Chapter Summaries

Zhou Shan seized a Golden Fruit and killed Overlord Saber Du Yuan in less than ten breaths, using his Golden Bell Shield to withstand and shatter Du Yuan’s attacks. The watching martial artists suspected Zhou Shan was the mysterious killer of Xu Haoran and feared Shangguan Fei would target him.

• Zhou Shan and the other Innate Realm Grandmasters raced to claim the ripened Golden Fruits, and Zhou Shan secured one as Du Yuan attacked him.
• Zhou Shan endured Du Yuan’s Torrential Rain Style with his golden qi armor and charged at him.
• Du Yuan’s Unity Style saber strike became trapped in Zhou Shan’s armor, and Zhou Shan shattered Du Yuan’s saber.
• Zhou Shan crushed Du Yuan’s head and killed him in less than ten breaths.
• The onlookers marveled at Zhou Shan’s strength and speculated that he had killed Xu Haoran, which could draw Shangguan Fei’s attention.

Zhou Shan killed Shangguan Fei after the Grandmaster confronted him over Xu Haoran's death, then took a second Golden Fruit and escaped. The other Grandmasters let him leave, stunned by his strength.

• Zhou Shan searched Du Yuan's corpse, took banknotes and the Overlord Saber Art, and prepared to leave.
• Shangguan Fei blocked Zhou Shan and attacked him with the Blazing Sun Fist.
• Zhou Shan used the Golden Bell Shield and Great Strength Vajra Palm to force Shangguan Fei back.
• Zhou Shan activated the second transformation of Profound Fire Three Transformations and shattered Shangguan Fei's arms.
• Zhou Shan smashed Shangguan Fei's head with a palm strike and took the Golden Fruit from his body.
• Zhou Shan escaped with two Golden Fruits while Dongfang Ji, Xia Donghe, and the other Grandmasters did not dare stop him.

Zhou Shan left the Linglong Gold Mine with two Golden Fruits and the Overlord Saber Art, then rented a secluded estate in Yingchuan Commandery City to cultivate it. His first attempt to nurture saber qi ended with the long saber exploding against his Golden Bell Shield-protected body.

• The watching martial artists discussed Gu Santong's killing of Shangguan Fei and Du Yuan, while Zhou Shan left the Linglong Gold Mine with two Golden Fruits.
• Zhou Shan read the Overlord Saber Art and learned that it progressed through Nurturing Saber Qi, Gathering Saber Momentum, and Condensing Saber Intent.
• Zhou Shan entered Yingchuan Commandery City in his original appearance, rented a secluded estate, and bought ten long sabers.
• Zhou Shan began cultivating the Overlord Saber Art, but the long saber in his hands exploded into fragments that failed to wound him.

Zhou Shan mastered the Overlord Saber Art, rejected Song Heng’s offer to join the Blood Fiend Sect, and killed him when he tried to block Zhou Shan from leaving the city. After defeating the Blood Fiend Army and killing its commander Hong Chuan, Zhou Shan ordered a soldier to take him to the commander-in-chief’s residence to loot it.

• Zhou Shan ruined more than a thousand sabers over thirty days before successfully nurturing saber qi and mastering the Overlord Saber Art.
• Song Heng visited Zhou Shan and offered Vajra Pills and other rewards if he joined the Blood Fiend Sect, but Zhou Shan refused.
• Song Heng ordered his men to obtain a Mind Control Gu and watch Zhou Shan, but Zhou Shan left the estate to seek a secluded place for Marrow Cleansing Blood Changing.
• Song Heng tried to stop Zhou Shan from leaving Yingchuan Commandery City, and Zhou Shan killed him with a single blow.
• Zhou Shan broke through the Blood Flame Army’s formation and killed Hong Chuan after the commander recognized him as Gu Santong.
• The Blood Flame Army stood aside, and Zhou Shan ordered its bearded commander to take him to Hong Chuan’s residence.

Zhou Shan looted the Blood Flame Army commander’s treasury and vanished into the mountains as news spread that he was Gu Santong, prompting the Guiyuan Sect and Shangguan Family to reconsider their hostility. After two days of preparation, he consumed two Golden Fruits and completed Marrow Cleansing Blood Changing, leaving him with powerful golden qi and blood.

• Zhou Shan took Outer-Domain Star Iron, the Blood Origin Skill, silver notes, and a Mysterious Iron Saber from the treasury before leaving Yingchuan Commandery City.
• Fang Yuan and the Guiyuan Sect learned that Zhou Shan was Gu Santong, and the sect master revoked his arrest warrant and ordered the Liu Family to the battlefield.
• Shangguan Hong persuaded the Shangguan Family elders to apologize to Zhou Shan and send him three Profound Fire Pills.
• After two days in seclusion, Zhou Shan confirmed that his Golden Bell Shield had reached completion and began refining the Golden Fruits with the Indestructible Vajra Skill.
• Zhou Shan endured the pain of marrow cleansing while refining both Golden Fruits, then completed Blood Changing and unleashed golden qi and blood powerful enough to rival an Innate Realm Grandmaster’s true qi.

After breaking through to the Blood Transmutation Realm, Zhou Shan crossed a battlefield and rescued Fang Yuan and two other Guiyuan Sect Grandmasters from the Blood Fiend Sect and Nine Cauldrons Sect. He left the enemy forces retreating without revealing that he had become a Grandmaster.

• Zhou Shan inspected the changes to his cultivation and Indestructible Vajra Skill after cleansing his marrow and changing his blood, then set out for Heavenly Sword Manor.
• On his way through Yingchuan Commandery, Zhou Shan found the Black Armored Army fighting the Blood Flame Army, with six enemy Grandmasters overwhelming Fang Yuan, Lu Chake, and Jiang Zheng.
• Zhou Shan intervened with one Overlord Saber slash, killing Wang Cang and grievously wounding Li Batian.
• Wang Yanlong and the three Nine Cauldrons Sect Grandmasters withdrew after Zhou Shan declared he would protect Fang Yuan, and the Blood Flame Army retreated into Changbai County City.
• Fang Yuan, Lu Chake, and Jiang Zheng thanked Zhou Shan, who concealed his Blood Transmutation Realm breakthrough.

Zhou Shan traveled to Heavenly Sword Manor to have his Outer-Domain Star Iron forged and negotiated for its master forger’s help, learning that the forger needed an antidote for a Five Poisons Sect toxin. While waiting for the manor’s elders to decide whether he could learn their sword secret technique, Zhou Shan received the Shangguan Family’s three Profound Fire Pills and perfected the third transformation of the Profound Fire Three Transformations.

• Zhou Shan spared the Shangguan Family after it publicly apologized and agreed to have its three Profound Fire Pills delivered to Heavenly Sword Manor.
• Zhou Shan arrived at Heavenly Sword Manor with his Outer-Domain Star Iron, and Manor Lord Yi Tianling received him after learning his identity.
• Yi Tianling explained that the manor’s master forger needed an antidote from the Five Poisons Sect, and offered Essence of Geng Metal as an added weapon-forging material.
• Zhou Shan asked to learn Heavenly Sword Manor’s secret technique for gathering sword momentum, and Yi Tianling said the elders would decide within three days.
• After the Profound Fire Pills arrived, Zhou Shan refined all three and perfected the third transformation, raising his True Qi to the level of thrice-refined True Qi when the technique was activated.

Zhou Shan learned Heavenly Sword Manor’s Weapon Forging Secret Art and, after a hundred days of training, reached the Overlord Saber Art’s Gathering Saber Momentum realm. He demonstrated his greatly increased power and then set off alone for Cangwu Commandery to obtain an antidote from a Five Poisons Sect Grandmaster, so he could help Heavenly Sword Manor’s forging grandmaster.

• Yi Tianling agreed to teach Zhou Shan the Weapon Forging Secret Art after Zhou Shan promised to keep it secret.
• Zhou Shan learned smithing and mastered the secret art’s True Qi vibration technique in one hour, then spent thirty days hammering iron and seventy days forging True Qi into a saber form.
• Zhou Shan stabilized the golden True Qi saber within his dantian and successfully reached Gathering Saber Momentum.
• Zhou Shan tested the Overlord Saber Art’s Torrential Rain Style and Unity Style outside Heavenly Sword Manor, shattering rocks and carving a huge fissure in the ground.
• Zhou Shan told Yi Tianling he would travel alone to Cangwu Commandery to obtain the Five Poisons Sect Grandmaster’s antidote, then departed.

Zhou Shan went to Cangwu Commandery seeking the Five Poisons Sect’s antidote, but learned its Commander-in-Chief had returned to the sect. At the sect, he discovered Sect Leader Shentu Xing had become a Blood Transmutation Grandmaster and killed him with a thirty-meter golden saber aura.

• Zhou Shan found that the Five Poisons Sect’s Commander-in-Chief had returned to the sect, then traveled to Nanyang Commandery.
• Shentu Xing celebrated his breakthrough to the Blood Transmutation Realm and ordered the Five Poisons Sect to destroy Heavenly Sword Manor.
• Zhou Shan entered the sect’s main hall and asked Shentu Xing for an antidote for someone from Heavenly Sword Manor.
• Shentu Xing recognized Zhou Shan as a Grandmaster, and Zhou Shan revealed he had also reached the Blood Transmutation Realm.
• Shentu Xing attacked Zhou Shan with the Five Poisons Divine Palm, but Zhou Shan unleashed the Third Transformation and struck with the Overlord Saber Art.
• Zhou Shan’s thirty-meter golden saber aura overwhelmed Shentu Xing’s defenses, killed him, and collapsed the main hall.

Zhou Shan destroyed the Five Poisons Sect, recovered an antidote for Heavenly Sword Manor, and took spirit stones and other treasures from the sect’s treasury. Ten days later, a dragon-shaped apparition appeared above the forging chambers as the manor’s craftsmen neared completion of his saber.

• Zhou Shan killed Shentu Xing and the Five Poisons Sect’s four Innate Realm Grandmasters, then left the remaining disciples alive.
• Zhou Shan found fifteen spirit stones and looted the Five Poisons Sect’s treasury, then poisoned it; disciples who rushed in for treasure died.
• Zhou Shan returned to Heavenly Sword Manor with poisons, antidotes, and ores, and Yi Tianling found the antidote for his second granduncle.
• Yi Tianling promised that his second granduncle would recover before forging Zhou Shan’s weapon, and Zhou Shan waited while the old Grandmaster healed.
• Ten days later, Zhou Shan saw a dragon phantom above the forging chambers and learned that his saber was being made with a preserved Dragon Scale and other rare materials.

Zhou Shan received the newly forged Mid-grade Treasure Weapon, the Dragon Slaying Saber, and set out to find a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Item for his next Blood Transmutation. A clue led him to Misty Forest, where he discovered the information had been bait and enemies had surrounded him.

• Yi Tianling and Yi Hongfeng presented Zhou Shan with the Dragon Slaying Saber, which Zhou Shan subdued by activating Body Transforms into Vajra.
• Zhou Shan tested the saber’s power, named it the Dragon Slaying Saber, and asked Heavenly Sword Manor to keep his Blood Transmutation breakthrough secret before departing.
• Zhou Shan checked his cultivation, decided to seek a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Item, and went to the Ghost Market after ten days.
• A Ghost King Masked Person told Zhou Shan that someone with a clue awaited him in a thatched hut in Misty Forest, Danyang Prefecture.
• Zhou Shan reached the hut, detected an ambush, and heard his enemies reveal they had lured him there with false information.

Zhou Shan fought off an ambush by four Blood Transmutation Grandmasters from the Blood Fiend Sect and Nine Cauldrons Sect, revealing the power of his Dragon Slaying Saber. He killed all four attackers and claimed the Blood Fiend Sect’s Low-grade Treasure Weapon, the Blood-colored Spear.

• Four Blood Transmutation Grandmasters surrounded Zhou Shan, with He Shixian carrying the Blood Fiend Sect’s Low-grade Treasure Weapon.
• Zhou Shan drew the Dragon Slaying Saber and killed the three closest Grandmasters with a single Torrential Rain Style strike.
• He Shixian attacked Zhou Shan with the Blood-colored Spear, but Zhou Shan used the Indestructible Vajra Skill and Profound Fire Three Transformations to withstand his blows.
• Zhou Shan’s Unity Style overwhelmed He Shixian’s Blood Battle Ten Forms, and the Dragon Slaying Saber killed him.
• Zhou Shan picked up He Shixian’s Blood-colored Spear and kept it as spoils.

Zhou Shan destroyed the Blood Fiend Sect, killed three Innate Realm Grandmasters in Changbai County, and gained resources to master the Blood Origin Skill. After his reputation spread across Yun Province, he visited the Black Dragon Society’s Ghost Market to buy spiritual items, where its representative invited him to join.

• Zhou Shan killed the Blood Fiend Sect’s disciples and elders, defeated its four Innate Realm Grandmasters with the Blood Python Spear, and looted its treasure vault.
• Zhou Shan killed one Blood Fiend Sect Innate Realm Grandmaster and two Nine Cauldrons Sect Innate Realm Grandmasters in Changbai County.
• Zhou Shan secluded himself, refined the Blood Crystal, and mastered the Blood Origin Skill.
• News of the Blood Fiend Sect’s destruction spread across Yun Province, prompting the Nine Cauldrons Sect and other major powers to react to Zhou Shan’s growing strength.
• Zhou Shan went to the Ghost Market and asked the Black Dragon Society about spiritual items he could buy with spirit stones.
• The Ghost King Masked Person recognized Zhou Shan as Gu Santong and asked whether he would join the Black Dragon Society.

Zhou Shan visited the Rare Treasure Tower and bought two Flowing Gold Fruits for his second Marrow Cleansing Blood Changing. After 102 days of secluded cultivation, he completed the transformation and gained the Giant Spirit characteristic.

• The Ghost King Masked Person offered Zhou Shan membership in the Black Dragon Society, but Zhou Shan only agreed to consider it and accepted a Heavenly Treasure Tower token.
• Zhou Shan reached Yun Province Prefecture City in disguise and used the token to meet Steward Zhang at the Rare Treasure Tower.
• Zhou Shan traded Spirit Stones, looted treasures, and Vajra Pills to buy two Flowing Gold Fruits, then left the city with 43 Spirit Stones remaining.
• After 102 days in seclusion, Zhou Shan swallowed both Flowing Gold Fruits and completed his second Marrow Cleansing Blood Changing.
• Zhou Shan found that his Indestructible Vajra Skill had gained the Giant Spirit characteristic and that Fourfold Rebound had become Fivefold Rebound.

Zhou Shan tested his Giant Vajra form, bought Heavenly Silkworm Silk shorts, and accepted a Black Dragon Society mission to kill Roger Jun for two Blood Flame Fruits. He infiltrated Savage Elephant City and launched his attack as the Savage Elephant King appeared at a banquet.

• Zhou Shan activated Giant Vajra, discovered it greatly increased his physical power, and decided to buy clothing that could expand with his body.
• Disguised as Li Feiyu, Zhou Shan bought Heavenly Silkworm Silk shorts from Steward Zhang and learned that the Ghost Market handled Black Dragon Society missions.
• At the Ghost Market, Zhou Shan used the alias Zhang, proved he was a Blood Transmutation Realm Grandmaster, and accepted a Level Nine mission to kill Roger Jun for two Blood Flame Fruits.
• Zhou Shan traveled through chaotic Liangzhou to Savage Elephant City, infiltrated the City Lord's Manor, and waited for Roger Jun to appear at a banquet.
• When Roger Jun arrived at the Gathering of Righteousness Hall, Zhou Shan rushed from the shadows and drew the Dragon Slaying Saber to attack him.

Zhou Shan killed Barbarian Elephant King Roger Jun and took his head to claim the bounty, but a third Blood Transmutation Grandmaster of the Nine Cauldrons Sect ambushed him. Zhou Shan escaped Savage Elephant City and led the elder on a prolonged chase into You Province, using repeated saber strikes to keep him at bay.

• Zhou Shan used the Overlord Saber Art to kill Roger Jun and collected his head, while the attack and collapsing hall injured or killed the martial artists inside.
• A black-clothed third Blood Transmutation Grandmaster of the Nine Cauldrons Sect attacked Zhou Shan with the Mount Tai Hammer and revealed the sect’s plan to capture him for his secrets and weapons.
• Zhou Shan concealed himself in blood mist, then fled Savage Elephant City as the elder pursued him.
• Zhou Shan’s Blood Burning Secret Method wore off, so he turned to strike at the pursuing elder whenever he closed in, forcing him to block with the Mount Tai Hammer.
• Zhou Shan crossed from Liangzhou into You Province while the elder continued chasing him, and Zhou Shan remained confident that his Nine Breaths Assimilation talent would replenish his True Qi.

After escaping the Nine Cauldrons Sect elder, Zhou Shan traveled to Yu Province to turn in his mission and claim two Blood Flame Fruits. He cultivated in seclusion until his cultivation reached one thousand years, then completed his third Marrow Cleansing Blood Changing and gained the Wrath trait.

• Zhou Shan outran the Nine Cauldrons Sect elder, who abandoned the pursuit after exhausting most of his true qi.
• Zhou Shan realized the Nine Cauldrons Sect had used the Blood Flame Fruits as bait, avoided a suspected ambush in Yuan Province, and traveled to Yu Province.
• Zhou Shan turned in Roger Jun's head at the Black Dragon Society branch and received a Level Nine Mission Token.
• Three days later, Zhou Shan collected the two Blood Flame Fruits and went into seclusion to cultivate.
• After his cultivation reached one thousand years, Zhou Shan refined the Blood Flame Fruits and completed his third Marrow Cleansing Blood Changing, gaining the Wrath trait.

After completing his third Marrow Cleansing Blood Changing, Zhou Shan tested the fire-enhanced power of his true qi and Wrath Vajra form, then sought a way to strengthen his saber intent. He bought and began cultivating the Saber Nurturing Art, successfully using one spirit-draining strike to kill a tiger from a distance.

• Zhou Shan discovered that refining the Blood Flame Fruit had added fire-element power to his true qi, and he tested its burning effects with saber qi and a palm strike.
• Zhou Shan activated the Wrath Vajra and Giant Vajra forms, setting the surrounding forest ablaze before extinguishing the fire with the Blood Python Spear.
• Zhou Shan decided to cultivate his third Blood Transmutation to perfection before confronting the Nine Cauldrons Sect and sought a secret art to condense saber intent.
• At the Rare Treasure Tower, Zhou Shan bought the Saber Nurturing Art from Manager Liu for thirty spirit stones and began nurturing his Dragon Slaying Saber with his spirit.
• Zhou Shan used the newly nurtured saber intent to kill a tiger from a hundred meters away, but the strike drained all his spiritual power.

Zhou Shan cultivated the Saber Nurturing Secret Art until his Overlord Saber Art reached major mastery in Gathering Saber Momentum, then went to the Nine Cauldrons Sect to settle his grudge. He killed the sect’s threefold Blood Transmutation Grandmaster with a single saber strike, leaving the remaining Grandmasters and disciples stunned.

• Zhou Shan bought a Mysterious Iron Saber to nurture saber intent while keeping his Dragon Slaying Saber available for combat.
• After half a year of cultivation, Zhou Shan reached major mastery in Gathering Saber Momentum and gained the Body Transforms into Saber trait.
• Zhou Shan traveled to Qing Province and openly entered the Nine Cauldrons Sect, killing a disciple who talked about capturing him and extracting his secrets.
• The five Blood Transmutation Grandmasters of the Nine Cauldrons Sect confronted Zhou Shan at the mountain gate.
• Zhou Shan unleashed the saber intent he had nurtured for 247 days, disrupted the black-robed threefold Blood Transmutation Grandmaster’s consciousness, and beheaded him with a follow-up slash.

Zhou Shan destroyed the Nine Cauldrons Sect, seized its treasury, and auctioned its assets as news of his strength spread across the Central Plains. At the auction, Sect Master Wang offered him a Crimson Flame Heart and asked him to help defeat a powerful Demonic Beast guarding a Thunder Fruit in the Barbaric Land.

• Zhou Shan killed the Nine Cauldrons Sect's five Blood Transmutation Grandmasters and entered the sect, where its elders and disciples submitted to him.
• Zhou Shan collected the sect's treasure and ordered its treasury, territories, and industries auctioned for spirit stones.
• The Daoyuan Sect ordered its forces to treat Zhou Shan as an honored guest, while the Hundred Flowers Valley Master asked Murong Xue to approach him.
• Zhou Shan's destruction of the Nine Cauldrons Sect drew attention from across the Central Plains, and numerous powers sent envoys to Qing Province.
• At Datong Auction House, Sect Master Wang offered Zhou Shan a Crimson Flame Heart for two hundred spirit stones and requested his help against a Peak Third Stage Demonic Beast guarding a Thunder Fruit.