Chapter Summaries

Mr. Hong led his disciples and six thousand sect members to seize the Dragon Fall Valley Ruins, only to be surrounded by more than a hundred thousand martial artists led by Dai Tianshou. As the battle began, Mr. Hong fought Blade God Zheng Haotian while his forces retreated into the valley, and the enemy launched a full assault.

• Mr. Hong's negotiations with the Dai Family failed, so he led Zhu Linghua, Wu Jinlei, Hong Batian, Ji Yunfeng, Yue'e, and six thousand sect members in a night raid on Dragon Fall Valley, killing its seven thousand Dai Family guards.
• More than a hundred thousand martial artists surrounded Mr. Hong's group, and Dai Tianshou revealed that the operation was a trap involving forces from the Sword Sect, Wuji Palace, and Star Pavilion.
• Dai Tianshou taunted Mr. Hong about Lin Feng and urged him to flee, while Ji Zhongda tried to persuade Ji Yunfeng to return to the Ji Family; Ji Yunfeng refused and declared his loyalty to Mr. Hong.
• Dai Tianshou ordered the enemy archers to fire, killing hundreds of Mr. Hong's followers, and Mr. Hong ordered his group to retreat into Dragon Fall Valley.
• Mr. Hong's sword strike was blocked by Blade God Zheng Haotian, who challenged him, and the two began fighting as Dai Tianshou ordered the surrounding martial artists to charge.

Mr. Hong’s disciples fought the nine great powers’ vastly larger force at the entrance to Dragon Fall Valley, where Dai Tianshou unleashed the Dai Family’s secret Ten Thousand Snakes Emerge. The battle turned as Mr. Hong revealed that his followers knew the technique too and called Cloud Sword Peak to answer with him.

• Hong Batian, Zhu Linghua, and the others led Mr. Hong’s fighters in resisting the enemy as Yue'e’s group retreated and shot arrows.
• Dai Tianshou had two Dai Family elders launch Ten Thousand Snakes Emerge, but Wu Jinlei and Ji Yunfeng countered the Sword Qi with the same technique.
• Dai Tianshou saw that Mr. Hong’s disciples knew the Dai Family secret and ordered his family to unleash Ten Thousand Snakes Emerge across the battlefield.
• Zheng Haotian asked Mr. Hong for the technique’s manual, and Mr. Hong gave it to him in exchange for leaving the battle.
• Mr. Hong returned to his formation and called on Cloud Sword Peak’s disciples to raise their longswords, stunning the watching martial artists.

Lin Feng learned that hundreds of thousands of martial artists were attacking his master’s forces at Dragon Fall Valley and rushed back to help. As the battle worsened, Leng Youruo revealed to Leng Yu that Hong Wenyuan was her father, and they charged to save him.

• Mister Robot told Lin Feng that a huge battle was underway near Dragon Fall Valley, and Lin Feng accelerated through the vacuum passage toward it.
• Mr. Hong and more than two thousand Cloud Sword Peak disciples used Ten Thousand Snakes Emerge against the Dai Family, killing or wounding hundreds but leaving the Cloud Sword Peak forces under heavy pressure.
• Dai Tianshou fired the family head’s Cloud-Piercing Arrow, summoning seventy thousand Dai Family martial artists toward Dragon Fall Valley.
• Xie Yunyi, Hong Tianxing, and Hong Baichuan led forces toward Dragon Fall Valley but were ambushed, while Wen Zhanting remained too far away to arrive soon.
• Leng Youruo told Leng Yu that Hong Wenyuan was her biological father, and mother and daughter charged toward the forces surrounding Hong Baichuan to save him.

Leng Youruo rescued Hong Baichuan and gathered Cloud Sword Peak’s forces for a desperate attempt to save Mr. Hong in Dragon Fall Valley. After enemy reinforcements thwarted their breakout, Dai Tianshou sent hundreds of thousands of troops to attack them again.

• Leng Youruo broke Hong Baichuan’s Iron Sword Army out of its encirclement and joined forces with them to rescue the other trapped groups.
• Leng Youruo gathered thirty thousand fighters, while Sword Sect Main Peak disciples watched and discussed an elder’s plan to isolate Hong Wenyuan and recruit him.
• Wen Zhanting arrived with twenty thousand men, and Leng Youruo led the assembled Cloud Sword Peak forces into Dragon Fall Valley to reach Mr. Hong.
• Dai Tianshou ordered the families’ deathsworn warriors to stop the breakout, and another three hundred thousand enemy troops arrived.
• Mr. Hong reunited with Leng Youruo and his disciples, but Dai Tianshou ordered his allies to attack, and hundreds of thousands charged again.

After Mr. Hong was gravely wounded and surrounded by the nine major powers, Lin Feng emerged from the Dragon Fall Valley Ruins and reunited with his master and fellow disciples. He restored their strength and refused to retreat, preparing to face the enemies himself.

• After two more hours of battle, Dai Tianshou halted the fighting and sent over a hundred Innate Realm Experts to wear down Mr. Hong.
• Mr. Hong killed more than a dozen experts with the Heaven and Earth Samsara Swordplay before being gravely wounded and returning to his camp.
• Dai Tianshou demanded that Mr. Hong kill himself, but Mr. Hong hesitated as he considered his family, disciples, and the Human Emperor Sword.
• The gates of the Dragon Fall Valley Ruins opened, and Lin Feng emerged in tattered clothes, relieved to find Mr. Hong and the disciples alive.
• Lin Feng sent pure, abundant true qi into Mr. Hong and the disciples, healing them and awakening Yue'e, then revealed that he had reached the Innate Realm.
• When Dai Tianshou threatened Lin Feng and his companions, Lin Feng told Mr. Hong to heal while he dealt with the enemies.

Lin Feng revealed overwhelming power by killing Dai Tianshou and the enemy factions’ Innate Realm Experts. When Star Pavilion and Wuji Palace tried to bargain for their lives, Lin Feng answered with a million streams of Sword Qi and declared that he wanted them all dead.

• Lin Feng killed Dai Tianshou with one strike, leaving the gathered fighters stunned and wary of him.
• Lin Feng slaughtered the Dai Family’s Innate Realm Experts, then killed the Huo Family Patriarch and the Huo Family’s other Innate Realm Experts.
• Lin Feng killed the fleeing Ji Family’s Innate Realm Experts but spared Ji Zhongda, destroying his dantian for Ji Yunfeng’s sake.
• The presiding elder of Star Pavilion asked Lin Feng to end the conflict, but Lin Feng refused to let the remaining factions leave without paying for their attack.
• Lin Feng unleashed a million streams of Sword Qi and told the remaining enemies that he wanted all their lives.

Lin Feng slaughtered the forces besieging Cloud Sword Peak and pursued fleeing enemies across the surrounding roads. He met Zhou Haitian, a grandmaster-level elder who challenged his killings, and prepared to fight if Zhou tried to stop him.

• Lin Feng killed the presiding elders of Wuji Palace and Star Pavilion, then used Sword Qi and Crimson Gold Glaze to wipe out the eight hundred thousand martial artists besieging Cloud Sword Peak.
• Blade God Zheng Haotian fled after witnessing Lin Feng's strength, while Mr. Hong praised the massacre and ordered the disciples to clean up the battlefield.
• Lin Feng left Mr. Hong and hunted fleeing martial artists across several hundred miles, killing groups of Wuji Palace disciples and other enemies.
• Zhou Haitian confronted Lin Feng and warned that his slaughter violated the Grandmaster Agreement, but Lin Feng replied that he was only Innate and refused to stop.
• Lin Feng activated the first layer of Thunder God Descends and told Zhou Haitian to leave or settle the matter in a fight.

Lin Feng returned to Cloud Sword Peak after wiping out the martial artists who had besieged it, and Zhou Haitian fled rather than fight him. With Cloud Sword Peak recovering and the other factions still posing a threat, Lin Feng planned to strengthen his master’s forces before going home to see his family.

• Zhou Haitian sensed Lin Feng’s surging strength, retreated, and fled without fighting.
• Lin Feng killed nearly every martial artist who had taken part in the siege and returned to Dragon Fall Valley with over 26 million Breakthrough Points.
• Lin Feng told Mr. Hong about meeting Zhou Haitian, and Mr. Hong sent Wu Jinlei and Hong Batian toward the Sword Sect.
• Mr. Hong told Lin Feng that his family was safe in Qinghe County under the protection of five hundred disciples.
• Lin Feng vowed that the factions involved in the attack would not be spared and planned to empower Cloud Sword Peak’s disciples.
• After celebrating Lin Feng’s return, Lin Feng decided to go home after more than two years away.

Lin Feng returned to Qinghe County after two years away and reunited with his mother, who had been selling buns while hoping to see him. He went home with her to meet his wife and children, where his eldest son, Lin Yuxiang, wondered if Lin Feng was his father.

• Lin Feng told Mr. Hong he would visit home for three days, then flew from the Sword Sect while Zhou Haitian resolved to maintain ties with Cloud Sword Peak and assess Lin Feng’s strength.
• Lin Feng reached Qinghe County and recognized that a man watching him was likely protecting his family.
• Lin Feng found his mother selling buns, surprised her, and promised to bring his family to the Sword Sect after its situation stabilized.
• Mother Lin explained that she wanted to sell buns and praised Mr. Hong’s reforms for improving life in Qinghe County.
• Lin Feng and his mother headed home, where Lin Yuxiang studied him and asked whether he could be his dad.

Lin Feng returned home after more than two years away and reunited with his tearful children, then faced Zhou Chunlan’s anger and reconciled with her. As the family ate lunch, Lin Feng planned to empower them so he could leave again without worrying about their safety.

• Lin Feng picked up his five children and proved he was their father, then comforted them and promised to bring them delicious food and teach them his techniques.
• Mother Lin sent the children away, and Zhou Chunlan silently entered the room and shut the door on Lin Feng.
• Lin Feng followed Zhou Chunlan inside, accepted her angry slaps, and let her see blood at his mouth; she then cried in his arms and accused him of staying away for another woman.
• Lin Feng told Zhou Chunlan he had been trapped in a ruin and teleported to another continent, but she doubted him and tore open his clothes to inspect him.
• Two hours later, Lin Feng and Zhou Chunlan emerged reconciled, and Lin Feng began planning to empower his family while they ate lunch.

Lin Feng returned home and used Golden Light Infusion to teach martial arts to his family, brothers, and godson Zhang Fengye. After a farewell feast, he prepared to return to the Sword Sect before dawn, but Zhou Chunlan woke and caught him trying to leave without saying goodbye.

• Lin Feng infused his mother and Zhou Chunlan with martial arts, advising Zhou Chunlan to delay breaking through to the Innate Realm.
• Lin Feng taught martial arts to his children, then infused Lin Hu and Zhou Haitao up to the Houtian Peak and urged them to keep cultivating.
• Lin Feng and Zhou Chunlan visited Sister-in-law Zhang, promised to bring her and Zhang Fengye to the Sword Sect, and Lin Feng taught martial arts to Zhang Fengye and Sister-in-law Zhang.
• Lin Feng's family and guests shared a feast that evening.
• Before dawn, Lin Feng dressed quietly to return to the Sword Sect, but Zhou Chunlan woke and asked whether he planned to leave without saying goodbye.

Lin Feng left Zhou Chunlan after they watched the sunrise together, then traveled onward without seeing Sun Yu. At Linghua Temple, Sun Yu began a planned breakout from the Myriad Beast Garden by killing two guards and disguising himself as a monk.

• Lin Feng said goodbye to Zhou Chunlan and Mother Lin, then watched the sunrise with Zhou Chunlan before flying away.
• Lin Feng regretted that he had not seen Sun Yu and wondered whether Sun Yu had returned to the Demonic Beast Royal Court.
• Sun Yu rallied the twelve hundred demonic beasts he had subdued and coordinated a breakout while Linghua Temple held its Dharma Debate Assembly.
• Sun Yu transformed into human form, retrieved the Black Gold Sword Lin Feng had given him, and killed the two monk guards.
• Sun Yu took a monk robe and rushed into the Myriad Beast Garden to free the demonic beasts.

Sun Yu freed the demon beasts in the Myriad Beast Garden and led those seeking freedom through the back gate, where they discovered the slaughterhouse and attacked the kitchen monks. As Martial Monks began investigating the kitchen, a red signal rose from the garden's main gate.

• Sun Yu destroyed the Demon Restraining Rings and directed the demon beasts to choose between becoming Linghua Temple disciples and seeking freedom.
• More than fifteen hundred demon beasts chose each gate, while others hesitated; Sun Yu led the back-gate group toward the slaughterhouse.
• The demon beasts saw the remains of their kind in the slaughterhouse, and the bull recognized his daughter Niu Niu's head.
• Sun Yu killed a monk who came to investigate, then led the demon beasts in a quiet attack on the kitchen staff.
• Sun Yu spotted Martial Monks gathering outside the kitchen, and a Cloud-Piercing Arrow from the Myriad Beast Garden's main gate burst into red smoke.

Sun Yu led the demon beasts in a breakout from the Myriad Beast Garden, but a formation drained their Demonic Power and left them vulnerable to the Martial Monks. As Sun Yu fought to keep the others moving, a bull charged the leading martial monk to inspire the fleeing beasts.

• The demon beasts at the front gate discovered that the monks were attacking them for real, and several turned back toward the Myriad Beast Garden as others fought their way onward.
• Sun Yu led the demon beasts out of the kitchen and across the training ground, directing them toward Linghua Temple's main gate.
• A ring-shaped formation around the square stripped the demon beasts of their Demonic Power, and they collapsed in fear before the Martial Monks.
• Sun Yu urged the demon beasts forward and fought off the Martial Monks with iron nails while warning that pursuers were approaching.
• A bull remembered his slaughtered children, charged ahead to encourage the others, and the leading martial monk leapt up to strike him with a Zen staff.

Sun Yu led more than a thousand Demonic Beasts in escaping Linghua Temple, and their sacrifices helped them evade the monks pursuing them. After vowing to avenge their fallen companions, Sun Yu vanished into the forest, while Lin Feng returned to the Sword Sect and offered to purge Mr. Hong’s Cold Poison.

• Sun Yu helped the Demonic Beasts break out of Linghua Temple, where they recovered their Demonic Power and defeated the martial monks guarding them.
• Sun Yu urged the beasts to flee and sabotage their pursuers, while the abbot gathered Linghua Temple’s disciples to hunt them down.
• Sun Yu fought Faji, disguised himself as the Blazing Fire Dragon King, and sent Faji back toward the temple in confusion.
• The Demonic Beasts set fires and released poison to slow the pursuers, while those who fell behind self-destructed to buy time for the others.
• After escaping, Sun Yu swore to avenge the fallen beasts and lead the group to bathe Linghua Temple in blood.
• Lin Feng returned to the Sword Sect and offered to remove Mr. Hong’s Cold Poison before learning the Heaven and Earth Samsara Swordplay.

Lin Feng struggled to cure Mr. Hong's Cold Poison, which returned after he removed it because Mr. Hong's bone marrow produced it. Lin Feng passed Mr. Hong the Divine Farmer's Myriad Poisons Scripture and an antidote structure through Golden Light Infusion, and Mr. Hong cured himself and turned the misfortune into a blessing.

• Lin Feng spent hours breaking down Mr. Hong's Cold Poison and eventually created an antidote, but the poison returned from Mr. Hong's bone marrow.
• Lin Feng recalled that his perfected Divine Farmer's Myriad Poisons Scripture could generate an antidote and proposed using Golden Light Infusion to teach it to Mr. Hong.
• Mr. Hong agreed to receive the technique, and Lin Feng transmitted the antidote's true qi structure to him.
• Mr. Hong used the structure to cure himself, then announced that he had turned misfortune into a blessing and asked Yue'e to bring wine.

Lin Feng celebrated with Mr. Hong after curing his Cold Poison and discussed using Golden Light Infusion to strengthen Cloud Sword Peak and establish a sect. Their plans were interrupted when two Grandmasters arrived from the Sword Sect Main Peak, and one mocked them for aspiring to reach the Grandmaster realm.

• Mr. Hong explained that Lin Feng’s infusion had turned his Cold Poison into icy true qi and boosted his strength, then offered to repay the resources the infusion had consumed.
• Mr. Hong and Lin Feng discussed training their fellow disciples, establishing a sect, and the Main Peak’s protection of the Sword Sect’s other factions.
• Mr. Hong described how Grandmasters could send their divine souls into the Great Void, where many remained instead of returning to their sleeping bodies.
• Lin Feng infused Yue'e with Lightness Skills and the first twelve forms of Divine Sword martial arts, and Mr. Hong urged her to devote more time to cultivation.
• Two Grandmasters arrived from the Main Peak, and one mocked Lin Feng, Mr. Hong, and Yue'e for talking about reaching the Grandmaster realm.

Zhou Haitian brought his senior brother Ji Xuanwu to test Lin Feng, and the two fought on an uninhabited mountain. Lin Feng endured Ji Xuanwu’s rapid attacks while studying the Grandmaster’s fighting style, then found an idea to break the stalemate.

• Zhou Haitian introduced Ji Xuanwu, who had come to test Lin Feng after hearing about his Grandmaster-level combat strength.
• Lin Feng agreed to spar with Ji Xuanwu, and Mr. Hong and Yue'e followed them to an uninhabited mountain peak.
• Ji Xuanwu attacked Lin Feng with fast, basic strikes and explained that Grandmasters relied on close combat rather than flashy true qi techniques.
• Lin Feng’s Qi Shield shattered, but his Undying Battle Body withstood Ji Xuanwu’s blows as he studied the Grandmaster’s condensed true qi and swift movements.
• Ji Xuanwu grew alarmed by Lin Feng’s toughness and skill, while Lin Feng realized he needed to stop defending and thought of a way to change the fight.

Lin Feng fought Ji Xuanwu, using his techniques and powerful defense to withstand the grandmaster’s attacks. After Ji Xuanwu claimed he had used only seventy percent of his strength, Lin Feng said he had done the same, and Ji Xuanwu prepared to fight in earnest.

• Lin Feng used the Undefeated Divine Fist to create distance and attacked Ji Xuanwu with true-qi pellets and Yin Yang Swordplay.
• Ji Xuanwu revealed his Returning Wind Flowing Cloud Body Protection Divine Skill, which deflected Lin Feng’s attacks, then kicked him into a slope.
• Lin Feng emerged unharmed and formed a Blade Storm from Yin Yang Sword Qi, injuring Ji Xuanwu whenever he approached.
• Ji Xuanwu struck Lin Feng into a deep pit with a kick and offered to take him as a disciple.
• Lin Feng floated out of the pit unharmed and said he had also used only seventy percent of his strength.
• Ji Xuanwu laughed and prepared to fight Lin Feng with his full strength.

Lin Feng fought Ji Xuanwu to a draw, impressing the Sword Sect elders and earning a concurrent Grandmaster-level elder position at the main peak. He and Mr. Hong agreed to take their posts and receive the main peak’s inheritances the next day, while preparing to deal with trouble from the other three peaks and rival sects.

• Lin Feng activated Thunder God Descends and fought Ji Xuanwu evenly, eventually forcing him back in a contest of true qi.
• Lin Feng called off the spar before either fighter used lethal moves, and Ji Xuanwu praised his talent and predicted he would dominate the next five hundred years.
• Ji Xuanwu urged Zhou Haitian to appoint Lin Feng a Grandmaster-level elder, and Zhou Haitian offered him the breakthrough method and access to the main peak’s inheritances.
• Zhou Haitian also appointed Hong Wenyuan as a main peak elder and told both of them to take up their posts and receive the inheritances the next day.
• Lin Feng asked whether his new position let him deal with the other three peaks, and Zhou Haitian allowed him to demand resources as long as he spared their people’s lives.
• After Zhou Haitian and Ji Xuanwu left, Lin Feng and Mr. Hong discussed how their fight had secured their new positions and looked forward to the main peak’s many inheritances.