Recaps

Lu Xuan tortured and killed the men who had attacked his father, learning that the Huang Family was behind the plot. He tracked down the Azure Cloud County Magistrate Huang Yangping and killed him, his son Huang Wen, and Jia Sheng, then vanished.

• Lu Xuan entered the county prison, killed the three captured attackers, and learned they had been hired by the Huang Family.
• Huang Yangping, Jia Sheng, and Huang Wen discussed the failed attempt to poison Lu Jiahe and planned to target his sons instead.
• Lu Xuan went to the Jia Family but failed to find Jia Sheng, so he headed to the Huang Family.
• Lu Xuan killed Huang Yangping, Huang Wen, and Jia Sheng after breaking into Huang Manor, then disappeared.

After Huang Yangping and several others were found dead, Lu Xuan revealed that he had killed the prisoners who assassinated Liang Shanhai’s brother-in-law. With no remaining threat to the Lu Family in Azure Cloud County, Lu Xuan prepared to travel to White Path Prefecture City to investigate the Profound Origin Root Elixir and his father’s antidote.

• Ye Qingshan learned from Chen Shi that Huang Yangping, Huang Wen, and Jia Sheng had been murdered, and he set out with Chen Shi to inspect Huang Manor.
• Liang Shanhai reported that three prisoners had died mysteriously in the county jail and ordered the coroner to examine them.
• Liang Cheng told Lu Xuan about the prisoners’ deaths, and Lu Xuan confirmed that he had killed them.
• Lu Xuan examined the Blackbird Guard Token and decided to go to White Path Prefecture City after finding no useful information in the county records.
• Lu Xuan speculated that the force within his father’s body came from the Profound Origin Root Elixir, whose medicinal power might surpass Great Supplement Medicine.

Ye Qingshan connected the bizarre murders to Lu Xuan and chose not to investigate further, while Huang Yangping and Jia Sheng's families were wiped out amid a wave of retaliation. Lu Xuan prepared to leave Azure Cloud County for White Path Prefecture City, promising his father he would return within half a year.

• County coroners reported that Huang Yangping and the other victims had died with their bones crushed and their insides mangled, and Ye Qingshan suspected a powerful warrior was responsible.
• Ye Qingshan connected the prison killings, the Lu Family Pharmacy attack, and Li Yanran's investigation of Lu Xuan, then decided to protect the Lu Family rather than pursue his suspicions.
• After Huang Yangping's death became known, enemies and rival factions attacked the Huang and Jia families until their male bloodlines were extinguished and both families vanished from Azure Cloud County.
• Lu Xuan visited his injured father, Lu Jiahe, and said he was leaving for White Path Prefecture City and would return within half a year.
• Lu Xuan asked Yun Qing and Yun Feng to look after Lu Jiahe while he was away, and both young men agreed.

Luo Jinghe assured Huang Xuanzheng that he would avenge Huang Yangping, then killed him to conceal their contact. Later, Lu Xuan reached Willow Ditch Village hoping to kill the black Ghost Shadow again, but found it gone and left before dawn.

• Huang Xuanzheng secretly visited Luo Jinghe and asked him to seek justice for Huang Yangping.
• Luo Jinghe asked whether anyone had seen Huang Xuanzheng arrive, then killed him with a blow to the head.
• Luo Jinghe ordered his subordinate to investigate Huang Yangping’s killer and vowed to make the culprit pay.
• Lu Xuan rode to Willow Ditch Village to look for the black Ghost Shadow and gain System Points.
• Lu Xuan sensed no trace of the Ghost Shadow, then left the village before the villagers awoke.

Lu Xuan stopped at Sifang Town on his way to White Path Prefecture City and learned that a wealthy family was traveling to Lotus Birth Temple. He recognized a pendant worn by the pregnant Madam Chen as carrying the same eerie aura as the White Lotus Blood Infant and decided to investigate the temple.

• Lu Xuan reached Sifang Town in Dengfeng County and decided to rest before visiting his half-sister Lu Qingqing the next day.
• At Sifang Inn, Lu Xuan ordered thirty jin of beef jerky but learned that most of the inn's food had been reserved by travelers heading to Lotus Birth Temple.
• Master Chen arrived with his pregnant wife, who said the temple's masters would consecrate her pendant so the Chen Family could bear a son.
• Lu Xuan sensed the White Lotus Blood Infant's eerie aura coming from Madam Chen's white seed pendant and resolved to go to Lotus Birth Temple.

Lu Xuan questioned an innkeeper about Lotus Birth Temple, then secretly infiltrated it to investigate its secrets. Inside the main hall, he found a white lotus pattern in the Buddha statue’s eyes and was attacked by someone hiding behind it.

• Lu Xuan asked the innkeeper about Lotus Birth Temple and learned that it opened its gates to worshippers once a year and stood about an hour from Dengfeng County’s seat.
• Lu Xuan rode to the temple after dark, left his horse at the foot of the mountain, and climbed in from the back.
• Lu Xuan subdued two Bone Refining Realm monks guarding the main hall and entered after finding it apparently empty.
• Lu Xuan spotted a tiny white lotus pattern in the Buddha statue’s eyes and moved closer to inspect it.
• A concealed attacker struck Lu Xuan from behind the statue and tore open his robe.

Lu Xuan uncovered more evidence that Lotus Birth Temple was tied to the Pure World White Lotus Sect and fought his way toward its abbot. He overheard the abbot ordering the temple to sacrifice its captives and prepare to flee before the Blackbird Guard discovered them.

• Lu Xuan killed an old monk who had ambushed him, then found a mask fitted over the Buddha statue’s face, confirming the temple’s connection to the Pure World White Lotus Sect.
• Lu Xuan seized two monks on night watch and killed one when he drew a short sword; the surviving monk agreed to lead him to the abbot.
• Lu Xuan incapacitated the monks guarding a secluded building and reached a room where the Lotus Birth Temple Abbot was speaking with other monks.
• The abbot said the Ghostly Things in Dengfeng County had revived early and the Blackbird Guard was coming, so the temple would withdraw within a day and sacrifice its remaining blood offerings.

Lu Xuan discovered that Lotus Birth Temple served the Pure World White Lotus Sect and learned they planned to sacrifice blood offerings to the White Lotus Holy Infant. After the abbot fled toward the Underground Palace, Lu Xuan followed, hoping to locate the Holy Infant while worrying about the Ghostly Thing in Dengfeng County Town and his sister, Lu Qingqing.

• The Lotus Birth Temple Abbot ordered the monks to seize the blood offerings and take them to the Underground Palace for the White Lotus Holy Infant.
• Lu Xuan kicked down the door, confronted the monks, and identified Lotus Birth Temple as part of the Pure World White Lotus Sect.
• The Lotus Birth Temple Abbot mistook Lu Xuan for a member of the Blackbird Guard and revealed that a Ghostly Thing was in Dengfeng County Town.
• Concerned for Lu Qingqing, Lu Xuan let the abbot escape so he could follow him to the Underground Palace, while he knocked the other monks aside.
• The Lotus Birth Temple Abbot fled to a ruined Buddhist hall, unaware that a strange white glow had appeared in his eyes.

Lu Xuan tracked Lotus Birth Temple Abbot to a hidden Underground Palace and killed him after the abbot claimed the White Lotus Holy Scripture made him unkillable. There, Lu Xuan discovered a stronger White Lotus Blood Infant, while the Sub-Master ordered two monks to seize him.

• Lotus Birth Temple Abbot opened a hidden passage beneath the Buddha statue, but Lu Xuan caught up with him and kicked him into the hall wall.
• Lotus Birth Temple Abbot claimed the White Lotus Holy Scripture made him Undying and Unkillable, so Lu Xuan shattered his head with a chunk of stone.
• Lu Xuan entered the Underground Palace, where a Sub-Master waited beside a giant white lotus surrounded by bones.
• Lu Xuan recognized the blood-red presence within the lotus as a White Lotus Blood Infant nearing the Inner Qi Realm.
• The Sub-Master, angered that Lu Xuan ignored him, ordered two monks to seize him.

Lu Xuan killed the Pure World White Lotus Sect middle-aged man and burned the white lotus at Lotus Birth Temple, gaining System Points from the flower. A White Lotus Blood Infant survived the flames and appeared before him, leaving Lu Xuan ready to fight it.

• Lu Xuan killed the two monks with stones, then defeated the middle-aged man with his Inner Qi Realm strength.
• Lu Xuan wondered why killing the cultists gave him no System Points, then burned the lotus dais and its white lotus with his Crimson Flame Blade Art.
• Lu Xuan saw his System Points rise from 15 to 45 and realized the points had come from the white lotus.
• A White Lotus Blood Infant emerged from the burning lotus dais, and Lu Xuan noticed it looked different from the one he had encountered before.

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.