Chapter Summaries

Bai Feiyu overwhelmed Zhou Sheng and the Questioning Sword Peak disciples by controlling their swords, then defeated Zhou Sheng with his scabbard. He stood before the remaining disciples and asked who would challenge him next.

• Bai Feiyu made the Questioning Sword Peak disciples’ swords fly from their sheaths and point at their owners, astonishing the crowd and Tai'a.
• Dongxu Zi considered Bai Feiyu a strong candidate to succeed him as Sect Master.
• Chunyang Zi calmed the Questioning Sword Peak disciples, and Zhou Sheng seized his sword and challenged Bai Feiyu.
• Bai Feiyu commanded the swords to return to their sheaths and told Zhou Sheng he was not worthy of making him draw his sword.
• Zhou Sheng attacked, but Bai Feiyu struck his wrist and dantian with his scabbard, knocking him unconscious instantly.
• Bai Feiyu faced the remaining Questioning Sword Peak disciples and asked who was next.

Bai Feiyu’s victory ended the dispute over the sect’s list, and Tai’a revealed that the Immortal Secret Realm held Sword Immortal Li Taibai’s inheritance. The group learned that Leng Qingsong would have to comprehend Tai’a’s Immortal’s notes to open the realm, while Dongxu Zi confronted Ouyang about an IOU written in his name.

• Chunyang Zi accepted Bai Feiyu’s list and rebuked Questioning Sword Peak’s disciples, who apologized to Bai Feiyu.
• Dongxu Zi ended the gathering, and Tai’a tried to recruit Bai Feiyu into the Sword Sect.
• Tai’a told Ouyang that the Immortal Secret Realm was meant to find a successor for Sword Immortal Li Taibai and that the Sword Sect expected the inheritor to join it.
• Dongxu Zi explained that Azure Cloud Sect had received four places and that inheriting the legacy would not necessarily require joining the Sword Sect.
• Tai’a gave Leng Qingsong the Immortal’s notes and said the group would travel to Sword-Forging City the next day to open the realm.
• Dongxu Zi stopped Ouyang and asked whether he knew about an IOU written in Dongxu Zi’s name.

Ouyang and the others discussed the newly opened Immortal Secret Realm, and Chen Changsheng explained that it likely contained trials to choose an inheritor. Chen Changsheng recalled that Leng Qingsong had once inherited the Sword Immortal Li Taibai's legacy and become an Immortal, but the realm had opened ten years early, leaving the future uncertain.

• Ouyang asked Bai Feiyu whether an old beggar had told him about the Immortal Secret Realm, but Bai Feiyu denied knowing anything about it.
• Chen Changsheng claimed an old beggar had told him about the realm and explained that Immortal Secret Realms were small worlds created by ancient powers and filled with treasures.
• Chen Changsheng reasoned that the realm likely contained trials to select an inheritor, though he admitted he did not know what they were.
• Chen Changsheng realized the realm had opened nearly ten years earlier than in his memories and wondered whether Leng Qingsong's joining the Azure Cloud Sect had changed the timeline.
• Chen Changsheng recalled that Leng Qingsong had emerged as the realm's sole survivor, inherited Li Taibai's legacy, and become the world's first Immortal.

Ouyang revealed to Dongxu Zi that Ling Feng had been connected to a man named Lin Feng, prompting the Sect Master to summon Ling Feng for questioning. Ling Feng claimed Lin Feng was the Heart Demon he had severed, and Dongxu Zi recognized the explanation as compatible with the Three Corpses Severing Method.

• Dongxu Zi sent word that Tai'a would take Ouyang and the others to Sword-Forging City in three days.
• Ouyang told Dongxu Zi that the Lin Feng he had encountered resembled the Devil Race Sacred Son, and Dongxu Zi summoned Ling Feng from the Forbidden Land.
• Dongxu Zi confronted Ling Feng about Lin Feng, and Ling Feng admitted they were connected but denied any ties to the Devil Race.
• Ling Feng said Lin Feng was the manifestation of the Heart Demon he had severed, a former self burdened by insecurity and concern for others' opinions.
• Dongxu Zi sensed no flaw in Ling Feng's Divine Soul and recognized his explanation as a path akin to the Three Corpses Severing Method.

Ling Feng convinced Ouyang and Dongxu Zi that Lin Feng was the heart demon he had severed, then swore to destroy him within ten years. Dongxu Zi sent Ling Feng back to contemplate the Dao and asked Ouyang to spare him if he ever chose to kill him.

• Ouyang questioned Ling Feng about Lin Feng's resemblance to Zu Yuan and his ties to the Devil Race, and Ling Feng said he did not know what happened after his heart demon left Zu Yuan's grave.
• Dongxu Zi confirmed that Ling Feng's divine soul matched his body and that severing a heart demon could explain his transformation.
• Ouyang apologized for doubting Ling Feng, but suggested that Ling Feng eliminate Lin Feng's escaped divine soul; Dongxu Zi told Ling Feng to do so after contemplating the Dao.
• Ling Feng swore a Heavenly Dao Oath to eliminate Lin Feng within ten years or perish and have his Dao extinguished.
• Dongxu Zi sent Ling Feng back to the Azure Cloud Secret Treasure Location and asked Ouyang to spare him if he ever decided to kill him; Ouyang nodded.

Dongxu Zi grew suspicious of Ling Feng’s sudden enlightenment, while Ouyang and the others ambushed and captured Tai'a before their trip to the Sword Sect. Ouyang demanded that Tai'a hand over more books of the Immortal's Calligraphy, one for each of them.

• Dongxu Zi questioned how Ling Feng had gained enlightenment so quickly and resolved to shoulder the pressure facing the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Ouyang left Chen Changsheng behind to care for Hu Tutu and Xiao Feng while he, Leng Qingsong, and Bai Feiyu waited for Tai'a.
• When Tai'a arrived, Chen Changsheng activated Little Mountain Peak’s formations, and Ouyang’s enormous hand of true qi seized and dragged Tai'a down.
• Leng Qingsong bound Tai'a with Hu Yun's Immortal-Binding Rope, which suppressed Tai'a’s true essence and left him immobilized.
• Ouyang confronted Tai'a about giving Leng Qingsong only one sheet of Immortal's Calligraphy and demanded a book for each of them.

Ouyang kidnapped Tai'a and coerced him into offering compensation, while Leng Qingsong and Bai Feiyu proved able to draw the Sword Sect Master's longsword. Tai'a promised them access to the Sword-Questioning Pool and signed an IOU before Ouyang pretended he had only been taking a stroll.

• Ouyang searched Tai'a, threatened to circulate recordings of him tied to a tree, and demanded compensation for releasing him.
• Tai'a refused Ouyang's requests for his cultivation, Immortal diaries, or an IOU, so Ouyang took Tai'a's longsword and gave it to Leng Qingsong.
• Leng Qingsong and Bai Feiyu both drew the longsword without resistance, while Chen Changsheng struggled to draw it and tossed it aside.
• Tai'a promised Leng Qingsong and Bai Feiyu entry to the Sword-Questioning Pool, and Ouyang made him sign an IOU with his mouth.
• Ouyang took the signed IOU and asked Tai'a what he was doing in the tree, and Tai'a replied that he was fine and just taking a stroll.

Tai'a took Ouyang and the others to Sword-Forging City, telling them to pose as rogue cultivators before entering an Immortal Secret Realm. Meanwhile, Chen Changsheng secretly used a deadly curse on Ling Feng to guard against a possible threat, then confirmed Ling Feng seemed well.

• Tai'a broke free of Ouyang's ropes, struck him with a sword, and accepted the IOU before asking the group to come with him.
• Ouyang and Chen Changsheng agreed to go with Tai'a after Chen reported that Ling Feng showed no obvious signs of trouble while studying the Azure Cloud Secret Treasure.
• Chen Changsheng fashioned a paper figure resembling Ling Feng and used the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Book to curse him, then sensed Ling Feng's aura was steady.
• Tai'a opened a rift and told the group to travel to Sword-Forging City as rogue cultivators rather than Azure Cloud Sect disciples.
• Tai'a explained that the Immortal Secret Realm offered rogue cultivators a rare opportunity and entered the rift, invoking the one that escaped.

Ouyang was separated from his companions and trapped in a silent Immortal Small World, where he encountered a dachshund claiming to be its Guardian and a Dao Treasure. After Ouyang tested the dog by striking it with a magic-artifact sword, the sword broke, leaving him intrigued by the dachshund’s strength.

• Chen Changsheng, Bai Feiyu, and Leng Qingsong entered the Spatial Rift before Ouyang, who followed and fell into a lake alone.
• Ouyang used the Earth Spike Spell to rise above the lake and discovered he was in a silent volcanic crater.
• A mysterious voice appeared, and Ouyang threatened it with a giant fireball until a floating dachshund revealed itself as the Immortal Small World’s Guardian.
• The dachshund claimed it was a Dao Treasure, but Ouyang kicked it away and doubted its claims.
• Ouyang struck the dachshund with a magic-artifact longsword, which snapped in two on impact.

Ouyang met a talking Dao Treasure dachshund trapped in an Immortal’s little world, named him Liang Zai, and discovered that Liang Zai could amplify true qi into devastating blasts. The chapter left Ouyang testing Liang Zai’s power with a massive light wave that shattered space.

• Ouyang learned that the dachshund was a Dao Treasure and that it had forgotten both its original owner and its name.
• Ouyang named the dachshund Liang Zai, and Liang Zai shed tears that became a glittering gem.
• Ouyang sent true qi into Liang Zai, who blasted a distant volcanic crater and revealed his ability to amplify the qi’s power.
• Ouyang poured more power into Liang Zai, who unleashed a light wave that blasted open space as Ouyang named the attack Heaven-Soaring Dog Flash.

Tai'a fought off Bai Feiyu, Leng Qingsong, and Chen Changsheng after Ouyang failed to emerge from a spatial rift. Ouyang finally appeared in midair, where Leng Qingsong accidentally struck him, and the chapter ended with Ouyang scolding Leng Qingsong.

• Tai'a was briefly suppressed by Bai Feiyu, Leng Qingsong, and Chen Changsheng, who coordinated their attacks despite being at the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Chen Changsheng detonated a puppet and trapped the blast within a barrier of Yellow Talismans, while Tai'a emerged from the void and revealed his lotus-shaped intrinsic Sword Intent.
• Bai Feiyu recognized Tai'a's Sword Intent and ordered Leng Qingsong and Chen Changsheng to attack again.
• Ouyang emerged from a spatial rift holding Handsome, then began falling and called on the dachshund to help him fly.
• Leng Qingsong charged at Tai'a but collided with Ouyang, who swung Handsome at his sword and sent him flying.
• Ouyang climbed out of the ground and scolded Leng Qingsong while Bai Feiyu and Chen Changsheng withdrew their True Essence.

Ouyang reunited with Bai Feiyu, Leng Qingsong, and Chen Changsheng in the Sword Sect’s Sword-Questioning Pool, bringing back the dachshund Liang Zai after claiming he had visited an Immortal Secret Realm. When Bai Feiyu called the hidden swords from the lake, they gathered before him, but he chose a wooden hairpin instead.

• Ouyang made Leng Qingsong and Chen Changsheng apologize to Tai'a after the three juniors had attacked him.
• Ouyang introduced the dachshund Liang Zai as his new pet, while Tai'a wondered why the dog seemed familiar.
• Tai'a revealed that they were in the Sword-Questioning Pool, destroyed the Recording Stones and IOU, and said he would send Ouyang and the others to Sword-Forging City after one day.
• Chen Changsheng sensed many things beneath the lake, while Leng Qingsong dismissed the swords and Sword Daos there as trash.
• Bai Feiyu called out to the lake, raising countless flying swords, then reached for a wooden hairpin that flew into his hand.

Bai Feiyu relived his past life as Li Taibai, recalling his friendship with the blue-green-robed young man and how an Immortal crippled him after he sought the Supreme Sword Dao. The memory ended with the young man sacrificing himself in a sword furnace, leaving Bai Feiyu holding a more scorched wooden hairpin and cursing Ouyezi.

• Li Taibai and the blue-green-robed young man traveled the world together, but their opposing beliefs about the Immortals drove them apart.
• Li Taibai sought the Supreme Sword Dao, drew Heavenly Tribulation, and had his bonded sword snapped by an Immortal.
• After Li Taibai lost his ability to sense Sword Intent, the blue-green-robed young man found him and tried to restore his hope, but Li Taibai rejected the sword.
• Bai Feiyu saw the young man leap into a sword furnace, then returned to reality holding the wooden hairpin and cursed Ouyezi.

Bai Feiyu gave Leng Qingsong a wooden hairpin that resonated with the Dao, then struggled with memories of the self-sacrificing figure from his past. When Ouyang and Chen Changsheng discovered that Liang Zai was a Dao Treasure, Bai Feiyu recognized something in the dog, and they stared at each other in silence.

• Bai Feiyu abandoned the tens of thousands of swords in the Sword-Questioning Pool and tested Ouyang's hairpin with a wooden one.
• Bai Feiyu gave the wooden hairpin to Leng Qingsong, who sensed a familiar Dao Resonance in it.
• Bai Feiyu reflected on the figure who had sacrificed themself in the sword furnace and helped him recover his lifebound sword.
• Ouyang and Chen Changsheng pinned down Liang Zai and found that the dog’s body was strangely intangible and its fur returned after being plucked.
• Liang Zai revealed that it was a Dao Treasure, and Bai Feiyu lifted it by the tail before the two exchanged a silent, knowing stare.

Bai Feiyu received Ouyezi’s Dao instruction through the dachshund and deepened his understanding of his Laws. He realized that his new Sword Dao had tied him to his previous life again, leaving him afraid that unseen forces had arranged his fate.

• Bai Feiyu heard Ouyezi’s voice through the dachshund and entered Dao comprehension as the Great Dao resonance matched his cultivated Laws.
• Chen Changsheng stopped Ouyang from disturbing Bai Feiyu, and the three men remained frozen with the dog until nightfall.
• Bai Feiyu emerged from his comprehension with a more profound understanding of his Laws, while Ouyang collapsed from exhaustion.
• Bai Feiyu realized the dachshund carried Ouyezi’s inheritance and that his current Dao had awakened it.
• Bai Feiyu wondered whether Heaven’s will had made him a piece on a chessboard, bound once more to his previous life.

Bai Feiyu steadied his Dao heart by accepting that his present life and companions were his own, even if fate seemed to echo his past. At the Sword-Questioning Pool, Leng Qingsong awakened the Twelve-Petal Azure Lotus and drew the reverence of ten thousand swords.

• Bai Feiyu reflected on his former life as Sword Immortal Li Taibai and resolved to choose his own path with his fellow disciples beside him.
• Ouyang chased down Liang Zai the Dachshund and forced him to expel a blast of true qi, then threatened to keep probing his abilities.
• Leng Qingsong cultivated with the Wooden Hairpin and the Immortal's Calligraphy as Bai Feiyu suspected Hu Yun meant him to follow the path of Bai Feiyu's past life.
• Bai Feiyu drank as Leng Qingsong struggled to open the azure lotus and urged him not to wait.
• Leng Qingsong shouted for the lotus to open, blooming it into twelve petals as ten thousand swords bowed toward him.

Leng Qingsong seized a fragment of Dao Resonance and awakened the Immortal Secret Realm, prompting Tai'a to take him to Sword-Forging City. As Li Taibai appeared above the realm and loudly proclaimed his greatness, Bai Feiyu realized his former life's embarrassing youthful boast was being broadcast to the Cultivation World.

• Leng Qingsong failed to condense Dao Resonance but forced a wisp of it into his Dantian, where it formed a blade on his broken bonded sword.
• The Immortal Secret Realm appeared in the sky, and Tai'a took Leng Qingsong away to Sword-Forging City while the realm continued descending toward Ouyang and the others.
• A giant figure resembling Sword Immortal Li Taibai appeared and halted the Secret Realm with one hand.
• Bai Feiyu asked Chen Changsheng what he would do if he could start over, and Ouyang sang that he would choose Li Taibai.
• Li Taibai declared himself the world's most handsome and strongest sword cultivator, leaving Ouyang and Chen Changsheng stunned and Bai Feiyu mortified.

Ouyang and his companions traveled to Sword-Forging City as sword cultivators from across the world gathered to seek entry to the Immortal Secret Realm. The chapter left them entering the city, with Ouyang disguising his missing sword by hanging the restrained Liang Zai at his waist.

• A Sword Sect disciple named Song Mu arrived to escort Ouyang, Chen Changsheng, and Bai Feiyu to Sword-Forging City.
• Ouyang saw countless sect-affiliated and Rogue Cultivator sword cultivators heading toward the city and learned that the Sword Sect controlled entry to the Secret Realm.
• Song Mu showed off the sword-marked city walls and claimed the Sword Sect was the birthplace and pilgrimage site of sword cultivators.
• The group landed outside the city and entered on foot because flying on swords was forbidden inside.
• After remembering his sword was broken and he had no spare, Ouyang tied Liang Zai to his waist, while Chen Changsheng and Bai Feiyu tried to distance themselves from him.

Ouyang watched Zhao Qiansun, a Child of Fortune, rally rogue cultivators against the Sword Sect’s refusal to admit non-sword cultivators to Sword-Forging City. As the crowd surged toward the gates, Song Mu intervened and threatened to kill anyone who advanced.

• Zhao Qiansun protested the Sword Sect’s entry restriction and appealed to the rogue cultivators’ grievances.
• Ouyang saw Zhao Qiansun’s status panel and recognized him as a Child of Fortune with the Heavenly Derivation Technique.
• Zhao Qiansun gave an impassioned speech calling for rogue cultivators to receive equal respect, drawing supporters who gathered around him.
• Ouyang warned Song Mu that the crowd might storm the city, but Song Mu said he would handle it.
• As the rogue cultivators surged toward the gates, Song Mu flew before them and declared that anyone who took another step would die.

Tai'a stopped Zhao Qiansun's protest at Sword-Forging City and persuaded the crowd of sword cultivators to side with the Sword Sect. After the sword cultivators entered the city, Tai'a asked Zhao Qiansun where he had gone wrong, and Ouyang answered that one must be open and aboveboard.

• Ouyang watched as Song's claim to be Tai'a's personal disciple halted the Rogue Cultivators outside the gates.
• Tai'a arrived, scattered the crowd with his Sword Intent, and seized Zhao Qiansun.
• Tai'a declared that Li Taibai's Secret Realm welcomed all sword cultivators and urged them not to let others dictate their Dao.
• Sword cultivators in the crowd turned against the remaining Rogue Cultivators, and Tai'a ordered the gates opened for them.
• Tai'a released Zhao Qiansun and began explaining his mistake, while Ouyang told Bai Feiyu and Chen Changsheng that one must be open and aboveboard.