Recaps

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.

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.