Vol. 3The Heavenly Master’s Candidate

Ji Xiu rose through the saber world, uncovered his connection to Jiang Jing, and confronted the clans tied to Ye Wenjiang’s death. The volume left him marked as the sole candidate for the Heavenly Master’s position as Qi Nanke pursued those clans.

  • Ji Xiu helped Xu Longxiang conquer the Three Five Demon Slaying Divine Mansion, awakened the Wang Quan inheritance, and revealed his Double Pupils at the Heavenly Saber True Sect’s promotion ceremony.
  • Wang Xuanyang recognized Ji Xiu as his grandson and established the Heavenly Saber True Sect in Great Xuan.
  • Ji Xiu entered the Origin Mansion connected to his past life as Jiang Jing and found the Nine Orifice Golden Core.
  • Corpse Minister threatened Ji Xiu, and Jiang Shu arrived to stop him.
  • Ji Xiu claimed the Wang Quan Saber and traveled with Xu Longxiang to North Cang to confront the clans responsible for Ye Wenjiang’s death.
  • Ji Xiu arrived in Cang Capital with a coffin, challenged Dugu Qi, and was named thirty-sixth on the Young Dragon Tablet.
  • Ji Xiu rescued Jiang Shu from the Wang Quan Family and returned to Cang Capital, where he challenged Xie Wen and sought medicine for Xiao Mingli.
  • Crimson Origin Hall identified Ji Xiu as the Heavenly Master’s sole candidate while Qi Nanke set out after the clans on his list.
Chapters 202–301 Read from ch. 202

Arc 9The Heavenly Saber Ascendant

Ji Xiu helped Xu Longxiang conquer the Three Five Demon Slaying Divine Mansion, which Wang Xuanyang brought into Great Xuan as the seat of a new prefecture. Ji Xiu then awakened the Wang Quan inheritance, joined the Heavenly Saber True Sect’s rise, and revealed his Double Pupils at its promotion ceremony.

  • Ji Xiu and the Three Chiefs entered the Boundary Gate, where Xu Longxiang broke through to Titanhood and defeated the forces of the Three Five Demon Slaying Divine Mansion with help from Ji Xiu, Xiao Pingnan, and Wang Xuanyang.
  • Wang Xuanyang seized the Divine Mansion and moved it into Great Xuan, then recognized Ji Xiu as his grandson and gave him the Divine Lord’s Heavenly Eye.
  • Xu Longxiang recovered Ye Wenjiang’s remains, killed Gao Zheng and Ning Buyu, and led the Dragon Elephant True Sect in seizing their factions’ holdings.
  • Ji Xiu studied Chen Danding’s saber inscription, used Yellow Millet Dream to experience Wang Quan Wumu’s past, and began forging the Heart Treasure of the Human Immortal Primal Embryo.
  • Ji Xiu resolved to rebuild the Saber Court, while Chen Danding left him his Martial Saint True Intent and the Wang Quan inheritance.
  • Ji Xiu traveled to Golden Turtle Island as Wang Xuanyang established the Heavenly Saber True Sect, invited saber masters to join its legacy, and secured the appointment of Heavenly Saber Prefecture.
  • Chen Danding vouched for Wang Xuanyang and revealed that Wang Quan Wumu still lived, while Ji Xiu entered seclusion to refine the Divine Lord’s soul and Heavenly Eye.
  • Ji Xiu advanced his origin spirit to Day Travel and awakened Double Pupils, then dispelled a celestial omen at the Heavenly Saber promotion ceremony.
Chapters 202–226 Summaries Read

Arc 10The Origin Mansion Trial

Ji Xiu advanced his cultivation, uncovered the dangers behind the Pure Lands Paradise Balm, and entered the Origin Mansion tied to his past life as Jiang Jing. There he found the Nine Orifice Golden Core and faced Corpse Minister as Jiang Shu arrived to aid him.

  • Ji Xiu refused Crimson Scenery Daoist’s offer to join Dipper Pivot True Mansion and learned that Jiang Jing had been the All Laws Impermanent Dao Lord who ended a human-devil catastrophe.
  • Ji Xiu rescued Yellow Medicine Master from the Medicine Trade, gave him resources and authority, and rejected the Great Vehicle Formless Temple’s offer to sell Pure Lands Paradise Balm after sensing an ancient thought within it.
  • In the Yellow Millet Dream, Ji Xiu joined the Saber Dao Ancestral Temple, opened all four treasures, earned the Saber Dao True Disciple title, and learned that his face matched Jiang Jing’s when the Origin Mansion appeared.
  • Ji Xiu entered the Origin Mansion with the gathered factions and reenacted Jiang Jing’s meeting with Sumeru Ancestor, gaining a Sumeru Immortal Fruit and completing his Human Immortal Primal Embryo.
  • Ji Xiu defeated a Mystic Talisman Sect disciple, reunited with Bai Shuo, and followed the corridor of eighteen murals toward the ancient coffin while using his Double Pupils to see what others could not.
  • Ji Xiu recognized the Nine Orifice Golden Core as the All Laws Impermanent Dao Pill, but Xuan Qingli claimed it and tried to swallow it before Corpse Minister emerged from the coffin.
  • The Golden Core flew into Ji Xiu’s brow, and he used the Vajra Pestle to break Corpse Minister’s killing art as Corpse Minister offered to turn him into a human demon.
  • Jiang Shu arrived beside Ji Xiu as Corpse Minister threatened him, and she raised her Absolute Peak Human Dao Manifestation to stop him.
Chapters 227–251 Summaries Read

Arc 11The North Cang Reckoning

After Ji Xiu claimed the Wang Quan Saber and advanced his cultivation, he traveled to North Cang with Xu Longxiang to confront the clans responsible for Ye Wenjiang’s death. Their arrival brought old grievances into the open, and Ji Xiu challenged Dugu Qi at the Profound Official Ceremony while his Young Dragon Tablet ranking was announced.

  • Jiang Shu drove off the Corpse Puppet Sect Master, recognized Ji Xiu as Wang Quan Wumu, and promised to protect him as she convened an Absolute Peak Council.
  • Ji Xiu gave Xiao Mingli a Sumeru Immortal Fruit, rejected Xie Jixuan’s attempt to seize it, and heard Xiao Mingli ask him to preserve their marriage agreement if she recovered.
  • Xuan Xiao tried to take the Nine Orifice Golden Core from Ji Xiu, but Ji Wei helped him escape, and Ji Xiu later advanced the Wang Quan Saber’s Three Tribulations of Reincarnation.
  • Xu Longxiang helped Ji Xiu master the Nine Dragons Nine Elephants Prison-Suppressing Profound Art, and the Young Dragon Tablet ranked Ji Xiu thirty-sixth.
  • Wei Fengchun and Wang Quan Qi fought over the Wang Quan Saber, but Ji Xiu stopped them from endangering Heavenly Saber disciples and vowed to attend the North Cang banquet.
  • Ji Xiu and Xu Longxiang mourned Ye Wenjiang at his tomb, and Ji Xiu vowed to carry a coffin to North Cang and repay the old debts of vengeance.
  • Ji Xiu and Xu Longxiang arrived in Cang Capital with a coffin, smashed the gates of the Qin, Yuwen, and Dugu clans, and delivered notice that they would answer for Ye Wenjiang’s death at the Profound Official Ceremony.
  • King Yan Jiang Shentong stopped the clash at the Marquis’s Manor, and Ji Xiu challenged Dugu Qi while vowing to seek justice for Xu Longxiang, and the White Crane announced Ji Xiu as the Young Dragon Tablet’s thirty-sixth name.
Chapters 252–276 Summaries Read

Arc 12The Heavenly Master’s Candidate

Ji Xiu rescued Jiang Shu from the Wang Quan Family, returned to Cang Capital, and faced challenges from the Xie Family before visiting Crimson Origin Hall for Xiao Mingli’s treatment. There, he was marked as the sole candidate for the Heavenly Master’s position, while Qi Nanke set out to punish the clans connected to Ye Wenjiang’s death.

  • The White Crane named Ji Xiu to the Young Dragon Tablet, and refining the Auspicious Mysterious Crane Immortal Feather revealed his Dragon Snake Descendant fate.
  • Ji Xiu entered Wang Quan Wumu’s dream, completed Three Tribulations of Reincarnation, and became the Saber Dao Temple’s Dao Child.
  • Ji Xiu traveled to Qishan and learned that Jiang Shu had been sent to Wang Quan Manor for a marriage alliance, so he went there to take her away.
  • Wang Quan Wumu and Ji Xiu confronted Wang Quan Zhenyue, and Zhou Chongyang’s strike defeated the ancestor as Jiang Shu left with Ji Xiu.
  • Back in Cang Capital, Ji Xiu fought Xie Jixuan and challenged Xie Wen to settle their conflict after he became a Titled Martial Saint.
  • Qi Nanke intervened against Xie Wen, introduced himself as Ji Xiu’s senior brother, and invited Ji Xiu to True Martial Mountain.
  • Ji Xiu visited Crimson Origin Hall to seek medicine for Xiao Mingli, received the Southern Bright Departing Fire Dao Talisman, and was identified as the Heavenly Master’s sole candidate.
  • Li Qianyuan promised to refine Heavenly Medicine within seven days, while Qi Nanke headed after the clans on his list and Qin Baisheng sought King Yan’s intervention.
Chapters 277–301 Summaries Read
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