Chapter Summaries

Li Changfeng’s group encountered Yan Fengru and his companions in Black Tortoise City, then left for Wudang Mountain the next morning. Two experts from the Ghost King Sect and Corpse Refining Sect pursued them, and Murong Longzhan stayed behind to block the pursuers.

• Yan Fengru insulted Li Changfeng’s group and attacked a Brocade-Clad Guard, but Murong Zhan shattered his sword aura.
• Yan Fengru approached Zhou Zhiruo, and Li Changfeng’s aura forced him to retreat; a Yan family elder apologized and led the group away.
• Murong Longzhan warned Murong Zhan that they should avoid trouble in Central Province, while two experts from the Ghost King Sect and Corpse Refining Sect secretly arrived in Black Tortoise City.
• Li Changfeng sensed that trouble was coming, but he and his group set out for Wudang Mountain the next morning.
• Murong Longzhan detected two powerful pursuers and told Li Changfeng’s group to hurry ahead while he confronted them.

Li Changfeng tried to reach the Zhenwu Taoist Sect for reinforcements while Murong Longzhan's battle shook the area, but the Yan family blocked his group and demanded Zhou Zhiruo. Li Changfeng stayed behind to protect the others and clashed with Yan Linkong, who recognized him as a former Human Rankings leader.

• Li Changfeng hurried toward the Zhenwu Taoist Sect as Murong Longzhan's battle sent shockwaves across the region and drew a brocade-robed man from Black Tortoise City.
• Yan Fengru blocked Li Changfeng's group and demanded that they leave Zhou Zhiruo behind, prompting Li Changfeng to threaten him.
• Li Qiulu warned Li Changfeng that she could not reveal her aura, so Li Changfeng sent Zhou Zhiruo, Murong Zhan, and the others to seek help while he held off the Yan family.
• Li Changfeng attacked Yan Fengru, but Yan Linkong intervened with a palm strike, forcing Li Changfeng to withdraw and leaving Yan Fengru injured.
• Yan Linkong introduced himself and learned that his opponent was Li Changfeng, the former Human Rankings leader who had tied with Zhang Xuandao for first place.

Li Changfeng attacked Yan Fengru after Yan Linkong decided to keep him from leaving, but Yan Linkong protected Yan Fengru and kept Li Changfeng occupied. When Yan Fengru’s group raced toward Zhou Zhiruo, Li Changfeng unleashed the Earth Sword to stop them, leaving Yan Fengru fleeing as the other Grandmasters were killed.

• Yan Fengru urged Yan Linkong to kill Li Changfeng and promised to teach him the later moves of the Yan Family Swordplay, so Yan Linkong chose to attack Li Changfeng.
• Li Changfeng struck Yan Fengru with the Hundred Leaves Sky-Burning Hand, but a Grandmaster elder pushed Yan Fengru aside and died blocking the attack.
• Yan Linkong fought Li Changfeng and prevented him from reaching Yan Fengru, who ordered the elders to seize Zhou Zhiruo.
• Li Changfeng chased after Yan Fengru’s group and used the Earth Sword, causing crimson lightning pillars to kill the Grandmasters while Yan Fengru escaped.

Li Changfeng survived Yan Linkong’s ambush and fought back with his sword techniques. He killed Yan Linkong with the Heavenly Sword, leaving the battlefield in ruin.

• Yan Linkong stabbed Li Changfeng in the chest, but Li Changfeng’s Indestructible Body stopped the sword from penetrating farther.
• Li Changfeng struck Yan Linkong into a crater, then clashed with his Golden Light Phantom sword technique using Sweeping a Thousand Armies.
• Yan Linkong realized Li Changfeng had mastered Sword Intent, and Li Changfeng attacked with Mountain-Splitting Strike.
• Li Changfeng’s red lightning sword radiance shattered Yan Linkong’s Golden Dragon Emerges and grievously wounded him.
• Li Changfeng unleashed Heavenly Sword, blasting Yan Linkong into ashes with red thunder-dragon sword qi.

Murong Zhan and five Thousand-Households stayed behind to hold off Yan Fengru while Thousand-Household Wu led the others toward the Zhenwu Taoist Sect. Yan Fengru overwhelmed them, but a red lightning sword qi suddenly killed him just as he was about to strike Murong Zhan.

• Murong Zhan ordered Thousand-Household Wu to escort the others to the Zhenwu Taoist Sect while he and the remaining Thousand-Households blocked Yan Fengru.
• Yan Fengru used his overwhelming strength to repel Murong Zhan and the five Thousand-Households.
• Murong Zhan unleashed the Seven Stars Sword Art and Heaven's Wrath Sword Fingers, but exhausted himself countering Yan Fengru's attacks.
• Yan Fengru prepared to kill the helpless Murong Zhan and seize his techniques.
• A red lightning sword qi struck Yan Fengru and blasted him to ashes.

Li Changfeng reunited with Murong Zhan and Zhou Zhiruo before leading their group to the Zhenwu Taoist Sect to seek help for the War Prince. When Zhang Xinyuan learned that evil-path innate experts had ambushed them near Black Tortoise City, he immediately set off to confront them.

• Li Changfeng rescued Murong Zhan, then caught up with the group, where Zhou Zhiruo welcomed him.
• Li Wuyou asked the mountain-guarding disciples to summon Sect Master Zhang, and Li Changfeng used his Grandmaster aura to persuade them to pass on the request.
• Bai Feiyu challenged Li Changfeng and attacked, but Li Changfeng stopped his sword with two fingers and knocked it aside.
• Zhang Xinyuan appeared, introduced himself as Zhang Xuandao's chief disciple, and asked what urgent business brought Li Changfeng to the sect.
• Li Changfeng explained that an ally was being held back by evil-path innate experts near Black Tortoise City, and Zhang Xinyuan immediately rushed there.

Murong Longzhan fought Huang Cang and Yu Pengcheng outside Black Tortoise City as Yu tried to pursue Li Changfeng and the others. Huang released the Twin Fiend Corpse Kings to cover Yu’s escape, and their terrifying recovery left Murong Longzhan facing both monsters.

• Murong Longzhan confronted Huang Cang and Yu Pengcheng, who planned to capture Li Qiulu and Zhou Zhiruo and kill Li Changfeng.
• Huang Cang attacked Murong Longzhan while Yu Pengcheng tried to leave, but Murong’s Cosmos Shift Qi repeatedly stopped him.
• Huang Cang summoned the Twin Fiend Corpse Kings, allowing Yu Pengcheng to escape while one corpse king held Murong Longzhan back.
• Murong Longzhan pierced the White Fiend Corpse King and crushed the Black Fiend Corpse King with his shifting force.
• The Twin Fiend Corpse Kings rapidly healed and charged Murong Longzhan, while Huang Cang explained that Shi Wuming had created them through a brutal corpse-refining process.

Murong Longzhan fought Huang Cang, using Star Shift to evade a sneak attack and discovering that Huang Cang had transformed himself through the Corpse Severing Palm. The battle continued as Murong Longzhan unleashed powerful thunderclap techniques, leaving Huang Cang and his zombie battered but still advancing toward him.

• Murong Longzhan defeated the Twin Fiend Corpse Kings with thunderclap qi swords, then used Star Shift to escape Huang Cang's ambush.
• Huang Cang revealed that he had mastered the Corpse Severing Palm and transformed into a powerful, intelligent zombie to prolong his life.
• Murong Longzhan attacked Huang Cang with Earth Wrath, sending eighteen thunderclap dragons at him and uncovering the Twin Fiend Corpse Kings hiding nearby.
• Huang Cang and his zombie tore through the dragons while Murong Longzhan's attack trapped and scorched the Twin Fiend Corpse Kings.
• Murong Longzhan used Earth Sword to summon pillars of lightning that battered Huang Cang and his zombie, but the two figures pushed through the attack toward him.

Murong Longzhan and Huang Cang fought fiercely after Murong’s Heavenly Sword attack failed to kill him. Murong was poisoned by Huang Cang’s Yin-Fiend Claw, but he continued fighting and redirected Huang Cang’s Black Fiend Palm back at him, leaving both men gravely injured.

• Murong Longzhan unleashed Heavenly Sword, blasting Huang Cang and the zombie into a crater, but Huang Cang survived by hiding underground.
• Huang Cang ambushed Murong Longzhan with Yin-Fiend Claw and poisoned his chest, warning that the poison would kill him within an hour.
• Murong Longzhan attacked Huang Cang with repeated lightning sword qi while Huang used Phantom Step to evade and stall for time.
• Huang Cang was struck by Murong’s sword qi, while Murong coughed black blood as the poison threatened his heart meridians.
• Huang Cang unleashed a hundred-zhang Black Fiend Palm, but Murong used Changing Stars to redirect it toward him.
• Huang Cang spent his remaining lifespan to counter with another Black Fiend Palm and suffered grievous injuries in the resulting clash.

Murong Longzhan and Huang Cang fought to the brink of death, but Zhang Xinyuan arrived in time to kill Huang Cang and purge the corpse poison from Murong Longzhan. Zhang Xinyuan and Murong Longzhan headed back to the Zhenwu Taoist Sect, where Li Wuyou was still waiting anxiously for news.

• Murong Longzhan unleashed his Azure Dragon palm strike, destroying the Black Fiend Corpse King, while Huang Cang narrowly dodged and both men were left unable to fight.
• Huang Cang approached the immobilized Murong Longzhan to kill him, but Yu Pengcheng's corpse suddenly fell between them.
• Zhang Xinyuan appeared and crushed Huang Cang to death with a palm strike.
• Zhang Xinyuan forced the corpse poison from Murong Longzhan and introduced himself as the Zhenwu Taoist Sect's foremost disciple.
• Zhang Xinyuan and Murong Longzhan departed for the Zhenwu Taoist Sect, where Li Wuyou continued to worry about Murong Longzhan.

Li Qiulu revealed how her husband, Daolong, fought a demon released by the Three Evil Sects and sealed a dimensional rift at the cost of his life. Zhang Daoling declared that her return marked the beginning of a great calamity, and the group prepared to strike the sects’ strongholds.

• Zhang Xinyuan and Murong Longzhan returned, and Zhang Xinyuan learned that Li Qiulu’s husband, Daolong, had died.
• Zhang Daoling arrived and said Li Qiulu’s return signaled the beginning of the great calamity.
• Li Qiulu explained how the Three Evil Sects released a powerful demon on a mysterious island, where Daolong fought it and helped her escape with the Profound Yang Herb.
• Zhang Daoling revealed that Daolong had perished with the demon and sealed the dimensional rift, delaying the calamity for years.
• Zhang Daoling proposed secretly gathering forces to attack the Corpse Refinement Sect and the Ghost King Sect, and Li Qiulu offered to lead them to the island.
• Zhang Hongxuan revealed that he was Wu Xuanran, founder of the Wind and Rain Pavilion, and Zhang Daoling called for a strategy discussion.

Zhang Xuandao reunited with his mother and sister, then joined Li Changfeng in planning revenge against the Corpse Refinement Sect. After learning that Xia Wu’s map led to the Sword Burial Mound, the two disguised themselves and set out for Central Province under the names Zhang San and Li Si.

• Zhang Xuandao reunited with Li Qiulu and Zhou Zhiruo, and promised to avenge his father alongside Li Changfeng.
• Three days later, Zhang Daoling’s group learned the Corpse Refinement Sect was hidden in Black Forest and began preparing a secret assault for three months later.
• Li Changfeng showed Zhang Xuandao Xia Wu’s inheritance map, which Zhang Xuandao identified as leading to the Sword Burial Mound on Sword Peak Mountain.
• Zhang Xuandao warned that the Yan family, Hidden Sword Manor, and Pure Yang Sword Sect controlled the area, so Li Changfeng changed his appearance to avoid recognition.
• Li Changfeng gave Zhang Xuandao his disguise secret art, and the two left the Zhenwu Taoist Sect disguised as ordinary young men named Li Si and Zhang San.

Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao entered Sword Peak Mountain to seek the Sword Burial Mound, where Du Gu Minmin drew them into a confrontation by revealing a map connected to Li Changfeng’s. After they killed the disciples pursuing her, Du Gu Minmin agreed to lead them to the map’s destination.

• Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao paid the entrance fee and entered Sword Peak Mountain, planning to visit the Sword Burial Mound.
• Du Gu Minmin ran toward them while fleeing pursuers and offered to show them a map to the Sword Burial Mound.
• Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao recognized the map’s connection to Li Changfeng’s map as Du Gu Minmin’s pursuers arrived and ordered their men to attack.
• Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao each killed the attacking disciples from the Three Great Sects.
• Du Gu Minmin stayed instead of fleeing, promised to lead them to the map’s destination, and introduced herself.

Qingyangzi, Yan Qing, and Wang Yangyao investigated the slaughtered group and set out after Li Changfeng’s party. As Li Changfeng’s group traveled toward the Sword Burial Mound, he recognized Du Gu Minmin’s heavy sword and detailed map as key to the inheritance, while Zhang Xuandao promised her a share.

• Qingyangzi identified lingering sword qi at the massacre as the work of a powerful swordsman, and he and Yan Qing argued over the killer and the Yan family.
• Wang Yangyao stopped Qingyangzi and Yan Qing from fighting, then led them in pursuit of Li Changfeng’s group while their disciples went to alert the sects.
• Du Gu Minmin guided Li Changfeng and his companions toward the Sword Burial Mound and worried that her search for her family’s inheritance had brought disaster.
• Li Changfeng recognized Du Gu Minmin’s heavy sword as a key to the inheritance and noticed her map held details missing from his own.
• Zhang Xuandao promised Du Gu Minmin a share of the inheritance, and she thanked the seniors while agreeing to guide them.

Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao escorted Du Gu Minmin through Sword Burial Mound, where she fought sword souls and explained how the place aided Sword Intent. The trio then faced Qingyangzi, Yan Qing, and Wang Yangyao, who confronted them over the deaths of disciples from the Three Great Sects.

• Du Gu Minmin insisted on enduring Sword Burial Mound’s Sword Intent without Zhang Xuandao shielding her.
• Du Gu Minmin fought waves of sword souls with her heavy sword, while the souls fled from Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao.
• Du Gu Minmin explained that the sword souls’ reactions showed Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao had mastered Sword Intent, and she said stronger sword souls lay along their route.
• Three flying sword hidden weapons attacked the trio, but Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao knocked them aside and protected Du Gu Minmin.
• Qingyangzi accused Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao of killing the Three Great Sects’ disciples; Li Changfeng admitted it, and Zhang Xuandao claimed they had acted in self-defense.

Li Changfeng overwhelmed Yan Qing, then fought off the combined attacks of Yan Qing, Wang Yangyao, and Qingyangzi. After Qingyangzi tried to deceive him and flee with the others, Li Changfeng caught up to all three and declared that none would escape.

• Yan Qing attacked Li Changfeng with the Yan Family Swordplay, but Li Changfeng destroyed his golden sword lights with a single strike.
• Li Changfeng used the Burning Wood Saber Technique to break Yan Qing's Golden Peng Nine Swords, injuring him and sending him flying.
• Wang Yangyao and Qingyangzi joined forces with Yan Qing to shatter Li Changfeng's flaming palm saber, but Li Changfeng destroyed their remaining sword qi with a blood-colored palm strike.
• Qingyangzi asked Li Changfeng to let them leave, then secretly launched concealed weapons at him and fled with Wang Yangyao and Yan Qing.
• Li Changfeng used Soaring Sky Nine Steps to catch up to all three and said none of them would get away.

Li Changfeng killed three peak Grandmaster experts with his Hundred Leaves Sky-Burning Hand and Bodhidharma Divine Sword. After Dugu Minmin revealed that the Land of Inheritance belonged to her family’s ancestor, she agreed to lead Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao there by a shortcut.

• Li Changfeng defeated Wang Yangyao and his two companions with the Hundred Leaves Sky-Burning Hand, then killed Wang Yangyao with the Bodhidharma Divine Sword.
• Dugu Minmin wondered at Li Changfeng’s strength, while Zhang Xuandao praised him and resolved to show off when they met their next enemy.
• Li Changfeng showed Dugu Minmin his Heavy Sword, No Edge manual and map, prompting her to reveal that the expert at the Land of Inheritance was her family’s ancestor.
• Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao promised to divide the treasure equally and assured Dugu Minmin they would not kill her.
• Dugu Minmin trusted them somewhat more and offered to take them to the Land of Inheritance by a faster shortcut.

Wang Yangyao survived Li Changfeng’s attack and hurried to report the group’s route, while Li Changfeng, Zhang Xuandao, and Dugu Minmin reached three powerful sword spirits guarding an inheritance trial. Li Changfeng began fighting the spirits, and his opening attack showed that the red sword spirit was stronger than expected.

• Wang Yangyao woke after using the Turtle Breath Technique to survive Li Changfeng’s sword and set off to warn his manor about the group’s route.
• Dugu Minmin led Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao to a wasteland guarded by three broken swords whose golden aura destroyed nearby life.
• Three sword spirits emerged and explained that Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao qualified for the inheritance trial, while Dugu Minmin did not.
• The sword spirits revealed they would fight at Half-Step Postnatal strength, and victory or surviving for two hours would let the two men enter the inheritance trial.
• Li Changfeng attacked the red sword spirit with his Human Sword technique, but their clash forced him back and revealed the spirit’s formidable strength.

Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao joined forces against the three sword spirits, trading powerful techniques with the Golden, scarlet, and yellow spirits. The chapter ended as Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao countered attacks from the scarlet and yellow spirits with their own sword techniques.

• Zhang Xuandao’s Yin Extremity Creates Yang clashed with the yellow sword spirit’s heavy sword, forcing Zhang Xuandao back three steps.
• Li Changfeng used Shifting Stars to hold the Golden Sword Spirit’s multiplying golden sword shadows in place, allowing Zhang Xuandao to strike them with Yang Extremity Creates Yin.
• Li Changfeng used Star Shift to destroy the golden sword shadows that survived Zhang Xuandao’s attack.
• The scarlet sword spirit launched Three Yang Sword Style while the yellow sword spirit used Golden Rainbow Pierces the Sun against Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao.
• Li Changfeng attacked the scarlet sword spirit with Sweeping a Thousand Armies as Zhang Xuandao met the yellow sword spirit’s attack with Left Yin Right Yang.

Li Changfeng fought the Golden Sword Spirit and Crimson Sword Spirit in a series of clashes, using his palm and sword techniques against their powerful attacks. He began countering the Crimson Sword Spirit’s Pure Yang sword radiance, but it continued racing toward him as the fight remained unresolved.

• The Golden Sword Spirit attacked with Violent Sword Palm, and Li Changfeng countered with Thousand Leaf Sunset Hand, forcing both of them back.
• Li Changfeng unleashed Three Thousand Great Tathagatas, but the Golden Sword Spirit’s Golden Dragon Sword Palm crushed the attack and pressed on.
• Li Changfeng used Hidden Dragon, Do Not Use to break the golden dragon’s remaining force, and the Golden Sword Spirit shattered his weakened palm strike with a sword qi point.
• The Crimson Sword Spirit joined the battle and attacked Li Changfeng with Five Qi Facing the Sun.
• Li Changfeng answered with Thunderbolts by the Myriad, but the Pure Yang sword radiance gradually wore down his thunder sword radiance and kept speeding toward him.