Chapter Summaries

Lu Feng met the White-Haired Man, who revealed his name as Luo Lian and spoke of a coming battle at Buzhou Mountain. Afterward, Luo Lian learned that the Kunlun Mirror was about to emerge and set out to claim it.

• The White-Haired Man compared ordinary cultivators and those with innate Dao bodies to wolves and tigers, then described himself as a hunter.
• The White-Haired Man praised Lu Feng for comprehending the Returning Origin Sword and predicted he would compete at Buzhou Mountain's summit.
• Lu Feng gave the White-Haired Man his real name, and the man introduced himself as Luo Lian before vanishing.
• Luo Lian met White Gold deep within Buzhou Mountain and learned that a treasure was about to emerge at Mirror Fate Mountain.
• Luo Lian declared that he would obtain the Kunlun Mirror and flew toward it with White Gold following.

Lu Feng left Sword Valley after studying the Sword Martial Venerable’s and the Five Sacred Mountains Immortal King’s Sword Intents, then encountered Sun Jiuyang fleeing two Monster Tribe pursuers near the Kunlun Immortal Realm. Sun Jiuyang used news of Lu Feng’s two young mistresses to persuade him to help, and Lu Feng attacked the pursuers.

• Lu Feng considered Luo Lian’s strength, then continued cultivating in Sword Valley and studied the Sword Martial Venerable’s four sword moves and the Five Sacred Mountains Immortal King’s Sword Intent.
• After leaving Sword Valley, Lu Feng traveled toward the Kunlun Immortal Realm and wondered whether the Sword Martial Venerable was the same person as his teacher, the Slovenly Master.
• Lu Feng saw Sun Jiuyang fleeing two Daluo Golden Immortals of the Monster Tribe, who accused him of being the Vast Righteous Qi Sword.
• Sun Jiuyang recognized Lu Feng and asked him to save him, then promised to tell him how his two young mistresses were doing.
• When the Monster Tribe pursuers targeted Lu Feng as Sun Jiuyang’s accomplice, Lu Feng attacked them with Five Qi Dragon Soldiers.

Lu Feng defeated two Daluo Golden Immortal monsters and forced Sun Jiuyang to explain what had happened to his two young ladies. Sun Jiuyang revealed that both had come to the Kunlun Immortal Realm for the Flat Peach Banquet and that the great families were pursuing a marriage alliance with Lu Feng’s Eldest Miss because of the Kun Yuan Sword.

• Lu Feng killed two Daluo Golden Immortal monsters with the Rusty Sword and Five Elements Palm, stunning Sun Jiuyang.
• Sun Jiuyang agreed to tell Lu Feng about his young ladies if Lu Feng took the Rusty Sword to the Sword Martial Venerable for a private appraisal.
• Sun Jiuyang told Lu Feng that neither the Panshen Heavenly Palace nor the White Cloud Sect had pursued his young ladies over past events.
• Sun Jiuyang revealed that both young ladies had come to the Kunlun Immortal Realm for Yaochi’s upcoming Flat Peach Banquet, where the Liu, Zhang, Li, Guo, and Wang Families planned marriage proposals for the Eldest Miss.
• Sun Jiuyang said the families wanted the Kun Yuan Sword rather than the Eldest Miss herself, then asked why the metal-element divine weapon among the Five Divine Swords was split into Qian and Kun.

Sun Jiuyang told Lu Feng his theory that the Kun Yuan Sword contained the Five Sacred Mountains Immortal King's insights into yin and yang, making it a prize the five great clans coveted. Their conversation was interrupted when Monster Tribe forces confronted Sun Jiuyang.

• Sun Jiuyang explained that the Five Sacred Mountains Immortal King forged the Kun Yuan Sword after studying yin and yang beyond the Ninefold Heavenly Realm.
• Sun Jiuyang theorized that the Kun Yuan and Qianyuan Swords were linked to yin and yang, and that the Kun Yuan Sword might contain insights capable of creating another Five Sacred Mountains Immortal King.
• Sun Jiuyang told Lu Feng that the five great clans wanted the Kun Yuan Sword and had likely tried to let Lu Feng's Eldest Miss die so they could claim it.
• Lu Feng asked Sun Jiuyang how he learned the story, and Sun Jiuyang said he had pieced together the most plausible explanation.
• Dozens of Monster Tribe members led by three Daluo Golden Immortals charged at Lu Feng and Sun Jiuyang, calling out to Sun Jiuyang.

Lu Feng and Sun Jiuyang fought off a group of Monster Tribe pursuers, with Lu Feng killing them all after Sun Jiuyang used talismans to split their forces. Sun Jiuyang claimed he had never visited Deadwater, leaving Lu Feng puzzled about why the Dragon Clan had ordered his arrest.

• A group of Monster Tribe cultivators charged at Sun Jiuyang, who said dragon-saliva perfume had exposed his identity.
• Lu Feng killed the lead Daluo Golden Immortal monster and fought the remaining attackers with his Rusty Sword and Sword Scabbard.
• Sun Jiuyang trapped Lu Feng and the monsters in a Heavenly Net, then used a Bag-Dividing Spell to separate the Golden Immortals from the two remaining Daluo Golden Immortals.
• Lu Feng killed the two Daluo Golden Immortals and all the other monsters.
• Sun Jiuyang asked how Lu Feng had become so powerful, and Lu Feng described three years of brutal training by an old man.
• Lu Feng questioned Sun Jiuyang about his trouble with the Dragon Clan, and Sun Jiuyang insisted that he had never been to Deadwater despite being accused of wrongdoing there.

Lu Feng learned that his past actions had caused Sun Jiuyang to be hunted, so he agreed to protect him until the scent marking him faded. They reached Sword City at the foot of Sword Finger Peak, where they planned to wait for the Sword Martial Venerable.

• Lu Feng realized True Dragon Territory had mistaken Sun Jiuyang for him and pursued him because of Lu Feng’s earlier offenses.
• Sun Jiuyang asked Lu Feng to protect him for two more days, offering to help him find Su Yuexin and Su Yuexi, and Lu Feng agreed.
• Lu Feng and Sun Jiuyang traveled toward the Kunlun Immortal Realm, and the scent on Sun Jiuyang faded without further pursuit.
• Lu Feng’s true qi reached the peak Golden Immortal level during the journey.
• Sun Jiuyang explained Sword Finger Peak’s history and said outsiders had to wait in Sword City rather than enter the peak.
• Lu Feng and Sun Jiuyang reached the ancient city at the foot of Sword Finger Peak.

As Sword City filled with cultivators gathering for the Sword Martial Venerable’s Discourse, Lu Feng and Sun Jiuyang tried to disguise themselves before entering. After several mishaps with Sun Jiuyang’s headpieces, they approached the gates, where a massive war chariot suddenly charged toward them.

• Lu Feng worried that Ao Wuming and the others would come to Sword City, and Sun Jiuyang pointed out that few cultivators would miss the century’s opportunity.
• Sun Jiuyang gave Lu Feng a headpiece that made him resemble a male organ, then another that made him look like Liu Xiaofei.
• Lu Feng accused Sun Jiuyang of impersonating Flower Butterfly and kept a headpiece, then put on one that changed him into an unremarkable middle-aged man.
• Sun Jiuyang explained that a Phantom Spirit Mask could let its wearer assume any appearance, unlike his headpieces, which each provided only one disguise.
• Lu Feng and Sun Jiuyang headed through the city gates, but a massive war chariot rumbled toward them from behind.

The arrival of Heavenly God Palace’s Ao Wuming and Shi Ziye at Sword City sparked a confrontation with Leng Chunqiu of the Sword-Washing Pool. As Shi Ziye traded insults with Leng Chunqiu, Kuang Tianhao appeared asking for a fight, and Lu Feng suspected he belonged to the Witch Clan.

• Cultivators at Sword City discussed the Heavenly God Palace’s Martial Step Chariot and rumors that Lu Feng was a five elements Dao Body.
• Ao Wuming and Shi Ziye arrived in the chariot, and Ao Wuming warned Shi Ziye not to disrespect Sword Martial Venerable.
• Shi Ziye defended his arrival and provoked the city guards, prompting Leng Chunqiu to criticize his lack of manners.
• Leng Chunqiu challenged Shi Ziye to fight another time, while Ao Wuming again cautioned Shi Ziye against going too far.
• Kuang Tianhao charged toward the gates asking who wanted to fight, and Lu Feng suspected the enormous man was from the Witch Clan.

Lu Feng witnessed powerful Dao-body contenders gather ahead of Senior Sword Martial Venerable’s discourse, as old rivalries flared and a fight was postponed until the Flat Peach Banquet. The Five Divine Swords and the Twin Dao Bodies entered the city after trading provocations, while Lu Feng wondered whether Su Yuexin had also arrived.

• Kuang Tianhao arrived and challenged the gathered contenders, but Leng Chunqiu deferred their fight until the Flat Peach Banquet in six months.
• The Five Divine Swords arrived with their Sub-Sage Divine Weapons, and onlookers discussed their alliance and rumors that they had lost to someone with the Five Elements Dao Body.
• Lu Feng wondered why the Kun Yuan Sword’s master had not appeared and whether Su Yuexin had come to the Kunlun Immortal Realm.
• The Twin Dao Bodies provoked the Five Divine Swords, and Li Changmei insulted the Darkness Dao Body in response.
• Liu Ziqian led the Five Divine Swords into the city, the Twin Dao Bodies followed, and Lu Feng and Sun Jiuyang entered afterward.

As the Sword Martial Venerable's Discourse drew near, Lu Feng and Sun Jiuyang watched innate Dao body bearers gather in Sword City and noticed Ao Wuming, the bearer of the sword spirit Dao body, and the bearer of the martial god Dao body secretly disguise themselves. Suspecting they had reserved an empty room at their inn to discuss something important, Lu Feng planted Sun Jiuyang's Thousand-Mile Sound Transmission Talisman there and hurried back to his room.

• Sun Jiuyang complained about the innate Dao body bearers showing off, while Lu Feng reflected on the deadly competition for the Supreme position.
• Sun Jiuyang recognized the disguised Ao Wuming, and Lu Feng confirmed his identity using the Mystic Origin Bright Dao Eye.
• Sun Jiuyang spotted the disguised bearer of the sword spirit Dao body and the bearer of the martial god Dao body, and the three went to Lu Feng's inn.
• Lu Feng discovered that a spacious room on the top floor was unoccupied and suspected the three had reserved it.
• Sun Jiuyang gave Lu Feng a Thousand-Mile Sound Transmission Talisman, and Lu Feng planted it on a wooden table in the room before returning to his own.

Lu Feng and Sun Jiuyang used a powerful talisman to spy on a secret meeting of several Dao body wielders. The meeting began with Kuang Tianhao asking whether someone with the five elements Dao body had appeared in the Five Sacred Mountains Divine Continent, leaving Lu Feng eager to hear what they would say about him.

• Sun Jiuyang activated a Thousand-Mile Sound Transmission Talisman that let Lu Feng watch the room upstairs, and he explained how Lewd Butterfly had used such talismans to spy on women.
• Ao Wuming, Shi Ziye, Leng Chunqiu, Kuang Tianhao, the twin Dao bodies from Qiankun Cave, and the Five Divine Swords entered the room in disguise.
• Ao Wuming placed an Isolation Talisman on the wall, but Sun Jiuyang assured Lu Feng that his master's talisman could still capture the meeting.
• Ao Wuming explained that he had gathered everyone to talk privately, and Kuang Tianhao immediately asked whether someone with the five elements Dao body had appeared in the Five Sacred Mountains Divine Continent.

Lu Feng and Sun Jiuyang listened as the gathered dao-body experts debated whether Lu Feng had a five elements dao body and how he had acquired his powers. The discussion ended with the revelation that five of them had joined forces against him and still lost.

• Ao Wuming said Lu Feng likely had a five elements dao body if he had survived, while Li Changmei and others questioned how he could have learned the techniques he used.
• Li Changmei challenged the man with the darkness dao body, but Ao Wuming and Kuang Tianhao stopped their argument.
• Guo Dingshan and Liu Ziqian shared details about Lu Feng's rapid cultivation and his former acquaintance Zheng Guobang, while Lu Feng recognized that Zheng Guobang had exposed his past.
• The experts speculated that an unknown master had taught Lu Feng, but Ao Wuming said his pursuers had found only battle traces near the coast.
• Sun Jiuyang asked Lu Feng whether he had a five elements dao body, and Lu Feng denied it before asking how strong the experts' opponent had been.
• The man with the darkness dao body revealed that all five experts had joined forces against Lu Feng and lost.

Ao Wuming urged the strongest innate Dao bodies to unite against the Monster Tribe, Demon Race, and Witch Clan rather than repeat the Immortal Race’s destructive infighting. The group agreed to coexist peacefully, but Leng Chunqiu ended the meeting by demanding they lure out and kill the missing five elements Dao body.

• After learning that the five elements Dao body had defeated the Five Divine Swords, Leng Chunqiu and Kuang Tianhao recognized him as a serious threat.
• Ao Wuming proposed that the innate Dao bodies form an alliance and avoid wasting their strength fighting one another before facing their common enemies.
• The man with the light Dao body, his brother with the darkness Dao body, the Five Divine Swords, Leng Chunqiu, and Kuang Tianhao agreed to Ao Wuming’s proposal.
• Sun Jiuyang told Lu Feng that the brothers’ blood ties gave them an advantage over any alliance among the other Dao bodies.
• Leng Chunqiu accused Shi Ziye of provoking trouble, and Shi Ziye dismissed his warning.
• Leng Chunqiu called for the group to find and kill the five elements Dao body before he grew stronger.

The alliance of Innate Dao Bodies planned to lure out and kill Lu Feng before he grew stronger, while Ao Wuming refused to join because he had promised to fight Lu Feng fairly. Lu Feng learned that the conspirators might target Su Yuexin and paid Sun Jiuyang to restore the jade basin’s images and voices.

• Leng Chunqiu proposed that the alliance find and kill the Five Elements Dao Body, and the others agreed to devise a way to lure Lu Feng out.
• Ao Wuming refused to take part in the plot because he had promised Lu Feng a fair fight and would not break his word out of fear.
• Shi Ziye and Liu Ziqian discussed how Lu Feng was cautious and would be difficult to draw out.
• Sun Jiuyang stopped the jade basin’s images and demanded five hundred immortal crystal stones from Lu Feng to restore them.
• Sun Jiuyang suggested that the alliance could target Su Yuexin to force Lu Feng to appear, and Lu Feng agreed to pay him.
• Lu Feng returned the items he had stolen from Sun Jiuyang, who restored the jade basin’s images and voices.

The Five Divine Swords debated how to lure out Lu Feng and considered using Su Yuexin as bait during the Flat Peach Banquet. Liu Ziqian opposed endangering his betrothed, but the light Dao body proposed staging a threat to her without harming her.

• Li Changmei revealed Zheng Guobang's plan to endanger Su Yuexin so Lu Feng would come to her rescue.
• Shi Ziye supported targeting Su Yuexin during the Flat Peach Banquet's melee, while Liu Ziqian objected because she was to become his wife.
• Li Changmei confirmed that Su Yuexin's master had agreed to the marriage, though Su Yuexin herself had not been told.
• The light Dao body argued that Su Yuexin might reject the marriage and proposed that the group pretend to threaten her during the fighting to draw out Lu Feng.

The Light Dao Body persuaded Liu Ziqian to help lure Lu Feng out by putting Su Yuexin in danger, while promising not to truly harm her. After Liu Ziqian left, the Light Dao Body revealed that the group planned to kill Su Yuexin and seize the Kun Yuan Sword regardless, and suggested using the Second Miss to threaten Lu Feng.

• The Light Dao Body convinced Liu Ziqian that Su Yuexin would be kept alive and that he could pose as her rescuer if Lu Feng did not appear.
• Liu Ziqian accepted the plan on the condition that Su Yuexin face no real danger, then left with the other Four Divine Swords.
• The Light Dao Body explained that Liu Ziqian sought the Kun Yuan Sword for its possible secrets about yin and yang, which the Five Sacred Mountains Immortal King had studied.
• After Liu Ziqian departed, the Light Dao Body told the group to turn their staged danger into a real attack, kill Su Yuexin, and seize the Kun Yuan Sword.
• When Shi Ziye worried that Lu Feng might retaliate, the Light Dao Body said they could use the Second Miss instead.

Lu Feng and Sun Jiuyang overheard the Light Dao Body’s plan to use Su Yuexin and Su Yuexi to force Lu Feng into revealing himself at Yaochi. Sun Jiuyang could not promise a solution, but agreed to accompany Lu Feng after the Sword Martial Venerable’s discourse, leaving Lu Feng still anxious as dawn arrived.

• Ao Wuming left the meeting in disappointment after the others accepted the Light Dao Body’s proposal to target the Five Divine Swords.
• Lu Feng and Sun Jiuyang overheard the alliance members discuss their plans and committed the details to memory.
• Sun Jiuyang explained that the plan could draw in most of the Kunlun Immortal Realm’s factions and admitted he could not stop it.
• Lu Feng asked Sun Jiuyang for help, and Sun Jiuyang promised to travel with him to Yaochi after the discourse.
• Sun Jiuyang urged Lu Feng to follow his heart and face the danger, and Lu Feng accepted his advice.
• Lu Feng spent the night worrying, and dawn broke as Sword City prepared for the Sword Martial Venerable’s discourse.

Lu Feng attended the Sword Martial Venerable’s discourse, hoping the revered swordsman might be his master, but discovered he was someone else. Unable to follow the profound teachings, Lu Feng asked for pictures, and the Sword Martial Venerable agreed to consider the request.

• Lu Feng and Sun Jiuyang entered the crowded valley where the Sword Martial Venerable gave his discourse, and Lu Feng found a place to sit.
• The Sword Martial Venerable arrived, and Lu Feng used the Mystic Origin Bright Dao Eye to recognize his immense cultivation but realized he was not his Slovenly Master.
• The Sword Martial Venerable began explaining his insights into the Dao, and Lu Feng struggled to understand or remember the teachings.
• After the discourse ended, Sun Jiuyang asked the Sword Martial Venerable to explain the teachings more simply, but he declined to avoid imprinting his own Dao on others.
• Lu Feng asked whether the Sword Martial Venerable could illustrate the teachings with pictures, and the Venerable nodded after considering it.

The Sword Martial Venerable manifested his insights into the sword, helping Lu Feng glimpse the true Returning Origin Sword. He then answered Ao Wuming’s question about the Dao by showing how people understood the same circle in different ways.

• The Sword Martial Venerable manifested scenes of the natural world through motes of light, and the cultivators watched and sought insight.
• Lu Feng connected the scenes to the Sword Martial Venerable’s four sword moves of birth, flourishing, withering, and death, and perceived the true Returning Origin Sword.
• The Sword Martial Venerable ended the lecture and invited questions, and Ao Wuming asked what the Dao was.
• The Sword Martial Venerable drew a circle and asked several cultivators what they saw; Ao Wuming called it the Sun Star, Leng Chunqiu called it the Taiyin Star, and Lu Feng called it a circle.
• The Sword Martial Venerable explained that the Dao encompassed the world and that people understood the same thing differently according to their perspectives.

Sword Martial Venerable answered questions about his past, the previous era’s cultivation through dao patterns, and the origins and strengths of innate dao bodies. He left Ao Wuming’s question about which dao patterns were strongest unanswered.

• Kuang Tianhao asked whether Sword Martial Venerable had lived in Pangu’s era, and Sword Martial Venerable confirmed they had been contemporaries and had once been enemies before becoming friends.
• Sword Martial Venerable explained that he had fallen in battle against a time-manipulating enemy and that he did not know whether Pangu had used Prove Dao by Force to create the world.
• Sword Martial Venerable described dao patterns as the previous era’s cultivation method and compared its difficulty and advantages with the current method.
• Sword Martial Venerable explained that dao patterns had merged into the world and into the innate dao bodies of those born attuned to them, while stressing that innate advantages did not guarantee victory.
• Sword Martial Venerable confirmed that Fusang Daoist came from the previous era and had defeated the fire-spirit Dao body through his deep understanding of fire dao patterns.
• Ao Wuming asked whether every dao pattern produced a corresponding innate dao body and which dao patterns were strongest.