Chapter Summaries

Ye Zhen escaped Blood Fox Sword Yin Kainian’s ambush and lured him into pursuit, then confronted Chen Tai to carry out a plan to cripple Yin Kainian. The chapter ended as Ye Zhen split into three figures and rushed Chen Tai, despite Yin Kainian’s warning.

• Yin Kainian realized his ambushers had gone silent and flew to the Maple Forest, where he found four dead men and resolved to seize Ye Zhen’s Profound Yang Sword.
• Ye Zhen spotted Yin Kainian pursuing him and chose to press forward rather than retreat to Sanyuan City.
• Chen Tai intercepted Ye Zhen and learned that Ye Zhen had killed the Black Snake Four Brothers.
• Ye Zhen delayed Chen Tai while gauging Yin Kainian’s approach, then stirred his First Sword Meridian and unleashed his sword intent.
• Yin Kainian warned Chen Tai to be careful as Ye Zhen split into three figures and lunged at him.

Ye Zhen killed Chen Tai and battled the Blood Fox Sword Yin Kainian, using his sword techniques and Cloud Winged Tiger Little Cat to overcome Yin Kainian’s superior cultivation. As Yin Kainian fell, several figures flew from Sanyuan City toward Ye Zhen.

• Ye Zhen cut off Chen Tai’s head with Flowing Cloud Sword Qi as Chen Tai tried to defend against his phantom attacks.
• Yin Kainian rushed at Ye Zhen in fury, but Ye Zhen strengthened his soul with the Battle Soul Blood Banner and shattered Yin Kainian’s Blood Fox Sword Qi with the Origin Sword Meridian.
• Ye Zhen pursued Yin Kainian and struck him repeatedly, but Yin Kainian tried to escape by rising beyond a Spirit Drawing Realm martial artist’s limit.
• Cloud Winged Tiger Little Cat struck Yin Kainian from above, and Ye Zhen’s sword and Ice Fiend Qi left him vulnerable to another attack.
• Little Cat tore open Yin Kainian’s neck, killing him, as several figures flew from Sanyuan City toward Ye Zhen.

Ye Zhen killed Blood Fox Sword Yin Kainian and left his head as a sarcastic gift for Sword Origin Sect Leader Yu Ruhai. After the Sword Origin Sect failed to find Ye Zhen and ordered a hunt for him, Ye Zhen reached the area near the treasure map’s marked location at Antai Mountain.

• Ye Zhen cut off Yin Kainian’s head, wrote a blood letter, took Yin Kainian and Chen Tai’s storage rings, and fled with Little Cat.
• Elder Zhisheng found Yin Kainian’s body and recognized Ye Zhen’s signature on the letter, then ordered the Sword Origin Sect to search for Ye Zhen.
• Zhisheng and the other Sword Origin Sect martial artists searched through the night but found no trace of Ye Zhen.
• Yu Ruhai learned that Ye Zhen had killed Yin Kainian, destroyed the letter in anger, and ordered the sect to hunt Ye Zhen wherever there was any trace of him.
• Ye Zhen stopped above the Floating Red River and compared the terrain with his treasure map, identifying the mountains ahead as Antai Mountain.

Ye Zhen searched Antai Mountain for the treasure site shown on his map while feeding Monster Cores to Little Cat and the Mirage Dragon Pearl. After two martial artists warned him about a deadly valley, he recognized the seven peaks surrounding it as the location on the map.

• Ye Zhen searched Antai Mountain on foot, using forest animals to avoid dangerous Monster Beasts while Little Cat ate the beasts he killed.
• Ye Zhen fed lower-grade Monster Cores to Little Cat and Earth-tier cores to the Mirage Dragon Pearl, but its second-layer seal remained closed.
• After half a month of searching, Ye Zhen encountered Tian Feng and He Qingbing, who were looking for a Three-eyed Demon Wolf.
• He Qingbing warned Ye Zhen that a valley two hundred li ahead was filled with deadly, invisible poisonous miasma and surrounded by towering peaks.
• Ye Zhen hurried to the area and saw seven peaks encircling a valley, matching the location marked on the Treasure Map.

Ye Zhen entered Poisonous Mist Valley in search of treasure and survived its poisonous miasma and deadly creatures by finding antidotes and carefully navigating the hazards. He reached a mountain cave marked with words, while Tian Feng and He Qingbing followed behind, hoping he would clear the way to the treasure.

• Ye Zhen entered Poisonous Mist Valley after using internal breathing and an antidote pill to protect himself from the poisonous miasma.
• Tian Feng and He Qingbing followed Ye Zhen, revealing they hoped he would overcome the valley’s dangers and lead them to its hidden treasure.
• Ye Zhen found Purple Flowers beside a skeleton and used one to counter the Bone Corroding Poisonous Miasma.
• Ye Zhen cut through an ambushing Man-eating Flower, then safely passed formations of Yellow-tailed Poison Bees and Blazing Sand Ants and rattlesnakes.
• Ye Zhen noticed that weapons and skeletons marked the hazards ahead, crossed the snake-and-ant formation, and found a cave entrance with words above it.

Ye Zhen discovered that Tian Feng and He Qingbing had been watching him and using him to scout the Blood Devouring Vine. He turned their scheme against them, driving them into the Yellow-tailed Poison Bees and then shooting He Qingbing down into Ten Mile Yellow Sand, where the Blazing Sand Ants devoured both brothers.

• Ye Zhen tested the Blood Devouring Vine and discovered his Profound Yang Sword could sever it, though the vine was extraordinarily tough.
• Ye Zhen sensed that someone was watching him and realized Tian Feng and He Qingbing had likely been guiding him toward danger so he could scout the way.
• He Qingbing and Tian Feng watched Ye Zhen from the Yellow-tailed Poison Bee Forest and discussed taking his sword after he tested the vines.
• Ye Zhen fired an arrow into the brothers’ hiding place, destroying several Yellow-tailed Poison Bee hives and sending the swarm after them.
• He Qingbing dragged the bee-stung Tian Feng toward Ye Zhen, but Ye Zhen shot He Qingbing and both brothers fell into Ten Mile Yellow Sand.
• Blazing Sand Ants covered Tian Feng and He Qingbing and reduced them to skeletons.

Ye Zhen used Ice Spirit Crystals to freeze a path through the Blood Devouring Vines and entered Floating Cloud Cave, where he was stunned by what he found inside. Meanwhile, the Sword Origin Sect traced Zheng Ye to a voyage aboard the Heng Hai Hao and ordered the Great River Gang’s remaining members killed.

• Ye Zhen took Tian Feng and He Qingbing’s Storage Rings, then tried and failed to get through the Blood Devouring Vines with sword qi, fire, Xiao Meng, and Ice Fiend Qi.
• Ye Zhen used more than ten Ice Spirit Crystals to freeze a passage through the Blood Devouring Vine forest, buried the skeletons he found, and entered Floating Cloud Cave.
• Ye Zhen descended into Floating Cloud Cave’s first chamber and was stunned by the sight inside.
• Zhisheng and Zou Zhi interrogated Chen Yijiao, who told them Zheng Ye had disembarked from the Heng Hai Hao at Sanyuan City.
• Zhisheng killed Chen Yijiao and his two-year-old son, while the Sword Origin Sect ordered the Great River Gang’s ordinary members killed and sent a talisman message to Zhenhai Trading Company.

Ye Zhen explored Floating Cloud Cave, found the remains and possessions of Floating Cloud Son, and discovered the Heaven-tier Divine Ability Martial Skill Five Poisons Seal. After resisting despair over their shared Four Meridians Talent Bloodline, Ye Zhen regained his confidence and found a gate to a Secret Realm.

• Ye Zhen searched the first two levels of Floating Cloud Cave and found treasure, ashes, and the beheaded skeletons of female servants.
• Ye Zhen removed a High-grade Treasure Ring from a seated skeleton and claimed its Spirit Crystals and other contents.
• Ye Zhen found the Divine Ability Martial Skill Five Poisons Seal and learned that the skeleton had been Floating Cloud Son, a Soul Sea Realm cultivator who died lamenting the limits of his Four Meridians Talent Bloodline.
• Ye Zhen read Floating Cloud Son's carvings, briefly grew despondent over their shared Talent Bloodline, then rejected the comparison and restored his confidence.
• Ye Zhen explored farther into Floating Cloud Cave and discovered a dim, multicolored gate leading to a Secret Realm.

Ye Zhen entered the statue secret realm in Floating Cloud Cave and learned the Floating Cloud Finger by studying the warrior statue’s imprint of a strike that slew a Unicorn Demon. After burying Floating Cloud Son, Ye Zhen left the cave and set out for the Illusory God Empire to seek a Spirit Nurturing Pill.

• Ye Zhen entered the vortex gate and discovered a warrior statue whose eyes showed him a jade finger killing the Unicorn Demon, then imprinted the finger technique’s knowledge in his mind.
• Ye Zhen spent more than a month studying the statue’s imprint and unleashed a finger strike that bored a hole over thirty-five meters into the mountain.
• Ye Zhen named the technique the Floating Cloud Finger, left the secret realm, and buried Floating Cloud Son in a tomb inside Floating Cloud Cave.
• The Blood Devouring Vines parted for Ye Zhen, and he crossed the remaining formations before leaving Poisonous Mist Valley for the Illusory God Empire.

Sword Origin Sect Elder Zou Zhi found Ye Zhen riding the Cloud Winged Tiger and ambushed him, but Ye Zhen survived and escaped with Little Cat’s help. Zou Zhi used Sword Origin Blood Escape to catch up, leaving Ye Zhen facing a deadly pursuit as he decided on a desperate way to survive.

• Zou Zhi searched the skies around Antai Mountain for Ye Zhen and spotted a fast-moving cloud formed by the Cloud Winged Tiger.
• Zou Zhi recognized Ye Zhen riding Little Cat and attacked him with a thunderbolt-like sword strike.
• Ye Zhen used Floating Cloud Finger to weaken the strike, while Little Cat flew faster after receiving the Battle Soul Blood Banner’s enhancement.
• Zou Zhi activated Sword Origin Blood Escape and quickly began closing the distance on Ye Zhen.
• Ye Zhen realized he could not defeat Zou Zhi directly and resolved to try a desperate measure.

Ye Zhen used repeated volleys from the Azure Winged Divine Bow to slow Zou Zhi’s pursuit while heading toward Poisonous Mist Valley. He reached a small valley with Zou Zhi still chasing him, and their confrontation continued in a furious volley aimed at Zou Zhi’s crotch.

• Ye Zhen turned north and west to shorten his route toward Poisonous Mist Valley, while Zou Zhi pursued him with Sword Origin Blood Escape.
• Ye Zhen fired three linked Azure Winged Spirit Arrows at Zou Zhi, slowing him and opening the distance between them despite failing to break his jade-like Body Protection Spiritual Qi.
• Ye Zhen repeated the tactic whenever Zou Zhi drew within four li, forcing Zou Zhi to spend more life essence and repeatedly lose ground.
• After several rounds, Zou Zhi regretted not sending a Talisman Signal to Elder Zhisheng, who was searching far away in Antai Mountain.
• Ye Zhen changed course toward a small valley, and Zou Zhi followed, thinking the Cloud Winged Tiger could no longer keep up its speed.
• Ye Zhen fired three more arrows upward at Zou Zhi’s crotch, and Zou Zhi roared furiously at him.

Ye Zhen lured Sword Origin Sect elder Zou Zhi through Poisonous Mist Valley and attacked him with poison, swarms, and Azure Winged Spirit Arrows. Though Zou Zhi was poisoned and repeatedly battered, he used his life essence blood to escape the Ten Mile Yellow Sand formation and landed in front of Ye Zhen.

• Ye Zhen destroyed a tree that contained an antidote, then raced through Poisonous Mist Valley to prepare an ambush for Zou Zhi.
• Zou Zhi entered the valley, recognized the Man-eating Flowers, and cut through them with his sword qi.
• Ye Zhen lured Zou Zhi into the Yellow-tailed Poison Bee formation and shattered nearby hives with three arrows, drawing the swarm onto him.
• Zou Zhi endured the bees’ stingers, but their impact made him inhale Bone Corroding Poisonous Miasma as Ye Zhen’s arrows broke his jade-colored armor.
• Ye Zhen shot Zou Zhi into the Ten Mile Yellow Sand formation, where Blazing Sand Ants and rattlesnakes attacked him; Zou Zhi burned the ants away with a spiritual flame.
• Ye Zhen struck Zou Zhi again as his armor weakened, but Zou Zhi spat out his life essence blood and surged over the formation to land before Ye Zhen.

Ye Zhen used the Blood Devouring Vine forest and his Azure Winged Spirit Arrows to defeat Sword Origin Sect Elder Zou Zhi, who was weakened by poison. After Zou Zhi died, Ye Zhen prepared another grim gift for Sword Origin Sect Leader Yu Ruhai and left, while Elder Zhisheng received Zou Zhi’s Talisman Signal and hurried away in alarm.

• Ye Zhen flew over the Blood Devouring Vine forest as its vines flattened, and Zou Zhi followed him despite the Bone Corroding Poisonous Miasma clouding his judgment.
• The Blood Devouring Vines seized Zou Zhi, and Ye Zhen’s Azure Winged Spirit Arrows shattered his armor and left arrows embedded in his chest.
• Zou Zhi tried to burn the vines with Spirit Flame, but the poison and vines overwhelmed him and drained his blood; before dying, he sent a Talisman Signal and attempted to kill Ye Zhen with an invisible soul blade.
• Ye Zhen dodged the soul blade, beheaded Zou Zhi, and decided to send Sword Origin Sect Leader Yu Ruhai another grand gift.
• More than half an hour later, Ye Zhen finished preparing the gift and vanished into the clouds, while Elder Zhisheng received Zou Zhi’s Talisman Signal and rushed away.

Sword Origin Sect Elder Zhisheng found Zou Zhi’s head and swore revenge on Ye Zhen, who had fled to the Illusory God Empire. While searching Zou Zhi’s Storage Ring, Ye Zhen discovered the Shattered Jade Battle Body cultivation method, and Zhisheng returned to the Sword Origin Sect with the head and Ye Zhen’s mocking letter.

• Zhisheng found Zou Zhi’s head beneath a pile of stones and read Ye Zhen’s blood-written letter, then vowed to grind Ye Zhen’s bones to dust.
• Zhisheng searched the surrounding area without finding clues, then returned to the Sword Origin Sect with Zou Zhi’s head and Ye Zhen’s letter.
• Ye Zhen reached the Illusory God Empire and examined the contents of Zou Zhi’s Storage Ring at an inn.
• Ye Zhen found a Jade Talisman containing the Shattered Jade Battle Body method and learned about its four levels of strength and defense.
• Zhisheng returned to the Sword Origin Sect, travel-worn and grief-stricken.

After Elder Zou Zhi’s death, Sword Origin Sect Leader Yu Ruhai ordered an investigation and vowed to kill Ye Zhen. Meanwhile, Ye Zhen bought Green Spirit Jade in Green Vine City and set out for Green Vine Sect to seek Green Vine’s help.

• Zhisheng brought Zou Zhi’s shriveled head to Yu Ruhai, who vomited blood upon seeing it.
• Yu Ruhai ordered Zhisheng to find Ye Zhen and declared that he would personally avenge Zou Zhi.
• Ye Zhen bought all fifty thousand pieces of Green Spirit Jade at Ancient Treasure Pavilion to cultivate the Azure Jade Battle Body.
• Ye Zhen left Green Vine City and headed to Green Vine Sect, following Liao Feibai’s instruction to seek Green Vine’s assistance.

Ye Zhen reunited with Green Vine at Qing Luo Sect and followed her toward her mountain, where jealous disciples confronted him. After fighting off their attacks and overpowering Wu Shan, Ye Zhen brought his sword down toward Wu Shan’s head, leaving the clash at a dangerous turning point.

• Green Vine welcomed Ye Zhen to Qing Luo Sect and revealed that she had reached the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Green Vine led Ye Zhen toward her unnamed peak, while sect disciples stared at him and Wen Tianyu watched them with hostility.
• Wu Shan tried to humiliate Ye Zhen, but Ye Zhen’s soul-powered shout stopped his attack and frightened the surrounding disciples.
• A Qing Luo Sect disciple attacked Ye Zhen from behind, and Ye Zhen struck him down with the flat of his sword.
• Wu Shan attacked Ye Zhen with a golden spear, and Ye Zhen fought back with the Profound Yang Sword, gradually overpowering him.
• Ye Zhen tore through Wu Shan’s Body Protection Spiritual Qi and swung his sword toward Wu Shan’s head as Green Vine and the others cried out.

Ye Zhen defeated Wu Shan at the Qing Luo Sect and reunited with Green Vine, who explained how Liao Feibai had arranged for her to claim Ye Zhen as her betrothed elder cousin. Ye Zhen revealed that he had come to the Illusory God Empire for a Spirit Nurturing Pill, and Green Vine said the sect was heading to the Imperial Capital soon.

• Ye Zhen split Wu Shan’s Golden Spear and defeated him without killing him, then left with Green Vine while Wen Tianyu and the other disciples watched.
• Green Vine praised Ye Zhen’s strength, and he explained that he now used the name Zheng Fuyun and a new disguise.
• Green Vine told Ye Zhen that she had claimed to be betrothed to an elder cousin to avoid marrying Wen Tianyu, and that Instructor Liao Feibai had suggested the plan.
• Ye Zhen realized Liao Feibai had arranged for him to appear as Green Vine’s elder cousin, though he said he would have come to help her regardless.
• Ye Zhen told Green Vine he had come for a Spirit Nurturing Pill, and she revealed that the Qing Luo Sect would soon travel to the Imperial Capital.

Ye Zhen learned that Qing Luo Sect had secured an invitation and an accompanying slot for the Fragrant Division Pill King's Spirit Nurturing Pill auction, giving him a chance to obtain a pill. True Person Bixin then visited, approved of Ye Zhen, and insisted that he and Green Vine marry within half a year, while withholding her reasons; Ye Zhen ended the chapter preparing to cultivate the Azure Jade Battle Body.

• Green Vine explained that Qing Luo Sect would receive one Spirit Nurturing Pill and an invitation after contributing rare herbs, while the Illusory God Sect claimed five pills and the remaining pill would be auctioned privately.
• Ye Zhen asked Green Vine to help him attend the auction, and she secured him an accompanying slot through her master, True Person Bixin.
• True Person Bixin tested Ye Zhen, accepted his excuse about the secluded Zheng Family, and demanded that he marry Green Vine within half a year with a grand ceremony at Qing Luo Sect.
• True Person Bixin decided to stay on Green Vine's Nameless Little Peak, and Ye Zhen realized her presence would protect Green Vine's reputation while leaving her reasons for insisting on marriage unexplained.
• Ye Zhen withdrew to a quiet room and prepared to cultivate the first layer of the Shattered Jade Battle Body, the Azure Jade Battle Body.

Ye Zhen cultivated the Azure Jade Battle Body with Green Spirit Jade while True Person Bixin secretly observed him, and Green Vine proposed a sham marriage to escape her master’s pressure. On the day Ye Zhen and Green Vine were to leave for the Imperial Capital, Wen Tianyu took Green Vine’s travel slot, then appeared to apologize.

• Ye Zhen used Green Spirit Jade to temper his skin and flesh, discovering that its gentle power made cultivation effective but extremely costly.
• True Person Bixin watched Ye Zhen cultivate with her divine sense, and Ye Zhen sensed her observation before resuming his training.
• Green Vine toured the Qing Luo Sect with Ye Zhen and suggested they marry as a formality to avoid her master’s marriage plans.
• True Person Bixin summoned Green Vine on the morning of their departure, and Green Vine learned Wen Tianyu had taken her travel slot through his master.
• Wen Tianyu arrived and told Green Vine he had come to apologize for taking her traveling slot.

Ye Zhen and Green Vine faced Wen Tianyu’s insults before True Person Bixin sent them toward the Imperial Capital with a token and Han Tai as their escort. On the road, they discovered a city being slaughtered by Man-Wolves, and Green Vine refused to abandon its people.

• Wen Tianyu insulted Ye Zhen and challenged him, but Green Vine confronted him with her whip and True Person Bixin drove him away.
• True Person Bixin gave Green Vine a Jade Talisman to seek Master Chijin’s help in the Imperial Capital and assigned Han Tai to accompany them.
• Ye Zhen, Green Vine, and Han Tai traveled toward the Imperial Capital on Green-faced Ghost Flame Steeds.
• After three days, the group saw a city burning beneath a Man-Wolf Banner, and Han Tai recognized that Man-Wolves were slaughtering its people.
• Green Vine urged the others to help the city’s residents, while a spiritual-energy hand killed a child on the battlements.