Chapter Summaries

Jiang Nie gathered Northern Xuan Prefecture’s Mighty Warriors to explain that the God of Release Cult sought to destroy Fuji, a Golden Immortal Path branch led by a grandmaster who could resurrect the dead as puppets. His offer to divide Fuji’s thirteen Medicine Fields among those who helped was interrupted by news that Zhengming Martial Arts School and Da Qian Martial Arts School had clashed in the city.

• Jiang Nie welcomed the Mighty Warriors to Lord Manor’s grounds, while Lord Manor himself stayed away.
• Seal Three Parts learned from Baishi Wu about the God of Release Cult’s halls and the ranks of its White Robe Cultists and Red Robe Ascetics.
• Jiang Nie warned that an evil art could revive the dead as controlled living corpses and identified Fuji as its source.
• Jiang Nie revealed that Fuji’s Dao Master was a grandmaster with seven Mighty Warriors beneath him and offered Fuji’s thirteen Medicine Fields to those who helped destroy it.
• News arrived that Zhengming Martial Arts School and Da Qian Martial Arts School had clashed at Round Grind Plaza, drawing in nearly thirty schools; Baishi Wu and Seal Three Parts recognized their connection to the dispute.

Zhou You recognized that Liu Chengen of the Fuji Organization had engineered a conflict between Da Qian Martial Arts School and Zhengming Martial Arts School to lure out Baishi Wu and disrupt a meeting of Strong Martial figures. As the two schools prepared to fight at Round Grind Plaza, Qi Qingdi volunteered to be Zhou You’s first fighter.

• Supporters of Xue Zhengming and Zhou You accused each other of wrongdoing at Round Grind Plaza, while Zhou You recognized that the confrontation had been arranged to force the schools into an irreconcilable fight.
• Liu Chengen watched from a nearby building and explained that he planned to use the conflict to draw out Baishi Wu and disrupt the God of Release Cult’s meeting of Strong Martial figures.
• Xue Zhengming and Zhou You agreed to stop arguing and settle the dispute through combat.
• Qi Qingdi volunteered to fight for Da Qian Martial Arts School, and Zhou You approved while warning him to be cautious of hidden tricks.
• Xue Zhengming warned his side not to underestimate Qi Qingdi, Zhou You’s direct disciple, as numerous apprentices rushed to challenge him.

Qi Qingdi defeated Zhengming Martial Arts School’s Beginner Martial Master, Xue Huan, revealing his Qi and Blood Peak Stage strength and a Hidden Bewitcher Treasure. As the crowd celebrated Da Qian Martial Arts School’s victory, a hidden observer began plotting to assassinate him with a Colorless Jellyfish.

• Qi Qingdi faced Xue Huan in his first battle while Zhou You trusted him to prove himself against a martial master.
• Xue Huan attacked with Zhengming Fist, but Qi Qingdi revealed he had reached Qi and Blood Stage 9 and used both Tiger Form and Crane Form.
• Qi Qingdi struck Xue Huan with his short staff, which proved to be a Hidden Bewitcher Treasure, and sent him crashing into a stone wall.
• The spectators recognized Qi Qingdi’s victory as a remarkable achievement and marveled that Zhou You had given his disciple such a valuable weapon.
• An unseen observer resolved to kill Qi Qingdi and prepared a Colorless Jellyfish, a creature with invisibility and deadly poison.

Da Qian Martial Arts School defeated Zhengming Martial Arts School in the opening matches, then Zhou You used the bouts to train his apprentices. When a suspicious Martial Master challenged Qi Qingdi, Zhou You and Qi Qingdi recognized it as a signal that the hidden conspiracy was beginning, while Liu Chengen waited for his scheme to unfold.

• Zhengming Martial Arts School sent its third disciple with its treasured saber and shield, but Zuo Lü used a Witch Clan Beast Robe and Ox Tiger Divine Strength to defeat him.
• Zhou You let Zuo Shi'er and other Blood Qi apprentices fight several rounds, using the matches to improve their combat experience as both schools traded victories.
• A Zhengming Martial Arts School Martial Master challenged Qi Qingdi and demanded to fight him barehanded.
• Zhou You and Qi Qingdi exchanged a glance and understood that the challenge was a trap; Qi Qingdi accepted it while wearing the Inch Defense Treasure Armor.
• A hidden attacker readied a Colorless Jellyfish in the crowd, while Liu Chengen watched from a high-rise and anticipated that his scheme would provoke chaos.

Qi Qingdi defeated Lu Shengfa after enduring his Blood Reward Merit, but an assassin then sent a Colorless Jellyfish to poison him. Qi Qingdi’s Golden Coin Scorpion devoured the insect, and Zhou You seized the attacker, leaving the ambush thwarted.

• Qi Qingdi used his Hidden Bewitcher Treasure and tiger baleful intent to strike Lu Shengfa, who unleashed Blood Reward Merit and gained the strength of an Intermediate Martial Master.
• Lu Shengfa’s giant Blood Qi palm struck Qi Qingdi, but a concealed protective item blocked the attack, and Qi Qingdi knocked Lu Shengfa unconscious with his Flying Rods.
• An assassin in the crowd launched a Colorless Jellyfish at Qi Qingdi and directed it toward gaps in his armor.
• Qi Qingdi’s Golden Coin Scorpion pierced and devoured the Colorless Jellyfish before its venom could reach him.
• Zhou You identified the assassin, leapt into the crowd, and slammed him into the ground.

Zhou You exposed Liu Chengen’s dead men and showed that someone had manipulated Zhengming Martial Arts School into a conflict with Da Qian Martial Arts School. After Xue Zhengming collapsed and Lu Shengfa incited a brawl, Zhou You crushed Lu Shengfa and declared that Xue Zhengming was still alive.

• Zhou You captured the assassin who had attacked Qi Qingdi, broke his limbs, and used a Qi and Blood Gu to control him alongside the previously captured Martial Master.
• Zhou You and Pang Jihui accused the two prisoners of being sent to frame Zhengming Martial Arts School, while Xue Zhengming denied knowing them.
• Xue Zhengming suddenly collapsed after a hidden attack, and Lu Shengfa blamed Zhou You and urged Zhengming’s fighters to retaliate.
• Martial artists from Zhengming Martial Arts School and its allied schools charged into a chaotic brawl with Da Qian Martial Arts School.
• Zhou You silenced the crowd, pinned Lu Shengfa in a crater, and told the Zhengming disciples that Xue Zhengming was not dead.

Zhou You rescued Xue Zhengming and exposed Lu Shengfa as the traitor who had ambushed him, but the arrival of Strong Martial expert Baishi Wu turned the confrontation toward Zhou You. Baishi Wu prepared to punish him and hinted that he knew of another possible backer, leaving Zhou You wondering how he had learned about Seal Three Parts.

• Zhou You broke the chill in Xue Zhengming’s body and revived him, while Xue Zhengming admitted Lu Shengfa had tried to kill him.
• Lu Shengfa refused to explain his betrayal, and Zhou You crushed his head until he was barely alive.
• Baishi Wu arrived, and onlookers accused Zhou You of bullying Xue Zhengming and humiliating Zhengming Martial Arts School.
• Baishi Wu declared that he would punish Zhou You for disrespecting Xue Zhengming and for being an expelled disciple.
• Zhou You said Elder Gu was away and accepted responsibility himself, but Baishi Wu urged him to call another backer, prompting him to suspect Baishi Wu knew of Seal Three Parts.

Zhou You summoned Seal Three Parts to honor a promise of help, turning Baishi Wu’s confrontation with him into a potential clash between two Strong Martial experts. As Seal Three Parts arrived at Round Grind Plaza, Liu Chengen’s guard fled, leaving Liu confident that the gathering would descend into chaos.

• Liu Chengen celebrated his plan to have Baishi Wu kill Zhou You and claim Zhou You’s fortune, while the martial master assigned to guard him dismissed his schemes.
• Zhou You raised Seal Three Parts’ token at Round Grind Plaza and called for the senior to appear.
• Seal Three Parts recognized Zhou You’s summons and revealed that he had promised to help him, then appeared at Round Grind Plaza.
• Tiger Corpse and Jiang Nie questioned Seal Three Parts, while the Strong Martial experts reacted to the prospect of a clash with Baishi Wu.
• Lianzi Xiu stayed to watch at his infant son’s request, and Yanshan decided that Overlord Martial Arts School should avoid conflict with Zhou You.
• Liu Chengen’s guard abruptly fled from the high-rise, but Liu misunderstood the retreat and remained pleased with his plan.

Zhou You awaited his promised reinforcements while Strong Martial experts gathered at Round Grind Plaza, and Seal Three Parts arrived as his true backer. The chapter ended with Seal Three Parts asking Zhou You what favor he wanted, as the crowd expected a battle with Baishi Wu.

• Tiger Corpse arrived at Round Grind Plaza but declared that he had come only to watch the excitement.
• Yanshan arrived and also stayed to watch rather than help Zhou You.
• Baishi Wu discussed the changing times with Xue Zhengming and remained confident that Zhou You's reinforcements had not arrived.
• Seal Three Parts arrived, and Zhou You returned his token and asked him for a favor.
• The girl on Tiger Corpse's back identified Seal Three Parts as a Strong Martial Ninth Heaven expert, stunning the crowd.
• Seal Three Parts asked Zhou You what he wanted him to help with.

Zhou You rejected Yin Sanfen’s expected offer to resolve the conflict and instead asked him to witness the truth and uphold justice. Baishi Wu began testing Zhou You with one of the Six Great Taboos, leaving Zhou You trapped in despair beneath an overwhelming palm.

• Yin Sanfen offered to help Zhou You, but Zhou You asked him to stand with Baishi Wu, uncover the truth, and capture the culprit.
• Zhou You asked Baishi Wu to demonstrate his fist art, and Baishi Wu agreed to use one taboo while suppressing his strength to the Martial Master Realm.
• Tiger Corpse suspected Baishi Wu and Yin Sanfen were cooperating, while Yanshan reflected on his regret at never fighting Baishi Wu and imagined a path beyond the Ten Absolute Dragon Elephant.
• Lianzi Xiu explained that Baishi Wu had reduced his one hundred and eight taboos to six, while Liu Chengen remained trapped in an invisible cage above the plaza.
• Baishi Wu lowered a palm toward Zhou You, whose mind was overwhelmed by the Six Great Taboos and whose body trembled as he struggled to resist.

Zhou You deciphered the meaning behind Baishi Wu’s Six Great Taboos and chose to break free of their mental trap with a direct counterattack. He unleashed the power of his Starving Tiger tattoo and attacked Baishi Wu’s enormous palm with two hammers and an Iron Spear.

• Seal Three Parts chose to let Zhou You face Baishi Wu’s attack, while Xue Zhengming trusted that his former student would not kill Zhou You.
• Zhou You realized that Baishi Wu had built the Six Great Taboos from Zhengming Fist and understood them as obstacles woven into his ultimate technique.
• Zhou You’s Blood Qi surged through all seven Outer Realm Mystic Hearts, tearing his clothes and revealing the Starving Tiger tattoo on his back.
• Qi Qingdi saw the tattoo and gained new insight from his fist practice, bringing him closer to breaking through to Martial Master.
• Zhou You rejected Baishi Wu’s mental trap, opened his Storage Pouch, and used Tiger Crane Twin Movement to attack the palm with two hammers and an Iron Spear.

Baishi Wu defeated Zhou You, then brought Liu Chengen back to Round Grind Plaza, where Liu tried to pass his plot off as a petty romantic scheme. Zhou You forced two captured suicide soldiers to reveal the word “Fuji,” triggering their Qi and Blood self-detonation and leaving the plaza facing a catastrophic blast.

• Baishi Wu struck Zhou You into a crater, but Zhou survived and gained insight into the strong martial path.
• Seal Three Parts released Liu Chengen from the building’s invisible cage and brought him before Baishi Wu and Zhou You.
• Liu Chengen claimed he had stirred up trouble because he wanted Zhou You’s concubine, while those present treated the matter as a minor romantic dispute.
• Zhou You asked to question two captured suicide soldiers, then used his Qi and Blood Gu to force the word “Fuji” from them.
• The two Intermediate Martial Masters self-detonated, threatening to unleash catastrophic destruction near the prefectural city’s urban district.

After Liu Chengen’s Fuji ties were exposed, Baishi Wu pursued and killed a martial master connected to the incident, then brought Liu Chengen before the authorities. The Liu Family arrived at the palace gardens and accepted responsibility, leaving Liu Chengen’s fate effectively sealed.

• Seal Three Parts compressed the two dead soldiers’ blood mist into blood jades and gave them to Zhou You.
• Baishi Wu questioned Liu Chengen, detected another person’s aura on him, and pursued the fleeing martial master, who confirmed Liu Chengen was a Fuji member.
• After letting the martial master leave, Baishi Wu secretly killed him and returned to the prefectural city.
• Baishi Wu and Seal Three Parts took Liu Chengen and Zhou You to the Prefectural Lord’s palace gardens, where the other powerful martial artists followed.
• The gathered martial artists concluded Liu Chengen had used the Liu Family’s influence to provoke conflict between Zhengming and Da Qian Martial Arts School.
• The Liu Family’s leaders arrived, and Liu Tianxian knelt and declared himself guilty alongside his son.

Zhou You persuaded Seal Three Parts to treat Liu Chengen’s betrayal as an individual crime and spare the rest of the Liu Family. After Seal Three Parts executed Liu Chengen, the Liu Family proposed a Merit Cauldron for Zhou You, leaving Da Qian Martial Arts School poised to receive an unprecedented honor.

• Seal Three Parts let Zhou You decide how to resolve the Liu Family’s affair, promising to support his judgment.
• Zhou You argued that Liu Chengen had acted alone for the Fuji Organization and should be punished without implicating the Liu Family or Liu Tianxian.
• After questioning Liu Chengen about the Storage Pouch channels, Zhou You recommended executing him without further interrogation.
• Seal Three Parts crushed Liu Chengen to death, and Baishi Wu accepted the resolution and left the cleanup to the Liu Family.
• The Liu Family head offered to gather the prefectural city’s great families to forge a Merit Cauldron for Zhou You and Da Qian Martial Arts School.

Zhou You settled his accounts with Seal Three Parts, who left him a valuable fingernail as a gift. The tiger corpse then asked Zhou You to teach Dayin Mountain the Tiger Ghoul Substitute Technique, intending to use it to strengthen the mountain through competition among its disciples.

• Seal Three Parts told Zhou You they were even and refused to take back his fingernail, leaving it with him as a gift.
• Zhou You thanked Seal Three Parts for his help and watched him depart.
• The tiger corpse asked Zhou You to confirm whether he had taught Yan Baihu the technique for separating tiger ghouls from the body.
• Zhou You demonstrated the Tiger Ghoul Substitute Technique, impressing the tiger corpse, who explained its origins and potential.
• The tiger corpse asked Zhou You to give the art to Dayin Mountain, explaining that he wanted its disciples to compete for vital essence and produce exceptional fighters.

Zhou You exchanged for the Nine Oxen Two Tiger Divine Strength and continued developing his plans for both his main body and Lu Zhigang. In the Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop, Lu Zhigang kept advancing inside a Desire Immortal Cauldron, drawing Poison Grand Peak’s attention and Fu Manlun’s resentment.

• Zhou You exchanged the Tiger Ghoul Ejection Secret Technique for Tiger Corpse’s complete Nine Oxen Two Tiger Divine Strength, which appeared on his System Panel as an unlit technique.
• Zhou You decided to cultivate the Nine Oxen Two Tiger Divine Strength himself and leave the Infant Phoenix Swallows Dragon Art for Lu Zhigang, while the Formless Bronze Puppet worked to merge the two techniques.
• Old Scorpion Slave watched Lu Zhigang continue to advance inside a Desire Immortal Cauldron, where he had risen to Intermediate Martial Master and was approaching Advanced Martial Master.
• Zhou You’s consciousness returned to Lu Zhigang and recalled how the avatar had refined Poisonous Flood Dragon Saliva, shed his skin three times, and raised his palm technique to the Poisonous Flood Dragon level.
• Lu Zhigang resolved to keep lying low in the Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop until he could learn Poison Grand Peak’s Dragon Transformation secret and become a Poison Martial Arts Venerable.
• Fu Manlun complained that Lu Zhigang had taken his opportunity, then cheered up when a fellow disciple suggested turning Lu Zhigang into a scorpion slave once he reached Advanced Martial Master.

Zhou You’s victory and the Tiger Corpse’s recognition improved Da Qian Martial Arts School’s standing, while the school grew to more than three thousand people. The Liu Family and other great clans erected a Merit Cauldron at the school, and Liu Jingguo urged Zhou You to attend the Jueguang Sect’s sword-discussion assembly.

• Zhou You’s reputation rose, and Tiger Fist martial artists stopped openly opposing him after learning that the Tiger Corpse had taught him the Nine Oxen Two Tiger Divine Strength.
• Xue Zhengming dissolved Zhengming Martial Arts School after its loss to Zhou You, and Da Qian Martial Arts School’s enrollment surged past three thousand.
• The Liu Family and other great clans delivered a Merit Cauldron to Da Qian Martial Arts School, where one hundred and eight strongmen set it in the Inner Court plaza.
• Zuo Shi'er declared the Merit Cauldron a treasure that guarded the school as its arrival seemed to bring a positive change to Da Qian Martial Arts School.
• Liu Fengji gave Zhou You an invitation to the Jueguang Sect’s sword-discussion assembly, and Liu Jingguo encouraged him to attend, but Zhou You did not decide on the spot.

Qi Fengzi returned from the Medicine King Sect as a Herbal Alchemist, and Zhou You agreed to take her as his concubine. She accepted, but said their marriage required recovering the Qi Family’s lost Family Name from Gongliang City.

• Hua Youxing escorted Qi Fengzi to Da Qian Martial Arts School and showed her the Merit Cauldron, which they said resembled Zhou You.
• Zhou You welcomed Qi Fengzi and learned she had passed the Medicine King Sect examination to become a Herbal Alchemist.
• Hua Youxing asked Zhou You how he would settle Qi Fengzi, and he explained that Liu Chengen had used her as an excuse to plot against him.
• Zhou You offered to bring Qi Fengzi into his household as a concubine, and she agreed, saying she could make the decision for herself.
• Qi Fengzi explained that her marriage rites required kneeling before the Qi Family Name, which had been lost in Gongliang City.
• Zhou You promised to send someone to search for the Family Name and bring it back if it could be found.

Zhou You advanced his alchemy to the Lingzhi Alchemist threshold and began preparing to refine the great medicine Snow Bud Pill from Blood Pearls. He told Hua Youxing he had an experienced alchemist capable of the work, leaving her stunned by his claim that the man could refine ten kinds of pills at the level of the Silver Tide Whale Swallowing Pill.

• Zhou You tracked the progress of his avatars and beasts, learning that the Great Crane and Great Snake had found Medicine Field ruins and encountered powerful martial masters near other sites.
• Zhou You spent nearly a million Experience Points raising his alchemy skill to Lv50, then quickly mastered more than a dozen mid-grade and high-grade secret medicines.
• Zhou You chose the Snow Bud Pill as his first great medicine to refine, calculating that the required materials would cost seven to eight hundred thousand taels.
• Hua Youxing urged Zhou You to entrust the refining to the Medicine King Sect, but he refused to involve her maternal family and said he wanted to refine the medicine to honor Seal Three Parts.
• Zhou You claimed his old-established alchemist could refine ten pills at the level of the Silver Tide Whale Swallowing Pill, leaving Hua Youxing speechless.

Zhou You secluded himself to research and refine the Great Medicine Snow Bud Pill while Qi Qingdi trained toward a breakthrough. After Qi Qingdi became a Beginner Martial Master, Zhou You completed the pill, leaving its effects yet to be seen.

• Zhou You shut himself away in the rear courtyard and spent heavily on alchemy research, processing Blood Pearls and refining his skills.
• Qi Qingdi broke through to Beginner Martial Master, becoming the first Martial Master-level inheritor of Zhou You's Tiger Crane Twin Form Fist lineage.
• Zhou You discovered that alchemy had improved his body and raised his Blood Qi while he worked with medicinal ingredients.
• Zhou You reached Alchemy Lv53 and began the final stage of refining the Great Medicine Snow Bud Pill.
• Zhou You completed a flawless, genuine-quality Great Medicine Snow Bud Pill that filled the room with a fresh, invigorating fragrance.