Recaps

After impressing Thunderclap Temple’s Buddhist Saints with his understanding of Buddhist teachings, Chu Kuangren entered the Scripture Repository and rapidly mastered its techniques. Sha Xin arrived to drag him out, but Chu’s manifestations of Thunderclap Temple’s Sage Laws left Sha Xin stunned.

• Chu Kuangren impressed the Buddhist Saints with his mastery of Buddhist teachings, and Master Huixin let him enter the Scripture Repository.
• Chu Kuangren rapidly learned Buddhist cultivation techniques, including the Prajna Vajra Palm, while the young monk who escorted him left in surprise.
• Sha Xin condemned the Abbot’s decision to admit an outsider and set out to drag Chu Kuangren from the repository despite the warrior monks’ objections.
• Lan Yu blocked Sha Xin at the entrance and prepared to fight when he demanded that Chu Kuangren come out.
• Chu Kuangren released manifestations of several Thunderclap Temple Sage Laws from inside the repository, astonishing Sha Xin.
• Huixin told Sha Xin that Chu Kuangren’s rapid comprehension was consistent with his past achievements, and Sha Xin admitted Chu’s understanding surpassed his own.

Chu Kuangren emerged from Thunderclap Temple’s Scripture Repository having formed the Ten Thousand Laws Return to One Dao Body. Hui Xin praised the Buddhist insights Chu had shared, while Sha Xin struggled to understand whether he could abandon killing and still protect others.

• Chu Kuangren left the Scripture Repository after comprehending its techniques, and Hui Xin and Sha Xin recognized that he had formed the Ten Thousand Laws Return to One Dao Body.
• Hui Xin told Sha Xin that discussing Buddhist teachings with Chu Kuangren had raised his chance of passing his tribulation from fifty percent to seventy percent.
• Hui Xin gave Sha Xin a booklet of Buddhist teachings that Wu Ye had recorded from Chu Kuangren’s guidance.
• Sha Xin studied the booklet through the night but became bewildered over whether laying down his butcher’s knife would leave anyone to protect living beings.

Sha Xin succumbed to cultivation deviation after brooding over whether his past killings had made enlightenment impossible, and Chu Kuangren subdued him with force and the Mind-Calming Mantra. Sha Xin remained torn over his guilt until Chu Kuangren urged him to resolve his heart’s knot with the words, “kill to protect life; sever karma, not people.”

• Sha Xin’s doubts and resentment erupted into cultivation deviation, and his saber qi attacked the warrior monks at Dharma Hall.
• Hui Xin tried to suppress Sha Xin with the Mind-Calming Mantra, but Sha Xin resisted and attacked him.
• Chu Kuangren struck Sha Xin down, then used his own Mind-Calming Mantra to disperse Sha Xin’s murderous intent.
• Sha Xin explained that reading Hui Xin’s booklet had made him fear his many killings would prevent him from attaining enlightenment, and he planned to resign and enter seclusion.
• Chu Kuangren challenged Sha Xin’s plan to dispel his malevolence and told him, “kill to protect life; sever karma, not people.”

After Chu Kuangren helped Sha Xin affirm his Buddhist heart, he learned that Shang Han had challenged Princess Linglong and hurried to the Qingyun Dynasty. Princess Linglong faced Shang Han at the palace drill ground, where the duel was about to begin.

• Sha Xin thanked Chu Kuangren for enlightening him and promised to help him as long as it did not harm people or slaughter innocents.
• Chu Kuangren heard that Shang Han had challenged Princess Linglong, learned the duel would take place at the Qingyun Dynasty, and set out with Lan Yu.
• Princess Linglong prepared for the duel and admitted to her maid that Shang Han would be difficult to defeat.
• At the palace drill ground, Princess Linglong met Shang Han while the Qingyun Ruler and others watched.
• Shang Han vowed to reclaim his lost honor and defeat Chu Kuangren, but Princess Linglong dismissed him as less than a firefly compared with her Imperial Son-in-Law.

Princess Linglong fought Shang Han and was overwhelmed after he revealed the power of the Quasi-Emperor Heaven-Suppressing Halberd. As Shang Han prepared to attack her again, Chu Kuangren arrived and threatened to wipe out Shang Han’s entire clan if he touched her.

• Princess Linglong disrupted Shang Han’s Dao Heart and surprised him by matching his strength in their exchange.
• Princess Linglong used the Blacklight Skull, but Shang Han pierced it with the Heaven-Suppressing Halberd and revealed it was a Quasi-Emperor Weapon.
• Shang Han used the halberd to send Princess Linglong flying, and she refused to admit defeat despite the Qingyun Ruler’s plea.
• Shang Han prepared to strike Princess Linglong again, but Chu Kuangren arrived and threatened his entire clan.

Chu Kuangren arrived at the royal palace, healed Princess Linglong, and effortlessly defeated Shang Han despite the Heaven-Suppressing Halberd. After killing Shang Han for the deaths of Heavenly Feather Sect cultivators, Chu Kuangren sent the Dao Protector back with a warning that he would visit the Shang Clan in three days.

• Chu Kuangren healed Princess Linglong and struck Shang Han with a palm that sent him crashing into the palace wall.
• Shang Han attacked Chu Kuangren with the Heaven-Suppressing Halberd, but Chu Kuangren shattered his Nine Heavens Wind Calamity and crushed him with a palm strike.
• Chu Kuangren drove back Shang Han's Dao Protector with Thunderclap Temple's Heavenly Thunder Roar, then demanded to know where Shang Han had obtained the Lou Clan Ancient Sword.
• Chu Kuangren killed Shang Han, took the Xuanhuang Emperor Qi from his body, and told the Dao Protector to warn the Shang Clan that he would arrive in three days.

After killing Shang Han, Chu Kuangren accepted the Qingyun Ruler’s thanks and set out to confront the Shang Clan over the Heavenly Feather Sect’s losses. As the Shang Clan prepared for his arrival, Chu Kuangren reached its territory alone, where its sole Saint awaited him.

• Chu Kuangren claimed the masterless Heaven-Suppressing Halberd and checked on Princess Linglong, whose injuries had improved.
• At a banquet, Chu Kuangren told the Qingyun Ruler he would go to the Shang Clan and promised him the Lightning-Deflecting Divine Needle and pills for his coming tribulation.
• After a day at the Qingyun royal palace, Chu Kuangren departed for the Shang Clan.
• Shang Han’s father and the Shang Clan’s elders debated how to respond to Chu Kuangren, deciding to prepare for war while waiting to see what he would do.
• The Mirage Tower arrived above the Shang Clan, and its sole Saint prepared to face Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren left Lan Yu aboard the Mirage Tower and entered Shang Clan territory alone as the disciples readied themselves for battle.

Chu Kuangren confronted the Shang Clan over Shang Han releasing the Million Baleful Spirits Army and demanded that Shang Han’s father kill himself and the clan’s Saint keep vigil for the fallen Heavenly Feather Sect members for a hundred years. After the clan refused, Chu Kuangren and the Shang Clan’s Saint began fighting, with the clan activating its grand formation.

• Chu Kuangren entered the Shang Clan and used his sword Dao rhythm to pin down its armed disciples as he announced his visit.
• Chu Kuangren demanded that Shang Han’s father kill himself to atone for the deaths of more than sixteen thousand eight hundred Heavenly Feather Sect members.
• After an elder dismissed the casualties as insignificant, Chu Kuangren killed and refined him with the Taotie Technique.
• Chu Kuangren demanded that the Shang Clan’s Saint keep vigil at the martyrs’ mausoleum for a hundred years, but the Saint rejected the demand.
• Chu Kuangren declared that blood must be repaid with blood, and the Shang Clan’s Saint attacked him.
• The Shang Clan Leader ordered weaker disciples to leave and activated the clan’s grand formation, but Chu Kuangren resisted its suppression with his Six Supreme Foundations.

The Shang Clan used magnetic lodestone and its Formation to suppress Chu Kuangren's sword, then attacked him with a Six-Step Saint. Chu Kuangren revealed the heavenly baleful indestructible body and fought the Saint on equal terms, leaving the Shang Clan territory in ruins as their battle continued.

• The Shang Clan Saint struck while magnetic lodestone buried underground disrupted Chu Kuangren's sword, and the Shang Clan Leader explained their countermeasures.
• Chu Kuangren put away the Kunwu Sword and activated the heavenly baleful indestructible body, shocking the Shang Clan and the observing Saints.
• The Shang Clan Saint charged, and Chu Kuangren met his attack with a fist empowered by killing intent and the Dao Body.
• The Shang Clan Saint unleashed Nine Heavens Wind Calamity, while Chu Kuangren answered with Heavenly Baleful Manifestation.
• Their clash shook the Shang Clan territory, destroyed buildings, and killed Shang Clan members caught in the turbulent energy.

Chu Kuangren revealed the power of his ten thousand laws return to one Dao body and killed the Shang Clan Saint after the Saint used a Hidden Blood Flower to increase his strength. He then demanded that the Shang Clan Patriarch atone, but the Patriarch fled and was stopped by his own elders.

• The Shang Clan Saint consumed a Hidden Blood Flower, raising his cultivation from a Sixth-Step Saint to a Seven-Step Saint.
• Chu Kuangren revealed his ten thousand laws return to one Dao body and combined its power with his heavenly baleful indestructible body and nine-orifice exquisite sword heart.
• Chu Kuangren cut the Shang Clan Saint in half with a sword strike and absorbed his corpse into his taotie space.
• Chu Kuangren confronted the Shang Clan Patriarch and demanded that he kill himself or be killed.
• The Shang Clan Patriarch attacked Chu Kuangren and tried to flee, but Shang Clan elders blocked his way and urged him to sacrifice himself for the clan.

Chu Kuangren uncovered a lead that Shang Han had obtained the Lou Clan Ancient Sword in Cloud City and set out to investigate whether the White-Robed General’s descendants were there. He punished the Shang Clan for its role in the Heavenly Feather Sect’s losses, leaving the clan alive but bound to serve the sect for a thousand years.

• The Shang Clan’s experts defeated the Shang Clan Leader, and an elder revealed that he had seen the Lou Clan Ancient Sword at the Shang Clan’s branch in Cloud City.
• Chu Kuangren learned that Shang Han had visited Cloud City and decided to go there, taking a Shang Clan elder as his guide.
• Chu Kuangren ordered the Shang Clan Leader killed and demanded that the Shang Clan send ten Venerables to serve the Heavenly Feather Sect for a thousand years.
• News of Chu Kuangren’s actions spread, and the Heavenly Feather Sect Master and his people praised his righteousness while affirming their trust in the Mystic Heaven Sect.

Shang Long struggled to protect the Cloud City Shang Clan from the Bai Clan’s pressure, while Bai Feng demanded to take Shang Qingxue as his bride. As Shang Clan elders sided with Bai Feng, an unidentified newcomer arrived and called the forced marriage a clichéd plot.

• Shang Long and the elders discussed how the Bai Clan had attacked their businesses and seized a spirit stone vein after the Shang Clan’s main line was weakened.
• Bai Feng came to the Shang Clan’s main hall and demanded to take Shang Qingxue away for their wedding.
• Shang Qingxue refused Bai Feng, and Shang Long vowed not to sacrifice his daughter to save the clan.
• The Bai Clan Grand Elder asserted that no one could stop Bai Feng, while several Shang Clan elders urged Shang Long to accept the marriage.
• An unidentified newcomer arrived and questioned why they had encountered a forced-marriage plot upon arriving.

Chu Kuangren confirmed that Lou Yun and Shang Qingxue were descendants of the White-Robed General and promised to look after them. After he left the hall, the Shang Clan elders learned who he was and realized the mother and daughter now had his protection.

• Chu Kuangren arrived at the Shang Clan hall with Lan Yu and a main-line elder, and the Bai Family's young patriarch withdrew with his people.
• Chu Kuangren showed Shang Long the Lou Clan Ancient Sword and learned from Lou Yun that it was her family's heirloom.
• Chu Kuangren used his Eye of Insight and the White-Robed General's jade pendant to confirm that Lou Yun and Shang Qingxue were descendants of the White-Robed General.
• Chu Kuangren told Lou Yun he had promised her ancestor to find and look after his descendants, then asked Shang Long to arrange guest rooms for him and Lan Yu.
• After Chu Kuangren left, the main-line elder confirmed his identity and warned the Shang Clan members never to call him their enemy.
• The Shang Clan elders apologized for nearly marrying Shang Qingxue into the Bai Family, while the main-line elder told Lou Yun and Shang Qingxue they were about to prosper.

Bai Xueyun ordered the Fifth Ancestor to bring Shang Qingxue to him, while Chu Kuangren summoned her to give her an Enlightenment Pill that could awaken her Mystic Ice Dao Body. The chapter ended with Shang Qingxue arriving at Chu Kuangren’s room and being offered the pill.

• Bai Feng returned to the Bai Family and learned that Bai Xueyun had arrived with a Supreme Artifact for the family patriarch.
• Bai Feng told Bai Xueyun about Shang Qingxue, and Bai Xueyun ordered the Fifth Ancestor to bring her to him that night.
• Chu Kuangren decided to help Shang Qingxue awaken her Mystic Ice Dao Body and sent Lan Yu to summon her.
• Lan Yu reassured Shang Qingxue that Chu Kuangren would not take the kind of interest she feared, then warned her not to harbor improper thoughts about him.
• Shang Qingxue arrived at Chu Kuangren’s room, and Chu Kuangren offered her an Enlightenment Pill.

Chu Kuangren gave Shang Qingxue an Enlightenment Pill, awakening her Mystic Ice Dao Body. When the Fifth Ancestor of the Bai Family seized her for the Young Emperor, Chu Kuangren confronted him and revealed that his surname was Chu.

• Chu Kuangren gave Shang Qingxue an Enlightenment Pill, and she awakened her Mystic Ice Dao Body, freezing the room around her.
• Shang Qingxue told the Shang Clan elders what had happened and demonstrated her newly awakened icy power.
• Bai Feng returned with Bai Family experts and demanded that the Shang Clan hand over Shang Qingxue.
• The Fifth Ancestor of the Bai Family arrived, overpowered the Shang Clan, and captured Shang Qingxue for the Young Emperor.
• Chu Kuangren stepped forward and challenged the Fifth Ancestor, who recognized the signs of Chu Kuangren's identity.

Chu Kuangren protected Shang Qingxue from the Bai Family and ordered the clan to leave the Shang Clan alone. He appointed Shang Long to take charge of the Shang Clan, while the Bai Family learned the cost of provoking him.

• The Fifth Ancestor of the Bai Family recognized Chu Kuangren, released Shang Qingxue, and killed Bai Feng to appease him.
• Chu Kuangren ordered the Fifth Ancestor to warn the Bai Family not to interfere with the Shang Clan, then sent him away with Bai Feng’s corpse.
• Chu Kuangren asked Shang Long to take charge of the Shang Clan, and Shang Long accepted the position of patriarch.
• The Fifth Ancestor returned to the Bai Family with Bai Feng’s corpse and explained what had happened.
• Bai Xueyun rebuked the Bai Family head for grieving Bai Feng and risking the clan’s destruction by offending Chu Kuangren.

Chu Kuangren acquired the Marrow-Cleansing Pool and helped Shang Long secure the Shang Clan patriarch position, while Shang Qingxue sought to join the Mystic Heaven Sect. He then prepared the Qingyun Ruler for his heavenly tribulation and stood guard as it began.

• Bai Xueyun and the Fifth Ancestor of the Bai Family prepared treasures to apologize to Chu Kuangren, but learned he had already left.
• Chu Kuangren drew the Marrow-Cleansing Pool, which could improve cultivators' innate constitutions.
• Chu Kuangren backed Shang Long's appointment as the new Shang Clan patriarch and gave Lou Yun a sword and puppet containing his Sword Qi.
• Shang Long asked Chu Kuangren to accept Shang Qingxue into the Mystic Heaven Sect, and Shang Qingxue vowed to pass its assessment.
• Chu Kuangren prepared pills for the Qingyun Ruler, who began his heavenly tribulation as Chu Kuangren stood guard.

After the Qingyun Ruler became a Quasi-Saint, he told Chu Kuangren he planned to make Princess Linglong his successor, and Chu supported the decision. Chu then reunited the White-Robed General with news of his descendants before receiving word from Elder Ruyan about the Heavenly Pride Tournament.

• Chu Kuangren deterred the Qingyun Ruler's would-be assassins, allowing the ruler to overcome his tribulation and become a Quasi-Saint.
• At a banquet, the Qingyun Ruler proposed that Princess Linglong inherit the Qingyun Dynasty, and Chu Kuangren agreed to support her.
• Chu Kuangren visited the Ancient Battlefield and showed the White-Robed General Ayu's jade pendant, telling him that Lou Yun and Shang Qingxue were doing well.
• The White-Robed General thanked Chu Kuangren and gave him Heavenly Baleful Qi, which Chu absorbed before leaving with Lan Yu.
• Elder Ruyan sent Chu Kuangren a message about the Heavenly Pride Tournament, leaving him astonished.

Chu Kuangren returned to the Mystic Heaven Sect and agreed to enter its disciples in the upcoming Heavenly Pride Tournament, while the rules barred him from competing. He prepared special training for the sect’s Daoist Seeds and invited Xiao Hong and Xiao Bing to attend the tournament, with Xiao Hong revealing her new ability to change size and Xiao Bing showing her progress with a Saint-grade sword talisman.

• Chu Kuangren learned that only disciples could compete in the Heavenly Pride Tournament, then decided to return to the Mystic Heaven Sect and have its Heavenly Prides participate.
• Elder Ruyan told Chu Kuangren that Shang Qingxue had joined the sect as a True Disciple and showed him the tournament rules, which explicitly barred Sect Leaders from competing.
• Chu Kuangren told Elder Ruyan to register the sect and summon Nangong Huang, Murong Xuan, the other Daoist Seeds, and Shang Qingxue for special training before the tournament.
• Xiao Hong revealed that she had reached the Supreme Supreme level and could freely change her size, so Chu Kuangren promised to take her along when he went out.
• Chu Kuangren invited Xiao Bing to attend the tournament, and she showed him the Saint-grade Gengjin Sword Talisman she had nearly finished refining.

Chu Kuangren began special training for the Mystic Heaven Sect’s Daoist Seeds by testing how long they could withstand his Battle King Domain, then brought them to the Marrow-Cleansing Pool to recover and improve their constitutions. The disciples entered the pool and discovered its water could wash away impurities and strengthen their innate constitutions.

• Chu Kuangren told the Daoist Seeds that his special training would prepare them for the Heavenly Pride Tournament, while Shang Qingxue was told her participation would depend on her progress.
• Chu Kuangren subjected the disciples to his Battle King Domain until all of them collapsed, with Nangong Huang and Murong Xuan lasting the longest at fifteen minutes.
• Chu Kuangren said he had not used the domain’s full power and expressed disappointment, intending to motivate the disciples to work harder.
• Chu Kuangren led the exhausted disciples to the Marrow-Cleansing Pool and ordered the men and women to bathe on separate sides.
• The disciples entered the pool and felt it cleanse impurities from their bodies and slightly improve their innate constitutions.

The Daoist Seeds improved their innate aptitude in the Marrow-Cleansing Pool, then began special training against a sword qi clone of Chu Kuangren. The clone knocked Shang Qingxue unconscious as the others rushed to attack it.

• The Daoist Seeds soaked in the Marrow-Cleansing Pool for two hours, cleansing their bodies and improving their aptitude.
• Zhuo Han drank from the pool, then accidentally fouled the water and endured the others’ complaints.
• Chu Kuangren created a sword qi clone with one-sixtieth of his strength and challenged the Daoist Seeds to defeat it within a month.
• Nangong Huang underestimated the clone, was badly injured by its sword strike, and Chu Kuangren healed him with the Spring Wind Transforming Rain Technique.
• The clone attacked Shang Qingxue as soon as Chu Kuangren’s countdown ended, knocking her unconscious before Nangong Huang, Murong Xuan, Junyi, and the others charged.

Chu Kuangren put Nangong Huang, Murong Xuan, and the other Daoist Seeds through grueling training against his Sword Qi Clone, then checked on Saint Qingshuang’s advanced spirit rice harvest. The disciples discovered that the Marrow-Cleansing Pool had improved their recovery, while Chu Kuangren learned that expanding spirit rice production would require more cultivation and growth support.

• Chu Kuangren’s Sword Qi Clone overwhelmed the Daoist Seeds for two hours, while Chu Kuangren healed their injuries and ordered them to resume fighting.
• Chu Kuangren ended the first day of training and told Nangong Huang, Murong Xuan, Junyi, and the others that they would continue the next morning for a month.
• Nangong Huang and the others noticed that the Marrow-Cleansing Pool had improved their aptitude and sped up their cultivation and Spiritual Power recovery.
• Chu Kuangren visited Saint Qingshuang, who reported that twenty mu of advanced spirit rice had yielded around twenty thousand jin, with up to four harvests possible each year.
• Chu Kuangren said the projected annual yield of eighty thousand jin was insufficient for the Mystic Heaven Sect, and Saint Qingshuang explained that her Yi Wood Essence could not accelerate a much larger crop.

Chu Kuangren put Nangong Huang and the others through an intense training regimen, while he drew the Legendary Cultivation Technique Gods and Devils Eight Tones. After nearly a month, the Daoist Seeds had grown strong enough to suppress his Sword Qi Clone together.

• Chu Kuangren caught Nangong Huang and the others pretending to sleep, forced them to endure his Battle King Domain, then fed them spirit rice before training began.
• Chu Kuangren spent the next half month making Nangong Huang and the others spar, climb Sword Mountain, and chase the Divine Phoenix Xiao Hong, while the Saints praised their cultivation conditions.
• Chu Kuangren drew the Legendary Cultivation Technique Gods and Devils Eight Tones, gaining profound insight into the zither technique and deciding he needed a guqin.
• Qin Wushuang was knocked down by Chu Kuangren's Sword Qi Clone, healed with the Spring Wind Transforming Rain Technique, and charged back into the fight.
• After almost a month of training, Nangong Huang and the others had improved enough to suppress Chu Kuangren's Sword Qi Clone when they fought together.

After the Daoist Seeds defeated one Sword Qi Clone, Chu Kuangren began the next stage by assigning each of them a clone and putting Shang Qingxue through a brutal heat-resistance trial. Shang Qingxue resolved not to quit, and Chu Kuangren responded by increasing her next training session by an hour.

• Nangong Huang, Murong Xuan, Junyi, Qin Wushuang, and the others defeated the Sword Qi Clone after fighting it for twenty-nine days.
• Chu Kuangren sent the nine Daoist Seeds to fight one Sword Qi Clone each and gave Shang Qingxue a separate training exercise.
• Chu Kuangren trapped Shang Qingxue in Scorching Purgatory, where the temperature doubled every two hours, to stimulate her Mystic Ice Dao Body.
• After enduring six hours of scorching heat and nearly losing consciousness, Shang Qingxue remembered her father's hopes and declared that she would not quit.
• Chu Kuangren praised Shang Qingxue's resolve and added another hour to her training the next day.

Chu Kuangren played Boundless Heaven and Earth from the Gods and Devils Eight Tones, drawing the Mystic Heaven Sect’s experts to listen and guiding the Daoist Seeds into enlightenment. The chapter ended with Nangong Huang, Murong Xuan, and the others defeating their Sword Qi Clones, while Shang Qingxue broke out of Scorching Purgatory by herself.

• After nearly three months of harsh training, Shang Qingxue reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage, and the other Daoist Seeds made major progress.
• Lan Yu brought Chu Kuangren the newly made guqin, and he played Boundless Heaven and Earth for her.
• The guqin music drew the Mystic Heaven Sect’s Saints and Supreme Supremes, while Nangong Huang and the others entered a state of enlightenment.
• Murong Xuan, Nangong Huang, Junyi, Qin Wushuang, and the other Daoist Seeds used their insights to defeat their Sword Qi Clones.
• Shang Qingxue used her Mystic Ice Dao Body to shatter Scorching Purgatory’s barrier and escape for the first time.