Chapter Summaries

Chu Kuangren visited the Seven Emotions Sect after hearing that its scrolls might be connected to the Wrathful God Fist. At the foot of Seven Emotions Peak, the sect’s disciples recognized Leng Ningyu’s Saintess Token in his possession and wondered what relationship he had with their saintess.

• Chu Kuangren listened to a tavern storyteller praise his exploits and appearance while he drank in disguise.
• A woman in red from the Seven Emotions Sect objected to the praise and threatened anyone who spread rumors about her senior sister, Leng Ningyu, and Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren decided to visit the Seven Emotions Sect to investigate whether its scrolls were connected to the Wrathful God Fist.
• Chu Kuangren reached Seven Emotions Peak, presented the Jade Token Leng Ningyu had given him, and told the disciples he had come at her invitation.
• The disciples recognized the Jade Token as the Saintess Token and were shocked that Chu Kuangren had it.

Chu Kuangren visited the Seven Emotions Sect and clashed with Chi Yue, who blamed him for damaging Leng Ningyu’s reputation. Leng Ningyu welcomed him and led him inside, where her master and others were waiting.

• A Seven Emotions Sect disciple recognized Chu Kuangren and went to inform Leng Ningyu that he had arrived.
• Drunken Chi Yue teased Chu Kuangren, then attacked him after learning his identity and accusing him of sullying Leng Ningyu’s reputation.
• Chu Kuangren dodged Chi Yue’s attacks and subdued her with sword qi at her throat, warning her that he would fight back if she attacked again.
• Chi Yue ordered the other disciples to stand down, and Chu Kuangren said the rumors about Leng Ningyu had nothing to do with him.
• Leng Ningyu arrived, stopped Chi Yue from troubling Chu Kuangren, and escorted him into the sect to meet her master and the others.

Chu Kuangren visited the Seven Emotions Sect, where he and Fairy Lengyue discussed exchanging their collections of emotion-based cultivation scrolls. After noticing signs that Leng Ningyu might be falling for Chu Kuangren, Fairy Lengyue explained how love and loss could help her master the Unfeeling Dao, while her Fire Desire Poison remained a concern.

• Fairy Lengyue met Chu Kuangren and suppressed her Fire Desire Poison after his appearance stirred her feelings.
• Chu Kuangren used his Eye of Insight to identify Fairy Lengyue’s Fire Desire Poison and demonstrated the Wrathful God Fist for her.
• Fairy Lengyue revealed that the Seven Emotions Sect had five cultivation scrolls, and Chu Kuangren offered to trade his three for them.
• Fairy Lengyue sent Leng Ningyu to show Chu Kuangren around and discussed with Chi Yue whether Leng Ningyu had fallen for him.
• Fairy Lengyue said that experiencing and then forgetting love could help Leng Ningyu master the Unfeeling Dao, while hoping Li the Daoist might cure her poison with the Heavenly Ice Cold Python corpse.

Chu Kuangren toured the Seven Emotions Sect with Leng Ningyu and confronted Li Celong, who resented his closeness to her. In the main hall, Li the Daoist demanded that Fairy Lengyue become his Daoist partner in exchange for treating her fire poison.

• Leng Ningyu showed Chu Kuangren the Seven Emotions Sect and told him she had no intention of becoming Daoist partners with the Sword Daoist.
• Li Celong approached Leng Ningyu and questioned Chu Kuangren's intentions, so Chu Kuangren used his Sword Dao pressure to silence him.
• Chu Kuangren, Leng Ningyu, and Li Celong entered the main hall, where Fairy Lengyue was arguing with Li the Daoist.
• Li the Daoist said he could suppress Fairy Lengyue's fire poison only if she agreed to become his Daoist partner, and Chi Yue and Leng Ningyu objected.

Li the Daoist tried to force Fairy Lengyue and Leng Ningyu into Daoist partnerships by withholding treatment for Lengyue’s fire poison. Chu Kuangren offered to cure Lengyue instead and brought everyone to Flying Flow Waterfall to begin.

• Li the Daoist demanded that Fairy Lengyue become his Daoist partner and proposed that Li Celong pair with Leng Ningyu as well.
• Fairy Lengyue refused, and Leng Ningyu offered to marry Li Celong to secure treatment for her master, but both Lengyue and Chi Yue stopped her.
• Chu Kuangren claimed he could cure Lengyue’s fire poison, dismissed Li the Daoist’s threat, and gained Lengyue’s trust to try.
• On the way to Flying Flow Waterfall, Chu Kuangren asked why Leng Ningyu had offered to marry Li Celong, and she explained that she owed her master a debt of gratitude.
• At Flying Flow Waterfall, Chu Kuangren told Fairy Lengyue to let the water vapor enter her body and circulate her Spiritual Power with it.

Chu Kuangren cured Fairy Lengyue’s fire poison and exposed Li the Daoist’s harmful treatment, earning the Seven Emotions Sect’s gratitude and an exchange of Emperor Techniques. Fairy Lengyue then asked what he thought of Leng Ningyu, leaving Chu Kuangren wondering what she intended.

• Chu Kuangren condemned Li the Daoist’s use of wood-attribute acupuncture and explained that it had made Fairy Lengyue’s fire poison worse.
• Chu Kuangren used moisture needles to draw out and destroy Fairy Lengyue’s fire poison, curing her in front of everyone.
• Fairy Lengyue expelled Li the Daoist and his disciple from the Seven Emotions Sect, while Chi Yue apologized to Chu Kuangren.
• Fairy Lengyue offered Chu Kuangren the chance to study five of the Seven Emotions Sect’s Emperor Technique scrolls in exchange for his three scrolls.
• After the others left, Fairy Lengyue asked Chu Kuangren what he thought of Leng Ningyu.

Chu Kuangren refused Fairy Lengyue’s plan to make Leng Ningyu fall in love with him, then comprehended five Emperor Techniques and refined Wood Attribute Earth Vein Essence. He advanced from the Saint King realm to the Quasi-Emperor Realm and prepared to use the White Spirit Divine Fruit to deepen his Dao comprehension.

• Fairy Lengyue asked Chu Kuangren to make Leng Ningyu fall in love with him to help her attain major mastery of the Unfeeling Dao, but he refused to deceive her.
• Fairy Lengyue told Leng Ningyu that she wanted her to fall in love with Chu Kuangren, and Leng Ningyu reacted with rare flustered surprise.
• Chu Kuangren comprehended all five Emperor Techniques in less than a day.
• Chu Kuangren refined the Wood Attribute Earth Vein Essence, raising his cultivation from Saint King to Quasi-Emperor and increasing his power further within the realm.
• Chu Kuangren assessed his Dao and combat strength, then turned his attention to the White Spirit Divine Fruit.

Chu Kuangren consumed the White Spirit Divine Fruit and entered sudden enlightenment as the Barren Forbidden Land opened to the Heavenly Prides. There, Wang Quan, Bai Hongyu, and Xiao Jingchen each gained powerful opportunities while preparing to contend for the Emperor Position.

• Chu Kuangren ate the White Spirit Divine Fruit, entered sudden enlightenment, and continued improving his understanding of the Dao.
• Wang Quan defeated a five-colored spider, found high-quality Five Elements Essence, and began refining it to strengthen his Five Elements Divine Wheel.
• Bai Hongyu claimed the Dragon-Phoenix Red Saber and found an Emperor's remains, vowing to surpass Chu Kuangren after refining both.
• Xiao Jingchen inherited the legacy of Mo Xuan Great Emperor, causing his strength to rise as he vowed to defeat his rivals, including Chu Kuangren.
• The Heavenly Prides continued searching the Barren Forbidden Land for opportunities while Chu Kuangren gained new insights in seclusion at the Seven Emotions Sect.

While enlightened by the White Spirit Divine Fruit, Chu Kuangren created an invincible cultivation law by merging the techniques he had mastered, producing visions that spread across the three realms. The aura caught the attention of ancient beings and Qin Tianchen, who set aside his curiosity to refine a Great Perfection Emperor Medicine.

• Chu Kuangren realized he lacked a Daoist Law of his own and began merging his many techniques into an invincible law.
• After a month of seclusion, Chu Kuangren's new law released a powerful Daoist Rhyme and spectacular heavenly visions across the Seven Emotions Sect.
• Fairy Lengyue and the other cultivators wondered whether Chu Kuangren had created a new cultivation technique, while ancient beings sensed that it might grow into a profound law or beyond.
• Qin Tianchen sensed the aura from the Barren Forbidden Land and questioned how someone below Emperor level could create a profound law.
• Qin Tianchen drove away the surrounding Demon Beasts and chose to refine his Great Perfection Emperor Medicine before investigating Chu Kuangren's aura.

After emerging from seclusion with a new technique, the Invincible Law, Chu Kuangren learned that the Barren Forbidden Land had opened and prepared to go there. Inside the forbidden land, the Sword Daoist discovered Jian Changfeng was messaging Chu Kuangren and planned to exploit him, unaware the Charm Sword Guard also served Chu Kuangren.

• Chu Kuangren emerged from seclusion after creating the embryonic Invincible Law and learned that Ningyu and Chi Yue had entered the Barren Forbidden Land.
• The Sword Daoist, seeking enough strength to challenge Chu Kuangren, used the Azure Glass Divine Lamp to locate a destination in the forbidden land.
• The Charm Sword Guard noticed Jian Changfeng secretly sending a message and suspected he was reporting to Chu Kuangren.
• The Hidden Sword Guard reported Jian Changfeng's messages to the Sword Daoist, who revealed he had suspected Jian Changfeng since the Ten Thousand Wonders Grotto-Heaven.
• The Sword Daoist decided to feed Jian Changfeng false information for use against Chu Kuangren, while the Charm Sword Guard concealed that she too served Chu Kuangren.

Chu Kuangren let the Sword Daoist lead the Sword Clan to the Qingxuan Sword Emperor’s true resting place while Jian Changfeng’s cover was exposed. After Jian Changfeng survived as a puppet with Chu Kuangren’s help, he learned that Chu Kuangren had another informant inside the Sword Clan.

• Chu Kuangren received a message from the Sword Daoist and told him to find the Sword Emperor’s opportunity.
• The Sword Daoist led the Sword Clan toward the Qingxuan Sword Emperor’s resting place, while Jian Changfeng secretly informed Chu Kuangren of its location.
• The Sword Daoist revealed that Jian Changfeng was a traitor and sent him into the black-mist restriction, where Sword Qi destroyed his body.
• Jian Changfeng’s soul survived in a wooden puppet, but the restriction’s Sword Qi attacked him again.
• Chu Kuangren arrived and protected Jian Changfeng, who reported what had happened and realized Chu Kuangren had another informant in the Sword Clan.

The Sword Daoist discovered the Qingxuan Sword Emperor’s remains, obtained the Water-Fire Sword Essence and absorbed the Emperor’s inheritance. As he refined it, Chu Kuangren arrived at the palace, and the Sword Clan’s guards prepared to confront him.

• The Sword Daoist and the Sword Clan cultivators entered the secret realm and found sword marks and the remains of the Qingxuan Sword Emperor.
• The Sword Daoist read the Emperor’s final words and used his Nine-Orifice Exquisite Sword Heart to locate and claim the Water-Fire Sword Essence.
• A sphere containing the Sword Emperor’s inheritance emerged from the remains, and the Sword Daoist absorbed it while the Charm Sword Guard considered killing him but abandoned the plan.
• The Sword Daoist sensed Chu Kuangren approaching and ordered Mei'er to hold him off while he continued refining the inheritance.
• The Withered Sword Guard led the Sword Clan members out of the palace to face Chu Kuangren, who emerged from the black mist with the figurine Jian Changfeng.

Chu Kuangren confronted the Sword Clan guards, while the Charm Sword Guard revealed that she had willingly sworn loyalty to him. He crushed the guards’ attacks and killed the Withered Sword Guard, leaving the Sword Clan cultivators terrified.

• The Charm Sword Guard killed two Sword Clan cultivators and knelt before Chu Kuangren, declaring him her master.
• The Hidden Sword Guard attacked Chu Kuangren, but the Charm Sword Guard intercepted him and began fighting him in the void.
• Chu Kuangren tore apart the Sword Clan cultivators’ combined sword net with a single streak of Sword Qi, killing several of them.
• The Withered Sword Guard unleashed a life-consuming secret art and charged Chu Kuangren with a mighty sword strike, but Chu Kuangren defeated him with Kunwu and split him in two.

Chu Kuangren defeated the Sword Daoist’s attack using the weakened Sword Emperor’s Dao, then intercepted his escape as he unleashed four Sword Essences. Chu Kuangren countered with the Four Seasons Sword Formation and declared that he would take the essences.

• Chu Kuangren killed the Withered Sword Guard and the Hidden Sword Guard with effortless strikes, then headed toward the palace.
• The Sword Daoist emerged with the Qingxuan Divine Sword and used the Sword Emperor’s Dao to attack Chu Kuangren, but Chu Kuangren’s sword strike overwhelmed him.
• Chu Kuangren explained that the Sword Emperor’s Dao had weakened over time and that the Sword Daoist was no Sword Emperor, prompting the Sword Daoist to flee.
• Chu Kuangren intercepted the Sword Daoist, deflected his Wind and Earth Sword Essences, and faced his attack with all four Sword Essences.
• Chu Kuangren summoned the Azure Spirit Sword Box and formed the Four Seasons Sword Formation, declaring that he would take the four Sword Essences.

Chu Kuangren trapped the Sword Daoist’s Four Symbols Sword Essence, drove him away, and then refined the essence into the supreme supernatural power Four Symbols Primordial Spirit Sword. After resolving to pursue a path beyond immortality, Chu Kuangren left the Qingxuan Sword Emperor’s Secluded Cultivation Ground with the Charm Sword Guard and Jian Changfeng.

• Chu Kuangren trapped the four sword essences in the Four Seasons Sword Formation as the Sword Daoist fled, then suppressed the Sword Clan cultivators with Sword Qi.
• The Charm Sword Guard asked what to do after the Sword Daoist escaped, and Chu Kuangren told her to stay with him before beginning to refine the sword essences.
• Chu Kuangren destroyed the Sword Daoist’s Spirit Thought imprints, and the fleeing Sword Daoist vowed to settle the score after refining the Sword Emperor Inheritance.
• After seven days, Chu Kuangren completed the refinement and gained the Four Symbols Sword Dao and the supreme supernatural power Four Symbols Primordial Spirit Sword.
• Chu Kuangren declared that he would pursue a realm beyond immortality, then led the Charm Sword Guard and Jian Changfeng out by shattering the black mist’s restrictions with a four-colored sword projection.

Chu Kuangren left the Barren Forbidden Land with Jian Changfeng and considered how he might restore Jian Changfeng’s body. Elsewhere, the Crimson Refinement Princess injured Leng Ningyu and pursued her and Chi Yue with Li Celong, who planned to exploit his poison and stage a rescue.

• Chu Kuangren asked Jian Changfeng how his body could be restored, and Jian Changfeng explained that he needed an undamaged Soulless Body or rare materials to create a new one.
• The Crimson Refinement Princess attacked Leng Ningyu and revealed that she sought revenge because Leng Yue had killed her father, the Crimson Refinement King Serpent.
• Leng Ningyu struck back with Supreme Forgetting Emotion Finger, but Chi Yue recognized that her injuries left her near collapse and fled with her.
• The Crimson Refinement Princess revealed that her Fire Desire Poison had entered Leng Ningyu, while Li Celong used a Snow Jade Mother Insect to track the women.
• Li Celong asked the Crimson Refinement Princess to help him stage a rescue so he could appear as Leng Ningyu and Chi Yue’s hero, and she agreed.

Chi Yue and Leng Ningyu were overwhelmed by the Crimson Refinement Princess, while Li Celong planned to stage a rescue and win Leng Ningyu's affection. Chu Kuangren arrived before Li Celong could act, drove the princess back, and rescued Leng Ningyu again.

• Chi Yue hid Leng Ningyu in a cave, but the Crimson Refinement Princess tracked them down and broke through Chi Yue's barrier.
• Chi Yue and Leng Ningyu fought the Crimson Refinement Princess, who poisoned Chi Yue and knocked Leng Ningyu to the ground.
• Li Celong watched from hiding and planned to rescue Leng Ningyu after she fell into despair.
• As the Crimson Refinement Princess prepared to strike Leng Ningyu, Chu Kuangren's Sword Qi forced her back.
• Chu Kuangren arrived with the Charm Sword Guard and Jian Changfeng, while Li Celong raged that Chu Kuangren had ruined his plan again.

Chu Kuangren rescued Leng Ningyu and Chi Yue from the Crimson Refinement Princess and agreed to treat their poison-fire affliction. Li Celong failed to win their trust and was left behind under Charm Sword Guard’s watch as Chu Kuangren carried the two women into a cave.

• Li Celong hoped the Crimson Refinement Princess would defeat Chu Kuangren so he could rescue the others and look heroic.
• The Crimson Refinement Princess attacked Chu Kuangren with poison fire, but he split her flames and wounded her with Sword Qi.
• Li Celong used Poison Mist to help the Crimson Refinement Princess escape, then claimed the mist had driven her off and offered to treat Leng Ningyu.
• Leng Ningyu rejected Li Celong and asked Chu Kuangren to save her, while Chi Yue also chose Chu Kuangren over Li Celong.
• Chu Kuangren carried Leng Ningyu and Chi Yue into a cave and ordered Charm Sword Guard to keep watch on Li Celong.

Chu Kuangren cured Leng Ningyu and Chi Yue of the poisonous fire while the Charm Sword Guard kept Li Celong from leaving. After discovering rare tracking powder in Leng Ningyu’s poison, Chu Kuangren suspected Li Celong had colluded with the Crimson Refinement Princess and decided there was another game to play.

• Chu Kuangren restrained Leng Ningyu and Chi Yue and used water needles and Spiritual Power guidance to expel their poisonous fire without giving in to their advances.
• The Charm Sword Guard rebuffed Li Celong’s attempts to sow distrust and stopped him from leaving the cave entrance.
• Li Celong grew jealous and furious at the sounds from inside the cave, then considered relying on the Crimson Refinement Princess to take revenge on Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren found Snow Jade Mother-and-Offspring Insect powder mixed into Leng Ningyu’s poisonous fire and realized it could be used to track someone.
• Chu Kuangren suspected Li Celong had helped the Crimson Refinement Princess escape and decided to investigate their possible alliance.

After curing Leng Ningyu and Chi Yue of the poisonous fire, Chu Kuangren confronted Li Celong over his suspicious actions and let him escape. Chu Kuangren kept the Snow Jade Mother-and-Offspring Insect Li Celong had lost and gave the Charm Sword Guard a new mission.

• Leng Ningyu told Chi Yue she was beginning to feel love for Chu Kuangren, as her master had instructed.
• Chu Kuangren questioned Li Celong about appearing at the cave and saving the Crimson Refinement Princess, then ordered the Charm Sword Guard to seize him.
• Li Celong fought the Charm Sword Guard, but Leng Ningyu and Chi Yue rejected his appeals and defended Chu Kuangren.
• Li Celong fled after Chu Kuangren struck him, then used a secret technique to escape; Chu Kuangren stopped the Charm Sword Guard from pursuing him.
• Chu Kuangren picked up Li Celong's fallen embroidered pouch, identified its contents as an insect, and assigned the Charm Sword Guard a new mission.
• Li Celong realized the pouch containing the Snow Jade Mother-and-Offspring Insect was missing, but chose to seek the Crimson Refinement Princess and plot against Chu Kuangren.