Chapter Summaries

Chu Feng and Bing Yan hosted the arriving envoys and Ninth Granduncle explained the three-day Sexagenary Battle, which Chu Feng agreed to join on its final day. The next day, Chu Feng explored Loulan City with his disciples, bought an intelligent Dragon-Tail Koi, and confronted a monk who wanted him to release it.

• Bing Yan and Chu Feng received the nine envoys from the King and Marquis kingdoms at a banquet in the Extreme Cold Mountain Manor.
• Ninth Granduncle explained the three stages of the Sexagenary Battle, and Chu Feng agreed to fight on the third day for its rewards.
• Chu Feng led his disciples to Loulan City to browse its market stalls and search for overlooked treasures.
• Chu Feng recognized a Dragon-Tail Koi, bought it from a stall owner for one thousand low-grade spirit stones, and learned it was intelligent.
• A young monk asked Chu Feng to release the koi, but Chu Feng refused and teased him about claiming the fish was destined to be his.

Chu Feng freed Xiao Jin from her fish form and arranged for her to live in a mountain fishpond, then led the group to watch the young cultivators fight in Loulan. At the arena entrance, Han Ping encountered Li Feipeng, who urged him to join the Gale Sword Sect and teased him about his former crush; another swordsman then approached the group.

• Chu Feng turned the dragon koi into a girl, and Xiao Jin offered to serve him, but he told her she could go home or live in a mountain fishpond.
• Fahai praised Chu Feng before leaving, and Chu Feng led the group toward the martial arts arena in the ruins of the Ancient City of Loulan.
• Li Feipeng recognized Han Ping and said he had joined the Gale Sword Sect, then invited Han Ping to join and brought up Senior Sister Bai.
• Han Ping said he had joined Miaomiao Mountain and denied having feelings for Senior Sister Bai, while the group watched him with curiosity.
• Li Feipeng's Third Senior Brother scolded him for dawdling, then approached Chu Feng's group and lost his anger when he saw the women.

Han Ping accepted Chen Ming’s challenge at Arena Nine and defeated him effortlessly after wagering their fortunes and clothing. Chen Ming was left badly injured on the platform.

• Li Feipeng and Chen Ming confronted Han Ping and his companions, and Chen Ming challenged Han Ping to a fight in the arena.
• Chu Feng and the group entered the martial arena, where Chen Qianqian and the others placed bets on the matches.
• At Arena Nine, Han Ping accepted Chen Ming’s wager that the loser would give up his fortune and leave without clothes.
• Chen Ming attacked Han Ping with the Gale Sword Art, but his Sword Qi stopped against Han Ping’s protective barrier.
• Han Ping struck Chen Ming with one casual palm and sent him crashing onto the platform, badly injured.

Han Ping defeated Chen Ming and forced him to surrender his belongings after their wager, then challenged the Gale Sword School’s Elder Zhang when he objected to the humiliation. Elder Zhang accepted Han Paopao’s wager and released his Peak Spirit Nurturing Realm pressure, and Han Paopao answered with a presence that shocked the watching cultivators.

• Han Ping exposed Chen Ming’s feigned unconsciousness, and Chen Ming admitted defeat after their duel.
• Han Ping demanded the wager; Chen Ming left his clothes, storage bag, and sword behind before fleeing.
• Elder Zhang confronted Han Paopao over his treatment of Chen Ming, and Han Paopao challenged him to fight.
• Elder Zhang accepted a wager that the loser would kneel and apologize while surrendering their treasures.
• Elder Zhang released his Peak Spirit Nurturing Realm pressure, and Han Paopao unleashed his own presence, startling the crowd.

Han Paopao defeated Elder Zhang with his newly comprehended Yin-Yang Dharma Seal, bringing the Gale Sword Sect to acknowledge defeat and drawing attention to Miaomiao Mountain. Li Feipeng tried to label Han Paopao a demonic cultivator, but Elder Zhang rejected the claim and ordered Li Feipeng and Chen Ming seized for Han Paopao to deal with.

• Han Paopao revealed his Spirit Nurturing Realm cultivation and countered Elder Zhang's Gale Sword Art with the Yin-Yang Dharma Seal.
• Elder Zhang admitted defeat, surrendered his storage ring, and offered to bring Chen Ming to apologize.
• Han Ping joined Chu Feng and the others as the crowd learned about Miaomiao Mountain and Han Paopao's victory.
• Li Feipeng claimed Han Paopao had gained an Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon inheritance, and Chen Ming became eager to capture him.
• Elder Zhang condemned Li Feipeng's accusation and ordered guards to seize him and Chen Ming for Han Paopao to deal with.

Han Ping spared two Gale Sword Sect disciples after defeating them, while Chu Feng welcomed Little Koi into his service and revealed that Miaomiao Mountain was his home. The Six Great Sages gathered at the Ancient City of Loulan for the main event of the Sexagenary Battle, and the arena fell silent as they took their seats.

• Han Ping forgave Chen Ming and Li Feipeng, and Elder Zhang led the Gale Sword Sect disciples away.
• Han Ping told Chu Feng he planned to return home after the battle, and Little Koi accepted a place serving tea in Chu Feng’s courtyard.
• At the Extreme Cold Mountain Manor camp, Chu Feng told the elders that Miaomiao Mountain was where he lived and vowed to make its name known.
• Chu Feng and Bing Yan arrived at the martial arena, where six platforms had been set up for the major factions.
• The Great Sages of the six factions took their seats, and their presence silenced the crowd.

The Sexagenary Battle began, and the Northern Desert Sect challenged Extreme Cold Mountain Manor’s Great Sage Xuefeng to the first match. When the other powers discovered that Great Sage Wanli was absent, they saw Extreme Cold Mountain Manor as vulnerable, leaving Xuefeng to face Great Sage Qianshan as their presences reached their peaks.

• Sect Master Liu opened the Sexagenary Battle and explained that the six powers could settle their grievances from the past sixty years under its rules.
• The Northern Desert Sect chose Great Sage Qianshan to fight first, and he called on Bing Yan to face him.
• Chu Feng agreed to let the Great Sage accompanying Extreme Cold Mountain Manor fight instead, and Great Sage Xuefeng stepped forward.
• Great Sage Qianshan taunted Xuefeng about a kingdom he had previously lost, while Xuefeng insisted he could fight without Great Sage Wanli.
• The other powers discovered that Great Sage Wanli was absent and concluded that Extreme Cold Mountain Manor had become vulnerable.
• Xuefeng and Qianshan faced each other above the arena as their presences rose toward their peaks.

Great Sage Xuefeng lost to Great Sage Qianshan in the Sexagenary Battle, and Bing Yan began offering kingdoms as bait to draw out the other factions. After conceding the Jiang Kingdom to the Clearing Snow Kingdom, she left the venue poised to continue her plan.

• Great Sage Xuefeng froze Great Sage Qianshan’s Dharma manifestation with Snow Drifts for Ten Thousand Li, but Qianshan shattered it and counterattacked with mountains formed from the True Essence of the Great Dao.
• Great Sage Xuefeng used One Sword Seals Ten Thousand Li to destroy more than half the mountains, but the rest struck him down, and he conceded the battle.
• Bing Yan thanked Great Sage Xuefeng and told him to rest, explaining that she planned to use enough bait to draw in a big fish.
• Saber King An Ye challenged Extreme Cold Mountain Manor for the Jiang Kingdom, and Bing Yan accepted before conceding because Great Sage Xuefeng was injured.
• Saber King An Ye thanked Bing Yan for granting the Jiang Kingdom, while the spectators began discussing her unexpected concession.

Bing Yan repeatedly conceded challenges, leaving Extreme Cold Mountain Manor vulnerable until the Northern Desert Sect summoned its Wolf God Ancestor in a blood coffin. She accepted a wager against the ancestor, with the Ice Soul Sacred Lotus and Wolf God Totem at stake, and the Northern Desert Sect then challenged the other powers for their sacred seeds.

• Bing Yan conceded five challenges, and Extreme Cold Mountain Manor’s disciples and allied Kings and Marquises grew despondent.
• The Northern Desert Sect Master announced that his sect would challenge the Radiant Sword Sect for the top position, and Sect Master Liu questioned which ancestor he had brought.
• The Northern Desert Sect Master summoned Ancestor Wolf God, who arrived in a blood coffin drawn by nine flood dragons.
• The Northern Desert Sect Master challenged Bing Yan for the Ice Soul Sacred Lotus, wagering the Wolf God Totem.
• Bing Yan accepted on condition that the Northern Desert Sect return a Wolf God Totem statue and twice what it had previously won if its ancestor failed; the Northern Desert Sect Master agreed and invited the other powers to wager their sacred seeds.

The Northern Desert Sect’s ancestor, Great Sage Wolf God, defeated Great Sage Wuxiang with a single palm strike, prompting several Half-Saint factions to concede and offer sacred seeds. The Radiant Sword Sect remained the last faction expected to answer the challenge.

• Abbot Jueming sent Great Sage Wuxiang to challenge the Northern Desert Sect’s ancestor, while Bing Yan remained unmoved by the pressure on Extreme Cold Mountain Manor.
• The figure in the blood coffin identified himself as Great Sage Wolf God, the Wolf God Emperor’s direct grandson and the Northern Desert Sect’s strongest Great Sage.
• Great Sage Wuxiang summoned his hundred-zhang golden body, but Great Sage Wolf God’s palm shattered it and sent him crashing into the arena.
• Great Sage Wuxiang admitted One Heart Temple’s defeat, and the Northern Desert Sect celebrated its ancestor’s victory.
• The Clearing Snow Kingdom, Cloud Night Kingdom, and Stargazing Pavilion also conceded and offered sacred seeds, leaving all eyes on the Radiant Sword Sect.

Great Sage Wuming challenged Great Sage Wolf God but was defeated, leaving the Radiant Sword Sect to concede. Bing Yan then objected to the Northern Desert Sect’s claim of supremacy and called on Chu Feng to face the blood coffin.

• Great Sage Wuming unleashed the Heavenly Sword Dao Slash, but Great Sage Wolf God crushed the sword with one hand and forced him to admit defeat.
• The Northern Desert Sect Master declared that his sect would reign over the northwest for sixty years, and the other factions accepted in silence.
• Bing Yan objected to the declaration and said she would not surrender the Extreme Cold Mountain Manor’s sacred relic without a fight.
• The Northern Desert Sect Master ordered Great Sage Qianshan to suppress Bing Yan, and she asked Chu Feng for help.
• Chu Feng agreed to face the challenge and rose into the air, intending to see what was inside the blood coffin.

Chu Feng effortlessly defeated Great Sage Qianshan, struck down the Northern Desert Sect Master, and revealed himself as Great Sage Qiankun to Great Sage Wolf God. Great Sage Wolf God emerged from his blood coffin and began to unleash divine light as their fight was about to start.

• Chu Feng formed the word “suppress” in the sky and crushed Great Sage Qianshan, then claimed Xuefeng had deliberately lost to him earlier.
• Chu Feng slapped the Northern Desert Sect Master unconscious for disrespecting his wife and challenged Great Sage Wolf God to fight him.
• Great Sage Wolf God emerged from his blood coffin, and Chu Feng introduced himself as Great Sage Qiankun, prompting the crowd to acclaim him.
• Great Sage Wolf God accepted Chu Feng’s challenge, and divine light burst from him.

Chu Feng defeated Great Sage Wolf God with a single sword strike, securing the Extreme Cold Mountain Manor’s position and ending the Sexagenary Battle. After the factions pledged to follow his lead, Bing Yan welcomed their Kings and Marquises at the Manor’s camp.

• Chu Feng revealed two awakened Immortal Physiques and met Great Sage Wolf God’s Divine Emperor technique with Ten Thousand Swords Return to One, breaking the True God Totem and winning the duel.
• Great Sage Wolf God admitted defeat, returned to his blood coffin, and was carried away by nine flood dragons.
• The six northwest holy lands offered to honor Chu Feng as their leader, and he warned them not to make Bing Yan unhappy or threaten the Extreme Cold Mountain Manor.
• Chu Feng released Great Sage Qianshan, then returned to Bing Yan and left the remaining proceedings to her.
• Bing Yan ended the Sexagenary Battle and led the Extreme Cold Mountain Manor back to camp, where she arranged a banquet for the five factions’ Kings and Marquises.
• The Kings and Marquises arrived at the camp palace and respectfully greeted Chu Feng and Bing Yan.

After the Sexagenary Battle, Chu Feng and Bing Yan hosted the northwest factions, who offered their holy seeds as gifts. Bing Yan secured support for Bing Qin’s future claim to Extreme Cold Mountain Manor, and Chu Feng and Bing Qin returned to the manor, where their arrival was announced.

• The Northern Desert Sect master apologized to Bing Yan and Chu Feng and presented his faction’s holy seed, followed by gifts from the other factions.
• Master Jueming explained that One Heart Temple’s bodhi seed could grow into a bodhi tree, and Chu Feng accepted it.
• Bing Yan let the elders choose among the remaining holy seeds in return for making Bing Qin her legitimate daughter and supporting her future claim to lead the manor.
• The elders agreed to support Bing Qin and chose the Stargazing Pavilion’s star stone, which Bing Qin entrusted to Ninth Uncle-Grandfather.
• The next day, Chu Feng and Bing Qin returned to Extreme Cold Mountain Manor, where Bing Aogu, Bing Xiaofeng, and the others heard their arrival announced.

Chu Feng planted a sacred seed on Miaomiao Mountain and chanted the Diamond Sutra for seven days, drawing the mountain’s cultivators into meditation. When he finished, a glowing bodhi sapling had grown, and Great Sage Golden Wing announced its appearance.

• Bing Yan and Chu Feng left the Extreme Cold Mountain Manor after Bing Yan rejected Bing Aogu’s attempt to reconcile.
• At a feast on Miaomiao Mountain, Chu Feng allowed Xiao Jin to stay, while Bing Yan encouraged Bing Qin to cultivate before deciding her future.
• Chu Feng planted the sacred seed at sunrise and began chanting the Diamond Sutra, joined first by Great Sage Golden Wing and then by the other cultivators.
• Over seven days, Buddhist light rose forty-nine zhang above Miaomiao Mountain as the gathered cultivators meditated.
• Chu Feng ended his chanting and saw a seven-inch bodhi sapling; Great Sage Golden Wing shouted that the bodhi tree had grown.

Han Ping returned to the Xu Kingdom with Mandala, hoping to visit his family and establish a lasting cultivation clan among his descendants. He found a young relative confronting the Zhu household over the former Han residence, and the young man asked where his family had gone.

• Chu Feng showed Han Paopao the sacred-grade bodhi tree he had grown, and Han Paopao left Miaomiao Mountain to visit his family.
• Great Sage Golden Wing and the other disciples left to cultivate after hearing Chu Feng expound Buddhist scriptures.
• Han Ping and Mandala arrived in Haozhou, where Han Ping planned to find cultivatable descendants and build an enduring Han family.
• Han Ping and Mandala followed a Blood Kin Talisman through Haozhou and saw Zhu household servants claim that the Han residence had become the Zhu residence three years earlier.
• A young Daoist who resembled Han Ping demanded to know what had happened to the Han family and where his parents and sisters were.

Han Ping arrived at the Zhu household and revealed himself as Han Xiuyuan’s second grandpa, then used his cultivator powers to subdue Landowner Zhu. He compelled Zhu to confess how he had plotted against the Han family, beginning with Old Master Han’s death.

• Butler Zhu claimed the Han family had suffered a series of tragedies, while Han Xiuyuan challenged the Zhu household’s right to its property.
• Landowner Zhu threatened Han Xiuyuan and ordered his servants to attack him.
• Han Ping and a woman arrived, and Han Xiuyuan recognized Han Ping as his second grandpa.
• Han Ping declared that he had paid to build the Han residence and used his pressure to force the Zhu servants to their knees and shatter their fire pokers.
• Han Xiuyuan dragged Landowner Zhu before Han Ping, who used a spell to make Zhu confess his crimes against the Han family.

Han Ping exposed Landowner Zhu’s role in destroying the Han family and learned that Judicial Commissioner Zhu had unknowingly caused his own wife and child’s deaths. After the Judicial Commissioner killed himself, Han Ping ordered the Zhu family eliminated, while Haozhou’s powerful families began planning to approach the immortal.

• Landowner Zhu confessed that he had poisoned the Han family’s elders and arranged events to end the Han family line.
• Han Ping threatened Landowner Zhu with the deaths of his relatives, and Judicial Commissioner Zhu arrived with cavalry.
• Han Ping replayed Landowner Zhu’s confession, and Judicial Commissioner Zhu realized he had caused his wife and child’s deaths before killing himself.
• Han Ping gave Han Xiuyuan a Blood Kin Talisman and ordered him to kill the Zhu family; Han Xiuyuan and the servants carried out the order.
• Han Ping entered the Han residence with Han Xiuyuan and Mandala, while the cavalry washed the street and Han Xiuyuan smashed the Zhu residence’s signboard.
• The Haozhou prefect asked his granduncle about Han Ping, and the old man said they would visit him the next day.

Han Ping learned that the ruler of the Xu Kingdom had placed a man-eating demon immortal over Haozhou City, where the locals secretly sacrificed children to it. As Han Ping considered moving the Han family elsewhere, Han Xiuyuan discovered that the dignitaries had been hiding the victims’ fate.

• Han Xiuyuan told Han Ping he had failed to find immortality and returned home, and Han Ping recognized his aptitude and promised to help him awaken his spirit.
• Han Ping instructed Han Xiuyuan to prepare a granite slab for the family precepts and to search for his younger sister.
• The prefect and Haozhou’s dignitaries visited Han Ping and offered their service.
• Han Ping asked why demonic Qi shrouded Haozhou City, and an old dignitary explained that a True Fate demon immortal had been sent by the ruler of the Xu Kingdom.
• The dignitaries admitted that they secretly sent their children to be eaten by the demon and claimed the children had been taken by mountain bandits, shocking Han Xiuyuan.

Han Ping, Han Xiuyuan, and Mandala confronted Tiger Lord at Emerald Jade Mountain after learning it had taken Han Xiulin. Han Xiuyuan and Han Xiulin reunited, while Han Ping demanded to know whether Tiger Lord had anything left to say.

• Han Xiuyuan confronted the prefect about sending children to the demon, and the prefect admitted that Haozhou officials had supplied it with children taken in raids or bought from slave traders.
• Han Ping revealed that his Blood Kin Talisman had located Han Xiulin near Emerald Jade Mountain, then left with Han Xiuyuan and Mandala to retrieve her.
• The old man from Haozhou flew to Emerald Jade Mountain as Han Ping called for the demon, drawing Tiger Lord out of the mountain.
• Han Xiulin stayed calm inside Tiger Lord's residence and searched for a way to escape while the other imprisoned youths panicked.
• Tiger Lord knelt before Mandala and Han Ping, and Han Ping accused it of eating people and capturing his descendant.
• Han Ping used the Blood Kin Talisman to pull Han Xiulin from the residence, and Han Xiuyuan embraced his reunited sister.