Chapter Summaries

Fang Che seized control of the White Mist Continent Guardian Hall and launched a bloody assault on the Sea Wave Alliance on his first night there. After the battle, he secretly switched places with Sun Wutian, who impersonated him as the crackdown on the continent began.

• Fang Che used his decrees and Headquarters authorization to take Wu Zhiyun’s seal and command tokens, then ordered the Hall to gather a century of records.
• After discovering the Sea Wave Alliance’s crimes and its ties to the Wang Family, Fang Che led the Guardian Hall in an assault that killed or captured most of the Alliance.
• Wu Zhiyun arrived after the fighting and challenged Fang Che, who invoked his authority and forced Wu Zhiyun and his subordinates to help interrogate captives and clear the site.
• Fang Che secretly met Sun Wutian inside the burning headquarters and asked him to impersonate Fang Che while taking charge of the coming campaign.
• Sun Wutian emerged disguised as Fang Che, ordered the Guardian Hall to send most spoils to Southeast Headquarters, and subdued Wu Zhiyun when he objected.

Fang Che defeated Night Demon in a battle that ended with Night Demon fleeing and Fang Che’s Communication Jade shattered, leaving him cut off from headquarters on White Mist Continent. As factions and assassins moved against him, Fang Che launched a brutal purge across the continent and then continued toward his meeting with Yin Shen Gong, unaware of the destruction he had caused.

• Two assassins attacked Captain Fang, but he killed them easily and disposed of their bodies and weapons.
• Night Demon appeared and fought Fang Che; Fang Che’s Communication Jade blocked a fatal sword strike, and Night Demon escaped after being wounded.
• Fang Che told Wu Zhiyun that his Communication Jade was broken, while the news spread across White Mist Continent and prompted factions and assassins to target him.
• Fang Che led campaigns that destroyed the Sea Water Sect, Sea Eagle Gang, Sea Wolf Cult, Xiao Family, Huang Family, Liu Family, and thousands in the Underground World.
• Fang Che left White Mist Continent and traveled in high spirits toward the place he had arranged to meet Yin Shen Gong.

Fang Che left White Mist Continent’s affairs to Sun Wutian while Dongfang Sansan strengthened the Guardians and manipulated events to buy time for his plans. The chapter ended with Dongfang Sansan anticipating the Sole True Sect’s next moves and preparing another countermeasure.

• Fang Che decided against visiting his father and left White Mist Continent, trusting Sun Wutian to handle matters there.
• Dongfang Sansan encouraged Gu Changhan by revealing that Ji Changyan had replaced the ancestors’ statue in Cold Sword Mountain Gate’s shrine with the Sole True God, and Gu Changhan swore to reclaim the gate.
• Dongfang Sansan ordered Rui Qianshan to harden Gu Changhan’s group through combat and coaxed the silver wolves out of their strike by promising them weaker opponents and Iron Bone Soup.
• Dongfang Sansan arranged for Guardians below the top twenty of the Cloud Top Weapon Compendium to continue fighting the silver wolves for more than twenty days.
• Dongfang Sansan mapped out delays and staged events to keep White Mist Continent’s crisis going, then considered Yan Nan’s plans and ordered forces to prepare for a strike against the Sole True Sect’s selected leaders.
• Dongfang Sansan summoned Rui Qianshan and decided it was time to make another move.

Dongfang Sansan ordered Rui Qianshan to prepare Ding Ziran’s secret campaign while planning how to protect the continent and strengthen its next generation. Yan Nan and Fang Che’s groups traveled to the Head Sect Leader-level Gu Cultivation to God Plan, where the gathered contestants noticed a late-arriving vessel descending from the sky.

• Dongfang Sansan told Rui Qianshan to stop raising Ding Ziran’s cultivation, temper him for ten more days, then send him east and prepare to move the Ning, Yan, Gu, Zhao, and Meng families underground as a secret force.
• Dongfang Sansan planned to support border experts’ families, inspire the continent, and urged Fang Che to place among the top three in the Head Sect Leader-level plan.
• Yan Nan led nine hundred and twenty young Sole True Sect members toward the plan, instructing the peak-lineage descendants to withdraw after earning their qualification and deciding to observe Fang Che herself.
• Fang Che traveled with Yin Shen Gong, Mu Linyuan, Qian Sanjiang, and Hou Fang; he described his cultivation and combat strength, and the group teased Yin Shen Gong when he admitted he could not teach Fang Che the upgraded Blood Spirit Seven Swords.
• Yan Beihan arrived at the grounds with the headquarters group, learned that Fang Che was not among the Southeast Headquarters contingent, and watched a white speck descend rapidly from the sky.

Yan Beihan used her authority to settle the gathering and discreetly protect Fang Che, while the arriving leaders and other contestants sized up Night Demon. As Fang Che prepared to enter the Gu Cultivation to God Plan, Ling Kong and the others warned him that many powerful people intended to kill him and urged him to keep a low profile until they had left.

• Yan Beihan scolded Yin Shen Gong for arriving late and making the One Heart Sect bow to everyone, then ordered the gathered teams to line up.
• Yan Beihan let the Eight Divisions' teams sit after accepting their offers of regional delicacies, easing the tension at the venue.
• Yin Shen Gong arrived with the three Great Offerings and Fang Che, whom the crowd recognized as Night Demon.
• Ling Kong and five Southeast Headquarters disciples approached Fang Che and took him aside, signaling that they considered him one of their own.
• Yan Beihan and several others spoke with Fang Che, while Chen Xue and Feng Xue observed his calm replies.
• Lu Yuan and Xi Yun secretly warned Fang Che that more than a thousand Headquarters people might target him and advised him to avoid killing anyone or taking a deputy post until their group had left.

Fang Che entered the Gu God Secret Realm and ambushed eight contestants in the passage, turning himself into an immediate target as the championship competition began. Yan Beihan and her group entered last, wary of Night Demon’s lethal reputation.

• Yan Beihan hosted a meal for her circle, and the next day Bi Changhong’s guards arrived as the contestants prepared for the secret realm.
• Bi Changhong announced the rules, questioned Fang Che about how many people he planned to kill, and publicly drew attention to his ambition to win the championship.
• Fang Che rushed into the golden gate first and ambushed three contestants inside the passage before fleeing into the Gu God World.
• Fang Che returned to the passage and killed five more contestants as they entered, prompting the remaining competitors to charge out defensively and scatter.
• Yan Beihan’s group found the eight victims, and she warned Bi Yunyan, Chen Xue, Feng Xue, and the others to avoid Night Demon before leading them into the realm.

Fang Che escaped into the Gu God World’s mountains, found and harvested eight Nine Dragons Earth Vein Fruits, then discovered more guarded by a powerful Two-Headed Flood Dragon and withdrew to cultivate nearby. As the first days passed without battles, Yan Beihan completed her submission task and contacted Fang Che to bring him a treasure garment and resources.

• Fang Che fled deep into the mountains, where he fought swarms of creatures and killed a giant python guarding a Nine Dragons Earth Vein Fruit.
• Fang Che carefully dug eight Nine Dragons Earth Vein Fruits from the solidified mountain, then traced their source to a cave guarded by a Two-Headed Flood Dragon and retreated without confronting it.
• Fang Che settled in a nearby cave and cultivated beside the spirit vein, drawing in dense spiritual energy and strengthening his four Little Sprites.
• More than forty-four thousand entrants dispersed through the Gu God World, and no battles occurred during the first day and night.
• Yan Beihan and the other headquarters personnel gathered enough submissions; after finishing her own task, Yan Beihan set off to search for resources.
• Yan Beihan contacted Fang Che and said she was bringing him a treasure garment and resources because she feared he was too weak to survive.

Fang Che met Yan Beihan to receive protective armor and resources, then advised her on how to use the Secluded Mountain Gate's internal divisions to strengthen the Sole True Sect. He left Yan Beihan stunned by his argument that the sect should value the recruits' combat strength rather than their character.

• Yan Beihan hurried to meet Fang Che after he claimed to be fifteen thousand li from the entrance, and they sat together in a secluded spot.
• Fang Che concealed his true appearance and tried to maintain distance from Yan Beihan, who questioned him about his looks, relationships, and cultivation.
• Yan Beihan told Fang Che she had taken Cold Sword Mountain Gate and described the factions and infighting within the Secluded Mountain Gate.
• Fang Che explained that the Sole True Sect had gained strength by recruiting Ji Changyan's faction while Gu Changhan's faction departed with fewer followers than it could have taken.
• Yan Beihan objected that the recruits lacked integrity, but Fang Che argued that their combat strength mattered more than their character because the sect could not win over people like Gu Changhan.

Fang Che persuaded Yan Beihan to stop worrying about the Guardians benefiting from their campaigns and urged her to conquer Secluded Mountain Gate sects quickly before Feng Yun could interfere. When Yan Beihan asked him to choose their next target after Cold Sword Mountain Gate, Fang Che recommended attacking one of the palace sects to build momentum and make their progress more striking.

• Fang Che explained to Yan Beihan why the Sole True Sect had to act against the Secluded Mountain Gate sects and why their campaigns also benefited the Guardians.
• Fang Che warned Yan Beihan that she needed to conquer several sects before Feng Yun left the southeast and could join the campaign.
• Yan Beihan told Fang Che that she trusted his judgment and asked which mountain gate they should target after Cold Sword Mountain Gate.
• Fang Che considered the sects and recommended targeting a palace rather than another mountain sect, while saving the strongest palaces for later.
• Yan Beihan praised Fang Che for finding a solution.

Fang Che advised Yan Beihan to target White Cloud Palace after Cold Sword Mountain Gate, then accepted her gifts and joined her in searching for treasures. When they found Amethyst Lightning Phoenixes guarding Qiongxiao Flowers, Fang Che secretly sent the Golden Horned Flood Dragon to steal the flowers, and one vanished from beneath a young phoenix’s beak.

• Fang Che explained to Yan Beihan why attacking White Cloud Palace after Cold Sword Mountain Gate would make her plans seem more strategic than targeting another mountain gate.
• Yan Beihan gave Fang Che medicines, spirit crystals, Blood Soul Ginseng Liquid, armor, boots, and wine, then warned him about the formidable fighters in the coming struggle.
• Fang Che and Yan Beihan hunted Demon Beasts and collected treasures before finding Amethyst Lightning Phoenixes guarding Qiongxiao Flowers.
• Fang Che used his mist-form technique to disappear from Yan Beihan’s sight, then sent the Golden Horned Flood Dragon toward the phoenixes’ nests.
• A young Amethyst Lightning Phoenix found that a Qiongxiao Flower fruit had suddenly vanished.

Fang Che stole Qiongxiao Flowers and a young Amethyst Lightning Phoenix from the Amethyst Lightning Phoenix nesting grounds, then gave them to Yan Beihan before she left the Gu God World. Yan Beihan departed at dawn, keeping her knowledge of Fang Che’s identity secret and promising him a surprise when they met again.

• Fang Che secretly collected Starry Sky Spirit Liquid, Qiongxiao Flowers, and a young Amethyst Lightning Phoenix while Yan Beihan waited nearby.
• Fang Che gave Yan Beihan ten Qiongxiao Flowers bearing Heavenly Countenance Pills, and she stored them for herself and the Red Powder Army.
• Fang Che gave Yan Beihan the young Amethyst Lightning Phoenix, which ate her pills and fell asleep in her hand.
• Fang Che warned Yan Beihan to leave the Gu God World soon to avoid pursuit by the adult Amethyst Lightning Phoenixes, and she said she would depart at dawn.
• Yan Beihan and Fang Che discussed the burdens of their lives and their ambitions before she flew away, promising a surprising reunion.

Yan Beihan returned from the Gu God World with an Amethyst Lightning Phoenix and four Qiongxiao Flowers, hoping to use them to win over the Sole True Sect’s influential women. After Ao Zhan inadvertently spread word of her treasure, the Cold Devil Bing Tianxue intercepted Yan Beihan and demanded a flower.

• Yan Beihan hid the Amethyst Lightning Phoenix from the others at first, then revealed it to Bi Yunyan, Chen Xue, and Feng Xue and urged them to keep it secret.
• Yan Beihan gathered the group and left the Gu God World early, while her friends guarded her and brushed off questions from their younger brothers.
• Duan Xiyang intercepted Yan Beihan, dismissed the Amethyst Lightning Phoenix as junk, and let her return to headquarters; he then accidentally revealed her Qiongxiao Flowers to Ao Zhan, who sent the news to his wife.
• Bing Tianxue froze Yan Beihan and her companions in midair, then released them and demanded one of Yan Beihan’s four Qiongxiao Flowers.

Yan Beihan gave Bing Tianxue a Qiongxiao Flower and secured her promise to help the Red Powder Army against the Secluded Mountain Gate three times. Meanwhile, Fang Che cultivated in the Gu God World, unknowingly driving thousands of entrants to search for the Amethyst Lightning Phoenixes, and prepared to use a foul-smelling secret weapon against a stronger cultivator.

• Bing Tianxue demanded a Qiongxiao Flower from Yan Beihan, who gave her one in exchange for three interventions against the Secluded Mountain Gate.
• Bing Tianxue explained the flower's benefits, then departed while the four women suspected Duan Xiyang had revealed their whereabouts and cursed him behind a Soundproof Barrier.
• Fang Che broke through to Monarch-level seventh-grade, spent ten days cultivating with Top Grade Spirit Crystals and Starry Sky Spirit Liquid, and decided to stay longer to reach eighth grade.
• Fang Che's repeated theft of Starry Sky Spirit Liquid prompted the Amethyst Lightning Phoenixes to search across the Gu God World, drawing nearly thirty thousand entrants toward their cliffs in pursuit of Qiongxiao Flowers.
• Fang Che discovered another cultivator hiding beneath a tree and followed the Golden Horned Flood Dragon to attack him, while the Two-Headed Flood Dragon found Fang Che's urine and emptied cave and rushed back to check its treasure.
• Fang Che planned to have the Golden Horned Flood Dragon throw and break a foul-smelling Wax Pill into the hidden cultivator's cave while the stronger man was cultivating.

Fang Che killed a Saint-level Sole True Sect expert with a surprise attack, then moved toward a large gathering of Gu God World cultivators. He ambushed a five-man group, killed four of them, and left the surviving Saint-level leader roaring for vengeance as others fled in fear of Night Demon.

• The Golden Horned Flood Dragon planted and burst a wax pill in the tree hollow, forcing the cultivating Sole True Sect expert out into Fang Che’s prepared attack.
• Fang Che pierced the expert with the Netherworld and killed him after a desperate struggle, while his Five Elements Spirit Gu devoured the man’s Gu.
• Fang Che continued gathering qualifications, then followed the Golden Horned Flood Dragon’s scouting report toward five allied cultivators despite the risk of being surrounded.
• Fang Che killed one of the five with a surprise strike, escaped the Saint-level leader’s pursuit, and returned to kill another man with a flying dagger.
• Disguised as the eldest brother, Fang Che ambushed and killed the two remaining companions before escaping as their real leader returned.
• The Saint-level leader’s furious cries spread through the forest, prompting nearby cultivators to flee or seek safety by joining groups.

Fang Che hunted hundreds of Sole True Sect fiends, then lured the Amethyst Lightning Phoenixes into attacking the gathered crowd by spreading Qiongxiao Flower scent through the valley. As the lightning-struck survivors turned on one another for merits, Fang Che joined the slaughter and harvested kills amid the chaos.

• Fang Che ambushed fleeing groups at mountain passes, killing 135 people before moving on to hunt in the dense forest.
• Fang Che used cries about the Night Demon to stampede groups of fiends into ambushes, bringing his total to 287 kills before approaching the Amethyst Lightning Phoenixes’ cliff.
• Fang Che had the Golden Horned Flood Dragon spread Qiongxiao Flower juice over the gathered fiends, provoking the Amethyst Lightning Phoenix Emperor to order a massive lightning attack.
• Fang Che entered the devastated valley and killed hundreds of injured fiends while the Amethyst Lightning Phoenixes continued striking the survivors.
• Recovering fiends began killing their wounded companions for merits, and nearly everyone left in the valley died in the ensuing slaughter.

After surviving the Amethyst Lightning Phoenixes’ storm, Fang Che comprehended the Limitless True Scripture and advanced to the peak of Sovereign rank eight, then to Monarch rank nine. Seeking people to submit to his Gu Cultivation to God Plan, he recruited Ma Qianli after defeating him and asked why Ma had agreed so readily.

• Fang Che fled the valley as the Saints scattered beneath the lightning, and the Amethyst Lightning Phoenixes returned after confirming that no one remained alive.
• Fang Che counted his loot and contemplated the life of plants and small creatures, triggering a breakthrough to the third layer of the Limitless True Scripture and peak Sovereign rank eight.
• Fang Che hid in his Mountain Cave to consolidate his gains and practice martial techniques, reaching Monarch rank nine after three days.
• Fang Che tried to recruit three Venerable-level fighters, but they ambushed him, so he killed them despite their offer to submit.
• Fang Che challenged Ma Qianli, defeated him, and accepted his submission after Ma revealed he was a peak Rank One Saint from the headquarters’ logistics department.

Fang Che gathered four Saint-level subordinates during the Gu Cultivation to God Plan, and their names—Ma Qianli, Niu Baizhan, Yang Jiucheng, Long Yikong, and Feng Wanxia—struck them as an absurdly fated group. After learning Fang Che was only eighteen, the five began to genuinely consider following him and building something together.

• Ma Qianli explained that factional violence in Logistics had killed his grandfather and uncle, and Fang Che agreed to let him follow after Ma offered his allegiance.
• Fang Che recruited Niu Baizhan and Yang Jiucheng, then completed all one hundred and fifty surrenders with their help.
• Fang Che defeated Long Yikong, who surrendered, and the group laughed over how their names formed a Dragon, Horse, Cow, and Sheep set.
• Fang Che defeated Feng Wanxia, who surrendered, and the five discovered her name completed their improbable set with a Phoenix.
• The six shared a meal and discussed their ages, and Fang Che revealed that he was eighteen.
• After reflecting on Fang Che's age and strength, Long Yikong, Feng Wanxia, and the others said they wanted to follow him and fight for a future together.

Feng Wanxia and four other Saint-level experts swore loyalty to Fang Che, and he accepted them as subordinates while laying out his ambition to rise within the Sole True Sect. He reframed their loyalty as a chance to pursue their own futures, then learned they had already completed the Gu God World’s submission quota.

• Feng Wanxia swore an oath to serve Fang Che, and Dragon, Horse, Cow, and Sheep followed by pledging their lives to him.
• Fang Che accepted the five as subordinates after forbidding those who cultivated demonic arts using human lives or divine senses, and warned them that following him would make enemies of the world.
• Fang Che declared that he intended to seize territory from the other subordinate sects and eventually challenge headquarters, while the five agreed to follow his orders and ranked themselves Dragon, Phoenix, Horse, Cow, Sheep.
• Fang Che pressured the five by revealing his cultivation level and age, then eased their despair by explaining that they should pursue their own goals rather than try to catch up to him.
• Fang Che urged the five to use their new purpose and battles to grow stronger, then discovered that they had already fulfilled the requirement to make 150 people submit.

Fang Che sent five newly devoted sect masters to seek out and kill powerful opponents in the Gu God World, while recognizing how the Guardians lacked comparable life-and-death training. Meanwhile, the Life and Death Squad’s bloody continent-wide purges faced fierce backlash, and Dongfang Sansan publicly defended the campaign before Lu Zhifeng vowed to confront his family’s crimes.

• Fang Che ordered Long Yikong and the other four sect masters to fight powerful enemies, avoid harming civilians, and take responsibility for their own survival.
• Fang Che reflected that the Sole True Sect’s brutal trials made its fighters more ruthless than the Guardians, while Mo Ganyun and the others were already facing dangerous purges across their assigned continents.
• Rain Song, badly wounded after an assassination attempt, resolved to continue the purge as Dongfang Sansan’s open letter defended privileges for heroic families while insisting their crimes be punished.
• Dongfang Sansan confronted Lu Zhifeng with evidence that his family had caused more than four million deaths and rebuked the assembled families for protesting the Life and Death Squad’s actions.
• Dongfang Sansan commended the Life and Death Squad and declared attacks against it an offense against the continent’s Guardians; Lu Zhifeng confessed his remorse and vowed to return home to root out his family’s crimes.

Dongfang Sansan confronted the elders who had demanded justice, ordered them to investigate their Lineages under supervision, and explained to Xue Fuxiao why she intended to purge the Guardian Continent before the coming final battle. Meanwhile, Fang Che hunted through the Gu God Secret Realm but kept encountering Saint-level Rank Five experts who forced him to flee.

• Dongfang Sansan told the petitioning elders to return to their Lineages, assigned escorts to prevent rash vengeance, and promised justice for anyone truly wronged.
• Lu Zhifeng accepted that his descendants’ crimes were likely real and set out for home with Dong Changfeng, while Xue Fuxiao gathered several thousand others who had helped stir up the complaints.
• Dongfang Sansan hosted the remaining elders, rebuked them over neglecting their Lineages, and warned that other regions would also face rectification.
• Dongfang Sansan told Xue Fuxiao that the Guardian Continent’s corruption had to be purged before the Guardians’ final battle with the Sole True Sect, and predicted that Fang Che’s achievements would surpass his.
• Fang Che slaughtered opponents across the Gu God Secret Realm but encountered two powerful experts, including Saint-level Rank Five fighters, and was forced to retreat from them.