Chapter Summaries

The Sword Emperor met with Second Dream and Lin Lang, agreed to leave the ice cellar, and accepted Second Dream’s plan to rebuild the Sword Sect on Qingcheng Mountain. Meanwhile, Zhuge Zhengwo failed to reach Wuming and decided to target Jue Wushen’s son, while suspecting Lin Lang was aiding an invasion of Great Song.

• The Sword Emperor reflected on the Sword Sect’s downfall before Second Dream arrived with Lin Lang, and he tested Second Dream’s swordsmanship.
• Second Dream asked the Sword Emperor to leave seclusion and help rebuild the Sword Sect, and Lin Lang reminded him that his promise to Jian Zun had been fulfilled.
• The Sword Emperor challenged Lin Lang, and their clash of Ten Thousand Swords Return as One and Sword Twenty-Three shook the ice cellar until it collapsed.
• Lin Lang dragged the Sword Emperor out of the collapsing cellar, and Second Dream arranged to reopen the Sword Sect on Qingcheng Mountain in three months.
• Zhuge Zhengwo failed to get past Gui Hu to see Wuming, then decided to capture Jue Wushen’s son and suspected Lin Lang was helping Jue Wushen weaken Great Song.

Lin Lang’s Sword Sect invitations drew renowned swordsmen to its reopening while Jue Xin ordered Great Song to attack Great Ming and suffered a crushing defeat. Lin Lang suspected Jue Wushen had a larger plan and told his forces to advance carefully as Great Ming began its invasion of Great Song.

• Sun Xiuqing urged Ximen Chuixue to attend the Sword Sect’s reopening, and he agreed to meet the other swordsmen and read its manuals.
• A'Fei, Xie Xiaofeng, Yan Shisan, Yan Nantian, and Wuming received invitations, and each planned to attend; Wuming recognized Second Dream as a rightful Sword Sect successor.
• Jue Xin ordered Great Song to launch a surprise attack on Great Ming, and Great Ming’s army ambushed the Song troops, killing or capturing more than half and driving the rest into retreat.
• Zhuge Divine Marquis returned to find Great Song’s army already defeated and feared the kingdom would soon fall.
• Shi Potian reported the victory to Lin Lang, who suspected Jue Xin’s disastrous order served a deeper purpose and instructed Cheng Shifei to advance steadily while he investigated Wushen Absolute Palace.

Jue Wushen planned to seize control of Great Song’s martial world and throne through a martial arts conference, while Lin Lang prepared to stop him. The conference erupted into a confrontation as Shi Potian, Nie Feng, Bu Jingyun, and the still-weakened Wuming challenged Jue Wushen, and Lin Lang approached the summit.

• Jue Wushen ordered Duan Lang to invite the Five Immortals Sect and Southern Shaolin to a conference where he would claim leadership of Great Song’s martial world, while Duan Lang secretly sent word to the Sun Moon Holy Cult.
• Wuming learned of Jue Wushen’s plans and decided to confront him despite having recovered only a tenth of his strength; meanwhile, Lin Lang taught Second Dream the Daoist Ancestor Secret Art before leaving to investigate.
• Lin Lang’s informant reported that Jue Wushen was gathering Great Song’s sects on Mount Emei and intended to become emperor, but Lin Lang dismissed the need for help from the Five Immortals Sect.
• Jue Tian welcomed the assembled sect leaders, and Jue Wushen declared himself Martial Arts Alliance Leader by unleashing his aura; Shi Huolong and other attendees withheld their support.
• Shi Potian, Nie Feng, and Bu Jingyun objected to Jue Wushen’s claim, and Wuming arrived and revealed himself to be alive as Lin Lang walked toward the summit.

Lin Lang arrived at Mount Emei and challenged Jue Wushen, whose Indestructible Golden Body had withstood attacks from Wuming and the others. As the battle spread across the summit, Lin Lang fought Jue Wushen head-on and then revealed that he knew the Golden Body’s weak point.

• Wuming, Nie Feng, Bu Jingyun, Shi Potian, and Duan Lang attacked Jue Wushen, but his Indestructible Golden Body repelled their strikes.
• The martial artists of the Jianghu and the Sun Moon Holy Cult joined battle against Wushen Absolute Palace’s Ghost Fork Warriors.
• Jue Wushen overwhelmed Wuming’s Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin, but Lin Lang arrived and challenged him.
• Shi Potian captured Jue Tian, and Bu Jingyun crippled his martial arts after Jue Tian threatened Nie Feng.
• Lin Lang and Jue Wushen traded punches, each enduring the other’s attacks, until Lin Lang struck toward Jue Wushen’s armpit and declared that he knew the Golden Body’s weak point.

Lin Lang defeated and killed Jue Wushen, then led the assault on Wushen Absolute Palace and confronted Yan Ying. The chapter ended with Yan Ying choosing to die rather than let Nie Feng learn what she had become.

• Lin Lang exposed the weakness in Jue Wushen's Indestructible Golden Body and withstood his Killing Fist, while Shi Huolong killed Jue Tian and then died from poison.
• Jue Wushen fled, but Lin Lang caught him and defeated his Killing Extinction with his own Shattering punch.
• Jue Wushen refused to surrender his martial arts and died; Lin Lang returned to Mount Emei and ordered Wushen Absolute Palace's warriors to surrender or be killed.
• Lin Lang found Yan Ying and told her about Nie Feng's life and Jue Tian's death, while condemning her for staying silent when Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun were in danger.
• Yan Ying asked Lin Lang to tell Nie Feng she had died years ago, then drove her gold hairpin toward her heart.

Lin Lang consolidated control over the Great Song Jianghu and used Jue Wushen's Indestructible Golden Body manual to strengthen his defenses and complete his essence blood's third transformation. He shattered the void by combining his powers but postponed ascension, then detected someone approaching Mount Emei.

• Lin Lang burned Yan Ying's collapsed house and assigned Duan Lang to eradicate Wushen Absolute Palace's remaining forces and spies.
• Lin Lang sent Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun after the remaining Twelve Fiends of Heaven's Pool and ordered Shi Potian to deal with the sects that had joined Wushen Absolute Palace.
• Lin Lang rejected Wuming's objections to killing surrendered sects, criticized his handling of enemies and disciples, and refused to accept Jian Chen into the Sword Sect.
• Lin Lang recovered Jue Wushen's annotated Indestructible Golden Body manual, allocated spoils to the Sword Sect's reconstruction, and imposed the Sword Sect's authority over the Great Song Jianghu.
• Lin Lang incorporated the Indestructible Golden Body into his Reverse Vajra Indestructible Child Skill, developed a movable vulnerable point, and completed his essence blood's third transformation.
• Lin Lang shattered the void using physical strength, true qi, and primordial spirit power together, deferred ascension until he became stronger, and detected someone approaching Mount Emei.

Shi Potian mistook Third Pig Emperor for Lin Lang, and Lin Lang sparred with the visitor before offering him a cultivation method to control his weight and appetite. As Lin Lang prepared to seek a dangerous duel with First Evil Emperor, Great Song collapsed into disorder and Dali agreed to submit to Great Ming to survive.

• Third Pig Emperor challenged Shi Potian, learned Lin Lang was his master, and sparred with Lin Lang using Creation Blade.
• Lin Lang gave Third Pig Emperor the War-Heaven Energy Transformation method, then asked him to deliver a demonic-intent-suppressing cultivation method to First Evil Emperor and arrange a spar.
• Third Pig Emperor left to visit Second Dream and First Evil Emperor, while Lin Lang returned to his secret chamber to study Creation Blade.
• Jue Xin escaped Great Song and fled by boat toward Nihon, while Zhuge Zhengwo decided to take Prince Chang southeast as Great Ming's forces advanced.
• Duan Yu accepted the Five Immortals Sect's terms for Dali to become a vassal of Great Ming and traveled to the capital with tribute and a state letter.

Duan Yu secured Great Ming’s protection for Dali, while Lin Lang traveled with the Third Pig Emperor to challenge the First Evil Emperor and test his Demon Blade. Their duel escalated into a deadly clash when the First Evil Emperor unleashed his final strike, leaving Lin Lang engulfed by a massive saber aura as the surrounding space cracked.

• The Emperor of Great Ming granted Duan Yu the hereditary title of King of Dali in exchange for two-thirds of Dali’s military authority and tribute.
• Lin Lang learned that the Third Pig Emperor had helped the First Evil Emperor suppress his demonic nature and agreed to travel with him to the Life and Death Gate.
• Lin Lang met Di San Tong and gave her a Sun Moon Holy Cult token before confronting the First Evil Emperor, who warned him that the Demon Blade could destroy his primordial spirit.
• Lin Lang and the First Evil Emperor began a lethal sparring match, trading saber techniques and leg attacks as their demonic intent grew stronger.
• The First Evil Emperor lost control and unleashed his Fight Until Death strike, while the Third Pig Emperor urged Di San Tong to run and Lin Lang was engulfed by a huge saber aura.

Lin Lang defeated First Evil Emperor by breaking his Demon Heart with a dragon-like cry, then learned the Demon Blade and absorbed the remaining demonic qi. After leaving the Gate of Life and Death, Lin Lang headed to Spirit Snake Island, where Daiqisi’s complaints about his neglect of Xiao Zhao gave way to his arrival.

• Third Pig Emperor watched Lin Lang withstand First Evil Emperor’s Saber Aura as First Evil Emperor prepared his suicidal Heavenly Dao Primordial Unity Extremity.
• Lin Lang’s dragon-like cry disrupted First Evil Emperor’s technique and shattered his Demon Heart, after which Lin Lang swallowed the demonic qi and suppressed its intent.
• First Evil Emperor regained his lucidity, conceded the saber contest, and taught Lin Lang the Demon Blade; Lin Lang then left for Spirit Snake Island.
• Jiumozhi confronted Ou Jinghao to obtain Heavenly Cripple Foot, but Ou Jinghao kicked him after demonic intent distracted him during their fight.
• Daiqisi complained to Xiao Zhao that Lin Lang had done little for her, then left when Lin Lang arrived on Spirit Snake Island and offered to answer Xiao Zhao’s martial arts questions.

Lin Lang taught Xiao Zhao the Wedding Dress Divine Skill and a sword technique, then arranged for Daiqisi and Jiang Xiaoyu to travel to Persia. After Hua Wuque captured Ou Jinghao and recovered the Heavenly Cripple Divine Skill manual, Lin Lang rejected Ou Jinghao’s plea to join the Sun Moon Holy Cult and prepared to deal with him.

• Lin Lang taught Xiao Zhao the Wedding Dress Divine Skill and a sword technique, channeled the Evil Emperor’s Relic’s essence into her, and watched her break through to the Great Grandmaster Realm.
• Lin Lang agreed to help Daiqisi take control of the Persian Ming Cult and sent Jiang Xiaoyu with ten Great Grandmasters to accompany her.
• Lin Lang ordered Hua Wuque to capture Ou Jinghao and recover his leg technique after Ou Jinghao injured Jiumozhi and refused to trade the manual.
• Hua Wuque defeated Ou Jinghao, brought him and the Heavenly Cripple Divine Skill manual to Blackwood Cliff, and reported that Jiumozhi had been sent for treatment.
• Ou Jinghao asked to join the Sun Moon Holy Cult, but Lin Lang mocked his claim that stepping in with his left foot first was a capital offense and refused his request.

Lin Lang cultivated the Reverse Heavenly Cripple Divine Skill, refined his true qi, and completed its second transformation before explaining his progress to Ren Yingying. After discussing her newly awakened intent of life, he ordered weapons forged for the Sun Moon Holy Cult and returned to Great Ming’s Capital City with a rare treasure.

• Lin Lang reversed the flaws of the Heavenly Cripple Divine Skill and absorbed negative forces, drawing poisonous insects toward his secret chamber and refining his true qi until it completed its second transformation.
• Ren Yingying discovered the insects dying outside Lin Lang’s chamber, and Lin Lang emerged unharmed with a calmer aura and explained that he had improved his control.
• Lin Lang advised Ren Yingying to develop her intent of life toward the intent of death, and she went into seclusion to strengthen her abilities while protecting her unborn child.
• Lin Lang ordered Yu Yue and Zhong Mei to forge a one-handed saber and ten famous swords for delivery before the fifteenth of the next month.
• Lin Lang left Hua Wuque to guard Blackwood Cliff and flew back to Great Ming’s Capital City on the Divine Eagle, carrying a rare treasure.

The Emperor of Great Ming received the Heirloom Seal of the Realm from Lin Lang, who warned him to rule carefully while Great Ming continued its war against Great Song. Lin Lang learned that Ding Peng had resurfaced with the full-moon scimitar and invited him to the Sword Sect’s founding ceremony, where Ding Peng intended to challenge the strongest martial artists.

• Wei Jinzhong warned the Emperor of Great Ming that Yuwen Huaji sought a ducal title, but the emperor refused to release Lan Haiping without Lin Lang’s approval.
• Lin Lang gave the Emperor of Great Ming the Heirloom Seal of the Realm and warned him to govern well and avoid overindulging in women.
• Shangguan Haitang reported that Zhuge Zhengwo had moved Great Song’s capital and that a scimitar wielder had defeated Liu Ruosong and become his master.
• Lin Lang identified the scimitar wielder as Ding Peng, invited him to the Sword Sect’s founding ceremony, and offered Shangguan Haitang guidance in martial arts.
• Ding Peng perfected his saber techniques, resolved to defeat Lin Lang and Xie Xiaofeng, and prepared to travel to Qingcheng Mountain.
• Liu Ruosong secretly planned to betray Ding Peng, seize his martial arts legacy, and take revenge over his wife.

Lin Lang agreed to let Lan Xiaodie visit her imprisoned father if she stayed at his residence as a maid, while Bai Yunfei offered herself in exchange for Lan Haiping’s release. In Mongol Yuan, the newly emerged Demon Master Pang Ban learned about Lin Lang and resolved to use him as a furnace cauldron after first targeting the Holy Sect Master.

• Lin Lang ordered Shangguan Haitang to monitor Liu Ruosong, dismissed rumors about Lan Haiping, and continued cultivating while Yunluo remained in seclusion.
• Bai Yunfei brought Lan Xiaodie to Lin Lang and begged him to release Lan Haiping; Lin Lang allowed Lan Xiaodie to visit him if she stayed at the residence as a maid.
• Bai Yunfei agreed to serve Lin Lang, who taught her a finger technique while instructing her in his own intimate manner, then said he would consider Lan Haiping’s case.
• The Mongol Yuan Emperor lamented his kingdom’s losses when Pang Ban appeared in his tent and introduced himself as the Demon Master of the Demon Master Palace.
• After hearing about Lin Lang’s strength, Pang Ban decided Lin Lang would make an ideal furnace cauldron and planned to target the Holy Sect Master first.

Wanwan set plans to destroy the Great Venerable Ming Cult, then encountered the long-lost Demon Master Pang Ban, who declared that he would use her as a furnace cauldron. Lin Lang left Great Ming for the Sword Sect’s reopening ceremony at Qingcheng Mountain, where Duan Lang and an unidentified saber-wielder arrived.

• Wanwan accepted Yuwen Huaji’s submission to Great Ming and ordered the Holy Sect to finish infiltrating the Great Venerable Ming Cult so its leaders could be eliminated.
• Wanwan sensed a powerful Daoist Heart Planting Demon aura and confronted Pang Ban, who revealed he shared the art’s inheritance and intended to make her his furnace cauldron.
• Lin Lang left Bai Yunfei at his residence, then headed to Qingcheng Mountain with the Divine Eagle and Immortal Crane Lingyu.
• Jian Chen welcomed visitors at the Sword Sect’s ceremony, and Duan Lang arrived, asserted his status as a Martial Arts Myth, and went up the mountain to report to Lin Lang.
• An unidentified man carrying a curved saber showed Jian Chen an invitation and hurried up the mountain toward the summit.

Second Dream reopened the Sword Sect with the backing of Lin Lang and a gathering of renowned masters. The ceremony was interrupted by Ding Peng, whose Full Moon Scimitar revealed a clash between demonic intent and divine nature, and Lin Lang confronted him over a flaw in his saber technique.

• Sword Emperor announced Second Dream as the Sword Sect's new leader, and she invited master swordsmen to serve as guest elders before choosing ten children as new disciples.
• First Evil Emperor, Second Saber Emperor, and Third Pig Emperor became resident protectors, while Sword Emperor became supreme elder and Wuming became Skill-Transmitting Elder.
• Ding Peng arrived with the Full Moon Scimitar and challenged Xie Xiaofeng, but Lin Lang sent Nie Feng to test him.
• Ding Peng gained the upper hand against Nie Feng, then fought off Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun together, prompting First Evil Emperor and the other Saber Emperor and Pig Emperor to seek insights from his saber intent.
• Lin Lang challenged Ding Peng, identified the lack of killing intent in his Divine Blade Slash, and seized the Full Moon Scimitar's blade with his bare hand.

Lin Lang defeated Ding Peng, accepted the Heaven and Earth Intermingling Yin-Yang Great Compassion Ode, and took Duan Lang into the Sun Moon Holy Cult as a vassal ally. Meanwhile, Pang Ban chased Wanwan to the brink of death, but a mysterious figure arrived from the sky to defend her.

• Lin Lang neutralized the Full Moon Curved Saber's demonic nature, defeated Ding Peng, and invited him to become a guest elder, but Ding Peng declined and gave him the Heaven and Earth Intermingling Yin-Yang Great Compassion Ode.
• Ding Peng left with Xie Xiaofeng and Yan Shisan after Lin Lang warned him that Liu Ruosong was untrustworthy, while Lin Lang ordered Nie Feng, Bu Jingyun, and Shi Potian to train and gain experience.
• Lin Lang refused to take Duan Lang as his disciple but made the Fire Qilin Gang a vassal of the Sun Moon Holy Cult and taught him several martial arts.
• Pang Ban pursued Wanwan, whose demon seed was draining her essence, qi, and spirit, and she used her last Blood Bodhi to heal and keep fleeing.
• Pang Ban caught Wanwan again and injured her, leaving her ready to use the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Great Art before a figure descended from the sky and attacked him in her defense.

Lin Lang rescued Wanwan from Demon Master Pang Ban and defeated him, allowing Wanwan to absorb the demon seed Pang Ban had planted in her. After Wanwan’s strength surged, she shared memories revealing the location of Pang Ban’s lair, and she and Lin Lang set out to investigate.

• Lin Lang left seclusion after Second Dream told him that Pang Ban was hunting Wanwan, then hurried to Great Sui to save her from using the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Great Art.
• Wanwan explained that Pang Ban had planted a demon seed in her to use her as a furnace cauldron, and Lin Lang fought Pang Ban, countering his Primordial Spirit illusions and defeating him.
• Lin Lang crippled Pang Ban and sealed his dantian, while Wanwan extracted Pang Ban’s demon seed and absorbed his essence, qi, and spirit.
• Wanwan completed the second transformations of her essence, qi, and spirit and gained fragmented memories of Pang Ban’s Primordial Spirit secret arts and the location of the Demon Master Palace.
• Lin Lang and Wanwan boarded the Divine Eagle and headed to the Demon Master Palace to investigate the Holy Sect for disloyal members.

Second Dream chose to forge her own Sword Dao, while Yi Tianxing refused to take Ao Tian as a disciple after hearing his desire for revenge. Lin Lang and Wanwan explored the Demon Master Palace before heading toward the Great Ming Venerable Cult, where Yang Xuyan led an attack on Xu Kaishan and Lin Lang arrived as Xu Kaishan called for help.

• Second Dream reprimanded Jian Chen, sent him back to Zhonghua Pavilion, and decided to develop Sword Techniques that combined her inherited Saber Techniques with her own Sword Dao.
• At Bai Jian Manor, Yi Tianxing refused Ao Tian as a disciple but demonstrated a set of Sword Techniques; Madam Ao slapped Ao Tian after he admitted he wanted revenge on Lin Lang and the Sun Moon Demon Cult.
• Lin Lang and Wanwan searched the ruined Demon Master Palace, recovered martial arts records, and agreed to visit the Great Ming Venerable Cult's lair.
• Xu Kaishan gathered the remaining Great Ming Venerable Cult members as Yang Xuyan urged them to submit to the Holy Sect, then revealed that he had brought allies to attack them.
• Yang Xuyan and his allies poisoned Xu Kaishan and the other cult members, weakening their True Qi, as Lin Lang announced from outside that he would send Xu Kaishan to the Western Paradise.

Lin Lang and Wanwan captured Xu Kaishan, took the Five-Colored Stone, and investigated the Great Ming Venerable Cult’s light-and-dark techniques. Meanwhile, Guan Yutian emerged from seclusion and began asserting his ambition to rule the Jianghu, but Bai Yu’er attacked him to avenge her father.

• Xu Kaishan tried to escape through a tunnel, but Lin Lang stopped him and took the Five-Colored Stone while Wanwan planted a Demon Seed in him.
• Wanwan ordered Xu Kaishan to hand over the Great Ming Venerable Cult’s manuals and made him Hall Master of the Holy Sect’s Dark Hall.
• Lin Lang studied the cult’s techniques, used Bright Jade Maiden’s power and the Five-Colored Stone to comprehend the Light Scripture’s power, and later gave the stone to Wanwan.
• Guan Yutian emerged from years of seclusion, declared that he would become the Wulin Supreme, and ordered his subordinates to gather intelligence on the Central Plains’ sects.
• Bai Yu’er, the daughter of Bai Ting and Chief Leader of Green Robe Tower, stabbed Guan Yutian and revealed her identity, but he survived and claimed that he practiced the Undying Divine Skill.

Guan Yutian survived Bai Yu’er’s assassination and planned to seize the Frost-Defying Sword and open King’s Chess City, while Helian Ba manipulated Bai Yu’er into targeting Guan Yutian’s son. In the meantime, Lin Lang helped Hua Manlou regain his sight and discovered Bai Yu’er had gone to the Liao Kingdom to assassinate someone.

• Bai Yu’er wounded Guan Yutian in an assassination attempt but escaped after Ren Qianxing failed to catch her.
• Ren Qianxing told Guan Yutian how the jianghu and the world had changed, and Guan Yutian ordered him to retrieve the Frost-Defying Sword.
• Bai Yu’er returned to Helian Ba, who learned she had failed to kill Guan Yutian and urged her to capture Guan Yutian’s son, A Bao, to obtain the Nine Dragons Stone.
• Lin Lang arranged for Ping Yizhi to replace Hua Manlou’s eyes and gave Ping Yizhi the Medicine King Scripture.
• Lin Lang visited the First Green Robe Tower, learned Bai Yu’er had gone to the Liao Kingdom to assassinate someone, and decided to gather information about the region.