Chapter Summaries

Wang Baole mastered the knife techniques and comprehended Ji Saber Intent, so Chu Feng sent him down the mountain to cultivate. Before he left, Chu Feng gave him a firewood chopper and a protective jade pendant, and reminded him to return within half a year for the outer sect competition.

• Wang Baole carved a tiny white chicken from tofu, and Chu Feng learned that his youngest disciple had comprehended Ji Saber Intent.
• Chu Feng declared Wang Baole ready to graduate and told him to leave that night to grow stronger beyond the mountain.
• Chu Feng persuaded Wang Baole to take his firewood chopper by claiming a Half-Saint had used it and that it could become a powerful weapon.
• At dusk, Qin Qin gave Wang Baole spirit stones, Cao Youqian gave him fasting pills, and Chu Feng gave him a jade pendant containing three strands of Sword Qi.
• Wang Baole set off down the mountain after Chu Feng told him to return within half a year for the outer sect competition.
• After Wang Baole left, Chu Feng, Qin Qin, and Cao Youqian discussed his appetite and cultivation speed before the two senior disciples vowed to train harder.

Wang Baole hunted Snowflake Deer near Little Cold Lake, then confronted a group of bandits who demanded his prey. When the Seven Cold-Blooded Eagles attacked, he effortlessly countered their leader’s saber strike and wounded him.

• Wang Baole reached Little Cold Lake and spotted a herd of Snowflake Deer, including one with an injured leg.
• An arrow startled the herd, and Wang Baole killed two Snowflake Deer with his firewood cleaver.
• A burly middle-aged man claimed his team had rights to the deer and demanded Wang Baole hand them over.
• Wang Baole mocked the demand and called for the man’s companions, revealing the Seven Cold-Blooded Eagles surrounding him.
• The burly middle-aged man attacked Wang Baole, who deflected his saber move and slashed his chest.

Wang Baole defeated a band of robbers in Mist Marsh, looted their belongings, and found a wounded Snowflake Deer to take with him. The Ninth Princess and Elder Zhao noticed his skills and approached him, but their attempt to recruit him turned into a discussion about sharing meals.

• Wang Baole quickly knocked out the Late Dao Foundation bandit leader, then killed the remaining Eagles and looted their bodies and storage bags.
• Wang Baole found the captured Snowflake Deer with injured legs and decided to lead it along as a future meal.
• The Ninth Princess and Elder Zhao followed Wang Baole, and the Ninth Princess decided she wanted to recruit him as a talented cultivator.
• Wang Baole broke the restrictions on the storage bags, found plenty of demonic beast meat, and began cooking in a cave.
• Elder Zhao and the Ninth Princess approached Wang Baole and asked to buy his food, but he refused spirit stones and said he wanted food instead.
• Elder Zhao offered to treat Wang Baole to a meal in return for this one, with Wang Baole cooking, and Wang Baole agreed to hear the proposal.

Wang Baole agreed to travel through the Mist Marsh with Elder Zhao and the Ninth Princess, who hoped to recruit him. At the Dao-Seeking Academy, Xiao Chen broke through to the Heavenly Origin Realm and prepared for the True Disciple Grand Competition.

• After sharing food and spirit wine with Wang Baole, Elder Zhao and the Ninth Princess discussed recruiting him and decided to travel with him.
• Elder Zhao asked Wang Baole to let them accompany him through the Mist Marsh, and Wang Baole agreed.
• Wang Baole practiced his knife skills and told Elder Zhao he was pursuing the spirit chef path to gather ingredients.
• At the Dao-Seeking Academy, Chu Feng, Cao Youqian, and Qin Qin sensed Xiao Chen nearing a breakthrough and went to guard his cultivation cave.
• Xiao Chen broke through to the Heavenly Origin Realm, received congratulations from his master and fellow disciples, and said he was ready for the True Disciple Grand Competition.

Chu Feng took Bing Yan as a nominal disciple and taught her the Taiji Sword Technique, gaining a True Essence of Sword Dao reward when she reached its entry level. He left with Bing Yan, who promised to keep the lesson secret and wondered about his “important business.”

• Chu Feng told Bing Yan he would teach her the Taiji Sword Technique if she became his nominal disciple, and she bowed to him.
• Chu Feng brought Bing Yan to the grove and learned that she had the Ice Soul Sacred Physique and perfected Sword Intent.
• Chu Feng demonstrated the Taiji Sword Technique, revealing its yin-yang principles and a measure of the True Essence of Sword Dao.
• Bing Yan comprehended the technique to the entry level, and Chu Feng received a True Essence of Sword Dao reward from the system.
• Chu Feng dismissed Bing Yan’s concern that her disciples might use the technique against Xiao Chen and rode back with her.

Chu Feng and Elder Bing’s awkward attempt at intimacy ended with her icy Spiritual Qi freezing his footbath, while his disciples teased one another about her relationship with him. In the Mist Marsh, the Ninth Princess planned to bring Wang Baole into the Dharma Cultivation Institute, but he decided to return to the Dao-Seeking Academy.

• Elder Bing accidentally froze Chu Feng’s footbath with her Spiritual Qi and apologized, so Chu Feng asked her to keep their foot washing platonic.
• The next morning, Cao Youqian teased Xiao Chen about Elder Bing and Chu Feng, and Xiao Chen dragged him to the back mountain for sword training.
• After receiving a message, Elder Zhao spoke privately with the Ninth Princess, who asked Wang Baole whether he would go to the Dao-Seeking Academy.
• Wang Baole agreed to meet the Ninth Princess there, unaware that she planned to take him to the Dharma Cultivation Institute for instruction.
• After several more days of training, Wang Baole checked his eight full storage bags and decided to return to the Dao-Seeking Academy.

With two months remaining before the grand competition, Chu Feng asked his disciples to set goals, and Wang Baole declared that reaching the top four would count as success. At a meeting of the Dao-Seeking Academy’s senior figures, Cao Youqian’s eligibility as an inner sect seed sparked a dispute, and the dean ordered Elder Hua to consult Chu Feng.

• Chu Feng gathered Xiao Chen, Cao Youqian, Qin Qin, and Wang Baole to discuss their goals for the grand competition.
• Xiao Chen aimed to win the true disciple competition, while Cao Youqian aimed to claim the inner sect championship.
• Chu Feng encouraged Qin Qin to show the full extent of her strength, and she privately resolved to reach the finals.
• Wang Baole said that making the top four in his first grand competition would count as success, prompting Chu Feng to laugh and accept his goal.
• The academy’s senior figures chose the competition venues and debated whether Cao Youqian could be an inner sect seed when the Miscellaneous Dao Institute already had another seed.
• The dean ordered Elder Hua to ask Chu Feng to choose one of his two disciples as a seeded contestant and report the name within three days.

Chu Feng gave Qin Qin the inner sect seeded spot, and two months later he brought his disciples to the outer sect competition. Wang Baole faced Zhu Huifei of the Beast Taming Institute in his first match, where Zhu Huifei ordered his blood wolf to attack.

• Chu Feng let Cao Youqian and Qin Qin choose who would take the inner sect seeded spot, and Cao Youqian insisted Qin Qin should take it because she was weaker.
• Hua Chengfeng registered Qin Qin as a seeded disciple, and the Profound Fire Pill King celebrated after speaking with his grandson Cao Youqian.
• Two months later, Chu Feng's four disciples had each advanced a minor realm, and Chu Feng brought them to the outer sect competition.
• Elder Zhao guarded the Ninth Princess as she attempted to break through to the True Fate Realm in Dao-Seeking City.
• At the competition, Wang Baole drew Zhu Huifei of the Beast Taming Institute as his opponent, and the two traded taunts.
• Zhu Huifei ordered his blood wolf to attack Wang Baole.

Wang Baole advanced through the outer sect competition with easy wins, while Cao Youqian began his inner sect competition by defeating Tie Xing with his head. The chapter ended with Cao Youqian’s victory announced over the stunned spectators.

• Wang Baole defeated Zhu Huifei by swiftly cutting the tendons in his blood wolf’s limbs, and Zhu Huifei surrendered so the beast could be treated.
• Disciples recognized the Lightning Leopard hide Wang Baole used to clean his cleaver, while Chu Feng revealed that Wang Baole had awakened the Taotie Bloodline and possessed the Taotie Physique.
• Wang Baole won his next match and then continued winning, earning the nickname Cleaver Man and securing a place in the top hundred.
• Wang Baole watched Cao Youqian’s first inner sect match against Tie Xing, whose appearance and hammering work drew comments from the spectators.
• Cao Youqian urged Tie Xing to hit him harder, and Tie Xing’s flaming hammer rebounded off Cao Youqian’s head and knocked Tie Xing into the water.
• The referee declared Cao Youqian the winner as the spectators stood stunned.

Cao Youqian crushed Tie Xing in the inner sect preliminaries, while Wang Baole advanced through the outer sect competition to the top four. Chu Feng learned that Wuming was a celebrated monk from the Heart-Questioning Temple and predicted he would win the competition, leaving Wang Baole set to face him next.

• Cao Youqian defeated Tie Xing without making a move, stunning the crowd with his hardened body.
• Cao Youqian told Wang Baole he had cultivated so many body-hardening techniques that he had forgotten which one he used.
• Wang Baole reached the outer sect top ten, and Chu Feng told him to win two more matches to become a successful person.
• Wang Baole won two more matches and secured a place in the top four alongside Jian Chen, Liu Li, and Wuming.
• The Second Elder explained that Wuming came from the Heart-Questioning Temple and was its greatest genius in a thousand years.
• Chu Feng predicted Wuming would take first place, and Wang Baole realized he would face him in the next match.

Wang Baole faced Wuming in the outer sect semifinal after Liu Li defeated Jian Chen to advance to the finals. Wuming’s powerful Buddhist defenses and palm strikes forced Wang Baole to drop his knife, but Wang Baole announced that the real contest had just begun and took up a Taiji Fist stance.

• Cao Youqian and Xiao Chen congratulated Wang Baole on reaching the semifinals and learned that he would face Wuming of the Heart-Questioning Temple.
• Wang Baole cultivated through the night, then joined Chu Feng and the others at the competition square the next morning.
• Liu Li defeated Jian Chen by half a move and advanced to the finals.
• Wuming endured Wang Baole’s saber attacks unharmed and countered with Jin Gang Demon-Subduing Palm strikes that injured Wang Baole’s hand.
• Wuming’s next palm strike knocked the firewood knife from Wang Baole’s grasp, but Wang Baole declared that the real contest had just begun and assumed the opening stance of Taiji Fist.

Wang Baole and Wuming traded powerful techniques in a fiercely balanced arena match, each unveiling increasingly formidable abilities. They launched their strongest attacks simultaneously, and the chapter ended before the smoke cleared or a winner was revealed.

• Wang Baole used Taiji Fist to stop Wuming’s palm strike and shatter his golden defense, but Wuming remained unharmed.
• Wuming summoned the Jin Gang Demon-Subduing Seal, and Wang Baole neutralized it with White Crane Spreads Its Wings.
• Wuming unleashed the Buddhist Lion’s Roar, but Wang Baole countered with Apparent Close-Up and sent him flying.
• Wuming formed a Jin Gang phantom while Wang Baole gathered Spiritual Qi into a gigantic Taiji diagram above the arena.
• Wuming and Wang Baole attacked at the same time, creating a blinding explosion that left the match’s outcome unknown.

Wang Baole and Wuming collapsed after their brutal arena match, and Wuming won when Wang Baole passed out before landing his final punch. After recovering with food, Wang Baole chose to remain at the Miscellaneous Dao Institute, leaving the other institute heads disappointed.

• Wang Baole approached Wuming for one last punch, but Wuming sat down and Wang Baole collapsed before hitting him.
• Wuming remained conscious through the referee's count of ten and was declared the winner.
• Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian carried Wang Baole to Chu Feng, who had Cao Youqian give him Fasting Pills instead of accepting a Rejuvenation Pill.
• Wang Baole woke, ate dried demon beast meat, and told the gathered leaders that hunger had made him pass out before he could finish Wuming with a punch.
• Chu Feng invited Wang Baole to choose an institute, and Wang Baole chose to stay at the Miscellaneous Dao Institute because he liked its people and food.

The outer sect tournament ended with Wang Baole unharmed and Liu Li winning by default, while Qin Qin overwhelmed Ling Zitong in her first inner sect match. Over the next three days, Qin Qin and Cao Youqian advanced to the final four as the true disciple tournament reached its top-hundred matches.

• Wang Baole returned to the arena unharmed, Jian Chen conceded, and Liu Li won the outer sect final because Wuming remained unconscious.
• Qin Qin faced Ling Zitong in the inner sect top-hundred matches, and her qin attack knocked him unconscious and inflicted more than three hundred superficial wounds.
• Elder Qi learned that Ling Zitong was not seriously injured, and Qin Qin returned to the stands to congratulations from Chu Feng and her fellow disciples.
• Qin Qin and Cao Youqian won their matches over the next three days and reached the final four without facing each other in the semifinals.
• The true disciple tournament reached its top-hundred matches, with the main event set to begin after the inner sect tournament.

Cao Youqian defeated Qin Qin in the inner sect tournament final with his Extreme Dao Divine Fist, earning the championship for the Miscellaneous Dao Institute. As Xiao Chen prepared for the true disciple tournament, he hoped the Heavenly Spirit Institute’s senior brothers would give him a worthwhile fight.

• The academy head praised Chu Feng’s Miscellaneous Dao Institute and allowed it to recruit disciples at the next entrance assessment.
• Qin Qin revealed her Double Pupils and challenged Cao Youqian to use his Extreme Dao Divine Fist in their final match.
• Cao Youqian broke Qin Qin’s rings of light and spiritual shield with one punch, sending her flying toward Mirror Lake.
• Qin Qin steadied herself above the water and conceded defeat, acknowledging Cao Youqian’s victory.
• The academy head praised Cao Youqian, and the referee declared him the inner sect tournament winner.
• Chu Feng told Xiao Chen that it was his turn to compete, and Xiao Chen looked forward to facing the Heavenly Spirit Institute’s senior brothers.

Ye Lingxiao and Xiao Chen fought the final of the True Disciple Tournament above Mirror Lake, each revealing powerful sword techniques. After Xiao Chen countered Ye Lingxiao’s strikes with the Taiji Sword Technique, both unleashed their strongest moves, and the battle’s outcome remained unclear as the water settled.

• The Internal Affairs Hall grand elder opened the final between Ye Lingxiao and Xiao Chen, who faced each other above Mirror Lake.
• Ye Lingxiao and Xiao Chen exchanged hundreds of sword strikes, shaking the lake with Sword Qi and towering waves.
• Ye Lingxiao claimed he had seen through Xiao Chen’s Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin and struck with Flying Immortal with One Sword.
• Xiao Chen blocked Ye Lingxiao’s attack with the Taiji Sword Technique and explained how its yin and softness countered Ye Lingxiao’s yang and force.
• Ye Lingxiao used Opening the Heavens with One Sword, prompting the Carefree Sword King to warn that his body could not withstand the technique.
• Xiao Chen answered with Ten Thousand Swords Return to One, and their clash sent a huge wave into the sky before the spectators looked toward them to see who had prevailed.

Xiao Chen defeated Ye Lingxiao and secured prospective holy son status, while Chu Feng defended his unconventional teaching methods. As the Miscellaneous Dao Institute celebrated, Chu Feng began discussing how they would recruit disciples for the upcoming assembly.

• Xiao Chen defeated Ye Lingxiao, revealed that he had comprehended two kinds of Sword Intent, and said he had already chosen his own Sword Dao.
• Chu Feng explained to the Sword Martial King and the dean that Xiao Chen’s Sword Dao Divine Physique justified letting him forge his own path, and the dean praised the Miscellaneous Dao Institute’s approach to teaching.
• The dean declared the grand competition over, and Xiao Chen became a prospective holy son who would receive a spirit robe and a Nirvana expert to protect his Dao.
• Chu Feng led the Miscellaneous Dao Institute back to celebrate, where Elder Bing and Liu Yue'er joined them.
• When Xiao Chen asked how they would recruit disciples, Chu Feng said they would set standards and joked that looks mattered more than strength, citing Ling Zitong and Kuang Sandao.

Chu Feng explained the Miscellaneous Dao Institute’s unusual recruitment criteria, then brought his disciples to the Dao-Seeking Academy’s recruitment ceremony, where they turned away applicants. Meanwhile, Nangong Yu gathered three prospective followers and waited with Elder Qi for a fourth person she described as an exceptional genius.

• Chu Feng told Xiao Chen and the others that he wanted disciples with certain surnames and considered surviving great calamities proof of good fortune.
• Chu Feng and his four disciples attended the recruitment ceremony, where the Miscellaneous Dao Institute’s corner station remained nearly empty and its applicants were rejected after a few questions.
• Nangong Yu used paper cranes to summon Li Qingqing, Zhao Shan, and Hu Haitao, then offered to help them enter the academy if they served her.
• Li Qingqing, Zhao Shan, and Hu Haitao agreed to serve Nangong Yu as they waited for her cousin-uncle, Elder Qi.
• Elder Qi arrived, and Nangong Yu told him she was waiting for an exceptional genius she planned to bring as a surprise.

Wang Baole reunited with Nangong Yu at the Dao-Seeking Academy and learned she planned to join the Dharma Cultivation Institute. Elder Qi revealed Wang Baole’s reputation to Nangong Yu, while a mysterious youth arrived at the academy and reacted with astonishment.

• A paper crane summoned Wang Baole to meet Nangong Yu, and Chu Feng and the others teased him about her.
• Wang Baole met Nangong Yu and Elder Qi, who were surprised to learn he was an inner disciple of the Dao-Seeking Academy.
• Nangong Yu said she planned to join the Dharma Cultivation Institute, and Wang Baole agreed to guide her after her assessment.
• Elder Qi told Nangong Yu that Wang Baole had placed third in the outer sect competition, was regarded by many as its true top disciple, and had powerful connections at the academy.
• A carriage arrived at the Dao-Seeking Academy, where a handsome youth climbed out and stared around in astonishment.

Ye Beixuan returned to his youth and arrived at the Dao-Seeking Academy’s entrance examination, determined to protect his family and change his past. After Chu Feng immediately offered him a place in the Miscellaneous Dao Institute, Ye Beixuan agreed to become his disciple but asked why Chu Feng had chosen him.

• Ye Beixuan realized he had been reborn before his Saint Tribulation and vowed to protect his family, while losing his former attachment to Su Qing.
• Su Qing and Keke mocked Ye Beixuan as he followed them to the Miscellaneous Dao Institute’s examination area.
• Cao Youqian and the other disciples rejected Su Qing and her companions, then Chu Feng offered Ye Beixuan direct admission without questioning him.
• Chu Feng and his disciples intimidated Su Qing’s group into leaving, and Ye Beixuan recognized Cao Youqian as the man Su Qing had married in his previous life.
• Ye Beixuan accepted Chu Feng’s offer to become his disciple and asked why Chu Feng wanted to take him in.