Chapter Summaries

A wine-gourd youth from Ximu Peak fought Xiao Ni of the Purple Firmament Palace but lost after Xiao Ni revealed an eye technique that raised his cultivation to the Thearch Realm Third Layer. As Xiao Ni called for another challenger, someone from the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect stepped forward.

• Cao Zhengyang and the gathered disciples were shocked to learn that the wine-gourd youth from Ximu Peak had become strong enough to match a prodigy.
• Lang Ping and the other registered disciples praised the youth’s strength but criticized his flashy, wasteful fighting.
• Xiao Ni opened a third eye and used its secret technique to raise his cultivation to the Thearch Realm Third Layer, then defeated the wine-gourd youth in one exchange.
• The wine-gourd youth returned to Ximu Peak and apologized, while Lang Ping and the others comforted him and explained why his loss was understandable.
• A Purple Firmament Palace elder boasted that Chunyang would be welcomed into their sect, and Xiao Ni challenged the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect to send another fighter.
• An unidentified voice from the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect’s crowd answered Xiao Ni’s challenge.

Xiao Ni defeated a second Ximu Peak disciple in the inheritance contest, but the disciple’s strength and Sword Intent left the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect stunned. Just as Xiao Ni prepared to face another challenger, three more powerful Registered Disciples stepped forward together, leaving him overwhelmed.

• A fourth-layer Sword Intent disciple from Ximu Peak challenged Xiao Ni, surprising both sects with his strength.
• Xiao Ni fought at full strength and knocked the disciple out of the formation, while the young man accepted the loss calmly and trusted Senior Brother Lang Ping to hold the line.
• Xiao Ni grew confident and called for another opponent as the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect feared Ximu Peak had no more prodigies.
• The last three Registered Disciples from Ximu Peak stepped forward together and revealed strength no weaker than the previous two.
• Xiao Ni was left stunned by the five powerful Ximu Peak disciples and wondered how he was supposed to fight them.

Qiao An fought Xiao Ni in the final match after giving him time to recover, then defeated him with a lethal sword strike. The Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect moved forward as the Purple Firmament Palace’s nine-match winning streak ended, and Qiao An declared his victory to Lang Ping.

• Qiao An offered Xiao Ni time to recover before they fought, and Xiao Ni used the opportunity to regain most of his spiritual power.
• Xiao Ni launched his ultimate technique and Secret Method, meeting Qiao An’s sword attack with fierce Sword Intent.
• Qiao An drove his sword toward Xiao Ni’s throat, and the two fighters crossed before Xiao Ni fell to the ground alive.
• The Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect advanced one step as the gathering fell silent and the Purple Firmament Palace’s winning streak ended.
• Qiao An sheathed his sword, turned to Lang Ping, and said, “I won.”

The Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect won the ninth match, but the Purple Firmament Palace prepared to send out a powerful Peak Great Emperor who could decide the inheritance contest. As the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect hesitated over who would face him, Senior Brother Stone unexpectedly entered the formation.

• Qiao An defeated Xiao Ni, giving the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect a crucial victory.
• Cao Zhengyang was baffled by Ximu Peak's unexpected strength, while the Purple Firmament Palace's elder insisted that his sect would still claim the inheritance.
• The disciples recognized the Purple Firmament Palace's formidable Peak Great Emperor as the likely next opponent and feared they could not defeat him.
• Qiao An left the formation, and the Purple Firmament Palace's disciples mocked the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect as they waited for someone to step forward.
• Senior Brother Stone entered the formation, startling the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect's disciples.

Lang Ping entered the formation to face a Purple Firmament Palace disciple, surprising the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect with his hidden strength. After his opponent unleashed Postnatal purple Qi and attacked, Lang Ping moved to meet him, leaving the onlookers stunned by their clash.

• Lang Ping ignored the Longevity Star Peak disciples’ insults and entered the formation, while Cao Zhengyang allowed him to try.
• The Purple Firmament Palace disciple recognized that Lang Ping had concealed his Sword Intent and entered the formation to face him.
• The disciple drew his sword and summoned Postnatal purple Qi, alarming Cao Zhengyang and the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect disciples.
• Lang Ping remained steady under the pressure and drew his greatsword.
• The Purple Firmament Palace disciple sent purple flames at Lang Ping, who suddenly vanished and met the attack with a ringing clash that left the crowd astonished.

Lang Ping stunned the spectators by matching a gifted Purple Firmament Palace swordsman, despite having once been dismissed as a good-for-nothing. The duel remained unresolved as the disciples who had looked down on Lang Ping began to fear his strength.

• The Purple Firmament Palace swordsman charged Lang Ping with a dragon of lightning and fire, but Lang Ping met the attack with mountain-like Sword Qi.
• Lang Ping and the Purple Firmament Palace swordsman clashed evenly, leaving spectators amazed that Lang Ping could keep pace with such a prodigy.
• Cao Zhengyang asked Cao Chun who Lang Ping was, and she recalled that Longevity Star Peak had rejected him as a good-for-nothing before he was sent to Ximu Peak.
• Longevity Star Peak's disciples recognized Lang Ping as the person they had called Senior Brother Stone and struggled to reconcile his strength with their memories of him.
• Lang Ping's former tormentors remembered how they had treated him and began worrying that he might take revenge.

Lang Ping defeated Purple Firmament Palace’s strongest challenger, securing victory for the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect and revealing how much he had changed under his master’s guidance. After Purple Firmament Palace conceded and handed over the wager, Chunyang refused her compensation and directed the spoils to Lang Ping, leaving another elder to ask Cao Zhengyang whether Lang Ping was a secret direct disciple.

• Lang Ping defeated the Purple Firmament Palace disciple, who admitted defeat and praised his skill.
• Cao Zhengyang and the others celebrated their unexpected victory as the Purple Firmament Palace elder conceded and led his people away.
• Cao Zhengyang inspected the storage ring from Purple Firmament Palace and found that its treasures were mostly poor quality.
• Cao Zhengyang offered the ring to Chunyang as compensation, but she refused it and said the spoils should go to Lang Ping.
• Cao Zhengyang agreed to give the spoils to Lang Ping, and another elder asked whether he had secretly taken Lang Ping as a direct disciple.

After the Purple Firmament Palace group withdrew, Ximu Peak’s disciples celebrated Lang Ping’s victory and mocked the Longevity Star Peak disciples who had mistreated him. Longevity Star Peak’s disciples refused to concede and insisted their absent eldest senior brother would defeat Lang Ping, leaving the rivalry unresolved.

• Cao Zhengyang realized that neither he nor his daughter knew how Ximu Peak had produced so many talented disciples, and decided to ask Lin Xuan after leaving the secret realm.
• Ximu Peak’s disciples taunted Longevity Star Peak over Lang Ping’s treatment and claimed the formation inheritance would ultimately pass to Chunyang, with Ximu Peak receiving the largest share of her payment.
• Longevity Star Peak’s disciples looked to Lang Ping for a response, but he ignored them completely.
• Longevity Star Peak’s disciples retorted that their eldest senior brother ranked among the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect’s top ten young fighters and would defeat Lang Ping.

Lang Ping remembered the mistreatment he had endured on Ximu Peak and looked forward to proving himself at the sect tournament. In the Heaven-Gazing Secret Realm, Feng Jingyu discovered a Sword Intent trial leading to the White Jade Capital and set her sights on claiming its top spot.

• Lang Ping stopped the boy with the wine gourd from arguing with the Longevity Star Peak disciples and reflected on how his Peak Master and Eldest Senior Brother had treated him.
• Lang Ping resolved to defeat Eldest Senior Brother and the others from his past at the sect tournament.
• Feng Jingyu killed an ambushing Demon Beast and realized the Spiritual Power near the White Jade Capital was suppressed.
• Feng Jingyu read the stele and learned that sword cultivators could solidify the white jade steps by proving their Sword Intent.
• Feng Jingyu saw Lin Xuan's name at the top of the stele and decided she would claim the White Jade Capital's top spot.

Feng Jingyu tested her Sword Intent against the White Jade Capital stele and rose to second place, but Lin Xuan remained firmly at the top. After viewing his residual Sword Intent, she was stunned by the gulf between his skill and hers and wondered who he was.

• Feng Jingyu first used a tenth of her strength on the stele, but her name appeared at the bottom with a blurry mark.
• She struck again with seventy percent of her strength and rose to the upper-middle ranks, then decided to use her full strength.
• Feng Jingyu's full-power strike made golden light blaze and white jade steps form as her name climbed past the other ranked swordsmen to second place beneath Lin Xuan.
• Feng Jingyu ignored the steps to the jade tower and connected her Divine Sense to Lin Xuan's name to view his residual Sword Intent.
• Lin Xuan's single casual sword strike overwhelmed Feng Jingyu's Divine Sense and shattered the vision, leaving her stunned by his extraordinary talent.

Luo Qingxue, the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect’s Holy Maiden, fled after powerful cultivators attacked her, killing the elders and deputy Peak Masters who helped her escape. As her secret drug wore off, a Great Saint caught up and immobilized her, leaving her facing death.

• Luo Qingxue recalled how a Secret Method awakened her bloodline and constitution, making her the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect’s Holy Maiden and a target for rival factions.
• Luo Qingxue came to Heaven-Gazing Ridge because the struggling Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect needed her to help defend its place among the four great sects.
• Luo Qingxue escaped an enemy ambush with the help of several elders and deputy Peak Masters, who died covering her flight.
• Luo Qingxue fled while wounded and using a secret drug to suppress her injuries, but two Great Saints continued pursuing her.
• Luo Qingxue’s drug wore off, and a Great Saint’s technique immobilized her as a pursuer declared that she would not live to become a Great Saint.

Luo Qingxue was cornered by Nalan Ying, another Great Saint, and their allies after the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect's defenders were killed. Just as the male Great Saint moved to kill her, an unknown white-robed swordsman arrived, severed his arm, and stood between Luo Qingxue and her pursuers.

• Nalan Ying and the pursuing experts caught up with Luo Qingxue, leaving her alone and surrounded.
• The male Great Saint sealed space, interrupted Luo Qingxue's attempt to use her secret method, and prepared a killing strike.
• A distant Sword Qi struck the male Great Saint and severed his arm, forcing him to retreat from Luo Qingxue.
• A white-robed swordsman appeared in front of Luo Qingxue, caught his returning sword, and faced the assembled experts.

Lin Xuan appeared to rescue Luo Qingxue, cutting through Lü Meng’s Great Saint Secret Method and revealing his powerful Sword Intent. As Nalan Ying and Lü Meng attacked him together with their strongest Divine Abilities, Luo Qingxue feared that even he might not withstand two Great Saints.

• Lin Xuan’s sword severed Lü Meng’s arm and broke his sealed-space Secret Method, easing the pressure on Luo Qingxue.
• Nalan Ying demanded Lin Xuan’s identity, but he refused to tell her and said he intervened because he could not stand seeing two Great Saints bully a junior.
• Nalan Ying ordered Lü Meng to attack Lin Xuan, and Lü Meng agreed, confident they could overwhelm him together.
• Nalan Ying unleashed the Purple Firmament Nine Thunder Instruction while Lü Meng summoned saber light infused with Immortal Qi, forcing the onlookers to retreat.
• Luo Qingxue watched the two Great Saints’ attacks and feared Lin Xuan would be defeated and she would die.

Lin Xuan revealed a fully developed sword domain and overwhelmed the two Great Saints with its terrifying presence. As Nalan Ying and the other Great Saint spent their blood and exposed a sinister infant-like heart to strengthen their attacks, they prepared to kill everyone before them.

• Lin Xuan unfolded his sword domain and combined it with his sword formation, shocking Nalan Ying, the other Great Saint, and the watching crowd.
• Sword cultivators within three thousand li sensed Lin Xuan’s presence, including an old man on a donkey and a red-dressed woman who decided to avoid the area.
• Nalan Ying and the other Great Saint realized they could not retreat and resolved to use every trump card they had against Lin Xuan.
• Nalan Ying forced out her heart’s blood to strengthen her purple mist, while the other Great Saint stabbed his chest and revealed an infant-like being with pitch-black eyes inside.
• The other Great Saint unleashed a powerful Divine Sense and declared that everyone would die.

Lin Xuan killed two Great Saints and the fleeing disciples of the four sects who had ambushed the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect. He left Luo Qingxue alive and departed before her sect arrived, whose members discovered the corpses and recognized Nalan Ying and Lü Meng.

• Lin Xuan killed Nalan Ying and Lü Meng with a single sword strike, shocking everyone present.
• When Nalan Ying's eldest disciple urged the others to run, Lin Xuan killed all the fleeing disciples from the four sects with another sword strike.
• Lin Xuan told Luo Qingxue they would meet again, then left to search the secret realm for soul-healing pills and spirit medicines.
• The Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect's sect master and cultivators arrived, relieved to find Luo Qingxue alive.
• Qi Zhengliu recognized the bodies of Nalan Ying and Lü Meng among the corpses around Luo Qingxue.

Qi Zhengliu discovered that Lü Meng and Nalan Ying had been killed and learned from Luo Qingxue that a white-robed swordsman had slain them. He could not locate the mysterious senior, so he took Luo Qingxue to Heaven-Gazing Ridge as it opened.

• Qi Zhengliu found Lü Meng and Nalan Ying dead and realized the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect’s elders were likely also gone.
• Qi Zhengliu asked Luo Qingxue whether she had killed the two Great Saints, and she said a white-robed senior had done it with one sword strike.
• Luo Qingxue described the senior’s Sword Domain and explained that he had cleared the battlefield with another strike before leaving.
• Qi Zhengliu asked where the senior had gone so he could thank him, but Luo Qingxue said she did not know.
• Qi Zhengliu accepted that he could not form a connection with the senior and took Luo Qingxue to Heaven-Gazing Ridge.

Lin Xuan followed clues from a collection of protected childhood toys and broken relics toward Heaven-Gazing Ridge, suspecting the Heaven-Gazing Domain Lord might still be alive. On the way, he found a young woman he had seen before fighting seven Saint Realm cultivators over the Scarlet Fire Spirit Pearl.

• Lin Xuan studied a broken bronze fragment whose trembling pointed toward Heaven-Gazing Ridge and wondered whether it had belonged to the Heaven-Gazing Domain Lord.
• Lin Xuan recalled other carefully preserved toys and relics he had found, and suspected the Domain Lord might have left behind a remnant soul inside Heaven-Gazing Ridge.
• Lin Xuan decided to follow the little sword's direction toward Heaven-Gazing Ridge and continued traveling.
• Lin Xuan heard fighting and recognized a young woman he had seen at several treasure sites, who was holding her own against seven attackers.
• One of the attackers demanded that the young woman hand over the Scarlet Fire Spirit Pearl and threatened her with the arrival of his sect's experts.

Liu Rumei fought off prodigies from three major sects in the Heaven-Gazing Domain as they tried to seize her Scarlet Fire Spirit Pearl. Lin Xuan learned she was a powerful young mistress from the Great Wilderness Realm, traveling to settle a three-year agreement with her former fiancé, Ye Hao.

• Prodigies from the Azure Soaring Daoist Sect, Purple Firmament Palace, and another sect surrounded Liu Rumei and attacked her for the Scarlet Fire Spirit Pearl.
• Liu Rumei refused to surrender the pearl and answered the attackers with a powerful sword strike.
• Lin Xuan examined Liu Rumei and discovered she was the only daughter of the Liu Household's head and a fourth-level Saint Realm prodigy.
• Liu Rumei recalled that Ye Hao's cultivation had regressed and his temper had led her to ask the Ye Household to end their engagement.
• Ye Hao rejected the compensation and made a three-year agreement with Liu Rumei to settle victory and defeat when they were both twenty.

Liu Rumei fought seven Saint Realm cultivators while pursuing the Heaven-Gazing Domain Lord’s inheritance, hoping to strengthen herself for her three-year challenge against Ye Hao. When Elder Li of the Heaven-Viewing Saint Sect offered her the Scarlet Fire Spirit Pearl and the holy maiden position in exchange for joining, Liu Rumei rejected her with an insult.

• Liu Rumei recalled Ye Hao’s rapid rise and resolved to defeat him in their three-year challenge rather than renew their engagement.
• Liu Rumei entered the Heaven-Gazing Secret Realm to seek the Heaven-Gazing Domain Lord’s inheritance, despite lacking a Heaven-Gazing Token.
• Liu Rumei overpowered seven Saint Realm cultivators who demanded that she surrender the Scarlet Fire Spirit Pearl.
• Elder Li arrived and offered Liu Rumei the pearl and the holy maiden position if she joined the Heaven-Viewing Saint Sect.
• Liu Rumei mocked the Heaven-Viewing Saint Sect as usurpers of the former Heaven-Gazing Sacred Sect’s glory and asked whether they were worthy.

Liu Rumei refused Elder Li’s offer to join the Heaven-Viewing Saint Sect and stood her ground when Elder Li attacked her for the Scarlet Fire Spirit Pearl. She blocked one blow with her Liu Household Secret Technique, but it weakened her, and Elder Li sealed off her attempt to escape.

• Liu Rumei rejected Elder Li’s invitation, declaring she would not give up the Scarlet Fire Spirit Pearl even against a Great Saint.
• Elder Li unleashed a giant palm at Liu Rumei while onlookers mocked her refusal.
• Liu Rumei used the Liu Household Secret Technique to summon a silver fox whose tails blocked Elder Li’s attack.
• Liu Rumei weakened and spat blood, realizing she could not contend with Elder Li even at a higher Saint Realm.
• Elder Li saw Liu Rumei prepare to flee and used a sealing technique to stop her.