Chapter Summaries

After the Tong Clan’s ice melted, Tong Zhan began his succession ceremony while Long Bo left to face Yin Zhong, and Long Po followed with the Divine Dragon Sword. Elsewhere, Zhao Yun abducted Yin Xiu but was confronted by Tong Zhan and Yin Tianxue, while Yin Zhong subdued Tong Xin as he tried to return to his father.

• The Tong Clan members were freed from the ice, and Tong Zhan began the succession ceremony with Dou Dou safe and present.
• Long Bo left the ceremony to confront Yin Zhong, and Long Po followed to give him the two halves of the Divine Dragon Sword.
• Zhao Yun sent a message that prompted someone in the crowd to chase after Long Po, then followed behind.
• Yin Zhong tried to flee Water Moon Cave with Tong Xin, but subdued him when he insisted on going back to see his father.
• Zhao Yun knocked out Yin Xiu and tried to carry him away, but Tong Zhan and Yin Tianxue arrived and ordered her to stop.
• Zhao Yun put Yin Xiu down but refused to leave without him, challenging Tong Zhan to keep her there.

Tong Zhan and Yin Tianxue attacked Zhao Yun after she had captured Yin Xiu, but her newly advanced martial arts defeated them both. Zhao Yun spared Yin Tianxue for her brother’s sake and left with the unconscious Yin Xiu.

• Tong Zhan, furious over his helplessness and Zhao Yun’s actions, charged at her, and Yin Tianxue rushed in to stop him from being hurt.
• Zhao Yun used her Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram to repel them and challenged Yin Tianxue to test her strength.
• Tong Zhan and Yin Tianxue attacked Zhao Yun together, but her Taiji Diagram blocked their blows and dispersed Yin Tianxue’s palm force.
• Zhao Yun trapped Tong Zhan in spinning Yin and Yang Qi, then struck Yin Tianxue with electrically charged palms, leaving both unable to fight.
• Zhao Yun spared Yin Tianxue because of her brother and departed with the unconscious Yin Xiu.

Wang Ming had Zhao Yun bring Yin Xiu to him so he could use him to open his Heaven's Eye. As Long Bo set out to fight Yin Zhong, Wang Ming decided they should leave Water Moon Cave at top speed.

• Wang Ming finished reading the spells in Water Moon Cave and hurried toward his rendezvous with Zhao Yun.
• Zhao Yun carried Yin Xiu through the mountain ravines, pleased that she had completed Wang Ming's mission.
• Long Bo rejected Long Po's plea to avoid fighting Yin Zhong, accepted the Divine Dragon Sword, and flew off to confront him.
• Zhao Yun delivered Yin Xiu to Wang Ming, who planned to have him open his Heaven's Eye.
• Wang Ming told Zhao Yun they should leave Water Moon Cave at top speed.

Wang Ming hurried away with Zhao Yun and Yin Xiu while Tong Bo confronted Yin Zhong. The fight ended with Long Bo revealing his identity and attacking Yin Zhong with the Divine Dragon Sword.

• Wang Ming explained that he had avoided opening the Heaven's Eye because the commotion could attract the six great elders, then sped up after Zhao Yun told him Tong Zhan and Yin Tianxue had confronted her.
• Tong Zhan and Yin Tianxue decided to return to the clan lands and activate Water Moon Cave's protective barrier instead of chasing Zhao Yun.
• Tong Bo caught up with Yin Zhong, who released Tong Xin and fought him with the Divine Dragon Sword.
• Yin Zhong swallowed the last of Wang Ming's doctored Essence Restoration Pills and tried to persuade Tong Bo to join forces.
• Tong Bo revealed that he was Long Bo, the Dragon Clan's heir, and charged at Yin Zhong with the Divine Dragon Sword.

Tong Zhan ordered the Tong Clan elders to seal Water Moon Cave after Yin Xiu was captured, trapping Wang Ming, Zhao Yun, and Yin Xiu inside. Unable to break through the barrier, Wang Ming decided to seek the secret passage at Hell Rock, unaware that Tong Zhan and Tong Xin had already damaged its teleportation array.

• Tong Zhan returned to the succession ceremony and told the Tong Clan elders that Yin Xiu had been captured, then ordered them to activate Water Moon Cave's barrier.
• Elder Tianxing and the Five Elements Elders sealed the cave, while Tong Zhan revealed that Tong Xin and he had destroyed the Hell Rock passage.
• Wang Ming failed to break the barrier with the Evil Emperor Relic's power, and used Star Shift to divert its rebounding force into the river.
• Wang Ming proposed trying the secret passage at Hell Rock, and Zhao Yun agreed to go with him and Yin Xiu.

Wang Ming began opening Yin Xiu’s Heaven’s Eye so they could escape Water Moon Cave, while the Tong Clan elders watched through a Water Mirror. After learning that anyone could open Heaven’s Eye and improve their martial arts, Tong Zhan ordered the elders to open his as well so he could help Tong Bo fight Yin Zhong.

• Wang Ming stopped chasing Hell Rock and carried Yin Xiu away to open his Heaven’s Eye, explaining to Zhao Yun that they needed magic to escape through the passage.
• Tong Zhan and the six elders noticed the storm signaling an opening of Heaven’s Eye, and Shuixing Elder used the Water Mirror Technique to see Wang Ming and Yin Xiu in the wasteland.
• The elders identified Yin Tianqi as the person whose Heaven’s Eye was being opened, and Elder Tianxing explained that outsiders could open it, though their magical talent would be limited.
• After learning that opening Heaven’s Eye could improve martial arts, Tong Zhan ordered the six elders to open his so he could help Tong Bo fight Yin Zhong.
• Tong Zhan looked at Yin Tianqi in the Water Mirror and worried that he might have chosen an evil path, which would put Yin Tianxue in a difficult position.

Tong Bo fought Yin Zhong, but the Spirit Mirror healed Yin Zhong’s ancient wounds and left Tong Bo facing a stronger enemy. When the Spirit Mirror suddenly fled, Yin Zhong and Tong Bo both chased after it.

• Tong Bo attacked Yin Zhong, who countered with a palm strike and badly wounded him.
• Yin Zhong’s chest injury flared up, and he moved to seize Tong Bo and absorb his vital essence.
• The Spirit Mirror healed Yin Zhong’s wounds, and he revealed his true appearance before threatening Long Teng’s bloodline.
• A surge from the Divine Dragon Sword changed Tong Bo’s presence as strange thunder sounded from two directions.
• The Spirit Mirror flew away, and Yin Zhong pursued it; Tong Bo followed to keep the artifact out of his hands.

Wang Ming tried to open Heaven's Eye while Yin Zhong approached, forcing him to choose between abandoning the process and confronting a powerful enemy. He decided that escaping Water Moon Cave required repairing Hell Rock's mechanisms, which meant he needed to master spells.

• Wang Ming used his spiritual energy to hypnotize Yin Xiu and have him help open Heaven's Eye beneath the storm clouds.
• Zhao Yun spotted Yin Zhong and another figure approaching and left her post to warn Wang Ming.
• Yin Zhong followed the Spirit Mirror's trail and suspected Wang Ming's crystal ball could enhance spellcasting, while his resentment toward his descendants grew.
• Zhao Yun warned Wang Ming that enemies were coming, and Wang Ming recognized the airborne leader as Yin Zhong, whose injuries had healed.
• Wang Ming rejected fleeing because Water Moon Cave was sealed and concluded he needed to repair Hell Rock's mechanisms to escape.

Wang Ming prepared for Yin Zhong’s approach while waiting for the heavenly energy to descend, and sent Zhao Yun away with the Heshibi Jade. Yin Zhong confronted him over his plans to gain an undying body, but Long Bo’s arrival reignited Yin Zhong’s murderous intent.

• Wang Ming gave Zhao Yun the Heshibi Jade and told her to hide, then recalled the dangers of using its stored power of faith.
• Yin Zhong confronted Wang Ming, accusing him of seeking the Dragon God Skill and arranging for Yin Xiu to open the heavenly eye.
• Wang Ming told Yin Zhong their interests did not conflict and that they had no need to fight to the death.
• Long Bo arrived and prepared to attack, while Yin Zhong remembered how Wang Ming and the others had thwarted his healing and defied his orders.
• Yin Zhong’s murderous intent toward Wang Ming returned as Long Bo’s arrival reminded him of the earlier schemes against him.

Wang Ming struggled to protect himself and Yin Xiu while Long Bo fought Yin Zhong amid a devastating gale, as Wang Ming remained unable to move during his Heaven's Eye ritual. At the Tong Clan settlement, the Six Elders recognized Yin Zhong as the five-hundred-year-old enemy who had driven their ancestors into the Water Moon Cave, and realized they could neither defeat him nor escape.

• Yin Zhong summoned a knife-sharp gale, but Long Bo transformed with the Dragon God Skill and charged through it to attack him.
• Wang Ming used the Evil Emperor Relic's Northern Darkness True Energy to shield himself and Yin Xiu while continuing his Heaven's Eye ritual.
• Yin Zhong's gale destroyed Zhao Yun's boulder shelter, but the Heshibi Jade protected her from the wind blades.
• Zhao Yun watched the storm and worried that Wang Ming's Heaven's Eye ritual had not yet ended.
• The Six Elders learned from Yin Tianxue that Yin Zhong had once been called Tong Yin Zhong and recognized him as the enemy who had driven their ancestors into the Water Moon Cave five hundred years earlier.
• The Six Elders concluded they could not defeat Yin Zhong, but Tianxing explained that the activated barrier prevented them from leaving the Water Moon Cave.

Long Teng, possessing Long Bo and wielding the Divine Dragon Sword, fought Yin Zhong after interrupting his spell and transforming the wasteland into a desert. As Wang Ming watched, he concluded Yin Zhong’s immortality likely came from his bloodline rather than a learnable martial art, and he increased the Evil Emperor Relic’s output in hopes of obtaining this world’s spells.

• Long Bo wounded Yin Zhong with the Divine Dragon Sword, interrupting his spell and causing the yellow sand to subside.
• Long Teng revealed himself through Long Bo and challenged Yin Zhong, who summoned an ancient saber and resumed the fight.
• Wang Ming recognized the Divine Dragon Sword and realized Long Teng’s soul had endured inside it.
• Wang Ming reasoned that Yin Zhong’s immortal body came from Tong Clan bloodline atavism, not the Dragon God Skill, and worried that the spell might also be an innate ability.
• Wang Ming reflected on his plans to acquire spells and an immortal body, then increased the Evil Emperor Relic’s output of true qi.

Long Teng, possessing Long Bo and wielding the Divine Dragon Sword, fought Yin Zhong while Wang Ming judged that Yin Zhong’s recovery gave him the advantage. As the battle’s shockwaves drained Wang Ming’s remaining energy, Long Bo and Long Teng continued fighting for their lives against the seemingly immortal Yin Zhong.

• Wang Ming watched Long Teng and Yin Zhong clash and concluded that Yin Zhong’s superior recovery could decide the battle despite Long Teng’s greater combat power.
• Yin Zhong’s and Long Teng’s weapon strikes shattered Wang Ming’s protective barrier, forcing him to spend more Northern Darkness True Energy to shield himself.
• Long Teng pierced Yin Zhong’s shoulder with Thunder Dragon Breaks the Wind, but Yin Zhong struck Long Bo and sent him flying.
• Long Teng and Yin Zhong exchanged more than a hundred blows, leaving both badly wounded as the Divine Dragon Sword worked to repair Long Bo’s body.
• Wang Ming spent another fifty strands of Northern Darkness True Energy resisting the battle’s shockwaves and anxiously urged for things to hurry up.

As Wang Ming neared success in opening Heaven’s Eye, the Tong Clan elders watched his progress while helping Tong Zhan open his own. Yin Zhong’s devastating battle with Tong Bo threatened the clan and repeatedly forced Wang Ming to protect Yin Xiu.

• A purple light descended from the sky toward Wang Ming as he approached the final stage of opening Heaven’s Eye.
• The six Tong Clan elders used their Water Mirror Technique to watch Wang Ming, whose progress had reached nine-tenths while Tong Zhan’s was only seven-tenths.
• The elders suspected Yin Tianqi was responsible for Yin Xiu’s unusually rapid progress and continued channeling energy for Tong Zhan.
• Yin Zhong and Tong Bo fought across shifting spell-created realms, while the elders prepared to repair Hell Rock’s teleportation array and stay behind to delay Yin Zhong.
• Yin Zhong’s area-wide spells repeatedly endangered Wang Ming and Yin Xiu, forcing Wang Ming to defend Yin Xiu with the Evil Emperor Relic’s rapidly dwindling energy.

Yin Zhong’s destructive lightning battered Wang Ming as he struggled to open the Heaven’s Eye, while the Tong Clan elders watched in alarm. As Yin Zhong left his fight with Long Bo to attack Wang Ming, Long Teng chose not to intervene, leaving Wang Ming exposed to the incoming assault.

• Yin Zhong summoned destructive lightning to disrupt Wang Ming’s attempt to open the Heaven’s Eye while continuing to fight Long Bo.
• Tong Zhan and the six Tong Clan elders watched through a water mirror, and several used their divine eyes to see Wang Ming enduring the lightning.
• The elders saw Wang Ming protect Yin Xiu with a true qi shield and rely on a regenerative glove to survive bolts that pierced his own weaker shield.
• Yin Zhong transformed into a crimson dragon shadow and charged at Wang Ming, warning him not to open the Heaven’s Eye.
• Long Teng hesitated and let Yin Zhong attack, judging Wang Ming untrustworthy and recognizing that the prolonged battle was turning against him.

Wang Ming disrupted Yin Zhong’s attack with the Evil Emperor Relic and then summoned a giant golden statue that pinned Yin Zhong beneath the ground. The witnesses were left stunned by Wang Ming’s power and the statue’s immense value.

• Yin Zhong abandoned Long Teng and attacked Wang Ming as he neared the final moment of opening his Heaven's Eye, while Zhao Yun urged him to flee.
• At the Tong Clan settlement, the Six Elders planned to repair the teleportation array and help the clan retreat, while Tong Zhan insisted on staying to fight.
• Wang Ming hurled the Evil Emperor Relic at Yin Zhong, blasted apart his dragon form, and leaped toward the energy descending from the sky.
• Yin Zhong pursued Wang Ming to seize the relic, but Wang Ming summoned a huge object that struck Yin Zhong and shook the wasteland.
• The dust revealed that the object was a giant statue made of pure gold, leaving Long Teng, Long Bo, Yin Tianxue, Tong Zhan, and Zhao Yun astonished.

After opening Heaven’s Eye, Wang Ming used his newfound ability to control the vital energy of heaven and earth to fight Yin Zhong on equal terms. As Tong Bo watched, Wang Ming’s varied sword techniques kept Yin Zhong locked in a fierce battle.

• Wang Ming opened Heaven’s Eye and realized it let him control the vital energy between heaven and earth with extraordinary ease.
• Yin Zhong recovered from being crushed by Wang Ming’s statue and attacked him in dragon form, but Wang Ming blasted him away with Flying Dragon in the Sky.
• Wang Ming and Yin Zhong drew their weapons and clashed, with Wang Ming’s Heaven’s Eye-enhanced strength letting him match Yin Zhong.
• Tong Bo watched the fight and recognized that Yin Zhong relied on his greater cultivation and Undying Body, while Wang Ming’s swordplay was varied and exceptionally precise.
• Wang Ming and Yin Zhong continued exchanging hundreds of blows as Tong Bo observed their battle.

Wang Ming and Yin Zhong continued their prolonged battle, with Wang Ming using the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms to knock Yin Zhong’s dragon-shaped energy body away. Yin Zhong recognized the palm technique’s trick, while Long Teng watched Wang Ming suspiciously from afar.

• Wang Ming and Yin Zhong continued trading blows, with their healing and blood-draining abilities helping keep their strengths balanced.
• Yin Zhong transformed into an energy dragon and attacked Wang Ming with the Dragon God Skill.
• Wang Ming struck Yin Zhong’s dragon form with Dragon Ascending to Heaven, turning aside Yin Zhong’s force and sending him crashing into the earth.
• Yin Zhong analyzed the palm technique and resolved not to fall for the same move again.
• Long Bo and Long Teng watched the fight, and Long Teng wondered whether Wang Ming’s martial art had been created to target the Long Clan.

Wang Ming and Yin Zhong continued their fierce battle, with Wang Ming using an assortment of martial arts to counter Yin Zhong’s dragon form. After Yin Zhong struck him into the air and gravely wounded him, Wang Ming recovered with the energy from his fists and knocked Yin Zhong back down, continuing his assault.

• Yin Zhong’s dragon form crashed into Wang Ming’s Dragon Appearing in the Field defense, and Yin Zhong recognized the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.
• Wang Ming launched a series of palm strikes that battered Yin Zhong’s dragon shadow and left Yin Zhong struggling to anticipate his moves.
• Yin Zhong unleashed a burst of strength that sent Wang Ming flying a hundred meters and badly injured his internal organs.
• Wang Ming used energy from his fists to repair his body, then struck Yin Zhong’s rising dragon form with Shocking a Hundred Li.
• Wang Ming pursued Yin Zhong downward and continued attacking with the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.

Wang Ming discovered that Yin Zhong’s dragon breath carried corrosive demonic Qi, while Yin Zhong realized he had been fighting on Wang Ming’s terms. Yin Zhong abandoned the Dragon God Skill and began summoning a devastating wind spell.

• Long Teng watched Yin Zhong’s Dragon God Skill get countered and took comfort in thinking its moves would be harder to exploit after they were seen once.
• Yin Zhong released stored heaven-and-earth energy, blasted Wang Ming back, and fired dragon breath that left a growing, corrosive pit in the ground.
• Wang Ming raised an Innate Gang Qi barrier against Yin Zhong’s dragon breath, then detonated it to escape when the attack began corroding it.
• Wang Ming recognized that Yin Zhong’s corrosive, decaying aura was a kind of demonic Qi and saw that even a trace of it could damage his body and disturb his spirit.
• After Wang Ming’s golden dragon-shaped Qi was effortlessly destroyed, Yin Zhong realized his mistake, ended his Dragon God Skill transformation, and began a wind spell that drew air across the wasteland.

Wang Ming survived Yin Zhong’s lightning strike and counterattacked with a torrent of dragon-shaped qi, knocking Yin Zhong into a sand dune. Long Teng watched the battle and weighed the dangers posed by both fighters.

• Yin Zhong trapped Wang Ming with wind pressure, summoned lightning, and struck him into a charred crater.
• Wang Ming unleashed Ten Thousand Dragon Tide, surrounding Yin Zhong with golden dragon-shaped qi and hurling him into a sand dune.
• Long Teng watched the battle from outside the fighting and recalled his history with Yin Zhong and his assessment of Yin Tianqi.
• Long Teng considered how the Dragon God Skill resisted spells and remained wary of Yin Zhong’s immortal body and Yin Tianqi’s many martial arts techniques.