Chapter Summaries

Fang Xuan took the Millennial Saint Essence Branch and discovered a mysterious box beneath the pond as Spirit Rhino fought Ning Gu and the other Kunwu Mountain martial artists. The Flame Demon Beast escaped, leaving Fang Xuan to face Spirit Rhino’s lethal attack in his dragon form.

• Spirit Rhino wounded Ning Gu, broke free of the martial artists’ attacks, and roared to activate the cave’s hidden formations.
• Fang Xuan leaped into the pond, retrieved a strange patterned box from its depths, and returned to find the Flame Demon Beast trapped inside the cave.
• Spirit Rhino sensed Fang Xuan through his Crimson King Eyes and charged toward the cave while Ning Gu and three martial artists tried to delay it.
• Fang Xuan and the Flame Demon Beast emerged as Kunwu Mountain’s restraints seized Spirit Rhino, and the Flame Demon Beast fled in a burst of firelight.
• Spirit Rhino broke free and smashed at Fang Xuan, who transformed into a dragon and barely evaded the lethal strike.

Fang Xuan escaped Lingxi’s fight with the Kunwu Mountain warriors as the demon beasts of the Primordial Secret Cave ran wild and attacked the humans. He rescued Feng Tang, the Linyang Princess, and the other trapped warriors by killing the Silver Moon Azure Wolf, then ordered Lin Yang to follow him out.

• Ning Gu and the three Kunwu Mountain warriors attacked Lingxi, drawing its fury away from Fang Xuan.
• A tide of summoned demon beasts swept through the cave, and Fang Xuan fled as the Flame Demon Beast warned him of the chaos.
• Ning Gu told his companions to kill Lingxi before pursuing Fang Xuan and the box.
• A Silver Moon Azure Wolf led a horde that trapped Feng Tang, the Linyang Princess, and a group of warriors, then attacked them.
• Fang Xuan pierced and killed the Silver Moon Azure Wolf, collected its materials and Demon Core, and told Lin Yang to leave with him.

Fang Xuan left the Primordial Secret Cave with the Linyang Princess after warning survivors about the beast tide, then encountered Ruan Hong in Ten Thousand Demons Town. He revealed that Kunwu Mountain had the advantage against the demon bull and kept the Millennial Saint Essence Branch’s possible use for Xiang Jie unresolved as he prepared to leave Jing Province.

• Fang Xuan killed the Silver Moon Azure Wolf, warned the survivors to flee, and told Feng Tang that the Profound Yang True Person and Ning Gu were in the innermost mountain range and that Kunwu Mountain had a slight advantage against the demon bull.
• Fang Xuan and the Linyang Princess left for Ten Thousand Demons Town while martial artists there discussed the upheaval in the Primordial Secret Cave.
• Ruan Hong spotted Fang Xuan and vanished from the tavern, startling the people who had mocked him with a display of upper-realm strength.
• The Linyang Princess asked whether Fang Xuan had obtained the Millennial Saint Essence Branch, while he explained that he could not yet risk using it to restore Xiang Jie’s lifespan and wanted to leave Jing Province quickly.
• Fang Xuan met Ruan Hong, who said he no longer needed corpses for his research and chose not to join the excitement at the Primordial Secret Cave.

Fang Xuan met Ruan Hong, who removed Spirit Rhinoceros’s tracking restriction and advised him to gather the scattered dragon fortune. Ruan Hong revealed that a Great Witch had sealed Shang Jing, while Linyang Princess decided she wanted to return there to learn what had happened.

• Ruan Hong took the Millennial Saint Essence Branch and mysterious box from Fang Xuan’s Spatial Item, destroyed Spirit Rhinoceros’s tracking restriction, and returned the branch while keeping the box.
• Ruan Hong advised Fang Xuan to gather the scattered dragon fortune across the Nine Provinces instead of immediately returning to Sea Province.
• Ruan Hong said a Great Witch had been revived, seemingly through Li Yuanzheng’s plans, and sealed Shang Jing after an unexpected change during the removal of the dragon fortune.
• Ruan Hong told Fang Xuan that the Martial Temple’s failure to stop the sealing was surprising and that the Goddess of War considered a Great Witch no more than an ant.
• Linyang Princess told Fang Xuan she wanted to return to Shang Jing, and Fang Xuan suggested she first use the Millennial Saint Essence Branch to restore Brother Xiang’s lifespan and have him accompany her.

Fang Xuan traveled with Ruan Hong after the spiritual rhinoceros’s death and learned more about his path to dragon fortune. On a distant island, a Mystic Sect girl was sent to Yan Province to seek a strand of dragon fortune as the Great Yang’s dragon fortune scattered.

• Fang Xuan examined the dark round jade while he and the Linyang Princess waited in Ten Thousand Demons Town amid the influx of martial artists heading for the Primordial Secret Cave.
• After Xiang Jie awoke, the Linyang Princess told him Ruan Hong’s information, and Xiang Jie left with her for Shang Jing to investigate the Martial Temple.
• Fang Xuan traveled with Ruan Hong, who reminded him that his five strands of dragon fortune gave him exceptional perception and urged him to follow a route he had described.
• On an island in Tong Sea, the Mystic Sect teacher told his student to leave because her unsettled heart had stalled her progress in the Tuan Yi Heart Method.
• The teacher showed the girl that Great Yang’s dragon fortune had scattered and sent her to Yan Province to find a strand, telling her she could absorb it if she found no suitable person.

Fang Xuan learned from Ruan Hong how the Three Profound Gates divided the upper martial realms and discovered he could store and summon Ink Abyss through an Acupoint. Ruan Hong said he would arrange for a disciple in Bianjing to accompany Fang Xuan as they searched for Dragon Fortune.

• Fang Xuan cultivated the Divine Fire Profound Heaven Art as Ruan Hong observed and recognized that Fang Xuan was already a third-grade Martial Venerable.
• Ruan Hong explained the Three Profound Gates: Separation and Reunion, Spirit Roaming, and Transcending Mortality and Entering Sainthood, also called Martial Venerable, Martial Soul, and Martial God.
• Fang Xuan asked about the Martial Temple's Goddess of War, and Ruan Hong said she had entered Transcending Mortality and Entering Sainthood a century earlier.
• Fang Xuan discovered that Ink Abyss could disappear into and emerge from his Navel Point, astonishing both him and Ruan Hong.
• Ruan Hong offered to have his disciple in Bianjing accompany Fang Xuan to make searching for Dragon Fortune easier.

Fang Xuan accompanied Chu Kuang and a band of tomb raiders into a dangerous ancient tomb in search of dragon fortune. Inside, Chu Kuang discovered that a Mystic Sect practitioner had already entered, and Qian Lai admitted that the earlier expedition had cost many lives.

• Ruan Hong introduced his disciple Chu Kuang to Fang Xuan, then left for Central Province and told Fang Xuan to claim the box after entering the Spirit Wandering Realm.
• Chu Kuang borrowed a thousand Talisman Jade from Fang Xuan, admitting that he had lost the money gambling.
• Chu Kuang found signs of a Great Tomb near Bianjing City and joined Qian Lai’s tomb-raiding party, persuading Fang Xuan to accompany them by citing his divination.
• The group entered the tomb, where Chu Kuang found a strange piece of jade and accused Qian Lai of hiding that others had been there.
• Qian Lai revealed that a woman had led the tomb raiders to the site, where more than a dozen of his men died before the woman disappeared; Chu Kuang warned that a Mystic Sect practitioner had entered the dangerous tomb.

Fang Xuan, Chu Kuang, and Qian Lai encountered deadly swarms of venomous insects inside the tomb, and Chu Kuang suspected it belonged to a Great Witch. They reached the final burial chamber, where a huge coffin began to open.

• Fang Xuan and Chu Kuang found Liu Lao San and dozens of other tomb raiders dead, their bodies drained of blood and vitality.
• Fang Xuan, Chu Kuang, and Qian Lai fled a swarm of black insects that devoured several of Qian Lai's men.
• A second swarm attacked them from a coffin, but Fang Xuan burned it with his Heart Burning Flame Palm, revealing insects bred on a corpse.
• Chu Kuang explained that the insects came from Witch Clan techniques, and he led Fang Xuan and Qian Lai deeper into the tomb despite Qian Lai's wish to leave.
• Fang Xuan, Chu Kuang, and Qian Lai entered a pitch-black final chamber filled with mutilated corpses and open coffins, where the central coffin began to open.

Fang Xuan and Chu Kuang fought a Xiao that commanded the corpses in the tomb and left after killing it, while Qian Lai stayed behind to take an ancient book. Fang Xuan and Chu Kuang later realized Qian Lai had vanished, and they braced themselves for danger.

• Qian Lai panicked when a Xiao rose from the coffin, and Chu Kuang explained that it could command the dead.
• The Xiao animated the mangled corpses, but Fang Xuan destroyed them and killed the Xiao with his sword and divine fire.
• Fang Xuan and Chu Kuang decided the tomb had nothing to do with dragon fortune and headed back through the passage.
• Qian Lai found an ancient book in the coffin, then discovered that the passage had vanished and the corpses had risen again.
• Fang Xuan and Chu Kuang noticed Qian Lai was missing and prepared for danger.

Fang Xuan and Chu Kuang became trapped in an illusion array in the tomb, and Chu Kuang triggered a mechanism while trying to smash through it. Elsewhere, Qian Lai reunited with Hu Sanniang and her companions, but learned a monster was hunting them and appeared again as An Yu tried to locate Chu Kuang.

• Fang Xuan and Chu Kuang realized the passage had become an endless illusion array, and Chu Kuang admitted his Mystic Feng Shui could not help them escape.
• Chu Kuang struck the wall with his hammer, triggered a mechanism, and Fang Xuan charged deeper into the passage.
• Qian Lai encountered Hu Sanniang, a sickly man in white, and An Yu, and learned that the other members of their groups had died.
• Hu Sanniang told Qian Lai that Xiao filled the tomb chambers and a monster hunted them, killing one person each day.
• Qian Lai asked An Yu to find Chu Kuang, and she began using a ritual disk as the monster appeared again.

Fang Xuan and Chu Kuang escaped a maze formation by using Fang Xuan’s dragon fortune, then discovered another strand of dragon fortune in the tomb. Elsewhere, Hu Sanniang, Qian Lai, the young girl, and the injured man fled a monstrous creature until Fang Xuan arrived and struck it down.

• Chu Kuang asked Fang Xuan whether he carried dragon fortune, then blindfolded him and used his directions to guide them through the maze to a hidden chamber.
• Fang Xuan and Chu Kuang searched the side chamber, found black armor, and used Chu Kuang’s compass to locate another strand of dragon fortune to the east.
• A human-faced creature attacked Qian Lai, and Hu Sanniang was wounded while protecting him and the young girl.
• The young girl led the group into a passage, and Qian Lai delayed the pursuing creature by throwing treasures at it.
• Fang Xuan emerged from the darkness and struck the creature’s mouth with flaming Sword Qi, causing it to explode.

Fang Xuan and Pu An Yu reunited with Chu Kuang’s group, escaped the maze, and entered the tomb’s Main Tomb Chamber. They discovered murals describing the Nine Provinces’ first Human Emperor, while more murals awaited their investigation.

• Fang Xuan and Pu An Yu recognized each other after rejoining Chu Kuang, Qian Lai, Hu Sanniang, and the white-robed man.
• Hu Sanniang collapsed from her injuries, and Chu Kuang treated her with a medicinal pill.
• Chu Kuang identified the white-robed man as carrying dragon fortune, but his bad luck caused the eastern passage to collapse when he tried to guide them.
• Pu An Yu announced that the maze formation had dispersed and led the group to a sealed stone gate, which Fang Xuan helped open.
• The group entered the Main Tomb Chamber and split up to search its walls.
• Fang Xuan and Pu An Yu read a mural about strange creatures invading the Nine Provinces and a Human Emperor who drove them out and forged an Imperial Jade Seal.

Fang Xuan and his companions discovered an ancient tomb tied to the Nine Mouths Suppressing Dragon Wells, where a terrifying armored figure mistook Fang Xuan for his master and entrusted him with a Dragon Seal. The figure then opened an ice coffin, recognized that Fang Xuan was not his master, and turned on the group.

• Fang Xuan, Chu Kuang, and Pu An Yu studied murals showing ten crowned martial artists battling dark creatures, with nine sacrificing themselves to form the Nine Mouths Suppressing Dragon Wells.
• After finding their entrance sealed, Fang Xuan led the group through an Azure Passage and used Pu An Yu’s Jade Coins to reach a platform guarded by dried corpses.
• The group found a towering armored figure beside an ice coffin, and Chu Kuang recognized its armor as the legendary Nine Luminaries Black Armor.
• The armored figure froze the group in place, then knelt before Fang Xuan and called him Master; Pu An Yu suggested he had mistaken Fang Xuan for the survivor from the murals.
• Fang Xuan told the figure that the Nine Provinces were united, and the figure gave him a Dragon Seal, saying it could not be restored.
• The figure opened the ice coffin, saw the middle-aged man inside, and declared that Fang Xuan was not the master.

Fang Xuan fought the armored figure inside the burial chamber while his companions escaped, then used the Dragon Seal and the ice coffin to force a standoff. Outside, Pu An Yu grieved and tried to return for him as the tomb began collapsing.

• Fang Xuan tore open the burial chamber doors and sent Hu Sanniang and the man in white out with Chu Kuang, but the armored figure collapsed the entrance and trapped him inside.
• Chu Kuang knocked Pu An Yu unconscious and led her, Qian Lai, Hu Sanniang, and the man in white out of the tomb.
• The armored figure attacked Fang Xuan, who transformed, unleashed his Divine Fire Profound Heaven Transformation and Dragon Emperor Seal, and briefly buried it beneath falling stone.
• Fang Xuan threatened to destroy the ice coffin and offered to return the Dragon Seal in exchange for a way out, then asked who the figure's master was.
• Pu An Yu woke, beat Chu Kuang, and tried to return to the tomb before breaking down and explaining how Fang Xuan had protected and helped her.
• The ground shook and the tomb entrance began collapsing, prompting Chu Kuang to warn everyone.

Fang Xuan reached an agreement with the black-armored guardian after the Dragon Seal recognized him, then reunited with Pu An Yu and carried her through the collapsing tomb. They made their way toward the exit as Pu An Yu explained the Divination Palace and offered to divine Fang Xuan’s romantic fate.

• Chu Kuang learned that Pu An Yu had gone back into the Underground Palace and told the others Fang Xuan’s name, prompting them to recognize the famed Dragon Whale Army commander.
• The black-armored man returned the Dragon Seal to Fang Xuan after it recognized him as its new master, then demanded that Fang Xuan surrender the dragon fortune once he found his own master.
• The black-armored man placed a wisp of his Primordial Spirit in Fang Xuan’s Navel Point as a restraint, promised it could help protect him, and showed him the Gate of Life.
• Pu An Yu found Fang Xuan, embraced him, and let him set her broken leg before asking him to carry her out of the tomb.
• Fang Xuan carried Pu An Yu through the rubble as her jade-green coins guided them; she explained the Divination Palace and offered to divine his romantic fate after admitting she could not locate the scattered dragon fortune.

After escaping the Underground Palace with Pu An Yu, Fang Xuan learned more about the five-hundred-year limit on dynasties and discussed how to collect the dragon fortune attached to the man in white. In Qiu Ding Town, he discovered that several provinces were fighting over Central Province’s former Imperial Court Army, and Qian Lai offered the Hou Tu Society’s help.

• Fang Xuan returned to Chu Kuang and Qian Lai with Pu An Yu, then recounted how he had escaped the tomb and encountered the living warrior in black armor.
• Pu An Yu explained that the chaotic era before Great Yang had lasted over four hundred years, and Fang Xuan calculated that Great Yang had lasted 436 years since its vassal kings began dividing the land.
• At an inn in Qiu Ding Town, Chu Kuang asked how Fang Xuan would collect the dragon fortune attached to the man in white and warned that his own incomplete secret art brought bad luck.
• Qian Lai returned with a government notice reporting that several provinces, including Sea Province, were fighting over Central Province’s 300,000 former Imperial Court Army troops.
• Qian Lai offered the Hou Tu Society’s help to Fang Xuan because he commanded the Dragon Whale Army of Sea Province.

Celestial Master Liu and Gongyang Jing considered investigating the opened Underground Palace after hearing that it contained Nine Luminaries Black Armor. At the inn, Fang Xuan worried over the Dragon Whale Army and his inability to absorb dragon fortune until Chu Kuang arrived with a book and a possible solution.

• Gongyang Jing told Celestial Master Liu that the Underground Palace had opened and might contain Nine Luminaries Black Armor, then urged him to visit the masters staying in Qiu Ding Town.
• Celestial Master Liu suspected Gongyang Jing wanted him as a shield against the Hou Tu Society, but agreed that Chu Kuang's presence made an inquiry worthwhile.
• Pu An Yu mixed ointments to prevent a scar on her healed leg while Fang Xuan worried about the Dragon Whale Army and the three hundred thousand Imperial Court Army troops in Central Province.
• Pu An Yu suggested Fang Xuan could bring the Imperial Court Army under the Dragon Whale Army, but warned that doing so might provoke four provinces to oppose him.
• Fang Xuan said he could not yet absorb the strand of dragon fortune he had found, and Chu Kuang arrived with an ancient book describing how external force might help.

Fang Xuan and Chu Kuang learned that the Dragon Gathering Banner could gather dragon fortune, and Pu An Yu enlisted the Gongyang Clan and Bao Feng Temple to help find rare materials and people with exceptional luck. The search began to expand across Jing Province and beyond as Fang Xuan asked Qian Lai to investigate arrivals from Sea Province.

• Fang Xuan read about the Dragon Gathering Banner, and Chu Kuang revealed that he knew how to refine it but lacked the materials.
• Gongyang Jing and Liu Siyi visited Chu Kuang and asked about the Nine Luminaries Black Armor in the Underground Palace.
• Chu Kuang confirmed that the Underground Palace held the Nine Luminaries Black Armor and described it as capable of granting immortality.
• Pu An Yu gave Gongyang Jing and Liu Siyi a list of materials to find and asked them to search Jing Province for people whose luck had suddenly improved.
• Gongyang Jing and Liu Siyi agreed to help find promising people, while Chu Kuang offered rewards for their efforts.
• Fang Xuan asked Qian Lai to monitor Central Province and investigate who had come from Sea Province.

Xuan Yi King and Mister Wei discussed their plans for Dragon Fortune and the threat posed by Fang Xuan, while Gongyang Jing struggled to find children of fortune for Chu Kuang. Fang Xuan learned that Gongyang Yiyun carried Dragon Fortune and asked him to hand it over, and Yiyun accepted his impending death.

• Mister Wei told Xuan Yi King that Fang Xuan's rapid breakthrough and ability to contest the Third Prince for Dragon Fortune could threaten the unification of the Nine Provinces.
• Gongyang Jing reprimanded his steward for bringing in unsuitable candidates and ordered him to keep watching Liu Siyi for signs of interest in the Nine Radiance Black Armor.
• Fang Xuan confronted the man in white about reporting the Underground Palace to the Gongyang Clan, but said he did not care about the man's identity or the dispute between the clan and the Hou Tu Society.
• The man in white identified himself as Gongyang Yiyun and said he and Fang Xuan shared an aura connected to the same source.
• Fang Xuan said he needed the Dragon Fortune they carried, and Gongyang Yiyun accepted his death and invited Fang Xuan to act.

Fang Xuan used the Dragon Gathering Banner to remove the dragon fortune from Gongyang Yiyun and offered him a cultivation method in exchange for future obedience. Meanwhile, Elder Xu learned that several groups were gathering dragon fortune across the Nine Provinces and ordered Sun Fu to keep investigating, especially in Yi Province.

• Fang Xuan drew the dragon fortune out of Gongyang Yiyun with the Dragon Gathering Banner, causing a storm as the banner captured it.
• Fang Xuan revived Gongyang Yiyun with a Clarity Pill and offered him the Divine Fire Profound Heaven Transformation in exchange for following his arrangements.
• Chu Kuang told Pu An Yu that Fang Xuan’s commotion could attract more scattered dragon fortune, while reassuring her that he could handle anyone who came.
• Sun Fu told Elder Xu that an unknown force was gathering dragon fortune and that Red Eyebrow Army members were abducting people connected to it in Yan Province.
• Sun Fu reported Fang Xuan’s recent activity in Jing Province and the lack of information about Kunwu Mountain; Elder Xu ordered him to continue investigating and watch Yi Province.