Chapter Summaries

After returning from the Li Fire Sect, Fang Mu and his companions recounted their journey to Chu Feng, while rumors of Chu Feng’s power spread through Dao-Seeking City. Chu Feng praised Rocket Turtle’s alchemy and decided to train him in artifact refining, then headed to the Artifact Refining Institute for inspiration.

• Cultivators around the Li Fire Sect praised Chu Feng for driving back a Great Sage, while Fang Mu invited Princess Qinghe to take the Dao-Seeking Academy entrance assessment.
• A month later, Fang Mu and his companions returned to Dao-Seeking City and heard exaggerated rumors about Chu Feng’s deed at the Li Fire Sect.
• Fang Mu told Chu Feng about the training trip, and Chu Feng promised Bai Qian she could travel after mastering one of the Thirty-Six Transformations.
• Fang Mu handed Chu Feng the lamp, and Chu Feng saw that Rocket Turtle had grown close to forming a spirit body.
• Chu Feng examined Rocket Turtle’s pill, declared his Spirit Fire Alchemy Technique perfected, and ordered him to begin refining artifacts.
• Chu Feng gave Rocket Turtle time to rest and flew to the Artifact Refining Institute to seek inspiration for teaching him.

Chu Feng visited Tie Futu at the Artifact Refining Institute, received the Futu Artifact Refining Technique, and learned of a famous saint hammer soon to be auctioned in Unrivaled City. He decided to attend the auction with Chen Qianqian and Bai Qian, and they set out the next day.

• Chu Feng and Great Sage Golden Wing visited Tie Futu and shared wine while discussing artifact refining.
• Tie Futu gave Chu Feng a jade slip containing the Futu Artifact Refining Technique, saying half the credit belonged to Chu Feng.
• Tie Futu told Chu Feng that Great Sage Leixuan's ultimate-grade saint hammer would be auctioned in Unrivaled City in two months.
• Chu Feng invited Tie Futu to go with him, but Tie Futu stayed behind to refine an artifact and attempt a breakthrough to the Nirvana Realm.
• Chu Feng announced his trip to Unrivaled City; Chen Qianqian and Bai Qian chose to accompany him while the other disciples stayed to cultivate.
• Chu Feng and his companions left the Dao-Seeking Academy for Unrivaled City the next day.

Chu Feng learned that Thunderclap Mountain Villa was auctioning the Thunder Duke's Saint Hammer to obtain pills and a method for breaking through to the Half-Saint realm, so he began refining Dao Comprehension Pills to acquire it. After forty-nine days, he prepared to open the furnace.

• At a restaurant, Bai Xiaosheng explained that Thunderclap Mountain Villa's three King Conferment experts were offering the Thunderclap Hammer to secure a Half-Saint breakthrough.
• Chu Feng returned to the courtyard and told Great Sage Golden Wing that he would refine pills to obtain the Thunder Duke's Saint Hammer.
• Chu Feng summoned Rocket Turtle and began refining Dao Comprehension Pills, with Rocket Turtle supplying the spirit fire.
• Bing Yan, Great Sage Golden Wing, and the others watched Chu Feng's remarkable alchemy without disturbing him.
• After forty-nine days, Chu Feng stopped refining and prepared to open the furnace.

Chu Feng refined three pills and attended the Myriad Treasures Pavilion auction, where bidding began for the Thunder Duke's Saint Hammer. The chapter ended with a bidder offering three Dao Comprehension Pills and help advancing a King Conferment expert from Thunderclap Mountain Villa to the Great Sage realm, drawing a skeptical challenge from another Great Sage.

• Chu Feng refined three pills, and Great Sage Golden Wing shielded them from the pill tribulation and drove off cultivators spying on the courtyard.
• Chu Feng gave Great Sage Golden Wing a bottle of pills to bid with at the Myriad Treasures Pavilion auction, while Bai Qian and Chen Qianqian looked over the lots.
• Elder Liu presented the Thunder Duke's Saint Hammer and announced the seller's requirements.
• Several Great Sages competed for the hammer with bids of saint herbs, Dao Comprehension Pills, cultivation insights, and favors.
• An unknown bidder offered three Dao Comprehension Pills and help advancing a Thunderclap Mountain Villa King Conferment expert to the Great Sage realm, prompting another Great Sage to question the boast.

At the Myriad Treasures Pavilion auction, Chu Feng’s group won the bid by offering to help someone from Thunderclap Mountain Villa break through to the Half-Saint Realm. The gathered Great Sages and cultivators followed them to a palace to witness the attempt, where Great Sage Golden Wing asked who would be making the breakthrough.

• Great Sage Golden Wing defended Chu Feng’s offer against the skeptical Great Sages, and Chu Feng effortlessly dispelled one Great Sage’s pressure.
• Elder Liu sold the item to Thunderclap Mountain Villa, and the gathered Great Sages persuaded the parties to let them witness the promised breakthrough.
• Chu Feng approved the witnesses’ request, and the Myriad Treasures Pavilion arranged a palace and carriages for the group.
• Chu Feng and his companions arrived at the palace, while Rushing Thunder Saber King and Elder Liu sought an audience with them.
• Great Sage Golden Wing asked Rushing Thunder Saber King and Elder Liu who would be attempting the breakthrough.

Chu Feng tested the Rushing Thunder Saber King's saber techniques and offered to guide him in comprehending the True Essence of either the Thunder Dao or Saber Dao. The Rushing Thunder Saber King returned to Thunderclap Mountain Villa to consider his choice, while his companions began debating which path he should take.

• Elder Liu inspected the three Dao Comprehension Pills and discovered they were top-grade, then handed them to the Rushing Thunder Saber King.
• Chu Feng asked the Rushing Thunder Saber King to strike Great Sage Golden Wing with all his strength so he could examine his techniques and True Intent.
• The Rushing Thunder Saber King unleashed his Rushing Thunder Slash, but Great Sage Golden Wing caught its Saber Qi between two fingers.
• Chu Feng praised the Rushing Thunder Saber King's fully completed Rushing Thunder Saber Intent and gave him three days to choose between the Thunder Dao and Saber Dao.
• Great Sage Golden Wing realized Chu Feng intended for the Great Sages to benefit from the Saber King's breakthrough, and Chu Feng said the arrangement ensured he would not lose out.
• The Rushing Thunder Saber King told his companions about the two choices, and they argued over which path he should pursue until an imposing voice ordered them to be silent.

The Rushing Thunder Saber King chose to comprehend the Thunder Dao, and Chu Feng prepared jade talismans to guide him. After forty-nine days of meditation without success, Rushing Thunder received a second talisman and continued cultivating.

• The Rushing Thunder Saber King chose the Thunder Dao and asked Chu Feng for a method to comprehend it.
• Chu Feng spent seven days inscribing Dao Lord Thunder Talismans onto jade, then gave one to Rushing Thunder and instructed him to study its runes and take a Dao Comprehension Pill.
• The talisman released Dao light, astonishing the Great Sages and exciting Thunderclap Mountain Villa's cultivators as Rushing Thunder began comprehending the Thunder Dao.
• While Rushing Thunder meditated, Chu Feng took Bai Qian, Chen Qianqian, and Bing Yan out to play, leaving Great Sage Golden Wing to watch over the palace.
• After forty-nine days, Rushing Thunder admitted that he had not grasped the Thunder Dao's true essence, so Chu Feng gave him another talisman and he resumed cultivating.

The Rushing Thunder Saber King comprehended the true essence of the Great Dao under Chu Feng’s guidance and broke through to the Half-Saint Realm as Great Sage Benlei. After surviving his lightning tribulation and forming a thunder talisman, he triggered a heavenly phenomenon that benefited cultivators across Unrivaled City.

• Great Sage Xueyou mocked the Rushing Thunder Saber King’s failed first attempt while Thunderclap Mountain Villa’s cultivators worried about his next breakthrough.
• After eighty-one days contemplating the thunder talisman, the Rushing Thunder Saber King comprehended the true essence of the Great Dao and thanked Chu Feng for his guidance.
• Chu Feng encouraged the Rushing Thunder Saber King to break through to the Half-Saint Realm, and several hours later his presence shook Unrivaled City.
• Great Sage Benlei flew toward his lightning tribulation, endured nine bolts, and formed a thunder talisman without harming Unrivaled City.
• Great Sage Benlei’s breakthrough summoned a heavenly phenomenon that made the city’s Spiritual Qi denser, and Chu Feng’s system rewarded him after Great Sage Golden Wing, Great Sage Benlei, and Bing Yan each comprehended part of the Great Dao.

Chu Feng guided Great Sage Benlei through his breakthrough and accepted Thunderclap Mountain Villa’s allegiance to the Dao-Seeking Academy, while Bai Qian comprehended the true intent of thunder. As the celebration continued, Great Sage Golden Wing collected the Thunder Duke’s Saint Hammer and delivered Chu Feng’s gift to Great Sage Benlei: a Sword Jade.

• Great Sage Benlei thanked Chu Feng for guiding him to the Great Sage realm, learned Chu Feng’s identity, and pledged Thunderclap Mountain Villa to the Dao-Seeking Academy.
• Bai Qian comprehended the true intent of thunder, and Chu Feng gave her five lightning jade talismans to study Mastery of the Five Thunders.
• Great Sage Benlei greeted the gathered Great Sages and led them away from Chu Feng, who planned to leave Unrivaled City after receiving the Thunder Duke’s Saint Hammer.
• Thunderclap Mountain Villa celebrated Great Sage Benlei’s breakthrough, and he thanked the Myriad Treasures Pavilion for helping him.
• Great Sage Golden Wing arrived on Chu Feng’s behalf, collected the Thunder Duke’s Saint Hammer, and gave Great Sage Benlei a Sword Jade from Chu Feng.

Great Sage Benlei revealed that Great Sage Qiankun had arranged for Thunderclap Mountain Villa to join Dao-Seeking Academy, while the other Great Sages missed their chance to meet him. Back at Miaomiao Mountain, Chu Feng ordered the Thunder Duke artifact spirit to record its artifact-refining methods and collected the jade slip three days later.

• Great Sage Benlei told the assembled Great Sages that his master was Great Sage Qiankun and described him with admiration.
• King Hongchui asked to visit Great Sage Qiankun, but Benlei said he had already left and revealed that Thunderclap Mountain Villa had secured an opportunity to join Dao-Seeking Academy.
• The Great Sages waited outside Qiankun's palace overnight to apologize, then learned from Benlei that Qiankun had left Unrivaled City and found the palace empty.
• Great Sage Golden Wing brought Chu Feng and his party back to Miaomiao Mountain, where Chu Feng spoke with the Thunder Duke artifact spirit.
• Chu Feng ordered Thunder Duke to record the artifact-refining techniques it knew, then collected the completed jade slip three days later.

Chu Feng created the Abnormal Fire Artifact Refining Method, and Rocket Turtle mastered its beginner level and received the Thunder Duke's Saint Hammer as a reward. After Fang Mu asked Chu Feng to protect Senior Sister Qinghe, Chu Feng sent Great Sage Golden Wing to the Great Abyss with his token to help her seek a place in the Dao-Seeking Academy.

• Chu Feng devised the Abnormal Fire Artifact Refining Method and recorded it on a jade slip for Rocket Turtle to study.
• Three months later, Rocket Turtle reached the beginner level of the technique, and Chu Feng gave him the Thunder Duke's Saint Hammer.
• Fang Mu told Chu Feng that Senior Sister Qinghe faced pressure from factions seeking her Azure Luan and asked Chu Feng to take her in as a disciple.
• Chu Feng gave Great Sage Golden Wing his token and asked him to go to the Great Abyss to help Qinghe.
• Great Sage Golden Wing took Fang Mu with him and set off for the Great Abyss.

Fang Linglong joined the Heavenly Spirit Institute as Lin Ming’s personal disciple after Chu Feng declined to take her on, and Chu Feng urged Fang Mu to grow stronger so he could help Senior Sister Qinghe. Ten years later, Nie Xiuyuan returned to Dao-Seeking Academy and was summoned by Chu Feng.

• Fang Linglong chose Chu Feng as her master, but he said her fate did not lie with him, so she became Lin Ming’s personal disciple instead.
• Fang Mu asked why Senior Sister Qinghe had not followed Chu Feng, and Chu Feng told him her fortune was not strong enough and urged him to cultivate.
• Ten years passed as the people on Miaomiao Mountain continued their cultivation.
• Nie Xiuyuan returned to Dao-Seeking Academy on a giant beast, shrank it, and landed on Miaomiao Mountain.
• Nie Xiuyuan greeted Great Sage Golden Wing and reunited with Chen Qianqian, who told him Chu Feng was on the mountain.
• Chu Feng called Nie Xiuyuan to the back mountain to see him.

Chu Feng summoned his disciples to witness Bing Yan’s breakthrough, while Nie Xiuyuan returned to the Miscellaneous Dao Institute as a Nirvana Realm elder. As snow spread across Dao-Seeking Academy, Bing Yan broke through to the Half-Saint Realm.

• Nie Xiuyuan reported his return to Chu Feng, who told him to register as an elder and wait until Bing Yan’s breakthrough before seeking revenge.
• Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian returned to Dao-Seeking Academy after Chu Feng summoned his disciples home.
• Chu Feng told his gathered disciples that Bing Yan would break through to the Half-Saint Realm within seven days.
• Bing Yan’s breakthrough stirred a snowstorm across Dao-Seeking Academy, and Chu Feng taught his disciples while they waited.
• Bing Yan broke through her bottleneck and entered the Half-Saint Realm.

Bing Yan weathered a Seven-Seven Lightning Tribulation and became a Great Sage, while the cultivation phenomenon she triggered benefited Dao-Seeking Academy. The academy head later summoned Chu Feng, Xiao Chen, and Cao Youqian to a council meeting, where the two disciples demonstrated that they had both comprehended the True Essence of the Great Dao.

• Bing Yan used the tribulation lightning to cultivate and completed her breakthrough as dawn's Heavenly Dao phenomenon spread across Dao-Seeking Academy.
• Lin Ming thanked Bing Yan for the benefits of her breakthrough and revealed that he was nearing the Half-Saint Realm.
• Chu Feng celebrated Bing Yan's breakthrough with the cultivators and said he would ask the academy head to set a wedding date.
• The academy head summoned Chu Feng, Xiao Chen, and Cao Youqian to a council meeting and asked the two holy son candidates to demonstrate their full strength.
• Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian exchanged attacks, revealing that both had comprehended the True Essence of the Great Dao.

Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian were appointed holy sons of Dao-Seeking Academy, and the academy scheduled their celebration for six months later. As the ceremony drew near, news of their elevation spread, those around them made progress in cultivation, and two travel-worn strangers arrived at the academy’s mountain gate.

• The academy head appointed Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian holy sons and set their celebration for six months later.
• Nie Xiuyuan told Chu Feng, Xiao Chen, and Cao Youqian that he planned to settle his grudges; Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian agreed to help after the ceremony.
• News of Xiao Chen’s appointment reached the Liang Kingdom, where the ruler and court celebrated, and the princess consort told her daughter Xi'er that she would soon see her big brother.
• The Song Clan patriarch celebrated after receiving a marriage contract and news that the clan’s worthy son-in-law had become a holy son.
• Lin Ming and the other chief elders broke through, Fang Mu became the Miscellaneous Dao Institute’s fourth elder, and Han Ping advanced in Spirit Nurturing.
• With fewer than seven days until the ceremony, two travel-worn figures followed directions to Dao-Seeking Academy and arrived at its mountain gate near sunset.

Ximen Ye and Qin Yun arrived at the Dao-Seeking Academy seeking masters, and their tokens revealed that Xiao Chen and Ye Beixuan had accepted them as disciples. After Head Deacon Bai registered them and informed the Miscellaneous Dao Institute, Xiao Chen and Ye Beixuan went to meet the two cultivators.

• Ximen Ye and Qin Yun reached the Dao-Seeking Academy’s mountain gate and told the patrol disciples they had come to seek masters.
• Qin Yun showed Ye Beixuan’s token, and the patrol leader recognized him as Elder Ye’s disciple and allowed him to enter.
• Ximen Ye presented Xiao Chen’s Holy Son candidate token, prompting the patrol leader to summon Head Deacon Bai.
• Head Deacon Bai took Ximen Ye and Qin Yun to register at the External Affairs Institute, then reported their arrival to Chu Feng.
• Xiao Chen recalled his test of a sword cultivator on the Endless Sea, while Ye Beixuan recognized Qin Yun as a boy he had once tested.
• Xiao Chen and Ye Beixuan went to the External Affairs Institute to meet Ximen Ye and Qin Yun.

Xiao Chen tested Ximen Ye’s swordsmanship and accepted him as a disciple, while the Dao-Seeking Academy held its Holy Son ceremony for Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian. Just as the challenge portion began, a student called out to challenge Senior Brother Cao.

• Xiao Chen and Ye Beixuan brought Ximen Ye and Qin Yun to meet Chu Feng, and Qin Yun fell asleep under the banquet table after drinking.
• Xiao Chen tested Ximen Ye’s sword strike, declared that he had passed, and took him to complete the sect enrollment formalities.
• The Dao-Seeking Academy held its Holy Son ceremony, and Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian received their ceremonial robes from the dean.
• Ming Chonglou invited others to challenge the new Holy Sons, and a student called out that he wanted to challenge Senior Brother Cao.

Lin Ping'an returned from the Land of Slaughter to challenge Cao Youqian during Cao's Holy Son ceremony, seeking revenge and recognition. He unleashed the Seven Killings Sword Art, and the chapter ended with Cao Youqian letting the attack strike him as dust swallowed the arena.

• Lin Ping'an appeared at the ceremony, and the crowd recognized the Seven Killings Sword after his years away in the Land of Slaughter.
• Chu Feng told Chen Qianqian that Lin Ping'an had once harmed Cao Youqian, while Ye Beixuan recalled Lin Ping'an from his previous life.
• Lin Ping'an confronted Cao Youqian and accused him of humiliating an outer disciple and stealing his fiancée, but Cao denied the accusation.
• Lin Ping'an released his killing aura and struck Cao Youqian with the Seven Killings Sword Art's “Know Not Lovesickness.”
• Cao Youqian folded his arms and let the sword strike him, raising a cloud of dust across the arena.

Cao Youqian defeated Lin Ping'an without harming him, winning the crowd’s admiration and bringing the Holy Son ceremony to a close. After Chu Feng’s disciples departed to help Nie Xiuyuan seek revenge, Nie’s group disguised themselves and set off through a teleportation array.

• Cao Youqian revealed his True Essence of Fist Dao, broke Lin Ping'an’s resolve, then stopped his punch before it struck and explained that he would spare his junior brother.
• Lin Ping'an accepted Cao Youqian’s advice, bowed, and left as the crowd cheered and the Holy Son ceremony ended.
• Nie Xiuyuan, Bai Qian, Chen Qianqian, and the other disciples bid Chu Feng farewell, and Chu Feng warned them to call on their master rather than risk their lives.
• After Great Sage Golden Wing left with his adoptive father, Chu Feng took Bing Yan to the back mountain.
• Ye Beixuan explained to Qin Yun that the group would disguise themselves to avoid scaring off Nie Xiuyuan’s enemies while they dealt with the forces behind them.
• Nie Xiuyuan’s group finished changing their appearances and departed through the city lord’s residence teleportation array.

Nie Xiuyuan brought his companions to the Precious Elephant Royal City to confront the Golden Wheel King and the Five Rosy Clouds King at the upcoming Water and Land Dharma Assembly. While Xiao Chen took Liu Yue'er, Chen Qianqian, and Bai Qian sightseeing, they clashed with a young nobleman who tried to seize them.

• Qin Yun drove Nie Xiuyuan and the others into the royal city, where Nie recalled his ties to the Buddha Hidden Temple and hinted at the tragedy that had changed his life.
• Nie Xiuyuan told Cao Youqian that he planned to confront the Golden Wheel King and the Five Rosy Clouds King at the Water and Land Dharma Assembly in seven days.
• Xiao Chen took Liu Yue'er, Chen Qianqian, and Bai Qian to explore the city while Nie Xiuyuan stayed at the inn.
• A young nobleman accused Liu Yue'er of leading his fox concubine astray and ordered his men to seize her and the other women.
• Chen Qianqian struck the nobleman's lackeys with a palm, sending them staggering back and drawing a crowd's attention.