Chapter Summaries

Li Chu demolished the statues in the middle lane and secured both springs while Qingshui Jian and Ma Fa'er fought in the bottom lane. After the snowmen left Cloud Peak Fairyland, Yue Lun warned them that Snow Iron Dragon was blocking the way down and demanding the immortal water.

• Qingshui Jian and Ma Fa'er began a snowball duel, but explosions from the middle lane repeatedly interrupted them.
• Li Chu defeated Yue Lun, destroyed the middle-lane statues, then smashed the statues guarding the opposing spring as Yue Lun watched.
• Ma Fa'er abandoned his duel with Qingshui Jian and ran to support the middle lane, arriving after Li Chu had destroyed the final statue.
• Li Chu, Qingshui Jian, and Cang Yunzi searched Cloud Peak Fairyland, found no other treasures, and returned to the top of Holy Mountain.
• Yue Lun warned the three snowmen that Snow Iron Dragon was blocking the descent and threatening to kill them unless they left the immortal water behind.

Li Chu defeated the Snow Iron Dragon with a single snowball and returned from the Secret Realm with the spring waters and the Ice Gall Holy Heart Lotus. After the group left, Mystic Eagle King arrived in Medicine King Town with important news for him.

• The Snow Iron Dragon attacked the group on Holy Mountain, but Li Chu shattered its head with a snowball thrown from the mountaintop.
• Li Chu and the others returned to Naixue City, where the snowman elder thanked Li Chu for defeating the Snow Iron Dragon and promised to keep helping future visitors.
• The group left the Secret Realm and returned to human form; Li Chu gave the Cold Moon Sect the Yin Water and Yang Water, then received the Ice Gall Holy Heart Lotus from Green Vine.
• Qingshui Jian discovered that the supposedly never-melting ice sculpture he carried had melted into water.
• Li Chu returned to Medicine King Town and learned that Mystic Eagle King had come looking for him with important news.

The Mystic Eagle King told Li Chu that the Black Phoenix King of Long Wind Ridge had accepted a secret mission from Yu Du Palace and sought revenge for her murdered husband. Li Chu planted a Follow-Along Talisman on her, then killed her from afar after learning she could not be persuaded to abandon her hatred.

• The Mystic Eagle King said Three Kings Ridge would stay out of the Yuanfei Mountain matter unless Li Chu forced them to help, and Li Chu said he would speak with Crown Prince Shen when he had time.
• The Mystic Eagle King revealed that the Black Phoenix King had accepted a mission from Yu Du Palace after it helped her obtain Long Wind Ridge, and Li Chu asked him to place a Follow-Along Talisman on her.
• The Mystic Eagle King gave the Black Phoenix King a beauty pouch containing the talisman, and she mistook his gift for a confession of romantic interest.
• The Black Phoenix King admitted she planned to use Yu Du Palace’s power to avenge her husband by killing Li Chu, and the Mystic Eagle King returned to report that she could not be recruited.
• Li Chu used his flying sword to kill the Black Phoenix King from afar, then told the Mystic Eagle King that killing her was not difficult.

Li Chu killed the Black Phoenix King after it abducted young girls for Yu Du Palace, and the Mystic Eagle King helped him track the next demons recruited for the task. After the Ram King also disappeared, the Mystic Eagle King revealed that Yu Du Palace had approached him and his brothers, prompting Li Chu to react.

• The Black Phoenix King abducted young girls and left gold for their families, but Li Chu’s Flying Sword struck it down from far away using the Follow-Along Talisman.
• Li Chu rescued the captive girls and sent them home, while the Mystic Eagle King realized Li Chu could use the talismans to reach him with his sword.
• The Mystic Eagle King gave Ram King a medicine sachet and learned that Ram King had agreed to work with Yu Du Palace because King Wan Shi had once saved his life.
• After the Mystic Eagle King reported Ram King’s allegiance to Li Chu, Ram King disappeared the next day, alarming the Demon Kings of Golden Province.
• The Mystic Eagle King told Li Chu that Yu Du Palace had approached the Lion-Camel King, the Treasure Elephant King, and the Mystic Eagle King himself.

Li Chu recruited ten Cold Moon Sect disciples to infiltrate Yu Du Palace with the Three Kings, while he and three elders followed behind. As the group entered the palace and learned the girls were bound for Ziyuan, Wenxiang and Fangfang secretly drugged a bowl of soup for Du Lanke.

• Li Chu arranged for three Demon Kings to bring ten Cold Moon Sect disciples to Yu Du Palace, and the Cold Moon Sect agreed to send three elders with him.
• The Three Kings carried the disciples into Yu Du Palace, where an envoy ordered them to leave the women and revealed that they were being sent to Ziyuan.
• Wenxiang and Fangfang watched Li Chu leave Medicine King Town and concluded that he and his companions were trying to question their contact about the mountain.
• Wenxiang ordered Fangfang to mix a bottle of Nine Fragrance Soul-Losing Powder into soup, and Fangfang delivered it to Du Lanke.

Li Chu and the Cold Moon Sect elders followed the captured disciples to Yu Du Palace’s hidden base inside Dragon Absolute Ridge, where they learned that the palace planned to use the girls as Medicine Mothers to create the Undying Medicine. As the North Divine General entered the prison to torment them, a streak of Rainbow Light burst through the stone wall.

• Li Chu and the Cold Moon Sect elders tracked the black-robed envoy and the captured disciples through an underground river to a hidden Yu Du Palace base inside Dragon Absolute Ridge.
• The Left Heavenly Official delivered the girls to the prison as new Medicine Mothers, while the North Divine General joked with the Right Heavenly Official about tormenting them and making the Undying Medicine.
• The Right Heavenly Official explained that Yu Du Palace had made a blood feud with Crescent Moon Sect and warned the Left Heavenly Official about Li Chu, who had killed Lord Canghai and likely Wood Man King.
• The North Divine General entered the prison and threatened the ten awakened girls, but they remained calm and showed no fear.
• A rumbling boom shook the cavern, and a streak of Rainbow Light pierced through the stone wall as the North Divine General realized that he was the one in danger.

Li Chu stormed Yu Du Palace’s underground prison, killed the North Divine General and freed the Cold Moon Sect disciples, while the remaining villains mistook him for a cultivator whose name must not be spoken and fled. As Yu Du Palace’s forces regrouped far away, the Black-Robed Person and the Monk continued their alliance over the Undying Medicine, with the Black-Robed Person refusing to leave their meeting despite his subordinates’ flight.

• Li Chu used the Chunyang Sword to break into the prison and killed the North Divine General in a single strike.
• Li Chu slew the two guards, opened the cells, and rescued the Cold Moon Sect female disciples.
• Left Heavenly Official and Right Heavenly Official saw Li Chu in the prison and concluded that he was the fearsome cultivator whose name must not be spoken.
• The Heavenly Officials and Divine Generals fled Yu Du Palace and regrouped several thousand li away.
• The Monk and the Black-Robed Person confirmed their cooperation over the Undying Medicine, while the Black-Robed Person dismissed the fleeing forces as mere external possessions.

King Wan Shi ordered his followers to avoid the real world and considered using the Little Daoist Priest against Broken Stele Mountain. In Medicine King Town, Wenxiang confronted Wang Longqi, but Old Du’s drugged hand chop knocked them both down.

• King Wan Shi told the Black-Robed Persons to conduct all contact in the Void Realm and restrained South Divine General from seeking revenge.
• Left Heavenly Official proposed using the Little Daoist Priest to deal with Broken Stele Mountain, and King Wan Shi recognized the strategy.
• Fangfang drugged Du Lanke’s soup and brought Wenxiang to confront Wang Longqi.
• Wang Longqi promised Wenxiang he would give her what she wanted in two days.
• When Wenxiang bent down to pick up a fallen scripture, Old Du struck Wang Longqi unconscious, then collapsed from the Soul-Losing Powder.

Facing Heaven Pavilion confirmed that Ziyuan had been a pleasure palace where the Yu Dynasty’s rulers used the Luchong to make the Undying Medicine. Feng Wu brought Li Chu an imperial reward that required him to attend the Immortal Sect Examination in Zhao Ge, while Wang Longqi recovered after taking the Life-Shaping Pill and startled Wenxiang by stripping naked.

• Old Man Xuanhu and Old Man Changchun explained Ziyuan’s history and how the Undying Medicine had been made from dead fetuses.
• Feng Wu arrived from Chaoge with an oral decree rewarding Li Chu ten thousand taels of gold if he went to Zhao Ge for an imperial audience at the Immortal Sect Examination.
• Li Chu suspected Feng Wu’s visit had a purpose beyond delivering the decree, while Old Man Changchun assured him that no one could force the physicians to do anything improper.
• Wang Longqi swallowed the Life-Shaping Pill and collapsed, then woke a day and night later feeling well.
• Wang Longqi hurried to Wenxiang’s loft to deliver what she had been waiting for, but she shouted when he began stripping naked.

Cao Pan and He Tu agreed to use a Jiang Nan Little Daoist Priest to provoke conflict between Broken Stele Mountain and their enemies. In Medicine King Town, Wang Longqi discovered that Wenxiang had mistaken him for a contact, while He Tu ordered Guan Xige to confront the Daoist and claimed Broken Stele Mountain would back him.

• Cao Pan told He Tu that King Wan Shi wanted them to pit Broken Stele Mountain against the Little Daoist Priest from Jiang Nan, and He Tu agreed to investigate him near Medicine King Town.
• Wenxiang found a Two Joys Bell among Wang Longqi’s clothes and learned he had picked it up, then whipped him for keeping it.
• He Tu beat Guan Xige for losing his Two Joys Bell and neglecting his undercover duties, then learned the Little Daoist Priest had frozen him for seven or eight days.
• He Tu ordered Guan Xige to seek revenge on the Little Daoist Priest and said he could openly reveal his identity because Broken Stele Mountain would support him.
• Wang Longqi returned to Li Chu and Old Du with a whip mark, and Old Du insisted Miss Fangfang had fallen in love with him.

Liu Fufeng tried to save Lin Husheng from a coup at the Flying Heaven Sect, but Golden Bodhisattva turned Lin against him and sent pursuers after him. Liu crashed into Li Chu’s summoned demon, and the chapter ended as Li Chu killed the attackers’ companion with one sword strike, startling Golden Bodhisattva and the white-faced Scholar.

• Lin Husheng’s sworn brothers, Old Second and Old Third, attacked him under Golden Bodhisattva’s orders, and Old Second broke Lin’s Fierce Tiger Primordial Spirit with a golden bell.
• Liu Fufeng rescued Lin from Old Third, struck Old Second with an internal gust of wind, and confronted Golden Bodhisattva when he arrived.
• Golden Bodhisattva controlled Lin into biting Liu’s wrist, then sent Old Second and Old Third after Liu as he fled.
• Old Second’s white silk treasure struck Liu from the air, and he crashed into a demon Li Chu had summoned for cultivation.
• Li Chu learned that Demon Sect members were chasing Liu, then killed Old Third with a single sword strike, leaving Golden Bodhisattva and the white-faced Scholar stunned.

Li Chu rescued Liu Fufeng from Golden Bodhisattva’s faction, while the White-Faced Scholar died before revealing the Demon Sect’s plans. In Medicine King Town, Zhen Guanxi and Wenxiang plotted against Li Chu, and Wenxiang framed him for touching her just as Prince Han arrived.

• Golden Bodhisattva fled after recognizing Li Chu, and Liu Fufeng dragged the White-Faced Scholar down and captured him.
• The White-Faced Scholar broke Liu Fufeng’s bindings, then died when Golden Bodhisattva’s power caused his body to burst apart.
• Liu Fufeng told Li Chu that Demon Sect agents had been behind power struggles at several Northern Lands sects and agreed to seek treatment in Medicine King Town.
• Zhen Guanxi met Wenxiang and said Broken Stele Mountain wanted them to deal with Li Chu, then proposed a plan to outwit him.
• Prince Han hurried to Medicine King Town after receiving Wenxiang’s message that she had recovered, but Wenxiang accused Li Chu of touching her when he arrived.

Yu Qi'an learned that Li Chu had been accused of molesting Wenxiang and recommended Immortal Lingfeng to investigate. Her test showed that the handprint on Wenxiang did not belong to Li Chu, and Wang Longqi and Du Lanke volunteered to be tested next.

• Du Lanke and Wang Longqi summoned Yu Qi'an and told him that the Cold King's people had taken Li Chu to Jixiang Prefecture after Wenxiang accused him of molesting her.
• Yu Qi'an heard their account and said Immortal Lingfeng might be able to prove Li Chu's innocence.
• Wenxiang told Fangfang that Broken Stele Mountain had ordered her to frame Li Chu, while Guan Xige boasted to He Tu that the accusation would ruin Li Chu's reputation.
• Immortal Lingfeng arrived at the Cold King's court and used medicinal powder to reveal a palmprint on Wenxiang, but determined it was not Li Chu's handprint.
• Wang Longqi and Du Lanke volunteered to test their hands against the palmprint.

Li Chu cleared his name in the molestation case and told Yu Qi'an he would remain in the Northern Lands to investigate the Crescent Moon Sect and the Golden Bodhisattva. After Wenxiang warned him that Zhen Guanxi had engineered the scheme, Li Chu found and immobilized Zhen Guanxi, who was left pleading for help when He Tu arrived.

• Immortal Lingfeng ruled out Li Chu as a suspect, and Prince Han ended the investigation after Wenxiang could not identify anyone else.
• Li Chu thanked Immortal Lingfeng, then returned to Yu Qi'an and explained the Golden Bodhisattva conspiracy, Liu Fufeng's investigation, and the emperor's summons to Zhao Ge City.
• Wenxiang apologized to Li Chu and warned him that Zhen Guanxi had instigated the attempt to frame him.
• Wang Longqi told Li Chu that Zhen Guanxi was in Jixiang Prefecture City, and Li Chu tracked him down at a brothel.
• Li Chu immobilized Zhen Guanxi when he tried to call for help, and He Tu arrived claiming he had come to save him.

Guo Longque ordered Cao Pan and He Tu to investigate Zhen Guanxi’s murder, while Li Chu and Liu Fufeng planned to draw out Golden Bodhisattva by building a powerful gang in Jixiang Prefecture. Li Chu possessed Wang Longqi and began his plan by challenging the Dongxing Gang, ending with its men preparing to attack him.

• Guo Longque heard He Tu accuse an Earthly Immortal of murdering Zhen Guanxi and assigned Cao Pan and He Tu to investigate the killer.
• Liu Fufeng told Li Chu that Golden Bodhisattva was infiltrating gangs across the Northern Lands and proposed luring him out by establishing a powerful gang.
• Li Chu suggested using soul possession to conceal their involvement, and Liu Fufeng agreed with the plan.
• Li Chu possessed Wang Longqi and entered a Jixiang Prefecture gambling den, where he announced that he had come to smash it up.
• Crow confronted Li Chu on behalf of the Dongxing Gang, and Li Chu introduced his new Chu Sect before inviting the gang members to attack him.

Li Chu recruited the Five Tigers of Dongxing into his newly founded Chu Sect, then brought them to Yicui Pavilion and defeated Nan Batian’s forces to recruit him as well. As the Chu Sect considered its next move, Uncle Kun declared war and chose Ivory Mountain for the decisive battle.

• Li Chu questioned the Five Tigers of Dongxing, recruited them into the Chu Sect, and heard Brother Crow explain the rival gangs and powerful forces in Jixiang Prefecture City.
• The next day, Li Chu and the Five Tigers went to Yicui Pavilion to challenge Nan Batian, and Li Chu immobilized his men so the Five Tigers could beat them.
• Li Chu questioned Nan Batian, learned he led the Batian Sect with 962 members, and recruited him and his followers into the Chu Sect.
• Nan Batian received Uncle Kun’s declaration of war, and Li Chu learned that the decisive battle would take place at Ivory Mountain.

Uncle Kun lured Li Chu to Ivory Mountain, confident that his troops, A Qiang, the Treasure Elephant War Soul, and a Great Snow Mountain Sword Cultivator would secure victory. Li Chu easily defeated A Qiang and destroyed the War Soul with one sword, leaving Heavenly Venerable Famous Sword to flee.

• Uncle Kun and Lady Xie discussed their plan to seize South City and the ambushes arranged on Ivory Mountain.
• Li Chu arrived alone at Crescent Moon Villa after walking up the undefended main road.
• Uncle Kun sent A Qiang to attack, but Li Chu stopped him with one finger.
• Uncle Kun summoned the Treasure Elephant War Soul and called for Heavenly Venerable Famous Sword to strike.
• Li Chu's Sword Control Technique killed the Treasure Elephant War Soul with one sword.
• Heavenly Venerable Famous Sword laughed that he was leaving and fled on his sword light.

Li Chu defeated Uncle Kun’s summoned allies, recruited him into the Chu Sect, and planned a move against the other two gang bosses. The next morning, Uncle Kun arranged to lure them to a Hong Sect bath, where Li Chu waited with him.

• Li Chu shattered the Treasure Elephant War Soul and sent the summoned Heavenly Venerable Famous Sword Uncle Kun flying, then accepted Uncle Kun and Lady Xie’s surrender.
• Li Chu recruited Uncle Kun and his son into the Chu Sect, and Uncle Kun revealed that Lady Xie’s intelligence network had supported his rise.
• Uncle Kun proposed deceiving the East City and North City bosses with false news, then striking both when they met to discuss dividing South City.
• Li Chu returned to his body at the inn, while Wang Longqi woke and joked about wanting to possess Li Chu’s body.
• Uncle Kun and Li Chu waited naked in a Hong Sect bath for the other bosses, and Uncle Kun offered to scrub Li Chu.

Li Chu tried to bring Fourth Master Zhao and Bald Liu’s gangs into the Chu Sect, prompting the two bosses to invoke their ties to Heavenly King Mountain and Facing Heaven Pavilion. After Li Chu explained his Golden Bodhisattva plan to Duan Ju, Uncle Kun warned that a Little Heavenly King had arrived to challenge him on Ivory Mountain.

• Li Chu froze Fourth Master Zhao and Bald Liu at Qinghua Pool, then offered to let them keep their forces and territories if they joined the Chu Sect.
• Fourth Master Zhao revealed his connection to Heavenly King Mountain, while Bald Liu disclosed that he served Facing Heaven Pavilion and the Imperial Court; Li Chu told them to send their superiors to speak with him.
• Duan Ju of Facing Heaven Pavilion visited Li Chu, who revealed his identity and explained his plan to draw out Golden Bodhisattva.
• Uncle Kun told Li Chu that Fourth Master Zhao had invited a Little Heavenly King from Heavenly King Mountain to challenge him.
• Li Chu received a challenge letter naming Ivory Mountain as the place for their duel on the night of the waning moon.

Lady Xie helped Cao Pan and He Tu search Jixiang Prefecture City for Li Chu, then told them about Wang Qi’s impending battle against a Little Heavenly King on Ivory Mountain. Li Chu defeated Teng Yang’s three Martial Dao War Souls with one sword, leaving the spectators stunned and Cao Pan considering whether to recruit him.

• Lady Xie agreed to help Cao Pan and He Tu find Li Chu and directed them to watch the battle on Ivory Mountain.
• Cao Pan and He Tu learned that Wang Qi would face Teng Yang, a Little Heavenly King from Heavenly King Mountain.
• Teng Yang summoned his Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and Wild Bull War Souls as Li Chu stood calmly before them.
• Teng Yang ordered the three War Souls to attack, and Li Chu destroyed them all with a single sword stroke.
• Cao Pan and He Tu discussed recruiting Li Chu while Li Chu sheathed his sword, believing the fight was decided.