Chapter Summaries

After slaying Jinlun Fawang, Lin Lang met with the Emperor of Great Ming and the Sun Moon Holy Cult, then heard that Yang Guo had arrived near the capital. He left the story eager to meet the Divine Condor Great Hero and learn how his giant condor could fly.

• Wanwan congratulated Lin Lang on killing Jinlun Fawang, then hurried back to help the Holy Sect locate Duke Yang's Treasure Vault.
• Yuhuatian delivered gifts from the Emperor of Great Ming and escorted Lin Lang to the Imperial Study, where the Emperor thanked him for saving the capital.
• The Emperor of Great Ming asked to learn the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill, and Lin Lang wrote down the first two levels for him to practice.
• Lin Lang advised the madam of the Fragrant Pavilion to dress its girls in Mongol Yuan clothing to attract customers seeking revenge, then ordered the Sun Moon Holy Cult to rebuild its Branch Altars and gather intelligence on reclusive experts.
• Yin Yeku told Lin Lang that the Divine Condor Great Hero was staying in a town thirty li outside the city, and Lin Lang became eager to meet him.

Yang Guo met Lin Lang, and the two tested their swordsmanship and palm techniques before Lin Lang revealed that Xiaolongnü was alive. Yang Guo and Lin Lang headed to Heartless Valley to search for her, where an approaching stranger mistook Lin Lang for the person who had lured away the Divine Condor.

• Yang Guo learned that Lin Lang had killed Jinlun Fawang and challenged him to compare swords, hoping to defend Dugu Qiubai's legacy.
• Lin Lang defeated Yang Guo in both swordsmanship and palm techniques, then learned how Yang Guo had helped the Divine Condor lose weight and fly.
• Yang Guo told Lin Lang he was waiting for his wife, and Lin Lang revealed that his subordinates had found signs Xiaolongnü was alive near Heartbreak Cliff.
• Lin Lang advised Yang Guo to prepare supplies and a rope before searching the cliff, then offered to accompany him to Heartless Valley.
• The Divine Condor carried Lin Lang and Yang Guo toward Heartless Valley, but Yang Guo went to buy a rope and tidy himself up after they arrived.
• A man approached Lin Lang, mistook him for Yang Guo, and demanded to know how he had lured away the Divine Condor.

Lin Lang helped Yang Guo descend Heartbreak Cliff and reunite with Xiaolongnü, then received the Reverse Nine Yin from Yang Guo. After Yang Guo and Xiaolongnü left, Lin Lang stayed in Heartless Valley to study the martial art and reverse its flaws.

• Lin Lang fought Zhou Botong, traded the Heavenly Mountain Six Yang Palm for the Vacant Fist, and discussed martial arts with him.
• Yang Guo descended Heartbreak Cliff using a rope and the Cloud-Somersaulting Ladder, then returned with Xiaolongnü.
• Xiaolongnü offered Lin Lang the Nine Yin Scripture, but he asked Yang Guo to teach him Reverse Nine Yin instead.
• Lin Lang, Yang Guo, and Zhou Botong sparred together before Yang Guo and Xiaolongnü departed on the Divine Condor.
• Lin Lang gathered poisonous herbs and sat in an abandoned house, preparing to reverse the flaws of Reverse Nine Yin.

Lin Lang returned to Blackwood Cliff, advised Jiang Xiaoyu and Hua Wuque on their swordsmanship, and discussed the path to the Heaven-Man Realm with Jiumozhi. After reassuring Ren Yingying and giving her the Heavenly Sword, he learned that Xie Xun was returning with the Dragon-Slaying Saber and decided to confront him.

• Lin Lang cultivated Reverse Reverse Nine Yin, reviewed his martial arts progress, and decided to focus on Reverse Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill as he prepared to return to Blackwood Cliff.
• Jiumozhi corrected Jiang Xiaoyu and Hua Wuque’s wasteful swordsmanship, and Lin Lang returned to demonstrate how they could improve their techniques.
• Lin Lang advised Jiumozhi about entering the Heaven-Man Realm, while Jiumozhi explained that he planned to refine his skills for ten years before attempting the breakthrough.
• Lin Lang told Ren Yingying that Zhang Sanfeng remained a formidable opponent, then promised to consider having children with her in two or three years and gave her the Heavenly Sword.
• Ren Yingying told Lin Lang that Xie Xun was returning with the Dragon-Slaying Saber, and Lin Lang decided to obtain intelligence and confront him over the Sun Moon Holy Cult members he had killed.

Lin Lang learned that Zhang Wuji had sailed to retrieve Xie Xun, while Southern Shaolin considered exploiting the return to provoke a conflict between the Ming Cult and the Sun Moon Demon Cult. The chapter left Lin Lang weighing Jiang Xiaoyu’s suggestion to intercept the ship and take the Dragon-Slaying Saber.

• Ren Yingying asked Lin Lang to approve new Branch Altar Masters and proposed expanding the Sun Moon Holy Cult into Great Song to search for remnants of the Great Song Demon Cult.
• Golden Flower Granny took Xie Xun toward Spirit Snake Island and asked to borrow the Dragon-Slaying Saber so she could face the Persian Ming Cult’s Three Persian Envoys.
• Zhang Wuji visited Zhang Sanfeng, explained that he had rescued captives from Prince of Ruyang’s Manor, and said he would bring Xie Xun back from Ice and Fire Island.
• Zhang Sanfeng agreed to Zhang Wuji’s plan and gave him three days on Wudang Mountain before he sailed to retrieve Xie Xun.
• Yuan Zhen urged Master Miaodi to rally Great Song’s orthodox sects against the Ming Cult and manipulate the Sun Moon Demon Cult into fighting it, and Master Miaodi agreed to consult the other hall heads.
• Jiang Xiaoyu told Lin Lang that Zhang Wuji had sailed and that Great Song’s sects were demanding Xie Xun’s death, then suggested intercepting the ship to seize the Dragon-Slaying Saber.

Lin Lang and Jiang Xiaoyu considered who had spread the Dragon-Slaying Saber rumors and decided to let the Jianghu factions clash while they watched for an opening. Meanwhile, Zhao Min planned to use the turmoil to strengthen the Prince of Ruyang’s Manor, Zhu Yuyan and Wanwan prepared to seek the Sacred Sarira, and Song Que learned that Xie Xun was returning with the saber.

• Lin Lang praised Jiang Xiaoyu’s analysis of the Dragon-Slaying Saber rumors, suspected Mongol Yuan or Southern Shaolin, and chose to let the factions fight before intervening.
• Lin Lang tested Jiang Xiaoyu’s progress, then sent him to deliver the Star-Shifting Change mnemonic verses to Hua Wuque and returned to cultivating the Reverse Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill.
• Zhao Min reassured the Prince of Ruyang, planned to nominate Zhao Deyan for the vacant Imperial Preceptor position, and continued plotting to create Jianghu chaos and seize the Dragon-Slaying Saber.
• Zhao Deyan revealed that he intended to become the Yin Kui Sect’s Holy Lord and use Mongol Yuan’s cavalry to conquer the world.
• Zhu Yuyan told Wanwan that the Yin Kui Sect had found the entrance to Duke Yang’s Treasure Vault, but insisted they would pursue the Sacred Sarira without relying on Lin Lang.
• Song Lu told Song Que that Xie Xun was returning with the Dragon-Slaying Saber, and Song Que wondered which master might force him to use his Ninth Saber.

Lin Lang strengthened his authority in the Sun Moon Holy Cult by sending dissatisfied veterans to establish branch altars and encouraging Xiang Wentian to cultivate. Meanwhile, Cihang Jingzhai learned that the Yin Kui Sect might be supporting Lin Lang and began considering him a threat to the Li Clan’s claim to the Great Sui.

• Lin Lang tested the strength he had gained from the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill and practiced adjusting his martial arts to it.
• Xiang Wentian told Lin Lang that veteran cult members objected to resources going to younger members, so Lin Lang summoned them to Blackwood Cliff’s hall.
• Lin Lang rejected the veterans’ demands for promotions and martial arts manuals, then ordered them to earn advancement by establishing branch altars abroad.
• After the veterans departed for Western Xia and the Western Regions, Lin Lang gave Xiang Wentian the Marrow-Cleansing Scripture and sent him into seclusion.
• At Cihang Jingzhai, Shi Feixuan reported that Xu Ziling would abandon his ambitions but Kou Zhong would not, while Fan Qinghui discussed the Dragon Saber and the Li Clan’s prospects.
• Fan Qinghui told Shi Feixuan that Wanwan had visited the Great Ming and that the Yin Kui Sect might be supporting Lin Lang, whom Shi Feixuan proposed eliminating.

Lin Lang ordered a search for Cihang Jingzhai after exposing spies at Blackwood Cliff, while the Emperor of Great Ming grew suspicious of him and Jiang Yuyan acquired the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill. Elsewhere, the Persian Ming Cult’s envoys searched for Daiqisi, Golden Flower Granny schemed to take Xie Xun’s Dragon Saber, and Zhang Wuji missed Xie Xun on Ice and Fire Island; Lin Lang then learned Persian martial artists had reached Great Song and prepared to investigate them.

• Lin Lang killed one spy who falsely claimed to belong to the Yin Kui Sect, questioned the remaining captives, and ordered the Branch Altars to search for Cihang Jingzhai.
• Jiang Xiaoyu complained about the cult’s workload, and Lin Lang told him to delegate duties while continuing his martial arts training.
• Wei Jinzhong told the Emperor of Great Ming that Lin Lang was the Sun Moon Holy Cult’s Right Envoy, prompting the emperor to hide his knowledge and seek someone who could replace Lin Lang.
• Jiang Yuyan recognized the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill the emperor left behind and resolved to use it to improve her martial arts and eventually destroy Lin Lang and the Sun Moon Holy Cult.
• Persian Ming Cult envoys in Great Song prioritized finding Daiqisi, while Golden Flower Granny left Xie Xun on Spirit Snake Island and plotted to trick him into surrendering the Dragon Saber.
• Zhang Wuji reached Ice and Fire Island too late to find Xie Xun, and Lin Lang received word of Persian martial artists near Yangzhou and arranged to investigate them.

Lin Lang traveled to Great Song to stop a Persian merchant ship from reaching Spirit Snake Island, then visited Wang Yuyan at Manduo Manor and helped her improve her martial arts. He left at dawn after Wang Yuyan sensed Martial Dao True Intent, while Madam Wang remained unaware of his visit.

• Lin Lang ordered the Branch Altars to watch the Persian merchant ship, then traveled toward Great Song in a sedan chair carried by eight Martial Arts Masters and taught them lightness skills along the way.
• The Branch Altar Master told Lin Lang the ship's passengers sought a boatman to take them to Spirit Snake Island, and Lin Lang ordered the search for Golden Flower Granny to continue while making further arrangements.
• Wang Yuyan practiced her sword and Lingbo Microstep at Manduo Manor, and Lin Lang arrived to test her skills and gave her jewelry.
• Wang Yuyan declined Lin Lang's offer to go to Great Ming because she wanted to stay with Madam Wang, and Lin Lang studied her Lingbo Microstep manual before teaching her improvements.
• Madam Wang interrupted their private meeting at dinner, but Wang Yuyan sent her away by claiming she was practicing; Lin Lang later guided her martial arts training through the night.
• Wang Yuyan sensed a little Martial Dao True Intent by dawn, and Lin Lang left before Madam Wang discovered him; Madam Wang mistook Wang Yuyan's hoarse voice for the effects of wine and nourishing soup.

Zhuge Zhengwo learned that Lin Lang had arrived in Great Song, while Golden Flower Granny returned to shore and the Persian Three Holy Envoys searched for her. Lin Lang confronted the Three Holy Envoys aboard their ship and demanded compensation, setting up a fight over their Holy Flame Tablets.

• Tie Youxia told Zhuge Zhengwo that Lin Lang had arrived in Great Song, and Zhuge ordered his people to keep watching him.
• Golden Flower Granny told Zhuer to find a young man to impersonate Zhang Wuji for the blind Golden-Haired Lion King, then went to search for the Persian Ming Cult's people and news of Zhang Wuji and Xiao Zhao.
• Lin Lang learned that the Persian Three Holy Envoys remained aboard their ship and ordered Altar Master Zhao to bring fighters and the Giant Whale Gang to demand compensation.
• The Three Holy Envoys learned that Golden Flower Granny had returned and prepared to capture her, but a staged dispute with the Giant Whale Gang erupted outside their cabin.
• Lin Lang entered the cabin, recognized the Three Holy Envoys and their Holy Flame Tablets, and declared that they would follow his rules and pay compensation.

Lin Lang defeated the Persian Ming Cult’s three Holy Envoys, seized their Holy Flame Tablets, and sent their ship and captives back toward Great Ming. After meeting Chasing Life in Great Song, he learned that Golden Flower Granny was nearby and went to find her, where she tried to seize him for her plans to obtain the Dragon-Slaying Saber.

• Lin Lang challenged the three Persian Ming Cult Holy Envoys, endured their attacks, and took their Holy Flame Tablets after defeating them.
• Lin Lang ordered Altar Master Zhao to take the Persian ship and its cargo to Great Ming, then met Chasing Life, who had come to inspect the ship for Zhuge Zhengwo.
• A Five Immortals Sect member told Lin Lang that Golden Flower Granny was searching for Persians and had captured young people, so Lin Lang went to find her.
• Golden Flower Granny worried that the Persian ship had come to capture her and planned to use look-alikes to fool the Golden-Haired Lion King and obtain the Dragon-Slaying Saber.
• Golden Flower Granny spotted Lin Lang and reached out to seize him, intending to take him along as another safeguard.

Lin Lang was captured by Golden Flower Granny, while Cheng Kun and Chen Youliang seized Xie Xun and planned to use him against Zhang Wuji and the Ming Cult. Zhang Wuji headed for Wudang Mountain with Xiao Zhao, but upon arrival heard news that shocked and enraged him.

• Golden Flower Granny brought Lin Lang aboard her ship and threatened several captured young men, prompting him to say he had something big to show her.
• Chasing Life told Zhuge Zhengwo that Lin Lang had seized a Persian merchant ship and returned it to Great Ming, while Zhuge Zhengwo ordered him to watch for news of Xie Xun and the Dragon Saber.
• Cheng Kun and Chen Youliang surrounded Xie Xun on Spirit Snake Island; Xie Xun's Lion's Roar incapacitated most of the Beggars' Gang, but Cheng Kun struck him from behind and crippled him.
• Cheng Kun ordered Chen Youliang to take Xie Xun to Southern Shaolin alive, intending to use him to lure Zhang Wuji and the Ming Cult into a trap.
• Zhang Wuji landed on Great Ming's coast and traveled upriver with Xiao Zhao, planning to visit Wudang Mountain and seek news of Xie Xun.
• Zhang Wuji arrived at Wudang Mountain and heard shocking, enraging news.

Lin Lang forced the Purple-Shirted Dragon King to submit, learned the Holy Flame Tablet martial art, and found Xie Xun missing from Spirit Snake Island. After returning, he discovered that the Southern Beggars' Gang had captured Xie Xun and that a new Jianghu event had spread across several realms, prompting him to send Zhang Wuji a suggestion.

• Lin Lang revealed the Purple-Shirted Dragon King's identity, defeated her, and forced her to translate the Holy Flame Tablets after threatening Xiao Zhao.
• Lin Lang reached Spirit Snake Island and found that Xie Xun and the Dragon-Slaying Saber were gone, then returned to shore and learned Zhang Wuji had gone to Wudang Mountain.
• Lin Lang ordered Zhuer to bring Xiao Zhao to him and challenged the Purple-Shirted Dragon King's plan to make her daughter a Persian Ming Cult leader.
• Lin Lang received word that the Southern Beggars' Gang had captured Xie Xun, then heard of a new Jianghu event and sent a suggestion to Zhang Wuji.

Southern Shaolin prepared to hold a Lion-Slaying Assembly for Xie Xun, while factions across the Jianghu made plans around the Dragon-Slaying Saber and Zhang Wuji’s likely rescue attempt. Zhang Wuji gathered Ming Cult experts and, warned by Lin Lang, realized the assembly could be a trap that would endanger his followers.

• Master Miaodi accepted Yuan Zhen’s scheme, prepared Southern Shaolin for the assembly, and relied on a senior Holy Monk to deal with Zhang Wuji and the Ming Cult.
• Yuan Zhen planned to use Southern Shaolin to weaken the Ming Cult, while Guo Jing praised Chen Youliang’s actions and Huang Rong warned that Zhang Wuji would retaliate.
• Zhang Wuji left Wudang Mountain to rescue Xie Xun, and Yu Lianzhou followed with Wudang disciples to protect him.
• Zhu Yuyan and Wanwan planned to enter Duke Yang’s Treasure Vault for the Sacred Sarira and to find Shi Zhixuan.
• Lin Lang refused to send the Sun Moon Holy Cult to Southern Shaolin, while Zhang Wuji gathered Ming Cult experts and read the Right Envoy’s warning about the danger of the assembly.

Zhao Min maneuvered Zhao Deyan toward becoming Mongol Yuan's Imperial Preceptor while secretly seeking a stronger candidate, and Zhuge Zhengwo tracked the factions gathering for the Lion Slaying Assembly. In Great Song, A'Fei met Li Xunhuan before Lin Lang received Xiao Zhao and began reversing the flaws in the Heaven and Earth Great Shift.

• Zhao Min offered to support Zhao Deyan's appointment as Imperial Preceptor, while privately planning to use him to strengthen Prince of Ruyang's Manor and search for Mongol Yuan's missing Martial Venerable.
• Zhuge Zhengwo learned that Yu Lianzhou and other Wudang leaders had gone to Southern Shaolin, then sent Lifechaser to monitor the Lion Slaying Assembly.
• A'Fei met Li Xunhuan in a Great Song tavern, admitted he feared he could never catch up to Lin Lang, and decided to attend the Lion Slaying Assembly.
• Lin Lang received Xiao Zhao, who brought the Heaven and Earth Great Shift formulas and translated the Holy Flame Tablets to secure Granny's release.
• Lin Lang confirmed Xiao Zhao's translations, burned her copy of the Holy Flame Tablets translation, and asked the system to reverse the flaws in the Heaven and Earth Great Shift.

Lin Lang mastered Heaven and Earth Great Shift and planned to speak with Xiaozhao, while the Purple-Robed Dragon King plotted to escape with her to Persia. At Southern Shaolin, Master Miaodi’s plan to humiliate and kill Xie Xun was interrupted by Zhang Wuji’s demand to exchange him for ten captured monks.

• Lin Lang reversed the defects of Heaven and Earth Great Shift, mastered its levels in under two hours, and found that it strengthened his cultivation and combat ability.
• The Purple-Robed Dragon King rebuked Xiaozhao for delaying her return with Heaven and Earth Great Shift, then ordered her to help plan their escape to Persia without telling Zhu'er.
• Xiaozhao sensed Lin Lang mastering Heaven and Earth Great Shift and doubted that escaping from him would be possible.
• Master Miaodi proposed that Jianghu representatives each strike Xie Xun before Southern Shaolin confined him in its Repentance Hall, while Huang Rong suspected the plan was meant to provoke the Ming Cult.
• A young monk announced that Zhang Wuji had captured ten Southern Shaolin people and would kill them if the monks harmed Xie Xun, leaving Master Miaodi and the assembled martial artists stunned.

Lin Lang tried to persuade Xiao Zhao that her feelings for Zhang Wuji were gratitude and declared his interest in her. Meanwhile, Zhang Wuji used captured Southern Shaolin monks to force an exchange for Xie Xun and the Dragon Saber, leaving the Ming Cult ready to bring him home.

• Lin Lang massaged Xiao Zhao's shoulders, revealed he had overheard her mother's plan to send her to Persia, and offered to help her escape that fate.
• Lin Lang argued that Zhang Wuji had never truly loved Xiao Zhao, while Xiao Zhao questioned her feelings and eventually wept over Zhang Wuji's failure to search for her.
• Master Miaodi agreed to exchange Xie Xun and the Dragon Saber for the ten captured monks after a voice urged him to use the deal as a chance to eliminate Zhang Wuji.
• Yang Xiao and the Green-Winged Bat King praised Zhang Wuji's hostage strategy as the Ming Cult waited outside Southern Shaolin.
• Zhang Wuji set out to bring Xie Xun home and make Southern Shaolin the target of the martial world's anger.

At Southern Shaolin, the poisoned Xie Xun died during the hostage exchange, driving Zhang Wuji to attack and break through to the Heaven-Man Realm before a hidden monk forced him to retreat. As the Jianghu blamed Southern Shaolin for stealing the Dragon Saber’s secret, Zhang Wuji vowed revenge and asked whether Lin Lang would help the Ming Cult.

• Zhang Wuji traded Southern Shaolin’s captured monks for Xie Xun and the Dragon-Slaying Saber, then accused Master Miaodi of taking something from the saber’s lighter hilt.
• After Yu Lianzhou urged Zhang Wuji to leave with Xie Xun, Xie Xun died from poison, and Zhang Wuji attacked Master Miaodi with the Dragon Saber.
• Guo Jing, Huang Rong, and the Quanzhen Sect joined the fighting, while Zhang Wuji broke through to the Heaven-Man Realm and escaped after a hidden Southern Shaolin expert revealed his aura.
• Altar Master Li told Lin Lang about the battle, and Lin Lang said his plan had helped turn suspicion toward Southern Shaolin; Xiao Zhao asked whether Zhang Wuji was hurt.
• Master Miaodi’s monks could not identify who poisoned Xie Xun and worried that Jianghu factions would demand the Dragon Saber’s secret.
• With Yang Xiao, Yin Tianzheng, and the Flood Flag’s Deputy Leader, Zhang Wuji vowed that the Ming Cult would fight Southern Shaolin to the death and asked if Lin Lang would help.

Lin Lang sent Xiao Zhao and the Purple-Shirted Dragon King to Spirit Snake Island, then rejected the Ming Cult’s proposed alliance against Southern Shaolin unless Zhang Wuji surrendered its martial arts and the Dragon Saber. The Ming Cult turned to the Rakshasa Cult and planned to strike the Southern Beggars’ Gang, while Zhu Yuyan sought another way to open the Evil King’s Tomb and obtain the Sacred Sarira.

• The Purple-Shirted Dragon King discovered that Lin Lang had removed her gu worm and that Xiao Zhao’s cinnabar birthmark was gone, then urged Xiao Zhao to stay with Lin Lang and secure her place as his wife.
• Xiao Zhao chose to accompany her mother to Spirit Snake Island, and Lin Lang let them leave while telling Xiao Zhao to continue practicing the martial arts he had taught her.
• Lin Lang demanded the Ming Cult’s supreme martial arts and Dragon Saber as the price of cooperation, ordered his followers to gather intelligence openly near Southern Shaolin, and sent Altar Master Li to collect martial arts manuals.
• Zhang Wuji agreed to seek an alliance with the Rakshasa Cult and ordered Yin Tianzheng to investigate the Southern Beggars’ Gang so the Ming Cult could strike back.
• Zhu Yuyan and Wanwan failed to break into the Evil King’s Tomb, so Zhu Yuyan suggested using Kou Zhong’s divine weapon or purer true qi instead of asking Lin Lang for help.
• Wanwan learned that Zhang Wuji had the Dragon Saber and had reached the Heaven-Man Realm, then wondered whether Lin Lang would lend her the Heavenly Sword.

Ren Yingying reached peak Great Grandmaster and discussed the Sun Moon Holy Cult, Southern Shaolin, and the Persian Ming Cult with Lin Lang, who warned her about a powerful Holy Monk. Lin Lang then received reports of shifting powers in Mongol Yuan and Great Sui, while the Emperor of Great Ming began secretly practicing an incomplete Heavenly Wrath Heart Method supplied by Wei Jinzhong and learned that Consort Yan was pregnant.

• Ren Yingying emerged from seclusion at peak Great Grandmaster, and Lin Lang praised her progress while refusing her offer to make him Cult Leader.
• Ren Yingying told Lin Lang she had drained the Persian Ming Cult's three Holy Envoys and buried them, and Lin Lang warned her that Southern Shaolin's Holy Monk might be dangerous.
• Jiang Xiaoyu reported that Zhao Deyan had become Mongol Yuan's Imperial Preceptor, Zhao Min was searching for someone or something, and the Yin Kui Sect was hunting Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling.
• The Emperor of Great Ming accepted an incomplete Heavenly Wrath Heart Method from Wei Jinzhong, unaware that Wei Jinzhong intended to keep the true version and the secret medicines for himself.
• The Emperor of Great Ming resolved to surpass Lin Lang and learned that Consort Yan was pregnant.