Chapter Summaries

The Black River Water Manor held Heiming Gu Du captive for a scheme involving Great Li Mountain, while the Black Jade Flood Dragon King ordered Bai Wujiu to keep Gu Du’s family reassured and delay any response. At the Jade Spring Sect, Chen Shuangbai and Heiming Xuanzhao suspected the manor’s letter was misleading, but the sect’s predicament left them unable to intervene directly.

• The Black Jade Flood Dragon King told Bai Wujiu that the manor needed Heiming Gu Du for its scheme at Great Li Mountain and ordered him to send a reassuring letter to Gu Du’s family.
• Bai Wujiu visited his younger sister Bai Suqing, warned her to be cautious around the king, and discussed their nephew Zhixing’s prospects in the water manor’s army.
• Chen Shuangbai examined the water manor’s flying letter and summoned Heiming Xuanzhao to investigate it.
• Heiming Xuanzhao used the Dark Crow Tribe’s Secret Method but found no hidden message, while agreeing that the manor’s offer to make Gu Du a son-in-law seemed suspicious.
• Chen Shuangbai and Heiming Xuanzhao concluded that Gu Du seemed safe for now, but the Jade Spring Sect could not spare anyone to confront the Black River Water Manor.

Chen Shuangbai sent a letter and gifts to the Black River Water Manor to keep Heiming Gu Du safe while the war against the Holy Origin Alliance worsened. More than two years later, Yi Chongyue delivered a newly refined Sun Yi Golden Core Pill and urged that it reach Chen Shuangbai without delay.

• Chen Shuangbai arranged for the Jade Spring Sect to congratulate the Black Jade Flood Dragon King and send cultivation resources, after learning that Heiming Gu Du was being held but remained alive.
• The Holy Origin Alliance reinforced its Ning Country campaign with two Nascent Soul True Lords, forcing True Lord Qingyu to abandon Hengzhang City and retreat to Ling Province’s defenses.
• Ding Chengyu reviewed the heavy casualties and strained supplies at Azure Dragon Mountain, then ordered work on three formation-node cities to accelerate.
• A powerful fluctuation and medicinal fragrance announced that a third-tier pill had emerged from the furnace.
• Yi Chongyue arrived exhausted with the completed pill and told Ding Chengyu to deliver it to Chen Shuangbai at once.

Chen Shuangbai refined the Sun Yi Golden Core Pill and the Essence of the Moon beside the Dew Radiance Pool, completing all twelve Moon Lord Divine Manifestations and using Great Yin radiance to refine his treasures. After a vision of a celestial jade pool, he awoke to find a transformed sword before him and recognized it as the Zhengguang Jielin Jade Pool Flying Immortal Sword.

• Chen Shuangbai swallowed the Sun Yi Golden Core Pill and used its yang nature to supplement his Lunar Rites Golden Core.
• Changming brought Chen Shuangbai the accumulated Essence of the Moon, which he used to condense his final four Moon Lord Divine Manifestations.
• The twelve Moon Lord Divine Manifestations summoned Great Yin radiance, which refined the Great Yin Precious Mirror and washed over Foot-Long Silk.
• Chen Shuangbai’s soul ascended through the Great Yin radiance and witnessed jade palaces, an immortal cassia tree, and a glowing pool.
• Chen Shuangbai awoke to find a golden-white flying sword over his lap and identified it as the Zhengguang Jielin Jade Pool Flying Immortal Sword.

Chen Shuangbai returned to the Jade Spring Sect amid golden radiance, and Ding Chengyu recognized him as the Dao Child. Meanwhile, the Holy Origin Alliance attacked Azure Dragon Mountain, where the outnumbered Vast Waves Alliance forces faced a blazing sword formation.

• Ding Chengyu processed the Jade Spring Sect’s affairs after fifteen years of managing them without rest.
• Golden-white radiance filled the Jade Spring Sect, and the disciples’ swords rose and bowed as Chen Shuangbai appeared in pine-frost robes.
• Ding Chengyu recognized Chen Shuangbai and greeted him as the Dao Child.
• The Holy Origin Alliance launched another assault on Azure Dragon Mountain with demonic troops and hill-sized venomous insects.
• The Vast Waves Alliance’s formations shielded the seven peaks, while True Person Heguang ordered the Parting Hate Gate disciples to form a great scarlet sword formation.

Azure Dragon Mountain’s defenders struggled to hold back the Holy Origin Alliance as its Golden Core cultivators battered their formations. Chen Shuangbai suddenly arrived, destroyed the enemy’s sword formation, and shocked the alliance by revealing late Golden Core strength.

• Fu Qianlan, the Mystic Sea Avatar, Shi Yubai, and the Turbid Wave Pavilion cultivators struggled to maintain the [Vast Waves Sea-Shaking Great Formation] against the Holy Origin Alliance’s attacks.
• True Person Heguang urged High Person Purple Robe to attack, and she led Zhang Jing, Pei Ying, and other cultivators in assaulting Azure Dragon Mountain’s defenses.
• Chen Shuangbai burst from Azure Dragon Mountain and shattered the Parting Hate Gate’s [Li Fire Blazing Light Great Scarlet Sword Formation], killing the disciples maintaining it.
• True Person Heguang attacked Chen Shuangbai with a hand of Law Power, but Chen Shuangbai destroyed it with one sword strike.
• High Person Purple Robe and the other Golden Core cultivators realized that Chen Shuangbai had reached the late Golden Core stage while still in his early sixties.

Chen Shuangbai arrived at Azure Dragon Mountain and faced eleven Golden Core cultivators of the Holy Origin Alliance, who trapped him with a mirror formation. He revealed Sword Intent, shattered the formation, and began killing the enemy cultivators, leaving ten before him.

• Chen Shuangbai arrived at Azure Dragon Mountain, easing the pressure on its defenders and reassuring Fu Qianlan that the mountain would hold.
• High Person Purple Robe and ten other Golden Core cultivators attacked Chen Shuangbai, but he evaded them and severed a cultivator's arm.
• High Person Purple Robe and her allies used three treasured mirrors to form a trap that disrupted Chen Shuangbai's concealment.
• Chen Shuangbai declared he had no intention of fleeing and unleashed sixteen tassel sword lights, revealing his Sword Intent and shattering the mirror formation.
• True Person Wu Ling fled, while Chen Shuangbai killed a middle Golden Core stage True Person and turned toward the ten survivors.

Chen Shuangbai overwhelmed the Holy Origin Alliance’s Golden Core cultivators with his sword intent, killing them all in the battle. The witnesses watched as the Far-Reaching Luminous Sword Immortal’s name shook north and south.

• Four demon cultivators fled after Chen Shuangbai swiftly killed a middle Golden Core cultivator, leaving True Person Heguang and High Person Purple Robe to face him.
• True Person Heguang and the others attacked Chen Shuangbai with their treasured weapons and abilities, but his sword destroyed their attacks and killed four Golden Core cultivators.
• High Person Purple Robe recognized the gulf created by Chen Shuangbai’s sword intent and offered to serve Xuhong in exchange for her life.
• True Person Heguang asked whether Chen Shuangbai’s technique was sword intent, and Chen Shuangbai confirmed it before killing him and the survivors.
• All eleven Holy Origin Alliance Golden Core cultivators perished, and witnesses watched as the Far-Reaching Luminous Sword Immortal’s fame spread north and south.

The three Sword Alliance lords discussed the newly emerged Far-Reaching Luminous Sword Immortal, a Golden Core cultivator who had comprehended sword intent, and proposed inviting him to leave a mark on the sword stele. They decided to send Yuan Jun to meet him, hoping the encounter might help her attain sword intent too.

• Azure Cloud Sword Lord told Pure Heart Sword Lord and Zhu Ling Sword Immortal that the sword Dao had gained a new practitioner with sword intent.
• Pure Heart Sword Lord proposed inviting Far-Reaching Luminous Sword Immortal to leave sword intent on the sword stele, and Zhu Ling Sword Immortal agreed.
• Zhu Ling Sword Immortal suggested asking whether Far-Reaching Luminous Sword Immortal would accept the invitation and escorting him by sea if he agreed.
• Azure Cloud Sword Lord asked where Yuan Jun was and proposed sending her to meet Far-Reaching Luminous Sword Immortal so she might learn from him.

After the Holy Origin Alliance lost eleven Golden Core cultivators at Azure Dragon Mountain, True Lord Youluo warned against attacking the Jade Spring Sect and proposed luring Xuhong away by exploiting the Sword Alliance’s interest in his Sword Intent. His plan was interrupted by the arrival of a mysterious black-robed cultivator he had invited to help counter Xuhong.

• The Holy Origin Alliance’s leaders gathered at Profound Nether Palace to discuss the loss of eleven Golden Core cultivators at Azure Dragon Mountain.
• True Lord Liudu urged True Lord Xuetu to send five Nascent Soul cultivators to attack the Jade Spring Sect and kill Xuhong.
• True Lord Youluo warned that an assault could fall into the Vast Waves Alliance’s ambush and expose them to True Lord Qingchen’s unknown strength.
• True Lord Youluo recalled that the Sword Alliance might invite Xuhong to leave his mark on the Sword Stele, then suggested creating an opportunity for him to travel to the Li Kingdom.
• A black-robed cultivator entered the hall, and True Lord Youluo revealed that he had invited the stranger to help deal with Xuhong’s Sword Intent.

Chen Shuangbai crossed the second and third fronts, using his Sword Intent to turn battles against the Holy Origin Alliance and earn acclaim as the Far-Reaching Luminous Sword Immortal. At Jade Spirit Peak, he declined the Sword Alliance’s invitation to leave his Sword Intent on an ancient stele so he could remain with the war, and Old Man Fish Pillow offered him another opportunity.

• Ding Chengyu and his attendant praised Chen Shuangbai’s breakthrough and his victory at Azure Dragon Mountain as reports of his fame spread.
• Chen Shuangbai joined the second front in West Kingdom, defeated the Holy Origin Alliance’s Golden Core cultivators, and helped the Vast Waves Alliance recover lost territory.
• Chen Shuangbai joined the third front in Qian Kingdom, routed three Golden Core opponents, and helped the Flower Washing Sword Sect push the front forward after a Nascent Soul True Lord rescued them.
• Old Man Fish Pillow welcomed Chen Shuangbai at Jade Spirit Peak and discussed the Flower Washing Sword Sect’s sword cultivators and the Sword Alliance’s ancient stele.
• Chen Shuangbai said he would decline the invitation to leave his Sword Intent on the stele because he would not abandon the war, and Old Man Fish Pillow offered him a fortuitous opportunity.

Old Man Fish Pillow led Chen Shuangbai into Jade Spirit Cave to show him the Flower Washing Sword Sect’s ancient Treasure Kerchief tree and offered him the flower dew it would produce in three days. Chen Shuangbai accepted the value of the gift but wondered why Old Man Fish Pillow had shown him the sect’s treasure so openly when the Jade Spring Sect had kept the Jade Parasol Tree secret.

• Old Man Fish Pillow guided Chen Shuangbai through the Flower Washing Sword Sect’s grounds and into a hidden cavern behind a waterfall.
• Chen Shuangbai saw the Treasure Kerchief, a more than two-thousand-year-old tree that bloomed in seven colors and nurtured an extraordinary consciousness.
• Old Man Fish Pillow explained that the tree bloomed every three hundred years, adding a color each time, and that he had first seen it bloom when he was a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
• Old Man Fish Pillow said a drop of Treasure Kerchief Flower Dew would condense in three days and offered it to Chen Shuangbai for its benefits to Golden Core cultivators.
• Chen Shuangbai considered the dew’s ability to purge pill toxins, then questioned why Old Man Fish Pillow had shown him the tree when the Jade Spring Sect had concealed its own Jade Parasol Tree.

Old Man Fish Pillow invited Chen Shuangbai to cultivate beneath the Flower Washing Sword Sect’s Treasure Kerchief, where a patriarch’s sword intent could reappear. Liu Qinghe and Qu Heng arrived the next day to cultivate with him, and Chen Shuangbai asked whether they had come to discuss cultivation.

• Old Man Fish Pillow explained that the Treasure Kerchief sometimes replayed the scene of a sword-immortal patriarch practicing beneath it, potentially allowing disciples to witness his Sword Intent.
• Chen Shuangbai realized Old Man Fish Pillow had invited him to cultivate there and accepted the opportunity, hoping to repay the Flower Washing Sword Sect by guiding its disciples.
• Old Man Fish Pillow arranged for Liu Qinghe and Qu Heng to join Chen Shuangbai at the Treasure Kerchief after its flower dew had condensed.
• A Flower Washing Sword Sect disciple escorted Chen Shuangbai to the guest residence and excitedly celebrated having shown the famed sword immortal the way.
• Liu Qinghe and Qu Heng arrived the next day, and Chen Shuangbai welcomed them before asking if they had come to see him about cultivation.

Chen Shuangbai hosted Liu Qinghe and Qu Heng for tea, where they discussed Sword Intent and the shifting conflicts among the six alliances. Liu Qinghe and Qu Heng described tensions involving the Holy Origin Alliance, the Heavenly Star Alliance, the Orthodox Mystery Alliance, the Sword Alliance, and the Buddhist Alliance.

• Liu Qinghe and Qu Heng explained that they had come to study the founding master's Sword Intent traces and seek Chen Shuangbai's guidance.
• Chen Shuangbai, Liu Qinghe, and Qu Heng discussed how Chen's victories had forced the Holy Origin Alliance to surrender territory and consider abandoning White Deer Mountain.
• Liu Qinghe told Chen Shuangbai that the Orthodox Mystery Alliance had gained ground against the Heavenly Star Alliance, reportedly because the Arrayed Mystery Sect could combine Golden Core cultivators' strength to rival an early Nascent Soul cultivator.
• Qu Heng explained that the Compassionate Chan Way was causing trouble in the Yuan Kingdom and that the Sword Alliance was targeting the Lotus Temple over its deception of its faithful.
• Qu Heng said Zhu Ling Sword Immortal had denounced the Lotus Temple, worsening friction between the Sword Alliance and the Buddhist Alliance.

Chen Shuangbai helped the Flower Washing Twin Heroes study his Sword Intent before startling an intruder hiding within the Flower Washing Sword Sect. After the intruder escaped, Liu Qinghe brought Chen Shuangbai the Treasure Kerchief Flower Dew, and Chen Shuangbai swallowed it to cultivate.

• Chen Shuangbai demonstrated his Sword Intent to Liu Qinghe and Qu Heng and shared his insights into condensing it.
• Chen Shuangbai sensed an intruder, attacked with his Sword Intent, and found a scrap of a high-grade magical robe, but the intruder escaped.
• Liu Qinghe ordered Qu Heng to alert the elders, and the Flower Washing Sword Sect searched the mountain through the night.
• Qu Heng later told Chen Shuangbai that the intruder had most likely been targeting him rather than the treasure tree.
• Liu Qinghe brought Chen Shuangbai the Treasure Kerchief Flower Dew, and Chen Shuangbai swallowed it and began cultivating.

After completing his cultivation at the Flower Washing Sword Sect, Chen Shuangbai set out to visit the battlefronts but was ambushed and trapped by a black-robed sword hunter. The hunter attacked with the [Dark-Toothed Spirit-Devouring Black Banner], and Chen Shuangbai prepared to capture him.

• Chen Shuangbai expelled the pill toxins from his body and found that the [Treasure Kerchief Flower Dew] had advanced his Dharma body.
• Chen Shuangbai thanked Liu Qinghe and Qu Heng for seeing him off, and they praised him for helping them witness the patriarch's Sword Intent.
• Chen Shuangbai departed the Flower Washing Sword Sect and headed toward the battlefronts to look for a chance to help.
• A great black banner barred Chen Shuangbai's way and pulled him into the Dark-Toothed Dharma Realm.
• The black-robed young man revealed himself as the mysterious hunter who attacked sword cultivators capable of forming Sword Intent, and he demanded Chen Shuangbai release his Sword Intent.
• Chen Shuangbai said he would capture the hunter and make him reveal his secrets, prompting the hunter to attack with countless streams of black light.

Chen Shuangbai fought a black-robed youth wielding a demonic blood sword that devoured sword essence and spiritual light. After cutting the youth apart and destroying his abyssal maw, Chen Shuangbai faced the sword’s unleashed Blood Qi as it attacked him on its own.

• The black-robed youth drew a blood sword and attacked Chen Shuangbai with devouring sword essence.
• Chen Shuangbai broke free of threads binding him and struck the youth with his Zhengguang Jielin Jade Pool Flying Immortal Sword, but the blood sword restored the youth’s body.
• The youth summoned an abyssal maw that swallowed Chen Shuangbai’s Fallen Toad Light and Vast Cold Slaughtering Mystic Light.
• Chen Shuangbai’s golden-white sword intent tore apart the maw, and he cleaved away half the youth’s body and the blood sword.
• The blood sword unleashed streams of Blood Qi that reached for Chen Shuangbai after he used the Swaying Moon Sunken Cold Treasure Mirror to attack it.

Chen Shuangbai battled the black-robed young man, suppressing his bizarre blood sword with his sword intent and Vast Cold Slaughter Mystic Light while defending with his mystic pool and dharma body. The young man summoned the Heaven-Devouring Great Devil True Intention, but Chen Shuangbai interrupted his secret method with a slash; the man still managed to call, "Come!"

• Chen Shuangbai struck the blood sword with his sword intent and Vast Cold Slaughter Mystic Light, frosting its blade and weakening it.
• The black-robed young man restored his body with the great black banner, then attacked Chen Shuangbai with deathly pale radiance and tried to free his blood sword.
• Chen Shuangbai shattered the blood sword into pieces and unfolded his mystic pool law domain to block the young man and his attacks.
• The young man unleashed streams of black blood and suicidal humanoid shadows, forcing Chen Shuangbai to replace his law domain with his azure-water dharma body.
• The black-robed young man invoked the Heaven-Devouring Great Devil True Intention, but Chen Shuangbai interrupted him with a sword slash; the young man was cut apart and cried, "Come!"

Chen Shuangbai pursued the black-robed young man and repeatedly cut apart his body and defenses with Sword Intent. After the young man self-destructed and vanished, Chen Shuangbai suspected he could revive, but believed the Sword Intent on his remains would make each resurrection fail.

• Chen Shuangbai chased the black-robed young man toward the borders of the West Kingdom, using the Great Yin Precious Mirror to pin him down with Vast Cold Slaughtering Mystic Light.
• The black-robed young man used his great black banner and uncanny writhing blood sword to resist, but Chen Shuangbai’s Sword Intent split the banner and grievously damaged both him and the sword.
• Chen Shuangbai unleashed successive strands of Sword Intent, reducing the young man’s Dharma body to tiny fragments linked by blood filaments.
• The black-robed young man attempted to destroy Chen Shuangbai by self-destructing, leveling the surrounding landscape as Chen Shuangbai sheltered himself with his Dharma realm and immortal osmanthus phantom.
• Chen Shuangbai found no trace of the young man or his blood sword, but concluded that lingering Sword Intent would repeatedly destroy him if he tried to resurrect.

After returning to the Jade Spring Sect, Chen Shuangbai learned that the sect was struggling to balance repairs to its grand array with support for the wider alliance, so he arranged to expand its trade with the Jade Wave Immortal Market. Gao Hao agreed to bring other markets into the trade through his market, while warning Chen Shuangbai that the Sixteen Demon Caves and Flood Dragon Sea were stirring amid the inner seas’ unrest.

• Yi Chongyue was appalled by Chen Shuangbai’s account of the uncanny attacker, though he found the man’s abilities difficult to identify.
• Chen Shuangbai thanked Ding Chengyu for managing the sect and learned that repairs to Jing Kingdom’s array were only about halfway complete because the sect was also supporting Wu Country, Qian Kingdom, the alliance, and the Ning Country front.
• Chen Shuangbai asked Gao Linhai whether the Jade Wave Immortal Market could expand its trade with the Jade Spring Sect, and Gao Linhai contacted Gao Hao through a treasure mirror.
• Gao Hao told Chen Shuangbai that his clan had approved expanded trade and would send someone with the next caravan to discuss the details.
• Chen Shuangbai proposed bringing other immortal markets into the trade, with the Jade Wave Immortal Market remaining the intermediary, and Gao Hao agreed.
• Gao Hao warned Chen Shuangbai that the Sixteen Demon Caves were contacting the inner seas and the Flood Dragon Sea was restless; Chen Shuangbai noted that the Crimson Fire Cave had already joined the Holy Origin Alliance.

Chen Shuangbai learned that seven demon caves were secretly contacting forces within the sea and began cultivating a binding Divine Ability while the Jade Spring Sect repaired its defenses. Yuan Jun Sword Lord arrived to invite him to leave his Sword Intent on the Sword Stele, but Chen Shuangbai declined.

• Gao Hao told Chen Shuangbai that seven demon caves were stirring and that little was known about the flood dragons; Ding Chengyu warned that the formation-node cities needed repairs sooner.
• Chen Shuangbai asked Gao Hao to investigate further, discussed Gao Yi’s circumstances with him, and then began cultivating the Heavenly River Line-Dangling Ao-Fishing Pavilion.
• Yuan Jun Sword Lord arrived at the Jade Spring Sect on behalf of the Sword Alliance and asked Chen Shuangbai to leave a strand of Sword Intent on the Sword Stele.
• Chen Shuangbai declined Yuan Jun Sword Lord’s invitation, and she pointed out that he would also be able to view the Sword Intent left by other Sword Immortals.