Chapter Summaries

Jiang Li activated the Cultivation Technique Growth Plan, which managed his Returning Heart Art and offered choices to improve his cultivation. After choosing enlightenment at Longchang, his uncontrolled body ran into the Heart Questioning Forest, where undercover agents were often exposed.

• Jiang Li activated the system and saw that he was the Myriad Desire Demon Lord's 666th possession body, while the Ten Thousand Demons Sect planned to eliminate low-level undercover agents.
• The system managed Jiang Li's Returning Heart Art, cultivating at more than twice his usual efficiency and presenting him with three growth options.
• Jiang Li rejected helping a disciple or exposing another undercover agent and chose enlightenment at Longchang for a 100% cultivation speed increase.
• The Returning Heart Art took control of Jiang Li and raced toward the Heart Questioning Forest, a trial ground known for revealing undercover agents.
• Jiang Li realized the danger, tried to change his choice, and shouted at the system, but his body plunged into the bamboo forest.

Jiang Li entered Heart Questioning Forest, where the system-controlled Returning Heart Art effortlessly passed the trials and evolved into the Profound Yellow Heart Refining Art. After cultivating for a day under its control, Jiang Li broke through to Qi Refining Layer 3.

• Jiang Li entered Heart Questioning Forest as the Returning Heart Art took control and passed the trials in his place.
• Jiang Li passed Murong Qing, a Qi Refining Level 9 Peak prodigy, while his own cultivation was only Qi Refining Layer 2.
• The Returning Heart Art perfected its Dao Heart, reached enlightenment, and transformed into the Profound Yellow Heart Refining Art with the Teachings entry.
• The system announced that Jiang Li had completed the option mission and gained a 100% increase in cultivation speed.
• The Profound Yellow Heart Refining Art cultivated for a day, then ended its control after Jiang Li broke through to Qi Refining Layer 3.

Jiang Li tried to keep a low profile after escaping the Heart Questioning Forest, then settled back into undercover life at the Heavenly Mystery Holy Land. During a sermon about demonic cultivators, his cultivation technique triggered a set of dangerous choices that threatened to expose him.

• Jiang Li left the Heart Questioning Forest and met Murong Qing, who asked his name before he hurried away.
• Jiang Li refused to activate Cultivation Technique Growth Plan and resolved to cultivate safely on his own.
• Jiang Li resumed his quiet routine of farming and gathering intelligence around the Holy Land.
• Jiang Li attended Zhang Song's sermon, where Zhang Song described the Myriad Desire Demon Lord and debated whether demonic cultivators who repented should still die.
• Jiang Li's Profound Yellow Heart Refining Art offered him three choices involving exposing himself or other undercover agents.

Jiang Li’s cultivation art forced him to expose three alleged Yin Puppet Sect undercover agents in the Preaching Hall. Its “Teachings” effect made Wang Hu confess and repent, then drove Wang Long to break down sobbing, while Li Xiao’s response remained unresolved.

• Jiang Li chose to expose undercover agents and, under the control of the Profound Yellow Heart Refining Art, named Wang Long, Wang Hu, and Li Xiao as Yin Puppet Sect agents.
• Wang Hu, Wang Long, and Li Xiao denied the accusations, and the disciples in the Preaching Hall turned their attention to Jiang Li.
• The system prompted Jiang Li to enter dialogue with a “Teachings” effect, so he urged the accused men to abandon the Demonic Cult.
• Wang Hu reflected on Jiang Li’s words, admitted he was a Yin Puppet Sect undercover agent, and asked to be arrested.
• Jiang Li appealed to Wang Long’s concern for his younger brother, and Wang Long fell silent before sobbing.

Jiang Li’s righteous display earned him a place in the Elite Training Program and the Shield of Justice entry, but it also drew attention to his undercover identity. His contact Yuan Li then ordered him to prepare to return to the Ten Thousand Demons Sect, leaving Jiang Li intent on killing him.

• Wang Hu, Wang Long, and Li Xiao confessed to being Yin Puppet Sect undercover agents, and Jiang Li presented his righteous convictions to Elder Zhang.
• Zhang Song praised Jiang Li, promised to recommend him for the Elite Training Program, and the Profound Yellow Heart Refining Art gained the Shield of Justice entry and 30% progress.
• Jiang Li grew uneasy as disciples flocked to his Cave Residence, so he barred visitors and activated its formation.
• Yuan Li visited Jiang Li and warned him not to betray the Ten Thousand Demons Sect, then said he would report Jiang Li for a return to the sect.
• Jiang Li resolved to kill Yuan Li.

Jiang Li used system hosting to break through to Qi Refining Layer 4 and discovered that the Profound Yellow Heart Refining Art’s Shield of Justice could make him exceptionally hard to kill. Zhang Song then delivered a reward and explained the requirements for the Elite Training Program, leaving Jiang Li with advice to learn the Dragon Slaying Sword.

• Jiang Li activated system hosting, and the Profound Yellow Heart Refining Art cultivated for three days until he reached Qi Refining Layer 4.
• Jiang Li tested the Shield of Justice and realized its Righteous Qi could keep it from shattering indefinitely.
• Zhang Song visited Jiang Li, gave him a Storage Bag as a reward for exposing three Yin Puppet Sect undercover agents, and told him the Holy Land would consider him for the Elite Training Program.
• Zhang Song explained that Jiang Li needed to reach Qi Refining Level 7 and take thirty steps in the Heart Questioning Forest to qualify.
• Zhang Song examined Jiang Li’s Mana, praised his comprehension, and recommended that he learn the Dragon Slaying Sword.

After receiving rewards for exposing Yin Puppet Sect spies, Jiang Li chose the difficult Dragon Slaying Sword spell and used his System to cultivate it to the beginner stage. The System then offered him a choice of dragon-related tasks, including slaying a dragon to advance the spell to minor achievement.

• Jiang Li counted the Spirit Stones, Qi Gathering Pills, and spirit sword Elder Zhang had given him as a reward for exposing three spies.
• Jiang Li decided to meet the Elite Training Program's Qi Refining Level 7 requirement while keeping his abilities hidden and planning to kill Yuan Li.
• Jiang Li visited the Technique Pavilion and chose the Foundation Establishment Realm spell Dragon Slaying Sword despite the registration elder's warning.
• Jiang Li returned to his Cave Residence and activated System hosting, which cultivated Dragon Slaying Sword to the beginner stage in one session.
• The System offered Jiang Li three ways to advance the spell, including slaying a dragon-type creature for minor achievement, leaving him baffled.

Jiang Li chose the Dragon Slaying Sword’s most rewarding mission and was taken by the spell to a cold pool, where he found cultivators fighting a Poisonous Serpent. The spell prepared a powerful strike, and Jiang Li ended the chapter by unleashing it at the creature.

• Jiang Li chose the mission to slay a dragon-type creature in exchange for minor mastery of the Dragon Slaying Sword.
• The spell took control of Jiang Li, rented a Flying Skiff, and flew west from the Heavenly Mystery Holy Land while consuming Spirit Stones to build a sword radiance.
• Jiang Li and the spell arrived above a cold pool near Frostfeather City, where Huang Fei and his two disciples were being overwhelmed by a Poisonous Serpent.
• Huang Fei asked Jiang Li to take his disciples away and warn Frostfeather City, but Jiang Li remained focused on the Poisonous Serpent.
• The Dragon Slaying Sword announced, “Today, dragon slaying,” and Jiang Li unleashed a dazzling sword radiance at the creature.

Jiang Li killed a Qi Refining Level 7 Poisonous Serpent with the Dragon Slaying Sword, earning the Dragon Bane entry and spell minor mastery. After returning to the Heavenly Mystery Holy Land, he discovered that his sword technique had developed into a much more literal, dragon-scaled form than the manual described.

• Jiang Li used one sword strike to behead the Poisonous Serpent, stunning Huang Fei and his two disciples.
• The system awarded the Dragon Bane entry and Dragon Slaying Sword minor mastery, and Jiang Li stored the serpent's body before leaving to avoid attention.
• Huang Fei thanked Jiang Li, then urged his disciple He'er to seek a future at the Heavenly Mystery Holy Land.
• Jiang Li returned to the Holy Land and tested his minor-mastery Dragon Slaying Sword, finding its silver-white aura was far larger and more dragon-like than the manual's description.

Jiang Li learned that Yuan Li had already summoned the undercover agents on the optimization list, so he traveled to Frostfeather City with them. As the agents celebrated their return to demonic cultivation, Jiang Li’s system offered him choices that all involved eliminating them.

• Jiang Li told Yuan Li that he had reached Qi Refining Layer 4, but Yuan Li refused to remove him from the Undercover Optimization List and ordered him to gather in Frostfeather City.
• Yuan Li privately decided that Jiang Li threatened his lucrative position and should die.
• Jiang Li arrived in Frostfeather City and found seven undercover agents whose cultivation had been held back by Yuan Li’s theft of their resources.
• The undercover agents celebrated their return to the Ten Thousand Demons Sect and talked about cultivating demonic techniques and killing mortals.
• Jiang Li’s system presented three choices for dealing with the gathered demonic cultivators, including killing them all alone.

Jiang Li realized the Heavenly Mystery Holy Land might be closing in on the demonic cultivators and chose to attack first, relying on a synergy between the Profound Yellow Heart Refining Art and Dragon Slaying Sword. He killed the spies and survived the Black Robed Envoy’s assault, but the chapter left the envoy’s fate unresolved.

• Jiang Li suspected the Heavenly Mystery Holy Land had set a trap for the demonic cultivators and feared his own cover would be exposed.
• Jiang Li discovered the Profound Yellow Heart Refining Art and Dragon Slaying Sword could double his attacks after four kills while converting Righteous Qi into mana.
• Jiang Li chose Option Three and struck down four spies, activating the Synergy Technique.
• Jiang Li killed the Qi Refining Layer 3 cultivator as two spies fled, while the Black Robed Envoy attacked him with the White Bone Heart-Crushing Palm.
• Jiang Li’s Guardian Shield blocked the envoy’s strike, and Jiang Li unleashed a sword radiance that killed the two fleeing spies.

Jiang Li pursued the Black Robed Envoy through Frostfeather City, using his replenishing Mana to overwhelm the Qi Refining stage demonic cultivator. After Jiang Li killed him with one sword strike, four Heavenly Mystery Holy Land disciples mistook Jiang Li for a Foundation Establishment Realm Sword Cultivator senior.

• Jiang Li confronted the Black Robed Envoy after killing seven Ten Thousand Demons Sect undercover agents and revealed that his Mana could quickly recover.
• The Black Robed Envoy tried to flee, but Jiang Li relentlessly pursued him through Frostfeather City.
• Four Heavenly Mystery Holy Land disciples rushed to investigate the commotion and saw the Black Robed Envoy running toward them.
• Jiang Li caught up and beheaded the Black Robed Envoy with a single sword strike.
• The four disciples praised the unknown senior they believed had killed the demonic cultivator, then recognized him as Junior Brother Jiang.

Jiang Li defeated demonic spies, concealed his identity from fellow disciples, and received a reward that purified his Mana. After three days of system-hosted cultivation, the Law Enforcement Hall summoned him to answer questions, but he remained confident that its Heart Questioning Mirror would not expose him.

• Jiang Li told four Heavenly Mystery Holy Land disciples that he had killed eight spies and demonic cultivators, and they were astonished by his Dragon Slaying Sword and Sword Qi Transformation.
• Jiang Li left the disciples to secure the evidence, returned to his Cave Residence, and received Mana Purification as his mission reward.
• Jiang Li's Profound Yellow Heart Refining Art requested more cultivation, so he activated hosting and advanced his progress toward Qi Refining Fifth Level to 85 percent over three days.
• Two Law Enforcement Hall members summoned Jiang Li to clarify matters, and he prepared to face the Heart Questioning Mirror without fear.

Jiang Li underwent the Law Enforcement Hall’s Heart Questioning Mirror examination, while his hosted Profound Yellow Heart Refining Art made him appear to possess an Innocent Heart and clear him of suspicion. The technique gained a new trait and advanced Jiang Li to Qi Refining Fifth Level.

• Zhang Song praised Jiang Li’s Dragon Slaying Sword mastery and defended him as Cui Yan prepared the investigation.
• Jiang Li used Cultivation Technique Hosting before the Heart Questioning Mirror examined him.
• The mirror revealed Jiang Li’s Radiant-Gold-quality mana, explaining how he could kill a Qi Refining demonic cultivator.
• The mirror showed an Innocent Heart, convincing Cui Yan and Zhang Song that Jiang Li was not connected to the Demonic Path.
• The Profound Yellow Heart Refining Art gained the Soul of Justice trait, increasing its skills’ effects by 50%.
• The technique’s progress rose by 50%, and Jiang Li broke through to Qi Refining Fifth Level.

After advancing to Qi Refining Fifth Level, Jiang Li was courted by two Golden Core Elders and chose Zhang Song of Heaven Sword Peak as his master. He then contacted the Myriad Desire Demon Lord to explain how he had eliminated the undercover agents and secured a promising position in the Heavenly Mystery Holy Land.

• Jiang Li advanced to Qi Refining Fifth Level, astonishing Cui Yan and Zhang Song, who had watched him attain enlightenment before the Heart Questioning Mirror.
• Cui Yan and Zhang Song competed to take Jiang Li as their disciple, each boasting about their sect’s resources and offering him a future as their successor.
• Jiang Li chose Zhang Song, citing Zhang’s recognition of his talent, and Zhang Song accepted him as his sole disciple and promised an apprenticeship gift.
• Jiang Li returned to his Cave Residence and used the blood-colored identity token to contact the Myriad Desire Demon Lord.
• Jiang Li told the Myriad Desire Demon Lord that he had killed the other undercover agents to earn the Heavenly Mystery Holy Land’s trust and had become Zhang Song’s personal disciple, while concealing the system’s involvement.

Jiang Li reported his success to the Myriad Desire Demon Lord, who ordered him to rise through the Law Enforcement Hall and gave him authority over the Ten Thousand Demons Sect’s undercover agents. After using that authority to humiliate Yuan Li, Jiang Li resolved to find a chance to kill him.

• The Myriad Desire Demon Lord praised Jiang Li for surviving the mission, assigned him to join the Law Enforcement Hall and become a core disciple, and warned him to keep proving his value.
• Jiang Li discovered that his status had risen to possession body No. 410 and ignored Yuan Li’s summons while testing the Soul of Justice trait.
• Yuan Li confronted Jiang Li, accused him of betraying the Ten Thousand Demons Sect, and tried to use the destroyed stronghold against him.
• Jiang Li showed Yuan Li the Crimson Decree ordering undercover agents to cooperate with him and forced Yuan Li to kneel.
• Jiang Li sent Yuan Li away and decided to lure him outside the Holy Land so he could kill him.

Jiang Li tried to join Heaven Sword Peak quietly, but his Dragon Slaying Sword technique took control of his body and made him publicly comprehend an ancient sword mark. The chapter left him stuck in enlightenment as more disciples gathered around, threatening his plan to keep a low profile.

• Jiang Li left for Heaven Sword Peak with Zhang Song, who gave him the Burning Sky sword, a protective Jade Pendant, and a Storage Ring filled with resources and cultivation insights.
• Zhang Song brought Jiang Li to Heaven Sword Peak and explained its ten levels, assigning him to the third level and offering to teach him through the Elite Training Program.
• At the mountain gate, Dragon Slaying Sword detected a sword mark in a cracked stele and presented Jiang Li with three ways to gain Sword Aura Manifestation.
• Jiang Li chose to comprehend the sword mark, and Dragon Slaying Sword took control of his body and plunged him into an Enlightenment State.
• Zhang Song recognized Jiang Li's apparent insight, while Jiang Li silently worried as more disciples gathered and his low-profile plan unraveled.

Jiang Li completed his comprehension of the stele’s sword scar, gaining Fire Intent and reaching Sword Aura Manifestation through the Dragon Slaying Sword technique. After learning the five Sword Cultivator realms from Zhang Song, he settled into his new cave residence and tested his transformed sword aura.

• Heaven Sword Peak disciples gathered to watch Jiang Li study the stele, and Gu Qingshan explained that its sword scar had been left by the peak master to identify Sword Dao geniuses.
• The system announced that the Dragon Slaying Sword had fully comprehended the scar, acquired Fire Intent, and earned the mastery reward of Sword Aura Manifestation.
• Jiang Li regained control of his body, greeted Gu Qingshan, and flew to Zhang Song’s hall, where he learned the five realms of Sword Cultivators.
• Jiang Li received his Heaven Sword Peak identity token and moved into Cave Residence 330, deciding to keep a low profile.
• Jiang Li tested his mastered Dragon Slaying Sword and formed a dragon-shaped phantom from his tangible sword aura.

Jiang Li cultivated in seclusion until he reached Qi Refining Level 6, then went to the Law Enforcement Hall seeking a chance to join its ranks. There, Cui Yan revealed that the Holy Land planned to sabotage the Yin Puppet Sect, leaving Jiang Li alarmed that he had learned too much.

• Jiang Li used his Dragon Slaying Sword’s Fire Intent with the Burning Sky Sword, then hosted cultivation of the Profound Yellow Heart Refining Art.
• After twenty days of cultivation, Jiang Li reached Qi Refining Level 6, and the technique’s hosting ended when it ran short of righteous conviction.
• Jiang Li left his Cave Residence to seek a good-deeds mission and encountered Murong Qing, whose greeting drew attention from the Outer Sect disciples.
• Cui Yan summoned Jiang Li to the Law Enforcement Hall and explained that the interrogation of the three Yin Puppet Sect spies had revealed the sect’s plans.
• Cui Yan told Jiang Li that the Holy Land would organize a force to sabotage the Yin Puppet Sect, and Jiang Li immediately regretted hearing about it.

Jiang Li joined the Law Enforcement Hall as a Probationary Law Enforcer and agreed to join a campaign against the Yin Puppet Sect. He was assigned to Murong Qing’s team, which would target a small stronghold near Frostfeather City.

• Jiang Li chose the system mission requiring him to lead the destruction of a Yin Puppet Sect stronghold, then volunteered to join the Law Enforcement Hall and the campaign.
• Cui Yan explained that the Heavenly Mystery Holy Land planned to attack sixty Yin Puppet Sect strongholds to stop its human experiments and advances in Corpse Refining Technique.
• Cui Yan assigned Murong Qing to lead a team against a small stronghold near Frostfeather City and placed Jiang Li in her group.
• Jiang Li received his identity as a Probationary Law Enforcer and learned that becoming a high-ranking Law Enforcer would fulfill the Myriad Desire Demon Lord’s undercover mission.
• Murong Qing apologized for drawing attention to Jiang Li and said she would find him alone next time, leaving him worried about the coming campaign and further attention.