Chapter Summaries

Wang Baole learned that Chu Feng’s first and second senior brothers were returning, then met Cao Youqian, the second senior brother, and watched him seek help with his cultivation. After Cao Youqian came back, Xiao Chen arrived to pay his respects to Chu Feng.

• Wang Baole broke through to the Body Tempering Ninth Layer, and Chu Feng told him his first and second senior brothers would soon return.
• Cao Youqian arrived and greeted Chu Feng and Qin Qin, while Wang Baole realized the imposing newcomer was his second senior brother.
• Cao Youqian gave Wang Baole True Fate Realm demon beast meat, gave Qin Qin a three-hundred-year-old snow lotus, and presented Chu Feng with spirit stones and monkey wine.
• Cao Youqian told Chu Feng he could not incorporate other Fist Intents into his Extreme Dao Fist Intent, and Chu Feng promised to consider how to help.
• After lunch, Xiao Chen arrived at Chu Feng’s door and announced that he had come to pay his respects.

Xiao Chen returned from his training journey with a Sword Saint’s inheritance and renewed resolve to face Qin Rou, the woman who had broken off their engagement. Chu Feng took him to the Heavenly Spirit Institute to issue a challenge, and Qin Rou’s duel with Xiao Chen was set for fifteen days later at the Life and Death Arena.

• Xiao Chen told Chu Feng about his journey and gave him a jade slip recording the Sword Saint’s inheritance for the Miscellaneous Dao Institute’s library.
• Chu Feng encouraged Xiao Chen to use the upcoming battle to resolve his lingering feelings about Qin Rou, then introduced him to his junior brothers and sister.
• The next day, Chu Feng and Xiao Chen went to the Heavenly Spirit Institute and delivered a written challenge to Elder Bing’s residence on Clear Snow Peak.
• A voice from inside Elder Bing’s estate accepted the challenge and set the duel between Xiao Chen and Qin Rou for fifteen days later at the Life and Death Arena.
• Elder Bing told her disciple that Qin Rou was in seclusion and nearing a breakthrough to the Heavenly Origin Realm.

Qin Rou emerged from nine days of seclusion after breaking through to the Heavenly Origin Realm and reaffirmed her resolve to fight Xiao Chen. As Xiao Chen prepared to calm his mind before their duel, Chu Feng revealed that a Taiji Sword Technique existed.

• Qin Rou broke through to the Heavenly Origin Realm and thanked Senior Sister Zhang for guarding her chamber.
• Elder Bing told Qin Rou that she had accepted Xiao Chen’s challenge for a life-and-death duel in ten days, and Qin Rou promised to sever their karmic ties.
• In the Miscellaneous Dao Institute kitchen, Xiao Chen explained that he needed to calm his mind before the duel, and Wang Baole described the Taiji Fist.
• Qin Qin practiced Taiji Fist, and Xiao Chen recognized its depth but said he might practice it if it were a sword technique.
• Chu Feng arrived and said that a Taiji Sword Technique existed.

Chu Feng instructed Cao Youqian in the Taiji Visualization Diagram and agreed to spar with Xiao Chen as the duel approached. On the day of Xiao Chen and Qin Rou’s duel, crowds gathered at the Life and Death Arena, where Qin Rou arrived with Elder Bing before Xiao Chen was announced.

• Chu Feng gave Cao Youqian a Taiji Visualization Diagram and explained that he should master a hundred fist or body-tempering techniques before studying it.
• Chu Feng told Xiao Chen to spar with him over the next few days, while Qin Rou trained with Heavenly Spirit Institute disciples after breaking through to the Heavenly Origin Realm.
• The day of the duel arrived, and a large crowd gathered at the Life and Death Arena to watch Xiao Chen and Qin Rou represent their respective institutes.
• Heavenly Spirit Institute disciples criticized Xiao Chen, while Senior Brother Ye declared that Xiao Chen could only lose.
• Elder Bing arrived with Qin Rou and other female cultivators, and the crowd recognized Qin Rou in her sky-blue Liuxian dress.
• A voice from the crowd announced that Senior Brother Xiao had arrived.

Xiao Chen fought his former lover Qin Rou on the Life and Death Arena to sever his ties with the past and perfect his Sword Intent. He defeated her but spared her, then Chu Feng called out to Elder Bing as she prepared to leave with Qin Rou.

• Chu Feng and his companions arrived at the Life and Death Arena, where Xiao Chen and Qin Rou prepared to fight.
• Qin Rou unleashed her Heavenly Origin Realm pressure and exchanged sword attacks with Xiao Chen, but neither gained the upper hand.
• Xiao Chen and Qin Rou launched their strongest techniques, and Xiao Chen emerged with his sword at her throat.
• Xiao Chen spared Qin Rou, declared that he had come only to sever his ties with the past, and achieved great accomplishment in his Sword Intent.
• Qin Rou admitted defeat and prepared to leave with Elder Bing, but Chu Feng asked whether they had forgotten something.

Chu Feng reminded Elder Bing of their wager and demanded that she serve as his foot-washing maid for a year. Elder Bing chose to honor her word and entered Chu Feng's courtyard, while Qin Rou vowed to regain her master's honor.

• Chu Feng reminded Elder Bing that she had wagered the Miscellaneous Dao Institute's disbandment against Xiao Chen's defeat.
• Elder Bing agreed to go with Chu Feng to the Miscellaneous Dao Institute, while other disciples chose not to intervene.
• Xiao Chen told Qin Rou never to appear before him again, and Qin Rou accepted that they would be enemies if they met.
• Chu Feng stopped Qin Rou and ordered Elder Bing to serve as his foot-washing maid for a year, mocking her as a sore loser.
• Elder Bing agreed to honor her word, told Qin Rou to keep the incident secret, and walked toward Chu Feng's courtyard.
• Qin Rou watched Elder Bing go and vowed to cultivate until she could restore her master's honor.

Elder Bing stayed at the Miscellaneous Dao Institute to honor her promise, while Chu Feng assigned her a room and ordered Xiao Chen to spar with Cao Youqian. Rumors about Elder Bing’s stay spread through the Dao-Seeking Academy, and the Carefree Sword King asked Liu Yue'er to visit and discreetly check on her.

• Elder Bing told Chu Feng she had decided to stay, and he directed her to a side room in his residence.
• Chu Feng ordered Xiao Chen to spar with Cao Youqian, who regretted questioning his master’s decision.
• Qin Rou told Elder Bing’s disciples that their master had stayed at the Miscellaneous Dao Institute, and Fifth Senior Sister stopped the others from confronting Chu Feng.
• An ice crane delivered Elder Bing’s message that she was well and wanted her disciples to return, so they left the mountain.
• Rumors about Elder Bing and Chu Feng spread across the Dao-Seeking Academy, while Senior Brother Ye and the Carefree Sword King reacted to her stay.
• Liu Yue'er agreed to visit Senior Brother Xiao the next day and discreetly check on Elder Bing for the Carefree Sword King.

Elder Bing secretly watched Chu Feng teach Xiao Chen the Taiji Sword Intent, initially mistaking his demonstration for ordinary sword moves before realizing its depth. As Chu Feng began a final demonstration, Elder Bing was close to grasping its meaning when a voice interrupted her.

• Elder Bing waited through the night for Chu Feng to humiliate her, but he went to sleep and forgot about making her bring him water.
• Elder Bing used her spiritual sense to observe the disciples and discovered Qin Qin's profound cultivation method and Wang Baole practicing an unusual fist technique.
• Chu Feng met the disciples at morning practice and asked Xiao Chen about his progress after reaching major mastery in Sword Intent.
• Chu Feng demonstrated the Taiji Sword Technique for Xiao Chen several times, while Elder Bing watched from hiding and gradually realized he was teaching Sword Intent.
• Elder Bing focused on Chu Feng's final demonstration and nearly grasped its Sword Intent before a voice interrupted her.

Elder Bing secretly watched Chu Feng teach Xiao Chen, then tried to understand his methods by observing his disciples. She was stunned when she saw Wang Baole head to the kitchen to do chores.

• Liu Yue'er found Elder Bing spying near Chu Feng's lesson and told her she had come on the patriarch's orders to check on her.
• Xiao Chen told Chu Feng he had remembered the lesson, and Chu Feng said he had comprehended Taiji Sword Intent.
• Liu Yue'er asked Xiao Chen to show his technique, and Xiao Chen sparred with Cao Youqian, who soon admitted defeat.
• Chu Feng reminded Cao Youqian about the Taiji Visualization Diagram, then left the disciples to continue cultivating while he returned to his courtyard to sleep.
• Elder Bing tried to recall Xiao Chen's Sword Intent, then watched Chu Feng and his disciples with her divine sense and saw Wang Baole go to the kitchen to chop firewood, carry water, and knead dough.

Cao Youqian bought eighty-one basic cultivation techniques from the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, leaving the shop’s customers baffled about his plans. Meanwhile, the Carefree Sword King learned that Elder Bing intended to remain at the Miscellaneous Dao Institute, and Liu Yue'er prepared to share her theory about why.

• Elder Bing watched Wang Baole knead dough and wondered how his movements resembled Chu Feng's Taiji Sword technique, then went to check on the other disciples' cultivation.
• Cao Youqian visited the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and asked to buy basic fist and hard-body techniques, confusing the customers and shop staff.
• The shopkeeper had Zhang San retrieve eighty-one dusty jade slips, and Cao Youqian bought them for four low-grade spirit stones.
• Word spread through Dao-Seeking City that Cao Youqian had bought a pile of junk cultivation techniques, prompting curiosity about his intentions.
• Liu Yue'er told the Carefree Sword King that Elder Bing planned to stay at the Miscellaneous Dao Institute, and Wang Xi confirmed the instructions her master had left.
• The Carefree Sword King accepted Elder Bing's decision, then asked Liu Yue'er why she thought Elder Bing was staying; Liu Yue'er hesitated before saying she had a bold thought.

Liu Yue'er guessed that Elder Bing planned to copy Chief Chu’s teaching methods, while Cao Youqian returned to the Dao-Seeking Academy to gather more cultivation techniques. He asked Cao Youde to buy twenty low-level techniques, and the request left the outer disciples wondering why Senior Brother Cao wanted the junk.

• Liu Yue'er told the Carefree Sword King she suspected Elder Bing intended to learn Chief Chu’s methods of teaching disciples, and he dismissed the guess and advised her to visit Elder Bing.
• Cao Youqian brought eighty-one jade slips to the Pill Dao Institute and asked Cao Youde to collect twenty more fist or body cultivation techniques costing between one and ten spirit stones each.
• Cao Youde examined the jade slips, asked why Cao Youqian wanted so many low-quality techniques, and accepted his explanation that he planned to fill a bookcase.
• Cao Youde directed the disciples around him to find the techniques among the outer disciples, and that evening news of Cao Youqian’s buying spread through the academy.

Elder Bing watched the Miscellaneous Dao Institute’s disciples cultivate and wondered what Chu Feng was teaching them, while Chu Feng directed Cao Youqian to practice Hung Fist. Cao Youqian had bought many rudimentary techniques and planned to surprise everyone at the inner court competition.

• Elder Bing saw Xiao Chen practicing the Taiji Sword Technique’s Sword Intent and Cao Youqian practicing a rudimentary fist technique, and she questioned Chu Feng’s methods.
• Chu Feng praised Wang Baole’s cooking, then told Cao Youqian to test his comprehension by mastering Hung Fist and comprehending Fist Intent.
• Cao Youde delivered twenty techniques to Cao Youqian, who promised that his purchases would help him shine at the inner court competition.
• Cao Youqian resolved to win first place at the competition and expected Xiao Chen to be competing in the true disciple contest instead.

After Xiao Chen reached the ninth level of the True Fate Realm, Elder Bing returned to the Heavenly Spirit Institute to teach her disciples and told the Carefree Sword King that she suspected Chu Feng had obtained the Miscellaneous Dao Institute’s sage teacher inheritance. The chapter ended with Xiao Chen preparing to enter seclusion for two months, while a bang from the next room made Chu Feng’s disciples wonder what he had forgotten.

• Xiao Chen broke through to the ninth level of the True Fate Realm, and Chu Feng celebrated the news by preparing food for him.
• Elder Bing returned to Clear Snow Peak, instructed her disciples, and told the Carefree Sword King that she suspected Chu Feng had obtained the sage teacher inheritance.
• The Carefree Sword King rejected Elder Bing’s claim and reminded her to prepare her disciples for the coming grand competition and secret realm trial.
• Xiao Chen told Chu Feng and the others that he planned to use a thousand-year-old spirit herb and enter seclusion for two months to reach the Heavenly Origin Realm.
• A bang came from the room next door, and Cao Youqian asked Chu Feng whether he had forgotten something on the day’s celebration.

Elder Bing waited for Chu Feng to fall asleep so she could search the Miscellaneous Dao Institute’s library for the Taiji Sword Technique. When she finally reached the library, she encountered Cao Youqian practicing punches and heard his explanation of Chu Feng’s advice about repeated practice.

• Chu Feng invited Elder Bing to join the courtyard banquet after admitting he had forgotten she was there, and she angrily refused because she did not eat mortal food.
• Elder Bing decided to search the library for the Taiji Sword Technique rather than ask Chu Feng for guidance, hoping to learn Taiji Sword Intent before the competitions.
• Chu Feng stayed up reading a storybook until dawn, delaying Elder Bing’s attempt to sneak out until he finally extinguished his candle.
• Elder Bing flew to the library and found Cao Youqian practicing punches outside it.
• Cao Youqian told Elder Bing that Chu Feng had advised him to practice techniques repeatedly until their intent revealed itself, leaving Elder Bing trying to recall why the words seemed important.

Elder Bing comprehended the Taiji Sword Intent and began practicing the Taiji Sword Technique. A month later, Qin Qin broke through to the True Fate Realm at the Dao-Seeking Academy, awakened the Void Physique, and drew the attention of the gathered institute heads, who turned to ask whether she would become their disciple.

• Elder Bing realized how to comprehend Taiji Sword Intent and flew off at dawn to practice the Taiji Sword Technique.
• Cao Youqian worried that Qin Qin’s breakthrough at the Miscellaneous Dao Institute would attract people trying to steal her, and Chu Feng explained that she was safer there because the Great Evolution Holy Land pursued her.
• The Profound Fire Pill King, the dean, and the institute heads gathered at Chu Feng’s tea table, where Chu Feng explained how Qin Qin had escaped the Great Evolution Holy Land after it sought her extraordinary eyes.
• The Thunderfire King learned that people from his Dharma Cultivation Institute had failed to recruit Qin Qin before Chu Feng did, and the other big shots laughed at him.
• Qin Qin broke through to the True Fate Realm and awakened the Void Physique, earning Chu Feng a system reward of ten years of cultivation and the Void Physique at major completion.
• The dean urged the institute heads to ask Qin Qin whether she wanted to become their disciple, and they turned their attention to her.

Qin Qin turned down the other institutes’ invitations and chose to remain with Chu Feng at the Miscellaneous Dao Institute, while news of her Divine Physique and the institute’s Saint Master legacy spread through the academy. After Daqian’s breakthrough raised Chu Feng’s cultivation to five hundred years and extended his lifespan, Chu Feng went to check on his disciples and began searching for Daqian.

• Qin Qin thanked the assembled leaders and rejected their invitations, choosing to continue cultivating under Chu Feng.
• The academy head praised Chu Feng, and the visiting leaders departed; the Thunderfire King and Sword Martial King went to fight in the void while the others argued over the Miscellaneous Dao Institute’s legacy.
• News spread through the Dao-Seeking Academy that Qin Qin had awakened a Divine Physique and Chu Feng had obtained a Saint Master legacy, as the disciples prepared for the grand competition.
• Daqian broke through one minor realm, earning Chu Feng twenty years of cultivation and raising his cultivation to five hundred years and his maximum lifespan to five hundred years.
• Chu Feng visited the back mountain, found Qin Qin and Little Fatty cultivating, then searched the peaks for Daqian and heard the sound of a sword being swung.

Chu Feng encountered Elder Bing secretly practicing his sword technique, then checked on Cao Youqian’s cultivation. After the grand competition meeting, the Carefree Sword King confronted Elder Bing about her unsettled mind and ordered her to apologize to Chu Feng, leaving her to go seek his forgiveness.

• Chu Feng found Elder Bing practicing swordsmanship in a grove, but she said nothing about secretly learning from him.
• Chu Feng found Cao Youqian practicing outside the Scripture Repository and praised his progress in cultivation.
• Elder Bing returned to Clear Snow Peak distracted, then attended the Carefree Sword King’s meeting about the grand competition.
• The Carefree Sword King kept Elder Bing behind and learned that she had secretly been studying Chief Chu’s sword technique.
• The Carefree Sword King ordered Elder Bing to apologize to Chief Chu and seek punishment from the academy head if Chu Feng refused to forgive her.

Elder Bing confessed that she had secretly learned Chu Feng’s Taiji Sword Technique and began bringing him water to wash his feet each night as punishment. After Wang Baole broke through to the Dao Foundation Realm, Chu Feng arranged a celebratory banquet, and the chapter ended with him calling Elder Bing to join everyone.

• Elder Bing visited Chu Feng at night, apologized for secretly learning the Taiji Sword Technique, and agreed to accept punishment.
• Chu Feng made Elder Bing keep her earlier promise by bringing him steaming water to soak his feet.
• For half a month, Elder Bing brought Chu Feng a basin of water every night, while he waited for her to ask for forgiveness.
• Wang Baole broke through to the Dao Foundation Realm, earning Chu Feng a system reward and prompting him to plan a celebratory banquet.
• Chu Feng and Qin Qin prepared the banquet, and Chu Feng called Elder Bing from the courtyard to join everyone.

Chu Feng noticed that Wang Baole had awakened a hidden bloodline after reaching the Dao Foundation Realm, though neither of them knew what it was. The chapter ended with Wang Baole’s blood revealing a ferocious beast inside the Bloodline Stone.

• Chu Feng hosted a meal to celebrate Wang Baole’s breakthrough, and Elder Bing joined the disciples at the table.
• Chu Feng asked Wang Baole how he felt after breaking through, and Wang Baole said he felt stronger and could eat more.
• Chu Feng used the Eye of World Destruction and saw a ferocious beast hidden within Wang Baole, confirming that he had awakened a bloodline.
• Chu Feng sent Cao Youqian to fetch the Bloodline Stone from the storeroom beside the library.
• Wang Baole placed his bleeding hand on the Bloodline Stone, and a ferocious beast appeared within it.

Elder Bing and Cao Youqian learned that Wang Baole possessed the Taotie Physique, and Chu Feng told him to build his saber skills through carving before going down the mountain to gain experience. Wang Baole practiced diligently, but his appetite depleted the Miscellaneous Dao Institute’s food supplies, so Chu Feng set out with Daqian to hunt demonic beasts.

• Elder Bing recognized Wang Baole’s Taotie Physique, and Chu Feng explained that the other institutes had passed him over before he became Chu Feng’s disciple.
• Chu Feng told Wang Baole to earn his own cultivation resources and gain combat experience, but first master a basic knife skill through practice.
• Wang Baole chose carving and began training with a woodcutter’s knife, finding that eating made his hands more nimble.
• Wang Baole’s appetite emptied nearly a month’s food supply in seven days, and Chu Feng realized the Taotie Physique consumed more than he had expected.
• Chu Feng called Daqian to join him in hunting demonic beasts so he could restock the institute’s food.