Chapter Summaries

Hong Zhi questioned Hua Tianhai about Wu Wei’s death and warned him not to provoke the Blackbird Guard, but Fan Wei arrived injured with news of a Catastrophe-Level Eerie Entity at the Wu Family. Meanwhile, Li Chengxing arrived from the Imperial Capital with an edict from Empress Xia Mingyue summoning Lu Xuan, leaving Lu Xuan shocked by the Empress’s attention.

• Hong Zhi confronted Hua Tianhai about Hua Yunfei’s connection to Wu Wei’s death, and Hua Tianhai denied the accusation before agreeing to restrain the Heavensea Gang.
• Fan Wei rushed into the yamen with one leg missing and warned Hong Zhi that a Catastrophe-Level Eerie Entity had appeared at the Wu Family.
• Hong Zhi hurried toward the Blackbird Guard Residence, while Fan Wei fainted from his injuries.
• Li Chengxing introduced himself to He Yan as a Deputy Director from the Imperial Capital and revealed that he had brought an Imperial Decree summoning Lu Xuan.
• He Yan informed Lu Xuan that the edict came from Empress Xia Mingyue, and Lu Xuan was startled to learn that the ruler of Great Xia had taken notice of him.

Li Chengxing told Lu Xuan that the Empress had appointed him the Blackbird Guard’s Fourth Deputy Division Head and summoned him to the capital, though he could delay if he had concerns. Lu Xuan accepted the appointment and received the requested spiritual objects along with a Top Grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object personally bestowed by the Empress.

• Shangguan Yunlan arrived to meet Lu Xuan, privately recalling that her mother had sent her to assess him for the Empress.
• Lu Xuan entered the hall, identified Li Chengxing and Shangguan Yunlan, and exchanged formal greetings with Li.
• Li Chengxing announced Lu Xuan’s new post as Fourth Deputy Division Head and the Empress’s wish to summon him to the capital.
• Lu Xuan asked whether he had to leave immediately, and Li explained that the Empress would allow him to postpone the trip.
• Li delivered three High Grade, twenty Mid Grade, and one hundred Low Grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects, then presented the Empress’s Top Grade gift.
• Lu Xuan opened the box, released a surge of spiritual energy that briefly raised the Blackbird Guards’ cultivation, and asked Li to convey his thanks to the Empress.

Lu Xuan received his Blackbird Guard Vice Director token and learned that Emperor Xia Mingyue was summoning the ten princes to the Imperial Capital. Before he could return to refining spiritual objects, a Catastrophe-Level Eerie Entity appeared at the Wu Family Residence, and Lu Xuan rushed to investigate.

• Li Chengxing delivered Lu Xuan's Spirit Communication Red Crystal token and explained its powers and secrets.
• Li Chengxing told Lu Xuan that Emperor Xia Mingyue had ordered the ten princes back to the Imperial Capital, then urged him to visit the Li Family and Li Yanran.
• Shangguan Yunlan introduced herself as a Thousand Feather Envoy inspecting the Blackbird Guard's records, and Lu Xuan allowed her to proceed.
• Hong Zhi reported a suspected Catastrophe-Level Eerie Entity at the Wu Family Residence, and Lu Xuan sped toward the eastern city.
• A Heavensea Gang member told Hua Tianhai that Wu Wei's family and the yamen runners had vanished, while Chief Constable Fan Wei had fled injured from the eerie residence.

Hua Yunfei discovered that the dead Wu Wei had returned as a terrifying Ghostly Thing and attacked him and Yu Rong. Hua Tianhai failed to stop Wu Wei, but Lu Xuan arrived and seized the ghost with a giant purple Gang Essence hand.

• Hua Tianhai summoned Hua Yunfei after suspecting him of involvement in the Wu Family's deaths.
• Hua Yunfei told Yu Rong that Wu Wei was dead, denied killing him, and was interrupted by a servant's repeated summons from Hua Tianhai.
• Hua Yunfei opened the door to find no servant, then saw Wu Wei's blood-soaked ghost inside the room; his Qi and Blood could not destroy it.
• Wu Wei revealed his face and unleashed Yin Energy across Hua Residence, freezing Hua Yunfei and destroying his hands before Hua Tianhai rushed in to save him.
• Hua Tianhai's internal energy was devoured by Wu Wei's Yin Energy as the ghost pursued Yu Rong.
• Lu Xuan arrived, crushed through the roof, and trapped Wu Wei in a giant purple Gang Essence hand.

Lu Xuan killed Wu Wei, rescued Hua Yunfei, and ordered the Heavensea Gang to compensate the victims. Back at the Blackbird Guard Residence, he faced Shangguan Yunlan’s questions about irregular records, but she then turned to the real purpose of her visit and asked him to examine her.

• Lu Xuan burned Wu Wei with the Purple Azure Blazing Flame, confirmed that humans could become hatred-filled Ghostly Things, and gained 2100 System Points.
• Lu Xuan cleared the Yin Energy from Hua Yunfei and ordered Hua Tianhai and the Heavensea Gang to compensate the commoners harmed near the Hua Residence.
• Hua Yunfei protected Yu Rong from Hua Tianhai, who then ordered the Heavensea Gang to deal with Lu Xuan’s demands.
• Lu Xuan returned to the Blackbird Guard Residence and sent He Yan and Hong Zhi to handle the aftermath in the eastern part of the city.
• Shangguan Yunlan confronted Lu Xuan about missing spiritual objects and irregular Blackbird Guard records, but accepted his claim that they involved a major secret.
• Shangguan Yunlan approached Lu Xuan and asked him to examine her, saying she felt unwell after traveling from the Imperial Capital.

Lu Xuan rejected Shangguan Yunlan’s attempt to seduce him, then entered secluded cultivation to refine Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects. After consuming a Top Grade object, he gained Heaven and Earth Power and Divine Sense Power, placing him between the Outer Strength Grandmaster and Divine Mansion realms.

• Lu Xuan told Shangguan Yunlan he had never learned medicine, but she pressed his hand against her body and fled after he responded without restraint.
• Lu Xuan left his Blackbird Guard Vice Director token behind and teleported to a secret courtyard prepared for secluded cultivation.
• Lu Xuan swallowed three High Grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects, gained 9,000 System Points, and sensed his perception strengthening.
• Lu Xuan consumed a cyan lotus Top Grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object and refined its Heaven and Earth Origin Power.
• Lu Xuan discovered he could wield Heaven and Earth Power and clearly perceive the area beyond the walls, while his System Panel marked his realm as Outer Strength Grandmaster with question marks.

Lu Xuan deduced Flowing Light Steps to a new realm, gaining the ability to cross vast distances in a single step, then began deducing the Heaven Burning Blade Art in hopes of reaching the Divine Mansion Realm. Meanwhile, Yu Hong received news that Yu Yueru had earned a Blackbird Guard cultivation quota and grew concerned when Qiao Mu failed to return from watching Tiger Prison Mountain.

• Lu Xuan spent 2,000 System Points to deduce Flowing Light Steps to a new realm and discovered that it let him cross worlds in a single step.
• Lu Xuan planned to spend his remaining points and the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects on the ground to deduce the Heaven Burning Blade Art and approach the Divine Mansion Realm.
• At Huangshan Town, Yu Hong received Yu Yueru's letter confirming that she had secured a Blackbird Guard cultivation quota and burned the note to protect its secrets.
• Yu Hong asked Yu Hua about Qiao Mu, who had gone to watch Tiger Prison Mountain Range the previous day and had not returned.
• Yu Hong told Yu Hua to notify the Blackbird Envoy Sir with the Mysterious Blackbird if the White Jade Pigeon returned, and said he would go to the mountain if Qiao Mu remained missing.

A ghoul impersonating Qiao Mu revealed the Tiger Ghoul Demon King's demonic power and devastated the inn, leaving Deputy Envoy Yu Hong gravely injured. At the Blackbird Guard Residence, He Yan broke into Lu Xuan's courtyard to summon him, and Lu Xuan's purple phantom appeared before He Yan.

• Yu Hong and Yu Hua grew alarmed when Qiao Mu returned late, then questioned him about his absence and the cut on his face.
• The false Qiao Mu claimed golden lingzhi mushrooms and Mutated Beasts had appeared near the Tiger Prison Mountain Range, exposing himself when Yu Hong recognized the deception.
• Yu Hong and Yu Hua attacked the ghoul, but its Demon Qi formed a tiger-head phantom that wrecked the inn, sent Yu Hua flying, and gravely wounded Yu Hong.
• Yu Hua rescued Yu Hong with a Blackbird Guard healing pill, and Yu Hong ordered him to release the Mysterious Blackbird and notify the Blackbird Envoy.
• At the White Path Prefecture Capital, He Yan broke into Lu Xuan's courtyard and shouted for help, prompting Lu Xuan's towering purple phantom to appear.

Lu Xuan sent He Yan to Liusha County with the Wind Fire Blade while he remained in seclusion to stabilize his Divine Palace and advanced the Heaven Burning Blade Art. Meanwhile, the Tiger Ghoul Demon King left its lair to hunt humans, and a White Lotus Sect elder tried to recruit the Green King for a mission in Nether Prefecture.

• He Yan reported that the Tiger Ghoul Demon King had survived, wounded Yu Hong, and killed a Blackbird Guard, so Lu Xuan sent him to Liusha County with the Wind Fire Blade.
• Lu Xuan entrusted the blade with a strand of Divine Sense Power, deduced the Heaven Burning Blade Art to its third level, and planned to hunt the Tiger Ghoul Demon King after leaving seclusion.
• The Tiger Ghoul Demon King revealed that it had survived its earlier battle, recovered with help from a mysterious Demon King, and learned that Dragon Lord was sealed in White Path Prefecture.
• The Tiger Ghoul Demon King sent its ghoul ghosts to lure martial artists with golden ganoderma, then left its cave to attack humans in Liusha County.
• A one-eyed elder from the Pure World White Lotus Sect met the Green King at the abandoned cave and offered to help divine Dragon Lord's whereabouts if the Green King accompanied him to Nether Prefecture to target Li Chengxing.

Green King agreed to help the Pure World White Lotus Sect target Li Chengxing in exchange for Dragon Lord’s whereabouts. At Huangshan Town, Lu Xuan’s Wind Fire Blade purged Yu Hong’s Demon Qi and then unleashed its power against the Tiger Ghoul Demon King, leaving the demon beast smashed into the ground beneath a vast purple apparition.

• Green King accepted the Pure World White Lotus Sect’s offer to reveal Dragon Lord’s whereabouts if he helped eliminate Li Chengxing, while refusing to trust the sect’s offer of rescue.
• He Yan urged the gravely injured Yu Hong to return to the prefectural city, but Yu Hong said he was too weak to make the journey.
• Yu Hong examined He Yan’s Bronze Blade, activating Lu Xuan’s Divine Sense through the Wind Fire Blade.
• Lu Xuan’s blade drew the Demon Qi out of Yu Hong and restored his condition.
• The Tiger Ghoul Demon King attacked Huangshan Town, and He Yan rushed outside with the Wind Fire Blade to confront it.
• The Wind Fire Blade burst with purple light and hurled the Tiger Ghoul Demon King into the ground as a huge purple phantom face appeared overhead.

Lu Xuan’s divine sense crushed the Tiger Ghoul Demon King in Huangshan Town, earning him System Points that he used to begin deducing Undying and Unkillable. A month later, Li Chengfeng returned to White Path Prefecture after learning that Lu Xuan had been appointed a Deputy Division Head and summoned by the Emperor, while the Li family rewarded Li Chengfeng and Li Yanran for their connection to him.

• Lu Xuan’s divine sense trapped the fleeing Tiger Ghoul Demon King and destroyed it with a giant purple hand, then ordered He Yan to retrieve its Demon Core and manage the remains.
• Lu Xuan gained 10000 System Points from the Tiger Ghoul Demon King and began deducing Undying and Unkillable while preparing to head to the Great Xia Imperial Capital.
• He Yan and Yu Hong secured the area, arranged compensation for the townsfolk, and searched the Tiger Ghoul Demon King’s remains for its Demon Core.
• A month later, Li Chengfeng returned to White Path Prefecture after learning that the Emperor had summoned Lu Xuan and made him the youngest Deputy Division Head in Great Xia history.
• Li Chengfeng credited Lu Xuan for the Top Grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object that helped him reach the pinnacle of Inner Qi and gave him hope of becoming an Outer Strength Grandmaster.
• The Li family had also granted Li Yanran a reward surpassing a Top Grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object.

Lu Xuan emerged from seclusion after advancing his Divine Mansion Realm abilities, assured Li Chengfeng he would soon answer the Empress’s summons, and left to visit his family in Azure Cloud County. Meanwhile, Tao Zhenbang handed captured men involved in the Luo Family’s extermination to the Clear Mirror Division while Wu Hui remained at large.

• Li Chengfeng learned that He Yan and Yu Hong had grown stronger after receiving Demon King flesh, then heard of Lu Xuan’s remarkable actions during his absence.
• Lu Xuan used the Tiger Ghoul Demon King’s core to gain System Points and deduced Undying and Unkillable to its second level, strengthening his divine sense and command of Heaven and Earth.
• Lu Xuan ended his month-long seclusion, appeared in the Blackbird Guard’s hall, and told Li Chengfeng to protect Liang Cheng, Lu Yunqing, Ye Qingxuan, and the others while he handled family matters before going to the Imperial Capital.
• Lu Xuan vanished from the hall and set off for Azure Cloud County, while Li Chengfeng ordered extra guards sent to protect the Lu Family Pharmacy and preserve Lu Xuan’s arrangements.
• Tao Zhenbang presented captured men who had helped Wu Hui exterminate the Luo Family bloodline to the Clear Mirror Division, noting that Wu Hui had likely fled Peace Prefecture or changed his appearance.

Tier A Mirror Envoy Yuan Yang used Flower in the Mirror to examine witnesses in the Luo Family murder case, but their memories revealed only a blurred image of the killer. He identified a clue pointing to the Blackbird Guard and Lu Xuan, then decided to take the witnesses to the Imperial Capital for senior Clear Mirror Division officials to investigate.

• Tao Zhenbang cleared the government hall so Yuan Yang could use Mirror Light Art on the unconscious witnesses.
• Yuan Yang used Flower in the Mirror to display a blurry image of a black-robed man carrying a black saber, then consumed a Low Grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object to examine two more witnesses.
• Yuan Yang found the killer's image remained indistinct but recognized a bird-eye pattern on the saber hilt as a mark associated with the Blackbird Guard.
• Yuan Yang named White Path Prefecture Xuan Envoy Lu Xuan as a suspect, while Tao Zhenbang insisted that speculation alone could not justify an arrest.
• Yuan Yang decided to take the witnesses to the Imperial Capital for the Division Head and Deputy Division Heads to investigate, and Tao Zhenbang agreed.

Lu Jiahe refused to intervene to save Lu Yunfei from execution for murdering two young women, despite his cousin Lu Jiayong’s pleas. Lu Xuan arrived and agreed to give Lu Yunfei one month to leave an heir, while ending Lu Jiayong’s family’s right to seek help from the Lu Family afterward.

• Lu Jiayong and his family begged Lu Jiahe to save Lu Yunfei, who had been arrested for violating and accidentally killing two young sisters.
• Lu Jiahe refused to clear Lu Yunfei of his crimes, and Lu Jiayong’s accusations caused blood to spill from Lu Jiahe’s mouth before Lu Xuan’s Gang Essence Shield protected him.
• Lu Jiayong asked Lu Jiahe to give Lu Yunfei one month to leave behind an heir, but Lu Jiahe struggled to decide.
• Lu Xuan arrived at the Lu Family Residence and learned what Lu Yunfei had done from Lu Yun'an.
• Lu Xuan granted Lu Jiayong’s request for one month, then forbade his family from seeking help from the Lu Family again.

Lu Xuan arranged for Lu Yunfei to leave an heir before facing punishment, then returned home and told Lu Jiahe that the Great Xia Emperor had summoned him to the Imperial Capital. Before departing, Lu Xuan left his father a strand of divine sense to protect him.

• Lu Xuan notified Ye Qingshan through divine sense that Lu Yunfei could be spared execution if he left an heir, while Lu Jiayong agreed to sever ties with Lu Yunfei afterward.
• Lu Jiayong and his wife visited Lu Yunfei in Death Row, where Lu Jiayong struck him and forced him to take a potent pill so he would produce an heir within a month.
• Lu Xuan returned to the Lu Family and told Lu Jiahe that he was leaving Peace Prefecture for the Imperial Capital because the Great Xia Emperor had summoned him.
• Lu Jiahe and Lu Yun'an urged Lu Xuan to depart at once, and Lu Xuan agreed to leave after protecting his father.
• Lu Xuan used purple qi to leave a measure of power within Lu Jiahe, then prepared to set out for the Imperial Capital.

Lu Xuan entered An Prince's Mansion to collect his debt and discovered its elders were plotting against him with help from the Wu Family. He killed Yue Ze, overwhelmed Cheng Yingliang, and forced Chen Luomeng to guide him to the prince's treasury and reveal where the Wu visitor was, while acquiring the Earth Dawn Staff.

• Lu Xuan arrived outside Qingling Prefecture and decided to collect his debt from An Prince's Mansion before leaving Peace Prefecture.
• Yue Ze ordered Cheng Yingliang to investigate Lu Xuan and discussed an incoming Wu Family expert who would help defeat him and reclaim the Wind Fire Blade.
• Lu Xuan entered the mansion's guarded hall, incapacitated Chen Luomeng, and revealed power that made Yue Ze recognize him as a Divine Palace True Person.
• Lu Xuan crushed Yue Ze and forced Cheng Yingliang to beg for his life, then ordered him to take him to the prince's treasury.
• Lu Xuan made Chen Luomeng tell him where the Wu visitor was and took the Earth Dawn Staff, which the system identified as a Chen-Grade Two-Mark Ritual Artifact.

Lu Xuan left An Prince's Mansion and traveled to Qingxi Prefecture to intercept Wu Jiu, a Wu Family elder sent to kill him. Wu Jiu tried to recruit Lu Xuan while coveting the secret behind his strength, but Lu Xuan answered by summoning a tremendous purple palm from the sky.

• Chen Luomeng agreed to lead Lu Xuan to An Prince's treasure vault and warned him that Huang Yong guarded it, hoping Lu Xuan would kill Huang Yong so she could escape with valuables.
• Lu Xuan arrived in Qingxi Prefecture with 26600 System Points and released the Wu Spirit Bird to locate the Wu Family member traveling there.
• Wu Jiu sensed Lu Xuan's aura on the bird, concluded that Lu Xuan had attacked An Prince's Mansion, and stopped his carriage on the road outside the city.
• Wu Jiu offered to spare Lu Xuan if he swore loyalty to the Wu Family, while secretly coveting the opportunity that had made Lu Xuan so powerful.
• Lu Xuan confronted Wu Jiu, rose into the air, and formed a gigantic palm of purple qi above him.

Lu Xuan killed Wu Jiu but failed to extract the Ritual Artifact’s power, discovering that Wu Jiu had survived through the Wu Family’s Ancestral Artifact. Meanwhile, the Blackbird Guard confronted two Pure World White Lotus Sect protectors in Azure Wind Valley, only to learn that the sect had lured them away while White Lotus Nightmare Flowers appeared in Flying Crane Prefecture City.

• Lu Xuan crushed Wu Jiu and the people in his carriage, then took the bronze cane he recognized as a Ritual Artifact.
• The Ancestral Artifact reassembled Wu Jiu, who lost his left leg and decided to return to the Imperial Capital to report Lu Xuan’s strength.
• Lu Xuan failed to extract the cane’s Heaven and Earth Origin Power, returned to the crater, and found Wu Jiu’s remains gone.
• Lu Xuan resolved to investigate the Eight Great Families and never again leave an enemy’s remains intact.
• In Azure Wind Valley, Li Chengxing confronted the Pure World White Lotus Sect’s Red Ying and its one-eyed Supreme Protector.
• A Blackbird Guard messenger reported that White Lotus Nightmare Flowers had appeared in Flying Crane Prefecture City, and the sect’s protectors revealed their plan to summon Saint Nightmare Ghosts by sacrificing the city’s inhabitants.

Li Chengxing and the Blackbird Guards confronted the Pure World White Lotus Sect in Azure Wind Valley as news of White Lotus Nightmare Flowers endangered Thousand Crane Prefecture City. Green King and Red Ying’s forces trapped them, but Mu Yun arrived to turn the battle into a direct fight against the Demon King.

• Li Chengxing ordered Lao Leng and Lao Feng to return to Thousand Crane Prefecture City and destroy the White Lotus Nightmare Flowers, but Green King’s azure serpent blocked their escape and wounded them.
• Red Ying invoked the Pure Extremity Lotus against Li Chengxing, who stopped the attack with the Blackbird Sky Seal and revealed his Outer Strength Grandmaster consummation cultivation.
• Li Chengxing called for Mu Yun, and Mu Yun descended, surprising Red Ying and prompting him to ask Green King to hold Mu Yun off for two days.
• Mu Yun charged at Green King while Li Chengxing ordered the Blackbird Guards to kill the Pure World White Lotus Sect demon fiends and leave none alive.

In Qingxi Prefecture, Lu Xuan investigated the deaths at Magistrate Wu’s residence and destroyed two resentment ghosts, but their lingering black energy proved impossible to touch. A message arrived through his Blackbird Guard token as the chapter ended.

• Xia Mingyue ordered Lu Xuan to go to Flying Crane Prefecture and eradicate the Pure World White Lotus Sect’s demons to make up for his disrespect.
• Lu Xuan went to Magistrate Wu’s residence, where the Chief Constable tried to clear away the onlookers and warned Lu Xuan to leave.
• Lu Xuan used a spatial movement technique to appear inside the bloodstained courtyard and found two resentment ghosts hidden in another void.
• Lu Xuan destroyed the two ghostly faces with his Divine Sense, but his attack passed through the black energy they left behind.
• Lu Xuan checked the system’s deduction options, then sensed a disturbance from his Blackbird Guard Red Crystal Token and infused it with Divine Sense.