Chapter Summaries

Chu Zhiyuan and Li Cunren left Yuanzhen Imperial City to search for Cheng Yunzheng, suspecting he had used a double to escape. On the road, they learned that Lu Qingyuan had received a Celestial Being inheritance and remained in the imperial city to comprehend it, so they hurried toward the city, hoping the Chaofeng Sword Sect might share the techniques.

• Chu Zhiyuan, Li Cunren, and Sun Qiying left Yuanzhen Imperial City and discussed whether Cheng Yunzheng had escaped using a double.
• Chu Zhiyuan and his companions found the mountain road unusually quiet and used Li Cunren's black token to summon Meng San.
• Meng San reported that Lu Qingyuan of the Chaofeng Sword Sect had received a sword art and complementary cultivation method from the Celestial Being's Cave Mansion.
• Meng San said Lu Qingyuan remained in the imperial city to comprehend the inheritance while the Chaofeng Sword Sect had killed more than thirty people attempting to seize it.
• Li Cunren urged Chu Zhiyuan to return quickly, hoping the Chaofeng Sword Sect would let them study the new inheritance.

Chu Zhiyuan investigated the strange inheritance and the disappearance of ascendants while returning to his mansion in Phoenix Imperial City. The First Prince sent him two booklets said to contain the Celestial Being’s inheritance.

• Chu Zhiyuan and Li Cunren encountered two groups of Demon Race experts, and Chu Zhiyuan killed them to gather soul light for refining a spirit treasure.
• Chu Zhiyuan entered Phoenix Imperial City and used Super Sensation to discover that Cheng Yunzheng’s appearance concealed a different body.
• Fu Zheng questioned the Celestial Being’s inheritance and reported that Lu Qingyuan of Chaofeng Sword Sect had obtained it, so Chu Zhiyuan ordered an investigation into her.
• Fu Zheng reported that no one had ascended to the princely manors in the past ten thousand years, and Chu Zhiyuan suspected the Demon Realm and Devil Realm’s expansion had disrupted ascension.
• The First Prince sent Chu Zhiyuan a locked bronze box, which he opened to find two freshly copied booklets that he identified as the Celestial Being’s inheritance.

Chu Zhiyuan used the Heavenly Illusion Pavilion to help Fu Zheng comprehend the Celestial Being sword art Abyssal Fall Sword Art, which she could not understand from the manual alone. After she mastered its first principles, he sent her out to clear her mind and watch the excitement in the city.

• Li Cunren agreed to give Chu Zhiyuan a copy of the Celestial Being inheritance if he obtained it, and they settled on how to open the copper casket.
• Chu Zhiyuan let Fu Zheng read the two booklets, but she could not comprehend the sword art because her cultivation and Spiritual Power were insufficient.
• Chu Zhiyuan used the Heavenly Illusion Pavilion to guide Fu Zheng through the experience of a true abyss and help her understand the Abyssal Fall Sword Art.
• Fu Zheng demonstrated the sword art, and Chu Zhiyuan confirmed she had mastered it and told her to practice it only at night.
• Chu Zhiyuan ordered Fu Zheng to go out, clear her mind, and watch the excitement, so she put off studying the sword art.

Fu Zheng enjoyed an evening in the imperial capital after contemplating the Abyssal Fall Sword Art, then encountered Lu Qingyuan and Mo Qing of the Chaofeng Sword Sect. She left Zhao Changge shaken after defeating him effortlessly, displaying the sword art’s overwhelming power.

• Fu Zheng realized that Chu Zhiyuan had sent her out to balance her cultivation and reflected on the freedom and strength she had gained from the Abyssal Fall Sword Art.
• At a tavern, Fu Zheng recognized Lu Qingyuan and met Mo Qing, both disciples of the Chaofeng Sword Sect, and learned Lu Qingyuan had emerged from seclusion.
• Zhao Changge of the Tiannan Sect interrupted the women and challenged them after Mo Qing and Fu Zheng rebuffed him.
• Fu Zheng volunteered to fight Zhao Changge, erased his fan attacks, and stopped him with the Abyssal Fall Sword Art.
• Fu Zheng tapped Zhao Changge between the brows and released him, leaving him drenched in sweat and Lu Qingyuan and Mo Qing staring in disbelief.

Fu Zheng explained how Chu Zhiyuan taught her the Abyssal Fall Sword Art, and Lu Qingyuan and Mo Qing invited her to share it with them. Meanwhile, Chu Zhiyuan confirmed to Li Cunren that Cheng Yunzheng was a double, leaving the princes scrambling to locate the real man before he escaped.

• Fu Zheng joined Lu Qingyuan and Mo Qing at Chaofeng's private residence and told them Chu Zhiyuan had taught her the Abyssal Fall Sword Art through heart-to-heart transmission.
• Lu Qingyuan asked Fu Zheng to demonstrate the sword art in a spar, and Fu Zheng decided to pass it on to both women in return for their kindness.
• Li Cunren asked Chu Zhiyuan about Cheng Yunzheng, and Chu Zhiyuan confirmed that the man they had seen was a double switched in before entering the city.
• Chu Zhiyuan and Li Cunren discussed how Yuanzhen had concealed the switch and agreed they needed to find Cheng Yunzheng's true body quickly.
• Chu Zhiyuan said he would speak with his wife about leaving seclusion, while his Super Sensation continued searching for Cheng Yunzheng.

Chu Zhiyuan gave Li Cunren Cheng Yunzheng’s jade pendant so Fengtian Palace could use its spirit treasures to track him. Meanwhile, Fu Zheng and Lu Qingyuan sharpened their swordsmanship and reached new insights before two persistent young men appeared at the gate.

• Chu Zhiyuan failed to find Cheng Yunzheng with Super Sensation and watched Fu Zheng hold her own against Lu Qingyuan’s Chaofeng Sword Art.
• Chu Zhiyuan gave Li Cunren the jade pendant he had taken from Cheng Yunzheng, and Li Cunren left to ask Fengtian Palace to track him.
• Fu Zheng and Lu Qingyuan praised each other’s sword arts, and Mo Qing concluded that Fu Zheng had reached Spirit Transformation.
• Lu Qingyuan gained insight into the Abyssal Fall Sword Art after watching Fu Zheng use it, then joined Fu Zheng and Mo Qing to celebrate.
• Fu Zheng, Lu Qingyuan, and Mo Qing encountered two young men from the Lihuo Fist Sect and Qingwu Sword Sect, whom Mo Qing called clingy pests.

Lu Qingyuan, Mo Qing, and Fu Zheng were surrounded at Buyun Restaurant by martial arts experts seeking the Abyssal Fall Sword Art. They chose to fight their way out, and Lu Qingyuan prepared to use the sword art she had just comprehended.

• Lu Qingyuan and Mo Qing met Zhou Tianyue of the Qingwu Sword Sect and a companion, then left with Fu Zheng after Zhou asked about her and the Abyssal Fall Sword Art.
• Fu Zheng learned that Zhou Tianyue resented the Twelfth Imperial Son-in-Law because of the Twelfth Princess, and the three women went to a restaurant to celebrate Lu Qingyuan’s breakthrough.
• While the women dined, more than a hundred martial arts experts, including two Venerables, gathered around Buyun Restaurant to seize the Abyssal Fall Sword Art.
• Fu Zheng noticed the experts below, and Mo Qing realized they had come for the sword art; Lu Qingyuan declined to send for help and proposed fighting their way out.
• The three women drew their swords and faced the experts blocking the staircase, as a man shouted for them to seize the secret manual and flee.

Lu Qingyuan fought off the experts who had swarmed Buyun Restaurant for the Celestial Being's inheritance while Fu Zheng and Mo Qing discovered that Young Master Zhou and Young Master Huang had likely incited the attack. Fu Zheng confronted and wounded the two men, who fled through a window.

• More than thirty martial artists attacked Lu Qingyuan, and she used the Abyssal Fall Sword Art to disable several of them.
• Fu Zheng and Mo Qing suspected Young Master Zhou and Young Master Huang had exposed Lu Qingyuan's whereabouts and arranged the attack.
• Fu Zheng spotted the two men at Qingyue Tea House and accused them of plotting to pose as heroes by rescuing Lu Qingyuan.
• Fu Zheng crossed to the tea house and fought Young Master Zhou and Young Master Huang with the Abyssal Fall Sword Art.
• After Chu Zhiyuan advised Fu Zheng, she cut both men's tendons and channels, and they escaped through a window.

After Zhou Tianchuan led the Lihuo Fist Sect disciples to confront Mo Qing and Fu Zheng, he agreed to let the dispute go because of the Twelfth Imperial Son-in-Law. The next morning, Chu Zhiyuan learned that Cheng Yunzheng had fled to Yuanzhen Imperial City and offered to pursue him himself.

• Zhou Tianchuan arrived with four Lihuo Fist Sect disciples, but after Fu Zheng accused Zhou Tianyue of scheming against Lu Qingyuan, he chose to end the dispute rather than offend the Twelfth Imperial Son-in-Law.
• Mo Qing explained that the Lihuo Fist Sect feared offending the Twelfth Princess and her husband, and Fu Zheng agreed to meet Lu Qingyuan and Mo Qing again to spar over swordsmanship.
• Chu Zhiyuan returned to the Prince Consort's Mansion the next morning and heard from Fu Zheng that their swordsmanship meeting had gone well.
• Li Cunren told Chu Zhiyuan that Fengtian Palace had traced Cheng Yunzheng to Yuanzhen Imperial City.
• Chu Zhiyuan offered to go to Yuanzhen in Li Cunren's place and strike Cheng Yunzheng if he found him.

Chu Zhiyuan traveled to Yuanzhen Imperial City to find Cheng Yunzheng after Li Cunren warned that the Yuanzhen Emperor would likely refuse to hand him over. After Super Sensation and aura tracking failed, Chu Zhiyuan searched the city by examining people directly and finally found Cheng Yunzheng at dawn.

• Chu Zhiyuan persuaded Li Cunren that threatening war would not make the Yuanzhen Emperor surrender Cheng Yunzheng, and offered to search for Cheng Yunzheng himself.
• Fu Zheng reported that Zhou Tianyue had led Lihuo Fist Sect disciples to attack Lu and Mo, prompting the two sects to settle their dispute through a contest against demons and devils.
• Li Cunren gave Chu Zhiyuan a diplomatic letter, a golden sword representing the Emperor, and the Beast Severing Token before Chu Zhiyuan departed for Yuanzhen Imperial City.
• Chu Zhiyuan disguised himself as a merchant and searched the Imperial City, but Super Sensation and the aura on the Dragon Soaring Bell could not locate Cheng Yunzheng.
• At dawn, Chu Zhiyuan examined people directly and finally found Cheng Yunzheng.

Chu Zhiyuan discovered that Cheng Yunzheng was hiding under a new identity in the Purple Heaven Jade Pavilion and discussed how to draw him out with Li Cunren. They decided to wait for Li Miaotan to emerge from seclusion before acting, while the Four Great Sects were already clashing over altered copies of the Abyssal Fall Sword Art.

• Chu Zhiyuan found Cheng Yunzheng posing as a Purple Heaven Jade Pavilion disciple and secretly watched his room with a Flying Dagger.
• Chu Zhiyuan told Li Cunren where Cheng Yunzheng was hiding, and they agreed not to attack while experts guarded the courtyard.
• Chu Zhiyuan and Li Cunren considered ways to lure Cheng Yunzheng out, then decided to wait for Li Miaotan to emerge from seclusion and lower his guard.
• Li Cunren explained that the Chaofeng Sword Sect had altered the Abyssal Fall Sword Art copies given to the other three sects, sparking a fight with the Lihuo Fist Sect.
• Chu Zhiyuan said Fu Zheng was only joining the fighting to watch, and Li Cunren agreed to spare her.

Fu Zheng broke through to the Second Turn after fighting the Lihuo Fist Sect, while Chu Zhiyuan used his Flying Dagger to investigate the Purple Heaven Jade Pavilion. Observing a mysterious painting triggered his own breakthrough to the Fourth Turn.

• Fu Zheng told Chu Zhiyuan and Li Cunren that she and Lu Qingyuan had driven off six Lihuo Fist Sect Venerables using the Abyssal Fall Sword Art.
• Chu Zhiyuan tapped Fu Zheng between the brows, and she entered a breakthrough before emerging at the Second Turn.
• Fu Zheng left to tell Sister Li, while Li Cunren asked Chu Zhiyuan about the inheritance method that had helped her break through.
• Chu Zhiyuan secretly sent his Flying Dagger into the Purple Heaven Jade Pavilion and discovered that bronze beasts guarded a pavilion containing a vast painting of clouds.
• Chu Zhiyuan watched the painting through the Flying Dagger, experienced a surge in his True Essence, and reached the Fourth Turn.

Chu Zhiyuan advanced to the Fourth Turn after studying the White Cloud Diagram and continued gathering intelligence about the Outer Realm Battlefield and the Purple Heaven Jade Pavilion. Sun Qiying revealed what he knew about the sect, and Chu Zhiyuan disclosed that Cheng Yunzheng was hiding in its branch courtyard, leaving Sun Qiying’s loyalty under observation.

• Chu Zhiyuan comprehended the White Cloud Diagram’s moving clouds and sun and entered the Fourth Turn.
• At breakfast, Li Yuzhen explained more about the Outer Realm Battlefield, while Chu Zhiyuan urged Fu Zheng to enter seclusion before facing the Lihuo Fist Sect; Fu Zheng refused to avoid the fight and left with Li Yuzhen.
• Chu Zhiyuan asked Sun Qiying about the Purple Heaven Jade Pavilion’s Grand Void Cloud Sky Diagram and learned how its branch courtyard disciples trained to become Venerables.
• Chu Zhiyuan told Sun Qiying that Cheng Yunzheng was hiding in the Purple Heaven Jade Pavilion’s branch courtyard, and Sun Qiying reacted with disbelief.
• Sun Qiying praised Chu Zhiyuan’s discovery and said he had once tried to stop Cheng Yunzheng from urging the Demon Race to kill Chu Zhiyuan’s wife.

Chu Zhiyuan delayed dealing with Cheng Yunzheng and watched the double at Purple Heaven Jade Pavilion, while Fu Zheng reported that she and Lu Qingyuan had defeated four Lihuo Fist Sect Venerables. The court ordered Chu Zhiyuan and Li Cunren to mediate between Lihuo Fist Sect and Chaofeng Sword Sect before Third Prince's wedding.

• Sun Qiying deduced that Cheng Yunzheng had used his actions to resonate with a spiritual treasure and obtain it.
• Chu Zhiyuan agreed to wait until after Third Prince's wedding before dealing with Cheng Yunzheng's double, and Sun Qiying warned him against killing a Prince directly.
• Chu Zhiyuan observed Cheng Yunzheng's double at Purple Heaven Jade Pavilion and found no trace linking him to the original.
• Fu Zheng returned injured and told Chu Zhiyuan and Li Yuzhen that she and Lu Qingyuan had defeated four Lihuo Fist Sect Venerables, including a high-stage Venerable.
• Li Cunren told Chu Zhiyuan that the Emperor had ordered them to mediate between Lihuo Fist Sect and Chaofeng Sword Sect to protect Phoenix's honor before Third Prince's wedding.

Chu Zhiyuan accompanied Li Cunren to mediate between the Four Great Sects, only to find that Chaofeng Annex refused to receive them. After Chu Zhiyuan called Manor Lord Zhuang out across the entire manor, Li Cunren warned that they would force their way in if he continued to ignore them.

• Li Cunren explained that the Four Great Sects often ignored imperial orders, and said Chu Zhiyuan’s connection to Li Miaotan would lend their mediation weight.
• Chu Zhiyuan and Li Cunren arrived at Chaofeng Annex with four Venerables and an eunuch, but the sect kept its gates shut.
• After the eunuch knocked repeatedly, a nearly Venerable old man opened the gate and claimed that Manor Lord Zhuang and the other leaders were unavailable.
• Chu Zhiyuan challenged the old man’s excuses, while Li Cunren urged patience and warned against forcing their way inside.
• Chu Zhiyuan used his Super Sensation to address the disciples throughout the manor and called for Manor Lord Zhuang to appear.
• Li Cunren warned that they would enter by force if Manor Lord Zhuang still refused to meet them.

Chu Zhiyuan and Li Cunren negotiated with Zhuang Juyue to settle the conflict between the Chaofeng Sword Sect and the Lihuo Fist Sect by exchanging copies of their original Celestial Being manuals. Zhuang Juyue also asked Chu Zhiyuan to study a mysterious painting, and the story left him wondering why the Lihuo Fist Sect's Zheng Rong had agreed so readily.

• Lu Qingyuan and Mo Qing discussed the Lihuo Fist Sect's attacks and Lu Qingyuan's inability to fight again after using her secret technique.
• Zhuang Juyue received Li Cunren and Chu Zhiyuan, then explained that the conflict stemmed from the incomplete Abyssal Fall Sword Art and the other sects' jealousy of Lu Qingyuan's mastery.
• Li Cunren proposed that the sects exchange copies of their original manuals and agree to share future Celestial Being inheritances, while Chu Zhiyuan examined a mysterious painting for the Chaofeng Sword Sect.
• Zhuang Juyue agreed to the arrangement and asked Chu Zhiyuan to visit and study the painting.
• Li Cunren and Chu Zhiyuan visited Zheng Rong at the Lihuo Fist Sect's manor, where Zheng Rong warmly accepted the proposal without hesitation.
• Chu Zhiyuan later told Sun Qiying about Zheng Rong's response, and Sun Qiying only smiled and shook his head.

Chu Zhiyuan studied the Moon Soul Sword Scripture from the First Prince’s copies and successfully comprehended it, then transmitted it to Fu Zheng. The chapter ended with Fu Zheng enduring the scripture’s pressure as Chu Zhiyuan waited to see whether she could learn it.

• Sun Qiying and Chu Zhiyuan discussed why the Lihuo Fist Sect had accepted the Imperial Court’s settlement and whether the Chaofeng Sword Sect would tolerate its loss.
• Fu Zheng brought Chu Zhiyuan two Black Boxes containing secret manuals from the first eight Celestial Inheritances.
• Chu Zhiyuan and Fu Zheng read the Moon Soul Sword Scripture, and Chu Zhiyuan comprehended its mysteries by recognizing the moon as the sun’s reflection.
• Chu Zhiyuan warned Fu Zheng that mastering the Moon Soul Sword Scripture could make her bloodthirsty, but agreed to let her try learning it.
• Chu Zhiyuan transmitted the scripture to Fu Zheng and watched her tremble under its pressure, unsure whether she could withstand it.

Fu Zheng comprehended the Moon Soul Sword Scripture and used it to kill more than a dozen Devil Race experts, while Chu Zhiyuan warned her not to mistake shadow techniques for invincibility. At Chaofeng's annex residence, he learned that no one besides Lu Qingyuan had mastered the Abyssal Fall Sword Art and went to examine a mysterious diagram.

• Fu Zheng comprehended the Moon Soul Sword Scripture, learned to merge with shadows, and demonstrated her still-imperfect concealment to Chu Zhiyuan.
• Fu Zheng went outside the city to practice and later returned after killing more than a dozen Devil Race experts with the new sword technique.
• Chu Zhiyuan cautioned Fu Zheng that treasures could restrain her shadow arts, and she solemnly acknowledged the warning.
• At Chaofeng's annex residence, Zhuang Juyue told Chu Zhiyuan that only Lu Qingyuan had mastered the Abyssal Fall Sword Art, despite the sect members' efforts.
• Chu Zhiyuan asked Lu Qingyuan about a diagram she had failed to comprehend, then followed Zhuang Juyue to the great hall to examine it.

Chu Zhiyuan comprehended the Chaofeng Sword Sect’s mysterious landscape painting and discovered that it depicted a gateway to an unknown place. He warned Zhuang Juyue that the other side was dangerous and urged her not to send anyone through, but the sect faced a choice it could hardly ignore.

• Chu Zhiyuan asked for solitude, and Zhuang Juyue, the four venerables, and the others left him to study the scroll.
• Chu Zhiyuan recognized that the painting’s aura resembled the secret land in the Lesser Beyond the Heavens and focused on the mystery concealed in its dark clouds.
• After a day of comprehension, Chu Zhiyuan summoned Fu Zheng and Lu Qingyuan for food and told them the painting was a gateway to an unknown place.
• Chu Zhiyuan warned Lu Qingyuan that the gateway might lead to a dangerous Cave Heaven or another perilous place, and Lu Qingyuan fetched Zhuang Juyue.
• Chu Zhiyuan cautioned Zhuang Juyue against entering the gateway and warned that an expert beyond it might cross over, but he knew the Chaofeng Sword Sect would not remain calm.

Chu Zhiyuan discovered that the gateway at Chaofeng Villa led to the Demon Realm and warned Zhuang Juyue that sending the Four Sects’ experts through would be extremely dangerous. He showed Lu Qingyuan how to perceive the gateway’s opening method, leaving her with its pattern imprinted in her mind.

• Chu Zhiyuan advised Zhuang Juyue to consult her sect and suggested that the Four Sects join forces if they chose to enter the gateway.
• Chu Zhiyuan returned to Chaofeng Villa and sent a Flying Dagger through a small black gateway, then urgently summoned Zhuang Juyue.
• Chu Zhiyuan told Zhuang Juyue that the gateway led to the Demon Realm, and he, Zhuang Juyue, Lu Qingyuan, and Fu Zheng discussed the risks of entering or allowing Devil Race experts to follow them back.
• Chu Zhiyuan agreed to teach Lu Qingyuan how to open the gateway and tapped her brow, imprinting the gateway’s strange pattern in her mind.