Chapter Summaries

Lu Chuan used Blood Crystals to accelerate his cultivation of the Five Fiends True Fire Technique, aiming to reach the Wolf Smoke Realm before opening his meridians. After cultivating through the night, he assessed his progress and prepared to test his newly acquired Meteor Arrow Technique.

• Lu Chuan returned to Cangyun Villa, visited Liang Ya, and cultivated the Five Fiends True Fire Technique in the underground Martial Arts Room.
• Lu Chuan decided to undergo four blood changes and reach the Blast Furnace Realm before attempting to open his meridians.
• Lu Chuan used a Blood Crystal and found that it at least doubled the efficiency of his Internal Strength tempering his blood and qi.
• After cultivating all night, Lu Chuan saw that his proficiency had increased by more than five thousand, though he had consumed nearly forty Blood Crystals.
• Lu Chuan planned to practice the Meteor Arrow Technique before meeting Chen Qingfeng and the others at the city gate, and intended to test whether his Attribute Panel could still break through its limits.

Lu Chuan joined Chen Qingfeng and Luo Zhong to prepare for a dangerous Demon Cave mission with Nine Tripod Group, whose captain had also invited an arrogant Demon Hunter. The newcomer insulted the Demon Suppressing Division, and Lu Chuan quietly urged his companions to wait until they reached the Demon Cave to kill him.

• Lu Chuan arrived at the city gate and met Ye Qingrou, captain of Nine Tripod Group's Pioneer Team, along with Chen Qingfeng and Luo Zhong.
• Ye Qingrou said the team was waiting for a Demon Hunter she had invited, angering Chen Qingfeng and Luo Zhong because Demon Hunters clashed with the Demon Suppressing Division.
• Lu Chuan told Chen Qingfeng and Luo Zhong to treat the job as an easy way to earn Contribution Points despite Nine Tripod Group's distrust.
• A young Demon Hunter called Young Master Yun arrived late and mocked Lu Chuan and the others as useless stragglers.
• Lu Chuan stopped Chen Qingfeng and Luo Zhong from answering and whispered that they should kill Young Master Yun once they reached the Demon Cave.

Lu Chuan and the Demon Suppressing Division clashed with the arrogant Demon Hunter Yun Langtian after reaching the third-tier Demon Cave at Lake Heart Island. Before the confrontation could turn into a fight, the island erupted with flames and surging Demonic Fiend Qi.

• Lu Chuan, Chen Qingfeng, and Luo Zhong followed Ye Qingrou’s group through the wilderness to the lake, where Lu Chuan sensed the Demon Cave on Lake Heart Island.
• Ye Qingrou revealed that the cave contained powerful Demon Ghosts and more than a thousand third-tier Fierce Beasts, prompting Chen Qingfeng to challenge her figures.
• Yun Langtian mocked the Demon Suppressing Division and claimed he could handle the cave alone, provoking Chen Qingfeng, Luo Zhong, and Lu Chuan to draw their weapons.
• Ye Qingrou tried to stop the groups from fighting, but Yun Langtian and Chen Qingfeng continued trading threats as both sides prepared to attack.
• A tremendous blast shook Lake Heart Island, flames and dazzling spiritual light shot into the sky, and Demonic Fiend Qi spread across the lake.

Lu Chuan and the Nine Tripod Group's Pioneer Squad raced toward Lake Heart Island after learning someone had entered the Demon Cave and triggered a change. Lu Chuan crossed the lake on foot using a movement technique, then reached the island and cautiously assessed the situation.

• Ye Qingrou called off the confrontation and led the Pioneer Squad toward Lake Heart Island, while Yun Langtian and Lu Chuan's group followed.
• Lu Chuan's companions chose not to attack Yun Langtian, intending to use him as cannon fodder inside the Demon Cave.
• Lu Chuan crossed the lake on foot at astonishing speed, leaving Ye Qingrou and the others stunned.
• Yun Langtian grew jealous of Lu Chuan's movement technique and resolved to kill him and take it inside the Demon Cave.
• Lu Chuan reached Lake Heart Island, sensed the dangerous Demonic Fiend Qi, and cautiously surveyed the island instead of heading straight to its center.

Lu Chuan and the others entered the Third-Order Demon Cave on Lake Heart Island, where Lu Chuan sensed dense Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy and signs of a battle ahead. Ye Qingrou led the group deeper toward the Ice Ling Grass, but they found no Fierce Beasts or corpses along the way.

• Ye Qingrou led the group across Lake Heart Island toward the Demon Cave entrance after warning that someone else might take the Ice Ling Grass.
• Ye Qingrou, Yun Langtian, Lu Chuan, Chen Qingfeng, and Luo Zhong jumped into the deep pit and entered the Demon Cave.
• Lu Chuan sensed pure Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy in the cave and detected intense fluctuations in the direction Ye Qingrou headed.
• The group hurried deeper into the cave but encountered no Fierce Beasts or corpses, contrary to Ye Qingrou's warning.
• Ye Qingrou suspected someone had swept through the cave and sped up toward the Ice Ling Grass.

Lu Chuan’s group discovered Ice Ling Grass growing in a pool of Half Spiritual Liquid amid a vast horde of Fierce Beasts and Demon Ghosts. Ye Qingrou led a charge to seize it, while Yun Langtian stayed behind to fight the beasts and Lu Chuan recognized a hidden, unusually powerful threat among them.

• Lu Chuan noticed that the pool nourishing the Ice Ling Grass was rich Half Spiritual Liquid and suspected something lay beneath it.
• Ye Qingrou identified Wang Kairui of Cloud Scenery Group among the besieged martial artists and decided to seize the Ice Ling Grass while the group was occupied.
• Yun Langtian promised to protect Ye Qingrou, and Lu Chuan privately judged that Yun Langtian was underestimating several powerful creatures, including a threatening Demon Ghost.
• Ye Qingrou’s party charged toward the Ice Ling Grass, drawing more than a thousand Fierce Beasts and at least a hundred Demon Ghosts toward them.
• Yun Langtian pierced three Fierce Beasts with one strike and told Ye Qingrou to go for the Ice Ling Grass while he held off the horde.

Lu Chuan slaughtered Fierce Beasts and killed a Mid Ghost Rank Demon Ghost with one slash, stunning both groups. As Cloud Scenery Group tried to draw the remaining beasts toward him, Lu Chuan warned Wang Kairui not to approach.

• Yun Langtian and Nine Tripod Group's Pioneer Squad fought the Fierce Beasts to give Ye Qingrou a chance to advance, but a Demon Ghost blocked her path.
• Lu Chuan unleashed the Hurricane Saber Technique, cutting down more than fifty Fierce Beasts in less than ten seconds.
• A Mid Ghost Rank Demon Ghost ambushed Lu Chuan, but he destroyed it with one slash and took its Demon Core.
• Cloud Scenery Group's people began moving toward Lu Chuan to divert thousands of Fierce Beasts and Demon Ghosts toward Nine Tripod Group.
• Wang Kairui pretended to ask Lu Chuan for help while plotting to use him as a shield, but Lu Chuan threatened to kill him if he came closer.
• Wang Kairui offered Lu Chuan any payment he wanted, then ordered his people to speed up and push toward him.

Lu Chuan and the others were caught in a fierce beast and Demon Ghost siege after Cloud Scenery Group drove the threat toward them. When a Blood Fiend attacked Nine Tripod Group, Ye Qingrou and Yun Langtian engaged it, giving the others a chance to break through, and Lu Chuan agreed to help for the promised double reward.

• Cloud Scenery Group ignored Lu Chuan's warning and drew the surrounding Fierce Beasts and Demon Ghosts toward his group.
• A High-level Ghost Rank Blood Fiend devoured two members of Nine Tripod Group's Pioneer Team, but Ye Qingrou wounded it with her sword.
• Yun Langtian attacked the Blood Fiend, tying it down while Ye Qingrou led Nine Tripod Group toward a breakthrough.
• Ye Qingrou offered double payment and Contribution Points to Lu Chuan, Chen Qingfeng, and Luo Zhong for their help.
• Lu Chuan and the other two formed a defensive line and fought alongside Nine Tripod Group as they charged through the enemies.

Lu Chuan and his allies fought through the Fierce Beasts toward the Ice Ling Grass as Wang Kairui led Cloud Scenery Group to obstruct them. Lu Chuan activated Berserk and struck Wang Kairui, cutting off his arm.

• Lu Chuan, Chen Qingfeng, and their ally carved a path through the Fierce Beasts while Nine Tripod Group’s Ye Qingrou advanced toward the Ice Ling Grass.
• Wang Kairui ordered Cloud Scenery Group to charge at Lu Chuan’s group and deliberately draw Fierce Beasts and Demon Ghosts toward them.
• A Nine Tripod Group member was devoured, and Cloud Scenery Group suffered heavy casualties as Wang Kairui continued provoking the beasts and closing in.
• Ye Qingrou broke through the swarm and leaped toward the Ice Ling Grass, while Wang Kairui chased after her in a Blood Shadow-like state.
• Lu Chuan activated Berserk, swept away the surrounding beasts with one slash, and rushed after Wang Kairui.
• Wang Kairui’s sword broke when he blocked Lu Chuan’s strike, and Lu Chuan’s blade cut off his arm.

Lu Chuan, Chen Qingfeng, and Luo Zhong slaughtered the remaining members of Cloud Scenery Group after Wang Kairui escaped with a Substitute Doll. The Demon Cave’s king then revealed itself and launched the surviving beasts and Demon Ghosts into a frenzy, leaving Lu Chuan and the others to fight for their lives and the Ice Ling Grass.

• Lu Chuan cut Wang Kairui in half, but Wang Kairui’s Substitute Doll took the fatal blow and teleported him away from the Demon Cave.
• Lu Chuan, Chen Qingfeng, and Luo Zhong killed the remaining members of Cloud Scenery Group, while Fierce Beasts and Demon Ghosts tore apart four of them.
• As Ye Qingrou rushed toward the Ice Ling Grass, the Demon Cave’s peak High-level Ghost Rank king attacked and sent the remaining creatures charging at the group.
• Chen Qingfeng explained that the king wanted the Ice Ling Grass to break through to Ghoul Grade, while Nine Tripod Group’s Pioneer Squad and Yun Langtian moved to protect Ye Qingrou.
• Lu Chuan, Chen Qingfeng, and Luo Zhong chose to fight through the creatures, and Lu Chuan charged into them with the Hurricane Saber Technique.

Lu Chuan cut through the Demon Cave’s horde while Ye Qingrou’s guard was killed and she was nearly slain by a Crimson Blood Bat Demon. Ye Qingrou trapped it with her Demon Binding Net and moved to harvest the Ice Ling Grass before retreating.

• Lu Chuan slaughtered hundreds of Fierce Beasts and Demon Ghosts with his Destruction-enhanced saber, driving the horde away from him.
• A peak High-level Ghost Rank Demon Ghost killed Uncle Wu, and Ye Qingrou charged it in grief before it wounded her and knocked her down.
• The Crimson Blood Bat Demon pinned Ye Qingrou and prepared to bite her, but Yun Langtian and a Nine Tripod Group expert intervened.
• Ye Qingrou recovered enough to use her Demon Binding Net, trapping the bat demon in flames, though it began breaking free and blasted away its attackers.
• Ye Qingrou told the others to hold off the enemies while she harvested the Ice Ling Grass, then leaped toward the water pool.

Ye Qingrou and Yun Langtian seized the Ice Ling Grass and fled the Demon Cave while Lu Chuan led Chen Qingfeng and Luo Zhong toward the exit. The Crimson Blood Bat Demon broke free, and Yun Langtian’s talismans trapped Lu Chuan’s group and most of the Nine Tripod Group inside as he escaped with Ye Qingrou and one expert.

• Ye Qingrou cut down the Ice Ling Grass, stored it in a jade box, and led Yun Langtian and the others toward the exit without helping Lu Chuan’s group.
• Lu Chuan, Chen Qingfeng, and Luo Zhong fought through the beasts and ghosts, and Lu Chuan used a roar of Spiritual Power before carrying the other two toward the exit.
• The Crimson Blood Bat Demon broke free of the Demon Binding Net, killed and injured members of the Nine Tripod Group, and attacked Lu Chuan’s group.
• Yun Langtian threw a Jade Talisman at the Crimson Blood Bat Demon, and its flames forced Lu Chuan, Chen Qingfeng, and Luo Zhong away from the exit.
• Lu Chuan cut through the phantom demons, but beasts and ghosts surrounded his group as Yun Langtian threw more Jade Talismans to block their escape.
• Ye Qingrou and Yun Langtian escaped with one Sixth Rank Blood Changing Realm expert, leaving Lu Chuan’s group and the rest of the Nine Tripod Group trapped inside.

Lu Chuan and his companions were trapped in the Demon Cave by the Crimson Blood Bat Demon and its horde, so he fought the powerful demon while Chen Qingfeng and Luo Zhong held back the other enemies. Lu Chuan destroyed the demon’s core at the cost of a badly injured arm, leaving the surrounding battle unresolved.

• Lu Chuan realized that Yun Langtian’s scheme and the Crimson Blood Bat Demon had cut off their escape, and he ordered Chen Qingfeng and Luo Zhong to hold off the horde while he attacked the demon.
• Lu Chuan met the Crimson Blood Bat Demon head-on, using the Hurricane Saber Technique and his remaining Berserk power as Chen Qingfeng and Luo Zhong fought the other beasts and Demon Ghosts.
• The Crimson Blood Bat Demon’s corrosive blood mist ruined Lu Chuan’s War Blade and enveloped him, but its Mental Attacks failed to overcome his Spiritual Power.
• Lu Chuan let the demon seize his left arm, then pierced its body with the ruined blade and used Destructive Power to crush its Demon Core.
• Lu Chuan revealed that he could withstand and refine the demon’s Blood Fiend Power, then shattered the Crimson Blood Bat Demon’s body with the fragments of his War Blade.

Lu Chuan killed the Crimson Blood Bat Demon and cleared the cave of its Fierce Beasts and Demon Ghosts, then recovered from his severe injuries in just over an hour. He set aside the pursuit of Yun Langtian to investigate the strange pool that had nurtured the Ice Ling Grass.

• Lu Chuan used the Crimson Blood Bat Demon's power to strengthen himself, then killed it by destroying its Demon Core despite his shattered left arm.
• Lu Chuan rescued Chen Qingfeng and Luo Zhong, borrowed Chen Qingfeng's saber, and slaughtered the remaining Fierce Beasts and Demon Ghosts.
• After the Berserk state ended, Lu Chuan healed his injuries with the Five Fiends True Fire Technique while Chen Qingfeng and Luo Zhong guarded him.
• Lu Chuan recovered fully in just over an hour, astonishing Chen Qingfeng and Luo Zhong with his regeneration.
• When Chen Qingfeng proposed pursuing Yun Langtian, Lu Chuan instead headed toward the pool that had nurtured the Ice Ling Grass to investigate its secrets.

Lu Chuan, Chen Qingfeng, and Luo Zhong discovered a sealed Great Cauldron beneath a water pool, the source of its unusually dense spiritual energy. Chen Qingfeng identified the nearly hundred drops inside as Mysterious Tier Low Grade Innate Spirit Marrow, leaving the three of them facing a fortune beyond measure.

• Lu Chuan sensed that the pool water was rich in spiritual energy, and Chen Qingfeng confirmed its power by tasting it.
• Lu Chuan proposed searching beneath the pool, and Chen Qingfeng and Luo Zhong joined him.
• Lu Chuan found a sealed Great Cauldron at the bottom, with drops of amber liquid inside and spiritual energy flowing out.
• The force around the Great Cauldron let Lu Chuan pass, and Chen Qingfeng and Luo Zhong soon reached him.
• Chen Qingfeng and Luo Zhong identified the liquid as Innate Spirit Marrow and explained that each drop was worth three hundred thousand Contribution Points.

Lu Chuan learned that the Innate Spirit Marrow could help his unconscious mother, Liang Ya, and tried to remove the Great Cauldron holding it. When brute strength failed, he shared the marrow with Chen Qingfeng and Luo Zhong and began trying to make the cauldron recognize him as its master.

• Chen Qingfeng explained the Innate Spirit Marrow's value, and Lu Chuan realized it might help Liang Ya recover.
• Lu Chuan, Chen Qingfeng, and Luo Zhong tried to lift the Great Cauldron but could not move it.
• Chen Qingfeng suggested making the cauldron recognize a master, and Luo Zhong agreed that Lu Chuan should try first.
• Lu Chuan promised Chen Qingfeng and Luo Zhong twenty drops of Innate Spirit Marrow each, keeping the rest for himself.
• Lu Chuan cut his palm and let a drop of blood fall onto the Great Cauldron to attempt the recognition.

Lu Chuan and his companions failed to claim the Great Cauldron but collected Innate Spirit Marrow and battlefield spoils before leaving the Demon Cave. Back at his villa, Lu Chuan gave a drop of the marrow to his mother, Liang Ya.

• Lu Chuan, Chen Qingfeng, and Luo Zhong failed to make the Great Cauldron recognize them, then divided the Innate Spirit Marrow, with Lu Chuan taking seventy-nine drops.
• As the three left the pool, the Great Cauldron tore through space-time and vanished into the Space-time Rift.
• Lu Chuan, Chen Qingfeng, and Luo Zhong spent two hours collecting beast cores, Demon Cores, and other spoils before leaving the Demon Cave.
• Chen Qingfeng and Luo Zhong vowed to settle accounts with Yun Langtian and Ye Qingrou, while Lu Chuan led them back toward Fengle City.
• Lu Chuan returned to Cangyun Villa and gave a drop of Innate Spirit Marrow to his mother, Liang Ya.

After confirming that the Innate Spirit Marrow was healing Liang Ya, Lu Chuan learned that Yun Langtian and Ye Qingrou were hiding in Cloud Rain Pavilion and went there with Chen Qingfeng and Luo Zhong. The chapter left the three entering the pavilion to confront them over the unpaid reward.

• Lu Chuan observed the Innate Spirit Marrow nourishing Liang Ya and concluded she would wake within three days.
• Chen Qingfeng told Lu Chuan that Yun Langtian and Ye Qingrou were still in Fengle City, hiding in Cloud Rain Pavilion.
• Lu Chuan took his weapons and hurried to Cloud Rain Pavilion, where he met Chen Qingfeng and Luo Zhong.
• Chen Qingfeng explained that Ye Qingrou had not paid the promised double reward, leaving them with only one hundred thousand Contribution Points.
• Lu Chuan dismissed the guards at the entrance with his aura and strode into Cloud Rain Pavilion, followed by Chen Qingfeng and Luo Zhong.

Lu Chuan and his companions confronted Ye Qingrou and Yun Langtian at the Wind and Rain Pavilion after surviving the Demon Cave. Lu Chuan killed Yun Langtian, and Chen Qingfeng demanded that Ye Qingrou honor her promised double reward.

• Ye Qingrou thanked Yun Langtian for helping her obtain the Ice Ling Grass and lamented their losses and trouble with the Demon Suppressing Division.
• Lu Chuan, Chen Qingfeng, and Luo Zhong entered the room and revealed that they had survived the Demon Cave.
• Lu Chuan cut off Yun Langtian's hand and then split him in two with his next attack.
• Lu Chuan turned to Ye Qingrou and asked what she had to say, while Ye Qingrou tried to steady herself.
• Chen Qingfeng accused Ye Qingrou of reducing their promised double reward and warned that the Demon Suppressing Division would not be easily dismissed.

Lu Chuan forced Ye Qingrou to face consequences for scheming against him, Chen Qingfeng, and Luo Zhong, demanding a tenfold reward and a public admission that she had killed Cloud Scenery Group's men. Ye Qingrou agreed under threat, but Lu Chuan insisted she begin settling both demands immediately.

• Ye Qingrou offered to arrange the handover, but Lu Chuan rejected her apology and demanded ten times the reward and a public admission of responsibility for Cloud Scenery Group's deaths.
• Ye Qingrou protested that the tenfold payment was impossible, while Lu Chuan warned that she would not leave Fengle City if she refused.
• Lu Chuan gave Ye Qingrou ten minutes to decide, then poured tea and told Chen Qingfeng and Luo Zhong to sit as they waited.
• Ye Qingrou agreed to the demands but asked to handle them the next day, and Lu Chuan ordered her to post an admission on the Virtual Network and settle the payment within an hour.