Chapter Summaries

Xu Yang entered Mistshadow Peak, chose Lei Heng as his master, and was challenged to break through the combat-power barrier within three months to learn the Great Sun Golden Body. After studying the Profound Sect handbook, Xu Yang planned when to reveal that he had already broken through and focused on reaching perfection at the ninth Heavenly Origin stage.

• Hong Ze rebuked the senior disciples who doubted his future, and Yang Xiuyun offered to guide his cultivation while accepting Li Jiang as a disciple.
• Xu Yang chose Lei Heng as his master, and Lei Heng promised to teach him the Great Sun Golden Body if he broke through the combat-power barrier within three months.
• Xu Yang met Fang Xing, who explained that disciples could exchange sect contribution for cultivation arts at the Ten Thousand Methods Hall.
• Xu Yang studied the disciple handbook, learned about the sect's ranks and exchange catalog, and found that the Great Sun Golden Body cost ten thousand contribution points.
• Xu Yang decided to wait before revealing his breakthrough and began cultivating toward perfection at the ninth Heavenly Origin stage.

Xu Yang settled into life at Mistshadow Peak, where spirit-vein cultivation strengthened his foundation and lectures introduced the new disciples to breaking through to Spirit Refining. Han Yu learned that Xu Yang had killed Lu Wei and joined another peak, while Xu Yang later weighed whether to plant his valuable Bodhi Swordheart in his courtyard.

• Xu Yang saw that a night of cultivation at Mistshadow Peak had strengthened his vitality and foundation, then joined Fang Xing, Huang Hua, and Tian Rong on their way to the Lecture Hall.
• Deacon Lü discussed breaking the ban, advancing to Spirit Refining, and using combat in the Profound Dragon Tower to improve spiritual force; Hong Ze also shared his experience breaking the ban.
• Han Yu reached late-stage Spirit Refining and learned from Tu Gang that Xu Yang had killed Lu Wei, Xiao Yun, and Yu Yong before joining Mistshadow Peak.
• Seven or eight days after entering the sect, Xu Yang finished tending the spirit herbs in his courtyard and considered whether to plant the Bodhi Swordheart, concerned that others might covet it.

Xu Yang accepted the Jiang Family’s Nirvana Saber Scripture from Jiang Fan and learned that he must wait until reaching spirit refining before cultivating it. After meeting his neighbor Zhao Man and hearing about the Trading Fair, Xu Yang learned that Li Zongyuan had become the first disciple in their cohort to reach the Divine Refinement Realm.

• Xu Yang reassured Jiang Fan that he did not blame him for the trouble with Pei Qingyi, and Jiang Fan revealed that a mystic treasure had exposed Xu Yang’s cultivation and combat-power breakthrough.
• Jiang Fan explained that the Divine Refinement Realm portion of the Blood Prison Heart Saber Scripture did not exist and offered Xu Yang the Jiang Family’s Nirvana Saber Scripture to memorize, warning him not to cultivate it before spirit refining.
• Xu Yang read the Nirvana Saber Scripture, suffered severe exhaustion from its saber intent, and gained 1,600 points after recovering the next morning.
• Zhao Man introduced herself as Xu Yang’s senior sister, gave him Three-Color Lotus roots, and told him about the disciples’ Trading Fair.
• Xu Yang heard at the Dining Hall that Li Zongyuan had broken through to the Divine Refinement Realm, becoming the first disciple in their cohort to reach spirit refining.

Xu Yang attended the Profound Sect’s trading fair, sold his goods, and narrowly avoided being cheated by Niu Gang and Yue Yunchuan. After months of cultivation and a seven-day seclusion, he prepared to break through the combat-power barrier, but the chapter ended with Li Jiang revealing that he had broken through first.

• Xu Yang learned that Chen Guanchao and Lin Zhiyuan had broken through the combat-power barrier, then went with Zhao Man and other senior disciples to the trading fair.
• Xu Yang surveyed the market, sold pills and weapons, and bought Golden-Eyed Spirit Loaches for his pond.
• Niu Gang and Yue Yunchuan tried to trick Xu Yang into overpaying for Profound Nether Iron, but he saw through their scheme and left without buying it.
• Xu Yang cultivated for two more months as more prodigies broke through the barrier, and his Azure Dragon Tyrant Body reached perfection at the ninth level.
• After seven days of seclusion, Xu Yang headed toward the summit, where Li Jiang appeared and announced that he had broken through the combat-power barrier.

Xu Yang broke through the Combat-Power Barrier on the same day as Li Jiang, earning recognition and increased benefits at Mistshadow Peak. News of his success reached Crouching Dragon Peak, where the deacons who had rejected him were summoned by the Peak Master.

• Li Jiang broke the Combat-Power Barrier, but Xu Yang arrived moments later and revealed that he had broken it too.
• Xu Yang reported his breakthrough to Lei Heng, who praised his talent and gave him permission to study the Great Sun Golden Body.
• Tang Yun explained Xu Yang's new benefits, including a sect reward and increased Mistshadow Peak support for his cultivation and tournament preparations.
• Wan Haiping congratulated Xu Yang, and the disciples of Mistshadow Peak welcomed him before he returned to his courtyard to study the Great Sun Golden Body.
• News of Xu Yang's breakthrough spread across the Profound Sect, and Wang Gang and Liu Jiang learned that the Crouching Dragon Peak Master had summoned them over their decision to reject him.

Qi Ning and the alliance learned that Xu Yang had achieved Ban Breaking before him, while Mu Zijin and the other young ladies reconsidered their judgment of Xu Yang. Xu Yang studied the Great Sun Golden Body, then spent ten thousand Martial Dao Longevity Points to raise his bone root to two thousand and endured the painful transformation.

• Qi Ning told the alliance he expected to break through within five days, but Duan Ming and Zhang Bo arrived with news that Xu Yang had achieved Ban Breaking and received the Great Sun Golden Body.
• Qi Ning ended the gathering after learning that Xu Yang and Li Jiang had achieved Ban Breaking, leaving the alliance members to depart.
• Liu Yi, Mu Zijin, and the other young ladies heard that Xu Yang had achieved Ban Breaking, and Mu Zijin concluded he was a suitable match for her.
• Xu Yang discovered that the Great Sun Golden Body was incomplete and decided to prioritize reaching Spirit Refining by improving his bone root.
• Xu Yang allocated ten thousand points to raise his bone root from one thousand to two thousand, triggering a painful reconstruction of his body and spirit bone.

Xu Yang strengthened his body and spirit bone, perfected the Blood Prison Heart Saber Scripture, and prepared to break through to Spirit Refining. After receiving a gift from Chu Yuan and learning that Han Yu might become a threat, Xu Yang gathered spirit herbs and reached the moment of breakthrough.

• Xu Yang's spirit bone transformed, doubling his blood-energy strength and energy reserves, while the expelled blood shells proved potent enough to accelerate the growth of the Golden-Eyed Spirit Loaches.
• Xu Yang received a seventy- or eighty-year-old spirit ginseng from Chu Yuan, whose gift signaled recognition of Xu Yang's talent and possible interest in securing his help on Mistshadow Peak.
• Xu Yang learned that all eighteen prodigies had broken the combat-power barrier, visited Sun Tao, Wu Xiuyuan, and Gu Qingfeng, and heard that Han Yu had reached late Divine Refinement.
• Xu Yang perfected the ninth level of the Blood Prison Heart Saber Scripture, tended his spirit herbs and loaches, and waited until his essence, energy, and spirit were ready before deciding to break through.
• Xu Yang brought out his Spirit Treasure Gourd and four spirit herbs, including the gift from Chu Yuan, and summoned his panel to begin preparing for the breakthrough.

Xu Yang broke through the realm barrier to Spirit Refining and began opening his consciousness sea, enduring a dangerous assault as it expanded. After using spirit herbs to steady his mind and replenish his strength, he continued stabilizing the vast sea, but the breakthrough remained unfinished.

• Xu Yang repeatedly attacked the Spirit Refining realm barrier before shattering it with his gathered power.
• Xu Yang used the Dragon Elephant Heart Sutra to strike open his consciousness sea and endured the chaotic force threatening to dissolve his consciousness.
• Xu Yang expanded the consciousness sea until exhaustion forced him to pause.
• Xu Yang swallowed a three-colored lotus pod to steady his mind and a centennial spirit ginseng to replenish his strength.
• Xu Yang resumed cultivating as his consciousness sea gradually stabilized, knowing his breakthrough was not yet complete.

After breaking through to the Divine Refinement Realm, Xu Yang received Lei Heng’s recommendation to learn the Great Sun Golden Crow Fist and borrowed sect contribution from Tang Yun to obtain it early. He entered the Profound Dragon Tower to test his new strength and reached its second layer, where a stronger Gatekeeper pressed his attack.

• Xu Yang visited Lei Heng, who praised his breakthrough and recommended the Great Sun Golden Crow Fist as his next martial art.
• Tang Yun offered Xu Yang a sect-contribution loan, and Xu Yang borrowed fifteen hundred points to exchange for the fist technique.
• Xu Yang joined Li Jiang, Hong Ze, and other disciples at the Profound Dragon Tower, then entered to challenge its Gatekeepers.
• Xu Yang defeated the first-layer Gatekeeper with his Astral Energy and advanced to the second layer.
• Xu Yang used the Diamond Great Hand Seal against the second-layer Gatekeeper, but the attack only forced the Gatekeeper back before it charged again with its saber.

Xu Yang cleared the third layer of the Profound Dragon Tower, tested himself against the fourth-layer gatekeeper, and then studied the Great Sun Golden Crow Fist at the Ten Thousand Methods Hall. After learning that Mistshadow Peak’s Spirit Refining pills were already reserved for favored disciples, he asked Wan Haiping for help and learned the peak’s quota had long been divided among its elders and Peak Master.

• Xu Yang defeated the third-layer gatekeeper and reached the fourth layer of the Profound Dragon Tower.
• Xu Yang fought the fourth-layer gatekeeper, conceded after testing his strength, and left the tower before Li Jiang emerged.
• Xu Yang exchanged sect contribution points for the first two levels of the Great Sun Golden Crow Fist and studied its intent for three days.
• Xu Yang tried to exchange for a Seven-Treasure Spirit-Congealing Pill but found that Mistshadow Peak’s supply, along with its Profound Yin Spirit-Transforming Pills, was gone.
• Yang Xiangao explained that the peaks received fixed pill quotas and that Mistshadow Peak’s pills had been claimed early by disciples with backing.
• Xu Yang asked Wan Haiping to help him obtain pills, but Wan Haiping said Mistshadow Peak’s quota had already been divided among its elders and Peak Master.