Chapter Summaries

Fang Xuan and Pu An Yu discovered that Yongquan Mountain Manor attracted strange spirits, while Dou Yu’s attempt to confront the manor’s haunting left him alive but unable to practice martial arts. As Fang Xuan questioned Pu An Yu’s reasons for bringing him there, a child overlooking the manor revealed plans to devour the yin creatures and abandon his current body.

• Fang Xuan saw two ghostly children in the alley outside the manor, and Pu An Yu explained that strange spirits gathered in the mountains.
• Dou Yu and an old man entered an abandoned residence to confront the danger, but a pale ghost attacked them and the old man was knocked unconscious.
• Wang Chao told the old man that Dou Yu had survived but had lost his martial arts future.
• Wang Chao invited Fang Xuan and Pu An Yu to the Dou family’s banquet, and they toured Yongquan Mountain Manor.
• Fang Xuan challenged Pu An Yu about her motives for bringing him to the manor, and she admitted she hoped he would help with its crisis.
• A child overlooking Yongquan Mountain Manor planned to devour its yin creatures and leave his body, which contained a spirit gestating within it.

Fang Xuan and Pu An Yu discovered that the horrors at Yongquan Mountain Manor were being orchestrated to force the Mind Aperture monster inside a child to grow. As yin creatures invaded the manor, Pu An Yu explained the monster’s power and purpose, and Fang Xuan set out to confront the supposed immortal master.

• At the banquet, Fang Xuan noticed a child with depleted qi and blood, while Dou Yang remained humble and did not ask the guests for help.
• A tall Vajra Sect master arrived, and Dou Yang and Wang Chao pleaded with him to save the manor in exchange for their Treasure Blade and service.
• After two quiet days, Fang Xuan advanced the Heavenly Profound Sword Scripture to Entry Level as dark clouds and eerie weeping signaled a new crisis.
• Yin creatures flooded the alley, but Pu An Yu destroyed them with treasure artifacts, and Fang Xuan drove the black mist back into a well with his heavy sword.
• Fang Xuan used the Crimson King Eyes to identify the supposed immortal master’s strange ritual, while Pu An Yu explained that the Mind Aperture could control and purify yin creatures.
• Fang Xuan told Pu An Yu to leave the immortal master to him.

Fang Xuan and Pu An Yu confronted the Vajra Sect man who had taken control of Yongquan Mountain Manor and was cultivating a corrupted Mind Aperture. Fang Xuan killed him and sent the manor’s people away, leaving Pu An Yu to deal with the Mind Aperture while he inspected the spoils.

• The tall Vajra Sect man revealed that he had used the children and the blood-lamp formation to control the Mind Aperture, and he attacked Fang Xuan and Pu An Yu when they arrived.
• Pu An Yu disrupted the tall man’s black-serpent attack and weakened his control over the Mind Aperture.
• Fang Xuan crushed the formation, seized the tall man, and killed him with a single blow.
• Fang Xuan told the crowd that Dou Sheng could not be saved and ordered everyone to leave the hall because the corrupted Mind Aperture remained dangerous.
• Fang Xuan picked up the spoils and gave Pu An Yu a bundle, then took out a Jade Slip as she prepared to deal with the Mind Aperture.

Fang Xuan and Pu An Yu purified Mind Aperture and saved Dou Sheng, but the Corpse Puppet Immortal learned that his plans had been ruined. As Fang Xuan prepared to leave Yongquan Mountain Manor, Dou Yu warned that the manor would be doomed if he went.

• Fang Xuan learned the Heart Burning Flame Palm from a Jade Slip and found the former owner's annotations were unnecessary with his black talisman.
• Pu An Yu removed the Killing Intent from Mind Aperture, though its cultivation dissipated, and explained that the injured child would recover with care.
• Fang Xuan told Dou Yang that Dou Sheng would survive but had a crippled Dantian Sea, and Pu An Yu said the Yin entities had dispersed after Mind Aperture was purified.
• The Corpse Puppet Immortal discovered his disciple's death and his decades-long scheme's failure, then vowed to find who had ruined his plans.
• Fang Xuan demonstrated that he could control flames while practicing the Heart Burning Flame Palm, astonishing Pu An Yu.
• Dou Yu warned Fang Xuan that the Corpse Puppet Immortal would destroy Yongquan Mountain Manor if Fang Xuan left, then knelt and begged him to stay.

Fang Xuan fought the Corpse Puppet Immortal, who attacked him to seize the Mind Aperture he had spent decades plotting to obtain. After destroying the old man's three Bone Asura corpse puppets, Fang Xuan faced the fleeing Corpse Puppet Immortal.

• The Corpse Puppet Immortal lowered demonic clouds over Yongquan Mountain Manor and demanded that Fang Xuan hand over the Mind Aperture.
• Fang Xuan answered with the Whale Tyrant Killing Fist, shattering the cloud sea and forcing the Corpse Puppet Immortal to descend.
• The Corpse Puppet Immortal summoned three corpse puppets, and Pu An Yu warned Fang Xuan that each had been a Bone Asura in life.
• Fang Xuan fought the three corpse puppets, breaking one with his fists and heavy sword before burning them with his Heart Burning Flame Palm.
• The Corpse Puppet Immortal tried to flee, and Fang Xuan declared that he should have expected to be killed.

Zheng Qing Old Demon and the Yang brothers faced off until Wang Defeng intervened to announce war between the Ji and Yue Province Royal Court Armies. Fang Xuan arrived after killing Corpse Puppet Immortal, and Zheng Qing Old Demon apologized, fearing the same fate.

• Yang Wen and Yang Wu confronted Zheng Qing Old Demon, but Wang Defeng appeared and urged them to set aside their feud.
• Wang Defeng announced that the Ji Province and Yue Province Royal Court Armies had begun an all-out war and called for unity.
• Corpse Puppet Immortal crashed into the mountains, begged for help, and offered a Mind Aperture, but Fang Xuan killed him with a golden fist seal.
• Yang Wen and Yang Wu tried to greet Fang Xuan, but he ignored them and focused on Zheng Qing Old Demon.
• Zheng Qing Old Demon remembered his plan to ambush Fang Xuan and Pu An Yu, then apologized to Fang Xuan.

Fang Xuan killed Zheng Qing Old Demon after the latter apologized, then learned more about Corpse Puppet Immortal and discovered the value of a Spirit Gathering Cauldron. He and Pu An Yu continued along the mountain path, with Fang Xuan keeping the cauldron hidden because Kunwu Mountain would pursue anyone who possessed it.

• Fang Xuan killed Zheng Qing Old Demon with a palm strike, collected his Spatial Item, and received thanks from Yang Wen and Yang Wu, who then left.
• Wang Defeng told Fang Xuan that Corpse Puppet Immortal had fled Central Province after making enemies with Tai Xuan Mountain and had been skilled at refining corpse puppets.
• Fang Xuan found a small bronze cauldron among Zheng Qing Old Demon's possessions and showed it to Pu An Yu, who identified it as Kunwu Mountain's Spirit Gathering Cauldron.
• Pu An Yu warned Fang Xuan that Kunwu Mountain would hunt him if people discovered he had the cauldron, and Fang Xuan decided to keep it concealed.
• Fang Xuan and Pu An Yu walked on together as she explained the Mind Aperture and its uses.

Fang Xuan and Pu An Yu learned that the Spatial Item they sought was inside the Deng Family’s Mountain Pavilion, which opened to martial artists in Huaiwu City. As the explorers entered, an outsider faction plotted to steal a Cold Light Silkworm, while an old man with a Bamboo Sword overheard their plan and vanished.

• Fang Xuan and Pu An Yu traveled by ship toward Hai Province, and Pu An Yu told him the Spatial Item was in the Deng Family’s Mountain Pavilion.
• Deng Lun opened the Mountain Pavilion with the Fine Gold Key, and hundreds of martial artists entered despite the danger.
• Fang Xuan and Pu An Yu discussed the Pavilion’s risks as the White-Robed Man and a young girl in a yellow dress entered the barrier.
• A group of outsiders in a tea house planned to find the Cold Light Silkworm for their lord and avoid entanglement with the Deng Family.
• An old man holding a Bamboo Sword overheard the outsiders’ plan, left the tea house, and disappeared from the town.

Fang Xuan entered a hidden mountain realm with Zhao Chuan’s group and collected a Blood Heart Lotus while a beautiful man recorded details about the treasures. The group reached a strange river that nearly swallowed a martial artist, and the beautiful man identified it as a Death River that could not be crossed without a secret art.

• Fang Xuan emerged from the teleportation formation into a mountain realm and joined Zhao Chuan’s group as they set off to explore.
• Fang Xuan used the Crimson King Eyes to spot and collect a hundred-year-old Blood Heart Lotus before the others could take it.
• A beautiful man with a book joined Fang Xuan and shared information about the realm’s plants and treasures.
• Zhao Chuan tested the river with a leaf, then ordered a martial artist to try crossing it.
• The river’s suction dragged the martial artist under until his golden rope pulled him back to shore, and the beautiful man warned that it was a Death River that required a secret art to cross.

Zhao Chuan forced the treasure seekers to test the Death River, killing two who failed, while Fang Xuan initially refused to intervene. When Zhao Chuan turned on the beautiful man, Fang Xuan stopped him and then urged Zhao Chuan to try crossing the river himself.

• The beautiful man searched an ancient book for a way across the Death River, but Zhao Chuan grew impatient and threw a martial artist into it, where he vanished.
• Several martial artists tried to resist Zhao Chuan, but he severed the burly man's arm and kicked him into the river.
• The beautiful man rebuked Zhao Chuan for harming the others, while Fang Xuan said he did not want to meddle in their affairs.
• Zhao Chuan kicked at the beautiful man, but Fang Xuan caught his ankle and ordered him not to harm the man who had helped identify treasures.
• Fang Xuan told Zhao Chuan that he should test the Death River himself rather than waste time sending the others across.

Fang Xuan killed Zhao Chuan after Zhao attacked him, then helped Pei Qian discover how to cross the Death River. After the group crossed, Fang Xuan and Pei Qian found a Stone Cave that seemed to contain treasure.

• Zhao Chuan attacked Fang Xuan, but Fang shattered his axe and killed him with a single palm strike.
• Fang Xuan asked Pei Qian to find another way across the Death River, and Pei Qian learned that Bone Asura remains and a drop of blood could break the underwater array.
• Fang Xuan produced several Bone Asura remains, and a martial artist supplied blood so Pei Qian could activate the array.
• Fang Xuan borrowed Pei Qian's Myriad Herbs Compendium and read while Pei Qian prepared the crossing.
• Pei Qian broke the array, and Fang Xuan, Pei Qian, and the other martial artists crossed the Death River.
• Fang Xuan and Pei Qian followed a mountain path to a Stone Cave, where Pei Qian sensed treasure inside.

Fang Xuan and Pei Qian followed a golden crane through the Stone Cave and discovered the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eyes, where Pu An Yu reunited with them. Pu An Yu had found the item but had not yet taken it, so Fang Xuan followed her to confront whoever was guarding it.

• Pei Qian used a bronze mirror and an incantation to guide Fang Xuan through the Stone Cave with a golden paper crane.
• Pei Qian warned Fang Xuan that the damaged teleportation formation might close early and trap them in the secret realm.
• Fang Xuan and Pei Qian reached the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eyes, where Pei Qian identified the immortal herbs and warned that harvesting the two central herbs would collapse the Stone Cave.
• Pu An Yu stopped Fang Xuan from plucking the Nine Profound Cold Thorns, then teased him by pretending to be jealous of Pei Qian.
• Pu An Yu said she had found the item but had not obtained it, and Fang Xuan told her to lead the way as she called Pei Qian to follow.

Liu Wenxuan and Wang Fan found a Sword Domain sword scripture in Mountain Pavilion, but Deng Lun ambushed them to seize it. Bamboo Elder killed Liu Wenxuan and took the scripture, only to be attacked by Fang Xuan, whom he had fled to Haizhou to avoid.

• Deng Lun demanded that Liu Wenxuan hand over the sword scripture and threatened him and the injured Wang Fan.
• Bamboo Elder appeared, pretended to offer Liu Wenxuan help, then killed him with his Bamboo Sword and took the Sword Domain Jade Slip.
• Deng Lun and his men confronted Bamboo Elder and demanded that he surrender the scripture.
• Fang Xuan attacked Bamboo Elder with his Black Heavy Sword and golden fist seals, forcing him to his knees.
• Bamboo Elder recognized Fang Xuan and realized that the murderous fiend he had fled was standing before him.

Fang Xuan defeated Bamboo Old Man and took the sword scripture from him, then accepted a Water Cloud Spirit Herb from Deng Lun. The group left the secret realm with Deng Lun eager to appease Fang Xuan.

• Bamboo Old Man attacked Fang Xuan with his Bamboo Sword, but Fang Xuan blocked the strike with his Golden Jade Treasure Bottle Body and advanced unharmed.
• Bamboo Old Man used nearby martial artists to delay Fang Xuan and tried to escape, but Fang Xuan caught him and crippled him with one punch.
• Fang Xuan took the Jade Slip and sword scripture from Bamboo Old Man, then asked Deng Lun for permission to keep the scripture.
• Deng Lun agreed and presented Fang Xuan with a Water Cloud Spirit Herb as thanks for avenging Liu Wenxuan.
• Pei Qian explained that the herb was a key ingredient for a Breakthrough Pill, and Fang Xuan accepted Deng Lun's gift.

Pu An Yu forced Deng Lun to surrender the Deng Family’s Spatial Item and Sword Armor, but Deng Lun called on Sun Shaoxuan for help. Fang Xuan killed Sun Shaoxuan and claimed both treasures, giving the Spatial Item to Pu An Yu as he examined the Sword Armor.

• Pu An Yu confronted Deng Lun with proof of the Deng Family’s secrets and demanded its Spatial Item and Sword Armor.
• Deng Lun summoned Sun Shaoxuan to help him against Fang Xuan and Pu An Yu.
• Fang Xuan attacked Sun Shaoxuan, destroyed his External Attached Bone, and beheaded him.
• Fang Xuan took the Spatial Item and Sword Armor from Deng Lun, then gave the ring to Pu An Yu.
• Pu An Yu happily accepted the Spatial Item while Fang Xuan examined the Sword Armor.

Fang Xuan and his companions left the Stone Cave as the Deng Family’s secrets and the destruction of the secret realm’s transmission formation came to light. With the exit blocked and Deng Lun racing north, Fang Xuan followed the Deng Family toward the only apparent chance of escape.

• Deng Lun vowed to retaliate against Fang Xuan by using Mo Hongyi, while Fang Xuan gave the Sword Armor to Long Jing and accepted Pu An Yu’s Spatial Item.
• Pu An Yu warned Fang Xuan that killing a Bone Asura had made him a target of Hai Province’s forces, then revealed that her sect was Han Chen Academy.
• Bing Chenghua and his men prepared to steal the Cold Light Silkworm, while Wei Chan betrayed the Deng Family and used the martial artists’ corpses to make the pond boil.
• Pei Qian discovered that the transmission formation had been destroyed, leaving the martial artists trapped inside the secret realm.
• Deng Lun sensed danger to the north and rushed there with his attendants, and Fang Xuan agreed to follow after Pei Qian urged him to go with the Deng Family.

Fang Xuan and his companions watched as Wei Chan and Bing Chenghua confronted Deng Lun over the Cold Light Silkworm, and Deng Lun’s hidden formation turned the fight against them. After Bing Chenghua defeated Deng Lun, the patriarch offered to withdraw the formation in exchange for a way out of the secret realm.

• Wei Chan admitted he had betrayed the Deng Family to secure his own future, while Bing Chenghua revealed himself as a Bei Yue authority seeking the Cold Light Silkworm.
• Fang Xuan, Pei Qian, and Pu An Yu chose to watch as Deng Lun and Bing Chenghua’s sides prepared to fight.
• Deng Lun launched a surprise Vast Sea Sword Intent strike and then activated the incomplete Fallen Ying Sword Formation against Bing Chenghua.
• Deng Lun revealed that the sword formation had concealed the Inverted Wood Dragon Formation, trapping Bing Chenghua, Wei Chan, and their allies amid attacking vines and Deng Family martial artists.
• Bing Chenghua broke through the formation’s assault, wounded Deng Lun with his Blood Blade, and demanded the Cold Light Silkworm.
• Deng Lun offered to withdraw the formation if Bing Chenghua took the Cold Light Silkworm and left behind a copy of the formation needed to escape.

Fang Xuan interrupted Deng Lun and Bing Chenghua’s fight, then overwhelmed Bing Chenghua while the others tried to escape with the Cold Light Silkworm. Bing Chenghua used a Substitute Body to return after Fang Xuan struck him down and fled through a formation with three black-cloaked martial artists.

• Deng Lun and Bing Chenghua argued over the formation and the Cold Light Silkworm while Pei Qian told Fang Xuan he might know another way to break the teleportation formation.
• Fang Xuan charged into the battle and struck Bing Chenghua with a powerful fist, leaving him trapped in a pit.
• Bing Chenghua resumed his attack on Deng Lun, while Fang Xuan restrained him with a barrage of punches and shattered his External Attached Bone.
• Bing Chenghua’s Blade Qi killed a Third Heavenly Gate martial artist and tore through Deng Lun’s right leg before Fang Xuan struck Bing Chenghua down with a heavy sword.
• Bing Chenghua reappeared beside the three black-cloaked martial artists using a Substitute Body, and the four escaped through a glowing formation.

Fang Xuan, Pu An Yu, and Pei Qian found another way out of the mystic realm and emerged after Pei Qian traced the formation. They parted with Pu An Yu, while Pei Qian chose to follow Fang Xuan to Yuan Ling City.

• Pu An Yu pressed Deng Lun for a way out, and he said his Lineage could activate the teleportation formation from outside, while Pei Qian identified the jade disc as part of a damaged formation.
• Pei Qian concluded that the mystic realm had other exits, and Fang Xuan entrusted him with finding one.
• Pu An Yu gave Fang Xuan the repaired Sword Armor and the Narrow Saber Stopping Snow, which carried a promise of a favor from an Upper Realm Martial Artist of Shangyang Mountain.
• After three days, Pei Qian found an exit, and Fang Xuan, Pu An Yu, and Pei Qian escaped the mystic realm.
• Pu An Yu departed, and Pei Qian offered Fang Xuan the Fallen Ying Sword Formation, but Fang Xuan told him to keep it.
• Pei Qian decided to continue following Fang Xuan, who said they were going to Yuan Ling City.

A drunken man warned a barefoot old monk that the Great Yang Dynasty’s remaining Dragon Qi was needed to suppress a dangerous grotto-heaven, and the monk agreed to watch the Red Eyebrow Army. Meanwhile, the old monk prepared for a decisive battle as Fang Xuan’s cultivation advanced in Yuan Ling City, where he gained a new divine ability.

• The drunken man confronted the barefoot old monk about returning the Southern Three Provinces to Great Yang, warning that the loosened formation around a spring eye could no longer be suppressed by the dynasty’s Dragon Qi alone.
• The barefoot old monk said he would help reshape the mountains and rivers if another Dragon Blessed Person emerged, and the drunken man warned him to pay attention to the Red Eyebrow Army before heading to Bei Yue.
• General Zhou told his deputy that troops from the passes and military towns along the Central Province–Yan Province border were marching north that night.
• The barefoot old monk learned that the Red Eyebrow Great Dao Lord had become a Blood Martial Saint, then asked Red Eyebrow to give him thirty years of Dragon Qi after the coming battle.
• Fang Xuan used Kunwu Mountain’s Spirit Gathering Cauldron to advance his Primordial Chaos Dragon Transformation Art to 1,500 progress and gained the Divine Dragon Tail Swing ability.