Chapter Summaries

Yu Huatian succumbed to the White Tiger bloodline’s murderous influence, defeated and killed Chai Yuguan, then slaughtered Yuan forces as he lost control. The Ming forces withdrew to the Capital while Yu Huatian continued west, and Pang Ban emerged from seclusion to find the Demon Mentor Palace deserted.

• A masked figure awakened in the northern ice fields after sensing the White Tiger, while an old fisherman by the Eastern Sea also noticed its presence.
• Yu Huatian’s White Tiger bloodline drove him into demonic madness, and he overwhelmed Chai Yuguan, drained his life force, and broke through to Great Grandmaster Eighth Stage.
• Yu Huatian killed Ping Dong, Shanchayue, Prince Ruyang, Zhen Susan, and Red Sun Dharma King as he pursued the fleeing Yuan forces; Li Chimei escaped.
• Yu Huatian continued slaughtering Yuan soldiers and tribes beyond Ming’s northern frontier, then turned west toward Persia and other nations.
• Ma Jinliang and the others sent trackers after Yu Huatian and returned to the Capital, while rumors spread of a murderous demon king roaming the frontier.
• Pang Ban emerged from seclusion after waiting twenty years for Lang Fanyun and discovered that the Demon Mentor Palace’s experts were missing.

Ming’s leaders learned that Yu Huatian was slaughtering people in the Western Regions and that his White Tiger bloodline could leave him trapped in demonic madness. When Pang Ban confronted him, Yu Huatian nearly killed him with the Fifteenth Sword, but both fighters fell gravely wounded, and a masked figure arrived beside Yu Huatian.

• Ma Jinliang and the others learned that Yu Huatian had vanished into the Western Regions, while Cao Zhengchun warned that Ming’s enemies were mobilizing Heavenly Beings and urged them to find the Director.
• Sun En explained that Yu Huatian could recover his senses only through his own will or a divine treasure capable of suppressing the White Tiger bloodline, as Yan Shisan’s sword intent rose in the west.
• News of Yu Huatian’s rampage spread, prompting martial artists to head for the Western Regions; Lu Xiaofeng and his companions chose to travel to Great Qing, while Yuan Chengzhi and Wen Qingqing asked Lian Chengbi and Zhan Yu to search for their master.
• A month later, Pang Ban confronted Yu Huatian in the desert, and their battle left both men severely wounded after Yu Huatian’s Fifteenth Sword nearly killed Pang Ban.
• Pang Ban fled when Yu Huatian began gathering Sword Momentum again, and Yu Huatian collapsed unconscious in the desert.
• A gigantic masked face searched the desert, then became a black-robed figure who found Yu Huatian and remarked that he had arrived just in time.

The green-robed old man rescued Yu Huatian from the masked man, healed him, and suppressed the White Tiger bloodline’s violent nature, but Yu Huatian remained missing for three months. Believed dead, he left Ming’s court and martial world in turmoil, until he finally emerged from the desert as the chapter ended.

• The ice-masked man tried to extract Yu Huatian’s pure White Tiger bloodline, but the green-robed old man interrupted him, defeated him, and took Yu Huatian away.
• The old man used his essence blood to heal Yu Huatian and suppress the bloodline’s violent influence before disappearing and leaving him buried beneath the desert snow.
• As rumors spread that Yu Huatian had died, Ma Jinliang and Tan Luzi planned to use Xiao Se to influence Northern Li, while Su Huirong began governing for the ailing Zhu Youxiao.
• During Yu Huatian’s three-month absence, the West Depot fractured into rival factions, and the Supreme Alliance, Snowmoon City, and Raging Flood Dragon Alliance contended for power in the jianghu.
• Su Huirong, Yan Shisan, and Dongfang Bubai remained convinced Yu Huatian would return, while Dongfang Bubai ordered an investigation into Murong Qiudi’s Heavenly Venerable.
• As the desert snow melted, Yu Huatian emerged from the sand and slowly opened his eyes.

Yu Huatian awoke in the desert after recovering from his rampage, reaching Great Grandmaster Perfection and gaining new system rewards, including Meng Tian as an Ancient Heroic Spirit. In Beili, Murong Fu and Emperor Chengzu threatened Xiao Se’s rule, but Yu Huatian arrived and broke Emperor Chengzu’s pressure with his Sword Intent.

• Yu Huatian woke after Xiao Sanxiao’s Divine Turtle Blood healed him, realized he had killed hundreds of thousands during his madness, and reached Great Grandmaster Perfection.
• Yu Huatian unlocked the Faction System, summoned Meng Tian, and gained his allegiance to help unify the Divine Land.
• Yu Huatian drew the Heavenly Fury Sword, Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms, Dragon-Elephant Prajnaparamita Skill, Great Restoration Pills, the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow, and the Heaven’s Will Four Symbols Art.
• Yu Huatian and Meng Tian reached Heavenly Enlightenment City, where they heard that Xiao Se had become Beili’s emperor and that Yu Huatian was believed dead.
• Murong Fu and Emperor Chengzu entered Beili’s Imperial Palace, demanded that Xiao Se abdicate in favor of the eldest prince, and subdued the court with Emperor Chengzu’s Heavenly Being aura.
• Yu Huatian arrived at the palace and declared his objection, then released an overwhelming Sword Intent that shattered Emperor Chengzu’s aura.

Yu Huatian defeated and killed Murong Longcheng and Murong Fu in Northern Li, then placed Meng Tian in charge of assisting Xiao Se and expanding Northern Li. As Yu Huatian prepared to address the Demonic Cult and Buddhist School, Meng Tian recruited the reluctant Li Xunhuan for two years of service.

• Yu Huatian confronted Murong Fu and Murong Longcheng at the Northern Li palace and fought Murong Longcheng, wounding him with the Heavenly Fury Sword and overpowering him with the Heaven-Slaying Sword.
• Yu Huatian drained Murong Longcheng’s strength and killed him, while Meng Tian snapped Murong Fu’s neck; Murong Longcheng’s dying words warned Yu Huatian about another Murong ancestor.
• Yu Huatian ordered Xiao Se to hand Northern Li’s military command to Meng Tian, then learned about the Demonic Cult, the Buddhist School, and other powerful Western Regions figures.
• Yu Huatian left Meng Tian to support Xiao Se and expand Northern Li, while Xiao Se recognized Meng Tian’s historical name.
• Meng Tian confronted the man watching from the palace wall and secured his agreement to serve for two years; the man introduced himself as Li Xunhuan.

Yu Huatian continued his campaign across the Western Regions, destroying Buddhist strongholds and Demonic Cult bases while Ming's factions reacted to news that he was alive. Li Changsheng killed Guan Yutian and set out toward the Capital as the Raging Flood Dragon Alliance, Snowmoon City, and the court's forces prepared for Yu Huatian's return.

• Yu Huatian destroyed the Esoteric School and Vajra Sect, then hunted down Demonic Cult bases across the Western Regions without finding its main lair.
• Ling Zhantian told the Raging Flood Dragon Alliance that Pang Ban had gone to seek Ren Tianxing's help against Yu Huatian, while several sect leaders withdrew from the alliance.
• Li Hanyi declared that Snowmoon City would fight Yu Huatian, saying her master Li Changsheng had returned and would deal with him.
• Li Changsheng confronted Guan Yutian over his betrayal of Snowmoon City and killed him before heading toward the Capital.
• Dongfang Bubai learned Yu Huatian was alive and insisted the Sun Moon Holy Cult had to remain allied with the court until he could defeat him.
• Yan Shisan announced Yu Huatian's survival at the Southern Pacification Office, ending Ma Jinliang and Cao Shaoqin's confrontation and prompting Cao Shaoqin to send men to welcome the Director.

After returning to Ming, Yu Huatian disciplined Cao Shaoqin and Dong Tianbao, prepared to suppress the Raging Flood Dragon Alliance, and consulted Sun En about reaching the Heavenly Being realm. He left without a breakthrough method but used his accumulated fortune to master several martial arts and began fusing them to strengthen himself.

• A purple-robed Demon Mentor persuaded Ren Tianxing, Senior Bai, and Ye Dingzhi to agree to a fourth eastern expedition by promising Dragon Essence that could heal and prolong their lives; Ye Dingzhi also sought to bring his son back from the Central Plains.
• Yu Huatian returned to the West Depot and punished Cao Shaoqin and Dong Tianbao for plotting to split from it, then accepted their offer to return to the Embroidered Uniform Guard as ordinary guards.
• Ma Jinliang reported new Jianghu developments, and Yu Huatian ordered preparations to leave for Dongting Lake and gave Lei Hong a chance to kill Guan Yutian while asking him to consider where his loyalties lay regarding Snowmoon City.
• Yu Huatian met Su Huirong and Zhu Youxiao at the Imperial Palace, then visited Zheng He and Xu Ruowu, who recognized that he had reached Great Grandmaster Perfection.
• Sun En explained that Yu Huatian’s incomplete body made the usual path to the Heavenly Being realm impossible and advised him to forge a new path; Yu Huatian resolved to keep pursuing the breakthrough.
• Yu Huatian spent his fortune mastering the Sinew Transformation Scripture, Dragon-Elephant Prajnaparamita Skill, and Heaven’s Will Four Symbols Art, then began fusing the latter two with the Sunflower Yin-Yang Sword Canon.

Yu Huatian departed the Capital for Dongting Lake after strengthening his cultivation, while news spread that Lei Hong had defeated Li Hanyi but was killed by the returning Li Changsheng. As the Demonic Cult launched a full-scale eastern expedition, Yu Huatian reached Dongting Lake and found Demon Mentor Pang Ban waiting for him.

• Yu Huatian completed the Sunflower Sword Canon and other merged martial arts, then led the West Depot and Embroidered Uniform Guard south toward the Raging Flood Dragon Alliance and Snowmoon City.
• Lei Hong challenged Li Hanyi at Snowmoon City, defeated her, and was killed by a single sword strike from Li Changsheng; Yu Huatian identified the killer as the Longevity Sword Immortal and ordered an investigation.
• The Raging Flood Dragon Alliance learned that Yu Huatian was approaching and planned to defeat him before taking Snowmoon City and the Supreme Alliance.
• Ren Tianxing and Ye Dingzhi led the Demonic Cult east, and Ye Dingzhi defeated Bai Tianyu when he tried to stop them from breaking into the Central Plains.
• Yu Huatian arrived at Dongting Lake and recognized the one-armed figure waiting by the shore as Demon Mentor Pang Ban.

Yu Huatian battled Pang Ban, Ren Tianxing, and Ye Dingzhi at Dongting Lake as the Demonic Cult invaded Ming from the west. After breaking Ye Dingzhi’s Solitary Void Formation and wounding him, Yu Huatian prepared to continue fighting the three Heavenly Beings.

• Yu Huatian unleashed the Fifteenth Sword against Pang Ban, and the two clashed using the Heavenly Fury Sword and Rain-Covering Sword, leaving both badly injured.
• Ling Zhantian revealed that Pang Ban had offered to help defeat Yu Huatian, and the Raging Flood Dragon Alliance set out to exploit the battle and eliminate them both.
• Ren Tianxing ambushed the recovering Yu Huatian, but Yu Huatian used the White Tiger Bloodline and a Great Restoration Pill to recover and fight back against Pang Ban and Ren Tianxing.
• The Demonic Cult arrived in force, and Murong Qiudi warned that the west had fallen; Ye Dingzhi joined Pang Ban and Ren Tianxing to fight Yu Huatian.
• Ye Dingzhi trapped Yu Huatian in the Solitary Void Formation, but Yu Huatian provoked him into revealing his location, then struck and wounded him, breaking the formation.

The Demonic Cult’s fourth eastern expedition devastated Ming, and Yu Huatian fought its leaders at Dongting Lake, discovering how to stack Heaven-Slaying Sword strikes. He killed Bai Xiaolou and Ren Tianxing, while Pang Ban and Ye Dingzhi escaped; as the Raging Flood Dragon Alliance retreated, an unknown person stopped Qi Changzheng from attacking.

• Xie Xuan and Yan Zhantian found a town devastated by the Demonic Cult and set out to pursue its branch together.
• Sun Xiuqing persuaded Ximen Chuixue to leave Ten Thousand Plum Manor and fight the Demonic Cult.
• Li Changsheng sent Li Hanyi and Zhao Yuzhen to fight the Demonic Cult elsewhere while he stayed in Snowmoon City to await Yu Huatian.
• Ling Zhantian led the Raging Flood Dragon Alliance in joining forces with the Demonic Cult against the court’s troops at Dongting Lake.
• Yu Huatian stacked two Heaven-Slaying Sword strikes, badly wounded Pang Ban, and defeated Ren Tianxing before killing Bai Xiaolou with the Fifteenth Sword; Pang Ban and Ye Dingzhi escaped.
• The Raging Flood Dragon Alliance began retreating after its leaders’ defeat, but Qi Changzheng refused to flee until an unknown person caught his saber.

Yu Huatian annihilated most of the Raging Flood Dragon Alliance and Demonic Cult forces at Dongting Lake with Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Source, then learned that the Demonic Cult’s eastern expedition might continue with Snowmoon City’s help. As Yu Huatian set out for Snowmoon City, Ye Dingzhi arrived there and met Li Changsheng.

• Yu Huatian killed Qi Changzheng and Feng Han, then summoned ten thousand swords and slaughtered most of the Raging Flood Dragon Alliance and Demonic Cult forces at Dongting Lake.
• Ma Jinliang reported that Han Bai, Feng Xinglie, and several Demonic Cult figures had escaped, and Yu Huatian ordered the survivors wanted across Ming.
• Murong Qiudi said the Demonic Cult’s western forces had advanced in more than a dozen contingents and suggested Ye Dingzhi might ally with Snowmoon City against Yu Huatian.
• Murong Qiudi warned that Snowmoon City’s Longevity Sword Immortal might have returned, so Yu Huatian ordered preparations to head south.
• Ye Dingzhi entered Snowmoon City after deciding to continue the eastern expedition, and Li Changsheng greeted him in Baili Dongjun’s courtyard.

Ye Dingzhi asked Li Changsheng to kill Yu Huatian, but Li Changsheng sent him away and prepared to face Yu Huatian himself. As Yu Huatian rode toward Snowmoon City to challenge Li Changsheng and pursue a breakthrough in the Sword Dao, Yan Shisan volunteered to go west and hold off the Demonic Cult.

• Ye Dingzhi told Li Changsheng that the Demonic Cult had lost at Dongting Lake and asked him to help kill Yu Huatian, but Li Changsheng refused to join the campaign and ordered Ye Dingzhi to leave Ming.
• Ye Dingzhi offered incense at Baili Dongjun and Sikong Changfeng's memorial tablets, then departed as Li Changsheng sensed Yu Huatian approaching and released his own sword momentum.
• Li Changsheng and Yu Huatian's sword momentum stirred swordsmen across Ming, while Sun En, Xie Xuan, Yan Zhantian, Ximen Chuixue, and Luo Qingyang each sensed the coming clash.
• Yu Huatian continued south toward Snowmoon City, determined to fight Li Changsheng and use the battle to break through to the swordless realm despite his companions' concern.
• Ye Gucheng explained to Lian Chengbi that Yu Huatian's willingness to face dangerous battles had helped advance his martial arts and state of mind.
• Yan Shisan volunteered to ride west alone and hold off the Demonic Cult while Yu Huatian dealt with Snowmoon City.

Yu Huatian sent his allies to confront the Demonic Cult while he traveled to Snowmoon City to challenge its remaining sword immortal. As he arrived before a crowd of swordsmen, he announced that he had come to test swords, while Han Bai chose a new path toward revenge.

• Murong Qiudi reported that the Demonic Cult had split into sixteen forces, and Yu Huatian ordered Yan Shisan, Ye Gucheng, and his other allies to lead contingents against them while he continued to Snowmoon City.
• Yu Huatian sent orders for the Supreme Alliance and Dongfang Bubai to join the resistance, then prepared to raise his strength before the coming battle.
• After the Raging Flood Dragon Alliance survivors Han Bai and Feng Xinglie fled north, Han Bai refused to go to Great Yuan, and an unknown figure offered to help him seek revenge.
• The Demonic Cult withdrew toward the Western Regions as Yu Huatian arrived at Snowmoon City, where Ximen Chuixue and a stubborn young swordsman resisted his overwhelming sword momentum.
• Yu Huatian rode before Snowmoon City and declared that he had come to test swords.

Yu Huatian challenged Li Changsheng at Snowmoon City and fought him with increasingly powerful sword techniques. He unleashed the Fifteenth Sword, a Sword of Rules that devastated the city and wounded Li Changsheng, who nevertheless told him to continue.

• Li Changsheng emerged from Snowmoon City and accepted Yu Huatian's challenge, warning him that he would die.
• Yu Huatian attacked, but Li Changsheng caught his sword between two fingers and sent sword qi into his body.
• Yu Huatian layered three Heaven-Slaying Sword strikes together, and their clash cut Li Changsheng's finger and drew blood.
• Yu Huatian unleashed the Fifteenth Sword, a deathly Sword of Rules that tore through Snowmoon City and destroyed Li Changsheng's origin Sword Intent.
• Li Changsheng reappeared wounded and pale, suppressed his injuries, and calmly told Yu Huatian to continue.

Yu Huatian fought Li Changsheng in Snowmoon City, wounding him with the Fifteenth Sword before losing their ensuing clash and unleashing a strand of Bai Yujing’s sword intent. As Li Changsheng faced that deadly sword intent, Yu Huatian reflected on what he had learned and began to raise his own sword intent.

• Yu Huatian evaded Li Changsheng’s attack with the Fifteenth Sword, then summoned countless swords and launched a massive assault that reduced Snowmoon City to ruins.
• Li Changsheng survived the attack and fought Yu Huatian in the storm, defeating him in fewer than ten exchanges.
• Yu Huatian challenged Li Changsheng’s claim of victory, and Li Changsheng moved to kill him before sensing danger from the Heavenly Fury Sword.
• Yu Huatian revealed a strand of Bai Yujing’s sword intent, which he had obtained at the cost of a million strands of fortune, and it pressed Li Changsheng into the earth.
• As Li Changsheng faced Bai Yujing’s sword intent, Yu Huatian took a Great Restoration Pill, considered his insights into the Swordless Realm, and began to raise his own sword intent.

Yu Huatian broke through to the Swordless Realm by committing to the Invincible Sword Dao, then resumed his battle with Li Changsheng. After Yu Huatian wounded and overwhelmed Li Changsheng with a series of attacks, the two prepared to clash head-on again.

• Yu Huatian reconstructed his Sword Dao and chose to define his own Path of Invincibility, breaking through to the Swordless Realm.
• Sun En sensed the breakthrough from the Capital, while swords throughout the area around Snowmoon City hummed in response.
• Li Changsheng emerged from the sword qi storm wounded, and Yu Huatian summoned the Heavenly Fury Sword before challenging him again.
• Yu Huatian attacked Li Changsheng with seven-layered Heaven-Slaying Sword strikes, sent him flying, and struck him with the Dragon-Subduing Divine Palm.
• Li Changsheng unleashed his Sword Momentum and charged Yu Huatian with a brilliant sword strike, and Yu Huatian met it head-on.

Yu Huatian defeated and killed Li Changsheng, claiming the title of Ming's greatest swordsman. After ordering Snowmoon City's surviving remnants dealt with, he set out for the Capital with A Fei joining his retinue.

• Yu Huatian endured Li Changsheng's attacks, then unleashed the Fifteenth Sword and grievously wounded him.
• Yu Huatian finished Li Changsheng with a sword through the chest and beheaded him, then carried his corpse toward Snowmoon City.
• Yu Huatian returned to Snowmoon City with Li Changsheng's head, and the crowd and West Depot forces hailed his victory.
• Yu Huatian ordered Li Changsheng's corpse hung at Snowmoon City's gate and told Murong Qiudi to cut down the city's surviving remnants.
• A Fei asked to follow Yu Huatian so he could become stronger, and Yu Huatian accepted him before departing for the Capital.

After Yu Huatian killed Li Changsheng, the Demonic Cult abandoned its invasion of Ming and turned toward the Western Regions. Snowmoon City’s survivors tried to flee and seek revenge, but Imperial Court forces surrounded and killed them beside Wuming Lake, erasing Snowmoon City.

• News reached the Demonic Cult that Yu Huatian had killed Li Changsheng, prompting Ye Dingzhi to abandon his invasion and order a retreat to the Western Regions.
• Ye Dingzhi learned that Yu Huatian’s allies had killed Murong Yule and other Demonic Cult leaders, then planned to unite the Western Regions and confront Northern Li.
• After hearing that Li Changsheng had died and Snowmoon City had been destroyed, Tang Lian called for revenge, while Li Hanyi urged the survivors to flee Ming.
• Li Hanyi and Zhao Yuzhen stayed behind as Yin Luoxia led the others away, but Heavenly Sect experts and Embroidered Uniform Guards surrounded them.
• Ye Gucheng, Yan Shisan, Lian Chengbi, and Zhan Yu joined the assault, and after six hours Zhao Yuzhen, Li Hanyi, and all of Snowmoon City’s gathered survivors had died beside Wuming Lake.

Yu Huatian consolidated Ming’s control over the jianghu and crushed bandit groups while preparing to move against Great Qing. As Zhu Youxiao’s health declined and conspirators stirred in the Capital, Yu Huatian sent his experts ahead to Great Qing and ordered a purge of those plotting for power.

• Yu Huatian returned to the Capital, learned Zhu Youxiao had less than half a year to live, and instructed Tan Luzi and Cao Zhengchun to support Su Huirong in governing until the Crown Prince came of age.
• A White Lotus Sect representative requested an audience, and Yu Huatian suspected the sect’s arrival was connected to Great Qing.
• The court imposed registration and tax rules on Ming’s jianghu, then used the Eastern and Western Depots and the Embroidered Uniform Guard to eliminate major bandit groups.
• After training Yuan Chengzhi and Wen Qingqing and receiving his returning officers, Yu Huatian declared Great Qing the next target and sent Ye Gucheng, Yan Shisan, and others there to establish themselves.
• Yu Huatian ordered Ma Jinliang to gather intelligence on Great Qing and tasked Tan Luzi and Cao Zhengchun with dealing with officials conspiring with Consort Kang as Zhu Youxiao’s death approached.

Yu Huatian used his fortune to master new martial arts and entered seclusion to fuse them, while the Demonic Cult suffered a crushing defeat against Northern Li under Meng Tian. Four months later, Zhu Youxiao neared death and Yu Huatian was summoned to the palace.

• Yu Huatian spent fortune on five rewards, mastered several arts including the Nine Yin Manual, and studied more techniques before beginning a martial arts fusion.
• The Ming Jianghu settled under court rules, and the Sword Dao Ranking was rearranged with Yu Huatian first and A Fei tenth.
• Meng Tian defeated Ye Dingzhi and the Demonic Cult, then led Northern Li's expansion into the southern Western Regions.
• After four months of seclusion, Yu Huatian learned that Zhu Youxiao was dying and hurried to the palace with Tan Luzi.
• Zhu Youxiao ordered the attendants to admit Yu Huatian as he lay gravely ill beside Su Huirong and Zhu Ciyu.