Recaps

Lu Ming and Xia Yue found and divided a vast store of High-grade Yuan Stones, then learned more about the Jiang Kingdom and its Four Great Generals. Meanwhile, Cheng Zhongquan and Wang Huiguang brought a Jiang descendant to the tomb, where they discovered that someone had already entered and a fight began.

• Lu Ming and Xia Yue opened twenty chests containing two hundred thousand High-grade Yuan Stones and split them evenly.
• Lu Ming learned from the books that the Jiang Clan had been destroyed after provoking a Heavenly Human Realm expert, and Xia Yue explained how the Four Great Generals had carried away treasure maps.
• Lu Ming realized his map came from descendants of the Nie General, while Xia Yue said she had received hers from a Zhu family.
• Cheng Zhongquan and Wang Huiguang told their captive that she was a descendant of the Jiang royal family and brought her to retrieve its hidden treasure.
• Cheng Zhongquan found the first tomb chamber empty and damaged, then rushed inside as fighting broke out, while Wang Huiguang forced the Jiang woman to follow.

Cheng Zhongquan and Rakshasa Cave Master fought Xia and Liu while Jiang Ruoshui was held at the tomb entrance. Inside, Lu Ming and Xia Yue found that the light gate rejected them until Jiang Ruoshui arrived, and Lu Ming urged her to enter as the Jiang Clan’s true descendant.

• Cheng Zhongquan and Rakshasa Cave Master attacked Xia and Liu, while Rakshasa Cave Master threatened Jiang Ruoshui to keep her from escaping.
• Xia Yue gave Lu Ming a book of medicinal formulas, and they memorized and divided its contents before trying to pass through the light gate.
• Xia Yue smeared Jiang Clan descendant blood on the light gate, but it still would not open.
• Jiang Ruoshui entered the tomb chamber, recognized Lu Ming, and explained that the two elders outside were fighting her grandfather’s captors.
• Xia Yue rushed outside to help her uncles, and Lu Ming told Jiang Ruoshui to use her bloodline to enter the ancestral tomb.

Xia Yue and her two uncles fought Cheng Zhongquan and Iron Rakshasa, while Lu Ming emerged from the light gate and joined the battle. Cheng Zhongquan attacked Lu Ming, who countered with a blazing sword strike.

• Xia Yue wounded Iron Rakshasa with Golden Dragon Darts and helped her two uncles recover with sacred healing pills.
• Cheng Zhongquan questioned Xia Yue about Jiang Ruoshui, then attacked her after she claimed Jiang was dead; Xia Yue and her uncles blocked his whip strike.
• Lu Ming emerged wearing an iron mask, severed Iron Rakshasa’s right arm, and identified himself as the Iron Mask Swordsman.
• Cheng Zhongquan attacked Lu Ming, who dodged the whip and countered with Blazing Fire Burns the Sky.

Lu Ming and Xia Yue drove off the Old Man in Grey, then questioned a captured old woman about Jiang Ruoshui’s grandfather. The old woman revealed that he had supposedly killed himself and that Jiang Ruoshui’s poison was incurable before Lu Ming killed her, leaving Jiang Ruoshui devastated.

• Xia Yue struck the Old Man in Grey with a Mysterious Thunderclap Bomb, but he survived and fled when she threatened to use another.
• Lu Ming stopped Uncle Liu from killing the injured old woman, drained her Gang Yuan, and woke Jiang Ruoshui so they could question her.
• The old woman claimed Jiang Ruoshui’s grandfather was held beneath Rakshasa Cave, but Lu Ming crippled her dantian after recognizing her lie and suggested the Old Man in Grey could be lured out.
• The old woman revealed that Jiang Ruoshui’s grandfather had blown himself up and that Jiang Ruoshui’s poison was incurable.
• Lu Ming killed and burned the old woman, took her Storage Ring, and Jiang Ruoshui collapsed in despair.

Lu Ming and Xia Yue learned that Jiang Ruoshui was still poisoned, then urged her to search her ancestral grounds for a way to avenge herself. Jiang Ruoshui emerged with her inheritance and a Pure Spirit Snow Lotus that could cure poisons, but as the group left, a rumbling vibration sounded nearby.

• Lu Ming and Xia Yue found no antidote in Jiang Ruoshui’s Storage Ring, and Lu Ming encouraged her to search her ancestral grounds for a weapon against her remaining enemy.
• After Jiang Ruoshui entered the passage, Xia Yue questioned Lu Ming about his earlier actions, learned about the Golden Dragon Dart, and discovered his name and appearance.
• Guard Xia and Liu recovered and emerged, followed later by Jiang Ruoshui, who had reached the Late Gang Qi Realm and found a Pure Spirit Snow Lotus.
• Jiang Ruoshui shared the lotus petals among Xia Yue, Guard Xia, Liu, and Lu Ming, keeping the final petal for herself.
• Lu Ming urged everyone to leave the area, and they heard a rumbling vibration before they had gone far.

Lu Ming and Jiang Ruoshui escaped the ancestral land and parted from Xia Yue, who offered them protection. Lu Ming then led Jiang Ruoshui away from Old Man in Grey, eventually losing their pursuer and stopping in a secluded place.

• Lu Ming and his companions avoided demonic beasts and reached the entrance, with Lu Ming spotting Old Man in Grey watching them from a distant mountaintop.
• After leaving the ancestral land, Jiang Ruoshui suggested parting ways, but Lu Ming refused Xia Yue’s offer to take them to the palace because he feared the imperial city would covet Jiang Ruoshui’s inheritance.
• Jiang Ruoshui gave Xia Yue a Storage Ring as thanks, and Xia Yue left with her people after inviting Jiang Ruoshui to seek her help.
• Lu Ming took Jiang Ruoshui away, and Old Man in Grey pursued them, dodging Jiang Ruoshui’s fiery red bead but losing speed in its flames.
• Lu Ming used Dragon Hành Công and Jiang Ruoshui’s beads to escape Old Man in Grey, then changed directions and stopped with her in a secluded place.

Jiang Ruoshui gave Lu Ming a Mid-Grade Divine Weapon saber before they parted ways, and he escorted her to Tianyun Empire. Lu Ming gathered the ingredients for a body-tempering formula, hunted the two demonic beasts he needed, and ended the chapter with the Purple Profound Fox in his grasp.

• Jiang Ruoshui gave Lu Ming the Jade Crystal Saber and revealed that the Three Yuan Divine Pearl was her clan's inherited High-grade Divine Weapon.
• Lu Ming escorted Jiang Ruoshui to a mountain peak in Tianyun Empire, where she set out toward the Endless Sea Region and they parted ways.
• Lu Ming checked the [Fierce Beast Body Tempering Formula] and found that he still needed blood from a Grey Demon Bear and a Purple Profound Fox.
• Lu Ming subdued an early fourth-level Grey Demon Bear and obtained its blood.
• Lu Ming caught an early fourth-level Purple Profound Fox after struggling to keep up with its speed and evasive movements.

Lu Ming completed Body Tempering and reached the peak of the seventh layer of the Cave True Profound Technique, then began cultivating Gang Yuan. A month later, the Purple Profound Fox he had once caught fled to him for protection from two pursuers, and Lu Ming confronted them.

• Lu Ming took a small amount of blood from the Purple Profound Fox, paid it with spirit fruit, and left to find a secluded cultivation site.
• Lu Ming prepared the Body Tempering medicinal liquid and cultivated in it for several days, reaching the peak of the seventh layer of the Cave True Profound Technique.
• After checking that the area was safe, Lu Ming returned to cultivate and spent nearly a month raising his strength.
• Two men pursued the Purple Profound Fox, and the older man discovered it could wield purple lightning and might return to its ancestral bloodline.
• The Purple Profound Fox hid behind Lu Ming, who called it his pet and told the two men to leave; the middle-aged pursuer mocked him.

Lu Ming defeated two elders of the Tingxue Alliance who tried to take his Purple Profound Fox, then agreed to let the fox accompany him. As he traveled toward the Dragon Marsh Perilous Land, he examined his spoils and decided to incorporate the Golden Eagle True Art into his Dragon Form Technique.

• A Tingxue Alliance elder and an Early Gang Yuan Realm man demanded that Lu Ming surrender the Purple Profound Fox, and Lu Ming killed the man with his Dragon Form Technique.
• Lu Ming fought the remaining Mid Gang Yuan Realm elder, then killed him with a sword strike empowered by Destruction Sword Intent.
• The Purple Profound Fox chose to follow Lu Ming, and he agreed on the condition that it not seek trouble on its own.
• Lu Ming collected the two elders’ Storage Rings and tallied their Yuan Stones and martial arts while heading toward the Dragon Marsh Perilous Land.
• Lu Ming found the Golden Eagle True Art and decided to integrate its claw techniques and light-body skills into his Dragon Form Technique.

Lu Ming increased his wind-and-fire intent to fifty percent, then encountered two fighters struggling over a Martial Dao Stone. He obtained the stone and confirmed it contained lightning elements before settling down to comprehend Lightning Intent.

• Lu Ming perfected his wind-and-fire intent at fifty percent by training in a valley filled with earthfire and wind intent.
• Little Fox warned Lu Ming that two Gang Yuan Realm experts were approaching, and he heard Yuan Chongzi demand the Martial Dao Stone from Hermit Baishi.
• Hermit Baishi threw a black stone to Lu Ming while fleeing, and Lu Ming dodged Yuan Chongzi’s attack.
• Yuan Chongzi chose to continue pursuing Hermit Baishi, leaving Lu Ming free to leave with the stone.
• Lu Ming confirmed that the stone was a Martial Dao Stone containing lightning elements and began cultivating to comprehend Lightning Intent.

After exhausting a lightning-element Martial Dao Stone, Lu Ming comprehended thirty percent Lightning Intent and set out for the Dragon Marsh Perilous Land with Little Fox. At East Dragon Gate, he watched two powerful Gang Yuan Realm experts clash and resolved to improve his strength.

• Lu Ming tested his Lightning Intent with Thunderous Limitless, destroying a mountain, then taught Little Fox swordsmanship on their way to the Dragon Marsh Perilous Land.
• Lu Ming reached East Dragon Gate and observed the lively market and the fights among Martial Artists gathered there.
• Lu Ming assessed his strength against the top Gang Yuan Realm experts beneath the Overlords and resolved to catch up to them.
• Old Freak White Brow challenged Asura Saber Tie Cangnan over a Jade Dragon Stone, but Tie Cangnan's Asura Slash cut through White Brow's Profound Nether Hand and forced him to retreat into the perilous land.
• Lu Ming watched Tie Cangnan's attack and judged that he would need both saber and sword to block it, then continued on to seek greater strength.

Lu Ming and Little Fox searched Dragon Marsh Perilous Land, gathering rare materials and finding a cluster of Crystal Flame Treasure Fruit. After Little Fox fell asleep from eating too many spirit fruits, Lu Ming reached Thousand Forms Water Ponder, where he killed a Blood Flood Dragon for its valuable blood.

• Lu Ming entered the perilous land with Little Fox, collected a five-hundred-year-old White Immortal Vine, and followed Little Fox's nose to a cluster of Crystal Flame Treasure Fruit.
• Lu Ming took the fruit and promised Little Fox a share, then continued gathering spirit medicines and Level 4 Demonic Beast blood as Little Fox ate spirit fruits until it became woozy.
• Lu Ming tucked the sleeping Little Fox against his chest and traveled for several days until he reached Thousand Forms Water Ponder.
• A mid-stage Level 4 Blood Flood Dragon attacked Lu Ming as he crossed the water, and Lu Ming fought back with Moon Shadow Sword.
• Lu Ming struck the Blood Flood Dragon with Destruction Sword Intent and Lightning Intent, then finished it with repeated sword attacks.

Lu Ming searched the Blood Flood Dragon’s lair and found the Storage Ring of Li Bianxuan, Grand Elder of the Thousand Mechanism Gate, along with a lightning-attributed Martial Dao Stone and a book on puppet arts. After using the stone to comprehend Lightning Intent, Lu Ming reached fifty-percent mastery and sensed that his Intent of Destruction was close to advancing.

• Lu Ming searched the Blood Flood Dragon’s lair and recovered Li Bianxuan’s Storage Ring from a partly digested corpse.
• Lu Ming identified Li Bianxuan as the Thousand Mechanism Gate’s Grand Elder and found two damaged high-level puppets and a lightning-attributed Martial Dao Stone in the ring.
• Lu Ming found the Thousand Mechanism Arts, activated an intact Level Four Early Stage Puppet, and arranged other puppets to guard the cave.
• Lu Ming used the Martial Dao Stone to comprehend Lightning Intent while Little Fox slept nearby.
• Lu Ming awakened with Lightning Intent at fifty-percent mastery and sensed that his Intent of Destruction was close to breaking through.

After consolidating his Destruction Sword Intent, Lu Ming left the Blood Flood Dragon’s nest and headed toward Crimson Ghost Mountain after hearing that a mysterious light screen there was producing Martial Dao Stones. Powerful Gang Yuan Realm experts gathered at the mountain, where Ju Quezi and several rivals waited for the next eruption.

• Lu Ming raised his Destruction Sword Intent to forty percent, then left the nest carrying Little Fox and continued onward.
• After passing Thousand Forms Water Ponder, Lu Ming heard that a light screen at Crimson Ghost Mountain was spewing Martial Dao Stones and headed there.
• Ju Quezi guarded the light screen while other experts gathered at a distance, wary of its hidden dangers and his strength.
• Old Freak White Brow arrived and challenged Ju Quezi over the Martial Dao Stones, but their confrontation paused when more experts appeared.
• Asura Saber Tie Cangnan and Qingshan Shangren arrived, followed by seven Late Gang Yuan Realm experts, prompting weaker cultivators to move closer.

Lu Ming arrived at the Martial Dao Stones and claimed a place among the top experts despite being only at the Peak Early Gang Yuan Realm. The chapter ended with the crowd stunned by his assertion that he was qualified to stand there.

• Old Freak White Brow killed a Mid Gang Yuan Realm expert who challenged his claim over the area.
• Ju Quezi displayed sixty percent sword intent, and the five top figures forced the ordinary Late Gang Yuan Realm experts to stand farther back.
• Lu Ming arrived, understood the groups' arrangement, and walked straight to the front without acknowledging the top figures.
• Ju Quezi questioned Lu Ming, who identified himself as the Iron Mask Swordsman and said he believed he was qualified to stand there.

Lu Ming fought Old Freak White Brow and defied him as the Martial Dao Stone emerged. He seized the stone amid a scramble, then faced several Top Gang Yuan Realm Experts demanding he surrender it.

• Old Freak White Brow attacked Lu Ming, but Lu Ming blocked him with the Moon Shadow Sword and countered with a strike powered by five-tenths Lightning Intent.
• Old Freak White Brow unleashed his full pressure and vowed to kill Lu Ming, who refused to back down.
• The Martial Dao Stone burst through the light curtain, and Ju Quezi and the other experts rushed to claim it.
• Old Freak White Brow pursued the stone, but Lu Ming's sword strike forced him to dodge, letting Lu Ming draw the stone into his hand.
• Several Top Gang Yuan Realm Experts surrounded Lu Ming and demanded the Martial Dao Stone, but he refused to hand it over.

Lu Ming joined the fierce competition for three newly released Martial Dao Stones, clashing with Old Freak White Brow and revealing his Destruction Sword Intent. The scramble continued as Asura Saber seized a stone and another flew toward Lu Ming.

• Ju Quezi, Asura Saber, and the others returned to the light curtain when it released three Martial Dao Stones, while Lu Ming also joined the contest.
• Ju Quezi seized the first stone, then Qingshan Shangren and Lei Gangzi fought over another until Ju Quezi intercepted it.
• Lu Ming blocked Old Freak White Brow from taking a stone and shattered his Profound Nether Hand with Thunderous Limitless infused with Destruction Sword Intent.
• Asura Saber seized the stone during the clash, and Old Freak White Brow threatened Lu Ming again.
• Another Martial Dao Stone flew toward Lu Ming, who vanished to pursue it as Old Freak White Brow shouted after him.

Lu Ming competed with the other experts for Martial Dao Stones after the light screen vanished, while a human-head-sized stone remained untouched. As the Top Experts prepared to fight over it, they cleared away the weaker contenders and weighed whether Lu Ming could stay.

• Lu Ming broke Qingshan Shangren’s green mountain with his Destruction Sword Intent, and his Moon Shadow Sword shattered in the clash.
• The light screen released more than twenty Martial Dao Stones, including a human-head-sized one, then vanished; Lu Ming collected four stones while the others fought over the rest.
• Tie Cangnan failed to kill an Eight Gates Family elder protected by Mid-grade Treasure Armor, while Old Freak White Brow blasted weaker contenders aside.
• Lu Ming defeated a Jiuhua Sect elder who challenged him for a stone, and Lei Gangzi claimed the final stone apart from the giant one.
• Ju Quezi proposed beginning the contest for the giant Martial Dao Stone, and Old Freak White Brow drove away the weaker experts before the Top Experts turned their attention to Lu Ming.
• Lu Ming warned that anyone who attacked him first would get nothing.

The experts fought over the Martial Dao Stone while Lu Ming equipped Mid-grade Armor and joined the battle. He traded powerful techniques with Old Freak White Brow, proving he could stand against a supreme expert, and the struggle for the stone continued.

• Tie Cangnan feinted toward the Martial Dao Stone, and the experts' attacks sent it flying toward Qingshan Shangren.
• Qingshan Shangren tried to shield the Martial Dao Stone with Thousand Mountain Seal, but the other experts shattered the formation and wounded him.
• Lu Ming put on Mid-grade Armor and took out the Jade Crystal Saber, then charged toward the Martial Dao Stone and attacked Old Freak White Brow.
• Old Freak White Brow unleashed Endless Black Prison with sixty percent Ice Fire Intent Realm, and Lu Ming countered with Blazing Fire Burns the Sky.
• Lu Ming and Old Freak White Brow's techniques collided, forcing them apart; Lu Ming remained unharmed, stunning the onlookers with his supreme-expert-level battle prowess.
• The experts resumed fighting over the Martial Dao Stone as one of them warned Ju Quezi not to exploit the chaos.

Lu Ming, disguised as the Iron Mask Swordsman, seized the largest Martial Dao Stone from a clash among five top-tier experts and fled into the mist. His pursuers lost track of him, while a newly arrived Overlord-level expert learned of the stone’s fate and vowed to find Lu Ming and Tie Cangnan.

• Tie Cangnan unleashed his Asura Saber: Ten Thousand Blades against the others, and Lu Ming used his speed and defenses to break through the attack.
• Lu Ming swept up the Martial Dao Stone and escaped, while Tie Cangnan was struck by attacks from behind and blamed Old Freak White Brow.
• The onlookers marveled that the Iron Mask Swordsman had won, and a woman wondered whether he was Lu Ming before Lei Gangzi returned from the failed pursuit.
• An Overlord-level old man arrived asking about the Eight Gates Family, learned that Lu Ming had claimed the largest stone, and vowed to find him and Tie Cangnan.

Lu Ming escaped to a concealed cave and entered seclusion with Little Fox to use the Crystal Flame Treasure Fruit and prepare for a breakthrough. Meanwhile, news of the Iron Mask Swordsman’s Martial Dao Stone haul spread among the arriving experts, and Xia Yue recognized him as Lu Ming and warned her imperial uncle of his powerful backing.

• Lu Ming found a hidden cave, set up defenses, and began seclusion with Little Fox, who fell asleep after eating a Crystal Flame Treasure Fruit.
• Lu Ming consumed a Crystal Flame Treasure Fruit and circulated the Cloud Water Heavenly Scripture to build energy for a breakthrough.
• Experts arriving at the perilous land heard that the Iron Mask Swordsman had obtained the largest share of the Martial Dao Stones and began searching for him.
• Su Xinghan learned of the Iron Mask Swordsman’s strength, and the Seven Stars Palace Great Elder warned him against challenging the swordsman recklessly.
• Xia Yue recognized the Iron Mask Swordsman as Lu Ming and told her imperial uncle what she knew, fearing he might provoke Lu Ming’s powerful backer.

Xia Yue warned the royal elder that Lu Ming had ties to a Heavenly Human Realm expert, while Lu Ming advanced his cultivation and comprehended several intents in seclusion. He ended the chapter deep in reflection on slaughter after exhausting the Blood Slaughter Intent in a Martial Dao Stone.

• Xia Yue told the royal elder about the Iron Mask Swordsman's powerful background, and he decided to keep Lu Ming's identity secret while letting rival powers discover the danger themselves.
• Lu Ming used Crystal Flame Treasure Fruits to break through to the Mid Gang Yuan Realm, then left extra fruits for the still-sleeping Little Fox.
• Lu Ming examined his Martial Dao Stones and found Wind, Fire, Lightning, Metal, Water, and Blood Slaughter Intents among them.
• Lu Ming comprehended Lightning Intent to seventy percent, Fire Intent to seventy percent, and Wind Intent to eighty percent.
• Lu Ming exhausted the Blood Slaughter Intent in the large Martial Dao Stone and continued contemplating slaughter through the Slaughter God Heavenly Scripture before opening his eyes with a changed aura.

Lu Ming emerged from seclusion after improving his martial techniques and watched Little Fox break through to mid-stage Level Four. He set out to search for Body Refining Blood and reached the dangerous Land of Returning Ruins, where he sensed a threatening presence in the depths and traveled along the edge.

• Lu Ming kept watch as Little Fox absorbed its stored energy and broke through to mid-stage Level Four, then returned to his own cultivation.
• Nearly a month later, Lu Ming tested three saber techniques he had modified or created, flattening mountains and concluding that he now had Overlord-level combat power.
• Little Fox awakened and urged Lu Ming to go treasure hunting, so he followed his old marks back toward Crimson Ghost Mountain and then headed deeper into Dragon Marsh Perilous Land.
• Lu Ming traveled with Little Fox, whose nose helped him find spirit medicines, and arrived at the ruins of the ancient Dragon Marsh Palace.
• Lu Ming sensed an invisible pressure within the mist-covered ruins and cautiously continued along their outer edge.

Lu Ming hunted demonic souls on Demonic Soul Mountain and found that a Level Four Black Demon Stone Soul could not challenge his will, so he continued deeper in search of stronger ones. Meanwhile, Gu Suhan and Su Xinghan trained with their elders, and Su Xinghan learned that the King of Demonic Souls would appear during the approaching great eruption.

• Lu Ming and Little Fox fought through demonic souls, with Little Fox’s lightning destroying them especially effectively.
• Lu Ming killed a Level Four early-stage demonic soul and found a Black Demon Stone Soul, but the Golden Man in his sea of consciousness easily suppressed its demonic intent.
• Great Compassion Elder praised Gu Suhan’s progress and advised him to focus on tempering his Sword Intent rather than chasing the Prodigy Ranking’s top fighters.
• Su Xinghan destroyed a Level Four late-stage demonic soul with his Star God Sword and collected its Black Demon Stone Soul.
• The Great Elder of Seven Stars Palace told Su Xinghan that the ten-year great demonic soul eruption was near and that the King of Demonic Souls would appear.

Lu Ming’s Slaughter Saber Intent reached sixty percent after he unleashed his new Void Slaughter Slash in Demonic Soul Mountain. Guided by Little Fox, he entered a dangerous cave filled with powerful demonic souls and continued deeper after finding Black Demon Stone Soul.

• Lu Ming slaughtered demonic souls with Rising Sun Slash, but his Slaughter Saber Intent stalled just below sixty percent.
• The Black and White Envoys arrived at Demonic Soul Mountain and headed for its depths to pursue the Demonic Soul King’s Black Demon Stone Soul.
• Lu Ming created Void Slaughter Slash, annihilated the surrounding demonic souls, and broke through to sixty-percent Slaughter Saber Intent.
• Little Fox pointed Lu Ming toward a cave, and he entered after putting on his armor and warning her to stay safe.
• Lu Ming fought off repeated Late Level Four demonic souls in the cave and discovered something unfamiliar deeper inside.