Vol. 1The Acting Envoy’s Rise

Lu Xuan investigated supernatural threats, protected his family, and traveled from Azure Cloud County to White Path Prefecture Capital. After joining the Blackbird Guard and advancing to the Outer Strength Grandmaster realm, he took temporary command as the Wind Moon Tower Ghost Shadow became his next target.

  • Lu Xuan destroyed the Mysterious Black Shadow in Willow Ditch Village and advanced into the Inner Qi Realm.
  • He confronted the fugitive Zhang while seeking a movement technique in Azure Cloud County.
  • Lu Xuan burned the White Lotus Blood Infant and learned about the Blackbird Guard’s mission.
  • After Jia Sheng’s men attacked the Lu Family Pharmacy and injured Lu Jiahe, Lu Xuan set out to punish those responsible.
  • Lu Xuan destroyed a White Lotus Sect shrine in Dengfeng and reunited with Lu Qingqing.
  • He killed the Human-Faced Eerie Entity at the Shen Residence and asked the Blackbird Guard for help replenishing his Great Supplement Medicine.
  • Lu Xuan joined the Blackbird Guard after fighting threats along the Brocade Scale River and learning about the Dragon Lord.
  • Li Chengfeng left him in command of White Path Prefecture Capital, where Lu Xuan prepared to confront the Wind Moon Tower Ghost Shadow.
Chapters 1–100 Read from ch. 1

Arc 1The Shadow in Willow Ditch

Lu Xuan investigated the strange deaths in Willow Ditch Village, destroyed a ghostly entity, and advanced into the Inner Qi Realm. Back in Azure Cloud County, he sought a movement technique and confronted the fugitive Zhang.

  • Lu Xuan killed the reanimated dead in his family’s rear courtyard, including his cousin Lu Yun'an, and gained System Points for destroying them.
  • Lu Xuan deduced the Crimson Flame Blade Art, then traveled with Li San to Willow Ditch Village to investigate the deaths connected to Lu Yun'an.
  • Lu Xuan pursued a Mysterious Black Shadow into the mountains and burned it with a crimson blade aura, gaining fifty System Points.
  • Liang Cheng concealed the supernatural cause of the Willow Ditch Village deaths, and Lu Xuan left with him and the others.
  • Lu Xuan helped Liang Cheng’s group fight off a bandit ambush, while the bandit leaders later killed Tiger Bro and the surviving fugitives.
  • Lu Xuan used thirty System Points to deduce the Crimson Flame Blade Art further and break through into the Inner Qi Realm.
  • After Liang Cheng listed the county’s martial experts, Lu Xuan sought Zhang, a fugitive who knew a movement technique, and stunned him by catching and shattering his kitchen knife with two fingers.
Chapters 1–25 Summaries Read

Arc 2The White Lotus Blood Infant

Lu Xuan hunted the threat to the Lu Family, killed the White Lotus Blood Infant, and learned about the Blackbird Guard’s work against supernatural horrors. After Jia Sheng’s men attacked the Lu Family Pharmacy and injured Lu Jiahe, Lu Xuan set out to take revenge on those responsible.

  • Lu Xuan helped Zhang Heng confront Huang Xuanjie, then traveled to Tongling Peak, killed the Mutated Beast, and collected the Purple Blood Spirit Mushroom.
  • Lu Xuan used the mushroom and System Points to improve his cultivation and Wind Chasing Steps, while Fang Sheng’s men infiltrated the Lu Family disguised as martial artists.
  • Lu Xuan killed the two bandit heads after learning Fang Sheng’s location, then went to Black Wind Stronghold as Li Yanran’s group pursued Fang Sheng.
  • Fang Sheng’s White Lotus Holy Seed produced a White Lotus Blood Infant that killed Chen Lingfeng and Su Tianqi and injured Li Yanran, before Lu Xuan burned it away.
  • Li Yanran questioned Lu Xuan about the White Lotus Blood Infant, explained the Blackbird Guard’s mission, and gave him her identity token and directions to the prefecture archives.
  • Jia Sheng’s men attacked the Lu Family Pharmacy, but Li Yanran and Liang Cheng protected Lu Jiahe and drove off the attackers.
  • After learning that Huang Wen had delayed Liang Cheng during the attack, Lu Xuan helped his father recover and went to the county office intending to kill those who threatened the Lu Family.
Chapters 26–50 Summaries Read

Arc 3The White Lotus and the Faceless Entity

Lu Xuan left Azure Cloud County for Dengfeng, where he destroyed a White Lotus Sect shrine, reunited with Lu Qingqing, and encountered the Blackbird Guard’s hunt for the Human-Faced Eerie Entity. After killing the entity at the Shen Residence, he asked the Blackbird Guard for help replenishing his Great Supplement Medicine.

  • Lu Xuan killed Huang Yangping, Huang Wen, Jia Sheng, and the three captured attackers, then left Azure Cloud County after asking Yun Qing and Yun Feng to care for Lu Jiahe.
  • At Lotus Birth Temple, Lu Xuan uncovered the Pure World White Lotus Sect’s blood offerings and Underground Palace, destroyed a White Lotus Blood Infant, and took medicines and gold from the temple’s hidden storehouse.
  • Lu Xuan reached Dengfeng County Town, reunited with Lu Qingqing, and learned that she was pregnant and living with Shen Yuan.
  • The Blackbird Guard identified the Human-Faced Eerie Entity as a growing Dire-Level threat, and Lu Xuan obtained a flawed Mystic Iron greatsword from Liu Yi.
  • When the entity appeared in Lu Qingqing’s courtyard disguised as a little girl with Liu Yuanwai’s face, Lu Xuan protected her and burned the real entity to death.
  • Lu Xuan confirmed to Zhao Sheng and Qian Hao that he had killed the Human-Faced Eerie Entity, then asked them for help because he had used up his Great Supplement Medicine.
Chapters 51–75 Summaries Read

Arc 4The Acting Blackbird Envoy

Lu Xuan joined the Blackbird Guard after defeating threats along the Brocade Scale River and learning about the Dragon Lord and the Spirit Ruins Land. Li Chengfeng left him in charge of White Path Prefecture Capital, where the Wind Moon Tower Ghost Shadow became his next target.

  • Lu Xuan recovered from his fight with the Human-Faced Eerie Entity, received money and medicinal supplies, and set out with Zhao Sheng and the other Blackbird Guards for White Path Prefecture Capital.
  • At Peaceful Town, Lu Xuan killed the carp demon beast that had demanded yearly child sacrifices, but its dragon phantom wounded him and revealed a connection to the sealed Dragon Lord beneath the river.
  • Lu Xuan reached the Blackbird Guard residence, proved his strength to Li Chengfeng, and learned that the Dragon Lord was a Divine Mansion Realm Netherworld Python sealed by Tianqi Emperor.
  • Lu Xuan studied the archives and learned about the Pure World White Lotus Sect, ritual artifacts, and Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects, while Li Chengfeng decided to put him in charge of White Path Prefecture Capital.
  • The Wind Moon Tower Ghost Shadow appeared and killed Hua Jianghe, Liu Qing, and other visitors, while Uncle Qing failed to defeat it.
  • Lu Xuan joined the Blackbird Guard and accepted Li Chengfeng’s token and temporary command, then ordered the Heavensea Gang to withdraw and planned to face the Ghost Shadow.
  • After Li Chengfeng and Li Yanran departed for the Imperial Capital, Lu Xuan secretly took Azure Spirit Ginseng from the Guard’s store and used its System Points to advance to the Outer Strength Grandmaster realm.
  • Lin Mu enforced the Blackbird Guard’s order to clear the Wind Moon Tower street, while Li Chengfeng told He Yan to inform the Yellow Rank Guards and above that Lu Xuan was in command.
Chapters 76–100 Summaries Read
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