Chapter Summaries

Chen Qingyu discovered that his new talent came from Ancestral Shaman Qiangliang, while Wu Su'e explained why Venerables were gathering at Heaven-Reaching Sword Gorge. She revealed that the Heavenly Sword Saint King's fading sword intent was tied to the search for the last portion of his divided inheritance.

• Chen Qingyu marveled at his new talent and wondered whether future check-in rewards might grant him the talents of all Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• Wu Su'e visited Chen Qingyu, teased him, and then said she had learned why so many Venerables had come to Heaven-Reaching Sword Gorge.
• Wu Su'e explained that the Heavenly Sword Saint King had left sword intent at the gorge to deter its dangerous beasts, and that Heavenly Sword Mountain displayed his swordsmanship every thousand years.
• Wu Su'e said the Saint King's sword intent had endured for over a hundred thousand years but was now close to dispersing, potentially leaving the gorge vulnerable to a beast assault.
• Wu Su'e revealed that the Saint King had split his swordsmanship inheritance into five portions, four of which had appeared, while the final portion remained missing.

Chen Qingyu learned that rumors of the Heavenly Sword Saint King's inheritance had drawn Venerables to Heavenly Sword Mountain, and he and Wu Su'e planned to visit. His second check-in at Heaven-Reaching Sword Gorge granted him the True Dharma of Commanding and Controlling All Lightning, but he decided not to abandon his established cultivation method and prepared to use the new art through his lightning abilities instead.

• Wu Su'e told Chen Qingyu that many Venerables were heading to Heavenly Sword Mountain, where the Saint King's recorded image was expected to appear in seven or eight days, and he agreed to go with her.
• The next morning, Chen Qingyu checked in at Heaven-Reaching Sword Gorge for the second time and received the True Dharma of Commanding and Controlling All Lightning.
• Chen Qingyu studied the method and recognized its compatibility with his Ancestral Shaman Qiangliang lightning abilities, along with its authority over lightning and punishment.
• Chen Qingyu rejected switching cultivation methods because it would ruin his existing foundation, deciding instead to draw on the new method's divine abilities through his innate lightning powers.
• Wu Su'e knocked and called for Chen Qingyu to set off.

Chen Qingyu and Wu Su'e traveled to Heavenly Sword Mountain, where the Eighteen-Family Alliance had sealed the mountain behind a formation and set up five Contesting Platforms to control entry. After seeing weaker Venerables turned away and powerful ones allowed through, Chen Qingyu mocked the alliance’s behavior.

• Chen Qingyu insisted on having breakfast with Wu Su'e before they left for Heavenly Sword Mountain.
• Wu Su'e told Chen Qingyu that Heavenly Sword Mountain lay in the middle section of the gorge and would likely be crowded with Venerables.
• Chen Qingyu and Wu Su'e reached the mountain and felt the overwhelming pressure of the Heavenly Sword Saint King's lingering sword intent.
• Chen Qingyu and Wu Su'e discovered that the Eighteen-Family Alliance had enclosed Heavenly Sword Mountain in a formation and blocked the entrance with Contesting Platforms.
• Chen Qingyu learned that Venerables had to fight through five platforms to reach the summit, while the alliance let some powerful arrivals enter directly.
• Chen Qingyu watched contestants lose quickly and mocked the Eighteen-Family Alliance for bullying the weak and fearing the strong.

Chen Qingyu challenged the Eighteen-Family Alliance’s Contesting Platform and defeated Zhang Tianchu without taking a step. The onlookers wondered who Chen Qingyu was and marveled at his strange power.

• Wu Su'e teased Chen Qingyu about challenging the Contesting Platform, and he agreed that he wanted a fight.
• Chen Qingyu and Wu Su'e forced their way through the crowd and reached the formation gate.
• Chen Qingyu stepped onto the arena to face Zhang Tianchu of the Canhe Zhang Family.
• Chen Qingyu used [Summoning Wind and Rain] to trap Zhang Tianchu in place with the Gang Qi Prison.
• A long-bearded middle-aged man ended the battle and asked Chen Qingyu to spare Zhang Tianchu, who collapsed gasping for breath.
• The alliance members and other venerables speculated about Chen Qingyu's identity and discussed his uncanny spiritual art.

Chen Qingyu continued challenging the Eighteen-Family Alliance’s Contest Platforms, defeating each opponent with his wind-controlling art. After forcing Zhang Tianjiu, the Alliance’s top prodigy, to his knees, he was left unimpressed by the challenge.

• Chen Qingyu defeated the fifth-heaven Spirit Origin Realm opponent on the second Contest Platform with a single move.
• Chen Qingyu immobilized the seventh-heaven opponent on the third platform, prompting a Divine Ability Realm elder to stop the fight and direct him to the fourth platform.
• Chen Qingyu faced Zhang Tianjiu, the ninth-heaven Spirit Origin Realm young patriarch of the Canhe Zhang Family.
• Zhang Tianjiu briefly weakened Chen Qingyu’s restraint with a spiritual art, but Chen Qingyu strengthened his wind-controlling art and forced him to his knees.
• Chen Qingyu looked at the defeated Zhang Tianjiu and asked, “That was it?”

After defeating four Spirit Origin Realm opponents, Chen Qingyu challenged the Eighteen-Family Alliance to send a True Gang Realm Venerable. A dark-faced middle-aged man accepted, broke free of Chen Qingyu’s opening technique, and launched a punch meant to teach him a lesson without killing him.

• Chen Qingyu dismissed Zhang Tianjiu’s defeat as an inadequate warm-up and called for a True Gang Realm Venerable to fight him on the fifth Contesting Platform.
• The dark-faced middle-aged man accepted the challenge to defend the Eighteen-Family Alliance’s reputation and joined Chen Qingyu on the platform.
• The Divine Ability Realm elder raised the barrier and declared the battle begun.
• Chen Qingyu used Wind Riding Technique to form a Gang Qi Prison, but the middle-aged man shattered it with True Gang.
• The middle-aged man mocked Chen Qingyu, charged at him with black flames, and struck toward his chest with a punch.

Chen Qingyu defeated a True Gang Realm Venerable with ease, forcing the Eighteen-Family Alliance to acknowledge his victory and open the path to the summit. Wu Su'e joined him, but the elder avoided a second contest by inviting them both onward.

• Chen Qingyu caught the dark-faced middle-aged man's punch and crushed his full-strength True Gang spiritual art without injury.
• Chen Qingyu struck the man down, leaving him badly injured and unable to continue fighting.
• The Eighteen-Family Alliance's Venerables backed away, and a Divine Ability Realm elder declared that Chen Qingyu had cleared all five Contesting Platforms.
• Chen Qingyu asked to bring Wu Su'e along, and she flew onto a platform and challenged the Alliance to send her an opponent.
• The elder opened a path to the summit and invited Chen Qingyu and Wu Su'e to proceed.

After Chen Qingyu and Wu Su'e reached Heavenly Sword Mountain’s summit, they joined the gathered Venerables waiting for the Heavenly Sword Saint King’s inheritance. Their arrival was overshadowed when a powerful newcomer tore through the mountain’s formation and headed for the summit, provoking the Eighteen-Family Alliance.

• Wu Su'e flew through the formation gate to join Chen Qingyu, and the two left the Contesting Platforms together.
• After the crowd protested that Wu Su'e had entered without clearing a platform, the Divine Ability Realm elder said any Spirit Origin Realm Venerable who defeated an Eighteen-Family Alliance True Gang Realm High Venerable could bring a companion.
• Chen Qingyu and Wu Su'e flew up Heavenly Sword Mountain and discussed the lingering sword intent and the possibility that the Heavenly Sword Saint King had left something behind.
• Chen Qingyu and Wu Su'e arrived at the summit, where they saw the Eighteen-Family Alliance and more than a thousand other Venerables gathered for the inheritance.
• A vast streak of sword light tore through Heavenly Sword Mountain’s formation and headed for the summit, enraging the Eighteen-Family Alliance.

The Liangshan Wang Clan arrived at Heavenly Sword Mountain to pursue the final portion of the Heavenly Sword Saint King's inheritance, forcing the Eighteen-Family Alliance to yield. Wang Pojun recognized Wu Su'e and approached her and Chen Qingyu, suspecting who the unfamiliar young man was.

• An exalted master of the Eighteen-Family Alliance tried to stop the incoming sword light, but a single strike cleaved his enormous True Gang hand.
• The Liangshan Wang Clan announced its arrival and ordered unrelated people to withdraw, and the summit's venerables immediately gave way.
• Wu Su'e explained that the Wang Clan had already obtained several portions of the Saint King's inheritance and wanted the last one on Heavenly Sword Mountain.
• Several dozen Wang Clan members landed on the summit, led by three Heavenly Impulse Realm sword cultivators, and were told to remain there until the Saint King's recorded image appeared in seven days.
• Wang Pojun recognized Wu Su'e and noticed the familiar presence of Chen Qingyu, then walked toward them.

Wang Pojun met Chen Qingyu and Wu Su'e on Heavenly Sword Mountain and invited them to join the Wang Clan, but they chose to stay where they were. After his relatives mocked him for calling them friends, Wang Pojun turned to confront them.

• Wang Pojun recognized Chen Qingyu and greeted him and Wu Su'e, then learned they had come to see the ancient kings’ images while traveling south.
• Wang Pojun invited Chen Qingyu and Wu Su'e to rest with the Wang Clan, but Chen Qingyu declined and Wu Su'e chose to stay beside him.
• Wang Pojun told his Seventh Granduncle that his friends were direct descendants of the Taihuang Wu Clan and the Chen Clan of Changluo, and that they had declined his invitation.
• Wang Pojun’s cousins mocked him for calling the two his friends, and he turned toward them and asked coldly whether they had said enough.

Chen Qingyu checked in at Heaven-Reaching Sword Gorge for the third time and received the sword soul of the Nine Hells Heavenly Punishment Sword. The reward pool was exhausted, but check-in eligibility at Supreme Harmony Altar was unlocked.

• Wang Pojun rebuked two Wang Clan disciples for disparaging his friend, and one of them pulled the other away before he could provoke a duel.
• Chen Qingyu received a system notification that Heaven-Reaching Sword Gorge had refreshed and checked in for the third time.
• Chen Qingyu absorbed the Nine Hells Heavenly Punishment Sword’s sword soul into his Nine Heavens and learned about its power and limits.
• Chen Qingyu realized the sword soul could become a powerful weapon when infused into a suitable sword.
• The system announced that the Heaven-Reaching Sword Gorge reward pool was exhausted and unlocked check-in eligibility at Supreme Harmony Altar.

Chen Qingyu learned that the Supreme Harmony Altar lay within the Yanggu Zhang Clan’s territory and considered traveling there, while Wu Su'e said she could continue accompanying him. The two then sensed a vast presence rising through the space around them, and Chen Qingyu wondered whether the Heavenly Sword Saint King's sword intent was dissipating early.

• Chen Qingyu asked Wu Su'e where the Supreme Harmony Altar was, and she explained its origins and its restricted access as a sacred site of the Yanggu Zhang Clan.
• Chen Qingyu considered visiting the altar, and Wu Su'e questioned his sudden change of plans and the long detour it would require.
• Chen Qingyu nervously asked whether Wu Su'e would leave for the Land of Myriad Kingdoms, and she said her Dragon Qi secret treasure let her travel freely.
• Chen Qingyu and Wu Su'e sensed a vast presence rising through the surrounding space, while other Venerables also noticed something was wrong.
• Chen Qingyu wondered whether the Heavenly Sword Saint King's sword intent was about to dissipate ahead of schedule.

Chen Qingyu and Wu Su'e waited at Heaven-Reaching Sword Gorge as the Heavenly Sword Saint King's sword intent rose ahead of schedule, raising fears that the inheritance event would be dangerous. During the wait, Chen Qingyu advanced his cultivation and strengthened his lightning abilities, physique, and sword-soul control; the story left him and Wu Su'e facing the final day before the Saint King's recorded image appeared.

• Wu Su'e confirmed that the Heavenly Sword Saint King's sword intent was rising unusually early, and Chen Qingyu suspected it was nearing dissipation.
• Chen Qingyu and Wu Su'e stayed at the summit while Venerables gathered, formed alliances, and waited for the possible inheritance.
• Chen Qingyu broke through to the Second Heaven of the Spirit Origin Realm.
• Chen Qingyu checked in at Heaven-Reaching Sword Gorge and gained greatly improved mastery of the True Dharma of Commanding and Controlling All Lightning, including multiple lightning divine abilities.
• Over the following days, Chen Qingyu enhanced his Ancestral Shaman Qiangliang physique, learned more lightning divine abilities, and strengthened his control over the Nine Hells Heavenly Punishment Sword's sword soul.
• After eight days, Chen Qingyu and Wu Su'e prepared for the final day, when the Saint King's inheritance would soon be revealed.

As the Heavenly Sword Saint King's sword intent dissipated, his inheritance appeared on Heavenly Sword Mountain, igniting a desperate rush among the gathered Venerables. Just as the Liangshan Wang Clan and the Eighteen-Family Alliance charged for it, the white light swept across the summit and hurled everyone away.

• The Eighteen-Family Alliance closed the formation gate and its last members joined the summit as the gathered Venerables waited for the Saint King's afterimage.
• The Heavenly Sword Saint King's afterimage appeared, and its sword intent immersed many sword cultivators in sudden enlightenment.
• The Saint King revealed that an inheritance would emerge when his sword intent faded, and the Liangshan Wang Clan and the Eighteen-Family Alliance prepared to compete for it.
• Chen Qingyu grabbed Wu Su'e's wrist and said they should prepare to flee if the Heavenly Impulse Realm High Venerables fought.
• The Saint King's sword intent vanished and a white radiance appeared, prompting the Wang Clan triplets and the Alliance High Venerables to rush toward it.
• The white light surged across the summit and forcibly sent the Liangshan Wang Clan, the Eighteen-Family Alliance, and every other Venerable flying.

A sword formation appeared around the Heavenly Sword Saint King's legacy, forcing everyone to enter a trial that suppressed their cultivation and abilities. Chen Qingyu realized that they had to decipher the formation's sword intent to advance, and that the trial was designed to select the strongest sword Dao talent.

• A burst of white light swept everyone off the summit, then formed a faint sword formation around it.
• The Liangshan Wang Clan's three High Venerables tried to fly back onto the summit but fell, while the Eighteen-Family Alliance recognized that the formation was a trial for the legacy.
• The Wang Clan leader summoned the clan's disciples to enter the trial, and the other Venerables soon followed.
• Chen Qingyu took Wu Su'e onto the summit, where the sword formation suppressed their abilities and forced them to advance by deciphering sword intent.
• Chen Qingyu examined the formation and realized the Heavenly Sword Saint King intended to choose the person with the greatest sword Dao talent.

As the Venerables struggled against the Heavenly Sword Saint King's sword formation, the Liangshan Wang Clan seemed poised to claim the inheritance. Chen Qingyu then strode through the formation with ease, astonishing the crowd and drawing the Wang Clan's attention.

• The Venerables realized the formation tested sword talent and comprehension, leaving those who lacked sword cultivation unable to advance.
• The Wang Clan's triplet brothers and disciples pushed toward the inheritance, with Wang Pojun advancing faster than all but the three Heavenly Impulse Realm High Venerables.
• Wu Su'e despaired that she and Chen Qingyu could not compete, but Chen Qingyu said otherwise and released her hand.
• Chen Qingyu strode through the sword formation toward the inheritance without slowing, shocking Wu Su'e and the surrounding Venerables.
• Members of the Eighteen-Family Alliance recognized Chen Qingyu, and Zhang Tianjiu wondered whether he had concealed his swordsmanship during the Contesting Platforms.
• The commotion behind them alerted the Wang Clan members at the front as they struggled to advance.

Chen Qingyu used his Ancestral Witch of Lightning physique to bypass the sword intent and reach the Heavenly Sword Saint King's inheritance ahead of the others. He discovered it was an Inheritance Heavenly Crystal and reached to claim it as the gathered Venerables prepared to fight.

• The Wang Clan disciples and the Wang triplets were stunned as Chen Qingyu easily passed them, while Wang Pojun recognized him and stopped competing for the inheritance.
• Chen Qingyu revealed that his Ancestral Witch physique let him smash through the sword intent despite his lack of sword Dao knowledge.
• Chen Qingyu reached the center of the mountaintop and saw that the inheritance was a white Inheritance Heavenly Crystal, not the sword he had hoped for.
• Chen Qingyu reached for the crystal as the Wang triplets and the Eighteen-Family Alliance's High Venerables prepared to attack once the inheritance was claimed.

Chen Qingyu stopped before taking the Heavenly Sword Saint King's inheritance and offered it to the Liangshan Wang Clan in exchange for three conditions. The Wang Clan accepted his first condition and agreed to erase the century-old feud, while Chen Qingyu's third condition remained to be stated.

• Chen Qingyu decided the inheritance was not worth taking and offered it to the Liangshan Wang Clan in exchange for conditions.
• The Eighteen-Family Alliance tried to persuade Chen Qingyu to negotiate with them, but he refused.
• Chen Qingyu's first condition was a divine weapon flying sword once wielded by a powerful cultivator; the Wang Clan agreed he could select one from Sword Mountain.
• Chen Qingyu asked for the Chen and Wang Clans to wipe away their century-old grudge, and the Wang Clan agreed.
• Chen Qingyu had not yet revealed his third condition.

Chen Qingyu secured the Wang Clan brothers’ agreement to end their century-old feud and make Wang Pojun the heir to the Heavenly Sword Saint King’s inheritance. When Wang Pojun struggled to cross the sword formation, Chen Qingyu ran to him, lifted him onto his shoulder, and carried him toward the inheritance.

• Chen Qingyu asked whether the three Wang brothers could decide for the whole clan, and the eldest explained the inheritance’s importance and their inability to contact the clan while the Supreme Void Dao Realm was closed.
• Chen Qingyu said he trusted the brothers and made Wang Pojun his final condition for handing over the inheritance.
• The three brothers agreed, and the eldest promised Wang Pojun would become the Wang Clan’s next Dao Son if he inherited the legacy.
• Wang Pojun thanked Chen Qingyu and tried to approach the inheritance, but the sword formation slowed him to a crawl.
• Chen Qingyu ran through the formation, hoisted Wang Pojun onto his shoulder, and carried him toward the summit’s center.

Chen Qingyu helped Wang Pojun claim the Heavenly Sword Saint King's inheritance, then fled with him as the sword formation vanished and powerful venerables attacked. Their escape led them into a strange darkness that began swallowing everyone on Heavenly Sword Mountain.

• Chen Qingyu carried Wang Pojun through the Saint King's trial and brought him to the Inheritance Heavenly Crystal.
• Wang Pojun touched the crystal, becoming its inheritor as the summit's sword formation and suppression disappeared.
• The Eighteen-Family Alliance and other Heavenly Impulse Realm high venerables attacked, while the Wang brothers rushed to protect Wang Pojun.
• Chen Qingyu used the Heavenly Lightning Escape Technique to join the Wang brothers and help them break through the alliance's formation.
• The group found pitch-black space beyond Heavenly Sword Mountain, where a vast suction pulled in the thousands of venerables, including the attackers.