Chapter Summaries

Xiao Gaoyuan ordered Xiao Chenliang to have the Black Eagle Gang dispose of Zhang Yingxue, but Chief Constable Wu Qian arrived with news that the gang had been wiped out. Wu Qian transformed into Zhang Yingxue, whose appearance revealed her as a Calamity-Level Eerie Entity, and she attacked the Xiao family.

• Xiao Gaoyuan told Xiao Chenliang to go to the Black Eagle Gang and settle what remained of Zhang Yingxue.
• Wu Qian reported that everyone in the Black Eagle Gang had died and Zhang Yingxue had disappeared.
• Xiao Chenliang sensed Yin Energy around Wu Qian and backed away from him.
• Wu Qian's face cracked and transformed into Zhang Yingxue's face, filling Xiao Manor with an icy aura.
• Xiao Gaoyuan recognized Zhang Yingxue as a Calamity-Level Eerie Entity, and she cried out, "Die!"

Zhang Yingxue trapped the Xiao Family inside her Eerie Domain and overwhelmed Xiao Gaoyuan, who tried to escape with his sons. As Zhang Yingxue killed Xiao Gaoyuan, Lu Xuan appeared holding the Chen-Grade Two-Mark Ritual Artifact he had snatched from him.

• Xiao Gaoyuan abandoned Xiao Chenliang to Zhang Yingxue’s Yin Energy and fled toward the manor gates with his other two sons.
• Xiao Gaoyuan failed to break Zhang Yingxue’s Eerie Domain and realized she had become a fully developed Calamity-Level Eerie Entity.
• Zhang Yingxue killed Xiao Gaoyuan’s two sons, who withered into white powder as he tried to protect them.
• Xiao Gaoyuan brought out his Chen-Grade Two-Mark Ritual Artifact and prepared to use it to seal Zhang Yingxue.
• A Purple Escape Light snatched the Bronze Coin Ritual Artifact from Xiao Gaoyuan, and Zhang Yingxue corroded him into a dried white skeleton.
• Lu Xuan appeared holding Xiao Gaoyuan’s intact Ritual Artifact.

After Xiao Gaoyuan died, Lu Xuan watched Zhang Yingxue’s resentment fade, but she turned on him and unleashed terrifying Yin Energy. Lu Xuan destroyed her with the Heaven Burning Blade Art, then realized that human resentment could create Calamity-Level Eerie Entities beyond Central Province.

• Lu Xuan used the Bronze Coin to absorb Heaven and Earth Origin and sensed Zhang Yingxue’s Yin Energy becoming purer after she killed Xiao Gaoyuan.
• Zhang Yingxue attacked Lu Xuan, spreading icy Yin Energy across the Xiao Family estate and manifesting a gigantic face above it.
• Lu Xuan unleashed the Heaven Burning Blade Art, and its purple flames destroyed Zhang Yingxue without pain.
• Lu Xuan noted that Zhang Yingxue would revive years later as a Calamity-Level Eerie Entity occupying the Xiao Family grounds.
• Lu Xuan saw that his System Points had increased by 2,500 and concluded that Calamity-Level Eerie Entities could arise from human resentment as heaven and earth fell into chaos.

Lu Xuan raided Xiao Gaoyuan’s secret treasury, then refined a ritual artifact and used his new System Points to deduce Vajra Indestructible. Meanwhile, Mo Ronghua covered for Lu Xuan as the Blackbird Guards investigated the Xiao Family’s deaths, and the chapter ended with two Surveillance Division leaders approaching Dragon Virtue Hall.

• Lu Xuan sensed an intruder, went to Xiao Gaoyuan’s secret treasury, and took three Low Grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects and a Chen-Grade Two-Mark ritual artifact.
• The Blackbird Guards found the Xiao Family dead and several dozen servants unconscious, while Mo Ronghua ordered the deaths reported as the work of a Calamity-Level Eerie Entity or worse.
• When a Blackbird Guard reported the opened boxes, Mo Ronghua said they had contained ordinary Great Supplement Medicine rather than Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects.
• Lu Xuan refined the ritual artifact into 6,000 System Points, bringing his total above 10,000, and chose to deduce Vajra Indestructible.
• Golden light shone from Lu Xuan as Vajra Indestructible was deduced, while the Surveillance Division Head and Deputy Division Head approached Dragon Virtue Hall with a palace maid.

Emperor Xia Mingyue reviewed Lu Xuan’s reported talent and ordered him summoned to the Imperial Capital. She then agreed to send the Clear Mirror Division to investigate Luo Jin’s death, while privately recognizing the Luo Family’s attempt to manipulate her and asking Shangguan Yuqing about the Black Feather Guard’s investigation.

• Xia Mingyue read a report on Lu Xuan, and Man Qingqiu judged him a monstrous genius who could reach the Divine Palace Realm.
• Xia Mingyue ordered Man Qingqiu to notify Li Chengxing to bring Lu Xuan to the Imperial Capital.
• Sun Cheng and Luo Gongli reported that Luo Jin and his household had been killed and asked Xia Mingyue to send the Clear Mirror Division to Peace Prefecture.
• Xia Mingyue approved the investigation, and Luo Gongli left believing the Clear Mirror Division would find the killer.
• After Sun Cheng and Luo Gongli departed, Xia Mingyue resented the Luo Family’s presumption and asked Shangguan Yuqing about the Black Feather Guard’s investigation.

Xia Mingyue uncovered her princes’ schemes to siphon Blackbird Guard resources and sent Shangguan Yunlan to investigate Lu Xuan, while preparing to use the Mysterious Black Bird Cauldron in her pursuit of the Spirit Ruins Land. Lu Xuan reached perfected Outer Strength Grandmaster and demonstrated his newly transformed body, while Chen Luomeng and Lin Yu arrived at the White Path Prefecture Blackbird Guard residence with a powerful martial artist.

• Shangguan Yuqing reported that provincial Blackbird Guards, including those in the princes’ territories, had falsified missions to obtain martial arts resources and that Li Chengxing had approved a shipment of spiritual objects to White Path Prefecture.
• Xia Mingyue ordered Shangguan Yuqing to send Shangguan Yunlan to investigate Lu Xuan and revealed that she planned to use the Mysterious Black Bird Cauldron and her imperial brothers’ blood to enter the Spirit Ruins Land.
• After spending all his System Points, Lu Xuan reached perfected Outer Strength Grandmaster, advanced Flowing Light Steps to the seventh level, and deduced Undying and Unkillable.
• Lu Xuan’s new fleshly body repelled a strike from the Black Mysterious Blade without a mark, and he concluded that White Path Prefecture could no longer provide the resources he needed.
• Chen Luomeng and Lin Yu arrived at the White Path Prefecture Blackbird Guard residence with silver-armored guards, and He Yan feared the aura of the Outer Strength Grandmaster accompanying them.

Chen Luomeng and Lin Yu came to the Blackbird Guard Residence seeking Lu Xuan on An Prince’s orders, while He Yan tried to send them away and was struck down by Lin Yu. The visitors decided to wait for Lu Xuan, who returned from Mirror Platform Prefecture as they settled in.

• Chen Luomeng accused He Yan of killing Luo Jinhe without authority, but He Yan defended his actions under court law.
• Chen Luomeng demanded that He Yan summon Lu Xuan to meet An Prince, but He Yan said he did not know where Lu Xuan was and asked the visitors to leave.
• Lin Yu attacked He Yan with a cold glint of force, sending him through the doors, and He Yan stopped Su An from charging into the hall.
• Chen Luomeng and Lin Yu concluded Lu Xuan was absent and decided to wait at the Blackbird Guard Residence until he appeared.
• Chen Luomeng ordered her guards to prepare rooms, and Lu Xuan arrived on horseback from Mirror Platform Prefecture.

Lu Xuan confronted the people An Prince Xia Mingqing had sent to White Path Prefecture and rejected their attempt to lure him to the prince. He left Chen Luomeng and Lin Yu with a blunt demand: if Xia Mingqing wanted to meet him, he could come himself.

• A Blackbird Guard captain told Lu Xuan that visitors from An Prince's Mansion were looking for him, and Lu Xuan vanished before the guards could say more.
• Lu Xuan appeared before Chen Luomeng, Lin Yu, and their companions at the main hall plaza, surprising Lin Yu with his speed and concealed presence.
• He Yan withdrew the Blackbird Guards, leaving Lu Xuan alone with the people from An Prince's Mansion.
• Chen Luomeng introduced herself and tried to persuade Lu Xuan to visit Prince An, using flirtation and promises to satisfy his desires.
• Lu Xuan told Chen Luomeng that if Prince An wanted to see him, he should come to White Path Prefecture himself.

Lu Xuan defeated and killed Lin Yu after Lin Yu’s attack triggered Chen Luomeng’s life-protecting power, then claimed the Wind Fire Blade as his own. He left Chen Luomeng alive to deliver a warning to An Prince Xia Mingqing about the Blackbird Guard’s losses.

• Lin Yu attacked Lu Xuan, but Chen Luomeng’s life-protecting Gang Essence Shield intercepted the strike and sent her flying.
• Lu Xuan unleashed a gigantic purple Gang Essence hand, and Lin Yu drew the Wind Fire Blade, a Chen-Grade Two-Mark Ritual Artifact, to fight back.
• Lu Xuan’s purple Gang Essence hand overwhelmed Lin Yu’s blade strikes, killed Lin Yu, and scattered the surrounding guards.
• Lu Xuan retrieved the Wind Fire Blade, recognized it as a Chen-Grade Two-Mark Ritual Artifact, and decided to keep it instead of refining its Heaven and Earth Origin Power into System Points.
• Chen Luomeng accused Lu Xuan of opposing An Prince Xia Mingqing, and Lu Xuan told her to demand an explanation from the Prince for the Blackbird Guard’s losses.

Lu Xuan demanded that An Prince compensate the Blackbird Guard for its losses and threatened to arrest the prince himself if he refused. After preparing for the Blackbird Guard Grand Competition, Lu Xuan learned that the Spirit Ruins Land would emerge in a year and resolved to reach the Divine Mansion Realm before then.

• Lu Xuan demanded a High Grade, five Mid Grade, and fifteen Low Grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects from An Prince's Mansion, claiming its people had destroyed the Blackbird Guard's inventory.
• Chen Luomeng agreed to convey Lu Xuan's demands to the prince and left without the Wind Fire Blade.
• Lu Xuan ordered He Yan to have the unconscious guards from An Prince's Mansion thrown out and asked about Liang Cheng and Lu Yunqing's cultivation progress.
• He Yan reported that Liang Cheng had reached the Bone Refining Realm and Lu Yunqing had reached major completion of Flesh Refining; Lu Xuan said he would preside over the Martial Arts Grand Competition the next day.
• Lu Xuan returned to his courtyard and reflected on the Spirit Ruins Land emerging in a year, deciding he needed to break through to the Divine Mansion Realm before then.

Lu Xuan opened the Martial Arts Grand Competition at the Blackbird Guard Residence, where Ye Qingxuan advanced to the final stage among guards below Human Rank. The chapter left Ye Qingxuan and Yu Yueru facing off in a match to decide who would move closer to first place.

• Lu Xuan arrived at the arena, ordered Deputy Envoy He to begin the competition, and spotted Ye Qingxuan in the crowd.
• Lu Xuan recognized that Ye Qingxuan had reached Bone Refining Realm Completion in one month and judged her a likely winner in her division.
• The Human Rank Blackbird Guard competition concluded, with two of Yao Feng's disciples taking second and third place.
• Ye Qingxuan and Yu Yueru were paired in the final stage of the competition below Human Rank, surprising He Yan.
• Ye Qingxuan attacked Yu Yueru with a powerful palm strike, and Yu Yueru praised her before meeting the blow with her own hand.

Yu Yueru defeated Ye Qingxuan in the Martial Arts Grand Competition after Lu Xuan intervened to stop their dangerous final clash. The competition ended, and the top three were ordered to collect their rewards at the Blackbird Guard's Hall of Affairs the next morning.

• Yu Yueru revealed her Marrow Refining Realm cultivation as she faced Ye Qingxuan's powerful Vast Righteous Palm.
• Ye Qingxuan launched another all-out attack, but Lu Xuan blocked both fighters with Gang Essence and declared Yu Yueru the winner.
• Yu Yueru celebrated her victory while the disappointed Ye Qingxuan left the stage.
• The final match concluded, and Lu Xuan departed after telling He Yan to announce the decision.
• He Yan instructed the top three winners to report to the Blackbird Guard's Hall of Affairs the next morning for their rewards.

After Ye Qingxuan left the competition believing she had failed, He Yan told Zhong Ling that Blackbird Envoy Sir had personally granted her one of three special key cultivation slots. Zhong Ling shared the news, restoring Ye Qingxuan’s spirits, and promised to take her to meet Blackbird Envoy Sir the next morning.

• He Yan summoned Zhong Ling and informed her that Blackbird Envoy Sir had ordered three special cultivation slots, including one for Ye Qingxuan.
• Zhong Ling hurried to find Ye Qingxuan, who was grieving over her failure and fearing she would not return to the Imperial Capital.
• Zhong Ling told Ye Qingxuan that Blackbird Envoy Sir had personally designated her for a slot.
• Ye Qingxuan worried that the decision might be considered unfair, but Zhong Ling reassured her and told her not to waste the opportunity.
• Zhong Ling said Ye Qingxuan would meet Blackbird Envoy Sir the next morning alongside the other slot recipients, and Ye Qingxuan’s gloom lifted.

Yu Yueru learned that Ye Qingxuan had received a Blackbird Guard cultivation spot and teased her about her connection to Lu Xuan. At the Hall of Affairs, Lu Xuan revealed Liang Cheng and Lu Yunqing were his younger brothers, while Yu Yueru admitted she was attracted to him, leaving Ye Qingxuan flustered.

• Yu Yueru questioned Ye Qingxuan about her relationship with the Blackbird Envoy, but Ye Qingxuan brushed her off and went inside.
• He Yan gathered the ten people selected for key cultivation and explained why Liang Cheng and Lu Yunqing had received spots.
• Ye Qingxuan recognized Liang Cheng and Lu Yunqing from Azure Cloud County, and they greeted Lu Xuan as their older brother when he arrived.
• Lu Xuan confirmed Liang Cheng and Lu Yunqing were his younger brothers, prompting the others to reconsider how they treated them.
• Yu Yueru told Ye Qingxuan that she liked Lu Xuan and asked whether Ye Qingxuan felt the same, making Ye Qingxuan blush while Lu Xuan overheard.

Lu Xuan doubled the martial resources for the new key cultivation candidates after news that supplies were on their way to White Path Prefecture. Before he could leave, Yu Yueru asked him to take her as a disciple, prompting Ye Qingxuan and several others to ask the same; Lu Xuan considered their requests.

• Lu Xuan ordered He Yan to distribute Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects by ranking and provide key cultivation resources, then doubled the planned allocation.
• Lu Xuan explained that supplies from the Imperial Capital Blackbird Guard had reached Mirror Platform Prefecture and that more resources would arrive in White Path Prefecture within half a day.
• Yu Yueru stopped Lu Xuan and asked him to accept her as a disciple.
• Ye Qingxuan and several people in the Hall of Affairs also asked to become Lu Xuan's disciples.
• Lu Xuan furrowed his brow and considered their requests while He Yan watched the crowd's reaction.

Lu Xuan refused to take Yu Yueru and Ye Qingxuan as disciples but offered to guide them, then awaited spiritual energy from Mirror Platform Prefecture while strange phenomena struck the prefecture city. A convoy carrying the promised Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects arrived at the Blackbird Guard Residence, where Mo Ronghua faced questions about giving the stored resources to Lu Xuan.

• Lu Xuan told Yu Yueru and Ye Qingxuan he would not take them as disciples but would guide them over the next few days.
• Yu Yueru teased Ye Qingxuan, while Liang Cheng and Lu Yunqing left to meet Su An.
• Lu Xuan returned to his courtyard, worried that the Great Xia Dynasty was descending into chaos and resolved to reach the Divine Palace True Person realm.
• Four yamen runners carried a bloodied wrapped object through an alley, where a headless runner and a monstrous face attacked the others.
• A convoy arrived at the Blackbird Guard Residence, and two men challenged Mo Ronghua for giving its stored Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects to Lu Xuan.

Deputy Division Head Li Chengxing arrived in Mirror Platform Prefecture with martial arts resources and Shangguan Yunlan, who had been ordered to inspect the prefecture. During the inspection, the Black Feather Guard discovered that Lu Xuan had borrowed Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects from Mirror Platform Prefecture.

• Mo Ronghua reassured his Deputy Envoys that Lu Xuan would return the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects he had borrowed, despite sounding uncertain.
• Li Chengxing arrived in Mirror Platform Prefecture, and Mo Ronghua greeted him respectfully before the Blackbird Guards.
• Li Chengxing reminded Mo Ronghua to take Mo Qingyi back to the family soon and ordered the martial arts resources unloaded for inspection.
• Li Chengxing introduced Shangguan Yunlan, who said she had come under the Emperor's orders to inspect Peace Prefecture.
• Shangguan Yunlan's Black Feather Guards examined Mirror Platform Prefecture's records and found that Lu Xuan had borrowed three Mid Grade and fifteen Low Grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects.

Shangguan Yunlan and Li Chengxing investigated White Path Prefecture’s records and revealed that they had come because the emperor was interested in Lu Xuan. In White Path Prefecture, Prefect Hong Zhi questioned Chief Constable Fan Wei and his nephew Fan Dong about four missing yamen runners and Wu Wei’s vanished corpse.

• Shangguan Yunlan confirmed that the records about Lu Xuan were true and verified that Mirror Platform Prefecture’s martial arts resources matched its files.
• Li Chengxing told Mo Ronghua that a powerful figure had sent him to Peace Prefecture because they were interested in someone from White Path Prefecture, leading Mo Ronghua to suspect Lu Xuan.
• Hong Zhi questioned Fan Wei about four constables who vanished with Wu Wei’s corpse after being sent to investigate the martial arts school master’s mysterious death.
• Fan Wei summoned his nephew Fan Dong, who admitted abandoning his post at Water Gate Alley and leaving the four runners to transport Wu Wei’s corpse.

Prefect Lord Hong Zhi punished Fan Dong for neglecting his duties and ordered Fan Wei to investigate the disappearance of four Yamen Runners and Wu Wei’s corpse in Water Gate Alley. Fan Wei suspected Wu Wei’s death might be connected to Heavensea Gang Leader Hua Yunfei, and led a team back to the Wu Family Residence.

• Hong Zhi withheld half a year of Fan Dong’s salary after Fan Dong admitted he had not determined Wu Wei’s cause of death.
• Fan Wei told Hong Zhi that he found no Yin Energy in Water Gate Alley and suspected Wu Wei’s death was linked to Hua Yunfei, the current Gang Leader of the Heavensea Gang.
• Hong Zhi ordered Fan Wei to search Water Gate Alley for the four missing Yamen Runners and Wu Wei’s corpse, while he summoned Hua Tianhai.
• Fan Wei led more than a dozen Yamen Runners to the Wu Family Residence, where an older runner asked why they had returned after Fan Dong’s earlier visit.

Fan Wei led the prefectural yamen to search the Wu Family Residence for four missing runners and Wu Wei’s corpse, then discovered Yin Energy in Wu Wei’s empty coffin. Wu Wei emerged and his Eerie Domain destroyed the Wu Family, while Fan Wei escaped at the cost of his left leg.

• Fan Wei ordered his Yamen Runners to search the Wu Family Residence and questioned the servants about the missing men and Wu Wei’s corpse.
• Fan Wei confronted Wu Wei’s three sons in the mourning hall and explained that the four runners and Wu Wei’s corpse had vanished in Water Gate Alley.
• Fan Wei sensed Yin Energy in Wu Wei’s empty coffin and fled when blood began surging across its surface.
• Wu Wei’s sons and the other people in the residence became trapped as the spreading blood devoured them, and a terrifying Yin Energy turned the Wu Family into bones.
• Fan Wei severed his left leg to escape the Eerie Domain and recognized Wu Wei as a Catastrophe-Level Eerie Entity.