Chapter Summaries

The Boundary Stele’s “immortal music” intensified, compelling cultivators across the Cultivation World to hurry toward its teleportation array. Qin Huaian recognized that the music was controlling their minds, but when Shen Canglan failed to stop the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect’s disciples, Nangong Yunzhao advised him to let them go.

• Qiu Ze asked Qiu Si whether the sea demon clan’s ancient texts described the strange music and the Boundary Stele’s pull, and Qiu Si said they did not.
• As the music quickened, Golden Core Realm cultivators began flying into the teleportation array, and Qin Huaian realized it was an illusion that controlled their minds.
• The music drew cultivators from far away, including two fish demons, and shattered the illusion formation that had trapped a human cultivator in the Million Mountains for over a hundred years.
• Shen Canglan warned the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect that the music was deceiving them, but its Golden Core Realm disciples still insisted on going to the array.
• Nan Yunyue’s knockout and Chu Yu’s trapping formation failed to restrain the eager cultivators, and Nangong Yunzhao told Shen Canglan to let them act freely.
• After seeing other sects stop blocking their cultivators, Shen Canglan sighed and waved his hand, allowing the disciples to go.

As the Boundary Stele’s music drew more cultivators toward its teleportation array, Qin Huaian helped Lin Tianyu restrain Min Yingzhu and resisted the visions himself. Shen Canglan warned the sect that even powerful cultivators were close to succumbing and said they needed to prepare for what was coming.

• Most of the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect’s Golden Core Realm cultivators left for the teleportation array, leaving Shen Canglan devastated.
• Min Yingzhu became convinced the array led to the Immortal Realm, but agreed to stay after Qin Huaian said he would not go, and Lin Tianyu restrained her.
• The music changed the next morning, showing Qin Huaian visions that nearly lured him into the array before a familiar energy restored his clarity.
• Qin Huaian woke Lin Tianyu from the illusion, and the two brought Min Yingzhu to Shen Canglan’s gathering.
• Shen Canglan warned that Nascent Soul Realm cultivators were nearly unable to resist and that cultivators above the Golden Core Realm might soon be lured away, urging everyone to prepare early.

As the high-ranking cultivators prepared to be teleported away, Qin Huaian said farewell to Lin Qingxuan and Wang Baole and entrusted them with cultivation arts and advice. He returned to his room, leaving the fate of those being taken—and whether they could ever return—unknown.

• Shen Canglan warned that the senior cultivators would likely be teleported away and urged the sect members to pass on the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect's legacy.
• Qin Huaian gave Lin Qingxuan three cultivation arts in secret and told her to cultivate well before departing.
• Qin Huaian found Wang Baole, gave him jade slips and advice, and joked that he would reach the Immortal Realm first.
• Qin Huaian returned to his room while Wang Baole wondered when he had made the bold declaration Qin Huaian remembered.

As the illusion driving cultivators toward the Boundary Stele grew stronger, Qin Huaian helped Xie Qingchuan resist it and passed the Supreme Purity Ascension Scripture to Li Li at Lin Tianyu’s request. After the Seed Space finished upgrading, energy from the teleportation formation began flowing into Qin Huaian, and the Boundary Stele suddenly started pulling him toward it.

• Ji Chenghao restrained Huang Kai while the young Golden Core cultivator yearned to enter the teleportation array, and Huang Kai’s ring-bound master warned that even powerful cultivators would fall to the illusion.
• Qin Huaian met Lin Tianyu and Min Yingzhu near his room, then gave Xie Qingchuan a jade slip and instructions that sent him toward the Boundary Stele.
• The Seed Space finished upgrading, and Qin Huaian chose to construct a host body projection.
• Li Li asked to teleport with Lin Tianyu, and Lin Tianyu asked Qin Huaian to give her the Supreme Purity Ascension Scripture; Qin Huaian passed her the jade slip.
• Shen Canglan warned that the strengthening music would soon overwhelm them, while Li Li clung to Lin Tianyu.
• Energy from the teleportation formation entered Qin Huaian, then a powerful force began dragging him toward the Boundary Stele.

Qin Huaian was forcibly pulled into the Boundary Stele’s teleportation array, while Min Yingzhu clung to him and entered with him. They were separated in the seven-colored passage, and Qin Huaian arrived alone in an unfamiliar realm, where two Nascent Soul cultivators approached.

• Qin Huaian told Lin Tianyu that the Boundary Stele was targeting him and pulling him toward the Immortal Path, then gave Shen Canglan a jade slip to explain to the sect master.
• Min Yingzhu asked Lin Tianyu to release his restraint and hugged Qin Huaian as they were dragged into the Boundary Stele’s vortex together.
• Inside the seven-colored passage, Min Yingzhu and Qin Huaian lost their voices and divine sense, then vanished from each other’s sight.
• Qin Huaian emerged above a forest, judged that the realm’s spiritual energy was only about twice as dense as the Cultivation World’s, and wondered where Min Yingzhu and the others had gone.
• Qin Huaian spotted a Nascent Soul Late Stage woman and a Nascent Soul Great Perfection man flying toward him, and both slowed when they noticed his sudden appearance.

Qin Huaian arrived at Sword Mark Canyon, learned about its history and the Mirrorheart Sword Orchid, and concealed his identity while questioning Zhao Jinnan and Zhao Sisi. After Chu Yunfei warned him against Zhao Jinnan, the rivals pressed to enter the canyon before more cultivators arrived.

• Qin Huaian met Zhao Jinnan and Zhao Sisi, who told him he had arrived at Sword Mark Canyon in Riverbank Continent.
• Zhao Jinnan explained that the canyon opened once every fifty years and was said to contain Mirrorheart Sword Orchids and a damaged immortal artifact sword.
• Zhao Jinnan and Zhao Sisi revealed they belonged to the Golden Swan True Kingdom's imperial family and tried to learn where Qin Huaian had been teleported from.
• Qin Huaian introduced himself as Wang Baole, hiding his real name from the cultivators.
• Chu Yunfei arrived, warned Qin Huaian that Zhao Jinnan was a hypocrite, and argued with Zhao Sisi over the Moon Illusion Palace's Holy Maiden.
• Zhao Jinnan urged Qin Huaian to enter the canyon with him before more cultivators arrived.

Qin Huaian learned how cultivators entered and left the Sword Mark Canyon secret realm and discovered how Mirrorheart Sword Orchids were used to improve Sword Dao comprehension. After Zhao Sisi urged the group to split up, he continued deeper into the canyon alone with a communication bead from Zhao Jinnan.

• Chu Yunfei flew off ahead, and Zhao Jinnan invited Qin Huaian to search the canyon with him and Zhao Sisi.
• Zhao Jinnan explained that cultivators would be teleported out of Sword Mark Canyon after three months, while Qin Huaian claimed to come from the distant Ji Continent.
• Zhao Jinnan invited Qin Huaian to join the Golden Swan True Kingdom, but Qin Huaian declined.
• Zhao Sisi found and harvested a half-bloomed Mirrorheart Sword Orchid, which she gave to Zhao Jinnan.
• Zhao Jinnan explained how Mirrorheart Sword Orchids affected Sword Dao comprehension and why cultivators often refined them into pills.
• Zhao Sisi suggested they search separately, so Qin Huaian accepted Zhao Jinnan's communication bead and flew deeper into the canyon.

Zhao Jinnan and Zhao Sisi schemed to recruit Qin Huaian and learn where he had been teleported into Sword Mark Canyon, while Zhao Jinnan pursued the immortal artifact before advancing to the Spirit Transformation Realm. Qin Huaian searched for Mirrorheart Sword Orchids and was interrupted by three approaching cultivators as he tried to pick one.

• Zhao Sisi suggested restraining Qin Huaian, but Zhao Jinnan said they should use the marked Communication Bead to bring him to Golden Swan True Kingdom and obtain information.
• Zhao Jinnan explained that he had delayed advancing to the Spirit Transformation Realm to seek the immortal artifact and needed to learn Qin Huaian's teleportation location.
• Zhao Jinnan and Zhao Sisi agreed to search separately for Mirrorheart Sword Orchids before he continued tempering his swordsmanship.
• Qin Huaian flew deeper into the canyon to search for Mirrorheart Sword Orchids and wondered whether his unusual arrival would draw suspicion.
• Qin Huaian spotted an unopened Mirrorheart Sword Orchid and approached it, but three cultivators arrived and told him to stop.

Qin Huaian killed a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator who tried to rob him, then lured her two Nascent Soul Late Stage companions into a valley and trapped them in a fifth-tier formation. As the men pursued him, the Seventh Princess's agents followed using a tracking mark on his Communication Bead.

• Qin Huaian took the Mirrorheart Sword Orchid and killed Wan'er and her Nascent Soul after she and two Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators tried to rob him.
• Qin Huaian fled the two surviving men, then slowed down and led them away from Sword Mark Canyon.
• Boss Chen and his group pursued Qin Huaian using the location shown by his tracked Communication Bead.
• Qin Huaian entered a valley, set up his fifth-tier trapping-and-killing formation, and pretended to recover his spiritual power.
• Qin Huaian activated the formation around the two Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators as they arrived.

Qin Huaian used a trapping-killing formation, his Sword Domain, and the Crimson Ash Quicksand Flame to kill two Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators who were pursuing him. He escaped underground, while Boss Chen reported to the Seventh Princess that Qin Huaian had likely been killed.

• Qin Huaian detected a faint signal from Zhao Jinnan's Communication Bead and put it into the Seed Space to prevent anyone from tracking him.
• Qin Huaian trapped the two Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators in his formation, then used his Sword Domain to overwhelm them.
• Qin Huaian infused the Sword Domain's sword radiance with the Crimson Ash Quicksand Flame and killed both cultivators, piercing and destroying their Nascent Souls.
• Qin Huaian collected the formation flags and storage bags, burned the remains, and escaped underground using an earth escape technique.
• Boss Chen's group found signs of battle and the severed Communication Bead signal, then concluded Qin Huaian had likely been killed and sent a message to the Seventh Princess.
• Zhao Sisi received the message while searching for the Mirrorheart Sword Orchid and frowned as she read it.

Qin Huaian inspected his upgraded Seed Space and discovered that plankton in its pond had gained a trace of vitality, possibly because the space absorbed mysterious energy from the Boundary Stele. He used his Mirror Bodies to begin deducing the Sword Domain and Free and Easy Wanderer, then prepared to test the Grand Void Dual Polarity Sword Canon.

• Qin Huaian examined the upgraded Seed Space, finding it vastly larger but its spirit herbs still unchanged.
• Qin Huaian sensed that plankton in the pond had become active and suspected the change came from energy absorbed from the Boundary Stele.
• Qin Huaian checked his four Mirror Bodies and calculated the great expense and time needed to optimize the Supreme Purity Ascension Scripture.
• Qin Huaian spent 800,000 spirit stones to deduce the Sword Domain to Proficiency in a month and a half.
• Qin Huaian spent 3.2 million spirit stones to deduce Free and Easy Wanderer to Mastery in half a year.
• Qin Huaian decided to test the Grand Void Dual Polarity Sword Canon as his next sword art.

Qin Huaian began deriving the Grand Void Dual Polarity Sword Canon, uncovered a tracking signal in Zhao Jinnan’s Communication Bead, and examined the spoils from the cultivators he had defeated. Elsewhere in Sword Mark Canyon, Zhao Jinnan and Zhao Sisi believed Wang Baole might have died and continued with their plans.

• Qin Huaian spent 400,000 spirit stones to derive the Grand Void Dual Polarity Sword Canon and assigned Mirror Body Number Four to cultivate the Supreme Purity Ascension Scripture.
• Qin Huaian discovered that Zhao Jinnan’s Communication Bead had been modified to transmit a signal and suspected Zhao Jinnan and Zhao Sisi wanted to track him or reach his teleportation site.
• Qin Huaian examined the three defeated cultivators’ flying swords, spirit stones, materials, and Enshrinement Hall tokens, then stayed to finish his derivations and cultivate.
• Enshrined Cultivator Chen told Zhao Jinnan and Zhao Sisi that he had found signs of battle where the Communication Bead signal stopped but could not confirm whether the cultivator had died.
• Zhao Jinnan said Wang Baole had most likely perished and decided to proceed with the plan by cultivating at Ask Sword Peak.

Qin Huaian completed the entry-level Grand Void Dual Polarity Sword Canon and improved his Sword Domain before leaving seclusion to explore Sword Mark Canyon. There, he learned that Mirrorheart Sword Orchids could help cultivators seek enlightenment at Ask Sword Peak, where one cultivator had just obtained a mid-grade True Artifact.

• Qin Huaian completed the entry-level Grand Void Dual Polarity Sword Canon and tested its yin-and-yang sword moves.
• Qin Huaian deduced his Sword Domain to proficiency and then focused his Mirror Bodies on cultivating the Supreme Purity Ascension Scripture.
• Qin Huaian left his hiding place and returned to Sword Mark Canyon, where he saw cultivators seeking enlightenment at the peaks.
• A cultivator offered Qin Huaian a Mirrorheart Sword Orchid and explained that enlightenment at Ask Sword Peak could yield a sword formula or divine sword artifact.
• A young man obtained a mid-grade True Artifact at Ask Sword Peak, drawing attention from nearby cultivators before his companions deterred them.
• Qin Huaian declined the seller's Mirrorheart Sword Orchid and flew to an unoccupied peak to seek enlightenment.

After consuming a Mirrorheart Sword Orchid, Qin Huaian gained enlightenment from Ask Sword Peak and advanced his understanding of the Sword Dao. As he struggled to grasp a deeper Sword Domain, special energy from the seedling within his Nascent Soul entered his mind.

• Qin Huaian refined a Mirrorheart Sword Orchid into medicinal liquid, consumed it, and felt its sword qi sharpen his Sword Dao comprehension.
• Qin Huaian followed Ask Sword Peak’s Sword Intent fluctuations, mastered its basic sword moves, and received insights into Sword Intent and Sword Momentum.
• Qin Huaian practiced his mastery-level Sword Domain beneath Ask Sword Peak while hoping to obtain insights into Myriad Swords Return to the Sect.
• A cultivator obtained a high-grade True Artifact flying sword, killed two attackers, and left Sword Mark Canyon as Qin Huaian remained immersed in enlightenment.
• Qin Huaian tried to comprehend a minor achievement-level Sword Domain, and special energy from the seedling within his Nascent Soul flowed into his mind.

Qin Huaian received a damaged iron sword from Ask Sword Peak, while Zhao Jinnan obtained a top-grade True Artifact and drew the attention of the cultivators around him. After Qin Huaian fled underground, the formation enclosing Sword Mark Canyon began to shatter, and cultivators rushed into the secret realm.

• Qin Huaian stopped comprehending the Sword Domain and received a broken iron sword along with a cultivation technique imprinted in his mind.
• Zhao Jinnan received a top-grade True Artifact flying sword, and Zhao Sisi used the Golden Swan True Kingdom’s reputation to deter the gathered cultivators from seizing it.
• Qin Huaian picked up his iron sword, sensed danger, and fled hundreds of li before hiding deep underground.
• The formation concealing Sword Mark Canyon began to break apart, prompting factions to send warnings across Riverbank Continent.
• Cultivators outside the canyon rushed into the secret realm after the formation shattered.

Ask Sword Peak’s Sword Intent stopped, several hundred cultivators received True Artifact flying swords, and Sword Mark Canyon’s outer formation vanished, throwing the secret realm into chaos. As factions converged after learning that someone had obtained its Sword Immortal Legacy, Zhao Hong and Zhao Jinnan faced growing pressure because Zhao Jinnan had received a supreme-grade True Artifact.

• The Sword Intent fluctuations ceased, and several hundred cultivators received flying swords before fighting broke out over the artifacts.
• Zhao Jinnan calmed his followers, then Zhao Hong arrived and reported that the formation around Sword Mark Canyon had vanished.
• Zhao Jinnan explained that Ask Sword Peak’s Sword Intent had disappeared and suggested the secret realm was ruined and would no longer produce Mirrorheart Sword Orchids.
• Outside cultivators entered the canyon as artifact holders sought faction protection and unaligned cultivators fled or became targets for plunder.
• News spread that someone had inherited Sword Mark Canyon’s Sword Dao, drawing major factions eager to claim a share of the Sword Immortal Legacy.
• Zhao Hong grew grim as more factions surrounded his group, since Zhao Jinnan alone had received a supreme-grade True Artifact.

Zhao Jinnan denied obtaining the Sword Immortal Legacy, and the factions searched for clues to its true inheritor. A cultivator's description of a damaged iron sword led them to identify Qin Huaian, whom Zhao Sisi recognized as Wang Baole.

• Zhao Jinnan told Zhao Hong that he had obtained a sword technique and a top-grade True Artifact, but believed someone else had received the Sword Immortal Legacy.
• Zhao Hong and the old man surnamed Du argued that the legacy belonged in Riverbank Continent and urged the factions to find its inheritor.
• A cultivator from Martial Ascent True Kingdom reported seeing a Nascent Soul Realm Early Stage cultivator with a damaged iron sword that had no spiritual energy fluctuations.
• The cultivator carved Qin Huaian's appearance into a jade slip, and the old man surnamed Du projected his portrait for the gathered factions.
• Zhao Sisi recognized the portrait and murmured, "Wang Baole?!"

The major factions discussed Wang Baole’s strange arrival in Sword Mark Canyon and suspected he came from the Cultivation World. They tried to recruit him and began searching for him, while Qin Huaian remained hidden underground with the Broken Iron Sword.

• Zhao Sisi told Zhao Hong how Wang Baole had appeared inside the secret realm, and Liu Yun and Du Dinghan connected his arrival to a teleportation incident involving a cultivator from the Cultivation World.
• Du Dinghan explained that Golden Core cultivators from another world had been lured into a massive teleportation formation and sent to Cloud Rosy Immortal City.
• Fire Departing Hall and the other factions offered to recruit Wang Baole after learning he might have obtained the Sword Immortal Legacy.
• Zhao Sisi revealed that Wang Baole had survived pursuit by two Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators, and Zhao Hong ordered Ling Yue to search for him and treat him courteously.
• After the factions dispersed, Qin Huaian stared in disbelief at the Broken Iron Sword deep underground.

Qin Huaian obtained Immortal King Falling Dust’s inheritance and the damaged immortal sword Flowing Cloud, then learned that taking it would disable the secret realm’s formations. Worried that other cultivators would pursue him, he prepared to flee Sword Mark Canyon, unaware that everyone there had seen his portrait under the name Wang Baole.

• Qin Huaian picked up the iron sword, heard Immortal King Falling Dust’s recorded message, and escaped Sword Mark Canyon before listening further.
• Immortal King Falling Dust explained that the sword, named Flowing Cloud, was a damaged immortal artifact and the core of the inheritance ground’s formations.
• Qin Huaian learned that Falling Dust’s inheritance contained his Sword Dao insights and the Flowing Cloud Sword Art, which required comprehending Myriad Swords Return to the Sect.
• Qin Huaian decided not to refine Flowing Cloud yet and planned to use earth escape to reach a safer place.
• Qin Huaian remained unaware that cultivators in Sword Mark Canyon had already seen his portrait labeled Wang Baole.

Xiahou Yucheng learned that Wang Baole, a cultivator suspected of coming from another Cultivation World, was Chu Zhongtian’s former rival in a cross-world trial, and he set out to find him. Meanwhile, Qin Huaian refined the Flowing Cloud Sword underground and wondered whether it could absorb the special energy in his dantian.

• Xiahou Yucheng summoned Chu Zhongtian and showed him Qin Huaian’s portrait, which Chu Zhongtian recognized as the cultivator numbered 077001.
• Chu Zhongtian recalled that Wang Baole had won a Foundation Establishment trial nine years earlier and defeated him, leaving him in eighth place.
• Xiahou Yucheng ordered Du Dinghan to search for Wang Baole, then decided to go himself.
• Qin Huaian hid in a cave beyond Sword Mark Canyon and refined the Flowing Cloud Sword until it entered his dantian.
• Qin Huaian noticed the special energy around his Nascent Soul and wondered whether the Flowing Cloud Sword could absorb it.