Chapter Summaries

Chu Kuangren refined a mysterious Heartbreak Pill in the Pill Pavilion, and its fragrance made everyone nearby relive their sorrows and weep. When nine golden pill clouds formed above the chamber, Grandmaster Gu realized Chu Kuangren had refined a Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill and declared him an alchemy great grandmaster.

• Pill Pavilion disciples gathered outside the chamber and learned that Chu Kuangren was refining an unfamiliar pill called the Heartbreak Pill.
• Chu Kuangren refined the pill with effortless skill, and its unusual fragrance caused the disciples to cry over painful memories.
• The Fifth Elder brought Grandmaster Gu into the Pill Pavilion, where they followed the strange fragrance to the chamber and found the disciples weeping.
• Chu Kuangren's pill aura formed nine golden pill clouds, astonishing Grandmaster Gu, who identified the pill as a Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill.
• Grandmaster Gu declared that the person refining the pill was an alchemy great grandmaster.

Chu Kuangren demonstrated that he could refine Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills, shocking Alchemy Grandmaster Gu Jiang. After Chu Kuangren refused to take him as a disciple, Gu Jiang decided to join the Mystic Heaven Sect so he could seek opportunities to exchange alchemy insights with him.

• Chu Kuangren emerged from the pill-refining room and told the Fifth Elder that the medicinal ingredients had run out, while Gu Jiang searched for the supposed grandmaster inside.
• Chu Kuangren revealed that he had been the only one refining pills and agreed to demonstrate his skill for Gu Jiang.
• Gu Jiang watched Chu Kuangren produce another batch of Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills and knelt, begging him to become his disciple.
• Chu Kuangren rejected Gu Jiang's coercive request and said he could visit to exchange alchemy insights, but not become his disciple.
• Gu Jiang apologized, then blamed the Fifth Elder for failing to tell him about Chu Kuangren and announced that he wanted to join the Mystic Heaven Sect.
• The Fifth Elder hurried after Gu Jiang, hoping to accompany him to see the sect leader.

Chu Kuangren agreed to accompany Lan Yu and Yanbo to the Featherfolk after learning that the Staff of Light was needed to suppress a Demon Well threatening their survival. They set off with Chu Kuangren's Dao Protectors, who chatted in the void along the way.

• Gu Jiang asked Chu Kuangren to teach him alchemy, and Chu Kuangren agreed to teach him without accepting him as a disciple.
• Yanbo visited Ling Tian Dao Palace and asked Lan Yu to return to the Featherfolk, but she refused to leave Chu Kuangren's side.
• Yanbo explained that the Featherfolk guarded a Demon Well leading to the Hell Demon Realm and needed Lan Yu's Staff of Light to restore the weakened formation.
• Chu Kuangren decided to travel with Lan Yu to the Featherfolk's territory, and Yanbo thanked him.
• Venerable Xuanqi allowed Chu Kuangren to depart with Yanbo and Lan Yu, accompanied by the Seventh Ancestor, Supreme Being Qinglan, and Granny Meng.

Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu visited the Featherfolk, where rival factions competed for influence and the Demon Well threatened the clan. Lan Yu used the Staff of Light to restore the altar’s power, while Chu Kuangren grew wary of the Featherfolk’s interest in the staff and its symbolism.

• Yanbo brought Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu to Featherfolk territory and explained the rivalry between the patriarch’s faction and Jue Tianlan’s faction.
• The Featherfolk patriarch welcomed Lan Yu and Chu Kuangren, and Jue Tianlan showed jealousy when Lan Yu treated Chu Kuangren warmly and refused to join his plans for the clan.
• Lan Yu said she had returned only to resolve the Demon Well, a spatial rift connected to the Hell Demon Realm.
• At the altar, Lan Yu took out the Staff of Light to restore the weakened formation that suppressed the Demon Well.
• Chu Kuangren noticed the Featherfolk’s intense interest in the Staff of Light and wondered whether they would let Lan Yu leave with it.

The Third Elder revealed himself as a member of the Fallen Feather Clan and reversed the altar’s formation, reopening the Demon Well. As Lan Yu tried to restore the formation, Chu Kuangren protected her and fought the Supreme Being Third Elder, tearing off one of his wings.

• The Third Elder exposed his allegiance to the Fallen Feather Clan and revealed that he had taught Lan Yu how to reverse the formation.
• The formation vanished, the Demon Well reopened, and the Fallen Feather Clan emerged to face the Featherfolk.
• At the Featherfolk patriarch’s request, Lan Yu returned to the altar to reactivate the formation while Chu Kuangren cut down attackers trying to stop her.
• The Featherfolk and Fallen Feather Clan began a battle as Chu Kuangren guarded Lan Yu and blocked the Third Elder’s attack.
• Chu Kuangren unleashed his full power against the injured Third Elder, drove him back, and tore off one of his black wings.

Chu Kuangren defeated the Fallen Feather Clan’s Third Elder just as an imperial presence emerged from the Demon Well. He exposed the newcomer as an avatar of the Arrogant Demon Emperor and stepped forward to face him, unaffected by his imperial pressure.

• Chu Kuangren tore off the Third Elder’s wing and left him badly wounded while the Fallen Feather Clan Chief remained occupied fighting the Featherfolk Chief.
• The Arrogant Demon Emperor emerged from the Demon Well and attacked Lan Yu, but the Seventh Ancestor blocked his strike with Sword Qi.
• Chu Kuangren identified the newcomer as an avatar of the Arrogant Demon Emperor and told Lan Yu to continue operating the altar’s Formation.
• The Arrogant Demon Emperor suppressed the Seventh Ancestor’s Daoist Laws, but Chu Kuangren stepped forward and said the avatar’s imperial pressure was too weak to affect him.

Chu Kuangren destroyed the Arrogant Demon Emperor's avatar with a hidden Saint's strike, then helped the Featherfolk wipe out the Fallen Feather Clan and close the Demon Well. The next day, Featherfolk elders tried to persuade Lan Yu to stay, but she reaffirmed that she would follow Chu Kuangren.

• The Arrogant Demon Emperor attacked Chu Kuangren, but Chu Kuangren unleashed a Saint's strike that shattered the avatar and killed many Fallen Feather Clan members.
• Lan Yu restored the altar's Formation, sealing the Demon Well, while Chu Kuangren killed the Third Elder.
• The Featherfolk and their allies wiped out the Fallen Feather Clan, including its chief, and the Featherfolk chief thanked Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren agreed to stay in the city for a few days before leaving with Lan Yu.
• Jue Tianlan and several Featherfolk elders urged Lan Yu to remain with her clan and pursue the Emperor Road, but she said she only wished to follow Chu Kuangren.

Lan Yu refused to stay with the Featherfolk, so Jue Tianlan and several elders tried to take the Staff of Light from her by force. Chu Kuangren arrived, killed Jue Tianlan and an attacking elder, and the clan leader punished the surviving conspirators rather than risk a fight with him.

• Lan Yu rejected the Featherfolk elders' pleas to stay and said she would follow her master, Chu Kuangren.
• Jue Tianlan demanded that Lan Yu leave the Staff of Light behind, then attacked with the elders when she refused.
• Jue Tianlan wounded Lan Yu, but Chu Kuangren's Battle King Domain suppressed him, and Chu Kuangren killed him with the Human Mountain Seal Art.
• Chu Kuangren killed a Featherfolk elder who attacked him, then told the arriving clan leader that the elders had injured Lan Yu.
• Lan Yu explained that Jue Tianlan and the elders had tried to seize the Staff of Light, and the clan leader ordered the surviving accomplices to repent for ten years and barred them from leaving the city.

Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu left the Featherfolk tribe and traveled aboard an Immortal Boat, where Chu Kuangren rescued cultivators from Black-Feathered Demon Birds. The survivors recognized him as the legendary Heavenly Pride, and Yun Feiyang introduced himself as a longtime admirer.

• The Featherfolk chief gave Lan Yu Jue Tianlan's Xuanhuang Emperor Qi and said she would always be welcome among the Featherfolk.
• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu left the tribe, and Lan Yu assimilated the emperor qi aboard their Immortal Boat.
• Lan Yu spotted Black-Feathered Demon Birds attacking another Immortal Boat and its cultivators.
• Chu Kuangren killed the attacking birds with his Battle King Domain and Human Mountain Seal Art, then introduced himself to the survivors.
• A Nascent Soul elder recognized Chu Kuangren, and Yun Feiyang excitedly told him he had long wanted to meet him for saving Northern Ridge Dao Province.

Chu Kuangren traveled with Yun Feiyang to Sword-Worshipping City, where the upcoming Sword-Seizing Tournament drew crowds of sword cultivators. After settling in, Chu Kuangren came across a rough-stone gambling stall and chose a stone for fun.

• Chu Kuangren asked Yun Feiyang about Northern Ridge Dao Province and agreed to travel with him to Sword-Worshipping City.
• Yun Feiyang explained the city's swordsmithing history and the Centennial Famous Swords, while the Seventh Ancestor told Chu Kuangren how weapons could grow in power and grade.
• Chu Kuangren and his companions arrived in Sword-Worshipping City, where he felt especially attuned to the Sword Dao, then parted ways with Yun Feiyang.
• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu found lodging and later visited a busy night market.
• Chu Kuangren recognized a crowd's activity as rough-stone gambling and picked a pitch-black stone from the stall.

Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu tried stone gambling and uncovered two extraordinarily valuable minerals by chance. Their astonishing luck left the stall owner and experienced stone gamblers stunned.

• Chu Kuangren bought a rough stone at random despite warnings that it looked worthless.
• The stone cutter revealed Phoenix Blood Stone, a Quasi-Saint-grade mineral, and onlookers estimated it could sell for millions of spirit stones.
• Chu Kuangren invited Lan Yu to choose a rough stone, and she picked one because it looked prettier.
• Lan Yu's stone yielded an Earth Spirit Crystal, a Supreme Being-grade mineral containing Earth Spirit Marrow.
• The stall owner questioned whether this was really Chu Kuangren's first time gambling on stones, while the old man struggled to accept that he had missed both treasures.

Chu Kuangren won an Undying Divine Phoenix egg in his daily draw, but discovered that feeding it spiritual power drained him before it could hatch. After putting the egg away to recover, he and Lan Yu went out into Sword-Worshipping City, where sword cultivators were gathering for the tournament.

• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu left the night market with the phoenix blood stone and earth spirit crystal, prompting a crowd to buy the stall owner's remaining rough stones and lose money.
• News of Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu's lucky finds spread throughout Sword-Worshipping City.
• Chu Kuangren drew the Undying Divine Phoenix as a God-Level Pet and retrieved its egg, whose Daoist Rhyme drew powerful cultivators' attention until the Seventh Ancestor and two others blocked their Spirit Thought.
• Chu Kuangren tried to feed the Divine Phoenix Egg spiritual power, but stopped when it drained most of his reserves without hatching.
• Chu Kuangren soothed the hungry egg, put it in his Heaven and Earth Ring, replenished his spiritual power, and went out with Lan Yu.
• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu saw seven or eight sword duels as sword cultivators arrived for the Sword-Seizing Tournament.

Sword Greed defeated Snow Sword Venerable to take his famous sword, then sensed the Sacred Sword Kunwu inside Chu Kuangren and demanded it. After Chu Kuangren refused to trade, Sword Greed attacked him, and the two clashed in Sword-Worshipping City.

• Chu Kuangren watched Sword Greed defeat Snow Sword Venerable, sever his sword hand, and claim the famous sword Snow Drink.
• Sword Greed sensed an exceptionally fine sword within Chu Kuangren and demanded to see it.
• Chu Kuangren refused to hand over his sword, and Sword Greed offered the swords in his case as a trade.
• Chu Kuangren touched Sword Greed's mysterious sword case, causing it to tremble and release a profound Daoist Rhyme that made swords nearby respond.
• Sword Greed attacked after Chu Kuangren refused to trade, and Chu Kuangren countered with Human Mountain Seal Art, driving them both back.

Chu Kuangren confronted Sword Greed, who tried to take the Saint Sword he sensed within him. Chu Kuangren defeated him with Kunwu, seized control of his sword formation and sword case, and left Sword Greed fleeing.

• Sword Greed recognized Chu Kuangren as a powerful opponent, learned his identity, and gave up on taking his Saint Sword.
• When Sword Greed tried to leave, Chu Kuangren blocked him and defeated his Wolf Devour attack with the Kunwu Saint Sword.
• Sword Greed launched his Thousand-Army Sword Formation, but Chu Kuangren halted the swords with his nine-orifice exquisite sword heart and drew them to himself.
• Chu Kuangren made Sword Greed's sword case fly to him and wounded Sword Greed when he resisted.
• Sword Greed unleashed Sword Qi to cover his escape, and Chu Kuangren called the Seven Sword Dao Heroes disappointing.

After defeating Sword Greed, Chu Kuangren visited the Feng Family, returned Snow Drink to Snow Sword Venerable, and reunited with Li Xingchen. He learned that the Feng brothers planned to reveal a register ranking the world’s famous swords.

• Chu Kuangren defeated Sword Greed, then accepted Feng Ming’s invitation to stay with the Feng Family and returned Snow Drink to Snow Sword Venerable.
• Feng Ming brought Chu Kuangren to the Feng Residence, where he reunited with Li Xingchen and met the Feng Family head, Feng Xuanzi, and master artificer Feng Huzi.
• Feng Xuanzi examined Chu Kuangren’s Kunwu Sword and welcomed him as a guest.
• Li Xingchen told Chu Kuangren that Feng Xuanzi and Feng Huzi were preparing to unveil the Hundred Swords Register, a ranking of famous swords and their masters.

Chu Kuangren discovered that the Divine Phoenix Egg had drained millions of spirit stones and other treasures, then learned that the sword box he took from Sword Greed was the Emperor Weapon Azure Spirit Sword Box. He had the box accept him as its master and began using it to nurture the Kunwu Saint Sword, while Sword Greed vowed revenge and prepared to pursue the sword soul with his Fierce Sword Pojun.

• Li Xingchen’s teacher warned him that Chu Kuangren was unusually dangerous and might be able to sense the hidden Saint King remnant spirit.
• Chu Kuangren found that the Divine Phoenix Egg had consumed the spiritual energy in his spirit stones, medicines, and rare materials, then fed it more spiritual power despite its appetite.
• Chu Kuangren activated Sword Greed’s sword box, which entered his Spirit Ruins and revealed itself as the Emperor Weapon Azure Spirit Sword Box.
• The Azure Spirit Sword Box acknowledged Chu Kuangren as its master, and he placed the Kunwu Saint Sword inside so it could nurture the weapon.
• Sword Greed lamented losing his swords and sword box, then vowed revenge and relied on his Fierce Sword Pojun for his plan to fight for the sword soul.

The Sword-Seizing Tournament began in Sword-Worshipping City, where Li Xingchen demonstrated his strength while Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu watched. As the tournament continued, masked cultivators stormed Skyfire Valley, and the swordsmiths realized they were under attack.

• Feng Ming introduced the Centennial Famous Sword Tiangang and opened the tournament, where swordsmen fought for the right to claim it.
• Chu Kuangren explained to Lan Yu how the Feng Family profited from the tournament through business, reputation, and connections.
• Li Xingchen defeated a Heavenly Pride in the arena and challenged other swordsmen to test his strength.
• In Skyfire Valley, swordsmiths discussed the tournament as masked cultivators rushed into the valley.
• The black-haired burly man spotted the intruders and warned the swordsmiths that enemies had arrived.

At the Sword-Seizing Tournament, Bai Qianjun defeated Li Xingchen in three strikes and challenged Chu Kuangren, who sensed a mysterious resonance and ignored him. After Bai Qianjun taunted Chu Kuangren, Lan Yu attacked, and Chu Kuangren answered with a palm strike that drove Bai Qianjun into the arena.

• Bai Qianjun arrived at the tournament and defeated Li Xingchen in three sword strikes, knocking him out of the arena.
• Bai Qianjun challenged Chu Kuangren to fight and taunted him when he did not appear.
• Chu Kuangren sensed an inexplicable resonance in the distance while ignoring Bai Qianjun's challenge.
• Lan Yu rushed to the arena and attacked Bai Qianjun after he insulted Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren struck Bai Qianjun with a powerful palm, smashing the arena and burying him in a fissure.

Chu Kuangren soundly defeated Bai Qianjun, took his Heaven and Earth Ring, and deterred Bai’s Dao Protector from intervening. As Chu left, the swords around Bai and Tiangang began trembling.

• Chu Kuangren emerged from the restaurant after sending Bai Qianjun crashing into the arena platform with a palm strike.
• Bai Qianjun challenged Chu Kuangren to fight head-on, but Chu shattered his sword shadow with the Human Mountain Seal Art and severely wounded him.
• Chu Kuangren took Bai Qianjun’s Heaven and Earth Ring, while Elder Liu refused to fight him and acknowledged that the Wanfa Sect could not risk the battle.
• Chu Kuangren left, and Bai Qianjun and Elder Liu lamented his overwhelming strength.
• Bai Qianjun’s sword, the nearby swords, and Tiangang began humming and trembling.

A rare Sword Soul escaped a formation and flew to the Sword-Seizing Tournament, where sword cultivators and the Feng Family fought fiercely to claim it. As more swordsmen approached, Chu Kuangren invoked his three Sword Dao phenomena, and the Sword Soul flew toward him.

• A crystal Sword Soul escaped from Skyfire Valley, broke through the formation laid by black-clad cultivators, and headed for the Sword-Seizing Tournament.
• The Sword Soul stirred every sword in Sword-Worshipping City, and sword cultivators fought over the chance to claim it.
• Feng Xuanzi led the Feng Family into the battle, clashing with Sword Venerables who refused to accept the Feng Family's claim.
• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu stayed out of the fight as Chu Kuangren sensed more swordsmen approaching and suspected they were connected to the Sword Soul's escape.
• Chu Kuangren manifested the Heavenly Dao Sword, the Sword Qi Azure Lotus, and twelve Sword Qi pillars, and the Sword Soul flew toward him.