Chapter Summaries

Wu Fei and the Buddha Spirit Sect disciples arrived in Sword-Seeking City for the gathering of cultivation sects and Devil Cultivators. When Meiji attacked Wu Fei, a sudden sword strike drove her back and knocked off his bamboo hat.

• Kuzheng asked Wu Fei why Devil Cultivators had been invited to the gathering, and Wu Fei reminded him to mind his words and actions.
• Wu Fei caught a concealed weapon thrown at him in Sword-Seeking City and sent it flying back.
• Meiji descended from a restaurant and attacked Wu Fei, mocking him for hiding beneath his bamboo hat.
• Wu Fei’s Buddhist beads failed to stop Meiji’s red silk from cutting his arm and knocking off his hat.
• A streak of sword light struck Meiji and sent her crashing into a stone pillar.

Wu Fei, secretly Lu Wufei, arrived at the Heavenly Sword Sect with the Buddha Spirit Sect and recognized Jing Fanyu as the protagonist of the book he had entered. That night, Yin Fan interrogated Meiji, learned Devil Venerable Mingyu had ordered her attack, and killed her, while Wu Fei listened through a Sound-Listening Insect.

• Jing Fanyu gave Wu Fei a Blood-Staunching Pill after the Heavenly Sword Sect martial uncle wounded him while rescuing him from Meiji.
• Jing Fanyu escorted Wu Fei and the Buddha Spirit Sect disciples to their accommodations, and Wu Fei told them to stay in their rooms.
• Wu Fei revealed that he had transmigrated into a book and that Jing Fanyu was its protagonist.
• Yin Fan entered the Devil Suppression Prison and tortured Meiji until she named Devil Venerable Mingyu as the one who ordered the attack on Wu Fei.
• Yin Fan killed Meiji and thought about Wu Fei, while Wu Fei listened to the prison conversation through a Sound-Listening Insect he had planted on Meiji.

Wu Fei realized that Devil Venerable Yin Fan was watching him and confirmed that Yin Fan was unaffected by his perfected state of mind. After Yin Fan tested and marked him with dormant devilish energy, Wu Fei chose not to remove it so he would not reveal his true cultivation.

• Wu Fei sensed a presence in the Buddha Spirit Sect courtyard and called for the hidden visitor to reveal himself.
• Yin Fan emerged from black mist, and Wu Fei recognized him as the Mahayana-stage Devil Venerable who was also Senior Brother Jing of the Heavenly Sword Sect.
• Yin Fan grabbed Wu Fei's chin and questioned whether he feared him, but Wu Fei answered that he had no attachments and feared nothing.
• Yin Fan used devilish energy to cut Wu Fei's face and caught a drop of blood, saying he would remember the Buddha Spirit Sect disciple.
• After Yin Fan disappeared, Wu Fei found the devilish energy dormant beneath his skin and left it there to avoid suspicion about his Golden Core cultivation.

Wu Fei learned that the sect leaders were gathering at the Heavenly Sword Sect to open an ancient inheritance tomb, while keeping the secret from his fellow disciples. Jing Fanyu visited and befriended him, and Wu Fei gave him prayer beads that secretly served as a tracking device.

• Wu Fei reassured his fellow disciples about the scratches on his face and accepted scar-fading and appearance-preserving pills from Kushi.
• Wu Fei received a message from his master and told his fellow disciples that the master was inside the Heavenly Sword Sect, while withholding the tomb's full story.
• Wu Fei recalled that human, Devil, and Demon Cultivators would work together with an array master to unlock the inheritance tomb once the Demon Cultivators arrived.
• Jing Fanyu visited the Buddha Spirit Sect's party with gifts and asked Wu Fei to call him Junior Brother Jing.
• Wu Fei accepted Jing Fanyu's ice lotus heart tea and gave him handmade prayer beads that were actually a tracking device.

Wu Fei confronted Yin Fan, who revealed his identity as the Demon Venerable and questioned Wu Fei about his admiration for Jing Fanyu. Yin Fan flirted with Wu Fei, who calmly offered to let him take his face, prompting Yin Fan to ask whether Wu Fei was trying to please him.

• Wu Fei detected Yin Fan’s demonic qi and pretended to meditate while secretly watching him.
• Yin Fan appeared before Wu Fei and revealed that he was the Demon Venerable Yin Fan.
• Wu Fei asked why Yin Fan had visited repeatedly, but Yin Fan questioned whether Wu Fei admired Jing Fanyu.
• Yin Fan lifted Wu Fei’s chin and said he liked Wu Fei’s face.
• Wu Fei offered to let Yin Fan take his face, and Yin Fan asked whether Wu Fei was trying to please him.

Wu Fei and the other sect disciples were taken to a remote wilderness, where they learned that the sects had gathered to open a great inheritance tomb. After the array opened, cultivators discovered that only Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators could enter, and the Buddha Spirit Sect waited until most others had gone inside before following.

• Wu Fei convinced Yin Fan not to harm his face, and Yin Fan vanished after threatening to keep it intact.
• The sect leaders took their disciples to a remote mountain range, where Jingguan explained that they had gathered to enter a great inheritance tomb.
• Jingguan urged Wu Fei to observe the Mahayana Stage cultivators breaking the array, and Wu Fei entered a state of enlightenment as Jing Fanyu watched him.
• The Mahayana cultivators opened the array and discovered that only Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators could enter the tomb.
• The cultivators flew into the tomb, while the Buddha Spirit Sect waited until nearly everyone else had entered before setting out.

Jing Fanyu found Wu Fei at a Jade Blood Vine, and the two shared its fruit before traveling toward the inheritances. As darkness spread through the small world despite the lack of a sun or moon, both sensed that something was wrong.

• Jing Fanyu entered the small world alone and followed nearby demonic qi to Wu Fei, who had hidden the Demon Beast he had killed and the traces of the fight.
• Wu Fei invited Jing Fanyu to gather the Jade Blood Fruit with him, and they divided the fruit between them.
• Wu Fei pointed southeast, claiming he had a premonition, and Jing Fanyu agreed to travel with him in that direction.
• Wu Fei offered to give Jing Fanyu a new strand of prayer beads from the Buddha Spirit Sect after their business in the tomb was finished.
• As night fell and darkness spread across the small world, Wu Fei and Jing Fanyu both sensed that something was wrong.

Wu Fei and Jing Fanyu took shelter in a cave as strange energy corrupted the small world's spiritual qi, and Wu Fei protected Jing Fanyu before leaving to hunt Demon Beasts. He encountered Demon Venerable Yin Fan, who discovered that Wu Fei had concealed his cultivation, but Wu Fei calmly admitted it was no secret.

• Wu Fei and Jing Fanyu returned to a cave and settled in for the night as darkness fell across the small world.
• Strange energy entered the spiritual qi and injured Jing Fanyu, so Wu Fei gave him prayer beads and sealed the cave with a spiritual array.
• Wu Fei left to investigate and killed a Nascent Soul Late Stage Demon Beast, taking the Illusory Leaf Orchid it guarded.
• Demon Venerable Yin Fan appeared beside the Demon Beast's corpse and accused Wu Fei of hiding his cultivation.
• Wu Fei asked how Yin Fan entered the inheritance tomb, then said that concealing his cultivation had been necessary and was no secret.

Wu Fei and Yin Fan killed a black flood dragon that had broken through the small world's restrictions, but the clash shattered Yin Fan’s mask. After Yin Fan covered his face with a replacement, Wu Fei offered him prayer beads as thanks, and Yin Fan hinted that he wanted something else from the Buddha Spirit Sect.

• Wu Fei and Yin Fan found the Hundred Summer Seven-Heart Lotus in a lake guarded by a black flood dragon.
• Wu Fei discovered that one lotus bud was missing and realized the dragon had eaten it and advanced to the spirit transformation stage.
• Wu Fei and Yin Fan attacked the dragon with their bonded Spirit Artifacts and killed it, but the impact sent them crashing onto shore and cracked Yin Fan’s mask.
• Wu Fei urged Yin Fan to put on a replacement mask before he could see the Demon Venerable’s face.
• Wu Fei returned his bonded Spirit Artifact to his Dantian and recognized Yin Fan’s Blazing Cold Sword when it landed in his hand.
• Wu Fei offered Yin Fan a string of handmade prayer beads as thanks, but Yin Fan said the Buddha Spirit Sect had something that caught his eye.

Wu Fei and Jing Fanyu traveled through the inheritance tomb, where dangerous ghost Qi emerged after dark, and prepared to spend the night in a spirit treasure house. Wu Fei asked Jing Fanyu to keep watch as he began undressing beside a waterfall pool.

• Yin Fan touched Wu Fei's face, professed his interest in the Buddhist disciple, and left after warning him not to forget the prayer beads.
• Wu Fei collected the black flood dragon's corpse and the Hundred Summer Seven-Heart Lotus, then told Jing Fanyu that the Spiritual Qi had contained an aura harmful to cultivation.
• Wu Fei recalled that ghost Qi would emerge at night and damage cultivators who absorbed it, while Jing Fanyu's Myriad Spirits Body could suppress its effects.
• Wu Fei and Jing Fanyu killed a Red-Patterned Spotted Python and collected the spirit herb it had guarded.
• Jing Fanyu brought out a wooden house spirit treasure, and Wu Fei set up spiritual arrays around it for the night.
• Wu Fei led Jing Fanyu to a waterfall, asked him to watch the surroundings, and began removing his robes and prayer beads.

Wu Fei recognized the blooming Spirit Plant as a Seven Emotions Flower and sealed its fragrance before it could overwhelm Jing Fanyu. He helped Jing Fanyu purge its effects in the pool, where talk of Heavenly Clear City stirred painful memories for Jing Fanyu, and Wu Fei invited him to visit the Buddha Spirit Sect's Cleansing Pool.

• Wu Fei and Jing Fanyu watched the unknown Spirit Plant bloom at night and release an alluring fragrance.
• Wu Fei recognized it as a Seven Emotions Flower, sealed it in a Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Jade box, and saw that Jing Fanyu had already been affected.
• Wu Fei pulled Jing Fanyu into the pool and used his Exquisite Heart Power to dispel the flower's influence.
• Jing Fanyu thanked Wu Fei, then spoke of Heavenly Clear City, his hometown, which he remembered as a place now reduced to ruins.
• Wu Fei invited Jing Fanyu to visit the Buddha Spirit Sect's Cleansing Pool with him if they escaped.

Wu Fei and Jing Fanyu met Liu Yuexuan and other Heavenly Sword Sect disciples in the inheritance tomb, then followed them to a hidden cave abode. Wu Fei recognized that its formation had used a pill as its core and entered hoping to find pills left behind by the cave’s owner.

• Jing Fanyu absorbed ghost qi and advanced his cultivation before he and Wu Fei reached the inheritance site.
• Wu Fei and Jing Fanyu encountered Liu Yuexuan, Qi Gu, and other Heavenly Sword Sect disciples after killing a Nascent Soul Realm demon beast.
• Liu Yuexuan invited Jing Fanyu to explore a cave abode, and Jing Fanyu asked Wu Fei to come along.
• Wu Fei noticed white ash where the cave’s formation had been and realized its core had been a pill.
• Liu Yuexuan said she and Qi Gu had found only stone walls inside and had not discovered the mechanism.

Wu Fei reached the cave abode’s alchemy inheritance but refused it, while the Illusory Realm Spirit exposed his desire for Jing Fanyu. The cave abode began to collapse, and Wu Fei asked what would happen to the others inside.

• Jing Fanyu and the others triggered a teleportation array that sent them to the Buddha Spirit Sect’s Cleansing Pool.
• Wu Fei broke the illusion array with a bodhi seed, entered the alchemy passage, and took an antique wooden box from its final chamber.
• The Illusory Realm Spirit asked why Wu Fei had not taken the alchemy inheritance, and Wu Fei said he disliked alchemy.
• The Illusory Realm Spirit revealed that it had sensed Wu Fei’s desire for Jing Fanyu, but the Exquisite Heart concealed the feeling.
• Wu Fei asked what would happen to the Illusory Realm Spirit after the inheritances were taken, then the ground shook as the cave abode began to collapse.
• Wu Fei asked the Illusory Realm Spirit what would happen to the people still inside the cave abode.

Wu Fei survived the collapsing inheritance cave abode and broke through to the Nascent Soul Early Stage. Later, Yin Fan visited him and unexpectedly touched and nearly kissed him, leaving Wu Fei secretly wishing he could have let it happen.

• The Illusory Realm Spirit told Jing Fanyu that Wu Fei was safe and breaking through, so Jing Fanyu stayed outside the collapsing cave abode.
• Wu Fei endured the cave abode's collapse, reached the Nascent Soul Early Stage, and used a glazed golden alms bowl to emerge safely from the ruins.
• Jing Fanyu congratulated Wu Fei, then brooded over the visions he had seen of Wu Fei in the illusion.
• Yin Fan visited Wu Fei late at night, covered his eyes, and touched his lips and neck before drawing close.
• Wu Fei's prayer beads released golden light that forced Yin Fan back, and Wu Fei secretly regretted not letting him kiss him.

Wu Fei searched the ruins for Jing Fanyu and found him trapped by powerful puppets in a medicinal garden. After rescuing him, Wu Fei questioned why the ancient puppets remained intact.

• The Demon Venerable fled when Liu Yuexuan, Qi Gu, and other disciples arrived looking for Jing Fanyu, and Wu Fei joined their search.
• Wu Fei found the hidden entrance to ancient ruins and sensed Jing Fanyu nearby through a wisp of demonic qi.
• Wu Fei discovered that Jing Fanyu had recently visited a hall and followed his traces toward the medicinal garden.
• Wu Fei used the Buddhist beads to distract the puppets surrounding Jing Fanyu and pulled him to safety.
• Jing Fanyu said he had followed a premonition and left a letter in his cabin, while Wu Fei wondered why the ancient puppets were still intact.

Wu Fei and Jing Fanyu found eight black iron tokens in the ruins and used them to activate a hidden teleportation array, which led them to a hall and a red-eyed statue. The statue separated them, and Wu Fei met a mysterious figure who said Jing Fanyu had received the inheritance and warned that there was only one chance to break the game.

• Wu Fei and Jing Fanyu explored the ruins, discussed rumors about Demon Venerable Yin Fan, and found black iron tokens in the halls.
• After collecting eight tokens, Wu Fei hinted they seemed familiar, and Jing Fanyu realized they belonged in the eight-trigrams teleportation array.
• They placed the tokens in the array, causing a great hall and a red-eyed statue to appear; the statue pulled them inside and separated them.
• Wu Fei entered a hidden bamboo-house space and met a ghostly Daoist figure seated before a game board.
• The figure told Wu Fei that Jing Fanyu had received the inheritance, warned him there was only one chance to break the game, and expelled him from the statue.
• Wu Fei wondered whether the game and its hidden danger were connected to the Heavenly Dao.

Wu Fei and Jing Fanyu left the ancient ruins with the puppet inheritance and continued toward the true inheritance site. They reached the strange yellow-sand region and reunited with Kuzheng, while the other Buddhist disciples remained unaccounted for.

• Wu Fei suspected that Jing Fanyu's black iron sphere might be connected to his bonded Spirit Artifact and the senior's warning about breaking the deadlock.
• Jing Fanyu used the sphere to control the herb garden puppets and stored them away before he and Wu Fei left the ruins.
• Jing Fanyu explained that Qi and the others had left after reading his letter, while Wu Fei privately wondered whether something had happened to Liu Yuexuan and the group.
• During their journey southeast, Jing Fanyu repeatedly watched Wu Fei and offered him a stone bamboo fruit, while Wu Fei maintained his composed Buddhist persona.
• Wu Fei and Jing Fanyu arrived at the yellow-sand inheritance site, where Kuzheng greeted Wu Fei and said he had found only three other senior brothers.

Wu Fei followed Yin Fan’s flute into the woods, where the Devil Venerable revealed his obsession and gave him a protective miniature flute. They exchanged gifts, and Wu Fei left Yin Fan wondering why he showed no interest in seeing his face beneath the mask.

• Wu Fei noticed Jing Fanyu’s jealous gaze and invited him to stay by his side.
• Wu Fei heard a flute only he could perceive, changed into a Buddhist robe, and followed its sound into the woods.
• Yin Fan told Wu Fei that his obsession with him was deep, while Wu Fei expressed concern that it might harm him.
• Yin Fan tied a miniature flute to Wu Fei’s prayer beads so it could protect him in the inheritance tomb.
• Wu Fei gave Yin Fan a bodhi seed to calm his mind and ward off evil qi.
• Wu Fei told Yin Fan that he cared about his heart rather than his appearance beneath the mask.

Wu Fei found a hidden route through the yellow sand and led Jing Fanyu into the inheritance grounds ahead of everyone else. After gathering the treasures there, they arrived at the largest palace, which Wu Fei identified as Jing Fanyu’s opportunity.

• Wu Fei tested the yellow sand by the strangely shaped boulder and confirmed the faint red lights marked a hidden path.
• Jing Fanyu found Wu Fei entering the dangerous sand and, trusting him, took his hand and followed him inside.
• Wu Fei guided Jing Fanyu through the sand using his Divine Sense, and they emerged before thirty-six inheritance palaces.
• Wu Fei and Jing Fanyu gathered nearly all the grounds’ treasures and then stood before the largest palace.
• Wu Fei told Jing Fanyu the palace held his fortuitous opportunity, and Jing Fanyu approached its sword-intent restriction.

Wu Fei completed a Buddhist inheritance while Jing Fanyu trained in the largest inheritance palace. After Wu Fei emerged, Jing Fanyu and the other sword cultivators were transported outside.

• Wu Fei entered a palace and spent two days fishing in its inheritance space while cultivators gathered outside the inheritance grounds.
• The inheritance grounds appeared, revealing mysterious lightning wood without fruit and dozens of empty pits where treasures had been dug up.
• Wu Fei caught a Soul-Cleansing Nether Fish, met the inheritance's Buddhist cultivator, and received martial skills and secret methods.
• Three days later, Wu Fei emerged from his inheritance at peak Mahayana cultivation, briefly releasing a Spirit Transformation aura before the small world suppressed it.
• Jing Fanyu appeared above the largest inheritance palace amid sword light, then he and a group of sword cultivators were transported outside.