Chapter Summaries

After the Evil Beast disaster, Wang Chen learned that the attacks on Luodu Immortal City's subordinate cities had been a diversion to free a Heavenly Demon. He sold Spirit Artifacts and Evil Beast materials in Lingyou City, then was ambushed as he flew away.

• True Person Jingyun told Wang Chen that Luodu Immortal City’s Demon Suppressing Pagoda had been breached while its forces were away, allowing a Heavenly Demon to escape.
• True Person Jingyun revealed that the array’s backlash had damaged her Dao foundation, and Wang Chen urged her to focus on healing before she entered seclusion.
• Wang Chen found prices soaring in Lingyou City and sold a batch of Spirit Artifacts and Evil Beast materials before leaving at dusk.
• A hidden attacker cast Heaven-Earth Lock on Wang Chen a hundred miles from the city, trapping him in solidified space.
• Wang Chen activated the Six Harmonies Great Seal to weaken the pressure and used Myriad Mile Leisurely Court to flee several miles away.

Wang Chen fought off Lu Hongye’s ambush and fled, but the high-level Golden Core pursued him. Cornered, Wang Chen used the Jade Tablet Hu Jiaojiao had given him to summon a White Fox, which badly wounded Lu Hongye, though he escaped.

• Lu Hongye demanded that Wang Chen give Su Ziling to Lu Yanqing and attacked when Wang Chen refused.
• Wang Chen used Heavenly Dragon Vajra Palm to break through Lu Hongye’s Wind Passes Through Ten Thousand Peaks and fled.
• Lu Hongye pursued Wang Chen with Myriad Mile Leisurely Court, keeping close despite Wang Chen’s repeated escapes.
• Wang Chen crushed the Jade Tablet Hu Jiaojiao had given him, summoning a White Fox that shattered Lu Hongye’s hand and struck his chest.
• Lu Hongye fled before Wang Chen could finish him off.

After realizing how badly he had been outmatched by Lu Hongye, Wang Chen invested Yin Qi Beads in the Sacrificial Basin and unlocked the secrets of the Cave Mansion’s Teleportation Array. He discovered that it led to a lower realm, leaving him with access to a small world far more valuable than the grotto-heaven secret realm he had planned to seek.

• Wang Chen reflected on his defeat by Lu Hongye and resolved to keep a low profile and cultivate diligently.
• Wang Chen fed Spirit Stones and Yin Qi Beads into the Sacrificial Basin to restore the Teleportation Array’s control method.
• Wang Chen used a large third-tier Yin Qi Bead to complete the Dao formula and gain control over the array.
• Wang Chen learned that the Teleportation Array had been used before and led to a lower realm rather than a distant place in the Haotian Realm.
• Wang Chen realized the array gave him access to a small world that could support cultivation far beyond a grotto-heaven secret realm.

Wang Chen discovered that the Teleportation Array led to the Cangqing Realm, where time moved ten times faster, and decided to explore it for one year in the Haotian Realm. After crossing over, he awakened in a cave beside a bloodied man who called him Young Master.

• Wang Chen learned that the Teleportation Array connected to the Cangqing Realm and could safely return his Divine Soul if he faced mortal danger.
• Wang Chen decided to explore the Cangqing Realm for one year and told Su Ziling to guard the Cave Mansion and its formation.
• Wang Chen spent three days preparing, then used the Six Harmonies Great Seal to activate the Teleportation Array.
• Wang Chen crossed a dark abyss, chose the first point of light, and descended into the Cangqing Realm.
• Wang Chen awoke in a cave beside a bloodied man who called him Young Master.

Wang Chen awakened in the body of Ling Zhiyuan after the young heir died while fleeing an ambush, and he inherited Ling Zhiyuan’s memories and obligations. After vowing to uncover the truth and avenge Ling Hongyun and Dai Peng, he realized he could not safely return to Anyang City and summoned a panel.

• Dai Peng died beside Ling Zhiyuan after helping him escape the attackers, and Wang Chen took over Ling Zhiyuan’s body.
• Wang Chen recovered Ling Zhiyuan’s memories and learned that Ling Hongyun had been ambushed and killed while creating a chance for his son and Dai Peng to flee.
• Wang Chen kowtowed to Dai Peng and vowed to uncover the truth and avenge Ling Hongyun and his first teacher.
• Wang Chen sensed Ling Zhiyuan’s lingering soul merge with him after he made the vow, accepting the karmic obligation to fulfill it.
• Wang Chen concluded he could not return to Anyang City and considered Ling Zhiyuan’s weak martial training before summoning the panel.

Wang Chen awakened in Ling Zhiyuan’s body in the Cangqing Realm, where he used the Ling Family’s inheritance and his Potential points to assess his strength. After recovering supplies and escaping into the forest, he left a trail of pungent grass fruit to thwart the pursuers, who found Dai Peng’s body but lost the hounds’ trail.

• Wang Chen discovered that his Potential points could improve his Mysterious Heaven Seven Fiend Wheels, but chose not to spend many at once.
• Wang Chen searched Dai Peng’s corpse, ate a marching ration, took the Soul Sever Blade, and buried Dai Peng in the cave.
• Wang Chen concealed the cave entrance and traveled through the forest, scattering crushed pungent grass fruit and scraps of his robe to confuse trackers.
• A group of Martial Artists found the cave and Dai Peng’s corpse, then pursued Wang Chen with hunting dogs.
• The hounds reached the grass fruit trail and began sneezing and circling, prompting their leader to curse Wang Chen.

Wang Chen fled deeper into the mountains to escape the men hunting Ling Zhiyuan, finding water and shelter before nightfall. He discovered that his familiar cultivation method could not be practiced internally in the Cangqing Realm and resolved to survive using the Six Harmonies Great Seal as his last resort.

• The middle-aged man offered a thousand taels of gold, a hundred-household fief, and a superior cultivation technique to anyone who captured Ling Zhiyuan, then ordered the Martial Artists to search in groups.
• Wang Chen struggled through the dense mountain forest, evading venomous snakes and pushing on despite exhaustion and injury.
• Wang Chen found a clear stream, drank carefully, and continued deeper into the forest after wiping away his tracks.
• At night, Wang Chen climbed a tree, ate his last marching pill, and tried to cultivate the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Righteous Dharma.
• Wang Chen found that the body's differences prevented internal cultivation and that the Cangqing Realm's spiritual energy was extremely scarce.
• Wang Chen examined the Six Harmonies Great Seal on his chest, knowing it could return him to the Haotian Realm but might not save him from sudden danger.

Wang Chen found a secluded valley and cave that could serve as a temporary base while he survived in the mountains. After discovering that his Potential had increased unexpectedly, he was left wondering what had caused it.

• Wang Chen left his tree shelter at dawn and continued through the mountains, hunting a patterned snake for food.
• Wang Chen followed a stream to a waterfall valley with plentiful water, fish, and denser spiritual energy, then cooked and ate the snake.
• Wang Chen bathed, washed his clothes, and discovered that his current body was exceptionally handsome.
• Wang Chen found a deep natural cave near the pool and decided to raise the Mysterious Heaven Seven Fiend Wheels rather than cultivate magical arts.
• Wang Chen saw a notification that his Potential had increased by one and wondered why it had risen without a kill.

Wang Chen built a shelter in the valley, caught fish for food, and began investigating his Potential Points. After resting, he turned to cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Seven Fiend Wheels using Ling Zhiyuan’s memories.

• Wang Chen suspected that eating food might increase his Potential Points, then built a stone bed, table, fire pit, and shelter in the cave.
• Wang Chen baited fish with insects and speared two, then roasted them for dinner.
• Wang Chen blocked most of the cave entrance, slept through the night, and caught three fish for breakfast the next morning.
• Wang Chen began cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Seven Fiend Wheels and recalled Ling Zhiyuan’s training and the principles of life qi.

Wang Chen cultivated the Mysterious Heaven Seven Fiend Wheels in a secluded valley, learning that raising his Potential required better food and supplements. He broke through to the Warrior Realm by condensing the Fulfilling Arrow Wheel and decided to leave the valley to find salt and better provisions.

• Wang Chen learned that ordinary cultivation consumed twice as much Potential per experience point as adding points, and that Potential came from food and drink.
• After eating fish and then hunting animals, Wang Chen gained some Potential from deer meat but found no safe way to gather medicinal herbs.
• Wang Chen steadily cultivated until the technique reached 99 experience points, then ate his stored cured meat and began breaking through without adding points.
• Wang Chen condensed the Fulfilling Arrow Wheel, entered the Warrior Realm, and gained substantial strength and a larger physique.
• Wang Chen decided to leave the valley because he needed salt, better food, and more sources of Potential.

After stabilizing his cultivation, Wang Chen traveled east through the mountains and killed a striped tiger for its meat and other valuable parts. While he was butchering it, seven armed hunters emerged from the bushes.

• Wang Chen left the valley and headed east after mastering his new body and stabilizing his Warrior Realm cultivation.
• Wang Chen encountered a striped tiger guarding a fresh kill and evaded its pounce before slashing its neck.
• Wang Chen seized the wounded tiger by its tail, smashed it against a tree, and killed it with his short blade.
• Wang Chen drank the tiger's blood and gained one Potential, then began processing the carcass for meat, hide, bones, and other parts.
• Seven hunters carrying weapons emerged from nearby bushes, startling Wang Chen as he gripped his blade.

Wang Chen, revealed as Ling Zhiyuan, killed the hunters who tried to capture him for the Black Tiger Gang’s bounty. He learned that Ling Hongfeng had taken control of the Ling Family and set out to discover how it happened.

• A hunter recognized Wang Chen as Ling Zhiyuan of the Ling Family of Anyang City, and the hunters surrounded him.
• Wang Chen swiftly killed six hunters and forced the last one to explain why the Black Tiger Gang wanted him.
• The surviving hunter revealed that the Black Tiger Gang had issued a bounty for Ling Zhiyuan, alive or dead.
• Wang Chen learned that Ling Hongfeng had become head of the Ling Family shortly after Ling Zhiyuan and his father were attacked.
• Wang Chen wondered whether Ling Hongfeng had hidden his abilities or been made a puppet, then struck the hunter on the forehead.

Wang Chen used tiger meat and daily training to raise his Potential to one hundred, triggering the Six Harmonies Seal to consume it and grant him a small storage space. He later condensed the Sparrow Yin Wheel, reached the Third Tier Martial Master realm, and set out again dressed as a hunter, though he lacked the remaining cultivation methods.

• Wang Chen practiced Vajra Fist and used it to strengthen his body and improve his absorption of Potential while eating tiger meat.
• When his Potential reached one hundred, the Six Harmonies Seal absorbed it and gave Wang Chen a storage space that could hold items such as fresh meat.
• Wang Chen hunted beasts around his hiding place to build up more Potential and supplies.
• As the weather cooled, Wang Chen condensed the Sparrow Yin Wheel and entered the Martial Master realm, but learned he lacked the remaining cultivation methods.
• Wang Chen packed his belongings, disguised himself as a hunter, and set out on the road again.

Wang Chen joined Old Foreman’s caravan after asking for directions to Yan City and sold him a tiger hide and claws. The caravan reached Tongfu Inn near dusk, where they planned to spend the night.

• Wang Chen waited at a three-way junction until Old Foreman’s caravan arrived and offered to take him to Yan City.
• Wang Chen sold Old Foreman a tiger hide for one hundred taels and gave him four tiger claws as part of the deal.
• Old Foreman invited Wang Chen to drink and then led the caravan down the right-hand road toward Yan City.
• Old Foreman told Wang Chen the caravan would stay at an inn three li ahead, and they arrived at Tongfu Inn before dark.

Wang Chen and Old Foreman’s caravan stopped at Tongfu Inn, where the proprietress Tong Xiangyu and her husband drove off troublemakers. As a storm gathered outside, Wang Chen sensed that something significant was about to happen.

• Old Foreman led Wang Chen and the caravan hands into Tongfu Inn and ordered rice wine and braised beef.
• Shopkeeper Tong appeared, drawing the attention of the inn’s guests, while Old Foreman warned Wang Chen not to entertain wild fantasies about her.
• When a drunk man grabbed Tong Xiangyu’s hand, she had him thrown out, and his companion confronted her.
• The inn’s short, stocky husband stormed out with two cleavers, scaring off the men before Tong Xiangyu dragged him back to the kitchen by the ear.
• Thunder and fierce wind drove the inn attendants to shut the doors, and Wang Chen sensed that something major was approaching.

Wang Chen encountered a Blood-Clad Guard squad at Tongfu Inn and learned that its captain, Zhang, knew his father, Ling Hongyun. Captain Zhang offered Wang Chen an opportunity, but said he could not intervene in the Ling Family’s affairs.

• A bloodied man rushed into Tongfu Inn seeking help, and the Blood-Clad Guard followed him inside.
• Captain Zhang killed the man, then ordered his squad to search the inn for members of the Rebel Faction.
• Captain Zhang recognized Wang Chen’s disguise and told him to wipe his face clean.
• After the search found no rebels, Captain Zhang revealed that he knew Ling Hongyun and had attended Wang Chen’s full-month celebration.
• Wang Chen asked Captain Zhang to keep his identity secret, and Zhang agreed but said Wang Chen must handle his family affairs himself.
• Captain Zhang told Wang Chen that he could give him an opportunity.

Zhang Weiran gave Wang Chen a recommendation to join the Blood-Clad Guard and a Human Skin Mask before rushing out to pursue rebels. Wang Chen decided to take the opportunity to enter the Blood-Clad Guard and pursue his goals in the Cangqing Realm.

• Zhang Weiran gave Wang Chen a Recommendation Order for the Blood-Clad Guard's Onboarding Assessment and a beastskin pouch containing a Human Skin Mask.
• A Hawk Falcon delivered a report about rebel activity, and Zhang Weiran led the Blood-Clad Guards out to pursue the rebels.
• Wang Chen stayed at Tongfu Inn, where Shopkeeper Tong gave him the superior room Zhang Weiran had booked.
• Wang Chen tried on the Human Skin Mask and saw that it gave him an ordinary-looking face.
• Wang Chen decided to join the Blood-Clad Guard after repaying the body's karmic debts, then seek the Origin of the World.

Wang Chen was ambushed by men seeking to capture Ling Zhiyuan, but he killed them all with his martial strength and hidden weapons. A refined Confucian swordsman confronted him, accused him of aiding the Blood-Clad Guard, and challenged him over his apparent concealed-weapon technique as Wang Chen charged to attack.

• Wang Chen confronted the men following him and learned they intended to capture him for a reward.
• Wang Chen killed the middle-aged leader and several attackers with his fists, hunting darts, and throwing spears.
• Wang Chen killed the final attacker, took his saber, and addressed a man watching from the woods.
• The Confucian swordsman criticized Wang Chen for colluding with the Blood-Clad Guard and questioned how he concealed and retrieved his saber.
• Wang Chen realized the man wanted his storage ability, hurled the saber at him, and lunged forward to attack.

Wang Chen killed the scholarly-hatted swordsman, traveled from Yan City to Jiangyuan City, and arrived at the Metropolitan Guard Bureau to apply as a guard. The gate guard recognized Zhang Weiran’s bronze token and demanded to know where Wang Chen had obtained it.

• Wang Chen crushed the scholarly-hatted man with a palm strike, finished him with two shuttle spears, and buried him in the mountain forest.
• Wang Chen entered Yan City wearing Zhang Weiran’s Human Skin Mask, bought supplies and a horse, and set out for Jiangyuan City.
• Wang Chen rode for five days to Jiangyuan City, sold his worn-out horse, and removed his mask before entering.
• Wang Chen went straight to the Metropolitan Guard Bureau and presented Zhang Weiran’s bronze token to apply as a guard.
• The gate guard examined the token, grew stern, and asked Wang Chen where he had gotten it.

Wang Chen sought to enlist in the Blood-Clad Guard in Jiangyuan and gained a place through Zhang Weiran’s recommendation and Wei Zhengxiong’s support. After staying at Wei Zhengxiong’s home, he was told to attack the centurion the next morning.

• Wang Chen told the gatekeeper that Zhang Weiran had recommended him, but Wei Zhengxiong arrived and took charge of the enlistment.
• Wang Chen explained his family’s misfortune and said he was fifteen and had just reached the Martial Master rank, so Wei Zhengxiong waived the assessment and told him to report the next morning.
• Wei Zhengxiong slapped the gatekeeper for objecting, then invited Wang Chen to stay at his home and promised to help him complete the formalities.
• Wei Zhengxiong introduced Wang Chen to his wife and daughters, who gathered around him during dinner at the residence.
• The next morning, Wei Zhengxiong summoned Wang Chen to the front courtyard and told him to attack with everything he had.