Chapter Summaries

At the alliance gathering, You Fu revealed that the Nest was turning captured martial artists into controlled Puppet Masters and urged the assembled forces to destroy it. After the meeting, Qian Xiao asked him about Meteor Bandit, learning that a powerful Demon Faction expert stood behind him.

• Yu Qingyan arrived at the gathering, where the attendees greeted her, but she did not speak to Wei He.
• You Fu explained that the Nest used special True Skills to alter martial artists’ memories and make them into Puppet Masters, then showed evidence of the process.
• You Fu called on the gathered forces to attack the Nest, and Wei He declined to send fighters because the Myriad Poison Sect had been devastated, offering funds and anti-poison medicines instead.
• The attendees agreed on an operation plan and departed after deliberating through the night, while Yu Qingyan and Wei He remained strangers to each other.
• Qian Xiao asked You Fu about Meteor Bandit, and he told her that Meteor Bandit’s master was a top Demon Faction expert who had come to Taizhou.

Wei He learned from You Fu how Ming Gan warped perception and caused martial artists to become aberrant, and he received warnings about dangers in the Black House Mountain Range. After You Fu ordered action against the Meteor Bandits and discussed recruiting Wei He, Wei He returned from a black market with exotic seeds and resolved to strengthen his foundation and keep his sect safe.

• You Fu told Wei He about the Life-Transforming Insects in Cloud Burst Swamp and the Grass Python in Empty Vine Forest, then explained that Ming Gan required repeatedly stabilizing one sense to resist external truths that could warp perception and cause aberration.
• Wei He learned that the Three-Headed Raccoon Dog had once been a Ming Gan martial artist who failed to stabilize its perception, thanked You Fu, and left two Myriad Poison Sect tokens as promises to repay his favors.
• You Fu ordered Mo Shiyan to tell Feng Lian to restrain the Meteor Bandits, and said they would no longer shield them if they refused.
• You Fu praised Wei He as a talent worth befriending, and Mo Shiyan offered to try to draw him to their side.
• Wei He returned from a black market with more than ten exotic seeds for the Myriad Poison Sect and considered strengthening his foundation as the Boundary-Breaking Pearl neared completion.

Wei He led the Myriad Poison Sect through its retreat into the Black House Mountain Range, married Wan Qingqing, and spent more than a year rebuilding the sect while cultivating. After breaking through the Nine Felling of Heavenly Seal into Force Entry and learning that Wan Qingqing was pregnant, he held a banquet where Wang Shaojun unexpectedly appeared.

• Wei He discussed the sect's food shortage with Du Han, Wan Ling, and Xiao Qingyu, then arranged to seek supplies from the Purple Moon Sword Vein and Wanfei Palace.
• Wei He announced his marriage to Wan Qingqing, and the Myriad Poison Sect held a three-day wedding feast attended quietly by Wang Shaojun and marked by a gift from Yue Xiaodie.
• Wei He handed sect affairs to Wan Ling and Xiao Qingyu, focused on cultivation, and the sect secured food and rebuilt its meat fields while Xie Yan cleared bandits from the supply route.
• More than a year later, Wei He broke through the Nine Felling of Heavenly Seal into Force Entry, and Wan Qingqing discovered she was pregnant.
• Wei He held a celebratory banquet, where Wang Shaojun appeared and greeted him after more than a year apart.

Wei He agreed to help Wang Shaojun track the Meteor Bandits, who were using a demonic art to drain women’s cultivation, but planned to keep his involvement limited. Meanwhile, Liang Shen had entered Force and planned to target the female martial artists of the Myriad Poison Sect.

• Wang Shaojun told Wei He that two Meteor Bandits had abducted women from the Wang, Zhou, and You Families and grown stronger by draining their cultivation.
• Wei He agreed to help slow the Meteor Bandits and gave Wang Shaojun Soul Chasing Incense, while telling Xie Yan he would avoid getting deeply involved.
• Liang Shen entered Force after absorbing the cultivation of numerous women, and Senior Brother Liu gave him a list of targets prepared by their master.
• Liang Shen decided to target the Myriad Poison Sect’s female martial artists and said he would strike before the sect could move against him.
• Senior Brother Liu told Liang Shen that their master would reward him with a Bone Forging female martial artist if he reached the peak of Force before year’s end.

Wei He investigated the elusive Meteor Bandits at the Wang residence, questioning witnesses including Wang Shuyi. Wang Shuyi secretly sent a message to her husband, but Wei He noticed the scent of her signaling device and stopped her with a question about whether she had seen her attacker’s face.

• Wei He met Wang Yehe and Wang Shaojun, heard the Wang Family’s account of Meteor Bandits’ silent, hard-to-detect movement, and questioned the witnesses.
• Wang Shuyi recalled her abduction and secretly used a pale-yellow Sweet Pear signal to summon a green bird, then kept the bird and its message inside the sealed residence.
• Wei He considered using Wang Yun as bait but agreed to examine the clues further before asking for her cooperation.
• Wei He questioned Wang Yini and Wang Shuyi again, then asked Wang Shuyi about Sweet Pear after detecting its faint scent.
• As Wang Shuyi left, Wei He stopped her and asked whether she had truly never seen the face of the person who violated her.

Wei He and Wang Shaojun tracked Liang Shen and learned that Meteor Bandits had gone to the Myriad Poison Sect to abduct its martial artists. Wei He rushed to the sect, where he caught Yun Hu after Yun Hu and Yun He prepared to attack and crushed Yun Hu with a devastating palm strike.

• Wang Shuyi sent a note to Meteor Bandits, who learned that Wei He was at the Wang residence and set out to raid the Myriad Poison Sect.
• Wei He and Wang Shaojun tracked Liang Shen to an inn, captured him, and discovered he was a medicinal human whose Jin power could be transferred.
• Liang Shen revealed that Meteor Bandits had headed to the Myriad Poison Sect to capture people, so Wei He hurried back to protect it.
• Meteor Bandits, revealed as Yun Hu, met Yun He near the sect and proposed joining forces to capture Wan Qingqing for her Scale Yin Blood.
• Wei He appeared behind Yun Hu and Yun He, pursued Yun Hu when they fled, and shattered Yun Hu’s Bone Jin with a powerful palm strike.

Wei He pursued the Meteor Bandits Yun Hu and Yun He, defeating Yun He after catching him near a river. When an old man intervened and invoked the destruction of the Heavenly Seal Sect, Wei He fought him and smashed him into the ground, leaving him mortally wounded.

• Wei He poisoned the injured Yun Hu and pursued Yun He through the forest.
• Yun He tried to escape across a river and attacked Wei He with poisoned weapons, but Wei He broke both his arms and knocked him down.
• A pale old man appeared and told Wei He to spare the bandits, mentioning the destruction of the Heavenly Seal Sect.
• Wei He fought the old man, endured his Five Step Pulse Severing Secret Hand, and caught him after his sixth step.
• Wei He overpowered the old man, smashed him into the ground twice, and drove an elbow through his chest.

Wei He killed Ghost Seal Zuo Muxiong and helped the Wang Family defeat the Feng Lian Cult’s Meteor Bandits, then chose to keep his own role quiet. With Wan Qingqing expecting their child, he planned to secure the Myriad Poison Sect and travel to Yunzhou to bring back his Second Sister and investigate his family.

• Wei He killed Zuo Muxiong, knocked out Yun He, and carried the wounded Yun Hu back toward the Myriad Poison Sect.
• The Wang Family displayed three blood-soaked corpses outside Xuanjing City, and Wei He concealed his part in the victory after testing his strength against Zuo Muxiong.
• Wei He read You Fu’s warning that the Feng Lian Cult’s Left Branch might retaliate and decided not to involve himself further in the Wang Family’s conflict.
• Wei He withheld what he had learned about Wan Qingqing’s possible bloodline and shared a tender moment with her and their unborn child.
• Wei He and Wan Qingqing agreed to travel to Yunzhou once the area was secure, while Wei He arranged to bring Lin Xiaoxiao back from the Prefectural City.
• Wei He planned to clear nearby threats and protect the Myriad Poison Sect before leaving to retrieve his Second Sister and investigate his family’s whereabouts.

Wei He traveled toward Cloud Province with a merchant caravan and learned that Feiye City had suffered famine and destruction. The chapter shifted to his sister Wei Chun in Feiye City, where she awoke from a recurring nightmare and visited an old residence.

• Wei He and Wan Qingqing joined the Fang Family caravan traveling to Cloud Province, accompanied by two female disciples.
• Wei He bought Yellow Qin Wine from Fang Yongchun and learned the caravan planned to pass through Feiye City, where famine and unrest had damaged the city.
• Wei Chun woke from her third recurring nightmare and recalled how the Incense Gathering Cult's uprising and the destruction of granaries had left her family hungry.
• Wei Chun left her home at dawn, greeted a fellow worker, and went to an abandoned residence where she touched finger-shaped holes in the pillars.
• Wei Chun entered the residence's inner rooms and found a gray-haired old man resting in a rattan chair.

Wei Chun learned the Earth Stomping Stance from Old Master Zhuang, who warned her to keep his teachings secret and revealed that many factions were pursuing the Chongxing Cup. Meanwhile, Wei Ying and Zhen Qi returned to the old Wei family home in Feiye City without finding their family, while Wei He traveled toward Yunzhou and gathered news about the region.

• Old Master Zhuang taught Wei Chun the Earth Stomping Stance and cautioned her to hide her martial arts training and the Chongxing Cup secret.
• Wei Ying and Zhen Qi repaired a rat hole at the old family residence, then left Feiye City still unable to find their relatives.
• Wei Tang passed Rat Alley with construction workers and lamented that Wei Ying and Wei He were missing, while concealing Li Cui's illness from Wei Chun.
• Wei He traveled with a merchant caravan toward Yunzhou and asked Little Chunzi about Feiye City, Yunzhou Prefectural City, and the Guan family.

Wei He and Wan Qingqing traveled with a merchant caravan, which survived an Iron Feather Crow attack and continued safely toward its destination as Wei He advanced his Righteous Law Art. In Yunzhou, Old Master Zhuang entrusted Wei Chun with the real Chongxing Cup and told her to hide it while a convincing fake muddied the waters.

• Fang Hong halted the caravan after its lead carriage fell into a pit, but the guards found no immediate threat and resumed traveling.
• A flock of Iron Feather Crows attacked the wagons for their grain, and the caravan drove them away with beast-repelling powder.
• The caravan reached a Land Post before nightfall and continued its journey; over the next month, Wei He trained his Righteous Law Art to Three Blood and gained poison immunity.
• Wei Chun practiced palm strikes under Old Master Zhuang's supervision, then learned that her three months of training had laid a lasting foundation.
• Old Master Zhuang gave Wei Chun the real Chongxing Cup to hide after arranging for a convincing fake to confuse those seeking the treasure.

Old Master Zhuang sent Wei Chun away with the Chongxing Cup before Gao Ling and Gao Xiu of the Ancient Sword Sect attacked him. Meanwhile, Wei He’s convoy crossed Ghost Seeing Gorge, where he subdued Three Poisons Monk and his Triangular Leopard, then considered using poison-controlled captives as protection on the road to Yunzhou.

• Old Master Zhuang gave Wei Chun the Chongxing Cup and told her to hide it, then faced Gao Ling and Gao Xiu when they surrounded his courtyard.
• Old Master Zhuang attacked the brothers with burning charcoal and escaped as they pursued him.
• Fang Zheng organized the convoy’s crossing of Ghost Seeing Gorge by transporting its cargo over the suspension bridge with ropes and pulleys.
• Three Poisons Monk charged the convoy with his Triangular Leopard and threatened Wan Qingqing, so Wei He struck him down with a tea-based attack and enslaved him.
• Three Poisons Monk and the Triangular Leopard obediently took over the carriage’s reins and place as its draft animal, while Wei He considered recruiting more people through poison for the journey to Yunzhou.

Wei Chun watched pursuers investigate the ruined residence and fled, while a mysterious woman in white entered after the Hong family inspectors left. Elsewhere, Wei He’s party traveled toward Yunzhou, where Wei He learned of the concealed-weapon expert Bai Dou and grew interested in meeting him.

• Wei Chun passed the ruined residence, saw Iron Wolf and three companions enter, and hurried away after suspecting they were pursuing her master.
• Iron Wolf’s group left in pursuit of the Ancient Sword Sect, and more than ten disguised men followed them while Hong family inspectors recorded the activity.
• A white-robed woman carrying a sword appeared at the ruined residence and entered after the inspectors departed.
• Three Poisons Monk told Wan Qingqing about unorthodox experts near Cangjian Gorge, including Bai Dou and his deadly Heart-Piercing Lotus concealed weapon.
• Wei He asked whether they could find Bai Dou, and Three Poisons Monk warned that Bai Dou’s speed and concealed weapons made him dangerous.

Wei He traveled with the convoy to Cangjian Gorge and went out at night to meet Bai Dou, hoping to recruit the hidden-weapons expert. Meanwhile, Wei Chun concealed the Chongxing Cup from her parents, and the chapter ended with Wei He confronting Bai Dou at his home.

• Wei He agreed to cross Cangjian Gorge the next morning and left camp with Three Poisons Monk to seek out Bai Dou.
• Wei Chun refused her parents’ suggestion that she marry and learned that martial artists had fought and died near her construction site.
• Wei Chun worried that revealing she had the Chongxing Cup would endanger her parents.
• Three Poisons Monk found Bai Dou at his stone house and introduced him to Wei He.
• Wei He challenged Bai Dou to try robbing him, and Bai Dou tensed as he sensed the threat.

Wei He defeated Bai Dou and forced him to swallow a poison pill, while a battle over the Chongxing Cup unfolded outside Feiye City. The chapter ended as a bloodied female Daoist appeared after Gao Ling ran into the night.

• Wei He recognized Bai Dou as a Bone Forging martial master after Bai Dou’s concealed weapons barely pierced his defenses.
• Wei He overwhelmed Bai Dou in a fight, then made him swallow a purple Lock Poison pill and submit.
• Iron Wolf’s group fought members of the Ancient Sword Sect over the Chongxing Cup outside Feiye City.
• Gao Ling fled with the Chongxing Cup while Gao Xiu and the others held off Iron Wolf’s group.
• A scream came from the direction Gao Ling had fled, and a bloodied female Daoist entered the scene.

A White Jade Crown Daoist killed the men pursuing the Chongxing Cup and concluded that Old Master Zhuang had hidden the real cup in Feiye City. After safely crossing Cangjian Gorge, Wei He and his companions parted from the caravan and continued toward Yunzhou, where he planned to investigate his family’s fate and revisit his past.

• Iron Wolf retreated after the White Jade Crown Daoist killed Gao Xiu, and the Ancient Sword Sect members backed away.
• The Daoist found a fake Chongxing Cup on Gao Ling, killed the laborers who ambushed her, and set off for Feiye City to trace Old Master Zhuang’s movements.
• Wei He and his companions used Beast Bait to draw away the Jue Ru Birds and safely crossed Cangjian Gorge with the caravan.
• Fang Yongchun chose to stay with her adoptive father, and Wan Qingqing gave her a token she could use to find her in the future.
• Wei He’s group parted from the caravan and headed through the border forest toward Yunzhou as Wei He told Wan Qingqing about his difficult past and his plans to investigate his family’s fate.

At Feiye City, Hong Daoyuan allied with a White Jade Crown Hundred Crown to search for Zhuang and obtain the Chongxing Cup. Meanwhile, Wei He organized his cultivation system and ordered his followers to capture Martial Masters as his carriage headed back toward Feiye, while Wei Chun grew anxious after seeing people search for someone.

• Hong Daoyuan negotiated with the White Jade Crown Hundred Crown, agreeing to take twenty percent of the Chongxing Cup treasure in exchange for her help securing firearms from the Prefectural City.
• Wei He consolidated his martial arts into Overturning Sea Vigor and the Cloud Sea Codex and planned to quantify the benefits of his cultivation methods.
• When the carriage stopped near two groups fighting, Wei He ordered Three Poisons Monk to capture all Martial Masters they encountered.
• Wei Chun saw authorities and gang members searching for someone and offering a gold bean for information, which left her uneasy.

Wei Chun concealed her connection to Old Master Zhuang as the authorities searched for the Chongxing Cup, while Hundred Crowns Daoist pursued a new lead. Wei He returned to Feiye City ahead of his companions and attacked Hong Daoyuan, demanding to know where he was.

• Wei Chun denied recognizing Old Master Zhuang when a constable showed her his portrait, protecting her parents from suspicion.
• Hundred Crowns Daoist wounded Bai Honghou and questioned a beggar, who reported seeing a tall, powerfully built woman visiting Old Master Zhuang's residence.
• Wei He arrived near Feiye City with Wan Qingqing and their companions, then went ahead alone to deal with the local powers.
• At Hongyan Tower, Daoist Bai Yi negotiated with Hong Daoyuan for the Chongxing Cup in exchange for alien species.
• Wei He burst into Hongyan Tower, smashed through Hong Daoyuan's guards and weapons, and demanded to know where Hong Daoyuan was.

Wei He returned to Feiye City, swiftly subdued Hong Daoyuan and Daoist Bai Yi, and used Lock Poison to bring the city’s leaders under his control. By the time Wan Qingqing arrived, he had quietly secured influence over Feiye City’s upper ranks.

• Wei He broke into Hongyan Tower, knocked Hong Daoyuan unconscious, and poisoned Daoist Bai Yi when she tried to leave.
• Wei He revived Hong Daoyuan with a Nine-Colored Pill, and Hong Daoyuan agreed to help him after learning he had been afflicted with Lock Poison.
• Hong Daoyuan and Daoist Bai Yi calmed the people gathering outside the tower, while Wei He explained that he intended to use Feiye City’s leaders to control the city.
• Wei He had Hong Daoyuan bring the Hong family’s upper ranks and the Hall of Enshrinement’s strongest accomplished martial artists to Hongyan Tower, where he poisoned them with Lock Poison.
• A party welcomed Wan Qingqing at the city gates, unaware that Wei He had secretly gained control of Feiye City’s upper ranks.

Imperial Army soldiers rounded up broad-built women in Feiye City as the Incense Gathering Cult launched a coordinated assault on Hongyan Tower. Wei He ordered Hong Daoyuan and Daoist Bai Yi to find his family, then confronted Hong Daoyuan’s master and two allies, who revealed their plan to attack him.

• Imperial Army soldiers rounded up broad-built women, but Zhuang Feng rescued Wei Chun and fled with her during the Incense Gathering Cult’s assault.
• Wei He questioned Hong Daoyuan about the Chongxing Cup and his master while the city’s forces battled the Incense Gathering Cult.
• Wei He gave Hong Daoyuan and Daoist Bai Yi portraits of his family and ordered them to find and protect his relatives.
• Wei He sent Bai Dou to help defend Hongyan Tower as the Incense Gathering Cult broke through its outer defenses.
• The Goatee Old Man and two allies appeared before Wei He, demanded that he remove the poison controlling the Hong Family, and threatened him with the Yueyin Tianquan Formation.
• Wei He identified the fighting outside as a staged ambush and put on his gloves as the three elders prepared to face him.