Chapter Summaries

After Chen Daoxuan was recognized as a Sword Cultivator, Zhou Siliang begged him to save Zhou Mucheng, who chose to accept responsibility for the Zhou Family’s actions and give his life to the Wu Family. Just as Zhou Mucheng prepared to take his own life, Zhou Mubai arrived and sealed his body, leaving the gathered cultivators stunned by his rapid rise to the third layer of Purple Mansion.

• Yang Gongwan realized Chen Daoxuan’s Sword Cultivator achievement could lead to the Chen Family’s rise.
• Chen Daoxuan told Zhou Siliang that the Zhou Family and Zhou Mucheng had chosen their course, and Zhou Siliang refused to believe his family would abandon his father.
• Zhou Mucheng sealed Zhou Siliang’s Dantian, entrusted his son to Chen Daoxuan, and accepted responsibility for his defeat to Wu Guangyi.
• Wu Guangyi agreed that the Wu Family would stop raising the Zhou Family’s ambush of its clansmen once the Zhou Family gave an explanation.
• Zhou Mucheng tried to end his life, but someone sealed his body before he could act.
• Zhou Mubai appeared above Lingzhou City, and Yang Linyuan recognized that his cultivation had reached the third layer of Purple Mansion.

Zhou Mubai arrived at Lingzhou City's celebration and demonstrated his strength to Chen Daoxuan, who had succeeded in forming Tangible Sword Intent. Zhou Mubai apologized to the Wu Family and swore a Great Dao Oath that his family had not harmed them, leaving the gathering convinced of the Zhou Family's innocence.

• At the Zhou Family ancestral land, the Old Ancestor accepted that Zhou Mubai had left to follow his own convictions, despite the Third Elder's failure to stop him.
• Zhou Mubai appeared before the crowd in Lingzhou City, and Chen Daoxuan endured his sword pressure as his Tangible Sword Intent stabilized.
• Zhou Mubai recognized Chen Daoxuan's breakthrough, then questioned Zhou Mucheng about risking his life to reassure the Wu Family and Guang'an Prefecture.
• Zhou Mubai apologized for the Zhou Family's failure to protect the Wu Family's route and bowed for the 136 Wu Family members who had died.
• Zhou Mubai swore that his sword Dao would make no further progress if his family had harmed the Wu cultivators, and Wu Guangyi accepted his oath and entrusted the matter to him.

After Zhou Mubai rescued Zhou Mucheng and praised Chen Daoxuan as a Sword Cultivator, Zhao Yuanhuan revealed that the Zhao Family was under attack by Evil Spirits. Zhou Mubai, Chen Daoxuan, and Zhao Yuanhuan set off for Lotus Island to investigate and aid the Zhao Family.

• Zhou Mubai healed Zhou Mucheng, released Zhou Siliang’s dantian restraint, and accepted Zhou Mucheng’s apology.
• Zhou Mubai congratulated Chen Daoxuan on becoming a Sword Cultivator while keeping his exceptional sword-path attainment secret.
• Zhao Yuanhuan appeared in despair and announced that Evil Spirits had attacked the Zhao Family’s Lotus Island.
• Zhao Yuanhuan asked Zhou Mubai to save his family and offered to have the Zhao Family follow the Zhou Family’s lead.
• Zhou Mubai took Zhao Yuanhuan and Chen Daoxuan toward Lotus Island.

Zhou Mubai and Chen Daoxuan reached Lotus Island and discovered that the Zhao Family’s third-tier Spirit Vein had been transformed into a Yin Vein. Despite suspecting the island was a trap, Zhou Mubai headed to investigate, and Chen Daoxuan joined him.

• Sun Fu explained that he had allowed a Zhao Family survivor to send a message so the Zhou Family would investigate and weaken its forces.
• Chen Daoxuan warned Zhou Mubai that the attacks on the Wu and Zhao Families might be bait, but Zhou Mubai insisted on investigating Lotus Island.
• Zhou Mubai brought Chen Daoxuan and Zhao Yuanhuan to an outer island, where he detected Yin Sha Qi covering the main island.
• Zhou Mubai explained that the Zhao Family’s Spirit Vein had become a Yin Vein, strengthening the Evil Spirits and threatening anyone who entered.
• Chen Daoxuan offered to investigate the main island with Zhou Mubai, and Zhou Mubai agreed.

Chen Daoxuan and Zhou Mubai investigated the source of the Yin Sha Qi on Lotus Island and discovered that the Zhao Family’s mortals had been piled in a mountain valley and were being refined into corpses. They were enraged and prepared to confront the perpetrators.

• Chen Daoxuan and Zhou Mubai took Harm-Breaking Pills and secretly traveled toward the Zhao Family’s Spirit Vein.
• Sun Fu spotted Zhou Mubai with a mirror-like Magic Artifact and prepared to trap him with his younger brother, three Corpse Servants, and the Myriad Corpse Blood Fiend Great Formation.
• Chen Daoxuan and Zhou Mubai found the mountain range producing the Yin Sha Qi and feared that the Zhao Family’s missing mortals had been turned into Corpse Servants.
• Zhou Mubai and Chen Daoxuan flew into a mountain basin and saw piles of corpses being tempered by Yin Sha Qi.
• Chen Daoxuan vowed to cut down the perpetrators, and Zhou Mubai vowed to fight alongside him.

Chen Daoxuan and Zhou Mubai were trapped in the Myriad Corpse Blood Fiend Great Formation and fought the Sun brothers and their Purple Mansion Corpse Servants. As the formation drained their strength, Chen Daoxuan proposed holding off one brother so Zhou Mubai could attack the remaining enemies.

• Chen Daoxuan and Zhou Mubai were discovered by the Sun brothers and found themselves sealed inside the Myriad Corpse Blood Fiend Great Formation.
• Zhou Mubai engaged the Sun brothers and two Corpse Servants while Chen Daoxuan fought the remaining Purple Mansion zombie.
• Chen Daoxuan and the zombie reached a stalemate as the formation’s Blood Fiend Qi steadily consumed his True Yuan.
• Zhou Mubai wounded an early stage Purple Mansion zombie, but the Sun brothers repeatedly protected it until its severed hand regenerated.
• Chen Daoxuan offered to hold off one Sun brother so Zhou Mubai could go all out against the other zombies, and Zhou Mubai agreed.

Chen Daoxuan used his newly created Body Becomes Sword Light technique to hold off Sun Mang, a Purple Mansion perfection zombie, while Zhou Mubai fought Sun Fu. Sun Fu, realizing Chen Daoxuan had ruined his plan, took out a White Pearl.

• Chen Daoxuan charged into Zhou Mubai's battle circle, and Zhou Mubai used a massive Sword Light to separate the Sun brothers.
• Chen Daoxuan intercepted Sun Mang and kept him from rejoining Sun Fu, despite being badly outmatched in strength.
• Chen Daoxuan used Sword Qi Turns to Rain and his Body Becomes Sword Light movement technique to confuse Sun Mang with countless afterimages.
• Chen Daoxuan struck Sun Mang with starlight to stop him from rushing to Sun Fu's aid as Zhou Mubai pressed his attack.
• Sun Fu realized Chen Daoxuan had disrupted his plan and took out a smooth White Pearl the size of an adult's fist.

Chen Daoxuan stalled Sun Mang while Zhou Mubai fought Sun Fu, who used the Soul Stabilizing Divine Bead against Chen Daoxuan. The bead failed to affect Chen Daoxuan, leaving Sun Fu stunned as Zhou Mubai continued his assault.

• Chen Daoxuan created Sword Light avatars to keep Sun Mang occupied, while Sun Mang failed to destroy them faster than they appeared.
• Zhou Mubai severed Sun Fu's arm and destroyed one of his zombie servants after Sun Fu let his guard down.
• Sun Fu used the Soul Stabilizing Divine Bead against Chen Daoxuan as Zhou Mubai recognized it as Divine Absolute True Person's famed artifact and warned Chen Daoxuan.
• The bead's light failed to imprison Chen Daoxuan's Sea of Consciousness because the Primordial Enlightenment Scripture suppressed the effect.
• Sun Fu realized Chen Daoxuan likely had a treasure protecting his Sea of Consciousness and regretted not targeting Zhou Mubai.

Zhou Mubai broke the Myriad Corpse Blood Fiend Great Formation and escaped with Chen Daoxuan, but they discovered that the Zhao Family had been wiped out. After Zhao Yuanhuan died of despair, Chen Daoxuan vowed to avenge the family, and he and Zhou Mubai arrived at the Zhou Family ancestral land to meet Zhou Minghao.

• Zhou Mubai used his Azure Giant Lotus to break open the formation, drove back Sun Mang, and escaped with Chen Daoxuan.
• Zhou Mubai rescued Zhao Yuanhuan, then Chen Daoxuan told him that the Zhao Family cultivators and ordinary members had all been killed.
• Zhao Yuanhuan died of despair and exhausted lifespan while riding with Zhou Mubai and Chen Daoxuan to Spirit Shell Island.
• Chen Daoxuan vowed to avenge the Zhao Family, then entered the Zhou Family ancestral land with Zhou Mubai.
• Chen Daoxuan and Zhou Mubai met the Zhou Family Clan Leader, Zhou Minghao.

The Zhou Family suspected Divine Absolute True Person had returned and reported the matter to the Qianyuan Sword Sect. The sect prepared to act, and Zhou Minghao received its reply, leaving the Zhou Family elders waiting to hear its response.

• Zhou Mubai argued that Divine Absolute True Person had likely created the conscious Purple Mansion Zombies, and Zhou Minghao agreed the Zhou Family should report the matter to the Qianyuan Sword Sect.
• Zhou Minghao sent the report through the Zhou Family's communication Formation, and the Qianyuan Sword Sect did not respond immediately.
• A long-haired woman at the Qianyuan Sword Sect told a young Daoist that the hidden figure in Cangzhou had finally acted, and he left to catch him.
• The long-haired woman said capturing the figure would allow the sect to reclaim Cloud Country and fulfill her master's wish.
• Zhou Minghao announced that the Qianyuan Sword Sect's reply had arrived, and a Zhou Family elder asked what it said.

Zhou Minghao proposed that Guang’an Prefecture’s cultivators form an Allied Army against Divine Absolute True Person, while the Qianyuan Sword Sect secretly waited for the hidden enemy to reveal himself. Chen Daoxuan left to check on Chen Xianhe in Lingzhou City, uneasy about the danger ahead.

• Zhou Minghao told the Zhou Family elders that the cultivators of Guang’an Prefecture would handle the Corpse Rebellion themselves, while Zhou Mubai and Chen Daoxuan recognized the Qianyuan Sword Sect’s hidden plan to draw out Divine Absolute True Person.
• The Zhou Family elders condemned the Qianyuan Sword Sect’s past favoritism toward Ye Wudao and rallied behind Zhou Minghao’s proposal to form an Allied Army with the Yang Family, the Wu Family, and the Chen Family of Twin Lakes Island.
• Zhou Minghao challenged the elders’ resolve, and Zhou Mingyue swore a Great Dao Oath before the group pledged to fight Divine Absolute True Person despite the danger.
• Chen Daoxuan told Zhou Mubai he needed to return home and check on Chen Xianhe, then flew toward Lingzhou City.

Chen Daoxuan visited the Yang Family Ancestral Land, where Yang Linyuan arranged for Yang Gongwan to apologize for her attempt to drive a wedge between the Chen and Wu families. The Yang Family offered Chen a high-grade third-tier Flying Sword as compensation, leaving him tempted but uncertain whether to accept it.

• A Yang Family cultivator met Chen Daoxuan at the gates of Lingzhou City and escorted him to the Yang Family Ancestral Land.
• Chen Daoxuan found Chen Xianhe speaking with Yang Linyuan and an elderly gray-haired man, with Yang Gongwan standing beside them.
• Yang Linyuan asked Yang Gongwan to apologize for sowing discord between the Chen and Wu families, and Chen Daoxuan accepted her apology.
• Yang Linyuan presented a high-grade third-tier Flying Sword as compensation, but Chen Daoxuan initially refused because the gift was too valuable.
• Yang Linyuan suggested that refusing the sword meant Chen Daoxuan had not forgiven Yang Gongwan, leaving Chen Daoxuan weighing whether to accept it.

Chen Daoxuan accepted the Yang Family’s Rainbow Light Sword and revealed the Zhao Family’s destruction and the threat posed by the Corpse Tide. As the Chen and Yang families confronted their vulnerability, Yang Gongwan resolved to pursue a Purple Mansion breakthrough, while Chen Daoxuan recognized that the coming war could create opportunities for the Chen Family.

• Yang Linyuan gave Chen Daoxuan a high-grade third-tier Flying Sword to apologize and build goodwill, and Chen Daoxuan named it the Rainbow Light Sword.
• Chen Daoxuan told Yang Linyuan, Yang Gongwan, and Chen Xianhe that the Zhao Family had been destroyed and that Qianyuan Sword Sect had replied, alarming them about the danger facing their families.
• Yang Linyuan and Chen Xianhe feared their families could not withstand an attack like the one that destroyed the Zhao Family, and they placed their hopes in the Zhou Family-led Allied Army.
• After Chen Daoxuan and Chen Xianhe left, Yang Gongwan told Yang Linyuan she would stop waiting and attempt to break through to the Purple Mansion stage.
• On their flight home, Chen Daoxuan explained the truth behind Divine Absolute True Person’s crimes, and Chen Xianhe pointed out that resisting the Corpse Tide brought both danger and opportunity.
• Chen Daoxuan realized that the coming war would greatly increase demand for Magic Artifacts in Guang'an Prefecture.

Chen Daoxuan and Chen Xianhe returned to Twin Lakes Island after the Zhao Family’s destruction, recognizing that the Corpse Rebellion could spread across Guang'an Prefecture. They abandoned the Chen Family’s gradual development plan and resolved to strengthen the clan quickly, with Chen Xianhe placing all clan decisions in Chen Daoxuan’s hands.

• Chen Daoxuan considered how the Zhao Family’s destruction had opened a large gap in Guang'an Prefecture’s pill market that the Chen Family could exploit with its new Alchemy Inheritance.
• Chen Daoxuan and Chen Xianhe reached Twin Lakes Island, which they judged relatively safe for now, while expecting the Wu Family to be the Corpse Tide’s next target.
• Chen Daoxuan told Chen Xianhe that they should give Meridian-Opening Pills to the first batch of Fu generation Immortal Seedlings and abandon their gradual training plan.
• Chen Xianhe agreed that the Chen Family had to accelerate its development and resume the Eight-Year-Old Factory Entry System amid the looming calamity.
• Chen Xianhe gave Chen Daoxuan final authority over all clan matters, and Chen Daoxuan accepted responsibility for the clan’s safety.

Three months after obtaining the Alchemy Inheritance, Chen Daoxuan developed a Centrifugal Wall Breaker to simplify pill refining and increase its success rate. He set aside plans to popularize it and prepared to attend the Zhou Family’s meeting about forming an Allied Army as Cangzhou braced for the Corpse Rebellion.

• Chen Daoxuan completed a special Magic Artifact that separated Spirit Herb Essence from impurities and stored it along with the refining instructions.
• Chen Daoxuan considered how the artifact could improve alchemy efficiency and profits for the Chen Family.
• Chen Daoxuan prepared to attend the Zhou Family’s gathering to discuss forming an Allied Army against the threat that had destroyed the Zhao Family.
• The Qianyuan Sword Sect designated Cangzhou a new war zone and announced that cultivators would earn Battle Merit for slaying zombies.
• Cangzhou cultivators believed the Qianyuan Sword Sect intended to use the Corpse Rebellion as a test before retaking Zhennan Pass, while the sect appeared to overlook Divine Absolute True Person.

Chen Daoxuan arrived at Spirit Shell Island as Guang'an Prefecture’s cultivators gathered at the Zhou Family Residence, fearing an attack after the Zhao Family’s destruction. He took a prominent seat among the leaders, where the gathering’s arrangement reflected the Chen Family’s growing standing.

• Chen Daoxuan found Guang'an Prefecture Port crowded with ships and flew to the Zhou Family Residence, knowing the Qianyuan Sword Sect might use the cultivators as bait for Divine Absolute True Person.
• Nearly fifty thousand Foundation Establishment cultivators gathered at the Zhou Family Residence, looking to the Zhou Family for protection after the Zhao Family was exterminated.
• A Zhou Family cultivator guided Chen Daoxuan to the raised platform, where he met Zhou Minghao, Yang Linyuan, Wu Guangyi, and a red-haired Purple Mansion rogue cultivator.
• The red-haired cultivator praised Chen Daoxuan and discussed Sword Cultivators, then cited Divine Absolute True Person as proof that ordinary cultivators could rival them.
• Chen Daoxuan took his seat between Wu Guangyi and Zhou Minghao and recognized that the seating arrangement reflected the Chen Family’s rising position in Guang'an Prefecture.

Zhou Minghao established the Guang'an Prefecture Allied Army to fight the Corpse Rebellion on Lotus Island and assigned commanders to five defense zones. His appointment of Foundation Establishment cultivator Chen Daoxuan to command the Western Defense Zone provoked widespread objections, leaving Zhou Minghao to defend his choice.

• Zhou Minghao proposed forming an Allied Army under the Zhou Family, and the gathered cultivators agreed.
• Zhou Minghao announced that cultivators could enlist and earn Battle Merit, with Daoist Zhang recording their merits.
• Zhou Minghao displayed a map of Guang'an Prefecture and divided it into five defense zones.
• Zhou Minghao appointed Zhou Mubai to command the Eastern Defense Zone, himself to oversee the Central Zone, Zhou Mingyue to lead the Southern Zone, and Yang Linyuan to lead the Northern Zone.
• Zhou Minghao named Chen Daoxuan commander of the Western Defense Zone, prompting cultivators to protest that a Foundation Establishment cultivator was unfit for the post.

Chen Daoxuan accepted command of the Western Defense Zone, but rogue cultivator Lei Zhen challenged his authority. Chen Daoxuan defeated him with a single sword strike, winning Lei Zhen’s submission and clearing the way for his command.

• Zhou Minghao warned the gathered cultivators that anyone joining the Allied Army had to follow the Zhou Family’s rules.
• Lei Zhen objected to taking orders from Chen Daoxuan and demanded proof of his strength.
• Chen Daoxuan offered to spar with Lei Zhen in the hall and drew his Lifebound Flying Sword.
• Chen Daoxuan evaded Lei Zhen’s attack and placed his sword at Lei Zhen’s neck before he could react.
• Lei Zhen admitted defeat and accepted Chen Daoxuan as his commander.

Zhou Minghao allocated five hundred million Spirit Stones in military expenditures across the Guang'an Prefecture Allied Army, with Chen Daoxuan's Western Defense Zone receiving eighty million. After the meeting, Chen asked Zhou Mubai about the campaign against Lotus Island and learned he planned to fortify the walls and clear the fields rather than attack directly.

• Zhou Minghao and Yang Linyuan pledged four hundred million and one hundred million Spirit Stones, respectively, for the Allied Army's expenses.
• Zhou Minghao assigned two hundred and fifty million Spirit Stones to Zhou Mubai's Eastern Defense Zone, seventy million to Yang Linyuan's Northern Defense Zone, fifty million each to his own and Zhou Mingyan's zones, and eighty million to Chen Daoxuan's Western Defense Zone.
• Chen Daoxuan welcomed the allocation as an opportunity to invest in Spirit Veins around Twin Lakes Island and strengthen the Chen Family.
• Chen Daoxuan met Zhou Mubai after the meeting and asked about his plan for the campaign against Lotus Island.
• Zhou Mubai said he intended to fortify the walls and clear the fields, prompting Chen Daoxuan to ask why he would not attack Lotus Island directly.

Chen Daoxuan and Zhou Mubai agreed to avoid attacking Lotus Island and instead fortify Guang'an Prefecture’s defenses, leaving the Ye Family to face the Corpse Tide from the east. Chen then led the Western Defense Zone’s troops to Redwood Island, where the Chen Family gained a vast sphere of influence but faced a severe shortage of manpower.

• Zhou Mubai warned Chen Daoxuan that Divine Absolute True Person could rapidly create Purple Mansion zombies, making a direct assault on Lotus Island too dangerous.
• The Zhou and Yang Families relocated mortals and low-level cultivators, while Zhou Mubai built defensive lines to block the Corpse Tide from entering Guang'an Prefecture and divert it toward the Ye Family’s territory.
• Chen Daoxuan selected troops for the Western Defense Zone and led a thousand Foundation Establishment cultivators aboard Spirit Void Warships toward Redwood Island.
• On the voyage, Chen Daoxuan discussed the relocation with Zhou Mucheng and Zhou Siliang, while Lei Zhen reported that Redwood Island was near.
• Chen Daoxuan arrived at Redwood Island and recognized that the new territory around Twin Lakes Island had expanded the Chen Family’s sphere of influence more than a hundredfold, leaving the family short of personnel.