Chapter Summaries

Wei Sheng attended Li Liehuo’s lecture on Saber Intent at Listening Dao Cliff and gained a clearer understanding of how intent united with essence and qi. Back in seclusion, he combined the Li Fire Saber Technique with his own saber art and eventually comprehended Li Fire Saber Intent.

• Sangsang brought Wei Sheng and Qin Kun to Listening Dao Cliff to hear Li Liehuo’s lecture on Saber Intent.
• Wei Sheng met prominent disciples including Chen Yuque, Meng Yuan, Zhou Yan, and Huang Wenxiang before Li Liehuo began his lecture.
• Li Liehuo demonstrated a fire-cloud Qi-Po formed by uniting Saber Intent with qi, and Wei Sheng recognized that his Fist Intent united with essence.
• The disciples practiced their techniques, and Wei Sheng carved a deep saber mark into the bluestone after applying what he had learned.
• Wei Sheng returned to his cultivation chamber, merged the Li Fire Saber Technique with the Tiger-Howling Saber Technique, and comprehended Li Fire Saber Intent after eleven simulated years.

Li Liehuo and Peng Yue competed to recruit Wei Sheng, but Gu Yunxi kept him in Kui Water Court and promised him cultivation resources in exchange for placing in the Five-Court Trial. After Gu Yunxi warned him to be cautious about the Double-Pupil Guards, Wei Sheng perfected the Turtle-Breath Hibernating Dragon Technique and found a messenger pigeon waiting outside his room.

• Li Liehuo discovered Wei Sheng's fierce Blade Force on a stone and ordered Sun Wang to gather information about him.
• Qin Kun told Peng Yue that Wei Sheng had reached the late first-organ stage and was close to Saber Intent, prompting Peng Yue to seek Gu Yunxi's help recruiting him.
• Li Liehuo and Peng Yue both asked Gu Yunxi to transfer Wei Sheng to their courts, but she refused and summoned Wei Sheng to learn what had happened.
• Wei Sheng admitted that the Kun Earth True Art had helped him break three shackles, and Gu Yunxi offered to provide the Gengjin True Art and two Metal-Element Great Medicines if he placed in the top three of the Five-Court Trial.
• Gu Yunxi warned Wei Sheng to act cautiously if the Double-Pupil Guards summoned him, and he later perfected the Turtle-Breath Hibernating Dragon Technique.
• Wei Sheng stepped outside to test his concealed aura and saw a black-feathered messenger pigeon carrying a slip of paper.

Wei Sheng joined the Double-Pupil Guards’ attack on the Giant Whale Gang, where Wang Zhongyu’s forces fought the gang’s leaders and allies on Giant Whale Island. After helping intercept fleeing fighters and seize their cargo, Wei Sheng chose to leave the dangerous inner waters and guard another channel, hoping to avoid the island’s remaining fighting.

• Wei Sheng received an urgent recall and learned that the Double-Pupil Guards were mobilizing to destroy the Giant Whale Gang, so he joined Yan Liang aboard a treasure ship bound for Giant Whale Island.
• Wang Zhongyu confronted Hong Jujing in the gang’s central hall, where both sides revealed Five-Organ allies and launched a fierce battle.
• Wu Zheng redirected Wei Sheng’s ship to the island’s northern passage, where they intercepted Thirteenth Helmsman Fang Yong and seized his treasure ship’s valuable cargo.
• Wei Sheng helped kill the gang members aboard Fang Yong’s ship as Wu Zheng shot Fang Yong, and the guards later intercepted more fleeing fighters and martial adventurers.
• After other Black-Pupil Guards left to search the island’s inner waters for spoils, Wei Sheng asked to guard another channel and set off alone in a small boat.

Wei Sheng stopped boats escaping Giant Whale Island and seized most of their valuables before pursuing a Si'an Commerce Alliance treasure ship. After discovering the ship was carrying the wounded Giant Whale Gang Seventh Branch Leader Xu Jing, Wei Sheng killed him with his Li Fire Saber Intent and claimed the treasure ship’s cargo.

• Wei Sheng killed a martial wanderer who tried to resist his inspection, then forced the surviving group to surrender seventy percent of their valuables.
• Wei Sheng stopped more groups of martial wanderers and accumulated over a million taels’ worth of goods, but needed a larger ship to carry them.
• Wei Sheng demanded seventy percent of the Si'an Commerce Alliance ship’s goods from its steward, Zhang Song, then followed the ship after suspecting it concealed something.
• Wei Sheng discovered Zhang Song was escorting the wounded Xu Jing, the Giant Whale Gang’s Seventh Branch Leader, and killed the gang members and Zhang Song aboard the ship.
• Wei Sheng fought Xu Jing, survived his powerful palm strike, and killed him with Li Fire Saber Intent before turning to the treasure chests in the cabin.

After seizing a merchant treasure ship during the Giant Whale Island battle, Wei Sheng returned with a rich haul and began cultivating the Giant Whale True Art, adding a third Jin Force to his body. Seeking a way to unify his Jin Forces, he found the costly Primordial Chaos Art and learned that its rare supplementary medicine, Qianji Vine, had reportedly been seen on Giant Ao Island; Yan Liang then arrived with an urgent matter.

• Wei Sheng found two Metal-Element Great Medicines and the Giant Whale True Art among the treasure ship’s cargo, then sailed to rendezvous with Wu Zheng and the other guards.
• Wu Zheng and Yan Liang were astonished when Wei Sheng arrived with the captured treasure ship, and the guards returned to the Double-Pupil Guards Office.
• Wei Sheng cultivated Giant Whale Jin Force at the Wei Residence and worried that his three independent Jin Forces could clash as he grew stronger.
• At the Tide-Listening Pavilion, Wei Sheng learned from a travelogue about the Primordial Chaos Art, which could fuse multiple Jin Forces but cost ten thousand merit points and required Qianji Vine.
• Yan Liang warned Wei Sheng that the art had stalled Xu Junyu’s cultivation and that Qianji Vine was extremely rare, then turned serious as he remembered why he had come.

After discovering that remnants of the Giant Whale Gang and the Huang Family were watching his household, Wei Sheng killed their leaders and burned the Huang estate before moving his family to Wutai Academy. The chapter ended with Chen Yuque summoning Wei Sheng to see Gu Yunxi, leaving him wondering whether she had obtained the Gengjin True Art and Metal-Element Great Medicine.

• Yan Liang warned Wei Sheng that Black-Pupil Guards had been attacked and advised him to stay at the guard station, but Wei Sheng returned to the Wei residence and spotted two groups watching it.
• Wei Sheng secretly marked a Giant Whale Gang peddler with Red Lotus Flame Force, followed him to a courtyard, and killed Deputy Helm Master Shen and the gang members there.
• Helm Master Sun of the Azure Flood Dragon Alliance arrived after the killings and ordered his men to stay at an inn and investigate Shen’s last contacts through the Commerce Alliance.
• Wei Sheng broke into a Commerce Alliance estate and discovered Huang Family fighters watching the Wei household; he killed the Huang elder and the guards, then burned the estate.
• Wei Sheng took his mother, Wei He, and Wei Shu to Wutai Academy, where Chen Yuque soon arrived to summon him to Gu Yunxi.

Wei Sheng received the Gengjin True Art and metal-aspect medicines from Gu Yunxi, was promoted to a core disciple, and prepared for a dangerous trip to Giant Ao Island. After half a month of training, he had not yet broken through to two organs, but his archery and Gengjin True Art had both reached entry level.

• Gu Yunxi gave Wei Sheng the Gengjin True Art and two metal-aspect potent medicinal herbs after he promised to secure a top-three place for Kui Water Court in the minor tournament.
• Gu Yunxi named Wei Sheng a core disciple, and Sang Sang led him and his family to his new residence, Green Duckweed Court.
• Sang Sang invited Wei Sheng to meet Bai Lingyun and her companions, who asked him to join their expedition to Giant Ao Island; Wei Sheng agreed but said he could not leave for half a month.
• Bai Lingyun explained that an Ice-Scaled Python guarded the water-attribute great medicine, while A Zi questioned Wei Sheng's promotion and his planned breakthrough.
• Wei Sheng trained in the Gengjin True Art and Four Symbols Arrow for half a month, and both techniques reached entry level.

Wei Sheng reached Second Organ Perfection, perfected Penglai Misty Steps and Four Symbols Arrow, and traveled to Giant Ao Island to find a Water-Element Great Medicine and Qianji Vine. After arriving in the lawless port, he spotted an imposing Yin Tiger Sect expert but continued toward his targets.

• Wei Sheng consumed five Metal-Element Great Medicines, broke the third lung shackle, and advanced to Second Organ Perfection with Geng Metal Jin Force.
• Wei Sheng perfected Penglai Misty Steps, comprehended Wind Intent as his third True Intention, and mastered the Four Symbols Arrow.
• Wei Sheng collected a Black Iron Fine Bow from the Double-Pupil Guards Office and learned that a Huang Family residence had burned and that Qianji Vine might be found on Giant Ao Island.
• Wei Sheng boarded a treasure ship to Giant Ao Island and arrived at the chaotic Looking-At-Ao Shoal, where the captain described the Myriad Treasures Pavilion's trade in medicines, weapons, and other goods.
• Wei Sheng saw an imposing third-organ expert arrive with the Yin Tiger Sect, then headed toward the marked location of the Water-Element Great Medicine.

Wei Sheng reached Arrowhead Island to claim a water-aspect great herb, then took it while the Black Plum Merchant Association and a band of martial wanderers fought a Water-Arrow Turtle. When the enraged turtle attacked him, Wei Sheng killed it with one punch and noticed the writing “Yellow grade nine-five” on its shell.

• Wei Sheng killed three martial wanderers who had followed him, retrieved his arrows, and took their silver before continuing toward Arrowhead Island.
• Wei Sheng found Steward Qian and the Black Plum Merchant Association facing a group led by a heavily bearded man over the nearly ripe water-aspect great herb.
• A Water-Arrow Turtle killed Sixth when he tried to pick the herb, so Steward Qian and the heavily bearded man joined forces to attack it.
• As the great herb ripened, Wei Sheng appeared, plucked it, and stored it in a wooden box.
• The Water-Arrow Turtle unleashed its latent power and attacked the people on shore, then charged Wei Sheng after he took the herb.
• Wei Sheng punched through the Water-Arrow Turtle’s lower abdomen and shell, then noticed the words “Yellow grade nine-five” on its shell.

Wei Sheng completed several guard-station missions on Giant Ao Island and rescued Bai Lingyun’s group by killing the Scarlet-Pupil Venomous Python with his bow. After learning the Yin Tiger Sect had taken a White-Bone Ghost Orchid, he tracked down Wang Xiao’s disciples and overheard them debating whether to enter Seventh Island.

• Wei Sheng killed Iron-Clawed Mountain Civets for their pelts, claws, and fangs while searching Eighth Island for mission targets and treasures.
• Bai Lingyun’s group fled a Scarlet-Pupil Venomous Python after another party stole the White-Bone Ghost Orchid, and Wei Sheng secretly intervened, killing the python and the pursuing beasts with arrows.
• Wei Sheng disguised himself as Yan Liang, warned Bai Lingyun’s group to leave, then collected the python’s gallbladder and venom sacs before heading toward the Yin Tiger Sect.
• Bai Lingyun warned Wei Sheng that Wang Xiao and the Yin Tiger Sect disciples had disguised themselves as wandering martial artists and preyed on others to steal treasures.
• Wei Sheng found Wang Xiao preparing to enter Seventh Island, where his disciples feared the dangerous beasts, and listened as Wang Xiao hinted that he was seeking a particular treasure.

Wang Xiao led the Yin Tiger Sect disciples into a valley to seize a Five-Root Qianji Vine, leaving them to die when a Two-Headed Vine Snake attacked. As he fled with the vine, Wei Sheng confronted him, and Wang Xiao launched a combined saber and Snake Fist attack.

• Wang Xiao told the Yin Tiger Sect disciples he sought a precious vine on Seventh Island, and Wei Sheng followed them, suspecting it was a Qianji Vine.
• The group encountered deadly attacking vines at a valley entrance, and Wang Xiao cut through them with a powerful saber strike so they could enter.
• Wang Xiao and the disciples faced a Two-Headed Vine Snake guarding a Five-Root Qianji Vine, and Wang Xiao took the vine while the others kept the beast occupied.
• Wang Xiao ignored the disciples' pleas for help and fled with the vine, saying he would use it to fuse his three Jin Forces and pursue his ambitions.
• Wang Xiao detected Wei Sheng following him and attacked; after Wei Sheng countered with Li Fire Saber Intent, Wang Xiao pressed him with a saber strike and Snake Fist.

Wei Sheng killed Wang Xiao, returned from Giant Ao Island with valuable materials, and exchanged his mission rewards for the Primordial Chaos Art and Myriad Transformations Art. As he left the Guards Office, Deputy Commandant Xu Junyu confronted him about whether he had obtained the precious plant needed for the Primordial Chaos Art.

• Wei Sheng overwhelmed and killed Wang Xiao, then took his valuables and left as the Two-Headed Vine Snake pursued him.
• Wei Sheng returned to the Prefectural City with his haul, including the White-Bone Ghost Orchid, Water-Element Great Medicine, and five lengths of Qianji Vine.
• Wei Sheng turned in his missions and sold the Scarlet-Pupil Venomous Python's venom sac, earning 13,500 merit points.
• Wei Sheng spent 10,000 merit points on the Primordial Chaos Art and used his remaining points to obtain the Myriad Transformations Art.
• Deputy Commandant Xu Junyu stopped Wei Sheng and asked whether he had obtained the precious plant needed to practice the Primordial Chaos Art.

Wei Sheng refused Xu Junyu’s demand for Qianji Vine, returned to the Academy, and began cultivating the Primordial Chaos Art and Li Fire Saber Technique. At the opening of the Five-Court Minor Competition, he was drawn to fight Guo Wei of the Li Fire Court.

• Xu Junyu pressured Wei Sheng to hand over Qianji Vine, but Wei Sheng refused and walked away; Yan Liang warned him that Xu Junyu might seek revenge during the upcoming Commandant Selection Battle.
• Wei Sheng returned to Wutai Academy, reunited with his family, and learned that Sang Sang had visited while he was away.
• Wei Sheng studied the Primordial Chaos Art, refined Qianji Vine, and began preparing to merge his different strands of jin force.
• Chen Yuque delivered the Li Fire Saber Technique, which Wei Sheng used the Talent Panel to cultivate to Perfection, strengthening his saber intent.
• The Five-Court Minor Competition began, and Elder Qin announced that Wei Sheng’s first Second Organ match was against Guo Wei of the Li Fire Court.

Wei Sheng dominated the Second Organ matches and helped the Kui Water Court secure a strong position, while the Third Organ competition revealed Qin Wufeng’s sword intent. The chapter ended as someone stepped forward after Qin Wufeng wounded Bai Lingyun and stunned the competitors.

• Wei Sheng defeated Guo Wei with a single Blade Force strike after defending against his Geng Metal Finger, then advanced through the remaining Second Organ matches as his opponents conceded.
• Chai Xuan won his matches decisively and ranked first among the Second Organ top ten, with Wei Sheng placed second and Luo Xinya third.
• The Third Organ competition began, and a Kun Earth Court disciple defeated a Geng Metal Court opponent by outlasting his Geng Metal Jin Force.
• Chen Yuque and Sun Wang each won matches for their courts, while the Geng Metal Court secured first place after recording three wins in nine matches.
• Bai Lingyun used a secret art to match Qin Wufeng’s strength, but Qin Wufeng defeated her with Solitary Peak and revealed sword intent.
• Someone stepped out from the crowd after Qin Wufeng’s victory.

Wei Sheng revealed that he had mastered the Li Fire Saber Technique’s killing move and Saber Intent during the Five-Court Minor Competition, defeating several Third Organ disciples and securing first place for the Kui Water Court. After receiving the Water-Element Great Medicine, he was stopped by Gu Yunxi and brought into a hall where all five court masters waited.

• Qin Wufeng defeated Chai Xuan, Qin Kun, and several other Second Organ challengers before Chen Yuque challenged him.
• Chen Yuque awakened Thousand Waves True Intention during their fight, but Qin Wufeng still won; her defeat left the Kui Water Court in fourth place.
• Wei Sheng challenged Cheng Beixiao instead of Qin Wufeng and defeated him with the first form of the Li Fire Saber Technique, shocking the court masters with his mastery of the move.
• Wei Sheng then defeated Tan Sen and four more Third Organ disciples with Saber Intent, raising the Kui Water Court’s score to first place.
• Elder Qin announced the Kui Water Court’s victory, and Wei Sheng received the Water-Element Great Medicine.
• Gu Yunxi stopped Wei Sheng as he tried to leave and brought him into a hall with all five court masters.

After Wei Sheng impressed the Five Court Masters and became the talk of the Prefectural City, he began cultivating the Primordial Chaos Art to merge his Jin Forces and prepare for future threats. The chapter ended with Wei Sheng seeing that his Primordial Chaos Art had reached Entry and that he had 23 Dao Origin points.

• Wei Sheng told the Court Masters he intended to merge the five Jin Forces, and they agreed to provide the true arts he needed if he merged three Jin Forces at Third Organ.
• Academy disciples and visitors crowded around Wei Sheng to congratulate him, while Mother Wei urged him to consider Bai Lingyun or Chen Yuque as a marriage prospect.
• Wei Sheng stored his second Water-Element Great Medicine and used the Qianji Vine to cultivate the Primordial Chaos Art, hoping to gain strength against the Yin Tiger Sect and other threats.
• News of Wei Sheng's Saber Intent and victory over a Third Organ Middle Stage opponent spread through the Prefectural City, prompting Xu Junyu to reconsider his plans to pressure him for the Qianji Vine.
• Wei Sheng saw on his Talent Panel that the Primordial Chaos Art had reached Entry and that he had 23 Dao Origin points.

Wei Sheng fused Kun Earth, Geng Metal, and Giant Whale Jin Forces, then mastered Raging Waves True Intention while planning how to obtain rare cultivation materials. After Chen Yuque invited him to Zhou Jue’s banquet, he became interested when he learned it would include a trade for a Water-Element Great Medicine.

• Wei Sheng completed the Primordial Chaos Bridge and fused Kun Earth and Geng Metal Jin Forces, but Red Lotus Flame Force rejected their combined Jin Force.
• Wei Sheng perfected Giant Whale True Art’s second level and fused its Jin Force with the combined force, then perfected Wild Waves Strike the Shore and mastered Raging Waves True Intention.
• Wei Sheng planned to cultivate Kui Water True Art, Geng Metal Finger, and the Earth Armor Body-Tempering Method, but lacked the rare Stone Milk required for the latter two arts.
• Cui Heng visited Wei Sheng, and later helped the Cui Family obtain Hundred Refinements Steel Essence, Golden-Thread Earth Vine Root, and Mutated Earth Dragon essence blood for Wei Sheng.
• Chen Yuque visited Wei Sheng after mastering Thousand Waves True Intention, and they exchanged insights before she invited him to Zhou Jue’s banquet.
• Wei Sheng learned that Zhou Jue’s banquet would let young martial artists exchange ideas and trade treasures, including a Water-Element Great Medicine, and agreed to attend.

Wei Sheng attended Zhou Jue’s banquet, where Yuwen Tuo accused him of killing a Yin Tiger Sect disciple and taking the Qianji Vine, but Chen Yuque challenged the accusation and Zhou Jue stopped the confrontation. The gathering then turned to cultivation and the Giant Whale Gang’s destruction, before Zhou Jue began the promised exchange of insights and treasures.

• Wei Sheng, Chen Yuque, and Qin Wufeng arrived at Zhou Jue’s estate and were welcomed by Zhou Jue, one of the Ten Elites.
• Wei Sheng met Shan Ting, Chu Chu, Yuwen Tuo, and Xu Junyu at the banquet, and Yuwen Tuo insulted him as a former Yin Tiger Sect outcast.
• Yuwen Tuo accused Wei Sheng of killing Wang Xiao and stealing the Qianji Vine, while Chen Yuque demanded evidence and defended Wei Sheng.
• Zhou Jue mediated the escalating standoff, and Wei Sheng suspected Xu Junyu had revealed his secret acquisition of the Qianji Vine.
• Zhou Jue described meeting a Martial Bone Talent in the Provincial City, while Shan Ting drew attention to Wei Sheng’s rapid cultivation and Chu Chu explained how the Great Flood Dragon Gang took over the Giant Whale Gang’s waterways.
• Zhou Jue announced that the banquet would include cultivation exchanges and treasure trading, then had a servant bring a wooden box.

At Zhou Jue’s banquet, Wei Sheng refused Xu Junyu’s wager and learned that Golden Spring Temple might be targeting him for his body-tempering talent. Angry at Monk Shanting’s repeated provocations, Wei Sheng sneaked into the city that night, found Shanting and Xu Junyu, and fired two arrows at them.

• Zhou Jue and the other geniuses offered treasures for trade, while Chu Chu sought saber-intent insights for her black iron essence mother and Shanting sought a wood-element great medicine for his Stone Milk.
• Wei Sheng offered Zhou Jue a palm art that could reach true intention, but Zhou Jue declined because he wanted metal materials; several rounds of trading followed.
• Xu Junyu challenged Wei Sheng to fight for the Qianji Vine, but Wei Sheng refused after Shanting failed to produce a suitable wager, then left the manor with Cui Heng, Chen Yuque, and Qin Wufeng.
• Chen Yuque and Qin Wufeng suspected Golden Spring Temple wanted to seize Wei Sheng for his body-tempering talent and warned him to stay at the Academy.
• Wei Sheng slipped out of the Academy at night, tracked Shanting’s scent to Listening Garden, and discovered Xu Junyu there as well.
• Wei Sheng aimed his bow at Shanting and Xu Junyu and released two Silver Arrows toward their backs.

Wei Sheng secretly killed Monk Shanting and Xu Junyu with arrows, then returned to the Academy and examined the treasures he had taken from them. The loot gave him resources and a powerful defensive martial art for his training, while the final item he inspected surprised him.

• Monk Shanting explained that Zhou Jue had agreed to lend Xu Junyu the Water-Element Great Medicine, and Xu Junyu prepared to challenge Wei Sheng.
• A black-clad archer shot Xu Junyu and Monk Shanting; after Monk Shanting recognized the Huang Family's Four Symbols Arrow, the archer killed him and searched both corpses.
• Centurion Cao arrived, identified the dead men as Monk Shanting and Xu Junyu, recognized the arrow's lingering aura, and ordered his subordinate to report the killings to the Deputy Prefect.
• Wei Sheng returned to Green Duckweed Waterside Pavilion and reviewed the attack, believing his identity would remain only a suspicion.
• Wei Sheng found the Blazing Sun Flower, Water-Element Great Medicine, two bottles of Stone Milk, the Amitabha Golden Garment manual, and mutated beast essence blood among the loot.
• Wei Sheng examined the last item and was startled by the information he saw.