Chapter Summaries

Qin Jiuxiao used an array of Saint Rank artifacts and puppets to hold off the Dongfang Clan while Dongfang Hong battled a golden phantom summoned by a Cloud Heaven Holy Land token. Dongfang Hong knocked the phantom back, then struck Qin Jiuxiao unconscious with a hidden will attack, but a sudden sword strike interrupted his advance.

• Qin Jiuxiao summoned the Myriad Beast Seal and eight death-battle puppets to fight the Dongfang Clan while the golden phantom confronted Dongfang Hong.
• Qin Jiuxiao used his zither and Soul-Severing Needle Disk to attack the Dongfang Clan, as Mu Fan and Lu Changzhi watched from within the formation.
• The Five Symbols Sect elders reinforced their blockade and held back, expecting Peak Master Xu to bring help against the Late Stage Dao Comprehension expert.
• As the golden phantom weakened, Dongfang Hong struck it and was blasted backward, then realized a Cloud Heaven Holy Land expert had arrived.
• Dongfang Hong's saber unleashed a hidden will attack that overcame Qin Jiuxiao's protection and knocked him unconscious.
• Dongfang Hong moved toward Qin Jiuxiao, but a sword streaked through the void toward him, forcing him to demand the attacker's identity.

Li Qingfeng, a Sword King and patriarch of the Mystic One Sect, appeared to protect Qin Jiuxiao and the other juniors from Dongfang Hong’s attack. He helped the disciples escape, then sealed the battlefield with powerful formations as Dongfang Hong ordered his men to kill Qin Jiuxiao.

• Li Qingfeng intercepted Dongfang Hong’s saber strike and revealed himself as a Sword King, forcing Dongfang Hong to hesitate before attacking Qin Jiuxiao.
• Zhou Mancang recognized Li Qingfeng as a Mystic One Sect patriarch, and Li Qingfeng vowed to kill anyone who harmed the sect’s juniors.
• Dongfang Hong and his experts attacked Li Qingfeng and rushed toward the unconscious Qin Jiuxiao as the juniors began to flee.
• Li Qingfeng raised a formation that lifted the juniors and hurled them away, while he clashed with Dongfang Hong.
• Li Qingfeng’s formations sealed off the battlefield, and Dongfang Hong ordered his elders to kill Qin Jiuxiao before they escaped.

Li Qingfeng revealed his concealed strength and fought Dongfang Hong while an undercover agent rescued Qin Jiuxiao. As the Dongfang Clan faced Li Qingfeng, hundreds of Five Symbols Sect elders appeared and surrounded them, leaving Gu Qingyang readying his own sword.

• A disguised agent snatched Qin Jiuxiao and fled, prompting the Dongfang Clan to give chase.
• Li Qingfeng revealed his Half-Step Transcendent cultivation and drove the Dongfang Clan experts back with his sword.
• Outside the Heavenly Azure Ruins, elders waited for Qin Jiuxiao while disciples learned he had received the inheritance and heard that the Mystic One Sect's patriarch had saved them.
• Li Qingfeng clashed with Dongfang Hong and sent him flying, after which Dongfang Hong called on his clan to attack together.
• Hundreds of Five Symbols Sect elders emerged and surrounded the formation, shocking Dongfang Hong and his men.
• Gu Qingyang put away his azure-and-red sword and drew his own, saying it felt best in his hand.

Gu Qingyang and the Five Symbols Sect elders attacked Dongfang Hong and his more than three hundred Dongfang Clan experts, overwhelming them with superior numbers. As the battle turned against him, Dongfang Hong’s rage and power grew until Gu Qingyang warned the elders that he was about to explode.

• Dongfang Hong tried to negotiate an end to the conflict, but Gu Qingyang rejected his threat and ordered the Five Symbols Sect elders to attack.
• Dongfang Hong and the Dongfang Clan experts swallowed pills that boosted their power and tried to break through the elders’ coordinated assault.
• Mu Fan and Lu Changzhi watched from the formation as the elders’ relentless attacks began to bring down Dongfang Clan experts.
• Dongfang Hong challenged Gu Qingyang to fight him alone, and Gu Qingyang calmly admitted that he did not dare, driving Dongfang Hong into greater fury.
• Gu Qingyang engaged Dongfang Hong while the elders attacked whenever openings appeared, and Dongfang Hong eventually threatened the sect as his presence began to fluctuate.
• Gu Qingyang warned that Dongfang Hong was going to explode, and the surrounding elders immediately retreated.

Gu Qingyang suppressed Dongfang Hong’s self-destruction, captured and released the dying soul’s final message, and led the Five Symbols Sect elders in clearing the battlefield and looting Qin Jiuxiao. As they considered the tower and the unopened stone gate, spatial fluctuations spread through the Heavenly Azure Ruins, like those that had accompanied the ruins’ opening.

• Gu Qingyang used Sword Domain: Explosion Suppression to contain Dongfang Hong’s self-destruction, but Dongfang Hong’s soul escaped and sent out a final message before dissipating.
• Gu Qingyang recovered Dongfang Hong’s message and let it pass through the array, while the remaining Dongfang Clan experts surrendered and were dealt with.
• The Five Symbols Sect elders disposed of the corpses and traces of battle, then searched Qin Jiuxiao and took his treasures, including the Soul-Severing Array Disk.
• The elders discussed disguising the saint’s tower for use as a trial and considered opening the stone gate while juniors remained inside.
• The void trembled with spatial fluctuations that spread throughout the Heavenly Azure Ruins.

Spatial fluctuations threatened the Heavenly Azure Ruins and began to destabilize its only exit, forcing the disciples to evacuate. Gu Qingyang rescued the disciples from the tower and tried unsuccessfully to take it with him before leaving the ruins.

• The spatial fluctuations alarmed the disciples inside the ruins and worried the Cloud Heaven Holy Land elders outside, who worked to keep the weakening entrance open.
• Gu Qingyang recalled the elders into the Heaven and Earth Pagoda, and the surrounding formations collapsed as the fluctuations stopped.
• Gu Qingyang warned everyone that the exit formation was failing, so Lu Changzhi, Gu Chen, the Cloud Heaven Holy Land disciples, and the Five Symbols Sect disciples hurried toward the exit.
• Gu Qingyang uprooted the nine-story tower, shook its occupants unconscious, and stored it in the Heaven and Earth Pagoda.
• Gu Qingyang struck the mountain gate several times but failed to break it, then carried the unconscious disciples from other sects away.

As the Heavenly Azure Ruins began to collapse, the trapped disciples reached an exit blocked by a formation, and the Sword King of the Mystic One Sect broke it. The Sword King let his sect’s disciples leave first and then called for the Eastern Region’s juniors to follow, prompting a Cloud Heaven Holy Land disciple to protest.

• News spread that the Heavenly Azure Ruins were about to collapse, and factions outside sent for help as Cloud Heaven Holy Land controlled the exit.
• Cang Wenyu warned Elder Xiao to keep Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s disciples from leaving before the Five Symbols Sect’s people could retreat.
• The trapped disciples found a formation blocking the exit and asked the Mystic One Sect’s Sword King to help.
• The Sword King used Mystic One Sword Art: Formation Breaking to destroy the formation and instructed the Mystic One Sect disciples to leave first.
• The Sword King told the Eastern Region’s juniors to follow, but a Cloud Heaven Holy Land disciple objected, and the Sword King reminded him that the ruins belonged to the Eastern Region and that his sect’s disciple had taken the inheritance.

Eastern Region disciples escaped the Heavenly Azure Ruins, and the factions learned that Li Qingfeng, a long-missing Mystic One Sect patriarch, had saved them and the Cloud Heaven Holy Land disciples. The Cloud Heaven Holy Land elders waited for Qin Jiuxiao to emerge, while a spatial rift spread inside the ruins.

• The Eastern Region disciples left the ruins before the remaining Cloud Heaven Holy Land disciples, who resented having to wait.
• Cloud Heaven Holy Land elders learned from the Mystic One Sect disciples that Qin Jiuxiao had obtained the Saint's inheritance and that Void Transformation Realm experts had attacked him.
• The Mystic One Sect disciples said Li Qingfeng, a Sword King patriarch, had saved the disciples from the various factions, including the Cloud Heaven Holy Land's juniors.
• Mystic One Sect elders recognized Li Qingfeng's name and features from their records and wondered how he could have survived for more than a thousand years.
• A Cloud Heaven Holy Land elder thanked the Mystic One Sect, and the elders waited for Qin Jiuxiao to come out.
• Inside the ruins, a spatial rift began spreading across the ground opposite the exit.

Qin Jiuxiao woke aboard the Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s flying boat and pretended he had obtained the Heavenly Azure Saint’s inheritance, but discovered his storage ring and the Soul-Severing Needle Disk were missing. After blaming the theft on an unknown culprit, he questioned the elders about the Mystic One Sect’s Sword King, leaving them to suspect the Sword King had taken everything.

• The Cloud Heaven Holy Land disciples emerged from the collapsing ruins with Qin Jiuxiao unconscious, and an elder found that his soul had been injured.
• The other factions returned to their sects, lamenting that the ruins had closed early and suspecting Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s acquisition of the inheritance had caused it.
• Qin Jiuxiao woke on the flying boat and learned that the ruins had collapsed and the entrance had closed.
• Qin Jiuxiao lied that he had obtained the inheritance, then claimed a remnant of the Heavenly Azure Saint’s soul might benefit the Holy Land.
• Qin Jiuxiao discovered his storage ring was empty, including the missing Soul-Severing Needle Disk and the supposed inheritance, and told the elders everything had been stolen.
• Qin Jiuxiao asked whether the Mystic One Sect’s Sword King had dealt with his attackers, prompting the elders to suspect the Sword King had taken the missing items.

The Cloud Heaven Holy Land elders debated whether the Mystic One Sect had stolen their Saint artifact and inheritance, while other forces questioned how the Sword King had entered the ruins. After hearing that Li Qingfeng had reappeared, the Mystic One Sect's sect master checked the records and learned that the ancestor had died nearly a thousand years earlier, leaving him convinced someone was framing the sect.

• Qin Jiuxiao suggested the Mystic One Sect had stolen the Cloud Heaven Holy Land's belongings, but the elders decided to investigate before acting and secretly watch the sect.
• Three middle-aged figures and a youth waited outside the Heavenly Azure Ruins, then decided to return and verify the message left by the Sword King.
• Cang Wenyu received a storage ring containing Saint Rank items found by Elder Zhan's group and planned to have the elders inspect them.
• Gu Chen asked Lu Changzhi what had happened in the ruins, and Lu Changzhi said spatial instability had likely caused a collision between spaces.
• The Mystic One Sect's sect master learned that Li Qingfeng had appeared as a Sword King and searched the sect records for information about him.
• The Mystic One Sect's ancestor said Li Qingfeng's soul jade had shattered nearly a thousand years earlier, leading the sect master to suspect someone was setting the sect up.

The Mystic One Sect master suspected the Cloud Heaven Holy Land had framed his sect and decided not to acknowledge the ancestor. Back at the Five Symbols Sect, Lu Changzhi installed a concealed teleportation array and prepared a kidney-heavy stew for Xu Kun, just as Cang Wenyu arrived.

• The Mystic One Sect master concluded that the Cloud Heaven Holy Land was the likeliest culprit and resolved not to acknowledge its ancestor.
• Lu Changzhi installed a teleportation array near Hidden Origin Peak and concealed it with the Heaven-Veiling Illusion Array.
• Xu Kun gave Lu Changzhi a storage ring full of ingredients and demonic beast carcasses, including many kidneys, which Lu Changzhi asked Luo Ling'er to stew for dinner.
• Xu Kun returned early and told Lu Changzhi about the Creation Pills found in the ruins, while Lu Changzhi asked whether the Five Symbols Sect lacked talented pill refiners.
• Luo Ling'er served Xu Kun a large vessel of stew, and Cang Wenyu arrived and complained that Xu Kun had not invited him to share it.

After Luo Ling'er’s meal left Cang Wenyu and Xu Kun fighting over the basin, Cang Wenyu sent Lu Changzhi to collect the ruins’ treasures and then left to cultivate. Elsewhere, survivors and factions reckoned with the expedition’s losses, while the Cloud Heaven Holy Lord investigated whether Jiuxiao’s stars had changed after he obtained the Heavenly Azure Saint’s inheritance.

• Cang Wenyu and Xu Kun raced to eat Luo Ling’er’s food as Gu Chen, Mu Fan, Qin Li, Jin Fugui, and Luo Ling'er watched.
• Cang Wenyu told Lu Changzhi to inspect the treasures recovered from the Heavenly Azure Ruins, then left to cultivate; Xu Kun followed.
• Xie Yang learned that Liu Qingyan had survived the expedition and vowed to take revenge on her.
• Xuan Yong praised Luo Zhen’s swordsmanship and planned to show his progress to the sect master so the Mystic One Sect would place greater importance on him.
• The Cloud Heaven Holy Lord concealed the loss of the Heavenly Azure Saint’s inheritance and the Soul-Severing Needle Disk, then asked Elder Xuan whether Jiuxiao’s stars had changed.

Elder Xuan told the Holy Lord that the starlight of the person who received the saint's inheritance had dimmed, but the Holy Lord believed it would recover once Cloud Heaven Holy Land reclaimed the opportunity. Meanwhile, Luo Ling'er's upgraded cooking system granted new abilities and a strength-boosting dish, and Lu Changzhi took Mu Fan to the hidden teleportation array to retrieve the inheritance.

• Elder Xuan examined the starlight and told the Holy Lord it had grown dimmer, then explained that reclaiming the saint's inheritance would restore it.
• The Holy Lord decided Cloud Heaven Holy Land had to obtain the method for entering secret realms and reclaim what belonged to it.
• Luo Ling'er's system upgraded to level two, granting Lu Changzhi a jade platter, brewing skill, and the Irascible Little Meatballs dish.
• Lu Changzhi learned that upgrading his store to level three required 8,000 experience points and the Dao Comprehension Realm, with a random Saint King's inheritance and possessions as the reward.
• Lu Changzhi brought Mu Fan to the concealed teleportation array and entered it with him to retrieve the inheritance.

Lu Changzhi took Mu Fan to the inheritance site in the Heavenly Azure Ruins, then brought Luo Ling'er, Qin Li, and Gu Chen there to share skills and distribute seeds. Back on Hidden Origin Peak, he settled down to rest before the system announced a new flash sale at 70% off.

• Lu Changzhi and Mu Fan entered the Heavenly Azure Ruins, where Lu Changzhi agreed to let Mu Fan claim land for experiments as long as he did not damage the Marrow Cleansing Fruit Trees.
• Mu Fan suggested Luo Ling'er take up forging, and Lu Changzhi agreed to look into better forging conditions for her.
• Mu Fan used the Heavenly Azure Saint Token to open the inheritance site and entered after asking Lu Changzhi to rescue him if he called for help.
• After Mu Fan confirmed the inheritance was genuine and safe, Lu Changzhi returned and taught Luo Ling'er everything he had obtained.
• Lu Changzhi brought Qin Li and Gu Chen into the ruins, gave them seeds to plant, and then returned to Hidden Origin Peak to rest.
• The system announced that the Random Discount Flash Sale had refreshed with a 70% discount.

Lu Changzhi considered buying a discounted Void Shuttle, then checked the Blood Demon Clan’s progress in the Trial Formation Stele and considered how to increase its numbers. At the Mystic One Sect, visitors came to thank the supposed Sword King ancestor, but the sect master denied the Sword King was their ancestor, leaving the visitors suspicious and their gifts unreturned.

• Lu Changzhi found a discounted Saint Rank Void Shuttle in the shop but decided not to buy it yet.
• Lu Changzhi saw that the Blood Demon Clan had increased its numbers and distributed genuine demon beast blood among the beasts in the Trial Formation Stele.
• Lu Changzhi considered having the Blood Demon Clan call in more devils, then decided it would be safer to investigate sending them back with Mu Fan’s specialties.
• Visitors from various factions brought gifts to the Mystic One Sect to thank its supposed Sword King ancestor for saving their younger members.
• The Mystic One Sect’s sect master said the Sword King was not their ancestor and that Li Qingfeng had died a thousand years earlier, prompting Cloud Heaven Holy Land elders to suspect a cover-up.
• The visitors realized the Mystic One Sect would not return their gifts, and its elder dismissed their request as lacking in grace.

The Dongfang Clan planned to investigate the Mystic One Sect and watch the Cloud Heaven Holy Land after learning the Sword King had been involved in their failed attack. At Hidden Origin Peak, Mu Fan emerged with the Heavenly Azure Saint’s inheritance, while a presence probed out from the still-open rift at the end.

• Dongfang Jun ordered an investigation into the Mystic One Sect and told his people to watch the Cloud Heaven Holy Land for a chance to kill Qin Jiuxiao.
• The Flower Spirit Sect’s sect master advised Liu Qingyan that winning Qin Jiuxiao would require accepting sacrifices, and promised to seek another chance for her to meet him.
• Lu Changzhi searched for Cang Wenyu and Xu Kun, then returned to Hidden Origin Peak and learned Mu Fan was still receiving the inheritance.
• Mu Fan emerged from the ruins with cyan wind wings, showed them to Lu Changzhi, Gu Chen, and Qin Li, and returned to the ruins to find a suitable plot of land.
• Several days after the others left, a presence probed out from the rift at the edge of the Heavenly Azure Ruins.

Lu Changzhi received a container-sized box of Supreme-Grade Creation Pills and secretly placed half of them in a storage ring to donate to the sect. After giving Cang Wenyu a Void Spirit Fruit, he pretended to discover the ring among the sect’s recovered treasures, leaving Cang Wenyu wondering which elder had donated such a vast supply of Creation Pills.

• Lu Changzhi received a huge box of Supreme-Grade Creation Pills and decided to donate half to the sect.
• Cang Wenyu met Lu Changzhi and took him to inspect the treasures recovered from the ruins.
• Lu Changzhi gave Cang Wenyu a high-quality Void Spirit Fruit, but Cang Wenyu urged him to keep it.
• Lu Changzhi placed the ring of Creation Pills on a shelf, then pretended to find it among the treasures.
• Cang Wenyu discovered the ring contained nothing but Creation Pills and wondered which elder had contributed it.

Lu Changzhi visited Flame Sun Peak to arrange forging and discovered that the rhythmic hammering of Lin Shan, a forging disciple, came from his talent for wind instruments. Back on Hidden Origin Peak, Lu Changzhi gave Qin Li Creation Pills, and Mu Fan suddenly sent a desperate message from the ruins about a dragon.

• Li Yi guided Lu Changzhi and Cang Wenyu through Flame Sun Peak to its forging areas.
• Lu Changzhi checked Lin Shan's information and found that his talent was wind instrument mastery, so he suggested that Cang Wenyu have him try a musical instrument.
• Cang Wenyu agreed to meet Lin Shan, saying he trusted Lu Changzhi's judgment.
• Li Yi gave Lu Changzhi a Flame Sun Peak token so his disciple could request forging there in the future.
• Lu Changzhi returned to Hidden Origin Peak and gave Qin Li a bucket of Creation Pills as she planned to cultivate in the ruins and repair her Saint Physique.
• Mu Fan sent a panicked message saying a dragon was in the ruins and he was about to die.

Lu Changzhi, Qin Li, and Gu Chen raced to rescue Mu Fan from a black dragon in the Heavenly Azure Ruins. Qin Li suppressed the dragon with her White Tiger techniques, and Gu Chen attacked while Lu Changzhi watched their teamwork.

• Lu Changzhi, Qin Li, and Gu Chen boarded the Void Shuttle and hurried toward Mu Fan after hearing his call for help.
• The group found Mu Fan fleeing from an enormous black dragon, and Qin Li decided to suppress it while Gu Chen attacked.
• Qin Li summoned a White Tiger phantom and used White Tiger · Beast Taming to weaken the black dragon.
• Gu Chen charged the suppressed dragon with his spear, but its claw shattered his spear phantom and forced him to retreat.
• Lu Changzhi watched the fight and reacted with surprise when he heard the black dragon make obscure sounds.

Gu Chen and Qin Li fought the suppressed black dragon while Mu Fan searched for an opening to strike. As the battle intensified and the dragon’s suppression began to weaken, Lu Changzhi assessed the fighters’ abilities and equipment.

• The black dragon attacked Qin Li, but she dodged and used White Tiger Sacred Beast essence blood to strengthen the beast’s suppressive pressure.
• Gu Chen repeatedly intercepted the black dragon, enduring its physical attacks as his Battle Intent grew stronger.
• Mu Fan approached the dragon, evaded its breath, and asked Gu Chen to draw its attention.
• Gu Chen struck the black dragon with his spear, drawing blood and provoking its fury, while Qin Li supported him with formations and warnings.
• Qin Li and Gu Chen kept the black dragon occupied and inflicted several more wounds as its presence grew more violent.
• Lu Changzhi considered improvements to Gu Chen’s spear and Qin Li’s treasures, then noticed Mu Fan waiting for an opening.