Chapter Summaries

Nie Yun fought Supreme Tu Xin, revealing a sword forged entirely from Profound Jade and overpowering Tu Xin’s Mighty Qi with repeated blows of Earthly Momentum. He left Tu Xin defeated and badly injured, while his own expanded qi reserves let him unleash the technique again and again.

• Nie Yun revealed that his Profound Jade Sword weighed thirteen thousand four hundred and twenty-four jin, far heavier than Supreme Tu Xin’s hammer.
• Nie Yun struck Tu Xin’s hammer with Mountain River Momentum and carved a notch into it with the unharmed sword.
• Tu Xin activated Mighty Qi and matched Nie Yun’s Earthly Momentum with brute force, though his hammer was damaged again.
• Nie Yun used Earthly Momentum repeatedly, exhausting Tu Xin’s limited reserves of Mighty Qi.
• Nie Yun split Tu Xin’s hammer and blasted him into the ground, leaving him with many shattered bones.

Nie Yun defeated Supreme Tu Xin, formed a Mighty Dantian by examining Tu Xin’s cultivation, and demanded to know where his father and the others were. After Tu Xin refused to answer, Nie Yun crippled him and ordered Black Rock to guard him, then challenged Feng Yu, Luo Tianxiang, and Mo Yanqing to attack him together.

• Nie Yun used three Earthly Momentum attacks to smash Supreme Tu Xin into the ground, shocking the Hundred Flowers Sect Master, Huo Gang, Feng Yu, Luo Tianxiang, and Mo Yanqing.
• Nie Yun pulled Tu Xin from the crater, examined his Mighty Dantian, and formed one of his own, increasing his physical strength nearly tenfold.
• Tu Xin refused to reveal where Nie Yun’s father and the others were, so Nie Yun shattered his dantian and sea of qi before leaving him with Black Rock.
• Nie Yun confronted Feng Yu and Luo Tianxiang over their apparent willingness to attack him, and both tried to excuse their actions.
• Nie Yun challenged Feng Yu, Luo Tianxiang, and Mo Yanqing to fight him together, and Luo Tianxiang agreed while warning that he might be injured.

Nie Yun fought Feng Yu, Mo Yanqing, and Luo Tianxiang after they joined forces against him, defeating all three in moments. He stood victorious in the air, but his final strike also tore a vast fissure through the ground and destroyed buildings and people in its path.

• Luo Tianxiang persuaded Feng Yu and Mo Yanqing to join forces against Nie Yun, while the Hundred Flowers Sect Master and Huo Gang agreed not to interfere.
• Nie Yun struck Luo Tianxiang with Mountain River Momentum and blasted him off the platform.
• Nie Yun combined Earthly Momentum with his body-refining strength to defeat Mo Yanqing and send him crashing through buildings.
• Nie Yun used his Mighty Dantian to strengthen Mountain River Momentum and defeat Feng Yu, whose impact damaged the imperial palace gate.
• Nie Yun's remaining sword qi split the ground into a vast fissure, wiping out the buildings and people above it, and he proclaimed that the three masters had been no match for him.

After defeating the three great masters, Nie Yun was named King Yun and accepted the emperor’s invitation to the palace. He learned that Tu Xin might come from the Floating Sky Continent and resolved to face whatever trouble followed.

• Nie Yun defeated the three great masters, and the crowd hailed him as the empire’s greatest figure.
• The emperor bestowed on Nie Yun the hereditary title of King Yun and gave him the Zhao Family’s estates.
• Nie Yun agreed to attend his coronation ceremony at the imperial palace, while the Hundred Flowers Sect Master departed.
• Nie Yun asked Feng Yu and the others about Tu Xin, and Feng Yu said Zhao Xun had identified him as someone from the Floating Sky Continent.
• Nie Yun recalled his past life on the Floating Sky Continent and vowed not to fear the trouble Tu Xin might bring.

After the coronation, Nie Yun moved into Cloud King's Residence and questioned the captive Tu Xin about the people who had taken his parents. Nie Yun used a fabricated connection to the Huayun Sect to unsettle Tu Xin, then sent him back to Black Rock for further interrogation while he cultivated.

• The Shenfeng Empire granted Nie Yun Luoshui City and the surrounding mountain range as Cloud King's Territory, and a minister led him to the former Zhao Family residence.
• Nie Yun settled into Cloud King's Residence with Luo Qingcheng and the three Demon Pets, while Luo Qingcheng took the neighboring courtyard.
• Nie Yun had Black Rock bring the wounded Tu Xin to him and asked about Tu Xin's sect and the whereabouts of Nie Yun's parents.
• Nie Yun claimed his master had been a Supreme Elder of the Huayun Sect and had taken a sword from Luoqu Tomb, causing Tu Xin to believe he had powerful connections.
• Tu Xin refused to reveal anything, so Nie Yun sent him away with Black Rock for more torment and entered seclusion to cultivate.

Tu Xin escaped the Zhao Estate after learning that Nie Yun’s supposed master was the Huayun Sect’s Supreme Elder, but Nie Yun had secretly marked him with Tracking Qi and hoped to use him to find his missing family. As Luo Qingcheng sought reassurance about her father and the others, Tie Lan arrived and her sharp remarks set the two women against each other.

• Tu Xin used the Bone Shrinking Skill to slip out of his cage and flee through a waste passage beneath the Zhao Estate.
• Black Rock told Nie Yun that Tu Xin had escaped, and Nie Yun revealed that he had marked Tu Xin with Tracking Qi as part of a plan to follow him to his companions.
• Luo Qingcheng asked Nie Yun if he could save her father and the others, and he promised he was working on it.
• Luo Qingcheng asked what Nie Yun planned to do after finding his family, and he said he would pursue greater strength to protect them.
• Tie Lan came to praise Nie Yun, then traded tense remarks with Luo Qingcheng about Zhao Xingpu and marriage.

Yang Yan and Feng Xiao tried to hire the Assassin's Guild to kill envoys from eight rival cities, but Li Nansou revealed the guild had no intention of cooperating and attacked them. He left them lying motionless, saying someone had already bought their lives.

• Yang Yan and Feng Xiao discussed pressure from eight nearby cities and the defecting captains of Luoshui City's southern and western guard squads.
• Yang Yan proposed hiring the Assassin's Guild to assassinate the rival cities' envoys and handed Li Nansou a stack of silver notes.
• Li Nansou demanded dramatically higher prices, then admitted the guild had never intended to cooperate.
• Two Weapon Armor Realm assassins attacked Yang Yan and Feng Xiao, and Li Nansou struck them down before they could activate their Supreme Talismans.
• Li Nansou said someone had bought Yang Yan and Feng Xiao's lives long ago.

After three days of cultivating the Mighty Dantian, Nie Yun prepared to track down Tu Xin, but the emperor arrived with news from Luoshui City. Nie Yun learned that Yang Yan and Feng Xiao had died before the imperial envoys could bring them to King Yun's Residence.

• Nie Yun reviewed the Mighty Dantian's drawbacks and concluded that his strong body and abundant true qi let him use Mighty Qi without fear of its costs.
• After three days of cultivation, Nie Yun noticed that Tu Xin had stopped moving and decided to pursue him.
• The Wind Wolf King told Nie Yun that the emperor had come to discuss events in Luoshui City.
• Nie Yun went to the council hall and asked where Yang Yan and Feng Xiao were.
• The emperor told Nie Yun that Yang Yan and Feng Xiao had already died when his envoys reached Luoshui City.

After learning that Yang Yan and Feng Xiao had supposedly been killed by demon folk, Nie Yun set out for Luoshui City to investigate. The Emperor and a disguised Mitian Sect expert revealed that they had fabricated the story and laid a trap for Nie Yun involving the demon folk of the Purple Jade Mountain Range.

• Nie Yun overwhelmed the guards and demanded to know who had killed Yang Yan and Feng Xiao.
• His Majesty claimed that a Demon Race expert had killed the two men in Luoshui City and taken their bodies.
• Nie Yun threatened the Emperor and rode the Wind Wolf King toward Luoshui City with his other two Demon Pets.
• After Nie Yun left, a disguised Supreme Peak expert revealed that he had coached the guard to deceive him on behalf of the Mitian Sect.
• The disguised expert said they had arranged clues implicating demon folk from the Purple Jade Mountain Range and expected Nie Yun to be intercepted before reaching Luoshui City.

Nie Yun and his demon pets discussed the demonfolk’s strength and hurried toward Luoshui City to investigate Yang Yan and Feng Xiao’s deaths. Six Supreme Peak demonfolk ambushed them in flight and demanded that Nie Yun hand over the Tianji Sword.

• Purple Eye said the Purple Jade Mountain Range might be ruled by Empress Ziqiong, who had surpassed the Supreme level, and the Wind Wolf King explained that the seven empires together kept its demonfolk contained.
• Nie Yun doubted that demonfolk had killed Yang Yan and Feng Xiao, but worried they might have learned of the Tianji Sword through the Luoqu Tomb.
• Nie Yun decided to return to Luoshui City and investigate the deaths himself, and he and his three demon pets flew toward the city.
• A sudden blast struck the group in midair, but Nie Yun blocked it with Earthly Momentum.
• Six demonfolk at the Supreme Peak appeared before Nie Yun and demanded that he hand over the Tianji Sword or die.

Nie Yun confronted six Miasma Demon Race men who knew about the Tianji Sword and demanded their item. He used his knowledge of Miasma Poison Qi and a feint to defeat their leader, then knocked the remaining five Supremes into the ground.

• The leading demon man revealed that the six attackers knew about the Tianji Sword and dismissed Nie Yun’s warning that they were in the Shenfeng Empire.
• Nie Yun recognized their Miasma Poison Qi, dispersed it, and questioned the leader about the Mitian Sect Master and his past-life injuries.
• The leader denied knowing the Mitian Sect Master and formed a Miasma Shield to block Nie Yun’s Earthly Momentum.
• Nie Yun secretly followed his feint with Mighty Qi, shattered the shield, and seriously injured the leader.
• Nie Yun struck the leader again with his full strength, rendering him unable to fight.
• While the Wind Wolf King and two other beasts fought the remaining demon men, Nie Yun’s sword qi knocked all five Supremes into the ground.

After defeating six demon-men, Nie Yun learned that powerful forces connected to the Purple Jade Mountain Range and the Floating Sky Continent might be behind his parents’ disappearance and the ambush. He returned to Luoshui City seeking clues, where his fame made him the center of attention.

• Nie Yun defeated six demon-men, but their leader self-destructed with Miasma Demonic Qi before Nie Yun could question him.
• Nie Yun suspected the attackers came from the Purple Jade Mountain Range and wondered how they knew about the Tianji Sword and his whereabouts.
• The empire's emperor and a young guard discussed Nie Yun's victory, and the guard promised to handle him if he caused trouble.
• Nie Yun rode back to Luoshui City, where residents recognized him as Lord King Yun and celebrated his return.

After discovering that soldiers from Luonan City and seven other towns had moved to seize Luoshui City, Nie Yun killed the guards in the City Lord's Mansion and rushed toward the Luoshui River. There, the leaders of the eight towns discussed their danger after learning that Nie Yun had become King Yun.

• Nie Yun searched the City Lord's Mansion for Yang Yan and Feng Xiao but found only traces of battle.
• Nie Yun questioned soldiers in unfamiliar black armor and learned they had come from Luonan City to guard the mansion while the eight towns divided Luoshui City.
• Nie Yun killed the captain and the other soldiers, then headed for the Luoshui River.
• On a pleasure boat, the leaders of the eight towns discussed their seizure of Luoshui City and feared Nie Yun's response after hearing he had become King Yun.

Zhang Luo gathered Luonan City’s officials to plot against King Yun, planning to use a ruin’s poison and a Combined Attack Formation. Nie Yun arrived, seized Zhang Luo, and demanded to know how Yang Yan and Feng Xiao had died; Zhang Luo revealed the Assassin’s Guild’s involvement before attacking Nie Yun with poison.

• Zhang Luo told the officials that King Yun would blame them for Yang Yan and Feng Xiao’s deaths and proposed killing him with a Combined Attack Formation and a poison from a ruin.
• Nie Yun burst into the cabin, silenced the officials, and grabbed Zhang Luo by the throat.
• Nie Yun demanded to know how Yang Yan and Feng Xiao had died, and Zhang Luo said they had sought out the Assassin’s Guild before the deaths.
• Zhang Luo identified a branch of the Assassin’s Guild in Shenfeng City, then suddenly released deadly dark brown smoke at Nie Yun.

Nie Yun killed Zhang Luo and the other leaders aboard the pleasure boat after Zhang Luo tried to poison him with Heart-Devouring Poison. He returned to Shenfeng City and confronted the emperor over the leak that had enabled his ambush, leaving the emperor gravely injured.

• Nie Yun caught Zhang Luo's Heart-Devouring Poison and forced him to inhale it, killing him.
• Nie Yun took a pouch from Zhang Luo and killed the people aboard the pleasure boat, leaving hundreds dead.
• An hour later, the massacre was discovered, and Nie Yun flew back to Shenfeng City on the Wind Wolf King.
• Nie Yun went to the imperial garden and challenged the emperor over how the demonic people had learned he left Shenfeng City.
• Nie Yun struck the emperor, caving in his chest and sending him crashing into an artificial mountain.

Nie Yun learned that the Assassin's Guild was based on Luoding Mountain and flew there to confront them over the attack on Yang Yan and Feng Xiao. He left the three demonic beasts to guard the mountain and faced the Shenfeng branch master, a hidden Supreme Peak expert.

• The imperial emperor told Nie Yun that the Assassin's Guild occupied an ancient courtyard on Luoding Mountain.
• After Nie Yun left, the young guard revealed that they hoped to capture him and use him to force his master to surrender the Tianji Sword.
• Nie Yun flew toward Luoding Mountain with Purple Eye and warned the demonic beasts to kill anyone who tried to escape once the battle began.
• Nie Yun struck the central temple, collapsing much of it, and demanded that the guildmaster appear.
• The Shenfeng Branch master emerged and identified himself as a Supreme Peak expert.

Nie Yun confronted the Assassin's Guild over the murders of Yang Yan and Feng Xiao, then fought the Guild Master and seven Qi Grandmasters inside the Yin Yang Assassination Annihilation Array. He exploited a flaw in their formation and struck the Guild Master with a mysterious brown smoke, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Nie Yun learned that the Assassin's Guild had killed Yang Yan and Feng Xiao for a million taels, and the Guild Master threatened his family unless he paid ten million taels.
• Nie Yun silenced the assassins with his killing intent and demanded the employer's identity again.
• The Guild Master ordered Li Nansou and six Qi Grandmasters to surround Nie Yun with the Yin Yang Assassination Annihilation Array.
• Li Nansou admitted that he had carried out the Luoshui City mission, and Nie Yun's Earthly Momentum attack was first blocked, then neutralized by Yin Yang Conversion.
• The array shifted to a sword assault, forcing Nie Yun to defend and retreat as he searched for a way to break its formation.
• Nie Yun feinted an attack on Li Nansou, drew the Guild Master out of position, and sent dark brown smoke into his nostrils, causing him to convulse and bleed from his seven orifices.

Nie Yun destroyed the Assassin's Guild after poisoning its chairman and learned that Yang Yan and Feng Xiao were alive and had been taken to the guild's headquarters. Evidence in the guild's account book implicated the Shenfeng Empire's emperor, and Nie Yun resolved to confront the imperial family.

• Nie Yun used Heart-Devouring Poison to incapacitate the formation-controlling chairman, then killed Li Nansou and the six remaining assassins maintaining the formation.
• The Wind Wolf King, Purple Eye, and Black Rock killed the fleeing members of the Assassin's Guild.
• Nie Yun demanded to know who had hired the guild and where Yang Yan and Feng Xiao were, and the poisoned chairman revealed that they were alive and had been taken to the headquarters.
• The chairman said the emperor of the Shenfeng Empire had paid for the assassination and showed Nie Yun the guild's account book as proof.
• Nie Yun crushed the chairman's throat despite his pleas, then suspected the emperor had arranged the attacks and vowed to retaliate against the imperial family.
• Purple Eye reported that everyone from the Assassin's Guild had been killed and no one had escaped.

Nie Yun ordered his three Demon Pets to gather their forces for an attack on the Shenfeng Empire’s imperial family, then began cultivating. Meanwhile, Feng Yu activated the Wind Family’s Ancient Wind Bloodline and joined Luo Tianxiang and Mo Yanqing in planning to kill Nie Yun.

• Nie Yun told Purple Eye, the Wind Wolf King, and Iron Rock to assemble their subordinates within three days so he could attack the imperial family.
• Feng Yu emerged from seclusion after breaking through the Wind Spirit Skywing Great Method and activating the Ancient Wind Bloodline.
• Feng Yu explained to the emperor that the Wind Family belonged to one of the Ten Ancient Bloodlines, which could be fully activated through a family secret art.
• Luo Tianxiang and Mo Yanqing arrived to discuss revenge against Nie Yun, boasting that they had improved their techniques since their defeat.
• Feng Yu agreed to join them and proposed that the three of them exchange moves before killing Nie Yun.

Feng Yu demonstrated his newly enhanced strength by defeating Mo Yanqing and Luo Tianxiang’s combined attacks, then agreed with them to kill Nie Yun. The imperial emperor revealed that Nie Yun had been sent to fight the Assassin's Guild and was likely wounded or dead.

• Mo Yanqing and Luo Tianxiang attacked Feng Yu together, but he blocked them and forced them back with a single move.
• Luo Tianxiang used Wind Thunder Movement Technique while Mo Yanqing unleashed Clear Sky Strike at the realm of Man-Sword Unity.
• Feng Yu activated his Ancient Wind Bloodline and Wind Spirit Heavenly Wings, then defeated both Supremes’ strongest attacks.
• Feng Yu, Mo Yanqing, and Luo Tianxiang agreed to go kill Nie Yun, believing their combined strength would make his death certain.
• The imperial emperor told them Nie Yun was at the Assassin's Guild, where he had arranged for the two sides to fight, and Feng Yu welcomed the chance to kill him while wounded.