Chapter Summaries

Fang Qianyuan faced Wang Han’s challenge and effortlessly defended against his fierce assault using his frost powers. The chapter ended with Wang Han exhausted and the watching cultivators astonished by Fang Qianyuan’s strength.

• Wang Han and the Wang Household decided that challenging Fang Qianyuan could bring fame even if Wang Han lost.
• Wang Han activated his Golden Light Armor and launched a surprise punch at Fang Qianyuan.
• Fang Qianyuan instantly formed ice to block Wang Han’s attack and told him that direct assaults were his only option.
• Wang Han unleashed his Ten-Strike Fist, but Fang Qianyuan’s frost defenses stopped every blow.
• Wang Han stopped, panting, as the gathered cultivators stared in disbelief at Fang Qianyuan’s defense.

Fang Qianyuan defeated Wang Han and Lin Yanshan with his Frostflower Garment and precise counterattacks. After Little White stopped short of biting the fallen Lin Yanshan, the Lin Household conceded.

• Fang Qianyuan caught Wang Han's wrist, froze him with the Heavenly Frost Palm, and sent him flying.
• Wang Han admitted defeat and praised Fang Qianyuan after the Wang Household helped him up.
• Lin Yanshan challenged Fang Qianyuan and attacked him from a distance with Blazing Fire Talisman.
• Fang Qianyuan withstood Lin Yanshan's fireballs, pursued him with Shadow Step, and opened a bloody, frost-covered wound across his chest with a Wind Blade.
• Little White knocked Lin Yanshan down, but Fang Qianyuan ordered her to stop before she could bite him.
• The Lin Household conceded on Lin Yanshan's behalf.

Fang Qianyuan defeated a succession of talented youths without showing signs of fatigue, leading Luo Ming and other senior experts to warn that only Tenth Transformation fighters should challenge him. Hua Wuhen accepted the challenge, leaving Wen Qingfei and Li Yan worried but uncertain about the outcome.

• Fang Qianyuan defeated several more challengers who tried to wear him down, while onlookers noticed he remained calm and seemed to retain plenty of spirit essence.
• Luo Ming and other senior experts told youths without Tenth Transformation cultivation or equivalent strength to stop challenging Fang Qianyuan.
• The talented youths questioned who would fight next, and Hua Wuhen rose and accepted the challenge.
• Wen Qingfei worried that Hua Wuhen might defeat Fang Qianyuan, while Li Yan admitted she could not predict the result.

Hua Wuhen launched a powerful peach-blossom attack to shatter Fang Qianyuan’s Frostflower Garment, but Fang used the Mysterious Treasure Pill’s spirit essence to reinforce his defense and withstand the assault without moving. Hua Wuhen stopped attacking in disbelief as Fang realized he was beginning to understand his master’s lesson about cultivating an invincible will.

• Hua Wuhen told Fang Qianyuan that he had figured out how to defeat the Frostflower Garment and approached to launch an attack.
• Hua Wuhen summoned his Peach Blossom Spirit and unleashed Flying Flowers, Plucking Leaves and Ten-Mile Peach Blossoms against Fang.
• Hua Wuhen’s precisely targeted barrage nearly broke Fang’s ice defense, prompting the spectators to praise his strength.
• Fang poured out more spirit essence, strengthened the Frostflower Garment, and covered its weak points with a thick ice wall.
• Hua Wuhen stopped attacking when his assault failed, while Fang recalled his master’s teachings and declared inwardly that he understood.

Fang Qianyuan overcame Hua Wuhen’s illusion and relentless attacks, while Little White helped him overwhelm Hua Wuhen in battle. Hua Wuhen sacrificed his peach blossom spirit to escape Fang Qianyuan’s freezing attack, but Fang Qianyuan struck him down and left the gathering stunned.

• Hua Wuhen unleashed an illusion of Peach Blossom Death Warriors, but Fang Qianyuan destroyed them all with decisive attacks.
• Fang Qianyuan and Little White charged Hua Wuhen together and overwhelmed his defenses with Wind Blades and frost attacks.
• Fang Qianyuan and Little White combined their power into a Wind Blade Frost Sword that froze Hua Wuhen.
• Hua Wuhen used Grafting Flowers onto Trees to transfer the freezing effect to his peach blossom spirit, causing it to freeze and shatter.
• Hua Wuhen counterattacked, but Fang Qianyuan blocked his punch and struck him in the face, sending him crashing to the ground as the gathering fell silent.

Fang Qianyuan easily defeated Hua Wuhen, shattering his reputation and silencing Hua Wuying when she challenged Fang over his treatment of her brother. Yin Shuangshuang accepted Fang’s challenge and prepared to fight him with her fierce sword dao.

• Fang Qianyuan’s easy victory over Hua Wuhen shocked the crowd and strengthened their belief that he had truly killed a tenth transformation bandit alone.
• Hua Wuying confronted Fang for beating her brother, but Fang pointed out that she had shown concern only because Hua Wuhen was close to her.
• Yin Shuangshuang stepped forward to accept Fang’s challenge, while Hua Wuying recognized that her eight-turn cultivation left her unqualified to fight him.
• The Moonlight Fairy allowed Yin Shuangshuang to proceed, believing the younger generation should face Fang rather than be overshadowed by his master, Yunfeng.
• Yin Shuangshuang apologized for previously misunderstanding Fang and warned him that her sword dao and weapon made her attacks exceptionally fierce.

Yin Shuangshuang accepted Fang Qianyuan’s challenge, and the spectators and Grand Swordmaster Li Zhong recognized her exceptional sword talent while questioning whether it could overcome Fang’s mysterious innate gift. Their spar began with Yin launching a fierce sword attack as Fang mounted Little White and countered with frost and wind techniques.

• Yin Shuangshuang accepted Fang Qianyuan’s challenge, prompting the spectators to debate her talent against his reputation and aptitude.
• Li Yan told Wen Qingfei that Grand Swordmaster Li Zhong considered Yin a true sword genius, while Li Zhong warned Severed Karma Hall that Fang’s innate gift made the outcome hard to predict.
• Yin retrieved her small sword and drew it, releasing a powerful aura that reminded Fang of Li Yan’s but seemed stronger.
• Fang mounted Little White and prepared to fight Yin using their innate spirit bond as they began the spar.
• Yin sent Sword Qi at Fang and charged behind it, while Fang formed an ice shield and answered with Wind Blades and Heavenly Frost Palm.

Fang Qianyuan fought Yin Shuangshuang, whose Sword-Controlling Art pierced his defenses and wounded his shoulder. When he healed the injury within moments, the watching young talents lost hope of ever catching up to him.

• Fang Qianyuan and Little White coordinated their defenses against Yin Shuangshuang's sword attacks, while his Wind Blades and Heavenly Frost Palm failed to break through her Sword Qi.
• Yin Shuangshuang unleashed Sword-Controlling Art, Sword Meteor, and her flying sword pierced Fang Qianyuan's defenses and wounded his right shoulder.
• The guests cheered Yin Shuangshuang's success, and the young talents believed Fang Qianyuan could be defeated.
• Fang Qianyuan extended his injured arm, and the wound rapidly regenerated until only a small scab remained.
• Grand Swordmaster Li Zhong and the other onlookers reacted with awe, while the young talents fell silent in despair.

Fang Qianyuan defeated the Silver Fairy by enduring her attacks and overwhelming her with repeated Wind Blade Frost Sword techniques. He then called for another challenger, and Lu Yuan stepped forward.

• Fang Qianyuan rapidly healed his shoulder, leaving the watching young talents stunned by his recovery.
• Fang Qianyuan used Wind Blade Frost Sword against the Silver Fairy, but she countered it with Unity of Man and Sword.
• Fang Qianyuan repeated Wind Blade Frost Sword, freezing the Silver Fairy until she exhausted her strength and conceded defeat.
• Grand Swordmaster Li Zhong explained that Fang Qianyuan's vast Spirit Essence reserves made him difficult to defeat without a swift, overwhelming killing move.
• Fang Qianyuan challenged the assembled young talents, and Lu Yuan stepped forward to fight him.

Lu Yuan of the Blood Crow Sect stepped forward to challenge Fang Qianyuan, revealing the blood crow spirit creature inherited from Blood Crow Ancestor’s golden crow bloodline. Their opposing bloodflame and frost powers began clashing as Lu Yuan launched his attack.

• Lu Yuan rose to challenge Fang Qianyuan after the crowd recognized him as the Blood Crow Sect’s young master.
• The narration recounted how Blood Crow Ancestor founded the sect and how Lu Yuan, his gifted disciple, received a blood golden crow spirit seed and refined it into a blood crow.
• Lu Yuan summoned his colossal three-legged blood crow and declared that its bloodflame would suppress Fang Qianyuan’s frost power.
• Fang Qianyuan argued that sufficiently powerful frost could restrain bloodflame, and the two powers began to clash.
• Lu Yuan sent one of the smaller blood crows streaking toward Fang Qianyuan.

Lu Yuan used Blood Crow Essence, Bloodsucking Vines, and blood-fueled flames to overwhelm Fang Qianyuan, but Fang unleashed a powerful surge of frost that extinguished the flames and turned the bloody ground to ice. Lu Yuan was left injured and unable to believe Fang had reversed the fight.

• Lu Yuan eroded Fang Qianyuan's Frostflower Garment with blood-colored crows, then summoned Bloodsucking Vines to keep Fang at a distance.
• Fang Qianyuan froze the vines with Wind Blade Frost Sword, but Lu Yuan leaped above the frost and countered with Divine Crow Bloodflame.
• Fang realized Lu Yuan had spread blood plasma and Essence-Blood Vital Energy across the ground to fuel the flames, and Lu Yuan's Golden Crow Descends attack engulfed him.
• Fang Qianyuan roared and unleashed a wave of frost that extinguished the flames and froze the bloody water.
• Lu Yuan spat out blood and stared in disbelief at Fang's reversal.

Fang Qianyuan survived Lu Yuan’s killing blow with Little White’s help and turned the fight around despite Lu Yuan’s Heaven Tier Blood Essence Divine Armor. He exploited the armor’s limits and landed a Mountain-Breaking Gang strike that pierced it and sent Lu Yuan flying.

• Fang Qianyuan used Little White’s frost power to counter Lu Yuan’s attack and emerge unharmed.
• Fang Qianyuan charged Lu Yuan while his strength was diminished, but Lu Yuan’s Blood Essence Divine Armor blocked his palm strike.
• Lu Yuan revealed that his armor contained his ancestor’s will and claimed he also had a replica Blood-Transforming Gourd.
• Fang Qianyuan dismissed Lu Yuan’s defenses and pressed him with an unrelenting assault until the armor’s blood essence was exhausted.
• Fang Qianyuan pierced the Blood Essence Divine Armor with Mountain-Breaking Gang and struck Lu Yuan’s shoulder, sending him flying.

Fang Qianyuan defeated Lu Yuan, who conceded rather than use his Imitation Blood-Refining Gourd, and continued inviting challengers. As his victories won over the banquet crowd, spies recorded his performance and coined the phrase “one move shattered ten thousand arts; one hero towered above them all.”

• Lu Yuan rose after his defeat, gripped his Imitation Blood-Refining Gourd, then conceded to Fang Qianyuan without using it.
• The crowd praised Fang Qianyuan’s victory, while Li Yan, Wen Qingfei, Moonlight Fairy, and the senior experts reacted with surprise and admiration.
• Fang Qianyuan challenged the gathering again, and the young talents hesitated as the crowd increasingly admired him.
• Golden Fairy, Silver Fairy, Jade Fairy, and Music Fairy reconsidered Fang Qianyuan, while Music Fairy watched him with growing fascination.
• Spirit Tamers from various powers, including spies of the Earth Baleful Gate, recorded Fang Qianyuan’s victories on Memo Talismans.
• One recorder wrote that “one move shattered ten thousand arts; one hero towered above them all,” and those nearby began repeating the phrase.

Fang Qianyuan continued challenging the young experts, while the onlookers realized that his deep Spirit Essence reserves and rapid recovery made him increasingly difficult to defeat. Severed Karma Hall stepped forward to face him, and Grand Swordmaster Li Zhong let his disciple fight despite the risks.

• Fang Qianyuan asked who else would fight him after defeating several gifted experts and measuring his strength through battle.
• The young talents concluded that Fang Qianyuan's defenses, reserves, and recovery made it difficult to defeat him, and they discussed challenging him in waves.
• Severed Karma Hall volunteered to fight Fang Qianyuan and drew his sword despite the other young talents' doubts.
• Silver Fairy questioned why her senior brother would accept the challenge after witnessing Fang Qianyuan's strength.
• Grand Swordmaster Li Zhong chose not to stop Severed Karma Hall, trusting his disciple to fight for victory.

Fang Qianyuan fought Severed Karma Hall, whose sword spirit and sword intent pierced Fang’s defenses. Fang’s wolf struck Severed Karma Hall from the side, letting Fang counterattack and send him flying.

• Li Yan reflected on Severed Karma Hall’s determination to challenge Fang, while Wen Qingfei watched Fang with admiration and concern.
• Fang opened the duel with a wind blade, but Severed Karma Hall cut it apart and attacked with his Thunder Escape swordsmanship.
• Severed Karma Hall revealed his sword spirit and used Peacock Spreads Its Tail to unleash many sword attacks.
• Fang froze the visible Sword Qi with Spirit Essence Burst, then realized sword intent was injuring him from within.
• Fang’s white wolf bit Severed Karma Hall’s shoulder, and Fang followed with a frost palm strike that sent him flying.

Fang Qianyuan defeated every young talent and distinguished family scion who challenged him, including Severed Karma Hall, Wen Yufei, Li Yan, Jin Zhu'er, and Gao Ying. Moonlight Fairy stopped his challenge after the gathering’s remaining tenth-transformation experts had all fought, leaving Fang Qianyuan undefeated.

• Severed Karma Hall conceded after Fang Qianyuan’s regenerative ability overcame his sword-intent attack.
• Wen Yufei challenged Fang Qianyuan and lost after he froze her spirit creatures and knocked her down.
• Li Yan challenged Fang Qianyuan, lost, and showed a newfound boldness and deeper grasp of the sword.
• Jin Zhu'er and Gao Ying each challenged Fang Qianyuan and were defeated.
• Moonlight Fairy stopped Fang Qianyuan’s challenge after every notable peer present at the tenth transformation or above had fought.

After Fang Qianyuan defeated every challenger, the Moonlight Fairy praised him and named him the winner of the Talented Youths Showcase. She awarded him her famed Ice Soul Divine Mirror, leaving the gathered cultivators stunned by the valuable gift.

• Fang Qianyuan accepted the Moonlight Fairy’s praise and said he hoped to live up to Jiang Yunfeng’s expectations.
• The gathered youths and experts praised Fang Qianyuan after his victories, while some regretted not challenging him themselves.
• The Moonlight Fairy declared that no further selection was needed and that Fang Qianyuan deserved the showcase prize.
• The Moonlight Fairy presented Fang Qianyuan with the Ice Soul Divine Mirror, a powerful ancient treasure suited to his ice specialty.

After winning the admiration of the gathered powers, Fang Qianyuan prepared to leave and rejected Wen Qingfei’s affection without binding her to him. They parted on the understanding that time would test their feelings, and Fang Qianyuan left with her portrait and a poem.

• Moonlight Fairy erased her divine sense from the Magic Treasure and gave it to Fang Qianyuan.
• Fang Qianyuan decided to leave the Celebration rather than choose among the many invitations, and Li Yan advised him that departing tactfully would avoid offending the guests.
• Li Yan revealed that Wen Qingfei had fallen for Fang Qianyuan, and he honestly told Wen Qingfei that he could not accept her feelings while his aspirations lay elsewhere.
• Wen Qingfei accepted his answer and said she would set her feelings aside, hoping they might meet again when Fang Qianyuan’s aspirations had changed.
• Fang Qianyuan rode away on Little White, then stopped on a hill and used the Brush Immortal Spirit to paint scenes from the Celebration and a portrait of Wen Qingfei.
• Fang Qianyuan wrote a poem about seeking the Dao and said farewell to Wen Qingfei, leaving open the possibility that fate might reunite them.

Moonlight Fairy explained why Fang Qianyuan’s rising fame could bring danger, then let him return to his sect with the Ice Soul Divine Mirror. On the journey, Fang Qianyuan advanced to eight-turn cultivation, only to find a crowd of challengers waiting for him at an inn.

• Moonlight Fairy read Fang Qianyuan’s farewell letter and warned the Seven Fairies that his fame and talent could attract enemies, though his strength and the Azure Cloud Sect offered protection.
• Moonlight Fairy revealed that she had given Fang Qianyuan the Ice Soul Divine Mirror as repayment for Brother Yunfeng’s care.
• Fang Qianyuan passed through the world gate and traveled west to return to his sect, hoping to consult his senior brother and master.
• After days of cultivation in the mountains, Fang Qianyuan broke through to eight-turn cultivation and felt his confidence and resolve deepen.
• Fang Qianyuan went to the Universal Trade Inn to clean up, where a crowd of young talents and rogue cultivators challenged him to fight.
• Fang Qianyuan laughed and invited the assembled challengers to attack him together.

After Fang Qianyuan fought off a crowd that came to test him, he learned that hostile forces were tracking his movements and sent urgent messages to the Azure Cloud Sect. At headquarters, Yu Shixian learned of Fang Qianyuan’s exceptional talent and ordered Liu Hongfei to bring him back, while asking Xiao Yu and Meng Du to support him.

• Fang Qianyuan defeated the cultivators who came to the Universal Trade Inn and left after dismissing them.
• Fang Qianyuan paid the Earth Baleful Gate manager for intelligence and learned that hostile forces were using pawns to probe his strength.
• Fang Qianyuan paid the Earth Baleful Gate and the Universal Trade Association to send confidential letters to the sect, then hurried out of town.
• Yu Shixian received the Moonlight Fairy’s delayed report about Fang Qianyuan’s performance and praised the Lord of Ten Thousand Miles for choosing him as a disciple.
• Yu Shixian learned that several factions might target Fang Qianyuan and ordered Liu Hongfei to bring him back to headquarters.
• Yu Shixian sent word to Xiao Yu and Meng Du, asking them to support Fang Qianyuan if they could.