Chapter Summaries

Fang Jingtian accused Jing Jiu of being One Sword for All Things reborn as a sword demon, citing his unusual abilities and physical details. Jing Jiu admitted that his body was One Sword for All Things but insisted that he was still Jingyang.

• Fang Jingtian claimed that One Sword for All Things had taken Jingyang’s soul and memories, become a sword demon, and returned to Green Mountain as Jing Jiu.
• Fang Jingtian questioned Jing Jiu’s extraordinary cultivation, movement, connection to the Nether Emperor’s escape, and the sword light that killed Nan Qu.
• Yuan Qijing and others challenged Fang Jingtian’s accusations, while Jing Jiu asked him to explain what evidence he had.
• Fang Jingtian pointed out that Jing Jiu rarely used sword control and claimed his protruding ears were the sword guard of One Sword for All Things.
• Jing Jiu acknowledged that his present body was One Sword for All Things, but declared that he was still Jingyang.

At the Green Mountain gathering, Yuan Qijing said Jing Jiu was True Person Jingyang reborn in the One Sword for All Things, but Fang Jingtian produced Granduncle Tailu as a witness who identified Jing Jiu as the Sword Demon. As the summit grew tense, Zhao Layue and Gu Qing separately prepared to kill Tailu before he could condemn Jing Jiu.

• Yuan Qijing explained that Jingyang had attached his Divine Soul to the One Sword for All Things after being gravely wounded, while Fang Jingtian challenged whether Jing Jiu was instead the sword possessing Jingyang.
• Fang Jingtian introduced Granduncle Tailu, who had seen Oneness of All Things and called Jing Jiu the Sword Demon; Jing Jiu greeted him as Martial Uncle.
• Yuan Qijing confronted Fang Jingtian for releasing Tailu from the Sword Prison, but Fang Jingtian defended his actions as necessary to protect Green Mountain from a Sword Demon sect master.
• Zhao Layue concluded Tailu had to die and began preparing the seventh form of the Nine Deaths Sword Art, despite the danger and Fang Jingtian's presence.
• Gu Qing decided to break through from the Wandering the Wilds Initial Realm and strike Tailu, while counting on Zhao Layue and Lord White Ghost to help; he moved behind the hut.

Zhao Layue and Gu Qing tried to kill True Person Tailu, but his overwhelming sword intent stopped them. Jing Jiu then killed Tailu with a single punch, leaving the assembled cultivators wondering what power he held in his right hand.

• Zhao Layue prepared a deadly strike while Gu Qing staged a public breakthrough to draw attention and help them attack Tailu.
• True Person Tailu released powerful sword intent that scattered their auras, interrupted Gu Qing's breakthrough, and stirred the Sea of Clouds into a vast sword shadow.
• Yuan Qijing's wind and snow gathered around Tailu, but Tailu insisted he would first deal with the sword demon.
• Jing Jiu confronted Tailu, crossed the barriers of his Thousand-Mile Ice Seal, and struck him with his fist instead of a sword.
• Jing Jiu's punch shattered Tailu's defenses and turned him to dust, leaving the gathered cultivators to wonder what he had held in his right hand.

Jing Jiu killed True Person Tailu with the Nether Emperor’s Seal and defended his actions under the Green Mountain Sect Rules, while the crowd continued to question his identity. The confrontation was interrupted by a mysterious boy in blue, who revealed that he was a letter from True Person Taiping to Jing Jiu.

• Jing Jiu killed True Person Tailu and returned to Gu Qing, repairing his injuries so he could continue his breakthrough.
• Yuan Qu cited Green Mountain Sect Rules that authorized Jing Jiu to keep the Nether Emperor’s Seal and execute Tailu for leaving the Sword Prison.
• Fang Jingtian and other cultivators challenged Jing Jiu, but he refused to explain who he was or prove his identity.
• A boy in blue arrived at Heavenly Light Peak, revealed himself as a Netherworld Fiend, and said he was a letter written to Jing Jiu by True Person Taiping.

At Green Mountain’s grand ceremony, A Piao delivered True Person Taiping’s challenge to Jing Jiu: demonstrate whether he was the demon sword Oneness of All Things. The chapter ended with the Cultivation World watching to see whether Jing Jiu would present the Heaven-Bearing Sword and let A Piao test his sword move.

• A Piao arrived at Heavenly Light Peak and bowed to Jing Jiu, explaining that he had already entered True Person Taiping’s tutelage.
• A Piao relayed Taiping’s criticism of Fang Jingtian’s attempt to use True Person Tailu to challenge Jing Jiu’s identity.
• When the Zen Child asked how Jing Jiu’s identity could be proved, A Piao said he could use the Oneness Form of the Heaven-Bearing Sword Technique.
• A Piao revealed that the Heaven-Bearing Sword was a scabbard for Green Mountain’s true foremost sword, Oneness of All Things, which might be Jing Jiu himself.
• A Piao asked Jing Jiu to take out the Heaven-Bearing Sword so he could test the Oneness Form, leaving the assembled cultivators waiting for Jing Jiu’s response.

A Piao accused Jing Jiu of being Oneness of All Things, the Sword Demon who killed True Person Jingyang, and challenged his claim to be Jingyang. As the gathered cultivators questioned Jing Jiu’s identity, he answered that he was the sum of what all his karma pointed toward.

• A Piao offered to teach the unifying form to Yuan Qijing, forcing Jing Jiu to either reveal the Heaven-Bearing Sword Scabbard or invite suspicion.
• Yuan Qijing arrived and said that even if Jing Jiu was Oneness of All Things, that would not settle the matter, while A Piao accused him of killing and consuming True Person Jingyang.
• A Piao said True Person Taiping had promised to take him to the Mortal World, and Jing Jiu accepted that this explained A Piao’s choice.
• A Piao asked whether Jing Jiu might have inherited Jingyang’s memories and forgotten that he was Oneness of All Things, leaving the gathered cultivators uncertain of his identity.
• Jing Jiu told the Zen Child that he was that toward which all his karma pointed.

At Green Mountain’s sect master inauguration, Jing Jiu explained that identity was defined by the bonds of karma, but most cultivators still doubted he was True Person Jingyang and turned against him. As Jing Jiu prepared to leave, Bai Rujing attacked, Big One swallowed his flying sword, and Zhao Layue cut off both his arms.

• Jing Jiu said that he was the point toward which all his karma pointed, prompting the Green Mountain disciples to reflect on their connections to him.
• Bai Rujing called Jing Jiu a Sword Demon and urged the cultivators to kill him, while dozens of flying swords rose against him.
• Green Mountain disciples from several peaks sent their swords to protect Jing Jiu, creating a tense standoff as the elders hesitated.
• Yuan Qijing lamented that Green Mountain had been brought so low, and Jing Jiu said it was time to leave as Zhao Layue, Gu Qing, and Yuan Qu came to join him.
• Bai Rujing attacked Jing Jiu, but Big One swallowed his flying sword and Zhao Layue severed both his arms.

Jing Jiu left Heavenly Light Peak with Zhao Layue and the Divine End Peak disciples, but Fang Jingtian tried to trap and kill him. The Zen Child, Yuan Qijing, and several outside powers backed Jing Jiu or declined to oppose him, leaving his identity and claim to the Green Mountain Sect unresolved.

• Zhao Layue severed Bai Rujing’s arms, and Jing Jiu told Fang Jingtian he would leave Green Mountain without surrendering the Heaven-Bearing Sword, the Nether Emperor’s Seal, or the Sect Master position.
• Fang Jingtian unleashed accumulated sword intent to seal off the sky and sent As the Years and the disciples’ flying swords against Jing Jiu as he approached the cliff.
• The Zen Child blocked the attacks with a mirror of light and declared that he believed Jing Jiu was True Person Jingyang; Fang Jingtian insisted Jing Jiu was a demon impersonating him.
• Yuan Qijing ordered Jing Jiu to recuperate outside Green Mountain without going far, while Fang Jingtian argued the matter concerned the whole Cultivation World.
• The Great Marsh and Mirror Sect remained neutral, Chen Xueshao expressed trust in Jing Jiu, and Duke He said the Divine Emperor’s decree recognized Jing Jiu as Green Mountain Sect Master.

Green Mountain forced Jing Jiu to leave temporarily, but he departed with Zhao Layue and Yuan Qu without surrendering the Heaven-Bearing Sword or Nether Emperor's Seal. The Zen Child defended Jing Jiu's ideals, while A Piao was imprisoned in the Sword Prison and Zhuo Rusui prepared to leave Green Mountain.

• The White True Person's presence caused Green Mountain's flying swords to withdraw, and Yuan Qijing ordered Jing Jiu to leave the mountain and recuperate.
• Gu Qing refused to surrender the Heaven-Bearing Sword or Nether Emperor's Seal, and Zhao Layue called Fang Jingtian and his supporters traitors before leaving with Jing Jiu and Yuan Qu.
• The Zen Child said Jing Jiu prevailed because he had fellow travelers who shared his ideals, making many observers wonder whether he was True Person Jingyang.
• Yuan Qijing froze A Piao in ice and ordered him confined in Green Mountain's Sword Prison, while Bu Qiuxiao allowed Liu S sui to go.
• Guo Nanshan urged Zhuo Rusui to go after Jing Jiu, and Zhuo Rusui agreed because he was used to following him.

Jing Jiu left Green Mountain with Zhao Layue, Yuan Qu, Gu Qing, and Zhuo Rusui, then brought them to a hidden compound near Yunji Town that he had prepared years earlier. As they arrived, Nan Wang appeared at the gate with killing intent.

• Gu Qing initially stayed behind to watch over Divine End Peak, but Zhuo Rusui persuaded him to leave, and several young disciples asked to follow Jing Jiu.
• Yuan Qijing reprimanded the young disciples who wanted to leave, while Jing Jiu departed Green Mountain with the Heaven-Bearing Sword, the Nether Emperor's Seal, Zhao Layue, and Yuan Qu.
• White True Person told Yuan Qijing that the Zhongzhou Sect would try to kill Jing Jiu, and Xiang Wanshu later reported that Senior Sister was missing.
• Yuan Qijing stored the frozen A Piao beneath Shangde Peak and discussed with Corpse Dog whether Jing Jiu was a person or a sword.
• Zhuo Rusui caught up with Jing Jiu and the others, and they all left Green Mountain together on their swords.
• Jing Jiu led the group to a secluded compound near Yunji Town that he had arranged to build four years earlier, where Nan Wang confronted him at the gate.

Nan Wang confronted Jing Jiu over his past rejection of her and Liu Ci, then left after he told her he liked her. Jing Jiu’s followers gathered at the ruined residence, where Liu S sui reported that he had fought Kunlun Sect members, leaving the group aware that dangers lay ahead.

• Nan Wang entered Jing Jiu’s courtyard and slapped him, then struck his chest hard enough to destroy the wooden building and leave a deep pit.
• Nan Wang accused Jing Jiu of preventing her from marrying Liu Ci and lamented that they were both now alone; Jing Jiu said he liked her, but she rejected him and left.
• Jing Jiu cleared the rubble, while the Gu Household’s Third Master arranged the cleanup and wondered whether anything had gone wrong at the residence.
• Zhao Layue, Gu Qing, Yuan Qu, and Zhuo Rusui knelt before Jing Jiu; Gu Qing asked whether the sect’s ranks should be rearranged, but Jing Jiu questioned Zhuo Rusui about freeloading instead.
• Liu S sui arrived with bloodstains on his sleeves and said he had been delayed by a fight with people from the Kunlun Sect.
• Jing Jiu realized Nan Wang had made the disturbance public to ensure he would have no peace, as the group faced dangers beyond her.

On his first day away from Green Mountain, Jing Jiu settled into an estate near Yunji Town as his disciples debated whether he was Jingyang or the Sword Demon and worried about a future conflict with the Zhongzhou Sect. Visitors from across the Cultivation World soon crowded outside the estate, seeking an audience with him.

• Jing Jiu promised to avenge Liu S sui’s loss to a Kunlun Sect elder and kept the existing hierarchy among his disciples.
• Zhuo Rusui, Zhao Layue, Gu Qing, Yuan Qu, and Liu S sui discussed Jing Jiu’s identity, his past choices, and the possibility of war with the Zhongzhou Sect.
• Bai Zao told Zhao Layue she was glad Jing Jiu might not be Jingyang, and Zhao Layue comforted her before she left.
• Jing Jiu told Zhao Layue that Liu Ci’s choice and Yuan Qijing’s refusal to give him the Green Mountain Grand Array had made him weary, but he accepted leaving Green Mountain.
• Se Se, Que Niang, and Zhen Tao visited Jing Jiu on behalf of their sects, and he sent them away after acknowledging their elders’ intentions.
• Cultivators from many sects gathered outside the mist around Jing Jiu’s estate, with some pleading to meet him or become his disciple.

Cultivators gathered outside Jing Garden in Yunji Town, hoping to meet the figure they believed was True Person Jingyang, while Zhao Layue’s sword Fusi kept them from causing trouble. When Jing Garden opened, Zhou Yunmu and Lu Jin were invited inside, and Lu Jin brought a desperate scholar’s medical records to ask for help; the True Person had no cure, and the scholar left with his hope disappointed.

• A blood-red thunderbolt carrying Zhao Layue’s sword Fusi killed an arrogant Sky Pillar Sect cultivator who had harassed Yunji Town, restoring peace there.
• Zhou Yunmu urged Lu Jin to seek an audience in Jing Garden, and the two joined the cultivators waiting outside its mist-covered entrance.
• When Jing Garden’s gate opened, Yuan Qu summoned the Xuantian Sect’s Zhou Yunmu and Lu Jin and invited them inside.
• A middle-aged scholar knelt and gave Lu Jin medical records for an ill family member, and Lu Jin took them into Jing Garden with Yuan Qu’s permission.
• Zhou Yunmu and Lu Jin returned and told the scholar that the True Person had no solution; the scholar accepted the records, bowed in thanks, and left.

Zhou Yunmu and Lu Jin were attacked on their way home after leaving Jing Garden, but Green Mountain disciples rescued them and killed the evil cultivator. Back at the courtyard, Zhao Layue and the others learned why Cheng Ruqing had sought Jing Jiu’s help, while Jing Jiu remained in a bad mood.

• After leaving Yunji Town, Zhou Yunmu and Lu Jin survived several groups of cultivators trying to rob them of what they had obtained from Jing Garden.
• An evil-path expert attacked the pair near an abandoned mountain god temple, demanding to know what Jing Jiu had told them.
• A Green Mountain disciple’s sword helped hold off the attack, and Guo Nanshan led a Green Mountain Sword Formation that killed the evil-path expert.
• Guo Nanshan and Gu Han discussed Zhou Yunmu’s Nascent Soul Realm cultivation and Jing Jiu’s supposed seclusion near Yunji Town.
• Zhuo Rusui reported that Zhou Yunmu and Lu Jin should be safe on their journey and that he had notified Su Ziye.
• Gu Qing reported that Cheng Ruqing had left One-Thatch Studio, joined East Yi Dao with his mortal wife, and risked its secret method after she became gravely ill.

Jing Jiu told Zhao Layue that he wanted everyone to live longer so they could avoid parting, and she promised to cultivate and stay alive. As the crowds around Jing Garden drove Jing Jiu into a foul mood, Yuan Qijing’s snowfall scattered them, while True Person Tan visited Zen Child seeking a letter to help him approach Jing Jiu.

• Jing Jiu told Zhao Layue about losing a childhood friend to old age and illness, and urged her to live for thousands of years; Zhao Layue promised she would.
• Gu Qing and Yuan Qu sent word to address the crowds gathering around Yunji Town, and Yuan Qijing’s supernatural snowfall drove most of the cultivators away from Jing Garden.
• The crowds’ reverence for Jing Garden deepened resentment among Green Mountain and other sects toward Fruitful Accomplishment Temple and Zen Child.
• True Person Tan visited Zen Child, asked whether Jing Jiu was True Person Jingyang or the Demon Sword, and heard Zen Child say Jing Jiu had inherited Jingyang’s karma.
• True Person Tan warned that Jing Jiu could be vulnerable if Yuan Qijing died and asked Zen Child to write a letter to help him gain Jing Jiu’s trust before visiting Yunji Town.

True Person Tan visited Jing Garden and offered Jing Jiu Bai Zao in marriage, the Zhongzhou Sect leadership, and an Immortal Register if he joined the Zhongzhou Sect, but Jing Jiu refused. As conflict grew within Green Mountain, Gu Qing and Zhuo Rusui went to Chaonan City, where Precious Tree Residence’s proprietor told them the other peaks were demanding control of its resources and had set a deadline for redistributing them.

• True Person Tan passed through the Green Mountain Grand Array’s defenses, met Yuan Qijing, and went to Jing Garden to see Jing Jiu.
• True Person Tan proposed that Jing Jiu join the Zhongzhou Sect, marry Bai Zao, and become its sect master, but Jing Jiu refused and said he was doing well at Green Mountain.
• After True Person Tan left, Jing Jiu told Yuan Qu to bring Tong Yan out of the Netherworld and asked Gu Qing to deal with his own affairs; Zhao Layue sent Zhuo Rusui to help Gu Qing leave Jing Garden.
• Fang Jingtian changed Green Mountain’s rules, released the Twofold Forgetting Peak disciples and other prisoners, and restricted the resources Precious Tree Residence could send to Divine End Peak.
• Gu Qing and Zhuo Rusui reached Precious Tree Residence in Chaonan City, where its proprietor said the mountain would decide how to divide its resources the next day and that he had nothing left but death.

At the Precious Tree Residence, Gu Qing and Zhuo Rusui challenged Twofold Forgetting Peak’s pressure on the Gu Household and its control over Green Mountain. Zhuo Rusui defeated Jian Ruyun with ease, leaving the conflict poised to escalate.

• Green Mountain’s affiliated households gathered at the Precious Tree Residence as Ma Hua and Jian Ruyun pressured the Gu Clan Chief to accept the Ma and Jian Households’ demands.
• Gu Qing confronted Ma Hua, and Zhuo Rusui appeared on the platform, dismissing the dispute and declaring that he would settle it by fighting.
• Zhuo Rusui rejected Ma Hua’s claim that Twofold Forgetting Peak could control him and said Green Mountain had no Sect Master or Heavenly Light Peak had no Peak Master.
• Jian Ruyun attacked Zhuo Rusui with the Azure Bird Sword Technique, but Zhuo Rusui deflected the strike and countered with the Swallowing Boat Sword.
• Zhuo Rusui sent Jian Ruyun crashing into a wall and badly damaged his flying sword, then told the Twofold Forgetting Peak disciples to learn to shut up if their swords fell short.

Zhuo Rusui and Gu Qing left Precious Tree Residence after warning the Jian and Ma Households, while Su Ziye carried out a killing at their behest. Su Ziye then uncovered and destroyed a brothel tied to a decades-old massacre, leaving its madam to face an uncertain future.

• Zhuo Rusui and Gu Qing denied responsibility for the deaths of seven people from each household, and Ma Hua told You Siluo that he had found leads to the killer.
• Su Ziye ate and rested at a brothel in Shangzhou City, reflecting on his work for Jing Jiu and on the prescription that was curing his Pill Poison.
• Su Ziye asked the madam about a killing at the brothel more than thirty years earlier and learned that the owner was present.
• The madam led Su Ziye through the brothel, where he killed the guards, stewards, and owner.
• Su Ziye offered to hide the madam and help her leave town, but she questioned what life remained for her after spending nearly fifty years at the brothel.

Su Ziye escaped Ma Hua’s trap after Guo Nanshan stopped the Green Mountain disciple from using the madam as bait, then killed him. Yuan Qu was wrongly barred from Green Mountain but defeated the Past Arrival Peak disciples who tried to capture him, and Chi Yan intervened on his behalf.

• Ma Hua trapped Su Ziye in a formation and threatened the madam from Shangzhou City to force him to reveal his identity and dealings with Divine End Peak.
• Su Ziye refused to be drawn into Ma Hua’s demands, and Guo Nanshan stopped Ma Hua from harming the madam and ordered him to face punishment at Shangde Peak.
• After Guo Nanshan left, a red sword light killed Ma Hua, while the madam prayed for the departing sword.
• At South Pine Pavilion, Past Arrival Peak disciples tried to arrest Yuan Qu, claiming he had been expelled from Green Mountain.
• Yuan Qu used the Seven Plum Sword Art to defeat the disciples, and Chi Yan arrived to reprimand them and welcome Yuan Qu back to the mountain.

Yuan Qu carried out Jing Jiu's errands at Green Mountain, checked on Tong Yan and Ping Yongjia, and returned to find A Piao frozen in Jing Garden. As Green Mountain's conflict with Jing Garden was checked by New Year gifts and Imperial Court support, True Person Tan and White True Person discussed a coming battle and visited Bai Zao, who was holding an Immortal Register.

• Yuan Qu visited Yuan Qijing and Corpse Dog, then gave Tong Yan questions from Sect Master Uncle and learned that Tong Yan chose to remain in the Hidden Peak.
• Yuan Qu found Ping Yongjia asleep on Cloud-Traveling Peak, confirmed Divine End Peak was secure, and returned to Jing Garden, where A Piao remained trapped in a block of ice.
• Fu Wang, True Person Guangyuan, Fang Jingtian, and Chi Yan debated Green Mountain's response to the Gu Household and Precious Tree Residence and the possibility that True Person Tan would join Yunmeng Mountain.
• The Imperial Court and several sects sent lavish New Year gifts to Jing Garden, with the Pure Heaven Bureau allocating it one-third of Green Mountain's resources for the following year.
• True Person Tan and White True Person discussed the prospects of war with Green Mountain, the roles of Kou Qingtong, the Zen Child, and Cao Yuan, then went to see Bai Zao in the Yunmeng Grand Array, where Qilin watched her holding an Immortal Register.