Chapter Summaries

Yang Lingrui defeated and killed True Person Juesheng, then concealed the fight’s true outcome with Chen Yang’s help. After joining Xing Jiuli and Sikong Shang, he learned Blood Feather Hall had been nearly wiped out and asked to see its captives, seeking old enemies from the Yang Clan’s past.

• Yang Lingrui killed the unconscious True Person Juesheng and asked Chen Yang to make the battlefield look like an evil cultivator had escaped after a bitter fight.
• Chen Yang used his divine ability to stage the battlefield, and Xing Jiuli and Sikong Shang arrived after defeating Blood Feather Hall’s forces and capturing a True Person from Beast King Shrine.
• Xing Jiuli and Sikong Shang found Yang Lingrui recovering in a hidden cave, and he told them he had been unable to stop the evil cultivator from fleeing.
• Yang Lingrui asked about Blood Feather Hall and recalled the sect’s past attacks on the Yang Clan, including the ambush outside the Secret Treasure Vault Land and the Zhou Qing Calamity.
• Xing Jiuli told Yang Lingrui that Blood Feather Hall’s chief leader and most of its members had been killed, with the remaining captives awaiting trial.
• Yang Lingrui went with Xing Jiuli and Sikong Shang to the detained captives, intending to find old acquaintances among them.

Yang Lingrui questioned captured Blood Feather Hall cultivators about past crimes against the Dynasty and the Yang Family, then gave two surviving culprits ten breaths to escape. He killed both with ease and asked Xing Jiuli whether Tiger Chasing still needed one man's Primordial Spirit.

• Xing Jiuli presented the captured Blood Feather Hall members and four undercover Tiger Chasing Cultivators to Yang Lingrui, who reviewed their intelligence dossier.
• Yang Lingrui learned that the mastermind behind an attack on low-level cultivators had been killed, while another mastermind and a minor leader connected to an infiltration plot remained alive.
• Xing Jiuli released the deputy leader and minor leader from their restraints, and Yang Lingrui gave them ten breaths to flee.
• The deputy leader and minor leader fled in different directions as Tiger Chasing Cultivators worried they might escape, but Xing Jiuli assured them Yang Lingrui would prevail.
• Yang Lingrui returned with the intact corpses of both fugitives and asked Xing Jiuli whether Tiger Chasing needed the deputy leader's Primordial Spirit.

Yang Lingrui executed a Blood Feather Hall cultivator and joined Xing Jiuli in sweeping the faction’s hideouts. Meanwhile, three Central Region factions seeking to challenge Yang Clan prodigies were stopped at the Barbarian Lands’ border, where Mont fought Gu Che to decide whether they could pass.

• Yang Lingrui erased the Blood Feather Hall cultivator’s Primordial Spirit, and the Tiger Chasing cultivators praised his power.
• Sikong Shang escorted the remaining Blood Feather Hall members back to Tiger Chasing while Xing Jiuli and Yang Lingrui began looting the faction’s hideouts under their agreed treasure-sharing arrangement.
• Three Central Region immortal boats reached the Barbarian Lands, but the bishops refused them passage because the Yang Clan was the region’s Holy Clan.
• Mont offered to test the Central Region prodigies himself, and the factions agreed to let them pass only if one defeated him.
• Gu Che of Frost Cold Valley began fighting Mont, but Gu Che grew exhausted while Mont remained composed and appeared not to have used his full strength.

Mont defeated Gu Che and matched the two remaining Central Region prodigies, demonstrating the strength of the Northwest Unconventional Practitioners. The Central Region factions withdrew, and the Yang Clan’s reputation for protection by a powerful figure spread, deterring rivals and allowing it to develop in the Northwest.

• Gu Che used Frost Cold Town Domain to bring down an icy tower on Mont, but Mont revealed his black wings and Sword of Condemnation and split the attack with one slash.
• Gu Che accepted defeat and agreed not to trouble the Yang Clan again.
• The two remaining prodigies each exchanged a move with Mont, and neither side gained the advantage.
• The three Central Region factions abandoned their plans to challenge for Gold Ranking resources and departed after bidding farewell to the barbarian chief priests.
• News spread that the Yang Clan was protected by formidable Unconventional Practitioners and a powerful figure, causing factions with designs against the clan to back off.

Lin Qiao completed her twenty-third ascent of Longyin Peak after reflecting on Yang Lingqing’s lesson that courage meant pressing on despite fear. Yang Yuanhong prepared to leave for the Central Region and the Dragon Transformation Pool, taking a life-saving item as he departed.

• Lin Qiao reached the final platform of Longyin Peak, and Yang Yuanhong appeared to catch her as she collapsed unconscious.
• Yang Yuanhong brought Lin Qiao to Chengzuo Peak, where Chen Yang healed her injuries and Yang Lingqing took responsibility for her recovery.
• Yang Yuanhong told Wu Tong and Yang Lingqing he was leaving for the Central Region to meet Long Yuan and travel to the Dragon Transformation Pool.
• Yang Lingqing and Wu Tong urged Yang Yuanhong to travel cautiously and reminded him to visit Ziyun Mountain and spend time with Ying Cai.
• Yang Lingqing gave Yang Yuanhong a bright-red child statue bestowed by the Immortal Venerable to help preserve his life on the dangerous journey.

Yang Yuanhong received a divine treasure from Blood Sun and set off for the Central Region, but returned to ask whether Yang Lingqing had a preferred type of man. His question angered her, while Wu Tong urged Yang Lingqing to consider marriage now that the Yang Clan had settled in its sacred land.

• Yang Yuanhong examined the child statue and met Blood Sun, who gave him the activation seals for three divine arts and offered future protection.
• Yang Yuanhong thanked the Immortal Venerable and departed for the Central Region with the treasure.
• Yang Yuanhong returned and asked Yang Lingqing what kind of man she fancied, saying he might find someone suitable during his journey.
• Yang Lingqing tried to grab Yang Yuanhong in anger, but he evaded her and fled beyond the horizon.
• Wu Tong admitted she supported the question and encouraged Yang Lingqing to consider taking a husband and continuing the Yang Clan line.

The chapter describes Heavenly Sword Mountain’s trials and the legendary sword cultivators who reached its sixth region, including Dugu Fuchun, Ye Chenfeng, and Ling Shuang. At the present day, sword cultivators gather at the mountain to witness Ling Shuang prove the Dao of True Intent.

• Heavenly Sword Mountain’s first six regions tested sword talent and comprehension, while the upper six required Spiritual Sense and greater cultivation.
• Dugu Fuchun reached Sharpening Peak Ground at the Third Level of Qi Gathering, tempered his Sword Heart, and later entered the True Intent Realm.
• Ye Chenfeng briefly tempered his sword at Sharpening Peak Ground before descending the mountain and eventually approaching the Mystic Insight Realm.
• Ling Shuang reached the sixth region at the First Level of Qi Gathering and obtained the Taicang Sword, which became central to his rise among Azure Waves’ prodigies.
• Sword cultivators from across Azure Waves gathered at Heavenly Sword Mountain to watch the secluded Sword Immortal Taicang prove the Dao of True Intent.

Ling Shuang proved the Dao on Heavenly Sword Mountain, cutting a five-and-a-half-foot slab from its peak and surpassing Ye Chenfeng’s three-foot feat. She survived eighteen great tribulations, attained true intent, and rode her sword away, leaving the mountain’s cultivators to reflect on what they had witnessed.

• Ning Jiu, an elderly Sword Cultivator, and Jia Huarai watched Ling Shuang from the Eleventh Layer as the old cultivator asked Jia Huarai to grant his final request.
• Ling Shuang drew the Taicang Sword, causing the swords throughout Heavenly Sword Mountain to resonate with her Sword Intent.
• Remembering Ye Chenfeng’s three-foot cut, Ling Shuang declared that three feet was not enough and cleaved five and a half feet from the summit.
• A huge, flat boulder fell to the Sixth Layer, where a Condensed Origin sword cultivator measured it and confirmed Ling Shuang’s feat.
• Ling Shuang regretted not having Yuan Hong with her, then flew into the Tribulation Cloud and slashed it apart.
• Ling Shuang attained true intent amid eighteen great tribulations and rode her sword away, leaving the forty-ninth Sword Washing Stone in the Sixth Layer.

After Ling Shuang succeeded in proving his Dao, True Person Lone Swan attempted the same and perished beneath six tribulations. Jia Huarai then used Lone Swan’s sword intent to break through the heavenly tribulations, leaving the Sword Cultivators celebrating his success.

• True Person Lone Swan rode the lingering sword momentum to the summit and invoked six tribulations, despite knowing he could not survive.
• Lone Swan cleaved the clouds with his final sword strike, but heavenly fire, yin water, and lightning consumed him after the tribulations descended.
• Jia Huarai began his own breakthrough, gathered Lone Swan’s sword intent, and formed it into a fourth Void Sword.
• Jia Huarai wielded four Void Swords to shatter each wave of tribulations and survived the final heavenly lightning.
• The Sword Cultivators celebrated Jia Huarai’s success and vowed to remember True Person Lone Swan alongside the two who proved their Dao.

Yang Yuanhong returned to Yanlai City, learned about the breakthroughs at Heavenly Sword Mountain, and visited the Sun Clan’s Puppet Pavilion. There, he arranged to meet Sun Fubo, an old acquaintance whose fortunes had risen through their past connection.

• Yang Yuanhong heard cultivators discussing Ling Shuang and Jia Huarai attaining True Intent, then read a detailed report at the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion.
• Yang Yuanhong visited the Sun Clan’s Puppet Pavilion and asked about buying a puppet war chariot.
• Yang Yuanhong asked whether the chief steward was Sun Fubo and told a Sun Clan cultivator to inform him.
• Sun Fubo recognized Yang Yuanhong from the description and asked his subordinate to invite him to the hall.

Yang Yuanhong visited Sun Fubo and the Sun Clan in Yanlai City to renew ties that could help future Yang Clan travelers in the Central Region. He reunited with True Person Ku Ye, learned that Ku Ye had found clues toward attaining the Dao, and was brought before two mysterious gray figures.

• Yang Yuanhong met Sun Fubo at the guild hall and explained that he was traveling to Ziyun Mountain and had stopped by to visit the Sun Clan.
• Sun Fubo escorted Yang Yuanhong to the Sun residence, where Manager Zhang recognized him as the Sun Clan's great benefactor and regretted not greeting him sooner.
• Yang Yuanhong briefly reunited with three Sun Clan cultivators he had met six years earlier, whose cultivation and combat ability had remained modest.
• Yang Yuanhong met True Person Ku Ye, who credited Venerable Daohé's guidance with helping him gain new insight and revealed he had found clues toward attaining the Dao.
• True Person Ku Ye used a secret Sun Clan art to announce their arrival, and two gray, mistlike figures descended and manifested before them.

Yang Yuanhong secured the Sun Clan’s promise of support before traveling to Ziyun Mountain, where he reunited with Dongfang Yinghao and began testing his improved abilities. The Dongfang Clan’s elders watched as Yinghao faced Yang Yuanhong’s measured attacks.

• Yang Yuanhong confirmed the Northwest Yang Clan’s situation with the Sun Clan and obtained five tokens promising aid to Yang Clan cultivators in Yanlai City.
• Yang Yuanhong praised two poems at the Sun residence, then borrowed an immortal vessel and traveled with True Person Ku Ye toward Ziyun Mountain.
• Dongfang Yinghao rushed out to welcome Yang Yuanhong, who suspended him in midair and challenged him to show the results of his cultivation progress.
• Dongfang Yinghao summoned three Late-Spiritual Connection puppets and fought Yang Yuanhong, who carefully tested his limits.
• Dongfang Zonggan, Dongfang Zongyi, and Venerable Ziyu observed the fight, pleased that Yang Yuanhong had arrived to humble Yinghao.

Yang Yuanhong tested Dongfang Yinghao in a duel, pushing him to reveal the full power of his puppetry before defeating him with a carefully controlled strike. The Dongfang ancestors welcomed Yang Yuanhong to Ziyun Mountain, while Yinghao was left injured but with his cultivation foundations intact.

• Yang Yuanhong crippled Dongfang Yinghao's eight Late-Spiritual Connection Realm puppets, forcing Yinghao to summon a miniature heavenly soldier puppet.
• Dongfang Yinghao strengthened the puppet with five command spells and used its power to withstand and deflect Yang Yuanhong's punches.
• Yang Yuanhong praised Yinghao's combat ability, then knocked him unconscious with a fourth punch that shattered the puppet but spared Yinghao's cultivation foundations.
• Dongfang Zonggan and Dongfang Zongyi caught the injured Yinghao and recognized Yang Yuanhong's exceptional control over strength.
• Yang Yuanhong greeted the ancestors and paid respects to Venerable Ziyun before joining the two ancestors as they flew into Ziyun Mountain's grand formation.

Yang Yuanhong joined Long Yuan and three other dragon-body cultivators on their journey to the Dragon Transformation Pool. As he grew closer to Bu Yanqiu, he asked why Zi Ninghua seemed hostile toward him, and Bu Yanqiu began to explain the Zichen Imperial Dynasty’s past.

• Yang Yuanhong agreed to welcome a Fuyao Sect visit to Yang Lingrui, while leaving any decision about joining the sect to his uncle.
• Yang Yuanhong arrived at the grotto-heaven and met Long Yuan, Bu Yanqiu, Zi Ninghua, and Xue Nuan, who had gathered for the journey.
• The five dragon-body cultivators set off aboard Long Yuan’s immortal vessel for the Dragon Transformation Pool.
• Bu Yanqiu told Yang Yuanhong that he admired him because Yang had saved his life during the Blood Demon Blessed Land calamity, bringing the two closer.
• Yang Yuanhong asked Bu Yanqiu why Zi Ninghua seemed hostile toward him, and Bu Yanqiu said the cause lay in the Zichen Imperial Dynasty’s past.

Yang Yuanhong and his companions reached the Dragon Tomb hidden within the Dragon Transformation Pool and opened its entrance with their five Dragon Body jade marrows. As they entered, the Blood Sun statue warned Yang Yuanhong that time flowed strangely inside.

• Bu Yanqiu explained that the Zichen Imperial Dynasty treated the Black Dragon Variant Body as taboo after two imperial relatives with that body usurped the throne.
• Yang Yuanhong learned that Xue Nuan wanted to recruit him for the Northern Snow Clan and use him to suppress its fortune.
• After more than two months of travel, Yang Yuanhong and his companions arrived at the Dragon Transformation Pool, where a Venerable's clone protected them from its hostile dragon remnants and ghost corpses.
• Long Yuan led the group to the hidden Dragon Tomb and asked the others to help him seek an opportunity to advance.
• Yang Yuanhong, Long Yuan, Zi Ninghua, Bu Yanqiu, and Xue Nuan placed their five-colored jade marrows into the stone wall, opened the dragon-shaped entrance, and entered the Dragon Tomb.
• The Blood Sun statue warned Yang Yuanhong that time flowed strangely inside the Dragon Tomb.

Yang Yuanhong and the others discovered an ancient dragon relic and learned that obtaining its treasure required surviving the Three Trials of Dragon Nightmare. After Yang Yuanhong warned the group that time seemed to be flowing backward, Long Yuan entered the relic to begin the trials.

• Blood Sun Venerable God warned Yang Yuanhong that time was behaving strangely in the Dragon Tomb, and Yang Yuanhong noticed his body had begun to shrink.
• The amber crystal softened and revealed an ancient dragon relic, which Long Yuan identified as a rare source of the Breath of the Ancient Dragon.
• Long Yuan explained that the relic contained at least six Breaths of the Ancient Dragon and that its treasure could only be claimed by passing three dangerous trials.
• Yang Yuanhong told Long Yuan, Bu Yanqiu, Zi Ninghua, and Xue Nuan about the time anomaly, and they chose to continue rather than retreat.
• Long Yuan warned the group to beware of illusions and wasting time, then entered the relic after his dragon-body jade marrow resonated with it.

Yang Yuanhong endured the first Dragon Nightmare trial, drank the dragon blood, and advanced to the Spiritual Connection Fifth Layer before entering the second trial. There, a complete dragon soul possessed him, and a colossal figure cut off the dragon’s head.

• The five entered the Dragon Tomb’s Three Trials while the Venerable’s clone sensed their stable vital signs and assumed they were safe.
• Yang Yuanhong endured the dragon blood’s cleansing and, guided by Blood Sun Venerable God, drank the entire pool using the Blood Drinking Divine Art.
• Yang Yuanhong converted the dragon blood into cultivation and a hidden blood escape technique, reaching the Spiritual Connection Fifth Layer.
• Yang Yuanhong entered the Dragon Soul Burning Heart trial and was possessed by a complete dragon soul.
• A colossal figure struck the dragon with a thunderous blade and severed its head while Yang Yuanhong watched helplessly.

Yang Yuanhong endured repeated death illusions in a trial meant to reveal the karmic fate of dragon-body cultivators, then overcame his fear by resolving to protect his clan. When the trial’s shadow broke the rules and tried to kill him, Blood Sun emerged and destroyed the spirit behind it.

• Yang Yuanhong experienced seven successive deaths at the hands of a vast shadow, and each cycle deepened his fear.
• Yang Yuanhong turned his fear into fury and charged the shadow through the next death cycles.
• Yang Yuanhong realized the trial depicted the karmic fate of dragon-body cultivators and saw his clan gathered beneath him in a vision of the future.
• Yang Yuanhong overcame his fear, declared he would protect his family and friends, and charged the shadow without restraint.
• The giant shadow violated the trial’s rules and froze Yang Yuanhong with borrowed amber power.
• Blood Sun emerged from Yang Yuanhong, identified the shadow as an intelligent resentment within ancient wood amber, and refined it away.

Yang Yuanhong completed the second trial and entered the Dragon Tomb’s true burial ground, where he touched the sole intact ancient dragon and received its Breath and memories. He witnessed the Azure Dragon’s final charge against fate and was warned that trying to change one’s destiny would bring calamity.

• Blood Sun explained that he had intervened because the newly born giant shadow had broken the trial’s rules, and Yang Yuanhong thanked him.
• Yang Yuanhong entered the Dragon Breath Cleansing Spirit trial and found ancient dragon remains preserved by amber power.
• Yang Yuanhong reached the intact Azure Dragon, whose Breath and fragmented memories entered his mind when he touched its body.
• Yang Yuanhong watched the Azure Dragon reject Crimson Dragon’s invitation, mourn its fate, and decide that bearing the Dao with its body might offer a solution to the Calamity of Dragon Fall.
• Yang Yuanhong witnessed the Azure Dragon charge toward the heavens before a Rainbow Light extinguished its life.
• An unseen voice warned Yang Yuanhong that forcing a change to destiny would invite calamity and asked whether he had thought it through.

Yang Yuanhong absorbed the Breath of the Ancient Dragon, gained the ancient dragon’s approval, and advanced his dragon body before leaving the Dragon Tomb. He waited outside the amber for Long Yuan and Bu Yanqiu’s group, while a Venerable’s clone struggled to reach endangered cultivators and called on its true body for help.

• Yang Yuanhong drew the Breath of the Ancient Dragon into his body and patiently guided it until the ancient dragon spoke through it.
• The azure dragon thanked Yang Yuanhong, looked over the Dragon Tomb, and asked to see his Dao before its soul peacefully passed away.
• Yang Yuanhong discovered that the dragon breath had merged into him and advanced his dragon body, then returned to the blue-gray passage and decided to wait for Long Yuan and Bu Yanqiu’s group.
• The Venerable’s clone sensed a cultivator nearing death but found its spatial Daoist Magic blocked by the amber, then detected another person in danger.
• The clone asked its true body for help, and the Dragon Carp rose from beneath the East Sea and sent five bubbles toward the Dragon Transformation Pool.