Chapter Summaries

The Western Peak Sword Debate opened under the Mysterious Heaven Sword Sect’s leadership, and the first two days featured duels among Half-Saint factions. When the sacred lands’ contests began, the Supreme Purity Sword Sect challenged the Sword Dao Academy, and Tang Xuan stepped forward to fight Yuan Ke.

• The sacred lands gathered at Western Peak Mountain, where Academy Head Meng and Xuandaozi traded barbs before Tyrant Sword opened the debate.
• Sword cultivators from Half-Saint factions dueled over two days, while Xiao Chen watched and advised Tang Xuan about sword hearts and temperament.
• On the third morning, Tyrant Sword ordered the Supreme Purity Sword Sect to issue the first challenge because it had placed last in the previous Sexagenary Battle.
• Yuan Ke challenged Tang Xuan, who accepted and stepped into the air as Elder Withered Sword wondered why he had never heard of Yuan Ke.

Yuan Ke, the Sword God's personal disciple from the Heaven Continent, challenged the Sword Continent's geniuses at Western Peak and swiftly defeated Tang Xuan. He then called seven sword scions to fight him together, while the Mysterious Heaven Sword Sect's eldest sword scion identified Yuan Ke's likely advantage as the True Essence of Sword Dao.

• Yuan Ke declared that he had come to challenge the Sword Continent's sword geniuses, revealing that he was the Sword God's personal disciple from the Heaven Continent.
• Tang Xuan drew the Thunderclap Sword and attacked Yuan Ke with Thunderbolt of Ten Thousand Jun, but Yuan Ke casually broke the strike.
• Yuan Ke sent Tang Xuan crashing to the ground with a sword wave, and Elder Withered Sword conceded the match after confirming Tang Xuan was alive.
• Yuan Ke challenged seven sword scions to attack him together, and Blood Slaughter Sword and the other six rose to face him.
• The Mysterious Heaven Sword Sect's second sword scion asked what Yuan Ke relied on, and the eldest sword scion answered that it was the True Essence of Sword Dao.

Yuan Ke easily defeated the seven Sword Sons and challenged the Mysterious Heaven Sword Sect, where Jian Xin revealed that he had comprehended the True Essence of Sword Dao. As Jian Xin and Yuan Ke prepared to fight with their Immortal Physiques awakened, Xiao Chen stepped in and faced them both.

• Yuan Ke effortlessly erased the combined attack of the seven Sword Sons, who admitted defeat.
• Yuan Ke challenged the Mysterious Heaven Sword Sect, and Jian Xin answered by revealing that he had comprehended the True Essence of Sword Dao.
• Jian Xin awakened the Sword Immortal Physique, while Yuan Ke manifested a Divine Sword Faxiang and prepared to fight him.
• Xiao Chen stepped into the sky and dispersed the Sword Intent Jian Xin and Yuan Ke sent at him.
• Jian Xin and Yuan Ke asked Xiao Chen who he was.

Xiao Chen challenged Yuan Ke and Jian Xin to fight him together, then defeated both with a single sword strike. He left Yuan Ke wondering whether Xiao Chen would show his full strength, and asked whether he wanted his sword heart shattered.

• Xiao Chen introduced himself as the Sword Dao Academy’s Holy Son and declared that he would fight Yuan Ke and Jian Xin alone.
• Xiao Chen revealed his True Essence of Sword Dao and Immortal Physique, shocking the crowd and putting both opponents on guard.
• Yuan Ke and Jian Xin attacked Xiao Chen together with their signature sword techniques.
• Xiao Chen used Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin to overwhelm their attacks and force both heavenly geniuses to activate their protective treasures.
• Jian Xin and Yuan Ke admitted defeat, and Xiao Chen said he had used ninety percent of his strength.
• Yuan Ke asked to see Xiao Chen’s full-strength sword strike, and Xiao Chen asked if he wanted his sword heart shattered.

Xiao Chen won the Western Peak Sword Debate and revealed that he was the Holy Son of the Dao-Seeking Academy in the Profound Continent. After sharing wine and discussing the Sword Dao with Jian Xin and Yuan Ke, he hinted at the formidable talent of his fellow disciples.

• Yuan Ke and Jian Xin withdrew from challenging Xiao Chen, and Xuandaozi and the other Saints recognized Xiao Chen as the sword debate champion.
• Xiao Chen checked on Tang Xuan, who said he had recovered enough to compete, and Tang Xuan later placed tenth in the debate.
• The Saints awarded Jian Xin and Yuan Ke a shared second place, while the Sword Dao Academy celebrated having two cultivators in the top ten for the first time in thousands of years.
• Xiao Chen revealed that he came from the Dao-Seeking Academy in the Profound Continent and named Great Sage Qiankun as his master.
• Xiao Chen, Jian Xin, and Yuan Ke shared wine at the Summit of Western Peak and discussed their Sword Dao and home continents.
• Xiao Chen told Jian Xin and Yuan Ke that several of his fellow disciples were similarly talented and advised them to use his name if they ever encountered them.

Xiao Chen entered the Sword Emperor's Cliff and studied its sword inscriptions at his own pace, eventually reaching the Sword Emperor's hidden remnant image. After enduring its test and receiving a demonstration of the Sword Emperor's pre-Saint sword arts, Xiao Chen comprehended three points of True Essence of Sword Dao and was praised as having the makings of a Sword Emperor.

• Xiao Chen ignored the rush toward the central cave and studied the sword moves carved into the cliff walls while Tang Xuan went ahead.
• Xiao Chen reached the Sword Emperor's True Essence of Sword Dao inscriptions, broke through their attacks with his Invincible True Essence of Sword Dao, and entered the hidden passage.
• Xiao Chen endured the pressure aimed at his sword heart and reached the Sword Emperor's remnant image without his Dao heart breaking.
• The Sword Emperor demonstrated his pre-Saint martial moves to Xiao Chen and gave him repeated half-day intervals to comprehend them.
• Xiao Chen said he had comprehended three points of True Essence of Sword Dao, and the Sword Emperor declared that he had the makings of a Sword Emperor.

Xiao Chen returned from the Sword Emperor’s Cliff after comprehending three points of the True Essence of Sword Dao, while Cao Youqian and Nie Xiuyuan also made progress in their cultivation. Back at the Dao-Seeking Academy, Chu Feng learned that Bai Yu had successfully broken through to the Great Sage Realm and received two pieces of good news.

• Xiao Chen told the Sword Dao Academy that he had gained three points of the True Essence of Sword Dao and agreed to share his insights with its disciples.
• Cao Youqian emerged from seclusion after comprehending three points of the True Essence of the Great Dao and agreed to teach the Giant God Academy’s chosen disciples.
• Nie Xiuyuan comprehended another point of the True Essence of the Great Dao and decided to return to his sect.
• Chu Feng received a system notification that Nie Xiuyuan’s progress had added ten points to his True Essence of the Great Dao.
• Great Sage Golden Wing asked Chu Feng what to do about Bai Yu’s impending breakthrough, and Chu Feng advised him to report it to the academy head.
• Bai Yu successfully broke through to the Great Sage Realm, and Chu Feng received two pieces of good news.

Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian returned to the Dao-Seeking Academy after gaining renown on their travels, and Chu Feng welcomed them with a banquet. Their friendly spar escalated into a powerful duel, which ended with Xiao Chen’s sword strike shattering Cao Youqian’s manifestation and sending him falling from the sky.

• Elder Little White told Chu Feng that Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian had returned after making a name for themselves on the Sword Continent and the Barbarian Continent.
• Chu Feng invited his friends to a welcoming banquet, where Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian recounted their travels.
• Cao Youqian challenged Xiao Chen to spar so Chu Feng could assess their cultivation, and both disciples revealed their formidable power.
• Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian exchanged dozens of moves before unleashing their Extreme Dao Divine Fist and Ten Thousand Swords Return to One.
• Xiao Chen’s sword pierced Cao Youqian’s giant fist, shattered his manifestation, and sent him falling from the sky.

Ye Beixuan returned from the Phoenix Ancestral Land having comprehended the True Essence of the Great Dao, while Feng Qiongyu stayed behind to cultivate toward becoming a Great Sage. After returning to the Dao-Seeking Academy, Ye Beixuan and Nie Xiuyuan joined Chu Feng’s disciples for a celebration, where Wang Baole resolved to seek his own breakthrough.

• Cao Youqian withstood Xiao Chen’s sword strike, impressing the banquet guests, and the two returned to their seats as Chu Feng called them to drink.
• Ye Beixuan left the Phoenix Ancestral Land after comprehending the True Essence of the Great Dao, while Feng Qiongyu emerged as a Dao Integration Realm cultivator with phoenix blood.
• Feng Qiongyu accepted the Phoenix Saint as her master and chose to stay in the ancestral land until she became a Great Sage, with Ye Beixuan promising to visit her.
• Ye Beixuan returned to the Dao-Seeking Academy and paid his respects to Chu Feng, who praised his progress; Nie Xiuyuan also returned from his travels.
• Chu Feng and his disciples celebrated Ye Beixuan’s and Nie Xiuyuan’s returns, while Wang Baole drank alone and resolved not to come back from his journey until he comprehended the True Essence of the Great Dao.

Wang Baole asked to leave Miaomiao Mountain to investigate news about Taotie, and Nie Xiuyuan agreed to accompany him to Northern Jade Mountain. As they arrived at the ancient mountain, a giant beast descended over the gathered cultivators, and its unseen rider knocked attackers unconscious.

• Wang Baole told Chu Feng he wanted to seek an opportunity connected to Taotie at Northern Jade Mountain, and Chu Feng invited the other disciples to accompany him.
• Nie Xiuyuan volunteered to travel with Wang Baole after Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian offered, and Chu Feng said he expected Nie Xiuyuan to prove himself.
• Three days later, Nie Xiuyuan and Wang Baole left Miaomiao Mountain for Northern Jade Mountain.
• Countless cultivators gathered around Northern Jade Mountain, which had appeared at the border between the Northern Abyss and Great Thunderclap Temple.
• A giant beast arrived, and when some cultivators attacked it, a woman's voice from its back struck them unconscious with a wave of pressure.

Wang Baole and Nie Xiuyuan joined Dao-Seeking Academy disciples near Northern Jade Mountain, where they learned that Elder Huang Tao was in danger. Nie Xiuyuan arrived in time to kill the Northern Abyss Holy Dynasty official who had been overpowering Huang Tao.

• Wang Baole agreed to help Chen Xueli and the other Dao-Seeking Academy disciples enter Northern Jade Mountain.
• Chen Xueli received a red warning that Huang Tao and his group were in extreme danger, so Nie Xiuyuan ordered him to lead the way.
• Nie Xiuyuan and the others reached the northern side of Immortal Jade Mountain and saw Huang Tao losing a fight against a second-rank official of the Northern Abyss Holy Dynasty.
• Nie Xiuyuan arrived on Kunkun and warned the official to leave Huang Tao alone.
• The official threatened Nie Xiuyuan with the arrival of the Northern Abyss Holy Dynasty's Crown Prince, and Nie Xiuyuan killed him with one sword strike.

Nie Xiuyuan defeated Lord Min, reunited with Elder Huang, and revealed that he had comprehended the True Essence of the Great Dao. The Northern Abyss Crown Prince ordered his forces to avoid further conflict with the Dao-Seeking Academy, and Northern Jade Mountain opened.

• Nie Xiuyuan defeated Lord Min, while the Northern Abyss Holy Dynasty's disciples fled and Elder Huang thanked him for intervening.
• Nie Xiuyuan joined Elder Huang and the Dao-Seeking Academy's disciples at their camp, where he learned that the Northern Abyss Holy Dynasty had targeted them over an old grudge.
• Nie Xiuyuan told Elder Huang that he had comprehended the True Essence of the Great Dao and looked forward to facing the Northern Abyss Crown Prince.
• The Northern Abyss Crown Prince warned his subordinates not to underestimate Nie Xiuyuan and ordered them to avoid trouble with the Dao-Seeking Academy before the mountain opened.
• Half a month after Wang Baole and the others arrived, Northern Jade Mountain shone violet-gold and opened.

Cultivators from major factions gathered at Northern Jade Mountain, where Nie Xiuyuan and the Dao-Seeking Academy watched the Great Thunderclap Temple, the Northern Abyss Holy Dynasty, and the Emotion-Forsaking Palace arrive. The three leaders agreed to let Leng Qingqiu’s group enter first, and the assembled cultivators watched to see what dangers awaited inside.

• Nie Xiuyuan told the Dao-Seeking Academy disciples to wait and observe the experts gathering at Northern Jade Mountain.
• Golden Cicada Bodhisattva led the Great Thunderclap Temple’s group to the mountain, and Nie Xiuyuan described his Half-Saint cultivation and background to Wang Baole.
• The Northern Abyss Crown Prince arrived with the Black Dragon Army, raising tension because of the recent clash with the Dao-Seeking Academy.
• Leng Qingqiu arrived with the Emotion-Forsaking Palace, and Nie Xiuyuan told Wang Baole that she had been a Half-Saint sixty years earlier.
• The Northern Abyss Crown Prince and Golden Cicada Bodhisattva agreed to let Leng Qingqiu’s group enter first, and she led them into Northern Jade Mountain.

After Northern Jade Mountain separated the incoming cultivators, Wang Baole encountered a deputy commander of the Black Dragon Army and accepted his challenge. Wang Baole killed him with a single strike of the Wood-Chopping Saber Technique.

• The cultivators entered Northern Jade Mountain and were separated upon arrival, while their communication talismans failed to work.
• Wang Baole headed into the forest and came face-to-face with two Northern Abyss Holy Dynasty cultivators, including a deputy commander of the Black Dragon Army.
• The deputy commander recognized Wang Baole as the Demon-Rooting Heavenly Saber and challenged him to fight without relying on his master's Sword Jade.
• Wang Baole agreed, dismissed the deputy commander's perfected Saber Intent, and invited him to strike first.
• Wang Baole swung his wood-chopping knife once, and the deputy commander collapsed after asking what saber technique he had used.

Wang Baole learned that Taotie’s essence blood could help him comprehend the True Essence of the Great Dao, then reunited with Nangong Yu and Wang Yufei and led Dao-Seeking Academy disciples deeper into Northern Jade Mountain. The chapter ended with Nangong Yu demanding an apology from an Emotion-Forsaking Palace disciple who had insulted Wang Yufei.

• After defeating the seventh deputy general, Wang Baole learned that Taotie’s spirit was one with Northern Jade Mountain and that earning its recognition could grant a drop of essence blood.
• Wang Baole found rare medicinal treasures in the forest and reunited with Nangong Yu and Wang Yufei a day later.
• Wang Baole led his two wives toward the mountain’s core to compete for Taotie essence blood, and more than ten Dao-Seeking Academy disciples joined his group.
• At camp, Nangong Yu and Wang Yufei met Elder Hong and her Emotion-Forsaking Palace disciples while fetching water.
• Wang Yufei rejected an invitation to join the palace, and Nangong Yu demanded that the green-dressed disciple apologize for insulting her.

Wang Baole arrived as Nangong Yu and Wang Yufei faced hostility from the Emotion-Forsaking Palace, then challenged Senior Sister Hong to a fight. Their clash erupted over Northern Jade Mountain, leaving the outcome unclear.

• The green-dressed girl threatened Nangong Yu and Wang Yufei, and Nangong Yu met her Spirit Nurturing Realm pressure with her own.
• Wang Baole arrived with Dao Integration Realm pressure and identified himself as the Demon-Rooting Heavenly Saber.
• Senior Sister Hong invoked her Saint backing and challenged the Dao-Seeking Academy, while Wang Baole refused to back down.
• Senior Sister Hong and Wang Baole revealed their True Intent Great Perfection and prepared to fight.
• Senior Sister Hong unleashed the Emotion-Severing Sword, and Wang Baole struck it with his firewood knife, causing a massive collision.

Wang Baole and Senior Sister Hong fought to a standstill until Leng Qingqiu arrived and threatened the Dao-Seeking Academy disciples. Nie Xiuyuan stepped forward to challenge her, and their battle was about to begin.

• Wang Baole revealed that he had mastered two kinds of True Intent, while Senior Sister Hong suffered a minor injury and considered withdrawing.
• Senior Sister Hong refused to admit defeat, and Leng Qingqiu arrived to rebuke Wang Baole for humiliating her disciple.
• Nie Xiuyuan appeared and offered to fight Leng Qingqiu instead of letting her bully the Dao-Seeking Academy juniors.
• Leng Qingqiu attacked with the Autumn Water Divine Sword, but Nie Xiuyuan countered with Sword Qi from his fingertips and revealed he had comprehended the True Essence of Sword Dao.
• Leng Qingqiu agreed to fight Nie Xiuyuan without holding back, and both unleashed manifestations across the sky.

Nie Xiuyuan defeated the Emotion-Forsaking Holy Maiden in a duel above Northern Jade Mountain, then resolved the dispute that had sparked their fight. The Emotion-Forsaking Palace apologized and departed, while the Dao-Seeking Academy celebrated Nie Xiuyuan’s victory.

• The Northern Abyss Crown Prince and Golden Cicada Buddha Child recognized Nie Xiuyuan and the Emotion-Forsaking Holy Maiden as formidable opponents but chose not to intervene.
• Nie Xiuyuan and the Emotion-Forsaking Holy Maiden exchanged sword strikes, and she admitted defeat after their clash shook Northern Jade Mountain.
• Nie Xiuyuan and the Emotion-Forsaking Holy Maiden heard Qing'er and Nangong Yu explain their dispute over the Emotion-Forsaking Palace trying to recruit Nangong Yu.
• The Emotion-Forsaking Holy Maiden had Qing'er apologize to Nangong Yu and Wang Yufei, then left with her disciples.
• Wang Baole congratulated Nie Xiuyuan, who looked forward to fighting more experts, and the Dao-Seeking Academy disciples celebrated together.
• Qing'er apologized to her master as the Emotion-Forsaking Palace disciples looked at her with disapproval.

Nie Xiuyuan and Wang Baole led the Dao-Seeking Academy disciples to Northern Jade Mountain’s main peak, where they found a mysterious palace and began climbing its pressure-filled stairway. After resting to eat and drink, they continued upward, passing a Black Dragon Army commander who had mocked them as he struggled against the steps’ pressure.

• Leng Qingqiu warned Qing'er not to invite cultivators into the Emotion-Forsaking Palace without confirming their identities and cautioned her against provoking the Dao-Seeking Academy.
• Nie Xiuyuan and Wang Baole gathered the Dao-Seeking Academy disciples and led them toward Northern Jade Mountain’s main peak.
• The group discovered a golden palace and a white jade stairway, and Nie Xiuyuan identified the power around it as the Great Dao.
• Nie Xiuyuan and Wang Baole climbed the stairway until the other Dao-Seeking Academy disciples fell behind, then stopped to eat and drink as cultivators from other holy lands caught up.
• After resting, Nie Xiuyuan and Wang Baole resumed climbing and passed the struggling Black Dragon Army commander, who slipped and tumbled down the steps.

Wang Baole, Nie Xiuyuan, the Golden Cicada Buddha Child, Leng Qingqiu, and the Northern Abyss Crown Prince overcame the heavenly stairway’s illusions and gathered before the immortal palace. After the palace announced that all the great-fortune bearers had arrived, the five entered together.

• Wang Baole, Nie Xiuyuan, the Golden Cicada Buddha Child, Leng Qingqiu, and the Northern Abyss Crown Prince faced different illusions as they climbed the final steps toward the immortal palace.
• Wang Baole and Nie Xiuyuan reached the palace first, then waited with the Golden Cicada Buddha Child while eating, drinking, and discussing the Dao.
• Leng Qingqiu passed the trial and sat apart from the others, then the Northern Abyss Crown Prince arrived, exhausted from his illusion.
• The immortal palace gates opened, and an ancient voice announced that all the great-fortune bearers had arrived and that cultivators outside could receive blessings.
• The five exchanged glances and entered the immortal palace together.