Chapter Summaries

Dong Tianbao and Lin Pingzhi summoned Luo Qingyang and Zhao Yuzhen to the Capital for the Crown Prince’s investiture ceremony, using Wuxin, Li Hanyi, and Lei Wujie as leverage. As the two sword immortals set out, Yaoyue and Lianxing confronted Yan Nantian and Hua Wuque, while Zisang Busho urged Yaoyue to oppose the imperial court.

• Dong Tianbao delivered the emperor’s summons to Luo Qingyang, who refused until Yi Wenjun showed him Yu Huatian’s letter and Wuxin’s jade pendant, proving Wuxin was alive.
• Luo Qingyang agreed to go to the Capital to bring Wuxin back, and Dong Tianbao told him the Crown Prince’s investiture ceremony would take place in half a month.
• Lin Pingzhi told Zhao Yuzhen that Li Hanyi and Lei Wujie were alive and offered their safety in exchange for Zhao Yuzhen’s presence in the Capital; Zhao agreed and descended Qingcheng Sect Mountain for the first time.
• Yan Nantian and Hua Wuque encountered Yaoyue, Lianxing, and the Twelve Flower Attendants in a town near Qingcheng Sect Mountain, where Yaoyue demanded that Hua Wuque return to Amity Flower Palace.
• Zisang Busho arrived and urged Yaoyue to settle matters with the imperial court, arguing that it had killed Little Fish and was now hunting Hua Wuque and might target Amity Flower Palace.

Zhang Sanfeng learned that Mei Niansheng survived his disciples’ poisoning and agreed to attend the Crown Prince’s investiture ceremony. As the ceremony began in the Capital, powerful attackers stormed the palace and declared that Ming’s time was over.

• Cao Zhengchun brought Wan Zhenshan and Yan Daping to Zhang Sanfeng, who learned they had poisoned Mei Niansheng but did not know where he was.
• Zhang Sanfeng killed Wan Zhenshan and Yan Daping, then agreed to attend the investiture ceremony at Cao Zhengchun’s request.
• During the days before the ceremony, Lu Xiaofeng and his companions saw Lian Nishang in the Capital and met Old Man Tianji and Sun Xiaohong.
• Old Man Tianji brought Lu Xiaofeng and his companions into the palace to watch the investiture ceremony, where Ximen Chuixue spotted Ye Gucheng atop the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
• As Zhu Youxiao prepared to crown Zhu Ciyu, attackers broke into the palace and several figures appeared over the palace walls, proclaiming Ming’s downfall.

Fang Yeyu led the Demon Mentor Palace’s attack on the Ming Palace while Heavenly Beings fought in the Rear Mountain and a vast coalition of Ming Jianghu forces arrived. As the rebels surrounded Zheng He and Xu Ruowu and revealed their control of half the Imperial Guard, Yu Huatian emerged from the Hall of Supreme Harmony with powerful allies.

• Fang Yeyu and twelve other Great Grandmasters entered the palace, prompting Lu Xiaofeng and Old Man Tianji to watch the confrontation without intervening.
• Zheng He and Xu Ruowu brought Ghost King Manor’s forces to defend Zhu Youxiao, while two enemy Heavenly Beings fought Sun En in the Rear Mountain.
• Fang Yeyu summoned Marquis Di and Palace Master Yang, and more than twenty Great Grandmasters and hundreds of other martial artists arrived with the Green Dragon Society’s allies.
• Yang Yanyu, Di Qinglin, and their allies confronted Zheng He and Xu Ruowu, while Di Qinglin revealed that the Green Dragon Society controlled half the Imperial Guard.
• Zheng He called for Yu Huatian, who emerged from the Hall of Supreme Harmony as powerful figures gathered behind him.

Yu Huatian’s forces clashed with the Green Dragon Society and Demon Mentor Palace during the palace ceremony, and he killed Fang Yeyu, Leng Yan, Liu Yaozhi, and Hua Jieyu. After turning back to the battlefield, he was confronted by Divine Sword Yan Nantian.

• Yu Huatian revealed that he had stayed in the Capital to lure the rebels into a trap, then ordered his forces to attack Fang Yeyu and the assembled enemies.
• Yu Huatian pursued Fang Yeyu through the crowd and beheaded him despite Leng Yan’s attempt to intervene.
• Yu Huatian killed enemy fighters across the battlefield, then defeated Leng Yan, Liu Yaozhi, and Hua Jieyu after surviving the strange power released by Leng Yan’s demonic bead.
• Yu Huatian killed Liu Yaozhi and Hua Jieyu, beheaded Leng Yan, and returned to killing the remaining enemies for fortune.
• Yan Nantian confronted Yu Huatian as he continued fighting in the crowd.

Yu Huatian cut through the Green Dragon Society and Demon Mentor Palace forces during the battle in the Imperial Palace, defeating and killing several of their leaders. With their key fighters dead, the enemy forces began to flee, and Yu Huatian ordered the imperial side to slaughter them all.

• Ma Jinliang, Ding Xiu, Cao Shaoqin, and the other imperial commanders led Depot Guards and Embroidered Uniform Guards in crushing the rebel forces outside the palace.
• Yu Huatian sent Luo Qingyang to hold off Yan Nantian, then had Zhao Yuzhen and Old Man Tianji restrain Shanyu Ru and Zisang Busho while he returned to the battlefield.
• Yu Huatian killed ordinary Green Dragon Society and Demon Mentor Palace fighters until six Green Dragon Society experts attacked him together; he defeated them, and Bai Yunxuan fled.
• Yu Huatian killed Chunyu Weidi, Xiao Siwu, and two Green Dragon Society elders as Ye Kai helped bring down Xiao Siwu.
• After the deaths of the Green Dragon Society’s core fighters and the Demon Mentor Palace’s Leng Yan and Fang Yeyu, the enemy forces fled, and Yu Huatian ordered that none be spared.

Yu Huatian’s forces crushed the rebels at Fengtian Gate while Sun En fought two Heavenly Beings in the mountains and killed Master Jueyuan. As the battle for the palace neared its end, Yu Huatian blocked Di Qinglin’s escape and challenged him to a duel, hoping to hone his sword and comprehend the Fifteenth Sword.

• Yu Huatian, Ma Jinliang, and the Embroidered Uniform Guards killed the rebel martial artists at Fengtian Gate, then moved to surround the palace and contain the remaining revolt.
• Sun En overwhelmed the black-robed Heavenly Being and Master Jueyuan, pursued Master Jueyuan, and killed him with a yellow dragon strike before chasing the black-robed Heavenly Being.
• Di Qinglin used a feigned opening to break away from Zheng He, but Yu Huatian intercepted him and blasted him back into the palace.
• Yu Huatian and Zheng He closed off Di Qinglin’s escape, and Di Qinglin realized he was surrounded and prepared to fight to the death.
• Yu Huatian ordered everyone not to interfere and unleashed the Fourteenth Sword against Di Qinglin, aiming to hone his technique and grasp the Fifteenth Sword.

Yu Huatian repeatedly tested his Fourteenth Sword against Di Qinglin, then combined his sword techniques and awakened the terrifying Fifteenth Sword, killing Di Qinglin but suffering severe exhaustion and damaging the Heavenly Sword. With Yu Huatian recovering, the surviving enemies tried to flee, and the battle resumed as Zhang Sanfeng and the others held them back.

• Yu Huatian repeatedly struck Di Qinglin with the Fourteenth Sword, driving him back and wounding him while searching for the insight behind the Fifteenth Sword.
• Yu Huatian switched to the Thirteen Life-Taking Swords and provoked Di Qinglin into using a strength-enhancing secret art so he could continue honing his swordsmanship.
• Yu Huatian combined the transformations of the Thirteen Life-Taking Swords with the Fourteenth Sword and awakened the Fifteenth Sword, whose deathly strike obliterated Di Qinglin.
• Yu Huatian exhausted his True Qi, suffered backlash, and discovered that the Fifteenth Sword had cracked the Heavenly Sword before he sat down to recover.
• Yang Yanyu, Yaoyue, Lianxing, and the other surviving enemies attempted to escape, but Zheng He, Zhang Sanfeng, Ye Gucheng, and their allies stopped them and renewed the battle.
• Yaoyue turned back to rescue the wounded Lianxing and fought Zhang Sanfeng, while Yu Huatian continued recovering at a distance.

Yu Huatian joined the palace battle and killed Shan Yuru, Zisang Busho, and Yang Yanyu, collecting their Fortune Points and absorbing Yang Yanyu’s martial power. With three powerful opponents still fighting, he headed toward his next target.

• The palace battle raged as Yan Nantian fought Luo Qingyang, Ye Gucheng, Lian Nishang, and Fang Baoyu, while the other fighters battled across the square.
• Yu Huatian attacked Shan Yuru with the Full Moon Scimitar and killed her as she tried to flee, earning 52,350 Fortune Points.
• Yu Huatian struck down Zisang Busho after he pleaded to bargain, earning 50,555 Fortune Points.
• Yu Huatian disarmed Yang Yanyu, absorbed his martial foundation with the Energy-Absorbing Great Method, then killed him and gained 53,680 Fortune Points.
• Yu Huatian turned toward the remaining opponents: Yan Nantian, Yaoyue, and Lianxing.

Yu Huatian defeated Yan Nantian and absorbed the power of Yan Nantian, Yaoyue, and Lianxing, reaching the seventh level of the Great Grandmaster realm. He then discovered that his fortune had passed one million again and celebrated receiving two blessings.

• Yu Huatian took over the fight against Yan Nantian, but his saber could not overcome Yan Nantian’s swordsmanship, so he borrowed Ye Gucheng’s Flying Rainbow Sword.
• Yu Huatian overwhelmed Yan Nantian with Heavenly Sword Slashes, defeated his Divine Sword Art, and began absorbing his True Qi.
• Yaoyue tried to rescue Yan Nantian and Lianxing, but Yu Huatian caught up, wounded her, and absorbed her power until she died.
• Yu Huatian absorbed Yan Nantian and Lianxing’s power, crippled them, and then snapped their necks.
• Yu Huatian broke through to the seventh level of the Great Grandmaster realm and found that his fortune had exceeded one million again, bringing two blessings.

After Yu Huatian crushed the rebellion, the emperor entrusted him with authority over military and martial-world affairs. Yu promised aid to the Great Grandmasters who had fought for him, assigned his followers to pursue the rebels’ remaining forces, and prepared to make his second Diamond Draw.

• Yu Huatian saw that his plundered luck had exceeded a million again, but postponed his second Diamond Draw until after the crisis.
• Zhu Youxiao gave Yu Huatian full authority over the rebellion’s aftermath and told officials to seek his counsel on military and martial-world matters.
• Yu Huatian returned to the West Depot, thanked the gathered Great Grandmasters, and promised to fulfill their requests within the next few days.
• Yu Huatian thanked Zhang Sanfeng for helping Ming, promised to protect Wudang’s standing, and listened to his warning about slaughter and his bloodline.
• Yu Huatian instructed his followers to eliminate the remaining forces of the Green Dragon Society, the Demon Mentor Palace, and the Heavenly Mandate Cult, then went to his quiet chamber to begin his second Diamond Draw.

Yu Huatian drew Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Source, chose to pursue the Sword Dao, and began fusing it with the Sunflower Yin-Yang Longevity Skill. As the imperial court purged the jianghu, Ma Jinliang’s forces attacked the Raging Flood Dragon Gang, where Ye Gucheng confronted the hidden Ling Zhantian.

• Yu Huatian learned that Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Source cultivated Sword Qi and forged a sword body, then decided to follow the Invincible Sword Dao.
• Yu Huatian cultivated the art to initial proficiency, endured a clash between its Sword Qi and his Sunflower True Energy, and drew Lingbo Microstep and Sword Across the Ages.
• Yu Huatian began fusing Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Source with the Sunflower Yin-Yang Longevity Skill in the Martial Dao Fusion Furnace.
• The Eastern and Western Depots and the Embroidered Uniform Guard purged remnants of the Green Dragon Society, Demon Mentor Palace, and other factions, while Heavenly Venerable helped locate their bases.
• Ma Jinliang led the Embroidered Uniform Guard in an attack on Raging Flood Dragon Island after Qi Changzheng refused to surrender the Raging Flood Dragon Gang.
• Ye Gucheng drove back Qi Changzheng and called out a hidden expert, who emerged as Ghost Rope, Ling Zhantian.

The Ming court and its allies annihilated Shaolin Temple, seized its Sinew Transformation Scripture, and looted its treasures. As Bai Yunxuan saw Shaolin’s destruction, he learned that the former Green Dragon Society Chief Bai Yujing had been sighted in the Eastern Sea and ordered the society to flee Ming and search for him.

• Cao Zhengchun surrounded Shaolin Temple with imperial troops and accused its monks of rebellion and an attempt to assassinate the emperor.
• Master Dabei revealed that Jueyuan had left Shaolin and offered to seal the temple, but Lian Chengbi demanded its martial inheritance and forced its monks to choose between serving the court or crippling themselves.
• Bai Zhantang and Sikong Zhaixing stole the Sinew Transformation Scripture, and Lian Chengbi, Lei Hong, and the Four Great Retainers of Ghost King Manor attacked Shaolin’s five Great Grandmasters as Cao Zhengchun’s forces stormed the temple.
• Lian Chengbi and his allies killed Shaolin’s five remaining Great Grandmasters, while Cao Zhengchun ordered the temple’s Buddhist scriptures burned and its martial arts manuals and wealth taken to the Capital.
• Bai Yunxuan witnessed Shaolin’s destruction, learned that Bai Yujing had been seen in the Eastern Sea, and ordered the Green Dragon Society to withdraw to the Great Qing Dynasty and search for its former Chief Dragon Head.

After Shaolin Temple’s destruction, Li Hanyi reunited with Zhao Yuzhen while Yu Huatian’s forces consolidated their control of the Ming jianghu. The chapter ended when an urgent dispatch from Shanhai Pass mentioned the Blood Saber Sect.

• News spread that the court had annihilated Shaolin Temple, leaving Snowmoon City as a focus of speculation about who would be targeted next.
• Li Hanyi mourned Baili Dongjun and Sikong Changfeng before Zhao Yuzhen arrived, and the two embraced while Lei Wujie and Tang Lian left them alone.
• Cao Zhengchun and the other officials reported that the court had pacified the Ming jianghu, but Ling Zhantian had rescued Qi Changzheng from the destruction of the Raging Flood Dragon Gang.
• Zhan Yu joined the West Depot, and Yu Huatian ordered his agents to search beyond Ming for Bai Yujing and expand their intelligence network across the Divine Land.
• An Embroidered Uniform Guard delivered an urgent report from Shanhai Pass, and Yu Huatian saw that it concerned the Blood Saber Sect.

Yu Huatian learned that the Qing Army had retaken Shanhai Pass and prepared to lead Ming forces there, while cultivating the incomplete Sinew Transformation Scripture. Before departing, he received Zhu Youxiao’s authority to mobilize Ming’s troops and told Zheng He and Xu Ruowu that he intended to eliminate Ming’s external threats and dominate the Divine Land.

• After the Blood Saber Ancestor helped Oobai retake Shanhai Pass, Yu Huatian ordered preparations to march there in three days.
• Yu Huatian used the system to learn the first stage of the incomplete Sinew Transformation Scripture, discovering that the copy lacked its seventh stage.
• Yu Huatian emerged from seclusion and told Zhu Youxiao that he would lead the campaign to Shanhai Pass.
• Zhu Youxiao gave Yu Huatian the Tiger Tally and authorized him to mobilize troops without reporting back.
• Yu Huatian visited Zheng He and Xu Ruowu at Ghost King Manor, asked about strengthening Ming, and declared his plan to eliminate its rivals and dominate the Divine Land.

Yu Huatian secured Xu Ruowu’s support for his ambition to unite the Divine Land, took Yuan Chengzhi and Wen Qingqing as disciples, and led his forces from the Capital toward Shanhai Pass. Old Man Tianji also set out for Great Qing, anticipating Yu Huatian’s eventual journey east.

• Yu Huatian declared his ambition to unite the Divine Land, and Xu Ruowu agreed that Ming would support him while warning him that Chai Yuguan remained alive.
• Yuan Chonghuan brought his son Yuan Chengzhi to the West Depot, where Yu Huatian accepted the boy as his disciple after hearing his resolve to protect the innocent.
• Yu Huatian also took Wen Qingqing as his disciple and gave Yuan Chengzhi Yan Nantian’s Pure Yang Limitless Sword.
• Yu Huatian departed the Capital with West Depot Guards, Embroidered Uniform Guards, and his disciples to retake Shanhai Pass from the Qing Army.
• Old Man Tianji left for Great Qing with Sun Xiaohong and said Yu Huatian and other figures from across the Divine Land would eventually head east.

Yu Huatian arrived with the West Depot Guards and Embroidered Uniform Guard and ordered an immediate counterattack to retake Shanhai Pass. After his forces crushed a Qing raid and he uncovered the White Lotus Sect’s involvement, the Ming Army marched toward the pass.

• Sun Chengzong and Yang Sichang struggled to hold the Qing Army back as their troops suffered heavy losses and morale fell.
• Yu Huatian arrived with fewer than five thousand guards, heard Sun Chengzong’s report, and ordered the army to attack Shanhai Pass at dawn.
• Yu Huatian and the Embroidered Uniform Guard ambushed a Qing martial arts raid, killing Tu Longzi and capturing the black-robed Great Grandmaster after Ye Gucheng stopped his escape.
• The black-robed man identified Yu Huatian’s Energy-Absorbing Great Method, then killed himself while invoking the White Lotus Sect.
• Yu Huatian ordered the Ming Army to move out, and its ranks marched through the night toward Shanhai Pass.

Yu Huatian and the Ming forces launched a night raid to retake Shanhai Pass, striking down the Qing commanders and martial experts before joining the army’s assault. By noon, the Qing Army had been routed, and Shanhai Pass was back in Ming hands.

• Yu Huatian, the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and allied experts scaled Shanhai Pass’s walls and began killing Qing soldiers.
• Yu Huatian and his companions stormed the city lord’s residence, where they found Qing soldiers abusing captive women and confronted Oobai and Blood Saber Ancestor.
• Yu Huatian defeated Oobai and Blood Saber Ancestor, drained the Great Grandmasters’ power, and ordered the other Qing experts captured and crippled.
• Yu Huatian led his allies into the fighting as Sun Chengzong and Yang Sichang’s armies entered through the opened gates.
• The Qing Army collapsed and fled Shanhai Pass by noon, leaving the pass under Ming control.

Ying Fei brought reinforcements to Prince Ruyang’s army as it prepared to renew its assault on Jiayu Pass, while Yu Huatian reclaimed Shanhai Pass and vowed to destroy Great Qing. The chapter ended with news that Jiayu Pass had fallen and Li Chengliang had retreated to Jibei City.

• Prince Ruyang considered withdrawing from Jiayu Pass, but Wang Baobao requested another assault and Ying Fei arrived with Zhen Susan and Khwarazm warriors, followed by Red Sun Dharma King, Li Chimei, and Nian Liandan.
• At Shanhai Pass, Yu Huatian allowed civilians to execute captured Qing commanders and martial experts, including Oobai and Wu Sangui.
• Yu Huatian urged the survivors to keep living and swore to destroy Qing within five years, Yuan within ten, and unite the Divine Land within thirty.
• Yu Huatian announced that Ming would begin its campaign of unification by attacking Great Qing, despite Sun Chengzong’s concerns.
• An Embroidered Uniform Guard reported that Jiayu Pass had fallen, the Northern Frontier was overrun, and Li Chengliang had been severely wounded and retreated to Jibei City.

The Great Yuan army invaded Ming and besieged Jibei City, where Li Chengliang led a desperate defense until Yu Huatian and Ming’s allies arrived. Yu Huatian began fighting ten Top Great Grandmasters while Heavenly Master Sun En watched, but Yuan’s Imperial Preceptor Ba Shiba and Meng Chixing appeared to confront Sun En.

• Prince Ruyang advanced toward Ming’s Capital with Yuan forces and foreign experts, while Zhen Susan vowed to avenge Fang Yeyu by killing Yu Huatian.
• Wounded Li Chengliang woke in Jibei City, refused to retreat, and rallied his officers to defend the city against the approaching Yuan army.
• The Yuan army besieged Jibei City; after Halawen defeated Li Chengliang, Yu Huatian arrived with Ye Gucheng, Lei Hong, Murong Qiudi, and other reinforcements, then killed Halawen.
• Yu Huatian faced ten Top Great Grandmasters, including Red Sun Dharma King, Li Chimei, Nian Liandan, Huazha'ao, Qiang Wangsheng, and You Chidi, and attacked to test his Invincible Sword Dao.
• Heavenly Master Sun En watched over Yu Huatian, but Ba Shiba and Meng Chixing appeared before him, prompting Sun En to realize Yuan had sent Heavenly Beings to the battle.

Yu Huatian fought ten Great Grandmasters outside Jibei City, killing four and severely wounding the rest, but he was left exhausted and gravely injured. When Chai Yuguan arrived to kill him, Yu Huatian unleashed the full ferocity of his White Tiger Bloodline and fell into demonic possession.

• Prince Ruyang halted the siege of Jibei City while Yu Huatian fought Li Chimei and nine other Great Grandmasters.
• Sun En was tied down by two Great Yuan Heavenly Beings, leaving Yu Huatian without the support he had expected.
• Yu Huatian ordered Ma Jinliang, Ye Gucheng, Lei Hong, and the others to retreat, then killed Qiang Wangsheng, Ren Bi, Bamboo Elder, and You Chidi while severely wounding five more opponents.
• Red Sun Dharma King tried to withdraw, but Li Chimei attacked Yu Huatian; a black-clad Heavenly Being appeared, shattered Yu Huatian’s defenses, and repelled Ye Gucheng and Lei Hong.
• Yu Huatian identified the newcomer as Happy King Chai Yuguan, who said he had come at Pang Ban’s request to kill him.
• Yu Huatian released his White Tiger Bloodline, declared that he would defy Heaven, and entered demonic possession as a phantom White Tiger appeared behind him.