shui Yue said she would give him an unimaginable surprise if he fulfilled her wish.

Lu Xueqi challenged Su Han to a duel after he defeated Wen Min, determined to test his remarkable strength. Their fight began with Su Han blocking her attacks, then matching her secret sword techniques exactly, leaving Lu Xueqi shocked and wondering how he had learned them.

• Lu Xueqi drew the Tian Ya Sword and challenged Su Han to fight before the gathered disciples.
• Shui Yue approved the duel, sent Xiao Shi off the platform, and told Su Han he need not hold back.
• Su Han accepted Lu Xueqi's challenge and joined her on the arena platform as the crowd speculated about who would win.
• Lu Xueqi attacked with the Tian Ya Divine Sword, but Su Han blocked her strikes with the scabbard of the Inverse Scale Sword without moving.
• Lu Xueqi unleashed seven sword shadows, and Su Han mirrored her technique to block every strike, prompting her to demand how he knew her swordsmanship.

Su Han copied Lu Xueqi’s sword art after seeing it once and used it to overwhelm her in their spar. He began demonstrating an even faster way to execute the strike, leaving Lu Xueqi watching closely.

• Su Han used Lu Xueqi’s sword art to summon nine sword shadows, forcing her to retreat after she struggled to block them.
• Su Ru and Shui Yue watched in astonishment and concluded that Su Han had likely learned the move simply by watching Lu Xueqi use it.
• Su Han told Lu Xueqi that he had learned her sword art after one look, and she challenged him with a different, faster strike.
• Su Han copied Lu Xueqi’s new move and easily blocked her attack with the same sword art.
• Su Han began showing Lu Xueqi how to execute the strike, charging at her with a Sword Momentum that tore through the air.

Su Han overwhelmed Lu Xueqi with her own sword technique, then revealed that he also knew the Divine Sword Controlling Thunder True Spell. Lu Xueqi summoned a storm for her final strike, determined to settle her feelings of rivalry with him.

• Su Han defeated Lu Xueqi's defense with the Inverse Scale Sword and advised her to practice her sword technique after reproducing it more skillfully than she could.
• Su Ru and Shui Yue discussed Lu Xueqi's competitiveness and agreed to let her resolve her feelings through the match, while Shui Yue watched with concern.
• Lu Xueqi refused to concede and declared that she would accept defeat if Su Han broke her final sword strike.
• Lu Xueqi invoked the Divine Sword Controlling Thunder True Spell, darkening the sky as a vast vortex of clouds and lightning gathered above the arena.
• Su Han told Lu Xueqi that he knew the spell too, shocking her and the watching disciples.

Su Han and Lu Xueqi both unleashed the Divine Sword Controlling Thunder True Spell in their duel, but Lu Xueqi ran out of strength and fell. Su Han caught her before the backlash struck, then stared at the fading clouds, astonished by a new insight into the spell.

• Lu Xueqi refused to believe Su Han knew the Divine Sword Controlling Thunder True Spell, then resolved to fight with everything she had.
• Su Han summoned thunder with the Inverse Scale Sword, confirming that he could use the spell alongside Lu Xueqi.
• Su Han and Lu Xueqi sent thunder dragons crashing into each other as the disciples and elders watched anxiously.
• Lu Xueqi exhausted her spiritual power, lost control of her thunder dragon, and fell as the Tian Ya Divine Sword flew from her hand.
• Su Han caught Lu Xueqi before the backlash hit her, then wondered aloud whether the Divine Sword Controlling Thunder True Spell could be used in another way.

Su Han defeated Lu Xueqi in Little Bamboo Peak’s competition, then entered enlightenment after the battle. Shui Yue and Su Ru protected him while Lu Xueqi accepted her defeat and resolved to work hard to catch up.

• Su Han defeated Lu Xueqi, shocking the disciples with his strength and sword-controlling technique.
• Shui Yue noticed Su Han staring blankly after the fight and realized he had entered enlightenment again.
• Su Ru confirmed that Su Han had entered enlightenment before on Great Bamboo Peak, and Shui Yue shielded him from distractions.
• Shui Yue ended the competition and sent the disciples away while she, Su Ru, and Lu Xueqi watched over Su Han.
• Lu Xueqi reconsidered Su Han’s talent, accepted her defeat, and vowed to work hard so she would not fall too far behind him.

Su Han entered enlightenment and comprehended the mysteries of the Divine Sword Controlling Thunder True Spell. He demonstrated effortless control over lightning, then revealed that he had created a new sword art, the Purple Heaven Pure World True Spell.

• Su Han sat down to enter enlightenment as Shui Yue, Su Ru, and Lu Xueqi watched spiritual energy gather around him.
• Su Han spent about two hours comprehending the Divine Sword Controlling Thunder True Spell while Shui Yue, Su Ru, and Lu Xueqi waited.
• Lu Xueqi said she wanted to cultivate more diligently with Su Han as her example, and Shui Yue promised to guide her in the Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao.
• Su Han rose and spoke the word “Thunder,” summoning lightning that danced docilely in his palm.
• Su Han told Shui Yue that he could control lightning at will and revealed that he had comprehended a new sword art, the Purple Heaven Pure World True Spell.

Su Han demonstrated the Purple Heaven Pure World True Spell, astonishing Shui Yue, Su Ru, and Lu Xueqi with its power. Afterward, he reflected on his progress with One Thought Ascends to the Heavenly Palace and gained two Word Trait plundering attempts, leaving him to consider whose traits to target.

• Su Han unleashed the Purple Heaven Pure World True Spell, sending purple lotus petals across the landscape and devastating rocks, trees, and mountains.
• Shui Yue, Su Ru, and Lu Xueqi watched in shock as they judged the sword art to surpass the Divine Sword Controlling Thunder True Spell.
• Su Han considered how One Thought Ascends to the Heavenly Palace might let him briefly affect space after his epiphany.
• The system reported that Su Han's Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao and Great Brahma Prajna had each advanced one level and that he had gained two Word Trait plundering attempts.
• Su Han checked his attribute panel and wondered whose traits he should plunder next.

Su Han explained that the Purple Heaven Pure World True Spell used lightning to destroy evil while also awakening life and renewing the world. His insight moved Shui Yue to a new understanding, and she appeared poised to advance her cultivation into the middle stage of the Shangqing Realm.

• Su Han asked Shui Yue to assess his sword strike, and she said the Purple Heaven Pure World True Spell surpassed Qingyun Sect’s Divine Sword Controlling Thunder True Spell.
• Shui Yue asked why the strike had left the plants unharmed and made them more vibrant, and Su Han explained that his lightning held both destructive and life-giving power.
• Su Ru and Lu Xueqi listened as Su Han described his sword as both destruction and rebirth, and they reconsidered their understanding of lightning.
• Shui Yue repeatedly reflected on Su Han’s words, gained insight, and began to show signs of a cultivation breakthrough.
• Su Ru said Shui Yue’s cultivation might advance into the middle stage of the Shangqing Realm.

Shui Yue gained insight from Su Han’s guidance and broke through to the mid-stage Shangqing Realm after more than a hundred years of stagnation. She praised Su Han and Lu Xueqi, promised him a reward, and excused him from the rest of the trial competition, leaving him free to return to his room.

• Shui Yue’s realization about balance and rebirth helped her break through her cultivation bottleneck and reach the mid-stage Shangqing Realm.
• Shui Yue thanked Su Han and called him Little Bamboo Peak’s lucky star, while Su Ru praised his talent.
• Lu Xueqi accepted Su Han as her senior brother after losing their bet and vowed to cultivate until she could catch up to him.
• Shui Yue and Su Ru encouraged Su Han and Lu Xueqi to advance together for the Qingyun Sect.
• Shui Yue offered Su Han a reward, and he asked to claim it later.
• Shui Yue excused Su Han from his remaining trial matches, and he left to return to his room while Lu Xueqi resolved to train harder.

Su Han plundered Control Earth and Stone and Dharma Form Transformation from Little Gray, then went to the Back Mountain to test his new abilities. He mastered Control Earth and Stone’s versatile uses, but footsteps interrupted him just as he was about to try Dharma Form Transformation.

• Su Han inspected Little Gray’s Word Traits and chose to plunder Control Earth and Stone and Dharma Form Transformation.
• Su Han gained both Gold Word Traits and took Little Gray to the Back Mountain to test them.
• Su Han used Control Earth and Stone to lift and spin a boulder, move earth and rocks, and shape them into a sphere, a statue of Master Shui Yue, and a wall.
• Su Han recognized that Control Earth and Stone could aid attacks, defense, terrain changes, and traps, and prepared to test Dharma Form Transformation.
• Su Han heard faint footsteps in the quiet Back Mountain.

Lu Xueqi found Su Han testing his power to Control Earth and Stone, then left after admiring it. Su Han kept his Dharma Form Transformation secret and went to meet Wan Jianyi, where he stopped Wan Jianyi from teaching him an incomplete version of the Ghost Slaying True Spell.

• Lu Xueqi arrived after sensing a disturbance and found Su Han beside a massive earth-and-stone sculpture and a collapsed wall.
• Su Han explained his power to Control Earth and Stone, and Lu Xueqi admired it without pressing him about how he had learned it.
• After Lu Xueqi left, Su Han decided not to test his secret Dharma Form Transformation and flew to meet Wan Jianyi.
• Wan Jianyi eagerly prepared to teach Su Han the Ghost Slaying True Spell, but Su Han stopped him and pointed out that the spell was incomplete when performed that way.

Su Han declined to learn Wan Jianyi’s incomplete Ghost Slaying True Spell until he could obtain the Dragon Slaying Sword, and asked instead to study Wan Jianyi’s sword dao insights. Wan Jianyi agreed, and the two sat down to discuss serious matters.

• Wan Jianyi admitted that his Ghost Slaying True Spell was incomplete without the Dragon Slaying Sword, which Cang Song held.
• Su Han decided he could use the chance to report Cang Song to Daoxuan and obtain the sword, though he kept his plan from Wan Jianyi.
• Su Han told Wan Jianyi that he would rather learn his accumulated sword dao insights first and study the Ghost Slaying True Spell after obtaining the sword.
• Su Han created a stone table and two chairs with a snap of his fingers, astonishing Wan Jianyi.
• Wan Jianyi sat opposite Su Han and said it was time to discuss serious matters.

Su Han explained his ideas about the Commoner's Sword, the Knight's Sword, the Immortal's Sword, and sword dao to Wan Jianyi, leaving the experienced swordsman stunned. Wan Jianyi regained his composure and began teaching Su Han a Basic Sword Technique, expecting to demonstrate his advantage in practical instruction.

• Wan Jianyi asked Su Han what a sword and sword dao were.
• Su Han described three grades of swords and argued that sword dao could embrace all things.
• Wan Jianyi was shaken by Su Han's insights and reconsidered his own understanding of sword dao.
• Wan Jianyi picked up the bamboo branch, praised Su Han's insights, and reminded him that sword dao required practice.
• Wan Jianyi began teaching Su Han a Basic Sword Technique and showed him how to draw in and release spiritual power.

Wan Jianyi demonstrated his Basic Sword Technique to prove its depth, and Su Han fully comprehended it while watching. After praising the technique, Su Han claimed he knew an even better one and asked Wan Jianyi to judge it.

• Wan Jianyi dismissed Su Han's claim that he could master the Basic Sword Technique after one viewing and prepared to demonstrate it.
• Wan Jianyi performed the technique with the bamboo branch, unleashing powerful sword aura that scattered leaves, shattered stones, and stirred the lake.
• Su Han watched closely, grasped the technique's principles, and felt his swordsmanship foundations improve.
• Su Han revealed that he had fully comprehended Wan Jianyi's technique and improved parts of it using his Heavenly Sword trait and prior knowledge.
• When Wan Jianyi challenged Su Han to prove his earlier claim, Su Han said he knew a better Basic Sword Technique and asked Wan Jianyi to appraise it.

Su Han replicated Wan Jianyi’s Basic Sword Technique after seeing it once, then surpassed it with a strike that split the distant dark clouds. Wan Jianyi was left humbled and excited by the new heights Su Han revealed, while Su Han appreciated how much he had gained from Wan Jianyi’s technique.

• Wan Jianyi challenged Su Han to demonstrate his Basic Sword Technique and prove his claim that it was superior.
• Su Han performed the technique with a bamboo branch, matching Wan Jianyi’s movements and gradually adding his own distinctive qualities.
• Su Han unleashed a powerful sword strike that tore through the sky and split the dark clouds, letting moonlight shine through.
• Wan Jianyi realized Su Han had transcended his technique, felt both defeated and excited, and anticipated new glory for the Qingyun Sect.
• Su Han looked at the bamboo branch with delight and praised Wan Jianyi for helping him gain so much.

Su Han amazed Wan Jianyi by transforming the Basic Sword Technique and then taught him how to control the spiritual energy of heaven and earth through the Unity of Heaven and Man Method. Wan Jianyi failed to master it immediately, but resolved to practice before meeting Su Han again in seven days.

• Su Han performed an improved Basic Sword Technique strike that split the clouds, leaving Wan Jianyi astonished by his swordsmanship.
• Su Han explained that he controlled spiritual energy by merging with heaven and earth, then formed a crescent of energy in his palm.
• Wan Jianyi tried Su Han's method but could not merge with heaven and earth, and Su Han told him it would take sustained practice.
• Su Han said he would be busy for several days and arranged to continue their discussions in seven days.
• Wan Jianyi resolved to master the Unity of Heaven and Man Method before Su Han returned.

Bai Du Zi received the Seven-tailed Centipede from Cang Song and learned that Little Bamboo Peak had produced a genius. He then trapped Su Han in a formation and confronted him, intending to kill him unless Su Han answered a question.

• Bai Du Zi delivered the recovered Seven-tailed Centipede to Cang Song, who warned him not to harm Qingyun Sect disciples.
• Bai Du Zi mocked Cang Song for conspiring against Daoxuan while claiming to protect the sect, then left into the mist.
• Su Han flew toward Little Bamboo Peak and felt an unfamiliar, intensifying warning of danger as an unseen formation blocked his escape.
• Su Han concluded that an enemy in the Shangqing Realm had targeted him, but his attempts to flee in different directions failed.
• Bai Du Zi appeared before Su Han, revealed his hostility toward Qingyun Sect, and offered to let him die more easily if he answered a question.

Su Han deceived Bai Du Zi, a demonic sect elder, into approaching before attacking him with the destructive power of his Heavenly Three Eyes. Bai Du Zi’s treasured shield was pierced and one of his arms was annihilated, leaving him shocked and wounded.

• Bai Du Zi questioned Su Han about the genius on Little Bamboo Peak and why he was heading there at night.
• Su Han claimed Elder Cang Song had sent him to deliver a cultivation-improving pill to Master Shui Yue, and Bai Du Zi demanded to see it.
• Su Han drew Bai Du Zi closer by pretending to retrieve the pill, then unleashed the destructive beam from his third eye.
• Bai Du Zi raised a black shield and mocked Su Han, confident that his treasure could stop the attack.
• Su Han’s beam pierced the shield and annihilated one of Bai Du Zi’s arms, leaving Bai Du Zi horrified.

Su Han's Power of Destruction severed Bai Du Zi's arm, forcing the Demonic Sect elder to reassess the Yuqing Realm disciple and hesitate while Su Han recovered. Bai Du Zi then attacked with poisonous demonic energy, and Su Han met it with his sword before the chapter ended with him invoking another technique.

• Su Han's strike with the Power of Destruction severed Bai Du Zi's arm and left the elder shocked and wary.
• Su Han recovered his strength while watching Bai Du Zi and hoping the shard of the Inverse Scale Sword he had sent toward Little Bamboo Peak had alerted his Master.
• Bai Du Zi stopped his bleeding, recovered, recognized Su Han as the genius from Little Bamboo Peak, and vowed revenge.
• Bai Du Zi advanced and launched dark green poisonous gas at Su Han, who countered with a blood-red sword aura and was knocked back by the collision.
• Su Han steadied himself and called out, "Stars Gather in Rivers and Seas, Lotus Blooms Fall into Purple Heavens, Sever!"