Chapter Summaries

Wei He fought Yue Chen, a powerful Buddhist monk using the Earth Split Leg, but could not overpower him and struggled to escape. Yue Chen intensified his attacks and began launching Prayer Beads at Wei He as the fight continued near White Elephant City.

• Wei He charged Yue Chen with a powerful punch, but Yue Chen countered with fissures created by his Earth Split Leg.
• Yue Chen’s attacks overwhelmed Wei He, who realized his hidden protector was occupied fighting another Buddhist expert nearby.
• Wei He tried to flee, but Yue Chen pursued him at greater speed and drove him back with increasingly powerful attacks.
• Yue Chen pinned Wei He with a crushing palm, but Wei He secretly used Returning True Force to break free and escape diagonally.
• Yue Chen stomped after Wei He, enlarged his legs, spun his arms, and fired Prayer Beads in every direction.

Wei He revealed his overwhelming strength and killed Yue Chen after the monk cornered him and cut off his support. He left with Yue Chen’s corpse, planning to erase the evidence and invent an explanation for his survival.

• Yue Chen kept Wei He from escaping and said the nearby Divine Strength expert had been killed, leaving them isolated.
• Wei He activated Seven Phoenix True Martial · Bathing in Fire and struck Yue Chen with strength that shattered the monk’s arms.
• Yue Chen transformed into a golden werewolf and charged Wei He, but Wei He overwhelmed him and battered him into the forest.
• Wei He killed Yue Chen by crushing and twisting his head, then considered the risks of the Golden Body expert’s death.
• Wei He took Yue Chen’s corpse away to destroy the evidence and planned to tell others that Yu Xin or a passing old grandfather had helped him survive.

Wei He survived an attack by masked Returning True Force assassins and returned to White Elephant City with Princess Han Quan, while Prefect Xu Nianjun secretly signaled Great Lingfeng Temple after discovering Yue Chen had vanished. In a separate scene, a white-robed monk fought two giant shadows in a hidden gorge and was engulfed by one of them.

• Wei He returned to the battlefield with Princess Han Quan and found white-armored fighters holding off the masked assassins until Li Chengji and the Burning Heaven Army Department subdued them with a military formation.
• Wei He told Li Chengji and Princess Han Quan that an old white-haired senior had defeated Yue Chen, concealing what had happened between them.
• Li Chengji ordered the captured assassins taken away for questioning and led troops to pursue those who had abducted people, while Wei He and Princess Han Quan returned to White Elephant City with the survivors.
• Prefect Xu Nianjun learned that investigators had found traces of Great Lingfeng Temple's Earth Split Leg technique and secretly sent a message after realizing Yue Chen was missing.
• In a hidden gorge, a white-robed monk defeated one giant shadow, then confronted the surviving shadow as it engulfed him with Returning True Force.

Taiyi Secret King came to White Elephant City to investigate Yue Chen’s disappearance and target Wang Xuan, but Li Rong drove him away. Li Rong then told Wei He that she had secured him access to the Thirteen True Blood Exotic Treasures and gave him Xuanzhen Huanxin Powder.

• Taiyi Secret King learned that Yue Chen and Ji Wufeng had vanished in cases linked to Wang Xuan, then went to White Elephant City to confront him.
• Wei He sensed danger outside Wende Academy and saw an old white-robed monk watching him from across the street.
• Li Rong confronted Taiyi Secret King and ordered him to leave White Elephant City within three days, and he departed rather than risk fighting her and the army department.
• Li Rong joined Wei He in his carriage and told him he would visit thirteen locations in five days to obtain the Thirteen True Blood Exotic Treasures.
• Li Rong gave Wei He Xuanzhen Huanxin Powder, an exotic treasure from the True Strength Wushi Sect that could help him when he reached True Blood.

Wei He learned that Great Yue had attacked Wushi Sect for materials, then received word that Xuanmiao Sect disciple Wang Xi was being hunted while carrying crucial intelligence. He left to help Wang Xi, while Li Rong and Xue Huo discussed his ties to the past.

• Li Rong told Wei He that Great Yue had attacked Wushi Sect in Far Hope and killed a mutated Grandmaster to obtain materials for imperial experiments.
• Wei He explained that his Black Goat Heart had given him the Regeneration ability and raised his base strength to two hundred and fifty thousand jin.
• A disguised Xuanmiao Sect agent named Wang Xi fled toward Haizhou with important intelligence, pursued by Moon Veil and the Guangci Cult.
• Wei He received a Demonic Sect message about Wang Xi and left the Marshal's Mansion to assist him.
• Xue Huo asked Li Rong about Wei He's departure, and Li Rong said he would choose for himself and that his old ties offered him no future.

Wang Xi raced to deliver urgent intelligence to Haizhou but was ambushed by Moon Haze forces, who used him as bait to draw out Xuanmiao Sect operatives. When Yao Wan and Cheng Wan arrived to rescue him, Peng Mi joined the attack, until Wei He emerged from the mist at the end.

• Wang Xi evaded steel-needle and saber attacks, then fought a giant Moon Haze elite on a suspension bridge.
• Wei He searched near the rendezvous point for Wang Xi but found no trace of him and left to check nearby towns.
• A Moon Haze Commander trapped Wang Xi, fired a Xuanmiao Sect distress signal, and tried to use it to lure other operatives into an ambush.
• Yao Wan and Cheng Wan arrived to help Wang Xi, but Peng Mi attacked them with twin warhammers and revealed that the Moon Haze trap had caught them too.
• As Yao Wan prepared to hold off Peng Mi so the others could escape, Wei He emerged from the mountain mist and greeted her.

Wei He faced Peng Mi, Moon Haze’s third-ranked Seven Lord General, after Peng Mi trapped the mountaintop in a military formation. As Peng Mi unleashed his bloodline and secret technique for a supersonic attack, the gathered fighters waited to see whether Wei He could withstand the blow.

• Peng Mi activated Moon Haze’s Minor Seven Kill Formation, gathering his forces’ vitality and blood to strengthen himself and protect the other members.
• Yao Wan warned Wei He about the formation and offered to hold off the pursuers, but Wei He unleashed his black pythons and told the weak to withdraw.
• Wei He’s pythons tore through the Moon Haze fighters and bound Peng Mi, stopping his charge just short of Wei He.
• Peng Mi released his Five-Winged Black Bird bloodline and used Hundred Birds Spreading Wings to break free and accelerate beyond twice the speed of sound.
• Peng Mi’s hammer strike shattered Wei He’s black-vapor defenses as Yao Wan tried to intervene, and Cheng Wan held her back while everyone watched the clash.

Wei He revealed a monstrous transformation and annihilated Peng Mi and the fleeing Great Moon experts who had attacked him. After returning to normal and leaving Yao Wan, Wang Xi, and Cheng Wan with unanswered questions, he encountered Xuan Hui, who had tracked him on orders from the Taiyi Secret King.

• Wei He transformed into a six-meter giant, crushed Peng Mi with one strike, and killed the fleeing Great Moon experts with stone projectiles.
• Wei He returned to his normal form and left without answering Yao Wan's question about why he had stayed in Great Moon.
• Wang Xi marveled at Wei He's power, while Cheng Wan suspected his transformation had fused True Blood and True Force.
• Wei He landed in the forest and called out Xuan Hui, an old monk who admitted that the Taiyi Secret King had ordered him to track Wei He.

Wei He killed the Buddhist monk Xuan Hui who had been tracking him, then returned after rescuing his target. Two days later, Taiyi Secret King and Xiao Fuyue confronted Marshal Li Rong and demanded that Wang Xuan cooperate in investigating several disappearances.

• Wei He crushed Xuan Hui, searched his remains for golden star cores, and left before other creatures arrived.
• Monks found Xuan Hui’s buried remains and sent an urgent report to their Chief.
• Li Rong’s carriage stopped when Taiyi Secret King blocked the road and questioned her about Xuan Hui’s disappearance.
• Xiao Fuyue arrived and told Li Rong that two Seven Lord Generals, including Ji Wufeng and Peng Mi, had vanished in cases connected to Wang Xuan.
• Taiyi Secret King added that Xuan Hui’s disappearance was also connected to Wang Xuan, and both leaders demanded that he assist with the investigation.

Li Rong and Xie Qingtong drove Xiao Fuyue and Taiyi Secret King away when they tried to take Wang Xuan for questioning over several disappearances. Later, Li Rong questioned Wei He about a missing Great Lingfeng Temple monk as he prepared to leave on a journey.

• Xiao Fuyue and Taiyi Secret King pressured Li Rong to hand over Wang Xuan for help investigating missing Moon Shroud and Great Lingfeng Temple experts, but Li Rong refused.
• Xie Qingtong appeared to support Li Rong, and Xiao Fuyue and Taiyi Secret King left without Wang Xuan.
• Xie Qingtong warned Li Rong that Wang Xuan's unknown origins and links to the disappearances made him unsuitable, but Li Rong said she trusted him.
• Xue Huo taught Wei He about martial realms and minute perception while helping him prepare to absorb the Thirteen True Blood Exotic Treasures on his journey.
• Li Rong asked Wei He whether he had met the missing Great Lingfeng Temple monk Xuan Hui, and Wei He said he had never met him.

Wei He and Li Rong traveled to Black Snow Mountain to obtain two of the Thirteen True Blood Exotic Treasures, which were guarded at Mingjue Temple by Abbot Jingxu. Jingxu demanded that Wei He ring an ancient bell to prove his worth, and Wei He ended the chapter still searching for a way to make it sound.

• Li Rong warned Wei He that others were investigating Xuan Hui’s disappearance and the Seven Lord Generals, while assuring him that the Burning Heaven Army Department would protect him.
• Two days later, Li Rong and Wei He arrived at Black Snow Mountain, where the Nine-Ascending Heart Lotus and White As Night were kept at Mingjue Temple.
• Li Rong introduced Wei He, as Wang Xuan, to Abbot Jingxu and asked to receive the True Blood Exotic Treasures.
• Jingxu said Wei He had to ring an ancient bell to earn the treasures and led them to it.
• Wei He examined and struck the rubbery bell, but could not produce a proper ringing sound before nightfall.

At Mingjue Temple, Abbot Jingxu rigged a trial to favor the Buddhist sect’s Limit-Breaking Genius, Mu Chengwei, and denied Wang Xuan and Li Rong access to the best rare treasures. Wang Xuan left with a warning to return after reaching Grandmaster, while Mu Chengwei revealed to himself that he possessed a second top-tier bloodline and believed he would surpass the other geniuses.

• Lei En and Mu Chengwei arrived at Mingjue Temple, where Jingxu told them he had delayed Wang Xuan and Li Rong with an impossible bell trial so they could take the best rare treasures first.
• Jingxu explained that the bell was made from Light Glue and could not be rung, while Mu Chengwei boasted that Wang Xuan would be no match for him.
• Wei He and Li Rong realized Jingxu had rigged the trial, gave up trying to ring the bell, and confronted him when he handed them prefilled test tubes instead of letting them enter the flower pond.
• Li Rong and Wei He left the temple after Wei He warned that he would return once he became a Grandmaster, while Lei En and Mu Chengwei watched them go.
• Mu Chengwei told himself that his hidden second bloodline could raise his strength beyond two hundred thousand jin and make him as tough as a Golden Body expert.

After Li Rong guided Wei He to a second site holding True Blood Exotic Treasures, he consumed two medicines and rapidly advanced his Organ Refining cultivation. At Seven Star Dotting Sunset Dwelling, Wei He met King Qianyun and witnessed the lavish banquet awaiting the treasure seekers.

• Li Rong explained Abbot Jingxu’s past and warned Wei He that each of the thirteen True Blood Exotic Treasures could only be used once.
• Wei He drank White As Night and a second Exotic Treasure, reaching the late stage of Organ Refining.
• Li Rong took Wei He to Seven Star Dotting Sunset Dwelling in Rongyang Prefecture, where five True Blood Exotic Treasures were held.
• King Qianyun Sima Yunsheng greeted Wei He and led him upstairs to a banquet attended by other treasure seekers.
• Wei He watched a dancer transform from a crimson immortal crane into a woman and realized she was a Mutated Warrior.

At Seven Stars Tower, Wei He faced down Zhong Che’s attempt to provoke him into a fight and drove him away without striking him. He reunited with Princess Han Quan, then noticed a veiled musician signaling him from among the performers.

• Zhong Che confronted Wei He over losing a quota for the True Blood Exotic Treasures and challenged him to wager for the remaining qualifications.
• Wei He caught Zhong Che’s attack, then verbally rebuked him for threatening a representative of the Nine Great Army Departments; Li Qi stopped Zhong Che when he charged again.
• Zhong Che left in anger, and Li Qi introduced himself before withdrawing to give Wei He and Han Quan space.
• Han Quan praised Wei He and told him the Emperor might arrange their marriage if he succeeded in the coming contest; Wei He said his cultivation had risen and that he would soon reach True Blood.
• A veiled woman in white among the musicians met Wei He’s gaze and made a concealed signal, which he recognized as coming from the Demonic Sect.

At the banquet, Wei He learned more about Zhong Che and Mu Chengwei before Li Rong warned him that the next day’s military trial had been made far more dangerous. After returning to his room, Wei He found Yu Xin waiting to discuss his preparations to use her group’s channels.

• King Qianyun introduced Wei He to several banquet guests, then Wei He slipped into the garden and asked the Demonic Sect musician whether her operation would affect him.
• The musician told Wei He that Zhong Che was favored by the Empress Dowager and warned him about Mu Chengwei, whose origins were unknown.
• Wei He encountered Mu Chengwei in the garden, where Mu Chengwei privately concluded that Wei He’s rare medicine had strengthened him and confidently claimed he would win their tournament.
• Li Rong gave Wei He the details of the next day’s military trial and warned that she had increased its difficulty tenfold, while urging him to avoid conflict with Mu Chengwei.
• Wei He returned to his room and confronted Yu Xin, who had come to discuss his plan to use her group’s channels; he said he was only making preparations and the time was not yet right.

Wei He found Yu Xin gravely wounded and poisoned after the Demonic Sect’s operation, then treated her while keeping her hidden in his room. Princess Han Quan warned him that guests had been intercepted and killed, and Li Rong’s message made clear she knew he had sheltered Yu Xin but was letting him leave.

• Yu Xin collapsed after a citywide alarm sounded, and Wei He hid her and removed the bloodstains from the room.
• Wei He discovered Yu Xin’s poisoned wounds and knocked her unconscious after she attacked him, then resumed treating her when she woke and agreed to cooperate.
• Wei He recognized the poison as Lock Poison, which he had invented, and used his antidotes to treat Yu Xin’s wounds and broken wrist through the night.
• Princess Han Quan warned Wei He that three groups invited to the imperial wedding had been intercepted and killed, and urged him to leave with the medicine.
• Princess Han Quan relayed Li Rong’s instruction to clean the room before leaving, showing Wei He that Li Rong knew he had saved Yu Xin and was covering for him.

Wei He concealed Yu Xin from a search party investigating attacks on King of Rongyang’s guests, then prepared to compete for Seven Stars Tower’s precious medicines. As dawn arrived, the five trials were about to begin.

• Wei He worried about getting Yu Xin out while a search party tracked her to the Seven Stars Tower guest area.
• Mu Chengwei drew attention to Wei He’s room, and Zhao Zhihua demanded permission to search it.
• The search party found the room empty, but Wei He claimed a wounded woman had fled after he struck her, then described Yu Xin’s disguises.
• Zhao Zhihua accepted Wei He’s account and continued the pursuit, while Mu Chengwei remained suspicious.
• Wei He burned Li Rong’s note and prepared for the five trials, which began as the sky brightened.

Wei He entered Seven Stars Tower’s medicinal treasure test and received an easy challenge that let him consume Cold Mist Grass, while Mu Chengwei was assigned the much harder task of drawing with oil on water. After using the Boundary-Breaking Pearl to harness the herb’s power, Wei He reached the True Blood threshold and discovered his True Blood and True Strength were working together.

• Li Rong warned Wei He to avoid contact with the people he had secretly met, then the Five Heads of Seven Stars announced the start of the test.
• Wei He entered a stone house and received three medicinal treasures to eat, while learning that Mu Chengwei had to draw a medicinal treasure on water using oil.
• Mu Chengwei grew furious at his challenge and learned that Wang Xuan had already completed it, but the servant refused to reveal Wang Xuan’s method.
• Wei He absorbed Cold Mist Grass until his Organ Refining reached the True Blood threshold, then used the Boundary-Breaking Pearl to make full use of the medicinal force.
• Wei He sensed True Blood and True Strength working together and felt two new masses of blood form from his Mount Sumeru Whale King and Black Goat Heart bloodlines.

Wei He used both enhancements to strengthen his defense, collected the remaining precious medicines, and met Mu Chengwei. Meanwhile, Li Rong defended her support for Wang Xuan as military leaders discussed a new formation that could challenge Grandmasters.

• Wei He used the Mount Sumeru Whale King enhancement to strengthen his body throughout, then used the Black Goat Heart enhancement to grow dense, retractable black fur that made his skin and muscles tougher.
• Wei He forfeited the tests at the final two stone houses and collected their guaranteed low-quality precious medicines, then met Mu Chengwei and turned toward Princess Han Quan.
• Song Qing and Ji Linhuan warned Li Rong that Wang Xuan’s murky background and conflicts with the Buddhist Sect had made other army departments question her investment in him.
• Li Rong said she trusted Xuan'er and expected him to prove himself in the Martial Arts Tournament before the throne.
• Song Qing told Li Rong that the Sand Gathering Plan had succeeded, and that its new formation let three hundred soldiers fight him to a draw without a Grandmaster leading them.

Wei He learned that Great Moon might send an army to attack Far Hope, leaving him torn between protecting Li Rong and warning the Xuanmiao Sect. He resolved to gain enough influence to prevent a conflict and obtained a Great Moon True Beast Illustrated Guide to help him advance toward grandmaster-level power.

• Wei He discussed the failed search for the wedding attackers with Han Quan, who warned him that the court might send the army and Buddhist Sect to conquer Far Hope.
• Han Quan invited Wei He to socialize with Zi Linjun and her friends, but Li Rong caught them and dragged Han Quan away by the ear.
• Wei He adapted to his strengthened body in Seven Stars Tower, consumed two bottles of precious medicine, and reached the middle stage of True Blood.
• After Li Rong confirmed the possible expedition against Far Hope, Wei He decided to delay it and build influence in Great Moon so his masters would not fight.
• Han Quan gave Wei He the Great Moon True Beast Illustrated Guide, which he planned to use to find the final heart for the Three Hearts Art.