Chapter Summaries

Lin Lang told Nie Renwang that Nie Feng was alive and trained Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun outside the Lingyun Grotto, where Nie Feng quickly advanced and Bu Jingyun began learning to use his sorrowful Sword Intent. Lin Lang then took Bu Jingyun to meet Yu Yue, whose uncontrollable Kirin Arm attacked him.

• Nie Renwang refused to leave the Dragon Vein to see Nie Feng, but told Duan Shuai that Lin Lang was Emperor Xuanyuan’s descendant and described Lin Lang’s promise to bring their sons to the grotto.
• Lin Lang told Nie Feng that his father was alive, and Nie Feng’s joy triggered a rapid breakthrough; Lin Lang then taught him the Ice Heart Spell and Six Cold Art of Ao.
• Lin Lang tested Bu Jingyun’s swordsmanship, recognized his secretly learned Nameless Grief, and guided him in a sorrowful Sword Intent suited to his temperament.
• Lin Lang warned Bu Jingyun not to despair over Nie Feng’s progress and said he had a treasure perfectly suited to a single dog, then took him to find another opportunity.
• Yu Yue’s Kirin Arm slipped out of control and nearly struck his daughter Chu Chu, but Lin Lang seized the arm and challenged Yu Yue’s ability to control it.

Lin Lang arranged for Bu Jingyun to receive Yu Yue’s Kirin Arm and helped Yang Guo restore his missing arm, then accepted Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun as nominal disciples. A masked God-Catcher arrived to arrest Yu Yue, and Lin Lang killed him after learning he was Xiong Ba’s son.

• Lin Lang subdued Yu Yue’s Kirin Arm, saved him from its demonic influence, and arranged for Ping Yizhi to exchange Yu Yue’s left arm with Bu Jingyun’s.
• Ping Yizhi used blood from the Divine Condor to help restore Yang Guo’s severed arm, while Bu Jingyun learned to control the Kirin Arm and reached the Heavenly Realm Peak.
• Yang Guo taught Bu Jingyun his palm and sword techniques before leaving, and Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun asked Lin Lang to accept them as nominal disciples.
• Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun set out to train themselves, while Lin Lang invited Yu Yue to join the Sun Moon Holy Cult.
• The God-Catcher came to arrest Yu Yue, revealed himself as Xiong Ba’s son during his attack on Lin Lang, and died when Lin Lang shattered his sword and pierced his heart.

After Xiong Ba learned that his son had been killed, he ordered an investigation and sent the Twelve Fiends of Heaven's Pool after two former disciples. Meanwhile, Lin Lang returned to Blackwood Cliff, gave Blood Bodhi to Ren Yingying and Shi Potian, and summoned Wanwan there, leaving her wondering if she would meet Ren Yingying.

• Wen Chouchou told Xiong Ba that his son's body had arrived in a coffin, and Xiong Ba demanded the killer be found within a day.
• Xiong Ba ordered the Twelve Fiends of Heaven's Pool to kill two disciples who had betrayed their master, while You Ruo went to comfort him.
• At the Five Immortals Sect, Lin Lang reassured Lan Fenghuang that Xiong Ba would not attack and promised to bring her a gift.
• Lin Lang returned to Blackwood Cliff and fed Ren Yingying three Blood Bodhi fruits, then gave Shi Potian three more before sending him into seclusion.
• Xiang Wentian reported that Jiumozhi had reached the heaven-man realm and that the Azure Dragon Society had mostly been subdued; Lin Lang asked for Jiang Xiaoyu and Hua Wuque to return.
• After Wanwan learned the Ambidextrous Skill from Xiaolongnü, An Long delivered Lin Lang's summons, and Wanwan rode to Blackwood Cliff.

Lin Lang forced the Divine Eagle to learn to fly, then collided with Bai Yunfei and demanded compensation from her and her Immortal Crane. As Bai Yunfei traveled west in search of the Origin Returning Manual, Lin Tiandu plotted to claim it, while Ma Junwu and Li Qingluan set out with Yiyangzi to pursue the rumors.

• Lin Lang fed the Divine Eagle tonics and kicked it off Blackwood Cliff until it learned to fly, then tested it as a mount.
• Bai Yunfei and Lin Lang collided in the air, and Lin Lang demanded blood from her Immortal Crane Lingyu as compensation.
• Bai Yunfei gave Lin Lang a bottle of Lingyu's blood, then headed west to find her master's wife and the Origin Returning Manual while Lin Lang secretly tracked her.
• Lin Tiandu revealed that he had spread rumors about the Origin Returning Manual to draw Lan Haiping out, and he planned to challenge Jade Rakshasa for control of the Western Regions.
• Yiyangzi took Ma Junwu and Li Qingluan down from Kunlun to seek the Origin Returning Manual, and the group spotted enormous birds overhead and hurried after them.

Lin Lang killed Su Penghai after he poisoned a gathering of martial artists, then met Wanwan near Blackwood Cliff and helped her advance her cultivation. Back at Blackwood Cliff, Lin Lang learned that Jade Rakshasa had been killed and the Rakshasa Cult was on the verge of collapse.

• Su Penghai arranged a poisoned-bat attack on Jianghu fighters seeking the Origin Returning Manual, but Bai Yunfei arrived on Immortal Crane Lingyu and disrupted his plan.
• Lin Lang killed Su Penghai rather than bargain for the antidote, then left Bai Yunfei to seek help curing the poisoned fighters.
• Lin Lang met Wanwan at an inn near Blackwood Cliff and gave her Blood Bodhi fruits, which helped her true qi transform.
• Wanwan told Lin Lang that she had weakened the Li Clan and arranged for the Yuwen Clan to attack the Dugu Clan, and she planned to destroy the Great Venerable Ming Cult.
• A Blackwood Cliff intelligence officer reported that a mysterious attacker had killed Jade Rakshasa and that the Rakshasa Cult was close to being destroyed.

Lin Lang investigated Jade Rakshasa’s murder, arranged for his disciples to train, and captured Lan Haiping on Mount Kuocang. He learned Lan Haiping’s family had separated from him and promised to reunite him with his daughter.

• Lin Lang ordered an investigation into Jade Rakshasa’s murder and sent word to Ximen Chuixue, then directed his agents to search Mount Kuocang for Lan Haiping and the Immortal Crane Lingyu.
• Lin Lang let Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun face the assassins pursuing them, urged Jiang Xiaoyu and Hua Wuque to strengthen their foundations, and learned from Mud Bodhisattva that Ren Yingying’s seclusion was auspicious.
• Lin Lang fed the Divine Eagle blood from extraordinary beasts, then rode to Mount Kuocang after learning the Jinyiwei had located Lan Haiping.
• Lan Haiping rejected Wang Wu’s demand that he return to the Jinyiwei, but Lin Lang subdued him and revealed that he knew Lan Haiping’s wife had taken the Origin Returning Manual.
• Lin Lang demanded the manual and promised to reunite Lan Haiping with his daughter, while Wang Wu’s men searched the courtyard.

Lin Lang studied Lan Haiping’s partial Origin Returning Manual, then pursued Bai Yunfei to a volcanic island where she sought a Thousand-Year Fire Turtle’s gallbladder to cure hundreds of poisoned people. He killed the enormous turtle with his bare hands, but its flames destroyed his clothes, leaving Bai Yunfei startled.

• Lan Haiping warned Lin Lang that rumors about the Origin Returning Manual might be a scheme, but Lin Lang had Wang Wu imprison him and considered using the manual to improve Xiaoyu’s skills and his own.
• After three days of studying the manual, Lin Lang learned that Divine Eagle had found Immortal Crane Lingyu and rushed north to catch up.
• Bai Yunfei used a sonic art to bring the Thousand-Year Fire Turtle out of hiding, hoping to obtain its gallbladder as a cure for the poisoned sect members.
• Divine Eagle carried Lin Lang to the island, where he joined Bai Yunfei and beat the fire turtle to death with his fists.
• The fire turtle’s flames destroyed Lin Lang’s clothes, and Bai Yunfei turned away in surprise.

Lin Lang harvested the Thousand-Year Fire Turtle and absorbed its blood, transforming his essence blood for the second time and greatly increasing his strength. After testing his new defenses in a cold pool, he jumped into lava, while Bai Yunfei returned to the island and encountered a woman who recognized Lingyu the Immortal Crane.

• Lin Lang refused Bai Yunfei’s request for the Thousand-Year Fire Turtle’s gallbladder and sent her away, revealing that Lan Haiping had been taken to Great Ming’s Capital City.
• Lin Lang carved up the Thousand-Year Fire Turtle, fed its meat to the Divine Eagle, and submerged himself in its blood to temper his body.
• Lin Lang’s essence blood transformed for the second time, strengthening his body, true qi, and martial arts, and he discovered that the turtle’s meat tasted bad even when cooked.
• Lin Lang bathed in a freezing pool, then jumped into the volcano’s lava to test whether it could further temper his body.
• Bai Yunfei saw a Heavenly Dragon Gang ship arrive at Volcanic Island and returned to investigate, finding the Divine Eagle unconscious and the Thousand-Year Fire Turtle reduced to an empty shell.
• As Bai Yunfei approached the turtle shell on Lingyu the Immortal Crane, a woman spotted the crane and looked at it with hatred.

Bai Yunfei clashed with Lan Xiaodie over the thousand-year fire turtle and learned that her junior sister blamed Lan Haiping for abandoning her family. After Lan Xiaodie fled and Lin Lang treated Bai Yunfei’s poison, the story shifted to Xiong Ba’s plans against Lin Lang and Lan Xiaodie’s ambitions aboard the Heavenly Dragon Gang’s ship.

• Bai Yunfei recognized Lan Xiaodie as Lan Haiping’s daughter, but Lan Xiaodie accused Lan Haiping of abandoning her and attacked Bai Yunfei with the Sonic Wave Skill.
• Bai Yunfei and Lan Xiaodie fought evenly until Bai Yunfei warned that the turtle belonged to the Imperial Preceptor of Great Ming; Lan Xiaodie used Joy Powder and escaped.
• Lin Lang found Bai Yunfei poisoned and treated her, then departed on the thousand-year fire turtle’s shell after leaving her meat and telling her to force out what he had left inside her.
• Bai Yunfei roasted the turtle meat with Lingyu and cultivated before planning to pursue Lan Xiaodie.
• Xiong Ba ordered Wen Chouchou to tell the Twelve Fiends of Heaven’s Pool to kill Lin Lang, while Wen Chouchou privately hoped Xiong Ba would become strong enough to do so.
• Lan Xiaodie returned to the Heavenly Dragon Gang’s ship and resolved to master the Origin Returning Manual, while Cao Xiong plotted to gain power and pursue her.

Lin Lang helped Ren Yingying and Lan Fenghuang advance their cultivation, then traveled toward the Western Regions to settle outstanding matters. On the way, he intercepted Bai Yunfei, who was flying to the Heavenly Dragon Gang, and took offense when she insisted she would repay him and that her destination was none of his business.

• Ren Yingying emerged from seclusion after reaching the three-flower realm, and Lin Lang returned with thousand-year-old fire turtle meat and ordered it prepared for the cult’s elders.
• Lin Lang fed the Fire Monkey fire turtle meat, triggering a sudden evolution, then asked Mud Bodhisattva to divine Lan Xiaodie’s whereabouts.
• Lan Fenghuang tested her recreated poison on Lin Lang, who confirmed it could harm Heaven-Man Realm experts, and he gave her fire turtle gallbladder to strengthen her and transform her poison.
• Lin Lang helped Lan Fenghuang absorb the essence in the Evil Emperor’s Relic, bringing her to the Heavenly Realm Peak before he left for the Western Regions.
• Cao Xiong arranged for Lin Tiandu to meet Su Feifeng, while Bai Yunfei flew toward the Heavenly Dragon Gang to confront her junior martial sister.
• Lin Lang caught up with Bai Yunfei on the Divine Eagle, and she told him she would repay her debt and that her destination was none of his business.

Lin Lang defeated Lin Tiandu, rescued Bai Yunfei and Lan Xiaodie, and seized the Origin Returning Manual for Great Ming. He delivered Lin Tiandu to a white-clad man after finding the Heaven-Covering Sect already slaughtered.

• Lin Lang and Bai Yunfei traveled toward Lan Xiaodie, while Lin Tiandu learned her location from Cao Xiong and went to capture her.
• Lin Tiandu attacked Lan Xiaodie and Bai Yunfei, but Lin Lang arrived and crushed him with a powerful palm strike.
• Lin Lang used the Soul-Transferring Great Method to learn where Lin Tiandu had hidden his martial arts manuals, then drained his remaining essence and kept him alive.
• Lin Lang took the Origin Returning Manual from Lan Xiaodie, explaining that it belonged to Great Ming, and Bai Yunfei led the injured Lan Xiaodie away.
• Lin Lang flew to the Heaven-Covering Sect, found its members dead and a white-clad man outside, then handed Lin Tiandu over to him.

After destroying the Heaven-Covering Sect, Lin Lang returned to Blackwood Cliff with its martial arts manuals and used them to help Jiang Xiaoyu advance while improving his own skills. Jiang Xiaoyu became a Martial Arts Myth, Hua Wuque appeared close to a breakthrough, and Lin Lang prepared the Holy Cult for another major undertaking.

• Ximen Chuixue left the Heaven-Covering Sect after avenging Jade Rakshasa, while Lin Lang took the sect’s manuals and poisoned its ledger before Cao Xiong found it and died.
• Lin Lang gave Ren Yingying the manuals he had collected, including the Origin Returning Manual, then gave Jiang Xiaoyu the manual and a Thousand-Year Fire Turtle heart to aid his cultivation.
• Lin Lang fused Reverse Star-Sucking Great Skill into Heaven and Earth Great Shift, refined Three Sounds Divine Fist, and made further progress in his martial arts during seclusion.
• Jiang Xiaoyu broke through to the Martial Arts Myth Realm after studying the Origin Returning Manual, and Ren Yingying gave him the three Blood Bodhi fruits Lin Lang had left for him.
• Lin Lang emerged from seclusion, learned that Jiang Xiaoyu had advanced and Hua Wuque was nearing a breakthrough, then arranged another major undertaking for the Sun Moon Holy Cult.

Lin Lang met Zhang Sanfeng on Wudang Mountain, exchanged martial arts with him, and gained insight into strengthening his primordial spirit through the conception of yin and yang. After learning of political and martial-world developments, Lin Lang prepared to visit Peerless City, where rumors about Dugu Yifang’s identity threatened to disrupt the city’s plans.

• Yu Lianzhou urged Zhang Sanfeng to challenge the World Association, but Zhang sent him away to cultivate and ordered everyone to stay clear of the courtyard.
• Lin Lang sparred with Zhang Sanfeng, learned about his methods for strengthening the primordial spirit, and traded martial arts for Zhang’s Tai Chi Fist and Taiji Sword.
• Lin Lang reflected on the exchange at Mount Tai and decided to incorporate nature and the blending of yin and yang into his path toward a second primordial-spirit transformation.
• Sun Moon Holy Cult members told Lin Lang that the Yuwen Clan was close to unifying Great Sui and that Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun had disappeared; Lin Lang arranged for Great Ming to take over Great Sui and decided to visit Peerless City.
• Xiong Ba learned that Dugu Yifang was rumored to be a stand-in and suspected Lin Lang had spread the secret.
• Dugu Yifang denied the rumor to Dugu Ming, ordered him to prepare to marry Mingyue, and planned to use the wedding to draw out the Sword Saint and kill Lin Lang.

Lin Lang entered Peerless City as Nie Feng was cornered there, and he watched Love of the Allure collapse when Dugu Ming and Mingyue failed to trust each other. After Nie Feng killed Dugu Ming and the Ming Family matriarch, Lin Lang chose to stay and face the Sword Saint, while Dugu Yifang arrived demanding their lives.

• Duan Lang decided to remain in Peerless City rather than leave with Nie Feng, hoping to become deputy city lord.
• Lin Lang slipped into Peerless City on the eve of Dugu Ming and Mingyue’s wedding and headed toward the inner city.
• Nie Feng was discovered at the Ming Family residence and fought his way past Mingyue, her grandmother, and Dugu Ming.
• Lin Lang subdued the surrounding fighters with his aura, and Nie Feng killed the Ming Family matriarch and Dugu Ming after their attempt to use Love of the Allure failed.
• Lin Lang gave the Peerless Yin and Yang Swords to Nie Feng and refused to leave before facing the Sword Saint.
• Dugu Yifang arrived and vowed that Lin Lang and Nie Feng would pay for Dugu Ming’s death.

Lin Lang killed Dugu Yifang and defeated Peerless City’s defenders after surviving the Phoenix Dance Arrow. Sword Saint emerged from seclusion by sending his Primordial Spirit toward Lin Lang, who challenged him while pointing out his failing body and depleted lifespan.

• Dugu Yifang tried to capture Nie Feng, but Nie Feng killed Dugu Ming, prompting Dugu Yifang to confront Lin Lang with the Phoenix Dance Arrow.
• Dugu Yifang’s Phoenix Dance Arrow failed to harm Lin Lang, who killed Shi Martial Venerable and the attacking defenders before breaking Dugu Yifang’s leg and killing him.
• Duan Lang fled, then returned to alert Sword Saint that Lin Lang was threatening Peerless City, hoping to become Sword Saint’s disciple.
• Sword Saint emerged from his body as a Primordial Spirit and raced toward the Ming Family Ancient Ancestral Residence, while Duan Lang guarded his frail body.
• Lin Lang prepared to search the City Lord’s Manor, then sensed Sword Saint’s sword intent and waited for him.
• Sword Saint confronted Lin Lang over the deaths of Dugu Ming and Dugu Yifang, and Lin Lang called Dugu Yifang an impostor and challenged Sword Saint’s weakened state.

Lin Lang survived Sword Saint’s Sword Twenty-Three after Duan Lang accidentally disrupted Sword Saint’s physical shell and fled with the Peerless Divine Sword. Lin Lang recovered the Holy Spirit Sword Techniques and Peerless City’s treasures, then sent Nie Feng with the spoils to Blackwood Cliff as news of Peerless City’s destruction spread.

• Sword Saint battled Lin Lang with Sword Twenty-Two and then Sword Twenty-Three, while Lin Lang used his golden body and Reverse Heavenly Demon Disintegration Great Art to withstand the attacks.
• Duan Lang touched Sword Saint’s Peerless Divine Sword, dispersing the essence around Sword Saint’s body, then stole the sword and fled.
• Sword Saint burned his primordial spirit to deliver one last strike, and Lin Lang survived before recovering and finding the Holy Spirit Sword Techniques on Sword Saint’s corpse.
• Lin Lang studied the Holy Spirit Sword Techniques, realized Sword Twenty-Three embodied destructive sword intent, and went to the City Lord’s Manor to search for Peerless City’s treasures.
• Nie Feng found the secret chamber and helped Lin Lang collect martial arts manuals and valuables; Lin Lang ordered him to tell Duan Lang to return the Peerless Divine Sword and to gather the elders’ treasures.
• Nie Feng left Peerless City with eight chests bound for Blackwood Cliff while Lin Lang departed on the Divine Eagle, and news of Peerless City’s destruction spread through the Jianghu.

Xiong Ba learned that Lin Lang had destroyed Peerless City and sent Qin Shuang to take it over before entering seclusion to master Three Origins Returning to One. Lin Lang returned to Blackwood Cliff, studied Love of the Allure and advanced his leg techniques, while Nie Feng joined the Holy Cult and met his fellow disciples; the chapter ended as Qu Yang arrived with urgent news.

• Xiong Ba taught Qin Shuang the new Frost-Cloud Fist move Defying Snow and Braving Frost, then ordered him to manage the World Association and take over Peerless City after learning Lin Lang had killed Dugu Yifang and Sword Saint.
• Jian Chen left Zhonghua Pavilion to venture into the Jianghu, and Wuming learned that Lin Lang had destroyed Peerless City before ordering Gui Hu to monitor him.
• Lin Lang returned to Blackwood Cliff with martial arts manuals, entered seclusion to study Love of the Allure, and advanced his Thunder God Leg by incorporating the Dragon-Subduing Divine Leg.
• Nie Feng arrived at Blackwood Cliff as Lin Lang's nominal disciple, met Jiang Xiaoyu in the Martial Arts Pavilion, and sparred with him in leg techniques.
• Lin Lang ordered Jiang Xiaoyu to clean the Martial Arts Pavilion after their sparring damaged it, then gave Ren Yingying a manual of Love of the Allure to study.
• Qu Yang hurried to Lin Lang and Ren Yingying with urgent news.

Lin Lang sent Nie Feng to confront Song Que and traveled to Bai Jian Manor, where swordsmen gathered to seek the Peerless Good Sword. Bu Jingyun defeated Ao Tian with a branch, and Lin Lang challenged Sword Demon’s claim to his title.

• Qu Yang reported that Qin Shuang had absorbed Peerless City into the World Association, Song Que had reached the martial arts myth realm, and Bai Jian Manor’s Peerless Good Sword was nearly complete.
• Lin Lang sent Nie Feng toward Dali to face Song Que, assigned Shi Potian to guard the Western Regions, and advised Jiang Xiaoyu on his martial arts.
• Bu Jingyun and Duan Lang headed to Bai Jian Manor seeking the Peerless Good Sword, while Jian Chen and Sword Greed also traveled there for their own purposes.
• Lin Lang flew to Bai Jian Manor on the Divine Eagle and recognized Sword Greed and Wuming’s disciple Jian Chen among the approaching swordsmen.
• Bu Jingyun defeated Ao Tian in three moves using a branch, then criticized his swordsmanship.
• Ao Tian admitted his defeat to Sword Demon, and Lin Lang challenged Sword Demon’s right to the title.

Lin Lang arrived at Bai Jian Manor, defeated Sword Demon, and took his Vein-Severing Sword Qi while allowing Madam Ao to avenge her husband. As Lin Lang and his disciples headed toward the Sword Pool, fighting broke out there, suggesting someone had entered the forge.

• Lin Lang arrived at Bai Jian Manor, where Sword Demon attacked him with Vein-Severing Sword Qi and failed to harm him.
• Lin Lang countered Sword Demon’s attacks, defeated him, and taught Bu Jingyun ways to handle the martial art.
• Lin Lang promised Madam Ao he would let Ao Tian and then Bu Jingyun try to claim the Peerless Good Sword, and he demanded famous swords for Blackwood Cliff.
• Sword Demon gave Lin Lang the Vein-Severing Sword Qi formula, then launched a concealed attack; Lin Lang crippled him and drained his True Qi.
• Madam Ao learned that Sword Demon had killed her husband, then stabbed him to death herself.
• Lin Lang heard fighting from the Sword Pool and realized someone had slipped inside.

Lin Lang exposed the Peerless Good Sword’s unfinished Sword Heart and used the blood of the gathered swordsmen to complete it. After finding the true sword and killing Sword Greed, he gave it to Bu Jingyun, while Duan Lang challenged Jian Chen to prove his loyalty to Lin Lang.

• Lin Lang rejected Duan Lang’s request to become his disciple but let him follow the others into the Sword Pool.
• Madam Ao urged Ao Tian to claim the Peerless Good Sword, but Ao Tian backed away from its heat, and Sword Greed’s blood was absorbed when he tried to draw it.
• Lin Lang prompted the gathered swordsmen to spill their blood into the Peerless Good Sword, then told Bu Jingyun to pull its Sword Heart from the flames.
• The Sword Heart entered one of the sword blanks, and Lin Lang lifted the swords from the pool, destroyed the fakes, and identified the true Peerless Good Sword.
• Sword Greed seized the sword and attacked Lin Lang, who killed him with a redirected sword strike and gave the Peerless Good Sword to Bu Jingyun.
• Jian Chen questioned Bu Jingyun’s killing intent, and Duan Lang defended Lin Lang before attacking Jian Chen with Sword Greed’s sword.