Chapter Summaries

Wei He fought off the Three Elders of Yueyin and a wave of Incense Gathering Cult attackers at Hongyan Tower, using the battle to gauge his strength. He drove the cultists away, leaving the plaza strewn with their fallen fighters.

• The Three Elders of Yueyin attacked Wei He together, but he broke their formation and resisted their force effects.
• Wei He unleashed the Heartless Seal with his enhanced Overturning Sea Vigor, sending the three elders crashing through the tower wall.
• Wei He estimated that his strength matched the combined power of three to four Organ Refining experts, though he remained uncertain how he would fare against Ming Gan.
• More than thirty masked fighters rushed into the tower, and Wei He killed them with swift strikes to their hearts.
• Wei He evaded a metal net and poison-water tubes, then released poison powder and poisonous force that felled the surrounding Incense Gathering Cult fighters.
• The Incense Gathering Cult attackers retreated, leaving the ground beside Hongyan Tower covered with fallen fighters.

Wei He defeated the Hong family, the Incense Gathering Cult, and the White Jade Crown forces, then killed Hong Daoyuan before reviving him to test a method for restoring the dead. Hong Daoyuan submitted to Wei He, who left him to help search for Wei He’s missing family before heading to meet Wan Qingqing.

• Wei He repelled the three factions’ attacks and poisoned more than a hundred of their fighters, forcing the survivors to retreat or stand back.
• Hong Daoyuan and Hong Yi decided to seek cooperation with Wei He, and Hong Daoyuan approached him to apologize.
• Wei He crushed Hong Daoyuan’s arm and struck his chest, killing him because his calm expression made Wei He suspect he would plot against him.
• Wei He revived Hong Daoyuan by restoring his bones and stimulating his heart, then ordered him to find people for him.
• Hong Daoyuan submitted to Wei He, who left through the snow to meet Wan Qingqing and check on their old home in Rat Alley.

Wei He reunited with Wei Ying and Zhen Qi in Feiye City and learned that his parents and eldest sister had been found in the new district. He headed with them to Baisha Alley, where Wei Tang was brewing medicine for Li Cui as someone knocked at their door.

• Wei He visited the renovated Wei family home and learned from an old man that the family had been relocated to Baisha Alley in the new district.
• Wei He ran into Wei Ying and Zhen Qi, and they reunited after he confirmed their identities.
• A Hong family guard gave Wei He a note saying Wei Tang, Li Cui, and Wei Chun had been found, and that Wei Chun was linked to the Chongxing Cup incident.
• Wei He, Wei Ying, and Zhen Qi took a carriage to Baisha Alley to find their family.
• Wei Tang prepared medicinal soup for Li Cui's worsening sores, then answered a late knock at the door.

Wei He reunited with his family in Feiye City and prepared to take them back to Taizhou, leaving the Chongxing Cup behind to divert the factions searching for it. The Wei Family departed Yunzhou while the Hong Family took possession of the cup.

• Wei Ying and Wei He reunited with Wei Tang and Li Cui, and Wei He arranged for Wei Chun and Zhuang Feng to be found and brought to the family home.
• Wei He examined Li Cui and concealed how serious her illness was, assuring the family that medicine could treat it.
• Wei He introduced Wan Qingqing to his family and decided to pay respects to Master Zheng before taking everyone back to Taizhou.
• Wei Chun offered the Chongxing Cup to Zhuang Feng, but Zhuang Feng ultimately left without asking for it.
• Wei He replaced the Hong Family's deadly poisons with controllable ones, threw the Chongxing Cup to them, and left Yunzhou with his family for Taizhou.

As Great Yuan collapsed into rebellion and invasion, Wei He and Wang Shaojun discussed the crisis before Wan Qingqing gave birth to their son, Wei An. Meanwhile, Wushi Sect learned that Wu State’s Bloodline Aberrant general Tang Yan was advancing, but Jade Fang Peak’s master dismissed the threat for now.

• Wei He and Wang Shaojun discussed the imperial court’s fall, Wu State’s invasion of Yizhou, and Wang Shuyi’s confinement in a nunnery after her cultivation was crippled.
• Wan Qingqing went into labor at Wang Shaojun’s residence, and Wei He stayed by the delivery room as preparations were made.
• Wan Qingqing gave birth to a son, whom Wei He named Wei An.
• Liu Zhenyuan reported to Jade Fang Peak’s master that Tang Yan and Wu State’s army had defeated Yizhou’s forces and that Tang Yan possessed extraordinary Bloodline Aberrant abilities.
• Jade Fang Peak’s master told Liu Zhenyuan that Wu State would have to face other forces before reaching Taizhou and ordered Wushi Sect to let its enemies fight one another.

Six months later, Wei He had strengthened the Myriad Poison Sect and devoted himself to cultivation while raising his family and training Lin Yuan. Seeking to learn the divisions of Ming Gan and test his limits, Wei He went to meet You Fu at Laojun Temple, where he found a group of young travelers already inside.

• Liu Zhenyuan reflected on the dangers posed by Bloodline Aberrants and left the Wushi Sect's main peak.
• Over six months, the Myriad Poison Sect prospered, while Wei He trained Lin Yuan and taught him the Golden Joy Five Elements Technique.
• Wei He grew concerned that his rising influence might endanger his family and focused more intensely on cultivating Overturning Sea Vigor.
• After finding no news of the Moonlit Whale Chart, Wei He decided to seek You Fu's guidance about Ming Gan and test his own strength.
• Wei He raced to Laojun Temple to meet You Fu and found richly dressed young travelers warming themselves by a fire.

Wei He arrived at Laojun Temple to meet You Fu and found the fleeing Lian siblings there, hiding from the Natural Sect. When Gongsun Hong and another Natural Sect expert attacked them, Wei He passed by and incapacitated both, leaving Gongsun Hong begging for mercy.

• Lian Shuihan and Lian Youran waited at Laojun Temple for their grandfather, Li Chong, while fleeing the Natural Sect’s pursuit.
• Wei He arrived and sat apart from the siblings, uninterested in their troubles.
• Gongsun Hong and another Natural Sect expert entered the temple and confronted the Lian siblings.
• Lian Youran considered framing Wei He by claiming the Purple One Sect’s treasures were with him, but stopped when You Fu called to Wei outside.
• Wei He walked toward the exit, and Gongsun Hong recognized him as Sect Master Wei and hurriedly moved aside.
• Wei He’s poison incapacitated Gongsun Hong and his companion; the companion collapsed, while Gongsun Hong knelt and begged for his life.

Wei He tested his strength against You Fu and learned about the Ming Gan stage before naturally breaking through from Bone Forging into Organ Refining. He left the encounter with new guidance on sensory fixation and planned to use a Boundary-Breaking Pearl to temper his organs later.

• Wei He and You Fu fought for a hundred breaths, and You Fu’s Bell Sun Finger forced Wei He to recognize that he was still weaker in a direct clash.
• You Fu compared Wei He’s strength with Taizhou’s other masters and explained sensory fixation and the dangers of breaking through rashly.
• After You Fu departed, Wei He’s Silkworm Silk Jin stimulated a natural breakthrough into Organ Refining without using a Boundary-Breaking Pearl.
• Wei He realized that completing Organ Refining required strengthening all twelve internal stages before choosing a sense for sensory fixation.

Wei He advanced into Organ Refining, then spent two years strengthening the Myriad Poison Sect and withdrawing it from public view. At a Root Harvesting Festival gathering in Xuanjing, Wang Shaojun asked Wei He to help him build influence in the Taian Army, leaving Wei He’s response unresolved.

• After reaching Organ Refining, Wei He ignored the Lian family and returned to the Myriad Poison Sect, while the Lian siblings discovered they had been poisoned and set off for Xuanjing to seek a cure.
• Over the next two years, Wei He raised his remaining true techniques to Bone Forging, steadily advanced through Organ Refining, and scaled back the Myriad Poison Sect’s businesses and outside contacts.
• At a Root Harvesting Festival gathering, Wang Shaojun told Wei He that Zhou Xingtong had lost an arm and his chance to advance further in martial arts.
• Wang Shaojun said he planned to leave for the provincial capital as chief director of Industry Development Path and invited Wei He to join him, but Wei He remained silent.

Wei He declined Wang Shaojun’s offer to join him in the Prefectural City, choosing to focus on cultivation as their paths parted. Two years later, Wei He had reached the middle stage of Organ Refining, was raising his son in the Myriad Poison Sect, and prepared to strengthen the sense of touch in his left hand for Ming Gan.

• Wang Shaojun asked Wei He to join him in the Prefectural City, but Wei He refused and the two shared a farewell toast before Wang Shaojun left with much of his family.
• The Wang Family withdrew from Xuanjing, the Zhou Family weakened, and the Autumn Pond Sword Sect and Mo family became the city’s rising powers.
• Wei He advanced to the middle stage of Organ Refining and walked with Wan Qingqing and their two-year-old son Wei An, whose poison resistance training had made him immune to toxins.
• Wan Qingqing discovered Wei An playing with poisonous centipedes and angrily confronted Wei He, who later explained the protective training he and Nine Shadows had designed.
• Wei He reviewed You Fu’s information about setting a sense in Ming Gan and decided to strengthen the tactile sense in his left hand.

Wei He’s left hand began to develop supersensory perception, exposing him to invisible and dangerous phenomena. After an unseen hand gripped him and left black marks, he escaped and found a warning in an old book, but feared that completing his breakthrough to Ming Gan would bring worse encounters.

• Wei He strengthened his left hand in secret as he prepared to break through from Organ Refining to Ming Gan.
• His enhanced hand sensed an invisible presence and perceived strange textures in the air and a flower-basket leaf.
• An unseen, icy hand clasped Wei He’s left hand, but he broke free by surging Force Strength into it.
• Wei He hurried to Tianya Tower and found a strange tale warning that spreading one’s fingers alone could invite an invisible hand.
• Wei He realized that his growing perception exposed him to dangerous realities and worried about what full supersensory perception would bring.

Wei He agreed to shelter Su Zhao for a month, then learned that Su Zhao’s high-yield rice had made him a target. When Wushi Sect members tried to persuade Wei He to surrender Su Zhao, he recognized their familiar arrogance and refused to be swayed.

• Wei He approved You Fu’s request to protect Su Zhao and sent Lin Yuan and Xiao Qingyu to receive him.
• A flying knife delivered a letter revealing that Su Zhao was a Central Province clan descendant who had developed rice yielding more than three times the usual harvest.
• Wei He concluded that the letter was a veiled threat and told Xiao Qingyu to strengthen the sect’s defenses while keeping Su Zhao under protection.
• Wei He chased a hidden figure beyond the sect walls and found masked Wushi Sect members waiting in the forest.
• The Wushi Sect members offered Wei He credit and a chance to join the Three Main Peaks if he handed Su Zhao over, and Wei He remarked that the Wushi Sect had not changed.

Wei He negotiated with Lu Yunbai to delay the Wushi Sect’s attempt to seize Su Zhao for one month, while learning about the Three Main Peaks’ Myriad Transformation Jade Field. After Lu Yunbai left, Wei He considered advancing his own plan now that his strength had grown.

• Wei He reasoned that both the Wushi Sect and You Fu had powerful backing, then asked Lu Yunbai whether he could decide the operation involving Su Zhao.
• Wei He proposed handing Su Zhao over in one month, when he was due to join a convoy to Central Province, and offered to cooperate with the Wushi Sect then.
• Lu Yunbai described the Three Main Peaks’ Myriad Transformation Jade Field and promised Wei He a place there if he helped capture Su Zhao.
• Wei He agreed to cooperate after one month, while making clear he would not risk the Myriad Poison Sect unless the Wushi Sect dealt with You Fu.
• After Lu Yunbai and his group withdrew, Wei He assessed his increased Bone Forging strength and decided to move his plan forward.

Wei He tested his strength against the Three-Headed Raccoon Dog and found he could briefly match its active force, though he could not sustain the stalemate. At Nine Truths Court, Yan Jiuzhen ordered Lu Yunbai to retrieve Su Zhao within three days and threatened to exterminate the Myriad Poison Sect if it interfered.

• Wei He traveled to Jushui Canyon to test his strength against the Three-Headed Raccoon Dog, while considering the dangers of Ding Gan and his future martial arts path.
• Wei He fought the Three-Headed Raccoon Dog, dodging its attacks and matching its active force with ten kinds of Bone Jin, but withdrew when he realized he could not maintain the stalemate.
• Wei He concluded that poison or a quick victory would be necessary to defeat the Three-Headed Raccoon Dog, then reflected on the strength of the Wushi Sect and the dangers of leaving Taizhou.
• A disciple informed Yan Jiuzhen about the dragon blood struggle, a planned debate between Huang Siwei and Xu Zhou, and Su Zhao's arrival at the Myriad Poison Sect.
• Yan Jiuzhen ordered Lu Yunbai to bring Su Zhao to Mount Yueqing within three days and said the sect should exterminate the Myriad Poison Sect if it obstructed him.

Several factions tried to infiltrate Myriad Poison City and seize Su Zhao, but the Myriad Poison Sect ambushed them. Wei He then faced a coordinated attack led by an Organ Refining archer, survived unharmed, and offered the archer a chance to serve him.

• Three masked factions planned to lure Myriad Poison Sect members out and capture Su Zhao, but the sect poisoned, surrounded, and captured or killed the attackers.
• Wei He ordered the new academy chiefs to gain experience, sent Three Poisons Monk to protect them, and told Bai Dou to remain inside the sect.
• An Organ Refining archer fired at Du Han and the others, so Wei He intercepted the arrows and pursued him from the city wall.
• The archer and fighters from several factions ambushed Wei He with arrows, weapons, and a flute attack, but their strikes could not pierce him.
• Wei He killed one attacker and offered the archer freedom after a hundred years of service under his command.

Wei He fought off an ambush by the Mo family while Myriad Poison Sect defenses inflicted heavy casualties on a group trying to abduct Su Zhao. After returning to the sect, Wei He captured the remaining attackers and decided to act against the Wushi Sect.

• Wei He captured an archer and knocked down a strongman who attacked him, then prepared to subdue the other ambushers with poison.
• Mo Huigu and three Organ Refining experts confronted Wei He and used the Four Directions Sealing Hand Formation to restrain his movements.
• A distress signal rose from Myriad Poison City, while a second firework indicated that the sect's plan was proceeding smoothly.
• Xie Yan, Wan Ling, and Xiao Qingyu watched the sect's poison nets, firearms, and other defenses weaken the black-clothed group carrying Su Zhao away.
• Xie Yan revealed that Su Zhao had been poisoned with Lock Poison, forcing the abductors to halt at the city gate.
• Wei He returned, incapacitated the remaining black-clothed attackers, ordered their imprisonment, and resolved to pursue a course that did not rely on the Wushi Sect.

Yan Jiuzhen and Song Qinghu planned to attack the Myriad Poison Sect, while You Fu revealed that he intended to pressure Wei He into seeking his help. Realizing the sect had become a target in Taizhou’s factional struggle, Wei He began arranging its evacuation and dispersal.

• Song Qinghu told Yan Jiuzhen that Lu Yunbai had failed to defeat the Myriad Poison Sect, and Yan resolved to capture Wei He and Su Zhao the next day.
• Yan Jiuzhen agreed to let Song Qinghu join the attack, with Song seeking the sect’s Lock Poison and Yan seeking records from Tianya Tower.
• You Fu admitted to Mo Shiyan that he had deliberately left Wei He without support so Wei He would have to ask him for help.
• Wei He explained to Wan Qingqing that Su Zhao’s predicament had merely sparked a wider conflict over the Myriad Poison Sect’s refusal to choose a faction.
• Wei He ordered Wan Qingqing and Xiao'an to leave for Jinzhou while the sect’s resources were moved to a hidden base and its members scattered under new identities.

Wei He began evacuating the Myriad Poison Sect and planned to hide in Jinzhou until he could grow strong enough to take revenge on the Wushi Sect. Before the evacuation was complete, Yan Jiuzhen and two other Wushi Sect experts attacked Myriad Poison City, and Yan Jiuzhen demanded that Wei He cure Su Zhao, release him, and cripple his cultivation.

• Wei He decided to dissolve the Myriad Poison Sect, split its evacuation into several groups, and send Wan Qingqing and Xiao An to a hidden estate in Jinzhou.
• Wei He demonstrated his Bone Shrinking Skill and arranged for his parents and family to join the move.
• Three Wushi Sect shadows stormed Myriad Poison City, and one of them badly wounded Deputy Sect Master Xie Yan with a single move.
• Yan Jiuzhen, Lu Yunbai, and an old man confronted Wei He on Tianya Tower after Wan Qingqing withdrew from the rooftop.
• Yan Jiuzhen revealed that he was a Half-True Realm expert and offered to spare Wei He if he cured the poison, released Su Zhao, and crippled his own cultivation.

Wei He’s family fled Myriad Poison City in a merchant caravan while he stayed behind to confront the Wushi Sect. The caravan survived an ambush, and Wei He swiftly defeated Yan Jiuzhen, only to realize his opponent was not even Ming Gan.

• Wan Qingqing comforted Wei Tang and Li Cui as the disguised Jin He Ji caravan carried them and Wei An toward Jinzhou.
• Zhen Qi and Wei Chun heard movement in the woods as masked attackers rushed the caravan, but the guards—among them experts controlled by Wei He’s Lock Poison—killed more than a hundred ambushers.
• The caravan resumed its journey, and a red firework rose from Myriad Poison City as Wei Tang and Li Cui worried about Wei He.
• Wei He faced Yan Jiuzhen at Tianya Tower and unleashed his Ascend the Tower technique as Yan Jiuzhen countered with the Nine Truths Heavenly Pivot secret technique.
• Wei He killed one opponent and shattered Yan Jiuzhen’s arm, then complained that the fight had been too easy because Yan Jiuzhen was not Ming Gan.

Wei He killed Yan Jiuzhen and Song Qinghu during the attack on Tianya Tower, then ordered the Myriad Poison Sect to continue its plan. Wang Shaojun received Wei He’s message that he intended to leave Taizhou and ordered an immediate investigation into the Myriad Poison Sect.

• Wei He destroyed Tianya Tower, killed Lu Yunbai, and fatally struck Yan Jiuzhen as Song Qinghu fled.
• Wei He poisoned and captured Song Qinghu, then twisted his neck after Song Qinghu tried to surrender.
• Wei He told Xiao Qingyu to continue the plan and said the Myriad Poison Sect would return one day.
• Observers fled to report Yan Jiuzhen and Song Qinghu’s deaths, warning that the Three Main Peaks would respond.
• Wang Shaojun read Wei He’s coded letter saying he intended to leave Taizhou, then ordered Old Li to send people to Xuanjing for news about the Myriad Poison Sect.