Chapter Summaries

Chu Feng welcomed Nie Xiuyuan into the Miscellaneous Dao Institute and bonded with him over wine, then learned that Nie Xiuyuan’s Dao heart had been shattered by his treacherous wife and her allies. The chapter left Chu Feng eager to try restoring Nie Xiuyuan’s Dao heart, though he had no plan yet to make him his disciple.

• Chu Feng arranged Nie Xiuyuan’s transfer to the Miscellaneous Dao Institute, where the academy head hoped following Chu Feng would help him recover.
• Chu Feng hosted Nie Xiuyuan with a feast and drinks, then said the wines were good but lacked kick and offered to brew stronger wine himself.
• After the gathering, Elder Bing told Chu Feng that Nie Xiuyuan’s wife and enemies had attacked his clan and later shattered his Dao heart in the Great Void Secret Realm.
• Chu Feng became interested in helping Nie Xiuyuan restore his Dao heart, while Elder Bing wondered how he would persuade Nie Xiuyuan to take him as his master.

Chu Feng brewed Burning Blade with Dao resonance, and its effects impressed the Miscellaneous Dao Institute. Nie Xiuyuan became Chu Feng’s disciple, but his realization that his mind was clearest in dreams left Elder Bing wondering how Chu Feng could teach him.

• Chu Feng took Xu Caichen and Nie Xiuyuan to the abandoned winery, cleansed it with a word, and began brewing with spiritual materials.
• Chu Feng infused the brewing process with his intent, prompting Nie Xiuyuan to recognize that he had used the True Essence of the Great Dao.
• After seven days, Chu Feng completed Burning Blade and shared it with the institute, whose members felt its powerful effects after tasting it.
• Nie Xiuyuan asked Chu Feng to accept him as a disciple, and Chu Feng agreed before explaining that brewing required a clear, undistracted mind.
• Nie Xiuyuan drank until he realized his mind was clearest in dreams, then collapsed onto the wine table as Elder Bing questioned whether Chu Feng could teach him.

Chu Feng gave Nie Xiuyuan the Nanhua Scripture to help him comprehend the Dao in his dreams and devoted the evening to demonstrating poetry and swordsmanship for Xu Caichen. His performance left the others with profound insights, and the chapter ended as Chu Feng’s final line fell into silence.

• Chu Feng sent the drunken Nie Xiuyuan and Xu Caichen back to their courtyards with a spell, then wrote the Nanhua Scripture for his new disciple.
• Nie Xiuyuan learned that he should address Xu Caichen as Senior Brother, while Xu Caichen called him Martial Uncle.
• After seven days in seclusion, Chu Feng gave Nie Xiuyuan the Nanhua Scripture and explained that it would help him focus on brewing through dreams.
• Chu Feng took the group to a clearing on Miaomiao Mountain, where Nie Xiuyuan carried the non-flying Xu Caichen through the air.
• At night, Chu Feng drank wine and inscribed lines of poetry on a cliff with his sword, giving Nie Xiuyuan, Xu Caichen, Qin Qin, and Elder Bing insights into their respective paths.
• Chu Feng recited a final line about growing gray over the Scripture of Supreme Mystery, and silence fell around the group.

Chu Feng brewed Dao Enlightenment Wine at the Miscellaneous Dao Institute, drawing a heavenly phenomenon and a lightning tribulation. He severed the tribulation with one sword strike, then stored the finished saint wine as a crowd of visitors arrived.

• Xu Caichen asked Chu Feng for mild wine so he could drink while studying, and Chu Feng gave him some.
• Chu Feng asked Qin Qin to gather ingredients for Dao Enlightenment Wine, then began brewing it with Elder Bing's help.
• A hundred days later, a seven-colored glow appeared over Miaomiao Mountain and alerted the Dao-Seeking Academy.
• Chu Feng swung his sword at the descending lightning tribulation and dissipated most of it, allowing the still to survive.
• Chu Feng poured the finished saint wine into a top-grade magic artifact as more than a dozen figures landed outside the winery.

Chu Feng shared Dao Enlightenment Wine with the elders and his disciples, whose study of sacred texts led to new insights and rewards for him. Meanwhile, Ye Beixuan found the hidden cave where a Mystic Yellow Fruit grew and prepared to claim it.

• Chu Feng gave the visiting elders cups of Dao Enlightenment Wine, then hosted a tasting banquet for his disciples that night.
• After drinking the wine, Xu Caichen comprehended Saint Kong's propriety, while Nie Xiuyuan reached the beginner level of the Nanhua Scripture; Chu Feng received two system rewards.
• Chu Feng wondered how Ye Beixuan was doing and estimated that he had reached the Dao Foundation Fourth Stage.
• Ye Beixuan searched a cliff south of the Dao-Seeking Academy for a Mystic Yellow Fruit remembered from his previous life.
• Ye Beixuan uncovered a cave, spotted the pale golden Mystic Yellow Fruit inside, and exclaimed that he had found the right place.

Ye Beixuan broke the restriction around the Mystic Yellow Fruit and fled toward Cloud Mist City with the restriction’s mark on him, pursued by Grand Elder Zhan and three cultivators. Cao Youqian intercepted Ye Beixuan on the road and challenged the pursuers, while Grand Elder Zhan realized Cao was baiting him with valuable spiritual medicines.

• Ye Beixuan broke the cave restriction with a Restriction-Breaking Pearl, took the Mystic Yellow Fruit, and headed for Cloud Mist City to remove the mark on him.
• Grand Elder Zhan discovered that the restriction had been broken and set out with A Da, A Er, and A San to reclaim the fruit.
• As Ye Beixuan neared Cloud Mist City, Grand Elder Zhan and his companions caught up, but Cao Youqian pulled Ye onto his white tiger and greeted him as his junior brother.
• Ye Beixuan urged Cao Youqian to flee with him, but Cao dismissed the pursuers as unworthy opponents and confronted Grand Elder Zhan.
• Cao Youqian pretended to show treasures from Ye Beixuan’s storage ring, displaying his own spiritual medicines until Grand Elder Zhan exposed his interest in the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng.
• Grand Elder Zhan realized Cao Youqian had tricked him and shouted angrily at him.

Cao Youqian defeated Grand Elder Zhan and his companions, then entered Cloud Mist City with Ye Beixuan. After revealing that he was from the Dao-Seeking Academy, Cao Youqian asked the city lord to lead them to Song Zhaoyi, then questioned what he had meant by “also.”

• Cao Youqian taunted Grand Elder Zhan and challenged him and his companions to attack together.
• Grand Elder Zhan used the Blood Moon Scimitar’s Moon-Gazing Slash, but Cao Youqian countered with his Extreme Dao Divine Fist and killed all four men.
• Cao Youqian crushed Grand Elder Zhan’s fleeing divine soul and sent Big Cat to collect the group’s valuables.
• Cao Youqian and Ye Beixuan headed to Cloud Mist City, where city lord Song Kui identified himself as Song Zhaoyi’s cousin nephew.
• Cao Youqian told Song Kui he was from the Dao-Seeking Academy and asked him to lead the way to Song Zhaoyi.
• As Song Kui led them into the city, Cao Youqian asked what he had meant by saying he had “also” come looking for Song Zhaoyi.

Cao Youqian arrived at the Cloud Mist Sect with Ye Beixuan and learned that Long Yan was challenging Song Zhaoyi over their broken engagement. Long Yan defeated Song Zhaoyi with help from the presence in his ring, and she tried to take her own life before an unseen speaker intervened.

• The Cloud Mist City lord told Cao Youqian about Long Yan's challenge, and Cao suspected it might be his fortuitous opportunity.
• Cao Youqian, Ye Beixuan, and the city lord reached the Cloud Mist Sect's martial platform, where Long Yan waited for Song Zhaoyi.
• Long Yan and Elder Sword discussed Song Zhaoyi's hidden Nine Yin Saint Physique, while Song Zhaoyi arrived and accepted his challenge.
• Long Yan's Fire Sha Slash forced Song Zhaoyi back, and Elder Sword's power let Long Yan neutralize her Fengyun Convergence.
• Ye Beixuan sensed another presence within Long Yan, and Cao Youqian said he would watch him.
• Song Zhaoyi refused to go with Long Yan and raised her sword to her neck, but a voice called for her to wait and promised to take over.

Cao Youqian interrupted Long Yan’s attempt to marry Song Zhaoyi and challenged him to a duel. After Cao Youqian destroyed the Sword Jade’s hidden Elder Sword, Long Yan and Cao Youqian unleashed their strongest techniques, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Cao Youqian declared that he would take Song Zhaoyi, and she and a Song Clan elder rejected Long Yan’s claim that she was his fiancée.
• Long Yan challenged Cao Youqian to fight, and Cao Youqian told Song Zhaoyi to brew tea while he faced him.
• Long Yan called on Elder Sword, but Cao Youqian used his master’s Sword Jade to destroy Elder Sword’s soul.
• Cao Youqian taunted Long Yan, who unleashed Soaring Dragon Nine Transformations and reached the Heavenly Origin Realm.
• Cao Youqian revealed his Divine Physique, and he and Long Yan launched the Extreme Dao Divine Fist and Flood Dragon Emerges from the Abyss at each other.

Cao Youqian defeated Long Yan, gained a map and thunder token leading to Gathering Thunder Valley, and planned to travel there with Song Zhaoyi. After refining the Mystic Yellow Fruit for seven days, Ye Beixuan left the Cloud Mist Sect separately and headed northeast in search of the Nine-Leaf Purple Lotus.

• Cao Youqian killed Long Yan, took his storage ring, and received the fortune that flew from Long Yan's corpse.
• Cao Youqian encouraged Ye Beixuan to refine his spirit herb, and Ye Beixuan swallowed the Mystic Yellow Fruit and began cultivating in seclusion.
• Cao Youqian and Song Zhaoyi found a map to Gathering Thunder Valley and a thunder token in Long Yan's storage ring, then agreed to set out in seven days.
• Cao Youqian attended a Song Clan banquet with Song Zhaoyi and won over her family with his ease in handling the gathering.
• After seven days, Ye Beixuan emerged with a wisp of Mystic Yellow Qi, and he and Cao Youqian parted ways after leaving the Cloud Mist Sect.
• Ye Beixuan disguised himself and headed northeast to seek the Nine-Leaf Purple Lotus, while Cao Youqian and Song Zhaoyi planned to travel west.

Ye Beixuan entered Purple Cloud Valley to obtain the Nine-Leaf Purple Lotus and used the Sword Jade given to him by his master to kill its guardian, the Netherworld Serpent. After collecting the lotus, he was confronted by three Spirit Nurturing yao generals who demanded it, and he prepared to show them the Sword Jade’s power.

• Ye Beixuan reached Purple Cloud Valley, where the Nine-Leaf Purple Lotus grew in Purple Cloud Lake under the protection of a Peak Dao Integration snake yao.
• Ye Beixuan remembered the lotus’s value and spotted the Sword Jade his master had given him.
• Ye Beixuan drew the Netherworld Serpent out of the lake and used the Sword Jade to kill it with one strike.
• Ye Beixuan picked the still-immature Nine-Leaf Purple Lotus, stored the serpent’s corpse, and left the valley.
• A leopard yao, a silver eagle yao, and a human-faced spider yao surrounded Ye Beixuan and demanded the lotus, so he announced that they would witness the might of a Half-Saint.

Ye Beixuan killed two demon generals with his Sword Jade, then fled from Thousand Faces and the Black Devil Bandits after realizing the Sword Qi was nearly spent. When Thousand Faces caught him, a mysterious white-robed swordsman appeared and cut him down.

• Ye Beixuan resisted the human-faced spider's illusion and used the Sword Jade to kill her and the leopard demon, while the silver eagle escaped.
• After dealing with the corpses, Ye Beixuan encountered Thousand Faces, leader of the Black Devil Bandits, who revealed that his body was a puppet and that he had witnessed the Sword Jade's strike.
• Ye Beixuan bluffed with the Sword Jade, then fled deeper into Cloud and Rosy Haze Mountain, but Thousand Faces and his followers pursued him.
• As Thousand Faces caught Ye Beixuan and reached to seize him, a sword strike split the puppet in two.
• A white-robed swordsman appeared before the twelve pursuing bandits and declared that he stood before them.

Xiao Chen rescued Ye Beixuan from the Black Devil Bandits and slaughtered their attackers, while Liu Yue'er revealed that their leader, Thousand Faces, had escaped in a puppet. Xiao Chen had Elder Shan track down and kill the real Thousand Faces as Ye Beixuan prepared to refine a nine-leaf purple lotus.

• Ye Beixuan warned Xiao Chen that the Black Devil Bandits were dangerous, but Xiao Chen challenged the thirteen bandits to attack him.
• Xiao Chen used Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin to kill the bandits and strike down Thousand Faces's puppet as the leader fled.
• Liu Yue'er identified the fallen Thousand Faces as a puppet, and Xiao Chen asked Elder Shan to hunt down the real one.
• Ye Beixuan chose to refine his nine-leaf purple lotus while Xiao Chen stood guard.
• Elder Shan found the real Thousand Faces hiding beneath a river and killed him before he could escape.

Chu Feng received a cultivation reward after Ye Beixuan advanced, while Ye Beixuan gained the God-Slaying Sword Dao from Xiao Chen and decided he needed a beautiful companion to succeed. Back at the Dao-Seeking Academy, Chu Feng defended his leisurely drinking as a way to follow his heart, and Nie Xiuyuan and Xu Caichen cultivated after drinking with him.

• Chu Feng woke to the system's reward for Ye Beixuan's breakthrough and cultivated with the Primordial Chaos purple qi in his dantian.
• Ye Beixuan thanked Xiao Chen for standing guard and asked about the Penglai Sword Debate, and Xiao Chen gave him a jade slip containing the God-Slaying Sword Dao.
• After Xiao Chen left, Ye Beixuan decided that a beauty was standard for the strong and resolved to make a name for himself before Qiong'er joined the Dao-Seeking Academy.
• At Miaomiao Mountain, Elder Bing questioned Chu Feng's relaxed routine, and Chu Feng explained that following his heart helped keep his thoughts unimpeded.
• After drinking with Chu Feng, Nie Xiuyuan and Xu Caichen returned to their courtyards and began cultivating.

Xu Caichen established his Confucian Dao foundation, prompting Chu Feng to wonder when Ye Beixuan would return before the Outer Sect Grand Competition. Ye Beixuan arrived back at the Dao-Seeking Academy and clashed with Ning Keke and Yan Xu, who challenged him to prove himself at the competition.

• Xu Caichen broke through to Confucian Dao Foundation Establishment, and Xiaozhuo celebrated with him as he promised to find a spirit fruit to restore her soul body.
• Chu Feng received news of Xu Caichen's breakthrough and wondered when Ye Beixuan would return for the approaching Outer Sect Grand Competition.
• Ye Beixuan left a dilapidated temple and flew back to the Dao-Seeking Academy after believing he was close to another breakthrough.
• Ning Keke confronted Ye Beixuan with Su Qing and Yan Xu, and he answered her taunts with a warning that she was picking a fight with him.
• Yan Xu pressured Ye Beixuan and challenged him to wait for the Outer Sect Grand Competition, while Ye Beixuan welcomed the challenge before leaving.

Yan Xu and Cao Youde apologized to Ye Beixuan on Miaomiao Mountain and gave him Essence Yuan Pills to settle their earlier conflict. After they left, Chu Feng teased Ye Beixuan and invited him to the courtyard to hear about his training journey.

• Yan Xu slapped Ning Keke and rebuked her and Su Qing for insulting Ye Beixuan, then left with Cao Youde.
• Su Qing and Ning Keke vowed to prove themselves in the outer disciple competition by reaching the top hundred.
• Cao Youde and Yan Xu sought out Ye Beixuan on Miaomiao Mountain, apologized, and offered him high-grade Essence Yuan Pills as compensation.
• Ye Beixuan accepted the pills and declined Yan Xu's invitation for a drink until after the competition.
• Chu Feng appeared, teased Ye Beixuan, and asked him to tell the story of his training journey at the courtyard.

Chu Feng explained how Ye Beixuan could use Primordial Chaos purple qi to derive powerful techniques, while Ye Beixuan prepared to cultivate for the outer sect competition. Far away in Gathering Thunder Valley, Cao Youqian began tempering his body with lightning, startling everyone who witnessed it.

• Chu Feng told Ye Beixuan that Primordial Chaos purple qi could evolve into all things and help him derive any cultivation art, then gave him a saying to guide his comprehension of Primordial Chaos Intent.
• Chu Feng introduced Nie Xiuyuan as a new member of the Miscellaneous Dao Institute, and Ye Beixuan learned that Nie had become Chu Feng's disciple.
• Chu Feng urged Ye Beixuan and Xu Caichen to prepare for the outer sect competition, and Ye Beixuan entered seclusion to break through to the Dao Foundation Fifth Layer.
• Cao Youqian led Song Zhaoyi through Gathering Thunder Valley and spotted a Thunder Spirit Sacred Lotus growing in a lightning-struck lake.
• Cao Youqian stepped onto the lake and let heavenly lightning strike him, then shouted for it to hit harder as the shocked onlookers watched.
• A bolt of purple lightning swallowed Cao Youqian, and he spat blood before the onlookers froze.

Cao Youqian endured nine days of heavenly lightning and improved both his Chaos Body Refining Art and Tyrant Divine Physique before claiming the Thunder Spirit Sacred Lotus. He traded it for a Yin Spirit Flower for Song Zhaoyi, who consumed the flower and began cultivating in seclusion.

• Cao Youqian cultivated under the heavenly lightning for nine days, reaching minor mastery in his Chaos Body Refining Art and Tyrant Divine Physique.
• Cao Youqian destroyed the demonic beasts approaching the lake and claimed the Thunder Spirit Sacred Lotus.
• Cao Youqian offered the lotus to Song Zhaoyi, who declined it because its thunder spiritual power clashed with her Nine Yin Saint Physique.
• Cao Youqian exchanged the lotus with an old man for a Yin Spirit Flower, which Song Zhaoyi verified with her blood.
• Cao Youqian remarked that it was a pity the old Dao Integration Realm cultivator had not attacked them, then Song Zhaoyi consumed the flower and began cultivating in seclusion.

Cao Youqian and Song Zhaoyi planned to travel to Gale Gorge to temper themselves, while Xiao Chen and Liu Yue'er sailed to Penglai Island for the Penglai Sword Debate. After surviving a storm at sea, they arrived on the island and hired Huang San to find them lodging and explain the event.

• Chu Feng received system rewards after Cao Youqian advanced in the Chaos Body Refining Art and his Tyrant Divine Physique.
• Cao Youqian told Song Zhaoyi he planned to visit dangerous places and agreed to head to Gale Gorge with her.
• Xiao Chen and Liu Yue'er boarded the Wind Rider bound for Penglai Island.
• A Nirvana cultivator aboard the Wind Rider split a towering waterspout with one saber strike.
• Xiao Chen and Liu Yue'er arrived at Penglai Island and hired Huang San to find them a place to stay and tell them about the Penglai Sword Debate.

Xiao Chen and Liu Yue'er arrived on Penglai Island for the Penglai Sword Debate, where Xiao Chen learned about the rivalry between the Heart Sword Dao and Heavenly Sword Dao. After passing the sword-testing stone, they chose to represent the other Sword Daos and read the competition rules as the debate began.

• Huang San explained the Heart Sword Dao and Heavenly Sword Dao, and Xiao Chen revealed that he cultivated both.
• Huang San brought Xiao Chen and Liu Yue'er to the Tranquil Courtyard, where they settled into a quiet private courtyard.
• On the ninth day of the ninth month, Xiao Chen and Liu Yue'er went to Mount Penglai and passed the sword-testing stone assessment.
• Xiao Chen and Liu Yue'er chose the Other Sword Daos group instead of joining either major faction.
• Xiao Chen and Liu Yue'er read the rules: competitors needed ten wins within three losses to qualify for the elimination rounds.
• The Penglai Sword Debate officially began at noon.