Chapter Summaries

Wei He captured Three Faces, turned down an appeal to help save Great Yuan, and secured Han Xiangqi’s promise to give him the Life Aspect Fruit. He then attended Guan Die’s birthday banquet, where she saw that most of her supposed friends had come only to eat and drink.

• A kindly old man intervened as Wei He and Shi Heng prepared to fight, and Shi Heng left after recognizing the old man’s signal.
• The old man revealed that his group had once supported Nine Shadows and urged Wei He to help Great Yuan, but Wei He refused.
• Wei He ordered the hostages released, questioned Jin Chi and Mo Yilian, and learned that Han Xiangqi could retrieve the Life Aspect Fruit from her Lineage’s treasury.
• Wei He left Gong Huan in charge of the prisoners and went to visit Guan Die for her birthday.
• Guan Die watched as dozens of friends crowded into her birthday banquet, but only a few brought gifts, leaving Guan Die and Guan Fulin disappointed.

Wei He prepared to leave Yunzhou and invited Cheng He to return with him to the Xuanmiao Sect, then set out to investigate the Three-eyed Dove. On the way, he reunited with the Song brothers and discovered that Song Shizhen had been summoned to help unravel an ancient relic formation.

• Yao Wan told Wei He that the Xuanmiao Sect would soon withdraw from its external bases and urged him to settle any remaining business before leaving.
• Cheng Shaojiu visited Wei He with Cheng He, and Wei He asked him to consider sending his daughter with him to receive personal instruction.
• Wei He told Cheng Shaojiu he planned to leave, then headed toward the Xuanmiao Sect's base after deciding to investigate the Three-eyed Dove.
• Wei He encountered Song Shixiong fleeing a marriage promise, and he handed him over to the young man pursuing him so the wedding could go ahead.
• Miss Tao approached Song Shizhen and revealed that a great expert wanted him to help decipher an ancient relic formation, promising substantial rewards.

Wei He learned that the Wushi Sect was investigating a nearby relic and secretly followed Song Shizhen and Miss Tao to discover its location. At the relic, Shi Heng revealed the sect’s plans for its Yin Beast Star Disc and demonstrated his strength by killing an approaching Ghost Eye Dragon.

• Miss Tao persuaded Song Shizhen to help solve the relic’s formation, offering to erase the brothers’ troubles and pay them ten thousand taels of gold.
• Wei He decided to follow Song Shizhen and Miss Tao discreetly to locate the relic and test Shi Heng.
• At the Yin Beast Relic in Gong Mountain, Shi Heng explained that the Wushi Sect wanted to obtain its Yin Beast Star Disc for its supply of star cores.
• Shi Heng learned that Wanfei Palace had withdrawn and dismissed the Xuanmiao Sect and Wei He as insignificant threats.
• A thousand-year-old Ghost Eye Dragon approached the relic, and Shi Heng killed it with Heaven and Earth Shatter before ordering his followers to resume guarding the site.

Song Shizhen began deciphering the formation at the Wushi Sect’s Yin Beast Relic while Wei He approached the site to find a way inside. After confronting Zhao Xu and accusing the Wushi Sect of taking his godson, Wei He launched an attack, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Miss Tao brought Song Shizhen to the Wushi Sect’s guarded relic, where he began piecing together formation diagrams to find a safe passage.
• Shi Heng left guards at the site, and Wei He watched from the woods before deciding to use Song Shizhen as a pretext to enter.
• Wei He immobilized two guards and confronted Zhao Xu, who recognized him and offered to investigate the old grievance involving the Outer Court head.
• Zhao Xu claimed the relic held a dangerous True Beast, but Wei He recognized it as a Yin Beast Relic and accused the Wushi Sect of seizing Song Shizhen.
• Wei He reached Song Shizhen and attacked Zhao Xu and the nearby Daoists with a claw of Returning True Force, and Zhao Xu struck back.

Wei He defeated the Wushi Sect defenders, stripped them of their belongings and sealing array, then shattered the Yin Beast Relic gate, causing the relic to self-destruct. He left with Song Shizhen, while Shi Heng arrived afterward and vowed revenge.

• Wei He overwhelmed Zhao Xu and the other Wushi Sect True Persons, seized Song Shizhen, and demanded compensation for his capture.
• Wei He took the Wushi Sect's belongings and sealing stellar array, then inspected the Yin Beast Relic and discovered that its gate stood at the skull of a vast, engineered corpse.
• Wei He struck the gate with Perfected One-level force, shattering it and triggering the Yin Beast Relic's self-destruction.
• Wei He left with Song Shizhen, deciding the relic's destruction would deal Shi Heng a major blow after failing to find him.
• Shi Heng rushed back, saw the ruined relic, seized Zhao Xu, and furiously swore that he would never coexist with Wei He.

As Yuan Nation collapsed under Wu State’s advance, Yuan Du Zi rejected a challenge from Wu State’s State Preceptor and remained determined to withdraw from the mortal world. Wei He continued cultivating while the Xuanmiao Sect prepared its relocation, with the sect’s inner mountain filling with returning True People.

• Black Horse Messengers delivered a secret letter from Haizhou to the Xuanmiao Sect, where Yuan Du Zi received Muto’s challenge to meet at Luofu Palace on the ninth day of the ninth month.
• Yuan Du Zi refused to answer Muto’s challenge, saying she had decided to leave the mortal world, and destroyed the letter despite Ghost Head Daoist’s concern for Central Province.
• Yao Wan visited Wei He and told him that relocation was nearly complete, while warning him about attacks by the Extermination Xuan Alliance and other enemies.
• Wei He explained that he had laid the foundation for Five Revolutions Dragon Breath and continued focusing on cultivation rather than sect social events.
• Wei He and Yao Wan walked through the crowded inner mountain, where returning True People had gathered for the relocation, and saw Xuan Zheng instructing a group at the Mysterious Violet Jade Wall.

Wei He agreed to leave Great Yuan for the Xuanmiao Sect’s deep-sea stronghold on Jujun and prepared to bring his extended family and dependents with him. As the ships gathered, he reflected on leaving his homeland and met Duan Yanhui, who praised his supposed clash with Shi Heng.

• Yao Wan urged Wei He to join the relocation to Jujun, and he agreed to leave with the second-to-last batch.
• Wei He returned to his estate and found his family and followers packing; he set their departure for the day after tomorrow and agreed to let relatives bring people important to them.
• Wei He watched his family gather and realized how many people depended on him, then left for Longwan shore to reflect on leaving Great Yuan.
• Duan Yanhui introduced himself to Wei He, praised him for supposedly defeating Shi Heng, and explained that Shi Heng was one of the Wushi Sect’s strongest Dao Seeds.
• Wei He privately considered himself capable of fighting nearly anyone in the Xuanmiao Sect, while keeping Five Revolutions Dragon Breath as a risky trump card.

As Xuanmiao Sect prepared to relocate, Guoshi Moduo arrived and destroyed one of Hundred Grains’s Xuanlan Snakes, then demanded to see Yuan Du Zi. Yuan Du Zi faced him across the sea, but Moduo suddenly vanished, leaving Wei He and the sect unsure where he had gone.

• Duan Yanhui told Wei He that Xuanmiao Sect would soon leave Great Yuan, while Hundred Grains’s Xuanlan Snakes surfaced to bid the sect farewell.
• A Xuanlan Snake exploded over the sea, and the remaining snakes fled as a figure called for Yuan Du Zi to come out.
• Hundred Grains recognized Guoshi Moduo of Guangci Cult and realized he had used a challenge letter to confirm that Yuan Du Zi remained at the sect.
• Moduo stopped offshore, and Yuan Du Zi descended from Tianhai Island to face him across the sea.
• As the sun set, Moduo disappeared, and Wei He found no trace of him even in the true world.

After Great Yuan fell and Great Yue was established, Emperor Dingyuan ordered Modo to find a way to kill Yuan Du Zi. Meanwhile, Wei He settled into life with the relocated Xuanmiao Sect on Jujun Island and learned that Ghost Winds and true beasts threatened the island.

• Yuan Du Zi and Modo departed without fighting, and the Xuanmiao Sect began preparing to leave Haizhou as Wei He watched Hundred Grains mourn her dead Xuanlan Snake.
• Haizhou fell, the Xuanmiao Sect fled overseas, and Great Wu unified the borders before Emperor Dingyuan established the Great Yue Dynasty.
• Emperor Dingyuan asked Modo how likely he was to defeat Yuan Du Zi, then ordered the Martial Research Institute to find her weakness.
• On Jujun Island, Yao Wan stopped sparring with Wei He and warned him that Ghost Winds and powerful true beasts would threaten the relocated sect.
• Yao Wan coughed and blamed her condition on a chill and old injuries, while Wei He offered to help if anything happened.

Yao Wan recruited Wei He to help investigate a Yin Beast Relic on a barren island near Jujun, where the Haining Alliance had also taken an interest. After learning about the alliance and preparing to leave, Wei He joined Yao Wan’s group at Longwan Pier and recognized someone aboard their ship.

• Yao Wan explained that she had accepted a mission to reclaim barren islands and asked Wei He to help investigate a Yin Beast Relic that the Haining Alliance had also discovered.
• Wei He agreed to go with Yao Wan the next day, and she promised him twenty percent of the proceeds.
• Wei He asked Lou Shengyue about the Haining Alliance and learned the names of its leader, Mo Nian, and its five most powerful Grandmasters.
• Wei He prepared his luggage and set out for Longwan Pier, intending to explore the relic and gather materials for Five Revolutions Dragon Breath.
• Wei He boarded Yao Wan’s ship and found an acquaintance among the people she had invited.

Yao Wan gathered Wei He, Xu Ran, Zhong Yuanlin, and Cheng Wan to claim the Yin Beast Relic on Stone Lotus Island, while Duan Chongsheng assembled Haining Alliance experts led by Zhang Qianhe. After both groups arrived, Yao Wan divided the Xuanmiao Sect party between two relic entrances, leaving Cheng Wan to choose Wei He's group.

• Yao Wan, Wei He, Xu Ran, Zhong Yuanlin, and Cheng Wan set sail for Stone Lotus Island to seize the Yin Beast Relic and its Star Cores.
• Duan Chongsheng welcomed Zhang Qianhe and other Haining Alliance True Persons, then led them toward the underground cavern containing the relic's entrance.
• Yao Wan's group reached Stone Lotus Island and found a boat that suggested the Haining Alliance had arrived first.
• Yao Wan explained that the relic had two entrances and proposed splitting into two groups led by Xu Ran and Wei He.
• Zhong Yuanlin and Yao Wan chose Xu Ran's group, so Cheng Wan joined Wei He's group despite feeling safer with Xu Ran.

A thousand-year-old human-faced Yin Beast awakened beneath Stone Lotus Island and disguised itself as a Yin Beast Star Disc while the Haining Alliance and Xuanmiao Sect entered the relic. Wei He and Cheng Wan suspected they were trapped in a looping passage, and Cheng Wan sent Dong Dong ahead to find the densest true energy.

• The human-faced Yin Beast sensed the incoming cultivators, transformed into a false Yin Beast Star Disc, and pretended to be a stone carving.
• Duan Chongsheng led the Haining Alliance through one entrance, while Zhang Qianhe sensed something was wrong but followed the group.
• Yao Wan, Xu Ran, and Zhong Yuanlin entered through the other gate, and Zhong Yuanlin chose a faster route by breaking the relic's star formations.
• Wei He and Cheng Wan collected star cores and hurried through passages where the formations seemed unusually weak and no Yin Beasts appeared.
• Wei He realized they might be circling in a maze, so Cheng Wan released Dong Dong to guide them toward the densest true energy.

Wei He and Cheng Wan realized the Yin Beast Relic's defenses changed with its entrants and hurried to warn Yao Wan's group. After the Haining Alliance was ambushed at the Star Disc, Wei He raced ahead when he heard fighting, leaving Cheng Wan to follow.

• Cheng Wan told Wei He that Yao Wan had been injured in an ambush by Duan Chongsheng, and she suspected the relic's star arrays grew weaker for stronger entrants.
• Cheng Wan found Yao Wan's signal and followed Wei He toward the passage where Yao Wan's group had gone.
• Zhang Qianhe killed the Six-Eared Monster, but a human-faced stone wall attacked the Haining Alliance with black snakes and swallowed the sounds of their struggle.
• Xu Ran, Yao Wan, and Zhong Yuanlin entered the hall, mistook the revived Six-Eared Monster for their remaining foe, and attacked it.
• Wei He heard the fight, told Cheng Wan to catch up, and sped ahead while smashing through the star arrays in the passage.

Wei He fought through the living relic and reached the deepest hall just after a monstrous wall relief attacked Yao Wan and Zhong Yuanlin. He saved Yao Wan and restrained the snakes, but Zhong Yuanlin was dead and Xu Ran was missing.

• Xu Ran killed the Six-Eared Monster, but he and Zhong Yuanlin discovered it had no star core as Yao Wan moved to take the Star Disc.
• Wei He found a shifting stone passage, realized the relic was alive and trying to keep him from the others, and smashed through its walls to find them.
• The Star Disc transformed into a human-faced relief with snake hair, trapping Yao Wan and Zhong Yuanlin in black smoke and attacking them.
• Zhong Yuanlin shoved Yao Wan out of danger but was torn apart by the snakes.
• Wei He burst through the wall, threw Yao Wan to safety, and seized the mass of snakes, finding Zhong Yuanlin dead and Xu Ran gone.

Wei He fought the Ghost Person Face beneath Stone Lotus Island until the Thousand-Faced Demon Lord intervened, but Yuan Du Zi arrived and destroyed the demon lord’s substitute. The survivors prepared to return, while Yao Wan resolved to act after Zhong Yuanlin’s death.

• Yao Wan escaped the black smoke as Wei He unleashed Five Revolutions Dragon Breath and fought the Ghost Person Face, discovering that it had devoured the Haining Alliance’s True Persons.
• Wei He overwhelmed the Ghost Person Face, but a silver-armored man froze his arm and revealed that the monster was his pet.
• A black-dressed Yuan Du Zi appeared behind the man and crushed him and the Ghost Person Face, then told Wei He that the man was a substitute for the Thousand-Faced Demon Lord.
• Yuan Du Zi explained that the Thousand-Faced Demon Lord was an infamous independent grandmaster and said Xu Ran would face consequences for fleeing.
• Yuan Du Zi led the survivors toward returning, while Wei He learned that similar attacks had occurred five times since the relocation and Yao Wan gripped her sword after wiping away her tears.

After eight years of seclusion, Wei He emerged as the Clear Cold Bell rang to announce good news, while Xuanmiao Sect faced growing pressure from Great Yue and Yao Wan remained crippled by the poison. At the sect gathering, Wei He learned that Cai Menghuan might have advanced again after slaying three Complete Purity fiends.

• Yao Wan's leg poison left her crippled, and she withdrew from others while seeking Thousand-Faced Demon Lord and visiting Zhong Yuanlin's two surviving descendants.
• Great Yue turned its attention toward Xuanmiao Sect, so Wei He spent eight years cultivating in seclusion and advanced his martial arts.
• The Clear Cold Bell rang twice, prompting Wei He and Lou Shengyue to head to the grand training ground for news of a good event.
• Lou Shengyue told Wei He that Cai Menghuan had slain the Three Fiends of Chonghai and entered seclusion, raising hopes that he had broken through again.
• Wei He joined the sect's True Persons at the viewing platform, where the four Grandmasters, three returning Supreme Elders, branch chiefs, and Dao Seeds had gathered.

At Cai Menghuan’s ceremony, the Xuanmiao Sect named him Dao Child and granted him partial authority over its star formation. Later, Huan Songzi asked Wei He to intervene in a serious dispute involving the Yao Lineage, and Wei He agreed to help secure an apology and compensation.

• The Xuanmiao Sect formally designated Cai Menghuan its Dao Child, stirring the other lineages’ Dao Seeds.
• After the ceremony, Wei He took Lou Shengyue for a walk around Longwan before preparing to return to cultivation.
• Huan Songzi told Wei He that a member of the Yao Lineage had grievously injured one of his descendants and asked how Wei He viewed the dispute.
• Remembering Yao Wan’s past care for him, Wei He agreed to hear the details and help the Yao Lineage settle the matter.
• Huan Songzi agreed to let the matter rest if the Yao Lineage apologized and provided proper compensation.
• Wei He headed back with Lou Shengyue, more resolved to advance his cultivation.

Wei He completed the third layer of the Mysterious Lock Skill by using the Boundary-Breaking Pearl to strengthen his Returning True Force. He left seclusion and met Yao Wan, who thanked him for helping her family and said she had reported new findings about the Thousand-Faced Demon Lord to the Sect Master.

• Wei He finished nourishing the Gravity God and used the Boundary-Breaking Pearl to reach the third layer of the Mysterious Lock Skill.
• Wei He tested his strengthened Returning True Force and found that its gravity could lift a heavy stone table with far less force than before.
• Wei He left his cave and learned from Lou Shengyue that Yao Wan was waiting for him at the Fifth Mysterious View.
• Wei He found Yao Wan at a martial arts ground and asked whether she had discovered clues about the Thousand-Faced Demon Lord.
• Yao Wan said she had found some things and reported them to the Sect Master, then thanked Wei He for helping her family and remarked that he had grown stronger than her.

Wei He sparred with Yao Wan and discovered that she had developed the Flowing Water Style, a martial realm that deflected attacks and greatly improved her combat ability. After teaching him its principles, Yao Wan revealed that she planned to join the Demon-Hunting Team to hunt the Thousand-Faced Demon Lord.

• Yao Wan proposed that Wei An meet her cousin's granddaughter, and Wei He agreed to let them meet.
• Yao Wan challenged Wei He to a spar and used the Flowing Water Style to deflect most of his attacks.
• Wei He increased his power and defeated Yao Wan, who recognized that he had grown stronger while she had improved.
• Yao Wan told Wei He that she intended to join the Demon-Hunting Team and offered to teach him the Flowing Water Style.
• Yao Wan explained the new martial realm to Wei He as they practiced and demonstrated its techniques.

Wei He sought help understanding Flowing Water Style, then asked Huan Songzi to demonstrate the speed and strength of a True Person beyond the Complete Purity Fifth Step. After being defeated repeatedly, Wei He returned to his cave dwelling wondering whether his secret arts could overcome the gap.

• Wei He failed to grasp Flowing Water Style despite learning from Yao Wan, so he asked Huan Songzi for guidance on martial realms.
• Huan Songzi explained the limits and dangers of martial realms, then agreed to demonstrate the Ethereal State.
• Huan Songzi revealed that he had reached the Sixth Step and defeated Wei He before Wei could react.
• Huan Songzi explained how True Persons beyond the Fifth Step refined their strength and used Stored Divinity to develop a Dharma Body.
• Wei He tested Huan Songzi's sealing force and Stored Divinity intimidation but lost each exchange in one move.
• Wei He returned to his cave dwelling and wondered whether combining Five Revolutions Dragon Breath with the Great Strength of the Whale Flood Art could defeat Huan Songzi.