Recaps

Fang Shuwen’s words shocked everyone present, including Chen Qiusheng, who realized that Chen Qi had identified him. Chen Qiusheng hoped his son would leave immediately.

• Fang Shuwen spoke and surprised the three people present.
• Chen Qiusheng was shocked that Chen Qi had come.
• Chen Qiusheng recognized that Chen Qi’s words had identified him, despite never having met his son.
• Chen Qiusheng hoped Chen Qi would leave quickly.

Chen Qiusheng realized what Fang Shuwen intended to try but decided he could not dissuade someone so young and accomplished in martial arts. The chapter ended before Fang Shuwen acted.

• Chen Qiusheng looked at Fang Shuwen and understood what he wanted to try.
• Chen Qiusheng opened his mouth to stop Fang Shuwen.
• Chen Qiusheng decided Fang Shuwen would not be swayed by a few words because of his martial arts skill and young age.

Fang Shuwen returned to Julu City, hid at the Zhou Family residence to prepare for the Tongshan Seven Sha, and reunited with Zhou Qingmei and Mo Beidou. After visiting his parents, he learned of upheaval across the regions and planned journeys to pursue the Dragon Court and investigate new threats.

• Fang Shuwen agreed to stay at the Zhou Family residence in secret, discussed his marriage intentions with Mo Beidou, and helped him with his Golden Bell Cover training.
• Zhou Qingmei visited Fang Shuwen at night, but found his room empty because he had gone to see Fang Mingxuan and brought the captive Long Yuan.
• Fang Shuwen told Fang Mingxuan what Long Yuan knew about the Dragon Court and planned to visit the Southern Region, then the Fang Clan's main branch in the Central Region.
• Fang Mingxuan told Fang Shuwen that the Western Regions had invaded the Northern Region, Fang Baiyi had disappeared, and the mysterious Divine Pill Alliance had risen to power.
• Fang Shuwen learned that Wrongful Death City might be abandoning its neutrality and that Setting Sun Valley had demanded the return of Weng Zhenliu.

Fang Shuwen spoke in a silent inn while Chen Yan and Gui Donglai ate. The other patrons reacted with astonishment, disbelief, or resignation.

• Fang Shuwen spoke in the silent inn.
• Chen Yan and Gui Donglai continued eating as the others watched Fang Shuwen.
• The onlookers reacted with astonishment, disbelief, and resignation.

Fang Shuwen wondered whether the young-looking man had surpassed the Flesh King Cao Jiuyin and the master of the Hundred Ghost Hall, but Chen Yan said the man was not Shi Jiu'an.

• Fang Shuwen noted that the man appeared to be in his twenties.
• Fang Shuwen wondered whether the man had surpassed the Flesh King Cao Jiuyin and the master of the Hundred Ghost Hall.
• Chen Yan declared that the man was definitely not Shi Jiu'an.

Steward Li stopped the carriage, leaving the young man in black and Li Nanqiu staring at each other. Fang Shuwen realized the young man was Miss Nanqiu's older brother.

• Steward Li stopped the carriage after the sudden turn of events.
• The young man in black and Li Nanqiu stared wide-eyed at each other.
• Fang Shuwen recognized the young man as Miss Nanqiu's older brother.

Gui Donglai and Ye Hongluan approached a cauldron of boiling water packed with eyeballs, and Ye Hongluan recoiled before asking the old man what it was.

• Gui Donglai and Ye Hongluan came up to the cauldron.
• They saw the densely packed eyeballs in the boiling water and felt unnerved.
• Ye Hongluan leaped away and asked the old man what the thing was.

Gui Donglai protested Yan Kai's attempt to kill him over an unfounded rumor, and Yan Kai's casual words left Gui Donglai feeling humiliated.

• Yan Kai spoke casually to Gui Donglai.
• Gui Donglai turned ashen because he felt the remark described him as someone who amounted to little.
• Gui Donglai demanded to know what he had done to offend Yan Kai.
• Gui Donglai accused Yan Kai of coming to kill him over a baseless rumor and sarcastically asked whether he should be grateful.

Ouyang Xin suffered from the pain of losing his arm and pleaded for Fang Shuwen to let him go. He called out to his father, Ouyang Jun, to save him.

• Ouyang Xin trembled and wailed after losing his arm.
• Ouyang Xin begged Fang Shuwen to release him.
• Ouyang Xin cried out to Ouyang Jun for help.

Chen Yan found that Ouyang Jun was gone from the shallow cave abode, where a panicked young man now stood. The young man asked Chen Yan who he was.

• Chen Yan glanced into the cave abode from a distance.
• Chen Yan saw that Ouyang Jun was no longer there.
• Chen Yan saw a panicked young man in the cave.
• The young man asked Chen Yan who he was.

Jin Baiwan carefully told Fang Shuwen about the Heavenly Pole Sect's dirty laundry, despite the risk of trouble if the sect found out. He dared to share it because Fang Shuwen was the one listening.

• Jin Baiwan chose his words carefully before speaking to Fang Shuwen.
• Jin Baiwan risked trouble from the Heavenly Pole Sect by airing its dirty laundry.
• Jin Baiwan told Fang Shuwen because he trusted him more than someone else.

Fang Shuwen ignored Liao Yusheng’s death and killed the gravely wounded Shen Qingyan. The chapter ended with both men dead.

• Fang Shuwen paid no attention to Liao Yusheng’s death.
• Fang Shuwen looked around but decided not to loot Liao Yusheng’s corpse in the street.
• Fang Shuwen approached Shen Qingyan and struck him with a bent finger.
• Shen Qingyan died from the blow.

A middle-aged man questioned whether Fang Shuwen and his group were masters from the Heavenly Extremity Sect, but Gui Donglai dismissed the sect as inferior to them.

• The middle-aged man admitted that he did not know.
• The middle-aged man cautiously asked Fang Shuwen whether they were masters from the Heavenly Extremity Sect.
• Gui Donglai laughed and declared that the Heavenly Extremity Sect could not compare to them.

Gui Donglai followed Fang Shuwen through the stalls, browsing casually as he asked about the people ahead. The chapter left the identity and background of the concealed figure unknown.

• Gui Donglai followed behind Fang Shuwen and glanced over the stalls.
• Gui Donglai stopped occasionally to browse the wares.
• Gui Donglai asked whether Fang Shuwen knew the two people and questioned the background of the concealed figure ahead.

The Hundred Ghost Hall master called for the survivors in Wrongful Death City to join forces after they had been fighting each other. Gravely wounded, Zheng Wanjiang urged them to listen to the master's command.

• The Hundred Ghost Hall master shouted for the remaining people in Wrongful Death City to unite.
• The survivors were bewildered because they had just been fighting each other to the death.
• Gravely wounded and barely clinging to life, Zheng Wanjiang called out for them to listen to the master.

Fang Shuwen and the master of the Hundred Ghost Hall paused their devastating clash. The Eyeless Venerable then brought Gui Yuandao and Gui Donglai to the two combatants.

• Fang Shuwen and the master of the Hundred Ghost Hall unleashed their blood Qi and Sha Qi in a destructive battle.
• Their fighting left the surrounding area in ruins.
• After the clash paused, the Eyeless Venerable brought Gui Yuandao and Gui Donglai over.

Fang Shuwen returned to the first floor of the city lord's residence alone, where Chen Yan and Ye Hongluan were waiting. Ye Hongluan asked where Young Master Gui was.

• Fang Shuwen came downstairs and saw the Eyeless Venerable standing to one side.
• Chen Yan and Ye Hongluan looked toward the stairs when they heard someone coming.
• Ye Hongluan asked Fang Shuwen where Young Master Gui was.

Fang Shuwen recalled someone spying on them in Wrongful Death City and said Chen Yan would not know who it was. The chapter ended before he identified the watcher.

• Chen Yan asked Fang Shuwen who the person was and whether he knew them.
• Fang Shuwen shook his head and said Chen Yan would not know them.
• Fang Shuwen asked Old Gui to remember the night someone spied on them from a distance in Wrongful Death City.

Ouyang Jun sincerely treated the killing of his son and the destruction of his family as trivial matters. Fang Shuwen could detect no deceit in his words.

• Ouyang Jun smiled and spoke sincerely.
• Fang Shuwen used the Son of Heaven Qi-Gazing Technique but found no sign of deceit or concealment.
• Ouyang Jun regarded his son's death and his family's destruction as trivial matters.

Ye Hongluan died as Fang Shuwen watched, and he turned his attention to Nangong Lin. Nangong Lin had planned to keep Leng Yueqing alive to make use of her transcendent cultivation.

• Ye Hongluan breathed her last while Fang Shuwen watched over her.
• Fang Shuwen looked toward Nangong Lin.
• Nangong Lin had intended to spare Leng Yueqing despite her madness, hoping to use her powerful cultivation.

Fang Shuwen examined the Jingmu clan's totem and wondered whether it depicted an ouroboros or a flood dragon. The chapter left the creature's identity uncertain.

• Fang Shuwen thought the design resembled an ouroboros.
• Fang Shuwen decided the figure did not look quite like a snake or a dragon.
• Fang Shuwen considered that it might be a flood dragon and that such a savage creature would suit the Jingmu clan as a totem.

After two practitioners of the [Nine-Turn Blood Demon Art] died in the same place, Fang Shuwen decided to be cautious and gathered the remains into one place. The chapter ended with the corpse fragments collected.

• Fang Shuwen considered the deaths of two [Nine-Turn Blood Demon Art] practitioners at the same location.
• Fang Shuwen decided it would be safer to gather the remains.
• Fang Shuwen used the [Northern Darkness Force Field] to bring the fragments of the mangled, shriveled corpse together.

Zhang Xiaoyu had just crossed the city gate when a group rushed toward him. A burly middle-aged man recognized him but hesitated, and Zhang Xiaoyu called out to him as Uncle.

• Zhang Xiaoyu crossed the city gate.
• A group of people rushed toward Zhang Xiaoyu, led by a burly middle-aged man.
• The middle-aged man searched the crowd and fixed his gaze on Zhang Xiaoyu.
• The man looked twice and hesitated, seeming puzzled.
• Zhang Xiaoyu called the man Uncle.

At Skyhawk Wharf, Fang Shuwen wondered why Brother Dao had decided to rob him despite his conspicuous Blood-Sweating Dragon Steed.

• Fang Shuwen arrived at Skyhawk Wharf dressed like a young master and leading a Blood-Sweating Dragon Steed.
• Brother Dao decided to rob Fang Shuwen.
• Fang Shuwen found Brother Dao's decision strange.

Daoist Bai Yang suddenly ordered all the disciples to assemble before White Cloud Hall in the middle of the night, threatening to execute anyone who failed to arrive within half an hour. The sleeping disciples scrambled to wake and get dressed.

• Daoist Bai Yang summoned all the disciples to assemble before White Cloud Hall.
• Daoist Bai Yang threatened to execute anyone who failed to arrive within half an hour.
• The sleeping disciples were shaken awake and scrambled to get dressed and put on their shoes.