Chapter Summaries

Zhang Jiucheng and Zhang Ningxin visited Lu Chengwen to make peace, believing he had powerful backing, and offered an heirloom jade pendant to Little Monkey. Lu Chengwen bluffed about his connection to the Jiang Family, while Zhang Ningxin began seducing him beneath the table.

• Zhang Jiucheng gave Lu Chengwen an antique jade pendant for Little Monkey, and Lu Chengwen suspiciously declined to keep it.
• Lu Chengwen, the Strategist, Zhang Jiucheng, and Zhang Ningxin toasted the reconciliation between the Lu and Zhang families.
• Zhang Jiucheng admitted responsibility for the conflict with the Sun Family and asked why Lu Chengwen had killed Sun Zhe.
• Lu Chengwen explained that Sun Zhe had crossed a line by targeting his family, then warned that the Sun Family must not provoke him again.
• Lu Chengwen realized Zhang Jiucheng mistakenly believed he had powerful backing and encouraged the misunderstanding without naming his connection.
• The Strategist identified the Jiang Family as the backing Zhang Jiucheng meant, and Zhang Ningxin began brushing her feet against Lu Chengwen beneath the table.

Lu Chengwen accepted Zhang Jiucheng’s Upper Yuan Skyward Pill and returned valuable medicines, easing the Zhang Family’s fears while warning them to distance themselves from the Sun Family. After Zhang Jiucheng left Zhang Ningxin at Lu Chengwen’s villa, Lu Chengwen learned how powerful the Jiang Family was and realized the Zhang Family mistakenly believed it supported him.

• Zhang Ningxin flirted with Lu Chengwen under the table, but he rejected her advances while Zhang Jiucheng offered him an Upper Yuan Skyward Pill.
• Lu Chengwen gave Zhang Jiucheng a Great Heaven Returning Pill, two Bone Restoration Vitality Pills, and two bottles of Qi Circulation Powder, while refusing to keep the Zhang Family’s heirloom jade pendant.
• Lu Chengwen urged Zhang Jiucheng to cut ties with the Sun Family, and Zhang Jiucheng left Zhang Ningxin at Lu Chengwen’s villa before returning to the hotel.
• Zhang Ningxin openly told Lu Chengwen she had taken a liking to him, but he declined her and arranged for her to stay in a guest room.
• Lu Chengwen asked the strategist and Heavenly King Fubo about the Jiang Family, learned it oversaw the Ancient Martial Arts World and outranked the Zhang and Yu Families, then realized the Zhang Family thought the Jiang Family backed him.

Lu Chengwen learned that the Jiang Family was a powerful force and suspected the woman with the long saber was one of its members, but he decided to carry on as usual and refused Zhang Ningxin’s seduction. Meanwhile, Jiang Xiaohou confronted Zhang Jiucheng over the jade pendant and asked whether Lu Chengwen would still like her if he knew her true identity.

• Lu Chengwen’s strategist and Fubo warned him that the Jiang Family could kill Ancient Martial Artists without consequence, and Lu Chengwen guessed the long-saber woman and her three companions might be Jiang Family members.
• Lu Chengwen decided not to panic, considered warning his master, and then turned down Zhang Ningxin when she asked him to help her become a woman.
• Jiang Xiaohou stopped Zhang Jiucheng’s car, questioned him about the jade pendant and what Jiang Xiaohu had said to the Yu Family Patriarch, and threatened him with her saber.
• Jiang Xiaohou warned Zhang Jiucheng not to repeat his actions, then asked whether Lu Chengwen would still like her if he knew who she really was.

Jiang Xiaohou brought Zhang Jiucheng and his family under her command, promising a path for his illegitimate son to join the Jiang Family. Meanwhile, Sun Fugui rallied three families to pressure Lu Chengwen for money, leaving Zhang Jiucheng caught between his secret loyalty and their scheme.

• Jiang Xiaohou questioned Zhang Jiucheng about Jiang Xiaohu and ordered the Zhang Family to stay out of Lu Chengwen's affairs and suppress information about him.
• Jiang Xiaohou offered to help Zhang Jiucheng's illegitimate son train for three years and enter the Jiang Family, and Zhang Jiucheng swore loyalty to her.
• Sun Fugui persuaded the Long, Pang, and Sima Family leaders to hunt Lu Chengwen while the Zhang Family pretended to negotiate for a huge payment and annual dividends.
• Zhang Jiucheng recalled how long he had struggled to secure his son's place in the Zhang Family and celebrated the prospect of his son becoming a Jiang Family retainer.
• Zhang Jiucheng realized Sun Fugui's plan to kill Lu Chengwen threatened the Zhang Family's future and panicked.

Zhang Jiucheng tried to stop the Pang, Long, and Sima families from retaliating against Lu Chengwen, but each patriarch demanded two billion and Great Sage Group dividends. Meanwhile, Lu Chengwen cultivated with an Upper Yuan Skyward Pill, then faced Long Aotian, who believed Lu Chengwen had brought him a Heavenly Gate Pill for Luo Shiyin.

• Zhang Jiucheng called the Pang Family Patriarch and offered compensation and healing pills, but the patriarch insisted on two billion and Great Sage Group dividends.
• Zhang Jiucheng made similar offers to the Long and Sima family patriarchs, who also demanded two billion and dividends despite his warnings not to touch Lu Chengwen.
• Lu Chengwen swallowed an Upper Yuan Skyward Pill and tried to advance toward the Upper Four Gates' peak, considering whether dual cultivation with Shi Yin could help him progress.
• Hua Xuening announced Long Aotian's arrival, and Lu Chengwen greeted him in the living room.
• Long Aotian confronted Lu Chengwen about the pill that had caused his diarrhea, and Lu Chengwen presented a Desire Woman Pill as the Heavenly Gate Pill for Luo Shiyin to take.

Lu Chengwen gave Long Aotian a doctored pill while Luo Shiyin went upstairs to digest the Desire Woman Pill. Zhao Ritian arrived to challenge Long Aotian, leaving Lu Chengwen hoping to use their fight as a distraction.

• Luo Shiyin swallowed the Desire Woman Pill and went to Lu Chengwen’s study to cultivate, while Long Aotian sent Zhuge Xiaohua, Qi Meishao, and Hua Xuening to guard her.
• Long Aotian asked Lu Chengwen for another Dragon Spirit Tiger Fierce Pill, and Lu Chengwen secretly altered it with an Invincible Diarrhea Pill before handing it over.
• Zhao Ritian arrived and challenged Long Aotian over their previous fight and his claim to Xu Xuejiao.
• Lu Chengwen urged Zhao Ritian to stop, then loudly praised Long Aotian as the two men prepared to clash.

Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian fought after each revealed he had advanced, while Lu Chengwen rushed to help Luo Shiyin. Meanwhile, Zhang Jiucheng tried to arrange a marriage between Zhang Shen'er and Lu Chengwen, and Zhang Shen'er’s panicked objection hinted at feelings she had just denied.

• Long Aotian told Lu Chengwen he had advanced, then attacked Zhao Ritian, who revealed he had also reached mid-level Upper Four Gates and fought him evenly.
• Hua Xuening told Lu Chengwen that Luo Shiyin could no longer hold on, and Lu Chengwen went upstairs to help her absorb some of her energy.
• Zhang Jiucheng told Zhang Jiuchang that an ancient family had taken the Zhang family under its wing and that he wanted to bring Zhang Shen'er and Lu Chengwen together.
• Zhang Jiuchang insisted the decision had to be Zhang Shen'er's, and Zhang Jiucheng asked her whether she liked Lu Chengwen.
• Zhang Shen'er denied liking Lu Chengwen, but when Zhang Jiucheng said he would instead match Lu Chengwen with Zhang Ningxin, she panicked and told him she had not meant it.

Zhang Jiucheng and Zhang Jiuchang drew out Zhang Shen'er's feelings for Lu Chengwen, then warned her that joining his life could bind her to the Ancient Martial Arts World. Zhang Shen'er admitted she loved him but cried that Lu Chengwen did not return her feelings.

• Zhang Jiucheng pretended he would arrange for Ning Xin to become Lu Chengwen's concubine, prompting Zhang Shen'er to offer herself for the marriage alliance.
• Zhang Jiucheng continued teasing Zhang Shen'er while Zhang Jiuchang urged him to stop and asked whether she truly liked Lu Chengwen.
• Zhang Shen'er blushed and nodded, admitting that she liked Lu Chengwen.
• Zhang Jiuchang warned Zhang Shen'er that life with Lu Chengwen could involve the rules and dangers of the Ancient Martial Arts World.
• Zhang Shen'er began crying and said Lu Chengwen did not like her, despite her having confessed to him.

After Luo Shiyin advanced to the Heavenly Four Gates, Zhuge Xiaohua mistook her dreams about Lu Chengwen for a real relationship and tearfully declared that they were over. Lu Chengwen prepared to travel into the mountains with Qi Meishao and Hua Xuening to meet his Master, while four families gathered in Xue City to target him.

• Lu Chengwen broke up the fight between Zhao Ritian and Long Aotian, then learned from Zhang Jiucheng that the Sun, Pang, Long, and Sima families were joining forces against him.
• Lu Chengwen arranged for Hua Xuening to clear out the villa and said he, Qi Meishao, and Hua Xuening would go into the mountains to see his Master.
• Luo Shiyin and Long Aotian left, and Zhuge Xiaohua tearfully accused Lu Chengwen of abandoning her before declaring their relationship over, leaving him bewildered.
• Lu Chengwen assigned Zhuge Qin to send people to protect his family and close associates while planning to solidify his strength and break through to the Heavenly Four Gates.
• Sun Zhe gathered Pang Heng, Long Aotianxia, and Sima Jianren in Xue City and ordered the four Heavenly Four Gates experts to attack only Lu Chengwen.

Sun Zhe’s group gathered eight Heavenly Four Gates experts and pursued Lu Chengwen to Seven Star Peak, where Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian were heading to see their master. Zhuge Xiaohua struggled with jealousy and shame over vivid erotic dreams about Lu Chengwen as the two groups converged on the mountain.

• Sun Zhe’s allies introduced four additional mid-level Heavenly Four Gates experts, and Sun Zhe vowed to target Lu Chengwen’s sister.
• Sun Ze reported that Lu Chengwen had gone to Seven Star Peak, so Sun Zhe’s group set out after him.
• Long Aotian met Lu Chengwen on the road, agreed to visit their master with him, and insisted they trade any resources they received.
• Jiang Xiaohou and Zhao Ritian followed the situation toward Seven Star Peak, and Jiang Xiaohou recognized the pursuing convoy.
• Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian reached the end of the mountain road and started hiking as Sun Zhe’s convoy arrived; Long Aotian hurried into the mountains after learning that eight experts were pursuing them.
• Zhuge Xiaohua watched Lu Chengwen and Luo Shiyin together and privately wrestled with her jealousy, erotic dreams, and desire for a Desire Woman Pill.

Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian turned back to confront the pursuers, and Luo Shiyin used her Five-Colored Illusion Flower Eyes to turn Sun Dahu against his allies. Sun Zhe was left injured and isolated as Luo Shiyin announced that the Sun family had to die.

• Sun Zhe and his companions split into two groups to intercept Lu Chengwen's party, while Jiang Xiaohou sent A Da, A Er, and San'er to watch them.
• Zhuge Xiaohua spotted four pursuers on the main road and four more on the trail, so Lu Chengwen decided the group should turn back and confront the pursuers behind them.
• Long Aotian ambushed Sun Zhe's group and struck Sun Zhe hard, while Luo Shiyin and Hua Xuening stopped him from firing a signal flare.
• Luo Shiyin lured Sun Dahu away and used her Five-Colored Illusion Flower Eyes to make him believe the others were bullying her.
• Sun Dahu attacked Sun Zhe and joined the fight against Pang Heng, while Long Aotian and Luo Shiyin gained the upper hand.
• Luo Shiyin faced the wounded Sun Zhe and declared that the Sun family had to die.

Long Aotian and his allies overwhelmed the Sun family fighters, while Zhao Ritian joined the brawl and beat Sun Zhe. When Long Aotianxia and his companions arrived, a fight broke out over Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian, and Long Aotian began beating Long Aosuo.

• Luo Shiyin used her Five-Colored Illusion Flower Eyes to control Sun Dahu, who fought alongside Long Aotian and his allies.
• Zhao Ritian arrived, took Luo Shiyin's side, and beat Sun Zhe until he admitted to bullying her.
• Long Aotianxia, Sima Jianren, Sima Qian, and Long Aosuo arrived, found the Sun and Pang family fighters defeated, and confronted Long Aotian and Lu Chengwen.
• Long Aosuo demanded that Long Aotian change his name and ordered his allies to attack Lu Chengwen's group, while Sun Dahu fought Sima Qian and Luo Shiyin stopped Sima Jianren.
• Long Aosuo attacked Long Aotian, was forced back and vomited blood, and Long Aotian grabbed him and began beating him.

Lu Chengwen and his allies defeated the Sun, Sima, and Long Family martial artists at Seven Star Peak, then warned the survivors to stay away from Xue City. After Jiang Xiaohou secretly killed Sun Zhe, Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian grew suspicious of Zhao Ritian’s arrival and continued toward their master, who suddenly appeared.

• Long Aotian, Zhao Ritian, and Luo Shiyin overwhelmed the opposing martial artists, while Lu Chengwen sent Sun Zhe away with a warning about the Sun Family.
• Jiang Xiaohou ambushed Sun Zhe in the woods and cut his throat.
• Lu Chengwen stopped Long Aotian from killing the remaining fighters and ordered them never to return to Xue City; they discovered Sun Zhe’s corpse as they fled.
• Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian questioned why Zhao Ritian had come to Seven Star Peak and suspected someone was directing him, but Zhao Ritian insisted on tagging along.
• Long Aotian reminded Lu Chengwen of their agreement to exchange whatever resources their master gave them, and Luo Shiyin asked Zhao Ritian to witness it.
• Their master appeared and greeted the disciples.

Hun Tiangang reunited with his disciples, became convinced that Zhao Ritian had to die to restore his ability to predict the future, and then spared him after Lu Chengwen intervened. He gave Long Aotian a treasured sect pendant and Lu Chengwen a crude straw hat, leaving Long Aotian furious.

• Hun Tiangang arrived, greeted Lu Chengwen and the others, and scolded Long Aotian for not kneeling before warmly helping him up.
• Hun Tiangang explained that he could no longer predict events now that there were three people instead of two, then seized Zhao Ritian and threatened to kill him.
• Lu Chengwen warned that killing Zhao Ritian might cause another person to appear, and Hun Tiangang released him before bringing everyone into a stone cave.
• Long Aotian asked Hun Tiangang to heal his body, while Hun Tiangang announced that he had prepared gifts for Long Aotian and Lu Chengwen.
• Hun Tiangang gave Long Aotian his Nine Dragon Illusion Pendant and handed Lu Chengwen a makeshift straw hat, prompting Long Aotian to stand up in anger.

Hun Tiangang handed out gifts to his disciples, giving Zhao Ritian the Myriad Stars Armor and Lu Chengwen a straw hat, a belt, and a sandal while Long Aotian grew increasingly aggrieved. The chapter ended with Long Aotian fainting after Hun Tiangang gave Lu Chengwen Gentleman's Snow and then his smelly shoe.

• Lu Chengwen praised Hun Tiangang’s straw hat while Long Aotian complained that his junior brother deserved a better gift.
• Hun Tiangang gave Zhao Ritian the Myriad Stars Armor and gave Lu Chengwen his straw-rope belt.
• Long Aotian offered to let Lu Chengwen take his gift, but Hun Tiangang gave Lu Chengwen Gentleman's Snow instead, prompting Long Aotian to vomit blood.
• Hun Tiangang boasted about his youthful looks and gave Lu Chengwen his straw sandal as another treasured gift.
• Zhao Ritian took the sandal by its edge, and Long Aotian fainted.

Jiang Xiaohou confronted the surviving men from the Pang, Sima, and other families, while Lu Chengwen trained under Hun Tiangang and began a seven-day breakthrough trial. As Sun Fugui and Long Sihai vowed revenge against Lu Chengwen, the four families’ leaders headed for Seven Star Peak, where Lu Chengwen and the others were meditating.

• Jiang Xiaohou ordered the six captured men to choose one survivor from each family, with San'er and A Da and A Er guarding them.
• Hun Tiangang sent the Myriad Stars Armor into Lu Chengwen and told him to study its connection, then promised to help him reach the Heavenly Four Gates.
• Hun Tiangang began a seven-day breakthrough trial for Lu Chengwen, Long Aotian, and Zhao Ritian, forbidding them from moving or attending to basic needs.
• Sun Fugui blamed Zhang Jiucheng for betraying the Sun Family and swore to kill Lu Chengwen and his sister; Zhang Jiucheng warned him not to attack them.
• Zhang Jiucheng failed to dissuade Long Sihai from seeking revenge, and Long Sihai decided to capture Lu Chengwen's sister.
• The leaders of the four families set out for Seven Star Peak as Lu Chengwen, Long Aotian, and Zhao Ritian remained in meditation.

Zhuge Xiaohua dreamed about Lu Chengwen while Luo Shiyin, Qi Meishao, and Hua Xuening discussed bringing her closer to their group. Meanwhile, Hun Tiangang warned Jiang Xiaohou that she might someday have to protect someone through her own strength, then announced that someone had entered the mountain.

• Zhuge Xiaohua dreamed of Lu Chengwen, and Luo Shiyin, Qi Meishao, and Hua Xuening discovered her having a wet dream.
• Luo Shiyin proposed uniting the women and persuading their husband to help Zhuge Xiaohua, while the others agreed to speak well of her.
• Hun Tiangang and Little Monkey discussed the Heavenly Tribulation, Hun Tiangang's past predictions, and the return of several powerful figures.
• Hun Tiangang challenged Jiang Xiaohou to consider what she would do if someone she treasured needed her protection and she could rely only on herself.
• Jiang Xiaohou dismissed Hun Tiangang's warning, and he told her that someone had entered the mountain.

Sun Fugui led the clan elders into Seven Star Peak, where they encountered Jiang Xiaohou and followed a trail toward Lu Chengwen. Meanwhile, Long Aotian completed his breakthrough, but Hun Tiangang made him trade away nearly all his clothes; the chapter ended with A Da blocking Sun Fugui’s group and exposing himself to three men who shared a deadly secret.

• Sun Fugui’s group found Jiang Xiaohou beneath a sign identifying her as Lu Chengwen’s little sister, and Sun Fugui persuaded her to come along.
• Long Aotian refined Hun Tiangang’s true qi and advanced to the advanced Heavenly Four Gates realm, while Zhao Ritian and Lu Chengwen continued cultivating.
• Hun Tiangang made Long Aotian wear the straw gear he had been given and traded away Long Aotian’s shoes and clothes for his own.
• Sun Fugui’s group chose to stay together and take the rough path, while Long Aosuo, Sima Qian, and Pang Feihu remarked that Jiang Xiaohou resembled the Demoness.
• A Da blocked the narrow path and demanded the group leave their pants behind, startling Sima Qian, Pang Feihu, and Long Aosuo, who recognized him and knew he could reveal their secret.

Sun Fugui and the other patriarchs tried to cross the mountains but were stopped by A Da, who demanded their pants, and A Er, who demanded to photograph them. After suffering humiliating ordeals and mosquito bites, the group passed the second checkpoint and worried about what awaited them next.

• A Da defeated Sun Fugui’s group and let them cross only after they took off their pants, while allowing Little Monkey to pass in her skirt.
• Sun Fugui tried to return for something, but A Da demanded he sacrifice both legs to cross back, so he gave up.
• The pantless group trekked through the mountains, suffering scratches and mosquito bites as they blamed Lu Chengwen.
• A Er blocked a narrow pass, beat the group when they tried to force their way through, and made them pose for his documentary before letting them pass.
• Sima Qian warned Long Aosuo that another checkpoint might bring worse humiliation, and Long Aosuo wondered if anyone could surpass the first two men.

As Lu Chengwen endured a perilous breakthrough, Hun Tiangang explained that he had survived dozens of Great Ominous Encounters despite his ordinary aptitude. Lu Chengwen confronted his loneliness and despair through visions of his mother and Hun Tiangang, then began to unclench his fist as he faced the choice to keep going or let go.

• Zhao Ritian mistook Long Aotian for Hun Tiangang, kowtowed to him, and then argued with Long Aotian over whose master he was.
• Hun Tiangang praised Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian for their unusual talents, then explained that Lu Chengwen had survived dozens of Great Ominous Encounters during his breakthrough.
• Lu Chengwen wavered as chaotic visions made him question whether he had transmigrated or was in a coma after his accident.
• Lu Chengwen saw an illusion of his mother comforting him and then spoke with Hun Tiangang on Seven Star Peak.
• Lu Chengwen confessed that he had died seven times and wanted to return to his mother, while Hun Tiangang offered to help him uncover the world's answer if he chose to continue.
• Lu Chengwen looked at his fist, breathed deeply, and slowly began to unclench it.