Chapter Summaries

Saint-tier experts agreed to hunt Night Demon, and Fang Che used their pursuit to stage a desperate escape while seeking the Nine Dragons Earth Vein Fruits. When Mo Wang unexpectedly pledged himself to Fang Che and helped him break through, Fang Che plunged toward the Two-Headed Flood Dragon’s cave, drawing the enraged beast out.

• Saint-tier experts voted to kill Night Demon, while Long Yikong and Feng Wanxia sent Fang Che messages revealing the plot against him.
• Fang Che deliberately drew the hunters into pursuit and led them through a prolonged battle to a mountain forest rich in spiritual energy.
• Fang Che staged his last stand, but Mo Wang appeared, gave him pills, and swore allegiance to him despite the crowd’s threats.
• Fang Che accepted Mo Wang as his subordinate, and the two fought separately as Fang Che jumped from the cliff and Mo Wang held back the pursuers.
• Fang Che stopped at the entrance to the Two-Headed Flood Dragon’s cave, shook the mountain, and provoked the beast into charging out.

Fang Che stole the Two-Headed Flood Dragon’s Nine Dragons Earth Vein Fruits and a trove of Spirit Crystals, then let the enraged beast rampage through the Gu God World while he hid near the exit. As he cultivated and waited for the gate to open, the chapter also revealed how Yan Beihan’s Qiongxiao Flower was stolen and how the loss turned her friends against Duan Xiyang.

• Fang Che slipped into the Two-Headed Flood Dragon’s cave, took most of its Nine Dragons Earth Vein Fruits, and stripped a large section of its spirit vein of crystals.
• Fang Che destroyed the last two fruits at the entrance, escaped the cave, and provoked the Two-Headed Flood Dragon into pursuing the Sole True Sect fiends.
• Fang Che hid near the Gu God World exit for the final nine days while the Two-Headed Flood Dragon hunted people and he cultivated toward the first-grade Venerable realm.
• Yan Beihan consumed a Qiongxiao Flower and a Heavenly Countenance Pill, while Bi Yunyan, Feng Xue, and Chen Xue worried that the stolen flower had ruined their chance to obtain one.
• Yan Beihan and her friends blamed Duan Xiyang for revealing the flowers’ existence, and Duan Xiyang repeatedly beat the Madman Halberd in anger.

The Sole True Sect leaders waited for the Gu Cultivation to God Plan to end, while Duan Xiyang endured the fallout from Madman Halberd spreading his embarrassing remark. Inside the Gu God World, Fang Che emerged as the Night Demon, accused three Cold Sword Mountain Gate disciples of being spies, and forced the other survivors to let him enter the Golden Gate passage first.

• Duan Xiyang continued beating Madman Halberd after Madman Halberd spread his words, while Yan Nan, Bai Jing, and Bi Changhong discussed how many contestants might survive the trial.
• The demonic mist gathered and the Golden Gate opened, prompting the sect leaders and officials to assemble outside and await the contestants.
• Three Cold Sword Mountain Gate disciples hurried toward the exit, but Fang Che burst from hiding and accused them of being spies.
• Long Yikong, Ma Qianli, Feng Wanxia, Mo Wang, Niu Baizhan, and Yang Jiucheng rallied the crowd behind Fang Che, and the survivors killed the three disciples.
• Fang Che blocked the passage and threatened anyone who tried to enter before him, then walked through the Golden Gate while the others stayed back.
• Figures began appearing inside the Golden Gate, and the gathered crowd realized that the contestants were coming out.

Fang Che emerged from the Gu Cultivation to God Plan as Night Demon, prompting a wager and confusion when no other participants appeared for a time. Nearly three thousand survivors eventually came out, and Night Demon explained that powerful Demon Beasts and infighting had killed most of the more than forty-four thousand entrants.

• Yan Nan bet Duan Xiyang that the first person out would not be Night Demon, staking a Qiongxiao Flower, but Night Demon emerged first and Duan Xiyang won.
• Bi Yunyan, Feng Xue, and Chen Xue admired Night Demon, while Yan Beihan warned them about his character and redirected their attention toward Fang Che.
• Bi Changhong questioned Night Demon about the missing participants, and Night Demon said he did not know why they had not come out.
• Mo Wang and Long Yikong emerged before a large crowd of survivors, and the golden gate closed after 2,936 people had come out.
• Night Demon told Bi Changhong that an Amethyst Lightning Phoenix, a Two-Headed Flood Dragon, and infighting had caused the deaths of most participants, and another survivor confirmed his account.

During the Gu Cultivation to God Ceremony, the Sole True Sect tested the gathered leaders and ranked their groups by results. Fang Che’s Five Elements Spirit Gu unexpectedly devoured part of the test Gu spirit before a replacement test revealed his 6,199 kills, and the One Heart Sect took first place.

• Yan Beihan told Ji Changyan that the Cold Sword Mountain Gate leader had to kneel because all his people were dead, and an official forced Ji Changyan down when he resisted.
• The Southeast Headquarters Chief Commander mocked Ji Changyan while they knelt, and Ji Changyan fainted from anger without striking back.
• Feng Wanxia burned her and Long Yikong’s divine senses together after he teased her, then stopped when Fang Che intervened.
• Fang Che’s Five Elements Spirit Gu bit off part of the second-level test Gu spirit and upgraded, so Bi Changhong replaced it with a third-level Gu spirit for the test.
• The ceremony recorded Fang Che’s results as 150 submissions and 6,199 kills, while the officials announced the rankings and named the One Heart Sect first place.

Night Demon won the sect-leader-level Gu Cultivation to God Plan and received exceptionally generous rewards, while Yin Shen Gong’s One Heart Sect was promoted and supplied with powerful reinforcements. Bi Changhong ended the ceremony before the champion’s Heaven-Ascending Ladder could take place, leaving the advertised final event unresolved.

• Yin Shen Gong took the throne as champion sect leader, and the defeated contestants performed three kneelings and nine kowtows before him.
• Fang Che accepted first place, honored Yin Shen Gong in a speech echoing his words from the previous year, and moved his master to tears.
• The officials promoted One Heart Sect to a First-Class Sect and granted Yin Shen Gong troops, resources, and rewards.
• Fang Che received ten bottles of injury-restoring pills, a protective divine robe, Enlightenment Pills, Divine Metal, and a Space Ring, then pretended to offer the rewards to Yin Shen Gong before storing them himself.
• Bi Changhong dragged out his closing lecture while glaring at Ji Changyan, then declared the competition complete without holding the promised first-place Heaven-Ascending Ladder.

After forgetting the Stairway to Heaven, Bi Changhong turned its reward into a cultivation boost for Yin Shen Gong, accidentally causing Fang Che to break through as well. The ceremony ended with fourteen people still kneeling, while Bi Changhong’s companions discussed her stunt and Yan Nan summoned Yan Beihan to talk.

• Bi Changhong raised Yin Shen Gong’s cultivation from Saint Grade First Rank to Saint Grade Sixth Rank and declared the promotion the new Stairway to Heaven.
• Fang Che was swept up in the breakthrough aura and advanced from Monarch Grade Ninth Rank to Venerable Grade, then thanked Bi Changhong and declined to take a sect leader position yet.
• Bi Changhong made Fang Che swear loyalty on behalf of the other participants, kept the fourteen kneeling, and announced a five-day banquet.
• Fang Che, Mu Linyuan, and the others stayed to protect Yin Shen Gong as the crowd dispersed, while Bi Changhong left to join Yan Nan and the others.
• Bi Changhong argued with Yan Nan and Bai Jing over who would host future ceremonies, then vanished when Duan Xiyang drew his spear.
• Yan Nan invited Yan Beihan to meet, and Yan Beihan brought Bi Yunyan, Feng Xue, Chen Xue, and the others along, expecting good news.

Yan Nan collected a Qiongxiao Flower from Yan Beihan to settle his lost bet, then restored her loss with Duan Xiyang’s help. He taught Yan Beihan how to view leadership from the perspective of the whole sect before sending her and the other three women away, while Yin Shen Gong faced the anger of officials forced to kneel during his cultivation.

• Bai Jing gathered Yan Beihan and her companions as Yan Nan prepared to honor his bet, but Bi Changhong and Duan Xiyang returned and joined the witnesses.
• Yan Nan told Yan Beihan that he had lost a Qiongxiao Flower to Duan Xiyang, and she gave Duan Xiyang one of her flowers.
• Yan Nan made Bi Yunyan, Feng Xue, and Chen Xue choose who would receive the last flower; all three withdrew rather than break up their sisterhood.
• Duan Xiyang gave Yan Beihan another Qiongxiao Flower to replace the one Yan Nan had lost, and Yan Nan took her away to explain how the Night Demon had helped her obtain flowers.
• Yan Nan taught Yan Beihan to consider the whole sect when managing her own group, then ordered the four women to stay on a mountain until they realized a principle.
• Yin Shen Gong finished cultivating with his new strength stabilized, and Wu Xiang and the other officials confronted him for making them kneel for three hours.

Fang Che became the top-ranked candidate for a subordinate sect and received a Sect Leader Divine Seal after his Five Elements Spirit Gu devoured vast amounts of Gu God power. As he prepared to reunite with Yin Shen Gong, someone pulled him into a domain.

• Yin Shen Gong learned that Fang Che had recruited six Saint-level experts who recognized him as their Sect Leader, and he struggled with pride and sadness as Fang Che headed to the Duty Hall.
• Fang Che entered the Duty Hall first and watched his Five Elements Spirit Gu consume Gu God power meant for thousands of candidates before absorbing the Sect Leader Seal’s energy.
• Fang Che received an unranked sect qualification, a Sect Leader Divine Seal, access to a Flying Divine Boat and Sect Protecting Divine Formation, and one thousand array foundation stones.
• Fang Che discovered that his Five Elements Spirit Gu had grown eager for the torment inflicted by his Limitless True Scripture and used the technique on it again.
• As Fang Che prepared to find Yin Shen Gong, an unknown force transported him into a vast white-mist domain.

Yan Nan brought Fang Che into her domain and used Star Mist Cleansing Heart while Duan Xiyang tested his combat ability. Fang Che defeated Duan Xiyang at equal cultivation, and the chapter left him entering a hall before Yan Nan, Bi Changhong, Bai Jing, and Duan Xiyang, who ordered him to reveal his true appearance.

• Yan Nan, Bi Changhong, Bai Jing, and Duan Xiyang observed Fang Che in Yan Nan's domain and discussed his talent and potential.
• Duan Xiyang disguised himself, suppressed his cultivation, and challenged Fang Che, who overwhelmed him with the Hate Heaven Saber, sword techniques, and a spear strike.
• Fang Che's spear attack made Bai Jing recall that his own son had stabbed him through the heart, and Bai Jing explained that he had never forgotten the betrayal.
• Yan Nan completed Star Mist Cleansing Heart on Fang Che, washing away the marks of two years while leaving him vigilant.
• Fang Che regained his awareness in a grand hall and faced the four elders, as Yan Nan told him to reveal his true appearance.

Fang Che, posing as Night Demon, answered Yan Nan and the other Sole True Sect leaders’ questions about his work among the Guardians and warned that the Divine Ferret Sect might possess a god. Yan Nan realized that Dongfang Sansan could be allowing the hidden sect to grow so it could strike after a decisive battle weakened both sides.

• Fang Che revealed his identity as Night Demon and correctly identified Yan Nan, Bai Jing, and the other leaders in the hall.
• Bai Jing pressured Fang Che to describe his master’s feelings toward him, and Fang Che reported his master’s reverence and helplessness.
• Fang Che described his conflicting feelings about serving the Guardians and judged Dongfang Sansan a formidable, ruthless, and shameless enemy.
• Fang Che predicted that the Sole True Sect would win a decisive war but suffer crippling losses, leaving it vulnerable to hidden forces.
• Fang Che told Yan Nan that Xue Fuxiao had been besieged while protecting him and that he had found an aura resembling a Quasi-Oath, suggesting the Divine Ferret Sect had a god.
• Yan Nan concluded that Dongfang Sansan might be letting the Divine Ferret Sect grow so it could attack the Sole True Sect after both great powers had exhausted themselves.

Fang Che received Yan Nan’s appointment as leader of the rebuilt Night Demon Sect, along with a sword technique and promises of resources, while revealing his hidden spear and sharing Qiongxiao Flowers. After leaving the Guardian Hall, he learned that Mo Wang had secured permission to leave Headquarters and join his command.

• Yan Nan appointed Fang Che leader of the Night Demon Sect and explained that Sun Wutian could take over some of Fang Che’s Guardian duties.
• Bai Jing gave Fang Che the Ice Soul Spirit Sword technique, and Yan Nan learned how Fang Che had obtained his transformation technique and concealed spear.
• Fang Che gave Yan Nan Qiongxiao Flowers, then requested Divine Metal and resources to nourish it; Yan Nan agreed to send several thousand jin of resources.
• Yan Nan sent Fang Che back to the night sky, where he waited as Mo Wang requested a transfer from Headquarters to Fang Che’s command.
• Duty Hall approved Mo Wang’s request to give up his sect-leader appointment and become a free man, and he returned to Fang Che excited to join him.

Fang Che watched Yin Shen Gong turn Duan Xiyang’s beating into a source of prestige, then welcomed a large group of reward-assigned fighters into the One Heart Sect and enforced its hierarchy with a killing. Meanwhile, Yan Nan corrected Yan Beihan’s plans for the Qiongxiao Flowers, and she shared them with her three friends; the chapter ended with Fang Che ordering the new recruits to kneel and pay their respects again.

• Mo Wang explained to Fang Che that defectors from their former departments might be silenced, and the two exchanged Communication Jade contact information as their companions gathered.
• Fang Che found Yin Shen Gong gravely injured, learned that Duan Xiyang had beaten him for failing his task, and watched visitors grow envious of Yin Shen Gong’s survival and supposed favor.
• Yan Nan gave Yan Beihan a Qiongxiao Flower and advised her to treat her close friends openly rather than test or manipulate them; Yan Beihan then gave flowers to Bi Yunyan, Feng Xue, and Chen Xue.
• Yin Shen Gong slowly recovered while presenting Duan Xiyang’s beating as a well-meant punishment, and 125 newly assigned fighters arrived to serve the One Heart Sect.
• Fang Che rebuked the newcomers for disrespecting Mu Linyuan, Qian Sanjiang, and Hou Fang, killed a Saint-level expert who questioned his authority, and ordered the rest to kneel and pay their respects.

Fang Che secured the new One Heart Sect recruits through a brutal show of force, while Yin Shen Gong advised him on surviving as a future sect master. At the banquet, Fang Che provoked Wang Fufeng over the deaths of his three descendants, and Wang Fufeng left furious but unable to attack.

• Fang Che killed one of the 124 recruits, causing them to submit to Yin Shen Gong and recognize him and the three Offerings.
• Fang Che learned headquarters would send a replacement Saint-level expert, then left to speak with his subordinates while Yin Shen Gong discussed the dangers awaiting him beyond the Gu God Plan.
• Yin Shen Gong warned Fang Che to establish multiple hidden headquarters and keep escape routes ready, and Fang Che revealed he would found the Night Demon Sect in the southeast.
• Fang Che's subordinates discussed his leadership as Feng Wanxia clashed with Long Yikong over his past insult.
• Wang Fufeng toasted the top participants and confronted Fang Che about his three dead descendants, but Fang Che taunted him about their remains until Wang Fufeng departed in anger.

Fang Che was appointed Sect Leader of the new Night Demon Sect, then received orders from Yan Nan to contact the fugitive Ding Ziran and assess whether he could be recruited. The chapter left Fang Che suspicious that Dongfang Sansan had arranged Ding Ziran’s situation to draw him into suppressing the Five Elements Spirit Gu.

• Fang Che confronted Wang Fufeng and reaffirmed his vow to avenge Sun Yuan by destroying the Wang Family.
• The ceremony appointed Fang Che as Sect Leader of the independent Night Demon Sect, a Third-Rate Sect under the Sole True Sect, and named Mu Feng Sect Leader of the Heaven's Mandate Sect.
• Yan Nan and the others discussed Wang Fufeng’s confrontation with Fang Che, confirmed Bei Mingxin’s death, and learned that Ding Ziran had fled after wiping out five families while being hunted by Rui Qianshan.
• Yan Nan decided Fang Che should contact Ding Ziran, whose Five Elements Spirit Gu and connection to the Night Demon Sect made him a possible recruit and a potential threat.
• Fang Che warned that Ding Ziran had resisted the sect and its Spirit Gu, and proposed killing him, but Yan Nan ordered him to investigate and gave him authority to decide how to handle Ding Ziran.
• After leaving, Fang Che suspected Dongfang Sansan had deliberately placed Ding Ziran in his path to make him suppress the Five Elements Spirit Gu.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yan Beihan visits Fang Che, warning families of the dead not to retaliate against him.
• She gives Fang Che 9,999 catties of blood ginseng juice.
• Yan Beihan reveals that White Cloud Palace is located in the Southeast Region, deep in the white clouds, close to East Lake Continent.

Character Developments

• Fang Che: Reveals his deep-seated hatred for the families that killed his master, Sun Yuan. He plans to lure them to the Southeast Region for revenge.
• Yan Beihan: Shows care and concern for Fang Che, helping him and warning families not to retaliate. She also reveals her plans to deal with White Cloud Palace.

Significant Themes

• Revenge and Hatred: Fang Che's desire for revenge against the families that killed his master drives his actions.
• Power Dynamics: Yan Beihan's status and influence are evident in her ability to warn families not to retaliate against Fang Che.

Character Interactions

• Fang Che and Yan Beihan: They interact cordially, with Yan Beihan showing concern for Fang Che's safety and giving him resources. Fang Che agrees to help her in the future, promising to fulfill any request she has.

Fang Che left the One Heart Sect and returned to White Mist Continent, where he discovered that Sun Wutian had impersonated him and brutally wiped out its criminal underworld and the pirates along its coast. As Fang Che listened to residents celebrate Captain Fang, Sun Wutian continued hunting the last pirate groups at sea, while crowds gathered at the harbor to await his return.

• Yan Beihan grew angry when Fang Che failed to notice how she had changed after taking the Qiongxiao Flower and kicked him before leaving.
• Fang Che departed with Yin Shen Gong and the One Heart Sect's people, while Feng Yun traveled across the southeastern continents rescuing Mo Ganyun, Rain Song, and others to build goodwill; Dong Yunyu instead tried to capture him.
• Sun Wutian, disguised as Captain Fang, purged White Mist Continent's gangs, aristocratic clans, corrupt officials, and other criminals, then went out to sea to exterminate pirates.
• Fang Che returned to White Mist Continent in disguise, found it peaceful and its Underground World empty, and learned that Sun Wutian had killed nearly a hundred million people, including pirates' families.
• Fang Che stayed in White Mist Continent listening to stories and watching performances about Captain Fang while residents gathered daily at the harbor, hoping Sun Wutian would return safely.

Fang Che returned to the White Mist Continent to a jubilant welcome after Sun Wutian had impersonated him and announced that the pirates were gone. He resumed command of the Guardian Hall, promised to deal with any clans that defied it, and prepared to leave with the enormous spoils his campaign had collected.

• The people of the White Mist Continent welcomed Sun Wutian, disguised as Captain Fang, and celebrated his announcement that he had killed all the pirates.
• Fang Che met Sun Wutian, who agreed to keep serving as his substitute despite feeling uneasy about the arrangement, and Fang Che sent a detailed report to Fang Yunzheng.
• Fang Yunzheng secretly read Fang Che's messages and reassured Fang Qianyi that their son was well and would return soon.
• Fang Che returned to the Guardian Hall, accepted Wu Zhiyun's punishment, and warned that he would come back if any aristocratic clans refused to obey.
• Fang Che ordered the Guardian Hall to finish loading the campaign's spoils, which already filled seven hundred carts, before the group set out the next morning.

Fang Che prepared to leave White Mist Continent after distributing the pirates’ spoils, and the grateful people honored him with a lantern-lit farewell through the snow. As his convoy departed, Sun Wutian watched from afar, while Fang Che wondered whether the scene had moved the Old Devil.

• Fang Che gave most of the recovered resources and wealth to the Guardian Hall and arranged for the remaining spoils to be sent to Zhao Shanhe’s headquarters.
• White Mist Continent’s people cleared a road through the snow, held a farewell banquet for Fang Che, and offered him a cup of local wine in gratitude.
• Fang Che left the next morning with Lu Sihai and the Great Saber Escort Agency, while the people knelt along the route and called out their farewells.
• Two hundred miles beyond the city, Fang Che learned that the people had marked safe roads ahead and promised to support the Great Saber Escort Agency for escorting him.
• Fang Che wondered whether the farewell had touched Sun Wutian, who appeared behind the departing convoy at the boundary of the cleared road.

Fang Che’s escort journey had been peaceful until Qianshan Feng’s bandits ambushed the convoy, unaware that the goods belonged to Fang the Butcher. After learning Fang Che’s identity, the bandits surrendered, but Fang Che killed them and set out to destroy their stronghold.

• Sun Wutian left White Mist Continent, still resentful that everyone had thanked Fang Che for his work.
• Fang Che learned from Lu Sihai and the escorts that his reputation had cleared the roads of robbers and frightened martial artists away.
• Qianshan Feng and hundreds of bandits blocked the road and demanded toll money, believing the goods belonged to one of the Five Great Families.
• Fang Che revealed that the goods were his, and Lu Sihai identified him as Captain Fang of the Life and Death Patrol Team, causing Qianshan Feng and his men to panic and kneel.
• Fang Che killed the bandits who tried to flee and pressed Qianshan Feng for the location of their stronghold.
• After the bandits revealed their lair, Fang Che killed the remaining men and sent the Golden Horned Flood Dragon ahead.