Chapter Summaries

Lian Youming searched Mount Lu for Gu Feiyan’s party while martial artists converged on the Sword Immortal Inheritance and Gu Xuantong hunted him in the guise of a blood-drinking human demon. At Qixian Temple, Gu Feiyan approached the suspected inheritance site, and Lian Youming unexpectedly encountered the White Lotus Sect Master in disguise.

• Lian Youming connected the White Lotus Sect, the carvings left by someone surnamed Chen, and the route map to the Sword Immortal Inheritance, then entered Mount Lu to find Gu Feiyan’s party.
• Lian Youming discovered a murdered martial artist whose wounds suggested the Shape-Nourishing Skill and fled from a blood-soaked figure stalking the mountains.
• Lian Youming hid beside Three-Tiered Spring as the figure searched the cliffs, then recognized him as Gu Xuantong when Muslim experts chased him toward Five Old Men Peak.
• Gu Feiyan led her companions toward Qixian Temple after spotting a meditating monk, while other martial artists, including Xue Hen, followed them.
• A rustic-looking girl called Lian Youming “Brother Huzi,” revealing herself to be the White Lotus Sect Master.

Lian Youming and the White Lotus Sect Master watched powerful factions converge on Qixian Temple in search of the Sword Immortal Inheritance. After a sewn-mouth monk revealed his immense strength and Gu Xuantong proposed an alliance, Gan Xihu arrived and demanded that everyone bow or die.

• The White Lotus Sect Master treated Lian Youming's scar and asked him to help seize the Sword Immortal Inheritance in exchange for information about his master.
• Martial artists from several factions gathered at Qixian Temple, where a monk with a sewn-shut mouth killed one intruder and drove back the attackers with a Lion's Roar.
• Lian Youming noticed that Gu Feiyan had vanished amid the confusion, and the monk accused the youngster of scheming against him.
• Gu Xuantong persuaded the monk to join forces and proposed killing the other factions, prompting Lian Youming and the White Lotus Sect Master to retreat.
• Gan Xihu arrived wielding a black spear and ordered the gathered fighters to bow to him or die.

Gan Xihu confronted Gu Xuantong, Wei Changhui, and Monk Bianxin in the gorge, revealing overwhelming spear skills that astonished Lian Youming. As Gan Clan disciples and Muslim experts attacked the spectators, Gu Feiyan fled from Qixian Temple and the White Lotus Sect Master ordered pursuit.

• The White Lotus Sect Master explained to Lian Youming that Gan Xihu had devoted his spirit to his spear, making it a peerless weapon.
• Gan Xihu challenged Gu Xuantong, Wei Changhui, and Monk Bianxin, then exposed Wei Changhui as the Northern King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
• Gan Xihu ordered his disciples to attack the spectators as the three Mystic Connection martial artists charged him.
• Gan Xihu used the Daoist Yu Steps and a devastating spear thrust to attack all three opponents at once, leaving Lian Youming stunned by his control and speed.
• Gu Xuantong, Monk Bianxin, and Wei Changhui unleashed their martial techniques against Gan Xihu while the Gan Clan disciples and Muslim experts attacked the other factions.
• The White Lotus Sect Master spotted Gu Feiyan fleeing Qixian Temple and ordered the others to pursue her.

Lian Youming followed Gu Feiyan and a crowd of martial artists to the Immortal's Cave, where they discovered a hidden passage and a text identified as Lingbao Bifa. Gu Feiyan escaped with the text while Lian Youming took the overlooked scabbard from the cave entrance.

• Lian Youming and the White Lotus Sect Master pursued Gu Feiyan while several other groups and a mysterious mystic connection old monster followed them.
• Gu Feiyan led her pursuers to the Immortal's Cave, where her group overturned Lüzu's statue and found a hidden door beneath it.
• Martial artists fought over a wooden box brought out by Gu Feiyan's cardinal, and the box broke to reveal silk brocade identified as Lingbao Bifa and an ancient scabbard.
• Gu Feiyan seized the silk brocade after fighting the old monster, then escaped down the mountain as the others pursued her.
• Lian Youming retrieved the scabbard that everyone else had left behind.

Lian Youming took the jade scabbard from the Sword Immortal inheritance and hid in the cave, where he faced Gu Feiyan after the other seekers left. Suspecting she had found an ancient medicine, he followed her, only to see the Old Eunuch and several others tracking her too.

• Lian Youming recognized the jade scabbard as the Sword Immortal inheritance’s key and fled toward the hidden cave as Gan Xihu and other fighters approached.
• Lian Youming disguised himself as a corpse in the stone chamber, and Gu Feiyan soon entered and did the same.
• Lian Youming and Gu Feiyan revealed themselves after the fighting moved away, and she refused his offer to return south with him.
• Lian Youming noticed a strange medicinal fragrance on Gu Feiyan and suspected she had obtained an ancient medicine from the Sword Immortal lineage.
• Lian Youming followed Gu Feiyan and spotted the Old Eunuch trailing her, while the White Lotus Sect Master, Xue Hen, Nalan Wushe, the White Bone Daoist, and Gu Chan also returned.

Lian Youming and the others pursued Gu Feiyan to Poyang Lake, where she revealed two Dragon-Tiger Golden Elixirs and swallowed them to force a breakthrough to Mystic Connection. As Gu Xuantong arrived injured and revealed his intent to consume her vital essence, Lian Youming’s group joined forces with Gu Feiyan against the surrounding masters.

• The White Lotus Sect Master told Lian Youming that the Gan Family had taken the Silk Brocade while he had obtained the Scabbard, and they concluded Gu Feiyan had hidden old medicine.
• Lian Youming and the others followed Gu Feiyan toward Poyang Lake after hearing Bianxin’s greatly strengthened Lion’s Roar from Mount Lu.
• At Poyang Lake, Gu Feiyan faced the pursuing masters and revealed two Dragon-Tiger Golden Elixirs, saying she had already swallowed the third.
• Gu Feiyan summoned Gu Xuantong, who arrived injured with Wei Changhui and admitted Gan Xihu had also suffered in the fight.
• Gu Feiyan accused Gu Xuantong of seeking to drink her blood and devour her vital essence, then swallowed both elixirs and declared she would break through to Mystic Connection.
• Lian Youming and the others gathered with Gu Feiyan, and White Bone Daoist told everyone to choose their opponents.

Lian Youming and his allies confronted Gu Xuantong, Wei Changhui, and the other old martial artists, learning that they had used the Shape-Nourishing Skill to harvest martial artists for their blood and qi. After Gu Feiyan offered the Dragon-Tiger Golden Elixir formula in exchange for protection, Lian Youming and the White Lotus Sect Master engaged Wei Changhui, and their battle ended with her striking his injured shoulder.

• Gu Xuantong admitted that he and Wei Changhui had used the Shape-Nourishing Skill to drain martial artists and extend their cultivation.
• Gu Feiyan promised to share the Dragon-Tiger Golden Elixir formula, which could restore a Mystic Connection expert's cultivation and help Foresight Martial Artists break through.
• Lian Youming, the White Lotus Sect Master, Nalan Wushe, and their allies divided the battlefields and faced their opponents.
• Lian Youming fought Wei Changhui with the Toad-Fishing Skill and Taizu Long Fist, enduring his iron-shod kicks and counterattacking.
• The White Lotus Sect Master closed in on Wei Changhui and drove a Sword Finger into the bloody wound in his shoulder.

Lian Youming and the White Lotus Sect Master fought Wei Changhui across the reed flats, combining their attacks against his relentless kicks and martial techniques. When Wei Changhui escaped their holds and lunged at Lian Youming, Lian drew his sword and pierced his palm and throat.

• Wei Changhui battered Lian Youming with a continuous barrage of Iron Shoe kicks while the White Lotus Sect Master joined the fight.
• The White Lotus Sect Master used the Six-Syllable Mantra to disrupt Wei Changhui’s breathing and create an opening, but Wei struck Lian Youming in the chest.
• Lian Youming countered with a punch that stopped short of Wei Changhui and struck him with force across the air, prompting Wei to recognize the Taiji Demon.
• Wei Changhui kicked through Lian Youming’s Sword Cry and drove another Iron Shoe attack at him, but the White Lotus Sect Master helped Lian withstand it.
• Wei Changhui slipped out of his Iron Shoes, forced the White Lotus Sect Master back, and lunged at Lian Youming with Eagle Claw strikes.
• Lian Youming drew his sword and thrust it through Wei Changhui’s wounded palm and into his throat.