Chapter Summaries

Fang Xuan killed the Hai Province King and the Buddha Mother, ending the Lotus Moon Demon Sect’s power across the Great Yang Nine Provinces. After half a month of recovery, Fang Xuan received medicine from Qian Yueqing and comforted Fang Lan before sensing a guest had arrived.

• Fang Xuan battered the Hai Province King to death, and the Mount Meru Dragon Whale King swallowed his corpse after destroying the Buddha Mother statue.
• Zhou Tong and the others witnessed the victory, and Fang Xuan asked them to tell the Dragon Whale Army to seize Mingxia City before collapsing into Qian Yueqing’s arms.
• News of the Buddha Mother’s death spread across Great Yang, the Lotus Moon Demon Sect was purged and absorbed by other forces, and Fang Xuan rose to second on the Hidden Dragon Rankings.
• Half a month later, Fang Xuan recovered at the royal palace in Yuqing City while Fang Lan brought him medicine from Qian Yueqing.
• Fang Lan confessed her fear that Fang Xuan might not wake after falling asleep, and Fang Xuan comforted her before announcing that he had a guest.

Fang Xuan recovered in the royal palace, received a new weapon and the Primordial Chaos Dragon Transformation Art from Fifth Qingyue, and learned that something mysterious had been left in his sea of qi. Fifth Qingyue departed, telling him to survive until they met again.

• Fang Xuan spoke with Fifth Qingyue about his battle with the Buddha Mother, and she warned him that the Fifth Heavenly Gate was not the pinnacle of martial arts.
• Fang Xuan asked Fifth Qingyue to repair Listening Rain, but she explained its formation was destroyed and offered him a selection of treasure weapons instead.
• Fang Xuan chose the heavy sword No Edge, which Fifth Qingyue said could slay Asuras and battle Martial Saints.
• Fifth Qingyue passed the Primordial Chaos Dragon Transformation Art to Fang Xuan and explained that the Dragon Whale Technique was an incomplete copy of it.
• Fifth Qingyue told Fang Xuan she had left something in his sea of qi that he would discover after becoming a Blood Martial Saint, warned him not to probe it early, and departed.

Luo Zimo arrived in Yuqing City as Mo Hongyi’s envoy and demanded that the Dragon Whale Army yield Qingying City in exchange for an alliance. The negotiations collapsed into violence after Luo insulted Fang Xuan, and an unknown speaker confronted him as the hall teetered on the brink of a fight.

• Fang Li and Sikong Jihuai received Luo Zimo, who claimed he had come to make peace on Mo Hongyi’s orders.
• Luo Zimo offered the Dragon Whale Army support from the Royal Court Army and presented gold and treasures in exchange for Qingying City.
• Fang Li rejected Luo Zimo’s demand, and the legion commanders condemned the offer as an insult.
• Luo Zimo threatened that the Royal Court Army would march south and insulted Fang Xuan, prompting One Line Sky to attack him.
• The uniformed general struck back, but Ning Guanhai intercepted his blow and saved One Line Sky.
• A calm voice from outside the hall rebuked Luo Zimo for attacking a Dragon Whale Army soldier.

Fang Xuan intimidated the Hai Province Royal Court Army envoys, then reviewed the Dragon Whale Army’s growth and announced he would leave to continue cultivating after recovering. He ended the chapter walking with Fang Li, who told him An Yan would visit Mingxia City next month.

• Fang Xuan tore off a warrior’s arm and forced Luo Zimo to leave with a warning for Mo Hongyi.
• Ning Guanhai reported that the Dragon Whale Army had grown to more than ninety thousand elite troops, and Fang Xuan named four new legions Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain.
• Fang Xuan declined to review the army reports and said he would resume cultivating once his injuries healed.
• Fang Xuan told Fang Li he would not travel far before recovering, then walked with him through the courtyard.
• Fang Li told Fang Xuan that An Yan would come to Mingxia City next month and that Patriarch Zheng had gone to Ji Province to meet her.

Fang Xuan cultivated the Primordial Chaos Dragon Transformation Art in the Eastern Sea, then traveled toward Ji Province and arrived near Dragon City. Meanwhile, Gu Chengxuan chose to defend the Little Emperor, and the Li Family Dynasty regained a measure of strength.

• Fang Xuan used the black talisman’s instructions to cultivate in the Eastern Sea, gaining progress in the Primordial Chaos Dragon Transformation Art as he dove into the depths.
• In Wan Province, Gu Chengxuan and Wang Simian agreed to risk their lives for the Great Yang Dynasty and the Little Emperor.
• Half a month later, Gu Chengxuan took control of Wan Province’s three hundred thousand troops after Zhao Jiuyou was assassinated, while the Red Eyebrow Army held back.
• Fang Xuan reached Entry Level in the Primordial Chaos Dragon Transformation Art and decided to leave the Mount Meru Dragon Whale King in the Eastern Sea to grow and watch over Sea Province.
• Fang Xuan traveled by passenger ship to a ferry near Ji Province and heard a woman offer him a ride to Dragon City, where a major event was underway.

Fang Xuan traveled to Dragon City, where he learned about the Sword Armor and the Provincial Governor’s mysterious Paper Talisman. The chapter ended with An Yu questioning Old Pu about a miraculous elixir after he hinted that the Paper Talisman was worth studying.

• A cheerful carriage driver told Fang Xuan about Ji Province, the Sword Armor, and the Shen Tu Family’s slaughter as she drove him to Dragon City.
• The driver praised Fang Li and the Dragon Whale Army, then told Fang Xuan that Deng Shang had moved his family’s business to Sea Province and joined the Azure Sea Cloud Sect.
• Fang Xuan arrived in Dragon City and parted ways with the driver.
• An Yu argued with Old Pu over whether he would acknowledge her and asked who had taken the Sword Armor.
• Old Pu urged An Yu to study the Provincial Governor’s Paper Talisman, then tried to leave; An Yu stopped him and asked whether he had a miraculous elixir.

After arriving in Dragon City, Fang Xuan learned about the local rules for martial artists and encountered Pu An Yu, the girl he had previously beaten. He entered Guiyuan Garden with a Guike Token she had arranged and learned the rules and contenders for the Heavenly Martial Pavilion’s Battle of Heaven and Man.

• Fang Xuan settled into an inn in Dragon City and learned that martial artists could fight freely in the streets below the Third Heavenly Gate.
• Fang Xuan reviewed his cultivation progress and reflected on his sword, No Edge, before hearing about Guiyuan Garden’s projected Battle of Heaven and Man.
• Pu An Yu ambushed Fang Xuan, reminded him that he had beaten her before, and offered to follow him and give him the Paper Talisman Lord Gu obtained, but Fang Xuan refused.
• Fang Xuan found a Guike Token bearing the Ji Province Gui Clan name at his waist and used it to enter Guiyuan Garden as an honored guest.
• A maidservant explained that the Heavenly Martial Pavilion’s Heavenly Sect and Human Sect fought every hundred years, and that Wang Lu, ranked seventh on the Hidden Dragon Rankings, was favored to win.

Fang Xuan rejected Pu An Yu’s offer of information about the Sword Armor and returned to his inn after the Heavenly Sect lost the Battle of Heaven and Man. A Vajra Sect elder warned him that other dangerous figures were watching him because of his contact with Pu An Yu.

• Pu An Yu revealed her identity to Fang Xuan and offered information about the Sword Armor and its owner’s Spatial Item, but Fang Xuan refused to cooperate.
• Fang Xuan learned that the Heavenly Sect had lost both matches, leaving the Human Sect in control of the Heavenly Martial Pavilion for the next hundred years.
• A tall man threatened Bamboo Old Man after criticizing the Battle of Heaven and Man, but fled when others recognized the old man as the feared figure who had shaken Thunder Province.
• Fang Xuan sensed a purple-robed old man watching him from across the inn and invited him inside with a youth whose eye was covered by brocade.
• The youth demanded that Fang Xuan hand over Pu An Yu, but the old man apologized, left a Message Jade Talisman, and warned that Zheng Qing Old Demon and Bone Asuras were also watching Fang Xuan.

Fang Xuan asked Pu An Yu to find Zheng An Yan, who had disappeared in Ji Province, and learned that she was being held in Lanqing City. The old man warned that rescuing her would mean confronting the heretical cultivators of an entire province, leaving Fang Xuan to choose between abandoning his treasure and risking a dangerous rescue.

• Fang Xuan heard that Bamboo Old Man had destroyed the Wang Family after its Second Young Master caused trouble at Gui Garden.
• Fang Xuan met Zheng Chuan, who explained that he had come to Ji Province to find his missing daughter, Zheng An Yan.
• Fang Xuan asked Pu An Yu to use her knowledge of the Nine Provinces to locate Zheng An Yan and promised to wait at his inn until sunrise.
• The old man told Pu An Yu that Zheng An Yan was among a group of captives in Lanqing City, where an Old Devil planned to use a dual cultivation secret art on her.
• The old man warned that Lanqing City had ties to Bei Yue and that rescuing Zheng An Yan could pit Fang Xuan against the heretical cultivators of an entire province.

Fang Xuan refused Bamboo Old Man and Zheng Qing Old Demon’s offer to reveal Pu An Yu’s location and fought them when they attacked. Gu Kaizhi arrived, offered Fang Xuan a place at his side, and warned him that the two elders might target him outside Long City.

• Bamboo Old Man and Zheng Qing Old Demon confronted Fang Xuan at a tea house and offered him treasures in exchange for Pu An Yu’s whereabouts.
• Fang Xuan refused and declared that he would protect Pu An Yu, so Zheng Qing and Bamboo Old Man attacked him in the street.
• Fang Xuan held off both Bone Asura elders with his Golden Jade Treasure Bottle Body and sword technique, damaging the surrounding houses.
• Gu Kaizhi arrived with two companions and ordered the elders to pay for the damage, prompting them to withdraw.
• Gu Kaizhi offered Fang Xuan a chance to follow him and gave him a wooden token, but Fang Xuan declined and returned to the inn to cultivate.

Fang Xuan learned that the woman he was searching for was in lawless Lanqing City and raced there with Pu An Yu. After seeing the city’s desolation and the women held near a feast of Heretical Cultivators, he decided to save them all.

• Pu An Yu told Fang Xuan that the woman was in Lanqing City, a refuge for evil demons and Outer Dao cultivators, and he ordered her to get two horses.
• Fang Xuan and Pu An Yu rode toward Lanqing City while Gu Kaizhi learned that the city had become a living hell and sent Elder Wang to deal with its fiends.
• Pu An Yu warned Fang Xuan that Bei Yue was trying to win over Lanqing City and urged him to avoid the conflict between the provinces.
• At a fork in the road, Fang Xuan used his golden eyes to see Lanqing City shrouded in murky aura, with Heretical Cultivators feasting in a palace and several frightened women nearby.
• Fang Xuan decided to save all the women he saw.

Fang Xuan rescued the young girls held captive in Lanqing City, then stayed behind to slaughter the city’s Heretical Cultivators. When a powerful Heretical Cultivator from Bei Yue arrived, Fang Xuan attacked him and overwhelmed him with a relentless series of strikes.

• Demon Lord Le You celebrated his alliance with Bei Yue and promised his fellow Heretical Cultivators a share of his future realm.
• Fang Xuan struck Le You down with his greatsword, then rescued seven or eight captive girls from Lanqing City.
• Pu An Yu met Fang Xuan outside the city and offered to take the rescued girls back to Dragon City, but Fang Xuan stayed to kill the Heretical Cultivators.
• Fang Xuan slaughtered the Heretical Cultivators in Lanqing City as Pu An Yu watched from outside.
• A Heretical Cultivator from Bei Yue returned to find the city’s fighters dead, and Fang Xuan battered him with a sequence of attacks.

Pu An Yu told Wang Defeng that Lanqing City’s demons and fiends were being slaughtered, and Wang arrived to find Fang Xuan killing Shen Nong. After Fang Xuan left, Wang called in reinforcements, while news of Shen Nong’s death reached a waiting group at Yue Province’s border.

• Pu An Yu showed Wang Defeng Demon Lord Le You’s severed head and sent him toward Lanqing City to investigate.
• Wang Defeng found the ruined city and recognized Shen Nong, one of Yue Province’s Ten Warriors, fighting Fang Xuan.
• Fang Xuan severed Shen Nong’s arm, pulverized his body with the Whale Tyrant Killing Fist, and killed him.
• Fang Xuan collected Shen Nong’s remaining possessions and left after Wang Defeng agreed they belonged to him.
• Wang Defeng reported that Lanqing City’s demons and fiends had been purged and summoned the city lords of Dan Chang City and Longevity Cloud City.
• A messenger arrived at Yue Province’s border and announced that Shen Nong Asura had been killed.

Fang Xuan traveled toward Long City with An Yan and Pu An Yu after arranging An Yan’s return to Sea Province and agreeing to search for a Spatial Item. Meanwhile, Wang Defeng headed to Long City with Demon Lord Le You’s head, but Candle Mountain Lord confronted him over Shen Nong’s death and attacked when Wang Defeng refused to reveal what he knew about Fang Xuan.

• Fang Xuan reassured An Yan that her companions had been sent safely back to Longevity Cloud City, and introduced himself as Long Jing from Sea Province.
• Pu An Yu thanked Fang Xuan for letting her follow him, and he said she would have to prove herself.
• Fang Xuan arranged for Zheng Chuan to escort An Yan home while he continued toward Long City with Pu An Yu.
• Wang Defeng left Lanqing City with Demon Lord Le You’s head to report to Provincial Governor Gu Kaizhi.
• Candle Mountain Lord stopped Wang Defeng and demanded an explanation for Shen Nong’s death and clues about Fang Xuan.
• Wang Defeng refused to disclose what he knew, so Candle Mountain Lord and his three companions attacked him.

Fang Xuan sent Zheng Chuan and An Yan back to Sea Province and promised to protect Pu An Yu before taking stock of the spoils from Lanqing City. He sold the loot at Gui Garden and returned with a red Horizontal Blade.

• Fang Xuan warned Zheng Chuan that Jizhou might descend into chaos and sent him and An Yan to Sea Province with a Blood Jade for the Dragon Whale Army.
• Zheng Chuan promised that his family would join the Dragon Whale Army, and An Yan asked Fang Xuan to visit her in Sea Province.
• After Zheng Chuan warned him that the apothecary's proprietor was far from simple, Fang Xuan questioned Pu An Yu about the Bone Asuras pursuing her and promised to protect her until he fulfilled his pledge.
• Fang Xuan spread out the cultivation manuals, treasured weapons, Demon Cores, and other materials he had taken from Lanqing City, and examined a strange poisoned green dagger.
• Fang Xuan sold the items to Gui Garden for Talisman Jade and acquired a red Horizontal Blade.

Fang Xuan traveled with Pu An Yu toward Sea Province, stopping at Bu Zi Mountain to explore the martial artists’ market near Fu Luan Sect. As they continued their journey, Pu An Yu recounted the elaborate scams that had earned her powerful enemies across the Nine Provinces.

• Fang Xuan met Pu An Yu south of Long City, and she explained that Bu Zi Mountain was home to the reclusive Fu Luan Sect, rumored to hold the secret of becoming a Martial Saint.
• Fang Xuan asked about Pu An Yu’s sect, and she claimed that both her masters had surpassed the Fifth Heavenly Gate.
• Pu An Yu took Fang Xuan to Bu Zi Mountain’s crowded market, where she bought him an Urn Bottle and a Spatial Scent Pouch and warned him that stealing a Dragon Vein could bring an entire sect down on him.
• Fang Xuan and Pu An Yu rested at the Stop-and-Go Pavilion, spent the night at an inn, and then resumed their trip toward Mo Hongyi’s territory in Sea Province.
• Fang Xuan practiced the Tai Xuan Sword Scripture with his heavy sword while Pu An Yu described how she had swindled Bamboo Old Man, Zheng Qing Old Demon, and Vajra Sect’s Dao Seed, making Fang Xuan consider killing her.

Fang Xuan and Pu An Yu were ambushed by treasure hunters in the mountain forest, and Fang Xuan swiftly defeated most of them while confronting their hidden Bone Asura. Bamboo Old Man and Zheng Qing Old Demon watched from afar, intending to use the fight to learn Fang Xuan’s abilities before making their own move.

• Fang Xuan and Pu An Yu recognized that five opponents had surrounded them, and Pu An Yu sat aside to watch as Fang Xuan prepared to fight.
• The attackers struck Fang Xuan, but his Golden Jade Treasure Bottle Body withstood their opening assault.
• Fang Xuan drove the sword-wielding Xiao Yue into the ground, then seized the burly man’s steel whip and beat him and two other attackers back.
• Fang Xuan killed the two Third Heavenly Gate cultivators with Thousand Torrent Stream, while Xiao Yue revealed her Bone Asura strength and attacked him with Sword Qi.
• Bamboo Old Man and Zheng Qing Old Demon watched the battle and decided to let the attackers reveal more of Fang Xuan’s abilities before they struck.

Fang Xuan fought the sword-wielding Xiao Yue and a burly man who used Divine Striking, killing them both with overwhelming force. He left Pu An Yu to collect the four bundles and treasure weapons from their group.

• Fang Xuan broke Xiao Yue's sword attack with a punch and wounded her as she retreated.
• The burly man used Divine Striking to summon a Bear Demon and charged Fang Xuan while Xiao Yue attacked alongside him.
• Fang Xuan took up the heavy sword and unleashed the Tai Xuan Sword Scripture, blasting Xiao Yue into the abyss.
• Xiao Yue tried to escape after her Plain Sword exploded, but Fang Xuan pursued her with a Dragon's Roar and killed her.
• Fang Xuan killed the burly man with a punch, then handed Pu An Yu four bundles and four treasure weapons to store.

After defeating the Bone Asuras, Fang Xuan and Pu An Yu traveled east and accepted an invitation to stay at Yongquan Mountain Manor. Pu An Yu spotted a child in a fur coat there and told Fang Xuan she had found a treasure hidden in the mountains.

• Pu An Yu collected the Bone Asuras' spoils, and Fang Xuan agreed to rest for a few days rather than continue east immediately.
• Wang Chao, steward of Yongquan Mountain Manor, met Fang Xuan and Pu An Yu while investigating the golden light and invited them to the manor.
• Fang Xuan and Pu An Yu traveled with Wang Chao's group, while Dou Sheng tried to approach Pu An Yu and Dou Huan tried to speak with Fang Xuan.
• The group reached Yongquan Mountain Manor, where Pu An Yu noticed a seven- or eight-year-old child wearing a fur coat and called the child a treasure.

Fang Xuan and Pu An Yu stayed at Yongquan Mountain Manor, where Dou Yang and Wang Chao worried that a dangerous force threatening the manor would break free before help arrived. During a night of heavy rain, Fang Xuan heard strange voices and saw the rain turn to blood, then urgent knocking sounded at the courtyard gate.

• Pu An Yu explained that the ancient talismans at the manor gates had lost their Spirit Rhyme, while Fang Xuan began practicing the Tai Xuan Sword Scripture in the courtyard.
• Dou Yang told Wang Chao that the manor faced a looming danger and that an elder from the Vajra Sect would take a month to arrive; he urged Wang Chao to warn Sheng Er not to offend the visitors.
• Fang Xuan felt a bone-piercing chill and said the manor seemed strange, but he refused Pu An Yu's invitation to intervene, saying he wanted to protect those he cared about.
• As a storm swept over the manor, Fang Xuan kept swinging his sword until nightfall while Pu An Yu watched him.
• Fang Xuan heard children playing and a woman crying outside, then saw the rain briefly turn bloody before urgent knocking erupted at the courtyard gate.