Chapter Summaries

Lu Zhigang took Poison Grand Peak and became a Strong Martial Venerable, leaving Zhou You’s exclusive bounty in place, but Zhou You treated the danger as motivation while the Witches’ invasion engulfed Northern Xuan Prefecture. As the war spread and cities suffered destruction, martial arts schools recruited new students and several talents advanced to the Martial Master Realm.

• Lu Zhigang’s rise to power stunned the prefectural city, and people noticed he still held an exclusive bounty on Zhou You.
• Pei Li, Yang Kuoqiong, and others worried that Lu Zhigang might target Zhou You, while Haili’er said he was unlikely to act against him.
• Zhou You rejected mediation and told his friends that Lu Zhigang’s threat would spur his cultivation, adding that Poison Goose should first deal with Poison Grand Peak.
• The Witches’ full-scale invasion began under Great Witch Chief Hutian'nu, and the Prefect Lord joined forces with two neighboring Prefect Lords, backed by Duke Niu, to face them.
• Grandmaster battles devastated cities, including Su City, while Thousand Faces Hall and other sects mobilized against the Witches.
• Wartime enrollment brought new talents to martial arts schools; Li Qixiu kept his exceptional disciple, and Zuo Shi'er and several apprentices at Da Qian Martial Arts School advanced to the Martial Master Realm.

Da Qian Martial Arts School grew as Zhou You delegated its affairs, while Lu Zhigang built a new faction in the Ten Thousand Poison Marsh Sea and used the Infant Phoenix Swallows Dragon Art to consume his Poison Dragon Realm. When Lu Zhigang learned that Ying Sha was killing explorers, he saw a chance to strengthen the art by feeding it the Nine Insects.

• Zhou You had Zuo Shi'er screen visiting Fist Masters, and Qi Qingdi and Zuo Shi'er arranged for three to teach and guard Da Qian Martial Arts School.
• Da Qian Martial Arts School grew to six thousand disciples and students and more than ten Martial Masters, while Zhou You focused on practice, medicine, and seal script.
• Lu Zhigang had Chan Juan'er, Lu Chongsheng, and Chou Da Jun organize his faction, opening the Ten Thousand Poison Marsh Sea to poison martial artists in return for half their earnings.
• Lu Zhigang used the resources and profit shares to cultivate the Seven Steps Poison Sand Palm to the Strong Martial First Heaven, then sacrificed its Poison Dragon Realm to the Infant Phoenix Swallows Dragon Art.
• Poison martial artists exposed and killed those who concealed their earnings, helping Lu Zhigang's faction grow and enforce its rules.
• Chan Juan'er told Lu Zhigang that Ying Sha, one of the Nine Insects, was killing poison martial artists, and Lu Zhigang considered using the Nine Insects to strengthen his art.

Lu Zhigang subdued Ying Sha and then gathered all Nine Insects, strengthening his position among the Poison Martial Arts practitioners. When factions invited him to join the battle against the shamans, he remained hidden in the Ten Thousand Poison Marsh Sea, leaving them unable to force his hand.

• Lu Zhigang used Astonishing First Cry to frighten Ying Sha, then branded it with the seal-script character "Control" to subdue it.
• Lu Zhigang tried to turn Ying Sha into palm force, but the Infant Phoenix could not devour the powerful poisonous dragon it formed.
• Lu Zhigang searched the Ten Thousand Poison Marsh Sea and subdued the remaining Nine Insects, while rumors spread that he had defeated Poison Grand Peak and taken his poison pets.
• The surrounding factions recognized Lu Zhigang's growing power and proposed inviting him to fight the shamans.
• Lu Zhigang stayed hidden with the Doll Gu and Nine Insects, and the factions could not locate him or force him to join the battle.

Lu Zhigang retaliated against those who wanted to send him back to fight the Wu, then focused on growing stronger while the war drew martial artists from across the realm. In the prefectural city, news spread that Zhu Qinghua had arrived, and a group of four discussed an offer from the Golden Immortal Path to assassinate her.

• Lu Zhigang used poison and threats to silence people who had urged that he be conscripted against the Wu, then devoted himself to training and raising his strength.
• Zhou You observed that the war had drawn sects and martial artists from across the realm to Northern Xuan Prefecture.
• People in the prefectural city learned that Zhu Qinghua, the foremost beauty on the Beauty Ranking and a daughter of Northern Profound Zhu, had arrived after visiting Chongguang City.
• A slick-haired young man remarked that Meticulous Dwarf was likely dead, while Yu Fu'er stroked her pregnant belly and the others remained silent.
• The young man told Yu Fu'er and the other two companions that the Golden Immortal Path had offered each of them a Medicine Field to assassinate Zhu Qinghua, then asked what they thought.

Several Strong Martial artists considered Golden Immortal Path’s offer to kill Zhu Qinghua for Medicine Fields, while Zhou You traveled with Iron Bull and others to visit his dying Great Ancestor and plan Zhou Family Village’s relocation. After sensing an unexplained connection to a convoy on the road, Zhou You hurried toward the village, leaving their future meeting unresolved.

• The oily-faced young man persuaded several Strong Martial artists to accept Golden Immortal Path’s offer to kill Zhu Qinghua, despite the risks of provoking Northern Profound Zhu.
• Yu Fu'er warned the young man that Zhu Qinghua must not be humiliated, then left after rejecting his remarks about her pregnancy.
• Zhou You departed the prefectural city with Iron Bull and young men from Zhou Family Village to visit his critically ill Great Ancestor and oversee the Lineage’s mission to Zhou Laiwei.
• Zhou You planned to offer willing Zhou Family Village clansmen a safer home near the prefectural city, while allowing those who refused to remain.
• Iron Bull reported spotting a large convoy heading toward Gongliang City, and Zhou You urged his group to reach Zhou Family Village before sunset.
• Zhou You sensed a mysterious connection to the convoy’s travelers and hurried onward without knowing when they would meet.

After Great Ancestor died, Zhou You ordered Zhou Family Village to relocate as the Witch Clan advanced. A mysterious visitor, Zhu Qinghua, arrived seeking brief shelter, but an alarming clamor outside revealed that pursuers had found her.

• Zhou You returned to Zhou Family Village and held Great Ancestor's hand as he died, then accepted responsibility for the village's future.
• Zhou You told Zhou Laiwei to move the villagers away from the approaching Witch Clan, and about seventy percent agreed to leave.
• The villagers packed their belongings and livestock, leaving Zhou Family Village quiet and poorly defended at night.
• Zhu Qinghua arrived alone and asked to rest, and Zhou You recognized her as the woman who had bought a Heavy Talisman at his underground auction.
• When a piercing clamor sounded outside, Zhu Qinghua warned Zhou You to stay indoors and said she would draw her pursuers away; Zhou You noticed blood on her shoes.

Zhou You intervened when Zhu Qinghua’s pursuers threatened to slaughter Zhou Family Village. He struck down the girl leading the attack with one blow, leaving her half her body mangled as the other women watched in shock.

• Zhu Qinghua fled into the village outskirts while seven or eight women pursued her and threatened to kill her.
• The women revealed that Zhu Qinghua’s companions were still fighting and demanded that she surrender to their master.
• The youngest pursuer suggested slaughtering the village to break Zhu Qinghua’s resolve, then began demolishing a house with a punch.
• Zhou You arrived and demanded payment for the damage, while Zhu Qinghua warned him that the enemy’s master was a Martial Grandmaster.
• The girl tried to rush past Zhou You toward the village, but Zhou You’s tiger-like strike pinned her to the ground and shattered half her body.

Zhou You fought the women who had come to silence Zhu Qinghua and the village, killing their leader after surviving her Corpse Poison. With the attackers dead, the danger to Zhu Qinghua had passed.

• Zhou You killed Little Seven in one exchange, and Big Sister ordered her companions to kill everyone in the village.
• Big Sister attacked Zhou You with palm strikes and a whip, but he defeated her and killed several women who were besieging Zhu Qinghua.
• Big Sister revived a corpse to spit Corpse Poison at Zhou You, and he recognized the toxin after it entered his bloodstream.
• Zhou You summoned a tiger and an immortal crane to kill the women surrounding him, then cured the poison with Poison Self-Resolved.
• Zhou You pierced Big Sister through the abdomen with his spear, and she died with a strange smile.

After Zhou You transferred Lu Zhigang’s Mighty Warrior cultivation to himself, he left the ruined Zhou Family Village with Zhu Qinghua while her reinforcements failed to arrive. A sweeping Witch Clan invasion and a coordinated ambush on Northern Profound Zhu left Zhu Qinghua exposed and revealed that a larger conspiracy targeted her Lineage.

• Zhou You warned Zhu Qinghua to leave the front line, learned that Not Five Auction House Mighty Warriors were pursuing her, and transferred Lu Zhigang’s Mighty Warrior cultivation to himself.
• Lu Zhigang lost the Infant Phoenix Swallows Dragon Art’s cultivation but retained the Poison Dragon level of Seven Steps Poison Sand Palm, then charged Lu Chongsheng with guarding their affairs amid rising Witch Clan threats.
• When Zhu Qinghua’s reinforcements did not arrive, Zhou You suggested they travel together to the prefectural city, and she agreed.
• A greasy-faced young man razed Zhou Family Village and boasted that the Witch Clan invasion had tied down the northern governors and that Northern Profound Zhu’s reinforcements had been intercepted.
• The Witch Clan fought across the northern lands while mysterious Mighty Warriors ambushed Northern Profound Zhu’s reinforcements, and their leader identified Golden Immortal Path as the enemy behind the conspiracy.

Zhou You and Zhu Qinghua were ambushed in the wilderness by a Strong Martial fighter from Not Five, who meant to capture Zhu Qinghua and cripple Zhou You. Zhou You awakened Astonishing First Cry, revealed his pseudo-Strong Martial power, and escaped with Zhu Qinghua, leaving their pursuer behind.

• Zhu Qinghua learned that the Lineage's reinforcements had been intercepted and urged Zhou You to leave before Not Five's fighters found them.
• A Strong Martial fighter from the Golden Immortal Path caught up with them, seized Zhu Qinghua, and attacked Zhou You.
• Zhou You countered the fighter's first strike with Hungry Tiger Swallows Sun, Eats Boundlessly, then faced a more powerful blow that nearly shattered him.
• Zhou You's Astonishing First Cry stunned the fighter long enough for him to grab Zhu Qinghua and take flight.
• Zhou You told Zhu Qinghua that he was only a pseudo-Strong Martial fighter and asked her to keep his ability secret as they escaped at high speed.

Zhou You rescued Zhu Qinghua from Young Master Feihong and fought off Sister Xi, but four Strong Martial pursuers surrounded them. He fled with Zhu Qinghua into the high sky, where she began to lose her protective light as Sister Xi gained on them.

• Young Master Feihong blamed Zhu Qinghua's escape on her tricks, and Sister Xi set off to pursue her while the others prepared to encircle them.
• Sister Xi attacked Zhou You and Zhu Qinghua, but Zhou You struck her with Great Sun Divine Phoenix Palm's Soaring Sky and wounded her with Divine Goose Seizer.
• Young Master Feihong, the pregnant female Strong Martial, and the old farmer caught up and surrounded Zhou You and Zhu Qinghua.
• The female Strong Martial recognized Zhou You and ordered the others to capture him alive so she could use her dual cultivation art on him.
• Zhou You carried Zhu Qinghua higher into the sky, but her protective light began to break as Sister Xi pursued them with black fur shielding her from the Gale Wind.

Zhou You used Zhu Qinghua’s defensive treasures and a clever exchange seal to escape Sister Xi and the other Strong Martial fighters. The pair got away, while Sister Xi was stranded at extreme altitude and badly injured.

• Zhu Qinghua said her treasures could protect her another hundred meters, while Sister Xi activated Listening Fluff and pursued them higher into the sky.
• Zhou You threw Zhu Qinghua upward, then turned back to fight Sister Xi and deflect her throwing knives with the Divine Goose Seizer and Perching Wood.
• Sister Xi used her iron claw to lock the Divine Goose Seizer, while Young Master Feihong and the other pursuers arrived nearby.
• Zhou You formed an Exchange seal that resonated with the seal on Zhu Qinghua’s palm, switching their positions and allowing him to escape with her.
• Sister Xi was exchanged to an altitude of three thousand meters, where the pressure and friction flames severely wounded her before she fell back to the others.
• Zhu Qinghua watched Zhou You with surprise and admiration as he regretted that he had not been able to finish Sister Xi off.

Zhou You rescued Zhu Qinghua from Not Five’s Mighty Warriors and left before her rescuers arrived, asking her to keep his involvement secret. Grandmaster Zhou then destroyed Not Five and learned from Yu Fu’er that she was carrying Zhou You’s child, prompting him to ask about Zhou You.

• Zhou You completed his rescue trial, returned to the Advanced Martial Master level, and asked Zhu Qinghua to keep his identity secret before leaving.
• Aunt Yue and Zheng Feng found Zhu Qinghua, and she concealed Zhou You’s role while explaining that Not Five had pursued her on Golden Immortal Path’s orders.
• Aunt Yue revealed that Grandmaster Zhou had rescued her and Zheng Feng from an ambush and had gone to destroy Not Five.
• Grandmaster Zhou killed Sister Xi and confronted Yu Fu’er after destroying Not Five.
• Yu Fu’er claimed she was carrying Zhou You’s child and identified Grandmaster Zhou as Zhou You’s granduncle; Grandmaster Zhou spared her briefly to hear what she knew about Zhou You.

Grandmaster Zhou spared Yu Fu'er because she carried his descendant, then arranged for Zhu Qinghua to marry Zhou You instead of his own son. As Zhou You caught up with the migrating procession, a Stone Drum bearing the Zhou surname fell from the sky, and he suspected someone had sent it to him.

• Grandmaster Zhou discovered that Yu Fu'er carried a descendant of his main family and ordered her to bear more heirs in exchange for her life.
• Grandmaster Zhou told Zhu Qinghua that she would marry his outstanding descendant Zhou You, and she accepted his arrangement.
• Grandmaster Zhou decided to send Zhou You the family vessel he had taken when he left home, then escorted Zhu Qinghua away.
• Zhou You caught up with the Zhou Family Village procession and learned that a meteor had fallen nearby, stopping their travel.
• Zhou You found a Stone Drum marked with the seal-script character Zhou, confiscated it, and suspected someone had arranged for it to reach him.

Zhou You returned to the prefectural city and learned that the Witch Clan was attacking Strong Martial factions, Medicine Fields, and martial arts schools with targeted challenges. The chapter ended with Er Jinmie challenging Yanshan, leaving Overlord Martial Arts School to decide whether to accept.

• Zhou You returned to the prefectural city and heard how the Witch Clan had destroyed Medicine Fields and drawn Strong Martial experts into battle.
• Yan Wanjun held off Witch Clan attackers until Yanshan returned, and Yanshan killed a Strong Martial Third Heaven Grand Shaman to defend their Medicine Field.
• Zuo Shi'er and the Da Qian Martial Arts School's senior martial masters discussed the Witch Clan's challenges, while Zhou You dismissed the need to worry before their school was called upon.
• Er Jinmie of the Zixu Tribe challenged Yanshan, and the city waited to see whether Overlord Martial Arts School would accept.

The Witch Clan Tribe’s Er Jinmie devastated the Overlord Martial Arts School, while Zhou You used the Stone Drum to awaken his Zhou Family bloodline and advance toward becoming a Mighty Warrior. After Qin Shang stopped Er Jinmie at the cost of mutual destruction, the challenge moved to its next stage, with Jia Kun calling Zhou You out.

• Er Jinmie killed two Advanced Martial Masters from the Overlord Martial Arts School and demanded that Yanshan fight or the school be destroyed.
• Zhou You learned that the Witch Clan Tribe had surrounded Medicine King Valley and that the great families, including the Northern Profound Zhu Family, had yet to act.
• Zhou You performed an ancestral ritual with the Stone Drum, awakening his Zhou Family bloodline and revealing that a Grandmaster had once belonged to his ancestors.
• The ritual elevated Zhou You to the ranks of prospective Mighty Warriors and weakened the Strong Martial Chasm, leaving him eager for battle.
• Qin Shang fought Er Jinmie with Dragon Subduing, Elephant Casting, Pillar Holding Up Heaven, and they reached mutual destruction.
• Jia Kun of the Jianmu Tribe called out Zhou You as the challenge entered its second stage.

Qi Qingdi fought Jia Kun of the Gu Dao Elite Army in place of Zhou You, who remained in seclusion, and won a costly victory for Da Qian Martial Arts School. Jia Kun fell, while Qi Qingdi was gravely injured and unable to fight again.

• Da Qian Martial Arts School sent Qi Qingdi to face Jia Kun because Zhou You was in seclusion and the school needed to buy him time.
• Jia Kun battered Qi Qingdi, but Zhou You's protective armor let him survive and counter with the short staff.
• Qi Qingdi revealed prodigy-level strength and cracked Jia Kun's shoulder with the Tiger Crane Twin Form Fist.
• As Jia Kun's next attack sent Qi Qingdi flying, Qi Qingdi used the Nine Sounds Whistle Arrow to pierce Jia Kun's ear and disrupt his balance.
• Qi Qingdi endured Jia Kun's final gale attack and struck his chest with the staff, defeating him at the cost of severe injuries.

Zhou You left seclusion and rushed to the arena after Qi Qingdi was forced into a second fight against the Jianmu Tribe. He arrived just in time to save Qi Qingdi and faced Pi Jiuxiong himself, wielding a wooden staff.

• Pi Jiuxiong challenged the Da Qian Martial Arts School to continue fighting, and Qi Qingdi swallowed a healing pill before returning to the arena.
• Hua Youxing learned Qi Qingdi was in danger and offered to retrieve the Hua Family's Jade Dust Returning Heaven Pill, but Zhou You left seclusion and set off for the arena.
• Pi Jiuxiong overcame Qi Qingdi's defenses, knocked him from the arena, and took his iron flute.
• Zhou You caught Qi Qingdi before he hit the ground, reclaimed the iron flute, and praised his disciple's performance.
• Zhou You stepped onto the arena with a wooden staff, and Pi Jiuxiong welcomed the chance to fight him.

Zhou You defeated Pi Jiuxiong with a wooden staff, then faced Ming Qiu Mo, a Witch Clan fighter born with a sacred seal-script mark. Ming Qiu Mo claimed Dayin Mountain and Wanxiu Mountain could not rescue Zhou You and challenged him to fight.

• Pi Jiuxiong attacked Zhou You with Iron Thorns, but Zhou You repeatedly struck his ankle with a wooden staff and killed him with a blow to the head.
• The martial artists and Witch Clan members recognized Zhou You's formidable staffsmanship and compared him to Yanshan.
• Ming Qiu Mo stepped forward to challenge Zhou You and revealed that he was born with a Nine Tripods Script character as a mark.
• Ming Qiu Mo drew his Bronze Saber, told Zhou You that Dayin Mountain and Wanxiu Mountain were surrounded, and called him to fight.

Yan Baihu broke through to the Strong Martial First Heaven realm after slaying the Gou Meng Tribe chieftain’s son, then joined the battle in the clouds. Elsewhere, Mo Yunzi survived the destruction of the Heaven-Weighing branch, founded the Land-Measuring organization, and drew attention across the six northern prefectures by releasing Storage Pouch 4.0.

• Yan Baihu killed the Gou Meng Tribe chieftain’s son, shattered and renewed his Mighty Warrior Omen, and reached the Strong Martial First Heaven realm.
• Yan Baihu transformed into a giant white tiger and joined the battle between the Ancestor Tiger Corpse and the Witch Clan Mighty Warriors.
• Liu Fengji advanced toward Strong Martial inside Jueguang Sect while Baishi Wu and other Mighty Warriors guarded his breakthrough.
• The Fuji Organization destroyed the Heaven-Weighing branch in Caoshu Prefecture, leaving Mo Yunzi as its strongest surviving member.
• Mo Yunzi gathered survivors and frightened Golden Immortal Path cultivators, then founded the imitation organization Land-Measuring under the name Xiaoyaozi.
• Mo Yunzi released Storage Pouch 4.0, which could carry a Medicine Field, and sold it across all six northern prefectures while evading the Fuji Organization.