Chapter Summaries

Wei He tested his new strength, then prepared to leave the mountain for Fixed Perception, hunting, and a search for Dragon Lock Wood. Yuan Du Zi gave him a powerful star array and advice on where to hunt, and Wei He set out for the Polosha Islands in disguise.

• Wei He tested his Five Revolutions Dragon Breath state and realized Huan Songzi could still kill him easily in a fight.
• Wei He visited Yuan Du Zi, who gave him a Heavy Moon Sky Wolf Array that increased force conversion speed by thirty percent and warned him about the dangers outside.
• Yuan Du Zi told Wei He about Black Candle Island, Gui Xuan, and the Polosha Islands as possible hunting grounds, and advised him to find companions if he went to the Polosha Islands.
• Wei He chose the Polosha Islands to undergo Fixed Perception, hunt star cores, and seek Dragon Lock Wood.
• Wei He prepared for his journey, gave instructions to his household and disciples, then traveled by Lou Family ship to a small island before changing clothes and boarding another vessel for the Polosha Islands.

Wei He reached the dangerous outer island of Ansha to search for Dragon Lock Wood, establish a refuge, and hunt Star Cores. After settling in a cave and activating Yuan Du Zi’s Star Array, he went out at night and began killing Pus Lizards, but a dark-red streak suddenly attacked him.

• Wei He sailed toward Ansha Island, ignoring a boy’s warning that it was nearing its dangerous boiling period.
• Wei He landed on the uninhabited island, hid his skiff in a cave, and set up a fire and the Heavy Moon Sky Wolf Array.
• Wei He entered Super Perception at night and killed a Pus Lizard with a stone, taking its small Star Core.
• Wei He walked through the forest toward the shore, killed two more Pus Lizards, and encountered a fast-moving dark-red line aimed at his head.

Wei He searched the island for Dragon Lock Wood after completing his third sense-fixing, then fought a powerful Undying Treant guarding the treasure. He lured the regenerating beast away, unaware that two True Persons had rushed in to steal the Dragon Lock Wood and Golden-Edged Five-Leaf Flower.

• Wei He surveyed the island’s nightly Pus Lizard invasion, gathered star cores, and spent a month fixing his senses three times.
• Wei He entered a cave beneath the island and found Dragon Lock Wood and a Golden-Edged Five-Leaf Flower guarded by a colossal treant.
• Wei He fought the Undying Treant, discovered its strength and regeneration, and used Preserved Spirit’s gravity to evade its attacks.
• After three hours of fighting, Wei He decided to lure the treant away so he could return for the treasures.
• Two concealed True Persons emerged and charged toward the Dragon Lock Wood and Golden-Edged Five-Leaf Flower while Wei He led the treant away.

Wei He joined Xu Chengtiao in destroying the Undying Treant, then seized its materials and the Dragon Lock Wood before leaving. Xu Chengtiao returned to find him gone and recognized that he had used Xuanmiao Sect’s Mysterious Lock Vigor.

• Xu Chengtiao killed the two True Persons who had taken the Treasure Flower, then invited Wei He to help kill the Undying Treant in exchange for Silver Star Stone and a share of its materials.
• Wei He killed the two True Persons, and he and Xu Chengtiao attacked the returning Undying Treant together, slowing its regeneration and scattering its body.
• Xu Chengtiao pursued the pale green light escaping from the treant while Wei He took a small Golden Star Stone and searched the dead True Persons’ belongings.
• Wei He collected the Treasure Flower and dug up the Dragon Lock Wood before leaving with it under his arm.
• Xu Chengtiao returned with a gray-clad woman, found Wei He gone, and identified the Mysterious Lock Vigor he had used as belonging to the Xuanmiao Sect.

After returning from Returnless Island with Dragon Lock Wood and a golden star core, Wei He learned that the Thousand-Faced Demon Lord had ambushed and gravely injured Xuanmiao Sect’s new Dao Child, Cai Menghuan. Over six years of secluded cultivation followed; Wei He neared a breakthrough in the fourth level of Mysterious Lock Vigor just as a new incident struck the Great Yue Dynasty.

• Wei He dragged the Dragon Lock Wood back to his ship, later discovering that only its glowing heartwood was useful.
• At Jujun Island, Wei He learned that the Thousand-Faced Demon Lord had ambushed Cai Menghuan inside the sect and left him unconscious.
• Yuan Du Zi strengthened the sect’s defenses while the patriarchs hunted for the Thousand-Faced Demon Lord; Wei He returned to cultivation and prepared restorative medicine.
• Cai Menghuan slowly recovered over six years, though his injuries delayed his cultivation, and the sect gradually returned to normal.
• Wei He used an accelerated star array and star cores to approach the bottleneck of the fourth level of Mysterious Lock Vigor.
• As Wei He prepared to break through, an incident occurred in the Great Yue Dynasty.

At Great Yue’s Armaments Bureau, Chen Chaogang and Guan Ruqi celebrated the successful Blood Artifact, which could raise True Blood concentration, as the dynasty prepared a martial canon that would outlaw most True Energy arts. At Xuanmiao Sect, Yuan Du Zi and Yan Wujiu discussed the threat to Daoist sects and Thousand-Faced, then reviewed a protection list that unexpectedly included Wei He.

• Chen Chaogang presented a successful Blood Artifact that could purify True Blood and increase its concentration by forty percent once a year.
• Guan Ruqi said Great Yue planned to compile a martial canon and classify 124 martial paths as Forbidden Martial Arts.
• Guan Ruqi and Chen Chaogang discussed the dynasty’s plans to suppress the Daoist sects, including Wushi Sect, Jinlian Sect, and Xuanmiao Sect.
• Yuan Du Zi and Yan Wujiu learned that Great Yue’s Blood Artifacts and martial canon could strengthen the dynasty and threaten the remaining Daoist forces.
• Yuan Du Zi gave Yan Wujiu a list of Xuanmiao Sect’s core talents for special protection against Thousand-Faced, and he questioned why Wei He was included.

Yuan Du Zi defended her decision to give Wei He a customized astral array, while Yao Wan shared her worries about aging, failed breakthroughs, and mutation. Wei He entered seclusion, awakened his sealing power, and discovered it turned living things into balls, giving him a possible way to fight faster opponents.

• Yuan Du Zi told Yan Wujiu that Wei He’s combat strength justified giving him a customized astral array, and Yan Wujiu left to design arrays for four people.
• Wei He and Yao Wan discussed the changes in Far Hope, their cultivation, and their failed Fixed Perception attempts; Yao Wan asked Wei He to kill her if she mutated.
• Wei He prepared for seclusion, notified Lou Shengyue and his family, and successfully broke through to the fourth level of the Mysterious Lock Skill.
• Wei He tested his newly awakened sealing power on strange fish and found that it shrank every living thing he sealed into a ball.
• Wei He realized the sealing power might let him slow stronger, faster opponents and bring them within reach of his Returning True Force.

Wei He developed a gravity net from his Returning True Force to slow fast Complete Purity experts and practiced extending it around himself. He completed a three-meter domain of thick, python-shaped force bundles and began considering adding the Righteous Law Art’s poison.

• Wei He tested sealing force on strange fish and decided to build a gravity net to restrain high-speed opponents.
• Huan Songzi caught Wei He experimenting and repeatedly asked him to demonstrate, but Wei He refused until Huan Songzi was called away.
• Wei He returned to his cave and found he could extend Returning True Force three meters, but controlling enough thin threads to cover that area proved difficult.
• Wei He thickened the force into twenty-five arm-wide bundles, successfully forming a three-meter gravity net around himself.
• Wei He shaped the bundles into giant pythons and decided to add the Righteous Law Art’s deadly poison to the net.

Wei He refined his poison-based cultivation art and learned to control his gravity net while moving and fighting. Meanwhile, three undercover disciples accepted an assassination mission against protected Xuanmiao Sect personnel, and Yuan Du Zi gave Wei He and two others life-saving arrays before raising Wei He to the sect’s highest level of treatment.

• Wei He incorporated the Ghost Person Face poison into his Righteous Law Art, preparing one poisoned giant python as a limited-use weapon and continuing to train his gravity net.
• A blurry teacher ordered three concealed disciples to assassinate at least two of Cai Menghuan, Xuan Zheng, Xuan Ning, and Wei He, promising to free them after the mission.
• The three disciples agreed to wait until Great Yue experts arrived and drew the Xuanmiao Sect’s Grandmasters away from the inner mountain.
• After more than half a month, Wei He learned to control the gravity net while moving freely, but Yunxian Terrace summoned him before he could test it in combat.
• Yuan Du Zi and Yan Wujiu gave Wei He, Xuan Zheng, and Xuan Ning One Line Arrays that could preserve their lives for thirty breaths.
• Yuan Du Zi announced that Wei He would receive the sect’s highest level of treatment, surprising Xuan Zheng and Xuan Ning as the three left Yunxian Terrace.

As the Xuanmiao Sect mobilized to face the Thousand-Faced Demon Lord, disguised assassins infiltrated the sect and began targeting its elite disciples. Xuan Zheng was stabbed by someone posing as Xuan Ning, who prepared to impersonate him and continue the assassinations.

• Yuan Du Zi led a fleet and hidden experts to meet Moto, while the Thousand-Faced Demon Lord appeared near Jujun Island and challenged the grandmaster Fengran who remained there.
• The Xuanmiao Sect activated its star array and evacuated people as Fengran and the Thousand-Faced Demon Lord clashed at sea.
• Xuan Zheng and Xuan Ning suspected the attack was meant to distract the sect while insiders targeted important people, and they hurried toward Yunxian Terrace.
• A disguised assassin posing as Xuan Ning stabbed Xuan Zheng with a poisoned short sword while the female Warrior Attendant watched.
• The false Xuan Ning planned to steal Xuan Zheng’s clothes and waist token and proceed to the next target, while the woman warned that escaping after the assassinations would be difficult.

Wei He exposed an assassin disguised as Lou Shengyue and fought the six-step Complete Truth expert in the forest. After testing the assassin’s strength, he revealed his giant form and killed her, then confronted Xuan Zheng and Xuan Ning as they arrived.

• Wei He recognized that the person posing as Lou Shengyue was an impostor and ambushed him, badly injuring him.
• The assassin entered the Ethereal State and battled Wei He, who used the fight to test his defenses before drawing him into the forest.
• The assassin unleashed a piercing attack, but Wei He slowed it with gravity and seized the sword hilt.
• Wei He expanded into a three-and-a-half-meter giant and crushed the assassin with a sealing strike.
• Xuan Zheng and Xuan Ning appeared, and Wei He challenged them to try killing him.

Wei He stopped the attack on his Warrior Attendant and discovered that Xuan Zheng and Xuan Ning had also been ambushed by two Ethereal State experts. As the Xuanmiao Sect scrambled to respond and a battle raged offshore, Wei He secured his family and joined the sect’s defenses.

• Xuan Zheng and Xuan Ning fled after their attack on Wei He failed, while the dead assassin’s traces vanished.
• Wei He found Lou Shengyue unconscious, revived her, and warned the sect by crushing his waist token.
• The sect gathered at Longwan Wharf as two figures fought inside a dense offshore mist, and patrols carried the injured Xuan Zheng and Xuan Ning from their residence.
• Wei He returned to Wei Mansion, reassured his family, and sent them to the underground shelter.
• Wei He joined the disorganized defenses at Longwan Wharf, where he spotted Shangguan Xing and Ouyang Luo among the assembled True Persons.

After the Thousand-Faced Demon Lord escaped, Gong Yu praised Wei He for defeating an assassin and invited him to serve as deputy leader during the coming beast tide. Wei He learned that the event offered Sea Stabilizing Primordial Essence as a reward, giving him a reason to join the fighting.

• The Xuanmiao Sect Patriarch returned from the Sea Domain after the Thousand-Faced Demon Lord fled with a minor injury, and Green Plum questioned Wei He about the assassins.
• Gong Yu instructed the Mountain Lock True Persons to gather at the First Mysterious View during future attacks and publicly praised Wei He for defeating an assassin through surprise tactics.
• Gong Yu asked Wei He to serve as deputy leader for the team facing the coming beast tide, and he considered how the expedition could help him advance his Mysterious Lock Skill.
• Jiu Ku appeared and made an obscene declaration to Gong Yu, who kicked him away before continuing her conversation with Wei He.
• Gong Yu revealed that the top twenty beast-tide fighters would each receive a tael of Sea Stabilizing Primordial Essence, which could greatly accelerate cultivation.

Motu and Yuan Du Zi began their long-awaited battle over the Desolate Sea, while the Mountain Lock lineage opened an internal contest to choose a leader for an expedition against Sea Beasts. The contest began with Ding Lei stepping into the arena, as Wei He prepared to compete without using his trump cards.

• Motu, Jialan Guna, and Ming Duo approached the Xuanmiao Sect fleet aboard a Great Yue warship, and Motu admitted he could not predict whether he would defeat Yuan Du Zi.
• Yuan Du Zi confronted Motu over the Desolate Sea, and the two unleashed their Dharma Bodies and clashed.
• Gong Yu and Hundred Grains organized a Mountain Lock lineage contest to select an expedition leader, offering rewards for top finishers.
• Wei He decided to compete in his ordinary state because the leadership could shape his future within the sect.
• Gong Yu announced a gauntlet format, and Ding Lei volunteered as the first contestant.

Wei He entered the expedition leader sparring contest and overwhelmed successive opponents, revealing that his Returning True Force far exceeded expectations. He left the contest having blocked Meng Chunhan’s strongest attack with a force construct, making his true strength unmistakable.

• Ding Lei defeated five challengers with the Cold Line Palm before Du Tao knocked her off the platform.
• Wei He stepped forward to contend for the expedition leader position and stopped Du Tao’s attacks with one hand before defeating several other challengers with a single grab each.
• Gong Yu suggested giving Wei He the leader’s position, but Meng Chunhan challenged him as a Complete Truth expert.
• Meng Chunhan struck Wei He with a force-amplified attack, but Wei He blocked it with a giant python formed from Returning True Force.
• Meng Chunhan realized Wei He’s Returning True Force was unimaginably vast and stood speechless before him.

Wei He became the expedition leader after decisively defeating Meng Chunhan, while Cai Menghuan asked him to cooperate during the beast tide. Elsewhere, Yuan Du Zi concealed her injuries after defeating Modo, and Ouyang Luo’s jealousy of Wei He deepened before a mysterious letter threatened to expose his past.

• Wei He defeated Meng Chunhan, and Gong Yu declared him leader of the Mountain Lock lineage’s expedition after no one challenged the decision.
• Cai Menghuan thanked Wei He for the healing medicine and asked him to cooperate closely during the beast tide.
• Yuan Du Zi told Yan Wujiu that she had won her battle against Modo, though she hid her injuries and recalled that Modo seemed to have grown younger.
• Ouyang Luo confronted Wei He on the mountain road, then struck Shangguan Xing when she brought him kumquat wine.
• Ouyang Luo found a mysterious letter in his sealed cultivation chamber that revealed someone had uncovered a secret from his past, and he opened it to read more.

Ouyang Luo agreed to secretly relay Wei He's whereabouts, while Far Hope agents planned to target Wei He and Cai Menghuan during the beast-tide expedition. As the Xuanmiao Sect fleet sailed toward the Twin Eyes Islands, it was attacked by a Rotten Fly Swarm, giving Wei He a chance to begin cultivating the fifth level of the Mysterious Lock Skill.

• Ouyang Luo decided to pass along Wei He's location while pretending not to know who had sent him the letter.
• Two Far Hope agents resolved to attack Wei He and Cai Menghuan during the coming beast tide, with their master joining the assault if needed.
• Cai Menghuan, Wei He, and Hong Chan led the Xuanmiao Sect's forces aboard a fleet bound for the Twin Eyes Islands, and Wei He returned to his ship to cultivate.
• A Rotten Fly Swarm attacked the fleet, and Zhao Yin identified the creatures and urged the ships to leave their territory quickly.
• Wei He sealed a giant fly with Returning True Force and realized that absorbing captured divine thoughts was the cultivation method for the fifth level of the Mysterious Lock Skill.

Wei He and the Xuanmiao Sect fleet reached Huan Shi City after Cai Menghuan drove off a massive Rotten Fly Swarm. The expedition settled into its defenses as Ouyang Luo continued plotting against Wei He, while Cai Menghuan was confronted by two Haining Alliance women.

• Wei He and the others fought the Rotten Fly Swarm until Cai Menghuan used his bronze flute to drive the giant flies back into the sea.
• The fleet reached Huan Shi City, where Xu Xiangying reported that True Beast numbers had increased and assigned the reinforcements defensive zones.
• Ouyang Luo recalled that he had revealed the fleet's location and resolved to keep helping a mysterious person target Wei He out of jealousy and resentment.
• Fu Yan challenged Cai Menghuan to fight again, while Mu Yuanxin arrived and argued with her over him.
• Hong Chan wished Cai Menghuan luck, and Wei He led the Mountain Lock lineage into the city to rest.

Wei He was caught in an ambush by two elite assassins and a man he mistook for a Grandmaster while Patriarch Xiao Ling was drawn away. He killed the two assassins, but the third escaped, and Wei He hurried to hide as the attack on Cai Menghuan continued.

• Fu Yinhai argued with Xiao Ling over Cai Menghuan’s conduct and the sects’ competition.
• Wei He surveyed the island at night and saw Cai Menghuan speaking with a Haining Alliance woman before Cai killed a powerful Four-winged Giant Lizard.
• Xiao Ling warned Wei He that a powerful enemy was attacking, but Wei He was intercepted by Zong Lu and two assassins.
• Wei He struck Zong Lu down, then killed the twin-bladed assassin and defeated the spear-wielding woman.
• The spear-wielding woman died after Wei He smashed her head, while Zong Lu escaped and Wei He went to find a place to hide.

Wei He survived an assassination attempt, briefed Patriarch Xiao Ling, and spent more than a month cultivating before the sea-beast tide began. As the Xuanmiao Sect defended the island, several powerful walrus-like beasts broke through the lines and charged toward Wei He and Zhao Yin.

• Wei He told Zhao Yin that assassins had attacked him, while Zhao Yin reported that Cai Menghuan had been injured by explosives after a Grandmaster disrupted the initial attack.
• Patriarch Xiao Ling questioned Wei He about the assassins, gave him a silver wooden token to contact him, and left after hearing Wei's account.
• Wei He cultivated Fixed Perception for more than a month as sea beasts began appearing around the island and the Xuanmiao Sect prepared its coastal defenses.
• Wei He and Zhao Yin watched seven Mountain Lock True Persons fight the incoming beasts, discussing how the competition depended on collecting transparent sea beast star cores.
• A huge walrus-like beast knocked two True Persons aside and charged toward Wei He and Zhao Yin, while two more beasts broke through the defensive line from another direction.