Chapter Summaries

Wang Yuan defeated Cloud Province’s five greatest young prodigies and was hailed as the Yunzhou Martial Gathering’s undefeated champion. Just as the crowd celebrated his triumph, Liu Canglan accused him of being the Myriad Poisons Sect’s Holy Son and a threat to Cloud Province.

• Yan Wushuang, Luo Qingyi, Lin Xiaotian, Su Han, and Feng Qingyao admitted defeat after Wang Yuan overwhelmed them.
• Spectators and sect leaders praised Wang Yuan, while Situ Lie and Qin Xuanyue celebrated his victory for Kaoshan Sect.
• Wang Yuan calmly declared that none of his peers could make him fight seriously, and the gathering’s announcer declared him undefeated and advanced to the third round.
• Liu Canglan interrupted the celebration, accused Wang Yuan of hiding a monstrous calamity, and claimed he was the Holy Son of the Myriad Poisons Sect from Myriad Province.

After Wang Yuan won the Yunzhou Martial Gathering, Liu Canglan accused him of being a Myriad Poisons Sect infiltrator, but Wang Yuan challenged the evidence and exposed Liu’s personal grudge. Liu insisted that only the sect’s special constitution could explain his poisoned wounds, leaving the accusation unresolved.

• Liu Canglan revealed his poison scars and claimed Wang Yuan was the Myriad Poisons Sect’s Holy Son plotting against Cloud Province.
• The spectators and prominent figures grew suspicious of Wang Yuan as Liu’s allegations spread through the venue.
• Wang Yuan admitted that he had wounded Liu at Qingteng Valley but denied using Myriad Poisons Sect techniques or possessing the Myriad Poisons Body.
• Wang Yuan argued that his poison art came from an unaffiliated ancient Rogue Cultivator and accused Liu of framing him out of jealousy and resentment.
• Situ Lie condemned Liu for abusing his position to settle a private grudge, but Liu insisted that only the Myriad Poisons Sect’s special constitution could have poisoned him.

Wang Yuan exposed Liu Canglan’s false accusations, was declared champion of the Yunzhou Martial Gathering, and secured Kaoshan Sect’s rise by winning the tournament’s resources. The chapter ended with Kaoshan Sect taking priority over major martial resources and support across Cloud Province.

• Wang Yuan revealed his pure, righteous aura, and Daoist Fencang and Li Zhenyue confirmed he had no connection to the Myriad Poisons Sect.
• Wang Yuan denounced Liu Canglan for framing him, and Situ Lie declared a blood feud between Kaoshan Sect and Liu Canglan.
• Yan Chiluan announced Wang Yuan as the undefeated Yunzhou Martial Gathering champion, prompting cheers from the spectators.
• Daoist Fencang, Li Zhenyue, the master of Tingyu Tower, and Wei Ping assigned Kaoshan Sect major shares and priority access to Cloud Province’s martial resources.
• The great aristocratic Lineages pledged further support to Kaoshan Sect, shifting Cloud Province’s martial balance in its favor.

After the Yunzhou Martial Gathering, Wang Yuan secured a place in the Kaoshan Sect for his old friend Zhang Mingyuan and returned with the victorious sect. Meanwhile, Bitao Sect Master Wei Ping ordered Liu Canglan to kill Wang Yuan whenever an opportunity arose.

• Wang Yuan reunited with Zhang Mingyuan and offered to bring him into the Kaoshan Sect as an Inner Disciple, with resources and personal guidance.
• Wang Yuan arranged for Zhang Mingyuan to wait with the Kaoshan Sect before returning to the mountain with them.
• Situ Lie praised Wang Yuan for remembering his old friend, and the Kaoshan Sect finished collecting its rewards and prepared to return home.
• Wei Ping privately rebuked Liu Canglan for his failed scheme, then declared that Wang Yuan had to die.
• Wei Ping ordered Liu Canglan to kill Wang Yuan if he encountered him and had any chance to strike.

After Wang Yuan led Kaoshan Sect to victory at the Yunzhou Martial Gathering, the sect welcomed its triumphant procession home and named him its Dao Child. The chapter ends with thousands of disciples bowing to him, while Wei Ping and Liu Canglan secretly resolved to kill him.

• Wei Ping warned Liu Canglan that Wang Yuan threatened Bitao Sect and ordered him to wait for a chance to kill Wang Yuan without leaving evidence.
• Kaoshan Sect returned from the Yunzhou Martial Gathering to a jubilant welcome from thousands of disciples and waiting elders.
• Situ Lie announced that Wang Yuan had won first place, raising Kaoshan Sect to the head of Cloud Province's Four Great Martial Sects and securing its resources and authority.
• Situ Lie formally appointed Wang Yuan Dao Child and presented him with the sect's jade seal.
• Wang Yuan accepted the title, vowed to protect and revitalize Kaoshan Sect, and received the bows of the assembled disciples.

Wang Yuan was named the Kaoshan Sect’s Mysterious Abyss Dao Child and began secluded cultivation with the sect’s finest resources. As his fame spread across Cloud Province, Ji Mie Arhat discussed Wang Yuan’s potential and the looming need for a Grandmaster amid Great Yin’s turmoil.

• Situ Lie bestowed the Mysterious Abyss Dao Academy, precious cultivation treasures, and the title Mysterious Abyss Dao Child upon Wang Yuan.
• Wang Yuan entered the academy, sealed its gates, and began secluded cultivation to strengthen his foundation and pursue another bodily transformation.
• Wang Yuan’s victories spread through Cloud Province, where people praised him and the Kaoshan Sect’s rise.
• Ji Mie Arhat and a young Buddhist disciple secretly discussed Wang Yuan’s talent and the danger his lack of harmony might pose when he attempted to become a Grandmaster.
• Ji Mie Arhat offered an Arhat relic as a fallback if Wang Yuan could not break through on his own, while warning that Cloud Province had little time before the Imperial Court’s Weapon Master became active.

Ji Province’s Weapon Master, Xiao Jin, used the Nine Nether Baleful Suppression Demon Blade to kill the refugee army’s leader and end the uprising. The surviving rebels surrendered, and Xiao Jin’s identity and the blade’s power were revealed.

• Ji Mie Arhat explained that the Great Yin Weapon Master could rival a Yin-Yang Grandmaster by wielding a naturally formed demonic blade.
• Red-Brow Old Qu led hundreds of thousands of refugees to besiege Ji Province and challenged its defenders.
• Xiao Jin confronted the rebel army, drew the Nine Nether Baleful Suppression Demon Blade, and killed Red-Brow Old Qu with one slash.
• Xiao Jin ordered the rebels to surrender, and the terrified soldiers cast down their weapons and knelt.
• A deputy general identified Xiao Jin as Great Yin’s Northern Suppression Grand General, and the blade’s origin and fearsome power were explained.

After pacifying Ji Province, Xiao Jin prepared to lead the Imperial Court's army against the defiant martial factions of Cloud Province. Wang Yuan advanced his cultivation in seclusion, then decided to go to Gaoye City to bring his family and master back.

• Xiao Jin ordered the surrendered rebel troops disarmed and assigned to land-reclamation labor after executing Red-Brow Old Qu.
• Chen Xuanli delivered the Imperial Court's order for Xiao Jin to punish Cloud Province's Four Great Sects and two great Lineages.
• Xiao Jin ordered the army to rest for half a month before marching north to Cloud Province.
• Wang Yuan consumed Situ Lie's spiritual medicines and broke through to Bone Forging Mid Stage, raising his strength to one hundred and fifty thousand jin.
• Wang Yuan advanced Nine Heavens Mountain to its sixth layer, the Dragon Elephant Vajra Prajna Divine Art to its third layer, and the Talent Bead to 57%.
• Wang Yuan resolved to go to Gaoye City to bring his family and master back.

Wang Yuan left the Kaoshan Sect to retrieve his family and master from Gaoye City as war threatened Cloud Province. The Sect Master sent Tie Zhan, Luo Qingxuan, and a hundred black-armored cavalrymen with him, and the party set off in a grand procession.

• Wang Yuan ended his secluded cultivation and told Situ Lie and Elder Mu that he would travel to Gaoye City to bring his family and master to safety.
• Elder Mu revealed that he had once hoped to take Zheng Shan as a disciple, but Li Wanjun had opposed it.
• Situ Lie and Elder Mu warned Wang Yuan that General Xiao Jin was preparing to lead an army into Cloud Province on the Imperial Court's orders.
• Situ Lie ordered Tie Zhan and Luo Qingxuan to escort Wang Yuan, along with one hundred black-armored cavalrymen.
• Wang Yuan received a farewell from the Kaoshan Sect's disciples and led the escort down the mountain toward Gaoye City.

Wang Yuan traveled toward Gaoye City in a grand escort and strengthened his spiritual power, unlocking a more potent effect from the Evil God's Eye. Meanwhile, Liu Canglan learned that Wang Yuan had left Kaoshan Sect and began plotting to assassinate him on the road.

• Wang Yuan boarded his gilded carriage and set out for Gaoye City with Tie Zhan, Luo Qingxuan, and a hundred black-armored cavalrymen.
• Wang Yuan cultivated the Spirit-Concentrating Method during the journey and broke through to its third level.
• Wang Yuan's Evil God's Eye gained the ability to intimidate and suppress the minds of martial artists below Organ Tempering.
• Liu Canglan learned that Wang Yuan was traveling far from Kaoshan Sect and decided to ambush him with Bitao Sect's deathsworn.

Wang Yuan let the Bitao Sect spring its ambush in a gorge, then used the Evil God's Eye to turn its Death Warriors against their leader. The chapter ended with Liu Canglan facing the blades of his own men.

• Wang Yuan traveled in a guarded carriage, confident that few in Cloud Province could threaten him and anticipating an ambush.
• Liu Canglan and thirty Bitao Sect Death Warriors prepared to kill Wang Yuan in a narrow gorge.
• Liu Canglan ordered the Death Warriors to attack as Wang Yuan's procession entered the gorge.
• Wang Yuan unleashed the Evil God's Eye, overwhelming the Death Warriors' minds and making them abandon their loyalty to the Bitao Sect.
• The Death Warriors turned their poisoned blades on Liu Canglan, who cried out in disbelief.

Wang Yuan confronted Liu Canglan, who had ambushed him with thirty Death Warriors, and defeated him despite Liu's poison immunity and Organ Refining cultivation. He used the Evil God's Eye to enslave Liu and the Death Warriors, leaving Tie Zhan worried about the Bitao Sect's retaliation.

• Tie Zhan and Luo Qingxuan recognized Liu Canglan as the mastermind behind the ambush, while Wang Yuan approached him alone.
• Liu Canglan revealed that he had taken a Myriad-Poison-Immunity Grand Pill and attacked Wang Yuan with water-aspected Gang Qi.
• Wang Yuan blocked Liu Canglan's attacks with his hardened body and overpowered him with his strength, leaving him gravely wounded.
• Wang Yuan used the Evil God's Eye to invade Liu Canglan's consciousness and force him into submission.
• Wang Yuan ordered Liu Canglan and the thirty Death Warriors to serve him, and they obeyed.
• Tie Zhan warned Wang Yuan that the Bitao Sect would retaliate, but Wang Yuan said Liu Canglan was more useful alive.

Wang Yuan’s procession reached besieged Gaoye City, where Panshi Fist Academy struggled against refugees, the Incense God Cult, and the Three Great Families’ remnants. As martial hall leaders urged surrender, Zheng Shan killed the most outspoken traitor and ordered the city defended to the death.

• Wang Yuan disguised Liu Canglan as Elder Liu and led his procession toward Gaoye City.
• Wang Yuan arrived to find Gaoye City besieged by refugees, Incense God Cult disciples, and forces of the Gao, Ye, and Huang families.
• Zheng Shan and the academy’s senior disciples directed the city’s defenses while Wang Yuan’s family sheltered inside their residence.
• Several martial hall masters urged Zheng Shan to surrender, arguing that their depleted forces could not withstand the siege.
• The Blustering Wind Martial Hall master declared that he would open the gates, and Zheng Shan killed him with a single Panshi Fist.
• Zheng Shan warned the hall masters that anyone else who advocated surrender would be killed, and they returned to defend the city.

Xu Fu and the heads of the Gao, Ye, and Huang families ordered a full assault on Gaoye City to destroy the Panshi Fist Academy and seize control. Zheng Shan urged the Wang family to escape, but they refused, leaving him resolved to defend the city to the end.

• Xu Fu told Gao Qiu, Ye Chen, and Huang Laoxie that Gaoye City's defenses were close to breaking and laid out plans to destroy the Panshi Fist Academy and take control of the city.
• Xu Fu ordered the Incense God Cult's elites and the three families' troops to launch an all-out assault, declaring that Gaoye City must fall within three days.
• Zheng Shan went to the Wang family home and urged Wang Gui, Madam Zhou, and Wang Yu to escape through a secret passage to Cloud Province.
• Zheng Shan explained that he would stay to defend Gaoye City and hoped Wang Yuan would return to find his family alive.
• Wang Gui, Madam Zhou, and Wang Yu refused to leave their home, and Zheng Shan resolved to fight on as a disciple reported that the enemy had begun a full-scale attack.

Wang Yuan returned to Gaoye City as it fell to the Incense God Cult and the Three Great Families, finding his master and family in mortal danger. His arrival halted the invaders, and Liu Canglan revealed his Viscera Refining Realm strength as Xu Fu and the other leaders faced them.

• Zheng Shan rushed to the city walls and joined Shi Long, Zheng Ying, and Shang Yong in defending Gaoye City against the attackers.
• The Barbarian Bear Martial Hall master betrayed the defenders by opening the South City side gate, allowing refugees, Incense God Cult followers, and the Three Great Families’ troops into the city.
• Xu Fu and the family heads cornered Zheng Shan on the walls, while Wang Gui, Madam Zhou, and Wang Yu feared they would never see Wang Yuan again.
• Wang Yuan arrived with a grand procession from the Kaoshan Sect and declared that Gaoye City was his homeland.
• Xu Fu and Gao Qiu challenged Wang Yuan, who condemned their attack on his family, master, and city.
• Liu Canglan unleashed his Viscera Refining Realm pressure, terrifying Xu Fu and the other invaders.

Wang Yuan returned to Gaoye City and crushed the rebellion, ordering Liu Canglan to execute the four rebel leaders and the Black-Armored Cavalry to restore order without harming innocent civilians. He reunited with his wounded master, Zheng Shan, and apologized for arriving too late.

• Wang Yuan ordered Liu Canglan to kill Xu Fu and the three family heads, Gao Qiu, Ye Chen, and Huang Laoxie.
• Liu Canglan slaughtered the remaining resisting cult leaders and private soldiers on the city wall.
• Wang Yuan ordered the Black-Armored Cavalry to enter Gaoye City, kill armed rioters, and spare innocent civilians.
• The Black-Armored Cavalry and thirty black-clad dead warriors crushed the rebellion and cleared the streets of hidden cultists and soldiers.
• Wang Yuan landed on the city wall, reunited with Zheng Shan, and apologized for arriving too late.

Wang Yuan reunited with Zheng Shan and the Panshi Fist Academy disciples after saving Gaoye City, revealing his status as the Kaoshan Sect's Mysterious Abyss Daoist Heir and his Bone Forging Mid Stage cultivation. He rewarded his wounded companions and returned to his family, where the chapter ended with the Wang family reunited and safe.

• Wang Yuan reassured Zheng Shan, Shi Long, Zheng Ying, and Shang Yong, then revealed his Daoist Heir status and Bone Forging Mid Stage cultivation.
• Wang Yuan gave Zheng Shan, Shi Long, Zheng Ying, and Shang Yong seventh-rank Nine-Leaf Green Lotus Leaves to heal their injuries and aid their cultivation.
• Wang Yuan promised to protect Panshi Fist Academy and provide its disciples with Qi and Blood Pills and martial arts manuals.
• Wang Yuan returned to the Wang Family Courtyard House and reunited with Wang Gui, Madam Zhou, Wang Yu, and Lin Wenxuan.
• Wang Yuan held his nephew, Lin Nianyuan, and the family gathered safely together after the city’s crisis.

Wang Yuan executed the Savage Bear Martial Hall master for betraying Gaoye City, then established laws placing the city’s martial halls under Panshi Fist Academy. He rewarded the academy’s defenders with pills and manuals and set rules for the city’s defenses and refugee resettlement.

• Wang Yuan executed the Savage Bear Martial Hall master after condemning him for opening Gaoye City’s gates to the enemy.
• Wang Yuan announced four laws forbidding betrayal, requiring martial halls to follow Panshi Fist Academy, suppressing hostile factions, and punishing looters.
• Zheng Shan, Shi Long, Zheng Ying, and Shang Yong refined Nine-Leaf Green Lotus leaves, recovering from their injuries and advancing their cultivation.
• Wang Yuan gave Panshi’s battle participants healing and Qi and Blood pills and added orthodox martial arts manuals to the academy’s repository.
• Wang Yuan placed Gaoye City’s martial halls under Panshi’s jurisdiction and ordered the academy and authorities to resettle displaced civilians and provide provisions.

After restoring order in Gaoye City, Wang Yuan reflected on the peace he had secured for his family, sect, and homeland. Far north, Xiao Jin's army entered Cloud Province, where Ji Mie Arhat challenged him before withdrawing and warning that greater forces awaited.

• The minor school masters submitted, the Gao, Ye, and Huang families were annihilated, and the Incense God Cult was uprooted.
• Zheng Shan organized the Fist Academy, refugees, and city defenses, while Liu Canglan reported that hidden threats had been purged and guards were stationed throughout Gaoye City.
• Xiao Jin led thirty thousand Northern Frontier soldiers into Cloud Province and encountered Ji Mie Arhat blocking the Black Mountain Ancient Road.
• Ji Mie Arhat urged Xiao Jin to abandon his campaign, and the two fought for a hundred exchanges with neither able to defeat the other.
• Ji Mie Arhat withdrew after warning Xiao Jin of the forces and tribulations ahead, but Xiao Jin ordered his army to continue north at full speed.

Wang Yuan used a Nine-Leaf Green Lotus Seed to break through to Bone Forging Late Stage, bringing his Talent Bead to eighty percent and nearing a new divine ability. Meanwhile, Zhou Cheng led Imperial Court cavalry toward Gaoye City with outdated orders to subdue what he believed was a rebel city.

• Wang Yuan resolved to eventually move his family, Zheng Shan, and Panshi Fist Academy to the safety of Kaoshan Sect, but decided he first needed greater strength.
• Wang Yuan entered seclusion and swallowed the Nine-Leaf Green Lotus Seed to advance his cultivation.
• Wang Yuan broke through to Bone Forging Late Stage, solidified his tremendous strength, and raised his Talent Bead to eighty percent as a new divine ability began to awaken.
• Zhou Cheng led over a thousand Imperial Court cavalrymen toward Gaoye City under orders to inspect and subdue frontier cities.
• Zhou Cheng relied on outdated reports and believed Gaoye City remained a rebel stronghold, unaware that Wang Yuan had already restored order.