Chapter Summaries

Ji Changfeng summoned Dragon Slayer and began his long-awaited duel with Lu Xueqi, who fought to prove herself despite being outmatched. After Ji Changfeng’s attack wounded her, Lu Xueqi stubbornly prepared to use a dangerous move.

• Ji Changfeng summoned Dragon Slayer from Tian Ling'er, shocking the Peak Masters and revealing that Daoist Cangsong had passed the Divine Sword to him.
• Lu Xueqi challenged Ji Changfeng with Tianya Sword, and their matching use of Two Sleeves of Azure Serpents puzzled the watching disciples.
• Qi Hao and Zhang Xiaofan postponed their own match to watch Ji Changfeng and Lu Xueqi fight.
• Ji Changfeng overwhelmed Lu Xueqi’s sword attack with his Azure Sword Intent and sent Tianya Sword flying, causing her to spit blood.
• Despite her injuries, Lu Xueqi gripped Tianya Sword and decided she might have to use a particular move.

Lu Xueqi attempted to unleash the Divine Sword Thunder True Art against Ji Changfeng but exhausted herself and fell. Ji Changfeng caught her, then used one sword strike to shatter the lightning and split the clouds, leaving her staring at him in astonishment.

• Lu Xueqi gathered the power of the Divine Sword Thunder True Art, alarming the spectators and worrying Master Shuiyue as she struggled to control it.
• Lu Xueqi's spiritual power ran out, and she spat blood before releasing Tianya Sword and falling from the sky.
• Ji Changfeng caught Lu Xueqi, called her Senior Sister Lu, and gave her a Great Yellow Pill.
• Ji Changfeng held Lu Xueqi aloft and raised Dragon Slayer against the descending lightning.
• Ji Changfeng's sword strike shattered the lightning and split the clouds, astonishing Lu Xueqi and the watching crowd.

Ji Changfeng shattered the lightning and clouds with a sword strike that split the sky, then asked Lu Xueqi what she thought of it while holding her in his arms. The Qingyun Sect disciples and Peak Masters were stunned by his strength as he named the sword Heaven and Earth Sword.

• Ji Changfeng destroyed the descending lightning and Calamity Clouds with a sword strike, then asked Lu Xueqi for her opinion while she remained in his embrace.
• Qingyun Disciples marveled at Ji Changfeng's breakthrough to Supreme Purity, and Zeng Shushu recorded a boast about his sword in Ji Changfeng's Dominating Sayings.
• Tian Ling'er watched Ji Changfeng with admiration, then grew annoyed when she saw Lu Xueqi in his arms and said she had been there first.
• True Master Daoxuan estimated that Ji Changfeng's strike had reached the fourth or fifth level of Supreme Purity, while Cang Song praised him as having Immortal Potential.
• Ji Changfeng named his sword Heaven and Earth Sword, and Tian Buyi proudly claimed him as his disciple while Cang Song looked on.

After rescuing Lu Xueqi, Ji Changfeng watched as Zhang Xiaofan fought Qi Hao in the arena and proved far stronger than Qi Hao expected. The match continued as Qi Hao prepared to use his ultimate move.

• Ji Changfeng carried Lu Xueqi to Master Shuiyue and explained that he had given her a Great Yellow Pill.
• The Arena Guardian Elder began the match between Zhang Xiaofan and Qi Hao after the crowd's attention shifted from Ji Changfeng.
• Zhang Xiaofan's Fire-Stirring Rod struck with enough force to shock Qi Hao and drive him into a serious fight.
• The Qingyun Disciples were astonished that Zhang Xiaofan could match Qi Hao despite his Jade Pure Fifth Layer cultivation.
• Zhang Xiaofan charged again, and Qi Hao decided to end the fight by preparing his Nine Heavens of Pure Frost technique.

Qi Hao defeated Zhang Xiaofan in the arena, and Ji Changfeng later told Qingyun’s elders that Zhang Xiaofan practiced Tianyin Temple’s Great Brahma Prajna. The elders connected it to Divine Monk Puzhi’s attempt at Buddhist-Daoist Dual Cultivation, and Ji Changfeng suggested Puzhi may have been responsible for the slaughter at Caomiao Village.

• Qi Hao used the Heavenly Ice Earthfall True Art to overwhelm the exhausted Zhang Xiaofan and win their match.
• Wan Jianyi and Cang Song teased Ji Changfeng about Lu Xueqi while he drank with them and True Master Daoxuan.
• Ji Changfeng told the elders that Zhang Xiaofan practiced the Great Brahma Prajna, which he believed a monk had taught him at Caomiao Village.
• True Master Daoxuan revealed that Puzhi had once sought to exchange the Great Brahma Prajna for Qingyun’s Taiji Xuanqing Dao to attempt Buddhist-Daoist Dual Cultivation.
• Wan Jianyi speculated that Puzhi had given the art to Zhang Xiaofan to test the practice, and Ji Changfeng suggested Puzhi may have slaughtered Caomiao Village.

Ji Changfeng faced Qi Hao in the Seven Meridians Martial Arts Tournament final, while the sect’s leaders discussed the possibility that Divine Monk Puzhi had massacred Caomiao Village. Ji Changfeng unleashed a powerful sword technique before the match’s outcome was revealed.

• Ji Changfeng told True Master Daoxuan that Zhang Xiaofan would refuse to reveal what he knew, so Daoxuan decided to write to Divine Monk Puhong for answers about Caomiao Village.
• The disciples gathered on Tongtian Peak for the tournament final between Ji Changfeng and Qi Hao, and Qi Hao’s master had warned him that he could not match Ji Changfeng.
• Ji Changfeng received cheers from Tian Ling'er, Zhang Xiaofan, and other disciples, while Lu Xueqi watched silently from beside the arena.
• Qi Hao proposed that they settle the match with one move, then rose into the air and unleashed the Heavenly Ice Earthfall True Art.
• Ji Changfeng addressed a senior sister, drew the Dragon Slaying Sword, and invoked the technique Myriad Swords Return to One, Slay Ghosts and Gods, astonishing Master Shuiyue.

Ji Changfeng revealed that he had mastered the True Art of Slaying Ghosts and Gods, defeated Qi Hao, and won the Seven Meridians Martial Arts Tournament. The Peak Masters questioned how he learned the lost technique, and True Master Daoxuan said Ji Changfeng had mastered it after seeing its cultivation method once.

• Ji Changfeng unleashed the True Art of Slaying Ghosts and Gods, shocking the Peak Masters and Qingyun Sect disciples who recognized the long-lost technique.
• Ji Changfeng shattered Qi Hao’s ice wall and knocked him unconscious with a sword strike.
• Tian Ling'er and Lu Xueqi watched Ji Changfeng in amazement, while Daoist Cangsong wept at his handsome appearance.
• Tian Buyi asked Daoist Cangsong how Ji Changfeng learned the technique, and True Master Daoxuan explained that Ji Changfeng had mastered it after he showed him its cultivation method.
• The Arena Guardian Elder announced Ji Changfeng as the tournament champion, and Zeng Shushu declared him his idol.

After winning the Seven Meridians Martial Arts Tournament, Ji Changfeng received the Six Harmonies Mirror from True Master Daoxuan and was assigned to lead the finalists on a mission to Mount Kongsang. As the group began its journey, Lu Xueqi let Ji Changfeng ride behind her on Tianya Sword, and his teasing left her flustered.

• True Master Daoxuan gave Ji Changfeng the Six Harmonies Mirror and tasked him with leading the tournament’s four finalists to Mount Kongsang Myriad Bat Ancient Cave to eliminate Blood Refining Hall remnants.
• True Master Daoxuan assured Ji Changfeng that Qingyun Sect would stand up for him over Caomiao Village, and Ji Changfeng returned to Dazhu Peak.
• Tian Buyi and Su Ru questioned Ji Changfeng about the True Art of Slaying Ghosts and Gods, but he followed True Master Daoxuan’s explanation and they let the matter go.
• The next morning, Ji Changfeng and Zhang Xiaofan met Lu Xueqi and Qi Hao at Tongtian Peak before the four set off together.
• Ji Changfeng asked Lu Xueqi to carry him on Tianya Sword, and she let him board and flew ahead with him.
• Ji Changfeng told Lu Xueqi that she smelled nice, leaving her blushing and flustered as they flew.

Ji Changfeng, Lu Xueqi, Zhang Xiaofan, and Qi Hao traveled toward Kongsan Mountain and stopped in Heyang City for the night. At the Shanhaiyuan Inn, Ji Changfeng showed his closeness to Lu Xueqi, while Zhang Xiaofan impressed the others with his cooking knowledge, before a young woman challenged the inn’s serving order.

• Ji Changfeng and Lu Xueqi flew close together, and Zhang Xiaofan and Qi Hao caught up with them.
• Ji Changfeng chose to stop in Heyang City for the night before continuing to Kongsan Mountain the next morning.
• Ji Changfeng used Sword Intent to deter onlookers as the group entered Heyang City and checked into the Shanhaiyuan Inn.
• Zhang Xiaofan identified how the inn’s signature clear-stewed mei fish had been prepared, and Ji Changfeng placed a piece in Lu Xueqi’s bowl.
• A young woman at a nearby table complained that the waiter had served Ji Changfeng’s group before her party.

Ji Changfeng used his Supreme Purity Realm Sword Intent to stop Biyao from pressing the inn waiter over a dish, then spent the night talking with Lu Xueqi. The chapter ended with Lu Xueqi agreeing that he could call her Xueqi.

• Biyao confronted the waiter for serving Ji Changfeng's table before hers, but Ji Changfeng released Sword Intent that pressured the Black-veiled Woman, Vermilion Bird, and Biyao retreated when Vermilion Bird called her back.
• Ji Changfeng told Qi Hao that their new acquaintances were not simple, and the group finished dinner before returning to their rooms.
• Unable to sleep, Ji Changfeng went to Lu Xueqi's room and asked her to chat, then led her to the table while holding her hand.
• Lu Xueqi asked why Ji Changfeng still called her Senior Sister despite losing their wager, and he asked whether he could call her Xueqi.
• Lu Xueqi nodded and gave Ji Changfeng permission to call her Xueqi.

Ji Changfeng encountered Biyao and You Ji in the backyard and recognized them as members of the Ghost King Sect. You Ji discovered that Ji Changfeng was an upper clarity expert, and he ended the encounter by teasing her about the veil covering her face.

• After bidding Lu Xueqi good night, Ji Changfeng found Biyao alone in the backyard, where she had picked a flower.
• Zhang Xiaofan scolded Biyao for picking the flower, and she mocked his claim that its dew might be tears before turning cold when he objected to her laughter.
• You Ji arrived, and Ji Changfeng sent Zhang Xiaofan back to his room.
• Biyao tried to speak with Ji Changfeng, but he ignored her to ask You Ji why she wore a veil.
• You Ji asked whether Ji Changfeng was a Qingyun Sect disciple, and he identified her as Vermilion Bird of the Ghost King Sect.
• You Ji recognized Ji Changfeng as an upper clarity expert, and he teased her about being a black-clad beauty hiding beneath a veil.

Ji Changfeng challenged You Ji outside Heyang City and used the Dragon Slayer to cut away her veil. Seeing her face, he left after telling her to remove her veil herself whenever she saw him again.

• Biyao rebuked Ji Changfeng for flirting with You Ji, and he warned them that leaving Heyang City would not be easy.
• Ji Changfeng demanded that You Ji lift her veil, so she agreed to fight him outside the city and Biyao followed.
• You Ji attacked Ji Changfeng with the Vermilion Bird Seal, but his Sword Intent knocked it aside.
• You Ji recognized the Dragon Slaying Sword and lost focus, allowing Ji Changfeng's sword qi to cut away her veil without hurting her.
• Ji Changfeng praised You Ji's beauty, returned her veil, and left; You Ji watched him, remembering a similar scene from three hundred years earlier.

Ji Changfeng and the Qingyun Sect disciples traveled to Kongsan Mountain to find the Ten Thousand Bat Ancient Cave, where he rescued disciples from Tianyin Temple and Incense Valley. After Li Xun stared at Lu Xueqi, Ji Changfeng forced him back with Sword Intent and warned him to keep his eyes to himself.

• You Ji ordered Biyao to leave Heyang City overnight after recalling Ji Changfeng.
• Ji Changfeng, Lu Xueqi, Qi Hao, and Zhang Xiaofan left Heyang City and reached Kongsan Mountain before nightfall.
• After dark, Ji Changfeng followed a swarm of Vampire Bats toward the Ten Thousand Bat Ancient Cave, outpacing the others with his sword technique.
• Ji Changfeng killed the bats attacking Faxiang, Fashan, Li Xun, and Yan Hong, burying them beneath a heap of bat corpses.
• Li Xun stared at Lu Xueqi, so Ji Changfeng struck him with Sword Intent and told him to keep his eyes to himself.

Ji Changfeng humiliated Li Xun by overpowering him with his Supreme Purity cultivation, then led the group to the Ten Thousand Bat Ancient Cave. After waiting for daylight to avoid the sleeping Vampire Bats, they entered the cave, where Ji Changfeng immediately cast an ice spell.

• Li Xun drew the Jade Sun Ruler to challenge Ji Changfeng, but Ji Changfeng put both hands behind his back and crushed Li Xun with his aura and Sword Intent.
• Faxiang mediated, and Ji Changfeng revealed that he had reached the Supreme Purity Realm after only five years in the sect.
• Ji Changfeng led the group toward the Ten Thousand Bat Ancient Cave by following the direction of a Vampire Bat he had spared.
• The group found the cave guarded by countless Vampire Bats and decided to wait outside until dawn, when the bats would be asleep.
• Ji Changfeng and the others entered the cave with their artifacts ready, and Ji Changfeng immediately cast an ice spell at the ground.

Ji Changfeng led his companions through the Ten Thousand Bat Ancient Cave, where the group split up at a fork and he killed a pursuing demon disciple. At the Dead Spirit Abyss, he cut down the Blood Refining Hall’s attackers with one strike and faced its leader, Old Man Nian, declaring that he would kill him in a single move.

• Ji Changfeng froze the bat droppings beneath the group’s feet and led them to a fork marked with the words “The Heavenly Dao is Within Me.”
• Ji Changfeng split the group, sending Faxiang with the Incense Valley disciples down the right path while he took Lu Xueqi, Qi Hao, and Zhang Xiaofan left.
• Ji Changfeng killed Jiang Laosan with a sword strike, then continued toward the Dead Spirit Abyss without pursuing the fleeing disciples.
• At the Dead Spirit Abyss, Old Man Nian ordered his demonic followers to attack Ji Changfeng and his companions after learning Jiang Laosan had died.
• Ji Changfeng killed the charging demonic followers with one sword strike and challenged Old Man Nian to face him, saying he needed only one move to kill him.

Ji Changfeng killed Old Man Nian and the Blood Refining Hall remnants, including Lin Feng, whose Mountains and Rivers Fan revealed a connection to Old Ancestor Fengyue. The beautiful woman tried to win Ji Changfeng over, but Lu Xueqi killed her, leaving the group victorious.

• Old Man Nian attacked Ji Changfeng with the Crimson Demon Eye, but Ji Changfeng destroyed its blood light and killed him with one sword strike.
• The Blood Refining Hall remnants fled, and Lu Xueqi, Qi Hao, and Zhang Xiaofan intercepted them.
• Lin Feng brought out the Mountains and Rivers Fan, but Ji Changfeng severed his arm, took the Artifact, and learned Lin Feng was Old Ancestor Fengyue's biological nephew.
• Ji Changfeng killed Lin Feng and declared that Old Ancestor Fengyue had brought death upon himself.
• The beautiful woman tried to seduce Ji Changfeng after knocking Lu Xueqi back, but Lu Xueqi pierced her heart with the Heavenly Ya Divine Sword.

Ji Changfeng and his companions wiped out the remaining Blood Refining Hall members and entered Dead Spirit Abyss to seek the first volume of the Heavenly Book. At the Sea of Ruthlessness, they encountered Lady Vermilion Bird and the Black-veiled Woman, and Ji reminded Lady Vermilion Bird of his demand that she remove her veil.

• Lu Xueqi pulled her sword from the wounded beauty, and Ji Changfeng killed the woman before she could deceive his companions.
• Qi Hao and Zhang Xiaofan reported that Wild Dog Daoist and Liu Hao had been slain, leaving the Blood Refining Hall effectively destroyed.
• Ji Changfeng decided to explore Dead Spirit Abyss for the Blood-Dripping Cave and its first volume of the Heavenly Book, and the group left markers before entering.
• At the Sea of Ruthlessness, Ji Changfeng used the Six Harmonies Mirror to drive away ghosts and reassured Lu Xueqi.
• Aqua-green-robed Lady Vermilion Bird appeared with the Black-veiled Woman and attendants, and Ji Changfeng asked whether she remembered his warning about her veil.

Ji Changfeng and his companions fought You Ji, Biyao, and Ghost King Sect disciples at the Sea of Ruthlessness until the Black Water Mysterious Serpent emerged from the depths. Seeing its unhealed wound, Ji Changfeng launched a sword strike at its seven-inch mark.

• Ji Changfeng identified You Ji as Vermilion Bird and Biyao as the Ghost King Sect’s Young Master, then drew Dragon Slaying and challenged them.
• Ji Changfeng fought You Ji while Lu Xueqi and Qi Hao battled Ghost King Sect disciples, and Zhang Xiaofan confronted Biyao with the Fire-Stirring Rod.
• Ji Changfeng severed You Ji’s veil with a sword strike, revealing her face before the fighting stopped at the sound of water.
• The Black Water Mysterious Serpent surfaced, and You Ji warned everyone not to move.
• Ji Changfeng noticed the serpent’s lingering injury and attacked its seven-inch mark with Slay Ghosts and Gods.

Ji Changfeng wounded the Black Water Mysterious Serpent and saved Biyao and Zhang Xiaofan from its first attack, leaving Biyao deeply moved by his rescue. The enraged serpent then swept Biyao and Zhang Xiaofan into the depths of the Sea of Ruthlessness.

• Ji Changfeng unleashed his peak Sword Intent and struck the Black Water Mysterious Serpent's old wound, aggravating its injuries.
• The wounded serpent lashed out wildly, killing two Ghost King Sect disciples and forcing You Ji and the others to flee.
• Biyao and Zhang Xiaofan were caught beneath the serpent's tail, but Ji Changfeng rushed in and blocked the blow with his sword.
• Biyao watched Ji Changfeng protect her and resolved never to forget that he had saved her.
• The enraged serpent drove Ji Changfeng into the air, then its waves and tail swept Biyao and Zhang Xiaofan into the depths of the Sea of Ruthlessness.

Ji Changfeng and the others survived the Black Water Mysterious Serpent’s attack, while Zhang Xiaofan and Biyao were trapped inside the sealed Blood-Dripping Cave. After Biyao learned about Ji Changfeng from Zhang Xiaofan, the cave entrance collapsed and she saw Ji Changfeng outside.

• The Black Water Mysterious Serpent retreated into the Sea of Ruthlessness, and Ji Changfeng, Lu Xueqi, and Qi Hao waited before landing.
• You Ji spared Ji Changfeng because he had saved Biyao, then left to search for her.
• Zhang Xiaofan woke inside the sealed Blood-Dripping Cave beside Biyao and said that his Seventh Senior Brother would rescue him.
• Biyao questioned Zhang Xiaofan about Ji Changfeng and learned that they were both disciples of Dazhu Peak.
• After Zhang Xiaofan fell asleep, Biyao noticed the boulder sealing the cave entrance trembling, and the entrance collapsed to reveal Ji Changfeng.