Chapter Summaries

Yang Chan and the Black Dragon discovered that Qin Yuan and Eunuch Cao were using a Dragon-Luring Poison Pill to lure an Azure Horned Serpent in Jade Valley. They stayed to observe as numerous deadly poisonous creatures gathered around the trap.

• The Black Dragon explained that the Dragon-Luring Poison Pill attracted dragons and other creatures with dragon blood, and Yang Chan realized someone was hunting a dragon-blooded beast.
• Yang Chan agreed to investigate the lure with the Black Dragon, setting limits against entering Jade Valley’s depths or taking unnecessary risks.
• Eunuch Cao spotted the Azure Horned Serpent emerging from a lake, but Qin Yuan urged him to wait until it entered the Spirit Gathering Array.
• Qin Yuan noticed several other poisonous creatures gathering around the array, making the capture more dangerous, and proposed letting them weaken the serpent first.
• Yang Chan and the Black Dragon recognized the serpent as a weak mixed-blood creature, but Yang Chan chose to keep watching for other dangers in Jade Valley.

Qin Yuan and the Lingyuan Imperial Dynasty’s fighters launched their trap to capture the Azure Horned Serpent alive and recover the Dragon-Luring Poison Pill. Yang Chan and the Black Dragon watched from a distance as the serpent fought back amid the deadly poisonous creatures.

• Poisonous creatures gathered around the Dragon-Luring Poison Pill and fought, while the Azure Horned Serpent killed a Crimson Centipede and a Colorful Spider.
• Qin Yuan judged that the serpent had been weakened and ordered the group to attack, activating the trapping formation around the Spirit Gathering Array.
• The fighters rushed the Azure Horned Serpent, and Eunuch Cao watched to ensure they followed the Crown Prince’s orders.
• The Azure Horned Serpent failed to break the formation and turned toward the Dragon-Luring Poison Pill to heal, prompting Qin Yuan to charge after it.
• Yang Chan and the Black Dragon observed as poisonous creatures struck down several fighters and Qin Yuan’s group pressed the attack; Yang Chan chose not to intervene.

Qin Yuan and his companions successfully froze the Azure Horned Serpent with Ice Source Stones, but a horned Mangy Flood Dragon emerged, devoured them, and pursued Yang Chan and the Black Dragon. Yang Chan fled toward Jade Valley’s outskirts, seeking to escape the poisonous Blood-Changing Martial Saint.

• Qin Yuan drove the Azure Horned Serpent into position, and his men froze it with Ice Source Stones while Eunuch Cao watched.
• Yang Chan and the Black Dragon sensed a powerful danger approaching and fled as the Mangy Flood Dragon swallowed Qin Yuan’s group and the Dragon-Luring Poison Pill.
• The Mangy Flood Dragon pursued Yang Chan, spreading lethal toxic fumes that killed people throughout Jade Valley’s inner region.
• Yang Chan had the Black Dragon enter the Mysterious Yin Hanging Beads, then continued toward the outskirts as the flood dragon tracked them.
• The Black Dragon advised Yang Chan to leave Jade Valley rather than hide his aura, and Yang Chan increased his speed with an Artistic Conception of wind.

Yang Chan escaped Jade Valley after fighting off the pursuing Green Horned Poison Flood Dragon, which could not cross the valley’s boundary. When people pursued him hoping to seize the treasure they assumed he possessed, Yang Chan ordered Black Dragon to kill them.

• Yang Chan fled through Jade Valley as the Green Horned Poison Flood Dragon caught up, and Black Dragon identified it as a Green Horned Poison Flood Dragon with a chance to become a true dragon.
• The flood dragon sprayed corrosive poisonous vapor at Yang Chan, who split it with One Sword Breaks the Clouds and briefly sent the beast flying before continuing toward the valley’s boundary.
• Yang Chan crossed out of Jade Valley, and the flood dragon roared at the boundary but did not follow him, instead returning to the valley and devouring people in its path.
• People outside Jade Valley discussed the flood dragon and suspected Yang Chan had taken something valuable, so several groups set off after him.
• After Black Dragon reported that pursuers were closing in, Yang Chan ordered him to kill them all.

After leaving Jade Valley, Yang Chan traveled toward the Snowfall Snow Region to search for a mature Snowfall Snow Lotus. He entered the frozen region and followed the route recorded by Tianxuan Holy Land, leaving the search for the lotus ahead.

• Yang Chan promised Black Dragon they could return to Jade Valley for the Green Horned Poison Flood Dragon once Yang Chan grew strong enough to defeat it safely.
• Yang Chan rested at a nearby restaurant and inn before continuing toward the Snowfall Snow Region.
• Yang Chan reached the Snowfall Snow Region and crossed its boundary, where he saw human-shaped ice sculptures left by people who had frozen to death.
• Yang Chan endured the region's bone-chilling winds with his blood energy and noticed living creatures moving beneath the snow.
• Yang Chan followed the route recorded in the books toward the place where Snowfall Snow Lotus had previously been found.

Yang Chan entered the Snowfall Snow Region with the Black Dragon to seek a Snowfall Snow Lotus while guarding against deadly beasts and winds. Elsewhere in the region, Gu Tianyun led Feng Xuanjing and Lou Xiaoyang toward a site where he had found a lotus the previous year.

• Yang Chan traveled through the Snowfall Snow Region as the Black Dragon scouted for danger beneath the ice and in the sky.
• The Black Dragon sensed faint spiritual energy near the place where Snowfall Snow Lotuses grew, and Yang Chan hurried toward it.
• Gu Tianyun entered the region with Feng Xuanjing and Lou Xiaoyang, hoping to find mature Snowfall Snow Lotuses and improve their cultivation.
• Gu Tianyun led his companions toward the site where he had gathered a lotus the previous year.
• Feng Xuanjing remarked on the deadly Life-Taking Gentle Wind and its danger to people with weak Martial Cultivation.

Yang Chan searched the Snowfall Snow Region, missed a mature Snowfall Snow Lotus harvested the previous year, and collected a mature Ice Condensing Flower after killing the Ice Crystal Centipede guarding it. At Tianxuan Holy Land, Gu An learned Yang Chan was traveling safely while Liu Xuan reported the ongoing investigation into the attempt on his life and the search for Yuwen Ze.

• Yang Chan found only a year-old Snowfall Snow Lotus where a mature one had grown, then left after Black Dragon warned him that three Marrow Cleansing Grandmasters were approaching.
• Gu Tianyun arrived with Feng Xuanjing and Lou Xiaoyang to search the site where Gu Tianyun had harvested a Snowfall Snow Lotus the previous year.
• Yang Chan followed Black Dragon's warning to a mature Ice Condensing Flower, killed the Ice Crystal Centipede hiding beneath the ice, and collected both.
• Gu An told Liu Xuan that Yang Chan had sent word from the Northern Plains and was safe.
• Liu Xuan explained that Tianxuan Holy Land and the Pill Pavilion were investigating Yuwen Ze and suspected links between him and the Tianxuan Holy Son, unaware that Yang Chan had already killed Yuwen Ze.

Bai Keyi investigated the attempt on Yang Chan’s life and went to alert Tianxuan Holy Land’s leaders that the Pill Pavilion was being drawn into the struggle for Holy Master. Meanwhile, Yang Chan found three powerful figures fighting an Ice Extreme Snow Fox beside two nearly mature Snowfall Snow Lotuses.

• Bai Keyi concluded that Yuwen Ze’s role in the assassination pointed to a plot tied to the Holy Master succession struggle, and he carried his intelligence to Holy Lord Peak.
• Yang Chan continued searching the Snowfall Snow Region, gathering spiritual materials and hoping to find mature Snowfall Snow Lotuses.
• The Black Dragon sensed powerful spiritual energy, leading Yang Chan to discover Gu Tianyun, Feng Xuanjing, and Lou Xiaoyang confronting an Ice Extreme Snow Fox near two nearly mature Snowfall Snow Lotuses.
• Gu Tianyun warned his companions about the fox’s speed and dangerous ice-infused claws, and the three formed a coordinated attack.
• Lou Xiaoyang struck first while Gu Tianyun and Feng Xuanjing blocked the fox’s escape routes, gradually wounding and overpowering it.

Gu Tianyun, Feng Xuanjing, and Lou Xiaoyang were surrounded by five Ice Extreme Snow Foxes after trying to kill one and take two mature Snowfall Snow Lotuses. Gu Tianyun secured the lotuses and betrayed his companions, leaving them to fight the foxes while he escaped.

• Four more Ice Extreme Snow Foxes arrived, freeing the wounded fox and surrounding Gu Tianyun, Feng Xuanjing, and Lou Xiaoyang.
• Gu Tianyun volunteered to gather the two Snowfall Snow Lotuses while Feng Xuanjing and Lou Xiaoyang defended him from the five foxes.
• As the foxes wounded and began freezing the defenders, Feng Xuanjing and Lou Xiaoyang urged Gu Tianyun to abandon the lotuses and flee.
• After collecting both lotuses, Gu Tianyun attacked Feng Xuanjing and Lou Xiaoyang, hurling them toward the foxes.
• Feng Xuanjing and Lou Xiaoyang fought the foxes with their trump cards as Gu Tianyun escaped with the lotuses, revealing that he had planned to use them as shields.

Yang Chan watched Gu Tianyun betray Feng Xuanjing and Lou Xiaoyang, then followed as the Ice Extreme Snow Fox leader chased Gu Tianyun toward the edge of the Snowfall Snow Region. When Gu Tianyun threw away his Snowfall Snow Lotuses and other supplies to escape, the fox ignored them and kept pursuing him.

• Yang Chan inferred that Gu Tianyun had used Feng Xuanjing and Lou Xiaoyang as bait to escape with two Snowfall Snow Lotuses, while Black Dragon reflected on what he had learned from Gu Tianyun’s betrayal.
• Yang Chan and Black Dragon followed Gu Tianyun as he fled toward the edge of the Snowfall Snow Region with the Ice Extreme Snow Fox leader in pursuit.
• The fox caught Gu Tianyun, and after their clash revealed the beast’s overwhelming strength, Gu Tianyun threw one Snowfall Snow Lotus away to distract it and ran.
• Yang Chan picked up the discarded Snowfall Snow Lotus and stored it in the Mysterious Yin Hanging Beads.
• Gu Tianyun threw away his second Snowfall Snow Lotus, collected Spiritual Materials, and healing spirit pills, but the fox did not pause and continued chasing him.

Yang Chan collected the Twin Lotus and other treasures in the Snowfall Snow Region while Gu Tianyun, Lou Xiaoyang, and Feng Xuanjing died amid attacks by Ice Extreme Snow Foxes. After killing the foxes near the lotus site and avoiding the Ice Snow Divine Eagle, Yang Chan and Black Dragon continued searching for more mature Snowfall Snow Lotuses.

• Yang Chan stored the extra Snowfall Snow Lotus and other supplies in the Mysterious Yin Hanging Beads as the Ice Extreme Snow Fox leader caught and killed Gu Tianyun.
• Black Dragon killed the Ice Extreme Snow Fox leader, and Yang Chan concealed its corpse and Gu Tianyun's while clearing their tracks.
• Lou Xiaoyang froze to death after fighting two Ice Extreme Snow Foxes, and four foxes killed Feng Xuanjing before devouring the men’s flesh.
• Yang Chan returned to the lotus site, killed the four Ice Extreme Snow Foxes with his flying sword, and collected the spiritual medicines and pills they had left behind.
• Yang Chan chose not to fight the approaching Ice Snow Divine Eagle and continued deeper into the Snowfall Snow Region with Black Dragon to search for more Snowfall Snow Lotuses.

Yang Chan left the Snowfall Snow Region with spiritual materials and set out for Cloud Dream Marsh, stopping in Yang River City to eat and hear the latest news. At Yuelai Inn, he learned that the Supreme Saintess had dominated the East Sea Martial Arts Exchange Conference and suspected the Tianxuan Holy Son’s early departure was connected to the assassination attempt against him.

• Yang Chan left the Snowfall Snow Region after gathering three Snowfall Snow Lotuses and other cold-attributed Spiritual Materials, then chose Cloud Dream Marsh as his next destination.
• Yang Chan traveled toward Cloud Dream Marsh and stopped at Yang River City to enjoy a hot meal at Yuelai Inn.
• Yang Chan listened as guests reported that the Supreme Saintess had defeated the Holy Sons and Saintesses at the East Sea Martial Arts Exchange Conference.
• Yang Chan heard that the Tianxuan Holy Son had left the conference early and suspected his departure was related to the attempted assassination against him.

Yang Chan traveled toward Cloud Dream Marsh while avoiding Tianxuan Holy Land’s search and focusing on advancing his Demon Dragon Blood Transformation Art. After Black Dragon identified Deep in Clouds, Unknown Where as the former site of the Cloud Dragon lineage, Yang Chan decided to investigate cautiously and enter only if it seemed safe.

• Yang Chan listened to news at Yuelai Inn, ignored the Hundred Flower Banquet and imperial conflicts, ate a large meal, and rested for the night.
• Yang Chan reviewed his cultivation progress and planned to prioritize martial cultivation while traveling, then resume improving his other arts after returning to Tianxuan Holy Land.
• Yang Chan asked Black Dragon about Cloud Dream Marsh, and Black Dragon explained that the region had changed greatly since his visit ten thousand years earlier.
• Black Dragon pointed out that the Cloud Dragon lineage had once guarded a site marked Deep in Clouds, Unknown Where, and suggested it might hold useful treasures or records about leaving the Taiyu Divine Continent.
• Yang Chan decided to investigate the dangerous site when they approached and postpone entering if his Danger Sense warned him of too much risk.

Yang Chan heard that the Dragon Scale Spiritual Flower had been spotted in Cloud Dream Marsh, but decided not to risk pursuing it before he was stronger. He traveled slowly to the crowded town outside the marsh, where he kept a low profile and considered how the continent’s cultivation resources had changed.

• Yang Chan heard at Yuelai Inn that the Dragon Scale Spiritual Flower had been spotted near Deep in Clouds, Unknown Where, and recognized its potential to improve his Demon Dragon Blood Transformation Art.
• Yang Chan decided safety mattered more than the flower, finished breakfast, bought a horse, and traveled leisurely toward Cloud Dream Marsh.
• Yang Chan reached the crowded town outside Cloud Dream Marsh and observed the traders, spiritual medicine stalls, and sects offering exchanges for gathered materials.
• Black Dragon told Yang Chan that rogue cultivators had fewer opportunities than they had ten thousand years earlier because spiritual veins were scarce and controlled by major factions.
• Yang Chan kept Black Dragon hidden in the Mysterious Yin Hanging Beads and concealed his strength while checking for Blood-Changing Martial Saint experts.
• Yang Chan speculated that divine veins might someday revive in Taiyu Divine Continent, but Black Dragon warned that such a change was unlikely to happen soon.

Yang Chan gathered information in Shanguan Town before entering Cloud Dream Marsh and learned that major forces, including Purple Mansion Holy Land experts, had gone toward Deep in Clouds, Unknown Where to seek rare spiritual herbs. After dining at Mengniang Restaurant, he chose a route that would avoid them and prepared several alternatives.

• Yang Chan chose the busy Mengniang Restaurant to gather information and ordered local specialties in a private room overlooking Cloud Dream Marsh.
• Yang Chan overheard that major forces had entered Deep in Clouds, Unknown Where to search for Dragon Scale Spiritual Flower and investigate rumors about the dragon race.
• Yang Chan learned that Blood-Changing Martial Saints from Purple Mansion Holy Land were among the expedition and decided to avoid their routes.
• Yang Chan studied a rare map of Cloud Dream Marsh from Tianxuan Holy Land and selected an entry route along with several backups.

Yang Chan entered Cloud Dream Marsh, assessed the mind-bewitching mist, and explored its outer region with Black Dragon’s help. At South Origin River, he gathered Huangjing Fruits and spotted dangerous river beasts waiting near the water.

• Yang Chan sensed that the marsh’s mist could disorient ordinary people over time but had little effect on a Blood-Changing Martial Saint like him.
• Yang Chan told Black Dragon to remain inside the Mysterious Yin Hanging Beads while using Divine Sense to scout, then followed a map through the marsh’s outer region.
• Black Dragon detected denser spiritual energy near South Origin River, and Yang Chan went to investigate.
• Yang Chan found sixteen Huangjing Fruits and killed a Blood Claw Chicken hiding nearby, then stored both the fruit and its carcass.
• Yang Chan inspected South Origin River and sensed Light Scale Fish and Cloud Mist Crocodiles waiting in the water for prey.

Yang Chan gathered spirit herbs and strange beasts along the South Origin River before following the Black Dragon toward denser spiritual energy. He found Qi Dakai and Qi Dawei preparing to claim three mature Nine-tailed Spirit Flowers, while their resentment over resources and risk threatened their partnership.

• Yang Chan collected mature spirit herbs and defeated strange beasts near the South Origin River, reflecting on how major powers profited from treasure hunters in Cloud Dream Marsh.
• The Black Dragon detected denser spiritual energy to the south, and Yang Chan followed its signal but held back when he saw others approaching.
• Qi Dakai and Qi Dawei discovered three mature Nine-tailed Spirit Flowers and discussed trading them for cultivation resources.
• Qi Dawei resented Qi Dakai’s plan to make him test for danger without considering his needs, and he began contemplating taking the patriarch’s position for himself.
• Qi Dakai agreed to investigate the flowers from the front while Qi Dawei guarded him, and the two set aside their conflict to claim them.

Qi Dakai and Qi Dawei fought off a Blazing Fire Fox guarding three Nine-tailed Spirit Flowers, then argued over how to divide the herbs. Qi Dawei pretended to yield before attacking Qi Dakai with poisoned arrows, leaving the brothers at odds in the depths of Cloud Dream Marsh.

• Qi Dakai approached the Nine-tailed Spirit Flowers cautiously while considering how little he trusted Qi Dawei and how he would keep the herbs for himself.
• Qi Dakai and Qi Dawei worked together to drive the Blazing Fire Fox away from the flowers as Yang Chan and Black Dragon watched from hiding.
• Qi Dawei asked for one flower, but Qi Dakai rejected his claim and warned him to recognize their difference in strength.
• Qi Dawei feigned submission and offered to gather the flowers, while Qi Dakai praised his compliance and urged him to fight for resources.
• Qi Dawei shot three poisoned arrows into Qi Dakai and revealed that he had memorized their route into the marsh.

Qi Dawei killed Qi Dakai with Eight Treasures Golden Poison and claimed the Nine-tailed Spirit Flowers, but the Blazing Fire Fox killed him before Yang Chan arrived and slew the beast. Yang Chan collected the flowers and left reflecting on the danger of trusting others in Cloud Dream Marsh.

• Qi Dawei confronted Qi Dakai over years of betrayal and revealed that Eight Treasures Golden Poison was spreading through his body.
• Qi Dakai pleaded for the antidote and offered Qi Dawei the Qi Family, but Qi Dawei said he had none and shot Qi Dakai through the forehead with a sleeve arrow.
• Qi Dawei celebrated his inheritance of the Qi Family and went to gather the three Nine-tailed Spirit Flowers.
• The Blazing Fire Fox emerged from hiding and killed Qi Dawei, then inspected the flowers.
• Yang Chan appeared and killed the Blazing Fire Fox with a flying sword before taking the three mature Nine-tailed Spirit Flowers.

Yang Chan left Cloud Dream Marsh after finding no news of the forces that had entered Deep in Clouds, Unknown Where, then traveled on through the Northern Plains. At White Dragon Snow Mountain, he successfully completed his Second Blood Transformation.

• Yang Chan collected abandoned spirit medicines in Cloud Dream Marsh and dealt with robbers who attacked him on the way out.
• In Nanjia Town, Yang Chan learned that no one had returned from Deep in Clouds, Unknown Where, and decided to leave before trouble gathered.
• Yang Chan continued his journey through the Northern Plains and chose White Dragon Snow Mountain as a secluded place to cultivate.
• With the Black Dragon concealing his aura, Yang Chan expelled his old blood and replaced it with new blood during his Second Blood Transformation.
• Yang Chan successfully completed the transformation after more than a year of cultivating the Demon Dragon Blood Transformation Art and using substantial resources.