Chapter Summaries

Wei He prepared to hunt the Blackline Whale and received warnings and a protective willow branch from Yuan Du Zi before sailing out with Lou Shengyue and Lou Chengxun. As the ship headed toward the deep sea, Lou Chengxun asked whether Wei He knew how to swim.

• Wei He made preparations for the Blackline Whale hunt, said farewell to Chang Xuezong, and learned that Yao Wan had left for a distant place.
• At Yunxian Terrace, Yuan Du Zi introduced Wei He to the Dao Seeds Xuan Zheng and Xuan Ning, then gave him a blackened willow branch for protection.
• Yuan Du Zi warned Wei He about the dangers of the strong-wind belt and recalled that it had swallowed Grandmasters before.
• Two days later, Wei He boarded a Xuanmiao Sect ship with Lou Shengyue and her uncle Lou Chengxun, who would guide him to the Blackline Whale.
• Lou Chengxun discussed the sea journey and his own cultivation limits, then asked Wei He whether he knew how to swim.

Wei He and the Lou Family waited five days for a Blackline Whale, unaware that a Wu State agent aboard their ship had been driving them away. After the whale appeared, the group pursued it toward an ambush arranged by Yellow Born Buddha Kong Di and Black Cross.

• Lou Chengxun explained that the group would catch a Blackline Whale first and avoid confronting Daoist Sanyun until they could gather reinforcements.
• A mustached sailor secretly checked a signal device and used it to drive Blackline Whales away from the ship for several days.
• Wei He and the Lou Family waited at the whales’ feeding grounds, then spotted a Blackline Whale on the fifth day and set out after it.
• On a nearby island, Kong Di and Black Cross discussed Wei He’s past encounters and prepared to capture him.
• Black Cross revealed that his planted agent had kept the whales away and released one to lure Wei He’s group toward the island.

Wei He and Lou Chengxun discovered that Daoist Sanyun had lured them toward a trap set by Wu State, so they tried to escape by ship. A giant bird carried the black-crossed man to their deck, where he overpowered Wei He and knocked him into the sea.

• Wei He recognized that Daoist Sanyun and the Blackline Whale had drawn them toward an ambush, and he waited for the enemy to make a move.
• Three bald men, led by the black-crossed man, ran across the water toward the ship; when Wei He realized they were from Wu State, he fled back aboard and warned Lou Chengxun.
• Lou Chengxun ordered the sailors to turn the ship around, and the vessel outran the three pursuers for a time.
• A giant bird lifted the black-crossed man from the sea and carried him to the ship, where he attacked Wei He.
• Wei He met the black-crossed man's claw with a punch, but the man's overwhelming strength smashed through the deck and hurled Wei He into the sea.

Wei He turned the tables on Black Cross underwater and killed him, while the Wu State assembled an invasion force against Tianhai Island. The chapter ended with Xuanmiao Sect’s defenders facing the approaching attack, with Yuan Du Zi absent.

• Lou Chengxun ordered the survivors to return to the Xuanmiao Sect and send for help after Wei He and Black Cross fell into the sea.
• Black Cross discovered Wei He’s immense Returning True Force and tried to kill him before he could escape.
• Wei He overwhelmed Black Cross, tore off his arms, pierced his heart, and consumed him with Returning True Force.
• General Xie An and Dinyan Buddha led Wu forces toward Tianhai Island to destroy the Xuanmiao Sect.
• Green Plum and Hundred Grains stood at the front of the sect’s defenders as the island’s star formation shielded them, while Yuan Du Zi was nowhere to be seen.

Wei He escaped an ambush after killing Black Cloud Monk, then arranged for the ship to continue hunting whales while small boats carried word of Wu State’s forces back to Xuanmiao Sect. Huan Songzi arrived with a captured traitor and warned that returning might already be too late, before hinting that Yuan Du Zi’s rise to acting sect master was tied to the sect’s predicament.

• Wei He told Lou Chengxun that Wu State had planned the ambush, and Lou Shengyue found records identifying Black Cross as the Black Cloud Monk, a Buddha Child of Wu State.
• Wei He revealed that he had taken Black Cloud Monk’s Whale Whistle and proposed using small boats to report the ambush while the main ship continued hunting Blackline Whales.
• Huan Songzi appeared with an unconscious sailor he identified as a traitor, introduced himself as a Perfected One sent by Yuan Du Zi, and offered to return with the news.
• Huan Songzi warned Wei He that returning to the sect might already be too late, though he reassured him that Wei He’s family on Tianhai Island was protected by prior arrangements.
• Wei He blew the Whale Whistle, and Huan Songzi began explaining that Yuan Du Zi’s appointment as acting sect master was connected to the sect’s present crisis.

Yuan Zhen Zi led Dinyan Buddha Lord and three other Buddha Lords to Black Cliff to confront Yuan Du Zi, but she revealed her Black Seal Kunpeng Dharma Body against his Prayer Moon. At sea, Wei He learned that Yuan Du Zi may have prepared an underground refuge beneath Tianhai Island as the sect faced danger.

• Yuan Zhen Zi and four Buddha Lords infiltrated Black Cliff with help from insiders and found Yuan Du Zi waiting beside Xiao Ling’s severed head.
• Yuan Zhen Zi revealed himself and accused Yuan Du Zi of killing Yun Xi, stealing his fortuitous chance, and causing his supposed death.
• Yuan Zhen Zi transformed into his Prayer Moon Dharma Body and declared that he would destroy Yuan Du Zi and avenge Yun Xi.
• Yuan Du Zi said the three patriarchs had favored her because they feared her, then manifested her Black Seal Kunpeng Dharma Body.
• Wei He felt Eldest Senior Sister’s black twig grow hot while aboard a ship carrying a Blackline Whale.
• Huan Songzi told Wei He that the sect’s former Black Seal Kunpeng sealing chamber beneath Tianhai Island might now serve as a refuge for its people.

Wei He recognized the limits of his strength after fighting the Black Cross and began cultivating with the Blackline Whale’s fresh oil. Meanwhile, Yuan Du Zi revealed her Grandmaster strength by killing Xie An’s elite guards and swallowing him, leaving the Wu army’s assault on Tianhai Island in disarray.

• Wei He realized that higher-level Full Truth experts could still threaten him, then went to cultivate using the Blackline Whale’s fresh oil.
• Xie An waited offshore as the Wu army’s vanguard and Dinyan Buddha’s group vanished on Tianhai Island, and the island’s starlight formation disappeared.
• Xie An learned that Dinyan Buddha and his companions had been killed, then ordered the island forces withdrawn and prepared the cannons.
• Yuan Du Zi appeared aboard Xie An’s flagship and killed his deputy general and more than a hundred elite guards in an instant.
• Yuan Du Zi confirmed that Dinyan Buddha and the others had merged with her flesh and blood, then transformed into a colossal shadow and swallowed Xie An.

After the Xuanmiao Sect repelled the Wu Army, Wei He returned to the sect and focused on cultivation while the war between Wu State and Great Yuan remained at a stalemate. Half a year later, he fought Huan Songzi and learned that his abundant Returning True Force could only carry him to the Complete Purity Fifth Step.

• The Wu Army retreated from Haizhou after Xuanmiao Sect forces repeatedly sabotaged its camps, while the Wu State and Great Yuan allied forces remained locked in a standoff.
• Yuan Du Zi welcomed Wei He and Huan Songzi back, assured Wei He that his family was safe, and credited the sect's victory to a plan and artifacts left by the three patriarchs.
• Wei He returned to cultivation, using Blackline Whale oil to begin the fourth layer of the Whale Flood Art while converting Returning True Force into Stored Spirit Force.
• Half a year later, Wei He fought Huan Songzi on Yunxian Terrace and held his own until Huan Songzi's greater force quality and mastery won the bout.
• Yuan Du Zi told Wei He that his force advantage would narrow against Complete Purity Fifth Step experts and that he would ultimately lose to them.

Wei He learned that his combat speed, rather than his force’s quality, limited him, and a trial method suggested his innate constitution capped his cultivation at the entry level of Complete Purity. Rejecting that prediction, he used the Boundary-Breaking Pearl to sink his Gravity God into an acupoint and discovered what his cultivation method had been missing.

• Yuan Du Zi told Wei He that his force was powerful enough, but he needed faster reactions and better movement techniques to challenge stronger opponents.
• Huan Songzi tested Wei He’s innate constitution and concluded that it could support only the entry level of Complete Purity, while describing Cai Menghuan as an exceptionally gifted Dao Seed.
• Wei He declined Huan Songzi’s invitation to drink and returned to his cave to continue cultivating Mysterious Lock Vigor.
• Wei He used the Boundary-Breaking Pearl to guide his Gravity God into a spirit-preservation acupoint after his own attempts had failed.
• Wei He realized that the enormous force within his Gravity God required additional operations inside the acupoint, and that cultivation could require adapting beyond the Secret Manual’s instructions.

Wei He tested the gravity-enhanced power he gained by storing the Gravity God and discovered it greatly improved his movement speed. After deciding to descend the mountain for his second fixed sense, he learned that Yuan Du Zi had a task for him and information about the Three-eyed Dove he needed for Five Revolutions Dragon Breath.

• Wei He used gravity to pull debris, then combined its rapid directional movement with his other abilities to travel more than 140 meters in a burst.
• Wei He resumed cultivating the fourth level of Whale Flood Art and decided to leave the blessed land to undergo his second fixed sense.
• Wei He told Yao Wan he was descending the mountain, then packed to return home after speaking briefly with newcomers at Daode Palace.
• Huan Songzi stopped Wei He and said Yuan Du Zi needed him to capture escaped true beasts from the Abyssal Prison.
• Huan Songzi told Wei He that Yuan Du Zi had found the Three-eyed Dove, and Wei He agreed to take on the task.

Wei He received a mission to travel to Yunzhou, escort Han Xiangqi and the Huang and Han Lineage clansmen to safety, and investigate the murder of his sect’s reclusive senior sister. In Yunzhou, Han Xiangqi remained under guard while the feared killer Three Faces continued to defy powerful factions.

• Huan Songzi sent Wei He to Yunzhou to escort the surviving clansmen and investigate the murder, noting that Han Xiangqi knew a clue to the Life Aspect Fruit.
• Wei He prepared to leave, intending also to pursue his own objectives and learn how his old friends in Yunzhou were faring.
• Yang Ling confined Han Xiangqi to an inn for her protection, despite Han Xiangqi’s furious demands to hunt Three Faces and avenge her grandmother, Huang Yue.
• Yang Ling worried about the growing threat of Three Faces and awaited reinforcements, knowing Han Xiangqi alone could open the Han Lineage’s secret treasure containing the Life Aspect Fruit.
• Song Shixiong and his younger brother discussed Three Faces at a dumpling shop, noting that he had attacked women from powerful factions including Wanfei Palace and Xuanmiao Sect.

Song Shixiong and Song Shizhen saw the major powers gathering to hunt Three Faces, while Han Xiangqi used a new attack to draw Yang Ling into danger. Elsewhere, Guan Die received an anonymous promise to visit on her birthday as Wei He and Lou Shengyue traveled toward Yunzhou, where Wei He planned to protect his old friends and deal with Three Faces.

• Song Shixiong and Song Shizhen discussed Three Faces’s growing strength and spotted Zhong Yun leading a White Jade Crown patrol.
• A headless, mutilated corpse identified as Junior Sister Xue Ying was thrown before the patrol, and Zhong Yun pursued the source toward a tavern.
• Han Xiangqi leaped from the inn to lure Yang Ling into acting against Three Faces, but Yang Ling was targeted by a chilling presence and realized Three Faces might be more than one person.
• Guan Die planned a Four Seas Banquet for her birthday and received an anonymous letter promising a visit.
• Wei He and Lou Shengyue traveled toward Yunzhou, where Wei He planned to protect Guan Die and handle the Three Faces killings himself.

Prefectural Commandant Sun He learned that Xuanmiao Sect True Person Yang Ling had been murdered, threatening to plunge Yun Province Prefectural City into chaos. Wei He and Lou Shengyue arrived near the city as Gong Huan and Zhao Yuexi argued over whether to leave Yang Ling’s body and flee.

• Sun He learned that Wanfei Palace, the Chaos God Cult, and Xuanmiao Sect had sent experts to hunt Three Faces, then received news that Yang Ling had been found dead beside a well.
• Wei He and Lou Shengyue hurried toward the city, but a message insect linked to one of its True Persons died, prompting Wei He to order them to enter without revealing their identities.
• Gong Huan mourned his dead Dao companion Yang Ling while Zhao Yuexi tried to reassure the guilt-ridden Han Xiangqi and urged them to leave the area.
• Gong Huan refused to leave, arguing that the city’s powerful factions offered more protection from Three Faces than the roads outside.

After Yang Ling’s murder, Wei He arrived to investigate and confirmed that the killer had used force connected to Wanfei Palace’s Great Sui True Scripture. He went straight to seize Wanfei Palace’s people and subdued Ling Xian’er, leaving her companions surrounding him.

• Gong Huan and Zhao Yuexi decided to stay together and wait for reinforcements after Yang Ling was killed.
• Ling Xian’er invited the Xuanmiao Sect disciples to join Wanfei Palace’s investigation, but Gong Huan refused and led the others away.
• A message bug brought Gong Huan to Wei He, who examined Yang Ling’s corpse and confirmed traces of Wanfei Palace’s force.
• Wei He decided to arrest Wanfei Palace’s people and carried Han Xiangqi back into the city.
• Wei He seized Ling Xian’er and suppressed her force, while more than ten Wanfei Palace women surrounded him.

Wei He seized Ling Xian'er to investigate the deaths of two Xuanmiao Sect True Persons, then set out for White Jade Crown after Gong Huan accused it of involvement. Meanwhile, Jin Chi and a hidden old man revealed they had planted evidence to provoke Wei He and planned to capture female experts to restore the old man's power; Wei He was heading toward White Jade Crown's headquarters as Crown Mistress Shangguan Tong appeared there.

• Yue Xiaodie arrived and asked Wei He to show mercy, but he took Ling Xian'er away and told Yue Xiaodie to bring him the truth within three days.
• At the Xuanmiao Sect outpost, Wei He questioned Ling Xian'er, dismissed her appeal to past friendship, and sealed her throat when she tried to answer.
• Gong Huan accused White Jade Crown of helping Three Faces, and Wei He ordered the others to guard Ling Xian'er before taking Zhao Yuexi to lead him to White Jade Crown's headquarters.
• Jin Chi reported to a hidden old man that Wei He had seized Ling Xian'er, while they discussed using the conflict to capture female experts and restore the old man's power.
• Wei He headed for Xiangxing Tower in Xujia Town, where White Jade Crown's Crown Mistress Shangguan Tong stood watching a banquet.

Shangguan Tong assessed Wei He as a threat but expected Qian Zhan’s ties to Wushi Sect to help her manage the situation. Wei He stormed into White Jade Crown, defeated Qian Zhan, and abducted Shangguan Tong to draw Three Faces into a confrontation.

• Shangguan Tong learned that Wei He had arrived with Xuanmiao Sect and reasoned that he was likely bluffing about his strength while waiting for reinforcements.
• Qian Zhan arrived, gave Shangguan Tong an ancient short sword, and promised to mediate with Wei He using Wushi Sect’s past connection to him.
• Wei He entered White Jade Crown and demanded that Shangguan Tong come down; she obeyed when he began counting.
• Wei He seized Shangguan Tong, and Qian Zhan attacked him with Wushi Huishan Fist.
• Wei He overwhelmed Qian Zhan, then carried Shangguan Tong away to gather the female True Persons and force Three Faces to confront him.

Wei He captured Shangguan Tong and Ling Xian'er while pursuing Three Faces, then decided to investigate the provincial army and other suspects. Jin Chi arrived at the Wanfei Palace inn intending to capture another female True Person, but Wei He appeared at the entrance.

• A disguised middle-aged man watched Wei He seize Shangguan Tong and injure Qian Zhan, then slipped away amid the chaos and considered targeting Wanfei Palace instead.
• At Xuanmiao Sect's station, Wei He questioned Gong Huan, Zhao Yuexi, Shangguan Tong, and Ling Xian'er about other suspects, then set out to investigate the provincial army.
• Gong Huan explained that Wei He intended to capture enough suspects to resolve the matter, regardless of whether Three Faces escaped or the captives were guilty.
• At Poplar Inn, Zuo Qing and Yue Xiaodie discussed how to find clues about Three Faces and prevent further conflict with Xuanmiao Sect.
• Jin Chi approached the inn planning to capture Wanfei Palace's remaining female True Person, but stopped when Wei He appeared at the entrance.

Wei He raided the Wanfei Palace inn, capturing its True People, disciples, and several onlookers he suspected of colluding with Three Faces. His roundup exposed Jin Chi and Mo Yilian as additional True People, while a report revealed that Feng Lian’s Jin Chi and Little De had both been captured.

• Wei He seized Zuo Qing and ordered the Myriad Poison Sect experts to take the Wanfei Palace women away with him.
• Wei He attacked the onlookers outside the inn, captured Jin Chi when he tried to flee, and ordered the other spectators taken as well.
• Mo Yilian confronted Wei He over his overbearing arrests, but Wei He overwhelmed him and added him to the captives.
• A disciple told Old Daoist that Jin Chi and Little De had been captured after watching Wei He’s raid from the crowd.

Wei He held a courtyard full of restrained True Persons as bait to draw out Three Faces, while Qi Lianzi and others secretly prepared to exploit the standoff. The chapter ended with both sides waiting tensely, neither Wei He nor the hidden attackers making a move.

• Qi Lianzi learned that his two junior brothers had vanished and went to the Xuanmiao Sect residence to investigate.
• Wei He kept the captured True Persons under guard while the Myriad Poison Sect questioned them, intending to lure Three Faces into attacking.
• Ling Xian'er and Shangguan Tong realized Wei He was using them as bait, but Wei He refused to change his plan.
• A burly man approached the courtyard wall to draw Wei He outside, while Qi Lianzi secretly concealed himself inside and waited for an opening.
• Jin Chi and Mo Yilian began recovering their sealed strength and planned to seize people if Wei He left his post.

Wei He and Shi Heng staged a confrontation to draw Three Faces out, then joined forces to defeat the Feng Lian Cult members. Wei He killed Qi Lianzi, and the chapter ended with the conflict between the Wushi Sect and the Xuanmiao Sect still unresolved.

• Shi Heng arrived and challenged Wei He over the injuries he had inflicted on Qian Zhan.
• Wei He and Shi Heng fought away from the courtyard while Qi Lianzi moved to seize Shangguan Tong, Ling Xian'er, and Zuo Qing.
• Wei He caught Qi Lianzi and revealed that he and Shi Heng had staged their clash to lure him out.
• Shi Heng intercepted Jin Chi and Mo Yilian as they charged toward Gong Huan and the others.
• Wei He crushed Qi Lianzi's head and killed him, while Shi Heng subdued Jin Chi and Mo Yilian.
• Wei He and Shi Heng turned their attention to the unresolved matter between their sects.