Chapter Summaries

Zhou You auctioned rare Storage Pouches and Great Medicines at the Su Dafu Auction House, drawing fierce bidding from the guests. When Gai Xianlu sought a detoxification pill to use against Poison Grand Peak, the Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop bid one million taels to block him.

• Pavilion Master Chang won the mid-grade Storage Pouch for 580,000 taels to display at the Curio Pavilion.
• Two Snow Bud Pills sold for 970,000 and 980,000 taels, while Pavilion Master Chang regretted that she could not afford to bid on them.
• Zhou You offered a Dust and Grime Purifying Pill that could counter poisons, and Gai Xianlu declared he needed it for his fight against Poison Grand Peak.
• After Zhou You set the pill's starting price at 500,000 taels, an unidentified bidder offered one million taels.
• A representative of the Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop stood and announced that the workshop wanted the Great Medicine.

The host expelled Chou Da Jun from the auction after he threatened bidders without having the money to pay. Gai Xianlu bought the Dust and Grime Purifying Pill, and the auction moved on to its grand finale: nine Heavy Talismans.

• Chou Da Jun threatened anyone who bid on the pill, claiming protection from Poison Grand Peak, but the host exposed that he could not pay.
• The host used a Heavy Talisman to send Chou Da Jun away, leaving the auction guests shaken.
• Gai Xianlu bought the Dust and Grime Purifying Pill for one million taels of silver.
• The host announced that the final lot was a bundle of nine Heavy Talismans, starting at one hundred thousand taels of gold per bundle.

Zhou You auctioned a bundle of nine Heavy Talismans, which could transport someone a thousand miles but required a second talisman for the return trip. Pavilion Master Chang won the bundle’s bidding and transferred one talisman to a mysterious peerless beauty, whose powerful patrons paid the agreed price.

• Pei Li asked Zhou You how the Heavy Talismans worked, and Zhou You explained that each could transport someone a thousand miles to a chosen location without spending Blood Qi.
• Haili'er and Pavilion Master Chang backed Pei Li’s bid as the price for the nine talismans rose beyond the means of most bidders.
• Pavilion Master Chang raised the bid to two million taels of gold, and the remaining competition dwindled as the price eventually reached two million four hundred thousand taels.
• A mysterious peerless beauty asked whether the talismans could provide a round trip, and Zhou You explained that returning required a second talisman.
• The beauty pointed out that nine talismans made an awkward bundle, and Pavilion Master Chang agreed to transfer one to her for two hundred and sixty thousand taels of gold.
• The Xi Family and Guo Family’s sons and daughters paid for the talisman on the beauty’s behalf, while Pei Li and Zhou You recognized Pavilion Master Chang’s discernment and boldness.

After the auction, Zhou You and the others left Chongguang City with the Heavy Talismans as the Su Dafu Auction House vanished and became famous. They set out for the prefectural capital while wary of ambushes targeting the valuable talismans.

• Zhou You collected the auction proceeds into his Storage Pouch as guests tried to recruit him and secretly marked the attendants to track the Su Dafu Auction House.
• Pei Li told Zhou You he had avoided marking the attendants and recognized them as dead soldiers.
• The guests' tracking marks failed, leading them to believe the attendants and even their corpses had been destroyed; the Su Dafu Auction House became famous, then a legend.
• Zhou You, Pei Li, Haili'er, and Pavilion Master Chang decided to return to the prefectural capital with the Heavy Talismans, leaving their assistants and attendants behind.
• Pei Li warned that the group could face danger on the road, but said they could handle attackers short of Strong Martial artists.

After leaving Chongguang City, Zhou You and his companions were ambushed by Meticulous Dwarf, a Mighty Warrior seeking their Heavy Talisman. Zhou You pierced the dwarf’s shoulder with the Black Cloud Spear, but the dwarf effortlessly stopped Pei Li’s full-force attack.

• At an abyss, the beautiful Mighty Warrior discussed an injured companion and wondered where Meticulous Dwarf had gone after the auction.
• Meticulous Dwarf followed Zhou You’s group out of Chongguang City and demanded they hand over the Heavy Talisman.
• Pei Li, Haili’er, and Pavilion Master Chang prepared to fight, while Haili’er threw Zhou You the Black Cloud Spear.
• Zhou You unleashed Ghoul's Eye Confusion to obscure Meticulous Dwarf’s vision, then pierced his left shoulder with a Black Cloud Spear Strike.
• Pei Li charged the wounded dwarf with a full-force attack, but the dwarf stopped it with his right hand.

Zhou You fought a Strong Martial dwarf while Pei Li and Haili'er were badly injured, and Pavilion Master Chang's protective bracelet weakened the enemy. Zhou You finally blasted the dwarf into the Taiyue Poison Nest, leaving his fate uncertain.

• The dwarf hurled Pei Li into a cliff, while Zhou You fought to keep him from swallowing Zhou You with the wound in his body.
• Haili'er warned Zhou You about the dwarf's attack, then unleashed a powerful strike that the dwarf countered, leaving her exhausted.
• Pavilion Master Chang's bracelet exploded with the Blood Qi of thirty-six experts, badly weakening the dwarf and catching Zhou You in the blast.
• Pei Li returned after Zhou You dug him from the rocks, and Haili'er and Pavilion Master Chang urged Zhou You to leave with them.
• Zhou You kept the wounded dwarf occupied as the others prepared to depart, then struck the dwarf with a spear technique that blasted him into the Taiyue Poison Nest.

Zhou You captured Meticulous Dwarf in a second Taiyue Poison Nest, then killed three would-be robbers while hiding his injuries from a lurking Strong Martial expert. The female Strong Martial expert from But Five Auction House confronted him and said he had a prior connection with her Human Seed Cult.

• Zhou You used the Taiyue Poison Nest to trap the badly wounded Meticulous Dwarf, then relied on secret medicines and his Blood Qi to tend his own injuries.
• Zhou You encountered martial masters who tried to rob him and killed three of them with his Black Cloud Spear, letting the sole survivor flee.
• Zhou You noticed the System Panel's trial prompt and realized a Strong Martial expert was watching from the shadows, so he pretended to be exhausted.
• The female Strong Martial expert from But Five Auction House appeared and asked whether Zhou You had killed Meticulous Dwarf.
• Zhou You denied knowing what she meant, but she pinned him down with her pressure and told him he had a prior connection with her Human Seed Cult.

Zhou You learned that Bao Shuixian had sacrificed herself to save him, then was attacked by Yu Fu'er, a Strong Martial of the Human Seed Cult. His Grandmaster's Mark startled her long enough for him to escape toward the prefectural city.

• Yu Fu'er revealed that Bao Shuixian had used her virginity and the Human Seed Cult's secret method to draw out Zhou You's Vengeful Fire without draining his Blood Qi.
• Zhou You realized how much Bao Shuixian had sacrificed for him and resolved to repay her.
• Yu Fu'er tried to absorb Zhou You's essence, but his Grandmaster's Mark erupted and stunned her.
• Zhou You struck Yu Fu'er, suffered a wound to his lower abdomen, and fled using Feather-Treading Heaven-Ascending Steps toward the prefectural city.

Yu Fu'er used a forbidden Human Seed Cult technique to plant Zhou You's bloodline and planned to seize his Grandmaster's Mark after ten months. Unaware of her scheme, Zhou You returned to the prefectural city and intervened when another martial arts school tried to take over Da Qian Martial Arts School.

• Yu Fu'er used Zhou You's blood to conceive a child and planned to take his Grandmaster's Mark through the Cruel Bloodline Fetus Feeding Mother Technique.
• Zhou You fled several thousand li to the prefectural city, where the System confirmed that he had completed his trial to survive a Strong Martial Artist's watchful gaze and retreat unharmed.
• City guards spotted Zhou You and sent word to Golden Turtle Martial Arts School, Thousand Faces Hall, and Curio Pavilion that he had returned safely.
• Zhou You found Qi Qingdi defending Da Qian Martial Arts School against a group led by an Advanced Martial Master who believed Zhou You would not return.
• Zhou You severed the Advanced Martial Master's elongated arm with his Black Cloud Spear and declared that none of the challengers would leave alive.

Zhou You returned to Da Qian Martial Arts School and killed Chi Buqu and the challengers who had attacked it. After learning who may have arranged the challenge, he heard that Thousand Faces Hall had sent a rescue team into the Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop, where Peacock Sixth might encounter Lu Zhigang.

• Zhou You defeated Chi Buqu with the Black Cloud Spear, then killed a Martial Master who called for revenge.
• Zhou You and the school’s disciples cleared the school grounds after the challengers were killed.
• Pei Li told Zhou You that the Yan family was suspected of leaking news to lure Chi Buqu to the school, and warned him against provoking Yanshan.
• Pei Li reported that Thousand Faces Hall had sent eleven Advanced Martial Masters into the Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop to kill Wu Kui and rescue Cao Xuan'er.
• Zhou You learned that Peacock Sixth was among the Seven Sworn Birds and might meet Lu Zhigang inside the workshop.

Chou Da Jun and Cao Xuan'er lived under Lu Zhigang's roof in the Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop, where Lu's fellow disciples plotted to make him bear the consequences of Cao Xuan'er's abduction. The chapter ended with Lu Zhigang asking for Cao Xuan'er after refusing his meal.

• Chou Da Jun brought food to Cao Xuan'er and complained that Lu Zhigang's enemies kept beating him.
• Cao Xuan'er explained that Lu Zhigang had barely seen her, while Chou Da Jun urged her to win his protection.
• The story revealed that Fu Manlun had arranged for Cao Xuan'er to be sent to Lu Zhigang and spread rumors that Lu had taken her by force.
• Cao Xuan'er and Chou Da Jun joked that Lu Zhigang might have no interest in women, then Chou Da Jun hurried to deliver his meal.
• Lu Zhigang told Chou Da Jun to throw the uneaten meal away and call Cao Xuan'er to him.

Zhou You, controlling Lu Zhigang, sent Cao Xuan'er to the market while preparing for a Thousand Faces Hall assault on the Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop. The infiltrators arrived and began slaughtering Poison Martial Arts practitioners, leaving the battle underway.

• Chou Da Jun brought Cao Xuan'er to Lu Zhigang, who heard her longing for home and told her to visit the market the next day.
• Zhou You revealed that Thousand Faces Hall planned an assault and demonstrated how Lu Zhigang fused Sore Face with his palm technique to form a venomous flood dragon.
• Chou Da Jun escorted Cao Xuan'er through the market, where she sought information about routes in and out of the Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop.
• A squad organized by Thousand Faces Hall infiltrated the market using Heavy Talismans and launched a surprise attack.
• Peacock Sixth and the other invaders cut down Poison Martial Arts practitioners, who fought back with poisonous creatures and attacks.

Cao Xuan'er hid from the battle in the marketplace, only to discover that a Cao Lineage Martial Master had come to kill her. She revealed her secret martial training and defended herself until she called for her master, whose voice answered from nearby.

• Peacock Sixth used his Seven Fragrance Peacock Gall and swordsmanship to slaughter Poison Martial Arts practitioners in the marketplace.
• Cao Xuan'er slipped away from Chou Da Jun and hid in a ruin, expecting a Cao Lineage Martial Master to rescue her.
• The Cao Lineage Martial Master found Cao Xuan'er alone and attacked her, but her Imperial Bandit Ring Art blocked his killing strike.
• Cao Xuan'er revealed that she had secretly become a Beginner Martial Master and had practiced the Imperial Bandit Ring Art to protect herself.
• Cao Xuan'er called for her master, and a calm voice answered the Cao Lineage Martial Master.

Lu Zhigang rescued Cao Xuan'er from the Cao family martial master and killed him, while battles erupted between the intruding martial masters and the Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop. Cao Xuan'er rejected her family and asked to become Lu Zhigang's foster daughter, taking the name Lu Chongsheng.

• Cao Xuan'er told Lu Zhigang she could not return to the Cao family, and the Cao family martial master dismissed her suffering and attacked them.
• Zhou You used the Heaven-Stepping Flood Dragon Subduing Palm with Nine-Insect Sore Face to overwhelm and kill the Cao family martial master.
• Peacock Sixth faced Wu Kui, Ha Rugou, and their many outlaw lackeys as the Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop's forces surrounded the other intruding martial masters.
• Lu Zhigang asked Cao Xuan'er whether she would return home, and she declared that Cao Xuan'er was dead and asked to become his foster daughter, Lu Chongsheng.

Peacock Sixth slaughtered his way through the Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop while pursuing Wu Kui, then turned his attention to Lu Zhigang after the other Poison Martial Arts practitioners redirected him. Lu Zhigang faced Peacock Sixth’s sword strike with his Poison Dragon palm and a poison defense.

• Chou Da Jun found Lu Zhigang and reported that Peacock Sixth had killed Ha Rugou, devastated the marketplace, and driven Wu Kui into retreat.
• Lu Zhigang refused to join the fight and headed home with Cao Xuan'er and Chou Da Jun, intending to train them instead.
• Peacock Sixth caught and killed Wu Kui, then confronted the assembled Poison Martial Arts practitioners.
• Fu Manlun persuaded Peacock Sixth to seek Lu Zhigang, and Peacock Sixth led the group to surround Lu Zhigang’s home.
• Peacock Sixth challenged Lu Zhigang, who countered his sword strike with the Seven Steps Poison Sand Palm and a poison defense.

Peacock Sixth battled Lu Zhigang in the Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop, and their clash ended in mutual injury before Old Scorpion Slave intervened. Peacock Sixth escaped with a Heavy Talisman, while Old Scorpion Slave ordered the corpses gathered to investigate how the intruders entered the Ten Thousand Poison Marsh Sea.

• Peacock Sixth struck Zhou You with his sword and recognized that Lu Zhigang had not practiced Old Man Hundred Birds' inherited cultivation methods.
• Lu Zhigang and Zhou You combined Sore Face with the Heaven-Stepping Flood Dragon Subduing Palm, stopping Peacock Sixth's sword and forcing him to fight at full strength.
• Peacock Sixth and Lu Zhigang clashed with a thousand-meter sword light and a gigantic palm, and both survived with injuries.
• Fu Manlun urged Lu Zhigang to kill Peacock Sixth, but Lu Zhigang called him an idiot.
• Old Scorpion Slave drove Peacock Sixth back, but Peacock Sixth used a Heavy Talisman to escape.
• Old Scorpion Slave ordered Fu Manlun to gather the Martial Masters' corpses and investigate how they had entered the Ten Thousand Poison Marsh Sea.

Peacock Sixth’s raid on the Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop made him a celebrated hero, while Zhou You and Pei Li discussed the remaining Heavy Talismans and the risk of retaliation. Later, Zhou You reflected on Bao Shuixian and discovered Yin-Yang Harmony, breaking through to Advanced Martial Master.

• Peacock Sixth’s successful raid was confirmed, and the martial circles named him the Peerless Divine Sword, Peacock.
• Poison Grand Peak punished Fu Manlun for failing to detect the infiltration but rewarded Lu Zhigang for standing against Peacock Sixth.
• The Thousand Faces Hall appointed Peacock Sixth its chief Attendant and kept the Heavy Talisman operation secret.
• Pei Li and Zhou You discussed the four remaining Heavy Talismans and the Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop’s likely revenge.
• Thinking of Bao Shuixian, Zhou You understood Yin-Yang Harmony and broke through to Advanced Martial Master.

As Fu Manlun hunted the people connected to the Heavy Talismans, his poison attacks devastated Pei Li’s Golden Turtle Martial Arts School. Zhou You used his Lu Zhigang identity and the System Panel to locate Fu Manlun, then approached his hideout intending to kill him.

• Fu Manlun learned that Thousand Faces Hall had acquired Heavy Talismans and identified Pei Li and Zhou You as targets after finding the provincial capital group’s names.
• Fu Manlun’s agents poisoned and killed people around the Golden Turtle Martial Arts School, leaving Pei Li exhausted and the surrounding area deserted.
• Zhou You decided to strike at Fu Manlun and left home alone to visit Pei Li, using his knowledge of Fu Manlun’s movements as Lu Zhigang.
• The System Panel assigned Zhou You a five-star mission to kill Fu Manlun and marked his location in a building near the Golden Turtle Martial Arts School.
• Fu Manlun raged in his hideout, tortured and killed a young woman, and threatened Lu Zhigang while Zhou You watched and recognized his chance to attack.

Zhou You attacked Fu Manlun’s stronghold and overwhelmed him in a fight, but Fu Manlun’s Fetal Fist Secret Technique let him unleash a trace of Mighty Warrior power. The chapter ended as Zhou You faced Fu Manlun’s sudden trump card.

• Fu Manlun woke to find his stronghold silent and used Poison Lure Tracks the Trail to locate the intruder.
• Zhou You revealed himself, then crushed Fu Manlun’s poisonous bees and gas with Hungry Tiger Swallows Sun, Eats Boundlessly.
• Fu Manlun evaded Zhou You’s attacks with Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell and kicked away Zhou You’s thrown Iron Spear.
• Zhou You used supersonic movement to attack Fu Manlun from above and below.
• Fu Manlun unleashed Fetal Fist Secret Technique, allowing him to wield a trace of Mighty Warrior power against Zhou You.

Zhou You fought Fu Manlun, who unleashed a hidden Fetal Fist Secret Technique with Mighty Martial power. Zhou You overcame the attack with his weapons and Black Cloud Spear, killed Fu Manlun, and left carrying his severed head.

• Fu Manlun revealed his Fetal Fist Secret Technique and threatened Zhou You’s family as his Mighty Martial power transformed his fist.
• Zhou You’s Tiger and Crane forms blocked Fu Manlun’s devastating strike with their weapons and layered defenses.
• Zhou You abandoned the Twin Great Hammers and dagger, then unleashed Black Cloud Besieges the City with the Black Cloud Spear.
• Zhou You’s spear shattered Fu Manlun’s Mighty Martial power and pierced his body, leaving him defeated.
• Fu Manlun begged for his life and offered to betray Poison Grand Peak, but Zhou You killed him and took his head.
• Zhou You walked away from the ruins carrying Fu Manlun’s head in a cloth bundle.