Chapter Summaries

Fei Cai followed Zhao Lianyun’s advice to turn the accusation of stealing Ma Yingjie’s shoes into proof of loyalty, exposing the old slaves who had framed him. Ma Yingjie promoted Fei Cai to head servant, and Fei Cai reported his good fortune to Zhao Lianyun.

• Fei Cai went before Ma Yingjie with the stolen shoes wrapped in silk and denied stealing them.
• Fei Cai claimed he had wrapped the shoes to keep them warm and asked Ma Yingjie to investigate the old slaves’ repeated thefts.
• Ma Yingjie ordered a Scout Gu Master to investigate, and the inquiry confirmed Fei Cai’s accusation.
• Ma Yingjie exiled the old slaves to the supply camp and made Fei Cai head servant.
• Fei Cai went to the secret meeting place and told Zhao Lianyun that he had been promoted.

Zhao Lianyun coached Fei Cai on how to secure his new position as head servant, while Fang Yuan selected rare Gu from the Hei Family’s enlarged supplies. He took the Rank 5 Merit Doubling Gu and other valuable items, then demanded another eight hundred thousand battle merits on credit, leaving the logistics attendant stunned.

• Zhao Lianyun warned Fei Cai that his new role put him in danger and advised him to recruit servants and learn Ma Yingjie's habits.
• Fang Yuan discovered a Rank 4 Self-Reliance Gu and selected it from the logistics camp’s supplies.
• Fang Yuan took the Refine Essence into Spirit Gu and its recipe, valuing their use for restoring his soul.
• Fang Yuan chose the Rank 5 Merit Doubling Gu and other supplies despite the attendant warning that he had not repaid his earlier credit.
• Fang Yuan demanded eight hundred thousand more battle merits on credit and said he would explain the decision to Hei Lou Lan.

The Northern Plains armies fought across several battlefields, with the Ma Family, Liu Family, Nur Tu, and Hei Family winning major victories. When Hei Lou Lan’s advance stalled against the Gu Family’s fortified mountain, Tai Bai Yun Sheng arrived to help, leaving the campaign poised to resume.

• Ma Shang Feng sent Cheng Hu to fight, and Cheng Hu transformed into a tiger king and killed Su Yi to win the Ma Family’s opening battle against the Song Family.
• Luo Bojun surrendered the Luo Family army to Liu Wenwu after repeated defeats, allowing the Liu Family alliance army to absorb its forces.
• Jiang Bao Ya unleashed his Rat Plague killer move, but Nur Tu countered with Leopard Charge and sent the leopard packs sweeping through the poisonous gas.
• The Hei Family defeated the Dongfang army, absorbed surrendered forces, and then advanced against the Gu Family at Guanxi.
• Gu Guo Long fortified a mountain and repelled Hei Lou Lan’s attacks, while Fang Yuan held back his wolf packs; Tai Bai Yun Sheng then arrived, offering Hei Lou Lan his help.

Tai Bai Yun Sheng joined Hei Lou Lan’s army and used Mountain As Before to destroy the Gu clan’s mountain defense. He persuaded the Gu clan to surrender, greatly strengthening Hei Lou Lan’s forces and taking first place on the Merit Ranking, while Fang Yuan remained calm.

• Hei Bai summoned Tai Bai Yun Sheng to aid Hei Lou Lan, who welcomed him into the army.
• Tai Bai Yun Sheng used Mountain As Before to erase the mountain beneath the Gu clan army, causing casualties and breaking its morale.
• Tai Bai Yun Sheng persuaded Hei Lou Lan to accept the Gu clan’s surrender and then convinced Gu Guo Long to submit.
• More than a hundred thousand Gu clan soldiers joined Hei Lou Lan’s army, and Tai Bai Yun Sheng rose to first place on the Merit Ranking opposite Fang Yuan.
• At a celebratory feast, Hei Lou Lan praised Tai Bai Yun Sheng’s Mountain As Before and River As Before Gu for overcoming defenses and restoring terrain.

The Imperial Court Struggle shifted as several armies rose or faltered, while Liu Wenwu’s forces confronted Hei Lou Lan’s army. After Pei Yanfei lost his challenge against Hao Liu, Hei Lou Lan sent Bian Sixuan to face the formidable Ouyang Bixuan, who had taken the field for the Liu Family.

• Ma Zun defeated Song Qingyin’s army at Mirror Lake, while Nur Tu defeated Jiang Bao Ya at Fierce Hill and Yelü Sang faced a joint assault from seven armies.
• Liu Wenwu advanced toward the Hei Family after learning that Tai Bai Yun Sheng had helped Hei Lou Lan and the Gu Family had submitted.
• Hei Lou Lan ordered defensive lines built as his army moved toward the Liu Family, and the two armies met twelve days later.
• Hao Liu used Water Image Gu to deceive Pei Yanfei and win their challenge, though Pei Yanfei’s Golden Rainbow Strike revealed his formidable strength.
• Ouyang Bixuan challenged the Hei Family after Hao Liu withdrew, and Hei Lou Lan chose Bian Sixuan to fight him; she warned that she could only promise not to die.

Ouyang Bixuan defeated Bian Sixuan and routed the Hei Family’s experts after transforming into an Asura, giving the Liu Family the upper hand in the great battle. By nightfall, both armies had suffered heavy losses, and Liu Wenwu began considering a retreat.

• Ouyang Bixuan transformed with the Asura Corpse Gu, overwhelmed Bian Sixuan, and forced her to retreat.
• Pan Ping’s Single Blade Gu failed to stop Ouyang Bixuan, who pursued him until three Hei Family Rank 4 experts intervened.
• Ink Lion Mad joined Ouyang Bixuan, who used Asura Transformation to kill two Hei Family experts and send the third flying.
• Liu Wenwu ordered the Liu Family army to advance, and the two armies launched into a fierce battle.
• Fang Yuan concealed himself while his wolf packs slaughtered Liu Family Gu Masters, but Liu Family attacks inflicted severe losses on Hei Lou Lan’s powerful fighters.
• As night fell, both armies had suffered heavy casualties, and Liu Wenwu began considering retreating.

After Hei Family suffered heavy losses against Liu Family, Fang Yuan proposed using an exotic wolf pack to counter Liu Family’s elite Gu Masters, and Hei Lou Lan agreed to seek help from his Gu Immortal backer. Liu Wenwu’s side then planned to exploit Fang Yuan’s ties to Chang Family, while Fang Yuan prepared to pursue a rank 5 Soul Concealing Beast Skin Gu.

• Hei Lou Lan and his advisers discussed Liu Family’s superior high-rank fighters and considered recruiting Gao Yang and Zhu Zai.
• Fang Yuan explained that an exotic wolf pack could restrain Liu Family’s powerful Gu Masters, then requested one and a rank 5 Soul Concealing Beast Skin Gu in exchange for battle merits and more credit.
• Hei Lou Lan agreed to seek aid from his Gu Immortal backer, making the others envious of Fang Yuan’s special support.
• Liu Wenwu lamented Liu Family’s casualties, and Bei Caochuan proposed using Fang Yuan’s blood ties to Chang Family against him.
• Fang Yuan returned to his Great Lizard House Gu and considered how to obtain an exotic wolf pack and refine the rank 5 Gu.

Hei Bai and Hei Cheng discussed Dongfang Changfan’s suspected role in Su Xian’er’s death, then arranged aid for Hei Lou Lan as he prepared for the Imperial Court contest. Hei Bai bought Exotic Wolves from Fox Immortal, unknowingly purchasing a pack Fang Yuan had stockpiled for profit.

• Hei Cheng told Hei Bai that Dongfang Changfan may have engineered Su Xian’er’s death, though the evidence was not conclusive.
• Hei Lou Lan sent Hei Bai a plea for an Exotic Wolf Pack and a rank five Soul Concealing Beast Skin Gu.
• Hei Bai agreed to obtain the requested supplies, while Hei Cheng provided the Gu and asked Hei Bai to buy the wolves through Yellow Treasure Heaven.
• Hei Bai began purchasing Exotic Wolves, hoping to support Hei Lou Lan and secure the Wood Chicken Immortal Gu from Eighty-Eight True Yang Building.
• Little Fox Immortal sold Hei Bai more than a hundred Exotic Wolves at a high price, earning Fang Yuan a profit.

Ma Yingjie reviewed the favorable shifts in the Imperial Court Struggle while Zhao Lianyun grieved her father, learned she had been betrothed, and resolved to rely on herself. Meanwhile, Fang Yuan received Chang Biao’s invitation to meet before their impending battle, as his generals questioned his loyalty.

• Ma Yingjie read reports of the Hei and Liu armies’ stalemate, the Yelü army’s defeat, Rat King’s alliance with Yang, and the Nur army’s recovery, and judged the Ma Family’s prospects promising.
• Zhao Lianyun mourned her father, and Fei Cai protected her from an old maid who revealed that the Zhao Family matriarch had arranged her marriage to the Pan Family’s eldest young master.
• Zhao Lianyun spent three days withdrawn in the carriage, then decided to resist the engagement and stay with Fei Cai while she considered her future.
• Fang Yuan read Chang Biao’s invitation to meet and renew their old friendship before their death battle, with Chang Jiyou present.
• Sun Shihan told Fang Yuan that the Exotic Wolf Pack and Rank 5 Soul Concealing Beast Skin Gu had arrived, but the alliance army’s generals doubted Fang Yuan’s innocence because of Chang Biao’s letter.

Chang Jiyou asked Ni Xuetong about his father, while she and Chang Biao privately reaffirmed the secret of Chang Jiyou’s parentage and their role in framing Chang Shan Yin. Later, Fang Yuan beat Sun Shihan in public and forced Hei Lou Lan to tolerate his conduct and rely on him for the coming battle.

• Chang Jiyou asked Ni Xuetong what kind of person Chang Shan Yin had been, but Chang Biao arrived and sent him outside.
• Ni Xuetong confessed to Chang Biao that she nearly told Chang Jiyou he was their biological son, and Chang Biao urged her to keep their secret about framing Chang Shan Yin.
• Fang Yuan beat Sun Shihan barehanded after Sun Shihan provoked him by raising the matter of Chang Shan Yin’s wife and son.
• Hei Lou Lan arrived and demanded an explanation, while Fang Yuan said he would fulfill his military duty but would not let suspicions interfere with his family.
• Fang Yuan mocked Sun Shihan’s appearance and offered to pay ten thousand battle merits, causing Sun Shihan to faint and leaving Hei Lou Lan with little choice but to rely on Fang Yuan.

The Hei clan and Liu clan resumed their war on the Northern Plains, and Zhu Zai and Gao Yang fought Ink Lion Mad and Ouyang Bixuan in a champion duel. When the Hei clan’s experts faced defeat, Hei Lou Lan ordered a full army assault, leaving both armies locked in a chaotic battle.

• Ink Lion Mad challenged the Hei clan, and Zhu Zai stepped forward to fight him.
• Zhu Zai unleashed his Imperial Boar strength phantasms, but Ink Lion Mad used qi attacks to suppress him from the air.
• Gao Yang moved to support Zhu Zai, while Ouyang Bixuan intercepted him and was briefly trapped by Cloud Wave Treacherous Gu.
• Ouyang Bixuan broke free with Asura Transformation and joined Ink Lion Mad in pressuring Gao Yang and Zhu Zai.
• Hei Lou Lan ordered the Hei clan army to attack, and Liu Wenwu sent the Liu clan army forward in response.
• The two armies exchanged Gu attacks and collided in a bloody melee.

The battle between Hei Lou Lan’s and Liu Wenwu’s armies turned into a stalemate, with Fang Yuan’s Exotic Wolf Pack initially held back by Bei Caochuan’s Grass Soldier Legion. Hei Lou Lan sent in the Black Flag Army to break through, and Liu Wenwu answered by deploying the White Fur Army.

• Haojiliu and Chang Biao began fighting, while Bian Sixuan attacked Pei Yanfei and Gao Yang and Zhu Zai continued battling Ouyang Bixuan and Ink Lion Mad.
• Hei Lou Lan and Liu Wenwu deployed their elite troops as casualties mounted, and the fighting settled into a stalemate.
• Fang Yuan sent his Exotic Wolf Pack toward the Liu Family’s central army, but Bei Caochuan used a Grass Soldier Legion to block its charge.
• Bei Caochuan drew on Bei Cao Sheng’s soul to temporarily wield Slavery Dao Master-level strength and restrain Fang Yuan’s wolves.
• Hei Lou Lan ordered the Black Flag Army to attack the Grass Soldier Legion, and Liu Wenwu responded by deploying the White Fur Army with its teleporting killer move.

The Black Flag Army and White Fur Army fought toward a stalemate until Tai Bai Yun Sheng revived Zhu Zai with Man Like Old and Fang Yuan unleashed his hidden wolf-boosting Gu. The wolf tide destroyed Bei Caochuan’s Grass Soldier Legion and struck the White Fur Army from behind, leaving Liu Wenwu scrambling to rally Ouyang Bixuan and Ink Lion Mad.

• Hei Lou Lan confronted Liu Wenwu while their armies’ fighters battled, and Fang Yuan stayed hidden to avoid exposing his strength prematurely.
• Ink Lion Mad used Gulping Qi to crush Zhu Zai, who threw Gao Yang clear before dying.
• Tai Bai Yun Sheng used Man Like Old to restore Zhu Zai to his condition at the start of the battle.
• Fang Yuan flew into the open and used Merit Doubling Gu with Wolf Howl Gu to multiply the Exotic Wolves’ combat power fivefold.
• The wolf pack overwhelmed Bei Caochuan and his Grass Soldier Legion, then attacked the White Fur Army’s rear.
• Hei Lou Lan celebrated the reversal as Liu Wenwu flew toward Ouyang Bixuan and Ink Lion Mad, insisting he had not yet lost.

Liu Wenwu, Ouyang Bixuan, and Ink Lion Mad fused into a powerful monster that devastated the battlefield, but Fang Yuan evaded their attacks with master-level flight and continued directing the wolves against the Liu clan army. The three brothers’ fusion broke apart, leaving them unable to catch Fang Yuan as the battle turned against their forces.

• Liu Wenwu, Ouyang Bixuan, and Ink Lion Mad fused into Three Heads Six Arms, then killed Gao Yang and Zhu Zai before Tai Bai Yun Sheng revived them with Man Like Old Gu.
• The monster pursued Tai Bai Yun Sheng, killing Pan Ping and defeating Hao Jiliu and Hei Lou Lan, while the Exotic Wolf Pack surrounded it and fought back.
• The fused brothers lost control as their souls and memories became confused, and deserters began fleeing both armies amid heavy casualties.
• Three Heads Six Arms split apart, and Ouyang Bixuan identified Fang Yuan’s hiding place and attacked him.
• Fang Yuan used Soaring Eagle Gu and Attack Multiplier Gu to escape into the sky, evading all three pursuers with master-level Flight Technique.
• Fang Yuan manipulated the wolf pack while flying, wiping out the Liu clan army as the three brothers failed to catch him.

After Fang Yuan helped the Hei family defeat Liu Wenwu, he cultivated his wolf soul and summoned the surrendered Chang family leaders. The chapter ended as Chang Biao, Ni Xuetong, and Chang Jiyou knelt before him, awaiting his judgment.

• Fang Yuan used his flight skills and wolf packs to wear down Liu Wenwu and his brothers, helping the Hei family defeat the Liu army and capture its leaders.
• Hei Lou Lan exchanged Liu Wenwu and the other captives for war indemnities, and the Hei army accepted the Chang family’s surrender.
• Fang Yuan cultivated his wolf soul, bringing it to roughly thirty percent of a werewolf soul, while worrying about the damage to Soul-Shaking Mountain.
• Chang Biao, Ni Xuetong, and Chang Jiyou waited in the cold outside Fang Yuan’s residence until he finished cultivating and summoned them.
• Fang Yuan studied the three kneeling Chang family members as Chang Biao braced himself for the Wolf King’s judgment.

Fang Yuan took control of the Chang Family and considered how to strengthen his slavery and strength paths before the Imperial Court Struggle narrowed to a decisive contest between the Hei and Ma Families. The Hei army gained an early advantage, but the Ma Family appealed to Great Snow Mountain Blessed Land for aid.

• Fang Yuan made himself the Chang Family's sole Supreme Elder, appointed Chang Jiyou clan leader and Chang Biao first elder, and told Ni Xuetong to remain Chang Biao's wife.
• Fang Yuan studied the Three Heads Six Arms killer move and considered altering his body to better support both strength-path and slavery-path cultivation.
• The Yelü army defeated seven allied armies, while the Yang Family and Nur Tu's army rose before the Nur army was defeated by the Yang Family.
• Yelü Sang defeated the Yang Family, then lost to the Ma Family and sought refuge with the Hei Family army.
• Hei Lou Lan led the Hei army north and began its decisive battle with the Ma Family; after losing two defensive lines, the Ma Family requested aid from Great Snow Mountain Blessed Land.

Xue Song Zi agreed to support the Ma Family and sent snowman troops to aid them, prompting the Hei Family to prepare more supplies for Hei Lou Lan. Ten days later, the armies clashed again, and Cheng Hu transformed into a tiger to turn the tide against Haojiliu.

• Xue Song Zi received the Ma Family's plea for aid and ordered Xue Wa, Xue Mi, and Xue Ming to lead the Ding Battle Division to help them.
• Hei Bai and Hei Cheng confirmed that Great Snow Mountain forces were supporting the Ma Family and sent wolves, Gu worms, and supplies to Hei Lou Lan.
• Hei Cheng urged Hei Lou Lan to end the struggle quickly as the cost of supporting the Hei Family army mounted.
• Hei Lou Lan called for a vanguard, and Haojiliu volunteered to fight for the Hei Family.
• Cheng Hu fought Haojiliu, then activated a killer move and transformed into a tiger, forcing Haojiliu onto the defensive.

Cheng Hu’s transformation gave him the advantage over Water Demon Haojiliu, but his inability to finish the fight led both armies to send wave after wave of Rank 4 experts into battle. As the final decisive battle continued, Fang Yuan ordered the injured Chang Biao to fight, and Chang Biao secretly vowed revenge.

• Cheng Hu transformed into a hanging-eyed tiger and pressured Haojiliu, but Ma Shang Feng realized the Water Demon was waiting for Cheng Hu’s primeval essence to run low and sent Fei Shengcheng into the next matchup.
• Hei Lou Lan sent Pan Ping to challenge Fei Shengcheng, and the two fought evenly while guarding against each other’s signature Gu.
• Both armies dispatched more experts, and Cheng Hu eventually retreated after Haojiliu lacked the strength to pursue him; the Hei Family then won and lost further matchups as the battles multiplied.
• Ge Guang requested to fight, but Fang Yuan ordered him to stand down and sent the injured Chang Biao into battle instead.
• Chang Biao obeyed Fang Yuan while secretly resolving to endure and take revenge on him in the future.

Fang Yuan watched the battle between the Hei and Ma Families while reflecting on the Imperial Court Struggle and refining his new killer move. When the Ma Family’s three Slavery Dao Masters launched their beast groups, he revealed his true Peak Rank 5 cultivation and prepared to command his hidden wolf packs.

• Xi Xue challenged the injured Chang Biao, while Gu Guo Long and Cheng Long fought as the first Rank 5 experts to enter the battle.
• Hei Lou Lan sent Luo Bojun to fight a Ma Family Rank 5 expert as the two armies’ Rank 4 fighters suffered heavy casualties.
• Fang Yuan reviewed the Four Arms Earth King killer move he had created and noted its limits compared with Three Heads Six Arms.
• Ma Zun, Jiang Bao Ya, and Yang Po Ying led their horse, rat, and eagle beast groups in a joint assault on the Hei Family army.
• Fang Yuan revealed his Peak Rank 5 cultivation, flew into the sky, and howled to rally the wolf packs.

Fang Yuan unleashed his million-strong wolf pack against the Ma army, trapping Ma Zun’s horse force and driving Jiang Bao Ya’s rat force into retreat while Yang Po Ying struggled to protect the center. The battle became an all-out clash, with both sides sending their strongest fighters toward Fang Yuan as Ma Shang Feng offered a lavish reward for his death.

• Fang Yuan revealed his enormous wolf pack, prompting Jiang Bao Ya and Ma Zun to retreat while Yang Po Ying held his eagle flock back.
• Fang Yuan’s Exotic Wolf Pack intercepted Ma Zun’s horse force and encircled it, while wolves pursued Jiang Bao Ya’s retreating rats.
• Fang Yuan sent hundreds of thousands of wolves toward the Ma family’s royal tent, forcing Yang Po Ying to choose between attacking Fang Yuan and protecting the Ma army.
• Ma Shang Feng led his forces into battle with three Rank 5 snowmen and an elite snowman unit, and Hei Lou Lan committed his army to an all-out clash.
• Yang Po Ying sent Wu Ye and other flying experts to attack Fang Yuan’s protectors, while Hei Lou Lan warned them to beware of the assassin Nameless.
• Ma Shang Feng offered five million battle merits and a place as Ma Family Supreme Elder to anyone who killed Fang Yuan, drawing powerful Gu Masters toward him.