Chapter Summaries

Lu Xuan killed the White Lotus Blood Infant, earning sixty System Points, then seized a monk to lead him to Lotus Birth Temple’s storeroom. He reached a concealed cave in the back mountain and threw the monk inside to scout it, suspecting something eerie awaited within.

• Lu Xuan burned away the White Lotus Blood Infant’s power with his Crimson Flame Blade Art, and the System awarded him sixty points.
• Lu Xuan worried that his blade was damaged and decided to search Lotus Birth Temple for its treasury.
• Dozens of panicked monks rushed into the Underground Palace, reporting the abbot’s death and the failure of the White Lotus Holy Seeds.
• Lu Xuan killed the monks on the stairs, captured their leader, and forced him to guide him to the temple storeroom.
• Lu Xuan carried the monk through the fighting temple to a concealed cave entrance in the back mountain.
• Lu Xuan sensed the monk’s fear and hurled him into the dark cave to scout ahead.

Lu Xuan raided a Pure World White Lotus Sect cave at Lotus Birth Temple, discovering forbidden Silver Armor Bows and a stash of valuable Great Supplement Medicine. He returned to his hidden cave with the loot and planned to deduce his cultivation technique before traveling to Dengfeng County Town.

• A monk triggered a cave trap and was killed by a volley of arrows, while Lu Xuan evaded them with his illusory movement technique.
• Lu Xuan found Mystic Iron Arrows and Silver Armor Bows inside the cave and realized the Pure World White Lotus Sect had obtained forbidden government weapons.
• Lu Xuan destroyed a stone door and found gold, silver, and Wooden Boxes filled with Purple Blood Spirit Mushrooms and other Great Supplement Medicine.
• Lu Xuan packed the medicines and took about one thousand taels of gold before leaving Lotus Birth Temple, dealing with people who tried to rob him on the way down.
• Lu Xuan returned to his secluded cave with his horse and supplies and decided to deduce his cultivation technique before heading to Dengfeng County Town.

Lu Xuan advanced to the Inner Qi Realm Great Accomplishment, tested and consumed the Great Supplement Medicine from Lotus Birth Temple, then rode toward Dengfeng County Town. The chapter ended with three mysterious men in azure robes meeting the county officials at the Dengfeng County Office.

• Lu Xuan spent 105 System Points to derive Wind Chasing Steps and Crimson Flame Blade Art, breaking through to the Inner Qi Realm Great Accomplishment.
• Lu Xuan subdued a black panther outside his cave and tested the Great Supplement Medicine on it before killing it.
• Lu Xuan ate all the Great Supplement Medicine, replenished his strength, and saw that it had given him 20 System Points.
• Lu Xuan packed the thousand taels of gold and rode his black steed toward Dengfeng County Town at dawn.
• Three men wearing azure robes embroidered with mysterious black birds gathered with the Dengfeng County officials in the county office's rear hall.

Blackbird Guards Zhao Sheng, Qian Hao, and Li Daren investigated the murders in Dengfeng County and identified the culprit as the Human-Faced Eerie Entity. They learned it had revived three years earlier than expected, while the Blackbird Envoy was occupied fighting Pure World White Lotus Sect remnants in Lingshi County.

• County magistrate Zeng Fan welcomed the three Yellow Rank Blackbird Guards and escorted them to the morgue.
• Zhao Sheng broke the morgue's iron lock and examined a corpse whose face had been stripped of skin.
• Qian Hao recognized the murder pattern as the work of the Human-Faced Eerie Entity.
• Li Daren questioned how the entity could have revived only seven years after the Blackbird Envoy destroyed it.
• Zhao Sheng explained that eerie entities had been reviving abnormally early and that the Blackbird Envoy had gone to Lingshi County to fight the Pure World White Lotus Sect.

Zhao Sheng ordered the corpses from the Liu Family massacre burned and learned they were found in South City. Lu Xuan arrived at the Shen Residence to visit his pregnant younger sister, Lu Qingqing, while the Shen family discussed the massacre and received word of his arrival.

• Zhao Sheng ordered county magistrate Zeng Fan to have the corpses burned and learned they had been found in South City.
• Lu Xuan reached the Shen Residence and asked its servants to tell Lu Qingqing that her elder brother had come to visit.
• Shen Yunwei and Shen Yuan discussed the Liu Family massacre and agreed to keep its details from the pregnant Lu Qingqing.
• Shen Yuan told his father he would stay with Qingqing and later notify her family after she gave birth.
• A servant reported that Lu Xuan was at the gates, and Shen Yuan hurried to meet him.

Lu Xuan visited his younger sister Lu Qingqing at the Shen Residence in Dengfeng County and learned she was pregnant. He decided to stay for a few days to investigate rumors of a revived Ghostly Thing and the Blackbird Guard’s arrival.

• Lu Qingqing welcomed Lu Xuan, and he confirmed she was doing well with Shen Yuan.
• Shen Yunwei learned Lu Xuan was traveling alone to White Path Prefecture City and invited him to stay at the Shen Residence.
• Shen Yuan told Lu Xuan that Lu Qingqing was pregnant, and Lu Xuan happily agreed to stay for a few days.
• Lu Xuan planned to find a blacksmith and investigate the rumored Ghostly Thing and the Blackbird Guard before leaving Dengfeng County.
• The chapter shifted to the luxurious residence of the Black Tiger Gang’s leader, one street from the Shen Residence.

Zhao Sheng, Qian Hao, and Li Daren tracked the Human-Faced Eerie Entity to the Black Tiger Gang Leader's estate, where they found the gang leader and many others dead. After Zhao Sheng pursued the entity's fleeing white-robed form, Lu Xuan sensed his powerful Qi and Blood passing over the Shen Residence and gave chase.

• The Human-Faced Eerie Entity appeared to the Black Tiger Gang's Gang Leader as the face of the dead Liu Yuanwai and immobilized him.
• Zhao Sheng and the others followed the Yin Energy to the estate and found its occupants dead, their faces removed.
• Zhao Sheng attacked a burly figure with a woman's face while Qian Hao and Li Daren struck it as well.
• The corpses rose, and a featureless white-robed figure fled; Zhao Sheng chased it while Qian Hao and Li Daren stayed behind to fight the corpses.
• Lu Xuan sensed Zhao Sheng's surging Qi and Blood passing over the Shen Residence, then leaped out to pursue him.

Zhao Sheng realized the Human-Faced Eerie Entity he had chased was a fake and returned to find Li Daren gravely wounded by the real, intelligent entity. After hearing the Blackbird Guard explain its threat, Lu Xuan arrived and burned the corpses, then prepared to ask for more information.

• Zhao Sheng realized the Human-Faced Eerie Entity he had pursued was a fake and rushed back to the Black Tiger Gang Gang Leader's residence.
• The faceless Ghost Shadow attacked Li Daren, and Qian Hao cut off Li Daren's right arm to stop the Yin Energy from spreading.
• Qian Hao told Li Daren that the Human-Faced Eerie Entity had grown stronger and gained intelligence, then warned that it would return the following night.
• Zhao Sheng returned and learned that the entity could resist Qi and Blood, suggesting it had reached the Dire-Level.
• Lu Xuan arrived, burned the fallen corpses, and decided to ask the three Blackbird Guard members about the Human-Faced Eerie Entity.

Lu Xuan burned the corpses and learned from Zhao Sheng and the other Blackbird Guard members about the Human-Faced Eerie Entity and its Dire-Level classification. He returned to the Shen Residence to watch over Lu Qingqing and wait for the entity to appear again.

• Lu Xuan burned the Yin-tainted corpses, gained 23 System Points, and asked Zhao Sheng and the other Blackbird Guard members about the Human-Faced Eerie Entity.
• Lu Xuan said he had come to eliminate the entity, so Zhao Sheng shared what the Blackbird Guard knew about it.
• Zhao Sheng explained the danger ranks of eerie entities and told Lu Xuan that the Human-Faced Eerie Entity was a Dire-Level threat that grew stronger as it killed.
• Lu Xuan told Zhao Sheng to contact him at the Shen Residence, then left before the Blackbird Guard could ask more.
• Lu Xuan inspected the Shen Residence for Yin Energy, returned to his room beside Lu Qingqing and Shen Yuan, and waited to see whether the entity would appear the next night.

Lu Xuan went with Shen Yuan to Liu Yi’s Blacksmith Shop to buy a new blade. On the way, they saw the authorities surrounding the Black Tiger Gang Leader’s residence, and the chapter ended with Lu Xuan asking Liu Yi for a good weapon.

• Lu Xuan decided to find a Blacksmith Shop and forge a new blade.
• Lu Xuan and Shen Yuan saw county yamen runners surrounding the Black Tiger Gang Leader’s residence, while a constable drove off onlookers who questioned the magistrate’s connection to the gang leader.
• Shen Yuan led Lu Xuan to the busy Blacksmith Shop and asked its attendants to take them to Liu Yi.
• Liu Yi welcomed Shen Yuan and offered him a weapon as a gift, but Shen Yuan introduced Lu Xuan and explained that he had come to help him buy a blade.
• Lu Xuan greeted Liu Yi and asked to purchase a good blade.

Lu Xuan sought a greatsword that could withstand the heat of his Crimson Flame Blade Art, and Liu Yi promised to show him a superior weapon after learning how his current blade had been scorched. Lu Xuan revealed his flames, astonishing Liu Yi and Shen Yuan, and Liu Yi returned with a greatsword made of mystic iron.

• Lu Xuan rejected the refined-iron blades at Liu Yi's shop and showed Liu Yi and Shen Yuan the scorched, cracked greatsword he carried.
• Liu Yi offered to bring out a better blade if Lu Xuan explained how his sword had been blackened by extreme heat.
• Lu Xuan ignited the Crimson Flame Blade Art along his greatsword, leaving Liu Yi and Shen Yuan stunned and scorching an even larger patch onto the blade.
• Liu Yi praised Lu Xuan's talent and hurried away to retrieve a superior greatsword.
• Liu Yi returned with a silver-white greatsword, and Lu Xuan recognized that it was made of mystic iron like the Mystic Iron Arrows from Lotus Birth Temple.

Lu Xuan accepted a flawed Mystic Iron greatsword from Liu Yi as compensation for his damaged weapon. At the Shen Residence, Shen Yunwei questioned Lu Xuan about his strength and challenged him to spar, while the Blackbird Guard prepared to confront the Human-Faced Eerie Entity.

• Liu Yi revealed that his silver-white greatsword was made from flawed Mystic Iron and gave it to Lu Xuan to compensate for damaging his old blade.
• Zhao Sheng told Zeng Fan that the Blackbird Guard would deal with the Human-Faced Eerie Entity and ordered him to cover up the previous night's events.
• Zeng Fan confirmed that he had sealed off the Black Tiger Gang Gang Leader's residence, where only charred remains had been left behind.
• Shen Yunwei asked Lu Xuan about his Martial Realm and warned him that traveling alone to White Path Prefecture would be dangerous.
• Shen Yunwei challenged Lu Xuan to spar so he could test Lu Xuan's skills, and Lu Xuan agreed.

Lu Xuan demonstrated his overwhelming strength to Shen Yunwei, then sensed Yin Energy and rushed to Lu Qingqing’s courtyard. He rescued Shen Yuan from a strange little girl whose face resembled the dead Liu Yuanwai, and told Lu Qingqing to leave while he dealt with the child.

• Lu Xuan struck Shen Yunwei and revealed power far beyond the Bone Refining Realm, leaving the elder shaken.
• Lu Xuan sensed Yin Energy and hurried from the side hall toward Lu Qingqing’s courtyard.
• Shen Yuan brought Lu Qingqing toward her room and reached for an unfamiliar little girl squatting among the plants.
• Lu Xuan pulled Shen Yuan away from the girl just before she turned around and revealed Liu Yuanwai’s face.
• Lu Xuan covered Lu Qingqing’s eyes and told her and Shen Yuan to leave while he faced the little girl.

At dusk, Lu Xuan confronted the Human-Faced Eerie Entity inside the Shen Residence and destroyed it with his crimson flames. Zhao Sheng and Qian Hao recognized the blaze from the night before and rushed into the residence, suspecting the entity was nearing Calamity-Level strength.

• Lu Xuan released his inner qi, and Shen Yuan led Lu Qingqing and the two maids out of the courtyard.
• A little girl wearing Liu Yuanwai's face charged Lu Xuan, who burned the apparition away with crimson flames.
• Lu Xuan sensed the real Human-Faced Eerie Entity behind him, evaded its attack, and trapped it in a pillar of fire until it was consumed.
• Zhao Sheng and Qian Hao saw the crimson light from outside the Shen Residence and suspected the Human-Faced Eerie Entity had appeared before nightfall.
• Zhao Sheng and Qian Hao rushed into the Shen Residence toward the firelight, while Zeng Fan held back the servants at the gate.

Lu Xuan revealed that he had destroyed the Human-Faced Eerie Entity in the Shen Family Residence, earning 400 System Points. After Zhao Sheng and Qian Hao thanked him for dealing with the threat, Lu Xuan asked the two of them for help because he had run out of Great Supplement Medicine.

• Lu Xuan checked his System Panel and discovered that defeating the Human-Faced Eerie Entity had raised his points from 43 to 443.
• Shen Yunwei arrived at the damaged courtyard, and Lu Xuan told him that he had dealt with the Filthy Things there.
• Zhao Sheng and Qian Hao entered the courtyard and explained that they had come to investigate the unusual presence in the residence.
• Lu Xuan confirmed that he had already dealt with the Human-Faced Eerie Entity, and Zhao Sheng and Qian Hao bowed to thank him.
• Lu Xuan told Zhao Sheng and Qian Hao that he needed their help because he had used up his Great Supplement Medicine.

After killing the Human-Faced Eerie Entity, Lu Xuan asked Zhao Sheng and Qian Hao for Great Supplement Medicine or silver to restore his body, but they had little to offer. When county magistrate Zeng Fan arrived, Zhao Sheng and Qian Hao saw a way to meet Lu Xuan’s demands.

• Lu Xuan told Zhao Sheng and Qian Hao that eliminating the Human-Faced Eerie Entity had depleted his body and asked them for Great Supplement Medicine.
• Zhao Sheng explained that they had brought only three bottles of Profound Origin Root Elixir, one of which had already been used to treat Old Li.
• Lu Xuan asked whether Zhao Sheng and Qian Hao had silver so he could buy medicine from the Shen Estate, and considered sending them to retrieve the Lotus Birth Temple’s treasure.
• Shen Yuan brought county magistrate Zeng Fan into the courtyard, where he found Shen Yuan’s father and Lu Xuan unharmed.
• Zhao Sheng and Qian Hao stared at Zeng Fan and recognized him as a possible solution to Lu Xuan’s demands.

Zhao Sheng and Qian Hao left with Zeng Fan after promising Lu Xuan the supplies he needed. In Lingshi County, Elder Jin prepared to drain a village’s blood while blaming the failed Lotus Birth Temple operation, but Li Yanran and Blackbird Guard members surrounded him.

• Zhao Sheng and Qian Hao warmly escorted Zeng Fan back to the county office, and Lu Xuan called them benefactors.
• Elder Jin learned that his followers had planted White Lotus Blood Devouring Seeds in the villagers and planned to harvest Holy Lotus Fruit by morning.
• Elder Jin discovered that Lotus Birth Temple had not contacted him and concluded that something had gone wrong with his White Lotus Blood Infant.
• Elder Jin heard that Fang Sheng had been killed by Li Yanran, then Li Yanran arrived with Blackbird Guard members and surrounded the sect remnants.
• Elder Jin mocked Li Yanran and invoked the Heavenly Martial Emperor, Xia Mingyue, provoking angry cries from those present.

Li Chengfeng killed the gaunt White Lotus elder but suspected the elder’s bonded White Lotus Blood Infant had escaped, so he left Li Yanran to finish the cultists and went after it. At the Shen Residence, Zhao Sheng and his companions gave Lu Xuan silver and nourishing medicinal ingredients, then hinted that Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects were even more effective.

• The gaunt elder tried to provoke Li Chengfeng, but Li Chengfeng struck him down with repeated Soaring Goose Swordplay attacks.
• Li Chengfeng noticed the elder’s White Lotus Blood Infant was missing and hurried away, leaving Li Yanran to lead the attack on the remaining White Lotus Cultists.
• Zhao Sheng, Qian Hao, and Li Daren presented Lu Xuan with silver and chests of precious nourishing medicinal ingredients on behalf of Dengfeng County.
• Zhao Sheng told Lu Xuan that Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects surpassed nourishing medicinal ingredients in their effects.

Lu Xuan considered Zhao Sheng’s offer to join the Blackbird Guard and asked him and his companions to retrieve items from Lotus Birth Temple, revealing that its monks belonged to the Pure World White Lotus Sect. Zhao Sheng and the others rode to the Dengfeng County Office, where they found County Magistrate Zeng Fan after he heard the temple had been destroyed.

• Zhao Sheng offered Lu Xuan Great Supplement Medicines and access to Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects if he joined the Blackbird Guard.
• Lu Xuan declined to decide about joining yet and said he planned to visit Li Yanran in the White Path Prefecture Capital.
• Zhao Sheng offered to escort Lu Xuan there, and Lu Xuan asked the three Blackbird Guards to retrieve items from Lotus Birth Temple.
• Lu Xuan revealed that the temple’s demon monks were members of the Pure World White Lotus Sect, so Zhao Sheng and the others hurried to the Dengfeng County Office.
• The Chief Constable told Zeng Fan that pilgrims had reported Lotus Birth Temple’s destruction and accused its monks of being demons, just as Zhao Sheng and his companions arrived.

Lu Xuan prepared to deduce three martial arts techniques, while the Shen family decided how to use the treasure he had brought back. Shen Yunwei recognized Lu Xuan as a legendary young Inner Qi Realm martial artist and witnessed another astonishing change in his cultivation.

• Zhao Sheng ordered men to accompany him and two others to Lotus Birth Temple to deal with the Pure World White Lotus Sect.
• Lu Xuan checked his 443 system points and chose to deduce Iron Cloth along with Wind Chasing Steps and Crimson Flame Blade Art.
• Lu Qingqing asked Shen Yuan and Shen Yunwei how to manage the treasure delivered from Lotus Birth Temple.
• Shen Yunwei decided Lu Qingqing would keep one-third of the treasure and use the rest to provide daily relief meals for the county's poor for a year.
• Shen Yunwei reflected that Lu Xuan's strength made the Shen family seem unworthy of marrying into the Lu family.
• A powerful current of air rose from Lu Xuan's location, and Shen Yunwei realized Lu Xuan's martial cultivation had likely improved again.