Chapter Summaries

Wang Baole and the others encountered a Taotie Saint statue in the palace, which offered treasures in exchange for fortune. After the Golden Cicada Buddha Child identified fortune as the required price, the group turned their attention to the Northern Abyss Crown Prince.

• The group followed a corridor of glowing Taotie carvings and encountered a towering statue whose Saintly might forced them to their knees.
• Nie Xiuyuan and Wang Baole challenged the statue’s demand for their submission, and the statue revealed that Wang Baole had awakened the Taotie bloodline.
• The statue offered cultivation methods, divine weapons, and other treasures in exchange for payment, with better rewards for those who traded earlier.
• The Golden Cicada Buddha Child and Emotion-Forsaking Holy Maiden withdrew from the contest, while Nie Xiuyuan yielded his chance to the Northern Abyss Crown Prince.
• The Golden Cicada Buddha Child determined that the statue required fortune in exchange, and everyone looked toward the Northern Abyss Crown Prince.

Wang Baole traded nine chi of fortune for the divine beast statue’s essence blood, and the Golden Cicada Buddha Child traded nine zhang for a Dragon Buddha Sariputra. Nie Xiuyuan asked to be sent to Wang Baole, and the two left to find the Dao-Seeking Academy disciples and depart Northern Jade Mountain.

• The Northern Abyss Crown Prince refused to trade, so Wang Baole offered fortune he had gained by suppressing a Child of Fortune.
• The divine beast statue charged Wang Baole nine chi of fortune for its essence blood, and the Light of the Righteous Dao completed their trade.
• The Golden Cicada Buddha Child traded nine zhang of fortune for the Dragon Buddha Sariputra and left the immortal palace.
• Nie Xiuyuan declined to trade for an item and received a divine wine recipe from the statue.
• Nie Xiuyuan asked the statue to send him to Wang Baole, then joined him in the forest.
• Wang Baole agreed to reunite with the Dao-Seeking Academy disciples before leaving Northern Jade Mountain.

Wang Baole reached the great perfection realm in Saber Intent, then consumed Taotie essence blood and comprehended the Great Dao of Devouring. He left his seclusion ready to tell Chu Feng the good news.

• Wang Baole asked Chu Feng how to choose between his True Intents, and Chu Feng advised him to awaken the True Essence of Devouring with Taotie essence.
• Wang Baole spent forty-nine days cultivating with ingredients and reached the great perfection realm in Saber Intent.
• Wang Baole brought ingredients to Chu Feng, and the two prepared a feast together before Wang Baole entered seclusion with the Taotie essence blood.
• Wang Baole swallowed the essence blood, endured the Taotie's presence, and gradually absorbed it using his Saber Intent and Taiji True Intent.
• Wang Baole spent eighty-one days refining his body and comprehending the Great Dao of Devouring, then set out to share the news with Chu Feng.

Wang Baole comprehended the True Essence of Devouring, while Shi Xuan asked Chu Feng for help mastering the All-Character Secret. Chu Feng sent Shi Xuan to the Land of Slaughter to temper himself, and the chapter ended as they prepared to depart.

• Wang Baole told Chu Feng he had comprehended the True Essence of the Great Dao and said he wanted to focus on making delicious food.
• Shi Xuan told Chu Feng he could not quite comprehend the All-Character Secret, and Chu Feng advised him to train in the Land of Slaughter.
• Shi Xuan agreed to go, determined to prepare for a battle he expected in a little over ten years.
• Chu Feng and Wang Baole hosted a farewell banquet, and the disciples gave Shi Xuan treasures and spirit herbs.
• Shi Xuan arrived at the head's courtyard residence the next day, and Chu Feng prepared to take him to Dao-Seeking City.

Shi Xuan arrived at Dao-Seeking Pass and prepared to train in the Land of Slaughter. After entering the dangerous secret realm, he traveled to White Bone Valley to face its Bone Devils.

• Shi Yuqi welcomed Shi Xuan at Dao-Seeking Pass, hosted a banquet, and gave him a map of the Land of Slaughter.
• Shi Xuan studied the map, then disguised himself with a bronze mask and entered the Land of Slaughter using his true disciple token.
• Shi Xuan chose White Bone Valley as his training ground and rode his Ice Wolf there.
• Shi Xuan arrived at White Bone Valley, returned his Ice Wolf to its pouch, and entered the valley with his sword in hand.

Shi Xuan followed a disguised Bone Devil into Blood Bank Cave after recognizing that she had dodged his sword strike. He stabbed her, but she vanished and revealed a cavern filled with awakened Bone Devils and the Ten Thousand Bones Spirit-Severing Formation, which she claimed made her invincible there.

• Shi Xuan found a wounded woman in white being chased by Bone Devils and killed the creatures with one sword strike.
• The woman offered herself to Shi Xuan and claimed to lead him to the Devil Creatures' lair, while he suspected she was a powerful Bone Devil in disguise.
• She led Shi Xuan across a river of blood to Blood Bank Cave, claiming it contained a ten-thousand-year-old blood lingzhi.
• Inside the cavern, Shi Xuan stabbed the woman after revealing he had recognized her when she dodged his sword; she turned to ash as ghostly flames awakened the Bone Devils.
• A beautiful woman in white appeared and warned that the Ten Thousand Bones Spirit-Severing Formation made her invincible within the cave, but Shi Xuan challenged her to prove it.

Shi Xuan endured Madam Thousand Illusions’s Bone Devil assault and risked his life to defeat her, then comprehended the All-Character Secret while unconscious. He recovered, prepared in the collapsed cave, and broke through to the Heavenly Origin Realm.

• Shi Xuan fought endless Bone Devils while using the Secret of the Character Qian to seek a way out, choosing to risk death rather than use his Sword Jade.
• Shi Xuan burned his essence blood to strike Madam Thousand Illusions, destroying her body, and then used his Sword Jade to pierce her head as she attacked him.
• The cave collapsed and buried Shi Xuan, who swallowed a spiritual power-restoring pill before losing consciousness.
• While Shi Xuan was unconscious, the character 皆 illuminated his sea of consciousness, and he comprehended the All-Character Secret.
• Shi Xuan broke free from the rubble, set up a formation with supreme-grade spirit stones, and began his breakthrough.
• A day later, Shi Xuan entered the Heavenly Origin Realm.

Shi Xuan broke through to the Heavenly Origin Realm and advanced to its Third Level while training in the Land of Slaughter, then returned to Dao-Seeking Pass to purge the Slaughter Qi from his body. After reciting scriptures in a quiet room, he cleared the Slaughter Qi in seven days and discovered that the experience had tempered his state of mind.

• Chu Feng received a system notification that Shi Xuan’s breakthrough to the Heavenly Origin Realm had earned him thirty years of cultivation.
• Shi Xuan left White Bone Valley after comprehending the All-Character Secret and set his sights on stronger Devil Creatures.
• Shi Xuan reached the Third Level of Heavenly Origin through combat, then returned toward Dao-Seeking Pass because his pills were running low and Slaughter Qi had entered his body.
• Dao-Seeking Academy disciples stopped Shi Xuan at Dao-Seeking Pass, and he asked them to contact Shi Yuqi, who escorted him to a quiet room.
• Shi Xuan recited scriptures from Chu Feng to clear the Slaughter Qi in seven days, then left the quiet room and wondered whether Shi Yuqi had bought his pills.

Shi Xuan emerged from the quiet room having completely purified his Slaughter Qi, then returned to the Land of Slaughter and gained fame as the Slaughter-Breaking Sword. After half a year, he told Shi Yuqi he planned to stay for ten years, and Shi Yuqi began to make an improper request.

• Deacon Hong panicked when he learned Shi Xuan had left the quiet room, fearing the Slaughter Qi had harmed Great Sage Qiankun's final disciple.
• Shi Xuan assured Deacon Hong that he felt well, and Shi Yuqi arrived to invite him to drink.
• At the banquet, Shi Xuan revealed his name to Hong Bibo, who recognized him as the famous genius from the Northern Abyss.
• The next day, Shi Xuan returned to the Land of Slaughter, and his quick purification of Slaughter Qi spread his reputation among disciples.
• Half a year later, Shi Yuqi asked how long Shi Xuan would stay, and Shi Xuan said ten years before Shi Yuqi began an improper request.

Shi Xuan agreed to spar with Shi Yuqi and Hong Bibo, then arranged for Liang Yi to join him in the Land of Slaughter. After ten years of training, Shi Xuan reached the Dao Integration Realm and left Dao-Seeking Pass with Liang Yi to return to the Dao-Seeking Academy.

• Shi Xuan agreed to spar with Shi Yuqi and Hong Bibo after their banquet.
• Shi Xuan wrote to Chu Feng asking him to send Liang Yi to the Land of Slaughter, and Chu Feng gave Liang Yi a token to arrange the journey.
• Liang Yi traveled to Dao-Seeking Pass and joined Shi Xuan, promising to follow his master wherever he went.
• After ten years of cultivation, Shi Xuan broke through to the Dao Integration Realm and emerged from seclusion.
• Shi Xuan celebrated with Shi Yuqi, Hong Bibo, Liang Yi, and the others, then left Dao-Seeking Pass with Liang Yi for the Dao-Seeking Academy.

Over ten years, Chu Feng’s family and disciples grew, and he enjoyed a peaceful day fishing with his daughters, Chu Yuzhi and Chu Yingjin. Meanwhile, Shi Xuan and his disciple Liang Yi encountered a battle between Northern Abyss Sacred Dao Academy disciples and the Black Devil Eighteen Bandits, where a woman in yellow refused to surrender her group’s treasures.

• Shi Xuan broke through to the Dao Integration Realm and reached Great Perfection in the True Intent of Fate, earning Chu Feng a system reward.
• Chu Feng’s disciples and companions made progress over ten years, and Bing Yan and Princess Miao Yu each bore him a daughter, Chu Yuzhi and Chu Yingjin.
• Chu Feng took Chu Yuzhi and Chu Yingjin fishing, then returned with them to the chief’s courtyard, where Bing Yan and Princess Miao Yu welcomed them home.
• Shi Xuan and Liang Yi traveled by sword rather than taking a teleportation array, hoping to find a fortuitous opportunity.
• Three days later, Shi Xuan and Liang Yi saw a woman in yellow and her companions fighting the Black Devil Eighteen Bandits.
• The woman in yellow identified her group as disciples of the Northern Abyss Sacred Dao Academy and refused to hand over their treasures.

Shi Xuan and Liang Yi encountered the Black Devil Eighteen Bandits while passing through the Land of Slaughter, and Shi Xuan killed their leader with his Sword Intent. After intimidating Jin Xi and the Sacred Dao Academy disciples into leaving, Shi Xuan examined the treasures Liang Yi had looted from the bandit leader.

• A Black Devil Bandit blocked Shi Xuan and Liang Yi, but Shi Xuan shattered his saber light and drew the attention of the bandit leader.
• Shi Xuan let the leader attack, then killed him with Sword Intent Great Perfection, causing the other bandits to flee.
• Shi Xuan sent Liang Yi to loot the leader's corpse and refused to take credit for helping Jin Xi and her fellow disciples.
• Shi Xuan's Dao Integration Realm pressure injured the Sacred Dao Academy disciples, and Jin Xi led them away.
• Liang Yi brought Shi Xuan two storage rings, and Shi Xuan erased their spiritual imprints to inspect the contents.

After finding a secret key among the Black Devil Eighteen Bandits’ treasures, Shi Xuan followed its map to Heavenly Zen Mountain and waited for others seeking the Nine-Star Secret Treasury. Jin Xi and her companions arrived, and Ten-Thousand-Jin Saber revealed that he had two keys.

• Shi Xuan gave Liang Yi resources from the bandits’ storage rings and discovered that an ancient key led to a treasure and another key near Jin Xi’s group.
• Shi Xuan and Liang Yi reached Heavenly Zen Mountain, found a cave, and waited while cultivators fought outside.
• Ten-Thousand-Jin Saber demanded Shi Xuan’s secret key, but Shi Xuan refused and provoked him.
• Jin Xi and the Sacred Dao Academy disciples arrived, and Ten-Thousand-Jin Saber identified himself and asked how many keys they had.
• Jin Xi confirmed they had come for the Nine-Star Secret Treasury, and Ten-Thousand-Jin Saber said he possessed two keys.

The Four Ghosts of South Mountain arrived at Heavenly Zen Mountain seeking the keys to the hidden treasury, but Liang Yi’s claim that he was Great Sage Qiankun’s grand-disciple stopped them from attacking. Everyone agreed to follow the cave-dwelling master’s plan to open the treasury, and the master emerged as they waited to see who he was.

• Jin Xi told Ten-Thousand-Jin Saber that her group had two keys, while Shi Xuan said that he and his companion had one.
• Jin Xi’s group and Ten-Thousand-Jin Saber camped near the cave and waited for the remaining keys to appear.
• The Four Ghosts of South Mountain arrived and demanded the keys, prompting Liang Yi to leave the cave and confront them.
• Liang Yi revealed that he was a Dao-Seeking Academy disciple and Great Sage Qiankun’s grand-disciple, causing the Four Ghosts to back down.
• The cave-dwelling master proposed that they use the keys to open the hidden treasury, and Jin Xi, Ten-Thousand-Jin Saber, and the Four Ghosts agreed.
• Liang Yi informed his master that everyone had agreed, and the master emerged from the cave.

Shi Xuan arrived at Heavenly Zen Mountain and united the gathered factions to open the hidden treasury. As the nine keys summoned a gate and cultivators converged, several powerful figures appeared, ending with a terrifying tiger’s roar.

• Shi Xuan revealed his accumulated killing intent, and Liang Yi, the Four Ghosts of South Mountain, Jin Xi, and Ten-Thousand-Jin Saber paid their respects.
• Shi Xuan proposed that the gathered factions defend the treasury together and divide any treasures according to their abilities.
• Shi Xuan and the other factions used all nine keys, aligning nine stars and opening a gate of light above Heavenly Zen Mountain.
• Hundreds upon thousands of cultivators and demons arrived, and Shi Xuan’s allies moved closer to him for protection.
• An old Daoist riding backward on a sika deer, an old monk on a white python, and Madam Hua appeared at the mountain.
• A tiger roared, frightening weaker cultivators unconscious as an enormous black shadow fell over Heavenly Zen Mountain.

Shi Xuan confronted the Five Elders of Heavenly Zen when they tried to bar the crowd from entering the hidden treasure. After identifying himself as the Dao-Seeking Academy genius Slaughter-Breaking Sword, he proved his strength by killing Elder Tiger with one sword strike.

• The Five Elders of Heavenly Zen arrived and warned everyone away from the hidden treasure, but Shi Xuan said he would enter with Liang Yi and the others.
• Shi Xuan revealed that people in the Land of Slaughter called him Slaughter-Breaking Sword, and the crowd recognized him as a rising Dao-Seeking Academy genius.
• Elder Tiger demanded proof of Shi Xuan's identity, and Shi Xuan accepted his challenge.
• Shi Xuan displayed Sword Intent Great Perfection and severed Elder Tiger's head with a single sword strike.

Shi Xuan entered the Emperor Shadow Secret Treasury with Liang Yi and encountered an old man whom Old Ghost Fu recognized as his master. The old man revealed that the treasury was a place for cultivation where they might comprehend the True Essence of the Great Dao.

• Shi Xuan defeated Elder Tiger, took his corpse, and entered the secret treasury with Liang Yi and the others.
• The Four Elders of Heavenly Zen warned the remaining cultivators about Shi Xuan before entering, and the star gate closed after all eighty-one trial participants had gone inside.
• An ancient voice announced that the Emperor Shadow Secret Treasury would remain open for eighty-one days, and Shi Xuan continued onward without pursuing a possible Great Emperor's inheritance.
• Shi Xuan and the others found a stone chamber filled with cultivators meditating and sparring, where Old Ghost Shou recognized his master.
• Old Ghost Fu greeted the old man, who woke and said the treasury might let master and disciple comprehend the True Essence of the Great Dao.

Shi Xuan uncovered that the stone-wall moves were meant to strengthen cultivators’ True Intent rather than be learned as techniques, and he guided Liang Yi to use the same method. After eighty days in the stone chambers, Liang Yi reached the Perfection of Sword Intent, drawing the attention of the other cultivators.

• Jin Xi explained that the Emperor Shadow Secret Realm contained inheritances left by Great Emperors before they ascended.
• Shi Xuan studied the moves on the first stone wall, resisted their influence with his Dao heart, and realized they were meant to help cultivators comprehend True Intent.
• Shi Xuan instructed Liang Yi to attack the wall’s moves with his Sword Intent, helping him deepen his understanding.
• Shi Xuan used his Sword Intent against the moves in successive chambers until it was defeated in the seventh chamber.
• After eighty days, Liang Yi shattered the wall’s moves with his Sword Intent and announced that he had reached its Perfection.
• Old Ghost Fu asked Liang Yi how he had made such progress.

Liang Yi perfected his Sword Intent and left the hidden treasury with Shi Xuan, who was still struggling to advance his True Intent. The Four Ghosts of South Mountain asked to become Shi Xuan’s followers, and he agreed to consider them if they passed the Heart-Questioning Mirror in Dao-Seeking City.

• Liang Yi reached the next stone chamber with his treasured sword, while the Four Ghosts of South Mountain and other cultivators followed him, hoping to learn from him.
• Liang Yi told Shi Xuan that his Sword Intent had reached perfection, then asked questions about cultivation as Shi Xuan patiently answered.
• After the hidden treasury’s cultivation period ended, Shi Xuan and Liang Yi left, followed by the Four Ghosts of South Mountain, the Four Elders of Heavenly Zen, and Jin Xi’s group.
• Shi Xuan stopped the Four Ghosts of South Mountain and heard Old Ghost Fu ask to become his lackeys so they could mend their ways.
• Shi Xuan told the Four Ghosts they could qualify as his followers if they passed the Heart-Questioning Mirror in Dao-Seeking City, and they agreed to try.

After returning to Dao-Seeking City, Shi Xuan brought the Four Ghosts of South Mountain to the Shi Residence, then visited his master Chu Feng at Dao-Seeking Academy. He described his difficulty comprehending the True Essence of the Great Dao despite reaching True Intent Great Perfection.

• Shi Xuan ordered the Four Ghosts of South Mountain to follow him and brought them to the Shi Residence, where Uncle Yuan revealed that Shi Xuan was Great Sage Qiankun's personal disciple and the Northern Wasteland's eldest imperial grandson.
• Shi Xuan walked up Miaomiao Mountain with Liang Yi and felt an unfamiliar peace and tranquility.
• Shi Xuan met his two junior sisters, Chu Yuzhi and her sister, in Chu Feng's courtyard.
• Shi Xuan told Chu Feng that he could not comprehend the True Essence of the Great Dao despite reaching True Intent Great Perfection in two kinds of True Intent.