Chapter Summaries

At the Four Flying Assembly, Qiong Ji, Lu Zhanmei, and Liu Fufeng displayed increasingly powerful manifestations through the Origin Fire Heaven Furnace. Li Chu then manifested an image of himself, but it began to crack as white light filled the arena.

• Liu Zhuang introduced the Origin Fire Heaven Furnace and explained how it measured the contestants’ true qi.
• Qiong Ji manifested a huge white tiger, drawing cheers from the Flying Crane Sect disciples.
• Lu Zhanmei produced a giant divine sword and released sword intent, which Elder Wu Gen contained.
• Liu Fufeng manifested a hundred-zhang Fire Department Heavenly Venerable, stunning the spectators and leaving Li Chu uneasy about his turn.
• Li Chu poured his spiritual power into the furnace and manifested an image of himself, which began to crack before a burst of white light overwhelmed his view.

Li Chu’s spiritual power caused the Origin Fire Heaven Furnace to explode, nearly destroying Flying Crane Sect, until the sect’s founding master intervened. The crisis ended with the founding master’s divided spirit dispersing, and Li Chu returned unharmed as Yao Ding faced the aftermath.

• A bamboo pole fell on an official in Hangzhou after the explosion startled a woman at her window.
• Li Chu’s power shattered the Origin Fire Heaven Furnace and unleashed Yang Pole True Fire, while Yao Ding and the elders failed to contain it.
• Flying Daoist’s divided spirit emerged from the ancient zither, stopped the blast from spreading, and sent its force into the sky.
• Flying Daoist explained that he had saved the sect once and then dispersed, leaving the disciples to mourn the loss of their final safeguard.
• Yao Ding asked where Li Chu was, and Li Chu returned unharmed after flashing away from the explosion.
• Yao Ding lamented the catastrophe, while Li Chu worried that the sect would demand compensation he could not pay.

After Li Chu destroyed the Origin Fire Heaven Furnace, Liu Fufeng revealed that he was the reincarnation of the northern cultivator Chuan Feng and pressed Li Chu to disclose his own past life. Li Chu insisted that he was no great power reborn, but Liu Fufeng remained unconvinced.

• Yao Ding abandoned any thought of assimilating Li Chu and treated him with newfound respect after the furnace exploded.
• The Four Flying Assembly ended early, with Qiong Ji, Lu Zhanmei, and Liu Fufeng conceding that Li Chu and the other leading disciple were beyond their reach.
• Liu Zhuang invited Li Chu to meet Liu Fufeng and waited outside the courtyard as a guard.
• Liu Fufeng told Li Chu that he had once been Chuan Feng and had returned in a second-life body.
• Li Chu explained that he was a disciple of Virtuous Cloud Temple and credited his cultivation to his different inheritance and master, not a past life.
• Liu Fufeng accepted that Li Chu seemed sincere but still asked which great power he had been in his previous life.

Yao Ding and Elder Yao Lian resolved to reform the Flying Crane Sect by prioritizing strength, while Li Chu successfully made a Follow-Along Talisman and tested its range through Ten Thousand Miles Flying Sand. The test ended with Li Chu asking Yu Qi'an for a map of lands beyond He Luo.

• Yao Ding and Elder Yao Lian reflected on the sect’s failures and decided to choose a new Chief Disciple based on strength.
• Lang Yuyan admitted that he had deliberately let Zhao Liangchen injure him to avoid the Four Flying Assembly and begged for another chance.
• Li Chu returned to Virtuous Cloud Temple and learned how to make a Follow-Along Talisman from Zhao Liangchen.
• Li Chu successfully made a talisman and tested it by having Ten Thousand Miles Flying Sand run north while he sensed what the talisman showed.
• Ten Thousand Miles Flying Sand ran through changing landscapes and stopped for food along the way, while Li Chu tracked his journey.
• Li Chu went to Yu Qi'an and asked for maps of places beyond He Luo.

Ten Thousand Miles Flying Sand returned to Virtuous Cloud Temple after circling the world, but learned others had already explored it. Li Chu gave Wang Longqi a Follow-Along Talisman and agreed to meet the woman Wang had been keeping in a loft, while Miss Pan secretly signaled from the window before hiding.

• Ten Thousand Miles Flying Sand returned to Virtuous Cloud Temple and announced that the world was round after traveling north and returning from the south.
• Yu Qi'an told Ten Thousand Miles Flying Sand that ancient powers had already explored the Human Realm, leaving him crestfallen.
• Li Chu drew two Follow-Along Talismans, placing one by his hidden fortune and intending the other for Wang Longqi.
• Li Chu visited Wang Longqi, gave him the talisman, and learned that Wang had bought a Hangzhou Prefecture loft for Miss Pan.
• Wang Longqi invited Li Chu to meet Miss Pan, who briefly signaled from her window before withdrawing as they approached.

Li Chu discovered that Hui Niang was conspiring with a demon who planned to replace Wang Longqi, but struggled to tell Wang Longqi after he announced he intended to marry her. Li Chu hinted at the betrayal over a meal of green vegetables, and Wang Longqi began to understand.

• Wang Longqi brought Li Chu to meet Hui Niang, whose attentive behavior made him believe she was a good match for him.
• After Li Chu left, Wang Longqi told Hui Niang he wanted to marry her, and she agreed while hiding her relationship with a demon.
• Hui Niang revealed that she had agreed to marry Wang Longqi, and the demon proposed taking Wang Longqi's place with help from the Strange Demon Sect.
• Li Chu used the Follow-Along Talisman and saw the demon with Hui Niang, then realized Wang Longqi might be in danger.
• Wang Longqi visited Li Chu to ask for his help having a child with Hui Niang, and Li Chu served him a meal of green vegetables while trying to broach the betrayal.
• Wang Longqi looked at the green dishes and gradually stopped smiling as Li Chu's hint sank in.

Wang Longqi learned that Hui Niang had been seeing another man and went with Li Chu to confront them. Li Chu captured the man, who was a demon, and Hui Niang revealed his connection to Strange Demon Sect as the chapter ended.

• Li Chu told Wang Longqi that Hui Niang had been unfaithful, and Wang Longqi decided to return home with him.
• Li Chu sensed the demon fleeing from Wang Longqi's house, caught him in the backyard, and brought him back to the attic.
• Wang Longqi questioned Hui Niang and the demon, Dongfang E, as they traded accusations about who had pursued whom.
• Li Chu proposed reporting Dongfang E to the authorities, and Dongfang E begged not to be sent to Facing Heaven Pavilion.
• Hui Niang revealed that Dongfang E planned to use Demonic Arts to replace Wang Longqi and identified his organization as Strange Demon Sect.

Dongfang E lured Li Chu to the Strange Demon Sect’s stronghold beneath the Luo Family Abandoned Garden by claiming it contained a vast treasure, while concealing the Anger Envoy’s presence. Li Chu defeated the guards and killed the Anger Envoy, then found a captive young man instead of the promised riches.

• Dongfang E confessed that he had joined the Strange Demon Sect and offered to lead Li Chu to its supposed treasure in exchange for his freedom.
• Li Chu partly released Dongfang E’s restrictions and took him to the Luo Family Abandoned Garden, where Wang Longqi stayed behind to guard and slap him.
• Li Chu opened the underground entrance and immobilized the lesser demons guarding the stronghold.
• The Anger Envoy attacked Li Chu with Nameless Fire, but Li Chu killed it with one sword strike.
• Li Chu opened the chained dungeon and found a young man who introduced himself as Ji Baxiao.

Li Chu rescued the captive believed to be the real Prince of Jiangnan and brought him, Dongfang E, and Hui Niang to Facing Heaven Pavilion. The prince’s identity remained under investigation, while Wang Longqi learned that Hui Niang had been poisoned with a dangerous, addictive pill and burst out laughing after leaving the pavilion.

• Li Chu returned with the swaggering captive, who claimed to be the real Ji Baxiao, and Dongfang E explained that the captive was valuable to the Strange Demon Sect.
• The captive offered Li Chu gold to kill the prince in the estate, then asked Wang Longqi and Li Chu for silver to buy a meal; they took him, Dongfang E, and Hui Niang to Facing Heaven Pavilion.
• Li Xinyi warned Li Chu and Wang Longqi not to spread news of the Strange Demon Sect or the possible Prince of Jiangnan, and said the captive’s identity was still being verified.
• Li Xinyi explained that Facing Heaven Pavilion would test the claimant’s bloodline against imperial ancestral blood, while the suspected fake prince was also being investigated.
• Li Xinyi said Hui Niang had been poisoned with the Illusion-Parting Pill and would need to withdraw from it, though there was effectively no antidote.
• After leaving Facing Heaven Pavilion, Wang Longqi burst out laughing.

Li Chu collected the payment for his Thunder-Struck Wood and heard Elder Chen warn him that people might try to seize the Seven-Colored Koi. Meanwhile, the Ancient Evil Spirit recovered and vowed revenge, while the Divine Firmament Sect discovered that the wood contained no thunder intent and ordered an investigation into its origins in Hangzhou Prefecture.

• Li Chu learned that the Thunder-Struck Wood had sold for eight thousand Qi Gathering Pills and collected the payment from Elder Chen.
• Elder Chen asked Li Chu about the Koi Girl and any strange attacks, then warned him to protect the Seven-Colored Koi from people who might covet it.
• The Ancient Evil Spirit regained the ability to stand, believed its witchcraft had brought it closer to godhood, and vowed revenge on whoever had harmed it.
• A young man with Thunder Emperor Fate found that the Thunder-Struck Wood from Hangzhou Prefecture held no intent of heavenly thunder and made him feel as if fire were burning within him.
• An old man examined the wood, confirmed the young man's findings, and ordered the Divine Firmament Sect to investigate its origins.

After Little Divine Doctor discovered a possible cure for the Creation Pill, Li Chu accompanied him to Kasha Mountain to gather Xuanqing Gallbladder. There, Li Chu healed Jiao Bai, learned the Prince of Jiangnan's Mansion was hunting Luck Beasts, and confronted Mr. Wu, whose attempted Divine Descent ended with a startlingly familiar voice.

• Little Divine Doctor survived an explosion in his hut and told Li Chu he needed Xuanqing Gallbladder to neutralize the Creation Pill.
• Li Chu and Little Divine Doctor heard that a Water Flood Dragon guarded a treasure in Little Green Pool and climbed Kasha Mountain to investigate.
• Li Chu found Jiao Hei and the cursed Jiao Bai underwater, healed her with the Little Bodhi Mantra, and took the Xuanqing Gallbladder with their permission.
• Jiao Hei told Li Chu that the Prince of Jiangnan's Mansion had been capturing Luck Beasts and that Mr. Wu had cursed his wife.
• Li Chu surfaced and found Mr. Wu had subdued Little Divine Doctor; when Mr. Wu threatened to kill him unless Li Chu handed over Little Koi, Li Chu immobilized him.
• Mr. Wu invoked the Evil God's Divine Descent, but the descending silver-white Evil Spirit cursed in a voice that Li Chu found familiar.

Li Chu struck down the Evil Spirit as it tried to flee through its spatial rift, then freed the Little Divine Doctor and questioned Mr. Wu. Mr. Wu confirmed that Facing Heaven Pavilion had verified the current Prince of Jiangnan was real.

• The Evil Spirit recognized Li Chu and begged him to wait, claiming it had given him fortune, but Li Chu continued his attack.
• The Evil Spirit fled back through the spatial rift, and Li Chu’s sword qi followed and killed it, earning him Experience Points.
• Li Chu dispelled the hypnotic Black Qi around the Little Divine Doctor, who woke and asked whether they had obtained the Xuanqing Gallbladder.
• Li Chu released Mr. Wu and asked whether the current Prince of Jiangnan was real or fake.
• Mr. Wu said Facing Heaven Pavilion had recently investigated the Prince and concluded that he was real.

Li Chu learned that the Prince of Jiangnan was collecting koi to refine a Luck Dragon and had ties to the Demon Sect, then recruited Shen Mu the Monk and joined Chen Huaji to investigate the prince's mansion. The chapter ended with the three passing the mansion's servant interview by displaying very different skills.

• Mr. Wu told Li Chu that he had captured thousands of koi for the Prince of Jiangnan, who planned to refine a Luck Dragon and devour the nation's fortune.
• Mr. Wu revealed that the Prince of Jiangnan was in contact with the Demon Sect, whose members were seeking a Little Daoist Priest, but he knew nothing about the Strange Demon Sect.
• Li Chu decided to investigate the Prince of Jiangnan's Mansion and asked Shen Mu the Monk to accompany him and help determine whether the prince was genuine.
• Li Chu and Shen Mu joined the servant recruitment line outside the prince's mansion, where they encountered Chen Huaji, who said he was undercover for Facing Heaven Pavilion.
• Li Chu passed the interview without naming a special skill, Shen Mu passed by claiming to be especially long down there, and Chen Huaji passed by flattering the interviewer.

Li Chu, Chen Huaji, and Shen Mu the Monk infiltrated the Prince of Jiangnan's Mansion and learned the routines of their assigned servant jobs. That night, they entered the fog-shrouded rear garden to find Koi, but a chained figure rose from the lake and challenged them.

• Shen Mu the Monk was assigned to move artificial rocks back and forth, Chen Huaji to relay internal messages, and Li Chu to clean a stone lion's ear.
• The three met in their shared room, reviewed Mr. Wu's map, and decided to investigate the place where Koi was imprisoned in the rear garden.
• Li Chu, Chen Huaji, and Shen Mu the Monk crossed the rear garden wall and reached a mountain lake surrounded by artificial hills.
• A voice asked where they were going, and Chen Huaji vanished as the others drew their weapons.
• A pale, bald figure with iron chains pierced through his ribs rose from the lake and asked why they did not come down.

Li Chu and his companions discovered that the Prince of Jiangnan's Mansion had been feeding servants to the imprisoned Man-Eating Xiao, and Li Chu killed the Demon Sect villain with one sword strike. Meanwhile, Huo Zhuge reassured the Prince of Jiangnan that his plan to raise a Luck Dragon and unleash the Demon Sect's imprisoned figures was nearing success.

• Li Chu, Shen Mu the Monk, and Chen Huaji encountered the Man-Eating Xiao chained beneath the rear garden lake, where he revealed that he had mistaken them for food.
• Shen Mu the Monk identified the Man-Eating Xiao as a notorious practitioner of a Demon Sect demonic art who had swallowed many living beings.
• The Man-Eating Xiao attacked, and Li Chu destroyed him with a sword-qi Red Dragon before the group retreated to their bedroom.
• Chen Huaji suspected the mansion had fed its missing servants to the Man-Eating Xiao, but he had no evidence and recorded Little Liu's disappearance in his notebook.
• The Prince of Jiangnan worried that Mr. Wu had not returned with a Luck Beast, while Huo Zhuge urged him to remain patient and said Demon Sect forces would soon gather.
• Huo Zhuge told the Prince of Jiangnan that more than a hundred eminent Demon Sect figures were already held in the mansion and promised they would help him once he released them.

Li Chu and his companions infiltrated the rear garden and killed several Demon Sect elders, while Shen Mu the Monk and Chen Huaji followed his lead. The next day, Li Chu received a letter from his Master asking how he was doing in the mansion, and he replied that he was doing quite well.

• Li Chu, Shen Mu the Monk, and Chen Huaji entered the rear garden, where Grandma Flower attacked them with Weiluo Flowers.
• Li Chu located Grandma Flower's true body beneath the flowerbed and killed her with a sword strike.
• The trio encountered a Blood Demon who attacked Shen Mu the Monk, but Li Chu killed him and obtained a Blood Crystal.
• Li Chu killed more Demon Sect elders during the night, bringing his total to five, before the group returned to their quarters.
• The next day, Li Chu received a letter from his Master and replied that he was doing quite well in the mansion.

A phenomenon at Qiniu Mountain signaled that the Demon Dao Immortal Treasury was about to open, drawing the attention of several factions. The chapter ended with Prince of Jiangnan and Huo Zhuge repeatedly summoning the Demon Sect’s hidden fighters, but none of them appeared.

• A thunderbolt struck Qiniu Mountain, and a fissure opened as the mountain’s creatures fled; the Smiling Mask Man and Crying Mask Man identified it as the site of the Demon Dao Immortal Treasury and summoned help from the Prince of Jiangnan’s Mansion.
• Old Huang told Ma Liang that his former master’s treasury was about to open and that he was going to protect it; Ma Liang urged him to return safely.
• Zhan Liuming destroyed several Fierce Ghosts in Hangzhou Prefecture, escaped his admirers with help from a Night Owl, and returned to Facing Heaven Pavilion.
• Duan Zhang announced that a secret realm would open at Qiniu Mountain within three days and ordered the Black-Clad Guards at the middle stage of Divine Union or above to investigate.
• Prince of Jiangnan asked Huo Zhuge to summon the Demon Sect’s hidden fighters for the expedition, but three Soldier-Summoning Talismans brought no one, leaving Huo Zhuge worried that something had gone wrong.

Li Chu and his companions cleared the Demon Sect cultivators from the Prince of Jiangnan's Mansion and headed toward the imprisoned Koi. Meanwhile, the Prince ordered the Black Gold World-Mixing Flood Dragon released to devour the Koi and complete his Luck Dragon before moving the Jiuli Army to seize the Demon Dao Immortal Treasury.

• Li Chu killed Baishi Mayi as the Soldier-Summoning Talisman rose, then learned from Chen Huaji that the rear garden's mist had been cleared and the Koi prison was their next destination.
• The Prince of Jiangnan's men searched for the Demon Sect figures and reported that every one of them had vanished without a body left behind.
• The Prince feared someone was targeting him, but Huo Zhuge argued that the unknown killer likely avoided confronting someone of his own realm.
• The Prince decided to move eight thousand members of the Jiuli Army to Qiniu Mountain and ordered the sluice opened to release the Black Gold World-Mixing Flood Dragon.
• The Prince planned for the Flood Dragon to devour the Koi and complete his Luck Dragon in one night.

Li Chu and his companions entered the sealed pavilion and rescued the imprisoned Koi by killing Prince of Jiangnan’s Black Gold World-Mixing Flood Dragon. As the Koi prepared to leave with Li Chu, the wounded Prince of Jiangnan realized his dragon was dead and ordered his men to guard home.

• Shen Mu the Monk knocked out the two guards at the pavilion entrance, and Li Chu and Chen Huaji went inside.
• The Black Gold World-Mixing Flood Dragon attacked the Koi, and Liu Chao'an called to Li Chu for help.
• Li Chu struck the flood dragon with sword qi, killing it and breaking the seals that trapped the Koi.
• The Koi transformed and came ashore, and Liu Chao'an thanked Li Chu for saving his clan.
• Prince of Jiangnan suffered a backlash from the dragon’s death and ordered Huo Zhuge to guard the home.

The Prince of Jiangnan mourned the loss of the Luck Dragon and sought help from Bright Moon Township to pursue the Demon Dao Immortal Treasury. Back at Virtuous Cloud Temple, Old Koi reunited with Little Koi and revealed the extraordinary luck of Li Chu, Ten Thousand Miles Flying Sand, and Yu Qi'an.

• The Prince of Jiangnan learned that the Luck Dragon was gone and Mr. Wu was missing, leaving his plans for an uprising in jeopardy.
• Huo Zhuge proposed inviting demons from Bright Moon Township to help contend for the Demon Dao Immortal Treasury in exchange for a share of its treasures, and the Prince of Jiangnan agreed.
• Li Chu brought the Koi clans to Black Water River, while Liu Chao'an returned with him to Virtuous Cloud Temple and reunited with Little Koi.
• Old Koi praised Virtuous Cloud Temple's feng shui and explained that Li Chu had peerless luck, one of the Human Realm's three supreme forms of luck.
• Old Koi identified Ten Thousand Miles Flying Sand's luck as Mingkai, which protected him from danger, then began to name Yu Qi'an's luck as “Three Lives, Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms.”