Chapter Summaries

Lu Xuan prepared to travel from White Path Prefecture to Qingling Prefecture to deal with the Luo Family, while He Yan warned him that An Prince was exceptionally powerful. A day into his journey, Lu Xuan passed three female Blackbird Guards on the road in Mirror Platform Prefecture.

• Luo Jin wrote accusations against Lu Xuan and He Yan, including abusing private punishment and secretly harming the Luo Family.
• After deducing the Vajra Indestructible body-tempering technique four times, Lu Xuan summoned He Yan and asked him to prepare a route to Qingling Prefecture.
• He Yan warned Lu Xuan that An Prince had reached the peak of the Outer Strength Grandmaster realm seven years earlier, and Lu Xuan promised to reward He Yan with a Mid Grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object.
• Lu Xuan concluded that he could destroy the Luo Family unless An Prince had reached the Divine Mansion Realm, and he set out for Qingling Prefecture the next day.
• On the official road in Gu Yang County, Lu Xuan raced past three female Blackbird Guards, including a Yellow Rank guard in an azure uniform.

Mo Qingyi and her companions continued toward Wolf Peak Ridge to deal with a dangerous mutated wolf pack, while Lu Xuan traveled toward Qingling Prefecture. At night, Lu Xuan encountered a vast pack of wolves that included an Intelligent Demon Beast.

• Mo Qingyi recognized the mysterious rider's mount as a Blackbird Guard Divine Wind Steed and revealed that she was Blackbird Envoy Mo Ronghua's daughter.
• Mo Qingyi told her companions to hurry toward Wolf Peak Ridge, where an early Blood Refinement Realm Wolf King threatened the region's merchant caravans.
• Lu Xuan checked his route, let his Divine Wind Steed recover, and continued toward Qingling Prefecture while conserving his inner force for the Luo Family.
• Late at night, Lu Xuan's Divine Wind Steed stopped before a huge wolf pack whose eyes glowed green.
• Lu Xuan noticed that an Intelligent Demon Beast was among the wolves and regarded the encounter with interest.

Lu Xuan watched as Mo Qingyi and her companions caught up with him and fought the Mutated Wolf Pack, while he planned to finish off the beasts for System Points. Mo Qingyi struck the Wolf King with Sky Shattering Fist, leaving Lu Xuan wondering how she knew Mo Ronghua’s technique.

• The Mutated Wolf Pack charged Lu Xuan, but Mo Qingyi and her companions arrived and identified the wolves as their mission targets.
• Mo Qingyi suppressed the pack with her Qi and Blood, then charged at the Blood Refinement Realm Wolf King while her companions fought the other wolves.
• Mo Qingyi pierced the Wolf King’s right eye, but its Demon Qi and Killing Intent extinguished her Qi and Blood and allowed its wound to regenerate.
• The Wolf King attacked Mo Qingyi with dark currents around its claws, and she discarded her ruined sword and faced it with her fists.
• Lu Xuan recognized Mo Qingyi’s Sky Shattering Fist as the technique Mo Ronghua had used, and her punch blasted the Wolf King away.

Mo Qingyi wounded the Wolf King and pursued it as it fled, but Lu Xuan killed it with a violet Gang Essence hand. Realizing Lu Xuan was an Outer Strength Grandmaster, Mo Qingyi bowed to him, and he asked her to prepare the Wolf King's flesh.

• Mo Qingyi struck the Wolf King, whose strength had grown after devouring a Jinling Merchant Caravan martial artist, and prepared to finish it.
• The Wolf King sent the mutated wolves after Mo Qingyi and fled, but she broke through the pack and chased it.
• Lu Xuan seized the Wolf King with a violet Gang Essence hand, killing it, and also killed two mutated wolves with stones.
• Mo Qingyi recognized Lu Xuan's power as that of an Outer Strength Grandmaster and respectfully thanked him for killing the Wolf King.
• Lu Xuan asked Mo Qingyi whether she knew how to process demon beast flesh, and she realized he wanted her to prepare the Wolf King's body.

Lu Xuan helped Mo Qingyi and her companions deal with the Wolf King beast, then learned that his role in killing the Luo Family’s future head had made him famous throughout Peace Prefecture. He left to face the growing conflict with Luo Jin, whose public actions signaled that he would not let the matter rest.

• Mo Qingyi recognized Lu Xuan as the Blackbird Envoy of White Path Prefecture and offered to take him to Mirror Platform Prefecture Capital while the Wolf King beast’s flesh was prepared.
• Lu Xuan supplied golden flame to process the beast, ate half its flesh, and gained 200 System Points.
• Lu Xuan told Mo Qingyi to inform Lao Mo that he had dealt with a Blood Refinement Realm beast and that Lao Mo owed him a favor.
• Mo Qingyi sent the two Human Rank Blackbird Guards to refine the remaining Wolf King flesh while she planned to return to the Imperial Capital.
• Lu Xuan learned that Luo Jin had publicly visited An Prince’s Mansion and the Governor Lord’s residence to show that he would pursue vengeance, and Lu Xuan resolved to eliminate the threat at its source.

An Prince Xia Mingqing stabilized the eighth layer of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Black Bird Art and prepared to challenge his sister Xia Mingyue for the throne, believing her control of the Mysterious Black Bird Cauldron had been weakened. He learned that a mysterious young man had arrived in Qingling Prefecture on a Blackbird Guard Divine Wind Steed.

• Xia Mingqing stabilized the eighth layer of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Black Bird Art and anticipated reaching the Divine Mansion Realm.
• Xia Mingqing recalled how Xia Mingyue had gained the throne after the Mysterious Black Bird Cauldron acknowledged her and helped her reach the Divine Mansion Realm.
• Xia Mingqing believed the Spirit Ruins Land's backlash had left Xia Mingyue vulnerable and suspected his imperial brothers would also pursue the throne.
• Luo Meng reported that the Azure Guard had spotted a strange young man in Qingling Prefecture riding a Blackbird Guard Divine Wind Steed.
• Xia Mingqing ordered Luo Meng to explain the unusual arrival.

Xia Mingqing investigated Lu Xuan after Luo Jinghe’s death and resolved to bring Peace Prefecture under his control once he reached the Divine Mansion Realm. Lu Xuan arrived in Qingling Prefecture and confronted Luo Jin at the Luo Residence.

• Xia Mingqing ordered Luo Meng to summon Lu Haodong and reported that his agents had learned little about Lu Xuan’s mysterious background.
• Xia Mingqing vowed to control all of Peace Prefecture after breaking through to the Divine Mansion Realm, then ordered Luo Meng to stay with him.
• Lu Xuan reached Qingling Prefecture with his Divine Wind Steed and checked into an inn near the Luo Family’s residence.
• Luo Jin raged at his servants and guards, demanding they bring back his two surviving sons and blaming Lu Xuan and He Yan for the Luo Family’s troubles.
• Lu Xuan appeared outside the Luo Residence’s main hall, and Luo Jin demanded to know who he was.

Lu Xuan killed Peace Prefecture Inspector Luo Jin after overcoming the Mysterious Yellow Light Shield that protected him. He then confronted the Luo Family’s martial guards and demanded a list of every bloodline descendant.

• Luo Jin activated his Inner Qi to confront Lu Xuan, but Lu Xuan’s Gang Essence attack forced him to rely on the Mysterious Yellow Light Shield.
• Luo Jin recognized Lu Xuan as a Martial Arts Grandmaster and threatened him with consequences for attacking an imperial inspector.
• Lu Xuan struck the shield with his Purple Flame Saber Light, breaking the life-saving protection and killing Luo Jin as he tried to flee.
• The Luo Family’s martial guards arrived, saw Luo Jin dead, and trembled before Lu Xuan.
• Lu Xuan ordered the guards to identify every bloodline descendant of the Luo Family if they wanted to live.

Lu Xuan forced Wu Hui and the Luo Family guards to help eliminate the Luo Family’s remaining descendants, then searched a secluded courtyard in the Luo Residence for spiritual objects. He found five hidden boxes containing one Mid Grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object and four Low Grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects.

• Wu Hui offered to lead Lu Xuan to the Luo Family descendants, and Lu Xuan killed a cousin of Luo Jin who cursed him.
• Lu Xuan ordered Wu Hui and the guards to deal with the remaining Luo Family, and Wu Hui led them against Luo Jin’s two sons.
• After the guards dealt with the Luo Family bloodline descendants, Lu Xuan went to a secluded courtyard that Wu Hui had revealed.
• Lu Xuan entered a hidden room, destroyed its Mystic Armor Arrows, and broke through a wall concealing five boxes.
• Lu Xuan opened the boxes and found one Mid Grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object and four Low Grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects.

Lu Xuan refined the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects and left the burning Luo Residence before Qingling Prefecture could seal the city. As he rode toward the gates, he noticed four martial artists tracking him for Chen Luomeng, while Wu Hui fled the prefecture after killing several of his companions.

• Lu Xuan refined the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects, gained 620 System Points, and chose to leave Qingling Prefecture rather than deduce a cultivation technique.
• The Luo Residence caught fire after Lu Xuan left, and Wu Hui's group hid in a small house as they worried that survivors would report them.
• Wu Hui killed several men who had raped and murdered Luo Family women, then fled Qingling Prefecture with treasures taken from the Luo Residence.
• Lu Xuan noticed four unfamiliar martial artists watching him, including a Blood Refinement Realm expert, and rode toward the city gates.
• The four martial artists followed Lu Xuan on Chen Luomeng's orders to uncover his origins.

Lu Xuan escaped Qingling Prefecture City after knocking out the four martial artists pursuing him, while the prefectural authorities discovered the Luo Residence burning and learned that Luo Jin was presumed dead. At An Prince's Mansion, Xia Mingqing and Lu Haodong discussed the Pure World White Lotus Sect's attacks and the Lu Family's plan to support Xia Mingqing's bid for the throne.

• Lu Xuan struck the four martial artists pursuing him with Gang Essence Training, knocking them unconscious, then left Qingling Prefecture City.
• Qingling Prefecture's Prefect Lord, Chief Constable, and Assistant Prefect Lord arrived at the burning Luo Residence and learned that Wu Hui had been accused of killing the Luo Family.
• The Prefect Lord ordered officials to put out the fire, seal the city gates, and notify the Governor Lord because Luo Jin was presumed dead.
• Lu Haodong told An Prince Xia Mingqing that the Pure World White Lotus Sect had blood-sacrificed several towns and a prefectural city in Nether Prefecture.
• Xia Mingqing said he intended to exploit the resulting chaos, while Lu Haodong relayed the Lu Family's offer to support him once he reached the Divine Mansion Realm.

After learning that Luo Jin had been killed, Xia Mingqing ordered the Azure Guard to find the culprit and suspected the mysterious newcomer from White Path Prefecture was Lu Xuan. He sent Chen Luomeng and Lin Yu to summon Lu Xuan to Peace Prefecture, leaving his fate dependent on whether he agreed to come.

• Chen Luomeng told Xia Mingqing that Luo Jin had died, and Xia Mingqing deduced that the killer likely used a ritual artifact.
• Xia Mingqing ordered Chen Luomeng to have Lin Yu lead the Azure Guard in finding the killer within three days and bring the Wind Fire Blade.
• Chen Luomeng reported that a mysterious person on a Divine Wind Steed had entered the city and escaped the Azure Guard's surveillance using Gang Essence Power.
• Lu Haodong presented a portrait of Lu Xuan, and Xia Mingqing connected him to the mysterious visitor and Luo Jin's feud.
• Xia Mingqing ordered Chen Luomeng and Lin Yu to go to White Path Prefecture and bring Lu Xuan to see him, warning that Lu Xuan would not remain alive in Peace Prefecture if he refused.

Lu Xuan arrived in Mirror Platform Prefecture City to seek spiritual objects from Lao Mo, but he sensed unusual Yin Energy from four men at an inn and overheard them discussing Zhang Yingxue. The chapter ended as Lu Xuan suddenly appeared before them.

• Xia Mingqing decided to try to recruit Lu Xuan, offering to overlook the Luo Family matter and grant him whatever he wanted.
• Tao Zhenbang learned that Luo Jin had been killed and ordered every prefecture in Peace Prefecture to post bounties for Wu Hui.
• Lu Xuan reached Mirror Platform Prefecture City after spending 810 System Points to advance Vajra Indestructible to its eighth level.
• Lu Xuan sensed strange Yin Energy coming from four black-robed men at an inn and recognized it as connected to Ghostly Things.
• The men argued about whether to report Zhang Yingxue's increasingly strange behavior to their Hall Master.
• Lu Xuan appeared before the four men like a ghost.

Lu Xuan tracked four Black Eagle Gang men to learn where they had been and discovered their connection to the Zhang Family. He paid three locals for details and learned that the Sky Eagle Gang had slaughtered the Zhang Family a month earlier, allegedly because of the Prefect Lord's son.

• Lu Xuan asked four Black Eagle Gang men where they had spent the most time, then secretly marked them with his Gang Essence as they left.
• Lu Xuan overheard locals say the Sky Eagle Gang had wiped out the Zhang Family, then sat down with the three men to ask about the incident.
• Lu Xuan offered the locals a gold ingot, and Fang and the other two agreed to tell him what they knew.
• Fang told Lu Xuan that the Sky Eagle Gang had killed nearly the entire Zhang Family, sparing only Zhang Yingxue, and that the massacre was said to involve the Prefect Lord's son.

Lu Xuan learned that Xiao Chenliang had destroyed the Zhang family after Zhang Fusheng outperformed him in the prefectural examination and Zhang Yingxue rejected his advances. At the Zhang family mansion, the tortured Zhang Yingxue revealed herself as a ghost and killed her guard, just as four men arrived.

• Lu Xuan learned that Xiao Chenliang had persecuted the Zhang family after Zhang Fusheng became Mirror Platform Prefecture's scholar and Zhang Yingxue rejected Xiao's proposal.
• Lu Xuan concluded that the source of the Yin Energy was likely inside Zhang Family Mansion and prepared to leave.
• Zhou Yifei complained while guarding the mansion and recalled how Zhang Yingxue had ruined her own face.
• Zhou Yifei entered the ancestral hall courtyard and tried to kick Zhang Yingxue, but his foot passed through her body and revealed her skeletal form.
• Zhang Yingxue turned her scarred face toward Zhou Yifei, who crumbled into ash and bone dust.
• Four men, including people Lu Xuan had met at the inn, arrived at the courtyard looking for Zhou Yifei.

Zhang Yingxue revealed herself as a Calamity-Level Eerie Entity and slaughtered the people searching for her in the Zhang Family Mansion. Lu Xuan confronted her, but after his attack strengthened her Yin Energy, she vanished before he could catch her.

• Brother Li found Zhang Yingxue missing and ordered the others to search for her and Zhou Yifei, fearing Young Master Xiao's punishment.
• A red cloth bound Brother Li as the Zhang family heads rose from the ancestral hall and gnawed his body away.
• Zhang Yingxue, wearing an eerie red dress, killed everyone in the mansion and repeatedly called out Xiao Chenliang's name.
• Lu Xuan appeared above the courtyard, recognized Zhang Yingxue as a Calamity-Level Eerie Entity, and wondered how she had gained her power.
• Zhang Yingxue's red claw marks failed to break Lu Xuan's shield, and his Gang Essence hand struck her into a crater.
• Zhang Yingxue's Yin Energy recovered stronger than before, then she vanished as Lu Xuan lunged for her and grasped only empty air.

Lu Xuan failed to find Zhang Yingxue after she vanished, then killed the Zhang Family heads and gained System Points. At the Blackbird Guard residence, Mo Ronghua told Mo Qingyi that the Spirit Ruins Land would emerge a year early, and Lu Xuan’s arrival left them both stunned.

• Lu Xuan suspected Hatred Power had allowed Zhang Yingxue to survive his full-strength strike and disappear.
• Lu Xuan incinerated thirteen Zhang Family heads, gained thirty-nine System Points, and decided to watch Xiao Liangchen to find Zhang Yingxue.
• Mo Ronghua told Mo Qingyi that the Spirit Ruins Land would emerge in a year and that a dynasty Martial Arts Grand Competition would be held in a month to select entrants.
• Mo Ronghua told Mo Qingyi to return to the family with him after her Fifth Uncle arrived, and warned her not to reveal what she had seen of Lu Xuan.
• Mo Ronghua revealed that Luo Jin and the entire Luo Family had been killed, and Mo Qingyi suspected Lu Xuan was responsible.
• A messenger announced that Lu Xuan had arrived, and Mo Ronghua dropped his teacup in shock.

Lu Xuan visited Mo Ronghua in Mirror Platform Prefecture to borrow Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects and warn him about a dangerous Eerie Entity. Mo Ronghua agreed to provide the objects, and the chapter ended with Lu Xuan revealing that the Calamity-Level Eerie Entity was connected to Zhang Yingxue and could conceal its Yin Energy.

• Lu Xuan told Mo Ronghua that he had come to borrow Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects in White Path Prefecture's name.
• Mo Ronghua offered Lu Xuan three Mid Grade and fifteen Low Grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects, and Lu Xuan accepted.
• Lu Xuan asked Mo Ronghua to investigate the Mirror Platform Prefecture Prefect and his son, Xiao Chenliang.
• Lu Xuan said he had encountered an unusual Eerie Entity that escaped from him and was likely Calamity-Level.
• Mo Ronghua and Mo Qingyi were alarmed, and Lu Xuan explained that the Eerie Entity was connected to Zhang Yingxue and could conceal its Yin Energy.

Lu Xuan learned that Zhang Yingxue was an intelligent Calamity-Level Eerie Entity and planned to use Xiao Chenliang to draw her out, while Mo Qingyi and Mo Ronghua reacted with fury to the truth about the Zhang Family’s grievance. Lu Xuan accepted the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects, and late that night a blurry crimson figure appeared outside the Black Eagle Gang’s headquarters.

• Mo Ronghua ordered Mo Qingyi to investigate Zhang Yingxue and Xiao Gaoyuan, while Lu Xuan explained that he had injured Zhang Yingxue and intended to wait near Xiao Chenliang.
• After learning what Xiao Chenliang had done to the Zhang Family, Mo Qingyi demanded to kill him, but Lu Xuan said Xiao Chenliang had to live until Zhang Yingxue could settle the grievance herself.
• Mo Ronghua revealed that Xiao Gaoyuan was related to An Prince Xia Mingqing, but Lu Xuan refused to let that connection change his plans.
• Lu Xuan asked Mo Ronghua for the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects, and Mo Ronghua agreed to hand them over.
• Late at night, a blurry crimson afterimage appeared before the guards outside the Black Eagle Gang’s headquarters.

Zhang Yingxue attacked the Black Eagle Gang, killing its members and trapping the Gang Leader in a supernatural nightmare before destroying him. After the Gang Leader recognized her, Zhang Yingxue’s blood aura spread through the stronghold and engulfed everyone there.

• Black Eagle Gang members saw Zhang Yingxue and panicked, while Hao Ge dismissed their warnings and turned to face her.
• Zhang Yingxue appeared before Hao Ge, whose body came apart and became a pool of blood.
• The Black Eagle Gang Leader sensed the Yin Energy, fled his room, and found himself trapped in a loop that returned him to where he had started.
• The Gang Leader attacked his concubine, but she reappeared among countless pale faces that froze him and tore him to pieces.
• The dying Gang Leader recognized Zhang Yingxue, and her blood aura spread throughout the Black Eagle Gang, killing everyone in the stronghold.