Despite the legal rights dispute, there's an upcoming live action c drama that is supposed to adapt the story "fully". Interestingly, the lead is an Uighur actress.
It was pretty clear to me that Melon was intended to be the final obstacle between Legosi and Haru's relationship since the beginning of the arc and Legosi and Haru finally formally becoming a couple was the endgame. I just wish that Paru spend more time on the relationship post-being-a-couple...
To clarify:
This really is the last chapter published. The author's note was written in 2011 ("62 years after founding of PRC") and there hasn't been another update ever since. There's not supposed to be a direct connection between arc 1 and arc 2. At this point, since two of the characters...
https://mangadex.org/title/44733/hongmao-and-lantu-legend-of-the-seven-swords (original)
https://mangadex.org/title/44732/hongmao-and-lantu-legend-of-the-seven-swords (duplicate entry due to network error)
This comic is on indefinite hiatus. The series continues in the web animate series (its mostly the same with some minor dialogue differences and missing this chapter), the movie, and the Lanxi Zhen comic.