Chapter Summaries

Li Xian learned about the Mysterious Radiance Society and its powerful president, Ning Qingshu, then discovered how valuable the weapons he had seized from the Immortal Light Society could be. After realizing Chen Jianghai might pay a hundred thousand Merit Points to reclaim his Heaven-Hanging Sword, Li Xian set off for the Mysterious Radiance Society, claiming he was only going to sell it.

• Zhang Yue explained that Ning Qingshu ranked sixth on the Entering-the-Dao Candidates Ranking, and Xiang Yangsheng warned him that the Mysterious Radiance Society had powerful connections.
• Li Xian packed his belongings at Jumang Peak, where his neighbors congratulated him and Xiang Yangsheng and Zhang Yue explained the sect's domains and the prospects of forging a Dao Foundation.
• Li Xian returned to his courtyard and asked Zhang Yue and Xiang Yangsheng to sell the weapons he had taken from the Immortal Light Society.
• Zhang Yue identified Chen Jianghai's Heaven-Hanging Sword and estimated Chen might pay a hundred thousand Merit Points to buy back the sword he had commissioned.
• Li Xian learned Chen was staying with the Mysterious Radiance Society, put away the sword, and hurried there to sell it despite Zhang Yue's protests.

Li Xian visited Ning Qingshu’s Mysterious Radiance Society headquarters to sell Chen Jianghai the Heaven-Hanging Sword, provoking Mo Qingyu and the others. After completing the 100,000 Merit Point transaction, he challenged everyone present, and the Society’s elites attacked him together.

• Li Xian entered Ning Qingshu’s residence and offered Chen Jianghai the Heaven-Hanging Sword for 100,000 Merit Points.
• Mo Qingyu repeatedly challenged Li Xian, but Chen Jianghai warned her about Li Xian’s suspected Seven Stars Pointing at Fate technique.
• Li Xian completed the sword transaction with Chen Jianghai and dismissed the agreement’s provisions for recovering any losses.
• Li Xian activated temporary permissions to accept challenges from everyone, prompting Ning Qingshu and the others to prepare to fight.
• Mo Qingyu, Chen Jianghai, Ning Qingshu, and other elites attacked Li Xian, and a battle erupted.

Li Xian faced Ning Qingshu, Chen Jianghai, and Mo Qingyu at once, using his newly awakened Sword Force to defeat Chen Jianghai’s Sword Hanging from the Heavenly Gate and surviving Mo Qingyu’s slash with only a shallow cut. He then broke Ning Qingshu’s three-part attack, but Mo Qingyu renewed her assault by aiming at his eyes.

• Ning Qingshu unleashed Spring Breeze Turns to Rain, and Li Xian countered her threads of Sword Qi with Snow Fills Heaven and Earth.
• Chen Jianghai’s Sword Hanging from the Heavenly Gate collided with Li Xian’s Sword Force, and Li Xian’s Sword Shakes the Cosmos shattered Chen Jianghai’s attack and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Mo Qingyu slashed Li Xian’s neck, but his Crimson Extreme True Body Form stopped her blade with only a shallow cut.
• Ning Qingshu used Heavenly Sword, Shadowless to attack with three streams of Sword Astral Force, but Li Xian countered the visible strike and shattered the two concealed ones.
• Mo Qingyu recovered and swung her blade toward Li Xian’s eyes.

Li Xian unleashed Sword Qi Soaring to the Heavens and overwhelmed Ning Qingshu and Mo Qingyu, leaving them badly injured but alive. He took their weapons and Chen Jianghai’s Heaven-Hanging Sword, then announced that he wanted to make a deal.

• Ning Qingshu and Mo Qingyu coordinated their attacks against Li Xian while Ning relied on her superior movement technique.
• Chen Jianghai warned the women that Li Xian had a third form, prompting Li Xian to unleash Sword Qi Soaring to the Heavens.
• Li Xian summoned enormous sword-energy snowflakes that defeated Ning Qingshu and Mo Qingyu, then spared them from the final blows.
• Li Xian collected Ning Qingshu’s Shadowless Sword, Mo Qingyu’s Flying Feather Blade, and Chen Jianghai’s Heaven-Hanging Sword.
• Li Xian told the three defeated fighters that he was there to make a deal.

Li Xian forced Ning Qingshu, Chen Jianghai, and Mo Qingyu to pay merit points for their weapons and lives, then used his windfall to buy cultivation techniques and supplies. He left planning to earn more from the two societies and Taiyi Pavilion so he could afford treasures that would strengthen his body and Dao foundation.

• Chen Jianghai agreed to pay ninety thousand merit points for the Heaven-Hanging Sword, while Ning Qingshu arranged funds for her Shadowless Sword and Mo Qingyu's Flying Feather Blade.
• Ning Qingshu and Chen Jianghai borrowed merit points, raising Li Xian's balance to three hundred and forty thousand.
• Li Xian encouraged Ning Qingshu to gather people and challenge him again, then revealed he expected her to bring even more merit points next time.
• Li Xian exchanged merit points for the Creation Qi Refining Art, the Ten Steps Movement, and several healing and life-preserving spirit pills.
• Li Xian studied life-essence treasures and decided he wanted the Limitless Mystic Crystal, but he lacked the five hundred thousand merit points it cost.

Li Xian returned to his courtyard after selling the Heaven-Suspended Sword twice and learned he had risen to sixth on the Entering-the-Dao Candidates Ranking. Meanwhile, Qi Huo’s family discussed recruiting him, and Qi Huo revealed the ranking change at a gathering, leaving Qi Shuang shocked.

• Li Xian warned Zhao Guihai that following him could be dangerous, and Zhao Guihai insisted on serving as his guard.
• Li Xian told Xiang Yangsheng and Zhang Yue that he had sold the Heaven-Suspended Sword for 190,000 merit points and the Shadowless Sword for 100,000, after seizing and reselling the first sword.
• Zhang Yue estimated the remaining weapons could sell for 40,000 merit points, and Li Xian offered him and Xiang Yangsheng one percent each for handling the sales.
• Li Xian noticed he had risen to sixth on the Entering-the-Dao Candidates Ranking and contacted Qi Huo about help with his new stipend.
• Qi Xi urged Qi Huo to move closer to Li Xian, while Qi Shuang’s gathering asked Qi Huo to invite him over.
• Qi Huo told Qi Shuang to check the ranking, and Qi Shuang saw Li Xian’s new position and reacted with shock.

After rising to sixth on the Entering-the-Dao Candidates Ranking, Li Xian arranged a large loan and learned that a coming trial offered nirvana blood as its top reward. Meanwhile, Wang Dao and his allies considered how to answer Li Xian’s defeat of their societies, leaving them poised to set him against Qin Wuyi.

• Li Xian’s rise to sixth place shocked the Qi Family gathering, and Qi Huo left with Qi Xi to meet him.
• Li Xian asked Qi Huo to arrange a loan of at least three hundred thousand merit points and search for treasures that could restore life essence.
• Qi Huo told Li Xian about the Mist Swamp trial, where the reward for killing the Red-Scaled Fish Demon was a portion of nirvana blood; Li Xian registered for the trial.
• Wang Dao, Wang Quan, Ning Qingshu, and Chen Jianghai discussed Li Xian’s strength, and Chen Jianghai said only monsters with special constitutions could fight him.
• Wang Dao suggested that they exploit the rivalry between Li Xian and Qin Wuyi, and Ning Qingshu and Chen Jianghai understood his implication.

Li Xian refined the Limitless Mystic Crystal in seclusion, then accepted an invitation from True Disciple Nangong and received a treasured sword. At the banquet, he met Xu Changan, who had forged his Dao Foundation, and learned that Nangong had supported nine people in total.

• Qi Xi and Qi Huo secured loans for Li Xian, and the Sun-Chasing Society's president offered him an honorary vice president position and ninety thousand Merit Points.
• Qi Huo borrowed three hundred thousand Merit Points in three days, and Li Xian suspected several societies were manipulating the conflict with the Immortal Light Society and the Mysterious Radiance Society.
• Li Xian received the Limitless Mystic Crystal and entered seclusion to refine it and cultivate the Heavenly Demon Limitless Undying Body.
• After half a month of cultivation, Li Xian left with Xiang Yangsheng to meet True Disciple Nangong and received a custom-forged sword approaching top-tier magic artifact quality.
• Li Xian met Xu Changan and three other people supported by Nangong, and learned that Xu had forged his Dao Foundation six years earlier.

Li Xian attended a gathering of Nangong Feixu’s faction, where several members questioned his plan to pursue a top-tier Dao foundation and argued over cultivation priorities. After Nangong Feixu arrived and calmed the gathering, she was called away by news that Shen Zangxing had returned, and Li Xian left without fighting Xu Changan.

• Nangong Zhaoying introduced Li Xian to Zhang Dahe, Song Miaoyu, and Cui Ming, whose choices of Dao foundations drew criticism from Xu Changan.
• Xu Changan and Song Miaoyu warned Li Xian that pursuing a top-tier Dao foundation could waste his time and Nangong Feixu’s investment, but Li Xian challenged their qualifications and provoked them into a confrontation.
• Nangong Feixu arrived, introduced herself to Li Xian, and restored a cordial atmosphere among the gathered disciples.
• A woman informed Nangong Feixu that Shen Zangxing had come again, so Nangong Feixu ended the gathering and left with her.
• Li Xian decided not to fight Xu Changan and departed the gathering.

Qin Wuyi agreed to help the three societies find the Red-Scaled Fish Demon during the Cloudmist Swamp trial, offering to deal with Li Xian if they crossed paths. Meanwhile, Li Xian discovered that refining his resolve might let him master the Heaven and Earth Sword Canon’s final move, so he challenged the leaders of the rankings and received An Jing’s immediate acceptance, but could not find his residence.

• Ning Qingshu, Chen Jianghai, and Wang Dao asked Qin Wuyi to help stop Li Xian, but Qin said he would act only if Li Xian threatened him.
• Qin Wuyi agreed to handle Li Xian if they met during the Cloudmist Swamp trial, in exchange for the three societies locating the Red-Scaled Fish Demon for him.
• Li Xian practiced the Heaven and Earth Sword Canon for over half a month but could not master its final move, Sword Qi Heaven and Earth.
• Li Xian realized his deepest conviction was becoming invincible under heaven and decided to refine his resolve by challenging the top-ranked candidates.
• An Jing accepted Li Xian’s challenge almost immediately, but Li Xian could not locate An Jing’s hidden residence.

Li Xian met An Jing, who urged him to concede because he feared killing him, but Li Xian declared himself stronger and accepted the duel. Their clash began with both unleashing their formidable techniques, and the chapter ended as Li Xian caught An Jing’s Wind-Thunder Sword in the heart of his lightning attack.

• Li Xian went looking for An Jing and encountered him using the Instantaneous Movement Art.
• An Jing praised Li Xian’s talent, warned that his sword could kill him, and offered to help him grow strong enough to survive a future fight.
• Li Xian claimed he was stronger than An Jing, and both introduced themselves before drawing their swords.
• An Jing’s Wind-Thunder Tribulation Surge broke through Li Xian’s sword force and charged at him as a lightning dragon.
• Li Xian perceived the lightning dragon’s trajectory, struck it with his left hand, and clamped onto the Wind-Thunder Sword at its core.

Li Xian and An Jing fought a fierce duel, with Li Xian’s overwhelming strength repeatedly driving An Jing to the brink. Li Xian realized An Jing was using the battle to seek Ultimate Realm Sublimation and break through the Heavenly Gate, then unleashed a tailored killing strike.

• Li Xian blocked An Jing’s Wind-Thunder Tribulation Surge with his Crimson Extreme True Body, then parried the Wind-Thunder Sword and escaped its follow-up strike.
• Li Xian used Sword Shakes the Cosmos to overpower An Jing’s Nine Heavens Thunderclap and injure his sword hand and arm.
• Li Xian pursued An Jing and struck him again, sending him flying, but An Jing refused to retreat and continued attacking despite his injuries.
• Li Xian realized An Jing was deliberately fighting to the death in hopes of achieving Ultimate Realm Sublimation and breaking open the Heavenly Gate.
• Li Xian pushed Sword Qi Soaring to the Heavens to its limit and forcibly activated Po Jun, preparing a killing strike designed to exploit An Jing’s weaknesses.

Li Xian’s duel with An Jing pushed An Jing through the Heavenly Gate into the Dao Foundation realm, though the Entering-the-Dao Candidates Ranking declared Li Xian the victor. An Jing left to recover and consolidate his breakthrough, while Li Xian gained new insight into the Heaven and Earth Sword Canon and went into seclusion.

• An Jing used the peril of Li Xian’s attack to connect his mind and spirit with heaven and earth, break through the Heavenly Gate, and enter the Dao Foundation realm.
• An Jing acknowledged that Li Xian had won according to the Entering-the-Dao Candidates Ranking, while Li Xian said An Jing had achieved what he sought and promised to fight him again after entering the Dao.
• A white-clad man arrived, took An Jing away at his master’s request, and gave Li Xian a small introductory gift.
• Zhao Guihai, Qi Huo, and Qi Xi congratulated Li Xian on rising to first place in the ranking, but Li Xian rejected their claims that he was unrivaled in the Inner Sect.
• Li Xian reflected on An Jing’s swordsmanship, gained insight into Sword Qi Heaven and Earth, and announced that he would enter seclusion.

Li Xian claimed first place on the Entering-the-Dao Candidates Ranking after An Jing’s name disappeared, leaving Qin Wuyi shaken and prompting him to reject Li Xian’s challenge. News of Li Xian’s rise spread to a gathering on Youying Peak, where the Immortal Seedlings eagerly celebrated his achievement.

• Qin Wuyi learned that Li Xian had challenged him and planned to postpone their fight until after the Cloudmist Swamp trial.
• Wang Dao and Wang Quan reported that Li Xian had reached first place and An Jing’s name had vanished from the ranking.
• Qin Wuyi realized An Jing was likely dead and rejected Li Xian’s challenge after the others left.
• Xiang Yangsheng and Zhang Yue received news of Li Xian’s rise during a gathering led by Song Miaoyu and Xu Changan.
• The Immortal Seedlings at the gathering recognized Li Xian as the new figure towering over sun and moon and began discussing his achievement.

Li Xian’s rise to first place on the Entering-the-Dao Candidates Ranking shook the Inner and Outer Sects, prompting Yan Yu to seek Yan Cailian’s help and Yun Tiankuo to pursue his own path into the Inner Sect. After mastering Sword Qi Heaven and Earth, Li Xian turned his attention to the Creation Qi Refining Art and considered how to reach a Dao foundation.

• Xu Changan and Song Miaoyu reacted with envy to Li Xian’s unexpected rise from sixth to first on the Entering-the-Dao Candidates Ranking.
• Yan Yu, terrified that Li Xian might retaliate, decided to tell Yan Cailian everything and accept whatever punishment followed.
• Yun Tiankuo told Hua Siyu he had begun breaking through to Xiantian so he could enter the Cloudmist Swamp Trial, while Hua Siyu chose to remain in the Outer Sect.
• Hua Siyu learned Li Xian had reached first place, and Yun Tiankuo reflected on how Li Xian had shattered the societies’ influence and inspired him to rely on his own strength.
• Li Xian mastered Sword Qi Heaven and Earth after understanding how his sword techniques resonated with his Wind-Thunder Body.
• Li Xian planned to complete the Cloudmist Swamp Trial for Nirvana Blood before deciding how to use the Creation Qi Refining Art or another cultivation method to forge his Dao foundation.

Li Xian and tens of thousands of Inner Sect cultivators traveled to Cloudmist Swamp for a trial offering Nirvana Blood and double Merit Points. As the trial began beneath the Heavenly Demon Furnace, a message in a palace deep within the Great Luo Immortal Sect announced that the target delivery was complete and a preliminary assessment had begun.

• More than forty thousand Inner Sect cultivators gathered at Zhuzhao Peak, where disciples praised Li Xian for defeating the Immortal Light Society and the Mysterious Radiance Society.
• Wang Dao, Chen Jianghai, Ning Qingshu, Zhao Xuantong, and Qin Wuyi discussed their plans and prospects for competing with Li Xian during the trial.
• Li Xian boarded the Heavenly Ark first, and tens of thousands of cultivators followed him toward Cloudmist Swamp.
• The Heavenly Ark arrived above Cloudmist Swamp, where Li Xian identified the enormous furnace at its center as the Heavenly Demon Furnace.
• The cultivators disembarked, beginning the Cloudmist Swamp trial, while a message in a palace announced that target delivery was complete and preliminary assessment was commencing.

Blackfin revealed that his supposedly superior bloodline was actually supreme and decided to seek an audience with the Spirit of the Heavenly Demon. Meanwhile, Li Xian hunted greater demons in Cloudmist Swamp, unaware that elites from three rival societies were closing in on him to avenge their humiliation.

• Blackfin rejected the Red-Scaled Fish Demon's hopeless acceptance of their fate and concealed the supreme bloodline suppressed by a dark crystal in his scales.
• Li Xian set out toward the greater demons' locations while Xiang Yangsheng, Qi Huo, and Qi Xi organized fighters and warned him about the rival societies.
• Li Xian traveled through the mist, killed ordinary fish demons, and searched in vain for the greater demons marked on his map.
• Qi Xi reported that her group had found a greater demon, and Li Xian rushed toward her shared location.
• Mysterious Radiance Society elites reported Li Xian's whereabouts, prompting Zhao Xuantong, Ning Qingshu, He Jianshan, Wang Dao, Wang Quan, Mo Qingyu, and other experts to converge on him.

Li Xian raced through the fog to reach a disciple threatened by a greater demon, while the Three Great Forces tried to intercept him. Wang Dao confronted Li Xian and was killed in a single collision, leaving the pursuing fighters stunned by the gap between them.

• Ning Qingshu, He Jianshan, Wang Quan, and Wang Dao organized the Three Great Forces to stop Li Xian, with Wang Dao volunteering to delay him while the others prepared a formation.
• Li Xian accelerated through the fog to reach the disciple who had discovered the greater demon, noticing watchers following him.
• Wang Dao charged out to intercept Li Xian, but Li Xian struck him with the Instantaneous Movement Art and shattered his arm and organs.
• Wang Dao realized Li Xian was far stronger than expected and died before he could warn the others.
• Wang Quan and the other fighters found Wang Dao dead after Li Xian had already vanished into the mist.

Li Xian killed a Great Demon and learned that Fish Demons might be targeting talented disciples, then followed one that had fled. The Red-Scaled Fish Demon consulted a booklet and ordered its kin to surround and kill Qin Wuyi, its second target.

• Ning Qingshu and Zhao Xuantong calmed Wang Quan and rallied their forces to find the Red-Scaled Fish Demon and ambush Li Xian.
• A Fish Demon attacked Inner Sect disciples and nearly killed Qi Xi, but it fled after sensing another target nearby.
• Li Xian arrived, wounded the Fish Demon with Snow Fills Heaven and Earth, then killed it with Sword Shakes the Cosmos.
• Qi Xi told Li Xian that Fish Demons seemed to be hunting promising disciples, and he went to investigate the direction the demon had fled.
• The Red-Scaled Fish Demon identified Qin Wuyi as target number two and ordered its kin to surround and kill him.

Qin Wuyi was ambushed by the Red-Scaled Fish Demon, another great demon, and a swarm of elite fish demons, leaving him close to death. Li Xian arrived and killed the second great demon with one strike, then turned his attention to the Red-Scaled Fish Demon.

• Qin Wuyi reached the Red-Scaled Fish Demon, which revealed its superior bloodline and struck him back with overwhelming strength.
• A second great demon and more than a dozen elite fish demons joined the attack, trapping Qin Wuyi and leaving him unable to escape or call for help.
• Li Xian carved through the fish demons surrounding Qin Wuyi and rushed toward the Red-Scaled Fish Demon.
• The second great demon charged Li Xian, who unleashed his heavenly demon limitless undying body and killed it instantly with Sword Shakes the Cosmos.
• Qin Wuyi realized how far Li Xian's strength surpassed his own as Li Xian prepared to face the Red-Scaled Fish Demon.