Chapter Summaries

Su Que responded to the Sky Breaking Army’s warning and attacked the Tang Sect stronghold, where Ji Yuanhen and Yi Xingyun discovered that its supposed Tang Sect assassins were impostors. Su Que blocked Ji Yuanhen’s Poison Needles with his Variant Golden Bell Shield and killed Yi Xingyun with one punch.

• A guard alerted Qiu Yu that Ji Yuanhen and Yi Xingyun had arrived, and she arranged for Su Que to be summoned.
• Ji Yuanhen and Yi Xingyun stayed at the stronghold, unaware that its Tang Sect personnel were Sky Breaking Army soldiers in disguise.
• Su Que found the mark on the city wall, met Qiu Yu and Old Daoist Danyang, and hurried with them toward the stronghold.
• Yi Xingyun abducted a guard to dissect him, but noticed that the man knew no Tang Sect martial arts and alerted Ji Yuanhen.
• Ji Yuanhen tested the disguised assistant and tortured him after discovering that he also lacked Tang Sect martial arts.
• Su Que entered the stronghold, blocked Ji Yuanhen’s three Poison Needles with his Variant Golden Bell Shield, and shattered Yi Xingyun’s skull with a punch.

Su Que killed two Tang Sect Assassins, absorbed their energy, and advanced his cultivation before learning that Su Jing had begun practicing the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra with Li Yujing. Suspecting her rapid progress might come at a cost, he secretly entered her room to investigate.

• Su Que defeated Ji Yuanhen, learned that only Tang Sect Inner Sect disciples knew the Poison Scripture, and killed him with the Nine Yin Cold Corpse Claw.
• Su Que absorbed the Myriad Poison True Qi from the man posing as the deputy, then absorbed Yi Xingyun's Death Qi and left before the Tang Sect could send stronger assassins.
• A month later, Su Que opened his seventeenth meridian and advanced the Variant Golden Bell Shield to the Seventh Realm.
• Su Que discovered that Su Jing had entered the Blood and Qi Realm after practicing the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra with Li Yujing, who had reached the Meridian Opening Realm.
• Worried that Su Jing's sudden progress might involve a hidden cost, Su Que went to her room at night and sent controlled poison qi through the door to knock her unconscious.

Su Que opened his final meridian, reached the peak of the Meridian Opening Realm, and began cultivating gang force. Meanwhile, Li Xuanji learned that Su Que was neglecting his post and ordered him to remain at the prefectural yamen after checking in.

• Su Que confirmed that Su Jing had entered the Blood and Qi Realm and continued checking her condition over the following months.
• Su Que opened the Du Meridian, completing all twenty meridians and gaining twenty years of remaining lifespan.
• Su Que tested his stronger martial arts by smashing a boulder, carving through a mountain wall, and expanding his Variant Golden Bell Shield.
• Su Que began cultivating the Gang Condensation Realm and successfully condensed gang force extending two cun.
• Li Xuanji learned from Duan Han that Su Que left his work to the clerks and departed the yamen after checking in.
• Li Xuanji ordered Duan Han to tell Su Que to remain at the prefectural yamen after checking in, saying he would speak to Li Yujing himself.

Li Xuanji ordered Su Que to stop treating his Record Keeper post as idle work, but Su Que resigned to focus on cultivation and distance his Household from the Sky Breaking Army. After three months of training, Su Que perfected the Heavenly Crippling Divine Skill and tested Gang Force with his martial arts before activating his Variant Golden Bell Shield.

• Li Xuanji told Li Yujing that Su Que would have to perform real work to keep his Record Keeper post, and Li Yujing passed the warning to Su Jing.
• Su Jing told Su Que that he could be dismissed if he refused to work, and Su Que decided he would resign rather than sacrifice time for cultivation.
• Duan Han explained Li Xuanji's order to Su Que, who immediately quit his post and left the prefectural office.
• Su Que spent the next three months cultivating, supporting Su Jing with money he claimed to earn through calligraphy and art, and condensing Gang Qi one zhang from his body.
• Su Que advanced the Heavenly Crippling Divine Skill to its seventh realm, perfected it, and used Gang Force with the Heavenly Crippling Foot to blast a huge footprint into a cliff.
• Su Que assumed the opening stance of the Variant Golden Bell Shield and summoned its blood-gold bell around himself.

Su Que reached Divine Mastery in the Sunflower Manual and went to Tianjiang Prefecture to help Li Xuanji confront the Eighteen Bandits. After learning Li Xuanji was in Tianyuan City, Su Que set out for the temporary main camp.

• Su Que advanced the Sunflower Manual to Level 7, Divine Mastery, and tested how his lightness skill had improved.
• Old Daoist Danyang told Su Que that the Eighteen Bandits had allied against the Sky Breaking Army and that Li Xuanji wanted his help.
• Su Que learned how to contact Li Xuanji, traveled to Tianjiang Prefecture, and found Shopkeeper Su at Tongguan Pharmacy in Luoyang Town.
• Shopkeeper Su confirmed Su Que's identity and told him that Li Xuanji was in Tianyuan City.
• Su Que checked the map and flew toward Tianyuan City.

Su Que found the Eighteen Bandits gathered at Five Dragon Mountain and attacked them during their feast. He slaughtered several bandit chiefs and reached Zhou Wutao, the strongest of the bandits, as the battle continued.

• Su Que learned from Li Xuanji that the Eighteen Bandits had gathered at Five Dragon Mountain and rushed there alone.
• Su Que entered the bandits' feast and killed a Hall Master who charged him.
• Su Que killed the bandits who attacked him, including Ba Quan, by cutting them down with his Gang Force and claws.
• Zhao Pingqi, He Sheng, and Luo Yi attacked Su Que with the Great Strength Eagle Claw Technique, the Nine Ring Nine Kill Saber Art, and the Male-Female Twin Kill Spear.
• Su Que killed Zhao Pingqi, He Sheng, and Luo Yi in a single leap, then landed before Zhou Wutao.

Su Que wiped out the Eighteen Bandits on Five Dragon Mountain, absorbed their Death Qi, and returned to cultivation as Li Xuanji’s war against Ma Kuanglong intensified. When Old Daoist Qingxuan explained that improving Su Que’s supply of pills required new recipes or stronger medicinal-herb convoys, he looked to Su Que to seek Li Xuanji’s help.

• Su Que defeated Zhou Wutao, collected the bandits’ manuals, pills, and valuables, then killed the bandits who attacked him and caught Tian Butian as he fled.
• Su Que absorbed the Death Qi from the bandits, increased his Nine Yin Cold Corpse Claw’s mastery and lifespan, and left Five Dragon Mountain; Li Xuanji and the Sky Breaking Army arrived afterward and found the corpses.
• Su Que returned home by dawn and resumed cultivating while Li Xuanji advanced through Tianjiang Prefecture; Ma Kuanglong sought an alliance with the Eighteen Bandits without knowing they had been killed.
• After half a month of escalating conflict, Li Xuanji prepared to ask Su Que to intervene against Ma Kuanglong and sent word for someone to leave Su Que a mark in Jiannan Prefecture City.
• Su Que told Old Daoist Qingxuan that Heavenly Origin Pills had become less effective, and Qingxuan proposed finding new pill recipes or arranging stronger medicinal-herb convoys, both requiring manpower.

Su Que joined Li Xuanji’s Sky Breaking Army to help defeat Ma Kuanglong and secure the Red Dragon Army. During the battle, Su Que broke through the enemy’s military formation and killed Yuan Dashi, while Ma Kuanglong remained his target.

• Su Que agreed to help Li Xuanji defeat Ma Kuanglong so the Sky Breaking Army could gain strength and support Su Que’s search for Pill Recipes and medicine.
• Li Xuanji housed Su Que, and three days later summoned him to the battlefield where the Sky Breaking Army faced the Red Dragon Army.
• At dawn, Li Xuanji ordered his army to charge as Su Que rushed Ma Kuanglong, who sent archers and a thousand-man shield formation against him.
• Su Que’s Variant Golden Bell Shield shattered the arrows and smashed through the soldiers’ linked human wall.
• Yuan Dashi attacked Su Que with twin bronze hammers, but Su Que dispelled his shield, used the Nine Yin Cold Corpse Claw, and tore Yuan Dashi in two.

Su Que killed Ma Kuanglong, causing the Red Dragon Army to surrender, and then discussed exchanging martial arts with Li Xuanji. After Li Xuanji secured Tianjiang Prefecture and dispatched teams to gather pill recipes and Fire Spirit Pill ingredients, Su Que continued cultivating and planned to visit Purple Sun Temple for more pills and news.

• Su Que killed Wen Tongsha, defeated Ma Kuanglong, and absorbed the Death Qi from both men.
• Li Xuanji announced Ma Kuanglong's death, prompting many Red Dragon Army soldiers to surrender.
• Li Xuanji asked Su Que to teach him the Nine Yin Cold Corpse Claw, while Su Que sought to exchange for the Rakshasa Kui Divine Skill; Li Xuanji refused to pass it on.
• Li Xuanji absorbed the Red Dragon Army, took control of Tianjiang Prefecture, and sent three teams to gather pill recipes and transport Fire Spirit Pill ingredients.
• Su Que spent a month condensing two zhang of gang qi, ran out of cultivation pills, and planned to visit Purple Sun Temple for more pills and news from the teams.

Su Que returned to Jiannan Prefecture City and found Tang Huantian had taken control of the Sky Breaking Army residence while searching for information. Su Que defeated the Tang Sect Inner Sect assassin and knocked him unconscious, leaving the residence and its captives in his hands.

• Su Que noticed a warning mark from the Sky Breaking Army and approached its Jiannan Prefecture residence, where he sensed danger and used stones to draw out the hidden enemy.
• Tang Huantian, a Tang Sect Inner Sect assassin, had subdued Qiu Yu, Old Daoist Danyang, and the residence’s soldiers while extracting information about the fake Tang Sect stronghold.
• Tang Huantian attacked Su Que with poisoned concealed weapons, but Su Que evaded them as he closed the distance.
• Tang Huantian threw Thunder Fire Balls, but Su Que’s Variant Golden Bell Shield withstood their explosions.
• Tang Huantian fired all six Sky Piercing Cones, but the shield flattened them without harming Su Que.
• Su Que pressed Tang Huantian’s face and smashed his head against the ground, knocking him unconscious.

Su Que obtained the Myriad Poisons Heart Sutra from Tang Huantian and rapidly cultivated it by consuming poisons, reaching Divine Mastery 81%. Meanwhile, a flute-playing woman and her Gu Worms led an assault that caused seven cities near the Miao border to fall.

• Su Que broke Tang Huantian's limbs, detoxified Qiu Yu and the others, and forced Tang Huantian to reveal the Myriad Poisons Heart Sutra and Tang Sect techniques.
• Su Que arranged for the Sky Breaking Army to delay the Tang Sect Inner Sect's discovery of Tang Huantian's capture, then had Tang Huantian imprisoned with his meridians crippled.
• Su Que tested the Poison Scripture's principles, advanced the Myriad Poisons Heart Sutra by consuming poisons, and raised it to Divine Mastery 81%.
• More than a hundred vacant-eyed people rushed Yunlan City's gates under the sound of a flute, broke inside, and knocked out the guards.
• A woman in purple used bee-like Gu Worms to incapacitate the soldiers on Yunlan City's wall and entered the city.
• That night, the woman and her forces captured seven cities in Jiannan Prefecture near the Miao border.

Fan Gushan warned Li Xuanji that Miao Territory had invaded seven cities and might be testing Liang Kingdom under the Sacred Altar’s influence. Su Que traveled toward Miao Territory and entered a city where Gu-controlled corpses attacked him, then rushed to find the Gu Master directing them.

• Fan Gushan told Li Xuanji that Miao Territory’s powers had joined forces, occupied seven cities, and were turning civilians and soldiers into Corpse Gu.
• Fan Gushan explained the old agreements between the Sacred Altar, the Li Family, and Liang Kingdom, and warned that the Sacred Altar might possess experts beyond the Gang Condensation Realm.
• Su Que left Jiannan Prefecture City for Miao Territory after telling Su Jing he was going to gather inspiration.
• At a city gate, Su Que destroyed a swarm of Gu insects and killed two corpse-controlled soldiers who attacked him.
• Su Que recognized that a conch note was directing more than a hundred superior Corpse Gu and hurried into the city toward its source.

Su Que defeated a Miao Gu Master controlling corpse gu and agreed to help Li Xuanji suppress the Miao frontier rebellion. At a pool where commoners and soldiers were being processed into corpse gu, Fan Gushan persuaded Li Xuanji to refine the dead into weapons for the Sky Breaking Army.

• Su Que smashed through the superior corpse gu with the Seven Injuries Fist, caught their controller, and forced the Miao Gu Master to stop them with his ritual conch.
• Su Que absorbed Death Qi from the corpses, then met Li Xuanji and Fan Gushan, who told him about the Miao frontier rebellion and its powerful leaders.
• Su Que agreed to aid Li Xuanji against the Myriad Poisons Lair, the Five Immortals Sect, and the Twelve Forts, and kept the Miao Gu Master as a guide.
• The Miao Gu Master led Li Xuanji and Su Que to a wealthy estate, where they found commoners and soldiers piled in a purple corpse-refining pool.
• Fan Gushan proposed that the Sky Breaking Army refine the dead into corpse gu, and Li Xuanji accepted the plan.

Su Que absorbed the toxins in the corpse-Gu pool, advancing the Myriad Poisons Heart Sutra to the seventh realm while Fan Gushan marveled at his rare physique. As Li Xuanji’s army set out toward another city, three Miaojiang fort masters attacked with swarms of poisonous insects, and Su Que charged through them toward the Gu Masters.

• Su Que absorbed the pool’s toxins into his Poison Sac and advanced the Myriad Poisons Heart Sutra to the seventh realm, while Fan Gushan recognized his extraordinary resistance to poison.
• Su Que told Li Xuanji to bury the corpses, and Fan Gushan agreed; Li Xuanji left fifty soldiers to handle the burial and led the rest of the army onward with Su Que.
• Three fort masters from Miaojiang and their followers ambushed the army with swarms of poisonous insects as night fell.
• The soldiers used Fan Gushan’s Bug-Repelling Pills to keep most insects away, while Li Xuanji and the martial arts masters fought the stronger Gu Worms.
• Su Que left his horse and charged at the Gu Masters, smashing through their insect wall with his Variant Golden Bell Shield.

Su Que slaughtered the Miaojiang Gu Masters and captured Tong Fu, while Fan Gushan suspected that Su Que possessed the rare Innate Demonic Lord constitution. Fan Gushan considered using his Blood Moving Technique to take Su Que’s blood and control the effects of his own Xuanwu Blood and Demon Transformation Secret Method.

• Tian Longteng summoned swarms of Gu Worms, but Su Que destroyed them with his Variant Golden Bell Shield and killed Tian Longteng with the Nine Yin Cold Corpse Claw.
• Tong Fu activated the Mountain Moving Gu and attacked Su Que, who crippled his arm and knocked him unconscious to interrogate him later.
• Teng En struck with the Bone Corroding Heavenly Net Palm, but Su Que’s poison resistance rendered it ineffective, and Su Que killed him with the Nine Yin Cold Corpse Claw.
• Su Que killed the remaining Miaojiang Gu Masters with claw gang, absorbed their life essence, and saw his Nine Yin Cold Corpse Claw reach 20% consummate mastery.
• Fan Gushan watched Su Que’s fighting and concluded that he might be an Innate Demonic Lord, whose blood could help Fan Gushan suppress his Xuanwu Blood and use the Demon Transformation Secret Method without losing control.

Fan Gushan planned to test whether Su Que was the Innate Demonic Lord by teaching him a dangerous martial art, while also seeking a way to use the Blood Moving Technique to take Su Que’s Xuanwu Blood. As Li Xuanji’s army advanced into Miaojiang, Fan Gushan went with Su Que to search for poisonous herbs and venomous insects.

• Fan Gushan gathered the abandoned Gu Worms and devised a plan to test Su Que with the Demon Transformation Secret Method.
• Li Xuanji decided to invade Miaojiang with the Sky Breaking Army, while Liao Tianshan and He Lingyu prepared to attack him and then sent Gu Worms to scout his forces.
• Fan Gushan told Li Xuanji that he could offer Su Que a martial art stronger in side effects but weaker than the Rakshasa Kui Divine Skill.
• Li Xuanji assembled forty thousand troops and marched into Miaojiang, while Liao Tianshan and He Lingyu learned of the advance and planned to test the army with Gu Worms.
• After entering Miaojiang, Su Que sought Tong Fu to find places where poisonous herbs and venomous insects gathered, and Fan Gushan offered to guide him.

Su Que absorbed toxins from three Miaojiang forests, raising his Myriad Poisons Heart Sutra to Level 7, Mastery 32%, before joining the battle against Li Xuanji’s Sky Breaking Army. He ambushed Liao Tianshan and overwhelmed him with the Seven Injuries Fist, leaving Liao Tianshan’s left kidney shattered as He Lingyu moved to intervene.

• Fan Gushan led Su Que to a poisonous forest, where Su Que absorbed its toxins and advanced his Myriad Poisons Heart Sutra.
• Su Que absorbed the toxins from two more forests, raising his Myriad Poisons Heart Sutra to Level 7, Mastery 32%.
• The Miaojiang Gu Masters and village chiefs fought Li Xuanji’s forty thousand Sky Breaking Army soldiers, and Liao Tianshan broke through their formation to reach Li Xuanji.
• Su Que arrived and ambushed Liao Tianshan, tearing away part of his scalp before attacking him with the Seven Injuries Fist.
• Su Que broke through Liao Tianshan’s defenses and damaged his organs, prompting Liao Tianshan to call for He Lingyu’s help.
• He Lingyu moved to attack Su Que’s flank as Su Que struck Liao Tianshan’s lower back, shattering his left kidney.

Su Que killed Liao Tianshan and He Lingyu, then traveled through Miaojiang’s poison grounds to advance the Myriad Poisons Heart Sutra to the pinnacle of the eighth realm. As he absorbed toxins in a Myriad Poisons Lair poison field, he sensed someone approaching and stopped cultivating.

• Su Que killed Liao Tianshan and He Lingyu, absorbed their Death Qi, and asked Tong Fu to guide him to Miaojiang’s poison grounds.
• Fan Gushan warned Su Que about the Sacred Altar and urged Li Xuanji to withdraw the Sky Breaking Army after it killed half the remaining Gu Masters.
• Su Que absorbed toxins from a Five Immortals Sect poison forest, while the Sky Breaking Army left Miaojiang and a Sacred Altar man began searching for him.
• At a third poison forest, Su Que killed a Gu Master who had been watching him, then continued cultivating until the Myriad Poisons Heart Sutra reached the pinnacle.
• Su Que began absorbing toxins in a Myriad Poisons Lair poison field, then stopped when he sensed someone approaching.

Su Que killed the Sacred Altar man who ambushed him in a poison field, absorbed the field’s toxins, and left Miao Territory after draining its poison grounds. He killed Tong Fu on the way out and continued onward with nearly five hundred years of Lifespan remaining.

• The Sacred Altar man found Su Que in the Myriad Poisons Lair’s poison field, but Su Que escaped into the forest and ambushed him when he approached Tong Fu.
• Su Que battered the Sacred Altar man to death before the man could use his blood-red jade flute, and three Blazing Sun Centipedes emerged from the corpse.
• Su Que absorbed the poison in the field and centipedes, then crushed the centipedes and absorbed their Death Qi after Tong Fu could not explain how to raise them.
• Su Que drained the toxins from several more poison fields and forests, memorized their locations, and left the Sacred Altar Forbidden Zone alone.
• Su Que carried Tong Fu out of Miao Territory, killed him with the Nine Yin Cold Corpse Claw, and dissolved his corpse with Myriad Poison True Qi.

Su Que collected pills, checked Su Jing’s meridians, and learned that most of Li Xuanji’s herb convoy had been killed by robbers. He joined Li Xuanji’s efforts to secure more herbs and received the first layer of the Demon Transformation Secret Method from Fan Gushan, then left to cultivate it alone.

• Su Que returned to Jiannan Prefecture City, cultivated the Wedding Dress Divine Skill, and secretly checked Su Jing’s meridians, finding her healthy and stronger than before.
• At Purple Sun Temple, Old Daoist Qingxuan told Su Que that only three of the twenty-six people sent to transport herbs from the Central Plains had returned, so Su Que decided to join a future convoy himself.
• Li Xuanji offered to take Su Que to meet Fan Gushan, who could teach him a different martial art that forcibly boosted cultivation.
• Fan Gushan taught Su Que the first layer of the Demon Transformation Secret Method and warned him about strange visions that could lead to demonic cultivation.
• Su Que declined to cultivate in front of Fan Gushan and left the meditation chamber to practice on his own.