Chapter Summaries

Fang Shuwen wondered why the people had appeared and whether they were targeting him or Long Qingzhi. He questioned how they could have identified Long Qingzhi if she was their target.

• Fang Shuwen wondered when the people had appeared and why they were there.
• Fang Shuwen questioned whether the people were targeting him or Long Qingzhi.
• Fang Shuwen wondered how the people had identified Long Qingzhi if she was their target.

Fang Shuwen prepared breakfast despite not considering himself a good person. With few ingredients available, he stewed rabbit meat with winter bamboo shoots.

• Fang Shuwen decided he still needed to eat breakfast.
• Fang Shuwen butchered a rabbit and stewed it with winter bamboo shoots.
• Fang Shuwen made a stew that was not very oily because the rabbit meat was lean.

Fang Shuwen and Long Qingzhi stayed overnight in Anyue City after his chance meeting with Dongfang Wuju. The city was far from peaceful that night.

• Fang Shuwen met Dongfang Wuju by accident.
• After they parted, Fang Shuwen stayed in Anyue City instead of leaving immediately.
• Fang Shuwen found an inn, bathed, and changed into clean clothes.
• Fang Shuwen and Long Qingzhi stayed at the inn for the night.
• Anyue City was far from peaceful that night.

Fang Shuwen tried to smile at Long Qingzhi, but she shut the little window on him. He wondered whether his smile had seemed insincere or his face too fierce.

• Long Qingzhi slammed the little window shut.
• Fang Shuwen's smile froze.
• Fang Shuwen asked Long Qingzhi whether his smile was sincere enough or his face was too fierce.

Tang Lie asked Fang Shuwen how his explanation related to the Heavenly Martial Gathering. Fang Shuwen gave him a complicated look.

• Tang Lie looked at Fang Shuwen in bewilderment and hesitated to ask his question.
• Tang Lie asked what the matter had to do with the Heavenly Martial Gathering.
• Fang Shuwen glanced at Tang Lie with a complicated look in his eyes.

The man in the conical hat described the origins and structure of the Sky Eagle Alliance of the Western Regions after Fang Shuwen's 'single thread' made him afraid to conceal anything. He said the alliance comprised more than ten jianghu factions.

• The man in the conical hat experienced Fang Shuwen's 'single thread' and no longer dared to hide anything.
• The man in the conical hat explained the Sky Eagle Alliance's origins.
• The man in the conical hat said the alliance included factions such as Flying Sand Fort, Yellow Wind Valley, Parting People Stronghold, and Nine Streams Hall.

Fang Shuwen assessed the seemingly casual man as a well-hidden master and asked his name. The man introduced himself as Zhao Ziying.

• Fang Shuwen inspected the man and noticed he showed no openings.
• Fang Shuwen asked the man his name.
• The man said his name was Zhao Ziying.

Fang Shuwen took hold of the only witness and asked Tang Lie to explain what had happened that night. Sword Master Geng protested, but Fang Shuwen ignored him.

• Sword Master Geng shouted at Fang Shuwen when he saw the witness fall into Fang Shuwen's hands.
• Fang Shuwen glanced at Sword Master Geng and ignored him.
• Fang Shuwen asked Tang Lie to tell everyone what had happened that night.

Fang Shuwen had become well known in the Northern Region for protecting Long Qingzhi. Everyone knew he had come there for the Sword God Palace.

• Fang Shuwen entered the Northern Region and distinguished himself by protecting Long Qingzhi.
• Word of Fang Shuwen spread throughout the Northern Region.
• People knew Fang Shuwen had come to the Northern Region for the Sword God Palace.

Fang Shuwen reached the Sword God Palace after traveling the long, rugged road to its mountain gate. He stood before its gates and admired the grand plaque bearing the palace’s name.

• Fang Shuwen followed the rugged steps up the mountain toward the Sword God Palace.
• Fang Shuwen arrived at the palace gates.
• Fang Shuwen looked at the immense plaque bearing the characters "Sword God Palace."

A gray-and-white exotic beast raced at extraordinary speed along an ancient road. It vanished into the distance before travelers could react.

• A gray-and-white exotic beast raced down the ancient road, kicking up dust.
• The beast approached travelers so quickly that they mistook it for an illusion.
• The beast passed and vanished before the travelers could cry out.

Fang Shuwen asked Luo Shuqing to explain the trouble she had encountered, but Zuo Xuan refused to share details because they involved the Azure Firmament Pavilion’s secrets. The matter remained unexplained.

• Fang Shuwen asked Luo Shuqing to describe the trouble in detail.
• Zuo Xuan interrupted Luo Shuqing and said the matter involved the Azure Firmament Pavilion’s secrets.
• Zuo Xuan declined to divulge much to Fang Shuwen.

A hunched figure’s voice startled him, and a sudden hand covered his mouth and hurled him through the air.

• He spun around in fright after hearing the voice behind the hunched figure.
• A hand swept through the air and clamped over his mouth.
• The force sent him flying through the air.

Luo Shuqing suspected that the old Taoist priest had been pretending and cried out to Fang Shuwen. The priest opened one eye in response, leaving his intentions unclear.

• Luo Shuqing tightened her fingers against her skirt.
• Luo Shuqing looked at Fang Shuwen and the old Taoist priest, then cried out that the priest had been pretending.
• The old Taoist priest heard Luo Shuqing and opened one eye.

Xie Quan, known as the Impermanence Notice, was a deadly hidden-weapons expert whose signature technique was the Impermanence Soul-Reaping Chain Nails. When Fang Shuwen sent his three Soul-Chasing Nails back, Xie Quan treated them as only an opening move.

• Xie Quan was introduced as the Impermanence Notice, a man who came to claim lives.
• Xie Quan was described as especially skilled with hidden weapons and known for the Impermanence Soul-Reaping Chain Nails.
• Fang Shuwen sent Xie Quan's three Soul-Chasing Nails back.
• Xie Quan paid no attention to the returned nails because they were only an opening move.

Su Hechen looked pained and bewildered, and Fang Shuwen tried to comfort him by saying it was no big problem. Privately, Fang Shuwen praised Zuo Xuan and the others for daring to pursue a Listening Tide Pavilion ship.

• Su Hechen showed pain and bewilderment.
• Fang Shuwen told Su Hechen that everything was all right and it was not a big problem.
• Fang Shuwen privately praised Zuo Xuan and the others for going after a Listening Tide Pavilion ship.
• Su Hechen responded with confusion.

Su Hechen felt muddled and surprised by the revelation, but accepted that the Demon Sha God in the mortal realm could slaughter everyone on an island alone. The chapter ended with Su Hechen reflecting on the Demon Sha God’s overwhelming power.

• Su Hechen felt muddled, his head buzzing.
• Su Hechen was shocked and surprised, yet found the revelation natural.
• Su Hechen recognized that the Demon Sha God in the mortal realm far surpassed him.
• Su Hechen considered it normal that the Demon Sha God could slaughter everyone on an island alone.

Su Hechen worried that Luo Shuqing would not be able to keep going after working with them all morning. The chapter left her condition unresolved.

• Su Hechen relaxed after hearing Fang Shuwen speak.
• Su Hechen glanced at Luo Shuqing and told Fang Shuwen that she had been busy with them all morning.
• Su Hechen said Luo Shuqing’s constitution was weaker and feared she could not hold out if they continued.

A man on a ruined island estate smashed a blazing sun down from midair. Fang Shuwen’s kneeling supplicant burst into flames before he could raise his head.

• A man held a blazing sun in his palm above the ruined estate.
• The man smashed the sun down, its force blazing across the nine heavens.
• The man kneeling before Fang Shuwen burst into flames as he begged for mercy.

Huang Lie was killed during the battle, shocking everyone who witnessed it. His headless body fell to the ground.

• Huang Lie's headless body fell after a soft sound rang out.
• The onlookers realized that Huang Lie was dead.
• The witnesses were shocked that the Nine Yang Young Lord had died so suddenly.