Chapter Summaries

Li Zhōujūn learned that Ma Chengshu had sealed off the Central Continent, killing anyone who tried to leave in revenge for his junior sister, Shi Shuzhu. He accepted the system’s mission to investigate the blockade and went to the shore with Lin Xun and Emperor Mo Ran, where powerful allies gathered to see him off.

• Li Zhōujūn heard that Wufengzi and others had died trying to leave the Central Continent, while Ma Chengshu vowed to kill everyone who escaped in revenge for Shi Shuzhu.
• Lin Xun told Li Zhōujūn she planned to destroy the underwater Sui Clan Dragon Clan with Emperor Mo Ran, but the blockade had trapped them; Emperor Mo Ran confirmed Wufengzi’s death.
• The system tasked Li Zhōujūn with investigating who had sealed off the Central Continent, and he agreed to confront the troublemaker.
• Ma Chengshu received a letter reporting that Li Zhōujūn had rescued Ninth-Rank Dao Emperors from Shi Shuzhu’s formation and swore to kill the Azure Emperor.
• Li Zhōujūn brought Lin Xun and Emperor Mo Ran to the shore, where Northern Star Great Emperor, Old Immortal Liu, Mu Zhenhuang, and the Central Great Emperor arrived to see him off.

Li Zhōujūn left the Central Continent to confront the force sealing it off and met Ma Chengshu, who claimed he had been Shi Shuzhu’s lover. Ma Chengshu’s taunts enraged the Central Great Emperor, who vomited blood.

• Qin Tianyi told Li Zhōujūn that he had protected the Central Continent and that the little rabbit was close to reaching the third turn of the Dao Accomplishment Realm.
• Li Zhōujūn stepped beyond the Central Continent, where an immense force struck him, but his Fifty-Fifty skill activated and Qin Tianyi’s barrier shielded the continent from the shock wave.
• Mu Zhenhuang, Old Immortal Liu, and the Northern Star Great Emperor suspected that Li Zhōujūn was descended from Qin Tianyi.
• Ma Chengshu appeared before Li Zhōujūn, introduced himself as Shi Shuzhu’s senior brother, and claimed that he and Shi Shuzhu had become husband and wife in deed.
• The Central Great Emperor confronted Ma Chengshu over Shi Shuzhu’s death, and Ma Chengshu mocked him until he spat out blood.

Li Zhōujūn defeated Ma Chengshu after Ma revealed his Ninth-Rank Dao Saint cultivation, but Blood Crow Demon Lord rescued his disciple. Li Zhōujūn promised to pursue them, and Mu Zhenhuang revealed that Blood Crow Demon Lord had slaughtered her clan on Mu Shen Continent.

• Ma Chengshu declared that he would stay with Shuzhu even if the demonic path turned them into mindless killers, enraging the Central Great Emperor, who demanded to kill him.
• Ma Chengshu revealed his Ninth-Rank Dao Saint power and summoned a blood-red hand to attack Li Zhōujūn and the Central Great Emperor.
• Li Zhōujūn used a system-granted strike to shatter the attack and send Ma Chengshu crashing into the sea.
• Blood Crow Demon Lord appeared through a crack in the void, rescued Ma Chengshu, and escaped after Ma revealed Li Zhōujūn's strength had reached the Second Turn of the Dao Accomplishment Realm.
• The system tasked Li Zhōujūn with hunting down Blood Crow Demon Lord and Ma Chengshu for twenty-five thousand years, and Li Zhōujūn promised the Central Great Emperor he would make them pay.
• Mu Zhenhuang revealed that Blood Crow Demon Lord had slaughtered her clan on Mu Shen Continent and offered to guide Li Zhōujūn, but a woman's voice told her to leave the matter to her.

Luo Baiyu reunited with Li Zhōujūn after reaching the Third Turn of Dao Accomplishment Realm, and the two set out to find Blood Crow Demon Lord. On Mu Shen Continent, they found no trace of him, but Li Zhōujūn decided to keep searching there as their only lead.

• Luo Baiyu appeared beside Li Zhōujūn and revealed that she had reached the Third Turn of Dao Accomplishment Realm, offering to help him deal with Mu Zhenhuang and Lin Xun.
• Li Zhōujūn accepted a jade slip from Mu Zhenhuang with her clan's location, then asked Lin Xun and Emperor Mo Ran to search for the Sui Clan Dragon Clan beneath the sea.
• Li Zhōujūn and Luo Baiyu left the Central Continent on the Jade Bottle and arrived above Mu Shen Continent about an hour later.
• Lu Jincai invited Luo Baiyu to a banquet, but she refused and chased after Li Zhōujūn.
• Luo Baiyu told Li Zhōujūn she had found no sign of Blood Crow Demon Lord with her divine soul, while Li Zhōujūn insisted they search the continent because it was their only lead.
• The system offered to take Li Zhōujūn straight to Blood Crow Demon Lord if he called it Dad, but Li Zhōujūn refused and said he would find him himself.

Li Zhōujūn and Luo Baiyu reached the ruins of the Mu Clan, where they encountered Feiquan Sect elders hunting the Blood Crow Demon Lord. They agreed to search the ruins together and, if they found no clues, travel to Guiyi Continent.

• Li Zhōujūn and Luo Baiyu arrived at the Mu Clan ruins and discussed the Household's destruction and the Blood Crow Demon Lord.
• Yue Qiu attacked them, but Luo Baiyu shattered her sword beam and revealed her Third Turn of Dao Accomplishment Realm cultivation.
• Lu Wei and Yue Qiu explained that the Blood Crow Demon Lord had stolen a Feiquan Sect treasure, while Lu Jincai learned that his arrogance had nearly caused trouble.
• Li Zhōujūn agreed to join Lu Wei and Yue Qiu in searching for clues and to go with them to Guiyi Continent if the Blood Crow Demon Lord was not there.
• Lu Wei ordered Lu Jincai to spend a hundred years in the Lu Family's Lightning Pool as punishment.

Li Zhōujūn and his companions searched for the Blood Crow Demon Lord in the Misty Mountain Range, where they encountered the wounded Misty Dragon Lord and the Hundred Cry Heavenly Emperor. After Li Zhōujūn easily dispelled the Heavenly Emperor’s sound attack, the Hundred Cry Heavenly Emperor suspected Li Zhōujūn was also a Heavenly Emperor.

• Li Zhōujūn, Luo Baiyu, Lu Wei, and Yue Qiu traveled to the Misty Mountain Range to search for the Blood Crow Demon Lord.
• The wounded Misty Dragon Lord flew out of the forest, and Li Zhōujūn stopped its enormous body before it struck the group.
• The Hundred Cry Heavenly Emperor appeared and accused Li Zhōujūn and the others of helping the Misty Dragon Lord, then declared that none of them would be allowed to leave.
• The Hundred Cry Heavenly Emperor attacked with his Hundred Cry Soundwave, but Li Zhōujūn effortlessly dispelled it.
• The Hundred Cry Heavenly Emperor wondered whether Li Zhōujūn was also at the Heavenly Emperor Realm, leaving Luo Baiyu, Lu Wei, Yue Qiu, and the Misty Dragon Lord stunned.

Li Zhōujūn stopped Hundred-Ming Heavenly Emperor from attacking and, with Qin Tianyi’s help, crippled him before Luo Baiyu killed him. The Misty Dragon Lord located the Blood Crow Demon Lord in the Misty Mountain Range, where the demon lord had just advanced to the Third Turn of Dao Accomplishment Realm and planned revenge against the Azure Emperor.

• Hundred-Ming Heavenly Emperor attacked Li Zhōujūn over the Misty Dragon Lord’s dragon pearl, but Li Zhōujūn caught his punch.
• Qin Tianyi crippled Hundred-Ming Heavenly Emperor’s cultivation and Heavenly Emperor body, and Luo Baiyu killed him.
• The Misty Dragon Lord thanked Li Zhōujūn and searched the mountain range for the Blood Crow Demon Lord.
• Li Zhōujūn learned that the Blood Crow Demon Lord was in the Misty Mountain Range.
• The Blood Crow Demon Lord finished refining Feiquan Sect’s treasure, reached the Third Turn of Dao Accomplishment Realm, and promised Ma Chengshu revenge against the Azure Emperor.

Li Zhōujūn and his companions confronted Blood Crow Demon Lord and Ma Chengshu, and Misty Dragon Lord easily subdued them. After Ma Chengshu rejected Li Zhōujūn’s offer to live for twenty-five thousand years if they escaped Misty Dragon Lord, Li Zhōujūn ordered the pair killed.

• Li Zhōujūn arrived with Misty Dragon Lord, Luo Baiyu, Lu Wei, Yue Qiu, and the others to confront Ma Chengshu and Blood Crow Demon Lord.
• Misty Dragon Lord revealed his overwhelming Ninth Turn strength by slamming Blood Crow Demon Lord into the ground, and Lu Wei and Yue Qiu left after thanking Li Zhōujūn.
• Luo Baiyu prepared to kill the pair, but Li Zhōujūn stopped her and offered them a chance to live if they escaped Misty Dragon Lord within twenty-five thousand years.
• Ma Chengshu angrily rejected the offer, prompting the system to change Li Zhōujūn’s mission to make the pair die immediately.
• Ma Chengshu begged for mercy and Blood Crow Demon Lord blamed him, but Li Zhōujūn ordered Misty Dragon Lord to kill them.

Li Zhōujūn and Luo Baiyu left Misty Mountain Range for Ancient Lamp City after Misty Dragon Lord swallowed Blood Crow Demon Lord and Ma Chengshu. While Li Zhōujūn went to a tavern, a freckled vendor drugged Luo Baiyu, and the city transformed into a gigantic skeleton.

• Misty Dragon Lord swallowed Ma Chengshu and Blood Crow Demon Lord, completing Li Zhōujūn's task and raising his cultivation to the third-grade Dao Saint Realm.
• Misty Dragon Lord pledged loyalty to Li Zhōujūn, who left the mountain range with Luo Baiyu and admitted that his ancestor had crippled Hundred-Sound Heavenly Emperor.
• Li Zhōujūn and Luo Baiyu traveled to Ancient Lamp City, where he gave her Hundred-Sound Heavenly Emperor's storage ring and a protective clone.
• Luo Baiyu went to buy roasted chestnuts while Li Zhōujūn headed to a tavern.
• The freckled vendor drugged Luo Baiyu, and Ancient Lamp City transformed into a gigantic skeleton whose gate was its open mouth.

Li Zhōujūn discovered that the tavern in Ancient Lamp City was a demon trap and confronted Ba Niang and Jian Shan Jun, who had drugged Luo Baiyu. After their attacks failed, the demons tried to fake a quarrel, but Li Zhōujūn saw through them and calmly ate roast chicken.

• Li Zhōujūn received a mission to rescue Luo Baiyu and destroy the demon cave after she fainted, but kept his clone on her ready to protect her.
• Li Zhōujūn saw through the tavern illusion and learned from Ba Niang that the False Buddha Demon Cave lured cultivators to their deaths with false rumors about the Lamp-Holding Buddha Ancestor.
• Ba Niang attacked Li Zhōujūn with her spider legs, and Jian Shan Jun struck him from behind, but neither could pierce his body.
• Jian Shan Jun admitted he had drugged Luo Baiyu with sleeping incense and had not touched her; Li Zhōujūn warned that his clone would have stopped him.
• Ba Niang and Jian Shan Jun pretended to quarrel, but Li Zhōujūn recognized their ploy and began eating roast chicken as they grew angry.

Zhang Tiansong killed Ba Niang and Jian Shan Jun, then warned Li Zhōujūn that the Misty Dragon Lord would seek revenge. After the Misty Dragon Lord broke through to the Lower Heavenly Emperor Realm and targeted Misty Cloud Mountain, he arrived to challenge the Old Daoist of Misty Cloud.

• Ba Niang and Jian Shan Jun attacked Li Zhōujūn, but Zhang Tiansong appeared and killed them with his sword.
• Zhang Tiansong told Li Zhōujūn that he had avenged his disciple and urged him to flee from the Misty Dragon Lord; Li Zhōujūn explained the demon cave to Luo Baiyu and left with her.
• The Misty Dragon Lord broke through to the Lower Heavenly Emperor Realm, identified the killer as a descendant of the Old Daoist of Misty Cloud, and set out to attack Misty Cloud Mountain.
• Zhang Tiansong returned to Misty Cloud Mountain and learned that the Old Daoist of Misty Cloud had failed his breakthrough and was nearing the end of his lifespan.
• The Misty Dragon Lord arrived at Misty Cloud Mountain and called for the Old Daoist of Misty Cloud to face him; the Old Daoist went out to confront him.

The Misty Dragon Lord attacked Misty Cloud Mountain after breaking through to the Lower Heavenly Emperor Realm, and Old Daoist of Misty Cloud and Zhang Tiansong prepared to sacrifice themselves. Li Zhōujūn and Luo Baiyu arrived, and the Misty Dragon Lord immediately abandoned his threat and promised to make amends.

• The Misty Dragon Lord killed four sixth-turn Dao Accomplishment Realm elders and declared that he would wipe out Misty Cloud Mountain.
• Old Daoist of Misty Cloud offered his life in exchange for a chance for the sect to survive, but the Misty Dragon Lord refused and summoned a gigantic dragon head over the mountain.
• Li Zhōujūn and Luo Baiyu appeared, and the Misty Dragon Lord recognized Li Zhōujūn as the Azure Emperor and bowed to him.
• After Li Zhōujūn said he had ties to Zhang Tiansong, the Misty Dragon Lord withdrew his attack and offered to turn the siblings from the False Buddha Demon Cave into puppets for Misty Cloud Mountain.
• Li Zhōujūn advised the Misty Dragon Lord to temper his conduct, and the Misty Dragon Lord left to carry out his offer while Zhang Tiansong stared at Li Zhōujūn and Luo Baiyu in disbelief.

After leaving Misty Cloud Mountain, Li Zhōujūn and Luo Baiyu resumed their travels, but Luo Baiyu left him a letter and departed to train. Li Zhōujūn continued alone and encountered Snow Mountain Sect disciples investigating a demon after one of their companions and her horse were poisoned.

• Misty Dragon Lord gave Zhang Tiansong the two siblings he had refined into puppets, and Li Zhōujūn departed Misty Cloud Mountain with Luo Baiyu.
• Old Daoist of Misty Cloud told Zhang Tiansong to build cenotaphs for the four fallen elders and care for their families.
• Luo Baiyu left Li Zhōujūn a letter saying she would master peerless martial arts and return to protect him.
• Li Zhōujūn encountered a dead Snow Mountain Sect disciple and her horse, then learned from Guan Chenyang that a demon had poisoned them.
• Yan Huai placed the two corpses into separate bags, while Lü Buku and Tang Yuqing introduced themselves to Li Zhōujūn.

Li Zhōujūn joined Guan Chenyang’s group and used the system’s rewards to gain cultivation by drinking their poisoned wine. After the group revealed themselves as members of the Thirteen Kill Sect and tried to exploit him, Tang Yuqing realized the poison had not made him faint.

• Li Zhōujūn accepted Guan Chenyang’s invitation to travel with the group, completing a system task that raised him to the Fourth Grade Dao Saint Realm.
• The group decided to wait for the fiend they had been pursuing, while Guan Chenyang privately warned Tang Yuqing that Li Zhōujūn was not simple.
• Yan Huai gave Li Zhōujūn poisoned wine, and the system raised Li Zhōujūn’s cultivation with each cup until he reached the Ninth Grade Dao Saint Realm.
• Li Zhōujūn drank more wine without being harmed, then pretended to feel dizzy so he could learn the group’s intentions.
• Guan Chenyang and the others surrounded Li Zhōujūn, admitted they belonged to the Thirteen Kill Sect, and discussed taking his treasures and making him a puppet.
• Tang Yuqing questioned why Li Zhōujūn had not fainted from the poison.

Li Zhōujūn used a Go board to trap Guan Chenyang, Tang Yuqing, and Yan Huai, allowing Jiang Yixian to kill them and completing his cultivation breakthrough. He continued his journey and stopped to watch two old men playing Go by a lake.

• Lü Buku died from a poisoned silver needle, and Guan Chenyang cut off his poisoned arm after catching another needle.
• Guan Chenyang, Tang Yuqing, and Yan Huai attacked the darkness, but Li Zhōujūn trapped them inside a huge Go board.
• Jiang Yixian's silver needles killed Guan Chenyang, Tang Yuqing, and Yan Huai while the Go board restricted their movements.
• Li Zhōujūn's cultivation advanced to the First Turn of the Dao Accomplishment Realm, and Jiang Yixian thanked him before he continued on his way.
• Li Zhōujūn reached a lakeside pavilion and watched two old men play Go.

Li Zhōujūn began a chess match with Wu Shengtian, and the system tasked him with avoiding defeat in exchange for a cultivation breakthrough. As their game unfolded, Mu Si pursued Misty Dragon Lord over wine, while Misty Dragon Lord claimed the Azure Emperor was his backer.

• After Leng Zhijian conceded his chess game to Wu Shengtian, Li Zhōujūn accepted Wu Shengtian's invitation to play.
• The system ordered Li Zhōujūn not to lose to Wu Shengtian, promising a breakthrough to the Third Turn of Dao Accomplishment Realm if he completed the mission.
• Li Zhōujūn used Fifty-Fifty's ability and made instinctive moves that impressed Wu Shengtian and drew Leng Zhijian's attention.
• Mu Si pursued Misty Dragon Lord for stealing wine that belonged to Leng Zhijian, while Misty Dragon Lord accused Mu Si of using the wine to lure him.
• Misty Dragon Lord escaped Mu Si's grasp and claimed that the Azure Emperor, a Middle Heavenly Emperor, was his backer; Mu Si doubted the claim.

Li Zhōujūn abandoned his chess match with Wu Shengtian to rescue Misty Dragon Lord from Mu Si the Immortal Child. After Li Zhōujūn and Leng Zhijian arrived together, Misty Dragon Lord learned that his supposed backer was known to Leng Zhijian and gained the courage to accuse Mu Si of stealing the wine himself.

• Misty Dragon Lord and Mu Si the Immortal Child each called on a supposed backer, then held their ground without fighting.
• Li Zhōujūn sensed Misty Dragon Lord's danger and received a system mission to save him for a Fourth Turn of Dao Accomplishment Realm reward.
• Li Zhōujūn ended his chess match with Wu Shengtian as a draw, gained the Third Turn of Dao Accomplishment Realm, and teleported to Misty Dragon Lord.
• Leng Zhijian arrived beside Mu Si, and he and Li Zhōujūn greeted each other as familiar fellow cultivators.
• Leng Zhijian praised Li Zhōujūn's speed, leading Misty Dragon Lord and Mu Si to suspect Li Zhōujūn's strength surpassed Leng Zhijian's.
• Misty Dragon Lord hid behind Li Zhōujūn and accused Mu Si of drinking the wine and trying to make him pay for it.

Li Zhōujūn settled his dispute with Leng Zhijian and allowed Misty Dragon Lord to accompany him before sending the Dragon Lord to protect Luo Baiyu. Later, Misty Dragon Lord reported that Luo Baiyu had advanced through the Snow Mountain Sect trial and asked Li Zhōujūn to watch her compete for first place.

• Leng Zhijian made Mu Si the Immortal Child apologize to Misty Dragon Lord, and Li Zhōujūn completed his task and advanced to the fourth turn of the Dao Accomplishment Realm.
• Leng Zhijian invited Li Zhōujūn to play chess another time, revealed that he was known as the Cold Heavenly Emperor, and left with Mu Si the Immortal Child.
• Misty Dragon Lord offered to follow Li Zhōujūn, and Li Zhōujūn eventually agreed to travel with him for a while.
• Misty Dragon Lord learned that Luo Baiyu had gone adventuring, and Li Zhōujūn gave him her location so he could protect her.
• After several days, Misty Dragon Lord told Li Zhōujūn that Luo Baiyu had won a place among the ten Snow Mountain Sect trial finalists and asked him to watch her compete for first place.

Li Zhōujūn and Misty Dragon Lord watched Luo Baiyu compete for Snow Mountain Sect’s hot spring cultivation opportunity. As the mountain-path trial began, a battle between Chess Heavenly Emperor Wu Shengtian and a blood-robed figure shook the sect.

• Li Zhōujūn agreed to visit Snow Mountain Sect and learned that contestants had to pass a heart-demon formation before racing up a ninety-nine-tier mountain path.
• Li Zhōujūn and Misty Dragon Lord watched from a space above the sect as Luo Baiyu and nine other contestants prepared for the mountain-path trial.
• Daoist Chengxue shattered a jade stone to start the trial, and Luo Baiyu began climbing toward the summit.
• A tremendous roar shook Snow Mountain Sect as Wu Shengtian pursued and repeatedly struck back a blood-robed figure.
• Spectators recognized Wu Shengtian as Chess Heavenly Emperor and guessed that his fleeing opponent was a Middle Heavenly Emperor.

Li Zhōujūn intervened as Blood Prison Heavenly Emperor threatened Snow Mountain Sect, trapping him in an indestructible phantom chessboard. Wu Shengtian struck at the trapped emperor, but the mysterious power behind the chessboard left him wary of its wielder.

• Blood Prison Heavenly Emperor threatened to take Snow Mountain Sect hostage to keep Wu Shengtian from killing him, causing panic and disrupting the mountain-path trial.
• As Blood Prison Heavenly Emperor neared the sect, Li Zhōujūn trapped him with a phantom chessboard, and Luo Baiyu recognized the aura of the Bandit Chief's Wife.
• Blood Prison Heavenly Emperor unleashed a powerful punch, but the chessboard remained unmoved.
• Wu Shengtian sent black and white Chess Pieces into the chessboard, where their collision unleashed tremendous power without damaging it.
• Wu Shengtian realized the chessboard's hidden wielder was formidable and worried that the mysterious person might be an enemy.