Chapter Summaries

Yun Feng questioned Lu Xuan’s identity and extravagant request for spiritual objects, but Vice Director Li Chengxing confirmed that Lu Xuan was a legitimate Blackbird Guard and urged Yun Feng to fulfill the request. Shangguan Yunlan grew curious about Lu Xuan as Li Chengxing led the Black Feather Guard toward the archive warehouse.

• Yun Feng read Lu Xuan’s letter requesting three High Grade, twenty Mid Grade, and one hundred Low Grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects, and suspected he was an impostor.
• Li Chengxing welcomed Shangguan Yunlan, who had arrived on the Black Feather Director’s orders to inspect the Blackbird Guard warehouse records.
• Yun Feng told Li Chengxing that Lu Xuan claimed to be the Blackbird Envoy of White Path Prefecture and had demanded the spiritual objects.
• Li Chengxing stopped Yun Feng from calling Lu Xuan an impostor and confirmed that Lu Xuan was a Blackbird Guard.
• Li Chengxing told Yun Feng to deliver Lu Xuan’s requested items, then led Shangguan Yunlan and the Black Feather Guard toward the archive warehouse.

The Blackbird Guard arrived at Hidden Dragon Inn and uncovered five Misty Rain Pavilion assassins hired to target Lu Family Pharmacy. The leader escaped through the wall, while four assassins were surrounded as powerful Blackbird Guard members unleashed their auras.

• Mo Yongcheng learned that the Blackbird Guard had come to Hidden Dragon Inn and hurried to alert his father, Mo Songshi.
• Mo Songshi obeyed his Gang Leader's warning and revealed that five suspicious strangers had stayed at the inn for several days.
• The Misty Rain Pavilion assassins discussed their mission to attack Lu Family Pharmacy and decided to investigate the pharmacy in Azure Cloud County first.
• When Mo Songshi led the Blackbird Guard to their room, the assassins realized their cover was blown and split up to escape.
• The leading assassin broke through the wall and fled, while the Blackbird Guard pursued him and surrounded the other four assassins.
• Two perfected Marrow Refining Realm auras and four Great Accomplishment of Marrow Refining Realm auras swept over the four trapped assassins.

Mo Songshi watched the Blackbird Guard kill the Misty Rain Pavilion assassins, prompting the Heavensea Gang to purge the sect’s contacts from White Path Prefecture. Meanwhile, a Pure World White Lotus Sect elder entered Azure Cloud County City, killed the gate guards, and revealed her Chen-Rank Ritual Artifact containing a Calamity-Level Eerie Entity.

• A Yellow Rank Blackbird Guard returned with the lead assassin’s corpse, ordered his companions to leave, and departed after the four Misty Rain Pavilion assassins were killed.
• Mo Songshi sent the assassins’ bodies to the Heavensea Gang and vowed to report the attack to the Gang Leader.
• The Heavensea Gang uprooted Misty Rain Pavilion contact points across White Path Prefecture and banned the sect’s activities in the prefectural capital.
• A Pure World White Lotus Sect elder arrived at Azure Cloud County’s gates with several Young Women and killed the City Gate Guards.
• The elder explained that she had strengthened the Bloodthirsty Corpse Fiend in Lanshan County to draw Li Chengfeng away from Azure Cloud County City.
• The elder revealed an azure bronze Chen-Rank Ritual Artifact she had left in Willow Ditch Village, with a Calamity-Level Eerie Entity sealed inside.

The Old Woman unleashed a Chen-Rank Ritual Artifact to seal the Calamity-Level Eerie Entity, then fled as its Blue Flame consumed the artifact and spread an Eerie Domain toward Azure Cloud County City. Qian Hao sent a Mysterious Blackbird toward the White Path Prefecture Capital for help as Ye Qingshan realized the city faced a deadly threat.

• The Old Woman poured her inner qi into a damaged bronze bowl, then abandoned it beneath the city wall and fled with the women.
• Blue Flame emerged from the bowl, swallowed it, and spread underground toward Azure Cloud County City.
• Qian Hao and Li Daren sensed the immense yin energy covering the Lu Family Residence and feared a Calamity-Level Eerie Entity was approaching.
• Qian Hao rushed to send a Mysterious Blackbird to alert the Blackbird Envoy.
• Ye Qingshan recognized the blue blaze as a Calamity-Level Eerie Domain and despaired of escaping it.
• A Mysterious Blackbird flew toward the White Path Prefecture Capital.

Li Daren and Ye Qingshan discovered that Azure Cloud County was trapped inside a Calamity-Level Eerie Entity’s domain, while the county magistrate concealed the danger by closing the city gates. After receiving an urgent message from Azure Cloud County, Lu Xuan rushed out to investigate.

• Li Daren told Ye Qingshan that he had come to Azure Cloud County on another mission, and Ye revealed that a Calamity-Level Eerie Entity had trapped the county town inside its domain.
• Li Daren said a Mysterious Blackbird had been sent to alert Blackbird Envoy Sir, and Ye arranged to close the city gates under the pretext of a man-eating beast outside the city.
• Ye discovered that the City Gate Guards on night watch had been killed by someone who forced their way through the gates, deepening his concern about the crisis.
• The Mysterious Blackbird reached the prefecture capital with a note warning that Azure Cloud County was in danger.
• Lu Xuan caught the bird, read the message, and rushed toward Azure Cloud County after telling Vice Envoy He Yan he was leaving.

Officials and the Lu Family gathered at the Lu Family Hall to discuss a Calamity-Level Eerie Entity threatening Azure Cloud County, while Qian Hao reassured them that Lu Xuan was on his way. The entity began attacking the Lu Family, leaving Lu Jiaqing and his wife corrupted by Yin Energy as Li Daren discovered a Ghost Shadow in the courtyard.

• Lu Jiahe urged Liang Shanhai to bring Lu Yi to the Lu Family, and Liang Cheng volunteered to fetch his mother.
• Qian Hao told the gathered officials and family members that Blackbird Envoy Sir Lu Xuan would soon arrive to deal with the Calamity-Level Eerie Entity.
• Servants reported that Lu Jiaqing and his wife had met with misfortune, and Li Daren rushed to the South Courtyard while Qian Hao stayed to protect Lu Jiahe.
• Li Daren found Lu Jiaqing and his wife clawing at their chests, then used his Qi and Blood to slow the Yin Energy corroding them.
• Li Daren spotted a black Ghost Shadow in the courtyard and recognized it as a Hazard-Level fragment of the entity, realizing townsfolk were suffering the same attacks.

Black Ghost Shadows attacked County Town as a Calamity-Level Eerie Entity approached the Lu Family. Ye Qingshan saved Lu Jiahe and his family from a deadly strike but lost his arm, just as Lu Xuan arrived.

• Qian Hao killed a Ghost Shadow that attacked Lu Yi, then escorted her with Liang Shanhai and Liang Cheng to Lu Jiahe’s residence.
• Several Ghost Shadows appeared across County Town, while Qian Hao and Li Daren defended the Lu Family against repeated attacks.
• A Blue Flame carrying the main body of a Calamity-Level Eerie Entity approached Lu Estate and overwhelmed the defenders with its Yin Energy.
• Ye Qingshan pushed Lu Jiahe, Lu Yunqing, and the other Lu Family members out of the attack’s path, sacrificing his right arm to the blue Yin Energy.
• Lu Xuan’s enraged voice rang out above the Lu Family Residence.

Lu Xuan rescued Ye Qingshan and the others, then pursued and destroyed a Calamity-Level Eerie Entity that had trapped Azure Cloud County City in an Eerie Domain. After the domain vanished, he found a mysterious Bronze Bowl left behind by the entity.

• Lu Xuan arrived at the Lu Family Hall, cleared the Yin Energy from Ye Qingshan and the others, and restored Lu Jiaqing and his wife.
• Lu Xuan chased the Blue Flame Ghost Shadow and discovered it had deployed an Eerie Domain across Azure Cloud County City.
• The Ghost Shadow attacked Lu Xuan with Blue Yin Energy, but his Gang Essence Shield withstood the assault.
• Lu Xuan used the Crimson Flame Blade Art to burn the Blue Flame Ghost Shadow into nothingness, ending the Eerie Domain and erasing the roaming Ghost Shadows.
• A Bronze Bowl fell where the Ghost Shadow had died, and Lu Xuan examined it, finding no Yin Energy within.

After defeating the Calamity-Level Eerie Entity, Lu Xuan discovered that the Bronze Bowl contained sealed Heaven and Earth Origin that his system could not extract. He put the bowl away and continued clearing Yin Energy from the county town, while the injured Ye Qingshan was brought to the Lu Estate’s main hall.

• Lu Xuan seized the Bronze Bowl and found that it was extraordinarily durable and associated with sealed Heaven and Earth Origin.
• Lu Xuan noted that killing the Calamity-Level Eerie Entity had earned him 2,000 System Points, bringing his total to 4,500.
• Lu Xuan stored the Bronze Bowl without trying to break it, choosing to deal with the Yin Energy still afflicting the county town first.
• Lu Xuan reached the final area of the county town and unleashed his Gang Essence Power to purge the Yin Energy tormenting its residents.
• Lu Yunqing and Lu Yun'an helped Ye Qingshan into a chair at the Lu Estate, where he was recovering from the loss of his right arm and severe Yin Energy injuries.

Lu Xuan arrived in Azure Cloud County, reunited with his family, and thanked Ye Qingshan for saving them. Ye Qingshan, awed by Lu Xuan’s strength, refused his offer of a favor and asked him to look after Ye Qingxuan in the Blackbird Guard.

• Lu Xuan ordered Qian Hao and Li Daren to maintain order in the county town, and Liang Cheng volunteered to help.
• Lu Xuan praised Liang Cheng’s martial progress and invited him to join the Blackbird Guard in the prefectural city for guidance and training.
• Lu Xuan reunited with Lu Jiahe, who thanked Ye Qingshan for risking his life and losing his right arm to save the Lu Family.
• Lu Xuan bowed to Ye Qingshan and offered him a favor, but Ye Qingshan refused because he feared the power of an Outer Strength Grandmaster.
• Ye Qingshan asked Lu Xuan to look after his daughter, Ye Qingxuan, who served in the Blackbird Guard.

Lu Xuan learned Ye Qingshan’s true origins and discovered that the Bronze Bowl might be a ritual vessel capable of sealing eerie entities. Ye Qingshan suspected the Pure World White Lotus Sect had brought the Calamity-Level Eerie Entity to Azure Cloud County, leaving Lu Xuan with a potential masterless ritual vessel to investigate.

• Lu Xuan agreed to recommend Ye Qingxuan for cultivation by the Blackbird Guard after learning she was Ye Qingshan’s daughter.
• Ye Qingshan warned Lu Xuan that a Calamity-Level Eerie Entity should not have appeared in Peace Prefecture and revealed his former name was Xu Zheng.
• Ye Qingshan explained that he had studied at Great Xia Academy, been Liu Fengtai’s disciple and son-in-law, and incurred the Luo Family’s enmity before becoming Azure Cloud County’s magistrate.
• Ye Qingshan suspected someone had transported and sealed the eerie entity in a ritual vessel, so Lu Xuan showed him the Bronze Bowl.
• Ye Qingshan explained how ritual vessels were identified and wielded, and said a vessel that sealed an extraordinary eerie entity became masterless.
• Ye Qingshan suspected the Pure World White Lotus Sect had used the ritual vessel to seal the entity.

Lu Xuan discovered that activating an ownerless Ritual Artifact let him extract its Heaven and Earth Origin, gaining System Points. After extracting the Bronze Bowl's Origin, he spent 5000 points to deduce the Crimson Flame Blade Art, and the golden light began merging into his body.

• Ye Qingshan identified the Bronze Bowl as a Chen Grade One Pattern Ritual Artifact after Lu Xuan activated it with Strength Essence.
• Lu Xuan realized the Bowl's Yin Energy was connected to the Calamity-Level Eerie Entity and a Ghost Shadow he had slain in Willow Ditch Village.
• Lu Xuan left Ye Qingshan at the Lu Family, then extracted the Bronze Bowl's Heaven and Earth Origin in private, gaining 1000 System Points.
• Lu Xuan confirmed the deduction of the Crimson Flame Blade Art, spending 5000 points as golden light began merging into his body.

Lu Xuan reached major accomplishment in the Outer Strength Grandmaster realm after deducing the Heaven Burning Blade Art, then headed back toward White Path Prefecture. At Willow Ditch Village, he found the Pure World White Lotus Sect’s monsters and attacked them as they rushed toward him.

• Lu Xuan completed his Heaven Burning Blade Art deduction, reached Outer Strength Grandmaster major accomplishment, and briefly flew using his Gang Essence.
• Lu Xuan decided to restore his depleted Gang Essence with Great Supplement Medicine and postpone deducing his other techniques until he returned to White Path Prefecture Capital.
• At Willow Ditch Village, an old woman from the Pure World White Lotus Sect prepared to leave after using slaughtered people to nurture a White Lotus Holy Infant.
• The old woman sent the White Lotus Holy Envoy and White Lotus Blood Infant to attack the humans they sensed on the official road.
• Lu Xuan arrived at Willow Ditch Village, recognized the monsters, and fired two streams of purple Gang Essence at them.

Lu Xuan destroyed the White Lotus creatures and intercepted the old woman of the Pure World White Lotus Sect as she fled. After killing her with his Gang Essence, he confirmed that no trace of the sect remained nearby and left.

• Lu Xuan burned the two White Lotus Blood Infants to wisps of smoke with his Heaven Burning Flames.
• The old woman sensed that her White Lotus Holy Envoy and Blood Infants had been slain, suspected Li Chengfeng was nearby, and fled from Willow Ditch Village.
• Lu Xuan appeared in the old woman's path, and she attacked him with her Inner Qi.
• The old woman's hand burned away against Lu Xuan's Gang Essence Shield, and she severed her arm before retreating.
• Lu Xuan crushed the old woman with a massive Gang Essence hand and found her charred remains in a deep pit.
• Lu Xuan sensed no remaining aura of the Pure World White Lotus Sect and vanished from the area.

The Pure World White Lotus Sect's Protector learned that Wu Ling had died and focused on the approaching Spirit Ruins Land, ordering his sect to prepare for action. After returning to the Lu Family, Lu Xuan reviewed the System Points he had gained and wished he could find the sect's lair.

• The Pure World White Lotus Sect's Holy Lotus Flower bloomed, prompting five Inner Qi Realm elders to go to the mountaintop and seek their Protector.
• The Protector learned that Wu Ling had died and wondered whether the Eerie Entity or someone in White Path Prefecture had killed her.
• The Protector decided that the Spirit Ruins Land mattered more than Wu Ling and planned to seize its origin for the Holy Church.
• The Protector ordered the elders to release three White Lotus Holy Envoys and leave the Barren Ancient Mountain Range with him.
• Lu Xuan returned to the Lu Family with 860 System Points and hoped to find the Pure World White Lotus Sect's lair.

Lu Xuan left Azure Cloud County for White Path Prefecture Capital, bringing Lu Yunqing and Liang Cheng to join the Blackbird Guard. He left protections for his family and arrived at the Guard’s residence with the two young men determined to grow stronger.

• Lu Xuan accepted Lu Jiahe’s decision to keep the Lu Family in Azure Cloud County and said he would take Lu Yunqing and Liang Cheng to the Blackbird Guard.
• Lu Xuan left Lu Jiahe a strand of Astral Essence powerful enough to deliver an Outer Strength Grandmaster’s full-force strike, and asked the county magistrate to watch over the Lu Family.
• Lu Xuan, Qian Hao, Li Daren, Lu Yunqing, and Liang Cheng left Azure Cloud County and reached White Path Prefecture Capital in less than three days.
• Lu Yunqing and Liang Cheng marveled at the capital’s prosperity as the group made its way to the Blackbird Guard’s imposing residence.
• Liang Cheng resolved to reach the Blood Refinement Realm so he could fight the Ghostly Things instead of helplessly awaiting death.

Lu Xuan arranged for Su An to guide his younger brothers, Liang Cheng and Lu Yunqing, in the Blackbird Guard. After He Yan warned him that the Luo Family of Qingling Prefecture might retaliate for the deaths of Luo Jinghe's relatives, Lu Xuan considered wiping out the family and its backer, Prince An.

• Lu Xuan asked He Yan to arrange a master for Liang Cheng and Lu Yunqing, and He Yan assigned his disciple Su An to guide them.
• Su An took Liang Cheng and Lu Yunqing to find a place to stay while Lu Xuan remained with He Yan.
• He Yan told Lu Xuan that mysterious attackers had killed Luo Jinghe's relatives in White Path Prefecture, escalating the conflict with the Luo Family.
• Lu Xuan dismissed He Yan's concerns and considered going to Qingling Prefecture to eliminate the Luo Family, even threatening Prince An if he intervened.
• He Yan panicked at Lu Xuan's threats and urged him to remember that Prince An would not openly oppose the Blackbird Guard.

Lu Xuan arranged three additional Blackbird Guard priority training slots, naming Liang Cheng and Lu Yunqing and reserving the third for later. He Yan accepted his orders despite worrying about the rules, scarce resources, and Yu Hong’s likely objection, while Lu Xuan left the hall.

• He Yan told Lu Xuan that the prefectural Blackbird Guard Martial Arts Grand Competition would take place in ten days and award six priority training slots to its top three competitors in each age group.
• Lu Xuan decided to secure priority training for Liang Cheng and Lu Yunqing and reserve a third additional slot, potentially for Ye Qingxuan.
• He Yan worried that the extra slots violated the rules, would exhaust martial arts resources, and could provoke Yu Hong.
• Lu Xuan instructed He Yan to apply to the Imperial Capital under his name if resources ran short, and He Yan agreed to carry out the orders.
• Lu Xuan vanished from the hall before He Yan could react.

Lu Xuan spent nearly all his System Points strengthening Vajra Indestructible, gaining extraordinary resilience and healing that let him contend with peak Outer Strength Grandmasters. He resolved to eliminate the Luo Family and Xia Mingqing’s An Prince, while Luo Jin received letters about events in White Path Prefecture.

• Lu Xuan used 840 System Points to deduce Vajra Indestructible four times, raising it to 7/9.
• Lu Xuan tested his strengthened body and found that an attack capable of killing anyone below Outer Strength Grandmaster barely marked his skin before it healed.
• Lu Xuan judged that he could contend with peak Outer Strength Grandmasters, though Divine Palace True Persons and the Netherworld Python could still threaten him.
• Lu Xuan remembered the Netherworld Python and the Mysterious Black Bird Sky Lock beneath the Brocade Scale River and vowed to deal with both after reaching the Divine Mansion Realm.
• Lu Xuan decided to uproot the Luo Family and Xia Mingqing’s An Prince rather than leave trouble behind.
• Luo Jin received letters from the Governor Lord and informants in White Path Prefecture.

After learning that Luo Jinghe’s descendants had been killed, Peace Prefecture Inspector Luo Jin vowed to avenge his family and set out to seek the An Prince’s support. He also prepared to impeach Lu Xuan and He Yan before the court.

• Luo Jin received word that Luo Jinghe’s entire family had died, adding to his grief over Jinghe’s execution.
• Luo Jin blamed He Yan for Jinghe’s death and vowed to target him before turning against Lu Xuan.
• Luo Jin ordered his two surviving sons to prepare a carriage so he could visit the An Prince’s Mansion.
• Luo Jin summoned brush and ink to draft a memorial impeaching Lu Xuan and He Yan.