Chapter Summaries

Wei He faced a sweeping search for True Force martial artists while trying to pass himself off as Wang Xuan and enlist in Wulian City. After Saint Sect Nine Weaves killed Master Tie Fa and drew the search forces away, Wei He passed the blood test—only for officials to declare him a double top-grade talent and escort him to the general's residence.

• Wei He realized that Great Yue's Iron Man Team was checking identity documents and feared his borrowed document would expose him as a True Force martial artist.
• A white-clad woman attacked and killed Master Tie Fa, identified herself as Saint Sect Nine Weaves, and escaped while the Iron Man Team pursued her.
• Someone bumped Wei He in the line and slipped him a note inviting him to the Black Bamboo Forest outside the city at four in the afternoon.
• Wei He registered as Wang Xuan, gave a false age and place of origin, and entered the men's inspection room.
• The blood-testing needle turned blackish red, and the examiner and her teacher announced that Wei He had double top-grade concentration and aptitude.
• The officials summoned General Zi Yin, ordered the nearby recruitment stations sealed, and escorted Wei He toward the general's residence as a future Grandmaster.

Wei He, posing as Wang Xuan, was taken to Wulian City’s General’s Residence after displaying exceptional blood-test aptitude. General Zi Yin recruited him into the Burning Heaven Army Department and gave him a foundational art, leaving Zi Yin’s daughter Jun’er to guide him.

• A giant monk from the Guangci Cult followed a blood trace to Wulian City but could not find clear clues amid the crowds and suspected Demonic Sect interference.
• Mo Qiuyi and Zhou Murong watched the Giant Bodhisattva depart and discussed her ambition to become a powerful expert.
• Zi Yin welcomed Wei He at the General’s Residence after confirming his dual superior aptitude and offered him a place in the Burning Heaven Army Department.
• Wei He accepted Zi Yin’s offer, and Zi Yin gave him gold, property deeds, and the Dragon Cauldron Pagoda Lifting Skill.
• Zi Yin summoned his daughter Jun’er and instructed her to explain the art to Wei He before he went to the army department headquarters.

Wei He began cultivating the Dragon Cauldron Pagoda Lifting Skill at Zi Yin's manor, rapidly completing its first stage and increasing his strength. He met Zhen Qi of the Saint Sect, who offered a concealment method in exchange for intelligence, leaving him willing to cooperate if it worked.

• Zi Linjun arranged for Wei He to stay at Flower Delight Garden and explained the basics of True Blood cultivation.
• Wei He studied the Dragon Cauldron Pagoda Lifting Skill and quickly completed its first stage, causing his physical strength and force to increase.
• Wei He brought Jiang Su and her daughter from the inn and had Zi Linjun arrange for them to serve him at the manor.
• Suspecting the Saint Sect had deliberately helped him evade investigation, Wei He went to the meeting place named in the secret note.
• Wei He recognized Zhen Qi, who warned that the Guangci Cult could track his aura and offered cooperation and a concealment method in exchange for intelligence.
• Wei He agreed to cooperate if the Saint Sect's concealment method worked.

Zi Linjun discussed Wei He’s prospects with her friends while they learned that Hu Shaonong’s corruption case had been settled and his family’s marriage arrangement was ruined. Wei He learned he would meet Grandmaster Li Rong in three days, sought the Demonic Sect’s help concealing his power, and began cultivating the Dragon Cauldron Pagoda Lifting Skill.

• Zi Linjun told Chen Qinglin and Xie Yu that Wei He had joined the Burning Heaven Army Department, and Xie Yu urged her to consider him as a future match.
• Chen Qinglin reported that Hu Shaonong had been found guilty of embezzlement and bribery, ending Sister Yinzhu’s marriage arrangement with the Hu family.
• Wei He studied the Dingkong Lan breath-concealing technique and resolved to master it before meeting a Grandmaster.
• Ziyin told Wei He that in three days he would report to the Burning Heaven Army Department and meet Marshal Li Rong, who would accept him as her disciple.
• Wei He sent a message to the Demonic Sect asking for help concealing his power, then began cultivating the Dragon Cauldron Pagoda Lifting Skill and formed more than ten Blood Wheels.

Wei He rejected Jiang Su and Tang Yinlian’s attempt to win his favor, then stabilized his cultivation at the second stage of Dawn. At the general’s residence, he narrowly avoided being identified by Master Shuiyue and received Phoenix Spirit Blood from Zi Yin before his planned departure.

• Jiang Su and Tang Yinlian entered Wei He’s bath to serve him, but Wei He told them to leave.
• Wei He replenished his blood vitality in a medicinal bath and stabilized his true-blood cultivation at the second stage of Dawn.
• Zi Yin told Master Shuiyue that Wang Xuan had reached the second stage of Dawn after only two days of cultivation, but Master Shuiyue left when a summons arrived.
• Wei He asked Zi Linjun about Master Shuiyue and learned that he was a powerful friend of Zi Yin’s father who had qualified to advance to Bodhisattva.
• Zi Yin gave Wei He Spirit Phoenix Blood made from his master’s true blood and told him to consume it within three days.

Wei He drank Phoenix Spirit Blood and joined the Burning Heaven Army Department, then endured a family banquet designed to pair him with women of the Zi Lineage. Xie Yu secretly gave him a concealment item and warned him about bloodline detectors and Shui Yue.

• Zi Yin gave Wei He Phoenix Spirit Blood, which Wei He drank and which bound him more firmly to the Burning Heaven Army Department.
• Zi Linjun brought Wei He to a banquet attended by young women of the Zi Lineage, where they served him drugged wine and food.
• Xie Yu stayed behind after Zi Linjun and Chen Qinglin left, then handed Wei He a concealed item and departed.
• Wei He returned to his room, inspected the item, and read Xie Yu's warning about targeted Bloodline Detectors and Shui Yue.

Wei He studied the Dingkong Lan concealment technique and learned how Great Yue’s True Blood system developed bloodlines through enhancements and martial training. After sparring with Zi Linjun, he heard that the Enlightenment stage required choosing between muscle accumulation and bodily density enhancement.

• Wei He put away the Demonic Sect’s incense-like object and spent the night practicing Dingkong Lan, making slight progress.
• Zi Linjun visited Wei He to explain the True Blood system, including bloodline ranks, enhancement opportunities, and how bloodline choices shaped a martial artist’s abilities.
• Xie Yu explained that bloodline grades could be raised through marriage alliances or Blood Artifact purification.
• Zi Linjun sparred with Wei He, but his basic physical strength overwhelmed her attacks and left her shaken.
• Zi Linjun explained that Enlightenment-stage martial artists chose between muscle accumulation for rapid strength or density enhancement for greater later-stage power and agility.

Wei He trained with Zi Linjun in Wulian City, rapidly mastering True Blood techniques and breaking through the third stage of Enlightenment before learning the Burning Heaven True Skill’s Body Opening exercises. After saying goodbye to Zi Linjun, he met Xie Yu at his courtyard and prepared to hear what the Demonic Sect agent wanted.

• Zi Linjun tested Wei He's strength with training stones, and he effortlessly lifted the thirty-thousand-jin sphere.
• Wei He quickly mastered Zi Linjun's True Blood lessons and broke through the third stage of Enlightenment.
• Zi Linjun taught Wei He the Burning Heaven True Skill's Body Opening movements, which he mastered before the evening ended.
• Wei He promised to keep in touch with Zi Linjun and departed after she wished him well on his journey to the Burning Heaven Army Department.
• Xie Yu waited outside Wei He's courtyard, followed him inside, and spoke with him after he dismissed the servants.

Wei He traveled to White Elephant City and met his senior disciple brother Li Chengji before arriving at the Burning Heaven Army Department. Li Rong accepted him as her fifth disciple and immediately ordered her other disciples to prepare an elaborate welcome for him.

• Yu Xin told Wei He she would accompany him to White Elephant City under another identity and asked him to learn the route and schedule of important goods passing through the city.
• Ziyin escorted Wei He to White Elephant City, where Li Chengji met them and revealed he planned to enter the Flower Festival contest disguised as a woman.
• Li Chengji brought Wei He to the Burning Heaven Army Department, where Wei He met Grandmaster Li Rong and paid his respects.
• Li Rong accepted Wei He as her fifth disciple and ordered Xue Huo, Wu Fu, and Li Chengji to prepare bathing water, his room, and Kunshan Fire Jade for him.
• After her disciples hurried off to obey, Li Rong reassured Wei He that she would discipline them if they failed to care for him.

Wei He attended lessons at Western Continent Wende Academy while his True Blood cultivation helped his Mysterious Lock Skill advance. He arranged to visit a secret realm and learned that a convoy carrying the Purple Snow Qilin Horn would soon pass through the city.

• Wei He reflected on Great Yue's growing True Blood strength and discovered that reaching the Dawn stage had pushed his Mysterious Lock Skill toward Full Reality.
• Li Heng offered to show Wei He the city's entertainments, but Wei He declined, and Ouyang Ruoning challenged Li Heng to a duel.
• Wei He agreed to eat and read with Ouyang Ruoning before heading to the secret realm with Senior Brother.
• Ouyang Ruoning told Wei He that the convoy carrying the Purple Snow Qilin Horn would arrive in two days and stop briefly before traveling to the Royal Capital.

Wei He passed intelligence about the Purple Snow Qilin Horn to Yu Xin while advancing rapidly in his True Blood cultivation. Meanwhile, Xisa revealed a plan to awaken Yuan Du Zi’s sealed beast nature, and Wei He broke through twice on the way to complete his bloodline purification.

• Wei He learned details about the convoy carrying the Purple Snow Qilin Horn and secretly sent the information to Yu Xin of the Demonic Sect.
• Xisa told his ghost-masked master that Yuan Du Zi’s attachment to the dead Ansha Lu had led her to seal her beast nature, and proposed using something that could awaken it.
• The ghost-masked man agreed to support Xisa’s plan, which could help Lingfeng Temple gain the Imperial Preceptor position and undermine the Guangci Cult.
• Li Chengji brought Wei He into the Burning Heaven Army Department’s secret realm to complete an advanced True Blood purification using materials gathered by Li Rong.
• As Li Chengji explained how True Beast bloodlines could fuse and mutate, Wei He broke through to Body Opening and then immediately advanced to mid-stage Body Opening, astonishing Li Chengji.

Wei He arrived at Secret Realm Number Nine to undergo bloodline purification and fusion in a nine-compartment medicinal cauldron, where he received the most advantageous position and a special medicine from Li Chengji. As the other participants began the ritual, Wei He recognized something familiar about Liu Chengxi and realized his own bloodline situation was not what he had assumed.

• Li Chengji brought Wei He to a vast underground breeding cavern and explained that the bloodline fusion would be shared among nine participants, including Wei He and people from the Guangci Cult and other departments.
• Wei He entered the first compartment of the bronze cauldron and found three tubes of special golden medicine prepared for him.
• Li Chengji warned the other eight participants about the dangers of entering the wrong compartment and instructed them to endure the ritual.
• Liu Chengxi entered the third compartment, while Wei He noticed that she seemed familiar but could not recall why.
• Wei He reconsidered his assumption that he had no other bloodlines after discovering that his purification had become a fusion ritual.

Wei He purified and fused his bloodlines, leaving behind an unknown pattern formed from the Spider Turtle and giant whale bloodlines. The process also pushed his True Force cultivation into Full Reality, and he left with Li Chengji to investigate his new bloodline.

• Wei He discovered that countless mixed bloodlines filled his left arm, then watched the purification reduce them to the Spider Turtle and giant whale bloodlines.
• Wei He drank the second dose, fused the two bloodlines into an unfamiliar pattern, and took the final dose to complete the ritual.
• Li Chengji announced that five of the nine participants had succeeded in fusion and that one girl, Liu Chengxi, had failed purification.
• Li Chengji observed Wei He's changed appearance and led him back through the tunnels after Wei He confirmed his fusion had succeeded.
• Wei He realized that the purification and fusion had also advanced his True Force cultivation into Full Reality.
• Wei He learned that the failed participant was Liu Chengxi, Song Shixiong's daughter, and Li Chengji suggested he inspect his bloodline diagram after they returned.

Wei He tested the strength of his newly fused bloodline in the Marshal’s Mansion, proving that his Body Opening body could rival much higher-level martial artists. Li Rong examined his bloodline pattern and asked about its effects, leaving Wei He’s ongoing changes under her assessment.

• Wei He sparred with Long Wufu and, using only his bloodline-enhanced body, showed strength just below Long Wufu’s True Blood limit.
• Qin Han and several other disciples challenged Wei He, but his Copper Skin Iron Bones and overwhelming strength let him defeat them with ease.
• Li Rong revealed that she had obtained Five Spirits Blood for Wei He, surprising Long Wufu.
• Li Rong examined the red pattern on Wei He’s arm and identified traces of the Spider Turtle and Peng Yu giant whale in his fused bloodline.
• Wei He told Li Rong that his strength was still rising and that his body had hardened, his appetite had grown, and his reactions had become faster.

Wei He trained under Li Rong in the Seven Phoenix True Martial while building a life in Great Yue and shifting his efforts from stalled True Force cultivation to rapidly growing True Blood. At a banquet in Xizhou, he discussed a coming campaign against the Demon Faction and watched the True Blood elite abuse a commoner.

• Li Rong began teaching Wei He the Seven Phoenix True Martial and warned him that people would seek him out and covet his bloodline.
• In Haizhou, a strange man and woman examined pipa player An Xi and decided she could be altered to resemble someone, intending to create a weakness for Yuan Du Zi.
• Over more than a year in Great Yue, Wei He reached Bone Forging and immense physical strength, but his True Force and spirit preservation stagnated, so he focused on True Blood.
• At Prince Yi’s residence, Wei He told Gong Lingyun that Li Rong’s senior disciple brother would lead a campaign against remnants of the Demon Faction and offered to notify him of a safer chance to earn military credentials.
• A drunken noble slapped a young guqin player and dismissed her suffering, while Wei He observed the deep divide between True Blood nobles and commoners.

At Prince Yi’s banquet, Wei He intervened when Fatty Zhao attacked a musician and Liu Chengxi, while Gong Lingyun forced Zhao to back down. The banquet ended with Wei He leaving alongside Gong Lingyun after the heir apparent helped bring the confrontation to a close.

• Fatty Zhao tried to kick Liu Chengxi, but Wei He blocked him and Gong Lingyun revealed that Wei He was Wang Xuan, the Burning Heaven Marshal’s new personal disciple.
• Fatty Zhao apologized and slapped himself at Gong Lingyun’s demand, while Wei He told Liu Chengxi to take the injured musician for treatment.
• Wei He noticed someone following Liu Chengxi, so Gong Lingyun seized Fatty Zhao and held him until Sima Yushan intervened.
• Wei He asked Gong Lingyun to release Fatty Zhao, and the heir apparent exchanged greetings with Wei He before returning to his conversation.
• Wei He declined the princess’s maidens and left the banquet in a dragon-blood carriage with Gong Lingyun.

Wei He met with Cai Menghuan, who planned to leave Great Moon, but Wei He chose to stay. After Moon Haze agents overheard them and mistook Wei He for a True Strength spy, Wei He killed them, and Xue Huo confronted him.

• Wei He received a message about Cai Menghuan and went to meet him outside White Elephant City.
• Cai Menghuan brought Qing'er to the meeting after she threatened to kill herself if he left without her.
• Cai Menghuan asked Wei He to return with him, but Wei He refused and said he would remain in Great Moon.
• Three Moon Haze agents overheard their conversation and decided to report Wei He as a True Strength spy.
• Wei He suffocated the three agents, then called out Xue Huo, who emerged in disbelief at what he had done.

Wei He dealt with the Moon Haze scouts and helped Cai Menghuan confront Qing'er, then returned to his orderly life as Great Moon focused on a Buddhist tournament to select a new State Preceptor. Two months later, he met Li Chengji at Phantom Water Autumn Moon Tower, where Li Chengji introduced him to an elaborate tea.

• Xue Huo accepted Wei He's explanation for killing the Moon Haze scouts and warned him to keep a low profile.
• Cai Menghuan questioned Qing'er, then left her behind after deciding she had betrayed him.
• Wei He poisoned Qing'er and neutralized the traces before leaving her body in the forest.
• Cai Menghuan sent Wei He a note thanking him, and Wei He returned to White Elephant City.
• Over the next two months, Wei He cultivated while Great Moon arranged a Buddhist Martial Arts Tournament to choose the next State Preceptor.
• Li Chengji met Wei He at Phantom Water Autumn Moon Tower and described the tea he served.

Wei He learned that Princess Han Quan, Sima Wuque, would soon come to study under Li Rong, while growing more troubled by Great Moon’s class divide and suppression of True Force. After Li Chengji confronted Wu Taizhong over Li Rong’s insult to his father, Anqiguoluo Gulan challenged Wei He and invoked his grandfather, Imperial Preceptor Modo.

• Li Chengji explained to Wei He that True Blood’s purified bloodlines made mutation easier to control than the mixed bloodlines of True Force, and said Princess Han Quan, Sima Wuque, would soon cultivate under Li Rong.
• Wei He saw a True Blood martial artist kill two ordinary people over an argument and learned from Li Chengji that the culprit would likely serve only about a month in prison.
• Wei He reflected on public resentment and Great Moon’s suppression of True Force, including its refusal to develop low-threshold weapons such as firearms and artillery.
• Wu Taizhong confronted Li Chengji over Li Rong’s insult to his father, and Li Chengji left to face him outside.
• Anqiguoluo Gulan challenged Wei He to fight and revealed that his grandfather was Imperial Preceptor Modo.

Wei He faced Anqiguoluo Gulan, who attacked him after hearing rumors that Wei He might surpass Moduo. Wei He struggled to contain Gulan’s powerful techniques without revealing his own strength, and the chapter ended as Gulan unleashed his Thousand-Hand Tathagata secret technique at full force.

• Anqiguoluo Gulan challenged Wei He over rumors comparing him to Moduo and attacked him in the tavern.
• Wei He blocked Gulan’s strikes but found that Gulan’s unusual martial rhythm weakened his defense and let the force pierce through.
• Gulan’s explosive punch sent Wei He through a tavern window and then drove him backward across the street.
• Wei He tried to calm Gulan, but his words reminded Gulan of Xisa and reignited his anger.
• Gulan expanded his body and unleashed the secret technique Buddha Seal Thousand Palms, reaching nearly the speed of sound.