Chapter Summaries

Zhou You tested the Snow Bud Pill on Kunpeng Son’s puppet, confirmed its powerful effects, and rewarded the Da Qian Martial Arts School after leaving seclusion. The school learned that Thousand Faces Hall had placed a deliberately insulting one-copper-coin bounty on Poison Grand Peak, threatening to provoke a new conflict.

• Zhou You gave a Snow Bud Pill to Kunpeng Son’s puppet and observed its Strong Martial essence increase by twenty to thirty percent over several days.
• Zhou You stored four Snow Bud Pills in medicinal jade and returned to the Inner Court, where he rewarded Qi Qingdi, Zuo Lü, Lan Chengxiu, and the school’s followers.
• Zuo Shi'er told Zhou You that Thousand Faces Hall had placed a bounty on Poison Grand Peak.
• Zhou You learned the bounty offered one copper coin for Poison Grand Peak’s head and recognized it as a provocation intended to draw the Poison Martial venerable master from his lair.

Zhou You watched Thousand Faces Hall’s bounty against Poison Grand Peak escalate into open conflict after Xi Zhong poisoned more than a hundred martial artists. Thousand Faces Hall’s fighter Dili Qianli killed Xi Zhong, and the Hall declared war on the Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop, while Zhou You’s apothecary prospered from the demand for anti-poison medicines.

• Zhou You investigated Thousand Faces Hall’s mysterious origins and considered whether it had ties to overseas Sea Martial Arts.
• Xi Zhong poisoned more than a hundred martial artists outside Thousand Faces Hall, signaling the Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop’s response to the bounty.
• The city’s great families summoned Thousand Faces Hall to explain itself as Poison Grand Peak threatened to kill a million people if he was not satisfied.
• Dili Qianli killed Xi Zhong with two strikes and displayed his corpse beside the bounty notice.
• Thousand Faces Hall offered bounties on Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop members, prompting martial artists to join the fight.
• Zhou You saw Xingrentang’s sales of anti-poison medicines surge, then found himself alone at night while his wives and concubines worked.

Zhou You refined high-grade Immaculate Seeds to protect Lu Zhigang as Thousand Faces Hall’s bounty drew martial artists into a campaign against the Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop. Meanwhile, Hua Youxing and Qi Fengzi prepared detoxifying medicines at Xingrentang, but they could not obtain the rare high-grade supplies needed to safeguard Zhou You.

• Zhou You decided to prepare detoxifying medicine for Lu Zhigang, who faced danger from Fu Manlun, Poison Grand Peak, and the coming bounty hunters.
• Zhou You refined twenty Immaculate Seeds, medicines that could expel deadly poison, and set aside five for Lu Zhigang.
• Qi Fengzi worked overtime at Xingrentang to prepare detoxifying medicines and asked Hua Youxing to send her fee to the martial arts school as medicine.
• Hua Youxing worried that the conflict would reach the martial arts school, but he could not obtain any of the Medicine King Sect’s scarce high-grade detoxifying medicines.

Zhou You learned that Mo Yunzi would reopen trade in Chongguang City amid escalating conflict between Thousand Faces Hall and Poison Grand Peak. He decided to attend the gathering to acquire more Hunger Pouches, while Hua Youxing warned him to beware of trouble.

• Liu Jingguo lent Zhou You a Bone Scraping Pill, and he gave her a version 1.0 Hunger Pouch in return.
• Liu Jingguo said Mo Yunzi had been absent from Chongguang City and hoped he would resume trading soon.
• Reports spread of martial artists dying or earning bounties while hunting members of the Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop, though Liu Jingguo said the true battle had not begun.
• Ten days later, the great crane delivered Mo Yunzi's notice that trade would resume at Guo Liuhe's estate in Chongguang City, drawing forces from across Northern Xuan.
• Hua Youxing saw that Zhou You wanted to attend the trade, and he told her he would bring detoxifying medicine while she cautioned him about Poison Grand Peak.

Guo Liuhe hosted the great families of Chongguang City as they gathered to trade for Mo Yunzi’s Storage Pouches, while Zhou You secretly directed the exchange through the immortal crane. Liu Tianxian pledged a family heirloom for an upper-grade pouch, setting off the trading and leaving the crowd eager to secure pouches of their own.

• Guo Liuhe welcomed representatives of the great families, including Liu Jingguo and Zhou You, to his estate as Mo Yunzi’s guaranteed participants gathered.
• Guo Liuhe announced that Mo Yunzi would not attend and that his immortal crane would bring the goods and oversee the transactions, prompting suspicions about Guo Liuhe’s role.
• Guo Liuhe explained the grades of Storage Pouches and revealed that upper-grade pouches required Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures in exchange.
• Liu Tianxian offered a box of Jade Lotus Seeds, a family heirloom, for one upper-grade pouch, and Zhou You agreed through the crane.
• The other attendees began exchanging for lower- and middle-grade pouches, with middle-grade pouches proving especially popular.

Zhou You’s Storage Pouches drew eager buyers as Liu Jingguo explained how medium- and high-grade pouches could transform transport, and Zhou You privately revealed the high-grade pouch’s repair feature to Liu Tianxian. After the public gathering, Strong Martial experts arrived to buy pouches and sought an introduction to Mo Yunzi, while Guo Liuhe remained unable to contact him.

• Zhou You traded talismans for two low-grade pouches while buyers stocked up on Storage Pouches.
• Liu Jingguo bought a medium-grade pouch and explained that multiple uses could make Storage Pouches function like doors for moving goods between distant places.
• The Great Crane delivered Zhou You’s secret message to Liu Tianxian, who learned that a high-grade pouch could be repaired five times for up to fifteen uses.
• After the gathering ended, Strong Martial experts came to Guo Liuhe’s manor and bought high- and medium-grade pouches.
• A Strong Martial expert asked Guo Liuhe to arrange a meeting with Mo Yunzi, but Guo Liuhe admitted he could only rely on the Great Crane.

Poison Grand Peak attacked Guo Liuhe’s estate, slaughtered its inhabitants, and demanded Mo Yunzi’s Storage Pouches. A living venomous insect emerged from a special pouch, making Poison Grand Peak eager to obtain more Poison Nests, and he began supplying materials for one.

• Poison Grand Peak descended on Guo Liuhe’s estate and killed every living creature there except Guo Liuhe and Great Crane.
• Guo Liuhe resisted Poison Grand Peak’s threats and claimed Mo Yunzi had entrusted him to trade the Storage Pouches.
• Guo Liuhe showed Poison Grand Peak a pouch that held a living venomous insect, revealing it was a Poison Nest made from the skin of a Poison Martial Arts cultivator.
• Poison Grand Peak recognized the Poison Nest’s potential and asked Guo Liuhe to arrange for Mo Yunzi to make one for him.
• Guo Liuhe said Mo Yunzi would not meet Poison Grand Peak, so Poison Grand Peak offered to provide materials and tore a piece of human skin from his chest.

Poison Grand Peak took his own skin and ordered Guo Liuhe to send it to Mo Yunzi, hoping to use it to track down Mo Yunzi’s true body. Zhou You intercepted the skin and upgraded his Hunger talent, then began refining the skin into a powerful poison nest for his own plans.

• Poison Grand Peak tore off his own skin and ordered the great crane to deliver it to Mo Yunzi, threatening Guo Liuhe and the bird if they failed.
• After Poison Grand Peak left Chongguang City, Guo Liuhe reported the incident, and pursuing Strong Martials lost track of him in the Ten Thousand Poison Marsh Sea.
• Zhou You had the crane fly outside the city, placed the skin in a Storage Pouch, and sent the pouch away inside the Great Snake to foil Poison Grand Peak’s attempt to follow it.
• The Great Snake received two Six Livestock Pills from Zhou You and rubbed against a stalagmite as its scales began to shed.
• Zhou You spent experience points to raise Talent: Hunger from Lv2 to Green 4, gaining Activation and Anchoring.
• Zhou You decided to keep the new Storage Pouch features secret and began carefully refining Poison Grand Peak’s skin into an upgraded poison nest that he intended to reclaim later.

Poison Grand Peak received Zhou You’s secretly modified Poison Nest and, impressed by its capacity, named it the Taiyue Poison Nest. As Poison Grand Peak prepared to challenge the Strong Martial artists surrounding the Ten Thousand Poison Marsh Sea, the marsh erupted and a multicolored cloud approached.

• Liu Jingguo told Zhou You that Dili Qianli and three other Strong Martial artists had trapped Poison Grand Peak inside the Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop.
• Zhou You sent the modified Poison Nest into Poison Grand Peak’s lair through his hidden connection there.
• Poison Grand Peak tested the Poison Nest with Huan Yong and Ying Sha, discovering that both insects could live peacefully inside its vast space.
• Poison Grand Peak inspected and refined the pouch, named it the Taiyue Poison Nest, and declared that he would no longer hide from his attackers.
• Dili Qianli and the other Strong Martial artists discussed the dangers of waiting in the marsh when the waters churned and a multicolored cloud swept toward them.

Poison Grand Peak killed his old enemy in battle, then prepared for a larger attack by ordering Lu Zhigang to undergo a dangerous breakthrough. Lu Zhigang’s Flood Dragon transformation intensified in the Desire Immortal Cauldron as the snake gallbladder forced him toward Advanced Martial Master.

• A Strong Martial warrior attacked Poison Grand Peak with the Great Returning Yang Red Hand, but Poison Grand Peak merged with Huan Yong and overwhelmed him with poisonous Baleful Intent.
• Dili Qianli opened an escape route with a luminous pearl, and the Strong Martial warrior self-destructed to tear through the poison and cover the others’ retreat.
• Poison Grand Peak celebrated his victory, then ordered Old Scorpion Slave to summon allies and prepare for Thousand Faces Hall’s next attack.
• Poison Grand Peak gave Old Scorpion Slave a hot snake gallbladder to put in the Desire Immortal Cauldron, intending to force Lu Zhigang to break through or die.
• The snake gallbladder disrupted the balance inside Lu Zhigang’s body, enlarging and strengthening his Flood Dragon as he moved toward Advanced Martial Master.

After Poison Grand Peak defeated Thousand Faces Hall, Zhou You’s plan to steal the contents of Poison Grand Peak’s Taiyue Poison Nest continued, but his undercover identity was disrupted when the Desire Immortal Cauldron forced Lu Zhigang through his fifth and sixth transformations. Lu Zhigang emerged as an Advanced Martial Master and was summoned to meet Poison Grand Peak’s elite disciples.

• Poison Grand Peak’s ambush killed a Strong Martial warrior, and Thousand Faces Hall withdrew from the Ten Thousand Poison Marsh Sea.
• Zhou You learned that the Taiyue Poison Nest had become famous and continued waiting for Poison Grand Peak to fill it with his fortune.
• The Desire Immortal Cauldron’s rising temperature forced Lu Zhigang through several transformations, bringing the Nine Molts Bone Changing Method to its limit and advancing him to Advanced Martial Master.
• Old Scorpion Slave took Lu Zhigang to a gathering of Poison Grand Peak’s leading Inner Disciples, where Fu Manlun and Ha Rugou were present.
• When Ha Rugou reached for him, Lu Zhigang struck him, but Ha Rugou recovered and hit Lu Zhigang with his tongue before warning that their master had arrived.

Poison Grand Peak summoned his inner disciples and offered them pulsing Strong Martial Seeds, claiming they could help them break through. The disciples swallowed the suspicious seeds, while Zhou You recognized them as something Poison Grand Peak had developed using the Myriad Transformations Scripture.

• Poison Grand Peak appeared in the hall, and Ha Rugou flattered him about his victory over Thousand Faces Hall.
• Poison Grand Peak rebuked Ha Rugou, covered him in painful blisters, and mocked his name.
• Poison Grand Peak questioned Fu Manlun, then said he needed disciples who could help him fight Thousand Faces Hall and hinted they could become Strong Martial Seeds.
• Old Savage Slave brought out pulsing meatballs that Poison Grand Peak called Strong Martial Seeds, and Poison Grand Peak said they would expire in three days.
• Fu Manlun swallowed his seed and thanked Poison Grand Peak, and the other disciples followed; Zhou You remained standing after recognizing the seeds' faint patterns.

Zhou You earned Poison Grand Peak’s favor by explaining the meatball and received a Sore Face egg, while secretly recognizing the meatball’s power to bind the Inner Disciples and reveal a path toward becoming Strong Martial Seeds. Poison Grand Peak then sent his disciples to attack Thousand Faces Hall, setting off a bloody campaign.

• Fu Manlun and Ha Rugou urged Poison Grand Peak to punish Lu Zhigang, but Poison Grand Peak silenced Ha Rugou and asked Zhou You what he had seen.
• Zhou You explained that the meatball combined the sect’s poison scripture with Witch Clan Gu arts, earning Poison Grand Peak’s praise and a Sore Face egg.
• Zhou You refined the meatball and realized its totem could bind the Inner Disciples to Poison Grand Peak, though his Bewitch and Command inscriptions might let him resist.
• Zhou You recognized that the meatball also taught the Nine Unifications Poison Spirit Profound Art, giving the disciples hope of breaking through to Strong Martial Seed.
• Poison Grand Peak ordered the Inner Disciples to attack Thousand Faces Hall and slaughter anyone connected to it.

Zhou You obtained Sore Face’s egg and learned Poison Grand Peak’s incomplete art for turning poison pets into palm force, then sought a way to protect himself and others from the coming poison attack. He discovered that Qi Fengzi’s family name was an inscribed character, and the System Panel recognized her joining the Zhou Family as a seven-star trial.

• Fu Manlun failed to intercept Zhou You, who followed Old Scorpion Slave to Sore Face’s poison pool and received one of its eggs.
• Zhou You released Bewitching Qi and Blood Gu near the pool before taking the egg back to his quarters.
• Zhou You activated Reverse Palm Martial Arts School and obtained the incomplete Nine Unifications Poison Spirit Profound Art, which transformed poison pets into palm force.
• Worried that Poison Grand Peak’s coming attack would endanger the prefectural city, Zhou You considered how to gain immunity to all poisons.
• Liu Bing returned with Qi Fengzi’s family name, and Zhou You recognized the carved character as an inscribed character.
• Qi Fengzi asked Zhou You to witness her joining the Zhou Family, triggering the System Panel’s seven-star Great Clan Ritual trial.

After Qi Fengzi’s family ritual activated his bloodline, Zhou You advanced his family fist arts and gained a powerful poison-curing ability. As Poison Grand Peak’s disciples escalated their attacks across the region, martial arts schools urged Zhou You to confront the sect’s Inner Disciples, including his old enemy Lu Zhigang.

• Zhou You’s ritual with Qi Fengzi faintly awakened his bloodline and let him raise Zhou Family Fist to Lv9 before another Bloodline Lock stopped further upgrades.
• Zhou You raised Glazed Longevity Light Fist to Lv19, gaining Poison Vanquished Instantly, which let him use his Blood Qi to detoxify others.
• Martial arts school masters reported that Poison Grand Peak was destroying schools and lineages tied to a fallen martial artist while its disciples looted cities and slaughtered martial artists.
• Zhou You learned that Lu Zhigang had joined Poison Grand Peak as an Inner Disciple, and people urged him to confront the sect’s notorious disciples.

As the Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop’s attacks devastated the prefectural city and Wu Kui abducted Cao Xuan’er, Zhou You resisted pressure to lead a response because he feared retaliation against his household. Thousand Faces Hall summoned him and other renowned martial artists to discuss the crisis, where Pei Li explained why he could no longer stay out of it.

• The Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop’s disciples and followers spread poison, killed civilians, and disrupted livelihoods while the prefectural city’s authorities and martial arts circles stood aside.
• Wu Kui abducted Cao Xuan’er in Weinan City, prompting Cao Wudang to emerge from seclusion and vow to destroy the Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop.
• Martial artists urged Zhou You to act, but he refused because he feared the Workshop would retaliate against his family.
• Thousand Faces Hall invited Zhou You and other renowned experts to a meeting, where he encountered Dili Qianli and Pei Li.
• Pei Li told Zhou You that Wu Kui’s men had killed Cao Xuan’er’s attendants and maidservants, and that a favored disciple’s plea for justice left him unable to avoid confronting the Workshop.
• Dili Qianli arrived after the guests had gathered.

Zhou You attended a gathering where Dili Qianli recruited Martial Masters to rescue Cao Xuan'er from Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop, offering valuable treasures as payment. Zhou rejected the dangerous mission despite coveting the Black Cloud Spear, leaving Dili Qianli displeased.

• Zhou You surveyed the invited Martial Masters and recognized Cao Wudang's arrival as a chance for him to confront Thousand Faces Hall.
• Cao Wudang demanded that Dili Qianli explain how Thousand Faces Hall would deal with Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop, then left after a private conversation with him.
• Dili Qianli announced a mission to kill Wu Kui and rescue Cao Xuan'er, while attendants displayed valuable weapons, medicines, and manuals as potential rewards.
• Zhou You recognized the Black Cloud Spear as a weapon compatible with his Black Cloud Spear Manual and regretted that it was not immediately his.
• Dili Qianli revealed that the displayed items would be payment for infiltrating Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop, and Zhou You refused to take the mission.

Zhou You proposed using the Heavy Talisman to bypass the defenses of the Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop, impressing Dili Qianli with a plan to rescue the captives and potentially strike Poison Grand Peak. Dili tasked Pei Li and his disciple Haili'er with seeking a Heavy Talisman through Zhou You, promising him the Black Cloud Spear if they succeeded.

• Dili Qianli questioned Zhou You about what qualified him to receive the Black Cloud Spear, and Zhou privately explained his information.
• Zhou You refused Dili's attempt to tempt him with the spear and left after saying he had nothing more to offer.
• Dili told the gathered Martial Masters that Zhou had proposed using a Heavy Talisman to send a rescue team directly into the Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop.
• Pei Li asked how they could obtain the rare talisman, and Dili said they should begin by searching the auction houses of Chongguang City.
• Dili asked Pei Li to persuade Zhou to help find a Heavy Talisman and promised the Black Cloud Spear if he succeeded.
• Dili introduced his disciple Haili'er, who would supply resources and accompany Pei Li, and Pei agreed to help.

Zhou You and his companions traveled to Chongguang City to seek Heavy Talismans and attended a secret Not Five Auction. The auction host recognized something familiar in Zhou You’s gaze and asked whether they had met before.

• Pavilion Master Chang joined Zhou You, Pei Li, and Haili'er on their trip to Chongguang City after Curio Pavilion agreed to fund most of their Heavy Talisman procurement.
• Pavilion Master Chang described the local Excrement Stone trade, and Zhou You recognized the convoy’s escort as the young man who had once fed Mo Yunzi.
• The four entered the Not Five Auction House, where Zhou You recognized its former host disguised as a guest and realized the auction’s hosts and guests coordinated in secret.
• Pavilion Master Chang and Haili'er won two of the five auction items, while Zhou You and Pei Li bought nothing.
• The auction host said Not Five had no Heavy Talismans and directed the group to Golden Immortal Path members, then asked Zhou You whether they had met before.

Zhou You opened Su Dafu Auction House to acquire Heavy Talismans for Thousand Faces Hall, using System Panel projections to staff the venue and attract bidders. The auction drew several Mighty Martial Artists, and its mysterious host left them unable to discern his nature.

• After Zhou You’s group left, the beautiful Mighty Martial Artist filled in the cave and sent the dwarf to watch them.
• Pavilion Master Chang and Pei Li failed to find Heavy Talismans until Pei Li obtained an invitation to Su Dafu Auction House.
• Zhou You persuaded the group to attend the auction, which he had secretly opened to obtain Heavy Talismans.
• Zhou You activated Clone Projection and used dozens of projections to run the auction as several dozen guests arrived.
• The dwarf recognized Zhou You’s group at the auction and became wary when he could not perceive the disguised host’s nature.
• Zhou You began the auction, confident that his Single Talismans had concealed the projected host from the Mighty Martial Artists.