Chapter Summaries

Yang Shan escaped Fan Ling by using Yin Evil Force, causing Fan Ling to blame the Heavenly Yin Sect for the attack. At their rendezvous, Luo Xie rewarded Yang Shan with an inherited cultivation method and promoted him to Gold-Ranked Assassin of Bloodshed Hall.

• Fan Ling caught Yang Shan and struck him with Bone Melting Blood Evil Palm, inflicting blood qi erosion and weakening his attributes.
• Yang Shan used Yin Evil Force, empowered by Luo Xie, to shatter Fan Ling’s Dou Qi Armor and escape.
• Fan Ling concluded that the Heavenly Yin Sect was backing Yang Shan and led the Blood Sect members back to confront his father about the conflict.
• Yang Shan met Luo Xie at their agreed rendezvous, where Luo Xie praised him and gave him an inheritance item.
• Yang Shan examined the inherited Wrathful Thunder Mystic Skill and was impressed by its powerful thunder-based combat effects.
• Luo Xie gave Yang Shan a golden token, making him a Gold-Ranked Assassin of Bloodshed Hall.

Yang Shan returned to Gama Holy City after checking the Players’ progress across the Jia Ma Empire and reunited with Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng. The two princesses joined their gathering, and another guest arrived to ask Yang Shan why he had come without them.

• Yang Shan told Su Yitang he was leaving the Black-Corner Region and learned that the fourth sheepskin parchment remained difficult to obtain.
• On his way back, Yang Shan read forum reports about Hai Bodong’s quests, Xiao Yi Xian’s escape into the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Xiao Mei’s rise to Dou Ling, and Players choosing factions.
• Yang Shan returned to Gama Holy City and told Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng about the Space Wormhole, but both said they were occupied with local quests and training.
• Yao Ye and Yao Yue arrived at the restaurant, invited Yang Shan to visit the royal family, and sat beside Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng.
• An unnamed guest arrived and asked Yang Shan why he had come to the restaurant without letting them treat him to a meal.

Yang Shan left Yao Ye and Yao Yue to meet Nalan Yanran, who invited him to eat but hoped to challenge him to overcome her earlier defeat. When Yun Yun offered Surging Lightning Silver as a wager, Yang Shan agreed to fight, and Yun Yun proposed that his penalty for losing be serving as Nalan Yanran’s sparring partner for half a month.

• Yang Shan left the imperial sisters with Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng, then accepted Nalan Yanran’s invitation to eat.
• Yao Ye asked Chao Bafang about Yang Shan and invited him for tea, but Yang Shan told his friends he did not want to deal with the imperial family yet.
• Nalan Yanran led Yang Shan to her courtyard and tried to persuade him to spar, but he refused and asked to eat first.
• Yun Yun appeared and offered Yang Shan Surging Lightning Silver if he defeated Nalan Yanran in a wagered battle.
• Yang Shan offered ten Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pills and twenty Bone Sculpting Pills as his stake, and Yun Yun asked him to serve as Nalan Yanran’s sparring partner for half a month if he lost.

Yang Shan and Nalan Yanran fought their wagered duel under Yun Yun’s supervision, with Yang Shan countering Nalan Yanran’s attacks and movement technique. When Nalan Yanran tried to use Thousand Wind Blades a second time, Yang Shan closed in and struck her wrist, leaving her own wind attack to turn back against her.

• Yang Shan accepted a wagered half-month of sparring with Nalan Yanran in exchange for Surging Lightning Silver, and Yun Yun agreed to oversee their duel.
• Nalan Yanran opened with a probing gust of Qi, then used Drifting Catkins to evade Yang Shan while trading more than twenty attacks with him.
• Nalan Yanran used Thousand Wind Blades to damage Yang Shan’s Dou Qi Armor, while Yang Shan studied her technique and waited for her to repeat it.
• Nalan Yanran began preparing Thousand Wind Blades again, and Yang Shan used Thunder Spirit Flash to close the distance.
• Yang Shan struck Nalan Yanran’s wrist twice with Thunder Arc Three-Stage Slash, disrupting her hand posture and causing the azure wind lines to turn back toward her Dou Qi Armor.

Yang Shan deliberately provoked Yun Yun into striking him while sparing Nalan Yanran, gaining Yun Yun’s favor and an apology after she healed him. The chapter ended with Yang Shan accepting the wagered Surging Lightning Silver and Yun Yun’s Guardian Ring.

• Yang Shan threw his Thunder Guiding Blade aside to avoid hurting Nalan Yanran, but Yun Yun’s palm strike hit him and left him badly injured.
• Yun Yun felt guilty and admired Yang Shan, raising her favorability as Nalan Yanran gave him a powerful healing pill and Yun Yun helped him recover.
• Yang Shan reassured Yun Yun that she had only acted out of concern for her disciple, increasing her favorability again.
• Over tea, Yang Shan explained how he spotted the flaw in Nalan Yanran’s Thousand Wind Blades, and Yun Yun believed his account of his combat instincts.
• Yun Yun gave Yang Shan the wagered Surging Lightning Silver and offered him a Guardian Ring as an apology, which he accepted.

Yang Shan accepted Yun Yun’s Guardian Ring, then parted from her and Nalan Yanran after Nalan promised to challenge him again. He met Jin Shankao and Ye Suifeng, made an alliance over dinner, and began cultivation before logging off; when he returned, Ya Fei’s celebration was about to start.

• Yun Yun encouraged Nalan Yanran to recover from her defeat, and Nalan thanked Yang Shan for sparing her before promising to duel him again.
• Jin Shankao and Ye Suifeng spotted Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and Yang Shan in the city, and Jin Shankao grew jealous while Ye Suifeng challenged Yang Shan before Jin stopped him.
• Yang Shan, Jin Shankao, and Ye Suifeng shared a meal, exchanged confidential information, and agreed to cooperate.
• Yang Shan cultivated at an inn, logged off to eat and sleep, then returned to the game as Ya Fei’s celebration was about to begin.

At Ya Fei’s celebration, Yang Shan strengthened their partnership and raised her favorability by giving her a pill cooperation contract and a rare beauty-preserving flower. After obtaining the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill Recipe and arranging a high-level Azure Cloud Association mission through Nalan Yanran, Yang Shan set out to exploit the association’s territory and seek more hidden missions.

• At Ya Fei’s celebration, Mitier Tengshan gave her the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill Recipe and discussed investing in Yang Shan, while Ya Fei admitted she no longer expected to recruit him.
• Yang Shan visited Ya Fei after the celebration, gave her a pill cooperation contract and a Heavenly Fragrance Enduring Beauty Flower, and raised her favorability to Confidant.
• Ya Fei gave Yang Shan the pill recipe, and he paid her for the Surging Lightning Silver rather than risk damaging their relationship.
• Yang Shan examined the recipe, recalled a Purple Barrier Heart Grass gathering site in Azure Cloud Association territory, and decided to monopolize its medicinal ingredients.
• Yang Shan asked Nalan Yanran about missions against the Azure Cloud Association, and she arranged for Yun Yun to authorize an unreleased mission to capture a Dou Ling-level member alive.
• Yang Shan left with Yun Yun’s reply and asked his company’s employees to check whether the princess sisters knew of hidden Azure Cloud Association missions.

Yang Shan and his companions traveled to the White Mist Swamp to harvest spirit plants and capture Azure Cloud Association NPCs alive. After Yang Shan accidentally killed an ambusher, Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng successfully subdued another enemy, leaving the trio with their capture mission underway.

• Yang Shan, Chao Bafang, and Zhu Tianpeng traveled from Gama Holy City to the White Mist Swamp, where Zhu Tianpeng sank into the mire and needed help getting out.
• Yang Shan killed a one-star Dou Ling who ambushed him, then realized Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng had expected him to capture the attacker alive.
• The trio began harvesting spirit plants, with Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng giving all Purple Barrier Heart Grass to Yang Shan.
• Yang Shan left Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng to fight a two-star Dou Ling from the Azure Cloud Association while he harvested herbs.
• Zhu Tianpeng restrained the NPC with Beast Water as Chao Bafang attacked him, and the two captured him after weakening him and using Third Grade Tendon Relaxing Powder.

Yang Shan, Chao Bafang, and Zhu Tianpeng captured Azure Cloud Association patrol members in the Poison Barrier Forest until Gou Wenyi, the sub-branch manager, confronted them. Yang Shan defeated and restrained Gou Wenyi, then demanded to know what was happening at the sub-branch.

• Yang Shan, Chao Bafang, and Zhu Tianpeng captured patrol members and reduced the sub-branch’s manpower over several days.
• The Third Leader learned that only six of twenty-five patrol members had returned, then used Soul Gathering Pearls to feed power into a formation.
• Gou Wenyi arrived with six low-star Dou Lings and attacked Yang Shan’s group with Blazing Burning Palm.
• Yang Shan fought Gou Wenyi with Tyrant Blade’s Blade Intent, broke his Dou Qi Armor, and stopped him from escaping with lightning chains.
• Yang Shan held his blade to Gou Wenyi’s throat and demanded an explanation of the sub-branch.

Yang Shan and his companions raided an Azure Cloud Association branch while its Third Leader searched the Poison Barrier Forest, hoping to seize supplies before he returned. Yang Shan found a Soul Accumulation Pearl and the group escaped, leaving the Third Leader to learn that the branch had been devastated.

• Yang Shan learned that Gou Wenyi’s branch had a Dou Wang Third Leader and decided to lure him away before raiding the stronghold.
• Yang Shan, Chao Bafang, and Zhu Tianpeng hid captured Dou Ling NPCs, used Aura Concealing Pills, and waited for the Third Leader to lead his men out searching for them.
• The three entered the branch, where Yang Shan used Overload to blast through its guards while Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng searched for someone who knew the treasury’s location.
• Yang Shan found a formation in the Third Leader’s residence and took its central Soul Accumulation Pearl after damaging the formation.
• When Chao Bafang warned that their time was almost up, Yang Shan called off the search and led the group to retreat.
• The Third Leader turned back toward the branch and encountered a wounded man who told him the stronghold was gone.

Yang Shan escaped the Soul Hall branch with the Soul Accumulation Pearl and returned safely to Gama Holy City, where he began absorbing its Pure Soul Energy. As the absorption began, his Soul Power panel unlocked and showed that the pearl could raise him to Mortal Realm Perfection.

• Yang Shan left Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng behind as he fled the Poison Barrier Forest with the Soul Accumulation Pearl, fearing it would drop if he died.
• Yang Shan showed the pearl’s panel to Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng, then rode Hoof Shadow back to Gama Holy City while a Dou Wang pursued them.
• Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng reported that the Third Leader had killed them, but Zhu Tianpeng had reburied medicine bottles at the burial site for their next attempt to rescue the NPCs.
• Yang Shan promised to compensate them with Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pills, and they returned to the Poison Barrier Forest to retrieve the NPCs.
• Yang Shan activated the Soul Accumulation Pearl and began a two-day absorption, unlocking his Soul Power panel and learning that its stored energy could raise him from early Mortal Realm to Perfection.

Yang Shan tested how Mortal Realm Perfection Soul Strength improved his control over Dou Qi and realized it could help him develop Overload using Heavenly Flames and Heavenly Lightning. He remained determined to join Soul Hall, then summoned Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng to bring NPCs to him so he could refine their pills before Yun Yun arrived.

• Yang Shan tested Soul Strength by controlling Dou Qi, activating Dou Skills faster, and cautiously combining Azure Jade Python Flame with Ape King Violet Lightning; the explosion dealt more damage than before.
• Yang Shan concluded that stronger Soul Strength could help him control powerful energies for Overload, crushed the damaged Soul Accumulation Pearl, and decided to seek more pearls from Azure Cloud Association branches.
• Chao Bafang showed off his new black armor in the company chat, and Yang Shan mocked Zhu Tianpeng's silver armor by comparing him to an ancient figure.
• Chao Bafang sent a picture that made Zhu Tianpeng rush over and punch him, while Princess Yao Ye tried to intervene.
• Yang Shan urged Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng to bring NPCs to him before Yun Yun reached Nalan Yanran, and the two stopped fighting so they could collect their Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pills.

Yang Shan completed Yun Yun’s mission by capturing six Azure Cloud Association Dou Lings, earned a level-up and Wind Hunting Boots, and agreed to refine pills for her. He returned to his courtyard, where Ya Fei proposed discussing a pill business, then successfully refined a batch of Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pills.

• Yang Shan delivered six captured Dou Lings, including Gou Wenyi, to Yun Yun and completed her mission, advancing to Three-Star Dou Ling.
• Yun Yun rewarded Yang Shan with Wind Hunting Boots, and he agreed to refine pills for her in the future.
• Yun Yun asked Yang Shan to call her Senior, and his straightforward attitude increased her favorability.
• Yang Shan returned to his courtyard, where Ya Fei waited with Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng and said she wanted to discuss a pill business.
• Yang Shan began refining Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pills and successfully produced a batch of three.

Yang Shan’s Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pills sparked an auction frenzy and exposed his company’s unusually generous benefits, while rumors about him spread across the forums. Su Yitang asked him to help seize a parchment from an injured Dou Wang, and Yang Shan’s talk of valuable pill orders left her wondering about joining his company.

• Players bid fiercely on a bundle of two Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pills, and Chao Bafang revealed that Yang Shan’s company had given them to him as a reward.
• Zhu Tianpeng posted the company’s hiring requirements and displayed his own powerful skills and equipment, prompting speculation about how Yang Shan obtained his pills.
• Forum users spread a rumor that Yang Shan was a vegetative patient, and Yang Shan complained about it while Ya Fei assured him his forged saber was on its way.
• Su Yitang told Yang Shan she had located an injured Dou Wang elder carrying the final parchment she sought and asked him to help her take it.
• Yang Shan said he was too busy refining valuable pills, and Su Yitang asked whether his company’s benefits were really that good.

Yang Shan recruited Su Yitang under a Freelancer Contract and welcomed her into the company group chat. He then received the Thunderbolt Blade from Ya Fei, gaining a powerful new weapon, while Su Yitang revealed she already wielded an impressive Golden Word Seal dagger.

• Yang Shan offered Su Yitang a Freelancer Contract with a Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill, and she signed it after confirming the terms.
• Yang Shan added Su Yitang to the company group chat, where Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng welcomed her and teased her about being a woman.
• Ya Fei delivered the Thunderbolt Blade, and Yang Shan paid her three Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pills as the forging fee.
• Yang Shan inspected the Supreme-grade Thunderbolt Blade, equipped it, and shared its powerful stats with the group chat.
• Su Yitang revealed her Hundred Refinements dagger with a Golden Word Seal and a 130-point attack bonus, startling Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng.

Yang Shan traveled to Black Seal City to pursue a lead on the final piece of Su Yitang's parchment opportunity and accepted a mission to assassinate the injured Eight Gates elder Fang Sheng. He left Luo Xie believing he would wait and cultivate, while Yang Shan intended to kill Fang Sheng despite being a Three-Star Dou Ling facing a Three-Star Dou Wang.

• Yang Shan told Su Yitang to use her company benefits to break through to Dou Ling, then prepared to leave for the Black-Corner Region.
• Yang Shan reviewed pill prices, traveled through the Space Wormhole to Black Seal City, and found Luo Xie at the pawnshop.
• Yang Shan checked the assassination booklet and found a Gold mission targeting Fang Sheng, an injured Three-Star Dou Wang whose parchment held the final part of Su Yitang's opportunity.
• Luo Xie tried to dissuade Yang Shan from taking the mission, but Yang Shan accepted it and claimed he needed to avenge a friend.
• Yang Shan departed without taking another mission, leaving Luo Xie to assume he would cultivate before challenging Fang Sheng.

After completing her Heart Demon Trial, Su Yitang joined Yang Shan to ambush the heavily injured Dou Wang Fang Sheng. Yang Shan’s traps drove Fang Sheng into a fight with a pack of Iron Armor Wolves, and the chapter ended as Yang Shan approached him in Eight Gates deacon robes.

• Su Yitang waited with Yang Shan in the mountains and took an Aura Concealing Pill, agreeing to follow his plan against Fang Sheng.
• Yang Shan supplied Su Yitang with poisons and used a scent-releasing crystal to lure hundreds of Iron Armor Wolves toward Fang Sheng’s cave.
• The wolves forced Fang Sheng out of the cave, and Meridian Blocking Powder disrupted his Dou Qi Transformation Wings so he could not escape by flying.
• Fang Sheng fought the wolves and the Ink Iron Mysterious Wolf, losing health as his injuries worsened.
• Yang Shan appeared before Fang Sheng in Eight Gates deacon robes and called out to him.

Yang Shan and Su Yitang ambushed Fang Sheng with poison and coordinated attacks, then Yang Shan used lightning and Azure Jade Python Flame to cripple him. Fang Sheng remained dangerous despite his injuries, and Yang Shan prepared another attack while Fang Sheng waited for him to strike with his blade.

• Fang Sheng tricked Yang Shan, disguised as Cheng E, into approaching so he could use him as a scapegoat against the wolf pack.
• Yang Shan shattered Fang Sheng's Dou Qi Armor with Tyrant Blade—Seven Kills, then he and Su Yitang distracted Fang Sheng with poison.
• Yang Shan restrained Fang Sheng with Thunder Guiding Lock, and Yang Shan and Su Yitang struck him, leaving him with only 4,600 health.
• Fang Sheng's power surged as he used a secret technique, but Yang Shan burned his crotch with Beast Flame Roasted Bird and detonated Ape King Violet Lightning against the flame.
• Su Yitang used wind to clear the explosion, while Fang Sheng concealed his remaining strength and waited for Yang Shan to attack with his blade.
• Yang Shan sheathed his blade and raised violet lightning in one hand and green flame in the other, leaving Fang Sheng's planned counterattack uncertain.

Yang Shan and Su Yitang killed Fang Sheng, divided the spoils, and agreed on terms for Su Yitang’s parchment opportunity. Yang Shan returned to Black Seal City with Fang Sheng’s head, where Luo Xie saw it on the table.

• Yang Shan and Su Yitang killed the injured Fang Sheng after repeatedly attacking him and stopping him from escaping.
• Yang Shan gave Su Yitang her requested parchment and negotiated her share of the drops, while she transferred 7,429.50 RMB to him.
• Yang Shan and Su Yitang collected Fang Sheng’s drops, including a purple storage ring and the Mystic Rank Middle-Level cultivation method Black Water Skill.
• Yang Shan sold Su Yitang his last parchment for 100,000 RMB plus ten percent of the profits from her opportunity.
• Yang Shan returned to Black Seal City and showed Luo Xie Fang Sheng’s head.

Yang Shan impressed Luo Xie by killing an injured Dou Wang and exchanged Bloodshed Hall points for fourth- and fifth-grade Aura Concealing Pill formulas. Seeing Yang Shan as a promising recruit for the Soul Hall, Luo Xie decided to personally control his missions and test him before offering him a chance to join.

• Luo Xie learned that Yang Shan had killed Fang Sheng, a Three Star Dou Wang who had been seriously injured, and recorded Yang Shan's points.
• Yang Shan exchanged points for the fourth- and fifth-grade Aura Concealing Pill formulas and stayed in the inner tower.
• Luo Xie worried that Yang Shan was talented enough for the Soul Hall but might take dangerous missions or be recruited by another faction.
• Luo Xie told Yang Shan to call him Tower Master and tried to discourage him from rushing into more missions.
• Luo Xie revealed that he belonged to a mysterious faction beyond the Black-Corner Region and offered to assign Yang Shan missions as a test for a chance to see the world beyond the mountain.