Chapter Summaries

Chu Kuangren killed the Asura Sect's former sect master and used the Nine Heavens Sword Prison to trap the Demon Cultivators, slaughtering them as they tried to escape. He killed Zhao Wuji, refined the Demon Cultivators' essence, and broke through to the late-stage Battle King realm while the King of the Turning Wheel remained trapped by the Seventh Ancestor.

• Chu Kuangren killed the Asura Sect's former sect master with the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Art and refined his corpse with the Taotie Technique.
• Zhao Wuji emerged from the secret realm and told the King of the Turning Wheel that the Demon Heart was gone because someone had taken it first.
• The King of the Turning Wheel tried to escape with Zhao Wuji, but Chu Kuangren trapped the Demon Cultivators inside the Nine Heavens Sword Prison.
• Chu Kuangren defeated and refined more than a dozen Venerable Realm Demon Cultivators who charged him.
• Chu Kuangren killed Zhao Wuji and refined him, then explained to the King of the Turning Wheel that techniques depended on how their users wielded them.
• After refining the Demon Cultivators, Chu Kuangren broke through to the late-stage Battle King realm while the Seventh Ancestor kept the King of the Turning Wheel occupied.

Chu Kuangren defeated the King of the Turning Wheel after surviving his desperate self-destructive attack, then helped end the Demon Cultivators’ assault. After returning to the palace, Chu Kuangren arranged to refine Longevity Pills for Granny Meng.

• The King of the Turning Wheel used the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Great Art and attacked Chu Kuangren, but Chu healed from a near-fatal shoulder wound and killed him with the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Art.
• The slaughter continued until dawn, when the Demon Cultivators were wiped out and the secret realm’s rift closed.
• Li Xingchen asked his Saint King Remnant Spirit what they would do with the heart they had obtained, and his teacher said he would teach him to refine it.
• The King of Qian thanked Chu Kuangren for helping purge the Demon Cultivators, and Chu asked where Li Xingchen had gone before leaving the remaining matters to the King of Qian.
• Chu Kuangren sorted through his battle spoils and asked Granny Meng to collect ingredients for Longevity Pills, which he intended to refine for her.

Saint King Juexin possessed Li Xingchen through the Demon Heart, while Chu Kuangren refined ninth-grade Supreme Treasure Longevity Pills for Granny Meng. Juexin resolved to befriend Chu Kuangren after learning he was the Grandmaster Alchemist behind the extraordinary pills.

• Juexin used his Heart-Severing Soul-Transference Great Art to take over Li Xingchen’s body and suppressed Li Xingchen’s soul.
• Chu Kuangren refined Supreme-grade Longevity Pills in the King of Qian’s palace, drawing cultivators with the pill qi and vitality from the alchemy chamber.
• Nine pill clouds appeared above the chamber, and the King of Qian recognized that a Grandmaster Alchemist had refined ninth-grade Supreme Treasure Pills.
• Juexin, now in Li Xingchen’s body, learned from the Seventh Ancestor and Qinglan Supreme Being that Chu Kuangren was the one refining the pills, and decided to build a relationship with him.
• Chu Kuangren emerged with twelve Longevity Pills and gave them to Granny Meng, saying one each month would extend her lifespan by around three thousand years.

Chu Kuangren discovered that Saint King Juexin had possessed Li Xingchen and was hiding within him. When Juexin threatened Li Xingchen’s life, Chu used the Soul-Hooking Cord to pull Juexin’s Remnant Spirit out of Li’s body.

• The King of Qian and other cultivators praised Chu Kuangren’s alchemy and sought to win his favor.
• Chu used the Eye of Insight to see that Li Xingchen’s soul was dormant and that Saint King Juexin was possessing him.
• Chu led Li Xingchen to a secluded garden and revealed that he knew Juexin had taken over Li’s body.
• Juexin threatened that killing him would kill Li Xingchen, but Chu brought out a pitch-black chain and hooked Juexin’s spirit.
• Chu pulled Saint King Juexin’s Remnant Spirit out of Li Xingchen and bound him with the Soul-Hooking Cord.

Chu Kuangren captured Saint King Juexin, learned that the Saint War had taken place in the Ancient Battlefield, and destroyed Juexin’s Remnant Spirit after rescuing Li Xingchen. Later, aboard the Immortal Boat, Chu Kuangren drew another Supreme Artifact sword and added it to his collection.

• Chu Kuangren restrained Saint King Juexin with the Soul-Hooking Cord and questioned him about the Saint War.
• Saint King Juexin explained that Saints had fought in the Ancient Battlefield fifty thousand years earlier to make the Great Dao manifest and create a chance to become Emperors.
• Chu Kuangren killed Saint King Juexin’s Remnant Spirit, confirmed he had left no trace in Li Xingchen, and told Li Xingchen that he was safe.
• Li Xingchen thanked Chu Kuangren for saving him, and Chu Kuangren said friends did not need to be formal.
• After staying at the palace for two more days, Chu Kuangren and the others left.
• On the Immortal Boat, Chu Kuangren drew the Azure Emperor Sword and placed it in the Azure Spirit Sword Box.

After learning that Venerable Xuanqi would undergo his heavenly tribulation in seven days, Chu Kuangren returned to the Mystic Heaven Sect and prepared rare pills to improve his master's odds. He gave Xuanqi healing and feigned-death pills, but still insisted that an eighty percent chance of success was not enough.

• Chu Kuangren heard that Venerable Xuanqi planned to undergo his tribulation and returned to the Mystic Heaven Sect with Li Xingchen.
• At the sect, Xuanqi said he had a seventy percent chance of surviving, and Chu Kuangren promised to prepare supplies to raise his odds to at least ninety percent.
• Chu Kuangren refined Quasi-Saint-level pills in the Pill Pavilion, drawing the attention of the sect's elders and alchemists.
• Chu Kuangren gave Xuanqi three Life Creation Pills to heal injuries and one Spring Sleep Pill that could feign death and deceive the heavenly tribulation.
• Xuanqi estimated that the pills raised his chances to eighty percent, but Chu Kuangren said that was still too low.

Chu Kuangren demonstrated that his Lightning-Deflecting Divine Needles could channel lightning away from Venerable Xuanqi during his upcoming tribulation. As Venerable Xuanqi worried about old enemies interfering, Linghu Hong recruited a disgraced swordsman to help sabotage the tribulation, and the man agreed to seek revenge.

• Chu Kuangren led Venerable Xuanqi and the elders to the tribulation site and revealed four Lightning-Deflecting Divine Needles.
• The Second Elder attacked Chu Kuangren with increasingly powerful lightning sword techniques, but the needles diverted the lightning into the ground.
• Venerable Xuanqi said his tribulation was nearly assured with the Life Creation Pill and the needles, then worried that old enemies might interfere.
• Linghu Hong found a disheveled, one-armed swordsman and told him Venerable Xuanqi was about to become a Saint.
• Linghu Hong offered to have the Linghu Family's Saint handle the Mystic Heaven Sect's Saint and invited the swordsman to sabotage the tribulation.
• The swordsman revealed that Venerable Xuanqi had cut off his arm and agreed to settle the score.

As Venerable Xuanqi prepared to undergo his Heavenly Tribulation, Chu Kuangren learned that his master had many enemies who might exploit the moment. When the tribulation began, attackers caused chaos across the Mystic Heaven Sect, forcing Elder Ruyan and the others to leave Xuanqi alone on the mountain peak.

• Elder Ruyan told Chu Kuangren that Linghu Hong and several other enemies might target Venerable Xuanqi during his tribulation.
• Dark clouds gathered over the Mystic Heaven Sect, and Venerable Xuanqi's Heavenly Tribulation began as he summoned the Holy Sword Purple Star.
• Elder Ruyan received messages that attackers had invaded several parts of the sect and killed or wounded disciples.
• Venerable Xuanqi told Elder Ruyan and the others to stop the attackers, insisting that the tribulation would protect him and that he could defend himself between its strikes.

As Venerable Xuanqi faced his heavenly tribulation, Chu Kuangren stayed to guard him and confronted five Supreme Supremes who came to attack. Chu Kuangren gravely wounded Qianming Sword Venerable with one strike, declaring his place at the top of the Hundred Swords Register.

• Chu Kuangren sent Lan Yu to help Elder Ruyan, then stayed with Venerable Xuanqi as the first heavenly tribulation began.
• The Lightning-Deflecting Divine Needle redirected the first two lightning strikes into the earth, leaving Venerable Xuanqi largely unharmed.
• Feng Wuchang and other experts arrived to surround the mountain, and Chu Kuangren identified Linghu Hong as the one directing the attack.
• After seeing the needle withstand the second tribulation, Linghu Hong and the others realized their plan to attack an exhausted Venerable Xuanqi had gone awry.
• Chu Kuangren stopped Venerable Xuanqi from facing the attackers and offered to fight them himself.
• Qianming Sword Venerable attacked Chu Kuangren, who countered with one slash that gravely wounded him and defended his first-place ranking in the Hundred Swords Register.

Chu Kuangren fought four Supreme Supremes while protecting Venerable Xuanqi’s tribulation, then used the Soul-Hooking Cord to capture and destroy Qianming Sword Venerable’s soul. Linghu Hong realized the battle was turning against them and brought out a mysterious golden sword.

• Chu Kuangren overwhelmed Linghu Hong with his sword techniques as Venerable Zhuolang, the Greenwater Sword Sect’s grand elder, and Feng Wuchang joined the fight.
• Qianming Sword Venerable tried to attack Venerable Xuanqi, but Chu Kuangren sent the Soul-Hooking Cord after him.
• The Soul-Hooking Cord ensnared Qianming Sword Venerable and pulled his soul from his body while Chu Kuangren absorbed his body into the Taotie Space.
• Chu Kuangren dismantled the four Supreme Supremes’ combined attack with the White Lotus Purification of the World Chapter.
• Chu Kuangren shattered Qianming Sword Venerable’s soul and vowed that the remaining attackers would not leave the Mystic Heaven Sect.
• Linghu Hong judged that a prolonged fight would be dangerous and took out a mysterious golden sword given to him by the Third Ancestor.

Chu Kuangren resisted Linghu Hong’s Heart-Scouring Sword and defeated the attackers threatening the Mystic Heaven Sect while Venerable Xuanqi underwent his tribulation. After Chu killed Linghu Hong, the Linghu Third Ancestor confronted him, but the Mystic Heaven Third Ancestor arrived to defend the sect.

• Linghu Hong used the Heart-Scouring Sword against Chu Kuangren, but Chu’s Rock-Solid Dao Heart resisted it.
• Chu Kuangren used the Soul-Hooking Cord to kill Feng Wuchang, while the Seventh Ancestor stopped Venerable Zhuolang from escaping.
• Elder Ruyan and the other elders joined the battle, and the Soul-Hooking Cord tore apart the Greenwater Sword Sect grand elder’s soul.
• Chu Kuangren killed Linghu Hong with the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Art despite the Linghu Third Ancestor ordering him to stop.
• The Mystic Heaven Third Ancestor appeared and defended Chu Kuangren, prompting the Linghu Third Ancestor to acknowledge the Mystic Heaven Sect’s good fortune.

Venerable Xuanqi survived his ninth heavenly tribulation and gained the chance to become a Saint. The Third Ancestor of Mystic Heaven forced the Third Ancestor of the Linghu Family to grant the Mystic Heaven Sect another Sword Tower slot before he could leave.

• Venerable Xuanqi used the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Art to resist the eighth heavenly tribulation, then healed his injuries with a pill refined by Kuangren.
• Venerable Xuanqi faced the final tribulation as a Thunder Dragon, and his Bronze Shield shattered under its attack.
• Venerable Xuanqi endured the lightning with his sword qi and two Life Creation Pills, surviving the tribulation as the clouds gave way to purple auspicious clouds.
• The Third Ancestor of the Linghu Family tried to leave, but the Third Ancestor of Mystic Heaven confronted him and demanded another Sword Tower slot.
• The Third Ancestor of the Linghu Family swore a Dao heart oath to grant the slot after the Second Ancestor of the Mystic Heaven Sect's aura threatened him.

After Venerable Xuanqi entered the Quasi-Saint realm, Chu Kuangren was sent to subdue the Greenwater Sword Sect and learned that the Mystic Heaven Sect intended him to become its next sect leader. Young Emperor Linghu promised to protect the Greenwater Sword Sect and prepared to face Chu Kuangren as the Mystic Heaven Sect’s Immortal Boat arrived.

• Venerable Xuanqi thanked Chu Kuangren for helping him complete his tribulation and gave him leadership of the group heading to the Sword Tower.
• The Seventh Ancestor told Chu Kuangren that the sect planned for him to succeed Venerable Xuanqi as sect leader and that subduing the Greenwater Sword Sect would build his prestige.
• The Greenwater Sect Master reassured her elders that Young Emperor Linghu would protect their sect from the Mystic Heaven Sect.
• Young Emperor Linghu promised Lü Yan and the Greenwater Sect Master that he would honor his uncle’s agreement and confront Chu Kuangren.
• The Mystic Heaven Sect’s Immortal Boat arrived above the Greenwater Sword Sect with Chu Kuangren leading its cultivators.

Chu Kuangren led Mystic Heaven Sect forces to the Greenwater Sword Sect and demanded its submission or destruction over the First Elder’s actions. When Linghu Teng claimed the Linghu Family would protect the sect, Chu Kuangren sent him flying and Linghu Teng retaliated with a sword strike.

• Mystic Heaven Sect’s fleet arrived at the Greenwater Sword Sect, whose disciples activated the defensive formation as its leader came out to meet them.
• Chu Kuangren offered the Greenwater Sword Sect two choices: submit and pay tribute, or face destruction.
• The Greenwater Sect Leader presented the First Elder’s letter severing ties with the sect, but Chu Kuangren rejected it and questioned why the sect had not disclosed it earlier.
• Linghu Teng left the formation and declared that the Linghu Family would protect the Greenwater Sword Sect.
• Chu Kuangren struck Linghu Teng three hundred meters backward, and Linghu Teng drew his sword and launched a torrent of Sword Qi at him.

Chu Kuangren destroyed Linghu Teng’s clone, forcing the Greenwater Sword Sect to submit to the Mystic Heaven Sect, then obtained the Four Seasons Sword Formation. Lü Yan tried to win his favor, but Lan Yu grew suspicious and turned her away when she brought him pastries.

• Chu Kuangren pulverized Linghu Teng’s clone with a palm strike and demanded the Greenwater Sword Sect choose between submission and destruction.
• The Greenwater Sect Master surrendered, and the Greenwater Sword Sect became a vassal of the Mystic Heaven Sect, giving up access to its resources.
• Linghu Teng learned his clone had been destroyed and swore revenge against Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren drew the legendary Four Seasons Sword Formation and realized his twenty-seven swords could activate its third stage.
• Lü Yan tried to attend to Chu Kuangren and later sought information about his habits, while Lan Yu recognized her intentions.
• Lan Yu told Lü Yan that Chu Kuangren was not there and that she need not return when Lü Yan brought him pastries.

Lan Yu exposed Lü Yan’s attempts to seduce Chu Kuangren and slapped her, while Chu Kuangren sided with Lan Yu and left Lü Yan to the Greenwater Sect Master. Back at the Mystic Heaven Sect, Chu Kuangren agreed to lead a group to the Sword Tower, then learned Venerable Xuanqi intended to make him the next sect leader.

• Lan Yu accused Lü Yan of pursuing Chu Kuangren despite his marriage and her past relationship with Linghu Teng, then slapped her.
• Lü Yan tried to turn Chu Kuangren against Lan Yu, but he checked Lan Yu’s hand and said he knew what had happened.
• Chu Kuangren left Lü Yan to the Greenwater Sect Master, who ordered her to leave the sect the next day because she had offended him.
• Chu Kuangren returned to the Mystic Heaven Sect and heard from Venerable Xuanqi about the upcoming Sword Tower opening at Hidden Sword Gorge.
• Venerable Xuanqi told Chu Kuangren to take Murong Xuan, Nangong Huang, and others to the Sword Tower, then said Chu Kuangren would take over as sect leader.
• Chu Kuangren raised concerns about his experience and prestige, but Venerable Xuanqi dismissed them and insisted the sect would approve.

On the way to Hidden Sword Gorge, Chu Kuangren lamented that his master wanted him to become the Mystic Heaven Sect’s leader despite his young age. At the Sword Tower, he resonated with its inscription, causing the gorge’s sword Daoist Rhymes to shake.

• Chu Kuangren told Murong Xuan, Nangong Huang, and the others that he sighed because he felt too young to become sect leader, but they praised the idea.
• Chu Kuangren and the Mystic Heaven Sect disciples arrived at Hidden Sword Gorge and headed toward the Sword Tower.
• Chu Kuangren studied the Sword Tower’s inscription and saw a white-robed man performing a sword dance.
• Chu Kuangren’s Sword Dao Rhythm collided with the inscription’s Daoist Rhyme, shaking Hidden Sword Gorge and disrupting its sword marks.
• Powerful sword cultivators recognized that Chu Kuangren had resonated with the Sword Tower, and Chu Kuangren withdrew his gaze, satisfied with the visit.

After Chu Kuangren impressed the sword cultivators at the Sword Tower, Qian Fugui brought him and the Mystic Heaven Sect group to his restaurant, where Chu discovered Qian owned the Prosperity Trading Company. When Murong Feiyu arrived to challenge Chu, Lan Yu confronted him with Kunwu while Chu remained in seclusion.

• Chu Kuangren accepted Qian Fugui's invitation to stay at the Famous Sword Restaurant, and the group followed him through Hidden Sword Gorge.
• Chu used the Eye of Insight and learned that Qian Fugui owned the Prosperity Trading Company and controlled a vast share of Firmament Star's spirit stones.
• Murong Feiyu arrived at the restaurant and challenged Chu Kuangren, drawing the attention of the sword cultivators there.
• Murong Xuan revealed detailed knowledge of Murong Feiyu and the Murong Family, then firmly denied having any connection to the family.
• Lan Yu came out carrying Kunwu and told Murong Feiyu that Chu had sent her to test whether he could withstand one sword strike.
• Kunwu trembled in Lan Yu's arms, revealed part of its blade, and released a terrifying Sword Dao Rhythm.

Lan Yu used the remaining Sword Qi in Kunwu to kill Murong Feiyu after he attacked her from behind, leaving Murong Yu to postpone revenge until after the Sword Tower opened. When the tower opened, only thirty chosen cultivators could enter because Saints’ restrictions barred everyone else.

• Lan Yu defeated Murong Feiyu with one-third of Chu Kuangren’s Sword Qi, then killed him with the remaining two-thirds when he launched a sneak attack to take Kunwu.
• Murong Yu mourned Murong Feiyu but chose to conserve his strength for the Sword Tower, then learned that Murong Feiyu’s half-brother had joined the Mystic Heaven Sect as its Daoist.
• Sword cultivators from many factions gathered in Hidden Sword Gorge and waited for the Sword Tower to open.
• A surge of Sword Qi announced that the Sword Tower had opened, but most cultivators were repelled by its force field.
• A sword cultivator explained that Saints had restricted entry to thirty places, and the gathered cultivators fell silent at the reminder of their power.

Chu Kuangren defended Murong Xuan against the Murong Family’s insults as the Saints prepared to open the Sword Tower. The groups entered the tower, with six Mystic Heaven Sect disciples among them, and onlookers wondered who would reach its summit.

• The gathered orthodoxies watched Chu Kuangren arrive, while Fengyun Mountain’s Sword Maniac, Ling Feng, took an interest in him.
• Murong Hai mocked Murong Xuan for his birth and his place in the Mystic Heaven Sect, so Chu Kuangren struck him and warned the Murong Family not to insult his fellow disciple or sect.
• The Third Ancestor of Mystic Heaven defended Chu Kuangren before the Saints, and the Sword Tower’s sealed doors opened.
• The orthodoxies entered the Sword Tower, with four Linghu Family members and six Mystic Heaven Sect members taking places; onlookers suspected the Linghu Family had ceded its place to the Mystic Heaven Sect.