Chapter Summaries

Li Changfeng struggled against the Golden Sword Spirit and was ambushed while exhausted, as Zhang Xuandao remained occupied by the yellow sword spirit. The Three Great Sects arrived, but their leaders’ claim that Li Changfeng’s group had stolen their Inheritance Map was rejected by the sword spirits, who recognized Dugu Minmin and called her to them.

• Li Changfeng pinned down the Pure Yang sword radiance and battered it with more than a hundred thunder sword strikes before the Golden Sword Spirit attacked with Golden Peng Nine Swords.
• Li Changfeng fought the nine Golden Pengs, shattering three and weakening others before his true qi ran low.
• A crimson figure attacked Li Changfeng from behind, wounded him, and forced him to face two sword spirits while Zhang Xuandao remained tied up with the yellow sword spirit.
• The Three Great Sects arrived, accused Li Changfeng’s group of coveting their Inheritance Map, and drew the sword spirits’ attention to Dugu Minmin.
• The sword spirits recognized Dugu Minmin, invited her to come closer, and ordered the Three Great Sects to leave because they were unworthy of the inheritance.

Li Changfeng, Zhang Xuandao, and Dugu Minmin entered the inheritance gate after the sword souls judged their trial, while the leaders of the Three Great Sects planned to ambush them outside the Sword Burial Mound. The chapter left the sect leaders waiting to seize Li Changfeng’s inheritance.

• The Three Great Sects withdrew after recognizing Zhang Xuandao and deciding not to challenge the Zhenwu Taoist Sect’s standing.
• The three sword souls opened a gate for Dugu Minmin, then allowed Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao to enter after declaring that they had passed the trial.
• The sword souls entered the gate, which vanished behind them.
• Yan Hua and Yun Yangzi persuaded Wang Xiao to join them in trying to seize the inheritance despite the danger of provoking the Zhenwu Taoist Sect.
• The three leaders decided to wait for Li Changfeng outside the Sword Burial Mound without informing their sect masters.

Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao comprehended Sword Intent in the Mystic Realm and reached great perfection before meeting Dugu Yuanbai. Dugu Yuanbai accepted them both as disciples and passed on the No Sword is Better Than Sword Method, leaving them worried as his strength faded.

• Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao sat at the sword platform while the three sword souls merged into the giant sword to aid their comprehension.
• After years of meditation, Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao reached great perfection in Sword Intent, and the three sword souls disappeared.
• Dugu Yuanbai summoned the two men and revealed that he would choose both of them as successors.
• Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao bowed to Dugu Yuanbai and became his disciples.
• Dugu Yuanbai transmitted the No Sword is Better Than Sword Method to them, then grew dim as he said his purpose had been fulfilled.

After emerging from the Mystic Realm, Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao discovered that only seven days had passed outside despite their seven years within. Ambushed by the Three Great Sects for the inheritance, they fought back, and Li Changfeng’s perfected Sword Intent overwhelmed Yan Hua’s attacks.

• Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao left the wasteland and headed back toward their sects, noting that the sword souls fled from them.
• The Three Great Sects ambushed them outside the Sword Burial Mound and demanded the inheritance, believing they had been inside for seven days.
• Li Changfeng realized that time passed differently in the Mystic Realm, while Zhang Xuandao rejected the ambushers’ offer to spare them.
• Yan Hua attacked Li Changfeng, but Li Changfeng’s Human Sword shattered his golden sword light and forced Yan Hua to recognize his perfected Sword Intent.
• Yan Hua unleashed Golden Peng Nine Swords, and Li Changfeng countered with Earth Sword, destroying all nine Golden Peng sword phantoms.

Zhang Xuandao and Li Changfeng battled Wang Xiao and Yun Yangzi, then joined Yan Hua in attacking them. Zhang Xuandao struck Yan Hua with a powerful fist while he was distracted, sending him crashing to the ground.

• Zhang Xuandao challenged Wang Xiao and Yun Yangzi to attack him together, and they unleashed their sword techniques.
• Zhang Xuandao used Four Ounces Deflects a Thousand Pounds to block both attacks, while Li Changfeng supported him and struck with Three Thousand Great Tathagatas.
• The four men were blasted apart, and Zhang Xuandao helped Li Changfeng disperse the impact while Wang Xiao and Yun Yangzi struggled to recover.
• Yan Hua emerged from the shattered void and attacked Wang Xiao and Yun Yangzi with Golden Peng Pierces the Sky.
• Li Changfeng struck Yan Hua with Heavenly Sword, and Zhang Xuandao followed with Yin-Yang Convergence, knocking Yan Hua out of the sky and into the ground.

Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao fought Wang Xiao, Yun Yangzi, and Yan Hua, using coordinated offense and defense to withstand their attacks. After recognizing the three-on-two disadvantage, Li Changfeng unleashed his strongest attack as they prepared to flee.

• Wang Xiao and Yun Yangzi unleashed powerful sword attacks, and Li Changfeng held them back while Zhang Xuandao formed a Taiji Diagram to block them.
• Yan Hua broke Zhang Xuandao's Taiji Diagram with Golden Peng Pierces the Sky and injured him.
• Li Changfeng shielded Zhang Xuandao and shattered Yan Hua's Golden Peng form with Azure Dragon Shakes the Heavens.
• Li Changfeng told Zhang Xuandao they would flee after his strongest attack, and Zhang Xuandao gathered his strength.
• Li Changfeng unleashed Mountain Shattering, Earth Rending, sending molten lava surging toward the three opponents.

Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao fought their way free of three pursuers, then disguised themselves as sect disciples and slipped out of Sword Peak Mountain. They left the pursuers convinced they had fled in the opposite direction, while the three men ordered a wider search.

• Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao exchanged attacks with the three men, then fled after Li Changfeng was wounded; Li Changfeng killed the disciples sent to stop them.
• Li Changfeng killed another group of pursuing disciples, and he and Zhang Xuandao took their clothes and disguised themselves to mislead the three men.
• Wang Xiao, Yun Yangzi, and Yan Hua realized the pair had probably disguised themselves and sent carrier pigeons to warn the other disciples.
• Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao changed identities again and passed the guards at Sword Peak Mountain after Li Changfeng convinced a Pure Yang disciple he was returning to the sect with an urgent report.

After leaving Sword Peak Mountain, Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao traveled to Western Shu Province and sought a safe route into its dangerous mountains. They joined an escort convoy, leaving their destination ahead of them.

• The Pure Yang and Hidden Sword Manor disciples killed the Yan family disciple to prevent him from reporting that Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao had passed through.
• Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao received instructions to go to Western Shu Province and arrived there after many days of travel.
• At Stone Village, Da Niu mistook the two for bandit scouts, but Old Qing calmed him and advised them to follow an escort convoy into the mountains.
• Li Changfeng paid Old Qing for the advice, then paid the escort chief four taels of silver so he and Zhang Xuandao could join the convoy.
• The escort chief warned Li Changfeng not to flaunt his wealth, while Li Changfeng explained to Zhang Xuandao that paying was safer than quarrelling over the price.

Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao accompanied an escort convoy into the mountains, where a trap left it vulnerable to Black Tiger and One-Eyed Wolf's bandit gangs. After Zhang Xuandao killed two bandits who tried to rob them, both gangs turned on the pair, and Li Changfeng prepared to fight.

• Li Changfeng told Zhang Xuandao that a spiritual medicine was guarded by an Acquired Realm demonic beast, and the two set out with the escort convoy.
• The convoy's cart sank into a trapped pit, and Li Changfeng and the escort leader realized an ambush was coming.
• Black Tiger and One-Eyed Wolf's gangs surrounded the convoy and demanded its goods, so Wang Baozi reluctantly surrendered them.
• Two bandits demanded Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao's money and clothes, and Zhang Xuandao killed them.
• Black Tiger and One-Eyed Wolf ordered their bandits to kill the pair, and Li Changfeng drew his flying dagger.

Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao headed to Kanglong Ravine in search of a precious medicinal herb after Li Changfeng defeated a bandit gang. They reached a golden waterfall and lake surrounded by spirit herbs, where a powerful aura emanated from a cave behind the falls.

• Li Changfeng killed the attacking bandits with his flying dagger, then forgave Wang Baozi and the escorts for their earlier actions.
• Wang Baozi told Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao about Kanglong Ravine, where visitors had died and even an Acquired Realm expert had been badly injured.
• Wang Baozi led the pair to within one li of the ravine, then departed with the escort convoy while Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao continued alone.
• Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao sensed a powerful demonic beast's presence and found no other creatures as they traveled through the silent ravine.
• The two men discovered a golden waterfall, a golden lake, and spirit herbs surrounding a cave with a powerful aura, and decided to approach it.

Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao confronted a Dragon Elephant Demon Beast guarding the Van Dragon Root in Kanglong Ravine. After Li Changfeng hurt it with a surprise attack, the beast struck back and sent him crashing into the golden lake.

• Zhang Xuandao discovered that the golden lake water was rich in spiritual energy, and the Dragon Elephant Demon Beast warned the two to leave.
• Li Changfeng asked for the Van Dragon Root, prompting the beast to reveal itself and attack after Zhang Xuandao identified it as a Dragon Elephant.
• Zhang Xuandao used Unending Softness to deflect the beast’s first palm strike.
• Li Changfeng struck the Dragon Elephant Demon Beast with Azure Dragon Shakes the Heavens and knocked it into the mountainside.
• The Dragon Elephant Demon Beast counterattacked, shattered Li Changfeng’s Three Thousand Great Tathagatas, and broke his Indestructible Vajra Body before knocking him into the golden lake.

Li Changfeng found and took a mature Van Dragon Root from the lake before he and Zhang Xuandao fled the Dragon Elephant Demon Beast. The beast caught up with them, and the two men wounded its dragon tail, but it remained a formidable threat.

• Li Changfeng discovered three Van Dragon Roots beneath the lake and took the largest, leaving the two immature herbs behind.
• The Dragon Elephant Demon Beast remembered the herbs and charged into the lake as Li Changfeng emerged and urged Zhang Xuandao to flee with him.
• The beast pursued them through the ravine and forest, then attacked with its flood-dragon form and swept its tail at them.
• Li Changfeng struck the beast’s tail with a lightning-infused palm technique, and Zhang Xuandao followed with a powerful Yin-Yang Divine Fist.
• The Dragon Elephant Demon Beast transformed into its half-demon form and confronted the two men, enraged by the damaged scales on its tail.

Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao fought the Dragon Elephant Demon Beast, injuring it with coordinated attacks. The beast retaliated with a powerful golden fist that threatened to break through Zhang Xuandao’s barrier as Li Changfeng tried to weaken it with sword qi.

• Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao combined their sword and palm techniques to neutralize the Dragon Elephant Demon Beast’s golden claw attack.
• The beast struck Li Changfeng with a powerful kick, then caught Zhang Xuandao’s fists and tried to break his arms.
• Li Changfeng attacked with the Dominating Leg Technique, striking the beast over a hundred times and sending it crashing through a boulder.
• The Dragon Elephant Demon Beast recovered and launched a hundred-zhang golden fist at both fighters.
• Zhang Xuandao raised a Bagua Four Divine Beasts barrier, while Li Changfeng’s Heavenly Sword sword qi weakened the fist but failed to destroy it.

Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao fought the Dragon Elephant Demon Beast while trying to escape, but their injuries and the beast’s relentless pursuit left them vulnerable. After arriving enemies blocked their way and demanded their treasures, the two faced the Venomous Dragon Eighteen Strongholds.

• Li Changfeng shattered Zhang Xuandao’s golden fist seal clash, then used his Thunderflare Great Buddha Seal to pin down the Dragon Elephant Demon Beast and escape with Zhang Xuandao.
• The Buddha seal exploded, injuring the Dragon Elephant Demon Beast, which went berserk and caught up to Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao, wounding them as they fled.
• For three days, Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao evaded the beast while fighting off Grandmasters who tried to seize their treasures.
• Zhang Xuandao found healing medicine on the bodies of their attackers, but Li Changfeng warned that more enemies were approaching.
• A group led by a sinister-faced man confronted Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao, identified themselves as the Venomous Dragon Eighteen Strongholds, and demanded their treasures.

Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao killed the Venomous Dragon Eighteen Strongholds men and forced their surviving captive to lead them to the stronghold. The Dragon Elephant Demon Beast caught up with them, shattered Zhang Xuandao’s Yin-Yang defense, and forced Li Changfeng to intercept a fatal strike.

• Li Changfeng proposed shifting the danger onto the Venomous Dragon Eighteen Strongholds men, and Zhang Xuandao killed all of them except the sinister-faced man.
• Li Changfeng recovered from his injuries while Zhang Xuandao said he was ready to leave, and the two took the captive with them as the Dragon Elephant Demon Beast pursued them.
• Li Changfeng threatened to kill the captive, who agreed to lead them to the Venomous Dragon Eighteen Strongholds in exchange for his life.
• The Dragon Elephant Demon Beast attacked the three from the air, and Zhang Xuandao used Yin-Yang Fish Mirror to block its strike.
• The Dragon Elephant Demon Beast shattered Zhang Xuandao’s Tai Chi mirror and attacked him, but Li Changfeng intercepted the blow and was sent flying back with Zhang Xuandao.

Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao tried to escape the Dragon Elephant Demon Beast while forcing the sinister man to guide them to the Venomous Dragon Eighteen Strongholds. After their defenses failed against its attacks, Li Changfeng was injured and pursued as the beast resolved to kill them.

• The sinister man tried to retreat, but Li Changfeng warned him that the water he had given him was poisoned and made him lead the way.
• The Dragon Elephant Demon Beast’s Dragon Elephant Roar shattered Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao’s defenses and left the sinister man gravely injured.
• Zhang Xuandao carried the injured man toward the Venomous Dragon Eighteen Strongholds while Li Changfeng stayed behind to attack the beast.
• Li Changfeng’s Three Thousand Great Tathagatas held off the beast’s golden demonic hand briefly, and he escaped its strike with Star Shift.
• The Dragon Elephant Demon Beast stomped at Li Changfeng, who countered with Mountain Shattering, Earth Rending before being blasted backward and pursuing Zhang Xuandao.
• The Dragon Elephant Demon Beast followed Li Changfeng, deciding to kill him after noticing his cultivation technique resembled its own.

Zhang Xuandao and the badly wounded Li Changfeng fled to the Venomous Dragon Eighteen Strongholds with the Dragon Elephant Demon Beast in pursuit. After the beast invaded and slaughtered the bandits, Zhang Xuandao persuaded the stronghold chiefs to assemble against it, leaving the confrontation about to begin.

• Zhang Xuandao carried the severely injured Li Changfeng toward the strongholds while the Dragon Elephant Demon Beast caught and ate the sinister-looking man pursuing them.
• Zhang Xuandao forced his way into the Venomous Dragon Eighteen Strongholds and defeated the bandits who rushed to stop him.
• The Dragon Elephant Demon Beast broke into the stronghold and devoured the bandits as it advanced toward Zhang Xuandao.
• The lean stronghold chief attacked Zhang Xuandao, recognized his Zhenwu Taoist Sect Cotton Palm, and initially refused to join forces against the beast.
• Zhang Xuandao and Li Changfeng warned the chief that they would all die unless they cooperated, so he fired a signal flare and summoned the other seventeen chiefs.

Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao faced the Dragon Elephant Demon Beast alongside eighteen chieftains, while the Great Chieftain suspected they had taken the treasure in Kanglong Ravine. After recovering from his injuries, Li Changfeng launched another attack on the beast, which stopped his fists and praised his martial technique.

• The Great Chieftain realized Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao had obtained the treasure in Kanglong Ravine, stirring greed among the chieftains.
• Li Changfeng persuaded the Great Chieftain to give him a top-grade pill, secretly expelled the poison the Great Chieftain had put in it, and recovered for a quarter of an hour.
• The Dragon Elephant Demon Beast finished recovering and threatened to devour everyone, so Li Changfeng challenged it to fight.
• Li Changfeng struck with Human Sword, and the Dragon Elephant Demon Beast countered with a golden beam, canceling out their attacks.
• Li Changfeng followed with Azure Dragon Shakes the Heavens, but the Dragon Elephant Demon Beast caught both of his fists and said the technique suited it better.

Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao fought the Dragon Elephant Demon Beast while the eighteen chieftains joined forces with the Poison Dragon Formation. The formation’s first clash with the beast ended in a stalemate, and the beast then targeted its weakest member, threatening to break the formation.

• Li Changfeng restrained the Dragon Elephant Demon Beast so Zhang Xuandao could strike its chest with his Yin-Yang palm, wounding it.
• The Dragon Elephant Demon Beast unleashed Dragon Elephant Divine Fist, and Zhang Xuandao and Li Changfeng combined their techniques to meet the attack as it destroyed the mountain stronghold.
• Li Changfeng urged the eighteen chieftains to attack, and the Great Chieftain ordered them to form the Poison Dragon Formation.
• The chieftains’ Poison Dragon Strike shattered the Dragon Elephant Demon Beast’s stone elephant, while their forces canceled each other out.
• The Dragon Elephant Demon Beast appeared beside the formation’s weakest chieftain and clawed toward his head.

Li Changfeng and the eighteen stronghold chiefs fought the Dragon Elephant Demon Beast, but their attacks barely wounded it. The beast remained at full strength while Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao began to tire, leaving their group at risk of being worn down.

• Li Changfeng rescued the Eighteenth Stronghold Chief and drove the Dragon Elephant Demon Beast back with his Dominating Leg Technique.
• The Dragon Elephant Demon Beast attacked with Black Rock Stone Dragon, but Li Changfeng destroyed the stone dragon with Soaring Dragon Ascends.
• Zhang Xuandao struck the beast with his Yin-Yang millstone, breaking a few scales but failing to seriously injure it.
• Li Changfeng hit the Dragon Elephant Demon Beast with Earth Sword, blasting it into the air and leaving shallow wounds.
• The Dragon Elephant Demon Beast dismissed their attacks as superficial, while Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao had each spent a third of their true qi and faced being worn down.