Chapter Summaries

Yang Zhen gained the Heaven-Extinguishing Finger and Nether Karma True Rune from Yin Slave Ye Lingyin, then escaped the Undying Clan’s sacred ground with his companions. After they left the Sealed Land, Yang Zhen learned that a peerless genius had challenged him at the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain, though he denied ever agreeing to fight.

• Yin Slave Ye Lingyin helped Yang Zhen comprehend the first finger of the Saint Law Heaven-Extinguishing Finger.
• Ye Lingyin marked Yang Zhen with a pattern and gave him the Nether Karma True Rune, which Elder Qian recognized.
• Ye Lingyin bowed to Black Puppet and disappeared, while Black Puppet roared at the group to leave the sacred ground.
• Elder Qian and the others hurried Yang Zhen out of the Undying Clan’s sacred ground, and a terrifying roar sounded after they reached safety.
• Yang Zhen told his companions he would bear the consequences of Ye Lingyin’s mark, then led them out of the Sealed Land.
• Yang Zhen learned that a peerless genius had challenged him at the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain and asked Miss Yourong which way it was.

Yang Zhen arrived at the Heavenly Snow Grand Gathering as rumors swirled about his supposed cowardice and Li Cangxu’s extraordinary talent. After mocking the rumors and praising himself, he left the crowd outraged by his claims about his own looks and popularity.

• Talk spread across North Isle that Li Cangxu, Yang Zhen, and Ji Yourong would contend at the Heavenly Snow Grand Gathering.
• Yang Zhen entered a teahouse and asked whether anyone there had actually met him.
• A young cultivator with a folding fan claimed he had fought Yang Zhen and described him as cowardly and weak.
• Yang Zhen pretended that he too had defeated Yang Zhen, then asked the crowd about Li Cangxu’s strength.
• Yang Zhen praised his own handsome appearance and appeal to young beauties, prompting the crowd to call his words absurd.

Yang Zhen, disguised as Yang Dianfeng, charmed Master Tie while they talked at a teahouse. Master Tie asked him to help reason with his grandchild, but the conversation was interrupted when she arrived.

• Yang Zhen told Master Tie that he had not paid constant attention to Yang Zhen, then flattered the old man until Master Tie warmed to him.
• Yang Zhen introduced himself as Yang Dianfeng, and Master Tie warned him not to praise Yang Zhen because he disliked the famous cultivator.
• Master Tie explained that his grandchild admired Yang Zhen so much that she would not let him criticize him and asked Yang Dianfeng to help talk sense into her.
• Yang Zhen revealed to himself that he had been secretly tracking Shameless Cat, who had been staying near the teahouse for two days.
• Yang Dianfeng and Master Tie exchanged tea and jokes until someone at the entrance called out to Grandpa that she had found out.

Yang Zhen met Master Tie’s granddaughter Luoluo and amused them both, while learning that she admired him and wanted him to make Li Cangxu call him Overlord Yang. The encounter was interrupted by the arrival of Fang Zhongjian from the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land.

• Yang Zhen accidentally sprayed tea across Master Tie when Luoluo charged upstairs, then wiped his face and joked with him.
• Yang Zhen mistook Luoluo for a boy, but Master Tie explained that she was his granddaughter and was named Luoluo.
• Yang Zhen recited a poem praising women, impressing Luoluo and prompting Master Tie to ask whether he understood literature.
• Luoluo guessed Yang Zhen was not the Yang Zhen she admired, then said the real Yang Zhen should take Shameless Cat to the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain and make Li Cangxu call him Overlord Yang.
• Master Tie and Luoluo reacted to Fang Zhongjian’s arrival, and Fang Zhongjian warned Luoluo to watch what she said.

Yang Zhen watched from disguise as Fang Zhongjian and Lu Tianwei confronted Master Tie and Luoluo over Zhongxu Mountain. Fang Zhongjian wounded Master Tie with the Wuque Sword, and Yang Zhen learned that the Great Deficiency Sword wanted to eat it.

• Yang Zhen hid his face under a conical hat when he recognized Lu Tianwei arriving with Fang Zhongjian.
• Lu Tianwei and Fang Zhongjian confronted Master Tie and Luoluo, and Luoluo taunted Lu Tianwei about Yang Zhen.
• Fang Zhongjian threatened to drive Master Tie and Luoluo from Zhongxu Mountain, prompting Master Tie to attack with his judge's brush.
• Lu Tianwei shielded Fang Zhongjian as he drew the Wuque Sword and broke Master Tie's judge's brush.
• The Wuque Sword's strange presence swept over Master Tie, and the Great Deficiency Sword told Yang Zhen that it wanted to eat the sword.

Fang Zhongjian and Lu Tianwei attacked Master Tie and Luoluo, but the Italian Cannon failed when Fang tried to fire it. Yang Zhen revealed himself as Lu Tianwei prepared to test the weapon again, while eyeing Fang's Wuque Sword and considering fusing it with the Great Deficiency Sword.

• Yang Zhen's Great Deficiency Sword reacted eagerly to Fang Zhongjian's Wuque Sword as Master Tie's Literary Talent Qi clashed with Fang's weapon.
• Lu Tianwei joined Fang in fighting Master Tie, and Luoluo charged at them to protect her grandfather.
• Fang aimed the Italian Cannon at Luoluo, but it only gave a tiny puff and failed to fire.
• Luoluo recognized the Italian Cannon as Yang Zhen's invention, and Fang accused Lu Tianwei of being fooled before threatening Master Tie and Luoluo.
• Lu Tianwei raised the cannon to test it again, but Yang Zhen stood up and called out to the two men while eyeing the Wuque Sword.

Yang Zhen knocked Fang Zhongjian unconscious, took the Wuque Sword, and began refining it with the Golden Lotus Heavenly Fire. The teahouse watched in disbelief as he attempted to turn it into the Great Deficiency Sword.

• Lu Tianwei recognized Yang Zhen as the person who had tampered with the Italian Cannon, but Fang Zhongjian attacked him before Lu Tianwei could explain.
• Yang Zhen vanished from Fang Zhongjian's sight, struck him unconscious with one slap, and took the Wuque Sword.
• Yang Zhen returned to his seat and brought out a mortal blacksmith's furnace while Lu Tianwei guarded Fang Zhongjian and Master Tie watched.
• Yang Zhen summoned the Golden Lotus Heavenly Fire and tossed the Wuque Sword onto the furnace to refine it into the Great Deficiency Sword.

Yang Zhen focused on reforging the Wuque Sword despite warnings that the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land would retaliate. When Master Tie explained that the sword’s ancient material might resist the fire, Yang Zhen brought out the Great Deficiency Sword and revealed an even more astonishing weapon.

• Yang Zhen began heating the Wuque Sword with Golden Lotus Heavenly Fire and dismissed Master Tie’s warning about offending the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land.
• Master Tie explained that the Wuque Sword had been refined for over ten thousand years in a land of extreme cold and might resist ordinary Golden Lotus Heavenly Fire.
• Yang Zhen placed the Great Deficiency Sword on the table and asked Master Tie how long it had been refined.
• Luoluo recognized the Great Deficiency Sword and confirmed her suspicion about Yang Zhen’s identity, though she did not say it aloud.
• Master Tie determined that the Great Deficiency Sword had been refined for at least ten thousand years, and Yang Zhen sent Star Literary Talent Qi toward the fire beneath the Wuque Sword.

Yang Zhen melted down the Wuque Sword and used its material to refine his Great Deficiency Sword, stunning the teahouse crowd with his unconventional methods. His hammering triggered powerful heavenly phenomena and the Heavenly Sound Grand Chant, while Master Tie realized Yang Zhen was at least a great grandmaster of weapon refinement.

• Yang Zhen fused Star Literary Talent Qi into the Golden Lotus Heavenly Fire and melted the Wuque Sword, triggering the divine soul imprint within it.
• Yang Zhen placed the Great Deficiency Sword on the smithing table and coated it with material from the melted Wuque Sword.
• Yang Zhen hammered the Great Deficiency Sword, unleashing golden light, surging Qi, thunder, and heavenly phenomena that drew people from across the city.
• Yang Zhen's hammering produced the Heavenly Sound Grand Chant, and Master Tie recognized that he was at least a great grandmaster of weapon refinement.
• Master Tie looked at Lu Tianwei with mockery as he considered how Lu Tianwei and Fang Zhongjian had offended Yang Zhen.

Yang Zhen forged the Great Deficiency Sword into a sacred weapon before a stunned crowd, while onlookers mistook him for a grandmaster’s disciple. Fang Zhongjian woke and demanded his missing Wuque Sword, only to find it gone.

• Master Tie laughed when he realized Fang Zhongjian and Lu Tianwei had offended a grandmaster artifact refiner, and Lu Tianwei questioned his luck in crossing Yang Zhen.
• Yang Zhen hammered the Great Deficiency Sword as violent celestial phenomena gathered over the teahouse.
• A cultivator identified Yang Zhen’s technique as the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique, and the crowd speculated that he was a grandmaster’s disciple.
• Yang Zhen’s final blow transformed the Great Deficiency Sword into a sacred weapon, whose seven-colored radiance and Taotie-shaped celestial phenomena astonished the crowd.
• Fang Zhongjian woke, shouted for his Wuque Sword, and discovered that it was missing.

Fang Zhongjian learned that Yang Dianfeng was Yang Zhen and attacked him over the destruction of Li Cangxu’s Wuque Sword. As Fang Zhongjian unleashed his Blood-Eyed Heavenly Ox, Yang Zhen lit a cigarette, and the Evil Shadow Black Taotie descended to meet it.

• Lu Tianwei told Fang Zhongjian that Yang Dianfeng was actually Yang Zhen, shocking the teahouse crowd.
• Yang Zhen challenged Fang Zhongjian and Lu Tianwei, while Lu Tianwei warned that Li Cangxu would seek revenge for the Wuque Sword.
• Fang Zhongjian denounced Lu Tianwei, then confronted Yang Zhen and summoned his Blood-Eyed Heavenly Ox.
• Fang Zhongjian sent the Blood-Eyed Heavenly Ox charging at Yang Zhen, who lit a homemade cigarette instead of attacking directly.
• The Evil Shadow Black Taotie burst through the teahouse roof and charged at the Blood-Eyed Heavenly Ox.

Yang Zhen’s Great Deficiency Sword gained a Saint Spirit and drove Fang Zhongjian to retreat, while a mysterious female enchantress arrived at the teahouse. Yang Zhen hurried away, leaving Master Tie and the enchantress to discuss the upheaval facing the world.

• The Evil Shadow Black Taotie overpowered Fang Zhongjian’s Blood-Eyed Heavenly Ox, merged into the Great Deficiency Sword, and revealed itself as a Saint Spirit.
• Fang Zhongjian challenged Yang Zhen to fight again at the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain, then paid the teahouse owner for the damage before leaving with Lu Tianwei.
• A Peak Mahayana Realm female enchantress arrived and teased Yang Zhen about his reputation for stinginess.
• Yang Zhen abruptly left on the Great Deficiency Sword, and the enchantress asked Master Tie whether he still objected to Yang Zhen.
• Master Tie said the ancient powers were emerging and he would not leave Zhongxu Mountain easily, while the enchantress worried that the coming age might bring disaster.

Master Tie and the enchantress reflected on Yang Zhen’s potential and their own uncertain future. Yang Zhen followed a dangerous signal to the Mountain and River Court, where he joined Guo Jing’s group while searching for Shameless Cat.

• Luoluo asked Master Tie whether Yang Zhen could unravel the secrets of heaven and earth, and Master Tie said living beings’ actions were futile before heaven and earth.
• The enchantress warned Master Tie not to get involved in too many things and pleaded with him not to waste the time she had left to wait for him; he promised Luoluo he would not die.
• Yang Zhen followed a dangerous mark from Shameless Cat to a vast ruin, where he could no longer sense the cat.
• Yang Zhen met Guo Jing and four companions, who explained that the ruins were the Mountain and River Court and invited him to travel with them.
• Yang Zhen described his childhood dream of roaming the world with a sword, then introduced himself as Yang Zhaxin, surprising Guo Jing and the others.

Yang Zhen learned that the Mountain and River Court ruins were a dangerous relic from the Ancient Continuum era, especially during black sandstorms, and continued searching for Shameless Cat there. The chapter ended as over a thousand cultivators from several factions, including Fang Zhongjian and Ji Yourong, rushed toward the ruins.

• Yang Zhen learned from Guo Jing that the Mountain and River Court was an ancient sect’s abandoned home in the Zhongxu Mountain Range.
• Guo Jing and the female cultivator explained that black sand was valuable but black sandstorms could kill even powerful cultivators.
• Yang Zhen resolved to search the ruins for Shameless Cat despite the danger.
• Yang Zhen noticed a huge crowd approaching, and Guo Jing and the others saw more than a thousand cultivators heading for the ruins.
• Fang Zhongjian led cultivators from the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land, while Ji Yourong led people from the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain.

Yang Zhen stayed with Feng Lingqiao after the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land ordered everyone to leave the Mountain and River Academy Ruins, where she sought black sand to treat her grandfather’s injuries. As they continued searching, Feng Lingqiao promised to protect Yang Zhen if the major sects attacked.

• Disciples of the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land ordered Yang Zhen, Guo Jing, Feng Lingqiao, and the others to leave the ruins.
• Guo Jing urged Feng Lingqiao to leave with them, but she refused because her grandfather urgently needed black sand.
• Guo Jing and the other four departed to look for black sand elsewhere, leaving Feng Lingqiao behind.
• Yang Zhen chose to stay with Feng Lingqiao and said he had come to find a friend, not to help her.
• Feng Lingqiao offered to hold off the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land and the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain so Yang Zhen could escape.

Yang Zhen persuaded Feng Lingqiao to keep living and invited her to help find the Shameless Cat, then followed a faint mark north while searching with his powerful Divine Sense. In the northern part of the Mountain and River Ruins, Fang Zhongjian and Lu Tianwei discussed whether Yang Zhen was nearby, while Senior Brother Qi offered to test him if they met.

• Yang Zhen urged Feng Lingqiao not to throw her life away, reminding her that her grandfather still needed her, and she reconsidered her desire to die.
• Feng Lingqiao explained that black sand could appear anywhere and agreed to accompany Yang Zhen toward the direction taken by the traitors.
• Yang Zhen followed the black mark in search of the Shameless Cat and expanded his search with Divine Sense, startling Feng Lingqiao with its strength.
• In the northern Mountain and River Ruins, Fang Zhongjian and Lu Tianwei wondered whether they had seen Yang Zhen, and Fang vowed to settle his grudge over Li Cangxu's Wuque Sword.
• Senior Brother Qi dismissed the rumors about Yang Zhen, then said he wanted to test him if he appeared; Fang Zhongjian agreed to stay out of the fight.

Yang Zhen followed a strange scent north through the Mountain and River Ruins, while Master Tie and Aunt Ya entered the ruins to confront the two great sects over the Mountains and Rivers Painting. Yang Zhen and Feng Lingqiao found them facing a huge crowd of Heavenly Spring Sacred Land and Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain disciples.

• Yang Zhen sensed a corpse-like scent coming from the north and headed toward it with Feng Lingqiao, suspecting it would lead him to Shameless Cat.
• Master Tie told Luoluo to wait three days before activating the ruins’ restrictions, and Aunt Ya joined him, promising to help break the seal.
• Aunt Ya told Luoluo to seek Yang Zhen’s help if they failed, and Master Tie revealed that the two sects coveted the Mountains and Rivers Painting.
• Master Tie and Aunt Ya set off together for the Mountain and River Ruins, accepting the danger of facing the sects side by side.
• Yang Zhen and Feng Lingqiao followed them and saw Master Tie and Aunt Ya land before a vast crowd that included Fang Zhongjian, Lu Tianwei, and Ji Yourong.

Yang Zhen watched Master Tie confront the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land and Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain over the Mountains and Rivers Painting. Master Tie revealed that it lay inside the sealed Mustard Seed World alongside a ten-thousand-year Dao Source Fruit, leaving the gathered sects stunned.

• Fang Zhongjian and Lu Tianwei demanded that Master Tie hand over the Mountains and Rivers Painting so they could enter the Mountain and River Court.
• Yang Zhen and Feng Lingqiao watched from hiding as Yang Zhen set out a table and fruit rather than worry about the confrontation.
• Senior Brother Qi urged the gathered cultivators to attack Master Tie and seize the painting, but Master Tie said it was not in his hands.
• Master Tie pointed to the mountain and explained that the Mountain and River Court was sealed inside a Mustard Seed World.
• Master Tie said breaking the seal would take a full day and revealed that the first layer held a ten-thousand-year Dao Source Fruit.

Master Tie opened the Mountain and River Court’s seal, revealing the small world and the treasures everyone sought. The cultivators rushed in, but Yang Zhen was stunned to see Shameless Cat inside, holding a black fruit.

• Fang Zhongjian and Lu Tianwei agreed to claim the Mountains and Rivers Painting and the Ten-Thousand-Year Dao Source Fruit before deciding how to divide them.
• Yang Zhen told Feng Lingqiao he planned to look for his good brother, and she agreed to wait for him.
• Master Tie used a judge’s brush to split the mountain and open the Mountain and River Court’s sealed small world.
• Fang Zhongjian accused Master Tie of deceiving them and led the cultivators in a charge toward him.
• The cultivators stopped when they saw Shameless Cat sitting in the small world with a black fruit, and Yang Zhen recognized him.

Yang Zhen rescued Shameless Cat after the cat was accused of eating all the Ten-Thousand-Year Dao Source Fruit. Shameless Cat insisted the fruit was treasure he had buried long ago, leaving Yang Zhen questioning its connection to the Mountain and River Court.

• The crowd discovered a fattened Shameless Cat inside the broken seal and accused him of eating all the Ten-Thousand-Year Dao Source Fruit.
• Fang Zhongjian and Lu Tianwei surrounded Shameless Cat and demanded to know about the fruit and the Mountains and Rivers Painting.
• Yang Zhen hid with Feng Lingqiao, then emerged from beneath Shameless Cat and dragged him underground as Fang Zhongjian attacked.
• Fang Zhongjian vowed to kill Yang Zhen, while the crowd hurried back to wait for Master Tie to continue breaking the seal.
• Yang Zhen reunited with Shameless Cat and questioned him about the fruit, but Shameless Cat claimed he had buried it himself long ago.