Chapter Summaries

Zhou You and Zuo Lü continued across the battlefield as the Hunger Pouch’s ability to carry supplies became increasingly apparent. Ma Yuanyang revealed a one-use pouch of provisions to his companions, and rumors of Mysterious Pockets spread as more appeared and strengthened the martial artists’ advantage.

• Kai Xulun warned Great Red Robe not to provoke Zhou You after Zhou You killed seventeen venomous bees.
• Zuo Lü scouted ahead and privately realized Zhou You could make corpses, loot, and supplies disappear.
• Ma Yuanyang’s companions ran short of food, and Nie Shanhe told him they would have to split up.
• Ma Yuanyang said he would seek refuge with the Liu Family and opened a leather pouch that released enough supplies for about a hundred people.
• Ma Yuanyang’s companions ate and departed with provisions, while rumors of Mysterious Pockets spread across the battlefield.
• More Hunger Pouches appeared as the fighting intensified, widening the martial artists’ advantage.

Cao Wudang used the Netherworld Chariot, stored in a Mysterious Pocket, to kill Moruo Jinge, the first Strong Martial expert to fall in the war. The Witch Clan sought information about the pocket and agreed to let Kunpeng Son inspect the Boundary Tablet twice in exchange for details about its maker and an intact pocket.

• Cao Wudang summoned the Netherworld Chariot from his Mysterious Pocket and killed Moruo Jinge.
• News of Moruo Jinge's death spread, boosting warrior morale and alarming the Witch Clan.
• Niu Wu the Butcher and other Witch Clan Strong Martial experts learned that Kunpeng Son had withheld knowledge of the Mysterious Pocket.
• Ba Xiang Shan Shan Luo relayed Kunpeng Son's demand to inspect the Boundary Tablet, angering the Witch Clan experts.
• Hutian'nu agreed to let Kunpeng Son look at the Boundary Tablet twice if he identified the pocket's maker and provided an intact pocket.

Zhou You killed a witchman hunter and his witch beast, then claimed their weapons and a Blood Merit Book. He left with a rare Exotic Metal Stone Axe and a wooden staff that could channel Blood Qi.

• Zhou You fought the witchman hunter, using Tiger Crane Twin Movement to tear open his neck and survive the hunter's final blow with the Iron Feather Battle Robe.
• Zhou You took the hunter's Stone Axe and discovered that its Exotic Metal absorbed his Blood Qi without reaching its limit.
• Zhou You found that the Stone Axe's wooden handle guided Blood Qi and used it to kill the wounded witch beast with Wild Strikes.
• Zuo Lü brought Zhou You a leather booklet, which Zhou You recognized as the hunter's Blood Merit Book and stored alongside Ge'erbu Han's.
• Zhou You put the hunter's and witch beast's corpses into the Hunger Pouch, while Zuo Lü kept their tacit understanding intact.

Ye He Nu’s Witch Banners trapped the martial artists in a distorted battlefield as Zhou You learned the retreat was cut off and sent Zuo Lü toward Lan Chengxiu’s group. Elsewhere, Bian Zhou fought Witch Clan forces but found his opponent vanish amid the Banners’ strange effects.

• Ye He Nu deployed sixteen Witch Banners made from the remains of Advanced Martial Masters and vowed revenge after learning his son had been killed by Zhou You.
• Zhou You and Zuo Lü gathered news of the martial artists’ losses, including the defeat of the Craftsmen Guilds and Cao Wudang’s retreat under pursuit.
• After learning that Muda Han was hunting his alter ego Lu Zhigang, Zhou You ordered Zuo Lü to find Lan Chengxiu’s group and head north while he stayed behind to break the Witch Banners’ deadlock.
• The System Panel updated Zhou You’s six-star trial to require him to find a way through the Witch Banners, which had sealed the martial artists’ retreat.
• Bian Zhou killed a Gu Worm that attacked him, but the Witch Clan martial master he had been fighting disappeared after Bian Zhou took several turns.

Pei Li fought a Witch Clan insect handler and exposed his concealment, while the Witch Banner trapped the battlefield and resisted a powerful martial artist’s attack. Zhou You realized the banner’s totem patterns could be reverse-engineered and began preparing to break it.

• Pei Li used his robe’s hidden blades to blind and wound a Witch Clan man, then found the transparent curtain concealing him.
• News spread that the Witch Banner had blocked the routes back to the prefectural city, trapping the martial artists.
• A powerful martial artist used Returning Yang Blazing Slash to reveal the Witch Banners and attack them, but the banners dispersed the force throughout the surrounding space.
• The martial artists tried cutting the banners, but they quickly repaired themselves and continued to block every route home.
• Zhou You identified the Witch Banner’s totem patterns as its weakness and began deducing how to dismantle them.

After reaching Totem Lv10, Zhou You created a Talisman Script that could break Witch Banners and used it to kill an ambushing witchman. He continued through the battlefield with a powerful new advantage, while the promise of a Cauldron Artifact spurred martial artists to seek merit.

• Zhou You saw that Zuo Lü and Lan Chengxiu had joined Qin Lie and the others, and confirmed they were heading north toward weaker witchmen.
• Zhou You used his Totem Lv10 knowledge to inscribe a Talisman Script designed to break Witch Banners and open a path through their boundaries.
• Zhou You tested the script by entering a Witch Banner, exposing a concealed witchman, and beating him to death despite his protective charms.
• Zhou You took the witchman's corpse, noting it could be exchanged for spoils amid the increasingly profitable war.
• Zhou You reflected that martial artists were fighting for rewards promised by the Prefect, including the rare honor of receiving a Cauldron Artifact.

Zhou You learned that Muda Han, an Advanced Martial Master and one of the Witch Clan’s Ten Prodigy Talents, was hunting him because of a Blood Pact. Zhou You prepared to use his hidden advantages and trump cards as Muda Han ordered his men to search for the poison-palmed martial artist he believed was Lu Zhigang.

• Zhou You collected an ear from each Witch Clan member he killed and identified one wealthy, high-status victim by his talismans and witch medicine.
• Zhou You recognized Muda Han as a dangerous Advanced Martial Master among the Witch Clan’s Ten Prodigy Talents and considered whether to fight or flee.
• The System Panel warned Zhou You that Muda Han sought revenge under Ge'erbu Han's Blood Pact and offered survival, escape, or counterkill as possible outcomes.
• Zhou You prepared to use the Fist Intent Puppet, weighing the risk of exposing it against his advantage of knowing Muda Han’s intentions.
• Muda Han sensed Lu Zhigang nearby through his Blood Pact totem and ordered his men to find the poison-palmed martial artist without attacking him.

Muda Han hunted Lu Zhigang to settle their Blood Pact and claim a bounty, but Zhou You ambushed him in the wilderness. Zhou You damaged Muda Han’s finger, yet Muda Han turned the fight around and destroyed Zhou You’s White Bone Hammer, leaving Zhou You keenly aware of the gap between them.

• Muda Han searched for Lu Zhigang with poisonous insects after the Witch Tribe Hunters left him alone in the wilderness.
• Zhou You emerged from the Witch Banners and attacked Muda Han with a wooden staff, but Muda Han’s witch beast softened the blow.
• Zhou You’s Hungry Tiger Swallows Sun technique swallowed part of Muda Han’s little finger, prompting Muda Han to attack with his extending armguards.
• Muda Han recognized the wooden staff as belonging to Ye He Nu’s son and tried to provoke Zhou You while seeking a chance to capture him.
• Zhou You attacked from front and rear with Tiger Crane Twin Form Fist, but Muda Han countered both strikes and destroyed Zhou You’s White Bone Hammer.

Zhou You fought Muda Han, an Advanced Martial Master, and used his aerial combat skills, Calamity Bewitching Treasure, and Bailuo Heavenly Net to bring him down. As Muda Han’s witch beast tried to escape and carry a warning, the hidden Fist Intent Puppet killed it.

• Muda Han pressed Zhou You with his witch beast, but Zhou You pierced the beast’s organs with his staff and wounded Muda Han’s reinforced palm with a Calamity Bewitching Treasure.
• Zhou You used the Tiger Crane Twin Form Fist and Iron Feather Battle Robe to glide through the air and attack Muda Han from above.
• Muda Han unleashed his Great Witch Pioneer Fist, but Zhou You deflected the attack and cast the Bailuo Heavenly Net over him.
• Zhou You activated the net’s Hunger talent, draining Muda Han’s Blood Qi and Martial Force, then stabbed him repeatedly through the net.
• Muda Han ordered his witch beast to escape and send word, but the Fist Intent Puppet emerged from the Witch Banner and smashed the beast’s head.

After killing Muda Han, Zhou You collected the witch beast’s valuable spoils and accepted a mission that offered him a chance to join the battle between Grandmasters. At the main battlefield, the Prefect and the Gao Yang Clan reviewed the fighting and discussed the human and witchfolk prodigies involved.

• Zhou You made sure Muda Han was dead, then gathered the corpses and the witch beast’s treasures into his Hunger Pouch.
• The System Panel awarded Zhou You experience for completing Ge'erbu Han's Blood Pact and offered him the Six-Star Battle of Grandmasters mission.
• Zhou You decided to head for the main battlefield, hoping to test himself against powerful enemies and break through his bottleneck.
• The Prefect and the Gao Yang Clan watched battle scenes reconstructed in the void, and the Gao Yang Clan noticed that Zhou You had killed Muda Han.
• The Prefect described Zhou You, Wu Kui, and other human prodigies, then pointed out a witchfolk Beginner Martial Master who could kill stronger opponents.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Prefectural Lord and Gao Yang Clan, a Witch Clan leader, engage in a fierce battle, demonstrating the power of Grandmaster-level experts.
• Liu Fengji, a talented martial artist, kills Ye He Nu, a powerful Witch Clan member, earning significant merits.
• Kunpeng Son examines the Boundary Tablet, revealing that the Hunger Pouch was created by Mo Yunzi from the Golden Immortal Path and contains infinite space within.

Character Developments

• The Prefectural Lord and Gao Yang Clan show their prowess and determination, with neither backing down from the fight.
• Liu Fengji proves his strength and potential, rising to the forefront of the Prefectural City's martial artists.
• Kunpeng Son demonstrates his cunning and ruthlessness by removing his eyes to read the Boundary Tablet's content.

Significant Themes

• The clash between the human race and the Witch Clan, with both sides determined to eliminate the other.
• The pursuit of power and understanding of the 'Way of Nature' at the Grandmaster level.
• The importance of ancestral heritage and the desire for revenge among the Witch Clan.

Character Interactions

• The Prefectural Lord and Gao Yang Clan engage in a battle of words and power, neither willing to concede.
• Liu Fengji's actions earn him praise from the Prefectural Lord.
• Kunpeng Son interacts with the Witch Clan, using his cunning to outsmart them and gain information.

Kunpeng Son escaped a witch’s curse by moving his eyes into his palms, but withheld Mo Yunzi’s formidable history. The witches began searching Chongguang City for information, and Guo Gongche escaped an interrogation using the Mysterious Pocket.

• Kunpeng Son read the Boundary Tablet, gave the witches the information they requested, and was cursed so that his eyes would not fit back into their sockets.
• Kunpeng Son used Realm Leap to reshape his body and place his eyeballs in his palms, then left without telling the witches that Mo Yunzi had slain Tao Zhu Gong.
• The witches received orders to capture Chongguang City martial artists and interrogate them about Mo Yunzi’s whereabouts.
• A giant witch killed a Martial Master, while another witch used roots to torture and interrogate captives but found no useful information about Mo Yunzi.
• A gender-ambiguous witch confronted Guo Gongche, who escaped by unleashing black liquid from a pocket and revealed that he had used the Mysterious Pocket.

As witchfolk hunted Mo Yunzi, news that he had created the Mysterious Pockets spread among Chongguang City's martial artists. Liu Jingguo joined forces with a blind Seal-Sound craftsman and asked him to contact Mo Yunzi, leaving their request to travel on windblown leaves.

• Chongguang City's martial artists learned that the Mysterious Pockets came from Mo Yunzi and that the witchfolk wanted to kill him, causing the pockets to gain fame.
• Liu Jingguo guided the blind craftsman through a Witch Banner, where he revealed a passage and she killed the witchman who attacked him.
• The craftsman explained that Seal-Sound practitioners gouged out their eyes to cultivate their art, while Liu Jingguo recalled that Liu Fengji had already received a Mysterious Pocket.
• Liu Jingguo asked the craftsman to help her contact Mo Yunzi, and he agreed to send him a message without promising a reply.
• The blind craftsman played his huqin as ink formed characters on withered leaves, which the wind carried into the wilderness.

Zhou You mastered aerial combat with the Iron Feather Battle Robe and spent several days refining his new fighting style. His peace ended when a Gu Dao Elite Army pair confronted Dayin Mountain disciples, leaving Lu Jianqing and the other Ghoul Generals facing what seemed like certain defeat.

• Zhou You practiced his Tiger Crane Twin Form Fist beside a ruined earthen fort, incorporating insights from his recent life-and-death battle.
• Zhou You used the Iron Feather Battle Robe to fly and discovered that flight greatly strengthened his crane fist techniques.
• Zhou You spent several days learning to maneuver and attack in the air, eventually smashing a long rammed-earth wall with a diving strike.
• Two twin Witch Clan men from the Gu Dao Elite Army encountered a group of Dayin Mountain disciples near the fort and mocked them as easy prey.
• Lu Jianqing gripped his saber and feared the Gu Dao Elite Army would defeat the disciples, while reflecting that this summons was his last chance to advance beyond Ghoul General.

Lu Jianqing and the remaining Ghoul Generals faced defeat at the hands of Da Mo'xiong and Er Mo'e until Zhou You arrived wearing a Flying Tiger Shirt. Zhou You attacked the brothers with a wooden staff, leaving them bewildered by his weapon.

• Da Mo'xiong and Er Mo'e slaughtered the Gu Dao Elite Army, leaving Lu Jianqing and a few Ghoul Generals alive.
• Facing death, Lu Jianqing recalled a sick tiger that had taken its attacker with it, and his understanding of Dayin Mountain's saber art deepened.
• Er Mo'e caught Lu Jianqing's broken blade and sent him flying, but Da Mo'xiong spotted Zhou You in the sky and the brothers turned their attention to the Flying Tiger Shirt.
• Da Mo'xiong shot a Tiger General's spine at Zhou You, who caught it and descended toward the brothers.
• Zhou You hurled the spine back and struck with his wooden staff, while Da Mo'xiong and Er Mo'e joined forces to fend off his attack.

Zhou You fought the twin witchmen Da Mo'xiong and Er Mo'e, matching their coordinated attacks with his Tiger Crane Twin Form Fist. As the battle remained close, Lu Jianqing recognized Zhou You and was stunned by his strength and Flying Tiger Shirt.

• Zhou You struck Er Mo'e with his staff, then fought off Da Mo'xiong's counterattack as the brothers circled him.
• Zhou You used Dual Body Tiger Form to face Da Mo'xiong while grabbing Er Mo'e from behind, surprising both brothers with his strength.
• Er Mo'e's beast robe and hard-body technique resisted Zhou You's claws, but Zhou You twisted his ribs and forced him to retreat in pain.
• Zhou You realized his Tiger Crane Twin Form Fist could counter the brothers' coordinated style and became confident he could defeat them.
• The Ghoul Generals watched the fight, while Lu Jianqing recognized Zhou You and wondered how he had gained such power and the Flying Tiger Shirt.

Zhou You fought Da Mo'xiong and Er Mo'e after the twins joined their skills and shared damage. He wounded them with his dagger and subdued their shamanic beast, but the brothers sacrificed their eyes to unleash a terrifying Gu Worm.

• Da Mo'xiong and Er Mo'e activated a twin secret art that let them share skills and injuries, making their coordinated assault more dangerous.
• Zhou You took the fight into the air, where his Iron Feather Battle Robe and Feather-Treading Heaven-Ascending Steps let him outmaneuver the brothers.
• Er Mo'e seized Zhou You's wooden staff, but Zhou You drew his dagger and pierced Er Mo'e's chest before cutting a deep gash across Da Mo'xiong's waist.
• Da Mo'xiong used Immortal Gu Honey to heal his wound, while Zhou You fought the shamanic beast summoned by the brothers' totems.
• Da Mo'xiong and Er Mo'e drew bloody marks over their totems and sacrificed their left and right eyes, respectively, as a lethal Gu Worm's power threatened Zhou You.

Zhou You survived the Mo brothers’ Parasitic Gu by using the Tiger Ghoul Substitute Technique, whose Face Mask devoured the Gu and then swallowed the brothers. He left the Ghoul Generals behind, who wondered whether their powerful rescuer was a Ferocious General or someone who merely resembled Zhou You.

• Da Mo'xiong and Er Mo'e sent their Parasitic Gu burrowing into Zhou You, believing the attack would kill him.
• Zhou You’s Face Mask formed over the wound, stopped the Parasitic Gu, and bit it off and swallowed it.
• Zhou You made the Face Mask rise from his chest as a human-head balloon, then urged it to swallow Da Mo'xiong and Er Mo'e.
• Zhou You rode the Face Mask into the sky, leaving the Ghoul Generals alive amid the ruined battlefield.
• The Ghoul Generals debated the rescuer’s identity, while Lu Jianqing doubted he had truly been Zhou You.
• The Ghoul Generals buried the dead and resumed searching for their fellow disciples.

After Yan Baihu learned that a Ferocious General might remove the Human-Faced Sore tormenting him, the chapter followed Zhou You as he repaired his battle robe after a great crane ambushed him in the sky. The crane escaped, leaving Zhou You with its feathers and a new sense of how dangerous mutated wild beasts had become.

• Yan Baihu resolved to find the Ferocious General who could remove the Human-Faced Sore, while the sore taunted him about his endless killing.
• Zhou You gathered feathers from the great crane that had punctured his Iron Feather Battle Robe and injured him during their midair clash.
• Zhou You used Blood Qi to weave the crane's feathers into the robe and reinforce the damaged area.
• Zhou You concluded that the great crane was a wild bird that had grown monstrous amid the spread of mutated beasts.

Zhou You fought a vindictive great crane and used a trap and seal-script character to tame it. The crane became his obedient companion, giving him a chance to study its movements and improve his martial arts.

• The great crane harassed Zhou You and dropped a Wu person’s hollowed-out corpse into the pool to provoke him.
• Zhou You fought the crane’s diving attack and realized its natural movements could help him improve his Crane Fist.
• Zhou You feigned weakness and lured the crane over the pool, where the Bailuo Heavenly Net sprang from the water and bound it.
• Zhou You traced the seal-script character Control in Blood Qi and subdued the crane, marking its feathers with the character.