Chapter Summaries

Ouyang went to Azure Cloud Peak to seek Sect Master Dongxu Zi’s guidance on defeating the divine souls of Soul Departure cultivators. Chen Changsheng, Leng Qingsong, and Bai Feiyu secretly followed him, and the four reached the mountain gate after Ouyang forced his way through.

• Ouyang told Chen Changsheng he was going to a Dao lecture, prompting Chen Changsheng, Leng Qingsong, and Bai Feiyu to suspect he was hiding trouble and decide to follow him.
• Chen Changsheng concealed the trio’s auras with a talisman, while Xiao Feng stayed behind to look after Little Junior Sister.
• Ouyang headed for Azure Cloud Peak, hoping Sect Master Dongxu Zi could teach him secret arts for dealing with divine souls.
• At the gate, Ouyang slapped a stone lion, climbed over the railing, and made the lion carry him toward the summit.
• The other stone lion detected the disguised trio and tried to stop them, but Leng Qingsong, Bai Feiyu, and Chen Changsheng each slapped him before following Ouyang.

Ouyang arrived late to Dongxu Zi’s Dao lecture on Stone Lion’s back, disrupted the gathering, and joined the Punishment Peak disciples. As Dongxu Zi began teaching, Ouyang fell asleep before the lecture had properly started.

• Dongxu Zi appeared on Azure Cloud Peak and began preparing to lecture the assembled Inner Disciples.
• Stone Lion loudly announced Ouyang’s arrival and carried him into the square, drawing everyone’s attention.
• Ouyang kicked Stone Lion, gave him a strand of true qi, and sent him away before looking for a seat.
• Ouyang joined the Punishment Peak disciples, chatting with them until Dongxu Zi called for silence.
• Dongxu Zi began lecturing about cultivation techniques and the Dao, but Ouyang fell asleep and started snoring.

Ouyang fell asleep during Dongxu Zi’s Dao lecture, and his snores caused the Sect Master to fall asleep too. After the lecture ended in chaos, Dongxu Zi kept Ouyang behind and challenged him to a fight, while Ouyang felt energized from studying.

• Ouyang’s loud snoring disrupted Dongxu Zi’s lecture, and Dongxu Zi’s increasingly abstruse Dao Sounds eventually made him fall asleep.
• Veteran disciples recorded the familiar spectacle and cheered Ouyang as the Sect Master Nemesis while younger disciples watched in confusion.
• Bai Feiyu sensed the Dao Resonance of his previous life heading toward the Azure Cloud Sect and stayed with Chen Changsheng and Leng Qingsong to wait for Ouyang.
• A female cultivator silenced the square and struck the Drum Tower bell, waking Dongxu Zi and Ouyang and bringing the lecture to an end.
• Dongxu Zi kept Ouyang behind and angrily challenged him to a one-on-one fight, while Ouyang felt fulfilled after studying.

Dongxu Zi gathered Ouyang, Leng Qingsong, Chen Changsheng, and Bai Feiyu to explain the Immortal Secret Realm their master had brought into the sky. He revealed that the realm belonged to Bai Feiyu’s past life, the Ancient Sword Immortal Li Taibai, and began describing how Li Taibai ended the age of the Immortals.

• Dongxu Zi summoned Ouyang and the three junior disciples, then led them into the Main Hall to offer incense.
• Dongxu Zi told the four that their master had asked him to share secrets about the Immortal Secret Realm hanging in the sky.
• Dongxu Zi revealed that the Secret Realm had been left by Li Taibai, the only Sword Immortal of the Elder Ancient Era.
• Ouyang realized the Secret Realm was Bai Feiyu’s grave from his previous life, while Bai Feiyu recognized it as a Minor World he had created.
• Dongxu Zi explained that Immortals once watched the world from the heavens, until Li Taibai began slaying them and ended their existence in the Mortal World.

Dongxu Zi told Chen Changsheng and the others how Sword Immortal Li Taibai had destroyed the Immortal Gate and ended the ancient Immortal Era, prompting a debate over whether he was a Sword Immortal or a Sword Demon. The group supported Li Taibai, and Dongxu Zi revealed that a secret realm in the sky had drawn the attention of powerful outsiders, leaving Ouyang ready to face them.

• Dongxu Zi explained that Li Taibai had repeatedly approached the Immortal Gate, slain Immortals, and destroyed the gate, ending the ancient Immortal Era.
• Dongxu Zi asked whether Li Taibai was a Sword Immortal or a Sword Demon, and Chen Changsheng, Leng Qingsong, and Ouyang defended his actions and stood with Bai Feiyu.
• Bai Feiyu reflected on how alone he had been in his previous life and felt comforted by his three senior brothers' support.
• Chen Changsheng, Ouyang, and Bai Feiyu said they would not enter the secret realm, while Leng Qingsong chose to go and comprehend the Sword Dao.
• Dongxu Zi revealed that the secret realm was visible in the sky and that the Sword Sect and others were coming to seek its secret treasure; Ouyang welcomed their arrival.

Ouyang and Dongxu Zi discussed the dangers of the Immortal Secret Realm, but Bai Feiyu refused to join the expedition because he wanted to avoid his past life. Their discussion was interrupted when a sword cultivator arrived and invited three of the disciples to join the Sword Sect.

• Dongxu Zi warned Ouyang that cultivators from across the world would compete for opportunities in the Immortal Secret Realm, where strength alone would not guarantee success.
• Ouyang said he would take Leng Qingsong, Chen Changsheng, and Xiao Bai to the Secret Realm, but Bai Feiyu firmly refused to go.
• Ouyang accepted Bai Feiyu's decision, and Bai Feiyu explained that he did not want to confront the legacy of his previous life.
• A powerful sword cultivator shattered the Main Hall doors and called out Dongxu Zi.
• The sword cultivator offered to take three of the young disciples as direct disciples at the Sword Sect.

Sword Sect Master Tai'a tried to recruit Leng Qingsong, Bai Feiyu, and Chen Changsheng by touting the Sword Sect and claiming its ancestor was the immortal in the secret realm. His proof, a page of the immortal Li Taibai’s diary, embarrassed Bai Feiyu and left everyone judging the handwriting.

• Tai'a mistook Ouyang’s response for an answer to his recruitment offer, insulted Ouyang’s aptitude, and offered to take Leng Qingsong, Bai Feiyu, and Chen Changsheng as his direct disciples.
• Chen Changsheng recalled that Bai Feiyu had been a Sword Sect genius in his previous life and decided he cherished his current life on Little Mountain Peak too much to let him leave.
• Tai'a stopped Ouyang and argued that the Sword Sect’s mastery of the Sword Dao and its ancient sword legacies could offer what the Azure Cloud Sect could not.
• Tai'a claimed the secret realm’s immortal was the Sword Sect’s forefather and presented a diary page he identified as Li Taibai’s Immortal’s Notes.
• Tai'a recited Bai Feiyu’s embarrassing writing aloud, leaving Bai Feiyu furious while Ouyang struggled not to laugh.
• Tai'a declared that the diary page was the immortal relic needed to open the secret realm, and everyone in the hall thought its handwriting was terrible.

Tai'a visited the Azure Cloud Sect to discuss the Immortal Secret Realm and tried to recruit Leng Qingsong and Bai Feiyu into the Sword Sect. He left with Ouyang's picture book, and admitted that his sect badly needed a successor.

• Tai'a showed off an Ancient Sword Immortal's calligraphy and revealed that the Immortal Secret Realm held his forefather's Immortal-Slaying Secret Treasure and sword dao inheritance.
• Tai'a offered Leng Qingsong the inheritance and his Sword Immortal Diaries if he joined the Sword Sect, but Leng Qingsong refused to leave Little Mountain Peak.
• Ouyang tricked Tai'a into taking his picture book, and Tai'a praised him before sending Ouyang and the others outside the hall.
• Tai'a told Dongxu Zi that Bai Feiyu and Leng Qingsong were destined to join the Sword Sect, but Dongxu Zi said they belonged to Hu Yun.
• Tai'a explained that the Sword Sect had not produced a successor in a long time, and that even he was not one.

Ouyang led Leng Qingsong, Chen Changsheng, and Bai Feiyu to Pill Peak to borrow spirit herbs for Tutu’s medicinal bath, but the peak’s disciples panicked at his arrival. Danyuan Zi confronted Ouyang and demanded the return of the hundred thousand Foundation Establishment Pills he had stolen.

• Ouyang decided to visit Pill Peak for medicinal ingredients, despite Chen Changsheng reminding him that Ouyang was banned from entering.
• Leng Qingsong enlarged his sword and carried the group to Pill Peak, where he destroyed a sign forbidding Ouyang and dogs from entering.
• The gate guard recognized Ouyang and raised the alarm, sending Pill Peak into a frantic effort to hide its herbs and elixirs.
• Ouyang explained that he had borrowed supplies for Little Mountain Peak, and Leng Qingsong, Chen Changsheng, and Bai Feiyu felt ashamed for doubting his sacrifices.
• Bai Feiyu and Leng Qingsong condemned Pill Peak for insulting Ouyang, while Chen Changsheng searched inside his sleeve.
• Danyuan Zi arrived on an alchemy furnace, confronted Ouyang, and demanded that he return the hundred thousand Foundation Establishment Pills he had stolen.

Ouyang faced Danyuan Zi after consuming Pill Peak’s entire stock of one hundred thousand Foundation Establishment Elixirs, then blamed Chen Changsheng’s puppet needs and invoked the Holy Son’s authority to make the Sect Master pay. Danyuan Zi took Ouyang to demand an explanation, while Chen Changsheng was held in place as Ouyang’s excuse.

• Danyuan Zi confronted Ouyang over eating Pill Peak’s hundred thousand Foundation Establishment Elixirs, which had taken the entire peak more than a dozen sleepless nights to replace.
• Ouyang recalled that Danyuan Zi had given him the storehouse key after he brought picture albums, and that the elixirs had failed to help him break through.
• Danyuan Zi grabbed Ouyang and set off to see the Sect Master, while Leng Qingsong and the other two initially refused to help Ouyang.
• Ouyang pointed to Chen Changsheng and claimed the elixirs were needed to supply his hundreds of puppets, as Bai Feiyu and Leng Qingsong held Chen in place.
• Ouyang declared that the Sect Master should pay because using the Holy Son’s resources was the same as using the Sect Master’s, and Dongxu Zi sneezed in the Main Hall.

Ouyang brought Chen Changsheng to Pill Peak to obtain spirit herbs, using the Holy Son’s prestige and a forged story about defeating a Devil Race remnant. He left with gifts and supplies after striking a deal with Danyuan Zi, while Chen Changsheng was forced to sign an IOU in Dongxu Zi’s name.

• Chen Changsheng backed Ouyang’s claim that Pill Peak had helped defeat a Devil Race remnant, earning Danyuan Zi and the gathered disciples’ goodwill.
• Ouyang accepted ten Dao Enlightenment Pills from Danyuan Zi and presented him with a list of medicinal ingredients needed for Spirit Pet Breakthrough Pills.
• Danyuan Zi agreed to provide the ingredients after Ouyang offered him a new batch of picture books and bargained over the quantities and reimbursement.
• Ouyang and Danyuan Zi sealed a deal that included registering Ouyang’s junior brother at Pill Peak and declaring Pill Peak and Little Mountain Peak brother peaks.
• Pill Peak disciples loaded Leng Qingsong and Bai Feiyu with medicinal ingredients, and Chen Changsheng shakily wrote Dongxu Zi’s name on the IOU.

Ouyang prepared a medicinal bath to help Hu Tutu cultivate, while Chen Changsheng sought forgiveness from Hu Yan for wronging her. Hu Tutu entered the iron pot believing it was a body-tempering bath, and Chen Changsheng left his apology unsaid as he reassured her that he liked her best.

• Ouyang admitted he had forgotten to ask the Sect Master for high-end spell arts, while Chen Changsheng concealed that he and the others had followed him to the discourse.
• Chen Changsheng apologized to Hu Yan, who lectured him about avoiding quick success, while Chen secretly kept some of the fox’s hairs.
• Ouyang and Chen Changsheng added spirit herbs to a boiling pot, and Hu Yan dropped in a trace of his essence blood.
• Hu Tutu and Xiao Feng returned from the Forbidden Land, and Hu Tutu mistook the medicinal fragrance for food.
• Ouyang told Chen Changsheng to throw Hu Tutu into the pot, then explained that the pot held a medicinal bath to temper her body.
• Hu Tutu said she liked Chen Changsheng best, and he replied that he liked her best too, leaving his intended apology unspoken.

Hu Tutu endured a four-hour medicinal bath while Chen Changsheng pushed her to train, and Xiao Feng drank the leftover liquid. Later, Bai Feiyu visited Leng Qingsong to warn him away from a disastrous sword path, only to learn that Leng Qingsong's life-bound sword had already broken.

• Chen Changsheng made Hu Tutu stay in the medicinal bath for four hours to help her improve, then carried her back to her room.
• Chen Changsheng told Xiao Feng to drink the medicinal liquid, and Xiao Feng gulped it down after wondering whether he was drinking Hu Tutu's bathwater.
• Bai Feiyu visited Leng Qingsong late at night and said he could not go to the Immortal Secret Realm because of his own difficulties.
• Bai Feiyu asked whether Leng Qingsong had attained a flawless sword heart, and Leng Qingsong confirmed that he had.
• Bai Feiyu warned Leng Qingsong that his sword might break, but Leng Qingsong replied that it already had, leaving Bai Feiyu stunned.

Bai Feiyu discovered that Leng Qingsong had survived the breaking of his Life-Bound Sword and struggled to understand why he trusted Hu Yun despite the cost. Remembering how his own broken sword had once been reforged, Bai Feiyu questioned Leng Qingsong about the Dao, and Leng Qingsong declared that he would not pursue a Dao that demanded unbearable sacrifice.

• Bai Feiyu examined Leng Qingsong's Dantian and found his broken Life-Bound Sword still held pure sword intent.
• Leng Qingsong said Hu Yun had broken the sword and insisted that he trusted his master.
• Bai Feiyu remembered that a blue-green-robed figure had reforged his own Life-Bound Sword after it broke, before he became a Sword Immortal.
• Bai Feiyu asked what Leng Qingsong would do if his Dao forced him to make a choice that caused him the greatest pain.
• Leng Qingsong answered that if the Dao demanded such a choice, it was the wrong Dao, and said he would let the Dao seek him instead.

Bai Feiyu advanced directly to the nascent soul realm and demanded to join Leng Qingsong in the Immortal Secret Realm, but Leng Qingsong refused. After Bai Feiyu challenged him, the two prepared to fight on Little Mountain Peak.

• Bai Feiyu decided to accompany Leng Qingsong to the Immortal Secret Realm, but Leng Qingsong said he was too weak to go.
• Bai Feiyu's cultivation surged from the third core formation realm to the ninth level, and he formed a nascent soul without a Life-Bound Sword.
• Chen Changsheng took advantage of Bai Feiyu's breakthrough to reach the nascent soul realm himself, forming a strange three-headed, six-armed nascent soul.
• The Three-Three Lightning Tribulation's clouds gathered and vanished after two rumbles of thunder.
• Bai Feiyu asked to go to the Immortal Secret Realm again, but Leng Qingsong refused, so Bai Feiyu challenged him to a fight and blew off his newly repaired roof.

Hu Tutu woke refreshed, but Ouyang made her start cultivation lessons instead of playing. As Hu Yan taught through Ouyang, Ouyang used the bound fox as a demonstration, leaving Hu Yan worried that his identity would be exposed.

• Ouyang scolded Leng Qingsong and Bai Feiyu for damaging the roofs during their sparring and made them repair them before eating.
• Hu Tutu stayed with Ouyang instead of going to the Forbidden Land with Xiao Feng, and Hu Yan told Ouyang to teach her the Spirit Fox Cultivation Method.
• Ouyang caught Hu Tutu when she tried to avoid studying and began explaining how humans and demons cultivated differently.
• Ouyang tied Hu Yan to a tree and used him as an example for Hu Tutu's lesson, while Hu Yan feared his identity as an Eight-Tailed Demon Fox would be revealed.

Ouyang’s attempt to teach Hu Tutu about cultivation ended with both of them falling asleep while Hu Yan remained tied to a tree. When the Azure Cloud Sect’s Recruitment Bell rang again, Ouyang led his companions to Azure Cloud Peak, where the smaller Stone Lion greeted him by licking his shoes.

• Hu Yan had Ouyang teach Hu Tutu about cultivation, but Ouyang fell asleep before finishing, and Hu Tutu soon fell asleep too.
• Hu Yan called Chen Changsheng for help, but Chen Changsheng explained that Ouyang could neither listen to nor give lectures on the Dao and returned to preparing Hu Tutu’s medicinal bath.
• The Recruitment Bell woke Ouyang and Hu Tutu near noon, and Ouyang freed Hu Yan from the strange rope.
• Ouyang decided to go to Azure Cloud Peak, bringing Leng Qingsong, Bai Feiyu, and Hu Tutu after leaving a note for Number Six.
• The smaller Stone Lion recognized Ouyang at the mountain gate, transformed into a little lion, and eagerly licked his shoes.

Ouyang led Little Mountain Peak up Azure Cloud Peak, where Dongxu Zi announced that Ouyang, Chen Changsheng, and Leng Qingsong would enter the Immortal Secret Realm with the Sword Sect and Rogue Cultivators. The other disciples erupted in protest, and Tai'a silenced them with his sword intent before declaring they were not worthy of an explanation.

• Ouyang kicked Stone Lion, then restored his strength with true qi, and led Little Mountain Peak up the mountain.
• Ouyang greeted old acquaintances along the way, while Chen Changsheng captured and prepared an immortal crane for the group to eat.
• Dongxu Zi announced that Chen Changsheng, Ouyang, and Leng Qingsong would represent the Azure Cloud Sect in the Immortal Secret Realm.
• The disciples and Peak Masters protested the decision, questioning why they were excluded while Rogue Cultivators could enter.
• Tai'a overwhelmed the gathering with sword intent and declared that the protesting disciples were not worthy of an explanation.

Tai'a provoked the Azure Cloud Sect with his overwhelming sword intent and revealed an Immortal's diary as proof that the secret realm belonged to the Sword Sect. When Questioning Sword Peak challenged the selection of candidates, Ouyang asked for another place for Little Mountain Peak.

• Tai'a crushed the Azure Cloud Sect disciples with his sword intent and challenged them to fight him.
• Tai'a displayed a diary attributed to the Ancient Sword Immortal Li Taibai, revealing the method to open the secret realm and asserting the Sword Sect's claim to it.
• Chunyang Zi objected that no place had gone to Questioning Sword Peak, and Dongxu Zi said Chen Changsheng had selected the candidates.
• Questioning Sword Peak disciples confronted Ouyang's group and demanded justice from the Holy Son.
• Ouyang asked Dongxu Zi to rescind the decree, then requested that Tai'a add a fifth place for Little Mountain Peak.

Ouyang asked the Sword Sect Master to grant Little Mountain Peak a fourth spot for Bai Feiyu, provoking Zhou Sheng of Questioning Sword Peak. When Zhou Sheng tried to claim that spot for his own peak, Bai Feiyu revealed his sword control and confronted him.

• Ouyang asked the Sword Sect Master to make an exception and give Little Mountain Peak another spot for Bai Feiyu.
• Zhou Sheng recalled Ouyang's old attack on Questioning Sword Peak's toilets and demanded that his peak receive a spot.
• Ouyang told Zhou Sheng to negotiate with someone else, but Zhou Sheng decided to target Bai Feiyu rather than challenge Chen Changsheng or Leng Qingsong.
• Zhou Sheng demanded that Bai Feiyu give his place to Questioning Sword Peak, and Bai Feiyu's expression darkened.
• Bai Feiyu made the longswords on Azure Cloud Peak hum and turn toward their owners, then confronted Zhou Sheng and asked who else had a problem with him going to the Immortal Secret Realm.