Chapter Summaries

Su Han told Shui Yue that Cang Song had agreed to spy on the Myriad Poisons Sect, then boldly kissed her on Dragon Head Peak. Shui Yue ordered Su Han to confinement at Little Bamboo Peak, and he followed her there.

• Shui Yue checked Su Han for injuries, and he told her Cang Song had become a Qingyun Sect spy inside the Myriad Poisons Sect.
• Su Han confirmed no one was nearby and pressed Shui Yue against a rock wall to kiss her.
• Shui Yue eventually pushed Su Han away with her spiritual power and scolded him for his behavior.
• Shui Yue ordered Su Han to reflect in Little Bamboo Peak's confinement chamber until she gave him permission to leave.
• Su Han watched Shui Yue fly away, then mounted the Inverse Scale Sword and followed her.

After Shui Yue returned to Little Bamboo Peak with Su Han, she ordered Wen Min to lock him in the confinement room for angering her. Alone inside, Su Han entered the Sub-Sage state and tested whether he could use the Heavenly Dao’s power to ignore distance.

• Shui Yue arrived at Little Bamboo Peak with Su Han and scolded him for his lack of respect.
• Shui Yue ordered Wen Min to confine Su Han until she gave permission for his release.
• Wen Min led Su Han to the confinement room, but he refused to explain why Shui Yue was angry.
• Su Han sat down in the confinement room and attempted to activate the Sub-Sage state.
• Su Han entered the Sub-Sage state, felt detached from emotion, and called out, "Distance Nullification!" to test his power.

Su Han experienced the Sub-Sage state, briefly achieving Unity of Heaven and Man and gaining extraordinary control over spiritual energy and distance. After the state ended, he resumed cultivation, and that night he left the confinement room to visit Old Wan and master the Ghost Slaying True Spell.

• Su Han used Distance Nullification to move across Little Bamboo Peak and sensed the flow of spiritual energy as he entered Unity of Heaven and Man.
• Su Han felt the Sub-Sage state fade after about the time it took an incense stick to burn and realized it greatly improved his combat ability without directly raising his cultivation.
• Su Han cultivated the Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao, Great Brahma Prajna, and Soul Scattering Poison Scripture together through the trait called Dao.
• Shui Yue brought Su Han food and, when he refused to admit his mistake and teased her, left him confined.
• Su Han found the confinement room unguarded and flew toward an unnamed mountain peak to visit Old Wan and master the Ghost Slaying True Spell.

Su Han visited Wan Jianyi to learn the Ghost Slaying True Spell and discovered that Daoxuan had told Wan Jianyi he was alive. Wan Jianyi demonstrated the spell with the Dragon Slaying Sword, leaving Su Han to consider its fierce, relentless nature.

• Su Han met Wan Jianyi, who asked why he had not visited and revealed that Daoxuan had told him Su Han was alive.
• Su Han told Wan Jianyi that Bai Du Zi had tried to kill him and that his injuries had healed; Wan Jianyi grew furious and vowed the Myriad Poisons Sect would pay.
• Su Han gave Wan Jianyi the Dragon Slaying Sword, and Wan Jianyi recalled their past battles and entrusted the sword to him.
• Wan Jianyi recited the Ghost Slaying True Spell and unleashed a tremendous silver sword aura with the Dragon Slaying Sword.
• Wan Jianyi explained the spell's fierce, offense-first spirit and asked Su Han whether he had seen it clearly.

Wan Jianyi returned the Dragon Slaying Sword to Su Han and prepared to teach him the Ghost Slaying True Spell, but Su Han mastered it after seeing Wan Jianyi perform it once. After witnessing Su Han’s immense talent, Wan Jianyi was left stunned, and Su Han offered to teach him a new move called the Dragon God Skill.

• Wan Jianyi praised the Dragon Slaying Sword and returned it to Su Han, asking him to use it without disgracing the righteous path.
• Wan Jianyi began explaining the Ghost Slaying True Spell, but Su Han said he would perform it himself after watching Wan Jianyi’s demonstration.
• Su Han recited the spell and unleashed a silver dragon of sword qi that destroyed a huge boulder and carved out a massive depression.
• Wan Jianyi marveled that Su Han had learned the Ghost Slaying True Spell at a glance and urged him to make good use of it.
• Su Han asked Wan Jianyi whether he wanted to learn the Dragon God Skill he had devised from the Ghost Slaying True Spell.

Su Han began developing the Dragon God Skill, a technique inspired by the Ghost Slaying True Spell and Dragon Slaying Sword, hoping to strengthen Shui Yue before a possible conflict with the Myriad Poisons Sect. He entered an unusual state of enlightenment and grasped the technique’s essence, intending to teach Wan Jianyi its first layer.

• Su Han planned to have Wan Jianyi test the first layer of the Dragon God Skill and considered eventually teaching it to Shui Yue to improve her safety.
• Wan Jianyi eagerly agreed to hear about the technique after Su Han described its power to transform its user into a sword-qi divine dragon.
• Su Han meditated with the Dragon Slaying Sword and unexpectedly entered a state of enlightenment while comprehending the technique.
• Su Han suspected his Sub-Sage Colorful Word Trait helped him enter and retain control over the unusual enlightenment.
• Su Han realized the Dragon God Skill could be a concept connecting the sword, heaven and earth, and all things, and gained an initial grasp of its first layer.

Su Han spent two months in confinement, advancing his cultivation and reaching the peak of the Dragon God Skill’s first level. As he prepared to cultivate its second level, a woman finally arrived at the chamber, and Su Han believed he had won a long-running bet.

• Su Han taught Wan Jianyi the first-level Dragon God Skill, and they agreed to meet again in three months so Wan Jianyi could study it.
• Shui Yue found Su Han returning to the confinement chamber and extended his confinement by another month.
• Su Han stayed in confinement and advanced the Soul Scattering Poison Scripture to the fourth level and Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao and Great Brahma Prajna to the sixth level.
• Su Han cultivated the Dragon God Skill to the peak of its first level, greatly strengthening his body and wondering whether it could make him undying and unkillable.
• As Su Han prepared to begin the second level, he heard a woman’s footsteps outside and said that after waiting two months, he had won.

Shui Yue visited Su Han in the confinement chamber and asked whether he was angry with her. Their teasing turned intimate, and the chapter ended with Su Han pouring tea over her collarbones and kissing it away.

• Shui Yue entered the confinement chamber and asked Su Han why he had stayed there.
• Su Han refused to leave even after Shui Yue declared his confinement over.
• Su Han removed Shui Yue’s shoes and stockings and teased her by caressing her foot and calf.
• Shui Yue kissed Su Han, but he said he was not satisfied.
• Su Han picked Shui Yue up and sat her on his lap.
• Su Han poured tea over Shui Yue’s neck and collarbones, then kissed the droplets away as she weakly protested.

Su Han and Shui Yue discussed the risks of their relationship and her wish for him to become Qingyun Sect Leader. They left the confinement chamber for Shui Yue’s room, where Su Han began drawing her close.

• Su Han told Shui Yue he was willing to reveal their relationship, but she refused, fearing it would harm his reputation and future.
• Shui Yue asked Su Han to become Qingyun Sect Leader so Little Bamboo Peak could flourish, and he promised to do so.
• Su Han asked Shui Yue to stay by his side forever, and she promised she would.
• Shui Yue suggested they leave the confinement chamber and go to her room, and Su Han carried her there.
• Su Han placed Shui Yue on the bed and began drawing her toward the windowsill.

Su Han spent the day with Shui Yue at Little Bamboo Peak and taught her the Rainbow Transformation Technique, a fast but spiritually costly escape technique. Shui Yue learned its principles, and Su Han resumed pursuing intimacy with her.

• Su Han woke beside Shui Yue and found her exhausted after their night together.
• After Shui Yue woke later that day, Su Han offered to teach her an escape technique.
• Su Han explained that the Rainbow Transformation Technique could let a Yuqing Realm cultivator fly as fast as one in the Shangqing Realm, but consumed substantial spiritual power.
• Shui Yue listened as Su Han taught her the technique and said she had remembered it.
• Su Han turned his attention back to Shui Yue, who pleaded with him to stop.

Su Han recovered, advanced his Soul Scattering Poison Scripture, and met Wan Jianyi to discuss the Dragon God Skill. Wan Jianyi admitted he still could not cultivate it and said Qingyun Sect was preparing for a major move that would keep him away for a year or two.

• Su Han emerged refreshed after several days and plundered the Bloodthirsty Berserk trait from Little Gray.
• Female disciples at the dining hall spread rumors about ghostly moaning on Little Bamboo Peak, and Su Han hurried away when Wen Min asked if he had heard it.
• Su Han advanced the Soul Scattering Poison Scripture to the fifth level of the Meridian Expansion Realm and went to meet Wan Jianyi.
• Wan Jianyi told Su Han he had been unable to learn the Dragon God Skill because it conflicted with Qingyun Sect cultivation methods and resembled Tianyin Temple techniques.
• Wan Jianyi said Qingyun Sect was about to make a major move, so he would be unable to teach Su Han for the next year or two.

Wan Jianyi told Su Han that Qingyun Sect had launched a ten-year demon-purging campaign to destroy the Myriad Poisons Sect, and tested Su Han’s strategic judgment. After Wan Jianyi left for the campaign, Su Han returned to Little Bamboo Peak and went to Wen Min’s room, expecting Shui Yue to have left him a letter.

• Wan Jianyi explained that Sect Master Daoxuan had sent the branch Peak Masters to attack Myriad Poisons Sect strongholds in rotations, hoping to force the sect to gather at its headquarters.
• Su Han reasoned that Qingyun Sect should drive Myriad Poisons Sect into assembling before striking decisively, and Wan Jianyi praised his judgment.
• Wan Jianyi gave Su Han a Jade Slip engraved with his sword intent, urged him to cultivate, and promised to test him when he returned.
• Wan Jianyi flew off to descend the mountain, while Su Han hoped Shui Yue would be safe with the Rainbow Transformation Technique he had taught her.
• Su Han returned to Little Bamboo Peak without studying the Jade Slip and went to Wen Min’s room, believing Shui Yue had left him a letter.

Su Han learned that Shui Yue had left Qingyun Sect to purge demons and read her letter asking him to cultivate for two years while she thought about their relationship. He returned to his room and entered seclusion, determined to grow stronger before she came back.

• Wen Min told Su Han that Shui Yue and half of Qingyun Sect's Peak Masters had gone down the mountain to eliminate demons.
• Wen Min gave Su Han the letter Shui Yue had left for him before departing.
• Su Han read Shui Yue's request that he cultivate for two years, then destroyed the letter without telling Wen Min its contents.
• Su Han returned to his room, resolved to surprise Shui Yue when she came back, and began studying the sword intent in Wan Jianyi's Jade Slip.
• Su Han shut himself away to cultivate the Three Teachings Scriptures, the Dragon God Skill, and the sword path.

After two years of secluded cultivation, Su Han broke through to the Shangqing Realm in all three of his Buddhist, Daoist, and demonic arts. He concealed the breakthrough from the sect, tested his new strength, and sensed a visitor approaching Little Bamboo Peak.

• Su Han carefully compressed his three kinds of spiritual energy until they became liquid, then broke through to the Shangqing Realm.
• The breakthrough stirred the skies above Little Bamboo Peak, and Daoxuan hurried there after suspecting the new aura belonged to Su Ru.
• Su Han activated the Boundary Compass to isolate himself from outside detection and completed the transformation of all three spiritual energies.
• The system announced that Su Han's Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao, Great Brahma Prajna, and Soul Scattering Poison Scripture had reached their respective new realms.
• Su Han tested Ice Break against the barrier, felt his greatly increased strength, and said he sensed guests approaching.

After Su Han revealed his Shangqing Realm breakthrough and mastery of Wan Jianyi’s sword Dao, Daoxuan treated him as a Tongtian Peak disciple and a possible future sect leader. Su Han left seclusion and headed to Great Bamboo Peak to learn why Shui Yue had not returned, while eyeing Zhang Xiaofan’s Gold Word Trait.

• Daoxuan visited Su Han, confirmed he had reached the first layer of the Shangqing Realm in three years, and expressed astonishment at his progress.
• Su Han praised the Qingyun Sect and said he had mastered Wan Jianyi’s sword Dao, so Daoxuan recognized him as Wan Jianyi’s disciple and a Tongtian Peak disciple.
• After Daoxuan left, Su Han vowed not to disappoint him or his master, then emerged from two years of seclusion and found Shui Yue’s room unchanged and empty.
• Su Han checked his system panel, noticed he had thirteen Word Trait plunder attempts, and recalled that Zhang Xiaofan had a Gold Word Trait.
• Su Han flew toward Great Bamboo Peak, thinking that Su Ru might know why Shui Yue had not returned.

Su Han visited Great Bamboo Peak to ask Su Ru about Shui Yue, but learned that Su Ru and Tian Buyi were away. While waiting, he plundered Du Bishu’s and Zhang Xiaofan’s Word Traits and discovered that Big Yellow had a special bloodline.

• Su Han reached Great Bamboo Peak, met Du Bishu, and plundered his Small Stake, Big Win trait.
• Du Bishu told Su Han that Su Ru and Tian Buyi had left and were expected back around dinnertime.
• Su Han decided to wait and visit Zhang Xiaofan and Tian Ling'er, then met Zhang Xiaofan practicing with Big Yellow.
• Su Han plundered Zhang Xiaofan’s Deep Reserves, Sudden Breakthrough trait and caught up with him.
• Su Han inspected Big Yellow’s Word Traits and discovered a special bloodline called Sun Swallowing... Star Lord.

Su Han plundered Big Yellow’s Sun Howl Word Trait and visited Tian Ling’er after learning she had been secluded for a year. Their reunion turned to concern when Tian Ling’er confirmed that Shui Yue had not returned from her journey.

• Su Han learned that Big Yellow possessed the unactivated Gold Word Trait Sun Howl, then plundered it and gained the ability to draw on True Sun Fire and grow stronger in sunlight.
• Su Han asked Zhang Xiaofan about Tian Ling’er and learned she had been cultivating in seclusion for about a year.
• Su Han left Du Bishu and Zhang Xiaofan and went to Tian Ling’er’s room.
• Tian Ling’er happily greeted Su Han, and they exchanged news after two years apart.
• Su Han told Tian Ling’er that Shui Yue had not returned, and Tian Ling’er revealed that her mother had gone to Tongtian Peak after hearing the same news.

Su Han learned from Tian Ling'er that Shui Yue might have been injured in an ambush near Incense Valley and waited for more definite news. He gave Tian Ling'er a powerful jade pendant, but their conversation was interrupted by someone arriving to ask whether Su Han was there.

• Su Han pressed Tian Ling'er for news after she hinted that Shui Yue might have been injured.
• Tian Ling'er explained that Shui Yue may have been ambushed by Myriad Poisons Sect disciples near Incense Valley, where the local sect had stepped in to help.
• Su Han calmed down and decided to learn Shui Yue's condition before going down the mountain to bring her home.
• Su Han gave Tian Ling'er a protective Blood-Colored Jade Pendant and explained its abilities.
• Someone hurried to the door, calling for Ling'er and asking whether Xiao Han was there.

Su Han learned that Shui Yue had escaped the Myriad Poisons Sect’s ambush and was recovering at Incense Valley. As he considered going to bring her back himself, he also thought about Little White, the nine-tailed fox trapped there.

• Tian Ling'er nervously hid Su Han’s jade pendant when Su Ru entered her room and teased her about missing him.
• Su Ru told Su Han that Shui Yue had escaped the ambush using the Rainbow Transformation Technique but was recovering from depleted spiritual energy at Incense Valley.
• Su Ru explained that Daoxuan planned to send three Peak Masters to escort Shui Yue back, a process expected to take about three months.
• Su Han decided he would ask Daoxuan to let him personally bring Shui Yue back to the mountain.
• Su Han thought about Little White trapped in Incense Valley’s Mysterious Fire Altar and wondered whether he could rescue her without the Mysterious Fire Mirror.

Su Han joined Su Ru and Tian Ling'er for a meal at Great Bamboo Peak, where Su Ru and Tian Buyi arranged for him to spar with the disciples. The chapter ended with Su Han revealing that he had reached the first layer of the Shangqing Realm as he faced Du Bishu.

• Su Han decided to prioritize rescuing Shui Yue and planned to travel to Incense Valley with three other Peak Masters.
• Su Ru, Tian Ling'er, and Su Han ate with Tian Buyi and the Great Bamboo Peak disciples.
• Tian Ling'er recalled Su Han's previous sparring match, prompting Su Ru to suggest he test the disciples again.
• Tian Buyi directed Zhang Xiaofan to spar, but Du Bishu volunteered to take his place.
• Du Bishu introduced himself as a fourth-level Yuqing Realm disciple, and Su Han announced that he was at the first layer of the Shangqing Realm.