Chapter Summaries

Zhou You visited Golden Turtle Martial Arts School and found Pei Li and his disciples starving under a deadly poisoning campaign. After Pei Li asked him to take in Pei Baisi, Zhou You revealed that he had killed Fu Manlun and destroyed a Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop stronghold, leaving Pei Li's school safe for the moment.

• Zhou You entered Golden Turtle Martial Arts School and saw its starving apprentices and rows of corpses.
• Pei Li explained that poison had made the school's food and water unsafe, then asked Zhou You to take in his disciple Pei Baisi.
• Zhou You placed Fu Manlun's head on the table and said he had killed him on the way to the school.
• Pei Baisi returned from the ruins of a hideout and reported finding dead Poison Martial Arts practitioners killed by Tiger Fist.
• A Thousand Faces Hall staff member confirmed Fu Manlun's identity, and Zhou You allowed the news of his victory to be shared without exaggeration.

After Zhou You wiped out Fu Manlun and his Poison Martial Arts followers, the City Gate Guards assessed the ruins while Zhang Shiyu confronted how far Zhou You had surpassed him. At Golden Turtle Martial Arts School, Pei Li thanked Zhou You, and his rise to Advanced Martial Master left others seeing him as a possible successor to Yanshan.

• Zheng Qing warned Zhang Shiyu that he and Zhou You were no longer on the same level after the guards identified Zhou You as the one who killed Fu Manlun and his followers.
• Zhang Shiyu accepted Zheng Qing’s advice and reflected on how Zhou You’s achievements had left him far behind.
• Pei Li’s disciples and apprentices cleaned Golden Turtle Martial Arts School as Da Qian Martial Arts School helped rebuild it.
• Pei Li had Pei Baisi kowtow to Zhou You in thanks for saving their school.
• Pei Li invited Zhou You to a celebratory meal and considered how Zhou You might fill the vacant place as the provincial city’s leading martial artist.

Lu Jianqing studied a mutant tiger on Dayin Mountain and returned to his ordinary life with Wang Yan, while Yan Baihu considered Zhou You a rival. An Orange Cat demon’s earthquake forced Tiger Corpse to reject its demand, and he gave Yan Baihu a pearl to prepare for the coming turmoil.

• Lu Jianqing secretly observed a mutant tiger, gained insight into his Sick Tiger bearing, and believed he was nearing the Martial Master realm.
• Lu Jianqing returned to Wang Yan, promised to keep searching for her missing master, and described his hopes for their future.
• Yan Baihu dismissed Lu Jianqing as unremarkable and said Zhou You’s rapid growth made him a rival worth watching.
• An Orange Cat demon triggered a devastating earthquake across Dayin Mountain after Tiger Corpse refused to make a decision about its demand.
• Tiger Corpse rejected the demon’s threat and told it that only he could decide whether he was human or demon.
• Tiger Corpse gave Yan Baihu a precious pearl to help him reach Strong Martial Second Heaven and prepare for the coming upheaval.

Liu Fengji’s son completed his grasping ceremony, which awakened Liu Fengji’s bloodline potential and brought him closer to the Mighty Warrior Realm. Liu Jingguo, struggling to keep pace with her family’s male heirs, received a dangerous offer in a dream and decided to pursue it.

• Liu Fengji’s infant son grabbed an ivory tablet during his grasping ceremony, and the ancestral ritual stirred Liu Fengji’s bloodline power.
• Liu Fengji learned that Zhou You had reached Advanced Martial Master and judged that Zhou You could not yet threaten him.
• Liu Jingguo resented the advantages her infant male relative received and considered having children with Zhou You to strengthen the next generation.
• Liu Jingguo dreamed of a noble charm creature, who offered her an Earth Grandmaster’s Tomb and told her to find her in the capital in ten years.
• Liu Jingguo recognized the tomb’s location as a barren mountain owned by the Lineage and decided to risk seeking the opportunity.

Yan Wanjun guarded the Fire Caltrop Fruit in an isolated mountain cave until Yanshan visited and warned him that Zhou You had become an Advanced Martial Master. After Yanshan left, a demon spoke from the golden duckweed and offered Yan Wanjun a shortcut to becoming a Mighty Warrior.

• Yan Wanjun guarded the Fire Caltrop Fruit while surviving the charm creatures around the cave.
• Yanshan arrived, inspected the Heavenly Treasure, and told Yan Wanjun that Zhou You had killed Fu Manlun and advanced to Advanced Martial Master.
• Yanshan warned that he would not protect the Yan family if they plotted against Zhou You again, whom he had chosen as the pursuer driving him forward.
• After Yanshan left, Yan Wanjun lamented his fate and laughed through his tears at the contrast between his confinement and Zhou You’s glory.
• A demon spoke from a golden leaf and offered Yan Wanjun a shortcut to surpassing Yanshan, but Yan Wanjun rejected its offer for the moment.

Zhou You discovered that Mo Yunzi had caught the attention of Chengtian, a powerful branch of the Golden Immortal Path, and accepted an invitation to join. He received a Jitu for communicating with the organization, gaining access to a wider network of immortals.

• Ge Banggen revealed himself to Mo Yunzi as an Eight-Tenths Immortal and recognized Mo Yunzi as the inventor of the improved Heavy Talisman and Storage Pouch.
• Ge Banggen explained Chengtian's reach and its One Tael Immortal ranking system, and invited Mo Yunzi to join.
• Mo Yunzi agreed to join Chengtian and offered ten Heavy Talismans and three mid-grade Storage Pouches in exchange for a Jitu.
• Ge Banggen contacted Xuan Donglao, a Three-Tenths Immortal, who approved Mo Yunzi's membership and accepted the exchange.
• Several days later, Ge Banggen delivered a Jitu to Mo Yunzi.

After Mo Yunzi earned a reward from the Heaven-Weighing Organization, he used its incomplete Qi Shepherding Incantation to sense Qi and discovered it could complement Zhou You’s Sky-Piercing Origin Cultivation Technique. Zhou You decided to develop Mo Yunzi as a specialist in Golden Immortal Path cultivation and seek more merit for further instruction.

• Mo Yunzi incorporated the seal-script character “Change” into the battle diagram, earning a Danqing Stone and a rubbing of the seal-script character “Qi.”
• Ge Banggen explained that Danqing Stone could protect written seal-script powers from the Fuji Dao Master’s Hand-Wielding Cinnabar technique.
• Mo Yunzi practiced the incomplete Qi Shepherding Incantation, and Zhou You noticed his lifespan increase by one year as Qi entered and dispersed through his body.
• Zhou You fed the Sky-Piercing Origin Cultivation Technique and the Qi Shepherding Incantation to the Formless Bronze Guardian, paying with several Bewitcher cores for its deduction.
• The Formless Bronze Guardian revealed that the Sky-Piercing Origin Cultivation Technique lacked a foundational method for sensing Qi, and Zhou You combined it with the incantation to raise Mo Yunzi’s lifespan to 115.
• Zhou You decided to have Mo Yunzi explore Golden Immortal Path cultivation and planned to earn more merit to obtain additional Qi Shepherding Incantation instruction.

Zhou You traded with Cantian Organization members, developed a Prayer Talisman, and improved his cultivation, while Mo Yunzi expanded his dealings in Caoshu Prefecture. The Fuji Organization began moving against the northern prefectures by recruiting Poison Grand Peak, and Lu Zhigang realized a fierce battle was approaching.

• Zhou You exchanged treasures through Cantian Organization channels, learned Ge Banggen’s Character Stacking Method, and created a Prayer Talisman from the characters “pray” and “bless.”
• Zhou You submitted the Prayer Talisman to headquarters for the character Qi, which accelerated his cultivation as his lifespan reached 120 and his body began transforming.
• Guang Yinzi offered Poison Grand Peak protection and Shadow-Fixing Smoke in exchange for cooperation against the God of Release Cult, and gave him original Heavy Talismans.
• Guang Yinzi dismissed Poison Grand Peak as a minor piece and said the Fuji Organization would focus on Northern Profound Prefecture while mobilizing its other agents.
• Lu Zhigang learned that Guang Yinzi had entered the Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop and concluded that the prefectural city was nearing a fierce battle.

Haiming Prefecture was devastated by a catastrophic flood as worsening conditions drove the Sea Martial Artists inland and the Wu tribes toward invasion. After Li Qixiu became chairman of the prefectural martial arts community, Thousand Faces Hall attacked Poison Grand Peak, while Zhou You chose to stay home.

• A massive seawater surge submerged half of Haiming Prefecture and killed countless people.
• The Sea Martial Artists’ worsening overseas environment and the Wu tribes’ deteriorating northern lands were revealed as causes of their movements toward the Central Plains.
• Li Qixiu became the new chairman after Zhou You withdrew from the election.
• Thousand Faces Hall, led by Dili Qianli, attacked Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop and began fighting Poison Grand Peak.
• Li Qixiu sent people to observe the battle, while Zhou You declined to go because Lu Zhigang was at Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop.

Dili Qianli led an assault on Poison Grand Peak’s palace, but Poison Grand Peak’s traps and poison forces turned the battle against the Sea Martial Artists. The fighting continued as Poison Grand Peak wounded two Strong Martial warriors, leaving Lu Zhigang and the Poison Martial Artists to attack one of them.

• Dili Qianli’s raid killed one Strong Martial warrior, but Poison Grand Peak’s smoke attack paralyzed another and let him poison the man’s body.
• Old Scorpion Slave brought the Doll Gu onto the battlefield, overwhelming most of Dili Qianli’s forces with poisonous gas while Gai Xianlu resisted using a Dust and Grime Purifying Pill.
• Zhu Shuowang, Lu Zhigang, and the other Inner Disciples attacked a Strong Martial warrior with Heavy Talismans and poison, gradually weakening him through their suicidal assault.
• Poison Grand Peak opened the Taiyue Poison Nest and used Huan Yong and Ying Sha to unleash Strong Martial Fourth Heaven poison palms against the warrior pursuing Old Scorpion Slave and the warrior besieged by the Inner Disciples.
• Old Scorpion Slave trapped one wounded Strong Martial warrior in the Doll Gu, while Lu Zhigang used Sore Face and the Heaven-Stepping Flood Dragon Subduing Palm to help bring down the other.
• The wounded warrior was swarmed by Poison Martial Artists, then burst free in an explosion of severed limbs, his body covered in golden cracks.

Lu Zhigang received the Divine Goose Seizers from a dying Strong Martial and joined the battle against Poison Grand Peak, whose Taiyue Poison Nest let him unleash powerful poison palms. After the allied Strong Martial experts barely survived another attack, Lu Zhigang prepared to use his final move.

• A dying Strong Martial recognized Lu Zhigang’s potential, turned his body into the Divine Goose Seizers, and died after giving them to him.
• Lu Zhigang used the Divine Goose Seizers to destroy Poison Martial artists hiding among the corpses, then vowed Poison Grand Peak would die by the weapons.
• Dili Qianli and the remaining Strong Martial experts agreed to unite against Poison Grand Peak, and Dili attacked him with a Calamity Bewitching Moon Wheel.
• Poison Grand Peak used the Taiyue Poison Nest to launch combined poison palms that matched Dili’s Moon Wheel and forced the other Strong Martial experts to spend much of their strength blocking another attack.
• Lu Zhigang judged the moment right and prepared to unleash his final move.

Lu Zhigang retrieved two Strong Martial Golden Bodies and secretly removed the Nine Insects from Poison Grand Peak’s pouch. With their aid gone, Dili Qianli’s Moon Wheel struck Poison Grand Peak, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Lu Zhigang and Chan Juan'er found Old Scorpion Slave dead beside the Doll Gu, which held a Strong Martial Golden Body.
• Chan Juan'er swore allegiance to Lu Zhigang, explaining that her poison art let her sense danger, then left to await him.
• Lu Zhigang released the dwarf from the second Taiyue Poison Nest into the Doll Gu, where its poison melted him and left another Strong Martial Golden Body.
• Lu Zhigang used Hunger Talent Anchoring to transfer the Nine Insects from Poison Grand Peak’s pouch to an abandoned poison pool.
• Dili Qianli unleashed the Whale Sea Tide Rising Art and swung his Moon Wheel at Poison Grand Peak, whose empty pouch left him unable to summon the Nine Insects.
• The Moon Wheel severed Poison Grand Peak’s palms and cut into his chest as the Nine Insects saw a bright moon rise.

Poison Grand Peak turned the battle around by sacrificing Sore Face, killing one Strong Martial cultivator and gravely poisoning Dili Qianli before fleeing. Gai Xianlu pursued him, but Peacock Sixth ambushed Poison Grand Peak and struck him into a swamp, where his trail vanished.

• Poison Grand Peak shed an empty skin to survive the Moon Wheel, then used the Jade Pipe to release Shadow-Fixing Smoke and summon Sore Face from Lu Zhigang.
• Poison Grand Peak drained Sore Face's potential to strengthen his palm strike, killing Dili Qianli's companion and leaving Dili Qianli badly wounded and poisoned.
• Dili Qianli attacked Poison Grand Peak with the Moon Wheel, but Poison Grand Peak evaded the fatal blow and escaped with a severe chest wound.
• Gai Xianlu pursued Poison Grand Peak while Zhou You and Chan Juan'er followed at a distance.
• Peacock Sixth ambushed Poison Grand Peak with the Unfettered Sword of Severed Lust, but Poison Grand Peak struck him and plunged into a bubbling swamp, disappearing.

After Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop fell, Poison Grand Peak hid beneath the Ten Thousand Poison Marsh Sea and offered to help Lu Zhigang break through to Strong Martial. Zhou You discovered that Poison Grand Peak planned to use him as nourishment, then secretly cultivated a spirit fetus that produced a phoenix’s cry.

• Thousand Faces Hall defeated Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop, but Poison Grand Peak escaped into the swamp while the surviving Poison Martial Arts practitioners scattered or fought on from its marshes.
• Poison Grand Peak summoned his remaining Inner Disciples, sent them away, and apologized to Lu Zhigang for draining the Sore Face hatchling to save himself.
• Poison Grand Peak offered to help Lu Zhigang reach Strong Martial on the condition that he kill Peacock Sixth.
• Zhou You checked the System Panel and learned that Poison Grand Peak intended to force him to become Strong Martial, then drain his life force to heal.
• Zhou You ground up Sore Face’s corpse, cultivated with the Fetal Spirit Cultivation Art, and formed a spirit fetus that swallowed a venomous dragon’s phantom and cried like a phoenix.

Zhou You, disguised as Lu Zhigang, entered the Doll Gu so Poison Grand Peak could force him toward the Mighty Warrior Realm, while Zhou You secretly planned to use the poison to nourish the Infant Phoenix egg. After more than forty days, he remained inside as Lu Chongsheng and the others waited anxiously outside.

• Poison Grand Peak brought Lu Zhigang's goddaughter and servant back as hostages, then prepared the Doll Gu to force Lu Zhigang's advancement.
• Lu Zhigang entered the Doll Gu and endured its deadly poisons as Poison Grand Peak watched over it.
• Zhou You used the Doll Gu's poison to strengthen his body and refine the Seven Steps Poison Sand Palm, whose strongest move gained Mighty Warrior power.
• After nineteen days, Zhou You comprehended the Mighty Warrior Omen and secretly accumulated poison dragon energy for the Infant Phoenix egg.
• Outside the Doll Gu, Lu Chongsheng advanced to Intermediate Martial Master while Chan Juan'er and Chou Da Jun worried about Lu Zhigang's fate.
• More than forty days passed, and Lu Zhigang had yet to emerge from the Doll Gu.

Lu Zhigang endured the Doll Gu and broke through to Strong Martial, but Poison Grand Peak immediately began manipulating him and moved to capture him. The chapter left Lu Zhigang caught by a strange key-made restraint as the confrontation began.

• Lu Zhigang endured the Doll Gu’s poison for forty-nine days, sacrificing much of his lifespan as his Seven Steps Poison Sand Palm approached the Poison Dragon realm.
• With Poison Grand Peak’s second drop of Strong Martial blood, Lu Zhigang broke through to Strong Martial First Heaven and his lifespan rose to 480 years.
• Poison Grand Peak promised to teach Lu Zhigang the sect’s arts and name him Young Master, while secretly planning to devour his progress with the Snake Metaphor.
• Lu Zhigang declined the celebratory meal and remained wary of Poison Grand Peak’s intentions.
• Poison Grand Peak offered Lu Zhigang the medicine-field keys, which flew around him and locked into a restraint that captured him.

Poison Grand Peak attacked Lu Zhigang, but Lu Zhigang used projection flickering and a puppet’s self-destruction to turn the ambush against him. After finding Poison Grand Peak alive but weakened, Lu Zhigang confronted him, and Poison Grand Peak stood up and vowed to kill him.

• Poison Grand Peak trapped Lu Zhigang with a restraint ring and tried to eat him alive, but Lu Zhigang escaped using projection flickering.
• Poison Grand Peak pursued Lu Zhigang through the swamp and caught up with him, where Ancient One Second Generation ambushed and restrained him.
• Lu Zhigang projected back to the stone hall, rescued Chan Juan'er, Lu Chongsheng, and Chou Da Jun into a Storage Pouch, then returned above ground.
• Ancient One Second Generation self-destructed while holding Poison Grand Peak, blasting apart the swamp and severely weakening him.
• Lu Zhigang found Poison Grand Peak alive in a mud pit and recognized that he was feigning helplessness; Poison Grand Peak rose and vowed to kill him.

Lu Zhigang transformed through the Infant Phoenix Swallows Dragon Art and killed Poison Grand Peak, completing his master-slaying trial. As he prepared to flee toward Moyun Stronghold, Thousand Faces Hall's Peacock Sixth arrived.

• Lu Zhigang revealed that Poison Grand Peak's injuries had left him weakened, but Poison Grand Peak swallowed a Ghost Fetus Pill and recovered toward Strong Martial Second Heaven.
• Lu Zhigang let the infant phoenix egg consume his poison dragon technique, draining his strength until Poison Grand Peak attacked and the egg hatched.
• The infant phoenix's cry restored Lu Zhigang's vitality, healed the damage from his forced advancement, and gave him new talents that let him wound Poison Grand Peak with the Divine Goose Seizers.
• Lu Zhigang used Poisonous Sleep Eating Dragon to disrupt Poison Grand Peak's poison arts, then tore him apart with the Divine Goose Seizers and confirmed his death.
• Lu Zhigang received 100000 Experience Points for completing the Master Slaying trial and planned to hide at Moyun Stronghold after releasing Chan Juan'er and the others.
• Peacock Sixth arrived as unusual multicolored clouds rose in the distant sky.

Lu Zhigang used the System Panel to upgrade his movement and combat skills before defeating Peacock Sixth in a clash at the Ten Thousand Poison Marsh Sea. When Gai Xianlu appeared, Lu Zhigang stopped pursuing Peacock Sixth and retreated deeper into the marshes.

• Peacock Sixth arrived to investigate the Mighty Warrior aura and questioned Lu Zhigang about Poison Grand Peak.
• Lu Zhigang upgraded his movement, palm, and weapon skills through the System Panel.
• Peacock Sixth ordered Lu Zhigang to return with him, then attacked with the Unfettered Sword of Severed Lust.
• Lu Zhigang blocked Peacock Sixth's sword and broke it with Divine Goose Seizer, scorching Peacock Sixth's face and forcing him to flee.
• Lu Zhigang pursued Peacock Sixth until Gai Xianlu's Mighty Warrior aura appeared, then turned back and headed deeper into the Ten Thousand Poison Marsh Sea.

Thousand Faces Hall devised an amnesty scheme to set Lu Zhigang against Poison Grand Peak, unaware that Poison Grand Peak was already dead. Lu Zhigang accepted the offer as a chance to build strength, and sent Chan Juan'er to deliver his reply.

• Dili Qianli and the others discussed Lu Zhigang's rise and worried that he might join forces with Poison Grand Peak.
• Hai Wuya proposed granting Lu Zhigang amnesty to drive a wedge between him and Poison Grand Peak, and Dili Qianli approved the plan.
• Thousand Faces Hall's envoys tracked down Lu Zhigang through surviving Wild Goose Formation Fist disciples and offered him a truce and permission to form his own faction.
• Lu Zhigang recognized that Thousand Faces Hall wanted him to betray Poison Grand Peak, but saw the offer as an opportunity to gather people and resources.
• Lu Zhigang accepted and ordered Chan Juan'er to deliver his reply.