Chapter Summaries

Zhang Wuji’s Cold Poison flared up, and Ye Weiming persuaded Hu Qingniu to treat him by challenging the physician’s rules and offering protection. Hu Qingniu agreed to the deal, though the hidden poisoner’s threat remained.

• Zhang Wuji’s Cold Poison flared up, and Chang Yuchun carried him to Hu Qingniu for treatment.
• Hu Qingniu agreed to treat Zhang Wuji only if he joined the Skyhawk Sect, but Zhang Wuji refused to abandon Wudang.
• Ye Weiming argued that Zhang Wuji had never formally become a Wudang disciple and could therefore qualify as family of the Ming Cult.
• Ye Weiming offered to stop whoever came to trouble Hu Qingniu in exchange for treating Zhang Wuji.
• Hu Qingniu accepted Ye Weiming’s deal after he warned that the secret poisoner might target the physician himself.

Ye Weiming accepted Hu Qingniu’s quest, treated the injured martial artists in Butterfly Valley, and earned Hu Qingniu’s medical guidance while advising Zhang Wuji. Granny Golden Flower arrived at the end of the chapter and attacked Ye Weiming after he provoked her over her cane.

• Ye Weiming and his team accepted Hu Qingniu’s quest to handle his enemies and the troublemakers in Butterfly Valley.
• Ye Weiming treated Chang Yuchun and Ji Xiaofu, then killed Ma Ye for demanding free treatment and charged the remaining martial artists for their care.
• Ye Weiming dismissed the recovered martial artists, prepared a meal, and gained further medical insight from Hu Qingniu.
• Chang Yuchun left Butterfly Valley, while Ye Weiming urged Zhang Wuji to learn medicine and use healed patients to gather information about Cheng Kun.
• Granny Golden Flower arrived and demanded to know whether Ye Weiming had treated the martial artists; after he asked her to pay with her cane, she attacked him.

Ye Weiming and his teammates overwhelmed Granny Golden Flower in battle, but she halted their finishing attack by revealing that she held Wang Nangu captive. Hu Qingniu intervened, leaving Ye Weiming to decide whether to spare her for now.

• Ye Weiming used two Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms moves to force Granny Golden Flower back and discovered she was a level 130 BOSS.
• Jiang Jin Jiu, Ye Weiming, Sanyue, and Fei Yu attacked Granny Golden Flower together while Liuyun recited the Sutra of Rebirth.
• Granny Golden Flower tried to flee, but she tripped over Ye Weiming's hidden Invisible Sword and fell, letting the group press their attack.
• As her health neared zero, Granny Golden Flower shouted that Wang Nangu was in her hands, and Hu Qingniu came out of the cottage and ordered everyone to stop.
• The system presented Ye Weiming with a choice to keep attacking or hear Hu Qingniu out, while Ye Weiming decided he needed to preserve Hu Qingniu's role in Zhang Wuji's fate.

Ye Weiming spared Granny Golden Flower and accepted her eight-star quest to find and kill the mastermind who poisoned her husband, Han Qianyue. Granny Golden Flower began recounting the poisoning and identified a Mute Monk who served the Mongols as a likely culprit.

• Ye Weiming treated Granny Golden Flower's leg wound after secretly marking her clothes with a scent his dog Ah Huang could track.
• Granny Golden Flower revealed that Wang Nangu was hidden somewhere she could not escape, and threatened Hu Qingniu and his wife if she died.
• Granny Golden Flower offered to stop troubling Hu Qingniu if Ye Weiming found and killed her husband's poisoner, and Ye Weiming accepted the hidden quest.
• Ye Weiming asked Granny Golden Flower for details about the poisoning, and she recalled that she and Han Qianyue had both been poisoned after a meal near the Han River.
• Granny Golden Flower named a Mute Monk, a Mongol subordinate who had been at the restaurant, as the likely poisoner.

Ye Weiming spared Granny Golden Flower, received her weapon, and investigated the likely murderer of Han Qianyue. The chapter ended with Night Sky Sword arriving with a group and calling out to Xiao Fu.

• Granny Golden Flower released Hu Qingniu's wife, gave Ye Weiming her cane, and escaped with A Li after A Li tried to take Zhang Wuji with her.
• Ye Weiming examined the cane's attributes and kept it after Liuyun declined it.
• Ye Weiming consulted Yin Bukui about Han Qianyue's death and learned Fan Yao was the most suspicious suspect, though the murderer remained unconfirmed.
• Ye Weiming sensed approaching figures, and Night Sky Sword arrived, accusing Xiao Fu of making her search for him.

Ye Weiming met Abbess Miejue and the Emei disciples in Butterfly Valley while protecting Hu Qingniu, who had agreed to treat Zhang Wuji. After Ding Minjun threatened Hu Qingniu, Ye Weiming struck her and revealed to his teammates that he planned to take the Heavenly Sword from Miejue.

• Ye Weiming told Miejue he had come at True Master Zhang's request with Zhang Wuji and rejected her attempt to frame Hu Qingniu as a criminal.
• Miejue asked Ji Xiaofu to speak with her privately, and Ji Xiaofu agreed despite Ye Weiming offering to protect her.
• Ding Minjun proposed that the Emei disciples kill Hu Qingniu, so Ye Weiming warned her to leave the physician alone.
• When Ding Minjun insulted him, Ye Weiming slapped her hard enough to send her flying and knock out two teeth.
• Ye Weiming told Jiang Jin Jiu and the others that he intended to kill Miejue at the best opportunity and claim the Heavenly Sword, while they held off the other Emei disciples.

Ding Minjun’s Emei Sect group confronted Ye Weiming and his companions in Butterfly Valley, where You Want My Life Three Thousand revealed the Wu Gou Sword and challenged Ye Weiming. Ye Weiming defeated him with a concealed counterattack, leaving the clash over but the threat to the other people in the valley unresolved.

• Ding Minjun ordered the Emei Sect disciples to attack after Ye Weiming slapped her, and You Want My Life Three Thousand rushed at him.
• You Want My Life Three Thousand knocked away Ye Weiming’s Invisible Sword and damaged it, then blocked attacks from Jiang Jin Jiu, Fei Yu, and Sanyue with the Wu Gou Sword.
• You Want My Life Three Thousand revealed that the Wu Gou Sword was a divine weapon and offered not to attack Hu Qingniu or Zhang Wuji if Ye Weiming stayed out of his mission.
• Ye Weiming refused the deal because everyone else in Butterfly Valley was connected to his mission, and he attacked You Want My Life Three Thousand.
• You Want My Life Three Thousand pierced Ye Weiming with the Wu Gou Sword, but Ye Weiming trapped the weapon with Man-Ghost Path and killed him with Hidden Dragon, Do Not Act.

Ye Weiming killed You Want My Life Three Thousand, found Zhang Wuji and Yang Buhui, and agreed to escort them to find Yang Buhui’s father. When Extermination confronted him over Ji Xiaofu’s death, Ye Weiming killed Ding Minjun in front of her, leaving the conflict poised to escalate.

• Ye Weiming instantly killed You Want My Life Three Thousand, and the Emei Sect disciples withdrew toward Extermination.
• Ye Weiming and his companions found Zhang Wuji and Yang Buhui hiding in a haystack after Ji Xiaofu’s death, and Ye Weiming promised to escort them to the Ming Cult.
• Ding Minjun returned with Extermination and the Emei Sect disciples, and Extermination admitted that she had killed Ji Xiaofu for breaking Emei’s rules.
• Ye Weiming defended his earlier attack by saying Ding Minjun deserved punishment for insulting an Imperial Official.
• Ding Minjun attacked Zhang Wuji and Yang Buhui, and Ye Weiming killed her with a Go piece in front of Extermination.

Ye Weiming provoked Abbess Miejue after killing Ding Minjun, but Jingxuan persuaded Miejue to spare Yang Buhui and withdraw with the Emei disciples. Hu Qingniu and Wang Nangu then rewarded the team for completing their quest, and Ye Weiming reached level 60 as Hu Qingniu prepared to give him his reward.

• Ye Weiming mocked Abbess Miejue and defended killing Ding Minjun, but Jingxuan intervened and Miejue let Yang Buhui go.
• Miejue credited Jingxuan with preventing a disaster for Emei and ordered the disciples to return to their mountain and lie low.
• Hu Qingniu and Wang Nangu reunited and distributed quest rewards: Liuyun received Heart-Cleansing Pills, Fei Yu received boots, and Sanyue received a Poison Arts manual.
• Jiang Jin Jiu accepted a brocade box from Hu Qingniu as his reward.
• Ye Weiming received 10,000,000 experience and 1,000,000 cultivation points, reached level 60, and watched Hu Qingniu approach him with a special reward.

Ye Weiming used Hu Qingniu’s medical text to raise his Medical Arts to Level 10 and gain Pharmacology Mastery, but learned the advance reward could be lost if he failed Granny Golden Flower’s quest. Jiang Jin Jiu offered to prevent Hu Qingniu and Wang Nangu from being killed, and Ye Weiming turned to Sanyue about the poria he had requested.

• Hu Qingniu praised Ye Weiming for driving Extermination away and gave him the Zi Wu Zhen Jiu Jing as an advance reward for accepting Granny Golden Flower’s quest.
• Ye Weiming used the medical text, raising his Medical Arts to Level 10 and gaining Pharmacology Mastery, which boosted pill refinement success and effects.
• Hu Qingniu warned Ye Weiming that his Medical Arts would drop one level if the quest failed and Hu Qingniu and Wang Nangu died because of it.
• Jiang Jin Jiu offered to ensure the couple would survive if Ye Weiming paid him, though he refused to explain how he would do it.
• Ye Weiming called Jiang Jin Jiu wicked and asked Sanyue whether she had found the ten-year-old poria he requested.

Ye Weiming gathered the seven top-grade ingredients needed for the Six Yang Snow Melting Pill and agreed to escort Zhang Wuji and Yang Buhui to find Yang Xiao. He negotiated for Pei Tuhou, Wu Zhou, and Qi Ye to join the journey, then left his teammates to accompany them while he stayed behind to refine pills.

• Sanyue gave Ye Weiming a Thousand Year Poria, and his teammates supplied the remaining ingredients for the Six Yang Snow Melting Pill.
• Zhang Wuji triggered the six-star Thousand Mile Escort for Sixth Aunt quest, and Ye Weiming agreed to travel with him and Yang Buhui after refining pills overnight.
• Pei Tuhou, Wu Zhou, and Qi Ye arrived, apologized for Qi Ye's attack on Ji Xiaofu, and asked to join the escort.
• Ye Weiming negotiated with Pei Tuhou for nearly half an hour before accepting 10,000 gold for the trio to join the quest.
• Ye Weiming explained that the agreed route would expose Zhang Wuji and Yang Buhui to Yuan Mongol brutality and advance his plan to deepen the Ming Cult's conflict with the Yuan Mongols.
• Ye Weiming sent Sanyue and the others to accompany the group while he borrowed Hu Qingniu's pill furnace to refine the medicine.

Ye Weiming finished refining premium Six Yang Snow Melting Pills, prepared his skills and supplies, and led his team toward Bright Summit. Bandits ambushed their carriage soon after departure, and Ye Weiming captured one of them alive to learn what trouble lay ahead.

• Ye Weiming borrowed Hu Qingniu’s Zi Wu Qian Kun Furnace and spent the night refining six Premium Six Yang Snow Melting Pills and one Special pill.
• Ye Weiming sent five pills to his teammates, saved the Special pill for Zhang Sanfeng, upgraded Sky Shaking Nine Swords, and brewed recovery supplies.
• Ye Weiming and his teammates agreed to travel to Bright Summit by carriage, with Qi Ye driving and Wu Zhou and Pei Tuhou scouting ahead.
• Ba Long and his bandits blocked the road and demanded that the team leave Yang Buhui behind, but Fei Yu killed Ba Long with an arrow.
• Ye Weiming warned his teammates that the ambush might signal trouble ahead, then seized a fleeing bandit alive to question him.

Ye Weiming’s group subdued bandit leaders Ba Long and Hao Hu, then learned that a mysterious patron had offered a bounty for Yang Buhui and anticipated a broader Yuan Mongol plot. Ye Weiming devised a plan and sent a letter toward Wudang, while a young enemy nearby recognized his attempt to draw out their watchers.

• Ye Weiming immobilized Hao Hu and Ba Long, and the fleeing bandits scattered as Pei Tuhou stopped pursuing them.
• Sanyue hypnotized Hao Hu, learned that a mysterious person had offered a thousand taels of gold for Yang Buhui, and killed him after discovering he knew little else.
• Pei Tuhou suggested changing routes, but Ye Weiming decided to continue along their original path because the shortest route was likely the most heavily watched.
• Ye Weiming considered how the Yuan Mongols might use Yang Buhui to provoke conflict between the Ming Cult and the Six Great Sects, while Sanyue and Liuyun warned Zhang Wuji and Yang Buhui about the scheme.
• After Fei Yu’s comment prompted an idea, Ye Weiming wrote a letter, enclosed a Hundred Year Pure Yang Wuji Tendril, and sent it by pigeon toward Wudang Mountain.
• A young boy ordered Zhao Yishang to shoot down the pigeon, but the Mute Monk stopped him after spotting Ye Weiming watching from a tree.

Ye Weiming deduced that Zhao Min was leading the pursuit while Cheng Kun advised from the shadows, and he recruited Fan Yao as an informant. As Ye Weiming’s party faced growing attacks on the road, three figures appeared ahead, including two familiar players and an elegant middle-aged scholar.

• Ye Weiming inferred that Zhao Min commanded the Ruyang Prince’s experts and that Fan Yao was traveling with her party.
• Ye Weiming sent Yin Bukui a message asking him to deliver an enclosed letter to Zhang Sanfeng or another Wudang hero, but not Yin Liting.
• Ye Weiming’s escort faced increasingly powerful attacks from sect members and other players as it traveled, while the group rotated patrol duties.
• Pei Tuhou and Wu Zhou fought Yuan Mongol soldiers along the route, helping conceal the escort’s true purpose from Yang Xiao.
• After five days, Ye Weiming and Fei Yu encountered Dai Qiu Shang Lan, Gui Xinying, and an elegant middle-aged scholar on a mountain path.

Ye Weiming divided his team to fight Xianyu Tong and his allies, intending to kill the Huashan overseer. He quickly overwhelmed Gui Xinying, whose fate remained uncertain as his sword shot toward her.

• Xianyu Tong demanded that the group hand over Yang Buhui, while Fei Yu challenged his treatment of the child.
• Ye Weiming assigned Pei Tuhou, Wu Zhou, and Fei Yu to hold off Xianyu Tong, Sanyue to face Dai Qiu Shang Lan, and himself to attack Gui Xinying.
• Xianyu Tong launched an attack on Ye Weiming, while Ye Weiming's teammates separated the three battles as planned.
• Gui Xinying's Silver Snake Sword struck Ye Weiming's Night Snow glove, and his Hidden Dragon, Do Not Act blasted her backward for heavy damage.
• Ye Weiming sent his Blood-Draining Sunset Sword toward Gui Xinying, aiming at a dangerous spot on her body and leaving her with a strange sensation.

Ye Weiming defeated Xianyu Tong after resisting his Golden Silkworm Gu Poison and exploiting the boss’s weaknesses, while Dai Qiu Shang Lan escaped. Two powerful attackers then ambushed the carriage, and Liuyun revealed himself by destroying it with Prajna Palm to protect Zhang Wuji and Yang Buhui.

• Ye Weiming killed Gui Xinying with a sword strike, while Xianyu Tong swiftly killed Fei Yu, Pei Tuhou, and Wu Zhou.
• Ye Weiming confronted Xianyu Tong, was exposed to Golden Silkworm Gu Poison, and resisted it with his high poison resistance.
• Ye Weiming paralyzed Xianyu Tong with One Yang Finger, battered him with his sword and Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, then killed him with Sword Breaking Style.
• Dai Qiu Shang Lan fled into the forest, and two attackers launched coordinated yin-and-yang sword strikes at the carriage.
• Liuyun shattered the carriage with Prajna Palm and stood between the attackers and Zhang Wuji and Yang Buhui.

Liuyun survived a joint attack from He Taichong and Ban Shuxian, while Ye Weiming tried to protect Zhang Wuji and Yang Buhui and negotiate with their pursuers. The Kongtong Five Elders arrived to seize Yang Buhui, but just as Ye Weiming’s group was cornered, seven mysterious figures appeared and intervened.

• Liuyun used his Golden Bell Shield to block He Taichong and Ban Shuxian’s swords, then knocked them back with a palm strike.
• Ye Weiming recognized the Kunlun Sect leaders and invoked his connection to their elders He Zudao and Bai Luzi, leaving He Taichong and Ban Shuxian hesitant.
• The Kongtong Five Elders arrived with their disciples and announced they intended to use Yang Buhui to lure out Yang Xiao.
• Ye Weiming proposed seven one-on-one matches, but Tang Wenliang rejected the wager and the martial rules behind it.
• Seven figures arrived, recited a poem together, and positioned themselves between Ye Weiming’s group and the Kunlun and Kongtong experts.

Ye Weiming and the Wudang Seven Heroes forced the Kunlun and Kongtong sects to abandon their attempt to seize Yang Xiao's daughter. Just as the dispute ended, a middle-aged scholar with a BOSS status panel arrived.

• Song Yuanqiao proposed settling the dispute through one-on-one contests and offered Wudang's protection if the sects tried to use force.
• Song Yuanqiao ordered his companions to form the True Martial Seven Interceptions Array, deterring He Taichong and the Kongtong Five Elders.
• He Taichong withdrew Kunlun Sect from the dispute, and Guan Neng then led Kongtong Sect away as well.
• A middle-aged scholar in a coarse white robe appeared and stopped five zhang from Ye Weiming and the others.

Yang Xiao arrived just as Ye Weiming and his companions were escorting Yang Buhui, and Yin Liting attacked him, prompting the Wudang Seven Heroes to trap him in the True Martial Seven Interceptions Array. As Yang Xiao was wounded and Yang Buhui watched in distress, Dai Qiu Shang Lan launched a sudden attack on Liuyun.

• Yang Xiao appeared, and Yin Liting immediately charged him over their feud involving Ji Xiaofu.
• Song Yuanqiao and the other Wudang heroes joined Yin Liting and formed the True Martial Seven Interceptions Array around Yang Xiao.
• Ye Weiming explained that he had summoned the Wudang heroes and believed the mission could still be completed by escorting Yang Buhui to Bright Summit, even if Yang Xiao died.
• The battle spread toward Ye Weiming's group, leaving Yang Buhui conflicted as Yang Xiao suffered more wounds.
• Dai Qiu Shang Lan emerged from the forest and struck at Liuyun with his sword.

Dai Qiu Shang Lan attacked Yang Buhui, but Yin Liting took the sword meant for her and the Wudang group killed Dai Qiu Shang Lan. Then Ten Fragrance Soft Tendon Powder poisoned everyone on their side, leaving Ye Weiming to collapse last.

• Dai Qiu Shang Lan feinted against Liuyun and lunged at Yang Buhui, his true mission target.
• Yin Liting rushed in and blocked Dai Qiu Shang Lan's sword with his body, then struck back as the Wudang group surrounded their enemy.
• The six Wudang fighters attacked Dai Qiu Shang Lan with the True Martial Seven Interceptions Array and defeated him.
• Yin Liting told Yang Buhui he would not blame her for hating Yang Xiao and collapsed from his wound.
• Yang Buhui, Zhang Wuji, Ye Weiming, and the others collapsed in succession after being poisoned by Ten Fragrance Soft Tendon Powder.