Chapter Summaries

Fang Zheng drew a challenge from Gu Ting after showing mercy to Wei Wushang, while Fang Yuan killed Fei Li and announced he would challenge Xue Sansi the Flying Tiger. Fang Zheng faced Gu Ting in battle, and Fang Yuan’s next fight was set for three days later.

• Wei Wushang used Wind Chill Gu against Fang Zheng, but both men claimed their spar was a draw after Fang Zheng offered him a way to save face.
• Wei Wushang warned Fang Zheng that Gu Ting and three other rivals would challenge him over Fairy Bi Xia.
• Gu Ting repeatedly provoked Fang Zheng, and Fang Zheng finally left his cave to defend Immortal Crane Sect’s honor and fight him.
• Fang Yuan defeated Fei Li on Three Fork Mountain, demanded his Strength Exhaustion Gu, and killed him when he begged for mercy.
• Fang Yuan challenged Xue Sansi the Flying Tiger to a fight at her home in three days.

Xue San Si accepted Fang Yuan’s challenge and agreed to a spar in which she would strike him three times before he struck her once. She injured him severely with her first two attacks, but Fang Yuan kept recovering as she launched her final, potentially lethal dive.

• Xue San Si investigated Fang Yuan’s challenge and accepted it to protect her reputation.
• At the mountain valley, Fang Yuan praised Xue San Si and proposed that she hit him three times before he returned one strike; she agreed.
• Xue San Si’s first tiger-claw strike sent Fang Yuan crashing into a boulder and broke his ribs, but he rose and urged her to continue.
• Xue San Si transformed into a giant tiger-like form and struck Fang Yuan with a Winged Tiger Strength Phantom, burying him beneath a mountain wall.
• Fang Yuan emerged badly injured and healed with Self-Reliance Gu as Xue San Si prepared her final attack.
• Xue San Si flew high and dove at Fang Yuan with the Winged Tiger Strength Phantom enveloping her, while Fang Yuan activated Golden Gang Gu.

Fang Yuan used Xue San Si’s reckless charge against her, killed her, and openly admitted he had broken their agreement. He challenged the outraged spectators to avenge her, but no one dared, and he left the valley unopposed.

• Xue San Si launched a powerful aerial charge at Fang Yuan while onlookers restrained Bai Ning Bing from intervening.
• Fang Yuan dodged with Charge Gu, causing Xue San Si to crash into the ground, then attacked her in the crater with his beast-strength phantoms and killed her.
• The spectators condemned Fang Yuan for breaking the duel agreement, while Bai Ning Bing recognized that the agreement had been a trap.
• Fang Yuan admitted he had lost the duel and challenged anyone who wanted revenge, but the spectators stayed silent.
• Fang Yuan laughed and calmly walked away from the valley battlefield.

Li Xian rejected Fox Charm’s attempt to recruit him against Fang Yuan and decided to seek profit by quietly befriending the Little Beast King. Meanwhile, Fang Yuan continued cultivating and planned to refine Charge Sideways Charge Gu before the Three Kings Inheritance opened in two days.

• Fox Charm urged Li Xian to attack Fang Yuan, but he postponed any action until after the Three Kings Inheritance.
• After Fox Charm left, Li Xian recognized Fang Yuan as a talented, ruthless man and decided not to provoke him.
• Li Xian planned to secretly befriend Fang Yuan while watching Hundred Year Old Child potentially clash with the Black and White Twin Fiends.
• Fang Yuan continued cultivating with bright-gold primeval essence and prepared to refine Charge Sideways Charge Gu before the inheritance opened.

Fang Yuan refined Charge Sideways Charge Gu and assessed which of his other Gu worms needed upgrading before the Three Kings Inheritance opened. As the strongest Gu Masters entered the three inheritances, Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing seized their chance and entered the Dog King Inheritance.

• Fang Yuan refined Charge Sideways Charge Gu, extending his charge distance and reducing the interval between consecutive uses.
• Fang Yuan reviewed his Gu worms and concluded that many needed upgrading, though several upgrades had to wait for formulas or materials.
• Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing watched as Long Qingtian, Wu Shentong, Kong Ritian, and Yi Chong chose inheritances on Three Fork Mountain.
• Hundred Year Old Child glanced at Fang Yuan, who anticipated their eventual reckoning after the inheritance closed.
• Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing charged past the mid Rank 4 Gu Masters and entered the Dog King Inheritance.

Fang Yuan entered the Dog King Inheritance, where its rules restricted him to using Rank 1 Dog Taming Gu while time passed three times faster than in the outside world. He tamed wild dogs and cleared two stages, then faced six attackers with only two injured dogs as he prepared to use the terrain to survive the third.

• Fang Yuan arrived alone in the blessed land and realized that the Spring Autumn Cicada was recovering three times faster, increasing the danger to his Rank 4 Aperture.
• Fang Yuan used a Rank 1 Dog Taming Gu to subdue a starving wild dog, then received a second Dog Taming Gu as the reward for the first stage.
• Fang Yuan commanded his two dogs to combine their fight against three wild dogs and won, though both of his dogs were wounded.
• Fang Yuan entered the third stage and found six wild dogs waiting; he jumped into a depression and positioned his dogs behind him as the attackers charged.

Fang Yuan passed the tenth Dog King Inheritance trial and chose to face another Gu Master rather than pursue the dog challenges offered in the mist. His opponent, Han Buliu, underestimated Fang Yuan’s Enslavement Path skill and attacked, only to find his formation outmatched.

• Fang Yuan passed the tenth trial after losing nine of his twenty-seven wild dogs against a much larger pack.
• The inheritance gave Fang Yuan a choice between Chrysanthemum Akita Dogs, Electric Text Dogs, and a battle with another Gu Master, and he chose the opponent.
• Han Buliu recognized Fang Yuan as Little Beast King but grew greedy, believing the inheritance’s restrictions gave him an advantage, and sent eleven wild dogs to attack.
• Fang Yuan revealed that he had preserved nineteen wild dogs, broke Han Buliu’s formation with an arrow-shaped charge, and encircled his forces with the rest of his pack.

Fang Yuan killed Han Buliu and took his Gu, then chose to face a pack of Chrysanthemum Akita Dogs rather than risk fighting a Gu Master or Hedgehog Dogs. He won by using the terrain and Dog Taming Gu to disrupt the pack, leaving him with three wild dogs and sixteen Chrysanthemum Akita Dogs.

• Fang Yuan's eight wild dogs killed Han Buliu after he refused to submit to a Slave Gu, and Fang Yuan took Han Buliu's five enslavement-path Gu.
• Fang Yuan entered the next stage with seven injured wild dogs and chose the Chrysanthemum Akita Dogs over the enemy Gu Master and the Hedgehog Dogs.
• Fang Yuan rushed to a hill and used its narrow terrain to limit how many Chrysanthemum Akita Dogs could attack at once.
• Fang Yuan used Dog Taming Gu in batches to turn five Chrysanthemum Akita Dogs against their pack and disrupt its attacks.
• Fang Yuan repelled nearly ten waves of attacks, and the remaining Chrysanthemum Akita Dogs fled, leaving him with three wild dogs and sixteen captured Chrysanthemum Akita Dogs.

Fang Yuan chose to fight a pack of Electric Text Dogs and their Great Electric Text Dog Beast King, overcoming the Beast King's Plasma Gu and subduing it. He ended the battle with heavy losses but gained control of the king and more than a hundred Electric Text Dogs.

• Fang Yuan entered the twentieth round with more than eighty dog beasts and chose the Electric Text Dog path over the Chrysanthemum Akita Dogs and Yin Dogs.
• Fang Yuan led his troops in an attack on the Great Electric Text Dog and trapped it in an encirclement while its pack rushed to help.
• The Great Electric Text Dog used its Plasma Gu to coat the battlefield, forcing Fang Yuan to change formations as his dog beasts suffered heavy losses.
• Fang Yuan used the rank 2 Dog Taming Gu to subdue the Great Electric Text Dog while it was recovering between Plasma Gu attacks.
• The Electric Text Dog pack stopped fighting when its king submitted, leaving Fang Yuan with the Beast King and at least one hundred and twenty Electric Text Dogs.

After passing the twentieth round of the Dog King Inheritance, Fang Yuan weighed the risks of pressing onward and chose to face the Iron Armored Dog pack rather than take a chance to leave or fight the united Chrysanthemum Akita Dogs for Dog Gall Gu. The Iron Armored Dogs gathered under their Beast King as Fang Yuan watched, leaving the battle ahead unresolved.

• Fang Yuan recovered from the strain of commanding his dogs and examined the choices offered after the twentieth round.
• He saw that defeating the Chrysanthemum Akita Dogs would yield Dog Gall Gu, while defeating the Iron Armored Dogs would yield Dog Taming Gu.
• Fang Yuan rejected an opportunity to leave the inheritance and chose the Iron Armored Dog pack because its Beast King was easy to spot and he had a weapon suited to the breed.
• The Great Iron Armored Dog rallied its pack as Fang Yuan watched without launching an attack.

Fang Yuan used the Great Electric Text Dog’s Plasma Gu to defeat a Great Iron Armored Dog, then risked his remaining forces to win the Dog King Pass Token from a Bristle Dog Pack. With his army nearly destroyed and no safe path onward, he activated the token and was pulled into the void.

• Fang Yuan waited for the Great Electric Text Dog to use Plasma Gu, then exploited its lightning attacks to weaken and defeat the Iron Armored Dog pack and its Great Iron Armored Dog King.
• Fang Yuan received a rank 2 Dog Taming Gu and chose to challenge the Bristle Dog Pack for its unusual bronze reward, the Dog King Pass Token.
• Fang Yuan fought a costly battle against the Bristle Dog Pack and won the token, leaving only a dozen or so dog beasts alive.
• Finding enormous dog packs in every direction, Fang Yuan sprayed blood on the token, barked at it, and was sucked into the void.

Fang Yuan emerged from the Dog King Inheritance and learned that the Iron clan had trapped Bai Ning Bing after she killed one of their Gu Masters. Instead of going to her, he killed a Rank 2 Gu Master who had flattered him and went to Li Xian’s cave to propose a deal, leaving the watchers outside guessing at his purpose.

• Fang Yuan emerged on Three Fork Mountain with a cracked Dog King Pass Token and headed toward his former cave.
• Fang Yuan learned that the Iron clan had sealed Bai Ning Bing inside the cave and was attacking her over the death of one of their Gu Masters.
• A Rank 2 Gu Master praised Fang Yuan and begged to leave, but Fang Yuan crushed his neck and searched his body after the Gu worms self-destructed.
• Fang Yuan drove away the onlookers and walked to Li Xian’s cave instead of going to Bai Ning Bing.
• Li Xian cautiously welcomed Fang Yuan inside after Fang Yuan said he had come to make a deal.

Fang Yuan traded with Li Xian for Strength Dao materials and refined his Mountain Boar Strength and Crocodile Strength into Thunder Boar and Rock Crocodile Strength. He watched Bai Ning Bing trapped by the Tie Family and recognized that their apparent standoff was bait intended to draw him in.

• Fang Yuan unsettled Li Xian by identifying the rare Vast Sky Gu and explaining its origins and advancement.
• Fang Yuan offered Gu taken from the Dog King Inheritance and gave Li Xian a list of Strength Dao Gu and refinement materials he wanted.
• Li Xian tried to sell Fang Yuan Gold Eating Flying Ant Gu, but Fang Yuan declined and asked him to trade whatever items he had available.
• Fang Yuan refined his Mountain Boar Strength into Thunder Boar Strength and his Crocodile Strength into Rock Crocodile Strength, increasing his battle strength.
• Fang Yuan saw Bai Ning Bing sealed inside the Tie Family's qi barrier and realized the Tie Family Four Elders were waiting to lure him into range of their rank 5 Search Lock Gu.

Bai Ning Bing fought the Tie Family Four Elders inside their energy barrier while Shang family Gu Masters, Meng Tu, Jiao Huang, and Li Xian watched from the sidelines. Fang Yuan traded with Li Xian for an Ancient Copper Skin Gu and endured boiling copper liquid to speed its effects, leaving Bai Ning Bing wondering why Fang Yuan had not appeared.

• Bai Ning Bing warned the Tie Family Four Elders that killing him could leave them badly injured, then fought their repeated attacks inside the barrier.
• Shang family Gu Masters discussed Bai Ning Bing's Purple Thorn Token and learned that Yi Huo was rushing to Three Fork Mountain as reinforcements.
• Meng Tu and Jiao Huang worried that Bai Ning Bing might die before they could complete their assassination deal with the Shang family.
• Li Xian watched the battle unseen with his Trace Concealing Gu and realized Fang Yuan had not come to rescue Bai Ning Bing.
• Fang Yuan paid Li Xian a fifty-thousand-Primeval-Stone deposit and had him melt copper blocks into a stone vat.
• Fang Yuan jumped into the boiling copper liquid while activating the Ancient Copper Skin Gu, and Bai Ning Bing continued to wonder why Fang Yuan had not appeared.

Fang Yuan continued cultivating as Yi Huo tried to recruit him into Shang Clan by offering to rescue Bai Ning Bing. Fang Yuan repeatedly delayed and ultimately refused, leaving Yi Huo to depart as the Three Kings Inheritance neared its next opening.

• Fang Yuan used Refined Iron Bone Gu and Ancient Copper Skin Gu to temper his body while strengthening his cultivation, but avoided accelerating time because it would speed Spring Autumn Cicada’s recovery.
• Yi Huo arrived at Fang Yuan’s cave and offered him a place in Shang Clan, promising to rescue Bai Ning Bing from the Tie Family Four Elders.
• Fang Yuan questioned Yi Huo’s authority to recommend talent and learned Yi Huo hoped to gain the Shang surname by taking control of Three Fork Mountain.
• Fang Yuan repeatedly asked for more time to consider Yi Huo’s offer, despite Yi Huo warning him about Bai Ning Bing’s danger and Hundred Year Old Child’s hostility.
• Fang Yuan finally rejected the recruitment, citing his preference for the freedom of the demonic path, and Yi Huo left after Fang Yuan reminded him that the Three Kings Inheritance was due to reopen soon.

Yi Huo defeated three Peak Rank 4 Gu Masters and entered the Explosion King Inheritance, while Fang Yuan entered the Faith King Inheritance and faced a hairy man in a deadly Gu refinement contest. Bai Ning Bing remained trapped by the Tie Family Four Elders, who decided to request reinforcements.

• Yi Huo used his Rank 5 Gu, Prairie Fire, to overpower Kong Ritian, Long Qingtian, and Yi Chong, then entered the Explosion King Inheritance.
• Kong Ritian and Long Qingtian entered the Faith King Inheritance, while Wu Shentong and Yi Chong entered the Dog King Inheritance.
• Fang Yuan entered the Faith King Inheritance without rescuing Bai Ning Bing, and the Tie Family Four Elders decided to request support from their clan.
• Fang Yuan followed a Paper Crane Gu through the mist and encountered a hairy man who challenged him to a lethal Gu refinement contest.
• Fang Yuan and the hairy man received identical Gu worms and materials, and their contest began.

The legend of Great Sun Yang Mang told how Vanity Gu helped him escape the Hairy Men by making them obsess over their appearance. In Fang Yuan’s trial, he used flattery to distract a Hairy Man and make its Gu refinement fail, then headed toward the next checkpoint.

• Great Sun Yang Mang was forced to drink the Striped Tiger Bees’ mead, and the Spirit Wander Gu moved him away while he was drunk.
• Hairy Men captured Great Sun Yang Mang and tried to refine the Eternal Life Gu with him as a catalyst.
• Vanity Gu poisoned the Hairy Men’s hearts, and Great Sun Yang Mang provoked them into setting themselves on fire so he could escape.
• Fang Yuan praised a Hairy Man during its Gu refinement, distracting it until its attempt failed and heaven and earth power struck it dead.
• Fang Yuan gathered the materials and followed the Paper Crane Gu toward the next checkpoint.

Fang Yuan advanced through the Faith King Inheritance, gained a Golden Sari Gu and a Winged Serpent Gu, and returned to Three Fork Mountain as the Tie family prepared reinforcements. He raised his cultivation to mid Rank 4 and refined the Bone Wing Gu, leaving him with new advantages as Bai Ning Bing remained trapped.

• Fang Yuan cleared the Faith King Inheritance up to the forty-fourth checkpoint, collected rewards, and withdrew when given the chance to teleport out.
• Fang Yuan returned to Three Fork Mountain, where the Tie Family Four Elders still held Bai Ning Bing behind their purple light barrier, and learned from Li Xian that Tie Baxiu and Tie Ruo Nan were coming as reinforcements.
• Li Xian urged Fang Yuan to rescue Bai Ning Bing, then contacted Fox Charm after Fang Yuan left without acting.
• Fang Yuan used the Golden Sari Gu he had won in the inheritance to advance to mid Rank 4 and strengthen his aperture.
• Fang Yuan spent more than one hundred and eighty thousand Primeval Stones refining the Rank 4 Bone Wing Gu and formed tough, iron-like wings from his back.

Tie Ruo Nan led a Tie Lineage team toward Three Fork Mountain to investigate the truth behind her father’s death on Qing Mao Mountain. Fang Yuan intercepted them alone and attacked, revealing that he had reached middle Rank 4.

• Tie Baxiu reflected on Tie Ruo Nan’s leadership and the team’s strength as they raced toward Three Fork Mountain.
• Tie Ruo Nan recalled that she had accepted the mission to uncover what happened on Qing Mao Mountain to her father, Tie Xue Leng.
• Tie Ao Kai spotted Fang Yuan waiting alone on a boulder, and Tie Ruo Nan recognized him as Fang Zheng.
• Tie Ruo Nan offered Fang Yuan a chance to seek a fair trial with the Tie Lineage, but Fang Yuan rejected her offer and revealed that he knew Lu Zhuan Feng had infiltrated the Demon Suppression Tower.
• After Tie Ao Kai confirmed there was no ambush, Fang Yuan declared that he had come to attack the team and launched himself at them.
• The Tie team realized Fang Yuan had advanced to middle Rank 4.

Fang Yuan attacked the Tie family alone to rescue Bai Ning Bing, but Tie Baxiu and the others met him with a coordinated siege. As Tie Ruo Nan’s Grass Soldiers multiplied and Fang Yuan fought Tie Baxiu to a stalemate, the battle remained unresolved.

• Fang Yuan revealed his mid Rank 4 cultivation and charged the Tie family, rejecting Tie Baxiu’s attempt to dissuade him.
• Tie Xian Hua blocked Fang Yuan with Umbrella Lotus Gu, but he knocked her aside and pressed toward Tie Ruo Nan as she created Vine Armor Grass Soldiers.
• Tie Ao Kai and Tie Dao Ku wounded Fang Yuan, whose strength rose as his injuries increased; Tie Baxiu then stopped his charge with Dominant Strength Gu.
• The Tie family surrounded Fang Yuan with attacks while Tie Baxiu drew strength from the earth, and the two fought to a stalemate.
• Fang Yuan’s Thunder Boar phantom smashed Tie Xian Hua’s Umbrella Lotus Gu, while Tie Ruo Nan’s forces grew to nearly a thousand Grass Soldiers.