Chapter Summaries

Qin Wang killed Zheng Kecheng and Wang Jiang, then used Li Hongfei’s Tiger Blood Pills to greatly increase his cultivation. After the Intelligence Panel updated, it revealed that Dragon Blood Pills could push him into the second-rate realm and that Venerable Qingyao had left an immortal cultivation technique and accumulated savings at Eagle Worry Ravine.

• Qin Wang killed Zheng Kecheng and Wang Jiang with a dagger, and the Soul Gathering Bowl collected both of their souls.
• Qin Wang found Zheng Kecheng’s and Wang Jiang’s identity tokens and Wang Jiang’s Blood Kill Hall token, then burned the bodies and left the rented courtyard.
• Qin Wang purified and swallowed a Tiger Blood Pill, raising his third-rate cultivation progress from 271 to 311.
• Qin Wang took all ten Tiger Blood Pills over five days, increasing his cultivation progress to 711 and strengthening his inner power.
• Qin Wang’s updated intel warned that County Magistrate Chen Hao had ordered a search for him and that Blood Kill Hall was investigating the Hundred Knowledge Divine Lord.
• Qin Wang learned that Venerable Qingyao had left an immortal cultivation technique and his savings at Eagle Worry Ravine in Jin Prefecture.

Qin Wang took a Dragon Blood Pill and broke through to the Second-Rate Realm, testing his stronger internal energy and movement skills. He prepared intelligence exposing the Chen Family Patriarch, Chen Hao, and Zheng Kecheng, then headed out at night to post it.

• Qin Wang learned that Venerable Qingyao's cultivation techniques and possessions lay in Eagle Worry Ravine, and resolved to seek them after rescuing his sister.
• Qin Wang used a Dragon Blood Pill to break through to the Second-Rate Realm and tested his increased strength and Flying Eagle Movement Technique.
• Qin Wang decided to expose the Chen Family to weaken it and create an opportunity to rescue Qin Xuemei.
• Qin Wang wrote intelligence about Chen Kun, Chen Hao, and Zheng Kecheng, including their secrets and plans.
• Qin Wang carried thirty copies of the intelligence into the night to post them.

Qin Wang learned that Chen Tianyu would carry a three-hundred-year-old ginseng through the Qingfeng Forest Path and decided to ambush him for the ginseng and to weaken the Chen Family. Meanwhile, Chen Hao prepared to flee Yan Yun County as public anger over his crimes grew.

• Qin Wang reviewed the updated intel, including Chen Tianyu's planned journey with the ginseng and the public uproar over Chen Hao.
• Chen Hao agreed to flee the county office with Ji Wuyuan before the angry citizens arrived.
• Disguised as a dark-skinned man, Qin Wang listened to people discuss Chen Hao and the missing Medicine Persons in a noodle shop.
• Qin Wang paid for his noodles and left to prepare an ambush for Chen Tianyu at the Qingfeng Forest Path beside the Black River.

Chen Kun suspected a traitor in the Chen Family after Tianji Pavilion exposed its plans, while a mob seized Yan Yun County amid an uprising against corrupt officials. Qin Wang ambushed Chen Tianyu and Chen Lin, stole the three-hundred-year-old ginseng, and left the Chen Family waiting anxiously for Chen Tianyu’s return.

• Chen Kun questioned the Chen Family’s core members about how Tianji Pavilion learned of their plans and resolved to watch for a traitor while reconsidering his strategy.
• Qi Shun rallied nearly four thousand civilians to storm Yan Yun County’s office, kill corrupt officials, and welcome General Li Jingzhong’s army.
• Qin Wang used Beisu San Gong Xiang to incapacitate Chen Tianyu and Chen Lin on the road through Clearwind Forest.
• Qin Wang killed Chen Lin and Chen Tianyu, took the three-hundred-year-old ginseng and more than five hundred taels of silver, then destroyed their eyes and fled.
• That night, Old Madam Chen asked Chun Cao whether Chen Tianyu had returned, and Chun Cao said he had not.

After Yan Yun County fell to the rebels, Qin Wang reviewed new intelligence about his enemies and planned to exploit it while seeking Zheng Kecheng’s saber manual. He reached Zheng Kecheng’s home before dawn to retrieve it and prepare further exposures.

• Old Madam Chen hoped her brother Zhuo Qiuhang would visit after she sent news that Chen Yi had gained Immortal Destiny.
• Qin Wang returned to rebel-controlled Yan Yun County and examined the three-hundred-year-old ginseng he had taken from Chen Tianyu.
• The Daily Intel revealed Chen Kun would blame the Zhang, Lin, and Su families for Chen Tianyu’s death, while Chen Hao and Li Hongfei fled and Qi Shun’s rebel forces took control of the city.
• Qin Wang learned that Zheng Kecheng’s home held the Moon Reflection Saber Technique, that Chen Kun possessed two Spirit Shield Talismans, and that several factions were investigating Tianji Pavilion.
• Qin Wang wrote new intelligence exposing his enemies, then entered Zheng Kecheng’s home at No. 9 Alley before dawn.

Qin Wang recovered the Moon Reflection Saber Technique and learned that his black iron token granted entry to the Jingshan Black Market, while new intel revealed that Chen Kun planned to attack the Su Family. He hid near the estate and watched Chen Kun’s group arrive to launch the assault.

• Qin Wang searched Zheng Kecheng’s home, found Li Chunxia’s testament, and took the Moon Reflection Saber Technique manual, silver, and a numbered black iron token.
• Three days later, Qin Wang reached Minor Mastery in the Flying Eagle Movement Technique and began practicing the Moon Reflection Saber Technique, which had reached Beginner stage.
• At a noodle shop, Qin Wang heard that Chen Tianyu had been murdered and that Li Hongfei and Chen Hao were to be executed after their arrest by Qi Shun’s men.
• Qin Wang’s daily intel revealed that the black token was an entry credential for the Jingshan Black Market, Qi Shun coveted the Scarlet Sun Divine Art, and Chen Kun planned to attack the Su Family at three in the morning.
• Qin Wang disguised himself, hid in a camphor tree near the Su Family estate, and saw five people leap over its walls at three o’clock.

Qin Wang poisoned the battle between the Chen and Su families, then killed four immobilized Chen family experts while Chen Kun and Su Dingfeng fled. Chen Kun later forced out the poison and returned to seek a chance to rescue his relatives.

• Chen Kun led four relatives in a night assault on the Su Family Estate, blaming Su Dingfeng for Tianyu’s death and seeking to seize control of Yan Yun County.
• Su Dingfeng used the Snow Lotus Sect’s Blood Burst Method to reach the first-rate realm, but Chen Kun revealed that he had also advanced and repelled Su Dingfeng’s flying dagger.
• Qin Wang’s poison weakened both sides, and Chen Kun escaped the estate while Su Dingfeng withdrew to avoid being overwhelmed.
• A masked Qin Wang entered the estate and killed Chen Xiao, Chen Yun, Chen Bailin, and Chen Baisen as they lay unable to move.
• After forcing out the poison, Chen Kun returned near the estate to look for a chance to rescue his two uncles and two brothers.

Qin Wang learned that Chen Kun had left Yan Yun County to pursue the fleeing Su Family, giving him a chance to strike the Chen Family. He prepared to attack the Chen Family that night and rescue his sister, Qin Xuemei.

• Chen Kun found his brother and three other Chen Family masters dead, burned the abandoned Su Family residence, and set out to hunt down Su Dingfeng.
• Su Dingfeng took his family toward Liangzhou because he feared Chen Kun, who had advanced to the First-Rate Realm.
• Qin Wang received intelligence that Chen Kun would be gone for six days and that three mid-stage Second-Rate masters remained in the Chen Family.
• Qin Wang decided to use Beisu San Gong Xiang to eliminate the Chen Family and rescue Qin Xuemei.
• That night, Qin Wang waited in concealment near the Chen Family Mansion, intent on attacking its masters and Old Madam Chen.

Qin Wang infiltrated the Chen Family estate, poisoned and killed its defenders, then freed Qin Xuemei and the other child maidens while concealing his identity. He left the girls to flee ahead and secretly followed them, with Chen Kun still alive and the Chen Family estate burning behind them.

• Qin Wang slipped into the Chen Family estate and poisoned the mourning hall, where he killed Chen Zhong, Chen Baishu, Chen Baiwen, and the other men keeping vigil.
• Qin Wang set the mourning hall ablaze and headed to the rear courtyard to rescue Qin Xuemei.
• Qin Wang pretended not to know Qin Xuemei and told her and Xiao Zi to flee, warning them that the Chen Family had been killed.
• Qin Wang freed Xiao Lan and another child maiden, then left the four girls to escape while he secretly followed them.

Qin Wang let Qin Xuemei and the other girls wait safely until dawn, then returned to the Chen Family to kill Old Madam Chen and finish wiping out the household. After looting her room, he discovered and took a tiny azure sword.

• Qin Xuemei and the other three girls agreed to wait beneath the awning of Chen's Noodle House until dawn, while Qin Wang returned to the Chen Family.
• Qin Wang warned the servants and maids to flee, then killed the Chen Family clansmen who remained near the burning mourning hall.
• Qin Wang found Old Madam Chen, Zhuo Qiumei, in her room and killed her with his dagger, sending her soul into the Soul Gathering Bowl.
• Qin Wang searched Old Madam Chen's chests, packed away her gold and silver, and found a three-inch azure sword hidden beneath an old ceremonial cape.

Qin Wang rescued Qin Xuemei by destroying the Chen Family and planned to flee with her to Jin Prefecture before Chen Kun could return. After reuniting with his sister, he explained his plan to settle her safely and seek Venerable Qingyao’s legacy at Eagle Worry Ravine.

• Qin Wang searched the Chen Family mansion for a Spirit Shield Talisman, found no sign of it, and set the ancestral hall ablaze.
• Qin Wang waited near Chen’s Noodle House until morning, then followed Qin Xuemei after she left and revealed his identity using their childhood memories and his scar.
• Qin Xuemei recognized Qin Wang, embraced him, and followed him to the courtyard where he was staying.
• Qin Wang told Qin Xuemei how he had rescued her, disguising his knowledge from the Daily Intel Panel as guidance from a mysterious senior.
• Qin Wang proposed taking Qin Xuemei to Jin Prefecture to avoid Chen Kun and later seeking Venerable Qingyao’s legacy at Eagle Worry Ravine.

Qin Wang and Qin Xuemei tried to leave Yan Yun County, but Qi Shun sealed the city while searching for Zheng Kecheng’s murderer and Sky-Piercing Kite. After retreating from the inspected gate, Qin Wang planned to escape that night, while new intel revealed that Sky-Piercing Kite had infiltrated Qi Shun’s rebel army.

• Qin Wang decided to stop at the Jingshan Black Market on the way to Jin Prefecture and agreed with Qin Xuemei to leave as soon as possible.
• Qi Shun received orders from Zheng Lingyun to seal Yan Yun County and search for the murderer of Zheng Kecheng, and he also planned to hunt for Sky-Piercing Kite and the Scarlet Sun Divine Art.
• Qin Wang and Qin Xuemei found the southern gate under heavy inspection and returned to their rented courtyard rather than risk exposing their disguises.
• Qin Wang told Qin Xuemei they would leave at night, then moved them into a rented courtyard near the southern gate to prepare their escape.
• The nightly intel revealed that Chen Kun would return in four days, Zhuo Yijian was headed to the Chen Family, Qi Shun would keep the city sealed, and Sky-Piercing Kite had infiltrated the rebel army in a slain soldier’s appearance.

Qin Wang and Qin Xuemei escaped Yan Yun County by drugging the south gate guards and opening the gate. On the way out, Qin Wang found a bundle dropped by a disguised soldier and suspected it belonged to the thief Sky-Piercing Kite.

• Qin Wang read the refreshed intelligence and decided to leave the sealed city with Qin Xuemei that night.
• Qin Wang disguised himself and Qin Xuemei as a middle-aged couple and persuaded the south gate guards to let them approach the brazier.
• Qin Wang burned Beisu San Gong Xiang in the brazier, incapacitating the soldiers guarding the south gate.
• Qin Wang took a key from an officer and unlocked the city gate as a disguised soldier collapsed nearby.
• Qin Wang picked up the disguised soldier's yellow cloth bundle, then carried Qin Xuemei out of the city using the Flying Eagle Movement Technique.

After escaping Yan Yun County with Qin Xuemei, Qin Wang discovered that the bundle he had picked up contained the Scarlet Sun Divine Art and continued toward the Jingshan Black Market. He entered Maple Leaf Valley at the market’s opening, carrying the manual’s secret and a supply of poison.

• Qin Wang rested with Qin Xuemei in a fir forest, revealed how Beisu San Gong Xiang had helped them escape, and found the Scarlet Sun Divine Art and a strange key in the bundle.
• Qin Xuemei asked Qin Wang to teach her martial arts, and he agreed to teach her the Flying Eagle Movement Technique after returning from the black market.
• Qi Shun questioned Sky-Piercing Kite Li Qiye about the stolen manual and ordered Qi Feiying to investigate Qin Wang and Qin Xuemei and send troops after them.
• Zhuo Yijian arrived at the ruined Chen Family Mansion, learned that his aunt’s family had been exterminated, and resolved to investigate and support Chen Kun and Chen Yi.
• Two days later, Qin Wang settled Qin Xuemei in Maple Leaf Town, learned the black market’s location from a masked man at the Fishing Terrace, and entered Maple Leaf Valley with his token.

Qin Wang found and bought the Mysterious Fragment at the Maple Leaf Valley black market, along with a Soul Shaking Saber and a faction map. Jiang Hanyun and three accomplices pursued him for Lin Tong, but Qin Wang spotted their ambush and prepared to fight with Beisu San Gong Xiang as the attackers closed in.

• Qin Wang searched the black market stalls in Maple Leaf Valley for the Mysterious Fragment.
• Qin Wang bought the fragment, a Soul Shaking Saber, and a Great Cang Faction Map from Jiang Hanyun for six hundred taels.
• Jiang Hanyun and three Second-Rate Masters followed Qin Wang after Lin Tong ordered them to rob him and promised them an antidote.
• Qin Wang noticed four men hiding beneath the Nanzhu Forest and lit Beisu San Gong Xiang while pretending to count his silver.
• The four attackers surrounded Qin Wang and rushed him, and he acted frightened as he kicked the burning bundle and scattered sparks.

Qin Wang killed Jiang Hanyun and three companions, then returned home with their spoils and learned that Lin Tong would track him down in five days. He and Qin Xuemei left Maple Leaf Town under cover of night to escape the danger.

• Qin Wang killed Jiang Hanyun and his three companions with poison, recognized the masked Goat-Faced Man as the black-market seller, and took their belongings.
• Qin Xuemei waited up for Qin Wang, and he shared the meal and gave her the Flying Eagle Movement Technique manual.
• Qin Wang sorted through the spoils, including a Soul Shaking Saber, a Mysterious Fragment, and 1,350 taels of silver.
• Qin Wang's updated intel revealed that Lin Tong had stolen the Three Corpse Gu King Pot and would track him down in five days using a Scent-Tracking Gu.
• Qin Wang warned Qin Xuemei, and the siblings packed their possessions and left Maple Leaf Town that night.

Lin Tong used his Scent-Tracking Gu to pursue Qin Wang, who strengthened his cultivation and continued fleeing toward Jin Prefecture with Qin Xuemei. In Yan Yun County, Chen Kun returned to find his family destroyed and learned that only he and his younger son remained.

• Lin Tong tracked the killer of his four servants toward Maple Leaf Town and planned to capture him and take his poison.
• Qin Wang advanced to the mid-Second-Rate Realm with Dragon Blood Pills and ginseng, while his intelligence indicated Lin Tong would catch up in five days.
• Qin Xuemei made Qin Wang a pouch for the Mysterious Fragment, and the siblings set off toward Jin Prefecture.
• Chen Kun returned to Yan Yun County and found the Chen Family mansion burned and more than a hundred coffins in the ancestral hall.
• Chen Kun discovered the bodies of Chen Baiwen and Old Madam Chen, Zhuo Qiumei, and screamed in grief before a white-clad man offered condolences.

After learning that the Chen Family had been massacred, Chen Kun vowed to find the killer while Zheng Lingyun ordered a pursuit of Qin Wang and Qin Xuemei as suspects in his father’s death. Three days later, Qin Wang and Qin Xuemei reached White Stone Town, where Qin Wang initiated the Scarlet Sun Divine Art.

• Zhuo Yijian told Chen Kun that the Chen Family had been killed by a masked man using poison that dispersed inner force, and Chen Kun swore vengeance.
• Zheng Lingyun praised Qi Shun for taking Yan Yun County and asked him for leads on the murderer of Zheng Lingyun’s father.
• Qi Shun presented Qin Wang as a prime suspect, and Zheng Lingyun ordered his men to capture Qin Wang and Qin Xuemei after hearing they may have fled the city disguised as a couple.
• Three days later, Qin Wang and Qin Xuemei rested in a Land God Temple in White Stone Town while traveling toward Jin Prefecture.
• Qin Wang initiated the Scarlet Sun Divine Art and demonstrated its searing inner force.

Qin Wang tested his improved Scarlet Sun Divine Art before setting out with Qin Xuemei for Eagle Worry Ravine, while Lin Tong and Dan Shenggui fought over the Three Corpse Gu King Pot and Zhuo Yijian agreed to help Chen Kun pursue the suspected Yellow Sparrow. Qin Wang received intel that Lin Tong was severely crippled and hiding nearby, and that Chen Kun had begun searching for Qin Xuemei.

• Qin Wang shattered a bluestone slab with his Scarlet Sun Divine Art and left the Land God Temple with Qin Xuemei, heading for Eagle Worry Ravine.
• Lin Tong confronted Dan Shenggui, and the two fought over the Three Corpse Gu King Pot as Lin Tong's servants moved to attack.
• Chen Kun identified the poison used in his family's massacre and vowed to hunt down Yellow Sparrow, while Zhuo Yijian pledged to help him.
• Qin Wang saw his updated intel revealing Lin Tong's location and injuries, the true nature of the Five Elements Divine Light Pot, and Chen Kun's pursuit of him and search for Qin Xuemei.

Qin Wang tracked the badly wounded Lin Tong to a ruined temple and killed him from a distance, then set fire to his corpse and the bundle containing the Five Elements Divine Light Pot. As Qin Wang withdrew to wait for the fire to cool, a Snow Silkworm escaped from the burning bundle.

• Qin Wang learned that Lin Tong was hiding in a ruined temple and decided to kill him and claim the Five Elements Divine Light Pot.
• Qin Wang found Lin Tong at White Cloud Temple, ignited a bundle of Beisu San Gong Xiang, and threw it into the temple.
• Lin Tong tried to take antidote pills and offered Qin Wang the pot and his banknotes, but Qin Wang kept his distance and pelted him with stones.
• Qin Wang crushed Lin Tong's head, and the Soul Gathering Bowl absorbed Lin Tong's soul.
• Qin Wang burned Lin Tong's corpse and the bundle, then withdrew to wait for the fire to cool.
• A Snow Silkworm escaped from the pot inside the burning bundle.