Chapter Summaries

Lu Feng accompanied Lu Shuang to obtain invitations to the Imperial City Auction, then attended with her when it opened seven days later. At the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, they began selling their accumulated treasures before the auction.

• Lu Shuang invited Lu Feng to buy Sword Intent Pills, then took him to Gathered Harmony House to purchase two auction invitations for twenty thousand Low-Grade Origin Crystals.
• Lu Feng questioned why Lu Shuang needed invitations, but she warned that the Imperial City was dangerous, and he returned to cultivation.
• Seven days later, Lu Shuang gave Lu Feng a monkey mask, and the two entered the Hundred Treasures Pavilion using their invitations.
• Lu Shuang sold more than a hundred fourth- and fifth-tier Mortal Artifacts for twenty-three thousand Low-Grade Origin Crystals, then turned to Lu Feng.

Lu Feng consigned the Blood Bodhi Prayer Beads to the Hundred Treasures Pavilion auction and received a second-floor invitation. He and Lu Shuang attended the auction, where Feng Sanniang opened the bidding with a Force Comprehension Pill.

• The old man identified Lu Feng’s Blood Bodhi Prayer Beads as a Low-Grade Spirit Artifact and recommended auctioning them for up to two million Low-Grade Origin Crystals.
• Lu Feng consigned the beads, accepted ten thousand Low-Grade Origin Crystals for his other weapons, and received an invitation to the second floor.
• Lu Feng and Lu Shuang entered Earth Room No. 12 and waited for the auction to begin.
• Feng Sanniang opened the auction by announcing its notable lots, including a sixth-tier pill, a Celestial Person Realm cultivation technique, and a Spirit Artifact.
• Bidders competed for the first Force Comprehension Pill, which a Hua Jin Perfection martial artist won for twenty-five Low-Grade Origin Crystals.

Lu Feng bid against Crown Prince Lu Xinghan for a Fifth-Tier Barrier-Breaking Pill, driving its price to three hundred thousand Low-Grade Origin Crystals before Lu Xinghan won it. The chapter left Lu Feng and Lu Shuang in Earth Room Twelve after the sale, with the auction continuing.

• The Star-Shattering Palm sold for 3,200 Low-Grade Origin Crystals, and the Goose Feather Saber sold for 23,000.
• Feng Sanniang introduced the Fifth-Tier Barrier-Breaking Pill, and Lu Shuang said she wanted one for its breakthrough benefits.
• Lu Shuang recognized Lu Xinghan as the bidder offering fifty thousand, and Lu Feng bid sixty thousand on her behalf.
• Lu Xinghan and Lu Feng repeatedly raised their bids until the price reached three hundred thousand Low-Grade Origin Crystals.
• Lu Xinghan won the pill, while the two young women beside him trembled in pain after he tightened his grip on them.

Lu Feng gave Lu Shuang ten fifth-tier Barrier-Breaking Pills and then bought the first four fifth-tier Sword Intent Pills for two hundred thousand Low-Grade Origin Crystals each. The final pill sold to Room One on the third floor for five hundred thousand, while Lu Feng hinted that his purchases would soon prove worthwhile.

• Lu Feng revealed that he had ten fifth-tier Barrier-Breaking Pills and gave them to Lu Shuang, who accepted them after he insisted he had no need for them.
• When the auction began selling fifth-tier Sword Intent Pills, Lu Feng bid two hundred thousand Low-Grade Origin Crystals and won the first pill despite Lu Shuang's concern that he had overpaid.
• Lu Feng explained that bidders held back while four pills remained, then competed fiercely once only the final pill was left.
• Lu Feng won the first four Sword Intent Pills at two hundred thousand each, while the final pill sold to Room One on the third floor for five hundred thousand Low-Grade Origin Crystals.

Lu Feng and Lu Shuang received the Sword Intent Pill, while the auction’s final treasures sparked a fierce bidding war. Lu Xinghan won both the Blood Bodhi Prayer Beads and the Heaven-Breaking Pill, leaving the auction’s last treasure still to come.

• Lu Xinghan ordered a guard to identify the bidder in second-floor room twelve after he paid more for the Sword Intent Pill.
• Lu Feng paid for Lu Shuang’s Sword Intent Pill, and their awkward exchange left Lu Shuang embarrassed and annoyed.
• Feng Sanniang unveiled the Blood Bodhi Prayer Beads as a Low-Grade Spirit Artifact, prompting bidders to send for more Origin Crystals.
• Lu Xinghan won the prayer beads for three million Low-Grade Origin Crystals, and Lu Feng received the proceeds from their sale.
• Feng Sanniang began the bidding for a sixth-grade Heaven-Breaking Pill, which Lu Xinghan won for three million five hundred thousand Low-Grade Origin Crystals.

Lu Feng won the incomplete Supreme Purity Spirit-Observing Eye at auction, planning to have the system restore it. After the auction, Lu Xinghan ordered four subordinates to kill him, and Lu Feng left alone with the assassins following.

• Feng Sanniang announced the Supreme Purity Spirit-Observing Eye, and Lu Feng realized its ability to see through illusion arrays could be useful in the approaching Ten Thousand Swords Tomb Secret Realm.
• Lu Feng outbid the other guests with an offer of four million Low-Grade Origin Crystals and won the technique.
• Lu Xinghan learned that Lu Feng had consigned the Blood Bodhi prayer beads and ordered four guards to kill him after the auction.
• Lu Feng scanned the jade slip, confirmed the system had registered the technique as incomplete, and paid for it.
• Lu Feng told Lu Shuang to leave half an hour after him, then departed alone as three Great Early Grandmasters and one Great Grandmaster Perfection followed.
• Lu Feng adjusted his robe on a street corner, revealing a Shadow Pavilion silver-rank assassin's token at his waist.

Lu Feng used the Eight Trigrams Profound Mystery Disc to lure away six masked bandits, then killed Crown Prince Lu Xinghan’s four guards who ambushed him. He tracked the disc to the surviving bandits, reclaimed it after they fought among themselves, and left for Prince Jingnan’s Residence in disguise.

• Lu Feng pretended to fear the six masked bandits and tossed the Eight Trigrams Profound Mystery Disc to their leader, drawing five of them away.
• Lu Feng identified four of Crown Prince Lu Xinghan’s guards and killed them with the Phantom Sword Art.
• Lu Feng followed the formation disc and watched the surviving bandits fight over it until the middle-aged man killed the old man.
• Lu Feng used his control of the Eight Trigrams Profound Mystery Disc to kill the middle-aged man and took the six bandits’ storage bags.
• Lu Feng removed his Shadow Pavilion token and monkey-face mask, changed his appearance, and headed toward Prince Jingnan’s Residence.

Lu Feng restored and cultivated the Supreme Purity Spirit-Observing Eye, then prepared to wait in seclusion for the Ten Thousand Swords Tomb Secret Realm to open. At court, Emperor Lu Yunqi announced that a prince’s companion who reached the Celestial Person Realm could join the Dragon Protection Pavilion, and Empress Liu Yue declared that her daughter would enter the secret realm.

• Lu Feng spent his remaining 80 million Demon Points restoring the Supreme Purity Spirit-Observing Eye and raising it to minor attainment, then tested its ability to distinguish real bodies from Phantom Sword Art illusions.
• Lu Feng decided to cultivate quietly until the Ten Thousand Swords Tomb Secret Realm opened because the area had few demonic beasts and he wanted to avoid attention after killing Crown Prince Lu Xinghan’s guards.
• A guard told Lu Xinghan that the four guards had been found dead, and Lu Xinghan suspected their killer was a Celestial Person Realm expert connected to the Shadow Pavilion.
• Lu Xinghan ordered his guard to watch the other princes, then went to bind the Blood Bodhi Prayer Beads to himself with his blood.
• Emperor Lu Yunqi announced that all twelve princes and selected companions would enter the Ten Thousand Swords Tomb, and that anyone who reached the Celestial Person Realm through its inheritance could join the Dragon Protection Pavilion.
• Empress Liu Yue declared that her daughter would enter the secret realm, leaving the court silent as no one dared object.

Lu Feng and Lu Shuang traveled to the imperial mausoleum for the opening of the Ten Thousand Swords Tomb Secret Realm, where rival imperial princes gathered with their followers. As Lu Feng learned how the secret realm’s spirit entities and sword inheritances worked, Emperor Lu Yunqi and Empress Liu Yue arrived.

• After court, Lord Wei persuaded another official that supporting Princess Lu Shuang would effectively mean supporting Crown Prince Lu Xinghan, and officials later flocked to pledge allegiance at the Eastern Palace.
• Seven days later, Lu Feng met Lu Shuang, congratulated her on reaching late grandmaster, and accompanied her to the imperial mausoleum.
• Lu Shuang showed Lu Feng the mausoleum’s outer and inner sections and explained that the Ten Thousand Swords Tomb lay beneath its deepest part.
• At the secret realm entrance, Lu Feng saw Crown Prince Lu Xinghan’s large following, the other eleven princes’ loose alliance, and four Dragon Protection Pavilion elders.
• Lu Shuang explained the differences between Sword Spirits, Sword Souls, and Sword Shadows, and why only certain cultivators could seek the secret realm’s sword inheritances.
• Emperor Lu Yunqi and Empress Liu Yue arrived as Lu Feng and Lu Shuang were talking.

Lu Shuang taught Lu Feng how to identify sword spirits in the Ten Thousand Swords Tomb, while he discovered that killing its wandering spirits earned him Demon Points. The two continued cultivating separately, with Lu Feng eager to collect more points despite receiving no Sword Dao insight.

• Lu Shuang and Lu Feng entered the Ten Thousand Swords Tomb ahead of the other princes, and she led him away from the entrance to avoid its dangerous wandering spirits.
• Lu Shuang used her Sword Intent to find a compatible wandering spirit, absorbed it, and gained a deeper understanding of the Sword Dao without receiving an inheritance.
• Lu Feng followed her method but found no spirit that felt especially compatible, so he touched one and learned that killing a Sword Soul earned him 100,000 Demon Points.
• Lu Feng repeatedly touched wandering spirits and earned Demon Points from Sword Shadows and Sword Souls, while Lu Shuang moved away to search for a Sword Spirit of her own.
• Lu Feng eventually absorbed another spirit that seemed to be a Sword Spirit, but it vanished without giving him any Sword Dao insight or other apparent benefit.

Lu Feng used the Supreme Purity Spirit-Observing Eye to distinguish Sword Shadows, Sword Souls, and Sword Spirits, then teamed up with Lu Shuang to harvest the wandering souls in the Ten Thousand Swords Tomb. Outside the secret realm, Lu Changning learned that Great Chu’s ancestor had reached the Yin Spirit Realm, raising fears of an invasion while Great Qian’s Ancestor remained in seclusion.

• Lu Feng identified the wandering souls by their appearance and absorbed Sword Souls and Sword Shadows to gain Demon Points until his sea of consciousness began to hurt.
• Lu Shuang stopped Lu Feng from touching wandering souls blindly, then confirmed his method when he pointed her to a Sword Spirit.
• Lu Feng explained that Sword Spirits were useful to Lu Shuang while Sword Souls and Sword Shadows benefited him, and they agreed to divide the work.
• In the days that followed, Lu Shuang comprehended Sword Spirits while Lu Feng absorbed Sword Souls and Sword Shadows.
• Lu Changning told the Dragon Protection Pavilion Attendants that millions of wandering souls had accumulated in the Ten Thousand Swords Tomb and that the secret realm might not last another hundred years.
• Lu Changning and the Attendants learned that Great Chu’s ancestor had reached the Yin Spirit Realm and feared Great Chu would invade Great Qian.

Lu Feng perfected the Supreme Purity Spirit-Observing Eye and found that it could reveal a hidden inheritance inside a sword spirit. The chapter left him discovering the Great Grandmaster-grade Cloud-Piercing Sword Art in the Ten Thousand Swords Tomb Secret Realm.

• Lu Shuang absorbed a sword spirit containing the Great Grandmaster-grade Raging Sand Sword Technique and advanced to Grandmaster Perfection.
• Lu Feng spent 150 million Demon Points to raise the Supreme Purity Spirit-Observing Eye to perfection, then saw a system offer to turn it into the Clear and Pure Spirit Eyes talent for one billion Demon Points.
• Lu Feng used his perfected Spirit Eye to observe Lu Shuang's True Essence circulation, and she teased him after catching him staring.
• Lu Feng headed deeper into the outer region to gather Demon Points and spotted a sword spirit with a faint golden light at its center.
• Lu Feng touched the sword spirit and obtained the Great Grandmaster cultivation art Cloud-Piercing Sword Art.

Lu Feng obtained Clear and Pure Spirit Eyes, amassed Demon Points, and entered the inner area of the Ten Thousand Swords Tomb with Lu Shuang. After testing the stronger wandering souls, he guarded Lu Shuang as she began comprehending a golden-glowing sword spirit.

• Lu Feng spent one billion Demon Points to comprehend Clear and Pure Spirit Eyes, then rapidly absorbed wandering souls for seven days and gathered 2.03 billion Demon Points.
• Lu Shuang told Lu Feng that outer-area sword spirits had little effect after her breakthrough to Great Early Grandmaster, so they agreed to head for the inner area in search of Sword Heart Grass.
• On their way, Lu Feng directed Lu Shuang to sword spirits containing sword Dao inheritances, and she warned him that inner-area wandering souls attacked intruders.
• Lu Feng tested a second-tier sword soul, sword spirit, and sword shadow, learning their Demon Point rewards and how much damage they caused.
• Lu Feng explained the inner-area dangers to Lu Shuang, pointed out a golden-glowing sword spirit, and guarded her while she absorbed it.

Lu Feng unlocked divine sense after absorbing wandering souls and used the system to advance his cultivation while Lu Shuang guarded him. His breakthrough attracted hundreds of wandering souls, leaving Lu Shuang facing a sudden threat.

• Lu Xinghan ordered his group to rest after scouts spotted many wandering souls ahead, while twelve princes followed behind him toward the Sword Tomb's core.
• Lu Shuang obtained the Celestial Person Realm Essence-Returning Sword Art and chose to head for the core with Lu Feng, who led them along a detour and avoided dangerous sword souls.
• Lu Feng absorbed enough wandering souls to unlock divine sense, which let him perceive everything within a one-li radius, including Lu Xinghan's group and the twelve princes.
• Lu Feng discovered that he had 2.36 billion Demon Points and upgraded the Nine Extremes Essence Condensation Art to sixth-layer perfection for 500 million points.
• Lu Feng's cultivation presence surged as his True Essence condensed into liquid, drawing hundreds of wandering souls toward him and Lu Shuang.

Lu Feng broke through to the Celestial Person Realm after absorbing a flood of sword souls, then drew in more wandering souls while Lu Shuang recovered. Elsewhere, Liu Yue and Lu Tianming plotted to use Lu Xingshuang to help evolve the Spirit-Devouring Sword, with Liu Yue promised the throne in return.

• Lu Shuang absorbed several wandering souls to protect Lu Feng, but a sword soul overwhelmed her and left her unconscious.
• Lu Feng awakened his spiritual sense, reached the Celestial Person Realm First Layer, and discovered that his domain formed two rings of light.
• Lu Feng absorbed every wandering soul within a hundred zhang, gained nearly three billion Demon Points and three great grandmaster sword techniques, then returned to care for Lu Shuang.
• After waking, Lu Shuang learned of Lu Feng’s breakthrough and followed him as he slowly headed toward the sword tomb’s core.
• In a secret chamber, Lu Tianming told Liu Yue that their dual cultivation was no longer enough to evolve the Spirit-Devouring Sword into a Dharma Treasure.
• Liu Yue offered Lu Xingshuang as a future aid to Lu Tianming and said she had promised her daughter to Lu Xinghan; Lu Tianming agreed to help Liu Yue become empress if the sword evolved.

Lu Yunqi visited Liu Yue, then went to Prince Jing's Manor to confront Lu Yunxiao and discuss marrying Xingshuang to Han'er. He taunted Lu Yunxiao about their past rivalry and Liu Yue, but Lu Yunxiao said their relationship had ended when she chose to become empress.

• Liu Yue returned to her chambers and told Lu Yunqi to speak quickly or leave.
• Lu Yunqi asked Liu Yue for permission to discuss marrying Xingshuang to Han'er and warned that Great Chu was stirring along the border; Liu Yue told him to send generals and said Great Qian's Ancestor would destroy Great Chu after reaching the Yin Spirit Realm.
• Lu Yunqi ordered a eunuch to accompany him to Prince Jing's Manor that night, despite the eunuch's concern about the late hour.
• Lu Yunxiao sent Uncle Fu out and asked Lu Yunqi why he had come, while Lu Yunqi mocked his disability and offered to send him women.
• Lu Yunqi confessed his resentment over Lu Yunxiao's talent, resources, and the woman he loved, then taunted him about Liu Yue.
• Lu Yunxiao told Lu Yunqi that nothing remained between him and Liu Yue after she chose to become empress for resources, status, and cultivation.

Lu Yunxiao refused Lu Yunqi’s demand to arrange Lu Xingshuang’s marriage, insisting that she must decide for herself. In the Ten Thousand Swords Tomb, Lu Feng and Lu Shuang reached the sword tomb’s core, where Lu Feng faced the Wandering Soul King and drew in its summoned souls.

• Lu Yunxiao told Lu Yunqi that Lu Xingshuang alone could decide whether to marry Lu Xinghan, then had Uncle Fu escort him out.
• Lu Yunqi threatened Lu Yunxiao as he left, while Lu Yunxiao told Uncle Fu to wait until Lu Xingshuang returned before discussing the matter further.
• Lu Xinghan’s group learned that fewer wandering souls remained ahead and hurried toward the core, unaware Lu Feng had been absorbing them.
• Lu Feng and Lu Shuang approached the core, where Lu Feng acquired the Celestial Person Realm Essence-Returning Sword Art and learned that killing the Wandering Soul King could yield Sword Heart Grass.
• Lu Feng told Lu Shuang to stay back, then let the Wandering Soul King’s howl summon Tier Three wandering souls so he could absorb them and gain Demon Points.

Lu Feng defeated the Wandering Soul King and gave Lu Shuang the Sword Heart Grass it dropped so she could attempt to awaken a Sword Physique. While guarding her, he cleared the sword tomb’s core and fused perfected sword arts into three new Celestial Person Realm sword arts.

• Lu Feng pulled the Wandering Soul King into his sea of consciousness, and it dropped a Sword Heart Grass.
• Lu Feng gave the Sword Heart Grass to Lu Shuang, who began trying to awaken her Sword Physique while he stood guard.
• Lu Feng slew all five Sword Spirit Kings and cleared the core of wandering souls, finding a second Sword Heart Grass that eased Lu Shuang’s painful cultivation.
• Lu Feng used his Demon Points to perfect fourteen Great Grandmaster sword arts and fused them into three new Celestial Person Realm sword arts.
• Lu Feng gained the Great River Sword Art, the Startled Swan Sword Art, and the Shadow-Shattering Sword Art, bringing his total to five Celestial Person Realm sword arts.

Lu Feng perfected several sword arts and awakened the Geng Metal Sword Physique while Lu Shuang recovered, advanced to the Celestial Person Realm, and awakened the Ice Sword Physique. When Lu Xinghan’s group tried to seize Lu Feng, Lu Shuang killed several attackers and forced the survivors to retreat, then stayed to guard Lu Feng.

• Lu Feng perfected the Dust-Transcending Sword Art and awakened the Geng Metal Sword Physique, then raised the Guiyuan, Great River, and Startling Swan sword arts to perfection.
• Lu Shuang awakened the Ice Sword Physique, recovered from her injuries, and advanced from Late Grandmaster to Celestial Person Realm First Layer.
• Lu Xinghan arrived at the sword tomb’s core with his remaining followers, saw Lu Feng meditating, and ordered the group to seize him for the Sword Heart Grass.
• Lu Shuang stepped between the attackers and Lu Feng, warned Lu Xinghan to leave, and killed several Great Grandmasters with a single sword stroke.
• Lu Xinghan recognized Lu Shuang’s Ice Sword Physique and retreated with his followers, while Lu Shuang remained to guard Lu Feng.

Lu Shuang killed the princes and attendants who ignored her warning while Lu Feng awakened four Sword Physiques. Lu Feng discovered he lacked the Demon Points to perfect his final sword art, then showed Lu Shuang the four Sword Intents he had awakened.

• Lu Xinghan retreated after learning that Lu Xingshuang had awakened a mutated Sword Physique, while the third prince led his party toward the sword tomb's core to investigate.
• The third prince recognized Lu Xingshuang's warning and withdrew, but four princes and their followers continued toward Lu Feng.
• Lu Xingshuang killed the five Great Grandmasters and the remaining intruders when they refused to retreat.
• Lu Feng learned that perfecting the Shadow-Shattering Sword Art required more Demon Points than he had, and realized he had awakened four Sword Physiques.
• Lu Feng opened his eyes and released four distinct Sword Intents for Lu Shuang to see.