Chapter Summaries

Chu Yunfei defeated Qin Hao and Yue Chenzhou in Jingyuan Hall, crippling Qin Hao before Chen Xuanhai intervened. The Cangyun Sect’s elder took the injured holy son away and vowed revenge, while Chu Yunfei warned them that next time no elder would save Qin Hao.

• Yue Chenzhou infused his battle puppet with blood essence, briefly raising its power to the Half-Step Divine Sea Realm, while Qin Hao attacked Chu Yunfei at the same time.
• Chu Yunfei unleashed the third sword of the Sea-Overturning Ninefold Sword, destroyed the puppet, and struck Yue Chenzhou unconscious.
• Chu Yunfei used the Divine Movement Art to sever Qin Hao’s sword arm and nearly killed him, saying Qin Hao had angered him by looking at Ling Xueyao that way.
• Chen Xuanhai attacked Chu Yunfei, but Shen Qianyue blocked him; Chu Yunfei stopped his sword short of Qin Hao’s neck and withdrew.
• Chen Xuanhai preserved Qin Hao’s severed arm and took him away, warning that the Cangyun Sect would remember what happened, while Chu Yunfei challenged them to seek revenge.

Chu Yunfei defeated the Cangyun Sect and Puppet Sect prodigies at the banquet, earning Wu Changge’s recognition but making powerful enemies. After the banquet, Ling Chenglie agreed to meet a Puppet Sect elder, while Ling Chengyuan and Zhao Yuangeng discussed Chu Yunfei as a threat to the imperial succession.

• Chen Xuanhai carried the badly injured Qin Hao out of Jingyuan Hall, while Puppet Sect disciples took Yue Chenzhou and the Cangyun Sect departed with Lin Yue’s corpse.
• The Puppet Sect elder threatened Chu Yunfei, but Ling Chengyuan’s presence stopped him from attacking before he left with Yue Chenzhou.
• Wu Changge acknowledged Chu Yunfei’s strength and warned him that the Heavenly Evil Devil Sect’s Holy Son had reached the Divine Sea Realm; the two agreed to meet at the Seven Sects Grand Competition.
• Sun Meng told Ling Chenglie that a Puppet Sect elder wanted to meet him about the imperial family’s future, and Ling Chenglie agreed to meet him at the Drunken Immortal Abode at midnight.
• Ling Chengyuan worried that Chu Yunfei might strengthen Ling Xueyao’s position, but Zhao Yuangeng urged him to wait for the sects to act against Chu Yunfei.

After Chu Yunfei defeated the sect prodigies at the imperial banquet, Ling Xueyao warned him that the Cangyun Sect might retaliate, while he teased her and asked to borrow her for a ride that night. As news of his rise spread, powerful figures considered him a target or a curiosity, and the chapter ended with Lin Wanyin gazing toward the imperial capital.

• On the way back to the princess's chambers, Ling Xueyao warned Chu Yunfei that crippling Qin Hao could provoke the Cangyun Sect, but Chu Yunfei said he would grow stronger and asked to borrow her for a ride that night.
• People across the imperial city discussed Chu Yunfei's victories and rapid cultivation, while the Heavenly Evil Devil Sect's holy son resolved to capture him after the Seven Sects Grand Competition.
• Si Yunshu learned that Situ Shuang'er had once been Chu Yunfei's fiancée and had broken off their engagement, and she anticipated seeing them at the competition.
• At the Heavenly Sword Sect, Lin Wanyin stood alone by a cliff and gazed toward the imperial capital.

At the Heavenly Sword Sect, Lin Wanyin struggled with her growing longing for the man who had once controlled and humiliated her, while worrying about Situ Shuang'er’s rapid rise in cultivation. After learning Shuang'er had reached the Divine Sea Realm, Lin Wanyin feared the mysterious power behind her daughter’s Nine-Colored Imperial Phoenix Physique was more than an ordinary pill.

• Lin Wanyin stood alone at a cliff, remembering the man who had broken through her cultivation bottlenecks and feeling an unwanted longing for him.
• Situ Shuang'er found her mother and asked what was troubling her, then complained that Nangong Wuhen kept trying to get close to her.
• Lin Wanyin warned Situ Shuang'er to be wary of Nangong Wuhen, and Shuang'er revealed she had reached the Divine Sea Realm First Level.
• Situ Shuang'er said she had awakened the Nine-Colored Imperial Phoenix Physique and advanced with the Vermilion Bird Pill and the Heavenly Sword Sect's resources.
• Lin Wanyin warned Shuang'er not to reveal her physique and began suspecting that a wondrous treasure, rather than an ordinary pill, had awakened it.

Lin Wanyin warned Situ Shuang'er to treat Chu Yunfei with more care after suspecting his Vermilion Bird Pill was a rare treasure and recalling Chu Batian's great kindness to her family. She agreed to accompany Shuang'er to the Seven Sects Grand Competition in seven days, and Shuang'er ended the conversation by asking how her mother's breasts had grown bigger.

• Lin Wanyin suspected the Vermilion Bird Pill Chu Yunfei had given Shuang'er was an extraordinary treasure and realized they might owe him a great favor.
• Lin Wanyin urgently asked whether Shuang'er remembered anything from before age ten, then relaxed when Shuang'er said she remembered nothing.
• Lin Wanyin urged Shuang'er to be cautious and never hurt Chu Yunfei because Chu Batian had once shown their family immense kindness.
• Shuang'er said she would attend the Seven Sects Grand Competition in the Great Qian Imperial City in seven days, and Lin Wanyin agreed to go with her.
• Lin Wanyin privately wondered whether Chu Yunfei had thought of her as Shuang'er hugged her and asked how her breasts had grown bigger.

Situ Shuang'er questioned Lin Wanyin about her changed figure, leaving her mother flustered. In the Heavenly Sword Sect council, elders debated capturing Chu Yunfei, and Wen Buqi declared he would leave after the sect delayed action until the Seven Sects Grand Competition ended.

• Situ Shuang'er asked Lin Wanyin why her figure had become more alluring, and Lin Wanyin scolded her before hurrying away.
• Nangong Wuhen and Mo Yuan reported Chu Yunfei's rapid rise in cultivation and his victory over several sect holy sons.
• Nangong Hai urged the elders to capture Chu Yunfei and seize his Heaven-Slaying Sword Emperor Key, while other elders supported the plan.
• Wen Buqi condemned Nangong Hai's proposal as a scheme driven by concern for Nangong Wuhen and defended Wen Jiao's decision to help Chu Yunfei.
• Meng Tianyun postponed a decision until after the Seven Sects Grand Competition, and Wen Buqi declared that he would leave the Heavenly Sword Sect.

Meng Tianyun revealed that Situ Shuang'er had reached the Divine Sea Realm and urged Nangong Wuhen to pursue her while preparing for the Seven Sects Grand Competition. As Nangong Wuhen left, a hidden disciple sent a secret message, while the chapter ended by hinting that Chu Yunfei faced a dangerous confrontation in the Great Qian Imperial City.

• Wen Buqi left the Heavenly Sword Sect, and Meng Tianyun said there was no need to stop him.
• Meng Tianyun offered Nangong Wuhen sect resources and ordered him to reach the Divine Sea Realm before the Seven Sects Grand Competition, while encouraging him to grow close to Situ Shuang'er.
• Meng Tianyun announced that Situ Shuang'er had advanced from the Spirit Martial Realm to the first level of the Divine Sea Realm and predicted that her future cultivation would surpass the Good Fortune Realm.
• Nangong Wuhen became obsessed with obtaining Situ Shuang'er and Lin Wanyin, and vowed that Chu Yunfei would die at the competition.
• A white-robed deacon reported that Wen Buqi had gone to the Jade Firmament Sect, but Meng Tianyun dismissed the threat and focused on the competition and the Heaven-Slaying Key.
• A hidden message-relay disciple crushed a voice transmission jade talisman, while Chu Yunfei faced a life-and-death confrontation in the Great Qian Imperial City.

After teasing Ling Xueyao about their night together, Chu Yunfei left the palace to explore the imperial city. A holy son of the Heavenly Evil Devil Sect, Li Tianxing, attacked him from a restaurant and challenged him to face a stronger move.

• Ling Xueyao drew her sword on Chu Yunfei after he suggested they be intimate again, but he disarmed her teasingly and called their previous night cultivation.
• Ling Xueyao told Chu Yunfei not to touch her again and hurried away, while Xiaoxiao Dragon criticized him for provoking her.
• Chu Yunfei left the palace and walked down East Street, where people spread exaggerated rumors about his fight and his relationship with Ling Xueyao.
• Chu Yunfei caught and crushed two spirit-infused jade chopsticks thrown at him from a restaurant.
• Li Tianxing, identified as the Heavenly Evil Devil Sect's holy son, claimed he had sent the chopsticks as a greeting and threatened Chu Yunfei with his next move.

Chu Yunfei clashed with Li Tianxing after recognizing the Devil-Suppressing Hand tied to Lu Shaoyuan’s account, and Si Yunshu interrupted before the fight could escalate. She invited Chu Yunfei to discuss his use of the Heavenly Edict Sect’s Sea-Overturning Ninefold Sword, but their conversation turned tense when he refused to reveal where he learned it.

• Li Tianxing attacked Chu Yunfei from a restaurant window with the Devil-Suppressing Hand, and Chu Yunfei split the strike with the Sea-Overturning Ninefold Sword and forced Li Tianxing back.
• Li Tianxing prepared to continue fighting, but Si Yunshu arrived and criticized his ambush, prompting him to withdraw and challenge Chu Yunfei to the Seven Sects Grand Competition.
• Si Yunshu invited Chu Yunfei to a teahouse, where she questioned him about the complete sword momentum he had displayed.
• Chu Yunfei confirmed that he had used the Heavenly Edict Sect’s Sea-Overturning Ninefold Sword but declined to explain how he obtained it.
• Si Yunshu’s gray-robed elder pressured Chu Yunfei to disclose the technique’s source, and Chu Yunfei asked whether Si Yunshu had invited him there to kill him for silence.

Chu Yunfei tested Si Yunshu by asking about Qin Yangui and revealing that he knew the name Lu Shaoyuan, the long-missing master of the Sea-Overturning Ninefold Sword. He left for the palace after confirming Qin Yangui was still alive, while Si Yunshu and the gray-robed crone realized his knowledge might be connected to Lu Shaoyuan.

• Si Yunshu told Chu Yunfei that Situ Shuang'er would attend the Seven Sects Grand Competition as the Heavenly Sword Sect's holy maiden, but Chu Yunfei showed no interest in his former fiancée.
• Chu Yunfei asked whether Qin Yangui was in the Heavenly Edict Sect, and Si Yunshu confirmed that the supreme elder remained in seclusion there.
• Chu Yunfei asked Si Yunshu to deliver a message to Qin Yangui and named Lu Shaoyuan, causing Si Yunshu and the gray-robed crone to react with alarm.
• Si Yunshu asked whether Chu Yunfei knew Lu Shaoyuan's whereabouts, but Chu Yunfei refused to disclose anything until Qin Yangui came to the imperial city.
• The gray-robed crone stopped Si Yunshu from pressing Chu Yunfei, and he headed back to the palace after saying he had one more thing to add.

Si Yunshu decided to take Chu Yunfei’s warning about Lu Shaoyuan to Qin Yangui, while Li Tianxing reported his suspicions about Chu Yunfei to the Heavenly Evil Devil Sect. Back at the princess’s courtyard, Chu Yunfei prepared to train for the Seven Sects Grand Competition before Ling Xueyao came to his door.

• Chu Yunfei warned Si Yunshu to be careful after Li Tianxing used the Devil-Suppressing Hand, prompting her and her gray-robed elder to discuss whether he knew something about Lu Shaoyuan.
• Si Yunshu decided to return to the Heavenly Edict Sect and seek Qin Yangui, hoping news of Lu Shaoyuan would earn her the grand elder’s support.
• Li Tianxing blamed Chu Yunfei for his setback, noticed Chu Yunfei’s reaction to the Devil-Suppressing Hand, and ordered the black-robed old man to inform the sect.
• Chu Yunfei returned to the princess’s courtyard and resolved to master more forms of the Sea-Overturning Ninefold Sword before the Seven Sects Grand Competition.
• Ling Xueyao came to Chu Yunfei’s courtyard as he prepared to cultivate.

Ling Xueyao went to check on Chu Yunfei, but he pulled her into his cultivation chamber and kissed her. After teasing and carrying her to the bed, Chu Yunfei pinned her down, and Ling Xueyao asked whether he only treated her as a cultivation furnace.

• Ling Xueyao worried about Chu Yunfei and finally went to his cultivation chamber, telling herself she was only checking whether he had suffered Qi deviation.
• Chu Yunfei pulled Ling Xueyao inside as she raised her hand to knock, shut the stone door, and kissed her before she could speak.
• Ling Xueyao tried to push Chu Yunfei away, but his touch left her weak; after he released her, he teased her about coming to see him.
• Chu Yunfei held Ling Xueyao tightly, carried her into the inner chamber, and tossed her onto the bed despite her protests.
• Pinned beneath Chu Yunfei, Ling Xueyao stopped struggling and asked whether he only knew how to treat her as a cultivation furnace.

Chu Yunfei convinced Ling Xueyao that he liked her rather than viewing her as a cultivation furnace, and she confessed that she liked him too. They spent the night together as the Dragon and Phoenix Dao Emperor Scripture circulated and their spiritual power merged.

• Chu Yunfei pretended to leave the imperial palace, prompting Ling Xueyao to admit that she did not want him to go.
• Xiaoxiao Dragon praised Chu Yunfei’s tactic, then accidentally mentioned Bai Zhi before falling back asleep without explaining who she was.
• Ling Xueyao told Chu Yunfei he could not leave the palace or the bed, and she stopped resisting as he embraced her.
• Chu Yunfei and Ling Xueyao kissed and resumed cultivating together, and Ling Xueyao confessed that she liked him.
• The Dragon and Phoenix Dao Emperor Scripture circulated more fiercely as golden dragon and pink phoenix phantoms intertwined.

Ling Chenglie learned that the emperor was poisoned and accepted the Yin Puppet Sect’s terms, believing the imperial family’s hidden forbidden grounds could protect him. In the princess’s palace, Chu Yunfei continued guiding Ling Xueyao’s cultivation after she begged him to stop, then changed the flow of spiritual power and left her protesting.

• Ling Chenglie learned that the emperor was near death and that Ling Xueyao and the eldest prince had known about the situation.
• Ling Chenglie agreed to the Yin Puppet Sect’s demands despite Sun Meng’s warning, intending to delay fulfilling them after taking the throne.
• Ling Chenglie revealed to Sun Meng that the imperial family’s forbidden grounds concealed a spirit beast more powerful than the clan elder.
• Chu Yunfei continued channeling spiritual power through Ling Xueyao’s meridians until she called him husband and begged him to stop.
• Chu Yunfei changed the circulation path of his spiritual power, and Ling Xueyao shouted at him to stop.

After a night of dual cultivation with Chu Yunfei, Ling Xueyao greatly improved her cultivation and agreed to continue cultivating with him. A message then announced that her father had awakened.

• Chu Yunfei found that dual cultivation with Ling Xueyao had expanded his spiritual pool by more than seventy percent, while her Divine Sea Realm cultivation had improved by thirty percent.
• Ling Xueyao hurried to dress, but Chu Yunfei drew her back into his arms and persuaded her to continue cultivating with him.
• After another bout of cultivation, Chu Yunfei asked about the princes' cultivation, and Ling Xueyao described her brothers' levels.
• Ling Xueyao received a message on her communication jade slip and learned that her father had awakened.

Ling Xueyao and Chu Yunfei waited for Ling Zhantian to recover, then met the emperor, who acknowledged Chu Yunfei’s courage and learned that he and Ling Xueyao had become intimate. Ling Zhantian concealed what he knew about his poisoning and asked Chu Yunfei whether he had used the Myriad Poison Tyrant Body to cure him.

• Ling Xueyao and Chu Yunfei waited outside Ling Zhantian’s bedchamber while Ling Changkong helped stabilize the emperor.
• Ling Zhantian received Ling Xueyao and thanked her for her efforts, then scrutinized Chu Yunfei and praised his courage and strength.
• Ling Zhantian asked whether Chu Yunfei and Ling Xueyao had already been intimate, and Chu Yunfei openly confirmed it.
• Ling Xueyao asked who had poisoned Ling Zhantian, but he claimed he did not know, while Chu Yunfei noticed signs that the emperor was withholding clues.
• Ling Zhantian asked Chu Yunfei whether he had used the Myriad Poison Tyrant Body to rid him of the poison.

Chu Yunfei confirmed that he possessed the Myriad Poison Tyrant Body, while Ling Zhantian examined his Giant Que Sword and revealed it was one of three keys to the Heaven-Slaying Sword Emperor's legacy. The chapter ended with Ling Zhantian recounting how Heaven-Slaying killed five Titled Emperor Realm experts with a single strike.

• Ling Zhantian deduced that Chu Yunfei had the Myriad Poison Tyrant Body, and Chu Yunfei confirmed it while keeping the Divine Cauldron of Heavenly Mandate secret.
• Ling Zhantian asked to examine the Giant Que Sword, and Chu Yunfei presented it to him.
• Ling Zhantian revealed a hidden Heaven-Slaying Seal on the sword's hilt, which Ling Changkong identified as a sign that the sword was a key to the Heaven-Slaying Sword Emperor's legacy.
• Ling Zhantian explained that the Giant Que Sword was one of three keys left by the Heaven-Slaying Sword Emperor a hundred thousand years earlier.
• Ling Zhantian recounted that Heaven-Slaying killed five Titled Emperor Realm experts with a single strike.

Chu Yunfei learned that the Giant Que Sword was a key to the Heaven-Slaying Sword Emperor’s inheritance and wondered whether it was connected to his father’s death. He also discovered that Abyss Swallower had belonged to the legendary Luo Wuxu, whose last known appearance was at the Vast Waves Sacred Academy.

• Ling Changkong and Ling Zhantian told Chu Yunfei that the Heaven-Slaying Sword Emperor had left three inheritance keys, and Chu Yunfei realized the Giant Que Sword was one of them.
• Chu Yunfei suspected the Heavenly Sword Sect was pursuing the Giant Que Sword because it might lead to the inheritance, and Ling Xueyao warned him that other powers could target him too.
• Ling Zhantian recognized Abyss Swallower as the black sword wielded by a peerless cultivator who had once dominated the Vast Waves Domain.
• Chu Yunfei named Luo Wuxu as the Abyss-Devouring Sword’s former master, and Ling Zhantian confirmed that Luo Wuxu had defeated Ling Taixuan with one strike.
• Ling Zhantian revealed that Luo Wuxu’s last known public appearance had been at the Vast Waves Sacred Academy.

Ling Zhantian told Chu Yunfei and Ling Xueyao about the mysterious Vast Waves Sacred Academy, its recruitment rules, and the imperial family’s old agreement barring the Ling Imperial Clan from entering. Chu Yunfei learned that the Academy’s envoys would arrive in half a year and suspected it held answers about Luo Wuxu and the Abyss-Devouring Sword; Ling Zhantian then asked to speak with him privately.

• Ling Zhantian explained that the Vast Waves Sacred Academy stood above the seven sects, recruited exceptional young cultivators every ten years, and sent invited candidates through an assessment.
• Ling Xueyao realized that the seven sects’ missing holy sons and holy maidens had likely gone to the Academy, but Ling Zhantian could not explain why none had returned.
• Ling Zhantian revealed that members of the Ling Imperial Clan must not enter the Academy because of an old agreement, while Chu Yunfei noticed that he was concealing the true reason.
• Ling Zhantian said the Academy’s envoys would appear in half a year and recounted that Luo Wuxu had left with an envoy a thousand years earlier.
• Chu Yunfei resolved to seek the Academy for answers about the Abyss-Devouring Sword and Luo Wuxu, and Ling Zhantian sent Ling Xueyao to the side hall so he could speak with Chu Yunfei alone.

Ling Zhantian privately explained to Chu Yunfei that the Blood Baleful Intent Tower had arranged for the Seven Sects Grand Competition to be held in the imperial capital as part of a plot against the imperial family. He warned that Chu had been made the ideal pawn to inflame conflict between Great Qian and the seven sects.

• Ling Xueyao and Ling Changkong left the hall, leaving Ling Zhantian alone with Chu Yunfei.
• Ling Zhantian asked Chu why the seven sects had chosen the imperial capital for their competition, and Chu said the decision was unlikely to be a coincidence.
• Ling Zhantian revealed that the Blood Baleful Intent Tower had pushed for the imperial capital as the venue and intended to provoke a conflict between the seven sects and Great Qian.
• Ling Zhantian listed Chu's clashes with four sects and said rumors were portraying him as an enemy of the sects protected by the imperial family.
• Ling Zhantian told Chu that the Blood Baleful Intent Tower viewed him as the perfect pawn to drive a wedge between the seven sects and the imperial family.