Chapter Summaries

Fang Che showed Xue Fuxiao his Perfect Saber Style and received the Emotion Severing Blade and guidance on merging techniques, then asked for help arranging time for several missions. After returning to the Inspectorate Hall, he found the headquarters short of funds because of Nirvana Martial Academy and learned that his fearsome reputation had spread across four continents.

• Fang Che revealed that he possessed the Divine Phaseless Jade, and Xue Fuxiao promised not to take it from him.
• Fang Che demonstrated his Perfect Saber Style, prompting Xue Fuxiao to teach him the Emotion Severing Blade and explain that imperfect techniques should be merged into a perfect style.
• Xue Fuxiao warned Fang Che not to cultivate the Emotion Severing Blade's Saber Intent, then agreed to ask Dongfang Sansan how Fang Che could manage his overlapping obligations.
• Fang Che returned to his study and spent the night with Night Dream; the next morning, she discovered that she had broken through to the Martial Emperor realm.
• At the Inspectorate Hall, Zhao Shanhe and An Ruoxing delivered pills and demanded supplies because Nirvana Martial Academy had drained the headquarters' funds.
• Zhao Shanhe told Fang Che that his reputation as Fang the Butcher had spread across East Lake, White Elephant, White Cloud, and White Apple Continents.

Fang Che arranged supplies and leave to find medicine for the nine children, while Nirvana Martial Academy's overwhelming needs showed the scale of the Southeast's crisis. Dongfang Sansan devised a complicated plan to protect Fang Che's cover in the Sole True Sect, and Fang Che left with its instructions to carry out.

• Fang Che secured healing and cultivation pills from Zhao Shanhe, who wrote an IOU, and received approval to travel to the Southern Mountain Area for Blood Spirit Mushroom and Blood Soul Eel.
• Dongfang Sansan devised instructions to help Fang Che preserve his cover with Yan Nan, then crossed Blood Fiend Devil Lord's name off his notebook.
• Snow Fuxiao received Dongfang Sansan's message and waited for a chance to pass his plan to Fang Che.
• Fang Che inspected Nirvana Martial Academy, found nearly a million disabled children in need of aid, and urged Mo Ganyun and the others to capture more evildoers to fund the work.
• Fang Che discussed an official auction house and strict accounting with Zhao Shanhe, then prepared to apply for leave.
• Snow Fuxiao brought Fang Che Dongfang Sansan's instructions; Fang Che pretended not to understand them, prompting Snow Fuxiao to throw him out.

Fang Che arranged a long absence from the Guardians while pursuing Sole True Sect’s business, and persuaded Yin Shen Gong to eliminate a mole at White Cloud Martial Academy. Yin Shen Gong approved the plan, asked Fang Che to secure funds for One Heart Sect, and reported Fang Che’s conflict over the Gu Cultivation to God Plan to Yan Nan.

• Fang Che requested leave under the pretext of searching for Blood Spirit Mushrooms and Blood Soul Eels, asked Yin Shen Gong for One Heart Sect base locations, and urged him to deal with the mole at White Cloud Martial Academy.
• Fang Che told Night Dream he would be away for ten to twenty days, then left after bidding her farewell and telling Mo Ganyun, Rain Song, and the others to keep working.
• Yin Shen Gong reflected on Feng Yun’s demands for a ten-billion contribution and worried about One Heart Sect’s finances with Mu Linyuan, Qian Sanjiang, and Hou Fang.
• Yin Shen Gong agreed to treat the White Cloud Martial Academy mole as an enemy target, and Fang Che accepted the task of killing him for merit.
• Fang Che promised to provide financial support to One Heart Sect and said he would go to White Cloud Continent to deal with Meng Chizheng first.
• Yin Shen Gong told Mu Linyuan, Qian Sanjiang, and Hou Fang to seek the medicinal ingredients Fang Che needed, then reported Fang Che’s scheduling conflict to Yan Nan.

Yan Nan received Yin Shen Gong’s report about Night Demon’s rewards and struggled to find a way for Fang Che to join the Gu Cultivation to God Plan without raising the Guardians’ suspicions. After beating Bai Jing over old mistakes, Yan Nan learned that Li Yao was heading to a potentially fatal duel, but Bai Jing refused to intervene.

• Yan Nan visited Heavenly King Flute, learned that Wu Daotian was still waiting outside the city, and ordered Ning Zaifei to prepare to fight him the next day.
• Yan Nan told Bi Changhong to lead the effort to help Ning Zaifei kill Wu Daotian, then considered how Night Demon could take part in the Gu Cultivation to God Plan despite Fang Che’s duties and the risk of exposing his absence.
• Yan Nan replied to Yin Shen Gong that Feng Yun should not learn certain matters yet, approved Night Demon’s plan to collect Blood Dragon Ginseng, and scolded Yin Shen Gong for delaying the killing of someone from White Cloud Martial Academy.
• Yan Nan confronted Bai Jing, who confessed to eating Yan Nan’s White Feather Eagles and indirectly causing Sun Wutian and three other major figures to die; Yan Nan beat him and demanded that he treat his subordinates better.
• Bai Jing told Yan Nan that Feng Yunqi was heading to Chessboard Mountain to watch Li Yao duel Dong Changfeng, and Yan Nan urged him to tell Li Yao to return alive; Bai Jing said Li Yao’s fate was his own responsibility.

Fang Che traveled to White Cloud Continent, confirmed Meng Chizheng was a spy, and killed him after obtaining the names of thirteen sect members at White Cloud Martial Academy. As Fang Che escaped, Rain Song recognized him as Night Demon and pursued him with Mo Ganyun and Xue Wanren, but he got away after nearly killing Rain Song.

• Yan Nan told Li Yao to return alive before he departed to face Dong Changfeng.
• Fang Che confirmed Meng Chizheng was the suspected spy and traveled alone toward White Cloud Continent.
• Mo Ganyun, Rain Song, and Night Emperor continued purging White Cloud Continent, while Meng Chizheng grew isolated and worried about his usefulness.
• Fang Che visited Meng Chizheng, obtained the list of thirteen sect members, learned that Meng Chizheng had poisoned White Cloud Martial Academy's leaders, and killed him.
• Fang Che warned the Guardians about the poison and fled the city, but Rain Song recognized him as Night Demon and chased him with Mo Ganyun and Xue Wanren.
• Fang Che escaped into the mountains after wounding Rain Song's throat, leaving Rain Song shaken by how close he had come to death.

Fang Che escaped Feng Yi’s pursuit with the Blood Burning Art, while White Cloud Continent discovered that the Night Demon had killed Meng Chizheng and vowed revenge. Fang Che then searched the Ten Thousand Spirits Forest for the Sole True Sect’s secret formation ground and reached the 800 Li Life and Death Dividing Line.

• Rain Song, Mo Ganyun, and Xue Wanren retreated after Rain Song’s clash with the Night Devil, while Feng Yun sent Feng Yi to bring him back.
• Yin Shen Gong told Feng Yun that Night Devil planned to break through to Monarch-level, then privately warned Yan Nan and Night Devil about the story he had given.
• Feng Yi tracked Fang Che through the rain, but Fang Che sensed the pursuit and used the Blood Burning Art to escape; Feng Yi decided not to continue chasing him.
• Shan Zhang Gao Qingyu and Huang Yifan found Meng Chizheng’s mutilated body, and White Cloud Martial Academy organized a funeral and declared the Night Demon its enemy.
• Fang Che searched the Southern Mountain Area with the Jade Pendant, then reached the forbidden 800 Li Life and Death Dividing Line at the edge of the Ten Thousand Spirits Forest.

Fang Che avoided crossing the Black Water River after witnessing a monster swallow one of Bei Mingxin’s guardians, then continued searching for the benefit Yan Nan had given him. The Jade Pendant finally led Fang Che to a guarded valley, where his Golden Horned Flood Dragon encountered a female of its kind.

• Fang Che watched Bei Mingxin and his six guardians cross the Black Water River, where a giant black-scaled beast swallowed Seventh Brother and resisted Bei Mingxin’s sword strike.
• Bei Mingxin led the surviving five toward Light Peak, while Fang Che decided not to cross the river and searched the nearby mountains with the Jade Pendant.
• Yin Shen Gong identified the group as Bei Mingxin and his Protectors, explained why Bei Mingxin blamed Fang Che, and warned Fang Che to stay hidden.
• The Jade Pendant pointed Fang Che toward a dense forest, and he followed his Golden Horned Flood Dragon through venomous insects and beasts to a valley entrance.
• A wild female Golden Horned Flood Dragon charged at Fang Che, then noticed his transformed Golden Horned Flood Dragon and rolled onto her back, squeaking at him.

Fang Che entered a hidden valley and discovered eighty-one ancient Blood Dragon Ginseng plants, only to learn that his weapons needed him to dig them up so they could absorb the ginseng’s energy. He began laboring through the harvest while the Netherworld Lord, Netherworld Spear, and Little Flying Dagger took turns consuming each plant.

• Fang Che’s Golden Horned Flood Dragon killed the Mother Flood Dragon after she approached it seeking a mate, then consumed her Inner Core, life essence, and Flood Dragon Pearls; Fang Che reprimanded it for the way it had acted.
• Fang Che used the Jade Pendant to enter a concealed valley, collected its spring water, and found eighty-one Blood Dragon Ginseng plants growing within a formation.
• Dark Lord explained that the ginseng was meant to nourish weapons with Baleful Intent, and the Netherworld Spear told Fang Che he had to dig up each plant with its formation node intact.
• Fang Che carefully excavated the first Blood Dragon Ginseng, which the Netherworld Spear immediately drained; the Netherworld Lord and Little Flying Dagger consumed later plants in turn.
• Fang Che continued digging while the Netherworld Lord and Netherworld Spear divided most of the harvest between themselves and gave every third plant to the Little Flying Dagger.

Fang Che discovered that the Blood Dragon Ginseng secret ground’s Spiritual Baleful Aura could nurture Divine Metal and reported his findings while leaving the valley. He proposed a way to participate in the Gu Cultivation to God Plan without exposing his absence, and Yan Nan judged the plan feasible but struggled to find a powerful enough person to impersonate him.

• Fang Che let Little Flying Dagger consume the final Blood Dragon Ginseng while Nether Monarch and Netherworld Spear fought over it, then realized the ginseng’s Spiritual Baleful Aura could nurture Divine Weapons.
• Fang Che sent his suspicions about the secret ground to his old man, examined the changed Netherworld Spear, and left the valley after Netherworld Spear chased Little Flying Dagger.
• Fang Che told Yin Shen Gong that the reward had only strengthened Nether Monarch Saber, then laid out a plan to split the Life and Death Patrol Team across the eight continents while an impersonator took his place.
• Yin Shen Gong rejected the idea of impersonating Fang Che himself and forwarded the plan to Yan Nan, who decided it was workable but recognized the impersonator would need exceptional combat strength.
• Wu Daotian avoided Yan Nan’s trap around the Heavenly King Flute and continued toward East Lake Continent, unaware of what awaited him there.

Yan Nan persuaded Sun Wutian to impersonate Fang Che while Fang Che joined the Gu Cultivation to God Plan, and Sun Wutian secured permission to kill the lineages that plotted against his descendant. Meanwhile, Fang Che encountered a Heavenly Palace man in the Ten Thousand Spirits Forest while disguised as Night Devil, and the man questioned his story.

• Yan Nan learned Sun Wutian still needed two days to purge the poison and stench, then discussed Fang Che’s talent and arranged for him to enter the Gu Cultivation to God Plan.
• Yan Nan convinced Sun Wutian to impersonate Fang Che on a remote continent while Fang Che attended the plan, and Sun Wutian agreed after she threatened to give Fang Che to another branch.
• Sun Wutian demanded permission to destroy the lineages that had plotted against Fang Che’s master, and Yan Nan eventually allowed him to proceed.
• Yan Nan ordered her people to report the decisive battle between Dong Changfeng and Li Yao, while Fang Che set out from the mountain valley toward home.
• A Heavenly Palace man intercepted Fang Che in the Ten Thousand Spirits Forest and questioned him after Fang Che claimed he was a wandering cultivator seeking herbs for a sick elder.

Fang Che was ambushed by a White-Clothed Man from the Heavenly Palace, who tried to rob him and kill him after recognizing him as the Night Demon of the Sole True Sect. Fang Che fled toward the Forbidden Land, and the chapter left him falling into the Black Water River after a mysterious black fog halted his pursuer.

• The White-Clothed Man demanded Fang Che's bundle and sword, then attacked when Fang Che refused.
• Fang Che identified himself as the Night Demon and fought back with the Blood Spirit Seven Swords, but the White-Clothed Man overwhelmed him.
• Fang Che used his Blood Burning Art, protective treasure robes, and pills to escape while the White-Clothed Man pursued him toward the Forbidden Land.
• Fang Che reached the empty mudflat where he had hoped to find Bei Mingxin, but no one answered his calls for help.
• As the White-Clothed Man closed in near the Black Water River, Fang Che called on the Little Flood Dragon, and black fog filled the pursuer's path.
• The White-Clothed Man fought off the ghostly skulls in the fog as Fang Che fell from the sky and plunged into the Black Water River.

Fang Che escaped the White-Clothed Man by using his Water Control Power to sink into the Black Water River, while Bei Mingxin and five protectors broke out of Light Peak carrying Divine Metal. A colossal aquatic Demon Beast began luring people with visions of treasures, and as Bei Mingxin confronted Calamity Star Lord, Fang Che succumbed to the same temptation underwater and prepared to attack the White-Clothed Man.

• Fang Che sank safely into the Black Water River using his Water Control Power, while the White-Clothed Man waited on the bank and killed Demon Beasts without finding him.
• Yan Nan ordered Bei Mingxin to rescue Fang Che, but Bei Mingxin and five protectors were trapped by Demon Beasts at Light Peak while carrying Divine Metal.
• Bei Mingxin and the five protectors used the Hexagram Battle Array and Blood Burning Art to break through the horde and escape across the mudflats and Black Water River.
• A colossal aquatic Demon Beast released a bubble that made the White-Clothed Man find rare treasures inside the Demon Beasts he killed, drawing Bei Mingxin and his protectors closer.
• Bei Mingxin recognized Calamity Star Lord among the treasure-gathering White-Clothed Man and confronted him, while Fang Che saw the treasures through his spiritual sense and prepared to kill the White-Clothed Man for them.

Fang Che escaped the Black Water River monster’s illusion by hiding inside another beast, while Bei Mingxin and his companions were ensnared in the illusion and swallowed by the monster. The five guardians sacrificed themselves to blast a hole through its belly, allowing Fang Che to escape and leaving Bei Mingxin alive but gravely injured in the river.

• The Golden Horned Flood Dragon wounded Fang Che to break him out of the monster’s illusion, and Fang Che realized the monster’s spiritual force was still tracking him.
• Fang Che hid inside another Demon Beast, using its pain to flee until the monster’s spiritual thread disappeared.
• Bei Mingxin and the five protectors mistook an illusion for a chance to seize Calamity’s treasures, then awoke beside the enormous monster.
• The monster swallowed Calamity, Bei Mingxin, and the five protectors; the five guardians used Heart Burning Great Art to self-detonate inside its belly and blast it open.
• Fang Che escaped the wounded monster, but it rushed past him downstream, where he saw Bei Mingxin emerge from its wound, badly injured.

Fang Che killed Bei Mingxin in the Black Water River, escaped to a hiding place, and prepared to inspect the spoils while the Heavenly Palace searched for the missing Night Demon. The chapter left Fang Che eager to discover what else Bei Mingxin’s bundle contained.

• Fang Che and the Golden Horned Flood Dragon repeatedly attacked the grievously wounded Bei Mingxin as he struggled toward the river’s surface.
• Fang Che severed Bei Mingxin’s remaining sword arm, then cut off his head; the Golden Horned Flood Dragon swallowed his soul.
• Fang Che took Bei Mingxin’s bundle, found a piece of sword-making Divine Metal inside, and watched Bei Mingxin’s Divine Weapon crumble after its master died.
• Fang Che surfaced, reached the forest, ate and concealed his traces, then fell asleep with Bei Mingxin’s bundle as a pillow.
• Sun Wutian searched for the missing Night Demon but lost the trail at the Black Water River, while Yan Nan failed to contact Bei Mingxin.
• Fang Che woke at night, noted that his Spiritual Power had grown, and opened Bei Mingxin’s bundle to inspect the remaining spoils.

Fang Che took Divine Metal from Bei Mingxin's bundle and endured a massive Demon Beast horde while Sun Wutian secretly tested him. After learning Bei Mingxin was missing and discussing plans with Yan Nan, Fang Che helped Sun Wutian prepare to impersonate him and infiltrate the Underground World.

• Fang Che examined the Divine Metal, Inner Cores, and stones in Bei Mingxin's bundle, then strapped the Divine Metal to his back and left the tree hollow.
• The Divine Metal attracted a vast horde of Demon Beasts, and Fang Che fought his way through them while Sun Wutian repeatedly tripped him in secret to test his combat ability.
• Fang Che collapsed from exhaustion, and Sun Wutian carried him to a Mountain Cave, questioned him about the White-Clothed Man and Bei Mingxin, and reported the situation to Yan Nan.
• Yan Nan concluded that Bei Mingxin and her companions were probably killed by Heaven's Palace and decided that Heaven's Palace, Netherworld, and Secluded Mountain Gate needed to be reorganized and purged.
• Fang Che and Sun Wutian planned how Sun Wutian would impersonate Fang Che and enter the Underground World, with Fang Che warning him to preserve his upright public image.

Fang Che returned from the Divine Mountain with Divine Metal and huge stores of Demon Beast materials, which he exchanged through Zhao Shanhe for funds and contributions while trying to secure more Divine Metal and a post for his wife. After inspecting and reorganizing East Lake Continent, Fang Che gathered his patrol team and assigned its members to independently reorganize eight continents.

• Fang Che returned to East Lake Continent, deposited thousands of Inner Cores and Demon Beast hides with Zhao Shanhe, and asked Headquarters to provide him with over a thousand jin of Divine Metal and raise his wife's rank.
• Fang Che learned that Dong Changfeng had defeated Li Yao in their Cloud Top Weapon Compendium ranking battle, leaving many gamblers ruined after Li Yao conceded.
• Fang Che returned to Fang Wang Residence, found that the children had advanced rapidly under Si Kongdou's daily instruction, and secretly told them to claim that they lacked cultivation resources.
• Fang Che spent the following days inspecting East Lake Continent, improving public conditions, enforcing regulations, and teaching Sun Wutian how to imitate his work.
• After Mo Ganyun, Rain Song, and Feng Xiangdong returned from reorganizing other continents, Fang Che introduced Zhao Yinger as the patrol team's new internal affairs officer.
• Fang Che ordered the patrol team to rest for five days, then assigned each member—including himself—to reorganize a separate continent independently.

Fang Che prepared to leave for the White Mist Continent as the Life and Death Squad’s members made their own plans, while Dongfang Sansan learned that Xue Fuxiao had taught Fang Che the dangerous Emotion Severing Blade and failed to meet Wu Daotian. At the Cold Sword Mountain Gate, Yan Beihan’s side continued to defeat Gu Changhan’s fighters, and Yan challenged him after he conceded.

• Fang Che warned the Life and Death Squad that the Sole True Sect’s upcoming sect-master-level Gu Cultivation to God Plan could destabilize the southeast, and the officers prepared to manage their assigned continents.
• Feng Xiangdong learned that Zhao Yinger was Fang Che’s second wife, injured himself with the Wind God Blade, and told the others, who kept the news from Dong Yunyu.
• Fang Che reassured Night Dream that he had prepared for his assignment to the White Mist Continent before they spent time together.
• Dongfang Sansan discovered that Xue Fuxiao had taught Fang Che the Emotion Severing Blade and sent a warning, then learned Xue Fuxiao had failed to meet Wu Daotian and had driven him into hiding.
• At the Cold Sword Mountain Gate, Yan Beihan’s side won another deadly match, prompting Gu Changhan to concede after days of defeats.
• Yan Beihan questioned Gu Changhan’s decision and challenged him to keep fighting for the Cold Sword Mountain Gate’s inheritance and ancestral grounds.

Yan Beihan forced Gu Changhan’s faction to surrender Cold Sword Mountain Gate and endure expulsion, then released them to join the Guardians. Five days later, Fang Che and his companions departed on separate missions, and Fang Che raced toward the leader-level Gu Cultivation to God Plan with only ten days remaining.

• Gu Changhan admitted defeat, and Ji Changyan expelled him and 4,500 followers from Cold Sword Mountain Gate, stripping them of their belongings and demanding they undress.
• Gu Changhan restrained his followers from fighting, led them in honoring their ancestors, and ordered them to surrender their swords and endure the humiliation.
• Yan Beihan provided plain robes and let Gu Changhan’s people leave; Ji Changyan’s faction claimed their abandoned clothes and swords, while Yan Beihan ordered the Five Elements Spirit Gu planted among those who remained.
• Rui Qianshan met Gu Changhan’s group outside the valley, carried the unconscious elder, and led the survivors toward Guardian Headquarters with promises that they could reclaim Cold Sword Mountain Gate.
• Fang Che sent Dong Yunyu, Feng Xiangdong, and their companions on their journeys, then said goodbye to Night Dream and Zhao Yinger before departing himself.
• Fang Che raced through the forests outside East Lake Continent after Yin Shen Gong warned him that only ten days remained until the leader-level Gu Cultivation to God Plan.

Sun Wutian accidentally nearly killed Fang Che while teaching him to tear space, then saved him with Yin Yang Sacred Liquid, which transformed his meridians and accelerated his cultivation. As they traveled to White Mist Continent, Sun Wutian warned Fang Che about the dangerous Gu Cultivation to God Plan, while the continent’s factions dismissed the threat of Fang the Butcher’s arrival.

• Sun Wutian repeatedly tore through space with Fang Che unprotected, leaving Fang Che near death before he realized his mistake and treated him.
• Sun Wutian gave Fang Che Yin Yang Sacred Liquid, which healed him, transformed his meridians, and raised his cultivation by one grade.
• Fang Che revealed his rapid cultivation progress, and Sun Wutian became convinced that he could become a powerful successor to the Hate Heaven Saber.
• Sun Wutian advised Fang Che to use submission and selective killing in the Gu Cultivation to God Plan, then learned that more than forty thousand powerful competitors would enter.
• Fang Che and Sun Wutian reached White Mist Continent, where local factions dismissed the danger posed by Fang the Butcher’s inspection.

White Mist Continent’s Guardian Hall prepared for Fang Che’s arrival as thousands of enemies gathered to kill him, but Wu Zhiyun ordered his people to cooperate and protect him. Fang Che arrived alone with a fearsome presence and immediately demanded to inspect the case files, while the danger waiting in White Mist Continent remained unresolved.

• Wu Zhiyun’s meeting debated the dangers of Fang Che’s mission, and he ordered the Guardian Hall to cooperate, prepare cases for him, and ensure he would not die alone.
• Thousands of martial artists and assassins gathered in White Mist Continent, waiting for a chance to kill Fang Che.
• Fang Che appeared at the southern gate as dusk fell, announced his arrival, and entered the city after the gates opened.
• Sun Wutian watched Fang Che’s imposing passage through the city and resolved to learn from his fearlessness.
• Wu Zhiyun welcomed Fang Che, but Fang Che refused the banquet and demanded to see White Mist Continent’s case files immediately.