Chapter Summaries

Xu Changxing returned to the Setting Sun Sect with Zhou Lechi and the remains of Wu Chuan, revealing the Nine Immortals Sect master's ties to the Yin Corpse Sect. After hearing Zhou Lechi's account, Jiang Duolu confirmed the corpse transformation and recognized Xu Changxing as another Sword Dao Immortal Seedling.

• Liu Chenyu learned that Zhou Lechi had been lured into a Secret Realm and rescued by Xu Changxing, who had slain the culprit.
• Xu Changxing showed Liu Chenyu the corpse and identified the dead man as Wu Chuan, the Nine Immortals Sect's sect master, who had formed a crippled Nascent Soul through an evil method.
• Xu Changxing explained that his Thunder Sword had countered Wu Chuan's corpse-tainted Nascent Soul and admitted he had broken through a minor realm during seclusion.
• Xu Changxing connected Wu Chuan's corpse transformation to the attack on Zhou Lechi, and Zhou Lechi recounted the events to Liu Chenyu.
• Liu Chenyu brought Xu Changxing and Zhou Lechi to sect master Jiang Duolu, who confirmed the Yin Corpse Sect's involvement and praised Xu Changxing as a Sword Dao Immortal Seedling.

Xu Changxing reported his suspicions about the Yin Corpse Sect to Jiang Duolu and received merit points for his service. Back on his peak, he used his spirit stones to begin a simulation, which left him heading toward a mysterious Sword Tomb.

• Xu Changxing suggested that the Yin Corpse Sect had targeted Zhou Lechi to refine Corpse Pills, and Jiang Duolu examined Li Hong’s Storage Bag for evidence.
• Jiang Duolu awarded Xu Changxing one thousand merit points and questioned him about the Nine Immortals Sect.
• Xu Changxing counted his spoils, totaling a hundred and forty thousand low-grade spirit stones, and deposited them into the system.
• Xu Changxing’s simulation advanced his cultivation to the Core Formation Late Stage and described thunderclouds gathering over his peak.
• Xu Changxing rescued a righteous cultivator from evil cultivators and agreed to accompany him to a Sword Tomb after discovering the trap might lead to a secret realm.

Xu Changxing’s simulated attempt to temper his Sword Core in the Sword Tomb ended in a trap set by the Yin Corpse Sect, though he fought through three waves of tribulation before dying. After reviewing the rewards, he chose to experience the simulated life, intent on finding a way to claim the Sword Tomb without falling into its trap.

• Xu Changxing found the Sword Tomb and used its broken swords to temper his Sword Core, unknowingly absorbing killing intent.
• He broke through to Nascent Soul and faced three waves of heavenly tribulation, while a sinister old man watched from the edge of the Sword Tomb.
• The old man revealed himself as a yin corpse and attacked Xu Changxing after the tribulation left him exhausted.
• Xu Changxing activated the Sword Tomb’s broken swords and destroyed the old man with his ignited Nascent Soul, but his own Primordial Spirit was destroyed and his body fell into the tomb.
• Xu Changxing realized the trap may have been intended for Li Changge, then chose the first simulation reward to study the experience and seek a way to take the Sword Tomb safely.

After viewing the simulation’s final scenes, Xu Changxing experienced the world from the perspective of a broken sword and learned more about sword control. Inspired to improve his Greenwood Sword, he went to the Merit Hall for rare materials and a furnace, where he learned the sect had run out of top-grade cold crystal.

• Xu Changxing watched his simulated battle against heavenly thunder and the Yin Corpse Sect elder, then continued viewing scenes of himself as a broken sword.
• Xu Changxing experienced another cultivator wielding him through battle and a more powerful lightning tribulation before the viewing ended.
• Xu Changxing decided to strengthen the Greenwood Sword with several top-tier materials and headed to the Merit Hall with his sect merit points.
• A young Foundation Establishment disciple recognized Xu Changxing from the Sect Grand Competition and learned that he planned to refine his flying sword.
• The disciple confirmed the storeroom had thousand-year black iron and thousand-year thunderstruck wood, but no top-grade cold crystal because Elder Chen had exchanged for it.

Xu Changxing borrowed two pieces of top-grade cold crystal from Elder Chen and began tempering his Greenwood Sword at Blazing Fire Peak. As dozens of elders watched, he put the Sword Pellet and raw materials straight into the Heavenly-Rank Earthfire Furnace, leaving them convinced his method was reckless.

• Li Youchang helped Xu Changxing obtain his exchanged materials and led him to Elder Chen to borrow two pieces of top-grade cold crystal.
• Elder Chen lent Xu Changxing the cold crystal and asked to watch him forge his sword, drawing a crowd of curious elders.
• Xu Changxing reached the sword-forging chamber and studied the Greenwood Sword’s sword intent before placing its Sword Pellet in the furnace.
• Xu Changxing added Purple Cloud Sand and thousand-year black iron without processing them, prompting the watching elders to question his method.

Xu Changxing used Earthfire and rare materials to awaken and strengthen the Greenwood Sword, which transformed enough to draw Heavenly Thunder and Earthfire. The sword then attracted Tribulation Lightning, leaving the watching elders wondering whether Xu Changxing had used the lost Ancient Living Sword Method and recalling a rumor that he was a reincarnated Spirit Transformation patriarch.

• Xu Changxing heated the Greenwood Sword's Sword Pellet in the Earthfire furnace to awaken its spirituality rather than refine it by ordinary means.
• The Greenwood Sword absorbed essences from Purple Cloud Sand, Thousand-Year Black Iron, and other precious materials Xu Changxing fed into the furnace.
• The Greenwood Sword flew out of the furnace and drew Earthfire after it, astonishing the disciples and Core Formation elders watching.
• A thundercloud formed overhead, and Heavenly Thunder struck the Greenwood Sword as Earthfire surged up to meet it; the Sword Pellet remained undamaged.
• The elders realized the Greenwood Sword had grown stronger and saw the thundercloud thicken into Tribulation Lightning.
• The elders speculated that Xu Changxing had used the lost Ancient Living Sword Method, and one mentioned a rumor that Xu Changxing was a reincarnated Spirit Transformation patriarch.

Xu Changxing successfully tempered the Greenwood Sword through its Heavenly Tribulation, greatly increasing its power, then began another simulation. The simulation left him facing a visit from the Spirit Transformation rogue cultivator Bai Yuanju, who wanted to know about the Reincarnation Technique.

• Xu Changxing helped the Greenwood Sword withstand its Heavenly Tribulation, and the Core Formation elders speculated that he might be a reincarnated Spirit Transformation patriarch before agreeing not to spread the rumor.
• Xu Changxing examined the Greenwood Sword and found that its spirituality and sharpness had greatly increased, then flew among the nearby peaks to test it.
• Xu Changxing spent his 120,000 points to start another simulation, where thunderclouds gathered over his peak in the second month.
• In the simulation, Jiang Duolu summoned Xu Changxing to his study, where he met the Spirit Transformation rogue cultivator Bai Yuanju.
• Bai Yuanju asked Xu Changxing about the Reincarnation Technique, but Xu Changxing said he had no relevant memories, and Bai Yuanju left after giving him a searching look.

Xu Changxing completed his first flawless simulation clear by reaching nascent soul and helping Li Changge and Shi Haoyan destroy the Yin Corpse Sect’s hidden old devil. The simulation continued for decades, ending with Li Changge reaching spirit transformation before Xu Changxing.

• Xu Changxing reached core formation late stage, returned to the Sword Tomb, and gathered insights from its broken swords.
• Xu Changxing killed a nascent soul old devil, broke through to nascent soul, and survived his heavenly tribulation.
• Bai Yuanju revealed that he had told the Yin Corpse Sect about the Sword Tomb, then left after speaking with Xu Changxing.
• Xu Changxing reforged the Greenwood Sword and later joined Li Changge and Shi Haoyan to kill the Yin Corpse Sect’s old devil in a Secret Realm.
• Xu Changxing and Li Changge eventually reached nascent soul late stage, but Li Changge advanced to spirit transformation first.

Xu Changxing read a simulation in which he became a powerful sword cultivator, protected the Setting Sun Sect from Bai Yuanju, and lived to the end of his lifespan without ever challenging the heavens. After dying in a legacy site he had built, Xu Changxing anticipated a high simulation rating and its rewards.

• Xu Changxing's cultivation advanced to the Spirit Transformation Realm, and he accepted a promising disciple into the Setting Sun Sect.
• Xu Changxing reached the world's cultivation limit but could not bring himself to challenge heaven, while Li Changge died attempting to do so.
• Xu Changxing retired and watched Shi Haoyan die, then ignored the Demon Star's return until Bai Yuanju threatened the Setting Sun Sect.
• Xu Changxing unsheathed the Greenwood Sword and killed Bai Yuanju, helping the Setting Sun Sect lead a righteous counteroffensive against the demons.
• Xu Changxing sealed his sword again, eventually built a legacy site, and died naturally in Year 1930.
• Xu Changxing complained that the simulation skimmed over its final thousand years, then looked forward to its rating and rewards.

Xu Changxing chose the Legacy Fragment reward and was thrust into a strange space where a projection of the Greenwood Sword repeatedly pierced his body and soul. As he endured the attacks, he grew resistant to their accompanying heavenly thunder and began to understand the sword’s movement.

• Xu Changxing considered the four rewards and ruled out nascent soul middle stage cultivation, then chose his legacy over the Greenwood Sword’s lingering spiritual sense.
• Xu Changxing entered a strange space in his physical body, where a streak of sword light repeatedly pierced him and caused intense pain.
• Xu Changxing tried to flee and block the sword light with his sword intent, but neither worked, so he explored the space between attacks.
• Xu Changxing gradually resisted the sword light’s accompanying heavenly thunder and gained time to explore, finding nothing else in the space.
• Xu Changxing realized that enduring the repeated strikes had taught him how the flying sword moved, and identified the attacker as a projection of the Greenwood Sword.

Xu Changxing endured the inheritance’s Light Sword until he could shatter the Greenwood Sword Projection, gaining a much purer soul and greatly improved swordsmanship. After mastering Sword Light Division, he was summoned to meet Bai Yuanju, whose aura revealed a faint trace of decline.

• The repeated sword strikes purified Xu Changxing’s soul and left sword intent within him, and he realized his future self had designed the inheritance to cultivate a clear soul and sword heart.
• Xu Changxing’s sensitivity to sword intent rapidly improved until he pressed a finger against the Greenwood Sword Projection and shattered it, ending the inheritance trial.
• After contemplating the inheritance, Xu Changxing controlled the Greenwood Sword inside his cottage and divided its light into more than ten agile streaks.
• Jiang Duolu’s Dao Attendant summoned Xu Changxing, who realized more than two months had passed and Bai Yuanju had arrived earlier than he expected.
• Xu Changxing met Bai Yuanju in Jiang Duolu’s study and sensed a faint trace of decline in the old man’s profound aura.

Bai Yuanju mistook Xu Changxing for a reincarnated Spirit Transformation cultivator and pressed him for a reincarnation technique, leaving Xu in danger. Xu claimed he remembered only fragments and suggested that a soul might need to be purified of everything acquired after cultivation, perhaps including memories.

• Jiang Duolu introduced Bai Yuanju to Xu Changxing, but Bai treated Xu as an esteemed reincarnated Spirit Transformation cultivator.
• Bai Yuanju asked Xu for the technique of reincarnation, convinced that Xu's pure soul proved he had reincarnated.
• Xu Changxing feared Bai might abduct him and realized he had underestimated the danger of their meeting.
• Xu told Bai that his memories were fragmented and that he did not know how to reincarnate, then suggested he might have mistaken the cause of his pure soul.
• Xu proposed that removing all acquired impurities could purify the soul, and Bai wondered whether that meant erasing the memories of this life.

Xu Changxing learned that rumors of his reincarnation had spread through the Setting Sun Sect, then simulated a dangerous trip to the Sword Tomb that ended with his death at the hands of the Yin Corpse Sect's Spirit Transformation Ancestor. He accepted the simulation's Core Formation late-stage cultivation reward and was left with enough points for two more simulations.

• Bai Yuanju left dispirited after Xu Changxing's advice, while Jiang Duolu concluded that Xu Changxing was a reincarnated Spirit Transformation cultivator.
• Xu Changxing returned to his hut and simulated a future in which rumors of his identity spread through the Setting Sun Sect, but Shi Haoyan's decree kept visitors away.
• Xu Changxing reached the Core Formation late stage, entered the Sword Tomb secret realm, killed Yin Corpse Sect Nascent Soul Elders, and collected a thousand broken swords.
• The Yin Corpse Sect's Spirit Transformation Ancestor ambushed Xu Changxing after he escaped the secret realm, and Xu Changxing died despite activating the Divine Sword Phantom.
• Xu Changxing chose the Core Formation late-stage cultivation reward, raising his cultivation and leaving himself enough points for two more simulations.

Xu Changxing stabilized his cultivation and comprehended the profound Sword Intent hidden in his inheritance, but his enlightenment unexpectedly cracked his Sword Core and triggered a breakthrough. He formed a Sword Intent–infused Nascent Soul as Heavenly Tribulation clouds gathered, then began devouring spiritual energy and thunderclouds.

• Xu Changxing stayed in the Setting Sun Sect for months to stabilize his cultivation and repeatedly pondered the sword strike from his inheritance.
• After more than three months, Xu Changxing discovered that the sword of light contained a profound Sword Intent, and he continued studying it until he entered a wondrous state.
• As Xu Changxing's aura and the surrounding spiritual energy surged, his Sword Core cracked during his enlightenment.
• Xu Changxing snapped out of his state, saw Tribulation Lightning forming overhead, and gathered his Sword Intent to break his core and form a Nascent Soul.
• Xu Changxing's Nascent Soul emerged radiating keen Sword Intent, and he and his Nascent Soul swallowed the surrounding spiritual energy and the remaining thunderclouds in his Dantian.

Xu Changxing faced a Heavenly Tribulation at Flying Stream Peak, astonishing the watching cultivators by exposing his newly formed Nascent Soul and withstanding the first bolt. After he met the second bolt with his body and sword, he waited for a third, confident he could endure it.

• Cultivators at Flying Stream Peak debated who was facing the new Heavenly Tribulation until they saw Xu Changxing rise into the sky.
• Xu Changxing drew in and released spiritual energy, then exposed his newly formed Nascent Soul as the thundercloud grew more powerful.
• Xu Changxing's Nascent Soul met the first bolt head-on and remained unharmed, leading the observers to suspect he was tempering it with heavenly thunder.
• Xu Changxing withdrew his shaken Nascent Soul and merged his body with his sword to withstand the stronger second bolt.
• Xu Changxing emerged with his aura steady and waited for a third bolt, believing his strength would let him endure it.

Xu Changxing survived an unexpected fourth bolt of tribulation lightning while forming his Nascent Soul, then advanced to the Nascent Soul middle stage after absorbing its benefits. He visited Liu Chenyu after more than a year in seclusion, where his master remarked on his astonishing rise in cultivation.

• Xu Changxing endured the fourth bolt of tribulation lightning with his sword light, while distant Core Formation cultivators speculated that the extra punishment came from his reincarnation as a Spirit Transformation cultivator.
• Xu Changxing returned to his mountain and stabilized his cultivation, finding that the first bolt had tempered his Sword Nascent Soul and strengthened its aura.
• After five months of seclusion, Xu Changxing absorbed the remaining tribulation lightning and unexpectedly advanced to the Nascent Soul middle stage, raising the cost of a simulation to two hundred thousand points.
• Xu Changxing spent another two months stabilizing his cultivation, then rode his sword to Flying Stream Peak to seek spirit stones from Liu Chenyu.
• Xu Changxing congratulated Liu Chenyu on reaching the Core Formation late stage, and Liu Chenyu remarked that Xu Changxing had risen from the ninth layer of Qi Refinement to Nascent Soul early stage in remarkably little time.

Xu Changxing sold his materials, gained enough spirit stones to start another simulation, and learned that the Sword Tomb secret realm from his previous simulation had drawn the Star Cloud Sect and Yin Corpse Sect into conflict. He returned to his mountain and began a new simulation, where he chose to master the Sword Escape Method before investigating the Yin Corpse Sect.

• Liu Chenyu gave Xu Changxing one hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones from selling his materials and received subtle cultivation guidance from him.
• Xu Changxing sold pills, materials, and magic artifacts at the Setting Sun Sect market, gaining over seventy thousand more low-grade spirit stones.
• Xu Changxing overheard that the Star Cloud Sect and Yin Corpse Sect were fighting over the Sword Tomb secret realm and its broken swords containing Sword Dao insights.
• Xu Changxing decided against visiting the dangerous Sword Tomb and returned to his mountain to start a simulation.
• In the simulation, Xu Changxing chose to study the Sword Escape Method to its utmost limits before investigating the Yin Corpse Sect.

Xu Changxing followed a simulation in which he and Li Changge fought the Yin Corpse Sect, uncovered its plan to revive a sleeping Old Devil, and helped bring six Spirit Transformation Ancestors against it. The battle turned when Bai Yuanju trapped Xu Changxing in a formation, revealing that he had allied with the Yin Corpse Sect to capture Xu Changxing and use his pure soul to purify his own.

• Xu Changxing suspected the Yin Corpse Sect had changed its plans because it feared his rapid rise, then continued watching the simulation.
• Xu Changxing and Li Changge raided Yin Corpse Sect strongholds, and Xu Changxing alerted Shi Haoyan that the sect's retreats seemed suspicious.
• After Xu Changxing and Li Changge fought a Yin Corpse Sect Spirit Transformation cultivator, Xu Changxing warned Shi Haoyan that the sect was sacrificing cultivators to awaken its Old Devil.
• Shi Haoyan gathered six Spirit Transformation Ancestors to attack the Yin Corpse Sect, whose Old Devil revived during the assault.
• Xu Changxing and Li Changge joined the battle against the Yin Corpse Sect's Spirit Transformation cultivators, helping Shi Haoyan's side gain the advantage.
• Bai Yuanju trapped Xu Changxing in a grand formation and revealed that he had allied with the Yin Corpse Sect to capture Xu Changxing and use his pure soul to transform his own.

Xu Changxing survived a battle against Bai Yuanju, helped the Righteous Alliance defeat the Yin Corpse Sect, and entered seclusion before setting out to seek a breakthrough. When Bai Yuanju and two other Spirit Transformation cultivators ambushed him, Xu Changxing chose to risk fighting them to hasten his advancement.

• Xu Changxing resisted Bai Yuanju's attacks, broke through to the nascent soul late stage, and fought on until Shi Haoyan shattered the trapping formation.
• Xu Changxing struck the revived Old Devil with the Divine Sword Phantom, but the Old Devil escaped gravely wounded as the Righteous Alliance killed one Yin Corpse Sect elder and severely wounded two others.
• After returning to the mountain, Xu Changxing spent over half a year in seclusion assimilating his gains, then went out to seek an opportunity to transform his Nascent Soul into a spirit.
• Near a dangerous area, Xu Changxing sensed Bai Yuanju's corrupt aura and decided to risk a battle to speed his breakthrough rather than flee.
• Bai Yuanju, the revived Old Devil, and another Yin Corpse Sect Spirit Transformation patriarch appeared together and surrounded Xu Changxing.

Xu Changxing escaped an ambush by three Spirit Transformation cultivators using the Sword Escape Art, but the lightning that saved him left his Nascent Soul permanently withered. Years later, the Corpse Ancestor threatened the righteous sects, and the Spirit Transformation ancestors turned to Li Changge while proposing to restore Xu Changxing’s Nascent Soul.

• Xu Changxing escaped Bai Yuanju and two Yin Corpse Sect elders by using the Sword Escape Art and burning his Nascent Soul’s power to flee to the Setting Sun Sect.
• Shi Haoyan and other Spirit Transformation cultivators pursued the Yin Corpse Sect, killed Bai Yuanju and another elder, but failed to capture the revived old devil.
• Li Changge repeatedly found treasures for Xu Changxing, but they did not heal his withered Nascent Soul; Xu Changxing instead focused on swordsmanship and learned to call down lightning with his sword.
• The revived old devil attacked Langhuan Pavilion, killed its guarding Spirit Transformation ancestor, and later rebuilt the Yin Corpse Sect as the Corpse Ancestor.
• The righteous cultivators hesitated to confront the Corpse Ancestor, while he began plotting against Li Changge, whom the Spirit Transformation ancestors guarded as their best hope.
• The Spirit Transformation ancestors proposed using their resources to try to restore Xu Changxing’s Nascent Soul.